Original subtitles

msoustitres.blogspot.com

CROWD NOISE IN DISTANCE

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the Camargue party!

ARLES AMPHITHEATRE

. . .

MURDERS IN ARLES

. . .

SARAH: (Where's Lucas?)

ALEX: You don't need to wait for him, he's a big boy.

- We can wait two seconds, all right? - He wasn't sure he was coming.

Sarah, are you with me? - Yes!

- The "capelado" is important.

- I know it's important to you, my love. But hey—

I made an effort, anyway.

- You're beautiful! SHE LAUGHS

. . .

MUFFLED CROWD NOISE

DOLORES: Aline, you're on soon.

CHEERING, BRASS MUSIC

. . .

- It's Dolores,

she's so beautiful.

AMPLIFIED DOLORES: Ladies and gentlemen,

time for the "Arlesiennes"!* * YOUNG LADIES OF ARLES

It was in 1903 that Frédéric Mistral created the

"Festo Vierginenco", to honor the Provençal costume.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for,

the enthronement of the 25th Queen of Arles.

After 2 days of tests on regional culture... HORSE WHINNIES

...Aline Garnier was appointed to continue this tradition.

People of Arles, here comes your Queen!

CHEERING

. . .

SHOCKED MURMURS

- Okay— police! Excuse me!

DISTANT SIREN

- Come on, come on!

LUCAS: Hello. OFFICER: Hello, Commander.

DISTANT SIREN

- Hi, Alex!

How are you, Sarah? - Fine.

- Pretty.

- Uh, thanks.

I waited for you. - Luckily you were here.

- The victim: Julien Brunet, president of Spect'Arles,

and known for being manager of the biggest saltworks in Camargue.

- My sister's boss.

- She's in shock, but they're taking care of her, don't worry.

- Thanks.

And the queen?

- Disappeared before her induction. We're looking for her.

- All right.

Hello. - Hello.

FORENSICS: Hello.

Death is recent, about two hours.

- So between 10:30 and 11:30 am. - Yes. He must have been killed

on the carriage.

- The killer wanted everyone to see him. Where'd the carriage come from?

- From the holding pen.

Forensics is taking care of it.

FORENSICS: Hit in the heart.

We found this in the carriage. Probably the murder weapon.

SARAH: A hair pin. Like in the Arlesiennes' headdresses.

- Find its owner. MOREL: Wait, Commander.

It was in his wallet.

- It's in Provençal.

'A se veire'... that's 'When do we meet,' right?

- I think so.

'Arlatenco': 'Arlésienne.'

- Right, have it analyzed for the missing words.

This may be a clue. - We have to find the queen.

DOLORES: Yes, it's Aline's, I'm sure of it.

You don't really think she killed Julien?

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

- Where was he supposed to be,

between 10:30 and 11:30?

- He had to join Aline at 11 and bring her into the arena, he drives the carriage.

- Wait Dolores, talk to us like we know absolutely nothing.

What was Julien Brunet like as a boss?

- He was nice, very proper— almost to a fault.

He wanted to control everything

and assisted her on all her activities.

- What do you mean, by 'control everything'?

- The queen is the ambassador of our city. Julien loved all the protocol,

he did a lot: the Queen's Ball, the Fires of Saint-Jean, all the events.

- Did he have enemies? - (No...)

Everyone seemed to like him.

He was a loner but, besides his brother Rémy who he saw sometimes,

he devoted his whole life to his work.

- His brother Rémy Brunet, the city councilor.

Do you know if he attended the show?

- I don't think so, he wasn't on the guest list.

- All right.

- Aline Garnier and Julien Brunet, they got along?

- Yes.

- Did you notice anything strange?

LUCAS: Dolores, I know this is complicated for you,

but it's important.

Understand, the smallest detail that comes back to you can help us.

- I'll tell you.

- Come, I'll get you an escort.

GATE CLANGS

LOCK CLINKS

You're here? I looked for you everywhere.

- The head of security told me there's only one emergency exit.

So she didn't come this way.

- Request the recording from that camera, please.

She didn't just vanish, that's crazy.

- We must believe our Arlésienne is faithful to * REF TO THE PLAY BY DAUDET

the legend: we wait but she never comes.* * REF TO THE PLAY BY DAUDET

- Yeah... except this time the Arlésienne might be fleeing her crime.

