1 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:45,708 Insect stridulation and birdsong 2 00:01:45,625 --> 00:01:48,458 -I wanted to talk to you about it once back in Paris, 3 00:01:48,625 --> 00:01:51,083 but I'm thinking about your future. 4 00:01:51,750 --> 00:01:54,833 I want you to have the place that you deserve. 5 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,208 I want you happy, independent 6 00:01:58,375 --> 00:02:00,375 and mistress of your destiny. 7 00:02:00,541 --> 00:02:02,166 She laughs. -You are crazy. 8 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:03,458 -No. 9 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,083 You have wit 10 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,416 and you are the prettiest girl in France. 11 00:02:08,583 --> 00:02:10,208 -And what do you know about it? 12 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:11,583 -I see it. 13 00:02:12,208 --> 00:02:13,958 And everyone will see it. 14 00:02:14,833 --> 00:02:17,208 I will take you to court. 15 00:02:17,375 --> 00:02:18,833 You will please the queen. 16 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,708 She will take you as maid of honor, I'm sure. 17 00:02:22,875 --> 00:02:25,375 -As a bridesmaid? -Mmh mmh. 18 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:27,541 Little laugh 19 00:02:33,375 --> 00:02:35,000 Baroque music 20 00:02:37,708 --> 00:02:39,083 Lively hubbub and laughter 21 00:03:06,666 --> 00:03:09,583 -Your Highness, my daughter Françoise. 22 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:11,791 -You were great, 23 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:13,208 tonight, sire. 24 00:03:39,708 --> 00:03:41,458 She is breathing hard. 25 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:51,250 -Dear madam. 26 00:03:51,416 --> 00:03:53,000 Fireworks 27 00:03:57,083 --> 00:03:58,000 -I'll leave you. 28 00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:00,583 Lively hubbub 29 00:04:08,583 --> 00:04:09,333 Laughter 30 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:11,333 Strong breathing 31 00:04:15,666 --> 00:04:17,416 Moans 32 00:04:43,166 --> 00:04:45,125 -Madame de Sévigné, you are losing your way. 33 00:04:46,083 --> 00:04:47,666 -I don't think so, sire. 34 00:04:47,833 --> 00:04:49,458 Baroque music 35 00:04:49,625 --> 00:04:51,458 Please excuse us. 36 00:04:52,166 --> 00:04:53,958 -But he's the king. 37 00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:57,458 Lively hubbub and fireworks 38 00:05:25,416 --> 00:05:28,041 Dark music 39 00:05:44,875 --> 00:05:45,958 -You will get married. 40 00:05:46,125 --> 00:05:47,541 All this will be forgotten. 41 00:05:48,416 --> 00:05:49,750 -I won't find anyone. 42 00:05:50,708 --> 00:05:52,791 Everyone thinks I did it. 43 00:05:52,958 --> 00:05:56,208 -I will do everything possible to make you happy. 44 00:05:56,375 --> 00:06:00,250 We will marry a man who doesn't let himself be counted. 45 00:06:01,041 --> 00:06:03,875 -Like Madame Scarron with an old husband? -No. 46 00:06:04,041 --> 00:06:06,625 With a man who will love you for your qualities 47 00:06:06,791 --> 00:06:09,625 and who will offer you a place where you flourish. 48 00:06:10,750 --> 00:06:13,833 You will be able to lead your life as you wish. 49 00:06:21,666 --> 00:06:23,375 Light hubbub 50 00:06:25,416 --> 00:06:27,333 -What happiness! I was sure to see you. 51 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:29,083 -My dear La Fayette. 52 00:06:30,208 --> 00:06:32,041 Oh, Pomponne, what a pleasure! 53 00:06:32,208 --> 00:06:33,750 -You glow. Madame de Sévigné laughs. 54 00:06:33,916 --> 00:06:34,750 -Good morning. 55 00:06:34,916 --> 00:06:37,375 -Dear friend, take my place. -Oh, thank you. 56 00:06:38,958 --> 00:06:40,083 -Good morning. 57 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:42,625 -Pretty marquis, give up your place. -Of course. 58 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,041 You are welcome. -THANKS. 59 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:49,291 -Freedom, we never believe in it so much than at your age. 60 00:06:49,458 --> 00:06:51,250 -Finally, La Rochefoucauld, 61 00:06:51,416 --> 00:06:54,041 for us, it is not a question of freedom. 62 00:06:54,208 --> 00:06:57,708 At most independence. Yes, let's talk about independence. 63 00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:00,791 This is what we must fight for. Isn't that right, ladies? 64 00:07:00,958 --> 00:07:03,166 -Well done. Applause 65 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:04,875 Tinkerbell 66 00:07:06,291 --> 00:07:06,916 -Grignan! 67 00:07:08,583 --> 00:07:10,291 Your visits are so rare. 68 00:07:10,458 --> 00:07:12,083 They deserve to be applauded. 69 00:07:14,041 --> 00:07:15,791 Light hubbub 70 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:30,541 -No. THANKS. 71 00:07:43,750 --> 00:07:46,333 -You didn't count make me benefit from it? 72 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:47,833 -Get married, you mean? 73 00:07:56,750 --> 00:07:57,458 -Dear friends, 74 00:07:57,916 --> 00:07:59,958 the new fable by Jean de La Fontaine, 75 00:08:00,625 --> 00:08:02,750 “The Lion in Love”, dedicated 76 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:04,625 to Mademoiselle de Sévigné. 77 00:08:06,083 --> 00:08:09,083 A lion of high parentage, 78 00:08:10,375 --> 00:08:12,666 passing through a certain meadow, 79 00:08:13,625 --> 00:08:15,708 met shepherdess at will. 80 00:08:16,416 --> 00:08:19,500 His father would have liked some son-in-law a little less terrible... 81 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:22,333 It was more about the mother, isn't it? 82 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,208 The mother, therefore... 83 00:08:24,666 --> 00:08:28,375 The mother would have liked some son-in-law a little less terrible. 84 00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:30,875 Giving it seemed very hard to him, refusing her wasn't safe... 85 00:08:31,041 --> 00:08:32,541 -It was the right thing to do. 86 00:08:33,625 --> 00:08:37,625 -Even a refusal would have been possible that we saw some fine morning... 87 00:08:37,791 --> 00:08:38,708 -Don't be so mean. 88 00:08:40,250 --> 00:08:42,166 Let us experience the fall. 89 00:08:53,083 --> 00:08:54,208 -You are considering 90 00:08:54,375 --> 00:08:57,875 any wedding for your daughter. 91 00:08:58,041 --> 00:08:59,875 I don't recognize you. 92 00:09:00,041 --> 00:09:01,875 -We have no other solution 93 00:09:02,041 --> 00:09:03,250 than marriage. 94 00:09:05,541 --> 00:09:06,541 -Mmh mmh. 95 00:09:07,416 --> 00:09:08,750 My niece, 96 00:09:08,916 --> 00:09:12,375 no beautiful name will take the risk to displease the king 97 00:09:12,541 --> 00:09:13,666 by marrying you. 98 00:09:14,583 --> 00:09:16,458 The name Grignan can be seductive. 99 00:09:16,625 --> 00:09:19,625 It is a very noble house, very old. 100 00:09:19,791 --> 00:09:23,291 But finally, a house which takes water from all sides. 101 00:09:23,625 --> 00:09:26,750 The man is old. He is twice a widower. 102 00:09:26,916 --> 00:09:29,083 He uses so many women what carriages. 103 00:09:29,666 --> 00:09:33,541 No but... you would make a lovely abbess. 104 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,583 I only have one letter to write to the Pope. By joining the orders, you... 105 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:40,208 -No, I don't want to go back in orders. 106 00:09:41,208 --> 00:09:44,166 I prefer the proposal of Monsieur de Grignan. 107 00:09:46,333 --> 00:09:47,166 Ringing of the bell 108 00:09:47,333 --> 00:09:48,500 -So, Retz, 109 00:09:49,916 --> 00:09:53,333 will you give us your signature for this wedding? 110 00:09:56,750 --> 00:09:58,875 Soft music 111 00:10:35,541 --> 00:10:37,125 -So I'll leave you? 112 00:10:37,541 --> 00:10:39,708 -I love you, my angel. 113 00:10:39,875 --> 00:10:42,125 -I wish you a good night, madam. 114 00:11:01,291 --> 00:11:03,041 -You're suffocating, come on. 115 00:11:14,833 --> 00:11:16,708 -How are you doing today ? 116 00:11:17,250 --> 00:11:19,291 You worried me last night. 117 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:22,083 -I'm always very tired. 118 00:11:23,791 --> 00:11:27,375 -The journey is long and difficult. You are in no condition to do so. 119 00:11:29,375 --> 00:11:32,750 The king demands that I go to Provence occupy my office. 120 00:11:32,916 --> 00:11:36,041 -My role is to be with you. -Rest assured. 121 00:11:36,458 --> 00:11:39,458 I will know how to watch over my daughter, and on his stomach. 122 00:11:57,208 --> 00:11:59,166 Neighing 123 00:11:59,333 --> 00:12:01,666 Horses are moving away. 124 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:11,916 -If my good health can console you not to have 125 00:12:12,083 --> 00:12:14,750 than a girl, I will not ask you for forgiveness 126 00:12:14,916 --> 00:12:17,208 for not having given you a son. 127 00:12:18,333 --> 00:12:22,041 I am out of all danger and only thinks of going to find you. 128 00:12:23,125 --> 00:12:24,375 It's good. 129 00:12:24,708 --> 00:12:26,458 -Describe the child to him. 130 00:12:26,625 --> 00:12:28,375 Tell him she looks like him. 131 00:12:28,541 --> 00:12:31,125 baby chirps 132 00:12:31,291 --> 00:12:33,250 Crisp of the feather 133 00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:41,583 Tell him that nothing is more painful to me than being separated from him. 134 00:12:49,750 --> 00:12:52,541 baby crying 135 00:12:52,708 --> 00:12:55,833 Rumble of thunder 136 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,500 -It doesn't stop. 137 00:12:58,958 --> 00:13:01,291 No more boats pass under the bridges. 