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To my mother, my daughter, my wife

Consul Bonaparte has just been crowned emperor.

It wants to consolidate the achievements of the Revolution and maintain

I integrate the territory of the Republic.

But the abolition of privileges and the execution of the king were worth

to the country many enemies. Europe fears the contagion of republican ideals

and the ambitions of the French emperor.

As always in such circumstances, insecurity and difficult times

they prove to be favorable to extraordinary fates.

So, while the Emperor challenges Europe on the battlefields,

a man forges his own legend in the streets of Paris...

Who, who wants it?

You will not be able to say that you were badly received.

Look, we'll take you to bed.

This is Vidocq here?

Welcome on board.

Come on, stand up! Stand up!

On!

Power.

Legs. Power.

You...

- Tobacco? -... stand up!

Move.

I'm Courtaud.

- Vidocq. - Stand up!

'The eternal escaped'.

You should be blind and deaf to not know who you are.

You saw it!

- No. - With what?

- I didn't saw it. - With what?

If you try anything, they throw you into the sea.

Keep it going. I'm interested in you.

- Come on, take him out! - No!

- Who does what on board? - The boss here is Maillard.

That, over there...

green cap... like you, dangerous.

Agree with the guards.

It prevents evasions and in return has everything it wants.

Don't trust him.

You're all that you don't want on board.

- Come on, Fleur d'Epine! - Come on, kill him!

Come on, cut his throat, cut his throat!

Come on, L'Anguille! Come on, kill him!

- The Anguille! - On Fleur d'Epine.

Fleur d'Epine.

- On Fleur d'Epine! - On L'Anguille.

Come on, Fleur d'Epine! Kill him!

Cut it!

Sgozzalo!

Come on come on come on!

- On L'Anguille. - Come on, kill him!

The Eels!

Come on, L'Anguille! L'Anguille, L'Anguille, L'Anguille!

- So? - Kill him!

- Did you say something? - Kill him, Fleur d'Epine, cut his throat!

It's time.

Power! Come on, L'Anguille!

Come on!

There is a reputation... if Vidocq is killed.

My name is Nathanael de Wenger.

You owe me a life.

He was the first.

He'll send you more.

You'll need someone to watch your back.

Even my chains are ready.

If you escape...

I'm with you.

I travel alone.

Come on, kill!

Kill!

Back! Back!

- Back! - Back!

Throw them in the water!

Years later...

Two? All right.

Ma'am, the important thing is the feeling under your fingers.

Touch it, touch it well. It should be caressed.

Thank you.

Or, I'll show you a Jouy canvas as soon as you arrive.

Touch this combed cotton. Close those beautiful eyes.

Feel that softness. I have three colors, look.

This Is good. Does it have 6 meters?

6 meters? Sure. What color?

- Well, red. - Here she is.

No problem, 6 meters of red. Wise and elegant choice.

Very well, ma'am.

Annette!

So where were you? Have you nothing for me?

You do not have it?

Just looking for you, because...

Gentlemen, gentlemen, please! Please, please...

Frighten my customers.

You're not from here, you.

I'm a peddler. I sell on the street. What's up'?

Name and documents.

And you, don't move.

Duval.

Jules Duval.

Is your supplier Masin?

No, Rochefort in Valenciennes. Why'?

To the thief! My watch was stolen!

To the thief! They also stole it from me!

- Thief! Restituisciceli! - No! Don't charge me!

- Minds. Of course it's you! - No, I'm an honest man!

Everyone in the market knows me.

Just because they know you. How do you explain it to both of you, eh?

Thief!

Does this not come from England?

Sorry?

These things do not come from England.

For whom do you take me?

That's just what I don't know.

Thank you.

Or reveal me names...

or you go back to Saint-Lazare.

Did you understand?

Cops!

Valenciennes?

- Sorry? - O Cambrai?

Anyway, you're from the north.

Is it so obvious?

I feel.

My mother was from Calais.

The lace...

- Oh yes'? - You have to know him... if you're...

What are you looking for?

- Is that what you're looking for? - Return them to me.

Ridammeli.

This is false, I leave you.

Instead, I keep that.

- Costs expensive. - Oh yeah'.

