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Following the successful invasion of the Soviet Union,

there's an increased deployment of German troops

to the eastern front

The so-called resistance groups

received another blow yesterday

Thank you

3 terrorists were shot dead

Good morning, Monsieur Chavel

- Morning - Good morning

The train from Paris

is arriving at 8:35,

and we apologize for the delay

The train for the fourth army battalion

is leaving from track 7

Good morning

Good morning, Monsieur Chavel

Good morning

Good morning, Monsieur Chavel

Thank you Good morning

Good morning

The new German financial regulations, Monsieur Chavel

Jules

Check, please

Right away, Monsieur Chavel

Anybody Anybody

We need one more

We need one more

Kommen sie

Why me?

I'm a lawyer

Let me go

Who's in charge?

Let me go It's a mistake

I-I'm an ordinary man

It's enough

Come on, come on

Now you Come on, come on Step

Look, I've done nothing wrong

Outside Out Out Move it Come on Quick

Come on Out Out Do as you're told

Come on Out Out

Come, come, come, come, come, come

Come on

Where are we?

This is ridiculous There's been some mistake

Who's in charge here?

Come on, you

- Who's in ch - All right

There's been some mistake

I'm a lawyer

I want to see somebody in charge

I demand to speak to that officer

Quickly, quickly

In you go

And you

Hey, Breton What time is it?

8:50

8:40

It's 8:40

It's pretty, your antique,

but it doesn't keep good time anymore It's 8:40

You ought to know by now

a piece of rubbish from a market stall

is bound to slow down

Not made to last

8:50

Ran into some trouble

Oh, yes

Who who's in charge? I need to talk to someone

Save your breath

But I've done nothing

There's no reason for me to be here

No reason any of us should be here

What's the matter with you?

Don't tell me you don't know what's going on

Every now and then, they run out,

and they grab a few people off the street

Then they keep us in cold storage

Till needed

It's very simple

Any resistance, sabotage, trouble,

the Germans shoot a few hostages

to restore law and order

Then they Round up a few more

They seem to think that it works quite well

Ha There must be some way

Let's see Do you know anyone useful? Hmm?

A Hauptfuhrer?

No?

Even a colonel could help

Nothing's Going on?

So far

This is where they do it

They march down the yard

and round the back

And then you hear the shots

You and I must be the only professional men in here

Lorry driver,

shop assistant, tobacconist

Laborers

Michel Mangeot calls himself a clerk

He was unemployed when they picked him up

I myself was mayor of Bourges,

but I don't think that the 3-colored sash

would look its best with this

There must be something we can do

Even here, the law exists

to protect the Innocent

My son wouldn't agree with you

He believes money, pressed into the right palm,

always does the trick

Everyone, back inside

Time for slops

Halt

If only I could let someone know

Just make contact

My son probably thinks I'm dead

He'll have sold the family silver by now

Move on

Halt

The local shooting gallery

You ever kill a man?

No

No, I've never killed anyone

I've never faced a man with a gun, either

Move on

OK You ready for this?

Your socks

And raise you 2 buttons and a shoelace

I'm in for 2 cigarettes

Your 2 cigarettes

And I'll raise you my waistcoat

I'll see that

Full house 3s and 9s

That's me finished I'm hanging on to my trousers

Me, too

410s I weep

Seems calm

Generally is

Early on

Yeah

Were you here when they shot the others?

Yes They do it in the morning

- Oh? - 7:00

You saw the place?

Oh, yes

Wooden posts and, uh Stone wall

It's not much of a wall now

Bullet holes all over it

Terrible

All chipped

They must be lousy shots

Good enough, though

I've never really been out of Paris

Fontainebleau

I went there one summer

For the day With my mother and my sister

It was nice

I'd liked to have traveled a bit

I suppose you've been all over

Hmm? No, not really

Just in the army, but I

Didn't get any further

than the barracks at Marseilles

They wouldn't take me

I don't want to go anywhere again

Just back to St Jean de Brinac, back to my home

It's about, uh

It's, uh It's about, um An hour outside Paris

Nice place, is it?

- Yeah - I bet you've got a real mansion

Hmm Funny old place, really

A staircase, you know I could, uh,

do you a drawing with my pen, if you like

It's your house, not mine

My father owned it, like his father before him

I may retire there one day

What was your father's job?