138 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:05,333 Françoise, 139 00:13:05,875 --> 00:13:08,750 he would be more careful to postpone your departure. 140 00:13:10,083 --> 00:13:11,791 -Yes, but I can't. 141 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:15,458 I have to leave. I am expected in Provence. 142 00:13:17,041 --> 00:13:17,958 -Yes. 143 00:13:19,416 --> 00:13:22,916 Grignan must be impatient to find you, but... 144 00:13:24,125 --> 00:13:26,625 The trip could be fatal for your daughter. 145 00:13:26,791 --> 00:13:27,875 She is so fragile. 146 00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:30,875 -I know it, but I must hold my place there. 147 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:37,208 I can't wait any longer. 148 00:13:41,416 --> 00:13:44,083 You will take care of it better than me, I'm sure of it. 149 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:04,500 Coachman's whip 150 00:14:15,708 --> 00:14:17,750 Creaking of the gate 151 00:14:19,791 --> 00:14:21,333 The portal closes. 152 00:14:26,125 --> 00:14:28,666 Melancholic music 153 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:23,375 -My pain would be very mediocre 154 00:15:23,541 --> 00:15:26,083 if I could describe it to you. 155 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,375 I will not undertake this. 156 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:30,583 I have beautiful 157 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:33,666 looking for my daughter, 158 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,916 I can't find it anymore. 159 00:15:36,083 --> 00:15:39,458 And every step she takes keep him away from me. 160 00:15:40,916 --> 00:15:44,500 I see this carriage 161 00:15:44,666 --> 00:15:46,791 who always moves forward 162 00:15:46,958 --> 00:15:49,958 and who will never come near me. 163 00:15:51,416 --> 00:15:55,208 It seems to me that I am completely naked, 164 00:15:55,375 --> 00:15:59,041 that I was robbed of everything that made me lovable. 165 00:15:59,708 --> 00:16:04,500 It seems to me have my heart and soul ripped out of me. 166 00:16:04,958 --> 00:16:06,333 And indeed, 167 00:16:06,875 --> 00:16:07,875 how rough 168 00:16:08,041 --> 00:16:09,333 separation. 169 00:16:13,833 --> 00:16:14,875 She sighs. 170 00:16:19,958 --> 00:16:21,791 -Are you doing well ? -Charles. 171 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,500 What are you doing in the middle of the night, stinking of liquor and perfume? 172 00:16:29,666 --> 00:16:31,166 -I went to plead my case. 173 00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:33,708 -Ah! A lady... 174 00:16:34,666 --> 00:16:35,958 Is she beautiful? 175 00:16:37,625 --> 00:16:39,125 -She is not beautiful. 176 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:42,291 She is divinely attractive. 177 00:16:42,583 --> 00:16:43,875 -Am I dating her? 178 00:16:44,041 --> 00:16:47,291 -No, but you had common relationships. 179 00:16:47,916 --> 00:16:49,083 Close. 180 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:50,708 -Friendly? 181 00:16:50,875 --> 00:16:51,833 -Not really. 182 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,625 -Ninon! She sighs. 183 00:16:53,791 --> 00:16:54,583 But Charles, 184 00:16:54,750 --> 00:16:57,375 honor the memory of your father by honoring his mistresses, 185 00:16:57,541 --> 00:16:59,875 you are being too good a son. 186 00:17:01,416 --> 00:17:04,791 And what did you do to him, to Ninon, that she doesn't want you anymore? 187 00:17:05,541 --> 00:17:08,208 -It's about what I didn’t do him right. 188 00:17:13,708 --> 00:17:14,833 -Oh no. 189 00:17:15,541 --> 00:17:17,791 -You no longer have any taste for your pâté? 190 00:17:20,833 --> 00:17:24,625 -I discover that the absence of your sister is unbearable to me. 191 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:47,583 -Madame de La Fayette has just arrived for a walk. 192 00:17:47,750 --> 00:17:50,500 -Excuse me to her, I won't see anyone. 193 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:01,958 -...during the last days in your company 194 00:18:02,125 --> 00:18:03,625 and the harm I have done to you. 195 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:04,791 Doubt my attachment 196 00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:06,333 and the love I have for you... 197 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:09,791 I'm sorry because I'm not a better mother than you are. 198 00:18:26,416 --> 00:18:29,000 Dynamic music 199 00:18:43,291 --> 00:18:44,208 Come on. 200 00:18:55,250 --> 00:18:57,625 Finally, my daughter, here we are. 201 00:18:57,791 --> 00:18:59,750 I am still very far from you, 202 00:18:59,916 --> 00:19:03,625 and yet I already feel the pleasure to be closer to it. 203 00:19:05,250 --> 00:19:06,750 Your child is doing well, 204 00:19:06,916 --> 00:19:09,583 in Paris, amidst all kinds of help. 205 00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:11,791 I was right to leave her there. 206 00:19:12,375 --> 00:19:14,333 I love her, this little one. 207 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:19,291 My crew came this far without any misfortune 208 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:21,375 nor without any inconvenience. 209 00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:25,750 I'm sad that I don't know anymore what is happening in Holland. 210 00:19:25,916 --> 00:19:30,291 When I left, we were between peace and war. 211 00:19:32,541 --> 00:19:35,250 What joy to come to you, my beautiful countess! 212 00:19:35,791 --> 00:19:38,125 I intend to take you back with me. 213 00:19:38,291 --> 00:19:42,708 I believe that after two years of Provence, it will be a pretty reasonable thing. 214 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,083 Love me always. 215 00:19:48,666 --> 00:19:53,166 It's the only thing who can give me consolation. 216 00:19:53,333 --> 00:19:55,583 Cicada stridulation 217 00:20:10,750 --> 00:20:13,250 -Louis, come and meet your grandmother. 218 00:20:13,416 --> 00:20:17,791 -Oh... But you know I love you very much, my darling. 219 00:20:17,958 --> 00:20:19,291 Tweets 220 00:20:19,458 --> 00:20:20,916 Now that he has an heir, 221 00:20:21,083 --> 00:20:24,000 your daddy will no longer need to sleep with my daughter. 222 00:20:24,166 --> 00:20:27,875 -We have listened to your advice, tried the separate beds. Alas... 223 00:20:28,041 --> 00:20:30,375 -Have you made a servant sleep between you? 224 00:20:30,541 --> 00:20:33,083 -We need one for which we have a taste. 225 00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:34,166 She laughs. 226 00:20:34,583 --> 00:20:36,500 Soft moans 227 00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:45,208 Calm music 228 00:21:08,791 --> 00:21:10,750 -You find me less beautiful. 229 00:21:12,041 --> 00:21:14,375 -You have lost your curves. 230 00:21:14,958 --> 00:21:17,125 But they will come back. 231 00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:23,250 I taste the infinite pleasure to be with you. 232 00:21:24,458 --> 00:21:27,500 -I prepared a surprise for you. -Which ? 233 00:21:27,666 --> 00:21:31,208 -I invited everyone who matters in Provence to do you honor. 234 00:21:58,458 --> 00:21:59,375 Laughter 235 00:21:59,541 --> 00:22:00,916 -Monsieur Count, that is enough. 236 00:22:01,083 --> 00:22:02,541 -Thank you, ladies. 237 00:22:05,875 --> 00:22:08,833 -It's double. -Ah ah. 238 00:22:17,125 --> 00:22:19,458 Light hubbub 239 00:22:30,708 --> 00:22:33,625 So, ma'am, what do you think of our yard? 240 00:22:33,791 --> 00:22:36,916 -I am very happy to see my daughter reign there. 241 00:22:37,083 --> 00:22:40,333 -Madame, we say that the king thinks highly of you. 242 00:22:40,791 --> 00:22:43,458 -Oh? I don't think so. He doesn't know me very well. 243 00:22:43,625 --> 00:22:45,791 -Mother, don’t be modest. 244 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:48,750 You fed me details concerning him. 245 00:22:48,916 --> 00:22:50,916 -So you, countess, tell. 246 00:22:52,791 --> 00:22:54,708 She sighs. -Let's see... 247 00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:59,416 The king, a few years ago, had written verses. 248 00:22:59,583 --> 00:23:02,000 A kind of poem. -A madrigal. 249 00:23:02,541 --> 00:23:04,125 -Here, a madrigal. 250 00:23:04,458 --> 00:23:06,625 He himself found it quite bad. 251 00:23:07,375 --> 00:23:10,458 One morning, in the gardens, he meets an admiral. 252 00:23:10,625 --> 00:23:13,041 -A marshal. Marshal de Gramont. 253 00:23:13,208 --> 00:23:14,500 -Ah! 254 00:23:14,666 --> 00:23:15,750 -Let's see, the marshal... 255 00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:19,125 -"Mr. Marshal, please, 256 00:23:19,291 --> 00:23:23,583 "read this little madrigal, and see if you've ever seen one... 257 00:23:24,083 --> 00:23:25,750 “so sassy. 