1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,330 Put your cardigans on. 4 00:02:13,450 --> 00:02:15,660 The house is freezing. 5 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,830 You'll catch your death of cold. 6 00:02:19,950 --> 00:02:21,290 We're too thirsty! 7 00:02:21,410 --> 00:02:22,660 She's deaf. 8 00:02:22,790 --> 00:02:25,330 - Too thirsty. - Too thirsty, Aunty! 9 00:02:25,450 --> 00:02:27,500 Drink when you've cooled down. 10 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:28,700 Thérèse, tell her. 11 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:33,200 What'll your dad say if you catch cold? 12 00:02:33,330 --> 00:02:36,040 He won't want you spending vacations here. 13 00:02:40,330 --> 00:02:43,950 - Want me to read to you? - No, that's boring! 14 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:50,250 {\an8}L'Espérance, Summer 1922 15 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,120 Stop moving. 16 00:03:08,250 --> 00:03:10,620 - Why? - It's too hot. 17 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,450 - Coming back tomorrow? - Not every day. 18 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:19,500 - Why not? - We'd end up hating each other. 19 00:04:20,750 --> 00:04:22,950 And my brother's coming from Paris. 20 00:04:26,330 --> 00:04:27,620 Thérèse! 21 00:04:28,410 --> 00:04:29,620 Dinnertime! 22 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,830 I'm saying goodbye to Anne. 23 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:34,200 Know what everyone says? 24 00:04:34,330 --> 00:04:37,200 My brother'll marry you in a few years' time. 25 00:04:51,290 --> 00:04:55,160 April 1928 26 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,120 Careful of the ferns. 27 00:05:06,250 --> 00:05:08,500 It hasn't rained in ages. 28 00:05:12,410 --> 00:05:14,580 See the sheepfold over there? 29 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:17,080 - La Bienvenue? - That's it. 30 00:05:17,660 --> 00:05:19,540 Well, from there 31 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:21,250 to L'Espérance, 32 00:05:21,370 --> 00:05:23,290 there are 5,000 acres of pines. 33 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,910 1,300 from my stepfather and 3,700 from my mother. 34 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,790 And from La Bienvenue to Argelouse, there are mine. 35 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:34,290 Larroque pines. 36 00:05:34,870 --> 00:05:38,330 11,000 acres when we're married. 37 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,950 Mrs Bernard Desqueyroux. 38 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,620 Yes, 39 00:05:42,750 --> 00:05:44,040 soon. 40 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:57,370 I'm marrying you for your pines, too. 41 00:05:58,410 --> 00:06:00,040 I'm not ashamed of that. 42 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,370 Is that wrong? 43 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:02,830 Certainly not. 44 00:06:03,450 --> 00:06:06,370 My father says I have property in my blood. 45 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,700 You love my pines, too. 46 00:06:08,830 --> 00:06:09,950 Only natural. 47 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:14,500 So many ideas in your head... 48 00:06:15,950 --> 00:06:17,540 Wrong ideas? 49 00:06:17,660 --> 00:06:19,160 Like everybody, 50 00:06:19,290 --> 00:06:21,000 a few wrong ideas. 51 00:06:22,370 --> 00:06:24,290 It's up to you to destroy them. 52 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,160 I feel I belong here, 53 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:44,540 huddled up against you. 54 00:06:45,450 --> 00:06:46,910 I can't wait. 55 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,660 The Azevedo clan. 56 00:07:05,790 --> 00:07:07,620 He's a good singer. 57 00:07:08,870 --> 00:07:11,370 - The boy has TB. - Tuberculosis? 58 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:14,620 Yes, his sister died of it. It runs in the family. 59 00:07:18,620 --> 00:07:21,160 Azevedo is a Portuguese name? 60 00:07:21,830 --> 00:07:23,250 Maybe. 61 00:07:24,830 --> 00:07:27,950 They say they're not Jewish, but they look it. 62 00:07:33,950 --> 00:07:36,580 I hope you're not going too far with Thérèse. 63 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:38,000 "Too far"? 64 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,200 Don't play games with her. 65 00:07:40,330 --> 00:07:42,830 I'm marrying her, not playing games! 66 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:45,790 - Can I eat something? - At this time? 67 00:07:45,910 --> 00:07:48,370 What time is it? I'm hungry. 68 00:07:48,910 --> 00:07:51,330 I'll ask Balionte to make an omelet. 69 00:07:57,700 --> 00:08:01,660 I agree she's upright and has a sense of family, 70 00:08:01,790 --> 00:08:04,620 but she thinks too much. 71 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,450 And she smokes like a chimney. 72 00:08:09,410 --> 00:08:10,830 The father's stubborn, like all radicals. 73 00:08:13,370 --> 00:08:15,370 His ideas are so wrong. 74 00:08:16,290 --> 00:08:18,290 Her mother was religious, but Thérèse was 75 00:08:18,410 --> 00:08:20,620 so young when she died. 76 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:22,290 Thérèse is like her father: 77 00:08:22,410 --> 00:08:23,660 too strong-minded. 78 00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:25,330 But he has influence. 79 00:08:25,450 --> 00:08:27,290 He has a future in politics. 80 00:08:28,750 --> 00:08:30,000 But I can't 81 00:08:30,450 --> 00:08:33,790 get used to your future wife being richer than us. 82 00:08:33,910 --> 00:08:36,660 - If your husband spent less... - Don't! 83 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,410 You'll spoil your appetite. 84 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:41,080 Me? Never! 85 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,540 Let's go? 86 00:08:43,660 --> 00:08:44,790 Let's go. 87 00:08:45,540 --> 00:08:47,580 - See you for dinner? 88 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:48,910 - No, your husband annoys me. 89 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,250 C'mon, dogs. 90 00:08:51,370 --> 00:08:53,870 Hello, Miss Anne. What a fine outfit. 91 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:57,950 Hello, future son-in-law. I like the sound of that. 92 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,870 Hello, future father-in-law. 93 00:09:00,450 --> 00:09:02,330 Where are you going? 94 00:09:02,870 --> 00:09:03,950 We have guns. 95 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:05,660 Where do you think? 96 00:09:18,540 --> 00:09:19,790 Fetch. 97 00:09:29,540 --> 00:09:30,620 Give. 98 00:09:33,410 --> 00:09:35,080 Very handsome. 99 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,950 - Let's give it to Thérèse. - Yes, you go. 100 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,500 Don't you want to see your fiancée? 101 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:42,200 I see her everyday. 102 00:09:42,870 --> 00:09:46,000 I'll stay here. The woodpigeons arrive tomorrow. 103 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:49,500 - The first ones? - Yes. 104 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,450 Is it satin? 105 00:09:57,580 --> 00:09:59,200 Silk satin. 106 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:03,040 - You'll look fashionable. - I know. 107 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,200 I'm not sure about satin. A wedding's about tradition. 108 00:10:07,330 --> 00:10:10,250 Muslin may suffice... A storm's coming! 109 00:10:10,370 --> 00:10:13,120 You'll sleep here and don't argue. 110 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,790 What's that? 111 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:20,000 Anne's sleeping here, Aunty. 112 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,830 Poor thing. That's nothing, it's just the storm. 113 00:10:32,950 --> 00:10:34,620 Aren't you scared? 114 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,830 What of? 115 00:10:38,540 --> 00:10:41,410 Next month, when you're married to Bernard... 116 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,830 Sleeping with your brother every night? 117 00:10:46,330 --> 00:10:47,370 Yes. 118 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,910 - Doesn't that scare you? - No. 119 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,500 I never think about that. 120 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:55,290 - Liar! - I don't. 121 00:10:55,950 --> 00:10:57,830 I promise you, I never do. 122 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,910 Some say it's very pleasant. Others say... 123 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,410 Yes, opinions differ. 124 00:11:08,750 --> 00:11:10,910 I don't think I'd like it. 125 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:12,750 How do you know? 126 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,120 Did you try? 127 00:11:20,790 --> 00:11:23,790 At the convent, some girls do it to themselves. 128 00:11:23,910 --> 00:11:26,410 Well, so what? 129 00:11:27,290 --> 00:11:30,200 - It's a sin. - Maybe it's a pleasant sin. 130 00:11:32,450 --> 00:11:34,160 - Didn't you ask them? - No. 131 00:11:36,950 --> 00:11:38,120 Don't make fun of me. 132 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:43,870 My head's too full of ideas. 133 00:11:47,660 --> 00:11:49,660 That's what scares me. 134 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,790 Not sleeping with Bernard. 135 00:11:54,660 --> 00:11:58,080 When I'm married, my ideas will go back in order. 136 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,330 I don't know what order, but in order. 137 00:12:05,870 --> 00:12:08,000 Marriage will save me, Annette. 138 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,540 It'll save me from all the disorder in my head. 139 00:12:14,410 --> 00:12:16,660 I want to be at peace. 140 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:21,660 I choose peace. 141 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:24,540 Peace isn't interesting. 142 00:12:25,790 --> 00:12:28,580 In novels, love isn't synonymous with peace. 143 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:31,450 They talk about ecstasy, 144 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:32,660 rapture... 145 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,910 amorous transports... 146 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:42,830 You're my little sister. 147 00:12:44,950 --> 00:12:46,750 My little girlfriend. 148 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:17,910 You said she was pretty. 149 00:14:48,410 --> 00:14:49,790 Hello, Thérèse. 