You have to pay to learn, my dear.

I need that watch. I need it.

Take it easy.

I'm here some days and I need a room.

Do you know someone who has something to rent?

Maybe.

At the end of my corridor there is a room.

- Oh yes'? - I can ask the hotelier.

Well... if you give me back your watch.

What clock?

That's enough.

Come on, keep it.

You are beautiful.

I'll give you a scarf.

A scarf?

Take it?

Yes'.

For water, there is a fountain outside. Change the pitcher: that is pierced.

All right.

- Will we warm up? - Yes'.

After you.

Come in.

Candle.

With Davout, Soult, Murat!

Ney!

Everyone was there.

And the Emperor who refuses to retreat, standing,

in the cemetery, in full view, for the first time...

grants the imperial guard.

And we resisted. Resisted! Resisted!

And then... the earth began to tremble...

It was Murat!

Murat and his 12,000 knights,

who took to prussians, Poles and Russians!

The charge of Eylau!

The bravery! Heroism!

The blood of my brothers!

- Long live the Emperor! - Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!

# Victory, singing #

# The city gate opens #

# Freedom drives our steps #

# E from north to south #

# That the warrior trumpet... ##

Hey, Titine, I'm very thirsty

It's not for you, it's for the soldiers!

The soldiers don't drink, they die.

# King drunk with blood and pride #

# The sovereign people are approaching #

# Tyrants, go down to the grave #

# The republic calls us ##

Is my beer good?

# A Frenchman must live for it #

# For it, a Frenchman must die ##

Come on, my dear. Come and warm yourself up.

You had two watches, I saw you had two.

- Leave me, you hurt me! - Who took it from you? Who?

- I do not know. I don't know what his name was. - Stop lying.

I do not lie.

- You're the queen of liars! - Shut up, give me the watch!

- Shut up, I told you. - I only have one, I tell you!

Who took your watch? Tell me. Who?

Many were screaming at the market.

I tell you they took the other one.

- Who? - What's going on here?

And you, what do you want?

Is that what you're looking for?

He tells the truth'. He had hidden the stolen goods among the fabrics I sell.

I took it.

If you want, I can give it back to you.

If you're a fabric seller, I'm a duchess.

Do not you remember me?

The '98. Bicetre [Paris prison] Perrin.

We were in the same chain.

I don't remember, no.

You can keep your watch.

You can even take the girl if you want.

- But you work together. - What's the matter with you?

It is Vidocq.

True?

They told me you were dead.

- No, I'm a merchant. - We are bourgeois tonight.

Rue Saint-Honore ', in the third.

Of course he will want to come with us.

And then, they wouldn't like to know in the neighborhood that it's called Vidocq.

Well, won't you abandon an old cellmate?

I am a cloth merchant, I tell you.

You are wrong. Take back what is yours and end it here.

No!

Stop!

Stop, I told you!

You will kill him.

Let him go.

Please.

Street!

Go away!

Are you going?

Yes'.

You know, I don't care who you are.

To you, perhaps, but to others, no.

And then, I'm coming with you.

No.

Why not?

You don't owe me anything, you know?

I know.

Camille Desmoulins, Mirabeau, Lafayette,

Olympe de Gouges?

- De Gouges, are you kidding? - I want to know everything.

A hysterical courtesan.

He took "human rights" and replaced "man" with "woman".

What an adventure!

We went to the king at Versailles, and he lasted three kilometers,

before coming home, because he had his feet hurt.

His library deserves other women.

Roland, de Stael, Theroigne de Mericourt.

Theroigne and his phalanxes of Amazons: this is an initiative!

This is a woman!

They put her in a mental hospital.

- But... I interrupted her. - No. No, no.

I was just wondering if...

I mean, about...

well, to...

the Legion of honor.

If he had had time to...

Ah, men and decorations!

I will speak with Joseph.

The Emperor's brother.

But no! Mr. Fouche.

Ah, sure.

- His superior. - Of course.

Now, my friend, please.

Sit down and give me some news of Paris.

What would you like to know, ma'am?

But what do you think we women talk about?

Of the Emperor's campaigns?

Of crimes, my dear Henry.

