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Hot, chestnuts!

Come closer. Fresh milk drawn from this morning.

Sir, little candies? 30 francs per kilo.

13 by the dozen!

I'm going to take gingerbread, that's it.

- There are love apples! - I do not like that.

Thief !

Thief ! Sorry, but ...

- It's horrible ! Awful! - Shit !

Nothing broken ?

Miss, being pushed around by you was a real pleasure!

It was your present, in the bag.

- My present ? - Then.

You couldn't be better, here.

Merry Christmas !

Take, I tell you!

It looks real.

Of course it is true.

What is the use of being encumbered of all that money?

I will go lighter in my coffin!

Thank you.

Thank you, Santa Claus!

Marlene, something is fishy in the soup.

he won't be finished until he sold you a mower.

I was like you, miss.

I was scared, I was suspicious of everything,

and then one day,

I tried happiness.

The world has opened up the stars have aligned,

and that smile, mademoiselle, never left my face.

Merry Christmas !

And happy New Year !

Merry Christmas !

That's wonderful !

But, Marlene, come back to Earth.

He's just an imposter and a lousy magic trick.

No, it's a real one!

Look at the watermark!

Shit...

Oh no !

Where did the fat man go?

Alice!

It's Santa Claus, all the same.

Don't stay here, Louison.

But it's not fair he did nothing, my brother.

I know,

but there, I can not help him.

And let that serve as a lesson to you.

What are you doing here ? In the dormitory.

And you, Baptiste, don't miss anymore never respect!

One day you will thank me for hardening you.

The world won't make you gift. You hear me ?

- Yes. - Yes who ?

Yes, Madam Director.

Go to bed.

Didn't you hurt too much?

I do not care.

- It's for tonight, Louison. - Tonight ?

I promise you, we will deliver you never have to step here again.

Madam Director,

I said to myself, a little Christmas atmosphere, that wouldn't hurt.

I have a plan for the tree. It won't cost us anything.

- And that would make the children happy. - "Pleasure"?

You get them used to it and you will unleash them in the world?

It's a disservice, Gaston.

Our homework is to prepare them for reality.

Besides, you are too nice with them. Isn't it, Max?

Yes Madam.

The new teacher has arrived?

Not yet.

Here is one which starts very badly. She should have been here 2 days ago.

Ah, commissioner,

tell me we finally have a case on our hands,

a nice little crime to solve.

No. You have to say that it's almost Christmas.

Precisely, yes ... Christmas.

It makes me want to murder and I must not be the only one.

What is that ?

It's Marlene.

Definitely, this woman has all the talents.

What is happening here ?

I bet that he forgot!

Forgot what?

The choir,

the concert !

It's this evening ?

Unless you have two December 23 this year, yes.

Is that I ...

It does not matter.

What do you mean, "it does not matter" ?

You wanted him to hear you sing.

Yes, but I'm so nervous.

You know what,

keep repeating, you will be less scared.

Okay.

Thank you.

It's good to have friends.

Second verse.

What do you think ?

How to say ? It was...

Commissioner, your opinion means a lot to me.

It was...

It was powerful, Marlene.

You have a voice ...

- That we would recognize among a thousand. - Here.

You take the words out of my mouth.

If I were you, Marlene,

how to say... I would sing more ...

maybe I would sing ...

more internally. - "Internally"?

In music, what matters sometimes is ...

It is silence.

You close it, yes?

Do you want Max effect?

And There you go !

What's the point ?

"What's the point ?"

It's a transistor, asshole.

To listen to music. You know what it is ?

Yes.

I saw people dance to it. It's called rock'n'roll.

Ms. Hautin says it's no use.

It is you who are useless.

You better shut it up or I fill your mouth with spiders.

Who wants to dance with me?

You.

Hautin is coming back!

You have 5 seconds to tell me where did this music come from.

Charlotte!

Yes, Madam Director?

- Where did this music come from? - I don't know, Madam Headmistress.

You do not know ?

I am very disappointed, Charlotte.

Very, very disappointed.

I found that, madam,

under Bouboule's mattress.

I swear, it's not mine!

Do you have an explanation?

I've never seen this before in my life !

No it's not me ! I promise you !

I did not do anything !

Shut up !

All in pajamas and to bed immediately!

And the first to speak will pass tomorrow kneeling on a ruler.

Louison,

let's go.

Wow.

Here. Without money, you won't get very far.

Thanks, Rudy.

I don't want to miss Santa Claus. We'll have to leave another day.

Tell him.

Tell him, I'm telling you!

Listen, Louison,

Santa,

He doesn't exist.

It does not make any sense. Of course he does.

If he existed, why am I getting nothing?

Because you're mean to Bouboule.

I swear, if I meet your Santa Claus,

I'll hide him.

Thanks, Rudy.

Good luck, and make it right so that we never see each other again

in this shitty place.

It's not polite to say "shit".

Hi, Louison. I'll miss you.

Come on, get the hell out of here.

Where are we going?

We're going to find mom.

But you don't know where she is.

We'll find her, I swear.

Why don't you say anything?

You didn't like the concert, that's it ?

Yes. Yes, yes.

It was actually ...

It was...

Unforgettable.

You say that, commissioner, but ...

- You were sleeping, I saw you. - Absolutely not, I was not sleeping.

I closed my eyes

to better enjoy ...

the beauty of your voice.

How nice.

Look !

It's snowing !

A white Christmas.

Isn't that wonderful?

For once, I agree with Laurence.

Christmas is sinister.

Why are you so sad?

I hate this neighborhood.

I had the worst years of my life,

and I can tell you, Christmas at the orphanage,

it was the most dreadful day.

But it's beautiful, the snow, isn't it?

The little lights that flicker, the pretty balls on the tree.

Even little Jesus.

Small family reunions,

the pretty gifts that make no one happy ...