150 00:15:20,540 --> 00:15:21,700 Bernard... 151 00:15:26,750 --> 00:15:32,620 May 1928 152 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:49,450 My darling little Anne, 153 00:15:49,580 --> 00:15:53,080 We're staying in this chic Black Forest hotel 154 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,870 where your parents spent their honeymoon. 155 00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,620 Maybe that's when you were conceived. 156 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:04,700 The staff call me Madame, 157 00:16:04,830 --> 00:16:07,450 but they can't pronounce Desqueyroux. 158 00:16:08,330 --> 00:16:10,160 You should see it in the sun. 159 00:16:10,290 --> 00:16:12,080 We lose money at the casino 160 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,790 and we eat cabbage and sausage and drink mineral water. 161 00:16:18,660 --> 00:16:19,750 Go on! 162 00:16:22,950 --> 00:16:25,160 Good dog! Bring it back. 163 00:16:25,290 --> 00:16:26,500 Come here. 164 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,700 You know I don't like to write. 165 00:16:38,410 --> 00:16:41,200 But I promised I would. I'm forcing myself 166 00:16:41,330 --> 00:16:43,080 out of love for you. 167 00:16:44,290 --> 00:16:46,500 I miss you, my serious girl, 168 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:48,750 as I've met someone extraordinary 169 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,370 and you can't see how happy I am. 170 00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:57,040 Remember the boat the Azevedos bought for their son ? 171 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,250 Hello. 172 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:00,330 Hello. 173 00:17:03,410 --> 00:17:04,370 I'm Jean Azevedo 174 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:06,120 from Valméja. 175 00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:07,410 I know you. 176 00:17:07,540 --> 00:17:08,620 Will you help me? 177 00:17:10,830 --> 00:17:12,040 Thérèse. 178 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,450 My God... 179 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:22,580 It's pounding. 180 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,700 Just as well. What is it? 181 00:17:24,830 --> 00:17:26,450 I don't know. 182 00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:28,040 I feel dizzy. 183 00:17:29,580 --> 00:17:30,620 I nearly fainted. 184 00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:35,330 It's scary. 185 00:17:35,830 --> 00:17:37,040 Could be the food. 186 00:17:40,290 --> 00:17:42,200 Reading that letter again? 187 00:17:47,410 --> 00:17:48,870 There we are. 188 00:17:49,540 --> 00:17:50,660 It's happened to me, too. 189 00:17:52,370 --> 00:17:54,000 I also have a man in my life. 190 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,040 You know this joy with your husband, too. 191 00:18:05,450 --> 00:18:07,870 "Mr Bernard Desqueyroux. Personal." 192 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,330 It must be from your mother. 193 00:18:10,450 --> 00:18:13,200 A mother and son's secrets can't vex you. 194 00:18:13,330 --> 00:18:16,410 This is more interesting. 3 letters from Anne. 195 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,080 The girl who hates to write! 196 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,290 Here's your "personal" letter. 197 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,580 Anne's done it this time. 198 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,700 Mother says she's smitten with Azevedo. 199 00:18:41,450 --> 00:18:42,830 It seems serious. 200 00:18:42,950 --> 00:18:45,910 She says she'll marry him when she comes of age. 201 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,950 Listen to this. 202 00:18:49,410 --> 00:18:50,870 "She's gone crazy. 203 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,660 I hope the Deguilhems don't hear of it. Their son might break it off." 204 00:18:55,790 --> 00:18:56,830 Just think. 205 00:18:57,410 --> 00:18:59,540 - Open those letters. - No. 206 00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:01,830 Don't make things more difficult. 207 00:19:02,620 --> 00:19:04,160 What're you waiting for? 208 00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:05,580 For you to go. 209 00:19:08,540 --> 00:19:10,500 Listen to what Mother wrote. 210 00:19:10,620 --> 00:19:13,410 "I'm counting on Thérèse. We all are. 211 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:18,580 She has so much influence over her. Only she can reason with her." 212 00:19:19,870 --> 00:19:22,450 See, you're our salvation, my dear. 213 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:24,370 Don't laugh. 214 00:19:25,830 --> 00:19:27,450 It's a disaster... 215 00:19:28,830 --> 00:19:31,080 if Anne doesn't marry Deguilhem. 216 00:19:32,830 --> 00:19:35,250 The Azevedos are much richer. 217 00:19:35,830 --> 00:19:38,790 - They make St Emilion. - They're Jewish. 218 00:19:38,910 --> 00:19:40,580 An old Bordeaux family. 219 00:19:41,450 --> 00:19:44,040 You argue... 220 00:19:44,790 --> 00:19:47,450 for the sake of it. I'll get used to it. 221 00:19:49,450 --> 00:19:50,500 Anne with an Azevedo... 222 00:19:51,870 --> 00:19:53,870 Riddled with TB! 223 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:56,950 What did your father and grandpa die of? 224 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,660 And what did Mother die of? 225 00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:03,330 TB and syphilis plagued our families, too. 226 00:20:03,450 --> 00:20:05,790 You're going too far. 227 00:20:05,910 --> 00:20:09,120 Even if you're just trying to annoy me. 228 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,250 Another cigarette? 229 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:17,370 Our families are very good at sweeping our dirt under the rug. 230 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,950 Without the servants, we'd never know a thing. 231 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,950 I won't respond to you. 232 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,160 It's best to ride it out. 233 00:20:27,910 --> 00:20:30,540 I know it amuses you, 234 00:20:30,950 --> 00:20:34,870 but I warn you, jokes like that won't wash at home. 235 00:20:40,410 --> 00:20:41,700 Thérèse. 236 00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:44,910 I think we'll go home if that's alright. 237 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:47,830 Let's go whenever you like. 238 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:54,250 My parents are keeping me locked up. 239 00:20:54,910 --> 00:20:57,080 I'll wait for as long as it takes. 240 00:20:57,910 --> 00:20:59,450 I'm not afraid. 241 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,870 Nothing can keep Jean and me apart. 242 00:21:03,620 --> 00:21:04,790 Mr Hermann, 243 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:05,950 I need 2 tickets to Bordeaux. 244 00:21:07,580 --> 00:21:09,250 Yes, sir. 245 00:21:17,330 --> 00:21:20,040 I discovered L'Espérance thanks to you. 246 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,870 You chose the place of my joy 247 00:21:28,540 --> 00:21:30,790 where I feel such happiness. 248 00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:41,330 I can't see Jean anymore. 249 00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:43,080 They keep me prisoner. 250 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,870 They think you'll side 251 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,870 with them and I'll heed you. I know you're on my side. 252 00:21:50,750 --> 00:21:53,750 Hurry back, Thérèse. I'll explain everything. 253 00:21:54,790 --> 00:21:58,620 I'm happy yet I suffer. I'm happy to suffer because of Jean. 254 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,000 He writes he's in pain, too. 255 00:22:03,580 --> 00:22:06,950 Write back soon to say what you think of Jean. 256 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,120 Do you too think he is the most wonderful person in the world? 257 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,750 I'm lucky 258 00:22:57,580 --> 00:22:59,750 to have a wife like you. 259 00:23:02,450 --> 00:23:05,450 This business with Anne is very alarming, 260 00:23:05,580 --> 00:23:07,580 but I must say I'm proud. 261 00:23:08,370 --> 00:23:09,950 Very proud... 262 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,910 that my family is turning to my wife for help. 263 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:20,620 Now then... 264 00:23:24,750 --> 00:23:25,910 There's Rhine wine. 265 00:23:26,580 --> 00:23:28,500 I've never drunk any. 266 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:30,620 Well, it's not cheap. 267 00:23:38,330 --> 00:23:39,580 If you ask me... 268 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,250 it's overrated. 269 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,410 Can't beat Bordeaux. 270 00:23:44,540 --> 00:23:46,620 A friend used to say: "Not bad, 271 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:48,200 but I prefer wine!" 272 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,700 - Are you there? - Of course I am. 273 00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:57,500 You don't look it. 274 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,330 Penny for your thoughts. 275 00:24:01,450 --> 00:24:03,200 I think that... 276 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,700 I know this happiness, too, with my husband. 277 00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:10,330 That's right. We're good together. 278 00:24:12,450 --> 00:24:14,790 I can't wait to get back to our nest. 279 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,040 Not eating that? 280 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:22,750 No. 281 00:24:22,870 --> 00:24:25,410 What's wrong, my love? Is it the heat? 282 00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:30,290 Feeling sick? 283 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:32,870 Already? 284 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,580 No, I'm not pregnant, Bernard. 285 00:24:36,580 --> 00:24:37,870 I'm thinking about 286 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,160 Anne's affair... 287 00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:43,080 and the family. 288 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,950 The family, above all else. 289 00:25:07,250 --> 00:25:10,330 If Jean Azevedo asked me to go with him, I would. 290 00:25:12,790 --> 00:25:16,040 We stop at the edge of the ultimate caress, 291 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,000 through his willpower, not my resistance. 