1 00:00:30,362 --> 00:00:34,282 Aurora! Aurora! 2 00:01:22,789 --> 00:01:24,900 Hear me, 3 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,818 O Corambe. 4 00:01:26,918 --> 00:01:28,695 Corambe, 5 00:01:28,795 --> 00:01:33,200 thou who art man, woman and god in one, 6 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:35,135 hear me. 7 00:01:38,597 --> 00:01:40,724 I free this bird in thy name. 8 00:01:45,312 --> 00:01:47,898 Come to me, sublime being. 9 00:01:48,565 --> 00:01:55,280 I want to know the meaning of life. And I want to find perfect, perfect love. 10 00:01:56,573 --> 00:01:59,075 I free this lizard in thy name. 11 00:02:03,121 --> 00:02:04,648 Don't be dead. 12 00:02:05,373 --> 00:02:07,459 Oh, balls. 13 00:02:09,753 --> 00:02:13,782 My little ritual in the woods didn't always go smoothly, 14 00:02:13,882 --> 00:02:19,387 but I was never discouraged and I never gave up hoping for an answer. 15 00:02:38,490 --> 00:02:42,727 - That won't work. - Fish are attracted to a bright colour. 16 00:02:42,827 --> 00:02:45,246 Your fish will die of fear first. 17 00:02:46,414 --> 00:02:50,360 - Are you coming? - Mallefille will come looking for us. 18 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:53,655 - We're supposed to have our lessons. - No, he won't. 19 00:02:53,755 --> 00:02:56,992 He's sleeping with Mummy. She doesn't get up till noon. 20 00:02:57,092 --> 00:03:00,845 He's not sleeping with Mummy. She doesn't like him any more. 21 00:03:04,891 --> 00:03:06,977 My love? 22 00:03:09,813 --> 00:03:11,898 My soul? 23 00:03:17,028 --> 00:03:18,612 My sweet? 24 00:03:20,365 --> 00:03:22,225 My heart? 25 00:03:24,536 --> 00:03:26,413 George? 26 00:03:29,165 --> 00:03:31,918 George, please let me in. 27 00:04:00,238 --> 00:04:03,224 Are you from the printers? We've been waiting... 28 00:04:03,324 --> 00:04:07,362 Madame Sand. Pardon. Please excuse... 29 00:04:11,166 --> 00:04:13,793 Madame Sand is on her way up. 30 00:04:14,752 --> 00:04:16,780 Don't do that! 31 00:04:17,746 --> 00:04:18,948 It is rather far. 32 00:04:19,048 --> 00:04:21,618 - I'll have to face her, that's all. - Alfred! 33 00:04:21,718 --> 00:04:25,205 I'll be perfectly behaved. Even a little scornful. 34 00:04:25,305 --> 00:04:28,333 No, you won't. You'll be impossible. 35 00:04:28,433 --> 00:04:31,044 I don't want a scene. Now get in there. 36 00:04:31,144 --> 00:04:33,438 And hurry up! 37 00:04:36,274 --> 00:04:39,969 Hello, George! I wasn't expecting you till next month. 38 00:04:40,069 --> 00:04:42,764 - How are the children, the country? - Fine. 39 00:04:42,864 --> 00:04:45,767 Listen. I need another 3,000 francs. 40 00:04:45,867 --> 00:04:48,061 What happened to the advance you got? 41 00:04:48,161 --> 00:04:51,022 You know my expenses. The children, the estate, 42 00:04:51,122 --> 00:04:54,776 my mother's nursing home... The divorce took half of everything. 43 00:04:54,876 --> 00:04:58,488 All right. But let me have one more instalment first. 44 00:04:58,588 --> 00:05:01,366 How? I've got no place to work. 45 00:05:01,466 --> 00:05:03,701 What's wrong with the country? 46 00:05:03,801 --> 00:05:06,037 Mallefille is there. 47 00:05:06,137 --> 00:05:09,290 The children do need a tutor, but... 48 00:05:09,390 --> 00:05:12,919 I just can't stand the sight of him any more. 49 00:05:13,019 --> 00:05:16,798 I tell him outright I want him to leave and he plainly refuses. 50 00:05:16,898 --> 00:05:21,594 I'm a coward, of course. I can never simply boot my lovers down the stairs. 51 00:05:21,694 --> 00:05:23,947 - Ha! - What? 52 00:05:28,534 --> 00:05:32,147 Why don't you stay here in Paris and write? 53 00:05:32,247 --> 00:05:34,732 Because Alfred's here. 54 00:05:34,832 --> 00:05:38,153 I've got to go somewhere. Anywhere, I don't know. 55 00:05:38,253 --> 00:05:41,422 Maybe I should just curl up and die, yes? 56 00:05:42,548 --> 00:05:45,827 Listen, Buloz. I need 3,000 francs now. 57 00:05:45,927 --> 00:05:50,707 Let me read this... and we'll talk tonight at the Baroness Laginsky's party. 58 00:05:50,807 --> 00:05:54,394 I hadn't planned to attend. Alfred might be there. 59 00:05:55,687 --> 00:05:58,898 I know for a fact that he won't. 60 00:06:02,944 --> 00:06:04,737 All right. 61 00:06:12,078 --> 00:06:13,771 - What's that? - Marvellous. 62 00:06:13,871 --> 00:06:16,774 - Her memoirs? Am I in it? - No! 63 00:06:16,874 --> 00:06:19,277 This bit's about her childhood. 64 00:06:19,377 --> 00:06:23,531 You'll come in later, after she chews up her husband and a hundred others. 65 00:06:23,631 --> 00:06:26,618 It's true. She's a cannibal. 66 00:06:26,718 --> 00:06:32,457 She'd drink her children's blood from her lover's skull and not feel a stomachache. 67 00:06:32,557 --> 00:06:37,378 Alfred, go home. Put it into verse, I'll publish it. 68 00:06:37,478 --> 00:06:39,714 Then and only then you'll get paid. 69 00:06:39,814 --> 00:06:42,800 Thanks to you I can't go to the baroness's party. 70 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:46,596 - In fact, I'll have to leave Paris. - No more advances. 71 00:06:46,696 --> 00:06:49,365 I don't need your money, old sow. 72 00:06:50,533 --> 00:06:55,037 I've had an invitation to the country. From a duchess, no less. 73 00:06:58,750 --> 00:07:01,127 Good day. 74 00:07:16,809 --> 00:07:22,674 This summer dust is ruinous to my lungs. I hope the air will be better in Angers. 75 00:07:22,774 --> 00:07:25,234 The Duchess d'Antan has invited you too? 76 00:07:26,194 --> 00:07:29,472 - Well, yes. - How delightful. 77 00:07:29,572 --> 00:07:32,617 Please continue, dear fellow. 78 00:07:39,874 --> 00:07:42,360 - Good day, Countess. - George! 79 00:07:42,460 --> 00:07:44,396 I'm sorry I frightened you. 80 00:07:45,630 --> 00:07:48,116 I had the most fearful dream. 81 00:07:48,216 --> 00:07:52,787 Blandine was a terrible creature with fly's wings 82 00:07:52,887 --> 00:07:56,040 that was draining my life from me. 83 00:07:56,140 --> 00:07:59,602 They are deadly little charmers. 84 00:08:01,312 --> 00:08:03,798 Chromatic glissando. 85 00:08:03,898 --> 00:08:06,384 The wings of a butterfly. 86 00:08:06,484 --> 00:08:08,611 Or the wrath of God. 87 00:08:12,740 --> 00:08:15,810 He wakes the baby, then complains about the crying. 88 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:20,022 - How is Franz? - He's a saint. Sublime. 89 00:08:20,122 --> 00:08:22,984 He'll even stay that way if you don't marry him. 90 00:08:23,084 --> 00:08:27,905 Yes, well, there's no danger of that. The count won't divorce me. 91 00:08:28,005 --> 00:08:31,701 Since I left him, he won't even allow me to see the children. 92 00:08:31,801 --> 00:08:35,471 Well, now you've begun a new family. 93 00:08:37,890 --> 00:08:40,668 Still, I prefer to be married. 94 00:08:40,768 --> 00:08:43,688 I know you thumb your nose at all that. 95 00:08:44,772 --> 00:08:46,899 It's funny. 96 00:08:49,026 --> 00:08:52,305 I thought I'd die of suffocation when I was married. 97 00:08:52,405 --> 00:08:55,558 Now it's my freedom that's killing me. 98 00:08:57,910 --> 00:09:00,104 Sophie! 99 00:09:00,204 --> 00:09:03,482 Tell me, have you been invited to Angers next week? 100 00:09:03,582 --> 00:09:07,403 The Duke and Duchess d'Antan have asked us to their estate. 101 00:09:08,629 --> 00:09:11,674 Sophie! Where is that wretch? Excuse me. 102 00:09:21,767 --> 00:09:24,145 Franz? 103 00:09:36,407 --> 00:09:38,492 I will see you. 104 00:09:40,995 --> 00:09:43,940 You're not going to Angers too? Eugene! 105 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:48,085 A whole fortnight among some tiresome old aristocrats. 106 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:54,133 A fortnight of free food, exquisite scenery and no bills. 107 00:09:55,843 --> 00:09:59,180 And all you have to be is brilliant at dinner. 108 00:10:02,516 --> 00:10:05,670 She doesn't seem bothered she's being eaten alive. 109 00:10:05,770 --> 00:10:07,004 No. 110 00:10:07,104 --> 00:10:12,193 She'd probably say "Better to feel something than nothing." 111 00:10:13,235 --> 00:10:15,738 Even if it's teeth. 112 00:10:28,542 --> 00:10:30,920 Madame Sand! 113 00:10:31,712 --> 00:10:36,450 Oh, what a great honour you do my humble salon! 114 00:10:36,550 --> 00:10:41,205 Delighted to meet you, Baroness. I'm looking for my publisher, Monsieur Buloz. 115 00:10:41,305 --> 00:10:45,376 He's in the salon with the others, but you'll have to wait to go in. 116 00:10:45,476 --> 00:10:51,132 I've so longed to meet you! I knew your father when he was young. 117 00:10:51,232 --> 00:10:52,591 - Really? - Yes. 118 00:10:52,691 --> 00:10:57,763 We girls were enraged when we heard he'd married that dancer. 119 00:10:57,863 --> 00:11:01,350 - You mean my mother? - Oh... of course. 120 00:11:01,450 --> 00:11:04,812 - Is she still living? - Yes. 121 00:11:04,912 --> 00:11:07,164 - But she's ill now. - How sad. 122 00:11:07,915 --> 00:11:11,026 And what a tragedy your father died so young. 123 00:11:11,126 --> 00:11:14,672 The Count de Saxe. So dashing. 124 00:11:16,966 --> 00:11:18,868 Those idiots! 125 00:11:18,968 --> 00:11:20,411 Excuse me. 126 00:11:20,511 --> 00:11:22,746 Not yet! 127 00:12:18,986 --> 00:12:23,490 Madame Sand! Is it true that you're writing a memoir? 128 00:12:24,908 --> 00:12:30,622 - Do you pray, Baroness? - If you must know, I'm secretly devout. 129 00:12:31,665 --> 00:12:36,670 - Do you ever hear an answer? - To my prayers? Well, no. 130 00:12:38,088 --> 00:12:41,283 There... is the answer. 131 00:12:41,383 --> 00:12:45,454 Ah, you mean Monsieur Chopin. How clever. 132 00:12:45,554 --> 00:12:48,666 It's very rare to hear him play, you know. 133 00:12:48,766 --> 00:12:54,421 The Duchess d'Antan is having him for a whole fortnight at her house in Angers. 134 00:12:54,521 --> 00:12:57,149 I could only wish I were a fly on the wall. 135 00:12:57,775 --> 00:13:01,762 Except that they already have crowds of flies down there. 136 00:13:01,862 --> 00:13:04,807 I do find the provinces beastly. 137 00:13:05,473 --> 00:13:08,535 Now, Monsieur Liszt will play next. 138 00:13:12,331 --> 00:13:15,417 - Ah, George. I read your... - In a minute. 139 00:13:19,421 --> 00:13:23,008 George! You'll want to sit over here, my dear. 140 00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:26,286 The respectable people are over there. 141 00:13:26,386 --> 00:13:30,916 - Could you point out Monsieur Chopin? - Chopin? But he left. 142 00:13:31,016 --> 00:13:34,420 Don't you know him? He's frail as a holy wafer. 143 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,440 Look at those hypocrites. They've shunned me all evening. 