He was a lawyer, like his father

Before him

Suppose it's all right Seems a bit dusty to me

You can rely on the law

It's rather like family or friends

The law never lets you down

Unless you're on the wrong side of it Ha ha

I thought you said it was too early for trouble

Come with me This way Quick

No No Move

Quick Quick

What time is it?

Half past 6:00

I thought it was later

It is It's 20 to 7:00

Your piece of junk is fast

Look out

I have an announcement

There were outrages committed in the city last night

The second in command to the military governor

was murdered

Also a girl on a bicycle

We do not complain about the girl

Frenchmen have our permission to kill French women

If they wish to

Do not blame us for the consequences

Blame your own so-called resistance

My orders are

That in this prison,

one man in every 10

Is to be shot

You are 30

Your contribution then is 3

We are quite indifferent as to which 3

This time

Choose for yourselves

The execution will take place at 7:00 tomorrow morning

Well?

What do we do?

Volunteer?

We could draw lots

Unless it's felt we should go by age

Oldest first

That wouldn't be right

We've lived our life It's the way of nature

Not always We'll draw lots

Surely that's the fairest way

So, how do we do it, flip a coin?

We can't get an even chance with a coin

The only way's a draw

You can use this letter

The backs are blank

But why 3 lives for one?

It's not fair

I don't go along with it

We we mu we must demand

to see a superior officer

Oh, that's no good

You can see which are the marked ones

We need a shoe or something to put them in

Krogh's got the biggest feet

Who's gonna go first?

Alphabetical order

Going backwards

Well, you would say that wouldn't you, Bergere?

For god's sake Do we have to squabble over this?

OK

Nobody here before "V"?

Nobody?

OK

Here goes

That's it

Tough luck on Voisin

But it's improved the odds

All right, who's next?

"U"?

"T"? "S"?

The hell with this nonsense What's the difference?

We've all got to take a slip Let's get on with it

2

- Ha - 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Who's the tenth man? Mangeot, you next

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

May I join you?

23

24

25

26

27

You looked

I did not look

He didn't He didn't

Come and sit with us, Monsieur Chavel

But

I didn't agree to this draw

Come and sit down You can't do anything about it

But why, uh

I mean

I'm an innocent man

Look at it this way, Monsieur Chavel

If it's not now, it's another time

None of us live forever

You can't make me do this

Well, it's not up to us, is it?

You can't make me do this

I'll give 100,000 francs to anyone

Who will take this

100,000 francs

Please

100,000

Please Please

100,000 francs

I said I'll give 100,000 francs Please

No one's going to give his life

for money he'll never enjoy

It's obvious

I'll give you everything I've got

Everything

My land, my house, everything

Please

Nobody wants to die

Rich or poor

So just shut up

Tell me more

Maybe I'll take your offer

100,000 francs

My land, my house, everything I've got

How rich are you?

Don't laugh at him

I'm not laughing I'm doing a deal

You'll take my place?

I'll take your place

What's the good of all his money when you're dead?

I have a mother and a sister

I can make a will

I don't like this

We can't buy our lives Why should he?

If you've got the money, you can do what you like

Buy another man's life? Why not?

It's not fair

Fair? Why isn't it fair to let me do what I want?

I'm going to die a rich man

Anyone who thinks it isn't fair can rot in hell

Come here Sit down

How much money is there?

300,000 francs, approximately

Approximately

Yes

Well

And the place?

The orchards, the farmland,

and the house

What about Paris?

No The office is rented

Any family?

No No None No

Right

- You're a lawyer - Yes

You better draw everything up properly

Make me out, um

A wh-what's it called? Um

Uh, it it's a deed of gift

That's right Make it out to me

Michel Mangeot

Michel

Mangeot

I

Jean-Louis Chavel,

St Jean de Brinac

Leave all stocks and shares,

all money to account

And all furniture

And contents of St Jean de Brinac

and the freehold of said property

I need, uh 2 witnesses

No, not you

I want living men as witnesses

How about you?

Here's my pen

It's a very odd document

Oh, give it here I'll sign

Better have somebody respectable

This thing should be taken seriously

Right

Now my will

To my mother and sister equally

I want something to show the neighbors

what sort of man I was

You keep the documents

They'll probably let you send them off

when they finish with me

I'm a rich man

I always knew I'd be rich one day

Chavel

Tell me about my house

It's about a mile out of the

Out of the village

How many rooms?

