1 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:08,151 Yes? 2 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:18,328 Here. 3 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:28,255 What is it? 4 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,594 Is everything all right? 5 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:37,889 My brother has invited me to dinner. 6 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:03,582 Marguerite wants to see you. Now. 7 00:02:05,250 --> 00:02:07,085 Do you know a boy called Auguste? 8 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:10,964 What? 9 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:12,549 Hurry up. 10 00:02:30,317 --> 00:02:32,402 Is that him? 11 00:02:35,947 --> 00:02:37,699 Are you still stuck on him? 12 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:41,119 You know, 13 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:43,830 having a provincial boyfriend who knows nothing about Paris 14 00:02:43,955 --> 00:02:46,041 could soon cost you dearly. 15 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:54,591 How much longer are you planning to sulk? 16 00:02:55,634 --> 00:02:58,387 It's not me you should be cross with. It's that bastard, Edgar. 17 00:03:03,642 --> 00:03:05,143 Right. 18 00:03:05,268 --> 00:03:08,397 I don't want clients to see you hanging about the hallway. 19 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:11,108 Go into the courtyard. 20 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:13,068 I'll tell him to go round the back. 21 00:03:25,664 --> 00:03:26,748 Rosalie. 22 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,256 Do your mother and sisters know you're here? 23 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:36,341 I'm the head of the family now. 24 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,468 They must hate me. 25 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:40,262 They'll do as I say. 26 00:03:44,307 --> 00:03:46,101 So you really love me, then? 27 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,978 I would die for you. 28 00:03:50,147 --> 00:03:51,606 I've brought money. 29 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:54,025 I'm going to pay up and take you home with me. 30 00:03:57,446 --> 00:04:00,490 - So you still want to marry me? - Of course I do. 31 00:04:00,615 --> 00:04:02,909 - To consecrate our union? - Yes. 32 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,456 The union of a peasant and a whore? 33 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:12,711 So I can give birth to a whore's children, 34 00:04:13,795 --> 00:04:16,548 brought into the world through a whore's cunt, 35 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:19,509 a cunt that has been worn down by all the cocks in the capital? 36 00:04:19,634 --> 00:04:22,512 - Please stop it. - What did I say wrong? 37 00:04:22,637 --> 00:04:24,473 Are you afraid of the truth? 38 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:28,852 You don't have broad enough shoulders to take me back 39 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:30,687 and face people. 40 00:04:32,355 --> 00:04:34,858 These words are part of my life now. 41 00:04:36,193 --> 00:04:39,196 The life Rose has chosen now that Rosalie is dead. 42 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:43,992 Do you know what, Auguste? 43 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:47,746 You didn't have the strength to protect me. 44 00:04:47,871 --> 00:04:50,373 You didn't love me enough to protect me. 45 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:55,253 You let me turn myself into a total slut. 46 00:04:55,378 --> 00:04:57,380 I hate you, Auguste. 47 00:04:58,256 --> 00:05:00,842 I will spew out any memory of us, 48 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:02,886 and before God, 49 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:05,847 I swear that I will go and piss on your tomb. 50 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:10,829 - I need to talk to you... - Come and see this. 51 00:06:13,123 --> 00:06:15,292 We haven't seen him for a while. 52 00:06:19,087 --> 00:06:20,338 Gaudissart? 53 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:22,841 He's just been appointed Prefect. 54 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,968 What's Edgar doing with them? 55 00:06:25,093 --> 00:06:28,471 My brother has commissioned him to paint a fresco in the opera foyer. 56 00:06:28,597 --> 00:06:30,056 Well, well! 57 00:06:31,308 --> 00:06:34,561 Even as an unknown artist, he bored us silly about his genius. 58 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:37,814 At least he'll be able to pay now. 59 00:06:37,939 --> 00:06:40,567 - I'll go and warn the girls. - No! 60 00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:44,529 Send those who are free to bed. Tell them to use the back stairs. 61 00:06:44,654 --> 00:06:45,947 What? 62 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:55,832 So... can I go to my niece's wedding? 63 00:06:55,957 --> 00:06:58,376 - You haven't given me an answer. - What? 64 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:03,757 - My niece. - Just do as I say, will you? And hurry! 65 00:07:17,562 --> 00:07:19,022 Door! 66 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:21,107 This way, gentlemen. 