1 00:01:01,186 --> 00:01:04,773 Milord, time is short. Leave now, I beg you. 2 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:06,608 You'll be arrested. 3 00:01:06,775 --> 00:01:08,693 Fetch some candles. 4 00:01:09,444 --> 00:01:11,196 I'll be working late. 5 00:01:11,780 --> 00:01:13,782 And my usual glass of wine. 6 00:01:18,286 --> 00:01:20,622 This world had to change. 7 00:01:21,706 --> 00:01:24,125 But the revolution is sweeping the land 8 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,880 and now it's my turn to be swept aside. 9 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:32,384 Old prejudices make men blind... 10 00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:34,552 drive them mad... 11 00:01:35,637 --> 00:01:39,641 devour his heart and turn him into a Beast. 12 00:03:11,232 --> 00:03:13,568 In the year 1764, 13 00:03:14,235 --> 00:03:17,572 the Beast reached our soil, and made it hers. 14 00:03:18,323 --> 00:03:23,161 A year later, her fame had spread beyond the borders of our province, 15 00:03:23,578 --> 00:03:27,749 and it seemed no mortal would ever overcome her. 16 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:29,584 The Beast's assaults 17 00:03:30,418 --> 00:03:33,922 slowly sank the region of Gévaudan into darkness. 18 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:46,494 Who goes there? 19 00:06:20,755 --> 00:06:22,090 What's he done? 20 00:06:23,925 --> 00:06:25,426 - What? - He's a thief. 21 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:30,598 - And her? - His daughter. 22 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:32,183 Damned witch! 23 00:06:33,184 --> 00:06:35,687 I healed their horses. They owe me. 24 00:06:36,104 --> 00:06:38,273 Don't listen. All liars! 25 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:40,275 - - Did he heal the horses? - Yes. 26 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:54,455 Begone! 27 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:22,984 Welcome to the land of the Beast! Beware of wolf traps! 28 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:28,072 Sir Grégoire de Fronsac, 29 00:07:28,656 --> 00:07:33,077 and the man they called Mani, were neither hunters nor soldiers. 30 00:07:33,244 --> 00:07:34,829 Naturalist at King's Garden, 31 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:38,833 Paris knew Fronsac as a libertine 32 00:07:38,916 --> 00:07:40,084 and a fine wit. 33 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:42,837 The man who shadowed him 34 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:47,091 was a mysterious foreigner. 35 00:07:48,593 --> 00:07:51,346 At nightfall, the travelers arrived 36 00:07:51,512 --> 00:07:54,849 at the castle of Marquis d'Apcher their protector 37 00:07:54,932 --> 00:07:58,686 in Gévaudan for the duration of their mission. 38 00:08:26,714 --> 00:08:27,025 Our people fear no ordinary wolf. The Beast is different. 39 00:08:27,049 --> 00:08:30,802 Our people fear no ordinary wolf. The Beast is different. 40 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:35,640 She flees men as if she knew to fear them, 41 00:08:35,807 --> 00:08:38,393 yet spares no woman or child. 42 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:40,728 Have you ever seen it? 43 00:08:41,229 --> 00:08:44,565 How do you know it's just one animal? 44 00:08:45,149 --> 00:08:49,570 The survivors all say the same. She's bigger than a wolf, 45 00:08:49,737 --> 00:08:51,906 and has no fear of firearms. 46 00:08:52,073 --> 00:08:55,076 I understand your skepticism. 47 00:08:55,993 --> 00:08:59,664 I don't believe in dragons either. 48 00:08:59,831 --> 00:09:01,999 I've had a report drawn up, 49 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:06,337 a memoir of the Beast's crimes. 50 00:09:07,171 --> 00:09:09,257 Judge for yourself. 51 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:15,763 You battled the English in New France? 52 00:09:16,347 --> 00:09:20,685 Yes, I went to study animals and nature. 53 00:09:21,102 --> 00:09:24,605 I returned with wounds and a Captain's rank. 54 00:09:27,775 --> 00:09:30,027 I've organized a hospital 55 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:33,948 for victims of the Beast. In an old priory. 56 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:36,701 A woman from Lorcière. 57 00:09:37,201 --> 00:09:40,621 On her way from the fair, the Beast attacked. 58 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:45,126 Two men saved her, the Beast fled. But took half her face. 59 00:09:46,878 --> 00:09:50,047 Tell me, how is M. Buffon? 60 00:09:51,716 --> 00:09:53,634 And how fares Paris? 61 00:09:57,555 --> 00:09:59,974 And L'Ingenu? Have you read it? 62 00:10:00,141 --> 00:10:03,478 It's a bit late to discuss philosophy. 63 00:10:03,644 --> 00:10:06,564 Quite right. Let's speak of theater. 64 00:10:06,731 --> 00:10:10,985 Do you know any actresses? What's in the theater this winter? 65 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:13,321 Put it there. 66 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:18,326 A gallant lot, it's said. I've read some offer their charms. 67 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,495 Do tell me. 68 00:10:25,082 --> 00:10:27,668 Here, to satisfy your curiosity. 69 00:10:27,835 --> 00:10:31,339 The Mercure de France! We only get the Courrier d'Avignon. 70 00:10:33,174 --> 00:10:35,760 - I'll show you the common room. - He'll stay here. 71 00:10:35,927 --> 00:10:38,095 Very well. Good night, sir. 72 00:10:44,435 --> 00:10:47,021 Not Versailles, but the wine's good. 73 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,501 It's big as a cow. 74 00:11:54,422 --> 00:11:56,173 Jacques says he's seen many wolves. 75 00:11:56,257 --> 00:12:01,095 This is not a wolf. It has a longer snout, teeth with knives. 76 00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:13,274 If not a wolf, what was it then? 77 00:12:13,441 --> 00:12:14,859 A demon. 78 00:12:15,192 --> 00:12:16,277 Chevalier! 79 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:18,863 The Beast has struck near St. Alban. 80 00:12:41,969 --> 00:12:42,969 There. 81 00:12:43,971 --> 00:12:45,473 There's no one there. 82 00:12:45,806 --> 00:12:47,391 Halt! 83 00:12:48,142 --> 00:12:51,228 What are those bastards doing here? 84 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:52,813 Good day, Captain. 85 00:12:54,148 --> 00:12:58,819 Good day, Marquis. My respects. 86 00:12:58,986 --> 00:13:01,238 Beware. There are traps. 87 00:13:01,822 --> 00:13:04,825 Duhamel, Sir Grégoire De Fronsac 88 00:13:04,992 --> 00:13:06,327 of the King's Gardens. 89 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:11,499 He'd like to examine her body. With your permission, of course. 90 00:13:12,833 --> 00:13:15,836 The one who brutalized my men? 91 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:19,674 - Had I known you ordered... - I did not. 92 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:23,844 You did well, and I beg your pardon. 93 00:13:24,261 --> 00:13:27,682 They're soldiers. Trained for war, not hunting. 94 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:32,269 Careful, she's stuffed with poison. 95 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:44,448 What sort of gardener are you? 96 00:13:44,615 --> 00:13:48,536 When the Beast is killed, His Majesty wants it studied 97 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:50,204 in Paris. 98 00:13:50,871 --> 00:13:53,541 I'll keep it after it's captured. 99 00:13:53,791 --> 00:13:55,543 I'm having a look. 100 00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:02,383 With that jaw, it must weigh 500 pounds. 101 00:14:03,217 --> 00:14:05,219 This time, I'll get it. 102 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:07,722 Before the snows. 103 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:10,057 It can't get away. 104 00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:12,643 - Ever seen it? - Once. 105 00:14:12,893 --> 00:14:16,063 Once, in my musket sight. I wounded her, 106 00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:19,650 my word on it. She collapsed, then at once revived. 107 00:14:20,401 --> 00:14:23,988 We lost her near Mount Mouchet, vanished in the wood. 108 00:14:25,239 --> 00:14:26,907 Did it look like this? 109 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:34,081 She had a black stripe and spike on her back. 110 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,264 My friends, 111 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:53,684 this is the sketch artist, 112 00:14:54,518 --> 00:14:56,771 Sir Grégoire De Fronsac, 113 00:14:57,271 --> 00:15:00,274 a man of Providence indeed, come from Paris to... 114 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:01,609 sketch the Beast. 