1 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:53,506 "Vel�zquez, past the age of 50, no longer painted specific objects. 2 00:01:53,713 --> 00:01:57,649 He drifted around things like the air, like twilight, 3 00:01:57,851 --> 00:02:02,345 catching unawares in the shimmering shadows the nuances of color 4 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:07,219 that he transformed into the invisible core of his silent symphony. 5 00:02:07,427 --> 00:02:09,861 Henceforth, he captured only 6 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:15,000 those mysterious interpenetrations that united shape and tone 7 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:17,795 by means of a secret but unceasing progression 8 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:23,271 that no convulsion or cataclysm could interrupt or impede. 9 00:02:23,476 --> 00:02:25,000 Space reigns supreme. 10 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:29,343 It's as if some ethereal wave skimming over surfaces 11 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:34,145 soaked up their visible emanations to shape them and give them form 12 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:37,289 and then spread them like a perfume, 13 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:39,515 like an echo of themselves, 14 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:44,254 like some imperceptible dust, over every surrounding surface. 15 00:02:44,797 --> 00:02:47,664 The world he lived in was a sad one: 16 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:51,462 A degenerate king, sickly infantes, 17 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:55,607 idiots, dwarfs, cripples, 18 00:02:55,808 --> 00:02:59,005 clownish freaks dressed as princes 19 00:02:59,212 --> 00:03:02,045 whose job it was to laugh at themselves 20 00:03:02,248 --> 00:03:05,445 and amuse a court that lived outside the law, 21 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:10,055 caught in a web of etiquette, plots and lies, 22 00:03:10,256 --> 00:03:13,623 bound by the confessional and their own remorse. 23 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,626 Outside the gates, the auto-da-f� and silence..." 24 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:23,392 Listen to this, little girl. 25 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:28,031 "A spirit of nostalgia prevails, 26 00:03:28,241 --> 00:03:30,641 yet we see none of the ugliness or sadness, 27 00:03:30,843 --> 00:03:34,540 none of the gloom or cruelty of this crushed childhood. 28 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:40,144 Vel�zquez is the painter of the evening, 29 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:44,015 of open spaces and of silence, 30 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:49,093 even when he paints in broad daylight or in a closed room, 31 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:52,856 even with the din of battle or of the hunt in his ears. 32 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,163 As they seldom went out during the day, 33 00:03:56,369 --> 00:03:59,338 when everything was drowned in torrid sunshine, 34 00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:03,372 Spanish painters communed with the evening." 35 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:05,775 Beautiful, isn't it, little girl? 36 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:08,470 You're crazy to read her things like that. 37 00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:11,844 Off to bed, sleepyhead! 38 00:04:12,051 --> 00:04:14,019 Why hasn't Odile put them to bed? 39 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:17,553 Because monsieur let her go off to the movies 40 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:20,783 for the third time this week. 41 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:24,327 "The third time this week." Of course I did. 42 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:27,795 They're showing Johnny Guitar. Good for her education. 43 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:29,969 There are too many idiots around. 44 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:34,663 Hurry up. Frank and Paola will be here any minute. 45 00:04:34,874 --> 00:04:37,638 I'm not going. I'm staying home with the kids. 46 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:41,007 No! Frank's bringing his niece. 47 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:44,115 She can baby-sit till we get back. 48 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:46,875 She's a student. She does it all the time. 49 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,120 His niece? Knowing him, it's a call girl. 50 00:04:51,324 --> 00:04:52,791 I'm not going. 51 00:04:53,726 --> 00:04:56,058 You'll do as you're told. 52 00:04:56,262 --> 00:05:00,824 Papa will introduce you to the managing director of Standard Oil. 53 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:04,026 And I'll sue the TV people for firing me. 54 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:07,536 No, you won't. You'd only lose. 55 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:11,938 And when someone finds you work, you'll be good enough to take it. 56 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:14,204 That's enough now. Come on. 57 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:21,412 You're not wearing a slip? 58 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:26,352 No, I'm wearing my new "Scandale" girdle. It's invisible. 59 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:31,155 "I've got that young look with my 'Scandale' girdle!" 60 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:33,993 First there was Greek civilization. 61 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:36,393 Then there was the Renaissance. 62 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:39,403 Now we're entering the Age of the Ass. 63 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,697 I'll show you around. 64 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:43,398 She loves children. 65 00:05:43,743 --> 00:05:47,201 You can reach us at - What's the number? 66 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:49,381 225-70-01. 67 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:52,244 - This is Frank's niece. - Oh? 68 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:55,811 Good evening. 69 00:05:59,258 --> 00:06:00,247 Hi. 70 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:04,055 Can't you say "BALzac 70-01"? You don't know Balzac? 71 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:08,791 Read C�sar Birotteau, how the Fifth Symphony pounded in his poor head. 72 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:12,232 - What's eating you? - Let's go, daddy-o. 73 00:06:12,438 --> 00:06:13,700 Chapter Two. 74 00:06:13,906 --> 00:06:17,774 Surprise party at the home of my wife's parents, Mr. And Mrs. Expresso. 75 00:06:17,977 --> 00:06:20,673 The Alfa Romeo has great acceleration, 76 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,440 powerful four-wheel disc brakes, 77 00:06:23,649 --> 00:06:26,618 a luxurious interior, and great traction. 78 00:06:26,819 --> 00:06:29,014 It's an exceptional touring car. 79 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:32,157 It's safe, fast and a pleasure to drive, 80 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:34,826 with great response and perfect balance. 81 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:38,260 It's easy to stay fresh. 82 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:41,695 Soap washes, cologne refreshes, perfume perfumes. 83 00:06:41,968 --> 00:06:44,766 To combat underarm perspiration, 84 00:06:44,971 --> 00:06:48,407 I use Printil after my bath for all-day protection. 85 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:51,236 It comes in a wonderfully fresh aerosol, 86 00:06:51,444 --> 00:06:54,038 as well as stick and roll-on. 87 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:58,009 But the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 has even more to offer. 88 00:06:58,217 --> 00:07:01,277 Its meticulous design, 89 00:07:01,487 --> 00:07:03,853 its powerful yet simple lines, 90 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:06,456 and its uncommon elegance all prove 91 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:09,992 that beauty isn't incompatible with top performance. 92 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:13,966 You look lonely. 93 00:07:19,071 --> 00:07:21,699 He's American. He doesn't speak French. 94 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:25,541 What's his name? What's he do? 95 00:07:42,829 --> 00:07:44,626 Baudelaire. Very good. 96 00:07:48,167 --> 00:07:52,399 I've always wanted to know exactly what cinema is. 97 00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:31,267 My hairdo 98 00:08:31,477 --> 00:08:35,880 stayed light and soft all day thanks to Elnett Satin Spray. 99 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:42,084 And now the spray brushes out effortlessly, like it was never there. 100 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:44,454 Soft. 101 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:51,396 My hair is like strands of golden silk... 102 00:08:52,798 --> 00:08:54,231 shining... 103 00:08:55,301 --> 00:08:56,791 and clean. 104 00:08:57,003 --> 00:08:59,369 Women must give up 105 00:08:59,572 --> 00:09:03,030 filmy negligees and romantic nightgowns. 106 00:09:04,577 --> 00:09:09,913 Outdoors or in bright light, lingerie loses its allure and becomes indecent. 107 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:18,382 Olympio's melancholy. 108 00:09:23,095 --> 00:09:24,892 Give me the keys to the Lincoln. 109 00:09:25,164 --> 00:09:26,722 You're not staying? 110 00:09:26,999 --> 00:09:28,762 No, I'm tired. 111 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:33,501 I've got a mechanism for seeing called eyes, 112 00:09:34,307 --> 00:09:36,605 for hearing called ears, 113 00:09:36,809 --> 00:09:38,800 for speaking called a mouth. 114 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,443 But they feel disconnected. 115 00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:44,479 They don't work together. 116 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:48,084 A person should feel like he's one individual. 117 00:09:48,521 --> 00:09:51,251 I feel like I'm many different people. 118 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:57,158 You talk too much. It tires me out just listening to you. 119 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,762 You're right. I talk too much. 120 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:02,594 A man alone always talks too much. 121 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:07,267 I'll wait for you at home. 122 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:13,972 Next chapter: 123 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:15,169 Despair... 124 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:16,609 Memory and Freedom... 125 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,784 Bitterness... Hope... 126 00:10:19,986 --> 00:10:21,817 Remembrance of Things Past. 127 00:10:22,421 --> 00:10:24,719 Marianne Renoir. 