:18:17
What are those things?
:18:19
Things?
:18:21
That's a good name for them.
:18:23
If you knew how I curse them....
:18:28
They were the start of the quarrel
between Mom and Dad.
:18:32
I'm exaggerating, but not much.
:18:35
A young architect who Mom admired...
:18:38
...I suppose she did more
than admire him...
:18:41
...but that's none of my business...
:18:43
...convinced her to redo the kitchen...
:18:46
...which, at the time, wasn't practical
and ruined the apartment.
:18:49
He had an incredibly stupid idea...
:18:52
...as architects sometimes do...
:18:55
...which was to delimit a space,
forcing people to step around it...
:18:59
...to protect the dining area.
:19:02
You understand?
:19:04
My father let himself be persuaded,
but the funny thing is...
:19:08
...once it was finished, it was my mother
who was the most disappointed.
:19:11
She quarreled with the architect
and left us.
:19:14
That's the way I saw it.
:19:16
I was 12 years old.
:19:18
Actually, things had been difficult
between her and my father for years.
:19:22
My father, who's full of contradictions,
was for it at first.
:19:26
They've caused so many problems,
you could've removed them!
:19:30
That's just it! The horrible thing is:
:19:33
They are attached to the cement floor
with steel bars.
:19:37
We'd have to use a jackhammer...
:19:39
...and we'd risk breaking through
the ceiling downstairs.
:19:43
I've gotten used to them.
:19:44
I'm not totally against them.
:19:47
They are a bit bizarre.
:19:49
And I don't believe in delimiting space.
:19:53
But they can be used for other things.
:19:56
For example, to lean on when talking.
:19:58
For example.