To these women, nothing likes more than crimes.

Listening.

Then...

What's this'?

Sorry to disturb you, sir, but Inspector Dubillard is there.

- Here? - And he's not alone.

Please forgive me.

- What does it mean? - Director.

What do you want?

I thought he wanted the first fruits of my last arrest.

Please excuse me, it's not a show for a lady.

I will survive '.

It's Sunday, good God! Couldn't wait for tomorrow?

Who is he'?

Vidocq, sir.

- Vidocq? - 'Quel' Vidocq?

Here is a knowledge that will please the court.

It's good for your 'buttonhole'.

Lord.

I'll take you. Here.

Well, come on.

I'm innocent!

No one is innocent, he knows that.

I must confess that I never believed he was dead.

I rather thought he was... in America.

I have not done anything.

Yes, well, in the meantime... one named... Flandrin,

that he was found killed... in the rue Saint-Honore '.

- You are accused of murder. - Who? Who is "yes"?

Who? I do not know. The letter is not signed, but...

this does not change the fact that the so-called Flandrin is dead.

So, for you it's...

it's the guillotine for you.

- What if I say I know the culprits? - He's an accomplice.

No!

They committed murder and want to set me up.

I give you my word. Release me and I'll bring it to you.

Free Vidocq?

And what else?

No. No, no. Come on, take him inside.

Warning!

- Leave me, I tell you, leave me! - Out!

Scoundrel!

- No, no! - Stop!

Leave him.

- Francois? - What do you want?

Let him save it. I need him alive.

What did he do?

He insulted my name and that of my ancestors.

It's not true.

We played citizen dice...

and started to explain me

that the Republic has confiscated its property and its domains.

Given his name, he made me laugh: it's called...

duke Loic de Neufchateau.

Oh yes'.

Captain of the 5th Hussar Regiment.

Does the Republic confiscate the lands and you bring the uniform of the Empire?

Monarchy, Republic, Empire... I serve first of all France.

Let him go... and I'll owe you one.

You have my word.

The word of a convict?

He speaks of Francois Vidocq.

They told me you were at Valmy.

And to Jemmapes.

Notable battles.

For the plebeians.

For soldiers of the Republic.

Review this one evening, you will pay your tour.

You are my debtor.

Don't trust what you've seen.

I do better than that.

We could get together.

No.

Have you done your 5 years or have you escaped?

I did my 5 years.

I was out for three months and already they wanted to send me into the army.

I had to shoot myself with two toes so they could leave me alone.

I don't dance anymore, but at least it allows me not to play toy soldiers.

After what you've done for me, ask me what you want, I'm yours.

Farge et Perrin,

Two protectors of the Halles district.

Forget it, Francois.

If they didn't sell me to the cops. Then?

Do you remember Maillard?

- The ' gargoulle of Toulon? - Yes'.

Well, he ended up having his letter of grace.

They are his men. Like me, it's people to avoid.

They do nothing without asking him.

They sold you with his approval. Ask me everything, but not this one.

Farge and Perrin.

Pulcinella! Pulcinella! Pulcinella!

Pulcinella!.........

If you fail in our laws, it will be my knife...

and not my nail.

It's ours!

Farge and Perrin got caught!

Explain yourself.

I was with them.

And are you free?

- He gave me a message. - Who?

Vidocq.

Speaks.

He says... he says he'll send you back to jail.

And did you let him say it?

Farge and Perrin,

the killers of the so-called Flandrin...

and their signed confessions.

Don't be guilty... he's not being innocent.

Yeah, I have to say there isn't much of it.

Well, yes, a little fuss, even a lot...

though...

are those evasions that affect you, Vidocq, here.

I come from Arras and I love open spaces.

Yeah, but he didn't go to jail by accident. There is also...

- a complaint at the beginning.

So what's the cause, what's the reason?

The cuasa?

The reason?

A duel with a jealous husband.

I'm guilty of that. Of that only.

Yes'...

Capdeville,

Beaumont... Florentin, but look...

You compare that I would rather not have.

These shelves are full of the files of the most wanted men in France.

Yes'.

- And what about this? - Then,

This part is reserved for dangerous men...

currently in prison.

