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1575, in France:
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the 5th war of religion.
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Brantôme sets off for war
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trying to forget the beautiful
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and ardent ladies of his life...
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In these days, set
under the cloud of sorrow...
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calamity and misery...
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it's pleasant to make merry.
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Ah! Kissing, cuddling, hugging...
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undressing each other...
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gently warming each other!
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Women are the joy of my life.
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I like them lively, broken in...
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libertine and a little whorish.
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No prudish, wary, faithful ones for me!
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You won't stop me thinking of them!
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I accepted.
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Her servant blindfolds me...
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and leads me to a carriage.
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One hour later...
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I'm pushed up some stairs...
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I feel the sweet warmth...
of a wood fire.
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A chambermaid says:
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"My lady is four steps in front of you.
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"Don't try to make her speak,
or remove your blindfold.
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Or you'll be killed."
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I approached.
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The mysterious lady smelled nice.
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I started feeling her...
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kissing her...
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What then?
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Then I went six stations with the lady.
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At each skirmish...
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I tried new caresses...
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to make her give herself away.
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She never made a single sound.
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Six stations...
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With God's leave!
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In the name of religion!
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Should I die tonight...
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whom will I think of at the end?
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Victoire, of course!
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How lovely the arms of a stranger are!
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If I have to dream of a lady,
let it be one I never had!
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The most mysterious...
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a lady of high breeding
and every intrigue!
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The Queen of Navarre!
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They say the boxes at her waist...
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contain the hearts of her dead lovers.
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Since her husband left her,
everyone is passionate about her.
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They say she is most loving.
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Will I die without having
tasted her charms?
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Brantôme...
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you who are so popular, come over here.
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The Queen of Navarre and I need
a brave, selfless man for a task.
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Forget him, I've better.
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I must make women laugh to love them.
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What a tiresome business!
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Stand! You're my prisoner!
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No sir, you're mine!
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La Paloterie?
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Brantôme?
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I've lost my men.
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Have a drop of brandy.
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How can I like war?
I hate the countryside!
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After I left court...
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did you still frequent Mme. de Chantenac?
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You and I were rivals, old boy.
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When you joined the Protestants,
I went to her...
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and took my leave of her.
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If I leave here alive...
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war's over for me.
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I won't fight the Protestants again.
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And I can't afford soldiers.
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Why try to change?
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I'm only happy at court with the ladies.
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All those with whom I've made merry...
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thrive within me.
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I'm tied to them forever.
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I can't forget some of them.
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Mademoiselle d'Angoulême...
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Ah, yes, Mademoiselle d'Angoulême!
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I'm of royal blood. I have to be on top.
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Jeanne de Tignonville!
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That lasted for some time.
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It lasts still.
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Really?
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A complicated lady.
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You have to chase her
for two hours or more.
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But then!
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Maybe we should return to our armies.
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I've an idea.
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You'll need arms to continue.
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I can sell you some.
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For your court expenses.
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Goodbye, Brantôme.
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My love to our ladies.
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From now on, the war of love!
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Beware! It can be more
dangerous than the other.
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When I get to court, I'll find Mme.
de Saint-Luc...
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faithful to her husband
as she lifts her skirt.
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Not on the lips.
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I've sworn to be faithful to my husband.
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I'll never waver
between pleasure and duty.
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I'll choose both at once!
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There's only one who's a lady...
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a tasty piece and a wanton hussy.
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Victoire! Victoire d'Estrivos!
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Recently arrived from Italy...
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at the request of her
cousin, the Queen Mother...
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Victoire, a lass of lowly birth...
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married M. de Mareuil, who had
some vineyards in Touraine.
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Like many a cuckold, he thought
his new wife a virgin.
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It's pigeon's blood.
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The next morning...
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she excitedly showed him
the proof of his virility.
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I don't remember a thing.
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You deflowered me so well!
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Within 3 months,
the aphrodisiacs killed him.
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I offered his widow my sympathy.
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Say and do what you like.
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You won't stop me dying!
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When nothing can take away sorrow...
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there's one last solution.
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Stop it!
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Believe me, it's the only way.
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Thank you.
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You're a friend.
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A war wound?
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No, a jealous husband.
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She married the Comte d'Estrivos...
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who made a fortune in the spice trade.
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Brantôme, a wedding
without you isn't a wedding.
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To honour Victoire without her
husband suspecting...
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I'll pretend to love another.
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Paris, the paradise of women...
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the hell of mules...
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and the purgatory of supplicants...
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Was the night good?
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It was housebound, Sire.
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Some ladies lack inspiration.
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Brantôme!
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No more soldiering?
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I can't live away from court, Sire.
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Away from court or the ladies?
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I did something you'll never
do: I'm married.
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Let's hear of your merrymaking.
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I'm too poor to think of ladies now.
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Have you heard, Bussy?
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No, Sire.
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The Comte d'Estrivos died last night.
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D'Estrivos?
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Yesterday, after supper.
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He ate 2 partridges and a pheasant.
The pheasant killed him.
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Victoire is a better catch now.
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Victoire...
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if only I'd known her before I wed!
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Tell the queen to go to the chapel.
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Here she is, Sire.
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I suppose you'll go
to console the countess?
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She deserves it.
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Tell the countess
that Pierre de Brantôme...
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wishes to offer his condolences.
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My dear friend...
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I can't get used to it.
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Crying is all that's left to me.
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I cry a lot, it does me good.
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What a tragedy!
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He loved his food!
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He ate five meals a day.
Oh, he was a happy man.
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He'd put on 60 pounds since the wedding.
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Don't let anyone in.
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I'm here for all your misfortunes.
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Yes.
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You took advantage of me last time.
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I was so distraught...
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It's all very well staying
at court with us...
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but it won't feed you.
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That's true!
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I live off my stipend
as a Lord of the King's Chamber...
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and the money from my abbey. And only...
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because my brothers are dead.
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Thank God I'm not a priest!
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Ask the king for another stipend.
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He promised me one...
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You should have gone to Poland with him.
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Is it my fault his wedding changed him?
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Before, we often had the same mistresses.
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You mustn't rely on others.
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Do as I did. I started out with nothing.
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I now have a large income,
and my husband's estate.
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Get married.
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Plight my troth...
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I've thought of it.
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Plight your troth... That's horrible!
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I couldn't live alone.
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I need a husband near me.
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A more sturdy one this time.
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Do you have someone in mind?
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I think I've found him.
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How delicate of you...
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to tell me that just now!
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For 6 months now,
the Maréchal de Labadens...
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has been trying more serious things.
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He was a terrible lover.
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He'll be a good husband.
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Have you ever considered me?
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You?
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A present, for you.
