1 00:00:14,463 --> 00:00:18,047 This film was restored by Pathé in 2021 2 00:00:54,922 --> 00:01:00,422 DEVIL'S DAUGHTER 3 00:03:06,338 --> 00:03:08,922 Go home! You'll get yourselves shot! 4 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:10,922 Get out of here! 5 00:03:47,505 --> 00:03:51,672 THE NOTORIOUS BANDIT IS TRAPPED IN HIS HIDEOUT 6 00:03:51,838 --> 00:03:55,422 As I write these words under a hail of bullets... 7 00:06:38,672 --> 00:06:39,755 Let me... 8 00:07:05,047 --> 00:07:08,422 Chatenay-la-Rivière! I'm going to Chatenay-la-Rivière. 9 00:07:29,047 --> 00:07:30,463 What's your problem? 10 00:07:31,047 --> 00:07:33,255 You're pretty drunk, I'd say! 11 00:07:34,505 --> 00:07:36,838 Even drunker than me! No way! 12 00:07:38,505 --> 00:07:40,463 You look like a decent guy. 13 00:07:41,213 --> 00:07:42,505 Here, have a drink. 14 00:07:44,797 --> 00:07:46,172 Drink up. 15 00:07:46,672 --> 00:07:47,713 Drink! 16 00:07:53,547 --> 00:07:57,797 You're not going for a stroll in that state. 17 00:08:00,630 --> 00:08:02,213 I'm a good fella. 18 00:08:02,380 --> 00:08:05,588 Jump in, old chum. I'll drive you. 19 00:08:06,380 --> 00:08:09,047 We're both drunk, we're brothers. 20 00:08:09,547 --> 00:08:11,547 I'm a good fella. 21 00:08:12,172 --> 00:08:14,088 Why don't you get in? 22 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:16,547 I'm a buddy! 23 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,213 You're swell. I don't like a fuss. 24 00:08:20,547 --> 00:08:21,547 Whoopee! 25 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:28,713 Crazy car, huh? Bought it when I landed. Dollars up front. 26 00:08:28,963 --> 00:08:32,255 That's me. 30 years in the US, get it? 27 00:08:32,463 --> 00:08:34,838 Out West you learn to handle money. 28 00:08:36,505 --> 00:08:39,463 And I sure brought back a packet! 29 00:08:43,047 --> 00:08:45,463 Like they say out there... 30 00:08:45,630 --> 00:08:46,880 I'm loaded. 31 00:08:47,297 --> 00:08:49,630 All thanks to cattle. Yes sir! 32 00:08:50,088 --> 00:08:51,547 I raised cattle. 33 00:08:52,088 --> 00:08:55,297 Look. A souvenir. You can touch it. 34 00:08:55,463 --> 00:08:56,838 Solid gold. 35 00:08:57,047 --> 00:09:00,463 Out there, if you know cattle, you're onto a goldmine. 36 00:09:02,630 --> 00:09:05,297 Say, my name's Ludovic. 37 00:09:05,505 --> 00:09:07,963 Ludovic Mercier. And you? 38 00:09:13,255 --> 00:09:15,797 You know Chatenay-la-Rivière? 39 00:09:15,963 --> 00:09:17,672 We're going there. I was born there. 40 00:09:18,005 --> 00:09:19,172 What a dead end. 41 00:09:19,338 --> 00:09:22,255 Feels good to go back with money though. 42 00:09:22,422 --> 00:09:24,547 Show 'em what I can do. 43 00:09:24,838 --> 00:09:26,255 Blow their tiny minds! 44 00:09:28,838 --> 00:09:31,505 Those Chatenay hicks will freak out. 45 00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:34,380 A millionaire, get it? 46 00:09:36,713 --> 00:09:38,297 And my Aunt Hortense! 47 00:09:38,755 --> 00:09:40,588 She raised me. What a cow. 48 00:09:41,130 --> 00:09:43,130 In France we say what a camel. 49 00:09:43,963 --> 00:09:45,130 The way she spoke: 50 00:09:45,297 --> 00:09:48,380 "Poor Ludovic is an idiot. He's retarded." 51 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,713 "The village moron!" 52 00:09:51,047 --> 00:09:53,713 They all repeated it: "Stupid as Ludovic." 53 00:09:54,172 --> 00:09:55,172 Hold it! 54 00:09:55,297 --> 00:09:57,255 They're in for a big surprise! 55 00:09:57,713 --> 00:09:59,422 The village moron is rich now. 56 00:09:59,588 --> 00:10:00,922 He sure was smart. 57 00:10:01,088 --> 00:10:03,255 The early bird catches the worm! 58 00:12:35,630 --> 00:12:39,130 DEEP HOLLOW fishing allowed 59 00:13:06,672 --> 00:13:08,672 Any special instructions, doctor? 60 00:13:10,213 --> 00:13:11,338 Yes. 61 00:13:14,130 --> 00:13:15,922 I'll look after him myself. 62 00:13:16,088 --> 00:13:17,422 You're not going to... 63 00:13:17,588 --> 00:13:19,338 You know me, when I've decided... 64 00:13:19,505 --> 00:13:22,797 But doctor, you'll kill yourself! At your age... 65 00:13:22,963 --> 00:13:24,130 I mean... 66 00:13:24,297 --> 00:13:25,422 At my age? 67 00:13:25,630 --> 00:13:27,297 I'm 20 years old when I work. 68 00:13:27,547 --> 00:13:29,963 Let me be 20 in my own way, young lady. 69 00:13:30,130 --> 00:13:32,338 Forgive me, but I don't understand. 70 00:13:32,505 --> 00:13:35,088 The surgery succeeded, your role is over. 71 00:13:35,255 --> 00:13:37,255 Look at me, Miss Pascaud. 72 00:13:37,672 --> 00:13:39,380 What have I done with my life? 73 00:13:39,547 --> 00:13:40,588 Nothing. 74 00:13:40,797 --> 00:13:43,338 - Nothing? You? - That's why I've aged. 75 00:13:43,505 --> 00:13:45,797 Being old means we wasted our time. 76 00:13:46,505 --> 00:13:47,755 Goodbye, miss. 77 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,088 Yes? 78 00:15:25,130 --> 00:15:26,880 I asked not to be disturbed. 79 00:15:27,297 --> 00:15:29,963 I'm afraid that's impossible, doctor. 80 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:31,922 It's Miss Hortense. You know her! 81 00:15:32,088 --> 00:15:34,672 Say I'll see her tomorrow. Right now, I'm... 82 00:15:34,838 --> 00:15:36,172 Right now I'm here! 83 00:15:36,338 --> 00:15:39,297 Where is he? I must see him. How is he? 84 00:15:39,713 --> 00:15:40,713 Doctor... 85 00:15:41,213 --> 00:15:44,505 You're deplorable! I'm his aunt! I'm in a state... 86 00:15:44,672 --> 00:15:46,047 Sit down, Miss Hortense. 87 00:15:46,213 --> 00:15:47,547 Sit down? 88 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:51,088 When my nephew is back after 25 years without news! 89 00:15:51,255 --> 00:15:53,505 You're as heartless as he is! 90 00:15:53,672 --> 00:15:55,463 - I want to see him. - No! 91 00:15:55,713 --> 00:15:56,713 No? 92 00:15:57,005 --> 00:15:58,005 No... 93 00:15:58,797 --> 00:16:00,547 Doctor, I understand... 94 00:16:01,422 --> 00:16:03,088 He's... he's... 95 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:04,838 He's alive. 96 00:16:07,672 --> 00:16:11,713 I knew it! My poor, stupid Ludovic... 97 00:16:14,338 --> 00:16:17,172 I said alive. There's nothing to cry about. 98 00:16:19,588 --> 00:16:20,672 Alive? 99 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,297 Ludovic is alive? 100 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,172 Forgive me, doctor, I thought... 101 00:16:25,338 --> 00:16:26,422 He's so stupid. 102 00:16:26,588 --> 00:16:28,797 You're an angel. I must see him. 103 00:16:28,963 --> 00:16:30,838 I repeat, you can't see him. 104 00:16:31,005 --> 00:16:34,005 I understand your emotion but our patients come first. 105 00:16:34,172 --> 00:16:37,130 Your nephew has survived major surgery. 106 00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:40,213 But I'm not running any risks to please you. 107 00:16:40,588 --> 00:16:41,922 I hope you understand? 108 00:16:42,088 --> 00:16:43,338 So when? Tomorrow? 109 00:16:43,505 --> 00:16:45,005 I'll phone you. 110 00:16:45,255 --> 00:16:46,797 Doctor, you're a monster! 111 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:49,130 Tell me what he's like, at least. 112 00:16:49,297 --> 00:16:51,547 Tall? Short? Fat? Thin? 113 00:16:52,172 --> 00:16:54,588 He's been away for 25 years! 114 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,047 He was just a child when he ran off. You remember? 115 00:16:58,213 --> 00:17:00,047 Perfectly. Well, he's... 116 00:17:00,630 --> 00:17:02,713 - Average. - That doesn't surprise me. 117 00:17:02,922 --> 00:17:04,588 Average. And a millionaire. 118 00:17:05,005 --> 00:17:06,005 I beg your pardon? 119 00:17:06,338 --> 00:17:07,505 A millionaire. 120 00:17:09,422 --> 00:17:10,922 That's impossible. 121 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,172 He couldn't read. 122 00:17:13,797 --> 00:17:15,505 But he could count. 123 00:17:15,713 --> 00:17:18,630 Anyway, your nephew is a millionaire. 124 00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:21,880 A multi-millionaire. 125 00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:26,713 - What a pity. - A pity? Why? 126 00:17:27,172 --> 00:17:28,338 I don't know. 127 00:17:29,297 --> 00:17:31,047 He wasn't very bright. 128 00:17:31,338 --> 00:17:34,297 Knowing how to be rich is very difficult. 129 00:17:34,797 --> 00:17:35,588 Isn't it? 130 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:38,422 I wouldn't know. I'll call you. 131 00:17:38,588 --> 00:17:40,797 Yes, call me soon. 132 00:17:41,005 --> 00:17:43,547 Give him my love and say I'm expecting him. 133 00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:45,797 I hope he remembers the way. 134 00:17:45,963 --> 00:17:47,172 Don't worry. 135 00:17:47,338 --> 00:17:48,713 Doctor... 136 00:17:49,713 --> 00:17:51,213 Did he talk about me? 137 00:17:51,630 --> 00:17:55,797 A deep shoulder wound, a hemorrhage, a long operation. 138 00:17:56,213 --> 00:17:59,922 No one ever talks about their family in those conditions. 139 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,797 You're a heathen. You'll never go to Heaven. 140 00:18:03,963 --> 00:18:07,338 What would I do in Heaven? Everyone there is healthy. 141 00:18:07,547 --> 00:18:08,672 Goodbye. 142 00:18:21,588 --> 00:18:23,172 If you'd like to check it? 143 00:18:23,713 --> 00:18:25,255 I think it's all there. 144 00:18:25,588 --> 00:18:27,963 Pointless, doctor. I can estimate it. 145 00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:30,255 Bravo. You're used to handling money. 146 00:18:30,422 --> 00:18:31,797 I learned fast. 147 00:18:32,255 --> 00:18:33,505 There's this too. 148 00:18:34,005 --> 00:18:36,005 - I advise moderation. - Thank you. 149 00:18:36,172 --> 00:18:37,255 And this... 150 00:18:37,422 --> 00:18:39,047 With the same advice. 151 00:18:40,047 --> 00:18:42,797 Doctor, how was my shoulder injured exactly? 152 00:18:42,963 --> 00:18:43,963 Your shoulder? 153 00:18:44,047 --> 00:18:46,672 At one point I felt something pierce my arm. 154 00:18:46,838 --> 00:18:49,422 Not surprising. The muscle was ripped, 155 00:18:49,588 --> 00:18:52,463 by glass or the car bodywork. Slashed to the bone. 156 00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:53,838 Is that all? 157 00:18:54,088 --> 00:18:54,755 All? 158 00:18:54,922 --> 00:18:58,130 In wet weather you'll find it's more than enough. 159 00:18:58,297 --> 00:18:59,505 Here, take this. 160 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:03,130 Can you keep it for me? You have a safe here. 161 00:19:03,297 --> 00:19:04,713 I'll worry about it. 162 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,088 I'll collect it tomorrow. 163 00:19:06,255 --> 00:19:09,255 Make sure you do. I won't sleep a wink all night. 164 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,880 The trap isn't here yet. I did say 6 p.m. on the dot. 165 00:19:19,797 --> 00:19:22,505 Don't put yourself out for me, doctor. 166 00:19:22,672 --> 00:19:24,088 I can walk there. 167 00:19:24,713 --> 00:19:25,547 Never! 168 00:19:25,713 --> 00:19:29,547 The whole of Chatenay is waiting for you, my dear Ludovic! 169 00:19:30,255 --> 00:19:32,088 You're an event, remember! 170 00:19:32,422 --> 00:19:33,963 Celebrity has its price. 171 00:19:34,630 --> 00:19:35,963 Rather moved, eh? 172 00:19:36,255 --> 00:19:40,005 I understand. Back home after 25 years of adventure. 173 00:19:40,338 --> 00:19:41,172 Adventure? 174 00:19:41,338 --> 00:19:43,713 Ludovic, save me my last illusions. 175 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,755 I've never left, so America is adventure. 176 00:19:47,255 --> 00:19:49,422 And adventure is terrific... 177 00:19:49,713 --> 00:19:50,588 Yes... 178 00:19:50,755 --> 00:19:52,755 Home must have its points too. 179 00:19:53,713 --> 00:19:54,797 What is it? 180 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,963 It's Miss Hortense, doctor. 