258 00:23:25,916 --> 00:23:30,208 "Because we know that I like worms, I'm offered it in every way." 259 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,291 The marshal reads it. 260 00:23:32,916 --> 00:23:36,916 "Oh, sire, here is the stupidest madrigal 261 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,583 "and the most ridiculous that I've ever seen." 262 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:40,708 Laughter 263 00:23:40,875 --> 00:23:42,833 The king begins to laugh. 264 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,750 "Isn't it true that the one who did it is very stupid?" 265 00:23:46,916 --> 00:23:48,708 "Oh, sire, there is no way 266 00:23:48,875 --> 00:23:51,166 "to give it another name." 267 00:23:51,833 --> 00:23:53,958 “Good,” said the king. 268 00:23:54,416 --> 00:23:57,916 “I am delighted that you spoke to me so kindly about it. 269 00:23:58,083 --> 00:23:59,875 “I did it.” Laughter 270 00:24:00,041 --> 00:24:03,166 “Oh, sire, what treason! But may your Majesty 271 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:06,666 “give it back to me! Look, I read it abruptly.” 272 00:24:06,833 --> 00:24:09,333 “No, no, Mr. Marshal. 273 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,500 "The first feelings are always the most natural." 274 00:24:12,666 --> 00:24:13,916 Laughter 275 00:24:14,083 --> 00:24:15,125 -The marshal is a fool. 276 00:24:15,291 --> 00:24:18,875 We meet a lot of them at court. I've always been surprised by it. 277 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:23,125 -Our sovereign does not handle the pen as well as you. 278 00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:25,291 -"In spite of looking for my dear daughter, 279 00:24:25,916 --> 00:24:27,416 “I can’t find it anymore. 280 00:24:27,583 --> 00:24:31,166 "And every step she takes keep him away from me." 281 00:24:33,666 --> 00:24:35,708 -Really, Madame Countess? 282 00:24:36,416 --> 00:24:38,166 Do you show me my letters? 283 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:42,083 -I have to. 284 00:24:42,458 --> 00:24:45,666 People think I'm exaggerating when I speak of your affection. 285 00:24:45,833 --> 00:24:47,000 -It's true. 286 00:24:47,541 --> 00:24:49,625 I thought I was going to die when she left me. 287 00:24:49,791 --> 00:24:50,416 Come on, 288 00:24:50,708 --> 00:24:52,458 kiss me. 289 00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,458 I want it to be seen that you love me, 290 00:24:54,791 --> 00:24:56,166 and if you have my heart, 291 00:24:56,333 --> 00:24:58,333 I also have a small place in yours. 292 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,000 Isn't it? -Yes. 293 00:25:00,541 --> 00:25:01,958 Moans 294 00:25:08,250 --> 00:25:09,916 Did you drink too much wine? 295 00:25:10,083 --> 00:25:12,541 -Wine has nothing to do with it. I am pregnant. 296 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,458 I won't be able to show you around my Provence. 297 00:25:18,625 --> 00:25:20,083 -We are in no hurry. 298 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:22,708 We will wait. -I will be your guide. 299 00:25:24,708 --> 00:25:26,875 -I don't want get away from your business. 300 00:25:27,041 --> 00:25:30,625 I came for you, I don't want to leave you. 301 00:25:32,583 --> 00:25:34,958 -Nothing pleases me more than your coming. 302 00:25:35,125 --> 00:25:38,541 But take advantage of everything I had imagined doing with you. 303 00:25:49,125 --> 00:25:51,708 Insect stridulation and birdsong 304 00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:59,041 -Since I have been here, I have not heard only praise for your government. 305 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:02,916 I admire the way of which you reign over your province. 306 00:26:03,083 --> 00:26:05,541 The king has done you a great favor. 307 00:26:06,458 --> 00:26:10,208 -An honor, certainly, but favor is not as big as it seems. 308 00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:14,041 I have the obligations, but he doesn't give me the means. 309 00:26:14,208 --> 00:26:17,166 I miss money more and more. I'm ruining myself. 310 00:26:17,958 --> 00:26:19,666 -And you hid it from me? 311 00:26:20,458 --> 00:26:23,291 -I don't get tax increases. 312 00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:26,583 The assembly of municipalities opposes it. -But why? 313 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:29,791 -She only obeys the bishop of Marseille and to his family. 314 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:34,333 -However, thanks to my daughter, 315 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:36,666 you have money. 316 00:26:36,833 --> 00:26:40,000 -Not enough to cope to the responsibility entrusted to me. 317 00:26:40,958 --> 00:26:43,375 -I understand your eagerness to walk around. 318 00:26:43,541 --> 00:26:46,791 I believed in your affection and to your esteem. 319 00:26:46,958 --> 00:26:49,500 But you only have it for my purse. 320 00:26:49,666 --> 00:26:50,916 -You are wrong. 321 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:55,166 I have always had respect for you. -Grignan, 322 00:26:55,916 --> 00:26:59,125 stop your charade. I won't give you any money. 323 00:27:09,083 --> 00:27:12,375 -If you are vivus ego te baptizo, in nomine Patris 324 00:27:12,541 --> 00:27:15,458 and Filii and Spiritus Sancti. 325 00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:25,625 She screams. 326 00:27:31,458 --> 00:27:34,083 She sobs. 327 00:28:30,083 --> 00:28:33,291 -You hid reality from me of your situation. 328 00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:37,583 You keep up appearances, but she is terrible. 329 00:28:40,375 --> 00:28:42,708 You wanted to protect me concerns. 330 00:28:42,875 --> 00:28:44,500 I understand it. 331 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,250 Marriage does not oblige you in any way. 332 00:28:56,500 --> 00:29:00,208 Don't risk your health anymore nor your beauty. 333 00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:05,541 Come back with me to Paris. 334 00:29:06,125 --> 00:29:08,083 You will live there independently 335 00:29:08,916 --> 00:29:12,083 and spared from the turpitudes of Grignan. 336 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,041 -And I would live with you in Paris? 337 00:29:20,875 --> 00:29:23,541 And my husband would stay here in Provence. 338 00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:41,666 Calm music 339 00:30:24,583 --> 00:30:28,291 -Don't take too many things. We will redo your wardrobe in Paris. 340 00:30:30,291 --> 00:30:31,291 -THANKS. 341 00:30:31,916 --> 00:30:33,041 You are mistaken. 342 00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:35,708 It's my husband's business for the assembly. 343 00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:40,541 How we will manage to govern if we are still refused this money? 344 00:30:41,416 --> 00:30:42,166 -"We" ? 345 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,708 -Yes, the count and me. 346 00:30:46,458 --> 00:30:49,583 My husband needs my support and my advice. 347 00:30:50,791 --> 00:30:53,375 -Are you no longer coming back to Paris with me? 348 00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:55,916 And Blanche? 349 00:30:57,208 --> 00:30:59,333 What are you going to do with your daughter? 350 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,000 -White ? But... 351 00:31:02,166 --> 00:31:05,541 My husband has already sent for her. Didn't he tell you? 352 00:31:06,041 --> 00:31:09,375 -You have made your decision for several days? 353 00:31:10,291 --> 00:31:12,291 -But I didn't promise you anything. 354 00:31:13,625 --> 00:31:15,333 You imagined it. 355 00:31:18,958 --> 00:31:22,250 I am whole in the service of my husband whom I love. 356 00:31:22,708 --> 00:31:25,875 It's something which you don't seem to understand. 357 00:31:27,833 --> 00:31:29,375 -Why didn't you tell me anything? 358 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:35,041 -You don't listen than what you want. 359 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,500 Don't be surprised that it's hard to talk to you. 360 00:31:57,166 --> 00:31:58,875 Melancholic music 361 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,625 -This is a terrible day, my dear daughter. 362 00:32:12,333 --> 00:32:14,625 I confess to you that I can't take it anymore. 363 00:32:15,666 --> 00:32:19,541 I left you in a state which increases my pain. 364 00:32:21,083 --> 00:32:25,208 I think of all the steps you take and to all those I do, 365 00:32:25,375 --> 00:32:27,875 and how much is needed that by walking like this, 366 00:32:28,041 --> 00:32:30,541 we can never meet us. 367 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:36,000 My heart is at rest when he is with you. 368 00:32:36,166 --> 00:32:40,333 This is its natural state, and the only one who can please him. 369 00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:45,416 What happened gives me a noticeable pain 370 00:32:45,583 --> 00:32:49,958 and makes me tear up the reasons for which your philosophy knows. 