144 00:13:39,817 --> 00:13:44,613 I'm thrilled not to be one of them any more. Their lives are so boring. 145 00:13:45,906 --> 00:13:49,935 You see? Every single one is throbbing for him. 146 00:13:50,035 --> 00:13:52,730 They know perfectly well why I ran off with him. 147 00:13:52,830 --> 00:13:55,123 For his teeth. 148 00:14:23,443 --> 00:14:25,112 Charles? 149 00:14:29,449 --> 00:14:30,742 Charles! 150 00:14:31,451 --> 00:14:33,537 Charles! 151 00:14:38,875 --> 00:14:40,961 Grab it! Grab it! 152 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,658 Darling! 153 00:14:46,758 --> 00:14:51,330 Charles! Charles! I've had the most extraordinary letter! 154 00:14:51,430 --> 00:14:56,710 Madame George Sand is quite brazenly inviting herself to the fortnight! 155 00:14:56,810 --> 00:15:01,340 You know the one. She wears men's clothes and leads a most depraved life! 156 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,134 I'm dying to meet her. 157 00:15:04,234 --> 00:15:06,094 Charles? 158 00:15:06,194 --> 00:15:09,473 She writes that marriage is barbaric, darling. 159 00:15:09,573 --> 00:15:12,643 They say no marriage is safe around her. 160 00:15:12,743 --> 00:15:16,772 Just think, she might take a fancy to your turkey wattles. 161 00:15:16,872 --> 00:15:20,275 Didier! Don't touch that! Come here! 162 00:15:20,375 --> 00:15:23,654 I'm in a quandary because I've invited Alfred de Musset. 163 00:15:23,754 --> 00:15:27,950 Everybody knows he and Madame Sand practically tore each other to pieces. 164 00:15:28,050 --> 00:15:31,662 I'm petrified that if they so much as clap eyes on each other... 165 00:15:39,227 --> 00:15:41,521 Has anyone ever met this duchess? 166 00:15:43,106 --> 00:15:44,967 No. 167 00:15:45,067 --> 00:15:49,638 Must be one of those titled tarts stuck in the provinces with an uncouth husband. 168 00:15:49,738 --> 00:15:55,243 She's probably famished for culture and determined to import it at any cost. 169 00:15:56,828 --> 00:15:58,814 Charles! 170 00:15:58,914 --> 00:16:01,483 - Where are you going? - Hunting. 171 00:16:01,583 --> 00:16:04,820 - Goodbye. I'll be back in a few days. - But you can't! 172 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,489 - Our guests arrive today. - Precisely. 173 00:16:07,589 --> 00:16:09,116 You blockhead! 174 00:16:09,216 --> 00:16:13,829 These are the great geniuses of our time, gathered together in our home! 175 00:16:13,929 --> 00:16:15,998 They are a gang of parasites. 176 00:16:16,098 --> 00:16:20,711 After a few days in their company, I expect you'll come to your senses. 177 00:16:20,811 --> 00:16:23,797 You'll humiliate me if you don't receive them. 178 00:16:23,897 --> 00:16:25,549 Charles! 179 00:16:25,649 --> 00:16:28,527 You don't want me to be a success! 180 00:16:30,445 --> 00:16:31,738 Gustav? 181 00:16:32,447 --> 00:16:34,433 Gustav! 182 00:16:34,533 --> 00:16:37,436 Attach little bags of seed to the branches. 183 00:16:37,536 --> 00:16:41,606 I want thousands of birds singing when they come up the avenue. 184 00:16:41,706 --> 00:16:43,233 Darling? 185 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:48,238 You're not dressed properly. Go and put on your pink waistcoat. 186 00:16:49,631 --> 00:16:54,261 That murderer! There won't be a bird left in the sky! 187 00:17:16,199 --> 00:17:17,809 Welcome! 188 00:17:17,909 --> 00:17:20,562 Yes. Come on, Helene. 189 00:17:20,662 --> 00:17:22,789 Welcome! 190 00:17:24,875 --> 00:17:28,879 In my house, you are the nobility. 191 00:17:30,338 --> 00:17:33,592 The nobility of genius. 192 00:17:37,804 --> 00:17:39,331 Madame Sand! 193 00:17:39,431 --> 00:17:42,626 - Hello. How was your trip? - Madame Sand! 194 00:17:42,726 --> 00:17:45,295 I'm melting with delight! 195 00:17:45,395 --> 00:17:48,648 Oh, and you've brought your two boys! 196 00:17:49,774 --> 00:17:52,611 - I'm a girl. - Ah. 197 00:18:01,036 --> 00:18:05,440 Here, Master Delacroix. I have given you my own studio. 198 00:18:05,540 --> 00:18:08,126 The light, you can see, is perfection. 199 00:18:10,128 --> 00:18:12,447 When is Monsieur Chopin arriving? 200 00:18:12,547 --> 00:18:15,342 Tomorrow. Or so he wrote to me in his letter. 201 00:18:16,635 --> 00:18:19,704 Here is the theatre! 202 00:18:19,804 --> 00:18:24,225 Sometimes we indulge ourselves in little amateur productions. 203 00:18:25,977 --> 00:18:30,006 And here, Madame Sand, is your workroom. 204 00:18:30,106 --> 00:18:34,344 If you open the doors, perhaps our southern moonlight will inspire you 205 00:18:34,444 --> 00:18:37,572 to write those sublime novels which I so admire. 206 00:18:54,130 --> 00:18:56,466 George! Up, quick! 207 00:18:59,469 --> 00:19:02,247 We have food for a picnic! 208 00:19:02,347 --> 00:19:04,291 And a donkey! 209 00:19:04,391 --> 00:19:07,018 Come, before the dreaded duchess finds us. 210 00:19:20,406 --> 00:19:22,492 Cheers. 211 00:19:31,668 --> 00:19:33,336 Come on! 212 00:19:45,807 --> 00:19:48,601 What is wrong with our Georgie? 213 00:19:49,894 --> 00:19:52,630 She is incurably disgusted. 214 00:19:52,730 --> 00:19:54,549 With what? 215 00:19:54,649 --> 00:19:57,177 Love, no doubt. 216 00:19:57,277 --> 00:20:00,788 She should only have what Marie and I have. 217 00:20:04,117 --> 00:20:07,162 Only God deserves love. 218 00:20:07,954 --> 00:20:10,899 I adore this silence. 219 00:20:16,045 --> 00:20:18,865 George has gone off, it seems. 220 00:20:18,965 --> 00:20:22,051 - Shall we go and look for her? - Can you walk? 221 00:20:23,761 --> 00:20:25,663 Not presently. 222 00:20:25,763 --> 00:20:30,376 I need this rest. My tour next month is 20 cities. 223 00:20:30,476 --> 00:20:33,338 - Where are you going? - Vienna, Geneva... 224 00:20:33,438 --> 00:20:35,648 You're going on a tour? 225 00:20:36,649 --> 00:20:38,927 Darling, did I forget to tell you? 226 00:20:39,027 --> 00:20:41,846 What of your writing, your work? 227 00:20:41,946 --> 00:20:44,390 What of me? Am I going with you? 228 00:20:44,490 --> 00:20:46,351 We'll talk about it later. 229 00:20:46,451 --> 00:20:47,535 Sophie! 230 00:20:49,329 --> 00:20:51,414 We're going back. 231 00:22:00,817 --> 00:22:02,902 Thank you, young man. 232 00:22:04,404 --> 00:22:07,849 What a magnificent horse. Must have been a great hunter. 233 00:22:07,949 --> 00:22:09,492 Yes. 234 00:22:10,743 --> 00:22:11,769 Yes. 235 00:22:11,869 --> 00:22:15,315 I'd invite you to my home for a drink, 236 00:22:15,415 --> 00:22:18,276 but I've got a house full of fops. 237 00:22:18,376 --> 00:22:21,045 Guests of my wife's. 238 00:22:22,797 --> 00:22:27,618 I won't let her move to Paris so she's trying to bring Paris here. 239 00:22:27,718 --> 00:22:32,264 Still, it's her money. And I love her for it. 240 00:22:33,391 --> 00:22:36,686 Where are you staying, lad? At the inn? 241 00:22:38,813 --> 00:22:42,008 That is either Monsieur Chopin or Monsieur de Musset. 242 00:22:42,108 --> 00:22:44,761 - You haven't invited Alfred? - I'm afraid so. 243 00:22:44,861 --> 00:22:47,096 Do you think it'll be a disaster? 244 00:22:47,196 --> 00:22:49,532 Why do you laugh? 245 00:22:50,575 --> 00:22:53,269 This will be judgement day for George. 246 00:22:53,369 --> 00:22:56,439 She should pay for her sins like any other fallen woman. 247 00:22:56,539 --> 00:22:59,417 She can't avoid everything by being a man. 248 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,490 That's not Alfred at all. This gets better and better. 249 00:23:05,590 --> 00:23:08,743 - Who is it? - Felicien Mallefille. 250 00:23:08,843 --> 00:23:13,372 - He's the children's tutor. - He can discipline those two savages! 251 00:23:13,472 --> 00:23:16,334 I wonder where I shall put him, though. 252 00:23:16,434 --> 00:23:20,129 In George's room, of course. That's what he's accustomed to. 253 00:23:20,229 --> 00:23:22,423 No! 254 00:23:22,523 --> 00:23:25,510 He is a handsome brute! 255 00:23:25,610 --> 00:23:28,429 How does she merit all these men? 256 00:23:28,529 --> 00:23:30,473 He looks angry. 257 00:23:30,573 --> 00:23:34,685 I don't think he appreciated being left behind at Nohant. 258 00:23:34,785 --> 00:23:37,371 - George! - George! 259 00:23:48,883 --> 00:23:51,744 I'll give you a horse to ride back to the inn. 260 00:23:51,844 --> 00:23:56,040 - There's something I must confess. - Drat! We've been seen! 261 00:23:56,140 --> 00:23:57,792 Shit! 262 00:23:57,892 --> 00:23:59,393 George! 263 00:24:02,188 --> 00:24:04,482 Not that one, monsieur! He's a devil! 264 00:24:13,115 --> 00:24:17,186 By God! What a fine seat that fellow George has. 265 00:24:17,286 --> 00:24:21,374 Madame George Sand, dear. The authoress. 266 00:25:11,507 --> 00:25:15,745 - Are you ready now to face me? - God, Mallefille! Not now! 267 00:25:15,845 --> 00:25:17,680 Yes, now. 268 00:25:18,806 --> 00:25:22,418 No kisses? Where's my greeting? 269 00:25:22,518 --> 00:25:24,795 Didn't you get my letter? 270 00:25:24,895 --> 00:25:29,133 Yes. Your message was clear indeed... between the lines. 271 00:25:29,233 --> 00:25:34,096 - I will defend my position. - Oh, balls! 272 00:25:34,196 --> 00:25:37,725 You're not in the army any more. 273 00:25:37,825 --> 00:25:41,745 You had an affair, not a pitched battle. 274 00:25:44,748 --> 00:25:47,293 Oh, Mallefille. 275 00:25:48,586 --> 00:25:51,338 Poor boy. It won't hurt for long. 276 00:25:53,966 --> 00:25:57,928 - I know it must seem unfair. - George. 277 00:25:58,554 --> 00:26:04,018 - You promised to love me. - I didn't promise to succeed. 278 00:26:05,644 --> 00:26:08,672 - Whom did you come here to meet? - No-one. 279 00:26:08,772 --> 00:26:10,549 Help me off with my boots. 280 00:26:10,649 --> 00:26:13,803 He should write his epitaph because I'm going to kill him! 281 00:26:13,903 --> 00:26:17,364 Your rival is imaginary! 282 00:26:18,407 --> 00:26:23,521 If you're not going to help, go and find somewhere to sleep and leave me! 283 00:26:23,621 --> 00:26:27,274 Make that two epitaphs, because I'll kill you if I find... 284 00:26:27,374 --> 00:26:29,652 Oh, my God, you're hurt! 285 00:26:29,752 --> 00:26:31,629 You're bleeding. 286 00:26:33,756 --> 00:26:35,633 Yes. 287 00:26:36,425 --> 00:26:39,912 Be a dear. Ask Ursula if she's got something for a bandage. 288 00:26:40,012 --> 00:26:42,248 Of course. Don't move. 289 00:26:42,348 --> 00:26:43,891 No. 290 00:26:56,946 --> 00:26:58,822 Bastard! 291 00:29:06,241 --> 00:29:08,035 Oh, don't stop! 292 00:29:09,411 --> 00:29:14,942 Monsieur Chopin, you were in the middle of a miracle. I'm not quite yet cured. 