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Loriot, get out.

- But... - I don't want to know.

I can't trust you anymore.

The Prefect will decide what to do with you.

Now get out.

He believes in friendship.

- He's a good cop. - Sure.

Let's go.

I can't leave him.

He's your son,

or so I heard.

Yes.

Where is his mother?

Running errands.

Keep him in your arms.

I won't need to handcuff you. Come on.

We're going for a ride.

I have to leave his mother a note.

Make it quick.

A French Town

Liberation

Hortense!

Talk about being discreet.

We need to leave.

Together?

Now, at the same time.

Why?

Because of your dear Heinrich.

Remember he got me out?

Of course.

I was called a traitor.

Now I'm an informant?

That's how people will remember me.

Thanks, Heinrich.

You would be dead by now.

I should've died with Marcel. I envy him.

That's easy to say when you're alive.

They're coming, Hortense.

For you.

I won't be able to protect you.

I don't care, Daniel.

I don't care.

Don't say that.

You're young.

You must live.

I don't want to.

I'll find out about Heinrich.

Do you promise?

They're here.

Hello.

We have to guard you.

You can't go out.

We're sorry.

Marshal, here we are

Before you

The savior

Of France

Sing a different song.

Come on. Walk.

Give him to me and get in.

- Why? - You have no future.

Go in. Don't argue.

What about him?

I guess we'll call...

the social services.

Find his mother.

We've other things to do.

Give him to me.

Please, look for his mother!

- Any news from Fernand? - No.

Antoine.

I'm amazed at your performance.

Is he yours?

No.

He's his son.

"His"?

His.

Poor kid.

Wait...

Stay here. I'll pick up the phone.

There you go. Stay here.

Hello?

Lanzac. Put Bériot on the phone.

It's for you.

- Commissioner Lanzac. - Ah.

Hopefully, I'll get a medal.

- Bériot. - Well? You have Marchetti?

The police just arrested him.

- No violence. - Good.

You need to bring him to Dijon.

The collaborators' trial will take place

in two weeks.

We need a big shot.

We don't have any.

Marchetti, the Butcher of Villeneuve.

It's perfect.

Our people will never agree.

That's your problem.

- You're asking too much. - Bériot!

The Larcher scandal is not doing you any good.

I want Marchetti in my office tonight.

Is that clear?

Who knows about Marchetti?

No one.

Except for Loriot and the militiamen in the cell.

- He wants Marchetti? - Yes.

I'll take him myself.

Wait.

I'll end up agreeing with Anselme.

He needs to be judged and sentenced.

Who cares where the trial takes place?

I do. The people here do.

I have to redeem myself.

You want the communists to take over the city hall?

Help me. I'm the only one who can stop them.

Cover his head and meet me downstairs.

Wait. What do we do with him?

The patriotic militia's coming.

Anselme and Suzanne.

Rumor has it Marchetti's in town

and the Prefect's protecting him.

That's ridiculous.

They're firmly convinced.

We have Marchetti.

Antoine!

We need help.

You can't drive him by yourself.

Well, then...

I need to convince them it's just a rumor.

I'll go downstairs and meet them.

Alone.

That is not the issue.

The thing is, the guy's up there.

We just need to come to an agreement.

Did you see him or not?

- He's here. - How do you know that?

What's the scarf for?

Just in case you don't remember.

What? That you're French?

We're French too, you know.

We've never left.

You clearly have things to say.

I'm listening.

Marchetti was almost caught a few minutes ago.

The FFI shot at him.

Do you know?

It's weird you haven't seen him.

We all want him to pay.

He killed my mother!

I know, Raoul.

He's not here. He's in Switzerland.

Here's a message from the Swiss police.

He's been seen in Geneva.

They ask for instructions.

People say they've seen him,

but he's long gone.

My friend saw him with his own eyes!

He even shot at him.

Where is that friend of yours?

Is he here?

He's with his five kids.

All the better.

It's only a rumor. Marchetti here and there.

I guess it's far more exciting than to rebuild the country.

We want to rebuild it but you won't let us.

People are starving!

We know there's food.

There's a warehouse full of products.

I didn't know.

You don't know?

You're taking advantage of this to launch your career.

No, Suzanne.

We risked our lives together.

How can you say that?

You and I share the same ideals.

We want a united France

rebuilt on the values of the Resistance,

after judging Marchetti.

We want guarantees on supplies.

The poor first.

I invite you to come to the meeting

tomorrow,

after the ceremony in honor of the hanged.

We'll put your suggestions to vote. OK?

Half a loaf is better than none.

You'll have to count on us.

You can count on me.

See you tomorrow.