128 00:10:33,165 --> 00:10:34,757 You're still here? 129 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:46,539 Sorry. 130 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:49,974 You missed the last train. How will you get home? 131 00:10:50,182 --> 00:10:51,513 I don't know. 132 00:10:53,586 --> 00:10:55,178 You're all alone? 133 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:58,121 I was bored, so I came home. 134 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:02,124 Anything wrong? You look depressed. 135 00:11:02,962 --> 00:11:07,331 Some days are like that. Everyone you meet is an imbecile. 136 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:10,800 So you start looking in the mirror 137 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:13,629 and wondering about yourself. 138 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,374 Come on. I'll take you home. 139 00:11:28,954 --> 00:11:30,581 Frank lent you his car? 140 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:34,157 Yeah. Why? Don't you like American cars? 141 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:35,985 Sure. 142 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:40,522 Funny, our meeting again like this. 143 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,393 - It's been four years. - No, 51/2. 144 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,534 It was in October. 145 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,102 You're married now? 146 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:54,177 Yes, to an Italian with money. But she doesn't really interest me. 147 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:58,749 - Why don't you divorce? - I wanted to, but I've grown too lazy. 148 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:02,614 Like you pointed out once: 149 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:05,620 To want something, you have to be alive. 150 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:08,655 Do you still teach Spanish? 151 00:12:08,861 --> 00:12:12,729 No, I was in television, but I gave it up. 152 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:17,034 What about you? - Oh, nothing special. 153 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:20,468 You don't feel like talking about yourself. 154 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:23,471 A friend of mine saw you in London two years ago. 155 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:25,735 Are you still with that American? 156 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:28,138 No, that ended a long time ago. 157 00:12:28,347 --> 00:12:31,339 Have you known Frank long? 158 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:34,919 Not really. Just casually. 159 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:37,347 Mysterious as ever, I see. 160 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:41,518 Like I said, I just don't like talking about myself. 161 00:12:41,727 --> 00:12:44,287 Very well. Silence, then. 162 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:55,603 ... a garrison massacred by the Viet Cong, 163 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:57,901 who also lost 115 men. 164 00:12:59,211 --> 00:13:01,645 Awful, isn't it? It's so anonymous. 165 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:03,074 What is? 166 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:07,479 They say "115 guerrillas," and it means nothing to us. 167 00:13:07,753 --> 00:13:12,554 But each one is a man, and we don't even know who he is, 168 00:13:12,758 --> 00:13:14,988 if he loves a woman, if he has kids, 169 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:18,220 if he prefers movies or plays. 170 00:13:18,430 --> 00:13:22,867 We know nothing about them. All they say is "115 killed." 171 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:27,566 It's like photographs. They've always fascinated me. 172 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,809 You see this frozen image of a guy with a caption underneath. 173 00:13:33,078 --> 00:13:35,638 Maybe he was a coward. Maybe he was a nice guy. 174 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:38,180 But at the moment it was taken, 175 00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:42,718 no one can really say who he was, what he was thinking about. 176 00:13:43,088 --> 00:13:45,682 His wife? His mistress? 177 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:48,621 The past? The future? Basketball? 178 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:50,985 No one will ever know. 179 00:13:52,698 --> 00:13:54,791 That's life for you. 180 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:59,436 That's what makes me sad: Life is so different from books. 181 00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:02,731 I wish it were the same: 182 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:07,470 Clear, logical, organized. 183 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:10,245 Only it isn't. 184 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:14,577 Yes, it is. Much more than people think. 185 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:16,550 No, Pierrot. 186 00:14:17,556 --> 00:14:20,081 For the last time, my name's Ferdinand. 187 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:24,290 I know, but you can't sing My friend Ferdinand 188 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:28,630 Yes, you can. You just have to want to, Marianne. 189 00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:31,562 I want to. 190 00:14:32,638 --> 00:14:35,038 I'll do anything you want. 191 00:14:36,842 --> 00:14:38,833 Me too, Marianne. 192 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,274 I'm putting my hand on your knee. 193 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,415 Me too, Marianne. 194 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,987 I'm kissing you all over. 195 00:14:55,094 --> 00:14:56,891 Me too, Marianne. 196 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:04,995 You're so beautiful, my pet 197 00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:10,932 We'll see. 198 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,902 Marianne Renoir. 199 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,491 On your feet, dead man! 200 00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:12,900 - You see? I was right. - About what? 201 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:15,505 You didn't believe we'd always be in love. 202 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:20,008 No, I never told you I'd love you forever. 203 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:22,109 Oh, my love 204 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:28,085 You never promised to adore me all your life 205 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:32,883 We never exchanged such promises 206 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:36,493 Knowing me knowing you 207 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:41,559 We never thought we'd be caught in love's web 208 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:44,768 Fickle as we were 209 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:51,166 But gradually without a word between us 210 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:53,311 Bit by bit 211 00:16:55,314 --> 00:17:00,843 Feelings arose between our bodies mingled in delight 212 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:06,416 Then words of love rose to our naked lips 213 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,525 Bit by bit 214 00:17:10,662 --> 00:17:14,928 Heaps of words of love mingled gently with our kisses 215 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:17,364 So many words of love 216 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:25,569 I never thought I'd always want you 217 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,746 Oh, my love 218 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:31,848 We never thought we could live together 219 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,042 And not grow tired of each other 220 00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:36,980 To wake up every morning 221 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:42,286 Surprised to still be so happy in the same bed 222 00:17:43,595 --> 00:17:47,554 And want nothing more than that ordinary pleasure 223 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:50,960 Of feeling so at ease with each other 224 00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:11,985 But gradually without a word between us 225 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,125 Bit by bit 226 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:22,030 Our feelings bound us tight in spite of ourselves, never to let go 227 00:18:24,369 --> 00:18:28,305 Feelings stronger than any words of love 228 00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:30,407 Known or unknown 229 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:33,440 Feelings so wild and strong 230 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:37,843 That we never thought were possible before 231 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:43,181 Don't ever promise to adore me all your life 232 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,921 Let's never exchange such promises 233 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:50,289 Knowing me knowing you 234 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:56,390 Let's keep the feeling that this love of ours 235 00:18:56,602 --> 00:19:00,766 Is a love with no tomorrow 236 00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:06,204 Well, in 60 years, when we're dead, we'll know if we were always in love. 237 00:19:06,411 --> 00:19:08,709 No, I know I love you, 238 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:12,111 but I'm not so sure about you. 239 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:14,581 I do, Marianne. 240 00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:16,711 Well, we'll see. 241 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:21,850 Your wife was here this morning. 242 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:23,891 I don't give a damn. 243 00:19:24,096 --> 00:19:25,222 That's not all. 244 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:28,058 I said I don't give a damn. 245 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:30,098 - Marianne tells - Ferdinand 246 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:31,200 - a story - all mixed up 247 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:34,167 - I knew some people - like in the Algerian war 248 00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:35,601 I'll explain everything 249 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:37,638 wake from a bad dream 250 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,792 - Frank had the keys? - I'll explain everything. 251 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:33,294 - Were you in love with him? - I'll explain everything. 252 00:20:33,498 --> 00:20:35,932 - Did he kiss you? - I'll explain everything. 