115 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:05,613 His Eminence, Bishop of Mende, 116 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:07,948 the Duke De Moncan, 117 00:15:08,282 --> 00:15:10,701 the Count De Morangias, 118 00:15:10,951 --> 00:15:13,037 and Madame the Countess, 119 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:15,956 and their son Jean-Francois 120 00:15:16,624 --> 00:15:18,542 who's also traveled. 121 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,047 - A clever hand, sir. - Thank you, sir. 122 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:28,969 M. Laffont, 123 00:15:29,303 --> 00:15:30,638 our Intendent. 124 00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:33,307 Father Henri Sardis, 125 00:15:33,390 --> 00:15:34,809 of St. Alban's. 126 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,651 Tell us, sir, is there talk of the Beast in Paris? 127 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:47,488 - They've written ballads. - Prayers would do better! 128 00:15:47,988 --> 00:15:50,741 Does Capt. Duhamel so need God? 129 00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:52,493 Don't we all? 130 00:15:52,993 --> 00:15:56,413 Duhamel's just dresses his men as women 131 00:15:56,664 --> 00:15:58,332 to bait the Beast. 132 00:15:58,999 --> 00:16:01,001 He's doing what he can. 133 00:16:01,252 --> 00:16:02,753 Such indulgence. 134 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:05,422 Duhamel is incompetent. 135 00:16:05,673 --> 00:16:09,677 His hunts exhaust the people, his ruffians devastate our land, 136 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,512 and the Beast goes free. 137 00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:16,016 If Duhamel is all I get for paying my taxes to Paris, 138 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:19,186 I'd rather give it to my valets. 139 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,188 What do you say, sir? 140 00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:23,440 You're not obliged to reply. 141 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:27,027 His Lordship likes to argue, but he's a good Christian. 142 00:16:27,111 --> 00:16:29,363 When you arrived, this assembly 143 00:16:29,446 --> 00:16:32,867 was talking my ears off with God this and God that. 144 00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:36,704 It's said the Pope sent a spy to see 145 00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:41,208 if the Beast is a manifestation of the Devil. 146 00:17:05,566 --> 00:17:06,817 Pardon me. 147 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:18,579 Marianne De Morangias. A daunting task indeed. 148 00:17:20,247 --> 00:17:21,832 Must have a loose screw. 149 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:26,086 - Who's that coming undone? - Des Forêts, a playwright. 150 00:17:27,421 --> 00:17:31,091 - Then it's simple. - Careful, she's a Morangias. 151 00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:37,765 Sir, we were conferring... 152 00:17:37,932 --> 00:17:40,184 - ...M. Des Forêts? - Himself. 153 00:17:40,351 --> 00:17:42,937 An honor. Good writers are rare. 154 00:17:43,103 --> 00:17:45,522 Marquis D'Apcher spoke of you. 155 00:17:46,106 --> 00:17:48,776 He thought of you for his memoirs. 156 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:49,944 Really? 157 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:54,281 He's in good spirits. But have some finesse. 158 00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:57,618 Wait 'til he broaches the subject. 159 00:17:58,285 --> 00:17:59,453 Excuse me. 160 00:18:01,455 --> 00:18:03,624 - Have you no shame? - None. 161 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:08,462 Does the naturalist like our country? 162 00:18:09,129 --> 00:18:12,967 I've only so far glimpsed its beauties - or one of them. 163 00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:17,137 Is such the talk of court? 164 00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:21,141 No, this is a couplet reserved for provincials. 165 00:18:22,226 --> 00:18:25,729 I might go to court if there were ladies like you. 166 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:30,901 Dinner is served. Let's go in. 167 00:18:31,151 --> 00:18:32,569 Whither thou goest... 168 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:40,244 In sailing up the St. Lawrence we found in our nets 169 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:44,081 the strangest animal I'd ever seen. 170 00:18:44,248 --> 00:18:46,417 I'd heard of the native's sacred fish, 171 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:50,004 but I was sure it was a legend. 172 00:18:50,754 --> 00:18:55,759 I was looking at a fish, the shape and size of a trout, 173 00:18:56,927 --> 00:19:02,099 but which was entirely covered in a rich black fur. 174 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,103 A furry trout? Surely you jest. 175 00:19:06,437 --> 00:19:07,771 No, sir. 176 00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:23,203 Salmo Truta Dermopilla. 177 00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:24,705 From Canada. 178 00:19:25,622 --> 00:19:27,124 Soft as mink. 179 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:37,551 - Nature is extraordinary. - The water must be cold. 180 00:19:37,718 --> 00:19:40,971 Which proves the impossible may be possible. 181 00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:42,055 Well said. 182 00:19:42,222 --> 00:19:45,225 It surely won you the King's favor. 183 00:19:45,392 --> 00:19:47,644 I doubt he deserves it. 184 00:19:48,145 --> 00:19:51,315 Though I do recognize your talent for acting. 185 00:19:51,815 --> 00:19:54,318 Had I two hands, I'd applaud. 186 00:19:57,237 --> 00:20:01,075 - Please pardon him. - Your son is right. 187 00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:04,078 This animal doesn't exist. 188 00:20:04,745 --> 00:20:07,915 My taxidermist is a clever man. 189 00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:09,666 Please excuse the prank. 190 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:13,670 Should this fable convince us there is no Beast? 191 00:20:14,254 --> 00:20:16,173 That we're simpletons? 192 00:20:16,673 --> 00:20:18,342 The moral of the fable 193 00:20:18,675 --> 00:20:22,096 is that dragons and unicorns only appear in fables. 194 00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:25,265 Lies appear true dressed in Latin. 195 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:29,853 Careful, sir. We may lose all sense of what you're saying. 196 00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:33,774 Indeed, are you a naturalist or a philosopher? 197 00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,776 Or worse - an actor! 198 00:20:35,943 --> 00:20:39,113 I believe the knight is mostly Parisian. 199 00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:42,783 Enough talk of the Beast which prays on peasants. 200 00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:45,953 How about a guessing game? Charades? 201 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:50,707 I've just composed a lover's lament. May I, Countess? 202 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:54,128 - If it isn't licentious? - Oh no. 203 00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:56,630 It's very chaste and pure. 204 00:20:56,713 --> 00:21:00,551 It's a improvisation, it's called... 205 00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:02,219 “Wolves Howl"”. 206 00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:10,561 I went not warily. 207 00:21:10,727 --> 00:21:13,313 Though I bore no malice, verily, 208 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,234 Your sly eye caught my heart in its prowl! 209 00:21:17,568 --> 00:21:19,319 I howl! 210 00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:37,588 Shall I see you soon? 211 00:21:37,754 --> 00:21:40,007 Another tall tale to amaze me? 212 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:45,179 You seem set in your idea of me. Allow me to change your mind. 213 00:21:45,512 --> 00:21:46,680 Try. 214 00:21:47,514 --> 00:21:50,184 - Coming to the hunt? - Certainly. 215 00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:54,354 I can't allow it. Too dangerous. 216 00:21:55,189 --> 00:21:58,358 Obedience is the virtue of well-born girls. 217 00:21:58,525 --> 00:22:00,277 This young man is right. 218 00:22:05,949 --> 00:22:08,285 There was, that day in Gévaudan, 219 00:22:08,869 --> 00:22:11,455 the greatest hunt ever in France. 220 00:22:12,539 --> 00:22:16,126 The King offered 6,000 pounds bounty for the Beast. 221 00:22:16,293 --> 00:22:19,630 Thousands of enlisted peasants, swordsmen and soldiers, 222 00:22:19,796 --> 00:22:23,300 but also every hunter and adventurer in the region. 223 00:22:24,301 --> 00:22:25,969 For a few hours, 224 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:29,223 we forgot we were the hunted. 225 00:23:30,701 --> 00:23:35,289 You each have a map and a location. Movements begin at seven. 