Hotel mondial.
Le mondial. Tres bien.
Avec cette pluie ca risque de prendre un
moment. L'autoroute est ferme. A cause
du 14 juillet.
[Do you mind the radio?]
[Do you want me to turn the radio off?]
I don't speak french.
Ah. American?
That's right.
That's good because I speak a little english.
I asked if you mind the radio. Music. You know.
Super cool.
What time is it?
Time, time, time. I don't know. Daytime.
Are you in town for business?
Yes.
It's a nice hotel. Your hotel. Very big rooms.
Do you know paris?
I've been here once before. When I was younger.
Those were the days.
Married?
I beg your pardon?
Do you have a wife?
No.
Why?
Well, if you need a wife for the night...
for business.
I give you my number.
Very nice girl. French. Like when you were young.
You just tell me and I set it up.
What you laughing at?
You let moises set it up.
Your package... it arrived in the last night of before last night.
The toilet.
From here you can operate the television.
Merci.
He starts to leave.
Oh, wait.
The bellboy turns around.
What time is it?
Time.
Ah. Yes. Il est presque huit heures
bonjour.
Bonjour.
Wow. Vous avez une belle chambre. Je ne
ca sera 150 francs de I heure. Toute la nuit pour 700. D'avance. Et faudra porter un...
I... don't speak french.
It's okay.
It will be one thousand francs for all night. In advance.
We can do it now if you want.
Well, let me just dry up.
Okay, but it's not necessary.
What's your name?
Zoe or zoey. Which ever you like.
My name's zed.
That's funny. We both have z names.
What was that?
You can take those off. The pants.
I'd rather watch you get undressed first.
All right.
Slower.
All right
mister america. Zed.
Slow enough for you?
I'm cold.
Zed?
Yes?
Moises told me you were in town for business.
Yes.
What kind of business?
Why?
I don't know. I'm just curious.
Do you ask all your clients questions?
No. Just the ones I like.
So you like me?
Yes.
Why?
I run into some real creeps. You know.
How do you know I'm a good person?
Body language. We fit together.
All men and women fit together. Hell, even some men fit together.
No, but you know, we clicked. You made me orgasm.
Do you know how often I orgasm with a man moises sets me up with?
No I don't.
Usually never. They're almost always fat like pigs.
And you make me feel safe. That's
something more important than the orgasm.
An integral part maybe of the orgasm.
I never really thought of it like that.
Well, its true. Zed nods at this.
Turn off the television.
So I mean it when I tell you zed,
I like you very much.
Well, I like you too zoe.
Honest?
Why? For the same reason?
Any man can orgasm. Even with his own hand. Zed stares ahead as he thinks of an answer.
Well, I like your honesty. You're open.
Unlike most prostitutes I've been with.
She doesn't like the sound of this. She slaps him.
I am not a prostitute! Zed is a little surprised at this.
Really? Can I have my francs back then?
I'm a student. And to pay for the
classes I became an escort. It's my
choice to sleep with you.
I see.
What? You don't understand.
No, I do.
Hey, it's not easy.
I didn't say it was.
I'm here because I want to.
Okay,
okay relax. What school do you go to?
The centre du art, paris.
That's really interesting.
What kind of art do you study?
Not any of the old shit.
Oh.
I have a day job too. Three times a week.
But someday there will be only my art.
What kind of things do you paint?
I don't paint. I make things. Objects.
Not like sculpture. Like life... but with
what I do I do only for the objects.
I d like to see one of these.
What? So you could see the work of a whore?
Zoey. I'm sorry for calling you a prostitute. I didn't understand the difference.
The difference is a prostitute would have lied to you about her orgasm.
What time is it?
I have no idea. Night time.
I'm going to take a shower.
Eric. Come in.
They hug.
What happened to you? I thought you were going to call.
Oh I see.
You have been busy.
Sorry, I asked the hotel to give me a wake up call.
That's good, but now I am here. So let's go. We have a lot to talk about.
What about the girl?
Is she your girlfriend?
No.
Fuck her. She's a dishrag whore. Kick her out.
I'll let her stay here tonight.
don't be silly. It's dangerous.
Eric.
don't worry about her.
God damn it!
So tell me, what have you been up to?
Eric, I liked that girl.
Oh. Well, then why didn't you stop me.
Because you were on a rampage.
Look, your whole life you've done nothing but fuck whores.