67 00:07:27,572 --> 00:07:30,325 Right, girls, everybody upstairs. 68 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:32,577 Orders from above. No one is to work tonight. 69 00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:33,995 What? 70 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,581 So this lot are in for a wankfest, then? 71 00:07:39,417 --> 00:07:43,963 It's Gaillac and the boss has no intention of letting him screw you for free. 72 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:46,716 - That's sisterly love for you! - Come on, move your asses! 73 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:48,343 Hurry up. 74 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:50,804 Come on, come on. Quick, quick, quick! 75 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:53,556 Everybody out of here. Come on, Bertha. 76 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:56,059 You can do that upstairs. Angèle, do you want my help? 77 00:07:56,184 --> 00:07:57,560 Come on, hurry up. 78 00:07:59,396 --> 00:08:02,315 You lot are impossible. Get a move on. 79 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,109 Go on, get upstairs. 80 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,530 About time. 81 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:18,456 Wait till you see this, gentlemen. You won't forget this place. 82 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,212 They're always hurrying us. 83 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:30,719 I need to take my time and eat slowly so I can digest. 84 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,887 It's called serenity. 85 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:37,100 You should take a leaf out of my book, sweetheart. 86 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:43,148 Right, we'd better hurry up. We're really late. 87 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:46,067 - Hortense will yell at us. - You didn't listen to a word I said. 88 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:47,652 Hurry up! 89 00:08:55,618 --> 00:08:57,078 Bye, girls. 90 00:09:04,794 --> 00:09:07,547 - Where are the others? - We can handle five between us. 91 00:09:07,672 --> 00:09:11,009 - Ah, those paintings... - This space inspires me. 92 00:09:11,134 --> 00:09:12,218 Look. 93 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:23,938 Back upstairs. 94 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:27,150 Back upstairs! Go on! 95 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:35,366 I've still got... You know. 96 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:38,995 I'm not really cured. 97 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,622 How do you manage? 98 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:44,709 I cover my bottom and work with the rest. 99 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:46,961 And I do as many twosomes as I can. 100 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:49,756 Jessy normally helps me out. 101 00:09:49,881 --> 00:09:52,383 Working in tandem makes it easy to con them. 102 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:56,137 - Gentlemen. - Girls. 103 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:59,140 - Gentlemen. - Oh, good evening, Madame. 104 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:02,227 I am mortified. 105 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:05,396 - I wish I'd known you were coming. - Why? What's wrong? 106 00:10:05,522 --> 00:10:08,566 All my other girls are busy at a special party at the Club de l'Étoile. 107 00:10:09,526 --> 00:10:13,071 - What a disappointment. - Yes. 108 00:10:13,196 --> 00:10:15,740 - Ladies. - Let's sit down. 109 00:10:15,865 --> 00:10:16,908 Sorry. 110 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:20,203 - Will you excuse us? - Certainly. 111 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:29,045 - Do you take me for a fool? - I'm sorry? 112 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:33,800 Seeing you sacrifice professionalism out of resentment surprises me. 113 00:10:33,925 --> 00:10:36,052 If only you could surprise me. 114 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:37,846 Name your price for sending the girls down. 115 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:40,390 I have already named my price. 116 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:41,975 The Paradis. 117 00:10:46,729 --> 00:10:48,189 Good evening. 118 00:10:52,777 --> 00:10:57,198 I only did three clients yesterday, too! I'm flat broke. 119 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:59,117 I say three but one was a banker, 120 00:10:59,242 --> 00:11:01,411 who came in his pants before I could get them off. 121 00:11:01,536 --> 00:11:03,413 And he only wanted to pay half. 122 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:05,874 I've lost too much already from being behind bars. 123 00:11:08,293 --> 00:11:11,379 - Have you been taken off the menu too? - What's going on? 124 00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:16,176 Monsieur Gaillac is here, 125 00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:19,220 and Hortense has decided to ruin his evening for him. 126 00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:23,099 - Now the boss is forcing us to strike. - How are we supposed to earn a living? 