293 00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:18,045 How did you get in? Who are you? 294 00:29:18,837 --> 00:29:20,948 I am your slave. 295 00:29:21,048 --> 00:29:24,243 And you have summoned me with your music. 296 00:29:24,343 --> 00:29:27,971 Oh, yes. I think I know who you are. 297 00:29:29,014 --> 00:29:31,667 I have heard you described. 298 00:29:31,767 --> 00:29:34,753 Madame Sand, rumour has it you are a woman, 299 00:29:34,853 --> 00:29:37,814 and so I must ask you to leave my private chambers. 300 00:29:40,192 --> 00:29:43,095 Have I offended your modesty? 301 00:29:43,195 --> 00:29:45,305 I apologise. 302 00:29:45,405 --> 00:29:49,393 - Play me one more piece and I'll go. - This is ridiculously improper! 303 00:29:49,493 --> 00:29:53,497 And frightening as well. Please leave now. 304 00:30:01,171 --> 00:30:03,240 Still, I am content. 305 00:30:03,340 --> 00:30:05,842 I've seen you at last. 306 00:30:06,843 --> 00:30:11,081 And I am delighted to find you're not a man at all. 307 00:30:11,181 --> 00:30:14,001 You're an angel. 308 00:30:14,101 --> 00:30:19,106 Hands, halo, wings... 309 00:30:20,816 --> 00:30:22,901 everything. 310 00:30:24,444 --> 00:30:26,989 Good night, my dream. 311 00:30:36,123 --> 00:30:39,568 My poor lady, you are a wreck. 312 00:30:39,668 --> 00:30:42,863 I am a resurrected wreck. 313 00:30:42,963 --> 00:30:45,048 Move over. 314 00:31:04,860 --> 00:31:09,473 Citizen Maurice, the prisoner is ready for execution. 315 00:31:09,573 --> 00:31:16,104 Viscount de Swamp, you are guilty of crimes against the people of France. 316 00:31:16,204 --> 00:31:22,027 To the guillotine! To the guillotine! To the guillotine! 317 00:31:22,127 --> 00:31:24,071 The king has escaped! 318 00:31:24,171 --> 00:31:26,239 - Catch him! - I will! 319 00:31:26,339 --> 00:31:29,868 Tyrant! You will be brought to justice. 320 00:31:29,968 --> 00:31:32,679 Long live the republic! 321 00:31:34,890 --> 00:31:39,127 - The king's guard! We're surrounded. - We'll hold the king as hostage. 322 00:31:39,227 --> 00:31:43,715 We'll shoot the viscount and throw them his body and demand their surrender. 323 00:31:43,815 --> 00:31:46,635 Do we have enough ammunition to hold them off? 324 00:31:46,735 --> 00:31:49,638 - I don't think so. - I can help you. 325 00:31:49,738 --> 00:31:53,909 - My papa's got plenty of gunpowder. - This could be very useful. 326 00:31:59,706 --> 00:32:01,458 Beautiful! 327 00:32:03,293 --> 00:32:05,170 Yes! 328 00:32:11,927 --> 00:32:15,472 Good morning... master. 329 00:32:16,890 --> 00:32:19,851 - Morning, Excellency. - Claudette. 330 00:32:25,774 --> 00:32:28,902 Ah. Velvet flowers. 331 00:32:30,904 --> 00:32:33,807 Did you make these, Claudette? 332 00:32:33,907 --> 00:32:37,602 I have a tiny talent and an enormous amount of time. 333 00:32:37,702 --> 00:32:41,731 But have you come to work? I will leave you in peace. 334 00:32:41,831 --> 00:32:43,667 Oh, no. 335 00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:45,902 It's very bad. 336 00:32:46,002 --> 00:32:47,771 No, don't! 337 00:32:50,548 --> 00:32:52,801 That's really quite good. 338 00:33:05,063 --> 00:33:06,923 One, two. 339 00:33:14,781 --> 00:33:16,725 You're a fine shot, sir. 340 00:33:16,825 --> 00:33:20,312 I can see you're not one of those perfumed prancers in there. 341 00:33:20,412 --> 00:33:24,733 - What do you say to a little hunting? - I am standing guard on my mistress. 342 00:33:24,833 --> 00:33:29,446 That one? She doesn't need your protection, by God. Fascinating creature. 343 00:33:29,546 --> 00:33:32,157 I'm sure she'd rather come hunting with us 344 00:33:32,257 --> 00:33:34,868 than sit around arranging her flounces. 345 00:33:34,968 --> 00:33:39,873 "One warm word from you and I live. One brutal word and I die." 346 00:33:39,973 --> 00:33:43,376 "It doesn't matter, for I am not afraid of death any more." 347 00:33:43,476 --> 00:33:47,147 "I have already visited the beyond in your music." 348 00:33:47,897 --> 00:33:52,152 - Will you take it to him? - Why don't you take it to him yourself? 349 00:33:53,153 --> 00:33:55,764 I've been avoiding him all morning. 350 00:33:55,864 --> 00:33:59,325 He's had a poor first impression of me, I fear. 351 00:34:00,285 --> 00:34:05,915 Before I meet him again, I want him to be convinced of my complete sincerity. 352 00:34:07,584 --> 00:34:10,570 Well? What do you think? 353 00:34:10,670 --> 00:34:14,240 Look, you know him. How will he respond? 354 00:34:14,340 --> 00:34:18,244 I can't imagine any man resisting this prose. It would melt the Alps. 355 00:34:18,344 --> 00:34:23,708 But tell me, why do you pounce on our poor Chopin? 356 00:34:23,808 --> 00:34:28,046 My dear, he's got one foot in the grave. 357 00:34:28,146 --> 00:34:29,589 No, no. 358 00:34:29,689 --> 00:34:32,926 We shall all be in our graves soon enough. 359 00:34:33,026 --> 00:34:36,196 But Chopin is eternal. 360 00:34:37,363 --> 00:34:40,767 The only permanent thing about him is his cough. 361 00:34:40,867 --> 00:34:42,660 Ah. 362 00:34:45,497 --> 00:34:47,732 - All right. - Thank you, my friend. 363 00:34:47,832 --> 00:34:51,403 Madame Sand, will you delight us with your company on a hunt? 364 00:34:51,503 --> 00:34:53,488 I must decline, Your Excellency. 365 00:34:53,588 --> 00:34:56,966 My maid is fitting me for a dress this afternoon. 366 00:34:57,842 --> 00:34:59,994 A dress? 367 00:36:25,471 --> 00:36:27,649 Quick! 368 00:36:27,849 --> 00:36:29,600 Perfect! 369 00:36:30,601 --> 00:36:32,045 Marvellous. 370 00:36:32,145 --> 00:36:35,798 Darling, George proposes a game of croquet. 371 00:36:35,898 --> 00:36:39,177 Excellent idea. Chopin will join us. 372 00:36:39,277 --> 00:36:42,680 Oh, no. Please excuse me. I do not really like the sun. 373 00:36:42,780 --> 00:36:44,657 Hah! 374 00:36:47,618 --> 00:36:49,729 Dear friend... 375 00:36:49,829 --> 00:36:52,498 I do not wish you to be burned. 376 00:37:12,393 --> 00:37:14,462 Excuse me. I'm sorry, my friend. 377 00:37:14,562 --> 00:37:19,192 May I speak with you? Something very terrible has happened. 378 00:37:20,443 --> 00:37:22,945 - Oh! - Ah! 379 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,682 Again. 380 00:37:25,782 --> 00:37:29,894 - George seems more cheerful. - Mm. She has a crush on Chopin. 381 00:37:29,994 --> 00:37:32,855 The Polish corpse? 382 00:37:32,955 --> 00:37:37,568 - They couldn't be more different. - Then they will definitely fall in love. 383 00:37:37,668 --> 00:37:40,446 I suppose as friends we should help them along. 384 00:37:40,546 --> 00:37:43,157 Absolutely not! 385 00:37:43,257 --> 00:37:47,829 Franz, you and I must put ourselves between them at every opportunity. 386 00:37:47,929 --> 00:37:50,515 - Marie! Your turn. - Yes. 387 00:37:54,977 --> 00:37:57,964 He is so frail, darling. 388 00:37:58,064 --> 00:38:01,300 You know George will finish him off. 389 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,638 - The countess made advances to you? - She is my friend's mistress. 390 00:38:05,738 --> 00:38:09,951 - She has borne his child. - He wouldn't mind if she changed hands. 391 00:38:10,910 --> 00:38:14,330 Really, I don't understand the attitude of you people. 392 00:38:15,206 --> 00:38:18,735 Are we at a livestock sale? She's a woman, not a goat. 393 00:38:18,835 --> 00:38:22,780 - Are you in love with her yourself? - Of course not. 394 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,159 "I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities." 395 00:38:26,259 --> 00:38:28,719 "I love, that is all." 396 00:38:29,679 --> 00:38:34,917 "But I love strongly, exclusively, steadfastly." 397 00:38:35,017 --> 00:38:40,381 No, it's like something out of a novel... like that dreadful woman writes. 398 00:38:40,481 --> 00:38:43,442 - If you can call her a woman. - George? 399 00:38:45,069 --> 00:38:48,598 She makes a great hash of her life, but she's got a good heart. 400 00:38:48,698 --> 00:38:51,559 That's why so many men don't want to let go of her. 401 00:38:51,659 --> 00:38:54,145 George knows how to love... 402 00:38:54,245 --> 00:38:56,397 while she loves. 403 00:38:56,497 --> 00:38:58,774 The countess has an extraordinary style. 404 00:38:58,874 --> 00:39:02,086 I'd not have guessed there was a volcano under that ice. 405 00:39:21,272 --> 00:39:23,758 We can't find anything, citizen. 406 00:39:23,858 --> 00:39:27,194 The viscount has been completely obliterated. 407 00:39:32,908 --> 00:39:34,936 - Good to see you. - Good evening. 408 00:39:35,036 --> 00:39:37,288 They're all in here. Follow me. 409 00:39:40,833 --> 00:39:42,293 What the devil... 410 00:39:44,587 --> 00:39:48,366 Good God, Claudette! Go back upstairs and change! 411 00:39:48,466 --> 00:39:50,493 - Pooh! - Ow! 412 00:39:50,593 --> 00:39:53,120 Hello! Welcome. 413 00:39:53,220 --> 00:39:56,707 Well, he left the salon at that moment. 414 00:39:56,807 --> 00:40:01,729 Claudette's decided to dress as a man for some reason. Do you want a drink? 415 00:40:04,690 --> 00:40:07,860 At that stage everyone started to laugh. 416 00:40:14,450 --> 00:40:17,436 At last! Madame Sand! 417 00:40:17,536 --> 00:40:21,607 Everybody's staring at me. It's a revelation wearing trousers. 418 00:40:21,707 --> 00:40:24,694 I feel quite the bully! 419 00:40:24,794 --> 00:40:27,029 George in a dress? 420 00:40:27,129 --> 00:40:30,449 Red and white, the colours of the Polish flag. 421 00:40:30,549 --> 00:40:33,202 That's a bit of overkill. 422 00:40:33,302 --> 00:40:36,764 I tell you, we'll discuss it... 423 00:40:39,016 --> 00:40:41,210 May I take your arm? 424 00:40:41,310 --> 00:40:46,148 My husband's in a temper tonight because I'm wearing his britches. 425 00:40:48,359 --> 00:40:51,429 George, Chopin does not deserve to be collected. 426 00:40:51,529 --> 00:40:53,889 He's so fragile, you know he might... 427 00:40:53,989 --> 00:40:58,102 What's this? A secret? Is he the one you came here to meet? 428 00:40:58,202 --> 00:41:01,705 Mallefille, if you can't behave, go to your room. 429 00:41:04,416 --> 00:41:07,403 I am quite marooned. 430 00:41:07,503 --> 00:41:10,714 Will you... partner me? 431 00:41:11,340 --> 00:41:13,008 Of course. 432 00:41:27,648 --> 00:41:30,401 - Bon appetit. - Bon appetit. 433 00:41:33,404 --> 00:41:36,557 I understand many of you artists are atheists. 434 00:41:36,657 --> 00:41:39,018 Atheists? Oh, no. 435 00:41:39,118 --> 00:41:41,228 No, we feel that God exists. 436 00:41:41,328 --> 00:41:44,815 He's just not considered worth all the trouble of denying him. 437 00:41:44,915 --> 00:41:46,108 Oh, really! 