371 00:32:50,125 --> 00:32:53,708 I felt them and I will feel them for a long time. 372 00:32:54,250 --> 00:32:57,375 I have the heart and the imagination all filled with you. 373 00:32:57,541 --> 00:32:59,583 I can't think about it without crying. 374 00:32:59,750 --> 00:33:01,333 And I always think about it, 375 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,708 so that the state I am in is not a sustainable thing. 376 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:10,833 As it is extreme, I hope that he will not last in this violence. 377 00:33:12,208 --> 00:33:16,625 My eyes that have met you so much for 14 months no longer found you. 378 00:33:57,208 --> 00:33:59,166 Grignan is going to kill my daughter! 379 00:33:59,333 --> 00:34:01,291 -Is she fat again? -No. 380 00:34:01,458 --> 00:34:04,291 He forces him to run on the roads for his business. 381 00:34:04,458 --> 00:34:07,000 He uses her, he abuses her. He demands 382 00:34:07,166 --> 00:34:08,583 his presence at all assemblies. 383 00:34:08,750 --> 00:34:10,583 In Aix, in Montpellier, in Lambesc... 384 00:34:10,750 --> 00:34:14,041 She's still on the road which are terrible. 385 00:34:14,208 --> 00:34:16,208 We almost drown in each river. 386 00:34:16,375 --> 00:34:18,666 The wind is so strong your head is spinning. 387 00:34:18,833 --> 00:34:19,916 -Sit down. 388 00:34:23,375 --> 00:34:24,625 I understand your concerns, 389 00:34:24,791 --> 00:34:27,375 but it's no use to get angry with Grignan. 390 00:34:27,541 --> 00:34:29,333 It would be necessary to intrigue with the king 391 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:33,375 to convince him to give her the means to assume his responsibility. 392 00:34:35,333 --> 00:34:39,000 -Are you thinking of Pomponne? -Yes. The king would listen to him, he did 393 00:34:39,166 --> 00:34:40,458 his minister. 394 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,958 Today, make your daughter happy, 395 00:34:46,125 --> 00:34:47,833 it's saving her husband. 396 00:34:54,041 --> 00:34:56,708 Dynamic music 397 00:35:08,708 --> 00:35:11,916 -I was going to dinner on Saturday at Monsieur de Pomponne’s. 398 00:35:12,083 --> 00:35:14,958 He remembers a day that you were a little girl. 399 00:35:15,125 --> 00:35:17,750 You were behind glass with your brother. 400 00:35:17,916 --> 00:35:19,875 More beautiful, he said, than an angel. 401 00:35:20,458 --> 00:35:22,625 You said you were a prisoner, 402 00:35:22,791 --> 00:35:26,000 that you were a princess thrown out of her father's house. 403 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:30,291 Your brother was handsome like you. You were 9 years old. 404 00:35:30,916 --> 00:35:33,125 It made me remember that day. 405 00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:37,375 Then we had a very good 2 hour conversation. 406 00:35:37,541 --> 00:35:39,583 He is waiting for you with all our friends 407 00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:42,708 to settle these matters on which your future depends. 408 00:35:42,875 --> 00:35:45,041 Never the opportunity will no longer be favorable. 409 00:35:47,291 --> 00:35:50,125 You will take the direction of Montbard. 410 00:35:50,291 --> 00:35:51,666 -Good, ma'am. Crop blows 411 00:35:54,916 --> 00:35:56,416 -I'm going to see my cousin Bussy. 412 00:35:56,583 --> 00:35:58,666 Hand me my makeup and powder compact. 413 00:35:58,833 --> 00:36:00,208 -Yes, ma'am. 414 00:36:04,625 --> 00:36:05,500 -You think 415 00:36:05,666 --> 00:36:08,833 what to give our letters to the king to read would serve your cause? 416 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,041 What an idea. -You are always appreciated. 417 00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:13,916 -You have been punished for what you wrote. 418 00:36:14,083 --> 00:36:16,291 In your place, I would be careful this time. 419 00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:19,166 Wouldn't your memories be enough? to please him? 420 00:36:19,333 --> 00:36:20,541 Why our letters? 421 00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:26,291 -I hope they will amuse the king and that I will obtain his clemency. 422 00:36:26,458 --> 00:36:29,208 -When I write to you, It's you I'm talking to. 423 00:36:29,375 --> 00:36:31,750 Neither to the king nor to anyone else. 424 00:36:31,916 --> 00:36:35,041 I don't want to be in everyone's hands. 425 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:52,375 I will leave you publish some of them. 426 00:36:52,541 --> 00:36:54,625 You seem to believe that this can help you 427 00:36:55,291 --> 00:36:57,541 to regain the king's trust. 428 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:01,708 She laughs. 429 00:37:01,875 --> 00:37:05,250 -You are right, youth only has green. 430 00:37:05,416 --> 00:37:07,750 And we, people of the latter part of the season, 431 00:37:07,916 --> 00:37:10,708 we are of a hundred thousand colors. 432 00:37:11,208 --> 00:37:13,916 -That's why I have no regrets of my youth. 433 00:37:14,083 --> 00:37:15,833 -None ? -No. 434 00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:19,708 -Not even the one for not marrying me? 435 00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:21,041 -Not even. 436 00:37:21,458 --> 00:37:23,791 -And for not taking me as a lover? 437 00:37:24,666 --> 00:37:25,750 -No. 438 00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:28,416 -Were you right? 439 00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:35,000 You no longer have to fear pregnancy, right? 440 00:37:44,416 --> 00:37:46,041 And do you want it? 441 00:37:50,416 --> 00:37:51,750 -Bussy, 442 00:37:51,916 --> 00:37:54,041 I find that I miss everything 443 00:37:54,208 --> 00:37:55,958 because I miss my daughter. 444 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,041 Oh ! 445 00:38:09,208 --> 00:38:13,166 -I was delayed this morning. I was afraid you were in bed. 446 00:38:18,083 --> 00:38:20,291 Clinks 447 00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:29,916 -Are you tired? -Yes, a little. 448 00:38:30,083 --> 00:38:31,208 -Come. 449 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,541 Are you eating enough? 450 00:38:33,708 --> 00:38:35,083 -No, not so much. 451 00:38:35,541 --> 00:38:36,541 -Take. 452 00:38:37,125 --> 00:38:38,000 The best in Paris. 453 00:38:38,625 --> 00:38:40,375 -Tell us what you do 454 00:38:40,541 --> 00:38:44,416 so that the king stops killing our sons in this endless war? 455 00:38:45,125 --> 00:38:50,000 -I spend whole days smoking a pipe with the Dutch. 456 00:38:51,625 --> 00:38:54,875 We discuss treaties which the king will never accept. 457 00:38:55,041 --> 00:38:57,208 -But finally, my friend, don't be modest. 458 00:38:57,375 --> 00:38:59,666 We know your influence. 459 00:38:59,833 --> 00:39:01,500 -What influence? 460 00:39:02,041 --> 00:39:04,416 I learned that I no longer had one. 461 00:39:04,791 --> 00:39:08,916 The king only uses the natural sympathy that I inspire. 462 00:39:09,083 --> 00:39:11,041 -As for me, I despair of moving forward 463 00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:12,250 by my own merit. 464 00:39:12,416 --> 00:39:14,166 I will have to buy myself a second lieutenant's charge 465 00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:16,500 if I don't want to die cavalry guidon. 466 00:39:16,666 --> 00:39:18,583 -I tell you, do it. 467 00:39:20,416 --> 00:39:22,250 I understand that the name Sévigné 468 00:39:22,416 --> 00:39:25,458 is definitely not one of those who obtain the favors of the king. 469 00:39:29,083 --> 00:39:30,625 -I'm sorry. 470 00:39:34,625 --> 00:39:36,791 I was in a position to help you. 471 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:38,625 I am no longer. 472 00:39:41,166 --> 00:39:42,541 -Please excuse me. 473 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,041 Discussion 474 00:40:00,541 --> 00:40:02,041 -Everything is lost. 475 00:40:02,208 --> 00:40:03,333 And I stay in Paris 476 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:06,083 where I can't do anything for my husband's business. 477 00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:09,500 -We will find a solution, I promise you. 478 00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:11,541 -Mmm. 479 00:40:11,708 --> 00:40:13,750 Melancholic music 480 00:40:13,916 --> 00:40:15,708 Trust me. 481 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:21,125 Ringing of a bell Religious song 482 00:40:33,250 --> 00:40:36,333 -Happiness to have you both mine 483 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,166 is a taste of heaven, ladies. 484 00:40:40,166 --> 00:40:44,833 I warned you enough of what is happening today. 485 00:40:45,541 --> 00:40:48,291 You disregarded my opinions 486 00:40:48,458 --> 00:40:51,375 and decided to marry horribly risky. 487 00:40:52,208 --> 00:40:54,125 The blame is not on you. 488 00:40:54,916 --> 00:40:56,416 You were young. 489 00:40:56,791 --> 00:40:59,333 You followed your prejudices. 490 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:01,750 And the bad advice 491 00:41:01,916 --> 00:41:03,083 of a mother. 492 00:41:03,250 --> 00:41:04,291 Hmm... 493 00:41:04,458 --> 00:41:08,208 What is the financial situation of your husband? 494 00:41:08,791 --> 00:41:12,958 -My husband must repay the dowry from his second wife, plus interest. 