292 00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:22,500 He resists; I want to go further. 293 00:25:23,580 --> 00:25:26,580 He's proud of braking on the slopes 294 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:29,160 down which others slide irresistibly. 295 00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:23,750 July 1928 296 00:26:26,660 --> 00:26:29,410 No, I have no mail for you, Miss Anne. 297 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,830 Thank you, my good man. 298 00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:57,080 2 letters from Mr Azevedo! 299 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,330 Again! 300 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:01,580 The postman gave them to me quite willingly. 301 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:02,750 It's unwise. 302 00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:05,120 He might talk. 303 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:07,580 Not with what we have on him. 304 00:27:22,870 --> 00:27:25,080 - Some wine, Mother? - No, thanks. 305 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,290 Serve Mr Larroque. 306 00:27:27,410 --> 00:27:30,290 - Some soup? - No, thank you. Never soup. 307 00:27:33,370 --> 00:27:35,200 Some soup, Miss Anne? 308 00:27:48,290 --> 00:27:49,790 Excuse me. 309 00:27:49,910 --> 00:27:51,700 Tell me, my dear fellow, 310 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,830 your miraculous Mr Briand, 311 00:27:53,950 --> 00:27:55,330 will he ever start 312 00:27:55,450 --> 00:27:57,580 governing France intelligently? 313 00:27:57,700 --> 00:27:58,910 What's the problem? 314 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,120 He will bring peace with Germany. 315 00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:03,500 Change the subject. 316 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:07,500 The pines you helped us buy. 317 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,910 If we carry on like that, our families 318 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,080 will own a sixth of the county. 319 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,330 Bravo, Larroque. 320 00:28:14,450 --> 00:28:15,540 We don't share the same views, 321 00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:17,700 but our properties 322 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:19,500 go well together. 323 00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:21,660 Life isn't worth living if one doesn't own land. 324 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,370 I raise my glass 325 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:26,750 to democracy. 326 00:28:26,870 --> 00:28:28,410 We're among family, Papa. 327 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:31,950 I think I prefer it when we argue. 328 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,450 No, thank you. 329 00:28:37,580 --> 00:28:39,830 Force yourself, Anne, please. 330 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:41,750 Go on. 331 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,290 Where are you going? 332 00:29:01,450 --> 00:29:02,700 Where are you going? 333 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,080 Leave her to it. 334 00:29:41,950 --> 00:29:44,540 Agree to go to Biarritz with your parents 335 00:29:44,660 --> 00:29:46,500 just for their peace of mind. 336 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000 While you're away, I'll talk to Jean Azevedo. 337 00:29:51,910 --> 00:29:54,370 I'll explain the situation to him. 338 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,660 That you're a prisoner, 339 00:29:57,370 --> 00:30:00,620 that you love him, that you must both be patient. 340 00:30:00,750 --> 00:30:01,870 I can't leave him. 341 00:30:02,660 --> 00:30:05,580 What difference does it make? You can't see him. 342 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:07,580 But I know he's there. 343 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:09,620 Valméja's not far. 344 00:30:10,790 --> 00:30:13,000 You haven't even had any letters. 345 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,200 It's bizarre he hasn't written, isn't it? 346 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:19,750 Yes, I don't understand it. 347 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,540 He's leaving soon, too. 348 00:30:22,910 --> 00:30:25,330 He'll resume his studies in Paris. 349 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,620 Why's this Jean Azevedo so different 350 00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:31,200 from other men? 351 00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:32,830 You can't imagine. 352 00:30:32,950 --> 00:30:35,450 I can't explain. It's... 353 00:30:35,580 --> 00:30:37,040 hard to put into words. 354 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,700 Nothing would escape me of the man I loved. 355 00:30:45,290 --> 00:30:46,950 If I go, will you see him? 356 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:49,790 I told you I would. 357 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,580 And give him my letters? 358 00:30:52,330 --> 00:30:54,080 Will you tell me his words? 359 00:30:55,330 --> 00:30:56,750 Yes, I will. 360 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,330 Do you promise? 361 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,830 You love me at least. 362 00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:13,250 Did I just feel something? 363 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,330 Yes. 364 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:20,700 It's been moving for a few days. 365 00:31:37,410 --> 00:31:40,830 Thérèse will talk to this boy and make him drop it. 366 00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:45,160 Goodbye, son. 367 00:31:45,290 --> 00:31:46,370 Goodbye. 368 00:31:47,370 --> 00:31:48,950 You count on me, darling. 369 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:51,120 It'll all be fine. 370 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,160 Bon voyage. You're being sensible. That's good. 371 00:33:19,290 --> 00:33:21,370 Who are you talking to? 372 00:33:48,950 --> 00:33:53,200 October 1928 373 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,660 I can't feel my feet. 374 00:34:20,790 --> 00:34:22,330 You're only 4 months gone. 375 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,410 Women suffer for men's pleasure. 376 00:34:26,870 --> 00:34:29,870 You'll be tired out. Exhausted. 377 00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:31,830 What would you know, 378 00:34:31,950 --> 00:34:33,830 "Miss" Clara? 379 00:34:36,330 --> 00:34:37,410 There it is. 380 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,830 I looked all over for it. 381 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:45,250 You must walk. 382 00:34:45,370 --> 00:34:47,700 A pregnant woman has to. Did she eat? 383 00:34:48,450 --> 00:34:51,000 Yes, "she" ate. 384 00:34:52,290 --> 00:34:53,330 Put your slippers on. 385 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,040 How do you feel? 386 00:34:57,830 --> 00:34:59,080 Alright. 387 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:02,000 Good. 388 00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:05,700 Do you want me to stay a while? 389 00:35:08,580 --> 00:35:10,620 Hey, you dogs! 390 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:12,830 Calm down! 391 00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:16,120 They can't keep still. 392 00:35:16,250 --> 00:35:19,450 Nor can you, Bernard. Go and hunt. 393 00:35:19,580 --> 00:35:21,500 Woodpigeons don't wait. 394 00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:29,500 C'mon, dogs! 395 00:35:38,830 --> 00:35:40,410 Look at these beauties. 396 00:35:41,620 --> 00:35:42,660 We netted them. 397 00:35:43,370 --> 00:35:45,160 A half-dozen. 398 00:35:45,290 --> 00:35:46,540 Nice n' plump. 399 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:49,120 - I didn't forget this time. - Thanks. 400 00:35:49,540 --> 00:35:52,410 - Get them off there. - You'll be glad to eat 'em. 401 00:35:54,250 --> 00:35:58,750 "October 30, St Wilfrid's Day." Who's that? We're not German. 402 00:35:58,870 --> 00:36:00,080 October 30, Thérèse. 403 00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:03,290 - So? - It's the end of the month. 404 00:36:03,410 --> 00:36:06,700 Mother's still expecting news from you. 405 00:36:06,830 --> 00:36:08,450 It's dragged on too long. 406 00:36:09,580 --> 00:36:12,660 You must talk to him before he returns to Paris. 407 00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:14,660 "He"? You mean Jean Azevedo? 408 00:36:15,250 --> 00:36:16,750 Yes, that boy. 409 00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:19,910 Then, use his name, Jean Azevedo. 410 00:36:43,950 --> 00:36:45,000 It's pounding. 411 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,500 Is that normal? 412 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,250 I don't know. You know what you're feeling. 413 00:36:52,790 --> 00:36:55,830 Just 'cause your father died of angina... 414 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,160 Oh, don't make such a face. 415 00:37:00,290 --> 00:37:02,700 It's impossible at your age. 416 00:37:02,830 --> 00:37:05,790 You're funny. Are you afraid of dying? 417 00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:07,370 Of course I am. 418 00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:08,660 Oh... 419 00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:12,790 Want some valerian? 420 00:37:12,910 --> 00:37:14,290 Yes, please. 421 00:37:16,830 --> 00:37:18,830 - Thanks. - My pleasure. 422 00:37:28,950 --> 00:37:31,450 Why not go to Bordeaux to see Berthier? 423 00:37:34,660 --> 00:37:36,500 You think it's serious? 424 00:37:36,620 --> 00:37:38,750 You should go to Bordeaux. 425 00:38:29,410 --> 00:38:30,660 Oh, sorry. 426 00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:33,660 That's alright. Come in. 427 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,700 Please sit down. 428 00:38:37,830 --> 00:38:39,540 I'd rather stand. 429 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,620 You're Jean Azevedo. 430 00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:45,120 You're Mrs Desqueyroux. 431 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:47,660 Thérèse, Anne's sister-in-law. 432 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,290 Pleased to meet you. 433 00:38:49,580 --> 00:38:51,750 Anne told me so much about you. 434 00:38:54,910 --> 00:38:57,040 You think I'll marry her? 435 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,580 She's mad about you. 436 00:38:58,750 --> 00:39:02,750 Anne is a delicious girl. I'll have sweet memories of her. 437 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,700 But we never mentioned marriage. 