253 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:30,512 - A story - all mixed up 254 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:33,052 - leave in a hurry - wake from a bad dream 255 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:35,122 - I knew some people - politics 256 00:21:35,427 --> 00:21:36,951 - an organization - get away 257 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:38,890 gun-running 258 00:21:40,098 --> 00:21:42,430 in silence... in silence 259 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:46,134 in silence 260 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:01,645 - It's me... Marianne. - Did he kiss you? 261 00:22:01,953 --> 00:22:03,352 - A story - all mixed up 262 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:05,989 - I knew some people - were you in love with him? 263 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:09,183 - Use my apartment - like in the Algerian war 264 00:22:09,394 --> 00:22:10,861 - my brother - wake from a bad dream 265 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:14,396 leave in a hurry... leave in a hurry 266 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:15,531 - answer - clobber him 267 00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:16,826 - argument - garage 268 00:22:17,035 --> 00:22:18,229 - who is it? - Down south 269 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:19,870 - get away - no money 270 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,473 It was time to leave that rotten world anyway. 271 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:27,509 We left Paris on a one-way street. 272 00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:29,442 Recognizing two of her own, 273 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,846 the Statue of Liberty gave us a friendly wave. 274 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:42,084 - Put a tiger in my tank. - We don't sell tigers. 275 00:22:42,294 --> 00:22:45,263 Then just shut up and fill 'er up, pal. 276 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:04,682 I'll look less suspicious. 277 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:18,287 That'll be 4,900 francs. 278 00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:20,894 Check the water and oil, pal. 279 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,676 Help me, dope! 280 00:23:40,118 --> 00:23:41,551 Shit! Another one! 281 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:46,280 I know a trick from Laurel and Hardy. Get in the car. 282 00:23:46,491 --> 00:23:49,722 - Shame on you! Don't you have money? - No, sir. 283 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:52,488 Then get a job. Or don't you want to work? 284 00:23:52,697 --> 00:23:55,860 - No, sir, we don't. - Then how will you pay? 285 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:02,433 Shit! There's one more left. I'll handle him. 286 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:22,319 I'm calling the police! 287 00:24:25,764 --> 00:24:27,755 - Sum total - it was an adventure film 288 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:29,398 The Crown of Blood 289 00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:31,159 - Sum total - Tender is the Night 290 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:33,131 It was a love story. 291 00:24:33,338 --> 00:24:34,896 It was a love story. 292 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,731 - Tender is the Night - It was a love story. 293 00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:41,911 We'll find my brother eventually. 294 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:52,083 Just what kind of smuggling is he in? 295 00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:54,788 Oh, some stuff in Africa. 296 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,755 Angola, the Congo. 297 00:24:58,396 --> 00:25:01,092 I thought he did TV shows in Monte Carlo. 298 00:25:01,299 --> 00:25:03,130 Yeah, that too. 299 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:10,437 We've got to decide where we're going. 300 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:15,976 We talked about Nice, then maybe Italy. 301 00:25:16,381 --> 00:25:21,478 Our money won't get us to Nice. We'd better dump the Peugeot. 302 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:26,990 Have you ever killed a man, Pierrot? 303 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:30,650 My name's Ferdinand. Why do you ask? 304 00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:35,833 Because it's going to turn your stomach. 305 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:40,202 I wonder what she told the cops. 306 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:45,606 Maybe they haven't questioned her yet. - Don't kid yourself. 307 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:48,846 She told them every nasty thing she could. 308 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:51,205 With good reason. 309 00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:54,783 Anyway, I feel sorry for her. - Sorry? 310 00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:58,282 Guys like you are always sorry... 311 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:01,348 but always too late. 312 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:24,139 - What are you doing? - Looking at myself. 313 00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:26,010 What do you see? 314 00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:30,017 A man about to drive over a cliff at 60 mph. 315 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:34,659 I see a woman 316 00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:39,091 in love with the man about to drive over a cliff at 60 mph. 317 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:41,332 Then let's have a kiss. 318 00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:53,400 The next day 319 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:54,943 RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH 320 00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:58,877 - we find the Peugeot - entering a town in central France 321 00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:01,177 - with its tank - almost empty. 322 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:02,546 - Marianne - and Ferdinand 323 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:05,314 - stop at a bar - and order drinks 324 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:07,251 - wondering - how to pay for them. 325 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:12,226 - Their descriptions are on the radio. - People eye them warily. 326 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:16,594 - Their descrip... descrip... - People eye them... eye them warily. 327 00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:18,132 The people are: 328 00:27:18,336 --> 00:27:20,566 Laszlo Kovacs, student, 329 00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:25,766 born on January 25, 1936, 330 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:27,604 in Santo Domingo. 331 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:30,303 Forced to flee the American invasion. 332 00:27:30,515 --> 00:27:34,679 Now living in France as a political refugee. 333 00:27:34,886 --> 00:27:39,550 France... the land of liberty, equality and brotherhood. 334 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:43,387 Viviane Blassel, born on March 21, 1943, in Marseilles. 335 00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:48,324 I'm 22. I work at the perfume counter at a department store in Auxerre. 336 00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:54,301 Et�, Andr�, born on May 25, 1903, in Marbouie, Eure-et-Loir. 337 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:56,064 Age: 62. 338 00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:59,072 Present occupation: Film extra. 339 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:02,312 Let's tell stories. The right words may move them. 340 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,641 - About what? - Anything at all. 341 00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:09,286 The fall of Constantinople, or Nicolas de Sta�l committing suicide. 342 00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:11,283 Or William Wilson, 343 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:15,118 who saw his double in the street and couldn't rest till he'd killed him. 344 00:28:15,326 --> 00:28:18,818 When it was done, he realized he'd killed himself, 345 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,157 while his double went on living. 346 00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:23,960 Okay. Maybe they'll give us some money. 347 00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:27,297 Marianne, who had the eyes of both Aucassin and Nicolette, 348 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:31,168 told them about William of Orange's nephew, the handsome Vivien, 349 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:34,777 who died fighting 30,000 Saracens. 350 00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:36,742 Bleeding from a thousand wounds, 351 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:39,917 he fought on alone, for he swore not to retreat. 352 00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:44,748 Oh, young and gentle nephew, why this vow so noble yet so mad? 353 00:28:44,956 --> 00:28:48,289 Ferdinand started telling them about Guynemer, 354 00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:50,256 but they weren't listening, 355 00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:53,226 so he spoke of the summer, 356 00:28:53,431 --> 00:28:57,265 and of how lovers long for the warm evening air. 357 00:28:57,469 --> 00:29:01,462 He spoke of man, and the seasons, and unexpected encounters. 358 00:29:02,373 --> 00:29:07,640 But he told them never to ask which came first, words or things, 359 00:29:07,846 --> 00:29:10,076 or what would come next. 360 00:29:10,281 --> 00:29:13,409 I feel alive, and that's all that matters. 361 00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:38,832 I've got an idea. 362 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:44,304 We'll fake an accident. 363 00:29:56,227 --> 00:30:00,186 The police will think we're dead. Okay, Pierrot? 364 00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:02,992 My name's Ferdinand. 365 00:30:03,201 --> 00:30:07,695 All we have to do is burn the car. They'll think we died in the fire. 366 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:12,934 - Always fire, blood and war! - Hey, it wasn't my idea! Move it closer. 367 00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:16,109 It's gotta look real. This isn't a movie. 368 00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:21,244 Closer! Hurry up! 369 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:31,253 - No matches. Let's go. - That's okay. Give me the gun. 370 00:30:34,432 --> 00:30:38,869 - The same make that killed Kennedy. - Didn't you know that was me? 371 00:30:39,070 --> 00:30:41,368 Out of the way. - Wait a minute. 372 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:43,633 Nice little fire. 373 00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:47,106 - Know what was in that suitcase? - No. What? 374 00:30:47,312 --> 00:30:50,179 The dollars you were looking for in the apartment. 