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You refuse a woman's gift?
That's silly of you.
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Their bodies are gifts too.
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In case you change your mind.
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Heavens, my husband's family
from Pithiviers!
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Get dressed! They mustn't
see you, for my sake!
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Is it safe?
- Don't worry. I'm used to this.
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I was always saved...
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by never forgetting all the women I knew.
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A mighty lord, away at war...
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ordered me to take
his son twice a week...
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to Mme. de Sauve who would teach
and debauch him.
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I don't want to go!
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I'd rather play marbles or catapults.
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I'm fed up of learning good manners!
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Come on, don't be afraid.
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You can have a cake after.
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Mme. de Sauve was the mistress
of Charles IX...
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Henri III and the King of Navarre.
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She had earned the name "The
lady of 12 inventions".
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Bussy, who frequented her...
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claims there were only 6.
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He's progressing but too hurried.
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I must talk to you. I've made a decision.
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Again?
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Henceforward, I'll only live with women.
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Men are boastful braggarts.
I can bear them no more.
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Only women please me.
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Good. So what?
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I want to serve
the greatest of them again.
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Our Queen Mother.
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Only you can help me see her.
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So you intend to live
more seriously, do you?
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Have some grapes.
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Sit down, Brantôme.
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The grapes are excellent.
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We remember your past services.
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And we'll gladly use you again.
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You know that M. de la Frégouse
has turned Calvinist...
251
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,680
and had the nerve to kidnap the Gelosi...
252
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,160
Italian actors on their way to us.
253
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,640
Yes. He's asking for a ransom.
254
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,160
200,000 pounds!
255
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,320
It's too much! We're poor!
256
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,560
We spoke to him but he's stubborn.
257
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,520
I know M. de la Frégouse well.
258
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,760
I know.
259
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,320
You even travelled
to Scotland with him...
260
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,280
to take back poor Queen Mary.
261
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,640
I'm sick of being spied on, mother!
262
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,200
The king keeps me in the Louvre.
Last night...
263
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,360
Your brother is king. He has his reasons.
264
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,320
He's the one who decides.
265
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,520
He doesn't like the company you keep.
266
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,000
If a husband is flighty...
267
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,360
his wife sets a good example.
268
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,880
My private life...
269
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,240
is better than his.
270
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,600
It's no use speaking Italian.
271
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:11,280
I forgot that M. de Brantôme
has fought in Italy.
272
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:14,960
Monsieur de Brantôme?
273
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,760
M. de Bussy has many good words for you.
274
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,400
It's mutual. We're more than cousins.
275
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:26,960
Almost brothers.
276
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,360
Come to me after supper. We'll talk then.
277
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,760
I'm ready to negotiate with la Frégouse.
278
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,040
I'll make him lower his price.
279
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,360
Do you have a plan?
280
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,680
Could I possibly take two ladies
from your suite with me?
281
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,360
If you don't endanger their honour.
282
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,560
I'll see to it, ma'am.
283
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,160
Will two be enough?
284
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,440
Mlle. de Nègrepelisse!
285
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,960
Mlle. de Châteauneuf!
286
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,000
Do you know...
287
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,840
Mlle. de Nègrepelisse? Mlle.
de Châteauneuf?
288
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,440
I know them from court.
289
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:27,720
Now you've treated my lower lips...
290
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,240
the upper ones are jealous.
291
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,360
Ladies, you're to go with M. de Brantôme.
292
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,400
Obey him willingly and respectfully.
293
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:42,960
It's in the country's interest.
294
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,880
These ladies livened up...
295
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,280
the negotiations so much...
296
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,200
that M. de la Frégouse...
297
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,280
was bowled over.
298
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,760
I simply talked of the ladies for 3 days.
299
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,040
That stirred his interest.
300
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,920
I want to ask you something.
301
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,080
How do you manage to be
with so many women at once?
302
00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:13,600
You never leave them!
303
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,360
They form a whole.
304
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,960
Oh, I do hold you dear!
305
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,880
Yes, but she only pays 8,000 pounds!
306
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,960
And I saved the Royal Treasury 175,000!
307
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,280
I was hoping for money,
not just consideration!
308
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,800
When my cousin, the Duchess
of Retz, received...
309
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,400
her husband went away...
310
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,280
and her lover of the day,
her "favourite", arrived.
311
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,800
He was always a poet.
312
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,880
My cousin liked poetry in general...
313
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:52,800
and certain poets in particular.
314
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,920
She called them "chosen extracts".
315
00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,360
Good day, cousin. So...
you're famous now.
316
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,480
Make the most of it.
317
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,520
Divine Artemis, I missed poetry.
318
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,280
Careful, Brantôme. Too
many husbands hate you.
319
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,840
Beware of them.
320
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,320
You always say that.
321
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,280
One day it will be too late.
322
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,640
I've a surprise.
323
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,320
Would the Gelosi please come out now.
324
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,720
This is your liberator.
325
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,320
Good evening.
326
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,440
Good evening.
327
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,600
I haven't seen you for two weeks.
328
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,920
We're in the middle of Lent!
329
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,440
That redheaded goddess!
330
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,680
We met at Chenonceaux. What's her name?
331
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,320
Mme. de la Rivière.
332
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,400
Her husband has at last left her
to fight the rebels in Guyenne.
333
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,800
Here, I'm known as Astrée.
334
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:19,880
Be silent!
335
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,480
I hear you're a real jester.
336
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,600
Only for some people.
337
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,760
Go on then, make me laugh.
338
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,760
Don't you like the Italian way?
339
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,520
Is it quite correct?
340
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,040
Tomorrow, in my rooms?
341
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,080
I'm not like modern women...
342
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,040
who want freedom and independence.
343
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,440
No, sir...
344
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,960
were I expecting, I'd be
tempted to accept.
345
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,560
But such is not the case now.
346
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,520
I only allow passengers
on board my ship...
347
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,200
when it is loaded and full.
348
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,560
Fair Calipante, I've written...
349
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,600
Later.
350
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,720
Good evening, sir.
351
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,680
I hear you dance wonderfully.
352
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,600
It depends on the partner.
353
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,200
You won't be disappointed.
354
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,080
Tomorrow, at seven, in my chambers.
355
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,960
If you know the volta, we'll try that.
356
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,440
Daughter, sister and wife of a king.
357
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,360
She looked at me at last.
358
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,640
What a conquest! The summit! The zenith!
359
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,000
The queen invited me to dance!
360
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:21,960
Let him in.
361
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,840
Someone tried to poison Mlle.
de Thorigny...
362
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,160
the queen's friend.
363
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,280
But she'll live.
364
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,360
My worst enemy did it.
365
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,960
Don't hesitate in taking revenge.