438 00:39:05,830 --> 00:39:08,450 It's not forbidden to have fun. 439 00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:09,620 I live with her. 440 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:12,330 She confides in me. 441 00:39:13,750 --> 00:39:16,910 For her, it was far more than a bit of fun. 442 00:39:17,450 --> 00:39:18,500 I'll speak frankly. 443 00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:21,120 Anne said you're not easily shocked. 444 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,790 I don't know yet. 445 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:28,290 You're not like people here. She told me. 446 00:39:29,540 --> 00:39:33,290 One can talk to you... talk about important things. 447 00:39:37,580 --> 00:39:42,290 With me, Anne no doubt experienced the only moments of passion in her life. 448 00:39:42,410 --> 00:39:43,950 How do you know? 449 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,000 I just do. So do you. 450 00:39:48,370 --> 00:39:50,500 You know what I'm talking about. 451 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,660 The life which awaits her 452 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:55,200 and every woman here. 453 00:39:57,370 --> 00:39:59,910 A small-town existence. 454 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:03,580 Perfectly dismal, perfectly neat. 455 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:05,950 Perfectly conventional and settled. 456 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,910 We're too young to settle down. 457 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,700 There are hunters out. 458 00:40:10,830 --> 00:40:11,950 They won't find us. 459 00:40:13,540 --> 00:40:15,660 - Why not? - Because I have to go. 460 00:40:19,410 --> 00:40:22,370 Have you read Gide's "Fruits of the Earth"? 461 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,870 "Let every emotion become an intoxication to you. 462 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,790 If what you eat fails to intoxicate, you're not hungry enough." 463 00:40:31,910 --> 00:40:34,830 "A pathetic existence rather than tranquillity." 464 00:40:35,410 --> 00:40:37,160 Of course you read it. 465 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:39,750 Desire... 466 00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:41,160 Pleasure... 467 00:40:42,580 --> 00:40:45,750 Gide portrays it so well. He searches for God, too. 468 00:40:46,250 --> 00:40:47,620 Faith is a convenience. 469 00:40:48,450 --> 00:40:49,700 No! 470 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,330 It's much more complicated. 471 00:40:53,790 --> 00:40:55,790 Purity is beautiful, too. 472 00:40:56,450 --> 00:40:58,870 I don't remember having been pure. 473 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,080 I shocked you at last! 474 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:06,500 - No... - Admit it. 475 00:41:06,620 --> 00:41:09,620 No, surprised. I'm not used to it at home. 476 00:41:09,750 --> 00:41:11,620 We never discuss our feelings. 477 00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:13,580 What do you discuss, then? 478 00:41:14,540 --> 00:41:16,370 The weather, hunting, 479 00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:20,330 the latest gossip. Or we avoid the issue. 480 00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:22,790 We're good at avoiding the issue. 481 00:41:22,910 --> 00:41:24,290 How do you bear it? 482 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:27,700 A woman like you? 483 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:38,080 Well, then... 484 00:41:39,870 --> 00:41:41,580 Goodbye, Mrs Desqueyroux. 485 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,160 What about Anne? 486 00:41:44,290 --> 00:41:46,290 We haven't discussed Anne. 487 00:41:50,830 --> 00:41:52,000 Write to her. 488 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:55,750 A break-up letter. 489 00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:57,750 A gentle one, 490 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,910 but break up with her. 491 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:09,830 Nothing wrong with me. 492 00:42:09,950 --> 00:42:11,450 Nothing whatsoever. 493 00:42:11,580 --> 00:42:13,660 - You're hurting me. - Sorry. 494 00:42:14,580 --> 00:42:16,160 Just a bit anemic. 495 00:42:16,290 --> 00:42:19,950 Just think, anemia, me! That's a good 'un. 496 00:42:20,410 --> 00:42:23,200 Berthier wants to treat me with arsenic. 497 00:42:23,330 --> 00:42:25,950 I'll send Balion to the pharmacy. 498 00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:27,700 Appetite's the main thing. 499 00:42:27,830 --> 00:42:29,750 I just saw Jean Azevedo. 500 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:32,620 A letter's perfect. 501 00:42:34,370 --> 00:42:36,290 He didn't make a fuss? 502 00:42:36,410 --> 00:42:39,870 No, he doesn't want to marry her. 503 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,830 And you believed him? 504 00:42:50,790 --> 00:42:52,870 You're very naive, my dear. 505 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,290 An Azevedo won't marry a La Trave! 506 00:42:56,580 --> 00:42:59,200 It's just that he realizes it won't happen. 507 00:42:59,910 --> 00:43:02,540 They're smart: they don't risk losing. 508 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:08,250 Your soup's delicious! 509 00:43:08,370 --> 00:43:10,580 There's no point shouting. 510 00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:13,750 Look at her and articulate. 511 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,080 Your soup's delicious. 512 00:43:20,700 --> 00:43:22,290 I'll make it again, then. 513 00:43:24,620 --> 00:43:26,410 So, what's he like? 514 00:43:26,870 --> 00:43:27,910 Who? 515 00:43:28,290 --> 00:43:30,790 This Azevedo who won't marry my sister. 516 00:43:30,910 --> 00:43:32,370 What does he look like? 517 00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:34,080 He's a young man. 518 00:43:36,830 --> 00:43:39,580 Eat up. You have to eat for two now. 519 00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:41,080 You're doing that! 520 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,120 That's true. My appetite's come back. 521 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,660 Seeing Berthier made me feel better. Incredible, eh? 522 00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:50,870 Incredible... 523 00:43:54,950 --> 00:43:58,540 "Soon, Anne, I'll just be a very pleasant memory 524 00:43:58,660 --> 00:44:00,830 which will make you smile, I hope. 525 00:44:00,950 --> 00:44:02,500 Each of us must now 526 00:44:02,620 --> 00:44:06,000 take our place in the world. 527 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:07,160 Yours..." 528 00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:11,830 That's very cold. 529 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:14,910 "Jean." 530 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,910 I'll just sign "Jean". That's better. 531 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,910 I'll make a clean copy later. 532 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,370 It'll go first thing tomorrow. 533 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:28,830 What do you think of it? 534 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:32,830 I think it's... 535 00:44:33,750 --> 00:44:34,910 terrible. 536 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:37,120 If I were Anne... 537 00:44:37,250 --> 00:44:39,250 But you're not Anne. 538 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:42,620 She's a simple soul. 539 00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:45,410 She'll soon be mastered. 540 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,950 And gladly so, I assure you. 541 00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,450 1, 2, 3, 542 00:44:58,580 --> 00:45:01,500 4... And one for luck. 543 00:45:07,580 --> 00:45:08,620 It's good for my health. 544 00:45:37,410 --> 00:45:41,040 I'm going to Paris tonight. I'll miss you, Thérèse. 545 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,290 I'll miss our conversations and walks. 546 00:45:45,370 --> 00:45:49,750 See you in a year's time. I'm sure you'll have freed yourself by then. 547 00:45:52,950 --> 00:45:55,160 You left due to the silence. 548 00:45:56,660 --> 00:46:00,000 The silence of Argelouse which doesn't suit Parisians. 549 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:04,830 Now that you've gone, I enter an indefinite tunnel. 550 00:46:05,870 --> 00:46:08,160 A land without roads or paths. 551 00:46:10,330 --> 00:46:12,700 You didn't answer my last letter. 552 00:46:12,830 --> 00:46:17,000 No doubt because a provincial woman isn't worth bothering with 553 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:20,120 and a pregnant woman isn't a pleasant memory. 554 00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:23,790 What're you doing? 555 00:46:26,620 --> 00:46:27,700 Writing? 556 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:29,410 I'm coming. 557 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:33,160 You go to bed too late. 558 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:35,660 I can't sleep, anyway. 559 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:37,500 It's the baby... 560 00:46:39,370 --> 00:46:40,580 It must be. 561 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:44,750 See you upstairs. 562 00:46:45,830 --> 00:46:47,000 Goodnight, Bernard. 563 00:46:52,410 --> 00:46:55,830 Perhaps, with the distance, you consider me dull. 564 00:46:55,950 --> 00:47:00,450 An idiot who is held back by false complications and attitudes. 565 00:47:02,870 --> 00:47:06,790 I ordered the books you liked. I didn't understand them. 566 00:47:06,910 --> 00:47:08,910 You see? An idiot! 567 00:47:22,950 --> 00:47:24,450 Where's Jean? 568 00:47:24,580 --> 00:47:26,660 You came on foot from St Clair? 569 00:47:26,790 --> 00:47:28,620 There's no-one at Valméja. 570 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,040 He's gone. 571 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:31,950 I don't believe you. 572 00:47:32,580 --> 00:47:36,620 That letter - they couldn't be his words. I know his words. 573 00:47:36,950 --> 00:47:38,950 - You dictated it. - I didn't. 574 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,160 You betrayed me to save me! 575 00:47:41,290 --> 00:47:43,870 You soon adopted the family feeling! 576 00:47:45,290 --> 00:47:46,870 Worse than my mother! 577 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,830 She never claimed to be emancipated 578 00:47:49,950 --> 00:47:51,500 or a free spirit! 