Uh, there's the drawing room,

the dining room

6 bedrooms, and my study Kitchen

Tell me about the kitchen

My housekeeper didn't seem to complain

Where's she?

I don't know Uh Maybe she left

Shut everything up

- Garden? - Oh, yes

There's a fountain and, uh

Some roses

Don't grow vegetables?

Oh, yeah

Some fruit Uh

Apples and plums, and there's a

There's a beautiful walnut tree

Walnut tree

Yeah

How old is the house?

It was built in 1780

Pity

My my mother has trouble with her lungs

I'd have liked something modern

Yeah

Lights out

Mangeot

Now what?

I must've been out of my mind

We'll call the whole thing off

Look I don't want this anymore

Waiting in line for the bucket latrine

Eating slops,

coughing my guts up day after day

Maybe if I'm lucky, back on the streets

I'm going out in style

Your style

Mangeot, listen to me

I won't let you do it

I don't want to die God knows I don't want to die

But I can't You've got a family

Yes

But in my family,

when we say we're going to do something,

we do it

It's too late We did a deal

What time is it?

6 minutes to 7:00

4 minutes past

Come on

Ready

Aim

Fire

What do you want?

You won't find anyone there

They closed down years ago

It's a nice ring

Thank you

Why does every passing tramp

have to ring this bell?

Sorry

It's all right

I suppose you're looking for food

I don't want much

Haven't much in the house

Where are you from?

I was in Paris, but

But there's no work, so I thought I'd head south

Don't bring in the dirt

I've been scrubbing that step

I'll take my shoes off

There's some food in the kitchen

Wh-which way do I go?

Where's

Where's what?

Your mother, uh, where's your mother?

How did you know about my mother?

Well, your brother told me

You knew Michel?

Yes

When?

Were you with him in prison?

Yes, huh

Terese

Don't say anything about it My mother doesn't know

About his death?

About the other business

She thinks he made a fortune and died a hero

What's your name?

Uh, Jean Perette

Did you know him, the other one?

Oh, yes, I knew him

Terese, who's this?

Somebody who knew Michel

You knew Michel?

Yes He said I should look you up, uh, if I

Well, we all said that Kind of thing

He was a wonderful boy

He bought all this for his own mother

Silly boy

I was OK where I was

We had 3 nice little rooms in Clichy cozy

Here you're cut off from the world

It's too much for an old woman and a girl

I thought he left enough

so that you'd be comfortable

There's things that money can't buy these days

He's hungry

Well, give him some food then

If he wants food, why doesn't he ask for food?

Think he was a beggar

I'm not begging

I can pay for food I I have a few francs

You shouldn't be so free with your money

Won't get you anywhere

Look at those socks

There's some bread and cheese

Tell me about him

Michel?

Well, everybody liked him, even the guard

I didn't mean Michel

I mean the other one

The man who, uh

Chavel

I looked at that name on the documents

Jean-Louis Chavel

I've got a funny feeling he'll be back here,

because he won't be able to resist seeing

what's happened to his beautiful house

We're always getting strangers like you

knocking at the door, hungry, looking for a meal

But every time that bell starts to jangle

I think to myself,

maybe this time that's him

If it was?

I'd spit in his face

That's the first thing I'd do

And then I'd kill him

If it wasn't for her,

I'd have set light to the place

What a fool Michel was

Did he really think I'd rather have this than him?

Half of me is dead

The night they shot him, I felt the pain

I sat up in bed, and I felt this pain

It wasn't at night It was in the morning

Wasn't at night?

No

Then what does it mean then, that pain I felt that night?

Nothing It's often the way

We think there's a meaning,

but then we find the facts are wrong

You wake up with a pain, and you think, but, uh

But things don't fit

You haven't told me what Chavel looks like

There was nothing special about him

He was just an ordinary man

Like the rest of us

Ordinary?

Yes

You know, we are taught to forgive our enemies

I can't forgive him

And one day I know I'll see his face

I think I Should be going

Where are you going?

What did you do before?

I was in civil service Nothing special

Ministry of Education

Don't you have any family?

No

Well, we could do with some help

This place takes a lot of cleaning

And then there's the garden

Oh, I don't think I

Beneath you, is it, that sort of work?