366
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,320
Good evening, M. de Brantôme.
367
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,600
We'll talk tomorrow.
368
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,800
Someone is trying to hurt me, destroy me.
369
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,200
Gillonne de Thorigny, my only friend!
370
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,320
We had agreed to dance tonight.
371
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,560
Let's not change that.
372
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:12,760
Call my musicians.
373
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,960
Come, come, ladies!
374
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,280
Even though death is among us,
we should make merry.
375
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,480
A volta! For M. de Brantôme and me!
376
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,680
When the volta was banned,
I had it imposed.
377
00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,440
Another indecency.
378
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,040
What do you think of the Salic Law?
379
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,840
Are we right to stop women ruling?
380
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,720
The law dismays me, ma'am.
381
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,040
Elizabeth is England's greatest ruler.
382
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,920
In France, we're here to make children.
383
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,000
When we can't have any, we're rejected.
384
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,320
You must dance with someone to know him.
385
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,480
It's important to sound him.
386
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,240
To tell if he's healthy and odorous.
387
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:41,960
If his limbs are supple...
388
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,040
And if she talks worthily.
389
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,280
My mother has a new task for you.
390
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,640
You have to fetch my brother.
391
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,520
He left Paris.
392
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,680
Precisely.
393
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:19,760
She wants you to fetch him.
394
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,040
I wish to ask you a favour.
395
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,200
Take a message to my brother.
396
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,880
He must impose conditions on his return.
397
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,440
But above all...
398
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,920
my mother mustn't find out.
399
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,440
You can count on me.
400
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,360
Thank you, M. de Brantôme.
Come to us when you return.
401
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,880
Let's go to bed.
402
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:57,800
I'll join you, ma'am.
403
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:02,920
My dear cousin...
404
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,200
she and I have travelled
some way on love's path...
405
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:10,240
but there's no reason why you
shouldn't skirmish with her.
406
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,320
Why do you say that, cousin?
407
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,800
Her boiling point is high.
408
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,560
One feels like unpeeling her.
409
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:19,440
If I were you...
410
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,520
You wouldn't say that.
That's the difference.
411
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,560
You keep your women. I pass through mine.
412
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,760
The next morning...
413
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,240
the Queen Mother officially
asked me to find Monsieur...
414
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,800
the king's brother,
who was in talks with the rebels.
415
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,480
The Virgin Mary sent me!
416
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,960
Holy images, crosses of Lorraine...
417
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,200
rosaries...
418
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,920
Give what you can. I only want charity.
419
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:56,960
Where are you going?
420
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,280
To carry the word of God...
421
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,280
the Lord Jesus and our beloved Pope...
422
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,800
to those infidels and renegades.
423
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:06,920
They'll slaughter you!
424
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,840
Our religion has seen other martyrs.
425
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:11,800
Go with him...
426
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,640
and protect him as you can.
427
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,160
My dear Brantôme!
428
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,560
I've been here for weeks.
But they're wary.
429
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,400
So I make up for lost time.
430
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,040
My travelling and lusting companion.
431
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,680
He knows about Elizabeth Tudor.
Tell her how I kissed her!
432
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,760
I was her "toad".
433
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,280
Yes, Sire, you spent a good evening!
434
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,520
Your mother sent me to talk to you.
435
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,600
I have a message from your sister too.
436
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,920
Don't ever leave me!
437
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,240
I'll make you chamberlain!
438
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,480
Life away from Paris is a bore!
439
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,280
She asked me to send for you.
She's still in bed.
440
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,400
Come in, M. de Brantôme.
441
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,560
Do you know the resurrected Mlle.
de Thorigny?
442
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,520
M. de Champvallon forgot his hat again.
443
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,400
We'll give it to him tonight.
444
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:46,760
I was eager to see you.
445
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,360
My mother tells me you were successful.
446
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,080
My brother's returning.
447
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,680
Yes, and on your conditions.
448
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:58,280
That's fine diplomacy.
449
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,880
One day, my brother will be King.
450
00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:06,720
You and I will benefit
from his ambitions for peace.
451
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,800
Take this handkerchief.
452
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,680
It will be your password.
453
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,280
Your cousin Bussy is a lout.
I dismissed him.
454
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,480
He had two other mistresses.
455
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,000
I hope you're not like that.
456
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,640
I don't want my belt stolen.
457
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:27,640
Talk about women.
458
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,920
I hear you and Bussy
know them best at court.
459
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,800
It's a treat for me to know them.
460
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,920
Come, come, Brantôme, to each his own.
461
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,560
Keep your rank. I'm a king's wife.
462
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:59,360
Or find a way to make me want to.
463
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:06,040
Farewell, till we meet again!
Many a kiss on your lips.
464
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,760
Many a kiss on your lips.
465
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,000
I never had the chance.
Peace talks had begun.
466
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:18,440
She joined her husband,
the King of Navarre, in Nérac.
467
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:40,040
Tell your master a lady is here to comfort him.
He'll understand.
468
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,840
My poor friend! It's my turn
to warm your heart.
469
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:55,920
Your queen has gone!
470
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,440
We're just friends.
471
00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,760
Friendship and love are the same for you.
472
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:00,920
Not really.
473
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,200
It's fortunate we both refuse jealousy.
474
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,680
I've only two hours.
We must try to hurry.
475
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:09,240
Help me.
476
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,040
How can you live in such bareness?
477
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,480
My husband's arms.
478
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,760
The Maréchal de Labadens
likes to be everywhere.
479
00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:24,840
The clergy forbids women
to wear underpants.
480
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,760
If they do, they're excommunicated!
481
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,040
The devout are bare-assed all winter!
482
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,680
First assault!
483
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,480
Let's see your muzzles!
484
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,120
Brantôme! Next time you won't get away.
485
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,360
Your mistress's protector
refuses to share her.
486
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,320
Thank you.
487
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,640
Which mistress does he mean?
488
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:34,440
If only I knew!
489
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:36,960
I like cuckolds...
490
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,560
but not cruel, bloodthirsty maniacs!
491
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,560
They can't satisfy their wives!
492
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,200
They assume the right to murder!
493
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,480
Often they kill wife
and lover to marry again!
494
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:57,680
Is that Christian?
495
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,520
They kill women...
496
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,160
often superior to them...
497
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,920
in beauty, talent,
intelligence and charm.
498
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,600
For women are superior to us!
499
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,080
Cuckolds don't realize that!
500
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,720
If God exists, He must be a woman!
501
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:20,160
The Romans simply repudiated their wives.
502
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,000
Anyway...
503
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,840
if they want to kill me
for loving ladies...
504
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,400
let them do it while I'm rutting lustily!
