All language subtitles for The Affair of the Necklace_en

Baron de Breteuil:
NAPOLEON WROTE

THAT "MILITARY BLUNDERS
AND DOMESTIC CATASTROPHES

FANNED THE FLAMES
OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION."

BUT THE COUP DE GRACE WAS
A CURIOUS PALACE SCANDAL

INVOLVING
A WOMAN OF NOBILITY DENIED,

A MEMBER
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY,

AND THE MOST MAGNIFICENT
STRING OF JEWELS

IN ALL OF EUROPE.

THIS NOTORIOUS INTRIGUE
CAME TO BE KNOWN AS...

L'AFFAIRE DU COLLIER.

[BELL TOLLS]

JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS.

WE HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE
TO BRING JUDGMENT ON YOU

AND THE OTHER DEFENDANTS

AS INSTRUCTED BY HIS MAJESTY
LOUIS XVI.

BEFORE READING THE RECORD
OF YOUR INTERROGATION,

DO YOU CARE TO MAKE REMARKS
TO THIS JUDGING BODY?

I DO.

IF I REACHED FOR ANYTHING
THAT SHONE BRILLIANTLY,

IT WAS THE VISION
OF A HOME DENIED ME

AND A SENSE OF PEACE
I HAVE NEVER KNOWN.

IN THE EYES OF GOD
AND THE WORLD...

I WANTED MY LIFE TO BE
AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

Breteuil: THE NAME VALOIS
FIRST BECAME KNOWN TO ME

MANY YEARS AGO.

RETRACED 5 GENERATIONS,
IT WAS SAID,

YOU WOULD COME UPON A KING.

FROM THIS NOBLE LINEAGE,
THERE WOULD EMERGE

ONE WHOM I AND ALL OF FRANCE
WOULD COME TO KNOW:

JEANNE SAINT-RéMY DE VALOIS.

[SQUEALING IN DELIGHT]

JEANNE.

DARNELL VALOIS
WAS A REFORMIST,

A RARE CHAMPION
OF THE COMMON FOLK,

AND THE VALOIS NAME HAD BECOME
ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESISTANCE,

AN ASSOCIATION
ONE COULD ILL AFFORD

IN THOSE TUMULTUOUS DAYS.

[HORSEMAN
CALLS OUT]

WHO ARE THEY, FATHER?

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

Officer: BRING HIM OUT!

[WOMAN SCREAMS,
SOLDIERS SHOUTING]

[GUNSHOT]
DARNELL!

[2 MORE GUNSHOTS]

Breteuil: THE MONARCHY
BELIEVED THE VALOIS NAME

WOULD BE BURIED WITH
THE YOUNG GIRL'S FATHER.

BUT THE MONARCHY
WOULD PROVE TO BE WRONG.

THAT WINTER HER MOTHER'S
BROKEN HEART GAVE OUT,

AND IN AN INSTANT,
JEANNE WAS AN ORPHAN.

AND I WOULD CROSS PATHS
WITH THAT DAMAGED YOUNG WOMAN

MANY YEARS HENCE.

JEANNE SAINT-RéMY DE VALOIS

GREW UP ALONE

AND ACCOMPLISHED IT QUICKLY.

VOWING TO RESTORE HONOR
TO THE VALOIS NAME,

SHE SET HER SIGHTS
ON THE ONE PERSON

SHE FELT COULD MAKE
EVERYTHING RIGHT:

THE QUEEN OF ALL FRANCE,

MARIE-ANTOINETTE.

[SINGS PLAISIR D'AMOUR
IN FRENCH]

THE QUEEN IS
IN FINE VOICE TONIGHT.

THE ROLE OF TEMPTRESS
SUITS HER.

NO DOUBT IT IS A ROLE OUR
ANTOINETTE HAS PLAYED BEFORE.

[LAUGHS KNOWINGLY]

[SINGING IN FRENCH]

WHO MIGHT THAT INTERESTING
LITTLE TART BELONG TO?

SHE GOES
BY THE NAME LA MOTTE.

COUNTESS, NO LESS.

CLAIMS TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF VALOIS.

HMM. WHAT IS TO BE GAINED
BY SUCH AN ASSERTION?

PERHAPS QUITE SIMPLY
IT IS THE TRUTH.

THE TRUTH.
WHAT A NOVEL APPROACH.

I'M TOLD SHE OWES
HER POSITION

TO A MARRIAGE
OF CONVENIENCE.

HER HUSBAND COMES AND
GOES AS HE PLEASES...

WITH WHOMEVER
HE PLEASES.

THE POOR DEAR.

HER DRESS WALKS
THE CUSP OF FASHION...

2 SEASONS AGO.

HER EYES, THOUGH...
VERY EXCITING.

BE MINDFUL OF WHOM
YOU CAME WITH TONIGHT.

AS IF IT WERE POSSIBLE
TO FORGET.

[ROYAL FANFARE PLAYS]

[COURTIERS APPLAUD]

BRAVA, MAJESTY!

BRAVA, MAJESTY!

MAJESTY.

MAJESTY.

IT WAS AN EVENING
OF TRIUMPH, YES?

BRAVA!
MAJESTY!

OHH!

THERE'S NO NEED TO WORSHIP
AT MY FEET.

[COURTIERS LAUGH]

I'VE ONLY HAD A FAINT,
MONSIEUR.

YOU NEED NOT REVIVE ME
FROM THE DEAD.

Breteuil: IN MY YEARS
OF SERVICE TO THE CROWN,

I HAD WATCHED THEM
COME AND GO...

YOU AGAIN.

I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE

TO MAINTAIN YOUR DISTANCE
FROM HER MAJESTY.

Breteuil, voice-over:
AMBITIOUS ARISTOCRATS

TROUNCING ONE ANOTHER

IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN
ROYAL FAVOR.

FORGIVE ME,
HOUSE MINISTER.

I WAS OVERCOME
BY THE STRAIN

OF AN IMPORTANT
MATTER.

BUT SHE WAS DIFFERENT.

ONE I BELIEVE THE QUEEN
WOULD FIND OF INTEREST.

YOU AND
ALL THE REST.

I HAVE SOUGHT
A PROPER AUDIENCE,

BUT ALWAYS
I AM TURNED AWAY.

HER MAJESTY DOES NOT
CARE TO KNOW YOU.

I WILL HEAR THAT
FROM HER OWN LIPS.

MINISTER BRETEUIL,
THIS INCONVENIENCE

IS NOT WORTHY
OF YOUR ATTENTION.

ALLOW ME TO ATTEND
TO THE COUNTESS.

SEE THAT YOU DO.

[TAPS FLOOR WITH STAFF]

Breteuil:
STEP ASIDE, PLEASE.

I AM RETAUX DE VILETTE,

YOUR ESCORT BY COMMAND.

[LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS]

Man:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THE QUEEN OF DANCE...

ANTOINETTE.

* ANTOINETTE
AND MADAME CAMPAN *

* TOGETHER THEY DID SUP *

* TAKING TURNS,
THEY DEEPLY DRANK *

* FROM EACH OTHER'S
LOVING CUP *

* IN THE HAY,
SHE PASSED THE DAY *

* WITH BONNERVILLES
AND FRANK *

* HOW DO YOU THINK
TO DO? WE CRY *

* WITH A WINK
SHE DID REPLY *

Retaux: IT NEVER WORKS,
YOU KNOW.

LITTLE PLOYS TO GARNER
THE QUEEN'S ATTENTION.

WHAT IS ON THE PAPER
YOU WERE SO EAGER TO PRESS

INTO OUR SOVEREIGN'S
REGAL PALM?

HAS THIS CLAIM OF HERITAGE
BEEN AUTHENTICATED?

THE KING'S MINISTER OF TITLES
REFUSES TO SEE ME,

BUT I KNOW THE TRUTH.

MY FATHER'S ESTATE WAS USURPED
BY THE ROYAL FAMILY.

I WISH TO PETITION
FOR ITS RETURN.

BY ACCOSTING ANTOINETTE?

NO.
BEING A WOMAN,

THE QUEEN WILL BE MORE
SYMPATHETIC TO MY SITUATION.

ONCE SHE LEARNS OF THE INJUSTICE
MY FAMILY HAS ENDURED--

[RETAUX LAUGHS]

PLEASE FORGIVE ME,
COUNTESS,

IT IS SO FRESH AND NEW
AND NAIVE.

IT'S REMARKABLE HOW QUICKLY
YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF TIRESOME.

WHOA!

Retaux: DE LA MOTTE?

I WAS FAMILIAR WITH
A NICOLAS DE LA MOTTE

IN THE CAVALRY.

Jeanne: THANK YOU.

ALTHOUGH, AT THE TIME,
HE WAS NO COUNT.

THEN AGAIN,
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON

FOR PEOPLE
TO BUY SUCH TITLES.

WHAT YOU SUGGEST
IS INSULTING.

IT'S EVEN LESS ATTRACTIVE
COMING FROM A COMMON GIGOLO.

WELL, I FANCY MYSELF QUITE
UNCOMMON IN THAT RESPECT.

YOU'VE COME TOO FAR.

THE COUNT IS BAD-TEMPERED.

IF I CALL OUT, HE WILL COME.

AND DO WHAT?

MOST LIKELY, SEPARATE YOU FROM
THE BELOVED TOOLS OF YOUR TRADE.

HOW DISAGREEABLE.

HE'S BACK, THEN?

I SAW HIM NOT A WEEK AGO
IN RAMBOUILLET.

STRANGE, THOUGH.
HE SEEMED QUITE ENSCONCED

IN THE COMPANY OF AN ACTRESS
FROM THE COMéDIE.

YOU INSERTED YOURSELF
IN THIS SITUATION, MONSIEUR.

HOW DO YOU PROPOSE
TO TAKE LEAVE OF IT?

HAVE YOU ANY SUGGESTIONS?

FIND A USE FOR YOURSELF
ON MY BEHALF. QUICKLY.

AT COURT, THE TRICK
TO OBTAINING YOUR DESIRES

IS TO FIRST KNOW WHAT
EVERYONE ELSE DESIRES.

AND YOU HAVE
SUCH KNOWLEDGE?

IT'S MY SECOND GREATEST
TALENT.

Breteuil: THE ENTRY OF
THE YOUNG COUNTESS INTO COURT

WAS TO COINCIDE WITH ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT ARRIVAL.

IT WAS AN AMAZING
EXTRAVAGANCE,

A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE
TO THE VANITY OF MAN.

THIS IS THE CULMINATION
OF MY LIFE.

ITS COMBINED WEIGHT
IS NO LESS THAN

2,800 CARATS.

WELL, MONSIEUR BOHMER,

IT IS A MARVEL.

[BOHMER CHORTLES]

THANK YOU.

MONSIEUR BASSENGE AND I

HAVE PUT OUR VERY SOULS
INTO THE PIECE.