I'll tell you the bottom of my thoughts, Marlène:

the secret of happiness, it's to spend Christmas alone.

Yeah.

With a good jazz record and a good whiskey.

Commissioner.

It's snowing.

Wow!

Look.

A carousel !

Hide, Louison!

- You can see that he exists. - Get down!

Rudy and you are just liars.

Run ! Do not turn around !

Look out !

Oh my God !

Are you okay ? You have nothing ?

Santa...

- Santa... - What, Santa Claus?

He is dead.

Someone killed him.

What is she talking about?

Everything is fine now.

What's your name ?

Louison.

It's a pretty name, Louison.

But what are you doing all alone in the middle of the night?

I'm not allowed to tell you.

But you can tell us where you live to take you home.

Baptiste said, "Run, run." And he was no longer there.

Baptist?

Who is Baptiste?

My brother.

Well. Very well.

You will tell us all that, but first,

you show us where is your house?

And if Santa Claus is dead,

how will he distribute gifts ?

You see.

I wasn't lying.

Alice, look.

It's the man who gave money.

Money ? What money ?

And my brother,

where is he ? - I don't know.

One thing at a time.

You are a policeman or are you not a policeman?

Alice, what are you doing?

It is a real one.

Obviously it's a real one.

A real beard, a real 500 bill.

Hallelujah, Santa Claus is dead.

We will be able to get rid of of all this masquerade.

- You, I don't love you. - Me neither.

The little pests, we should drown them like little kittens.

Don't worry, Louison.

In fact for the commissioner, there are only 2 kinds of girls:

the pests or the idiots.

And also those of your kind, which are in both categories.

That's enough !

We are very tired.

You will tell us instead where you live, my angel.

What are you doing here?

Commissioner Laurence.

This little one was witness to a murder.

- A murder ? - Yes.

Someone disguised as Santa Claus was killed near here.

It was not someone disguised as Santa Claus,

it was Santa Claus.

Shut up, idiot!

Can you explain to me what were you doing outside?

- Where is your brother? - Disappeared. Flew away.

And if he saw the murder, he is in danger.

What are you doing there ? Go back up right away!

No, wait.

Do any of you have noticed

something weird tonight?

Nobody ?

And Baptiste, has anyone seen him?

Finished ?

But what are you waiting for?

Go to bed !

- You too, Louison. - No.

She's coming with us.

No way, she is my responsibility.

A desperate murderer is dangerous.

She stays with us.

Sylvie.

Yes Madam ?

Instead of spying, accompanie the commissioner home.

Good, ma'am.

You achieve nothing by stalling.

Here, it's quiet.

Why ?

What are you afraid of?

You do not remember ?

It's even worse than before.

Max scares everyone.

He hits so hard that it makes huge noises.

Nobody can do anything.

Yes, there is something I can do.

We do not care.

Who is interested in a shabby orphanage?

Me. I am journalist at The voice of the North,

and I will write an article.

You should have written it a long time ago.

Yes you are right.

Will you sing me a song?

Yes if you want.

I had dreamed of a doll

That we cuddle like a mother

Who would tell me

I love you so

I am proud of you, my child

I had dreamed of a house

Filled with love and toys

I had dreamed

of a beautiful school

and a hot chocolate to snack on

Excuse me Miss.

I didn't mean to disturb you.

You sing so well. It sounds like the voice of an angel.

Don't stay in the cold there.

Come on, hop.

Is this Max that terrible?

Yes i think he likes to hit us.

What is that ?

Bouboule, what are you doing out at this hour ?

You like an appointment with Max?

No Madam.

Go to the dormitory immediately!

We'll fix it tomorrow.

And you, who are you ?

Mademoiselle Chevalier, finally.

You have a good excuse, at least ?

Hope you got something more classic in your luggage,

who arrived on time.

I am...

Sorry, I know. It is all for nothing.

We'll show you to your room.

Sylvie!

We'll go through the city with a fine-tooth comb.

But absolute discretion by the way of Santa Claus. It's clear ?

We will start by raking the neighborhood and we expand.

I want this kid to be found before tomorrow morning.

You hear ?

Otherwise, we'll be spending New Years Eve here.

Come on, execution.

Good. Louison, for the last time,

What did Santa's killer look like?

I don't know, it was dark.

Do you have any idea of ​​the place where did your brother go?

He said we were going to get mom.

Your mom ?

Do you still have your mom?

Yes.

Why didn't you say anything?

Because you didn't ask me to.

And where does she live?

I don't know.

We're going to start a search.

Even if there is not a lot of hope,

you never know.

And for the little one?

Put her in a cell, I'll question her tomorrow.

She won't bother anyone.

You are not serious, after all she's been through.

I agree, commissioner.

Ben, take her home! I wish you fun.

Is that ...

- My wife is sick. - As if by chance.

I would have accommodated her well,

but it's very small at my home.

I'm more cramped there than Bubble in his aquarium.

Imagine,

the murderer follows us,

he kills my door ...

How awful !

No,

there is only one place where she will be really safe,

that is your home.

Home ?

You are crazy !

No way. You hear me ?

Out of the question.

Wow!

You get off immediately.

Don't jump on that couch.

Marlene, do something.

Calm down, my angel.

"My angel" ?

Do you call that an angel?

A fury, yes!

No, don't touch that!

- She's gonna break everything. - But no !

What's this ?

It's art.

It is very expensive.

I'm hungry.

Well. Well, I'll leave you.

Good evening.

Wait, you want that I stay alone with ...

I can not stay.

I have business with me and a billion things to prepare.

No, I'm not letting you go.

Ask me anything, the Moon, but please stay.

- No. - Marlene.

It's an order !

My Becker.

She broke my Becker!

What did I tell you?

Do you know what a Becker is worth?

If you still touch anything either, I'll send you to the guillotine!

