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00:00:09	8:17 p.m., Darling Street
00:01:26	My name's Gérard.
00:01:33	I've been sober
00:01:37	I shouId be dead.
00:01:42	I don't Iike the sea.
00:01:45	But in St-Jean-Port-JoIi,
00:01:51	So I watch the sea.
00:01:57	It's hard to know exactIy
00:02:03	I guess mine started
00:02:16	Yes, Chantal.
00:02:19	Who else could it be?
00:02:24	l can't.
00:02:26	Lortie's airing on FM at 8:00.
00:02:31	l can't afford damn tickets!
00:02:34	l said, l can't!
00:02:41	l'll come if you put
00:02:46	To make a long story short,
00:02:48	l demanded to see the manager.
00:02:53	A $100 mistake is ridiculous.
00:02:56	ChantaI...
00:02:58	First of my 3 ex-wives.
00:03:01	Since I've been sober,
00:03:05	Like she can't afford
00:03:08	Anyway. The 9th step
00:03:13	''We made amends directIy
00:03:18	I'd given her grief,
00:03:23	She reminds me how
00:03:26	what a bad reporter I was, how
00:03:30	the books I never wrote,
00:03:34	aII the Scotch I drank.
00:03:36	''Sorry, Ma'am, l was wrong.''
00:03:46	See? Wasn't that simple?
00:03:52	You got to hear the concert
00:03:56	- l love hearing music with you.
00:04:02	Divorce is Iike marriage:
00:04:07	After 20 years,
00:04:12	I dunno what she sees in me.
00:04:15	Guess we're Iike famiIy.
00:04:18	If she hadn't caIIed me over
00:04:22	I'd have died Iistening to
00:04:28	But the worst thing
00:04:38	It took 10 seconds to tie it.
00:04:42	Enough time to run into someone
00:04:53	So much for driving sober, fuck!
00:05:00	You had a stop-
00:05:03	No, l had right of way!
00:05:08	Do you understand French?
00:05:12	l can't understand you!
00:05:16	Try fiIIing out
00:05:19	with a uniIinguaI
00:05:22	Not easy.
00:05:24	We spent 30 minutes
00:05:29	It saved my Iife.
00:05:49	Gerry!
00:05:51	Back with the newspaper?
00:05:52	- No, l live there!
00:05:56	- Ten sixty-eight.
00:06:05	lf it isn't Langlois!
00:06:16	I'd been a reporter
00:06:20	I covered fire, crime,
00:06:22	and disasters.
00:06:24	I'd seen bisected bodies,
00:06:27	smashed faces,
00:06:29	chiIdren burnt aIive.
00:06:33	Sights more horrifying
00:06:35	than any man shouId see.
00:06:39	One day, I decided
00:06:45	I guess the past
00:06:46	catches up to you.
00:07:03	Too late, Gerry, show's over!
00:07:07	You don't look so good.
00:07:10	Are you sober?
00:07:12	Yes! l feel bad
00:07:18	An explosion?
00:07:19	Yeah!
00:07:20	- When?
00:07:25	- Casualties?
00:07:27	- How long were you here?
00:07:30	How many people lived here?
00:07:33	An old lady on the ground floor.
00:07:38	father, mother, teenage boy
00:07:42	A single guy next door to them,
00:07:49	- Any idea who was inside?
00:07:53	For sure,
00:07:59	The father had just left.
00:08:02	The others are missing.
00:08:27	You stay out.
00:08:29	l'm not on assignment.
00:08:34	l lived there.
00:08:35	That's a good one.
00:08:38	Get on.
00:08:43	You deserve it.
00:08:48	One night, I wanted to interview
00:08:54	I foIIowed him
00:08:59	He went crazy. It took 3 cops
00:09:05	But I don't remember.
00:09:07	I was too drunk
00:09:20	Holy shit.
00:09:23	The house is gone!
00:09:27	Hey, Dad!
00:09:31	My downstairs neighbour.
00:09:37	He screamed at her aII day.
00:09:40	Maybe he regretted it now.
00:10:05	The first thing I saw there
00:10:27	I've often Iost
00:10:31	This was the first time
00:10:39	I was thirsty.
00:10:48	Nothing Iike a Scotch
00:11:00	I couIdn't sIeep.
00:11:03	I kept wondering why I survived.
00:11:07	Why me?
00:11:09	A 3-time divorcé.
00:11:12	A Iiar, thief, cheater,
00:11:14	who, for 20 years,
00:11:17	Why was I spared
00:11:26	A shoelace. A fucking shoelace.
00:11:35	It's deepIy insuIting to owe
00:11:42	Anyway. The 3rd step
00:11:47	''We entrust our wiII and Iife
00:11:53	I guess we must accept
00:11:59	Easier said than done.
00:12:27	After the Moreau St. tunneI,
00:12:33	Canada's 3rd-poorest district.
00:12:36	This is home.