181 00:19:58,505 --> 00:19:59,838 Miss Hortense, your aunt. 182 00:20:00,005 --> 00:20:01,672 - Send her in. - Very well. 183 00:20:02,713 --> 00:20:05,505 I know you dislike her but she's a good woman. 184 00:20:05,672 --> 00:20:08,130 A bit crazy, but she has an excuse. 185 00:20:08,297 --> 00:20:11,255 50 years selling fishing rods and butterfly nets... 186 00:20:11,422 --> 00:20:13,338 No brain could withstand that! 187 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:14,713 Ludovic! 188 00:20:21,422 --> 00:20:22,422 Yes. 189 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:24,672 It's Ludovic. 190 00:20:25,547 --> 00:20:26,630 My nephew... 191 00:20:26,797 --> 00:20:27,922 My boy! 192 00:20:28,088 --> 00:20:30,922 I recognized you immediately. Give me a kiss. 193 00:20:32,172 --> 00:20:33,588 Sorry, did I hurt you? 194 00:20:35,588 --> 00:20:36,713 You haven't changed. 195 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,005 Has he, doctor? 196 00:20:38,172 --> 00:20:39,505 25 years, Ludovic! 197 00:20:39,922 --> 00:20:41,338 25 years without a letter. 198 00:20:41,505 --> 00:20:43,505 Except when your father died. 199 00:20:43,672 --> 00:20:45,005 He loved you, you know. 200 00:20:45,172 --> 00:20:46,547 In his way, of course. 201 00:20:46,838 --> 00:20:48,463 Not always a good way. 202 00:20:48,713 --> 00:20:50,130 You remember, doctor? 203 00:20:50,422 --> 00:20:51,797 It's all over now. 204 00:20:51,963 --> 00:20:53,505 You're back, that's what counts. 205 00:20:53,672 --> 00:20:54,922 Kiss me, Ludovic. 206 00:20:55,338 --> 00:20:56,880 Careful. 207 00:20:57,297 --> 00:20:58,630 I'm clumsy. 208 00:21:01,380 --> 00:21:03,213 What's wrong? You're icy. 209 00:21:03,672 --> 00:21:06,380 Good gracious! Aren't you glad to see me? 210 00:21:06,588 --> 00:21:07,963 Well? Speak up. 211 00:21:08,130 --> 00:21:11,088 Come now, you know he's always been shy, 212 00:21:11,255 --> 00:21:12,422 especially with you. 213 00:21:12,588 --> 00:21:14,380 Still shy? At your age? 214 00:21:15,213 --> 00:21:18,130 How stupid you are! Never mind. Kiss me. 215 00:21:20,963 --> 00:21:22,255 Snap out of it! 216 00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:26,047 Say something. What a peculiar nephew! 217 00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:28,088 You still like cherry pie? 218 00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:30,505 - Cherry pie? - Yes, cherry pie. 219 00:21:30,672 --> 00:21:31,505 Yes. 220 00:21:31,672 --> 00:21:32,880 Yes who? 221 00:21:33,297 --> 00:21:34,422 Yes, aunt. 222 00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:36,338 I baked you one for dinner. 223 00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:38,672 Your place is laid too, doctor. 224 00:21:38,838 --> 00:21:39,838 I'll be off now. 225 00:21:39,963 --> 00:21:41,755 Wait, my trap is coming. 226 00:21:41,922 --> 00:21:44,755 I can't! There's the shop, the pie in the oven... 227 00:21:44,922 --> 00:21:47,255 See you soon. Don't be late. 228 00:21:48,047 --> 00:21:49,297 I'm expecting you. 229 00:21:49,547 --> 00:21:51,630 And be careful, Ludovic. 230 00:21:51,797 --> 00:21:54,130 All the layabouts are at your door. 231 00:21:54,297 --> 00:21:56,713 They know you're rich and a bit simple. 232 00:21:57,047 --> 00:22:00,880 So keep your wallet in your pocket and sew it up tight. 233 00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:05,755 Much will be forgiven her as she's a great cook! 234 00:22:05,922 --> 00:22:08,922 Relax. She won't kiss you for another 10 years. 235 00:22:09,088 --> 00:22:10,588 My only living relative? 236 00:22:10,755 --> 00:22:12,588 You needn't worry. 237 00:22:12,755 --> 00:22:14,255 No doubt about it. 238 00:22:16,463 --> 00:22:18,922 It's tough, reconnecting. 239 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:20,963 Learning all over again. 240 00:22:21,130 --> 00:22:23,713 Like a sort of mental mechanotherapy. 241 00:22:23,963 --> 00:22:25,963 It just takes patience. 242 00:22:26,338 --> 00:22:28,922 - I'm not a patient man. - Neither am I. 243 00:22:29,088 --> 00:22:31,005 I had to learn to be. 244 00:22:31,172 --> 00:22:33,088 You can't fight fate. 245 00:22:33,297 --> 00:22:35,505 I longed to travel, to embrace life 246 00:22:35,672 --> 00:22:37,963 in all its forms and latitudes. 247 00:22:38,297 --> 00:22:39,380 And look... 248 00:22:39,922 --> 00:22:42,380 Endless years of patience and immobility. 249 00:22:42,547 --> 00:22:44,547 - What's that? - My whole life. 250 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:48,630 A study of prophylaxis in local infantile TB. 251 00:22:48,797 --> 00:22:50,588 No connection with globe-trotting. 252 00:22:50,838 --> 00:22:52,172 Does it interest you? 253 00:22:52,338 --> 00:22:53,380 I don't know. 254 00:22:53,797 --> 00:22:56,047 Does your heartbeat interest you? 255 00:22:56,213 --> 00:22:57,880 It doesn't stop beating however. 256 00:22:58,047 --> 00:23:01,797 When I saw this had to be done, I knew I'd focus on it, 257 00:23:01,963 --> 00:23:03,547 and it would take patience. 258 00:23:03,838 --> 00:23:05,005 Here's the trap. 259 00:23:05,338 --> 00:23:08,338 Come on, Ludovic, meet your home town again. 260 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,713 I fear I've forgotten a lot. 261 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,255 Don't worry, it's only to be expected. 262 00:23:14,672 --> 00:23:16,338 There's my horse! 263 00:23:22,047 --> 00:23:23,630 It's complicated. 264 00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:27,005 Look. 265 00:23:28,213 --> 00:23:29,755 There's the main street. 266 00:23:30,297 --> 00:23:31,963 On the left, the school, 267 00:23:32,130 --> 00:23:35,297 where you learned to read. It's a community hall now. 268 00:23:36,505 --> 00:23:37,672 There's the post office. 269 00:23:37,838 --> 00:23:41,338 I didn't have so many friends then. They said "stupid as Ludovic." 270 00:23:41,505 --> 00:23:42,797 They did indeed! 271 00:23:42,963 --> 00:23:45,797 But believe me, you're too rich to be stupid! 272 00:23:46,588 --> 00:23:48,088 Gee up there. 273 00:23:48,255 --> 00:23:49,963 - Hello, doctor. - Hello, ladies. 274 00:23:50,130 --> 00:23:51,797 Here's old Delmas. 275 00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:53,963 He'll be thrilled to see you. 276 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,588 The Holy Mother of God Church. 277 00:23:57,755 --> 00:23:59,297 I recognize the doorway. 278 00:23:59,463 --> 00:24:02,797 Or you think you do. It was renovated 15 years ago. 279 00:24:03,922 --> 00:24:07,380 Old Jacquenaud's funeral. Known to the cops as "The Eel". 280 00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:11,088 He'd have recognized you. His eyesight still was good. 281 00:24:11,255 --> 00:24:13,505 He died without seeing you again. 282 00:24:13,672 --> 00:24:15,130 A customer of yours? 283 00:24:15,297 --> 00:24:16,297 Yes. 284 00:24:22,630 --> 00:24:23,713 Isabelle! 285 00:24:26,380 --> 00:24:28,297 Watching the funeral go by? 286 00:24:28,463 --> 00:24:31,547 Yes. I like funerals. I'm getting ready. 287 00:24:31,838 --> 00:24:34,380 You don't mean it. Come and see me. 288 00:24:34,797 --> 00:24:36,838 You promised to, last week. 289 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:38,130 Who's he? 290 00:24:38,213 --> 00:24:40,547 - Ludovic Mercier. - The rich man? 291 00:24:40,713 --> 00:24:42,088 This is about you. 292 00:24:43,255 --> 00:24:46,338 You're too old to lie to yourself. You're sick. 293 00:24:46,505 --> 00:24:48,172 You know I won't charge you. 294 00:24:48,338 --> 00:24:49,797 You annoy me, doctor. 295 00:24:50,047 --> 00:24:54,380 Save your pity and free treatment for people who want it. 296 00:24:54,547 --> 00:24:57,547 Don't worry about my lungs and we'll both be fine. 297 00:24:57,713 --> 00:24:59,547 Be sensible, my child. 298 00:24:59,755 --> 00:25:01,588 I'm sure I can cure you fast. 299 00:25:01,755 --> 00:25:03,255 Being alive matters. 300 00:25:03,422 --> 00:25:04,922 Being alive? What for? 301 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,380 Take him to his aunt's fishing rods and get off my back. 302 00:25:10,005 --> 00:25:11,338 Good evening, doctor. 303 00:25:29,255 --> 00:25:31,297 You have some strange cases! 304 00:25:31,755 --> 00:25:33,130 Poking fun at me! 305 00:25:33,297 --> 00:25:35,797 We're in a hurry, no point annoying Isabelle. 306 00:25:35,963 --> 00:25:37,380 C'mon! Hup! 307 00:25:37,547 --> 00:25:40,422 - Does that kid scare you? - Why not? 308 00:25:40,588 --> 00:25:43,088 The locals say she's the Devil's daughter. 309 00:25:43,255 --> 00:25:44,588 You believe in the Devil? 310 00:25:44,755 --> 00:25:46,838 I believe in evil: the doctors' Devil. 311 00:25:47,005 --> 00:25:50,672 Isabelle suffers from evil within. So she makes others suffer. 312 00:25:50,838 --> 00:25:51,922 Is she sick? 313 00:25:52,713 --> 00:25:56,005 Tuberculosis. It's rampant in her conditions: 314 00:25:56,172 --> 00:25:58,505 no family, no hygiene, no money. 315 00:25:58,880 --> 00:25:59,922 Poor girl. 316 00:26:00,088 --> 00:26:02,422 I never knew medicine was sentimental. 317 00:26:02,755 --> 00:26:03,755 Hello, Chauvin. 318 00:26:04,172 --> 00:26:06,088 Her father was rich, the town notary. 319 00:26:06,255 --> 00:26:10,255 Only evil rumors started circulating. Fraud, embezzlement... 320 00:26:10,422 --> 00:26:12,672 - The notary eased off? - The notary hung himself. 321 00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:14,588 Railroad tracks didn't exist then? 322 00:26:14,755 --> 00:26:16,713 Each to his own escape route. 323 00:26:17,047 --> 00:26:20,297 Her father's ruin, then her mother's death. 324 00:26:20,463 --> 00:26:23,213 You see Isabelle's heritage. She was rejected. 325 00:26:23,505 --> 00:26:27,380 She grew up alone like a little savage, As no one loved her... 326 00:26:27,547 --> 00:26:28,880 She hated everyone. 327 00:26:29,047 --> 00:26:30,463 - Right. - I see. 328 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:33,547 When anything weird or abnormal happens, 329 00:26:33,713 --> 00:26:35,505 everyone blames Isabelle. 330 00:26:35,713 --> 00:26:37,463 And sometimes they're right. 331 00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:39,797 I'm starting to like the girl. 332 00:26:40,380 --> 00:26:41,672 She's quite something. 333 00:26:42,088 --> 00:26:43,463 And the kid with her? 334 00:26:44,588 --> 00:26:46,380 The son of her father's groom. 335 00:26:46,547 --> 00:26:48,838 Only he and I dare speak to her. 336 00:26:50,047 --> 00:26:51,338 A delightful town! 337 00:26:53,255 --> 00:26:54,338 Here we are. 338 00:26:57,172 --> 00:26:58,588 It's Ludovic! 339 00:26:59,713 --> 00:27:01,088 Ludovic Mercier. 340 00:27:21,297 --> 00:27:22,463 Mr. Mercier. 341 00:27:22,963 --> 00:27:26,922 Excuse me. First we want to welcome you home, 342 00:27:27,088 --> 00:27:28,672 all the Constabulary. 343 00:27:28,838 --> 00:27:30,047 And it's also... 344 00:27:30,338 --> 00:27:31,630 for this. 345 00:27:38,463 --> 00:27:39,297 Oh yes! 346 00:27:39,463 --> 00:27:43,297 We found it on the riverbank in the smashed car. 347 00:27:43,505 --> 00:27:45,755 We thought you'd like to get it back. 348 00:27:46,255 --> 00:27:47,755 A souvenir from overseas. 349 00:27:48,005 --> 00:27:49,172 Thank you, gentlemen. 350 00:27:55,255 --> 00:27:56,713 Hello, Mercier! 351 00:28:01,422 --> 00:28:03,463 So you're back from America? 352 00:28:03,630 --> 00:28:05,672 My God, what madness! 353 00:28:06,172 --> 00:28:08,422 What are all these people doing? 354 00:28:08,672 --> 00:28:10,005 Get along, everyone! 355 00:28:10,505 --> 00:28:12,130 Gaping like a herd of cows! 356 00:28:12,297 --> 00:28:14,255 Help me, you dolt! 357 00:28:15,422 --> 00:28:18,297 Go on, get out! Can't I eat in peace? 358 00:28:18,505 --> 00:28:20,713 Everybody out! Shoo! 359 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:21,880 Be off! 360 00:28:22,047 --> 00:28:23,422 What energy she has. 361 00:28:23,630 --> 00:28:25,297 She's an entire family. 