1 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:39,099 Thank you, Mademoiselle. 2 00:01:40,559 --> 00:01:43,270 - That's Clorinde. - Otherwise known as the pianist. 3 00:01:44,187 --> 00:01:46,690 She had two fingers missing but she played beautifully. 4 00:01:46,815 --> 00:01:48,650 It was her dog who bit her fingers off. 5 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:50,652 The Châtelet sacked her so she ended up here. 6 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:53,280 Don't pity her too much. She ran away with a banker. 7 00:01:53,405 --> 00:01:56,450 - An Englishman. - He was nice. 8 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:59,369 - He was a nutcase. - Nonsense. 9 00:01:59,494 --> 00:02:00,829 Camélia's right. 10 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:04,833 The guy made her paint her face like an old lady and go by his mother's name. 11 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,835 You're confusing her with Martha. 12 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,046 The mommy's boy was an officer out in the Indies. 13 00:02:09,171 --> 00:02:12,174 Clorinde's banker was the one who liked eating her shit 14 00:02:12,299 --> 00:02:14,885 as much as we like eating Lardoix macaroons. 15 00:02:15,761 --> 00:02:18,638 You've put me off macaroons for life! 16 00:02:22,351 --> 00:02:25,729 - Enough! - You should see yourself! 17 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:28,565 Did you search their room like I asked you to? 18 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:32,611 Morphine, opium tablets, a few coca leaves. 19 00:02:33,278 --> 00:02:35,322 Where has it all come from? 20 00:02:36,281 --> 00:02:38,658 All Camélia's clients know her tendencies. 21 00:02:40,369 --> 00:02:42,120 I can clean up the dormitory if you like. 22 00:02:42,245 --> 00:02:45,040 No. At least they're fucking. 23 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,174 300... 24 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:57,803 350, 400. 25 00:02:57,928 --> 00:03:01,890 That makes total takings of 420, 440 if we count Olympe's suspenders. 26 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,809 What about the stall? 27 00:03:03,934 --> 00:03:06,645 I'm going to put tobacco up to 60 centimes 28 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:08,939 and calvados to one franc. 29 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,692 Perhaps we should put the tokens up to 11 francs? 30 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,990 Véra is still a first-rate whore. 31 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:23,703 She has never turned me on. 32 00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:25,956 And when were you last turned on? 33 00:03:26,248 --> 00:03:28,041 It's like with my mother. 34 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:31,586 Cleaning and selling fish put her off eating it for life. 35 00:03:37,175 --> 00:03:38,677 Here. 36 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:44,391 This is for all your hard work. 37 00:03:45,517 --> 00:03:49,062 I'm delighted to see that your friends at the Jockey Club 38 00:03:49,187 --> 00:03:51,356 allow you the time to come and pay me a visit. 39 00:03:55,986 --> 00:03:57,446 Well? 40 00:03:59,781 --> 00:04:02,451 That bunch of snobs rejected your candidature. 41 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:07,122 Yes, I am well informed. 42 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:09,332 Paris can be so cruel. 43 00:04:11,543 --> 00:04:14,212 News like that spreads through the city like wildfire. 44 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:17,716 I am to be involved in resuming the building of the opera house. 45 00:04:18,508 --> 00:04:21,761 Once it's finished, they'll be begging me to join the Jockey Club. 46 00:04:26,224 --> 00:04:28,560 Don't you worry about me or about France. 47 00:04:29,686 --> 00:04:33,523 I have come to talk about projects and investments. 48 00:04:46,912 --> 00:04:49,080 I think we should start with the clients, 49 00:04:49,206 --> 00:04:51,791 and ascertain who they are and what they want. 50 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:56,963 So you'll be wanting a list of my clients? 51 00:04:57,088 --> 00:04:59,257 It would seem to me to be essential. 52 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:05,222 And if some of the gentlemen on it were members of the Jockey Club, 53 00:05:05,347 --> 00:05:07,015 that would be even better, eh? 54 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:12,020 I read that the baron du Plessis's circle has remained loyal to the establishment. 55 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:14,439 Why don't we start with them? 56 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:26,243 I thought a rejection by the Jockey Club meant 57 00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:29,287 that you couldn't reapply for another ten years. 58 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:42,509 I could sack you, Hortense. 59 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:47,347 What about your wife and future sons? 60 00:05:49,975 --> 00:05:53,144 Don't you want to protect them from what I might tell them. 61 00:05:54,729 --> 00:05:57,732 You know I have never succumbed to blackmail. 62 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:00,860 In the past, you have had nothing to lose. 63 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:23,633 - Mademoiselle Anne-Louise Diaz? - She is here. 64 00:06:23,758 --> 00:06:27,512 - Take us to her. - What is this about? 65 00:06:27,637 --> 00:06:30,056 She has been denounced by a receiver of stolen goods. 66 00:06:30,181 --> 00:06:34,352 She sold him a necklace that the baron du Plessis had on him when he died. 67 00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:35,729 Go ahead, please. 