ABSOLITUDE

Tital is in his early 30s, average build and Kurdish. He lives alone in a poky studio apartment in Paris and works with his pal Feyzo in a sweatshop downtown. Flicking through a free newspaper, he is drawn to one particular ad: "would like to meet a hot-blooded, handsome man from the East. Two conditions: one, must be a legal immigrant and speak French; two, must like painting, literature, especially poetry and be romantic and sentimental." The woman who posted the ad lives out in the country. Tital decides to go on a trip to meet her.