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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:40,191 What are you doing here? Beat it! 2 00:00:40,265 --> 00:00:42,176 Go! 3 00:00:42,250 --> 00:00:44,617 Charles. Charles. 4 00:00:44,682 --> 00:00:46,274 Come this way. 5 00:00:48,265 --> 00:00:50,533 It's not polite to peek into people's homes. 6 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:04,957 July 1911 7 00:01:05,958 --> 00:01:07,681 Charles! 8 00:01:10,948 --> 00:01:12,672 Charles. 9 00:01:13,923 --> 00:01:16,127 Dad's waiting for us. 10 00:01:20,321 --> 00:01:22,329 Mom would be proud. 11 00:01:22,402 --> 00:01:24,703 It's ours now. 12 00:01:24,769 --> 00:01:26,624 Not just yet. 13 00:02:14,774 --> 00:02:17,939 Tired already? 14 00:02:23,126 --> 00:02:24,848 Dad, I've done some thinking. 15 00:02:24,917 --> 00:02:26,924 Your "tropical" farming... 16 00:02:26,996 --> 00:02:29,712 - Electrical! - Right, electrical. 17 00:02:31,892 --> 00:02:33,898 You'll spend all your money 18 00:02:35,507 --> 00:02:38,637 and go into debt for a risky venture. 19 00:02:38,706 --> 00:02:40,201 Risky? 20 00:02:40,275 --> 00:02:43,088 Yes, risky. 21 00:02:43,154 --> 00:02:45,739 Nonsense. It's the future, I'm telling you. 22 00:02:45,809 --> 00:02:46,856 Stop it, Dad! 23 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,048 I want Lucien to graduate from the military academy. 24 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,901 And the house's not fully paid for yet. 25 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:56,356 It will be our house. 26 00:02:56,431 --> 00:02:59,398 End your contract in Madagascar and come back. 27 00:02:59,470 --> 00:03:03,211 Charles, you're a pain. I'm not ready to retire. 28 00:03:03,276 --> 00:03:06,311 Am I stopping you from going to the freaking Sahara? 29 00:03:06,382 --> 00:03:08,682 Go bury your career in the sand! You're free! 30 00:03:08,748 --> 00:03:10,309 You tell me that? 31 00:03:10,381 --> 00:03:14,657 After ending my studies to put me in stupid military schools? 32 00:03:14,730 --> 00:03:19,269 If you two keep arguing, I'll take the next train back! 33 00:03:21,481 --> 00:03:23,554 We hardly spend any time together. 34 00:03:34,055 --> 00:03:35,581 When are you going? 35 00:03:39,142 --> 00:03:41,246 I'm sailing out from Marseille in three days. 36 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:48,409 You're just like me. You need space. 37 00:04:35,002 --> 00:04:38,450 Ahmed! The pivots! 38 00:04:38,523 --> 00:04:41,870 Easy, easy! Keep in line! 39 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:59,372 Look to the left! 40 00:05:00,629 --> 00:05:02,517 Boot to boot, damn it! 41 00:07:10,395 --> 00:07:12,499 Sorry I kept you waiting. 42 00:07:12,570 --> 00:07:14,871 My respects, Mr. Minister. 43 00:07:17,529 --> 00:07:20,399 So, your Bedouins are rebelling? 44 00:07:20,474 --> 00:07:23,255 What's the word again? Dissidence? 45 00:07:23,321 --> 00:07:25,459 - I'm leaving this morning. - I know. 46 00:07:25,529 --> 00:07:28,594 That's why the President requested my presence. 47 00:07:28,664 --> 00:07:30,158 The President? 48 00:07:30,232 --> 00:07:32,140 He's interested in nomads now. 49 00:07:32,214 --> 00:07:35,116 Maybe the Republic has finally realized my Bedouins are also hers... 50 00:07:35,190 --> 00:07:37,043 The Republic has been good to you. 51 00:07:37,109 --> 00:07:40,785 The Sahara is all yours. Your powers are limitless. 52 00:07:40,852 --> 00:07:44,081 You can't complain because the Republic has given you carte blanche. 53 00:07:44,148 --> 00:07:47,945 Come this way. You'll do our President a favor 54 00:07:48,021 --> 00:07:50,922 for a lady cousin of his. 55 00:08:30,955 --> 00:08:33,638 Beware, Saganne. 56 00:08:33,706 --> 00:08:36,194 Her father is a De Saint-Ilette. 57 00:08:36,266 --> 00:08:41,480 Her mother's a cousin of the President's. 58 00:08:41,545 --> 00:08:44,959 She's stupid but also cruel. 59 00:08:46,408 --> 00:08:48,644 You're scaring them, Saganne. 60 00:08:50,215 --> 00:08:52,931 But you have nothing to lose. 61 00:08:52,998 --> 00:08:55,845 They won't accept you 62 00:08:55,911 --> 00:08:58,398 unless you die for them. 63 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:00,803 Then they make you a hero. 64 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:05,439 They allowed you to be an officer, 65 00:09:05,508 --> 00:09:08,158 you, with your big paws. 66 00:09:08,227 --> 00:09:11,707 Ever wondered why, peasant boy? 67 00:09:11,778 --> 00:09:14,778 - Only to use you. - Let them use me! 68 00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:17,468 I don't care about their daughter. I don't care about anything. 69 00:09:17,537 --> 00:09:19,163 I've been buried in this hole for six months. 70 00:09:19,234 --> 00:09:23,008 I see..."The call of the Sahara" and all that... 71 00:09:23,073 --> 00:09:26,171 Speaking of which, "His majesty" Dubreuilh 72 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,923 - is coming for a visit. - Colonel Dubreuilh? 73 00:09:28,991 --> 00:09:33,181 - I thought he was in France. - He's rushing back. 74 00:09:33,246 --> 00:09:37,206 The once friendly tribes have fled. Things are heating up. 75 00:09:37,278 --> 00:09:40,125 - When is he coming? - Next Wednesday. 76 00:09:40,189 --> 00:09:43,187 We're in for a big barbecue at the chief's 77 00:09:43,259 --> 00:09:46,555 with everyone all dressed up! 78 00:09:46,621 --> 00:09:50,034 Let me show him my men and my horses. 79 00:09:50,107 --> 00:09:52,409 I want him to take me with him. 80 00:09:52,475 --> 00:09:54,863 You're some guy. 81 00:09:54,938 --> 00:09:57,076 When I see you like this... 82 00:09:58,072 --> 00:10:00,047 I almost want to live. 83 00:10:03,576 --> 00:10:05,812 Saber in hand! 84 00:10:10,104 --> 00:10:12,688 Forward! 85 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:11,332 In a single line! 86 00:11:21,865 --> 00:11:24,417 So that's him? 87 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:36,963 Sabers... 88 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,916 down! 89 00:14:23,908 --> 00:14:26,297 The French girl! 90 00:15:10,458 --> 00:15:11,985 Get off this horse. 91 00:15:13,082 --> 00:15:15,831 - Let me be. - Madeleine, get off the horse. 92 00:15:31,478 --> 00:15:33,332 Are you happy now? 93 00:15:42,356 --> 00:15:43,763 Let go of my daughter! 94 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:59,879 Fine specimens. If they have kids, keep one for me. 95 00:15:59,952 --> 00:16:02,985 Colonel, a family's fate is in your hands. 96 00:16:03,056 --> 00:16:06,437 Father, humanity's fate is in God's hands. Excuse me. 97 00:16:06,511 --> 00:16:11,179 Keep spreading God's word. The world needs it. 98 00:16:11,246 --> 00:16:13,002 Lieutenant Saganne, Sir! 99 00:16:14,798 --> 00:16:19,532 Lieutenant, I dislike masquerades. 100 00:16:19,597 --> 00:16:21,320 The army is not a circus. 101 00:16:21,388 --> 00:16:23,908 It's time you learned 102 00:16:23,980 --> 00:16:25,986 and I mean to teach you. 103 00:16:26,059 --> 00:16:28,198 You're leaving tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. 104 00:16:28,267 --> 00:16:30,208 I'm taking you with me, 105 00:16:30,282 --> 00:16:32,354 south to Hodh. 106 00:16:32,426 --> 00:16:34,313 That'll be it. 107 00:16:38,121 --> 00:16:39,581 Dismiss. 108 00:17:08,258 --> 00:17:10,811 I made this for you. 109 00:17:11,969 --> 00:17:13,879 I don't want to eat. 110 00:17:13,953 --> 00:17:15,775 I don't want to sleep. 111 00:17:21,919 --> 00:17:24,919 He'll be back. 112 00:17:24,991 --> 00:17:26,648 I don't want to live without him. 113 00:17:31,037 --> 00:17:33,371 He'll be back. 114 00:18:00,792 --> 00:18:02,701 "Dear Lucien, 115 00:18:02,776 --> 00:18:04,630 did you get my money order? 116 00:18:04,695 --> 00:18:06,996 It takes work to climb the ranks. 117 00:18:07,063 --> 00:18:10,323 Study hard! Graduate as a warrant officer 118 00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:14,512 and then only will you be able to relax if you want to. 119 00:18:23,411 --> 00:18:25,997 We're heading south, 120 00:18:26,067 --> 00:18:28,488 with half the Sahara to cover! 121 00:18:28,563 --> 00:18:31,312 Things are bad there. 122 00:18:31,378 --> 00:18:36,079 Mekalla, our former ally, fled with his tribes. 123 00:18:36,144 --> 00:18:40,879 What's worse, beyond the border is another powerful chief: 124 00:18:40,944 --> 00:18:43,179 Sultan Omar. 125 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:45,636 Sultan Omar has one objective: 126 00:18:45,711 --> 00:18:48,428 holy war against France. 127 00:18:50,766 --> 00:18:53,220 Dubreuilh is a model leader, 128 00:18:53,293 --> 00:18:56,227 even though I haven't seen him in three weeks. 129 00:18:56,300 --> 00:18:58,666 He keeps sending me on missions... 130 00:18:58,732 --> 00:19:01,600 reconnaissance, provision, training. 131 00:19:01,675 --> 00:19:04,042 He saves the chores for me. 132 00:19:04,108 --> 00:19:07,783 He's testing me, but he won't break my spirit. 133 00:19:07,850 --> 00:19:13,414 I enjoy the long, Ionely treks with Embarek. 134 00:19:13,481 --> 00:19:15,684 I'm discovering the desert. 135 00:19:15,752 --> 00:19:18,086 Here, everything stands still. 136 00:19:18,153 --> 00:19:20,191 We'll make sure to put things in motion..." 137 00:21:27,149 --> 00:21:30,532 The Colonel's going too fast! 138 00:21:30,606 --> 00:21:32,906 In three days, the camels will drop dead. 139 00:21:37,196 --> 00:21:40,327 He won't slow down. He's in a hurry. 