127 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:26,728 As usual there's only enough for Véra and Valentine. 128 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:30,815 Don't tell me you regret being here, girls? 129 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:33,318 Imagine how much Hortense is making out of our asses. 130 00:11:33,443 --> 00:11:37,030 Our debts are not for settling. She wants to keep us all stuck here. 131 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:42,869 So what are you going to do about it? Have you targeted a sugar daddy? 132 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:46,789 A friendly word of advice. 133 00:11:46,915 --> 00:11:50,877 If you get your hands on a baron, don't let him go out alone at night. 134 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:55,924 What did her brother do to her to make her treat him so badly. 135 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:57,508 Does anyone know? 136 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:01,554 Perhaps he put her off men when she was a girl. 137 00:12:05,975 --> 00:12:07,810 I can't see Gaillac doing that. 138 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:13,024 Look, the boss is just a bitch. There's no point in trying to understand. 139 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:15,068 That woman has bile flowing through her veins. 140 00:12:15,193 --> 00:12:17,487 Still, her brother scares the shit out of her. 141 00:12:17,612 --> 00:12:20,448 She acts tough but she's crapping herself. 142 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,533 Give it two hours and she'll cave in. 143 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:25,411 Do you want to bet? 144 00:12:47,225 --> 00:12:49,227 Where do you think you're going? 145 00:12:49,352 --> 00:12:51,020 What did I say? 146 00:12:56,943 --> 00:13:00,196 I haven't asked for any leave. I just want to pay off my debts. 147 00:13:00,321 --> 00:13:02,615 I'm not far off it. I don't want to stay here forever. 148 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:04,867 So suddenly you're overzealous? 149 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:08,579 What don't you tell me what's really on our mind? 150 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:20,717 What the hell is that? 151 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:24,721 Don't let clients damage you, do you hear me? 152 00:13:24,846 --> 00:13:26,180 Who was it? 153 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,765 Franson. 154 00:13:28,891 --> 00:13:30,768 Those artists can be so perverted. 155 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:32,770 Does Marguerite know? 156 00:13:34,188 --> 00:13:36,107 Tell me if it happens again, all right? 157 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:41,237 Well? 158 00:13:43,781 --> 00:13:46,909 What's so interesting downstairs? Is it the Prefect? 159 00:13:48,911 --> 00:13:51,706 Or perhaps you were just trying to annoy me. 160 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:56,586 Was it you who put this on my desk? 161 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:02,967 The fact that you've guessed means you know who I am. 162 00:14:03,092 --> 00:14:04,927 It's more that I know the other girls. 163 00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:10,308 Why are you so interested in her? 164 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,143 Floriane is my mother. 165 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:21,319 Your mother? Whatever makes you think that? 166 00:14:21,444 --> 00:14:23,237 - What happened to her? - Who? 167 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:26,949 - My mother. - I don't know. She vanished overnight. 168 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:29,160 I have never known why and now I couldn't care less. 169 00:14:29,285 --> 00:14:31,162 And yet you loved her. 170 00:14:32,580 --> 00:14:34,916 - I'm not telling you my life story. - My mother's will do. 171 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,543 Now, you listen to me. Get out of here, go on! 172 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:41,339 And if I see you downstairs, it's the brothel for you. 173 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:42,924 Now, go! 174 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:57,522 When was that? 1865? 1866? 175 00:14:57,647 --> 00:15:00,149 What was that man's name? 176 00:15:00,274 --> 00:15:04,612 He looked like a character from a play by Corneille, somewhat severe. 177 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,447 He was prefect of the Seine region. 178 00:15:08,533 --> 00:15:10,118 Ger... Gernet... 179 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:13,079 - Gerval. - Gerval! That's right. 180 00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:15,790 That's right, he did hold the post around 1865. 181 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:20,128 - A charming man. - You think so? I hate him. 182 00:15:21,295 --> 00:15:23,631 He works in industry now. 183 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,759 Didn't you find him vulgar, especially around women? 