1 00:00:38,838 --> 00:00:43,787 THIS STORY AND ITS MAIN CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON TRUE EVENTS. 2 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:38,719 Fran�ois. 3 00:01:46,008 --> 00:01:47,696 Did you wash properly? 4 00:03:03,189 --> 00:03:05,568 SUMMER 1955 5 00:03:05,683 --> 00:03:08,560 Now get in the water. You can watch me. 6 00:03:09,135 --> 00:03:11,590 You can be on your own for a minute. 7 00:04:00,845 --> 00:04:01,920 Fran�ois. 8 00:04:07,405 --> 00:04:08,748 Yes? - Paul's here. 9 00:04:11,088 --> 00:04:12,507 Go on in, Paul. 10 00:04:15,116 --> 00:04:16,919 How are you this morning? 11 00:04:17,034 --> 00:04:19,259 SUMMER 1985 12 00:04:19,374 --> 00:04:20,755 Are you OK? 13 00:04:25,550 --> 00:04:27,429 Want to open the door? 14 00:04:27,544 --> 00:04:29,578 We can leave it open if you like. 15 00:04:40,741 --> 00:04:43,464 So you went out with your mom yesterday? 16 00:04:45,114 --> 00:04:46,917 Here... Come sit down. 17 00:05:07,439 --> 00:05:10,317 I'm writing about you... doing your portrait. 18 00:05:18,641 --> 00:05:20,636 Louise? Everything alright? 19 00:05:20,981 --> 00:05:23,014 Not really. It's your father. 20 00:05:25,853 --> 00:05:29,458 He took the dog out without its leash. 21 00:05:29,574 --> 00:05:31,837 The poor thing got run over. 22 00:05:34,445 --> 00:05:35,788 He was sick with grief. 23 00:05:36,478 --> 00:05:38,857 He's been gone nearly three hours now. 24 00:05:40,430 --> 00:05:42,846 Your mother didn't want to disturb you. 25 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:02,027 If you don't swim, you get cold. 26 00:06:02,142 --> 00:06:04,520 Go play with the others and warm up. 27 00:06:13,496 --> 00:06:15,146 Thirty all. 28 00:06:22,051 --> 00:06:23,010 Maxime? 29 00:06:29,224 --> 00:06:30,759 Fourty-thirty. 30 00:06:32,447 --> 00:06:34,825 I'll join you at the beach soon. - We're going. 31 00:06:34,940 --> 00:06:36,359 He's cold. 32 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:43,226 New ball. 33 00:06:51,052 --> 00:06:53,967 Although an only child, I long had a brother. 34 00:06:54,773 --> 00:06:57,880 In the courtyard of my childhood home, 35 00:06:58,340 --> 00:07:02,636 neither my neighbors or parents were aware of this glorious brother, 36 00:07:03,557 --> 00:07:05,974 better looking and stronger than me. 37 00:07:06,089 --> 00:07:09,925 A phantom brother capable of overcoming every obstacle, 38 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,690 rising above my failures. 39 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,561 I'd invented him for myself alone, for my own ends. 40 00:07:18,479 --> 00:07:20,858 What are you doing there? - Nothing. 41 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:21,932 Nothing? 42 00:07:23,159 --> 00:07:25,269 Then come do the rings with me. 43 00:07:29,604 --> 00:07:30,985 Give me your hands. 44 00:07:33,248 --> 00:07:34,668 Rub them. 45 00:07:37,046 --> 00:07:38,302 Now look. 46 00:07:38,398 --> 00:07:40,882 Take a deep breath, pull on your arms, 47 00:07:40,997 --> 00:07:42,071 lift your knees. 48 00:07:42,608 --> 00:07:44,871 Touch the other side. 49 00:07:44,987 --> 00:07:48,324 Come back up... and follow through. 50 00:07:48,861 --> 00:07:50,280 Your turn. 51 00:07:51,546 --> 00:07:54,577 Grab the rings, pull, lift your knees. 52 00:07:55,459 --> 00:07:57,559 Lift. Start over. 53 00:07:57,655 --> 00:07:59,602 Pull up, then lift your legs. 54 00:07:59,717 --> 00:08:00,945 Go on, push. 55 00:08:02,939 --> 00:08:04,512 Go on, lift. 56 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,458 That's it for today. 57 00:08:17,516 --> 00:08:20,777 I walked in my phantom brother's shadow. 58 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:22,887 I floated on his footsteps. 59 00:08:25,457 --> 00:08:29,677 I'd even invented a game so that he could share our meals. 60 00:08:39,497 --> 00:08:40,840 Let me give you more. 61 00:08:41,990 --> 00:08:43,717 First he wants more. 62 00:08:44,829 --> 00:08:47,208 Who? Who wants more? 63 00:08:49,586 --> 00:08:50,890 Look at me. 64 00:08:51,274 --> 00:08:53,384 I said, who wants more? 65 00:08:53,499 --> 00:08:55,724 He does. - Who is he? 66 00:08:56,146 --> 00:08:57,565 My brother. 67 00:08:59,138 --> 00:09:01,401 Now listen. Put that plate down. 68 00:09:03,703 --> 00:09:05,880 There's no one else at this table. 69 00:09:05,975 --> 00:09:08,383 Just you, Mommy and me. 70 00:09:10,761 --> 00:09:13,600 You, Mommy and me. 71 00:09:19,776 --> 00:09:20,955 Where you going? 72 00:09:21,051 --> 00:09:22,883 I'm going to Louise's. 73 00:09:25,952 --> 00:09:28,599 Louise had always been part of our life. 74 00:09:29,174 --> 00:09:32,626 She'd known my parents for ages, I'd always known her. 75 00:09:33,048 --> 00:09:35,609 She treated me several times a week. 76 00:09:35,705 --> 00:09:37,575 Careful, don't burn yourself. 77 00:09:37,997 --> 00:09:40,989 I spent less time in the shop than at her place. 78 00:09:41,373 --> 00:09:42,332 Why the face? 79 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:44,087 I hate your shots. 80 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:46,475 But you like hot chocolate. 81 00:09:47,434 --> 00:09:49,457 Aren't you sad not to have kids? 82 00:09:49,553 --> 00:09:51,768 I have you. Isn't that enough? 83 00:09:51,884 --> 00:09:54,761 One of your own, that you have with a husband. 84 00:09:54,876 --> 00:09:56,870 I don't have a husband. 85 00:09:59,709 --> 00:10:01,397 Give me that and lie down. 86 00:10:01,972 --> 00:10:03,229 How come you don't? 87 00:10:03,325 --> 00:10:05,348 There's no room for one. 88 00:10:05,463 --> 00:10:07,151 Grow up fast. I'll wait. 89 00:10:07,266 --> 00:10:09,606 You're not pretty enough. - Tough. 90 00:10:11,294 --> 00:10:13,596 Don't start. It doesn't hurt a bit. 91 00:10:22,265 --> 00:10:24,030 You're my little ganef. 92 00:10:24,643 --> 00:10:26,446 You stink of cigarettes. 93 00:10:26,562 --> 00:10:28,364 What's ganef mean? 94 00:10:28,518 --> 00:10:31,970 It means 'my little rascal,' my little darling. 95 00:10:33,121 --> 00:10:34,924 You're my little rascal. 96 00:11:07,454 --> 00:11:08,681 Leave that alone. 97 00:11:08,797 --> 00:11:11,252 Why? - Put that back. 98 00:11:14,282 --> 00:11:16,354 It's full of fleas. 99 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,304 Stop. 100 00:12:07,910 --> 00:12:09,330 Don't. 101 00:12:10,596 --> 00:12:11,938 Mommy. 102 00:12:12,207 --> 00:12:13,626 You going? 103 00:12:19,956 --> 00:12:21,375 Stop it. 104 00:12:23,178 --> 00:12:25,057 No. Don't, I said. 105 00:12:25,901 --> 00:12:26,937 Stop it. 106 00:12:28,587 --> 00:12:29,699 Where you going? 107 00:12:31,694 --> 00:12:34,101 Stop. It's full of fleas. 108 00:12:34,197 --> 00:12:35,827 Put that back. 109 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:38,129 Who are you talking to? Tell me. 110 00:12:38,225 --> 00:12:39,750 Mommy's here now. 111 00:12:46,731 --> 00:12:48,496 You had a nightmare. 112 00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:52,409 Everything's alright, now. I'm watching over you. 113 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:54,898 Fran�ois Grimbert? 114 00:13:55,013 --> 00:13:57,392 Yes, Grimbert. With an 'M' and a 'T.' 115 00:14:07,711 --> 00:14:09,475 Wait a second. Look at me. 116 00:14:09,897 --> 00:14:11,767 You look nice like that. 117 00:14:11,863 --> 00:14:14,232 Don't tell Grandpa you were baptized. 