226 00:23:35,372 --> 00:23:36,123 Thank you. 227 00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:39,876 You might well thank us! My people have better things to do. 228 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:42,796 Your generosity rivals your courage. 229 00:23:42,963 --> 00:23:46,550 Enough. For your sake, we'd better take her. 230 00:23:46,717 --> 00:23:49,386 We shall, your Lordship. 231 00:23:51,722 --> 00:23:53,307 What is this ruckus? 232 00:27:09,336 --> 00:27:10,921 Fine weapon, isn't it? 233 00:27:11,421 --> 00:27:14,257 I had it made in Mende, after a campaign. 234 00:27:14,591 --> 00:27:17,093 Custom-made for me, of course. 235 00:27:20,096 --> 00:27:24,184 Look. Even in Paris you'll never see such a bullet. 236 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:26,269 I make them myself. 237 00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:29,022 Silver? Afraid of werewolves? 238 00:27:30,857 --> 00:27:33,944 I like to sign my shots. 239 00:27:34,110 --> 00:27:37,864 I'm a hunter, Fronsac. And it's cost me dearly. 240 00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:40,033 How did it happen? 241 00:27:40,617 --> 00:27:44,955 I learned the hard way that one bullet won't always suffice. 242 00:27:45,121 --> 00:27:49,459 And, Sardis notwithstanding, prayer won't cure gangrene. 243 00:27:50,544 --> 00:27:53,213 - Did a bear injure you? - A lion. 244 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:58,051 Yes, two years in the Navy, I traveled a lot. 245 00:27:58,635 --> 00:28:00,554 Do you know Africa? 246 00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:04,307 My lords, my daughter caused all this. 247 00:28:04,474 --> 00:28:07,227 Here. Punish her as you will. 248 00:28:10,730 --> 00:28:12,148 Witch! 249 00:28:13,316 --> 00:28:14,985 She's a daughter of the Devil! 250 00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:19,990 - ...A demon's got her! - She's ill. She's ill. 251 00:28:20,156 --> 00:28:22,576 She's not possessed! 252 00:28:29,916 --> 00:28:31,334 Burn her! 253 00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:38,758 She mustn't swallow her tongue. She'd suffocate. 254 00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:42,095 She's not possessed. 255 00:28:43,179 --> 00:28:44,179 I know. 256 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:57,777 Naturalist, philosopher and a bonesetter as well? 257 00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:11,291 She didn't show. I won the bet. 258 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:21,801 Marquis. 259 00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:35,982 And the natives? 260 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:40,403 Superstitious brutes, like here. 261 00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:46,076 Indian hunters eat the hearts of their pray, for strength. 262 00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:48,495 Are they brutes then? 263 00:29:48,745 --> 00:29:51,498 In Africa, it's their enemies' hearts. 264 00:29:52,666 --> 00:29:54,501 My lord Count, Jean-Francois, 265 00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:56,920 You must move east... 266 00:29:58,171 --> 00:29:59,673 There you are. 267 00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:02,676 Your mother will be worried. 268 00:30:02,842 --> 00:30:07,097 She always is. If I listened, I'd be in a convent. 269 00:30:07,514 --> 00:30:10,517 I know you don't believe. A libertine. 270 00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,603 - Not when I'm in love. - You're in love? 271 00:30:19,192 --> 00:30:22,195 Ridiculous. We've hardly met. 272 00:30:23,196 --> 00:30:25,281 You thought I meant you? 273 00:30:32,872 --> 00:30:35,792 She must learn to ride like a lady. 274 00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:39,796 No harm in a little exercise. 275 00:30:42,048 --> 00:30:46,219 - My father sees no evil. - My son sees but that. 276 00:31:42,192 --> 00:31:44,277 People died... here. 277 00:31:45,528 --> 00:31:47,113 How do you know? 278 00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,283 I hear their cries. 279 00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:52,368 Mani, stop it. 280 00:31:52,535 --> 00:31:56,289 He's right. This was a Templar stronghold. 281 00:31:57,123 --> 00:32:00,460 25 heretics were burned alive in the chapel. 282 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:05,298 - Is he a seer? - No need to be. 283 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,055 You need but look. 284 00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:24,317 My brother and I played here. 285 00:32:24,984 --> 00:32:26,653 Were you not afraid? 286 00:32:28,488 --> 00:32:30,573 He protected me from ghosts. 287 00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:47,400 - No taste for the hunt? - That a crime here? 288 00:33:50,069 --> 00:33:52,822 For Indians, a portrait steals the soul. 289 00:33:54,324 --> 00:33:55,992 My soul, too, interests you? 290 00:34:39,035 --> 00:34:41,120 On foot at a hunt!? 291 00:34:41,287 --> 00:34:44,207 - My fault. - I didn't ask you. 292 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,296 - What possessed you? - It's only a wolf. 293 00:34:50,546 --> 00:34:53,716 - If it were the Beast? - I don't think so. 294 00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:10,650 Pray the Beast is one of these wolves. 295 00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:13,569 These won't devour anyone now. 296 00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:16,489 Curious fellow. 297 00:35:16,990 --> 00:35:19,575 - Where did you find him? - New France. 298 00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:23,663 Is he... an Acadian? 299 00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:26,749 An Indian. A Mohawk Iroquois. 300 00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:29,752 An Indian? A real one? 301 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:31,671 He doesn't look it. 302 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:37,343 Come to St. Alban tonight. We'll have fun with your valet. 303 00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:40,513 - He's not my valet. - What then? 304 00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:42,515 He's my brother. 305 00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:07,040 Really! Mixing your blood 306 00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:10,043 with that of a savage? 307 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:13,296 No savage shares one's hardship. 308 00:36:14,047 --> 00:36:17,050 Mani saved me from the English at Trois Rivières. 309 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:20,053 I thought the savages were cannibals. 310 00:36:20,386 --> 00:36:22,889 As you can see, sir, 311 00:36:23,056 --> 00:36:25,141 Mani is no animal. 312 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:31,898 Can you reproduce with a woman of our race? 313 00:36:35,401 --> 00:36:39,072 All women are the same color, when candles blow out. 314 00:36:40,406 --> 00:36:42,575 Yes, father, they even have wit. 315 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:45,912 Indians and whites have had children. 316 00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:49,415 - We're one species. - Don't speak too soon. 317 00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:51,751 A little like the Negro. 318 00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:54,921 What say you, Sardis? 319 00:36:55,421 --> 00:36:58,174 Your “blood brother” is God's child. 320 00:36:58,841 --> 00:37:01,010 - Baptized him? - He hasn't asked. 321 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:03,596 You are a man of your times. 322 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:05,431 Mani has his beliefs. 323 00:37:05,932 --> 00:37:09,769 At home, he was a sort of... a sort of priest. 324 00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:13,439 If they have priests, they're doomed. 325 00:37:13,856 --> 00:37:15,608 What are these beliefs? 326 00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:19,529 Each man has an animal spirit, called a totem. 327 00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:21,948 Amusing. How's it work? 328 00:37:25,535 --> 00:37:26,786 Would you? 329 00:37:36,295 --> 00:37:38,464 Never fear, it won't hurt. 330 00:37:48,474 --> 00:37:49,475 Caribou. 331 00:37:50,643 --> 00:37:51,644 A sort of stag. 332 00:37:53,312 --> 00:37:55,314 What says my wife? 333 00:37:55,481 --> 00:37:59,485 Am I a stag in every sense, or only on an animal level? 334 00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:04,323 And my dear Thomas. What's his... totem? 335 00:38:04,490 --> 00:38:07,160 Worm. Bookworm probably. 336 00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:16,836 Snake. 337 00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:20,590 For Indians, the snake embodies wisdom. 