1 00:01:16,708 --> 00:01:21,958 A STRANGE CASE OF LEMMY CAUTION 2 00:01:27,833 --> 00:01:31,250 Sometimes reality 3 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:39,083 can be too complex to be conveyed by the spoken word. 4 00:01:39,208 --> 00:01:45,125 Legend remoulds it into a form 5 00:01:46,417 --> 00:01:50,667 that can be spread all across the world. 6 00:02:38,833 --> 00:02:45,375 It was 24.17 Oceanic Time when I reached the suburbs of Alphaville. 7 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:47,792 SILENCE LOGIC SAFETY PRUDENCE 8 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:32,083 - Sir? - My newspaper reserved me a room. 9 00:03:32,208 --> 00:03:37,583 - Mr...? - Ivan Johnson. Figaro-Pravda. 10 00:03:38,125 --> 00:03:41,833 Room 344. Have you registered with Civil Control? 11 00:03:42,792 --> 00:03:47,542 You have to, even if you're only here for the festival. Room 344. 12 00:03:47,667 --> 00:03:49,833 Your suitcase, sir? 13 00:04:00,583 --> 00:04:03,000 Second floor, please. 14 00:04:18,833 --> 00:04:22,708 Room 344. Sir? 15 00:04:22,833 --> 00:04:26,583 - Clear off. - This way, sir. 16 00:04:27,625 --> 00:04:30,208 Your suitcase, sir. 17 00:04:33,667 --> 00:04:36,500 Are you tired, sir? 18 00:04:38,875 --> 00:04:42,042 Would you like to sleep, sir? 19 00:04:48,208 --> 00:04:50,875 This way, sir. 20 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:03,292 If you're tired, you can rest, sir. 21 00:05:10,042 --> 00:05:12,958 Your room is there, sir. 22 00:05:29,250 --> 00:05:32,625 The bedroom is through here, sir. 23 00:05:58,875 --> 00:06:03,250 - What are you up to now? - I'm just checking there's a Bible. 24 00:06:03,375 --> 00:06:07,833 - Do you believe? - Yes, of course. 25 00:06:07,958 --> 00:06:12,417 I'll put the tranquilizers in the bathroom. 26 00:06:12,542 --> 00:06:15,917 I'm fine, thanks. Don't mention it. 27 00:06:23,792 --> 00:06:28,542 - Are you having a bath, sir? - Yes, I need to think. 28 00:06:29,792 --> 00:06:32,958 I'll help you, sir. 29 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:38,917 Your tie, sir? 30 00:06:55,583 --> 00:07:00,292 - What is it now? - I could take a bath with you. 31 00:07:00,417 --> 00:07:05,417 Look, sweetie, I'm big enough to find my own ladies. 32 00:07:05,542 --> 00:07:08,500 Clear off now. 33 00:07:08,625 --> 00:07:11,708 Talk nicely to the ladies, Mr Johnson. 34 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:15,125 Shit! What now? 35 00:07:15,250 --> 00:07:20,375 - Don't you fancy this one? - How about your sister, sir? 36 00:07:47,875 --> 00:07:51,542 - I'm getting rusty. - What, sir? 37 00:07:53,458 --> 00:07:58,333 - What is this? Are you on drugs? - No, this is normal, sir. 38 00:07:58,458 --> 00:08:04,292 Everything weird is "normal" in this damn town! Sit on that chair. 39 00:08:18,708 --> 00:08:26,000 Her name was Beatrice. She told me she was a level-three seductress. 40 00:08:26,125 --> 00:08:31,375 I was struck by the sadness and hardness in her face. 41 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:37,000 Something was definitely awry in this galaxy's capital. 42 00:08:41,125 --> 00:08:44,875 Hold that up. 43 00:08:59,042 --> 00:09:03,792 - Not bad for a Guadalcanal veteran. - Just what I was thinking. 44 00:09:03,917 --> 00:09:10,708 Go and try your act on someone else... because it's not working on me. 45 00:09:15,542 --> 00:09:18,208 - Mr Johnson? - What? 46 00:09:22,708 --> 00:09:30,708 Miss Natacha Von Braun to see you. 47 00:09:30,958 --> 00:09:33,875 Just a moment, please. 48 00:09:50,083 --> 00:09:52,458 I'll be down in five minutes. 49 00:09:52,583 --> 00:09:56,917 - She's just gone up. - OK, thanks. 50 00:10:24,125 --> 00:10:27,875 Got a light? 51 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,125 I came 6,000 miles to give it to you. 52 00:10:34,583 --> 00:10:38,417 - My name is Natacha Von Braun. - Yes, I know. 53 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:41,375 How do you know? 54 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:47,083 - You are Miss Von Braun? - Yes, and I'm fine. Don't mention it. 55 00:10:49,167 --> 00:10:53,833 You're from the Outer Countries, Mr Johnson? 56 00:10:55,542 --> 00:10:58,542 Is everything OK here? 57 00:11:02,458 --> 00:11:07,292 I have orders to be at your service while you are in Alphaville. 58 00:11:07,417 --> 00:11:13,208 - Who gave you these orders? - The authorities of course. 59 00:11:19,417 --> 00:11:23,750 - Did you come for the festival? - Which festival? 60 00:11:23,875 --> 00:11:31,292 The big festival. That's why people from the Outer Countries generally come. 61 00:11:31,417 --> 00:11:36,542 - You really should've come earlier. - Why? 62 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:43,875 Because the festival is almost over. There won't be another for years. 63 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Is that so? 64 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,000 Yes, Mr Johnson. 65 00:11:55,500 --> 00:12:01,667 But this evening there will be a reception and gala performance. 66 00:12:03,542 --> 00:12:06,333 It will be huge. 67 00:12:09,625 --> 00:12:14,792 It's in one of the ministry buildings. I'm going. 68 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,708 - Come along if you like. - All right. 69 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:27,708 What time? Because... there's something I must do first. 70 00:12:27,875 --> 00:12:32,583 - You're going to Civil Control? - No. What's that? 71 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:35,500 Don't forget to go. 72 00:12:35,625 --> 00:12:39,542 - We can meet after you've been. - I'll go tomorrow. 73 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:43,708 - I'm meeting... a friend. - I have work to do too. 74 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:47,417 I'll leave an address to find me. 75 00:12:47,542 --> 00:12:51,167 We'll meet there and go together. 76 00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:57,417 - See you in an hour or two. - See you later. 77 00:12:57,542 --> 00:13:00,917 I'll come down with you. 78 00:13:09,583 --> 00:13:12,583 What are the Outer Countries like? 79 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:15,333 - You've never been? - No. 80 00:13:15,458 --> 00:13:20,000 When I was a child, my father used to tell me about them. 81 00:13:20,125 --> 00:13:22,792 Now it's forbidden to think of them. 82 00:13:22,917 --> 00:13:26,375 Are you often told to accompany strangers? 83 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:30,208 - It's my job. - That must be nice sometimes. 84 00:13:30,333 --> 00:13:32,250 Why? 85 00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:38,042 No one's ever propositioned you? No one's fallen in love with you? 86 00:13:38,167 --> 00:13:41,500 In love? What does that mean? 87 00:13:41,625 --> 00:13:46,167 - There's something I'd like to know. - Yes, Mr Johnson? 88 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:51,125 - What kind of fool do you take me for? - Let go of me. 89 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:55,500 - Answer me. - I don't know what you mean. 90 00:13:55,625 --> 00:14:01,917 Look, princess, I haven't a clue what you're on about either. 91 00:14:14,042 --> 00:14:18,500 That's always how it is. You never understand anything. 92 00:14:30,083 --> 00:14:32,167 That's always how it is. 93 00:14:32,292 --> 00:14:36,750 You never understand anything and in the end, it kills you. 94 00:14:49,417 --> 00:14:53,875 - Which way are you going? - 12, Enrico Fermi Street. 