1 00:01:58,577 --> 00:02:00,120 What are you doing here? 2 00:02:00,245 --> 00:02:01,663 Hello, Hortense. 3 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,957 - There are constant patrols. - I know. 4 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:05,667 You were meant to lie low in the country. 5 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,753 Unforeseen circumstances. 6 00:02:07,878 --> 00:02:09,421 What do you want? 7 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:16,428 Angèle. 8 00:02:17,596 --> 00:02:20,182 - And enough to get far away. - I gave you what I owe you. 9 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:21,767 True. 10 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:24,561 How much? 11 00:02:27,022 --> 00:02:29,232 2,000 francs. 12 00:02:29,358 --> 00:02:32,027 - I know. - Angèle is worth twice that. 13 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:35,364 And the baron's blood was worth ten times what you gave me. 14 00:02:37,032 --> 00:02:39,451 Go and fetch Angèle and the money. 15 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:42,996 You think I've got that sort of money at my disposal? 16 00:02:46,208 --> 00:02:50,003 - But I know how to get hold of it. - You've got until tonight. 17 00:02:50,128 --> 00:02:51,671 By the way... 18 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:54,758 This is my confession, 19 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:58,678 concerning the murder you ordered me to carry out, 20 00:02:58,804 --> 00:03:01,515 in case I get hit by an untimely bullet. 21 00:03:32,963 --> 00:03:36,091 How dare you come down to breakfast after me? 22 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:46,518 And how dare you talk to me before rinsing out your mouth? 23 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:48,812 You still smell of cum. 24 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:52,149 - What was that? - Push me and I'll... 25 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:05,704 - You'll what? - You started it! 26 00:04:07,998 --> 00:04:12,294 Three years ago, the boss decided to fine the last one 20 francs. 27 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:15,172 - Imagine how much it's cost me. - To keep your honor intact. 28 00:04:15,297 --> 00:04:16,756 Precisely. 29 00:04:22,846 --> 00:04:25,140 You're not even 20, are you? 30 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:26,725 Just. 31 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:33,940 - Why do we understand one another? - Do we? 32 00:04:34,065 --> 00:04:37,402 - We're on the same wavelength. - We don't talk much. 33 00:04:37,527 --> 00:04:39,196 All the same... 34 00:04:45,243 --> 00:04:48,914 - You know I've got a daughter? - Jeanne? 35 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,585 She's... 36 00:04:56,796 --> 00:04:58,798 She's so boring. 37 00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:05,096 At least you can improve on a bad upbringing. 38 00:05:05,222 --> 00:05:07,098 But a good one? 39 00:05:12,354 --> 00:05:14,731 What makes me think Jeanne's my daughter, anyway? 40 00:05:16,691 --> 00:05:19,027 I've never been a mother to her. 41 00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:28,411 Right, I'm going back to bed. 42 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:37,754 Want to come to my room for a smoke? 43 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:40,882 Brise Caboche was waiting downstairs. 44 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:44,094 - He's asking for money. - How much? 45 00:05:44,219 --> 00:05:47,764 - 2,000 francs. - I can bring it tonight if that suits. 46 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:50,892 Oh, thank you. 47 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,477 Thank you. 48 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:58,108 Torcy will never drop the case. I have been so foolhardy. 49 00:05:58,233 --> 00:06:00,527 To kill a baron for love? 50 00:06:00,652 --> 00:06:03,238 Your foolhardiness does not lack panache, Sister. 51 00:06:05,657 --> 00:06:08,785 But you must now be doubly vigilant and listen to me. 52 00:06:09,619 --> 00:06:12,247 Angèle must know nothing of this until Brise returns. 53 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:14,749 Nothing. 54 00:06:35,770 --> 00:06:38,356 I think she's out, but all the same... 55 00:06:40,692 --> 00:06:42,861 I think it was in 1867. 56 00:06:42,986 --> 00:06:45,280 The Austrian ambassador was forced to apologize. 57 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,283 - Really? The ambassador? - Can you imagine? 58 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:51,620 - Chief Inspector. - There's no need to bow and scrape. 59 00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:53,872 I am here alone and without handcuffs. 60 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:56,249 Well, I'm leaving from Porte Saint-Martin in an hour. 61 00:06:56,374 --> 00:06:58,918 I'll go and fetch my suitcase. 62 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:00,295 Right... 63 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:03,757 I've come to warn you that I will be paying you a visit tonight. 64 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,010 - You will be made most welcome. - We shall see. 65 00:07:07,135 --> 00:07:09,888 Let's start by talking about the official reason for my visit. 