AND EVERY LIVRE YOU POSSESS,
I'LL WAGER.

NATURALLY,
WE INCURRED SOME DEBT

IN THE PURCHASE
OF THE STONES.

WELL, I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE
NO TROUBLE FINDING A BUYER.

OUR SINGLE GREATEST HOPE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN

THAT IT WOULD FIND
ITS PLACE WITH YOU.

HMM. HOW CURIOUS.

IT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME
THAT THE PIECE

WAS ORIGINALLY DESTINED
FOR MADAME DU BARRY.

SEE TO HER NEEDS.

MADAME DU BARRY?

THAT TROLLOP MY HUSBAND'S
GRANDFATHER MAINTAINED.

WELL, I, HEH--
WELL...

I PRAY THAT THE WHISPERS
ARE MERE COURT GOSSIP.

OTHERWISE, DU BARRY'S
RECENT BANISHMENT FROM COURT

WOULD FIND YOU
WITHOUT A BUYER.

IF YOUR MAJESTY
WOULD PERMIT,

WE ARE...FOGGY

ON THE EXACT ORDER
OF EVENTS.

IF HER MAJESTY WOULD
TRY THE NECKLACE ON...

PERHAPS, HEH...

IT IS A PHENOMENON.

[CHUCKLING]

STILL I DECLINE.

WE ARE THE APPOINTED
JEWELERS TO HER MAJESTY.

OUR REPUTATIONS
WILL BE SHATTERED

IF WE'RE FORCED TO SEEK
OTHER BUYERS.

I DID NOT COMMISSION
THIS NECKLACE.

I DO NOT WISH TO ACQUIRE IT.

I NEED EXPLAIN MYSELF
NO FURTHER.

I--
SHH. NO.

NO, NO. SHH.

YOUR MAJESTY.

MAJESTY.

YOUR MAJESTY.

MAJESTY.
MAJESTY.

YOU HANDLED THAT
QUITE BRILLIANTLY.

DON'T YOU THINK I TOLD--

[BOTH JEWELERS ARGUING]

[LAUGHING]

HE'S NOT GOING TO SEE ME.
I'VE TRIED.

WHY SHOULD TODAY
BE ANY DIFFERENT?

BECAUSE THE MINISTER
OF TITLES' AUNT IS...

AN ACQUAINTANCE.

I AM AWARE OF YOUR PRESENCE.

I CAN HEAR YOU THINKING.

THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME.

YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE
WAITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

PLEASE, MINISTER, TELL ME.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED
MY PETITION?

IT IS UNUSUAL, MADAME,

FOR YOU TO COME HERE
ON YOUR OWN BEHALF.

IN MY EXPERIENCE,

WOMEN DO NOT POSSESS
THE...

TEMPERAMENT
FOR NEGOTIATIONS.

IT WOULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR ME

TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER
WITH THE COUNT DE LA MOTTE.

THE COUNT IS IN RAMBOUILLET.

IN ANY EVENT, IT IS MY LINEAGE
I WISH TO HAVE AUTHENTICATED,

NOT HIS.

IT IS MY FAMILY'S HOME
I WISH RETURNED.

MMM. YOUR PETITION
PLACES ME

IN A DIFFICULT POSITION.

YOUR FATHER WAS PRONE TO
STIRRING UP PARLIAMENT.

HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST
POVERTY AND TYRANNY.

YOUR FATHER WAS
A TREACHEROUS LIAR.

HE WAS A MAN WHO ONLY WANTED
TO BETTER THE WORLD AROUND HIM.

IF THERE WERE MORE LIKE HIM
AT VERSAILLES--

FORGIVE ME. I--

HE RAILED AGAINST
THE MONARCHY.

THAT WILL NEVER
BE TOLERATED.

MONSIEUR...

YOU OF ALL PEOPLE

KNOW THE IMPORTANCE
OF A GOD-GIVEN NAME

AND A HOME IN WHICH
IT CAN FLOURISH.

IT DEFINES US.

[SIGHS]

NO DOUBT YOUR REQUEST
COMES FROM THE HEART,

BUT THERE ARE
HIGHER CONSIDERATIONS.

I IMPLORE YOU, MINISTER.

IF I HAVE NO LEGACY
TO PASS ON,

THE NAME OF VALOIS
DIES WITH ME.

IN THE EYES
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY,

THAT WOULD NOT BE
AN UNFAVORABLE RESULT.

THIS ROYAL OFFICE

WILL NOT GRANT
YOUR PETITION.

IT NEVER WILL.

I CAN'T ACCOMPLISH
WHAT I CAME TO DO.

PROPER CHANNELS
BE DAMNED.

Breteuil:
THE ROYAL FAMILY

HAD BEEN WELL AWARE
OF THIS MEETING.

BY CRUSHING
THE HOPES OF THE COUNTESS,

THEY SOUGHT TO END
THE VALOIS LEGACY

AND ALL THAT IT STOOD FOR.

Retaux: IT'S REALLY
QUITE SIMPLE, COUNTESS.

TO INFLUENCE SOMEONE LIKE
THE MINISTER OF TITLES,

YOU MUST FIRST HAVE
INFLUENCE.

HENCE, LESSON ONE:

THE BENEFACTOR.

OH, PERFECT.
LE MARQUIS DE FAVRAS.

A MOST GENEROUS MAN

WITH A MOST GENEROUS
APPETITE...

FOR YOUNG MEN.

[JEANNE LAUGHS]

LE COMTE DE BLONDE,

KEEPER
OF THE ROYAL SEALS.

WEALTHY, POWERFUL,

AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY
PURSUES

ANY AND ALL MEMBERS
OF THE FEMALE GENDER.

FOR WHAT REASON,
I CANNOT IMAGINE.

HE IS AS VIRILE AS
AN EMPTY SAUSAGE SKIN.

Jeanne: HMM.
AND HIM?

AH, YES, PIERRE CHARRON.

HE HAS KILLED 4 MEN
IN DUELS,

LOVES A STAG HUNT,

AND DESPITE
HIS OVERT FLIRTATIONS,

MAINTAINS
BUT A SINGLE LOVER...

HIS BENEFACTOR,

THE MARQUIS DE FAVRAS.

LECHERS AND PARASITES.

IS THAT ALL THERE IS
TO BE HAD?

WELCOME TO COURT.

HMM.

HERE, APPEARANCE
IS EVERYTHING,

AND I MEAN NO OFFENSE,
COUNTESS, BUT...

YOURS IS LACKING.

YOUR MANNER OF DRESS
AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

MUST IMPROVE.

PLAINLY SAID,
YOU NEED MONEY,

AND TO OBTAIN IT,
YOU NEED TO FIND FAVOR

WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS IT.

Woman:
RETAUX, MY PRECIOUS!

AH! LOOK HO!

3 SENSUAL SIRENS
OF THE SEA.

[ALL LAUGH GIRLISHLY]

HOW LONG DO YOU
INTEND TO SUFFER

THE WHIMS
OF OLD WOMEN?

SUFFER?

I BRING JOY INTO THE HEARTS
OF VENERABLE LADIES.

WHY, I'M OFTEN--

[LAUGHING]

YOU EVADE THE QUESTION,
MONSIEUR.

I SHALL STOP SUFFERING
THE WHIMS OF OLDER WOMEN

WHEN...

WHEN SOMEONE MORE INTRIGUING
ENTERS MY WORLD.

AM I TO SUPPOSE YOU HAVE
NO ONE YOU CARE FOR NOW?

THERE WAS ONE.

THE SELF-PROCLAIMED
DUCHESS DE VOSSI.

IN TRUTH, A COURTESAN
OF THE HIGHEST STATURE.

SHE ENTERTAINED ONLY THE NOBLE
ELITE IN HER BED OF PLEASURES.

MOTHER.

SHE...

TAUGHT ME THE INTRICACIES
OF COURT LIFE.

FROM THE NOBLEMEN
THAT CAME TO OUR ROOMS,

I OBSERVED POLISHED MANNER
AND WIT SUPREME.

WHO CAN SAY? ONE OF
THESE DROOLING FOPS

BOBBING PAST US NOW
COULD WELL BE MY FATHER.

AN AMUSING THOUGHT,
AT BEST.

HOW SKILLFULLY
YOU PLAY THE ROGUE.

YET EVEN YOU
CANNOT MASK

SUCH IMPENETRABLE
LONELINESS.

ARE WE THAT MUCH ALIKE,
COUNTESS?

[CHOIR SINGS IN LATIN]

NEXT LESSON:

ALWAYS BE CERTAIN TO CHOOSE
A BENEFACTOR OF NOBLE MEANS.

FOR INSTANCE,

LOUIS DE ROHAN,
CARDINAL OF ALL FRANCE

AND BLOOD PRINCE OF
THE INFAMOUS HOUSE OF ROHAN.

HIS EMINENCE IS A DEBAUCHER
OF LEGENDARY PROPORTIONS.

HIS PARTIES ARE LAVISH,
ORGIASTIC AFFAIRS.

Jeanne: HMM.

AH.

THEY'VE ARRIVED.

ONE HOUR LATE
AS REQUIRED BY ROYALTY.

THIS SHOULD BE
ENTERTAINING.

CORPUS DOMINI
NOSTRI

JESUCRISTI
CUSTODIA

IN VITUM ETERNUM.
AMEN.

CORPUS DOMINI--

WHY SUCH CHILL BETWEEN
THE CARDINAL AND THE QUEEN?

YEARS AGO, WHILE
ON A RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGE,

ROHAN BEDDED
HALF THE AUSTRIAN COURT.

HE JESTED ANTOINETTE'S MOTHER,
THE EMPRESS,

HAD BEGGED HER TURN.

WORD OF THIS SLANDER
GOT BACK TO ANTOINETTE,

AND SHE'S NEVER
FORGIVEN HIM,

DESPITE HIS DESPERATE
EFFORTS TO HEAL THE RIFT.

WHAT NEED HAS HE
OF HER APPROVAL?

HE WISHES TO FOLLOW
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RICHELIEU

AND BECOME PRIME MINISTER.

AND ANTOINETTE
BLOCKS HIS PROGRESS.

AT EVERY TURN.

Retaux: IT'S ALL RIGHT.
COME OUT, MY DEAR.

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE
COLLEEN.

THIS LOVELY LADY
IS A MAIDSERVANT

IN THE QUEEN'S
PRIVATE COURTS.

I HAVE COME JUST AS YOU
REQUESTED, MONSIEUR.

THEY WOULD CUT
MY HANDS OFF

IF I WERE CAUGHT
TAKING THESE.

BUT MONSIEUR DE VILETTE

WAS SO HEARTFELT
IN HIS REQUEST

I COULD NOT REFUSE HIM.

NOW, COUNTESS,
UNBEKNOWNST TO HER MAJESTY,

YOU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME
HER CLOSEST CONFIDANTE.