375 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:52,975 Bastard! You did that on purpose. 376 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:54,481 That's right. 377 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:57,986 You know what we could've done with that money? 378 00:30:58,256 --> 00:31:02,693 We could've gone to Chicago, Las Vegas, Monte Carlo. You bastard! 379 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:05,327 I'd have gone to Florence, Venice and Athens. 380 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,930 Let's go. Travel broadens the mind. 381 00:32:04,155 --> 00:32:06,953 - Chapter Eight. - A Season in Hell. 382 00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:09,956 - Chapter Eight. - We crossed France 383 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:11,822 - like shadows - like a mirror 384 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:21,220 - like shadows - like a mirror 385 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:25,089 I saw the caf� where Van Gogh decided to cut off his ear. 386 00:34:25,296 --> 00:34:28,663 - You're a liar. What did you see? - I saw... 387 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,068 THE NICKEL-FOOTED GANG 388 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:36,539 Look, Pierrot, a Ford Galaxie. 389 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,199 My name's Ferdinand. Yeah, a '62. 390 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:44,840 - Show me you're a man. - Wait till I finish this. 391 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:49,247 "After covering a good distance, they came to the Bayorda desert, 392 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,648 which they had to cross to reach Karthoum. 393 00:34:52,957 --> 00:34:55,687 'Darn! Not much shade! ' They grumbled, 394 00:34:55,893 --> 00:34:58,521 as they set out across the scorching sand. 395 00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:02,664 'We'd be better off in the cool shade of a glass of lager."' 396 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:05,859 Make up your mind or I'll hitch a ride alone. 397 00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:08,695 All right. Let's go, daddy-o. 398 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,625 A lube job, please. 399 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,625 Where are the bathrooms? 400 00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:38,159 Come on, Mimi. 401 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:50,103 Hey, kid, how'd you like to own a car like this? 402 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:52,714 - Sure! - Well, you never will. 403 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:28,951 Marianne, his jacket. 404 00:36:31,889 --> 00:36:35,620 Hey, kid, how'd you like to earn 10,000 francs? 405 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:22,363 The landscape rose slowly before us. 406 00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:26,771 Countless centuries fled into the distance, like so many storms. 407 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,423 Dump our clothes while I turn around. 408 00:37:47,531 --> 00:37:49,465 Hey, my book! 409 00:38:00,144 --> 00:38:01,338 Hurry! 410 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:26,797 LIFE 411 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:31,407 - Well? - Nothing special. 412 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:33,566 They questioned her. 413 00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:37,746 She said she saw us naked together in my bed. 414 00:38:38,082 --> 00:38:40,573 You see? And you called me a liar. 415 00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:42,047 Nothing else? 416 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:45,254 You still seem awfully interested in her. 417 00:38:45,690 --> 00:38:47,487 Nothing at all happened. 418 00:38:47,692 --> 00:38:50,855 I don't understand. He's lost his mind. 419 00:38:51,662 --> 00:38:55,564 Ditch a woman and she'll say you've got a screw loose. 420 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:58,394 Men are the same way. 421 00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:01,070 True. 422 00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:05,568 I don't know why, but I'm picking up the scent of death. 423 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:08,142 If you miss her, just say so! 424 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,405 Cut it out! You're getting on my nerves! 425 00:39:10,614 --> 00:39:13,208 I mean the scent of death in the countryside, trees, 426 00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:15,280 women's faces, cars. 427 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:20,580 We'll be in a hell of a fix without money. We can't even get to Italy. 428 00:39:20,791 --> 00:39:22,486 We'll just stop anywhere. 429 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:29,433 We'll just stop anywhere. 430 00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:31,760 And do what all day? 431 00:39:31,969 --> 00:39:35,837 No, let's find my brother. He'll give us tons of dough. 432 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:41,774 Then we'll find ourselves a high-class hotel and have some fun! 433 00:39:41,979 --> 00:39:44,846 - All she thinks about is fun. - Who are you talking to? 434 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:46,676 The audience. 435 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:51,219 I told you so. You're already sorry. 436 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:54,652 You were crazy to do this. - No, I'm in love. 437 00:39:54,925 --> 00:39:56,688 It's the same thing. 438 00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:01,190 I've decided never to fall in love again. 439 00:40:01,665 --> 00:40:03,530 It's a disgusting habit. 440 00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:05,395 Don't say that. 441 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:14,734 Don't say that. 442 00:40:15,045 --> 00:40:19,038 Ten minutes ago, I saw only death. Now it's just the opposite. Look! 443 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:21,844 The sea, the waves, the sky. 444 00:40:22,853 --> 00:40:26,084 Life may be sad, but it's always beautiful. 445 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:29,191 Suddenly I feel free. We can do what we want. 446 00:40:29,393 --> 00:40:33,022 Watch: Right... left... left... right. 447 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:34,729 Look at the fool! 448 00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:39,231 He's driving down a straight line and has to follow it all the way. 449 00:40:39,537 --> 00:40:41,300 Oh, yeah? Watch this. 450 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:54,512 Chapter Eight. 451 00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:57,448 - A Season in Hell. - Love must be reinvented. 452 00:40:57,655 --> 00:40:59,885 Real life lies elsewhere. 453 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:04,827 Countless centuries fled into the distance, like so many storms. 454 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:08,226 I held her close and began to cry. 455 00:41:08,432 --> 00:41:09,694 It was our first, 456 00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:12,068 our only dream. 457 00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:30,847 You coming? 458 00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:34,415 Where are we going? 459 00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:37,521 To Mystery Island, like Captain Grant's children. 460 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:40,526 - To do what? - Nothing. Just exist. 461 00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:43,995 - Doesn't sound like much fun. - That's life. 462 00:41:46,403 --> 00:41:47,563 Not at all. 463 00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:51,973 It's a good thing I don't like spinach, 464 00:41:52,243 --> 00:41:54,268 because if I did, I'd eat it, 465 00:41:54,545 --> 00:41:56,877 and I can't stand the stuff. 466 00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:59,206 It's the same with you, 467 00:41:59,416 --> 00:42:01,611 only just the opposite. 468 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:07,487 There was a film like that with Michel Simon, where he fell for this girl- 469 00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:12,024 - Well, you wanted to start life over. - I wasn't being mean. 470 00:42:12,229 --> 00:42:14,390 You said we'd see it through to the end. 471 00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:16,928 Yes, the end of the night. 472 00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:37,510 Great view of the moon. 473 00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:43,116 - Doesn't look too special to me. - To me it does. 474 00:42:43,327 --> 00:42:44,988 I see a man up there. 475 00:42:45,529 --> 00:42:49,693 Maybe Leonov, or that American... White. 476 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,891 Yeah, I see him too. 477 00:42:52,169 --> 00:42:55,866 But he's not a Russki or a nephew of Uncle Sam. 478 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:57,869 I'll tell you who he is. - Who? 479 00:42:58,142 --> 00:43:00,372 The moon's only inhabitant. 480 00:43:00,644 --> 00:43:04,603 You know what he's doing? Getting the hell out. 481 00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:06,248 Why? 482 00:43:06,450 --> 00:43:07,849 - Look. - Why? 483 00:43:08,185 --> 00:43:11,848 He's fed up. He was glad to see Leonov land. 484 00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:16,855 Someone to talk to after an eternity alone! 485 00:43:17,161 --> 00:43:21,029 But Leonov tried to stuff his head full of Lenin. 486 00:43:21,298 --> 00:43:25,098 So when the American landed, the guy fled to his camp. 487 00:43:25,369 --> 00:43:29,169 But the American right away crammed a Coke down his throat 488 00:43:29,506 --> 00:43:32,805 after making him say thank you first, so now he's really had it. 489 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:36,639 He's letting the Americans and Russians shoot it out. He's taking off. 490 00:43:36,847 --> 00:43:39,281 - For where? - Here. 491 00:43:39,483 --> 00:43:41,747 Because he thinks you're lovely. 492 00:43:42,753 --> 00:43:44,744 He admires you. 493 00:43:51,228 --> 00:43:57,030 I think your legs and breasts are very moving. 494 00:44:00,838 --> 00:44:02,669 Fuck me. 495 00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:21,018 Chapter Seven. 496 00:44:21,225 --> 00:44:24,752 - A poet named after a gun - Robert Browning 497 00:44:24,962 --> 00:44:26,224 - get away - never 498 00:44:26,430 --> 00:44:28,625 - beloved - as long as I'm me 499 00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:30,094 and you're you 500 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:33,394 as long as the universe will hold us both 501 00:44:33,604 --> 00:44:36,471 - I who love you - and you who reject me 502 00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:40,269 - as long as one wants to flee - it's too much like fate 503 00:45:00,130 --> 00:45:03,964 "I've decided to keep a journal... the urgency to describe in words..." 