Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: {820}{914}{y:i}(Chopin�s|{y:i}�Fantasie-Impromptu in C minor�) {970}{1064}"(woman)" Aurora! Aurora! {2227}{2278}Hear me, {2280}{2324}O Corambe. {2326}{2369}Corambe, {2371}{2477}thou who art man, woman and god in one, {2479}{2523}hear me. {2606}{2657}I free this bird in thy name. {2767}{2829}Come to me, sublime being. {2845}{3006}I want to know the meaning of life.|And I want to find perfect, perfect love. {3037}{3097}I free this lizard in thy name. {3194}{3231}Don�t be dead. {3233}{3298}"(tuts)" Oh, balls. {3353}{3450}{y:i}My little ritual in the woods|{y:i}didn�t always go smoothly, {3452}{3584}{y:i}but I was never discouraged|{y:i}and I never gave up hoping for an answer. {3624}{3686}{y:i}(cock crows) {3948}{4003}{y:i}(frantic cIucking) {4042}{4144}- That won�t work.|- Fish are attracted to a bright colour. {4146}{4204}Your fish will die of fear first. {4232}{4327}- Are you coming?|- Mallefille will come looking for us. {4329}{4406}- We�re supposed to have our lessons.|- No, he won�t. {4408}{4486}He�s sleeping with Mummy.|She doesn�t get up till noon. {4488}{4578}He�s not sleeping with Mummy.|She doesn�t like him any more. {4675}{4725}My love? {4793}{4843}My soul? {4966}{5044}- My sweet?|{y:i}- (knocking) {5046}{5091}My heart? {5093}{5144}{y:i}(lock rattles) {5146}{5191}George? {5257}{5323}George, please let me in. {6002}{6074}Are you from the printers?|We�ve been waiting... {6076}{6166}Madame Sand. Pardon. Please excuse... {6168}{6228}{y:i}(murmuring) {6264}{6327}Madame Sand is on her way up. {6350}{6399}Don�t do that! {6401}{6451}"(whistles)" It is rather far. {6453}{6515}- I�ll have to face her, that�s all.|- Alfred! {6517}{6601}I�ll be perfectly behaved.|Even a little scornful. {6603}{6676}No, you won�t. You�ll be impossible. {6678}{6741}I don�t want a scene. Now get in there. {6743}{6798}And hurry up! {6866}{6955}Hello, George!|I wasn�t expecting you till next month. {6957}{7022}- How are the children, the country?|- Fine. {7024}{7094}Listen. I need another 3,000 francs. {7096}{7149}What happened to the advance you got? {7151}{7220}You know my expenses.|The children, the estate, {7222}{7310}my mother�s nursing home...|The divorce took half of everything. {7312}{7399}All right. But let me have|one more instalment first. {7401}{7468}How? I�ve got no place to work. {7470}{7524}What�s wrong with the country? {7526}{7580}Mallefille is there. {7582}{7658}The children do need a tutor, but... {7660}{7745}I just can�t|stand the sight of him any more. {7747}{7838}I tell him outright I want him to leave|and he plainly refuses. {7840}{7953}I�m a coward, of course. I can never|simply boot my lovers down the stairs. {7955}{8009}- Ha!|- What? {8119}{8206}Why don�t you|stay here in Paris and write? {8208}{8268}Because Alfred�s here. {8270}{8350}I�ve got to go somewhere.|Anywhere, I don�t know. {8352}{8428}Maybe I should just curl up and die, yes? {8455}{8534}Listen, Buloz. I need 3,000 francs now. {8536}{8651}Let me read this... and we�ll talk tonight|at the Baroness Laginsky�s party. {8653}{8739}I hadn�t planned to attend.|Alfred might be there. {8770}{8847}I know for a fact that he won�t. {8944}{8987}All right. {9163}{9204}- What�s that?|- Marvellous. {9206}{9276}- Her memoirs? Am I in it?|- No! {9278}{9336}This bit�s about her childhood. {9338}{9438}You�ll come in later, after she chews up|her husband and a hundred others. {9440}{9512}It�s true. She�s a cannibal. {9514}{9652}She�d drink her children�s blood from her|lover�s skull and not feel a stomachache. {9654}{9770}Alfred, go home.|Put it into verse, I�ll publish it. {9772}{9826}Then you�ll get paid. {9828}{9900}Thanks to you|I can�t go to the baroness�s party. {9902}{9991}- In fact, I�ll have to leave Paris.|- No more advances. {9993}{10057}I don�t need your money, old sow. {10085}{10193}I�ve had an invitation to the country.|From a duchess, no less. {10282}{10339}Good day. {10374}{10450}{y:i}(strains of piano music) {10643}{10690}{y:i}(coughs) {10715}{10856}This summer dust is ruinous to my lungs.|I hope the air will be better in Angers. {10858}{10917}The Duchess d�Antan has invited you too? {10940}{11019}- Well, yes.|- How delightful. {11021}{11094}Please continue, dear fellow. {11268}{11328}- Good day, Countess.|- "(gasps)" George! {11330}{11404}- I�m sorry I frightened you.|{y:i}- (baby cries) {11406}{11466}I had the most fearful dream. {11468}{11578}Blandine was a terrible creature|with fly�s wings {11580}{11656}that was draining my life from me. {11658}{11741}They are deadly little charmers. {11782}{11842}Chromatic glissando. {11844}{11904}The wings of a butterfly. {11906}{11957}Or the wrath of God. {12014}{12054}{y:i}(baby cries) {12056}{12130}He wakes the baby,|then complains about the crying. {12132}{12231}- How is Franz?|- He�s a saint. Sublime. {12233}{12302}He�ll even stay that way|if you don�t marry him. {12304}{12420}Yes, well, there�s no danger of that.|The count won�t divorce me. {12422}{12511}Since I left him, he won�t even allow me|to see the children. {12513}{12601}Well, now you�ve begun a new family. {12659}{12726}Still, I prefer to be married. {12728}{12798}I know you thumb your nose at all that. {12824}{12875}It�s funny. {12926}{13005}I thought I�d die of suffocation|when I was married. {13007}{13083}Now it�s my freedom that�s killing me. {13085}{13137}{y:i}(baby cries) {13139}{13192}Sophie! {13194}{13273}Tell me, have you been invited|to Angers next week? {13275}{13367}The Duke and Duchess d�Antan|have asked us to their estate. {13369}{13394}{y:i}(baby screams) {13396}{13469}Sophie!|Where is that wretch? Excuse me. {13711}{13768}Franz? {14062}{14112}I will see you. {14172}{14243}You�re not going to Angers too? Eugene! {14245}{14342}A whole fortnight|among some tiresome old aristocrats. {14374}{14487}A fortnight of free food,|exquisite scenery and no bills. {14528}{14608}And all you have to be|is brilliant at dinner. {14688}{14764}She doesn�t seem bothered|she�s being eaten alive. {14766}{14796}No. {14798}{14920}She�d probably say|�Better to feel something than nothing.� {14945}{15005}Even if it�s teeth. {15134}{15193}{y:i}(piano being played) {15312}{15369}Madame Sand! {15388}{15502}Oh, what a great honour|you do my humble salon! {15504}{15616}Delighted to meet you, Baroness. I�m|looking for my publisher, Monsieur Buloz. {15618}{15716}He�s in the salon with the others,|but you�ll have to wait to go in. {15718}{15854}I�ve so longed to meet you!|I knew your father when he was young. {15856}{15889}- Really?|- Yes. {15891}{16013}We girls were enraged|when we heard he�d married that dancer. {16015}{16099}- You mean my mother?|- Oh... of course. {16101}{16182}- Is she still living?|- Yes. {16184}{16238}- But she�s ill now.|- How sad. {16256}{16331}And what a tragedy|your father died so young. {16333}{16418}The Count de Saxe. So dashing. {16473}{16519}Those idiots! {16521}{16556}Excuse me. {16558}{16612}Not yet! {16614}{16696}{y:i}(Baroness mutters angrily) {16698}{16760}{y:i}(soulful piano passage) {17960}{18068}Madame Sand!|Is it true that you�re writing a memoir? {18102}{18239}- Do you pray, Baroness?|- If you must know, I�m secretly devout. {18264}{18384}- Do you ever hear an answer?|- To my prayers? Well, no. {18418}{18495}There... is the answer. {18497}{18595}Ah, you mean Monsieur Chopin.|How clever. {18597}{18672}It�s very rare to hear him play, you know. {18674}{18810}The Duchess d�Antan is having him for|a whole fortnight at her house in Angers. {18812}{18875}I could only wish I were a fly on the wall. {18890}{18986}Except that they already have|crowds of flies down there. {18988}{19059}I do find the provinces beastly. {19061}{19148}{y:i}- (applause)|- Monsieur Liszt will play next. {19239}{19313}- Ah, George. I read your...|- In a minute. {19409}{19495}George!|You�ll want to sit over here, my dear. {19513}{19574}The respectable people are over there. {19576}{19685}- Could you point out Monsieur Chopin?|- Chopin? But he left. {19687}{19769}Don�t you know him?