505
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:38,960
If this is your reaction, gentlemen...
506
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,000
I'll make more cuckolds before I die!
507
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,000
I swear I will!
508
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,680
I'm your neighbour, madam.
509
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:05,960
Never mind!
510
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,480
Is your master in? - Yes, madam.
511
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:35,640
Alone?
512
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,320
Have you heard?
513
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,840
Your cousin Bussy has been murdered.
514
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,240
I know. Another jealous husband!
515
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,400
I don't think so. It's political,
disguised as adultery.
516
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,760
Like you, Bussy supported Monsieur.
517
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,680
He was killed for his boasting.
518
00:46:58,680 --> 00:46:59,920
Beware of the king.
519
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:03,800
Am I that dangerous?
520
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:04,840
Yes.
521
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:06,600
I may have the answer.
522
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,200
You'll be protected
by an escort and soldiers.
523
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,280
Marry Louise de Charençonnay,
my husband's niece.
524
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:20,360
When you enter the Labadens family,
no one will dare attack you.
525
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:24,080
I'll do it!
526
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:32,400
I must warn you, she's not
quite made for marriage.
527
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,200
How can I put it... Louise
is a bit mannish...
528
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:38,120
but she never slept with a man.
529
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,120
Well, she only likes ladies,
nothing but ladies.
530
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,840
Will she accept?
531
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,280
They want an unconsummated marriage.
532
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,680
If she doesn't, her fortune
goes to collaterals.
533
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,920
This noble maiden has a total...
534
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:02,280
of 60,000 pounds annually...
535
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,720
as her dowry...
536
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:08,640
along with other advantages
in kind, such as...
537
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:12,280
hunting and land rights,
mills and miscellaneous...
538
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,600
To which we must add...
539
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,640
20,000 pounds from the town house...
540
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,320
5,000 pounds paid quarterly...
541
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:25,480
making in all a total
income of 80,000 pounds...
542
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,400
annually. Signed this day.
543
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,680
80,000 pounds of income a year!
544
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:34,240
My niece is a treasure trove.
545
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,280
I can see how she ensnared you!
546
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:41,040
It's fortunate our families
are equally glorious.
547
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,600
My dear Louise...
548
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:47,760
give me your hand so that I may
give it to your fiancé...
549
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,320
whom I'm sure you'll willingly accept.
550
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,120
The wedding will take
place in four weeks.
551
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:56,800
You'll move to the mansion then.
552
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,280
In the meantime, Louise will stay here.
553
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:00,800
Louise...
554
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,640
I want you to be open with your fiancé.
555
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:07,640
Both look replete with love.
556
00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:11,600
The gossip could only be
to your advantage.
557
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,360
I'll respect the proprieties, Uncle.
558
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,120
The 6th Civil War comes to an end.
559
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,040
Arms are laid down...
560
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:25,960
or rather put aside.
561
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:28,440
They may come in useful again.
562
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:46,760
Ladies...
563
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,120
let's celebrate peace.
564
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,320
What a good idea! You
should come more often.
565
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,880
You've seen so many countries.
566
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,680
When we're married, I'd like...
567
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:05,120
to travel abroad with you,
to Venice, Greece...
568
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:06,720
Lesbos!
569
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:15,560
My uncle told us...
570
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,240
that we should act like lovers.
571
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:25,720
Kiss me.
572
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:36,280
That's the hors d'oeuvre.
573
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:39,160
Now show me what you do to others, sir.
574
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,600
Can I not arouse passion
within a good man?
575
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,120
Stop your snuggling. Leave me.
576
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:11,600
Don't play with caresses!
577
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:20,640
Let's play it rough!
578
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,800
Like the Virgin of Heraklion!
You'll go the same way!
579
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,640
Diane, help! Help!
580
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:33,800
The beauty of a woman!
581
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:51,640
What a feat! You're a real man!
582
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:54,320
I heard something else.
583
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:58,240
It seems you were led
into the country, masked...
584
00:51:58,280 --> 00:51:59,760
to serve a lady.
585
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:01,320
Do you know the lady?
586
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:03,280
No, but I would have liked to.
587
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,880
I wanted to help you, not create a rival!
588
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:20,360
I have no reason to marry you now.
589
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:25,400
If there are flowers
in the antechamber, I'm busy.
590
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:27,520
Don't come in.
591
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,760
My misfortune was as great as my pride.
592
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,080
Such is Paris. She prefers
insolence to virtue.
593
00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:52,560
I want Monsieur.
594
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:53,720
He's here.
595
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,000
I have to marry the Comte de Pangeas.
A buffalo.
596
00:52:57,600 --> 00:52:59,280
Don't forget me.
597
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:00,280
Never.
598
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,360
Sire...
599
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:10,440
I can't find my persecutor. He has fled.
600
00:53:11,240 --> 00:53:15,240
Calm down, Lord Chamberlain. He
had to fight the Barbaresques...
601
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:17,960
or I'd seize his fortune.
602
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:20,440
Some muscatel?
603
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,200
I'm well placed to become King.
604
00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:30,040
I'd know how to make peace last.
605
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:33,680
Since Bussy died, I only have you.
606
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:38,000
Ladies, hurry. We're going
on a royal pilgrimage.
607
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:41,360
Again?
608
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:45,760
We're going to mass at Chartres.
The king needs an heir.
609
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,360
Believers can walk. The others
will go by litter. Hurry!
610
00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:04,480
I'm sick of sleepless nights, going
to Chartres at a snail's pace!
611
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:06,000
It's my fifth pilgrimage.
612
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:10,480
If she can't have a child,
she should go elsewhere.
613
00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,320
She's had offers but always refuses.
614
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,520
The king! The king! He's here!
615
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:31,880
It's time to atone for our sins
with a fine prayer.
616
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,120
I expect my young brother
to pray the most.
617
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:42,960
You can count on it.
618
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,680
Well, any more bad news for me?
619
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,280
We'll talk of stoicism at dinner.
620
00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:13,520
Desportes will describe Marcus Aurelius.
621
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:29,360
M. de Brantôme!
622
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,840
You wished to see me, I believe?
623
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,640
Majesty, death has struck again.
624
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:47,560
André, my brother,
seneschal of Périgord...
625
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:49,640
and I appeal to you.
626
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:52,880
He made his will before he died.
627
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:55,760
It doesn't concern you.
628
00:55:56,520 --> 00:55:58,480
And I won't intervene.
629
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:02,160
I've often asked you for a new stipend.
630
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,920
I believe this is yours.
631
00:56:18,720 --> 00:56:20,600
It was found in your room.
632
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:22,480
You had it searched!
633
00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:24,360
Don't shout. I hate that.