66 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:14,643 The Ottoman dignitary, Ylmaz Tourkan, will be coming here tonight. 67 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:17,937 This man claims to be here to represent his country's government 68 00:07:18,063 --> 00:07:20,899 in negotiations for the construction of a railway line 69 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:23,693 linking Paris and Constantinople. 70 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:27,697 I have been appointed by my minister to check out this man's integrity. 71 00:07:27,822 --> 00:07:31,993 - What do you want to know about him? - Whether he is who he says he is. 72 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,120 - Who else might he be? - A con man. 73 00:07:35,246 --> 00:07:39,000 We know that our man was wounded six months ago in a duel. 74 00:07:40,251 --> 00:07:43,672 - Where is his wound situated? - His groin. 75 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:48,927 I am counting on you to deploy an experienced member of staff. 76 00:07:49,052 --> 00:07:51,888 You can count on us, Chief Inspector. 77 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:54,474 We will do our duty as citizens. 78 00:07:55,725 --> 00:07:57,477 He was so hairy. 79 00:07:57,602 --> 00:08:00,146 - Honestly, he was so hairy. - You're being silly! 80 00:08:01,981 --> 00:08:04,025 But he was handsome and kind. 81 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:08,071 Not all that rich but respectful. 82 00:08:08,196 --> 00:08:10,949 - Why didn't you marry him? - I did. 83 00:08:12,283 --> 00:08:14,703 - You were married? - For two months. 84 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,915 His father had the marriage annulled. 85 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:23,628 I often cheated on my poor husband. 86 00:08:24,754 --> 00:08:27,048 Too often and badly. 87 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:30,760 Even with his father. 88 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:36,015 I didn't know how to turn men down, or their presents. 89 00:08:38,810 --> 00:08:41,688 This might be another type of prison but perhaps I prefer it. 90 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:49,279 The only thing I can't get used to is all the men who don't wash beforehand. 91 00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:54,200 I must be getting old. 92 00:08:57,746 --> 00:08:58,913 Chief Inspector? 93 00:08:59,038 --> 00:09:03,042 - Madame? - I see the building is under surveillance. 94 00:09:03,168 --> 00:09:06,880 I can only assume that you haven't arrested Brise Caboche. 95 00:09:07,255 --> 00:09:09,841 What is it you want to know? 96 00:09:11,092 --> 00:09:14,387 - I am scared he'll return. - Why? 97 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,599 You just have to warn me. 98 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:39,329 - I'm going to be late! - Might I ask what you are doing? 99 00:09:39,454 --> 00:09:43,458 - I'm going to my niece's wedding. - I never gave you permission. 100 00:09:44,959 --> 00:09:48,797 Marguerite, your life and your family are here now. 101 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,632 You didn't think I'd do it. 102 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:53,009 An old goose like me going to a wedding? 103 00:09:53,885 --> 00:09:56,805 You thought I'd never dare. But you see? 104 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:59,307 For once, you were wrong and I'm going. 105 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:00,975 Don't leave. 106 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:03,603 Not today. 107 00:10:04,979 --> 00:10:08,107 I want to see my family again, too. 108 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:12,237 And if you needed me so badly, 109 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:15,156 you should have made me feel indispensable. 110 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:17,075 But I don't own this place. 111 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,828 How can I sell you a share of something that doesn't belong to me? 112 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,956 You seem to be getting on better with your brother. 113 00:10:31,756 --> 00:10:34,133 We'll see how you manage without me. 114 00:10:46,729 --> 00:10:48,898 What's your plan in this prison? 115 00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:53,695 I've been watching you. 116 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:57,365 Hope returning to the face of a prostitute is instantly recognizable. 117 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:02,871 Have you got a sugar daddy in mind? 118 00:11:04,038 --> 00:11:06,374 I don't want to be one man's whore. 119 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:09,002 You have the means to find one who's agreeable. 120 00:11:09,127 --> 00:11:13,214 - I want to be free. - You're a bird in a cage, Rose. 121 00:11:15,258 --> 00:11:17,343 If you are bought, the cage goes with you. 122 00:11:19,762 --> 00:11:21,723 Even with Gaillac? 123 00:11:26,644 --> 00:11:29,147 Perhaps not with him. 124 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:35,278 He certainly likes you, but that's not enough. 125 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:38,948 Help me. 126 00:11:50,752 --> 00:11:55,256 Why do men come here? Quite frankly, it's humiliating. 