- Commissioner! - Do you know the guillotine?

It's a pretty blade that will slice your pretty monster neck.

Well well well !

I will stay until she sleeps.

Sheets are washed once a week, Monday.

She doesn't look convenient, the director.

Real cowhide.

They make the pair, her and her enraged dog guard, Max.

He's the devil.

You will meet him soon enough.

This is your room.

You will see, we get used to everything,

even to the mattress.

Thank you.

Okay.

Wonderful.

Excuse me, I forgot to tell you :

there are mice.

Good night.

Thank you.

Stop!

No !

What else is going on?

Baptist ...

Baptiste, he's dead.

But no, what are you talking about?

You had a nightmare, that's all

There are plenty of police officers who are looking for him all over town,

They will find him.

Come on,

good night.

I want a song.

What?

I want a song.

First we don't say:"I want."

And then...

I don't know any songs.

Everyone knows songs.

Except me. You came by the only one guy who doesn't know any.

Not even a green mouse?

You see.

You know her !

- After, you sleep? - Afterwards, I sleep.

A green mouse Who ran in the grass

I grab him by the tail I give it to these gentlemen

I show it to these gentlemen.

Yes, I show it.

I show it to these gentlemen

These gentlemen tell me

Dip it in oil Soak it in water

It will make a hot snail

- Good night. - It's not over.

And you sang it too fast.

I put it in my drawer

She tells me it's too dark

We're not going to spend the night there.

Start over from the beginning.

Miss?

Excuse me.

What's the matter ? Who is it ?

- I'm Gaston. - Yes.

And that gives you the right to wake up?

No, but we are expecting you in class.

Oh shit !

What time is it ?

- Oh shit ! - It will be fine ?

Yes, it will be fine.

I take care of the director. You were preparing your lessons.

Yes, here it is ... Gaston.

Thank you.

And shit!

Excellent, Miss Chevalier. Barely 30 minutes late.

A small cafe ? A croissant ? A good hot bath?

A coffee, I wouldn't say no, but very tight.

You don't look like the report that was sent to me.

Which class did you teach?

All.

Well, pretty much.

"Nearly."

It is this "Nearly" that scares me.

What?

- Speak. - Not in front of her.

I'll be there.

Go to your classroom, NOW!

Come on, kids!

We throw away our last paper, that's it. It was the last.

Stop! Let the lady speak!

It's because he's in love, our Bouboule!

Bouboule is in love!

Bouboule is in love!

Do you see that eraser?

With my back turned, I throw it in the trash there,

and you shut up all day.

A deal ?

Perfect.

- What's your name ? - Rudy.

Please go to the platform.

The platform?

This slightly raised thing,

which allows a teacher to think that he has the power.

I thank you.

Rudy,

what would you like to do when you are older ?

Robbing banks.

I knew a kid who looked a lot like you,

and I learned that he died in a burglary.

Why scare me?

Anyway, what will society offer me ? Nothing.

I thought like you at your age.

It would shock you if I told you that I spent 8 years here?

An orphan,

like you.

I drooled like you.

I received blows,

I was scared,

and I said to myself:"You really think that I am less than nothing,

"so that I was abandoned in that rat hole. "

I thought...

Finally, I thought,

that I was a mistake of nature,

and that I didn't deserve to be loved.

Obviously,

that I would do nothing with my life.

What are you trying to do?

Make us cry?

Well, I was wrong ...

what are you doing among the students?

come come...

Sit down!

Rudy, in your place.

Keep going. Pretend I'm not here.

Why do i feel that you just fell from the moon?

For a first day contact, I thought ...

What what?

- Yes ? - I can go to the board ?

Yes.

Simple future of the verb to succeed:

I will succeed, you will succeed,

he will succeed, we will succeed,

you will succeed, they will succeed.

Well done. You can go back to your place.

Can anybody else give me

another example of the simple future?

Yes, Rudy.

I will resist,

you will resist,

he will resist,

we will resist,

you will resist, they will resist.

I thank you.

Marlene, you give her a sheet and something to draw.

As for you, if you touch anything,

you will get to know the pretty handcuffs?

Commissioner!

- I'm going to the morgue. - What is a morgue?

It's none of your business.

For the hour of the crime, no surprise:11:30 p.m., midnight.

And the weapon?

A Luger.

No need to say, this guy looks a lot like Santa Claus. No ?

While I was cutting him I felt a little uncomfortable.

A medical examiner with a diploma who still believes in Santa Claus?

How touching.

Tonight is New Years Eve we could relax a bit.

I have a crime on my hands,

and a disappearance of a child, it's more important than a turkey

and oysters, don't you think?

Speaking of oysters, I found a dozen in his womb,

intact.

Are you going to resuscitate him?

Should not hang around too much,

he has plenty of gifts to hand out.

But...

What are you doing here ? I told you...

I was bored !

I told Marlene that I was going to pee.

She's nice, she believes everything she is told.

Well.

That's enough now.

Come on, you go out.

Ouch! that hurt !

I'll tell Marlene.

No, but let go. It's a little girl.

You're not going to do it too.

Then after all, you will stay with the doctor.

He will show you how to cut up a corpse.

It is very funny.

And i am sure that it will serve you one day.

Come on ...

- Good luck. - No, wait!

Commissioner!

Commissioner!

No no !

Don't touch that.

And shit.

Someone there ?

Maison Griboule!

Please,

The mulled wine that makes you goofy!

So, lovers?

A little mulled wine with cinnamon?

A little information will suffice.

Police.

You know him ?

Jesus, Mary, Joseph! But it's Hubert.

poor man!

He was no longer seen round here.

Go see Mathilde, she knew him well.

And where do we find her, Mathilde?

The woman who runs the merry-go-round.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Maison Griboule!

The mulled wine that makes you goofy!