118 00:14:14,347 --> 00:14:15,613 Why not? 119 00:14:15,728 --> 00:14:16,955 Because 120 00:14:17,416 --> 00:14:21,166 Talking about churches and cemeteries 121 00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:22,825 might make him sad. 122 00:14:30,765 --> 00:14:33,364 Boy, if ever Papa finds out. 123 00:14:33,460 --> 00:14:35,867 If nobody tells him, he won't find out. 124 00:14:37,593 --> 00:14:39,090 Stop staring at me. 125 00:14:39,205 --> 00:14:41,199 It's just beyond belief. 126 00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,530 Circumcision, then a goy baptism. 127 00:14:43,626 --> 00:14:45,304 You must be nuts. 128 00:14:45,956 --> 00:14:47,145 Eavesdropping? 129 00:14:47,682 --> 00:14:50,828 You've got nerve, and you're a mess. 130 00:14:51,288 --> 00:14:53,206 How'd you get so heavy? 131 00:14:53,321 --> 00:14:55,431 The holy water seems to suit him. 132 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,948 You went to the ceremony 133 00:15:00,044 --> 00:15:02,298 So? I'm not family. 134 00:15:02,950 --> 00:15:04,062 I go where I like. 135 00:15:06,210 --> 00:15:07,707 And I do what I like. 136 00:15:08,397 --> 00:15:10,929 I cut hair for meshuggeners during the war. 137 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:12,578 They were really meshugge. 138 00:15:12,693 --> 00:15:16,299 Not as bad as the Germans, but they wanted this and that, 139 00:15:16,414 --> 00:15:19,483 they had to have a quiff just so. 140 00:15:19,598 --> 00:15:21,900 And the Brylcreem. 141 00:15:22,015 --> 00:15:24,077 A bit more here, a bit more there, 142 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:25,659 never enough Brylcreem. 143 00:15:25,813 --> 00:15:28,268 So, fella, still leader of the pack? 144 00:15:28,383 --> 00:15:29,678 Yep, honor roll. 145 00:15:29,773 --> 00:15:31,596 So you're tops in everything? 146 00:15:31,692 --> 00:15:34,137 Except gym, but he's exempt. 147 00:15:34,751 --> 00:15:37,043 Until then, he's tops in everything. 148 00:15:37,139 --> 00:15:38,280 Until what, we wonder? 149 00:15:39,201 --> 00:15:40,888 Until he grows stronger. 150 00:15:43,228 --> 00:15:44,993 The doctor says so. 151 00:15:47,563 --> 00:15:48,906 Gym's useless. 152 00:15:50,095 --> 00:15:51,514 Just kidding. 153 00:15:52,166 --> 00:15:53,806 Can't be good at everything. 154 00:15:53,902 --> 00:15:55,619 No apple pie for me? 155 00:15:55,734 --> 00:15:57,077 Didn't I serve you? 156 00:16:05,593 --> 00:16:07,242 Not in my house. 157 00:16:10,848 --> 00:16:14,914 'Search the forest carefully. A secret is hidden there. 158 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:19,019 'Long under a spell, Sir Grimbert...' 159 00:16:19,134 --> 00:16:20,851 'Grimbert,' like us. - Don't move. 160 00:16:20,947 --> 00:16:23,354 Hear that? 'Sir Grimbert'. 161 00:16:23,469 --> 00:16:25,962 That's neat. - It dates to the Middle Ages. 162 00:16:26,077 --> 00:16:27,372 What's he going on about? 163 00:16:27,468 --> 00:16:29,568 Head down. Don't move. 164 00:16:30,719 --> 00:16:32,062 Bring me your puzzle. 165 00:16:32,177 --> 00:16:35,974 Afterwards. If he moves again, I'll cut off an ear. 166 00:16:48,096 --> 00:16:49,477 He's not back? 167 00:16:50,628 --> 00:16:52,278 Come look. 168 00:17:02,788 --> 00:17:05,934 Your dad came back to drop off the dog, then left. 169 00:17:07,392 --> 00:17:09,693 That was three hours ago. 170 00:17:14,719 --> 00:17:16,550 He wouldn't use the leash. 171 00:17:16,646 --> 00:17:20,242 He said fox terriers were made to run, not be cooped up. 172 00:17:53,578 --> 00:17:56,225 Guess what? They measured me at school. 173 00:17:56,340 --> 00:17:58,258 I grew two inches. 174 00:17:58,373 --> 00:17:59,792 Nice going. 175 00:18:00,061 --> 00:18:03,245 You'll be taller than your dad, he'll be pleased for once. 176 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,278 Yeah, he'll be real pleased. 177 00:18:07,273 --> 00:18:10,687 Tomorrow, I'm going to put flowers on Olga's grave. 178 00:18:10,802 --> 00:18:12,902 What did your cousin Olga die of? 179 00:18:12,998 --> 00:18:15,367 During the war, while traveling. 180 00:18:15,712 --> 00:18:17,352 Give me your arm. 181 00:18:17,448 --> 00:18:18,589 Was she sick? 182 00:18:21,082 --> 00:18:22,463 The other arm. 183 00:18:22,578 --> 00:18:24,420 What did she die of, then? 184 00:18:27,949 --> 00:18:30,788 The Nazis killed her. I know they did. 185 00:18:30,903 --> 00:18:32,782 Why are you asking then? 186 00:18:34,470 --> 00:18:35,727 What're you up to? 187 00:18:35,822 --> 00:18:37,846 Nothing. We're just talking. 188 00:19:04,737 --> 00:19:06,118 You're tense. 189 00:19:51,192 --> 00:19:54,414 I was long a boy who dreamed of the perfect family. 190 00:19:56,217 --> 00:19:59,017 From the rare images I was allowed to glimpse, 191 00:19:59,132 --> 00:20:02,115 a few uttered words, snippets of information. 192 00:20:02,211 --> 00:20:06,536 I made up my parents' idyll, as if I were writing a romance. 193 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:26,944 I imagined they shared a love of sports 194 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:30,434 at a time when thousands of Germans 195 00:20:30,550 --> 00:20:32,429 shared the same passion. 196 00:20:38,529 --> 00:20:42,480 Playing sports made Dad hope he could erase his origins. 197 00:20:43,631 --> 00:20:45,165 Mom modeled for designers, 198 00:20:45,625 --> 00:20:48,771 and did sketches for a fashion magazine. 199 00:20:54,793 --> 00:20:58,553 GENERAL MOBILIZATION FIGHTING ON THE GERMAN-POLISH FRONT 200 00:20:59,512 --> 00:21:03,146 Oddly, my parents never talked about the Occupation. 201 00:21:03,242 --> 00:21:06,225 They kept it from me like a shameful secret. 202 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,332 I was reduced to imagining the period. 203 00:21:09,447 --> 00:21:13,629 Like I invented a brother, I devised my own improbable narrative. 204 00:21:28,244 --> 00:21:29,625 1942 205 00:21:30,584 --> 00:21:34,957 Due to the hardships my parents crossed the Demarcation Line. 206 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:43,703 I imagined their place of refuge, St Gaultier, 207 00:21:43,818 --> 00:21:45,353 a memory of bliss. 208 00:21:56,094 --> 00:21:58,357 That's where I wish I'd been born, 209 00:21:58,779 --> 00:22:01,733 lovingly conceived after one of their walks. 210 00:22:08,407 --> 00:22:10,239 Summer '44 211 00:22:10,335 --> 00:22:13,126 For my parents, death, suffering, terror 212 00:22:13,241 --> 00:22:16,156 all remained in the confines of the radio. 213 00:22:36,181 --> 00:22:39,326 Tania pressured Maxime into having a child. 214 00:22:42,165 --> 00:22:45,502 At last, the fruit of their union arrives: Me, 215 00:22:45,617 --> 00:22:48,418 so different from the one they dreamed of. 216 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:50,796 4 pounds, 8 ounces. Not much. 217 00:22:51,563 --> 00:22:53,136 It's a little baby. 218 00:22:58,545 --> 00:23:01,499 My father's first gaze left its mark on me. 219 00:23:02,496 --> 00:23:05,757 Time and again, I would catch that bitter glint. 220 00:23:05,872 --> 00:23:09,631 Later, he said of my conception that I slipped out of him. 221 00:24:59,381 --> 00:25:03,907 SPRING 1962 222 00:25:27,269 --> 00:25:28,228 May I? 223 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,358 You go to Berthelot School, huh? 224 00:25:39,583 --> 00:25:40,887 Me, too. 225 00:25:49,710 --> 00:25:51,129 You're in 9th grade? 226 00:25:52,817 --> 00:25:55,809 You're a real egghead. I'm repeating 8th grade. 227 00:25:56,692 --> 00:25:58,495 My name's Rebecca Finkiel. 228 00:25:58,610 --> 00:26:00,336 Fran�ois Grimbert. 