|He�s frail as a holy wafer. {19771}{19865}Look at those hypocrites.|They�ve shunned me all evening. {19898}{20013}I�m thrilled not to be one of them|any more. Their lives are so boring. {20044}{20141}You see?|Every single one is throbbing for him. {20143}{20208}They know perfectly well|why I ran off with him. {20210}{20265}For his teeth. {20330}{20393}{y:i}(plays theatrical piece) {20713}{20763}{y:i}(shrieks excitedly) {20944}{20984}Charles? {21088}{21119}Charles! {21136}{21186}Charles! {21239}{21312}{y:i}- (gunshot)|{y:i}- (gasps) {21314}{21364}Grab it! Grab it! {21457}{21501}Darling! {21503}{21613}Charles! Charles!|I�ve had the most extraordinary letter! {21615}{21742}Madame George Sand is quite brazenly|inviting herself to the fortnight! {21744}{21853}You know the one. She wears men�s|clothes and leads a most depraved life! {21855}{21920}I�m dying to meet her. {21922}{21967}Charles? {21969}{22048}She writes that marriage is barbaric,|darling. {22050}{22124}They say no marriage is safe around her. {22126}{22223}Just think, she might take a fancy|to your turkey wattles. {22225}{22307}Didier! Don�t touch that! Come here! {22309}{22388}I�m in a quandary|because I�ve invited Alfred de Musset. {22390}{22491}Everybody knows he and Madame Sand|practically tore each other to pieces. {22493}{22580}I�m petrified that if they|so much as clap eyes on each other... {22582}{22636}{y:i}(howls with rage) {22761}{22816}Has anyone ever met this duchess? {22854}{22899}No. {22901}{23011}Must be one of those titled tarts stuck in|the provinces with an uncouth husband. {23013}{23145}She�s probably famished for culture|and determined to import it at any cost. {23183}{23231}Charles! {23233}{23295}- Where are you going?|- Hunting. {23297}{23375}- Goodbye. I�ll be back in a few days.|- But you can�t! {23377}{23439}- Our guests arrive today.|- Precisely. {23441}{23478}You blockhead! {23480}{23591}These are the great geniuses of our time,|gathered together in our home! {23593}{23643}They are a gang of parasites. {23645}{23756}After a few days in their company,|I expect you�ll come to your senses. {23758}{23830}You�ll humiliate me|if you don�t receive them. {23832}{23872}Charles! {23874}{23943}You don�t want me to be a success! {23989}{24020}Gustav? {24037}{24085}Gustav! {24087}{24157}Attach little bags of seed to the branches. {24159}{24257}I want thousands of birds singing|when they come up the avenue. {24259}{24296}Darling? {24298}{24404}You�re not dressed properly.|Go and put on your pink waistcoat. {24406}{24447}{y:i}- (gunshot)|- Oh! {24449}{24560}That murderer!|There won�t be a bird left in the sky! {25086}{25125}Welcome! {25127}{25191}Yes. Come on, H�l�ne. {25193}{25244}Welcome! {25294}{25390}In my house, you are the nobility. {25425}{25503}The nobility of genius. {25604}{25641}Madame Sand! {25643}{25720}- Hello. How was your trip?|- Madame Sand! {25722}{25784}I�m melting with delight! {25786}{25864}Oh, and you�ve brought your two boys! {25891}{25959}- I�m a girl.|- Ah. {26161}{26267}Here, Master Delacroix.|I have given you my own studio. {26269}{26331}The light, you can see, is perfection. {26379}{26435}When is Monsieur Chopin arriving? {26437}{26504}Tomorrow.|Or so he wrote to me in his letter. {26535}{26609}Here is the theatre! {26611}{26717}Sometimes we indulge ourselves|in little amateur productions. {26759}{26856}And here, Madame Sand,|is your workroom. {26858}{26960}If you open the doors, perhaps|our southern moonlight will inspire you {26962}{27037}to write those sublime novels|which I so admire. {27434}{27490}George! Up, quick! {27562}{27629}We have food for a picnic! {27631}{27678}And a donkey! {27680}{27743}Come,|before the dreaded duchess finds us. {28064}{28114}Cheers. {28334}{28374}Come on! {28673}{28740}What is wrong with our Georgie? {28771}{28837}She is incurably disgusted. {28839}{28883}With what? {28885}{28946}Love, no doubt. {28948}{29023}She should only have|what Marie and I have. {29025}{29075}{y:i}(men laugh) {29112}{29185}Only God deserves love. {29204}{29275}I adore this silence. {29277}{29337}{y:i}- (baby screams)|{y:i}- (Liszt groans) {29398}{29466}George has gone off, it seems. {29468}{29542}- Shall we go and look for her?|- Can you walk? {29583}{29629}Not presently. {29631}{29742}I need this rest.|My tour next month is 20 cities. {29744}{29813}- Where are you going?|- Vienna, Geneva... {29815}{29868}You�re going on a tour? {29892}{29947}Darling, did I forget to tell you? {29949}{30017}What of your writing, your work? {30019}{30078}What of me? Am I going with you? {30080}{30125}We�ll talk about it later. {30127}{30153}Sophie! {30196}{30246}We�re going back. {30336}{30407}{y:i}(groans) {30495}{30548}{y:i}(blast on horn) {30585}{30637}{y:i}(another blast) {30718}{30772}{y:i}(horse neighs) {31127}{31201}{y:i}(neighs in pain) {31717}{31764}{y:i}(gunshot) {31910}{31960}Thank you, young man. {31996}{32079}What a magnificent horse.|Must have been a great hunter. {32081}{32118}Yes. {32148}{32173}Yes. {32175}{32258}I�d invite you to my home for a drink, {32260}{32329}but I�ve got a house full of fops. {32331}{32395}Guests of my wife�s. {32437}{32553}I won�t let her move to Paris|so she�s trying to bring Paris here. {32555}{32650}Still, it�s her money. And I love her for it. {32652}{32689}{y:i}(laughs) {32691}{32770}Where are you staying, lad? At the inn? {32821}{32898}That is either Monsieur Chopin|or Monsieur de Musset. {32900}{32964}- You haven�t invited Alfred?|- I�m afraid so. {32966}{33020}Do you think it�ll be a disaster? {33022}{33078}Why do you laugh? {33103}{33168}This will be judgement day for George. {33170}{33244}She should pay for her sins|like any other fallen woman. {33246}{33315}She can�t avoid everything|by being a man. {33352}{33461}That�s not Alfred at all.|This gets better and better. {33463}{33539}- Who is it?|- F�licien Mallefille. {33541}{33650}- He�s the children�s tutor.|- He can discipline those two savages! {33652}{33721}I wonder where I shall put him, though. {33723}{33812}In George�s room, of course.|That�s what he�s accustomed to. {33814}{33867}No! {33869}{33941}He is a handsome brute! {33943}{34011}How does she merit all these men? {34013}{34060}"(Marie)" He looks angry. {34062}{34161}I don�t think he appreciated|being left behind at Nohant. {34163}{34225}- George!|- George! {34501}{34570}I�ll give you a horse to ride back to the inn. {34572}{34673}- There�s something I must confess.|- Drat! We�ve been seen! {34675}{34715}Shit! {34717}{34753}"(Mallefille)" George! {34820}{34875}Not that one, monsieur! He�s a devil! {35082}{35180}By God!|What a fine seat that fellow George has. {35182}{35280}Madame George Sand, dear.|The authoress. {35407}{35452}{y:i}(coughing) {35770}{35823}{y:i}(horse neighs) {36482}{36584}- Are you ready now to face me?|- God, Mallefille! Not now! {36586}{36630}Yes, now. {36657}{36744}No kisses? Where�s my greeting? {36746}{36801}Didn�t you get my letter? {36803}{36905}Yes. Your message was clear indeed...|between the lines. {36907}{37024}- I will defend my position.|- Oh, balls! {37026}{37111}You�re not in the army any more. {37113}{37207}You had an affair, not a pitched battle. {37279}{37340}Oh, Mallefille. {37371}{37437}Poor boy. It won�t hurt for long. {37500}{37595}- I know it must seem unfair.|- George. {37610}{37741}- You promised to love me.|- I didn�t promise to succeed. {37780}{37853}- Whom did you come here to meet?