184 00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:29,303 Vulgarity isn't always disagreeable, you know. 185 00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:31,556 My dear Véra! 186 00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:34,142 I shall tell him that I have met an exquisite woman. 187 00:15:38,146 --> 00:15:41,524 Why don't we go to the Chabanais? 188 00:15:44,819 --> 00:15:48,406 I was only joking. Another glass? 189 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:03,754 My dear Valentine, you're not very willing to share tonight. 190 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,339 Véra? 191 00:16:09,844 --> 00:16:11,554 I need you. 192 00:16:12,221 --> 00:16:13,931 I am in charge of a major building project, 193 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:17,018 and yet I can't even organize an evening in my own brothel. 194 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:19,645 I like it when you need me. 195 00:16:19,770 --> 00:16:22,815 See to it that Edgar chooses me for the fresco. 196 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:24,400 It's a deal. 197 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,077 - How could you do this to me? - But... 198 00:16:35,203 --> 00:16:38,039 - I thought I'd be able to warn you. - Well, you've gone and done it now. 199 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:40,416 Now your brother gets to plug me all night for free. 200 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:43,961 - No! I don't want him touching you. - You should've thought of that. 201 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:47,924 Wait! Go upstairs to your room and I'll find a solution. 202 00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:49,508 What about Valentine? 203 00:17:02,647 --> 00:17:06,734 Your brother wants Edgar to choose me as his model for his opera-house fresco. 204 00:17:07,401 --> 00:17:12,073 - What does he want in exchange? - Don't you think I'm beautiful enough? 205 00:17:13,157 --> 00:17:14,700 I know my brother. 206 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,374 - You must avert disaster tonight. - No. 207 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:42,645 The main foyer of the opera house. Can you imagine? 208 00:17:45,982 --> 00:17:49,193 One day my daughter will be able to take her daughter to the ballet, 209 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:56,909 show her the fresco and talk about me in a different light. 210 00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:58,577 Don't you see? 211 00:18:20,641 --> 00:18:23,144 Again? I don't believe it. 212 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,937 I want Angèle frisked. 213 00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:28,399 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 214 00:18:38,909 --> 00:18:40,578 Ladies? 215 00:18:41,037 --> 00:18:43,581 You've got five minutes to fix yourselves up. 216 00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:45,249 - What? - Sorry? 217 00:18:45,374 --> 00:18:48,878 - Five minutes. - We've only just come back upstairs! 218 00:18:49,003 --> 00:18:50,671 Marguerite! 219 00:18:55,676 --> 00:18:59,555 It is late, my dear friend. This visit hasn't been particularly tiring. 220 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,932 But tomorrow threatens to be a long day. 221 00:19:02,058 --> 00:19:05,936 Can you get a second opinion on the land to the south? 222 00:19:06,062 --> 00:19:09,315 I can't grant you authorization without one. 223 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,984 Haven't you been promised one? 224 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:14,320 Ah, the ladies are back. 225 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,539 That's her, isn't it? 226 00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:30,336 News of Blondin's exploits has been doing the rounds. 227 00:19:30,461 --> 00:19:32,254 Yes. That's her, yes. 228 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,131 Rose. 229 00:19:34,256 --> 00:19:38,427 Thank you, but an old man like me isn't worthy of such honors. 230 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:42,306 It's time I went home. Don't look at me like that, Gaillac. 231 00:19:42,431 --> 00:19:44,183 You don't need to make me debauched 232 00:19:44,308 --> 00:19:46,185 for us to have a good working relationship. 233 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:50,898 Anyway, you know my taste in erotica, don't you? 234 00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:53,901 - I'll see you out. - That would only embarrass me. 235 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:58,239 Enjoy your evening. I see you are quite taken with that siren. 236 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:07,873 Rose? Rose! 237 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,459 Coming? 238 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:34,358 You were less embarrassed when you were persuading me 239 00:20:34,483 --> 00:20:36,485 to lose my virginity to Blondin. 240 00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:51,292 Are you troubled by intimacy with all women or just with harlots? 241 00:20:52,334 --> 00:20:56,255 You are such an experienced man. I find it hard to understand. 