229 00:26:05,016 --> 00:26:06,848 See that woman there? 230 00:26:06,943 --> 00:26:08,967 Boy, you should see her swim. 231 00:26:09,619 --> 00:26:11,307 She's so gorgeous. 232 00:26:13,263 --> 00:26:14,683 That's my mother. 233 00:26:19,171 --> 00:26:20,590 I have to go. 234 00:26:32,444 --> 00:26:33,978 Who's the pretty girl? 235 00:26:34,285 --> 00:26:36,395 I don't know. She's from school. 236 00:26:37,009 --> 00:26:39,080 She's cute. - What's her name? 237 00:26:39,617 --> 00:26:41,535 Rebecca Finkiel. 238 00:26:49,936 --> 00:26:52,919 So, I hear you're seeing a certain Rebecca? 239 00:26:53,015 --> 00:26:55,613 She's just someone I know. 240 00:26:55,729 --> 00:26:57,455 Just someone you know? 241 00:26:57,570 --> 00:26:59,795 Is she a Yid? - I didn't ask. 242 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:01,368 You're really not curious. 243 00:27:01,483 --> 00:27:04,014 You're hurting. - You're annoying. 244 00:27:04,130 --> 00:27:06,306 Next time, ask if she's a Yid. 245 00:27:06,402 --> 00:27:08,272 All you do is talk about Jews. 246 00:27:08,925 --> 00:27:12,032 I don't want to be Jewish. Understand? 247 00:28:24,380 --> 00:28:25,607 They'll catch cold. 248 00:28:32,014 --> 00:28:35,044 Ve have vays of making you tok, Jewish swine. 249 00:28:51,654 --> 00:28:52,728 What'd you say? 250 00:29:01,245 --> 00:29:04,237 Stay in your seats. Just stop this. 251 00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:07,612 Calm down. 252 00:29:09,569 --> 00:29:11,026 Go back to your seats. 253 00:29:14,594 --> 00:29:16,512 You beat him up? - It was Jean-Paul. 254 00:29:17,203 --> 00:29:18,890 He tried to swipe my pen. 255 00:29:19,005 --> 00:29:21,461 Show Louise your eye. I'd feel better. 256 00:29:21,883 --> 00:29:23,570 For a pen? 257 00:29:23,685 --> 00:29:25,450 You really beat him up? 258 00:29:26,217 --> 00:29:28,135 I think I wanted to kill him. 259 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:29,862 You wanted to kill him? 260 00:29:32,125 --> 00:29:33,583 Didn't you wonder why? 261 00:29:35,270 --> 00:29:37,150 I wanted to rub out his face. 262 00:29:38,761 --> 00:29:40,487 Why? 263 00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:50,001 Why? 264 00:30:19,730 --> 00:30:21,457 I know why you're crying. 265 00:30:23,413 --> 00:30:24,717 Simon. 266 00:30:26,443 --> 00:30:28,937 That year, I would turn 15. 267 00:30:29,052 --> 00:30:31,852 Louise finally told me what I'd always known. 268 00:30:32,198 --> 00:30:35,487 Louise, who'd never had children or any true love, 269 00:30:35,583 --> 00:30:38,374 loved me enough to betray my parents' trust. 270 00:30:38,987 --> 00:30:43,207 Since she revealed part of the secret, she had to tell me more. 271 00:30:52,874 --> 00:30:55,904 Simon, what are you up to? Decided not to eat today? 272 00:30:56,019 --> 00:30:57,976 You should. Mommy made rutabaga. 273 00:30:58,091 --> 00:31:00,345 You wonder what it is before you eat, 274 00:31:00,441 --> 00:31:01,965 and especially after. 275 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:03,692 Look, Papa. 276 00:31:10,481 --> 00:31:13,128 He's my son, I decide. No disguises. 277 00:31:13,243 --> 00:31:15,200 It's no disguise. What do you mean? 278 00:31:15,315 --> 00:31:16,658 You do what you like 279 00:31:16,773 --> 00:31:19,266 I'm not doing what I like. We have to. 280 00:31:19,381 --> 00:31:22,181 Maybe you do, but I don't. Nor does Simon. 281 00:31:25,442 --> 00:31:28,511 Get in the house, Fuzzy. Right this minute. 282 00:31:29,125 --> 00:31:31,235 Come on, Simon. One hand after the other. 283 00:31:31,350 --> 00:31:34,495 But breathe, don't forget. Lift your knees. 284 00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:36,375 Your knees. And look up. 285 00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:38,178 Look up, Simon. 286 00:31:38,293 --> 00:31:41,477 I am looking up. - Then why stop? 287 00:31:41,630 --> 00:31:42,772 You're nuts. 288 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:43,855 Look at that. 289 00:31:43,970 --> 00:31:45,428 He just ate. 290 00:31:45,543 --> 00:31:47,269 Hannah, no smoking in the gym. 291 00:31:47,384 --> 00:31:48,919 No smoking in the gym. 292 00:31:50,376 --> 00:31:52,256 Come down, you monkey. 293 00:31:56,821 --> 00:31:59,727 What she revealed stirred up rage and jealousy 294 00:31:59,823 --> 00:32:01,885 for which I already felt guilty. 295 00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:05,874 Dead people emerged whose names I heard for the first time: 296 00:32:06,104 --> 00:32:07,792 Hannah, Simon. 297 00:32:08,253 --> 00:32:09,787 Where are they now? 298 00:32:20,490 --> 00:32:24,249 I'd never again think of myself as the first, the only one. 299 00:32:25,745 --> 00:32:29,044 Then Louise told me about the others, Robert and Tania 300 00:32:29,159 --> 00:32:32,957 I headed toward unknown faces along a road of whispers. 301 00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:39,862 Everyone knew, everyone had loved Simon, 302 00:32:39,977 --> 00:32:41,434 and no one had told me. 303 00:32:43,851 --> 00:32:46,680 They'd struck his name from every list. 304 00:32:46,776 --> 00:32:51,370 It wasn't on any stone. It was no longer uttered by anyone. 305 00:33:16,573 --> 00:33:18,721 Stop your bragging. 306 00:33:18,836 --> 00:33:20,984 Why not go get your daughter? 307 00:33:22,135 --> 00:33:23,363 Excuse me. 308 00:33:23,478 --> 00:33:25,856 You're Robert, the bride's brother. 309 00:33:26,163 --> 00:33:27,534 A kiss? 310 00:33:27,630 --> 00:33:29,615 You're Tania, Robert's wife. 311 00:33:33,643 --> 00:33:36,098 Mama and Papa? - They went for the bride. 312 00:33:37,594 --> 00:33:38,822 You drove from Lyon? 313 00:33:38,937 --> 00:33:40,778 Had to. A railroad strike. 314 00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:43,847 Just accordion players on the tracks. 315 00:33:43,962 --> 00:33:47,760 He wouldn't miss this for L�on Blum, comrade. 316 00:33:47,875 --> 00:33:50,867 What did Blum do to you? - He better not do anything. 317 00:33:50,982 --> 00:33:52,747 You don't mind paid holidays. 318 00:33:52,862 --> 00:33:54,396 Here comes the bride. 319 00:34:02,567 --> 00:34:05,022 Your brother made it. My little girl. 320 00:34:07,592 --> 00:34:09,280 Don't you look lovely. 321 00:34:09,664 --> 00:34:12,426 You look like a flower... that needs to pee. 322 00:34:16,070 --> 00:34:17,528 You're so beautiful. 323 00:34:29,113 --> 00:34:30,570 Robert, my big brother. 324 00:34:30,686 --> 00:34:34,320 Finally, the phenomenon. I've heard so much about you. 325 00:34:34,416 --> 00:34:35,596 Tania, his wife. 326 00:34:35,711 --> 00:34:38,549 Kiss each other. He's family. 327 00:34:39,624 --> 00:34:41,072 Tania's an athlete. 328 00:34:41,168 --> 00:34:43,076 Maybe more athletic than you. 329 00:34:43,191 --> 00:34:44,687 What sport? 330 00:34:44,802 --> 00:34:46,059 A little swimming. 331 00:34:46,154 --> 00:34:48,293 A little. She's a champion. 332 00:34:48,408 --> 00:34:50,633 I married a genuine mermaid. 333 00:34:50,787 --> 00:34:52,705 After work... into the pool. 334 00:34:52,820 --> 00:34:54,507 We have a fishbowl at home. 335 00:34:54,623 --> 00:34:56,963 The bedding trade in Lyon is fine, but 336 00:34:57,078 --> 00:35:00,875 Before we met, my wife modeled for Molyneux in Paris. 337 00:35:00,990 --> 00:35:03,867 I was just a modeling salesgirl. 338 00:35:03,983 --> 00:35:05,325 That's something. 339 00:35:16,450 --> 00:35:20,094 Today, Thursday, May 6, 1936. 