1 00:00:02,711 --> 00:00:04,921 HD Presentation 2 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:09,718 The digitization and restoration of this film remain faithful to the body and spirit of the original work. 3 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:12,512 They have been made possible by funding from 4 00:00:21,229 --> 00:00:25,316 The original 124-minute version of Kamouraska opened March 29, 1973 5 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:28,319 at the Cinéma St-Denis in Montreal. 6 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:32,365 Ten years later, Claude Jutras began re-editing his film 7 00:00:32,407 --> 00:00:36,411 to make a 173-minute version on video for television. 8 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:40,415 The Cinémathèque québécoise has reconstructed this version 9 00:00:40,457 --> 00:00:44,419 from the original footage it held in its archive. 10 00:00:44,461 --> 00:00:47,380 This copy was restored in 1995 for the Centennial of Filmmaking 11 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:50,508 with financial assistance from AstralTech Inc. and Telefilm Canada. 12 00:01:20,955 --> 00:01:26,211 Screenplay based on the novel by Anne Hébert, Édition du Seuil 13 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:32,902 My only, 14 00:02:32,944 --> 00:02:34,863 my deadly love. 15 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,492 Elisabeth... 16 00:02:51,212 --> 00:02:54,007 Why didn't you have the eaves trough fixed? 17 00:02:54,049 --> 00:02:57,719 I can't sleep with that noise. It's unbearable. 18 00:03:01,473 --> 00:03:03,475 Jérôme, do you hear that? 19 00:03:04,642 --> 00:03:06,019 What? 20 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,688 That wagon. 21 00:03:10,690 --> 00:03:13,651 You're dreaming, my poor Elisabeth. 22 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:15,278 It's the eaves trough. 23 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:47,686 I should sew this button back on. 24 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,979 You should worry about the eaves. 25 00:04:09,290 --> 00:04:13,211 Just one man. Be beautiful for him forever. 26 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,755 Above all, never grow old. 27 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:21,136 And you, Monsieur Roland, are afraid. Why? 28 00:04:21,177 --> 00:04:25,807 You've such an admirable wife! Kind, devoted, irreproachable. 29 00:04:25,849 --> 00:04:27,600 Call Florida. 30 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:33,231 Please, get Florida. 31 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:36,317 The sugar, my drops... 32 00:04:36,359 --> 00:04:37,861 Call Florida. 33 00:04:40,155 --> 00:04:43,033 Call Florida! - It's 2:30, she's asleep. 34 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:47,454 Wake her up. I want her to come right away. 35 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,301 Shall I read to you? 36 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:05,180 No, the other one. 37 00:05:14,481 --> 00:05:16,441 "Liturgical poetry." 38 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:18,526 Not there. 39 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:20,570 Where the bookmark is. 40 00:05:27,452 --> 00:05:28,953 "Day of anger. 41 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:33,166 On this day, the hearts of men will be known. 42 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,343 Nothing unavenged shall remain." 43 00:05:48,807 --> 00:05:50,141 Is that all? 44 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:52,185 My eyes hurt. 45 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:59,401 Give nothing of oneself; receive nothing. 46 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:03,613 May spouses remain strangers forever, amen. 47 00:06:08,284 --> 00:06:10,578 Why are you smiling? 48 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:12,747 It's nothing. 49 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,416 Nerves. 50 00:06:15,583 --> 00:06:18,712 It's time for my drops. 51 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:27,679 Call Florida! 52 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:29,723 Sugar... my drops... 53 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:33,393 I'll go get the sugar. 54 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:45,697 Quickly! 55 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:47,782 Go quickly! 56 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:54,414 Hurry, driver! We must cross the border! 57 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,003 Faster! 58 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,191 There's no sugar! 59 00:07:21,232 --> 00:07:25,445 Where is it? Florida! What have you done with it? 60 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:28,948 I'm an accomplice. I'm sure of it. 61 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,080 Madame, 62 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:39,584 I regret to say we have a warrant for your arrest. 63 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:47,425 Here it is. 64 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:49,469 I have it. I'm coming. 65 00:07:55,016 --> 00:07:56,101 Jérôme? 66 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:00,188 There you are. 67 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:02,649 Finally. 68 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:09,614 Anything but an accomplice to death again. 69 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:12,867 Calm down! - Count with me. 70 00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:14,703 Hurry. 71 00:08:16,621 --> 00:08:18,957 One, two, 72 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:21,334 three, four... 73 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:54,159 Arrested! Imprisoned! 74 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,411 Interrogated! Investigated! 75 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:59,164 Then released. 76 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:00,874 Free again, 77 00:09:00,915 --> 00:09:03,918 to pay dearly for my false freedom. 78 00:09:21,102 --> 00:09:23,521 From one prison to another, 79 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,607 paying penance forever. 80 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:11,861 There's a wagon out front. 81 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:15,865 Visitors. 82 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:17,909 I'm frightened. 83 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:26,084 See? 84 00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:28,003 They're leaving. 85 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:34,194 What was the name... 86 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:37,072 of that girl with the pipe? 87 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:43,119 What girl? 88 00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:46,081 You know... 89 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:50,710 Aurélie Caron. 90 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,213 What are you on about? 91 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:58,551 Yes, Aurélie Caron. 92 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:07,268 Time to freshen up! 93 00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:08,895 Good morning, Madame. 94 00:12:10,313 --> 00:12:11,981 Monsieur Jérôme. 95 00:12:25,328 --> 00:12:26,287 Goodness. 96 00:12:26,329 --> 00:12:28,748 What a racket on market day! 97 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:36,840 I'll buy some chamomile and cherry stems. 98 00:12:37,841 --> 00:12:39,009 Sleep well? 99 00:12:40,844 --> 00:12:42,846 Let's get cleaned up. 100 00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:46,599 Then I'll bring the bedpan, all right? 101 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:51,771 Get some sleep, Madame. I'll take care of things. 102 00:13:42,864 --> 00:13:44,991 Hear ye, hear ye! 103 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:47,619 The Monsieur is dying. Madame is killing him! 104 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:51,539 Hear ye! Monsieur is dying! Madame is murdering him! 105 00:14:03,301 --> 00:14:06,471 Monsieur is dying! Madame is murdering him! 106 00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:23,321 Little Albert's very sad. 107 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,824 He can't find his kitten. 108 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:29,911 He searched the house, the yard. No luck. 109 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:34,082 He'll have forgotten by tonight. 110 00:14:34,124 --> 00:14:36,751 Besides, it'll probably show up. 111 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:38,670 My poor mama! 112 00:14:41,589 --> 00:14:43,091 What are you doing there? 113 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:44,843 Is Papa asleep? 114 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:48,304 Florida's looking after him. Are the children up? 115 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:51,391 Let me straighten your hair. It's a mess! 116 00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:52,892 I need to rest. 117 00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:54,936 Let me fix your hair. 118 00:15:07,282 --> 00:15:09,159 Anne-Marie, leave me alone. 119 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,202 Let me do your hair. 120 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:10,637 I think that's the doctor. 121 00:16:19,062 --> 00:16:20,689 It's important 122 00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:22,649 not to tire yourself. 123 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,363 If I can, I'll come by tonight. 124 00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:38,164 Goodbye. There's not much I can do. 125 00:16:38,206 --> 00:16:40,625 He may pass on at any moment. 126 00:16:42,127 --> 00:16:44,629 I'll stay by his side till the very end. 127 00:16:49,926 --> 00:16:52,053 You need rest. You're exhausted. 128 00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:53,972 All these sleepless nights! 129 00:16:54,014 --> 00:16:56,016 How do you expect me to sleep? 130 00:16:57,684 --> 00:16:59,436 You must. 131 00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:03,064 I prepared this medication just for you. 132 00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:07,485 Take the powder with water. Rest, or you won't make it. 133 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:09,487 Promise? - Yes. 134 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:10,488 That's better. 135 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,949 Goodbye. I'll come again tonight. 136 00:17:13,950 --> 00:17:15,118 Goodbye. 137 00:17:24,669 --> 00:17:26,046 Florida? 138 00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:34,721 Oh, it's you. 139 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:45,774 You should get some sleep. Call Florida. 140 00:17:46,775 --> 00:17:47,984 I'm here. 141 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,242 Everything'll be fine. 142 00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:00,580 You were lucky to marry me. 143 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:02,957 Don't you think? 144 00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:07,253 If I hadn't been there 145 00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:09,881 to save your honour 146 00:18:09,923 --> 00:18:12,300 when you got out of prison... 147 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,596 I was free without you. 148 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:18,932 Free. 149 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,560 I was rebuilding my life. 150 00:18:28,692 --> 00:18:31,528 Accomplice in the murder of my first husband: 151 00:18:31,569 --> 00:18:34,531 the infamous sacrifice at Kamouraska Cove 152 00:18:34,572 --> 00:18:38,743 committed by George Nelson, my love and justice. 