127 00:11:56,007 --> 00:11:59,052 Paying, being preceded and followed by someone else. 128 00:11:59,177 --> 00:12:02,889 - That's true. - Only men don't care about that. 129 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:07,560 What matters to them is that the girl who turns them on turns others on too. 130 00:12:07,685 --> 00:12:09,062 That's what excites them. 131 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:11,397 - Have you talked to them about this? - I don't need to. 132 00:12:11,522 --> 00:12:13,608 Rose, would you like to be a man? 133 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:14,776 Yes. 134 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:17,820 Then you have the power to think like a man. 135 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:21,240 You have the power to put yourself in your adversary's shoes. 136 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:24,661 Whereas a man can never dream of becoming a woman. 137 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:26,329 That's not allowed. 138 00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:31,209 You have the knowledge, so you are in charge. 139 00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:33,836 And that's what makes it pleasurable. 140 00:12:33,962 --> 00:12:37,006 For him and for you. 141 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:39,217 The pleasure of dominating? 142 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:45,348 That's the holy grail of our little world. 143 00:12:57,485 --> 00:12:58,820 Thank you. 144 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:07,495 - Go on. - Twice in a row! 145 00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,747 - Go on, Aglaé. - Slowly. 146 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:11,416 Ladies. 147 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:16,379 Tonight Valentine will assist me 148 00:13:16,504 --> 00:13:18,840 with the organization of the evening. 149 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,717 Marguerite's niece is getting married 150 00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:24,178 and I insisted on her joining her family for the occasion. 151 00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:28,141 I'm relying on you more than ever to be highly disciplined. 152 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:35,148 You have one hour before preparations begin. 153 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:37,108 Make the most of it. 154 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:38,401 Angèle? 155 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:43,197 Come with me, please. 156 00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:57,211 What's wrong? 157 00:13:59,797 --> 00:14:02,508 Did you see Chief Inspector Torcy this morning? 158 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:06,637 He will be back later. Will that be a problem for you? 159 00:14:07,138 --> 00:14:10,224 - And not for you? - I have no choice. 160 00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:12,518 You must be pleased. 161 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:16,522 - What do you mean? - Everything will be much easier now. 162 00:14:17,482 --> 00:14:20,068 You'll soon find another thug to do your dirty work. 163 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,945 I have always been totally loyal to Brise Caboche. 164 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,116 Why do you say ‟now”? 165 00:14:31,454 --> 00:14:34,707 You said things would be easier now, that I must be pleased. 166 00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:39,796 - They've killed him. - Who have they killed? 167 00:14:43,424 --> 00:14:46,511 - The cops have killed my man. - What? 168 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:48,638 Nonsense. 169 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:53,518 Torcy found him at Saint-Ouen at his cousin's. 170 00:14:53,643 --> 00:14:55,353 They got them both. 171 00:14:56,979 --> 00:15:00,024 There were kids there but they still fired at them as if they were ducks. 172 00:15:00,149 --> 00:15:02,860 - His cousin's wife wrote to tell me. - Angèle, Angèle! 173 00:15:02,985 --> 00:15:05,530 This doesn't make sense. Torcy would have mentioned it. 174 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:08,157 After opening fire, they chased Brise to the river bank. 175 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:11,160 He must have drowned. 176 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:14,664 They didn't even look for his body. 177 00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:19,627 - Can I go back in? - No, wait. 178 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,381 I don't want any trouble tonight. 179 00:15:24,298 --> 00:15:26,843 Your heartache stays on this floor. 180 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:32,557 Downstairs I want you to be desirable and professional. Do you understand? 181 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:35,893 As long as that bastard doesn't come sniffing round me. 182 00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:37,728 Come here a minute, young lady. 183 00:15:37,854 --> 00:15:40,648 Since you refuse to understand, this is what we'll do. 184 00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:45,903 - Tonight you will stay in the dormitory. - But Edmond will be there. 