- Oh yeah'. - Thing?

Magnificent metaphor for the efficiency of his police.

Don't laugh at my files, good heavens!

In their kind, they are unique.

- You need me. - Thing?

Leave it to me.

I'll fill the shelf.

I have avalanches of criminals, if you like.

I'm not yet at the point of recruiting convicts!

Nicolin! Said 'la Boulange' [baker] .

He kills his victims by filling their throat with flour.

Sensitive, he doesn't like to hear them scream.

He started in Ghent, with Baptiste Spillman, as a beggar,

and after 4, 5 years he decides to start his own business as a 'rampant rider'.

'Rampant knight', who...

'Rampant knight': apartment thief.

But among his own is little respected,

given the custom of not killing the owner after acting.

Henri Pinson! That said

during the Egyptian Campaign.

A madman, dangerous and merciless

It is said of him that he would have sawed the neck of a curate,

in the light of a candle hoping to see its soul come out.

Knowing him, I believe the story is true.

He would become the damned soul of maillard.

Here, another of his friends: Maillard.

I didn't grant him a commutation of sentence.

He was pardoned.

Let rot under the bridges of the thieves of bread thieves

and free killers like this?

Someone turned to the minister without consulting me.

Cosma Maillard!

Schiavista in Santo Domingo, "Executioner of September" [1792] ,

gets rich with the guillotine and has 44 prisoners slaughtered,

entrusted to him in Orleans.

And then he reigns over crime as the Emperor over the Empire.

A fox is not introduced with impunity in a chicken coop, sir.

He will regret it, he will see it.

The limit is passing, Vidocq.

Do you really know all these men's criminal records?

Not only do I know their precedents, but I know their faces.

I don't hold grudges, but I have the annoying mania of not forgetting anything.

Well. Then, continue, please.

Power.

Millet!

Broken nose, bull neck, con man, 4 years in Toulon.

Dupin!

He lacks the lobe in his left ear, gnawing on him from a mouse.

But he also has a woman tattoo on his left shoulder.

As Director of Security he has a formidable library,

but he knows nothing about anything.

What do you want me to do, send the inspectors to jail,

to learn argot ?

And this? This.

Nathanael de Wenger. I do not know him. Never heard.

But yes, he's one of his escapist companions.

- The Alsatian? - Yes'.

- He never told me the name. - Looks like he's doing one.

He seems to want to dethrone Maillard. According to Lecocq,

is in exile in London, where a good reputation was made

And here it comes back: it was what I missed!

Just to fight against such men,

must know their delusions and habits, their world.

- I forgot that he was one of them. - It's true.

No, I'm not one of them.

Are just words.

No, it's not just words. He speaks of my life.

And I tell her I'm not one of them.

- Yeah... - So,

Do you need results? I can give them to him.

Yes, but at what price?

- My grace. - Ah, just this?

I betrayed these men.

Now, Maillard will want my skin. Whether he wants it or not, he's the one against me.

I'm about to redeem my freedom.

No, she's in no position to call for anything, Vidocq!

But anyway, tell me...

is it yes or not?

How much?

What, how much?

How much do you pay? Who says work, says pay.

Do you understand what I say? I offer you a reputation.

And lunches!

With what you swallow, you earn.

Yes'.

I must say that I am a rather sophisticated type. A few false steps...

Each of my men will be pardoned.

It is the right time to take advantage.

So do you answer me?

Wait up.

So, have you thought about your situation?

To the old monarchists who did not fight against France,

Napoleon makes assets confiscated.

Let me make my possessions and I'll be your man.

I can try, but I promise nothing.

You won't fraternize with this swordsman!

Leave me, Jean.

My son Charles.

Since we are going to rehabilitate ourselves, he will also be one of ours.

Very well.

So think carefully. Until now, Maillard wanted my head.

But if we hit him, your own will want too.

However, I never liked my head, so...

I believe this killer can kill a traitor,

but your walker who should serve?

How will you find Maillard's men without an informant on the street?

And the street is my home.

And we will have to give account to Henry, and only to him.

We will judge ourselves by the results.

It will be the price to get the grace.

Then?

Then?

Hey, Titine!

