The Rose Maker (La Fine Fleur)

BAGATELLE INTERNATIONAL ROSE CONTEST

Don't bang the roses together!

Be careful with the bumps and holes. Go left.

THE ROSE MAKER

It's heavy.

You didn't have to get 4,000 brochures.

Maybe you can help me?

Turn for Christ's sake! Come on!

Wait. Hold this!

- The Vernet Roses. - Hello, Madam.

Exhibit 86.

But hurry, the jury's on its way.

Your booth is...

We didn't take one this year.

Really?

Madam Vernet, I told you.

We can't afford it.

Give me that.

You're on now, Véra!

Our new rose "Montherlant."

Hello, the Vernet Roses.

Please check out our new rose, "Montherlant."

No, thank you.

Hi, Eve.

Another pearly white.

It's pretty.

The roses I create...

That your employees create for you.

How do you expect to survive with just one new product a year?

I heard you've been having trouble.

It hurts me, you know.

Well, I'll go away.

See you at the cocktail party?

It's on me.

What an asshole!

Excuse me.

So, how's it going? Good?

We should have called it "Sophie Marceau."

I already said no actresses.

We want things that last.

Ladies, our best seller: "Beyoncé."

No, thank you.

Mr. Lestrade!

Hello!

Did you give Mr. Lestrade our brochure?

I'm meeting Mr. Lamarzelle.

I'll stop by your booth later.

See you.

Don't just stand there.

Dear Friends, may I have your attention.

The time has come for our coveted grand prize,

the "Golden Rose."

This year, again,

we will reward an exceptional rose.

It is therefore my pleasure

and unique honor

to give our "Golden Rose"

to "Ruby Lolita,"

a "Lamarzelle" creation.

Thank you very much.

It's the eighth time in a row, I believe, the Lamarzelle house has been awarded.

I'm speechless.

Thank you so much.

It's over.

Don't say that.

You'll bounce back, Madame Vernet. You've done great things.

There's always a solution.

What solution?

There's no solution!

Temperatures are rising starting today.

This afternoon between 68 and 77 degrees in Lille,

75 degrees in Paris.

Thank you, Alain.

Tomorrow, the French Board of Labor

will publish its annual report.

We will report back to you in the morning.

Madam Vernet?

Madam Vernet?

Anybody here?

Madam Vernet?

Is anyone here?

- Yes? - Good morning.

I'm Mr. Papandreou. I'm here with your new staff.

No, I'm sorry, it's a mistake.

Excuse me!

I was on the phone. I contacted you.

I have the signed forms.

Well then...

They'll introduce themselves. It's a good exercise.

I'm not rehabilitating here. Look at them.

Relax, okay?

Everything's going to be fine.

- I have to go. - Okay.

- Have a nice day. - Good day!

Véra.

- What's going on? - That's my solution.

We can't afford seasonal workers.

Do they know we can't pay them?

They're exempt from charges.

It's much cheaper.

- In the name of what? - Rehabilitation.

Where did you find them?

An association.

They have horticultural background?

That's the thing. We have to train them.

Is there a problem with us?

- No. No. - I'll be right there.

Thank you, Véra.

Fuck, it smells like old lady here.

So...

I hope you like roses.

Put your phone away.

Thank you.

What are those shoes?

Flip-flops.

Let's start from the beginning.

To reproduce a rose,

we grow rootstocks first.

The rootstocks

are the wild roses,

of no aesthetic interest,

to which we graft creation roses.

The graft.

For example, we have here

a stem on which we're going to graft the neighboring roses.

Here, two centimeters above,

two centimeters below,

we put the graft after we make a T,

then you ligate.

And it's done.

There you go. That's it.

Anyways, you won't do this right now.

Don't worry.

The other employees do it?

There are no other employees.

We are a small family business.

You take care of this all alone?

Yes. We hire on a case-by-case basis.

Thank God for cheap labor!

- Excuse me? - Nothing.

How long do you plan on keeping us?

How am I supposed to know? We'll see.

One thing at a time.

So, we reproduce

July to September, then pluck the rose bushes.

When do we make bouquets?

- What? - When do we make bouquets?

We're not florists.

We sell bare roots or in pots.

Come on, follow me. Here you have

the patented roses I gave birth to.

You gave birth to roses?

Yes! You think you just find roses anywhere in nature...

growing on trees?

You're completely uneducated.

No, I hybridize roses. I invent roses

in the two greenhouses over there.

No entry allowed.

These are my best sellers,

all multi-award winners, "Annapurna,"

"The Queen of Violets,"

and "Madame Beaumarchais."

It's beautiful. Smells so good.

These are my latest creations.

I've done a thorough job these last years

on the pearly ones,

and the subtleties of reflection.

Observe the nuances.

Come closer.

Smells like nothing.

Yes... No... The pearly ones don't have a pronounced perfume.

Come on, follow me.

Take this.

It'll be more convenient for work.

And it'll coordinate your outfits.

You have a rose tattoo?

No, it's a lion.

For the band "The Lion."

"The Lion..." It's a rose too, you know.

Besides...

Wait!

China.

No, it's not that one.

"Rosa Wichuraiana."

Ideally, I'll need someone at the shop.

And two people in the fields

to weed and spread fertilizer.

By any chance, do one of you

know how to use a cash register?

Hello, The Vernet Roses.

I'm calling about our March order.

We still haven't received it.

Yes, indeed.

We didn't pay the last one.

But it's probably on its way.

As for you, gentlemen,

weed the rows behind the big greenhouses over there.

I have things to do.

Yes, of course we sent the payment.

Not six months.