634
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:28,200
My sister gives too many of them away.
635
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,840
You keep poor company.
You'll no longer have mine.
636
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:47,480
Farewell.
637
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:00,680
Didn't you want to make love to me?
638
00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:03,000
We met at Mme. de Retz's once.
639
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:05,440
Mme. de la Rivière!
640
00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:08,120
Are you still only unfaithful when full?
641
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,440
Precisely! I'm two months pregnant.
642
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:13,280
Really?
643
00:57:43,680 --> 00:57:47,040
I prefer doing it dressed.
My satisfaction is greater.
644
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:56,200
The most pathetic pass in front of me.
645
00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:00,280
They receive orders,
stipends and medals...
646
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:02,720
while I get nothing at all!
647
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:07,760
You see this key? It has shown
my rank since I was 16.
648
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:09,800
Gentleman of the King's Chamber!
649
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:12,120
Damn his key!
650
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,560
Let them all go to Rabelais' hell.
651
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,000
I'll leave France and go to Spain.
652
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:23,680
Philip II values me highly.
653
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,600
Let's put the fire out. It's too hot.
654
00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:49,640
Yes, ma'am.
655
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:54,240
I'm Mme. de Bourdeille,
his brother's widow.
656
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:56,640
How is he feeling?
657
01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:00,480
He was in agony for 4 days.
The doctors won't say.
658
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:06,920
Good day, Brantôme.
659
01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:09,880
You don't look too debilitated!
660
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:11,680
Oh, but I am, ma'am.
661
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:13,280
Leave us.
662
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:22,640
The king, my brother, has banished me.
663
01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:25,280
I had to leave the Ile-de-France.
664
01:01:27,320 --> 01:01:29,120
I never take this off.
665
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:32,200
The man who gave it to me
avenged two close friends.
666
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:37,160
He was killed the day
after he gave it to me.
667
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:45,880
Hurry up and get better, Brantôme.
668
01:01:46,840 --> 01:01:48,400
You've made me want you.
669
01:01:54,040 --> 01:01:55,440
Alas, ma'am...
670
01:01:58,040 --> 01:02:00,440
I don't know if I'll ever walk again.
671
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:03,720
My spine was broken in 2 places.
672
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:25,520
I didn't know about your accident.
673
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:30,000
I left Paris with a whole
trunk of aphrodisiacs.
674
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:34,000
I need powders and pills to make love.
675
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,200
At 19, my mother gave them to me...
676
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:40,720
when I was forced
to marry against my will.
677
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:45,880
I slept with Henri de Navarre for 7
months without speaking to him.
678
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:50,600
He made love to me
the hundred times you know of...
679
01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:54,440
but that was all.
680
01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:59,080
It makes me mad to be lying here.
681
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:02,000
Be silent!
682
01:03:06,040 --> 01:03:07,560
I'm cold.
683
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:31,760
Don't move.
684
01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:40,200
Your lips are burning.
685
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:42,320
You're feverish.
686
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:06,680
Since I started seeing the world...
687
01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:09,560
I've always enjoyed travelling.
688
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:12,920
But the finest journeys...
689
01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:15,840
were embarked upon in bed...
690
01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:18,240
with a lady.
691
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:22,280
Montaigne says one should
lend oneself to others...
692
01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:25,280
and give only to oneself.
693
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:30,080
I've lent myself a lot.
694
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:33,400
So have I.
695
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:39,280
But the glowing embers
of passion are not enough.
696
01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:43,000
For love to be good
and tender, you need...
697
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:46,560
the sting and a slow burn.
698
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:51,240
Imagination! Without that,
love can't exist. If not...
699
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:53,640
how can you renew the sting?
700
01:04:56,960 --> 01:05:00,480
Some time ago, when I spotted
a man I wanted to love...
701
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,280
I had him brought to me blindfolded.
702
01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:07,520
I didn't speak so
he didn't know who I was.
703
01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:09,480
That happened to me once...
704
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:12,240
in the country...
705
01:05:12,840 --> 01:05:15,640
It wasn't me! I'd remember.
706
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:19,200
Good beddings or bad, I never forget.
707
01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:25,120
Are you asleep?
708
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:31,760
The devil never sleeps.
709
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:39,080
Get well soon and send me your news.
710
01:05:40,040 --> 01:05:42,520
I have to go. My younger
brother is very ill.
711
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:46,360
If Monsieur dies, what will happen?
712
01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:51,280
We'll simply survive in these
days of treachery...
713
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:53,280
and banditry.
714
01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:57,680
You're lucky to be indoors.
War is back again.
715
01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:01,280
Thanks for last night.
716
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:03,240
Follow your inclination.
717
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:06,800
Write down your memoirs.
718
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:11,040
I already started, years ago.
719
01:06:11,640 --> 01:06:14,600
It will be another way
for women to share your bed.
720
01:06:15,560 --> 01:06:17,840
Describe your lusting, but no names.
721
01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:22,080
And please, just talk
of the best in love.
722
01:06:23,240 --> 01:06:24,960
You mustn't mention the rest.
723
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:38,160
I've always thought
you'd die making love.
724
01:07:39,080 --> 01:07:42,160
Your face shows it at those moments.
725
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:51,800
Thank you, Lord!
726
01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:06,720
You're floppy, sir. All of a droop!
727
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:10,360
Sorry, madam, my nerve has gone.
728
01:08:14,200 --> 01:08:16,360
Stop titillating my wife!
729
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:24,200
Should Brantôme die,
keep his heart for me...
730
01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:27,080
to compare it to M. de Bussy's.
731
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:39,840
I chose you for your fine hand.
732
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,080
You'll share secrets with me.
733
01:08:48,360 --> 01:08:51,200
Not a word to anyone,
or I'll have you killed.
734
01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:57,040
It's to be published after I die...
735
01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:59,680
as it's too sensitive.
736
01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:01,120
First speech:
737
01:09:03,400 --> 01:09:05,640
"Women and their cuckolded husbands."
738
01:09:07,720 --> 01:09:09,640
There were of course, in my day...
739
01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:12,960
virtuous ladies.
740
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:16,440
I won't talk of them.
741
01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:19,680
Hearty ladies...
742
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:22,560
suffice to make me happy.
743
01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:33,440
TWO YEARS LATER
744
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:38,560
Left leg! Right leg! Left!
745
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:40,480
Right!
746
01:09:41,440 --> 01:09:44,600
The bonesetter said
that with your constitution...
747
01:09:44,640 --> 01:09:46,360
you'd be better next year.
748
01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:48,680
Left!
749
01:09:49,240 --> 01:09:51,560
Don't complain. You're
missing the troubles.
750
01:09:52,120 --> 01:09:54,040
The Huguenots were here last night.
