1 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:17,638 What? 2 00:02:17,763 --> 00:02:20,432 - I've got the Fool. - Jesus! 3 00:02:20,557 --> 00:02:22,392 The Fool and the One. That's two trumps. 4 00:02:22,517 --> 00:02:26,396 - The Fool is a wild card, not a trump. - You can't trump with the Fool. 5 00:02:27,189 --> 00:02:29,691 - What does that mean? - That you've lost again. 6 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:31,443 Give them here. 7 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:40,118 The new girl's really mellowed, hasn't she? 8 00:02:40,243 --> 00:02:42,579 If I were her, I'd be as sweet as anything. 9 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:44,247 Why, do you fancy the mistress's brother? 10 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:47,209 - Don't you? - Er, no. 11 00:02:49,878 --> 00:02:51,421 You as well? 12 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:55,967 Just wait and see what state the kid's in when she comes out. 13 00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:27,833 I don't know who you are, where you're from or why you're here. 14 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,796 But I know my sister. 15 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:37,342 I know this house. 16 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:41,847 And I know Blondin. 17 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:47,519 Last night you challenged them all. 18 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:53,024 And they can't help but rise to a challenge like that. 19 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,865 Let them win, Rose. 20 00:04:04,369 --> 00:04:07,789 Listen, you're going to lose your virginity tonight. 21 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:14,588 And believe me, you'll feel the effects of the sweaty body of a rutting stranger. 22 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:18,467 Yes, you'll suffer. 23 00:04:18,592 --> 00:04:21,136 In your flesh, right down to your entrails. 24 00:04:25,849 --> 00:04:27,809 - No, I'm fine. - We'll spot you. 25 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,104 - I'm too poor. - All the more reason to play for cash. 26 00:04:31,229 --> 00:04:32,731 Does your man sponge off you? 27 00:04:32,856 --> 00:04:37,819 No, but it's my night off. I thought we could go to a brassiere. 28 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:41,656 Nothing turns the boss on more than increasing our debts. 29 00:04:44,326 --> 00:04:46,077 I could always sell this, but... 30 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:48,872 Its value is sentimental. 31 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:52,876 She sold the virgin's cunt for a fortune. Keep your rock, sweetheart. 32 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:01,426 I'm meeting her this afternoon to ask for an advance. 33 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:07,849 Where are you going? 34 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:11,811 I'll be right back. 35 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:44,010 I need to keep the room. 36 00:05:45,804 --> 00:05:47,264 Of course. 37 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:06,283 Are you sure you don't need anything else? 38 00:06:18,336 --> 00:06:20,005 Go and join the girls. 39 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:29,973 Can I sleep with you? 40 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:34,436 Don't you like your princess's room anymore? 41 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:36,980 The mistress is in it. 42 00:06:37,105 --> 00:06:39,482 So she's not your girlfriend anymore? 43 00:06:39,608 --> 00:06:41,568 I'd rather be with you. 44 00:06:41,693 --> 00:06:44,154 So much for being the star. 45 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,740 How many did you wring out tonight? 46 00:06:46,865 --> 00:06:48,742 Lots. 47 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:56,207 - What are you doing? - Even the writing paper here is tawdry. 48 00:06:58,543 --> 00:07:00,920 Véra, are you cross with me about the room? 49 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:03,882 I don't care if I sleep here or next-door. 50 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:08,511 Where I want to be is in my mansion in Plaine-de-Monceaux. 51 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:11,181 Still think it was the boss who killed your baron? 52 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:40,960 Rose, you have no choice but to experience this ordeal. 53 00:07:42,337 --> 00:07:45,173 But you do have a choice about how you experience it. 54 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:49,010 You are not just hair, eyes, 55 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:53,640 a mouth, skin, thighs and a cunt. 56 00:07:56,935 --> 00:07:59,145 You're are also a mind. 57 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,818 And no one can violate that. 58 00:08:05,694 --> 00:08:07,362 No one. 59 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:15,704 Rose, you must give up your body without ever letting go of what's in here. 60 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:22,919 Give up your body to these men who are prepared to pay for it. 61 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:27,173 But don't let them take anything else. 62 00:08:30,093 --> 00:08:32,178 That way you will own them. 63 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:38,768 Remain free. 64 00:08:44,482 --> 00:08:45,525 Pierre! 65 00:08:57,704 --> 00:08:59,456 Come on, time to get up, girls. 66 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:02,792 Come on, get up. Wakey-wakey! 