Original subtitles

PORT OF ALGIERS. APRIL 22, 1961.

This is the one.

I'll never get used to it.

I'm sorry, Sidi Jacky. Hold on.

We've got to hurry.

Let's go!

Moktar!

Yes?

So this is the atomic bomb.

But...

The Green Jerboa's not green.

The Jerboa's not green, but it's heavy.

"Jerboa" is a code name, it's not a rodent.

Damn is this heavy!

Ah, thanks, Colonel...

Push.

Come on.

Here you go!

Grab anything you can find in the hangar, we'll need it.

Okay.

The Holy Bible.

The Jerusalem Bible...

Moktar! Hurry up!

Aren't you feeling sleepy? It's kind of late.

Hmm... no, I'm good.

Thanks, Colonel.

I'll pet you until you go to sleep.

Off we go for a 1,500-kilometer road trip.

Why are you going this way?

Sidi Jacky, if we're heading south, it's this way!

Wait I need to make a little stop.

I've got something to take care of.

-Hello! -Hello.

I'll have that one.

-Thanks. -You're welcome. Have a nice day.

Thanks. You too.

PARATROOPERS IN ALGIERS

Miss?

You dropped your purse.

I'm a such a scatterbrain! Sorry about that.

What for?

No... I'm spouting nonsense.

-Thank you, sir. -You're welcome.

Well... Have a nice day.

Hold on! I need to pay you back.

-No, please, there's no need... -I insist, I...

Can I buy you a drink?

I'm not sure I should.

I'm not sure I should either.

This afternoon? Here?

All right.

Six o'clock?

Six o'clock.

Well... see you later.

See you later.

Thanks.

PARIS: MORE THAN 100,000 PROTESTERS

Press harder, Mr. Bénichou, there's carbon paper.

You're being dishonest, Mr. Jacquard. Your buildings exploded.

It wasn't water damage.

Look who's talking. Where's my compensation for war damages?

How do I know this isn't a fake atomic bomb?

Just sign it.

Or we'll drop it in front of your shop.

When can I expect to be reimbursed?

For water damages, it should only take about three or four weeks.

It's a shame you're more worried about your pipe network

than about France's grandeur.

So.

Reggane is 1,550 kilometers from Algiers.

At an average speed of 60 km/h, we could get there in 25 hours.

It's doable.

It depends on the car, Sidi Jacky.

What do you mean?

1,550 kilometers at 60 km/h

will always equal 1,550 kilometers at 60 km/h,

whether it's a Citroën 2CV or a Ferrari.

Now what?

Now, we'll need to average 70 km/h.

So it does depend on the car.

Are we there yet?

No, no, Sidi Colonel.

A herd of sheep is in our way.

Jaktar, don't wake up my turtle for this.

You're losing your common sense.

Sorry about that, Colonel.

Easy, Irène. Easy.

Have you been in the fabric business for long?

Not that long.

But I do like it a lot.

I used to be a travelling umbrella salesman.

Far less exciting than fabrics.

Do you realize that not a day goes by

without a new fiber coming in?

Crease-resistant, non-shrink, colorfast.

Unwearable!

Yes. Sometimes, that's true.

What about you, Irène? What do you do?

I don't know yet.

I wasn't able to do certain things for so long

that I want to try everything at once now.

-You just got out of jail? -Oh no! No, no.

I was just kidding.

But...

it was kind of a prison.

May I?

-Oh, I love this song! -Me too!

We are the lovers

And they'd love to split us up

They'd love To get in the way of our happiness

We are lovers

I heard hell

Awaits us

Or is it iron and fire

Damn it!

Come on!

Damn!

Why did you go that way?

That's the way! You know, there's sand everywhere...

It's always the way! And when you check, it isn't.

Oh, well.

Unbelievable...

Hey! Would it kill you to help us out?

Yes, I'm comfortable here.

Well I'm not! I'm hot as hell, I'm sweating like a pig,

I'm digging out sand by the ton to deliver a bomb!

I don't even care who it's for,

who's picking up that bomb. OAS, Gaullists, I don't give a flying fuck!

So come on out and help your pals out!

-Sidi Jacky! -Let's go!

Get out of this car, leave your pet, and pick up a shovel!

-Right now! -Sidi Jacky!

We've been tending to your needs for the past three days:

"I'm cold. I'm hungry! It's too far! I'm asleep! You woke me up!

Out of the way, I can't see the belly dancer!" I've had enough!

"Where's my turtle? I'll take some slippers

and a dozen tunics", and who's paying?

Me! I've had it! I'm sick and tired of all this!

You treated me like shit, Jaktar.

Sorry, Colonel.

Can't wait to deliver the bomb to the Gaullists.

But you're right. I am a piece of shit.

Hmm, that's not true, Colonel.

It's all good. We're good to go.

Can you push?

Can you push with me, Colonel?

Please?

Now, Sidi Jacky,

we need to push our average speed to 80 km/h.

This is tasty.

You think so?

Yes, I've never had that before.

It's "monkey meat".

Monkey?

Nah, it's not real monkey meat.

In the French Army, that's how we call canned meat.

The taste you're not used to is pork.

Pork?

Sidi Jacky...