|- No-one. {37855}{37898}Help me off with my boots. {37900}{37976}He should write his epitaph|because I�m going to kill him! {37978}{38061}Your rival is imaginary! {38086}{38209}If you�re not going to help, go and find|somewhere to sleep and leave me! {38211}{38299}Make that two epitaphs,|because I�ll kill you if I find... {38301}{38356}Oh, my God, you�re hurt! {38358}{38403}You�re bleeding. {38454}{38499}Yes. {38518}{38602}Be a dear. Ask Ursula|if she�s got something for a bandage. {38604}{38658}Of course. Don�t move. {38660}{38697}No. {38845}{38895}{y:i}(lock clicks) {39010}{39055}Bastard! {39266}{39350}{y:i}(gentle piano music) {39660}{39697}{y:i}(dog barking) {39699}{39744}{y:i}(gasps) {42059}{42094}{y:i}(yells) {42110}{42153}Oh, don�t stop! {42186}{42319}Monsieur Chopin, you were in the middle|of a miracle. I�m not quite yet cured. {42321}{42393}How did you get in? Who are you? {42412}{42463}I am your slave. {42465}{42542}And you have summoned me|with your music. {42544}{42631}Oh, yes. I think I know who you are. {42656}{42720}I have heard you described. {42722}{42794}Madame Sand,|rumour has it you are a woman, {42796}{42867}and so I must ask you|to leave my private chambers. {42924}{42994}Have I offended your modesty? {42996}{43047}I apologise. {43049}{43145}- Play me one more piece and I�ll go.|- This is ridiculously improper! {43147}{43243}And frightening as well.|Please leave now. {43427}{43477}Still, I am content. {43479}{43539}I�ve seen you at last. {43563}{43665}And I am delighted to find|you�re not a man at all. {43667}{43735}You�re an angel. {43737}{43857}Hands, halo, wings... {43898}{43948}everything. {43985}{44046}Good night, my dream. {44265}{44348}My poor lady, you are a wreck. {44350}{44427}I am a resurrected wreck. {44429}{44479}Move over. {44750}{44794}{y:i}(grunting) {44954}{45065}Citizen Maurice,|the prisoner is ready for execution. {45067}{45224}Viscount de Swamp, you are guilty|of crimes against the people of France. {45226}{45366}To the guillotine!|To the guillotine! To the guillotine! {45368}{45415}The king has escaped! {45417}{45467}- Catch him!|- I will! {45469}{45554}Tyrant! You will be brought to justice. {45556}{45621}- Long live the republic!|{y:i}- (gunshot) {45674}{45776}- The king�s guard! We�re surrounded.|- We�ll hold the king as hostage. {45778}{45886}We�ll shoot the viscount and throw them|his body and demand their surrender. {45888}{45956}Do we have enough ammunition|to hold them off? {45958}{46028}- I don�t think so.|- I can help you. {46030}{46130}- My papa�s got plenty of gunpowder.|- This could be very useful. {46269}{46311}"(girl)" Beautiful! {46355}{46400}"(both)" Yes! {46562}{46647}Good morning... master. {46681}{46752}- Morning, Excellency.|- Claudette. {46894}{46969}Ah. Velvet flowers. {47017}{47087}Did you make these, Claudette? {47089}{47178}I have a tiny talent|and an enormous amount of time. {47180}{47277}But have you come to work?|I will leave you in peace. {47279}{47333}Oh, no. "(giggles)" {47335}{47377}It�s very bad. {47379}{47417}No, don�t! {47419}{47486}Ooh! {47488}{47542}That�s really quite good. {47836}{47881}One, two. {47883}{47985}{y:i}(piano transcription of Beethoven�s|{y:i}�Symphony No.6 in F�) {48069}{48116}You�re a fine shot, sir. {48118}{48202}I can see you�re not|one of those perfumed prancers in there. {48204}{48308}- What do you say to a little hunting?|- I am standing guard on my mistress. {48310}{48421}That one? She doesn�t need your|protection, by God. Fascinating creature. {48423}{48486}I�m sure she�d rather|come hunting with us {48488}{48551}than sit around arranging her flounces. {48553}{48671}�One warm word from you and I live.|One brutal word and I die.� {48673}{48755}�It doesn�t matter,|for I am not afraid of death any more.� {48757}{48845}�I have already visited the beyond|in your music.� {48863}{48965}- Will you take it to him?|- Why don�t you take it to him yourself? {48989}{49052}I�ve been avoiding him all morning. {49054}{49137}He�s had a poor first impression of me,|I fear. {49160}{49295}Before I meet him again, I want him|to be convinced of my complete sincerity. {49335}{49407}Well? What do you think? {49409}{49495}Look, you know him.|How will he respond? {49497}{49591}I can�t imagine any man resisting|this prose. It would melt the Alps. {49593}{49722}But tell me,|why do you pounce on our poor Chopin? {49724}{49826}My dear, he�s got one foot in the grave. {49828}{49863}No, no. {49865}{49943}We shall all be in our graves soon enough. {49945}{50021}But Chopin is eternal. {50049}{50131}The only permanent thing about him|is his cough. {50133}{50176}"(Duke)" Ah. {50244}{50298}- All right.|- Thank you, my friend. {50300}{50386}Madame Sand, will you delight us|with your company on a hunt? {50388}{50436}I must decline, Your Excellency. {50438}{50519}My maid is fitting me for a dress|this afternoon. {50540}{50592}A dress? {50594}{50689}{y:i}(piano transcription|{y:i}of Beethoven�s Sixth continues) {50772}{50861}{y:i}(laughter and absorbed chatter) {52641}{52696}- Quick!|- "(final chord)" {52698}{52740}Perfect! {52764}{52799}Marvellous. {52801}{52889}Darling,|George proposes a game of croquet. {52891}{52970}Excellent idea. Chopin will join us. {52972}{53054}Oh, no. Please excuse me.|I do not really like the sun. {53056}{53101}Hah! {53172}{53223}Dear friend... {53225}{53289}I do not wish you to be burned. {53618}{53649}{y:i}(coughs) {53651}{53701}{y:i}(knocking) {53766}{53816}Excuse me. I�m sorry, my friend. {53818}{53929}May I speak with you?|Something very terrible has happened. {53959}{54019}- Oh!|- Ah! {54051}{54085}Again. {54087}{54186}- George seems more cheerful.|- Mm. She has a crush on Chopin. {54188}{54257}The Polish corpse? {54259}{54370}- They couldn�t be more different.|- Then they will definitely fall in love. {54372}{54439}I suppose as friends|we should help them along. {54441}{54504}Absolutely not! {54506}{54616}Franz, you and I must put ourselves|between them at every opportunity. {54618}{54680}- Marie! Your turn.|- Yes. {54787}{54859}He is so frail, darling. {54861}{54939}You know George will finish him off. {54941}{55043}- The countess made advances to you?|- She is my friend�s mistress. {55045}{55146}- She has borne his child.|- He wouldn�t mind if she changed hands. {55169}{55251}Really, I don�t understand|the attitude of you people. {55272}{55357}Are we at a livestock sale?|She�s a woman, not a goat. {55359}{55454}- Are you in love with her yourself?|- Of course not. {55456}{55535}�I�m not full of virtues|and noble qualities.� {55537}{55596}�I love, that is all.� {55619}{55745}�But I love strongly,|exclusively, steadfastly.� {55747}{55876}No, it�s like something out of a novel...|like that dreadful woman writes. {55878}{55949}- If you can call her a woman.|- George? {55988}{56073}She makes a great hash of her life,|but she�s got a good heart. {56075}{56144}That�s why so many men|don�t want to let go of her. {56146}{56206}George knows how to love... {56208}{56260}while she loves. {56262}{56317}The countess has an extraordinary style. {56319}{56396}I�d not have guessed|there was a volcano under that ice. {56856}{56916}We can�t find anything, citizen. {56918}{56998}The viscount|has been completely obliterated. {57135}{57184}- Good to see you.|- Good evening. {57186}{57240}They�re all in here. Follow me. {57325}{57360}What the devil... {57415}{57506}Good God, Claudette!|Go back upstairs and change! {57508}{57557}- Pooh!|- Ow! {57559}{57620}Hello! Welcome. {57622}{57706}Well, he left the salon at that moment. {57708}{57826}Claudette�s decided to dress as a man|for some reason. Do you want a drink? {57897}{57973}At that stage everyone started to laugh. {58131}{58203}At last! Madame Sand! {58205}{58303}Everybody�s staring at me.|It�s a revelation wearing trousers. {58305}{58377}I feel quite the bully! {58379}{58433}George in a dress? {58435}{58515}Red and white,|the colours of the Polish flag. {58517}{58581}That�s a bit of overkill. {58583}{58666}I tell you, we�ll discuss it... {58720}{58773}May I take your arm? {58775}{58891}My husband�s in a temper tonight|because I�m wearing his britches. {58944}{59018}George,|Chopin does not deserve to be collected. {59020}{59077}He�s so fragile, you know he might... {59079}{59178}What�s this? A secret?|Is he the one you came here to meet? {59180}{59264}Mallefille, if you can�t behave,|go to your room. {59329}{59401}I am quite marooned. {59403}{59480}Will you... partner me? {59495}{59535}Of course. {59886}{59952}- "Bon app�tit."