The.Hairdressers.Husband.1990 Subtitles

00:02:34,751 --> 00:02:37,To Zaza, who will see herself.

00:03:20,626 --> 00:03:23,My mind is cluttered
with memories...

00:03:24,626 --> 00:03:26,It began on the beach
at Luc-sur-Mer.

00:03:27,959 --> 00:03:32,Mother had made wool bathing trunks
for my brother and me.

00:03:32,126 --> 00:03:35,They had red pom-poms,

00:03:36,209 --> 00:03:37,like cherries.

00:03:38,334 --> 00:03:41,Not only were those fruity ornaments
absurd,

00:03:42,418 --> 00:03:45,but the trunks never dried.

00:03:46,668 --> 00:03:48,We were always in the sea,

00:03:48,709 --> 00:03:51,so the wool stayed wet all day,

00:03:51,793 --> 00:03:53,sand stuck to our asses,

00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:57,which made my crotch
extremely sore.

00:03:58,209 --> 00:03:59,After a week,

00:04:00,084 --> 00:04:02,I had to walk with my leg spread

00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:05,to avoid screaming in pain.

00:04:06,376 --> 00:04:09,I'm angry at mother
for making us wear

00:04:09,459 --> 00:04:13,those trunks four years in a row.

00:04:14,668 --> 00:04:17,But I'm glad
she unintentionally drew

00:04:17,834 --> 00:04:20,my attention to my genitals.

00:04:21,084 --> 00:04:23,That summer, I realized

00:04:24,043 --> 00:04:26,I had to take good care of my balls.

00:04:42,959 --> 00:04:44,I'm off to the barber's.

00:04:44,876 --> 00:04:44,Again?

00:04:48,084 --> 00:04:49,I was around 12.

00:04:50,126 --> 00:04:52,I loved going to the barber's.

00:04:56,543 --> 00:05:00,In our town there was a barber shop

00:05:00,584 --> 00:05:03,for men only,

00:05:03,668 --> 00:05:05,run by a beautiful Alsatian woman:

00:05:06,751 --> 00:05:07,the lovely Mrs. Sheaffer.

00:05:09,918 --> 00:05:10,She had few clients

00:05:12,959 --> 00:05:15,so you didn't need
an appointment.

00:05:15,126 --> 00:05:16,She had no husband,

00:05:17,168 --> 00:05:18,but many lovers.

00:05:19,459 --> 00:05:21,I adored going there.

00:05:30,668 --> 00:05:33,When I opened the door,
a wonderful smell

00:05:33,876 --> 00:05:35,flooded my nostrils, a mixture

00:05:36,043 --> 00:05:39,of lotion, hair spray,
rose water, shampoo...

00:05:40,209 --> 00:05:42,It was intoxicating.

00:05:46,376 --> 00:05:48,The most extraordinary smell of all

00:05:49,584 --> 00:05:51,was her own.

00:05:53,626 --> 00:05:54,She had red hair

00:05:55,751 --> 00:05:57,and a pronounced body odor

00:05:58,918 --> 00:06:00,that no doubt bothered some clients,

00:06:01,001 --> 00:06:03,but drove me wild.

00:06:05,209 --> 00:06:07,Her body seemed to smell of love.

00:06:09,209 --> 00:06:10,I adored that.

00:06:15,459 --> 00:06:16,What can I cut?

00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:19,My mother likes my hair short.

00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:28,The shampoo was the first delight.

00:06:29,209 --> 00:06:32,Mrs. Sheaffer bent over me,

00:06:32,251 --> 00:06:34,her bust almost touching my face.

00:06:35,376 --> 00:06:36,I inhaled deeply,

00:06:36,459 --> 00:06:39,silently, to immerse myself
in her smell.

00:06:41,751 --> 00:06:44,At night, in bed,
I could still smell it

00:06:45,834 --> 00:06:49,and I yearned
to take her in my arms.

00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:52,School going well?

00:06:55,293 --> 00:06:57,Good student?

00:06:57,334 --> 00:06:58,You're lucky.

00:06:59,251 --> 00:07:01,I hated school.
Didn't like the discipline.

00:07:34,668 --> 00:07:36,You haven't finished this crossword.

00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:43,Oh yes... thanks...
I'll do it later.

00:07:47,209 --> 00:07:49,In June 1947, before vacation,

00:07:49,334 --> 00:07:53,something happened
that I've always remembered.

00:07:54,626 --> 00:07:56,It was very hot.

00:07:57,584 --> 00:07:58,She smelled divine.

00:08:45,709 --> 00:08:48,That evening,
having seen her heavy,

00:08:49,626 --> 00:08:51,ideally round breast,

00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:55,I was still so disturbed
I couldn't speak.

00:08:59,043 --> 00:09:00,You alright, Antoine?

00:09:00,251 --> 00:09:02,I'm fine.

00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:04,You look funny.

00:09:12,543 --> 00:09:13,Dinner's ready!

00:09:13,751 --> 00:09:15,What's a binary system?

00:09:17,834 --> 00:09:18,I'll put it

00:09:18,918 --> 00:09:21,another way:

00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:25,What is a binary cat?

00:09:26,251 --> 00:09:28,You don't know, of course.

00:09:28,418 --> 00:09:32,Again, I will have to bail you out!

00:09:33,418 --> 00:09:35,A normal cat

00:09:35,584 --> 00:09:37,is a cat that has

00:09:37,751 --> 00:09:39,one head, two eyes

00:09:39,876 --> 00:09:41,and four paws.