68 00:06:51,328 --> 00:06:52,787 This way. 69 00:07:22,233 --> 00:07:24,069 The pigs are here. 70 00:07:24,194 --> 00:07:27,280 Louise, you haven't done anything stupid, have you? 71 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:30,700 They're talking about a necklace stolen from Du Plessis's corpse. 72 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:32,535 Listen to me, Louise. 73 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:38,667 Louise! 74 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:42,003 You found the necklace in the street, all right? 75 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,881 Okay? Louise, do you hear me? 76 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:56,518 Anne-Louise Diaz? 77 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:58,895 That's me. 78 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:11,950 You're quicker off the mark to collar us than to protect us. 79 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:21,501 - What happened to her? - A jealous lover. A tragedy. 80 00:08:21,626 --> 00:08:23,878 But I insisted on keeping her on here as a maid. 81 00:08:25,422 --> 00:08:28,007 Wait. It's me you're looking for. 82 00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:32,011 My name is Ernestine Ferrier, alias Angèle. 83 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:37,308 I asked Louise to sell a fancy necklace for me. 84 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:41,604 I found it in the street. The girl hasn't done anything wrong. 85 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:46,276 Then we'll take you both to the station. 86 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:39,704 Mother. 87 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:06,731 I didn't steal anything. 88 00:10:06,856 --> 00:10:09,442 - I found the necklace. - I believe you, Angèle. 89 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:12,904 I'll take care of your man. 90 00:10:14,239 --> 00:10:15,448 Shit! 91 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:17,992 What did you just say to her? 92 00:10:24,499 --> 00:10:27,877 What with Valentine in Saint-Lazare and Angèle and Louise in prison, 93 00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:31,005 those two junkies will hardly keep us from the brink of ruin. 94 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:33,716 This all started because of your spat with the boss. 95 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:36,469 - What are you talking about? - Come off it, Véra. 96 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:38,596 This stolen necklace works in your favor. 97 00:10:39,222 --> 00:10:42,725 The filth will home in on Brise Caboche, bringing them closer to Hortense. 98 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:44,936 You dykes always put a wrench in the works. 99 00:10:45,061 --> 00:10:47,564 Do you think Hortense gave me any choice? 100 00:10:50,525 --> 00:10:53,945 If we shut down, will our debts be written off? 101 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,073 Are you stupid or what? 102 00:10:57,198 --> 00:11:00,702 The brothel might shut, but your thighs will remain firmly open. 103 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:04,414 - What did you say to her? - I just told her I trusted her. 104 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:07,041 ‟I believe you, Angèle.” Yes, I heard that. 105 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:10,253 - What did you whisper in her ear? - ‟Crooks and scoundrels.” 106 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:18,511 Crooks and scoundrels? 107 00:11:24,225 --> 00:11:26,728 It's an expression we use in the brothel. 108 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,940 What did you mean by it? 109 00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:36,154 That I knew she was trapped by a man and that I understood. 110 00:11:37,238 --> 00:11:38,698 What man? 111 00:11:40,158 --> 00:11:43,244 - A client. - Who? 112 00:11:49,417 --> 00:11:52,921 It's common knowledge that Jules Steiner... 113 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:55,214 appreciates Angèle's natural disposition. 114 00:11:55,340 --> 00:11:57,592 - Tell me about her fiancé. - No. 115 00:12:01,512 --> 00:12:05,266 Then I'll ask Mademoiselle Derville myself this afternoon. 116 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:10,355 She's just the first of your girls to be questioned in connection with the baron. 117 00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:13,733 His name is Brise Caboche. 118 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:16,361 Communard? 119 00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:21,199 - I'd say so. - Sympathizer or partisan? 120 00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:24,953 Partisan, from what I've heard. 121 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,372 Where can we find him? 122 00:12:27,497 --> 00:12:31,501 I kept telling Angèle to be careful. 123 00:12:31,626 --> 00:12:35,380 - Her man is a lone wolf. - You seem to know him well. 124 00:12:35,505 --> 00:12:39,175 You know, during the events, 125 00:12:39,634 --> 00:12:43,262 such chaos reigned that I sometimes had to call on men 126 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:45,848 whose reputation I wasn't able to check out first. 127 00:12:47,392 --> 00:12:48,935 As for Anne-Louise Diaz, 128 00:12:49,060 --> 00:12:51,688 her statement matches that of Ernestine Ferrier. 129 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,525 She sold the necklace without knowledge of its provenance. 130 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:58,277 She risks little and should soon be out of here. 131 00:12:58,403 --> 00:13:01,322 - Good. - Do you wish to take her back? 132 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,377 Just as I thought. 133 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,219 Rose isn't your real name. 134 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:28,516 Why don't you use the name your mother gave you? 135 00:13:30,184 --> 00:13:32,353 You no longer have a mother. 