185 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:49,240 Then I'll charge you five francs for depriving one of our best clients. 186 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:52,451 Go on, get in there! 187 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:09,010 Want to know how Damien frees himself from his chains in the well? 188 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:12,513 Marguerite leaves you in the lurch and yet your thoughts are of Damien! 189 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,349 I can't let her prove she's indispensable to me. 190 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:18,477 Anyway, now I know I'm going to be leaving here. 191 00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:24,817 Are you still thinking of selling as soon as you get the paperwork? 192 00:16:26,569 --> 00:16:28,654 Have you had a firm offer? 193 00:16:51,802 --> 00:16:53,554 Damien! 194 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,808 In chains at the bottom of a well. 195 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:05,233 ‟It only took Damien three minutes, 196 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:07,818 being a young giant with big, muscular arms, 197 00:17:10,071 --> 00:17:12,615 to release the chain the duc de Fronsac had attached 198 00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:16,035 to one of the bars on the wall of the well shaft. 199 00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:19,538 His strong arms freed the chain.” Is that it? 200 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:25,044 - Did you expect divine intervention? - All the same... 201 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:28,673 ‟As soon as Damien resurfaced, 202 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:33,177 he decided to go and meet Madame de Germay.” 203 00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:35,221 I like her. 204 00:17:36,931 --> 00:17:38,558 Me, too. 205 00:17:40,810 --> 00:17:43,145 She reminds me of you. 206 00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,400 Do I look like a princess to you? 207 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:48,609 Yes. 208 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,498 Hortense, I promise whatever you say 209 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,752 won't change what we now have between us. 210 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:10,298 I promise. Do you hear me? 211 00:18:24,395 --> 00:18:26,314 It destroyed me. 212 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:31,152 I will never ask to sleep with you again, I promise. 213 00:18:32,528 --> 00:18:35,031 Just being able to sleep beside you would be so... 214 00:18:36,073 --> 00:18:38,159 If you want to, that is. 215 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:42,288 I know I've hurt you. 216 00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:47,460 If I could have locked you away, I would have done. 217 00:18:48,919 --> 00:18:51,005 I wanted to make you my prisoner. 218 00:18:52,214 --> 00:18:55,426 I was always so scared that you would leave. 219 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,351 To the point that you had the baron killed? 220 00:19:08,564 --> 00:19:11,067 I should never have spoken to you like that. 221 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:15,363 No, you were right. 222 00:19:18,908 --> 00:19:22,828 I could no longer breathe. I went outside to get some air. 223 00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:26,582 - And there in the courtyard... - Brise Caboche? 224 00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:30,336 - Did you ask him to do it? - No. 225 00:19:30,461 --> 00:19:32,505 - Did he suggest it? - No. 226 00:19:33,547 --> 00:19:35,424 But I mentioned the baron. 227 00:19:37,426 --> 00:19:41,222 I didn't ask him or give him any money, I promise. 228 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:47,019 He took it upon himself so he could control me. 229 00:19:47,144 --> 00:19:49,438 If only I'd known that he would do that. 230 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:54,276 I should have guessed. 231 00:20:07,373 --> 00:20:09,041 I'm sorry. 232 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:17,091 - Good evening, Monsieur. - Ylmaz Tourkan. Good evening. 233 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,843 Please follow me. 234 00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:29,979 May I take your hat and coat? Thank you. 235 00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:46,370 - Are you sure you won't stay? - Who's here? 236 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:51,250 Arnoult has arrived. And Edmond. Blondin will be there. 237 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:55,129 And I'm expecting Torcy and a mysterious Ottoman. 238 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,089 I spent an hour with Arnoult this morning. 239 00:20:57,214 --> 00:21:00,551 That was for work. This is different. 240 00:21:02,136 --> 00:21:04,346 Now that you're handing the place over to me, 241 00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:06,932 why not allow yourself a moment of pleasure? 242 00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:11,103 Half my girls are dying to make you forget your projects. 