504 00:45:58,989 --> 00:46:00,479 "Eyes: Human landscapes. 505 00:46:00,691 --> 00:46:03,023 Mouth: Onomatopoeia. 506 00:46:03,293 --> 00:46:05,557 The language of poetry rises from the ruins." 507 00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:12,799 "The writer chooses to... the freedom of others." 508 00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:20,634 - Did you get all the books? - No, but this was on sale. 509 00:46:20,911 --> 00:46:22,469 By someone with your name. 510 00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:25,409 - Ah, Ferdinand. - You've heard of him? 511 00:46:25,816 --> 00:46:30,276 "I am fire, I am light, I am a miracle. 512 00:46:30,654 --> 00:46:32,588 I no longer hear. 513 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:34,621 I ascend. 514 00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:38,018 I pass through the air." 515 00:46:38,295 --> 00:46:40,024 It's too much. 516 00:46:41,198 --> 00:46:45,066 "I've seen happiness before me. 517 00:46:45,335 --> 00:46:47,735 Supernatural emotion! 518 00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:54,174 And then... 519 00:46:55,913 --> 00:46:58,507 I no longer know anything. 520 00:46:59,850 --> 00:47:03,581 I inch my hands forward... 521 00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:09,148 and I dare... to the right... 522 00:47:09,693 --> 00:47:12,560 I lightly stroke... 523 00:47:12,863 --> 00:47:14,694 my fairy's hair... 524 00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:17,023 that wonder whom I adore... 525 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:18,801 Virginia." 526 00:47:19,269 --> 00:47:23,262 Guignol's Band. Well, are you coming? 527 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:25,435 "Perfect happiness! 528 00:47:26,910 --> 00:47:30,937 Ah, my ecstasy was so intense 529 00:47:31,148 --> 00:47:33,514 that I dared not move. 530 00:47:33,717 --> 00:47:37,050 Happy to the point of tears, numb with happiness, 531 00:47:37,254 --> 00:47:39,916 I'm all aquiver. 532 00:47:46,163 --> 00:47:51,191 Let my heart swell and burn within me. I myself am flame. 533 00:47:51,401 --> 00:47:55,030 I am in space. I cling to Virginia." 534 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,070 Give me that. 535 00:48:01,345 --> 00:48:05,975 "You promised me China and Tibet, Mr. Sosth�ne. 536 00:48:06,817 --> 00:48:10,446 The Sunda Islands, and wonderful plants with magical powers." 537 00:48:10,754 --> 00:48:13,154 Where is all that now? 538 00:48:13,757 --> 00:48:19,354 Cham cham cham ratatam. I caught him in his lies. 539 00:48:22,966 --> 00:48:24,695 - What's today? - Friday. 540 00:48:24,968 --> 00:48:26,731 You'll never leave me? 541 00:48:27,037 --> 00:48:28,436 Of course I won't. 542 00:48:28,639 --> 00:48:29,901 Of course? 543 00:48:30,741 --> 00:48:33,904 Yes, of course. 544 00:48:41,885 --> 00:48:44,877 Yes, of course. 545 00:48:51,628 --> 00:48:54,722 "Thursday: Poetry is a game of loser-take-all." 546 00:48:56,767 --> 00:48:59,258 What am I to do? 547 00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:02,204 I don't know what to do. 548 00:49:02,806 --> 00:49:05,274 What am I to do? 549 00:49:05,976 --> 00:49:08,240 I don't know what to do. 550 00:49:13,550 --> 00:49:15,575 Quiet! I'm writing! 551 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:20,419 "There's the crux of the matter. 552 00:49:20,624 --> 00:49:22,717 You're waiting for me. I'm not there. 553 00:49:22,993 --> 00:49:25,393 I arrive. I come into the room. 554 00:49:25,662 --> 00:49:29,098 I only really exist for you from that moment on. 555 00:49:29,399 --> 00:49:32,197 But I existed before that. I had thoughts. 556 00:49:32,469 --> 00:49:34,562 Perhaps I even suffered. 557 00:49:34,838 --> 00:49:39,468 So the task is to show you alive, thinking of me, 558 00:49:39,743 --> 00:49:43,474 and to see me at the same time, alive for that very reason." 559 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,545 I'm underlining that. 560 00:49:51,054 --> 00:49:55,081 Still thinking about your brother and that gun business? 561 00:49:59,096 --> 00:50:01,223 Why do you look so sad? 562 00:50:02,299 --> 00:50:04,767 Because you speak to me in words, 563 00:50:05,035 --> 00:50:07,799 and I look at you with feelings. 564 00:50:08,405 --> 00:50:11,374 I can't have a real conversation with you. 565 00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:15,337 You never have ideas, only feelings. 566 00:50:15,545 --> 00:50:19,003 That's not true. There are ideas inside feelings. 567 00:50:19,983 --> 00:50:23,180 Okay. Let's try to have a serious conversation. 568 00:50:23,387 --> 00:50:26,254 You tell me what you like, what you want, 569 00:50:26,556 --> 00:50:28,319 and I'll do the same. 570 00:50:28,592 --> 00:50:30,651 Go on. You start. 571 00:50:31,061 --> 00:50:32,494 Flowers... 572 00:50:33,130 --> 00:50:34,722 animals... 573 00:50:37,968 --> 00:50:39,595 the blue of the sky... 574 00:50:40,337 --> 00:50:41,895 music. 575 00:50:43,173 --> 00:50:46,631 I don't know - everything. What about you? 576 00:50:49,146 --> 00:50:50,704 Ambition... 577 00:50:52,249 --> 00:50:53,716 hope... 578 00:50:54,351 --> 00:50:57,047 the way things move... 579 00:50:57,487 --> 00:50:59,079 accidents. 580 00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:02,188 What else? Well, everything. 581 00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:13,002 See? I was right five years ago. 582 00:51:14,871 --> 00:51:17,305 We never understand each other. 583 00:51:19,743 --> 00:51:21,904 What am I to do? 584 00:51:22,212 --> 00:51:24,112 I don't know what to do. 585 00:51:42,666 --> 00:51:45,362 "Sunday. She opened the... and then... 586 00:51:45,569 --> 00:51:48,970 Monday. ...I read a lot." 587 00:51:54,144 --> 00:51:55,543 DEATH 588 00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:57,406 How are you, old man? 589 00:51:57,614 --> 00:51:59,241 All right. 590 00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:02,608 I've got an idea for a novel: 591 00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,489 Not to write about people's lives anymore, 592 00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:11,887 but only about life - life itself. 593 00:52:12,629 --> 00:52:14,688 What lies in between people: 594 00:52:14,898 --> 00:52:20,165 Space, sound, and color. 595 00:52:21,004 --> 00:52:23,700 I'd like to accomplish that. 596 00:52:24,941 --> 00:52:27,705 Joyce gave it a try, 597 00:52:28,011 --> 00:52:32,710 but it should be possible to do better. 598 00:52:32,916 --> 00:52:34,543 Here are your books. 599 00:52:35,852 --> 00:52:38,412 These aren't the ones. 600 00:52:38,688 --> 00:52:40,918 And there's one missing. I said five. 601 00:52:41,191 --> 00:52:44,718 I bought a little 45 rpm. Look. 602 00:52:44,928 --> 00:52:49,058 I said one record for every 50 books. Music after literature! 603 00:52:49,799 --> 00:52:52,461 If you don't like it, my friend - 604 00:52:58,508 --> 00:53:02,968 Little mouse, it's on the house! 605 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:05,248 What's eating you? 606 00:53:05,448 --> 00:53:08,713 I can make up stupid rhymes too. 607 00:53:09,319 --> 00:53:10,809 What's the matter? 608 00:53:11,121 --> 00:53:12,679 I'm fed up! 609 00:53:12,989 --> 00:53:16,254 I'm sick of the sea, the sun, the sand! 610 00:53:16,459 --> 00:53:18,290 Sick of eating out of tin cans! 611 00:53:18,495 --> 00:53:21,089 Sick of always wearing the same dress! 612 00:53:21,298 --> 00:53:23,027 I want outta here. 613 00:53:24,868 --> 00:53:26,597 I want to live. 614 00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:29,031 What am I supposed to do? 615 00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:32,770 I don't know. I want to go away. 616 00:53:33,276 --> 00:53:36,074 Anyway, I threw away our money for the winter. 617 00:53:36,346 --> 00:53:37,278 Where? 618 00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,641 In the sea, idiot! 619 00:53:45,622 --> 00:53:47,590 You're crazy, Marianne. 620 00:53:48,592 --> 00:53:52,187 If you want to get out of here, we'll need money. 621 00:53:56,700 --> 00:53:58,964 Lots of tourists come over on the boat. 622 00:53:59,336 --> 00:54:01,327 We can steal from them. 623 00:54:01,538 --> 00:54:03,005 Come on, Pierrot. 624 00:54:03,206 --> 00:54:05,174 My name's Ferdinand. 625 00:54:06,476 --> 00:54:09,775 Come on. We've played Jules Verne long enough. 626 00:54:10,046 --> 00:54:13,140 Let's go back to our detective novel, 627 00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:17,011 with fast cars and guns and nightclubs. 628 00:54:17,287 --> 00:54:18,914 Come on! 629 00:54:19,589 --> 00:54:22,217 Wait for me, Marianne! 630 00:54:24,661 --> 00:54:27,061 Does this brother of yours really exist? 631 00:54:27,264 --> 00:54:30,324 It's funny how you never believe me. 632 00:54:40,243 --> 00:54:41,642 Listen... 633 00:54:41,845 --> 00:54:47,249 if we find Fred and he gives us dough, why don't we go to Miami Beach? 634 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,418 Deep down you're a coward. 635 00:54:52,756 --> 00:54:56,248 "Courage consists in remaining inside oneself, close to nature, 636 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,484 which is oblivious to our crises." 637 00:54:58,762 --> 00:55:01,890 Will you hurry up? The tourist boat's gonna leave. 638 00:55:02,098 --> 00:55:03,929 Wait. I've got an idea. 639 00:55:04,501 --> 00:55:06,298 Give me your lipstick. 640 00:55:15,679 --> 00:55:17,112 "In the end... 641 00:55:18,081 --> 00:55:22,780 the only thing of any interest 642 00:55:23,086 --> 00:55:27,079 is the paths people take. 643 00:55:27,691 --> 00:55:31,422 The tragic part is that even when they know 644 00:55:31,728 --> 00:55:35,755 where they're going and who they are, 645 00:55:36,066 --> 00:55:38,364 everything is still a mystery." 646 00:55:38,702 --> 00:55:40,727 Like the scent of eucalyptus. 647 00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:43,302 - That's right. - You bet it is. 648 00:55:43,506 --> 00:55:49,342 "And that mystery, forever unsolved, is life." 649 00:55:49,612 --> 00:55:52,843 - Get a move on, Paul. - Shut up, Virginia. 650 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,358 "We are dead men on parole. And the trees?" 651 00:56:31,254 --> 00:56:33,586 "To earn a little money, 652 00:56:33,790 --> 00:56:38,352 we drew for the tourists - modern-day slaves." 653 00:56:50,206 --> 00:56:52,174 Damn! Americans! 654 00:56:52,542 --> 00:56:55,170 It's okay. We'll change our plan. 655 00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:59,173 - It's simple. - What? 656 00:56:59,382 --> 00:57:02,579 We'll put on a play. Maybe they'll give us some dollars. 657 00:57:02,852 --> 00:57:06,049 - What play? - I don't know. Something they'll like. 658 00:57:06,322 --> 00:57:09,155 I've got it. The Vietnam War. 659 00:58:05,114 --> 00:58:09,073 "Uncle Sam's nephew versus Uncle Ho's niece." 660 00:58:45,588 --> 00:58:47,749 A little something for the actors. 661 00:58:49,659 --> 00:58:52,127 - A dollar! - Don't worry, Pierrot. 662 00:58:57,834 --> 00:58:59,392 Long live Kennedy! 663 00:59:06,175 --> 00:59:09,042 I threw them off our trail. Let's go back. 664 00:59:09,312 --> 00:59:11,371 No, I'm going dancing. 665 00:59:12,982 --> 00:59:15,348 Come on. You can go tomorrow. 666 00:59:15,652 --> 00:59:18,951 Next chapter: Despair. 