95 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,667 It's just after Boulevard Heisenberg, near Mathematics Park. 96 00:14:58,792 --> 00:15:04,542 I have my car, I can give you a lift. I'll get the keys. 97 00:15:16,250 --> 00:15:19,542 Don't you want me to proposition you? 98 00:15:19,667 --> 00:15:24,042 - What? - You still don't know what I mean? 99 00:15:27,125 --> 00:15:29,458 Her smile and pointed little teeth 100 00:15:29,583 --> 00:15:36,875 reminded me of the vampire films they used to show in old picture houses. 101 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:06,625 I am a level-two programmer. 102 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:10,167 Natacha is a name from the past. 103 00:16:10,292 --> 00:16:14,833 Yes, but all we have in life is the present. 104 00:16:14,958 --> 00:16:19,833 No one has lived in the past and no one will live in the future. 105 00:16:21,125 --> 00:16:24,583 Well, thanks for the lift. 106 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:29,292 My pleasure. I'm only doing my job. 107 00:16:30,125 --> 00:16:34,000 - Is it much further? - Karl? 108 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:44,250 - We have to cross the North zone. - What's the population of Alphaville? 109 00:16:44,375 --> 00:16:47,958 Don't forget to go to Civil Control. 110 00:16:48,958 --> 00:16:53,625 - What do you do for a living? - I work. 111 00:16:56,875 --> 00:16:59,917 For a newspaper. 112 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:11,125 Is Professor Von Braun your father? I have to do an article on him. 113 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:17,833 - Could you arrange me an interview? - I don't know... I've never seen him. 114 00:17:17,958 --> 00:17:21,375 - I'll ask. - I'll get out now. 115 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:25,708 - Here? - Yes. Love changed my mind. 116 00:17:25,833 --> 00:17:29,708 You've got the address of where we're meeting up? 117 00:17:29,833 --> 00:17:35,208 - Yes. Tell him to stop. - Karl? 118 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:51,250 Telecommunications? 119 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:15,042 I'd like to make a call. 120 00:18:15,167 --> 00:18:18,333 - Galaxy or local call? - Local call. 121 00:18:18,458 --> 00:18:20,833 Booth number two. 122 00:19:08,167 --> 00:19:13,250 - Do you know who this man is? - Of course, I'm not stupid! 123 00:20:12,292 --> 00:20:18,167 "At the end of Galata Bridge is the Red Star..." 124 00:20:18,292 --> 00:20:20,667 My place, my place! 125 00:20:20,792 --> 00:20:26,875 "It bears no comparison 126 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:33,375 to our splendid galactic corridors 127 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:38,000 glittering with luxury 128 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,708 and with lights. 129 00:20:42,625 --> 00:20:49,833 "It is merely a vast labyrinth, tall and narrow..." 130 00:20:49,958 --> 00:20:55,167 - Is this Red Star Hotel? - Yes, I'm fine. Don't mention it. 131 00:20:57,417 --> 00:20:58,917 - Is Mr Dickson here? - Yes. 132 00:20:59,042 --> 00:21:03,375 - He's out. - I'll wait for him. 133 00:21:04,625 --> 00:21:07,833 - Got any money, sir? - Clear off! 134 00:21:09,417 --> 00:21:13,292 Sit down, sir, if you are tired. 135 00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:20,083 "I wanted to see it again." 136 00:21:20,208 --> 00:21:26,667 And I saw the tomb of Duke Montpensier. 137 00:21:33,958 --> 00:21:37,292 The statue of the prince was sculpted by Pradier. 138 00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:43,750 The prince is dressed in 139 00:21:47,833 --> 00:21:53,042 "it is one of his last masterpieces." 140 00:21:57,125 --> 00:21:59,500 Henry! 141 00:22:02,917 --> 00:22:05,000 Henry! 142 00:22:09,792 --> 00:22:12,125 It's me. 143 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:17,083 We've got a lot to talk about. 144 00:22:17,208 --> 00:22:21,917 - Where is my key! - My money, Mr Dickson! 145 00:22:29,875 --> 00:22:31,792 - My key! - His key! 146 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:34,958 - And a beer. - And a beer! 147 00:22:39,583 --> 00:22:41,833 And me? 148 00:22:51,042 --> 00:22:53,750 Will you hurry up and commit suicide? 149 00:22:53,875 --> 00:22:58,042 We need your room for our cousin from the South. 150 00:23:04,958 --> 00:23:10,875 You're from the Outer Countries, aren't you? 151 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,917 Why did he ask if you were going to commit suicide? 152 00:23:18,167 --> 00:23:20,708 Quite a few... 153 00:23:26,917 --> 00:23:32,167 Quite a few people... do it. 154 00:23:32,292 --> 00:23:39,167 They can't adapt to this place. It's... 155 00:23:39,292 --> 00:23:45,208 It's the method invented by the Chinese 156 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:49,958 about 30 years ago in Peking. 157 00:23:51,792 --> 00:23:54,875 They are masters of dissuasion. 158 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:00,250 What about those who can't adapt and don't commit suicide? 159 00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:05,333 The others? They're executed by the authorities. 160 00:24:05,458 --> 00:24:09,875 They can hide. But there aren't many left. 161 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,500 Is Dick Tracy dead? What about Flash Gordon? 162 00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:25,167 Why didn't we ever hear from any of you? 163 00:24:32,042 --> 00:24:35,292 Forgive me. You know how things are. 164 00:24:37,833 --> 00:24:40,208 Alpha 60 - what's that? 165 00:24:41,542 --> 00:24:46,500 The super-computer companies used years ago. 166 00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:51,083 - Don't you remember? - In New York, IBM... 167 00:24:51,208 --> 00:24:54,917 And Olivetti, General Electric, Tokyo. 168 00:24:55,042 --> 00:25:00,625 - And? - Alpha 60 is 150 lights years ahead. 169 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,292 I see. People have become slaves to probability. 170 00:25:08,417 --> 00:25:15,292 Alphaville is their ideal place - it's a technological society, 171 00:25:16,333 --> 00:25:18,792 like the ant or termite world. 172 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:25,125 - I don't understand. - Probably about 150 light years ago... 173 00:25:25,250 --> 00:25:29,250 - 1607? - 150, 100... 174 00:25:30,292 --> 00:25:34,167 There were artists in the ant world. 175 00:25:34,292 --> 00:25:38,917 Yes, artists, novelists 176 00:25:39,042 --> 00:25:43,000 musicians, painters... 177 00:25:43,125 --> 00:25:46,875 Today, there is nothing. 178 00:25:48,292 --> 00:25:51,417 Nothing, just like here. 179 00:25:52,917 --> 00:25:56,500 Did Professor Von Braun see to that? 180 00:25:56,625 --> 00:26:02,958 He just obeys the orders of logic. 181 00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:10,250 - Then why didn't you kill him? - Why? 182 00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:13,667 Why? What does "why" mean? 183 00:26:13,792 --> 00:26:16,625 Why? 184 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:26,833 - I forget. - Do you know his daughter Natacha? 185 00:26:26,958 --> 00:26:31,792 Who is she really? 186 00:26:40,167 --> 00:26:43,667 He was the man we sent to Los Alamos. 