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FREELY ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY GAÉTAN SOUCY

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS TOO FOND OF MATCHES

Having called for a writing-case,

he dictated a precise order for his officer,

to go immediately to Madame's house,

to snatch from her daughters the other letters he would surely find there,

and to throw them into the fire,

so that the memory would be forever extinguished.

MEMOIRS OF THE DUC DE SAINT-SIMON

Give it back!

You're not allowed to read that!

Give it to me!

It's a forbidden book!

Don't ruin it!

Brother!

Hide!

Excuse me?

Is this the house of Mister...

...Mister Soissons?

Mister Soissons,

he's your father?

Here, your book.

Tell me,

where I can find your father?

Pardon me sir.

I'm the surveyor, from the land registry.

We're reviewing holdings...

I need to take measurements.

The landmarks...

You're forbidden to be here!

I was telling your daughter...

Get out!

And don't come back!

Father, I thank Thee

for Thy blessings

Lazarus,

get out!

And the dead man came out,

his face wrapped in linen.

Untie him,

and let him go.

Many had come to Martha and Mary,

to console them for the death of their brother.

And Jesus...

stood there...

looking up.

The crowd,

stupefied,

immobile,

contemplated this miracle.

YOU?

It's a just punishment.

Dad will know!

Brother didn't stay put...

I told you not to move,

not to speak!

Get out, you!

No boy would have hair this long.

Stop it!

You're exactly like your brother.

Then why don't I have a wee-wee?

I've told you a thousand times.

It fell off when you were small.

It is a natural disease for man to believe

that he inherently possesses the truth,

and thus he is eager to deny

everything incomprehensible.

"Just Punishment"?

He'll freeze to death if you don't bring him in!

Damned house,

cursed family.

No! Dad!

Leave him!

What are you doing, still awake?

Don't move!

I know what you think.

You think I'm mad?

That's it?

Brother?

Father's not answering.

He's locked in his room.

Father?

Father?

Open up!

You think we come from there?

You know very well...

Father fashioned us from clay.

We'll have to bury him.

We can't bury him in the mud!

We'll need money.

What for?

To buy a box for the dead.

In the village?

No need, we'll make a box.

Father never let us leave

Father is dead!

That's no reason!

Where are you going?

Here.

Have some.

It's good.

More?

Here.

I'll be taking care of you from now on.

Give me a hand!

Come on, help me!

We don't even know where the village is!

The horse knows.

What do I do now?

Dig a hole!

Is that your music?

What are you doing?

Calm down!

Father.

How dare you bring this beast inside the church?

Answer!

Let go of her.

That's Mr. Soissons' horse, isn't it?

Maybe she's deaf?

Do you understand what we are saying?

Has anything happened to Mr. Soissons?

He died last night.

Soissons is dead?

We found him hanging from a rope.

My Lord...

You said, "We found him".

Who's "we"?

Father has two sons: me and my brother.

Come on! Soissons? Two sons?

All right, all right.

Calm down, will you!

And what did you do with the body?

His body is there, but he's gone!

NOW!

Listen to me!

You'll take us to him!

Get her out of my sight!

Everybody, back inside.

We'll get on with the Mass!

Leave me alone!

Will you calm down?

That's enough!

Stop crying!

I just wanted to

I'm...

I'm sorry for your father.

There are rumors about him in the village.

People are afraid of him.

What's your name? I'm Paul-Marie.

Brother calls me "Brother", and Dad called us "Son".

Why do you always talk as if you were a boy?

You know you're a girl?

I would even say a rather pretty girl!

A little scruffy, perhaps.

Here.

They'll be back soon.

Why did you come here?

What's that?

Let me see. Show me!

What's wrong with you?

Who did that to you?

Your brother?

Your father?

You saw how the people reacted?

You think they'll leave you alone?

They'll put you in an orphanage,

or a convent, in your condition.

Do you understand what I'm telling you?

They'll be back soon.

Where's the box?

And the horse?

I have a box.

Stop!

We'll put Father's body inside and bury him in the hole!

They're coming...

the villagers...

they're evil.

Father's dead, they're no longer afraid!

They won't let us live here anymore!

They'll lock us up...

in an "or-pha-na-ge"!

You shouldn't have gone to the village.

I want to know who we are.

You don't mind living in darkness?

It doesn't bother you?

There is no darkness.

It's all in your head!

Don't you see he's been lying to us?

I'm not a son.

You know I'm not a son!

I don't want to be a girl.

Brother?

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Where are you?

What were you doing in there?

Father said we'd die if we went in there!

Well, you see

The rifle, the robe, you had the right to take them?

I'm the Master of the Domain now!

And the altar wine, that was allowed as well?

Don't move!

Get out of my way.

Let me go!

Wait.

It's moving!

Here.

Here!

Touch.

Don't you see?

In the village, they call me "she".

They speak as if I were a girl.

It's all your fault!

You've ruined everything!

Tomorrow we'll bury Father in the hole.

That's what's going to happen.

We'll bury him with the monster,

and put an end to this!

The devil in the shed!

What have you done to him?

Come.

Come on.

Did he hurt you?

Where did he touch you?

I always thought that Dad had fashioned us from clay.

But you see, it all starts from here.

I'm here as a friend, I've come to help.

I'm the Master of the Domain!

Don't you know it's forbidden to be here?

Listen, things are serious.

In a few minutes, they'll all be here:

the police, the coroner, the pathologist.

These people don't understand...

You don't understand...

What's wrong with him?

The villagers will be here soon!

Who

who is it?

She can't walk, she can't speak,

it's just suffering.

But I'm sure she understands everything.

Your mother,

what happened to her?

Is she also like that?

We need to have you examined.

I know a doctor, he can certainly

Hey, don't cry!

You!

Stop putting your nose in our business!

Get out!

Go and tell the others not to come!

Come with me! - I can't leave her!

Come!

No.

Hop on! Now!

Stop!

Stay back!

Stop! Get him!

Stop! Get him!

It'll be alright, it'll be alright.

It'll be alright, it'll be alright.

Get him!

Calm down!

Let me go!

...henceforth, we would no longer be slave to sin.

For he who has died is freed from sin.

Having died with Christ,

we believe that we shall also live with him.

We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again;

death has no dominion over him.

Come here.

Mama?

Look everywhere!

We'll have to knock down the door.

There's somebody else here!

Is someone there?

Knock it down!

There's a fire!

MEMOIRS OF SAINT-SIMON

The house is on fire!

I'm holding you,

I'm holding you.