He ran a restaurant ...

the beautiful eatery over there.

But since his illness, his son took over the business.

- His illness? - Sorry, it's time for the pompom.

The pompom, what did I cry as a child.

I never managed to catch it.

What did I say ? Illness.

3, 4 years ago, he became a jerk.

His son tried to put him in the hospital,

but Hubert didn't let it go, a real mule head.

Then he started to distribute his money.

Geoffroy tried to prevent it.

They even got into a fight, the other day.

Such a waste.

It is a beautiful eatery.

The best oysters from all over the region.

The working son and the father who distributes his money,

it would make a nice motive.

That's not what I meant.

Two coffees.

The bill for the 4.

Hello.

You booked ?

Hello. I would like talk to the boss.

1 scrambled and 2 plain!

Honey, this is for you.

Monsieur is from the police.

It makes you hungry, all that.

Listen, there you ...

fall badly.

It is...

This about my father ?

He doesn't want to be treated.

What did he do ?

He is dead.

- What? - What?

Shot dead last night.

An extra fries for the 15th!

How awful !

Serge, give me a whiskey.

What do you want ?

Your schedule last night, between 11 p.m. and midnight.

Where could I be otherwise in my restaurant?

We'll check.

Are you suspecting me?

It wasn't true love between you and your father.

It is despicable, what you say.

It's not despicable,

it is the world that is despicable.

Kill Santa Claus, with all these children ...

I killed no one.

Has he been disguising himself for a long time?

Every Christmas he was going nuts.

He was going to the bank, getting money and handing it out.

The worst is that he thought he was Santa Claus.

And why not ?

It's true, we don't know, after all.

We live next to people and we don't know them.

Thanks, Marlene.

He always sat there.

Dressed up as Santa, everyone looked at him.

He was pitiful.

I imagine, yes.

Me too, I would have lost my appetite.

Langoustines, serve them!

It's weird he looks like he's smiling.

Before he goes mad I had never seen him smile.

He could be so hard.

He never cared about me busy tumbling the waitresses.

My mother couldn't take it anymore.

She made herself ill to escape all this ...

he was so despicable.

She died of it.

Then he started to lose his mind and there he became nice.

Except with me, of course.

It's better.

Much better.

The jurors will be more lenient if you open your heart.

What is your problem ?

My problem ?

Know what you were doing between 11 p.m. and midnight.

I was at the restaurant.

You went away for half an hour.

It's possible, I do not remember.

So your father swallows a dozen oysters, and then ...

he is leaving. That's it ?

He had a date.

- With whom ? - I dunno.

He was all excited, almost happy.

Here then...

Maybe he had a date with his murderer?

Did you follow him?

Yes, I followed him.

He succeeded in losing me.

He wasn't that crazy, when he wanted.

Why do i have so much trouble to believe you, M. Dopagne?

Maybe because you change the versions?

You were at the restaurant, you weren't there anymore ...

I have the right to a lawyer, right?

I didn't remember that she was so ugly.

At the same time, it is the only one gift that I never received.

So that's how I'll be when I grow up ?

Eh yes.

Sorry.

No.

I find myself very beautiful.

Am I going to stay here for a long time?

Don't worry.

We have a good life now.

Finally, I mean ...

We did pretty well.

The other day there was a butterfly in the dormitory.

He left through the window and I wanted to follow him.

Look at me.

Look at me.

I remember well of this butterfly.

You did well not to follow him.

You did well not to jump.

You trust me ?

Yes.

What are you doing here, miss?

You are not allowed hanging around here.

Are you deaf?

Get out of here.

At once.

What a jerk.

Alice.

Alice. Alice!

Come on, Alice.

Come on, Alice.

What do all these questions mean?

He has always been fair with me, Hubert.

I had heard the worst horrors about him,

but he was kinda nice.

"The worst horrors"?

But you know.

What they say,

like that he would have forced a young waitress at ...

She would have obliged him, he was the boss.

She would have hanged herself.

This is what they say.

I've got to go.

We questioned the staff. We didn't see you much last night.

I'm more of a waitress, commissioner.

It's hard to admit but it's like that.

I was in the office.

And why would I have killed him?

All that money he was giving away must have made you sick, right?

The legacy that melts like snow in the sun?

I would never have touched it.

He was the only one to agree of my marriage.

A little waitress with the boss's son?

Heard a lot of crap.

I can go ?

Yes,

but don't leave town.

Sorry, excuse me !

I think we found Something.

Louison's mom her name is Delphine Sauvage,

born in Montreuil-sur-Mer, in 1931.

Homeless, but a priori, still alive.

That would be wonderful if we found her.

A real Christmas story.

Ah yes ?

What if we find a wreck?

A poor woman damaged by alcohol,

with a half brain, without remembering her kids?

Sounds like a fairy tale, really?

I don't have a lot of staff anymore, but I'll manage it somehow.

Office of Commissioner Laurence.

What?

Oh my God.

Yes Yes.

There was another murder at the orphanage.

She was snooping around but getting killed.

Two corpses in two days,

not even 100m away.

If you want my opinion, it smells tainted in your establishment.

Come on, search this place for me.

Do you recognise this face?

Hubert Depagne, aka Santa Claus.

Never seen him.

Even without the beard?

I don't know this man I tell you.

You are still nervous or only when you lie?

Look at this poor girl. How could I not be?

That poor girl saw something,

for sure.

She didn't die for nothing.

The assassin is around, madam.

And who knows,

maybe he even lives here, in this orphanage.

It's absurd.

I answer for my staff.

Well,

there is the new.

The new ?

The new teacher,

Miss Chevalier.

She arrived yesterday.

It's her that discovered the body.

Well.

You won't catch me you won't catch me!

Give me back my hat.

Give him back his hat.

It's lovely to come with us.

With this murderer,

I didn't want to let you go out without a bodyguard.