153 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,162 Forced into remarriage with you. 154 00:18:41,204 --> 00:18:43,707 The perfect wife all these years. 155 00:18:43,748 --> 00:18:47,293 Wifely duty nightly till your heart failed. 156 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:52,841 Now, I resume my place at death's door. 157 00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:11,818 That flower's so bright. 158 00:19:15,447 --> 00:19:19,284 This evening's so calm. Life fresh milk. 159 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,748 Ace of hearts: 160 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:26,791 a love letter. 161 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:30,170 Queen of diamonds: 162 00:19:31,588 --> 00:19:34,799 Elisabeth, my only child, 163 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:37,761 blonde and radiant in the light. 164 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,680 Your cards are fixed, Mama. 165 00:19:59,783 --> 00:20:03,286 That girl has a bad reputation! - Yes. 166 00:20:04,287 --> 00:20:07,165 She should be dismissed. - Yes! 167 00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:10,710 Pudding as you like it! Chocolate, and no lumps. 168 00:20:10,752 --> 00:20:13,630 Not so loud. What time is it? 169 00:20:13,672 --> 00:20:15,632 You're a good woman. 170 00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:17,676 It's eight o'clock. 171 00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:20,637 And the children? 172 00:20:20,679 --> 00:20:23,390 Out with Agatha, so they won't bother Monsieur. 173 00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:29,229 I'll be in my room. Fetch me if anyone comes. 174 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:42,135 "Guilty." 175 00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:44,846 I am guilty! 176 00:21:54,898 --> 00:21:58,276 You're distracted! - I want to go! 177 00:21:58,318 --> 00:22:02,489 Bass fishing with the boys! - We'll finish the Salve Regina! 178 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:17,003 Sometimes I worry about her. - Her life is before her. 179 00:22:18,254 --> 00:22:20,507 The last three invocations again. 180 00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:40,735 Hello, Aurélie. 181 00:22:40,777 --> 00:22:42,028 Hello. 182 00:22:44,739 --> 00:22:46,199 How old are you? 183 00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:48,743 Fifteen. And you? - Me too. 184 00:22:57,127 --> 00:22:58,628 Florida? 185 00:23:00,463 --> 00:23:02,465 Florida, the drapes! 186 00:23:04,718 --> 00:23:07,804 Close the drapes. The light's too bright. 187 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,143 You're so pale, Aurélie. 188 00:23:14,477 --> 00:23:18,398 I always had a prisoner's complexion, Madame. 189 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,400 A real omen. 190 00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:22,569 Why call me "Madame"? 191 00:23:23,445 --> 00:23:25,447 We're little girls. 192 00:23:26,239 --> 00:23:29,242 Two innocent girls. - I was never innocent! 193 00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:32,454 Neither were you, Madame. 194 00:23:32,495 --> 00:23:36,374 I spent two and a half years in prison because of you. 195 00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:38,710 "At the Court's discretion," 196 00:23:38,752 --> 00:23:40,503 as they say. 197 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:45,508 While Madame is free on bail. 198 00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:48,136 I went to prison too. 199 00:23:49,137 --> 00:23:50,889 Two months. 200 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:53,475 Two months for me, 201 00:23:53,516 --> 00:23:56,394 Elisabeth d'Aulnières. You forget? 202 00:23:56,436 --> 00:23:59,481 I forget nothing. Nothing at all. 203 00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:04,694 There was no trial. Charges were withdrawn. 204 00:24:04,736 --> 00:24:07,280 Withdrawn. You know that. 205 00:24:09,366 --> 00:24:11,242 "Withdrawn"? 206 00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:19,250 To hell with the judges and witnesses. 207 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:21,169 The journalists... 208 00:24:21,211 --> 00:24:23,880 Madame is saved, and so am I. 209 00:24:23,922 --> 00:24:26,174 Free! We're both free. 210 00:24:27,759 --> 00:24:29,219 Yes. 211 00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,554 Remember, Aurélie. 212 00:24:31,596 --> 00:24:33,098 You're 15. 213 00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:50,532 They used to call you "Mademoiselle". 214 00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:56,705 You may be well dressed, 215 00:24:56,746 --> 00:24:59,124 but you know nothing about boys! 216 00:25:00,125 --> 00:25:02,961 This is nothing! You should see my ball gown. 217 00:25:03,962 --> 00:25:05,296 All silk... 218 00:25:05,338 --> 00:25:07,132 low-cut... 219 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:09,592 to dance at the Governor's! 220 00:25:09,634 --> 00:25:13,471 Oh, yeah? I live at my uncle's. - They say he's not your uncle. 221 00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:15,515 He supports me well. 222 00:25:18,143 --> 00:25:19,894 Are you really a witch? 223 00:25:19,936 --> 00:25:23,523 I can tell if a newborn will survive. 224 00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:28,236 I lick them, head to toe. Too salty means they'll die. 225 00:25:30,238 --> 00:25:31,698 Tell me about boys! 226 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:34,868 It's true! Mothers call me just to find out. 227 00:25:34,909 --> 00:25:37,495 I want to know about boys! 228 00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:39,622 Little pigs in their Sunday best. 229 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:45,128 Excuse me, it's the witching hour. Mustn't be late. 230 00:26:08,943 --> 00:26:11,529 Ready. - Aren't you pretty! 231 00:26:11,571 --> 00:26:14,366 Good thing for the governor's ball! 232 00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:16,618 Just need a Prince Charming. 233 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:21,581 Goodness, we'll have to find her a husband! 234 00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:28,755 Ladies and gentlemen, the governor! 235 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,934 Let the ball begin! 236 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:08,753 You're very pretty. - Thank you. 237 00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:12,757 Pretty enough to marry. - I may well do so. 238 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:16,011 I'm already taken, alas. - Alas. 239 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:37,490 Shoot! 240 00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:43,079 Bravo! Nice shot. 241 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:45,915 I always aim carefully. 242 00:27:46,916 --> 00:27:48,418 So do I. 243 00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:55,467 Adélaïde, Angélique! Wait! - Look at them! 244 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:57,719 What a nice couple! 245 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,221 Look! 246 00:28:02,349 --> 00:28:04,351 They're wonderful together! 247 00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:23,703 Help me, Antoine. 248 00:28:54,484 --> 00:28:56,236 Good day, Madame. 249 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:01,825 I'm Antoine's mother. 250 00:29:01,866 --> 00:29:05,203 I'm Elisabeth's mother. Welcome. 251 00:29:05,245 --> 00:29:08,915 The long trip from Kamouraska to Sorel must be tiring. 252 00:29:08,957 --> 00:29:11,751 Dear Madame, back in Kamouraska, 253 00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:15,380 we cannot allow ourselves to tire. 254 00:29:15,422 --> 00:29:19,009 If we're tired, we pretend not to be. 255 00:29:22,846 --> 00:29:25,974 We're a very established family. 256 00:29:26,016 --> 00:29:28,893 Two hundred acres of land and forest; 257 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:32,105 all the islands across from the seigniory. 258 00:29:33,106 --> 00:29:36,359 Since his father's death last year, 259 00:29:36,401 --> 00:29:40,238 my son, Antoine, has been seigneur of Kamouraska. 260 00:29:41,406 --> 00:29:45,076 In his name, I'm honoured to request your daughter's hand. 261 00:29:45,118 --> 00:29:46,828 Oh, Madame, 262 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:48,872 you do us a great honour. 263 00:30:17,442 --> 00:30:19,611 Would you like to dance? - Why not? 264 00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:41,091 You're aloof although you agreed. 265 00:30:41,132 --> 00:30:43,635 Me? No, my mother did. 266 00:30:52,018 --> 00:30:54,020 You're so pretty, how about a smile? 267 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,482 Do you like that smile? 268 00:31:06,658 --> 00:31:10,078 I saw you with her last night. What an insult. 269 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,122 I didn't know. Forgive me. 270 00:31:22,090 --> 00:31:24,926 Look at me. I asked forgiveness. Will you grant it? 271 00:31:26,886 --> 00:31:28,888 Well? - Yes! 272 00:31:30,473 --> 00:31:34,936 Elisabeth d'Aulnières, do you take Antoine Tassy as your husband? 273 00:31:34,978 --> 00:31:36,354 I do. 274 00:31:36,396 --> 00:31:39,441 I declare you husband and wife. 275 00:32:33,536 --> 00:32:35,413 Bon voyage, child! 276 00:32:36,414 --> 00:32:37,749 Write soon! 277 00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:42,420 Bravo! Long live the bride! 278 00:32:42,462 --> 00:32:44,255 Lots of happiness! 279 00:32:44,297 --> 00:32:45,965 Isn't she pretty! 280 00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:52,138 Long live the newlyweds! 281 00:34:04,252 --> 00:34:07,464 Montmagny, Berthier, 282 00:34:07,505 --> 00:34:08,631 Islet, 283 00:34:09,382 --> 00:34:11,217 St-Jean-Port-Joli, 284 00:34:11,885 --> 00:34:13,345 Ste-Anne... 285 00:34:21,227 --> 00:34:23,063 To Kamouraska! 286 00:34:26,691 --> 00:34:28,693 To Kamouraska! 287 00:34:31,404 --> 00:34:33,198 To Kamouraska... 288 00:35:14,989 --> 00:35:18,368 Voila. This is all mine. 289 00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:20,412 And yours. 290 00:35:20,453 --> 00:35:21,913 Ours. 291 00:35:22,997 --> 00:35:25,000 Even those islands. 292 00:35:58,408 --> 00:36:01,202 Kamouraska is famous for eels. 293 00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:04,581 Delicious. 294 00:36:05,582 --> 00:36:08,585 I'll get used to them, eating them every day. 295 00:36:09,169 --> 00:36:11,171 Or you'll just pretend, child. 296 00:36:12,839 --> 00:36:14,841 Your husband will help. 297 00:37:00,637 --> 00:37:02,639 Someone might see us. 298 00:37:06,101 --> 00:37:07,435 I love you. 299 00:37:26,705 --> 00:37:27,706 There. 300 00:37:29,249 --> 00:37:30,750 Put your arms out. 301 00:37:34,045 --> 00:37:36,756 Looks like an owl nailed to a barn door! 302 00:37:37,257 --> 00:37:38,758 Don't move. 303 00:38:05,994 --> 00:38:08,872 He'll have to be dressed warmly. 304 00:38:08,913 --> 00:38:10,874 Or she will be. 305 00:38:10,915 --> 00:38:12,375 He. 306 00:38:12,417 --> 00:38:13,501 We'll see. 307 00:38:21,426 --> 00:38:24,971 Be patient! He always comes home. 308 00:38:26,806 --> 00:38:29,017 My son's a good boy. 309 00:38:30,060 --> 00:38:33,563 But he gets into the party spirit sometimes. 310 00:38:38,651 --> 00:38:43,198 You should learn to keep distance from what upsets you. 311 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,326 That's what those who enjoy life do. 312 00:38:47,452 --> 00:38:49,371 Mark my words. 313 00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:54,668 Tears and tantrums are nothing but theatrics. 