362 00:28:28,088 --> 00:28:29,547 What a din! 363 00:28:29,963 --> 00:28:31,963 Get a move on! Draw the curtains. 364 00:28:32,172 --> 00:28:35,672 It's lucky you don't come back from America every day! 365 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,172 You took your time getting here for dinner. 366 00:28:39,338 --> 00:28:41,380 Ludovic wanted to see the town 367 00:28:41,547 --> 00:28:43,047 and we met Isabelle. 368 00:28:43,213 --> 00:28:46,297 That good-for-nothing? Quarry for the police! 369 00:28:46,463 --> 00:28:47,588 Dinnertime! 370 00:28:47,797 --> 00:28:50,130 - What are you doing? - Taking my bearings. 371 00:28:50,297 --> 00:28:52,797 The shop hasn't changed much. 372 00:28:52,963 --> 00:28:54,088 Forgotten it? 373 00:28:54,255 --> 00:28:56,047 25 years away is an excuse. 374 00:28:56,213 --> 00:28:58,172 Not when you like people, my boy. 375 00:28:58,338 --> 00:29:00,797 Didn't I recognize you right away? 376 00:29:00,963 --> 00:29:02,297 Let's have dinner. 377 00:29:03,005 --> 00:29:06,630 I nearly forgot. We must hurry, Mr. Rignaud is coming. 378 00:29:06,797 --> 00:29:07,672 Mr. Rignaud? 379 00:29:07,838 --> 00:29:09,713 Yes. The bank manager. 380 00:29:10,213 --> 00:29:13,838 You must think about investing your money, Ludovic. 381 00:29:14,505 --> 00:29:16,338 Not in a bank. I hate banks. 382 00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:17,755 How odd. Why? 383 00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:18,797 Bad memories. 384 00:29:18,963 --> 00:29:22,213 Bankers can be crooks, crooks can be bankers. 385 00:29:22,380 --> 00:29:24,922 In America maybe. But not here. 386 00:29:25,088 --> 00:29:27,297 We have a police force, my boy. 387 00:29:27,463 --> 00:29:28,463 Indeed? 388 00:30:02,755 --> 00:30:05,088 Attending mass? What's the idea? 389 00:30:05,588 --> 00:30:07,047 I need a change of air. 390 00:30:07,672 --> 00:30:09,005 Isn't Ludovic coming? 391 00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:10,838 I've been waiting 20 minutes. 392 00:30:11,297 --> 00:30:14,422 He could have made an effort his first Sunday. 393 00:30:16,172 --> 00:30:17,380 Will he come? 394 00:30:17,755 --> 00:30:18,797 No. 395 00:30:31,588 --> 00:30:34,505 The girl from the château. Stuck up snob. 396 00:30:41,713 --> 00:30:43,047 See her dress? 397 00:30:43,922 --> 00:30:45,463 Isn't it pretty... 398 00:31:01,213 --> 00:31:03,547 - Dirty ragamuffins! - Shut up, slave! 399 00:31:09,088 --> 00:31:11,172 You set this up, little bitch! 400 00:31:11,338 --> 00:31:12,338 Pierre! 401 00:31:13,255 --> 00:31:14,922 Apologize to her. Now! 402 00:31:15,088 --> 00:31:16,338 You wretch! 403 00:31:20,922 --> 00:31:23,005 - Apologize! - Forget it, Pierre. 404 00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:24,547 It doesn't matter. 405 00:31:24,713 --> 00:31:25,713 You're too kind. 406 00:31:25,838 --> 00:31:26,838 Goddammit! 407 00:31:27,047 --> 00:31:28,547 Why did you do that? 408 00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:30,797 Because I hate you. 409 00:31:30,963 --> 00:31:32,505 - Scum! - Pierre! 410 00:31:34,172 --> 00:31:36,963 Please forgive me, would you like... 411 00:31:39,422 --> 00:31:40,588 Let me go. 412 00:31:43,422 --> 00:31:45,213 Come, Pierre, let's go home. 413 00:32:07,088 --> 00:32:08,255 Are you hurt? 414 00:32:08,463 --> 00:32:11,338 I collect bruises. One from a coachman! 415 00:32:11,588 --> 00:32:13,505 - Did they hurt you? - Her, not him. 416 00:32:13,672 --> 00:32:16,588 Don't worry, we'll make 'em pay, both of 'em. 417 00:32:16,755 --> 00:32:17,963 What does he want? 418 00:32:18,130 --> 00:32:19,838 Congratulations on your artillery. 419 00:32:20,005 --> 00:32:22,130 No one asked you, Mister Money! 420 00:32:22,297 --> 00:32:24,672 Calm down, killer. Blow your nose. 421 00:32:27,088 --> 00:32:30,172 - So you don't like landed gentry? - I don't like you either. 422 00:32:30,338 --> 00:32:32,547 Suits me. I don't like being liked. 423 00:32:32,797 --> 00:32:36,088 We have something in common. See you soon, miss. 424 00:32:53,213 --> 00:32:54,505 Here he is at last. 425 00:32:54,838 --> 00:32:56,047 He's looking for us. 426 00:32:58,338 --> 00:33:01,130 Doctor, this isn't a railway station. 427 00:33:06,672 --> 00:33:10,130 - What's going on? - Mr. Mercier is here, padre. 428 00:33:23,713 --> 00:33:25,338 Mass is almost over. 429 00:33:25,505 --> 00:33:28,755 I haven't slept in a comfortable bed for so long. 430 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:38,713 Bow your head. 431 00:33:51,255 --> 00:33:53,797 Slept well? No fever? Hows your shoulder? 432 00:33:53,963 --> 00:33:55,755 No pain. You work miracles. 433 00:33:56,297 --> 00:33:59,047 Don't mention miracles at a competitor's. 434 00:34:09,963 --> 00:34:13,088 I'm going back to the shop, don't be too long. 435 00:34:13,255 --> 00:34:16,005 I hope you'll continue attending mass. 436 00:34:16,172 --> 00:34:17,755 God and I have our clients. 437 00:34:18,255 --> 00:34:20,088 Yes, but God doesn't charge. 438 00:34:22,380 --> 00:34:25,963 Before the aperitif, I must introduce you 439 00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:28,588 to Father Montel, our priest. A fine man. 440 00:34:28,755 --> 00:34:31,047 - I don't like priests. - You will. 441 00:34:33,380 --> 00:34:34,838 I'm sure you'll like him. 442 00:34:35,005 --> 00:34:37,422 - I doubt it. - Come on. 443 00:34:38,255 --> 00:34:40,505 - It'll make him happy. - A curious Sunday. 444 00:34:48,380 --> 00:34:50,130 - Hello, doc. - Hello, padre. 445 00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:51,463 Mr. Mercier, I presume? 446 00:34:51,630 --> 00:34:53,422 Yes, father. Delighted to meet you. 447 00:34:53,672 --> 00:34:55,422 He didn't dare come. Truly. 448 00:34:55,588 --> 00:34:57,380 I had to drag him. 449 00:34:57,797 --> 00:35:00,880 Mr. Mercier doesn't seem the shy sort. 450 00:35:01,463 --> 00:35:03,380 Welcome, my son. 451 00:35:03,547 --> 00:35:06,630 And thank you for coming, I'm very touched. 452 00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:08,547 Please sit down. 453 00:35:08,713 --> 00:35:10,088 We can't stay. 454 00:35:10,255 --> 00:35:13,130 All French citizens have two duties on Sunday. 455 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:14,963 I know. 456 00:35:15,130 --> 00:35:16,838 Mass. And the aperitif. 457 00:35:17,047 --> 00:35:18,213 Exactly! 458 00:35:18,380 --> 00:35:21,838 We just came to say the church bell is settled. 459 00:35:22,005 --> 00:35:23,422 Mr. Mercier insists on donating it. 460 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:24,422 The church bell? 461 00:35:24,588 --> 00:35:26,797 What do you mean? Can this be... 462 00:35:26,963 --> 00:35:28,047 There's no question of... 463 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:31,713 He's furious that I told you! He wanted to surprise you. 464 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,838 And what a fine surprise it is. 465 00:35:34,338 --> 00:35:36,380 Our church is poor, my son. 466 00:35:36,547 --> 00:35:40,213 For 15 years I've been dreaming of the impossible: 467 00:35:40,422 --> 00:35:41,838 a new church bell. 468 00:35:42,588 --> 00:35:45,088 God bless you for giving me this joy. 469 00:35:45,255 --> 00:35:46,838 It's the least I can do. 470 00:35:47,130 --> 00:35:49,338 The doctor explained it all. Thanks. 471 00:35:50,130 --> 00:35:52,713 It will be called "Ludovic", of course. 472 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,588 A suitable name for a bell. 473 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:56,213 We must get going. 474 00:35:56,380 --> 00:35:57,922 Time to move on! 475 00:35:59,713 --> 00:36:02,463 He's been blaspheming for 10 years, 476 00:36:02,797 --> 00:36:04,213 but no matter. 477 00:36:04,547 --> 00:36:06,297 Some saints were very cheeky. 478 00:36:06,463 --> 00:36:07,505 Indeed? 479 00:36:08,547 --> 00:36:09,880 Thank you again, my son. 480 00:36:10,047 --> 00:36:12,047 May God protect you. 481 00:36:12,297 --> 00:36:14,922 Between God and the doctor hope springs eternal. 482 00:36:15,088 --> 00:36:16,505 Thank you, padre. 483 00:36:20,755 --> 00:36:21,838 My good child. 484 00:36:22,213 --> 00:36:23,838 A good deed done. 485 00:36:24,630 --> 00:36:27,005 - Admit I carried it off well. - Admirably. 486 00:36:27,172 --> 00:36:30,422 I enjoy a good joke, especially when it rings true. 487 00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:34,088 You see, your first generous gesture as a rich man 488 00:36:34,255 --> 00:36:36,380 had to benefit the local church. 489 00:36:36,547 --> 00:36:38,630 To be forgiven for your millions. 490 00:36:38,797 --> 00:36:41,588 Now every wagging tongue will ring like that bell. 491 00:36:41,755 --> 00:36:42,838 An expensive peal. 492 00:36:43,005 --> 00:36:46,880 Come on! A gilt-edged investment. You'll see with time. 493 00:36:48,047 --> 00:36:49,088 Hat. 494 00:37:04,672 --> 00:37:06,112 - Mr. Mercier, I suppose? - 'Morning. 495 00:37:06,255 --> 00:37:09,505 I'm the owner of this café. This is an honor. 496 00:37:10,755 --> 00:37:12,713 Shall we go inside? 497 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,005 As you wish. 498 00:37:15,130 --> 00:37:17,755 Not bad. Your son is talented. 499 00:37:17,922 --> 00:37:19,588 Georges? He's a dead loss. 500 00:37:19,755 --> 00:37:21,005 Excuse me, sir. 501 00:37:23,047 --> 00:37:24,547 Here's my best table. 502 00:37:24,713 --> 00:37:27,338 I hope to see you here often, Mr. Mercier. 503 00:37:28,547 --> 00:37:29,880 Good morning, Bertier. 504 00:37:31,755 --> 00:37:36,422 Georges! Serve our customers instead of deafening us. 505 00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:40,213 He plays music when his father has a good profession! 506 00:37:40,797 --> 00:37:42,255 Life isn't always easy. 507 00:37:42,422 --> 00:37:43,547 Are you coming? 508 00:37:51,547 --> 00:37:54,505 Take Mr. Mercier and the doctor's order. 509 00:37:54,672 --> 00:37:55,672 Mr. Durand! 510 00:37:56,088 --> 00:37:59,172 Not bad at all, Georges, your Paganini. 511 00:37:59,755 --> 00:38:01,047 What will you have? 512 00:38:01,547 --> 00:38:03,338 Two specials, as usual. 513 00:38:05,297 --> 00:38:08,130 Well, how did the reconnecting go? 514 00:38:08,297 --> 00:38:09,838 Not bad. Thanks to you. 515 00:38:10,172 --> 00:38:12,255 You must give me your bill. 516 00:38:12,422 --> 00:38:13,630 You owe me nothing. 517 00:38:13,922 --> 00:38:15,338 A gift? I'm surprised. 518 00:38:15,505 --> 00:38:16,922 I'm not into money. 519 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:20,838 I'm celebrating your return home in my own way. 520 00:38:21,505 --> 00:38:23,047 You enjoy being poor? 521 00:38:24,047 --> 00:38:26,088 It's my way of going to mass. 522 00:38:26,463 --> 00:38:28,088 I don't need much. 523 00:38:29,088 --> 00:38:32,380 I only regret not being rich when I'm with the poor. 524 00:38:32,922 --> 00:38:33,922 Thank you. 525 00:38:34,672 --> 00:38:35,797 Cheers. 526 00:38:39,297 --> 00:38:40,755 What if I tell you 527 00:38:41,213 --> 00:38:43,338 my one dream of luxury 528 00:38:44,463 --> 00:38:48,005 is to equip my little clinic with a radiotherapy unit. 529 00:38:48,172 --> 00:38:50,088 Inaugurated by young Isabelle? 530 00:38:50,255 --> 00:38:52,547 Her and others. They're so many. 531 00:38:53,213 --> 00:38:55,297 This area is swampy and unhealthy. 532 00:38:55,463 --> 00:38:59,963 A lot of children here have TB, it's a breeding ground. 533 00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:01,380 I've tried everything. 534 00:39:01,588 --> 00:39:03,505 The public authorities won't help? 535 00:39:03,672 --> 00:39:07,755 They took it into consideration and promised to take action... 536 00:39:08,338 --> 00:39:09,838 That was 18 years ago. 537 00:39:10,547 --> 00:39:11,588 So... 538 00:39:12,088 --> 00:39:14,463 All I can do is count on... 539 00:39:14,922 --> 00:39:16,630 the charity of my friends. 