1 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,839 The Lady of the Camellias 2 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,900 It is all pre-ordained. 3 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,000 Don't ask how two people can be in love. 4 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,169 Or what one person can mean to the other. 5 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,922 I love for the first time. 6 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:23,369 And I ask for forgiveness if your son has been harmed 7 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,687 I cannot turn back 8 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,442 I cannot promise not to love him You would not believe me. 9 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,284 You don't need to worry. I will play fair. 10 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:13,500 There's something more important than happiness as you understand it 11 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:19,043 and it must be fought for whatever the price. 12 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:27,000 Your son will receive a terrible sorrow, stay close to him 13 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,528 It's his turn now. 14 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,000 THEY WERE BORN, THEY ARE DEAD, THEY LIVED. 15 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,000 Who's on stage? Silence. Ready, silence! 16 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:47,000 Marguerite... I don't know what effect you will have on my life 17 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:51,300 but there's nothing in the world I love as much as you. 18 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:53,483 I am happy. 19 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,803 Marguerite! 20 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,500 - what's the matter, Madame? What do you feel? 21 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,848 A little water... 22 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,300 - Do you feel unwell? - It'll pass. 23 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,482 - Go into the other room. - Let's go, let's go 24 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,500 Monsieur Dumas, does this woman have to cough up her lungs until the fifth act. 25 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,131 No, It's not obligatory. 26 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,838 This tiresome exercise will start later. 27 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,833 Excuse me, maestro, I should ask your help more often. 28 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,769 She wasn't a duchess, Madame 29 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,209 But she was far superior to the work she did. 30 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,000 The model for this character was called Alphonsine Plessis 31 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:04,011 and she never had such tragic adventures. I invented that part. 32 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,125 But she would have loved to have had them. 33 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 - Ok, thank you. - Everybody in position. Start again. 34 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,500 - From the top. Places, please. - Scene Two. 35 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,367 Gaston at the piano. 36 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,444 I'm hungry. I haven't eaten today. 37 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,288 Well done. 38 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,360 - Alphonsine, is your father in? - He's sleeping. 39 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:21,200 He gave my sister some medicine. I need some too. 40 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,448 Ah, Yes. Come with me. 41 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,040 - Is he ill? - No, it's just cough pills. 42 00:06:40,075 --> 00:06:42,760 - Cough pills? - They're good for you. 43 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,047 Yes. Sometimes, he also gives them to me, when there's nothing to eat. 44 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:53,284 They help get rid of hunger and thirst. And they make you feel happy. 45 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,000 I already have 5 children and I don't want any more 46 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,500 Let's hope this potion works. 47 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,400 When my husband comes near me, if I try to move away, he beats me. 48 00:07:06,435 --> 00:07:11,611 If only we didn't like it too. we could do THIS! 49 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,528 Listen... 50 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,200 Signor Bernier has made an offer for you to stay at his house. 51 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:25,124 At least we'll resolve some problems. And avoid the reform house. 52 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,526 I'll come and see you every day 53 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,202 When must I leave? 54 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,405 Immediately. He's outside. 55 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,329 Oh, it's you Plessis. Come. 56 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:28,131 - Alphonsine isn't well. - Ah. 57 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,800 - What's the matter? - She spent the whole day complaining. 58 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,408 Then she went to bed. 59 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,530 - She's asleep? - I think so. 60 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,554 Maybe she doesn't like it here. 61 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:57,000 Maybe... I'll have to take her back home. 62 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,474 Plessis, do you want to raise the price? 63 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,591 She's my daughter I can take her back when I want. 64 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:09,924 - I would like a lamp. - What for? 65 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,691 I want to go back upstairs and I want a lamp. 66 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,870 - What the matter? - Nothing. Leave me be. 67 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,450 - Do you want me to come with you? - No. 68 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,608 Go away! 69 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,008 Plessis? 70 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,840 It's nothing to be afraid of. It's natural. 71 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,000 Usually, a friend would explain. 72 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,640 It happens to all women ... when they become women. 73 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,004 Then it goes away. 74 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,928 Then in comes back 75 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,561 You see, Alphonsine, When it happened to your mother 76 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,644 she pinned a beautiful red flower on her dress 77 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:50,487 Like this. That way, I understood. And I'd leave her be. 78 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,000 There was a time when she stopped wearing a red flower 79 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:59,321 and nine months later you were born. Now do you understand? 80 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,801 Taken one of these. And you'll have sweet dreams. 81 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,844 Look at her. She's wearing red flowers on purpose. 