243 00:21:13,481 --> 00:21:15,566 You must like one of them. 244 00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,615 I'll have a drink with Arnoult and then I'll go. 245 00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:26,994 It's just as well not all men have your high moral standing. 246 00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:32,917 Good evening, Monsieur Torcy. 247 00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:35,336 - Has Ylmaz Tourkan arrived? - Yes, he's in the parlor. 248 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,296 - Good. - Thank you. 249 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:05,074 I mean to demonstrate that prostitutes, 250 00:22:05,199 --> 00:22:09,203 far from being a degenerate version of the female race, 251 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:12,790 instead embody its essence and nobility. 252 00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:16,502 My novel depicts the portrait of a young eighteen-year-old woman 253 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:19,463 that I like to picture being as beautiful as you are. 254 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:22,841 My house is being transformed into a literary salon. 255 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:24,426 It is most agreeable. 256 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:28,430 In that case, will you permit me to recite a few verses to this ray of sunshine? 257 00:22:28,556 --> 00:22:30,474 Please go ahead. 258 00:22:31,934 --> 00:22:34,228 ‟She was not a girl but a star. 259 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,274 Her cheek was as described in the Koran 260 00:22:38,399 --> 00:22:40,150 in the verse on beauty. 261 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:42,778 Her attractive and seductive eyes 262 00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:46,031 were enough to stop even a fleeing buck in its tracks. 263 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:51,745 Her skin was faultless 264 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:53,872 and her beauty spot 265 00:22:55,291 --> 00:22:58,210 like a heavenly cure for an evil eye. 266 00:23:01,297 --> 00:23:04,508 Her delightful appearance was like a cloud's silver lining, 267 00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:06,760 and her gentle manner 268 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:10,639 reminiscent of the tumult of the resurrection.” 269 00:23:12,558 --> 00:23:14,727 It's a translation so it's far from perfect. 270 00:23:14,852 --> 00:23:17,605 It's beautiful. Did you write it yourself? 271 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,356 Alas, no. 272 00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:26,030 That was lovely. Do you write? 273 00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:31,410 Good evening. I wish to see Marguerite. 274 00:23:31,535 --> 00:23:32,953 She is not here. 275 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:36,081 But do not worry. I'm in on all the secrets of the house. 276 00:23:41,003 --> 00:23:42,630 - I'll be right back. - All right. 277 00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:03,400 How lovely to see you. 278 00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:05,986 Thank you. 279 00:24:53,867 --> 00:24:56,161 - Good evening. - Good evening, sir. 280 00:24:57,246 --> 00:25:00,999 - So you're interested in literature now? - Edmond talks about it so well. 281 00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:04,128 All that remains is for you to get up in the morning and write. 282 00:25:04,253 --> 00:25:09,383 - That is what I strive to do. - Have a good evening. 283 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:33,323 As promised, you have the run of the house. 284 00:27:25,811 --> 00:27:28,730 - Rose. - Of course. 285 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:39,908 Excuse me, gentlemen. I'll see you later. 286 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:41,535 With pleasure. 287 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:13,567 Well, well, Chief Inspector. 288 00:28:14,443 --> 00:28:16,320 Are you all alone? 289 00:28:17,946 --> 00:28:20,198 It's a shame to only do it with your eyes. 290 00:28:21,742 --> 00:28:23,827 You should try getting your hands dirty. 291 00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:29,666 Just as I thought. You don't like women. 292 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:32,169 Poor child. 293 00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:40,260 Jean-Paul! 294 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,355 Forgive me. Now is not the time. 295 00:28:55,108 --> 00:28:56,610 I just wanted... 296 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:01,490 to talk to you about the timeline for the work on the east wing. 297 00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:03,116 Later, later. 298 00:29:12,668 --> 00:29:14,628 What do you want from me? 299 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,467 And you? 300 00:29:29,184 --> 00:29:30,519 Here. 301 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,814 Now, leave me alone. 302 00:29:35,565 --> 00:29:38,276 How I'd love to be able to keep my promise. 303 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:47,369 - Have you made a promise, Angèle? - Yes, a promise to myself. 304 00:29:51,164 --> 00:29:54,042 To leave you high and dry and watch you come over my feet. 305 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:57,587 - Why would you do such a thing? - Would you rather I made a complaint? 