438 00:41:46,208 --> 00:41:48,235 The baron is baiting you. 439 00:41:48,335 --> 00:41:51,697 He maintains there is no scientific evidence of God. 440 00:41:51,797 --> 00:41:56,202 And I reply "Because civilisation has poured dust on his traces." 441 00:41:56,302 --> 00:41:58,704 God has been buried by science. 442 00:41:58,804 --> 00:42:00,414 But alive! 443 00:42:00,514 --> 00:42:02,224 God exists. 444 00:42:03,017 --> 00:42:04,960 But he is no longer loved, 445 00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:09,047 so he hides away to conceal his broken heart. 446 00:42:10,316 --> 00:42:13,969 Certainly it is difficult to find God in our age. 447 00:42:14,069 --> 00:42:17,306 And artists are the only hope. 448 00:42:17,406 --> 00:42:19,683 But we shall locate him again. 449 00:42:19,783 --> 00:42:22,728 We are a search party, if you like, of orphans, 450 00:42:22,828 --> 00:42:25,940 with our emotions as a lantern in the dark. 451 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:32,196 Our greatest hope may be Monsieur Chopin, 452 00:42:32,296 --> 00:42:35,533 in whose music we find both emotion and science 453 00:42:35,633 --> 00:42:39,036 in the most perfect rapport. 454 00:42:39,136 --> 00:42:41,372 Hear! Hear! 455 00:42:41,472 --> 00:42:43,165 Thank you. 456 00:42:43,265 --> 00:42:48,003 May I, in turn, propose a toast to our host and hostess? 457 00:42:48,103 --> 00:42:53,175 For without the noble patronage of the aristocracy, we are orphans indeed. 458 00:42:53,275 --> 00:42:55,844 They understand and nurture us. 459 00:42:55,944 --> 00:43:00,349 They are our model and inspiration. 460 00:43:00,449 --> 00:43:01,533 Thank you. 461 00:43:02,993 --> 00:43:05,562 George, you're not drinking. 462 00:43:05,662 --> 00:43:09,541 You must pardon Madame Sand. She is allergic to the aristocracy. 463 00:43:12,044 --> 00:43:13,737 Surely that can't be! 464 00:43:13,837 --> 00:43:16,657 Madame Sand, my hobby is genealogy, 465 00:43:16,757 --> 00:43:19,868 and if I am correct, you are a baroness by marriage 466 00:43:19,968 --> 00:43:22,413 and your father's mother was a countess. 467 00:43:22,513 --> 00:43:23,539 Really? 468 00:43:23,639 --> 00:43:27,209 Yes, but my mother's father was a bird-seller. 469 00:43:27,309 --> 00:43:31,338 There you are, philosopher. Scientific proof of God. 470 00:43:31,438 --> 00:43:35,843 The lion may lie down with the lamb, and the baroness with the bird-seller. 471 00:43:37,736 --> 00:43:40,180 Since you must know birds, Madame Sand, 472 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,574 what do you think of our local partridge? 473 00:43:43,700 --> 00:43:46,603 We flushed four of them in a field this afternoon. 474 00:43:46,703 --> 00:43:50,357 Your friend Mallefille here shot three of them. 475 00:43:50,457 --> 00:43:53,360 I only wounded the last one. It flew away. 476 00:43:53,460 --> 00:43:57,239 I don't know how it could fly... one wing was nearly torn off. 477 00:43:57,339 --> 00:44:02,411 When we were wandering back, we saw it thrashing about in the garden. 478 00:44:02,511 --> 00:44:06,749 The dogs had got it! One of the bitches had bitten off its head. 479 00:44:06,849 --> 00:44:09,810 - Feathers were flying everywhere... - Charles! 480 00:44:14,898 --> 00:44:17,651 Now see what you've done! 481 00:44:18,777 --> 00:44:21,055 What the devil's the matter with him? 482 00:44:21,155 --> 00:44:25,033 He has trouble with his lungs. Makes a misery of his life. 483 00:44:26,076 --> 00:44:28,145 He should be bled. 484 00:44:28,245 --> 00:44:32,941 We have an excellent physician. He's developed a special variety of leeches. 485 00:44:33,041 --> 00:44:35,569 Painless, and they leave very little mark. 486 00:44:35,669 --> 00:44:38,530 Better yet, send in George to Monsieur Chopin. 487 00:44:38,630 --> 00:44:41,200 She leaves no mark at all. 488 00:44:41,300 --> 00:44:43,494 Hungarian humour, George. 489 00:44:45,137 --> 00:44:48,457 - You are too familiar. Apologise. - Sit down, you ass! 490 00:44:48,557 --> 00:44:53,378 - You think I don't know what's going on? - She has made love with Monsieur Liszt? 491 00:44:53,478 --> 00:44:56,048 Apologise or I'll rip your throat out! 492 00:44:56,148 --> 00:44:58,342 Apologise! 493 00:44:58,442 --> 00:45:02,095 - Agh! Alfred! - St George! 494 00:45:02,195 --> 00:45:06,600 - What are you doing here? - I'm the dragoon. I was invited. 495 00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:08,644 Duchess, I've only just arrived. 496 00:45:08,744 --> 00:45:11,772 Thank God I was in time to defend Madame Sand's honour. 497 00:45:11,872 --> 00:45:13,982 - You followed me. - He's the one? 498 00:45:14,082 --> 00:45:17,836 - You're starting up with him again? - I'd sooner chew glass. 499 00:45:20,547 --> 00:45:23,242 Choose your seconds and meet me at dawn, sir. 500 00:45:23,342 --> 00:45:26,078 - No more duels! - This is men's business. 501 00:45:26,178 --> 00:45:29,681 - I accept. - Men? You're not fit to be men! 502 00:45:30,724 --> 00:45:33,935 Morons! Idiots! 503 00:45:34,978 --> 00:45:39,358 Choose your weapons, Mallefille. Red or white? 504 00:45:40,484 --> 00:45:44,137 Leave her alone! She's going off to write about us. 505 00:45:44,237 --> 00:45:48,267 It's time for her nightly regurgitation. 20 pages. 506 00:45:48,367 --> 00:45:51,270 The only reason she needs you or me or anybody 507 00:45:51,370 --> 00:45:55,232 is to provide characters for her ghastly novels! 508 00:45:55,332 --> 00:45:59,194 - I trust you have no objection to pistols. - What? 509 00:45:59,294 --> 00:46:03,382 - For tomorrow. - My boy, I really don't care. 510 00:46:14,476 --> 00:46:18,880 Thank you for the loan, my dear. It was most instructive. 511 00:46:18,980 --> 00:46:23,719 You'll be up before dawn for the duel, so I shall sleep in my own bed. 512 00:46:23,819 --> 00:46:26,596 Ooh! I do wish I could be there tomorrow. 513 00:46:26,696 --> 00:46:28,765 You will make sure nobody's killed? 514 00:46:28,865 --> 00:46:33,020 I abhor killing, but a good fight's something to see. 515 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,872 - Good night. - Good night, Claudette. 516 00:46:50,554 --> 00:46:52,873 - Good evening. - Ohh! 517 00:47:04,860 --> 00:47:06,903 What do you... 518 00:47:09,698 --> 00:47:11,658 Shh. 519 00:47:18,915 --> 00:47:20,375 No! 520 00:47:24,504 --> 00:47:26,089 Ow! 521 00:47:36,349 --> 00:47:38,476 Those lips. 522 00:47:39,603 --> 00:47:41,713 Show me your tongue. 523 00:47:41,813 --> 00:47:44,424 Darling. 524 00:47:44,524 --> 00:47:46,680 What is that scent? 525 00:47:49,362 --> 00:47:53,241 Oats. Oats de Cologne. 526 00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,456 Mm. My darling. 527 00:48:26,900 --> 00:48:28,777 Damn it. 528 00:48:33,281 --> 00:48:35,058 Let's go and see. 529 00:48:37,118 --> 00:48:41,064 - Goodbye, George. I'm going to my death. - What are you ranting about? 530 00:48:41,164 --> 00:48:44,084 - But before I die... - Oh, my God! 531 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,948 - One kiss from you is all I ask. - What are you doing? 532 00:48:50,048 --> 00:48:53,118 Let go of me. Get that horse out of here. 533 00:48:53,218 --> 00:48:54,928 Shh. 534 00:48:56,763 --> 00:49:01,376 I will be dead soon. Mallefille is going to shoot me. 535 00:49:04,729 --> 00:49:07,340 You two can't be serious. Please. 536 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,551 Please, Alfred, don't go. 537 00:49:09,651 --> 00:49:11,094 Um... 538 00:49:11,194 --> 00:49:13,888 - I'll talk to Mallefille. - No. 539 00:49:13,988 --> 00:49:17,142 - I want to die. - Oh, Alfred. 540 00:49:17,242 --> 00:49:21,479 Darling, I want to be on your conscience. 541 00:49:21,579 --> 00:49:23,857 You destroyed my youth. 542 00:49:23,957 --> 00:49:26,943 You buried my springtime in shadows. 543 00:49:27,043 --> 00:49:29,154 Alfred. 544 00:49:29,254 --> 00:49:31,698 I was much too good for you. 545 00:49:31,798 --> 00:49:33,825 I spoiled you. 546 00:49:33,925 --> 00:49:37,370 I gave you money. I nursed you when you were sick. 547 00:49:37,470 --> 00:49:41,249 Yes. And then you fucked the doctor. 548 00:49:41,349 --> 00:49:43,585 God, Alfred! 549 00:49:43,685 --> 00:49:46,963 You were sick because you'd been out every night 550 00:49:47,063 --> 00:49:49,507 screwing all the whores in Venice 551 00:49:50,192 --> 00:49:53,486 while I was sitting at my desk writing so that we had a... 552 00:49:56,823 --> 00:49:58,975 The horse is a critic! 553 00:49:59,075 --> 00:50:02,829 Get out! Kill yourself, I don't care! I hate you! 554 00:50:21,806 --> 00:50:25,185 - Gentlemen, are you ready? - Yes. 555 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:31,900 And... 556 00:50:32,942 --> 00:50:35,512 One. 557 00:50:35,612 --> 00:50:37,430 Two. 558 00:50:37,530 --> 00:50:40,350 Three. 559 00:50:40,450 --> 00:50:42,477 Four. 560 00:50:42,577 --> 00:50:45,063 Five. 561 00:50:45,163 --> 00:50:47,440 Six. 562 00:50:47,540 --> 00:50:49,651 Seven. 563 00:50:49,751 --> 00:50:51,461 Eight. 564 00:50:52,378 --> 00:50:54,948 Nine. 565 00:50:55,048 --> 00:50:56,883 Ten! 566 00:51:13,733 --> 00:51:16,636 I want to go home. 567 00:51:16,736 --> 00:51:20,723 Mummy said we can't go till the roads dry up. 568 00:51:20,823 --> 00:51:24,310 But it's been raining for three days now. 569 00:51:24,410 --> 00:51:27,480 It's no use. We're prisoners. 570 00:51:27,580 --> 00:51:30,400 Prisoners of the Bastille. 571 00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:32,735 Guards are everywhere. 572 00:51:32,835 --> 00:51:35,780 - We'll blast our way out. - Yes! 573 00:52:05,076 --> 00:52:09,439 Monsieur Chopin, it sounds so like the raindrops, it's quite magical, 574 00:52:09,539 --> 00:52:13,318 but I must ask you to produce a little sunshine for us instead. 575 00:52:13,418 --> 00:52:18,781 I'm about to go mad with the sound of horrid rain, day in, day out. 576 00:52:18,881 --> 00:52:22,660 Ordinarily I would just take a bromide and go to bed, 577 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:27,014 but one has guests to entertain. 578 00:52:28,057 --> 00:52:31,436 Stupid, stupid rain! 579 00:52:34,772 --> 00:52:37,258 No need to entertain us, Your Excellency. 580 00:52:37,358 --> 00:52:40,136 Rather, it is our turn to entertain you. 581 00:52:40,236 --> 00:52:43,556 - I've just written a play for your theatre. - Oh, how gay! 582 00:52:43,656 --> 00:52:47,185 Eugene will paint the scenery. The maids can do the costumes. 583 00:52:47,285 --> 00:52:50,605 - Chopin will provide an accompaniment. - Delighted. 584 00:52:50,705 --> 00:52:55,585 We'll play the parts and you will enjoy this tribute from your grateful geniuses. 