82 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,951 - Send her home! - Send her back to Bernier! 83 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,444 - Go! Go! - Give it back! 84 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,400 - It's indecent! - Send her back to Bernier! 85 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,565 This is a procession! You shouldn't gang up against a girl. 86 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,520 What would you all be without help? Why do you come here to pray? 87 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,927 God must have his fingers in his ears! Come. 88 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,200 The procession is for the honour of our Lord. 89 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,326 Not to fight over a garland of red flowers. 90 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,521 If people turn against you, maybe it's because you give them a reason. 91 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,720 - Doing What? - Don't you know? Monsieur Bernier? 92 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,840 - You can go to bed. - I haven't finished. 93 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,040 - I've never seen the kitchen so clean. - Good night. 94 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,729 You don't have to tell me about Bernier. If you don't want to. 95 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,769 - Monsieur Bernier... - Yes? 96 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,288 He makes me undress 97 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,168 and then he looks at me. 98 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,088 He looks at me. 99 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,882 Then usually he falls asleep. 100 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,286 Monsieur Bernier is very rich. 101 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,168 And if he wasn't rich. 102 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,200 He wouldn't pay my father for my company. 103 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,770 From tonight you won't go to him anymore. 104 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,300 - Do you want me to go back to my father? - Would you like that? 105 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,649 Yes. I like living with my father. 106 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:57,000 Other men hate him. 107 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,000 But women follow him all the way home. 108 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,200 - And I hide somewhere and watch. - I'll speak to him. 109 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,003 - I'll tell him what you do. - He already knows. 110 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,640 - And so? - Nothing. 111 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,850 He carried on doing it. All he was wearing was socks. 112 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,320 I'd never seen how a man was made. 113 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,968 Then he beat me, but we made peace again straight away. 114 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:37,008 Tonight you won't go to Bernier. You'll stay here with Delphine. 115 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,008 Come 116 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,166 Here. You'll stay here. 117 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,610 I'll bring you a mattress and sheets. 118 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,200 - Delphine? - Yes? 119 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,561 - Alphonsine will sleep here - Ok 120 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,768 Coming? 121 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,764 - Is this the book that you read in church? - Yes. 122 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,568 What does it say? 123 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,447 "How beautiful you are, How beautiful you are. 124 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,889 Your hair is like a herd of goats 125 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,927 Your eyes are like doves 126 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,083 Your lips are like scarlet ribbons. 127 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,000 Your cheeks are like pomegranate skin 128 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,000 Your breasts are like twin fawns 129 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,362 grazing among the lilies. 130 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,091 Your love is more sweet than wine. 131 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:04,000 Honey drips from your lips, you have honey and milk under your tongue" 132 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,765 Alphonsine? Alphonsine! What's happened? 133 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,000 - What's happened? - Help me. 134 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,300 - What's happened? - We have to run away. 135 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,599 Why? 136 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,760 - The police will be here soon. We've got to go. 137 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,521 - Let's go. - Come, quickly! 138 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,490 I'm very cold, mother. 139 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,035 Cover yourself, Anya. 140 00:21:55,120 --> 00:22:01,040 - Are you also going to the Festival? - We'll get off where it suits us. 141 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:09,358 She's... she's my daughter. She was tired of walking. 142 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:16,320 - You fathered her young. - Where we come from we start young. 143 00:22:16,355 --> 00:22:19,710 Why lose time? Cigar? 144 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,993 What happens in Avalon? 145 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,156 Lots of people go there. 146 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,873 Most importantly... it's crowded. 147 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,880 I've always done good business at the festival. 148 00:22:38,915 --> 00:22:42,873 They go crazy for my candy floss. 149 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,335 - Is there a pharmacy at Avalon? - Why? Do you need something? 150 00:22:49,370 --> 00:22:54,030 Yes. Certain pills that make life happy, even when it isn't. 151 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,396 I've got better than that. 152 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,398 - Do you want to try? - Yes. 153 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,073 Take some my dear. Eat. Eat. 154 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,639 Take it. 155 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,639 Take it. 156 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,798 Anya, my dear, calm yourself. 157 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,956 Has it passed? 158 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,196 How old are you? 159 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,516 What's you name? 160 00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:00,511 - Alphonsine. - Alphonsine. Here, cover yourself. 161 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,114 As well as the same eyes... 162 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:14,100 you also have the same first initial as my daughter. 163 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:30,005 - Alphonsine, wake up! - Father! 164 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,400 I'm leaving you with him. He's a good man. You'll learn a trade. 