540 00:39:18,755 --> 00:39:21,588 You're young, you haven't lost your illusions. 541 00:39:22,255 --> 00:39:23,672 What's the connection? 542 00:39:24,130 --> 00:39:26,880 I do not feel inclined to donate church bells 543 00:39:27,047 --> 00:39:29,797 and radiotherapy units to everyone I meet. 544 00:39:29,963 --> 00:39:31,838 - That's one view. - It's mine. 545 00:39:33,505 --> 00:39:36,630 You're like those pretty women who never want money 546 00:39:36,797 --> 00:39:39,047 but cost you a lot more in the end. 547 00:39:39,422 --> 00:39:40,630 I'd rather pay my bill. 548 00:39:40,963 --> 00:39:43,297 I never take back a present I've given. 549 00:39:43,463 --> 00:39:45,130 The subject is closed. 550 00:39:45,588 --> 00:39:47,297 It doesn't end our friendship. 551 00:39:47,463 --> 00:39:48,463 On the contrary. 552 00:39:48,713 --> 00:39:51,713 Hurry, Aunt Hortense doesn't like a late lunch. 553 00:39:52,005 --> 00:39:53,130 Georges! 554 00:39:54,797 --> 00:39:56,213 Come and be paid. 555 00:39:57,005 --> 00:39:58,963 No, it's on me. 556 00:39:59,422 --> 00:40:00,630 Eighteen francs. 557 00:40:02,797 --> 00:40:03,838 Wait... 558 00:40:14,213 --> 00:40:15,463 What's that? 559 00:40:18,297 --> 00:40:20,130 A bullet, I suppose. 560 00:40:22,963 --> 00:40:24,380 From a 7.65 mm caliber, 561 00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:25,880 according to the sergeant. 562 00:40:26,172 --> 00:40:27,838 - The sergeant? - Yes. 563 00:40:29,297 --> 00:40:32,922 I treat his sciatica, he spotted it on my desk. 564 00:40:33,797 --> 00:40:35,505 Believe it or not, 565 00:40:36,338 --> 00:40:38,338 I didn't say where it came from. 566 00:40:39,255 --> 00:40:40,338 Curious, isn't it? 567 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,463 I have an appalling memory, Ludovic, 568 00:40:44,213 --> 00:40:45,463 like a sieve. 569 00:40:46,672 --> 00:40:48,463 Mind you, I might recall it. 570 00:40:49,338 --> 00:40:52,297 The sergeant claims that the 7.65 caliber 571 00:40:52,505 --> 00:40:54,922 is what the police generally use. 572 00:40:55,088 --> 00:40:56,463 I wouldn't know. 573 00:40:59,380 --> 00:41:01,213 Get going or you'll be scolded. 574 00:41:02,838 --> 00:41:05,338 How much does a radiology unit cost? 575 00:41:07,297 --> 00:41:08,630 What? So you agree? 576 00:41:08,797 --> 00:41:10,838 You're so intelligent, doctor. 577 00:41:11,005 --> 00:41:13,463 The most intelligent doctor I know. 578 00:41:13,630 --> 00:41:15,338 And you're a treasure. 579 00:41:16,797 --> 00:41:18,630 Yes, I think I am. 580 00:41:19,213 --> 00:41:21,213 Looking on the bright side. 581 00:41:21,838 --> 00:41:22,838 I'll be off. 582 00:41:23,338 --> 00:41:25,588 - You'll have the money tonight. - No hurry. 583 00:41:26,588 --> 00:41:28,297 I'll be over at 5.30. 584 00:41:30,463 --> 00:41:31,547 Georges! 585 00:41:32,797 --> 00:41:34,255 Another special. 586 00:41:34,922 --> 00:41:36,130 Coming UP- 587 00:41:45,547 --> 00:41:46,880 Don't be stingy. 588 00:42:02,505 --> 00:42:04,047 - You calling me? - No, the cat. 589 00:42:04,213 --> 00:42:05,213 What do you want? 590 00:42:05,297 --> 00:42:06,505 Isabelle wants to see you. 591 00:42:06,672 --> 00:42:07,963 Me? Really? 592 00:42:08,130 --> 00:42:10,213 Surprised? Me too. 593 00:42:11,255 --> 00:42:12,880 For her dummy collection. 594 00:42:13,047 --> 00:42:16,630 Knock on the stable door at 9 tonight. 595 00:42:16,797 --> 00:42:19,005 I'll be there. Thanks, Hobo. 596 00:42:19,380 --> 00:42:21,630 Hey, I have a fine penknife. 597 00:42:21,838 --> 00:42:23,630 Like it? You want it? 598 00:42:23,838 --> 00:42:27,047 No way. I don't work for tips. Stooge! 599 00:43:17,672 --> 00:43:19,255 You haven't eaten a thing. 600 00:43:19,422 --> 00:43:21,713 - Not hungry. - You're never hungry. 601 00:43:23,463 --> 00:43:25,338 Drink up your medicine. 602 00:43:25,505 --> 00:43:26,505 No. 603 00:43:26,838 --> 00:43:29,797 Careful, Belle. You're taking after your mother. 604 00:43:30,838 --> 00:43:31,880 Go away! 605 00:44:25,172 --> 00:44:26,755 - Did you see them? - Yep. 606 00:44:36,213 --> 00:44:37,255 Are they coming? 607 00:44:37,422 --> 00:44:40,463 Empty. I must remember to go by the grocers. 608 00:44:40,630 --> 00:44:42,755 The same one? He'll get suspicious. 609 00:44:42,922 --> 00:44:45,547 Back off. He's as blind as a bat. 610 00:44:48,463 --> 00:44:49,713 What's up? 611 00:44:50,047 --> 00:44:52,713 What's up with me? Nothing, as usual. 612 00:44:55,088 --> 00:44:56,755 Do you still love me? 613 00:44:57,338 --> 00:44:59,005 Never ask me that. Ever. 614 00:44:59,172 --> 00:45:00,213 Why not? 615 00:45:00,713 --> 00:45:01,963 'Cos it bugs me. 616 00:45:02,130 --> 00:45:03,380 It bugs you? 617 00:45:04,838 --> 00:45:06,088 I can't say no more. 618 00:45:08,588 --> 00:45:10,088 Because of the others? 619 00:45:10,630 --> 00:45:12,797 You know why I told them to come. 620 00:45:12,963 --> 00:45:14,297 Think they'll go for it? 621 00:45:14,797 --> 00:45:16,547 Never. They're cowards. 622 00:45:16,713 --> 00:45:18,922 Still clinging to their mama's skirts. 623 00:45:22,005 --> 00:45:23,880 Yes, they have mothers. 624 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,047 But you're my friend. Aren't you, Jacques? 625 00:45:29,338 --> 00:45:30,338 Jacques... 626 00:45:30,963 --> 00:45:33,630 No one else remembers my name is Jacques. 627 00:45:37,463 --> 00:45:39,005 - I bet it's Georges. - Why? 628 00:45:39,172 --> 00:45:40,213 You know why. 629 00:45:53,547 --> 00:45:55,463 - Am I late? - No fear of that! 630 00:45:59,255 --> 00:46:01,588 - Hello, Isabelle. - Hello, Georges. 631 00:46:01,922 --> 00:46:05,213 It's fortified wine. My father's recipe. 632 00:46:05,588 --> 00:46:07,255 I thought it would do you good. 633 00:46:07,422 --> 00:46:09,672 - What a laugh! - Shut up. 634 00:46:10,338 --> 00:46:11,630 Thank you, Georges. 635 00:46:12,130 --> 00:46:15,088 - You want to talk to me? - When the others arrive. 636 00:46:15,380 --> 00:46:16,630 The others? 637 00:46:17,922 --> 00:46:20,630 - But I thought... - You'd be on your own? 638 00:46:21,672 --> 00:46:23,463 You still believe in Santa! 639 00:46:24,588 --> 00:46:25,880 Second delivery. 640 00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:06,463 - Hello, Saint-Jean. - Hello, Isabelle. 641 00:47:06,630 --> 00:47:08,088 - Hello, Dimier. - Hello, Isabelle. 642 00:47:08,922 --> 00:47:10,047 Hello, Clément. 643 00:47:18,463 --> 00:47:19,922 The Newt! What do we do? 644 00:47:20,088 --> 00:47:21,922 I told him to come. 645 00:47:33,547 --> 00:47:34,963 Hiya, Isabelle. 646 00:47:35,130 --> 00:47:37,380 Hi. Did your uncle let you go out? 647 00:47:37,588 --> 00:47:40,547 Didn't ask him. It's Sunday, he's drunk. 648 00:47:42,213 --> 00:47:43,505 Here, for you. 649 00:47:43,672 --> 00:47:44,963 Thank you, Isabelle. 650 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:51,505 It's nice of you to come. 651 00:47:52,213 --> 00:47:54,088 It must have been difficult. 652 00:47:54,838 --> 00:47:57,380 I must talk to you, it's difficult too. 653 00:48:06,672 --> 00:48:07,838 I was slapped today. 654 00:48:09,005 --> 00:48:11,963 By the château coachman in front of his boss. 655 00:48:12,130 --> 00:48:13,255 I want revenge! 656 00:48:13,422 --> 00:48:15,588 Alone I can't. With you I can. 657 00:48:16,130 --> 00:48:20,505 I know you've all been forbidden to talk to me, 658 00:48:20,672 --> 00:48:22,088 even to look at me. 659 00:48:23,088 --> 00:48:25,422 But I know you're all unhappy. 660 00:48:25,922 --> 00:48:27,588 That's why you're here. 661 00:48:29,713 --> 00:48:33,547 Georges, your father doesn't love you or anything you love. 662 00:48:35,422 --> 00:48:39,088 Saint-Jean, you're a foundling. They despise you, same as me. 663 00:48:40,630 --> 00:48:44,755 Dimier, you're an orphan. And your boss mistreats you. 664 00:48:46,422 --> 00:48:49,130 Clément, you slave your guts out on a farm 665 00:48:49,297 --> 00:48:51,005 and sleep with the livestock. 666 00:48:52,713 --> 00:48:54,047 Now listen to me. 667 00:48:54,672 --> 00:48:56,213 In the château tonight 668 00:48:56,380 --> 00:48:59,088 there's a party for Miss de Perthus's fiancé. 669 00:48:59,463 --> 00:49:00,838 We'll enter the park, 670 00:49:01,088 --> 00:49:03,713 slash the guests' tires, smash the windows, 671 00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:05,547 cut the horses' reins... 672 00:49:07,380 --> 00:49:08,505 Save your breath! 673 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:15,963 Isabelle, 674 00:49:16,797 --> 00:49:18,797 I promise I won't tell anyone. 675 00:49:22,672 --> 00:49:24,172 And you, Saint-Jean? 676 00:49:25,547 --> 00:49:26,963 I can't, Isabelle. 677 00:49:27,255 --> 00:49:31,547 When I was in the orphanage, a girl brought me candy every Sunday. 678 00:49:31,713 --> 00:49:34,297 Later I learned she was Miss de Perth us. 679 00:49:34,463 --> 00:49:37,588 It's not possible. I can't. Do you understand? 680 00:49:37,755 --> 00:49:38,797 Go away. 681 00:49:45,005 --> 00:49:47,088 I'm not a kid, Isabelle, 682 00:49:47,338 --> 00:49:49,630 I'm not into candy or apples. 683 00:49:50,088 --> 00:49:51,422 You know my conditions. 684 00:49:53,463 --> 00:49:54,963 You know what I mean? 685 00:49:55,338 --> 00:49:56,338 Yes. 686 00:49:56,630 --> 00:49:57,630 Well? 687 00:49:58,630 --> 00:49:59,880 Get out. 688 00:50:10,672 --> 00:50:12,672 You're all I have left, Georges. 689 00:50:13,547 --> 00:50:16,255 You were right, my father doesn't love me. 690 00:50:16,713 --> 00:50:18,755 He never has. But I love him. 691 00:50:19,797 --> 00:50:22,422 He's running for city council soon. 692 00:50:23,088 --> 00:50:25,588 - I can't do it to him. - You're scared. 693 00:50:25,755 --> 00:50:26,422 No. 694 00:50:26,588 --> 00:50:28,422 Ask me anything you want, 695 00:50:28,588 --> 00:50:30,755 to fight a man even, I'll do it. 696 00:50:31,255 --> 00:50:32,380 But not that. 697 00:50:33,088 --> 00:50:34,880 Do you believe me, Isabelle? 698 00:50:35,755 --> 00:50:36,755 Do you? 699 00:50:37,797 --> 00:50:38,797 Tell me. 700 00:50:46,505 --> 00:50:47,963 You forgot your poison! 701 00:50:50,505 --> 00:50:52,255 Great recruitment! 702 00:50:52,547 --> 00:50:55,047 - They've all gone. - Not me. 703 00:50:57,088 --> 00:51:00,255 I'm here. I'll do whatever you want. 704 00:51:06,922 --> 00:51:08,922 Why's she crying? I'm staying. 705 00:51:09,088 --> 00:51:11,963 Drop it, midget. This concerns men. 706 00:51:14,047 --> 00:51:15,172 Don't cry. 707 00:51:15,630 --> 00:51:18,130 Those losers would get us spotted. 708 00:51:19,130 --> 00:51:21,422 We'll go, we can handle it alone. 709 00:51:27,713 --> 00:51:29,630 Look, Belle. 710 00:51:32,463 --> 00:51:33,797 I'll surprise them. 711 00:51:33,963 --> 00:51:35,255 EVRY HAPPINESS 712 00:51:36,463 --> 00:51:39,047 This is for the drawing room windows. 713 00:51:40,088 --> 00:51:42,922 The Newt will cover us. Whistle if you see anyone. 714 00:51:43,505 --> 00:51:44,922 You bet. 715 00:51:46,338 --> 00:51:47,338 Good. 716 00:51:47,588 --> 00:51:49,172 Let's go, you'll feel better. 717 00:51:50,047 --> 00:51:51,213 You're right. 718 00:51:53,088 --> 00:51:54,797 Newt, you keep watch. 719 00:51:54,963 --> 00:51:56,838 If you're spotted, act dumb. 720 00:51:57,505 --> 00:52:01,630 Poor kids have the right to watch the rich having fun. 721 00:52:01,797 --> 00:52:02,797 Yes, Isabelle. 722 00:52:05,463 --> 00:52:08,047 They'll pay for that slap. Cut the lamp. 723 00:52:08,213 --> 00:52:09,213 C'mon. 724 00:52:44,463 --> 00:52:45,505 Come on! 725 00:53:10,672 --> 00:53:13,588 Stay by the tree. If you see anyone, whistle. 726 00:53:13,755 --> 00:53:14,838 Yes, Isabelle. 727 00:53:35,255 --> 00:53:36,255 Done! 728 00:53:41,463 --> 00:53:43,713 - It's me. Seen anyone? - No. And you? 729 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,463 I've slashed three. 730 00:53:49,713 --> 00:53:50,713 Well? 731 00:53:52,047 --> 00:53:53,922 - Hello, sir. - What are you up to? 732 00:53:54,547 --> 00:53:55,547 I'm watching. 