[DIRECTLY] MY CURIOSITY
ABOUT YOUR EMINENCE...

[PROVOCATIVELY] MY CURIOSITY
ABOUT YOUR EMINENCE...

Guests: OH, TOO BAD.

A RARE MISS,
YOUR EMINENCE.

[HOUNDS BARK]

YOU DISTRACTED ME.

THEN I HAVE FULFILLED
MY OBLIGATION AS A WOMAN.

I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH YOU,
MADAME.

YOU ARE RIGHT TO ASSUME
I HAVE INTRUDED.

MY CURIOSITY ABOUT YOUR EMINENCE
OVERCAME MY SENSE OF FORMALITY.

OH.

WHAT COULD IGNITE
SUCH...CURIOSITY?

I HAVE HEARD IT SAID

YOU ARE A MAN
OF COPIOUS DESIRES.

SOME DESIRES RUN
DEEPER THAN OTHERS.

[MUSKET SHOT]

I ACCOMPANY THE QUEEN
MOST DAYS AT VERSAILLES.

THESE ARE THE LETTERS
SHE HAS WRITTEN TO ME

WHEN I WAS ABROAD.

WHY BRING THEM
TO MY ATTENTION?

THE DAMAGED FEELINGS
BETWEEN YOU AND ANTOINETTE

ARE WELL KNOWN, BUT OLD
WOUNDS MAY BE HEALING.

THE QUEEN HAS SAID
AS MUCH?

IT IS INTUITION ON MY PART,
I CONFESS,

BUT I DO FEEL
WITH SUBTLE PERSUASION

YOU COULD MAKE PROGRESS
WITH HER MAJESTY.

AND YOU WILL APPLY
THESE GENTLE PRESSURES

IN RETURN FOR...WHAT?

YOUR EMINENCE'S GRATITUDE
IS ALL I REQUIRE.

AND...

YOUR PATRONAGE
FROM TIME TO TIME.

HEH.

YOUR OFFER IS COMPELLING...

BUT I MUST DECLINE.

YOU'RE MOST LIKELY
A FRAUD.

THE COURT IS RIDDLED
WITH THEM,

AND A MAN OF MY OFFICE
IS OFTEN A TARGET.

THAT YOU SHOULD DOUBT
MY VERACITY

IS INDEED
A HURTFUL BLOW.

OHH. I'VE UPSET YOU.

[SIGHS]

ABEL, PLEASE, LEAVE US.

I WISH TO OFFER A WORD
OF COMFORT IN PRIVATE.

I WAS WRONG TO COME HERE.
I--I SEE THAT NOW.

YET YOU ARE HERE.

[DOOR CLOSES]

I CANNOT BE COMFORTABLE

IN THE PRESENCE OF A MAN
WHO DOUBTS ME.

IN TIMES OF DOUBT...

PRAYER IS THE ANSWER.

KNEEL BEFORE ME.

I WILL REST MY HANDS
ON YOUR SHOULDERS,

AND WE'LL PRAY TOGETHER.

I RESPECTFULLY DECLINE,
YOUR EMINENCE.

I AM THE CARDINAL
OF ALL FRANCE.

IF THE CARDINAL
OF ALL FRANCE...

[SLIDES PILLOW AGAIN]

WISHES YOU TO PRAY
WITH HIM...

YOU'LL DO SO.

COME.

YOU'LL NOT HOLD BACK.

PRAY DEEPLY...

AND WITH CONVICTION.

[GASPS]
YOUR EMINENCE...

NO, I...

I--

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

ANTOINETTE'S CHAMBERS.

SHE DOES THE EMBROIDERY
WITH HER OWN STITCH.

AH. I'VE NOTICED THEM.

AH.

A REMINDER
OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.

WAIT.

UH, MAYBE...

MAYBE THERE IS A WAY--

A MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN
VERIFY YOUR CLAIM.

Rohan: IT SO HAPPENS I'VE
TAKEN UNDER MY PATRONAGE

AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.

HE IS GRAND MASTER
OF THE ILLUMINATI,

THE GERMAN MYSTIC ELITE.

HE'S AN ACCOMPLISHED
ALCHEMIST AND MESMERIST

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE CONQUERED
DISEASE AND DEATH

SEVERAL TIMES OVER.

HIS VISIONS
AND PROGNOSTICATIONS

HAVE PROVEN ACCURATE
TIME AND AGAIN.

COUNT CAGLIOSTRO,

WE ARE HONORED.

I SENSE THAT MANY OF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME,

QUERIES THAT CONCERN LOVE,
FATE, EVEN BETRAYAL.

BUT THESE ANSWERS
WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

I'M DRAWN TO A FACE
THAT'S NEW.

YOU SEEK AN ALLIANCE
WITH THE CARDINAL, YES?

I AM CERTAIN MANY PEOPLE
BRING FAVORABLE OFFERS

BEFORE HIS EMINENCE.

BUT YOUR ALLIANCE IS WHAT
CONCERNS US TONIGHT...

COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE.

[CHORTLING]

I HAVEN'T SPOKEN A WORD
ABOUT YOU TO THIS MAN.

HE TRULY IS A MARVEL.

OR PARTICULARLY
WELL-INFORMED.

YOU DOUBT MY ABILITIES.

I SENSE SUCH TURMOIL
WITHIN YOU.

I SENSE FEAR AS WELL.

I AM NOT AFRAID.

IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF
THE MORE DELIGHTFUL EVENINGS

I'VE SPENT IN A CATACOMB.

[GUESTS CHUCKLE]

EARLY ON...

YOU LEARNED TO HIDE
WHAT YOU FEEL.

YOU'VE HAD GREAT LOSSES
IN YOUR LIFE.

SHALL I GO DEEPER?

I DOUBT THERE IS A PERSON
IN THIS ROOM

WHO HAS NOT LOST SOMETHING

OR SOMEONE THEY FEEL
CANNOT BE REPLACED.

YOU WERE TAKEN IN
BY STRANGERS,

THEN CAST ASIDE.

ALWAYS YOU'RE ON THE OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN,

LONGING FOR THAT WHICH
WAS TAKEN FROM YOU.

STILL...

THAT'S NOT
WHAT HURT MOST.

I SEE YOU...

HOVERING OVER
A COLD GRAVE...

WISHING
IT WERE YOUR OWN,

BUT IT WAS NOT.

WAS IT, COUNTESS?

A GRAVE...

DUG FOR YOUR MOTHER'S
COFFIN.

HAVE I GONE FAR ENOUGH?

[SIGHS, CLAPS HANDS]

WELL, THEN...

WHO'S NEXT?

OH, THAT'S WORKING
SPLENDIDLY.

SMOOTH AND EVEN,
MONSIEUR.

A JOB DONE WITH
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

IS A JOB
THAT ENDURES.

AHH.

YES, MAJESTY.

IF HE DIRECTED GOVERNMENT
THE WAY HE DIRECTS A TROWEL,

FRANCE WOULD RULE
THE WORLD.

MAMAN, MAMAN, WATCH ME.

OH, THEY ARE SUCH
A COMFORT TO ME,

A WONDERFUL
DISTRACTION.

I HEARD THERE WERE
MORE DISTURBANCES

IN THE MARKET
DISTRICT.

A SMALL GATHERING
OF MALCONTENTS.

Woman courtier:
MAJESTY.

HOW SMALL A GATHERING,
HOUSE MINISTER?

NEARLY 200.

NO DOUBT MY NAME
WAS USED IN VAIN.

ARRESTS WERE MADE,
NATURALLY.

Courtier:
MAJESTY.

WHY DO THE PEOPLE
HATE ME?

IT WASN'T ALWAYS SO.

YOUR MAJESTY IS NOT
THE SOURCE OF THE ANIMOSITY.

YOU'RE MERELY A SYMBOL
TO AIM IT AT.

HMM.

YOU SHOW FANTASTIC AUDACITY
IN SEEKING ME OUT.

THOUGH, I KNEW YOU WOULD.

DID YOU DENOUNCE ME
TO THE CARDINAL?

I TOLD THE CARDINAL THAT,
DESPITE YOUR TROUBLED PAST,

I DID SENSE AN OPPORTUNITY.

IF YOU'D LIKE MY VISIONS OF YOU
TO REMAIN POSITIVE,

YOU MUST SHARE IN WHAT YOU GAIN
FROM THE CARDINAL.

I ADMIT
I WAS CAUGHT OFF-GUARD

BY THE INTIMATE DETAILS
YOU KNEW ABOUT MY LIFE.

AND THEN I REALIZED,

THE MARQUISE
BOULLANVILLERS,

A CHARITABLE WOMAN WHO
TOOK ME IN AS A CHILD,

SHE WAS VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS.

MAGICIANS
AND MESMERISTS

OFTEN ENTERTAINED
IN HER PARLOR.

WHAT IS THAT
TO ME?

A PERSON OF YOUR...
COLORFUL NATURE

MAY HAVE FOUND
THEIR WAY INTO HER HOME.

IN THE COURSE OF
YOUR PROGNOSTICATIONS,

YOU MAY HAVE ASKED HER
A FEW QUESTIONS.

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO TRADE SECRETS
IN FRONT OF THE CARDINAL,

KEEP IN MIND
I HAVE HIS CONFIDENCE.

KEEP IN MIND AS WELL

THE COURT IS FULL OF PEOPLE
JUST LIKE YOU

WHO'D TEAR YOU TO PIECES...

IF I FED THEM ENOUGH LIES.

BE CAREFUL.

I'VE DONE THIS...
A LONG TIME.

THAT IS PRECISELY WHY
I WILL DO IT.

I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

KEEP THE CARDINAL
INTERESTED IN ME,

AND YOU WILL SHARE
IN THE REWARDS.

BUT REMEMBER THAT OUR FATES
WILL NOW BE JOINED AS ONE.

I SENSE A SURPRISING ALLIANCE
ON THE HORIZON.

LONG LIFE, COUNTESS.

Retaux: TO LOUIS DE ROHAN,
CARDINAL OF FRANCE.

IT HAS COME TO MIND
IN RECENT MONTHS

THAT THE SILENCE BETWEEN US
HAS GONE ON FAR, FAR TOO LONG.

[WOMEN MOAN PASSIONATELY]

Woman: OHH! MY GOD!

UHH!

EXCELLENCY,

JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS...

Rohan: "AN APOLOGY

"WOULD SEEM
THE PROPER STARTING POINT

IF WE ARE TO MEND
DAMAGED FEELINGS."

A PRINCE OF THE HOUSE
OF ROHAN APOLOGIZE?

IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.

FOR YEARS YOU HAVE ANGUISHED

BECAUSE ANTOINETTE HAS NOT
GIVEN YOU A LOOK OR A WORD.

YOU NOW HOLD IN YOUR HAND
A LETTER FROM HER

OF THE MOST AFFABLE NATURE.