314 00:38:56,628 --> 00:38:59,422 So then, I'm a woman of theatre. 315 00:38:59,464 --> 00:39:02,425 I'm not afraid of tears and tantrums. 316 00:39:02,467 --> 00:39:04,636 I'll take my folly to the limit. 317 00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:11,851 What do you think? 318 00:39:19,275 --> 00:39:21,486 You should do tapestry again. 319 00:39:23,196 --> 00:39:24,614 Yes. 320 00:39:24,656 --> 00:39:26,157 I was thinking that. 321 00:39:44,926 --> 00:39:46,886 I went to confession. 322 00:39:46,928 --> 00:39:48,930 The priest was a dead tree. 323 00:39:54,811 --> 00:39:56,813 "Father, I roll in filth. 324 00:39:58,189 --> 00:39:59,899 I speak obscenities. 325 00:40:01,818 --> 00:40:03,570 I'm debauched... 326 00:40:04,654 --> 00:40:06,406 grimacing... 327 00:40:08,408 --> 00:40:10,243 capering like a goat... 328 00:40:12,495 --> 00:40:15,165 leaping like a trout, grunting like a sow. 329 00:40:15,206 --> 00:40:17,709 Nothing but a clown... 330 00:40:19,252 --> 00:40:21,838 full of cognac, beer, caribou! 331 00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:28,887 Father, 332 00:40:28,928 --> 00:40:31,556 I descend into a black cave. 333 00:40:31,598 --> 00:40:33,433 I fall blind. 334 00:40:34,768 --> 00:40:37,103 You're a dead tree, 335 00:40:38,104 --> 00:40:40,106 full of broken branches. 336 00:40:44,444 --> 00:40:48,073 I want to see my idiotic face in the mirror. 337 00:40:59,793 --> 00:41:01,628 I'm afraid, Antoine! 338 00:41:04,297 --> 00:41:06,299 Antoine, I'm scared. 339 00:41:38,873 --> 00:41:39,958 What's wrong? 340 00:41:48,675 --> 00:41:51,261 You've been there for an hour, 341 00:41:51,302 --> 00:41:53,596 motionless, silent. 342 00:41:53,638 --> 00:41:56,182 Talk to me, please! 343 00:41:56,224 --> 00:41:59,602 Don't worry, it's gone on for five years. 344 00:42:01,021 --> 00:42:04,107 Just give him strong black coffee, 345 00:42:04,149 --> 00:42:08,945 and keep an eye on him so he won't do anything stupid. 346 00:42:31,217 --> 00:42:32,677 You're here! 347 00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:35,680 Come. 348 00:42:40,769 --> 00:42:42,270 Come on. 349 00:42:50,153 --> 00:42:51,613 You'll see. 350 00:42:52,614 --> 00:42:54,282 Man and wife, 351 00:42:55,283 --> 00:42:58,328 tired together. Isn't it sweet? 352 00:43:16,805 --> 00:43:18,306 Wait, I've an idea! 353 00:43:27,273 --> 00:43:28,316 You'll see. 354 00:43:29,776 --> 00:43:31,528 I'll make a cradle. 355 00:43:32,904 --> 00:43:36,324 It'll just drop. No need for a midwife. 356 00:43:39,661 --> 00:43:41,830 It'll drop into the straw like a stone. 357 00:43:42,831 --> 00:43:45,000 We'll hear its first cry. 358 00:43:55,176 --> 00:43:57,178 Before we die. 359 00:43:58,513 --> 00:43:59,681 Look. 360 00:44:07,105 --> 00:44:09,107 For better or for worse, no? 361 00:44:25,331 --> 00:44:26,708 Yeah... 362 00:44:27,709 --> 00:44:30,211 I'm a bastard, but don't look at me like that. 363 00:45:02,243 --> 00:45:04,204 Your navel's full of tears, 364 00:45:04,245 --> 00:45:06,039 like a holy water basin. 365 00:45:11,086 --> 00:45:12,879 You're beautiful, 366 00:45:14,714 --> 00:45:16,216 good, 367 00:45:19,886 --> 00:45:21,888 but someday, I'll kill you. 368 00:45:31,439 --> 00:45:33,983 It's a boy! - The master had a son! 369 00:45:34,025 --> 00:45:37,028 How about a toast? - Never mind Lent! 370 00:45:38,446 --> 00:45:40,782 Admirable woman! - Good Christian. 371 00:45:40,824 --> 00:45:42,242 What a husband! 372 00:45:42,283 --> 00:45:45,078 Did they use forceps? - I think so. 373 00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:48,123 I heard it lasted over 36 hours! 374 00:45:51,001 --> 00:45:52,460 The baby! 375 00:46:09,811 --> 00:46:11,813 My little stranger. 376 00:46:15,567 --> 00:46:17,444 I have a little gift. 377 00:46:22,574 --> 00:46:26,453 Poor thing, what's wrong? You're not happy. 378 00:46:28,955 --> 00:46:30,457 Where's Antoine? 379 00:46:31,374 --> 00:46:32,876 I don't know. 380 00:46:44,596 --> 00:46:47,390 I knitted this for him. 381 00:46:51,436 --> 00:46:53,271 It's a bit rough for a baby. 382 00:46:54,814 --> 00:46:57,525 This is all theatrics! 383 00:47:07,369 --> 00:47:08,870 Let the party begin! 384 00:47:11,122 --> 00:47:13,375 Let's toast my wife's health! 385 00:47:16,670 --> 00:47:18,171 Everyone but me, 386 00:47:19,673 --> 00:47:23,843 for I swore on my son's head I'd never drink again! 387 00:47:26,262 --> 00:47:28,598 My grandson is a crybaby! 388 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:32,185 But my son is twice as bad! 389 00:47:51,079 --> 00:47:53,915 To the next seigneur of Kamouraska! 390 00:48:01,589 --> 00:48:03,883 You can't stay here any longer. 391 00:48:03,925 --> 00:48:07,721 We'll take you to Sorel. Your mother's expecting you. 392 00:48:07,762 --> 00:48:09,305 Eh, my child? 393 00:48:22,152 --> 00:48:24,654 Are you all right, child? 394 00:48:24,696 --> 00:48:26,906 Is it much further? 395 00:48:26,948 --> 00:48:29,117 Shall I ask the coachman? 396 00:48:40,962 --> 00:48:43,923 Oh, my god! Antoine's up there! 397 00:48:43,965 --> 00:48:45,050 Good Lord! 398 00:48:45,091 --> 00:48:46,092 Stop! 399 00:49:00,940 --> 00:49:02,692 Here I am. 400 00:49:06,154 --> 00:49:07,197 Carry on! 401 00:49:24,839 --> 00:49:27,217 We're nearly there. - Finally. 402 00:49:43,900 --> 00:49:46,695 I feel fine! We'll keep going. 403 00:49:49,906 --> 00:49:52,367 Onward. To Sorel! 404 00:50:22,689 --> 00:50:24,774 Mama! Mama! 405 00:50:24,816 --> 00:50:27,402 Mama, did you scream? 406 00:50:30,155 --> 00:50:31,614 No, don't be silly. 407 00:50:31,656 --> 00:50:33,742 Are you ill? - Not at all! 408 00:50:33,783 --> 00:50:35,285 Don't get up. 409 00:50:38,079 --> 00:50:40,415 Too much devotion, and worry. 410 00:50:41,583 --> 00:50:43,084 Devotion... 411 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:45,462 worry... 412 00:50:48,173 --> 00:50:49,674 Get some rest. 413 00:51:02,479 --> 00:51:05,982 What's with the barricade? - My aunts did it. 414 00:51:08,318 --> 00:51:11,654 What for? - To stop your visits. 415 00:51:13,365 --> 00:51:15,116 Can I come in? 416 00:51:21,206 --> 00:51:22,749 Where were you? 417 00:51:22,791 --> 00:51:24,793 You smell of drink... 418 00:51:26,211 --> 00:51:28,755 and whores. - Oh, my wife. 419 00:51:30,799 --> 00:51:33,093 How can you be... 420 00:51:33,134 --> 00:51:35,679 so beautiful and so mean? 421 00:51:37,180 --> 00:51:39,099 Who gave you this? 422 00:51:39,140 --> 00:51:40,225 This? 423 00:51:41,267 --> 00:51:44,187 Her name is... "Horse Marine"! 424 00:51:45,146 --> 00:51:46,523 Go! You disgust me! 425 00:51:56,241 --> 00:51:57,242 Let me be! 426 00:51:58,993 --> 00:52:02,539 Leave me alone! You're hurting me! 427 00:52:03,832 --> 00:52:06,167 I'm sick. - What's wrong? 428 00:52:06,209 --> 00:52:07,794 I'm feverish. 429 00:52:07,836 --> 00:52:09,921 That's not an illness! 430 00:52:12,841 --> 00:52:14,259 I'm sick of you! 431 00:52:18,221 --> 00:52:21,641 Get some help! - I'll see a doctor. 432 00:52:21,683 --> 00:52:23,768 I'll find you one! 433 00:52:45,957 --> 00:52:49,336 Elisabeth, this is Dr. Nelson. 434 00:52:50,295 --> 00:52:52,297 An old college friend. 435 00:52:58,595 --> 00:52:59,721 Hello. 436 00:52:59,763 --> 00:53:03,016 Hello, Madame. Pleased to meet you. 437 00:53:16,279 --> 00:53:18,490 Say "33". - Thirty-three. 438 00:53:18,531 --> 00:53:20,241 Louder, please. 439 00:53:36,383 --> 00:53:37,634 Thank you. 440 00:54:00,448 --> 00:54:04,828 Slight weakness in the chest due to difficulty after delivery. 441 00:54:06,329 --> 00:54:09,082 Have her drink a little fresh blood. 442 00:54:09,124 --> 00:54:10,667 Fresh blood? 443 00:54:10,709 --> 00:54:11,918 Yes. 444 00:54:22,846 --> 00:54:26,433 Nelson! You through examining my wife? 445 00:54:31,354 --> 00:54:33,023 What's that? 446 00:54:35,358 --> 00:54:36,943 I'm so unhappy! 447 00:54:44,367 --> 00:54:47,037 My daughter's on edge. Please excuse her. 448 00:54:47,078 --> 00:54:50,331 She bumped against some furniture in the house. 449 00:54:53,585 --> 00:54:55,712 How about a drink? 450 00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:04,929 Anti-social chess player! 451 00:55:10,310 --> 00:55:12,228 Why didn't you mention him? 452 00:55:14,147 --> 00:55:15,398 Nelson? 453 00:55:18,693 --> 00:55:21,237 Didn't know you'd be interested. 454 00:55:25,700 --> 00:55:27,702 He's a foreigner. 455 00:55:29,746 --> 00:55:33,166 Why would an American come to Lower Canada? 456 00:55:33,208 --> 00:55:36,586 He's from a good family. Loyalist. 457 00:55:36,628 --> 00:55:39,881 He does come to Mass on Sundays, 458 00:55:39,923 --> 00:55:43,176 but everyone knows he was Protestant. 459 00:55:44,177 --> 00:55:47,514 He lives in a shack, like a farmer. 460 00:55:47,555 --> 00:55:50,725 He never mixes with Sorel society. 461 00:55:54,396 --> 00:55:56,981 Quite a strange character. 462 00:56:00,443 --> 00:56:02,445 If I had a friend, it'd be him. 463 00:56:10,829 --> 00:56:14,416 Here, Aurélie. It's useless, I've no more milk. 464 00:56:15,667 --> 00:56:18,878 Dr. Nelson is an American devil. 465 00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:22,507 He curses women's breasts, like they poison streams! 466 00:56:43,153 --> 00:56:45,572 I'm tired. I'm going to bed. 467 00:56:45,613 --> 00:56:47,615 Oh, Elisabeth! 468 00:56:49,284 --> 00:56:53,204 Tonight you sleep I my room. I made your bed. 469 00:56:53,246 --> 00:56:57,792 You're sick. Your health overrides your conjugal duties. 470 00:56:59,336 --> 00:57:01,296 So the women decide now? 471 00:57:01,338 --> 00:57:04,632 I asked Ernest to guard the door. 472 00:57:06,718 --> 00:57:09,679 You, sir, will sleep in the guestroom. 473 00:57:09,721 --> 00:57:13,016 What's wrong, Auntie? Have you gone mad? 474 00:57:23,818 --> 00:57:25,862 Did you go to the doctor? 475 00:57:25,904 --> 00:57:27,280 Yes, Madame. 476 00:57:29,282 --> 00:57:32,452 At 3:00. I couldn't say so, Monsieur was there. 477 00:57:32,494 --> 00:57:35,622 Did you see him? - No, he wasn't there. 478 00:57:35,663 --> 00:57:37,332 How could that be? 479 00:57:43,755 --> 00:57:46,675 His assistant told me. 480 00:57:46,716 --> 00:57:48,927 What did he say? - Just that. 481 00:57:48,968 --> 00:57:51,221 I don't believe you. 482 00:57:51,262 --> 00:57:55,517 He's doing it on purpose. You've gone there twice. 483 00:57:55,558 --> 00:57:58,478 I haven't seen him once since he first came. 484 00:58:00,313 --> 00:58:04,526 He knows I need him. I'm sure he's doing it on purpose. 485 00:58:06,027 --> 00:58:09,864 Go back to his house. Tell him I'm sick. 486 00:58:10,865 --> 00:58:12,325 You must bring him back. 487 00:58:12,367 --> 00:58:14,077 Do you hear me? 488 00:58:14,119 --> 00:58:16,663 I'll go back if you want. 489 00:58:16,705 --> 00:58:17,706 Tomorrow. 490 00:58:21,710 --> 00:58:24,587 He surely has you under a spell. 491 00:58:50,905 --> 00:58:53,700 It's not easy with your husband here. 492 00:58:54,826 --> 00:58:56,327 It's hell. 493 00:58:58,705 --> 00:59:00,290 Bad luck. 494 00:59:00,331 --> 00:59:02,334 Yet it was a good match. 495 00:59:02,375 --> 00:59:05,128 Yes, for you and my mother. 496 00:59:09,966 --> 00:59:12,719 The son of a good family. 497 00:59:14,554 --> 00:59:16,056 A real scoundrel! 498 00:59:16,097 --> 00:59:18,224 Inside, he's very unhappy. 499 00:59:20,060 --> 00:59:21,603 Unhappy? 500 00:59:21,644 --> 00:59:25,648 With an adoring wife, a beautiful, healthy baby? 501 00:59:27,108 --> 00:59:29,903 He's the one who generates misery. 502 00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,035 What'll happen now? 503 00:59:39,954 --> 00:59:41,831 I don't know, Aunt. 504 00:59:43,750 --> 00:59:45,335 Time for bed. 505 00:59:46,336 --> 00:59:48,338 We'll discuss it tomorrow. 506 00:59:57,347 --> 00:59:59,349 I'll fix your bed. 507 01:00:46,187 --> 01:00:49,149 I thought I saw something but it's nothing. 508 01:00:49,190 --> 01:00:51,192 So go to bed. 509 01:00:56,740 --> 01:00:59,242 Good night, child. - G'night. 510 01:01:01,953 --> 01:01:03,663 No, Monsieur! 511 01:01:03,705 --> 01:01:07,751 You're not allowed! - I said, let me by! 512 01:01:17,552 --> 01:01:20,263 You don't want me but here I am. 513 01:01:21,681 --> 01:01:23,141 Good evening. 