242 00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:06,640 I was told you were a melancholic girl. 243 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:10,269 I find your attitude reassuring. 244 00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:14,398 My attitude? 245 00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:33,375 You haven't seen anything yet, 246 00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:38,964 or touched anything, 247 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:40,883 or felt anything. 248 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:46,889 What are you trying to do? 249 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,935 To prove to you that you still have things to discover. 250 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:58,609 I make a point of not confusing my roles. 251 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:04,114 A real client would never make a good boss. 252 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,704 Don't you want me? 253 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,834 Then say so. 254 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:21,257 What exactly do you want? 255 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:26,887 My buttocks? 256 00:22:28,222 --> 00:22:30,933 I've seen you admiring my buttocks. 257 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:40,002 Your sister wants to see you. 258 00:23:40,878 --> 00:23:43,380 She's waiting for you in the park. 259 00:23:45,341 --> 00:23:47,217 You can go. I'll cover for you. 260 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:52,514 She's fine. Don't worry. 261 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:56,185 It's me who's not fine. 262 00:23:57,978 --> 00:23:59,855 I'm the victim of a blackmailer. 263 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,524 His name is Michel. 264 00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:04,777 He's a neighbor. 265 00:24:04,902 --> 00:24:07,321 He is a widow, very fragile, a musician. 266 00:24:08,405 --> 00:24:11,659 I thought I was helping him get over the death of his wife. 267 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:14,370 We got into the habit of speaking to one another. 268 00:24:14,995 --> 00:24:19,083 My husband was wary of him, but he seemed so despairing. 269 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:24,672 He has a child and he thought he should remarry. 270 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:28,384 Is he ugly, poor? 271 00:24:31,637 --> 00:24:34,056 - He doesn't have much money, but... - He's attractive. 272 00:24:35,391 --> 00:24:39,561 - Yes. He was convinced otherwise. - And he needed your reassurance? 273 00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:42,106 A little. 274 00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:45,526 - With loving gestures? - No! 275 00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:50,489 I wrote him a letter. 276 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:53,158 He's threatening to show the letter to my husband. 277 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:56,036 Lucien would never forgive me. And Jeanne... 278 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,497 Leave Jeanne out of this, please. 279 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:04,002 What did you write in the letter? 280 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:06,004 Compliments. 281 00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:07,214 Be specific. 282 00:25:09,133 --> 00:25:13,095 ‟If I were to be given another life to live, 283 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:17,808 I would share it with you and you alone. 284 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:21,937 My love is a dream and that dream is my truth.” 285 00:25:22,062 --> 00:25:24,398 - So you fell in love with him? - I would never cheat on Lucien. 286 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:29,069 Getting your leg over might've been a better idea than a written declaration. 287 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,575 How much is he asking for? 288 00:25:36,285 --> 00:25:39,663 300 francs, in exchange for the letter. 289 00:25:42,833 --> 00:25:44,334 I know... 290 00:25:57,598 --> 00:25:59,099 Come on. 291 00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:39,097 This is a Gontier de Béziers. 292 00:26:39,223 --> 00:26:41,558 You should get at least 50 francs for it. 293 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:50,526 Given to me by a Lombard prince, 294 00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:52,528 one before and one after lovemaking. 295 00:26:54,071 --> 00:26:56,615 Make sure you get at least 50 for them, too. 296 00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:12,297 Given to his sister, Pauline, by Bonaparte in 1803. 297 00:27:12,422 --> 00:27:14,842 - No, I can't. - I don't give a damn about Pauline. 298 00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:18,637 If he'd given them to Joséphine that would be a different matter. 299 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:22,432 No less than 100 francs. Do you hear me? 300 00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:24,017 All right. 301 00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:28,313 There. 