A TRAVERSA film by Marine HERVE
Should I put your pyjamas on the bed?
Alright.
And I'll put the toiletry kit in the bathroom.
Come in.
Hello.Hello.
Mr. and Mrs. Moirot?
Yes.
I'm Aymeric. I will be your midwife for today and I will be with you until the procedure tomorrow.
Thank you.
Have you eaten?
I can bring you something to eat if you want.
No, thanks.
To fill you in: today you will be underobservation and tomorrow morning,
depending on your night the intervention is scheduled at 8.
Sir? Have you been told about tonight?
Yes.
You can come back tomorrow morning at 6 if you want, I'll still be here.
Ok.
I have one last thing and I'll leave you alone.
I see you have not completed the civil registration.
You know, at your stage of the pregnancy, you can still declare the child on the family record book and give him or her a name.
No, no name.
Louise.
It helps a lot of parents.
We can tell you later.
What do you mean, later? We have already decided it.
We haven't really decided.
You can take your time for that.
I won't bother you anymore, I'll come back later and if you need me I'll be next door.
Don't ask me to do this
And what if it's important to me?
Lalou?
Mom is downstairs.
She would like to come upstairs to see you.
She just wants to say hello.
I'm warning you, Pierre.She better not come up here.
Why not?
Please, Pierre, not tonight.
It's normal that she wants to say goodbye, right? It's important to her.
She should have been a grandmother.
You think I should apologize?
No, that's not what I'm saying, damn it.
Louise, she just wants to pray for her!
I don't give a fuck about your shitty prayer.
I'm the one carrying her.
You're not alone, damn it!
Don't touch me.
I don't want to leave you like this.
Pierre...
Don't worry.
You won't be able to say goodbye to your granddaughter.
You know,
we've been talking for a while now,
we didn't wait for you to talk to each other.
Have you lost your faith?
I can tell you that your daughter is fine.
She's scared but she knows we love her.
But that doesn't change anything!
On the contrary!
God gave you a child to love.
And, no one will take that away from you.
You will love her no matter what.
I had a fight with Louise.
I left her all alone up there.
Your love is what saves her.
She just can't show it to you.
For now.
Come on.
Stop!
Stop...
You're not asleep, huh?
You like the left side?
Me too.
I know I stopped talking to you...
...but it was hard.
I know that you know.
Your father and I had so many beautiful things planned for you.
How do you feel?
I'm fine.
I'm sorry for yesterday.
I shouldn't have forbidden you.
I'm the one who's sorry.
Did you sleep?
No, and you?
Me neither.
I stayed up with mom until 4.
She's not too mad at me?
Not at all.
She has her personal connections to say goodbye from a distance.
I talked.
I told her about our life.
What does that mean?
Do you want to try?
What do I say?
Just talk to her.
You are right here.
At the other end of this scar.
I would love to touch you.
See this belly button?
It's a proof of our birth. That we have entered into life.
Like all scars, it will hurt at first
but with time it will heal.
One day the pain will leave and only the love will remain,
forever marked.
In a moment, you will leave for a short trip.
Don't be afraid.
This will be a very short trip.
You will go from here...
...to here.
Once you get here, you can stay forever.
And when you see your grandfather, grab his hand and tell him to keep an eye on you.
To keep a good eye on you until I come.
I love you, my daughter.
Come in.
Good morning.Good Morning.
Madam,
I'll let you put on this blouse. Take the time you need and when you feel ready we can go downstairs.
Excuse me.
Yes?
We found a name.