|- "(all) Bon app�tit." {60024}{60100}I understand|many of you artists are atheists. {60102}{60159}Atheists? Oh, no. {60161}{60212}No, we feel that God exists. {60214}{60298}He�s just not considered|worth all the trouble of denying him. {60300}{60329}Oh, really! {60331}{60380}The baron is baiting you. {60382}{60463}He maintains|there is no scientific evidence of God. {60465}{60571}And I reply �Because civilisation|has poured dust on his traces.� {60573}{60631}God has been buried by science. {60633}{60672}But alive! {60674}{60715}God exists. {60734}{60781}But he is no longer loved, {60783}{60867}so he hides away|to conceal his broken heart. {60869}{60907}{y:i}(sympathetic murmurs) {60909}{60997}Certainly it is difficult|to find God in our age. {60999}{61077}And artists are the only hope. {61079}{61134}But we shall locate him again. {61136}{61207}We are a search party,|if you like, of orphans, {61209}{61284}with our emotions as a lantern in the dark. {61286}{61331}{y:i}(amused murmuring) {61333}{61434}Our greatest hope|may be Monsieur Chopin, {61436}{61514}in whose music|we find both emotion and science {61516}{61598}in the most perfect rapport. {61600}{61654}"(guests)" Hear! Hear! {61656}{61697}Thank you. {61699}{61813}May I, in turn,|propose a toast to our host and hostess? {61815}{61937}For without the noble patronage of|the aristocracy, we are orphans indeed. {61939}{62001}They understand and nurture us. {62003}{62109}They are our model and inspiration. {62111}{62137}Thank you. {62172}{62234}George, you�re not drinking. {62236}{62329}You must pardon Madame Sand.|She is allergic to the aristocracy. {62389}{62430}Surely that can�t be! {62432}{62500}Madame Sand, my hobby is genealogy, {62502}{62577}and if I am correct,|you are a baroness by marriage {62579}{62638}and your father�s mother was a countess. {62640}{62665}Really? {62667}{62753}Yes, but my mother�s father|was a bird-seller. {62755}{62852}There you are, philosopher.|Scientific proof of God. {62854}{62960}The lion may lie down with the lamb,|and the baroness with the bird-seller. {62962}{63003}{y:i}(laughter) {63005}{63064}Since you must know birds,|Madame Sand, {63066}{63121}what do you think of our local partridge? {63148}{63218}We flushed four of them|in a field this afternoon. {63220}{63308}Your friend Mallefille here|shot three of them. {63310}{63380}I only wounded the last one.|It flew away. {63382}{63473}I don�t know how it could fly -|one wing was nearly torn off. {63475}{63597}When we were wandering back,|we saw it thrashing about in the garden. {63599}{63701}The dogs had got it!|One of the bitches had bitten off its head. {63703}{63774}- Feathers were flying everywhere...|- Charles! {63795}{63875}{y:i}(violent coughing) {63896}{63962}Now see what you�ve done! {63989}{64044}What the devil�s the matter with him? {64046}{64139}He has trouble with his lungs.|Makes a misery of his life. {64164}{64214}He should be bled. {64216}{64329}We have an excellent physician. He�s|developed a special variety of leeches. {64331}{64392}Painless, and they leave very little mark. {64394}{64463}Better yet,|send in George to Monsieur Chopin. {64465}{64527}She leaves no mark at all. {64529}{64582}Hungarian humour, George. {64584}{64619}{y:i}(crash) {64621}{64701}- You are too familiar. Apologise.|- Sit down, you ass! {64703}{64819}- You think I don�t know what�s going on?|- She has made love with Monsieur Liszt? {64821}{64883}Apologise or I�ll rip your throat out! {64885}{64938}Apologise! {64940}{65028}- Agh! Alfred!|- St George! {65030}{65136}- What are "you" doing here?|- I�m the dragoon. I was invited. {65138}{65185}Duchess, I�ve only just arrived. {65187}{65260}Thank God I was in time|to defend Madame Sand�s honour. {65262}{65313}- You followed me.|- He�s the one? {65315}{65405}- You�re starting up with him again?|- I�d sooner chew glass. {65470}{65535}Choose your seconds|and meet me at dawn, sir. {65537}{65603}- No more duels!|- This is men�s business. {65605}{65689}- I accept.|- Men? You�re not fit to be men! {65714}{65791}Morons! Idiots! {65816}{65921}Choose your weapons, Mallefille.|Red or white? {65948}{66036}Leave her alone!|She�s going off to write about us. {66038}{66135}It�s time for her nightly regurgitation.|20 pages. {66137}{66207}The only reason|she needs you or me or anybody {66209}{66302}is to provide characters|for her ghastly novels! {66304}{66397}- I trust you have no objection to pistols.|- What? {66399}{66497}- For tomorrow.|- My boy, I really don�t care. {66763}{66869}Thank you for the loan, my dear.|It was most instructive. {66871}{66985}You�ll be up before dawn for the duel,|so I shall sleep in my own bed. {66987}{67054}Ooh! I do wish I could be there tomorrow. {67056}{67106}You will make sure nobody�s killed? {67108}{67208}I abhor killing,|but a good fight�s something to see. {67210}{67276}- Good night.|- Good night, Claudette. {67351}{67406}{y:i}(chuckles) {67436}{67491}{y:i}(hums) {67628}{67684}- Good evening.|- Ohh! {67686}{67733}{y:i}(gasps) {67778}{67840}{y:i}(gasps and pants) {67971}{68020}What do you... {68087}{68134}Shh. {68308}{68343}No! {68442}{68480}Ow! {68726}{68777}Those lips. {68804}{68855}Show me your tongue. {68857}{68920}Darling. {68922}{69007}- What is that scent?|- "(horse snorts)" {69038}{69131}Oats. Oats de Cologne. {69224}{69280}Mm. My darling. {69847}{69895}{y:i}(grunts) {69938}{69983}Damn it. {70091}{70134}Let�s go and see. {70136}{70181}{y:i}(George screams) {70183}{70278}- Goodbye, George. I�m going to my death.|- What are you ranting about? {70280}{70350}- But before I die...|- Oh, my God! {70418}{70491}- One kiss from you is all I ask.|- What are you doing? {70493}{70567}Let go of me. Get that horse out of here. {70569}{70610}Shh. {70654}{70765}I will be dead soon.|Mallefille is going to shoot me. {70767}{70805}{y:i}(gasps) {70845}{70908}You two can�t be serious. Please. {70910}{70961}Please, Alfred, don�t go. {70963}{70998}Um... {71000}{71065}- I�ll talk to Mallefille.|- No. {71067}{71143}- I want to die.|- Oh, Alfred. {71145}{71247}Darling, I want to be on your conscience. {71249}{71304}You destroyed my youth. {71306}{71378}You buried my springtime in shadows. {71380}{71431}Alfred. {71433}{71492}I was much too good for you. {71494}{71543}I spoiled you. {71545}{71628}I gave you money.|I nursed you when you were sick. {71630}{71721}Yes. And then you fucked the doctor. {71723}{71777}God, Alfred! {71779}{71858}You were sick|because you�d been out every night {71860}{71919}screwing all the whores in Venice {71921}{72000}while I was sitting at my desk writing|so that we had a... {72002}{72092}{y:i}- (laughs hysterically)|- Oh! {72094}{72146}The horse is a critic! {72148}{72238}Get out! Kill yourself, I don�t care!|I hate you! {72693}{72774}- Gentlemen, are you ready?|- Yes. {72900}{72935}And... {72960}{73022}One. {73024}{73068}Two. {73070}{73138}Three. {73140}{73189}Four. {73191}{73251}Five. {73253}{73308}Six. {73310}{73361}Seven. {73363}{73404}Eight. {73426}{73488}Nine. {73490}{73534}Ten! {73938}{74008}I want to go home. {74010}{74106}Mummy said|we can�t go till the roads dry up. {74108}{74192}But it�s been raining for three days now. {74194}{74268}It�s no use. We�re prisoners. {74270}{74338}Prisoners of the Bastille. {74340}{74394}Guards are everywhere. {74396}{74467}- We�ll blast our way out.|- Yes! {74469}{74579}{y:i}(plays listless, melancholic piece) {74647}{74716}{y:i}(sighs) {75169}{75274}Monsieur Chopin, it sounds|so like the raindrops, it�s quite magical, {75276}{75367}but I must ask you to produce|a little sunshine for us instead. {75369}{75498}I�m about to go mad with the sound|of horrid rain, day in, day out. {75500}{75591}Ordinarily I would just take a bromide|and go to bed, {75593}{75695}but one has guests to entertain. {75720}{75801}Stupid, stupid rain! {75881}{75941}No need to entertain us, Your Excellency. {75943}{76010}Rather, it is our turn to entertain you. {76012}{76092}- I�ve just written a play for your theatre.|- Oh, how gay! {76094}{76179}Eugene will paint the scenery.