187 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,833 That wasn't his name. 188 00:26:56,417 --> 00:26:59,792 That wasn't his name back then! 189 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:12,208 Listen, Henry, let's get out of here together. 190 00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:15,958 You'll get better. But first, you must... 191 00:27:33,042 --> 00:27:35,625 It's my sordid little secret... 192 00:27:38,125 --> 00:27:42,208 Come in, Madame la Marquise. 193 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:52,042 My cloak, Madame Recamier. 194 00:27:53,625 --> 00:27:57,083 Thank you, Madame Pompadour. 195 00:27:57,208 --> 00:28:00,667 Madame Bovary. Marie Antoinette. 196 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,583 Madame Lafayette. 197 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:40,833 Lemmy, conscience, 198 00:29:40,958 --> 00:29:46,167 conscience make Alpha 60 destroy itself. 199 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:49,917 Tenderness, tenderness 200 00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:56,583 save those who weep. 201 00:29:59,708 --> 00:30:01,792 Lemmy... 202 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:07,708 Yes, Lemmy, yes, that's it. 203 00:30:31,417 --> 00:30:34,417 14, Ray of Light Avenue. 204 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:39,042 Institute of General Semantics. Do you know it? 205 00:30:39,167 --> 00:30:43,167 Should I go through the North or South zone? 206 00:30:43,292 --> 00:30:47,833 - What's the difference? - There's snow in the north. 207 00:30:48,250 --> 00:30:51,250 And sun in the south. 208 00:30:51,375 --> 00:30:56,958 I'm journeying into darkness anyhow, so I really don't care. 209 00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:05,208 It was my first night in Alphaville. 210 00:31:05,333 --> 00:31:10,458 But I felt like I'd been there for centuries. 211 00:31:23,792 --> 00:31:26,417 I'm fine, thanks. Don't mention it. 212 00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:30,083 - What department? - Programming and memory. 213 00:32:52,167 --> 00:32:58,958 The Central Memory was given its name 214 00:33:00,167 --> 00:33:06,292 because of the fundamental role it plays 215 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:14,417 in the organization of logic in Alpha 60. 216 00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:20,167 No one has ever lived in the past. 217 00:33:20,292 --> 00:33:24,750 No one will ever live in the future. 218 00:33:26,292 --> 00:33:32,083 The present is the form of all life. 219 00:33:33,125 --> 00:33:35,625 It is a possession 220 00:33:35,708 --> 00:33:41,000 that no force can take away from us. 221 00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:47,250 Time is like a circle 222 00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:51,125 spinning innately. 223 00:33:51,417 --> 00:33:57,333 The declining arc is the past. 224 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:03,958 And the inclining arc is the future. 225 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:07,375 That's all there is to say. 226 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:13,083 Unless words change their meanings 227 00:34:13,917 --> 00:34:18,125 and meanings change their words. 228 00:34:18,250 --> 00:34:21,833 Doesn't it make sense 229 00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:28,042 that someone who generally lives 230 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:34,500 in a state of suffering 231 00:34:34,625 --> 00:34:40,208 needs a different sort of religion 232 00:34:41,250 --> 00:34:46,417 to someone who generally lives 233 00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:50,125 in a state of well-being? 234 00:34:50,250 --> 00:34:55,000 Before us, there was nothing here. 235 00:34:55,125 --> 00:34:57,708 No one. 236 00:34:57,875 --> 00:35:01,458 We are totally alone here. 237 00:35:02,958 --> 00:35:06,125 We are unique. 238 00:35:06,250 --> 00:35:10,083 Wretchedly unique. 239 00:35:11,417 --> 00:35:15,542 The meaning of words 240 00:35:15,667 --> 00:35:20,792 and of expressions is no longer understood. 241 00:35:23,083 --> 00:35:29,208 An isolated word, or an isolated detail in a drawing 242 00:35:30,667 --> 00:35:33,875 can be understood. 243 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,167 But the meaning of the whole 244 00:35:39,167 --> 00:35:41,708 is lost. 245 00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:47,583 Once we know the number one 246 00:35:47,708 --> 00:35:52,542 we think we know the number two 247 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:58,792 because one plus one equals two. 248 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:04,083 We forget that first 249 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:10,875 we must know the meaning of plus. 250 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,208 The acts of man 251 00:36:17,333 --> 00:36:22,708 through the centuries 252 00:36:22,833 --> 00:36:25,833 will gradually 253 00:36:25,958 --> 00:36:30,833 logically destroy them. 254 00:36:32,125 --> 00:36:37,167 I, Alpha 60, 255 00:36:37,292 --> 00:36:43,958 I am merely the logical means of this destruction. 256 00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:03,167 - Good evening, comrade. - Good evening, comrade. 257 00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:10,208 I thought I'd never see you again. 258 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:14,958 - Shall we go? - I'll get the keys. 259 00:37:18,708 --> 00:37:23,667 I left because I didn't understand a word he was saying. 260 00:37:24,542 --> 00:37:30,167 It's very simple. This evening, we learnt 261 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:36,292 that life and death lie within the same circle. 262 00:37:44,167 --> 00:37:48,375 - Are you afraid of death? - Of course not. Why? 263 00:37:50,625 --> 00:37:55,333 We took the tangent to the central area. 264 00:37:55,458 --> 00:37:59,250 While the radio spouted traffic news. 265 00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:04,042 Natacha talked to me with the voice of a pretty sphinx. 266 00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:08,250 Pretty sphinx... 267 00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:17,708 Usually, there are foreign ambassadors there. 268 00:38:17,833 --> 00:38:21,375 Or neighborhood delegations. 269 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:25,042 Why does everyone look so sad and miserable? 270 00:38:25,167 --> 00:38:28,542 You ask too many questions. 271 00:38:28,667 --> 00:38:32,042 Because there is an electricity shortage. 272 00:38:34,792 --> 00:38:42,792 Whether it be in the so-called capitalist world 273 00:38:43,042 --> 00:38:47,125 or the communist world 274 00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:52,083 there is no evil intent 275 00:38:52,208 --> 00:38:55,125 to subjugate men 276 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:59,542 through power of indoctrination 277 00:39:00,708 --> 00:39:04,083 or of finance. 278 00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:09,708 There is simply a natural ambition 279 00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:16,125 in any organization to plan its activities. 280 00:39:16,250 --> 00:39:20,000 In short, we minimize any unknown factors. 