No, no

Well, there wouldn't be any problem with wages

We're rich

Well

Yes, I think I could stay

For a while

I'll get you some socks He won't miss them

There's plenty to do, as you can see,

but the main thing I'll be paying you for

Is to keep an eye out for him

I don't know what he looks like

You do

You can sleep in here

This is the maid's room

Well, I suppose it's

Not much of a room, is it?

You should see his

I can't bear to go in there

It's only a room

It's full of him

The smell of his cologne

The polish of his fine shoes

There's a bowl of potpourri on the chest

I wonder who put that there

His mother Oh, probably

What are you doing?

Oh, I nearly fell over it

I thought I'd clean it up

It's a dust trap All that fancy carving

Still, it's a nice frame

Maybe you'd like to hang it somewhere

Would you like that?

Why not?

Here

Is this where it went?

Very good, yes that's where it went

I'm going to market tomorrow

Is there anything you want?

A razor?

Shave that beard off

See what you look like

No, I like my beard

You ought to hire a cart from the village

It's a long walk carrying all that

I can't ask them in the village

That's his territory

He never had much to do with them

How did you know?

I heard him telling your brother

He said the people here

never felt at ease with him

Surprised

Or maybe he said, uh,

he never had much to do with them

You see, as he grew up,

he grew away from them

Or so he said

They seem to have talked a good deal

Yes, I think Michel felt

he was living his whole life that night

"Tell me about my house," he said

"My garden"

Why are you bothering with those bushes?

They're raspberries and red currants

Look, they're almost ripe

It's crazy buying all that stuff

from the market

If we clear this vegetable garden,

we could grow

You could grow all you need

Making yourself at home, aren't you?

Sitting here Stuck in the kitchen

What's the point of being rich?

We should have real servants,

not tramps who come in off the road

Does it need salt?

No, it's fine

Stuck

Can't even get to mass

Why not?

It's too far

Even climbing the stairs

is like climbing a mountain for me

Some days I just can't face it

Once

On the 14th of July

There was dancing in the streets

I danced all night

8:00 the next day we opened up the shop,

and I worked in it all day,

and I didn't even feel tired

Your father used to say

that I was like a butterfly

Butterfly

Well, we could help you

You could lean on us

We'll see

Don't you want to go in?

Got nothing to say to god anymore

Mother wanted to know

why I didn't go to church anymore

I told her I'd lost my faith

But it's the hate that keeps me away

I can't drop my hate at the church door

and pick it up an hour later

on the way out

Goes on and on

All day and all night

That's all there is

Couldn't you try going out once in a while?

Know, see something new

People like us don't do that sort of thing

We did go to Fontainebleau once

With Michel

That was a lovely day

Yeah

Mother likes to pretend, but we were as poor as hell

Chavel made a good living

He must be a pretty hard, calculating sort of person

Why do you say that?

Well, you don't become a rich lawyer by accident

You know, he inherited that law practice

All he ever wanted to do was hurry back

to his house and his garden

Just like a failure,

afraid of Being found out

You sound as though you hate him, too

Huh? No

No, I despise him

Just for what he did

Hey, let's go here This way

His parents

Both died the same year

Thank you

Thank you

Where did you get those?

They make you look like an old man

I found them in the market

At least I won't be fogged up with rotten fruit now

I can see what I'm doing

Uh, it was a bit thin in the market this morning

I thought we'd get a rabbit or something

Here's your change

And the list You'd better check it

Oh, I trust you

Your mother doesn't Here

It's strange

Your writing looks familiar

It's very ordinary writing

Uh it's quite characterless

It's strange

It's like that feeling you get when you think

you've been somewhere before

Oh, well

Could you put the change in the drawer?

Yeah

I'm sorry, I, uh

I couldn't sleep,

so I came down to get myself some water,

and I heard

I thought I heard a noise,

a bird or something falling down the chimney

or maybe it was a rat

Hasn't been a rat in here for 3 years

Why don't you clear all this stuff out?

Couldn't bear to touch it

But you can have anything you like

if it fits you

Silly to leave it all rotting here

Poor thing

Imagine being the mother of a monster like that?

You know, there was a point that night

when, uh

He tried to call the whole thing off

He didn't want to go through with it

But your brother Refused

Once?

He really tried

He acted the coward, I agree, but

Anyone can play the coward once

Many of us do in fact, and, uh

You forget about it afterwards

It's just that in his case it was so

Spectacular

You mean he was unlucky

Yeah

Everyone's tested at some point

Could happen any time

And then you discover what you've been all your life

What you really are

Do you know what you are, really?