67 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:04,753 Rise and shine! 68 00:09:06,212 --> 00:09:07,297 Come on. 69 00:09:07,422 --> 00:09:09,424 You can stay in bed. You've been working. 70 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,426 - But the rest of you, get up. - Leave us alone. 71 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,720 - Come on, girls. Get up, please. - Go away. 72 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:16,097 The mistress is bringing us a colleague of Dr. Perrier, 73 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:19,184 an Italian, so polish your bottoms and get downstairs on the double. 74 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:21,853 - I'm on strike. - The boss can go to hell. 75 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:26,065 The boss's brother is waiting for us in the drawing room. 76 00:09:26,191 --> 00:09:28,026 He's got presents for everyone. 77 00:09:29,027 --> 00:09:30,111 What? 78 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:32,781 Yes. 79 00:09:33,615 --> 00:09:36,117 But not for the strikers. 80 00:10:14,823 --> 00:10:17,575 This should ensure the strike ends with a flourish. 81 00:10:28,711 --> 00:10:30,547 Don't you think you've gone overboard? 82 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:33,132 I know what I owe and to whom I owe it. 83 00:10:33,758 --> 00:10:37,887 Without you and the girls, these girls, I'd be nothing. 84 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,395 Will you come with me to my office? 85 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:52,402 What's the commotion? 86 00:10:54,362 --> 00:10:56,281 And who's that guy? 87 00:10:57,448 --> 00:10:59,617 Hello, Edgar. 88 00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:02,787 The matron wants me to give the place a lick of paint 89 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:04,414 to hide the dilapidation. 90 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:06,791 Let's hear it for the artist! 91 00:11:06,916 --> 00:11:08,877 You could be the next Rubens. 92 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:19,762 Why did you leave like that the other night? 93 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:23,099 It was an emergency. 94 00:11:23,224 --> 00:11:26,394 - I didn't think you'd stay. - Well, I did. 95 00:11:29,939 --> 00:11:32,775 I'm still paying for the champagne, you know. 96 00:11:33,902 --> 00:11:38,239 But it's a pleasure. At least I've got a job, right? 97 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:21,032 ‟Sir, I am writing to you in confidence 98 00:12:21,157 --> 00:12:24,827 to inform you of an important detail that has just come back to me. 99 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:28,539 The night he died, the baron du Plessis had a Mauboussin necklace on him 100 00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:30,291 which he had decided to give me. 101 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:32,543 I enclose a drawing of the necklace in question. 102 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:34,837 Despite the anguish of mourning, I sincerely hope 103 00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:37,465 this information will be of use to you.” 104 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:43,304 2,500 hectares, 70,000 heads of cattle, 600 employees, 105 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:46,975 a fertilizer processing plant, a lake, a river, a piece of desert. 106 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:51,437 I sold everything to come back. 107 00:12:51,562 --> 00:12:54,983 You only ever liked building roads and houses. 108 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,151 I never saw you as a farmer. 109 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:01,489 On the Cape, the land has retained its nobility. 110 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,658 Why did you come back, then? 111 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,368 For you. 112 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:11,666 I want my sons to grow up here. 113 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:17,046 One of them might be a politician, perhaps even a minister. 114 00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:20,758 I like your suit. 115 00:13:20,883 --> 00:13:24,429 I am sure your Faubourg Saint-Honoré apartment is sumptuous, 116 00:13:24,554 --> 00:13:27,932 your wife elegant and that your future sons will be distinguished. 117 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,892 But it will take more than a generation 118 00:13:30,018 --> 00:13:32,520 to get rid of the lingering stench of cum and blood. 119 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,188 You are mistaken. 120 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:38,526 Everything can be bought in France, like elsewhere, even innocence. 121 00:13:39,944 --> 00:13:43,614 A word of advice: Double-check the merchandise. 122 00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:51,873 Hortense, I want to share my good fortune with you. 123 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:53,416 Really? 124 00:13:57,295 --> 00:13:58,755 Really. 125 00:14:03,092 --> 00:14:05,428 When do we sign the bill of sale? 126 00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:10,099 For this establishment? 127 00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:12,060 France has been through a revolution. 