338 00:38:22,675 --> 00:38:24,010 And our Intendent? 339 00:38:28,347 --> 00:38:29,348 Boar. 340 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:32,852 Lighten your spirit. 341 00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:36,856 For these barbarians the pig is perhaps nobility. 342 00:38:38,107 --> 00:38:40,109 Who's next? Sardis? 343 00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:46,866 And me? 344 00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:50,953 What am I, a semi-lion? 345 00:38:51,787 --> 00:38:53,372 Half an eagle? 346 00:38:54,790 --> 00:38:58,044 Make me lizard, that my arm may grow back. 347 00:38:58,211 --> 00:39:00,046 Jean-Francois, enough. 348 00:39:03,382 --> 00:39:05,801 What? Have I been gauche? 349 00:39:07,386 --> 00:39:08,554 Let me be. 350 00:39:10,973 --> 00:39:12,892 Mademoiselle? Your turn? 351 00:39:15,061 --> 00:39:18,064 Pardon me, but I'm weary of your tricks. 352 00:39:18,231 --> 00:39:22,068 I'll retire before you begin juggling or dancing on a ball. 353 00:39:22,568 --> 00:39:23,736 Good night. 354 00:39:44,423 --> 00:39:46,425 It'll cheer you, Fronsac. 355 00:39:46,592 --> 00:39:50,846 It's the best house in Mende. You'll sleep better than at the Inn. 356 00:40:05,027 --> 00:40:08,781 They're all for you. And the new girl is very... 357 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,868 Dear little Marquis. 358 00:40:13,452 --> 00:40:14,537 Come. 359 00:40:59,332 --> 00:41:02,335 I'm expensive, Grégoire De Fronsac. 360 00:41:03,502 --> 00:41:04,920 Do you know me? 361 00:41:05,171 --> 00:41:07,757 From here, Gévaudan seems tiny. 362 00:41:08,841 --> 00:41:10,092 Italian? 363 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:13,763 Just passing through. 364 00:41:16,098 --> 00:41:17,516 I have money. 365 00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:21,687 It's not only a matter of money. 366 00:41:30,112 --> 00:41:31,364 What then? 367 00:41:54,387 --> 00:41:56,055 Who did that to you? 368 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,892 An Iroquois arrow. 369 00:42:00,476 --> 00:42:02,478 Not far from the heart. 370 00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:07,233 I may be... a lucky man. 371 00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:10,569 And that? 372 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:14,490 A bear. 373 00:42:15,741 --> 00:42:18,077 He didn't care much for me. 374 00:42:26,919 --> 00:42:29,255 You haven't seen anything yet. 375 00:42:43,936 --> 00:42:45,938 My business is dangerous. 376 00:42:47,773 --> 00:42:49,608 Some men aren't so nice. 377 00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:57,616 Something to remember me by. 378 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:04,290 A scandal! In my house! 379 00:43:06,125 --> 00:43:08,961 - Valentine! - I don't lay with sorcerers. 380 00:43:09,128 --> 00:43:11,964 - What?! - Snakes on him. I saw them move. 381 00:43:12,214 --> 00:43:14,467 Our reputation! You have to go. 382 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:18,304 It's nothing. He's an Indian, not a sorcerer. 383 00:43:18,471 --> 00:43:21,474 - Then no Indians! - Delicate whores! 384 00:43:22,475 --> 00:43:25,978 Come on, girls. Who will go with our redskin? 385 00:43:26,645 --> 00:43:29,148 I'll double the fee. 386 00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:33,319 - I like his tattoos. - That settles that. 387 00:43:34,069 --> 00:43:37,573 So, a sorcerer are we? 388 00:44:26,705 --> 00:44:28,457 Will you do my portrait? 389 00:44:29,291 --> 00:44:31,377 If you don't behave. 390 00:44:49,395 --> 00:44:54,400 Weeks passed, and Duhamel's men couldn't find the Beast. 391 00:44:55,484 --> 00:44:58,904 A third winter would be spent under her reign. 392 00:44:59,405 --> 00:45:03,576 Neither the snow, nor our rifles, nor our dogs 393 00:45:03,742 --> 00:45:05,411 could stop her. 394 00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:11,834 Recall how God warned us 395 00:45:12,001 --> 00:45:14,420 through the words of Moses. 396 00:45:15,588 --> 00:45:18,090 “I shall come unto you like a bear 397 00:45:18,257 --> 00:45:20,092 “whose cubs are ravished. 398 00:45:22,094 --> 00:45:24,930 “As a lion I shall devour your children 399 00:45:25,097 --> 00:45:27,182 “and spill their entrails. 400 00:45:27,683 --> 00:45:31,353 “I will set upon ye a fearsome Beast 401 00:45:31,687 --> 00:45:36,358 “to consume you and your flocks, make your fields barren.” 402 00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:49,455 How long, oh Lord, wouldst Thou forsake us? 403 00:46:13,145 --> 00:46:17,733 A candle for each victim. Is this truly the Age of Reason? 404 00:46:32,164 --> 00:46:33,499 Have mercy! 405 00:46:35,834 --> 00:46:37,252 Forgive me. 406 00:46:38,170 --> 00:46:39,505 Have mercy. 407 00:46:41,507 --> 00:46:42,591 Bless me. 408 00:46:47,012 --> 00:46:48,347 What is it, my son? 409 00:46:48,681 --> 00:46:52,184 God has punished me. She snatched my children on Mt. Mouchet. 410 00:46:52,351 --> 00:46:55,521 I'm damned. We all are! 411 00:46:58,190 --> 00:47:01,026 Gather your men. We must leave. 412 00:47:07,282 --> 00:47:09,535 Alert Mani. I'll catch you on the way! 413 00:47:15,708 --> 00:47:16,959 Marianne! 414 00:47:18,043 --> 00:47:20,045 The wolves' friend. 415 00:47:20,462 --> 00:47:22,381 I have something for you. 416 00:47:28,804 --> 00:47:31,807 I want to see you. Alone. 417 00:47:34,893 --> 00:47:39,398 In 10 days my mother's going in retreat and my father to a cure. 418 00:47:39,565 --> 00:47:40,899 10 days? 419 00:47:41,066 --> 00:47:43,068 I'm not as free as you. 420 00:49:07,903 --> 00:49:09,071 The torch. 421 00:49:10,405 --> 00:49:11,907 Bring the torch! 422 00:49:16,662 --> 00:49:19,331 The storm is rising. The men are tired. 423 00:49:19,832 --> 00:49:20,916 We'd best go home. 424 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,919 No. We must find the girl. 425 00:50:05,711 --> 00:50:07,296 I found the child. 426 00:50:25,898 --> 00:50:28,734 Captain, your web of traps 427 00:50:28,901 --> 00:50:31,403 snare more peasants than wolves. 428 00:50:31,570 --> 00:50:34,990 Your men have plundered the population. 429 00:50:35,657 --> 00:50:39,995 And since you began, the wolf has taken 12 more lives. 430 00:50:40,329 --> 00:50:43,248 She should never have escaped us. 431 00:50:43,415 --> 00:50:44,499 How's that? 432 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:46,919 She should never have escaped us. 433 00:50:47,753 --> 00:50:49,338 What say you, Fronsac? 434 00:50:50,255 --> 00:50:52,674 What sort of wolf is this? 435 00:50:58,263 --> 00:51:01,683 My only certainty is that this is no wolf. 436 00:51:02,768 --> 00:51:05,938 Wolves don't attack men, or very rarely. 437 00:51:06,104 --> 00:51:07,606 I saw it in New France. 438 00:51:07,773 --> 00:51:10,776 Perhaps our wolves are different. 439 00:51:10,943 --> 00:51:12,861 A rabid wolf will attack. 440 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:16,198 And dies within a fortnight. 441 00:51:16,365 --> 00:51:18,617 For 2 years, the Beast has run. 442 00:51:19,785 --> 00:51:21,954 Her victims bear wounds 443 00:51:22,037 --> 00:51:24,122 no wolf could inflict. 444 00:51:24,790 --> 00:51:28,126 I've often found upon the body 445 00:51:28,293 --> 00:51:30,045 a piece of this metal. 446 00:51:31,046 --> 00:51:33,215 So? 447 00:51:35,968 --> 00:51:38,470 No animal has fangs of iron. 448 00:51:42,808 --> 00:51:45,727 Then the Beast is no animal? Fine. 449 00:51:46,645 --> 00:51:48,063 How do we catch her? 450 00:51:48,397 --> 00:51:50,983 While we speculate, she kills. 451 00:51:51,566 --> 00:51:55,988 Gentlemen, let us hear M. De Fronsac, with utmost attention. 452 00:51:57,656 --> 00:51:59,825 So you say, sir, 453 00:51:59,992 --> 00:52:01,994 this is no ordinary animal. 454 00:52:03,829 --> 00:52:05,414 We all think so. 455 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:09,751 And for myself I'm pleased you concede this is something... 456 00:52:10,585 --> 00:52:11,670 supernatural. 457 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:15,841 I concede nothing, Father. I have only doubts. 458 00:52:16,675 --> 00:52:18,510 Anything to add? 459 00:52:20,012 --> 00:52:21,263 No, gentlemen. 460 00:52:23,348 --> 00:52:26,018 I've received this from Paris. 461 00:52:27,519 --> 00:52:32,607 Capt. Duhamel, His Majesty, informed of your ineffective efforts, 462 00:52:33,358 --> 00:52:36,278 requests you be relieved. 463 00:52:37,029 --> 00:52:40,782 You and your men are to return to Langogne at once. 464 00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:44,870 Sir Beauterne, Master at Arms, is on his way. 465 00:52:45,037 --> 00:52:48,373 His mandate is to kill this ferocious wolf. 466 00:52:49,875 --> 00:52:53,712 He alone is authorized to hunt in the diocese. 467 00:52:55,547 --> 00:52:56,631 Gentlemen... 468 00:53:09,394 --> 00:53:11,313 Then I'm forgiven? 469 00:53:11,730 --> 00:53:15,400 I was curious to know my totem. Is that the word? 470 00:53:15,567 --> 00:53:17,235 I would guess... 