Paul and Michelle1974

[Paul and Michelle search high and low through the nighttime streets of Paris for Sylvie who has wandered off. Michelle has all but given up hope when she spots Sylvie who is then almost hit by a car. The next day, Paul and Michelle are sitting on a park bench. They must face reality]

Michelle Latour:
But you want to go on, get your degree, don't you?

Paul Harrison:
Yes, of course I do...

Michelle Latour:
Then there is only one thing to do. Sylvie and I must go.

Paul Harrison:
Go! But you can't do that. I mean you belong here, you and Sylvie with me.

Michelle Latour:
It's the best way. Not forever. Just for the time being. We'll go back to the cottage. I'll get a job in Arles. Don't worry, we'll manage. You'll be better off without us.

Paul Harrison:
But if you feel like this, why didn't you go off with Garry when you had the chance? You should have gone, shouldn't you?

Michelle Latour:
Maybe.

Paul Harrison:
I mean, why do you want to do all this... the abortion, going away... just for my sake?

Michelle Latour:
Something to do with loving you I suppose.

Paul Harrison:
You'd never believe I feel the same, the way I behave.

Michelle Latour:
It wouldn't be so bad. We can have all the holiday together at the cottage...

[Michelle and Silvie leave by train. As the train pulls away, two pictures, one of Paul and the other, of Michelle, appear on the screen... just as they did at the end of the original movie, Friends. But these are not pictures of the innocent young lovers in the first movie. These are pictures of two serious, almost somber-looking adults... a very sad ending]