165 00:25:34,435 --> 00:25:36,685 He'll also give you a wage. 166 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,405 Not for the first months... He's given that to me! 167 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:46,310 You'll see he'll leave you in peace and he'll take you to Paris. 168 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,154 Goodbye! See you soon! 169 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:53,316 Goodbye! 170 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,556 Goodbye. 171 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:21,829 Maxence's delicacies! Hurry, hurry! 172 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:35,880 Maxence's delicacies. Hurry, ladies and gentlemen! 173 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:39,475 For big ones and little ones! Hurry, ladies and gentlemen! 174 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,075 - A delicacy. - Now, Madame. 175 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,036 Here you are. 176 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,720 Maxence's delicacies! They're as red as your heart! 177 00:26:51,755 --> 00:26:53,525 Hurry. 178 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,960 - Maxence's delicacies! - Do you want one? 179 00:26:56,995 --> 00:26:59,793 - Stupid! - Go away! 180 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,960 - Does it still hurt? - A bit less. 181 00:27:10,995 --> 00:27:13,005 Try my "toccasana". 182 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,715 Even those dipped in molten sugar? 183 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,716 Those are naturally sweet. 184 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:27,350 - Who's girl is that? - Girls don't interest me. 185 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,885 Attention! At ease! 186 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:33,205 Does he take orders from a blonde or a brunette? 187 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:38,312 He takes orders from no one... if he gets it... he gets it! 188 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,596 You're sure? 189 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,556 Don't think about it. 190 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,471 I don't want to end up in the hospital again. 191 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,036 Look. 192 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,156 Quick, let's go! 193 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,400 If I don't find another client tonight that old hag 194 00:30:28,435 --> 00:30:31,039 will throw my son into the street. 195 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,315 You can't... you're ill. 196 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,949 They don't realise in the dark, up against a wall 197 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:52,440 You'll all have a sorry end, I spend my evenings at the theatre. 198 00:30:52,475 --> 00:30:58,080 Come, your welcome. It's better than whoring, no? 199 00:30:58,115 --> 00:30:59,991 Oh well, see you. 200 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,720 Second on the right is Count Olympe Aguado, 201 00:31:36,755 --> 00:31:39,075 he's supported by women. 202 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,440 The blonde one is Count Agenor de Guiche, 203 00:31:42,475 --> 00:31:44,271 heir to a great family. 204 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,840 See those two. They call them "The lions", they're twins 205 00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:54,685 They hunt minors. Opium fiends. 206 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,109 Those three are the most ambitious group 207 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,955 - Please... - Mademoiselle de Valnoble! 208 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,516 Quickly! 209 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,998 Thank you. 210 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,365 Mademoiselle de Valnoble, ex-prostitute. 211 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,280 Now she's a banker's wife. She was a bishop's daughter, I think. 212 00:32:20,315 --> 00:32:22,430 She's always very generous. 213 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,997 Who are you looking at? 214 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:37,720 He's the Count of Perregaux. I don't know much about him. 215 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:40,473 I don't even know what he likes. 216 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,156 His life is very mysterious. 217 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:49,716 He spends his winters in Algeria. He's very interesting. 218 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:11,240 The papers for transport to Montmarte cemetery are ready. 219 00:33:11,275 --> 00:33:14,313 All we need is your verification 220 00:33:14,348 --> 00:33:17,351 Count Perregaux, is she your wife? 221 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,436 Cover her. 222 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,710 - For you. - Thank you Mademoiselle. - Keep it. 223 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:56,913 See? There's no need to walk the streets to top up your salary. 224 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,790 Ah! The performance is finished. 225 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:29,353 Well now. You still haven't said if you want to stay with me. 226 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,596 I want to stay over there. 227 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,716 Not here. 228 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,034 I liked making love with you. 229 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,354 - How old are you? - Twenty one. 230 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,156 Mostly I feel a hundred. 231 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,556 Your feet are dirty. 232 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,800 If you don't like being with girls with dirty feet 233 00:35:31,835 --> 00:35:35,000 don't go looking for them in the markets 234 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,592 Thank you. 235 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,596 Alphonsine! 236 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:33,000 - Sit down. - I'm hungry, will you give me some? - Take it. 237 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,996 Thank you. 238 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,916 Bless her. 239 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,360 The Mademoiselle will be our guest for a while. 240 00:37:26,395 --> 00:37:31,639 - Would you like the fire lit? - Yes. 241 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,845 - Is this your room? - It's my mother's. 242 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,000 She lives in the country, She's here a few days a year. 243 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:21,200 Agenor, you like the commom folk, right? 244 00:38:21,235 --> 00:38:23,236 Like few things in the world. 245 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:29,360 - As long as they stay common. - You changed me. 246 00:38:29,395 --> 00:38:32,805 - I've learnt to wash my feet. - I've seen. 247 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:38,000 Don't eat with your mouth open. Don't touch the fish with your knife. 248 00:38:38,035 --> 00:38:42,312 I've done much worse, I'm also learning to write. 249 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:47,916 You haven't noticed the money I'm stealing from you. I'm paying a teacher. 250 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:53,520 I realised you were stealing from me and I was pleased. 251 00:38:53,555 --> 00:38:55,965 Now I know the reason, 252 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,879 as well as elegant... you'll be intelligent 253 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,636 and you'll become boring. 