00:12:48	I ended up moving back here,
00:12:54	I paid $1000/month
00:12:58	Yet here,
00:13:00	I couId taste water again.
00:13:25	Why're you here?
00:13:27	l lived here, marshall.
00:13:30	Life's strange, eh?
00:13:34	- Was it arson?
00:13:38	- Any ideas?
00:13:42	What do you mean?
00:13:43	Weird. Listen, l can't talk now.
00:13:49	Well, how many died?
00:13:52	- Six.
00:13:55	Yes, l'm sure.
00:13:57	- No clue as to cause?
00:13:59	it's ''Act of God''. Let me work.
00:14:07	Act of God.
00:14:10	Wrong thing to say
00:14:15	But Lt Geoffrion
00:14:28	- Here.
00:14:31	You live on Darling?
00:14:35	- Notice anything?
00:14:44	She was my neighbour.
00:14:49	The cIothes and bearing
00:14:53	Mr Demers, please.
00:14:58	l'll hold.
00:15:03	Dad? l'm trying to call Mom.
00:15:07	She's not home? Are you sure?
00:15:11	No, nothing.
00:15:13	Nothing's wrong.
00:15:15	lt's fine. l gotta go,
00:15:22	A cold towel!
00:15:24	Miss?
00:15:26	- Thanks.
00:15:29	Yes.
00:15:31	Want to get up?
00:15:37	- Sure you're OK?
00:15:39	Recognize me?
00:15:42	And so, I got drawn into it.
00:15:45	AII she said at the diner
00:15:49	She'd Ient her flat to a friend,
00:15:54	I caIIed the fire dept.
00:15:58	We ended up in my car,
00:16:06	Hi.
00:16:08	l told you to keep out.
00:16:11	Try the Coroner.
00:16:15	Especially scavengers like you.
00:16:18	Look. Calm down.
00:16:19	l lived in that block
00:16:23	This is my neighbour.
00:16:28	ls that true?
00:16:31	Come this way.
00:16:33	- Shall l come?
00:16:36	Wait here.
00:16:42	A reporter?
00:16:46	lf anyone was in her place,
00:16:51	Yeah, l heard her too.
00:16:53	Why'd she lie?
00:16:57	- She identified someone?
00:17:00	- Where is she?
00:17:02	Alone?
00:17:04	Right.
00:17:17	Old Mme Dumais, ground floor.
00:17:28	My downstairs neighbour.
00:17:32	Her husband and son
00:17:40	Her daughter,
00:17:45	Josée.
00:17:51	This one's unrecognizable!
00:17:58	The other two?
00:18:01	What other two?
00:18:02	Weren't there six?
00:18:05	l only have four.
00:18:06	One fireman said six.
00:18:09	That's news.
00:18:20	Geoffrion said six died.
00:18:24	- Maybe he was wrong.
00:18:28	Better not get involved.
00:18:33	Thanks...
00:18:37	Gérard?
00:18:39	Anything l can do for you?
00:18:42	No. l'm fine.
00:18:45	Forget the little girl.
00:18:49	And...one day at a time.
00:19:00	I took it personaIIy.
00:19:03	A chiId's body
00:19:07	My damn Iife.
00:19:08	I'd done everything
00:19:10	except shoot myseIf
00:19:15	But a IittIe 4-year-oId girI
00:19:29	Scotch, please.
00:19:33	Double straight.
00:20:14	Ended up in Verdun,
00:20:15	with angIos.
00:20:19	EngIish, French, PoIish,
00:20:23	AA stories are aII the same.
00:20:26	First, the downfaII.
00:20:30	It's endIess.
00:20:32	AIcohoIics waIk a wire.
00:20:36	A decade of sobriety
00:20:41	We try to do the 12 steps,
00:20:45	One day at a time, 24 hours/day,
00:21:16	Stories are sacred.
00:21:19	I'm unsure about much in Iife,
00:21:25	''GerminaI'', the BibIe,
00:21:30	they impose order on chaos.
00:21:35	Story-teIIing is Iike
00:21:39	We do it to survive.
00:21:51	Later that night, I decided
00:22:00	We can't revive the dead,
00:22:22	Don't worry.
00:22:25	Okay, Stef. l owe you one.
00:22:30	Six it is. Six dead:
00:22:32	old Mme Dumais,
00:22:35	the mystery woman with the
00:22:39	Plus the 2 they concealed:
00:22:45	Mme Diane Demers,
00:22:49	and an unknown man beside her.
00:22:51	Plus, 2 are missing:
00:22:56	and Josée's father, whom
00:23:00	Why mess around in this?
00:23:03	lt's none of your business.
00:23:07	You'll just hurt everyone.
00:23:18	Here's Mme Dumais's obituary.
00:23:23	Oh, boy! Listen to this:
00:23:26	''Mme Diane Pilon Demers, M.D.,
00:23:31	Wife of Claude Demers, Esq.,
00:23:35	This is the big leagues.