579 00:47:51,950 --> 00:47:53,040 You disgust me! 580 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,410 - Where are you going? - Valméja! 581 00:47:56,290 --> 00:47:57,370 To wait for him! 582 00:47:57,500 --> 00:47:59,910 He went to Paris 4 days ago. 583 00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:01,000 Lies! 584 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:02,500 Wait for me! 585 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:04,620 Stop that! 586 00:48:06,830 --> 00:48:09,250 Down! I said, down! 587 00:48:12,580 --> 00:48:13,870 Leave me alone! 588 00:48:14,660 --> 00:48:15,700 Don't touch me! 589 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:20,370 I'm going to Paris. It's not that big. I'll find him. 590 00:48:20,910 --> 00:48:22,830 What're you doing here? 591 00:48:22,950 --> 00:48:24,950 That's enough! Leave her! 592 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,910 - I'll stop her running away! - She's hurt. 593 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:30,370 Go to bed! I know what I have to do. 594 00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:33,000 Know what we do to stray dogs? 595 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:37,660 We lock 'em up for days. They scratch at the door till they learn! 596 00:48:37,790 --> 00:48:40,450 You don't scare me or anyone! 597 00:48:41,370 --> 00:48:42,830 Quiet! 598 00:48:43,910 --> 00:48:46,410 Look at your husband's family feeling! 599 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:48,700 Quiet! Get in! 600 00:48:48,830 --> 00:48:50,080 Upstairs! 601 00:48:53,330 --> 00:48:54,370 Go upstairs. 602 00:49:29,370 --> 00:49:31,120 Not going for a walk? 603 00:49:31,580 --> 00:49:32,700 Yes. 604 00:49:32,830 --> 00:49:34,790 It's good for the baby. 605 00:49:35,410 --> 00:49:37,620 I do the walking, not the baby. 606 00:49:40,830 --> 00:49:42,000 Shall I come? 607 00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:44,450 No need... thanks. 608 00:49:46,950 --> 00:49:48,660 Bernard worships me like a sacred vessel. 609 00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:54,290 Only the fruit of my entrails counts. 610 00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:00,700 I feel like I'm ceasing to exist as an individual. 611 00:50:04,950 --> 00:50:07,950 1, 2, 3, 4. 612 00:50:18,660 --> 00:50:22,580 December 1928 613 00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:38,000 It was deemed preferable, for my safety and above all, my baby's, 614 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,870 that I give birth at St Clair at my in-laws, 615 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,370 watched over by the holy family. 616 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,200 We went over to the Chesnechals' land. 617 00:51:20,330 --> 00:51:24,330 We were with Balion. We see 2 or 3 partridges. 618 00:51:25,250 --> 00:51:26,330 Got 'em! 619 00:51:26,450 --> 00:51:27,660 Just like that. 620 00:51:27,790 --> 00:51:31,250 Then, what do we see behind us? A wild boar. 621 00:51:31,370 --> 00:51:33,830 We let it go. We could have had it. 622 00:51:33,950 --> 00:51:37,500 Then, we went for the pheasants. Show him. 623 00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,370 She must have wind. Bernard did. 624 00:51:54,870 --> 00:51:57,290 At the start, he cried all the time. 625 00:51:57,410 --> 00:52:01,830 She didn't want my milk today or yesterday. I'll switch to a bottle. 626 00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:06,500 Play, Anne. You're so slow. 627 00:52:13,870 --> 00:52:15,120 She needs changing. 628 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,290 Balionte! 629 00:52:19,700 --> 00:52:21,450 Want me to take her? 630 00:52:21,580 --> 00:52:22,950 If you like. 631 00:52:26,250 --> 00:52:27,370 Now then... 632 00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:28,870 Balionte! 633 00:52:33,620 --> 00:52:36,410 - She's happier with you. - She prefers me. 634 00:52:37,450 --> 00:52:39,370 It's rather awkward. 635 00:52:40,290 --> 00:52:41,750 She's so pretty. 636 00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:50,290 August 1929 637 00:54:09,500 --> 00:54:11,330 1,200 acres yesterday. 638 00:54:11,450 --> 00:54:12,910 Can you imagine it? 639 00:54:14,290 --> 00:54:16,950 The Balisac pines almost burned, too. 640 00:54:24,870 --> 00:54:27,660 1, 2, 3, 4. 641 00:54:27,790 --> 00:54:30,000 Not out loud. It's annoying. 642 00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:32,250 Lucky there wasn't a north wind. 643 00:54:33,500 --> 00:54:36,120 The villages never burn. Strange, isn't it? 644 00:54:36,830 --> 00:54:38,870 Fire always chooses the pines. 645 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,500 Never people. 646 00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:45,370 - Are you alright? - It's racing. 647 00:54:45,500 --> 00:54:47,620 The fire's got you on edge. 648 00:54:47,750 --> 00:54:50,000 Shut the smell out. It's unbearable. 649 00:54:50,750 --> 00:54:52,250 We'll die of heat. 650 00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:57,660 If only it rained... 651 00:54:58,500 --> 00:55:00,040 It'll never rain. 652 00:55:00,830 --> 00:55:01,910 Never again. 653 00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:03,250 Why say that? 654 00:55:04,700 --> 00:55:07,830 Your jokes are a pain. It's no joking matter. 655 00:55:08,830 --> 00:55:10,830 I know, Bernard. 656 00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:12,200 It's far away. 657 00:57:12,330 --> 00:57:14,500 No, it's coming nearer. Look! 658 00:57:15,660 --> 00:57:17,580 It's reached Hostens. 659 00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:19,330 We're trapped 660 00:57:19,450 --> 00:57:21,870 if the fire's spread to the south. 661 00:57:22,410 --> 00:57:23,620 Ring the bell. 662 00:57:23,750 --> 00:57:25,250 No, not the bell! 663 00:57:25,370 --> 00:57:27,700 It scares people. It doesn't help. 664 00:57:27,830 --> 00:57:29,910 It's worse than in '21. 665 00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:32,200 Do you remember? 666 00:57:32,330 --> 00:57:35,580 We lost everything as far as La Bienvenue. 667 00:57:36,290 --> 00:57:37,450 Don't move, I'll go. 668 00:57:37,580 --> 00:57:39,450 No, it went even further. 669 00:57:39,580 --> 00:57:41,250 A third of Deguilhem's pines! 670 00:57:41,370 --> 00:57:45,160 That's right, Mrs Deguilhem never got over it. 671 00:57:45,290 --> 00:57:46,660 Mind if I change her? 672 00:57:46,790 --> 00:57:48,000 Be my guest. 673 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:50,700 We're not safe, either. 674 00:57:51,250 --> 00:57:53,370 With all this, I forgot my drops. 675 00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:56,950 1, 2, 676 00:57:57,870 --> 00:57:59,330 3, 4. 677 00:58:01,910 --> 00:58:03,660 The mayor's coming. 678 00:58:09,410 --> 00:58:12,700 - It's not far. Ring the bell. - I told you. 679 00:58:12,830 --> 00:58:13,830 How far? 680 00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:16,080 Don't beat about the bush! 681 00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:18,660 No-one listens to me! 682 00:58:18,790 --> 00:58:21,160 It could be closer than Hostens. 683 00:58:21,290 --> 00:58:22,450 Let's go! 684 00:58:28,870 --> 00:58:30,250 The smell! 685 00:58:30,910 --> 00:58:32,500 Shut the windows. 686 00:58:33,250 --> 00:58:35,200 Even if we shut them, 687 00:58:36,330 --> 00:58:38,950 it'll still smell of burned resin. 688 00:58:46,700 --> 00:58:48,200 My God! 689 00:58:48,330 --> 00:58:50,250 I thought I'd die of heat! 690 00:58:52,870 --> 00:58:55,200 You were right not to get agitated. 691 00:58:55,330 --> 00:58:58,500 It's over by Mano. It's not coming this way now. 692 00:59:01,750 --> 00:59:03,200 I'm so thirsty! 693 00:59:09,160 --> 00:59:10,200 Did I take them? 694 00:59:14,580 --> 00:59:15,830 1, 2, 3, 695 00:59:15,950 --> 00:59:17,200 4. 696 00:59:34,500 --> 00:59:36,290 You never get worked up. 697 01:00:06,290 --> 01:00:07,790 It hurts. 698 01:00:10,700 --> 01:00:13,160 Did he eat anything unusual today? 699 01:00:13,290 --> 01:00:16,580 Nothing special. Fresh almonds. 700 01:00:16,700 --> 01:00:19,120 Oh, yes, fresh almonds... 701 01:00:19,660 --> 01:00:22,700 It's the fire at Mano. It's the agitation. 702 01:00:23,410 --> 01:00:25,080 We were all so worried. 703 01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:29,200 And the terrible smell made him sick. 704 01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:39,370 I'm going to vomit. 705 01:01:07,750 --> 01:01:08,790 6, 706 01:01:09,620 --> 01:01:10,700 7, 707 01:01:11,750 --> 01:01:12,790 8, 708 01:01:14,080 --> 01:01:15,120 9... 709 01:01:25,330 --> 01:01:26,910 Where are you going? 710 01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:28,290 I want an omelet. 711 01:01:28,410 --> 01:01:31,950 Eggs? After 2 days in bed and on a diet! 712 01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:34,290 Exactly. I need to build up my strength. 713 01:01:36,370 --> 01:01:39,000 Mother was right. The fire made me sick. 714 01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:44,330 I forgot my drops. 715 01:01:44,790 --> 01:01:47,200 - I was about to do it. - I'll do it. 716 01:01:49,290 --> 01:01:50,620 Now then... 1, 717 01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:54,120 2, 3, 4. 718 01:01:54,660 --> 01:01:56,620 Yes, I count out loud. 719 01:01:58,450 --> 01:02:00,200 I'll see to your omelet. 720 01:02:00,330 --> 01:02:01,750 Thank you, darling. 721 01:02:09,950 --> 01:02:11,790 He's no better, I see. 722 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:25,000 - How's little Marie? - Fine. 723 01:02:25,500 --> 01:02:27,120 She's very healthy. 724 01:02:27,250 --> 01:02:29,450 Good, good. 725 01:02:33,830 --> 01:02:37,660 I hope Mr Desqueyroux has a speedy recovery. 726 01:02:37,790 --> 01:02:39,870 Thank you. Goodbye, Mr Darquey. 727 01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:01,500 It's not typhoid. His pulse is racing. 728 01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,040 He has a slight temperature. 729 01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:06,660 Influenza. 730 01:03:07,500 --> 01:03:09,370 What else can it be? 731 01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:15,870 He's struggling. We should send for a specialist. 732 01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:18,120 He's a friend. He'll be offended. 733 01:03:18,580 --> 01:03:22,620 That's not what matters, but it'll scare Bernard. 734 01:03:22,750 --> 01:03:24,200 She's right. That'd be worse. 735 01:03:27,370 --> 01:03:28,830 Oh, Lord... 736 01:03:37,620 --> 01:03:39,080 Mrs Desqueyroux... 737 01:03:43,250 --> 01:03:45,160 - Do you hear me? - She's coming round. 