302 00:27:29,773 --> 00:27:31,942 That will have to do for your swindler. 303 00:27:33,944 --> 00:27:36,238 You need to make one thing clear to him. 304 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:37,573 What's that? 305 00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:40,909 That if he dares approach you, your husband or Jeanne again, 306 00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:43,287 you'll have both his hands cut off. 307 00:27:43,412 --> 00:27:45,247 What are you talking about? 308 00:27:45,372 --> 00:27:48,542 - Do you read the newspapers? - Sometimes. 309 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:51,128 Does the name Gaston Lupin mean anything to you? 310 00:27:51,253 --> 00:27:52,713 He's a thug from Montrouge. 311 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:55,299 - He's a friend of mine. - Really? 312 00:27:56,133 --> 00:28:00,095 One word from me and your sweetheart will have to lick his ass clean. 313 00:28:04,641 --> 00:28:06,768 Thank you, Véra. 314 00:28:08,854 --> 00:28:10,939 It's not that simple, Renée. 315 00:28:17,446 --> 00:28:18,488 All right. 316 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:23,160 You can see Jeanne. 317 00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,210 I have no intention of trying to be her mother. 318 00:28:40,802 --> 00:28:43,805 Then I hope she will come to love you as a friend. 319 00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:01,865 - Stop behaving as if you... - As if I own the place? 320 00:29:06,662 --> 00:29:08,872 - Will we be seeing you tonight? - No. 321 00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:11,291 I need to stay here and run your brothel. 322 00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:15,212 Hortense... 323 00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:23,470 I'm asking you not to forget what unites us both. 324 00:29:29,559 --> 00:29:32,479 I'm not asking you to forget the terrible things that happened. 325 00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:38,443 I left when you asked me to. 326 00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:42,155 But now I'm back. 327 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:47,869 - And I need you. - What is it that you want? 328 00:30:03,677 --> 00:30:06,471 - I have arranged to see my lawyer. - So? 329 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:10,225 So the Paradis will soon be yours. 330 00:30:41,923 --> 00:30:45,177 I'm not asking you to forgive me. I know that's impossible. 331 00:30:45,302 --> 00:30:47,512 I'm not asking you to forget. 332 00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:53,477 I'm just asking you to give me another chance. 333 00:30:55,228 --> 00:30:56,772 One last chance. 334 00:31:02,152 --> 00:31:04,237 I was a different man back then. 335 00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:07,365 I was mad. 336 00:31:09,493 --> 00:31:12,079 I abhor the man that I was as much as you do. 337 00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:16,494 One day early, and in person. 338 00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:20,832 I'm starting to enjoy being your creditor, darling. 339 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:24,169 You might not be my creditor for much longer. 340 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:30,258 Once you've deducted my outstanding debts, 341 00:33:31,635 --> 00:33:34,512 how much are you prepared to offer me for my Paradis? 342 00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:48,902 Madame Gaillac's house, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. 343 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,654 Very good, Madame. 344 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,352 - I have. Look. - No, you haven't. 345 00:34:22,477 --> 00:34:24,854 - I have. - You haven't at all. 346 00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:28,525 - I'm going to have to take it in. Look. - You're mad. 347 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:33,154 Whereas I think I've put on a bit of weight. 348 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,991 - A bit, don't you think? - And yet I never stop eating. 349 00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:38,285 I'm telling you, you look fine. 350 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:41,746 - I'm skinny. That's all there is to it. - You are not skinny. 351 00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:43,999 We're all like that in my family. It's a curse. 352 00:34:46,042 --> 00:34:49,587 - Anyone got any tobacco? - Here. 353 00:34:57,554 --> 00:34:59,681 Did you come across a lunatic? 354 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:12,319 Véra, your minister is outside. 355 00:35:13,903 --> 00:35:15,697 I'll be right down. 356 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,576 - Where are you going? - Carriage job. 357 00:35:24,831 --> 00:35:27,375 - Is Véra upstairs? - She's just coming down. 358 00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:34,716 What's got into you? 359 00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:37,552 Everything's about to change, my darling. Everything. 