471 00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:19,905 mermaid. 472 00:53:20,322 --> 00:53:24,242 Are you never serious? I'll ask your redskin. 473 00:53:25,327 --> 00:53:28,330 And the Beast? Have you spotted her? 474 00:53:29,414 --> 00:53:30,916 Forbidden subject? 475 00:53:31,083 --> 00:53:35,420 My absurd assumptions would get me laughed out of King's Garden. 476 00:53:36,171 --> 00:53:40,258 If I said the Beast is flesh and iron mixed, 477 00:53:40,592 --> 00:53:44,679 that it's possessed of reason and may disappear at will, 478 00:53:45,180 --> 00:53:46,264 what would you say? 479 00:53:46,431 --> 00:53:49,434 Country air has affected your mind. 480 00:53:49,601 --> 00:53:51,353 She's eluding me. 481 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:55,107 After three months, you expect to have finished? 482 00:53:55,357 --> 00:53:58,360 Should the Beast have surrendered? 483 00:53:58,527 --> 00:54:01,029 Perhaps she's afraid of you. 484 00:54:01,279 --> 00:54:02,697 Am I so fearsome? 485 00:54:02,864 --> 00:54:05,951 A hard-won victory is better savored. 486 00:54:08,620 --> 00:54:11,540 Is it true you're going to Africa? 487 00:54:11,873 --> 00:54:15,544 For now it's but a naturalist's winter dream. 488 00:54:15,710 --> 00:54:19,214 And you? Ever yearn for new horizons? 489 00:54:20,966 --> 00:54:23,885 A lady has more duties than yearnings. 490 00:54:24,553 --> 00:54:26,888 Do you see Sardis over there? 491 00:54:27,806 --> 00:54:29,391 Watching over you? 492 00:54:30,809 --> 00:54:32,727 Looking out for me. 493 00:54:32,894 --> 00:54:36,148 Alone with you, God knows what could happen. 494 00:54:36,898 --> 00:54:40,402 Let's go inside. Our priest might catch cold. 495 00:54:51,246 --> 00:54:51,890 Good evening, sir. 496 00:54:51,914 --> 00:54:53,331 Good evening, sir. 497 00:55:05,594 --> 00:55:08,597 - You're in love. - I don't know. 498 00:55:09,181 --> 00:55:12,100 - I do. - The cards? 499 00:55:13,018 --> 00:55:16,021 I've never needed them for you. 500 00:55:17,272 --> 00:55:19,524 So... let's drink. 501 00:55:21,193 --> 00:55:24,279 To Mademoiselle De Morangias. 502 00:55:25,197 --> 00:55:28,950 - What? - Her brother was here. 503 00:55:29,784 --> 00:55:31,453 You slept with him? 504 00:55:33,538 --> 00:55:36,291 Him? He can't stand to be touched. 505 00:55:37,959 --> 00:55:39,878 He watches, he drinks. 506 00:55:41,046 --> 00:55:44,799 Then he talks in his sleep like all men. 507 00:55:45,884 --> 00:55:47,469 Do I? 508 00:55:48,970 --> 00:55:50,305 What do I say? 509 00:55:51,723 --> 00:55:53,558 Again!” 510 00:55:59,481 --> 00:56:03,735 Know how Florentine women keep their husbands home? 511 00:56:06,988 --> 00:56:09,824 Each morning, they give them 512 00:56:09,991 --> 00:56:12,327 a slow poison. 513 00:56:12,911 --> 00:56:16,414 And every evening the antidote. That way, 514 00:56:16,581 --> 00:56:21,169 when the husband sleeps away, he has a very bad night. 515 00:56:23,004 --> 00:56:25,257 You needn't resort to that. 516 00:56:29,761 --> 00:56:32,514 Anyway, we aren't married. 517 00:58:27,545 --> 00:58:31,216 - I am Grégoire De Fronsac. - Yes, Buffon's envoy. 518 00:58:31,383 --> 00:58:33,218 The naturalist embalmer. 519 00:58:33,385 --> 00:58:36,805 M. De Beauterne is at the Intendent's. Come at 2. 520 00:59:17,429 --> 00:59:21,349 His Majesty asked my advice about your report. 521 00:59:22,517 --> 00:59:25,186 Complicated fables indeed! 522 00:59:26,104 --> 00:59:29,691 I believe the Beast is a wolf. 523 00:59:32,444 --> 00:59:36,448 I shall go out for it tomorrow. I would rather 524 00:59:36,614 --> 00:59:38,533 you didn't come. 525 00:59:41,786 --> 00:59:43,288 Why is that? 526 00:59:44,539 --> 00:59:46,708 The King left this affair to me, 527 00:59:47,459 --> 00:59:49,294 and to my sole discretion. 528 00:59:50,211 --> 00:59:53,381 I have no need of you to end it. 529 00:59:57,635 --> 01:00:02,724 On the table, there's a letter from Buffon and our beloved King. 530 01:00:04,225 --> 01:00:08,062 I'm at his service, but believe me this is not... 531 01:00:08,229 --> 01:00:12,650 I've read your report. Trouble yourself no longer with this Beast. 532 01:00:12,817 --> 01:00:14,402 It's my affair. 533 01:00:16,905 --> 01:00:17,905 You may go. 534 01:00:23,745 --> 01:00:24,913 Come here. 535 01:01:40,238 --> 01:01:43,992 A woman from Lorcière, coming from the fair, was attacked... 536 01:01:44,325 --> 01:01:48,246 Near Mt. Mouchet, she vanished in the wood. 537 01:01:48,496 --> 01:01:50,999 The Beast attacked in St. Alban. 538 01:01:51,249 --> 01:01:55,169 God punished me for my sins. My children perished at Mt. Mouchet. 539 01:02:04,178 --> 01:02:06,931 ...no more than I believe in... 540 01:02:13,771 --> 01:02:15,356 The Beast is no animal. 541 01:02:19,193 --> 01:02:21,362 No animal has iron fangs. 542 01:02:21,779 --> 01:02:23,698 Sir, come at once. 543 01:02:26,534 --> 01:02:28,453 I saw him! 544 01:02:28,870 --> 01:02:33,207 Dispensing poison and saying Satanic incantations! 545 01:02:34,375 --> 01:02:36,628 God knows for how long! 546 01:02:48,306 --> 01:02:49,641 Let him go. 547 01:02:52,143 --> 01:02:53,811 An Indian remedy, Father. 548 01:02:53,978 --> 01:02:56,481 Only our prayers may save her. 549 01:02:57,982 --> 01:02:59,817 But, she was... 550 01:03:00,735 --> 01:03:02,236 A miracle. 551 01:03:02,403 --> 01:03:05,573 What happened to your brother? 552 01:03:55,039 --> 01:03:56,624 A man with the Beast? 553 01:03:57,458 --> 01:03:59,711 The lass is incoherent. 554 01:04:20,148 --> 01:04:22,150 Yes, the Beast is dead. 555 01:04:22,483 --> 01:04:24,819 No cure for 10 gut shots. 556 01:04:31,659 --> 01:04:34,996 We've brought your things. Begin at once. 557 01:04:44,088 --> 01:04:46,257 - ...It's not the Beast. - To work. 558 01:04:46,424 --> 01:04:47,925 Ridiculous! 559 01:04:48,092 --> 01:04:49,927 M. De Beauterne is coming. 560 01:04:50,094 --> 01:04:51,596 Watch your lip! 561 01:04:51,763 --> 01:04:54,265 Hello. Leave us. 562 01:04:55,099 --> 01:04:57,935 Don't you like my Beast? 563 01:04:58,102 --> 01:05:01,773 What is this? You know it's not the Beast. 564 01:05:02,106 --> 01:05:04,525 Her jaw is twice as large. 565 01:05:04,692 --> 01:05:07,195 You can fix that here. 566 01:05:07,361 --> 01:05:08,196 What? 567 01:05:08,362 --> 01:05:11,282 Paris awaits. I have only this wolf. 568 01:05:11,449 --> 01:05:13,785 So make me a Beast. 569 01:05:14,285 --> 01:05:17,038 - ...To fool the King? - No, Fronsac. 570 01:05:17,789 --> 01:05:20,041 I carry out his will. 571 01:05:20,374 --> 01:05:22,960 You'd be wise to do as much. 572 01:05:24,212 --> 01:05:26,214 Is that a threat, sir? 573 01:05:26,464 --> 01:05:29,300 At my age? Come now, you know me. 574 01:05:29,467 --> 01:05:32,470 You're too smart to need threats. 575 01:05:32,637 --> 01:05:35,723 Do your duty, the King will be grateful. 576 01:05:35,890 --> 01:05:38,810 Otherwise, he'll be quite upset. 577 01:05:39,393 --> 01:05:42,647 You have what you need. I'm counting on you. 578 01:05:42,980 --> 01:05:44,482 Good-bye for now. 579 01:08:26,811 --> 01:08:29,730 Good evening, sad knight. 580 01:08:33,234 --> 01:08:35,569 Not pleased to return to Paris? 581 01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:39,824 The Beast is dead. You should be glad. 582 01:08:40,324 --> 01:08:42,576 Want to hear a secret? 583 01:08:43,411 --> 01:08:45,663 I collect them! 584 01:08:47,164 --> 01:08:50,918 Beauterne killed a wolf. He's an impostor. 585 01:08:51,502 --> 01:08:53,754 I'm his accomplice. 586 01:08:55,506 --> 01:08:57,008 Here... 587 01:08:57,508 --> 01:08:59,427 Drink to our treachery. 588 01:09:37,214 --> 01:09:39,383 You saw nothing. 589 01:10:00,071 --> 01:10:02,490 You are no longer welcome. 590 01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:06,243 Tell Mlle De Morangias I'm here. 591 01:10:06,410 --> 01:10:09,163 - I said... - Talk of the devil! 592 01:10:09,580 --> 01:10:12,750 My son and I were just speaking of you. 593 01:10:13,334 --> 01:10:15,586 I'm here to see your daughter. 594 01:10:15,753 --> 01:10:18,756 - ...Out of the question. - I Insist. 595 01:10:18,923 --> 01:10:20,341 Let him in, Mother. 596 01:10:24,678 --> 01:10:26,430 Careful, Jean-Francois. 597 01:10:26,597 --> 01:10:29,850 - ...You know what will happen. - Leave us. 598 01:10:33,104 --> 01:10:35,773 Sir... Marianne is sick. 599 01:10:38,692 --> 01:10:40,111 I don't understand. 600 01:10:44,031 --> 01:10:48,119 Yet, Fronsac, you know what is gnawing at her. 601 01:10:49,286 --> 01:10:50,286 Where is she? 602 01:10:53,541 --> 01:10:54,792 Follow me. 603 01:10:58,295 --> 01:11:00,631 How kind of you to visit me! 604 01:11:01,215 --> 01:11:03,384 Mademoiselle, what is going on? 605 01:11:03,717 --> 01:11:05,386 I'm to return to Paris. 606 01:11:05,553 --> 01:11:08,556 - - But if you say the word... - Bon voyage! 607 01:11:12,810 --> 01:11:14,645 I warned you, sir. 608 01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:20,151 You once gave me a gift. Here are two in return... 609 01:11:20,484 --> 01:11:22,236 for your collection. 