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7 EXT. RESTAURANT. TERRACE. PARIS - DAY A-1 7

CAPTION:
PARIS - JULY 2006

The terrace of a smart Parisian brasserie. 15 or so people

sit round a long table having lunch. It’s a party atmosphere

with a lot of wine and general merriment. At the head sits a

man in his early 50’s - JULIEN. Next to him, his attractive

wife of the same age, an English woman - CELIA. Among the

guests we pick out fellow detectives FRANCOIS and LANEAU.

LANEU LANEU:

(French)Il ne voulait pas prendre sa

He didn’t want to retire, he retraitre, ne voulait pas de

didn’t want the lunch... repas... C’est pas .vident de

Julien is a hard man to faire plaisir . Julien.

please.

FRANCOIS FRANCOIS

(French)Celia, en tout cas sait

Celia must know how to please comment lui faire plaisir. A

him though. How do you think ton avis, comment elle a fait

she finally persuaded him to pour le persuader de prendre

retire? sa retraite ?

Jeers from the assembled group. Celia shakes her head at the

childish behaviour.

(CONTINUED)

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CELIA CELIA:

(French)Tu sais bien que je parle

You do know I speak French, fran.ais.

right?

(English; to Julien)

I did marry a Frenchman after

all. I think you put it in

the pre-nup didn’t you?

The chatter around the table continues as Julien turns to

Celia and smiles.

JULIEN:

It wasn’t you who persuaded me to

retire, mon amour. I just couldn’t

think of any other way to avoid

Francois’ singing every morning...

Nearby a couple of people laugh.

CELIA:

(quietly)

Well, it was a little bit me.

Laughter from everyone.

CELIA (CONT’D)

(French, unsubtitled)

What can I say? I’m very

persuasive.

Huge cheers from everyone round the table. Celia leans into

Julien again, this time quietly so no one hears while the

chat continues around them

CELIA (CONT’D)

And this time you’re actually going

through with it, right?

Julien nods and smiles.

JULIEN:

One more month and it is just you

and me.

Laneu raises his glass, getting the attention of the table.

LANEU LANEU:

(French)C’est un flic hors-pair qui

Farewell to a truly great nous quitte ajourd’hui. A

detective. To Julien! Julien!

They all drink. For a brief moment, Julien looks ever so

slightly sad.

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7A INT. FERRY - DAY A-1 (2006) 7A

CAPTION:
CALAIS

In the dark, we see the giant metal jaws of the doors to the

Ferry parking bay fall open to the sound of a deafening

mechanical whirr. The light falls on TONY, EMILY and OLIVER

as the door opens.

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