I have to tell you a secret:

i love christmas markets.

What is that thing ?

Cotton candy. Do you want to taste it?

Oh, yes, yes!

A candy apple, Marlene?

No thanks.

Marlene, why don't you have children?

Don't you want them?

Yes, I don't mind.

Ask commissioner to marry you.

No, that's not possible.

Why?

Because...

Because...

It is the men who ask.

And the commissioner does not like children.

Yes, I love children.

We weren't talking about you. You are too fat.

Well, thanks.

I have an idea.

How about playing hide and seek?

I'm hiding, you find me.

Hold.

Thank you.

- Where is she ? - Huh?

She was there, then she left.

Louison?

Louison?

Congratulations, April. Let me watch you.

You just crossed one more peak in the ridiculous.

That's it,

put your little butt tight on the desk,

take on your superior airs.

You wouldn't have the guts to pass yourself off as a teacher.

Too afraid that you will be massacred without a guide?

That's not bad.

You are sitting at my old desk.

This was my spot, when I was little.

But what's the matter with you?

What I experienced here, who cares?

You are wrong, Avril.

I feel half a tear try a little outing.

I can know What are you playing ?

These kids won't let you go:

not a cop.

Me, it's not the same. I passed this way.

I am like a big sister.

Even donkeys learn lessons from their failures.

But you, no.

It's always the same improbable disguises.

You look as much like a teacher than a one-legged.

Even one-legged, I would arrive to put my foot on your ass.

You don't know anything from here.

The kids are terrified Max is a sadist.

Excuse me.

Yes ?

We ask you on the phone.

Yes I'm coming.

This rose ...

Yes I was paying cotton candy and presto, gone.

We looked for her everywhere.

But you realize what you say?

I'm so ashamed if you only knew.

I would go and throw myself into the canal,

but it is frozen.

Well. Go back to the market, I'm coming.

All right, commissioner.

I can't take it anymore, I'm sick of it!

Who is it? The waiter ?

What does it change ?

When you eat, when you sleep, you think about your restaurant.

Always your restaurant!

What's the matter ?

There is a problem ?

Do you mind that I'm here!

Rest assured, it won't last.

- Are you going to shut it up? - Otherwise what ?

Where do you go ?

- It's not your business anymore! - Mireille.

Mireille!

Thanks for the phone.

Did I, yes or no, forbid you to leave the police station?

Incompetence, I can forgive, but treason, never!

You disobeyed me.

Commissioner, it is human error. Besides, it's all my fault.

You realize, she may already be dead,

while Marlene whines.

I blame myself so much if you knew.

But she was so happy here.

And in the morgue, will she be happy too?

Sorry, sorry!

Cute christmas tale which turns into a nightmare,

and all that, thanks to you.

A brigade is on the spot.

- We'll find her. - I hope so.

Louison?

Louison?

Was I well hidden?

You're not that bad as a policeman.

But the others, zero.

Ah, Tricard.

But what did you do? This is serious, it is very serious!

Marlene is very angry!

Marlene, this is a child, after all.

Never do that again, Louison.

- Were you worried about me? - No.

It's all arranged.

I'd do a carousel ride.

What next ?

- I want to ride. - Louison!

I accompany her.

I would have gone there too.

I was the pompom king, you know.

No !

No !

Miss Chevalier?

It's me, it's Gaston.

It's okay ?

No.

Come.

Come on, come on.

Sit down.

I thought I would be stronger.

I should never have come back here.

"Come back here"?

The same smells,

the same fear in my stomach,

the director who snatches the doll from me,

and me screaming.

And they lock me in the cellar.

I am suffocating.

- I'll bring you some water. - Don't leave me.

It was so dark

and I was very little,

and I felt a rat that brushed against me ...

It was horrible.

I will never forget.

Excuse me, I am ridiculous.

No.

You will be fine.

Yes.

It will be fine.

If the cops start to dig into my past ...

Nobody has interest in digging into the past.

Nobody.

Don't look at me that way.

I'm just an old woman that rots in a rat hole.

You never are You're also beautiful, madam.

Strangulation, no doubt.

The marks are clear.

I would say a cloth, a towel.

And saw the marks on her fingers, she struggled.

Otherwise, nothing else.

Nobody saw anything,

no one has a serious alibi.

We found a 500 francs bill

the twin brother of the one Marlene received at the market, the same series.

You know what am I thinking, Slippery?

I dissect the corpses, I don't read minds.

I think she tried herself to the profession of blackmailer.

Yes.

And that's all what it brought her:

end up in your hands.

It's not so bad.

I know many who dream of it.

If you don't need me anymore ...

In a hurry to wake up?

It's not your mother who lives more than 300 km away.

Ah I forgot:

if you can avoid the little girl back in here ...

Thank you.

Well done!

Martin, what are you doing?

Excuse me, commissioner.

Do you want to do the horse?

Huh?

What next ?

- Have you found Baptiste? - No.

If you do the horse, I will tell you who shot Santa Claus.

What?

Louison, this is serious, it is very serious.

Do not say stupid things.

I'm not saying anything.

Someone at the orphanage has a gun.

Gun?

What kind of gun?

Take a look at it

and tell me if you recognize the gun you saw.

That's very good, Louison.

Now tell me where did you see that gun?

I will tell you that if you do the horse.

It is not a game.

It's ridiculous.

But no.

Come on, the horse, on all fours.

Just a few seconds, okay?

Promise?

Gallop!

- Gallop! - Well done !

Faster !

Well done, horse commissioner!

Ah, Laurence ...

Come down, come down.

It's already over ?

Yes. Well...

They searched the orphanage: no trace of the kid.

But they found a weapon at one of the supervisors.

Max?

No. A certain Gaston.

- Hello ! - Hello.

I am Miss Chevalier, the new teacher.