What do you want, Moon face?

Two 'Cruchons' of Navarre. Offers the gentleman.

- Long live the Emperor! - Long live the Emperor! Viva!

Murderer!

Sin!

Mrs...

Power.

I did nothing, I tell you!

A thief remains a thief.

There are results and they remain so, Dubillard.

Director...

I must tell you that the worst rumors circulate in Vidocq's account.

- He's in league with various bands. - Yes, but evidence...

I need proof now, not slander, right?

- We could see that Courtaud... - "We could see"? We could...

I ask for proof not a "we could see"...

She's ridiculous... and pitiful.

Do you know what that is?

A eunuch.

A serum eunuch.

Failing to do anything, he believes that others are incapable.

You don't understand anything, Dubillard. This man awaits grace.

It is here, in my hands. The control.

I have it in my hand.

I understand it's easier...

that it is easier to slander than to flaunt...

the efficiency of a Vidocq.

Even multiplying...

his results for 5, 6, 8...

she's not up to it.

Neither you nor others in this house. Nobody!

- Sir, with all respect... - No, not now.

Tenga. I have an appointment.

Fouche says he wants to assign me the Legion of Honor.

Not because of him.

There is no money, come on!

I do not know! That's enough! Stop!

Where am I? Where is the money?

Come on, come on. Speaks!

Take this, you.

For me?

I'll talk about your case to the empress.

You should be able to get this small favor.

Now, excuse me, but I have to finish a game.

My tributes, Baroness.

I won again.

The next of those gentlemen?

Where's the baroness?

Get away, mammalucco.

Mehmet?

Dear friend.

I already told you not to come here.

Who do you think you're talking to? Have you forgotten where you come from?

But not me.

Did you need to kill your husband and who did you call?

Who put the pillow on the baron's mouth?

Who allowed you to inherit? Without me, you would have nothing.

- I'm at home! - Slower.

I'll stop screaming when you get rid of Vidocq!

Then, do as you wish, but so it can't continue.

He eliminated about twenty of my men and three of my assassins.

Mansart, Bransier and Dupin rot in jail!

At this rate, I'll end up without men!

For the past two months, nothing's fine, and you play cards!

You can suck it on whoever you want, but have it chased away by the police.

Never touch me again.

I'll pay'.

Pay, do you think this is the power?

Poor fool.

You have no idea what power is.

One word is enough for me and you don't exist anymore.

Help me.

Talk to Fouche '.

And tell him that Vidocq's place is jail.

You got it all wrong.

You'll have to make it up by yourself.

Do not move!

Drop your bags!

Get out!

Hey!

What will you do... when all this is over?

I do not know. We'll see.

I would like to see the campaign.

Because I've never known anything other than Paris.

Did you know that I wanted to live here?

And I never moved.

If one day I had children I would like to see grass...

trees, birds...

Cows... hens...

ducks...

- pigs... trout. - Are you kidding me?

Stop, stop! Stop, not there!

No, but no!

No!

- No, get out! Get out! - Wheat fields...

I'll tear your tongue out... and then I'll tear you apart.

Goodbye, Fleur d'Epine.

Nathanael de Wenger, an old friend of your man.

- Thank you. - Francois scares him, eh?

They dare not face it.

They are looking for a currency of exchange.

Tell him I'd like to meet him tomorrow,

at one o'clock, at the monkey fountain.

I have something to show him.

It will interest him.

Hi, Francois.

I am glad you came.

Thank you.

For Annette.

Happy to be useful.

How are you, Francois?

What do you want?

I missed you.

What are you doing here?

Not if you're aware of it...

but I made a name for myself.

Perhaps not even worthy of yours,

but I'm working on it.

They will be proud of themselves, the day they will cut my head off.

In the family, we all have the annoying habit of ending up on the scaffold.

My brother... my father...

5 uncles... 17 cousins ​​...

The de Wenger tribute to the Revolution.

And I save you women.

I was baptized with the blood of my parents.

I'm a son of 'Terror', Francois.

My place is on the guillotine.

And yours?

I ask you a question: what am I doing here?

We will take advantage of the show.

I have always loved the markets very much.

They remind me of childhood in Strasbourg.