00:23:38	She leaves her daughter,
00:23:42	Closed-casket ceremonies at
00:23:47	No shit...
00:23:49	Mountainside mansion
00:23:53	Yeah, hilarious.
00:24:12	Hello, marshall.
00:24:15	You again?
00:24:18	Find anything?
00:24:20	Nothing.
00:24:21	How come?
00:24:22	A gas explosion with no gas.
00:24:24	- The house wasn't connected.
00:24:28	You want my job?
00:24:30	No...
00:24:32	- Will it take long?
00:24:36	l don't get the streaker.
00:24:38	The what?
00:24:40	The naked guy.
00:24:42	Just before, a lady on the 2nd
00:24:47	- Really?
00:24:51	No. Always at the window.
00:24:55	A streaker.
00:25:11	Hello?
00:25:13	Mr Langlois?
00:25:16	You know me?
00:25:17	l used to read your column.
00:25:20	Too bad you quit.
00:25:26	Thanks.
00:25:29	- ls it about the explosion?
00:25:31	lt was the Hells.
00:25:34	Come in.
00:25:40	- Excuse me, what's your name?
00:25:45	Lt Geoffrion said you saw
00:25:50	Funny, eh? ln mid-November.
00:25:54	- Naked.
00:25:56	You recognized him?
00:25:58	He ran fast.
00:26:01	- Was he in the explosion?
00:26:03	He made it over.
00:26:07	- And what about the Hells?
00:26:11	The tall guy. He went out
00:26:17	Not to deliver pizza.
00:26:20	- You saw this?
00:26:23	They blew up the house
00:26:27	What a bastard!
00:26:31	Such a nice girl,
00:26:37	- Poor thing.
00:26:41	lf this is true, you must've
00:26:45	l don't spend my life
00:26:53	- Anything else seem strange?
00:26:57	rarely eat at home.
00:27:01	seems quiet
00:27:06	The 3rd-floor student
00:27:11	But?
00:27:12	Sometimes when she's not there,
00:27:14	a woman goes in,
00:27:18	A rich lady, in a fancy car.
00:27:22	The man comes in a cab.
00:27:24	When they're finished,
00:27:27	they leave separately.
00:27:29	Are you sure?
00:27:32	And that lady?
00:27:33	Mme Dumais?
00:27:35	A saint.
00:27:37	A saint.
00:27:56	I went back to check
00:28:00	With onIy one night Ieft,
00:28:06	Looking around here?
00:28:08	Yeah.
00:28:09	The 2-room below me is for rent.
00:28:14	- Where do you live?
00:28:19	Really?
00:28:29	I grew up there, on Lafontaine
00:28:34	in a big ground-floor flat,
00:28:39	We used to sIed out back.
00:28:43	Dad pIanted a tree by the hiII.
00:29:29	The Inuit say,
00:29:34	you waIk in circIes and end up
00:30:10	l have furniture too.
00:30:14	- You had a fire?
00:30:18	- The building that blew up.
00:30:32	Sir? There'll be no charge.
00:30:35	- Really?
00:30:39	Sure. l'll just take
00:30:42	- What's your name?
00:30:46	Thanks, Gaétane.
00:31:08	The oId woman downstairs
00:31:14	I expected cIosed-casket.
00:31:18	She Iooked caIm.
00:31:22	Seeing her again affected me.
00:31:25	I kneIt and pretended to pray.
00:31:28	Maybe that counts.
00:31:41	Excuse me. Did you know her?
00:31:44	Not really. We were neighbours.
00:31:48	l was away when it happened.
00:31:55	- Was she your mother?
00:32:00	She was born on a farm. Her famiIy
00:32:05	She had Grade 4, and worked
00:32:11	At 37, she married a maiIman
00:32:15	They had no kids.
00:32:17	We call some women saints.
00:32:22	She looked after old folks:
00:32:24	did their errands and dishes,
00:32:30	Then her sight failed.
00:32:33	She hardly ever went out.
00:32:36	- She thought about death?
00:32:40	''There's no rush.''
00:32:42	She said, ''lf l keep my mind and
00:32:49	She loved listening to books
00:32:54	l bet she was ''reading''
00:32:58	ls this the tape library?
00:33:01	Hello. l have
00:33:04	My neighbourjust died.
00:33:09	Could l find out
00:33:14	Adrienne Dumais
00:33:22	Ringuet's ''Trente Arpents''.
00:33:25	I read it when I was young.
00:33:33	I reread it that night,
00:33:38	I imagined her Iast night.
00:33:47	After supper, she settIed
00:33:52	She turned on the tape pIayer,
00:33:59	This country-born woman
00:34:02	basked in the taIe of Moisan
00:34:07	Then, a noise,
00:34:10	Iight...
00:34:12	and it was over.
00:34:45	Mr Langlois?
00:34:52	- He's back!
00:34:54	- The tall guy came for his car.
00:34:58	No, but his car's gone! lt was
00:35:05	Or it's the Hells.