738 01:03:45,290 --> 01:03:46,700 You gave us a fright. 739 01:03:47,580 --> 01:03:49,830 She looks after me night and day. 740 01:03:50,870 --> 01:03:52,500 She doesn't eat or sleep. 741 01:03:52,620 --> 01:03:54,080 Orange wine. 742 01:03:54,200 --> 01:03:57,500 I made it last summer. It'll buck you up. 743 01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:01,200 I'll have a drop, too. I'm so shaken. 744 01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:07,620 Thank you. I feel alright now. 745 01:04:07,750 --> 01:04:12,620 You're exhausted. You need to rest. You can't carry on like this. 746 01:04:13,450 --> 01:04:15,200 I hope it's not influenza. 747 01:04:22,290 --> 01:04:25,080 Maybe we should consult a specialist. 748 01:04:27,080 --> 01:04:28,830 We returned to Argelouse. 749 01:04:29,620 --> 01:04:33,620 The air was purer and it was nearer Bordeaux's hospitals. 750 01:04:38,700 --> 01:04:40,910 My writing's been imitated. 751 01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:43,370 I wouldn't have prescribed this much. 752 01:04:46,620 --> 01:04:47,830 And here? 753 01:04:51,500 --> 01:04:52,830 Here? 754 01:04:53,660 --> 01:04:56,250 The poor boy can't feel a thing. 755 01:04:58,120 --> 01:04:59,370 And here? 756 01:05:01,910 --> 01:05:04,370 When did his legs stop moving? 757 01:05:04,500 --> 01:05:05,700 Since this morning. 758 01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:09,410 A word, please. 759 01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:20,040 These forged prescriptions, 760 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:21,830 the lack of feeling... 761 01:05:21,950 --> 01:05:24,500 Don't leave him alone with his wife. 762 01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:27,580 You heard, Balion? 763 01:05:27,700 --> 01:05:30,950 - Should I take you back to Bordeaux? - I'll do it. 764 01:05:31,450 --> 01:05:32,500 Stay here. 765 01:05:32,620 --> 01:05:37,700 Until help arrives, make sure that Mrs Desqueyroux doesn't see him. 766 01:05:37,830 --> 01:05:40,370 Yes, but how can I do that? 767 01:05:40,500 --> 01:05:41,910 Easy for you to say. 768 01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:53,500 You should leave the room, ma'am. 769 01:05:54,660 --> 01:05:56,750 You should leave the room. 770 01:06:32,500 --> 01:06:33,500 Wait! 771 01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:39,080 She can't go to sleep without it. 772 01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:57,160 A clinic in Bordeaux? 773 01:06:57,700 --> 01:07:00,120 Why not Paris while they're at it? 774 01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:03,950 What'll they find there? 775 01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:07,290 Aren't our doctors any good? 776 01:07:08,950 --> 01:07:10,700 Are you hungry, honey? 777 01:07:14,410 --> 01:07:18,120 Pédemay's suing you for forging prescriptions. 778 01:07:21,580 --> 01:07:23,330 How could you... 779 01:07:23,450 --> 01:07:25,910 How could you do such a thing to us? 780 01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:03,370 Hello, Balionte. 781 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:05,080 Hello. 782 01:08:30,290 --> 01:08:33,000 - Hello, Balion. - Hello, Mrs Thérèse. 783 01:08:33,790 --> 01:08:35,450 My husband's expecting me. 784 01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:37,500 What's that? 785 01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:39,450 It's Mary. 786 01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:41,450 Mary, like your name. 787 01:08:47,410 --> 01:08:51,080 You can let me in. I assure you, nothing will happen. 788 01:09:00,660 --> 01:09:01,700 Hello. 789 01:09:03,250 --> 01:09:05,080 You may go, Balion. 790 01:09:10,250 --> 01:09:11,410 Sit! 791 01:09:18,700 --> 01:09:21,500 There's to be no more intimacy between us. 792 01:09:26,290 --> 01:09:27,700 That makes you smile? 793 01:09:29,250 --> 01:09:30,500 No, Bernard. 794 01:09:32,290 --> 01:09:34,870 I think you're right about the intimacy. 795 01:09:40,790 --> 01:09:42,830 Have you prepared your defence? 796 01:09:46,500 --> 01:09:47,790 Of course not. 797 01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:52,580 We'll do it together, but tell me everything. 798 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:54,500 Everything? 799 01:09:55,330 --> 01:09:57,580 Everything your lawyer tells you. 800 01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:00,870 - I have a lawyer? - Yes. 801 01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:02,410 Mr Duros. 802 01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:04,790 We trust him completely. 803 01:10:05,330 --> 01:10:06,370 "We"? 804 01:10:06,500 --> 01:10:08,910 Me, the family, your father. 805 01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:10,330 You'll move in with him. 806 01:10:10,830 --> 01:10:13,160 - With my father? - Yes, in Libourne. 807 01:10:13,290 --> 01:10:14,910 You can't live here. 808 01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:19,950 - I could stay at Aunt Clara's. - Good. 809 01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:22,700 It's nearer the law court and Bordeaux. 810 01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:27,290 Right. 811 01:10:28,830 --> 01:10:29,870 Is that all? 812 01:10:35,080 --> 01:10:36,580 Can I kiss Marie? 813 01:10:37,200 --> 01:10:39,370 It's better she doesn't see you. 814 01:10:57,200 --> 01:10:58,950 'Evening, Mrs Thérèse. 815 01:11:01,830 --> 01:11:03,080 'Evening, Anne. 816 01:11:10,790 --> 01:11:12,200 Thank you, Balionte. 817 01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:24,870 There... She's gone now. 818 01:11:25,910 --> 01:11:28,500 My son's a saint. A saint! 819 01:11:28,950 --> 01:11:31,660 He'll protect the family at all costs. 820 01:11:37,370 --> 01:11:41,120 "On the road, I met a stranger who wasn't from Argelouse. 821 01:11:41,250 --> 01:11:43,870 He asked me to get his prescription 822 01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:46,370 while I was at the pharmacy. 823 01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:49,500 I didn't know it was forged. 824 01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:53,500 He owed the pharmacist money, so he didn't want to go. 825 01:11:53,950 --> 01:11:55,500 I didn't know the man. 826 01:11:55,620 --> 01:11:57,950 He was dressed like a farmer." 827 01:11:58,410 --> 01:11:59,830 Good God, Thérèse! 828 01:11:59,950 --> 01:12:01,620 Find a better story! 829 01:12:01,750 --> 01:12:02,950 For our sake! 830 01:12:03,580 --> 01:12:05,540 It's a cock-and-bull story! 831 01:12:05,660 --> 01:12:07,160 Pédemay pressed charges. 832 01:12:07,290 --> 01:12:09,580 A forged prescription. 833 01:12:09,700 --> 01:12:11,450 He's covering himself. 834 01:12:11,580 --> 01:12:14,790 If he doesn't drop the charges, we've had it. 835 01:12:14,910 --> 01:12:16,080 We're dead. 836 01:12:18,290 --> 01:12:19,370 It was too dark. 837 01:12:21,500 --> 01:12:23,330 I couldn't see his face. 838 01:12:24,910 --> 01:12:27,120 He didn't say which farm he was from. 839 01:12:27,250 --> 01:12:29,870 Why did you accept his prescription? 840 01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:31,450 You knew nothing of him. 841 01:12:33,830 --> 01:12:34,870 I pitied him. 842 01:12:36,040 --> 01:12:37,080 I agreed 843 01:12:38,370 --> 01:12:39,790 out of Christian charity. 844 01:12:43,330 --> 01:12:45,870 The next evening, he came for the remedy. 845 01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,750 No-one but you saw him that evening? 846 01:12:49,910 --> 01:12:52,040 No, Your Honor, no-one. 847 01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:54,250 Sorry. 848 01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:58,910 Very well. I'll see Mr Desqueyroux tomorrow. 849 01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:01,410 - Were you informed? - Yes, Your Honor. 850 01:13:02,700 --> 01:13:06,750 Tell your husband he mustn't be afraid to say 851 01:13:06,870 --> 01:13:09,910 you told him of this stranger's prescription. 852 01:13:11,370 --> 01:13:12,580 Are you listening? 853 01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:17,500 Yes, Mr Duros, of course I am. 854 01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:22,700 You have to say I told you about this man's prescription 855 01:13:22,830 --> 01:13:26,160 and his coming here the next day to pick it up. 856 01:13:26,290 --> 01:13:30,250 Mr Duros thinks you shouldn't say you blamed me. 857 01:13:30,370 --> 01:13:33,790 He's right. We mustn't overdo it. 858 01:13:33,910 --> 01:13:37,160 The story should be rock-solid, simple, credible. 859 01:13:37,290 --> 01:13:39,870 No fuss. Keep it banal and everyday. 860 01:13:40,500 --> 01:13:43,080 We mustn't overdramatize it. 861 01:13:43,200 --> 01:13:44,700 What's the judge like? 862 01:13:44,830 --> 01:13:46,450 He's a logician. 863 01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:49,410 Method, reason, analysis... 864 01:13:50,040 --> 01:13:52,660 - He likes simplicity. - Like I said: 865 01:13:52,790 --> 01:13:54,870 Rock-solid, simple, credible. 866 01:13:55,500 --> 01:13:58,120 We'll give them an unembellished story. 867 01:13:58,250 --> 01:14:01,120 Simple doesn't mean simplistic. 868 01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:05,700 - He's intelligent, sophisticated. - Right. 869 01:14:06,660 --> 01:14:07,870 Yes, come in. 870 01:14:08,830 --> 01:14:10,370 - 'Evening, sir. - 'Evening. 871 01:14:10,500 --> 01:14:13,200 - It's time for Marie's bath. - Go ahead. 872 01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:21,080 Marie, come along. 873 01:14:22,290 --> 01:14:23,540 Come on. 874 01:14:23,660 --> 01:14:25,620 - No! - Yes, come along. 875 01:14:25,750 --> 01:14:28,200 Look at those fine, pink cheeks! 876 01:14:28,950 --> 01:14:31,950 Yet she hasn't been out. It's been so wet. 877 01:14:32,080 --> 01:14:35,370 You'd like to go outside and run after the dogs, eh? 878 01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:43,080 You're tired. I'll go. 879 01:14:44,330 --> 01:14:46,450 - See you tomorrow. - Right. 880 01:14:52,660 --> 01:14:56,000 Duros still hasn't sent me his first invoice. 881 01:14:56,790 --> 01:15:00,160 I'd rather pay in instalments rather than in one go. 882 01:15:00,290 --> 01:15:02,040 He doesn't come cheap. 883 01:15:02,910 --> 01:15:06,450 Tell him to send it to me without delay. Don't forget. 884 01:15:07,790 --> 01:15:09,200 I won't forget. 885 01:15:26,250 --> 01:15:27,370 What'll he say? 886 01:15:28,500 --> 01:15:29,790 I'm tired. 887 01:15:31,330 --> 01:15:33,000 What'll Bernard say? 888 01:15:33,450 --> 01:15:36,500 You didn't argue, did you? Now's not the time. 889 01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:41,160 My wife mentioned the prescription that night. 890 01:15:41,290 --> 01:15:43,160 You didn't call her foolish? 