Get Marianne to organize a neighborhood canvass.

She can't have gone unnoticed.

- Yes.

- Aline Garnier...

So...

- What, you didn't really think I was going to keep my legs exposed all day, did you?

- No, I like a bit of change.

Well, what did we get from the canvass? Marianne?

MARIANNE: Oh! Know what Michel said last night? - No.

He wants to go with friends on a 'cultural' trip to where?

I'll give you a thousand guesses: Thailand.

CHUCKLING Thailand!

- What's going on here?

- You've known her a long time, you still haven't...?

- Haven't what? - Well—!

Like, you talk to her but don't 'say hello,'

isn't she going to 'talk' to someone else?

It's not complicated. - Mm-hmm.

- Hello, lieutenant!

- Oh! Commander, you're here, amazing!

- Can you tell me anything about the canvass?

- No. - Why 'no'?

- 'No,' as in nothing at all, even the phone, so

it's gonna take me ages, even with the provider.

But Jérémy has her description in all the stations in the region.

- Anything else? SARAH: Yes!

The pathologist is certain:

the murder weapon is a hairpin. LUCAS: Okay.

- We're in luck, because she was going to renew her passport

Aline Garnier's prints are on file.

We compared them, they're definitely her prints on the hairpin.

- Good, we're set there.

Yes, the other thing: we have the Forensics results on this.

There are no usable prints.

They cleaned the paper, they found

the last scene from L'Arlésienne,

SARAH: 'Ah! Look out of that window, you,

and see whether men do not die of love.'

Do you think we can die from love?

Me, yeah.

- Oh! Me too!

- Go ahead, turn it over,

there's a little note in Provençal, I'll let you read it.

SPEAKS IN PROVENÇAL

- 'See you at the stable. I love you. Your Arlesienne.'

- So the victim and the

Arles Queen had an affair? LUCAS: It's possible.

- Oh! Anyway, I have this. It's an article going back several weeks,

but apparently it was trouble for Brunet.

LUCAS: 'Camargue salt company: Employees up in arms,

Brunets in turmoil.'

- No! His brother was not at the arena.

You want to go see him? He's waiting for you at his place.

- That's efficiency!

- Let's go.

REMY: I'm having a hard time with what happened to my brother.

Who could have done this to him?

- For the moment we can't say anything.

- Do you know something?

CAMARGUE SALT COMPANY: EMPLOYEES UP IN ARMS, BRUNETS IN TURMOIL

I don't understand.

- When the workers learned of your brother's decision

to close the saltworks, they were enraged, right?

- Nobody likes to lose their job.

I don't see the connection with Julien's death. Isn't retaliation a bit extreme?

- For now we just want to understand your brother's situation before the tragedy.

- The saltworks.

It was your father's before he left it to your brother.

Yes, and not to me, if that's what you mean.

But it was his decision.

- Were you close?

- We were brothers. But close, no.

We lived in different worlds.

- Did you go to his shows?

- No, never.

- You don't have a taste for the Camargue culture?

- As you probably know, I'm an Arles city councilor.

Green. To me it's all folklore, there are more important things.

- Right.

LUCAS: Did he live alone? - Yes.

- Was he in an affair with Aline Garnier? - The Arles Queen?

- You know her?

- No, I already met her, that's all.

Julien with that girl?

LAUGHS I really don't think so.

- Really? Why?

- Julien loved power, but women never interested him.

A taste for power and a taste for women go together, don't they?

- Isn't that a little cliché? - Patriarchal domination is cliché?

- That's not what I mean, but...

Do- do you put me in that box? - And you?

When will you settle down?

- I already told you I want to get married. - I'm not talking about marriage!

I'm the one getting married next week, I don't know about you.

That's your guys' problem, it's always all or nothing!

- Stop, stop. Fine. We'll discuss my love life later,

it's more urgent we go see Aline Garnier's father.

His daughter's on the run for murder, remember?

So start the car, if you please.

I said 'please.' - You still need work.

SARAH: Hello! LUCAS: Emile Garnier?

- Yeah, that's me.

- Does your daughter live here?

- Yeah. Why, what do you want?

- She is suspected of the murder of Julien Brunet.

She here or not?

- No.

- GUYS! With your permission?

EMILE: Aline could never do such a thing.