514 01:01:24,601 --> 01:01:27,562 You prefer that fat sow? Shame! 515 01:01:34,277 --> 01:01:36,571 Aren't you sleepy? 516 01:01:36,613 --> 01:01:37,864 Not very. 517 01:01:46,373 --> 01:01:48,875 This bed's quite narrow. - Oh? 518 01:01:51,252 --> 01:01:52,337 Even better. 519 01:01:58,468 --> 01:02:00,136 Go away, Antoine. 520 01:02:01,429 --> 01:02:02,722 Go. 521 01:02:18,363 --> 01:02:20,115 Go away, sir! 522 01:02:22,325 --> 01:02:24,285 Go away, sir. 523 01:02:28,623 --> 01:02:30,625 Get out, get out! 524 01:02:36,965 --> 01:02:38,466 Go. 525 01:02:42,429 --> 01:02:45,265 Trollop! You don't want your husband? 526 01:02:46,850 --> 01:02:48,518 Monsieur Tassy! 527 01:02:52,355 --> 01:02:54,482 Is that what you want? 528 01:02:54,524 --> 01:02:57,152 You bunch of hens! 529 01:02:57,193 --> 01:02:59,320 Old, shrivelled asses! 530 01:02:59,362 --> 01:03:01,781 Who's your pretty ass for? 531 01:03:09,497 --> 01:03:11,791 I'll find one that isn't locked up! 532 01:03:28,808 --> 01:03:30,852 Goodbye, my wife! 533 01:03:30,894 --> 01:03:34,397 Slut for slut, I prefer those I pay! 534 01:05:02,068 --> 01:05:05,655 It's too cold! Take the baby back! 535 01:05:07,615 --> 01:05:10,744 And take a different road home. - Yes, Madame. 536 01:06:04,798 --> 01:06:08,301 Hello, Madame. I'll tell the doctor you're here. 537 01:06:12,222 --> 01:06:14,224 Have a seat. - Thank you. 538 01:07:01,813 --> 01:07:04,441 Don't cry. It'll be fine tomorrow. 539 01:07:07,569 --> 01:07:10,280 I just re-broke this boy's arm, 540 01:07:10,321 --> 01:07:12,365 to re-set it properly. 541 01:07:15,452 --> 01:07:18,872 Some quack had set it all wrong. 542 01:07:37,766 --> 01:07:41,061 The country's infested with charlatans. 543 01:07:41,102 --> 01:07:44,731 Ignorance, superstition, and squalor everywhere. 544 01:07:45,732 --> 01:07:47,233 Shameful! 545 01:07:50,362 --> 01:07:53,948 We must stop healers from killing people, 546 01:07:53,990 --> 01:07:56,284 force care on people, 547 01:07:58,328 --> 01:08:01,122 stop your servant, Aurélie, 548 01:08:01,164 --> 01:08:04,167 from playing the witch with newborns. 549 01:08:07,629 --> 01:08:10,340 Would you like to take off your coat? 550 01:08:37,450 --> 01:08:40,161 Do I appear odd to you, Mme. Tassy? 551 01:08:43,540 --> 01:08:46,459 To what do I owe the honour of your visit? 552 01:08:47,460 --> 01:08:49,629 You came on Antoine's behalf? 553 01:08:49,671 --> 01:08:51,297 No. 554 01:08:51,339 --> 01:08:53,717 I'd tell you if I had. 555 01:08:57,012 --> 01:09:00,682 So no one sent you. You came on your own. 556 01:09:04,602 --> 01:09:07,689 Now that you've thoroughly examined me, 557 01:09:07,731 --> 01:09:10,025 I'll show you the house. 558 01:09:34,090 --> 01:09:36,343 Here's where I treat patients. 559 01:09:39,679 --> 01:09:42,140 Did Antoine tell you about me? 560 01:09:42,182 --> 01:09:45,143 That we played chess at college? 561 01:09:45,185 --> 01:09:47,395 He liked losing, I think. 562 01:09:47,979 --> 01:09:50,690 He never once won against me. 563 01:10:03,787 --> 01:10:07,374 I take his rook, his bishop... 564 01:10:08,291 --> 01:10:10,543 I'll take his queen. 565 01:10:14,381 --> 01:10:16,383 Dr. Nelson, I'm here. 566 01:10:16,424 --> 01:10:18,593 Won't you ask me how I am? 567 01:10:23,515 --> 01:10:27,435 How you are. That's all I ever think about. 568 01:10:29,771 --> 01:10:32,399 Why did you marry Antoine Tassy? 569 01:10:41,366 --> 01:10:43,618 You look much better now. 570 01:10:44,536 --> 01:10:46,371 You know I'm unhappy. 571 01:10:48,915 --> 01:10:50,917 I can't help you. 572 01:10:50,959 --> 01:10:53,253 I'm but a stranger here. 573 01:10:55,672 --> 01:10:58,008 So am I. 574 01:10:58,049 --> 01:10:59,342 Everywhere. 575 01:10:59,384 --> 01:11:02,387 With my husband, my son, in my own home. 576 01:11:03,304 --> 01:11:05,056 You don't mean it. 577 01:11:05,098 --> 01:11:06,391 Yes, I do. 578 01:11:08,101 --> 01:11:11,438 You have a country, a family. 579 01:11:12,856 --> 01:11:15,066 I've never had a friend! 580 01:11:18,945 --> 01:11:21,364 I liked playing chess with Antoine Tassy. 581 01:11:23,700 --> 01:11:26,745 Is that why you ride by my window at night? 582 01:11:28,455 --> 01:11:30,206 You recognized me. 583 01:11:34,502 --> 01:11:36,296 I wish I'd never known. 584 01:11:37,839 --> 01:11:39,758 You're afraid? 585 01:11:39,799 --> 01:11:44,679 Yes, of being found out. I always feel badgered here. 586 01:11:44,721 --> 01:11:47,682 That's what being a stranger means. 587 01:11:49,559 --> 01:11:51,519 You said "Elisabeth". 588 01:11:51,561 --> 01:11:54,606 It's the first time you've said my name. 589 01:11:58,818 --> 01:12:02,614 The mistakes one utters give one away. 590 01:12:02,655 --> 01:12:06,576 Saying "Bible" instead of "Gospels" gives one away. 591 01:12:08,745 --> 01:12:11,998 He who says "Elisabeth" 592 01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:14,042 rather than "Mme. Tassy"... 593 01:12:15,669 --> 01:12:18,922 compromises himself and the woman he addresses. 594 01:12:25,178 --> 01:12:27,013 Your smile... 595 01:12:36,106 --> 01:12:38,858 Will you go to the ball on Sunday? 596 01:12:40,026 --> 01:12:41,861 Sunday? 597 01:12:43,196 --> 01:12:46,449 If you would kindly ride in my sleigh, 598 01:12:46,491 --> 01:12:49,119 I'd be the happiest man on earth. 599 01:13:04,676 --> 01:13:07,178 Your hair's so pretty! 600 01:13:07,220 --> 01:13:10,348 I'd sell my soul for hair like that. 601 01:13:10,390 --> 01:13:13,768 What a do. - You're beautiful! 602 01:13:18,398 --> 01:13:21,234 This is so you can see yourself better. 603 01:13:21,276 --> 01:13:23,403 Don't touch the mirror! 604 01:13:25,655 --> 01:13:30,368 "Queenly stance, fervent heart, keen mind, limpid eyes. 605 01:13:30,410 --> 01:13:33,121 Flower in the hair, stinging spirit." 606 01:13:40,420 --> 01:13:43,631 What's all this about? - Where are my aunts? 607 01:13:43,673 --> 01:13:44,924 I don't know. 608 01:13:46,092 --> 01:13:48,053 You're not going. 609 01:13:48,094 --> 01:13:50,388 I promised. I'm going. 610 01:13:50,430 --> 01:13:53,016 A wife and mother! 611 01:13:53,058 --> 01:13:55,060 Not any longer. 612 01:13:57,062 --> 01:13:59,522 Guests are gathering. I must go. 613 01:13:59,564 --> 01:14:02,984 I'll take you. - No, I'm going with Dr. Nelson. 614 01:14:03,026 --> 01:14:06,446 He already invited me. - You'll go with me! 615 01:15:33,533 --> 01:15:35,744 My husband came home. 616 01:15:35,785 --> 01:15:38,204 He forbade me to come. 617 01:15:38,246 --> 01:15:40,749 He punched me in the stomach. 618 01:15:40,790 --> 01:15:42,876 He hit you? 619 01:15:44,711 --> 01:15:46,254 Are you angry? 620 01:16:27,295 --> 01:16:30,131 Antoine's a very wicked man. 621 01:16:30,173 --> 01:16:31,675 Yes. 622 01:16:33,259 --> 01:16:35,470 All of us will go to hell. 623 01:16:45,814 --> 01:16:49,109 I love you more than anything. - You are my life. 624 01:17:21,641 --> 01:17:25,145 Is your cousin Henriette coming? - Henriette? 625 01:17:26,980 --> 01:17:30,108 You know she's too good for these things. 626 01:17:31,443 --> 01:17:33,028 Dance with me? 627 01:17:34,362 --> 01:17:36,656 You're too good. 628 01:17:36,698 --> 01:17:38,450 I want Henriette. 629 01:17:40,368 --> 01:17:43,830 Take advantage of the last ball before Ash Wednesday. 630 01:17:44,831 --> 01:17:48,626 Fasting won't do you any harm, Madame. 631 01:17:48,668 --> 01:17:51,671 Not sure you'll survive Lent, dear. 632 01:17:55,300 --> 01:17:57,344 When will he start? - Soon. 633 01:18:01,681 --> 01:18:03,183 Mademoiselle, 634 01:18:03,224 --> 01:18:06,061 would you like to dance? - I don't know how. 635 01:18:06,102 --> 01:18:08,938 What do you mean? I showed you yesterday! 636 01:18:08,980 --> 01:18:11,566 You taught me to polka, this is a waltz. 637 01:18:11,608 --> 01:18:13,943 Just try! It'll be fine. 638 01:18:15,862 --> 01:18:17,447 Excuse me. 639 01:18:36,716 --> 01:18:38,718 Don't be afraid. 640 01:18:59,572 --> 01:19:01,157 Good evening, Madame. 641 01:19:01,199 --> 01:19:04,619 Excuse our tardiness. We lost our way 642 01:19:04,661 --> 01:19:08,164 and our sleigh tipped over. - Antoinette. 643 01:19:26,933 --> 01:19:31,438 What insouciance, child! Alone at night with the doctor. 644 01:19:31,479 --> 01:19:33,523 Your reputation! 645 01:19:33,565 --> 01:19:36,526 Here, drink this. Cinnamon and white wine. 646 01:19:36,568 --> 01:19:38,236 It'll warm you up. 647 01:19:50,665 --> 01:19:52,250 Do you like it? 648 01:19:53,251 --> 01:19:55,378 Best punch I've ever had! 649 01:20:35,669 --> 01:20:37,671 One lost, ten found. 650 01:20:41,174 --> 01:20:42,550 Not dancing? 651 01:21:20,547 --> 01:21:23,550 Do something. This is awful. - All right. 652 01:21:31,808 --> 01:21:32,767 Leave me be. 653 01:21:34,894 --> 01:21:36,938 I'm a lout all right, 654 01:21:36,980 --> 01:21:39,441 but you, wife, are accursed. 655 01:21:50,702 --> 01:21:53,705 Don't wait for me. I'm going to drown myself. 656 01:21:55,582 --> 01:21:59,627 Easy to cut a hole in the ice and just fall in. 657 01:21:59,669 --> 01:22:01,504 Like into a well. 658 01:22:03,506 --> 01:22:05,508 I can't live after this. 659 01:22:08,345 --> 01:22:11,348 See what you find in the river next spring! 660 01:22:13,058 --> 01:22:15,060 Kiss my son for me. 661 01:22:26,988 --> 01:22:28,740 Fake drowning, 662 01:22:29,783 --> 01:22:32,285 false joy. Be wary of Antoine. 663 01:22:33,953 --> 01:22:39,292 I'd play along, pretend to cry, search and wait for his body. 664 01:22:41,419 --> 01:22:45,173 They can't drag the river till the ice melts in spring. 665 01:22:47,133 --> 01:22:50,011 Until then, I must live like a widow. 666 01:22:50,053 --> 01:22:52,806 He's been gone three weeks now. 667 01:22:52,847 --> 01:22:54,808 Should we search? 668 01:22:54,849 --> 01:22:56,267 No. 669 01:22:56,309 --> 01:22:59,479 Don't involve the police in family affairs. 670 01:23:21,084 --> 01:23:23,795 Vespers already? - Yes! 671 01:23:23,837 --> 01:23:26,339 We're late, first time ever! 672 01:23:26,381 --> 01:23:29,009 Now we're forgetting essentials! 673 01:24:01,374 --> 01:24:03,168 Don't be afraid. 674 01:24:03,209 --> 01:24:05,712 Mother's sleeping, my aunts went out. 675 01:24:06,713 --> 01:24:08,548 We're alone here. 676 01:24:24,397 --> 01:24:27,192 What if someone walks in on us? 677 01:24:29,527 --> 01:24:31,071 I love you. 678 01:24:41,122 --> 01:24:43,958 Warn me if someone comes. - Yes, Madame. 679 01:25:52,318 --> 01:25:56,489 Madame Marie d'Aulnières, mother of the accused. 680 01:25:58,992 --> 01:26:03,204 Elisabeth was never alone in her room with Dr. Nelson. 681 01:26:03,246 --> 01:26:05,832 I was always there with her. 682 01:26:11,379 --> 01:26:12,839 Aurélie Caron, 683 01:26:12,881 --> 01:26:15,383 servant of the accused. 684 01:26:15,884 --> 01:26:21,848 I swear, she was often alone with him behind closed doors. 685 01:26:21,890 --> 01:26:23,516 whenever her mother went out. 686 01:26:39,491 --> 01:26:41,451 It's Monsieur. - What? 687 01:26:41,493 --> 01:26:43,203 The Monsieur! 688 01:26:43,244 --> 01:26:45,914 You're wrong. - I'm sure it's Monsieur Antoine! 689 01:26:46,915 --> 01:26:52,337 You know he drowned last month in a hole in the ice. Remember? 690 01:26:54,631 --> 01:26:56,383 This way, it's safer. 691 01:27:01,388 --> 01:27:02,889 Good God. 692 01:27:04,891 --> 01:27:07,227 Hurry! Come on! 693 01:27:17,487 --> 01:27:19,572 Hurry up, Aurélie! 694 01:27:39,926 --> 01:27:42,387 Go tell the doctor I'm here. 695 01:27:43,013 --> 01:27:44,264 Yes, Madame. 696 01:27:50,020 --> 01:27:52,272 Obedient Aurélie. 697 01:27:59,904 --> 01:28:01,865 Am I bothering you? 698 01:28:02,741 --> 01:28:04,617 Elisabeth, my patients. 699 01:28:05,410 --> 01:28:06,411 And us? 700 01:28:25,972 --> 01:28:29,434 What's wrong? - It's always the same. 701 01:28:29,476 --> 01:28:32,479 Your house, my house, rushing, hiding... 702 01:29:00,423 --> 01:29:02,967 Your patients frighten me. 703 01:29:13,353 --> 01:29:17,232 Someday, fear will be our downfall. 704 01:29:18,942 --> 01:29:22,404 What will become of us? - I'm here. 705 01:29:27,367 --> 01:29:29,703 What if Antoine came back? 706 01:29:31,579 --> 01:29:36,376 If he ever comes back to you, I swear I'll kill him. 707 01:29:39,504 --> 01:29:41,589 I think he's back. 708 01:29:42,716 --> 01:29:44,551 Here in Sorel. 