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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,203 BREAK OF DAY 2 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,368 Patty! Don't you understand me? 3 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,961 That's enough! We're going home! 4 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,690 The Muscatel Trellis 5 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:37,122 VWI this be my last house, the one I'll never leave again? 6 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,006 I weigh it up and listen to it 7 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,881 It's so ordinary it could have no rivals 8 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,649 Rosé with the melon, pale wine with the tomato salad 9 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:06,406 Remember the onions! 10 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,728 I'm catchin' on! 11 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,323 You ask me to spend a week with you 12 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,967 meaning I 'd be near my daughter 13 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,330 You who live with her know I rarely see her and... 14 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,363 how seeing her thrills me 15 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,530 I'm touched you invite me to see her 16 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,520 yetl can not accept your invitation 17 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,451 at least for now. Here is why 18 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,450 My pink cactus may soon blossom 19 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:17,849 It's a very rare plant that blooms, 20 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,964 in our climate, only once ever 4 years 21 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,368 Now I'm a very old lady 22 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,362 If I leave when my cactus is about to bloom... 23 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,167 I 'm sure I'll never see it bloom again 24 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,283 "Please accept, Sir, my sincere thanks... 25 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,041 "my regrets and my best regards" 26 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,406 Signed Sidonie Colette, née Landoy, this note was... 27 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,082 sent to my 2nd husband by my mother 28 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,330 The next year she died at the age of 77 29 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,166 Break of Day 30 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,130 When I feel inferior to all about me... 31 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,926 threatened by my mediocrity... 32 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,010 startled if a muscle loses its strength... 33 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,205 or a desire its power, I lift my head and say... 34 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,449 I 'm the daughter of the woman who wrote... 35 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,961 that letter and many more 36 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,651 In a few lines this one tells me that at 73... 37 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,085 she was planning and taking trips... 38 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:47,285 but a tropical plant's flower stopped it all... 39 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,962 and even her heart made for love was silenced 40 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:56,041 My mother was a woman who in a tiny, mean town... 41 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,084 opened her home to stray cats... 42 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:02,443 tramps and pregnant servant girls 43 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:07,646 Let me not forget I am the child of a woman... 44 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:09,729 who would lean, trembling, 45 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,009 above cactus blades, her wrinkled face in ecstasy... 46 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,646 over the promise of a flower... 47 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,801 A woman who blossomed tirelessly for 75 years 48 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,685 Nov\/, in the mirror, as I age and... 49 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:27,803 begin to resemble her... 50 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,161 I wonder, should she return, 51 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,522 would she recognize me as her child? 52 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,326 Recognize the resemblance? 53 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,004 Maybe yes, if she came at break of day... 54 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,841 to find me awake and alert in a sleeping world, 55 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,967 up before everyone, as she often was andl also am 56 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,967 We each had 2 husbands 57 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,804 But whereas both of mine are alive, 58 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,164 my mother was twice a widow 59 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,086 She was faithful out of tenderness, duty and pride 60 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,127 Thus, my 1st divorce upset her greatly... 61 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,405 my 2nd marriage even more so 62 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,765 I don't mind the divorce. It's the marriage 63 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,611 Anything'd be better than marriage... 64 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,684 only that isn't done! 65 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,686 You set the example for me twice! 66 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,681 I had to! After all, I belong to my village 67 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,328 What'll you do with so many husbands? 68 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,285 It's a habit you soon can't do without! 69 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,050 What would you? 70 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,529 Something silly... The proof! I wed your father 71 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,011 Here, help me 72 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,404 The man means a lot to you? 73 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,409 Mama, I love him 74 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,648 Yes, you love him 75 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:00,323 Of course!... But I'm not pleased 76 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,491 I acted modest, dropped my eyes to retain my image... 77 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,570 of a handsome, intelligent man... 78 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,729 and I gent/y replied... 79 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:10,967 You're difficult 80 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,046 No, I'm not happy! 81 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:18,086 I liked the boy you now treat like less than dirt! 82 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:19,846 He's an idiot! 83 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,324 Yes, an idiot... Exactly! 84 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,330 I recall how she tilted her head... 85 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,284 half-closing her grey eyes... 86 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,683 to dwell on the brilliant image of the 'idiot' 87 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,089 What fine things you'd write with the idiot! 88 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,361 With the other one, you'd spend all your time... 89 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,450 giving him your most precious gifts 90 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,488 And to top it all, what if he makes you unhappy? 91 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,971 Yes, call me Cassandra! 92 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,411 If I said all I foresee, but... 93 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,881 fortunately, you're not in much danger 94 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,764 I didn't understand her then 95 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,722 Now I understand her "not in danger" 96 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,364 For her, I 'd already had what she named... 97 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,370 "the worst event for a woman: 98 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,164 "her 1st man" 99 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,044 He's the only one you die of 100 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,849 Later, married life, or a semblance of it, 101 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,567 becomes 8 career... Of 8 bUTGEUCTBCY 102 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,890 Minet-Chéri, don't worry so much about... 103 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,721 my so-called arteriosclerosis. I 'm better 104 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:37,050 At 7 this morning, I did the wash in the stream 105 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,040 Splashing in the clear water was such a joy! 106 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,569 And I sawed 6 bundles of firewood too! 107 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,685 Doing my own chores means they're done right. 108 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,804 After all, I 'm only 76 109 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,565 76! 110 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,083 You wrote me that a year before you died 111 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,086 The loops on your capital B's and T's... 112 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,727 with a cap on the backs of their heads... 113 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,610 are radiant with gaiety 114 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,644 How rich you were that day! 115 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,925 Another new morning, a victory over illness, 116 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,851 another task done, yet one more truce... 117 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,088 between you and your ills! 118 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,361 Cat! 119 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,962 Oh, sacred cat! 120 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,930 Comes an age when all a woman may do is enrich herself 121 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,642 After dinner, water the melons and... 122 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,562 by hand, water the balsams, phlox, dahlias and... 123 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,207 - the young tangerine trees. - I'm catchin' on! 124 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,601 Tangerine trees... planted for whom? 125 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,049 I don't know... Perhaps for me 126 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:16,360 The cats will leap at the moths when, at 10, the air 127 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:18,130 is morning-glory blue 128 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,642 The dogs will be thinking of the coming dawn 129 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,084 I'll have the choice of a book, bed, or the coast road... 130 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:27,970 dotted with fluting toads 131 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,482 I'll find the red dawn... 132 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:33,365 on the salty-dewed tamarisks 133 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:37,645 Then, a swim, work and a rest 134 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,127 How simple it all could be! 135 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,368 How simple it all is! 136 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:51,321 Even the 2nd place often set opposite me 137 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,286 Sit! 138 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,324 And try to remember you're well-behaved! 139 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,204 Here! A bit of melon! 