140 00:21:41,738 --> 00:21:45,665 Here's our master of ceremonies... with orders. 141 00:21:46,986 --> 00:21:52,036 The Colonel said to be ready for dinner at 7:00 p.m. 142 00:21:52,105 --> 00:21:53,828 That goes for you too. 143 00:21:54,984 --> 00:21:59,523 Isn't that grand? It's like a walk in his castle's gardens. 144 00:22:02,535 --> 00:22:06,047 I heard you were working on a book on Muslim sects. 145 00:22:06,118 --> 00:22:09,859 - You find that odd, don't you? - Why would I? 146 00:22:09,925 --> 00:22:12,161 Because I'm Jewish! 147 00:22:12,228 --> 00:22:14,563 A Jew interested in Islam! 148 00:22:15,748 --> 00:22:18,746 - Didn't you know? - I'd never thought of it. 149 00:22:20,772 --> 00:22:23,771 Why did Emir Mekalla's tribe desert? 150 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:27,836 Wattignie, the man in command there, is no good. 151 00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:31,866 Dubreuilh and Mekalla are good men. 152 00:22:32,928 --> 00:22:35,197 I was their interpreter. 153 00:22:36,416 --> 00:22:40,092 They're like two medieval lords, lost in their dreams. 154 00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:47,413 With the nomads, 155 00:22:47,486 --> 00:22:51,282 we need to make allies of the noble tribes. 156 00:22:51,357 --> 00:22:54,258 - Allow me to say... - One moment. 157 00:22:54,332 --> 00:22:57,233 Calon-S�gur, 1904. 158 00:22:57,307 --> 00:22:58,933 Will that do? 159 00:23:00,316 --> 00:23:02,770 Please, continue, Mr. Hazan. 160 00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:06,865 Nobles don't work, they plunder. 161 00:23:06,937 --> 00:23:10,963 They live by raising oases and caravans. 162 00:23:12,281 --> 00:23:17,014 Our mission to end insecurity will threaten their livelihood. 163 00:23:19,063 --> 00:23:23,121 For the nobles, law and order means starvation. 164 00:23:25,878 --> 00:23:28,747 This is all fascinating. 165 00:23:28,822 --> 00:23:31,920 Listening to you, one wonders what France is doing here... 166 00:23:33,301 --> 00:23:35,056 Mr. Hazan. 167 00:23:43,186 --> 00:23:44,908 What's Lieutenant Saganne's opinion? 168 00:23:44,977 --> 00:23:49,767 Our Lieutenant's peasant stock is keeping him from having an opinion. 169 00:23:50,993 --> 00:23:53,577 Unlike you. 170 00:23:53,647 --> 00:23:56,037 Gentlemen... 171 00:23:56,112 --> 00:23:58,020 I have work to do. 172 00:23:58,095 --> 00:23:59,502 Have a good night. 173 00:24:08,492 --> 00:24:12,202 You must think all we do is criticize. 174 00:24:17,643 --> 00:24:20,032 Are you anti-Semitic, Mr. Saganne? 175 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:37,604 What's going on? 176 00:24:45,094 --> 00:24:47,549 Lieutenant, he's my brother. 177 00:24:47,622 --> 00:24:50,654 He wants to desert. He says we're worn out. 178 00:24:50,724 --> 00:24:52,699 He says we're going too fast. 179 00:24:52,772 --> 00:24:56,732 So I cut his leg a little to calm him down, so he won't lose his pay. 180 00:24:56,803 --> 00:24:59,388 Put a tourniquet on his leg. I'll talk to the Colonel. 181 00:25:01,955 --> 00:25:05,882 The Colonel's working! He won't see anybody. 182 00:25:05,954 --> 00:25:09,433 He won't be disturbed! 183 00:25:18,399 --> 00:25:21,367 I'm not sleeping! What are you doing here? Out! 184 00:25:24,061 --> 00:25:26,069 Lieutenant! 185 00:25:26,141 --> 00:25:28,312 We're going too slow. 186 00:25:28,381 --> 00:25:31,251 Starting tomorrow, we'll cover 40 miles a day. 187 00:25:31,326 --> 00:25:34,391 Instruct your men. 188 00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:13,961 Scurvy. He'll die today. 189 00:27:01,066 --> 00:27:05,060 Only God abides in His house forever. 190 00:27:07,529 --> 00:27:10,595 Many of us are dying now, everywhere. 191 00:27:12,167 --> 00:27:15,462 We were here. He didn't die alone. 192 00:27:29,157 --> 00:27:30,978 Our men are far now. 193 00:27:31,045 --> 00:27:33,914 You're wearing yourself out. 194 00:28:05,149 --> 00:28:06,294 Colonel? 195 00:28:06,365 --> 00:28:09,464 We'll soon arrive at Wattignie's fort. 196 00:28:09,533 --> 00:28:11,638 Try to look presentable! 197 00:28:13,531 --> 00:28:15,288 Hurry, hurry. 198 00:29:17,584 --> 00:29:19,208 The welcome committee! 199 00:29:30,604 --> 00:29:34,248 It's nothing! Don't let them scare you! 200 00:29:34,316 --> 00:29:36,323 They're not nobles. 201 00:29:36,395 --> 00:29:39,143 Just a small vassal tribe. 202 00:29:47,944 --> 00:29:51,044 Present arms! 203 00:30:45,596 --> 00:30:49,588 Meet the biggest jackass in the Sahara! 204 00:30:49,659 --> 00:30:51,897 Major Wattignie! 205 00:30:51,964 --> 00:30:54,483 Saganne, get that fool out of here! 206 00:31:34,515 --> 00:31:36,816 Sergeant Vulpi, that's me! 207 00:31:36,882 --> 00:31:38,769 10 years in the Sahara, 208 00:31:38,834 --> 00:31:41,900 demoted twice, and I'm not ashamed to say so! 209 00:31:48,561 --> 00:31:50,283 Sorry, sir. 210 00:31:52,656 --> 00:31:55,971 Dubreuilh's here, so no more crap! 211 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:57,901 - Wattignie's out! - Enough! 212 00:31:57,966 --> 00:32:01,031 Go back to church, choir boy! 213 00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:06,281 Fuck Wattignie! That's right! 214 00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:11,016 Those desert nomads are warriors! 215 00:32:12,077 --> 00:32:15,523 Wattignie made them break rocks and plant beans. 216 00:32:15,595 --> 00:32:19,849 He made the desert lords do chores and pay fines! 217 00:32:19,913 --> 00:32:23,141 So they scrammed and now we're in deep shit! 218 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,859 - Vulpi, I command you to be quiet! - Who will go after them? 219 00:32:25,928 --> 00:32:28,775 - You, with Holy Water? - Vulpi! 220 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,386 I know, I'm good for the slammer. 221 00:32:32,456 --> 00:32:35,968 In the meantime, let's go for a beer. 222 00:32:36,039 --> 00:32:40,031 A chance to drink with a fellow soldier's son. 223 00:32:40,102 --> 00:32:43,265 - Isn't your dad a non-com? - That's right. 224 00:32:43,333 --> 00:32:45,155 It's called the bush telegraph... 225 00:32:45,220 --> 00:32:47,358 you do something off up North, 226 00:32:47,428 --> 00:32:49,697 the next day, the whole Sahara knows about it! 227 00:32:49,763 --> 00:32:53,178 Good job, Wattignie! 228 00:32:54,787 --> 00:32:57,437 Have you ever looked at this map? 229 00:32:59,235 --> 00:33:02,714 Right here behind the border lines, 230 00:33:02,786 --> 00:33:06,810 Sultan Omar is waiting on an opportunity to attack us. 231 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:11,386 Why do you think Mekalla and all the tribes have left? 232 00:33:11,455 --> 00:33:14,554 - To go pick strawberries? - They wouldn't obey me. 233 00:33:14,623 --> 00:33:18,648 Why do you think we have a goddamn map?! 234 00:33:18,718 --> 00:33:23,060 Mekalla broke his alliance with me for Sultan Omar. 235 00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:26,581 Now we're trapped and forced out of the whole area! 236 00:33:30,651 --> 00:33:34,196 It's so simple, Wattignie. Even for you! 237 00:33:36,634 --> 00:33:39,187 I told you to leave them alone. 238 00:33:39,258 --> 00:33:41,560 - They're robbers. - Shut up! 239 00:33:43,576 --> 00:33:45,650 You just don't understand them. 240 00:33:47,737 --> 00:33:49,875 I want you out of here. 241 00:33:49,944 --> 00:33:51,983 You'll go back North. 242 00:33:54,230 --> 00:33:56,434 I'll go find Mekalla. 243 00:33:57,494 --> 00:33:59,828 And I'll drag him back here. 244 00:33:59,893 --> 00:34:02,610 Geindroz, do you have any camels? 245 00:34:02,677 --> 00:34:06,867 - Ours are too tired. - They're grazing at Jhallaouia. 246 00:34:07,956 --> 00:34:11,884 - It hasn't rained and so... - Saganne, go get them. 247 00:34:11,955 --> 00:34:14,737 You'll rest on your way back. 248 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:17,169 You do enjoy long treks. 249 00:34:17,234 --> 00:34:20,812 And that ghost town is worth a sweat. 250 00:34:20,882 --> 00:34:22,921 Gentlemen. 251 00:34:26,992 --> 00:34:28,334 Take Vulpi with you. 252 00:34:30,032 --> 00:34:31,657 He'll give you a hand. 253 00:34:31,727 --> 00:34:34,215 We'll demote him when he returns. 254 00:34:34,287 --> 00:34:37,188 It's his third time, so there's no hurry. 255 00:34:37,262 --> 00:34:41,090 At least, he knows the Sahara. 256 00:36:04,156 --> 00:36:06,010 I'll be right back. 257 00:36:11,835 --> 00:36:14,551 - Everything okay, sir? - Leave me alone! 258 00:38:33,086 --> 00:38:34,548 The camels you took are mine. 259 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:42,392 - Who are you? - The camels are mine. 260 00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:45,211 - They belong to the Tit. - And the Tit belongs to me. 261 00:38:46,523 --> 00:38:47,952 But not the shepherd. 262 00:38:48,027 --> 00:38:50,034 Everything is mine... 263 00:38:50,107 --> 00:38:52,922 the camels, the shepherds, the sky! 264 00:39:06,583 --> 00:39:07,762 This is mine. 265 00:39:13,303 --> 00:39:15,025 I'm giving it to you. 266 00:39:19,798 --> 00:39:21,685 Take it. 267 00:39:45,776 --> 00:39:47,717 I have 40 camels. I'll give you 10. 268 00:39:47,791 --> 00:39:49,252 - 20. - 15. 269 00:39:49,327 --> 00:39:52,108 - 17. - 15, and that's it. 270 00:39:53,645 --> 00:39:55,653 You're just like us, Lieutenant Saganne. 