891 01:15:43,290 --> 01:15:45,950 Accepting such a thing from a stranger. 892 01:15:46,580 --> 01:15:49,580 I blame her for showing too much pity 893 01:15:49,700 --> 01:15:51,620 for others' misfortune. 894 01:15:52,370 --> 01:15:54,910 His distress must've moved her. 895 01:15:55,040 --> 01:15:57,410 She should've been more prudent... 896 01:16:01,370 --> 01:16:02,790 Drink some water. 897 01:16:02,910 --> 01:16:04,120 Forgive me. 898 01:16:13,700 --> 01:16:15,500 I never counted my drops. 899 01:16:16,290 --> 01:16:18,080 I must've got the dose wrong. 900 01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:24,750 I think it went well. 901 01:16:24,870 --> 01:16:26,580 But you can never tell. 902 01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:28,370 You can never tell. 903 01:16:31,250 --> 01:16:35,370 Tell Balionte to make me a snack. I'm hungry and thirsty. 904 01:16:35,500 --> 01:16:36,950 You're thirsty? 905 01:16:48,750 --> 01:16:50,370 I'll tell Balionte. 906 01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:53,580 - 'Night, Bernard. - 'Night, Thérèse. 907 01:17:07,660 --> 01:17:15,660 {\an8}7th December 1929 Last day of the investigation 908 01:17:19,120 --> 01:17:20,370 Goodbye, ma'am. 909 01:17:20,500 --> 01:17:22,120 Goodbye, Your Honor. 910 01:17:22,250 --> 01:17:24,000 - Mr Duros. - Your Honor. 911 01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:39,040 Case dismissed! 912 01:17:41,660 --> 01:17:44,750 - No nasty surprises, then? - None at all. 913 01:17:44,870 --> 01:17:46,080 It's all over. 914 01:17:46,200 --> 01:17:49,620 After Bernard's testimony, wasn't it inevitable? 915 01:17:49,750 --> 01:17:53,290 Not really. Just as well Pédemay withdrew his complaint. 916 01:17:53,410 --> 01:17:55,660 The testimony of the victim... 917 01:17:55,790 --> 01:17:58,120 - There was no victim. - She's right. 918 01:17:58,250 --> 01:18:00,160 Bernard's still alive. 919 01:18:00,290 --> 01:18:02,080 Victim of his imprudence. 920 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:04,910 Is the car nearby? I don't feel too good. 921 01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:07,580 Balion parked it Place des Gemmeurs. 922 01:18:08,290 --> 01:18:11,040 He couldn't pick you up on the doorstep. 923 01:18:11,660 --> 01:18:14,290 Everyone will soon forget this business. 924 01:18:14,410 --> 01:18:17,660 But now it needs to be covered over. 925 01:18:17,790 --> 01:18:20,000 You won't have to drive me back again. 926 01:18:20,120 --> 01:18:21,500 It's over, then? 927 01:18:22,580 --> 01:18:26,000 - Goodbye. - Goodbye, ma'am. 928 01:18:26,660 --> 01:18:28,250 You're joining your husband? 929 01:18:28,830 --> 01:18:30,120 Of course. 930 01:18:30,910 --> 01:18:32,910 He's waiting for me in Argelouse. 931 01:18:33,370 --> 01:18:34,450 He's much better. 932 01:18:34,580 --> 01:18:36,290 He'll be hunting soon. 933 01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:42,040 I intend to stay with him for a few days. If he feels better... 934 01:18:42,870 --> 01:18:46,450 Are you completely insane? Leave Bernard now?! 935 01:18:46,580 --> 01:18:48,160 2 fingers on 1 hand! 936 01:18:48,290 --> 01:18:51,950 You must be like 2 fingers on 1 hand, do you hear? 937 01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:53,450 Don't you understand? 938 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:57,200 Do what your husband orders you to do. 939 01:18:58,450 --> 01:18:59,580 In you get. 940 01:19:01,120 --> 01:19:02,500 Goodbye, ma'am. 941 01:19:03,290 --> 01:19:05,080 All's well that ends well. 942 01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:41,450 Bernard... 943 01:19:46,330 --> 01:19:48,620 Listen to me and don't interrupt. 944 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:52,580 I'll tell you and you'll see it all... 945 01:19:53,830 --> 01:19:55,620 through my eyes 946 01:19:55,750 --> 01:19:57,500 and you'll understand. 947 01:20:00,620 --> 01:20:02,750 I didn't want to commit a crime. 948 01:20:03,410 --> 01:20:05,500 I don't know what I wanted. 949 01:20:06,950 --> 01:20:08,620 Do you understand me? 950 01:20:10,290 --> 01:20:11,700 Do you believe me? 951 01:20:12,450 --> 01:20:14,120 I understand you. 952 01:20:15,950 --> 01:20:17,330 I believe you. 953 01:20:19,750 --> 01:20:21,200 I forgive you. 954 01:20:25,750 --> 01:20:27,580 You forgive me? Really? 955 01:20:29,790 --> 01:20:31,120 Do you really? 956 01:20:33,700 --> 01:20:35,120 I'm thirsty. 957 01:20:36,950 --> 01:20:39,790 Can you go to the kitchen and get me a drink? 958 01:20:46,700 --> 01:20:48,580 You dare to smile! 959 01:21:02,450 --> 01:21:04,910 No-one can help me. 960 01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:27,620 'Evening, Balionte. 961 01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:30,910 - Why are you here? - 'Evening, ma'am. 962 01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:34,000 The Balions will be staying with us now. 963 01:21:35,450 --> 01:21:39,000 I put chicken soup and wine in your room. 964 01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:41,080 You must be starving, dear. 965 01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:42,290 Come on. 966 01:21:46,500 --> 01:21:48,040 Not going to bed? 967 01:21:48,660 --> 01:21:50,040 It's late. 968 01:22:00,290 --> 01:22:01,330 There we are. 969 01:22:02,370 --> 01:22:03,750 Case dismissed. 970 01:22:04,450 --> 01:22:05,910 It was inevitable. 971 01:22:40,950 --> 01:22:42,870 Let me go away. 972 01:22:44,330 --> 01:22:46,500 - That's all. - Be quiet. 973 01:22:47,080 --> 01:22:48,620 You dare ask! 974 01:22:51,080 --> 01:22:53,330 All you should do now is listen. 975 01:22:53,790 --> 01:22:55,370 Receive my orders. 976 01:22:55,830 --> 01:22:57,580 I decide everything. 977 01:22:58,200 --> 01:22:59,620 You obey or else... 978 01:22:59,750 --> 01:23:01,200 Or else what? 979 01:23:01,330 --> 01:23:03,700 You spoke in my favour. 980 01:23:03,830 --> 01:23:06,830 You can't go back on your words. It's perjury. 981 01:23:06,950 --> 01:23:09,250 I'm acting for the family's sake. 982 01:23:09,370 --> 01:23:12,200 If I lied in court, it was for their sake. 983 01:23:12,330 --> 01:23:14,250 For the good of our family. 984 01:23:15,620 --> 01:23:17,790 As for me, I don't matter. 985 01:23:20,580 --> 01:23:22,410 People must think us united. 986 01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:25,620 I'll move in here for as long as needed. 987 01:23:26,750 --> 01:23:30,660 We'll have separate rooms. Balionte will bring you food. 988 01:23:30,790 --> 01:23:31,870 Aunt Clara... 989 01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:33,910 Can I speak uninterrupted? 990 01:23:35,750 --> 01:23:37,790 It's hard enough as it is. 991 01:23:38,450 --> 01:23:41,790 Apart from your bedroom, you may enter no other room. 992 01:23:42,950 --> 01:23:46,700 We'll be seen together at mass and on market days. 993 01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:52,200 Marie stays in St Clair. Then, Mother will take her to Biarritz. 994 01:23:52,790 --> 01:23:55,410 We'll say it's for health reasons. 995 01:24:00,580 --> 01:24:03,700 You didn't think we'd leave you the girl? 996 01:24:03,830 --> 01:24:05,580 She'll inherit the pines. 997 01:24:05,700 --> 01:24:08,120 You think it was because of the pines? 998 01:24:08,620 --> 01:24:10,120 What else? 999 01:24:15,700 --> 01:24:18,250 It's of no importance. I'm not interested. 1000 01:24:19,500 --> 01:24:21,120 You're nothing anymore. 1001 01:24:21,660 --> 01:24:23,580 But you still bear my name. 1002 01:24:28,580 --> 01:24:30,080 I'm going to bed. 1003 01:24:31,700 --> 01:24:35,700 Balionte prepared the west room. I think you have all you need. 1004 01:25:34,120 --> 01:25:35,750 I'm scared... 1005 01:25:47,370 --> 01:25:48,790 It's your aunt, ma'am. 1006 01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,830 October 1930 1007 01:27:12,620 --> 01:27:14,330 Are you scared of me? 1008 01:27:14,450 --> 01:27:16,950 You're not allowed in the kitchen. 1009 01:27:17,750 --> 01:27:18,950 I want some tea. 1010 01:27:22,290 --> 01:27:24,660 Since you're here, I wanted to say... 1011 01:27:25,410 --> 01:27:26,620 Leave us, please. 1012 01:27:27,410 --> 01:27:29,370 Of course, sir. Come on. 1013 01:27:38,370 --> 01:27:40,120 That's it. 1014 01:27:40,750 --> 01:27:42,750 People think we get on well. 1015 01:27:44,370 --> 01:27:47,910 They think you're sick. Weak or depressed, I don't know. 1016 01:27:48,040 --> 01:27:49,830 Some even feel sorry for you. 1017 01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:56,330 They think you'd rather live alone and have me visit occasionally. 1018 01:27:56,450 --> 01:27:58,080 That suits me. 1019 01:27:59,120 --> 01:28:00,910 I'm leaving tomorrow morning. 1020 01:28:01,750 --> 01:28:05,330 You don't have to go to mass. You don't care, do you? 1021 01:28:07,290 --> 01:28:08,330 What about Marie? 1022 01:28:08,950 --> 01:28:10,830 She's fine, thanks. 1023 01:28:12,540 --> 01:28:15,080 On the way out, send the Balions back in. 1024 01:29:16,450 --> 01:29:20,790 Anne, my dear, innocent sister, you'll never read this. 1025 01:29:20,910 --> 01:29:24,500 I'll have burned it. Did I even write it? 1026 01:29:26,500 --> 01:29:28,870 If you did, you wouldn't understand. 1027 01:29:29,540 --> 01:29:32,290 Any more than you understand what I did... 1028 01:29:33,620 --> 01:29:35,250 What I'm going through. 1029 01:29:37,450 --> 01:29:41,200 Any more than you know what poison grew beneath our feet 1030 01:29:41,330 --> 01:29:43,120 during our Argelouse summers. 1031 01:29:47,620 --> 01:29:50,410 Disgraceful. What a pigsty! 1032 01:29:51,290 --> 01:29:52,910 It stinks in here. 1033 01:29:53,500 --> 01:29:58,000 Why do I bother bringing you hot water? You haven't touched it. 1034 01:29:58,120 --> 01:29:59,500 That's your problem. 1035 01:30:05,290 --> 01:30:08,620 How can I let you into the places where I suffered? 1036 01:30:09,120 --> 01:30:12,410 This land without paths I was a prisoner of. 1037 01:30:15,410 --> 01:30:17,950 She'll set fire to the house! 1038 01:30:20,160 --> 01:30:23,120 You won't burn these sheets! 1039 01:30:26,830 --> 01:30:31,120 Like your brother, you're one of the implacably simple race. 1040 01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:36,660 I saw you in love and I hated you for it. 1041 01:30:38,450 --> 01:30:42,750 I saw you suffer. Even your suffering was clear, pure, 1042 01:30:42,870 --> 01:30:45,580 without mystery. 1043 01:30:45,700 --> 01:30:50,040 try to find myself again. I strive to link up with myself. 1044 01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:52,950 You'll take your place in the family, 1045 01:30:53,080 --> 01:30:56,370 not knowing the one you had in this story. 1046 01:30:56,500 --> 01:30:59,250 Our story, my "crime". 