1 00:00:53,218 --> 00:00:55,220 Even before the sun had risen, 2 00:00:55,304 --> 00:00:58,140 Antonia knew that her days were numbered. 3 00:00:58,807 --> 00:01:02,645 She knew more than that, she knew that this would be her last day. 4 00:01:03,646 --> 00:01:05,481 Not that she felt unwell. 5 00:01:05,564 --> 00:01:08,609 But unlike others, 6 00:01:08,692 --> 00:01:12,196 Antonia knew when enough was enough. 7 00:01:22,498 --> 00:01:24,833 She would call her loved ones to her bedside, 8 00:01:24,917 --> 00:01:27,211 inform them of her imminent death, 9 00:01:27,294 --> 00:01:30,422 close her eyes and die. 10 00:01:43,352 --> 00:01:46,438 Farmer Bas would make her coffin himself. 11 00:01:46,522 --> 00:01:52,778 Russian Olga would lay her out with her customary discretion. 12 00:01:52,861 --> 00:01:56,281 There would be nothing to be ashamed of. 13 00:02:02,454 --> 00:02:06,375 And her great-granddaughter would not leave her deathbed, 14 00:02:06,875 --> 00:02:10,546 since she wanted to know exactly how the miracle of death 15 00:02:10,629 --> 00:02:13,924 would embrace her beloved great-grandmother. 16 00:02:21,015 --> 00:02:23,308 It's time to die. 17 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:42,202 She got out of bed to begin the last day of her life. 18 00:02:45,539 --> 00:02:48,584 ANTONIA'S LINE 19 00:02:48,667 --> 00:02:52,337 A film by Marleen Gorris 20 00:05:28,619 --> 00:05:30,120 IS this it? 21 00:05:33,123 --> 00:05:35,000 This is it. 22 00:06:00,025 --> 00:06:02,027 Don't think much of it. 23 00:06:03,278 --> 00:06:06,156 Nor did I when I left 2O years ago. 24 00:06:06,823 --> 00:06:09,034 It hasn't changed. 25 00:06:19,211 --> 00:06:22,756 This village may not be much, but at least it's quiet. 26 00:06:37,813 --> 00:06:40,232 Were you born here? 27 00:06:43,568 --> 00:06:47,531 Soon after the war, Antonia returned to bury her mother. 28 00:06:47,614 --> 00:06:50,409 But she was still very much alive. 29 00:06:53,996 --> 00:06:56,331 Wicked, wicked man. 30 00:06:58,834 --> 00:07:00,002 Dirtbag! 31 00:07:00,085 --> 00:07:02,587 Shameless thieves! 32 00:07:03,505 --> 00:07:08,510 Rotten swine! 33 00:07:15,058 --> 00:07:17,185 Just so as you know I know! 34 00:07:18,687 --> 00:07:21,982 You think I can't see it? You think I'm blind? 35 00:07:22,065 --> 00:07:27,863 That I don't know you're taking them in the alley behind the church? 36 00:07:31,033 --> 00:07:33,535 - You godforsaken rat! - Mad as a hatter. 37 00:07:33,618 --> 00:07:35,495 But difficult. Always has been. 38 00:07:36,163 --> 00:07:38,498 You sanctimonious filth! 39 00:07:38,582 --> 00:07:40,709 Dirtbag! 40 00:07:41,543 --> 00:07:43,879 But she's got a point. Father was a dirty old man. 41 00:07:43,962 --> 00:07:47,758 Used to feel them up round the clock. He's been dead for 3O years. 42 00:07:50,177 --> 00:07:53,847 Mother, I've come back. How about that! 43 00:07:53,930 --> 00:07:55,932 I came as quick as I could. 44 00:07:57,142 --> 00:07:59,227 This is my daughter, Danielle. 45 00:08:00,270 --> 00:08:04,399 Out of my sight, spawn of Satan! 46 00:08:04,483 --> 00:08:07,110 You two-faced, ruthless, 47 00:08:07,194 --> 00:08:09,488 drunken, degenerate adulterer! 48 00:08:10,530 --> 00:08:13,867 You wicked, wicked man! 49 00:08:35,138 --> 00:08:36,515 Antonia? 50 00:08:38,683 --> 00:08:39,976 Olga! 51 00:08:42,270 --> 00:08:43,522 Antonia? 52 00:08:47,192 --> 00:08:48,860 Yes, Mother? 53 00:08:50,654 --> 00:08:53,031 Late as usual. 54 00:08:53,865 --> 00:08:55,784 Like your father. 55 00:08:55,867 --> 00:08:56,993 Amen. 56 00:09:01,832 --> 00:09:04,000 Rest in peace, Mother. 57 00:09:04,751 --> 00:09:06,795 Though that's extremely unlikely. 58 00:09:39,286 --> 00:09:42,456 This is Chiel, the smith. I used to go out with him. 59 00:09:42,539 --> 00:09:44,624 Hey there, Chiel! 60 00:09:45,459 --> 00:09:47,752 He's grown old. 61 00:09:53,175 --> 00:09:54,843 That's Crooked Finger's house. 62 00:09:54,926 --> 00:09:56,678 He's an old friend. 63 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,474 I wonder how he made it through the war. 64 00:10:13,361 --> 00:10:15,405 That's Mad Madonna. 65 00:10:15,489 --> 00:10:18,074 She bays at the full moon. 66 00:10:21,203 --> 00:10:23,371 She drives the Protestant wild. 67 00:10:23,455 --> 00:10:27,292 He'd rather be on top, in more ways than one. 68 00:10:27,375 --> 00:10:28,710 Come on. 69 00:10:34,257 --> 00:10:37,135 That's Olga the Russian's café. 70 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:43,058 Her other professions: midwife and undertaker. 71 00:10:43,141 --> 00:10:46,436 That wall's the Saturday night urinal. 72 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,439 The stench on Sunday morning could bend nails. 73 00:10:49,981 --> 00:10:52,150 Ah, the nuns! 74 00:10:52,234 --> 00:10:54,236 They haven't gone extinct yet. 75 00:11:52,627 --> 00:11:56,214 It's all a load of rubbish really. But that's the way things are here. 76 00:12:35,211 --> 00:12:38,214 So, the prodigal daughter's come back. 77 00:12:39,758 --> 00:12:41,551 Clever of you to notice. 78 00:12:41,635 --> 00:12:44,638 Or are you not only drunk, but blind as well? 79 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,268 Olga, three beers. 80 00:12:50,352 --> 00:12:53,188 Still as mean and ugly as before. 81 00:12:53,271 --> 00:12:56,274 But Christ, what a well-stacked daughter you've got. 82 00:12:57,108 --> 00:12:58,860 Here, my two sons. 83 00:12:58,943 --> 00:13:03,865 Thoroughbred stallions both of them, ready to be put out to stud. 84 00:13:03,948 --> 00:13:06,451 Just right for this girl of yours, eh? 85 00:13:10,538 --> 00:13:11,998 Olga, a gin please. 86 00:13:13,208 --> 00:13:14,709 Give the lady a drink, Olga. 87 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:18,713 My daughter's up for offer too, going for a song. 88 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:20,632 She may not be the smartest, 89 00:13:20,715 --> 00:13:23,385 but she's strong as a sow in farrow. 90 00:13:23,468 --> 00:13:25,720 Her trousseau's been ready for years. 91 00:13:26,805 --> 00:13:28,973 Deedee, come here! 92 00:13:29,808 --> 00:13:33,728 For Christ's sake, come here! I told you to come! 93 00:13:34,354 --> 00:13:36,356 Have you gone deaf as well? 94 00:13:37,232 --> 00:13:39,150 Let them have a look at you. 95 00:13:41,403 --> 00:13:44,406 A solid wench. Have a look at her. 96 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:47,992 Any takers? 97 00:13:50,662 --> 00:13:52,455 That's enough. 98 00:13:57,794 --> 00:13:59,587 Where do you think you're going? 99 00:13:59,671 --> 00:14:04,384 Drink up and shut your ugly face! 100 00:14:06,636 --> 00:14:08,471 Shuffle, shuffle. 101 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,355 Deal, deal. 102 00:14:19,399 --> 00:14:21,526 What did I get? Let's see. 103 00:14:23,611 --> 00:14:28,783 And so Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, returned to the cradle of their ancestors. 104 00:14:36,249 --> 00:14:39,294 The two women settled into the pink house 105 00:14:39,377 --> 00:14:43,882 and had so little to do with the village that the villagers eventually accepted them. 106 00:14:43,965 --> 00:14:47,635 Just as they did a bad harvest, a deformed child, 107 00:14:47,719 --> 00:14:53,224 or the self evident, if unlikely, omnipresence of God. 108 00:15:18,833 --> 00:15:21,753 One man was happy with Antonia's return. 109 00:15:23,296 --> 00:15:27,008 Since the war ended, Crooked Finger refused to leave his house. 110 00:15:27,091 --> 00:15:31,054 So Antonia visited him instead, and she took Danielle with her. 111 00:16:42,250 --> 00:16:45,670 Remember walking in the woods together? 112 00:16:47,672 --> 00:16:50,633 Those woods hold lots of memories of us. 113 00:16:50,717 --> 00:16:53,678 - How's your wife doing? - Fine. 114 00:16:53,761 --> 00:16:55,430 Fine. 115 00:17:32,592 --> 00:17:33,927 Get a move on! 116 00:17:41,976 --> 00:17:46,314 Come back, you ungrateful bastard! 117 00:17:47,231 --> 00:17:51,569 You miserable swine! Come back! 118 00:17:52,362 --> 00:17:56,908 Although the mind of Loony Lips usually worked more slowly than most, 119 00:17:56,991 --> 00:18:00,328 it did not take him long to decide to follow Antonia. 120 00:18:03,998 --> 00:18:05,333 Farmer Bas was a newcomer. 121 00:18:05,917 --> 00:18:07,877 He 'd only lived in the village for 20 years. 122 00:18:09,003 --> 00:18:11,673 This complicated his dealings with the other farmers. 123 00:18:11,756 --> 00:18:14,467 But he had no trouble at all with Antonia. 124 00:18:46,541 --> 00:18:49,252 Not bad for a curate! 125 00:19:07,562 --> 00:19:12,650 Retarded Deedee lived with her mother, father and two brothers on a farm. 126 00:19:13,317 --> 00:19:17,864 The men's loud voices rode roughshod over the women's silence. 127 00:19:36,257 --> 00:19:39,343 Ma, where the hell are my Sunday shoes? 128 00:19:40,261 --> 00:19:44,891 Have you seen my shoes? 129 00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:15,046 Very generously proportioned was Cora. 130 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,550 Before Mass on Sunday she got tipsy on her own bathtub gin. 131 00:20:20,301 --> 00:20:22,804 Pushing her dung cart and roaring with laughter, 132 00:20:22,887 --> 00:20:25,807 she wove in and out of the churchgoers. 133 00:20:29,602 --> 00:20:31,312 Bertie's buried here. 134 00:20:31,395 --> 00:20:33,481 His father was in the cloth trade. 135 00:20:34,398 --> 00:20:37,819 Crooked Finger, Bertie and I were best friends. 136 00:20:37,902 --> 00:20:42,031 Bertie was in the resistance, hid a Jewish family in the attic. 137 00:20:42,115 --> 00:20:46,911 He was betrayed to the Germans and they were all shot. 138 00:20:50,706 --> 00:20:54,794 And guess who was too scared to give him the Last Rites? 139 00:21:28,786 --> 00:21:31,164 Anyone at home? 140 00:21:42,175 --> 00:21:43,926 I... 141 00:21:46,137 --> 00:21:48,347 I wanted to have a word. 142 00:21:49,348 --> 00:21:50,850 What about? 143 00:21:56,147 --> 00:21:58,608 About you and me. 144 00:22:00,026 --> 00:22:02,028 About marriage. 145 00:22:02,111 --> 00:22:04,280 I was thinking... 146 00:22:06,365 --> 00:22:09,202 You're a widow and my wife is dead. 147 00:22:14,207 --> 00:22:16,334 You are a good-looking woman... 148 00:22:21,881 --> 00:22:23,716 My sons need a mother. 149 00:22:24,675 --> 00:22:26,510 But I don't need your sons. 150 00:22:27,845 --> 00:22:29,347 You don't? 151 00:22:30,556 --> 00:22:32,141 No. 152 00:22:37,605 --> 00:22:39,315 Don't you need a husband? 153 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:41,567 What for? 154 00:22:46,322 --> 00:22:48,074 You can come round from time to time. 155 00:22:48,157 --> 00:22:50,952 There's the odd job we can't do ourselves 156 00:22:52,828 --> 00:22:56,165 and I'd be grateful if you'd lend a hand. 157 00:22:57,541 --> 00:22:59,835 And what do I get in return? 158 00:23:01,337 --> 00:23:04,423 A cup of coffee, fresh eggs, vegetables. 159 00:23:06,050 --> 00:23:07,343 I've got all that myself. 160 00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:16,310 Well... 161 00:23:17,895 --> 00:23:19,730 I'll think about it. 162 00:23:48,175 --> 00:23:50,678 Boys, behave yourselves! 163 00:24:14,577 --> 00:24:15,870 Good? 164 00:24:18,539 --> 00:24:20,374 Watch it! 165 00:24:30,634 --> 00:24:32,720 Farmer Bas became a regular visitor. 166 00:24:32,803 --> 00:24:35,264 Antonia gave him her affection, 167 00:24:35,348 --> 00:24:38,017 but for the moment no more than that. 168 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:01,540 - I've come to get our saw. - It's in the barn. I'll get it. 169 00:25:01,624 --> 00:25:03,459 Don't bother. I'll go. 170 00:25:40,162 --> 00:25:41,747 Goddamn. 171 00:25:45,042 --> 00:25:46,377 Goddamn! 172 00:26:20,870 --> 00:26:22,538 Hush now. Hush. 173 00:26:23,998 --> 00:26:26,667 I'll bake you a lovely cake... 174 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:28,419 Hold Still! 175 00:26:29,211 --> 00:26:31,630 And soon you'll have a nice bath. 176 00:26:32,715 --> 00:26:35,676 Tomorrow we'll buy you new glasses. 177 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,721 As usual, the villagers knew everything. 178 00:27:20,804 --> 00:27:24,308 Bu! they were as silent' as the grave that' had nearly been filled. 179 00:27:30,689 --> 00:27:33,442 Pitte healed from his wounds and disappeared. 180 00:27:33,526 --> 00:27:35,736 No one knew where to. 181 00:27:45,621 --> 00:27:48,082 “Like seeks like,” Antonia said. 182 00:27:48,165 --> 00:27:50,668 And Deedee and Loony Lips found each other. 183 00:29:31,685 --> 00:29:33,812 Has Crooked Finger seen this? 184 00:29:33,896 --> 00:29:34,938 No. 185 00:29:35,022 --> 00:29:37,274 He's only interested in books. 186 00:29:37,941 --> 00:29:40,110 This isn't any good. 187 00:29:40,778 --> 00:29:43,530 I've got such a lot to learn. 188 00:29:53,582 --> 00:29:59,004 So Danielle went to learn in the big city. And she was happy. 189 00:30:40,838 --> 00:30:45,175 Days turned into weeks, then into years. 190 00:30:45,259 --> 00:30:48,595 Antonia planted, Danielle painted, 191 00:30:48,679 --> 00:30:51,849 the fields turned green, then brown again. 192 00:30:56,770 --> 00:30:59,440 Danielle, pull it. 193 00:31:19,126 --> 00:31:21,295 I want a baby. 194 00:31:26,633 --> 00:31:28,844 Whatever gave you that idea? 195 00:31:31,930 --> 00:31:33,599 A baby? 196 00:31:37,352 --> 00:31:41,315 How about a husband to go with it? 197 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,652 No, I don't think so. 198 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:03,504 Don't look for that here in the village. It would only mean trouble. 199 00:32:04,338 --> 00:32:07,216 The farmers here only breed sons, 200 00:32:07,299 --> 00:32:11,011 and they can't see further than the back end of a cow. 201 00:32:20,854 --> 00:32:22,356 Take deep breaths! 202 00:32:24,608 --> 00:32:26,652 Through your nose! 203 00:32:26,735 --> 00:32:29,363 In a few months we'll go to the city. 204 00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:33,200 And there we'll find you a father. 205 00:33:25,127 --> 00:33:27,004 What's this? 206 00:33:27,588 --> 00:33:30,591 Seems like a house for fallen women. 207 00:33:31,675 --> 00:33:35,387 I doubt if these'll ever get up again. Let's go! 208 00:33:36,013 --> 00:33:37,347 Come in. Have a seat. 209 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:43,353 Have a seat. 210 00:33:50,944 --> 00:33:56,116 Nothing beats being pregnant. 211 00:33:56,199 --> 00:33:59,244 This is my second, and believe me, 212 00:33:59,328 --> 00:34:06,001 it's not the copulation or the kids that come out of it 213 00:34:06,084 --> 00:34:08,754 but the carrying and giving birth that makes it worthwhile. 214 00:34:08,837 --> 00:34:10,839 It's the most beautiful thing on earth! 215 00:34:31,234 --> 00:34:33,236 We urgently need the services... 216 00:34:36,156 --> 00:34:40,285 - ...of a man. - A man! Who doesn't? 217 00:34:42,537 --> 00:34:47,834 Just to get me pregnant. 218 00:34:48,418 --> 00:34:52,422 I don't want him into the bargain. A child is all I want. 219 00:34:53,006 --> 00:34:54,800 He doesn't have to know about it. 220 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,262 What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve about. 221 00:35:04,017 --> 00:35:06,269 In that case, I'm with you. 222 00:35:16,321 --> 00:35:17,823 Nice bike. 223 00:35:19,282 --> 00:35:20,617 An Adonis! 224 00:35:21,243 --> 00:35:23,286 What does he do for a living? 225 00:35:25,122 --> 00:35:26,623 Good breeding? 226 00:35:27,833 --> 00:35:29,418 He's family! 227 00:37:40,048 --> 00:37:41,550 Once more. 228 00:37:42,425 --> 00:37:43,468 Come on! 229 00:38:39,858 --> 00:38:41,985 Did you see stars? 230 00:38:42,068 --> 00:38:43,570 Did I have to? 231 00:38:43,653 --> 00:38:45,280 It helps. 232 00:38:45,363 --> 00:38:47,032 It's not essential. 233 00:38:47,824 --> 00:38:50,493 - I'm famished! - That's a good sign. 234 00:38:51,494 --> 00:38:53,872 We're a fertile family. 235 00:38:53,955 --> 00:38:58,126 Letta, it was a real pleasure. You know where to find me if you want me. 236 00:39:10,847 --> 00:39:14,976 ...corruption that infects us all. 237 00:39:15,852 --> 00:39:22,067 Of such, Peter, the rock upon whom the Church is built, warns: 238 00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:28,782 “Them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government.” 239 00:39:29,699 --> 00:39:35,622 The kingdom of the Jews fell through Jezebel and her cursed daughter. 240 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:44,673 More the shame that these are women! 241 00:39:45,340 --> 00:39:48,134 They should set an example 242 00:39:48,218 --> 00:39:51,721 of humility and obedience, 243 00:39:51,805 --> 00:39:56,268 and teach their daughters chastity. 244 00:39:57,185 --> 00:39:59,521 Let them repent 245 00:39:59,604 --> 00:40:05,568 lest they be cast into hellfire at the day of judgment! 246 00:40:38,977 --> 00:40:42,731 Farmer Bas came to the conclusion that there was only one solution: 247 00:40:42,814 --> 00:40:44,190 Blackmail. 248 00:41:25,482 --> 00:41:27,650 Jesus, Mary, Joseph! 249 00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:32,447 ...and Our Lord said unto them: 250 00:41:32,530 --> 00:41:36,493 “He that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone at her.” 251 00:41:37,702 --> 00:41:40,747 And just as her accusers left, convicted by their own consciences, 252 00:41:40,830 --> 00:41:47,712 so we must think of our own transgressions before condemning others. 253 00:41:48,505 --> 00:41:53,593 Let us also remember that salvation came into the world through a woman. 254 00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:58,681 And that no one seeks her protection or help in vain. 255 00:42:00,809 --> 00:42:05,980 Nor should we forget the lesson read on the feast day of a holy woman: 256 00:42:06,898 --> 00:42:09,859 “She openeth her mouth with wisdom, 257 00:42:09,943 --> 00:42:13,863 in her tongue is the law of kindness. 258 00:42:14,656 --> 00:42:17,826 She looketh well to the ways of her household, 259 00:42:17,909 --> 00:42:20,870 and eateth not the bread of idleness.” 260 00:42:38,054 --> 00:42:42,183 Danielle gave birth to a daughter, and called her Thérèse. 261 00:43:16,259 --> 00:43:17,969 And so the years passed. 262 00:43:18,052 --> 00:43:23,183 Antonia and Danielle took Thérèse on their visits to Crooked Finger. 263 00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:30,190 It seemed that Thérèse understood Crooked Finger better than Danielle ever did. 264 00:43:30,273 --> 00:43:35,862 Imagine moving to another time scale, 265 00:43:35,945 --> 00:43:39,574 so that a life-span of 8O years would be over in 29 days, 266 00:43:39,657 --> 00:43:42,911 or last 80,000 years. 267 00:43:43,703 --> 00:43:45,705 - Time... - But what about time? 268 00:43:45,788 --> 00:43:47,707 Did we invent time? 269 00:43:48,541 --> 00:43:50,835 We made it up. 270 00:43:52,545 --> 00:43:55,215 Perhaps ants live in their time... 271 00:43:55,298 --> 00:43:57,759 - And crickets... - And bees... 272 00:43:58,468 --> 00:44:01,137 - And butterflies... - And trees... 273 00:44:01,804 --> 00:44:03,014 And stars... 274 00:44:03,097 --> 00:44:04,807 And the moon! 275 00:44:09,562 --> 00:44:11,105 Finger, you smell! 276 00:44:11,189 --> 00:44:15,068 That, my dear, is the smell of time past. 277 00:44:16,528 --> 00:44:21,324 And Finger and Thérèse enfolded each other in their hearts. 278 00:44:33,169 --> 00:44:37,549 Thwarted in love by the dogmas of their different faiths, 279 00:44:37,632 --> 00:44:43,638 the Protestant remained as far from his Madonna as the moon she howled at. 280 00:44:51,896 --> 00:44:53,815 The Curate left the church because, 281 00:44:53,898 --> 00:44:57,902 as he put it, he could not reconcile his enjoyment of life 282 00:44:57,986 --> 00:44:59,988 with the Church's enjoyment of death. 283 00:45:17,922 --> 00:45:21,009 I'm free! I'm free! 284 00:46:38,670 --> 00:46:41,673 Some years ago you asked for my hand. 285 00:46:43,091 --> 00:46:46,594 You still can't have my hand. But you can have the rest. 286 00:46:54,352 --> 00:46:57,355 After all these chaste years I've got the urge again. 287 00:46:57,897 --> 00:46:59,982 Let's say once a week? 288 00:47:02,777 --> 00:47:04,904 Perhaps more often. 289 00:47:04,987 --> 00:47:07,490 From time to time... 290 00:47:07,573 --> 00:47:09,826 should the need arise. 291 00:47:10,993 --> 00:47:15,998 If the need arises, we must give that serious consideration. 292 00:47:19,001 --> 00:47:21,921 And not in my house or yours. 293 00:47:22,004 --> 00:47:25,383 That's much too hectic for people of our age. 294 00:48:21,105 --> 00:48:26,152 The seasons repeated themselves. Time gave birth again and again, 295 00:48:26,235 --> 00:48:29,363 and with complete contentment produced nothing except itself. 296 00:49:02,104 --> 00:49:05,149 Letta! Pregnant again? 297 00:49:05,233 --> 00:49:07,276 What number's this one? 298 00:49:08,152 --> 00:49:10,154 I have nowhere else to go. 299 00:49:12,114 --> 00:49:15,868 Children of the future, remember that I did my best. Come on in. 300 00:49:29,298 --> 00:49:32,385 This is Simon, my eldest. Take off your cap! 301 00:49:33,177 --> 00:49:35,179 And this is Arletta. 302 00:49:37,473 --> 00:49:39,308 Is that... 303 00:49:40,309 --> 00:49:42,562 That's my daughter Thérèse. 304 00:49:42,645 --> 00:49:45,106 Poppet 305 00:49:46,774 --> 00:49:48,568 Haven't I grown? 306 00:49:48,651 --> 00:49:50,820 Spitting image of her dad! 307 00:49:53,072 --> 00:49:54,740 How is my father? 308 00:49:55,157 --> 00:49:59,328 Fine! He's married to a horribly ugly girl 309 00:49:59,412 --> 00:50:04,250 who's got a heart of gold, buckets of common sense and a brewery. 310 00:50:04,333 --> 00:50:05,835 He's very happy. 311 00:50:10,464 --> 00:50:13,634 - Who's that? - The Curate. 312 00:50:18,472 --> 00:50:20,308 He has left the Church. 313 00:50:30,651 --> 00:50:32,695 God bless you, ma'am! 314 00:50:32,778 --> 00:50:34,864 I should hope so too. 315 00:50:48,210 --> 00:50:51,464 The Curate lovingly knocked her up every year, 316 00:50:51,547 --> 00:50:54,050 and they lived happily ever after. 317 00:51:13,736 --> 00:51:17,531 - How long have you been able to do sums? - Since I was three. 318 00:51:18,115 --> 00:51:21,953 - Who taught you? - I taught myself. 319 00:51:23,245 --> 00:51:25,414 Crooked Finger helped a bit. 320 00:51:26,290 --> 00:51:29,794 How much is 147 times 48? 321 00:51:29,877 --> 00:51:32,421 7056, of course. 322 00:51:39,261 --> 00:51:41,180 Square root is 84. 323 00:51:43,307 --> 00:51:48,437 The square is 49,787,136. 324 00:51:53,651 --> 00:51:58,239 Danielle, I regret to have to tell you your daughter isn't normal. 325 00:51:59,991 --> 00:52:04,495 - I'm a child prodigy. - I fear you are. 326 00:52:05,121 --> 00:52:09,291 This is Lara Anderson, Thérèse's teacher. 327 00:52:10,126 --> 00:52:15,172 - The First Grade's teacher, I mean. - She has 3O children, a demanding task. 328 00:52:15,256 --> 00:52:16,382 Quite. 329 00:52:17,341 --> 00:52:19,510 Thérèse is far in advance of the others. 330 00:52:19,593 --> 00:52:24,181 It creates problems, she needs a lot of attention. 331 00:52:24,265 --> 00:52:28,394 I suggest that you and I, and possibly others 332 00:52:28,477 --> 00:52:32,356 take responsibility and give Thérèse extra tuition 333 00:52:33,315 --> 00:52:37,319 besides her normal lessons, which I shall adapt to her needs. 334 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:39,530 What subjects are you good in? 335 00:52:41,907 --> 00:52:44,994 All the colors of the spectrum. She knows everything about painting. 336 00:52:46,370 --> 00:52:47,913 She's not a bad carpenter, either. 337 00:52:49,081 --> 00:52:53,085 Crooked Finger will help. He knows more than is good for him. 338 00:52:53,169 --> 00:52:55,838 Philosophy, poetry, comparative religion. 339 00:52:55,921 --> 00:52:58,340 Logic. The exact sciences. 340 00:52:59,383 --> 00:53:03,512 I suggest two to three hours extra a day. 341 00:53:04,346 --> 00:53:05,806 Is that suitable? 342 00:53:13,522 --> 00:53:15,691 Is that suitable? 343 00:53:17,276 --> 00:53:18,611 To begin with. 344 00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:28,370 What time is she coming? 345 00:53:29,413 --> 00:53:31,957 Didn't she say after dinner? 346 00:53:32,041 --> 00:53:33,542 That's now! 347 00:53:33,626 --> 00:53:37,338 Perhaps she eats late. 348 00:53:38,005 --> 00:53:40,007 Perhaps she doesn't want to come. 349 00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:48,516 Was it today she said she'd come? 350 00:53:51,936 --> 00:53:53,771 Does she drink coffee or tea? 351 00:53:54,730 --> 00:53:58,651 How should I know? Stand still or sit down! 352 00:54:16,836 --> 00:54:18,337 Hello, Thérèse. 353 00:54:19,463 --> 00:54:20,589 - Hello. - Hello. 354 00:54:26,428 --> 00:54:30,057 Reverend Mother says that God created everything. 355 00:54:30,141 --> 00:54:34,395 But she won't ask herself who created God. 356 00:54:34,478 --> 00:54:38,983 The tragedy of those who believe in a God is that their faith rules their intellect. 357 00:54:39,817 --> 00:54:44,613 In my experience, religions often cause death and destruction. 358 00:54:46,282 --> 00:54:48,075 But we were discussing Plato. 359 00:54:52,496 --> 00:54:54,957 Isn't it terrible that nothing exists? 360 00:54:55,958 --> 00:54:57,501 That's why there's so much. 361 00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:08,470 Have you ever eaten an artichoke? Shall I tell you how? 362 00:55:09,513 --> 00:55:14,560 An artichoke is thick and round and green. 363 00:55:14,643 --> 00:55:18,522 The leaves are fleshy and soft. 364 00:55:18,606 --> 00:55:20,900 First, boil the artichoke in salted water. 365 00:55:20,983 --> 00:55:27,406 Then, peel off the leaves, one by one, dip them in a vinaigrette sauce, 366 00:55:27,489 --> 00:55:33,078 then scrape off the tender flesh with your teeth until you reach the heart. 367 00:55:33,871 --> 00:55:35,122 The heart? 368 00:55:36,123 --> 00:55:38,042 Yes, the heart. 369 00:55:41,003 --> 00:55:45,257 - And what do I do with the heart? - You savor it, 370 00:55:45,341 --> 00:55:49,470 bit by bit, with your eyes closed. It's a delicacy. 371 00:55:49,553 --> 00:55:51,430 The whole thing is a delicacy. 372 00:55:51,513 --> 00:55:53,641 Yes, all of it is a delicacy. 373 00:55:53,724 --> 00:55:56,727 Am I going to have my lesson or not? 374 00:56:19,250 --> 00:56:22,670 And then love burst out everywhere. 375 00:58:01,101 --> 00:58:03,145 I can't sleep! 376 00:58:29,797 --> 00:58:33,717 That year Mad Madonna died of a broken heart. 377 00:58:52,277 --> 00:58:55,197 The Protestant speedily followed her. 378 00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,783 “Force of habit,” said the villagers. 379 00:59:07,334 --> 00:59:09,545 THEY DID NOT SHARE A TABLE 380 00:59:09,628 --> 00:59:11,630 THEY DID NOT SHARE A BED 381 00:59:11,713 --> 00:59:13,715 NOW THEY SIMPLY SHARE A GRAVE 382 00:59:31,358 --> 00:59:35,112 Farmer Dean fell from the combine harvester and broke his neck. 383 00:59:43,162 --> 00:59:45,831 After nearly 75 years missing without a trace, 384 00:59:45,914 --> 00:59:50,169 Pitte suddenly walked through the door and claimed his share of the inheritance. 385 00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:55,924 Money, money, money. 386 01:00:45,307 --> 01:00:47,809 Look who's here! 387 01:00:53,690 --> 01:00:54,816 Ladies... 388 01:01:00,948 --> 01:01:04,785 - Who's that? - The devil. Open the door. 389 01:01:13,669 --> 01:01:17,714 Thérèse grew up with Simon, Letta's eldest son. 390 01:01:17,798 --> 01:01:21,343 He loved Thérèse, and would continue to do so all his life. 391 01:01:22,886 --> 01:01:26,848 Simon's in love! 392 01:01:30,435 --> 01:01:35,649 Thérèse soon discovered that thought needed more than just brains. 393 01:01:35,732 --> 01:01:41,280 Her love of music and mathematics provided for the needs of heart and head. 394 01:01:41,363 --> 01:01:46,285 She limited herself to those subjects, and became an authority in both. 395 01:01:46,368 --> 01:01:50,956 Your essay has undeniable merits, 396 01:01:51,456 --> 01:01:53,625 but it is imperative 397 01:01:53,709 --> 01:01:57,462 that you realize the importance of following the assignment. 398 01:01:57,963 --> 01:02:02,175 I specifically stipulated two pages maximum. 399 01:02:02,259 --> 01:02:06,054 You wrote five. So it is insufficient. 400 01:02:06,930 --> 01:02:13,437 In our discipline it is essential, an absolute necessity... 401 01:02:14,062 --> 01:02:18,984 Let me put it this way: “Mastery reveals itself in limitation.” 402 01:02:19,067 --> 01:02:23,488 Since you can't distinguish quality from quantity, 403 01:02:23,572 --> 01:02:27,409 I can only come to the conclusion that you are incompetent. 404 01:02:34,708 --> 01:02:36,627 Up with the truth! 405 01:02:37,210 --> 01:02:38,962 Up with the revolution! 406 01:02:48,096 --> 01:02:50,098 UP yours. 407 01:03:27,969 --> 01:03:31,306 In those enlightened times Thérèse was raped. 408 01:03:33,809 --> 01:03:35,143 By Pitte. 409 01:03:36,019 --> 01:03:37,979 Drinks are on me! 410 01:03:39,147 --> 01:03:41,149 Beer for everyone. 411 01:03:47,030 --> 01:03:49,324 You got something to celebrate? 412 01:03:50,450 --> 01:03:52,744 Are you all right now? 413 01:03:52,828 --> 01:03:54,496 Are you sure? 414 01:03:57,999 --> 01:03:59,000 Sleep well. 415 01:04:43,378 --> 01:04:45,213 He isn't here. 416 01:05:22,959 --> 01:05:24,628 Stand up! 417 01:05:32,427 --> 01:05:35,430 Outside. And quickly. 418 01:05:58,745 --> 01:06:00,288 Stop! 419 01:06:02,874 --> 01:06:04,876 - Be reasonable. - No. 420 01:06:06,253 --> 01:06:07,712 Shut your mouth. 421 01:06:07,796 --> 01:06:09,798 If you move, I'll shoot. 422 01:06:11,132 --> 01:06:14,344 If I had it in me to kill someone, I would kill you. 423 01:06:14,427 --> 01:06:16,888 Instead, I'll curse you. 424 01:06:16,972 --> 01:06:20,267 And my curse will haunt you to the end of your days. 425 01:06:20,350 --> 01:06:22,018 Silence! 426 01:06:23,144 --> 01:06:25,313 If you ever return, 427 01:06:25,397 --> 01:06:29,776 my curse will savage you to death. 428 01:06:29,860 --> 01:06:33,154 If you ever return, my hate will destroy you. 429 01:06:33,238 --> 01:06:35,699 Your bones will break, your teeth will split, 430 01:06:35,782 --> 01:06:37,492 your tongue will erupt with pus. 431 01:06:38,660 --> 01:06:43,039 If you ever return, the water you drink will poison you, 432 01:06:43,123 --> 01:06:46,084 the food you eat will rot in your gut, 433 01:06:46,167 --> 01:06:48,837 the air you breathe will burn in your lungs. 434 01:06:49,880 --> 01:06:55,010 You will beg in vain to be released from the torment that is your punishment 435 01:06:55,594 --> 01:06:57,596 for raping a child. 436 01:08:55,505 --> 01:08:56,673 Help me. 437 01:09:50,852 --> 01:09:54,856 Janne was now lord and master. And he liked his new role. 438 01:09:58,651 --> 01:10:03,573 The village buzzed with rumors, but no one pointed an accusing finger. 439 01:10:03,656 --> 01:10:07,327 They were glad to be rid of the dearly departed. 440 01:10:45,573 --> 01:10:48,076 They're going to perform my composition. 441 01:10:49,869 --> 01:10:51,371 Are you glad? 442 01:10:54,415 --> 01:10:56,084 Suppose so. 443 01:11:08,721 --> 01:11:10,974 The world is a hell, 444 01:11:11,057 --> 01:11:15,478 inhabited by tormented souls and demons. 445 01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:20,775 Schopenhauer? 446 01:11:31,286 --> 01:11:35,707 The proverb is wrong. Time does not heal all wounds. 447 01:11:35,790 --> 01:11:39,627 It merely softens the pain, and blurs memories. 448 01:11:44,048 --> 01:11:45,800 The years passed. 449 01:11:45,884 --> 01:11:48,178 Thérèse reached the age of 20. 450 01:11:52,432 --> 01:11:57,979 We can assume that the singular chain complex of the empty set equals zero. 451 01:11:58,062 --> 01:12:02,567 With theorem 5.8 this implies that the n-th homology group 452 01:12:02,650 --> 01:12:05,987 is the same as the n-th relative homology group, 453 01:12:06,070 --> 01:12:10,074 if we take subspace as the empty set. 454 01:12:10,158 --> 01:12:15,580 Now we can construct a functor from the category... from the category of Top 2 455 01:12:15,663 --> 01:12:19,792 to the category of chain complexes. 456 01:12:20,877 --> 01:12:24,923 Define the functor S* as follows: 457 01:12:25,006 --> 01:12:30,595 S* sends ordered X.A to the singular chain complex 458 01:12:30,678 --> 01:12:36,643 of the space X divided by the complex of A. 459 01:12:51,366 --> 01:12:55,662 She experimented with a few intellectuals, but found them Wanting. 460 01:12:57,538 --> 01:13:01,584 It's our neo-capitalistic society 461 01:13:01,668 --> 01:13:05,964 that reduces the political content of socialist alternatives 462 01:13:06,047 --> 01:13:08,716 to non-material adjustments of formal behavior. 463 01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:12,845 Humanity is an intersection of relationships, 464 01:13:12,929 --> 01:13:15,890 which is the initial premise. 465 01:13:15,974 --> 01:13:17,392 Relationships are disturbed, 466 01:13:17,475 --> 01:13:23,022 because society itself makes healthy relationships impossible. 467 01:13:23,106 --> 01:13:28,361 In a male/female dialogue, property becomes a basic drive 468 01:13:28,444 --> 01:13:34,325 whose survival value only exists because society guarantees it. 469 01:13:34,409 --> 01:13:38,454 Their self-indulgent blather insulted Thérèse's intelligence. 470 01:13:38,538 --> 01:13:42,583 Nor was she compensated physically. 471 01:13:43,084 --> 01:13:45,753 What did I do? What did I do? 472 01:13:48,256 --> 01:13:51,884 And Thérèse, who was used to the best, 473 01:13:51,968 --> 01:13:53,803 refused to put up with this. 474 01:14:03,396 --> 01:14:08,109 Simon, Letta's eldest son, was not Thérèse's intellectual equal. 475 01:14:08,192 --> 01:14:12,739 But their childhood friendship ripened into love and this contented her. 476 01:14:13,406 --> 01:14:15,074 Will you marry me? 477 01:14:17,201 --> 01:14:20,788 I love you Simon, but marriage would be a mistake. 478 01:14:23,291 --> 01:14:25,793 I can't give you enough attention. 479 01:14:27,128 --> 01:14:29,130 But we make such good love. 480 01:14:30,882 --> 01:14:32,383 That's why. 481 01:15:11,798 --> 01:15:13,383 I think I'm pregnant. 482 01:15:16,886 --> 01:15:17,720 Pregnant? 483 01:15:36,030 --> 01:15:37,240 Do you want it? 484 01:15:37,907 --> 01:15:41,035 - Of course she wants it! - Of course she doesn't. 485 01:15:41,119 --> 01:15:42,870 - Sure she does. - She doesn't. 486 01:15:42,954 --> 01:15:46,457 - Of course she wants it. - Of course she doesn't. 487 01:15:46,541 --> 01:15:48,042 - She does. - Why? 488 01:15:48,126 --> 01:15:49,252 Why not? 489 01:15:49,335 --> 01:15:51,295 - Of course not. - She does! 490 01:15:51,379 --> 01:15:53,214 - She doesn't! - She does! 491 01:15:56,008 --> 01:15:59,011 - No. - Yes. 492 01:16:01,180 --> 01:16:02,557 Well? 493 01:16:03,975 --> 01:16:06,727 I'll have to give this serious thought. 494 01:16:09,647 --> 01:16:11,732 Have you no pity for this child? 495 01:16:14,402 --> 01:16:17,238 Wouldn't you rather save it from the misery of life? 496 01:16:18,197 --> 01:16:22,493 Or at least not burden yourself with the cold-blooded crime of giving it life? 497 01:16:22,577 --> 01:16:27,081 This is not time for Schopenhauer. This is important. 498 01:16:27,165 --> 01:16:30,168 I don't know how you can do it, bring another being into this world... 499 01:16:30,877 --> 01:16:32,920 this rotten world... 500 01:17:02,617 --> 01:17:06,245 Thérèse and Simon had a daughter, and called her Sarah. 501 01:17:06,329 --> 01:17:09,207 What a lovely child. 502 01:17:09,290 --> 01:17:12,627 And a redhead of course. Just like her father. 503 01:17:13,294 --> 01:17:17,632 His father had red hair too. It runs in the family. 504 01:17:18,299 --> 01:17:22,011 Look at her. What a lovely child. 505 01:17:22,094 --> 01:17:23,596 Can I hold her? 506 01:17:25,848 --> 01:17:27,850 You look so nice. 507 01:17:27,934 --> 01:17:30,937 - She looks like her father. - No, her mother. 508 01:17:39,195 --> 01:17:41,906 What a precious child. 509 01:17:51,082 --> 01:17:55,419 Thérèse's reception of her baby left a little bit to be desired. 510 01:18:02,843 --> 01:18:06,013 But Simon explained why. 511 01:18:06,514 --> 01:18:10,893 I regret to have to tell you, Sarah, but your mother isn't normal. 512 01:18:18,985 --> 01:18:21,112 Time flowed. 513 01:18:21,195 --> 01:18:23,114 Season followed season, 514 01:18:23,197 --> 01:18:27,577 caught up with and leapt over one another, 515 01:18:27,660 --> 01:18:33,666 as if wanting to bring an end to the everlasting dance of birth and death. 516 01:18:53,894 --> 01:18:55,688 Finger, this is for you. 517 01:18:55,771 --> 01:18:58,941 You thought we'd forgotten, didn't you? 518 01:18:59,942 --> 01:19:02,987 Now you can start on Sarah. 519 01:19:05,031 --> 01:19:08,659 We can read Nietzsche together. 520 01:19:09,910 --> 01:19:12,496 Finger, why do you never go out? 521 01:19:16,917 --> 01:19:19,754 “The best thing of all is not to be born. 522 01:19:20,755 --> 01:19:23,758 Not to be. To be nothing.” 523 01:19:24,925 --> 01:19:28,095 - “The next best thing... - Stop it, Finger! 524 01:19:29,597 --> 01:19:32,016 ...is to die.” 525 01:19:56,874 --> 01:19:58,876 Look at me! 526 01:19:58,959 --> 01:20:01,629 - Very nice, darling. - No hands! 527 01:20:06,300 --> 01:20:08,928 What happened? Did you fall? 528 01:20:09,011 --> 01:20:11,055 Let me have a look. 529 01:20:11,138 --> 01:20:14,100 Come inside for a bit. 530 01:20:15,601 --> 01:20:17,728 There's iodine in the cabinet. 531 01:20:17,812 --> 01:20:19,480 Daddy will take care of you. 532 01:21:23,210 --> 01:21:26,714 Look! Read what I've written! 533 01:21:33,137 --> 01:21:35,431 But Deedee isn't dead yet. 534 01:21:35,514 --> 01:21:38,517 That's why. So she can read it now. 535 01:21:42,229 --> 01:21:45,232 Do you want to read this? 536 01:21:46,734 --> 01:21:48,903 It's for you. 537 01:21:57,912 --> 01:22:02,917 “Poem for Deedee, dead and gone. Deedee is a gray dove, old and lovely. 538 01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:05,169 I'm glad she isn't dead. 539 01:22:05,252 --> 01:22:08,547 Because when she dies I know I'll miss her a lot. 540 01:22:08,631 --> 01:22:15,346 Because after Great-gran, Mom, Lara and my Gran, 541 01:22:15,429 --> 01:22:18,641 Deedee is the dearest woman in the whole village, 542 01:22:18,724 --> 01:22:22,436 in the whole province, in the whole country, 543 01:22:22,520 --> 01:22:25,022 and in the whole universe. 544 01:22:25,105 --> 01:22:29,109 That's what Deedee is now she's not yet dead.” 545 01:22:31,278 --> 01:22:33,280 Lovely! Lovely! 546 01:22:38,327 --> 01:22:41,288 I'm going to write some more, Great-gran. 547 01:22:53,050 --> 01:22:57,304 Almost as if Sarah's poem had given Death the idea, 548 01:22:57,972 --> 01:23:00,808 suddenly a lot of villagers died. 549 01:23:14,697 --> 01:23:17,783 Letta had given birth to 12 children with the greatest of ease. 550 01:23:17,867 --> 01:23:20,244 The thirteenth was fatal. 551 01:23:24,331 --> 01:23:29,169 Damn it! I did so want to continue. 552 01:23:38,012 --> 01:23:40,764 The Curate left for the city with his 12 disciples, 553 01:23:40,848 --> 01:23:43,350 and became a social worker. 554 01:23:52,860 --> 01:23:56,530 Janne received a well-aimed kick from a much maltreated cow. 555 01:24:09,043 --> 01:24:12,796 Loony Lips died in a tractor accident. 556 01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:15,049 And Deedee was inconsolable. 