733 00:53:55,713 --> 00:53:58,880 Poor kids have the right to watch the rich having fun. 734 00:53:59,047 --> 00:54:01,588 You're trespassing on private property. 735 00:54:01,755 --> 00:54:02,922 Go on, beat it. 736 00:54:03,088 --> 00:54:04,963 Or your ma will box your ears. 737 00:54:05,130 --> 00:54:06,588 No chance, I'm an orphan. 738 00:54:06,755 --> 00:54:07,922 Shut up. Beat it. 739 00:54:19,338 --> 00:54:20,338 The watchman! 740 00:54:21,047 --> 00:54:22,380 Run, I'll join you. 741 00:54:27,005 --> 00:54:28,005 Hoodlums! 742 00:54:29,797 --> 00:54:31,005 I'll get you! 743 00:55:01,088 --> 00:55:03,130 I'll get you! Vandals! 744 00:56:01,713 --> 00:56:03,797 You shouldn't smoke. 745 00:56:05,255 --> 00:56:06,505 What do you want? 746 00:56:07,588 --> 00:56:09,005 - To talk to you. - Who let you in? 747 00:56:09,505 --> 00:56:11,880 Your servant. She said you'd be back. 748 00:56:12,047 --> 00:56:13,547 Don't worry. I'm a friend. 749 00:56:13,713 --> 00:56:14,713 Go away. 750 00:56:14,922 --> 00:56:17,338 - I'm here as a friend. - I have no friends! 751 00:56:18,422 --> 00:56:19,713 A social evening? 752 00:56:21,088 --> 00:56:22,088 Open up! 753 00:56:23,672 --> 00:56:24,672 Open up! 754 00:56:29,922 --> 00:56:31,922 I said I'd get you, scum. 755 00:56:32,088 --> 00:56:34,380 That goes for the lot of you! 756 00:56:34,588 --> 00:56:36,963 - What is it? - Sorry, Mr. Mercier. 757 00:56:37,547 --> 00:56:39,547 - I'm interrupting? - Looking for something? 758 00:56:39,755 --> 00:56:42,963 Yes, this gallows bird who got away from me. 759 00:56:43,172 --> 00:56:45,255 Caught red handed. She'll pay. 760 00:56:45,422 --> 00:56:47,463 I recognized your cough. 761 00:56:47,797 --> 00:56:48,630 Pity you coughed. 762 00:56:48,797 --> 00:56:51,172 - What's this about? - It's simple, Mr. Mercier. 763 00:56:51,338 --> 00:56:55,338 Only 10 minutes ago, this little slut was slashing the tires 764 00:56:55,505 --> 00:56:56,755 of the baron's guests. 765 00:56:56,922 --> 00:56:58,255 Impossible. 766 00:56:58,797 --> 00:57:00,713 I've been with her for an hour. 767 00:57:01,088 --> 00:57:03,922 Be sensible, Mr. Mercier. I tell you I recognized her. 768 00:57:04,338 --> 00:57:05,547 She coughed. 769 00:57:05,713 --> 00:57:08,797 She hasn't left me for a second. I'm not mad. 770 00:57:09,463 --> 00:57:10,755 Very well. 771 00:57:11,463 --> 00:57:13,713 I won't claim you're insane. 772 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:15,380 As you say so. 773 00:57:15,630 --> 00:57:17,213 I'll be seeing you. 774 00:57:17,963 --> 00:57:19,047 Good evening. 775 00:57:23,172 --> 00:57:24,547 Why did you do that? 776 00:57:25,297 --> 00:57:26,547 Tell me why. 777 00:57:27,963 --> 00:57:29,213 Why do you slash tires? 778 00:57:29,380 --> 00:57:32,005 - I hate happy people. - I hate watchmen. 779 00:57:33,047 --> 00:57:36,213 I suppose you didn't help me for free? 780 00:57:37,463 --> 00:57:38,463 Maybe. 781 00:57:39,713 --> 00:57:44,047 Other men sneaked here at night behind their wives' backs to help me. 782 00:57:44,213 --> 00:57:45,963 I know what it's worth. Beat it. 783 00:57:46,130 --> 00:57:48,088 Let's say it was out of curiosity. 784 00:57:48,255 --> 00:57:50,547 Sure! Curiosity. 785 00:57:50,713 --> 00:57:53,588 This is an ordinary village, no memorials or old streets. 786 00:57:53,755 --> 00:57:56,422 So they tell strangers about Isabelle who has TB, 787 00:57:56,588 --> 00:57:57,880 whose father hung himself. 788 00:57:58,130 --> 00:58:00,338 - I know. - Sure. Everyone knows. 789 00:58:00,505 --> 00:58:02,838 The boys leer at me in the street. 790 00:58:03,005 --> 00:58:04,922 The priest's maid crosses herself. 791 00:58:05,255 --> 00:58:06,672 Not scared of the Devil? 792 00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:07,963 No, we get on well. 793 00:58:08,130 --> 00:58:10,797 As I'm the Devil. Didn't they tell you? 794 00:58:11,380 --> 00:58:13,880 It's forbidden to like me or smile at me. 795 00:58:14,047 --> 00:58:15,297 I'm jinxed. 796 00:58:15,630 --> 00:58:19,297 They tie my father's noose round my neck and pull it. 797 00:58:19,463 --> 00:58:20,922 I hate them! 798 00:58:23,547 --> 00:58:24,588 All of them? 799 00:58:25,088 --> 00:58:26,088 All! 800 00:58:27,755 --> 00:58:29,755 I don't like them much either. 801 00:58:29,922 --> 00:58:32,005 Why not? They never hurt you. 802 00:58:32,838 --> 00:58:34,297 Not yet, but... 803 00:58:34,672 --> 00:58:37,672 I can feel it coming. The château girl didn't hurt you? 804 00:58:38,213 --> 00:58:40,713 She's always been happy. It's not fair. 805 00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:43,047 - So you make her pay? - It cheers me up. 806 00:58:43,213 --> 00:58:43,963 I understand. 807 00:58:44,130 --> 00:58:46,213 No, you can't. You're too rich. 808 00:58:46,380 --> 00:58:48,005 It's as bad as too poor. 809 00:58:48,172 --> 00:58:50,047 People own you. 810 00:58:50,213 --> 00:58:52,255 Take me. The doctor owns me. 811 00:58:52,422 --> 00:58:54,880 He enjoys making you pay. You don't. 812 00:58:55,047 --> 00:58:56,297 Not exactly, no. 813 00:58:57,088 --> 00:58:58,588 I don't like the doctor. 814 00:58:58,755 --> 00:59:00,963 His many virtues hide something. 815 00:59:01,130 --> 00:59:02,338 - What? - What? 816 00:59:03,547 --> 00:59:05,130 I'm asking you. What? 817 00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:08,422 The Devil knows everything. I need to know. 818 00:59:08,588 --> 00:59:10,713 - Is that why you came here? - Sure. 819 00:59:11,588 --> 00:59:15,297 After 25 years away, I don't know a soul. It all seems... 820 00:59:15,463 --> 00:59:17,422 bizarre. Rather worrying. 821 00:59:17,588 --> 00:59:21,005 So I said, the best thing to do is go and see Isabelle. 822 00:59:21,172 --> 00:59:22,255 What's the connection? 823 00:59:22,422 --> 00:59:25,630 The doctor is the local center. Worth investigating. 824 00:59:25,797 --> 00:59:27,463 He's the key to a lot. 825 00:59:28,297 --> 00:59:29,463 Not talking? 826 00:59:30,172 --> 00:59:33,588 He hasn't been mixed up in some shady affair? 827 00:59:34,088 --> 00:59:36,630 - These things happen. - Want me to tell you? 828 00:59:36,797 --> 00:59:40,505 Yes, as you don't like anyone, you don't like the doctor. 829 00:59:40,797 --> 00:59:43,005 I don't like the saintly doctor. 830 00:59:43,172 --> 00:59:45,255 But upstarts like you disgust me! 831 00:59:45,422 --> 00:59:47,797 I have nothing to say about the doctor. Out! 832 00:59:47,963 --> 00:59:49,713 You're the Devil! Poor Devil. 833 00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:50,880 He saved your life. 834 00:59:51,297 --> 00:59:54,547 He wants to save me. He treated my mother. 835 00:59:54,713 --> 00:59:56,005 He's better than you. 836 00:59:56,172 --> 00:59:59,297 Agreed. But you and your family leave him cold. 837 00:59:59,463 --> 01:00:02,338 What does the fine, upstanding doctor want? 838 01:00:02,505 --> 01:00:05,047 Membership of the Academy of Medicine. 839 01:00:05,213 --> 01:00:07,047 A statue and a street name. 840 01:00:07,213 --> 01:00:10,005 Acclaim from fools like you who he didn't cure. 841 01:00:10,172 --> 01:00:13,255 What does it take? A 50-page paper on TB. 842 01:00:13,547 --> 01:00:17,130 Your mother supplied part 1, you'll be part 2. 843 01:00:17,297 --> 01:00:18,630 What? He used my mother? 844 01:00:19,005 --> 01:00:22,463 In the interest of science. It merits the Legion of Honor. 845 01:00:22,630 --> 01:00:24,005 He wants to cure me! 846 01:00:24,172 --> 01:00:27,172 You're just a case in his eyes. Nothing more. 847 01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:30,713 Don't deprive him of his last chapter. 848 01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:31,963 Have you seen it? 849 01:00:32,463 --> 01:00:34,088 I've read every word. 850 01:00:34,255 --> 01:00:37,172 I know all about your family line. Fascinating. 851 01:00:37,338 --> 01:00:38,672 Anyone can read it. 852 01:00:38,922 --> 01:00:42,255 It's lying on his desk. In a green folder. 853 01:00:42,588 --> 01:00:44,922 Naturally. The color of hope. 854 01:00:45,255 --> 01:00:47,297 The good doctor's hopes. 855 01:00:48,130 --> 01:00:50,130 See you soon, my little Devil. 856 01:00:50,297 --> 01:00:51,588 Don't smoke too much. 857 01:00:57,755 --> 01:01:00,047 DONATED BY LUDOVIC MERCIER 858 01:01:02,797 --> 01:01:05,755 HEALTH CENTER LUDOVIC MERCIER FOUNDATION 859 01:01:08,088 --> 01:01:09,588 a radiotherapy unit 860 01:01:09,755 --> 01:01:13,213 and the purchase of a site for a new Chatenay stadium. 861 01:01:13,380 --> 01:01:16,588 Gentleman, our eternal gratitude 862 01:01:16,755 --> 01:01:20,713 binds us from now on to our friend Ludovic Mercier. 863 01:01:25,838 --> 01:01:27,088 And that's not all. 864 01:01:27,755 --> 01:01:30,505 Great generosity knows no bounds. 865 01:01:31,797 --> 01:01:35,047 I can announce to you all that our friend Mercier 866 01:01:35,213 --> 01:01:39,505 is sponsoring the construction of the Châtenois Omnisport Stadium. 867 01:01:43,922 --> 01:01:46,422 We all know what a welcome distraction 868 01:01:46,588 --> 01:01:49,297 and - let's admit it- an efficient remedy 869 01:01:49,463 --> 01:01:53,505 regular sport offers our sadly idle young generation. 870 01:01:57,755 --> 01:02:00,297 Doctor, I already owe you a lot. 871 01:02:03,838 --> 01:02:07,713 You taught me the joy of ruining myself to do good to others. 872 01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:09,838 Don't worry, I won't forget it. 873 01:02:10,297 --> 01:02:12,630 You're not dealing with an ungrateful man. 874 01:02:12,797 --> 01:02:13,797 Excellent. 875 01:02:16,505 --> 01:02:20,380 Gentlemen, after those fine words, the meeting is adjourned. 876 01:02:21,088 --> 01:02:22,463 Come, Ludovic. 877 01:02:22,630 --> 01:02:25,130 The whole town wants to acclaim you 878 01:02:25,297 --> 01:02:26,880 as the best of her sons. 879 01:02:27,172 --> 01:02:28,255 Chauvin! 880 01:02:28,547 --> 01:02:29,838 How much is a stadium? 881 01:02:30,005 --> 01:02:31,380 A million. A trifle. 882 01:02:31,547 --> 01:02:32,588 Just as I thought. 883 01:02:32,755 --> 01:02:35,880 Something tiresome happened recently. I was burgled. 884 01:02:36,047 --> 01:02:38,297 - You, doctor? - Curious, isn't it? 885 01:02:38,547 --> 01:02:41,838 I found my office pillaged. They were after my folder, 886 01:02:42,088 --> 01:02:44,672 those medical notes I told you about. 887 01:02:44,838 --> 01:02:46,630 I can't remember. So? 888 01:02:46,797 --> 01:02:49,755 As I'm not stupid, they didn't find anything. 889 01:02:49,922 --> 01:02:54,797 Unfortunately they took it out on my poor radiotherapy unit. 890 01:02:55,422 --> 01:02:57,672 Don't worry, I checked: partial damage. 891 01:02:57,838 --> 01:02:59,380 It will cost you 892 01:02:59,672 --> 01:03:01,880 50,000 francs at the most. 893 01:03:02,297 --> 01:03:03,463 - Doctor... - Yes? 894 01:03:04,630 --> 01:03:07,130 - You understand French? - I think so. 895 01:03:08,338 --> 01:03:10,005 Drop dead. 896 01:03:14,672 --> 01:03:16,380 Come. They're waiting for you. 897 01:03:18,130 --> 01:03:19,880 My dear friend, 898 01:03:20,505 --> 01:03:22,672 in the name of the city council 899 01:03:22,838 --> 01:03:25,297 and the population of Chatenay-la-Rivière, 900 01:03:25,505 --> 01:03:28,380 I solemnly declare that this square, 901 01:03:28,547 --> 01:03:30,505 previously Church Square, 902 01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:34,880 is named from now on Ludovic Mercier Square. 903 01:03:37,797 --> 01:03:41,547 Crayfish? There are masses of them. 904 01:03:41,713 --> 01:03:43,963 How come? There never used to be. 905 01:03:44,130 --> 01:03:46,630 The Deep Hollow is teeming with 'em! 906 01:03:48,422 --> 01:03:50,588 Hurry up, slowcoach! 907 01:03:51,047 --> 01:03:53,463 Mr. Berthaud, do you want some too? 908 01:03:53,630 --> 01:03:54,880 I'm taking six. 909 01:03:55,047 --> 01:03:58,422 Six? That's crazy. We've never had crayfish here. 910 01:03:58,588 --> 01:04:01,838 Not until now. Go to the Deep Hollow, you'll see... 911 01:04:02,005 --> 01:04:03,838 They're there for the taking. 