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- The French Revolution
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is a rupture
in the history of humanity.
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Forever,
there will be the before and the after.
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- The Revolution is
favorably received.
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Vendée does not stand out
among the rest of the kingdom.
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There is much hope in
the promised reforms.
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Promises are put into writing
in grievance notebooks,
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which are requested from every parish,
every corporation.
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- Soon enough,
people will be disappointed
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and will take up arms
against the French Revolution.
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- The rebellion breaks out everywhere,
very violently.
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- It's a spontaneous movement,
a popular movement
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that organizes fairly quickly.
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It's astonishing
in this war of Vendée.
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There is a rapid organization
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around, for example, recognized leaders.
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In one week,
we see things getting organized.
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So obviously,
the first thing,
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we see in uprisings
under the old regime,
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is to seek out
people whom we trust.
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People who are known before,
in the village,
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because they held
important political positions,
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because they have charisma.
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We seek them out because we need
to trust these leaders.
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- François-Athanase Charette
de La Contrie
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is the most well-known Vendean leader.
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He held out the longest.
He was called the king of Vendée.
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- Charette is a rebel.
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Yes, and he's a rebel
who achieves successes,
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who also experiences failures
and who is extremely conscious
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of the limits of his power,
the limits of his action.
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- Vendée is a big question mark.
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Why Vendée?
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How Vendée?
Why did it come to this?
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- Vendée is a human story,
of men.
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It's a story of heroism,
of commitment.
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- Charette was the ultimate hero.
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The reference.
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Charette is also about honor.
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Honor.
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Cries and protests in the distance.
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Scream
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Intriguing music
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Deep breath
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- My heart still beats.
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Yet tomorrow,
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I will be dead.
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I am far from being a saint.
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But I will not go to hell.
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For I have come from hell.
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They have turned Vendée into hell.
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That summer, I
see nothing coming.
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The Revolution promises a better world,
we only talk about freedom and equality.
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I fought for freedom,
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in America, during the War of Independence.
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My name is François-Athanase
Charette de La Contrie.
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I spent my entire career as
an officer in the Royal Navy.
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On the seas of the world,
in the heat of battles.
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The Revolution overturns my life.
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I am only 30 years old
and have no future.
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Do you see what you have
around your neck?
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It's the archangel Saint Michael.
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It means you are well protected.
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You will become a great knight. Right?
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Good blood cannot lie.
Right, my son?
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- My poor friend, nothing remains
of your knighthood.
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Do you see this?
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- No, what?
- This distaff
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hanging on our door.
Do you know what it means?
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The reward of the cowards.
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Of those who dare not
arm themselves against the Revolution.
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Of those who prefer hunting
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and chasing skirts.
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I am leaving for Nantes tomorrow.
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Will you come?
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Woodcocks.
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And a distaff.
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These are the trophies that the knight
Charette will leave to history.
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- The peasants
are beginning to lose hope.
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After the fine promises,
the Revolution brings threats.
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Priests who refuse
to swear allegiance to the Constitution
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are hunted down.
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They hide to celebrate Mass.
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Helplessly, I watch
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our world collapsing.
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And this is only the beginning.
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The Republic sends
our king Louis XVI to the scaffold.
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His beheading causes
a shockwave throughout Europe.
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Revolutionary France
is overwhelmed on all fronts.
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It needs cannon fodder.
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That's the spark
that ignites the gunpowder.
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- Fire!
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- The National Convention
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has decreed the conscription of 300,000 men
to fight on the eastern border
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against the enemies of liberty.
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Protests
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- We don't want
your liberty!
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- PEACE!
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- No!
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War!
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War is Europe
of crowned tyrants.
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In Coblenz, in Mainz,
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everywhere.
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- Where is this, Mainz?
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Why should I die fighting
against enemies I don't know?
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Protests
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- What greater honor
than to shed one's blood
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for the homeland?
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The conscripted citizens
will be selected by drawing lots.
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- NO!
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- Leave our sons on our fields.
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We need hands, lads.
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Cheers
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- The Republic
has no need for harvests
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when the army of tyrants
threatens to trample liberty.
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That liberty
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which France has planted on its soil
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and which it must sow
throughout the world.
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- Well spoken.
They are being booed.
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- Come, my son.
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Please.
- Sworn priest.
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Join the devil,
you serve the good God no more.
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Protests
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Give us back our good priests!
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- Usher, proceed with the drawing.
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- NO!
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- Black ball, conscripted.
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White ball, exempt.
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Discontented exclamations
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- I call
Citizen Germain Goulard.
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- He's my son.
He's a municipal officer.
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He's exempt, my son.
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Everyone contributes to the Republic.
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We need soldiers...
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and men of the law.
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Protests
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- Silence! Enough!
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Usher, continue.
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- I call Citizen Jacques Maupillier.
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- No, not my son!
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Leave him alone!
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Gunshot
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- Jacques! He's hit!
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- Jacques! Jacques!
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Jacques!
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Tragic music
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Cry of rage
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Be cursed!
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Cursed! I curse you all!
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- Thousands of peasants
gather
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to take up arms
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and defend
what they hold dearest.
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Their sons,
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their faith,
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their king.
- Dad!
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Bell ringing
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- On their chests,
they wear the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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as protection,
a rallying sign.
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These lads are tough.
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But facing the soldiers
of the Republic,
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the Blues,
as they call them,
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they need officers
to lead them.
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I knew sooner or later
they would come for me.
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I wasn't prepared.
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- Come out, Charette.
- Charette!
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Charette!
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We know you're there!
- Show yourselves.
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Muffled cries
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- You cannot ignore them.
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You must speak to them.
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- Tell them what?
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That their fight is futile?
That they have gone mad?
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Soon,
they will have an army against them.
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Do you think they can resist
with their pitchforks and scythes?
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A riot is one thing.
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War is another.
- They are asking for you.
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They need a leader.
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A leader who knows
the art of war.
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- I am a sailor.
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War on land...
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Especially against armies
that defy all of Europe.
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They will make short work
of a band of farmers.
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It's sheer madness.
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Clamor
- Come on, follow me.
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Where is he?
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Search every room.
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Look everywhere.
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Where is he hiding?
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- He's not here.
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He's out hunting.
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- Hunting?
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- Look at what's left
of the knight Charette.
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He has fled, that nobleman.
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- We don't want his boot,
but his head.
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The crowd is in a frenzy.
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- We will eventually find him.
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- No courage, these pale faces.
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This Charette is a coward.
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- Who are you calling a coward?
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Wait for me outside.
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Dramatic music
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In my family,
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we have paid the blood tax
for centuries.
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It's a duty.
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And an honor.
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We must fulfill it with panache.
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I want to be that man.
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I want to be the man of panache.
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- So be it.
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I will be your leader.
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But let things be clear.
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When I give orders,
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they will be obeyed.
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I expect loyalty
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and fidelity from you.
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If you want to fight,
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you must be ready
to make all sacrifices.
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Even the sacrifice of your life.
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I swear before you
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here in Fonteclose,
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to return only dead or victorious.
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Do you swear
to follow me to the end?
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- YES!
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YES! YES!
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Intense music
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- Loyal to each other.
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- Loyal to each other.
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For God.
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And for the king.
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- LONG LIVE THE KING! LONG LIVE THE KING!
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- Peasants are coming from all over
to fight by my side.