Christmas markets.

Actually, I have a gift for you.

We must be wary of habits.

There is no merit: you sent them to almost all of them.

All you had to do was finish your job. And I'll also get his men back.

What do you want from me?

Look.

Those.

And the others.

The populace.

Are ours.

All.

I traveled a lot after our gitarella on the water, Francois.

Austria, England, Prussia...

I also lived in Switzerland.

But nothing is as good as Paris.

Move, there's nothing to see! Circulate!

Come on, there's nothing to see! Go back to your stalls.

Back, gentlemen!

We will have to organize ourselves.

Understand it with the prefecture...

It's a smart move.

But in Senart's forest he was face to face, Francois.

This should never happen again.

Do you agree?

You continue to collect the amateurs who are blocking the profession...

and I...

I make ourselves the emperors of Paris.

There will be only one other emperor.

Not if you team up.

I travel alone.

Besides, I already told you.

I thought we were friends.

Thank you.

I'd get used to it... me living here.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

To us.

And the Emperor alive!

Maillard and Fleur d'Epine in the same week,

even if I didn't want them dead:

I would have preferred arrests, but, well...

maybe it's better this way'.

Mr. Henry, let me introduce you to Annette.

I am very happy that he accepted to be here today.

Not for nothing, anyway, it's... in the news of the day.

- We had an agreement. - Yes I know.

But the empire administration has its shortcomings, it wants...

You should not rush her. That's all. Look at me, for example.

For years I...

he promised this medal, well, today I will receive it.

Here it is.

It is so.

I'm living proof...

that patience in the end always pays.

What secrets are you whispering to yourself?

State secrets?

I present to you the Baroness de Giverny.

A friend.

It looks better than the first time we met.

- Don't tell me you forgot. - No... I forget a little.

They told me a lot about her.

I rarely admit it.

Isn't it essential to make people talk about themselves?

The essential is to survive. The living always have the last word.

They give her many skills, but I didn't know the philosopher.

Yes... many things are attributed to me.

I steal the hero of the day for a few minutes, the time to tap it

what excite those ladies.

Of baronesses like that,

I see it every day on the sidewalk.

Won't it be that you really believe his performance?

- It's not always what it looks like. - Yes you.

You should be given the Legion of Honor.

Oh yes'? If they gave me the grace, it would be enough.

Quite right...

Here, I'll be right back. Remains that the others see that you are the most beautiful.

Tell me, Dubillard, they say you were in Austerlitz. It's true?

But look... and I took you for nothing.

You know what? I am proud that we are colleagues.

"... like spilled blood..."

Lord!

I need to talk to you if you can.

- You must be Vidocq, right? - To serve you.

I thought you taller.

It is said that you are an observer.

Isn't human comedy the most exciting one you can see?

'Human comedy'? Pleasant formula.

You should entrust it to one of our playwrights.

Your Excellency is aware that my grace has been promised to me.

It was there'.

The guillotine! It was there'.

Have you already seen a public performance, Vidocq?

Yes'.

Everyone should see it once in a lifetime.

The crowd screaming,

that insult, insult,

which claims heads.

Heads and shoes.

For Marie Antoinette, it was their obsession.

They demanded all his shoes.

They execute a queen and think about their feet.

It is a grave mistake to confuse the people with the crowd.

"The people are sovereign".

It is the greatest inheritance of our Revolution.

But the crowd is a ferocious beast,

that must be nourished, manipulated, dominated...

I saw dozens of heads rolling on the ground from that terrace.

Realists, Orleanists, Jacobins, Girondins...

The cries of the public were the same.

No one asked for grace.

Everyone wanted blood.

Yet it is the Empire that allowed us to get out of the chaos

and to bring the order back. It is therefore necessary to consolidate it.

She believes?

Louis XVI and Robespierre were guillotined,

not for what they were,

but for what they symbolized.

I fear that the Emperor ends up becoming a symbol.

So the rumors would be true?

The voices are rarely completely false.

Fouche 'would fail the Empire if it went away.

The Empire belongs to the Imperator and he is a man: he makes mistakes.

The important thing is France.

He will survive the Empire and me too.