We need three more people.

I have the impression that they believed me.

We're deceiving our friends to protect an enemy.

That's what politics are about.

You'll learn that, eventually.

I really prefer the Maquis.

Always keep your aim in mind.

The means...

What do we do?

We'll take Marchetti to Dijon after they leave.

They're still there.

Jean.

The smuggler was arrested.

- Jean? - Rita.

Oh my God!

He's still as soporific as when he was the principal.

I don't know if he's sincere.

There are times when I believe him. But right now, I smell bullshit.

What do we do?

I'm out of gas.

We should just hit the bottle.

Edmond wants us to organize a demonstration.

I really need a drink.

Where's Marchetti?

He's in Switzerland.

No. He was arrested just around the corner.

What?

Antoine arrested him.

Is there another way out?

The one we took with Suzanne.

Do you have time to get Marchetti out?

Comrade Cyran,

we want Marchetti.

Over here.

- What's going on? - Nothing.

Get out.

- What about us? - Stay there.

Hand him the boy.

Let's go.

First door right, down the stairs.

There's a street exit.

Bériot's waiting.

What if they see us?

Improvise.

If you care for your lives, you will have to keep

your mouths shut.

Where's the chief of police?

They must have hidden Marchetti.

He might be in the cell.

About time!

Follow me.

Wait. Not yet.

Which one's your car?

The second one.

We have to wait.

I hear you arrested Marchetti.

I've been here all day.

Cut the crap. His chick tipped us off.

If Marchetti was arrested,

no one told me.

He's not here. Look.

Are you covering him up?

Come on.

- We have to go. - Let's go.

Come on.

David!

Get in the car.

What the hell's going on?

Put your guns down. Do as I say.

It's a GPRF order.

Get in the car.

- Hurry up. - Bye, Rita.

- Come on. - Handcuff him.

Hurry up!

- Bye, Rita. - Go!

Shit, it's Marchetti!

I'll kill you, I swear.

Where's he going?

Those guys

must know if he was here.

Did you see him?

You?

You! Did you see him?

- I... - Shut up.

Why "shut up"?

Speak and you're free.

Out of the question.

Will you keep lying?

I'm surprised to hear you want to release them.

Oh, really?

Sounds like something you'd do.

Marchetti, Fernand and Bériot are gone.

What?

Why did you lie to us?

To buy some time!

He was tricking us while Bériot...

Marie's murderer was right here!

He'll be judged.

And sentenced.

- In Dijon. - Bériot'll change his mind.

You make me sick!

What a mediocre chief you are.

No.

I believe in the Republic.

Talk about cordial understanding.

What did you say?

You're insane!

Anselme?

You shouldn't have messed with us.

Stop it.

We're settling the score.

Wait!

Don't kill him.

We'll have some fun.

Stop it, damn it!

This is your fault.

- Yes? - May I have a glass of water?

Sorry to bother you.

I'll get you that.

No. I'll go.

Go get two glasses of water.

Make the other one drink, too.

- Will it kill them? - No.

Hurry up.

Come on in. Come on in, please.

- Here. - Thank you.

Come in.

- This is for you. - No, thank you.

- You're not thirsty? - No.

That's too bad. It's spring water.

- No, I'm fine. - Come on. Do it for me.

OK, why not.

There you go.

Go get your things. Take a scarf to cover your head.

We'll go to one of my patient's. Old Nestor, you know.

He's waiting for us. He'll lend us his car.

We'll have to pay him.

- That was fast. - The right dose.

Quick, before the others come.

- Walk. - Come on.

Come on.

Less talking and more walking.

Bastard! You're going to pay.

Raoul.

You bastard!

Good militiadog. Aren't you thirsty?

Do you want some?

OK, give me that.

What is it?

I have no idea.

We could've got Marchetti.

What do we do now?

Bériot's off to Dijon.

Antoine is a fool.

We do what we want.

The town is ours.

What do we want?

Marchetti was arrested. They took him to Dijon.

It's a disgrace!

Hello, Mr. Larcher.

- Going on a trip? - Traitor. He should be hanged.

Don't listen to them.

Unbelievable.

You're going to Germany?

I know you.

You sent letters of denunciation in 1942.

I did not.

You reported your neighbor.

Your name is...

Menenteau.

Serge Menenteau. You're a cobbler.

Come, Liliane.

That was impressive.

What a good memory!

Wait. I need to catch my breath.

We're almost there.

We need to get to Nestor's.

I've always supported you.

- We can't stay here. - Please.

Nestor's there.

It's OK. Let's go.

- Come on, guys. - You bastard.

Come and see. We have a Kraut.

Come on, let's finish him off.