No

But I will one day

And I know what he is He's a murderer

All I want is him in front of me

and me with a gun

I suppose afterwards you'll go to confession

and then

You'll feel happy again

No

But perhaps I wouldn't feel so tired

And old

And afraid of people

I could start living

I'll get you some water

There's no need to do that

Can't sleep anyway

Are you tired?

No

Want a lift?

No, thank you

You're mademoiselle Mangeot, aren't you?

My name is Roche

This is Monsieur Perette

Seen you in the market

He's giving us some help

You want to be careful

A lot of strangers about these days

Funny people

He's a friend

You haven't got much to say for yourself

Maybe I should have a look at your papers

You sound like a policeman

It's my business to keep an eye on things

Left over from resistance days

The war's over

Don't you believe it It's just beginning

Collaborators creeping out from their little nests

He was locked up by the Germans,

and he knew my brother

Then you knew Chavel

Yeah

You two must have been friends

When we were kids

Later, well, he was from the big house

My family are just farmers

What was he like?

Chavel?

He kept himself to himself

Afraid of the girls Scared of taking risks

Why don't they like us in the village?

It's not that they don't like you

They just didn't believe your story

They couldn't believe a man would die for money

They thought the Germans must be mixed up in it

He did it for you, of course

You won't have any more trouble

I'll have a word

We're having a bit of a celebration on Sunday

The start of the hunting season

There'll be dancing

Why don't you come along?

Maybe

Go on

Would you like an aperitif?

Oh, no

Didn't do that in Paris Couldn't afford to

Well, a glass of wine

I can afford it I'm paid a fair wage now

Thank you

It's really strange

sitting here like a lady of leisure

Do you ever think about the future?

What you'll do?

I mean, uh

You'll want to get married one day

Well, there's not much

to choose from around here

There's Roche,

the great resistance hero

And then there's you, of course

Ah, yes

No

You'll be off

Back to your own sort

Find a job and a girl

who works in the civil service

Knows about things

I'd like to stay here

Maybe we should go to that dance

Roche mentioned, hmm?

I'm not too keen on that sort of thing

You go

I wouldn't go on my own

But it would've been nice

She's gone to bed

They seemed friendly

Maybe they don't hate us

Of course, they don't hate you

Well, good night

You don't have to use the back stairs, you know

You're not a servant

Let me

Terese, is that you?

Yes

Good night

I think we should eat

in the dining room tonight

There's no need to behave like gypsies

This is our house, isn't it?

It'll need cleaning out first

I'll do it

Ah, yes

I'll get some water

Look

His whole life is in here

Him in his cradle

The christening

That old priest's still in the village

And here

Is Jean-Louis at his first communion

Priest again

He called on us once, let us know

Chavel used to have him here for dinner

Christmas

Mother soon let him know

there wouldn't be any more grand dinners

What a bunch

Mean,

hard eyes

No wonder he turned out the way he did

Can you imagine them

doing something human,

like dancing or kissing?

Can you imagine them in love?

How would they show they love someone?

Oh, I suppose they, uh,

expressed it

just like you

and me

I suppose that's your admirer Roche

come to pay his respects

Well, open up,

or mother will start yelling

Yes

Who is it?

Jean-Louis Chavel

Who?

Chavel Would you mind

opening the door?

It is very wet out here

Who is it?

Chavel

I'm sorry Can't you hear me?

He says he's Jean-Louis Chavel

Please

Let him in

I, uh, must apologize

for, uh, breaking in on you like this

What do you want?

Uh, sh-shelter

Something to eat

You're Chavel?

Jean-Louis Chavel?

Yes, I'm Chavel

I always knew you'd come one day

I hope you'll allow me to

I think you'd, uh,

better go

I can't They're looking for me

Young men with guns

who like to call themselves the resistance

Why?

Oh, it's such a great time

for settling old scores

Anyone who, uh, has an enemy

can find himself labeled a collaborator

But you have the perfect answer

You were in a German prison,

condemned to death

They're saying that I was put there

as an informer

It was wrong of me to come here,

but, uh, a hunted animal

always heads for the place it knows as home

I'm sorry I'll, uh, leave

Yes

You better go

I had another reason for coming

I had, um, a message

for mademoiselle Mangeot

from her brother

Message?

