Half-Price
2003 · 63 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 227 VOTES · DIR. Isild Le Besco
Overview
Demi-Tarif follows the low-key adventures of three young siblings, Romeo, Launa, and the youngest - Leo, left on their own in a rundown Paris apartment. One of them narrates, wistfully explaining how their mother abandoned them and calls them once in a while to see how they are doing or tell them she loves them. The three kids do as they please, roaming the streets, running out of restaurants without paying for food, and shoplifting from the local grocery store. They eat whatever and whenever they want, gorging themselves on sweets. They beg for change on the Metro and show up late for school in tattered, dirty clothes. All the while, they try to keep the fact that they are alone a secret from the world of adults.
Dialogue Timeline — 228 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:36 We were happy
00:01:27 We managed
00:03:36 from home
00:06:15 to tell us she loved us
00:09:32 To be by ourselves at night
00:16:51 In summer, for water fights
00:19:29 Never
00:21:36 We wouldn' t see our dads
00:21:57 He had to take all three of us
00:22:53 I'll have lots of elephants
00:23:45 She'd do some shopping
00:24:13 into the ground, the rivers
00:30:33 love us
00:34:02 We did turn off the meter
00:38:33 The power company
00:49:33 because there's a problem
00:49:52 It's the lice problem
00:50:13 and that's not right
00:50:39 And then they'll be cleaner
00:51:05 because it's not normal
00:51:29 Or if you really have problems
00:54:16 We had great fun
00:56:25 Louna got ill
00:59:12 It would go on for days