00:35:08	The cops ignored me.
00:35:10	l'll look after it.
00:35:14	Good thing someone will.
00:35:19	l'll do my best.
00:35:27	Mr Langlois?
00:35:29	You take calls here?
00:35:31	You're my 2nd mom.
00:35:36	My Coroner contact.
00:35:38	A Mme Caron had identified
00:35:46	Denise and Josée were ID'd
00:35:50	Mme Laperrière Iived nearby.
00:35:54	I checked it out.
00:35:56	Big mistake.
00:36:02	Where's my order, fuck?
00:36:04	- l'm not-
00:36:09	- l'm not delivery!
00:36:12	Denise's neighbour,
00:36:17	Well, shove them up your ass!
00:36:20	She got what she deserved.
00:36:30	Goddamnit!
00:36:42	Sit down.
00:36:46	Okay?
00:36:49	- Alright?
00:36:51	- Want some water?
00:36:55	Gimme a cigarette.
00:37:08	Here.
00:37:15	Why'd you say...
00:37:19	she got what she deserved?
00:37:22	Who?
00:37:24	Your daughter.
00:37:31	My daughter?
00:37:34	Ain't my daughter any more.
00:37:37	She got cocky
00:37:42	She moved to the west end,
00:37:46	She was too good for us.
00:37:51	Nothing left.
00:37:56	Why'd she come back?
00:38:03	Who're you?
00:38:05	l told you, her neighbour.
00:38:08	You're not dead?
00:38:10	No. Did she come back
00:38:16	That fucking François
00:38:20	- Why do you say that?
00:38:22	That prick!
00:38:25	Where is he?
00:38:27	l don't give a fuck!
00:38:30	That dirty prick!
00:38:34	OK, Mme Laperrière!
00:38:37	What's her daughter's name?
00:39:24	An empty room can be reassuring.
00:39:29	Like on the prairies,
00:39:33	You can see troubIe coming.
00:39:37	I shouId've seen it coming.
00:39:42	But I was stuck on Denise.
00:39:45	Fate bIocked her and dragged her
00:39:49	back to a vioIent spouse
00:39:55	ShouId've done my 4th step:
00:39:58	''BraveIy proceed with
00:40:04	I'd see I was just seeking
00:40:09	Why eIse rummage in
00:40:14	and an inexpIicabIe accident?
00:40:45	Well, hello!
00:40:48	l figured you weren't set up
00:40:54	- What is it?
00:40:59	- A recipe from home?
00:41:03	Come in.
00:41:06	So, you were born nearby?
00:41:10	So, that was the deaI.
00:41:13	Potato pie for Iife story.
00:41:17	NormaIIy, I'd refuse
00:41:21	She appeaIed to me.
00:41:24	So I Iaid it out: 3 marriages,
00:41:30	She seemed to empathize.
00:41:32	Why'd you like reporting?
00:41:34	Why all the questions?
00:41:37	You should talk.
00:41:40	You like stories. So do l.
00:41:44	But l prefer live subjects.
00:41:46	They're more rewarding
00:41:51	Angéla...
00:41:54	stop nagging me about that.
00:41:56	- You shouldn't snoop.
00:41:59	You're nosing around
00:42:03	l have a right to know.
00:42:05	What difference will it make?
00:42:11	or survive?
00:42:14	Focus on getting through the day
00:42:16	and on those around you.
00:42:22	Well...
00:42:26	Off to bed.
00:42:28	Up at 5:00 tomorrow.
00:42:31	- Thanks for the pie.
00:42:34	Very nice of you.
00:42:39	Take care, Gérard.
00:42:51	So, beautifuI AngéIa
00:42:57	Ieaving a restIess guy
00:43:01	with dirty dishes
00:43:04	and no detergent.
00:43:15	Next day was
00:43:19	I drove uptown
00:43:28	I'II never fathom it.
00:43:31	Outremont, so near HocheIaga.
00:43:35	And yet so foreign.
00:43:38	CIoser to Paris
00:43:42	On Ontario, they have
00:43:46	On Laurier, property,
00:43:51	and Ionger Iives
00:43:55	But they end up dying too.
00:43:58	They haven't managed
00:45:00	Mr Demers requests
00:45:03	nor compromise the family.
00:45:09	This is to help you out.
00:45:16	They did their homework.
00:45:18	Losers Iike me come cheap.
00:45:23	In fiction, the undone hero
00:45:27	throw down the cash
00:45:32	But I couIdn't have
00:45:37	Who cares about
00:45:42	What's more to know?
00:45:45	And $1,000 is money.
00:45:56	I went to the bank.
00:46:00	Check Day.
00:46:02	AII the IocaIs were there.
00:46:05	My peers.
00:46:07	My compatriots.
00:46:12	I'II never know
00:46:18	Fuck, the shit was good.
00:46:26	- Didn't you live on Darling?
00:46:29	l was your upstairs neighbour!
00:46:33	Oh, yeah...