I'm sorry, Monsieur You are?

You should know who he is

You were in the same prison

I'm Jean Perette

Of course

Yeah, I thought I recognized your face

Is this Chavel?

Oh, yes

Yes

It's Chavel

Oh, I shouldn't have come back

I'm

Oh, please forgive this intrusion

I forgive me

You said you had a message from my brother

He wanted you,

uh, to know that he, uh,

loved you

Uh, he thought this was the best thing

he could do for you

I'm sorry, but, uh,

I I should've realized I, uh

Should've known that this door

would no longer be open to me

You don't have to go

I wouldn't turn a dog out in this rain

You can stay

It's not long to wait till morning

You are very kind

You need dry clothes

You'll find everything in your room,

just as you left it

I wouldn't presume

It's not my room anymore

Please

Who's there?

What's all this noise?

My mother's not well

I'm not telling her who you are

She couldn't take the shock

Who's this?

Someone who knew Michel

Another one wanting a free meal

and a handout

I wonder that my son managed

to hold on to any of his money at all

I said he could stay tonight

He's got nowhere to sleep

What's your name?

Um, Toupard, madame

Um, Philippe Toupard

You knew my son?

Yes He talked about you a lot

You must be very proud of him

I'm starving

Come with me, Monsieur

We have a lot to talk about

Now who the hell are you?

What are you doing here?

Look, I don't know

what's going on here

All I want is, uh,

a night's shelter

No trouble

I was, um,

on my way to Switzerland

I, uh, got myself

into something, uh, rather messy

involving the, uh, police

I thought it wise to lie low

for a couple of days

May I see your watch a moment?

There was a man in prison with me

who had a watch like this

His name was, uh

Breton

You You're the son he talked about

Yeah, I had to pull, uh, quite a few strings,

use friends in high places,

to get him out of that prison

Ha You'd think he'd be grateful

When he found out

He threatened to, uh,

kick me out of the house

Called me a collaborator

Then he went and had a heart attack

What brought you here?

Well, I, uh, remembered a story

that he'd, uh, told us about a man

who was in prison with him,

um, who bought his life

Well, I mean, you know

You were there

I thought it was worth a try

Jean,

can you help me?

Mother's not well

She's having her soup in her room

Monsieur Chavel

Oh, no No

I wouldn't dream of it

You found everything?

In perfect order

Fresh, dry clothes

I am deeply grateful

You're you're from Paris,

uh, yourself, uh, mademoiselle Mangeot,

uh, isn't that right?

My parents are from Normandy,

but we were born in Paris

My brother and I

Forgot the bread

What makes you think

you can get away with this?

I reckon Chavel would never have the nerve

to come home

I, uh,

decided to do it for him

Everyone in the village

will know that you're not Chavel

I had to risk it,

just for the night

I must say,

I like the man's style

It's the best soup I've ever tasted

All right, what's going on?

What's your game?

And why are you going along

with my story?

To help her

She got it into her head

that Chavel would show up one day

It became an obsession with her,

so I thought this would, uh,

cure it

She could, uh, start living

Well, you know,

I think I was a bit hasty

saying I'd leave in the morning

I caught a look in her eye

Aren't you forgetting she hates Chavel?

Ah, but I'm not Chavel,

not the real Chavel

I'm just the Chavel she's invented for herself,

not the dull reality

The ideal

She spat in your face

Yeah, I saw a play, um,

in Paris once, by Shakespeare,

where the same thing happened

Um, a king had murdered some woman's husband,

and he was practically lifting her skirt

The actor wiped his face

with his sleeve,

and I remember the way he did it

It went rather well, I thought

You should've been an actor

Well, when you're living off your wits,

you learn to be different things

to different people

Perhaps I could learn to be

Jean-Louis Chavel

You won't get the chance

You'll be gone by sunrise

I'll wake you

Of course, all this must be

rather a blow to you

What do you mean?

Well, anyone with half an eye

can see that, uh,

you're in love with her yourself

You must be mad

No, it's perfectly reasonable

I mean, here you are,

a man who's been

locked up in prison for 3 years

You suddenly find yourself

with a young girl

Oh, pretty enough, but, uh,

not quite your class

It must be like being shipwrecked

on a desert island

You should have got in there,

made a play for her tonight

Didn't you sense

the emotion that was there?

Thanks to me

Oh, god, I'm tired

So tired

Will you, uh,

turn out that light, please?