340 00:35:20,861 --> 00:35:24,314 I declare you, Maxime Nathan Grinberg 341 00:35:24,736 --> 00:35:26,922 and Hannah Golda Stirn, 342 00:35:27,037 --> 00:35:29,723 man and wife. 343 00:37:56,068 --> 00:37:58,178 A fine tomcat my sister's married. 344 00:37:58,293 --> 00:38:00,403 Too handsome for his own good. 345 00:38:32,357 --> 00:38:34,007 Your wife sure is pretty. 346 00:38:34,352 --> 00:38:35,915 A real yiddishe mama. 347 00:38:36,011 --> 00:38:38,955 A beautiful woman, that's all. 348 00:38:39,071 --> 00:38:41,180 She'll give me lots of children. 349 00:38:45,822 --> 00:38:47,395 Good night, all. 350 00:39:15,743 --> 00:39:18,275 You take the rings and suddenly 351 00:39:23,646 --> 00:39:26,293 To separate them, just snap your fingers. 352 00:39:32,430 --> 00:39:33,993 We sell bedroom suites. 353 00:39:34,089 --> 00:39:37,992 After closing, we can go down and choose: 354 00:39:38,108 --> 00:39:40,716 17th century, Regency, Art Nouveau 355 00:39:41,483 --> 00:39:42,442 Plenty of choice. 356 00:39:43,401 --> 00:39:44,821 I think I'm a little 357 00:39:44,936 --> 00:39:47,199 I think you are. Let's go. 358 00:39:49,884 --> 00:39:51,687 Thanks for everything. 359 00:39:57,096 --> 00:39:58,784 See you soon. 360 00:40:01,508 --> 00:40:02,927 Drive safely. 361 00:40:19,192 --> 00:40:20,343 Come on. 362 00:40:27,439 --> 00:40:29,856 Wait. There are still guests. 363 00:40:29,971 --> 00:40:31,352 Who cares. 364 00:40:47,809 --> 00:40:49,151 8 pounds, 4 ounces. 365 00:40:49,267 --> 00:40:50,532 He's a strong 'un. 366 00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:51,952 Like his father. 367 00:40:55,366 --> 00:40:57,552 There's not enough light. 368 00:40:58,281 --> 00:41:01,849 Darling little Simon... You're as good-looking as your mom. 369 00:41:02,271 --> 00:41:04,534 He has Hannah's mouth, 370 00:41:04,649 --> 00:41:06,682 but his chin is yours. 371 00:41:06,797 --> 00:41:09,176 Nonsense. My son has a determined chin, 372 00:41:09,598 --> 00:41:11,132 not a protruding chin. 373 00:41:11,554 --> 00:41:14,537 Let me hold him. Come here, Simon. 374 00:41:14,632 --> 00:41:17,730 He looks like me. He has the Grinberg chin. 375 00:41:18,843 --> 00:41:20,914 Like Esther, like Papa. 376 00:41:22,525 --> 00:41:24,357 Look, darling. 377 00:41:24,453 --> 00:41:28,087 Look, Simon, that's Paris, the capital of France. 378 00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:31,732 What? That's a Citroen. 379 00:41:32,154 --> 00:41:33,832 That weird thing there? 380 00:41:33,928 --> 00:41:35,338 That's a bicycle. 381 00:41:38,368 --> 00:41:42,933 HITLER AND MUSSOLINI MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN VENICE 382 00:42:08,098 --> 00:42:10,936 There they are. - My dear brother. 383 00:42:16,767 --> 00:42:17,841 How are you? 384 00:42:19,222 --> 00:42:20,718 And you? Where's this baby? 385 00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:22,521 My wonder child? 386 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:26,664 For Simon, from Tania. 387 00:42:27,201 --> 00:42:28,851 That's sweet. 388 00:42:29,771 --> 00:42:31,536 Hello, Mr. Grinberg. 389 00:42:31,651 --> 00:42:33,569 Stop ogling my wife. 390 00:42:52,596 --> 00:42:53,977 They get along well. 391 00:42:55,511 --> 00:42:57,429 I bet they're good in bed. 392 00:43:00,690 --> 00:43:02,301 I'm sure they are. 393 00:43:03,490 --> 00:43:05,408 You're sure? 394 00:43:06,137 --> 00:43:08,976 But not as good as we are. Impossible. 395 00:43:28,425 --> 00:43:29,806 Papa, I'm going to Louise's. 396 00:43:51,173 --> 00:43:52,592 I'm listening. 397 00:43:52,707 --> 00:43:54,203 I'm looking for music. 398 00:43:54,318 --> 00:43:56,275 Come drink your hot chocolate. 399 00:43:57,042 --> 00:43:58,538 Don't burn yourself. 400 00:44:01,568 --> 00:44:04,254 On September 12, Hitler said 401 00:44:04,369 --> 00:44:08,320 that the Germans demand the right to self-determination. 402 00:44:21,324 --> 00:44:25,774 Ten years before me, Simon had frequented the same places as me, 403 00:44:25,889 --> 00:44:27,145 but unlike me, 404 00:44:27,241 --> 00:44:30,339 he indeed saw admiration in his father's eyes. 405 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,696 It's rare for a kid to be so athletic. Maybe 406 00:44:40,811 --> 00:44:42,566 He'll be an Olympic champion. 407 00:44:42,662 --> 00:44:44,532 Why not? 408 00:44:44,647 --> 00:44:47,064 A Yid Olympic champ. That'd show Hitler. 409 00:45:12,574 --> 00:45:16,026 Next week, it's 'Tarzan and the Swiss Cheese Mines.' 410 00:45:17,522 --> 00:45:19,440 Stop being so overprotective. 411 00:45:19,555 --> 00:45:21,205 I don't feel like smoking. 412 00:45:22,011 --> 00:45:23,229 Why the long face? 413 00:45:23,324 --> 00:45:26,269 You sat next to me. You saw the newsreels. 414 00:45:26,384 --> 00:45:28,494 It'll start all over, like before. 415 00:45:28,609 --> 00:45:31,793 This is France, the land of freedom. 416 00:45:32,176 --> 00:45:35,235 What about the Dreyfus Affair? - What misfortune. 417 00:45:35,331 --> 00:45:36,731 Look at your face. 418 00:45:36,827 --> 00:45:38,429 What about my face? 419 00:45:38,736 --> 00:45:40,232 It's an 'oy, oy, oy' face. 420 00:45:41,574 --> 00:45:42,716 Grampa's funny, huh? 421 00:45:42,812 --> 00:45:46,408 What did I do to deserve an anti-Semitic son? 422 00:45:46,868 --> 00:45:49,975 Don't be so confident. Loads of French hate Jews. 423 00:45:50,091 --> 00:45:52,152 Don't bury your head in the sand. 424 00:45:52,248 --> 00:45:55,384 Hear that? You married an anti-Semitic ostrich. 425 00:45:55,499 --> 00:45:56,957 D'you love me anyway? 426 00:46:00,755 --> 00:46:03,939 GENERAL MOBILIZATION FIGHTING ON THE GERMAN-POLISH FRONT 427 00:46:11,189 --> 00:46:12,532 That's a cute coat. 428 00:46:15,102 --> 00:46:16,511 A picture of Papa. 429 00:46:16,607 --> 00:46:18,007 He's so handsome. 430 00:46:18,103 --> 00:46:19,628 See how handsome he is? 431 00:46:19,743 --> 00:46:21,048 There's a letter. 432 00:46:22,007 --> 00:46:24,730 'Dear Nannah, 'There's not much action yet. 433 00:46:24,845 --> 00:46:26,840 'We do maneuvers every day...' 434 00:46:26,955 --> 00:46:30,590 'My darling, I write from the Breslau camp in Silesia, 435 00:46:30,686 --> 00:46:33,246 'where I've been a prisoner for three weeks. 436 00:46:33,361 --> 00:46:36,507 'Don't worry, whatever you do. The conditions are harsh, 437 00:46:36,622 --> 00:46:39,230 'but you know I'll pull through. 438 00:46:39,883 --> 00:46:44,093 'If you can't manage the store, feel free to write to Hannah. 439 00:46:44,189 --> 00:46:47,046 'Or even leave Lyon and join the family in Paris. 440 00:46:47,142 --> 00:46:48,667 'That would reassure me.' 441 00:46:48,782 --> 00:46:51,084 '... There's a sense of camaraderie. 442 00:46:51,199 --> 00:46:54,383 'Simon grows up every day. I hate to miss it. 443 00:46:54,498 --> 00:46:58,066 'When I get back, we'll return to the pool.' 444 00:47:35,544 --> 00:47:36,618 A wasp. 445 00:47:37,270 --> 00:47:39,409 Leave my plate alone. 446 00:47:39,505 --> 00:47:41,758 For what's in it... Egg without mayo. 447 00:47:41,873 --> 00:47:42,938 It's demoralizing. 448 00:47:43,034 --> 00:47:45,518 A wasp. - You're nuts. 449 00:47:46,208 --> 00:47:47,436 Hannah the magician, 450 00:47:47,551 --> 00:47:50,457 can't you conjure up a nice marrowbone steak? 451 00:47:50,552 --> 00:47:52,001 No, too hard for me. 452 00:47:52,845 --> 00:47:54,293 What's today's special? 453 00:47:54,389 --> 00:47:56,297 Fried gudgeon for everyone? 454 00:47:56,412 --> 00:47:57,448 It's fish. 455 00:47:57,563 --> 00:47:58,982 I don't think I like it. 456 00:47:59,097 --> 00:48:01,476 With ration tickets, could he have a steak? 