This is our chance. They're busy with something else.

Daniel, it's Ludwig.

It's Ludwig.

Hortense!

You're going to die.

Do something.

The French army has won!

Charge!

Take aim.

No!

Who's that slag?

He's a prisoner of war.

You don't have the right.

We don't care.

You'll be taken to court!

I'll be awarded a medal.

You'll be charged for war crimes!

You will go to prison.

- Larcher? - That's Larcher.

- It's Larcher. - Larcher.

He's still in Villeneuve?

Yes, it's Larcher.

Larcher, the ex-mayor.

Larcher, the traitor.

The French citizen who'll report you

if you kill that solitary, unarmed man.

But he's a Kraut!

Remember everything they did to us!

Come on, guys! Take aim!

You will have to kill me, too.

Drop it, Jean-Louis. We'll take him to the cops.

There are no cops, you idiot.

We're going to take that Kraut with us.

Go ahead.

They're rounding up prisoners in Moissey.

We're on our way there.

Thank you. If I ever see you again,

I'll buy you a drink.

Ludwig.

That's what I thought. Hortense Larcher!

Muller's whore.

Hey, we have the Larcher woman.

- It's Hortense Larcher. - She was with Muller.

Leave us alone!

What is my militiadog going to do?

He can sit up and beg.

You don't want to drink?

You're going to.

No.

You're going to lap it up.

With your tongue.

Good dog. Good dog.

Drink your water.

I was a militiaman, I did stupid things.

But I'm a man, not a dog.

And I will die like a man.

You'll die like my mother.

Go get a rope.

Until June 1943,

I was an ordinary man!

I had lost my parents!

- Close to my sister... - Shut up.

He's going to die. Let him speak.

I wasn't for or against the Marshal.

I didn't like the Germans.

I hated Laval, like everybody else.

Then came the STO.

I didn't want to go to Germany.

I hid in the woods.

I didn't want to be a partisan.

Like most of you!

The partisans were not that many.

I was wrong.

Have you never been wrong?

I did horrible things.

And for that,

I commended myself to God.

What you're doing is not fair.

You killed my mother!

No. Marchetti killed her.

Let's get this over with!

Hortense.

Sir.

Oh!

Thank you, son.

I have nothing to give you.

Here she is. Traitor!

- Damn whore! - Filthy traitor!

Where did your pride go?

Poser!

Scumbag!

Slut!

Whore!

- Come on. - Come on, walk.

Sleep-around.

Traitor!

German-screwing slut.

- Whore! - Prostitute!

Walk.

I can't.

The slut is tired.

Too much German-screwing, of course.

André's garage is nearby. Go get a cart.

And some paint.

Damn whore!

Piece of shit!

We have another whore!

She was with a feldwebel.

Her sister reported her.

On your knees.

Where's that cart?

I'm innocent.

I'm not.

I turned no one in.

I was his maid.

He gave me a pair of stockings.

He was nice. What could I do?

Come on, whores. We're going for a ride.

You better behave. Otherwise, you'll regret it.

Higher! I can't see it!

OK, let's go! Manure ahead!

We'll go to the school.

German-screwing slut

German-screwing slut

Take them down.

Major.

I'm no major.

Go see Edmond. He's in charge.

What will you do to them?

Strip them down and whip them around.

We'll soak them in tar.

They're horny.

We have no tar.

We could cut their hair off.

Shave them?

Good idea.

Franco supporters used to do that

to Republicans.

- Any other ideas? - We're in France.

Why not?

What do you think, sweetie?

You're going to be cold.

Do what you want.

She has a nerve.

Go get a pair of scissors.

And bring some chairs.

You were so proud going out with your German officer,

to the theater or the restaurant.

You would wear your mink coat while we froze to death.

You would eat.

You'd stuff yourself and laugh.

Well look who's laughing now.

Your man got mine killed.

You think this is going to bring him back?

Stupid bitch.

Start with the big-mouthed ginger head.

Over here.

Come on.

Come here, you.

Come here.

Let's go see Albert.

Shave them!

Scumbag!

Hi, Albert.

You're next.

Gustave.

Well done!

Come on!

- Cut it off! - Come on.

Yes! Do it, boy.

That's what you get for sleeping around!

- German-screwing slut! - Whore!

Keep going!

- Come on! - Keep going!

Come on!

May I begin?

Well, yes.

Are we waiting for someone?

No, no. Etienne was a discreet man.

Very discreet.

A rare quality.

"We are gathered here today

"to celebrate the memory of Etienne.

"I didn't know Etienne,

"but I know...