128 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:16,147 The Paradis suffered under the siege. You'd only end up in more debt. 129 00:14:16,272 --> 00:14:19,609 - What you need is investment. - That's kind of you, but the answer's no. 130 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:23,821 Do you remember what you said to me before I left last time? 131 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:27,742 ‟I will never forgive you.” 132 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,120 ‟Never”. 133 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:37,877 I know what that word means to you. 134 00:14:40,088 --> 00:14:42,256 And that word scares me. 135 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:45,384 There is something you said that I will never forget. 136 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:48,221 ‟Friends can be bought and enemies destroyed.” 137 00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:52,141 I'd have liked to have made you my friend, Pierre. 138 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:56,437 I'm not your friend. I'm your brother. 139 00:15:30,805 --> 00:15:32,348 Where can I go? 140 00:15:35,309 --> 00:15:37,812 Matron left that for you. 141 00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:49,448 It will cost you 15 francs. 142 00:15:57,707 --> 00:16:00,293 Surely you didn't think supplies were free? 143 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,016 Are you going to run away again like a crybaby? 144 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,852 How much does it cost to get you to shut your mouth? 145 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:38,539 A fifteenth-century vase, Ming dynasty, Yongle period. 146 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:40,583 Come on, I'll show you. 147 00:16:44,754 --> 00:16:46,297 Come and see. 148 00:16:47,757 --> 00:16:50,968 It was a gift from the Empress to the Duke of Provence. 149 00:16:51,093 --> 00:16:56,182 Look, it depicts the four seasons through different seasonal flowers. 150 00:16:57,266 --> 00:16:58,684 Oh, yes. 151 00:17:01,562 --> 00:17:04,148 It must have cost an arm and a leg. 152 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:06,734 Yes, a fortune. 153 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,613 Ah, Constance, darling! 154 00:17:18,621 --> 00:17:19,956 Hello. 155 00:18:17,346 --> 00:18:19,223 I'll be right back. 156 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,347 Thank you, Mademoiselle. That will be all for today. 157 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:14,403 I won't hear another word on the matter. Go upstairs! 158 00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:16,989 As for you, 159 00:19:17,114 --> 00:19:19,158 do you know how long we were waiting at the door? 160 00:19:19,283 --> 00:19:21,619 What's got into you? 161 00:19:21,744 --> 00:19:23,996 Oh, Dr. Perrier. 162 00:19:24,121 --> 00:19:27,083 Madame Fourchon, allow me to introduce Professor Lombardi. 163 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:29,668 The great expert. 164 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:31,128 - Hello, Madame. - Go on. 165 00:19:31,253 --> 00:19:32,671 Delighted to meet you. 166 00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:36,467 I hope your girls will be kind enough to submit to certain observations. 167 00:19:36,592 --> 00:19:38,844 They are expecting you, Professor. 168 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:49,939 Come in. 169 00:20:01,158 --> 00:20:04,829 - What's this? - For the home visit with Angèle. 170 00:20:04,954 --> 00:20:09,375 - Dutilleux claims he didn't touch her. - So? They normally pay up front. 171 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,377 What was I supposed to do? Leave? 172 00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:15,172 What do you think? What about his wife? 173 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:17,174 Angèle says they had a bit of a roll-around. 174 00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:18,926 The stingy bastard. 175 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,554 Find me two men to go and claim my dues. 176 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:24,807 - Brise Caboche? - No, he's otherwise engaged. 177 00:20:25,808 --> 00:20:28,602 Anyone new will want to be paid immediately. 178 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:32,231 Montserrat won't deliver the champagne unless he's paid on the spot. 179 00:20:32,356 --> 00:20:35,609 - Last winter's sparkling wine was fine. - And then there's the boiler. 180 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,903 What will we do if it packs in? 181 00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:41,157 We can't expect these poor gentlemen to climax when it's minus ten degrees. 182 00:20:41,282 --> 00:20:43,117 Assuming they come back, that is. 183 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:46,454 - After what happened with Blondin. - I said I'd take care of Blondin! 184 00:20:50,374 --> 00:20:52,626 The Chabanais has bought a Chinese girl, 185 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:54,795 and twins from the Moselle are due at the Colbert. 186 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,548 I came up with the twin fantasy ten years ago. 187 00:20:57,673 --> 00:21:01,302 Men dream of a double fuck. Let's see if they actually turn up. 188 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:04,221 Scrounge off your brother until we get our heads above water. 189 00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:05,473 No way. 190 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:08,434 Why not? He's loaded and he loves you. 191 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:14,231 Very well. 192 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,862 - Very well what? - Half the house is yours. 