YES, WELL...

I SUBMIT ANTOINETTE'S
LOATHING OF ME

HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT
MORE THAN AN IRRITATION.

YOU NEED NOT SUFFER
ANYMORE.

IF I WERE TO ACQUIESCE,

WOULD THE REPLY BE DELIVERED
BY YOUR OWN HAND?

IT WOULD REACH HER MAJESTY
NO OTHER WAY.

VERY WELL.

A NOTE OF CREDIT
WILL BE ADVANCED TO YOU

IN THE SUM OF,
SHALL WE SAY, 5,000--

20,000 WOULD SEEM
MORE APPROPRIATE.

ARE YOU ATTEMPTING
TO BARGAIN WITH ME?

NOT LONG AGO,
A YOUNG WOMAN,

MUCH LIKE YOURSELF,

ATTEMPTED TO EXTORT
MONEY FROM ME.

YES, SHE CAME FORTH
WITH CLAIMS

OF HAVING EXPERIENCED
SOME...

MISTREATMENT
AT MY HANDS.

HER ACCUSATIONS WERE,
OF COURSE, UNFOUNDED.

SHE WAS THE NIECE

OF THE CAPTAIN
OF MY PRIVATE GUARD.

AND ONE NIGHT,

HER UNCLE SLIPPED INTO
THIS YOUNG WOMAN'S ROOM

WITH A VERY SHARP BLADE.

HE SLIT THE POOR GIRL

FROM HER GENITALIA...

TO THE DIMPLE
ON HER PRETTY CHIN.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHY A MAN
WOULD DO SUCH A THING

TO HIS OWN KIN? HMM?

BECAUSE I TOLD HIM TO.

NEVER TEST
MY GOOD NATURE...

COUNTESS.

I MUST ASK THAT YOUR EMINENCE
BE MINDFUL

I CAN SHATTER
THIS FRAGILE CORRESPONDENCE

AS EASILY AS I FORMED IT.

[CHUCKLING]

[BREATHING HARD]

[SHARP EXHALATION]

Breteuil:
THE CARDINAL'S THREAT

INSPIRED A RENEWED FLOW
OF COMMUNICATIONS

FROM ANTOINETTE.

Retaux:
"DEAREST CARDINAL ROHAN..."

Breteuil: IN TIME,
HIS EMINENCE MADE CLEAR HIS WISH

TO MEET THE QUEEN IN PRIVATE.

Rohan: I'M VERY ANXIOUS
FOR RECONCILIATION.

Jeanne:
"MY EARNEST CARDINAL..."

Breteuil:
FOR THE HOPEFUL COUNTESS

AND HER RESOURCEFUL DEVOTEE,

KEEPING THE CARDINAL
AT ARM'S LENGTH

DREW THEM EVEN CLOSER.

Rohan: YOU MAY COUNT
ON MY DISCRETION...

Breteuil: YET,
AS ROHAN'S CORRESPONDENCE

WITH THE QUEEN
GREW MORE...INTIMATE,

Rohan: YOUR DEVOTED
CARDINAL...

Jeanne: YOUR DEVOTED
QUEEN...

AAAAAH!

[CHEERING]

THOSE ON THE STREETS
OF PARIS

SAW HER MAJESTY
IN A FAR DIFFERENT LIGHT.

BURN HER ALL UP!

ANTOINETTE RESPONDED
BY CLOISTERING HERSELF

BEHIND THE GILDED GATES
OF VERSAILLES.

[COURTIERS APPLAUD]

ENCHANTING,
MAJESTY.

SUBLIME.

PERFECT,
YOUR MAJESTY.

Breteuil:
IN THAT PRIVILEGED ASYLUM,

THERE'S LITTLE WONDER THAT
THE QUEEN FAILED TO NOTICE

A BURGEONING THREAT
IN HER VERY MIDST.

Mme. Briffault: ISN'T THAT
THE COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE?

WHAT CAN HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT
SUCH A TRANSFORMATION?

Mme. Pomfre: I'VE HEARD
THAT ANTOINETTE

HAS TAKEN THE LITTLE
COUNTESS UNDER HER WING.

MONSIEUR DE VILETTE
INFORMS ME

THAT THEY'VE BECOME
EVER SO CLOSE.

Jeanne:
IN THE BEGINNING,

IT WAS MY INTENT
TO SIMPLY USE YOU.

A CONFESSION.

Retaux: THIS IS
A FRAGILE MOMENT.

Jeanne: YET SOMEWHERE
ALONG THE JOURNEY,

I HAVE COME TO RELY ON YOU.

I HAVE NEVER FELT THAT WAY
ABOUT ANYONE.

[CLINK]

HEH HEH.

Jeanne: NICOLAS?

HOW DARE YOU?

IT IS SELDOM A MAN GETS
TO WATCH HIS WIFE MAKE LOVE

FROM...
QUITE THAT VANTAGE POINT.

YOU ARE NOT
WELCOME HERE.

GO BACK
TO YOUR ACTRESS.

UPON HEARING OF
YOUR CHANGE IN FORTUNES,

MY AFFECTIONS REKINDLED.

IN A BLINK, SHE SEEMED
DRAB AND COMMON,

WHEREAS [SNIFFS]
YOU WERE ONCE AGAIN

MY REASON TO LIVE.

I'VE MISSED YOUR TOUCH.

NICOLAS...

DO NOT DO THIS.

TO WHAT DO YOU
REFER, MY CHERISHED?

LET'S SORT THIS OUT
IN SOME OTHER FASHION.

WHAT HAPPENED, RETAUX?

DID YOU GROW WEARY
OF PLOWING YOUR WAY

THROUGH ALL
THE OLD WOMEN AT COURT?

IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN,
I SUPPOSE.

[GUNSHOT]

FORGIVE ME, MADAME.

I--I HEARD A NOISE,

AND I TOOK THE GUN
FROM YOUR BAG.

ROSALIE, YOU'VE JUST
SHOT MY HUSBAND.

OH, GOD.

Nicolas: OHH! GOD DAMN!

OH, DAMN, ARE YOU DIGGING
FOR POTATOES? GO EASY!

I DID NOT TELL YOU

HOW TO GET THIS
PROJECTILE WHERE IT IS.

DO NOT PRESUME TO TELL
ME HOW TO GET IT OUT.

OH! GOD DAMN!

IT IS LODGED IN
THE FLESHY TISSUES.

MADAME, THERE'S A GENTLEMAN
HERE TO SEE YOU.

[PICKING OUT A TUNE]

Jeanne:
HOW LOVELY.

MONSIEUR BASSENGE.

MADAME.

TO WHAT DO I OWE
THE HONOR?

[NICOLAS CRIES OUT]

OH, DEAR. ONE OF THE MENIALS
IS HAVING A TOOTH DRAWN.

OOH, IT'S NEVER
A PLEASANT PROCEDURE.

NO.

Nicolas:
OH, GOD! OH!

PLEASE SIT. WILL YOU
TAKE A GLASS OF PORT?

OHH, THAT'S VERY KIND.
THANK YOU.

MY PARTNER, MONSIEUR BOHMER,
COULD NOT JOIN ME.

HE HAS TAKEN TO HIS SICKBED

OVER THIS MATTER ABOUT
WHICH I WISH TO SPEAK.

OH, I PRAY HIS DISCOMFORT
IS NOT SERIOUS.

THIS BURDEN HAS LEECHED
THE VERY WILL TO LIVE

OUT OF A FORMERLY
ROBUST MAN.

IF IT IS WITHIN MY POWER
TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION,

YOU MAY RELY ON ME.

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION

THAT YOU MAY HAVE INFLUENCE
WITH ANTOINETTE.

ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

THEN I'D LIKE
TO MAKE YOU AWARE

OF A RATHER LUCRATIVE
PROPOSITION.

Bassenge: I MUST ASK YOU KEEP
THIS IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.

OH! OH, MY LADY.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE

IS FOR YOU TO REINTRODUCE
THE IDEA OF THE NECKLACE

TO HER MAJESTY.

IF A BARGAIN WAS STRUCK,

YOU COULD BE ASSURED OF
A GENEROUS COMMISSION.

A VERY GENEROUS
COMMISSION.

PLEASE, COUNTESS,
WON'T YOU HELP US?

THE INTEREST ALONE ON WHAT
WE PAID FOR THE DIAMONDS

IS RUINING US.

Breteuil: AND SO,
THERE WAS A FATEFUL MEETING.

THE COUNTESS
BORN BY THE GRACE OF GOD

AND THE NECKLACE

FORMED BY THE HAND OF MAN.

ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER
COULD DO LITTLE HARM,

BUT TOGETHER...

IT WAS FANTASTIC, WASN'T IT?

YES. THAT NECKLACE
COULD VASTLY IMPROVE

A PERSON'S SITUATION
IN LIFE.

ARE WE NOT ALREADY BLESSED
WITH A BENEFACTOR?

ROHAN?

NO, JEANNE, THIS IS
A VERY DANGEROUS IDEA.

A CHARMING FELLOW

ONCE TOLD ME
SOMETHING WORTHWHILE.

THE WAY TO GET
WHAT YOU DESIRE...

IS TO FIRST KNOW

WHAT EVERYONE ELSE
DESIRES.

THANK YOU.

Jeanne: THE JEWELERS
KNOW ONLY THE QUEEN

CAN RELIEVE THEM
OF THEIR GLIMMERING CREATION.

THEN WE HAVE OUR BENEFACTOR

LOUIS DE ROHAN,
CARDINAL OF ALL FRANCE.

HE DESIRES THE ONE THING

HIS WEALTH CAN'T ACQUIRE--

THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP.

BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T REALIZE

IS THE QUEEN SECRETLY
DESIRES THE NECKLACE.

SO...

IF ROHAN COULD SOMEHOW
MAKE THE TRANSACTION POSSIBLE,

THE JEWELERS
WOULD HAVE A HOME

FOR THE NECKLACE
WITH THE QUEEN.

BRILLIANT,
BUT ONE TINY FLAW.

THE QUEEN DOES NOT
DESIRE THE NECKLACE.

SHE TURNED THE JEWELERS
DOWN UNEQUIVOCALLY.

HMM...YOU REALLY
MUST KEEP ABREAST

OF CURRENT EVENTS,
MY LOVE.

IT WOULD SEEM
HER MAJESTY

HAS HAD A CHANGE
OF HEART.

WHY DOES ANTOINETTE

WISH TO OBTAIN
THIS BRUTISH TRINKET...

IN SUCH SECRECY?

THESE ARE SENSITIVE TIMES.

SUCH AN EXTRAVAGANCE

COULD CAUSE FURTHER UNREST
AMONG THE PEOPLE.

THEN WHY ENSNARE
HIS EMINENCE

IN SUCH A VENTURE?

ANTOINETTE SEEKS
A DISCREET INTERMEDIARY.

