The Spanish Apartment English Movie Subtitles

1 00:01:02,411 --> 00:01:05,857 ♪♪ (MIXTURE OF MUSICAL STYLES) 2 00:01:24,798 --> 00:01:28,834 ♪♪ (MEN SINGING IN SPANISH) 3 00:02:36,596 --> 00:02:38,864 (JET PLANE ROARING) 4 00:02:38,934 --> 00:02:42,041 (MAN NARRATING IN FRENCH) It all started here. At takeoff. 5 00:02:42,111 --> 00:02:46,027 No, this isn't a story about taking off. 6 00:02:46,097 --> 00:02:48,394 Yeah, that's the real beginning. 7 00:02:51,461 --> 00:02:54,828 My appointment with Jean-Charles Perrin. 8 00:02:54,898 --> 00:02:57,435 It begins where it ends. Right here! 9 00:02:57,505 --> 00:03:00,243 (MAN SPEAKING FRENCH) I have an appointment with Mr. Perrin. 10 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:04,368 (SPEAKING FRENCH) He's in building F. 11 00:03:04,438 --> 00:03:07,166 On the 6th floor, room 6024. 12 00:03:07,236 --> 00:03:09,773 (SOUND EFFECTS HIGH-PITCHED, SPED UP) 13 00:03:20,882 --> 00:03:22,550 (SPEAKING FRENCH) Sir? 14 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:24,478 (FRENCH) I have an appointment... 15 00:03:24,548 --> 00:03:26,446 with Mr. Jean-Charles Perrin. 16 00:03:28,514 --> 00:03:29,783 Someone to see Mr. Perrin. 17 00:03:31,152 --> 00:03:32,780 Bonjour. 18 00:03:32,850 --> 00:03:36,047 I have an appointment with Mr. Perrin. 19 00:03:36,117 --> 00:03:37,925 Follow me. 20 00:03:45,577 --> 00:03:47,825 Ah. 21 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:50,093 Xavier! 22 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:50,093 (SPEAKING FRENCH) Hello, Mr. Perrin. 23 00:03:50,163 --> 00:03:53,120 (FRENCH) Call me Jean-Charles. I'm so pleased! 24 00:03:53,190 --> 00:03:56,706 Come in! This is where I work. My painting. 25 00:03:56,776 --> 00:03:59,973 View of Paris. 26 00:04:00,043 --> 00:04:01,941 Sacré coeur. 27 00:04:02,011 --> 00:04:05,707 The Eiffel Tower. Jussieu. 28 00:04:05,777 --> 00:04:07,825 I've known your father since-- 29 00:04:09,393 --> 00:04:13,419 we were at the ENA back when it was still in Paris-- 30 00:04:13,489 --> 00:04:16,516 I remember it's been-- 31 00:04:16,586 --> 00:04:18,814 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 32 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:22,021 (XAVIER NARRATING IN FRENCH) My father understands these things. 33 00:04:23,619 --> 00:04:26,296 (SPEAKING FRENCH) Go see him. What've you g***t to lose? 34 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:28,834 He's great. I've known him since-- 35 00:04:28,904 --> 00:04:30,362 (XAVIER) So, that's my dad. 36 00:04:30,432 --> 00:04:32,760 He's right in your field. 37 00:04:32,830 --> 00:04:34,948 You like double malts? 38 00:04:35,018 --> 00:04:37,975 Know Donohugue? It's Scottish. A marvel! 39 00:04:39,863 --> 00:04:42,460 It really started here, when he said: 40 00:04:43,499 --> 00:04:45,297 All I know is... 41 00:04:45,367 --> 00:04:49,124 with the new European directives, jobs will create themselves. 42 00:04:49,194 --> 00:04:54,528 Get your MS in a subject that addresses Spanish economics... 43 00:04:54,588 --> 00:04:56,626 and I can find you a job. 44 00:04:56,696 --> 00:04:59,523 There's sure to be prospects. 45 00:04:59,593 --> 00:05:04,888 But you have to speak Spanish and know the Spanish market well. 46 00:05:04,958 --> 00:05:08,274 (SPEAKING SPANISH) Do you speak Spanish? 