585 00:52:56,627 --> 00:53:00,990 The style's a bit precious. Do you mind if I rewrite it? 586 00:53:01,090 --> 00:53:04,496 Not at all. We'll have a horse sent in. 587 00:53:05,595 --> 00:53:08,848 What is the subject of your play? 588 00:53:09,599 --> 00:53:14,520 - Noah and the flood. - How appropriate! 589 00:53:25,615 --> 00:53:28,559 Oh, this heat! Will it never end? 590 00:53:28,659 --> 00:53:33,106 Here sits my stupid lout of a husband. I don't know what God sees in him. 591 00:53:33,206 --> 00:53:35,525 I hate those things. Can I see that? 592 00:53:35,625 --> 00:53:39,278 You don't remember them because you didn't write them! 593 00:53:39,378 --> 00:53:42,990 I can't remember them because they're shit! 594 00:53:57,063 --> 00:53:59,048 Ah, children. 595 00:53:59,148 --> 00:54:02,151 You are wanted in the theatre. Now! 596 00:54:18,459 --> 00:54:20,486 There you are! 597 00:54:20,586 --> 00:54:24,548 You must hurry. Hurry up! Get into your costumes! 598 00:54:28,970 --> 00:54:33,291 I am as excited as if it were an opening night at the Comedie Francaise. 599 00:54:33,391 --> 00:54:38,254 - You rode over in all this rain! - A new play! This is a real treat! 600 00:54:38,354 --> 00:54:44,177 Our artists have been up all night making their costumes. It's terribly exciting! 601 00:54:44,277 --> 00:54:46,345 You're not acting in this piece? 602 00:54:46,445 --> 00:54:50,266 I have no stomach for farce. I am here to cue you. 603 00:54:50,366 --> 00:54:53,769 When I signal you like so, 604 00:54:53,869 --> 00:54:57,523 you must play something which suggests rain. 605 00:54:57,623 --> 00:55:00,401 I expect this will be very amusing. 606 00:55:00,501 --> 00:55:02,153 Yes. 607 00:55:02,253 --> 00:55:05,990 Alfred and George have really outdone themselves this time. 608 00:55:06,090 --> 00:55:10,661 Do you know, I think they are still in love with each other. 609 00:55:25,026 --> 00:55:26,677 - Clap. - Good evening. 610 00:55:26,777 --> 00:55:29,680 I am God. 611 00:55:29,780 --> 00:55:36,228 I have grown disappointed in my master creation, the human race. 612 00:55:36,328 --> 00:55:41,567 I endowed them with everything. The riches of the land, sea and air. 613 00:55:41,667 --> 00:55:44,987 And enough intelligence to worship me. 614 00:55:45,087 --> 00:55:47,740 But they have become arrogant and pampered. 615 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:49,659 I shall destroy them. 616 00:55:49,759 --> 00:55:54,430 All except for one man and his family. 617 00:55:57,308 --> 00:55:59,669 Ah! 618 00:55:59,769 --> 00:56:03,130 This is my servant Noah 619 00:56:03,230 --> 00:56:06,842 and his wife Noette and their children. 620 00:56:06,942 --> 00:56:11,489 Into their hands do I place the future of mankind. 621 00:56:12,531 --> 00:56:16,185 Oh, this heat! Will it never rain? 622 00:56:16,285 --> 00:56:21,732 Here sits my stupid lout of a husband. I don't know what God sees in him. 623 00:56:21,832 --> 00:56:27,613 Ah, who can express the despair of youth married to age? 624 00:56:27,713 --> 00:56:33,928 My husband is 600 years old while I am but 150! 625 00:56:37,306 --> 00:56:39,625 A dove! Ha! 626 00:56:39,725 --> 00:56:43,145 What luck! There will be good hunting today! 627 00:56:44,021 --> 00:56:46,148 Look! 628 00:56:47,900 --> 00:56:53,472 It has begun to rain! Stupid, stupid rain! 629 00:56:53,572 --> 00:56:57,309 Yes, I have sent the stupid rain to fall upon the earth 630 00:56:57,409 --> 00:57:00,688 and stupidity shall engulf all its inhabitants. 631 00:57:00,788 --> 00:57:02,606 Hurry now to the ark 632 00:57:02,706 --> 00:57:07,236 and fill it with two each of the creatures of land, sea and air. 633 00:57:07,336 --> 00:57:09,989 Lord, we have no need for animals. 634 00:57:10,089 --> 00:57:13,200 Art alone will save the world. 635 00:57:13,300 --> 00:57:17,121 We'll need two of everything. Two poets, painters, musicians... 636 00:57:17,221 --> 00:57:22,293 They will not come... your conversation is not witty and you have no ideals. 637 00:57:23,937 --> 00:57:25,004 True. 638 00:57:25,104 --> 00:57:29,466 But we shall also give them free food and lodging for 40 days and nights. 639 00:57:29,566 --> 00:57:32,803 We shall also need two playwrights, two composers, 640 00:57:32,903 --> 00:57:34,972 two makers of velvet flowers. 641 00:57:35,072 --> 00:57:36,599 Now you go too far. 642 00:57:36,699 --> 00:57:39,268 But it is an art, surely. 643 00:57:39,368 --> 00:57:44,832 Noette, come quickly! This stupid rain is up to our waists! 644 00:57:46,125 --> 00:57:50,487 We are now half-stupid! Soon we shall be completely stupid! 645 00:57:50,587 --> 00:57:54,450 No matter! We shall have geniuses surrounding us on the ark 646 00:57:54,550 --> 00:57:57,469 and so our stupidity shall be concealed. 647 00:57:58,387 --> 00:58:00,889 I want no further part of this production! 648 00:58:04,893 --> 00:58:07,922 Madame Sand, you insult our hosts. 649 00:58:08,022 --> 00:58:12,259 But... it's in the spirit of fun, Monsieur Chopin. 650 00:58:12,359 --> 00:58:14,428 You disgrace our position as guests. 651 00:58:14,528 --> 00:58:18,682 I for one was not brought up to repay generosity with impertinence. 652 00:58:18,782 --> 00:58:22,937 You want everything dusted with sugar, like your music, Chopin? 653 00:58:23,037 --> 00:58:27,750 You should know art does not apologise! 654 00:58:44,725 --> 00:58:49,213 I shouldn't grieve if I never saw another artist again in my whole life. 655 00:58:49,313 --> 00:58:52,399 At last you've come to your senses. 656 00:58:54,526 --> 00:58:55,970 Sorry. 657 00:58:56,070 --> 00:58:57,613 Ah. 658 00:59:56,588 --> 00:59:59,283 Do it the way you did it last time. 659 00:59:59,383 --> 01:00:02,870 Something that makes me look a little younger, please. 660 01:00:02,970 --> 01:00:05,247 You always look young to me. 661 01:00:05,347 --> 01:00:07,749 Perhaps I should chop it all off like you. 662 01:00:07,849 --> 01:00:10,602 Except that I'm not that crazy. 663 01:00:11,645 --> 01:00:14,898 Aurora, surely you can afford a dress by now. 664 01:00:15,941 --> 01:00:20,804 I've got used to trousers. They're comfortable and I can move around. 665 01:00:20,904 --> 01:00:24,892 Can you feel that draught? It comes straight through that wall. 666 01:00:24,992 --> 01:00:29,480 I've told you before, Mama. Don't stay here. 667 01:00:29,580 --> 01:00:32,816 - Come back with me to Nohant. - No, I want to be in Paris. 668 01:00:32,916 --> 01:00:35,402 Besides, you don't need my company. 669 01:00:35,502 --> 01:00:39,114 You have that young man. What's he called? 670 01:00:39,214 --> 01:00:41,675 Malle... Malle... 671 01:00:42,718 --> 01:00:46,496 - Mallefille. - Mallefille! 672 01:00:46,596 --> 01:00:50,792 - A very dashing fellow. - I wish he'd fall off the map. 673 01:00:50,892 --> 01:00:54,421 You're always looking for something better, Aurora. 674 01:00:54,521 --> 01:00:57,090 If you'd stayed married, you'd have money. 675 01:00:57,190 --> 01:01:00,636 - You shouldn't beg for scraps like I did. - I'm doing fine. 676 01:01:00,736 --> 01:01:06,183 The only money I ever saw was what your grandmother paid me not to see you. 677 01:01:06,283 --> 01:01:08,577 You didn't have to take it. 678 01:01:10,162 --> 01:01:12,372 That's rather nice. 679 01:01:13,874 --> 01:01:18,946 I think I'll go dancing tonight, get out of this dungeon. 680 01:01:19,046 --> 01:01:24,201 - Can I be your partner? - Certainly not. I want a proper man. 681 01:01:24,301 --> 01:01:26,203 It's only for six weeks. 682 01:01:26,303 --> 01:01:29,039 You only just got back. It's humiliating! 683 01:01:29,139 --> 01:01:32,834 I know you. Six weeks means six months. 684 01:01:32,934 --> 01:01:38,048 My concerts raise money for the refugees. The floods this year were devastating. 685 01:01:38,148 --> 01:01:41,301 It's my country, these are my people and they need me. 686 01:01:41,401 --> 01:01:44,012 Suddenly you're the patron saint of Hungary! 687 01:01:44,112 --> 01:01:47,365 I couldn't stand between you and mankind. 688 01:01:52,037 --> 01:01:54,481 I'll return as soon as I can. 689 01:01:54,581 --> 01:01:58,293 My beautiful archangel. I'll miss you. 690 01:02:12,891 --> 01:02:17,504 - You made my milk come out. - Hadn't you better feed the baby? 691 01:02:17,604 --> 01:02:19,423 I gave up everything for you. 692 01:02:19,523 --> 01:02:23,009 I disgraced myself for our dream, Franz. 693 01:02:23,109 --> 01:02:26,346 All I wanted was to kneel at your feet. 694 01:02:26,446 --> 01:02:29,725 - Don't start, Marie. - Inspire you to write music. 695 01:02:29,825 --> 01:02:33,729 - I can't get anything done here! - Nor anywhere! You're impotent! 696 01:02:33,829 --> 01:02:36,606 - Musically, that is. - Get up! 697 01:02:36,706 --> 01:02:38,608 You're a performing bear! 698 01:02:38,708 --> 01:02:43,071 Are the countess and Monsieur Liszt at home? 699 01:02:43,171 --> 01:02:45,090 I will see, madame. 700 01:02:46,925 --> 01:02:49,578 Is that the new baby? 701 01:02:49,678 --> 01:02:53,598 She's adorable. Can I hold her? 702 01:02:56,184 --> 01:02:58,311 Darling. 703 01:03:05,694 --> 01:03:09,222 - Countess! - Hello, George. 704 01:03:09,322 --> 01:03:12,392 I just saw the new baby. She's adorable. 705 01:03:12,492 --> 01:03:14,478 Was it a difficult labour? 706 01:03:14,578 --> 01:03:17,647 Very. What brings you to Paris? 707 01:03:17,747 --> 01:03:20,650 - My mother's ill. - Oh. 708 01:03:20,750 --> 01:03:25,489 I've been so depressed. Seeing friends again will do me good. 709 01:03:25,589 --> 01:03:27,491 How's Franz? 710 01:03:27,591 --> 01:03:29,843 He's very well. 711 01:03:35,599 --> 01:03:37,934 Have you seen the charming Chopin? 712 01:03:38,768 --> 01:03:40,395 No. 713 01:03:41,438 --> 01:03:44,232 - Why do you ask? - Marie... 714 01:03:46,776 --> 01:03:49,304 I've tried so hard to put him out of my mind. 715 01:03:49,404 --> 01:03:51,515 You want him very badly. 716 01:03:51,615 --> 01:03:55,977 For a few heavenly minutes I thought I had him, too. 717 01:03:56,077 --> 01:03:59,231 In Angers, remember, I wore that dress. Our eyes met... 718 01:03:59,331 --> 01:04:02,984 You won't get him with a dress. On the contrary, my dear. 719 01:04:03,084 --> 01:04:06,655 I know the man. He is not a man. He is a woman. 720 01:04:06,755 --> 01:04:09,532 He's all emotion and refinement. 721 01:04:09,632 --> 01:04:12,327 He has very few defences. 722 01:04:12,427 --> 01:04:15,830 You must win him as a man wins a woman. 723 01:04:15,930 --> 01:04:18,250 If anyone can do it, you can, George. 