140 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,804 A 2nd place needs little space now 141 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,888 A green plate, a cloudy glass... 142 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,368 set for a friend who comes and goes 143 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,805 On days when the plate and glass aren't there, 144 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,844 I 'm merely alone, not abandoned 145 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,808 Thus is the routine of suffering... 146 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,731 like the routines of clumsy love... 147 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,482 killing a couple's life with duty 148 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,569 Patty, eat! I don't have all day! Hurry up! 149 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,649 Is my endless militant life over at last? 150 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,450 I have only dreams of reviving a dead love... 151 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:56,847 Love purged of brief, localized pleasure 152 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:06,885 In dreams, at times, one of my loves begins again... 153 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,891 with a tumult of words and looks that... 154 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,890 can be understood in 2 or 3 conflicting ways 155 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,761 - No one's home. - What time is it? 156 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,247 - It's well past 4. - Siesta time! 157 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,728 - She's at the beach? - Never before 5! 158 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,451 Colette! We were just passing by 159 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,406 My friends Clare and Jeanne... You don't mind? 160 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,844 Well, you're here... so I'll come down 161 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,567 - We woke you! - It's unimportant 162 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,330 What a paradise! 163 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,171 They'd love to have a farmhouse... 164 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,045 or a 'mas' on a cliff above the sea 165 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,651 It's ravishing! 166 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,804 The house as it is suits you perfectly 167 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,368 Yes, I don't want the field next door... 168 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:10,690 nor a vineyard norto add on a wing 169 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:12,291 You never change! 170 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,530 Meaning "We don't want you to change" 171 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:19,569 But I'd like to try once more 172 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,081 Come on! Inside! 173 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,647 Where are they? 174 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,411 Sleep well, Madam! 175 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,648 Goodnight, Pauline! 176 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:52,282 The rising wind strains the gate on its hinges 177 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,804 Adieu to sleeping outside on the raffia mattress! 178 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:05,527 The long pause between me and men frightens me 179 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:10,408 Man, my friend, let us exist side by side! 180 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,682 I've always liked your company 181 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,243 Now you look at me so gent/y 182 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,280 The head is safe, yet the rest is struggling... 183 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,642 its salvation not assured 184 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,131 What you see emerging is your sister... 185 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,722 a comrade escaping the age of being a woman 186 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,766 A great commonplace of life, 187 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,289 called love, is slowly leaving my life 188 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,364 The maternal instinct is another banality 189 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,323 Ignoring them, we find the rest is gay and varied 190 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,241 But you can't ignore them if or when you wish 191 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,841 My 2nd husband was so wise when he said: 192 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,203 "Can't you write a book that's not about adultery, 193 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:40,887 "semi-incest or separation 194 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,084 "Aren't there other things in life?" 195 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,251 It's chilly! 196 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,887 Again, the best of nights precedes the best of days 197 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,966 Being awake, I enjoy it 198 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,328 Tomorrow may I be equally sweet! 199 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,001 Frankly I no longer want anything... 200 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,122 except what's unattainable 201 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,571 I 'm so sweet! ls my spirit broken? 202 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,725 No, no one in my past ever broke my spirit 203 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,166 Suffering... 204 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,569 True, I learned how to suffer... 205 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:50,163 But is suffering so serious? I doubt it 206 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:56,371 It may be childish and undignified 207 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,491 I mean the kind of suffering men and women inflict on each other 208 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:06,163 I agree it's painful and hardly bearable 209 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,045 I fear such pain deserves no consideration at all 210 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,641 One of Mother's last letters said: 211 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,765 "Love is not a worthy sentiment" 212 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:22,404 My 2nd husband used to say: 213 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,922 "At 50 please write a handbook for women... 214 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:31,411 "on how to live in peace with the man they love 215 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,491 "a code for life as a couple" 216 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,762 Maybe I 'm writing it now 217 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,448 Men! My former lovers! 218 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,723 How one gains and learns in your company! 219 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,843 Yet the best of friends must pan'... 220 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,450 and I here do swear... 221 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,962 to take my leave courteous/y 222 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,689 A blue light creeps toward my bed 223 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,490 The sea smell tel/s me the hour is near... 224 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,284 when air is colder than water 225 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,728 Shall I get up? 226 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,289 To sleep is so sweet! 227 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,488 When a man's glance follows... 228 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,160 certain household chores... 229 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,849 his look often shows devotion, boredom and fear 230 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,081 Like cats, men dread brooms, lighted stoves... 231 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,921 and soapy water on a tiled floor 232 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:42,330 \/ial lives in a pink thimble 300 yards away... 233 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,682 and wasn't happy that morning 234 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,282 Vial will they like my sauce on the chicken? 235 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,323 Who's coming today? 236 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,720 The Carcos, the Villeboeufs... 237 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,011 Segonzac, Borny... The usual crowd! 238 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,484 Look, 4 small chickens split in half... 239 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,490 salted, peppered, anointed with pure oil 240 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,725 Don't they look good! 241 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,968 I may give up meat but not today! 242 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,084 Tie my apron for me 243 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,403 But next year... 244 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,329 What will you do next year? 245 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,769 Be a vegetarian 246 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,088 Dip your finger in the sauce... 247 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,243 That sauce on the chickens? 248 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,446 But next year I'll be a vegetarian 249 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,563 - Why? - Never mind why... 250 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,082 That's not enough for 8 Pour me some oil... slowly 251 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,285 I laid my hand on his chest, 252 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,369 as if I were petting a horse 253 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,046 He looked at my age-marked hand 254 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,049 It looks older than it is 255 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,524 A nice tan little hand with short nails 256 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,087 A thumb that curls like a scorpion 257 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,405 Scars and scratches... I 'm proud of my hand 258 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,885 2 nails from mother, 3 from father 259 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,846 Did you swim your 400 meters? 260 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:23,646 Yes, like every day 261 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:27,522 So why do you look like vacation is over? 262 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,202 The slightest upset disturbs 263 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,448 \/ial's rather handsome features 264 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,928 He's never cheerful, never sad 265 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,246 He's handsome because... 266 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,207 after a month here all men are handsome... 267 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,246 from the sun, the sea and going naked 268 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,169 What did you bring? 269 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,840 Melons, an almond tart and peaches 270 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,565 Figs won't be ripe till... 271 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,684 I know I check mine every day 272 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,325 You're an angel. What do I owe you? 273 00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:59,201 Don't you remember? 274 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,084 Let's see the melons... 275 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,329 A 16-franc tart... 2 kilos of peaches... 276 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,844 14...16... plus 15.00 I owe you about 50 francs 277 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,849 - Haven't you had time for a swim? - Of course! 278 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,326 True... 279 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,728 It might be yesterday's salt! 280 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,724 Let's rest. We've plenty of time 281 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,723 They'll be late as usual 282 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,169 Can I do anything useful? 