495 00:41:14,041 --> 00:41:15,833 The amount is exorbitant. 496 00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:18,083 We already couldn't 497 00:41:18,250 --> 00:41:21,083 to bear the expenses obliged by our charge. 498 00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:24,958 -I see, you have many reasons there to worry. 499 00:41:25,125 --> 00:41:26,208 -I spoke to my daughter 500 00:41:26,541 --> 00:41:29,291 kindness that you are planning to have for her. 501 00:41:29,458 --> 00:41:31,125 -You did well. 502 00:41:32,958 --> 00:41:36,166 From my parents, you are the one I love best. 503 00:41:39,208 --> 00:41:42,958 I wish I could put you to bed on my will. 504 00:41:47,375 --> 00:41:48,500 Oh. 505 00:41:52,458 --> 00:41:55,375 Let me think what I can do for you. 506 00:41:55,541 --> 00:41:57,625 He is served wine. Hop hop hop... 507 00:42:09,250 --> 00:42:12,375 -I figured out how to fix everything without owing anything to Retz. 508 00:42:12,541 --> 00:42:14,625 -You are very excited. 509 00:42:14,791 --> 00:42:17,916 -I will take it upon myself all my husband's debts. 510 00:42:18,083 --> 00:42:20,500 My goods can guarantee its obligations, 511 00:42:20,666 --> 00:42:23,041 and thus he will be able to keep his charge. 512 00:42:24,625 --> 00:42:26,500 -It's a very noble idea. 513 00:42:27,083 --> 00:42:29,916 And you will probably find myself very bourgeois, 514 00:42:30,666 --> 00:42:32,208 but you know, 515 00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:35,375 I made a lot of effort to restore our fortunes. 516 00:42:36,458 --> 00:42:39,791 I cannot approve the sacrifice of your inheritance. 517 00:42:39,958 --> 00:42:43,541 All this to save a load who will end up ruining you? 518 00:42:43,958 --> 00:42:45,375 Don't do this crazy thing. 519 00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:47,208 Resell the load. 520 00:42:47,375 --> 00:42:49,458 Return to Paris with your children. 521 00:42:49,625 --> 00:42:51,458 Find your freedom. 522 00:43:00,875 --> 00:43:03,583 -He should give up what we are fighting for 523 00:43:03,750 --> 00:43:05,750 and you talk to me about freedom? 524 00:43:09,708 --> 00:43:11,125 What freedom? 525 00:43:13,291 --> 00:43:15,958 The one you think you have as you strut, 526 00:43:16,291 --> 00:43:17,750 making fun of you, 527 00:43:18,625 --> 00:43:23,500 by being witty in the living rooms since you are unwelcome at court? 528 00:43:24,250 --> 00:43:26,583 -If you persist in this sacrifice, 529 00:43:26,750 --> 00:43:28,958 what will you have left, to you and your children, 530 00:43:29,125 --> 00:43:31,083 when the count will have gone bankrupt? 531 00:43:31,250 --> 00:43:32,458 -Nothing. 532 00:43:34,291 --> 00:43:36,958 And then we will be obliged to live with you. 533 00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:39,416 And you will be happy. 534 00:43:40,125 --> 00:43:43,625 Anyway, from the beginning, this is what you are looking for. 535 00:43:57,541 --> 00:43:59,875 baby chirps 536 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,083 -Go to bed, she will be better. 537 00:44:09,916 --> 00:44:11,666 What a charming child. 538 00:44:13,541 --> 00:44:16,875 Have the courtesy not even to cry during baptism. 539 00:44:41,083 --> 00:44:42,875 -The cardinal promises to make me heir 540 00:44:43,041 --> 00:44:46,083 if I give up to save my husband's charge. 541 00:44:46,375 --> 00:44:48,250 -It's because he wants your best. 542 00:44:49,041 --> 00:44:49,958 -Mmm. 543 00:44:50,125 --> 00:44:51,333 -Your mother just wants 544 00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,666 that you help your husband without losing your independence. 545 00:44:56,083 --> 00:44:57,500 -Of course. 546 00:44:57,666 --> 00:44:59,333 And you know what you're talking about. 547 00:45:00,875 --> 00:45:03,791 I don't think I've ever seen Mr. de La Fayette. 548 00:45:03,958 --> 00:45:05,208 Is he alive? -Francoise. 549 00:45:05,666 --> 00:45:07,708 -Leave it. -What ? 550 00:45:08,333 --> 00:45:12,166 Sorry, I'm just applying your lessons and say what I think. 551 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:19,125 -Madame de La Fayette made the choice to live independently of her husband. 552 00:45:19,583 --> 00:45:23,583 What you don't understand, I would have done the same thing 553 00:45:23,750 --> 00:45:27,166 if your father hadn't been killed for a mistress. 554 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,333 My tutors concluded a marriage contract 555 00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:32,083 who guaranteed our property. 556 00:45:32,250 --> 00:45:36,583 Otherwise our fortune would not have survived to Sévigné's inconsistency. 557 00:45:38,791 --> 00:45:40,333 -Well then, let's rejoice 558 00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:42,916 that he is dead before having squandered it. 559 00:45:46,833 --> 00:45:49,125 Madam, on the day of my daughter's baptism, 560 00:45:49,291 --> 00:45:52,833 don't talk about my father like an inconsistent character. 561 00:45:54,958 --> 00:45:57,000 Why not talk about a husband instead? 562 00:45:57,166 --> 00:46:00,250 who waited in vain your love and esteem? 563 00:46:08,666 --> 00:46:10,125 Soft music 564 00:46:34,541 --> 00:46:36,958 Come inside, you'll get cold. 565 00:46:37,125 --> 00:46:38,625 -Don't leave. 566 00:46:39,791 --> 00:46:41,541 -I don't want to see you anymore. 567 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,916 You only know how to make me unhappy. 568 00:46:54,750 --> 00:46:57,541 Crop Neighing 569 00:47:08,166 --> 00:47:10,416 -My dear child, I am going to Brittany 570 00:47:10,583 --> 00:47:13,208 despite the movements which make it unsafe. 571 00:47:13,375 --> 00:47:15,041 I have a thousand things there. 572 00:47:17,375 --> 00:47:22,125 In addition to the pain of your departure, I carry your brother's sorrow. 573 00:47:22,833 --> 00:47:25,916 We only leave with difficulty army news. 574 00:47:26,416 --> 00:47:30,333 I was writing to him the other day that I was going to put my head in a bag, 575 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:34,750 where I wouldn't see or hear anything of what will happen on earth. 576 00:47:35,791 --> 00:47:39,416 It seems to me that you are escaping me, that you disappear from me, 577 00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:42,666 and that I lose you forever. 578 00:47:58,875 --> 00:48:00,625 Oh, Lord. 579 00:48:01,750 --> 00:48:04,625 -Madam, you should give up. The road is not safe. 580 00:48:11,458 --> 00:48:13,291 Buzzing 581 00:48:44,500 --> 00:48:46,416 She opens a window. 582 00:48:57,250 --> 00:48:58,708 -My angel, 583 00:49:00,291 --> 00:49:04,250 I regret all my days who go away and drag me away 584 00:49:04,416 --> 00:49:06,875 without me having time to be with you. 585 00:49:07,583 --> 00:49:10,125 In these thoughts, my poor maid, 586 00:49:10,291 --> 00:49:12,666 we cry sometimes without telling you. 587 00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:17,916 And I deserve your sermons more often than I would like. 588 00:49:19,041 --> 00:49:20,291 It's never on purpose 589 00:49:20,458 --> 00:49:23,583 that I find myself in these sad meditations. 590 00:49:23,750 --> 00:49:26,666 They are placed quite naturally in my heart, 591 00:49:27,250 --> 00:49:29,708 but I don't mind to get them out of it. 592 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,083 The Saint-Martin summer continues 593 00:49:37,250 --> 00:49:39,416 and my walks are very long. 594 00:49:40,083 --> 00:49:41,750 I spend days there alone. 595 00:49:42,416 --> 00:49:45,083 I can't believe it let the night be well declared 596 00:49:45,250 --> 00:49:48,916 and the fire and the torches doesn't make my room look good. 597 00:49:51,875 --> 00:49:54,500 All these trees that you saw so small 598 00:49:54,666 --> 00:49:58,666 became tall, straight and beautiful in perfection. 599 00:50:00,250 --> 00:50:02,291 I think of you all the time. 600 00:50:03,708 --> 00:50:05,458 I miss you. 601 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:07,333 I wish you. 602 00:50:08,625 --> 00:50:11,500 Your health, your business, your distance... 603 00:50:12,250 --> 00:50:15,500 What do you think all this does? between dog and wolf? 604 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,333 My dear child, 605 00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:27,750 it's been ten days that I have not received any of your letters. 606 00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:31,666 I don't know if it's that the courier leaves them in Paris 607 00:50:31,833 --> 00:50:34,875 or if he arrived too late to go to Brittany. 608 00:50:35,041 --> 00:50:36,541 Finally, I think everything... 609 00:50:37,291 --> 00:50:40,291 rather than thinking that you didn't write to me. 610 00:50:50,083 --> 00:50:52,333 Melancholic music 611 00:50:58,458 --> 00:51:00,333 You will know, my dearest, 612 00:51:00,791 --> 00:51:03,208 that around eight o'clock in the morning, 613 00:51:03,375 --> 00:51:07,333 after thinking about you well at night without order and without measure, 614 00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:09,541 it seemed to me much more strongly than usual 615 00:51:09,708 --> 00:51:11,500 that we were together, 616 00:51:11,958 --> 00:51:13,708 and you were so sweet, 617 00:51:14,500 --> 00:51:17,166 so kind and so caressing for me 618 00:51:17,333 --> 00:51:20,500 that I was completely transported of tenderness. 