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Among my most loyal,
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Jean-Baptiste René de Couëtus,
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a former officer
in the royal army.
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I make him my right-hand man.
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And the young Prudent de La Robrie,
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a hothead.
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I entrust him with the command
of the cavalry.
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The Abbot Remaud,
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my confessor, my confidant.
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And the chaplain of my army.
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And then,
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there are my amazons.
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At first, I am just
a gang leader among others.
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South of the Loire,
a great army is forming.
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It takes the name
of the Catholic and Royal Army.
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They are our brothers in arms.
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But for the Republic,
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we are bandits.
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Heroic music
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- The Blues
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have 4,000 men
around Challans.
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- We are
outnumbered in soldiers,
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outnumbered in weaponry. In short,
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outnumbered altogether.
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- Except in courage.
277
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,760
I can't wait to skewer those peasants.
278
00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,160
- We'll see what remains
of our courage
279
00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:21,880
when the Blues start firing.
280
00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,360
- Armed and with faith in our hearts,
281
00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:25,720
God will guide us.
282
00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,440
- Prudent,
283
00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,440
you don't live up to your name.
284
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,000
Faith is not a shield
against gunfire.
285
00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:34,560
- General.
286
00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,640
Faith may not save
our bodies,
287
00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,560
but it will surely save our souls.
288
00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,920
- Well, Abbot,
289
00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,240
bless these souls tomorrow
before the battle.
290
00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,280
You will form the line
and await my command.
291
00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,120
- At your orders.
- Prudent.
292
00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,520
You will lead the cavalry
and charge at my signal.
293
00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,240
- At your orders, General.
294
00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:02,560
- And me?
295
00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,280
What will be my role?
296
00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,840
- Gentlemen, this is my neighbor.
297
00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,840
The Countess
Adélaïde de La Rochefoucauld.
298
00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,040
- I come to fight.
299
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,280
- Fight you?
300
00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,880
Come on,
I know you're fearless, but...
301
00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,480
it wouldn't be chivalrous
to lead a lady to the slaughter.
302
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,000
That's what awaits us.
- Only God knows what awaits us.
303
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,760
Keep your chivalry
for better days.
304
00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,960
- Let's be serious,
the Blues are already mocking us
305
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,360
for facing peasants.
306
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,320
What will they say
when they see soldiers in skirts?
307
00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,840
- I salute your courage,
308
00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,120
but I highly doubt
309
00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,520
that your beautiful attire
will be useful in the heat of battle.
310
00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,120
- I am prepared
311
00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,800
with many other charms
to pay my respects to the Blues.
312
00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,560
- We need soldiers.
313
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,480
Fine, but you will remain
behind the lines.
314
00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,640
- My place is closest to the fire.
315
00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,600
Whether you like it or not.
316
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,760
Intense music
317
00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,880
---
318
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,440
- On that morning,
319
00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,960
the Blues face us
with their cannons.
320
00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:21,840
---
321
00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,080
For my men,
it's their baptism by fire.
322
00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:32,560
---
323
00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:33,960
The clash is terrible.
324
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:42,160
---
325
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,360
The peasants flee
at the first shots.
326
00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,920
Those who remain
are cut to pieces.
327
00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:58,120
---
328
00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,920
I am a sailor.
329
00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,480
This is my first war on land,
330
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,760
and the plain
does not swallow the corpses.
331
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:16,960
---
332
00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,120
What do I look like now?
333
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,920
The armies of Anjou and Poitou
treated us with contempt.
334
00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,960
- What's at stake
is the success of our cause.
335
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,520
We need more soldiers.
336
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:40,720
- Let's unite
337
00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:42,480
with the Catholic and Royal Army.
338
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,480
- For the other generals,
I'm just a naval cadet.
339
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,080
- Strengthen
our cavalry and charge
340
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,760
without faltering this time.
341
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,720
- I've said it before,
you can't fight cannons
342
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,480
with pitchforks!
343
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,080
Dark music
344
00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:06,280
---
345
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,720
Courage is not enough.
346
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:14,480
---
347
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,000
We need to change tactics.
348
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,480
Suspenseful music
349
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:28,680
---
350
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,080
Let's reject the war
as the Blues impose it on us.
351
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,720
They are not from this land.
352
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:39,840
We are.
353
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:47,240
---
354
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,280
The bocage will be our fortress.
355
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,080
The hedges will be our harrows,
the enemy will collide with them.
356
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,120
Let's make them leave
the main roads.
357
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:57,720
Let's lure them into the paths,
358
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,080
let them get stuck
in the ruts.
359
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:01,800
Let's stay on the lookout.
360
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,040
Lying in wait. Everywhere
361
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,920
and nowhere. Invisible
362
00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:08,080
and unpredictable.
Pounce on the prey
363
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,560
like a falcon
to break their line.
364
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,880
Harass them, entangle them.
365
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:19,800
Take the loot and leave.
366
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,040
- Like pirates.
- Like corsairs.
367
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,000
Tense music
368
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,680
Observe from afar.
369
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:33,880
---
370
00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,160
Take the artillery
and the supplies.
371
00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:01,360
- Move!
372
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:02,840
Go.
373
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:04,560
- And what about them?
374
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,680
- Cut them to pieces
to avenge our brothers.
375
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,280
- The Blues show no mercy.
376
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,040
- You can't be serious.
377
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,200
- A gentleman
does not massacre his prisoners.
378
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,560
Swear
to no longer bear arms
379
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,160
against Vendée.
380
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,280
And you will be spared.
381
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,520
- Go home.
382
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,200
The Republic
will not relent
383
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,800
until you trample the faith
of our fathers.
384
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,640
- Shave their heads
to recognize them.
385
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,160
- Sir,
386
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,520
your clemency honors you.
387
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,200
- It won't always be like this.
388
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,440
Pfeiffer.
389
00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:58,800
- I stay in Vendée.
390
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,480
To fight by your side.
391
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,120
- Who are you?
392
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,400
- My name is Pfeiffer.
72nd infantry regiment.
393
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,080
Let me serve
under your command.
394
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:13,880
You won't regret it.
395
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,760
- The future will tell
if I did the right thing sparing you.
396
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,840
Pfeiffer.
397
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,480
Maupillier, Couëtus,
forward!
398
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:30,680
- Come on, move. Let's go!
399
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,840
- Come on, hurry up. Go!
400
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,960
Soft music
401
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:42,960
---
402
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,720
- It's a full moon, my friends!
403
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,240
To your health, to your health.
404
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,080
- Hey, captain!
405
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,800
- Gentlemen,
this cannon suits you perfectly.
406
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,800
- And it's just the first one.
- I hope so.
407
00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,720
Gentlemen, ladies.
408
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,040
You've had too much to drink.
409
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,280
Festive music
410
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:13,480
---
411
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,640
- Come on, my friend. Have a drink!
412
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,880
You almost died today.
413
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,040
- I would have bled you
like a pig.
414
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,800
- It's better to be the butcher
than the victim.
415
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,080
- Instead of arguing,
let's get drunk.
416
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,280
- To CHARETTE!
417
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,960
- My sons, my sons.
The music stops.
418
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:40,720
My sons.
419
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,320
Above all, let us thank heaven
for this victory.
420
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,960
Let us give thanks.
- Come on, abbé.
421
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,160
There is a time for everything. Tonight,
422
00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,800
I want joy
to reign in my camp.