360 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:40,805 I, too, saw the world as an infernal cage. 361 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:43,892 - But now I have the keys. - To the cage? 362 00:35:44,017 --> 00:35:45,643 To the world. 363 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:50,023 To the world. 364 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:04,120 Have you seen the time? You stay there. I didn't call for you. 365 00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:38,238 For you. 366 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:42,784 And for your fee. 367 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,122 It's too risky to keep meeting like this. 368 00:36:47,247 --> 00:36:49,958 I hope our meetings will soon no longer be necessary. 369 00:36:52,669 --> 00:36:55,171 Have you given in to Hortense's demands? 370 00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,883 Is the Paradis finally hers? 371 00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:01,511 Is that what you announced to her this afternoon? 372 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:03,930 Didn't she mention it? 373 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:06,850 - She seemed very happy. - Tell me. 374 00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:10,103 She talked about the world being like a cage 375 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,063 to which she now had the keys. 376 00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:15,817 I love it when my sister regains her youthful spirit. 377 00:37:15,942 --> 00:37:18,653 - It's so rare. - But it's most agreeable, isn't it? 378 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,449 A schoolgirl's heart and a sergeant major's head. 379 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,367 Yes, absolutely. 380 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:29,914 The keys? 381 00:37:33,585 --> 00:37:35,712 The keys to the cage? 382 00:37:36,463 --> 00:37:38,631 Or the keys to the world? 383 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:42,886 I think it was the keys to the world. 384 00:37:45,305 --> 00:37:47,223 Why to the world? 385 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,774 She wants to leave. 386 00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:57,358 Leave Paris? 387 00:37:58,485 --> 00:38:00,528 To sell the brothel? 388 00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:03,740 And pack her bags. 389 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:09,662 What happened today? Tell me what you observed. 390 00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:11,664 - She was out all day. - Where? 391 00:38:11,789 --> 00:38:13,833 - I don't know. - Didn't you ask her? 392 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:17,420 A question like that would have put her on her guard. 393 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:20,006 She wants to sell it. 394 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:23,259 I don't believe it! 395 00:38:26,429 --> 00:38:29,390 Forgive me, but you have considerable business interests. 396 00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:32,435 You know anyone who's anyone in Paris. 397 00:38:34,395 --> 00:38:37,440 What do you care if Hortense sells the Paradis? 398 00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:40,193 At your level, the ownership of a brothel no longer matters. 399 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,861 At my level, everything matters, 400 00:38:42,779 --> 00:38:44,489 including family, 401 00:38:45,365 --> 00:38:47,700 however small and strange it might be. 402 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:49,827 Then offer her something else. 403 00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:53,790 If she had wanted something else, she would have asked me. 404 00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:55,708 No, what she wants is... 405 00:39:00,213 --> 00:39:02,257 to eliminate me from her life. 406 00:39:04,217 --> 00:39:07,053 - Will you go back on your decision? - I can't. 407 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:12,225 Well, then? 408 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,436 I'll have to think of something else. 409 00:39:18,106 --> 00:39:20,817 - I must go home. - You promised me two hours in the city. 410 00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:35,039 Come in. 411 00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:47,552 Sit down. 412 00:39:49,345 --> 00:39:51,306 Jeanne's finishing her homework. 413 00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:53,266 Geometry. 414 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:55,310 It's not her strong point. 415 00:40:03,276 --> 00:40:04,694 You know Michel... 416 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:06,487 How did it go with him? 417 00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:10,199 - I don't think he'll bother me anymore. - Good. 418 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:14,120 Thank you, Véra. 419 00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:16,998 Here. 420 00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:38,144 I didn't tell you the whole truth. 