610 01:11:25,739 --> 01:11:28,492 I was warned about your kind. 611 01:11:29,910 --> 01:11:34,582 My kind, Mademoiselle, does not condemn people without listening. 612 01:11:35,082 --> 01:11:38,252 Whatever has happened, let me explain. 613 01:11:38,502 --> 01:11:40,254 Do not trouble yourself. 614 01:11:41,505 --> 01:11:45,342 Sir, do not make this harder than it already is. 615 01:11:47,678 --> 01:11:51,348 Agree that you are no man for my sister 616 01:11:51,682 --> 01:11:54,101 and leave it at that, my friend. 617 01:11:54,768 --> 01:11:57,188 She won't nurse you all her life! 618 01:12:03,611 --> 01:12:07,031 Aren't you glad to leave here in one piece? 619 01:12:07,948 --> 01:12:11,118 We used to flay men for looking at her. 620 01:12:12,953 --> 01:12:16,624 - ...Times change. - Not everywhere, Fronsac. 621 01:12:16,790 --> 01:12:18,292 Not here they don't. 622 01:12:23,297 --> 01:12:24,298 I'm sorry... 623 01:12:25,382 --> 01:12:27,384 Will you hit me, too? 624 01:12:29,553 --> 01:12:30,888 Farewell. 625 01:12:33,307 --> 01:12:35,643 No regrets. He didn't deserve you. 626 01:12:38,896 --> 01:12:41,232 On this historic day, thanks be 627 01:12:41,398 --> 01:12:44,902 to Sir Grégoire De Fronsac, of King's Garden. 628 01:12:45,402 --> 01:12:48,489 The Beast's end is partly his. 629 01:12:49,907 --> 01:12:53,077 But it is mostly thanks to your Majesty. 630 01:12:53,577 --> 01:12:55,579 Let that be known. 631 01:12:56,163 --> 01:13:00,084 In your sole person resides sovereign power. 632 01:13:03,420 --> 01:13:05,923 Only a beast could ignore it. 633 01:13:06,423 --> 01:13:08,259 That Beast is no more. 634 01:13:09,093 --> 01:13:11,929 I have only little merit. 635 01:13:12,096 --> 01:13:16,267 Your power bestowed upon me, I merely needed to appear 636 01:13:16,684 --> 01:13:19,520 and the Beast laid down her arms. 637 01:13:28,195 --> 01:13:29,530 What is this? 638 01:13:29,697 --> 01:13:33,701 Beauterne's carried out his orders. As we all should. 639 01:13:33,867 --> 01:13:35,536 - ...What orders? - Mine. 640 01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:41,125 This is M. Mercier, 641 01:13:41,292 --> 01:13:45,129 special counsel to his Majesty for domestic matters. 642 01:13:45,796 --> 01:13:49,300 It was his idea to send Antoine de Beauterne. 643 01:13:50,050 --> 01:13:52,970 You're to thank for this prompt victory? 644 01:13:53,137 --> 01:13:56,307 Admirable scruples, but it's for the greater good. 645 01:13:57,641 --> 01:13:59,393 Have you read this? 646 01:14:00,561 --> 01:14:03,397 Not for sale, but you may keep it. 647 01:14:04,064 --> 01:14:05,149 It was banned? 648 01:14:05,316 --> 01:14:08,152 A fable undermining the King. 649 01:14:08,319 --> 01:14:12,489 Any longer, we'd have had trouble. People are so gullible. 650 01:14:12,823 --> 01:14:17,244 Better to lie than let lies be spread? 651 01:14:18,579 --> 01:14:20,914 Truth is a complicated thing. 652 01:14:21,081 --> 01:14:23,834 One must govern by simplicity. 653 01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:26,920 No more Beast, no more problem. 654 01:14:27,171 --> 01:14:29,673 - ...She'll go on killing. - Without acclaim. 655 01:14:30,007 --> 01:14:31,759 That's what counts. 656 01:14:31,925 --> 01:14:36,263 I was forgetting. His Majesty is most thankful. 657 01:14:36,347 --> 01:14:39,016 It's said you want to go to Africa. 658 01:14:39,183 --> 01:14:42,936 In six months, a schooner sets sail for Senegal. 659 01:14:43,854 --> 01:14:47,107 If you wish, you'll be aboard. 660 01:14:49,193 --> 01:14:52,696 Of course, we'll never speak of Gévaudan again. 661 01:14:54,281 --> 01:14:55,866 Well, Fronsac... 662 01:18:22,322 --> 01:18:24,491 Marianne De Morangias? 663 01:18:25,325 --> 01:18:26,577 Madame... 664 01:18:27,160 --> 01:18:29,496 I don't believe I know you. 665 01:18:30,998 --> 01:18:34,835 You and I have a mutual friend. 666 01:18:36,670 --> 01:18:38,088 Why are you here? 667 01:18:38,589 --> 01:18:40,507 No need to hide your face. 668 01:18:41,341 --> 01:18:43,427 Your perfume is not that of a lady. 669 01:18:46,430 --> 01:18:48,599 Grégoire De Fronsac only ever loved 670 01:18:48,765 --> 01:18:49,766 one woman. 671 01:18:49,933 --> 01:18:52,102 He calls you in his sleep. 672 01:18:53,770 --> 01:18:54,938 He's going away 673 01:18:55,606 --> 01:18:57,774 on a long journey. 674 01:18:58,609 --> 01:18:59,693 I care not. 675 01:19:01,695 --> 01:19:06,867 When next you see Fronsac, don't say you saw me 676 01:19:06,950 --> 01:19:09,786 or you will lose him for good. 677 01:19:22,299 --> 01:19:24,384 Who was that, my child? 678 01:19:25,552 --> 01:19:27,137 No one. 679 01:19:53,580 --> 01:19:55,832 Put that in the hold, too. 680 01:19:57,584 --> 01:20:00,837 Put those in my cabin. They're fragile. 681 01:20:01,755 --> 01:20:05,592 - ...Hello, sir. - Marquis! 682 01:20:08,178 --> 01:20:09,680 What brings you? 683 01:20:10,847 --> 01:20:11,932 Bad news. 684 01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:15,435 The crimes have begun again. 685 01:20:15,602 --> 01:20:17,437 The King won't send more men. 686 01:20:17,604 --> 01:20:19,773 I can't even find volunteers. 687 01:20:19,940 --> 01:20:22,943 I can't help you catch the Beast. 688 01:20:23,110 --> 01:20:26,029 Well, you're not the only one I need. 689 01:20:26,780 --> 01:20:28,865 Mani found the girl. 690 01:20:29,199 --> 01:20:32,619 Just one hunt! You'll be back in a month. 691 01:20:32,786 --> 01:20:35,288 The King won't let us go back. 692 01:20:36,289 --> 01:20:38,625 - ...He won't know. - You're wrong. 693 01:20:38,792 --> 01:20:41,461 Many sacrifices could be avoided. 694 01:20:42,629 --> 01:20:44,881 You won't change my mind. 695 01:20:46,299 --> 01:20:50,637 - ...Want to bet? - Last time, you lost. 696 01:20:51,471 --> 01:20:55,058 It's a pity I need this to persuade you. 697 01:20:55,225 --> 01:20:58,645 It's from Marianne. Where's Mani? 698 01:21:02,482 --> 01:21:04,651 Hey, my friend! 699 01:21:12,826 --> 01:21:14,411 How are you? 700 01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:19,082 We're going hunting again. 701 01:21:19,416 --> 01:21:21,001 We'll do It your way. 702 01:21:22,169 --> 01:21:24,087 Well, sir, good news? 703 01:21:25,255 --> 01:21:27,591 The best possible news, Marquis! 704 01:21:35,015 --> 01:21:38,435 In the Gévaudan, the crimes continued. 705 01:21:39,102 --> 01:21:42,272 Officially, the Beast was dead. 706 01:21:42,689 --> 01:21:46,860 What really happened appears in no history book. 707 01:21:47,110 --> 01:21:49,362 It was carefully hushed up. 708 01:21:53,867 --> 01:21:55,535 Is he welcoming us? 709 01:21:55,786 --> 01:21:57,954 He wants to help us. 710 01:22:01,041 --> 01:22:04,044 Go to the castle. I'll meet you there. 711 01:22:33,990 --> 01:22:35,325 What is it? 712 01:22:44,251 --> 01:22:46,086 The Roulier house? 713 01:22:46,586 --> 01:22:49,673 Straight on. Last in the village. 714 01:23:53,570 --> 01:23:55,155 This is Jeanne, 715 01:23:55,739 --> 01:23:56,740 my nanny. 716 01:23:59,242 --> 01:24:01,244 Pierre, fetch some wine. 717 01:24:15,175 --> 01:24:18,094 I'm being watched. They might know you're back. 718 01:24:18,261 --> 01:24:20,764 I'll tear you away from your family. 719 01:24:35,528 --> 01:24:38,949 I can't bear my mother, nor Jean-Francois. 720 01:24:39,449 --> 01:24:41,034 I want to leave. 721 01:24:41,284 --> 01:24:43,370 In a week, we'll go to Paris. 722 01:24:43,536 --> 01:24:45,205 Why wait? 723 01:24:45,705 --> 01:24:48,792 The hunt. I promised the Marquis. 724 01:24:48,959 --> 01:24:50,627 You didn't return for me? 725 01:25:18,488 --> 01:25:19,488 Look out! 726 01:25:31,668 --> 01:25:34,671 Leave! Slowly, don't run! 727 01:25:35,672 --> 01:25:37,007 Over here! Look at me! 728 01:25:37,340 --> 01:25:38,340 Come here! 729 01:25:55,775 --> 01:25:57,444 Go, Marianne! 730 01:26:37,400 --> 01:26:39,152 What is this? Open up! 731 01:27:29,202 --> 01:27:32,705 Tell me, do you really think we'll find this Beast? 732 01:27:33,123 --> 01:27:34,874 We're short of men. 733 01:27:35,125 --> 01:27:37,877 Mani's able. I'm hunting a man. 734 01:27:41,548 --> 01:27:42,549 A man? 735 01:27:43,466 --> 01:27:46,970 The Beast is a weapon serving a sick mind. 736 01:27:48,221 --> 01:27:50,473 - A killer works in secret. - Quite. 737 01:27:50,807 --> 01:27:53,476 The Beast's mystery is its fame. 738 01:27:55,311 --> 01:27:58,148 Her master seeks fear and noise. 739 01:27:59,315 --> 01:28:00,315 How's that? 740 01:28:00,984 --> 01:28:02,986 This book is sold all over. 741 01:28:05,572 --> 01:28:09,576 It says the Beast is punishing the King's indulgence 742 01:28:09,659 --> 01:28:11,161 in philosophers. 743 01:28:11,494 --> 01:28:12,495 Who wrote it? 744 01:28:12,996 --> 01:28:16,332 I don't know, but the Beast has a master. I want him. 745 01:28:37,187 --> 01:28:39,689 Perhaps your weapon will help. 746 01:28:40,690 --> 01:28:42,609 With you the carrier! 747 01:28:43,193 --> 01:28:44,444 And you Mani? 748 01:28:45,278 --> 01:28:46,696 Which will you choose? 749 01:28:47,197 --> 01:28:49,199 Mani doesn't like firearms. 