423
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,000
Let's drink.
424
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,000
Let's drink all night and dance!
The music resumes.
425
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,160
We'll settle it in confession.
- My brother!
426
00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:01,840
- My little Marie-Anne.
- I've heard about your victories.
427
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,800
Pornic, Pont-James, Legé.
428
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,880
- The hardest part is yet to come.
429
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,440
Tonight,
the time is for celebration, my sister.
430
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:14,520
---
431
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,040
- It's a true beauty.
- Oh, my friend, it's her sister.
432
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,160
- And who is she?
433
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,200
- Our Amazon.
- Venus of our god Mars!
434
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,320
- Would you grant me this dance?
435
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,040
- I grant it to you.
436
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,880
- I saw you in action
during the assault.
437
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,720
I didn't know you had such spirit.
438
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,560
- Am I impressing you?
439
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:38,800
- Always.
440
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,680
- The Republic took everything,
I have nothing left to lose.
441
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:42,920
- Oh, really?
442
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,760
I have much to lose.
443
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,360
Especially you.
444
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,440
- I don't belong to you, knight.
445
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:57,640
---
446
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,760
- And who is she?
447
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,480
- She, Céleste Bulkeley,
the Irishwoman.
448
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,960
- An Irishwoman?
- No, an Angevin.
449
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,760
She married an Irish nobleman.
450
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,440
- As long
as she marries all of us.
451
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,920
- Let's hope she wields
the sword just as well.
452
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:20,000
Applause
453
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,640
- You command an army.
454
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,480
I want to fight with you.
455
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,800
- Do you want to embrace
lost causes?
456
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,040
- I embrace whatever I please.
457
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,040
- Then let's embrace victory.
458
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,040
TO VICTORY!
459
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,320
- TO VICTORY!
460
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,640
Everyone repeats.
461
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:52,440
---
462
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,200
Upbeat music
463
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,600
- In the spring of 1793,
464
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,680
all of Vendée is in flames.
465
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,200
We soar from victory to victory.
466
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,640
Torrents of volunteers
pour into the countryside.
467
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,400
The major cities of the west
fall.
468
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,840
Saumur, Cholet, Angers.
469
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,440
I begin to dream.
470
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,920
But alas, the momentum of our victories
is shattered
471
00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:19,600
against the ramparts of Nantes.
472
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,040
The assault turns into a disaster.
473
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,240
Gunshots Screams
474
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,480
Nantes has held, fine.
475
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,880
- The Vendéens
have given us the high ground.
476
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:39,280
- They know nothing
about the art of war.
477
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,360
- Charette still resists.
478
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,960
They are preparing a new assault.
479
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,000
Nantes wants an end to this.
480
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,160
Solemn music
481
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,760
---
482
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,720
15,000 heavily armed
elite soldiers.
483
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,160
The clash takes place on September 19
on the hills of Torfou.
484
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:17,360
---
485
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,000
- Soldiers, halt!
486
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,960
- The Vendéens
have given us the heights.
487
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,720
- They know nothing
about the art of war.
488
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,320
- Charette still resists.
489
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,880
They are preparing a new assault.
490
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,080
- Join the army.
491
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,920
No quarter, no prisoners.
492
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,360
Intriguing music
493
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:49,560
---
494
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,720
- My friends,
we are the last bastions
495
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,680
of a monarchy of 1,000 years.
496
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,440
And against us,
497
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,000
the storm of History rages.
498
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,640
The army facing us
499
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,280
is said to be the best in the world.
500
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:28,680
But these soldiers,
501
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,160
we can defeat them!
502
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,920
For our cause is just
503
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,120
and your heart is pure!
504
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:39,600
If you flee,
505
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,360
all is lost.
506
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,800
If you stay united,
507
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,440
if you stand as one, together,
508
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,280
we are a family.
509
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,000
Together, we are an idea.
510
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,000
Together,
511
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,040
we are immortal.
512
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,080
It will be on this land of Torfou,
513
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,800
on this land soaked
with the enemy's blood,
514
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,720
that the lilies will bloom again.
515
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,360
It is here
516
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,880
that we will conquer
517
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,400
or die.
518
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,840
Charette launches the assault.
519
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,600
Poignant music
520
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,360
---
521
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:42,640
- Artillery.
522
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,080
Fire!
523
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:50,880
Charge.
524
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:59,080
---
525
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,280
Beaupuy, the right flank!
526
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:12,040
---
527
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,000
Retreat, Beaupuy!
528
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,920
- Retreat! Retreat!
529
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:50,840
---
530
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:52,880
- Our flank has been attacked
by Bonchamps.
531
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:54,760
- Where do they come from?
532
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:56,560
Where did these brigands
533
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,280
learn to fight?
- General.
534
00:33:58,480 --> 00:33:59,480
Reform the ranks.
535
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,640
- Sound the retreat.
536
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,320
- Do not flee before these scoundrels!
537
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,280
- General,
538
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,600
the battle is lost.
Limit the losses.
539
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:08,480
- General.
540
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,720
Dreamy music
541
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:27,920
---
542
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,680
- Unexpected victory.
543
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:12,040
Unfortunately,
544
00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:15,640
the bulk of the Mayence army
managed to retreat in good order.
545
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,240
Instead of pushing our advantage,
we divide our forces
546
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,440
at the moment when we could
change the course of history.
547
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,480
We will pay dearly for it.
548
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,200
Just a month later,
549
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,240
the Blues take
a crushing revenge at Cholet.
550
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,480
The Vendéen generals
rely on external aid.
551
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,120
They decide
to take a port in Brittany
552
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,840
to encourage an English landing.
553
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,760
A human tide crosses the Loire
in a panic.
554
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,880
This is the beginning of a long exodus
into the unknown.
555
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,120
It is madness.
556
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,640
As for me,
557
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,400
I remain in Vendée.
558
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:06,880
They have all gone.
559
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,000
She too.
560
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,600
It is said of me
that I am a traitor.
561
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,800
That I should have embarked
in that exodus.
562
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,800
But I know that history
will be decided here,
563
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,400
on the land of our fathers.
564
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,160
After several weeks of hope,
565
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,240
their expedition turns into a nightmare.
566
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,000
Starved, ravaged by diseases,
567
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,960
our brothers are massacred
in the marshes of Savenay.
568
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,320
The great Catholic and royal army is annihilated.
569
00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,920
Henceforth,
570
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,360
I am alone facing the enemy.
571
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,320
They send a new executioner
for the Vendée to Nantes.
572
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,120
Jean-Baptiste Carrier.
573
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,160
A scavenger.
574
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,280
- The law encourages us
to dispense justice without faltering.
575
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,280
If means are lacking,
we will find them.
576
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,720
If the guillotine is not enough,
577
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,520
we will eliminate the enemies
of freedom with gunfire.
578
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,120
If we must conserve powder,
579
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,440
we will drown them in the Loire.
580
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,840
I have full power
to enforce the laws
581
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,160
which provide for
the extermination of the brigands.
582
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,440
The brigands,
those who support them,
583
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,840
and those who cannot justify
their patriotic ardor.
584
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,120
The lukewarm,
the moderates, the defeatists!
585
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,240
It is with their blood
that we will cement the Republic.
586
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,960
- In Nantes,
the guillotine is working at full capacity.
587
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,600
To speed up the process,
they drown women, old people,
588
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,360
and children in the Loire.