283 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:34,045 Yes... Get married 284 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,368 Too late! I'm 35! 285 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,811 It'll give you the youth you need! 286 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,321 Labiche said it comes with age, 287 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,322 You met your girlfriend at the port? 288 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,531 Miss Clément's sketching at Le Lavandou 289 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,246 You dislike my calling her your girlfriend 290 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,046 Yes, 291 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,884 it may lead people to think she's my mistress... 292 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:02,761 ...and she's not! 293 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:09,128 I barely know this type of quiet living boy 294 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,127 He's of the generation of Carcopeo, Segonzac, 295 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,642 Marchand, Pierre Benoit, Mac-Or/an and Cocteau... 296 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:21,682 whom I knew as "little boys" during the war 297 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,609 Vial fought in the war too 298 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,809 Before the war he was an upholsterer 299 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,401 Aften/vards he became a decorator 300 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,409 He has a modest shop... 301 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,763 half books, half knick-knacks 302 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,965 Liking painters, \/ial now likes their paintings 303 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:39,402 Exactly! 304 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,530 You're a mystic! 305 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,371 Segonzac? You're joking! 306 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,564 Son of a bitch! 307 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,889 Your head's screwed on better than your butt! 308 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,210 And Carco, you should only publish poetry! 309 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,244 He takes the time to read... 310 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,807 and design furniture and criticize us! 311 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,610 If a professional said that, call him a fool 312 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,007 But to an upholsterer? 313 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,328 Sir Decorator, you're too much! 314 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,921 Do I know \/ial more than I know other friends? 315 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,963 Friendship is a cry for sanctuary 316 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:25,930 That cry is what's best 317 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,400 in us 318 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,841 and shouldn't be used too soon 319 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,609 Large numbers of humans are tiring to plants 320 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,600 My garden was weary after my friends left 321 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,848 Are flowers sensitive to voices? 322 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,522 Mine like parties no more than I do 323 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,922 VWI animals always amaze me? 324 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,689 This one is exceptional... 325 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,610 like an irreplaceable friend or perfect lo ver 326 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,291 What's the source of her love for me? 327 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,801 Then comes the tomcat, her magnificent husband... 328 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,402 with the beauty and power of a Hercules 329 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,444 But I 'm tired of writing about animals 330 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,722 You can't love both them and men 331 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,242 My 2nd husband said he felt like an intruder... 332 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,204 when I was alone with my animals, 333 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,880 and that one day I 'd retire to a jungle 334 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,963 Retire to a jungle... I mustn't wait too long 335 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,561 I now wish to wed no man... 336 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,128 but/ still dream of marrying a big cat 337 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,525 Montherlant would love to hear that 338 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,441 My morning guests were pleasant 339 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,083 The 2 men brought 2 pretty and polite girls... 340 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,922 who seemed to have been warned... 341 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:02,168 "You're going to Colette's... 342 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:06,445 "who dislikes chirping and literary showiness" 343 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,769 "Wear the blue dress and pour the coffee" 344 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:16,091 They know I prefer rather reserved women 345 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,529 Hé/éne Clément came alone and... 346 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,610 was by no means the plainest 347 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,201 She's not like a model... 348 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,721 nor like those submissive to men 349 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,449 True, I don't know her well 350 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,610 Sugaf? 351 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:43,882 Cream? 352 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:45,361 No, thank you, Madam 353 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,569 Yes I paint... in an obstinate way 354 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,129 I swim, drive a car and live in a family hotel 355 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,003 So everyone knows you're serious-minded 356 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,851 Yes, very serious-minded 357 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,050 30 years ago, her type sat by the sea embroidering 358 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,611 Now she paints the sea and tans with coconut oil 359 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:17,240 I like her for having left the embroidery that, 360 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,490 for her, took the place of mystery 361 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,770 Maybe I don't pay enough attention to Hé/éne 362 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:32,168 Maybe the transparency of her body and soul... 363 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,522 let me too easily see the sad vagueness... 364 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,246 typical of so-called free women 365 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,200 By the shore road the narrow marsh is in flower... 366 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:29,728 with hemp, statice and scabious... 367 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,922 contributing 3 shades of mauve 368 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:35,010 The reeds wear clusters of brown edible seeds 369 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:41,287 The myrtle's bitter-white scent hits the tonsils... 370 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,960 to the point of nausea and ecstasy 371 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:50,963 The place teems with life at dawn and sunset 372 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:56,727 The evening cool gives me a shiver... 373 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,002 like a cloak of fresh air on my bars skin 374 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,489 A note of pity clutches me as night darkens 375 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,290 lfl trusted that gentleness, I could then grov\/... 376 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,609 and learn to face, to dare and to die 377 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,848 But I avoid it every time 378 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,362 To grow... For whom? 379 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,280 To dare?...What more could I dare? 380 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,649 Death doesn't interest me... 381 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,689 Net even my own 382 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,724 How near dawn is! 383 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,681 Night gives herself to Earth like a lover... 384 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,723 quickly and a bit at a time 385 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,727 300 meters away \/ial's lamp, in his house 386 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,003 shaped like a thimble, looks at mine 387 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,931 What's the boy up to... 388 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,169 instead of scuffling off to the port or dancing 389 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:03,805 He dances so well! 390 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,570 He's too quiet 391 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:18,128 One day I must marry him to Héléne Clément 392 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,049 That other quiet one 393 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,009 She changed when she spoke to him today 394 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,680 Vial surely noticed it 395 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,131 Normally, I'm not a matchmaker... 396 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,403 but I feel responsible for this agitation... 397 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,648 this setting in motion of idle forces 398 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,968 that could engulf 2 persons... 399 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,210 who till now lived in personal privacy 400 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,047 or not 401 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,729 Driving to market yesterday about 9, 402 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,410 I picked up Héléne Clément 403 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,167 Héléne! Where are you going? 404 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,681 To the carpenter... the frame-maker 405 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,281 Get in. 406 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,484 We haven't seen you for 2 days! 407 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,489 What's this armchah'? 408 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,728 You won't get this one! 409 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,649 I went all the way to Moustier for it 410 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,409 - So that's it! - What? 411 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,441 Give us a morning glass of white vine and water 412 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,045 AJuan Gris. 413 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,525 Dignimonts... 414 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,364 A color print by Linder... 415 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,648 Do they suit the walls ofa house here? 416 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,525 - Like them? - Yes 417 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,286 How much was the armchair? 418 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,201 190 francs... It's walnut underthe paint 419 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,323 Look at the arm I stripped 420 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,406 Vial, sell it to me! 421 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,361 Are you in business, yes or no? 422 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,210 Have you no heart? 