750 01:28:49,949 --> 01:28:53,870 Too much noise and smoke. Bad smell. 751 01:29:15,725 --> 01:29:17,310 All will go well, Grandfather. 752 01:29:19,896 --> 01:29:20,897 Don't worry. 753 01:29:21,147 --> 01:29:22,565 We're well prepared. 754 01:31:36,699 --> 01:31:38,701 Tell me of the Americas. 755 01:31:42,538 --> 01:31:44,624 Will you never go back? 756 01:31:46,125 --> 01:31:48,961 - Not all my souvenirs are good. - And Mani? 757 01:31:49,295 --> 01:31:50,880 Does he miss his tribe? 758 01:31:51,464 --> 01:31:53,383 His tribe is no more. 759 01:31:54,050 --> 01:31:57,220 Before our attack, the pox had decimated his village. 760 01:31:58,554 --> 01:32:01,724 Orders were to execute survivors. The women, 761 01:32:01,891 --> 01:32:05,978 and the children, too. Only Mani escaped. 762 01:32:06,729 --> 01:32:07,897 How? 763 01:32:08,147 --> 01:32:10,149 We needed an interpreter. 764 01:32:10,733 --> 01:32:15,238 I was to teach him our language. I found him slaying the Captain. 765 01:32:16,155 --> 01:32:17,907 Why not turn him in? 766 01:32:18,741 --> 01:32:21,244 Know how the Captain waged battle? 767 01:32:21,744 --> 01:32:25,415 He gave his scouts infected hospital sheets. 768 01:32:26,332 --> 01:32:30,920 The Iroquois bought them. Three weeks later, we'd mop up. 769 01:32:31,170 --> 01:32:35,341 - And that's our war? - It was our defeat. 770 01:32:38,845 --> 01:32:40,430 Where did he go? 771 01:32:41,514 --> 01:32:44,100 - To speak to the trees. - Trees? 772 01:32:44,517 --> 01:32:45,852 Trees can speak. 773 01:32:48,271 --> 01:32:52,108 The white man cannot listen or see. 774 01:32:52,859 --> 01:32:54,110 See what, Mani? 775 01:33:00,950 --> 01:33:02,452 Want to learn? 776 01:33:02,952 --> 01:33:05,538 - What's this? - An Indian sacrament. 777 01:33:06,205 --> 01:33:08,541 You're on your own, Marquis. 778 01:33:12,462 --> 01:33:15,465 - What's it do? - Depends on the person. 779 01:33:17,717 --> 01:33:19,969 They say they see the invisible. 780 01:33:22,054 --> 01:33:23,055 Mani? 781 01:33:23,806 --> 01:33:27,226 The Beast is in the forest. The wolves will help us. 782 01:33:27,393 --> 01:33:28,561 I see no better. 783 01:33:28,811 --> 01:33:32,815 This night we shall dance the dance of blood. 784 01:33:34,484 --> 01:33:38,654 And the Beast shall come to us with the sun. 785 01:33:39,322 --> 01:33:40,656 It has no effect on me. 786 01:33:47,163 --> 01:33:50,917 That night, Mani invoked spirits in a language 787 01:33:51,083 --> 01:33:54,337 even Fronsac couldn't understand. 788 01:33:54,921 --> 01:33:58,007 And the wolves brought them the Beast. 789 01:37:07,363 --> 01:37:10,533 Don't worry, I'll fix this for you. 790 01:38:38,537 --> 01:38:41,290 Don't worry, girl. I'll see to you. 791 01:38:43,125 --> 01:38:45,795 I'll take care of you. 792 01:43:30,746 --> 01:43:34,750 Thomas is asleep. A close call. 793 01:43:35,501 --> 01:43:37,753 I'm sorry for the Indian. 794 01:43:38,087 --> 01:43:39,171 What is there? 795 01:43:39,588 --> 01:43:42,758 Tell me, what manor is this? I need to know. 796 01:43:43,258 --> 01:43:46,428 It's a domain. A hunting ground. 797 01:43:49,681 --> 01:43:51,934 Sir, you need rest. 798 01:45:47,883 --> 01:45:49,384 Hurry! Fire! 799 01:50:00,969 --> 01:50:03,638 He's over there. Come on! 800 01:50:27,829 --> 01:50:30,749 Fronsac returned to the Indian's side. 801 01:50:31,500 --> 01:50:34,002 His revenge had hardly begun. 802 01:50:34,169 --> 01:50:36,004 But Indian custom 803 01:50:36,171 --> 01:50:41,009 required that, at dawn's first light, he be sent to his ancestors. 804 01:50:46,848 --> 01:50:48,350 What do you want? 805 01:50:49,351 --> 01:50:52,020 Too much blood has been spilled. 806 01:50:52,771 --> 01:50:54,856 You're in great peril here. 807 01:50:56,191 --> 01:50:58,527 I have business to attend. 808 01:50:59,361 --> 01:51:01,029 Is it worth your life? 809 01:51:03,532 --> 01:51:05,116 How long have you known? 810 01:51:06,535 --> 01:51:08,286 I don't know what you mean. 811 01:51:08,453 --> 01:51:11,873 Come now, Sardis. How? 812 01:51:12,541 --> 01:51:14,543 How did it get this far? 813 01:51:15,877 --> 01:51:18,129 No one will believe you. 814 01:51:20,465 --> 01:51:22,384 Go away, Sardis. 815 01:51:24,386 --> 01:51:25,887 May God save you. 816 01:51:27,556 --> 01:51:29,808 May the Devil take you. 817 01:51:50,912 --> 01:51:52,330 You're under arrest. 818 01:51:52,497 --> 01:51:55,584 By order of the Intendent, 819 01:51:55,750 --> 01:51:57,752 please offer no resistance. 820 01:51:57,919 --> 01:51:59,754 That's ridiculous. 821 01:52:36,124 --> 01:52:38,960 - A lady to see you. - Later. Tonight. 822 01:52:48,887 --> 01:52:52,307 - ...Get up. You've got company. - Aren't I in solitary confinement? 823 01:52:52,474 --> 01:52:53,808 Depends for whom. 824 01:53:05,403 --> 01:53:06,488 Sorry. 825 01:53:09,658 --> 01:53:11,910 Bring your guest some dinner. 826 01:53:14,996 --> 01:53:17,999 - How? - Many owe me favors. 827 01:53:19,250 --> 01:53:21,836 Help me. I must write the King. 828 01:53:23,588 --> 01:53:26,675 You'd be hung before he read your letter. 829 01:53:27,175 --> 01:53:29,177 I've yet to stand trial. 830 01:53:30,011 --> 01:53:31,096 Here. 831 01:53:38,603 --> 01:53:41,356 - Tell me of the Beast. - A trained animal. 832 01:53:42,023 --> 01:53:44,526 Cloaked in armor. I wounded it. 833 01:53:48,363 --> 01:53:50,031 Why the sudden interest? 834 01:53:50,198 --> 01:53:51,199 Two years ago, 835 01:53:52,200 --> 01:53:54,953 a confidential letter from Sardis 836 01:53:55,120 --> 01:53:56,705 was given to the Pope. 837 01:53:56,955 --> 01:54:00,542 It spoke of a newly founded secret society, 838 01:54:01,126 --> 01:54:03,294 whose purpose was to speak 839 01:54:04,379 --> 01:54:07,632 and defend, by any means, the word of the Church. 840 01:54:09,300 --> 01:54:10,885 The “Brotherhood.” 841 01:54:11,219 --> 01:54:15,056 Sardis. He was using the Beast. 842 01:54:17,976 --> 01:54:19,060 The Beast 843 01:54:19,894 --> 01:54:22,313 is a warning to the King 844 01:54:22,647 --> 01:54:26,568 “Heed the power of the Lord or suffer Apocalypse.” 845 01:54:27,485 --> 01:54:30,905 Members are known as “wolves of God.” 846 01:54:32,991 --> 01:54:35,076 It serves the Church? 847 01:54:40,165 --> 01:54:42,584 Sardis serves only himself. 848 01:54:42,667 --> 01:54:45,003 This age has made him mad. 849 01:54:45,170 --> 01:54:48,256 The group is beyond Rome's control. 850 01:54:52,927 --> 01:54:54,596 In whose employ are you? 851 01:54:54,679 --> 01:54:58,266 My duties include never letting that be known. 852 01:55:06,441 --> 01:55:09,277 And you... You know quite enough. 853 01:55:19,704 --> 01:55:22,791 Mlle De Morangias, what an honor. 854 01:55:23,374 --> 01:55:26,961 How fares the Countess? Please sit down. 855 01:55:29,464 --> 01:55:31,800 And your father? Still in cure? 856 01:55:33,468 --> 01:55:36,054 He's too fond of rich food. 857 01:55:37,222 --> 01:55:40,308 Sir, you've arrested Fronsac. 858 01:55:41,810 --> 01:55:44,395 Such a man, how far he's fallen. 859 01:55:44,562 --> 01:55:47,315 - ...He's neither bandit nor murderer. - Really? 860 01:55:48,483 --> 01:55:49,483 Listen, 861 01:55:50,151 --> 01:55:52,070 he must've had his reasons. 862 01:55:52,654 --> 01:55:54,739 If they killed the Indian... 863 01:55:54,989 --> 01:55:56,407 That's another matter. 864 01:55:57,075 --> 01:56:01,996 You don't avenge a savage with Christian blood. 865 01:56:04,332 --> 01:56:05,500 May I visit him? 866 01:56:17,011 --> 01:56:18,596 Impossible. 867 01:56:20,515 --> 01:56:21,516 Very well. 868 01:56:22,684 --> 01:56:25,186 Paris shall hear of this. 869 01:56:25,353 --> 01:56:29,023 You don't understand. Fronsac passed away. 870 01:56:30,191 --> 01:56:31,526 Last night. 871 01:56:45,123 --> 01:56:48,209 In any case they'd have hung him. 872 01:56:48,293 --> 01:56:51,129 Upon reflection, he was lucky. 873 01:56:52,213 --> 01:56:54,048 He was in your custody. 874 01:56:55,133 --> 01:56:56,634 Perhaps he choked. 875 01:56:57,218 --> 01:56:59,470 Or caught a blight in the mattress. 876 01:57:00,054 --> 01:57:03,725 You're lying. You're all lying! 877 01:57:05,059 --> 01:57:07,729 Courage, it's the will of God. 878 01:57:12,066 --> 01:57:13,066 Come. 879 01:57:13,234 --> 01:57:16,821 - I'll escort you home. - She needs rest. 880 01:57:20,658 --> 01:57:22,827 - Let me alone! - It's over. 881 01:57:27,999 --> 01:57:32,587 He's already reeking. Bury him quickly in an unmarked grave. 882 01:57:33,504 --> 01:57:36,591 She threatened to go to the King. 883 01:57:37,175 --> 01:57:39,093 That girl is dangerous. 884 01:57:44,098 --> 01:57:47,185 Fronsac was buried that very night, 885 01:57:47,769 --> 01:57:51,272 long before news of his death reached Paris. 886 01:57:52,857 --> 01:57:56,694 No one knew what secrets he took to his grave. 887 01:57:58,780 --> 01:58:02,450 For several days, the Beast did not strike. 888 01:58:03,451 --> 01:58:07,205 But the sudden disappearance of her most dauntless foe 889 01:58:07,372 --> 01:58:09,958 seemed of darkest portent. 890 01:58:31,646 --> 01:58:32,646 Hurry. 891 01:58:40,321 --> 01:58:43,658 Father, I'm guilty, I have sinned. 