271 00:39:55,726 --> 00:39:59,107 - So you know my name? - I'm Amajar. 272 00:39:59,181 --> 00:40:00,872 Amajar... 273 00:40:00,941 --> 00:40:04,137 chief of the Nemas, 50 warriors, 274 00:40:04,204 --> 00:40:06,505 married to Mekalla's daughter. 275 00:40:06,572 --> 00:40:09,060 For a newcomer, you know a lot. 276 00:40:15,082 --> 00:40:18,759 Be careful, Saganne. You're ill. 277 00:41:02,144 --> 00:41:04,030 Geindroz! 278 00:41:07,583 --> 00:41:10,398 Go check if he brought the camels with him. 279 00:41:14,174 --> 00:41:17,522 I'm from Ari�ge too! I'll take care of you. 280 00:41:17,598 --> 00:41:19,420 Don't you touch me! 281 00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,140 You're just exhausted. 282 00:41:36,217 --> 00:41:38,607 Leave me alone. 283 00:41:38,681 --> 00:41:41,550 I was wrong. I can't do this. 284 00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:43,283 It's too much. 285 00:41:43,353 --> 00:41:45,588 Dubreuilh's right. 286 00:41:48,087 --> 00:41:50,639 I like the protocol, 287 00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:52,717 the uniform... 288 00:41:54,294 --> 00:41:56,333 but not here. 289 00:41:57,333 --> 00:41:59,536 Not here. I'm too tired. 290 00:41:59,604 --> 00:42:03,150 - I'm tired. - It's typical. 291 00:42:03,220 --> 00:42:05,194 - You're bushed. - Get the hell out! 292 00:42:05,268 --> 00:42:08,050 - I don't need a nun! - I'm a doctor. 293 00:42:08,116 --> 00:42:10,832 Get the hell out! 294 00:42:10,898 --> 00:42:13,318 All right, work it out alone. 295 00:42:18,801 --> 00:42:20,906 He needs quinine and lots of water. 296 00:43:09,735 --> 00:43:11,490 "My dear Lucien, 297 00:43:11,559 --> 00:43:15,682 we go through this country like a sword through the fire... a real forge. 298 00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:20,702 How can one endure it? Willpower and courage are not enough. 299 00:43:20,772 --> 00:43:23,521 Neither is endurance. Simplicity is key here." 300 00:45:35,402 --> 00:45:37,637 Keep playing. 301 00:46:26,431 --> 00:46:30,074 Her name's Demla. Tempted? 302 00:46:31,965 --> 00:46:34,484 I didn't come here to abuse children. 303 00:46:36,446 --> 00:46:39,292 - Why did you come here? - How about you? 304 00:46:39,356 --> 00:46:43,446 Me? Like everyone else, I wanted to get away. 305 00:46:43,515 --> 00:46:45,371 But I have a goal in life. 306 00:46:45,436 --> 00:46:48,598 I want to be the only camel-riding cellist on earth! 307 00:46:54,169 --> 00:46:56,373 Be careful, Saganne. 308 00:46:56,441 --> 00:46:59,058 Beware of their bullshit... 309 00:46:59,128 --> 00:47:01,429 "the mystical desert, the effort to surpass oneself, 310 00:47:01,496 --> 00:47:03,764 France's duty to civilize..." 311 00:47:05,591 --> 00:47:08,690 Lieutenant, we're leaving in the morning. 312 00:47:08,759 --> 00:47:10,863 The Colonel's waiting for us at Mekalla's camp. 313 00:47:10,934 --> 00:47:12,843 Attention! 314 00:47:12,918 --> 00:47:17,553 These are my boys, C�sar and Marius. 315 00:49:39,383 --> 00:49:42,578 Emir Mekalla is the one in the middle, next to the Colonel. 316 00:49:44,534 --> 00:49:46,639 They've been talking for three days. 317 00:49:48,022 --> 00:49:50,323 Mekalla agrees to join us again, 318 00:49:50,390 --> 00:49:53,041 but a couple of tribe leaders are against it... 319 00:49:53,110 --> 00:49:56,076 young men who won't listen. 320 00:50:07,410 --> 00:50:09,800 You're not ill anymore. 321 00:50:11,250 --> 00:50:13,289 Let's have some tea. 322 00:50:18,896 --> 00:50:21,416 Saganne! 323 00:50:21,487 --> 00:50:23,659 Wait for me. 324 00:50:27,566 --> 00:50:29,704 Is your fever gone? 325 00:50:29,773 --> 00:50:32,938 Are you back on the saddle? 326 00:50:33,006 --> 00:50:36,583 Everybody goes through that, you know? I did. 327 00:50:38,188 --> 00:50:41,799 So you've befriended that mule... 328 00:50:44,843 --> 00:50:46,915 It's a good thing. 329 00:50:46,986 --> 00:50:49,319 He's been a pain in the ass for three days now. 330 00:50:50,505 --> 00:50:54,366 You have to change his mind. He's got to make a decision: 331 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:58,630 either he's with Mekalla and all of us, or he's with Sultan Omar, against us. 332 00:50:58,695 --> 00:51:00,997 - Sir... - I'm counting on you. 333 00:51:11,749 --> 00:51:14,465 Dear Madeleine, 334 00:51:14,533 --> 00:51:16,987 I'm writing to you from the Great South. 335 00:51:17,059 --> 00:51:20,191 This letter may take months before it gets to you. 336 00:51:42,366 --> 00:51:44,277 Are you writing to your wife? 337 00:51:46,334 --> 00:51:48,243 She's not my wife. 338 00:51:50,172 --> 00:51:53,751 Get married and have lots of children. 339 00:51:54,749 --> 00:51:56,571 That's good. 340 00:51:57,564 --> 00:51:59,505 Why have they sent you here? 341 00:51:59,579 --> 00:52:02,448 France has water. 342 00:52:02,523 --> 00:52:04,856 Here, you have to know how to find it. 343 00:52:04,921 --> 00:52:06,897 And you don't. 344 00:52:09,529 --> 00:52:12,376 What did you do? Did you kill your brother or something? 345 00:52:12,442 --> 00:52:14,710 - No, I wanted to be here. - What do you want? 346 00:52:14,777 --> 00:52:16,183 What's your goal? 347 00:52:19,671 --> 00:52:21,842 The Colonel knows what he wants. 348 00:52:23,734 --> 00:52:25,971 - How about you? - I am with myself. 349 00:52:27,317 --> 00:52:31,115 If Mekalla goes my way, I'll go with him. 350 00:52:31,189 --> 00:52:33,905 If not, I'll go my own way. 351 00:52:37,299 --> 00:52:38,794 With the French... 352 00:52:40,244 --> 00:52:42,130 it works like this. 353 00:52:43,251 --> 00:52:44,974 But here... 354 00:52:45,971 --> 00:52:47,824 it works like this. 355 00:53:05,134 --> 00:53:07,337 I did it, Saganne! 356 00:53:07,406 --> 00:53:09,957 I'm the first to do it! 357 00:53:31,945 --> 00:53:33,700 Sir! 358 00:53:33,768 --> 00:53:36,616 Sir! Amajar has left! 359 00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:40,126 With all his Nemas! 360 00:53:44,102 --> 00:53:48,705 Yesterday, people said that Amajar had a mind of his own. 361 00:53:51,686 --> 00:53:54,554 Dubreuilh shouldn't have rushed things. 362 00:53:54,629 --> 00:53:57,857 Last night, he told Mekalla you'd talked Amajar 363 00:53:57,923 --> 00:53:59,995 into joining us. 364 00:54:06,273 --> 00:54:08,412 No one asked him to give in. 365 00:54:10,976 --> 00:54:13,497 But I won't tolerate... 366 00:54:13,569 --> 00:54:15,511 and neither will my friend Mekalla... 367 00:54:16,608 --> 00:54:20,153 tribe leaders sneaking off in the middle of the night! 368 00:54:22,078 --> 00:54:24,412 It's an insult to our authority. 369 00:54:26,237 --> 00:54:28,092 On the other side of the border, 370 00:54:28,157 --> 00:54:30,808 Sultan Omar is waiting for an opportunity to attack us. 371 00:54:33,117 --> 00:54:35,221 I'm counting on you. 372 00:54:35,292 --> 00:54:37,049 Saganne, 373 00:54:37,117 --> 00:54:38,677 bring him back. 374 00:55:01,495 --> 00:55:03,404 "Dear Lucien, 375 00:55:03,479 --> 00:55:06,096 we've been marching for 17 days through a real desert, 376 00:55:06,166 --> 00:55:08,467 and I'm my own master at last! 377 00:55:10,453 --> 00:55:13,386 I'm after Amajar and his Nemas. 378 00:55:13,459 --> 00:55:17,038 Who knows what Amajar will do? Will he join the enemy? 379 00:55:17,107 --> 00:55:19,474 One thing is certain, 380 00:55:19,539 --> 00:55:21,678 if I don't find him quick, 381 00:55:21,747 --> 00:55:24,397 we may lose other tribes too. 382 00:55:24,466 --> 00:55:27,182 That would be chaos. So every day counts. 383 00:55:29,713 --> 00:55:32,494 We've reached the Erg Chech. 384 00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:34,981 No European has ever entered it. 385 00:55:35,056 --> 00:55:38,371 "We walk in God's trust," as the Arabs say. 386 00:56:07,018 --> 00:56:09,886 We've lost all trace of them. 387 00:56:09,961 --> 00:56:12,133 Very little water left. 388 00:56:12,201 --> 00:56:15,745 If we keep going, we may not find any. 389 00:56:15,816 --> 00:56:17,955 You decide. 390 00:56:19,718 --> 00:56:21,441 Let's keep going! 391 00:56:29,605 --> 00:56:32,093 Still praying, Geindroz? 392 00:56:34,148 --> 00:56:38,654 I'm not praying. I can't anymore. 393 00:56:38,723 --> 00:56:42,464 Sorry, Geindroz. I can't help you with that. 394 00:58:25,230 --> 00:58:27,084 Sir! 395 00:58:28,332 --> 00:58:30,720 Geindroz has stopped! 396 00:58:30,796 --> 00:58:33,448 He won't go on. 397 00:58:35,052 --> 00:58:36,774 Sir? 398 00:58:51,144 --> 00:58:54,339 Come on, Geindroz. Don't be stupid. Get up. 399 00:58:55,431 --> 00:58:57,504 Geindroz! 400 00:58:57,576 --> 00:58:58,950 Come on! 401 00:59:01,767 --> 00:59:04,100 I promise we'll find a well before tonight. 402 00:59:04,165 --> 00:59:06,718 You don't know where to find one. 403 00:59:06,789 --> 00:59:09,886 You don't know a thing! You know nothing! 404 00:59:11,427 --> 00:59:14,493 We're all going to die because of you. 405 00:59:14,563 --> 00:59:18,839 What for? So you can show Dubreuilh you're a leader? 406 00:59:18,914 --> 00:59:22,428 He doesn't give a shit about you! He never has. 407 00:59:23,553 --> 00:59:25,975 You know why he took you along? 408 00:59:26,978 --> 00:59:30,457 Orders from Paris! To get you away from the De Saint-Ilette girl. 409 00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:33,878 Everyone knows but you! 410 00:59:35,808 --> 00:59:37,563 Sir! 411 00:59:37,631 --> 00:59:39,736 Sir! 412 00:59:39,807 --> 00:59:43,581 Hurry! They've found tracks! 