LUCAS: What was her state of mind this morning?

- Come on, she was a little tense,

it was a bit of a special day for her.

- Why didn't you attend her investiture, if it's an important day for her?

- I was going, but as I was leaving

I had a drop in blood pressure. It happens to me from time to time.

- Oh, yes, drop in blood pressure, I see.

LUCAS: How was her relationship with Julien Brunet?

EMILE: Very good. They've known each other since she was little.

LUCAS: Really?

MOBILE VIBRATES

. . .

Yes?

- No trace of his daughter, Captain. We're going.

- Okay, we'll meet back at the station.

- I've been working at the saltworks for over 20 years, it's a little family.

- A little family in turmoil, I believe I heard.

- You're talking about the strike?

Julien wanted to shut down.

I'm the union rep so, obviously, we made a proposal.

We worked out an arrangement, it all calmed down.

What does this have to do with my daughter?

SARAH: I found this photo in her room.

Her mother was Arles Queen?

- Yes. But she did not complete her reign.

She had to step down. Leukemia.

Our little girl was 7.

- Her dream was to be like her mother. - Yes.

Why would she have destroyed it by killing Julien? It doesn't make sense.

- We found this love letter in the pocket of Julien Brunet,

written in Provençal. Is it your daughter's handwriting?

- Yes.

Listen, I don't know what you're looking for, but my daughter needs to be found.

At any rate, that's what I'm going to do.

LUCAS: She had an affair with her father's boss?

- Such things happen. - Yeah.

- Lucas?

I have to show you something.

I'll drop you at the office, and then meet me at the farm?

- No, I have to get back,

I know Dolores, she must be feeling down, raw, I want to be there.

Lucas, that was before.

I understand you want to protect her after your parents died,

but frankly, she's no longer a fragile little girl, believe me.

Please?

- Okay.

- Hi Fanfan! - Hey.

- Doing all right? - Hmm!

- Want a hand? - Absolutely not, it would take longer!

A couple is coming in an hour, I'm behind.

MANUEL: Sarah told me; the crime at the arena is terrible.

You have any leads? - Well, we're working on it.

- I don't understand why you chose this job.

My daughter is never happier than on a horse.

Oh, you're not better off here with your father?

You'd rather be off chasing murderers? Not to mention that it's dangerous.

- Mmm. Sorry, he's on a loop. - I only believe in this:

we're with our horses, our loved ones, far from the crazy world of 'comfort.'

Peace at last. - Don't do this again, Manuel.

- I'm not the only one who thinks it's dangerous!

You worry too sometimes, don't you?

With your schedule we never see you. FANFAN: Well, you're never there either!

Always with your bulls— that's dangerous too.

And yet it works for us.

I'm very proud of what my daughter does. - Thanks mom.

Know what? I'll let you debate. Here.

You can't make an effort for 2 seconds?

Sorry, it's a little... DOG BARKING

Sit down.

- All... right.

- Be right back.

- You all right?

SARAH: Yeah!

How is it?

- Wow.

Uh, you're sublime.

- Help me? - Uh... yes, all right.

Uh, yes.

- I know this is last minute, uh... in two weeks...

Would you be my witness?

LAUGHS Hide your joy!

- No no no! Yes, yes! Excuse me, I was a little surprised.

Yes! Yes, with pleasure. - Yes?

- Yes? - Cool!

FROM OUTSIDE ALEX: See you tomorrow.

Fuck— Alex!

- Oh! uh...

- Hi.

- What are you doing here?

- Nothing.

SARAH: I was showing him the dress! - You know th- th- the protocol,

you have to wait until the wedding day.

- But that's normally a girl thing.

- The world evolves.

SARAH: Lucas said yes!

- Oh. So, this investigation...?

- Good. It's progressing.

- Oh, of course. You can't say anything.

Don't worry, I'm used to it with Sarah.

Good...

Well, I'll let you talk outfits.

I really have a hard time understanding your friendship.

You're not from the same world.

But hey—

—maybe I'm missing something.

DOOR SHUTS

LUCAS KNOCKS - Yeah.

I'm sorry, sometimes he's a little...

even if he doesn't always understand my choices,

he accepts them, and that's... invaluable.

- He's lucky.

LAUGHS QUIETLY

Well, I'm going to go.

See you.

