- How much? - 10%
- 1,000 right away. - When you come back!
You sure trust me!
Give us back our typewriter! Runnin' away?
- I thought you'd gone this way. - Sure!
They wouldn't take it!
Then give it back
- Gimme 500 for the time I spent. - We're broke
Ya must have something! 300 and that'll do it
No! Give it back!
I don't work for free! I'll keep it as a deposit
It's ours!
Give it back or I'll slug ya!
Hands off! It's no more yours than it is mine!
- Let's ask that cop. - Shut up!
Keep the damn thing! Shit-heads!
- I'm tired of carrying it! - It's your turn
Dad'll surely think I swiped it
- It was your idea. - Yours!
- I don't care. I quit! - Ya lost your mind?
I gotta take it back to Dad's office but...
I'll wear a hat. If the guard sees me, he'll think it's a man
Take it back for me!
No way! It wasn't my idea!
You're a bastard!
I'll put my hat on
Wait for me by the store
Why, you're the Doinel boy!
Put that down! Your papa's gonna love this!
And I get hell for not watching things enough! This'll cost ya!
And don't try to pull a Houdini on me!
I know the ropes! I don't like smarties like you
Mr. Doinel? I'm sorry to call during your meeting
You'll have to come upstairs
I got a surprise for you... but not a nice one!
Don't touch that hat!
You think I'm takin' ya to a party?
The joke's over! Your ma and I wanna be able to sleep nights
Take a good look at your pal
You won't see him for a while!
Maybe this'll set your head right. It can't go on like this!
If I'd done this, my dad would've laid me flat
Is the captain in?
We've tried everything... kindness, persuasion, punishment...
but we've never beaten him!
At times the good old methods...
Yes, but we're not like that
- We left him free. - Maybe too free!
I wouldn't say so
But since we both work, you know how it is
Yes, I'm a father too
At times it's hard to know what to do
If only he'd confide in us!
We talk to him, his mind's elsewhere
You think he's listening?
Look how I found him!
Who knows what's on his mind?
Cabanel!
Please take this boy's statement
- Vagrancy and theft! - Right, boss
Come on!
So what's your decision?
For now, we can't have him at home. He'd run off again
If you could put him somewhere under surveillance...
like in the country and put him to work
He won't do anything in school
We could try an Observation Center
They're well organized now, with wood and metal workshops
That would do him good
If they have room!
You'll have ask for a paternal correction...
so Probational Education can take charge of him
He'll go before the juvenile court judge tomorrow
- You or your wife should be there. - Alright!
- Anyone see you enter the building? - No
...hereby...
declares he entered the building surreptitiously...
...one typewriter
Sign here!
- Charles! - Yeah?
He's yours!
Come on!
That way!
- He's yours. I'm goin' home. - OK
- What'd you do? - Ran away from home
And you?
Me...
The gals're here!
I've seen cleaner precincts in movies
I've seen dirtier
I've seen cheerier!
Move!
The chariot's here!
Put on your jacket!
Tie, belt, shoelaces... Empty your pockets!
Sign there!
Sign here!
We could try taking him back but...
he'd have to promise to change completely
If you could frighten him...
That's not my role
We've no control over him!
Maybe you try to control him only intermittently
Is the boy often left alone on the weekends...
at home?
My husband belongs to a car racing club
So we sometimes leave the boy at home...
but he hates sports! He prefers going...
to movies and ruining his eyes
And your husband? He's his son!
No. He married me when the boy was a baby
Very honorable!
I shouldn't have said that
On the contrary! I think it's best we send the boy...
to an observation center
One near the seashore?
We don't run vacation camps!
I'll do my best with whatever is available
We'll keep him 2 or 3 months while I investigate his case
Then we'll reach a decision
This processing is bound to do him good
- Goodbye, Judge. - Goodbye, Madam
Juvenile Delinquency Center
- What're you in for? - And you?
- I slipped up! - I swiped a typewriter
A typewriter? Not very bright!
They've all got serial numbers!
See that big guy?
He swiped automobile tires
At home every time I'd cry...
my dad would imitate my crying with his violin...
just to tease me
One day I got fed up and I slugged him
I'd kill my old man if he did that
Who's that guy?
He ran away last week. He got caught!
Running away's not forbidden, but getting caught is!
What's going on?
Line up!
What're you up to?
Show me your bread!
Alright...
You bit into yours!
Bring your bread and dish over here
Left or right?
Quiet!
I bet you'd get caught and I won!
I don't care! For 5 days I had so much fun...
I'll do it again first chance I get
What're you up to?
Kanayan! To the psychologist!
If she drops a pencil, pick it up...
without looking at her legs or it'll go in your file
- What file? - It says what they think of you...
the judge, doctor, even your parents' neighbors
I know my file by heart
I'm psychomotorally unstable with perverse tendencies
What if I say some nonsense?
You'll go to the booby hatch and that'll send you around the bend!
Why'd you return the typewriter?
I couldn't sell it. I didn't know what to do
I was scared... so I took it back
I don't know why
And you stole 10,000 francs from your grandmother?
She asked me over for her birthday
She was old and didn't eat much
She hung on to her money but didn't need it. She was gonna die
I knew the hiding place so I swiped some
I knew she'd never miss it
And she never did!
She gave me a very nice book that day
My mother would always go through my pockets and...
my pants were on the bed that night...
so she came in and swiped the money...
'cause the next day it was gone
Then she made me confess I'd taken it from my grandma
So she took away the book Grandma had given me
One day I asked to read it and...
found out she'd sold it
Your parents say you always lie
I lie... once in a while
At times, if I told the truth they wouldn't believe me!
So I tell lies
Why don't you love your mother?
At first I was placed with a foster mother
When the money ran out, I went to Grandma's
Then she got old and couldn't keep me so...
I went to live with my folks but I was already 8
I realized Mom didn't like me much
She'd nag at me for little insignificant things
Then there were fights at home
I heard...
that when my mother had me she was a bachelor mother
Once she fought with Grandma and I found out...
she wanted an abortion
So I was born thanks to Grandma
Have you ever slept with a girl?
No, but I know some pals who have and they said...
if I really wanted to, I should go to rue St-Denis
So I went and...
asked a few girls and they gave me hell
I got scared and left
But I went back a few times
A guy noticed me in the street and said What're you doin' here?
He was a North African. I explained and he said he knew one who'd go...
with young guys and all that
He took me to her hotel...
but she wasn't there that day
We waited an hour or 2... then I left
No, I came alone
That way?
Your personal letter hurt your father a lot
You're naive to think he wouldn't show it to me
In spite of things we're a solid couple
I've known hard times but it wasn't smart to remind him about it
Didn't he give you a name?
We were ready...
to take you back home but now it's impossible...
due to the gossip and your talk to the neighbors
I didn't say a thing!
But I'm used to it! I've had idiots attacking me all my life
That's all I have to say to you
Don't play the martyr!
Your father says he doesn't care what happens to you
You can go to a trade school
You wanted a job?
You'll see how much fun a foundry can be!