724 01:04:18,350 --> 01:04:21,795 This is enlightening. Tell me more. 725 01:04:21,895 --> 01:04:24,130 How does a man pursue a woman? 726 01:04:24,230 --> 01:04:27,425 He flings himself at her feet, follows her everywhere. 727 01:04:27,525 --> 01:04:29,636 Wherever she turns, he is there, 728 01:04:29,736 --> 01:04:33,682 pouring into her ear only what she most wants to hear. 729 01:04:33,782 --> 01:04:35,976 His passion frightens her, 730 01:04:36,076 --> 01:04:39,771 but a woman will always bend toward a strong man, 731 01:04:39,871 --> 01:04:43,041 just as the vine stretches toward the wall. 732 01:04:43,833 --> 01:04:47,696 A woman is always on the point of abandoning herself anyhow. 733 01:04:47,796 --> 01:04:50,924 It only takes one firm push. 734 01:04:54,427 --> 01:04:57,372 You are sublime! 735 01:04:57,472 --> 01:04:59,599 A true friend. 736 01:05:33,466 --> 01:05:35,535 Ah! 737 01:05:35,635 --> 01:05:38,538 Yes. Those are marvellous. 738 01:05:38,638 --> 01:05:40,056 Yes. 739 01:05:41,182 --> 01:05:43,017 This is from... 740 01:05:43,643 --> 01:05:45,311 George Sand. 741 01:05:46,980 --> 01:05:49,399 Thank you. 742 01:05:51,901 --> 01:05:57,115 And I want something with a much thinner, narrower line. 743 01:05:58,908 --> 01:06:01,060 Yes, that is good, I think. 744 01:06:01,160 --> 01:06:05,206 In fact, you could make this even more... 745 01:06:25,101 --> 01:06:28,855 No, I don't want this. Take it off, please. 746 01:06:35,820 --> 01:06:39,057 You are so good to escort me tonight. 747 01:06:39,157 --> 01:06:43,353 People shun me unless I am on the arm of someone respectable. 748 01:06:43,453 --> 01:06:48,066 I do not understand your concern. You will find nothing but friends at Eugene's. 749 01:06:48,166 --> 01:06:50,251 Friends? Ha! 750 01:06:51,294 --> 01:06:53,671 - You are fatally sweet. - Hm. 751 01:06:55,715 --> 01:06:58,409 I wonder if George will be there. 752 01:06:58,509 --> 01:07:03,873 She has the most alarming way of turning up everywhere I go. 753 01:07:03,973 --> 01:07:07,252 I'm beginning to find it unnerving. 754 01:07:07,352 --> 01:07:09,771 She has a desperate purpose. 755 01:07:11,189 --> 01:07:13,299 What do you mean? 756 01:07:13,399 --> 01:07:18,596 A while ago she was out drinking and gambling... she leads a rough life... 757 01:07:18,696 --> 01:07:21,240 and she boasted that... 758 01:07:22,909 --> 01:07:28,164 Let's not talk about it. I fear I am about to commit a tremendous faux pas. 759 01:07:34,420 --> 01:07:40,618 Socially she is too bizarre, but somehow I find her very compelling. 760 01:07:40,718 --> 01:07:43,162 I wonder if she is different when alone. 761 01:07:43,262 --> 01:07:45,873 She boasted that you are to be her next lover. 762 01:07:45,973 --> 01:07:48,918 Alfred was there. He's still the love of her life. 763 01:07:49,018 --> 01:07:52,338 He put money on it you wouldn't be seduced. 764 01:07:52,438 --> 01:07:57,402 Yes, they made you the object of a bet. 765 01:07:58,236 --> 01:08:01,781 Well, you know she's eternally in need of money. 766 01:08:02,865 --> 01:08:05,034 Here we are. 767 01:08:15,002 --> 01:08:18,531 You have the most priceless expression on your face. 768 01:08:18,631 --> 01:08:21,701 There's Mallefille. We can be sure George is here. 769 01:08:21,801 --> 01:08:24,412 He's still following her like a tail. 770 01:08:24,512 --> 01:08:26,664 Darling, it's so good to see you. 771 01:08:26,764 --> 01:08:30,752 - I didn't know you'd be here. - I didn't either. 772 01:08:44,490 --> 01:08:47,076 Chopin hates my paintings. 773 01:08:48,536 --> 01:08:53,274 No. Dear friend, I am just a musician. What do I know? 774 01:08:53,374 --> 01:08:56,169 They... They are very... 775 01:08:59,672 --> 01:09:01,657 - Are you ill? - No. 776 01:09:01,757 --> 01:09:04,844 I only wish to lie down for a minute. 777 01:09:06,137 --> 01:09:10,057 I have a room just to the side where you can relax. 778 01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:16,230 It's all right, everyone. She's going to be all right. 779 01:09:17,231 --> 01:09:21,052 - What do you suppose is wrong? - She's probably pregnant again. 780 01:09:21,152 --> 01:09:22,361 There's George. 781 01:09:24,113 --> 01:09:27,575 Excuse me. I have no desire to speak to that woman. 782 01:09:34,373 --> 01:09:37,251 Chopinsky! You hiding from George too? 783 01:09:39,795 --> 01:09:41,614 You would know the reason. 784 01:09:41,714 --> 01:09:45,618 I don't want to spoil a good drunken stupor by imagining your reason. 785 01:09:45,718 --> 01:09:49,330 Ever since the latest chapter of her egregious memoir was published, 786 01:09:49,430 --> 01:09:51,624 I can hardly show my face anywhere. 787 01:09:51,724 --> 01:09:55,603 Did you read her latest novel? It's not literature, it's drainage. 788 01:09:56,354 --> 01:09:59,382 She only wrote good books when she was with me. 789 01:09:59,482 --> 01:10:04,095 Every morning while she was sleeping I'd cross out half her adjectives. 790 01:10:04,195 --> 01:10:06,530 Hercules could not have done it. 791 01:10:07,406 --> 01:10:12,244 He'd have rather cleaned out the bloody stables. 792 01:10:13,287 --> 01:10:15,247 Know what's funny? 793 01:10:16,332 --> 01:10:18,442 - She doesn't come. - Oh. 794 01:10:18,542 --> 01:10:21,737 She makes a lot of pretty noise, but she can't come. 795 01:10:21,837 --> 01:10:25,825 Like her books... lovesick posturing and pretence for quick money. 796 01:10:25,925 --> 01:10:28,786 Oh, what a whore she is. 797 01:10:28,886 --> 01:10:32,014 This is despicable. You are drunk. 798 01:10:33,432 --> 01:10:38,379 My only regret is that I didn't put 20 francs on the mantelpiece the first time. 799 01:10:38,479 --> 01:10:40,715 I can assure you, monsieur, 800 01:10:40,815 --> 01:10:44,218 that Madame Sand will gain no money from you on my account. 801 01:10:44,318 --> 01:10:45,528 Hm? 802 01:10:54,161 --> 01:10:56,689 Eugene! 803 01:10:56,789 --> 01:10:59,942 Where's angel fingers? I've lost him. 804 01:11:00,042 --> 01:11:03,087 - He's taking the Countess d'Agoult home. - Oh. 805 01:11:05,965 --> 01:11:07,992 If you plan to invade Poland, 806 01:11:08,092 --> 01:11:11,829 you should know that the countess has placed her troops at the border. 807 01:11:11,929 --> 01:11:13,622 What are you talking about? 808 01:11:13,722 --> 01:11:18,127 - I read a love letter she wrote to him. - What letter? What did it say? 809 01:11:18,227 --> 01:11:20,087 Marie's jealous of you. 810 01:11:20,187 --> 01:11:24,859 She couldn't stand it if you got a better composer than hers. 811 01:11:26,152 --> 01:11:30,431 I don't know why I dress up. Nothing here but old men. 812 01:11:30,531 --> 01:11:33,726 You should bring that Mallefille fellow with you. 813 01:11:33,826 --> 01:11:39,231 - He's at Nohant tutoring the children. - So you took my advice and kept him. 814 01:11:39,331 --> 01:11:42,443 No. It's all over with us. 815 01:11:42,543 --> 01:11:45,529 - What does he say to that? - Oh... 816 01:11:45,629 --> 01:11:49,325 He threatens to kill me and himself if I leave him. 817 01:11:49,425 --> 01:11:52,203 He's been reading too many of your books! 818 01:11:52,303 --> 01:11:55,623 - Let's stop here. - Mama, it is too cold for you here. 819 01:11:55,723 --> 01:11:58,309 No, it's a lovely day. 820 01:12:04,231 --> 01:12:09,095 Why should the last thing I see be a priest with the face of a dustbin? 821 01:12:09,195 --> 01:12:11,514 I'm not afraid to stand before my maker. 822 01:12:11,614 --> 01:12:16,894 God can accuse me of many things, but I defy him to say I haven't loved him. 823 01:12:16,994 --> 01:12:22,191 Yes. Yes, that's pretty. Now the ribbons, hm? 824 01:12:22,291 --> 01:12:24,251 No, it's too heavy. 825 01:12:26,212 --> 01:12:29,198 Yes, in a bow. 826 01:12:31,342 --> 01:12:33,427 So hot. 827 01:12:34,511 --> 01:12:38,082 Will you be going back to Nohant? 828 01:12:38,182 --> 01:12:39,917 Yes, Mama. 829 01:12:40,017 --> 01:12:42,603 I want you to take me with you. 830 01:12:43,687 --> 01:12:47,675 - You always hated it there. - No, I didn't. 831 01:12:47,775 --> 01:12:49,652 I felt excluded, that's all. 832 01:12:50,694 --> 01:12:53,222 I never excluded you. 833 01:12:53,322 --> 01:12:55,057 I needed you. 834 01:12:55,157 --> 01:13:00,104 You never needed anybody. Always running off alone in the woods. 835 01:13:00,204 --> 01:13:04,124 All the servants out calling "Aurora!" 836 01:13:05,668 --> 01:13:07,753 Aurora? 837 01:13:08,796 --> 01:13:11,674 - Where did you go? - In the woods? 838 01:13:12,841 --> 01:13:16,595 I wasn't going anywhere. I was just running. 839 01:13:19,515 --> 01:13:22,476 Mama? Mama? 840 01:13:46,792 --> 01:13:52,615 Good. Yes, you've learned a great many notes, Your Highness. 841 01:13:52,715 --> 01:13:58,412 I think it's just a question of joining them together... legato. 842 01:13:58,512 --> 01:14:02,766 Simplicity is the hardest thing. It's the final thing. 843 01:14:04,101 --> 01:14:06,211 Well, er... 844 01:14:06,311 --> 01:14:08,772 - Next week, then? - Yes. 845 01:14:18,615 --> 01:14:21,034 Good day, Your Highness. 846 01:14:23,162 --> 01:14:25,914 Monsieur, Baroness Dudevant is here. 847 01:14:26,748 --> 01:14:29,443 Baroness Dudevant? 848 01:14:29,543 --> 01:14:31,628 I don't think I know her. 849 01:14:33,422 --> 01:14:35,757 Well, send her in. 850 01:14:43,724 --> 01:14:46,668 This is the first time I've found a use for my title. 851 01:14:46,768 --> 01:14:48,379 You are incredible! 852 01:14:48,479 --> 01:14:51,356 I only need a minute of your time, then I'll go. 853 01:14:54,276 --> 01:14:58,155 Very well. I'll give you exactly one minute. 854 01:15:02,784 --> 01:15:05,012 I am leaving Pa... 855 01:15:15,047 --> 01:15:17,491 I am leaving Paris. 856 01:15:17,591 --> 01:15:21,261 You can't have failed to notice I've been pursuing you. 857 01:15:22,638 --> 01:15:24,306 I'm in love with you. 858 01:15:29,353 --> 01:15:31,563 I don't know you at all... 859 01:15:44,743 --> 01:15:49,331 I don't know you at all, but I know this: 860 01:15:50,374 --> 01:15:52,542 you are great. 861 01:15:54,252 --> 01:15:57,739 You have made a single instrument speak the language of God. 862 01:15:57,839 --> 01:16:01,618 And I wanted to learn it from your lips, you see. 863 01:16:01,718 --> 01:16:04,246 Anyway, you... 864 01:16:04,346 --> 01:16:06,123 You don't want me and... 865 01:16:06,223 --> 01:16:10,669 it's become complicated, like everything between two people. 866 01:16:10,769 --> 01:16:14,756 It seems to me a pity, because it could have been so simple. 