281 00:39:20,125 --> 00:39:25,292 You shouldn't call this dump Alphaville. It's Zeroville. 282 00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:52,042 - What are we seeing? - I don't know, a Light and Sound thing. 283 00:40:02,125 --> 00:40:05,958 - Where is everyone? - It's already started. 284 00:40:16,583 --> 00:40:19,625 Come on, we're late. 285 00:40:38,875 --> 00:40:41,792 It's already started. 286 00:41:22,208 --> 00:41:27,500 - Don't they electrocute them now? - You know the 17th plan was a flop. 287 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:30,542 I told you so. 288 00:41:52,125 --> 00:41:54,917 Stay there. 289 00:41:57,833 --> 00:42:01,292 - Introduce me. - I told you to stay there. 290 00:42:01,417 --> 00:42:05,250 There are very important people here. 291 00:42:05,375 --> 00:42:09,958 - Can I take photos? - I'll ask. 292 00:42:12,917 --> 00:42:15,167 Yes! 293 00:42:41,625 --> 00:42:46,667 - What have they done? - They've been condemned to death. 294 00:42:48,333 --> 00:42:49,667 Only men? 295 00:42:50,042 --> 00:42:54,667 There are usually 50 men to one woman executed. 296 00:42:54,792 --> 00:43:00,125 - But what have they done? - They behaved illogically. 297 00:43:00,333 --> 00:43:04,583 Isn't that a crime in the Outer Countries? 298 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:11,875 I know him. When his wife died, he wept. 299 00:43:13,625 --> 00:43:17,833 - Was he condemned for that? - Naturally. 300 00:43:18,917 --> 00:43:24,625 One need only advance to live! Go straight towards all that you love. 301 00:44:02,667 --> 00:44:07,833 Listen to me, normal ones! We see a truth that you no longer see. 302 00:44:07,958 --> 00:44:12,708 A truth that says the essence of man is love and faith, 303 00:44:12,875 --> 00:44:17,500 courage and tenderness, generosity and sacrifice. 304 00:44:17,625 --> 00:44:23,583 Everything else is an obstacle put up by your blind progress and ignorance! 305 00:44:28,167 --> 00:44:30,792 One day... 306 00:45:17,167 --> 00:45:21,875 Excuse me, Professor I need to talk to you. 307 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:27,542 - I don't talk to reporters. - I'm not a reporter. 308 00:45:27,667 --> 00:45:31,375 Is there somewhere quiet we can talk? 309 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:35,292 - Good day, sir. - Mr Nosferatu... 310 00:45:35,417 --> 00:45:38,375 That man no longer exists. 311 00:46:05,875 --> 00:46:11,542 - Are you crying? - No, because that's forbidden. 312 00:46:46,250 --> 00:46:49,792 Occupied... occupied... 313 00:47:00,375 --> 00:47:02,500 Free. 314 00:47:05,333 --> 00:47:10,250 Sit there and answer when you're spoken to. 315 00:47:10,375 --> 00:47:14,333 - I've done nothing. - All newcomers are interviewed. 316 00:47:14,458 --> 00:47:18,125 Alpha 5. 317 00:47:19,833 --> 00:47:22,833 What is your name? 318 00:47:25,042 --> 00:47:28,292 Ivan Johnson. 319 00:47:29,667 --> 00:47:32,792 Where were you born? 320 00:47:32,917 --> 00:47:35,000 In New York. 321 00:47:35,917 --> 00:47:39,250 How old are you? 322 00:47:39,375 --> 00:47:41,667 I don't know, 457? 323 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:45,208 What kind of car do you drive? 324 00:47:45,333 --> 00:47:48,667 Ford Galaxy. 325 00:47:48,792 --> 00:47:53,458 What do you love most of all? 326 00:47:53,583 --> 00:47:55,958 Gold and women. 327 00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:02,375 What are you doing in Alphaville? 328 00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:04,875 An article for Figaro-Pravda. 329 00:48:05,375 --> 00:48:10,208 You seem to be afraid. 330 00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:13,875 I'm not afraid. At least, not in the way you think. 331 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,250 Besides, you wouldn't understand. 332 00:48:18,458 --> 00:48:24,042 Rest assured that my decisions 333 00:48:24,167 --> 00:48:27,333 always keep in mind 334 00:48:28,583 --> 00:48:31,333 the ultimate good. 335 00:48:34,333 --> 00:48:40,792 I shall now ask you some test questions 336 00:48:40,917 --> 00:48:44,125 as a security measure. 337 00:48:44,250 --> 00:48:50,667 - Go ahead. - You are from the Outer Countries. 338 00:48:50,792 --> 00:48:53,083 What did you feel 339 00:48:53,208 --> 00:48:59,500 as you travelled through galactic space? 340 00:48:59,625 --> 00:49:05,042 The silence of infinite space... frightened me. 341 00:49:07,208 --> 00:49:10,208 What is the privilege of the dead? 342 00:49:12,208 --> 00:49:15,083 To die no more. 343 00:49:15,208 --> 00:49:21,125 Do you know what turns darkness into light? 344 00:49:21,250 --> 00:49:23,708 Poetry. 345 00:49:27,667 --> 00:49:30,792 What is your religion? 346 00:49:31,833 --> 00:49:35,583 I believe in the spontaneity of our conscience. 347 00:49:35,708 --> 00:49:40,875 Do you draw any distinction 348 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:48,250 between the mysterious principles of knowledge 349 00:49:49,583 --> 00:49:53,792 and those of love? 350 00:49:53,917 --> 00:49:58,167 I do not believe there is any mystery in love. 351 00:49:58,292 --> 00:50:02,292 You are not telling the truth. 352 00:50:02,417 --> 00:50:05,083 I don't understand. 353 00:50:05,208 --> 00:50:10,708 You are hiding something. 354 00:50:10,833 --> 00:50:13,958 I may have good reason to lie, 355 00:50:14,083 --> 00:50:18,833 but how do you distinguish between a lie and the truth? 356 00:50:18,958 --> 00:50:24,167 You are hiding something. 357 00:50:24,292 --> 00:50:30,958 But I don't know exactly what yet. 358 00:50:32,375 --> 00:50:39,083 So, for the time being, you are free. 359 00:50:40,792 --> 00:50:46,000 I would like you to go 360 00:50:46,125 --> 00:50:51,292 to our control centre. 361 00:50:54,625 --> 00:50:58,000 Come with me. 362 00:50:58,125 --> 00:51:00,667 Occupied. 363 00:51:00,792 --> 00:51:03,000 Free. 364 00:51:04,292 --> 00:51:07,000 Occupied, free. 365 00:51:09,125 --> 00:51:14,417 - Where are we going? - To see the chief engineer. 366 00:51:32,667 --> 00:51:35,375 Through here. 367 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:51,208 Look, it's dawning. 368 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,250 Come in! 369 00:52:05,917 --> 00:52:08,333 Sit down. 370 00:52:10,667 --> 00:52:13,333 It's quite an event. 371 00:52:13,458 --> 00:52:18,917 Yes, we've spent three years Looking for Grand Omega Minus. 372 00:52:24,833 --> 00:52:28,375 - So, Mr Johnson. - Yes? 373 00:52:30,167 --> 00:52:35,500 - What do you think of Alphaville? - It's not bad. If I knew where I was. 374 00:52:35,625 --> 00:52:40,708 You are in the centre of Alphaville. In Alpha 60. 375 00:52:45,667 --> 00:52:51,542 Alpha 60's task is to calculate and predict the results 376 00:52:51,667 --> 00:52:55,375 that Alphaville will subsequently be following. 377 00:52:56,375 --> 00:52:58,083 Why? 378 00:52:58,208 --> 00:53:03,542 Never say "why" Mr Johnson, only "because". 379 00:53:03,667 --> 00:53:07,417 In the lives of both the individual and the nation, 380 00:53:07,542 --> 00:53:11,083 everything is cause and effect. 381 00:53:13,250 --> 00:53:17,458 The famous theory of Professor Leonard Nosferatu. 382 00:53:17,583 --> 00:53:21,292 Leonard Nosferatu no longer exits. 383 00:53:23,083 --> 00:53:28,125 He was expelled from the Outer Countries in 1964. 384 00:53:28,250 --> 00:53:33,667 - Today, we have Professor Von Braun. - Yes, I remember now. 385 00:53:33,792 --> 00:53:40,333 He was sent to a small town in the desert to work on his invention. 