667 00:59:19,222 --> 00:59:21,452 - I'm staying here. - Okay. I'll go alone. 668 00:59:21,658 --> 00:59:22,647 Hope. 669 00:59:22,859 --> 00:59:23,883 You do that. 670 00:59:24,093 --> 00:59:25,287 Remembrance of Things Past. 671 00:59:25,495 --> 00:59:29,090 I heard there's a dance hall across the water. 672 00:59:29,299 --> 00:59:31,164 I'm going dancing. 673 00:59:31,801 --> 00:59:34,167 If we get killed, too bad. 674 00:59:35,171 --> 00:59:37,867 They'll catch up with us. So what? 675 00:59:39,208 --> 00:59:41,540 Tuesday I wanted to buy a record player, 676 00:59:41,744 --> 00:59:45,373 but he spends all our money on books. 677 00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:47,777 Oh, I don't really give a damn. 678 00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:51,019 But he can't even understand that. 679 00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:55,023 I don't give a damn about books 680 00:59:55,224 --> 00:59:58,751 or records or anything - even money. 681 00:59:58,962 --> 01:00:00,987 I just want to live. 682 01:00:02,165 --> 01:00:04,497 But he'll never understand that. 683 01:00:05,902 --> 01:00:07,369 To live. 684 01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:27,187 My fate line is short as can be 685 01:00:28,391 --> 01:00:32,725 My fate line is short as can be 686 01:00:33,029 --> 01:00:37,193 My palm is such an ill-fated thing 687 01:00:37,467 --> 01:00:41,631 I'm afraid of what tomorrow may bring 688 01:00:42,205 --> 01:00:46,335 My fate line, my fate line 689 01:00:46,542 --> 01:00:50,205 Darling, what do you think of my fate line 690 01:00:50,513 --> 01:00:53,880 What does it matter It's fine, just fine 691 01:00:54,150 --> 01:00:58,450 Your thigh line is more in my line 692 01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:01,715 My fate line 693 01:01:01,991 --> 01:01:04,755 I love to hold it in my lap 694 01:01:05,128 --> 01:01:06,925 Your thigh line 695 01:01:07,196 --> 01:01:09,255 My fate line 696 01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:12,635 It's a feather in my cap 697 01:01:27,050 --> 01:01:31,851 Just look at my little fate line 698 01:01:32,288 --> 01:01:36,247 Just look at my little fate line 699 01:01:36,659 --> 01:01:40,561 Just look at destiny's call 700 01:01:40,897 --> 01:01:44,924 So small it's hardly there at all 701 01:01:45,201 --> 01:01:49,160 My fate line, my fate line 702 01:01:49,439 --> 01:01:53,034 Darling, what do you think of my fate line 703 01:01:53,309 --> 01:01:56,904 What does it matter It's fine, just fine 704 01:01:57,246 --> 01:02:00,545 Give me your hand and don't say a word 705 01:02:01,017 --> 01:02:04,145 Your thigh line - My fate line 706 01:02:04,554 --> 01:02:07,045 It's like a morning bird 707 01:02:07,990 --> 01:02:11,391 Your thigh line - My fate line 708 01:02:11,661 --> 01:02:14,960 Frivolous bird, harbinger of fate 709 01:02:36,018 --> 01:02:39,545 Such a tiny little fate line 710 01:02:39,956 --> 01:02:43,915 Such a tiny little fate line 711 01:02:44,227 --> 01:02:47,754 Almost less than nothing 712 01:02:48,698 --> 01:02:52,794 Barely a tiny dot in my hand 713 01:02:53,503 --> 01:02:57,439 My fate line, my fate line 714 01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:01,235 Darling, what do you think of my fate line 715 01:03:01,477 --> 01:03:05,072 What does it matter It's fine, just fine 716 01:03:05,348 --> 01:03:08,943 Every morning I'm the happiest man 717 01:03:09,819 --> 01:03:12,287 Your thigh line - My fate line 718 01:03:12,555 --> 01:03:15,683 A bird is singing in my hand 719 01:03:15,892 --> 01:03:19,293 Your thigh- - line 720 01:03:19,495 --> 01:03:21,929 - My fate- - line 721 01:03:24,834 --> 01:03:28,702 Maybe I'm daydreaming. 722 01:03:29,705 --> 01:03:34,005 She makes me think of music. 723 01:03:34,510 --> 01:03:36,171 Her face. 724 01:03:37,814 --> 01:03:39,372 We have come 725 01:03:40,316 --> 01:03:43,547 to the age of man and his double. 726 01:03:44,287 --> 01:03:48,621 We no longer need mirrors to talk to ourselves. 727 01:03:54,397 --> 01:03:58,390 When Marianne says, "It's a fine day," 728 01:03:58,968 --> 01:04:01,061 what's she thinking about? 729 01:04:01,537 --> 01:04:05,473 All I have is that image of her 730 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:08,542 saying, "It's a fine day." 731 01:04:08,811 --> 01:04:10,438 Nothing else. 732 01:04:14,584 --> 01:04:18,315 What good is it figuring all this out? 733 01:04:20,089 --> 01:04:22,523 We are made of dreams, 734 01:04:22,725 --> 01:04:26,456 and dreams are made of us. 735 01:04:28,431 --> 01:04:30,763 It's a fine day, my love, 736 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:35,330 in dreams, in words and in death. 737 01:04:35,738 --> 01:04:38,798 It's a fine day, my love. It's a fine day 738 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:40,308 in life. 739 01:05:25,955 --> 01:05:29,015 - You know what I'm thinking? - I couldn't care less. 740 01:05:30,126 --> 01:05:32,822 Let's not start that again. 741 01:05:33,496 --> 01:05:35,794 I said to leave me alone. 742 01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,969 Besides, I'm not starting again. I'm continuing. 743 01:05:48,077 --> 01:05:50,341 - Shit! - What? 744 01:06:02,625 --> 01:06:04,684 Shit! Shit! Shit! 745 01:06:04,961 --> 01:06:06,758 What's the matter? 746 01:06:10,066 --> 01:06:12,762 Know what you should write a novel about? 747 01:06:12,969 --> 01:06:14,732 No. What? 748 01:06:16,105 --> 01:06:20,439 This guy's strolling around Paris when suddenly he sees Death. 749 01:06:20,643 --> 01:06:23,635 So he promptly heads south to get away, 750 01:06:23,846 --> 01:06:26,314 because he figures his time hasn't come yet. 751 01:06:26,515 --> 01:06:27,641 And then? 752 01:06:27,850 --> 01:06:30,512 He drives all night at top speed, 753 01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:33,780 and the next morning, when he reaches the coast, 754 01:06:34,457 --> 01:06:37,654 he crashes into a truck and dies, 755 01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:41,327 just when he thought Death had lost his trail. 756 01:06:59,782 --> 01:07:02,910 - Let's hurry. - We've got plenty of time. 757 01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:04,984 No, I'm afraid. 758 01:07:20,302 --> 01:07:21,929 You stay here. 759 01:07:25,775 --> 01:07:28,608 - So we meet again. - What do you want? 760 01:07:31,580 --> 01:07:34,811 - I'll be back in five minutes. - I'll beat him up if you want. 761 01:07:35,017 --> 01:07:38,145 No, I'll get rid of him with a few lies. 762 01:07:38,721 --> 01:07:40,780 I have to find Fred, Pierrot. 763 01:07:40,990 --> 01:07:43,823 My name's Ferdinand. Okay, okay. 764 01:08:01,811 --> 01:08:05,542 "...eroticism, in that sense, betrays... nostalgia for continuity..." 765 01:08:14,390 --> 01:08:16,517 - Two beers. - Two? 766 01:08:17,393 --> 01:08:21,762 So when I finish one, I'll still have one left. 767 01:08:33,676 --> 01:08:35,439 Remember me? 768 01:08:36,912 --> 01:08:40,177 You stayed at my place in Fontainebleau last year. 769 01:08:41,283 --> 01:08:43,308 I lent you 100,000 francs. 770 01:08:45,821 --> 01:08:48,984 You slept with my wife. - Oh, right. 771 01:08:49,191 --> 01:08:52,092 - So you've come south? - Yes, to the coast here. 772 01:08:52,294 --> 01:08:54,285 - Everything okay? - Fine. 773 01:09:03,572 --> 01:09:05,199 Mr. Griffon? 774 01:09:15,050 --> 01:09:16,381 My name's Ferdinand. Yes, it's me. 775 01:09:16,585 --> 01:09:18,314 I'm scared. 776 01:09:19,755 --> 01:09:21,780 They're out of their minds. 777 01:09:22,825 --> 01:09:24,759 I swear this isn't a joke. 778 01:09:58,127 --> 01:10:01,426 Tell me where the money is or else. 779 01:10:05,568 --> 01:10:08,298 We'll give you electric shocks, 780 01:10:08,604 --> 01:10:11,266 like they did during the war. 781 01:10:15,177 --> 01:10:16,474 Or else... 782 01:10:17,846 --> 01:10:19,814 like in Vietnam... 783 01:10:21,917 --> 01:10:23,851 we'll strip you... 784 01:10:25,321 --> 01:10:29,690 put you in a bathtub full of napalm... 785 01:10:36,665 --> 01:10:38,132 and set it on fire. 786 01:10:41,804 --> 01:10:43,203 No, right now. 787 01:10:43,505 --> 01:10:46,030 You can caress me all over. I'll be nice again. 788 01:10:48,377 --> 01:10:50,004 Then come quick. 789 01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:02,545 We'll walk up. 790 01:12:41,457 --> 01:12:43,186 A glorious death for a little man. 791 01:13:14,490 --> 01:13:16,219 What are you doing here? 792 01:13:16,425 --> 01:13:19,258 I heard a noise. I live downstairs. 793 01:13:21,964 --> 01:13:23,454 Let him have it. 794 01:13:42,684 --> 01:13:44,675 We'll use that trick of yours. 795 01:13:48,390 --> 01:13:50,654 You can't fight us, kid. 796 01:13:52,795 --> 01:13:55,764 What'd you do with the money in the Peugeot? 797 01:13:57,232 --> 01:14:01,999 Take him in the bathroom and use that trick you learned. 798 01:14:11,980 --> 01:14:14,107 We can't forget about the yacht. 799 01:14:14,316 --> 01:14:16,045 There aren't any towels. 800 01:14:16,251 --> 01:14:18,913 Use that little whore's dress. 801 01:14:22,858 --> 01:14:26,954 Just cover his head so the water will cut off the air. 802 01:14:27,996 --> 01:14:31,090 I'll make this easy and tell you what I know. 803 01:14:31,366 --> 01:14:35,029 Then I want a straight answer to one question. 804 01:14:35,504 --> 01:14:38,905 I know your name is Ferdinand Griffon. 805 01:14:39,174 --> 01:14:42,439 You were with Marianne when she stabbed our friend Donovan, 806 01:14:42,778 --> 01:14:45,144 and you ran off with my $50,000. 807 01:14:45,414 --> 01:14:47,245 Ploom ploom tra-la-la. 808 01:14:47,683 --> 01:14:50,243 I've got nothing against you personally. 809 01:14:50,452 --> 01:14:54,684 I'm sure she dragged you into this. That's your business. 810 01:14:58,026 --> 01:14:59,653 As I was saying... 811 01:15:01,997 --> 01:15:06,127 I'm not interested in you. It's her I want. 812 01:15:06,335 --> 01:15:09,634 Now, tell me where to find her and the money. 813 01:15:09,838 --> 01:15:13,968 This is your last chance. Tell me or we kill you. 814 01:15:14,376 --> 01:15:16,071 Ploom ploom tra-la-la. 815 01:15:35,397 --> 01:15:37,297 The Marquise dance hall. 816 01:15:37,499 --> 01:15:39,694 Maybe it's true, maybe not, 817 01:15:39,902 --> 01:15:42,666 but this chump's not gonna say any more. 818 01:15:42,871 --> 01:15:44,668 We'll go have a look. 819 01:15:47,743 --> 01:15:49,677 The Marquise dance hall. 820 01:15:50,612 --> 01:15:52,580 We'll go have a look. 821 01:15:58,887 --> 01:16:03,688 "I've never understood... Marianne's loyalty." 822 01:16:03,892 --> 01:16:06,793 What a dreadful 5:00 in the afternoon. 823 01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:19,600 I don't want to see blood. 824 01:16:21,209 --> 01:16:24,076 What a dreadful 5:00 in the afternoon. 825 01:16:26,181 --> 01:16:28,376 I don't want to see blood. 826 01:16:31,887 --> 01:16:33,980 I don't want to see blood. 827 01:16:34,189 --> 01:16:37,249 What a dreadful 5:00 in the afternoon. 828 01:17:40,789 --> 01:17:44,088 - Next we find Ferdinand arriving in... - Toulon. 829 01:17:44,292 --> 01:17:47,352 He wanders along the waterfront. He's staying... 830 01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:49,096 at the Little Palace Hotel. 831 01:17:49,364 --> 01:17:50,831 - He looks for - Marianne 832 01:17:51,133 --> 01:17:54,261 but he doesn't find her. The days go by. 833 01:17:54,536 --> 01:17:58,233 Some afternoons, he sleeps in all-day movies. 