|The maids can do the costumes. {76181}{76261}- Chopin will provide an accompaniment.|- Delighted. {76263}{76380}We�ll play the parts and you will enjoy|this tribute from your grateful geniuses. {76405}{76510}The style�s a bit precious.|Do you mind if I rewrite it? {76512}{76618}- Not at all. We�ll have a horse sent in.|- "(Marie giggles)" {76620}{76698}What is the subject of your play? {76716}{76834}- Noah and the flood.|- "(laughs)" How appropriate! {77100}{77171}"(George)" Oh, this heat! Will it never end? {77173}{77280}Here sits my stupid lout of a husband.|I don�t know what God sees in him. {77282}{77338}I hate those things. Can I see that? {77340}{77428}You don�t remember them|because you didn�t write them! {77430}{77517}I can�t remember them|because they�re shit! {77519}{77583}{y:i}(arguing) {77854}{77902}Ah, children. {77904}{77976}You are wanted in the theatre. Now! {78367}{78416}There you are! {78418}{78513}You must hurry.|Hurry up! Get into your costumes! {78619}{78723}I am as excited as if it were an|opening night at the Com�die Fran�aise. {78725}{78842}- You rode over in all this rain!|- A new play! This is a real treat! {78844}{78984}Our artists have been up all night making|their costumes. It�s terribly exciting! {78986}{79036}You�re not acting in this piece? {79038}{79130}I have no stomach for farce.|I am here to cue you. {79132}{79214}When I signal you like so, {79216}{79304}you must play something|which suggests rain. {79306}{79373}I expect this will be very amusing. {79375}{79415}Yes. {79417}{79507}Alfred and George have really|outdone themselves this time. {79509}{79619}Do you know, I think|they are still in love with each other. {79621}{79662}{y:i}(knocking) {79963}{80003}- Clap.|- Good evening. {80005}{80075}I am God. {80077}{80232}I have grown disappointed|in my master creation, the human race. {80234}{80360}I endowed them with everything.|The riches of the land, sea and air. {80362}{80442}And enough intelligence to worship me. {80444}{80508}But they have become|arrogant and pampered. {80510}{80554}I shall destroy them. {80556}{80668}All except for one man and his family. {80737}{80794}"(Duchess)" Ah! {80796}{80877}This is my servant Noah {80879}{80966}and his wife Noette and their children. {80968}{81077}Into their hands|do I place the future of mankind. {81102}{81190}Oh, this heat! Will it never rain? {81192}{81323}Here sits my stupid lout of a husband.|I don�t know what God sees in him. {81325}{81464}Ah, who can express|the despair of youth married to age? {81466}{81615}My husband is 600 years old|while I am but 150! {81696}{81752}A dove! Ha! {81754}{81836}What luck!|There will be good hunting today! {81857}{81908}Look! {81950}{82084}It has begun to rain! Stupid, stupid rain! {82086}{82176}Yes, I have sent the stupid rain|to fall upon the earth {82178}{82257}and stupidity|shall engulf all its inhabitants. {82259}{82303}Hurry now to the ark {82305}{82414}and fill it with two each|of the creatures of land, sea and air. {82416}{82480}Lord, we have no need for animals. {82482}{82557}Art alone will save the world. {82559}{82651}We�ll need two of everything.|Two poets, painters, musicians... {82653}{82775}They will not come - your conversation|is not witty and you have no ideals. {82777}{82840}"(laughs)" True. {82842}{82947}But we shall also give them free food|and lodging for 40 days and nights. {82949}{83027}We shall also need two playwrights,|two composers, {83029}{83079}two makers of velvet flowers. {83081}{83118}Now you go too far. {83120}{83182}But it is an art, surely. {83184}{83315}Noette, come quickly!|This stupid rain is up to our waists! {83346}{83451}We are now half-stupid!|Soon we shall be completely stupid! {83453}{83546}No matter! We shall have geniuses|surrounding us on the ark {83548}{83618}and so our stupidity shall be concealed. {83640}{83700}I want no further part of this production! {83796}{83869}Madame Sand, you insult our hosts. {83871}{83973}But... it�s in the spirit of fun,|Monsieur Chopin. {83975}{84025}You disgrace our position as guests. {84027}{84127}I for one was not brought up|to repay generosity with impertinence. {84129}{84229}You want everything dusted with sugar,|like your music, Chopin? {84231}{84344}You should know art does not apologise! {84751}{84859}I shouldn�t grieve if I never saw|another artist again in my whole life. {84861}{84935}At last you�ve come to your senses. {84986}{85021}Sorry. {85023}{85060}Ah. {86474}{86539}Do it the way you did it last time. {86541}{86625}Something that makes me look|a little younger, please. {86627}{86682}You always look young to me. {86684}{86742}Perhaps I should chop it all off like you. {86744}{86810}Except that I�m not that crazy. {86835}{86913}Aurora,|surely you can afford a dress by now. {86938}{87055}I�ve got used to trousers. They�re|comfortable and I can move around. {87057}{87153}Can you feel that draught?|It comes straight through that wall. {87155}{87263}I�ve told you before, Mama.|Don�t stay here. {87265}{87343}- Come back with me to Nohant.|- No, I want to be in Paris. {87345}{87405}Besides, you don�t need my company. {87407}{87494}You have that young man.|What�s he called? {87496}{87555}Malle... Malle... {87580}{87671}- Mallefille.|- Mallefille! {87673}{87774}- A very dashing fellow.|- I wish he�d fall off the map. {87776}{87861}You�re always looking|for something better, Aurora. {87863}{87925}If you�d stayed married,|you�d have money. {87927}{88010}- You shouldn�t beg for scraps like I did.|- I�m doing fine. {88012}{88143}The only money I ever saw was what|your grandmother paid me not to see you. {88145}{88200}You didn�t have to take it. {88238}{88291}That�s rather nice. {88327}{88449}I think I�ll go dancing tonight,|get out of this dungeon. {88451}{88575}- Can I be your partner?|- Certainly not. I want a proper man. {88577}{88623}"(Liszt)" It�s only for six weeks. {88625}{88691}You only just got back. It�s humiliating! {88693}{88782}I know you. Six weeks means six months. {88784}{88907}My concerts raise money for the refugees.|The floods this year were devastating. {88909}{88985}It�s my country,|these are my people and they need me. {88987}{89050}Suddenly|you�re the patron saint of Hungary! {89052}{89130}I couldn�t stand|between you and mankind. {89242}{89301}I�ll return as soon as I can. {89303}{89392}My beautiful archangel. I�ll miss you. {89624}{89692}{y:i}(baby cries) {89742}{89853}- You made my milk come out.|- Hadn�t you better feed the baby? {89855}{89899}I gave up everything for you. {89901}{89985}I disgraced myself for our dream, Franz. {89987}{90065}All I wanted was to kneel at your feet. {90067}{90146}- Don�t start, Marie.|- Inspire you to write music. {90148}{90242}- I can�t get anything done here!|- Nor anywhere! You�re impotent! {90244}{90311}- Musically, that is.|- Get up! {90313}{90359}You�re a performing bear! {90361}{90466}Are the countess and Monsieur Liszt|at home? {90468}{90514}I will see, madame. {90558}{90622}Is that the new baby? {90624}{90718}She�s adorable. Can I hold her? {90780}{90831}Darling. {91008}{91093}- Countess!|- Hello, George. {91095}{91169}I just saw the new baby. She�s adorable. {91171}{91219}Was it a difficult labour? {91221}{91295}Very. What brings you to Paris? {91297}{91367}- My mother�s ill.|- Oh. {91369}{91483}I�ve been so depressed.|Seeing friends again will do me good. {91485}{91531}How�s Franz? {91533}{91587}He�s very well. {91725}{91781}Have you seen the charming Chopin? {91801}{91840}No. {91865}{91932}- Why do you ask?|- Marie... {91993}{92054}I�ve tried so hard|to put him out of my mind. {92056}{92107}You want him very badly. {92109}{92214}For a few heavenly minutes|l thought I had him, too. {92216}{92292}In Angers, remember, I wore that dress.|Our eyes met... {92294}{92382}You won�t get him with a dress.|On the contrary, my dear. {92384}{92470}I know the man.