:34:12
I thought primroses blossomed later.
:34:14
It's the season,
but the violets are already done.
:34:16
-Really?
-Yes.
:34:18
It's charming now. The grass is short...
:34:20
...but if we don't take care of it,
by June it's a jungle.
:34:24
The trellis needs to be painted,
it's starting to rust.
:34:28
This is my favorite part of the garden.
:34:30
My mother didn't like it.
She wanted to cut down the trees.
:34:36
Why do you laugh?
:34:38
I've noticed you almost never talk
about your mother.
:34:41
When you do, it's to criticize her.
:34:44
I criticize her the way she criticized me.
:34:47
There was no pleasing her.
:34:50
Now it's over. We live far apart...
:34:52
...and she tends to leave me alone.
:34:56
Do you think I'm being mean?
:34:58
No.
:34:59
I do respect her.
I know if she criticized me...
:35:02
...it's because she had high hopes for me...
:35:04
...too high, and I had a lot to live up to.
:35:07
You seem to be doing very well.
:35:10
Yes, since I graduated...
:35:12
...and began at the conservatory.
The separation has helped.
:35:16
You still criticize her.
:35:20
Out of habit.
:35:22
But I shouldn't.
:35:24
Each time you catch me criticizing her,
give me a penalty.
:35:27
What kind of penalty?
:35:28
-You decide.
-Really?
:35:31
Do you still see each other sometimes?
:35:34
Rarely, but with regularity.
I spend a couple of weeks...
:35:37
...during summer vacation
in her house on the Atlantic coast.
:35:40
I love the ocean.
I need to see it at least once a year.
:35:44
-Seen the Dune of Pilat?
-I've never been there.
:35:47
It's one of the most beautiful sights...
:35:50
...the ocean on one side,
the forest on the other.
:35:53
Near here, there's a view of the forest
that's extraordinary, too.
:35:56
We can go tomorrow,
even if it rains like today.