421 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:39,937 What? 422 00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:46,694 I made love to him. 423 00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:51,115 I hate him so much. 424 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,951 But I can't stop thinking about him. I don't get it. 425 00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:58,581 I felt something so intense. 426 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:02,835 I think I'm like you. 427 00:41:05,088 --> 00:41:06,255 Like me? 428 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:11,177 Mother was like us, too. I know she was. 429 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:12,512 Like us? 430 00:41:13,179 --> 00:41:15,056 It's like poison. 431 00:41:15,682 --> 00:41:17,934 A taste for pleasure. 432 00:41:21,354 --> 00:41:23,690 I understand you, you know. 433 00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,608 I understand your choices. 434 00:41:27,402 --> 00:41:29,779 I don't do what I do for pleasure. 435 00:41:33,783 --> 00:41:37,161 But... it can be pleasurable, can't it? 436 00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:40,581 Sometimes. 437 00:41:59,475 --> 00:42:03,146 Jeanne, this is my friend Véra. 438 00:42:03,271 --> 00:42:04,897 Good evening, Madame. 439 00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:06,858 We were at school together. 440 00:42:06,983 --> 00:42:08,443 Right. 441 00:42:09,902 --> 00:42:10,987 Well... 442 00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:16,659 I'd better go and prepare the meal. 443 00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:18,494 Can I leave you together for a while? 444 00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:20,329 Of course, Mother. 445 00:43:10,296 --> 00:43:12,089 Stop, stop, stop! 446 00:43:30,691 --> 00:43:32,235 Come in. 447 00:43:35,696 --> 00:43:37,448 You wanted to see me. 448 00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:39,617 Sit down. 449 00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:52,630 Come closer. 450 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:01,764 Floriane was indeed your mother. 451 00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:06,435 I hoped my orders would be sufficient to make you forget but... 452 00:44:08,771 --> 00:44:13,067 She was killed on September 28, 1859 in Batignolles. 453 00:44:13,192 --> 00:44:15,695 As for by whom and why, 454 00:44:15,820 --> 00:44:18,364 this sort of murder often has no face or reason, 455 00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:22,910 especially when the victim is a prostitute. 456 00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:26,163 I risked the disapproval of influential clients 457 00:44:26,289 --> 00:44:28,457 and sought their help, 458 00:44:28,583 --> 00:44:30,710 forcing the police to take action. 459 00:44:35,590 --> 00:44:39,886 On 6th December, a young artilleryman called Jules Mathurin was arrested 460 00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:43,306 on the basis of three corroborating witness accounts. 461 00:44:43,431 --> 00:44:45,349 He confessed to the murder. 462 00:44:47,393 --> 00:44:50,438 Jules Mathurin was guillotined in January 1861. 463 00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:57,486 I only have your word for it. 464 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:02,950 Here is a certified copy of the judgment. 465 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:23,220 Floriane's body lies in Montmartre cemetery. 466 00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:27,642 Your mother was strong-willed. 467 00:45:31,312 --> 00:45:34,482 She liked to say that she was afraid of nothing, 468 00:45:35,691 --> 00:45:37,568 especially not men. 469 00:45:41,447 --> 00:45:44,033 But I feared for her when she said that. 470 00:45:46,786 --> 00:45:49,288 Fear can protect us. 471 00:45:49,413 --> 00:45:51,082 Sometimes. 472 00:45:52,708 --> 00:45:55,169 This all came from you. 473 00:45:55,294 --> 00:45:58,506 Every week, Floriane received something from the orphanage. 474 00:46:12,103 --> 00:46:15,731 She paid half of what she earned to the Mother Superior 475 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:18,651 to get her to agree to continue sending them. 476 00:46:26,242 --> 00:46:28,327 You can keep everything. 477 00:47:07,116 --> 00:47:09,952 You mother tells me you like reading. 478 00:47:11,245 --> 00:47:12,955 Yes, I love it. 479 00:47:16,751 --> 00:47:18,627 What do you read? 480 00:47:19,962 --> 00:47:21,839 Mainly Latin authors. 481 00:47:25,634 --> 00:47:27,553 You're cultured. That's good. 482 00:47:31,766 --> 00:47:34,477 I don't want to know too much or too little. 483 00:47:35,603 --> 00:47:37,646 Not too much or too little? 484 00:47:40,107 --> 00:47:44,236 Just enough to understand without the need to assert myself. 485 00:47:46,489 --> 00:47:48,699 Is that what you've been taught? 486 00:47:49,867 --> 00:47:51,410 Weren't you? 487 00:47:57,416 --> 00:48:00,086 Sometimes you need to be assertive. 488 00:48:01,003 --> 00:48:03,923 - Really? - I think so. 489 00:48:09,762 --> 00:48:12,848 Then I shall take note of your advice. 490 00:48:24,110 --> 00:48:26,862 - Especially where men are concerned. - Sorry? 491 00:48:27,988 --> 00:48:30,074 You need to make room for yourself. 492 00:48:37,790 --> 00:48:39,708 That's interesting. 493 00:48:59,436 --> 00:49:02,690 - Everything all right? - Everything's fine, Mother.