892 01:58:44,158 --> 01:58:45,243 Forgive me... 893 01:58:46,911 --> 01:58:49,998 Marianne... Day and night I think of her. 894 01:58:50,665 --> 01:58:53,918 I hear her heart beating in my chest. 895 01:58:55,003 --> 01:58:57,588 I want her on our side, Sardis. 896 01:58:57,755 --> 01:58:59,841 The Lord is testing you. 897 01:59:00,258 --> 01:59:02,093 I can't endure it. 898 01:59:05,430 --> 01:59:06,848 The visions. 899 01:59:09,600 --> 01:59:12,937 These accursed visions torment me. 900 01:59:16,190 --> 01:59:19,193 Deliver me, Father. 901 01:59:19,277 --> 01:59:21,612 I beg of you. 902 01:59:22,530 --> 01:59:25,283 There's only one remedy for this evil. 903 02:00:29,597 --> 02:00:31,432 Don't drink, sister. 904 02:00:33,601 --> 02:00:35,269 They want to kill you. 905 02:00:36,938 --> 02:00:38,856 But I won't let them. 906 02:00:40,608 --> 02:00:42,443 Who does? 907 02:00:43,945 --> 02:00:45,029 Who? 908 02:00:47,031 --> 02:00:50,701 We're going to leave, just you and me. 909 02:00:51,452 --> 02:00:53,621 How about America? 910 02:00:55,790 --> 02:00:58,459 You've hurt me, but I forgive you. 911 02:01:04,799 --> 02:01:06,717 Please. What are you doing? 912 02:01:08,886 --> 02:01:10,054 Stay. 913 02:01:15,059 --> 02:01:16,978 Would I harm you? 914 02:01:17,061 --> 02:01:19,397 Please stay away from me. 915 02:01:21,065 --> 02:01:23,151 Marianne, I need you. 916 02:01:23,818 --> 02:01:26,904 You saved me when I was sick, no one else. 917 02:01:27,738 --> 02:01:30,408 Your face ended my nightmares. 918 02:01:30,658 --> 02:01:33,161 Your hand on my brow chased demons. 919 02:01:33,327 --> 02:01:35,663 You can't know all I've done to keep you near. 920 02:01:35,830 --> 02:01:39,333 I beg of you, don't shun me. 921 02:01:47,175 --> 02:01:49,093 Why? 922 02:01:52,680 --> 02:01:54,348 Do I disgust you? 923 02:01:54,432 --> 02:01:57,351 You don't frighten me. Get out. 924 02:02:00,104 --> 02:02:02,106 Because of this? 925 02:02:07,361 --> 02:02:09,363 Never fear. 926 02:02:10,114 --> 02:02:13,034 From now on, I'll take care of you. 927 02:02:14,535 --> 02:02:15,535 Look. 928 02:02:17,205 --> 02:02:21,042 No one knows. Only Sardis and I. 929 02:02:36,224 --> 02:02:38,559 Leave! Get out! 930 02:02:40,478 --> 02:02:41,896 Why? 931 02:02:44,232 --> 02:02:46,067 You're not my brother. 932 02:02:47,151 --> 02:02:49,820 Another man returned from Africa. 933 02:02:49,987 --> 02:02:53,407 That's true, but it was for you I left. 934 02:02:54,992 --> 02:02:57,411 But for you, all this would not be. 935 02:02:57,995 --> 02:02:58,995 All this? 936 02:03:09,590 --> 02:03:14,512 It's your odor that foul thing smelled on me. 937 02:03:16,681 --> 02:03:19,600 We're of the same blood, Marianne. 938 02:03:23,437 --> 02:03:25,439 When father comes back, 939 02:03:26,107 --> 02:03:28,109 he'll kill you! 940 02:03:29,610 --> 02:03:33,531 Unless I kill him? He's hindered us so long. 941 02:03:35,283 --> 02:03:38,786 Go ahead. Do it, go ahead. 942 02:04:02,560 --> 02:04:04,645 Why didn't you? 943 02:04:05,563 --> 02:04:07,648 Is it so difficult? Look. 944 02:04:07,815 --> 02:04:09,817 - ...Stop. - Then you love me? 945 02:04:17,158 --> 02:04:18,826 Marianne, I love you. 946 02:04:24,165 --> 02:04:27,585 Brothers, the Lord has told me, 947 02:04:28,169 --> 02:04:30,171 the Beast will be back 948 02:04:30,338 --> 02:04:34,342 to herald the return of values to our decadent kingdom. 949 02:04:35,509 --> 02:04:37,678 And in a reborn France 950 02:04:38,346 --> 02:04:42,516 we shall be invisible princes, for God is with us. 951 02:04:55,780 --> 02:04:58,699 The people cannot fathom the Lord's wrath. 952 02:04:59,283 --> 02:05:02,286 The unjust censure of the King 953 02:05:02,870 --> 02:05:06,207 cannot withstand the public's rage. 954 02:05:07,041 --> 02:05:09,960 When that wrath is at a climax, 955 02:05:10,127 --> 02:05:12,380 we'll bargain with the King. 956 02:05:12,630 --> 02:05:14,882 If he couldn't repress one, 957 02:05:15,383 --> 02:05:18,552 imagine if, from all over the realm, 958 02:05:18,719 --> 02:05:21,889 other Beasts burst forth. 959 02:05:23,641 --> 02:05:27,311 The hour is at hand to reap what we've sewn. 960 02:05:30,898 --> 02:05:33,567 Let us read from Malachi. 961 02:05:34,068 --> 02:05:38,489 “The word of the priest is the depository of science, 962 02:05:38,906 --> 02:05:43,160 “and from his mouth is sought knowledge of the law, 963 02:05:43,327 --> 02:05:46,747 “for he is the angel of the lord of hosts...” 964 02:05:46,914 --> 02:05:49,166 “He who adores the Beast 965 02:05:50,918 --> 02:05:53,254 “shall drink the Lord's wrath. 966 02:05:53,671 --> 02:05:57,091 “He shall be tormented in the fire and brimstone 967 02:05:58,008 --> 02:05:59,593 “before the angels, 968 02:06:00,010 --> 02:06:04,181 “and the smoke shall rise in the century of centuries.” 969 02:06:05,015 --> 02:06:07,017 I've come back to name you. 970 02:06:07,601 --> 02:06:11,105 Pierre-Jean Laffont. Genevieve De Morangias. 971 02:06:11,605 --> 02:06:15,526 Maxime Des Forêts. Gontrand De Moncan. 972 02:06:15,693 --> 02:06:19,947 Henri Sardis. Jean-Francois De Morangias. 973 02:06:22,783 --> 02:06:23,783 Amen! 974 02:08:11,058 --> 02:08:12,059 Fire! 975 02:08:22,987 --> 02:08:26,824 Bastards! You're all under arrest! 976 02:09:17,458 --> 02:09:18,959 Ghost or no ghost, 977 02:09:21,295 --> 02:09:23,797 I'll split you in two. 978 02:09:35,476 --> 02:09:38,312 See? No need to hold back. 979 02:09:38,479 --> 02:09:39,897 I never intended to. 980 02:09:40,147 --> 02:09:43,150 Too late. The Beast is immortal now. 981 02:09:43,317 --> 02:09:45,569 Perhaps, but you are not! 982 02:10:37,204 --> 02:10:40,207 - You trained the Beast. - How'd you know? 983 02:10:40,958 --> 02:10:42,710 You use silver bullets. 984 02:11:40,184 --> 02:11:41,268 Look! 985 02:11:54,364 --> 02:11:56,533 Marianne's not here, madman. 986 02:11:57,451 --> 02:11:59,453 You've united us forever. 987 02:12:29,650 --> 02:12:31,318 Line the bastards up! 988 02:12:31,735 --> 02:12:32,986 Who are you? 989 02:12:35,322 --> 02:12:37,574 Look at them! 990 02:12:37,825 --> 02:12:40,077 Not so high and mighty now! 991 02:12:40,494 --> 02:12:41,494 Get back! 992 02:13:02,182 --> 02:13:05,018 - He's dead. - Now it's certain. 993 02:13:06,854 --> 02:13:08,272 And Sardis? 994 02:13:09,022 --> 02:13:11,358 Wherever he runs, we'll find him. 995 02:13:11,525 --> 02:13:14,778 Or the mountain will take him. 996 02:13:17,030 --> 02:13:19,700 Shall we celebrate properly? 997 02:13:20,367 --> 02:13:22,202 You've killed me once. 998 02:13:23,370 --> 02:13:25,539 The better to revive you. 999 02:13:27,291 --> 02:13:32,296 I could introduce you in Rome. Would you come with me? 1000 02:13:37,050 --> 02:13:38,719 Too late. 1001 02:13:39,386 --> 02:13:43,724 I like you, Fronsac. You make me forget all my duties. 1002 02:13:54,067 --> 02:13:57,321 Leave, before I change my mind. 1003 02:15:30,497 --> 02:15:34,418 - Marquis, what is it? - Marianne. 1004 02:15:35,168 --> 02:15:38,505 I've had her brought home. She's dying. 1005 02:15:43,176 --> 02:15:46,680 Get out! Go away! All of you! 1006 02:16:00,694 --> 02:16:03,030 Marianne, wake up! 1007 02:16:08,368 --> 02:16:10,871 Marianne, forgive me. 1008 02:16:15,625 --> 02:16:16,877 I love you. 1009 02:17:45,132 --> 02:17:48,802 Years passed, but Grégoire De Fronsac 1010 02:17:48,969 --> 02:17:52,472 and Marianne De Morangias never left my memory. 1011 02:17:53,473 --> 02:17:57,394 The world that made the Beast is dying away 1012 02:17:58,478 --> 02:18:03,150 and I must hasten, for my story, too, is ending. 1013 02:18:12,409 --> 02:18:17,247 I remember the Chevalier and I at Jean-Francois's hideaway 1014 02:18:17,998 --> 02:18:21,168 where the Beast awaited her final hour. 1015 02:20:02,936 --> 02:20:06,606 The old healer told us all he knew. 1016 02:20:07,107 --> 02:20:10,944 Jean-Francois brought an animal back from Africa, 1017 02:20:11,111 --> 02:20:13,113 and it dropped a litter. 1018 02:20:13,446 --> 02:20:16,950 Only one cub was kept. The strongest. 1019 02:20:17,784 --> 02:20:20,203 Patiently and cruelly, 1020 02:20:20,787 --> 02:20:24,207 he'd trained it, made it ever meaner. 1021 02:20:34,467 --> 02:20:36,970 Thus died the Beast of Gévaudan. 1022 02:20:38,555 --> 02:20:41,308 And I, Thomas d'Apcher, 1023 02:20:41,808 --> 02:20:45,312 am probably the last to know the whole truth. 1024 02:21:19,596 --> 02:21:23,016 The Chevalier invited me to Africa, 1025 02:21:23,350 --> 02:21:27,354 but my land needed rebuilding. My duty was to my countrymen. 1026 02:21:29,272 --> 02:21:32,192 I've often thought of Grégoire and Marianne 1027 02:21:32,359 --> 02:21:37,197 over the peaceful years that brought me gently to old age. 1028 02:21:39,032 --> 02:21:41,701 I never saw them again, 1029 02:21:42,202 --> 02:21:47,040 but I like to think they lived happily, far from here. 1030 02:23:23,970 --> 02:23:28,475 BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF 1031 02:30:22,889 --> 02:30:25,057 Subtitled by Michael Katims. 1032 02:30:25,224 --> 02:30:28,561 - Processed by C.M.C. - Paris