413 00:59:56,346 --> 00:59:58,801 They're not Nemas. 414 00:59:59,803 --> 01:00:02,388 They're Berabers. 415 01:00:02,458 --> 01:00:05,271 They're bringing back prisoners. 416 01:00:05,336 --> 01:00:08,152 They attacked a village of Ouled Cheikh. 417 01:00:09,273 --> 01:00:12,468 Attack them, sir. 418 01:00:12,536 --> 01:00:15,405 They have booty, and women! 419 01:00:16,919 --> 01:00:20,430 If you go near them, they'll shoot. 420 01:00:22,390 --> 01:00:25,389 They have water. We don't. 421 01:00:38,386 --> 01:00:41,201 - Ever seen combat? - No. 422 01:00:41,266 --> 01:00:42,859 Me neither. 423 01:01:40,390 --> 01:01:41,318 Fire! 424 01:01:44,038 --> 01:01:45,117 Fire! 425 01:01:48,261 --> 01:01:49,187 Fire! 426 01:02:01,186 --> 01:02:03,606 We got them! We got them! 427 01:02:08,481 --> 01:02:11,896 Embarek, go check on Messaoud. 428 01:02:11,968 --> 01:02:13,592 I think they killed him. 429 01:02:13,663 --> 01:02:16,084 Sound assembly. We can't go on. 430 01:02:58,487 --> 01:03:02,315 They walked a long way. Their country is far away. 431 01:03:02,389 --> 01:03:04,875 Down that way, there's a river and animals. 432 01:03:04,948 --> 01:03:07,949 There are tall trees, but no palm trees. 433 01:03:08,021 --> 01:03:10,289 I've never been that way. 434 01:03:11,539 --> 01:03:14,953 With them along, you'll never catch up to Amajar. 435 01:03:17,651 --> 01:03:21,195 Sir! Sir! 436 01:03:22,962 --> 01:03:25,960 Sir, we saw some carabineers and their captain. 437 01:03:38,349 --> 01:03:41,962 Halt! 438 01:04:06,217 --> 01:04:07,394 Lieutenant Saganne. 439 01:04:08,872 --> 01:04:12,286 Captain Baculard, District 3, North Sudan! 440 01:04:12,359 --> 01:04:14,814 You're a godsend, Captain. 441 01:04:14,887 --> 01:04:18,398 I was after the Nemas, but I came across some Berabers. 442 01:04:18,469 --> 01:04:20,608 I was wondering what I'd do with those women and children. 443 01:04:21,638 --> 01:04:25,466 - I assume you know where you are. - I honestly can't say for sure. 444 01:04:25,540 --> 01:04:28,836 You are in French West Africa... 445 01:04:28,901 --> 01:04:30,787 on my territory! 446 01:04:30,851 --> 01:04:33,950 Those people are mine. I've been after them for days. 447 01:04:35,938 --> 01:04:37,847 The booty's yours, then. 448 01:04:37,922 --> 01:04:40,888 That includes the camels and riffles... 449 01:04:40,961 --> 01:04:42,904 and those people who need to go home. 450 01:04:42,978 --> 01:04:45,365 I don't give a shit about those niggers. 451 01:04:47,584 --> 01:04:50,967 - I'm afraid I'm on a mission. - Are you kidding me? 452 01:04:51,041 --> 01:04:53,909 You won't enter my district! 453 01:04:53,983 --> 01:04:57,975 Only I have the authority to negotiate with the Nemas. 454 01:04:59,710 --> 01:05:02,742 Again, I'm asking you to take those people home. 455 01:05:02,812 --> 01:05:06,293 I have no orders to receive from a little shit like you! 456 01:05:06,365 --> 01:05:08,851 Shut the fuck up and get the hell out of here! 457 01:05:08,924 --> 01:05:11,826 Then I'll take them home. Lieutenant Geindroz. 458 01:05:11,900 --> 01:05:15,031 We're going to the Senegal River! 459 01:05:17,338 --> 01:05:19,542 You asshole! 460 01:05:21,849 --> 01:05:24,532 Moving forward! 461 01:05:38,646 --> 01:05:41,612 Turn around, Saganne! This is an order! 462 01:05:41,685 --> 01:05:44,052 Stop or I'll open fire. 463 01:05:44,117 --> 01:05:46,669 Halt! 464 01:06:06,193 --> 01:06:07,981 Let me go, sir. 465 01:06:09,999 --> 01:06:11,908 Ready, aim! 466 01:06:31,723 --> 01:06:35,202 You want to open fire? Do it yourself and shoot a French officer. 467 01:06:40,041 --> 01:06:42,910 Moving forward! 468 01:07:58,553 --> 01:08:01,871 Hit me, Captain. Hit me! 469 01:08:30,164 --> 01:08:33,065 Moving forward! 470 01:09:25,224 --> 01:09:27,842 "You wouldn't believe it, little brother! 471 01:09:27,912 --> 01:09:29,340 I can barely believe it myself. 472 01:09:44,708 --> 01:09:46,529 What a trek... 473 01:09:48,419 --> 01:09:50,460 from the Mediterranean all the way to Senegal... 474 01:09:50,532 --> 01:09:52,570 a whole continent! 475 01:09:58,850 --> 01:10:02,809 The children are now in an orphanage run by nuns. 476 01:10:04,416 --> 01:10:06,325 Will they ever see their families again? 477 01:10:09,566 --> 01:10:12,435 And who will take those abused women back? 478 01:10:12,510 --> 01:10:15,772 No father, no husband will. 479 01:11:08,948 --> 01:11:11,314 One man refused to leave us. 480 01:11:11,378 --> 01:11:14,193 He's grown attached to my second lieutenant... 481 01:11:14,258 --> 01:11:16,777 a new recruit for France." 482 01:11:18,577 --> 01:11:21,805 If you want them to leave him alone, just tell them he's yours. 483 01:11:25,264 --> 01:11:27,151 Have I shocked you? 484 01:11:28,335 --> 01:11:29,927 You have. 485 01:11:29,998 --> 01:11:31,974 Stop torturing yourself, Geindroz. 486 01:11:32,047 --> 01:11:34,152 At least you've found what you were looking for. 487 01:11:45,099 --> 01:11:46,887 "Dear father, 488 01:11:46,955 --> 01:11:48,929 Here, I am a liberator. 489 01:11:49,003 --> 01:11:51,523 Here, I'm important. 490 01:11:51,594 --> 01:11:53,960 I wish you could be with me. 491 01:11:54,025 --> 01:11:58,335 Here, people are judged by their actions, not by their origins. 492 01:12:04,775 --> 01:12:07,524 Now, I have to find Amajar. 493 01:12:07,591 --> 01:12:12,032 If I complete my mission, I'll be entitled to ask Dubreuilh 494 01:12:12,103 --> 01:12:15,679 whether or not he got orders to take me away 495 01:12:15,749 --> 01:12:18,749 from the De Saint-Ilettes." 496 01:13:05,884 --> 01:13:07,891 There's your Nemas. 497 01:13:58,705 --> 01:14:00,461 You were right. 498 01:14:00,529 --> 01:14:02,731 Captain Baculard is insane. 499 01:14:35,050 --> 01:14:36,391 Amajar. 500 01:15:00,804 --> 01:15:02,625 Who sewed you up? 501 01:15:09,826 --> 01:15:12,029 He did. 502 01:15:12,097 --> 01:15:14,552 But with his leg, he's done for. 503 01:15:28,096 --> 01:15:31,411 Sir, can you imagine what it will be like? 504 01:15:31,486 --> 01:15:33,209 I can't. 505 01:15:33,278 --> 01:15:36,179 Have you ever done that before? 506 01:15:36,252 --> 01:15:39,122 I haven't, especially not with a tool kit! 507 01:15:42,971 --> 01:15:46,516 He sewed himself up. We can't just let him die. 508 01:17:22,344 --> 01:17:24,131 I need the needle! He's bleeding. 509 01:17:45,219 --> 01:17:47,488 All right, let's do it. 510 01:17:57,600 --> 01:17:59,804 Hold him still, goddamn it! 511 01:18:17,117 --> 01:18:20,825 - He's dead. - We'll see. Let's finish this. 512 01:18:22,459 --> 01:18:23,921 The plate! 513 01:18:52,534 --> 01:18:55,566 Embarek, bandage him up. 514 01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:21,323 He's breathing. 515 01:20:54,611 --> 01:20:58,728 - How's Amajar? - He slept a lot. As did you. 516 01:21:36,428 --> 01:21:40,218 I know you were ambushed. 517 01:21:40,293 --> 01:21:45,303 It was no battle. You got slaughtered. 518 01:21:46,459 --> 01:21:48,942 You will walk and ride again. 519 01:22:56,995 --> 01:22:58,041 Madeleine? 520 01:23:00,093 --> 01:23:02,097 I can't play. 521 01:23:03,097 --> 01:23:04,916 I'm hurt. 522 01:23:09,933 --> 01:23:13,920 So, Saganne... 523 01:23:15,301 --> 01:23:17,980 what's the news on the Senegal River? 524 01:23:19,709 --> 01:23:22,094 Please accept my resignation, sir. 525 01:23:26,129 --> 01:23:28,014 Now for the facts... 526 01:23:31,624 --> 01:23:35,894 The report from French West Africa accuses you 527 01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:38,104 of "insubordination, 528 01:23:38,173 --> 01:23:42,029 threatening a superior," etc. 529 01:23:42,102 --> 01:23:44,204 It goes on for three pages. 530 01:23:45,297 --> 01:23:47,879 The War Ministry is requesting an inquiry. 531 01:23:49,929 --> 01:23:53,468 We have another report for the General Governor, 532 01:23:53,539 --> 01:23:57,395 and last but not least, the Health Services 533 01:23:57,469 --> 01:23:59,636 are requesting that you be punished 534 01:23:59,704 --> 01:24:02,634 for illegal practice of medicine. 535 01:24:03,858 --> 01:24:06,853 - Some record. - Sir, I want to leave the army. 536 01:24:11,142 --> 01:24:12,481 Why is that? 537 01:24:13,569 --> 01:24:16,465 Captain Baculard slaughtered men under my protection. 538 01:24:16,540 --> 01:24:18,032 Nonsense! 539 01:24:18,104 --> 01:24:20,272 There was an altercation, and you weren't even there! 540 01:24:20,341 --> 01:24:22,541 That was no simple incident. 541 01:24:22,609 --> 01:24:25,387 That was a deliberate massacre in retaliation against me! 542 01:24:25,453 --> 01:24:27,424 So what? 543 01:24:28,455 --> 01:24:31,712 These tribes were getting away. 544 01:24:31,778 --> 01:24:37,072 Now, they got so scared, they're back with us. 545 01:24:37,145 --> 01:24:39,629 Isn't that what we wanted? 546 01:24:39,701 --> 01:24:42,511 So I should have left those women and children to die, 547 01:24:42,576 --> 01:24:44,873 and killed the Nemas myself? 548 01:24:44,939 --> 01:24:47,356 - Of course not. - Of course, yes! 549 01:24:47,431 --> 01:24:49,762 Let's be logical to the end. 550 01:24:50,754 --> 01:24:52,889 That's why I'm resigning. 551 01:24:54,268 --> 01:24:58,604 If you quit now, you lose face, 552 01:24:58,676 --> 01:25:01,421 and so do all the Saharans, me included! 553 01:25:02,894 --> 01:25:06,303 Sir, I cannot wear this uniform if officers... 554 01:25:06,376 --> 01:25:08,478 You mean Baculard, right? 