1047 01:31:00,660 --> 01:31:03,290 You'll marry the Deguilhems' son. 1048 01:31:03,410 --> 01:31:06,910 You'll forget Jean's caresses, you'll erase my memory 1049 01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:11,160 like dishonourable grandparents disappear from photo albums. 1050 01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:16,000 Little Marie won't know my name. 1051 01:31:16,660 --> 01:31:20,790 In your eyes, in my daughter's, and in the family's, 1052 01:31:20,910 --> 01:31:23,080 it'll be like I never existed. 1053 01:31:32,830 --> 01:31:34,790 A letter from Mr Bernard. 1054 01:31:37,620 --> 01:31:39,250 Won't you read it? 1055 01:31:40,250 --> 01:31:43,160 If he says he's coming, I have to prepare things. 1056 01:31:45,870 --> 01:31:51,160 I was pleased to learn from Balion that all's well, that you're healthy. 1057 01:31:52,370 --> 01:31:56,500 I'll visit you on the 20th with Anne and François Deguilhem. 1058 01:31:57,160 --> 01:32:01,790 His family wants their son to meet you before publishing the banns. 1059 01:32:08,330 --> 01:32:11,330 Come on, ma'am, make an effort. 1060 01:32:12,870 --> 01:32:15,910 Mr Bernard and the fiancés come in 10 days. 1061 01:32:17,250 --> 01:32:18,790 The fiancés? 1062 01:32:21,950 --> 01:32:24,660 10 days is ample to get you on your feet. 1063 01:32:27,290 --> 01:32:29,250 I've made you chicken breast. 1064 01:32:29,750 --> 01:32:32,500 You can eat it in the kitchen by the fire. 1065 01:32:34,250 --> 01:32:36,450 I bought red wine and cigarettes. 1066 01:32:42,450 --> 01:32:45,000 Come on, walk a bit further. 1067 01:32:45,120 --> 01:32:46,540 I'm tired. 1068 01:33:16,080 --> 01:33:18,120 She's doing what she can. 1069 01:33:18,620 --> 01:33:20,870 We can't force-feed her. 1070 01:33:21,000 --> 01:33:24,330 Mr Bernard knows how to break bad dogs. 1071 01:33:24,450 --> 01:33:28,000 You know, when he puts the choke collar on them. 1072 01:33:28,120 --> 01:33:32,000 It didn't take him long to turn her into a cringing dog. 1073 01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:34,080 She scares me, though. 1074 01:33:36,370 --> 01:33:38,410 Maybe I should wash her hair. 1075 01:33:48,450 --> 01:33:50,790 You're not cold, my darling? 1076 01:33:50,910 --> 01:33:52,160 A bit. 1077 01:33:59,540 --> 01:34:02,330 These old houses are impossible to heat. 1078 01:34:08,910 --> 01:34:10,120 Is there a cellar? 1079 01:34:11,700 --> 01:34:13,080 You've had it, then. 1080 01:34:13,870 --> 01:34:15,790 The floor will rot. 1081 01:34:16,450 --> 01:34:19,250 Mind you, you could add a layer of cement. 1082 01:34:24,330 --> 01:34:26,450 Completely mouldy. 1083 01:34:28,410 --> 01:34:30,950 See what she's up to. Maybe she's ill. 1084 01:34:31,080 --> 01:34:32,330 Know what I think? 1085 01:34:32,450 --> 01:34:35,540 She won't come down. She'll find some excuse. 1086 01:34:36,540 --> 01:34:40,000 And don't ask me to kiss her. You can't ask that of me. 1087 01:34:40,120 --> 01:34:41,870 Just touching her hand... 1088 01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:43,200 Stop it! 1089 01:34:43,330 --> 01:34:46,330 Her hypocrisy is what revolts me most. 1090 01:34:46,790 --> 01:34:49,580 Murderers exist, but her hypocrisy 1091 01:34:49,700 --> 01:34:52,040 is... repulsive! 1092 01:34:52,160 --> 01:34:54,830 I agree, but think of the family. 1093 01:34:54,950 --> 01:34:58,910 That's what I'm doing. I wouldn't be here otherwise. 1094 01:35:02,120 --> 01:35:04,910 - I hear her coming down. - Ah? I didn't. 1095 01:35:43,250 --> 01:35:44,450 What? 1096 01:35:45,500 --> 01:35:48,120 Don't look like that. It's not so bad. 1097 01:35:49,660 --> 01:35:51,500 The weather kept me indoors. 1098 01:35:52,660 --> 01:35:54,660 I lost my appetite. 1099 01:35:58,040 --> 01:36:00,410 Better to lose weight than to get fat! 1100 01:36:02,120 --> 01:36:03,620 Hello, Bernard. 1101 01:36:05,950 --> 01:36:07,540 Hello, in-laws. 1102 01:36:12,450 --> 01:36:13,700 Anne. 1103 01:36:15,700 --> 01:36:16,910 My darling... 1104 01:36:17,370 --> 01:36:18,500 I'm so happy! 1105 01:36:24,950 --> 01:36:27,410 I'm so happy for you. 1106 01:36:28,790 --> 01:36:30,500 You're very lucky. 1107 01:36:30,620 --> 01:36:32,660 I know, ma'am, I know. 1108 01:36:33,790 --> 01:36:35,370 So, tell me... 1109 01:36:35,910 --> 01:36:38,700 This wedding, your dress! 1110 01:36:40,290 --> 01:36:43,080 Winters must seem long here. 1111 01:36:43,200 --> 01:36:46,500 Although a housewife is always busy. 1112 01:36:49,330 --> 01:36:54,500 Tell me, at Balisac, how many loads of resin do you get? 1113 01:36:54,620 --> 01:36:55,870 Only 4. 1114 01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:58,410 4? Tell me more. 1115 01:37:01,450 --> 01:37:03,000 You don't ask about Marie? 1116 01:37:04,290 --> 01:37:06,290 Oh, yes, of course. 1117 01:37:07,700 --> 01:37:09,370 Tell me about Marie. 1118 01:37:09,500 --> 01:37:11,500 She's an adorable little girl. 1119 01:37:12,540 --> 01:37:14,750 She must be talking now. 1120 01:37:14,870 --> 01:37:16,950 She repeats everything we say. 1121 01:37:17,790 --> 01:37:20,080 In her own way. She's hilarious. 1122 01:37:21,700 --> 01:37:25,290 If she hears a cock or a car horn, 1123 01:37:25,410 --> 01:37:27,540 she raises her finger and says: 1124 01:37:28,040 --> 01:37:29,700 "Hear the music, Nanou?" 1125 01:37:30,830 --> 01:37:32,500 She calls me Nanou. 1126 01:37:33,040 --> 01:37:34,500 She's a darling. 1127 01:37:48,290 --> 01:37:50,290 You really think she's fainted? 1128 01:37:57,830 --> 01:37:59,500 The Balions'll get an earful. 1129 01:38:00,290 --> 01:38:02,750 I'll let 'em have it, I swear. 1130 01:38:02,870 --> 01:38:06,080 Careful, they know a lot. 1131 01:38:06,200 --> 01:38:09,830 And he's the only one who knows the property boundaries. 1132 01:38:12,870 --> 01:38:15,830 Here, drink this. It'll buck you up. 1133 01:38:18,410 --> 01:38:19,790 They've all gone. 1134 01:38:25,870 --> 01:38:27,120 You're scared. 1135 01:38:29,120 --> 01:38:31,120 You're scared I'll die. 1136 01:38:31,620 --> 01:38:33,120 Don't be silly. 1137 01:38:34,700 --> 01:38:36,410 You're not going to die. 1138 01:38:38,620 --> 01:38:39,910 No, I'm not... 1139 01:38:40,540 --> 01:38:42,080 Am I? 1140 01:38:42,950 --> 01:38:44,000 What would people say? 1141 01:38:50,950 --> 01:38:52,290 No, Thérèse. 1142 01:38:52,870 --> 01:38:55,660 We said 2 after meals, no more. 1143 01:38:55,790 --> 01:38:57,500 You're right. 1144 01:39:11,540 --> 01:39:13,700 Did you weigh yourself today? 1145 01:39:14,370 --> 01:39:16,290 Yes, I've gained 4 pounds. 1146 01:39:17,500 --> 01:39:19,290 That's very good. 1147 01:39:21,950 --> 01:39:24,040 We'll walk a bit further. 1148 01:39:24,160 --> 01:39:27,750 Exercise is the best appetizer. You'll eat well tonight. 1149 01:39:30,910 --> 01:39:33,660 What if we go to L'Espérance for a change? 1150 01:39:33,790 --> 01:39:36,040 That's a bit far. 1151 01:39:36,160 --> 01:39:38,870 Some other time. I'd rather go home. 1152 01:39:39,750 --> 01:39:41,120 As you wish. 1153 01:39:46,250 --> 01:39:48,040 I must tell you... 1154 01:39:50,250 --> 01:39:52,870 I want you to wait till Anne's wedding. 1155 01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:55,910 People have to see us together, but... 1156 01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:00,290 After that, you're free to leave. 1157 01:40:01,660 --> 01:40:03,250 I can leave? 1158 01:40:04,370 --> 01:40:06,000 I've just said so. 1159 01:40:09,700 --> 01:40:11,290 I'll go to Paris. 1160 01:40:11,790 --> 01:40:14,250 I'll live in a hotel or an apartment. 1161 01:40:14,370 --> 01:40:17,410 No, in a hotel. At least at first. 1162 01:40:20,500 --> 01:40:21,910 If you wish. 1163 01:40:51,790 --> 01:40:53,500 Scared of causing a fire? 1164 01:40:56,500 --> 01:40:58,290 They have ashtrays in Paris! 1165 01:41:09,250 --> 01:41:10,290 Tell me... 1166 01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:13,660 I need to know... 1167 01:41:14,830 --> 01:41:15,870 Was it because you hated me? 1168 01:41:18,450 --> 01:41:19,870 Did I disgust you? 1169 01:41:20,950 --> 01:41:23,750 It was for your pines, Bernard! 1170 01:41:24,290 --> 01:41:26,040 To get all your pines! 1171 01:41:26,160 --> 01:41:28,660 No, I don't believe that anymore. 1172 01:41:31,950 --> 01:41:34,540 Why did you do it? You can tell me now. 1173 01:41:36,500 --> 01:41:39,790 Perhaps to see in your eyes... a glimmer of worry. 1174 01:41:42,910 --> 01:41:44,450 Confusion. 1175 01:41:47,660 --> 01:41:49,290 Curiosity. 1176 01:41:52,370 --> 01:41:53,790 All I see now at last! 1177 01:41:57,910 --> 01:41:59,330 Seriously... 1178 01:41:59,790 --> 01:42:00,910 Why? 1179 01:42:03,250 --> 01:42:05,500 You always know why you do things... 1180 01:42:16,500 --> 01:42:19,660 I wish I could've hidden nothing from you. 1181 01:42:21,290 --> 01:42:24,500 But all my reasons would have seemed inexact. 1182 01:42:25,750 --> 01:42:26,790 Lies... 1183 01:42:28,660 --> 01:42:31,200 You made your mind up to do it one day. 1184 01:42:31,330 --> 01:42:33,330 The day of the fire at Mano. 1185 01:42:35,540 --> 01:42:38,370 It was as if I were giving in to a duty. 1186 01:42:39,910 --> 01:42:42,700 A terrible duty... Yes, a duty. 1187 01:42:44,040 --> 01:42:46,700 Once and for all, just say what you wanted. 1188 01:42:46,830 --> 01:42:48,290 I know what I didn't want. 1189 01:42:50,790 --> 01:42:54,080 I didn't want to play a role, mime gestures. 1190 01:42:57,540 --> 01:42:59,200 But now I know, the Thérèse 1191 01:42:59,330 --> 01:43:01,660 who was proud to marry a Desqueyroux 1192 01:43:01,790 --> 01:43:03,500 was me, too. 1193 01:43:14,370 --> 01:43:16,700 - Leaving? - I've a train to catch. 1194 01:43:16,830 --> 01:43:18,250 It's already late. 1195 01:43:18,870 --> 01:43:20,160 Yes, of course. 1196 01:43:23,620 --> 01:43:24,750 What? 1197 01:43:25,750 --> 01:43:27,370 I want to beg your pardon. 1198 01:43:33,620 --> 01:43:37,370 I'll have to come back sometimes for my affairs... for Marie. 1199 01:43:37,500 --> 01:43:39,540 No, no need. 1200 01:43:40,290 --> 01:43:42,750 I'll look after everything, you'll see. 1201 01:43:43,660 --> 01:43:46,200 You'll come for weddings and funerals. 1202 01:43:46,330 --> 01:43:49,500 In a family as big as ours, there are plenty! 1203 01:44:03,410 --> 01:44:04,620 You won't be too hot? 1204 01:44:04,750 --> 01:44:07,250 No, I'll have to cover up in the car. 1205 01:44:08,660 --> 01:44:10,120 You'll feel alone. 1206 01:44:12,040 --> 01:44:15,870 I'll be OK. Each generation in my family has its "old boy". 1207 01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:17,410 That's just how it is. 1208 01:44:20,750 --> 01:44:23,370 I'm only sorry we didn't have a son. 1209 01:44:23,500 --> 01:44:25,160 The name will die out. 1210 01:44:28,500 --> 01:44:30,160 Don't bother getting up. 1211 01:44:34,700 --> 01:44:36,040 Goodbye, Thérèse. 1212 01:44:37,620 --> 01:44:39,160 Goodbye, Bernard. 1213 01:45:02,410 --> 01:45:03,750 It's paid for. 1214 01:45:04,290 --> 01:45:06,750 The drinks, I mean. They're paid for.