But are you unconscious or what?

Sorry ?

Didn't they warn you?

The epidemic.

The epidemic? What epidemic?

Typhus.

Must go. There have already been two deaths.

"Two dead"?

You must not stay there.

Myself, moreover, I do not feel myself...

very well.

Hurry up, otherwise you will be in quarantine.

What about my stuff?

Your things...

Contaminated.

Completely contaminated.

But are you stuck? Come on, hop, hop!

Now move, turn around,

and leave, go far away. Go!

It's weird, I have exactly the same coat.

You think it's time to talk about wardrobe?

Come on.

What did she want?

Money for a fundraising ...

You don't look very pleased.

They found a weapon, can you imagine ?

In Gaston's business.

Having said that, that doesn't surprise me. I didn't feel it, this boy.

I do not understand.

I have never seen this weapon in my life.

We'll check the fingerprints.

So...

is it that one?

Yes, but it's not him.

It's not Gaston who killed Santa Claus.

Gaston, he's nice.

Louison, who showed you this gun?

If you want to help Gaston, it is now.

Don't worry, I'll protect you.

It is...

It's Rudy.

He said : "If I meet him, your Santa,

"I hide him."

And where was he hiding his weapon?

It's true that we found a gun in Gaston's room?

Yes. Why?

I saw Max last night.

He came back to the room of Gaston with a bizarre air.

- Are you sure what you're saying? - Yes.

You have to tell that to the commissioner. Come.

I can not ! Max will kill me!

You prefer that Gaston go to prison?

Oh my God !

This is my gift for Alice!

What do you mean your gift?

The kid who stole from me my bag on the market,

if so, it's that Rudy there.

I always said it, this kid will end up at the gallows.

Do your duty.

I hope the judge will be particularly severe.

Well. That's enough.

We're going home.

In a row of two, please.

I want to see two heads.

Come on, the last ones.

In a row in pairs.

Rudy!

Can you come for a moment?

Oh shit.

Monique.

What is that?

I'll tell you a secret: I never loved Santa Claus,

but from there to kill him.

Are you mad ? I nick stuff, but that's it.

You are so predictable and despairing, Rudy.

I will find you and I will hide you.

- They can cut my head off! - That's enough !

Come on, take him.

Children, they just go ask him a few questions.

Alice?

But what are you doing here?

I will explain you.

Come on, let's go into the classroom.

Calmly.

It's pretty, this little outfit.

I knew you would like it.

I have wonderful news.

What? We found the murderer.

No, your transistor, your Christmas present,

The little thief is a child from here his name is Rudy.

Marlene, I must speak to Laurence.

Can you replace me?

I, replace you?

What do you want me to do ?

- Watch them, I'll be back soon. - But I...

Thanks, Marlene!

Oh my God.

Hello Hello !

Hello !

Hello.

Hello, children!

It's pretty here.

It's cold.

So my name is Marlene Leroy,

Like le roi (=king) !

And I am...

Really well rounded!

Silence!

Silence.

Me, if I had a doll, I would call her Marlene.

Well. So...

How about singing a song?

A little Christmas carol.

We don't know any.

We never sing here.

I'll teach you one.

I am part of a choir: The Enchanted Cicadas.

Besides, I did a concert last night. It was ...

This is not the point.

Well. I do it once, and then it's up to you.

My...

2, 3 ...

My Christmas Tree

King of forests

I love your greenery

When by winter

Woods and fences

Are stripped

Of their attractions

My Christmas Tree

King of forests

You keep your finery

Oh, my darling ...

Yes i know those songs return your heart.

Well !

Your turn now.

After me.

My Christmas Tree

To you !

My Christmas Tree...

These kids are talking nonsense.

What would I have been doing in Gaston's room?

Hide the murder weapon there.

Which one told you this tale?

What will you do to him, if I tell you?

You will smash his skull with hammer blows?

No, rather with punches.

It's more fun.

It's more in your line.

A good correction does not hurt.

This is what I will say to your cellmate,

when you will be charged for violence against minors.

Guys like you pass one quarter of an hour in prison.

Anyway, no one will dare to file a complaint.

Isn't it, mademoiselle?

Did we lose our tongue again?

It's because with you, I don't know how many words I can use.

Three. Would it be okay, three?

Fuck you, asshole!

- He understood everything, there? - You have a problem ?

What will he do? Hit me ?

Finally, that would be quite logical.

Women and children first,

but not someone who hits back.

Come on, let's calm down.

You like kids who are begging you?

How many did you screw up? How many dreams destroyed?

April, drop it.

I have a message from the police station.

They found the woman that you were looking for,

a tramp.

Thanks, Martin.

And we start again!

My beautiful...

What is going on?

What are you doing there?

I...

My Christmas Tree.

One of the dumbest songs.

Stupid ?

My Christmas Tree ?

But it is you who are stupid!

Sorry ?

Look at these children.

They are wonderful, and when they sing,

they are little angels.

Ah!

Commissioner, you're in luck.

Make that hysterical go away.

"Hysterical"? Me ?

You don't stop screaming on them and I'm the hysteric?

Marlene, Marlene, let's go.

What are you waiting for?

Resume your course.

And you, silence!

But we didn't say anything, ma'am.

Yes, but you think.

I can hear you thinking.

- Martin, take them to my place. - At your service.

And this time you are waiting for me very wisely. Understood ?

Why don't you come with us?

Because I have a job.

- But I promise ... - Don't promise.

You never keep your promises.

Louison,

what if we prepared a surprise?

A suprise ?

What kind of surprise ?

It's Christmas tonight.

Ah yes, yes! It's Christmas !

I'll tell you :

we will do it so well

that even the commissioner will have sparkles in his eyes.

We will make him experience the most beautiful Christmas of his life.

Okay ?

I am thirsty.

Why was I put here?

I didn't do anything wrong.