589
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:09,480
In one winter,
590
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,560
thousands of innocents
perish in that river
591
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,960
which Carrier nicknames
the national bathtub.
592
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,000
The Terror
rages against my loved ones,
593
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,360
Couëtus's wife,
594
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,240
Prudent's parents.
595
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:33,200
Even my little cousins,
the youngest of whom is 17.
596
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,520
They will all pass through the scaffold.
597
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,640
Dramatic music
598
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,200
Cries
599
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:54,600
- Ready, aim.
600
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,200
Fire!
601
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:06,760
- The war is lost.
602
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,440
However,
Vendée has not yet seen anything.
603
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,200
It enters its great martyrdom.
604
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,440
The Republic wants to exterminate us
in our homes.
605
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,040
It calls us a cursed race.
606
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,880
General Turreau's plan is adopted.
607
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,680
To crisscross Vendée
with 12 incendiary columns
608
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,880
with orders to burn everything.
609
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,360
We call them
the Infernal Columns.
610
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,320
Thousands of soldiers
descend upon our villages.
611
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,960
Everywhere, they bring the sword,
612
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:54,880
the fire.
613
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,560
Dramatic music
614
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,960
- My darling, my love.
615
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:05,960
Take Joséphine with you.
616
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,160
Run into the forest. Hide yourself.
617
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,280
Run as fast as you can.
618
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,240
I love you, my darling. Go.
619
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,040
Go, run. Run, darling.
620
00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:25,240
---
621
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,200
- Men are nailed
to the doors of barns.
622
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:39,840
Women are raped, slaughtered.
623
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,560
Some are burned alive
or thrown into wells.
624
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,560
Children
are killed with bayonets
625
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,400
in their mothers' arms.
626
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,880
- Slaughter them!
- Look at him!
627
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,800
- Let's put an end to these dogs.
628
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,800
Dark music
629
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:06,000
---
630
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:09,960
- The unspeakable.
631
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,200
Muffled screams
632
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,720
The unthinkable.
633
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,720
Everywhere,
634
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,280
death.
635
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,640
Muffled cries
636
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:46,840
---
637
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,120
Melancholic music
638
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:16,320
---
639
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,720
Their columns
have not had the desired effect.
640
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,480
The survivors
have nothing left to lose.
641
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,360
By the thousands, they join me,
642
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,480
furious in their hearts.
643
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,240
Vendée rises from its ashes.
644
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,400
In the labyrinth
of the hollow paths,
645
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,040
we continue our ambushes.
646
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,560
We achieve some victories.
647
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,480
The Blues,
648
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,040
like us, are out of breath.
649
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:54,280
Tense music
650
00:42:54,480 --> 00:43:02,480
---
651
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,640
- Charette and his men
have set fire
652
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,120
to the Roullière camp.
653
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:21,640
- After having burned
654
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,400
all of Vendée,
655
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,200
now it is setting us on fire.
656
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,080
- Charette has been defying us
for months.
657
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,120
With 3,000 men and no
artillery. He is everywhere.
658
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:33,920
Nowhere and everywhere.
659
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:35,840
- We must put an end to Charette.
660
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,680
The Terror has failed.
Worse, it has strengthened him.
661
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:39,880
- Do you think
662
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:41,040
we should be lenient?
663
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,000
- What if we try compromise?
664
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,560
- Negotiate with these brigands?
665
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:49,480
- You must be kidding?
666
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,480
A compromise will be seen
as a betrayal.
667
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,960
- Not if it aims
to deceive the enemy.
668
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,600
It's time to rebuild our strength,
to attack better tomorrow.
669
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,920
If you want war,
prepare for peace.
670
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,160
- What do you propose, Citizen Ruelle?
671
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,880
- Amnesty for the brigands
672
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,640
and a peace treaty,
673
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,760
but on our terms.
674
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,760
The Vendéens want to return
to their homes and cultivate their land.
675
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,520
They will accept it.
- Charette will never accept.
676
00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:24,840
He has vowed to fight
677
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:26,120
until death.
678
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,040
- Not if we let him believe
679
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:29,480
that he is in a position of strength.
680
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,040
- Do you think the Convention
would support your initiatives?
681
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:34,680
- Oh...
682
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,400
Probably not officially.
683
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,200
But unofficially, perhaps.
684
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,280
If Vendée lays down its arms,
685
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:44,800
the Convention will know
686
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,080
to turn a blind eye
to certain principles.
687
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,080
- We need to find an intermediary.
688
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:50,280
Someone close.
689
00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:53,160
Charette is suspicious of everyone.
690
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:55,640
- He's not wrong.
691
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,000
We are betrayed
only by our own.
692
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,400
Isn't that right,
693
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,400
Citizen Bureau de La Batardière?
694
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,080
- I know
who can lead us to Charette.
695
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,600
Calming music
696
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:22,800
---
697
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:25,360
- Athanase!
698
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:31,400
---
699
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:33,200
I was so scared.
700
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:38,560
- How is my son?
701
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,520
Dramatic music
702
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:54,720
---
703
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:10,960
- General.
704
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:13,800
I am Citizen Bureau de La Batardière.
705
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,760
I come to negotiate with you.
706
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,360
On behalf of Deputy Ruelle.
707
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:19,920
- Bureau de La Batardière.
708
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:21,840
A nobleman.
709
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,320
- The Republic welcomes
all men of goodwill.
710
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:28,480
Too much blood has been shed,
711
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:30,880
don't you think?
- Our blood.
712
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,160
Our blood more than yours.
713
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,080
You have no choice.
714
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:40,000
You're just buying time.
715
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,760
- The Republic wants peace.
Don't let this chance slip away.
716
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,440
- Peace.
717
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:50,000
Peace.
718
00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:52,880
They want peace.
719
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:56,720
At what price?
720
00:46:58,120 --> 00:46:59,560
I don't know your conditions,
721
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:01,920
but I guess they are unacceptable.
722
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:04,560
- Amnesty.
723
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:07,120
Free exercise of worship.
724
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:10,520
The right to keep your armies,
the return of your properties.
725
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:13,120
- In exchange for what?
726
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:16,400
- The Republic has only one condition.
727
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,880
That Vendée fully recognizes
728
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,600
the legitimacy of the new
form of government of France.
729
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,360
- Its legitimacy.
730
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:28,480
- Let's take a few steps, General.
731
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,360
I have an offer to make you.
732
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,680
- I don't like whisperings
without a priest.
733
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,280
- The Republic promises
what it doesn't have.
734
00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:57,720
- We have an agreement, General?
735
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:00,760
- You have my word.
736
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:03,040
And I have yours.
737
00:48:05,720 --> 00:48:08,000
The agreement will be concluded
when the word
738
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:09,520
is kept.
739
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:13,040
- I will convey your response
to Deputy Ruelle.
740
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:16,680
He will be happy
to announce to the Convention
741
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,440
that peace is soon to be achieved
in Vendée.
742
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:20,880
- The future will tell.
743
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:24,080
Intriguing music
744
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:32,280
---
745
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:57,840
- What are you thinking?
746
00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:08,160
- That life plays tricks on me.
747
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,440
It tears away my son.
748
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,440
And asks me
to save someone else's child.
749
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,160
- Whom are you talking about?
750
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:47,040
- No one.
751
00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:49,280
Enigmatic music
752
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:57,480
---
753
00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:02,840
(- Knight. Knight.)