254 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:31,036 Life chews you up, Alphonsine. Life wears you out. 255 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,796 It's more my fault than yours. 256 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,434 The women who come here are all decrepit. 257 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,513 Even the most beautiful and the youngest. 258 00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:50,520 I see them when they come to ball's here, weighed down with gold. 259 00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:55,593 They almost collapse under the weight of their necklaces 260 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:05,000 Tonight I want to see you, nude. It's like I'm seeing life itself. 261 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,436 Come. 262 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,116 Come! 263 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,272 I wanted my friends to see you. 264 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:37,400 Given that one of these days I'll end up in bed with all these gentlemen, 265 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,716 it seems right, 266 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,636 Christian! 267 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:21,300 You see that woman on her own? I want to make her acquaintance. 268 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:45,276 Don't disturb yourself, I should come to you. 269 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:51,360 Your clothes have become very noticeable from the last time. 270 00:42:51,395 --> 00:42:55,640 Girls like me must get ourselves noticed. And you've noticed me. 271 00:42:55,675 --> 00:42:58,632 I noticed only the eyes of my daughter. 272 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,485 It's a great surprise to find you here. 273 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:05,229 People that come here are very rich and we follow them. 274 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,965 - Where do you live? - In a furnished room... 275 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:14,360 I've a suite at The Grand Hotel the same one for years... 276 00:43:14,395 --> 00:43:18,433 when I came here before the death of my daughter 277 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:23,115 Now it's too big for me, too sad 278 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,752 I would be very happy to invite you to stay 279 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:34,360 - But my clothes are too noticeable? - They can be changed. 280 00:43:34,395 --> 00:43:39,320 What else must I change? I don't want to make any promises. 281 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,960 I don't want to profit from a man who I will deceive 282 00:43:43,995 --> 00:43:46,205 I will content myself with a small change 283 00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:51,280 for the time you spend with me. When I bore you... you can go out 284 00:43:51,315 --> 00:43:57,150 Don't tell me anything... And I won't ask. 285 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:09,400 Women can do anything... As long as they know how. 286 00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:26,640 - Your Excellency - Have you finished? - Only a few touches. 287 00:44:26,675 --> 00:44:28,596 Watch out! 288 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,160 Mademoiselle Alphonsine, I didn't know if should agree or not, 289 00:44:33,195 --> 00:44:36,520 she wants that your velvet cloak to be lined with mink 290 00:44:36,555 --> 00:44:38,525 and the gloves with ermine. 291 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,860 Perhaps she should have asked for your approval. 292 00:44:41,895 --> 00:44:45,125 - Does your Excellency want to see? - No, no. 293 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:50,599 Let's not rob her of the pleasure of opening her purchases. 294 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,993 That girl is Count Stackelberg's new mistress 295 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:55,396 - Shall we continue reading? - Yes. 296 00:46:56,160 --> 00:47:00,039 My daughter liked this chapter a great deal. 297 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,750 She never tired of hearing it. 298 00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,920 "Oliver Twist, being left to himself in the undertaker's shop, 299 00:47:07,955 --> 00:47:11,285 set the lamp down on a workman's bench 300 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,765 and gazed about him with a feeling of awe and dread, 301 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:19,240 which many people older than he will be at no loss to understand 302 00:47:19,275 --> 00:47:20,605 An unfinished coffin on black trestles 303 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:25,240 which stood in the middle of the shop, looked so gloomy 304 00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:30,405 and death-like that a cold tremble came over him, 305 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:36,280 every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object: 306 00:47:36,715 --> 00:47:41,834 from which he almost expected to see some frightful form... " 307 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,474 - Serge. - Yes? 308 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,916 I don't have any more money. 309 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,151 I know, yesterday you gave me 3000 francs. 310 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:59,438 Today I spent 5000 to buy two Irish horses. 311 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:07,600 Etienne didn't like driving a carriage with only one horse. 312 00:48:07,635 --> 00:48:12,628 You're rich... and so I don't ask you to believe me. 313 00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,605 How could you believe the word 314 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:21,765 of one whom you give 5000 francs a month. 315 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:25,515 Have you ever thought that I might love you too? 316 00:48:25,550 --> 00:48:29,231 Because of all the things that you've given me? 317 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,516 But you'll never know it. 318 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,280 What are your new horses called? 319 00:48:42,315 --> 00:48:44,236 'Long Mane' and 'Adorable' 320 00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:49,673 I assure you, that you wouldn't have been able to resist them 321 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:07,300 Against the wall were ranged, in regular array, 322 00:49:07,335 --> 00:49:12,600 a long row of elm boards cut in the same shape: 323 00:49:12,635 --> 00:49:15,080 looking in the dim light, like ghosts" 324 00:49:15,115 --> 00:49:17,719 Serge, I'm very tired. 325 00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,070 Tomorrow, my friend. 326 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:33,439 - Like this? - Too high. 327 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:36,909 Let the man bend. 328 00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:02,760 - I am Count Edouard de Perregaux. - I assure you it's not my fault... 329 00:50:02,795 --> 00:50:06,912 - he told me he would wait for you. - Yes, you can go. 330 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:19,205 Have you heard what I said to my protector. 331 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:25,156 - Yes, I couldn't have done otherwise. - It was for you that I was speaking. 332 00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:30,577 Despite the Count's generosity 333 00:50:30,612 --> 00:50:33,915 I manage to build up debts 334 00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,835 That doesn't frighten me. 335 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:05,205 Your money will not be spent badly. 