867 01:16:14,856 --> 01:16:17,025 I'm begging you to give this up. 868 01:16:19,861 --> 01:16:24,349 I know that you're in need, with your children and your mother's funeral. 869 01:16:24,449 --> 01:16:27,644 Why don't you take this? Then you can call off the bet. 870 01:16:27,744 --> 01:16:29,271 What bet? 871 01:16:29,371 --> 01:16:34,234 I know you have sworn to seduce me, and at this rate you will succeed, so... 872 01:16:34,334 --> 01:16:37,738 That's a disgusting lie! Who told you that? Marie? 873 01:16:37,838 --> 01:16:40,032 She's a good friend, I have no reason to doubt her. 874 01:16:40,132 --> 01:16:43,910 Once I wrote you a letter and asked her to deliver it. 875 01:16:44,010 --> 01:16:46,705 I found out that she signed her own name to it! 876 01:16:46,805 --> 01:16:49,808 Surely you realise she wants you for herself? 877 01:16:52,018 --> 01:16:55,313 - Dear lady, please... - Don't worry, I'm going! 878 01:16:56,773 --> 01:16:58,634 She's right. We're not suited. 879 01:16:58,734 --> 01:17:02,012 I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. 880 01:17:02,112 --> 01:17:04,473 I love, that is all. 881 01:17:04,573 --> 01:17:09,953 But I love strongly, exclusively, steadfastly. 882 01:17:33,435 --> 01:17:35,329 You remember? 883 01:17:40,275 --> 01:17:42,124 George? 884 01:18:25,403 --> 01:18:28,573 - Is madame at home, please? - Yes, monsieur. 885 01:18:36,665 --> 01:18:40,794 - Madame? Please excuse me. - Sophie! 886 01:18:41,753 --> 01:18:45,615 There's no more. I'm empty. That's the last you'll get from me. 887 01:18:45,715 --> 01:18:49,261 - I will return another time. - Don't go. 888 01:18:50,303 --> 01:18:52,789 You haven't visited me for a long time. 889 01:18:52,889 --> 01:18:55,667 Forgive me. My health has been hateful. 890 01:18:55,767 --> 01:18:57,335 Franz is away. 891 01:18:57,435 --> 01:19:02,007 All the royal houses of Europe have invited him to play, it seems. Even Russia. 892 01:19:02,107 --> 01:19:05,652 Like most peasants, he has a weakness for crowned heads. 893 01:19:06,319 --> 01:19:08,597 You may turn around. 894 01:19:08,697 --> 01:19:10,657 Please sit. 895 01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:13,785 Thank you. 896 01:19:16,204 --> 01:19:19,399 Do you hear anything from Madame Sand? 897 01:19:19,499 --> 01:19:23,486 - Will she be coming to Paris this year? - I am no longer her friend. 898 01:19:23,586 --> 01:19:27,115 She severed herself from Franz and me with no explanation. 899 01:19:27,215 --> 01:19:30,577 - You have her latest book, I see. - Yes. 900 01:19:30,677 --> 01:19:34,014 - Have you read it? - I wouldn't touch such trash. 901 01:19:36,850 --> 01:19:39,561 Madame, last summer you gave me a letter. 902 01:19:40,770 --> 01:19:42,839 Yes, I took a chance... 903 01:19:42,939 --> 01:19:46,092 you would forgive me speaking the truth of my heart. 904 01:19:46,192 --> 01:19:48,345 In fact, I was appalled. 905 01:19:48,445 --> 01:19:52,682 But I could not reject it entirely. 906 01:19:52,782 --> 01:19:56,519 Something touched me. A phrase, like a tune one can't forget. 907 01:19:56,619 --> 01:20:00,248 - Shall I remind you what you wrote? - Do. 908 01:20:05,253 --> 01:20:08,698 "I am not full of virtues and noble qualities." 909 01:20:08,798 --> 01:20:10,575 "I love, that is all." 910 01:20:10,675 --> 01:20:14,804 "But I love strongly, exclusively, steadfastly." 911 01:20:15,847 --> 01:20:18,391 Imagine my surprise when I found that here. 912 01:20:19,642 --> 01:20:22,353 I see I must confess. 913 01:20:23,646 --> 01:20:26,383 When I wrote you that letter, 914 01:20:26,483 --> 01:20:29,386 my tender feelings for you so overpowered me 915 01:20:29,486 --> 01:20:33,682 I could not find words of clarity and persuasion. 916 01:20:33,782 --> 01:20:38,395 I was desperate. I looked around me for help. 917 01:20:38,495 --> 01:20:41,106 I saw George's book and stole what I needed. 918 01:20:41,206 --> 01:20:43,917 But a year ago this book had not been published. 919 01:20:44,959 --> 01:20:47,462 Or even written, I suspect. 920 01:20:49,005 --> 01:20:52,909 I think I've found the truth, for which I thank you, 921 01:20:53,009 --> 01:20:55,412 and I owe Madame Sand an apology. 922 01:20:55,512 --> 01:20:58,206 Perhaps now she and I can become friends. 923 01:20:58,306 --> 01:21:01,000 Don't be content with just a little truth. 924 01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:05,755 George will never be content with just your friendship. She wants your manhood. 925 01:21:05,855 --> 01:21:09,050 Your virtue, your genius, your soul. 926 01:21:09,150 --> 01:21:12,053 Listen to me! That woman is a graveyard! 927 01:21:12,153 --> 01:21:14,389 But I can help you. 928 01:21:14,489 --> 01:21:16,533 I can inspire you. 929 01:21:18,952 --> 01:21:22,622 This is the novel and that's the last chapter of the memoir. 930 01:21:29,003 --> 01:21:33,383 - It's a bit on the thin side. - So's my life. 931 01:21:40,431 --> 01:21:43,626 - Do you know of a good tutor? - I'll ask around. 932 01:21:43,726 --> 01:21:47,714 By the way, Mr Chopin came to see me last week. 933 01:21:47,814 --> 01:21:51,526 He asked if you would call on him when you were in town. 934 01:21:52,110 --> 01:21:55,930 Mmm! Do I hear a duet? 935 01:21:56,030 --> 01:21:59,475 Perhaps this is not the last chapter, eh? 936 01:21:59,575 --> 01:22:02,245 Give me my money, you jackal! 937 01:22:02,578 --> 01:22:04,956 Madame Aurora Dudevant. 938 01:22:11,879 --> 01:22:14,716 Aurora is the name I was born with. 939 01:22:15,633 --> 01:22:19,721 Aurora. What a lovely name. 940 01:22:21,681 --> 01:22:23,583 The dawn. 941 01:23:21,616 --> 01:23:24,018 - I'm not happy with it. - Why? 942 01:23:24,118 --> 01:23:29,273 Because a perfect impromptu should seem spontaneous and free. 943 01:23:29,373 --> 01:23:33,569 No-one should be able to guess at the desperate calculation behind it. 944 01:23:33,669 --> 01:23:37,240 I've been struggling with this for so long. 945 01:23:37,340 --> 01:23:40,368 It's like being tangled in a net. I feel... 946 01:23:40,468 --> 01:23:43,454 I have terrible dreams at night. 947 01:23:43,554 --> 01:23:48,351 I think if I ever finish it, then it will have finished me. 948 01:23:53,731 --> 01:23:57,218 You must suffer tortures 949 01:23:57,318 --> 01:24:01,364 to find the perfect word that will make it all seem effortless. 950 01:24:02,490 --> 01:24:07,145 Me? Suffer for art? You must be joking. 951 01:24:07,245 --> 01:24:10,122 I suffer quite enough for life. 952 01:24:11,165 --> 01:24:15,528 I have no hope to be perfect. I simply pump out pages for money. 953 01:24:15,628 --> 01:24:19,574 No, your books are admirable. I've been reading them. 954 01:24:19,674 --> 01:24:21,926 Have you? 955 01:24:23,427 --> 01:24:25,513 Ah. 956 01:24:29,934 --> 01:24:32,920 Is this your family? 957 01:24:33,020 --> 01:24:35,423 No, that's my fiancee. 958 01:24:35,523 --> 01:24:38,634 Well, we are no longer engaged. 959 01:24:38,734 --> 01:24:43,181 Her family didn't feel that I was a very good risk for a husband. 960 01:24:43,281 --> 01:24:45,516 No-one expects me to live very long. 961 01:24:45,616 --> 01:24:48,786 - Balls! - I beg your pardon? 962 01:24:50,746 --> 01:24:55,276 Look, I don't believe you're ill at all. 963 01:24:55,376 --> 01:24:58,154 You just need more strength. 964 01:24:58,254 --> 01:24:59,964 Take mine. 965 01:25:01,382 --> 01:25:02,925 Really. 966 01:25:04,051 --> 01:25:06,470 I have too much of it. 967 01:25:30,328 --> 01:25:32,647 - No. - Yes. I want you so. 968 01:25:32,747 --> 01:25:34,290 - No. - Oh! 969 01:25:36,542 --> 01:25:38,878 Forgive me. 970 01:25:45,843 --> 01:25:47,453 I... 971 01:25:47,553 --> 01:25:52,350 fear that we would harm the memory of our beautiful afternoon. 972 01:25:53,184 --> 01:25:56,228 Yes. Yes, of course. 973 01:25:58,522 --> 01:26:00,191 All right. 974 01:26:04,987 --> 01:26:07,431 Who's taught you to be afraid? 975 01:26:07,531 --> 01:26:10,059 No wonder you're choking to death. 976 01:26:10,159 --> 01:26:13,521 Someone's got to show you how to breathe. 977 01:26:13,621 --> 01:26:16,941 Come on. Come on. 978 01:26:17,041 --> 01:26:20,820 You need light and air. You need to move about. 979 01:26:20,920 --> 01:26:24,615 Why stay inside wrestling with perfection? 980 01:26:24,715 --> 01:26:28,452 Come outside! Perfection is flowing all around you! 981 01:26:28,552 --> 01:26:30,679 - George! - No! 982 01:26:36,811 --> 01:26:38,587 Run, Chopin! 983 01:26:38,687 --> 01:26:41,232 - Excuse me? - Yes. 984 01:26:43,150 --> 01:26:45,594 I won't kill you here as you deserve. 985 01:26:45,694 --> 01:26:48,472 I will kill you honourably at dawn tomorrow. 986 01:26:48,572 --> 01:26:50,908 With any weapon you prefer. 987 01:26:52,076 --> 01:26:53,994 You wish to fight me? 988 01:26:55,287 --> 01:26:58,399 You have stolen my lady's affections. 989 01:26:58,499 --> 01:27:02,169 - I wish the chance to avenge myself. - Mallefille! 990 01:27:03,462 --> 01:27:05,364 No! 991 01:27:05,464 --> 01:27:07,867 Very well, monsieur. 992 01:27:07,967 --> 01:27:10,202 I will give you the opportunity. 993 01:27:10,302 --> 01:27:13,013 But not the prize. 994 01:27:22,982 --> 01:27:26,343 Let's go back. This is ridiculous. 995 01:27:26,443 --> 01:27:33,225 What, run for my hole like a rabbit? I could never respect myself afterwards. 996 01:27:33,325 --> 01:27:35,269 Nor could you, Aurora. 997 01:27:35,369 --> 01:27:39,707 I'm going to fight at dawn for the right to see another dawn. 998 01:27:41,333 --> 01:27:44,111 - Eugene. - It's too late. 999 01:27:44,211 --> 01:27:47,072 He's in love. 1000 01:27:47,172 --> 01:27:49,575 Monsieur. Madame. 1001 01:27:49,675 --> 01:27:52,261 Welcome. 1002 01:27:53,387 --> 01:27:56,307 The doctor is here. These are my seconds. 1003 01:27:57,516 --> 01:28:00,336 The sun is rising. Shall we go? 1004 01:28:00,436 --> 01:28:01,979 Please. 1005 01:28:11,572 --> 01:28:15,909 I wonder... Is there by any chance a cleaner one? 1006 01:28:21,206 --> 01:28:26,403 - Don't hurt him. Aim at the clouds. - He is not much more than a cloud. 1007 01:28:26,503 --> 01:28:29,281 I'll come back to you. I'll never see him again. 1008 01:28:29,381 --> 01:28:31,575 Just stop these silly heroics. 1009 01:28:31,675 --> 01:28:35,204 You have placed me in an impossible position. 1010 01:28:35,304 --> 01:28:37,665 All I have left is a show of strength. 1011 01:28:37,765 --> 01:28:41,101 Besides, women like that sort of thing. 1012 01:28:41,894 --> 01:28:43,854 Are you insane? 1013 01:28:48,108 --> 01:28:49,985 Pretty dress. 1014 01:28:58,827 --> 01:29:01,497 Are you ready, gentlemen? 1015 01:29:11,673 --> 01:29:14,618 And... one. 1016 01:29:14,718 --> 01:29:16,078 Two. 1017 01:29:16,178 --> 01:29:17,746 Three. 