457 00:48:01,591 --> 00:48:05,341 No, only fried fish... No tickets, just a fishing rod. 458 00:48:05,436 --> 00:48:06,395 So, fried fish? 459 00:48:06,501 --> 00:48:07,460 Fried fish. 460 00:48:08,803 --> 00:48:10,644 Fish is good for your memory. 461 00:48:14,365 --> 00:48:15,976 Where are you off to? 462 00:48:19,774 --> 00:48:21,577 As handsome as ever. 463 00:48:22,344 --> 00:48:25,144 You're beautiful, too. You smell like apples. 464 00:48:29,709 --> 00:48:31,896 How was the trip? You must be beat. 465 00:48:32,011 --> 00:48:33,200 No, I'm alright. 466 00:48:39,568 --> 00:48:41,217 How are you? - Fine. 467 00:48:46,741 --> 00:48:49,043 Any news of Robert? And the shop? 468 00:48:49,158 --> 00:48:52,227 Let her relax. She'll tell us later. 469 00:48:52,687 --> 00:48:55,334 Tania, rest up, dear, and eat. 470 00:48:56,331 --> 00:48:57,818 But still, any news? 471 00:48:57,914 --> 00:49:00,206 A letter, two days ago. 472 00:49:00,321 --> 00:49:02,929 You can read it. - No, it's your letter. 473 00:49:03,044 --> 00:49:04,378 But how's he doing? 474 00:49:04,473 --> 00:49:05,845 He doesn't complain. 475 00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:09,643 He says life in the stalag is bearable. He also says 476 00:49:11,445 --> 00:49:13,670 When he gets back, we'll have a baby. 477 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,348 I think I'll close the shop. 478 00:49:19,463 --> 00:49:20,882 Alone I can't manage. 479 00:49:21,304 --> 00:49:22,915 But I won't stay in Lyon. 480 00:49:23,376 --> 00:49:26,751 I have no family there. I want to be here, with you. 481 00:49:27,135 --> 00:49:29,705 My friend Antoinette, who works at Molyneux's 482 00:49:29,820 --> 00:49:31,662 She says they'll take me back. 483 00:49:31,815 --> 00:49:33,196 They take Jews? 484 00:49:33,311 --> 00:49:35,613 I never told them I was Jewish. 485 00:49:35,881 --> 00:49:37,301 She's right. 486 00:49:37,416 --> 00:49:39,449 Her job is to sell dresses, not be Jewish. 487 00:49:40,715 --> 00:49:42,287 Are we going to the beach? 488 00:49:42,402 --> 00:49:44,397 Right now. Everyone going? 489 00:49:45,740 --> 00:49:47,226 Tania hasn't finished. 490 00:49:47,322 --> 00:49:49,768 Keep her company. You'll join us later. 491 00:49:52,108 --> 00:49:53,719 Hurry up. 492 00:50:06,877 --> 00:50:09,907 It won't work with me. With other women, maybe. 493 00:50:12,094 --> 00:50:13,820 So stop wasting your time. 494 00:50:34,266 --> 00:50:35,532 Hold it a minute. 495 00:50:35,916 --> 00:50:36,951 Good, Simon. 496 00:50:42,667 --> 00:50:44,201 Attaboy. 497 00:50:45,544 --> 00:50:48,613 'Mar�chal, here we are 498 00:50:49,073 --> 00:50:52,861 'Standing before the savior of France' 499 00:50:52,957 --> 00:50:55,134 There, don't move. 500 00:50:57,781 --> 00:50:59,200 There. 501 00:51:34,377 --> 00:51:35,912 Can't I give you a hand? 502 00:51:55,897 --> 00:51:57,432 A present for me? 503 00:51:58,621 --> 00:52:00,386 Today it's for your mama. 504 00:52:00,501 --> 00:52:02,879 Tomorrow will I get one? - Tomorrow. 505 00:52:03,378 --> 00:52:05,986 See my star? I have a star over my heart. 506 00:52:06,101 --> 00:52:09,515 Me too. Louise sewed it on, but Dad doesn't like it. 507 00:52:10,091 --> 00:52:11,549 Wait up, you two. 508 00:52:12,814 --> 00:52:15,385 What beautiful flowers. Hello, Joseph. 509 00:52:15,998 --> 00:52:17,571 How are you, pumpkin? 510 00:52:18,262 --> 00:52:19,336 It's not for me. 511 00:52:19,451 --> 00:52:22,712 It's for your Mom's birthday. Let's give it to her. 512 00:52:24,054 --> 00:52:28,005 How can I reassure you? We've been French for years. 513 00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:29,348 For them we're just Jews. 514 00:52:29,463 --> 00:52:32,609 These new measures are for Poles, Hungarians, Czechs... Not us. 515 00:52:32,724 --> 00:52:34,095 We don't have the look. 516 00:52:34,191 --> 00:52:35,371 What look? 517 00:52:35,792 --> 00:52:38,631 I'm playing host, they're too busy arguing. 518 00:52:42,391 --> 00:52:43,762 There they go again. 519 00:52:43,858 --> 00:52:45,421 I wanna see the fight. 520 00:52:46,725 --> 00:52:48,605 That'll start rumors. 521 00:52:48,720 --> 00:52:52,556 I do what I like. When I get to work, off it comes. 522 00:52:52,901 --> 00:52:54,052 That's handy. 523 00:52:54,167 --> 00:52:56,124 Don't ruin your nice goy suit. 524 00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:57,620 Stop using that word. 525 00:52:57,735 --> 00:53:00,036 Keep arguing, we're just passing through. 526 00:53:00,151 --> 00:53:01,686 Get up, you're not dead. 527 00:53:11,161 --> 00:53:12,734 I have a gift for Hannah. 528 00:53:12,849 --> 00:53:14,307 She's in the kitchen. 529 00:53:14,690 --> 00:53:16,915 It smells delicious. What a treat. 530 00:53:17,414 --> 00:53:19,178 Help me put the candles on. 531 00:53:21,058 --> 00:53:22,631 Happy birthday. 532 00:53:24,702 --> 00:53:27,426 It's just a little trinket. 533 00:53:34,408 --> 00:53:36,700 We're proud to wear this star. 534 00:53:36,795 --> 00:53:38,090 I'm delighted. 535 00:53:38,205 --> 00:53:40,775 Nothing to say? - You didn't hear me. 536 00:53:40,890 --> 00:53:42,770 Use the best crystal. 537 00:53:42,885 --> 00:53:44,611 Maxime, where's the crystal? 538 00:53:44,727 --> 00:53:45,868 Laws are laws. 539 00:53:45,964 --> 00:53:49,205 If you don't obey, you could jeopardize your family. 540 00:53:49,301 --> 00:53:51,162 I don't give a damn. 541 00:53:51,257 --> 00:53:54,048 It's a law for weaklings, for the herd. 542 00:53:54,508 --> 00:53:56,043 What's he talking about? 543 00:53:56,158 --> 00:53:57,453 He means sheep. 544 00:53:57,549 --> 00:54:00,953 It's a law for Yids, like Simon, Hannah, and you. 545 00:54:01,644 --> 00:54:05,671 Can anyone tell me why we should be so proud to be Jewish? 546 00:54:05,787 --> 00:54:08,740 Isy, Sarah. Welcome, come in. 547 00:54:16,412 --> 00:54:17,784 Isn't my Simon handsome? 548 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:19,596 The handsomest of them all. 549 00:54:19,711 --> 00:54:21,936 The cake looks good. Almost real. 550 00:54:22,051 --> 00:54:23,202 Wheat or bean flour? 551 00:54:23,317 --> 00:54:24,813 Bean flour, of course. 552 00:54:24,928 --> 00:54:27,038 Could you pass me the salad bowl? 553 00:54:36,053 --> 00:54:38,086 It's a bowl, not a family member. 554 00:54:38,201 --> 00:54:39,966 You didn't do it on purpose. 555 00:54:40,388 --> 00:54:42,344 Daddy. Mommy's crying. 556 00:54:44,723 --> 00:54:45,950 What is it, Nannah? 557 00:54:46,065 --> 00:54:47,437 She didn't mean to. 558 00:54:47,532 --> 00:54:48,789 Just a broken dish. 559 00:54:49,786 --> 00:54:52,088 Are you hurt? Why are you crying? 560 00:54:57,727 --> 00:54:59,108 What's the matter, dear? 561 00:55:00,450 --> 00:55:04,478 Why are you crying, my little Hannah? 562 00:55:05,322 --> 00:55:08,544 Did you tell him? I bet you told him. 563 00:55:08,660 --> 00:55:12,189 That's how it is. She went with me to get her star. 564 00:55:13,762 --> 00:55:14,912 Is that true? 565 00:55:17,367 --> 00:55:20,043 Want to forbid her from being Jewish? 566 00:55:20,139 --> 00:55:22,316 If he could... - Esther, shut up. 567 00:55:22,431 --> 00:55:25,308 Nothing but talk in this house. 568 00:55:25,423 --> 00:55:27,073 Then, let's ban Jews. 569 00:55:27,188 --> 00:55:28,185 Enough. 570 00:55:28,300 --> 00:55:29,988 We're leaving, for good. 571 00:55:31,254 --> 00:55:32,712 Isidore, let's go. 572 00:55:32,827 --> 00:55:35,781 You'll answer for this in the World of Truth. 