619 00:51:21,791 --> 00:51:26,416 And with that, I wake up so oppressed to have lost this dear idea 620 00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:30,000 that here I am sighing and to cry in such an immoderate way 621 00:51:30,166 --> 00:51:32,625 that I was forced to call Hélène. 622 00:51:34,625 --> 00:51:38,458 And with water from the Queen of Hungary take away the rest of my sleep 623 00:51:38,625 --> 00:51:42,083 and rid my heart of the horrible oppression I had. 624 00:52:00,333 --> 00:52:02,000 -Tada! -Oh but Charles, 625 00:52:02,166 --> 00:52:04,083 who is this little person? 626 00:52:04,250 --> 00:52:07,083 -She is a cousin of the Chaulnes, a little Murinais. 627 00:52:07,250 --> 00:52:10,333 I thought she would a kind nurse. 628 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,125 -I wasn't expecting you so soon. 629 00:52:19,291 --> 00:52:21,750 You didn't have business to settle in Rennes? 630 00:52:21,916 --> 00:52:23,875 -Yes, yes, but I shortened it. 631 00:52:24,041 --> 00:52:26,250 I can't stand the show anymore given by the king. 632 00:52:26,416 --> 00:52:30,500 We tear these people apart to make them pass the urge to be unhappy. 633 00:52:31,208 --> 00:52:33,708 -They have no other choice than paying tax. 634 00:52:33,875 --> 00:52:35,333 He needs it for his war. 635 00:52:36,458 --> 00:52:39,458 -What happened to you? You worried me. 636 00:52:40,250 --> 00:52:42,458 -I stayed too long in my park, 637 00:52:42,625 --> 00:52:44,625 to write to your sister. 638 00:52:54,166 --> 00:52:55,291 Attention. 639 00:52:55,708 --> 00:52:57,333 -Are you in a lot of pain? 640 00:52:58,416 --> 00:53:01,333 -I'm angry to have to stay behind these windows, 641 00:53:01,500 --> 00:53:03,333 without even being able to write. 642 00:53:08,041 --> 00:53:09,250 -Don't worry, 643 00:53:09,708 --> 00:53:11,375 she is full of resources. 644 00:53:12,166 --> 00:53:15,125 -It doesn't matter. I'll sort it out. 645 00:53:15,291 --> 00:53:18,250 -I hope you didn't promise his mother to marry him. 646 00:53:18,416 --> 00:53:21,458 -But no ! He's way too old for me. 647 00:53:21,625 --> 00:53:22,958 She laughs. 648 00:53:24,833 --> 00:53:26,833 Can I see the Selenites? 649 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,250 -Then no. 650 00:53:28,416 --> 00:53:30,583 They are a very fearful people who live 651 00:53:30,750 --> 00:53:33,833 on the other side. -The moon is not inhabited. 652 00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,916 Don't believe everything they say my son. It's a crazy mind. 653 00:53:38,083 --> 00:53:40,833 You definitely don't know anything about the world. 654 00:53:41,416 --> 00:53:42,500 -If. 655 00:53:43,458 --> 00:53:45,625 It is governed by our good King Louis. 656 00:53:49,041 --> 00:53:51,208 And now I know too 657 00:53:52,458 --> 00:53:54,166 that there are no Selenites. 658 00:53:58,916 --> 00:54:02,875 Those who go to the woods 659 00:54:03,041 --> 00:54:06,958 It's mother and daughter 660 00:54:07,125 --> 00:54:10,791 Those who go to the woods 661 00:54:10,958 --> 00:54:15,083 It's mother and daughter 662 00:54:15,250 --> 00:54:18,833 What do you have to sigh 663 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:22,625 My daughter Marguerite? 664 00:54:22,791 --> 00:54:25,708 I have too much anger in me 665 00:54:25,875 --> 00:54:28,583 And don't dare tell you -Madam. 666 00:54:29,166 --> 00:54:32,416 -I am a girl by day 667 00:54:32,583 --> 00:54:35,791 And the white night doe 668 00:54:35,958 --> 00:54:39,125 I am a girl by day 669 00:54:39,291 --> 00:54:42,250 And the white night doe 670 00:54:48,458 --> 00:54:50,333 -Bad news from my sister? 671 00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:53,916 -Grignan ruins them, day after day, and now... 672 00:54:55,583 --> 00:54:58,041 your sister wants to bring Blanche in at the convent. 673 00:54:58,208 --> 00:54:59,416 -What ? 674 00:54:59,791 --> 00:55:01,791 For good? -It seems. 675 00:55:02,333 --> 00:55:06,083 How many girls return to the convent so as not to pay a dowry? 676 00:55:06,458 --> 00:55:08,583 -I would love to go there, at the convent. 677 00:55:10,041 --> 00:55:13,083 -You are not one of those of which we make nuns. 678 00:55:13,250 --> 00:55:15,500 We must nurture other ambitions. 679 00:55:15,666 --> 00:55:16,958 -But which ones? 680 00:55:18,041 --> 00:55:20,541 If my parents are too poor for a convent, 681 00:55:20,708 --> 00:55:22,291 what can I hope for? 682 00:55:24,458 --> 00:55:26,416 -Resume your song. 683 00:55:27,541 --> 00:55:28,875 -In any case, 684 00:55:29,291 --> 00:55:31,916 I would be very sad to have to leave you. 685 00:55:33,458 --> 00:55:36,708 The hunt is after me 686 00:55:36,875 --> 00:55:39,833 Barons and princes 687 00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,958 And my brother Renaud 688 00:55:43,125 --> 00:55:45,958 Which is even much worse 689 00:55:46,125 --> 00:55:49,041 Let him stop his dogs 690 00:55:49,208 --> 00:55:52,458 Until tomorrow noon 691 00:55:54,208 --> 00:55:57,291 Calm music 692 00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:14,833 Charles! 693 00:56:17,833 --> 00:56:19,708 She laughs. 694 00:56:19,875 --> 00:56:21,541 -Farewell, ladies. 695 00:56:21,708 --> 00:56:22,541 -My good, 696 00:56:24,208 --> 00:56:26,583 my little secretary, 697 00:56:26,750 --> 00:56:29,166 kind and pretty, 698 00:56:30,166 --> 00:56:32,541 comes to the rescue again 699 00:56:33,583 --> 00:56:36,166 with my trembling hand. 700 00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:39,791 She reads to me very well what I want. 701 00:56:39,958 --> 00:56:42,708 She writes, as you see. 702 00:56:44,375 --> 00:56:45,958 She loves me. 703 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,958 She is complacent. 704 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,750 Finally, please 705 00:56:54,916 --> 00:56:56,375 to love him 706 00:56:58,125 --> 00:56:59,708 on my word. 707 00:57:04,125 --> 00:57:07,333 I had some new beauties made in my park, 708 00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:09,958 which I will enjoy little this year, 709 00:57:10,583 --> 00:57:13,833 because my nose is turned towards Paris. 710 00:57:16,083 --> 00:57:18,125 -Are you going to return to Paris soon? 711 00:57:20,375 --> 00:57:21,416 -Yes. 712 00:57:27,208 --> 00:57:28,958 And you will accompany me. 713 00:57:34,833 --> 00:57:37,666 Dynamic music 714 00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,541 -I am such a victim of the power of the king 715 00:57:50,708 --> 00:57:53,291 that I could choose the grace of God. 716 00:57:53,458 --> 00:57:54,291 -Our only illusion 717 00:57:54,458 --> 00:57:56,416 of freedom, it is this: 718 00:57:56,583 --> 00:57:58,375 choose grace or not. 719 00:57:58,541 --> 00:58:00,416 -You are wrong, La Rochefoucauld. 720 00:58:00,583 --> 00:58:03,041 We can experience freedom other ways. 721 00:58:03,208 --> 00:58:06,166 -Really ? Enlighten me. 722 00:58:06,333 --> 00:58:09,500 -Write novels, like Madame de La Fayette. 723 00:58:09,666 --> 00:58:12,416 You will then experience the feeling of freedom. 724 00:58:12,583 --> 00:58:13,750 Little laugh 725 00:58:14,125 --> 00:58:18,583 -You know, from the country where I come from, we don't think so much of freedom. 726 00:58:19,250 --> 00:58:23,333 In my house no one is free and no one seeks the illusion of it. 727 00:58:24,208 --> 00:58:27,500 My father knows that the king has all power over him, 728 00:58:28,250 --> 00:58:31,375 my mother, that my father has all the power on her, and... 729 00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:32,750 And then me, 730 00:58:32,916 --> 00:58:34,791 I only have power over myself. 731 00:58:35,750 --> 00:58:37,541 -That's what you think. 732 00:58:37,708 --> 00:58:40,375 -But I have no choice to believe in something else. 733 00:58:40,916 --> 00:58:43,333 I'm not from a big house. I am poor. 734 00:58:43,750 --> 00:58:45,416 I can only believe in myself 735 00:58:45,583 --> 00:58:48,958 and in the few talents with which God has perhaps provided me. 736 00:58:49,541 --> 00:58:52,666 -And what talents do you think you have? 737 00:58:53,333 --> 00:58:56,791 -I think I know how to listen, 738 00:58:57,208 --> 00:58:59,916 hear and learn. 739 00:59:01,958 --> 00:59:05,333 And if I had the chance to hear you often, 740 00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:09,041 I would not be freer, but I would have more strength. 741 00:59:11,125 --> 00:59:12,541 -Do you see that? -Well done. 742 00:59:15,041 --> 00:59:17,875 -What a funny girlfriend you brought us. 743 00:59:18,041 --> 00:59:19,958 -She has a delightful mind. 744 00:59:20,458 --> 00:59:21,875 -We don't do Latin anymore? 745 00:59:22,041 --> 00:59:24,833 -No, we have done enough this morning. 746 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,541 And I want to open your mind to what is new. 747 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,750 -She had spent years without returning to court. 748 00:59:32,916 --> 00:59:34,250 During this absence, 749 00:59:34,416 --> 00:59:37,375 she had given her care to the education of his daughter. 