754
00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:09,680
(Knight.)
755
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:12,840
(Wake up.)
756
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:26,360
- The peace treaty grants
to the pacified territory of Vendée
757
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,360
complete freedom of the Catholic faith,
758
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:32,880
financial compensation
759
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:34,760
for homes destroyed by the war,
760
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,360
exemption from service
761
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,120
in the armies of the Republic
762
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:45,400
and the withdrawal of Republican troops
stationed in Vendée.
763
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,080
In exchange for... - It is a state
764
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:50,040
within the state that we concede to them.
765
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:51,920
- In exchange for,
766
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,200
the entire population of Vendée
767
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,840
fully and unconditionally recognizes
768
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,600
the new form of government of France.
769
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,280
The Republic, one and indivisible,
770
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,360
as proclaimed on September 20, 1792.
771
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:13,320
Here are all the clauses
772
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,720
approved by the National Convention.
773
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:25,920
...
774
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,000
- One condition is not mentioned.
775
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,040
And it's not insignificant.
776
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:04,360
- For it to be fulfilled,
777
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,520
this condition must remain confidential.
778
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,280
- Why should we believe you?
779
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:14,520
- You have my word.
780
00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:17,520
- What is the worth of the word
of a regime that massacred
781
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:20,920
women, elderly, and children?
782
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:24,280
- Peace deserves that we forget the past
783
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:26,680
to build the future.
784
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:30,560
Dramatic music
785
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:38,760
---
786
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,520
- Long live peace.
- LONG LIVE PEACE.
787
00:52:55,720 --> 00:52:58,640
LONG LIVE PEACE. LONG LIVE PEACE.
788
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,400
- Know that a Vendéen
never forgets.
789
00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:05,880
Poignant music
790
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:14,080
---
791
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,320
The day after the La Jaunaye agreements,
792
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,200
a grand celebration of pacification
is organized in Nantes.
793
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:30,000
Nantes.
794
00:53:31,240 --> 00:53:32,680
The Republican stronghold
795
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:35,920
that witnessed the Loire
carrying countless corpses.
796
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:38,080
becomes the symbol of peace.
797
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:46,280
---
798
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:51,000
A year ago, to them,
I was the general of the brigands.
799
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:54,240
Now,
800
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,240
they call me the king of Vendée.
801
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:06,440
---
802
00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:27,200
Intriguing music
803
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:35,400
---
804
00:54:53,720 --> 00:54:54,720
- Kill him!
805
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:04,760
Melancholic music
806
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:12,960
---
807
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:24,240
- Was it necessary
808
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,440
to go through this cursed place?
809
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,680
- We must remind them
how the Republic punishes the brigands.
810
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:33,480
That will discourage them
from taking up arms again.
811
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:41,680
---
812
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:12,400
- Am I dealing with
813
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,120
a true republican?
814
00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:18,560
- Am I dealing with
a genuine man of peace?
815
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:20,440
- Peace is made,
816
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:22,680
since you accept the Republic.
817
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:24,840
Isn't that right, citizen?
818
00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:28,920
- Peace will last
819
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,960
as long as the Republic
keeps its promises.
820
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:40,520
The days turn into weeks.
821
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:42,640
Weeks turn into months.
822
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:45,880
Vendée is stuck
in a deceptive peace.
823
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:50,320
- This condition
must remain confidential.
824
00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:53,200
- Save me.
825
00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:55,880
- Anything can still change.
826
00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:58,040
- Who are you, sir?
827
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,800
- I am Chevalier Athanase
Charette de La Contrie.
828
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:11,120
I am a Naval officer,
829
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:13,960
in service to His Majesty,
830
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:15,520
the King of France.
831
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:21,040
And you, who are you?
832
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,040
- My name is Louis.
833
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,440
Some say
that I am Louis XVII,
834
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:28,240
King of France and Navarre.
835
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,080
Some also say
that I am dead.
836
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:33,680
There's knocking.
837
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:35,840
The thunder roars.
838
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:38,600
There's knocking.
839
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:42,440
- General.
840
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:51,800
- General,
the Chouans have resumed the fight.
841
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,840
The army of the émigrés will land
842
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:55,840
with the assistance
of the British fleet.
843
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:58,600
All of Brittany will rise up.
844
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:01,160
General,
845
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,440
let's take up arms again.
846
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,040
- I'm waiting for news
from Deputy Ruelle.
847
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:24,640
- General, why hold on
to the word of that deceiver?
848
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:27,400
Time is of the essence,
and we waste it on a chimera.
849
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,720
- This chimera, as you call it,
850
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:32,960
let me tell you what it's about.
851
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:36,440
Or rather, who it's about.
852
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,640
About the King of France, Louis XVII.
853
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:51,920
I have their word
that he will be handed over to us,
854
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:54,560
otherwise, the peace will be broken.
855
00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,640
- The Republic isn't so foolish.
856
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:03,400
They will kill the child king,
just as they killed the royal family.
857
00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:05,960
Athanase.
858
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:11,360
What will they say about you
when they know you were deceived?
859
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:18,000
- I take the risk.
860
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,320
This peace is only a truce,
we know it.
861
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:27,960
When the army of the émigrés
lands, war will be inevitable.
862
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:30,360
Meanwhile,
863
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:34,320
if there is the slightest chance
that this liberation may happen,
864
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:38,520
it is worth trying.
865
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:47,520
The life of the King of France
is worth more than the reputation
866
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:49,880
of a provincial gentleman.
867
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:23,600
What honor does this visit bestow upon me?
868
01:00:23,800 --> 01:00:26,200
- I come,
in accordance with our agreements,
869
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,560
to verify that no gathering
of fighters is taking place.
870
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:33,280
- We are at peace.
871
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:37,640
- That's not the feeling
your friends' landing evokes.
872
01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:39,560
- It's peace that motivates you
when you deploy
873
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:42,960
troops in Vendée?
874
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:44,320
Come now, Travot.
875
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,720
Why have you come?
876
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:52,080
- I have a letter
877
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,320
from Deputy Albert Ruelle.
878
01:00:57,640 --> 01:00:59,560
- Finally, he sends news.
879
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:03,040
I hope it's good news.
880
01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:23,360
Sir.
881
01:01:25,120 --> 01:01:26,480
Tell your superiors
882
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:28,320
that peace is broken.
883
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:31,400
Definitely.
884
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:33,320
- In that case,
885
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:36,840
we will meet again soon.
886
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:39,080
On the field of honor.
887
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:44,360
- Pfeiffer.
888
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,800
Sound the call to arms immediately.
889
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:50,680
Dramatic music
890
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:58,880
---
891
01:02:05,080 --> 01:02:06,720
- Louis XVII is dead.
892
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:10,360
Thrilling music
893
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:18,480
---
894
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:22,040
- At the beginning of summer 1795,
895
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:23,680
The brother of Louis XVI,
896
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:25,960
the heir to the throne of France,
writes to me.
897
01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:31,560
He acknowledges my military achievements
and appoints me lieutenant general.
898
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:35,360
My legitimacy is now complete.
899
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:55,400
- Will this war never end?
900
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:58,040
- The little king is dead.
The agreements are null.
901
01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:01,640
I will spill every drop of my blood
for the cause.
902
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:03,680
- Blood, always blood.
903
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:07,520
Vendée alone cannot fight.