573 00:55:35,896 --> 00:55:38,312 There, no sinner will be absolved. 574 00:56:23,041 --> 00:56:25,112 'Once the 40 thieves left, 575 00:56:25,688 --> 00:56:28,411 'Ali Baba went to the cave with the treasure 576 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:31,020 'and spoke the magic words: 577 00:56:31,135 --> 00:56:33,590 Open Sesame. 578 00:56:34,818 --> 00:56:38,078 'And the two big doors opened, 579 00:56:38,539 --> 00:56:41,377 'and Ali Baba entered the cave 580 00:56:41,761 --> 00:56:43,564 'and then he said: 581 00:56:43,679 --> 00:56:46,019 ''And now, nighty-night'.' 582 00:56:49,625 --> 00:56:52,732 They left 'cause you broke the bowl. 583 00:57:39,609 --> 00:57:41,834 You said nothing about your gift. 584 00:57:42,869 --> 00:57:44,404 You didn't even open it. 585 00:58:01,129 --> 00:58:02,280 How'd you do it? 586 00:58:06,269 --> 00:58:07,880 You smell nice. 587 00:59:02,122 --> 00:59:03,580 Stop following me. 588 00:59:11,175 --> 00:59:13,122 Stop, fellas. Off the mat. 589 00:59:13,218 --> 00:59:14,474 Wrestle. 590 00:59:21,034 --> 00:59:21,993 Down. 591 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,542 We went pretty fast. 592 00:59:32,657 --> 00:59:35,141 It's far. - Yeah. We did at least 20 mph. 593 00:59:35,237 --> 00:59:36,992 Is that a lot? - Not bad. 594 00:59:37,107 --> 00:59:39,064 That's 'cause you're so strong. 595 00:59:39,179 --> 00:59:41,212 Hi. Is it crowded today? 596 00:59:41,327 --> 00:59:43,015 Mr. Maxime 597 00:59:59,932 --> 01:00:03,960 NO JEWS 598 01:00:04,919 --> 01:00:07,872 It's a village in the Creuse, a tiny place. 599 01:00:07,988 --> 01:00:11,018 St. Gaultier. A friend of Louise's comes from there. 600 01:00:11,517 --> 01:00:13,205 Tilt your head a little. 601 01:00:14,202 --> 01:00:18,000 Cross a border again at my age... I don't have the gumption. 602 01:00:18,115 --> 01:00:21,912 Look at my face, wrinkled like an accordion. 603 01:00:24,674 --> 01:00:25,979 And my little Hannah 604 01:00:26,094 --> 01:00:30,083 It won't be easy for her alone at the shop with the boy. 605 01:00:33,574 --> 01:00:36,566 What is it? You want to tell me something? 606 01:00:37,794 --> 01:00:39,980 Have you ever felt guilty? 607 01:00:40,671 --> 01:00:42,090 Why? 608 01:00:44,315 --> 01:00:48,918 Have you ever done something or wanted something that 609 01:00:49,033 --> 01:00:51,642 I've been a barber all my life. 610 01:00:51,757 --> 01:00:55,468 Get both of them down there fast. Wife and son. 611 01:00:55,564 --> 01:00:57,089 Want some lotion? 612 01:00:58,815 --> 01:00:59,774 Sure. 613 01:01:01,270 --> 01:01:04,569 It's women who suffer the most in a war. 614 01:01:05,490 --> 01:01:07,753 Women are the unknown soldier. 615 01:01:08,636 --> 01:01:11,513 And they don't even get a veteran's pension. 616 01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:15,924 Everything was decided fast. 617 01:01:16,039 --> 01:01:19,760 Finding forged papers and a smuggler wasn't so hard. 618 01:01:21,180 --> 01:01:22,714 At the station, he said? 619 01:01:24,594 --> 01:01:26,972 Georges and Maxime would go first. 620 01:01:27,087 --> 01:01:30,808 Esther, Hannah, Louise and Simon would join them soon. 621 01:01:31,921 --> 01:01:35,028 Tania returned to Lyon to sell her parents' shop. 622 01:01:35,450 --> 01:01:39,247 Once her business was settled, she hoped to join them. 623 01:01:41,933 --> 01:01:43,889 I'm taking you across. 624 01:02:04,374 --> 01:02:05,985 The line's there. 625 01:02:06,100 --> 01:02:07,980 Are you sure? - I should be. 626 01:02:11,816 --> 01:02:13,158 Aren't you hungry? 627 01:02:13,273 --> 01:02:15,143 Stop saying that. 628 01:02:15,239 --> 01:02:17,493 When I'm hungry, I repeat myself. 629 01:02:30,842 --> 01:02:32,492 Maxime, right? 630 01:02:34,333 --> 01:02:35,753 Come in. 631 01:02:36,405 --> 01:02:37,978 Mathilde. 632 01:02:42,389 --> 01:02:45,343 These are our guests. This is Mathilde. 633 01:02:48,373 --> 01:02:49,524 You must be starved? 634 01:02:49,639 --> 01:02:53,168 With the shortages in Paris, we're used to skimping. 635 01:03:00,917 --> 01:03:02,260 A letter for you. 636 01:03:02,912 --> 01:03:05,060 Mommy. A letter. 637 01:03:08,091 --> 01:03:09,165 You got a letter? 638 01:03:16,799 --> 01:03:18,208 Nannah darling. 639 01:03:18,304 --> 01:03:20,443 Everything's fine. It's a great place. 640 01:03:20,558 --> 01:03:22,476 Captain B�raud is a fine chap. 641 01:03:23,128 --> 01:03:24,778 These are your rooms. 642 01:03:26,580 --> 01:03:28,498 Your little boy can stay here. 643 01:03:29,036 --> 01:03:31,337 You're on the next floor, Georges. 644 01:03:31,759 --> 01:03:33,409 Make yourselves at home. 645 01:03:35,442 --> 01:03:37,590 Our bedroom is wonderful. 646 01:03:37,705 --> 01:03:39,700 It has a fine view of the river. 647 01:03:51,477 --> 01:03:54,162 The Captain made some contacts for me. 648 01:03:54,584 --> 01:03:56,080 I've found work. 649 01:04:04,442 --> 01:04:06,015 Maxime, come look. 650 01:04:08,317 --> 01:04:10,618 Georges has discovered country life. 651 01:04:10,734 --> 01:04:12,882 I call him 'The Wheelbarrow King.' 652 01:04:16,795 --> 01:04:18,521 St. Gaultier is heaven. 653 01:04:18,636 --> 01:04:21,733 My next letter should instruct you to join us. 654 01:04:21,829 --> 01:04:23,891 I'm so looking forward to it. 655 01:04:26,001 --> 01:04:29,530 Tell Simon I'm waiting for him to build a tree house. 656 01:04:31,717 --> 01:04:34,364 Have you any news of Robert and Tania? 657 01:04:50,245 --> 01:04:53,659 My dear Maxime, Things at the shop are getting rough. 658 01:04:54,119 --> 01:04:56,066 Customers are scarce now. 659 01:04:56,162 --> 01:04:59,797 Same for my parents. Same for Louise. 660 01:05:00,411 --> 01:05:02,904 Even loyal customers have stopped coming. 661 01:05:03,019 --> 01:05:04,784 We'd rather not know why. 662 01:05:05,704 --> 01:05:07,622 Can I sleep with you? 663 01:05:07,891 --> 01:05:09,886 Why aren't you asleep? 664 01:05:10,154 --> 01:05:12,533 Because I want to sleep with you. 665 01:05:13,415 --> 01:05:16,867 I want Daddy's pillow and for you to do magic tricks. 666 01:05:23,619 --> 01:05:25,997 Simon looks more and more like you. 667 01:05:26,112 --> 01:05:28,030 I look at him, and I see you. 668 01:05:28,989 --> 01:05:33,516 The way you knit your brow and sleep with clenched fists. 669 01:05:36,700 --> 01:05:39,260 Maxime, my man. 670 01:05:39,356 --> 01:05:41,725 I miss you so. You're my whole life. 671 01:05:42,224 --> 01:05:45,292 In a few days, we'll be sharing a bed again. 672 01:05:45,408 --> 01:05:48,783 You asked if I'd heard from my brother. I haven't. 673 01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:53,693 I so wish Robert would come home so Tania could be with her husband. 674 01:06:19,472 --> 01:06:21,467 IT IS FORBIDDEN TO BREAK THE SEALS 675 01:06:38,038 --> 01:06:39,573 You scared me. 676 01:06:50,007 --> 01:06:51,580 I want Maxime. 677 01:07:01,208 --> 01:07:05,658 Denise Lambert, Germaine Lambert, Marie-Louise Mercier. 678 01:07:05,773 --> 01:07:07,921 Aren't those good French names? 679 01:07:08,036 --> 01:07:10,683 And you're Charles Mercier. Like that? 680 01:07:10,798 --> 01:07:12,563 I like Simon Grinberg better. 681 01:07:12,678 --> 01:07:15,287 Sure, that'll always be your name. 682 01:07:15,402 --> 01:07:17,847 'Charles' is just to go see Daddy. 683 01:07:17,943 --> 01:07:19,391 I'm taking the train. 684 01:07:20,542 --> 01:07:23,227 Maxime was right: We shouldn't have registered. 