555 01:25:09,954 --> 01:25:12,186 Here, you'll keep this as a souvenir. 556 01:25:12,253 --> 01:25:16,588 Orders from Paris calling Baculard back to France, 557 01:25:16,662 --> 01:25:19,853 where he'll do some meditation in a small town 558 01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:21,924 before he's transferred to the madhouse. 559 01:25:24,169 --> 01:25:26,554 Come on, take it! 560 01:25:30,910 --> 01:25:34,200 So, Saganne, 561 01:25:34,265 --> 01:25:35,953 are you satisfied? 562 01:25:38,256 --> 01:25:39,302 No, sir. 563 01:25:43,337 --> 01:25:46,528 I heard the De Saint-Ilettes put pressure... 564 01:25:46,595 --> 01:25:49,046 A question for you, Saganne: 565 01:25:49,119 --> 01:25:51,155 do you think the President and his family 566 01:25:51,227 --> 01:25:53,645 can impose their whims on me? Do you? 567 01:25:53,719 --> 01:25:57,510 Do you think me capable of surrounding myself with officers I don't respect? 568 01:25:57,584 --> 01:26:01,190 Would you rather have stayed here to rot? 569 01:26:02,313 --> 01:26:04,316 I took you with me because I needed you. 570 01:26:04,388 --> 01:26:06,523 And because you needed me. 571 01:26:08,637 --> 01:26:10,390 One last question, Saganne: 572 01:26:12,311 --> 01:26:15,720 do you think I'm a puppet? 573 01:26:20,969 --> 01:26:23,202 Are you still resigning? 574 01:26:25,377 --> 01:26:28,438 - Answer me! - No. 575 01:26:28,508 --> 01:26:30,360 At long last. 576 01:26:32,054 --> 01:26:34,058 I was worried there. 577 01:26:35,216 --> 01:26:37,546 Did you think of your family? 578 01:26:37,613 --> 01:26:40,923 You support them, don't you? 579 01:26:40,999 --> 01:26:42,241 I did think of them, sir. 580 01:26:44,896 --> 01:26:46,997 Let's have lunch tomorrow. 581 01:26:48,442 --> 01:26:50,740 I have a great mission for you. 582 01:26:50,806 --> 01:26:53,519 In the meantime, relax a little. 583 01:26:53,586 --> 01:26:57,322 You'll notice that everybody's talking about you here. 584 01:27:01,668 --> 01:27:04,085 I asked her to marry me. 585 01:27:06,268 --> 01:27:09,362 I was going to convert to Islam, 586 01:27:09,431 --> 01:27:11,282 stop drinking... 587 01:27:12,977 --> 01:27:14,632 start over. 588 01:27:16,491 --> 01:27:18,527 The bitch left the next day, 589 01:27:18,599 --> 01:27:20,418 without a word, nothing. 590 01:27:20,484 --> 01:27:22,042 Why? 591 01:27:22,113 --> 01:27:24,597 With Arabs, you know... 592 01:27:25,754 --> 01:27:28,467 I've lived with them a long time 593 01:27:28,534 --> 01:27:31,246 and I know that those who like us, hate us really. 594 01:27:32,431 --> 01:27:35,775 For them, we're dogs that pounced on Africa. 595 01:27:35,849 --> 01:27:37,701 That's all we are. 596 01:27:44,284 --> 01:27:45,972 And you... 597 01:27:46,041 --> 01:27:48,687 a glorious, handsome lieutenant. 598 01:27:49,683 --> 01:27:54,344 The De Saint-Ilettes are going to crawl at your feet! 599 01:29:13,539 --> 01:29:15,063 Who's there? 600 01:29:18,747 --> 01:29:22,003 Madeleine. Are you crazy? 601 01:29:23,890 --> 01:29:25,480 If anyone saw you here... 602 01:29:25,551 --> 01:29:28,132 I waited for you on the tennis court. 603 01:29:28,203 --> 01:29:29,989 For hours. 604 01:29:30,056 --> 01:29:32,060 Why didn't you come? 605 01:29:33,666 --> 01:29:35,963 It's like I don't exist for you. 606 01:29:36,956 --> 01:29:39,668 If I do, tell me so. 607 01:29:39,735 --> 01:29:43,078 Tell me what I should do. 'Cause I'll do it. 608 01:29:47,275 --> 01:29:50,020 - You are just a child... - I am not a child! 609 01:29:50,086 --> 01:29:51,970 I'm not! 610 01:30:00,085 --> 01:30:01,643 Don't cry. 611 01:30:02,992 --> 01:30:05,987 - I love you. - Madeleine, l... 612 01:30:06,059 --> 01:30:09,020 I've loved you from the start. 613 01:30:29,188 --> 01:30:30,647 Go home now. 614 01:30:40,784 --> 01:30:43,201 I'll be back and we'll see each other again. 615 01:30:59,153 --> 01:31:03,139 I told you. You are the man of the day! 616 01:31:05,158 --> 01:31:08,469 I rarely eat out alone 617 01:31:08,544 --> 01:31:10,995 with a subordinate. 618 01:31:13,624 --> 01:31:15,345 Lieutenant... 619 01:31:16,499 --> 01:31:20,932 I've decided to crush Sultan Omar on his own ground. 620 01:31:21,003 --> 01:31:23,138 Behind the border? 621 01:31:23,208 --> 01:31:27,357 Borders are nothing but lines on a map. 622 01:31:28,702 --> 01:31:30,586 And we decide where to draw them. 623 01:31:31,577 --> 01:31:34,191 Now that Mekalla is with us, 624 01:31:34,261 --> 01:31:36,396 we might as well put an end to all dissidence 625 01:31:36,465 --> 01:31:39,721 and insure our hold on that area for good. 626 01:31:43,461 --> 01:31:45,368 Does the government approve? 627 01:31:47,806 --> 01:31:50,703 In a democracy, 628 01:31:50,777 --> 01:31:53,642 you can act without the government's approval, 629 01:31:53,716 --> 01:31:55,752 on one condition: 630 01:31:55,824 --> 01:31:58,601 if public opinion's behind you. 631 01:31:58,667 --> 01:32:02,011 That's where you come into play. I'm sending you to Paris. 632 01:32:02,086 --> 01:32:05,244 I need a hero for the reporters. 633 01:32:05,312 --> 01:32:08,656 Don't argue, you're a hero. 634 01:32:09,977 --> 01:32:12,526 I want all Paris to talk about you... 635 01:32:13,651 --> 01:32:15,622 and the Sahara. 636 01:32:16,973 --> 01:32:18,531 Do you feel up to it? 637 01:32:20,391 --> 01:32:22,045 I don't, sir. 638 01:32:23,138 --> 01:32:25,273 You'll learn to... 639 01:32:26,269 --> 01:32:27,641 Saganne. 640 01:32:50,962 --> 01:32:58,881 End of Part One 641 01:33:53,097 --> 01:33:54,110 So? 642 01:33:57,793 --> 01:34:00,124 I failed trigonometry. 643 01:34:01,180 --> 01:34:05,035 I won't make warrant officer. I'm not even close. 644 01:34:05,109 --> 01:34:07,211 I'm sorry. 645 01:34:09,293 --> 01:34:10,785 It's okay. 646 01:34:17,216 --> 01:34:20,723 The rain, that smell... I'd forgotten all about it. 647 01:34:20,794 --> 01:34:24,465 So the house is almost ours. Go spend your vacation there 648 01:34:24,532 --> 01:34:26,384 and start furnishing it. 649 01:34:28,653 --> 01:34:30,624 Charles... 650 01:34:30,698 --> 01:34:33,279 - I want to get married. - "Want" or "will"? 651 01:34:33,349 --> 01:34:36,377 I'm getting married, as soon as I get my assignment. 652 01:34:39,993 --> 01:34:42,738 Her name's Marthe Vallin. 653 01:34:42,805 --> 01:34:46,312 I met her at a friend's. She's a school teacher. 654 01:34:46,383 --> 01:34:48,136 You and Dad are going to like her. 655 01:34:48,204 --> 01:34:50,982 - Lucien, you're 20 years old. - 21 in two months. 656 01:34:51,047 --> 01:34:53,661 No sermons, please! I've heard it all before. 657 01:34:53,730 --> 01:34:57,020 You don't know how lucky you are to be a cadet! 658 01:34:57,085 --> 01:34:59,253 - I know I owe it all to you. - It's not what I mean! 659 01:34:59,321 --> 01:35:01,967 You're ruining it all! You don't study, you want to get married... 660 01:35:02,036 --> 01:35:04,137 a 20 year-old failure! 661 01:35:10,405 --> 01:35:12,312 I'm sorry, Lucien. 662 01:35:12,386 --> 01:35:14,455 I'll come by your hotel. 663 01:35:23,344 --> 01:35:26,950 Nine times the size of France. 664 01:35:27,018 --> 01:35:29,533 Everything is big there. 665 01:35:29,605 --> 01:35:33,047 Wind, silence, space... 666 01:35:33,119 --> 01:35:37,781 those words take on a whole different meaning there. 667 01:35:37,847 --> 01:35:41,769 For those who have the honor to insure the French peace there, 668 01:35:41,840 --> 01:35:44,106 the desert teaches energy 669 01:35:44,173 --> 01:35:46,274 and abnegation. 670 01:35:46,345 --> 01:35:49,852 In the Sahara, men are just men... 671 01:35:49,923 --> 01:35:51,807 stripped of all pretense. 672 01:35:51,872 --> 01:35:54,289 They are truer to themselves. 673 01:35:54,364 --> 01:35:58,611 That is why we mustn't jeopardize France's work in the Sahara. 674 01:35:58,675 --> 01:36:02,662 Mr. Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, 675 01:36:02,733 --> 01:36:04,966 peace will be threatened 676 01:36:05,033 --> 01:36:08,987 until the rebels beyond the border are wiped out. 677 01:36:12,349 --> 01:36:14,069 It is the only option. 678 01:36:15,768 --> 01:36:17,619 And it can be done. 679 01:36:22,252 --> 01:36:23,776 That is all. 680 01:36:59,916 --> 01:37:01,985 I'm the Baron de Soucy, 681 01:37:02,056 --> 01:37:04,834 head of the Catholic Colonial Friendship. 682 01:37:04,900 --> 01:37:06,969 I meant to ask, 683 01:37:07,040 --> 01:37:08,728 what do you think of the theory 684 01:37:08,797 --> 01:37:12,816 according to which the Berber nomads descend from crusaders? 685 01:37:12,886 --> 01:37:16,393 It is said that, on their trip to the Holy Land, 686 01:37:16,464 --> 01:37:19,426 they got lost in the desert. 687 01:37:19,498 --> 01:37:21,405 What do I think? 688 01:37:24,290 --> 01:37:25,216 Nothing. 689 01:37:43,873 --> 01:37:46,901 - I got your note this morning. - And I got yours. 690 01:37:48,026 --> 01:37:50,411 I had to sneak out to get here. 691 01:37:51,412 --> 01:37:53,961 Charles... 692 01:37:54,033 --> 01:37:56,745 Marthe is waiting downstairs. I want you to meet her. 693 01:38:01,603 --> 01:38:04,348 I have nothing to say to her. 694 01:38:06,140 --> 01:38:10,539 - She has a child, but I don't care. - I don't want to discuss this. 695 01:38:11,666 --> 01:38:15,337 By marrying an unwed mother, you're ruining your career and your life. 696 01:38:15,404 --> 01:38:17,539 I am asking you not to marry her. 697 01:38:18,662 --> 01:38:20,415 That's impossible. 