423 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,971 I'll swap your armchair for... 424 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,730 For I don't know what... 425 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,450 For Héléne! 426 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,726 Is she yours? 427 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,323 Then it's settled! You got a bargain! 428 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,288 What's wrong? 429 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:31,766 It's your fault! 430 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,327 - I said nothing! - You went "No, no"? 431 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,170 "Yes, yes" would've been bettef? 432 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,886 You bore me. I'm going 433 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,088 I'll see you tomorrow 434 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,884 Oh, you know... 435 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,041 Do you like this, Madam Colette? 436 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,603 It's an honest study 437 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,291 I like it 438 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,561 Did Vial hurt you? I hope not 439 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,762 You wouldn't want that. 440 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,965 Please don't confuse humiliation with pain 441 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,288 Accidents like that happen to me in this milieu 442 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:22,762 What milieu? 443 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,803 I only say this milieu... 444 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,970 'cause it's not the one where I was raised 445 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:34,200 I'm often an outsider among the painters but... 446 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,164 I'm intelligent enough to... 447 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,087 To understand life 448 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,768 Don't treat me like a little 'bourgeoise'... 449 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,008 who's playing at being a bohemian 450 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,483 I understand a lot 451 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,604 Like that Vial is not of this milieu, either 452 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,967 Some of his jokes or manners don't go down well 453 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,481 He lacks the right gaiety 454 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,043 What's funny coming from Segonzac or Carco... 455 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,522 is shocking coming from him 456 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,245 But he said nothing 457 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,770 Let's say no more about it 458 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:31,126 I don't want this story to drag on forever... 459 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,687 even for the joy of hearing Vial's defense 460 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,769 above all coming from you! 461 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,045 Coming from you. 462 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,288 She fled, looking a bit too big for such chi/dish misery 463 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,606 Because of silly Héléne I absentmindedly put up... 464 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,883 with \/ial next day not enjoying it as usual 465 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,130 Reid brought some nougat... 466 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,642 and carob tree branches that stay fresh for ages... 467 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,764 if stuck into earthen jars of wet sand 468 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:19,887 He sprawled on the terrace after the 5:00 swim 469 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,006 Is it less blue than yesterday? 470 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:25,531 Is what less blue? 471 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,649 I like it when he hides his face 472 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:34,721 He's not ugly but his face looks sleepy... 473 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,491 above such a clear-cut, expressive body 474 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,968 I once told him he could be guillotined... 475 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,889 and no one would notice 476 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,651 Everything is less blue 477 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,687 Or it's me... A mental blueness 478 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:53,041 Blue doesn't make you hungry or voluptuous 479 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:54,810 A blue room is uninhabitable 480 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,049 - Since when? - Since I said so! 481 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,401 If you lose all hope, live in a blue room 482 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,284 Why me? 483 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,768 By you I mean anyone! 484 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,200 Thank you 485 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,170 What's the blood on your leg? 486 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,089 It's mine... 487 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,851 A beach plant called a "broken bottle" 488 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,807 Why's your left ankle swollen? 489 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,370 And why were you nasty to the Clément girl? 490 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,403 I wasn't nasty... to Miss Clément 491 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,690 But if you have marriage in mind... 492 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,680 I beg you not to mention her to me anymore 493 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,283 How romantic you are! Can't we laugh a bit? 494 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,370 Move! You're taking all the room! 495 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,642 Listen, you don't know everything 496 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,489 Yesterday she refused to let me defend you 497 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,887 Like in a tragedy she left, saying: 498 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,048 "Not from you!" Can you believe it? 499 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,888 She dared say that to you? 500 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,246 His look was so wide-eyed... 501 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,603 so comically unlike him that... 502 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,882 I couldn't remain serious 503 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,969 \/ial's silences, lowered looks and... 504 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,642 firm attitudes gave him a respectable air that... 505 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,401 now disintegrated and he wasn't pretty 506 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:26,840 Poor little thing 507 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,887 - Sorry for hel'? - And you? 508 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,765 Don't answer a question by a question 509 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,442 I barely know the girl 510 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,440 - Neither do I! - Oh, I thought you did... 511 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,328 She's not hard to know 512 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:53,084 She avoids mystery as if it were a germ 513 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,565 Is it Géraldy coming back from Les Salins? 514 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,611 I think so 515 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,723 - Why didn't he stop? - He didn't see you 516 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,969 He did, but you scared him away 517 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,925 Now about the Clément girl... 518 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,009 I want to get my sweater 519 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,651 Northerners say Provence is hot... 520 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,727 I can't believe he is at all calculating 521 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,968 True, I've never learned to be suspicious 522 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,649 What I fear, for him, is some sort 523 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:33,808 of amorous attachment 524 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,644 Some form of amorous attachment... 525 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,410 I write that without laughing 526 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:45,809 No fear of any kind keeps me from writing... 527 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,765 even the risk of being published 528 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,643 Why are men writers or so-called writers... 529 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,491 still surprised that a woman... 530 00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:01,049 can tell her amorous secrets, lies and half-truths? 531 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:04,849 She thus hides other obscure ones... 532 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,930 she doesn't understand very well herself 533 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,048 \/ial's known me only 2 or 3 summers 534 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:14,687 He tries to find me in my no vels 535 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,081 Young girls still write me they've read Claudine in secret 536 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:43,763 and ask me to reply by general delivery... 537 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,850 or want to meet me secret/y in a tea room 538 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:51,724 Do they imagine me in a school girl's uniform? 539 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,410 How nice Vial was yesterday! 540 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,327 Today he's already less so! 541 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,048 Yet nothing threatened my happy summer... 542 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,766 of blue salt and crystal... 543 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:12,727 my summer of open windows and swinging doors 544 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,842 \/ial's amorous attachment... 545 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,884 and Hélene's no less amorous resentment... 546 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:30,202 I 'm caught between them in spite of myself 547 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,130 Here's the dawn 548 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,324 From the shadows emerges the "thimble" where lies... 549 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,206 a solitary young man ripening one secret too many 550 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:49,611 Solitary... 551 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,163 a lovely-looking word... 552 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,209 with its S rearing like a protective serpent 553 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,567 I can't isolate it from the fierce glitter 554 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,205 of the solitaire diamond... 555 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,641 The fierce glitter of \/ial! 556 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,442 Poor guy!... Poor Héléne Clément! 557 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,771 I daren't offer you such a tiny thing 558 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,803 Yet you came to offer it? 559 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,208 Because it's blue and you love various blues 560 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,085 But one mustn't offer you tiny things 561 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,327 You see big things in my house? 562 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,126 It isn't good 563 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,450 What's wrong with it? 564 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:41,123 It's by me! Anyone else could do better 565 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:45,120 - Painting's difficult. - So is writing! 