DOOR SHUTS

SIGHS

LUCAS SHUTS DOOR

- So have you found Aline? - No, not yet.

SHE SIGHS

Hey hey hey, it's all right Dolores. It'll be okay. Okay?

- I had to make 10,000 phone calls to cancel the Queen's schedule!

I can't believe she killed Julien, no way!

- Well, we're not sure of anything, but...

but everything indicates it.

- (It's not possible.)

- Do you know if Julien Brunet and Aline were having an affair?

- Where do you get that from?

Aline would do anything to become Arles Queen, but

jumping into bed?

I don't know- LUCAS: Okay.

HE COUGHS

- I'm going to be Sarah's witness.

- Oh.

HE SNIFFS

- Hey. You don't want us to leave here at some point?

I don't know about you, but...

we're not moving forward,

we're living in the past— no?

- It's not just an impression.

Nothing has changed since Mom and Dad died.

We're still here, you and me.

- Yes, all right, but we're still together.

- Yes. And alone.

FOOTSTEPS

TRAFFIC NOISE, SIREN

MARIANNE: I had a great evening, Michel took me to

a Korean restaurant, super nice— - Uh-huh, yes.

Yeah, if you want the address I'll give it you. I loved it!

- See you later! - Ah, commander!

I'm doing really well, thanks for asking!

I had an excellent evening.

Michel took me to a super nice Korean restaurant,

if you want the address, I'll give it to you, no problem.

- Good morning Marianne, so what's happening with the checkpoints?

- Nothing. - No I know, show me what you have anyway.

- Totally—! Oh! Captain! It is going well with me, really well, thanks for asking!

I had an excellent evening,

my husband Michel took me to a really nice Korean restaurant,

If you want the address I'll give it to you, no problem.

- That's great, Marianne, because I was dreaming about it.

- Oh! Cool.

- Your husband Michel is kind of focused on Asia right now.

- Definitely. Come see, I have to show you something

Come on over here.

No, don't be shy, come closer.

So... here it comes!

Here's our queen, Aline. - Her outfit is in the bag.

- Sure. I also found this

on another camera.

LUCAS: Who is that woman? - I don't know, all I can say

is that they don't seem very friendly.

- Did you think to zoom in? - 'No, I didn't, boss!'

Of course I thought to zoom.

Bam!

- Okay. We have to find that woman.

- Do we have shots from the emergency exits?

- Yeah, but there's nothing. - She had to have left somewhere!

- No, we're missing something. Back to the arena?

- (Yeah.)

- Other than climbing a fence which is, I dunno, I'd guess 3 meters,

I can't understand how she got out.

Hold on, hold on...

Someone moved the camera, it wasn't like that yesterday.

- Wait, but what does that mean? It means Aline Garnier hid

in the amphitheater while we were there, then waited until she could leave unseen.

How could we have missed that?

- Wait, what's that?

We agree, it wasn't there yesterday? - No, it wasn't, no.

LUCAS: Look, something was dragged. SARAH: Yeah, something heavy.

- That something was there.

GUARD: Quite so!

The sound equipment.

- What equipment?

- The trunks where she puts stuff: speakers and cables for the show.

- Who is 'she'?

- I don't know her name, but she's the girl who works for Provence Loc.

- Provence Loc...

There was a van parked right there in front of the exit,

with the logo "Provence Loc". GUARD: Yes, that's it.

LUCAS ON PHONE - Thanks. See you tonight, okay?

According to Dolorès, the sound technician is named Isabelle Mauro,

apparently she and Aline get along well.

- Could she have helped her escape? - It's possible.

She'd be able to hide her in the trunk, and drag it to the van.

That would explain the marks on the ground.

We have to question her.

- Actually, Lucas, what have you planned?

- For...?

- For my bachelorette party.

- Uh, well, I'm the one who has to...? - Yes, because you're the witness.

Careful, the clock is ticking.

ISABELLE: That's crazy! Why would I help Aline escape?

How could I, with the cops everywhere?

- In a trunk until things calm down, for example.

Then you put her in the van.

- The van was stolen!

My boss reported it this morning, and it's gonna cost me.

- Oh, well, how lucky.

- Why would I lie?

- Anyway, you were near enough to argue. Well?

LUCAS: What happened?

When she got to the arena she was angry.

She no longer wanted to participate, or be Arles Queen.

- Why?