Napoleon's strength

it is able to make all those people work together:

Bonapartists, Monarchists, Republicans...

Without him we would still have the civil war.

I like that too in her.

You have a vandeo who tries to recover his goods,

an old Republican drunk, a Bonapartist stroller and...

and a former convict with the idea of ​​remedying a place in society.

I really like his conception of France, Vidocq.

He should do politics.

I was promised that grace!

The only question is: will she really be useful?

# Napoleon, what did you do with my feet? #

# Tire-lire-lire- -lire-rantanplan! #

# Tire-lire-lire-lire, if I find them again #

# I'll put them in that place. Tire-lire-lire... ##

Long live the Emperor!

Thieves! ... Thieves!

Don't you remember?

Father... I was two when they confiscated them.

The 200 hectares of forests, the three lakes... the view of the valley,

the sober, powerful castles, such as our house.

My mother often talked to me about it.

There, we were happy.

And you will be too.

Charles.

Charles?

Charles... Charles!

- Charles! - Pope'...

No.

No, no... No!

Charles, no!

No!

No!

Charles!

It is not a simple decoration

what is given to you today, gentlemen.

It's a cord.

A red cord as spilled blood to defend the homeland.

A red cord...

like the passion you showed,

to... serve the Empire.

A red cord...

like the one that unites you to your mother.

A red cord...

that will bind you forever to France.

Gentlemen,

be worthy of this cord.

Be worthy of the Legion of honor.

I would very much like you to arrest anyone tonight.

I worked hard to get the medal:

don't spoil the party.

Thank you sir.

Thank you sir.

Thank you sir.

Curious, I have the impression that we've known each other forever.

Roxane Restovitch.

He learned his trade in Mere Liebaut's harem.

Seductress of deputies in the Terror, solicitor for a certain Verdier,

which helped capture the nobles who wanted to leave France.

For this, he had three years in the prisons of Saint-Lazare.

Upon leaving, his protector having died,

he trafficked with the underworld.

Here, he found a lover of youth, a certain Maillard.

Then a baron, the old de Giverny, circuited.

that he was found dead in his bed.

A happy end.

Except that he was helped.

Finally, he accesses the Court,

passing through the bed of an Empire general.

And then, he devotes himself to negotiating favors, let's say...

I forgot something?

Yes'...

to invite me to dinner. Tomorrow?

Here it is, emperor of Paris.

I can...

provide services...

get a letter of grace, for example.

And what should I do?

Being friends already.

I see that I am not alone in having a bodyguard.

He wanted to live.

Serve your country,

be worthy of your name, cover us with honor. And you killed him!

You killed him!

You only care about revenge.

Wage war against scum that never abandons you.

You despise them, but you are not worth more than them.

You are one of them.

A brute.

An animal.

A spy...

Open for Mr. Vidocq!

- Mr Vidocq. - Where do they go?

In Toulon. They leave tomorrow for the prison.

Hey, spy! Indicator light!

- Spy! - Traitor!

Open.

Do you want to go in there?

- They'll tear it to pieces. - Do as I told you.

- Guys, I need help! - Leave it to me.

What good is it to yell at you?

You had to do something when I set you up!

Now, it's too late.

You have been condemned!

There are no more innocents here!

With those dirty criminal faces!

There's one... one, here...

who can declare that I worked with him?

Or that I cheated?

Nobody.

I've never betrayed anyone!

For the simple reason that I have always been alone.

And you know it!

And all the ones I see here and who have already tried to get my skin on,

either in the prison of Toulon, or in Brest,

what did you expect from me?

Solidarity'?

What do you let me accuse you?

Yet?

Indicator light.

I don't respect you. For any of you.

But, from here, I've already been there.

I've been in your place.

And I know what awaits you.

So all I can tell you...

it is to resist.

Who is it'?

I'm from the prefecture.

Mr. Henry was stabbed in his bed. He asks for her.

Wait.

- Sir? - Yes'.

But, sir, he can't!

What's up with them?

Annette...

Annette?

Good evening, Annette.

How are you?

I offered him to work with me...

and rejected me.

Why'?

But why did he do it?

Annette...

Annette!

Annette... Annette!