834 01:17:58,507 --> 01:18:00,498 He still keeps a diary. 835 01:18:00,776 --> 01:18:03,939 For words have the power to disperse the shadows 836 01:18:04,279 --> 01:18:06,543 from around the objects they name. 837 01:18:06,815 --> 01:18:08,806 Even if it's compromised in everyday life, 838 01:18:09,084 --> 01:18:11,279 language often retains only what is pure. 839 01:18:14,623 --> 01:18:16,318 "Sea" 840 01:18:17,793 --> 01:18:19,886 "soul" 841 01:18:21,229 --> 01:18:23,060 "bitter" 842 01:18:23,699 --> 01:18:25,394 "weapon" 843 01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:30,765 In Vietnam, the Da Nang base, a major US stronghold, 844 01:18:31,039 --> 01:18:32,734 was attacked by the Viet Cong. 845 01:18:33,041 --> 01:18:35,737 Seven planes were destroyed on the ground. 846 01:18:36,011 --> 01:18:37,273 In the jungle, 847 01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:40,607 US soldiers fought side by side for the first time 848 01:18:40,816 --> 01:18:42,807 with South Vietnamese and Australian forces 849 01:18:43,018 --> 01:18:45,543 against Viet Cong guerilla units. 850 01:18:52,894 --> 01:18:57,331 Despite this escalation, and the failure of the Commonwealth peace mission, 851 01:18:57,632 --> 01:19:01,796 Harold Wilson stands ready to participate in negotiations. 852 01:19:13,048 --> 01:19:15,073 Your story ends there. 853 01:19:15,383 --> 01:19:17,977 Yes, he turned away... 854 01:19:19,554 --> 01:19:22,489 leaving me bewildered. 855 01:19:26,261 --> 01:19:28,821 We were looking carefully 856 01:19:29,397 --> 01:19:33,356 for the moment when we had abandoned the fictional character 857 01:19:33,568 --> 01:19:37,402 to return to the real one, if it ever existed. 858 01:19:44,379 --> 01:19:46,904 I am Princess A�cha Abadie, 859 01:19:47,182 --> 01:19:51,118 and despite my fragile, doll-like appearance, 860 01:19:51,419 --> 01:19:54,115 I am a very strong-minded woman. 861 01:19:54,322 --> 01:19:57,883 I don't like people getting in my way. I want to be obeyed. 862 01:19:58,093 --> 01:19:59,060 Your orders, Princess? 863 01:19:59,261 --> 01:20:01,422 I am Lebanese by adoption. 864 01:20:01,696 --> 01:20:06,292 In 1960 I married Emir Abadie, 865 01:20:06,568 --> 01:20:09,093 and I am queen of Lebanon in exile, 866 01:20:09,304 --> 01:20:13,968 for, as you know, my country is currently a socialist republic. 867 01:20:14,276 --> 01:20:16,744 I am therefore in Nice incognito, 868 01:20:17,012 --> 01:20:20,311 as my husband and I have terrible enemies. 869 01:20:20,615 --> 01:20:23,948 There's a price on our heads in Lebanon. 870 01:20:24,219 --> 01:20:28,178 I'm often the target of machine-gun fire, 871 01:20:28,456 --> 01:20:32,187 which always misses me, no doubt due to Allah's protection, 872 01:20:32,394 --> 01:20:36,888 because to marry the emir, I had to convert to Islam. 873 01:20:37,098 --> 01:20:42,764 I've flown to Beirut twice in my husband's space machine, 874 01:20:42,971 --> 01:20:46,407 and the marabout of Atla - 875 01:20:46,608 --> 01:20:48,599 Alexis, don't let me go flying off. 876 01:20:48,810 --> 01:20:52,439 The sea is choppy, and you know how light I am. 877 01:21:00,789 --> 01:21:03,280 Help me, Ferdinand. 878 01:21:13,501 --> 01:21:16,026 Ferdinand, we weigh anchor in an hour. 879 01:21:16,238 --> 01:21:17,330 Yes, Princess. 880 01:21:17,539 --> 01:21:20,064 Alexis, we're going into town. 881 01:21:24,846 --> 01:21:26,313 Pierrot! 882 01:21:43,765 --> 01:21:44,993 It's me. 883 01:21:45,467 --> 01:21:47,401 My name's Ferdinand. 884 01:21:47,602 --> 01:21:49,001 Hi. 885 01:21:49,204 --> 01:21:52,071 You don't seem too surprised to see me. 886 01:21:52,741 --> 01:21:54,504 What are you doing here? 887 01:21:54,809 --> 01:21:58,905 I'm so happy. I've found you at last. 888 01:22:01,249 --> 01:22:04,275 - Where are you staying? - With you, you idiot! 889 01:22:04,586 --> 01:22:08,750 I'm staying with you. I've looked all over for you. 890 01:22:13,328 --> 01:22:16,229 You should have waited after you called me. 891 01:22:16,431 --> 01:22:18,331 I wanted to. 892 01:22:18,533 --> 01:22:21,627 I got away before those men arrived. 893 01:22:21,903 --> 01:22:25,669 I ran to the dance hall to warn you not to come, 894 01:22:25,874 --> 01:22:28,104 but I didn't see you, 895 01:22:28,310 --> 01:22:33,976 so I went back, and I saw those men getting into the blue Ford. 896 01:22:34,182 --> 01:22:36,912 I thought they'd killed you. 897 01:22:38,386 --> 01:22:41,878 So I took off. I didn't care where. 898 01:22:42,157 --> 01:22:46,856 I don't even remember where. I was afraid to come back to the coast. 899 01:22:47,896 --> 01:22:53,334 Then one day I ran into Fred in a bar in Toulon. 900 01:22:53,601 --> 01:22:57,002 It's true. The Las Vegas bar, in Toulon. 901 01:22:57,205 --> 01:23:00,902 - How'd you know I was working here? - That was by chance too. 902 01:23:01,943 --> 01:23:03,968 It's true. 903 01:23:06,147 --> 01:23:08,115 I believe you, liar. 904 01:23:08,383 --> 01:23:11,045 Why don't you ever believe that I love you? 905 01:23:11,353 --> 01:23:13,480 I love you in my own way. 906 01:23:13,755 --> 01:23:15,382 That's just it. 907 01:23:15,957 --> 01:23:18,425 I'll prove it. Look. 908 01:23:18,626 --> 01:23:22,062 I went back to our beach and got your notebook. 909 01:23:22,263 --> 01:23:23,594 Thanks. 910 01:23:24,065 --> 01:23:26,056 Look on the last page. 911 01:23:27,602 --> 01:23:30,799 There's a little poem I wrote about you. 912 01:23:31,706 --> 01:23:34,436 "Tender and cruel... 913 01:23:34,709 --> 01:23:38,076 real and surreal... 914 01:23:38,279 --> 01:23:41,305 terrifying and funny... 915 01:23:41,516 --> 01:23:44,508 nocturnal and diurnal... 916 01:23:44,719 --> 01:23:47,847 usual and unusual... 917 01:23:48,590 --> 01:23:50,717 handsome as anything. - Crazy Pierrot!" 918 01:23:50,925 --> 01:23:54,053 I told you my name's Ferdinand, goddamn it! 919 01:23:54,262 --> 01:23:57,925 If you think you're tough saying "goddamn it," you're wrong. 920 01:23:58,133 --> 01:24:00,158 God can go to - 921 01:24:00,368 --> 01:24:02,063 Don't talk like that. 922 01:24:02,570 --> 01:24:03,696 You should talk. 923 01:24:03,905 --> 01:24:06,897 We're wanted for murder. You know what murder is? 924 01:24:07,108 --> 01:24:10,544 Sure. What about it? Does it scare you? 925 01:24:12,347 --> 01:24:13,974 Answer me. 926 01:24:14,215 --> 01:24:18,049 I look at you and listen to you, but that's not what counts. 927 01:24:18,353 --> 01:24:19,581 Thanks a lot. 928 01:24:19,888 --> 01:24:23,722 No, I mean this very moment - which is already past. 929 01:24:23,992 --> 01:24:29,453 Oh, I don't know. It's the blue of the sky, our relationship. 930 01:24:29,764 --> 01:24:31,425 I don't get it. 931 01:24:32,901 --> 01:24:35,131 I wish time would stand still. 932 01:24:35,970 --> 01:24:38,564 Look. I'm putting my hand on your knee. 933 01:24:39,574 --> 01:24:43,476 That's a wonderful thing in itself. That's life. 934 01:24:43,912 --> 01:24:47,006 Space, feelings. 935 01:24:48,650 --> 01:24:52,780 But instead I'm following you back to our tale of sound and fury. 936 01:24:53,121 --> 01:24:56,386 But I don't care. - Are you coming? Fred's waiting. 937 01:24:56,591 --> 01:24:59,890 Forget I said anything. Let's go, daddy-o. 938 01:25:02,997 --> 01:25:06,228 I wonder what's keeping the cops. We should be in jail by now. 939 01:25:06,434 --> 01:25:10,495 They're smart. They let people destroy themselves. 940 01:25:39,134 --> 01:25:41,102 Why do you do things like that? 941 01:25:41,302 --> 01:25:44,829 I tell you I didn't kill him. 942 01:26:00,989 --> 01:26:04,186 It's funny we're still alive after that parade of corpses. 943 01:26:04,392 --> 01:26:07,555 - Yeah - ho ho ho. - Looks like P�p� le Moko around here. 944 01:26:07,762 --> 01:26:09,195 Who? 945 01:26:10,031 --> 01:26:12,158 - P�p� le Moko. - Who's that? 946 01:26:12,433 --> 01:26:14,731 You sure don't know much. 947 01:26:20,475 --> 01:26:23,000 What about you? You know what you are? 948 01:26:23,311 --> 01:26:25,541 I'm a man with sexual desires. 949 01:26:26,314 --> 01:26:27,713 Says you! 950 01:26:28,416 --> 01:26:32,409 I know who you are, but you don't. 951 01:26:32,620 --> 01:26:33,882 It's true. 952 01:26:34,088 --> 01:26:38,821 I'm just a huge question mark hanging over the Mediterranean horizon. 953 01:26:50,471 --> 01:26:53,804 "...their truth... independent of us... our logic..." 954 01:26:55,376 --> 01:26:57,071 Are your parents still alive? 955 01:26:57,378 --> 01:27:00,609 Yes. They've never been apart. 956 01:27:00,982 --> 01:27:03,473 They were almost separated once. 957 01:27:04,319 --> 01:27:07,345 Papa was leaving on a trip. I can't remember where. 958 01:27:07,555 --> 01:27:09,580 Some short trip. 959 01:27:10,158 --> 01:27:13,559 They didn't have money for two tickets. 960 01:27:13,962 --> 01:27:16,760 Mama went with him to the bus stop, 961 01:27:17,332 --> 01:27:19,300 and they looked at each other, 962 01:27:19,500 --> 01:27:22,867 Mama from the sidewalk, Papa from the window. 963 01:27:23,805 --> 01:27:27,969 Just as the bus started up, Papa dashed to get off. 964 01:27:28,176 --> 01:27:30,371 He didn't want to leave Mama. 965 01:27:30,578 --> 01:27:35,743 While he got off in front, she was getting on in back, 966 01:27:35,950 --> 01:27:38,248 because she didn't want to leave his side. 967 01:27:38,453 --> 01:27:40,853 In the end, he didn't go. 968 01:27:41,055 --> 01:27:43,853 What did you do when you worked in an elevator? 969 01:27:44,058 --> 01:27:47,755 Nothing. I looked at people's faces. 970 01:27:47,962 --> 01:27:50,897 - Where was that? - The Galeries Lafayette. 971 01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:54,529 Why all these questions? 972 01:27:54,836 --> 01:27:56,895 I want to know exactly who you are. 973 01:27:57,105 --> 01:27:59,938 I never knew, not even five years ago. 974 01:28:00,141 --> 01:28:03,804 I'm just a sentimental girl, that's all. 975 01:28:04,545 --> 01:28:07,309 Only a fool would make a big mystery out of that. 976 01:28:07,515 --> 01:28:09,915 What's your brother do? 977 01:28:10,118 --> 01:28:13,144 I never know when you're making things up. 978 01:28:13,721 --> 01:28:15,655 Oh, you know - 979 01:28:15,857 --> 01:28:17,825 What was he doing in Tel Aviv? 980 01:28:20,695 --> 01:28:23,823 Listen: There's a war going on in Yemen. 981 01:28:24,032 --> 01:28:26,432 You're really out of touch. 982 01:28:27,068 --> 01:28:30,299 He gets money from the Royalists. 983 01:28:30,505 --> 01:28:33,497 Are those other men with the Arab League? 984 01:28:33,875 --> 01:28:35,570 I don't know. Probably. 985 01:28:35,777 --> 01:28:37,904 Is there really a troupe of dancers? 986 01:28:38,546 --> 01:28:40,377 What do you care? 987 01:28:40,581 --> 01:28:42,549 Why does he need a cover? 988 01:28:42,750 --> 01:28:45,742 Gun-running's practically official business these days. 989 01:28:45,953 --> 01:28:48,649 - What do you care? - Answer me. 990 01:28:48,856 --> 01:28:51,256 I'll tell you something. 991 01:28:51,659 --> 01:28:56,494 There are 3,600 seconds in an hour. 992 01:28:57,432 --> 01:29:01,562 That makes about 100,000 seconds in a day. 993 01:29:02,537 --> 01:29:05,734 In an average lifetime, that makes... 994 01:29:07,241 --> 01:29:10,802 250 billion seconds. 995 01:29:11,879 --> 01:29:17,146 All in all, you and I have spent about one month together. 