566 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,722 - Really? - I assure you! 567 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:22,051 In the afternoon's half-light... 568 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,726 that! arranged as carefully as a bouquet. 569 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,763 Her eyes became dark green 570 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,006 Beneath her no longer blonde hair... 571 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,409 I admired her perfect, earthenware neck.. 572 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,961 A sturdy, supple column, 573 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,925 like those of people of limited intelligence 574 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,649 yet also revealing strength and... 575 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,605 the desire to succeed 576 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:47,607 Were you working? 577 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,601 Never at this hour, especially in summer 578 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,322 Then I'm disturbing you less? 579 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:00,442 Ifyou disturbed me, I'd send you away 580 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,611 Shall I make lemonade? 581 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,411 No... unless you're thirsty? 582 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,724 I'm a very bad hostess! 583 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,562 I waited patiently for Héléne to go 584 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:19,571 She smoothed her hair... 585 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,524 Vlfithout seeing her... I 'd have known 586 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:26,451 from this gesture she was blonde, biting/y blonde... 587 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,723 upset and on edge. There was no doubting it 588 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,120 You have lovely arms 589 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,444 She smiled and thanked me... 590 00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,211 by looking confused 591 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:42,849 Women calmly accept men's compliments... 592 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,850 concerning their bodies but... 593 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,600 praise from a woman flatters them more 594 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,486 and embarrasses them with profound pleasure 595 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,251 How does that help me, with my luck? 596 00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:58,882 It'd help you, without your luck? 597 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,923 Madam Colette, last summer and this one 598 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,726 you've kindly treated me as... 599 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,571 really... as a... 600 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:11,242 A buddy? 601 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,369 2 days ago I'd have said 'buddy'... 602 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:19,770 and also said I'm sick of it and all the pals 603 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,320 Today I can't think of any slang 604 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,290 I rarely think of slang with you, Madam 605 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,362 I can do without it 606 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,690 She was warming the room and thickening the air 607 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:39,245 She annoyed me and was shortening my day 608 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:42,808 Besides, I knew her secret... 609 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,202 and was afraid I 'd be bored 610 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:51,846 I came to show you I'm worthy of confidence 611 00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,171 and the welcome you've given me 612 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:02,649 I don't want you to think me a liar nor... 613 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:08,491 It's true I live very independently and I work 614 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:09,886 Yes, I know that 615 00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,209 You know things aren't always easy 616 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,289 I'm a woman like any other 617 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,967 One can't escape certain hopes and... 618 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,567 a certain hope has disappointed me 619 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,448 Forl had reasons to believe... 620 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,090 What are you getting at? 621 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,844 Last year he spoke to me in very clear terms 622 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,805 - Who? - Vial, Madam! 623 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:45,527 I know it's Vial! What can we do about it? 624 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:48,121 She emanated a rage of sincerity 625 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,721 and the aroma of an exasperated blonde 626 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:56,564 Please understand, don't force me to speak 627 00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,161 On one hand, I feel ashamed 628 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,567 My duty should be to go away 629 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,880 Yet I blame myself for coming to see you today 630 00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:10,846 But I promise I'll never come again... 631 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:12,841 since... 632 00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:15,171 since... 633 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:17,564 you're... 634 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,649 Vial's friend 635 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,411 She hedged at concluding with... 636 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,967 the 4 or 5 horrible, barbed words... 637 00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:27,842 "since you're \/ial's friend" 638 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,089 She didn't dare say "mistress" 639 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,410 Say just one word, even if it's to throw me out 640 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:40,445 Madam I swear I've nothing against you 641 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,166 I've nothing at all against you! 642 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:45,883 And then the tears! 643 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,209 Oh, those horsy girls who drive alone... 644 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,722 smoke cheap tobacco and ye/I at their parents 645 00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:56,844 Come now, Héléne, calm down... 646 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:01,526 I still feel repulsed by this morning 647 00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:04,686 Only now dare I admit the cause... 648 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:08,521 of my c/umsiness over a few simple words 649 00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:11,166 It is called "timidity" 650 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,886 Why was it so hard to speak to the weeping girl? 651 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,604 Childs what you imagine is silly! 652 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:21,768 No one is robbing anyone 653 00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,444 I forgive you and if I can help... 654 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,644 Don't say 'vous' to me 655 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:31,566 Thank you 656 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:44,201 At the door the setting sun enveloped her... 657 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:48,121 with her wrinkled dress and swollen eyes... 658 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:49,560 laughing a little... 659 00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,969 moist, perhaps a bit touching 660 00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,761 My day hasn't been pleasant 661 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,843 I suppose I've many days left to me... 662 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,088 but/ don't like spoiling them 663 00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:06,921 Once I finish these daylight pages in the dark... 664 00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:11,330 I'll go sleep on the raffia mattress outside 665 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,688 At times the night is so cold that the dev\/... 666 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,486 traces teary paths on the leaves... 667 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:38,726 and the hairs of my Angora blanket turn silver 668 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,283 I was timid! 669 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:45,244 But had I spoken of love, 670 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,046 I could've cleared myself of suspicion 671 00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:52,404 Yet my fear of ridicule is a constraint 672 00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:58,127 And what of Vial in all this? 673 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:04,843 He lies low and remains silent. What a relief! 674 00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:08,961 But the man didn't remain silent for long 675 00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:11,885 I'm with Luc-Albert Moreau! 676 00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:13,525 Do you need references? 677 00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:16,451 Come in! Both of you, Luc-Albert! 678 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:21,202 No, I must get my wife and some new canvases! 679 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,767 There's not a canvas left at home nor in town! 680 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,243 Acres of canvas ruined by the Americans and the Czechs! 681 00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:30,006 I'm forced to paint on cardboard! 682 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,602 They say it's the train station's fault 683 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:38,970 Lifting, penetrating and... 684 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:43,125 tearing the soil apan' is a pleasant labor... 685 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:46,164 that no exercising can ever provide 686 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,810 I was so absorbed that! forgot Vial 687 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:54,521 If it were spring, the soil'd be more fragrant 688 00:49:54,720 --> 00:49:57,724 If it were spring, We'd be far from here... 689 00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,524 and the smell of the earth 690 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:03,805 Soon I'll be coming here in the spring and in the fall... 691 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:08,050 and in February or... the 1st half of November 692 00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:13,483 Doesn't that tangerine tree have a certain style? 693 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:17,924 Round as an apple! I'll try to keep it that way 694 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,441 - And in 10years... - 10 years? 695 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:25,362 The tanned, well-built young man in white 696 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:29,724 made a dark spot in my garden 697 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,366 In 10 years it'll bear fine fruit 698 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:34,607 You'll pick them! 699 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,208 Or someone else! Who cares? 700 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,242 Don't tire yourself! 701 00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,966 Leave it! I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. 