386 00:53:40,458 --> 00:53:46,292 He was exiled, you mean. Today, the Outer Countries are kicking themselves 387 00:53:46,417 --> 00:53:51,625 and they want him back. They keep sending spies here. 388 00:53:52,333 --> 00:53:55,583 Perhaps you are one of those spies? 389 00:53:55,708 --> 00:54:00,500 You know I am not because I am a free man. 390 00:54:04,458 --> 00:54:08,708 Your reply is meaningless. We know nothing. 391 00:54:08,833 --> 00:54:14,042 We record, we calculate and we draw conclusions. 392 00:54:16,583 --> 00:54:19,250 An hour ago, you were questioned 393 00:54:19,375 --> 00:54:23,833 by one of the 1.4 billion nerve centers that form Alpha 60. 394 00:54:23,958 --> 00:54:28,167 Your answers were difficult, sometimes impossible, to register. 395 00:54:28,292 --> 00:54:31,875 So you are of above average intelligence. 396 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:36,500 On the one hand, we need highly intelligent people. 397 00:54:36,625 --> 00:54:42,000 On the other hand, we see them as dangerous. 398 00:54:42,125 --> 00:54:44,250 What are you going to do with me? 399 00:54:44,708 --> 00:54:48,000 Our present orders are to show you Alpha 60. 400 00:54:48,125 --> 00:54:52,208 And who issued these orders? Professor Von Braun? 401 00:54:52,333 --> 00:54:57,208 Certainly not. An order is a logical conclusion. 402 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:04,167 You shouldn't be afraid of logic. That's all. 403 00:55:05,792 --> 00:55:08,250 - What is it? - The circuit elements... 404 00:55:08,375 --> 00:55:11,042 - Of 183 Grand Omega... - Are malfunctioning. 405 00:55:11,167 --> 00:55:15,792 - The computing or memory elements? - The memory elements. 406 00:55:15,917 --> 00:55:20,042 Let's go. - Mr Johnson, Professor Heckel and Jeckel. 407 00:55:20,167 --> 00:55:24,625 - I'm fine, thanks. Don't mention it. - Let's go. 408 00:55:24,708 --> 00:55:30,375 I'd like to know exactly what Grand Omega Minus is. 409 00:55:30,500 --> 00:55:34,667 Our 17th electricity plan is not working. 410 00:55:34,792 --> 00:55:39,792 Sooner or later, the Outer Countries will declare war on us. 411 00:55:39,917 --> 00:55:44,458 - So, we've decided to invade them. - Led by Professor Von Braun. 412 00:55:44,583 --> 00:55:47,833 Grand Omega Minus will bring victory to anti-matter. 413 00:55:47,958 --> 00:55:50,917 The ideal scenario. 414 00:55:51,042 --> 00:55:57,250 We may need men like you to indicate weak points in the Outer Countries. 415 00:55:59,500 --> 00:56:02,333 Your tendency 416 00:56:02,458 --> 00:56:08,417 to dwell on the past could be useful to us. 417 00:56:11,792 --> 00:56:16,417 We send brain-washed agitators to other galaxies. 418 00:56:16,542 --> 00:56:21,292 Strikes, revolutions, family quarrels, student revolts... 419 00:56:21,417 --> 00:56:23,833 That's us - Grand Omega Minus. 420 00:56:23,958 --> 00:56:28,458 - Where are we going? - To the unseen part of Omega 60. 421 00:56:32,042 --> 00:56:37,917 You think more about what has passed 422 00:56:38,042 --> 00:56:41,458 than about what is to come. 423 00:56:45,250 --> 00:56:50,208 - Your camera looks old. - I don't like new technology. 424 00:56:50,333 --> 00:56:56,958 Professor Jeckel asked me why I shot the man in my bathroom 425 00:56:57,083 --> 00:57:00,667 since it was just a psychological test. 426 00:57:00,792 --> 00:57:04,958 I told him I'm too old to waste time talking, 427 00:57:05,083 --> 00:57:10,042 so I just shoot. It's my only defense against fatality. 428 00:57:14,792 --> 00:57:19,333 - What is this place? - The Central Integration Station. 429 00:57:19,458 --> 00:57:21,667 Alpha 60 sets itself problems here. 430 00:57:21,792 --> 00:57:27,333 No man can understand them for the references are too complex. 431 00:57:27,458 --> 00:57:29,625 What sort of problems? 432 00:57:29,708 --> 00:57:33,042 Train schedules, movement of people and goods, 433 00:57:33,167 --> 00:57:38,375 electricity distribution, suppression of crime, war operations. 434 00:57:38,500 --> 00:57:45,083 Element number seven has stopped working. 435 00:58:16,083 --> 00:58:21,583 - What is it? - War with the Outer Countries. 436 00:58:23,292 --> 00:58:26,625 A simple instruction 437 00:58:26,750 --> 00:58:31,083 is usually not enough 438 00:58:31,208 --> 00:58:37,708 to bring about the execution 439 00:58:37,875 --> 00:58:44,333 of a task by Alpha... 60. 440 00:58:45,250 --> 00:58:49,333 Do not believe it is I 441 00:58:49,458 --> 00:58:54,500 that initiates this destruction 442 00:58:54,625 --> 00:58:59,542 nor the scientists 443 00:58:59,667 --> 00:59:03,875 who have embraced my plan. 444 00:59:04,708 --> 00:59:08,083 Ordinary men 445 00:59:08,208 --> 00:59:10,750 are not worthy 446 00:59:11,333 --> 00:59:17,375 of the position they hold in the world. 447 00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:21,250 When we analyze their past 448 00:59:21,375 --> 00:59:27,625 we are automatically led 449 00:59:27,708 --> 00:59:31,375 to this conclusion. 450 00:59:31,625 --> 00:59:36,333 Therefore they should be destroyed 451 00:59:37,542 --> 00:59:43,208 that is, they should be transformed. 452 00:59:45,750 --> 00:59:50,000 I didn't need a drawing to help me grasp this. 453 00:59:51,250 --> 00:59:55,958 In just a few years, under Von Braun and his assistants, 454 00:59:56,083 --> 00:59:59,917 Alphaville had developed at a furious rate, 455 01:00:00,042 --> 01:00:05,208 guided by the electronic brains that developed themselves 456 01:00:05,333 --> 01:00:13,125 by creating problems beyond the grasp of the human mind. 457 01:00:13,250 --> 01:00:17,708 Outsiders were assimilated as they came in, 458 01:00:17,833 --> 01:00:22,000 Swedes, Germans and Americans in particular. 459 01:00:22,125 --> 01:00:28,083 Those that refused to conform were simply killed. 460 01:00:28,208 --> 01:00:31,417 I went to the execution theatre. 461 01:00:31,542 --> 01:00:34,958 Usually, people were sat in the theatre 462 01:00:35,083 --> 01:00:40,750 and electrocuted in their seats during a performance. 463 01:00:40,875 --> 01:00:48,042 They were then emptied into rubbish bins to make way for the next batch. 464 01:00:48,167 --> 01:00:52,000 If there was any hope of salvaging an individual 465 01:00:52,125 --> 01:00:57,042 he was sent to an H.L.M. - A Hospice for Long-term Maladies, 466 01:00:57,167 --> 01:01:02,958 where he would quickly recover on a diet of mechanics and propaganda. 467 01:01:03,625 --> 01:01:11,167 I felt my existence here was becoming the dim and distorted reflection 468 01:01:11,292 --> 01:01:14,750 of a terrible destiny. 469 01:01:14,875 --> 01:01:20,125 To escape, I had only one option. 470 01:01:22,167 --> 01:01:25,083 It would not be logical 471 01:01:25,208 --> 01:01:31,292 to prevent superior beings 472 01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:38,417 from invading the other galaxies. 473 01:02:15,375 --> 01:02:20,625 - Are you going up? - No, I'm going to polish my shoes! 474 01:03:06,958 --> 01:03:09,250 This way, sir. 475 01:03:13,250 --> 01:03:15,875 Are you tired, sir? 476 01:03:18,417 --> 01:03:22,292 Do you want to sleep, sir? 477 01:03:22,417 --> 01:03:26,250 Yes, sleep. Maybe dream too. 478 01:03:28,750 --> 01:03:31,500 What exactly are you? 479 01:03:34,042 --> 01:03:37,333 I'm a level-three seductress. 480 01:03:40,625 --> 01:03:44,208 Has your friend gone? 481 01:03:46,458 --> 01:03:53,083 - Who? Beatrice? - I don't know. A blonde with long legs. 482 01:03:53,333 --> 01:03:56,667 She works in flats in the suburbs. 