136 00:13:35,398 --> 00:13:36,441 Do you...? 137 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:39,944 Do you know my mother? 138 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:52,874 She was called Floriane. 139 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,670 - Is she dead? - I don't know. 140 00:14:07,388 --> 00:14:09,807 Some girls just disappear. 141 00:14:11,059 --> 00:14:15,063 They... Do they leave the profession? 142 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:18,441 They rarely leave the profession to live by the sea. 143 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:28,576 Are they bumped off? 144 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:31,746 Perhaps, yes. Sometimes. 145 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:37,376 But more often than not, they break the hourglass... 146 00:14:40,129 --> 00:14:42,215 and kill themselves. 147 00:15:01,109 --> 00:15:04,862 I heard that Hortense went to buy her back from the Colbert. 148 00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:10,993 When I came to the Paradis, she had already gone. 149 00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,790 All I know is that she didn't go far. 150 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:21,462 I'll talk to Hortense about her. 151 00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:36,811 Be careful not to reveal too much to that old spider. 152 00:15:38,855 --> 00:15:44,235 She already rules your ass. Don't give her your heart, too. 153 00:15:48,698 --> 00:15:50,158 Come here. 154 00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:56,873 I'll have to find a former client, then. 155 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:12,972 So how long has Francis Demarzet been working at Thiers? 156 00:16:13,097 --> 00:16:15,057 He doesn't work at Thiers. 157 00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:18,436 Whatever made you think that? Thiers! 158 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:24,400 Hortense! 159 00:16:26,194 --> 00:16:27,737 Hortense? 160 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,664 What did you expect me to do? 161 00:16:38,789 --> 00:16:41,751 - This is his house. - So you've made your mind up? 162 00:16:41,876 --> 00:16:45,254 - You might at least try to convince me. - Why? Has he bothered to do so? 163 00:16:45,379 --> 00:16:47,840 He owns this place and he has money. 164 00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:50,134 Enough for me to never need any of yours. 165 00:16:50,259 --> 00:16:52,595 You're with me or with him, against me or against him. 166 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,263 Do you understand? 167 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,310 Have you ever worked for a man? 168 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:02,855 You hate them as much as I do. 169 00:17:03,314 --> 00:17:05,691 And yet women aren't to your taste, either. 170 00:17:05,816 --> 00:17:07,902 It's a cruel world, isn't it? 171 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,112 That's where we come in. 172 00:17:12,782 --> 00:17:15,618 You see? We understand one another after all. 173 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:29,715 So what shall I say to him next time he corners me? 174 00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:51,821 Didn't you know where the necklace had come from? 175 00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:01,330 So you're prepared to die for him? 176 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:07,128 - Brise Caboche... - Don't you dare mention his name. 177 00:18:07,461 --> 00:18:10,756 The cops already know it, dummy. Everyone's looking for him. 178 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,846 What did you tell the filth to let you come here? 179 00:18:19,807 --> 00:18:22,310 Just that you're like a sister to me. 180 00:18:26,897 --> 00:18:29,191 And the fact that the necklace came from the baron 181 00:18:29,317 --> 00:18:30,985 had nothing to do with it? 182 00:18:34,155 --> 00:18:39,035 I'm 35 years old. I've got a 16-year-old daughter. 183 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:45,166 I was going to be free, Angèle. 184 00:18:46,584 --> 00:18:48,377 Free. 185 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:52,298 Don't you want to be free? 186 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:55,635 Of course I do. 187 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:03,976 If Brise Caboche drops Hortense, he can survive this. 188 00:19:04,101 --> 00:19:06,145 Brise would never kill for the mistress. 189 00:19:06,270 --> 00:19:09,148 Not for the mistress, for the mistress's money. 190 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,823 - You don't understand. - Then explain it to me. 191 00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:19,909 You don't see it. You... 192 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,254 You're in love, is that it? 193 00:20:04,495 --> 00:20:05,955 I'm sorry. 194 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:14,630 Perhaps Brise Caboche didn't tell her he was acting on behalf of Hortense. 195 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,925 Or even that he'd killed the baron. 196 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,221 A guy like him doesn't need to be ordered to kill. 197 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:25,808 I can assure you, on this occasion he was acting under orders. 198 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:31,397 Hortense would stop at nothing to stop the baron taking me away. 199 00:20:35,151 --> 00:20:37,445 Meanwhile, your friend is carrying the can. 200 00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:45,453 Don't you find Hortense Gaillac's behavior at all strange? 201 00:20:46,537 --> 00:20:50,082 It's understandable that she would seek to protect her establishment. 