193 00:21:21,572 --> 00:21:23,282 What? 194 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:29,246 Give me time to discuss the price and terms with Monsieur Bertillac. 195 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,796 One last thing. 196 00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:41,300 I want to see Camélia here tonight. 197 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,469 But Hortense... 198 00:21:44,762 --> 00:21:47,890 - This house has a reputation... - For being avant-garde. 199 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:51,727 Is being tortured by perverts avant-garde? 200 00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:55,564 I can no longer afford, we can no longer afford, 201 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,067 not to satisfy our most valued clients. 202 00:22:00,778 --> 00:22:03,280 Why do you have to spoil everything? 203 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:28,490 Ladies, it is a great honor to be able to present one's findings 204 00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:32,745 to the very objects, or rather subjects, of one's research. 205 00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:37,750 In my career I have examined about 2,000 prostitutes across Europe, 206 00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:40,628 tirelessly seeking to shed light, through scientific evidence, 207 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:43,047 on the misfortunes and vices of humanity. 208 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:49,136 For example, it is now incontestable 209 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:52,765 that the cranial dimensions of the Broca area 210 00:23:52,890 --> 00:23:56,810 are diametrically reduced in prostitutes 211 00:23:56,935 --> 00:24:00,022 by several millimeters compared to normal women. 212 00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:06,028 Whereas the dimensions of the face are greater, 213 00:24:06,153 --> 00:24:08,906 especially the distance between the cheekbones, 214 00:24:09,031 --> 00:24:10,908 than those of respectable women. 215 00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:13,661 I could have told you we were different. 216 00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:17,831 You are indeed all different. 217 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:20,793 And that difference is anatomical. 218 00:24:20,918 --> 00:24:25,214 It is not linked to your upbringing, living conditions, diet or... 219 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:30,094 The difference was present at birth, like the color of your eyes. 220 00:24:30,219 --> 00:24:34,473 Me and my sister have roughly the same frame, and she's a nun. 221 00:24:47,236 --> 00:24:49,988 Really? I see. 222 00:24:53,409 --> 00:24:57,121 And how does your hair compare with hers? 223 00:24:57,871 --> 00:25:00,999 She is less dark, but that's all. 224 00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:05,129 Science is in the detail, Madame. 225 00:25:05,254 --> 00:25:08,799 I am quite sure that if I had the chance to examine your sister... 226 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:12,803 Does he want a crucifix shoved in his face or what? 227 00:25:13,887 --> 00:25:16,932 One day, we hope, society will be able 228 00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:21,520 to organize itself scientifically according to a clear distinction in race, 229 00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:25,107 in class and in behavior. 230 00:25:28,110 --> 00:25:30,112 It's just as my mother always said. 231 00:25:30,237 --> 00:25:32,448 - I'm a born prostitute. - What? 232 00:25:32,573 --> 00:25:34,450 Your mother said that? 233 00:25:34,575 --> 00:25:37,578 I was a laundress when I was young and I was useless at it. 234 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:41,957 We can now proceed with our regular consultations. 235 00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:44,042 Fine. Come on. 236 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:06,440 - This is your surname. - She's my sister-in-law. 237 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,026 Is Faubourg Saint-Honoré all you've got? 238 00:26:09,151 --> 00:26:12,321 They've just moved so they're bound to be a talking point. 239 00:26:12,446 --> 00:26:15,199 - Can I see Angèle now? - No, she's with the girls. 240 00:26:15,783 --> 00:26:17,951 Being examined by Dr. Perrier. 241 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,787 What about the baron? 242 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,794 What are the cops saying? 243 00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:30,088 I'm sorry? 244 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:40,724 I'll come back once I've been to Saint-Honoré. 245 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:55,280 - Where's my man? - He's got work to do. 246 00:26:55,405 --> 00:26:58,075 - Is he coming back to the area? - If he has time. 247 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,160 You wanted to talk to me. 248 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:03,372 Yes, I need some toiletries and fruit jellies. 249 00:27:03,497 --> 00:27:06,083 - On credit? - Yes. 250 00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:09,294 - I've seen the figures. No way. - But... 251 00:27:09,419 --> 00:27:12,923 You girls stick together, don't you? You help one another. 252 00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:15,551 You proved as much with your pathetic little strike. 253 00:27:15,676 --> 00:27:17,594 Why don't you ask them? 254 00:28:02,139 --> 00:28:06,727 - Is it painful? - No, not at all. 255 00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:14,568 This ulcerated area with a hard center... 