685 01:07:23,841 --> 01:07:26,296 And these, do we throw them out? 686 01:07:26,795 --> 01:07:28,674 Anyway, that's it for me. 687 01:07:29,326 --> 01:07:30,362 Me, too. 688 01:07:30,938 --> 01:07:33,047 And this, too, done with. 689 01:07:36,653 --> 01:07:39,607 That's it, Nannah, everything's ready. 690 01:07:39,722 --> 01:07:43,405 The river will help you forget the anxiety and hardships. 691 01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:44,901 Grab this. 692 01:07:51,077 --> 01:07:52,794 Tania arrived yesterday. 693 01:07:52,890 --> 01:07:56,563 With you, Simon and Esther, the family will be together. 694 01:08:16,011 --> 01:08:17,623 Everyone's there now. 695 01:08:21,689 --> 01:08:25,371 When I said I had no news from my husband, they sneered. 696 01:08:25,486 --> 01:08:28,469 They only handle requests after 8 months' captivity. 697 01:08:28,565 --> 01:08:32,468 In '17, I was a prisoner in the Ruhr, my fianc�e was here. 698 01:08:32,583 --> 01:08:35,805 She got my letters every Thursday without fail. 699 01:08:36,227 --> 01:08:38,913 They treated prisoners decently then. 700 01:08:39,373 --> 01:08:41,397 Did you see The Grand Illusion? 701 01:08:41,492 --> 01:08:43,353 Esther did. She sees everything. 702 01:08:43,449 --> 01:08:46,690 She told me about it. With Gabin, Fresnay and Dalio. 703 01:08:46,786 --> 01:08:49,155 And Von Stroheim... Terrific. 704 01:08:49,615 --> 01:08:52,416 They say he's not a Kraut. I'm not surprised. 705 01:08:57,709 --> 01:08:59,973 See you tomorrow. 706 01:09:13,706 --> 01:09:16,161 What sweaters do I pack for him? 707 01:09:19,575 --> 01:09:21,224 Would you behave? 708 01:09:22,682 --> 01:09:24,332 Can't you hear me yelling? 709 01:09:24,447 --> 01:09:26,710 What sweaters do I pack? The jacquards? 710 01:09:35,303 --> 01:09:37,719 All set? Do we have everything? 711 01:09:37,835 --> 01:09:39,369 Let's move it, girls. 712 01:09:41,556 --> 01:09:43,397 Simon and I are staying. 713 01:09:45,161 --> 01:09:46,658 I'm not going. 714 01:09:47,271 --> 01:09:51,414 I have to wait for Mama and Papa. They can't get in, with the seals. 715 01:09:51,529 --> 01:09:55,174 If Robert comes home wounded, I have to tend to him. 716 01:09:55,289 --> 01:09:58,194 It's better if we stay. 717 01:09:58,290 --> 01:10:01,733 No, I want to go on the train and build tree houses. 718 01:10:01,848 --> 01:10:03,805 And don't smoke in the gym. 719 01:10:15,965 --> 01:10:18,650 Look up. How do you expect me to get it? 720 01:10:22,218 --> 01:10:24,865 Look up. - I am looking up. 721 01:10:29,391 --> 01:10:31,194 There, don't move. 722 01:10:37,984 --> 01:10:39,403 What got in my eye? 723 01:10:39,518 --> 01:10:41,705 Nothing. Just a bit of grit. 724 01:11:11,703 --> 01:11:12,662 No one here? 725 01:11:13,890 --> 01:11:15,539 Then I'm sitting down. 726 01:11:33,185 --> 01:11:34,528 Are you the Parisians? 727 01:11:34,643 --> 01:11:36,100 Get in quick. 728 01:11:51,905 --> 01:11:54,437 The Demarcation Line was 1 mile away. 729 01:11:55,012 --> 01:11:58,273 They had to wait for nightfall. Act like strangers. 730 01:12:04,487 --> 01:12:08,515 Day after day, in episodes, Louise had told me everything. 731 01:12:10,356 --> 01:12:14,346 All they'd told her, all they'd been through together. 732 01:12:14,461 --> 01:12:16,763 Everything, but the main thing 733 01:12:31,416 --> 01:12:33,641 Here, have some cheese. Eat. 734 01:12:34,562 --> 01:12:36,480 A diabolo mint for the doggie? 735 01:12:36,595 --> 01:12:38,628 He doesn't drink diabolo mint. 736 01:12:39,587 --> 01:12:41,352 Still nothing for your mom? 737 01:12:45,111 --> 01:12:47,221 Easy. Why drink so fast? 738 01:12:48,295 --> 01:12:49,676 I have to pee. 739 01:12:51,556 --> 01:12:54,241 I can go by myself. I'm not a baby. 740 01:13:10,237 --> 01:13:11,465 'Evening, Antoine. 741 01:13:11,580 --> 01:13:12,760 'Evening, Lucien. 742 01:13:12,855 --> 01:13:13,920 How's it going? 743 01:13:15,301 --> 01:13:17,756 'Evening, ladies. Your papers, please. 744 01:13:44,608 --> 01:13:45,913 Your papers, please. 745 01:14:02,024 --> 01:14:03,520 JEWISH 746 01:14:31,677 --> 01:14:33,058 That's my son. 747 01:16:36,656 --> 01:16:37,998 Esther. 748 01:16:59,826 --> 01:17:04,199 Louise chose to say Hannah had been careless, she'd blundered. 749 01:17:04,314 --> 01:17:07,996 She couldn't bear to mention a possibly deliberate act. 750 01:17:08,610 --> 01:17:11,478 Even less so, Hannah's three words 751 01:17:11,574 --> 01:17:13,827 that had been Simon's undoing. 752 01:17:59,822 --> 01:18:01,625 He told me to take this. 753 01:18:01,970 --> 01:18:04,924 Should I throw it away? - Of course not. 754 01:18:08,299 --> 01:18:09,604 They'll come back. 755 01:19:05,342 --> 01:19:07,413 They must be in a transit camp. 756 01:19:08,679 --> 01:19:10,329 There's one in Pithiviers. 757 01:19:10,712 --> 01:19:14,548 And Beaune-la-Rolande. Maybe they'll meet people we know. 758 01:19:50,454 --> 01:19:52,794 The transit camps are only one stage. 759 01:19:54,060 --> 01:19:55,863 But towards what 760 01:19:56,937 --> 01:19:59,890 There's talk of concentration camps in Germany, 761 01:20:00,312 --> 01:20:03,305 prison camps for resistance fighters and Jews. 762 01:20:04,532 --> 01:20:07,409 I doubt women and children are treated well. 763 01:20:15,542 --> 01:20:19,378 See what Brasillach wrote about the Jews? 764 01:20:22,101 --> 01:20:24,978 'Mop all that up. Don't forget the children.' 765 01:21:44,193 --> 01:21:47,904 I'm not imagining things. Their gazes are like touching. 766 01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:48,959 Oh, come on. 767 01:21:49,036 --> 01:21:51,903 They haven't done anything wrong. 768 01:21:52,019 --> 01:21:55,586 Maybe, but it always seems they just have, or they will. 769 01:21:55,701 --> 01:21:57,044 Esther, please. 770 01:21:57,159 --> 01:21:59,652 You're the one who wrote Tania in Lyon. 771 01:21:59,767 --> 01:22:02,644 That's right, lady, you gave her the address. 772 01:22:33,064 --> 01:22:36,210 Some butter, children. The real thing. 773 01:22:57,462 --> 01:22:58,728 Could you take this? 774 01:23:01,451 --> 01:23:03,782 Do I just count the meat and wine? 775 01:23:03,878 --> 01:23:06,400 The eggs and vegetables are free, right? 776 01:23:07,781 --> 01:23:09,584 Thanks to Georges' work. 777 01:23:10,581 --> 01:23:12,959 He doesn't push the barrow he sleeps in it. 778 01:23:18,675 --> 01:23:22,166 No, that's not right. I hate math. If Hannah were here 779 01:23:22,281 --> 01:23:23,547 Oh, stop it. 780 01:23:23,662 --> 01:23:28,112 Cut the 'poor Hannah' act. You sure you want her to come back? 781 01:23:38,316 --> 01:23:40,426 Well? Doesn't it make you sick? 782 01:23:42,420 --> 01:23:43,648 I've seen worse. 783 01:23:43,763 --> 01:23:47,177 You say that because you also... - Go on, say it. 784 01:23:47,637 --> 01:23:49,699 I also think Tania's desirable? 785 01:23:49,795 --> 01:23:52,202 It's true. She's beautiful and desirable. 786 01:23:52,356 --> 01:23:53,775 So you excuse them? 787 01:23:54,197 --> 01:23:56,882 No, I just don't judge them. - Great. 788 01:23:56,997 --> 01:24:00,296 How lofty of you. Well, I'm much lower than you. 789 01:24:03,097 --> 01:24:04,324 Ever think of Hannah? 790 01:24:05,322 --> 01:24:08,956 All the time. And I don't judge her either. 791 01:24:09,052 --> 01:24:10,539 I try not to. 792 01:24:13,109 --> 01:24:14,797 Give me a cigarette. 793 01:24:28,530 --> 01:24:31,292 This morning, I thought about what we'd cook: 794 01:24:31,407 --> 01:24:32,788 Fish or chicken. 