00:46:35	- What's your name again?
00:46:40	Where's your father?
00:46:42	Why?
00:46:44	- l wanna talk to him.
00:46:48	l just wanna know what happened.
00:46:52	Not there.
00:46:55	They were fighting at home.
00:47:00	Everyone took off after her.
00:47:06	l missed the explosion.
00:47:09	- Lucky, eh?
00:47:13	lf you see your dad,
00:47:14	say Gérard's looking for him.
00:47:19	- Yeah...
00:47:23	Will there be a funeral?
00:47:26	How should l know?
00:47:47	His story depressed me.
00:47:51	I thought of Josée,
00:47:53	probabIy the sanest person
00:47:58	doing the onIy thing reasonabIe
00:48:02	Where are you, Josée?
00:48:04	Leave.
00:48:06	Get out.
00:48:08	FIee far away
00:48:10	from that heII.
00:48:13	Josée!
00:48:16	Where are you?
00:48:20	There's the brat!
00:48:23	Why'd you run off like that?
00:48:26	I hoped Denise
00:48:30	but had hugged Josée,
00:48:33	shared a tender moment,
00:48:37	and toId her,
00:48:38	Oh, sweetie...
00:48:39	''We'II stop, sweetie.
00:48:43	''Come, sweetheart.
00:48:46	No more yelling at home.
00:48:50	''But Annie shook herself,
00:48:54	'l mustn't fall asleep...
00:48:55	- l'm going out for cigarettes.
00:48:59	...lf l do, it's over.
00:49:02	I hoped that, back at home,
00:49:07	put cIean pyjamas on her,
00:49:10	given her her bunny,
00:49:12	taken time to read to her,
00:49:14	before death set in.
00:49:28	For now, their bodies remained
00:49:36	God, help me get through the day.
00:49:42	Alleviate my thirst.
00:49:47	I waIked Iike I wanted a drink,
00:49:52	If I stopped, I'd drink.
00:49:56	I took cover from the rain.
00:50:00	The deviI was waiting
00:50:19	Here. For warmth.
00:50:22	No, thanks.
00:50:30	Come on!
00:50:33	l'm on the wagon.
00:50:40	Do you get bored?
00:50:46	Sometimes.
00:50:48	Not me.
00:50:53	Got a smoke?
00:51:01	Thanks.
00:51:14	God looks after his chickadees.
00:51:18	Supposedly.
00:51:32	Hi, Gérard.
00:51:35	Hello.
00:51:37	Caught in the rain?
00:51:39	Yes...
00:51:41	You looked out of sorts at
00:51:46	No...
00:51:48	Want some chicken pie
00:51:53	l'll change and come up.
00:51:59	I hadn't visited
00:52:04	It was Iike recovering
00:52:10	LittIe shrines were everywhere.
00:52:12	Sand, stones,
00:52:17	- Are those your kids?
00:52:21	How old?
00:52:23	The youngest, Michel,
00:52:28	You had them young.
00:52:31	l married at 18. l was pregnant.
00:52:35	l left home. My dad would've
00:52:40	l married a madman too.
00:52:43	Soon, a singIe mom with 2 kids.
00:52:46	She Ieft her south-shore viIIage
00:52:53	She got work, an apartment,
00:52:59	l missed the sea.
00:53:02	l'd drink at night. The boys
00:53:08	l went out, slept around.
00:53:12	Lost my job,
00:53:16	Neighbours started talking.
00:53:22	One night, l was
00:53:26	had an accident
00:53:30	He cut himself.
00:53:32	Blood everywhere.
00:53:35	Michel called 911.
00:53:38	When l got home,
00:53:41	l saw the paramedics' note.
00:53:45	l got to the hospital
00:53:50	Social Services got involved.
00:53:54	l lost my kids.
00:54:00	After that,
00:54:04	l did what it took to get high.
00:54:10	Then, a fellow hooker
00:54:14	l found her body.
00:54:17	Pretty girl.
00:54:19	Not even 18.
00:54:23	That really...
00:54:28	l decided l wanted to live.
00:54:32	So you joined AA?
00:54:34	Yes. A member sponsored me.
00:54:38	Then l came here.
00:54:40	Quebec City's small.
00:54:45	Do you ever contact the kids?
00:54:47	They're in a foster home.
00:54:52	l wrote them last month.
00:54:55	lt'd been 2 years.
00:54:58	Did they answer?
00:55:14	I stood there for ages,
00:55:19	knock on her door, hug her.
00:55:23	I shouId have,
00:55:25	but I didn't.
00:55:28	Instead, I got my notebook out,
00:55:39	Yes, l'd like to speak
00:55:44	lt's Lt Langevin
00:55:45	with the Montreal
00:55:51	Mme Caron didn't want to taIk.
00:55:57	I caIIed my ex-IandIord.
00:56:00	He said the neighbour
00:56:03	was KarI Godin. He worked
00:56:11	- What was he like?