306 00:29:57,713 --> 00:29:59,381 What about? 307 00:29:59,506 --> 00:30:02,092 Do you think people only come here for sex? 308 00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:05,971 No, people also come to talk. 309 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:08,932 And to listen. 310 00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:12,394 Half the stories circulating in Paris come from here. 311 00:30:13,562 --> 00:30:15,647 People will gossip about you for months. 312 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:17,941 I like looking. What's the problem? 313 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:22,029 You must know or you wouldn't have come up here with your money. 314 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:28,452 I met a man like you once. Just like you. 315 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:31,788 He was too ashamed to fuck another man so he watched. 316 00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:33,832 Never mind the woman. 317 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:36,668 All he saw was the man's stiff cock. 318 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,670 You're wrong, Angèle! 319 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,218 For a bastard like you to suddenly be so generous, 320 00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:48,013 there must be some truth in it. 321 00:31:04,154 --> 00:31:06,782 Here. Take this. 322 00:31:10,911 --> 00:31:13,413 That was for threatening me. 323 00:31:36,353 --> 00:31:38,855 Next time you'll know when to stop. 324 00:31:48,615 --> 00:31:51,284 Yes, of course. Here, Valentine. 325 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:53,245 Valentine will take care of you. 326 00:31:53,370 --> 00:31:55,539 This palace is so empty without Angèle. 327 00:31:55,664 --> 00:31:58,542 I thought she'd stopped going out now her boyfriend has vanished. 328 00:32:00,710 --> 00:32:02,295 Dr. Martin... 329 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:05,298 Blanche, will you look after this gentleman, please? 330 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:07,634 She's upstairs, isn't she? 331 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:11,012 I just want to say good night to her. 332 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:15,016 Go on, then. 333 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:35,495 - That's what you wanted, wasn't it? - Pardon? 334 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,498 Your intervention made my client lose his motivation. 335 00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:48,675 I thought you were going to punch his lights out. 336 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,553 Why would I have done that? 337 00:32:51,678 --> 00:32:54,222 Did you want to punch his lights out? 338 00:32:58,518 --> 00:33:00,312 He was very troubled. 339 00:33:01,354 --> 00:33:03,982 He asked me if there was something going on between you and me. 340 00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:06,568 - I wasn't sure how to reply. - Would you have liked that? 341 00:33:06,693 --> 00:33:08,320 To know how to reply? 342 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:13,533 - Rose! - For there to be something between us. 343 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,744 Something? No. 344 00:33:18,538 --> 00:33:20,582 Too vague. 345 00:33:20,707 --> 00:33:22,375 Too little. 346 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:31,426 Where's Hortense? 347 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,845 I don't know. 348 00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:37,474 What a sick man. 349 00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:40,644 Angèle! 350 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:49,569 Do you still think he didn't kill my man? 351 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:54,741 I'm warning you, if I've lost my baby, you can't stop me killing him. 352 00:33:55,242 --> 00:33:57,244 Your baby? 353 00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:59,537 You go, Madame. I'll take care of her. 354 00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:53,216 Brise Caboche is waiting for me. I must go. 355 00:34:53,341 --> 00:34:55,677 - Is Angèle ready? - No, there was a problem with Torcy. 356 00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:57,804 He hit her. She's in no fit state to come down. 357 00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:00,265 What will you say to Brise Caboche? 358 00:35:00,390 --> 00:35:03,351 - I'll think of something. - Hortense. 359 00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:08,189 You called on me this morning because you trusted me. 360 00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:11,109 So now you're going to listen to me. 361 00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:14,654 And do exactly as I say. 362 00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:30,795 Here. 363 00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:35,175 - Thank you. - Angèle is waiting for you. 364 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,845 Why won't she come down? 365 00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:41,723 Tell her to come down. 366 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:44,976 I haven't told her yet. 367 00:35:45,101 --> 00:35:48,855 She'll be so excited when she sees you, she'll wake the cops. 368 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:52,734 Let's do this quietly, shall we? Follow me. 369 00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:03,078 What are we doing here? Where's Angèle? 