702 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,481 A man's slender hand is rather pretty 703 00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:51,125 But you don't like it 704 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,163 Quick! I need a swim 705 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:56,125 My arms are peeling! And my nose! 706 00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,520 Just think! Since 7:30 today! 707 00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:02,451 - I must look awful! - Yes 708 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,564 His reply was totally unexpected 709 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,764 His tone made any joke impossible 710 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,721 You don't mince words! So I look awful? 711 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:18,325 For 3 hours you've slaved at this useless work... 712 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:21,089 roasting in the sun 713 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,007 Your hands are like a laborer's 714 00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,287 You haven't even powdered your nose! 715 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,361 Why do you do it? 716 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:33,962 There are other joys ofthe same sort... 717 00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,285 Picking flowers! 718 00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:38,324 Walking on the beach! 719 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,729 Wear your big white hat! 720 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,487 Tie a blue scarf around your neck! 721 00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:48,962 Your eyes can be so blue 722 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,491 Think of the ones who love you! 723 00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:56,570 We're as worthy of you as those little trees! 724 00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:58,162 Isn't that rue? 725 00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,408 His audacity faded away 726 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:04,526 The sun poured down his well-shaven cheek 727 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,802 \/ial's old age will be bearable 728 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,083 People 'l/ say: "He musfve been handsome" 729 00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:16,329 He'll reply: "You should've seen me at 30!" 730 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,090 That's what! was thinking of when he said to me, 731 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,726 for the 1st time since we'd met, 732 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:26,129 words full of hidden meaning 733 00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:30,564 Vial let's go swimming. Then we'll have a talk 734 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:33,570 There're stuffed sardines for lunch 735 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,850 I didn't see your shark! 736 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:56,645 They say bambinos in the Pacific play with them... 737 00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:58,922 kick their snouts... 738 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,681 and swim under water like this! 739 00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,724 The Pacific has no bambinos! 740 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,204 Stop the demonstration and come ashore at once! 741 00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,243 Leave him alone! 742 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:28,251 12:30! I'm going. Whoever loves me can follow me! 743 00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,290 Wait for us! 744 00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:39,608 No one said: "Vial, are you coming?" 745 00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,886 They knew he'd lunch with me 746 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:46,849 Days when I'm not sure about it... 747 00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:49,247 they already know 748 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,686 He gloomily watched them leave 749 00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,601 Some days their presence made him glum 750 00:53:55,840 --> 00:54:00,402 But Hé/éne had ended the peace 751 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,050 I want to tell you something after coffee 752 00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:08,323 But before coffee, the gardener came 753 00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:12,685 I showed him through the vines to where... 754 00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:16,043 the weakened hedge needed new plants 755 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,763 - Vial left? - He was just here 756 00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:34,726 - Did he say anything? - He nevertells me secrets! 757 00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,890 My afternoon nap asserted itself 758 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:42,847 Let he who needs no siesta cast the 1st stone! 759 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,250 \/ial? Gone! 760 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:53,810 Dissolved by the flamboyant torpor, absorbed by the shadow of a pine 761 00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:00,009 He came back at night, 762 00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:02,202 like an overdue bi/I 763 00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:07,520 Vial... 764 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:11,691 - Some homemade walnut Iiqueuf? - Yes 765 00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,010 Those lamps are comforting 766 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,123 Cigarettes are in the blue pot 767 00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,329 Seen today's papers? 768 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,761 Yes, do you want them? 769 00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:29,807 It was mainly to know about the forest fires 770 00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,209 - Forest fires? - Always in August 771 00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:37,003 I hate jobs requiring patience 772 00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:39,522 Writing a book requires patience... 773 00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:42,291 as does winning over a man who's skittish, 774 00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:47,441 or mending clothes, or sorting raisins for a plum cake 775 00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,363 I have never been a good cook or a good wife 776 00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:55,087 I cut strings without untying the knots 777 00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:57,405 The pine-nuts annoy you? 778 00:55:58,440 --> 00:55:59,805 Not at all 779 00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:15,525 She doesn't like me 780 00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:19,646 I'd stoop to anything to win her 781 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:23,887 If she knew, would she like me? 782 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,242 Rest assured, she knows 783 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:29,480 Weren't the Moreaus or Segonzac... 784 00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:32,160 due to stop by after dinner? 785 00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:34,449 The painters are asleep! 786 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,240 Maybe the Carcos? 787 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:40,370 Do I entertain at night? They're in Toulon 788 00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:44,051 Good... I thought... 789 00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,571 How to get rid of this derelict! 790 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:51,641 Plus the awkwardness of our respective ages! 791 00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:53,524 Our age difference! 792 00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:56,923 We over 45 don 't even think of it! 793 00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:00,091 Less than does a mature man... 794 00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:04,001 who can show his fondness for very young girls! 795 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,124 What's a difference of 15 years to us? 796 00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:09,967 When I say us I don't mean Sido who... 797 00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:14,165 taught me to bear the years as a tree bears flowers 798 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:16,809 At 75, Sido wrote to me: 799 00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,685 "Must! give up being young so soon?" 800 00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:24,604 "Must one ever give up being young?" 801 00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:28,327 I don't see the point nor the propriety 802 00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,005 Asleep, Vial? 803 00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:33,204 Just a bit hazy 804 00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:37,361 His nose was long and his face looked pinched... 805 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:39,688 as if caught between swinging doors... 806 00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:42,884 that look of those hiding an upset 807 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:47,441 Vial, I told you I had something to tell you 808 00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:54,760 It's rainy in Paris... Biarritz and Deauville 809 00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:58,362 Brittany's wet and the Dauphiné has mushrooms 810 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:03,327 As I spoke his eyes narrowed, his face hardened 811 00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:06,730 A human being is an endless occupation 812 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:12,127 This one gave me only a wary glimpse of himself 813 00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:15,042 Do yet understand me? 814 00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:18,971 Do you understand, Vial? 815 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:22,689 It's a lovely time ofthe year I spend here 816 00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:26,089 A lovely moment in my life 817 00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:28,810 D'you like the months here? 818 00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:31,050 No, I don't like them... 819 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:34,483 But I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world 820 00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:38,681 I don't do a lick ofwork and I'm not happy 821 00:58:39,480 --> 00:58:42,086 Aren't you designing for 4 Quarters 822 00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:45,810 Yes, the models are ready. It's a big job 823 00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:49,769 I might become their head of modern furniture 824 00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:53,202 You nevertold me so much before! 825 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:55,928 You don't care for modern furniture 826 00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,882 I care about what my friends like 827 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,447 I never felt I was your friend 828 00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:05,411 You've so many fair-weather friends... 829 00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:08,080 you can't even count them 830 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:12,168 - No, Madam... Please! - Yesterday you said Colette! 831 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:16,126 In public, yes, to fade into the crowd 832 00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:20,207 Ifyou paid attention you'd notice... 833 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:25,531 I never call you by your name when we're alone... 834 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:30,326 And we've been alone often since July 835 00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:31,567 Yes, I know it 836 00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:34,603 So now for what concerns us 837 00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:36,609 For what concerns you! 838 00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:39,880 Yes, what upsets you concerns me 839 00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:45,887 Madam, what do you want of me? 840 00:59:46,080 --> 00:59:48,048 Rather, what don't you want? 841 00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:51,804 I know you'll ask what's hardest... 