709 01:29:46,386 --> 01:29:50,390 Are you sure? - Yes. No. Aurélie saw him. 710 01:30:01,026 --> 01:30:02,569 That's not all. 711 01:30:10,035 --> 01:30:11,911 I'm pregnant. 712 01:30:47,280 --> 01:30:48,865 What's going on? 713 01:30:49,616 --> 01:30:51,951 It's Antoine! 714 01:30:51,993 --> 01:30:54,913 Elisabeth, come. It's Antoine. 715 01:30:54,954 --> 01:30:57,957 Elisabeth, it's Antoine! Come quickly! 716 01:30:57,999 --> 01:30:59,125 Go in there! 717 01:31:02,337 --> 01:31:03,922 Hello, Ernest! 718 01:31:05,340 --> 01:31:07,926 Put these up in my room. 719 01:31:07,967 --> 01:31:11,179 Draw me a hot bath with soap. I'm filthy. 720 01:31:11,221 --> 01:31:12,514 No, Monsieur! 721 01:31:12,555 --> 01:31:15,225 No one's home! Madame's away 722 01:31:15,266 --> 01:31:18,436 with the others, and the baby. 723 01:31:18,478 --> 01:31:20,897 Bald-faced lies. 724 01:31:22,649 --> 01:31:25,485 And bring the shaving kit. 725 01:31:25,527 --> 01:31:26,361 But, sir... 726 01:31:32,033 --> 01:31:33,576 What's he up to? 727 01:31:33,618 --> 01:31:36,121 Ernest's a fool. He shouldn't have let him in. 728 01:31:36,162 --> 01:31:40,709 Don't be afraid. We're all here. - I can't stand it. I feel sick. 729 01:31:46,256 --> 01:31:48,008 I stink! 730 01:31:48,049 --> 01:31:50,343 I smell like a pigsty. 731 01:31:58,727 --> 01:32:00,729 No, that's fine. 732 01:32:15,577 --> 01:32:17,537 Hand me the mirror. 733 01:32:24,419 --> 01:32:26,588 Disgusting. Pass the razor. 734 01:32:27,422 --> 01:32:30,091 Hooked nose... 735 01:32:30,133 --> 01:32:32,886 Hornèd brow... 736 01:32:32,927 --> 01:32:37,223 And to end my tale, a bit of tail. 737 01:32:58,745 --> 01:33:00,622 You know, Ernest... 738 01:33:01,623 --> 01:33:03,208 brothels... 739 01:33:04,417 --> 01:33:06,086 are like convents. 740 01:33:07,587 --> 01:33:09,589 You get over them. 741 01:33:13,176 --> 01:33:16,179 I was fed up with that bunch of floozies. 742 01:33:17,263 --> 01:33:19,766 They pamper me, fawn over me, 743 01:33:19,808 --> 01:33:22,394 rob me, rape me... 744 01:33:24,145 --> 01:33:27,232 They ruin me too! I'm crippled with debt. 745 01:33:29,401 --> 01:33:31,820 I'll sell some forest land, 746 01:33:31,861 --> 01:33:34,197 and go back to my mother's. 747 01:33:35,532 --> 01:33:38,159 I'm the seigneur of Kamouraska! 748 01:33:44,958 --> 01:33:47,419 First, I must make up with my wife. 749 01:34:15,155 --> 01:34:17,991 The scent of Horse Marine is gone. 750 01:34:18,033 --> 01:34:20,910 I'm as clean as if I'd been to confession. 751 01:34:22,454 --> 01:34:25,206 Go tell Madame. - I told you, she's out. 752 01:34:25,248 --> 01:34:26,708 Really? 753 01:34:26,750 --> 01:34:28,626 I think so. 754 01:34:28,668 --> 01:34:30,754 I don't think so. 755 01:34:30,795 --> 01:34:32,297 Elisabeth! 756 01:34:36,509 --> 01:34:39,763 Poor child! What a curse! 757 01:34:40,722 --> 01:34:42,349 On the contrary. 758 01:34:42,390 --> 01:34:44,726 It's a stroke of luck. 759 01:34:58,323 --> 01:35:00,241 Dear wife, you're there. 760 01:35:05,914 --> 01:35:07,374 Shall we make up? 761 01:35:07,415 --> 01:35:10,877 Yes, once and for all, let's put an end to this. 762 01:35:59,426 --> 01:36:00,802 George... 763 01:36:00,844 --> 01:36:03,054 Tell me about our child. 764 01:36:04,389 --> 01:36:06,599 It's a boy, I'm sure. 765 01:36:06,641 --> 01:36:08,893 You're a rich field for boys. 766 01:36:08,935 --> 01:36:12,981 And what is my son doing in my belly? 767 01:36:25,577 --> 01:36:27,787 That's it! - It had to end this way. 768 01:36:32,334 --> 01:36:34,461 Elisabeth, shut up! 769 01:36:44,137 --> 01:36:45,513 Good Lord! 770 01:36:46,806 --> 01:36:49,601 Poor baby, what happened? 771 01:36:50,810 --> 01:36:52,645 My little girl. 772 01:36:58,026 --> 01:37:02,322 You realize you shall have no more dealings with us. 773 01:37:02,364 --> 01:37:05,950 You go back to Kamouraska. We'll see our notary. 774 01:37:05,992 --> 01:37:09,287 Physical and financial separation is the only solution. 775 01:37:09,329 --> 01:37:10,705 Elisabeth, my wife, 776 01:37:13,083 --> 01:37:15,710 you won't get away so easily. 777 01:37:15,752 --> 01:37:17,629 I'll be back. 778 01:37:17,671 --> 01:37:19,631 That's a promise. 779 01:37:46,574 --> 01:37:49,369 We could be taken for a real couple. 780 01:37:49,411 --> 01:37:51,246 Perhaps someday. 781 01:37:51,913 --> 01:37:53,873 Madame Nelson. 782 01:37:53,915 --> 01:37:56,292 Elisabeth Nelson. 783 01:37:57,168 --> 01:37:58,503 Madame. 784 01:37:59,713 --> 01:38:00,964 See? 785 01:38:06,302 --> 01:38:08,263 What are you thinking about? 786 01:38:08,304 --> 01:38:11,683 It's so nice with Antoine in Kamouraska. 787 01:38:18,648 --> 01:38:21,860 You know, the day he left... 788 01:38:21,901 --> 01:38:23,820 he came to the house. 789 01:38:25,947 --> 01:38:27,949 He was in his room. 790 01:38:28,950 --> 01:38:30,535 He called me. 791 01:38:31,536 --> 01:38:32,996 I went in. 792 01:38:34,247 --> 01:38:36,958 My aunts tried to stop me, but I went anyway. 793 01:38:39,336 --> 01:38:43,131 Are you listening to me? - Elisabeth, please... 794 01:38:44,799 --> 01:38:47,302 let's not talk about your husband. 795 01:38:50,388 --> 01:38:53,975 If I could wipe him off the face of the earth, 796 01:38:54,017 --> 01:38:56,644 in a natural way, 797 01:38:56,686 --> 01:38:59,147 in an appropriate way... 798 01:39:00,148 --> 01:39:01,316 Yes... 799 01:39:02,317 --> 01:39:03,860 but how? 800 01:39:05,236 --> 01:39:06,821 A duel. 801 01:39:08,365 --> 01:39:09,991 He's too cowardly. 802 01:39:12,744 --> 01:39:15,330 What happens in a duel? 803 01:39:15,372 --> 01:39:18,041 Don't you know? - No. Tell me. 804 01:39:19,167 --> 01:39:20,543 Well... 805 01:39:22,545 --> 01:39:24,756 it could take place here. 806 01:39:24,798 --> 01:39:25,965 At dawn. 807 01:39:27,676 --> 01:39:29,803 We agree on the weapons. 808 01:39:29,844 --> 01:39:31,721 Pistols, for example, 809 01:39:31,763 --> 01:39:34,724 gleaming and weighty in the hand, 810 01:39:34,766 --> 01:39:37,394 the work of a skilled ironsmith. 811 01:39:37,435 --> 01:39:39,145 Who fires first? 812 01:39:40,855 --> 01:39:43,858 We fire together. Those are the rules! 813 01:39:45,026 --> 01:39:48,738 Witnesses arrive first. It's still dark. 814 01:39:48,780 --> 01:39:52,492 Then, the surgeon with his black box, 815 01:39:52,534 --> 01:39:54,994 full of scalpels and medicines. 816 01:39:56,162 --> 01:39:59,708 The adversaries arrive from opposite sides, 817 01:39:59,749 --> 01:40:02,627 in white shirts, to be conspicuous. 818 01:40:02,669 --> 01:40:06,297 I'll wear this one, and stand right here. 819 01:40:08,008 --> 01:40:09,467 Now... 820 01:40:10,427 --> 01:40:12,303 the sun comes up! 821 01:40:12,804 --> 01:40:14,723 We get ready. 822 01:40:14,764 --> 01:40:17,392 We stand, back to back, 823 01:40:18,727 --> 01:40:21,396 holding our pistols like this. 824 01:40:22,731 --> 01:40:26,026 We start together, we take 15 paces. 825 01:40:26,067 --> 01:40:28,778 I go this way, he goes that way. 826 01:40:31,072 --> 01:40:35,827 One, two, three, four, five... 827 01:40:35,869 --> 01:40:38,288 At the end, we both turn, 828 01:40:38,329 --> 01:40:39,664 and... 829 01:40:44,085 --> 01:40:46,629 Everyone peers through the smoke! 830 01:40:46,671 --> 01:40:48,465 It's him! 831 01:40:48,506 --> 01:40:50,425 Justice is done! 832 01:40:54,763 --> 01:40:56,222 It's my husband! 833 01:40:57,057 --> 01:40:59,309 You killed my husband! 834 01:40:59,351 --> 01:41:01,644 He's wounded! He's bleeding! 835 01:41:01,686 --> 01:41:04,773 His heart's still beating. - Hello. 836 01:41:05,440 --> 01:41:07,776 Hello! 837 01:41:10,362 --> 01:41:12,113 We killed him. 838 01:41:13,073 --> 01:41:14,699 What a relief! 839 01:41:16,076 --> 01:41:17,869 If only it were true. 840 01:41:20,205 --> 01:41:22,290 But duels are chancy. 841 01:41:23,375 --> 01:41:25,418 What if, by some misfortune, 842 01:41:25,460 --> 01:41:28,129 the bullet struck your heart, my love? 843 01:41:32,467 --> 01:41:37,222 Someday, though, we'll have to eliminate that chance. 844 01:41:44,104 --> 01:41:45,480 Elisabeth! 845 01:41:46,564 --> 01:41:48,566 Your gaze is so intense! 846 01:41:51,486 --> 01:41:52,821 We... 847 01:41:53,363 --> 01:41:54,698 must... 848 01:41:54,739 --> 01:41:56,116 kill... 849 01:41:56,157 --> 01:41:57,617 Antoine. 850 01:42:02,831 --> 01:42:04,916 That's between Antoine and me. 851 01:42:09,004 --> 01:42:10,797 In college, 852 01:42:10,839 --> 01:42:14,134 no boy was more miserable than Antoine Tassy. 853 01:42:51,171 --> 01:42:54,883 All I had to do was hold his head under water, 854 01:42:55,675 --> 01:42:59,304 squeeze, and wait for death to take effect. 855 01:43:00,972 --> 01:43:05,852 But now that he's taller, heavier, it'd be very difficult. 856 01:43:05,894 --> 01:43:08,688 I couldn't have done it anyway. 857 01:43:10,982 --> 01:43:13,193 Pity is foul. 858 01:43:14,277 --> 01:43:17,322 I was an unhappy child too. 859 01:43:18,740 --> 01:43:22,035 I pitied myself as much as him. 860 01:43:23,328 --> 01:43:25,497 We both would've had to die. 861 01:43:26,998 --> 01:43:30,085 I chose you, George Nelson. 862 01:43:31,086 --> 01:43:33,588 I want you to live, him to die. 863 01:43:35,090 --> 01:43:37,759 But I don't have the hands of a murderer. 864 01:43:49,229 --> 01:43:51,940 I cannot reassure you, my love. 865 01:44:18,049 --> 01:44:20,719 Paul Hus, 53, navigator. 866 01:44:23,430 --> 01:44:27,434 I was going home around 4:00 or 5:00pm. 867 01:44:28,268 --> 01:44:31,271 I saw Dr. Nelson appear 868 01:44:32,272 --> 01:44:33,857 with Mme. Tassy, 869 01:44:33,898 --> 01:44:36,151 coming out of the pine grove. 870 01:44:36,192 --> 01:44:40,280 It seemed to me they'd been lying on the ground. 871 01:44:41,740 --> 01:44:45,285 They must have just stood up, 872 01:44:45,326 --> 01:44:47,078 or I'd have seen them. 873 01:44:52,959 --> 01:44:55,086 My dearest husband... 874 01:44:58,965 --> 01:45:01,217 your darling wife is writing... 875 01:45:13,563 --> 01:45:16,483 to inform you of a joyous occasion, 876 01:45:21,237 --> 01:45:23,323 in the month of... 877 01:45:26,076 --> 01:45:29,037 December, if calculations are correct. 878 01:45:30,622 --> 01:45:32,624 What a downpour. 879 01:45:32,665 --> 01:45:35,960 Poor Madame, you've been confined to the house. 880 01:45:36,002 --> 01:45:41,007 Not for long, Aurélie! This chore is almost finished. 881 01:45:44,260 --> 01:45:46,179 Look at the rain. 882 01:45:58,274 --> 01:46:01,569 Here. Give this to the postman early tomorrow. 883 01:46:01,611 --> 01:46:04,447 Where to? - Kamouraska. 884 01:46:04,489 --> 01:46:06,116 For Monsieur? 885 01:46:06,157 --> 01:46:08,410 Guess what it says. - I dunno. 886 01:46:10,370 --> 01:46:12,414 Goodness gracious, Madame! 887 01:46:13,665 --> 01:46:17,752 I wrote to say I'm expecting his child, 888 01:46:17,794 --> 01:46:19,754 though it's not really true. 889 01:46:19,796 --> 01:46:21,631 Oh, Madame! 890 01:46:23,550 --> 01:46:26,261 I must see the doctor right away. 891 01:46:27,554 --> 01:46:30,682 Where's Adélaïde? - Downstairs, cleaning. 892 01:46:30,724 --> 01:46:33,435 Good. Come with me. 893 01:46:33,476 --> 01:46:35,186 I need her key. 894 01:46:40,400 --> 01:46:42,110 Aunt Adélaïde! 895 01:46:48,074 --> 01:46:51,411 We wish you a good evening. Shall we dance? 896 01:47:05,925 --> 01:47:09,721 I'm tired, I'm going to bed. G'night, Auntie. 897 01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:20,565 I'm going to the doctor's. - You shouldn t. 898 01:47:20,607 --> 01:47:23,777 No one can stop me! - So late? 899 01:47:23,818 --> 01:47:25,987 Doesn't matter, I've the key! 900 01:47:53,556 --> 01:47:55,558 Coming at this hour... 901 01:47:55,600 --> 01:47:57,018 How unwise! 902 01:47:57,060 --> 01:47:59,604 What difference does it make? 903 01:48:10,699 --> 01:48:12,325 I just wrote Antoine. 904 01:48:14,619 --> 01:48:16,621 I said I'm pregnant... 905 01:48:19,916 --> 01:48:21,126 by him. 906 01:48:21,626 --> 01:48:22,627 Him? 907 01:48:26,423 --> 01:48:28,842 Why would he believe you? 908 01:48:28,883 --> 01:48:30,969 He will, don't worry! 