256 00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:19,031 it's characteristic... 257 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,495 It doesn't even itch, you know. 258 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:28,081 That's normal. 259 00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:36,381 It's tiny. 260 00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:39,217 I'm sure it will have disappeared in a couple of days. 261 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:42,638 We'll know more in a few hours. 262 00:28:44,765 --> 00:28:46,600 Will I be able to work? 263 00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:08,121 Meet me in my office. I need to talk to you. 264 00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:17,714 Professor. 265 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:29,309 It's really good of you to show an interest in us. 266 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,106 How do you cope with all those figures and complicated words? 267 00:29:35,732 --> 00:29:39,236 - It's a question of habit, you know. - That's just it. I don't. 268 00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,452 I don't know if I've quite understood. 269 00:29:47,577 --> 00:29:51,039 You say you tell what sort of girl I am by looking at me? 270 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:58,338 It's not enough just to look. It is a science, after all. 271 00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:04,553 Yes, but... 272 00:30:04,678 --> 00:30:09,891 As for whether a girl is skilled at her job or clumsy, 273 00:30:10,017 --> 00:30:11,768 can you tell that? 274 00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:18,775 No, I can't. 275 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:24,698 No, there's still only way to find that out. 276 00:30:25,699 --> 00:30:27,701 You have to try the girl out. 277 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:48,889 I want to feel your pussy against mine. 278 00:31:08,492 --> 00:31:10,327 Get off! 279 00:31:15,582 --> 00:31:17,125 Get out. 280 00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:23,423 Leave! 281 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:30,013 Véra, we need to eat. I can't survive the night on bubbly. 282 00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:31,973 Come on. It's a scientific experiment. 283 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:53,453 - Untie me, please. - Make up your mind, Professor. 284 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:55,455 You couldn't get enough of it earlier. 285 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,541 That's enough. That's enough! 286 00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:09,678 According to the academy of scientific knowledge, 287 00:32:10,887 --> 00:32:14,474 the inferior diameter together with the modest length 288 00:32:15,642 --> 00:32:19,771 are characteristic of pretentious, frustrated individuals, 289 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:23,275 who like to hide their desires behind strange words 290 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,610 that only they understand. 291 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,364 Later maybe. 292 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:33,034 Untie me. Untie me! 293 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,287 You need to vacate the room by eight o'clock. 294 00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:40,667 - Quick, quick, quick! - Help! 295 00:33:08,445 --> 00:33:10,488 Hello. How are you feeling? 296 00:33:10,614 --> 00:33:12,782 Better than this morning. 297 00:33:12,908 --> 00:33:14,868 And yet you seemed so cheerful. 298 00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:20,373 But tonight I know you a little better and I'm glad about that. 299 00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:23,376 I have just received a charming letter from your sister. 300 00:33:32,761 --> 00:33:34,221 Hortense? 301 00:33:35,764 --> 00:33:38,225 Don't tell me you're hiding another one from me. 302 00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:42,479 Why have you never mentioned her? 303 00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:44,731 That's quite a job she's got. 304 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:48,610 Makes a change from the dreary wives you seem to love introducing me to. 305 00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:51,780 I obviously couldn't invite her round in the evenings. 306 00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:56,618 But she could come one morning, not too early. 307 00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:00,038 Or for afternoon tea. 308 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:08,129 What are you playing at? 309 00:34:12,509 --> 00:34:15,053 - Pierre... - I was only trying to protect you. 310 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,526 If you knew how my father became an ambassador, 311 00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:33,571 you'd be less ashamed of having a sister who ran a Paris theater company. 312 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:49,379 Forgive me. I... 313 00:34:51,631 --> 00:34:53,675 I lost my head. 314 00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:58,596 So it would seem. 315 00:35:03,893 --> 00:35:07,147 So my sister wrote you a letter? 