"from what his friends told me,

"that he was a modest,

"hardworking man,

"with healthy and solid values

"that were transmitted to him by our elders

"and that have been so scarce

"lately.

"Etienne,

"here ends your life among us,

"but here

"we will return to remember,

"to continue with you in the same direction

"as the years we walked together".

"And now,

"our Lord Jesus Christ,

"we are looking at You,

"You, one of us,

"You, greater than us.

"what You lived on this earth,

"all this continues through us.

"Who will stop the path

"that You communicated?

"You in whom man recognizes his true face,

"You who call us beyond ourselves,

"You, already present

"in these ties between human beings,

"You,

"Jesus Christ,

"keep us standing

"in this love stronger than death.

"Amen".

They let you stay.

As the chief of police.

Well, yes.

Antoine resigned last night.

I will take over, for now.

At least I know the job.

Did you see Antoine?

No.

I only saw Bériot.

Did Antoine tell you where he was going?

No.

He just left.

Be honest.

Why did you come?

I told you my tips were a present.

Well, this is a present too.

Besides, your tip was useless.

Bériot transferred Marchetti. He's safe.

He even got compliments.

It's a crazy world.

So...

Will there be more presents?

Well...

I don't know.

Why not?

Between Marcel's ghost and Antoine,

is there any room for this humble servant?

No values.

No ambition.

You sell yourself well!

Listen...

Marcel was my true love.

Antoine was a mistake.

In every way.

And you...

I don't know

if you're a little love

or just a ray of sunshine.

Sunshine's good.

Good. That's what I need.

Some warmth.

To close my eyes

and be happy.

Long live the Liberation.

When do you leave?

Fernand's coming for me.

I want to see his body.

René will take you.

He helped me bury him.

Did you pray?

That's not my area of expertise.

What is your area of expertise?

War.

I think.

Haven't you had enough?

I wanted to join the army.

I was going to, but..

The army can be dangerous during a war.

It's dirty and stupid.

Fighting for my country is not stupid.

Less stupid than being a cop?

Well...

It wasn't the right time.

You signed up for how long?

One year.

That's a long time.

You'll forget me.

You'll dump me.

Geneviève...

Yes?

When I come back...

will you be my wife?

Your wife?

You know, marry me.

Church,

the city hall.

Are you serious?

That's my biggest flaw.

So?

Yes or no?

Yes.

Yes.

Drink your coffee before it gets cold.

Besançon has been liberated.

What I mean is...

Servier called me this morning.

Didn't you hear the phone ring?

He said he knew he would get arrested.

I wonder if I...

You keep stirring your coffee with no sugar.

Hortense,

do you want me to stay here for some time?

Or do you want me to leave?

I can find someone to take care of you.

- At least... - Stay.

You know you can count on me.

Did you see him?

Barely.

But we did say goodbye.

Are you sure you want to come?

Yes.

I want to grow fruit in the desert.

I want to live in a place

with no enemies.

At last.

You're going to marry her.

Well, yes.

A collaborator.

Have you ever held a woman in your arms?

Not really, no.

My cousin, in Christmas.

She was wearing a sling. I didn't really hold her.

When you're in love, you don't care who she votes for.

Women don't vote.

It was an example.

Besides, they will vote next year.

I'll see what happens next year, then.

One last thing: Geneviève is not a traitor.

She just

"collaborated" with a Kraut.

I couldn't care less.

I love her. I'm crazy about her.

The memory of the people awaits no celebration.

Hunger for justice and symbols

must be fully expressed.

That is the reason why I have decided -

after consulting the CDL, whom I want to thank

for its warm and fruitful collaboration -

to rechristen this esplanade,

to rename it

Marie Germain Square.

A very modest way

to honor

the greatest member of the Resistance,

that we're still mourning,

who was hung here with 9 other innocent people.

Marie Germain -

whose name we will pass down to our children

and grandchildren -

is a symbol of the Resistance

that the people of Villeneuve led

for 5 long years.

Of course, not everybody took a rifle or a clandestine radio

or, like Marie Germain,

died for the cause.

But the heart of Villeneuve,

ever since 1940,

was beating to resist

the occupiers.

Except for a few black sheep

who will pay for their crimes at the courts

of France.

Having said this, what matters today is not the criminals

but the spirit of France,

a country that remains

united

in its fight against the invader,

proud of General De Gaulle

and the National Committee for

the Resistance.

A land where everybody

has a place in a more fair,

democratic society,

ready to build a new

and free country.

Long live the Republic,

long live France!

Bravo!

Bravo!

- Bravo! - Bravo!

And now,

all together,

all united.

You don't sing?

No.

I sang it last year.

Subtitles: Eclair Media