202 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:58,382 You would only have a man killed for love. 203 00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:34,502 And you don't think me capable of inspiring such love? 204 00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:41,383 Get away from me or I will have you arrested. 205 00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:48,098 Forget this sordid affair. 206 00:21:48,224 --> 00:21:51,769 Whatever your boss has done, you are no better than she is. 207 00:21:59,068 --> 00:22:01,403 ‟Here is my heart, where your hand should strike me 208 00:22:01,529 --> 00:22:05,241 Impatient already to expiate its offense to meet your arm 209 00:22:05,366 --> 00:22:07,076 I can feel it now advance 210 00:22:07,201 --> 00:22:08,494 Strike 211 00:22:08,619 --> 00:22:11,080 Or if you think it not worthy of your blow 212 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,415 If your hate refuses me such sweet torment, so 213 00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:16,627 Or if your hand by my vile blood would be stained 214 00:22:17,086 --> 00:22:21,382 Instead of your arm, lend me then your blade 215 00:22:21,507 --> 00:22:22,967 Offer it” 216 00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:27,263 Bravo! 217 00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:37,314 - You are too kind. - Not at all. 218 00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,776 It's my favorite play. 219 00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:44,154 On the Cape, there were so few of us who spoke French, 220 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,533 I mainly performed it for people at the embassy. 221 00:22:47,658 --> 00:22:50,578 But your repertoire must be more contemporary. 222 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,998 I see Corneille as an eternal contemporary. 223 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:57,209 Wasn't it Racine who wrote Phaedra? 224 00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:02,256 - Didn't I say Racine? - I think you said Corneille. 225 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,133 Really? 226 00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:07,428 A careless mistake. Forgive me. 227 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,938 You are so sparkling and beautiful. 228 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:20,774 And clever. 229 00:23:21,859 --> 00:23:24,028 My brother is very lucky. 230 00:23:25,613 --> 00:23:28,157 You mentioned ‟clever” last. 231 00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:30,534 Don't tell me you have self-doubt? 232 00:23:31,535 --> 00:23:34,413 I only wish Pierre didn't doubt me. 233 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:37,166 I'm quite sure he doesn't. 234 00:23:37,291 --> 00:23:41,003 - I shouldn't be telling you this. - On the contrary. 235 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:46,508 - I know so little about men. - Ah, men. 236 00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:50,638 There is so little to know. 237 00:23:56,018 --> 00:23:58,729 What if Pierre heard us talking like this? 238 00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:02,399 He'd be most reassured, believe me. 239 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:39,103 Steiner and Angèle? 240 00:24:40,604 --> 00:24:43,273 Grandet has a vivid imagination. 241 00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:46,485 - They occasionally went up together. - What? 242 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:52,116 Perhaps the Jew was hiding his true feelings. 243 00:25:02,543 --> 00:25:05,379 I was engaged once to a Jew. 244 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,423 Really? 245 00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:09,717 But I didn't know it. 246 00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:12,678 - Wasn't it obvious? - No. 247 00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:19,143 What you don't seek you won't find. That's all. 248 00:25:19,268 --> 00:25:22,104 And this was Berry, you know. 249 00:25:27,776 --> 00:25:29,778 Did you break it off? 250 00:25:29,903 --> 00:25:31,989 No, the bastard left me. 251 00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:36,869 And what's more, he had his fill of me right up until the day before the wedding. 252 00:25:36,994 --> 00:25:41,123 The next day there was nothing for it but to wipe myself dry with my dress. 253 00:25:41,957 --> 00:25:43,876 Bastard Jew. 254 00:25:45,127 --> 00:25:49,006 When I found out later who he was, I understood. 255 00:25:49,131 --> 00:25:52,843 To them, the mother of Jesus was as much a whore as the rest. 256 00:25:54,845 --> 00:25:57,222 They say she wasn't even a virgin. 257 00:25:58,307 --> 00:26:01,143 Virginity for them... 258 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:03,103 No, no, no. 259 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:05,314 It's not same as it is for us. 260 00:26:06,774 --> 00:26:08,609 Nothing's the same. 261 00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:24,249 - Fancy a drink? - Go on, then. 262 00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:38,263 You were seen going into the police station. 263 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,142 What were you doing hanging around there? 264 00:26:43,644 --> 00:26:45,687 Telling Angèle we're all behind her. 265 00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:51,109 How is she doing? 266 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,072 Badly. 267 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,661 Did she talk? 268 00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:06,458 The cops are looking for you anyway. 269 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,836 I know. There are two in the street. 270 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,840 What is your role here? To be the Angel of Death? 