SOMEONE WHO CAN BE
A FIRM GUARANTEE

TO THE JEWELERS SHOULD
SHE BE FORCED BY...

CIRCUMSTANCES TO DEFAULT
ON HER PAYMENT.

AHEM...

I BEG YOUR PARDON,
YOUR EMINENCE.

MADEMOISELLE SUBUR
HAS ARRIVED FOR HER...

RELIGIOUS TUTORIAL.

ESCORT HER
TO MY PRIVATE CHAPEL.

I'LL...

BE ALONG MOMENTARILY.

OH!

WELL...

YOU'VE IMPROVED
YOUR POSITION

WITH THE QUEEN.

HELP HER ACQUIRE
THIS NECKLACE,

AND THE PATH TO
THE PRIME MINISTER'S POST

WILL BE A SHORT ONE.

I'VE GROWN EXCEEDINGLY TIRED

OF TREADING THAT PATH
ON MY HANDS AND KNEES.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?

Cagliostro: I DO SENSE
AN OPPORTUNITY.

STAY THE COURSE.

NO.

NO!

I'VE DENOUNCED
MY OWN CHARACTER IN WRITING.

I'VE PAID YOU
EXORBITANT AMOUNTS

TO EXERT YOUR INFLUENCE,

YET MY EVERY REQUEST
HAS BEEN IGNORED.

UNLESS I MEET HER MAJESTY
FACE TO FACE,

OUR...

ARRANGEMENT...

IS OVER.

NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,

AN EAGER YOUNG MIND AWAITS.

Jeanne: DON'T YOU SEE?

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
THAT MAY NEVER COME AGAIN.

WITH THE NECKLACE,
I HAVE A CHANCE

TO TAKE BACK WHAT WAS--

Beggar:
A FEW COINS, SISTER?

I HAVE A CHANCE
TO GET MY HOME BACK.

IT'S ALL I EVER WANTED.

JEANNE, IF I COULD
BRING IT BACK FOR YOU,

I WOULD, BUT, HONESTLY,

I DO NOT...

IF THE CARDINAL WISHES
TO MEET THE QUEEN,

HE SHOULD MEET THE QUEEN.

HA HA HA!

YOU'RE NAUGHTY!

Retaux: ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SAY WE CONVINCE ROHAN

TO ACT AS GUARANTOR
FOR THE NECKLACE.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN NO PAYMENT
IS MADE BY ANTOINETTE?

I SHOULD IMAGINE
THE STORMY EYE OF ROHAN

WILL TURN OUR WAY.

YES, AND SHIT
WILL RAIN UPON US

IN BIBLICAL AMOUNTS.

PERSONALLY, I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN BEING ITS CATCH BASIN.

NOR AM I.

BUT TO IMPLICATE US

WOULD EXPOSE HIS OWN PART
IN THE SCANDAL.

DON'T YOU THINK HE WOULD
PAY OFF THE JEWELERS

TO COVER UP THE AFFAIR?

YES, I'M SURE HE WOULD.

THEN HAVE
BOTH OUR THROATS CUT

IN SOME DARK
AND DISAGREEABLE PLACE.

HMM...

YES, I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT UNPLEASANT EVENTUALITY.

BUT I FEEL WE COULD
PERSUADE HIM

THAT FORGIVENESS
IS HIS ONLY RECOURSE.

Retaux: AND WHAT
WOULD YOU PROPOSE

WE DO ABOUT NICOLAS?

HE COULD BETRAY US.

YES, BUT NOT IF WE BRING HIM
INTO THE FOLD.

AS HYPOCRITICAL
AS IT SOUNDS...

HE MAY EVEN BE
OF HELP TO US.

PLEASE.

Jeanne: I'LL SPEAK WITH HIM
ALONE THIS EVENING.

HE'LL BE MORE RECEPTIVE.

Retaux: OH, YES,
I'M SURE HE WILL BE.

I KNEW SOMETHING
GRAND WAS AFOOT.

[SNICKERS]

YOU CAN REST ASSURED
I'LL BE AN ASSET

TO THIS VENTURE.

YOU CAN BEST HELP
BY SHOWING RESTRAINT.

IT WILL BE IMPORTANT
IN THE DAYS TO COME

THAT ALL SEEMS NORMAL
IN THIS HOUSEHOLD.

I LIKE THAT PART VERY MUCH.

WHAT ROLE DOES THE GIGOLO
PLAY, THOUGH, HMM?

WILL HE BE
AN OUT-OF-TOWN COUSIN?

RETAUX WILL DO HIS PART.

YOU NEED ONLY
CONCENTRATE

ON NOT BEING YOURSELF.

DON'T BE ANGRY WITH ME.

I AM THE WAY I AM.

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I...

OUR MARRIAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
AN ARRANGEMENT.

YOU NEEDED A TITLE
TO GAIN ACCESS

TO THE ROYAL COURT.

YOU TOOK ME ON BECAUSE
I BOUGHT YOU THAT TITLE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE THAN
A STEPPING STONE IN YOUR EYES.

NO, I SAW SOMETHING
WORTHY IN YOU

AT ONE TIME...

EVEN GALLANT.

I WANTED NOTHING MORE
THAN TO MAKE IT

A REAL MARRIAGE.

PERHAPS WE
COULD HAVE THAT NOW.

OH...

BUT YOU SEE...

NOW IT IS AN ARRANGEMENT.

Breteuil: ALL THAT REMAINED

WAS TO SECURE
THE FINAL CONSPIRATOR.

THE PERFECT MAN FOR THE JOB

WAS DISPATCHED WITH HASTE.

HOW DO YOU DO?

HOW DO YOU DO?

ARE YOU ALONE?

NOT NOW.

[CHUCKLING] NOT NOW.

I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR YOU.

Rohan: THIS IS
A LITTLE MORE INTRIGUE

THAN I BARGAINED FOR.
SHH!

THE KING IS IN PARIS.

IT HAS TO BE TONIGHT.

OH!

YOU ARE TO WAIT HERE.

I MUST CONFESS,

I AM NERVOUS.

MY GOD, I'M SHAKING.

GIVE HER MAJESTY TIME
TO GAZE UPON YOU.

IF SHE FEELS
THE MOMENT IS RIGHT,

SHE WILL SIGNAL.

I UNDERSTAND.

BE READY TO FLEE
AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

SAY ONLY WHAT WE'VE REHEARSED,
NOTHING MORE.

AND HAVE CONFIDENCE.

IT IS ONLY ACTING,
ISN'T IT?

YES, BUT IT MUST BE CONVINCING.

PSST!

WE HAVE THE GROVE
TO OURSELVES.

EXCELLENT!

IS THAT NECESSARY?

YES, IT IS NECESSARY.

SEE, THE WOUND
ON MY ASS IS BARKING

LIKE A PACK OF HOUNDS.

AND YOU DESERVE IT.

FORGIVENESS...

IS A ROSE WITHOUT THORNS.

IF I HAVE OFFENDED
YOUR MAJESTY,

I HAVE SUFFERED FOR IT.

THIS...

THIS IS NOT NECESSARY.

I REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY
AT VERSAILLES.

YOU WERE A YOUNG GIRL OF 14...

WITH SWEET ROSEBUD LIPS.

I WAS A YOUNG BISHOP THEN,

AND WELL-LIKED.

I FELT THEN THERE WAS
A CONNECTION

BETWEEN THAT YOUNG GIRL
AND THAT YOUNG MAN.

IT TRANSCENDED CURIOSITY.

I REMEMBER.

Courchamps: HA HA HA!

Madam Campan: GET AWAY,
YOU DIRTY BOY!

[GIGGLING]

SOMEONE'S IN THE GARDEN!

WHAT?!

THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE
IN THE GARDEN!

[MADAM CAMPAN LAUGHING]

WE MUST GO! NOW!

OHH!

WHAT WAS THAT?

[GUARDS' VOICES IN DISTANCE]

Courchamps to Guards:
INTRUDER ON THE GROUNDS!

OH!

SHH!

Courchamps: FOLLOW ME!

THIS WAY!

Girl: COME ON!

Nicolas: I SAY WE SEPARATE.

YOU GO THAT WAY.

Courchamps: YOU THERE!

STAND FAST WHERE YOU ARE!

Courchamps: COME BACK!

Nicolas: STOP FOR NOTHING!

COME ON, THERE'S A TRAIL
THROUGH THE MARSH!

HE PASSED BY HERE,
I'M CERTAIN!

YOU LOT, SEARCH THE BANK!

CONFOUND YOU, BASTARDS!

YOU'VE ATTEMPTED
TO DECEIVE ME, COUNTESS.

DECEIVE YOU?

[LAUGHS]

NOW, DON'T PLAY GAMES
WITH ME.

YOUR MAJESTY.

OHH!

MM-HMM.

I KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE UP TO.

ANTOINETTE IS SECRETLY
IN LOVE WITH ME.

DENY IT IF YOU WILL,

BUT DON'T ASK ME
TO PLAY THE FOOL.

Rohan:
MY DEAREST ANTOINETTE,

OUR MEETING
AT THE GROVE OF VENUS

WAS, FOR ME,

LIKE THE END OF AN EPIC JOURNEY.

TO HEAR FROM HER MAJESTY'S
OWN LIPS SUCH WORDS...

Breteuil: AND SO,

A BARGAIN WAS STRUCK.

JEANNE INFORMED THE CARDINAL

THAT THE QUEEN INTENDED
TO PAY FOR THE NECKLACE

IN 2 MONTHS' TIME,

ON THE DAY OF THE FEAST
OF THE ASSUMPTION.

AS GUARANTOR,

THE CARDINAL WAS AT RISK
FOR A CONSIDERABLE SUM.

WHEN CONCERN CREPT IN,

THE CARDINAL SOUGHT
A HIGHER POWER.

Cagliostro: YOU WISH
TO ASCERTAIN

IF THE RISK
IS WARRANTED?

Rohan: YES.

Breteuil: CAESAR
HAD DREAM INTERPRETERS,

HANNIBAL UTILIZED
STARGAZERS AND SOOTHSAYERS.

GREAT MEN OF DESTINY

HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED
THOSE WHO COULD SEE

BEYOND
THEIR OWN GRAND VISION.

Cagliostro: BEHOLD.

I GAZE INTO
SANCTIFIED WATERS.

I SEE A WOMAN.

SHE PLACES AN OBJECT
AROUND YOUR NECK.

IT IS MADE OF GOLD.

Breteuil: CAGLIOSTRO SPUN
A DIVINE PROGNOSTICATION.

Cagliostro:
DID MY VISION

HOLD MEANING FOR YOU?

THE SEAL
OF THE PRIME MINISTER

IS PRESENTED IN THE FORM
OF A MEDALLION.

A MEDALLION OF PURE GOLD.

LONG LIFE, MY FRIEND.

DID ALL GO WELL?