You lead us to death.
904
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:09,600
- Vendée is no longer alone.
905
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,200
The army of the émigrés has landed.
The Count of Artois will arrive.
906
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:17,200
- I do not trust the princes.
907
01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:20,920
They are generous with their words,
safely tucked away
908
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:24,680
in their exile, but
they are sparing with their blood.
909
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:28,800
I don't want to delude myself
like you with Louis XVII.
910
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:31,080
- I need you.
911
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:34,440
- My wife is dead.
912
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:38,680
And my daughters...
913
01:03:39,040 --> 01:03:40,240
Look.
914
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:44,560
I don't want them
to be orphans.
915
01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:53,240
- I know.
916
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:56,480
So, what?
917
01:03:57,600 --> 01:04:00,200
Would you like your wife's death
to be in vain?
918
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:03,000
For your daughters to grow up
919
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,040
under a regime
that massacred our families?
920
01:04:07,960 --> 01:04:10,320
Would you like
us to have done all this for nothing?
921
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:13,920
- I want to live.
- What for?
922
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,560
What's the point
of living in dishonor?
923
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,040
I prefer
to die with weapons in hand.
924
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:29,840
- That's your destiny,
but not mine.
925
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:33,760
The Republic has made
concessions to La Jaunaye.
926
01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:37,320
- The Republic is too kind.
927
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:39,760
Concessions, my ass!
928
01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:41,320
They've deceived us
929
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:44,440
with promises.
- Can't there be peace?
930
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:45,920
Republicans or royalists,
931
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:48,160
we have the same homeland.
932
01:04:49,960 --> 01:04:51,640
- Do you understand them now?
933
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:54,960
- Maybe I'm too old.
- No.
934
01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:57,760
It's their new world
that is old.
935
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:02,960
We are the youth, my friend.
936
01:05:04,560 --> 01:05:05,880
Yeah.
937
01:05:07,200 --> 01:05:09,720
We are the youth of the world.
938
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:19,480
Come on.
939
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:21,800
March with me.
940
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,200
For God.
- AND FOR THE KING.
941
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:39,320
- Harness the horses.
942
01:05:39,880 --> 01:05:41,880
Grandiose music
943
01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:45,240
---
944
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:48,640
At the beginning of autumn,
I concentrate my forces on the coast.
945
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:52,960
I rely on the arrival
of the Count of Artois, the king's brother.
946
01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:58,160
His coming is our last hope
to reclaim the kingdom.
947
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:13,960
- The prince would take
a great risk by landing.
948
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:16,040
- Is the risk any less for us?
949
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:19,560
A prince worthy of his title
must set an example.
950
01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:39,760
- This is a gift from the prince.
951
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:42,200
- A gift?
952
01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:54,640
"I never yield."
953
01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:01,720
Quite appropriate
on the day he abandons me.
954
01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:04,600
Tell your leaders
955
01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:07,800
that you've just brought me my death warrant.
956
01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:12,400
Today,
I command 15,000 men.
957
01:07:13,080 --> 01:07:14,440
15,000.
958
01:07:17,640 --> 01:07:20,960
Because of them,
tomorrow there will be 1,500 left.
959
01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:31,160
You leave me no choice
but to flee
960
01:07:31,880 --> 01:07:34,280
or seek a glorious death.
961
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:40,640
Also, tell them that...
962
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:45,080
Charette will die with weapons in hand.
963
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,560
Why are you doing all this?
964
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:07,560
You no longer belong to yourself.
965
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:08,760
For glory?
966
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:10,840
No.
967
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:13,160
Battle cry
968
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:17,560
This fight is bigger than you.
969
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:20,360
We will become History.
970
01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:24,640
I had no choice.
971
01:08:25,680 --> 01:08:27,480
- You had the choice of forgiveness.
972
01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:34,240
- At Quiberon,
973
01:08:34,440 --> 01:08:37,080
the Blues showed no mercy.
They massacred the prisoners,
974
01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:41,400
despite promises of clemency.
975
01:08:42,760 --> 01:08:44,440
They massacred them.
976
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:49,480
They must know
that I retaliate blow for blow.
977
01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:54,400
This will be an eye for an eye,
978
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:56,880
a tooth for a tooth.
979
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:01,440
- As a friend, I accept it,
980
01:09:01,640 --> 01:09:04,440
but as a priest, I refuse.
981
01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:07,680
We are not like them.
982
01:09:08,120 --> 01:09:09,440
- No.
983
01:09:11,240 --> 01:09:13,320
We are not like them.
984
01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:17,000
War teaches us
985
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:21,560
to become what we are not.
986
01:09:23,360 --> 01:09:26,920
- This peace offer
has been approved and signed by us.
987
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:30,240
With your consent,
it will be handed to General Hoche.
988
01:09:39,440 --> 01:09:40,520
- Is that all?
989
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:43,680
- Continuing the war
has become suicidal.
990
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:46,560
It is the only way
to preserve our honor.
991
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,640
- How dare you
stand before me
992
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:52,920
with this rag
993
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:55,200
and talk to me about honor?
994
01:09:57,080 --> 01:10:00,120
These people have no word,
they will betray you.
995
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:03,080
They will deceive you
as they deceived me.
996
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,160
To those who wish to return home,
997
01:10:06,760 --> 01:10:09,720
I predict that instead of dying
with weapons in hand,
998
01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:12,640
they will be slaughtered in their beds.
999
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:14,680
Like cowards.
1000
01:10:15,480 --> 01:10:17,160
- General, please.
1001
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:20,720
The men are exhausted.
1002
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:24,080
Why impose on them
an unnecessary sacrifice?
1003
01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:43,480
I wonder
1004
01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:48,320
how fighters
so brave and valiant
1005
01:10:49,480 --> 01:10:51,320
can choose
the path of dishonor?
1006
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:52,840
- Dishonor?
1007
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:55,400
Athanase,
1008
01:10:55,960 --> 01:10:58,400
your words exceed your thoughts.
- Let me tell you
1009
01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:00,240
what I truly think.
1010
01:11:00,440 --> 01:11:02,720
Melancholic music
1011
01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:06,360
In a single day, you lose
1012
01:11:06,880 --> 01:11:10,960
all the glory earned
during three years of war!
1013
01:11:11,160 --> 01:11:19,160
---
1014
01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:33,760
- I will prove to you at the first
opportunity that I haven't changed.
1015
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:38,520
- Have no fear,
it won't be long.
1016
01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:46,720
---
1017
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:00,880
Shouting
1018
01:12:01,080 --> 01:12:09,080
---
1019
01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:25,560
Latin Mass
1020
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:33,760
---
1021
01:12:39,960 --> 01:12:47,960
---
1022
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:50,960
It's me, you know.
1023
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,240
I sent him to his death.
1024
01:12:56,800 --> 01:13:04,800
...
1025
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:26,360
Friends,
1026
01:13:28,360 --> 01:13:31,000
I release you from the oath
of Fonteclose.
1027
01:13:31,200 --> 01:13:34,960
Those who wish to cease
the fight may do so without remorse.
1028
01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:39,760
You will keep your honor.
1029
01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:44,200
And my esteem.
1030
01:13:45,680 --> 01:13:47,560
As for me, I will go all the way.
1031
01:13:50,680 --> 01:13:52,160
I owe it to him.
1032
01:13:53,720 --> 01:14:01,720
---
1033
01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:18,040
My small army still resists.