47 00:05:08,344 --> 00:05:10,372 (SPANISH) A little. 48 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:14,918 (FRENCH) Been to Spain? 49 00:05:14,988 --> 00:05:17,815 (FRENCH) I went to Ibiza once. 50 00:05:17,885 --> 00:05:21,551 (XAVIER NARRATING) So I decided to go to Spain for a year. 51 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:24,119 (MAN ON RADIO) 52 00:05:26,486 --> 00:05:29,114 As a kid I was blond and wanted to write. 53 00:05:29,183 --> 00:05:32,081 I changed. We can change, can't we? 54 00:05:32,151 --> 00:05:36,596 To make a long story short, let's say my mom's a hippie. 55 00:05:36,666 --> 00:05:39,563 And hippies, alas, always tell the truth. 56 00:05:39,633 --> 00:05:43,259 (SPEAKING FRENCH) No bulgar, no tofu! I can't make you anything! 57 00:05:43,329 --> 00:05:46,296 You'd rather gorge on fast-food s***t... 58 00:05:46,366 --> 00:05:51,891 full of pesticides, toxins-- Well, be my guest! I won't stop you. 59 00:05:51,961 --> 00:05:55,357 (XAVIER) First, I wasn't sure. On second thought, 60 00:05:55,427 --> 00:05:57,995 I knew I had to get out of there. 61 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:01,321 España! 62 00:06:01,391 --> 00:06:05,008 So I looked into the European exchange program. 63 00:06:05,078 --> 00:06:08,524 It's called Erasmus. What an unspeakable mess! 64 00:06:10,192 --> 00:06:12,150 (CHATTERING) 65 00:06:16,836 --> 00:06:19,064 (WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH) Just a moment, please. 66 00:06:20,802 --> 00:06:22,920 (XAVIER) Wondering who Erasmus is? 67 00:06:22,990 --> 00:06:24,968 (MODEM SQUEALING) 68 00:06:22,990 --> 00:06:24,968 I didn't know either. 69 00:06:24,968 --> 00:06:26,966 Frankly, I still don't. 70 00:06:27,036 --> 00:06:31,711 I think he was some sort of Dutch traveler, circa 1500. 71 00:06:31,781 --> 00:06:34,868 Just registering took me three months. 72 00:06:34,938 --> 00:06:36,496 (SPEAKING FRENCH) That's next door. 73 00:06:39,443 --> 00:06:43,459 Have you been next door? 74 00:06:39,443 --> 00:06:43,459 I was just there. 75 00:06:43,529 --> 00:06:46,396 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 76 00:06:43,529 --> 00:06:46,396 (XAVIER SPEAKING FRENCH) I'd like an Erasmus file. 77 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:49,323 (FRENCH) And your registration form? 78 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:49,323 I just g***t it. 79 00:06:50,492 --> 00:06:53,519 It's empty! I can't do anything with that! 80 00:06:53,589 --> 00:06:57,135 They lost mine! I have to fill out another. 81 00:06:57,205 --> 00:06:59,353 Right! You're all the same! 82 00:06:59,423 --> 00:07:02,960 You always wait till the last minute! 83 00:07:03,030 --> 00:07:07,235 I did! They lost my file! It's not my fault they lost it! 84 00:07:07,305 --> 00:07:10,102 I'd just like to know what forms I need... 85 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:15,947 for the file, so it's complete. 86 00:07:16,017 --> 00:07:20,312 Well, a postgraduate Erasmus file isn't complicated. 