751
01:09:54,720 --> 01:09:56,160
I chased them off.
752
01:09:57,440 --> 01:09:58,520
Left leg!
753
01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:01,040
Right leg!
754
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,840
ANOTHER TWO YEARS LATER
755
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:25,800
Where was I?
756
01:10:27,240 --> 01:10:29,000
"She was twitching in my mind..."
757
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:30,800
Ah, yes!
758
01:10:36,040 --> 01:10:38,440
Her flesh was beautiful...
759
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:44,480
and her skin was immaculate.
760
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:49,720
Yes, let's work.
761
01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:57,000
Her conversation
was studded with oaths...
762
01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:02,960
which, on her lips...
763
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,080
became diamonds.
764
01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:11,800
It was said...
765
01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:18,400
that she gave more... than she promised.
766
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:25,160
So I joined the ranks.
767
01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:31,240
She welcomed me abed,
a feast for my eyes.
768
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:34,720
"Are you hungry? Do you
like good food?" she asked.
769
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:36,840
Happily, I answered yes.
770
01:11:37,480 --> 01:11:40,120
"We can move on then," she said.
771
01:11:40,160 --> 01:11:43,360
"Lechery is just a type of gastronomy."
772
01:11:45,800 --> 01:11:47,520
By the way, your soup's ready.
773
01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:52,120
Did you see a lot of that lady?
774
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:56,920
She fell in love and married.
775
01:11:58,880 --> 01:12:00,560
Her husband was a real rake.
776
01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:05,280
She caught him with his mistress
and killed him herself.
777
01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,880
One should never obey one's feelings.
778
01:12:16,280 --> 01:12:18,280
How wonderful all this is!
779
01:12:19,400 --> 01:12:21,320
You've made me the happiest of men.
780
01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:24,960
I'm cured, cured!
781
01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:26,880
I owe you everything.
782
01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:29,000
We were made for each other.
783
01:12:30,840 --> 01:12:34,760
I must start riding again and go
to Paris as soon as I can.
784
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:37,880
Just think... Paris is in turmoil.
785
01:12:38,480 --> 01:12:40,840
I have to go to serve the Queen Mother.
786
01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:45,640
It will help my writing.
787
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:48,720
I can find out how my ladies are.
788
01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:52,400
Later, I'll marry you.
789
01:12:53,680 --> 01:12:56,160
When we've lived well separately...
790
01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:58,960
we'll marry, I promise.
791
01:13:20,280 --> 01:13:23,600
Mme. de Saint-Luc! You're in a hurry.
792
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:28,120
I'm going to church. I'm fasting.
793
01:13:29,080 --> 01:13:31,000
To calm the pricking of the flesh?
794
01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:35,240
All that's behind me now.
795
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:40,200
Women aren't as jolly now.
796
01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:43,360
I was in the country.
797
01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:45,000
I can tell.
798
01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:47,520
I wish to greet the king.
799
01:13:49,440 --> 01:13:50,600
Come on.
800
01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:56,320
What became of Victoire?
801
01:13:56,360 --> 01:14:00,200
She hasn't been seen out since her
third husband died.
802
01:14:00,240 --> 01:14:02,080
And the Queen of Navarre?
803
01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:04,760
She's a prisoner, somewhere in Auvergne.
804
01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:07,160
She pulled too many strings.
805
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:11,520
I don't understand...
806
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:20,560
Are you still alive?
807
01:14:22,720 --> 01:14:24,640
Someone to amuse us at last.
808
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:29,480
You arrive like the Messiah to help
me with this thorny matter.
809
01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:32,840
Tell him what you said.
810
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:36,800
My husband makes love to me too much.
811
01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:41,720
How many times a day?
812
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:44,600
I've counted up to 32 times.
813
01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:46,200
Poor woman!
814
01:14:47,160 --> 01:14:48,640
He's beaten you!
815
01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:51,400
What would you decide?
816
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:54,480
On such a matter...
817
01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:57,800
the Queen of Aragon stated
that a fair limit...
818
01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:00,680
should be six times a day.
819
01:15:01,440 --> 01:15:03,240
If the lady agrees.
820
01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:08,360
Well, the King of France
follows the example.
821
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:13,080
Only six?
822
01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:16,400
You can't reproach me with anything.
823
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,480
I've never been unfaithful to her!
824
01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:26,600
It seems you're keeping
a record of our intimate deeds.
825
01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:30,960
I could have you arrested, you know.
826
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:34,040
I only write of famous
ladies and warriors.
827
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:37,600
Yes, yes, nothing but bedroom secrets.
828
01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:41,520
You're only writing to prolong
the burning desire...
829
01:15:43,680 --> 01:15:45,960
De Guise's men are entering Paris.
830
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:57,000
I won't give in to a Papist
paid by the King of Spain.
831
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:01,520
I won't be his prisoner!
832
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:06,440
The people have taken to the streets.
833
01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:10,480
Ah, Brantôme, I've often
envied your life.
834
01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:14,400
Being just a witness, a memorialist.
835
01:16:14,440 --> 01:16:18,560
A king writes history, Sire.
I just tell it.
836
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:20,640
To each his own.
837
01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:26,920
I've spent my time
stitching France together.
838
01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:35,040
Brantôme, we were missing you.
839
01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:37,240
I'm happy to see you so well, ma'am.
840
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:40,680
In the evening, we eat a light meal.
841
01:16:42,040 --> 01:16:44,800
Two quail roasted in vine leaves...
842
01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:48,520
a good pear grilled in the embers...
843
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:52,680
and a jug of wine.
That's enough and it does us good.
844
01:16:57,920 --> 01:17:00,480
You find us in total disarray.
845
01:17:01,520 --> 01:17:03,240
We have to leave Paris...
846
01:17:04,520 --> 01:17:06,240
hounded out by the Duc de Guise.
847
01:17:07,480 --> 01:17:09,040
For how long?
848
01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:14,440
Are our ladies-in-waiting in your books?
849
01:17:14,480 --> 01:17:16,200
I only tell the truth.
850
01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:18,320
That's what's worrying us.
851
01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:22,440
Give us your manuscripts...
852
01:17:22,480 --> 01:17:24,400
and we'll judge for ourselves.
853
01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:30,240
We'll give you one last chance.
854
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:33,640
Come to the Loire and we'll pardon you.
855
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:35,240
I can't, ma'am.
856
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:37,160
Because of a lady?
857
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:44,120
You're incorrigible! Leave us now.
858
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:50,600
I was one of the only men allowed
into the ladies' quarters...
859
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:51,880
Why me?
860
01:17:51,920 --> 01:17:55,560
We thought that if they had
to know a man...