1034
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:21,480
An army of shadows
haunting the forests and marshes.
1035
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:26,360
- They massacre us
because they bog us down.
1036
01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:27,880
They bog us down.
1037
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:31,760
- We strike
with the rage of desperation.
1038
01:14:31,960 --> 01:14:33,080
- We are losing ground.
1039
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:36,280
- But my army dwindles
day after day.
1040
01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:43,520
The wounded are numerous.
1041
01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:45,200
- Bring us bandages.
1042
01:14:45,400 --> 01:14:46,440
- Support is scarce.
1043
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:52,440
- Behind!
1044
01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:01,320
- He's there!
1045
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:04,880
- We must survive
like beasts.
1046
01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:13,080
...
1047
01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:41,440
- Why do you persist
in wearing that large white plume?
1048
01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:43,880
The enemy
identifies you too easily.
1049
01:15:44,480 --> 01:15:45,480
Take it off.
1050
01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:48,520
- That's out of the question.
1051
01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:54,480
A naval officer does not
give up the honor of being a target.
1052
01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:02,800
And without the plume,
1053
01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:05,280
what do we have left?
1054
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:18,000
I will not abandon any soldier.
1055
01:16:18,200 --> 01:16:19,320
- They have abandoned you.
1056
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:22,120
Those who remain
only think of going home.
1057
01:16:22,480 --> 01:16:25,160
The kings of Europe
accept the Republic.
1058
01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:26,360
- They killed my son,
1059
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:28,280
I don't forget, I don't forgive.
1060
01:16:28,480 --> 01:16:29,960
If you lay down your arms,
1061
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:31,800
you'll have to walk over my heart.
1062
01:16:33,640 --> 01:16:37,200
- I intend to negotiate my surrender
with General Gratien.
1063
01:16:38,480 --> 01:16:41,520
- I will do nothing to oppose
your decision.
1064
01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:44,960
But I warn you, my friend.
1065
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:49,720
The Blues won't treat you
with any favors.
1066
01:16:50,520 --> 01:16:51,960
- I'm tired of it too.
1067
01:16:52,160 --> 01:16:55,680
We found our good priests.
We no longer have to fight.
1068
01:17:00,440 --> 01:17:03,320
Intriguing music
1069
01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:08,720
---
1070
01:17:08,920 --> 01:17:10,480
- Halt, citizen.
1071
01:17:10,680 --> 01:17:18,680
---
1072
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:39,000
- Ready, aim.
1073
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:41,320
Anxious music
1074
01:17:43,080 --> 01:17:45,320
- Don't cry, my friend.
Don't cry.
1075
01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:47,640
God will take care of our families.
1076
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:55,840
---
1077
01:17:57,480 --> 01:17:59,200
- Save the powder.
1078
01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:01,120
- Wait.
1079
01:18:01,640 --> 01:18:02,800
Not like this.
1080
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:10,560
- The enemy is hiding
in a nearby forest.
1081
01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:13,440
They disappear
at the sight of any uniform on the horizon.
1082
01:18:13,640 --> 01:18:15,080
- Charette, always Charette.
1083
01:18:15,280 --> 01:18:16,800
Always Charette.
1084
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:19,680
A man cannot stand against
the entire Republic.
1085
01:18:19,880 --> 01:18:22,840
- I dealt him a heavy blow
three days ago.
1086
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:25,400
The bandits fled,
1087
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:27,600
thinking victory was smiling at us.
1088
01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:30,280
They left behind
about thirty dead.
1089
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:33,280
Every day,
his followers abandon him.
1090
01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:36,080
Most have laid down their arms.
1091
01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:37,840
- As long as Charette
does not surrender,
1092
01:18:38,040 --> 01:18:39,200
Vendée remains a threat.
1093
01:18:39,320 --> 01:18:41,320
- Charette will never surrender.
1094
01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:44,320
Our offers of amnesty and exile
have no effect.
1095
01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:46,280
- Is this man invincible?
1096
01:18:46,480 --> 01:18:48,000
- He must die.
1097
01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:52,720
- His capture
is only a matter of time.
1098
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:55,720
That time will be short.
1099
01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:00,280
Charette can no longer escape us.
He's a cornered beast.
1100
01:19:01,160 --> 01:19:04,520
Once located,
we will launch a grand hunt.
1101
01:19:05,360 --> 01:19:07,160
- How do you plan to locate him?
1102
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:08,600
- We will do as he does.
1103
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:09,880
We will deceive.
1104
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:11,840
- That would be too simple.
1105
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:13,960
Charette is a fox.
1106
01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:15,680
He distrusts everyone.
1107
01:19:15,880 --> 01:19:17,480
Your soldiers will end up stabbed...
1108
01:19:17,680 --> 01:19:20,080
- We must try everything, harass him!
1109
01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:22,040
Don't let your prey breathe.
1110
01:19:22,240 --> 01:19:24,200
Exhaust your horses,
but capture Charette.
1111
01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:28,160
Those are General Hoche's orders,
and I intend to follow them.
1112
01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:35,160
- The great manhunt
has begun.
1113
01:19:35,720 --> 01:19:37,240
I can no longer leave the forests.
1114
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:40,240
I am hunted day and night.
1115
01:19:40,840 --> 01:19:43,080
I am the most wanted man in France.
1116
01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:00,200
- They are very close.
1117
01:20:01,480 --> 01:20:03,560
Soon we will all be surrounded.
1118
01:20:06,160 --> 01:20:07,320
- I know.
1119
01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:10,160
Tomorrow, at dawn,
they will attack.
1120
01:20:11,480 --> 01:20:13,080
- So, is it over?
1121
01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:15,440
- For us, yes.
1122
01:20:19,240 --> 01:20:21,480
But our fight is eternal.
1123
01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:24,400
Nothing can ever erase it.
1124
01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:28,280
Like this flame before me.
1125
01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:31,720
It seems to flicker,
but in reality,
1126
01:20:32,240 --> 01:20:35,600
it will still illuminate men
for centuries.
1127
01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:40,920
- I will follow the light
until death.
1128
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:44,800
Gentle music
1129
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:49,120
---
1130
01:20:49,320 --> 01:20:50,600
- It's an order.
1131
01:20:51,520 --> 01:20:53,320
The last one I give you.
1132
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:55,520
- Athanase.
- You must live.
1133
01:20:55,720 --> 01:21:03,720
---
1134
01:21:09,880 --> 01:21:11,040
Go.
1135
01:21:11,240 --> 01:21:19,240
---
1136
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:25,880
Abbe.
1137
01:21:29,360 --> 01:21:32,280
You will bear witness
to what we have been.
1138
01:21:33,360 --> 01:21:41,240
---
1139
01:21:41,440 --> 01:21:43,040
Farewell, my Amazon.
1140
01:21:45,160 --> 01:21:46,400
Farewell.
1141
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:56,000
---
1142
01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:04,520
Gunshots
1143
01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:07,120
Go!
1144
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:11,120
Keep going!
1145
01:22:11,320 --> 01:22:12,400
- Vendée liberté!
1146
01:22:15,440 --> 01:22:17,520
Threatening music
1147
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:21,200
- Go! We'll get him.
1148
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:24,920
- Pfeiffer.
1149
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:33,800
---
1150
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:11,880
Pfeiffer!
1151
01:23:13,880 --> 01:23:14,880
On the left.