Are you married, Jaktar?

No, Colonel.

What about you, Moquard?

I'm not married either, Sidi Colonel.

I am.

But my wife no longer wants me.

-The one with the big feet? -No.

The one who hates the color brown.

She says she's sad when she's with me.

She's bored.

Are you guys bored with me?

-Oh no, not at all! -No, no...

Well she is.

Sidi Colonel, Jesus once said:

"Blessed is the man that perseveres under trials,

he will receive the crown of life."

Where did you hear this?

I read it in a Bible I found in the Jerboa warehouse.

It not bad at all! It's well written.

Shit... Shit!

The car!

Shit!

The tracks, Sidi Jacky! He went that way!

Keep an eye on the telephone.

We'll never make it.

How could he do this? Abandoning us like that...

in the middle of the desert, without any water?

Bastard!

We're gonna die!

I'll never abandon you, Jacky.

Me neither.

Are you sure it's the right way?

The tracks are gone...

No, I'm not sure.

No problem.

I trust you, Moktar.

Thanks, Jacky.

We're saved!

Look!

Look!

I knew my colleagues would never let us down!

Moulinier, Calot! My buddies!

And Marie-Jo!

My buddies!

Look!

They even brought us drinks!

We're saved! My buddies!

Buddies!

Jacky, it's a mirage... It's a mirage.

We're screwed...

We need to keep going. We need to keep going, Jacky.

We need to keep going.

Jacky, look over there!

It's another mirage.

No, Jacky. Come with me.

Come with me, Jacky.

Come with me.

Where did that animal go?

That way.

Colonel, what are you doing?

I want to die! You hear me? I want to die!

Don't get any closer!

Sidi Colonel, you can't do this, this bomb is dangerous.

Leave me alone, Moquard.

Let me die in peace.

Where's that damn button?

My wife can't stand me anymore,

you can't stand me anymore, everybody treats me like shit!

I'm going to give everyone a break.

I'm going to disappear.

That way, everyone can relax.

It's shameful, what you're doing.

-Shameful! -Moktar!

You want to blow up the bomb for your sake,

because your wife is bored? Because she hates brown?

The Green Jerboa

was built by General de Gaulle to show the whole world

how great France is, not how small a colonel you are.

Moktar!

Also, they're waiting for us to blow it up,

and you disappear with the car!

Sidi Jacky, it made him cry.

I did not.

Jesus said: "There is no greater love than this:

to lay down your life for the sake of your friends."

And you, you're not gonna give

anything to anyone if you do this!

Come on, Colonel.

And my turtle's dead.

They sell them in Reggane.

We are lovers

And they'd love to split us up

They'd love To get in the way of our happiness

We are lovers

I heard hell

Awaits us

Or is it the iron and the fire

It's true

The imbeciles and the wicked

Are harming us and playing tricks

However there's nothing more obvious

Than love

We are lovers

We're powerless against them

It's a thousand against two

Lovers

But the time will come

When nights won't be so tough

And I'll be able to love you

Without being the talk of the town

I promise

I've seen the writing on the wall

Say a few words, Jaktar.

Don't push it.

That's not very nice.

Amen.

Amin.

Thanks, Moquard.

Yeah, amen.

Since the car broke down, I don't know

how we'll get that thing to Reggane.

Even with the car, we'd need go 110 km/h the rest of the way.

At the very least.

I owe you an apology, Moïse.

Yes, I committed a blunder.

A mistake that is unworthy of our service.

So I owe the entire service an apology.

I'm listening, Moulinier.

You trusted me with a mission.

Well, I...

I...

I underestimated the mission.

Or perhaps I overrated myself...

One or the other.

So...

This woman is dangerous.

She's one of the most dangerous targets I ever came across.

-Is it that bad? -It's...

-a time bomb situation. -Really?

God knows when it will blow up.

Are you sure?

The only thing I can say for sure is that something's fishy.

Activism, conspiring with the enemy, leftism,

Communism,

OAS...

Anything is possible.

I need to continue. I can't take my eyes off her.

I can't leave her for a second.

All right. Very well.

Then keep it up!

Nice work, Moulinier.

Wish me luck.

Stop!

Stop immediately or we'll open fire!

You and your camels! Get the hell out of here!

Colonel Mercaillon,

French Army.

My men, Moquard and Jaktar. We're here to deliver the nuclear device.

It's an honor, Colonel.

Sorry. We're on edge. The whole putsch thing...

A "pouch"? What "pouch"?

-Hey, so how's that going? -It's over,

they were arrested.

Good.

No?

Yeah, yeah.

At ease.

Merlaux?

Yes, Mullerovitch.

Do you want to join the KGB?

I do.

I need to put your loyalty and determination to the test.

All right.

Jump out of the window.

Now.

Hello?

Hello?

We can't see anything in these.

Come on, let's get a bit closer.

Sidi Colonel, isn't it dangerous?

Come on, Moquard, if it were, we wouldn't have blown it up here!

Let's get a closer look.

You don't get to see a nuclear explosion everyday, right Jaktar?

Hmm... Yeah.

The heat is unbearable in this thing.

Come on, let's go!

Subtitle translation by Thomas Isackson