87 00:07:20,382 --> 00:07:22,850 It's all listed on the small form. 88 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,146 You need the agreement of your adviser here, 89 00:07:26,216 --> 00:07:28,944 the agreement of your adviser there, 90 00:07:29,014 --> 00:07:33,149 agreements from your university there and here, 91 00:07:33,219 --> 00:07:35,617 your student ID-- That's imperative! 92 00:07:35,687 --> 00:07:38,374 - You're under SMEREP   or M.N.E.F.? - M.N.E.F. 93 00:07:38,444 --> 00:07:42,880 Then, go to the M.N.E.F. Office, building "D," ground floor... 94 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:45,177 and ask for form E111. 95 00:07:45,247 --> 00:07:46,646 And don't go "pfft". 96 00:07:46,716 --> 00:07:52,040 Without it, you can't be reimbursed for any medical expenses, okay? 97 00:07:52,110 --> 00:07:54,938 So, fill out all those forms. 98 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:58,674 This needs a résumé, a letter of intent, 99 00:07:58,744 --> 00:08:02,640 the title of your thesis, and all these things here! 100 00:08:02,710 --> 00:08:04,108 All that! 101 00:08:07,425 --> 00:08:11,191 (XAVIER) I don't know why the world became such a mess. 102 00:08:11,251 --> 00:08:14,688 I don't know if it had to be this way. 103 00:08:14,758 --> 00:08:17,615 Complicated, made like s***t, out of whack. 104 00:08:17,685 --> 00:08:22,080 Before there were fields, cows, chickens. It was much simpler. 105 00:08:24,968 --> 00:08:27,365 They had a direct relationship with things. 106 00:08:27,435 --> 00:08:31,101 They had animals, grew their own food, 107 00:08:31,171 --> 00:08:33,829 made their clothes, built their home. 108 00:08:33,899 --> 00:08:37,125 On the farm, life was simple for Martine. 109 00:08:37,195 --> 00:08:40,662 Why did we ever leave Martine’s world? 110 00:08:40,732 --> 00:08:42,290 (SPEAKING FRENCH) What a horror! 111 00:08:46,496 --> 00:08:49,193 (FRENCH) What's a horror? 112 00:08:46,496 --> 00:08:49,193 It's so sexist. 113 00:08:49,263 --> 00:08:51,521 This putrefied vision of women. 114 00:08:51,591 --> 00:08:53,659 Why do you say that? 115 00:08:53,729 --> 00:08:57,955 Because she feeds the chickens and tends the cows? 116 00:08:58,024 --> 00:09:01,091 No, but-- Obviously, that's your fantasy. 117 00:09:01,161 --> 00:09:05,287 A nice little girl in a short skirt, rosy cheeks. 118 00:09:05,357 --> 00:09:06,926 No, it's not! 119 00:09:06,995 --> 00:09:09,953 To think my parents named me after her! 120 00:09:11,521 --> 00:09:13,849 That really bums me out. 121 00:09:14,918 --> 00:09:17,855 My mother used to read this. 122 00:09:17,925 --> 00:09:20,852 I think that's sweet. 123 00:09:20,922 --> 00:09:23,179 But, Martine, 124 00:09:23,249 --> 00:09:25,187 it's not important. 125 00:09:29,523 --> 00:09:31,451 Is it Martine that-- 126 00:09:34,148 --> 00:09:36,516 I’m sad that you're leaving. 127 00:09:39,083 --> 00:09:41,940 I'm sad too. 128 00:09:42,010 --> 00:09:43,729 (JET ENGINE REVVING) 129 00:09:55,507 --> 00:09:57,445 (ALARM RINGING) 130 00:09:55,507 --> 00:09:57,445 What is it? 131 00:09:59,013 --> 00:10:02,570 (WOMAN ON P.A., IN FRENCH) Air France flight 6237 to Barcelona-- 132 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,769 S***t! 133 00:10:10,102 --> 00:10:11,900 Come on, Martine! 134 00:10:27,805 --> 00:10:29,293 She's really sad. 135 00:10:29,363 --> 00:10:31,900 I'm sad too, you know....