370 00:36:03,203 --> 00:36:05,455 In here, sorting out her washing. 371 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,089 What have you done? 372 00:36:14,214 --> 00:36:15,882 What have you done? 373 00:37:13,481 --> 00:37:15,942 Everything I do now I'm doing for you. 374 00:37:59,486 --> 00:38:01,571 Valentine said you were expecting me. 375 00:38:03,198 --> 00:38:05,575 I'm really sorry, Mademoiselle. 376 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,870 There has been a misunderstanding. I asked for the Creole girl. 377 00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:11,581 Linda. 378 00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:13,750 That's a pity. 379 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:18,379 You'll have to come back for her. 380 00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:20,590 I'm the way into the Paradis. 381 00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:24,135 I have a reputation. 382 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:28,056 Important clients must first enter through my thighs. 383 00:38:35,396 --> 00:38:37,482 After such provocation, 384 00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:42,737 you'd better be up to the job, sweetheart. 385 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,787 I need to talk to you in private. 386 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:15,853 He came to see me yesterday. He needed money. 387 00:39:15,979 --> 00:39:17,939 In his haste, he... 388 00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:19,566 I'm sorry. 389 00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:28,032 He knows you're being watched. 390 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:30,910 He wants to protect you. 391 00:39:38,418 --> 00:39:41,754 - Did he have a message for me? - We didn't have time. 392 00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:43,965 We barely talked for two minutes. 393 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:50,597 He's sorry you went to prison because of him. 394 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:54,392 - How much did you give him? - 100 francs. 395 00:39:57,645 --> 00:40:00,148 You're going to have to be patient. 396 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:03,651 And you must forget about Torcy. 397 00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:10,992 Will you be all right? 398 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,943 Gently. 399 00:40:54,744 --> 00:40:58,247 Earlier, in the parlor, that wonderful poem, 400 00:40:59,582 --> 00:41:01,042 I really liked it. 401 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:07,632 It reminded me of a story my grandmother told me. 402 00:41:11,511 --> 00:41:14,013 - She was an amazing woman. - Be quiet. 403 00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:18,226 So funny. 404 00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:20,895 - But so ugly. - I said, be quiet. 405 00:41:27,443 --> 00:41:29,904 She had a pockmarked face. It scared me. 406 00:41:30,029 --> 00:41:32,115 I don't believe this! 407 00:41:33,408 --> 00:41:36,244 - Forgive me. - No, no, no, no. 408 00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:38,037 Go away and fetch the other girl. 409 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,664 - Please. - No, no, no. 410 00:41:39,789 --> 00:41:41,749 I beg you. 411 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,461 Let go of me. 412 00:41:45,586 --> 00:41:46,921 Let go of me. 413 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:48,506 No, stop it! 414 00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:55,930 Let go of me. 415 00:41:57,098 --> 00:41:58,558 Let go of me. 416 00:42:01,269 --> 00:42:03,146 I'll send Linda in. 417 00:42:32,675 --> 00:42:34,135 All done. 418 00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:38,723 The Ottoman has a scar. 419 00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:43,019 - Oh, yes. Good. - He wants Linda to finish him off. 420 00:42:43,144 --> 00:42:45,229 Talk to Valentine about it. 421 00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:48,941 Are you all right? 422 00:42:52,445 --> 00:42:55,698 If Torcy comes and asks you in person, 423 00:42:55,823 --> 00:42:58,951 tell him you didn't see a scar. 424 00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:03,831 What if this man ends up swindling the government? 425 00:43:05,041 --> 00:43:07,710 - It will backfire on us. - Perhaps. 426 00:43:07,835 --> 00:43:11,839 But I reckon Torcy will be in the firing line first. 427 00:43:12,632 --> 00:43:14,133 Are you sure? 428 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:17,053 I refuse to kowtow to that bastard cop. 429 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:26,437 Right. 430 00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,018 Are you all right? 431 00:44:06,143 --> 00:44:08,604 What are you doing here? 432 00:44:08,729 --> 00:44:10,398 I was looking for you. 433 00:44:22,451 --> 00:44:23,995 Come here. 434 00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:35,006 Closer. 