I WAS BRILLIANT...

OF COURSE.

[THUNDER]

FROM THE QUEEN.

IT IS A DISPATCH
FROM HER MAJESTY.

THE ITEM OF INTEREST
IS TO BE TURNED OVER

TO HER MESSENGER
FOR DELIVERY.

DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THIS MAN?

HIS NAME IS ARGILLE.

HE ATTENDS
THE QUEEN'S CHAMBERS.

MAY I?

I'M RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS OBJECT

TO THE SUM OF
ONE MILLION GOLD LOUIS.

I ASK YOU AGAIN,

DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THIS MAN?

ANSWER CAREFULLY.

YOU WILL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.

MONSIEUR ARGILLE
IS NOT WITHOUT FAULTS.

YET, WHEN IT COMES
TO HIS DEVOTION

TO THE WOMAN HE SERVES,

NO ONE CAN COMPARE.

YOU'LL NO DOUBT
REAP UNTOLD REWARDS

FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

Breteuil: TO JEANNE,

THE WHOLE OF THE NECKLACE
WAS NOT AS GLORIOUS

AS WHAT ITS PARTS
COULD YIELD.

IT WAS...

A MEANS TO AN END.

AND THOUGH
I WILL NOT JUSTIFY

THE ACTIONS
OF THE YOUNG COUNTESS,

I LATER CAME TO UNDERSTAND
HER REASONING.

WHO DOES NOT ASPIRE
TO TAKE BACK

WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM THEM?

WHO DOES NOT DREAM
OF RETURNING HOME?

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

JEANNE?

YOU PROMISED TO TAKE ME
FOR A RIDE TODAY.

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?

[SCREAMING]

Rohan:
"MY DEAR, WAYWARD COUNTESS,

"IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS
SINCE MY MEETING

"IN PRIVATE
WITH HER MAJESTY,

"AND STILL I HAVE NOT HEARD
A WORD.

"YOUR CONTINUED ABSENCE
FROM PARIS

"HAS PUT ME ILL AT EASE.

"WHEREVER IT IS YOU MAY BE,

"I TRUST THAT YOU ARE
SPENDING YOUR TIME

FURTHERING MY CAUSE."

"WITH THE FEAST
OF THE ASSUMPTION

"NEARLY UPON US,

"I MUST INSIST
THAT YOU CORRESPOND SOON,

AND APPRISE ME OF HER MAJESTY'S
CURRENT DISPOSITION."

"UNTIL THEN,
I SHALL ATTEMPT TO KEEP

"MY ANXIOUS THOUGHTS AT BAY

"WITH MY DAILY DUTIES

"OF PROVIDING
THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE

WITH SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE."

Tailor: FOR THE EVENING.

Nicolas: BROCADE, IS IT?

THE FINEST.

VERY NICE.

WHAT ELSE?
I'LL SEE IT ALL.

EVERYTHING,
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.

WITH YOUR EYES.

AND, OF COURSE...

YES. IS THIS ELEGANT VISION
YOUR DAUGHTER?

YES, COUNT, MY ELDEST.

YOU'RE VERY LOVELY,
MY DEAR.

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED...

LIFE IN THE THEATER?

THE SITUATION HERE
WAS THAT THE PLASTERER

COULDN'T REACH
THAT HIGH EDIFICE.

SO, I DESIGNED
A SYSTEM OF PULLEYS

BY WHICH HE
COULD BE ELEVATED.

FASCINATING, YOUR MAJESTY.

IT'S STUNNINGLY RESOURCEFUL.

COMPLIMENTS OF BOHMER
AND BASSENGE,

COURT-APPOINTED JEWELERS.

IT IS A BEJEWELED AMULET,

A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION
FOR YOUR PATRONAGE

THESE MANY YEARS.

HMM...

THAT JEWELER
HAS BEEN GRINNING

LIKE A JACKAL
ALL AFTERNOON.

NOW THIS.

"MADAME, WE ARE
AT THE PINNACLE

"OF HAPPINESS
WITH OUR ARRANGEMENT.

"WE TAKE GREAT SATISFACTION
IN KNOWING

"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATION
IN THE WORLD

WILL ADORN THE MOST
EXEMPLARY OF QUEENS."

I'M NOT SURE
WHAT TO MAKE OF IT.

OH, I THINK ONLY
ONE EXPLANATION

WILL SUFFICE.

[WHISTLING]

MONSIEUR BOHMER
HAS GONE QUITE MAD.

Breteuil:
HER MAJESTY WAS AT TIMES

CONVENIENTLY NAIVE,

AND I WANTED
TO COUNT THE INCIDENT

AS JUST ANOTHER ACT
OF A WELL-BRED FOOL.

BUT IN A GROWING
CLIMATE OF UNREST,

NO ONE COULD BE TRUSTED.

DEBAUCHERS AND WHORES
IN FINE SILK.

THE KING

AND THAT FOREIGN
HARLOT ANTOINETTE

DRAINED THE LIFE'S BLOOD
OF OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER

WITH THEIR EASY WAYS.

[UNDER BREATH]
OH, GOD.

QUITE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
THIS MORNING, YES?

YES.
DESMOULINS SPEAKS

WITH SUCH
FIERY PASSION.

FIERY PASSION
HAPPENS TO BE

THE VERY ATTRIBUTE
I HOLD MOST DEAR.

[CHUCKLES]

PARDON ME, MONSIEUR.

YES?

I WASN'T BOTHERING
THE MADEMOISELLE,

I ASSURE YOU.

A FEW OF THE MERCHANTS
HAVE INFORMED ME

THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
SELLING DIAMONDS.

WELL, I-I'M
A LICENSED BROKER

OF PRECIOUS STONES.

I TRADE FREQUENTLY
HERE AND IN AMSTERDAM.

THEN MONSIEUR
WOULDN'T MIND

PRODUCING CREDENTIALS
TO THAT EFFECT.

OF COURSE.

OH. YOU KNOW,

THEY'RE IN MY ROOMS
AT THE HOTEL.

IF YOU CARE TO
ACCOMPANY ME THERE,

WE CAN CLEAR UP
THIS MATTER

IN QUICK FASHION.

I THINK WE SHOULD,
MONSIEUR.

VERY WELL.

A STRIKING OUTFIT.
VERY SHARP.

OHH!

[WHINNYING]

Gendarme:
GENDARMES!

STOP THAT MAN!

[GRUNTING]

SAINTED MOTHER OF JESUS!
[GASPS]

I NEARLY SOILED MYSELF.

CLEVER TO RUN
BACK HERE.

THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE US
ALL IN ONE NEAT BUNDLE.

SHUT UP!

SHUT UP OR I'LL CUT

THAT CONTEMPTIBLE
TONGUE.

GET OFF ME!

Jeanne: NICHOLAS.

YOU'VE HAD A SCARE

AND I KNOW
YOU'RE UPSET,

BUT YOU MUST MAINTAIN
YOUR TEMPER, PLEASE.

YOU WON'T SELL DIAMONDS
IN PARIS ANYMORE.

AGREED?

SAY IT!

AGREED.

WE MUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY
WHILE WE CAN.

ONCE THIS AFFAIR UNRAVELS,

ROHAN WILL HAVE
OUR HEADS STAKED

TO HIS CHAPEL GATE.

LET US NOT FORGET

THE CARDINAL'S
LETTERS TO THE QUEEN.

THIS ONE PROCLAIMING
HIS LOVE FOR ANTOINETTE

WOULD BE
PARTICULARLY DAMAGING.

AND SUPPOSE AT THAT TIME

THE CARDINAL DOESN'T
GIVE A GOD DAMN?

WE'VE LAID OUR PLANS.

NOW WE MUST
TRUST IN THEM.

Breteuil: JEANNE WOULD NOW
HAVE TO ENTER

INTO A NEW ARRANGEMENT
WITH THE CARDINAL.

PATRONAGE TO BLACKMAIL.

Jeanne: COLLEEN?

LISTEN CAREFULLY.

THE CARDINAL
IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT

THAT HE WAS THE VICTIM
OF A FRAUD.

WHEN HE DOES,
HE'LL WANT BLOOD,

BUT HE'LL BE TOLD,

SHOULD ANY HARM
COME TO US,

THESE LOVE LETTERS
TO ANTOINETTE

WILL FIND THEIR WAY
TO THE HOUSE MINISTER.

IT'S ALL BECOMING
FAR TOO DANGEROUS.

I WILL NOT BE PART OF THIS
ANY LONGER.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT,
COLLEEN.

I WANTED TO PROPERLY
THANK YOU

FOR THIS VERY
IMPORTANT TASK.

YOUR TRUSTED SERVANT,
COUNTESS.

Jeanne:
"DEAR MONSIEUR BOHMER,

"I AM A CONCERNED FRIEND
WHO WRITES IN HASTE

"TO WARN YOU
OF AN IMPENDING PLOT

"INVOLVING YOURSELF,
CARDINAL ROHAN,

"AND A PARTICULAR
DIAMOND NECKLACE.

"IT IS MY BELIEF THAT
ANTOINETTE HAS NO INTEREST

IN THE NECKLACE..."

Bohmer: "AND WHEN
CARDINAL ROHAN REALIZES THIS,

HE WILL NO LONGER STAND
AS GUARANTOR."

Breteuil: THE COUNTESS
OBSERVED MONSIEUR BOHMER

TO BE A MAN
OF NERVOUS DISPOSITION.

SHE FELT SURE HE WOULD HEAD
STRAIGHT TO CARDINAL ROHAN.

ONCE THE MIGHTY CARDINAL
REALIZED HE'D BEEN DUPED,

HE WOULD PAY OFF
THE JEWELERS

TO AVOID PUBLIC HUMILIATION.

HYAH! HYAH!

Breteuil: HISTORY WOULD HAVE
PROVEN HER PLAN SOUND,

HAD A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL'S
NAGGING SUSPICIONS

NOT COME INTO PLAY.

GIVE WAY!
WE HAVE IMPORTANT BUSINESS!

ARE YOU DEAF?!

GIVE WAY, I SAID!

MINISTER BRETEUIL.

WHAT AN UNEXPECTED
APPEARANCE.

YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING
STRANGELY, JEWELER.

I ACT NO DIFFERENTLY
THAN I ALWAYS HAVE.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING IN
SUCH A HURRIED FASHION?

I HAVE A PRESSING ENGAGEMENT
WITH A CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT.

URGENT RENDEZVOUS?
SECRETIVE CLIENTELE?

I HAD NO IDEA

YOUR POSITION WAS SO
FRAUGHT WITH INTRIGUE.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU WILL NEVER FIND
A MORE CLANDESTINE PROFESSION.

I'M FASCINATED,
MONSIEUR BOHMER.

I WANT
TO LEARN MORE.

MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

WHAT BETTER OCCASION

THAN THE FEAST
OF THE ASSUMPTION

TO ANNOUNCE
THE NEW PRIME MINISTER?

DO YOU THINK
IT'S POSSIBLE?

WHY ELSE WOULD THE KING
AND QUEEN SUMMON YOU

IN SUCH AN IMPROMPTU MANNER?

IT IS AN HISTORIC DAY
FOR THE HOUSE OF ROHAN.

EXTREMELY HISTORIC,
YOUR EMINENCE.

YOU LOOK TROUBLED,
YOUR EMINENCE.

NOTHING MUST MAR
THIS DAY.

I WANT MY MIND
CLEAR AND FREE

TO ENJOY WHAT I HAVE
SO COURAGEOUSLY EARNED.

THERE'S SOMETHING
WE MUST DO.

MAY I ASK
UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS

THIS STATEMENT
WAS MADE?

A VERBAL
INTERROGATION

HERE
IN THE PALACE.

IT LASTED
ALL OF A MINUTE

BEFORE
MONSIEUR BOHMER

GUSHED FORTH
WHAT HE KNEW

LIKE A RUPTURED
WATER GUT.

DO YOU DENY
YOUR PARTICIPATION

IN THIS AFFAIR?

NO, YOUR MAJESTY.

DO YOU DISAGREE
WITH ANYTHING

IN THE COURT
JEWELER'S STATEMENT?

I DO NOT.

THEN YOU ADMIT THAT YOU USED
THE QUEEN'S GOOD NAME

TO ACQUIRE THIS NECKLACE
FOR YOUR OWN GAINS?

FOR MY OWN GAINS?

I MOST VEHEMENTLY
DENY IT, YOUR MAJESTY.

[GASPS]

HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE
THAT I WOULD CHOOSE YOU

TO ACT AS MY EMISSARY?

YOU, TO WHOM I HAVE NOT
ADDRESSED A WORD

IN NEARLY 10 YEARS.

DO YOU NOT REMEMBER,
YOUR MAJESTY?

HMM?

HMM?

YOUR BEHAVIOR SHOWS

SOMETHING FAMILIAR
TOWARD THE QUEEN

I DO NOT CARE FOR.

COUNTESS.

LEAVE US.

I BESEECH YOU, MAJESTY,

FOR THE SAKE
OF THE GOOD NAME OF MY FAMILY,

HUSH THIS MATTER UP
UNTIL--

Breteuil: THE KING HAS
GIVEN HIS INSTRUCTIONS.

LEAVE THE CHAMBER,
CARDINAL ROHAN.

IT WAS THE COUNTESS.

YOU SEE, SHE--

LEAVE THE CHAMBER.

[VENDOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME?

WHAT MANNER OF INSULT
IS THIS?

THE KING HAS ORDERED
YOUR ARREST.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

I ADVICE YOU NOT TO MAKE
A SCENE, YOUR EMINENCE.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Breteuil: WHAT THE COUNTESS
HAD SO DARINGLY CONCEIVED

NOW BEGAN TO UNRAVEL
AT A FRIGHTENING PACE,

AND THOSE
OF DUBIOUS CHARACTER

WERE QUICK
TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES.

I HEARD NEWS IN PARIS.

ROHAN HAS BEEN SENT
TO THE BASTILLE.

REST ASSURED,

HIS CELL WILL BE THE BEST
THEY HAVE TO OFFER.

HE HAS MOST CERTAINLY
IMPLICATED US.

THEY MAY COME--

I DO NOT INTEND TO LEAVE.

THE NAME IS SPOKEN
WITH RESPECT AGAIN,

AND I WILL NOT DIMINISH THAT
BY RUNNING AWAY--

TO FIERY HELL
WITH THE NAME.

IT WILL DO YOU LITTLE GOOD
IN THE KING'S PRISON.

THEN GO, RETAUX.

I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU
TO STAY.

PLEASE TELL ME, MADAME,

CONSPIRACY WAS NOT ALL
THAT HELD US TOGETHER?

SAVE YOURSELF.
I WANT YOU TO.

WHO WILL PROTECT YOU
IF I GO?

NICOLAS?

IF IT COMES TO IT,
HE WILL GIVE YOU UP

TO SAVE HIMSELF.

YOU NEEDN'T CONCERN
YOURSELF WITH NICOLAS.

NICOLAS!

HE'S TAKEN HIS LEAVE.
LET HIM GO. PLEASE.

NO.

JEANNE.
STAY AWAY.

PLEASE. YOU MUST NOT
REMAIN HERE.

COME AWAY
WITH ME NOW.

WHAT IS THERE IN A NAME
THAT IS WORTH YOUR LIFE?

TELL ME, JEANNE!

I CANNOT SEE
THE REASON.

IT ONLY MATTERS
THAT I SEE IT.

PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS.

YOU HAVE THE HONOR,
MONSIEUR.

Breteuil: AS THE WILDFIRE
OF GOSSIP SPREAD,

THE PEOPLE
WERE QUICK TO BELIEVE

THAT ANTOINETTE,
THE CARDINAL,

AND THE NECKLACE
WERE JOINED AS ONE

IN A SALACIOUS CIRCLE
OF LUST AND DECEIT.

THIEVES OF A KIND,
THE TWO OF YOU!

I THINK NOW ONLY ONE ACTION
CAN SET THIS RIGHT.

THE CASE MUST BE TRIED
IN OPEN PARLIAMENT.

THAT WOULD BE
A GRAVE MISTAKE.

IT IS WITHIN
THE KING'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT

TO PASS JUDGMENT
ON THIS MATTER.

WHY PLACE IT IN LESS
SYMPATHETIC HANDS?

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE NOW
ONLY RESPECT

THE JUDGMENT OF PARLIAMENT!

IF PARLIAMENT CONVICTS ROHAN

AS THE SOLE PERPETRATOR
OF THE CRIME,

MY NAME WILL BE ABSOLVED.

AND IF THEY
ACQUIT HIM?

IS IT NOT
TANTAMOUNT

TO SAYING THAT
YOU ARE GUILTY?

HIS MAJESTY IS CORRECT.

YOU COULD NOT BE TRIED,
OF COURSE,

BUT THE GUILT WOULD FALL
TO YOU ALL THE SAME.

PUBLIC VINDICATION,
HOUSE MINISTER.

I WILL ACCEPT
NOTHING LESS.

YOUR THOUGHTS,
HOUSE MINISTER?

THE QUEEN OFFERS UP
A SWEET PLUM BEFORE RAVENS.

PRAY NONE TAKES A BITE.

Breteuil: JEANNE'S ARREST
FUELED THE HYSTERIA

SURROUNDING
THE NECKLACE CONSPIRACY.

JEANNE!
THERE SHE IS!

SOME SAW THE COUNTESS
AS A CUNNING OPPORTUNIST,

OTHERS AS AN UNWITTING PAWN
OF THE MONARCHY.

Cagliostro:
"DEAREST COUNTESS,

"BEFORE THE WICKED EYE
OF SUSPICION TURNS MY WAY,

"I THINK IT IS
IN MY BEST INTEREST

"TO MAKE A HASTY DEPARTURE.

"I DO WISH YOU
A POSITIVE OUTCOME

"IN THE TRIAL
THAT LIES AHEAD.

"HAVING SAID THAT,

"IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE
THAT I NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

"FAREWELL, COUNTESS,

FOR FRANCE HAS SEEN THE LAST
OF COUNT CAGLIOSTRO."

Breteuil: THE COUNT'S
HASTY DEPARTURE

TOOK HIM NO FURTHER
THAN HIS OWN FRONT DOOR...

[GRUNTS]

WHERE WAS PROMPTLY ARRESTED

AND DELIVERED
TO HIS NEW ACCOMMODATIONS...

THE BASTILLE.

D'aligre: ON THIS,
THE 22nd DAY OF MAY, 1786,

THE MATTER OF THE CROWN
VERSUS CARDINAL LOUIS DE ROHAN

AND JEANNE SAINT-REMY DE VALOIS,

COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE,
WILL COME TO TRIAL.

Jeanne: IF I REACHED
FOR ANYTHING

THAT SHINED BRILLIANTLY,

IT WAS THE VISION
OF A HOME DENIED ME

AND A SENSE OF PEACE
I HAVE NEVER KNOWN.

IN THE EYES OF GOD

AND THE WORLD,

I WANTED MY LIFE TO BE
AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

De Marce: HOW WAS IT THAT YOU
ENTERED INTO THIS ARRANGEMENT?

Jeanne: THOUGH I HAVE BEEN
SHROUDED IN THE BASTILLE,

I AM AWARE OF POWERFUL
FORCES AT WORK AGAINST ME.

THE CARDINAL SUGGESTED

YOU WERE IN COLLUSION...

...A RUSE, TO HIDE
YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS.

I CAN THINK OF NO MISDEED

TO ACCOUNT FOR MY ARREST.

TRICKERY IS HIS ONLY GIFT,

AND HE USED IT IN CONCERT
WITH JEANNE DE LA MOTTE

TO MANIPULATE ME.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Breteuil: DAILY REPORTS
TO HER MAJESTY

BECAME A RITUAL,

AND PRESSURE
FOR A FAVORABLE OUTCOME

A ROYAL OBSESSION.

SHORTLY AFTER I RELINQUISHED
THE NECKLACE TO THE COUNTESS,

COUNT DE LA MOTTE
VISITED A BROKERAGE.

MY INVESTIGATORS TELL ME

THAT HE SOLD TO THE OWNER
4 DIAMONDS OF QUALITY.

CARDINAL ROHAN, WE MUST
HAVE PROOF OF YOUR CHARGES.

CAN YOU PROVIDE
ANY TANGIBLE EVIDENCE?

Rohan: YES.

THE LETTERS FROM THE QUEEN.

THE COUNTESS MUST HAVE
FORGED THEM SOMEHOW.

WELL,
PRODUCE THEM THEN.

I AM...

I AM UNABLE TO DO SO.

IT WAS THE DAY OF THE FEAST
OF THE ASSUMPTION.

THE DAY WHEN
THIS HORROR BEGAN.

I ASSUMED I WAS TO RECEIVE
THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP,

AND TO PROTECT HER MAJESTY,

I ORDERED THE LETTERS
TO BE BURNED.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER MY ARREST

I REALIZED THAT I HAD
DESTROYED THE ONLY EVIDENCE

THAT COULD CLEAR MY NAME.

IF I MIGHT BE ALLOWED MORE TIME,
I'M SURE I COULD GATHER--

DID YOU PRESUME

THAT WHILE YOU SAT
IDLE IN THE BASTILLE,

I WAS IDLE AS WELL?

YOUR VEIL, PLEASE.

[COURTIERS MURMUR]

CARDINAL ROHAN,

IS THIS THE WOMAN
YOU ENCOUNTERED

IN THE GROVE OF VENUS?

YES. YES,
I'M CERTAIN OF IT.