Good morning, Francois.

It is a Mehmet medicine.

A decoction of poppy flowers.

On...

Here it is.

When I heard what happened, I feared he would do something silly.

I warned him that if something happened to him...

I would not have forgiven him.

I am very fond of it.

No!

It must not move.

He needs warm.

Very hot.

We must live, Francois.

To live.

The Count of Puymerans.

Sir, I've been here for almost three hours now.

- Are you sure you announced me? - Yes Madam.

Joseph.

Mr. Fouche.

What are you doing here, lady?

There are things waiting... a Legion of honor.

Yet?

We'll end up giving it to anyone.

And there are also confiscated assets, for which we have put forward the hypothesis

- which could be returned. - I have other priorities.

I also wanted to draw his attention to certain people

that could be useful.

To us?

- I meant... - Times change, lady.

I don't have time to have fun anymore.

- I'm sorry, sir. - Bring Mr. Puymerans in.

Goodbye, lady.

What would it be like, gone?

We looked for it everywhere: you haven't seen it for weeks. Fire.

- I thought it was among the bodies. - No.

They saw him leave the building.

- Well, so what? - So, it's impossible to find.

Instead, Nathanael de Wenger was found.

- I'll bring it to you. - I don't care about Wenger.

I want Vidocq: find it!

I want it in my office, or in prison, but not free.

Not free!

You've spent time with it.

I thought my messenger had not found you.

- Repeat what you told me. - There's a passage down to the basement.

How many?

10, 12... no more.

- What are you doing here? - I came to get some wine.

You can check: the skins are near the grill.

I swear, it's the truth!

Did you think to tie it up?

Vidocq.

The police chief wants to see you. Immediately.

How did you find us?

You are not the only good policeman in France.

Are you just two?

Do you offer reinforcements?

- Who is there'? - It's for wine!

- Help me? - Yes'.

Come on, Poitou!

And three silver pieces that he doesn't make it sound.

Don't ring the bells.

Let me win the bet and I'll pay you a girl.

C'mon!

- For the Poitou! - Come on!

I got it!

This is my Poitou!

Only, no hesitation.

Look at the last one: we stopped the carriage

and I entered.

A shot in the belly of the young man. You had to see his eyes!

And the uniform full of blood.

One less in Napoleon's army!

And there will be others, right?

I'm warning you, it's your turn.

You need to spit your poison. Look...

Are you hurt?

Come on!

- He's running away. - Go, I don't need you.

What's your name?

Then... Poitou.

How old are you?

Come home, boy.

Can you hear me? Get out!

Back home! Get out!

Then,

You came to join your bastard, eh?

You were someone, Francois.

Look at yourself.

Who are you today?

Look at yourself.

A spy.

You're even worse than a cop.

A traitor!

I admired you, you know?

The eternal escapee...

Indicator light!

Francois...

It is the ideal place for a coronation. Come.

Come!

You... and I... it's the same.

Francois,

when he receives this letter I will have left France.

I will miss Paris.

But there, I'm starting to be too popular.

And it becomes difficult to keep a secret.

My past haunts me.

And if anyone can understand me, I have the impression that it's you.

When will we meet again?

If only he wanted to...

together we could achieve great things.

I miss him already.

See you soon, Francois.

In another country or under a different regime.

The embrace.

Roxane.

At least we knew why we're here, but...

I would really like to know because of what fool we are here,

waiting for more than two hours.

And then, look at them, look!

- Thing? - The boots! They are muddied.

He doesn't present us like this in front of Fouche!

Thank you.

She!

- Ah, finally... - No, not her.

Mr. Vidocq.

But...

He will receive it later.

Thing?

By his grace, I reflected...

And no.

We had an agreement.

We?

With Mr. Henry, his chief of police.

Former police chief. I have yet to announce it.

And anyway, the place is vacant.

I told you, Vidocq...

I have big plans for her.

Shouldn't he leave?

My enemies will have underestimated me.

And then, there are so many things to do...

He'll have to... choose, Vidocq.

Serve his country,

or remain in the shadows and in the mediocrity

I let it reflect.

Bring in the other two.

Have a nice day, Mr. Vidocq.