698 01:38:22,687 --> 01:38:24,887 I'm warning you, 699 01:38:24,955 --> 01:38:27,569 I'll do everything I can to put a stop to this madness. 700 01:38:29,524 --> 01:38:32,454 - I was expecting better from you. - So was I. 701 01:38:49,937 --> 01:38:52,682 Mr. Minister will see you now. 702 01:38:59,202 --> 01:39:03,058 Lieutenant, that operation beyond the borders will not take place, 703 01:39:03,132 --> 01:39:07,858 in spite of Dubreuilh, who's been after his two stars for four years. 704 01:39:07,923 --> 01:39:10,058 - Him? - Like all of them. 705 01:39:10,127 --> 01:39:12,904 But Dubreuilh is out of touch with reality. 706 01:39:12,970 --> 01:39:15,072 We may soon be at war with Germany, 707 01:39:15,142 --> 01:39:17,985 so forget about Sultan Omar. 708 01:39:18,050 --> 01:39:21,873 The right time was last year. It's too late now. 709 01:39:21,947 --> 01:39:25,204 Leave Dubreuilh to his mirage. 710 01:39:25,270 --> 01:39:27,721 You seem nice, 711 01:39:27,794 --> 01:39:31,170 brave and energetic. You know the locals. 712 01:39:31,242 --> 01:39:34,499 You need a real job. 713 01:39:34,565 --> 01:39:37,179 I have an offer for you. 714 01:39:37,248 --> 01:39:42,226 The Franco-Algerian Alfa needs a new director 715 01:39:42,296 --> 01:39:43,984 to replace the decrepit Saint-Ilette. 716 01:39:44,053 --> 01:39:47,560 Think about it before you give me your answer. 717 01:39:49,197 --> 01:39:51,614 There's nothing to think about. 718 01:39:51,689 --> 01:39:54,651 - "The Liberating Angel." - Beg your pardon? 719 01:39:54,724 --> 01:39:56,663 Didn't you read the paper? 720 01:39:59,195 --> 01:40:02,419 "The Liberating Angel"... that's the title. 721 01:40:02,486 --> 01:40:05,742 "He's handsome, brave and eloquent. 722 01:40:05,808 --> 01:40:08,226 Lieutenant Charles Saganne has it all 723 01:40:08,300 --> 01:40:12,484 and managed to charm us with his warm voice and thrilling adventures. 724 01:40:12,549 --> 01:40:15,391 However, what has the desert taught him? 725 01:40:15,456 --> 01:40:19,127 Energy, abnegation, so it seems. 726 01:40:19,194 --> 01:40:22,604 But where does Saganne's path really lead? 727 01:40:22,677 --> 01:40:26,314 He is a magnificent blind machine 728 01:40:26,381 --> 01:40:30,172 rushing ahead unaware of what makes it go." 729 01:40:35,231 --> 01:40:38,324 - Who wrote that? - Louise Tissot... 730 01:40:38,393 --> 01:40:40,811 our contemporary Georges Sand. 731 01:40:40,885 --> 01:40:46,179 Sir, I accepted my mission in Paris because I considered it useful. 732 01:40:46,252 --> 01:40:48,256 It turned out to be grotesque. 733 01:40:48,329 --> 01:40:50,561 Colonel Dubreuilh had no right to be so mistaken! 734 01:40:50,628 --> 01:40:53,938 And you just tried to corrupt me! 735 01:40:54,014 --> 01:40:58,230 If I don't reply to these insults, then I deserve to be called a puppet. 736 01:43:08,697 --> 01:43:09,841 Here you are. 737 01:43:14,448 --> 01:43:17,029 I had everything planned out and I fell asleep. 738 01:43:17,100 --> 01:43:18,853 Planned out? 739 01:43:18,921 --> 01:43:20,773 Hand me my robe, please. 740 01:43:28,090 --> 01:43:31,346 The newspaper gave you my address. 741 01:43:32,977 --> 01:43:36,582 That's why I wrote that article. So you'd come here. 742 01:43:40,005 --> 01:43:41,464 My robe, please. 743 01:44:03,133 --> 01:44:05,268 This was planned too. 744 01:44:06,360 --> 01:44:08,625 What was? 745 01:44:08,692 --> 01:44:11,055 You coming close to me, 746 01:44:11,120 --> 01:44:13,027 your hand in mine... 747 01:44:14,921 --> 01:44:16,828 I wanted to see you. 748 01:44:19,330 --> 01:44:20,953 I wanted you. 749 01:44:22,014 --> 01:44:24,345 If you hadn't come, I would have gone to your hotel. 750 01:44:27,859 --> 01:44:29,678 Easy. 751 01:44:29,744 --> 01:44:31,628 Easy. 752 01:44:33,099 --> 01:44:35,550 Easy! 753 01:44:38,913 --> 01:44:40,699 Kiss me. 754 01:44:57,153 --> 01:45:00,563 Easy! Easy! 755 01:45:30,058 --> 01:45:32,868 Wait. Not yet. 756 01:45:32,933 --> 01:45:35,831 Wait. Wait. 757 01:46:13,793 --> 01:46:16,689 Young man in a hurry. 758 01:46:53,021 --> 01:46:56,463 - What are you doing? - Working. 759 01:47:10,176 --> 01:47:13,432 Don't put your clothes on. Please. 760 01:47:34,839 --> 01:47:36,428 I want to stay with you. 761 01:47:49,405 --> 01:47:51,225 For how long? 762 01:47:59,372 --> 01:48:00,744 Don't. 763 01:48:10,011 --> 01:48:11,383 I'll do what you say. 764 01:48:51,061 --> 01:48:52,847 Let go. 765 01:48:52,914 --> 01:48:54,853 Let go! 766 01:49:26,169 --> 01:49:28,947 - I am meeting someone. - Don't go. 767 01:49:30,034 --> 01:49:32,616 If I put my life on hold for you, what will it look like in two days? 768 01:49:32,686 --> 01:49:35,715 - What? - My life. 769 01:49:37,733 --> 01:49:40,478 - What about me? - Your life is there. 770 01:49:40,545 --> 01:49:42,484 But I'm not stuck there. 771 01:49:44,826 --> 01:49:47,189 I can come and go. 772 01:50:16,261 --> 01:50:18,428 Please don't go! 773 01:50:18,496 --> 01:50:21,491 - I'm begging you! - Louise. 774 01:50:21,563 --> 01:50:23,894 What's wrong? Stop it. Louise! 775 01:50:37,185 --> 01:50:39,287 You represent everything that I hate... 776 01:50:39,357 --> 01:50:43,126 the uniform, power and moral justifications. 777 01:50:43,191 --> 01:50:45,488 All that seems too far now. 778 01:50:46,608 --> 01:50:49,092 I've learned so much with you. 779 01:50:49,164 --> 01:50:51,941 - In my bedroom? - Indeed. 780 01:50:52,007 --> 01:50:54,523 In your bedroom. 781 01:51:10,473 --> 01:51:12,291 Sir? 782 01:51:16,701 --> 01:51:18,705 There's a letter for you. 783 01:51:39,926 --> 01:51:42,703 Your hotel sent it over. 784 01:51:42,769 --> 01:51:44,621 Thanks. 785 01:52:18,261 --> 01:52:20,298 What is it? 786 01:52:32,253 --> 01:52:33,712 What's wrong? 787 01:52:44,009 --> 01:52:47,418 Please leave me alone. I don't want to look pathetic in front of you. 788 01:52:52,411 --> 01:52:54,383 What's wrong? 789 01:52:59,247 --> 01:53:01,763 I'll leave you alone. Call me if you need me. 790 01:53:28,382 --> 01:53:30,865 So I did what I thought was right. 791 01:53:32,567 --> 01:53:34,865 I went to the Ministry of War 792 01:53:34,931 --> 01:53:37,708 and I asked them to prevent Lucien from getting married. 793 01:53:39,819 --> 01:53:42,335 After he was officially informed, 794 01:53:42,407 --> 01:53:44,704 he went to see that young woman, 795 01:53:44,770 --> 01:53:46,524 he told her... 796 01:53:50,904 --> 01:53:53,233 and she drowned two hours later. 797 01:54:50,067 --> 01:54:51,951 You're all pale. 798 01:54:59,843 --> 01:55:02,294 I turn yellow in such situations. 799 01:55:09,235 --> 01:55:13,089 You shouldn't have done that. And you shouldn't have told me. 800 01:55:15,208 --> 01:55:16,700 Go. 801 01:57:31,520 --> 01:57:33,851 Vulpi! 802 01:57:37,463 --> 01:57:39,119 Vulpi! 803 01:57:59,569 --> 01:58:01,453 Get up! Arms drill! 804 01:58:01,518 --> 01:58:04,383 You've been sleeping for three months! 805 01:58:06,693 --> 01:58:08,828 He's gone nuts. 806 01:58:28,672 --> 01:58:30,578 Are you going out tonight? 807 01:58:38,160 --> 01:58:40,131 Now that Dubreuilh's been sent off, 808 01:58:40,205 --> 01:58:42,209 how long do you think we'll stay in this jolly place? 809 01:58:43,303 --> 01:58:45,569 We'll be here awhile. 810 01:58:45,636 --> 01:58:47,640 Wattignie's taking it out on me. 811 01:58:47,712 --> 01:58:49,748 And you on them. 812 01:58:49,820 --> 01:58:52,881 It makes sense. That's the point of hierarchy. 813 01:58:54,867 --> 01:58:56,555 Go wash up. You stink. 814 02:00:18,981 --> 02:00:21,976 Sure, sure, sure. 815 02:00:24,125 --> 02:00:26,325 It's a not a good sign when they suddenly take off. 816 02:00:28,117 --> 02:00:30,415 They left the old lady behind. 817 02:00:32,431 --> 02:00:34,021 What's she saying? 818 02:00:34,092 --> 02:00:37,630 She says Sultan Omar is coming back to cut everybody's balls off. Bullshit. 819 02:00:41,790 --> 02:00:44,469 Still, go check out what's going on. 820 02:00:54,793 --> 02:00:57,210 "Dear Madeleine, I'm all alone. 821 02:00:57,284 --> 02:00:59,647 This place is deserted, 822 02:00:59,712 --> 02:01:02,097 completely empty, just like me. 823 02:01:10,382 --> 02:01:13,693 I think of you more and more, 824 02:01:13,767 --> 02:01:17,884 and I wish I could have you naked next to me, 825 02:01:17,952 --> 02:01:20,153 my skin against your skin... 826 02:01:20,221 --> 02:01:22,966 your legs, your belly..." 827 02:01:32,520 --> 02:01:35,711 "Dear Madeleine, how have you been? 828 02:01:35,778 --> 02:01:39,253 I hope you and your family are well. 829 02:01:40,251 --> 02:01:43,856 Do you still play tennis with my friend Hazan? 830 02:01:43,925 --> 02:01:46,441 - My work here..." - So you took my booze! 831 02:01:48,333 --> 02:01:51,012 - You've had enough to drink! - It's mine! 832 02:01:51,081 --> 02:01:53,053 Give it back. 833 02:01:56,415 --> 02:01:58,550 "Dear Madeleine..." 834 02:02:00,600 --> 02:02:03,890 No kidding? You're still hopeful? 835 02:02:03,954 --> 02:02:06,797 It's too fucking late! 836 02:02:06,862 --> 02:02:08,963 You've been fucked! 837 02:02:09,993 --> 02:02:12,128 The peasant guy got fucked! 838 02:02:39,574 --> 02:02:41,676 I can't take this anymore. 839 02:02:42,833 --> 02:02:45,066 I have no desire for anything. 840 02:02:48,391 --> 02:02:50,176 Just leave. 841 02:02:50,244 --> 02:02:53,686 Take a leave. Go home. To Ari�ge. 842 02:03:16,408 --> 02:03:19,185 - So? - Sir, they're all saying 843 02:03:19,251 --> 02:03:22,061 many warriors are siding with Sultan Omar. 844 02:03:22,126 --> 02:03:25,601 Three different tribes! 