‘Let’s do the show right here’

‘I spy a make-shift stage.’

‘Sur la plage?’

‘Get rid of the French, kid.
You’re being pretentious.
Speak English.’

‘But Antoine is French.’

‘Oh, right.
That makes sense.
Can you speak English, Antoine?’

‘Oui.’

‘OK, great. Everyone,
gather round. Let’s improvise.
Choose a play, a film, a book.
What shall we have?
Suggestions please.’

Lawrence of Arabia

Treasure Island

The Beach

Castaway

Jaws

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday

‘Great idea.
Antoine, you can be Hulot.
Right, on with the show…’


Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot