1 00:02:38,830 --> 00:02:41,610 Open up. This is the governor, Hudson Lowe. 2 00:02:45,550 --> 00:02:47,050 Well, knock again, for God's sake. 3 00:02:52,490 --> 00:02:53,490 Open up. 4 00:02:57,990 --> 00:03:01,550 I order you to open the door, General Bonaparte. 5 00:03:02,330 --> 00:03:06,330 He won't open if you call him general, sir. He insists on being called by his 6 00:03:06,330 --> 00:03:07,610 title. Title? 7 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,400 Emperor. Majesty. 8 00:03:11,540 --> 00:03:15,120 Puppycock. He's bonely the ogre and always will be. 9 00:03:15,380 --> 00:03:16,219 Knock again. 10 00:03:16,220 --> 00:03:17,220 Yes. 11 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:21,100 I, uh, should I? 12 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,080 If you won't come out, I'm going to revoke all your privileges. 13 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,800 I'll cut off your wine supply. 14 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,280 Damn it, Napoleon! 15 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:32,040 Open the door at once! 16 00:03:37,070 --> 00:03:39,910 What are these shutters doing here? They're specifically forbidden. 17 00:03:40,410 --> 00:03:42,030 You're on a 24 -hour watch. 18 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:46,690 Well, if you want to imprison yourself in this house, sit perfectly fine with 19 00:03:46,690 --> 00:03:49,170 me. My men are tired of chasing you all over the island. 20 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:52,510 I'll cordon off the grounds and you won't even be able to take a walk. 21 00:04:01,710 --> 00:04:02,710 Good day, Rock. 22 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:08,640 You have no business here, Miss Morecambe. 23 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,120 Let me through, please. 24 00:04:16,180 --> 00:04:18,279 Thank you. You're wasting your time, young lady. 25 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,459 His Imperial Majesty is hiding. 26 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,040 From you? 27 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Of course. 28 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:25,700 From me? 29 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:27,100 Never. 30 00:05:24,189 --> 00:05:27,870 General Bonaparte. Ah, come back another day. Madame Tallien is engaged. 31 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:29,430 Today is her at -home day. 32 00:05:32,150 --> 00:05:36,290 It's like fashion nowadays. It changes as easily as politicians. 33 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:42,630 I just spent a fortune on a golden wig, only to be told it's no longer in 34 00:05:42,630 --> 00:05:48,350 fashion. Now I have to cut it and have it restyled. It's better to cut your wig 35 00:05:48,350 --> 00:05:51,050 than lose your head. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. 36 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:59,680 A general bon appétit or something like that is here to see, madame. 37 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,280 Bon appétit. Yes. 38 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:02,560 Show him in. 39 00:06:03,020 --> 00:06:04,200 A general? 40 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:05,440 Which general? 41 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:12,000 One without a coat, on half -pay, but it's easier for him to conceal his pride 42 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,120 than to conceal his ass. 43 00:06:14,580 --> 00:06:21,060 Truly, his britches are riddled with holes, and cloth for uniforms is 44 00:06:21,060 --> 00:06:22,840 for officers in active service. 45 00:06:26,659 --> 00:06:28,200 Oh, please, General. 46 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:30,120 Come, let me introduce you. 47 00:06:30,820 --> 00:06:31,860 Madame Ricamier. 48 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:36,580 Madame. Welcome, General Bonaparte. Nice to meet you. With the eyes of an eagle. 49 00:06:36,940 --> 00:06:37,940 Madame de Stal. 50 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:41,260 Madame de Boarnet. 51 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,640 And Madame de Coigny. I am the uncaptive, General. 52 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:48,840 The famous poem. 53 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,020 You know, by Chénier. 54 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:59,160 The general must have been far too busy during the revolution to take an 55 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:00,160 interest in poetry. 56 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,680 I know what it is, a soldier's life. 57 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,080 I was married to an officer. 58 00:07:05,780 --> 00:07:07,360 Yes, General de Beauharnais. 59 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:11,080 Charged with the surrender of the city of Mayence and Guillotine. 60 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:13,700 Yes, that was my husband. 61 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:18,520 Who was nearly followed to the scaffold by his wife, but for the grace of God. 62 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,660 I would say more the caprice of politics. 63 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,140 Is it true, dear Rose? 64 00:07:23,550 --> 00:07:27,350 That you cut off your lovely curls rather than let the executioner mangle 65 00:07:27,550 --> 00:07:30,590 You make me appear vain and absurd to the general. 66 00:07:30,810 --> 00:07:31,810 On the contrary. 67 00:07:32,150 --> 00:07:34,710 To face death is pride. It takes courage, madam. 68 00:07:35,130 --> 00:07:38,670 It takes courage to face life alone with two children. 69 00:07:40,470 --> 00:07:43,410 General, I have some good news for you. 70 00:07:44,250 --> 00:07:46,490 I've managed to obtain a length of cloth. 71 00:07:47,150 --> 00:07:50,310 Enough for not just one pair of breeches, but two. 72 00:07:51,290 --> 00:07:52,510 I thank you twice. 73 00:07:53,610 --> 00:07:54,610 I thank all of you. 74 00:07:55,710 --> 00:07:57,550 Do you want a cup of chocolate, General? 75 00:08:00,690 --> 00:08:01,690 It's hot. 76 00:08:02,970 --> 00:08:03,970 It's delicious. 77 00:08:04,390 --> 00:08:07,610 We drank lots of it in the West Indies. In the West Indies? 78 00:08:07,870 --> 00:08:12,170 I was born there. My father owned a plantation with more than 200 slaves. 79 00:08:13,090 --> 00:08:16,030 It was a paradise of sunshine and sugar. 80 00:08:17,050 --> 00:08:22,450 Imagine, when I was a little girl, I used to bathe in a river among... irises 81 00:08:22,450 --> 00:08:23,450 and orchids. 82 00:08:25,190 --> 00:08:27,810 I love to swim in it, naked. 83 00:08:32,470 --> 00:08:36,490 I come from an island too, madame. 84 00:08:37,510 --> 00:08:39,950 But the women there rarely bathe. 85 00:08:40,250 --> 00:08:43,710 And when they do, it's fully dressed, all in black. 86 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:46,350 Thank you again. 87 00:08:50,390 --> 00:08:51,390 General. 88 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:54,560 General. 89 00:08:56,220 --> 00:08:57,220 General. 90 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,400 General, I've shocked you. 91 00:09:00,020 --> 00:09:03,420 I thought you were shocked by a lady's words. It was not the words, madame. 92 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,000 It was the image they evoked. 93 00:09:06,980 --> 00:09:09,460 The image of a little girl frolicking in the sun? 94 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,240 Of a woman, naked. 95 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:13,980 A beautiful image of you. 96 00:09:15,940 --> 00:09:17,300 Now I'm the one who's shocked. 97 00:09:17,620 --> 00:09:19,140 You shouldn't have taken the risk. 98 00:09:20,020 --> 00:09:21,020 The risk? 99 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,260 Of being alone with me and the feelings you have aroused. 100 00:09:25,820 --> 00:09:26,860 You wouldn't dare. 101 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:30,420 No, no, not here, not now, but tomorrow when I see you again. 102 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,000 Because you presume you'll see me again. 103 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:34,300 Yes, I will. 104 00:09:36,820 --> 00:09:37,820 Won't I? 105 00:09:41,420 --> 00:09:42,620 But what time tomorrow? 106 00:09:56,910 --> 00:09:59,410 This is the area that concerns me most. 107 00:09:59,630 --> 00:10:01,610 The Rue Saint -Honoré and the Palais Egalité. 108 00:10:02,050 --> 00:10:06,750 If the rebels descend on us from St. Rock... Another good reason to act. 109 00:10:06,750 --> 00:10:07,750 me, Barras. 110 00:10:07,810 --> 00:10:11,490 We cannot let a simple riot... A simple riot? 111 00:10:12,290 --> 00:10:16,670 Is that what you call 25 ,000 royalists storming the assembly to seize the 112 00:10:16,670 --> 00:10:18,390 deputies and destroy the republic? 113 00:10:18,690 --> 00:10:20,090 What forces do you have? 114 00:10:21,890 --> 00:10:22,890 Your name again? 115 00:10:23,130 --> 00:10:24,850 General Bonaparte. Guarantee we know what to command. 116 00:10:25,230 --> 00:10:26,600 Now. Bonaparte. 117 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:28,680 Artillery, wasn't it? 118 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:31,100 Right then. 119 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,180 We have 4 ,000 men from the camp at Sablon. 120 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:35,600 Enter General Manu. 121 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,240 4 ,000 against 25 ,000. 122 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:40,199 No cannons? 123 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,440 General Manu left them in Sablon. He'll be accused that they were thrown down. 124 00:10:44,660 --> 00:10:45,700 We need that artillery. 125 00:10:46,660 --> 00:10:49,420 Tell Squadron Leader Murat to retrieve those cannons. 126 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,620 It's a human tidal wave. Nothing can stand in his way. At the moment, we have 127 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:54,620 the artillery. 128 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,240 We will position it like this. 129 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:01,280 One battery here, another one here, another one on this bridge in line, and 130 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,280 another one here. 131 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:08,660 If the cannons come through, you'll take command of them. 132 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,880 I warn you, citizen, that I follow a pledge to its end on mine. 133 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,880 Don't ask me to answer for any blood that's shed. If I draw my sword, it will 134 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,800 remain drawn until the order of the Republic is restored. 135 00:11:24,959 --> 00:11:25,959 What is the date? 136 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:29,640 It's midnight. 137 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:32,260 So it's now the 13th of Vendémiaire. 138 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,040 Your appointment. 139 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,080 The chief of staff. 140 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:37,520 It's up to you now. 141 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:22,840 Take your position. 142 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:23,940 Follow me, men! 143 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:32,220 Position! 144 00:14:45,390 --> 00:14:46,390 in the slaughterhouse. 145 00:14:46,490 --> 00:14:48,650 This is war. 146 00:14:48,990 --> 00:14:53,870 War? In the streets of Paris against Frenchmen? Against royalists who are in 147 00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:55,150 league with the enemies of the nation. 148 00:14:55,650 --> 00:15:00,790 There are 40 English vessels off the coast of Brest and 40 ,000 Austrians at 149 00:15:00,790 --> 00:15:01,790 gates of Strasbourg. 150 00:15:02,590 --> 00:15:05,850 They are waiting for the Republic to be overthrown. They are waiting to invade 151 00:15:05,850 --> 00:15:06,850 France. 152 00:15:07,290 --> 00:15:08,470 It will not happen. 153 00:15:08,890 --> 00:15:12,690 Our General of the Republic will not let it. 154 00:16:48,460 --> 00:16:49,860 Hello. 155 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,520 Hello. 156 00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:18,310 I do not have an opinion. 157 00:17:19,450 --> 00:17:21,450 Good morning, General. 158 00:17:22,010 --> 00:17:24,470 I see you've been taken captive by my children. 159 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:26,550 Captivated, madam, not captive. 160 00:17:27,290 --> 00:17:28,890 I'm no longer a child, Mama. 161 00:17:29,150 --> 00:17:30,510 Oh, I'm sorry, you're right. 162 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,030 I found my position with General Hush. 163 00:17:33,530 --> 00:17:35,730 I would say Hush got the better part of the bargain. 164 00:17:37,150 --> 00:17:39,590 What a splendid uniform, General. 165 00:17:39,930 --> 00:17:41,070 Can I touch it? 166 00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:43,550 It's pure wool. 167 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,800 Excellent quality. 168 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,580 Are you turning into a fashion peacock? 169 00:17:47,780 --> 00:17:50,880 The new general of the army of Italy can't come in in rags. 170 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,420 The army of Italy? 171 00:17:52,860 --> 00:17:55,420 Is this your reward for saving the Republic? 172 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:57,820 Yes, a gift from Bara. 173 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:00,360 Shall we go? 174 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:01,900 Yes. 175 00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:07,280 Eugene is a very serious young man. Has a sense of discipline. 176 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,840 If you were under my command, I'd make a fine solider out of him. 177 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:16,760 Her hands, on the other hand, obviously needs a father. 178 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,300 She's only 14. 179 00:18:18,620 --> 00:18:20,160 She looks older, doesn't she? 180 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,200 Yes, but she's 14. 181 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:23,560 I'm making queries. 182 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:25,140 About my daughter? 183 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:27,140 About the world around you. 184 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,120 I know nearly everything about you, Josephine. 185 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,080 But my name, apparently, is Rose. 186 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:35,980 Your lovers call you Rose. 187 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:41,080 Your husband has decided to call you Josephine. But my husband, General, is 188 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:41,879 dead. Is dead, yes. 189 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:42,880 The prior one. 190 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,740 I'm talking about your new husband. 191 00:18:45,020 --> 00:18:46,020 My new husband? 192 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:47,280 Yes, come now. 193 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,480 There is nothing so extraordinary about a widow remarrying. No, not at all. Only 194 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,380 that I don't have any prospect inside. 195 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,640 You're looking at him, madame. 196 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,360 Excellent find of a work. 197 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,680 These monsters must have a range of well over 2 ,000 meters. 198 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,580 Wouldn't you say so, Miron? 199 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:12,880 Yes, General. 200 00:19:13,659 --> 00:19:16,860 Except that these cannons are not for us. They're for the army of the Rhine. 201 00:19:17,020 --> 00:19:18,520 What's been provided for the army of Italy? 202 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,680 Nothing. What do you mean, nothing? 203 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,280 I mean just that, General. How do they expect me to push the Austrians back 204 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,600 nothing? Most of our men don't even have shoes, let alone cannons. 205 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,000 No shoes, no cannons. 206 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,120 We have cavalry, don't we? The whole regiment, General. 207 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:34,840 Thank you for that. 208 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,060 Unfortunately, there are no horses. 209 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,300 Cavalrymen have eaten them. 210 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,320 Sorry? 211 00:19:52,639 --> 00:19:53,120 You should 212 00:19:53,120 --> 00:20:01,780 have 213 00:20:01,780 --> 00:20:03,080 been here over an hour ago. 214 00:20:04,020 --> 00:20:05,800 What can he be doing for us? 215 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,940 After all, getting married was his idea. 216 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:11,250 You don't love him. 217 00:20:13,410 --> 00:20:16,190 I... I love his love for me. 218 00:20:16,910 --> 00:20:21,310 No one, not even you, has ever loved me like this. 219 00:20:22,370 --> 00:20:23,850 Do you know what passion is? 220 00:20:24,810 --> 00:20:25,810 Of course. 221 00:20:25,890 --> 00:20:29,410 It's... Look no further. 222 00:20:35,570 --> 00:20:36,930 Forgive me, my love. 223 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,980 I'm sorry I'm late, but there's been so much to do. 224 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,580 I have only a few days before going to join my army. 225 00:20:44,580 --> 00:20:45,580 Where is he? 226 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:48,340 Wait, just right there. We want to get married. 227 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:51,140 Happy? 228 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:52,880 I am. 229 00:20:58,540 --> 00:20:59,540 Let's go celebrate. 230 00:21:01,380 --> 00:21:04,360 Wait, there's one thing I must tell you. Yes, what? 231 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:05,560 You're not married. 232 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:06,900 What do you mean? 233 00:21:06,940 --> 00:21:09,560 I'm just standing in for the official. He got tired of waiting and left. 234 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,040 Yes, sir. 235 00:21:11,540 --> 00:21:12,540 Yes, you married her? 236 00:21:13,020 --> 00:21:16,400 Yes, you were a yelling general with so much authority I could not refuse, but 237 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,740 I'm sure that... I think it's you, fool. 238 00:21:18,260 --> 00:21:22,300 Tonight I have a woman to love, and tomorrow I must take Italy back from 239 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:23,300 Austria. 240 00:21:24,020 --> 00:21:24,380 Why 241 00:21:24,380 --> 00:21:32,920 don't 242 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:33,699 you come with me? 243 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:34,700 To Italy? 244 00:21:36,430 --> 00:21:38,310 Do you see me following an army? 245 00:21:41,510 --> 00:21:43,290 Ruining my shoes in the mud. 246 00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:45,730 Wearing wrinkled dresses. 247 00:21:47,410 --> 00:21:48,510 Sleeping on straw. 248 00:21:48,970 --> 00:21:49,970 Sleeping, sleeping. 249 00:21:50,450 --> 00:21:53,110 There are other things to do besides sleeping. 250 00:21:55,210 --> 00:21:56,210 What's so funny? 251 00:21:57,010 --> 00:21:58,010 You're funny. 252 00:21:58,330 --> 00:21:59,570 Because I'm mad about you. 253 00:21:59,990 --> 00:22:01,490 No, because you're just mad. 254 00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:02,830 And I love that. 255 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,400 How can the Austrians see us? 256 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:05,440 They can hear us, Miron. 257 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,420 We're an entire army on the march. 258 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:13,780 While they're hidden away, silent, and concealed by this filthy mist. 259 00:23:44,270 --> 00:23:45,470 We have to take that bridge. 260 00:23:46,390 --> 00:23:47,810 We can't go around it. 261 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:49,010 What about the cannons? 262 00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:50,490 All they need is fire. 263 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:52,230 They'll be massacred. 264 00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:02,870 Not if we charge. 265 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:06,430 We won't stay in the line of fire for long. 266 00:24:06,790 --> 00:24:08,090 We must impress them. 267 00:24:08,430 --> 00:24:09,430 Make them doubt. 268 00:24:09,710 --> 00:24:10,710 Sorry, General. 269 00:24:10,790 --> 00:24:11,990 But I must have doubt. 270 00:24:12,190 --> 00:24:13,190 I don't. 271 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,120 The chart. Meet the chart. 272 00:24:30,340 --> 00:24:31,340 The chart, General? 273 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:33,740 Go on, boy, and put your heart there. 274 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,240 Is it bad, my friend? 275 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:19,720 No, I'm all right. 276 00:28:20,780 --> 00:28:22,320 It says 15 or 20 miles. 277 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,260 What really hurts is that the bridge is still Austrian. 278 00:28:31,340 --> 00:28:34,620 Well, they can keep their damn bridge. 279 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:41,480 Find bolts, beams, planks of wood, anything you can lay your hands on to 280 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,860 another bridge further on. 281 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:44,320 As soon as it's ready. 282 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,080 Ojo will cross to the other side. 283 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,360 Take the enemy from the rear and drive them to Massena, who will chop them to 284 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,360 pieces. 285 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,120 Shall it make them pay dearly for my own death. 286 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:00,760 Go, start, gentlemen. 287 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,120 One out. 288 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,200 Worried about the battle? 289 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,360 No, no, no. Oh, Josephine. 290 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,460 She hasn't written to me for two weeks. 291 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:22,100 But I'm bound to have a letter tomorrow or the day after. 292 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:23,320 I'm so sorry, General. 293 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,060 At her house this morning. 294 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,080 Did you open it? 295 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,480 Not at all. 296 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,080 I've seen through the battle. 297 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:41,100 I don't write to you as often as I would like, dear Napoleon, because I have so 298 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:42,100 little time. 299 00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:56,370 I don't write to you. 300 00:30:11,790 --> 00:30:14,290 The men say you risked your life like an ordinary soldier. 301 00:30:14,890 --> 00:30:16,630 They call you the little corporal. 302 00:30:17,770 --> 00:30:19,110 Said with affection, General. 303 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,040 Put it down there. 304 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,160 Napoleon. 305 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,040 How handsome you are. The great general. 306 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,820 Great general and great conqueror. 307 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,440 Look what I brought you from Italy. 308 00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,180 If there is too much, you can give some to the poor. 309 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,700 Oh, there won't be too much. Feeding your seven brothers and sisters is not 310 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:33,700 always easy. 311 00:31:33,780 --> 00:31:37,580 In Corsica, people knew us. But here, we're strangers. 312 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,220 You have nothing to worry about. 313 00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:42,200 I'll look after you from now on. 314 00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:44,920 You'll never want for anything ever again. 315 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:50,500 You might get ready to leave, Marthe. 316 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:53,360 I want you to meet my wife at last. 317 00:31:54,020 --> 00:31:57,060 When you get to know her... I don't need to meet her to know what she is. 318 00:31:57,820 --> 00:31:59,320 You made a bad marriage, Napoleon. 319 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:00,820 You deserve better. 320 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:06,960 Then, at the very least, you could write congratulations to her. 321 00:32:07,740 --> 00:32:09,620 Me? I wouldn't know how. 322 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:11,460 I've prepared a letter for you. 323 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,620 All you have to do is copy the words and sign it. 324 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:17,560 Please. 325 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,540 I'll try to find the time. 326 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,580 I don't want that woman coming between us. 327 00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:28,500 I wish you had not even mentioned her. 328 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:34,720 I have to leave now. 329 00:32:47,790 --> 00:32:49,950 Napoleon, do you love her? 330 00:32:54,410 --> 00:32:55,410 Yes. 331 00:32:56,990 --> 00:32:58,550 She's taking nothing away from you. 332 00:32:59,030 --> 00:33:02,970 The day you leave me, I'll be in a world of inferior beings. 333 00:34:04,540 --> 00:34:05,540 No! 334 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,480 What? 335 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,400 What? 336 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:18,040 What? 337 00:34:20,580 --> 00:34:22,340 What? What? What? 338 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,380 What? You 339 00:34:28,380 --> 00:34:34,260 receive him in this. 340 00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:35,458 Mercy who? 341 00:34:35,460 --> 00:34:36,719 The man who has just left. 342 00:34:37,460 --> 00:34:38,719 A man just left? 343 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,300 Yes, an officer. Judging by his uniform, he's a dragon. 344 00:34:41,820 --> 00:34:45,260 I... Captain Ippoli Charles is a charming boy. 345 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:46,880 He's sometimes my escort. 346 00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:48,679 He brought me some theater tickets. 347 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:49,900 Oh, you're going to theater? 348 00:34:50,060 --> 00:34:52,840 Yes. Yes, I am. But what's wrong with it? 349 00:34:53,260 --> 00:34:54,860 I mean, you left for so long. 350 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,540 You don't want me to lock myself up in here, do you? 351 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,480 And you received him half -naked? 352 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:02,520 But, Barbara... 353 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:05,090 But the poor boy just came and left. 354 00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:06,750 Show me the tickets. 355 00:35:08,710 --> 00:35:10,330 I don't have them. Where are they? 356 00:35:10,530 --> 00:35:13,030 I don't know. Wouldn't you ask Gusteau? He must have left them with him. 357 00:35:13,910 --> 00:35:15,390 I'd go interrogate him. 358 00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:17,050 Honestly, I think you're jealous. 359 00:35:17,410 --> 00:35:19,610 Why didn't you write to me? I wrote. 360 00:35:19,950 --> 00:35:21,350 No, a few scribbled lines. 361 00:35:22,010 --> 00:35:26,510 Those cold, polite words people write to each other after decades of marriage. 362 00:35:26,910 --> 00:35:29,150 Because I don't know how to caress with words. 363 00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:30,950 I need to touch. 364 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:42,900 For so long. 365 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:44,640 Now you're back. 366 00:35:45,460 --> 00:35:47,280 I'm so happy you're back. 367 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:50,580 I thought about it, Mama. What was it, Rita? 368 00:35:51,540 --> 00:35:53,460 I understood that from your letters. 369 00:35:53,740 --> 00:35:54,740 They were shocking. 370 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,540 I had to keep them under lock and key. 371 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:02,660 That is why, also, I didn't write to you. Because I was afraid I would drive 372 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:06,920 mad with desire. And then you would throw yourself in the first Italian 373 00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:25,230 How should I address you? 374 00:36:25,770 --> 00:36:30,770 Monsignor, since you were a bishop, Your Excellency, because the revolution made 375 00:36:30,770 --> 00:36:35,090 you ambassador to England, or minister because you're in charge of France's 376 00:36:35,090 --> 00:36:36,090 foreign relations? 377 00:36:36,390 --> 00:36:38,190 Most people call me Talejo. 378 00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:39,950 Just Talejo. 379 00:36:40,350 --> 00:36:41,350 Oh, yes. 380 00:36:42,390 --> 00:36:43,670 Like just God. 381 00:36:44,390 --> 00:36:45,550 Or Satan. 382 00:36:46,510 --> 00:36:51,050 They like seeing me as the devil, but I shouldn't think that would scare you, 383 00:36:51,070 --> 00:36:52,070 Picasso. 384 00:36:52,650 --> 00:36:54,950 People tell me that you're not afraid of anything. 385 00:36:55,530 --> 00:36:56,530 Of one thing. 386 00:36:57,230 --> 00:37:00,450 Stupidity. Oh, then you must tremble every day of your life. 387 00:37:01,350 --> 00:37:05,150 I've heard rumblings about your proposal for a new constitution. 388 00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:09,290 I must say I expected something more revolutionary from you. 389 00:37:09,510 --> 00:37:10,510 I like order. 390 00:37:11,470 --> 00:37:12,770 I fought for the republic. 391 00:37:13,170 --> 00:37:14,270 I'm not a revolutionary. 392 00:37:14,890 --> 00:37:16,930 I share your fondness for order. 393 00:37:17,230 --> 00:37:20,990 But when you speak of a concentrated government... 394 00:37:21,190 --> 00:37:25,350 You don't perchance mean concentrated in the hands of one man, do you? 395 00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:30,130 You ask questions that sound like answers. 396 00:37:31,430 --> 00:37:36,570 Yes, well, because it's always difficult to find someone who would wield that 397 00:37:36,570 --> 00:37:38,770 kind of power who would not become a dictator. 398 00:37:43,050 --> 00:37:44,070 What about you? 399 00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:47,570 Are you interested in political power? 400 00:37:48,970 --> 00:37:49,970 Me? 401 00:37:50,670 --> 00:37:54,230 The glory I won in Italy is all I could possibly wish for. 402 00:37:55,310 --> 00:37:58,470 Yes, of course there's glory, but then there's money, too. 403 00:37:59,370 --> 00:38:01,890 On that regard, I was very well paid by the enemy. 404 00:38:02,970 --> 00:38:04,190 I have other plans. 405 00:38:04,590 --> 00:38:05,610 Oh, do tell me. 406 00:38:06,350 --> 00:38:09,230 I'll be as silent as the grave. 407 00:38:10,030 --> 00:38:11,030 Mathematics. 408 00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:15,130 I became an artery man thanks to mathematics. 409 00:38:15,830 --> 00:38:18,570 My one dream is to return to my former vocation. 410 00:38:18,850 --> 00:38:19,850 To mathematics? 411 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:25,520 Yes, I hope to be elected to the Institute in the domain of physical 412 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,520 mathematics. 413 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:35,380 And that's all? 414 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:36,680 For the moment. 415 00:38:42,740 --> 00:38:45,200 To your modest ambitions. 416 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:47,600 Salute. 417 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,200 this base called? 418 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:03,100 Malmaison, General. 419 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,240 The Bad House. 420 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,980 Memory of the barbaric Normans who raided the place many years ago. 421 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,040 Committed infamous crimes here. 422 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:11,840 I'll open up. 423 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,060 I can turn it into a happy house. 424 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:20,300 I know it doesn't look like much now, but let me take care of everything. 425 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,340 Where did you learn to run a house? 426 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,060 In the West Indies, when you were a little savage. 427 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:30,300 A little savage who always appreciated beauty. 428 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:32,460 Expensive things, too. 429 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,140 Over 300 ,000 francs for a country house. 430 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,000 You're not paying for it. 431 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:39,800 Certainly not. 432 00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:42,540 But it's so much less for your family. 433 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:46,640 Oh, please, Joseph, you can't accuse me of neglecting my family. 434 00:39:47,220 --> 00:39:50,000 I've always placed your welfare above my own. 435 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,800 And, my dear brother -in -law, the family Bonaparte includes you. 436 00:40:03,980 --> 00:40:04,980 I'll wait for you outside. 437 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,060 Probably smells musty in there. 438 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,060 I'll wait for you up front. 439 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,800 It does smell a bit musty. 440 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,940 Soon, it will smell of joy, of life, of love. 441 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:40,500 Do you know that when I was a child, a fortune teller predicted that one day I 442 00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:41,900 was going to be greater than a queen? 443 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,260 Today I have the feeling she's so right. 444 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:48,460 This is my palace. 445 00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:50,980 And you will be the king. 446 00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:53,720 Asbert is good enough. I don't like kings. 447 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,380 You think we would be mad to buy it, don't you? 448 00:41:02,970 --> 00:41:06,490 I think 300 ,000 francs is a lot of money for a general living in Spain. 449 00:41:06,910 --> 00:41:09,310 Yes, but you're worth much more, because if you wanted to... You don't have to 450 00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:10,069 say it. 451 00:41:10,070 --> 00:41:11,090 Talleyrand already did. 452 00:41:11,990 --> 00:41:14,950 The French have had enough of being governed by men who are corrupt. 453 00:41:15,570 --> 00:41:17,030 But they are not ready to rise up. 454 00:41:18,270 --> 00:41:22,170 Perhaps for now your interest is to avoid anything that could change the 455 00:41:22,170 --> 00:41:23,169 you won in Italy. 456 00:41:23,170 --> 00:41:24,170 Ideally. 457 00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:29,030 I should go somewhere far away, pursuing new military triumphs. You say that as 458 00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:30,590 if you already have a glimmer of an idea. 459 00:41:30,930 --> 00:41:31,930 Not a glimmer. 460 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,460 A revolution, Josephine. 461 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,420 Egypt. Egypt? 462 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:36,658 Why Egypt? 463 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:42,620 Because holding Egypt means cutting off England's route to India and giving 464 00:41:42,620 --> 00:41:44,600 ourselves access to all the goods from the East. 465 00:41:45,460 --> 00:41:50,460 What's more, our ambassador in Cairo said that Egypt is a country of 466 00:41:50,460 --> 00:41:53,920 wealth. When I come back, I'll be able to buy you Malmaison. 467 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:56,480 That's how you make history. 468 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,560 General Bonaparte, first to port a war. 469 00:42:01,150 --> 00:42:02,850 sure that he could buy his wife a home. 470 00:43:26,290 --> 00:43:31,110 Gentlemen, the pyramids, 4 ,000 years of history, are contemplating us. 471 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:06,820 Well, it was time to tea. 472 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,200 Admire the work of my cartographers, Saint -Hilaire. 473 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,480 This is Egypt in the days of the pharaohs. Everything is in here, even 474 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,320 canal. The canal, General? 475 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:24,560 Didn't you know that the pharaohs built a canal joining the Nile to the Red Sea? 476 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:25,960 No. 477 00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:30,220 Initiated under the king Nekao and completed under the Ptolemies. This 478 00:44:30,220 --> 00:44:34,920 prodigious work stood the test of time for almost a thousand years. 479 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,600 Until it disappeared, swallowed up by the sand. 480 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,900 Do you believe one could find the vestiges of this canal? 481 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:41,520 If there was any doubt. 482 00:44:42,220 --> 00:44:46,680 If we started excavating in this area, would unearth marvels that would reveal 483 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:50,400 to the world the extraordinary splendor of the Egyptian civilization? 484 00:44:51,820 --> 00:44:54,460 Yet a better idea would be to dig another canal. 485 00:44:55,580 --> 00:44:58,420 One that would connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. 486 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,240 Starting from Suez, for example. What do you think? 487 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,720 Well, the thing is, General, my interest is in zoology, so... 488 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:09,140 Suppose I'm concerned these stories about canals. My dear Saint -Hilaire, a 489 00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:10,560 scholar must be curious about everything. 490 00:45:11,020 --> 00:45:15,900 I, for instance, had the Koran translated for me. And this has been 491 00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:16,900 from English. 492 00:45:17,540 --> 00:45:18,540 I'm under no illusion. 493 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:23,920 In Paris, they will say that Egypt is a political failure and financial 494 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:28,420 disaster. I will need you and your colleagues to silence my detractors. 495 00:45:28,740 --> 00:45:33,000 Let everybody know that our saga will have countless effects. 496 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:34,640 upon civilization. 497 00:45:35,220 --> 00:45:38,660 This will be our way of thanking you for this incredible journey, General. 498 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:51,240 The English are calling upon my men to desert by flooding our lines with this 499 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:52,240 drivel. 500 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,180 It will have no effect on them. 501 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:55,740 I'm not so sure. 502 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,480 The men have had enough. 503 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,840 Most of the time, we have to force them to obey. 504 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,640 Have their officers discipline them again. That's why they are here. 505 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:12,280 The officers, they say that you torture your soldiers and that you will never be 506 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:13,680 able to seize Egypt. 507 00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:14,980 They have, Murad. 508 00:46:15,300 --> 00:46:16,920 Egypt is ours, almost ours. 509 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:18,700 Cairo is a French city. 510 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,820 The Nile Delta has been pacified and all there is left to subdue is a few 511 00:46:22,820 --> 00:46:27,280 Turkish regiments. Turks and Arabs, supported by the English. 512 00:46:28,220 --> 00:46:30,020 Be realistic, Bonaparte. 513 00:46:31,530 --> 00:46:35,410 You can't go on, especially with the plague on our heels. 514 00:46:37,850 --> 00:46:41,350 The doctors assure me that the epidemic can be contained. 515 00:46:41,690 --> 00:46:44,610 Doctors can do nothing against fear. 516 00:46:47,190 --> 00:46:48,190 I can. 517 00:47:48,859 --> 00:47:50,560 Let me do this. I need you. 518 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:54,220 I can't do anything more for you. 519 00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:57,040 And die. 520 00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:58,400 Precisely. 521 00:48:01,460 --> 00:48:08,420 The first 522 00:48:08,420 --> 00:48:10,560 one to walk away will be considered a deserter. 523 00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:12,700 And will be shot. 524 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:14,740 Does any one of you know this man? 525 00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:18,740 I believe this is Calder, you know. 526 00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:22,960 Is he one of your friends? 527 00:48:24,220 --> 00:48:27,900 Well, actually, we come from the same town. 528 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:29,560 In the Jura, General. 529 00:48:30,100 --> 00:48:32,600 In that case, tell him about the Jura. 530 00:48:33,220 --> 00:48:34,540 Let him die with some happiness. 531 00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:58,640 Come, Mama. 532 00:48:58,860 --> 00:49:00,780 Let's go in. It's getting chilly. 533 00:49:01,620 --> 00:49:03,620 But it's still light enough to see. 534 00:49:04,180 --> 00:49:06,100 I want to stand till dark. 535 00:49:06,460 --> 00:49:09,600 You wear out your eyes and catch your death of cold. 536 00:49:09,820 --> 00:49:11,960 And it still won't bring him back any sooner. 537 00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:15,020 What if he doesn't come back at all? 538 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:16,940 Of course he'll come back. 539 00:49:18,220 --> 00:49:19,220 How? 540 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:23,240 They said the English have sunk the French ships. 541 00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:25,760 How can he come back without ships? 542 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:01,400 Thank you. 543 00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:37,500 What? 544 00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:42,000 Did you teach him to play that? No, it's my husband. 545 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:47,960 He's showering me with souvenirs. He's afraid I'll forget him. I want to make 546 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:48,960 you forget him. 547 00:50:49,420 --> 00:50:52,460 I don't think so. I don't think so, Eiffelit. 548 00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:58,540 Farah, you're hardly in a position to criticize Bonaparte. 549 00:50:58,780 --> 00:51:00,300 You are the one who commissioned him. 550 00:51:00,580 --> 00:51:03,220 You put down a riot, not conquer a country. 551 00:51:03,690 --> 00:51:06,330 This Egyptian adventure of his is costing us fortune. 552 00:51:06,750 --> 00:51:08,830 And he hasn't made a single important conquest. 553 00:51:09,510 --> 00:51:11,670 Conquest? He can't even hold on to his ships. 554 00:51:12,090 --> 00:51:14,450 Admiral Nelson sank them like toys. 555 00:51:14,950 --> 00:51:18,890 His biggest problem is that the army is being devastated by the plague. 556 00:51:19,310 --> 00:51:22,170 All these disasters are extremely tiresome. 557 00:51:22,610 --> 00:51:24,490 It's going to make him want to come back. 558 00:51:24,830 --> 00:51:27,530 His return will be overshadowed by another. 559 00:51:27,990 --> 00:51:30,090 You mean the return of the king? 560 00:51:30,830 --> 00:51:33,930 Haven't you realized that the government of the Directoire is doomed? 561 00:51:34,470 --> 00:51:37,830 It's inevitable that Louis XVIII will rise to the throne. 562 00:51:38,190 --> 00:51:41,310 Your voice trembles as though you can't wait. 563 00:51:41,790 --> 00:51:46,130 But you are a member of the Directoire. And if it falls... If the monarchy is 564 00:51:46,130 --> 00:51:49,090 restored, I've been promised the title of Duke. 565 00:51:49,770 --> 00:51:52,530 And the governorship of Bob and Ilo. 566 00:51:53,790 --> 00:51:55,210 Well played, Barad. 567 00:51:55,450 --> 00:51:58,970 I urge you all to do the same. Take precautions, my friends. 568 00:51:59,690 --> 00:52:01,110 and guarantee your futures. 569 00:52:02,210 --> 00:52:07,550 Louis XVIII is ready to promise anything to anyone who will help him wear the 570 00:52:07,550 --> 00:52:08,550 crown. Madame? 571 00:52:18,190 --> 00:52:19,190 Bad news? 572 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:29,578 He's returned. 573 00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:30,580 What? 574 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:32,600 He's returned. 575 00:52:34,980 --> 00:52:35,980 Bonaparte! 576 00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:40,220 Bonaparte is in France. 577 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:40,419 Listen to them. 578 00:53:40,420 --> 00:53:44,880 Just say the word and you'll have 25 million French citizens behind you. 579 00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:46,120 now, I'm hungry. 580 00:53:50,220 --> 00:53:57,040 The best thing to eat 581 00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:58,500 here in Lyon is hot sausage. 582 00:53:58,920 --> 00:53:59,920 Two, please. 583 00:54:00,220 --> 00:54:01,220 Yes, sir. 584 00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:08,760 What is he doing? 585 00:54:10,670 --> 00:54:12,090 He's responsible for my safety. 586 00:54:13,050 --> 00:54:15,550 Every night he sleeps lying against my door. 587 00:54:15,830 --> 00:54:21,230 The certain thought he was giving me a slave. In fact, he's a guardian in me. 588 00:54:22,010 --> 00:54:23,010 Very good with some. 589 00:54:23,870 --> 00:54:24,990 You can go now. 590 00:54:26,150 --> 00:54:27,290 Do you hear that? 591 00:54:28,150 --> 00:54:29,870 Is it making sense to you now? 592 00:54:30,110 --> 00:54:31,270 Is what making sense? 593 00:54:32,570 --> 00:54:34,030 The way they cheered you. 594 00:54:34,510 --> 00:54:38,050 And that's nothing compared to the welcome you'll get in Paris. 595 00:54:38,370 --> 00:54:40,150 Power is the right fruit. 596 00:54:40,620 --> 00:54:43,640 And it's yours for the picking. I've come back to give, not to take, Joseph. 597 00:54:44,220 --> 00:54:48,280 No one can imagine what marvels I've brought back from Egypt. 598 00:54:49,020 --> 00:54:50,160 Please, Napoleon. 599 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,580 I am your brother, not your public. 600 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:55,540 Let's at least be honest with each other. 601 00:54:55,860 --> 00:54:58,000 Egypt was a disaster. Don't say that. 602 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:04,920 The discoveries our scientists have made there, the knowledge they've gained, 603 00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:08,020 justify all the sacrifices of the expedition. 604 00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:09,400 Yes, yes, fine. 605 00:55:10,170 --> 00:55:12,370 But there are urgent matters to deal with. 606 00:55:13,030 --> 00:55:15,730 The most urgent one for me is my divorce. 607 00:55:16,550 --> 00:55:18,510 Josephine has barely written at all. 608 00:55:18,770 --> 00:55:23,650 Just inform me. She's bought my maison with my money, of course. Or rather, 609 00:55:23,650 --> 00:55:27,650 the money she hopes I'll find. She had hardly moved in before she sent for her 610 00:55:27,650 --> 00:55:29,250 lover. Captain, he buried Charles. 611 00:55:30,690 --> 00:55:32,530 Destroy him. That won't end it. 612 00:55:32,850 --> 00:55:33,850 There are others. 613 00:55:34,050 --> 00:55:38,850 Your wife has taken up again with Barrett. And he's in company with Goyer. 614 00:55:39,290 --> 00:55:42,030 President to the directoire. Our poor mother. 615 00:55:42,670 --> 00:55:43,670 Scandalized. 616 00:55:44,630 --> 00:55:51,430 We'll all be able to hold your heads high again and finish with that 617 00:55:51,430 --> 00:55:52,430 woman. 618 00:55:52,710 --> 00:55:56,370 You can barely bring yourself to say her name. Because it's a curse. 619 00:55:56,690 --> 00:55:57,790 I hate her name. 620 00:55:58,690 --> 00:56:00,790 I hate the sound of her voice. 621 00:56:02,370 --> 00:56:03,490 Her perfume. 622 00:56:04,590 --> 00:56:05,810 Everything is over. 623 00:56:07,010 --> 00:56:08,010 That... 624 00:56:08,910 --> 00:56:10,110 is what lies ahead of you. 625 00:56:10,950 --> 00:56:15,110 My dear brother, she has no place in it. 626 00:56:16,030 --> 00:56:19,770 You take care of France, and I'll take care of your divorce. 627 00:57:07,470 --> 00:57:08,470 Good evening, Gustave. 628 00:57:08,770 --> 00:57:09,790 Good evening, madame. 629 00:57:10,030 --> 00:57:11,370 Madame cannot come in. 630 00:57:12,130 --> 00:57:13,470 The general orders. 631 00:57:13,970 --> 00:57:15,950 I packed everything very carefully. 632 00:57:16,490 --> 00:57:18,170 I hope I haven't forgotten anything. 633 00:57:20,010 --> 00:57:21,790 You can't leave me outside, Gustave. 634 00:57:22,190 --> 00:57:23,190 It's raining. 635 00:57:23,590 --> 00:57:26,410 Yes. My children, where are my children? 636 00:57:27,690 --> 00:57:31,050 Mademoiselle Hortense is in her room, madame. So is Monsieur Eugène. 637 00:57:31,510 --> 00:57:34,050 The general has allowed them to stay. 638 00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:36,980 The general has allowed them. 639 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,300 The general has no right to allow them, not to refuse them anything. 640 00:57:40,900 --> 00:57:42,000 What a vile man. 641 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:47,680 Even when I was brought in front of the court during the revolution, and God 642 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:51,780 knows if these people were without pity, I was allowed to explain myself. 643 00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:57,900 But him, my own husband, condemns me without hearing me. 644 00:57:58,160 --> 00:57:59,660 Do you find that right, Gustav? 645 00:57:59,980 --> 00:58:01,980 Well, no, not very. 646 00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:04,320 Let me in. 647 00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:10,680 And it's obvious that General Bonaparte's hasty departure from Egypt 648 00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,560 avoid the mass indirection of his army. 649 00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:17,800 Postum, she was there. 650 00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,160 They used anything they can to discredit me. 651 00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:24,000 Even lies. 652 00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:27,600 Woman for general. 653 00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:29,580 She want to come in, I say no. 654 00:58:31,060 --> 00:58:32,060 Make sure quickly. 655 00:58:36,779 --> 00:58:38,100 Bonaparte? Let me in. 656 00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:42,840 Bonaparte? 657 00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:45,360 Bonaparte? 658 00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:49,640 I know you're there. 659 00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:52,840 Be reasonable. 660 00:58:53,020 --> 00:58:54,760 I want to talk to you. Open the door. 661 00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,200 Did people tell you something about me? 662 00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:00,840 Do you know that they're lies, calumnies? No. 663 00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:02,860 What people are when they want to defy something. 664 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:04,720 It's you who defied everything. 665 00:59:05,060 --> 00:59:06,060 So go away. 666 00:59:06,420 --> 00:59:07,960 I never want to see you again. 667 00:59:08,180 --> 00:59:10,320 No. No. Let me in. 668 00:59:10,700 --> 00:59:11,900 What have I done? 669 00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:14,900 Come on, open the door. I know I can explain everything. 670 00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:16,120 Explain what? 671 00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:19,700 Your billing in Coing with Captain Charles? 672 00:59:20,380 --> 00:59:21,980 Your behavior is sickening. 673 00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:24,500 It's all over between us. 674 00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:25,760 No. 675 00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:26,880 Forever. 676 00:59:33,900 --> 00:59:34,900 I can explain everything. 677 00:59:35,580 --> 00:59:36,580 Please. 678 00:59:37,220 --> 00:59:40,380 If you want me to leave I will leave. 679 01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:44,740 What do you accuse me of? 680 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:46,680 Going out into society? 681 01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:49,020 Giving parties at the Malmaison? 682 01:00:49,460 --> 01:00:50,460 Yes, I did. 683 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:51,920 And I did it for you. 684 01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:55,400 Because you want power, and for that you need allies. That's why... 685 01:00:55,400 --> 01:01:00,060 I 686 01:01:00,060 --> 01:01:03,240 believe in you, Napoleon. 687 01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:12,960 Lucienne, I need to talk to you. 688 01:01:13,860 --> 01:01:18,980 Mama has agreed to let us meet in her house, and it would be advisable if 689 01:01:18,980 --> 01:01:20,140 Good morning. 690 01:01:29,860 --> 01:01:32,920 But, but, see... Let's discuss politics. 691 01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:34,360 What about your divorce? 692 01:01:45,390 --> 01:01:49,690 I think it's necessary to close the windows as if we were conspirators 693 01:01:49,950 --> 01:01:54,510 I'm sure the house is being watched. When a government is at bay, they'll 694 01:01:54,510 --> 01:01:55,510 at nothing. 695 01:01:55,750 --> 01:01:58,650 For God's sake, Joseph, it's just a family meal. 696 01:01:58,890 --> 01:02:00,290 This is your house, Mama. 697 01:02:00,650 --> 01:02:01,770 You can stay if you like. 698 01:02:02,090 --> 01:02:06,070 I'd rather my sisters weren't mixed up in this. If things go badly, they'll be 699 01:02:06,070 --> 01:02:07,770 able to swear they knew nothing about it. 700 01:02:12,290 --> 01:02:13,290 Come on, girl. 701 01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:22,020 Our mother asked you to leave the room, Caroline. 702 01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:24,820 I know what Monsieur and Joseph are going to propose. 703 01:02:25,180 --> 01:02:26,180 You need support. 704 01:02:26,620 --> 01:02:28,300 I'm here to bring you Murat's support. 705 01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:29,640 Murat? 706 01:02:30,540 --> 01:02:33,320 Who authorized you to speak for Murat? 707 01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:34,720 He and I love each other. 708 01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:43,980 Murat is over 30 and you're not yet 20. 709 01:02:44,780 --> 01:02:47,880 I don't think our mother will approve. I don't think I approve. 710 01:02:48,570 --> 01:02:51,310 You can state your objections when Mirat comes to ask you for my hand. 711 01:02:51,610 --> 01:02:54,910 Until then, I entreat you to accept his help. Caroline is right. 712 01:02:55,630 --> 01:02:57,610 We can't refuse any offer of help. 713 01:02:59,530 --> 01:03:00,530 Come on. 714 01:03:05,430 --> 01:03:07,850 The plan is audacious, Napoleon. 715 01:03:08,510 --> 01:03:09,510 But it can work. 716 01:03:10,150 --> 01:03:11,850 We've based it on two factors. 717 01:03:12,290 --> 01:03:15,710 First, the people hate the current government. 718 01:03:16,090 --> 01:03:17,090 And two... 719 01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:18,600 They see you as a hero. 720 01:03:18,980 --> 01:03:20,600 You want to overthrow the Directoire? 721 01:03:20,820 --> 01:03:22,280 It wouldn't take much of a push. 722 01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:24,400 In its place, Napoleon Bonaparte. 723 01:03:24,620 --> 01:03:29,720 You've always kept your distance from politics. You have managed to keep your 724 01:03:29,720 --> 01:03:30,720 hands clean. 725 01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:33,440 You are the godsend the whole country is waiting for. 726 01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:35,160 France is so weak now. 727 01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:38,000 She won't be able to stand another revolution. 728 01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:40,580 The realists would make the most of it. 729 01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:43,420 Who said anything about a revolution? 730 01:03:45,220 --> 01:03:46,560 Everything will be done... 731 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:47,760 Perfectly legally. 732 01:03:48,260 --> 01:03:53,500 We just have to persuade the deputies to elect a new government and get rid of 733 01:03:53,500 --> 01:03:58,140 the directory and elect in its place a new government composed of three 734 01:03:58,140 --> 01:04:01,600 irreproachable men, Sayed, Roger Ducos, and you. 735 01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:07,520 It's possible. 736 01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:13,200 If you were to assemble all the deputies for a special session somewhere 737 01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:16,020 isolated where the army can bring pressure to bear, 738 01:04:17,250 --> 01:04:21,410 If needed, without triggering a riot in the city. That's perfect. 739 01:04:22,150 --> 01:04:25,310 With Murat at the head of the troops, we can't fail. 740 01:04:25,530 --> 01:04:27,030 I suggest Chateau de Saint -Cloud. 741 01:04:27,310 --> 01:04:30,130 It's far enough from Paris and easy to control. 742 01:04:30,610 --> 01:04:34,390 I agree. Can we assume that you approve of our little project? 743 01:04:34,830 --> 01:04:38,970 Your little project, as you call it so discreetly, my dear Joseph, is nothing 744 01:04:38,970 --> 01:04:40,010 less than a coup d 'etat. 745 01:04:40,530 --> 01:04:43,890 If it fails, we will end up in prison. 746 01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:47,960 At best, and more likely under the blade. Are you still so sure that Murat 747 01:04:47,960 --> 01:04:48,960 follow us? 748 01:04:49,260 --> 01:04:51,220 I can speak for him as I do for myself. 749 01:04:51,980 --> 01:04:55,880 He'll only want to know in what name he's risking his liberty and life. 750 01:04:56,120 --> 01:04:57,120 In what name? 751 01:04:58,060 --> 01:04:59,240 In the name of reality. 752 01:05:00,060 --> 01:05:05,060 Louis XVIII is ready to enter Paris. If we delay, the Republic will be lost and 753 01:05:05,060 --> 01:05:06,380 we'll see all the benefits of the revolution. 754 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,860 That's reason enough to risk everything. 755 01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:38,560 I'm counting on you to control the gates of Paris on the 18th of Primaire. 756 01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:43,180 No government official can be allowed to enter or leave the city. 757 01:05:43,840 --> 01:05:48,520 I also want your censor to check everything that's announced in the 758 01:05:48,520 --> 01:05:54,380 newspapers will only be allowed to print what my associates and I decide on. 759 01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:58,980 In other words, you're asking me to support the plot. 760 01:05:59,780 --> 01:06:03,680 I don't consider ridding the country of a bunch of rogues and swindlers to be a 761 01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:04,680 plot. 762 01:06:04,860 --> 01:06:08,520 Even so, I may not always approve of the government's policies. 763 01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:11,720 I'm a member of it. 764 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:13,480 You'll be a member of the next one. 765 01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:15,260 You will be my minister of police. 766 01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:18,280 That's very generous of you, but I am already minister of police. 767 01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:23,300 So if you have no other argument... I do have one, yes. 768 01:06:24,660 --> 01:06:28,360 I'm sure the royalists haven't forgotten how you slaughtered hundreds of their 769 01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:32,760 followers during the reign of terror. I heard you had them shot point blank. 770 01:06:33,500 --> 01:06:35,320 after forcing them to dig their own graves. 771 01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:38,960 Who is with you? Everyone. 772 01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:44,440 Generals, such as Murat Lefebvre, and politicians such as Yeyes, Roger Ducos, 773 01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:47,960 Talleyrand. Talleyrand. You've taken Talleyrand to your confidence? 774 01:06:48,460 --> 01:06:49,660 He betrays everybody. 775 01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:51,300 He won't betray himself. 776 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,980 He understands perfectly well where his interest lies. 777 01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,000 He's expecting a lot from me, he's right. 778 01:06:58,300 --> 01:07:00,440 If he doesn't fail me, I won't fail him. 779 01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,360 And that proposition... 780 01:07:02,590 --> 01:07:03,590 Goes for everyone. 781 01:07:04,710 --> 01:07:05,710 Very well. 782 01:07:07,150 --> 01:07:08,890 You've made yourself clear. 783 01:07:11,710 --> 01:07:12,890 I'll think it over. 784 01:07:13,130 --> 01:07:14,210 No, right now, Fouché. 785 01:07:15,710 --> 01:07:19,030 With me or against me? 786 01:07:21,950 --> 01:07:23,470 All right with you. 787 01:07:25,130 --> 01:07:30,570 But if your plan fails... Then instead of being executed... 788 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:36,020 In the king's name, for barbarous crime, you'll be executed by the directoire 789 01:07:36,020 --> 01:07:37,020 for conspiracy. 790 01:07:38,600 --> 01:07:40,180 I am your only hope. 791 01:07:49,140 --> 01:07:51,080 What a rotten job, being a deputy. 792 01:07:51,660 --> 01:07:53,620 Jabbering away for hours, all locked up. 793 01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:55,280 How long have they been in there? 794 01:07:55,520 --> 01:07:58,720 20 hours. They've been talking for more than 20 hours. 795 01:07:59,600 --> 01:08:01,900 Don't you think it's a bad sign, she gets? 796 01:08:02,460 --> 01:08:04,480 My dear fellow, politics isn't war. 797 01:08:04,760 --> 01:08:09,020 It takes much longer to say something meaningless than to fire a gun. 798 01:08:28,010 --> 01:08:31,790 Ladies and gentlemen, I won't tolerate a sentiment much longer. 799 01:08:32,649 --> 01:08:36,130 But no one will ever be able to decide for us. 800 01:08:40,890 --> 01:08:43,910 Shut up in here, whether we're being able to see or hear anything. 801 01:08:44,330 --> 01:08:45,590 Try to stay calm, General. 802 01:08:45,930 --> 01:08:48,350 Calm? Why, the future of France is at stake. 803 01:08:49,810 --> 01:08:50,810 What is it now? 804 01:08:51,210 --> 01:08:52,569 For God's sake, say something. 805 01:08:52,770 --> 01:08:55,930 Is it over? Have they voted? No. Tell Iran has just arrived. 806 01:08:56,640 --> 01:08:57,760 He wants to see you. 807 01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:06,479 I've just come back from the lingerie. He doesn't seem to be doing exactly as 808 01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:10,800 hoped. My brother can't make those people obey him. What good is he to me 809 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:15,399 president? Steyer, he is the president, not their general. Deputies cannot be 810 01:09:15,399 --> 01:09:17,660 ordered around as easily as a regiment. 811 01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:18,960 We'll see about that. 812 01:09:19,020 --> 01:09:20,020 Soldiers! 813 01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:40,539 All is lost. 814 01:10:40,540 --> 01:10:41,820 We mustn't stay here. 815 01:10:44,500 --> 01:10:46,000 It's just as clear. You're an outlaw. 816 01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:47,259 I'm not. 817 01:10:47,260 --> 01:10:48,860 Oh, you still exist for them. 818 01:10:49,180 --> 01:10:51,340 The only person who constantly arouses my brother. 819 01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:52,920 Oh, you're right. 820 01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:53,959 You're not wounded. 821 01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:54,960 What about you? 822 01:10:55,300 --> 01:10:57,520 Did they strike you? No, they didn't, Dale. 823 01:10:57,760 --> 01:10:58,920 I have enough supporters. 824 01:10:59,260 --> 01:11:01,460 I don't know how you're targeted to unravel. 825 01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:02,760 Look, President. 826 01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:07,100 What's done is done. The most important thing now is to find a safe place. 827 01:11:07,340 --> 01:11:08,340 You have nothing to fear. 828 01:11:08,470 --> 01:11:09,990 Murat is outside with all his troops. 829 01:11:10,290 --> 01:11:11,290 Murat. 830 01:11:11,490 --> 01:11:14,170 Good God, Murat. I nearly forgot. 831 01:11:15,190 --> 01:11:17,870 Bonaparte, what are you going to do? I'm going back in there. 832 01:11:18,110 --> 01:11:20,790 I've an army outside and me with an army. 833 01:11:21,070 --> 01:11:22,130 He doesn't have the right. 834 01:11:30,330 --> 01:11:31,670 Officers, I've been called to the Republic. 835 01:11:32,050 --> 01:11:33,590 Come, listen. Come, come. 836 01:11:35,910 --> 01:11:37,410 The faction of desperate men. 837 01:11:37,870 --> 01:11:40,090 armed with daggers, threatening the assembly. 838 01:11:41,290 --> 01:11:44,110 They even attempted to assassinate your general. 839 01:11:44,370 --> 01:11:45,410 On your horses? 840 01:11:45,730 --> 01:11:49,150 They dared to accuse Bonaparte of staging a coup d 'etat to bring him into 841 01:11:49,150 --> 01:11:51,250 power. A vile lie. 842 01:11:52,370 --> 01:11:53,590 Do you see this blade? 843 01:11:55,290 --> 01:11:59,350 I would plunge it in my brother's heart without a moment's hesitation if I 844 01:11:59,350 --> 01:12:01,090 suspected him of violating rights. 845 01:12:06,760 --> 01:12:10,340 I declare to you that the representatives of our nation are in 846 01:12:11,320 --> 01:12:14,260 Consequently, I order you to invade this assembly. 847 01:12:14,980 --> 01:12:16,900 Immediately. We know what to do. 848 01:12:17,180 --> 01:12:18,180 Come on. 849 01:12:40,740 --> 01:12:44,780 I order you to leave under the protection of the army. 850 01:13:17,580 --> 01:13:20,860 Do you think your brother will retain enough deputies to go ahead with the 851 01:13:21,180 --> 01:13:22,940 Yes, he has enough supporters. 852 01:13:23,460 --> 01:13:26,540 Whatever the result is, it will be perfectly legal. 853 01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:35,300 The deputies have dissolved the directory. 854 01:13:36,700 --> 01:13:41,960 In its place, they have created an executive consular commission composed 855 01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:46,180 General Bonaparte and citizens C .S. and Roger Ducos, who will bear the 856 01:13:46,180 --> 01:13:50,290 titles... of citizens and consuls of the French Republic. 857 01:13:50,630 --> 01:13:53,530 This decree takes effect immediately. 858 01:13:54,350 --> 01:13:58,590 Officers, present arms to the consuls of the Republic. 859 01:13:58,850 --> 01:14:03,570 Long live Bonaparte. 860 01:14:19,310 --> 01:14:20,310 than we expected. 861 01:14:20,590 --> 01:14:22,130 It almost didn't happen. 862 01:14:54,050 --> 01:14:55,050 Magnificent, darling. 863 01:14:56,790 --> 01:15:00,410 Incomparable. Sturdy and resistant, I hope. Oh, that should, of course, be 864 01:15:00,410 --> 01:15:01,550 to last a lifetime. 865 01:15:02,230 --> 01:15:04,750 I've only been appointed First Counsel for ten years. 866 01:15:05,270 --> 01:15:09,410 What a pity there isn't a bigger mirror so that you could see how well it suits 867 01:15:09,410 --> 01:15:10,410 you. Here's my mirror. 868 01:15:13,130 --> 01:15:16,970 Well, what do you think? What would you look? 869 01:15:17,850 --> 01:15:21,230 What would you look? Well, I must be very well turned out for my... 870 01:15:21,530 --> 01:15:22,630 Pretty mirror to cloud over. 871 01:15:24,190 --> 01:15:26,570 Is who know you still here? 872 01:15:27,230 --> 01:15:31,910 You know who is waiting for you next room in front of the fire? I think in 873 01:15:31,910 --> 01:15:34,230 another life it must have been a cat. A cat? 874 01:15:34,830 --> 01:15:35,830 That's a cobra. 875 01:15:36,350 --> 01:15:38,630 On the part, he supports you without hesitation. 876 01:15:39,230 --> 01:15:42,330 You mean I support him, which is only normal for a cripple. 877 01:15:51,790 --> 01:15:52,870 I can't say anything, Carillon. 878 01:15:53,350 --> 01:15:56,750 I've already been showered with all the compliments you can imagine. 879 01:15:57,250 --> 01:16:02,270 But I have no illusions that this fine suit of clothes won't be enough to 880 01:16:02,270 --> 01:16:07,590 reassure our neighbors that France has finally put the revolution behind her. 881 01:16:08,010 --> 01:16:12,150 It's true that European courts fear the strength of our army is less than the 882 01:16:12,150 --> 01:16:13,150 strength of our ideas. 883 01:16:13,650 --> 01:16:17,550 Therefore, we must demonstrate that we are civilized people once more. 884 01:16:18,050 --> 01:16:20,230 An aristocrat, a real aristocrat. 885 01:16:20,460 --> 01:16:24,380 who knows how to behave, incidentally, yet with princely grace, would give us 886 01:16:24,380 --> 01:16:29,100 prestige. So you were the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Directoire. 887 01:16:29,980 --> 01:16:33,020 The First Consul reappoints you to that office. 888 01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:37,700 I suppose I should feel flattered that you consider me to have princely grace, 889 01:16:37,880 --> 01:16:41,920 but I would display more of it if your choice was based on my skill at 890 01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:42,920 negotiating. 891 01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:44,280 Negotiating what? 892 01:16:44,780 --> 01:16:48,180 Austria recaptured Italy from France while I was in Egypt. 893 01:16:48,570 --> 01:16:52,670 And we either accept the loss of Italy or... Or wage war on Austria. 894 01:16:54,490 --> 01:16:56,870 I usually believe the worst can be avoided. 895 01:16:57,350 --> 01:17:00,890 War is not the worst, Alain. The worst would be allowing them to treat France 896 01:17:00,890 --> 01:17:02,550 like the village idiot of Europe. 897 01:17:03,150 --> 01:17:05,570 The one who is slapped and then says thank you. 898 01:17:06,590 --> 01:17:08,750 What do you know about war? You've never been to war. 899 01:17:09,470 --> 01:17:15,530 Alas, a soldier who can neither attack nor more especially flee in sufficient 900 01:17:15,530 --> 01:17:16,850 haste is a liability. 901 01:17:17,650 --> 01:17:21,270 Otherwise, I might have pursued a military career. You? General? 902 01:17:22,970 --> 01:17:24,110 General Talleyrand? 903 01:17:25,550 --> 01:17:28,810 Perhaps you envy my glory. You can share it if you're loyal to me. 904 01:17:30,110 --> 01:17:32,570 Sire, I wish only to serve you. 905 01:17:35,230 --> 01:17:40,650 You bow as you say that, so one can't see whether your eyes support your 906 01:17:42,070 --> 01:17:44,830 Man was given speech to disguise his thoughts. 907 01:17:45,580 --> 01:17:47,400 and words to disguise his eyes. 908 01:17:47,620 --> 01:17:51,080 Don't trust anything or anyone. 909 01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:27,020 Monsieur Pierre -Louis Rodrigue, whom I have appointed Consular of State because 910 01:18:27,020 --> 01:18:29,460 he served me well and will continue to do so. 911 01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:31,260 I'm delighted to meet you, sir. 912 01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:32,800 Welcome to the trilogy, madame. 913 01:18:37,220 --> 01:18:39,020 I hope you will like it here. 914 01:18:43,460 --> 01:18:44,460 Are you coming? 915 01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:00,400 Random waiting room. 916 01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:08,200 And here are Queen Marie Antoinette's parts. 917 01:19:20,380 --> 01:19:22,520 Not very cheerful, I'm afraid. 918 01:19:22,900 --> 01:19:23,900 Price of power. 919 01:19:24,180 --> 01:19:25,760 I hope they've changed the sheet. 920 01:19:26,480 --> 01:19:27,480 Don't be silly. 921 01:19:29,580 --> 01:19:30,580 It's morbid. 922 01:19:31,260 --> 01:19:34,920 If you must live in the jewelry, can't we take a different apartment? 923 01:19:36,540 --> 01:19:38,420 This one feels haunted. 924 01:19:38,720 --> 01:19:39,720 It's superstitious nonsense. 925 01:19:40,140 --> 01:19:42,380 Once it's refurnished to your taste, you'll be happy. 926 01:19:42,780 --> 01:19:45,040 And whenever you need a change, we can go to my maison. 927 01:19:45,340 --> 01:19:46,740 I need a change right now. Let's go. 928 01:19:46,980 --> 01:19:47,980 Don't be childish. 929 01:19:48,780 --> 01:19:49,780 Maybe tomorrow. 930 01:19:50,900 --> 01:19:52,840 When we got married, I could ask you anything. 931 01:19:53,540 --> 01:19:55,220 And you always said yes right away. 932 01:19:55,860 --> 01:19:57,680 Now it's always maybe tomorrow. 933 01:19:59,180 --> 01:20:00,920 You love me less, Bonaparte. 