271 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:15,717 You stab my man and you land Angèle in it? 272 00:27:15,843 --> 00:27:18,303 Don't compare yourself to Angèle. 273 00:27:18,428 --> 00:27:21,056 Your Angèle's is so beaten up, she looks like a rotten apple. 274 00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:29,147 They're looking for a culprit, the real one. 275 00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:31,358 Don't they read the newspapers? 276 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:34,945 - That banker guy stabbed your baron. - Nonsense. And Steiner's not a banker. 277 00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:36,613 So? 278 00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:42,119 You can't leave your fiancée in the lurch just like that. 279 00:27:43,078 --> 00:27:45,956 Anyway, they'll catch you in the end. 280 00:27:46,915 --> 00:27:49,334 Meanwhile, it's Angèle who's paying the price. 281 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:55,382 - That girl knows what she's doing. - What she's doing is dying. 282 00:27:56,925 --> 00:27:59,428 I'm going to get her out of there. 283 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:03,307 How much did Hortense pay you? 284 00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:06,351 You're wide of the mark, sweetheart. 285 00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:09,438 It's Hortense you're protecting, not yourself. 286 00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,649 If you spill the beans, she'll get it in the neck. 287 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:14,818 You could avoid the scaffold and run away. 288 00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:17,988 Stay out of it, sweetheart. This is bigger than you and me. 289 00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:20,198 What are you talking about? 290 00:28:20,949 --> 00:28:22,951 Listen to me. 291 00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:26,163 The Commune isn't over. There will be others. 292 00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:29,541 And next time, we'll win. Angèle knows that. 293 00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:35,339 - I told you, she's dying. - And your baron was a scumbag. 294 00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:37,883 His patent leather shoes were full of our comrades' blood. 295 00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:40,594 We should have cut the throats of the whole family. 296 00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:44,890 Angèle knows I'm with her. Forever. 297 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:47,893 That means bringing justice to the people. 298 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:50,854 So that her martyr's statue can one day grace Brise Caboche Square, 299 00:28:50,979 --> 00:28:52,940 named after the famous revolutionary? 300 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:56,151 You take care of yourself, Véra, and forget about Angèle. 301 00:28:56,693 --> 00:29:00,072 I can assure you, deep down you are more alone than she is. 302 00:29:10,290 --> 00:29:12,376 Do you want my advice? 303 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,879 Drop it. 304 00:29:16,004 --> 00:29:18,340 Even if you're right, you'll never be able to prove it. 305 00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:20,133 So you said. 306 00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:25,097 Hortense always wins. She'll outlive us all, you'll see. 307 00:29:25,222 --> 00:29:27,683 She's come so far, she's scared of nothing. 308 00:29:27,808 --> 00:29:30,018 Are you in love with her or what? 309 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:34,606 You're mistaken, Marguerite. Hortense inspires fear, not pleasure. 310 00:29:34,731 --> 00:29:37,275 - Winning's not about giving pleasure. - I say it is. 311 00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:40,362 I say it is and I can prove it to you. 312 00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:50,831 Whip. 313 00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:52,624 Torture. 314 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:54,626 Su... 315 00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:56,044 One... 316 00:29:56,169 --> 00:29:57,754 - Two... - Sublime. 317 00:29:57,879 --> 00:29:59,965 - Sublime! - No, no, no. 318 00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:04,386 Sorry, my dear. Adjectives are strictly forbidden. 319 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:07,931 Go on, go on, go on! 320 00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:31,246 Right. Cloud. 321 00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:33,623 Thunder. 322 00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:34,916 Gale. 323 00:30:35,042 --> 00:30:36,334 Ocean. 324 00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:38,253 Ow! Wave. 325 00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:40,505 Jolt. 326 00:30:41,423 --> 00:30:42,924 Thunderstorm. 327 00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:44,843 - Gale! - Ah! 328 00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:48,138 Go on! 329 00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:50,932 Go on, go on, go on! 330 00:30:57,731 --> 00:30:59,733 Marcel? Where is Marcel? 331 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:01,526 Hello, Marcel. 332 00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:03,779 - Hello, Grandet. - Blondin. 333 00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:07,157 Ladies, I hope you appreciate that you have among you 334 00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:09,910 one of the country's most brilliant writers. 335 00:31:12,329 --> 00:31:17,209 My dear Véra, this article will force the authorities to finally take action. 336 00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:21,546 The justice system needs the press like a blind man needs his stick. 