A girl like that will give you aids.
Why don't you find a nice girl in the suburbs?
Because when you need to get off you don't want to have to date for months to do it.
Just use your hand like me.
Sometimes you just need honesty... and security.
I don't understand. Anyway, it's too late. Get dressed, lets go out and meet the boys.
Okay, let me take a shower.
No, in paris it's good to smell like you've been fucking. It will make them respect you.
Just put on a shirt and a sport coat.
I'm glad you came. How long has it been?
11 years.
It's amazing, you know?
Here you are. One day in america. Now here.
Well, to be honest there really wasn't much happening for me in the states.
But in paris your old friend eric has a job for you, so you came. That's good.
How could I resist your invitation?
You would have been stupid to.
So what have you been doing here?
After school I spent some time in algeria studying african philosophy.
And then I bummed around. You know. For fun.
For a while I worked at le figaro. The newspaper.
Really?
Yes. With an assumed masters degree.
And lately we have just been bombing fascists here in paris. You know, like terrorists.
Zed looks over at him.
Is that cat dead?
I don't know. I think it's a sleep but it's been there for days.
I guess it is dead.
They walk into the flat.
Hello. They all return the greeting.
Okay. This is francois, ricardo, jean, oliver, and claude. Got it?
They all know who you are.
Beer?
Thanks.
don't think of it. Come. Sit down.
Easy. don't scare him. He just wants to claim you.
Let me introduce you properly. This is enrique. The monkey screeches.
He likes to be called chim chim,
but we don't always get what we like... do we? Again, the hideous creature screeches.
Taistoi!
Do you like hash?
don't sit next to that junkie.
That little shit monkey of yours pissed on my billy holiday albums.
Next time he's out the door.
Zed, come here.
don't ask me where we got this.
On bastille day, all the banks are closed. He places his hand on the blueprint.
But this one. Bip. The banque internationale de paris.
And for being greedy capitalists perhaps they will remain closed next bastille day. Yes?
We will go in and shut the bank down.
Now, look at this.
As you can see, only one person can start the alarm.
The concierge, at this desk.
We will take care of him.
Then we can close the bank. No one will know the difference since every other bank will be closed.
Are you sure he won't push the alarm?
Ahhh! He's right next to the door.
We'd have to be totally incompetent not to stop him. don't worry about that.
Here. This is where they keep the days reserve cash. Okay fuck that.
There are many vaults downstairs,
but this is the vault we must get into. This is where the real prize is.
What kind of vault is that?
Ah... swiss made. A caliber.
Caliber?
It'll take three hours.
No, thats too long.
Thats how long itll take.
Well shit. It's too long. We have to be in and out. Like that. Or there will be suspicion.
A little time is okay... but too long and...
well hold on a second. What's this?
Another vault.
No this.
I don't know... it connects the two vaults.
Well, what kind of vault is this other one?
Also swiss, but this one is a poseidon.
Why would those two vaults be connected?
I don't know.
Because i can get into this vault in half an hour. Maybe less.
But this entry way is too small to get the platen out.
We have a lot of merchandise in there.
No, don't you see? We get in through
this secondary vault and take this passage to the other main vault. From the inside i could open the caliber vault in five minutes.
You could open it in five minutes?
From the inside its easy.
Hot damn. That is our answer.
Okay.
When is bastille day?
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow!? We're doing this tomorrow?
But of course.
It's impossible.
It's not impossible. Everyone knows what to do.
I don't know what to do.
You don't need to know shit. Just get into the vault and we'll do the rest.
I haven't even seen the bank.
Fuck the bank. Before we do a job we live life.
It's better that way. Okay?
Okay.
Good. Now we do heroin!
Do you want heroin?
No. A little bit of heroin, some hash, a
beer... and you re just right.
Try some.
Its called chasing the dragon.
The chinese have been doing it for centuries.
I don't think so.
Oh, but you must.
It will make you feel
as though the rest of the world is in a bubble of glass
and that you're rubbing up against it
like a bad windshield wiper.
Do you like french cars?
Yes.
I like the cadillac.
Fiftytwo to seventyfive. Very nice.
Up here you can see the eiffel tower.
Is tomorrow really bastille day?
Yes, tomorrow we pull the biggest job in french history.
And spend the rest of our lives in
monte carlo.
[Faster, faster... go faster. Let's beat them!]
Watch it! don't crash my car.