750 00:59:37,541 --> 00:59:40,916 She didn't work than to cultivate one's spirit and beauty. 751 00:59:41,083 --> 00:59:45,041 She thought of giving him virtue and to make her lovable to him. 752 00:59:49,833 --> 00:59:51,208 -Oh ! 753 00:59:52,833 --> 00:59:54,375 -How happy I am. 754 00:59:57,375 --> 00:59:58,583 I imagined worse. 755 00:59:58,750 --> 01:00:00,583 -Oh, I was well taken care of. 756 01:00:02,583 --> 01:00:05,666 -She is prettier than what you wrote to me. 757 01:00:07,750 --> 01:00:11,333 Do you also take it to salons? -Yes. 758 01:00:12,083 --> 01:00:14,583 And his little wildness works wonders. 759 01:00:15,666 --> 01:00:18,916 -I'm considering going to court to defend our business. 760 01:00:19,083 --> 01:00:20,166 -Alright. 761 01:00:21,500 --> 01:00:23,500 -How do you like me? 762 01:00:28,916 --> 01:00:31,250 Melancholic music 763 01:01:02,333 --> 01:01:03,541 Look! 764 01:01:04,541 --> 01:01:06,791 This is the fabric you sent me. 765 01:01:06,958 --> 01:01:08,875 I mounted it as a screen. 766 01:01:09,041 --> 01:01:10,750 It's pretty. What do you think? 767 01:01:13,666 --> 01:01:15,375 -It's the most beautiful effect. 768 01:01:19,375 --> 01:01:20,625 -Are you sad? 769 01:01:21,666 --> 01:01:23,208 Are you going to regret it? 770 01:01:25,791 --> 01:01:28,833 -Life is full of things which hurt the heart. 771 01:01:30,041 --> 01:01:32,250 -That I am happy to have your love! 772 01:01:36,750 --> 01:01:39,333 -It's a thing which we must no longer doubt. 773 01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:42,125 Hmm? 774 01:01:52,125 --> 01:01:54,916 I don't dare imagine the price of this outfit. 775 01:01:55,583 --> 01:01:58,625 -The right price to represent my husband at court. 776 01:02:00,833 --> 01:02:02,333 -We are at war. 777 01:02:04,250 --> 01:02:08,666 This expense may attract you more criticism than grace. 778 01:02:09,166 --> 01:02:11,166 -I want to look beautiful again before the king. 779 01:02:12,333 --> 01:02:14,791 You don't look at me like you used to. 780 01:02:16,041 --> 01:02:19,583 -And you no longer listen to my advice like before. 781 01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:24,708 -Did I do the right thing by listening to them then? 782 01:02:26,125 --> 01:02:28,958 The king insists on not granting us what he owes us. 783 01:02:29,125 --> 01:02:32,250 Maybe he's still jealous of what I refused him. 784 01:02:40,250 --> 01:02:42,833 Light hubbub 785 01:03:08,375 --> 01:03:09,625 -Madam. 786 01:03:10,875 --> 01:03:14,125 I read your letters to the Count of Bussy-Rabutin. 787 01:03:14,291 --> 01:03:16,958 They are surprising, spiritual. 788 01:03:17,708 --> 01:03:19,250 They look like you. 789 01:03:20,750 --> 01:03:22,541 -You honor me, sire. 790 01:03:29,541 --> 01:03:31,708 Melancholic music Light hubbub 791 01:03:36,333 --> 01:03:37,583 -Ridiculous. 792 01:03:37,750 --> 01:03:39,750 She coughs. 793 01:03:55,208 --> 01:03:56,583 Françoise coughs. 794 01:04:17,083 --> 01:04:18,833 She screams. 795 01:04:28,333 --> 01:04:30,083 -But this water is ice cold. 796 01:04:30,458 --> 01:04:33,583 -Yes, it is necessary to tighten the skin after these pregnancies. 797 01:04:33,750 --> 01:04:35,375 -You're going to make yourself sick, go out. 798 01:04:35,541 --> 01:04:38,875 Charlotte, help Madame de Grignan to come out of this water. 799 01:04:43,750 --> 01:04:45,291 Come out, Françoise. 800 01:04:46,333 --> 01:04:47,750 Come on, hurry up. 801 01:04:49,083 --> 01:04:51,625 Rub it. She coughs. 802 01:04:55,833 --> 01:04:58,250 You will bathe his bed well, let it be hot. 803 01:05:00,166 --> 01:05:02,583 I won't be long. I love you. 804 01:05:03,666 --> 01:05:06,708 And above all eat something, my angel. 805 01:05:35,916 --> 01:05:37,541 How do you feel? 806 01:05:40,083 --> 01:05:42,500 -Better. Don't worry. 807 01:05:43,750 --> 01:05:45,875 -You have to heal, if you love me. 808 01:05:50,250 --> 01:05:51,958 -Give me some paper. 809 01:05:52,958 --> 01:05:54,416 I will write to the count. 810 01:06:20,916 --> 01:06:21,916 I'm too tired. 811 01:06:33,833 --> 01:06:35,458 -Bring it closer. 812 01:06:40,666 --> 01:06:42,125 -Take this. 813 01:06:48,625 --> 01:06:49,791 -You didn't touch it. 814 01:06:56,958 --> 01:06:59,000 -My husband forbids me from traveling. 815 01:06:59,875 --> 01:07:02,041 You wrote to him that I was ill. 816 01:07:03,708 --> 01:07:05,708 You exaggerated my condition. 817 01:07:06,458 --> 01:07:09,791 You let yourself go to your fantasies at my expense. 818 01:07:12,583 --> 01:07:15,041 You will undeceive him. Write to him again. 819 01:07:16,083 --> 01:07:18,583 Write to him that we saw other doctors. 820 01:07:18,750 --> 01:07:19,708 -No. 821 01:07:20,250 --> 01:07:21,916 I can't lie to your husband. 822 01:07:22,416 --> 01:07:24,416 -Write to him now. 823 01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:25,875 Write! 824 01:07:26,875 --> 01:07:28,250 If you want me to heal. 825 01:07:29,333 --> 01:07:30,791 -Be reasonable. 826 01:07:30,958 --> 01:07:33,083 I can't do what you ask. 827 01:07:35,875 --> 01:07:38,750 -There is only him so that I can heal. 828 01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,416 -My angel... 829 01:07:47,500 --> 01:07:49,125 I'll take care of you. 830 01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,291 Melancholic music 831 01:08:11,208 --> 01:08:12,750 Thank you, Helene. 832 01:08:35,083 --> 01:08:36,875 -The king authorizes me three more days. 833 01:08:37,041 --> 01:08:40,375 I owe it to you. Finally, to your letters. 834 01:08:40,541 --> 01:08:42,458 -So the king wishes us well. 835 01:09:18,583 --> 01:09:20,208 I'm sorry. 836 01:09:21,041 --> 01:09:23,666 I abused you. 837 01:09:24,250 --> 01:09:26,666 -You didn't really want to. 838 01:09:29,791 --> 01:09:31,708 -You will not see my daughter. 839 01:09:32,166 --> 01:09:35,500 She doesn't come out of her room. She doesn't see anyone. 840 01:09:36,541 --> 01:09:39,916 -Yet it would only be up to you to let yourself go. 841 01:09:40,916 --> 01:09:43,458 And we would know how to put an end to your sorrows. 842 01:09:44,458 --> 01:09:46,416 Grief is fatal to everyone, 843 01:09:46,583 --> 01:09:50,500 especially to people who were not born to be sad. 844 01:09:54,291 --> 01:09:55,750 -Farewell, Count. 845 01:09:58,458 --> 01:10:00,500 Since we still love each other, 846 01:10:00,666 --> 01:10:02,708 we will love each other all our lives. 847 01:10:16,041 --> 01:10:18,125 A man coughs. 848 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:30,083 How is La Rochefoucauld? -He is at his worst. 849 01:10:30,250 --> 01:10:31,708 I'm going to lose it. 850 01:10:32,791 --> 01:10:35,333 I can't stand to see him suffer anymore. 851 01:10:39,875 --> 01:10:41,458 -I understand you. 852 01:10:43,125 --> 01:10:44,583 I understand you very well. 853 01:10:46,458 --> 01:10:48,708 I can't stand it anymore to see my daughter suffer. 854 01:10:51,125 --> 01:10:54,166 His poor health caused the sorrow of my life. 855 01:10:54,333 --> 01:10:56,791 I don't know how to do it anymore. 856 01:10:56,958 --> 01:11:00,583 -It is the excess of your affection which upsets Madame de Grignan. 857 01:11:01,541 --> 01:11:02,916 -You are wrong. 858 01:11:05,041 --> 01:11:08,125 And if I am responsible for his evil, so... 859 01:11:08,291 --> 01:11:11,625 I'm the only one who can fix it. -No. 860 01:11:13,750 --> 01:11:15,708 You must get away from it, 861 01:11:16,458 --> 01:11:18,208 let her live. 862 01:11:19,958 --> 01:11:21,875 You don't know how to love him anymore. 863 01:11:23,125 --> 01:11:25,250 You're just obsessed with it. 864 01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:28,500 What doesn't concern her has become invisible to you. 865 01:11:28,666 --> 01:11:31,583 -I'm here with you. -Of course, but you cry 866 01:11:31,750 --> 01:11:33,333 on your daughter. 867 01:11:35,625 --> 01:11:36,791 Sob 868 01:11:38,291 --> 01:11:40,833 Do you have a place in your heart 869 01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:44,458 for those around you and who loves you? No. 870 01:11:44,916 --> 01:11:47,500 Your friends, your son, 871 01:11:47,666 --> 01:11:50,333 you sacrifice them on the altar of your obsession. 872 01:11:52,416 --> 01:11:54,041 Know that... 873 01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:56,041 I love you enough 874 01:11:56,208 --> 01:11:59,208 to hope that you will love me again after hearing me. 875 01:12:03,666 --> 01:12:06,750 You are the strongest person that I know. 876 01:12:06,916 --> 01:12:08,791 But you are also the most lost. 877 01:12:10,833 --> 01:12:12,041 The craziest. 878 01:12:22,958 --> 01:12:24,541 -Where were you? 879 01:12:28,625 --> 01:12:30,458 You demand my presence. 880 01:12:31,541 --> 01:12:33,208 You miss me everywhere. 881 01:12:33,375 --> 01:12:35,875 Only I can do the joy of your life. 882 01:12:36,041 --> 01:12:37,500 I come to your bedside, 883 01:12:37,875 --> 01:12:41,375 abandoning my children, leaving my husband without my help. 884 01:12:41,541 --> 01:12:44,250 And you ignore me. 885 01:12:44,875 --> 01:12:46,166 You just go out. 886 01:12:46,333 --> 01:12:48,333 I don't know in which living room, which supper, 887 01:12:48,500 --> 01:12:50,875 what a carnival you are! -Come on, my angel, 888 01:12:51,041 --> 01:12:52,375 Come on, you are exhausted. 