845 02:03:25,671 --> 02:03:28,536 - 30 came by yesterday. - Did you see them? 846 02:03:28,611 --> 02:03:31,454 No, but they say Sultan Omar will rally up 500 warriors. 847 02:03:31,518 --> 02:03:34,927 That's a lie. 500 warriors cannot all follow one leader. 848 02:03:35,000 --> 02:03:37,069 - Shut up! - Why shut up? 849 02:03:37,141 --> 02:03:39,080 - Liar! - I'm not a liar! 850 02:03:39,153 --> 02:03:42,051 Cut out the crap! 851 02:03:43,754 --> 02:03:47,227 Sir, look at the doc. 852 02:03:59,759 --> 02:04:01,512 Louis! 853 02:04:11,290 --> 02:04:13,425 Louis! 854 02:04:19,245 --> 02:04:20,736 Stay where you are, Saganne! 855 02:04:21,992 --> 02:04:25,053 I figured out why we're here! 856 02:04:25,123 --> 02:04:28,762 To serve France! But who is that? 857 02:04:28,829 --> 02:04:33,556 It's the priests and the police, and those jerk-offs in their offices! 858 02:04:33,621 --> 02:04:37,575 That's why we're here! So we don't have to see them! 859 02:04:37,646 --> 02:04:40,640 So we can be free! But we forgot one thing: 860 02:04:40,713 --> 02:04:43,229 we're bored! 861 02:04:44,291 --> 02:04:46,654 We're fucking bored! 862 02:04:46,719 --> 02:04:47,960 Be careful. Louis! 863 02:05:00,040 --> 02:05:02,240 You're gonna listen. 864 02:05:02,309 --> 02:05:04,725 For once, you'll listen without interrupting. 865 02:05:04,799 --> 02:05:07,413 You don't see anything, you don't see anyone... 866 02:05:09,400 --> 02:05:12,329 but I've always known I was done for! 867 02:05:13,904 --> 02:05:16,267 I'm a pitiful soldier... 868 02:05:16,332 --> 02:05:18,270 a pitiful doctor, a pitiful musician. I'm nothing. 869 02:05:19,655 --> 02:05:21,147 Get down. 870 02:05:21,220 --> 02:05:23,421 And you're nothing too! 871 02:05:25,469 --> 02:05:28,779 You're Saganne! You're nothing but a word. 872 02:05:28,855 --> 02:05:30,761 Look, Saganne. 873 02:06:56,737 --> 02:06:59,515 - Is that the doctor? - Yes. 874 02:07:09,452 --> 02:07:11,653 This is for you. 875 02:07:27,533 --> 02:07:30,147 How about you, Saganne? 876 02:07:33,635 --> 02:07:35,802 That's where I'm from. 877 02:07:35,871 --> 02:07:39,313 Omar is crazy. He wants to fight. 878 02:07:39,385 --> 02:07:41,487 He wants to kill all the French. 879 02:07:42,963 --> 02:07:45,676 He wants to be in power. 880 02:07:47,403 --> 02:07:49,733 He will not allow anybody any rights. He's crazy. 881 02:07:49,799 --> 02:07:52,697 No one can stop him now. 882 02:07:53,984 --> 02:07:56,119 Do you know when he'll cross the border? 883 02:07:56,188 --> 02:07:58,551 Tomorrow. Maybe the day after. 884 02:08:09,798 --> 02:08:12,215 - Give my regards to Mekalla. - I will. 885 02:08:12,290 --> 02:08:14,195 Don't stay here. 886 02:08:15,324 --> 02:08:17,589 Omar is on its way here. 887 02:08:40,050 --> 02:08:44,037 Omar is on his way. We'll stop him in Esseyen. 888 02:08:45,449 --> 02:08:47,453 With 48 men and no orders? 889 02:08:47,526 --> 02:08:50,750 We'll leave at 5:00 a.m. 200 cartridges per man 890 02:08:50,816 --> 02:08:53,626 and everything we'll need to set up a fortified camp. 891 02:08:53,691 --> 02:08:55,859 Even if we don't stop him, we'll slow him down. 892 02:08:55,927 --> 02:08:58,290 That will give Wattignie some time to get organized. 893 02:08:58,356 --> 02:09:00,741 Pick a messenger. 894 02:09:02,381 --> 02:09:05,474 I can dig you another hole to gain some time. 895 02:09:26,787 --> 02:09:28,824 "Madeleine, 896 02:09:28,895 --> 02:09:31,760 this letter I am writing to you is probably the last. 897 02:09:32,921 --> 02:09:35,949 I realize it is also the first. 898 02:09:36,019 --> 02:09:39,080 I love you, but I wasn't able to tell you... 899 02:09:39,150 --> 02:09:42,788 or myself, for that matter. 900 02:09:53,526 --> 02:09:55,977 Tomorrow, we'll fight a terrible battle, 901 02:09:56,050 --> 02:09:57,988 but one that I want to fight. 902 02:09:58,062 --> 02:10:02,211 Just like you, it is already lost, but I still want it. 903 02:10:03,460 --> 02:10:05,726 Who could understand that? 904 02:10:24,481 --> 02:10:27,442 I met another woman after you, 905 02:10:27,515 --> 02:10:29,966 before you. 906 02:10:30,039 --> 02:10:33,808 Until I met her, I'd never asked myself questions. 907 02:10:37,099 --> 02:10:41,435 Now, I wish I could spend my life with you, away from here, 908 02:10:41,508 --> 02:10:45,625 in a house I was not lucky enough to live in, 909 02:10:45,693 --> 02:10:49,429 a house nestled in a park, where our children would play 910 02:10:49,494 --> 02:10:53,481 and where I would die one day, but not tomorrow. 911 02:10:54,478 --> 02:10:56,547 Not tomorrow. 912 02:10:56,618 --> 02:10:58,338 Not tomorrow. 913 02:10:59,333 --> 02:11:00,705 Farewell, Madeleine." 914 02:12:36,322 --> 02:12:38,326 250. 915 02:12:39,324 --> 02:12:41,045 250. 916 02:12:43,030 --> 02:12:46,439 The first one is at 200. 200. 917 02:14:05,960 --> 02:14:08,095 Stop it. 918 02:14:16,311 --> 02:14:18,577 What the fuck are they doing? 919 02:14:20,049 --> 02:14:23,305 - Where are they? - They're everywhere, sir. 920 02:14:23,371 --> 02:14:25,473 Everywhere. 921 02:14:25,544 --> 02:14:27,842 Over there! 922 02:14:38,258 --> 02:14:40,077 Fire at will! 923 02:15:13,974 --> 02:15:16,206 Get up! Fire back! 924 02:15:16,273 --> 02:15:18,636 Everybody get up! Fire back! 925 02:15:24,195 --> 02:15:26,428 Get yourselves in place. 926 02:15:26,496 --> 02:15:28,086 Fire! 927 02:15:59,815 --> 02:16:02,364 Cease fire! 928 02:16:04,320 --> 02:16:07,185 Cease fire! 929 02:16:09,911 --> 02:16:12,328 Cease fire! 930 02:16:12,403 --> 02:16:14,189 Fire! 931 02:16:15,310 --> 02:16:18,337 Cease fire! Vulpi, cease fire! 932 02:16:58,213 --> 02:17:01,143 Hey, brothers! 933 02:17:01,216 --> 02:17:03,546 You bastards! 934 02:17:03,611 --> 02:17:05,648 Bastards! 935 02:17:05,720 --> 02:17:09,609 You pansy bastards! 936 02:17:11,118 --> 02:17:14,277 Enough! Get back here and stay down! 937 02:17:14,345 --> 02:17:17,635 The guy over there is his cousin. 938 02:17:26,645 --> 02:17:30,893 Stay at your posts! Leave the camels. 939 02:17:32,011 --> 02:17:35,072 At your posts! Fire at will! 940 02:18:15,106 --> 02:18:16,664 Cease fire! 941 02:19:19,733 --> 02:19:21,323 Larbi. 942 02:19:28,709 --> 02:19:32,499 - What's the matter? - I got shot. 943 02:19:32,574 --> 02:19:33,848 Vulpi! 944 02:19:40,305 --> 02:19:42,603 - What's that? - Sugar. 945 02:19:42,669 --> 02:19:44,489 That's all I have left. 946 02:19:45,960 --> 02:19:48,193 It'll stop the bleeding when it dries off. 947 02:19:49,665 --> 02:19:51,898 Hold out, sir. 948 02:19:51,966 --> 02:19:54,644 We're the winners. 949 02:19:54,712 --> 02:19:57,196 Sultan Omar is scared now. 950 02:19:57,269 --> 02:20:00,231 Even if he kills us all, you're the winner. 951 02:20:29,598 --> 02:20:32,114 Have them fire once in a while so they don't fall asleep. 952 02:20:42,824 --> 02:20:46,265 You Muslim brothers, I have important news for you! 953 02:21:20,966 --> 02:21:23,831 The toughest tribes are coming. 954 02:21:23,905 --> 02:21:27,347 They're numerous and ruthless. 955 02:21:31,604 --> 02:21:34,055 I can't believe it. 956 02:21:34,128 --> 02:21:36,099 It's a whole army. 957 02:21:38,920 --> 02:21:41,468 Ahmed has deserted. 958 02:21:41,539 --> 02:21:43,902 Nobody saw him leave. 959 02:22:33,133 --> 02:22:36,323 Pick your six best shooters. 960 02:22:36,390 --> 02:22:38,623 They'll cover us from here. 961 02:22:38,690 --> 02:22:40,596 Cover what? 962 02:22:41,693 --> 02:22:44,917 We'll wait for them to charge and we'll pull out our bayonets. 963 02:22:46,549 --> 02:22:49,414 Have the other men join me. 964 02:22:51,469 --> 02:22:54,083 We gotta die somehow. 965 02:23:43,701 --> 02:23:44,626 Ready to fire! 966 02:23:59,577 --> 02:24:01,330 Good. Wait some more. 967 02:24:06,318 --> 02:24:07,940 Fire! 968 02:24:25,389 --> 02:24:26,597 Fire! 969 02:24:30,437 --> 02:24:34,554 Go! 970 02:25:03,181 --> 02:25:04,641 Go! 971 02:25:46,563 --> 02:25:49,657 Halt! Get ready to fire! 972 02:25:49,726 --> 02:25:51,065 Fire! 973 02:25:53,017 --> 02:25:54,508 Fire! 974 02:25:56,115 --> 02:25:57,193 Fire! 975 02:26:18,573 --> 02:26:22,047 Let's regroup. They won't be scared for too long. 976 02:26:22,119 --> 02:26:25,594 Sultan Omar's going home, you can be sure of it. 977 02:26:25,666 --> 02:26:27,637 They've never seen anything like this. 978 02:26:27,710 --> 02:26:30,487 I didn't believe in your freaking charge. 979 02:26:51,925 --> 02:26:53,896 Thanks, Madeleine. 980 02:26:53,969 --> 02:26:56,299 See you tomorrow on the tennis court? 981 02:26:56,365 --> 02:26:57,988 Hello, Madeleine. 982 02:27:00,582 --> 02:27:02,879 Hello. How have you been? 983 02:27:02,946 --> 02:27:05,908 - Very well. - Good bye, then. 984 02:27:05,980 --> 02:27:08,529 Ren�, I'll see you again tomorrow. 985 02:27:15,150 --> 02:27:18,592 I'm happy to see you, Charles. 986 02:27:19,622 --> 02:27:22,933 It's a privilege to have a hero for a friend. 987 02:27:23,008 --> 02:27:24,761 You've made history. 988 02:27:28,216 --> 02:27:30,632 I have to talk to you. 989 02:27:30,706 --> 02:27:33,190 What, now? 990 02:27:33,262 --> 02:27:35,233 How do you feel about Madeleine? 991 02:27:36,425 --> 02:27:39,268 - What does that have to do with you? - Don't play dumb. 992 02:27:39,332 --> 02:27:41,368 You're being dumb. 993 02:27:41,440 --> 02:27:43,346 What would it change if I told you I loved her? 994 02:27:45,370 --> 02:27:47,853 You don't know her. 995 02:27:47,926 --> 02:27:50,224 If she chooses to, she'll marry you. 996 02:27:51,408 --> 02:27:56,288 You would like to win a friendly battle between us, wouldn't you? 997 02:27:57,573 --> 02:27:59,958 Sorry, but I can't play your game. 998 02:28:00,033 --> 02:28:02,037 Can you imagine the De Saint-Ilettes going to synagogue? 