795 01:24:32,903 --> 01:24:37,545 And I said to myself: Not fish. Simon doesn't like fish. 796 01:24:39,770 --> 01:24:42,263 How stupid of me to send Tania here. 797 01:24:42,570 --> 01:24:44,296 When I see them 798 01:24:45,562 --> 01:24:48,861 I'm not religious, but I remember the rabbi's words: 799 01:24:49,552 --> 01:24:52,313 'Without the Torah, a marriage is nothing.' 800 01:24:52,429 --> 01:24:54,347 I feel outraged, understand? 801 01:24:55,037 --> 01:24:56,677 Sure, I understand. 802 01:24:56,773 --> 01:24:58,144 But you don't agree. 803 01:24:59,027 --> 01:25:00,945 Where will it get us? 804 01:25:01,060 --> 01:25:02,517 To be outraged. There. 805 01:25:02,632 --> 01:25:04,781 So we're outraged. All our life. 806 01:25:05,203 --> 01:25:07,850 It'll devour us and poison everyone else. 807 01:25:08,118 --> 01:25:10,918 What do we do? I don't know what to think. 808 01:25:13,412 --> 01:25:16,672 We think about Hannah and Simon. We hope. 809 01:25:16,788 --> 01:25:18,859 And continue to make dinner. 810 01:29:24,022 --> 01:29:26,400 I'd never seen my father so upset. 811 01:29:27,052 --> 01:29:28,855 Mom tell you about the dog? 812 01:29:29,929 --> 01:29:30,965 Yes. 813 01:29:31,387 --> 01:29:33,037 I took care of it. 814 01:29:33,535 --> 01:29:35,223 I went by the shop. 815 01:29:37,179 --> 01:29:39,558 He'd gotten over Hannah and Simon. 816 01:29:40,172 --> 01:29:42,473 But his dog's death crushed him. 817 01:29:46,463 --> 01:29:47,882 How was Tania? 818 01:29:50,260 --> 01:29:51,872 Worried about you. 819 01:29:59,544 --> 01:30:01,232 Soon after returning to Paris. 820 01:30:01,654 --> 01:30:05,259 Tania learned Robert had died of typhus in the stalag. 821 01:30:05,835 --> 01:30:08,520 She barely mourned him. He was so far away. 822 01:30:42,124 --> 01:30:45,922 Maxime now knows Simon, Hannah and her parents were deported. 823 01:30:50,141 --> 01:30:53,517 He can no longer imagine them as prisoners or exiles. 824 01:31:02,378 --> 01:31:03,759 No news of them. 825 01:31:22,556 --> 01:31:24,167 Want us to call it off? 826 01:31:26,776 --> 01:31:28,310 I don't know. 827 01:31:29,001 --> 01:31:30,449 I don't know anymore. 828 01:31:30,545 --> 01:31:32,261 You don't know anymore? 829 01:31:35,906 --> 01:31:37,402 I know. 830 01:31:39,857 --> 01:31:41,353 We'll call it off. 831 01:31:43,079 --> 01:31:45,419 Even if they don't return, it's over. 832 01:31:46,378 --> 01:31:47,836 For good. 833 01:31:53,053 --> 01:31:55,546 4 pounds, 8 ounces. Not much. 834 01:31:58,040 --> 01:31:59,728 It's a little baby. 835 01:32:05,021 --> 01:32:07,208 It's very pretty, Esther. Thanks. 836 01:32:09,011 --> 01:32:11,581 Move over, I can't see the baby. 837 01:32:12,156 --> 01:32:15,762 He should grow up fast, I'm getting some nice merchandise. 838 01:32:15,877 --> 01:32:17,373 For a change. 839 01:32:17,949 --> 01:32:21,056 Can I hold him? - The doctor says he's too frail. 840 01:32:21,171 --> 01:32:23,319 I'm not contagious, you know. 841 01:32:31,720 --> 01:32:32,833 Are you OK? 842 01:32:32,948 --> 01:32:34,521 I'm glad you came. 843 01:32:35,940 --> 01:32:37,618 It's your life, Maxime. 844 01:32:37,714 --> 01:32:39,124 And Tania's. 845 01:32:39,814 --> 01:32:41,886 And now it's going to be his. 846 01:32:47,870 --> 01:32:50,747 It took them time to imagine a life together, 847 01:32:50,862 --> 01:32:53,778 but they finally married and worked together. 848 01:32:57,384 --> 01:33:00,942 They never again spoke of the war or the deceased. 849 01:33:01,037 --> 01:33:03,406 They changed the spelling of our name. 850 01:33:04,442 --> 01:33:08,125 Now I could name them, the ghosts relaxed their grip. 851 01:33:10,426 --> 01:33:13,140 Gradually they became allies in my attempt 852 01:33:13,236 --> 01:33:15,643 to extract my patients from the dark. 853 01:33:19,134 --> 01:33:22,932 PARIS - SERGE KLARSFELD'S OFFICE 854 01:33:26,883 --> 01:33:31,371 Grinberg, Hannah Golda, n�e Stirn, and Simon Grinberg, is that right? 855 01:33:35,591 --> 01:33:39,619 'August 10 to 17, 1942: A week at Pithiviers transit camp. 856 01:33:39,734 --> 01:33:42,265 'The 18th, sent to Poland, Auschwitz. 857 01:33:43,685 --> 01:33:46,293 'Gassed the day after arrival, the 19th.' 858 01:33:51,894 --> 01:33:53,697 Who's Simon Grinberg to you? 859 01:33:58,645 --> 01:34:00,065 I'm his brother. 860 01:34:03,249 --> 01:34:05,359 And I thought 861 01:34:05,474 --> 01:34:08,543 You're preparing a book on deported children. 862 01:34:11,343 --> 01:34:13,338 I brought this photo. 863 01:34:33,937 --> 01:34:35,625 He didn't die right away. 864 01:34:38,962 --> 01:34:40,574 He must have suffered. 865 01:34:45,330 --> 01:34:46,558 It's all my fault. 866 01:35:10,265 --> 01:35:13,516 I said yes, he was to blame for his dog's death, 867 01:35:13,612 --> 01:35:14,983 but for that alone. 868 01:35:18,052 --> 01:35:21,121 I told him what Serge Klarsfeld had found: 869 01:35:21,236 --> 01:35:24,266 the transport train, the departure for Auschwitz, 870 01:35:24,381 --> 01:35:26,261 their death the next morning. 871 01:35:27,796 --> 01:35:30,558 They didn't suffer the camp's daily horror. 872 01:35:31,171 --> 01:35:34,279 Only Nazi hatred was to blame for their death. 873 01:35:36,081 --> 01:35:38,575 I hoped I'd freed them of their secret. 874 01:35:51,080 --> 01:35:54,495 A few years later, Mother lost the ability to speak or walk 875 01:35:54,610 --> 01:35:56,719 after a stroke. 876 01:35:58,177 --> 01:36:00,364 My father faced up at first, 877 01:36:00,479 --> 01:36:04,583 but the sight of his paralyzed champion became too much for him, 878 01:36:04,698 --> 01:36:06,578 and they decided to end it. 879 01:36:20,350 --> 01:36:23,025 One June evening, I took my daughter, Rose, 880 01:36:23,121 --> 01:36:26,296 to see an abandoned chateau near our house. 881 01:36:26,641 --> 01:36:29,978 A village elder had given me its owner's name: 882 01:36:30,093 --> 01:36:33,200 Jos�e de Chambrun, daughter of President Laval. 883 01:36:34,543 --> 01:36:36,538 This is weird. What is it? 884 01:36:36,998 --> 01:36:38,878 Looks like a little cemetery. 885 01:36:39,798 --> 01:36:43,097 'Barye,' 'Pompey'... It's not a cemetery for people. 886 01:36:46,473 --> 01:36:47,893 More like for dogs. 887 01:36:48,583 --> 01:36:50,002 And cats, too? 888 01:36:50,386 --> 01:36:51,690 Maybe. 889 01:36:52,035 --> 01:36:54,260 'Brutus, 1908.' 890 01:36:56,370 --> 01:36:57,943 These dogs are old. 891 01:37:03,774 --> 01:37:05,078 What a dumb name. 892 01:37:07,111 --> 01:37:11,101 'Vasco, 1979-1985.' 893 01:37:11,791 --> 01:37:14,170 'Dying was all he ever did wrong.' 894 01:37:15,282 --> 01:37:17,354 They must have loved their dogs. 895 01:37:19,732 --> 01:37:21,448 Rose. Fran�ois. 896 01:37:21,544 --> 01:37:23,069 We're coming, Mommy. 897 01:37:24,911 --> 01:37:26,867 You coming? 898 01:37:31,125 --> 01:37:35,220 In that cemetery, lovingly kept by the daughter of Laval, 899 01:37:35,316 --> 01:37:38,864 who had sent Simon, Hannah and all the others to their death. 900 01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:40,984 I thought of telling our story 901 01:37:41,099 --> 01:37:44,014 so we would at last emerge from the silence. 902 01:37:48,157 --> 01:37:49,538 Brutus 903 01:37:50,497 --> 01:37:51,916 Pompey 904 01:37:53,719 --> 01:37:55,100 Madou 905 01:37:56,673 --> 01:37:58,092 Soko 906 01:38:00,356 --> 01:38:01,775 Vasco 907 01:38:03,578 --> 01:38:04,959 Sarah 908 01:38:07,606 --> 01:38:08,987 Nathan 909 01:38:11,289 --> 01:38:12,670 Rebecca 910 01:38:14,588 --> 01:38:15,969 Erwin 911 01:38:17,810 --> 01:38:19,229 Misha 912 01:38:21,186 --> 01:38:22,605 Ariel 913 01:38:24,254 --> 01:38:25,674 Judith 914 01:38:27,400 --> 01:38:28,819 Eliah