337 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:25,842 Our friend Grandet has just put that impostor Steiner in his place. 338 00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:28,470 I doubt he'll ever get back on his feet. Bravo, Grandet. 339 00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:31,431 Steiner madly in love with Angèle, killing and robbing a rival? 340 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:33,225 That's ridiculous. 341 00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:35,894 Quite in keeping with that pathetic man. 342 00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:38,480 Kill Du Plessis a second time, why don't you? 343 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:42,776 My father and Grandet are vultures. 344 00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:45,862 Don't stoop to their level. 345 00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:50,367 Poor Angèle. 346 00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:52,661 She was a ray of sunlight in this house. 347 00:31:54,496 --> 00:31:56,623 And she taught me so much. 348 00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:08,051 - Good evening, Madame. - Monsieur. 349 00:32:08,176 --> 00:32:11,138 So our dear Camélia is back among you? 350 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:17,894 One second. 351 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,774 Haven't you got work to do? 352 00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,662 Joncourt is here. 353 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:39,207 Not him. You know that. 354 00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:41,793 Then get a move on and bag some clients. 355 00:32:50,677 --> 00:32:52,387 I'll go. 356 00:32:52,512 --> 00:32:53,972 No, you won't. 357 00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:17,704 The General is here. 358 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:22,042 - So? - They say he's the jail's oldest client. 359 00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:25,086 - What of it? - He's bound to have known my mother. 360 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:49,527 - Edmond? - Yes, Sultana? 361 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:52,864 I need to get out of here. 362 00:33:53,657 --> 00:33:56,910 Set you free? I don't have the funds your baron had. 363 00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,288 No, you don't get it. Now, just for an hour. 364 00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:04,501 - I want to go and see Angèle. - Angèle? 365 00:34:06,336 --> 00:34:08,546 All right. What do I need to do? 366 00:34:08,672 --> 00:34:10,757 Tell Hortense you want to take me back to yours. 367 00:34:12,425 --> 00:34:14,302 It will cost you. 368 00:34:15,512 --> 00:34:17,389 Will you really come? 369 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,892 Yes, after I've seen Angèle. 370 00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:28,858 - Do you know Athéna? - From the Chabanais? 371 00:34:28,984 --> 00:34:31,444 She's said to be one of the best lays in Paris. 372 00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:33,280 A real hellcat. 373 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:40,370 - Have you heard of Lord Farber? - No. 374 00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:44,416 A rich and powerful man. 375 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,711 One wife, two mistresses. 376 00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:53,800 Two years ago, the night before he died, he summoned me to London. 377 00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:01,391 He wanted to be alone with me. 378 00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:05,520 His wife led me to his room so I could administer his last rites. 379 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:11,943 For a man of that stature to choose your bottom as his final vision, 380 00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,154 you don't just need to be one of the best lays. 381 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,824 You need to be the best lay. 382 00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:21,286 What an extraordinary coincidence. 383 00:35:21,411 --> 00:35:24,789 Athéna recently told me more or less the same story. 384 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,334 Only I think her conquest was an Italian bishop. 385 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:30,378 I don't think she mentioned a wife. 386 00:35:33,673 --> 00:35:36,134 What if I organized a little competition, 387 00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:38,803 at my house tonight, with one or two friends of mine, 388 00:35:39,512 --> 00:35:42,015 to see which of you is the best lay? 389 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,642 The result will be conclusive. 390 00:35:44,768 --> 00:35:46,644 What do you say? 391 00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:54,194 Go and see Hortense. 392 00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:56,196 I'll get ready. 393 00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:05,872 - Good evening, Marguerite. - Mr. Steiner. 394 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,582 - Everything all right? - Very good. 395 00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:10,960 - Is Grandet here? - The mistress doesn't want you to meet. 396 00:36:11,086 --> 00:36:14,047 Just tell me what you want to do and with whom and... 397 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:21,721 You louse! 398 00:36:24,641 --> 00:36:28,061 I'll make you snort your filthy cum out through your nostrils! 399 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,155 - I am confused. - The show won't wait for me, you know. 400 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,409 I was so racked by doubt, I felt I had to come straightaway. 