Mother had an attack in the night

She's very bad

Why didn't you call me?

Wouldn't have helped

She wants the priest

I said everyone was tested

sooner or later,

everyone,

and then you know what you are

I'm a coward

Just like him

We're one of a kind

When it came to it,

I didn't pass the test either

Why are you tormenting yourself?

I should've shot him

Always said I would

You can't give a man shelter,

walk away, find a gun, and

Then shoot him in cold blood

Why not?

He did to Michel as good as

Uh, you needn't think about Chavel

any longer

He's gone

When?

Earlier this morning

I wouldn't have expected

You told him to go

Michel's really dead now

Terese

You've been so kind to me

To us

So understanding

I don't know how I'd have managed on my own

Could you fetch the priest?

Yes, of course

I wonder where Chavel will go

Switzerland, probably

When I went in to mother,

she was frightened

She wanted me to pray for her

I knelt there,

mumbling all that stuff

about forgiveness of sins

Felt terrible

You didn't seem so anxious

to forgive him before you saw him

It's not so easy to hate a face you know

as as a face you just imagine

I'll fetch the priest

I'll take the shortcut over the fields

Yes, yes

Who is it? What is it? What is it? What is it?

Sorry to trouble you, father

It's, uh, madame Mangeot

Oh, oh, yes, yes

I was expecting something of the kind

It's her heart trouble, I suppose?

Yes, yes, her daughter asked me

Yes Tell me,

Is it is it raining outside?

No, it's not No

Good That's good That's good

That's good

Shall I take that, father?

She seems to be breathing a little easier now

Thank you, father

Be sure and call me if you need me

I'll go with father

I'll be back as quickly as I can

I'm, uh, sorry to, uh,

uh, break in on you again

I got as far as the village

I heard about your mother

I'm so very sorry

Um, I hope it wasn't my presence

She knows nothing of you

Oh, good

I wouldn't want to add

to her troubles

We, um, talked about her

that night

The night your brother died

The night?

He died in the night?

Y-yes, of course,

in the night

But Jean said he died in the morning

the next morning

I'm afraid he was lying

Why would he lie about that?

Why?

Uh, well, to make me

look worse than I am, I suppose

I mean, it is worse to let a man die

after a whole night to think about it

Yes

He said you tried once

to call it off

Yes

I didn't have, uh, another chance

They took him away

I knew it was in the night

I woke suddenly with a pain

Why did he say that it was

You don't know this man

He's a liar

and a cheat

But you bought your life

There are so many things

you don't understand

Your brother was a sick man

I know

He loved you very much

Uh, he worried about

what would happen to you

I mean, the money, um, the Germans

We talked about that

He showed me your photograph

He didn't have a photograph of me

Oh Uh, but he

Oh, I I now I see It was, um,

the picture torn out of a newspaper

Uh, street scene

A beautiful girl

half-hidden in the crowd

I suppose it reminded him of you

People do funny things in prison

Then he, um,

asked me what I would give

for his blank slip

What?

He asked you?

Look, I know I'm a coward

I took his offer,

but if I'd been guilty

of worse than that,

do you think I would've dared

to come back here and face you?

I don't expect you to believe me

Why should you?

Good-bye and god bless

Uh, there is just one thing

that I think you should know

Thought you'd left

I decided to stay

I had a long talk with the girl

Gave her my version of what, uh,

happened that night

Ha ha ha It's terribly unfair,

but that's life, isn't it?

She's very angry

Wants you to clear out right away

She's letting you stay?

Well, she hadn't any choice,

as a matter of fact

I told her about the, uh,

decree of the 17th of August

She hadn't heard about it

You hadn't either, had you?

It, um, makes illegal

all changes of property

under the German occupation

if one party disputes the deal

It's true

I'm not making it up,

so as far as she's concerned,

the place is mine

Can't see you making much use of it

You're on the run You're Breton,

the collaborator You're wanted for murder

Oh, ah, yeah, you saw the posters

Well, I'll just have to lie low

till it's safe to push on

to Switzerland

Things will quieten down

Even a day's shelter

is a help in my situation,

or a week

Anyway,

it's time you left

You think I'll say nothing?

Oh, I would advise you not to

I wouldn't want

the girl to get hurt,

and as you so very rightly say,

I'm already wanted for murder,

so I have nothing to lose

Do you think Chavel will show up?