You are called Delphine Sauvage. That's it ?

What? Is it a crime ?

Do you have a family relationship with Louison and Baptiste Sauvage?

They are your children.

Is that why I'm in jail? Because I'm a bad mother?

No.

No.

Did something happen to them ?

Louison is safe.

That said, between us,

it's a hell of a tornado, your daughter.

She makes us all go crazy.

And Baptiste?

Baptiste has been missing for 24 hours.

We thought maybe he was looking for you.

I do not think so.

Living with me is worse than anything.

I'm not able.

I have never been able.

Well. Will you keep me long, or ...?

It might be enough to stop drinking.

What is that you know of my life?

Huh?

What do you know of my life ? Nothing !

What a picture!

And you allow yourself to judge me?

I'm just trying to help you.

You speak, Charles!

All that I want, is getting out of here.

But you are free.

Here, if you need help ...

You know,

my mother was far from being a gift,

but the day where I almost lost her,

I did not take off.

Hey oh!

What is happening ?

I do not understand.

Christmas is the biggest night of the year, we can't close.

This is not normal.

Someone there ?

Someone there ?

Alice, Alice!

Come.

Come.

Why are we here?

You really don't remember?

No!

No!

I did not do anything!

What do you have ?

Nothing, my treasure.

Well if.

You are sad.

It's just that...

You,

christmas tree...

I feel to have a family.

Yes.

You are my family now.

It is beautiful, our tree.

It is magnificent.

It's the most beautiful day of my life.

When is the commissioner coming?

He could be anytime now.

Say ...

You want me to sing to you a song, meanwhile?

Thank you.

My God, Geoffroy, What's going on ?

Come on, ma'am.

What did you do ?

What did you do ?

I loved her, commissioner. I loved her.

Like crazy.

Curious way to show her your love.

You may escape at the guillotine.

What?

You love her, but she had a lover, you kill her ...

A story that makes you cry in the cottages.

You are crazy.

I didn't touch her.

I'm innocent, commissioner.

I didn't kill Mireille!

I tell you that I am innocent!

Baptist.

Baptist?

You could have called.

I am sorry.

The little one was happy.

I hope you have a good excuse.

To have found her mother, is that a good excuse?

What?

It's amazing !

No, not that much.

She refuses to see her children.

It's not possible.

Yes.

Life is not a Christmas story, Marlene.

In real life,

some mothers abandon their children

and do not try to find them.

You have to go down to breakfast.

Please.

No.

Help me with your comrades.

What is happening here?

I am sorry.

Turn to face the bed.

Lower your head.

What are you waiting for?

Take off your belt and correct those brats for me.

All, without exception!

You are a lousy weakling.

Mauviette!

You think that you are doing them a favor?

Well. Let's see if Miss Chevalier will be more courageous. Where is she ?

We find her nowhere, she has vanished.

What's going on, in this house ?

He was missing more than that.

Is your investigation progressing?

Only if you stop lying.

- Me ? - Hubert Dopagne.

- Still doesn't ring a bell? - No.

So follow me.

A short stay in the cell always stimulates memory.

I refuse to leave these children.

Do you prefer handcuffs?

It is unacceptable.

Approaching of the House,

the two children discovered

that it was gingerbread and cakes.

"Um," said Hansel.

"I'll taste a piece of the roof."

They then heard a voice that said:

"Nibbles, nibbles,

"who's eating my house?"

Children ...

Who is it?

Hello.

Excuse me.

Hello Madam.

Am I at home of Commissioner Laurence?

Who is the lady?

Yes, but he's not here for the time being.

Is that so.

Well, too bad.

Goodbye.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

But if you can tell her that Delphine Sauvage passed.

Delphine Sauvage?

It's weird, the lady, she has the same name as me.

Louison?

Louison.

The lady is your mom.

Mom ?

My little girl !

How pretty you are !

Mom.

How did your father die, Mme Hautin?

What does have to do with this?

You were 14 years old, no when he ended his life?

So what ?

He had a nice little restaurant that went by name "the fire of God"

and then an eatery opened next door.

And 6 months later,

bankruptcy.

You know the name of the owner of the eatery?

Hubert Dopagne.

Strange coincidence, isn't it?

Commissioner,

you don't think it's me who committed this crime?

incalculable, two corpses next to it, it's starting make sense.

Either way, the weapon was found at Gaston's.

Yes,

and probably concealed by Max.

The good Max, the faithful Max.

I also inquired about him.

Very busy past:assaults, assault and battery, etc.

A former student of yours, it seems,

and maybe also an old lover?

Why "old"?

Max is a man, a real one.

It's my business what I do at night.

Well i'm not going to summon this irreplaceable lover.

Take her to the cell.

You will keep Rudy company.

A little tour, commissioner?

I would like to know more on Hubert Depagne.

You have all day, I hope.

Hubert's life is a real novel.

We talked about a waitress he would have seduced

and who would have committed suicide?

Yes.

Yes I remember. The poor girl...

She got pregnant with him and he rejected it very harshly.

She gave birth and she returned work as if nothing had happened.

Except that one day

we found her hanged in the kitchen.

You know the name of this woman?

Her name, I will remember all my life:Martine Verné.

"Verné"? You are sure ?

Yes. Sure and certain : Martine Verné.

- Does that remind you of something ? - Oh yes.

It tells me that I got completely mistaken.

Help !

Help !

Pretend to sleep.

Get up !

Classes!

It's okay, everything is fine.

Max is out, locked in the cellar.

Baptist.

Baptiste!

You are not Miss Chevalier.

We can't hide anything from you.

You arrive a little late, commissioner.

I present to you Baptiste.

Very happy to see you, Baptiste.

Max is between four walls.

April, April, April ...

If silliness was a sport, you would be covered in medals.

Max is a thick bully,

but it has nothing to do with the death of Hubert.