336 00:51:05,240 --> 00:51:10,873 The men in my bed enjoy themselves a lot. Do you know why? 337 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:17,948 Because I enjoy going to bed with them a lot. 338 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:18,640 I wanted to advise you, sir, that Mademoiselle has left a letter 339 00:53:18,675 --> 00:53:24,234 She's decided consult a famous specialist and she's left. 340 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:30,800 Fine. Clotilde, I would like a hot drink. 341 00:53:30,835 --> 00:53:32,756 Straight away, sir. 342 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,436 Where are we? 343 00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:14,358 We're returning to Paris. Don't you remember anything? 344 00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:19,996 Wait. 345 00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:26,639 - Yes, I remember a landing place. - Yes, yes. 346 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:35,232 - I'm not dreaming. - No, you're not dreaming. 347 00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:42,149 We two are in a room and... 348 00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:44,996 Yes, then? 349 00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,240 They are asking me something that I don't understand. 350 00:54:50,275 --> 00:54:52,325 They are asking you in English: 351 00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:56,040 "Alphonsine Plessis, do you want to take this man present here 352 00:54:56,075 --> 00:54:57,996 to be your husband?" 353 00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:05,234 - I answered "yes"? - You answered "yes". 354 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,951 Do you remember it, Countess of Perregaux? 355 00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:18,000 Countess of Perregaux. 356 00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:29,565 Would you like to see the real Algeria? 357 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:35,600 There are beautiful gardens and the sky is almost always blue 358 00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:38,116 Serene, hot. 359 00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:01,550 Alphonsine, I will board ship again in a few days. 360 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:06,079 Are you asking me to follow you? 361 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,389 No, I won't ask you. 362 00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:16,198 Now you have certain obligations toward me. 363 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:22,356 - I know. - Now that I'm your wife. 364 00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:30,685 Even though it may seem absurd I ask you to let me be free. 365 00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:36,560 If you don't wish to follow me and live the life like I've always lived it 366 00:57:37,395 --> 00:57:41,148 I ask you to let me be free 367 00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,156 But I have many needs. 368 00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:51,958 You cannot say that I didn't warn you. 369 00:57:51,993 --> 00:57:55,396 It was your sincerity that won me. 370 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:10,520 My hand-writing is still imperfect, 371 00:58:10,555 --> 00:58:13,715 but I think the idea is clear 372 00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:20,845 I want to tell you in writing that you are free. 373 00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:25,078 I wanted to tell you to your face and here I'm repeating it. 374 00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,116 Signed: 375 00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:30,438 Alphonsine. 376 00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:45,959 - The conditions? - I will only use your title. 377 00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:50,875 You will continue to lead your life and I mine 378 00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:56,916 From now on 379 00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:01,485 the men who want to show off at the theatre 380 00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:05,999 with a countess in their buttonhole must pay me more. 381 00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:09,916 That's everything. 382 00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,833 I must find another name. 383 00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:29,559 Countess... Alphonsine de Perregaux. 384 00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:35,748 It's Alphonsine that sounds wrong, no? 385 00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:40,117 I need a different name. 386 00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:48,276 Maria, maybe. Countess... 387 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,750 Maria of... 388 00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:57,236 Yes... 389 00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:02,080 Countess... Maria... 390 01:00:02,115 --> 01:00:04,036 Alphonsine. 391 01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:12,076 Here? 392 01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:15,436 Alphonsine. 393 01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,556 Who's that? 394 01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:56,720 Maria of Plessis, Our lady of the camellias. 395 01:01:56,755 --> 01:01:58,676 You know her? 396 01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:03,800 Ex Alphonsine Plessis, ex countess of Perregaux, 397 01:02:03,835 --> 01:02:05,756 the divine Maria. 398 01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:10,989 - Will you introduce me in the interval? - Certainly. I used to know her. 399 01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:23,480 - It was wonderful. - I'm happy that you like the theatre. 400 01:02:23,515 --> 01:02:27,917 - Morin, come and help me. - Mademoiselle. 401 01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:34,160 I'll put on something and I'll be with you in a minute. 402 01:02:34,195 --> 01:02:37,277 - Offer something to the Count. - Yes. 403 01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:45,680 Tell Clothilde that you're preparing dinner for four. 404 01:02:45,715 --> 01:02:49,880 - Who is coming? - Clemence, with two gentlemen. 405 01:02:49,915 --> 01:02:52,155 - Hold this. - The count? 406 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:54,596 I'll send him away. 407 01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:04,925 - You're happy tonight. - Yes. 408 01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:09,556 The son of Dejazet is coming. She's a great actress, apparently. 409 01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:13,125 The other is Dumas' son. 410 01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,680 You would have done better to invite the father. 411 01:03:15,715 --> 01:03:19,285 A line of creditors called today. 412 01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:22,659 Just for champagne we have a bill of... 413 01:03:22,694 --> 01:03:25,999 Do you want to put me in a bad mood? 414 01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:32,880 - Which of the two do you like? - Even if I liked one of the two... 415 01:03:32,915 --> 01:03:36,440 Do you know how you recognise a successful kept woman? 416 01:03:36,475 --> 01:03:41,445 Not by her diamonds carriages, horses. 417 01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:46,400 But by a very young lover that she keeps hidden. 418 01:03:46,435 --> 01:03:48,755 Besotted and without will. 419 01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:58,829 - And who spends all your money. - That's why it's expensive! 420 01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:06,317 Let me see what's underneath! 421 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:30,830 Clotilde, if someone calls don't open the front door. 422 01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:40,200 - Did you like my playing? - Who taught you? 423 01:04:40,235 --> 01:04:42,156 The Nuns of Orsoline. 