861
01:17:55,600 --> 01:17:58,680
before marriage, it should be you.
862
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:04,120
Forgive our haste. This is a revolution.
863
01:18:04,160 --> 01:18:05,720
Farewell, Brantôme.
864
01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:18,840
I want a scene showing
life's sweetness on a summer's eve.
865
01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:20,520
It's hot...
866
01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,080
couples are joining together...
867
01:18:27,480 --> 01:18:29,400
Ah! At last!
868
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:31,240
Is Victoire de Labadens here?
869
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:32,760
We're expecting her.
870
01:18:51,680 --> 01:18:54,280
What do you think? I've given birth...
871
01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:56,240
and I can still frolic like I used to.
872
01:18:57,000 --> 01:19:00,840
What about me! Ten pregnancies!
Try that, ladies!
873
01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:03,840
May I?
874
01:19:03,880 --> 01:19:07,240
I'll keep my missal.
I want to appear pious.
875
01:19:09,240 --> 01:19:11,000
I'll put her in the shadows.
876
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:16,680
She's forgotten her past since she married M.
de Noirmoutier.
877
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:23,960
Our pamphlets have ruined the king.
878
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:25,920
People think he sleeps with his henchmen.
879
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:30,440
It's one of our greatest victories.
He'll never recover.
880
01:19:31,400 --> 01:19:33,560
What a shame Victoire couldn't be here.
881
01:19:34,520 --> 01:19:36,160
They say she's fading fast.
882
01:19:36,200 --> 01:19:37,680
What do you mean?
883
01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:39,400
I heard she's dying.
884
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:41,000
Of indigestion, it seems.
885
01:19:44,240 --> 01:19:46,280
The king has just fled Paris!
886
01:20:15,080 --> 01:20:17,000
They've poisoned me.
887
01:20:19,480 --> 01:20:21,120
My husband's family.
888
01:20:22,440 --> 01:20:24,000
To keep the money.
889
01:20:26,480 --> 01:20:28,480
But I'll have the last word.
890
01:20:34,480 --> 01:20:36,880
When the Maréchal died
three years ago...
891
01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:40,800
I wanted to come but I was bedridden.
892
01:20:43,560 --> 01:20:45,680
I know how attentive you are.
893
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:49,960
Your letter did me a lot of good.
894
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:54,960
Don't be sad.
895
01:20:57,800 --> 01:20:59,400
You're in my will.
896
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:05,600
My heart was too big.
897
01:21:06,240 --> 01:21:07,920
So was mine.
898
01:21:07,960 --> 01:21:10,520
I never wanted to make
a woman stay with me.
899
01:21:11,120 --> 01:21:13,360
That's why we loved you.
900
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:19,160
The best lovers are those who confuse...
901
01:21:19,200 --> 01:21:21,720
friendship and love.
902
01:21:22,880 --> 01:21:24,440
I've always known that.
903
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:27,720
Yes, you told me.
904
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:33,240
Help me.
905
01:21:41,520 --> 01:21:43,000
Come in.
906
01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:45,600
It won't be long now.
907
01:21:51,560 --> 01:21:52,840
A priest!
908
01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:54,800
She asked to confess.
909
01:21:55,400 --> 01:21:57,680
She wanted to relieve her turpitude.
910
01:21:58,440 --> 01:22:00,200
The family was sent out.
911
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:36,720
Four hours later, Victoire
still hadn't finished.
912
01:22:36,760 --> 01:22:39,160
The priest had a fit of apoplexy.
913
01:22:44,160 --> 01:22:45,680
He was replaced by another.
914
01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:52,960
At last, at 3 in the morning...
915
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:56,240
the confession came to an end.
Then Victoire asked:
916
01:22:56,880 --> 01:22:58,440
Send me a minister!
917
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:08,640
Now we have two religions,
I'd rather be on the safe side.
918
01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:16,400
Then Victoire made another demand.
919
01:23:17,040 --> 01:23:18,920
Send the priest back...
920
01:23:19,880 --> 01:23:21,400
along with M. de Brantôme.
921
01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:26,240
Hurry up or I'll die!
922
01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:30,240
He's the one!
923
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:33,400
He's the one with whom I made love best!
924
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:36,280
My knight rider!
925
01:23:39,880 --> 01:23:42,200
Thank you for jumping over my body!
926
01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:46,240
The next day, she was made up.
927
01:23:56,520 --> 01:23:59,600
I'm going to die today.
Let's get it over with.
928
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:13,640
She asked for a violinist
to play until she died...
929
01:24:46,280 --> 01:24:49,360
Go to Marguerite.
She's being held in Usson.
930
01:24:49,400 --> 01:24:50,960
She needs you.
931
01:24:56,760 --> 01:25:00,840
At four, just before dawn,
the violinist fainted away.
932
01:25:39,240 --> 01:25:43,160
She left two thirds of her
fortune to the two churches...
933
01:25:43,200 --> 01:25:46,360
with the order to share their profits.
934
01:25:47,320 --> 01:25:50,600
She left me the jewels I had
always refused to take.
935
01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:20,280
May God protect you!
936
01:26:23,240 --> 01:26:25,600
Let them impale each other.
937
01:26:27,480 --> 01:26:29,400
We stop when blood is shed.
938
01:26:30,920 --> 01:26:32,240
It's only a game.
939
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,960
I came to save you, to take
you to a safe place.
940
01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:42,400
M. de Canillac is the bearded one.
The other is M. d'Urfé.
941
01:26:42,440 --> 01:26:43,760
Come with me.
942
01:26:44,520 --> 01:26:46,280
If I leave, I'll be killed.
943
01:26:46,840 --> 01:26:49,520
My brother the king has
executed everyone around me.
944
01:26:51,080 --> 01:26:54,720
Now my husband is heir, he has
to marry a foreign princess.
945
01:26:55,480 --> 01:26:59,840
An Italian astrologist advises
me on when to make love.
946
01:26:59,880 --> 01:27:01,640
That's why they're fighting.
947
01:27:08,560 --> 01:27:11,400
My winter is better than your spring.
948
01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:16,400
M. d'Urfé writes too. He
deigned to sleep with me once.
949
01:27:18,320 --> 01:27:21,200
M. de Canillac was my jailor.
Now he protects me.
950
01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:26,400
One morning I showed him my breasts.
He wanted the rest!
951
01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:45,920
Your turn now, M. de Brantôme.
952
01:27:45,960 --> 01:27:47,200
En garde!
953
01:27:51,160 --> 01:27:54,240
Lunge, for God's sake!
You're a poor fighter.
954
01:27:54,280 --> 01:27:57,680
One, two, three and boot!