1152
01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:22,640
Growl
1153
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:40,080
Charette growls.
1154
01:23:42,840 --> 01:23:44,720
Gunshots
1155
01:23:47,920 --> 01:23:49,840
Painful groans
1156
01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:52,880
Anxious music
1157
01:23:53,080 --> 01:24:00,960
---
1158
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:04,320
Gunfire exchange
1159
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:11,480
- You must live,
General.
1160
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:14,120
Touching music
1161
01:24:14,320 --> 01:24:17,080
---
1162
01:24:18,440 --> 01:24:19,440
- He's here!
1163
01:24:19,560 --> 01:24:23,600
---
1164
01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:24,520
He's here!
1165
01:24:24,720 --> 01:24:26,560
---
1166
01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:28,560
Moaning
1167
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:34,920
- Go, we want to get him.
1168
01:24:37,600 --> 01:24:38,800
- HE IS THERE!
1169
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:42,320
Melancholic music
1170
01:24:42,520 --> 01:24:46,840
---
1171
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:50,360
- I want him alive.
1172
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:52,600
- ALIVE!
1173
01:24:55,760 --> 01:24:57,160
- Come on, come.
1174
01:24:57,360 --> 01:25:05,360
---
1175
01:25:30,560 --> 01:25:31,600
- That's enough!
1176
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:35,880
Remain dignified, for God's sake!
1177
01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:43,440
General.
1178
01:25:58,760 --> 01:26:00,600
- If I were to be captured,
1179
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:06,320
I wanted it to be
by a French officer.
1180
01:26:10,400 --> 01:26:12,600
I'm glad it's you.
1181
01:26:15,160 --> 01:26:17,160
- So much heroism wasted.
1182
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:20,200
- Nothing is wasted.
1183
01:26:22,040 --> 01:26:23,440
Never.
1184
01:26:31,960 --> 01:26:33,400
Defeated, never!
1185
01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:36,800
If you flee, all is lost.
1186
01:26:37,200 --> 01:26:39,520
My heart still beats.
1187
01:26:42,640 --> 01:26:44,280
Tomorrow, I will be dead.
1188
01:27:04,360 --> 01:27:05,400
- Athanase.
1189
01:27:09,320 --> 01:27:10,720
- Marie-Anne.
1190
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:15,160
- I will get
the best lawyer.
1191
01:27:15,360 --> 01:27:18,200
We will plead your case
with God's help.
1192
01:27:18,400 --> 01:27:19,880
- It's not necessary.
1193
01:27:21,120 --> 01:27:23,200
It's not necessary, you know it.
1194
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:29,720
I have two last requests.
1195
01:27:31,560 --> 01:27:34,480
The first... Listen to me.
1196
01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:37,680
The first is to settle my debts.
1197
01:27:37,880 --> 01:27:40,600
I don't want to leave
without settling my debts.
1198
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:46,760
The second is to fulfill my debts
towards God.
1199
01:27:48,640 --> 01:27:52,320
I want to receive absolution
from one of our priests.
1200
01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:57,320
- When they lead you to the square,
1201
01:27:58,240 --> 01:28:00,000
the procession will pass through Georges Street.
1202
01:28:00,200 --> 01:28:02,720
There is a balcony
above the porch.
1203
01:28:04,280 --> 01:28:05,600
The abbot will be there.
1204
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:12,480
You just have to bow your head
to receive absolution.
1205
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:18,920
- I am proud to be your brother.
1206
01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:21,520
- And I am proud to be your sister.
1207
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:30,200
I will pray for you.
1208
01:28:36,880 --> 01:28:38,080
- Soldier.
1209
01:28:40,280 --> 01:28:42,240
I have one last request.
1210
01:28:43,920 --> 01:28:45,800
I want to shave
before the execution.
1211
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:47,120
- Impossible.
1212
01:28:47,480 --> 01:28:49,520
No prisoner
can have a blade.
1213
01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:52,280
He could take his own life.
Only the Republic...
1214
01:28:52,480 --> 01:28:55,880
- Let the Republic be reassured,
my religion forbids suicide.
1215
01:29:02,760 --> 01:29:04,760
I want to die with dignity,
that's all.
1216
01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:07,560
- No coquetry, citizen.
1217
01:29:08,240 --> 01:29:11,120
The mass grave is not a ball.
1218
01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:15,800
Melancholic music
1219
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:24,000
---
1220
01:29:37,280 --> 01:29:39,600
Cries and protests in the distance
1221
01:29:57,480 --> 01:29:59,800
Tragic music
1222
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:08,000
---
1223
01:31:09,800 --> 01:31:10,880
- Firing squad.
1224
01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:13,120
- General.
1225
01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:28,760
I have one last favor
to ask of you.
1226
01:31:34,120 --> 01:31:36,520
The right
to command the fire myself.
1227
01:31:42,040 --> 01:31:44,000
- It's not in the regulations.
1228
01:31:44,560 --> 01:31:47,960
- It's been a long time
since we disregarded regulations.
1229
01:31:48,960 --> 01:31:51,040
I ask you this favor.
1230
01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:54,600
From officer
1231
01:31:55,880 --> 01:31:57,480
to officer.
1232
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:11,280
- Granted.
1233
01:32:19,040 --> 01:32:20,840
- I will bow my head.
1234
01:32:23,040 --> 01:32:24,440
- Firing squad.
1235
01:32:24,640 --> 01:32:27,720
Poignant music
1236
01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:31,680
---
1237
01:32:32,480 --> 01:32:33,720
Farewell,
1238
01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:35,920
General.
1239
01:32:36,120 --> 01:32:44,120
---
1240
01:32:44,600 --> 01:32:46,120
Aim for the heart.
1241
01:32:48,320 --> 01:32:50,440
That's where you strike a brave man.
1242
01:32:50,640 --> 01:32:58,640
---
1243
01:32:59,280 --> 01:33:00,800
At my command.
1244
01:33:03,320 --> 01:33:04,320
- Today,
1245
01:33:05,720 --> 01:33:07,640
I die standing.
1246
01:33:07,840 --> 01:33:10,160
I want to face death.
1247
01:33:12,080 --> 01:33:15,560
I'm going to join you,
those I have commanded.
1248
01:33:15,760 --> 01:33:16,760
- Take aim.
1249
01:33:19,640 --> 01:33:21,480
- Those I have loved.
1250
01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:25,880
Those who died
by the roadside.
1251
01:33:26,480 --> 01:33:29,440
Without a name, without a grave.
1252
01:33:29,640 --> 01:33:33,880
---
1253
01:33:34,080 --> 01:33:36,280
What will remain of us?
1254
01:33:37,280 --> 01:33:43,760
---
1255
01:33:43,960 --> 01:33:45,800
Perhaps it is here
1256
01:33:46,840 --> 01:33:48,800
that our story begins.
1257
01:33:49,000 --> 01:33:55,960
---
1258
01:34:03,880 --> 01:34:06,360
Soft music
1259
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:14,560
---
1260
01:35:10,640 --> 01:35:12,960
Grandiose music
1261
01:35:13,160 --> 01:35:21,160
---
1262
01:39:09,080 --> 01:39:11,280
Subtitling by TITRAFILM
1263
01:39:12,200 --> 01:39:13,560
Nothing is lost.
1264
01:39:13,960 --> 01:39:15,200
Never.