909 01:48:31,011 --> 01:48:33,346 What do you mean? 910 01:48:33,388 --> 01:48:36,016 I fixed things the day he left. 911 01:48:38,685 --> 01:48:40,103 Meaning? 912 01:48:40,145 --> 01:48:41,855 I slept with him! 913 01:48:49,696 --> 01:48:52,282 You did? 914 01:48:54,576 --> 01:48:57,078 I had to, George, 915 01:48:57,120 --> 01:48:59,622 to avoid suspicion. 916 01:49:01,332 --> 01:49:03,918 I don't mind antagonizing Antoine... 917 01:49:04,919 --> 01:49:06,171 but... 918 01:49:06,212 --> 01:49:10,300 there are certain feminine wiles that disgust me. 919 01:49:13,595 --> 01:49:14,721 You... 920 01:49:14,763 --> 01:49:16,222 with him... 921 01:49:21,311 --> 01:49:22,854 Evil... 922 01:49:22,896 --> 01:49:24,314 liar... 923 01:49:25,648 --> 01:49:27,776 I will never forgive you. 924 01:49:30,695 --> 01:49:32,447 I didn't want to-- 925 01:49:37,577 --> 01:49:40,246 You're mine. Elisabeth. 926 01:49:41,164 --> 01:49:42,415 Say it. 927 01:49:43,917 --> 01:49:46,586 Say it loud! - I'm yours alone! 928 01:49:49,673 --> 01:49:52,092 The child too. 929 01:49:53,259 --> 01:49:54,761 The child... 930 01:49:55,428 --> 01:49:56,596 also. 931 01:50:00,433 --> 01:50:02,435 I beg your forgiveness! 932 01:50:16,908 --> 01:50:18,326 George, the lamp. 933 01:50:19,619 --> 01:50:21,496 Forget the lamp. 934 01:50:24,124 --> 01:50:25,917 Take off your dress. 935 01:50:31,464 --> 01:50:33,133 Your petticoats. 936 01:50:52,277 --> 01:50:54,654 Take everything off. 937 01:51:32,108 --> 01:51:34,194 Stand up straight. 938 01:51:37,822 --> 01:51:39,866 People can see in. 939 01:51:41,409 --> 01:51:43,286 Isn't that what you want? 940 01:51:44,871 --> 01:51:46,081 Tomorrow, 941 01:51:47,082 --> 01:51:48,917 everyone will know. 942 01:51:48,958 --> 01:51:51,544 We've nothing to lose. 943 01:52:00,387 --> 01:52:02,180 The lamp. 944 01:52:11,356 --> 01:52:13,066 Lie on the floor. 945 01:52:59,446 --> 01:53:01,281 Give me the key. 946 01:53:05,160 --> 01:53:08,872 Consider the family's honour, your children's future. 947 01:53:09,873 --> 01:53:12,709 I value my honour more than my life. 948 01:53:14,961 --> 01:53:18,048 How can you harbour such suspicion? 949 01:53:18,089 --> 01:53:22,427 You must be careful. Antoine sent a threatening letter. 950 01:53:22,469 --> 01:53:25,472 He says he's coming for you and his son. 951 01:53:25,513 --> 01:53:27,223 Antoine wrote? 952 01:53:27,265 --> 01:53:28,475 Yes. 953 01:53:29,726 --> 01:53:32,103 You kept it from me, 954 01:53:32,145 --> 01:53:33,480 and read it. 955 01:53:34,397 --> 01:53:36,232 You had no right. 956 01:53:36,274 --> 01:53:37,942 Give it to me. 957 01:53:38,985 --> 01:53:40,945 I can't. - Why not? 958 01:53:40,987 --> 01:53:42,864 I burned it. 959 01:53:44,657 --> 01:53:47,077 Some letters must be burned, 960 01:53:47,118 --> 01:53:49,788 and some actions avoided, 961 01:53:49,829 --> 01:53:52,624 or else one will burn in hell. 962 01:53:52,665 --> 01:53:55,126 You so piously threaten hell. 963 01:53:55,168 --> 01:53:57,629 You seem to forget your soul. 964 01:53:57,671 --> 01:54:01,007 Because it's so very easy to do. 965 01:54:01,049 --> 01:54:03,635 God, the air is thick. 966 01:54:04,719 --> 01:54:06,971 I haven't slept a wink. 967 01:54:10,850 --> 01:54:14,813 How handsome Dr. Nelson is. So well bred! 968 01:54:14,854 --> 01:54:19,025 American, but from such a good Loyalist family. 969 01:54:20,527 --> 01:54:24,322 Too bad my child didn't meet him first. 970 01:54:24,364 --> 01:54:26,658 But he is the first. 971 01:54:26,700 --> 01:54:28,702 The first. 972 01:54:28,743 --> 01:54:32,247 There's never been anyone else and there never will be. 973 01:55:14,664 --> 01:55:16,291 May I smoke, Madame? 974 01:55:26,843 --> 01:55:31,056 Your affair with the doctor is killing me. 975 01:55:31,097 --> 01:55:34,351 It's even more amazing than you think. 976 01:55:39,189 --> 01:55:40,273 Here. 977 01:55:40,315 --> 01:55:41,358 Have some port. 978 01:55:41,399 --> 01:55:42,776 Thanks. 979 01:55:54,204 --> 01:55:55,413 Aurélie... 980 01:55:56,956 --> 01:55:58,458 I need you. 981 01:56:01,252 --> 01:56:03,755 You know Antoine's cruel. 982 01:56:06,383 --> 01:56:07,717 Well... 983 01:56:09,803 --> 01:56:12,972 you must go to Kamouraska... 984 01:56:13,973 --> 01:56:15,725 and poison him. 985 01:56:15,767 --> 01:56:18,144 That's a serious crime! 986 01:56:18,978 --> 01:56:20,980 No one will know! 987 01:56:22,482 --> 01:56:24,067 Aurélie... 988 01:56:24,776 --> 01:56:26,486 I'll keep you... 989 01:56:27,237 --> 01:56:28,863 here with me, 990 01:56:28,905 --> 01:56:31,116 like a sister, 991 01:56:31,157 --> 01:56:33,159 your whole life long, 992 01:56:33,201 --> 01:56:34,744 if you want. 993 01:56:35,787 --> 01:56:38,790 I'd be too scared of going to hell. 994 01:56:52,554 --> 01:56:54,097 Here, Aurélie. 995 01:56:54,139 --> 01:56:55,974 These are for you. 996 01:56:56,016 --> 01:56:57,726 All yours. 997 01:56:57,767 --> 01:56:59,185 Thank you. 998 01:57:04,149 --> 01:57:05,900 What are you doing? 999 01:57:05,942 --> 01:57:09,446 The embers show how your affair will end. 1000 01:57:11,114 --> 01:57:12,115 Good Lord! 1001 01:57:16,369 --> 01:57:17,662 So... 1002 01:57:19,122 --> 01:57:21,791 you keep the barn door wide open? 1003 01:57:24,377 --> 01:57:26,671 I knocked several times, 1004 01:57:27,297 --> 01:57:28,673 but... 1005 01:57:28,715 --> 01:57:31,009 since it was open, 1006 01:57:31,051 --> 01:57:34,012 I took the risk and came up. 1007 01:57:34,054 --> 01:57:36,848 Make yourself at home, Doctor. 1008 01:57:42,729 --> 01:57:45,857 You're acting strange. What are you up to? 1009 01:57:45,899 --> 01:57:48,234 Ask her! She's the witch. 1010 01:57:49,361 --> 01:57:52,614 You're the real devil, Doctor! 1011 01:57:54,366 --> 01:57:55,575 So... 1012 01:57:55,617 --> 01:57:57,702 what's the plot? 1013 01:57:57,744 --> 01:57:59,662 It's in the embers. 1014 01:58:01,539 --> 01:58:03,708 What do they say? 1015 01:58:07,671 --> 01:58:09,881 Let go, I want to leave! 1016 01:58:10,965 --> 01:58:13,301 You can't just leave. 1017 01:58:15,220 --> 01:58:17,597 Look me in the eye. 1018 01:58:17,639 --> 01:58:20,850 We'll see if you're really a witch. 1019 01:58:20,892 --> 01:58:24,646 I've never looked anyone in the eye, much less you. 1020 01:58:25,605 --> 01:58:27,565 Please, sir, let me go! 1021 01:58:39,744 --> 01:58:41,287 Dear Elisabeth. 1022 01:58:51,673 --> 01:58:53,967 I can't go on this way. 1023 01:58:55,927 --> 01:58:58,096 I must go to Kamouraska. - No! 1024 01:58:58,138 --> 01:59:02,475 Not before the birth. I'm afraid I won't survive the delivery. 1025 01:59:03,309 --> 01:59:05,145 It's not worth it. 1026 01:59:06,187 --> 01:59:09,274 Aurélie's going. We just discussed it. 1027 01:59:09,315 --> 01:59:11,443 I knew it! - She'll do it. 1028 01:59:11,484 --> 01:59:14,863 But I forbade you! - It's so far away, 1029 01:59:14,904 --> 01:59:19,868 we don't even notice. No one will know what malady he died of. 1030 01:59:22,746 --> 01:59:24,372 Mme. Tassy... 1031 01:59:25,623 --> 01:59:27,834 will write to inform us. 1032 01:59:27,876 --> 01:59:30,503 It was bound to happen. 1033 01:59:31,504 --> 01:59:33,506 One little binge too many... 1034 01:59:34,507 --> 01:59:35,800 it's over 1035 01:59:35,842 --> 01:59:38,386 for the seigneur of Kamouraska. 1036 01:59:42,724 --> 01:59:44,517 We're bastards. 1037 01:59:44,559 --> 01:59:48,271 We're innocent! Justice will be done. 1038 02:00:14,381 --> 02:00:15,382 Aurélie... 1039 02:00:19,678 --> 02:00:22,389 It's important you know everything, 1040 02:00:22,430 --> 02:00:24,724 and handle everything, 1041 02:00:24,766 --> 02:00:28,144 even if your simple soul can't comprehend, 1042 02:00:29,145 --> 02:00:31,606 like real witches do. 1043 02:00:31,648 --> 02:00:34,234 I am a real witch, sir. 1044 02:00:41,282 --> 02:00:43,368 Well, I'm a joker. 1045 02:00:45,286 --> 02:00:47,414 A real joker! 1046 02:00:54,921 --> 02:00:57,465 That scoundrel, Tassy! 1047 02:00:58,466 --> 02:01:00,844 I'll shoot him like a dog! 1048 02:01:03,263 --> 02:01:05,515 Monsieur's such a joker, 1049 02:01:05,557 --> 02:01:07,559 I'm telling you! 1050 02:01:09,436 --> 02:01:12,022 Fire's going out. I can't revive it. 1051 02:01:25,410 --> 02:01:28,580 We're too close to the fire. Lie back. 1052 02:01:28,621 --> 02:01:29,998 There. 1053 02:01:31,624 --> 02:01:33,418 That's right. 1054 02:01:38,673 --> 02:01:41,134 I feel so good like this. 1055 02:01:41,176 --> 02:01:43,803 If only you knew how good. 1056 02:01:51,311 --> 02:01:53,438 Madame, what are you doing? 1057 02:01:53,480 --> 02:01:55,231 Quiet, Aurélie. 1058 02:01:56,232 --> 02:01:57,817 Close your eyes. 1059 02:01:58,818 --> 02:02:00,653 Don't say a word. 1060 02:02:01,363 --> 02:02:02,572 Little bird. 1061 02:02:05,700 --> 02:02:07,786 Sleep, Aurélie. 1062 02:02:07,827 --> 02:02:11,039 We'll make you dream like never before. 1063 02:02:13,375 --> 02:02:17,462 You are now at the service of George Nelson, 1064 02:02:17,504 --> 02:02:21,341 and it's as if you've joined a religion. 1065 02:02:25,929 --> 02:02:29,140 My gosh. What are you gonna do to me? 1066 02:03:26,531 --> 02:03:27,824 The dress. 1067 02:04:16,289 --> 02:04:18,458 Now, open your eyes. 1068 02:04:21,753 --> 02:04:23,880 Lovely! 1069 02:04:23,922 --> 02:04:26,549 I'm so lovely! 1070 02:04:27,550 --> 02:04:29,302 Like a real lady. 1071 02:04:33,848 --> 02:04:35,642 I'm lovely. 1072 02:04:36,476 --> 02:04:37,894 Like a real lady. 1073 02:04:41,648 --> 02:04:44,776 I'd love to bed a real gentleman. 1074 02:04:50,532 --> 02:04:53,451 And so you shall. 1075 02:04:53,493 --> 02:04:56,496 You know Mr. Tassy loves women. 1076 02:05:03,169 --> 02:05:05,171 I am your new master. 1077 02:05:05,213 --> 02:05:08,550 You shall do as I bid you. 1078 02:05:10,260 --> 02:05:11,845 Let's go, sir. 1079 02:05:11,886 --> 02:05:14,431 Let me go. - Listen well. 1080 02:05:16,558 --> 02:05:20,186 If you succeed in taking Tassy's life, 1081 02:05:20,228 --> 02:05:23,690 you'll never have to work again. 1082 02:05:23,732 --> 02:05:26,526 The entire rest of your life... 1083 02:05:27,527 --> 02:05:30,572 in a room, sitting on a sofa, 1084 02:05:30,613 --> 02:05:34,367 like a lady, in a red silk dress. 1085 02:05:34,409 --> 02:05:35,910 That's false! 1086 02:05:37,078 --> 02:05:41,249 There was no conspiracy between Nelson and my servant! 1087 02:05:43,877 --> 02:05:47,547 I categorically deny this scene ever happened. 1088 02:05:49,466 --> 02:05:51,885 Unless it was in a dream. 1089 02:05:53,553 --> 02:05:56,556 Your poor mistress, her cruel husband. 1090 02:05:58,558 --> 02:06:01,686 I can't apart from my love. I'll die. 1091 02:06:06,107 --> 02:06:08,026 No one will ever know. 1092 02:06:09,069 --> 02:06:12,155 You just pour the poison into brandy. 1093 02:06:13,740 --> 02:06:16,159 Your loves are my downfall. 1094 02:06:28,922 --> 02:06:30,757 After the first snowfalls, 1095 02:06:30,799 --> 02:06:33,677 when the winter roads are cleared, 1096 02:06:33,718 --> 02:06:35,929 you'll leave for Kamouraska. 1097 02:06:39,849 --> 02:06:44,229 A few days later, Dr. Nelson called me to his office. 1098 02:06:44,270 --> 02:06:47,941 He gave me 20 piastres for the trip, 1099 02:06:47,982 --> 02:06:50,652 plus nine piastres for clothes. 1100 02:06:52,737 --> 02:06:55,073 Then he gave me two small flasks. 1101 02:06:56,241 --> 02:06:59,077 One contained half a pint of brandy. 1102 02:07:00,787 --> 02:07:06,626 The other contained just over a glassful of whitish liquid. 1103 02:07:08,086 --> 02:07:09,754 I mixed them together. 1104 02:07:11,131 --> 02:07:14,050 When I packed my gunnysack, 1105 02:07:14,092 --> 02:07:18,763 I hid the little bottle between two piles of clothes. 1106 02:07:18,805 --> 02:07:21,307 I was away for three weeks. 1107 02:07:36,656 --> 02:07:41,619 I'd like Aurélie to lick him and see if he tastes of life or death. 1108 02:07:41,661 --> 02:07:44,164 What foolishness. Don't talk about it. 1109 02:07:45,582 --> 02:07:48,793 Little witches have their uses, darling. 1110 02:07:51,046 --> 02:07:53,340 Don't think about her. 1111 02:07:53,381 --> 02:07:55,842 She's away. Think of us. - Yes. 1112 02:07:58,595 --> 02:08:00,680 You are well. - Yes. 1113 02:08:02,474 --> 02:08:05,977 And this boy seems to be enjoying life. 1114 02:08:06,019 --> 02:08:07,020 Yes. 1115 02:08:09,606 --> 02:08:11,191 Everything's in order. 