912 01:04:04,213 --> 01:04:08,005 By the little bridge. Where your nephew crashed his car. 913 01:04:08,213 --> 01:04:09,297 Goodbye, ma'am. 914 01:04:09,463 --> 01:04:10,880 Goodbye, Mr. Berthaud. 915 01:04:11,088 --> 01:04:12,338 Good fishing! 916 01:04:12,505 --> 01:04:13,505 At last! 917 01:04:13,838 --> 01:04:15,755 'Evening, Mercier. Fine crayfish! 918 01:04:15,963 --> 01:04:17,547 Good evening, doctor. 919 01:04:17,713 --> 01:04:20,130 100 francs. Thank you. 920 01:04:21,213 --> 01:04:23,505 So you've got your Square! 921 01:04:24,755 --> 01:04:26,880 Ludovic Mercier Square, doctor. 922 01:04:27,088 --> 01:04:29,463 He was always the bottom of the class. 923 01:04:29,838 --> 01:04:31,505 Happy? 924 01:04:31,672 --> 01:04:32,963 I'm delighted, aunt. 925 01:04:33,130 --> 01:04:37,005 Good. The way you throw your money around, 926 01:04:37,172 --> 01:04:40,005 they'll end up naming the county after you! 927 01:04:40,172 --> 01:04:41,963 It won't cost them a cent. 928 01:04:43,380 --> 01:04:44,547 Here's the sergeant. 929 01:04:44,713 --> 01:04:46,297 Hello, ma'am. Hello, folks. 930 01:04:46,463 --> 01:04:48,713 You want a crayfish net too, I reckon? 931 01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:50,213 I'll turn into a crayfish. 932 01:04:50,380 --> 01:04:52,380 No, I want trolls for casting. 933 01:04:52,547 --> 01:04:54,463 That's proper fishing. 934 01:04:54,630 --> 01:04:57,380 Catching crayfish at the Deep Hollow isn't sport. 935 01:04:57,547 --> 01:04:59,213 I could scoop them up in my helmet! 936 01:04:59,380 --> 01:05:00,880 How do you explain it? 937 01:05:01,047 --> 01:05:02,672 Carrion fell in the river. 938 01:05:03,172 --> 01:05:05,880 Nothing like rotting flesh to attract crayfish. 939 01:05:06,047 --> 01:05:08,588 When they've eaten it all, they'll go. 940 01:05:08,797 --> 01:05:10,380 I have an idea, Ludovic. 941 01:05:10,713 --> 01:05:13,713 How about a fishing party at the Deep Hollow? 942 01:05:13,963 --> 01:05:17,380 It would be fun, teeming with all those crayfish. 943 01:05:18,963 --> 01:05:20,713 We'll bring the sergeant. 944 01:05:21,088 --> 01:05:22,255 For the ride then. 945 01:05:22,422 --> 01:05:23,755 Crayfish ain't for me. 946 01:05:23,922 --> 01:05:25,255 Just this once. 947 01:05:26,380 --> 01:05:28,088 Tomorrow morning? 948 01:05:28,713 --> 01:05:29,713 It's settled? 949 01:05:32,047 --> 01:05:33,463 Impossible, doctor. 950 01:05:34,838 --> 01:05:38,505 I'd planned to see you about having your unit repaired. 951 01:05:39,755 --> 01:05:41,213 And give you the money. 952 01:05:42,755 --> 01:05:45,422 We can discuss the sports stadium too. 953 01:05:45,588 --> 01:05:46,922 For that, 954 01:05:47,463 --> 01:05:48,672 I'll back down. 955 01:05:49,255 --> 01:05:51,338 - Excuse us, sergeant. - Naturally. 956 01:05:51,505 --> 01:05:52,880 You have my trolls? 957 01:05:53,047 --> 01:05:55,130 Thank you. Put it on my bill. 958 01:05:55,505 --> 01:05:57,338 - Goodbye, doctor. - Goodbye, sergeant. 959 01:05:57,505 --> 01:06:01,297 Take my word for it, Mercier, crayfish isn't real fishing. 960 01:06:01,463 --> 01:06:02,588 Goodbye, Miss Hortense. 961 01:06:02,755 --> 01:06:04,838 By golly, it's late. Goodbye. 962 01:06:06,297 --> 01:06:07,588 Till tomorrow, my friend. 963 01:06:11,130 --> 01:06:14,005 Next time, if you like, we'll just doff our hats. 964 01:06:15,922 --> 01:06:18,047 No, don't put yourself out. 965 01:06:18,213 --> 01:06:20,922 I'm not selling crayfish nets all night. 966 01:06:21,088 --> 01:06:22,088 Goodnight. 967 01:06:25,422 --> 01:06:26,755 What is it, Ludovic? 968 01:06:27,255 --> 01:06:28,963 - Something wrong? - Leave me alone. 969 01:06:29,172 --> 01:06:32,088 - What is it? - Nothing. Leave me in peace. 970 01:06:32,463 --> 01:06:34,338 In peace! You hear? 971 01:06:34,505 --> 01:06:35,672 In peace! 972 01:06:38,380 --> 01:06:40,047 Exactly like his father. 973 01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:49,172 I give up. There's no point having a square named after you 974 01:06:49,338 --> 01:06:51,338 if it puts you in such a state. 975 01:06:51,505 --> 01:06:52,713 Sit down. Dinner. 976 01:07:00,297 --> 01:07:02,130 We're waiting, Nathalie. 977 01:07:03,338 --> 01:07:05,547 Your father lost his temper like you. 978 01:07:06,088 --> 01:07:08,463 But not at meal times. He wasn't so stupid. 979 01:07:08,630 --> 01:07:09,630 Ma'am! 980 01:07:11,297 --> 01:07:13,088 The doctor sent this over. 981 01:07:13,255 --> 01:07:14,255 What is it? 982 01:07:17,255 --> 01:07:18,630 Crayfish! 983 01:07:19,630 --> 01:07:20,838 How nice of him. 984 01:07:21,088 --> 01:07:22,672 You like crayfish, Ludovic? 985 01:07:22,838 --> 01:07:24,005 Take it away. Now. 986 01:07:24,172 --> 01:07:25,172 What? 987 01:07:25,505 --> 01:07:26,672 I said take it away! 988 01:07:28,213 --> 01:07:31,088 Are you mad? Just because you don't like crayfish... 989 01:07:31,255 --> 01:07:33,588 That's enough! Shut up! 990 01:07:36,755 --> 01:07:38,297 It's not your fault. 991 01:07:38,838 --> 01:07:40,172 You're not to blame. 992 01:07:42,088 --> 01:07:44,838 I'm sorry. Pick up your creatures. 993 01:07:45,380 --> 01:07:47,172 It's not their fault either. 994 01:07:51,255 --> 01:07:53,172 You deserve a different nephew. 995 01:08:28,713 --> 01:08:31,005 No need to introduce myself. 996 01:08:32,255 --> 01:08:33,672 No need at all. 997 01:08:34,213 --> 01:08:35,463 Good evening, Saget. 998 01:08:37,505 --> 01:08:38,588 Sit down. 999 01:08:41,297 --> 01:08:43,005 Hands flat on the desk. 1000 01:08:44,422 --> 01:08:47,088 Don't make a move. You're sick, doctor. 1001 01:08:47,255 --> 01:08:48,297 I know. 1002 01:08:48,755 --> 01:08:49,838 Scared? 1003 01:08:50,005 --> 01:08:51,005 Yes. 1004 01:08:51,547 --> 01:08:55,255 God knows I was expecting this visit. 1005 01:08:56,213 --> 01:09:00,588 I rehearsed... an attitude that wouldn't be too ridiculous. 1006 01:09:00,755 --> 01:09:02,005 Well, it's a flop. 1007 01:09:02,463 --> 01:09:05,130 Odd how men are alike when they're afraid. 1008 01:09:05,297 --> 01:09:07,880 You're not the first to tremble at gunpoint. 1009 01:09:08,047 --> 01:09:09,672 They were all like you. 1010 01:09:10,505 --> 01:09:12,505 And you're like them. 1011 01:09:13,547 --> 01:09:15,297 I'm getting my own back now. 1012 01:09:15,463 --> 01:09:17,880 Seeing a little rat like you shaking, 1013 01:09:18,172 --> 01:09:19,672 it's a cinch. 1014 01:09:20,338 --> 01:09:22,880 Bringing you here was a cinch too. 1015 01:09:23,172 --> 01:09:25,755 I saw you weren't Mercier. 12 hours later 1016 01:09:25,922 --> 01:09:27,422 I knew who you were. 1017 01:09:27,588 --> 01:09:30,213 You're a louse, doctor. You're worse than me. 1018 01:09:31,005 --> 01:09:33,713 I risk my life when I rob. You play safe. 1019 01:09:34,088 --> 01:09:36,672 I don't rob. I repay. 1020 01:09:37,463 --> 01:09:40,338 What was my option? To treat you as a doctor? 1021 01:09:41,255 --> 01:09:42,838 Then denounce you as a citizen? 1022 01:09:43,172 --> 01:09:44,297 I thought it over. 1023 01:09:44,630 --> 01:09:46,088 You thought wrong. 1024 01:09:46,255 --> 01:09:50,630 Possibly. On one hand: Morality, Society, Justice. 1025 01:09:50,922 --> 01:09:52,755 In a word: the law of men. 1026 01:09:53,088 --> 01:09:55,130 On the other hand: my own law. 1027 01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:57,713 - I made my choice. - I refuse your law. 1028 01:09:58,130 --> 01:09:59,505 You prefer the police? 1029 01:10:00,213 --> 01:10:02,047 They'd have arrested you. 1030 01:10:02,463 --> 01:10:04,338 The law would have executed you. 1031 01:10:04,505 --> 01:10:06,838 And returned the money to the banks. 1032 01:10:07,505 --> 01:10:11,588 While kids here are dying of poverty and disease. 1033 01:10:12,130 --> 01:10:14,630 So I chose to let you save your skin, 1034 01:10:15,672 --> 01:10:18,088 and make you pay for the right to live. 1035 01:10:18,255 --> 01:10:19,630 You're a villain. 1036 01:10:19,797 --> 01:10:21,422 That's what you are! 1037 01:10:21,588 --> 01:10:23,047 You'll get the death penalty. 1038 01:10:23,213 --> 01:10:25,047 For the fourth time! 1039 01:10:25,213 --> 01:10:26,588 - They won't catch me! - They will! 1040 01:10:26,755 --> 01:10:29,797 They won't and here's why! I'm Ludovic Mercier. 1041 01:10:29,963 --> 01:10:32,755 I'll shoot you in a second and I'll be him! 1042 01:10:32,922 --> 01:10:36,380 I foresaw this. I've kept letters and documents as proof. 1043 01:10:36,547 --> 01:10:38,047 You'll never be Ludovic Mercier! 1044 01:10:38,213 --> 01:10:40,463 - Too bad! - You're incapable of it. 1045 01:10:40,713 --> 01:10:41,505 You think so? 1046 01:10:41,672 --> 01:10:45,422 You don't have enough drive! Or reflex or muscles. 1047 01:10:45,963 --> 01:10:47,713 I'm speaking as a doctor. 1048 01:10:48,463 --> 01:10:50,047 You're through, Saget. 1049 01:10:50,588 --> 01:10:53,172 You could have shot me without hesitating. 1050 01:10:53,672 --> 01:10:55,630 Just you wait, bastard. 1051 01:10:55,880 --> 01:10:57,713 But you did hesitate. 1052 01:10:58,297 --> 01:11:00,463 It's not me you want to destroy, 1053 01:11:00,755 --> 01:11:01,922 it's Ludovic. 1054 01:11:02,547 --> 01:11:04,422 Your last chance to stay alive. 1055 01:11:06,005 --> 01:11:07,880 So if you think it's worth it... 1056 01:11:17,713 --> 01:11:18,797 You shit. 1057 01:11:21,047 --> 01:11:22,297 You're right, again. 1058 01:11:35,213 --> 01:11:36,797 You find it funny? 1059 01:11:38,630 --> 01:11:39,630 I do. 1060 01:11:40,380 --> 01:11:41,922 I have a sense of humor. 1061 01:11:43,255 --> 01:11:44,755 My dear Ludovic. 1062 01:11:46,755 --> 01:11:49,297 Your jokes can be rather... 1063 01:11:49,505 --> 01:11:50,797 rather heavy. 1064 01:11:50,963 --> 01:11:53,588 But delightful when one's used to them. 1065 01:11:54,922 --> 01:11:56,213 Believe me, 1066 01:11:56,797 --> 01:11:58,922 there's nothing finer than life. 1067 01:11:59,588 --> 01:12:00,588 Right? 1068 01:12:28,588 --> 01:12:32,672 No, you can't take off after all this, let's have a brandy. 1069 01:12:33,505 --> 01:12:37,255 The mayor and the town councilors are here, come on. 1070 01:12:40,380 --> 01:12:42,047 Mr. Mercier! 1071 01:12:42,213 --> 01:12:43,505 What a nice surprise! 1072 01:12:43,672 --> 01:12:47,172 My friend was bored so he dropped in. Good timing! 1073 01:12:47,338 --> 01:12:51,088 As Mr. Mercier is here, we can tell him about our affair. 1074 01:12:51,255 --> 01:12:53,213 You've mentioned it to him? 1075 01:12:53,422 --> 01:12:56,713 No, we were discussing entirely different matters. 1076 01:12:57,713 --> 01:13:00,588 Let's not waste time. How much do you want? 1077 01:13:00,755 --> 01:13:03,463 It's not about money, for once. 1078 01:13:03,713 --> 01:13:07,422 It's about Isabelle and that wretch Hobo. 1079 01:13:09,213 --> 01:13:12,005 These gentlemen think they've gone too far 1080 01:13:12,380 --> 01:13:14,255 and it's time to step in. 1081 01:13:15,005 --> 01:13:17,588 What do you expect from me exactly? 1082 01:13:19,047 --> 01:13:22,130 Find the girl and make her see reason. 1083 01:13:22,297 --> 01:13:23,547 Do it yourself. 1084 01:13:24,255 --> 01:13:26,755 I would but it's impossible. 1085 01:13:26,922 --> 01:13:27,922 Really? Why? 1086 01:13:28,172 --> 01:13:30,338 You see, Mr. Mercier, 1087 01:13:30,672 --> 01:13:32,838 when her father's scandal broke... 1088 01:13:33,005 --> 01:13:34,672 I had to side against him. 1089 01:13:35,172 --> 01:13:36,963 I obeyed my conscience 1090 01:13:37,130 --> 01:13:39,755 but it left me heart-broken, 1091 01:13:39,922 --> 01:13:41,838 as we were childhood friends. 1092 01:13:42,005 --> 01:13:43,922 And little Isabelle remembers. 1093 01:13:44,838 --> 01:13:47,672 Well, another of these gentlemen? 1094 01:13:48,547 --> 01:13:50,172 They're in my situation. 