934 01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:11,520 I'm sorry. Maybe we should have thought of redecorating the rooms. Yes, you 935 01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:15,340 should. It would be a sorry state of affairs if my wife is the one person in 936 01:20:15,340 --> 01:20:16,660 France to contest my authority. 937 01:20:17,460 --> 01:20:18,840 Show me where my study is. 938 01:20:19,460 --> 01:20:20,460 Please. 939 01:20:21,380 --> 01:20:25,360 I have an article published in the newspaper saying I'm against powdered 940 01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:27,340 coming back into fashion for men. 941 01:20:30,190 --> 01:20:35,370 Ludicrous. Have they finished an exact account of what's left in the said 942 01:20:35,370 --> 01:20:36,370 coffers? 943 01:20:37,730 --> 01:20:39,490 167 ,000 francs. 944 01:20:44,650 --> 01:20:49,170 I'm sure there's ten times that amount in the pockets of each former member of 945 01:20:49,170 --> 01:20:50,170 the Directoire. 946 01:20:50,850 --> 01:20:52,810 This means France is bankrupt. 947 01:20:53,450 --> 01:20:56,590 We will need to bring in several million francs this year. 948 01:20:57,900 --> 01:20:59,560 The minister of police. 949 01:21:01,400 --> 01:21:03,000 Ah, Fouché. 950 01:21:03,500 --> 01:21:04,500 Come in. 951 01:21:06,980 --> 01:21:10,920 You're not an ordinary minister anymore. You're my minister. 952 01:21:12,980 --> 01:21:16,400 I expect from you a flawless efficiency. 953 01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:21,180 But yet I hear you dislike ruthless measures. 954 01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:23,140 How do you define a ruthless? 955 01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:25,680 Arresting and prisoning. 956 01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:28,920 When we imprison a man, it's usually because he has broken the law. 957 01:21:29,480 --> 01:21:31,720 In other words, when it's too late. 958 01:21:32,240 --> 01:21:36,160 Personally, I'd rather prevent him from committing a crime. But you have to know 959 01:21:36,160 --> 01:21:38,000 to prevent it. Yes. 960 01:21:38,820 --> 01:21:41,940 Know everything about everyone. 961 01:21:42,440 --> 01:21:45,340 Oh, so you claim to keep watch on the whole of France? 962 01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:47,140 I have my informers. 963 01:21:48,200 --> 01:21:50,760 This system has saved your life many times over. 964 01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:52,780 And you didn't inform me? 965 01:21:53,500 --> 01:21:55,240 The bombs were all found. 966 01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:56,459 In time. 967 01:21:56,460 --> 01:21:57,460 Pounds? 968 01:21:58,140 --> 01:21:59,440 Who planted them? 969 01:21:59,660 --> 01:22:02,300 The royalists, with England acting as their banker. 970 01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:05,760 A bomb is more expensive than a vial of poison. 971 01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:07,460 Or a dagger. 972 01:22:09,880 --> 01:22:14,100 So, this is what politics is like. 973 01:22:14,960 --> 01:22:17,180 No, this is what hatred is like. 974 01:22:30,220 --> 01:22:31,220 You're not dressed. 975 01:22:32,060 --> 01:22:34,040 But the carriages are waiting in the courtyard. 976 01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:36,480 Have you forgotten we're going to the opera? 977 01:22:36,700 --> 01:22:38,320 No, but Bonaparte is working. 978 01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:43,160 And when he locks himself up in his toddies, God knows when he'll reappear. 979 01:22:43,820 --> 01:22:48,360 But you go ahead. Go ahead to the opera. Ask Mireille Caroline to chaperone you. 980 01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:51,720 Thank you very much, but I don't need any chaperoning. 981 01:22:52,420 --> 01:22:54,060 But you're only 17, of course. 982 01:22:54,560 --> 01:22:58,720 And at your age, a girl can easily have her head turned. And men, you know. 983 01:22:59,690 --> 01:23:01,450 And what if my head is turned? 984 01:23:02,330 --> 01:23:05,270 Bonaparte has other plans for you. 985 01:23:05,590 --> 01:23:11,570 Nothing is settled, of course, but he's wishing for you to marry his brother, 986 01:23:11,790 --> 01:23:13,630 Louis. Louis? 987 01:23:15,350 --> 01:23:22,110 Have you ever looked at him or spoken with him? He's ugly and miserable. 988 01:23:22,690 --> 01:23:23,870 Not my child. 989 01:23:24,390 --> 01:23:28,590 If the First Consul is asking for you to marry him... The First Consul shall 990 01:23:28,590 --> 01:23:31,230 look after the affairs of state and leave me alone. 991 01:23:31,710 --> 01:23:34,170 And what's more important, he shall look after you. 992 01:23:35,110 --> 01:23:38,750 But he loves me as much as he loved me on the first day we've met. 993 01:23:40,290 --> 01:23:44,110 Then let's hope that what everyone is waiting for will finally happen. 994 01:23:44,470 --> 01:23:45,890 And what do you mean by that? 995 01:23:46,350 --> 01:23:47,350 You know very well. 996 01:23:48,010 --> 01:23:50,510 People are surprised you haven't borne him a child. 997 01:23:53,580 --> 01:23:54,700 But I will, soon. 998 01:23:55,220 --> 01:23:56,900 Who knows? I might be pregnant now. 999 01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:01,760 This morning, I got dizzy. 1000 01:24:02,580 --> 01:24:04,400 Don't fool yourself. You're not pregnant. 1001 01:24:04,720 --> 01:24:05,860 And you may never be. 1002 01:24:07,080 --> 01:24:08,980 But what is the matter with all of you? 1003 01:24:09,720 --> 01:24:12,260 Why is it that you all think that I'm barren? 1004 01:24:13,300 --> 01:24:16,240 You and your brother, Eugène. I gave you birth. 1005 01:24:16,600 --> 01:24:17,559 I know. 1006 01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:18,580 Forgive me, Mama. 1007 01:24:18,940 --> 01:24:20,520 But that was a long time ago. 1008 01:24:30,570 --> 01:24:34,590 A thousand Frenchmen fell at Marigot. They transformed what everyone predicted 1009 01:24:34,590 --> 01:24:35,810 as a defeat into a victory. 1010 01:24:36,190 --> 01:24:39,450 Thanks to Marigot, a part of Italy regained her freedom. 1011 01:24:39,830 --> 01:24:44,930 I intend to turn this victory into a splendid victory, which is why we must 1012 01:24:44,930 --> 01:24:46,430 a monument commemorating the battle. 1013 01:24:46,690 --> 01:24:49,290 This calls for a triumphal arch. 1014 01:24:49,730 --> 01:24:51,050 No, gentlemen, a fountain. 1015 01:24:51,490 --> 01:24:52,490 A fountain? 1016 01:24:52,890 --> 01:24:54,590 But it's so ordinary. 1017 01:24:54,970 --> 01:24:56,690 There's nothing splendid about a fountain. 1018 01:24:57,050 --> 01:24:58,050 There is flash water. 1019 01:24:58,510 --> 01:25:00,110 There it is dirty. There it is. 1020 01:25:00,510 --> 01:25:01,510 Dying of thirst. 1021 01:25:01,570 --> 01:25:06,370 Every time Parisians draw water from this fountain, they will feel a moment 1022 01:25:06,370 --> 01:25:10,390 gratitude toward the men who fell at Maragot. Merci, you'll do the drawing. 1023 01:25:11,130 --> 01:25:13,410 And Fortin, you will carry out the sculpture. 1024 01:25:17,210 --> 01:25:18,550 I'm in conference, my dear. 1025 01:25:19,190 --> 01:25:21,390 Gentlemen, the First Council will see you tomorrow. 1026 01:25:21,970 --> 01:25:23,590 Tonight is Christmas Eve. 1027 01:25:23,990 --> 01:25:27,010 No one discusses profane matters on Christmas Eve. 1028 01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:35,520 Do you think you are? 1029 01:25:35,740 --> 01:25:39,940 Your wife has planned to go to the opera, and that's what we're going to 1030 01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:41,200 Certainly not. 1031 01:25:41,380 --> 01:25:43,140 Go on your own. I have work to do. 1032 01:25:43,480 --> 01:25:45,160 I want us to be seen together. 1033 01:25:45,900 --> 01:25:50,260 Paris is battling with rumors that are very painful for me, and your presence 1034 01:25:50,260 --> 01:25:51,780 my side will quell them. 1035 01:25:52,220 --> 01:25:53,220 What rumors? 1036 01:25:53,600 --> 01:25:58,740 They say that you reproach me for not having a child, and that you intend to 1037 01:25:58,740 --> 01:26:01,780 another woman pregnant whom we would pay. 1038 01:26:02,570 --> 01:26:04,030 To give up the baby at birth. 1039 01:26:04,450 --> 01:26:05,450 For a birthdress? 1040 01:26:07,250 --> 01:26:09,430 Come. I'm longing for some music. 1041 01:26:09,730 --> 01:26:11,270 No, music will do nothing for me tonight. 1042 01:26:11,570 --> 01:26:12,570 Then don't listen. 1043 01:26:13,050 --> 01:26:15,110 I will bend close to your ear. 1044 01:26:15,950 --> 01:26:18,190 With really exciting things. 1045 01:26:18,950 --> 01:26:19,950 Devil. 1046 01:26:21,270 --> 01:26:22,270 Shh. 1047 01:26:22,710 --> 01:26:23,710 Don't tell anyone. 1048 01:26:24,370 --> 01:26:25,510 It's Christmas Eve. 1049 01:27:02,119 --> 01:27:07,280 What are you trying to do, girl? 1050 01:27:08,180 --> 01:27:09,740 They told me to move my cart. 1051 01:27:10,020 --> 01:27:11,680 Is there a position coming this way? 1052 01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:13,000 Not anymore. 1053 01:27:13,080 --> 01:27:14,300 They've taken a different route. 1054 01:27:16,200 --> 01:27:17,200 Nice horse. 1055 01:27:21,540 --> 01:27:23,680 Oh, we're going by recente case. 1056 01:27:24,340 --> 01:27:28,920 Boucher wants us to keep changing our itinerary as a security measure. 1057 01:27:29,260 --> 01:27:32,000 Even on Christmas Eve, it's a holy night. 1058 01:27:32,440 --> 01:27:35,340 And anyway, you have fewer enemies now. 1059 01:27:35,620 --> 01:27:39,040 Even the press is unanimously singing your praises. 1060 01:27:39,640 --> 01:27:42,580 I had to close down 60 newspapers to achieve that. 1061 01:28:12,970 --> 01:28:17,350 What's happening? We're just moving a cart out of the way. It's my fault. 1062 01:28:17,690 --> 01:28:20,010 They told me to go away, then they said not to bother. 1063 01:28:20,270 --> 01:28:21,270 How could I know? 1064 01:28:21,510 --> 01:28:23,550 It doesn't matter. My soldiers will help you. 1065 01:28:23,770 --> 01:28:24,770 What is happening? 1066 01:28:26,070 --> 01:28:27,430 I don't know. Hey, you! 1067 01:28:27,830 --> 01:28:29,210 Move! Move it! 1068 01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:51,000 What's your name? 1069 01:28:51,180 --> 01:28:55,580 Isabel. Just to say, princesses are often called Isabel. 1070 01:28:55,980 --> 01:28:57,680 Oh, I'm a princess, sir. 1071 01:28:57,900 --> 01:28:58,940 Perhaps not tonight. 1072 01:29:00,100 --> 01:29:01,100 Maybe tomorrow. 1073 01:29:01,360 --> 01:29:02,820 You must believe in the children. 1074 01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:11,320 Merry Christmas. 1075 01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:16,060 Poor child. 1076 01:29:16,520 --> 01:29:18,800 What's the point of filling her head with dreams? 1077 01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:30,540 You know she'll never be anything else than a ghost, right? 1078 01:29:31,160 --> 01:29:34,680 That's how you think, right? As for me, I want France to be a country where 1079 01:29:34,680 --> 01:29:36,560 nothing is impossible for anyone.