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based on the novel by Emile Zola

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The department store scenes
were filmed in "GALERIES LAFAYETTE"

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Directed by Julien Duvivier

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The big department store
vs. the little shop.

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The problem still exists today.

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A cruel, unfair struggle
that ends in death and destruction,

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and to blame, the thing that
regulates the ticking of the world:

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progress.

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Denise BAUDU, an orphan.

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EVERYTHING... YOU WANT...

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AT LADIES' PARADISE

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Mr. Baudu
in Paris, 6 Courteline St.

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( across from the store
Ladies' Paradise )

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"Uncle, you're the one who wrote
and told me to come."

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"I wrote you, it's true...
when your father died

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six months ago, but since then... "

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"Since then...
everything has changed...

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business is very bad."

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"The department store
is destroying us.

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Everyone is closing down...
How can I provide for you?"

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"Maybe I can get
a job across the street...

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at Ladies' Paradise?"

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"Work for Mouret?

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That charlatan who sells at a loss
in order to ruin us?"

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"That wretch doesn't care

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if the little guys starve to death!"

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"Come... We'll give you
some lunch first. "

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CLOSED FROM NOON TO 2 PM

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"Genevieve! Don't you recognize
your cousin, Denise?"

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"This is Colomban,
my future son-in-law.

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A good young man who helps me
as best he can. "

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"My poor girl, I can't let you
share in our misery.

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Try to find some work. "

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Rising out of the earth at
the behest of one man: Octave Mouret.

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The department store,
Ladies' Paradise,

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Temple of Temptation.

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"Excuse me, could you tell me
where to go to apply for a job?"

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Sebastien JOUVE
Employee Manager

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"We have one opening for a model.
Come with me."

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"Take your clothes off!"

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"I want my stores to take over
the whole neighborhood in two years!"

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"Great plan, Mr. Mouret!

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But there's one shop
you can't get rid of:

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the one that belongs
to old Baudu!"

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"His shop, Vieil Elboeuf,
is mortgaged to the hilt,

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it'll succumb like all the others...
I'll buy everything up!"

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"Fine! But...
where will you get the money?"

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"Mrs. Desforges is introducing me
to a man this evening

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who has more money
than he can count,

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Baron Hartmann. "

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"That boy is engaged.
You should leave him alone..."

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"Is it any of your business?!"

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"Get out of here!"

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"I like that girl... Hire her. "

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"I'm the one
who did you that favor. "

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"Thanks to you
I was hired immediately...

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I wanted to thank you."

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"They put me
in the beauty products section."

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"Thank you...

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I live across the street
at my uncle Baudu's house."

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"Poor uncle...

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He says Mr. Mouret, our boss,
wants to ruin him."

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At Mrs. Desforges' house.

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"Mr. Mouret,
this is Baron Hartmann,

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He likes and supports
big projects. "

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"Old buildings, worthless shops,
I'll raze everything...

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and I'll make Ladies' Paradise
the biggest store in the world!"

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"It's an ambitious project
and an interesting idea...

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But who are your customers?"

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" All of the women in Paris...

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He who rules the women
rules the world!"

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"I want to build a temple
of elegance, luxury and beauty,

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your temple, ladies...

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In this undertaking,
you'll all be with me!"

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"You seem to use women
too easily, my dear man...

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People get hurt in that game.

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Beware, one day
one of them may avenge the others. "

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Baron Hartmann has given
his millions in support...

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All around the Vieil Elboeuf shop
demolition work is under way.

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NEW STORES OPENl NG SOON
LADIES' PARADISE

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Inside Ladies' Paradise
1:00 pm... Third sitting

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"Oh! Excuse me!
Miss Holier-than-thou!"

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"For the anniversary
of the store

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the boss is offering his employees
a day off at the L'Isle-Adam beach. "

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"Will you be among us?"

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"What do you think of our new model?"

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"Mr. Mouret is taking
an interest in that girl...

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No doubt, she was recommended... "

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"Why are you making fun
of that girl?"

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At L'Isle-Adam.

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"That's the boss: Mr. Mouret. "

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"The boss is offering a bonus

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to the first person
in a bathing suit. "

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"Denise... Why are you avoiding me?"

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"What you're doing isn't right.

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I'm nothing to you.
And you know that... "

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"Denise...
Do you love someone else?"

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"Watch out...

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I set you up.
I can bring you down!"

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"I can't live without you.

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I'll come for you tonight. "

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"Where are you going?"

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"Why are you leaving?"

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"It's because she's ill,
very ill...

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That's why, isn't it?"

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"I thought you had a heart.
You're nothing but a scoundrel!"

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" All this poverty!
That's why I'm leaving. "

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"What kind of future is this?"

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"I'm young... I want to live!"

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"My daughter is young too...
She would like to live... "

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"I know what you're worth now.
I understand. "

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"I know where you're going. "

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"Over there...
With the high and mighty!"

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"I took you in like a son...

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I aided you with the little I had.
You heel!"

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"You'll kill her!"

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The Future was being built on ruins.

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"Our earnings
are beating the records!"

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S ALE

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"Miss Denise Baudu
didn't show up this morning. "

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"See him... One last time...
Denise... I'd like to... "

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"What is Mr. Mouret doing?

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I haven't been able
to get through to him for two days!"

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"Let him not forget that I'm the one
in control of this business!"

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"I left everything for Clara.
I loved her...

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She didn't care about me!"

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"Genevieve is going to die!"

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"Come... You'll understand!"

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"I'm sorry... "

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"Get out of here!"

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At the request of Mr. Mouret,

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an eviction notice has been issued...

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"Soundrels! Scoundrels!"

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Murderer's accomplices!
The man who'll starve us all!

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I'll kill you all!"

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"I hate you!"

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The storm blows over.

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"For sentimental reasons

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you are seriously
damaging our business!"

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"I thought you were stronger... "

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"I've invested millions,
I have to defend them!"

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"I'm not going under with you!"

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"Pull yourself together or reisgn!"

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"Do whatever you like!"

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"I'm a ruined man!"

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"I thought I was doing
something useful.

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I've only created
more pain and destruction!"

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"I give up... "

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"You served Progress.
It's the one to blame. "

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"We're the ones who were wrong.
I see that now. "

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"Be proud of your work.
Be strong, so that it will continue. "

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"Denise... I would have been strong
if you had loved me. "

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"I've always loved you...
I've loved only you. "

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"You can be satisfied. I have him!
He's going to resign. "

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"Destruction, misery...

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Tomorrow all of that
will be part of the past. "

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"Your dream will come true. "

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"Together, the two of us
will make it come true. "

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HAPPINESS

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THE END

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English translation: Jennifer KAKU
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