424 01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:46,276 What else did you learn from the nuns? 425 01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:54,113 To study a man's hands, his fingers and his wrists. 426 01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:19,238 - Alexandre, come! - Let her rest. 427 01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:24,840 It happens often, she has a bad chest. 428 01:05:24,875 --> 01:05:28,355 Never mind, come here. 429 01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:53,598 - Go and enjoy yourself with the others. - Don't tire yourself out. 430 01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:01,840 What are you looking at? 431 01:06:01,875 --> 01:06:04,085 My mother was a dressmaker. 432 01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:07,885 Wife of the great Alexandre Dumas? 433 01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:13,120 Not his wife, he never married her. I'm a bastard. 434 01:06:13,155 --> 01:06:15,125 And I'm a whore. 435 01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:20,996 A whore who spits blood and spends 100 thousand francs a year. 436 01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:30,080 Good enough for an old man full of money like the Count of Stackelberg. 437 01:06:30,115 --> 01:06:34,710 The young lovers I've had all left me. 438 01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,993 I don't understand why you don't go for a cure. 439 01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:44,036 A cure? 440 01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:50,998 If I'm cured, I will die. I go on only for the life I lead. 441 01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:57,200 Let me say something which you won't believe, but which is true. 442 01:06:57,235 --> 01:06:59,350 I won't ever repeat it. 443 01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:05,516 What? 444 01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:10,712 One time, two years ago, 445 01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:16,280 I stood watching you through a window while you were shopping. 446 01:07:16,315 --> 01:07:20,280 When I ask the salesman who you were, he answered 447 01:07:20,315 --> 01:07:22,205 a prostitute. 448 01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:26,518 This evening Clemence told me you are very ill. 449 01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:30,960 But your power over me is always stronger and I... 450 01:07:30,995 --> 01:07:34,933 believe that I'm destined to fall in love with you. 451 01:07:34,968 --> 01:07:38,871 - What must I do to repay you? - Love me a little. 452 01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:47,840 If you promise to do what I say without questions, I will love you. 453 01:07:47,875 --> 01:07:51,925 - I promise. - I want a lover with no will. 454 01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:57,353 - Without suspicions and without demands. - I accept completely. 455 01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:04,956 A lover without rights. 456 01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:09,556 Very good, without rights. 457 01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:14,714 But you must know that I love this infernal life. 458 01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:22,034 Because it makes me happy that you cannot buy it. 459 01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:26,759 - May I enter? - Come in, Clotilde. 460 01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:34,948 - This morning you must eat. - Well done, Clotilde. 461 01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:40,316 Here. 462 01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:45,116 Good. 463 01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:03,836 You had me like no one else. 464 01:09:10,440 --> 01:09:12,396 Say it again. 465 01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:19,316 Please, seat yourself. I'll notify the countess. 466 01:09:46,800 --> 01:09:49,285 You're sure of yourself, eh? 467 01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:54,125 Certainly by comparison... It's going your way. 468 01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:58,597 - I didn't ask your opinion. - But I'm giving it all the same. 469 01:10:00,560 --> 01:10:03,916 Don't take this affair too seriously. 470 01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:09,591 It would be a disaster for you and her. 471 01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:15,125 You risk ruining a perfect set-up 472 01:10:15,160 --> 01:10:18,800 which gives the countess money and happiness. 473 01:10:18,835 --> 01:10:22,753 Two things that you... could never give. 474 01:10:22,788 --> 01:10:26,672 You're managing only to hasten her death. 475 01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:33,405 How do you think that a prostitute 476 01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:37,965 can keep her standard of living without 3 or 4 lovers? 477 01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:43,711 With your fortune couldn't you give her a carriage at least. 478 01:10:56,120 --> 01:11:00,477 - Father? - Yes? - Am I disturbing you? - No. 479 01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:04,685 - Are you working? - It's a delicate moment. 480 01:11:04,720 --> 01:11:09,120 My Musketeers are racing back to Paris with the diamonds. 481 01:11:09,155 --> 01:11:12,034 One of your admirers asked me... 482 01:11:12,069 --> 01:11:14,913 If you could make a dedication 483 01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:19,158 Someone who knows your works by heart. 484 01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:29,125 You're not going to ask me who it's for? 485 01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:32,685 "To Countess Maria de Plessis from Alexandre Dumas, 486 01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:36,720 who is happy that you have recognised in his son, his greatest work. " 487 01:11:36,755 --> 01:11:39,565 - You know? - I know everything. 488 01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:42,990 Also everyone is speaking about you both. 489 01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:47,640 - Come with me this evening. - And Count Stackelberg? 490 01:11:47,675 --> 01:11:50,360 - He know nothing. - He knows everything. 491 01:11:50,395 --> 01:11:53,113 Don't forget he's a wise old man. 492 01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:57,357 You'll realise this yourself one day. 493 01:11:57,480 --> 01:12:00,640 When you're old it's better to divide your cake in two 494 01:12:00,675 --> 01:12:02,760 than have a turd all by yourself. 495 01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:38,551 Wait, the countess is very busy. She can't receive anyone. 496 01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:41,076 Excuse me. 497 01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:52,596 - Chocolate? - No. 498 01:12:54,480 --> 01:12:58,439 They arrived this evening for her birthday. 499 01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:00,756 with nuts. 500 01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:05,357 They're wrapped in thousand franc bills. 501 01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:07,796 And these... 502 01:13:09,440 --> 01:13:11,396 mint flavoured 503 01:13:14,160 --> 01:13:16,276 in hundred franc bills. 504 01:13:28,480 --> 01:13:31,597 This is my father's book which you asked for. 505 01:13:32,400 --> 01:13:35,517 It's made of simple leaves, countess. 506 01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,605 If I become wealthy, I'll print 507 01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:41,996 the whole encyclopaedia in banknotes. 508 01:13:50,120 --> 01:13:52,076 Thank you. 509 01:13:55,040 --> 01:13:57,679 You should have stopped him from coming. 