557 01:24:32,483 --> 01:24:35,319 And still the tragedies were not over. 558 01:25:26,954 --> 01:25:28,956 My dearest Thérèse, 559 01:25:35,421 --> 01:25:40,050 It is absurd to believe that the constant pain afflicting us 560 01:25:40,134 --> 01:25:42,469 is there purely by chance. 561 01:25:44,805 --> 01:25:46,849 On the contrary. 562 01:25:46,932 --> 01:25:50,561 Misery is the norm, not the exception. 563 01:25:52,104 --> 01:25:54,606 Who can I blame for our existence? 564 01:25:55,274 --> 01:25:58,318 Not the accident of the sun which gives us life. 565 01:26:01,780 --> 01:26:03,782 I accuse myself, 566 01:26:03,866 --> 01:26:08,078 since I don’t believe in God or a hereafter. 567 01:26:09,663 --> 01:26:16,045 If I did, I could delude myself that life promises a heavenly dessert 568 01:26:16,128 --> 01:26:18,505 after an indigestible main course. 569 01:26:29,349 --> 01:26:32,895 I have never been able to accept the common misconception 570 01:26:32,978 --> 01:26:35,898 that everything one day will be better. 571 01:26:42,196 --> 01:26:44,156 Nothing will be better. 572 01:26:44,740 --> 01:26:49,912 At best or at worst, it will only be different. 573 01:27:05,469 --> 01:27:07,387 I no longer want to think... 574 01:27:08,388 --> 01:27:12,017 Above all else, no longer think... 575 01:28:35,517 --> 01:28:38,020 Hush, now. 576 01:28:43,442 --> 01:28:45,277 Hush. 577 01:29:08,300 --> 01:29:12,262 After Crooked Finger's death, Thérèse was more alone than ever. 578 01:29:13,055 --> 01:29:17,059 And Danielle felt limitless rage at her daughter's grief. 579 01:29:39,331 --> 01:29:43,001 Where's Crooked Finger? Where's everybody? 580 01:29:43,085 --> 01:29:45,587 Crooked Finger's body is burned 581 01:29:46,546 --> 01:29:49,216 and his ashes scattered on the earth. 582 01:29:50,092 --> 01:29:51,468 But... 583 01:29:52,386 --> 01:29:54,554 Nothing dies forever. 584 01:29:55,597 --> 01:29:57,557 Something always remains. 585 01:29:58,558 --> 01:30:01,937 A little something from which new things grow. 586 01:30:02,020 --> 01:30:06,483 So life begins, without knowing where it came from 587 01:30:07,067 --> 01:30:08,735 or why it exists. 588 01:30:08,819 --> 01:30:10,821 But why? 589 01:30:10,904 --> 01:30:13,740 Because life wants to live. 590 01:30:14,491 --> 01:30:16,994 Isn't there a heaven either? 591 01:30:17,077 --> 01:30:19,621 This is the only dance we dance. 592 01:30:25,002 --> 01:30:27,587 Which of us is going to die first? 593 01:30:29,339 --> 01:30:34,011 If all goes well and I have my way, I'll die first. 594 01:30:34,553 --> 01:30:37,055 But I'm not intending to right now. 595 01:30:39,933 --> 01:30:42,561 I'll tell you when the time comes. 596 01:30:42,644 --> 01:30:44,855 Don't you worry. 597 01:30:44,938 --> 01:30:47,274 I've still got years left in me. 598 01:30:48,108 --> 01:30:49,943 Thank goodness! 599 01:30:54,114 --> 01:31:00,454 Deedee, there's nothing for it. Life's got to be lived. 600 01:31:15,635 --> 01:31:17,929 Time conquered Time. 601 01:31:19,139 --> 01:31:23,393 Children were born, not as many as in Letta's day, 602 01:31:23,477 --> 01:31:26,146 but there were enough to keep the world turning. 603 01:31:27,314 --> 01:31:31,985 Sometimes Time crept slowly onwards like an exhausted tortoise. 604 01:31:32,986 --> 01:31:35,155 Sometimes it tore through life, 605 01:31:35,238 --> 01:31:38,700 hungry as a vulture in search of more and more. 606 01:31:39,493 --> 01:31:42,662 Time didn't care about death or life, 607 01:31:42,746 --> 01:31:44,748 decay or growth, 608 01:31:44,831 --> 01:31:47,834 love, hate or jealousy. 609 01:31:48,668 --> 01:31:52,798 It ignored all those things which are so important to us 610 01:31:52,881 --> 01:31:54,800 that we forget Time. 611 01:34:49,766 --> 01:34:51,851 Don't you feel well? 612 01:34:53,311 --> 01:34:54,813 I'm going to die. 613 01:34:56,356 --> 01:34:57,857 Now? 614 01:34:59,568 --> 01:35:00,986 Today. 615 01:35:02,320 --> 01:35:05,657 I promised I'd tell you. 616 01:35:06,866 --> 01:35:09,369 How awful! 617 01:35:10,537 --> 01:35:12,455 It's not easy. 618 01:35:14,499 --> 01:35:18,920 Go and fetch them, please. 619 01:35:20,547 --> 01:35:23,216 I won't die before you come back. 620 01:35:31,933 --> 01:35:37,105 Even before the sun had risen, Antonia knew her days were numbered. 621 01:35:37,188 --> 01:35:40,900 She knew more than that. She knew this would be her last day. 622 01:35:57,959 --> 01:36:00,420 She would call her loved ones to her bedside, 623 01:36:00,503 --> 01:36:05,091 inform them of her imminent death, close her eyes, and die. 624 01:36:17,687 --> 01:36:20,523 Farmer Bas would make her coffin himself. 625 01:36:20,607 --> 01:36:26,863 Russian Olga would lay her out with her customary discretion. 626 01:36:26,946 --> 01:36:29,949 There would be nothing to be ashamed of. 627 01:36:51,471 --> 01:36:53,431 That's Mad Madonna. 628 01:36:53,515 --> 01:36:55,850 She's calling me to play outside. 629 01:37:35,014 --> 01:37:37,767 Her daughter Danielle would stifle her grief, 630 01:37:37,851 --> 01:37:40,353 which would later explode on canvas. 631 01:37:57,871 --> 01:38:01,082 Her granddaughter Thérèse would not be able to prevent herself wondering 632 01:38:01,166 --> 01:38:06,212 what was the exact volume of Antonia's last breath. 633 01:38:13,887 --> 01:38:17,974 And I, Sarah, her great-granddaughter, 634 01:38:18,057 --> 01:38:21,603 would not leave the deathbed of my beloved great-grandmother, 635 01:38:21,686 --> 01:38:26,024 because I wanted to be with her at the moment when the miracle of death 636 01:38:26,107 --> 01:38:31,112 parted Antonia's soul from her formidable body. 637 01:38:50,882 --> 01:38:55,470 And as this long chronicle reaches its conclusion, 638 01:38:55,553 --> 01:38:58,056 nothing has come to an end.