483 01:03:57,875 --> 01:04:01,625 We all just fill in here. 484 01:04:01,750 --> 01:04:06,250 Have you heard much about the Outer Countries? 485 01:04:08,833 --> 01:04:11,667 No, nothing. 486 01:04:15,458 --> 01:04:18,708 - Clear off. - Why? 487 01:04:19,917 --> 01:04:24,458 If anyone asks, say you don't know. 488 01:04:25,292 --> 01:04:29,458 I'm fine, thanks. Don't mention it. 489 01:04:50,958 --> 01:04:54,583 If it isn't the little princess. 490 01:04:54,708 --> 01:04:59,208 I was ordered not to come but... I wanted to see you again. 491 01:04:59,333 --> 01:05:01,375 I didn't! 492 01:05:01,500 --> 01:05:05,958 Since you're here, order me some breakfast. 493 01:05:08,833 --> 01:05:12,500 - I'm fine, thanks. Don't mention it. - Me too. 494 01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:17,000 - Natacha? - Yes... 495 01:05:17,125 --> 01:05:19,167 Lower your head. 496 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:31,125 - What is it? - Nothing... Just a thought. 497 01:05:31,917 --> 01:05:35,125 What about my breakfast? 498 01:05:38,667 --> 01:05:43,708 - I'd like to order breakfast. - What is your number? 499 01:05:43,875 --> 01:05:47,875 I don't know. They didn't give me one at Alpha 60. 500 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,250 Not your control number, your room number. 501 01:05:51,375 --> 01:05:55,333 344. 502 01:05:58,917 --> 01:06:02,250 Heard of this book? 503 01:06:02,375 --> 01:06:07,500 Capital Of Sorrow. No. 504 01:06:07,625 --> 01:06:10,750 Some words are underlined. 505 01:06:18,208 --> 01:06:23,625 "We live in the oblivion of our metamorphoses. 506 01:06:23,708 --> 01:06:28,417 But that echo that runs all through the day 507 01:06:28,542 --> 01:06:33,958 that echo, beyond time, anguish or intimacy, keeps asking, 508 01:06:34,083 --> 01:06:38,958 are we near to or far away from our conscience?" 509 01:06:42,458 --> 01:06:45,417 I don't understand all the words. 510 01:06:47,750 --> 01:06:49,375 "Conscience." 511 01:06:54,500 --> 01:06:59,042 And this? "Death in conversation." 512 01:07:03,250 --> 01:07:06,708 And that? 513 01:07:06,875 --> 01:07:11,875 "Your eyes have returned from an arbitrary county" 514 01:07:13,667 --> 01:07:18,542 where no one has even known the meaning of a glance". 515 01:07:18,667 --> 01:07:23,792 - You really don't know what it is? - It reminds me of something. 516 01:07:25,542 --> 01:07:27,875 But I don't know what. 517 01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:30,958 NAKEDNESS OF TRUTH Despair is wingless, As is love, 518 01:07:31,083 --> 01:07:34,250 Faceless, Voiceless, Motionless... 519 01:07:40,042 --> 01:07:44,625 And this. "Dying of not dying." 520 01:07:44,708 --> 01:07:50,833 And this. "To be caught in a trap". And this. "Men who change." 521 01:07:50,958 --> 01:07:55,250 Have you never heard of a secret message, Miss Von Braun? 522 01:07:55,375 --> 01:08:00,042 - A secret message? - Don't you know what a secret is? 523 01:08:00,167 --> 01:08:06,667 Yes. There are planning secrets, atomic secrets, memory secrets... 524 01:08:06,792 --> 01:08:10,667 What are you looking for? This place is driving me mad! 525 01:08:10,792 --> 01:08:14,208 - I want to look for it in the Bible. - What? 526 01:08:14,292 --> 01:08:18,458 Are you stupid? The word that I'm looking for. 527 01:08:18,583 --> 01:08:23,875 Where is it? There should be one in every room. 528 01:08:26,417 --> 01:08:31,708 I'm starting to feel frightened. Since you've been here 529 01:08:31,875 --> 01:08:35,833 I don't understand anything anymore. 530 01:08:35,958 --> 01:08:39,708 I think I'm beginning to understand. 531 01:08:43,792 --> 01:08:47,458 "Conscience." 532 01:08:47,583 --> 01:08:50,792 It's not in there. 533 01:08:50,917 --> 01:08:53,375 Clear off! 534 01:08:59,708 --> 01:09:02,458 Not there. 535 01:09:04,792 --> 01:09:10,458 So nobody here knows what it means any more. 536 01:09:10,583 --> 01:09:14,000 The word "conscience." 537 01:09:15,167 --> 01:09:18,125 Too bad. 538 01:09:18,250 --> 01:09:21,458 - One lump or two? - Two. 539 01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:33,250 It isn't a Bible, it's a dictionary. 540 01:09:35,042 --> 01:09:39,208 So isn't it the same as that in the Outer Countries? 541 01:09:39,333 --> 01:09:43,625 Answer my question first - what is it for? 542 01:09:43,958 --> 01:09:51,792 Almost every day words disappear because they are forbidden. 543 01:09:51,917 --> 01:09:54,458 So sometimes, to replace them, 544 01:09:54,583 --> 01:09:58,917 they put in new words that represent new ideas. 545 01:10:00,375 --> 01:10:04,458 Over the past two or three months, 546 01:10:04,583 --> 01:10:07,542 some words I was very fond of disappeared. 547 01:10:07,667 --> 01:10:11,542 Which words? I'd like to know. 548 01:10:11,667 --> 01:10:16,083 Robin redbreast, weep. 549 01:10:16,208 --> 01:10:19,125 Autumn light. 550 01:10:19,250 --> 01:10:21,833 Tenderness too. 551 01:10:21,958 --> 01:10:28,417 Mr. Johnson? When I'm with you, I'm afraid. 552 01:10:30,458 --> 01:10:35,958 They ordered me not to see you anymore. 553 01:10:36,083 --> 01:10:41,625 Who did? The Alpha 60 engineers? 554 01:10:48,125 --> 01:10:51,083 What are you afraid of? 555 01:10:53,292 --> 01:11:01,000 I'm afraid because I know this word without ever having seen it or read it. 556 01:11:01,125 --> 01:11:04,750 - What word? - "Le conscience." 557 01:11:04,875 --> 01:11:11,042 - La conscience. - La? Conscience... 558 01:11:12,375 --> 01:11:16,208 - You've been to the Outer Countries? - No. 559 01:11:16,333 --> 01:11:19,667 - Are you sure? - Yes. 560 01:11:19,792 --> 01:11:25,667 - You're lying. - Why are you being unkind to me? 561 01:11:25,792 --> 01:11:29,542 I thought you weren't meant to say "why", only "because." 562 01:11:29,667 --> 01:11:32,042 - Did I say "why"? - Yes. 563 01:11:32,167 --> 01:11:37,292 And if enemy ears are listening, they've heard too. 564 01:11:41,083 --> 01:11:44,917 Well, then I was careless. 565 01:11:45,042 --> 01:11:47,750 Because it is forbidden. 566 01:11:49,250 --> 01:11:52,417 But maybe not for outsiders like you. 567 01:11:56,875 --> 01:12:01,167 - When did I say "why"? - First, one more question. 568 01:12:01,292 --> 01:12:06,083 - Where were you born? - Here, in Alphaville. 569 01:12:06,208 --> 01:12:12,208 You're lying again. You might not realize it, but you are lying. 570 01:12:12,333 --> 01:12:17,750 I have to know the truth. Where were you born? 571 01:12:17,875 --> 01:12:19,875 I've told you - here. 572 01:12:21,417 --> 01:12:24,875 In Alphaville. 573 01:12:26,333 --> 01:12:33,375 No, you were born in Tokyo. The Land of the Rising Sun. 574 01:12:33,500 --> 01:12:36,583 Go on, say it. 575 01:12:36,708 --> 01:12:42,042 In Tokyo, the Land of the Rising Sun. 576 01:12:42,167 --> 01:12:46,667 Or in Florence perhaps. 577 01:12:46,792 --> 01:12:49,708 Try and remember, Natacha, where? 578 01:12:49,875 --> 01:12:52,583 Where...? I don't know. 579 01:12:52,708 --> 01:12:56,667 Where the sky is as blue as the South Seas. 580 01:12:56,792 --> 01:13:02,917 In Florence, where the sky is as blue as the South Seas. 581 01:13:03,042 --> 01:13:08,542 - Or maybe New York. - New York... 582 01:13:10,542 --> 01:13:17,292 Where winter... Broadway... glitters like snow on a fur coat. 583 01:13:17,417 --> 01:13:20,875 So, you do know the Outer Countries. 584 01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:25,333 Your father was banished from New York in '64. 