401 00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:52,669 I am surprised at you, Mademoiselle. 402 00:36:52,794 --> 00:36:55,004 When I read that it was a Mauboussin necklace, 403 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:58,758 I realized there had been a terrible mistake. 404 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:01,052 Look. 405 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:04,055 It is similar but it is not the necklace the baron gave me. 406 00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:05,890 The jeweler has confirmed the sale. 407 00:37:06,015 --> 00:37:09,686 The necklace he had on him when he died was not a Mauboussin. 408 00:37:09,811 --> 00:37:11,396 It was a very common model. 409 00:37:11,521 --> 00:37:14,149 I could prosecute you for perverting the course of justice. 410 00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:18,153 - And I could make your life impossible. - I am at entirely at your disposal! 411 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,755 Please sit down. 412 00:37:50,894 --> 00:37:54,981 Your sending me this letter has led to the arrest of your friend, Angèle. 413 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:59,486 Perhaps you were hoping she would rapidly denounce her fiancé, 414 00:38:00,904 --> 00:38:03,615 or that he would easily be arrested. 415 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:08,244 Only Angèle is digging her heels in and may end up being convicted. 416 00:38:13,249 --> 00:38:14,959 Madame Derville, 417 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:20,340 I do not wish to see Angèle die in jail any more than you do. 418 00:38:23,259 --> 00:38:25,345 It is Brise Caboche that I want. 419 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:31,684 And if, on arrest, that scoundrel denounces Hortense Gaillac, 420 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:35,146 rest assured that she will join him on the scaffold. 421 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:49,953 Here is what I suggest. Stick to your story. 422 00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:56,960 Help me track down Brise Caboche, and for my part, 423 00:38:57,585 --> 00:39:00,880 I will release Angèle on bail. 424 00:39:02,048 --> 00:39:03,716 What do you say? 425 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,993 I don't need to tell you that he must avoid any excitement. 426 00:39:30,118 --> 00:39:31,452 Of course. 427 00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:34,956 Thank you very much, Doctor. 428 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,791 What about Valentine? 429 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:39,794 We can't be sure of anything until she's out of quarantine. 430 00:39:39,919 --> 00:39:41,921 How is the chancre developing? 431 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:43,881 Favorably. 432 00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:46,217 Is there any ulceration? 433 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:51,139 Even if Valentine avoids syphilis, she will only recover with plenty of rest. 434 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:53,057 I am aware of that. 435 00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:55,560 Perhaps she could go back to her family. 436 00:39:55,685 --> 00:39:58,146 Her mother is in prison and her father is an alcoholic. 437 00:39:58,271 --> 00:40:00,565 I can assure you she'll be well looked after here. 438 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:02,817 I will take care of her myself. 439 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,988 As you wish, Madame. 440 00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:25,256 What did the doctor say? 441 00:40:25,381 --> 00:40:27,675 When will I get another hard-on? 442 00:41:23,356 --> 00:41:24,774 Camélia? 443 00:42:04,439 --> 00:42:05,982 Go on! 444 00:42:09,986 --> 00:42:12,655 - Mademoiselle? - I haven't had a chance to thank you. 445 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:16,033 - What for? - For helping to get me in here. 446 00:42:16,159 --> 00:42:18,661 I didn't realize then that you were seeking work. 447 00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:20,705 Work and pleasure. 448 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:24,959 I'm sorry, but don't count on me for that. 449 00:42:25,084 --> 00:42:28,880 You think too much. This is where it all happens. 450 00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:32,341 Will you come with me? 451 00:42:33,259 --> 00:42:34,719 I'm sorry, young lady. 452 00:42:34,844 --> 00:42:38,598 I swear you won't find a worse-bred man next door than me. 453 00:42:38,723 --> 00:42:43,394 - But none of them knew my mother. - What? What did you say? 454 00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:54,697 So your Marie-Jeanne was Floriane, then? 455 00:42:57,492 --> 00:42:59,410 What was she like? 456 00:43:01,996 --> 00:43:04,082 I didn't like your mother much. 457 00:43:05,666 --> 00:43:07,126 Why not? 458 00:43:10,546 --> 00:43:13,633 She was complicated, temperamental. 459 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,765 Véra is like that, too, and yet you seem to like her. 460 00:43:20,890 --> 00:43:23,184 Véra is an actress. 461 00:43:23,309 --> 00:43:25,686 Prostitution is theater, Mademoiselle. 462 00:43:25,812 --> 00:43:28,105 - Of course. - Don't say ‟of course.” 463 00:43:28,231 --> 00:43:31,275 You still have a lot to learn about this world. 464 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,195 Don't go thinking that women on the other side are happier. 465 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,863 Don't think that. 466 00:43:37,907 --> 00:43:40,618 I believe your mother made that mistake. 467 00:43:42,328 --> 00:43:44,163 Did she seem unhappy? 468 00:43:46,541 --> 00:43:48,543 She didn't know how to love. 469 00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:55,049 But that might have been a function of her status. 