:16:35
- What'll it be, Officer? Cognac?
- No, no. I never drink when I'm on duty.
:16:39
In fact, I never drink when I'm off duty.
Maybe just a little glass of Vichy water.
:16:49
Looking for something, Officer?
:16:53
- What do you know about that hotel?
- Casanova slept there in 1763.
:16:58
I'm not talking about 1763. Since
I've been here, four couples walked in.
:17:01
Monday is always a slow night.
:17:05
Just between us, would you have even
a vague idea what they're doing in there?
:17:09
I have a very definite idea.
They're making love.
:17:12
- That's illegal.
- Shows you the kind of world we live in.
:17:15
Love is illegal, but not hate.
:17:18
That you can do anywhere,
anytime, to anybody.
:17:20
But if you want a little warmth, a shoulder
to cry on, a smile to cuddle up with...
:17:25
...you have to hide in dark corners
like a criminal. Pfui!
:17:28
- I wouldn't call that love.
- Spoken like a petit bourgeois.
:17:33
It's flagrant vice
and must be stamped out.
:17:36
My dear boy, your thinking is not
only fuzzy, it's economically unsound.
:17:40
And I know what I'm talking about.
:17:42
I used to be professor
of economics at the Sorbonne.
:17:45
- A professor?
- For six years, but that's another story.
:17:48
Then you should agree decent citizens
have a right to be protected from this.
:17:52
Let's take one, married for 20 years,
works hard all day selling baby carriages.
:17:56
In the evening he wants
a little fun, companionship.
:17:59
So he comes to Rue Casanova. He meets
a girl, she gives him companionship...