510 01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:05,351 I gave you a letter for him, what have you done with it? 511 01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:08,276 I burnt it. 512 01:14:31,480 --> 01:14:35,951 You were right to come here, they're fantastic. 513 01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:55,675 - Do you like it? - Yes. 514 01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:12,273 - He pretended not to see me, did you notice? - No. 515 01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:20,795 - Who was that girl? - How do I know? 516 01:16:25,920 --> 01:16:28,765 She was nice. 517 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:33,240 Why don't you hold a dinner for me at the "Mosque", the arab restaurant. 518 01:16:33,275 --> 01:16:35,196 Who should I invite? 519 01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:41,110 I don't know... maybe Dejazet, for example. 520 01:16:42,760 --> 01:16:44,716 And Alexandre. 521 01:16:56,200 --> 01:16:58,031 Take this, for the costs. 522 01:16:59,400 --> 01:17:03,920 We're feeling abandoned back here, come in? 523 01:17:03,955 --> 01:17:05,876 Here we are! 524 01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:15,760 - Is he coming? - Yes, he wanted to know if you'd be there. 525 01:19:15,795 --> 01:19:17,680 - What did you tell him? - That you weren't coming. 526 01:19:17,715 --> 01:19:21,360 I didn't want to lose the guest of honour. 527 01:19:21,395 --> 01:19:24,193 You did well, he'll have a surprise. 528 01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:33,600 - It's spectacular! - This way you can't say I'm taking advantage. 529 01:19:33,635 --> 01:19:36,239 You're a good friend. I'll buy you a present. 530 01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:47,511 Here he is. 531 01:19:58,640 --> 01:20:01,916 Welcome, dear Alexandre. 532 01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:09,240 This is Constance. I told you I was coming with someone. 533 01:20:09,275 --> 01:20:13,233 You told me? I don't remember. 534 01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:17,165 I see, you're in good company. 535 01:20:17,200 --> 01:20:21,512 Do you want me to leave her? Do you want me to leave her? Answer me. 536 01:20:22,640 --> 01:20:26,315 Do you want to leave with me? Do you want to make love? 537 01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:31,956 Straight away. 538 01:21:28,800 --> 01:21:33,954 I'm the Count of Perregaux. Is the countess at home? 539 01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:38,285 No, she's not. 540 01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:42,154 - Can I know where she is? - In the countryside, for her health. 541 01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:47,834 At least... it's the reason she gave. 542 01:21:47,869 --> 01:21:51,549 - Who are you? - I'm her manservant. 543 01:21:52,720 --> 01:21:54,685 of many years. 544 01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:57,075 Do you know her address? 545 01:21:57,720 --> 01:22:01,713 Do you want... to find her? 546 01:22:02,200 --> 01:22:05,317 Notify her first... she's not alone. 547 01:22:05,800 --> 01:22:08,685 For a manservant, you're very indiscreet. 548 01:22:08,720 --> 01:22:12,633 For a husband, you don't pay much attention to her. 549 01:22:15,800 --> 01:22:21,511 You want her address? 90, Hotel Bon Reveil. 550 01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:34,398 You know, maybe we make love too much. 551 01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:43,237 You've dark rings round your eyes. 552 01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:47,085 You're here for a cure, to get better. 553 01:22:47,120 --> 01:22:51,398 The illness is cruel to me, but it's also deadly for those next to me. 554 01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:54,270 It's contagious, you know? 555 01:23:15,320 --> 01:23:17,276 Alphonsine. 556 01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:27,885 Here no one can see you. 557 01:23:27,920 --> 01:23:31,840 Normally it's the lover who has to take precautions. 558 01:23:31,875 --> 01:23:33,796 This time it's the husband. 559 01:23:35,160 --> 01:23:37,405 What are you doing here? 560 01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:40,000 You undervalue my devotion, Alphonsine. 561 01:23:40,035 --> 01:23:41,956 Have I aged? 562 01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:47,830 You don't look a day older than when we met. 563 01:23:49,240 --> 01:23:52,710 Maybe... the eyes. 564 01:23:53,960 --> 01:23:55,916 They have a different shade. 565 01:23:57,640 --> 01:23:59,596 The are more knowing. 566 01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:04,392 You can tell they've seen a lot. 567 01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:14,915 At your house, in Paris, an arrogant, indiscreet man, 568 01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:20,205 warned me that you were here with someone. 569 01:24:20,240 --> 01:24:25,165 But this time it's not an old count, it's the young Dumas. 570 01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:30,000 - Are you displeased? - I would gladly accept a second disappointment 571 01:24:30,035 --> 01:24:34,152 if this means that you're happy and loved. 572 01:24:35,640 --> 01:24:39,018 If you are, how long will you stay in love? 573 01:24:39,053 --> 01:24:42,396 Better ask how long he'll be in love with me. 574 01:24:44,760 --> 01:24:47,125 Come away with me. 575 01:24:47,160 --> 01:24:52,360 If I had to love someone for a lifetime, I would choose you. 576 01:24:52,395 --> 01:24:54,794 But you chose another. 577 01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:01,917 I couldn't love Alexandre for a lifetime. 578 01:25:03,640 --> 01:25:05,596 It's too ambitious. 579 01:25:11,040 --> 01:25:14,589 I think he's writing our story. 580 01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:18,434 Who knows if he's already found the end. 581 01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:21,154 Maybe I will suggest if for him. 582 01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:38,110 - Monsieur Dumas, shall we dance? - Gladly. 583 01:25:44,600 --> 01:25:49,071 Excuse me, there's someone who wants a word. 584 01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:05,997 - Hello. - Hello, Alphonsine. 585 01:26:10,520 --> 01:26:15,120 - How are you? - How long will you remain on holiday? 586 01:26:15,155 --> 01:26:18,405 - I don't know. - As you wish. 587 01:26:18,440 --> 01:26:22,228 I'll stay as long as it pleases me. 588 01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:28,152 At home there's a line of people who need paying. 589 01:26:30,920 --> 01:26:35,657 - I'll pay them when I return. - No, you'll return and find bailiffs. 590 01:26:35,692 --> 01:26:40,395 - Get Stackelberg to give you money. - He gives it to you, not me. 591 01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:45,605 You want me to believe you like this dump? 592 01:26:45,640 --> 01:26:50,031 Have you already forgotten when you'd have burnt it down? 593 01:26:51,800 --> 01:26:57,397 - I want to stay with Alexandre. - Alphonsine... listen to me. 594 01:26:59,080 --> 01:27:03,618 If the creditors take everything you'll lose him as well. 595 01:27:03,653 --> 01:27:08,157 Franz Liszt has arrived in Paris, he wants to meet you. 596 01:27:10,240 --> 01:27:12,913 Then you can take another holiday. 597 01:27:17,640 --> 01:27:22,605 It's a letter for my bank. The address is... 598 01:27:22,640 --> 01:27:28,355 - Place Dauphine, I've already been there. - Yes, I forgot... 599 01:27:30,480 --> 01:27:33,365 By now you're a regular at my bank. 600 01:27:33,400 --> 01:27:38,428 They'll be interested to know that I've sold one of my properties. 601 01:27:39,360 --> 01:27:42,477 It was some woodland. 602 01:27:44,560 --> 01:27:48,189 My savings at Dauphine Bank are almost exhausted. 603 01:27:49,720 --> 01:27:54,495 - It cost so much? - Yes. 604 01:28:10,360 --> 01:28:12,960 Believe me, squandering a fortune for someone 605 01:28:12,995 --> 01:28:15,315 makes you feel alive. 