1018 01:29:17,846 --> 01:29:19,331 Four. 1019 01:29:19,431 --> 01:29:20,958 Five. 1020 01:29:21,058 --> 01:29:22,835 Six. 1021 01:29:22,935 --> 01:29:25,421 Seven. Eight. 1022 01:29:25,521 --> 01:29:27,815 Nine. Ten. 1023 01:29:31,777 --> 01:29:34,555 - This man has fainted! - That man is wounded. 1024 01:29:34,655 --> 01:29:36,782 Too bad! Help us lift him. 1025 01:29:46,583 --> 01:29:48,193 Wait! 1026 01:29:48,293 --> 01:29:50,529 Come back! 1027 01:29:50,629 --> 01:29:53,132 I knew it! It's the frail one! 1028 01:29:56,969 --> 01:30:00,664 Oh, my God! Is he dead? 1029 01:30:00,764 --> 01:30:02,916 I hope the damp hasn't killed him. 1030 01:30:03,016 --> 01:30:06,728 - Show us your finest room. - I have one ready. 1031 01:30:26,874 --> 01:30:30,986 Give him milk when he wakes up. Try not to excite him. 1032 01:30:31,086 --> 01:30:33,614 Thank you, Doctor. 1033 01:30:33,714 --> 01:30:37,009 And now you'd best have a look at this rump. 1034 01:30:38,802 --> 01:30:41,663 - You've humiliated me. - Good. 1035 01:30:41,763 --> 01:30:44,541 You'll be too embarrassed to speak of it. 1036 01:30:44,641 --> 01:30:47,127 No-one must know what's happened. 1037 01:30:47,227 --> 01:30:49,755 - Gentlemen, do I have your word? - Yes. 1038 01:30:49,855 --> 01:30:51,882 And you, monsieur? 1039 01:30:51,982 --> 01:30:55,844 After all the time we spent together, how could you? 1040 01:30:55,944 --> 01:30:57,930 In cold blood? 1041 01:30:58,030 --> 01:31:02,284 It was easy. You're a menace to the future of art. 1042 01:31:04,369 --> 01:31:07,122 Goodbye. 1043 01:31:09,333 --> 01:31:12,528 Remember what the doctor said. Try not to excite him. 1044 01:31:12,628 --> 01:31:15,906 - He needs peace. - I know what he needs. 1045 01:31:16,006 --> 01:31:19,051 Go home. Paint something dead. 1046 01:31:34,858 --> 01:31:37,444 - Aurora? - Yes. 1047 01:31:46,244 --> 01:31:48,538 I feel very weak. 1048 01:31:49,706 --> 01:31:53,151 - Have I been wounded? - No. 1049 01:31:53,251 --> 01:31:57,739 No. On the contrary, you wounded him. 1050 01:31:57,839 --> 01:32:01,994 In his shooting arm, too. He never even had time to fire. 1051 01:32:02,094 --> 01:32:04,262 It was a brilliant fight. 1052 01:32:05,806 --> 01:32:08,141 And then I fell? 1053 01:32:09,184 --> 01:32:12,687 I suppose I swooned away like a woman. 1054 01:32:13,855 --> 01:32:19,094 You were overcome by... the violence of what you'd done. 1055 01:32:19,194 --> 01:32:22,306 You're a sensitive man. 1056 01:32:22,406 --> 01:32:24,449 It was very hard. 1057 01:32:25,492 --> 01:32:29,271 - I remember the gun was shaking so. - You see? 1058 01:32:29,371 --> 01:32:33,834 You're stronger than you knew. And I thought you needed me. 1059 01:32:35,043 --> 01:32:37,295 But I do need you. 1060 01:32:53,562 --> 01:32:55,647 Drink your milk. 1061 01:33:00,610 --> 01:33:02,596 Where are the others? 1062 01:33:02,696 --> 01:33:05,182 They've gone. 1063 01:33:05,282 --> 01:33:07,784 - Gone? - Mm-hm. 1064 01:33:13,790 --> 01:33:16,126 But how will we get back to Paris? 1065 01:33:17,169 --> 01:33:21,114 Why don't we stay here for a few days? It's peaceful. 1066 01:33:21,214 --> 01:33:23,049 It's discreet. 1067 01:33:25,677 --> 01:33:26,970 Chopin. 1068 01:33:30,348 --> 01:33:33,185 Do you love me? 1069 01:33:34,269 --> 01:33:36,438 God help me, I do. 1070 01:33:37,564 --> 01:33:39,399 You are superb. 1071 01:33:54,789 --> 01:33:57,275 Don't. 1072 01:33:57,375 --> 01:33:59,461 What is wrong? 1073 01:34:03,882 --> 01:34:06,217 I'm frightened. 1074 01:34:08,345 --> 01:34:10,430 Of me? 1075 01:34:12,849 --> 01:34:17,646 Certain acts are unseemly. They are unsuitable. 1076 01:34:20,690 --> 01:34:22,609 Chopin. 1077 01:34:25,737 --> 01:34:28,281 It's an act of love. 1078 01:34:30,742 --> 01:34:33,728 It's the divine mystery itself. 1079 01:34:33,828 --> 01:34:37,415 You must think I'm inexperienced, but I assure you, 1080 01:34:39,292 --> 01:34:44,130 I was baptised in the brothels of Paris when I first arrived. 1081 01:34:46,508 --> 01:34:48,635 But, um... 1082 01:34:50,512 --> 01:34:52,972 I'm so ill, 1083 01:34:54,140 --> 01:34:57,294 and I have been for such a long time, 1084 01:34:57,394 --> 01:35:02,424 and my body is such a great disappointment to me 1085 01:35:02,524 --> 01:35:07,679 that I've already said goodbye to it. I'm not really in it any more. 1086 01:35:07,779 --> 01:35:12,851 I'm just happier floating about in music. 1087 01:35:12,951 --> 01:35:16,604 And if I should come back 1088 01:35:16,704 --> 01:35:20,734 inside this miserable collection of bones, 1089 01:35:20,834 --> 01:35:26,131 then I am afraid that it would probably collapse altogether. 1090 01:35:30,176 --> 01:35:32,262 Forgive me. 1091 01:35:33,596 --> 01:35:36,057 - I am ashamed. - No, no. 1092 01:35:38,643 --> 01:35:41,463 Forgive me. 1093 01:35:41,563 --> 01:35:43,815 I'm a fraud, you know. 1094 01:35:44,566 --> 01:35:49,070 Divine mystery! I've never experienced that with anyone. 1095 01:35:51,406 --> 01:35:55,076 I've always had disastrous relationships. 1096 01:35:56,786 --> 01:36:00,732 - I've never managed to stay in love. - Why? 1097 01:36:00,832 --> 01:36:02,917 I don't know. 1098 01:36:05,837 --> 01:36:08,173 I want too much. 1099 01:36:10,675 --> 01:36:12,802 I think. 1100 01:36:14,012 --> 01:36:16,347 Except when I hear you play. 1101 01:36:17,599 --> 01:36:20,268 And when I'm around you. 1102 01:36:23,354 --> 01:36:24,731 Look... 1103 01:36:28,443 --> 01:36:31,571 I simply want to be with you. 1104 01:36:33,615 --> 01:36:36,326 The rest doesn't matter. Really. 1105 01:36:39,287 --> 01:36:44,834 Do you think we could just... be together? 1106 01:36:46,085 --> 01:36:47,754 Like this? 1107 01:36:48,796 --> 01:36:51,090 Yes. Yes. 1108 01:36:54,302 --> 01:36:56,930 Well, I have at last heard "yes". 1109 01:36:58,890 --> 01:37:01,851 So... that's enough. 1110 01:37:03,019 --> 01:37:05,438 And I'm happy. 1111 01:37:13,404 --> 01:37:15,990 So we'll go back to Paris. 1112 01:39:55,149 --> 01:39:56,175 Sophie! 1113 01:39:56,275 --> 01:40:00,613 Will you please take them for a walk? Throw them in the Seine! I don't care! 1114 01:40:02,365 --> 01:40:06,811 So George has caught another butterfly. Why shouldn't he fall in love with her? 1115 01:40:06,911 --> 01:40:10,356 He hasn't fallen in love. He has succumbed to her. 1116 01:40:10,456 --> 01:40:15,586 The poor man was simply standing there and was crushed under her wheels. 1117 01:40:16,462 --> 01:40:18,447 It's not too late. 1118 01:40:18,547 --> 01:40:22,218 Franz, you must go over at once and talk to him. 1119 01:40:23,260 --> 01:40:25,137 Please. 1120 01:40:38,109 --> 01:40:41,195 Excellent. Thank you. Show me. 1121 01:40:42,238 --> 01:40:46,534 That is perfect. Thank Monsieur Villon for me. We can be off. 1122 01:40:48,619 --> 01:40:53,124 Franz. I... I didn't know you were back. 1123 01:40:54,834 --> 01:40:58,154 - Countess. - You're going out? 1124 01:40:58,254 --> 01:41:00,573 Er, yes, I'm just leaving. 1125 01:41:00,673 --> 01:41:03,075 The Etudes are published. I didn't know. 1126 01:41:03,175 --> 01:41:05,244 Let's have a listen. 1127 01:41:05,344 --> 01:41:10,274 Could you take those downstairs for me? And this trunk has to go. 1128 01:41:12,476 --> 01:41:15,271 Franz, Chopin's going out. 1129 01:41:18,649 --> 01:41:21,485 We'll come with you so we can talk. 1130 01:41:24,113 --> 01:41:26,866 I'm going to meet Madame Sand. 1131 01:41:28,951 --> 01:41:31,829 - This is wonderful! - You play it better than I. 1132 01:41:32,538 --> 01:41:35,191 You're going on a trip? 1133 01:41:35,291 --> 01:41:36,459 Franz! 1134 01:41:37,460 --> 01:41:40,446 Chopin is going to meet Madame Sand. 1135 01:41:40,546 --> 01:41:44,825 Franz thinks you're making a mistake. He's in a position to caution you. 1136 01:41:44,925 --> 01:41:47,787 He once had his own experience with George. 1137 01:41:47,887 --> 01:41:51,707 - Marie, I told you nothing happened. - So you love to claim. 1138 01:41:51,807 --> 01:41:54,877 You must listen to him, because, one way or another, 1139 01:41:54,977 --> 01:41:57,922 Franz knows exactly who she is. 1140 01:41:58,022 --> 01:42:00,524 I've always wanted to know. 1141 01:42:05,571 --> 01:42:10,326 See here, darling. Chopin has dedicated the Etudes to you. 1142 01:42:11,827 --> 01:42:14,038 To me? 1143 01:42:17,041 --> 01:42:22,004 It is a tremendous honour. What did you do to deserve it, I wonder? 1144 01:42:24,507 --> 01:42:28,260 Marie is an angel of inspiration. 1145 01:42:31,722 --> 01:42:34,083 It's good to see you, Franz. 1146 01:42:34,183 --> 01:42:37,294 You should come back to Paris more often. 1147 01:42:37,394 --> 01:42:41,106 We all get into such trouble when you're away. 1148 01:42:45,361 --> 01:42:47,388 Where are you taking him? 1149 01:42:47,488 --> 01:42:52,368 For a long time now I have blamed myself for your unhappiness and suffering. 1150 01:42:53,410 --> 01:42:56,397 And when I think of the music I might have written 1151 01:42:56,497 --> 01:43:00,417 if not for the guilt which has murdered my vitality all these years! 1152 01:43:02,044 --> 01:43:06,131 But Chopin has seen a happier side of you, it seems. 1153 01:43:07,258 --> 01:43:14,390 You can't think that I... that he and I were lovers? 1154 01:43:16,558 --> 01:43:20,504 I'm not sure it was a good idea of yours dedicating the Etudes to her. 1155 01:43:20,604 --> 01:43:23,382 Why not? We are in love. 1156 01:43:23,482 --> 01:43:26,193 We can afford to be generous. 1157 01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:31,599 They're running away together! It's a catastrophe! 1158 01:43:31,699 --> 01:43:35,269 - It sounds like fun to me. - Oh, I see. 1159 01:43:35,369 --> 01:43:37,438 Ever the wily peasant you are. 1160 01:43:37,538 --> 01:43:42,501 With Chopin out of Paris, your music no longer suffers the comparison! 1161 01:43:48,257 --> 01:43:52,411 They say Majorca is the most magical island in the world. 1162 01:43:52,511 --> 01:43:56,432 The sun will bake that silly cough out of your lungs in no time. 1163 01:43:57,141 --> 01:43:59,793 Think of it! Spain! 1164 01:43:59,893 --> 01:44:02,171 Pirates! 1165 01:44:02,271 --> 01:44:04,606 Pirates! 1166 01:44:13,532 --> 01:44:16,393 Don't you understand? She'll kill him! 1167 01:44:16,493 --> 01:44:18,120 She'll kill him! 1168 01:44:19,154 --> 01:44:21,540 May we shut this, please? 1169 01:44:22,958 --> 01:44:25,502 No, darling, the air is good for you. 1170 01:47:27,267 --> 01:47:30,520 Visiontext Subtitles: Gill Parrott 1171 01:47:31,438 --> 01:47:33,523 ENHOH