bonsoir.
did you sleep well?
i hope our noise did not keep you awake. richard looks from one to the other.
he tried to borrow money from us.
he said if we lent him money h would tell us about a secret beach.
but he has been there, off course.
hi.
we swim.
you can swim?
have you told someone?
i think it's a bad idea to tell anyone.
sshh. etienne will be angry if i wake him. he thinks i waste film taking photographs of the sky. richard wakes up and works out what she is doing.
one night i will get the perfect photograph. she presses the cable release.
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six. she lets the shutter close.
take a look. richard leans over and squints down the viewfinder. the sky is framed. francoise leans into the frame. richard draws back.
incredible
so on one you are rich, on another poor. on one you are a murderer, on another the victim.
richard, you know something - she hands him the cable release while she adjusts the camera.
that is just the kind of pretentious bullshit that englishmen and americans always say to french girls so that they can sleep with them.
it's just the sky, richard. she presses his thumb down on the cable release, her hand around his.
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept…
two.
my god, what are we doing here?
we should go back. it's too dangerous. we shouldn't be here.
we'll jump.
listen to me - we can jump.
please! they turn to her. she is standing with her back to the drop.
no.
who?
oh, i wouldn't know.
no. it's so boring.
is that good or bad?
richard.
what are you talking about?
do you have a girlfriend?
anywhere
just conversation.
no, it's what you are thinking. you are far from home. you meet a girl. it's exciting, why not? you are attracted to her - it's in your eyes. perhaps in hers as well. so you think something might happen; it's easy to believe, it's exciting. but she has a boyfriend so you are jealous. don't worry. it's natural. now i have seen enough football. shall we swim? richard is stunned.
what?
richard, how would i know? i don't know any more than you. she walks away. richard watches her go. he turns to the football. etienne scores.
look at him. it's disgraceful to drink so much.
don't make excuses for him. i'm so embarrassed.
richard, would you like to go tot the beach with me.
do you like it here, richard?
do you think about home?
nor do i. do you think that i ignore you?
it's because i am with etienne. it's difficult to spend time with you.
of course there is: i like you, a lot.
no. it's our secret. they are very close now, looking into each others' eyes. suddenly francoise looks away.
there!
look! the plankton. shrimps. in the dark, when they are disturbed, they glow. she dives in. he follows.
i missed you.
what was it like?
i can't. meet me tomorrow morning. ten o'clock at the waterfall. she touches him as she walks away.
what kind of things?
no, i don't.
i think sal is attracted to you.
on ko pha ngan, did anything happen?
you promise.
good. they kiss.
what is it?
we?
richard, it's horrible.
and to eat?
enjoy yourself, richard. i'll see you later, back in civilizatin.
what?
no thanks.
i don't care about that.
you liked to me. about sal.
she told everyone. she believes in openness and honesty, not like you.
because i liked you. i didn't know you were going to screw sal twenty-four hours later.
bugs is going to kill you. and you know what - i don't care. she raises her hand and slaps him again. richard does not flinch.
richard!
that's not funny.
no, what's wrong with you? why didn't you stop them moving christo?
i don't believe it. you really think it was alright to move him.
i don't know what has happened to you, richard.
richard -