842 00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:54,887 and I'll do whatever you ask 843 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:57,322 Good... Then it'll be easy 844 01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:05,008 - Héléne Clément... - No, not Héléne Clément 845 01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:07,009 - Not Héléne Clément? - Just as I said 846 01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:11,363 No Héléne Clément! Enough of her! Something else! 847 01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:13,881 Try to understand me! 848 01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:19,090 She came yesterday and I learned for sure... 849 01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:22,682 Bravo! A credit to your perspicacity! 850 01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:26,089 You're sure? Fine! Not one more word! 851 01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:32,521 You say Helene loves me, my indifference hurts her... 852 01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:36,805 and I should pity the girl and marry her 853 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,367 - It's over! Not another word! - Ifyou take it like that... 854 01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:41,722 I do and even more so! 855 01:00:42,880 --> 01:00:46,441 I don't see why you mentioned her name 856 01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:49,166 Did you have a reason? 857 01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,562 Tell me? 858 01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:56,000 You're interested in hel'? Her happiness concerns you? 859 01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:59,761 Are you fond of her? She's your friend? 860 01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:02,850 Answer me! Why don't you answer me? 861 01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:07,402 I'll tell you! You don't like Héléne... 862 01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:11,844 and you don't give a damn for her happiness! 863 01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:17,011 Don't be angry... It's over and settled 864 01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:24,361 I'd like some lemonade. I'll fix it 865 01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:25,686 Don't move 866 01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:30,806 But as I said, I'll do whatever you ask 867 01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,524 Vial, let's get back to what concerns us 868 01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:57,086 Nothing concerns us both and that makes me sad 869 01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:00,770 You've put a 3rd person between us 870 01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:03,327 Send her away and we'll be alone 871 01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,522 - But I promised her... - So that's it! 872 01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:07,768 You promised her! Promised what? 873 01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:11,203 Not so loud! The Clément girl said that... 874 01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:14,210 last year you used words that made herthink... 875 01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:17,847 Perhaps. But this year's different, that's all! 876 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:19,722 That's not gallant. 877 01:02:20,440 --> 01:02:23,125 Would it be gallant of me... 878 01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:25,163 not to tell her I've changed? 879 01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:30,965 She's an adult. I didn't sleep with her 880 01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:35,404 Was it for Héléne's happiness... 881 01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:38,490 that you decided to banish me? 882 01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:43,728 Why send away he who cares for you the most? 883 01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:46,928 Was that your promise to Héléne? 884 01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:51,807 Did she force you in the name of morality? 885 01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:55,402 Or due to our age difference? 886 01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:58,922 Poor Vial! What a confession! 887 01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:02,647 So he had thought of our ages 888 01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:04,370 Must I confess it? 889 01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:07,483 I neverthink of age differences 890 01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:11,407 Never? How is that? 891 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:16,682 No more than I do of the opinions of idiots 892 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:19,247 That's not my promise to Héléne 893 01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:24,402 You're truly fond of me? 894 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:27,410 In spite of, as you say, our age difference? 895 01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:33,282 Itold Héléne, vaguely I admit, 896 01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:37,843 I'm not and never will be an obstacle between you 897 01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:41,283 What? Putting you on the same level as her! 898 01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:46,088 Playing the kind rival! Of whom? 899 01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:49,611 Acting like an ordinary woman! 900 01:03:49,800 --> 01:03:51,564 You whom I'd like to see...! 901 01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:54,606 I enjoy life among the living 902 01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:57,041 Even the ashes ofthese arms... 903 01:03:57,240 --> 01:04:00,722 would be warmer than any living flesh! 904 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:03,605 35... 36... neither ugly... 905 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:06,280 nor unwholesome, nor wicked... 906 01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,931 I slid into the airless night filled with... 907 01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:11,889 a sleeping world 908 01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:17,481 From this boy came an odor of amorous midnight which... 909 01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:20,331 little by little saddened me 910 01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:26,648 What keeps you going aside from me? 911 01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:29,684 Very little... Very little and you 912 01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:31,644 That's not a great deal 913 01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:33,285 That's for me to judge 914 01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:39,245 At times when I couldn't see you in Paris... 915 01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:41,602 I'd say... So much the better! 916 01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:46,967 My wish to see her will pass by not seeing her 917 01:04:47,160 --> 01:04:51,131 When I see her again she'll suddenly be 60 or 70 918 01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:54,211 Then life'll be bearable again! 919 01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:55,966 And then? 920 01:04:57,360 --> 01:05:00,011 When I saw you again... 921 01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:03,124 it was a day when all your demons were awake 922 01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:05,971 You had on make-up and a new dress, 923 01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:11,525 and talked only of travel, taking Chéri on tour... 924 01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:15,641 planting vines and peaches, buying a car... 925 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:18,885 I had to start all over again 926 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:22,368 And here it's the same thing 927 01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:27,521 Madame I've little else to say 928 01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:30,291 Besides, I've never had much to say 929 01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:32,881 It's late! 930 01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:38,367 You wanted to discuss Héléne and not seeing me 931 01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:43,166 Don't imagine I need to be treated gently 932 01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:47,562 I'd rather admit I'm not even unhappy. Truly not! 933 01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,570 \/ial hoped his passivity would work 934 01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:53,525 It's not at all a rare tactic men use 935 01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:57,164 Vial belongs to a class of lovers... 936 01:05:57,360 --> 01:06:00,523 which in my amorous life I've only glimpsed... 937 01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,883 from a distance by my own choosing 938 01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:06,447 He must be dull all day long... 939 01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:09,325 but at dusk he glows, 940 01:06:09,560 --> 01:06:13,281 ready for love and pleasing during lo ve-making 941 01:06:13,480 --> 01:06:15,084 I saw him as ifl were there 942 01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:17,044 It'll soon be day 943 01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:23,127 I never hoped to see dawn here, alone with you 944 01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:27,050 Let me be proud of that, if not happy 945 01:06:28,440 --> 01:06:32,809 Wanting and being aware of everything... 946 01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:36,686 is a great misery for a man condemned to mediocrity... 947 01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:41,442 for a man who never knew you'd one day listen to him 948 01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:47,802 I'd like to speak as an affectionate human being 949 01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:54,931 I said I spend a beautiful part of my life here 950 01:06:56,080 --> 01:07:00,483 Making a clean sweep, rebuilding or being reborn, 951 01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:02,887 has never been too much for me 952 01:07:03,080 --> 01:07:07,608 But today I'm starting something I've never done 953 01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:13,284 It's the 1st time since Iwas 16... 954 01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:16,771 that I'm going to live... or die... 955 01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:19,964 without life or death depending on love 956 01:07:20,520 --> 01:07:23,364 From now on, my sadness, if I'm sad... 957 01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:27,804 or my gaiety, if I'm gay, must exist without... 958 01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:32,483 the motive they've needed for 30 years... Love! 959 01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:37,926 I'm almost there... And it's so marvelous! 960 01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:42,283 No one, Vial, no one ever again! 961 01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:45,802 But I'm not dead nor insensitive! 962 01:07:46,560 --> 01:07:49,131 I can be hurt. You could hurt me 963 01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:53,129 But that wouldn't satisfy you. 964 01:07:54,680 --> 01:07:56,011 I could make do with that 965 01:07:57,320 --> 01:08:00,324 What would we come to if I listened to you? 966 01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:03,809 What would you come to? What would I? 967 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:08,164 At times your death wouldn't have displeased me 968 01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:12,529 This traditional wish left me speechless 969 01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:16,084 Time to hurry Day was dawning 970 01:08:16,280 --> 01:08:18,851 Swallows were circling the roof 971 01:08:32,880 --> 01:08:34,564 So goodbye, Madam 972 01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:36,649 Goodbye, Vial 973 01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:41,168 Will I see you at lunch-time? 974 01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:44,571 No, nor tomorrow. I must go to Moustier... 975 01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:47,684 for counterpanes for my Paris shop 976 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:51,168 It's not adieu! We'll see each other again? 977 01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:53,530 As soon as I can, Madam 978 01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:14,609 Up already, Madam? 979 01:09:14,800 --> 01:09:17,406 Surprised? You're an early bird too 980 01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:20,931 Don't put the butter by the melons! 