:08:06
Salmon from the Loire,
sole from the Channel...
:08:10
... lobsters from Corsica...
:08:12
... oysters from Dieppe,
sardines from Lorient.
:08:18
Asparagus from Argenteuil,
oranges from Valencia...
:08:21
... melons from Cavaillon,
cabbage from Aubervilliers.
:08:26
But man does not live by cabbage alone.
:08:31
And if that's what you're in the market for,
just step into the Rue Casanova.
:08:36
This is where the girls are,
or, as we say, the "poules".
:08:40
You can have your choice of
Kiki the Cossack, Amazon Annie...
:08:43
... Lolita, Suzette Wong,
Mimi the Maumau...
:08:46
... and then, of course,
there's Irma la Douce.
:08:49
She was born here, in Les Halles,
in a truck behind the fish market.
:08:53
Like all the others, she takes her coffee
break in the bistro across the street.
:08:58
This is the owner.
He is known as Moustache.
:09:01
According to police records,
he is a Romanian chicken thief...
:09:05
... named Constantinescu,
but when he bought this place...
:09:08
... it was called "Chez Moustache" and
it was cheaper to grow a moustache...
:09:12
... than to buy a new sign.
:09:14
Sometimes, at dawn, rich slummers
drop in for a bowl of onion soup.
:09:19
But mostly the clientele consists
of the "poules" and their "macs".
:09:24
You know what a "mac" is?
How do you say it in English?
:09:28
A protector, a consort,
a business manager?
:09:32
Well, stick around, you'll get the idea.
:09:43
- How are we doin'?
- Not bad.
:09:47
Mostly tips. I had
some real pigeons tonight.
:09:51
- Sometimes I wish you were twins.
- Thanks.
:09:55
- What's that?
- What's what? Oh, that.
:09:58
The last one didn't have any more money,
so he gave me a cheque.