00:09:41,876 --> 00:09:43,A binary cat

00:09:44,876 --> 00:09:46,has one head,

00:09:47,084 --> 00:09:49,one eye, one eye,

00:09:49,126 --> 00:09:51,one paw, one paw, one paw

00:09:51,293 --> 00:09:53,and one paw.

00:09:53,418 --> 00:09:55,You see the difference?

00:09:56,459 --> 00:09:58,I thought you'd say that.

00:09:58,584 --> 00:10:00,He sees a difference!

00:10:00,584 --> 00:10:01,He's hopeless!

00:10:02,584 --> 00:10:03,What'd you want to be in life?

00:10:03,834 --> 00:10:04,Civil engineer.

00:10:05,668 --> 00:10:07,Why not a tightrope walker?

00:10:08,834 --> 00:10:10,Let him be, he's young yet.

00:10:10,918 --> 00:10:11,I'm disappointed.

00:10:12,126 --> 00:10:15,If you start small, you end small.

00:10:18,293 --> 00:10:19,And you?

00:10:19,418 --> 00:10:21,What'll you do later on?

00:10:21,459 --> 00:10:24,Later on, I'll marry a hairdresser.

00:10:31,959 --> 00:10:33,Why did I do that?

00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:36,Tell me why I did that.

00:10:44,459 --> 00:10:47,It's me, Mom. Open up.

00:10:48,459 --> 00:10:49,Your father is sorry.

00:10:50,543 --> 00:10:52,He was surprised, don't you see?

00:11:00,001 --> 00:11:01,Are you sick?

00:11:04,126 --> 00:11:05,Answer me!

00:11:06,293 --> 00:11:07,Antoine?

00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:09,Do you hear me?

00:11:10,459 --> 00:11:12,What are you doing?

00:11:13,501 --> 00:11:14,Are you alright?

00:11:16,709 --> 00:11:17,Well?

00:11:17,751 --> 00:11:19,He's not answering.

00:11:19,876 --> 00:11:21,Maybe he passed out!

00:11:21,834 --> 00:11:23,From a slap?

00:11:24,876 --> 00:11:27,I'm worried!
We'll have to break down the door!

00:11:27,959 --> 00:11:30,Calm down! I'll talk to him.

00:11:33,209 --> 00:11:36,Antoine, it's Dad. I apologize.

00:11:36,501 --> 00:11:38,I'm sorry for what I did.

00:11:38,501 --> 00:11:39,Do what you want in life.

00:11:40,709 --> 00:11:44,I stayed there an hour,
staring at the ceiling.

00:11:45,751 --> 00:11:47,Mrs. Sheaffer was already mine.

00:11:48,918 --> 00:11:51,Her body, her smell was mine.

00:11:53,001 --> 00:11:54,I had won:

00:11:54,251 --> 00:11:56,I'd be a hairdresser's husband.

00:12:53,543 --> 00:12:55,There's a storm coming.

00:12:55,668 --> 00:12:57,Maybe.

00:13:06,126 --> 00:13:08,Hello, Mr. Morvoisieux.

00:13:11,168 --> 00:13:13,If plastic flowers grew in a garden,

00:13:14,209 --> 00:13:15,that would be proof...

00:13:15,418 --> 00:13:16,And the smell?

00:13:17,376 --> 00:13:18,You make me laugh,

00:13:18,584 --> 00:13:22,you know nothing exists
without a model.

00:13:23,709 --> 00:13:25,Plastic flowers are OK,

00:13:25,793 --> 00:13:28,but there had to be
natural ones first,

00:13:28,918 --> 00:13:31,or there'd be
no artificial ones now!

00:13:32,001 --> 00:13:32,Coffee grinders?

00:13:34,084 --> 00:13:35,What about them?

00:13:36,168 --> 00:13:37,They exist, right?

00:13:37,293 --> 00:13:39,Yes, go on...

00:13:39,293 --> 00:13:40,They don't grow on trees,

00:13:41,293 --> 00:13:42,or exist in nature,

00:13:42,501 --> 00:13:44,but we have them.

00:13:44,668 --> 00:13:46,So you can make a grinder

00:13:47,584 --> 00:13:47,without a model.

00:13:47,793 --> 00:13:49,We're talking about God!

00:13:49,793 --> 00:13:50,God!

00:13:51,834 --> 00:13:54,How the hell
did we get onto coffee grinders?

00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:57,What phony reasoning!

00:14:02,168 --> 00:14:05,So you say!
You always want to be right!

00:14:05,334 --> 00:14:08,Coffee grinders
was just an example.

00:14:09,543 --> 00:14:12,God is infinite.
You can't fathom Him.

00:14:12,709 --> 00:14:13,Same thing.

00:14:13,834 --> 00:14:15,God exists.

00:14:16,793 --> 00:14:18,So you say, but...

00:14:29,293 --> 00:14:30,He's stooping lately.

00:14:35,501 --> 00:14:37,It's just his jacket wrinkling.

00:14:39,626 --> 00:14:41,Before, he'd have avoided that.

00:14:45,043 --> 00:14:46,You're right. He's aging.

00:16:09,459 --> 00:16:13,10 years ago, Mathilde worked
in Isidore's Barber Shop.

00:16:13,626 --> 00:16:17,Her boss, Isidore Agopian,
had 3 female hairdressers.

00:16:17,668 --> 00:16:18,He was homosexual.

00:16:18,834 --> 00:16:21,So he hated...