999 02:28:02,110 --> 02:28:05,301 Stop it. You have the money, and I have nothing. 1000 02:28:05,368 --> 02:28:06,991 - You are successful. - And so what? 1001 02:28:07,061 --> 02:28:09,261 I had to pay a high price for it. 1002 02:28:09,329 --> 02:28:12,074 We know that. We know you're brave. 1003 02:28:12,141 --> 02:28:14,374 I'm no braver than others. 1004 02:28:15,431 --> 02:28:17,947 I'm like anybody else. 1005 02:28:18,019 --> 02:28:21,080 So you're Jewish and you love her! Is that my fault? 1006 02:28:31,915 --> 02:28:34,464 I'm sorry. 1007 02:28:34,535 --> 02:28:38,042 No harm done. It's not your fault indeed. 1008 02:28:47,121 --> 02:28:49,354 In the name of the President, 1009 02:28:49,422 --> 02:28:51,392 and by the powers invested in me, 1010 02:28:51,465 --> 02:28:54,079 I am making you Knight of the Legion of Honor. 1011 02:29:35,231 --> 02:29:37,300 Mr. and Mrs. De Saint-Ilette... 1012 02:29:39,353 --> 02:29:42,032 I am asking for your daughter's hand in marriage. 1013 02:29:51,620 --> 02:29:53,787 Madam, sir... 1014 02:29:54,974 --> 02:29:57,359 I am planning on marrying your daughter Madeleine. 1015 02:29:59,031 --> 02:30:01,394 No. 1016 02:30:02,768 --> 02:30:04,456 Yes, mother. 1017 02:30:59,568 --> 02:31:03,936 July 1914 1018 02:32:15,855 --> 02:32:18,022 I don't want us to be apart. 1019 02:32:21,350 --> 02:32:23,354 Ever. 1020 02:33:07,798 --> 02:33:10,957 - I don't mean to intrude. - You are welcome here. 1021 02:33:11,025 --> 02:33:13,225 This house is yours. 1022 02:33:13,293 --> 02:33:16,735 Good timing. I could use your help. 1023 02:33:16,808 --> 02:33:18,943 I want everything to be ready for Dad's arrival. 1024 02:33:19,012 --> 02:33:21,113 - I'm leaving tonight. - Already? 1025 02:33:21,183 --> 02:33:24,473 - Something big is happening. - What's happening? 1026 02:33:24,537 --> 02:33:26,541 Are you kidding? 1027 02:33:26,614 --> 02:33:28,977 Jean Jaur�s was assassinated last night. 1028 02:33:30,001 --> 02:33:31,820 Didn't you know? 1029 02:33:34,665 --> 02:33:36,418 No, I didn't. 1030 02:33:37,604 --> 02:33:39,739 I am being sent to Nancy. 1031 02:33:41,437 --> 02:33:43,289 The idiots. 1032 02:33:43,354 --> 02:33:46,860 Waging this war is the worst thing to do. 1033 02:33:46,931 --> 02:33:51,147 Charles, we have to retaliate to the Germans' attack. 1034 02:33:53,544 --> 02:33:56,322 Come in and meet Madeleine. 1035 02:34:03,864 --> 02:34:07,087 Why are you telling me about Baculard now? 1036 02:34:07,154 --> 02:34:10,857 - You didn't quit, in the end. - Indeed. 1037 02:34:17,152 --> 02:34:21,422 One day, I saw them all lined up in front of me... 1038 02:34:21,497 --> 02:34:23,981 Grandpa, Dad and him. 1039 02:34:24,053 --> 02:34:28,301 They were sitting in the exact same position. 1040 02:34:28,366 --> 02:34:31,012 They were like a brick wall. 1041 02:34:39,771 --> 02:34:41,905 Let's go outside. 1042 02:34:41,974 --> 02:34:45,514 - Can you make us some coffee? - I'll meet you outside. 1043 02:35:02,963 --> 02:35:07,113 Soon, Dad will live here with the two of you. 1044 02:35:07,179 --> 02:35:09,760 Life will go on. 1045 02:35:09,831 --> 02:35:11,933 What do you mean? 1046 02:35:14,303 --> 02:35:16,754 Be very careful, Lucien. 1047 02:35:18,201 --> 02:35:21,196 If war is declared, be very careful. 1048 02:35:21,268 --> 02:35:24,645 It won't be a big loss for anybody. 1049 02:35:27,849 --> 02:35:29,701 It would be for me. 1050 02:35:29,766 --> 02:35:31,738 I don't want to hear what you think. 1051 02:35:52,863 --> 02:35:54,834 Can you understand that I love you 1052 02:35:54,907 --> 02:35:56,878 even though I can't forgive you? 1053 02:35:59,348 --> 02:36:01,383 Why did you come here? 1054 02:36:04,330 --> 02:36:06,465 To say goodbye. 1055 02:36:18,675 --> 02:36:20,711 Charles? 1056 02:36:22,444 --> 02:36:23,424 Charles! 1057 02:37:51,221 --> 02:37:55,273 Sir, I have just given your men our last jars of jam. 1058 02:37:55,343 --> 02:37:58,469 - Thank you, Mother. - They seem so lost here. 1059 02:38:00,326 --> 02:38:02,689 I also meant to let you know... 1060 02:38:03,680 --> 02:38:06,458 that I prayed for your late brother. 1061 02:38:06,524 --> 02:38:09,552 And I prayed for you too. 1062 02:38:09,622 --> 02:38:12,203 I'm sorry, but I don't believe in God. 1063 02:38:28,822 --> 02:38:32,460 We received new orders, sir. We're going back to the front. 1064 02:38:32,527 --> 02:38:33,834 The Krauts are attacking. 1065 02:39:20,478 --> 02:39:22,776 Sir? 1066 02:39:22,842 --> 02:39:26,796 Can you write my letter before we go get butchered? 1067 02:39:28,464 --> 02:39:30,948 "To Captain Marcheux, 1068 02:39:31,020 --> 02:39:33,351 3rd depot, 1069 02:39:33,416 --> 02:39:36,193 Algiers." 1070 02:39:37,249 --> 02:39:39,797 Write exactly what I say. 1071 02:39:40,859 --> 02:39:43,572 "It is my honor to report to you... 1072 02:39:45,970 --> 02:39:47,593 that we're in deep shit. 1073 02:39:51,050 --> 02:39:53,948 Out of 50 platoons, 1074 02:39:55,299 --> 02:39:57,716 12 are still standing. 1075 02:39:58,813 --> 02:40:02,484 All others have died or been injured. 1076 02:40:04,083 --> 02:40:07,013 Larbi has lost an arm. 1077 02:40:07,087 --> 02:40:10,049 Big Mohammad has lost an eye. 1078 02:40:11,399 --> 02:40:13,784 I now understand what we're here for: 1079 02:40:14,914 --> 02:40:17,397 we're here to share first line with the niggers." 1080 02:40:19,513 --> 02:40:22,542 Add that I salute him. 1081 02:40:24,434 --> 02:40:26,057 Let me sign it. 1082 02:40:36,988 --> 02:40:39,024 Thank you, sir. 1083 02:41:00,756 --> 02:41:03,882 I've been looking for you for so long... 1084 02:41:03,950 --> 02:41:06,978 for months. 1085 02:41:07,049 --> 02:41:08,737 How did you find me? 1086 02:41:08,806 --> 02:41:11,703 Through your friend Ren� Hazan. 1087 02:41:12,704 --> 02:41:15,416 - You went by his house. - I did. 1088 02:41:20,818 --> 02:41:24,008 - You're married? - He didn't tell you? 1089 02:41:24,075 --> 02:41:25,828 No. 1090 02:41:27,781 --> 02:41:29,567 Do I know her? 1091 02:41:33,276 --> 02:41:36,119 - Do you love her? - I do. 1092 02:41:37,621 --> 02:41:39,374 More than you loved me? 1093 02:41:43,532 --> 02:41:44,773 No. 1094 02:41:53,881 --> 02:41:56,658 I want to have your child. 1095 02:41:57,651 --> 02:41:59,622 That's why I've been looking for you. 1096 02:42:02,730 --> 02:42:04,582 Sorry, sir. 1097 02:42:04,647 --> 02:42:07,098 Everybody's waiting in the trucks. 1098 02:42:14,487 --> 02:42:16,393 They're waiting in the trucks? 1099 02:42:39,628 --> 02:42:42,046 This is for you. 1100 02:42:50,585 --> 02:42:52,654 You are beautiful. 1101 02:42:52,725 --> 02:42:54,511 Don't move. 1102 02:42:54,578 --> 02:42:56,266 Don't ever move. 1103 02:43:59,396 --> 02:44:02,686 Charge! Charge! 1104 02:44:36,038 --> 02:44:37,857 Charge! 1105 02:44:55,525 --> 02:44:57,115 Charge! 1106 02:45:17,472 --> 02:45:19,802 - We're done for, sir! - We gotta go. 1107 02:45:19,868 --> 02:45:22,286 They won't! 1108 02:45:32,071 --> 02:45:35,807 - They won't go, sir. - They'll pay with their lives anyway. 1109 02:45:52,676 --> 02:45:56,052 When you return, tell them... 1110 02:46:33,630 --> 02:46:35,286 Go. You go. 1111 02:46:43,598 --> 02:46:46,376 Second regiment, out of the ditch and advance slowly. 1112 02:46:46,441 --> 02:46:49,021 Hurry up, dammit. Don't fall asleep and get your weapons. 1113 02:47:12,956 --> 02:47:14,741 Can you hear me, sir? 1114 02:47:16,629 --> 02:47:20,551 Move your eyelids if you can hear me. 1115 02:47:23,306 --> 02:47:25,213 Would you like me to read your letters? 1116 02:47:33,114 --> 02:47:35,411 This is from your wife. 1117 02:47:35,478 --> 02:47:37,961 She says she's expecting a child. 1118 02:47:41,100 --> 02:47:43,104 Did you hear me, sir? 1119 02:47:43,176 --> 02:47:45,115 A child. 1120 02:47:54,645 --> 02:47:57,161 This is from Captain Flammarin. 1121 02:47:58,351 --> 02:48:00,170 He says, 1122 02:48:00,235 --> 02:48:03,677 "I quit drinking 1123 02:48:03,750 --> 02:48:06,299 and I met your wife. 1124 02:48:06,370 --> 02:48:09,146 She invited me for lunch. 1125 02:48:09,211 --> 02:48:12,076 As I was sitting in front of her, 1126 02:48:12,151 --> 02:48:16,235 it occurred to me you finally got what you wanted... 1127 02:48:16,304 --> 02:48:19,942 adventure, glory, success and happiness." 1128 02:48:34,480 --> 02:48:37,574 Throw the body into the water. I have no more room. 1129 02:48:50,230 --> 02:48:52,812 He was exceptionally driven, 1130 02:48:52,883 --> 02:48:56,935 energetic and brave. 1131 02:48:57,993 --> 02:49:00,672 He acted as a hero at Esseyen 1132 02:49:00,741 --> 02:49:04,923 and kept the Sahara French. 1133 02:49:06,811 --> 02:49:09,392 In his last efforts 1134 02:49:09,462 --> 02:49:12,523 to lead his soldiers 1135 02:49:12,593 --> 02:49:15,141 through battle, 1136 02:49:15,212 --> 02:49:19,460 he made the ultimate sacrifice for France. 1137 02:49:20,931 --> 02:49:22,684 Attention! 1138 02:50:17,027 --> 02:50:20,338 - What's your name? - Charles Saganne. 1139 02:50:20,414 --> 02:50:22,678 I'm Amajar. 1140 02:50:24,982 --> 02:50:28,424 See the camel over there? 1141 02:50:35,300 --> 02:50:36,890 It's yours. 80467

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