Is he the type?

Yes, probably He's on his way here now

Well, if the worse comes to the worst,

I've got the gun, haven't I?

Yes, I've got the gun,

so don't get any

clever ideas

I'd use it on the girl first

You won't forget that, will you?

By the way, she's very upset

about all the lies you told her

What lies?

That her brother died in the morning

Where is she?

There With her mother

There's no need to disturb her

Just pick up your bits and pieces

and clear out,

quietly

Terese, I've got to talk to you

I don't want to hear any more lies

I know the truth now about Michel's death

I told you the truth about that

Did you?

He died in the night I felt the pain

Terese

Listen, it didn't happen that way

Terese, I'm ready

It's all right

Mother needs the priest

I'm sorry

I'll get him

Yes, it was an easy death

No struggle

Of course, you know that you have to move

out of the house, you know

You understand that,

in the circumstances,

or she'll have to have someone come in

from the village

as a companion

That's for her to decide

Mm-hmm Y-yes, I know,

but she's very young, you know

Simple sort of person

Yeah, but she's seen quite a lot of life

in Paris She's not just a country girl

One place is just the same as another

It's all a question of observation

and and a little wisdom

Well, I've spent 50 years

in this backwater of a place,

and I haven't missed very much,

I can tell you

Of life, I mean

And now you seem to be a man of some education,

are you telling me that, uh,

this is none of my business?

What are you saying?

Well, I'm talking about human nature

I mean, you can't sit day after day,

as I do,

listening to people,

men and women,

telling about themselves and what they've done

without getting to know something

about human nature,

and, uh, well, she's in the state now

where she might do something foolish

She's mourning for her mother

Oh, all these emotions,

they have something in common

People talk about the sorrow there is in lust,

but y-you forget that sometimes

there's a little lust in sorrow, too

You wouldn't want to take advantage of that,

would you, my son?

Please trust me, father

I only want what's good for her

That's good

Good Very good

Why can't you all leave me alone?

You are alone

So alone

But you need never be alone again

You've hated me for so long,

but it's all over now

You don't have to worry

about anything

ever again

I'm so tired

You can rest now, Terese

Thought I could trust Jean

But he lied to me about Michel

You can trust me,

because I've told you the worst

Everything there is to know

Yes, I suppose so

Terese

I didn't know you were down there

Did you see the old man home safely?

I think it's time I told you who I am

I am Jean-Louis Chavel

You're mad

The man who calls himself Chavel

is a collaborator

He's also wanted by the police for murder

H-he's crazy

I don't understand

So many lies, I don't know anymore who's lying

Well, he's lying I mean,

why didn't you say you recognized me

when I arrived?

Because I was afraid to tell you who I was

Terese,

I knew you hated Chavel

When this man came,

I saw my chance to lose myself forever

He could have all of your hatred instead

Wh it's more lies

Why don't you just clear out? Go

What the hell are you doing?

You know, when I was a boy,

I used to play a game with a friend

across the fields

Yeah

I used to take a torch like this,

or if it was a sunny day,

a mirror,

and I would flash a message

One message was a sort of joke

"The Indians are attacking"

It meant,

come at once

He's just trying to fool us

He still lives across the field,

my old friend Roche

The resistance man

Just about now, he'll He goes out to his cows,

so he'll see this light flashing on and off

The old code Come at once

So he'll know Chavel is back

Do you understand?

No one else would send this message

No, you're bluffing He won't come

But Roche saw you on the road

and at the dance

Didn't look very closely, did he?

All he saw was a shabby stranger,

but this message will tell him I'm back

Drop that torch

Go ahead, tell him to drop the torch,

or I fire

Drop the torch

Are you hurt?

I'm all right

And you really are Chavel?

Yes

But that was another lie,

about the message I watched you

You never flashed the same way twice

It's the last lie, Terese,

I promise you

I had to get him to shoot

He won't come back now

But he'll get away

No

Roche and the others will pick him up

You're safe now

What?

Terese

Terese, listen to me

There's an envelope in my room

on my table

Get it You

May need it It'll help you

Shh Gently

I've written my will

Yes

Everything,

the house, everything

is yours

What does that matter now?

Listen to me

The decree,

take the will to Roche

He'll help you

Oh, god

Terese,

the hatred,

is it all gone?

That's good

That's good, Terese

Good, Terese

You'll be all right now