I understand that you are a little upset,

but from there to deny the obvious?

He is right. It was Gaston who locked me up.

What?

Congratulations.

Hide the murder weapon in your own room,

and ask Bouboule, who hated Max, to give false testimony,

it is a masterstroke.

So, my fellow,

always certain to have seen Max go into Gaston's room?

This is very serious, to lie to a police officer.

It makes you an accomplice to a murder.

You knocked out the wrong person.

It was Gaston who killed Santa Claus.

It's Gaston who kidnapped Baptiste.

But why ? Why?

Stay away or I'll kill him!

Everyone stays where they are.

It's useless, Gaston!

Your car keys!

You will be intercepted at the roadblock.

The keys, I said!

No. Above all, do not shoot.

Don't make me shoot, Baptiste! Don't force me!

Drop that weapon.

It's just a kid, Gaston. A kid !

Drop that weapon, it's over.

It's over, drop your gun.

No no!

No no...

Come on, take him.

In the eyes of my grandparents, I was responsible:

as if I pushed my mother to suicide.

They never touched me,

never called by my first name, never smiled ...

I was just a bulky thing who slept in the attic

and that made them ashamed.

And all because of this asshole.

And I didn't even know who it was.

I had to threaten my grandfather to know my father:

Hubert Dopagne.

It was out of the question that bastard should stay alive.

And Mireille?

She was responsible for what?

No. That I didn't mean.

I did not want to.

Gaston? But are you crazy? What are you doing here ?

Why didn't you come to the appointment ?

We're rich, sweetheart.

We are rich.

- You can quit this asshole. - How did you get all that money?

I do not care.

The important thing is that we will open our own little restaurant,

and we will be happy.

Didn't you kill the old man after all?

Gaston.

He was trash.

Because of him, my mother committed suicide.

I called him, told him I was his son.

What?

He played me the scene of remorse, but it sounded wrong.

He never gave a fuck or wanted to know what was happening to me.

He already had a son,

so I asked him for money, a lot of money.

He had changed, He was no longer the same man.

Bullshit! Garbage remains garbage.

And the young woman at the orphanage, was that you too?

She knew everything and she wanted money.

What did you want me to do?

And we ?

What, "we"?

You knew that, when we met?

You seduced me just to get revenge.

No, Mireille.

I wanted revenge, but I fell in love.

Believe me.

Listen, Gaston, I ...

I'll say nothing, save the money.

I promise you, but go away, please.

But I did it for you my love.

Come on, let's go we will go far.

I can not, I'm sorry, I won't say anything.

I love you, Mimi. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.

But let go of me!

We deserve happiness. Don't ruin everything.

You messed it up!

Mireille?

Mireille!

Either way my life was fucked up from the beginning.

So now...

everything to go away as quick as possible.

The guillotine, it will be like a gift.

And for Baptiste, what were you going to do?

kill him ?

Really ?

He too was guilty.

Deep down, we're all guilty, except you.

I could have become someone good too,

someone like You.

I would never have touched Baptiste.

Take him away.

I wonder what this great hut will become.

Rest assured, April,

I will take care personally that neither Max,

nor Ms. Hautin are seen ever again in an orphanage.

- What about Rudy? - In prison.

- They discovered his hiding place. - Shit.

Do not worry, he will be released soon.

Baptiste!

Louison?

It's mom, Baptiste. It's mom.

I know it's gonna take some time

but I ask you to forgive me.

I will try everything to be a good mother.

But don't worry, I don't promise anything.

I will just try to be up to it.

My little guy.

My darling.

My little loves.

There is nothing to do,

Christmas tales always made me cry.

April?

It's okay?

What is that smile delighted with the tale?

I would explain it to you, but ...

You should find the way to your heart,

and that is not tomorrow but yesterday.

So can I go?

No one complained, but I warn you,

if you come back, no gift.

Thank you.

It's classy of you. You could have pushed me down.

Let this serve as a lesson to you, Rudy.

I love how your lips move when you say my first name.

Rudy!

You are really hot.

- You want to go out with me? - What?

You don't think about it!

Yes, all the time.

Well. That's enough now. Come on, you go.

What a success !

Commissioner.

I was about to forget.

What is that ?

It's for me ?

Come on, no fuss, unpack!

There is no question.

No way I put this on!

You made me a promise.

A promise ? What promise?

I could ask for anything even the Moon.

I do not remember.

Commissioner.

Don't get tired, Marlene.

When he keeps his promises, a woman will walk on the moon.

Am I not keeping my promises?

- Laurence. - Yes ?

- Laurence ? - What?

Smile or you will scare the children.

The clothes suit you so well.

I've always dreamed to be a Santa Claus.

The costume would suit me very well, only it is never offered to me.

No photos or comments,

and no references until the end of your life.

This is your hood.

Father Christmas, Father Christmas!

Here, this is for you.

Thanks, Santa.

Goodbye, my Bouboule.

And be very good.

Oh !

Wow !

I recognized you, you know.

But do not worry, I will say nothing to others.

That's great that you replace him this year.

Ah yes?

I can tell you a secret ?

Of course.

I love you so much.

Me too.

Well. Come on, leave, you have to make room for others.

What are you waiting for ?

My present.

Here.

Thanks thanks !

Careful, Louison. Warning.

I too have always dreamed to sit near Santa Claus.

It's strange, I don't see gift for you in my basket.

Maybe you haven't been nice enough this year.

As usual,

April, you were sorry.

And once again you have been unsurportive, Laurence.

Smile, Avril.

They are watching us.

- Twisted. - Snotty.

Rigid psycho.

Hysterical.

3, 4!

My Christmas Tree

King of forests

That I love your greenery

When by winter

Woods and fences

Are stripped

Of their attractions

My Christmas Tree

King of forests

You keep your finery