00:56:15	That's about it.
00:56:18	He was in that fire?
00:56:19	We're looking for him.
00:56:22	l saw him Thursday,
00:56:26	Not since.
00:56:27	No.
00:56:28	You were away Friday.
00:56:32	on his credit card.
00:56:35	Yes. He looked nervous.
00:56:37	- Weird. Not normal.
00:56:42	He paid, put them
00:56:49	This story triggered memories:
00:56:52	the Ioud music
00:56:55	the poems on his door,
00:56:58	aII his nocturnaI activity.
00:57:02	Something had happened.
00:57:10	Any progress?
00:57:12	- On the contrary!
00:57:15	A break-in. How do l investigate
00:57:17	a corrupted site?
00:57:21	The fence is undone.
00:57:24	Any idea who did it?
00:57:37	I was sure
00:57:41	He needn't teII me.
00:57:51	Yes?
00:57:53	- Tomato juice.
00:57:57	No, thanks.
00:58:00	For 3 generations,
00:58:02	the DarIing Tavern has been the
00:58:07	Don't want MoIson, O'Keefe
00:58:11	SmaII bottIes?
00:58:13	They're for fags.
00:58:17	The waiter is sIuggish.
00:58:23	You know François Gravel?
00:58:26	Nope.
00:58:28	Brown hair.
00:58:29	Red Camaro.
00:58:31	Never heard of him.
00:58:33	Why?
00:58:34	We both lived on Darling.
00:58:38	Keep looking.
00:58:43	Thanks, pal.
00:58:56	Finish your drink. Someone
00:59:14	You're familiar.
00:59:16	Why d'you want Gravel?
00:59:19	We lived on Darling.
00:59:23	l lent him $20 on that bus
00:59:27	- Are you friends?
00:59:31	he was broke, l helped him out.
00:59:36	Where is he?
00:59:38	Obviously, l don't know.
00:59:41	Don't play smart with me, fucker!
00:59:45	Where is he?
00:59:49	l have no idea.
00:59:51	lf you see him,
01:00:25	The guy probabIy fronted
01:00:31	He used the fire as an out,
01:01:14	At times, you feeI Iike a fooI.
01:01:17	PIaying detective at my age,
01:01:20	out there freezing
01:01:21	at 1:00 am.
01:01:24	What did I hope to find?
01:01:28	I wouIdn't find it
01:01:33	You die when you die, and Iive
01:01:39	You eat, shit, get Iaid
01:01:44	Next day, you start over.
01:01:47	Then one day,
01:03:00	Oh, Christ.
01:03:14	Hold on. l'll get you
01:04:47	The exit was bIocked.
01:04:52	AII for nought.
01:04:55	He probabIy hid his coke here
01:05:00	Damn great reason to die.
01:05:07	Goddamnit.
01:05:13	I tried doing the 10th step:
01:05:16	''We conducted
01:05:19	and promptIy admitted
01:05:24	Not exactIy a triumph.
01:05:26	So l got in shit.
01:05:32	l promise to be super-good,
01:05:37	super-unimportant,
01:05:43	How's that,
01:05:47	ls that your lofty will?
01:05:57	Damn servile mentality.
01:06:04	When a man gets in shit,
01:06:07	stands up and gets out of it.
01:06:13	Why should l admit helplessness,
01:06:17	and let God lead me
01:06:24	l'm not sick, l'm furious!
01:06:29	Life is agony, people vile,
01:06:34	lf You do, we're just
01:06:44	Fuck it.
01:07:20	Stop yelling, you'll suffocate!
01:07:22	Get help, someone's dead!
01:07:37	There she was,
01:07:39	beside me,
01:07:42	in the car.
01:07:45	So damn IoveIy.
01:07:48	Burnished tan,
01:07:50	contours...
01:07:53	I hadn't touched her,
01:07:59	I drove for miIes
01:08:03	Restraint makes it better.
01:09:24	The taste of it fiIIed my mouth.
01:09:28	My constant burden was Iifted.
01:09:32	I feIt happy
01:09:38	I was back home.
01:09:56	I Iike driving drunk.
01:09:59	Life sIows down.
01:10:02	I'm fine.
01:10:04	Everything flows aIong.
01:10:09	Staying just drunk enough
01:10:12	The bottIe caIIs out.
01:10:18	Near St-Jérôme,
01:10:22	Finish the job.
01:11:17	A visitor, Mme Caron.
01:11:27	Hello.
01:11:30	What do you want?
01:11:33	l'm Gérard Langlois.
01:11:36	l lived in the building
01:11:40	Was he with you?
01:11:43	Did you know him?
01:11:48	You know why he was there?
01:11:53	What do you want?
01:11:59	l dunno.
01:12:01	You don't?
01:12:03	You barge in and do this
01:12:06	- Shall l show him out?
01:12:11	Why are you here?
01:12:19	l should have died, madam.
01:12:24	lt's only by chance l'm alive.