1116 02:08:14,152 --> 02:08:15,695 Yes. 1117 02:08:58,238 --> 02:09:02,575 I saw Mr. Tassy often at the Kamouraska inn. 1118 02:09:02,617 --> 02:09:03,576 That day, 1119 02:09:03,618 --> 02:09:06,663 he offered to take me to St. Pascal. 1120 02:09:15,171 --> 02:09:17,048 He was already drunk. 1121 02:09:18,925 --> 02:09:21,261 He forced me to kiss him. 1122 02:09:25,015 --> 02:09:27,267 He showed me his empty flask. 1123 02:09:29,644 --> 02:09:31,855 I had another in my bag. 1124 02:09:42,032 --> 02:09:43,491 He drank, 1125 02:09:43,533 --> 02:09:45,452 and was struck with pain. 1126 02:09:45,493 --> 02:09:48,455 Then I ran. I left him for dead! 1127 02:09:48,496 --> 02:09:50,331 He was dead! 1128 02:09:50,373 --> 02:09:54,336 I'm telling you, silly girl, Mr. Tassy's alive. 1129 02:09:55,295 --> 02:09:58,006 Here's a letter from his mother! 1130 02:09:58,048 --> 02:10:03,178 "Although he still makes merry occasionally, Antoine is well!" 1131 02:10:03,219 --> 02:10:05,221 Merrymaking! 1132 02:10:05,263 --> 02:10:08,892 I left him dead in the sleigh! He was dead! 1133 02:10:12,645 --> 02:10:15,065 That man has nine lives. 1134 02:10:15,815 --> 02:10:17,233 Like a cat. 1135 02:10:21,404 --> 02:10:22,947 Rose Morin, 1136 02:10:22,989 --> 02:10:24,240 by name, 1137 02:10:25,575 --> 02:10:28,578 servant at the Kamouraska manor. 1138 02:10:30,580 --> 02:10:32,165 On Thursday, 1139 02:10:33,166 --> 02:10:35,543 Mr. Tassy arrived home... 1140 02:10:37,921 --> 02:10:39,923 in a terrible state! 1141 02:10:52,519 --> 02:10:54,562 He was vomiting a lot. 1142 02:10:57,941 --> 02:10:59,818 He was very ill 1143 02:10:59,859 --> 02:11:01,069 until Sunday. 1144 02:11:03,530 --> 02:11:05,573 Then he got better 1145 02:11:05,615 --> 02:11:06,783 slowly. 1146 02:11:09,160 --> 02:11:11,955 But for a long time, he looked... 1147 02:11:13,164 --> 02:11:14,416 ashen. 1148 02:11:16,084 --> 02:11:17,419 Very pale. 1149 02:11:27,470 --> 02:11:29,889 I won't miss that bastard. 1150 02:11:31,725 --> 02:11:33,852 Don't go. I beg you. 1151 02:11:33,893 --> 02:11:35,687 You know I must. 1152 02:11:37,564 --> 02:11:39,315 I'm determined. 1153 02:11:39,357 --> 02:11:44,612 I told people I'm going to the States to see my ailing father. 1154 02:11:44,654 --> 02:11:49,159 I must take all precautions. I'll try to pass unseen. 1155 02:11:50,201 --> 02:11:51,911 I'll leave at dawn. 1156 02:11:55,040 --> 02:11:59,627 He was wearing heavy socks. Leggings, perhaps, 1157 02:11:59,669 --> 02:12:02,881 with small black buttons up the side 1158 02:12:02,922 --> 02:12:05,133 and leather soles, 1159 02:12:05,175 --> 02:12:07,510 as I recall. 1160 02:12:08,678 --> 02:12:09,888 Mostly... 1161 02:12:09,929 --> 02:12:12,057 dark blue. 1162 02:12:14,142 --> 02:12:15,560 Like sailors wear. 1163 02:12:17,103 --> 02:12:18,605 With... 1164 02:12:18,646 --> 02:12:21,733 two side pockets at the hip. 1165 02:12:23,985 --> 02:12:26,154 A grey wool overcoat, 1166 02:12:26,196 --> 02:12:27,697 slightly white. 1167 02:12:29,366 --> 02:12:33,203 It looked like the fabric seen in northern regions: 1168 02:12:34,329 --> 02:12:37,540 usually whiter than what we weave here. 1169 02:12:39,542 --> 02:12:42,337 I'll wear my grey wool coat. 1170 02:12:42,379 --> 02:12:44,381 They won't recognize me. 1171 02:13:01,898 --> 02:13:05,193 I know now why I exist. 1172 02:13:05,235 --> 02:13:07,529 Man's business, to be settled 1173 02:13:07,570 --> 02:13:09,447 man to man. 1174 02:13:09,489 --> 02:13:12,033 The time of witches is past. 1175 02:13:21,167 --> 02:13:23,211 Wicked Elisabeth, 1176 02:13:23,253 --> 02:13:24,796 as you will. 1177 02:14:20,477 --> 02:14:22,437 Fine weather, 1178 02:14:22,479 --> 02:14:24,564 just as you predicted. 1179 02:14:26,399 --> 02:14:28,193 But there, now, 1180 02:14:29,319 --> 02:14:31,279 is the weather still fair? 1181 02:14:33,490 --> 02:14:34,824 Where is he? 1182 02:14:36,076 --> 02:14:38,328 Are the roads marked? 1183 02:14:39,913 --> 02:14:41,831 Aurélie, say something. 1184 02:14:43,249 --> 02:14:45,168 I'm very cold. 1185 02:14:45,919 --> 02:14:48,463 Weather, roads... 1186 02:14:48,505 --> 02:14:50,840 I don't know any more. 1187 02:14:50,882 --> 02:14:52,884 It's too far... 1188 02:14:54,177 --> 02:14:58,515 in a cursed country I wish I'd never known. 1189 02:16:09,419 --> 02:16:11,296 I'm so afraid. 1190 02:16:12,714 --> 02:16:14,883 You think I'm not? 1191 02:16:19,304 --> 02:16:21,389 Why wear those rags? 1192 02:16:21,431 --> 02:16:23,767 Can't find the new ones. 1193 02:16:23,808 --> 02:16:26,311 You hid them. 1194 02:16:26,353 --> 02:16:29,230 Only dreary colours suit me now. 1195 02:16:29,981 --> 02:16:31,816 I'm sick. 1196 02:16:39,032 --> 02:16:40,241 Think so? 1197 02:16:42,118 --> 02:16:43,995 Did you take Communion? 1198 02:16:44,037 --> 02:16:45,121 Did you? 1199 02:16:46,122 --> 02:16:47,791 Cursed girl. 1200 02:16:47,832 --> 02:16:51,169 Curse yourself and your husband. 1201 02:16:51,211 --> 02:16:54,422 And that doctor's the king of demons. 1202 02:17:32,836 --> 02:17:35,547 Shall I check your horse? 1203 02:17:35,588 --> 02:17:37,966 Yeah, in weather like this-- 1204 02:17:38,008 --> 02:17:39,259 Sir! 1205 02:17:40,969 --> 02:17:43,471 Have you a piece of leather? 1206 02:17:45,098 --> 02:17:46,057 Leather! 1207 02:17:46,099 --> 02:17:48,184 To fix my harness! 1208 02:17:54,607 --> 02:17:57,068 No leather, unfortunately. 1209 02:17:57,110 --> 02:18:00,030 How about eel skin? 1210 02:18:00,071 --> 02:18:02,907 Eel? - That's what we use. 1211 02:18:03,992 --> 02:18:05,910 You think it'll hold? 1212 02:18:05,952 --> 02:18:10,248 Tuesday, January 29 at 9:00pm, 1213 02:18:10,290 --> 02:18:12,292 a young foreigner arrived. 1214 02:18:13,293 --> 02:18:15,962 I noticed the sleigh and horse. 1215 02:18:16,004 --> 02:18:19,341 Never saw one like it. I'd know it anywhere. 1216 02:18:20,342 --> 02:18:21,468 The harness... 1217 02:18:24,846 --> 02:18:27,432 The harness had bells. 1218 02:18:29,017 --> 02:18:32,354 The seat was set very high, 1219 02:18:32,395 --> 02:18:35,648 the struts were fixed between the runners. 1220 02:18:37,734 --> 02:18:40,111 The sleigh and its furs 1221 02:18:40,153 --> 02:18:41,863 were black. 1222 02:18:41,905 --> 02:18:43,531 Very noticeable. 1223 02:18:45,200 --> 02:18:46,451 Hurry up! 1224 02:18:52,499 --> 02:18:54,751 That'd better not break... 1225 02:18:54,793 --> 02:18:57,420 This? Not a chance. 1226 02:18:57,462 --> 02:19:00,340 Strong. I'll prove it. 1227 02:19:08,682 --> 02:19:10,225 Have you a room? 1228 02:19:15,647 --> 02:19:16,981 Good. 1229 02:19:20,860 --> 02:19:22,946 I leave tomorrow at dawn. 1230 02:20:12,620 --> 02:20:13,913 Montmagny, 1231 02:20:14,664 --> 02:20:16,416 St-Jean-Port-Joli, 1232 02:20:16,458 --> 02:20:18,793 Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, 1233 02:20:18,835 --> 02:20:20,462 Rivière Ouelle, 1234 02:20:30,847 --> 02:20:32,766 Milk in your tea? 1235 02:20:36,770 --> 02:20:38,480 Yes, please. 1236 02:20:48,990 --> 02:20:52,369 Child's not well. Fever, I think. 1237 02:20:58,541 --> 02:21:01,252 They say Dr. Nelson's gone to the States 1238 02:21:01,294 --> 02:21:03,630 and his father's very ill. 1239 02:21:03,672 --> 02:21:06,508 Yes, he's already been gone seven days. 1240 02:21:43,336 --> 02:21:44,546 Hey, Monsieur! 1241 02:21:44,587 --> 02:21:46,965 Is this the way to Kamouraska? 1242 02:21:48,008 --> 02:21:49,592 Keep going. 1243 02:21:49,634 --> 02:21:53,013 This road goes straight to Kamouraska. 1244 02:22:02,397 --> 02:22:04,649 Good Lord! 1245 02:22:04,691 --> 02:22:05,859 Adélaïde! 1246 02:22:11,406 --> 02:22:13,158 Elisabeth! 1247 02:22:15,452 --> 02:22:20,165 The child's sick. Get some cold compresses and prepare her bed. 1248 02:22:38,600 --> 02:22:40,727 Are you going far? 1249 02:22:40,769 --> 02:22:42,687 To St-André. 1250 02:22:45,357 --> 02:22:47,609 Spend the night here. 1251 02:22:47,650 --> 02:22:48,610 No. 1252 02:22:48,651 --> 02:22:50,737 Don't travel at night. 1253 02:22:52,072 --> 02:22:54,240 Night falls quickly here. 1254 02:22:54,282 --> 02:22:56,701 You'll get lost. 1255 02:22:56,743 --> 02:22:59,871 How much do I owe you? - Have some pie! 1256 02:22:59,913 --> 02:23:01,915 I'm in a hurry. - Coffee? 1257 02:23:01,956 --> 02:23:03,583 How much? 1258 02:23:03,625 --> 02:23:05,627 Two shillings altogether. 1259 02:23:11,299 --> 02:23:14,427 Which way's the Kamouraska manor? 1260 02:23:14,469 --> 02:23:17,138 Nowhere near St-André. 1261 02:23:17,180 --> 02:23:20,058 Where is it? - By the point. 1262 02:23:20,100 --> 02:23:22,602 You'll see it here. 1263 02:23:22,644 --> 02:23:26,940 Go along the king's road, you'll see the manor drive. 1264 02:23:27,941 --> 02:23:30,443 Is Seigneur Tassy there? 1265 02:23:35,448 --> 02:23:37,367 Probably. 1266 02:23:38,618 --> 02:23:40,787 His mother's there anyway. 1267 02:23:42,914 --> 02:23:44,916 Go get my horse! 1268 02:25:09,876 --> 02:25:11,294 Where's Antoine? 1269 02:25:12,504 --> 02:25:15,548 He's in Kamouraska till spring. Calm down. 1270 02:25:15,590 --> 02:25:17,592 What's he doing? 1271 02:25:19,344 --> 02:25:22,347 He's very far away. Don't worry. 1272 02:25:22,389 --> 02:25:24,391 He's waiting. 1273 02:25:25,308 --> 02:25:27,060 He knows. 1274 02:25:27,102 --> 02:25:28,895 I'm sure of it. 1275 02:25:28,937 --> 02:25:30,605 He's waiting. 1276 02:25:30,647 --> 02:25:32,232 Lying in wait. 1277 02:25:45,036 --> 02:25:46,579 Hello, Antoine! 1278 02:25:55,422 --> 02:25:57,048 You're here? 1279 02:25:57,090 --> 02:25:58,758 What are you doing here? 1280 02:26:00,760 --> 02:26:04,264 I come from Sorel with news of your wife. 1281 02:26:07,767 --> 02:26:09,436 Where are you going? 1282 02:26:11,438 --> 02:26:13,565 Get in the sled. 1283 02:26:13,606 --> 02:26:15,942 It'll be easier to talk. 1284 02:26:17,610 --> 02:26:18,945 As you wish. 1285 02:26:26,411 --> 02:26:28,788 Then we'll dine at my house. 1286 02:26:33,084 --> 02:26:34,377 Tell my mother 1287 02:26:34,419 --> 02:26:36,087 we have a guest. 1288 02:26:49,642 --> 02:26:52,979 I followed you as far as I could! 1289 02:26:53,021 --> 02:26:54,564 I'm innocent! 1290 02:26:55,565 --> 02:26:56,608 Innocent! 1291 02:27:19,297 --> 02:27:22,467 That's the news from your wife in Sorel. 1292 02:27:49,577 --> 02:27:51,955 Lord, the last rites... 1293 02:28:41,755 --> 02:28:44,382 I'm... Bertrand Lampoignard. 1294 02:28:44,424 --> 02:28:45,508 My brothers and I 1295 02:28:45,550 --> 02:28:47,260 suddenly saw... 1296 02:28:50,764 --> 02:28:52,974 Your Honour, we saw a sled 1297 02:28:53,016 --> 02:28:55,226 coming towards us 1298 02:28:55,268 --> 02:28:56,770 very fast! 1299 02:28:57,645 --> 02:29:00,732 Going toward Kamouraska Cove. 1300 02:29:01,733 --> 02:29:04,027 The driver was yelling. 1301 02:29:04,069 --> 02:29:07,405 He'd put a fur on the floor of the sled. 1302 02:29:07,447 --> 02:29:09,240 We thought we saw... 1303 02:29:09,282 --> 02:29:13,244 another man, drunk, under the fur. 1304 02:29:13,286 --> 02:29:17,248 Then we heard a plaintive groan 1305 02:29:17,290 --> 02:29:19,459 coming from the sled. 1306 02:29:24,631 --> 02:29:27,258 We were really horrified. 1307 02:30:10,677 --> 02:30:12,012 Mama. 1308 02:30:15,557 --> 02:30:16,766 Oh, yes. 1309 02:30:17,600 --> 02:30:19,811 Attending my husband. 1310 02:30:22,522 --> 02:30:24,733 That's far too many flowers. 1311 02:30:25,900 --> 02:30:28,319 Just one spray for the ceremony. 1312 02:30:28,361 --> 02:30:30,321 You have the crucifix? - Yes. 1313 02:30:30,363 --> 02:30:32,824 I know. We're waiting for you. 1314 02:30:35,535 --> 02:30:38,705 We also need two shallow bowls. 1315 02:30:39,956 --> 02:30:44,377 One with holy water and a branch for sprinkling. 1316 02:30:45,295 --> 02:30:47,255 Another with water. 1317 02:30:47,297 --> 02:30:51,468 Plain water, and a towel so the priest can wash his hands. 1318 02:31:22,707 --> 02:31:23,667 Mama, 1319 02:31:23,708 --> 02:31:25,877 I need the keys. 1320 02:31:25,919 --> 02:31:27,087 The keys? 1321 02:31:38,306 --> 02:31:40,684 Hurry. We're waiting. 