470 00:43:55,424 --> 00:43:56,926 Her status? 471 00:43:59,387 --> 00:44:02,014 Her status as the favorite. 472 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:11,357 Why did my mother have privileges if she was such a bad worker? 473 00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:17,280 Ask Hortense. 474 00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:19,699 She was already in charge at that time. 475 00:44:22,451 --> 00:44:24,704 She can tell you better than anyone. 476 00:44:46,475 --> 00:44:49,770 Steiner and Grandet have just fought like two young dogs. 477 00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:53,399 I've been following Grandet's campaign. It's utter codswallop. 478 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:55,943 Not enough to prevent Steiner from becoming a minister. 479 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:57,695 Is that what you think? 480 00:44:57,820 --> 00:45:00,865 - It's what everyone is saying. - That's interesting. 481 00:45:00,990 --> 00:45:05,161 Do you advise me to form links with him, to choose Steiner over Grandet? 482 00:45:06,621 --> 00:45:08,414 Do as you wish. 483 00:45:09,457 --> 00:45:11,542 Knowing how ill-intentioned you are towards me, 484 00:45:11,667 --> 00:45:14,670 my tendency would be to do the opposite of what you suggest, 485 00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:18,174 which should drive me to go and see Grandet. 486 00:45:18,299 --> 00:45:20,176 On the other hand, 487 00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:23,054 you may have anticipated that I would ignore your advice, 488 00:45:23,179 --> 00:45:25,306 so I should ignore my instinct to ignore your advice, 489 00:45:25,431 --> 00:45:27,600 and do what you have advised me. 490 00:45:29,352 --> 00:45:32,271 These petty quarrels are so complicated, 491 00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:34,315 I think I am going to go home. 492 00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:37,026 By the way... 493 00:45:39,779 --> 00:45:42,156 Elisabeth was delighted to have met you. 494 00:45:43,699 --> 00:45:46,702 We are going to become true friends, 495 00:45:46,827 --> 00:45:50,289 friends who have no secrets from one another. 496 00:45:50,665 --> 00:45:53,542 Don't worry. I am in no hurry to hurt you. 497 00:45:59,215 --> 00:46:00,549 Camélia? 498 00:46:27,284 --> 00:46:28,744 Camélia! 499 00:46:32,498 --> 00:46:34,959 That lunatic ravaged me. 500 00:46:38,421 --> 00:46:41,048 Do you know what he wants us to call him? 501 00:46:42,883 --> 00:46:45,177 The surgeon. 502 00:46:46,303 --> 00:46:47,888 I'll be right back. 503 00:46:48,014 --> 00:46:50,808 There's nothing to be done. It just needs to heal up. 504 00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:59,108 He was a surgeon in the army, so he knows what to do. 505 00:47:01,986 --> 00:47:04,155 I can't work anymore now. 506 00:47:05,406 --> 00:47:07,074 Not here anyway. 507 00:47:09,410 --> 00:47:11,579 Matron will sack me. 508 00:47:23,007 --> 00:47:25,051 A farewell gift. 509 00:47:31,098 --> 00:47:32,600 Here. 510 00:47:33,934 --> 00:47:36,562 It's good stuff. It's made with opium. 511 00:47:39,565 --> 00:47:41,067 Take it. 512 00:47:41,192 --> 00:47:44,320 You'll see, we're both going to be all right. 513 00:47:47,990 --> 00:47:50,409 We're going to be all right. 514 00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:20,314 Véra? 515 00:48:51,178 --> 00:48:52,763 Hello. 516 00:48:52,888 --> 00:48:54,098 Hello. 517 00:48:55,349 --> 00:48:56,934 Monsieur. 518 00:48:57,059 --> 00:48:58,269 Pierre. 519 00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:05,025 I have you tell you, 520 00:49:06,652 --> 00:49:10,072 I fancy you and I want you badly, 521 00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:14,410 but I have just had rather a passionate night. 522 00:49:14,535 --> 00:49:17,371 - Did you at least win? - I'm sorry? 523 00:49:19,123 --> 00:49:21,917 The competition for the best whore in Paris. 524 00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:28,174 Edmond was so chuffed, he told everyone, including his father. 525 00:49:28,632 --> 00:49:32,553 Tomorrow the capital's children will be talking about it in the playground. 526 00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:36,390 - A unanimous victory. - Bravo! 527 00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:39,977 I am tired, but the men are good for a week in a sanatorium. 528 00:49:41,103 --> 00:49:44,648 Véra, I adore you. 529 00:49:45,441 --> 00:49:47,776 I told you, last night... 530 00:49:52,448 --> 00:49:53,908 I see. 531 00:49:56,869 --> 00:49:59,830 I promised my sister I wouldn't touch you. 532 00:50:02,208 --> 00:50:05,377 What I want is for you to touch her. 533 00:50:05,669 --> 00:50:10,049 I know the sum of your debt. This wad of notes will cover it. 534 00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:12,468 If you agree, I'll give you ten notes a week 535 00:50:12,593 --> 00:50:14,720 and in three weeks you'll be free. 536 00:50:18,182 --> 00:50:21,352 But I want you to make my sister happy. 537 00:50:25,522 --> 00:50:27,983 Does her unhappiness pain you? 538 00:50:28,776 --> 00:50:30,861 Her spitefulness wounds me. 539 00:50:33,072 --> 00:50:35,866 You are assuming that love melts hearts. 540 00:50:36,325 --> 00:50:38,202 I'm not sure it does where she is concerned. 541 00:50:38,327 --> 00:50:39,995 Your love? 542 00:50:41,372 --> 00:50:44,333 It will melt her heart like ice in the sun. 543 00:51:01,141 --> 00:51:03,394 You would disappear overnight. 544 00:51:05,271 --> 00:51:07,898 A departure worthy of your legendary status. 545 00:51:08,023 --> 00:51:10,192 She'll be none the wiser. 546 00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:20,494 And you will be there to console her. 547 00:51:21,996 --> 00:51:23,956 Why the hesitation? 548 00:51:29,169 --> 00:51:31,505 Is it because you still love her?