981 01:09:22,360 --> 01:09:24,681 Now it'll taste like squash 982 01:09:25,320 --> 01:09:28,529 I'll water the Portulacas now 983 01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:35,124 I was shivering and urgent/y needed... 984 01:09:35,320 --> 01:09:37,368 to soak in a very hot tub... 985 01:09:37,560 --> 01:09:40,245 an aromatic, lemony bath... 986 01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:44,971 like those one takes on dark, winter mornings in Paris 987 01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:51,489 It's getting cool and I'm hungry 988 01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:54,768 What's to eat at La Lyonnaise? 989 01:09:55,400 --> 01:09:58,006 Nothing... Tomatoes and the local ham 990 01:09:58,240 --> 01:10:01,210 We haven't enough mortadella and gorgonzola 991 01:10:01,840 --> 01:10:04,491 I suppose my soup made with my onions 992 01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:05,647 is just goat dung? 993 01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:10,003 Good gents... Kind ladies... 994 01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:12,771 Would a run to my house scare you? 995 01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:15,090 I'm a hick 996 01:10:15,480 --> 01:10:19,485 and I have what I have. But my heart's in my hand 997 01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:21,444 And my hand is everywhere! 998 01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:27,326 The grape harvest'll be early but scanty 999 01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:32,763 My farmer says 28 bushels... And you, Colette? 1000 01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:37,091 Athird of a crop. It hasn't rained and my vines are old. 1001 01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:38,327 Maybe 400 or 500 1002 01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:39,967 500 what? 1003 01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:42,761 Gallons. But only half is mine 1004 01:10:43,200 --> 01:10:45,202 You'll become a wine merchant! 1005 01:10:46,520 --> 01:10:47,601 A shooting star! 1006 01:10:48,920 --> 01:10:50,729 It fell on St-Raphael 1007 01:10:52,200 --> 01:10:55,522 Well, it's only a quarter to 10 1008 01:10:56,520 --> 01:10:59,251 So waltz, my pretties! 1009 01:10:59,440 --> 01:11:00,930 If Carco were here... 1010 01:11:01,320 --> 01:11:04,290 He doesn't dance. What we need is Vial 1011 01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:09,927 True, we need Vial. But if he's not here... 1012 01:11:10,120 --> 01:11:11,485 He's not, that's all! 1013 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:15,480 He's preparing his household goods sale 1014 01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:17,330 He's at Vaison 1015 01:11:19,320 --> 01:11:20,685 Let's go to Pastecchi's! 1016 01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:23,762 Fine! But we'll go home early 1017 01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:55,964 I felt Héléne's arm against mine 1018 01:11:56,680 --> 01:11:59,331 I hadn't seen her since Vial had left 1019 01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:04,407 Madam Colette, I only know it by a postcard... 1020 01:12:04,600 --> 01:12:07,649 from Mama who's with Papa at Vaison 1021 01:12:07,840 --> 01:12:11,447 I thought it best I not mention it earlier 1022 01:12:12,240 --> 01:12:15,528 I admired her knowing what's best or not 1023 01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:18,680 I admired her face, full of plans... 1024 01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:22,362 and hopes of arrivals and embarkations 1025 01:12:41,880 --> 01:12:45,521 A guy enters an antique shop and says: "What's new?" 1026 01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:01,611 - Care for a drink? - Sure, I'm thirsty! 1027 01:15:02,480 --> 01:15:05,927 May I ask an indiscreet question? 1028 01:15:06,760 --> 01:15:08,603 Indiscretion don't scare me! 1029 01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:10,609 Why do you dance together? 1030 01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:13,326 'Cause the girls don't dance good 1031 01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:32,086 Thanks for the drink 1032 01:15:34,680 --> 01:15:38,241 I was content to barely think... 1033 01:15:38,440 --> 01:15:42,240 waiting ti/I satiety gave me the strength to rise... 1034 01:15:42,440 --> 01:15:47,685 and return to my realm of cats and vines 1035 01:15:47,880 --> 01:15:50,963 A minute more... and I'll go 1036 01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:03,367 We really needed Vial tonight 1037 01:16:04,440 --> 01:16:06,283 Take me home, Héléne 1038 01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:27,451 She drove very slow/y... 1039 01:16:28,120 --> 01:16:31,044 avoiding the familiar rocks and holes 1040 01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:35,003 She was full of good intentions... 1041 01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:39,000 as if she felt on me a painless bruise and... 1042 01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:42,204 spilt blood I didn't feel myself 1043 01:17:03,240 --> 01:17:06,289 You were superb, better than last month 1044 01:17:06,480 --> 01:17:09,450 Yes, and it's not over! Only beginning! 1045 01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:11,011 Really? 1046 01:17:11,240 --> 01:17:14,722 It's crazy and stupid but I have a great hope 1047 01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:18,481 Afeeling!... I'm so devoted to you, Madam 1048 01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:21,604 You understand and know everything 1049 01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:44,890 I've been sorting papers in dear Papa's desk 1050 01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:49,600 I found my letters to him from the Maison Dubois... 1051 01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:53,766 after my operation and all your telegrams to him... 1052 01:17:53,960 --> 01:17:57,282 during the time I couldn't write to him 1053 01:17:57,480 --> 01:17:58,766 He kept everything 1054 01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:00,600 How moved I was! 1055 01:18:01,200 --> 01:18:04,443 You'll say it's natural he kept them 1056 01:18:04,640 --> 01:18:07,325 Not so natural! You'll see 1057 01:18:07,520 --> 01:18:11,047 When I returned from my 2 or 3 trips to see you... 1058 01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:15,928 in Paris before he died, I found him to be... 1059 01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:19,283 a shadow of himself, barely eating 1060 01:18:20,120 --> 01:18:21,565 What a child! 1061 01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:24,970 What a pity he loved me so much! 1062 01:18:25,160 --> 01:18:28,846 His love for me destroyed, one after another, 1063 01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:30,769 all his splendid abilities... 1064 01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:34,646 for literature and the sciences 1065 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:39,243 He preferred thinking and worrying about me 1066 01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:42,091 I find that inexcusable 1067 01:18:42,280 --> 01:18:46,285 So great a love! What frivolity! 1068 01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:50,760 As for me, how can I get over the loss... 1069 01:18:51,000 --> 01:18:52,923 of so loving a friend? 1070 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:58,569 As a girl, when I rose at 7, the sun still lov\/, 1071 01:18:58,760 --> 01:19:00,171 I 'd hear my mother shout: 1072 01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:02,530 "Seven! Lord, how late it is!" 1073 01:19:04,520 --> 01:19:08,081 Will I ever catch up to her, flying high... 1074 01:19:09,680 --> 01:19:13,048 she who says of constant, exclusive love: 1075 01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:15,643 "What frivolity!" 1076 01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:20,721 A week of not writing, my hand forgets how to! 1077 01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:24,491 For 8 or 10 days, since \/ial left, 1078 01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:26,569 I've had a lot to do 1079 01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:29,891 It'd be truer to say I've done a lot 1080 01:19:32,440 --> 01:19:35,922 Héléne didn't stay long today She came to say... 1081 01:19:36,160 --> 01:19:39,369 she was leaving with a friend... 1082 01:19:39,560 --> 01:19:43,929 who'd help drive and who could change a tire 1083 01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:49,290 Vial never leaves Paris. He's working like a dog... 1084 01:19:49,480 --> 01:19:52,563 for 4 Quarters. I have spies! 1085 01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:54,649 Not too many spies Héléne! 1086 01:19:54,840 --> 01:19:57,047 My Spy is Papa! 1087 01:19:57,240 --> 01:19:59,607 He helps Vial find his way around 1088 01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:03,847 Vial'll need Papa, if the Ministry doesn't fall... 1089 01:20:04,520 --> 01:20:06,841 'cause the Minister is Papa's pal 1090 01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:11,841 But Vial must become head of the workshop... 1091 01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:14,611 at 4 Quarters before the Ministry falls! 1092 01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:17,406 Madame Colette, I'd so like to help him! 1093 01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:19,443 She will get Vial 1094 01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:24,450 I tried to urge prudence on her in her chase 1095 01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:27,530 No, dignity, not prudence 1096 01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:29,689 She waved my advice away 1097 01:20:30,120 --> 01:20:32,600 I realized I knew nothing about it! 1098 01:20:32,800 --> 01:20:35,724 She says "Don't be afraid' in a way... 1099 01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:38,082 that's tender and proud 1100 01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:39,930 I thought she might add: 1101 01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:43,761 "Once you're not his neighbor, I can handle him" 1102 01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:48,690 Héléne will get \/ial and that will be right 1103 01:20:49,120 --> 01:20:54,889 I may think: "l've had better. I've had Vial" 1104 01:20:56,360 --> 01:20:59,842 I'll think of him and say I let him go... 1105 01:21:00,040 --> 01:21:05,331 I gave Vial to a young woman, in a way... 1106 01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:08,126 that had a wonderfully reckless air 1107 01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:12,446 I've thought of him often lately 1108 01:21:13,840 --> 01:21:18,209 Today I think more of me, since I regret him 1109 01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:21,404 In a last letter, Mother told me... 1110 01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:24,524 of her granddaughtefls visit: 1111 01:21:24,720 --> 01:21:29,362 "Eight years old, her hair tangled from running to bring me a rose... 1112 01:21:29,640 --> 01:21:33,690 "She was as alarmed by my waking as by my sleep 1113 01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:36,770 "Before I die, I'll see nothing as beautiful as... 1114 01:21:37,440 --> 01:21:40,330 "that shy child ready to cry, holding out a rose" 1115 01:21:41,920 --> 01:21:45,641 Of the two of us, who is the better writer? 1116 01:21:46,200 --> 01:21:48,965 Isn't it blindingly clear that she is? 1117 01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:52,280 Flowers, Madam 1118 01:21:52,640 --> 01:21:53,641 Who brought them? 1119 01:21:53,840 --> 01:21:57,003 They were by the gate with no card 1120 01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:04,130 - What's the date? - The 27th or the 28th 1121 01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:08,489 I thought I smelled luggage in the air... 1122 01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:11,889 Asmell of going home 1123 01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:17,208 My mother's last letter was to assure me she no longer... 1124 01:22:17,400 --> 01:22:19,528 needed to use our language 1125 01:22:20,440 --> 01:22:23,250 The two penciled pages have nothing... 1126 01:22:23,440 --> 01:22:28,048 but joyful symbols, arrows from a vague word... 1127 01:22:28,240 --> 01:22:32,962 plus "yes, yes" and "she danced" clearly written 1128 01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:37,286 At the bottom she wrote "My /ove" 1129 01:22:38,760 --> 01:22:40,364 She said that... 1130 01:22:40,560 --> 01:22:42,881 when we'd been separated for a long time, 1131 01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:45,128 and she was longing to see me 1132 01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:49,960 Go on! Go take a walk! 1133 01:23:09,320 --> 01:23:11,607 This film was shot at The Muscatel Trellis 1134 01:23:11,800 --> 01:23:13,768 where Colette wrote Break of Day 83942

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