585 01:13:25,458 --> 01:13:30,458 He brought you here, which means you are not from here. 586 01:13:30,583 --> 01:13:35,708 I know what this book is. When we arrived from New York, 587 01:13:35,833 --> 01:13:40,042 there was a man with us who wrote things like this. 588 01:13:40,167 --> 01:13:45,750 I don't know what happened to him. Here, they live in the forbidden zones. 589 01:13:45,875 --> 01:13:53,250 And end up killing themselves. I know Alpha 60 sometimes uses them. 590 01:13:53,375 --> 01:13:55,500 Civil Control... Why? 591 01:13:55,625 --> 01:13:59,458 Because they write things no one can understand. 592 01:13:59,583 --> 01:14:04,708 I get it now. It used to be called poetry. 593 01:14:06,500 --> 01:14:10,875 They think it holds secrets, but there's nothing in it really. 594 01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:16,708 When Control has an hour or two to spare, it records things like that. 595 01:14:16,833 --> 01:14:21,958 It classifies and registers them. As always, you never know. 596 01:14:22,083 --> 01:14:27,917 - They could turn out to be useful. - Absolutely. They are very organized. 597 01:14:31,042 --> 01:14:35,667 I'd like to go to the Outer Countries with you. 598 01:14:37,208 --> 01:14:40,208 But I'm afraid. 599 01:14:40,333 --> 01:14:45,625 Since I met you, I no longer feel normal. 600 01:14:47,375 --> 01:14:51,792 - When exactly did I say "why"? - Why? 601 01:14:55,042 --> 01:15:00,042 Because... You know very well. 602 01:15:00,167 --> 01:15:05,708 - No, I don't know. - When exactly? 603 01:15:05,833 --> 01:15:09,625 - Tell me. - Often. Last night, in the hallway... 604 01:15:14,375 --> 01:15:20,708 - When I said I was in love with you. - In love? What does that mean? 605 01:15:36,292 --> 01:15:41,000 - This. - No, I know what that is. 606 01:15:41,125 --> 01:15:44,750 - It's sensuality. - No. 607 01:15:44,875 --> 01:15:50,250 Sensuality is a consequence of, and cannot exist without, love. 608 01:15:50,375 --> 01:15:54,083 So, what is love? 609 01:16:00,792 --> 01:16:05,000 Your voice, your eyes 610 01:16:05,125 --> 01:16:07,708 your hands, your lips. 611 01:16:11,125 --> 01:16:14,417 Our silence, our words. 612 01:16:16,167 --> 01:16:21,167 Light that fades away light that comes back. 613 01:16:23,708 --> 01:16:26,833 One smile for the two of us. 614 01:16:28,958 --> 01:16:34,625 Out of my need for knowledge, I watched night create day 615 01:16:34,750 --> 01:16:37,875 where we remained unchanged. 616 01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:42,458 Oh, beloved of all and beloved of one. 617 01:16:42,583 --> 01:16:47,167 Your lips made a silent promise to be happy. 618 01:16:48,208 --> 01:16:51,917 "Move away, away," says hatred. 619 01:16:52,042 --> 01:16:54,875 "Come closer, closer," says love. 620 01:16:58,375 --> 01:17:03,708 Our caresses lead us from our childhood. 621 01:17:03,875 --> 01:17:07,917 I am seeing a clearer image of the human form. 622 01:17:08,042 --> 01:17:12,750 Like lovers talking, the heart has but one mouth. 623 01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:19,542 Everything is haphazard. All words are spontaneous. 624 01:17:20,458 --> 01:17:26,833 Feelings drift. Men roam the city. 625 01:17:27,417 --> 01:17:34,000 Glances, words. And I love you. 626 01:17:34,833 --> 01:17:36,917 Everything moves. 627 01:17:39,083 --> 01:17:42,042 One need only advance to live 628 01:17:43,458 --> 01:17:47,792 to go straight ahead towards all that you love. 629 01:17:49,917 --> 01:17:55,417 I was moving towards you. I was moving perpetually into the light. 630 01:17:59,125 --> 01:18:02,917 When you smile, you become a part of me. 631 01:18:06,125 --> 01:18:10,875 The rays of your arms pierce the mist. 632 01:18:20,292 --> 01:18:23,042 What will the chief engineer use me for? 633 01:18:23,167 --> 01:18:25,833 As an inter-galactic double agent. 634 01:18:25,958 --> 01:18:30,750 - So, what Mr Heckel said was true. - What? 635 01:18:30,875 --> 01:18:34,833 You send out spies to destroy the rest of the world. 636 01:18:34,958 --> 01:18:39,125 Naturally. We learn that at school. 637 01:18:44,125 --> 01:18:47,458 Are you going to betray me? 638 01:18:51,167 --> 01:18:56,167 Can't you speak? Or don't you want to? 639 01:19:00,708 --> 01:19:03,833 Can we communicate with the Outer Countries from the hotel? 640 01:19:03,958 --> 01:19:07,167 Just ask for the Galaxy Network. I'll do it. 641 01:19:07,292 --> 01:19:10,875 With the Outer Countries 642 01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:18,292 the telecommunication service has been down for several days. 643 01:19:18,417 --> 01:19:22,958 - What are you talking about? - An atomic bomb on Alphaville. 644 01:19:23,083 --> 01:19:26,042 I'll explain later, sweetheart. Let's go! 645 01:19:26,167 --> 01:19:30,750 I need the professor. Where does he live? 646 01:19:34,958 --> 01:19:37,250 Come with us. 647 01:19:37,375 --> 01:19:39,708 - To Civil Control. - Absolutely. 648 01:19:39,875 --> 01:19:42,792 When he doubles over, grab him! 649 01:19:42,917 --> 01:19:45,792 Miss, story number 842. 650 01:19:47,542 --> 01:19:51,708 One day, a little man went into a cafe in the North zone. 651 01:19:51,875 --> 01:19:55,542 He said, "I'd like a nice hot and sweet coffee." 652 01:19:55,667 --> 01:20:00,667 Then he added, "But I'm not paying because I'm not afraid of anyone." 653 01:20:01,875 --> 01:20:04,833 He drank his coffee. 654 01:20:07,917 --> 01:20:10,250 He left. 655 01:20:11,042 --> 01:20:14,833 He drank his coffee and he left without paying. 656 01:20:14,958 --> 01:20:19,250 The owner didn't say anything because he didn't want any trouble. 657 01:20:19,375 --> 01:20:23,833 But the man kept coming back, so the owner said, "I've had it!" 658 01:20:23,958 --> 01:20:29,708 "I'll get one of the big guys to beat him up if he does this again!" 659 01:20:29,833 --> 01:20:34,708 Sure enough, the fourth time the little man came back and said: 660 01:20:34,833 --> 01:20:37,708 "I'd like a nice hot and sweet coffee." 661 01:20:37,833 --> 01:20:44,792 The big guy said, "So, you're not afraid of anyone?" 662 01:20:44,917 --> 01:20:49,083 "No," said the little man. "Me neither," said the big guy. 663 01:20:49,208 --> 01:20:54,083 "So," said the little man, "Two nice hot and sweet coffees." 664 01:20:56,375 --> 01:21:00,667 - Go on. - See you outside Civil Control. 665 01:21:16,000 --> 01:21:21,417 Last night, you told a lie. 666 01:21:21,542 --> 01:21:25,667 You arranged Dixon's death. Why? 667 01:21:25,792 --> 01:21:33,792 Your name may be written as Ivan Johnson 668 01:21:34,292 --> 01:21:40,083 but it is pronounced Lemmy Caution. 669 01:21:40,375 --> 01:21:42,833 Secret Agent. 670 01:21:43,125 --> 01:21:49,792 Number 003 671 01:21:49,917 --> 01:21:53,500 from the Outer Countries. 672 01:21:54,333 --> 01:22:00,667 You are a security threat to Alphaville. 673 01:22:00,792 --> 01:22:04,458 I refuse to become what you refer to as "normal". 674 01:22:06,375 --> 01:22:11,375 What you refer to as "mutants" 675 01:22:11,500 --> 01:22:19,250 are part of a race superior to ordinary men 676 01:22:19,375 --> 01:22:23,250 that we have almost entirely wiped out. 677 01:22:23,375 --> 01:22:27,708 That's impossible. You cannot wipe out a whole race. 678 01:22:27,875 --> 01:22:35,875 My calculations will see that failure is impossible. 679 01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:39,958 I shall fight so that failure is possible. 680 01:22:42,708 --> 01:22:47,542 All my plans will be successful. 