1095 01:13:50,338 --> 01:13:51,922 They acted for the best. 1096 01:13:52,963 --> 01:13:55,755 Yes. Nevertheless they're not proud of it. 1097 01:13:57,547 --> 01:14:00,130 And you, doctor, wisdom and goodness personified, 1098 01:14:00,297 --> 01:14:02,505 did you act for the best too? 1099 01:14:03,547 --> 01:14:04,672 No. 1100 01:14:07,463 --> 01:14:09,713 Of course I should have forgiven him... 1101 01:14:10,422 --> 01:14:12,047 I was incapable of it. 1102 01:14:12,755 --> 01:14:15,547 He was holding funds that I'd scraped together 1103 01:14:15,713 --> 01:14:17,672 to build my health center. 1104 01:14:18,047 --> 01:14:20,255 Ten years of striving demolished. 1105 01:14:21,005 --> 01:14:24,005 I'm not a saint, Ludovic, I'm only a man. 1106 01:14:26,588 --> 01:14:27,963 A villain. 1107 01:14:32,130 --> 01:14:33,255 I refuse. 1108 01:14:36,797 --> 01:14:38,047 What is it now? 1109 01:14:39,672 --> 01:14:42,130 Good God! I bet it's her again! C'mon! 1110 01:14:42,297 --> 01:14:43,630 Near the High Street... 1111 01:14:43,797 --> 01:14:46,380 Outrageous! It's still going on! 1112 01:14:48,088 --> 01:14:49,547 Well, doctor! 1113 01:14:50,380 --> 01:14:52,255 I think I've raised a ghost. 1114 01:14:52,422 --> 01:14:53,588 What ghost? 1115 01:14:53,922 --> 01:14:56,963 Isabelle's father dangling on the end of a rope. 1116 01:14:57,547 --> 01:15:00,505 The victim of those who acted for the best. 1117 01:15:00,672 --> 01:15:02,130 And it makes you laugh? 1118 01:15:03,297 --> 01:15:04,797 It does indeed. 1119 01:15:08,880 --> 01:15:09,922 Yes? 1120 01:15:11,922 --> 01:15:12,922 What? 1121 01:15:15,380 --> 01:15:16,380 Yes... 1122 01:15:17,380 --> 01:15:18,463 Yes. Thank you. 1123 01:15:19,380 --> 01:15:22,047 Excellent news for you, my friend. 1124 01:15:23,547 --> 01:15:26,380 All your aunt's shop windows are smashed. 1125 01:15:26,588 --> 01:15:27,880 What did you say? 1126 01:15:28,922 --> 01:15:31,880 Isabelle and Hobo sent you their regards. 1127 01:15:32,047 --> 01:15:34,672 That noise we just heard... Yes. 1128 01:15:37,088 --> 01:15:38,088 Bitch. 1129 01:15:38,797 --> 01:15:40,213 Wait for me, 1130 01:15:40,630 --> 01:15:42,047 my dear Ludovic 1131 01:15:42,380 --> 01:15:43,380 Mercier. 1132 01:15:43,463 --> 01:15:45,338 It's time to step in. 1133 01:15:45,505 --> 01:15:48,088 My Shop! My POOP shop! 1134 01:15:48,588 --> 01:15:51,547 What have I done to them? What have I done? 1135 01:15:51,713 --> 01:15:54,088 Calm down. They won't get away with it. 1136 01:15:54,255 --> 01:15:55,880 - Ludovic! - Mr. Mercier. 1137 01:15:56,047 --> 01:15:57,755 Look what they did to me! 1138 01:16:00,672 --> 01:16:04,130 Don't cry, aunt. We'll have it all repaired. 1139 01:16:04,297 --> 01:16:05,380 Let's go inside. 1140 01:16:09,297 --> 01:16:12,755 I've made up my mind. I'm calling the county authorities. 1141 01:16:12,922 --> 01:16:15,505 The police will intervene, an official scandal. 1142 01:16:15,672 --> 01:16:18,422 All the better. If we don't act now, 1143 01:16:18,588 --> 01:16:20,463 I resign from the council! 1144 01:16:20,630 --> 01:16:24,838 Take it easy. The crime squad are very tiresome. 1145 01:16:25,005 --> 01:16:26,505 Nosing into everything. 1146 01:16:28,047 --> 01:16:29,755 What do you think, Ludovic? 1147 01:16:33,047 --> 01:16:35,172 You're right, doctor. I'll deal with it. 1148 01:16:36,255 --> 01:16:38,797 Ludovic, where are you going? 1149 01:16:39,797 --> 01:16:40,963 Where's the Newt? 1150 01:16:41,130 --> 01:16:43,088 Must have got nabbed. 1151 01:16:43,630 --> 01:16:45,463 I told him to make a run for it. 1152 01:16:46,588 --> 01:16:48,713 He's so little. They'll beat him. 1153 01:16:49,255 --> 01:16:51,338 - Want me to look for him? - I'll come. 1154 01:16:51,505 --> 01:16:53,088 You can hardly breathe. 1155 01:16:53,255 --> 01:16:55,380 Don't leave me. I'm scared. 1156 01:16:55,713 --> 01:16:58,130 - You? You're kidding. - I'm scared. 1157 01:16:59,838 --> 01:17:01,672 - Maybe it's the Newt. - No. 1158 01:17:02,130 --> 01:17:03,880 It's me, Clément! 1159 01:17:04,213 --> 01:17:05,463 That hick. 1160 01:17:06,213 --> 01:17:08,463 - I don't like him much. - Open the door. 1161 01:17:17,797 --> 01:17:20,755 I came to warn you. He's on his way over. 1162 01:17:21,047 --> 01:17:22,338 - I ran here. - Who? 1163 01:17:22,755 --> 01:17:23,797 Mercier. 1164 01:17:24,088 --> 01:17:25,838 The mayor wanted to call the police. 1165 01:17:26,005 --> 01:17:28,588 Mercier said he'd handle it and he left. 1166 01:17:28,797 --> 01:17:29,922 I saw it all... 1167 01:17:30,172 --> 01:17:33,880 The Hobo smashing Hortense's shop windows... 1168 01:17:34,172 --> 01:17:36,172 - So I came over. - Chasing me again? 1169 01:17:36,505 --> 01:17:38,047 I said don't follow me. 1170 01:17:38,213 --> 01:17:40,797 The streets are for everyone! 1171 01:17:40,963 --> 01:17:41,963 Snitch! 1172 01:17:42,547 --> 01:17:44,880 - Whoa! If I get angry... - Go ahead. 1173 01:17:45,047 --> 01:17:46,380 Help! 1174 01:17:46,547 --> 01:17:47,963 I found this on the way. 1175 01:17:49,797 --> 01:17:51,630 Help me! Isabelle! 1176 01:17:54,130 --> 01:17:55,547 Yours, isn't it? 1177 01:17:56,672 --> 01:17:59,213 - Did he beat you? - No, just a spank. 1178 01:17:59,505 --> 01:18:01,297 - Is that all? - Just a word. 1179 01:18:01,838 --> 01:18:04,463 You trashed a woman's shop who never harmed you. 1180 01:18:04,630 --> 01:18:06,755 I'll let it go this time. But never again. 1181 01:18:06,922 --> 01:18:09,005 No more games like that. Get it? 1182 01:18:10,172 --> 01:18:11,255 Good night. 1183 01:18:11,922 --> 01:18:12,922 Punk! 1184 01:18:15,380 --> 01:18:16,547 Any objection? 1185 01:18:17,088 --> 01:18:18,922 The matter is closed. 1186 01:18:22,005 --> 01:18:23,255 You little bastard! 1187 01:18:25,047 --> 01:18:26,047 No! 1188 01:18:27,672 --> 01:18:28,880 Coward! 1189 01:18:29,755 --> 01:18:31,130 I'll teach you a lesson! 1190 01:18:31,797 --> 01:18:33,297 Help me, Clément! 1191 01:18:39,088 --> 01:18:40,088 Kill him! 1192 01:18:42,630 --> 01:18:43,713 Go for it! 1193 01:18:50,797 --> 01:18:51,797 Hit him! 1194 01:18:59,088 --> 01:19:00,088 Harder! 1195 01:19:15,213 --> 01:19:16,213 I'll get you. 1196 01:19:17,255 --> 01:19:18,630 Newt! 1197 01:19:29,047 --> 01:19:30,172 Murderer! 1198 01:19:31,422 --> 01:19:32,505 It's not over. 1199 01:19:33,255 --> 01:19:35,422 - Us now, fella! - You're hurting me! 1200 01:19:35,713 --> 01:19:36,838 Just a second. 1201 01:19:47,588 --> 01:19:48,755 Gotcha. 1202 01:19:49,463 --> 01:19:51,588 A ride on a swing for you. 1203 01:20:15,213 --> 01:20:16,922 Another round, young man? 1204 01:20:17,630 --> 01:20:19,755 The door is straight ahead. 1205 01:20:29,088 --> 01:20:30,130 No hard feelings. 1206 01:20:30,297 --> 01:20:31,672 Ouch! It hurts! 1207 01:20:33,838 --> 01:20:35,005 The holy terror. 1208 01:20:35,422 --> 01:20:38,088 Scram. We've seen enough of you. 1209 01:20:41,755 --> 01:20:43,130 Gangster! 1210 01:20:44,588 --> 01:20:46,088 I'll find you. 1211 01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:53,963 There we are! 1212 01:20:55,088 --> 01:20:57,172 I was sure we'd end up getting on. 1213 01:20:57,338 --> 01:20:58,380 It's easy with kids. 1214 01:20:58,547 --> 01:21:01,838 No, on the contrary. I don't fight kids, I fight men. 1215 01:21:02,005 --> 01:21:03,588 You've made men of them. 1216 01:21:04,047 --> 01:21:06,172 Men... Hoodlums. 1217 01:21:06,547 --> 01:21:09,838 They all fit the bill. So I pulled no punches. 1218 01:21:10,297 --> 01:21:13,005 Say, do something else. Anything. 1219 01:21:15,880 --> 01:21:17,505 Go see the doctor! 1220 01:21:17,797 --> 01:21:19,630 The doc and his instruments. 1221 01:21:20,130 --> 01:21:21,297 It's better than nothing. 1222 01:21:21,463 --> 01:21:22,463 No! 1223 01:21:24,213 --> 01:21:25,880 Private papers? Archives? 1224 01:21:26,047 --> 01:21:27,088 Go away. 1225 01:21:27,630 --> 01:21:29,213 I order you to leave! 1226 01:21:29,630 --> 01:21:31,797 - Sorry, I'm interested. - It's mine! 1227 01:21:32,297 --> 01:21:33,755 But it interests me. 1228 01:21:34,672 --> 01:21:37,338 "Saget the loner... Saget the elusive... 1229 01:21:37,505 --> 01:21:40,463 "Did he steal Madame Z's jewels?" 1230 01:21:41,380 --> 01:21:42,505 That's funny. 1231 01:21:43,672 --> 01:21:45,005 "Saget keeps going..." 1232 01:21:47,547 --> 01:21:50,380 An odd collection. Interested in that guy? 1233 01:21:53,213 --> 01:21:55,588 - A young girl's dream. - Yes, why not? 1234 01:21:56,963 --> 01:21:58,505 You can't understand. 1235 01:21:58,838 --> 01:22:01,838 He's not a man for the priest or the doctor or you. 1236 01:22:02,005 --> 01:22:03,130 But he is for me. 1237 01:22:05,130 --> 01:22:07,380 He doesn't sell fishing tackle. 1238 01:22:08,005 --> 01:22:10,880 Police have chased him over Europe for 10 years. 1239 01:22:11,047 --> 01:22:13,422 Nothing touches him, he's elusive. 1240 01:22:15,172 --> 01:22:16,297 He's Saget. 1241 01:22:17,547 --> 01:22:20,172 How old are you? 18? 20? 1242 01:22:21,255 --> 01:22:22,338 You love him? 1243 01:22:24,380 --> 01:22:25,963 You love Saget, huh? 1244 01:22:26,588 --> 01:22:27,963 - Idiot! - Why? 1245 01:22:28,130 --> 01:22:30,880 Because he's better than you? He scares you? 1246 01:22:31,047 --> 01:22:33,172 You don't know him. Nobody does. 1247 01:22:33,463 --> 01:22:36,672 I do. Not his face, but that doesn't matter. 1248 01:22:37,005 --> 01:22:40,088 I know him inside out. He's strong and brave. 1249 01:22:40,463 --> 01:22:41,588 Brave? You think so? 1250 01:22:41,755 --> 01:22:42,880 Yes, brave. 1251 01:22:43,047 --> 01:22:47,422 Christmas Eve, 5 years ago, he robs the best guarded bank in Paris. 1252 01:22:47,672 --> 01:22:49,672 No one knows how he broke in. 1253 01:22:51,005 --> 01:22:53,713 Through the sewers. Like a rat. 1254 01:22:54,797 --> 01:22:55,838 Go on. 1255 01:22:56,797 --> 01:22:59,630 He's alone, as always, he planned it all. 1256 01:22:59,838 --> 01:23:01,338 He heads for the safes. 1257 01:23:01,505 --> 01:23:03,672 The alarm rings. He doesn't run, not him. 1258 01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:06,630 He tried to, believe me. 1259 01:23:07,380 --> 01:23:09,463 But the electric locks kicked in. 1260 01:23:09,630 --> 01:23:11,463 All he could do was keep going. 1261 01:23:12,672 --> 01:23:14,130 Carry on. 1262 01:23:15,005 --> 01:23:17,672 He runs into three armed guards. 1263 01:23:17,838 --> 01:23:19,713 Two. The third was in on it. 1264 01:23:19,880 --> 01:23:21,797 - He attacks them. - In the back. 1265 01:23:21,963 --> 01:23:22,963 He wasn't afraid. 1266 01:23:23,130 --> 01:23:25,088 Yes he was, child. He was afraid. 1267 01:23:25,255 --> 01:23:27,713 That's why he killed them. 1268 01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:32,880 He escapes. They chase him. 1269 01:23:33,047 --> 01:23:36,380 He jumps in a car and gets away. They block the roads. 1270 01:23:36,630 --> 01:23:37,880 They charge. They shoot. 1271 01:23:38,047 --> 01:23:40,755 Next day they find the car, abandoned. 1272 01:23:41,505 --> 01:23:43,213 With blood on the upholstery. 1273 01:23:43,838 --> 01:23:45,005 He was wounded. 1274 01:23:45,172 --> 01:23:46,880 On his left wrist. 1275 01:23:56,672 --> 01:23:57,880 Saget... 1276 01:23:59,047 --> 01:24:00,880 Saget is dead, Isabelle. 1277 01:24:01,172 --> 01:24:03,755 A sad end for a hero of adventures. 1278 01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:07,297 You're Saget! 1279 01:24:07,755 --> 01:24:10,588 My name is Ludovic Mercier. I sell fishing rods, butterfly nets 1280 01:24:10,755 --> 01:24:12,005 and maggots. 1281 01:24:12,172 --> 01:24:14,213 I'm rich and kind-hearted, 1282 01:24:14,505 --> 01:24:16,005 I donate church bells. 1283 01:24:16,172 --> 01:24:18,380 But I knew Saget very well. 1284 01:24:18,630 --> 01:24:20,297 He was no hero, believe me. 1285 01:24:20,838 --> 01:24:23,838 He had the stupid audacity of those who risk everything 1286 01:24:24,005 --> 01:24:25,672 as they have nothing to lose. 1287 01:24:26,963 --> 01:24:29,922 Hardly a worthy souvenir for a girl of 18. 1288 01:25:11,588 --> 01:25:13,963 You're crying. Did he hurt you? 1289 01:25:19,672 --> 01:25:20,838 Isabelle... 