|He is not a man. He is a woman. {92472}{92539}He�s all emotion and refinement. {92541}{92606}He has very few defences. {92608}{92690}You must win him|as a man wins a woman. {92692}{92748}If anyone can do it, you can, George. {92750}{92833}This is enlightening. Tell me more. {92835}{92889}How does a man pursue a woman? {92891}{92968}He flings himself at her feet,|follows her everywhere. {92970}{93021}Wherever she turns, he is there, {93023}{93118}pouring into her ear|only what she most wants to hear. {93120}{93173}His passion frightens her, {93175}{93264}but a woman|will always bend toward a strong man, {93266}{93342}just as the vine stretches toward the wall. {93361}{93454}A woman is always on the point|of abandoning herself anyhow. {93456}{93531}It only takes one firm push. {93615}{93686}You are sublime! {93688}{93739}A true friend. {94551}{94601}Ah! {94603}{94673}Yes. Those are marvellous. {94675}{94709}Yes. {94736}{94780}This is from... {94795}{94835}George Sand. {94875}{94933}Thank you. {94993}{95118}And I want something|with a much thinner, narrower line. {95161}{95213}Yes, that is good, I think. {95215}{95312}In fact, you could make this even more... {95789}{95879}No, I don�t want this. Take it off, please. {96046}{96124}You are so good to escort me tonight. {96126}{96227}People shun me unless I am|on the arm of someone respectable. {96229}{96340}I do not understand your concern. You|will find nothing but friends at Eugene�s. {96342}{96392}Friends? Ha! {96417}{96474}- You are fatally sweet.|- Hm. {96523}{96588}I wonder if George will be there. {96590}{96719}She has the most alarming way|of turning up everywhere I go. {96721}{96800}I�m beginning to find it unnerving. {96802}{96860}She has a desperate purpose. {96894}{96945}What do you mean? {96947}{97072}A while ago she was out drinking|and gambling - she leads a rough life - {97074}{97135}and she boasted that... {97175}{97301}Let�s not talk about it. I fear I am|about to commit a tremendous faux pas. {97451}{97600}Socially she is too bizarre,|but somehow I find her very compelling. {97602}{97661}I wonder if she is different when alone. {97663}{97726}She boasted|that you are to be her next lover. {97728}{97799}Alfred was there.|He�s still the love of her life. {97801}{97881}He put money on it|you wouldn�t be seduced. {97883}{98002}Yes, they made you the object of a bet. {98022}{98107}Well, you know|she�s eternally in need of money. {98133}{98185}Here we are. {98424}{98509}You have the most priceless expression|on your face. {98511}{98585}There�s Mallefille.|We can be sure George is here. {98587}{98650}He�s still following her like a tail. {98652}{98704}Darling, it�s so good to see you. {98706}{98802}- I didn�t know you�d be here.|- I didn�t either. {98804}{98854}{y:i}(chatter and laughter) {99131}{99193}Chopin hates my paintings. {99228}{99342}No. Dear friend, I am just a musician.|What do I know? {99344}{99411}They... They are very... {99495}{99543}- Are you ill?|- No. {99545}{99619}I only wish to lie down for a minute. {99650}{99744}I have a room just to the side|where you can relax. {99804}{99892}It�s all right, everyone.|She�s going to be all right. {99916}{100008}- What do you suppose is wrong?|- She�s probably pregnant again. {100010}{100039}There�s George. {100081}{100164}Excuse me.|I have no desire to speak to that woman. {100327}{100396}Chopinsky! You hiding from George too? {100457}{100501}You would know the reason. {100503}{100597}I don�t want to spoil a good|drunken stupor by imagining your reason. {100599}{100686}Ever since the latest chapter|of her egregious memoir was published, {100688}{100741}I can hardly show my face anywhere. {100743}{100836}Did you read her latest novel?|It�s not literature, it�s drainage. {100854}{100927}She only wrote good books|when she was with me. {100929}{101040}Every morning while she was sleeping|I�d cross out half her adjectives. {101042}{101098}Hercules could not have done it. {101119}{101235}He�d have rather|cleaned out the bloody stables. {101260}{101307}Know what�s funny? {101333}{101384}- She doesn�t come.|- Oh. {101386}{101463}She makes a lot of pretty noise,|but she can�t come. {101465}{101561}Like her books - lovesick posturing|and pretence for quick money. {101563}{101632}Oh, what a whore she is. {101634}{101709}This is despicable. You are drunk. {101743}{101862}My only regret is that I didn�t put 20 francs|on the mantelpiece the first time. {101864}{101918}I can assure you, monsieur, {101920}{102002}that Madame Sand will gain no money|from you on my account. {102004}{102033}Hm? {102105}{102188}{y:i}(jaunty music) {102240}{102301}Eugene! {102303}{102379}Where�s angel fingers? I�ve lost him. {102381}{102454}- He�s taking the Countess d�Agoult home.|- Oh. {102523}{102572}If you plan to invade Poland, {102574}{102664}you should know that the countess|has placed her troops at the border. {102666}{102707}What are you talking about? {102709}{102815}- I read a love letter she wrote to him.|- What letter? What did it say? {102817}{102862}Marie�s jealous of you. {102864}{102976}She couldn�t stand it|if you got a better composer than hers. {103007}{103110}I don�t know why I dress up.|Nothing here but old men. {103112}{103189}You should bring|that Mallefille fellow with you. {103191}{103321}- He�s at Nohant tutoring the children.|- So you took my advice and kept him. {103323}{103398}No. It�s all over with us. {103400}{103472}- What does he say to that?|- Oh... {103474}{103563}He threatens to kill me and himself|if I leave him. {103565}{103632}He�s been reading|too many of your books! {103634}{103714}- Let�s stop here.|- Mama, it is too cold for you here. {103716}{103778}No, it�s a lovely day. {103920}{104037}Why should the last thing I see|be a priest with the face of a dustbin? {104039}{104095}I�m not afraid to stand before my maker. {104097}{104224}God can accuse me of many things,|but I defy him to say I haven�t loved him. {104226}{104351}Yes. Yes, that�s pretty.|Now the ribbons, hm? {104353}{104400}No, it�s too heavy. {104447}{104519}Yes, in a bow. {104521}{104568}{y:i}(sighs) {104570}{104620}So hot. {104646}{104732}Will you be going back to Nohant? {104734}{104776}Yes, Mama. {104778}{104840}I want you to take me with you. {104866}{104962}- You always hated it there.|- No, I didn�t. {104964}{105009}I felt excluded, that�s all. {105034}{105095}I never excluded you. {105097}{105139}I needed you. {105141}{105260}You never needed anybody.|Always running off alone in the woods. {105262}{105356}All the servants out calling �Aurora!� {105393}{105443}Aurora? {105468}{105537}- Where did you go?|- In the woods? {105565}{105655}I wasn�t going anywhere.|I was just running. {105725}{105796}Mama? Mama? {105865}{105974}{y:i}(�tude, played with unrelenting|{y:i}vigour and harshness) {106379}{106519}Good. Yes, you�ve learned|a great many notes, Your Highness. {106521}{106658}I think it�s just a question|of joining them together... legato. {106660}{106762}Simplicity is the hardest thing.|It�s the final thing. {106794}{106845}Well, er... {106847}{106906}- Next week, then?|- Yes. {107142}{107200}Good day, Your Highness. {107251}{107317}Monsieur, Baroness Dudevant is here. {107337}{107402}Baroness Dudevant? {107404}{107454}I don�t think I know her. {107497}{107553}Well, send her in. {107744}{107815}This is the first time|I�ve found a use for my title. {107817}{107856}You are incredible! {107858}{107927}I only need a minute of your time,|then I�ll go. {107997}{108090}Very well. I�ll give you exactly one minute. {108201}{108250}I am leaving Pa... {108252}{108319}{y:i}(plays �Minute Waltz�) {108495}{108554}I am leaving Paris. {108556}{108644}You can�t have failed to notice|I�ve been pursuing you. {108677}{108717}I�m in love with you. {108838}{108891}I don�t know you at all... {109060}{109100}{y:i}(stops playing) {109207}{109317}I don�t know you at all, but I know this: {109342}{109394}you are great. {109435}{109519}You have made a single instrument|speak the language of God. {109521}{109612}And I wanted to learn it from your lips,|you see. {109614}{109675}Anyway, you... {109677}{109720}You don�t want me and... {109722}{109829}it�s become complicated,|like everything between two people. {109831}{109927}It seems to me a pity,|because it could have been so simple. {109929}{109981}I�m begging you to give this up. {110049}{110157}I know that you�re in need, with|your children and your mother�s funeral. {110159}{110236}Why don�t you take this?