996 01:29:17,852 --> 01:29:23,484 Add it up. I've only been with you a few million seconds 997 01:29:23,791 --> 01:29:27,283 out of the 250 billion that make up your life. 998 01:29:27,962 --> 01:29:29,657 It's not much. 999 01:29:29,864 --> 01:29:31,889 So I'm not surprised 1000 01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:34,762 we don't know who each other is. 1001 01:29:50,618 --> 01:29:53,212 ...5, 6, 7, 8. 1002 01:29:53,421 --> 01:29:55,446 You made it! 1003 01:29:57,258 --> 01:30:00,386 Will he do it? - Yeah, anything I say. 1004 01:30:01,229 --> 01:30:03,288 What a crazy set-up 1005 01:30:04,499 --> 01:30:06,660 ...6, 7, 8! 1006 01:30:11,506 --> 01:30:14,339 "To see clearly... reason... life." 1007 01:30:35,363 --> 01:30:37,058 What am I supposed to do? 1008 01:30:37,932 --> 01:30:39,593 Just do as you're told. 1009 01:30:39,901 --> 01:30:43,234 Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll see. 1010 01:30:44,405 --> 01:30:46,839 Remember the scent of eucalyptus? 1011 01:30:48,009 --> 01:30:51,035 - With you it's always so complicated. - No, it's simple. 1012 01:30:51,245 --> 01:30:52,542 Too much going on. 1013 01:30:53,981 --> 01:30:56,006 There's a little harbor, like in a Conrad novel. 1014 01:30:56,217 --> 01:30:59,118 A sailboat, like in Robert Louis Stevenson. 1015 01:30:59,387 --> 01:31:01,855 An old brothel, like in Faulkner. 1016 01:31:02,156 --> 01:31:04,249 A steward turned multimillionaire, 1017 01:31:04,459 --> 01:31:06,450 like in Jack London. 1018 01:31:06,894 --> 01:31:09,658 - With you it's always so complicated. - No, it's simple. 1019 01:31:09,864 --> 01:31:11,855 Too much going on. 1020 01:31:12,066 --> 01:31:16,264 Two guys beat me up, like in Raymond Chandler. 1021 01:31:16,571 --> 01:31:19,802 You and me and him - see how simple it is? 1022 01:31:20,107 --> 01:31:21,165 No, I don't see. 1023 01:31:21,442 --> 01:31:22,636 - They want to - buy the yacht. 1024 01:31:22,910 --> 01:31:24,002 - The old man - isn't French. 1025 01:31:24,312 --> 01:31:25,870 - My brother - collects the money. 1026 01:31:26,180 --> 01:31:27,613 - The others - don't know. 1027 01:31:27,915 --> 01:31:29,007 - They'll be - furious. 1028 01:31:29,283 --> 01:31:31,615 They'll tail Fred. We'll get rid of them. 1029 01:31:31,819 --> 01:31:33,912 - And then? - Just do as you're told. 1030 01:32:05,486 --> 01:32:07,511 A woman can kill lots of people easy. 1031 01:32:07,722 --> 01:32:10,623 Full breasts and soft thighs don't mean 1032 01:32:10,925 --> 01:32:15,589 she can't kill everyone to remain free or protect herself. 1033 01:32:15,796 --> 01:32:19,823 Just look at Cuba or Vietnam or Israel. 1034 01:32:35,116 --> 01:32:37,311 - I love you! - Me too! 1035 01:33:46,253 --> 01:33:49,745 Next chapter: Despair. 1036 01:33:49,957 --> 01:33:51,288 Next chapter: 1037 01:33:51,492 --> 01:33:54,484 Freedom... Bitterness. 1038 01:34:14,815 --> 01:34:16,783 Seen a young woman around 1039 01:34:16,984 --> 01:34:19,111 like a Hollywood movie star in Technicolor? 1040 01:34:19,687 --> 01:34:21,484 None of your business. 1041 01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:27,650 You got it? 1042 01:34:28,129 --> 01:34:31,292 We all meet tonight as planned? 1043 01:34:36,203 --> 01:34:38,103 Some people saw me. 1044 01:34:39,173 --> 01:34:40,504 I don't understand. 1045 01:34:40,708 --> 01:34:42,801 Fred will look innocent now. 1046 01:34:43,077 --> 01:34:45,136 Why are you double-crossing me? 1047 01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:50,080 What's the matter? 1048 01:34:50,384 --> 01:34:54,320 Nothing. Just looking at a woman who's tormenting me. 1049 01:34:54,522 --> 01:34:57,958 $50,000 would make anyone nervous, Pierrot. 1050 01:34:58,159 --> 01:34:59,717 My name's Ferdinand. 1051 01:35:00,227 --> 01:35:04,163 Why did you kiss me earlier? - I felt like it. 1052 01:35:06,867 --> 01:35:10,394 - Kiss me again. - Not in front of everyone. 1053 01:35:12,473 --> 01:35:14,964 Why do you wear such tight pants? 1054 01:35:15,176 --> 01:35:19,670 Listen. If you don't like it, go back to Paris. 1055 01:35:20,414 --> 01:35:22,006 Kiss me. 1056 01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:24,111 Okay, I get it. 1057 01:35:24,785 --> 01:35:27,413 You know, it's bad luck to double-cross us. 1058 01:35:27,688 --> 01:35:29,417 Speak Not, Cassandra. 1059 01:35:29,623 --> 01:35:32,023 - What? - It's the title of this novel. 1060 01:35:32,226 --> 01:35:33,625 Stupid jerk. 1061 01:35:36,897 --> 01:35:38,455 Hey! 1062 01:35:38,666 --> 01:35:40,634 Marianne! - What? 1063 01:35:40,835 --> 01:35:46,102 TWA, Nice airport, the 2:45 to Tahiti. We just climb aboard. 1064 01:35:46,874 --> 01:35:48,842 Just the two of us, obviously. 1065 01:35:49,043 --> 01:35:50,908 Obviously. 1066 01:35:57,618 --> 01:35:59,245 Obviously. 1067 01:35:59,954 --> 01:36:01,683 French is funny. 1068 01:36:01,889 --> 01:36:04,858 Words say the opposite of what they mean. 1069 01:36:05,126 --> 01:36:08,687 We say "obviously" when things aren't obvious at all. 1070 01:36:08,896 --> 01:36:12,388 Like it wasn't obvious that I'd find the old man 1071 01:36:12,700 --> 01:36:15,635 with a bullet-hole in his forehead. 1072 01:36:16,203 --> 01:36:18,228 Did you know your brother would kill him? 1073 01:36:18,439 --> 01:36:20,202 It was none of my business. 1074 01:36:20,407 --> 01:36:22,568 I'd like to run off with you, 1075 01:36:22,910 --> 01:36:25,777 but Fred will find us and get even. 1076 01:36:26,046 --> 01:36:28,913 I saw him get even with a girl once. 1077 01:36:29,183 --> 01:36:31,242 I'll protect you. 1078 01:36:33,721 --> 01:36:36,849 Okay. But I have to go alone or they'll suspect. 1079 01:36:37,124 --> 01:36:38,352 Okay, my beautiful. 1080 01:36:38,659 --> 01:36:40,183 Okay, my handsome. 1081 01:36:43,531 --> 01:36:48,127 Well, I'm off, since we have nothing more to say. 1082 01:36:48,335 --> 01:36:50,462 Meet me in half an hour. 1083 01:36:52,339 --> 01:36:54,000 I'll count to... 1084 01:36:55,075 --> 01:36:56,702 137. 1085 01:36:58,445 --> 01:37:00,242 You're really crazy. 1086 01:37:05,553 --> 01:37:07,885 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... 1087 01:37:10,424 --> 01:37:11,914 The briefcase! 1088 01:37:12,226 --> 01:37:14,854 Start the car. Trust me and I'll trust you. 1089 01:37:15,062 --> 01:37:17,223 ...18, 19, 20, 21, 22... 1090 01:39:30,965 --> 01:39:32,557 Something wrong, pal? 1091 01:39:32,833 --> 01:39:35,495 It's that tune. 1092 01:39:35,769 --> 01:39:37,999 You have no idea what it means to me. 1093 01:39:38,305 --> 01:39:39,670 You hear it? 1094 01:39:39,974 --> 01:39:42,204 No, I don't hear anything. 1095 01:39:43,043 --> 01:39:45,307 You wouldn't understand. 1096 01:39:45,579 --> 01:39:48,548 That tune's my whole life. 1097 01:39:49,083 --> 01:39:52,280 When I hear it, it just - 1098 01:39:52,686 --> 01:39:56,747 One day I was home. It was playing on the radio. 1099 01:40:00,794 --> 01:40:06,460 She sat beside me, this magnificent, beautiful woman. 1100 01:40:08,569 --> 01:40:10,537 I took her hand 1101 01:40:10,804 --> 01:40:14,706 and stroked the back of it, like this. 1102 01:40:15,509 --> 01:40:19,707 I asked her... Do you love me 1103 01:40:22,683 --> 01:40:25,709 She said no. 1104 01:40:26,286 --> 01:40:30,052 So I bought the record, because that music just - 1105 01:40:32,726 --> 01:40:35,559 Like my own private case of mass hysteria. 1106 01:40:35,996 --> 01:40:40,194 One day at home, I put on the record. 1107 01:40:42,002 --> 01:40:44,232 It went around and around 1108 01:40:44,505 --> 01:40:47,269 in my head! Everything was spinning! 1109 01:40:48,275 --> 01:40:51,540 She was beside me - a different woman. 1110 01:40:51,812 --> 01:40:54,508 Not as pretty as the first... 1111 01:40:56,784 --> 01:41:01,084 but anyway, I took her hand 1112 01:41:01,522 --> 01:41:06,926 and stroked it on the other side this time, just for a change. 1113 01:41:07,761 --> 01:41:12,061 I asked... Do you love me 1114 01:41:14,468 --> 01:41:16,936 And she said, "Oh, I do!" 1115 01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:24,136 But I didn't love her, so I broke the record! 1116 01:41:27,047 --> 01:41:32,314 One day I turned on the radio, and it was playing. 1117 01:41:32,519 --> 01:41:34,885 Why that song? Why not something else? 1118 01:41:35,389 --> 01:41:39,655 She was beside me - no, other side, 'cause we were at her place. 1119 01:41:39,860 --> 01:41:42,021 This was a third woman. 1120 01:41:42,863 --> 01:41:47,800 I took her hand and stroked it - on both sides, just to be done with it. 1121 01:41:48,001 --> 01:41:51,164 It was getting on my nerves. 1122 01:41:51,438 --> 01:41:54,896 I asked... Do you love me 1123 01:41:56,477 --> 01:41:58,536 She said yes. 1124 01:42:00,747 --> 01:42:03,477 I asked, "Will you give me your hand?" 1125 01:42:03,750 --> 01:42:06,810 She said, "You've been holding it for ten minutes." 1126 01:42:07,020 --> 01:42:09,352 And she was right. 1127 01:42:11,592 --> 01:42:14,857 So I kept her and her hand for ten years! 1128 01:42:16,964 --> 01:42:21,230 Ten years! I can't stand that song anymore! 1129 01:42:21,602 --> 01:42:23,661 You hear it? 1130 01:42:23,871 --> 01:42:26,965 I can't stand it anymore. You hear it? 1131 01:42:27,941 --> 01:42:31,900 That one, right there - you don't hear it? 1132 01:42:33,013 --> 01:42:37,313 Tell me: Am I crazy? Come right out and say it! 1133 01:42:37,518 --> 01:42:41,545 I want to hear you say it. Say, "You're crazy!" 1134 01:42:41,755 --> 01:42:44,815 - You're crazy. - That's more like it. 1135 01:42:54,134 --> 01:42:56,295 - Going to the island? - Yes, sir. 1136 01:42:56,503 --> 01:42:59,063 - What's your boat called? - The Sawonga. 1137 01:43:00,174 --> 01:43:02,574 Just Sawonga's you get me there! 1138 01:43:13,353 --> 01:43:16,481 So that song I hear isn't real? 1139 01:43:17,524 --> 01:43:20,254 That music that's haunted me all my life? 1140 01:43:20,460 --> 01:43:23,327 That tenderness? No! Insensitive man! 1141 01:43:24,831 --> 01:43:27,095 You missed the whole point! 1142 01:43:52,593 --> 01:43:54,720 Do you love me 1143 01:44:43,243 --> 01:44:46,701 I held her close and began to cry. 1144 01:44:47,180 --> 01:44:50,809 It was our first, our only dream. 1145 01:45:14,174 --> 01:45:16,472 Get me Paris, please. 1146 01:45:17,177 --> 01:45:19,702 BALzac 75-02. 1147 01:45:20,881 --> 01:45:23,475 You've forgotten Balzac too? 1148 01:45:24,618 --> 01:45:26,313 Yes, I'll wait. 1149 01:45:35,662 --> 01:45:37,323 It hurts. 1150 01:45:40,400 --> 01:45:42,459 You shouldn't have done it. 1151 01:45:55,515 --> 01:45:58,279 You shouldn't have done it. 1152 01:46:02,189 --> 01:46:04,783 Forgive me, Pierrot. 1153 01:46:05,459 --> 01:46:07,552 My name's Ferdinand. 1154 01:46:07,761 --> 01:46:09,524 It's too late. 1155 01:46:18,472 --> 01:46:23,000 "...dynamite, machine guns... supply the rebels..." 1156 01:46:36,022 --> 01:46:38,252 Yes, I'll wait. 1157 01:46:51,004 --> 01:46:53,564 BALzac 75-02? 1158 01:46:54,341 --> 01:46:56,502 Is Mrs. Griffon there? 1159 01:46:58,578 --> 01:46:59,875 Who's this? 1160 01:47:00,580 --> 01:47:02,309 Is that you, Odile? 1161 01:47:03,417 --> 01:47:05,317 How are the children? 1162 01:47:07,120 --> 01:47:09,350 No, no. Nobody's calling. 1163 01:47:16,730 --> 01:47:18,698 "Art... death" 1164 01:47:54,134 --> 01:47:57,103 What I wanted to say - 1165 01:48:01,174 --> 01:48:02,801 What's the point? 1166 01:49:03,770 --> 01:49:07,262 What an idiot! Shit! A glorious death - 1167 01:49:46,947 --> 01:49:48,539 - It's ours again. - What is? 1168 01:49:48,748 --> 01:49:51,114 - Eternity. - That's just the sea, gone... 1169 01:49:51,318 --> 01:49:53,115 With the sun.