1290 01:25:21,422 --> 01:25:22,672 I love you. 1291 01:25:23,755 --> 01:25:25,963 I know he's stronger than me. 1292 01:25:26,422 --> 01:25:27,838 But if you want it... 1293 01:25:29,588 --> 01:25:32,130 there'll be nobody stronger than me. 1294 01:25:33,713 --> 01:25:34,838 You understand? 1295 01:26:42,963 --> 01:26:44,630 The safety catch, idiot. 1296 01:26:45,880 --> 01:26:47,797 You forgot the safety catch. 1297 01:26:51,838 --> 01:26:53,047 May I? 1298 01:26:54,005 --> 01:26:56,838 You can try again but it's badly rusty. 1299 01:26:57,005 --> 01:27:00,172 Either you'll kill me or it'll blow up in your face. 1300 01:27:01,588 --> 01:27:03,088 What are you waiting for? 1301 01:27:04,547 --> 01:27:05,588 Amateur! 1302 01:27:07,172 --> 01:27:08,672 Sit down. 1303 01:27:10,797 --> 01:27:12,422 She sent you here, right? 1304 01:27:13,297 --> 01:27:17,172 You're not up to this. You look rough but it's not enough. 1305 01:27:19,213 --> 01:27:20,630 You like a fight? 1306 01:27:22,297 --> 01:27:24,755 Even if it's not over a pretty girl? 1307 01:27:26,713 --> 01:27:28,463 Maybe we'll get along. 1308 01:27:28,713 --> 01:27:29,922 Look at me! 1309 01:27:31,172 --> 01:27:33,047 So you're good at football? 1310 01:27:33,588 --> 01:27:34,588 Right. 1311 01:27:34,922 --> 01:27:36,172 You're strong. 1312 01:27:36,922 --> 01:27:40,755 I could use a guy like you as goalkeeper against Chatillon. 1313 01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:43,130 Think about it. 1314 01:27:45,047 --> 01:27:46,255 Now skedaddle. 1315 01:27:47,172 --> 01:27:49,213 Not there, the shop is closed. 1316 01:27:50,963 --> 01:27:52,422 You know the way out. 1317 01:28:06,505 --> 01:28:09,963 Inauguration of the LUDOVIC MERCIER STADIUM 1318 01:28:10,130 --> 01:28:12,838 FOOTBALL MATCH 1319 01:28:13,672 --> 01:28:15,505 Another blessing from Ludovic! 1320 01:28:15,672 --> 01:28:18,005 It was the doctor's idea, you know. 1321 01:28:18,172 --> 01:28:21,713 Everyone can have ideas, they're free. Money isn't. 1322 01:28:22,005 --> 01:28:23,713 See you in the VIP stand. 1323 01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:24,880 Alright. 1324 01:28:30,255 --> 01:28:32,005 - You want to buy something? - Yes. 1325 01:28:32,172 --> 01:28:34,255 It's Sunday, we're closed. Tomorrow. 1326 01:28:34,422 --> 01:28:36,005 No, today. Now. 1327 01:28:37,338 --> 01:28:38,338 Come in. 1328 01:28:48,047 --> 01:28:49,505 How can I help you? 1329 01:28:57,922 --> 01:29:00,047 You can live here? You? 1330 01:29:01,838 --> 01:29:04,005 Yes. It's very easy, really. 1331 01:29:04,588 --> 01:29:06,130 - It's not true. - What? 1332 01:29:06,380 --> 01:29:09,005 It's ugly and crass! It's not true. 1333 01:29:09,172 --> 01:29:10,255 It is true. 1334 01:29:10,922 --> 01:29:13,130 - And it's permanent. - You can't. 1335 01:29:13,297 --> 01:29:14,588 Sell fishing rods? 1336 01:29:14,755 --> 01:29:15,547 Not you! 1337 01:29:15,713 --> 01:29:18,838 Say it's a front. A hideout, a stopover in your life. 1338 01:29:19,005 --> 01:29:21,880 Say you've gone to earth like animals do, 1339 01:29:22,047 --> 01:29:23,130 anywhere, anyhow. 1340 01:29:23,297 --> 01:29:25,380 But don't say it's forever. 1341 01:29:29,130 --> 01:29:30,213 It's forever. 1342 01:29:31,838 --> 01:29:35,338 Unless you find another Clément and another gun... 1343 01:29:35,505 --> 01:29:38,463 For a moment I did want him to kill you. 1344 01:29:39,713 --> 01:29:42,172 Then I'd have killed him to save you, 1345 01:29:42,713 --> 01:29:44,838 but I was too weak to lift a finger... 1346 01:29:45,005 --> 01:29:47,005 and I knew you'd be the best. 1347 01:29:47,172 --> 01:29:49,172 You're always the best. 1348 01:29:53,047 --> 01:29:55,630 Look at me. Why won't you look at me? 1349 01:29:55,797 --> 01:29:58,380 We're the same race. I want it all. 1350 01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:00,630 Yes, I know. I'm sick. 1351 01:30:00,963 --> 01:30:04,338 I don't care about ordinary life, it stifles me. 1352 01:30:04,547 --> 01:30:07,797 But I'd be healed if I lived your life, with you. 1353 01:30:07,963 --> 01:30:09,380 I'm 20 years old. 1354 01:30:10,047 --> 01:30:11,797 With everything to learn. 1355 01:30:11,963 --> 01:30:14,088 I'm 40, with everything to forget. 1356 01:30:14,297 --> 01:30:16,755 Adventure excites you? It sickens me. 1357 01:30:17,213 --> 01:30:18,588 Even with me? 1358 01:30:20,922 --> 01:30:22,713 You ask me 20 years too late. 1359 01:30:23,588 --> 01:30:25,713 I beg you, don't push me away. 1360 01:30:25,880 --> 01:30:27,880 Don't let me go like this. 1361 01:30:28,130 --> 01:30:30,880 Look at me. You can see I can't go on. 1362 01:30:31,213 --> 01:30:33,547 I'm capable of anything if I lose you. 1363 01:30:33,713 --> 01:30:35,547 Isabelle, I'm not Saget. 1364 01:30:35,713 --> 01:30:37,547 Not any more. Understand? 1365 01:30:37,713 --> 01:30:40,213 The elusive loner you love 1366 01:30:40,380 --> 01:30:42,713 was drowned in Aunt Hortense's soups. 1367 01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:45,338 He was smothered with gratitude, 1368 01:30:45,505 --> 01:30:47,380 crushed by civilities. 1369 01:30:47,547 --> 01:30:49,338 He's in the stadium cement! 1370 01:30:49,505 --> 01:30:52,505 Under the church bell, in the doctor's pocket! 1371 01:30:52,880 --> 01:30:53,963 He's dead. 1372 01:30:56,255 --> 01:30:57,422 No, he isn't! 1373 01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:01,338 I'll force you to be who you really are. 1374 01:31:01,755 --> 01:31:04,963 For years I've dreamed of this, of finding you. 1375 01:31:05,463 --> 01:31:06,922 I've found you... 1376 01:31:07,922 --> 01:31:09,547 And you offer me... 1377 01:31:09,713 --> 01:31:10,797 This! 1378 01:31:11,255 --> 01:31:12,255 This... 1379 01:31:13,922 --> 01:31:15,213 This. Yes. 1380 01:31:16,463 --> 01:31:17,463 All this. 1381 01:31:18,130 --> 01:31:19,338 Nothing but this. 1382 01:31:20,255 --> 01:31:22,547 African bamboo. Top quality. Cheap. 97 francs. 1383 01:31:22,713 --> 01:31:25,713 Solid and light. Our customers love it. 1384 01:31:27,880 --> 01:31:29,255 Japanese bamboo. 1385 01:31:29,797 --> 01:31:33,213 The latest trend. Indestructible. For the elegant angler. 1386 01:31:33,630 --> 01:31:35,172 342 francs excluding tax. 1387 01:31:35,422 --> 01:31:38,505 The luxury model. American walnut, or hickory. 1388 01:31:38,672 --> 01:31:40,630 A blend of style and solidity. 1389 01:31:47,380 --> 01:31:49,172 723 francs... 1390 01:31:50,713 --> 01:31:52,963 with a waterproof shoulder strap. 1391 01:31:53,505 --> 01:31:56,380 LUDOVIC MERCIER STADIUM 1392 01:31:57,505 --> 01:31:59,880 Hurry up! The match has begun. 1393 01:32:07,172 --> 01:32:10,380 It's good you came, Isabelle. We'll see some sport. 1394 01:32:10,547 --> 01:32:13,255 Yes, I'd say we will for sure. 1395 01:32:55,672 --> 01:32:56,963 Hello, doctor. 1396 01:32:57,297 --> 01:32:58,672 A great day, huh? 1397 01:33:01,922 --> 01:33:03,213 What are you doing here? 1398 01:33:03,380 --> 01:33:04,838 I forbade you to come. Beat it! 1399 01:33:05,005 --> 01:33:07,422 - Georges said you're here. - Go away! 1400 01:33:07,588 --> 01:33:08,713 Are you angry? 1401 01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:10,713 See you tonight in the stable. 1402 01:33:11,172 --> 01:33:13,213 - That's a pretty dress. - Drop it! 1403 01:33:14,755 --> 01:33:15,755 OK... 1404 01:33:16,422 --> 01:33:18,130 See you tonight, Isabelle. 1405 01:33:31,630 --> 01:33:33,922 Here at last, doctor. You're late. 1406 01:33:35,630 --> 01:33:38,922 You don't look well. You should see a good doctor. 1407 01:33:40,963 --> 01:33:42,172 What's wrong? 1408 01:33:42,755 --> 01:33:43,880 The police. 1409 01:33:45,630 --> 01:33:47,505 They know. You were denounced. 1410 01:33:47,672 --> 01:33:49,297 They've encircled the stadium. 1411 01:33:49,880 --> 01:33:50,922 A lot of them? 1412 01:33:51,172 --> 01:33:52,380 About thirty. 1413 01:33:53,255 --> 01:33:54,255 A lot. 1414 01:33:58,380 --> 01:34:00,047 Terrific! 1415 01:34:03,172 --> 01:34:04,588 What will you do? 1416 01:34:06,297 --> 01:34:07,422 I'm thinking. 1417 01:34:18,880 --> 01:34:22,297 An entire brigade of cops in action today. 1418 01:34:24,047 --> 01:34:25,922 And the girl's here, look. 1419 01:34:27,047 --> 01:34:28,797 - Waiting for the show. - It was her... 1420 01:34:28,963 --> 01:34:31,922 Who else? A foregone conclusion. 1421 01:34:33,088 --> 01:34:35,255 All the better. A touch of class. 1422 01:34:35,422 --> 01:34:37,380 We're winning, Ludovic! 1423 01:34:41,963 --> 01:34:43,130 We're winning! 1424 01:34:44,922 --> 01:34:46,838 You know the details of the ceremony? 1425 01:34:47,005 --> 01:34:50,213 Yes, the chief inspector informed me. No scandal. 1426 01:34:50,422 --> 01:34:53,755 At half-time we leave, then you follow the inspectors. 1427 01:34:54,297 --> 01:34:55,547 A car is waiting for you. 1428 01:34:55,713 --> 01:34:58,963 Seen Clement? What a save! He blocks everything! 1429 01:34:59,422 --> 01:35:00,547 Him too? 1430 01:35:00,713 --> 01:35:02,588 The glory of Chatenay! 1431 01:35:08,130 --> 01:35:09,838 How long till half-time? 1432 01:35:10,588 --> 01:35:13,672 - Two minutes. - Time to smile at Isabelle. 1433 01:35:15,838 --> 01:35:18,255 Look at her, waiting for a miracle. 1434 01:35:19,588 --> 01:35:21,463 Well, it won't happen. 1435 01:35:21,922 --> 01:35:24,630 The elusive Saget will go like a lamb. 1436 01:35:24,797 --> 01:35:26,338 End of the legend. 1437 01:35:29,172 --> 01:35:30,172 Here. 1438 01:35:31,130 --> 01:35:32,630 Take this, doctor. 1439 01:35:33,047 --> 01:35:35,005 Why? You may have a chance. 1440 01:35:35,713 --> 01:35:38,255 - One can always try. - Then try! 1441 01:35:38,422 --> 01:35:40,547 Oh no, I'm not mad. 1442 01:35:41,838 --> 01:35:45,088 The cops will win this round, it won't be the last. 1443 01:35:46,297 --> 01:35:47,297 Go on. 1444 01:35:47,797 --> 01:35:49,338 Take it, doctor. 1445 01:35:50,630 --> 01:35:53,088 A souvenir for your mantelpiece. 1446 01:35:55,797 --> 01:35:57,213 Let's go, discreetly. 1447 01:35:57,380 --> 01:35:58,380 Not leaving, Mercier? 1448 01:35:58,547 --> 01:36:00,797 No, some friends are waving to me. 1449 01:36:00,963 --> 01:36:02,755 We must congratulate the team. 1450 01:36:02,922 --> 01:36:06,130 Start the congratulations. I'll complete them. 1451 01:36:06,463 --> 01:36:08,047 It's a push-over! 1452 01:36:08,213 --> 01:36:09,380 Don't bust a gut! 1453 01:36:12,172 --> 01:36:14,255 - They're marvelous. - Marvelous! 1454 01:36:26,463 --> 01:36:29,255 No scandal. Tact. The doctor filled me in. 1455 01:36:29,422 --> 01:36:30,922 Walk ahead to the exit. 1456 01:36:31,088 --> 01:36:34,380 Get in the black Citroen. One move and we shoot. 1457 01:36:34,547 --> 01:36:35,297 Got it. 1458 01:36:35,463 --> 01:36:36,588 Coming, doc? 1459 01:36:44,005 --> 01:36:45,172 Isabelle! 1460 01:36:52,963 --> 01:36:54,463 - He's arrested? - Whose fault? 1461 01:36:54,630 --> 01:36:56,005 Why did he let them? 1462 01:36:56,172 --> 01:36:58,838 To teach you a lesson. You denounced him. 1463 01:36:59,005 --> 01:37:02,213 I did it to save him, so he'd be himself again. 1464 01:37:02,380 --> 01:37:04,797 Hands off! Don't touch me. 1465 01:37:05,130 --> 01:37:07,130 - You're a monster. - You're a murderer! 1466 01:37:07,297 --> 01:37:09,047 You killed the elusive Saget! 1467 01:37:09,213 --> 01:37:13,088 Killed him with your charity and fishing rods, your hypocrisy! 1468 01:37:13,255 --> 01:37:14,713 I hate you! 1469 01:37:37,047 --> 01:37:38,047 Ah, doctor! 1470 01:37:39,088 --> 01:37:42,088 Cheer up. First time you've seen a guy arrested? 1471 01:37:42,547 --> 01:37:43,838 A guy. no. 1472 01:37:44,297 --> 01:37:45,630 A friend, yes. 1473 01:37:48,922 --> 01:37:50,172 Thank you, doc. 1474 01:39:05,880 --> 01:39:08,338 Subtitles: Charlotte Trench 1475 01:39:08,505 --> 01:39:10,838 Subtitling: HIVENTY 1476 01:39:19,130 --> 01:39:25,130 4K restoration by: HIVENTY for the image L.E. Diapason for the sound