|Then you can call off the bet. {110238}{110275}What bet? {110277}{110394}I know you have sworn to seduce me,|and at this rate you will succeed, so... {110396}{110478}That�s a disgusting lie!|Who told you that? Marie? {110480}{110533}I have no reason to doubt her. {110535}{110626}Once I wrote you a letter|and asked her to deliver it. {110628}{110693}I found out|that she signed her own name to it! {110695}{110767}Surely you realise|she wants you for herself? {110820}{110899}- Dear lady, please...|- Don�t worry, I�m going! {110934}{110979}She�s right. We�re not suited. {110981}{111060}I�m not full of virtues and noble qualities. {111062}{111119}I love, that is all. {111121}{111250}But I love strongly,|exclusively, steadfastly. {111813}{111872}- You remember?|{y:i}- (children laugh) {111913}{111975}{y:i}(knock at door) {111977}{112053}"- (Mallefille)" George?|{y:i}- (lock rattles) {113059}{113135}- Is madame at home, please?|- Yes, monsieur. {113329}{113428}- Madame? Please excuse me.|- Sophie! {113451}{113544}There�s no more. I�m empty.|That�s the last you�ll get from me. {113546}{113631}- I will return another time.|- Don�t go. {113656}{113716}You haven�t visited me for a long time. {113718}{113785}Forgive me. My health has been hateful. {113787}{113825}Franz is away. {113827}{113937}All the royal houses of Europe have|invited him to play, it seems. Even Russia. {113939}{114024}Like most peasants,|he has a weakness for crowned heads. {114040}{114095}You may turn around. {114097}{114144}Please sit. {114169}{114219}Thank you. {114277}{114354}Do you hear anything|from Madame Sand? {114356}{114452}- Will she be coming to Paris this year?|- I am no longer her friend. {114454}{114539}She severed herself from Franz and me|with no explanation. {114541}{114622}- You have her latest book, I see.|- Yes. {114624}{114704}- Have you read it?|- I wouldn�t touch such trash. {114772}{114837}Madame,|last summer you gave me a letter. {114866}{114916}Yes, I took a chance... {114918}{114994}you would forgive me|speaking the truth of my heart. {114996}{115048}In fact, I was appalled. {115050}{115152}But I could not reject it entirely. {115154}{115244}Something touched me.|A phrase, like a tune one can�t forget. {115246}{115333}- Shall I remind you what you wrote?|- Do. {115453}{115536}�I am not full of virtues|and noble qualities.� {115538}{115581}�I love, that is all.� {115583}{115682}�But I love strongly,|exclusively, steadfastly.� {115707}{115768}Imagine my surprise|when I found that here. {115798}{115863}I see I must confess. {115894}{115960}When I wrote you that letter, {115962}{116032}my tender feelings for you|so overpowered me {116034}{116135}I could not find words|of clarity and persuasion. {116137}{116248}I was desperate.|I looked around me for help. {116250}{116313}I saw George�s book|and stole what I needed. {116315}{116380}But a year ago|this book had not been published. {116405}{116465}Or even written, I suspect. {116502}{116596}I think I�ve found the truth,|for which I thank you, {116598}{116656}and I owe Madame Sand an apology. {116658}{116723}Perhaps now|she and I can become friends. {116725}{116790}Don�t be content with just a little truth. {116792}{116904}George will never be content with just|your friendship. She wants your manhood. {116906}{116983}Your virtue, your genius, your soul. {116985}{117055}Listen to me! That woman is a graveyard! {117057}{117111}But I can help you. {117113}{117162}I can inspire you. {117220}{117308}This is the novel|and that�s the last chapter of the memoir. {117461}{117566}- It�s a bit on the thin side.|- So�s my life. {117735}{117812}- Do you know of a good tutor?|- I�ll ask around. {117814}{117910}By the way,|Mr Chopin came to see me last week. {117912}{118001}He asked if you would call on him|when you were in town. {118015}{118107}Mmm! Do I hear a duet? {118109}{118192}Perhaps this is not the last chapter, eh? {118194}{118258}Give me my money, you jackal! {118266}{118323}Madame Aurora Dudevant. {118489}{118557}Aurora is the name I was born with. {118579}{118677}Aurora. What a lovely name. {118724}{118770}The dawn. {118772}{118856}{y:i}(plays �Fantasie-Impromptu in C minor�) {119945}{119995}{y:i}(sighs) {120161}{120219}- I�m not happy with it.|- Why? {120221}{120345}Because a perfect impromptu|should seem spontaneous and free. {120347}{120448}No-one should be able to guess|at the desperate calculation behind it. {120450}{120536}I�ve been struggling with this for so long. {120538}{120611}It�s like being tangled in a net. I feel... {120613}{120685}I have terrible dreams at night. {120687}{120802}I think if I ever finish it,|then it will have finished me. {120931}{121015}You must suffer tortures {121017}{121114}to find the perfect word|that will make it all seem effortless. {121141}{121253}Me? Suffer for art? You must be joking. {121255}{121324}I suffer quite enough for life. {121349}{121454}I have no hope to be perfect.|I simply pump out pages for money. {121456}{121551}No, your books are admirable.|I�ve been reading them. {121553}{121607}Have you? {121643}{121693}"(George)" Ah. {121799}{121871}Is this your family? {121873}{121931}No, that�s my fianc�e. {121933}{122008}Well, we are no longer engaged. {122010}{122117}Her family didn�t feel|that I was a very good risk for a husband. {122119}{122173}No-one expects me to live very long. {122175}{122251}- Balls!|- I beg your pardon? {122298}{122407}Look, I don�t believe you�re ill at all. {122409}{122476}You just need more strength. {122478}{122519}Take mine. {122553}{122590}Really. {122617}{122675}I have too much of it. {123247}{123303}- No.|- Yes. I want you so. {123305}{123342}- No.|- Oh! {123396}{123452}Forgive me. {123619}{123658}I... {123660}{123775}fear that we would harm the memory|of our beautiful afternoon. {123795}{123868}Yes. Yes, of course. {123923}{123963}All right. {124078}{124137}Who�s taught you to be afraid? {124139}{124200}No wonder you�re choking to death. {124202}{124283}Someone�s got to show you|how to breathe. {124285}{124365}Come on. Come on. {124367}{124458}You need light and air.|You need to move about. {124460}{124549}Why stay inside wrestling with perfection? {124551}{124641}Come outside!|Perfection is flowing all around you! {124643}{124694}- "(Mallefille)" George!|- No! {124841}{124884}Run, Chopin! {124886}{124947}- Excuse me?|- Yes. {124993}{125052}I won�t kill you here as you deserve. {125054}{125121}I will kill you honourably|at dawn tomorrow. {125123}{125179}With any weapon you prefer. {125207}{125253}You wish to fight me? {125284}{125359}You have stolen my lady�s affections. {125361}{125449}- I wish the chance to avenge myself.|- "(George)" Mallefille! {125480}{125526}No! {125528}{125586}Very well, monsieur. {125588}{125642}I will give you the opportunity. {125644}{125709}But not the prize. {125948}{126029}Let�s go back. This is ridiculous. {126031}{126194}What, run for my hole like a rabbit?|I could never respect myself afterwards. {126196}{126243}Nor could you, Aurora. {126245}{126349}I�m going to fight at dawn|for the right to see another dawn. {126388}{126455}- Eugene.|- It�s too late. {126457}{126526}He�s in love. {126528}{126586}Monsieur. Madame. {126588}{126650}Welcome. {126677}{126747}The doctor is here.|These are my seconds. {126776}{126844}The sun is rising. Shall we go? {126846}{126883}Please. {127113}{127217}I wonder...|Is there by any chance a cleaner one? {127344}{127469}- Don�t hurt him. Aim at the clouds.|- He is not much more than a cloud. {127471}{127538}I�ll come back to you.