316 00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:12,819 Do you think she might be free to come and have tea with me? 317 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:16,197 - It would be best if I asked her myself. - No. 318 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:19,868 It is I she wrote to, so I should ask her. 319 00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:23,872 Might I at least be with you on the day? 320 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:29,711 Do you know what I'd really like? 321 00:35:30,462 --> 00:35:33,715 I'd like you to take me to see one of her plays. 322 00:35:34,049 --> 00:35:36,926 I took the guy in my hands. He was boiling hot. 323 00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:39,638 He took me and turned me over. I took him and turned him over. 324 00:35:39,763 --> 00:35:43,683 Then he suddenly collapsed, 325 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:46,186 eyes to the ceiling, stiff as a board. 326 00:35:46,311 --> 00:35:48,480 It was my first day at the Paradis! 327 00:35:48,605 --> 00:35:50,732 Hortense was on my back, ready to make mincemeat of me. 328 00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:53,068 I poured a jug of water over him. Nothing. 329 00:35:53,193 --> 00:35:55,236 Gave him two slaps. Nothing. 330 00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:57,906 The worst thing was, he still had a hard-on like a donkey. 331 00:35:58,031 --> 00:35:59,574 And? 332 00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:03,703 - I massaged him back from the dead. - How? 333 00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:07,290 I couldn't understand why he was still hard like that. 334 00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:09,250 So I grabbed hold of him and... 335 00:36:10,794 --> 00:36:12,837 No! 336 00:36:12,962 --> 00:36:15,965 Oh, yes. The pervert! 337 00:36:18,093 --> 00:36:19,761 Ladies. 338 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:27,394 These last few days have been long and difficult. 339 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:30,313 But security has been restored in the establishment 340 00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:32,065 and Louise is feeling better. 341 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:35,235 What I expect from you is charm, 342 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,322 endurance and, dare I say it, intelligence. 343 00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:43,201 A client too easily satisfied is a client with a foot out of the door. 344 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,205 - Rose? - Yes, Madam? 345 00:36:48,456 --> 00:36:53,211 Tomorrow Marguerite will sell you to a brothel at Saint-Marcel. 346 00:36:55,171 --> 00:36:58,425 Unless you show yourself to be worthy of your position tonight. 347 00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:02,095 Camélia. 348 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:04,097 Good evening, Madam. 349 00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:08,059 I hope you realize how lucky you are to have been taken back on. 350 00:37:08,184 --> 00:37:10,019 Yes, Madame. 351 00:37:11,146 --> 00:37:13,022 You understand it's for a trial period? 352 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:15,233 I don't take drugs anymore, Madame. 353 00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:18,570 Glad to hear it. 354 00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:35,378 - What's got into you? - What? 355 00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:38,465 Their friend still smells of burning and you start bullying them. 356 00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:41,676 - They've just been on strike. - Precisely. 357 00:37:41,801 --> 00:37:44,804 Did you refuse to give Angèle an advance because of the strike? 358 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:47,265 I've seen the figures. She's been pushing her luck. 359 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:49,350 I disagree. 360 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,315 We're going to need to reach an agreement, Hortense. 361 00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:03,239 If we're to enter into a partnership. 362 00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,835 Have you changed your mind? 363 00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:21,841 It's not up to me. 364 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:31,976 Le Paradis isn't mine, you idiot. 365 00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:34,103 It belongs to my brother. 366 00:38:37,524 --> 00:38:40,026 - Why did you say yes, then? - Oh, I don't know. 367 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:45,031 You were getting on my nerves. You refused to understand. 368 00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:49,911 I don't believe this. It's happening again. 369 00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:53,623 What's happening again? 370 00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:56,042 Your brother... 371 00:38:57,502 --> 00:39:00,880 After his departure, you went completely... 372 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,757 Completely mad? 373 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,677 Yes. I don't want to live through that again. 374 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:08,680 Know what you should do? 375 00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:11,558 Shut your eyes and block your ears. 376 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:14,852 All you have to do is shout at the girls when I ask you to! 377 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,439 Any less than ten francs and you take it back. 378 00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:38,585 It's magnificent. 379 00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:41,754 That's why you need to find a good home for it. 380 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:45,133 Roger has worked as a fence at Batignolles for 20 years. 