889 01:12:53,458 --> 01:12:54,875 Come on, calm down. 890 01:12:56,458 --> 01:12:58,000 Come on, my angel. Come. 891 01:13:52,041 --> 01:13:53,916 Baroque music Lively hubbub 892 01:14:24,416 --> 01:14:25,833 Moans 893 01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:28,875 -You don't love me, never loved me! 894 01:14:29,833 --> 01:14:33,666 You gave me to a man of your age, runner, ruined. 895 01:14:34,291 --> 01:14:36,458 I complied with your wishes. 896 01:14:36,625 --> 01:14:38,125 You submitted to me. 897 01:14:39,750 --> 01:14:41,166 -You had a taste for him. 898 01:14:41,333 --> 01:14:44,416 -I had to get married. I was your disgrace. 899 01:14:45,666 --> 01:14:46,958 I was your shame. 900 01:14:47,125 --> 01:14:48,541 I was dirtying you. 901 01:14:51,666 --> 01:14:52,583 -You have enough 902 01:14:52,750 --> 01:14:55,500 repeated... -You know nothing about my marriage! 903 01:14:56,125 --> 01:14:57,791 You don't know anything! 904 01:15:03,166 --> 01:15:05,958 Existence slips on you without touching you. 905 01:15:23,458 --> 01:15:25,583 -Come on, come, come. 906 01:15:25,750 --> 01:15:27,000 Come on. 907 01:15:38,708 --> 01:15:39,833 Françoise sobs. 908 01:15:43,833 --> 01:15:45,208 Melancholic music 909 01:15:50,875 --> 01:15:52,250 It's going to be okay. 910 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:21,166 -Charlotte. 911 01:16:37,041 --> 01:16:39,750 A new injury? -Yes. 912 01:16:41,083 --> 01:16:43,500 It's time that I resell this load. 913 01:16:46,250 --> 01:16:47,791 -And what would you do? 914 01:16:50,375 --> 01:16:52,125 -I would go to Brittany. 915 01:16:52,625 --> 01:16:55,625 I would get married there, would lead a gentleman's life 916 01:16:55,791 --> 01:16:58,291 between my wife, my fields and my woods. 917 01:16:58,458 --> 01:17:01,250 -I'm afraid you'll get tired quickly of this life. 918 01:17:01,416 --> 01:17:03,166 -No, I don't think so. 919 01:17:03,333 --> 01:17:04,208 What tires me, 920 01:17:04,375 --> 01:17:06,666 it's an existence subordinated to money, 921 01:17:06,833 --> 01:17:09,083 to privileges, to appearances. 922 01:17:09,250 --> 01:17:12,166 Our generation is muzzled by a monarch I admire 923 01:17:12,333 --> 01:17:15,250 but which I don't dream of, to wipe the ass. 924 01:17:17,583 --> 01:17:19,083 -It seems that you have aged 925 01:17:19,250 --> 01:17:22,625 and you are old enough to know what is good for you. 926 01:17:22,791 --> 01:17:26,000 Resell your load at a loss and go to Brittany. 927 01:17:26,958 --> 01:17:28,333 -Come with me. 928 01:17:30,833 --> 01:17:32,125 -I can't. 929 01:17:33,041 --> 01:17:35,458 I can't leave Paris. You know it well. 930 01:17:40,083 --> 01:17:42,500 -The count knows about his wife's condition? 931 01:17:43,291 --> 01:17:44,208 -Yes. 932 01:17:45,166 --> 01:17:47,166 He doesn't want her to travel. 933 01:17:47,333 --> 01:17:48,791 -You didn't tell him everything. 934 01:17:48,958 --> 01:17:51,583 It's worse than what Madame de La Fayette wrote to me. 935 01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:53,291 -She wrote to you? 936 01:17:53,875 --> 01:17:55,625 But what are we getting involved in? 937 01:17:56,083 --> 01:17:58,708 -We care about you and my sister. 938 01:17:59,416 --> 01:18:02,583 You're both dying. You must separate. 939 01:18:06,583 --> 01:18:08,166 -From you, my son, 940 01:18:08,333 --> 01:18:10,708 I didn't expect to such injustice. 941 01:18:10,875 --> 01:18:13,083 -She drags you into her madness! 942 01:18:13,416 --> 01:18:14,375 I will write to the count. 943 01:18:15,333 --> 01:18:16,708 -I forbid you! 944 01:18:17,250 --> 01:18:18,333 Do you hear me? 945 01:18:30,250 --> 01:18:32,416 Creaking of the gate 946 01:18:33,041 --> 01:18:35,375 Horses are approaching. 947 01:18:47,958 --> 01:18:49,708 Voices in the distance 948 01:18:51,791 --> 01:18:53,333 We open the door. 949 01:18:54,916 --> 01:18:56,125 Not approaching 950 01:18:56,291 --> 01:18:57,375 -Sir! 951 01:18:58,083 --> 01:19:01,541 -She wakes up now, but she is better. 952 01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:04,000 You are exhausted. 953 01:19:04,166 --> 01:19:07,791 Do you want to refresh yourself? What if I bring you something to eat? 954 01:19:08,625 --> 01:19:12,416 -Return to your apartments and leave me alone with my wife. 955 01:19:13,458 --> 01:19:16,166 I will ask you to no longer see my wife. 956 01:19:16,333 --> 01:19:18,291 For a while, at least. 957 01:19:21,291 --> 01:19:22,708 I'm sorry, ma'am. 958 01:19:34,666 --> 01:19:35,958 How are you ? 959 01:19:49,250 --> 01:19:51,625 Pouring rain 960 01:19:52,458 --> 01:19:54,666 Rumble of thunder 961 01:20:15,625 --> 01:20:18,541 Thunder 962 01:20:30,791 --> 01:20:32,791 -I'm coming to take news from my daughter. 963 01:20:32,958 --> 01:20:35,125 -My wife is better. THANKS. 964 01:20:39,083 --> 01:20:40,458 Stay there. 965 01:20:42,500 --> 01:20:44,291 -You are infamous. -Come back to your senses. 966 01:20:45,791 --> 01:20:46,875 -Francoise! 967 01:20:47,041 --> 01:20:49,041 Melancholic music 968 01:20:49,625 --> 01:20:50,750 -Get out! 969 01:21:07,208 --> 01:21:09,125 Ringing of a bell 970 01:21:26,708 --> 01:21:27,791 -Madam? 971 01:21:28,916 --> 01:21:30,333 I'm sorry. 972 01:21:30,500 --> 01:21:31,958 -Yes, yes, thank you. 973 01:21:33,541 --> 01:21:37,458 Carry the news of death from La Rochefoucauld to Madame de Grignan, 974 01:21:38,208 --> 01:21:39,958 as soon as we get back. 975 01:21:41,291 --> 01:21:43,291 I'm waiting for him in my chambers. 976 01:21:43,458 --> 01:21:46,125 She can come and introduce me his condolences. 977 01:22:30,833 --> 01:22:31,875 -Madam, 978 01:22:32,041 --> 01:22:34,750 the Count of Grignan would like to be received. 979 01:22:35,250 --> 01:22:36,500 -Bring him in. 980 01:22:43,708 --> 01:22:47,666 -My condolences on the death of the Duke. He was a great mind. 981 01:22:48,500 --> 01:22:52,000 -Thank you, Count. Do you know when my daughter is coming? 982 01:22:52,166 --> 01:22:53,708 -She won't come. 983 01:23:09,083 --> 01:23:10,875 -Can you read it to me? 984 01:23:18,250 --> 01:23:22,291 -Madam, I know you are very touched by the loss of an old friend. 985 01:23:22,458 --> 01:23:23,125 I don't want 986 01:23:23,291 --> 01:23:25,750 add to this sorrow the one of which I am the cause. 987 01:23:25,916 --> 01:23:27,458 Because we both know, 988 01:23:27,625 --> 01:23:32,333 I am the mess of your mind, of your health, of your home. 989 01:23:59,291 --> 01:24:04,041 -I am the mess of your mind, of your health, of your home. 990 01:24:06,041 --> 01:24:07,791 I thought my anger was coming 991 01:24:07,958 --> 01:24:11,291 because you excluded me of your life by marrying me. 992 01:24:11,458 --> 01:24:15,041 But most of all I'm angry that you have abandoned yourself, 993 01:24:15,208 --> 01:24:18,250 that you have renounced to remain who you were. 994 01:24:19,875 --> 01:24:22,666 Where is the Marquise de Sévigné who enchanted me? 995 01:24:23,708 --> 01:24:26,916 I would like you to become again this woman I admired 996 01:24:27,083 --> 01:24:29,750 and to which I wanted to look like so much. 997 01:24:31,750 --> 01:24:33,125 Madam, 998 01:24:33,958 --> 01:24:36,291 It's better for you if I leave. 999 01:24:36,458 --> 01:24:37,708 And for me, 1000 01:24:38,166 --> 01:24:41,666 it's better now that I learn to live without you. 1001 01:25:56,375 --> 01:26:00,666 -I need the author of the universe because of what is happening. 1002 01:26:01,750 --> 01:26:04,208 When it's his that I must take it, 1003 01:26:05,541 --> 01:26:07,750 I don't take it out on anyone anymore, 1004 01:26:08,625 --> 01:26:10,291 and I submit. 1005 01:26:11,666 --> 01:26:14,875 However, it is not without pain nor without sadness. 1006 01:26:16,875 --> 01:26:18,625 I'm going through you. 1007 01:26:19,125 --> 01:26:20,500 I'll unwind you. 1008 01:26:21,500 --> 01:26:23,083 I'll rewind you. 1009 01:26:24,416 --> 01:26:26,791 I pass through a thousand sad places, 1010 01:26:27,916 --> 01:26:30,541 others soft and sensitive. 1011 01:26:33,125 --> 01:26:35,541 I think of your beautiful youth, 1012 01:26:35,708 --> 01:26:37,208 to your health. 1013 01:26:38,833 --> 01:26:41,333 How she was mistreated. 1014 01:26:42,583 --> 01:26:44,875 How you abused it. 1015 01:26:45,416 --> 01:26:48,375 In what way your blood is irritated. 1016 01:26:51,916 --> 01:26:55,000 There must be a Madame de Sévigné who loves her daughter 1017 01:26:55,166 --> 01:26:57,333 more than all other mothers, 1018 01:26:57,500 --> 01:26:59,916 that it is often very far from it, 1019 01:27:00,083 --> 01:27:03,291 and that the most sensitive sufferings that she has in this life 1020 01:27:03,458 --> 01:27:06,583 be caused to him by this dear girl. 1021 01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:12,458 I'm not telling you the pain what will this distance cause me? 1022 01:27:13,625 --> 01:27:16,333 I will give the best orders that I could, 1023 01:27:16,500 --> 01:27:20,208 and I will clarify, as much as possible, 1024 01:27:20,375 --> 01:27:22,791 the between dog and wolf of our woods. 1025 01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:30,541 “Corpus Christi Carol” Jeff Buckley 1026 01:30:23,375 --> 01:30:25,958 Melancholic music 1027 01:32:48,541 --> 01:32:51,125 Subtitles: Julien Arquillière