|I�ll never see him again. {127540}{127593}Just stop these silly heroics. {127595}{127680}You have placed me|in an impossible position. {127682}{127739}All I have left is a show of strength. {127741}{127821}Besides, women like that sort of thing. {127840}{127887}Are you insane? {127989}{128034}Pretty dress. {128246}{128310}Are you ready, gentlemen? {128554}{128625}And... one. {128627}{128660}Two. {128662}{128700}Three. {128702}{128738}Four. {128740}{128777}Five. {128779}{128822}Six. {128824}{128884}Seven. Eight. {128886}{128941}Nine. Ten. {129036}{129103}- This man has fainted!|- That man is wounded. {129105}{129156}Too bad! Help us lift him. {129391}{129430}Wait! {129432}{129486}Come back! {129488}{129548}I knew it! It�s the frail one! {129640}{129729}Oh, my God! Is he dead? {129731}{129783}I hope the damp hasn�t killed him. {129785}{129874}- Show us your finest room.|- I have one ready. {130357}{130456}Give him milk when he wakes up.|Try not to excite him. {130458}{130519}Thank you, Doctor. {130521}{130600}And now you�d best|have a look at this rump. {130643}{130712}- You�ve humiliated me.|- Good. {130714}{130781}You�ll be too embarrassed to speak of it. {130783}{130843}No-one must know what�s happened. {130845}{130906}- Gentlemen, do I have your word?|- Yes. {130908}{130957}And you, monsieur? {130959}{131052}After all the time we spent together,|how could you? {131054}{131102}In cold blood? {131104}{131206}It was easy.|You�re a menace to the future of art. {131256}{131322}Goodbye. {131375}{131452}Remember what the doctor said.|Try not to excite him. {131454}{131533}- He needs peace.|- I know what he needs. {131535}{131608}Go home. Paint something dead. {131987}{132049}- Aurora?|- Yes. {132260}{132315}I feel very weak. {132343}{132426}- Have I been wounded?|- No. {132428}{132536}No. On the contrary, you wounded him. {132538}{132638}In his shooting arm, too.|He never even had time to fire. {132640}{132692}It was a brilliant fight. {132729}{132785}And then I fell? {132810}{132894}I suppose I swooned away like a woman. {132922}{133048}You were overcome by...|the violence of what you�d done. {133050}{133125}You�re a sensitive man. {133127}{133176}It was very hard. {133201}{133292}- I remember the gun was shaking so.|- You see? {133294}{133401}You�re stronger than you knew.|And I thought you needed me. {133430}{133484}But I do need you. {133874}{133924}Drink your milk. {134043}{134091}Where are the others? {134093}{134153}They�ve gone. {134155}{134215}- Gone?|- Mm-hm. {134359}{134415}But how will we get back to Paris? {134440}{134535}Why don�t we stay here for a few days?|It�s peaceful. {134537}{134581}It�s discreet. {134644}{134675}Chopin. {134756}{134824}Do you love me? {134850}{134902}God help me, I do. {134929}{134973}You are superb. {135342}{135402}Don�t. {135404}{135454}What is wrong? {135560}{135616}I�m frightened. {135667}{135717}Of me? {135775}{135890}Certain acts are unseemly.|They are unsuitable. {135963}{136009}Chopin. {136084}{136145}It�s an act of love. {136204}{136276}It�s the divine mystery itself. {136278}{136364}You must think I�m inexperienced,|but I assure you, {136409}{136525}I was baptised in the brothels of Paris|when I first arrived. {136582}{136633}But, um... {136678}{136737}I�m so ill, {136765}{136841}and I have been for such a long time, {136843}{136964}and my body|is such a great disappointment to me {136966}{137090}that I�ve already said goodbye to it.|I�m not really in it any more. {137092}{137214}I�m just happier|floating about in music. {137216}{137304}And if I should come back {137306}{137403}inside this miserable collection of bones, {137405}{137532}then I am afraid that|it would probably collapse altogether. {137629}{137679}Forgive me. {137711}{137770}- I am ashamed.|- No, no. {137832}{137900}Forgive me. {137902}{137956}I�m a fraud, you know. {137974}{138082}Divine mystery!|I�ve never experienced that with anyone. {138138}{138226}I�ve always had disastrous relationships. {138267}{138362}- I�ve never managed to stay in love.|- Why? {138364}{138414}I don�t know. {138484}{138540}I want too much. {138600}{138651}I think. {138680}{138736}Except when I hear you play. {138766}{138830}And when I�m around you. {138904}{138937}Look... {139026}{139101}I simply want to be with you. {139150}{139215}The rest doesn�t matter. Really. {139286}{139419}Do you think we could just... be together? {139449}{139489}Like this? {139514}{139569}Yes. Yes. {139646}{139709}Well, I have at last heard �yes�. {139756}{139827}So... that�s enough. {139855}{139913}And I�m happy. {140104}{140166}So we�ll go back to Paris. {143798}{143855}{y:i}(Liszt and Marie arguing) {143857}{143911}{y:i}(baby screams) {143982}{144007}Sophie! {144009}{144113}Will you please take them for a walk?|Throw them in the Seine! I don�t care! {144155}{144262}So George has caught another butterfly.|Why shouldn�t he fall in love with her? {144264}{144347}He hasn�t fallen in love.|He has succumbed to her. {144349}{144472}The poor man was simply standing there|and was crushed under her wheels. {144493}{144541}It�s not too late. {144543}{144631}Franz, you must go over at once|and talk to him. {144656}{144701}Please. {145012}{145086}Excellent. Thank you. Show me. {145111}{145214}That is perfect. Thank Monsieur Villon|for me. We can be off. {145264}{145372}Franz. I... I didn�t know you were back. {145413}{145493}- Countess.|- You�re going out? {145495}{145551}Er, yes, I�m just leaving. {145553}{145611}The "�tudes" are published. I didn�t know. {145613}{145663}Let�s have a listen. {145665}{145774}Could you take those downstairs for me?|And this trunk has to go. {145776}{145821}{y:i}(starts playing) {145836}{145903}Franz, Chopin�s going out. {145984}{146052}We�ll come with you so we can talk. {146115}{146181}I�m going to meet Madame Sand. {146231}{146300}- This is wonderful!|- You play it better than I. {146317}{146381}You�re going on a trip? {146383}{146411}Franz! {146435}{146507}Chopin is going to meet Madame Sand. {146509}{146612}Franz thinks you�re making a mistake.|He�s in a position to caution you. {146614}{146683}He once had his own experience|with George. {146685}{146777}- Marie, I told you nothing happened.|- So you love to claim. {146779}{146853}You must listen to him,|because, one way or another, {146855}{146926}Franz knows exactly who she is. {146928}{146988}"(George)" I�ve always wanted to know. {147109}{147223}See here, darling.|Chopin has dedicated the "�tudes" to you. {147259}{147312}To me? {147384}{147503}It is a tremendous honour.|What did you do to deserve it, I wonder? {147563}{147653}Marie is an angel of inspiration. {147736}{147793}It�s good to see you, Franz. {147795}{147870}You should come back|to Paris more often. {147872}{147961}We all get into such trouble|when you�re away. {148063}{148112}Where are you taking him? {148114}{148231}For a long time now I have blamed myself|for your unhappiness and suffering. {148256}{148328}And when I think|of the music I might have written {148330}{148424}if not for the guilt which has|murdered my vitality all these years! {148463}{148561}But Chopin has seen|a happier side of you, it seems. {148588}{148759}You can�t think that I...|that he and I were lovers? {148811}{148906}I�m not sure it was a good idea of yours|dedicating the "�tudes" to her. {148908}{148975}Why not? We are in love. {148977}{149042}We can afford to be generous. {149093}{149172}They�re running away together!|It�s a catastrophe! {149174}{149260}- It sounds like fun to me.|- Oh, I see. {149262}{149312}Ever the wily peasant you are. {149314}{149433}With Chopin out of Paris, your music|no longer suffers the comparison! {149571}{149671}They say Majorca|is the most magical island in the world. {149673}{149767}The sun will bake that silly cough|out of your lungs in no time. {149784}{149848}Think of it! Spain! {149850}{149905}Pirates! {149907}{149963}Pirates! {150177}{150246}Don�t you understand? She�ll kill him! {150248}{150287}She�ll kill him! {150295}{150369}"(Chopin)" May we shut this, please? {150403}{150464}No, darling, the air is good for you. {150505}{150555}{y:i}(Chopin coughs) {154822}{154900}Visiontext Subtitles: Gill Parrott {154922}{154972}ENHOH 66288