Over here is where the male prostitutes sell themselves. Do you see?
Fucking fags!
Suce ma bite?!
This is good to have you here. We could not do this without you.
Everyone has agreed to give you double shares. That's good.
That's good.
You know i have aids.
From the needle.
Really?
Okay, up here is the arc de triomphe.
So, how long have you known eric?
Well, eric's mother is american.
Yeah, and his dad's french.
They're divorced. And she and his father had some kind of six month split plan set
up. So every six months he would come back to the states. We were best friends. Eventually he and his mother
had a falling out and he stayed here. It's been... years.
Well, it's good to have you here. Eric
speaks fairly highly of you. Say, he
says you're a big fan of viking films.
Well... i suppose. I used to be, when i
was young.
Oh they're the best. Helmets with horns on them. Shit. Thats fucking genius.
How bout toy jazz? You like it?
Yeah... i guess.
I love it. Its really good, you know? Like real music. It has a heart and
culture all it's own. It's, like, jazz for dwarves... or guys in leiderhosen.
Total purity of essence.
Yeah.
Hungry cannibals'd like it.
Hungry cannibals'd like it!
Here, you must drink some of this wine,
non merci, c'est de la merde.
La ferme. C'est du bon vin.
The fucking english.
Look at him. He's crazy.
Hey! How was i?
I didn't know you could play.
I can't. But it's easy. You just slide the thing.
Do you like this place?
Yeah.
Good. This is the real paris. Here in the cellar. Up there... on the street, all just street trash.
You have pompidou center, the eiffel tower... all that tourist shit.
La louvre.
Good god the fucking louvre.
All of that is for the guide buses.
Even the people, parisians, they are shit.
No one in france likes them. It's true.
It's ridiculous. Even for us we get this. But down here... -
. away from everyone up there, the tourists, the attractions, the fucking
postcards, people change.
They forget, because they can not see, that they are in paris.
It could be anywhere. That's right. Down here you have music, good food
you have the wine.
Even the wine. Its better.
So what do you think?
What do you think of paris?
Well, if this is paris... then i like it.
Good! Lets dance.
No
come on. don't be a sissy.
Just snort this with your nose.
What's going on? Why don't you do some?
Should we be doing this somewhere more private?
Fuck them. They can get their own.
No, I mean, is it safe to do it here?
What!? From the police?
Doing heroin here is safer than in amsterdam.
I don't know if i should.
But you must.
But if you want to feel good then why not?
Go on. You only live once.
Why do you talk to street trash like that?
Whatever. Come on, i want to talk to you.
Meaty pussy.
They walk against the wall.
Open your mouth. Oh god. No more.
Shut up. You need it. To see paris you need it.
What was that?
It's new. don't sweat it. I wanted to
tell you zed, there are others here in
paris, others that could open that vault.
There are others in germany, switzerland,
one in belgium... all could do the job.
I don't need those assholes though.
I have you.
I have the one man i can trust in the whole world.
My very good friend who
i look up to. You are the one.
You are the one. Zed
lt's good to see you.
You know what I'm saying?
What did you give me?
don't sweat it.
We all die.
The important thing is that in life we experience everything.
You know what I mean?
No.
Tomorrow is the greatest day of our lives.
The beginning of our lives. The end of the complication.
Do you have fire?
Before, when we would make a bomb, you know, to blow up a cafe or something,
it would cost us a weeks wage working at le fucking figaro.
For me it was one week and one half week.
Wake up. Wake up sleepy head.
C'mon. We have a bank to rob.
Would you like a croissant? Perhaps some coffee?
I feel like i drank furniture polish last night.
You did. It was probably the bad spanish wine you drank. I told you not to.
Okay look, you should get ready. The bank will be open for three hours today
and traffic will be hell.
My gear... i need it.
Oh, but we went by your hotel last night.
don't you remember?
We have all your things here.
So get up and take a shit so we can go.
So how is this going to work?
Simple. We go in. We get what we want. We come out.
Once we get in we will wear these to cover our faces. Just in case.
Will they have video cameras?
Oh yes. But we ve taken care of that. So don't worry.
Everyone knows what to do, so just do your job and we will all be fine.
So don't worry.
Be happy.
Your gun.
Thanks but no thanks.
You re welcome.
Just follow us. don't say anything. It will go smooth.
Just like the old days, eh? Except its no longer the minimart. Yes?