606 01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:19,045 Leave me to think about this... 607 01:28:19,080 --> 01:28:23,710 Well hurry, because soon we won't need 608 01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:27,471 your lands and woods, not you, not I. 609 01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:33,918 Death is close for both of us. 610 01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:42,877 Thank you. 611 01:29:10,840 --> 01:29:14,080 Maria! Maria, look what I brought you! 612 01:29:14,115 --> 01:29:16,795 What a marvel, It's from Liszt. 613 01:29:16,830 --> 01:29:19,475 He expects you after the concert. 614 01:29:22,640 --> 01:29:27,080 The countess is spending the night with Stackelberg. 615 01:29:27,115 --> 01:29:30,755 He's ill and asked to see her. 616 01:29:36,000 --> 01:29:41,360 Everyone's going crazy that such a famous man wants only to see you. 617 01:29:41,395 --> 01:29:43,669 Are you pleased? 618 01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:48,356 What's the matter? 619 01:29:49,920 --> 01:29:52,309 Maria, let's go, we're late! 620 01:29:52,920 --> 01:29:58,278 I told him you weren't here. Did you want to see him? 621 01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:34,000 Dear Marie, I'm not rich enough to love you as you want, 622 01:30:34,035 --> 01:30:38,360 nor poor enough to let myself be loved as you want. 623 01:30:38,395 --> 01:30:42,512 I'm leaving, I need to be alone. 624 01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:47,398 I need to stay far from Paris and forget you. 625 01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:15,000 When you left for the country I hoped you would return recovered. 626 01:31:15,320 --> 01:31:19,000 Not because of a healthy climate and lifestyle 627 01:31:19,800 --> 01:31:23,793 but because I knew that you were in good company. 628 01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:29,518 A feeling can help you live. 629 01:31:32,440 --> 01:31:38,200 - Those are inventions of the healthy. - It's this life which is killing you. 630 01:31:41,200 --> 01:31:46,600 Since you're so well informed, what advice do you give me? 631 01:31:46,720 --> 01:31:52,000 Do you really believe that loving someone can stop a haemorrhage? 632 01:31:54,680 --> 01:31:58,600 To be ill is a dirty thing, and it emits a filthy odour. 633 01:31:58,635 --> 01:32:01,194 Feelings don't matter. 634 01:32:03,160 --> 01:32:07,920 Alphonsine, you're speaking with anger. I know what it's about. 635 01:32:07,955 --> 01:32:11,993 It's not my fault if I've been... 636 01:32:13,080 --> 01:32:18,800 forgotten by death. Despite the years which weigh me down, 637 01:32:18,835 --> 01:32:24,033 I'm still alive. I've often wished the opposite. 638 01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:27,236 Believe me. 639 01:32:41,400 --> 01:32:45,712 Goodbye. I won't come back. 640 01:32:55,160 --> 01:32:59,517 I can't bear to see my daughter die a second time. 641 01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:40,397 Do you still love her? 642 01:34:41,040 --> 01:34:42,996 I pity her. 643 01:34:44,480 --> 01:34:48,560 - Have you done the fumigation? - As you prescribed. 644 01:34:48,595 --> 01:34:50,994 With lichens and almonds. 645 01:34:51,680 --> 01:34:55,440 Between coughing and the steam tent it's a miracle I haven't suffocated. 646 01:34:55,475 --> 01:34:57,396 And now how do you feel? 647 01:34:59,760 --> 01:35:02,925 - As always. - You need to be very patient. 648 01:35:02,960 --> 01:35:06,960 If you're unsatisfied with my work, don't hesitate 649 01:35:06,995 --> 01:35:08,805 to find another doctor. 650 01:35:08,840 --> 01:35:12,280 The sick are an odious breed, you should know that. 651 01:35:12,315 --> 01:35:16,637 You must rest and not go out until I say so. 652 01:35:36,040 --> 01:35:37,996 Thank you. 653 01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:41,952 Give me the pills... yours. 654 01:35:42,360 --> 01:35:46,040 The only ones which always lift my spirits. 655 01:35:46,075 --> 01:35:48,679 At least for a couple of hours. 656 01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:54,759 Tell Etienne to ready the horses, I want to go out. 657 01:35:56,880 --> 01:35:59,314 He told me to be patient. 658 01:36:01,400 --> 01:36:03,356 Would you be? 659 01:36:10,160 --> 01:36:15,840 But does she have to go out? Yesterday she came back half dead. 660 01:36:15,875 --> 01:36:19,992 Today she coughed and spat blood all day. 661 01:36:20,800 --> 01:36:22,756 - Finished? - Yes. 662 01:36:23,600 --> 01:36:25,556 Here. 663 01:36:32,240 --> 01:36:34,595 I said the red one. 664 01:36:35,960 --> 01:36:41,795 The dressmaker took it back. She said we hadn't finished paying. 665 01:36:43,760 --> 01:36:48,000 I always paid, I always wore the clothes she wanted. 666 01:36:48,035 --> 01:36:51,880 Maybe because I'm no longer seen in them. 667 01:36:51,915 --> 01:36:53,836 But I'll get better. 668 01:37:18,680 --> 01:37:21,638 It's eleven nights since I last slept. 669 01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:29,037 I suffocate every second, it feels like I'm dying. 670 01:38:49,560 --> 01:38:52,233 I'll leave this room alive. 671 01:41:44,520 --> 01:41:46,476 Alphonsine. 672 01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:01,155 Let me accompany you. 673 01:42:02,560 --> 01:42:04,516 I want to help you. 674 01:42:05,280 --> 01:42:08,636 I don't need help to die. 675 01:44:23,440 --> 01:44:25,396 Here. 676 01:44:47,897 --> 01:44:49,897 I'm suffocating 677 01:45:42,298 --> 01:45:44,398 Oh, I want to live! 678 01:45:48,698 --> 01:45:50,898 Margueritte, I'm here. 679 01:45:57,099 --> 01:45:59,099 I've come back. 680 01:46:03,200 --> 01:46:05,156 Bravo! 681 01:46:11,760 --> 01:46:13,478 Excuse me. 682 01:46:15,640 --> 01:46:19,838 Excuse me, let me pass! Monsieur Alexandre. 683 01:46:21,320 --> 01:46:24,325 You've done an excellent job, What a brilliant comedy you've written! 684 01:46:24,360 --> 01:46:29,309 I wonder what Alphonsine would have said to see herself portrayed like that, 685 01:46:29,400 --> 01:46:31,356 as he has portrayed her. 686 01:46:31,800 --> 01:46:37,565 I am Alphonsine's father. You only left me out. 687 01:46:37,600 --> 01:46:42,151 Because I would have disfigured such a beautiful comedy. 688 01:46:43,560 --> 01:46:46,957 To think, I could tell you many things. 689 01:46:46,992 --> 01:46:50,355 How she died, such a horrible death. 690 01:46:53,520 --> 01:46:58,548 I didn't know the illness could bring so much pain. 691 01:46:59,840 --> 01:47:01,796 And now... 692 01:47:03,800 --> 01:47:05,756 there's nothing left. 693 01:47:06,200 --> 01:47:10,239 They sold everything, even his love letters. 694 01:47:10,560 --> 01:47:12,790 They sold it all at auction... 695 01:47:13,960 --> 01:47:15,916 even her hair. 696 01:47:17,640 --> 01:47:19,596 her beautiful hair. 697 01:47:20,920 --> 01:47:23,878 Such sad events. 698 01:47:24,080 --> 01:47:26,897 But, it's been five years. 699 01:47:26,932 --> 01:47:29,714 Please, father, leave him be. 700 01:47:29,800 --> 01:47:33,605 Monsieur... Our lady of the camellias! 701 01:47:33,640 --> 01:47:38,555 What a beautiful title! You'll see, the public will love it. 702 01:47:39,760 --> 01:47:43,799 It will also make a pile of money. 703 01:47:43,880 --> 01:47:46,997 I... unfortunately I spent it all. 704 01:47:48,960 --> 01:47:52,111 I have nothing left, Monsieur. 705 01:47:57,760 --> 01:47:59,805 - Alexandre! - Thank you. 706 01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:04,280 Alexandre, the public are calling you. It's been a real triumph. 707 01:48:04,315 --> 01:48:08,760 A great success! Good evening. A great success! 708 01:48:08,795 --> 01:48:13,276 Monsieur Dumas, see our children! 709 01:48:14,640 --> 01:48:17,950 - Our children! - Yes, dear friend. 710 01:48:18,120 --> 01:48:20,873 This is a great day for us Dumas. 711 01:48:24,320 --> 01:48:27,720 Do you know what Alphonsine told me before dying? 712 01:48:27,755 --> 01:48:32,157 I will never leave this world of bandits... 713 01:48:34,720 --> 01:48:36,676 and prostitutes 714 01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:56,798 Bandits and prostitutes.