381 00:39:56,978 --> 00:39:59,480 - Don't give it to him for less than 50. - I promise. 382 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:02,233 This is Batignolles, Angèle. 383 00:40:02,358 --> 00:40:05,737 Your man will never hang about there. You've got nothing to worry about. 384 00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:24,464 Monsieur Blondin, will you permit me to be frank with you? 385 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:35,141 You're a businessman, aren't you? 386 00:40:37,352 --> 00:40:41,189 What drives a business if not its reputation? 387 00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:47,195 I am sure you understand how much that crazy girl has damaged mine. 388 00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:50,948 And I'm sure you understand that I want my money back. 389 00:40:51,074 --> 00:40:55,370 That's just it. I don't. You, too, have a reputation. 390 00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,289 That of an elegant, refined man, of course, 391 00:40:58,581 --> 00:41:02,835 but, above all, that of a man who is strong and determined. 392 00:41:04,045 --> 00:41:06,255 You can't let this debacle get the better of you. 393 00:41:06,381 --> 00:41:09,717 - Are you saying I'm responsible? - No, of course not. 394 00:41:09,842 --> 00:41:12,970 On the contrary. I am the one who is in the wrong. 395 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:16,557 I made a regrettable error of judgment concerning the young lady. 396 00:41:16,683 --> 00:41:19,811 - I'm glad to hear you say so. - But reputations aren't built on truth. 397 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:23,314 What? Are people talking? Is that it? Who? 398 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:30,238 Your gentleman's honor is at stake. 399 00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:34,033 And so are your shops. 400 00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:41,624 You'd be prepared to kill to keep my money, wouldn't you? 401 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:45,461 I've told you, 402 00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:50,717 the reputation of my establishment is at stake here, as is yours. 403 00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:57,849 How far would you go to keep this money? 404 00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:03,020 - I have run this brothel for 11 years. - I know that. 405 00:42:04,147 --> 00:42:06,566 In the 1860s. 406 00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:08,860 What a decade that was, eh? 407 00:42:09,277 --> 00:42:11,612 In those days, I used to go to the Chabanais. 408 00:42:12,447 --> 00:42:18,244 Pity... I could have got to know you properly. 409 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:22,081 I gather you were quite passionate. 410 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:24,959 Oh, I've aged so much. 411 00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:28,671 Some flames never extinguish. 412 00:42:32,675 --> 00:42:35,219 And we are talking about 6,500 francs. 413 00:42:35,344 --> 00:42:37,221 What do you want, Monsieur Blondin? 414 00:42:39,098 --> 00:42:42,727 As you can see, there is only one person in this room 415 00:42:42,852 --> 00:42:47,064 who can boast of having honor and a reputation. 416 00:42:47,607 --> 00:42:49,066 Isn't there? 417 00:43:00,244 --> 00:43:04,791 I could make you massage my cock until a fountain of cum spurts out. 418 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,434 But I'm going to save my strength for your filthy little virgin. 419 00:43:31,067 --> 00:43:32,777 Son of a bitch. 420 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:02,611 Here, dry your tears. 421 00:50:16,055 --> 00:50:18,474 This will make you feel better. 422 00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,103 Carry on. 423 00:50:33,948 --> 00:50:35,824 I can't feel anything. 424 00:50:37,284 --> 00:50:38,994 Virtually nothing. 425 00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:43,415 You're made of strong stuff. 426 00:50:49,463 --> 00:50:51,632 More. 427 00:50:51,757 --> 00:50:53,133 More! 428 00:51:33,173 --> 00:51:35,801 ‟My love, my sweet. 429 00:51:35,926 --> 00:51:39,013 Too many days, hours and seconds have passed 430 00:51:39,138 --> 00:51:41,056 since I was last with you. 431 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:45,269 I have not forgotten you. I remember everything about you. 432 00:51:45,394 --> 00:51:47,730 Your warmth and your scent. 433 00:51:47,855 --> 00:51:49,189 Everything. 434 00:51:53,610 --> 00:51:56,572 I am now working as a seamstress. 435 00:51:58,157 --> 00:52:01,243 The work is hard but the atmosphere is pleasant. 436 00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:07,333 My colleagues are spirited women, 437 00:52:08,417 --> 00:52:10,586 devoted to their husbands and children. 438 00:52:13,672 --> 00:52:15,591 The boss is a very humane woman 439 00:52:15,716 --> 00:52:18,218 who watches over me with great affection. 440 00:52:24,516 --> 00:52:27,394 I have found a small dwelling that doesn't cost much. 441 00:52:28,562 --> 00:52:31,482 But I'd rather you replied by general delivery 442 00:52:31,607 --> 00:52:34,360 to the post office at Châtelet. 443 00:52:34,485 --> 00:52:37,237 Hearing from you would make me insanely happy. 444 00:52:50,417 --> 00:52:53,587 Auguste, my love, my sweet. 445 00:52:55,214 --> 00:52:57,257 I won't say, 'Don't forget me,' 446 00:52:57,383 --> 00:53:00,344 for I cannot conceive of disappearing from your heart. 447 00:53:02,721 --> 00:53:04,556 I love you. 448 00:53:04,681 --> 00:53:06,767 And I am yours for all eternity.”