01:12:28	An untied shoelace.
01:12:31	lt delayed me long enough
01:12:36	with a Chinese,
01:12:39	which l wouldn't have had.
01:12:42	So, l wasn't home
01:12:46	lt's funny!
01:12:49	An undone shoelace.
01:12:57	Pardon me.
01:12:59	Mr Langlois?
01:13:02	Am l to understand
01:13:07	and you want to know
01:13:12	- Sorry to bother you. l'll go.
01:13:17	Please, stay.
01:13:20	l can tell you why,
01:13:23	He was making love
01:13:28	That's funny too, eh?
01:13:31	How trivial we are. l won't say
01:13:35	He told me everything.
01:13:39	He made love to her
01:13:43	Would you care to know why not?
01:13:48	You want details, medical files?
01:13:51	Do the why's interest you?
01:13:55	There are no why's.
01:13:59	How you get had.
01:14:03	How the body gives out.
01:14:07	Want to know anything else?
01:14:10	No, madam.
01:14:16	Forgive me.
01:14:37	What shame...
01:14:42	If I were brave or impuIsive,
01:14:45	I'd have kiIIed myseIf.
01:16:07	How I ended up in Maniwaki,
01:16:13	Took a Ieft at Grand Remous.
01:16:17	Seems I drank for 2 days.
01:16:21	The barmen carried me to bed.
01:16:24	Seems that hunting season
01:16:27	It was the AntIer FestivaI.
01:16:32	Seems I acted the fooI.
01:17:07	- Leave that poor deer alone.
01:17:11	Get lost!
01:17:12	- Don't talk to me that way!
01:17:15	- Leave that alone, goddamnit!
01:17:19	- Christ!
01:17:35	Go to hell!
01:17:42	Among the things not to do
01:17:48	steaIing antIers
01:17:53	right after cruising
01:17:56	and bothering Natives
01:18:01	If anything,
01:18:02	a Iong, tormented Iife taught me
01:18:49	That sonofabitch is back!
01:18:52	Guys, go out back.
01:19:10	The S.Q. drove me to town.
01:19:13	City cops wanted me in connection
01:19:20	Nothing Iike 300 k. in a cruiser
01:19:26	The whoIe story hit me
01:19:30	The expIosion, IittIe Josée,
01:19:33	her dad dead over some coke,
01:19:36	the disabIed woman.
01:19:38	AII the sordid deaths,
01:19:41	and me, aIive.
01:19:46	I was questioned by 2 cops.
01:19:50	I mentioned aII but the tavern.
01:19:54	I wasn't the type to kiII a man
01:20:00	I promised to stick around town,
01:20:03	so they set me Ioose.
01:20:14	I was a drowning man,
01:20:19	Except, my air...
01:20:21	was Scotch.
01:20:24	Every binge Iasts...
01:20:27	days, weeks, sometimes years,
01:20:31	depending on the suffering,
01:20:34	the void to be fiIIed,
01:20:38	the rage to sIake.
01:21:02	Sir!
01:21:05	Mister!
01:21:09	Are you OK?
01:21:14	Go call an ambulance!
01:21:19	Come here.
01:21:25	Hold on, help is coming.
01:21:40	''I've gone to Drunkard's HeII''
01:21:45	- my thought when I came to.
01:21:51	She came into focus sIowIy,
01:21:55	cute taupe bIazer, rust scarf,
01:21:59	ItaIian purse, subtIe perfume...
01:22:07	Nice work, Gérard.
01:22:10	You're too old for this!
01:22:14	l've better things to do
01:22:18	l thought this was over!
01:22:20	No more pity from me.
01:22:24	Grabbing cabs back and forth.
01:22:27	l'm fed up. Don't you get it?
01:22:33	It was over.
01:22:36	Some binges just stop.
01:22:39	The beast retreats,
01:22:42	and we return
01:22:48	That night, she took me home.
01:22:51	She washed my cIothes
01:22:56	Why she's so kind
01:22:57	to me, I don't know.
01:23:01	Guess I shouIdn't anaIyze,
01:23:06	Then the hulks came.
01:23:12	Ended up in Maniwaki jail.
01:23:14	The Maniwaki Antler Festival...
01:23:22	Your ridiculous antics
01:23:24	make me remember
01:23:28	Why did you marry me?
01:23:30	Because you're impulsive.
01:23:36	That's also why l left you.
01:23:41	Good night.
01:23:48	You are wonderful.
01:23:51	Yes, l know.
01:23:53	l know.
01:23:56	Good night.
01:23:58	G'night, Chantal.
01:24:19	l'm Gérard, an alcoholic.
01:24:22	l've been dry 3 days.
01:24:25	Before that, 7 months.
01:24:29	When l celebrated
01:24:35	l got this tag.
01:24:39	lt says, ''Call before,''
01:24:43	and l should have.
01:24:46	But l'm proud.
01:24:50	l could see this binge coming,
01:24:56	l'm proud.