955
01:27:58,440 --> 01:28:00,000
Maybe I fight badly...
956
01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:02,920
but I prick well.
957
01:28:03,880 --> 01:28:06,920
You prick, sir! Good night, M.
de Canillac.
958
01:28:07,480 --> 01:28:10,080
Supper awaits us in my room.
959
01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:12,320
Good night, ma'am.
960
01:28:12,360 --> 01:28:14,280
I'll watch over you.
961
01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:19,720
Nothing but food to heat our fancy.
962
01:28:19,760 --> 01:28:21,680
Some wine as a mouthwash?
963
01:28:25,160 --> 01:28:27,360
Sit down. Don't drink too much.
964
01:28:27,960 --> 01:28:30,320
One day I slept with de Turenne...
965
01:28:30,360 --> 01:28:34,080
he was so drunk, he threw
up all over my breasts.
966
01:28:34,120 --> 01:28:37,200
You've led me so far
along the path of imagination...
967
01:28:37,240 --> 01:28:38,760
that I can no longer go back.
968
01:28:39,720 --> 01:28:43,400
I'll keep you with me
and turn my back on Venus.
969
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:52,720
Ma'am, he's dead!
970
01:28:53,880 --> 01:28:56,240
I know. I don't want him touched.
971
01:28:56,920 --> 01:28:58,840
He's a young local boy.
972
01:29:02,760 --> 01:29:06,120
He did everything so well. In
bed, he did a dozen stations.
973
01:29:08,040 --> 01:29:09,960
He overestimated himself.
974
01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:13,880
Do you scorn me?
975
01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:16,880
I learnt long ago never to scorn women!
Not one!
976
01:29:17,560 --> 01:29:20,720
Go now, Brantôme. I'll carry
on living as I wish.
977
01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:25,400
You'll remain the most surprising
philanderer ever.
978
01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:29,160
I often think of Ronsard. He's dead too.
979
01:29:29,840 --> 01:29:32,640
"I love to make love
and speak to women...
980
01:29:32,680 --> 01:29:34,720
and put down in words my love for them."
981
01:29:35,680 --> 01:29:39,520
That's your whole life, Brantôme.
And maybe mine too.
982
01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:50,400
Friends forever?
983
01:29:51,920 --> 01:29:53,480
For all eternity.
984
01:29:54,600 --> 01:29:56,920
Let us exchange our writings.
985
01:29:57,880 --> 01:30:01,720
Never go back to court.
They'd destroy you and your books.
986
01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:05,960
Make them forget you. That
can be a road to glory.
987
01:30:06,520 --> 01:30:08,440
We're getting too serious with the years.
988
01:30:12,480 --> 01:30:15,760
Never be serious. Remain
lighthearted, Brantôme.
989
01:30:16,720 --> 01:30:20,720
They'll say you're superficial.
So what? You're right!
990
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:24,760
Be light-hearted, merry and curious.
991
01:30:29,120 --> 01:30:32,920
Farewell, Brantôme. Many
a kiss on your lips.
992
01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:36,200
Many a kiss on your lips, my queen.
993
01:30:37,920 --> 01:30:39,240
My Queen Margot!
994
01:30:47,280 --> 01:30:49,320
In those days...
995
01:30:51,440 --> 01:30:53,160
I would dress...
996
01:30:54,120 --> 01:30:57,120
in grey and white...
997
01:30:57,800 --> 01:30:59,320
for the love...
998
01:31:01,440 --> 01:31:04,320
of a lady.
999
01:31:11,320 --> 01:31:13,240
Make me die a little!
1000
01:31:33,480 --> 01:31:35,320
We'll live in my château.
1001
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:37,080
It'll be more practical.
1002
01:31:37,640 --> 01:31:39,560
It's no use keeping all this.
1003
01:31:41,520 --> 01:31:43,280
I respect you so much...
1004
01:31:44,840 --> 01:31:47,960
but marriage is like a betrayal for me.
1005
01:31:49,440 --> 01:31:51,160
I must be faithful to them all...
1006
01:31:51,920 --> 01:31:53,280
and to you too...
1007
01:31:55,200 --> 01:31:56,720
Jacquette...
1008
01:31:57,680 --> 01:32:00,880
I'll be faithful to you
by not marrying you.
1009
01:32:04,880 --> 01:32:06,400
My heart's too big.
1010
01:32:09,600 --> 01:32:11,120
I'm used to it!
1011
01:32:12,680 --> 01:32:14,720
Is this goodbye for good?
1012
01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:17,880
I can never say goodbye.
1013
01:32:24,720 --> 01:32:26,080
Well...
1014
01:32:26,120 --> 01:32:27,640
if you don't mind...
1015
01:32:29,560 --> 01:32:31,280
I'll call sometimes...
1016
01:32:32,040 --> 01:32:33,600
on a neighbourly visit.
1017
01:32:34,760 --> 01:32:36,480
We could sleep together...
1018
01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:38,880
on the off chance.
1019
01:32:39,480 --> 01:32:42,360
That's a fine decision to take.
1020
01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:46,320
We'll keep each other warm
in the years to come.
1021
01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:54,320
This is my will and testament.
1022
01:32:55,120 --> 01:32:57,560
My heirs are to print the books...
1023
01:32:57,600 --> 01:33:00,360
produced by my imagination.
1024
01:33:20,560 --> 01:33:23,160
Thank you, ladies,
for entrancing me so often.
1025
01:33:25,640 --> 01:33:28,520
Without you, mortal life
would be unbearable.
1026
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:34,240
I also thank those who loved me long...
1027
01:33:34,280 --> 01:33:37,360
and those who dismissed
me, leaving me to others.
1028
01:33:47,800 --> 01:33:50,000
Thanks, most distinguished whores...
1029
01:33:50,040 --> 01:33:52,640
and forgive me if I've offended you.
1030
01:33:53,240 --> 01:33:55,000
I wasn't born to displease you.
1031
01:33:55,640 --> 01:33:58,520
I mention some but not all...
1032
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:07,600
Thanks for your kindness
and the great moments you gave me...
1033
01:34:07,640 --> 01:34:09,200
in these dangerous times.
1034
01:34:10,160 --> 01:34:13,480
Stay merry and good-natured
as I love you...
1035
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:15,760
and so I'll keep you all:
1036
01:34:15,800 --> 01:34:19,760
as fine as goddesses
and as welcoming as mortals.
1037
01:34:19,800 --> 01:34:22,080
Thank you and many a kiss on your lips.
1038
01:34:37,200 --> 01:34:40,480
Brantôme's works were published
55 years after his death.
1039
01:34:40,520 --> 01:34:44,520
He was praised for bearing witness
to the women and manners of his time.
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