1322 02:31:41,518 --> 02:31:43,186 Some cotton too. 1323 02:31:44,187 --> 02:31:47,023 Cotton, for the last rites. 1324 02:31:50,485 --> 02:31:53,029 Let's hope the witnesses don't show up... 1325 02:31:54,030 --> 02:31:56,199 and compromise my marriage. 1326 02:32:02,038 --> 02:32:04,082 Yes, I remember. 1327 02:32:04,124 --> 02:32:06,918 There was a lot of blood! 1328 02:32:06,960 --> 02:32:09,254 All along the jetty road. 1329 02:32:09,295 --> 02:32:12,465 Here and there on the king's road too. 1330 02:32:13,633 --> 02:32:16,720 By Monsieur Tassy's house, 1331 02:32:16,761 --> 02:32:18,513 near Pincourt's. 1332 02:32:18,555 --> 02:32:21,141 Right at the place where I saw, 1333 02:32:21,182 --> 02:32:24,769 the night before, with my own eyes, 1334 02:32:24,811 --> 02:32:27,772 a disoriented traveller, 1335 02:32:27,814 --> 02:32:29,649 at Kamouraska Cove. 1336 02:32:35,530 --> 02:32:37,073 Hey there! 1337 02:32:41,619 --> 02:32:43,371 Stay there. 1338 02:32:43,413 --> 02:32:45,957 Tell me where the king's road is. 1339 02:32:45,999 --> 02:32:49,461 That's where I'm going! I'll come with you. 1340 02:32:50,378 --> 02:32:53,423 Walk ahead of me, show me the way. 1341 02:33:02,015 --> 02:33:05,226 Are we on the river, or on solid ground? 1342 02:33:05,268 --> 02:33:07,145 We're still on ice, 1343 02:33:07,187 --> 02:33:09,606 but beyond those sandbars, 1344 02:33:09,647 --> 02:33:11,733 it's solid ground. 1345 02:33:11,775 --> 02:33:14,402 We must hurry, the tide's rising! 1346 02:33:14,444 --> 02:33:16,196 Walk! 1347 02:33:44,474 --> 02:33:45,809 Clermont. 1348 02:33:51,356 --> 02:33:52,899 Someone's knocking. 1349 02:34:09,916 --> 02:34:11,084 Who is it? 1350 02:34:13,962 --> 02:34:15,255 It's me! 1351 02:34:19,801 --> 02:34:21,428 I need lodging. 1352 02:34:25,306 --> 02:34:28,435 A stall and some oats for my horse. 1353 02:34:36,276 --> 02:34:38,028 Hot water! 1354 02:34:38,069 --> 02:34:40,030 I need hot water. 1355 02:34:40,947 --> 02:34:42,323 Hot water, 1356 02:34:42,365 --> 02:34:44,367 lots of it. 1357 02:34:49,039 --> 02:34:50,832 That's not enough! 1358 02:34:50,874 --> 02:34:52,459 I need more! 1359 02:34:52,500 --> 02:34:54,002 So you need a lot! 1360 02:34:55,337 --> 02:34:57,797 It's to wash my sled and furs. 1361 02:34:57,839 --> 02:35:01,259 With all the nice white snow on our roads, 1362 02:35:01,301 --> 02:35:04,512 how'd you manage to get them so dirty? 1363 02:35:24,657 --> 02:35:26,034 Pass the water! 1364 02:35:34,584 --> 02:35:36,586 Clean it up! 1365 02:35:47,013 --> 02:35:49,015 My wife's old petticoat. 1366 02:36:14,290 --> 02:36:16,001 It's freezing. 1367 02:36:25,719 --> 02:36:27,220 We'll do it tomorrow. 1368 02:36:40,442 --> 02:36:42,152 Covers! 1369 02:36:42,193 --> 02:36:43,737 More covers! 1370 02:36:46,239 --> 02:36:48,408 But it's warm in here. 1371 02:37:00,420 --> 02:37:02,130 That's not enough. 1372 02:37:02,172 --> 02:37:04,049 The fur. 1373 02:37:04,090 --> 02:37:05,425 What fur? 1374 02:37:07,218 --> 02:37:10,221 My sleigh fur! There! On the floor! 1375 02:37:27,197 --> 02:37:29,282 Anything else? 1376 02:37:43,755 --> 02:37:44,923 What are you doing? 1377 02:37:44,964 --> 02:37:47,884 It's the man who came before? - Yes. 1378 02:37:49,344 --> 02:37:51,680 Where you goin'? - He's handsome! 1379 02:37:52,681 --> 02:37:55,892 I'll show you handsome. Go on. 1380 02:37:56,893 --> 02:37:57,977 Go to bed! 1381 02:37:58,937 --> 02:37:59,938 Sure. 1382 02:38:01,564 --> 02:38:03,024 Goodness me, 1383 02:38:03,066 --> 02:38:05,068 I sure married big. 1384 02:38:51,239 --> 02:38:53,033 Quite a job. 1385 02:38:53,074 --> 02:38:55,910 Could only get the worst out. 1386 02:38:56,870 --> 02:38:58,955 I dunno how 1387 02:38:58,997 --> 02:39:00,999 you picked up that mess. 1388 02:39:02,000 --> 02:39:05,378 Only pigs would treat your things that way. 1389 02:39:07,422 --> 02:39:09,257 You want breakfast? 1390 02:39:11,468 --> 02:39:13,094 A glass of gin. 1391 02:39:17,057 --> 02:39:18,183 Whatever. 1392 02:39:32,906 --> 02:39:34,407 Let's go. 1393 02:40:10,193 --> 02:40:11,403 Clermont. 1394 02:40:12,362 --> 02:40:14,572 That guy killed someone. 1395 02:40:14,614 --> 02:40:17,242 Stay calm, don't talk so much. 1396 02:40:17,283 --> 02:40:19,786 But that guy killed someone! 1397 02:40:20,620 --> 02:40:23,456 Maybe he's an English officer. He could get us. 1398 02:40:24,374 --> 02:40:26,376 We're under a bad regime. 1399 02:40:26,876 --> 02:40:28,837 Maybe there was fighting upriver. 1400 02:40:28,878 --> 02:40:31,047 No doubt about it. 1401 02:40:31,089 --> 02:40:32,632 He killed someone. 1402 02:40:34,092 --> 02:40:35,176 Right? 1403 02:40:36,177 --> 02:40:38,304 Am I not right, Madame? 1404 02:40:39,055 --> 02:40:40,473 He killed someone! 1405 02:40:40,515 --> 02:40:43,226 How dare you speak to me like that? 1406 02:40:43,268 --> 02:40:45,770 I, Mme. Rolange, am unimplicated. 1407 02:40:47,814 --> 02:40:52,068 Sure, you know something. The whole south shore saw it. 1408 02:40:52,110 --> 02:40:53,778 No! 1409 02:40:53,820 --> 02:40:55,321 They mustn't talk. 1410 02:40:55,363 --> 02:40:59,075 He asked me for a cognac sitting in his sleigh. 1411 02:40:59,117 --> 02:41:01,161 He left without drinking it. 1412 02:41:01,202 --> 02:41:04,831 He seemed foreign. Bad French, blood stains! 1413 02:41:04,873 --> 02:41:08,793 He washed and changed. The water was red with blood! 1414 02:41:08,835 --> 02:41:10,086 He ate nothing! 1415 02:41:10,128 --> 02:41:13,798 He threw his belt in the fire, the house reeked! 1416 02:41:18,762 --> 02:41:20,347 At St-Thomas, 1417 02:41:20,388 --> 02:41:24,642 they lost track of the sled and the big black horse. 1418 02:41:24,684 --> 02:41:27,437 His hair, his beard, his eyes, 1419 02:41:28,605 --> 02:41:31,149 and especially his gaze: black! 1420 02:41:32,150 --> 02:41:33,943 He's the devil! 1421 02:41:42,285 --> 02:41:44,037 I'm waiting for him. 1422 02:41:45,497 --> 02:41:47,499 He's not back yet. 1423 02:41:48,375 --> 02:41:50,335 Who? 1424 02:41:50,377 --> 02:41:52,796 The doctor, of course. 1425 02:41:57,300 --> 02:41:59,511 The priest is here. 1426 02:41:59,552 --> 02:42:01,596 Monsieur's asking for you. 1427 02:42:03,014 --> 02:42:05,225 Leave me, Florida. 1428 02:42:06,726 --> 02:42:09,187 Do you need anything? 1429 02:42:09,229 --> 02:42:11,064 I need sleep. 1430 02:42:12,190 --> 02:42:14,234 I must finish my dream. 1431 02:42:17,737 --> 02:42:21,866 That man did something extraordinary, superhuman, 1432 02:42:21,908 --> 02:42:23,743 and he did it for me. 1433 02:42:25,537 --> 02:42:28,206 I must be there for him. 1434 02:42:28,248 --> 02:42:30,291 Let me sleep. 1435 02:42:36,297 --> 02:42:38,299 There. It's done. 1436 02:42:40,010 --> 02:42:41,720 Elisabeth, 1437 02:42:41,761 --> 02:42:43,221 my woman, 1438 02:42:44,514 --> 02:42:46,516 you're free now. 1439 02:42:50,395 --> 02:42:52,605 We are free, 1440 02:42:52,647 --> 02:42:53,940 both of us. 1441 02:43:03,491 --> 02:43:06,161 Is anyone listening in the hall? 1442 02:43:06,202 --> 02:43:07,579 No. 1443 02:43:07,620 --> 02:43:09,164 Aurélie, stand watch. 1444 02:43:18,423 --> 02:43:20,884 Listen, Elisabeth. 1445 02:43:23,845 --> 02:43:26,765 I stood Antoine up on his feet 1446 02:43:26,806 --> 02:43:29,601 to be sure he was really dead, 1447 02:43:30,435 --> 02:43:32,228 and he was. 1448 02:43:33,438 --> 02:43:34,522 Dead! 1449 02:43:40,028 --> 02:43:42,030 As a doctor, 1450 02:43:42,906 --> 02:43:45,408 I swear it's unnatural - 1451 02:43:46,451 --> 02:43:48,828 so much blood in a human body. 1452 02:43:50,497 --> 02:43:54,834 I'm sure that dog, Tassy, did it on purpose. 1453 02:44:13,478 --> 02:44:15,021 I was all alone... 1454 02:44:18,191 --> 02:44:19,859 with all that blood. 1455 02:44:24,030 --> 02:44:25,824 Alone, 1456 02:44:25,865 --> 02:44:27,450 all alone. 1457 02:45:06,614 --> 02:45:08,908 Leave me alone! 1458 02:45:09,909 --> 02:45:12,037 The ammonia flask! - Let me be! 1459 02:45:12,078 --> 02:45:15,123 What flask? - It's on the dresser! 1460 02:45:15,165 --> 02:45:17,667 Let me go. 1461 02:45:18,668 --> 02:45:20,045 Open it! 1462 02:45:20,086 --> 02:45:21,379 Under her nose! 1463 02:45:48,948 --> 02:45:51,326 The police did it. 1464 02:45:51,368 --> 02:45:53,703 But they were too late. 1465 02:45:55,955 --> 02:45:57,707 The doctor left. 1466 02:45:58,958 --> 02:46:01,002 This morning, at dawn. 1467 02:46:02,962 --> 02:46:04,422 He left? 1468 02:46:06,383 --> 02:46:09,177 He said he must leave the province. 1469 02:46:09,969 --> 02:46:11,388 Never to return. 1470 02:46:11,429 --> 02:46:16,017 I never saw a man in such despair. 1471 02:46:17,102 --> 02:46:18,311 And...? 1472 02:46:22,065 --> 02:46:23,483 That's about it. 1473 02:46:24,275 --> 02:46:25,568 That's all? 1474 02:46:27,153 --> 02:46:28,988 He also said... 1475 02:47:08,028 --> 02:47:10,071 Have some coffee. 1476 02:47:20,749 --> 02:47:23,793 It's bitter, and thick as molasses. 1477 02:47:27,964 --> 02:47:29,674 I'm dishevelled. 1478 02:47:31,593 --> 02:47:34,804 I'll straighten up. Give me some cologne. 1479 02:47:39,434 --> 02:47:42,771 How can they accuse me so spuriously? 1480 02:47:42,812 --> 02:47:43,772 Me! 1481 02:47:43,813 --> 02:47:46,107 Elisabeth Daumière! 1482 02:47:46,149 --> 02:47:47,776 Arrested! 1483 02:47:47,817 --> 02:47:51,613 Jailed like a commoner with that crazy Aurélie! 1484 02:47:51,654 --> 02:47:53,448 Not so loud, 1485 02:47:53,490 --> 02:47:56,951 or the governor won't let me stay with you. 1486 02:47:56,993 --> 02:48:01,331 We'll get you out of here at all costs, you hear? 1487 02:48:01,373 --> 02:48:05,669 But I ordered Aurélie to give false testimony. 1488 02:48:06,419 --> 02:48:07,921 Damn her. 1489 02:48:09,089 --> 02:48:10,423 My child! 1490 02:48:11,841 --> 02:48:14,803 Don't worry, I'll get you out. 1491 02:48:18,765 --> 02:48:21,226 Now they're looking after me. 1492 02:48:21,267 --> 02:48:24,854 The workings of "good families" get into gear. 1493 02:48:26,773 --> 02:48:28,858 I went to see the judge. 1494 02:48:29,859 --> 02:48:31,986 He was very understanding. 1495 02:48:32,987 --> 02:48:34,531 You are free, 1496 02:48:34,572 --> 02:48:36,199 you realize that. 1497 02:48:39,244 --> 02:48:42,539 Wave, my girl! They're greeting you. 1498 02:48:47,877 --> 02:48:50,880 It's important they see us together. 1499 02:48:51,881 --> 02:48:54,718 You'd do well to lift your veil. 1500 02:49:03,727 --> 02:49:05,353 You're innocent. 1501 02:49:06,187 --> 02:49:09,524 Let it show on your face and in your gestures. 1502 02:49:10,525 --> 02:49:12,485 That's all that's asked, 1503 02:49:12,527 --> 02:49:14,529 but it's imperative. 1504 02:49:16,531 --> 02:49:19,159 You're condemned to innocence. 1505 02:49:22,078 --> 02:49:23,538 Dead... 1506 02:49:23,580 --> 02:49:25,081 I'm dead. 1507 02:49:26,332 --> 02:49:27,876 And him... 1508 02:49:28,877 --> 02:49:30,170 Him... 1509 02:49:31,713 --> 02:49:33,131 Where is he? 1510 02:49:33,173 --> 02:49:34,924 What's he doing? 1511 02:49:36,468 --> 02:49:38,345 In the States. 1512 02:49:38,386 --> 02:49:39,637 Gone. 1513 02:49:41,723 --> 02:49:43,224 A letter. 1514 02:49:44,225 --> 02:49:46,811 Just one letter from George, 1515 02:49:46,853 --> 02:49:48,730 and I'd be saved. 1516 02:49:48,772 --> 02:49:50,482 In due course... 1517 02:49:51,483 --> 02:49:53,818 you'll leave Canada. 1518 02:49:53,860 --> 02:49:55,612 You'll come. 1519 02:49:57,113 --> 02:49:59,657 Say you'll come, Elisabeth. 1520 02:50:00,658 --> 02:50:02,202 Intercepted. 1521 02:50:03,453 --> 02:50:06,790 His last letter, intercepted by the judge. 1522 02:50:06,831 --> 02:50:08,208 What? 1523 02:50:10,460 --> 02:50:11,670 Nothing. 1524 02:51:07,350 --> 02:51:09,227 Madame is here. 1525 02:51:09,269 --> 02:51:13,231 See how she loves Monsieur, and how she suffers? 1526 02:51:13,273 --> 02:51:15,567 God bless you, my girl. 1527 02:51:16,359 --> 02:51:18,403 Where were you? 1528 02:51:18,445 --> 02:51:21,281 I had you summoned several times. 1529 02:51:26,494 --> 02:51:29,789 I received my last rites. 1530 02:51:30,415 --> 02:51:33,418 God has forgiven me all my sins. 1531 02:51:45,180 --> 02:51:47,057 I'm so frightened. 1532 02:51:48,767 --> 02:51:50,560 I'm here. 1533 02:51:51,311 --> 02:51:52,771 Rest assured.