MADEMOISELLE,

STATE YOUR NAME,
PLEASE.

NICOLE LEGUAY D'OLIVA.

A COMMON
STREET PERFORMER?

HAS THIS BECOME
PUBLIC?

REGRETTABLY, YES.

THE NEWS SHEETS
ARE HAVING A DAY OF IT.

ROHAN AND THE COUNTESS
DE LA MOTTE

MUST SUFFER FOR THIS.

DO NOT FAIL ME,
BRETEUIL.

Breteuil: ALTHOUGH REVEALING
THE QUEEN'S IMPERSONATOR

APPEARED TO AID
THE CARDINAL'S CAUSE,

IT WAS NOT
WITHOUT FORETHOUGHT.

BY DOING SO,

I WAS ABLE TO EMPLOY

ONE MORE BIT
OF SKULLDUGGERY.

AREN'T YOU CURIOUS TO KNOW
HOW WE FOUND NICOLE D'OLIVA?

ONE OF YOUR CO-CONSPIRATORS
WAS ARRESTED

AT THE ITALIAN BORDER.

HE WILLINGLY INSTRUCTED US
ON WHERE TO FIND THE IMPOSTER.

HE HAS MADE US AWARE
OF YOUR FRAUDULENT NOTES,

WRITTEN TO CARDINAL ROHAN
IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN.

FURTHERMORE, HE HAS STATED

THAT WHEN THE CARDINAL REALIZED
THE NOTES WERE FORGERIES,

HE WILLINGLY FELL IN
WITH YOUR PLANS

TO STEAL THE NECKLACE.

WHO IS THIS PERSON?

NO, NO, NO. WAIT!

THIS IS A RUINOUS LIE!

THIS IS A TREACHEROUS
MACHINATION, BRETEUIL!

WHO IS THIS PERSON?

WHY ARE THEY NOT
IN ATTENDANCE?

HE HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE
NOT TO SEE YOU.

DURING A TRIAL,
IS IT NOT MY RIGHT

TO CONFRONT
ANY ACCUSER?

MY LOVE.

MY DEAR COUNTESS.

IF I'D KNOW
I'D BE RECEIVING,

I MIGHT HAVE DONE
A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH MYSELF.

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?

I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY
NICOLAS MADE IT TO AUSTRIA.

HE'S BEYOND THEIR REACH.

THEY PRACTICED
HUMILIATIONS UPON ME

I COULD NOT ALLOW
TO CONTINUE.

PERHAPS A MAN LESS VAIN
WOULD NOT HAVE RELENTED.

EVERYONE GIVES IN
AT THE LAST.

FORGIVE ME, JEANNE.

[SOBS] FORGIVE ME,

OR I CANNOT LIVE
WITH MYSELF.

I LOVE YOU, RETAUX.

THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN ENOUGH.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

THE HOUSE MINISTER
VISITS THE BASTILLE.

SURELY NOT
A SOCIAL CALL.

OH, HEH HEH.

BEFORE THE SENTENCES
ARE RENDERED,

YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE
TO SIGN A CONFESSION.

IMPLICATE CARDINAL ROHAN
TO THE CRIME

IN A CLEAR MANNER.

I WILL NOT.

IT WOULD SEEM TO BE YOUR
ONLY CHANCE FOR SALVATION.

YOU HAVE AN ENGAGING
SMILE, COUNTESS.

THOUGH NOW SEEMS
A CURIOUS TIME

TO MAKE USE OF IT.

I WAS JUST THINKING
HOW STRANGE IT IS, YOUR MAJESTY.

OF ALL THE TIMES
I HAVE SOUGHT YOU OUT,

IN THE END IT IS YOU
WHO COMPLETE THE EFFORT.

I MERELY FELT COMPELLED

TO LOOK UPON THE ARCHITECT
OF SUCH CHAOS.

IT MUST BE YOU.

ROHAN IS NOT CLEVER ENOUGH.

THAT IS FOR
PARLIAMENT TO SAY.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE,
BRETEUIL!

YOU HAVE DAMAGED
MY REPUTATION

AND I MEAN
TO KNOW WHY.

SPEAK THE TRUTH
FOR ONCE.

WHAT DISSERVICE
HAVE I EVER DONE

THE LIKES OF YOU?

YOU IGNORED ME.

TO OFFER A WORD OF ADVICE

WOULD HAVE COST YOU
BUT A FEW SPENT BREATHS,

AND IT WOULD'VE MEANT
THE WORLD TO ME.

IF IT COULD BE,

NO DOUBT I WOULD'VE TRAVELED
A FAR DIFFERENT PATH.

YOU MUST NOW CONSIDER
THE BROADER CONSEQUENCES

OF THIS MATTER.

IF YOU WEAKEN
THE MONARCHY,

YOU UNDERMINE
THE ENTIRE NATION.

YOU WEAKENED YOURSELVES

LONG BEFORE A DIAMOND NECKLACE
BECAME THE ISSUE.

I'VE SEEN
WHAT I CAME TO SEE.

YOUR MAJESTY?

I DID NOT SET OUT
TO HARM YOU.

[BELL RINGING]

AS CONCERN THE CHARGES
OF THEFT AND CONSPIRACY,

THE DECISIONS RENDERED
BY THIS BODY OF JUDGES

SHALL BE CARRIED OUT
THIS DAY

WITHOUT HESITATION
OR APPEAL.

COUNT CAGLIOSTRO.

YOU ARE HEREBY ACQUITTED

ON THE GROUNDS
OF INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.

YOU ARE TO BE CONSIDERED
EXONERATED

BY THIS BODY OF JUDGES.

A WISE AND A JUST DECISION.

MARC ANTOINE RETAUX
DE VILETTE.

BY THE COURT OF FRANCE,

YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY,

AND ARE HEREBY CONDEMNED

TO BANISHMENT FOR LIFE

FROM THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE.

ALL OF YOUR POSSESSIONS
AND GOODS

ARE TO BE FORFEITED
TO THE KING.

THE JUDGMENT OF PARLIAMENT
IS FINAL.

JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED.

CARDINAL LOUIS DE ROHAN,

GRAND ALMONER OF FRANCE

AND BLOOD PRINCE
OF THE HOUSE OF ROHAN...

THIS BODY OF JUDGES...

ACQUITS YOU ON ALL CHARGES
WITHOUT REPRIMAND.

YOU ARE HENCE
TO BE CONSIDERED

COMPLETELY EXONERATED.

ORDER, PLEASE.

[TAPPING FLOOR WITH MUSKET]

JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS.

YOUR VERDICT
HAS BEEN RENDERED...

BUT WILL NOT BE READ
AT THIS TIME.

YOU ARE TO BE DETAINED HERE
IN THE CONCIERGERIE

UNTIL INFORMED OTHERWISE.

Breteuil: THE COUNTESS'
VERDICT WAS DELAYED

BY ORDER
OF THE KING HIMSELF.

HIS MAJESTY NOW FEARED
THE PEOPLE,

AND HOW THEY MAY REACT
WHEN TOLD OF JEANNE'S FATE.

MEANWHILE,
ROHAN'S VINDICATION

SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE
TO VERSAILLES.

[SOBBING] THEY VINDICATE ROHAN
TO CAUSE ME ANGUISH.

IT IS AN AFFRONT
TO MY WOMANHOOD!

DO NOT DO THIS
TO YOURSELF, I BEG YOU.

PARLIAMENT HAS TOLD
THE WORLD

IT DOESN'T BELIEVE
MY CHARACTER FREE OF SCANDAL.

I WILL GIVE THEM
WHAT THEY WANT.

I WILL LIVE HERE QUIETLY

IN MY DISGRACE.

IT'S WHAT THEY'VE
ALWAYS WANTED!

Breteuil: THOUGH ANTOINETTE
WAS NOT ON TRIAL,

THE PEOPLE SAW HER
AS GUILTY OF EXCESS, GREED,

AND WORST OF ALL,

INDIFFERENCE.

COUNTESS.

IT'S TIME.

JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS.

YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY
ON ALL CHARGES.

Breteuil: BEFORE
HER SENTENCE WAS READ,

THE COUNTESS WAS ALLOWED
TO ADDRESS THE COURT

ONE LAST TIME.

WHATEVER FATE AWAITS ME,

IT CANNOT COMPARE
TO THE PAIN THAT I--

WHEN ALL YOU HOLD DEAR
IS TAKEN,

AND YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT,

RISK IS
OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.

AND WHEN A RAY OF HOPE
CAME INTO VIEW,

I REACHED FOR IT

WITH ALL MY MIGHT.

I REALIZE--

I REALIZE NOW
THAT IT IS TOO LATE.

THAT HONOR DOES NOT LIVE
IN A NAME.

IT COMES FROM WHAT YOU CARRY
IN YOUR HEART.

[LASHINGS CRACKING]

Breteuil: "V", VOLEUR.

THE MARK OF A THIEF.

[PRIEST SPEAKING LATIN]

Breteuil: AND SO ENDED THE LIFE
OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE.

I DID NOT WITNESS
THE QUEEN'S DEMISE,

AS I HAD LONG SINCE FLED
THE HORRORS

OF THE NEW REGIME,

AND THOUGH A MYRIAD
OF RUMORS CIRCULATED

AS TO THE EVENTUAL FATE
OF THE YOUNG COUNTESS,

THE TRUTH
WAS RATHER COMMON AND SAD.

SHE WAS TAKEN
TO THE SALPETRIERE,

A WOMEN'S PRISON OF THE MOST
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS,

WHERE SHE LANGUISHED
FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS.

"WE HEARD RUMORS
FROM THE OUTSIDE,

"BUT HAD NO IDEA OF
THE VAST CHANGES TAKING PLACE.

"IT WAS NOT UNTIL
I EFFECTED MY ESCAPE

AND REACHED THE SAFETY
OF ENGLISH SOIL..."

Breteuil: IT WAS THERE,
IN ENGLAND,

SHE PUBLISHED HER MEMOIRS,

AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT,

FOUND THE ACCEPTANCE
THAT HAD ELUDED HER

FOR SO MANY YEARS.

Sir Hargrave:
A REMARKABLE ACCOUNT.

THANK YOU.

BUT HOW SAD THAT
YOU'RE SEPARATED

FROM YOUR HOME.

WILL YOU EVER RETURN
TO FRANCE, MADAME?

I SHOULD LIKE TO SOMEDAY.

Breteuil:
JEANNE SAINT-REMY DE VALOIS,

THE WOMAN WHO HELPED
TOPPLE A MONARCHY,

NEVER RETURNED TO FRANCE.

SHE DIED IN A FALL

FROM THE WINDOW
OF A LONDON HOTEL.

SOME CLAIMED
IT WAS AN ACT OF REVENGE

BY AGENTS
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.

THE TRUTH WAS NEVER KNOWN.

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