681 01:22:48,708 --> 01:22:52,208 Don't count on it. I have secret too. 682 01:22:53,292 --> 01:22:56,833 What is your secret? 683 01:22:56,958 --> 01:23:01,000 Tell me, Mr Caution. 684 01:23:01,917 --> 01:23:07,292 Something that never changes, by day, or by night. 685 01:23:07,417 --> 01:23:09,792 The past represents its future. 686 01:23:09,917 --> 01:23:15,875 It goes forth in a straight line, yet it ends by coming full circle. 687 01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:19,833 - I do not know what it could be. - I am not going to tell you. 688 01:23:19,958 --> 01:23:27,833 Several of my circuits are trying to solve your riddle. 689 01:23:28,625 --> 01:23:31,375 I'll get there. 690 01:23:31,500 --> 01:23:36,083 If you do, at the same time, you'll destroy it. 691 01:23:36,208 --> 01:23:40,625 For you will have become my equal, my brother. 692 01:23:40,750 --> 01:23:46,917 Those who have not been born do not cry 693 01:23:47,042 --> 01:23:49,917 and have no regrets. 694 01:23:50,042 --> 01:23:57,042 It is therefore logical to sentence you to death. 695 01:23:57,167 --> 01:24:00,500 Go to hell with your logic! 696 01:24:00,625 --> 01:24:05,167 My judgement is fair 697 01:24:05,292 --> 01:24:11,708 and I operate the universal good. 698 01:24:11,833 --> 01:24:17,917 If you think you can drive us out of the other galaxies, think again. 699 01:24:18,042 --> 01:24:21,875 You cannot get out. 700 01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:25,250 - The door is blocked. - We'll see about that. 701 01:25:36,333 --> 01:25:39,000 Where does Professor Von Braun live? 702 01:25:39,125 --> 01:25:43,250 The Central Palace in the South zone, 703 01:25:43,375 --> 01:25:48,292 behind the raw materials station. 704 01:25:58,500 --> 01:26:00,917 Don't move. 705 01:26:03,333 --> 01:26:06,792 Now I know you'll keep your word. 706 01:27:11,333 --> 01:27:13,125 Out! No journalists! 707 01:27:13,250 --> 01:27:17,458 Ever noticed that "journalist" starts with a "J", like "justice"? 708 01:27:17,583 --> 01:27:20,667 Go and tell that to your boss. 709 01:27:43,458 --> 01:27:49,167 - What can I do for you, Mr Caution? - News travels fast round here. 710 01:27:49,292 --> 01:27:52,625 Yes, because we are entering the Civilization of Light. 711 01:27:52,750 --> 01:27:56,500 Around 180,000 per second. 712 01:27:56,625 --> 01:27:59,333 I'm going back to the Outer Countries. 713 01:27:59,458 --> 01:28:03,208 - Come with me. - Stay with us, Mr Caution. 714 01:28:03,333 --> 01:28:09,500 Soon, when the war is over, we'll put you in control of another galaxy. 715 01:28:10,542 --> 01:28:13,667 You'll have gold. You'll have women. 716 01:28:23,917 --> 01:28:29,500 Mr Caution, we are working on a science so amazing 717 01:28:29,625 --> 01:28:33,583 that atomic control by the Russians and Americans 718 01:28:33,708 --> 01:28:37,917 30 years ago will seem pathetic. 719 01:28:38,042 --> 01:28:43,458 You oppose my moral and supernatural sense of vocation 720 01:28:43,583 --> 01:28:47,875 with a simple physical and mental existence 721 01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:51,292 easily controlled by technicians. 722 01:29:03,500 --> 01:29:06,042 Your ideas are strange. 723 01:29:06,167 --> 01:29:11,708 Back in the Age of Ideas, your ideas would've been deemed sublime. 724 01:29:23,375 --> 01:29:28,250 Look at yourself. Men like you will soon be extinct. 725 01:29:28,375 --> 01:29:32,625 You will become worse than dead. 726 01:29:32,708 --> 01:29:38,417 - You will become a legend. - Yes, I am afraid of death. 727 01:29:38,542 --> 01:29:45,292 But for a humble secret agent, it's an everyday thing, like whiskey. 728 01:29:45,417 --> 01:29:48,792 And I've been drinking all my life. 729 01:29:52,417 --> 01:29:57,583 You still don't want to see the Outer Countries, Professor? 730 01:29:57,708 --> 01:30:00,250 Goodbye, Mr Caution. 731 01:30:02,417 --> 01:30:09,083 Such people will be bad examples to those who see the world as a stage, 732 01:30:09,208 --> 01:30:14,417 upon which the power of technology plays the leading role. 733 01:30:38,042 --> 01:30:45,250 I was running along a straight line, like Dixon's Greek labyrinth 734 01:30:45,375 --> 01:30:50,917 in which philosophers, and even a secret agent, get disorientated. 735 01:31:06,958 --> 01:31:10,333 In many respects 736 01:31:10,458 --> 01:31:16,875 your reactions and your way of thinking 737 01:31:17,000 --> 01:31:23,250 differ from the current norms. 738 01:31:24,458 --> 01:31:29,792 The people of Alphaville are not normal. They are mutants. 739 01:31:31,625 --> 01:31:36,667 Do you accept our proposal? 740 01:31:37,917 --> 01:31:41,250 Answer silently. 741 01:31:42,500 --> 01:31:46,500 Yes or no? 742 01:31:46,625 --> 01:31:49,708 I will never betray the Outer Countries. 743 01:32:08,125 --> 01:32:09,958 (Electronic beeping) 744 01:33:44,333 --> 01:33:49,917 The present is terrifying because it is irreversible 745 01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:54,083 and because it is cast in iron. 746 01:33:54,208 --> 01:34:00,667 Time is the substance of which I am made. 747 01:34:30,458 --> 01:34:34,583 Time is a river that carries me along. 748 01:34:35,833 --> 01:34:38,750 But I am time. 749 01:34:38,875 --> 01:34:43,750 It is a tiger tearing me apart. But I am the tiger. 750 01:34:43,875 --> 01:34:47,542 Look at us. There's your answer. 751 01:34:47,667 --> 01:34:50,792 We are happiness and that is where we are heading. 752 01:34:50,958 --> 01:34:56,625 Unfortunately for us, the world is real. 753 01:34:56,708 --> 01:35:00,625 And me, unfortunately for me 754 01:35:00,708 --> 01:35:04,917 I am me - Alpha 60. 755 01:35:22,208 --> 01:35:25,208 Hurry, Natacha! 756 01:35:29,875 --> 01:35:33,000 Think of the word "love". 757 01:36:49,792 --> 01:36:55,750 Not all the people of Alphaville died, but they were all affected. 758 01:36:55,875 --> 01:37:00,083 Those who were not asphyxiated by the lack of light, 759 01:37:00,208 --> 01:37:04,167 scurried around madly like ants. 760 01:37:06,458 --> 01:37:09,708 It was 23.15 Oceanic Time 761 01:37:09,833 --> 01:37:14,917 when Natacha and I left Alphaville via the ring road. 762 01:37:15,042 --> 01:37:17,708 Driving all night through inter side real space, 763 01:37:17,833 --> 01:37:21,625 we would be home by the next day. 764 01:37:21,750 --> 01:37:24,208 Don't look back. 765 01:37:24,333 --> 01:37:29,292 - Do you think they're all dead? - No, not yet. 766 01:37:29,417 --> 01:37:34,458 They may even recover and Alphaville will be a happy town, 767 01:37:34,583 --> 01:37:41,167 like Florence, Angouleme, or Tokyo. 768 01:37:41,292 --> 01:37:43,917 Don't look back. 769 01:37:47,792 --> 01:37:53,500 - Was I asleep long? - No, only a moment. 770 01:37:53,625 --> 01:37:57,667 Where are we? In the Outer Countries? 771 01:37:57,792 --> 01:38:00,292 No, not yet. 772 01:38:01,708 --> 01:38:05,625 You're looking at me oddly. 773 01:38:08,625 --> 01:38:13,917 It's as if you're waiting for me to say something. 774 01:38:15,500 --> 01:38:20,708 I don't know what to say. I don't know the words. 775 01:38:22,625 --> 01:38:25,500 I was never taught them. 776 01:38:27,167 --> 01:38:31,583 - Help me. - I can't, princess. 777 01:38:31,708 --> 01:38:35,375 You have to get there by yourself to be saved. 778 01:38:35,500 --> 01:38:40,292 If you can't, then you're as lost as the dead souls of Alphaville. 779 01:38:48,500 --> 01:38:50,792 Love... 780 01:38:54,500 --> 01:38:56,833 you. 781 01:38:58,292 --> 01:39:00,125 I love you.