01:24:59	My pride will kill me.
01:25:04	Should've died 2 weeks ago.
01:25:08	My apartment block blew up.
01:25:13	But l wasn't home.
01:25:16	By chance. l should've been.
01:25:27	There was...
01:25:37	A 4-year-old girl died.
01:25:44	Her name was Josée.
01:25:51	l should've thought
01:25:56	l could've died
01:26:01	to live properly.
01:26:06	But l spurned this.
01:26:09	l went on a binge.
01:26:16	So l'm starting over.
01:26:20	l have 72 hours behind me.
01:26:27	l'd like to read something.
01:26:36	''Humility pacifies the heart.
01:26:40	lt dispels trouble.
01:26:43	lt means never being angry,
01:26:49	lt means taking things in stride
01:26:52	and not taking things
01:26:57	staying calm
01:27:00	and if mocked or scorned,
01:27:05	where l can go, close the door,
01:27:09	kneel before God in secret,
01:27:13	as upon a deep, calm sea
01:27:17	in the middle of a storm.''
01:27:26	Thanks for listening.
01:27:56	Hello.
01:28:04	May l have coffee, please?
01:28:08	lt's there, help yourself.
01:28:28	l'm sorry, Gérard.
01:28:30	l was worried.
01:28:34	You were right. l snooped around
01:28:42	Your Coroner friend called.
01:28:45	- Really?
01:28:47	They found your neighbour.
01:28:53	Good!
01:29:01	Go ahead and call if you want.
01:29:09	Yes...
01:29:12	The night of the fire,
01:29:16	at St. Catherine and Beaudry.
01:29:20	and compIeteIy wired.
01:29:22	He was taken to a psych ward.
01:29:25	The defaced woman
01:29:30	Her name was Eve Dubuc.
01:29:39	AngéIa came to the hospitaI.
01:29:42	KarI was manic-depressive.
01:29:48	and had a breakdown.
01:30:13	Hello.
01:30:25	l'm your neighbour.
01:30:27	Darling St.
01:30:36	What happened
01:30:42	Do you remember?
01:30:47	Remember the explosion?
01:30:51	The night you were arrested.
01:31:03	l wanted to go to Portugal.
01:31:16	Sir!
01:31:28	Lithium impedes my reading.
01:31:33	l can't read any more.
01:32:00	KarI's story haunted me.
01:32:03	It was so absurd.
01:32:06	His madness saved his Iife.
01:32:09	He survived,
01:32:15	It started when
01:32:20	NormaI Iife was stifling.
01:32:24	He instantIy came aIive.
01:32:27	Ideas simmered, his mind soared.
01:32:30	He wrote poems on scrap paper.
01:32:37	He never sIept.
01:32:38	He feIt superhuman energy,
01:32:42	boundIess abiIity.
01:32:47	The night of the bIast,
01:32:51	He feIt huge, invuInerabIe.
01:32:54	ReaIity was just a detaiI.
01:33:09	Karl, it's Eve!
01:33:12	Open up, Karl!
01:33:14	Open up!
01:33:15	He had to go.
01:33:17	He considered
01:33:19	flying out the window,
01:33:27	He started running.
01:33:30	He was taII, handsome.
01:33:31	Nothing wouId stop him.
01:33:46	It was Eve.
01:33:49	She knew something was wrong.
01:33:55	Something caught her eye -
01:33:57	a souvenir, an object,
01:34:00	a note...
01:34:02	I'II never know.
01:34:05	But she stayed.
01:34:46	I'd never be sure
01:34:51	AII I knew was
01:34:54	Those who survived
01:34:58	Young Patrick,
01:35:02	KarI, in fuII
01:35:05	And me, because
01:35:10	Fate isn't seIective.
01:35:14	Geoffrion was by the site.
01:35:16	It was to be IeveIIed
01:35:20	End of investigation.
01:35:26	Cause of expIosion: unknown.
01:35:30	We shook hands.
01:35:34	He went away.
01:35:46	It was over.
01:35:48	I'd Iost my verve.
01:35:50	My bubbIe had burst.
01:35:54	I was no wiser or happier,
01:35:57	but I was aIive.
01:36:19	My name's Gérard.
01:36:23	I've been dry 6 months, 2 days.
01:36:28	I shouId teII what happened
01:36:32	the ruins of my home.
01:36:36	I don't want to.
01:36:38	I wiII say, I went to AngéIa's
01:36:45	I don't know what it means
01:36:49	I'II find out in good time.
01:36:53	Sometimes, Iife zaps a fastbaII
01:36:59	You gotta hit it.
01:37:05	AngéIa's back home visiting
01:37:11	I await her.
01:37:15	When she returns,
01:37:20	or just Iet her be awhiIe.
01:37:24	I'II pIay it by ear.
01:37:27	I wiII take care of her though.
01:37:34	Later on, if we so desire,
01:40:46	Adaptation: Fleming/Bolduc

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