435 00:46:59,692 --> 00:47:02,069 Good-bye, my friend. See you very soon. 436 00:47:02,194 --> 00:47:03,654 Good-bye. 437 00:47:04,989 --> 00:47:08,242 Good-bye, gentlemen. See you soon. Thank you. 438 00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:14,165 Hello, girls. 439 00:47:27,344 --> 00:47:28,804 Good evening. 440 00:47:30,765 --> 00:47:33,100 Come in. Shut the door. 441 00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:55,164 - I wanted to thank you, Véra. - What for? 442 00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:58,667 - It's what you pay me for. - My sister is feeling better. 443 00:47:58,793 --> 00:48:00,753 Obviously. 444 00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:03,255 She can start dreaming again. 445 00:48:10,429 --> 00:48:11,972 I'm listening. 446 00:48:15,476 --> 00:48:19,021 You were right. She wants to sell up and go. 447 00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:25,111 Where to? 448 00:48:25,236 --> 00:48:27,238 To open a theater in the provinces. 449 00:48:28,405 --> 00:48:30,407 You're going to lose her. 450 00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:35,412 Véra, you know her as well as I do. A theater? 451 00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:39,875 If my sister was capable of doing something 452 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:41,919 other than getting the parlor repainted 453 00:48:42,044 --> 00:48:44,630 and buying paintings, we'd know that by now. 454 00:48:49,468 --> 00:48:53,013 If you don't think she can leave, why are you giving her the building? 455 00:48:56,225 --> 00:48:58,727 Did I say I was giving her the building? 456 00:49:14,577 --> 00:49:16,495 You didn't give me anything last week. 457 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:19,498 And I think what I've just told you deserves extra. 458 00:49:19,623 --> 00:49:22,168 I didn't give you anything because you didn't tell me anything. 459 00:49:22,293 --> 00:49:26,255 - I had nothing to tell you. - Then I had nothing to pay you. 460 00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:30,593 You were paying for me to do a job, not for information. 461 00:49:30,926 --> 00:49:34,889 I had a duty to perform, not to produce results. 462 00:49:36,223 --> 00:49:39,018 Véra, I'm not negotiating a fee for sex here. 463 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:43,564 I'm sorry. Please forgive me. 464 00:49:46,483 --> 00:49:50,446 I'm very grateful to you. And I hold you in high esteem. 465 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:54,867 That's why I asked you to come and join me. 466 00:50:04,919 --> 00:50:08,255 You are meeting your lawyer with Hortense in two days. 467 00:50:08,756 --> 00:50:10,507 What are you going to do? 468 00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:15,846 Tell her I need the building as collateral for the opera house. 469 00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:18,432 She'll have to believe me. 470 00:50:30,653 --> 00:50:32,112 Good night. 471 00:51:15,489 --> 00:51:17,658 It's late. 472 00:51:17,783 --> 00:51:19,952 Too late to stand on ceremony. 473 00:51:24,206 --> 00:51:26,458 What an evening. 474 00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:29,003 Did Valentine cope? 475 00:51:33,882 --> 00:51:35,968 Pierre was there. 476 00:51:38,804 --> 00:51:41,098 He seemed to take things in hand. 477 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:43,642 I found it reassuring. 478 00:51:46,103 --> 00:51:48,188 Does that surprise you? 479 00:51:49,356 --> 00:51:52,067 I don't understand your relationship. 480 00:51:53,527 --> 00:51:57,072 I think I've managed to give him what you gave me earlier. 481 00:51:58,949 --> 00:52:00,826 Solace? 482 00:52:03,162 --> 00:52:04,913 Forgiveness. 483 00:52:05,039 --> 00:52:09,376 I suppose it's pointless asking you what he needed forgiveness for? 484 00:52:16,342 --> 00:52:18,594 So you think your brother's changed? 485 00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:20,471 He's proved it. 486 00:52:20,596 --> 00:52:22,890 He's giving me the Paradis. Don't you see? 487 00:52:23,015 --> 00:52:25,100 I never thought he'd give it up. 488 00:52:29,688 --> 00:52:32,191 He is my only family. Do you understand? 489 00:52:33,817 --> 00:52:37,071 - No, you don't understand. - He's your only family. I get it. 490 00:52:37,196 --> 00:52:40,491 It won't change anything between us. 491 00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:43,494 What is it? 492 00:52:46,163 --> 00:52:47,790 What is it? 493 00:52:49,958 --> 00:52:52,169 I'm scared you're moving too fast. 494 00:52:56,924 --> 00:52:59,426 You can't afford to get it wrong a second time. 495 00:53:01,970 --> 00:53:04,056 Do you know something I don't? 496 00:53:07,226 --> 00:53:08,560 Véra? 497 00:53:11,522 --> 00:53:14,400 Your brother will never give you the Paradis. 498 00:53:14,525 --> 00:53:15,901 What? 499 00:53:17,820 --> 00:53:20,739 He's planning to tell you he needs the building 500 00:53:20,864 --> 00:53:22,950 as collateral for the opera house. 501 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:27,996 Have you slept with him? 502 00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:33,752 He paid me handsomely to do things his way. 503 00:53:43,345 --> 00:53:45,514 Hush money to stop me talking to you. 504 00:54:11,999 --> 00:54:13,876 Gaillac? 505 00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:15,878 I won't let him go.