- I don't know, she didn't want to tell me.

I shook her a little, for encouragement.

- No no, it was her dream, all right?

Would you give up like that? Something must've happened, what?

- When I went to Spect'Arles the morning of the ceremony, I saw Aline arguing.

- With Julien Brunet? - No, with his assistant Dolores.

She told her that she would never be the 25th Arles Queen.

- Yes, Marianne, I urgently need you to find me a dark gray van,

license GH-669-JH.

Yeah. Isabelle Mauro was driving it. Is she taking us for a ride, or not?

- Get in!

Why didn't you tell me you had a fight with her?

Do you realize we're investigating a murder here?

- I felt responsible for Julien's death. That's why I didn't say anything.

- Responsible? Why?

Why did you tell Aline she wouldn't be the 25th Arles Queen?

- I'd been having doubts about Aline's election.

The morning of her investiture, I needed to get to the bottom of it, and

I was really stressed out, and I searched Julien's inbox.

DOLORES REMEMBERS Don't play innocent with me Aline.

Read it.

FROM: JULIEN BRUNET TO: EMILE GARNIER

- 'Hello Emile, attached is the text of the translation.

Thanks again for your action on the strike.'

I don't understand. - Are you sure you don't? You cheated!

Aline, it's written in black and white:

Julien sent the translation to your father!

- I swear, I didn't know!

- Your father had you study this text for when you took the test.

You must've thought you were very lucky because

Provençal was never your strong suit, am I wrong?

So even if you didn't know, Aline, you have to face facts:

you won't be Arles Queen.

And I spoke to Julien so that he could explain himself!

- It's up to me to do it, I was the one being manipulated.

I'm warning you, if you don't give up your title

I'll publicly denounce you.

IN THE PRESENT Lucas, I'm sorry, I swear!

When I found out Aline is suspected in Julien's murder,

I felt responsible.

- Why?

- Because Aline was...

...she seemed so sincere when she told me she didn't know that

she was furious at being manipulated, and it was me who pushed her to the limit.

- I was there at the arena.

Why did you proclaim her Arles Queen if you wanted to denounce her?

I'm not sure...

Because I wanted to see if she would come up and take the title.

Aline was perfect to be Arles Queen.

I should have closed my eyes, I shouldn't have said anything.

- Hey...

SARAH: Why was Brunet secretly helping Aline's father get her elected?

- Well for me, it revives the hypothesis of an affair between Aline and Brunet.

Maybe he was helping her out of love.

- Yeah right. Emile Garnier has been lying to us from the start.

- Yes, it's possible. - Yeah...

- What is it?

- There.

- It's Giacomo, an old herdsman. He worked for my father.

- Why's Giacomo disguised as a cowboy? - No, he's not in disguise,

he got a small part in a western.

Camargue Western, you know of it?

- No.

Yeah, sometimes maybe I should've taken my nose out of my books.

- Well, in the silent era, they shot westerns around here.

- Mm-hmm? - In 2017 they wanted to pay homage to

Camargue westerns, and they shot a big-budget film.

The star— I told you about Giacomo, it was my first investigation!

- Oh sure! Giacomo! SARAH: Yes!

LUCAS: Yes, you told me about it!

- He ran off with movie property, including period jewelry,

we never saw him again.

My father thought he was innocent— everyone wanted him to be.

I never saw these photos at the time, I'll have to see this expo.

MAN 1: I've called all her friends, no one has seen her.

MAN 2: We turned everything upside down too, we checked everywhere!

We have nothing for you. Sorry.

- Have you found my daughter?

- No. - Hello.

- But we found this.

- Go on, guys.

- We knew she wouldn't be elected, she didn't have enough Provençal.

- And you still wanted to give her her dream,

to be Arles Queen like her mother.

- Yes.

- There's something I don't understand: why did Brunet help her?

Your daughter's beautiful eyes? - Fuck, this affair story is absurd!

- Fine! What then?

To shorten the strike?

Okay, let me tell you what I think: you and Brunet had a deal.

Aline would become Arles Queen if, in exchange,

you arrange to stop the strike.

- The saltworks closure couldn't be prevented.

but he didn't just want to sell. He wanted to liquidate.

- Ouch!

- What choice did I have?

I just wanted to make my daughter happy, that's all.

- You thought she'd be happy about this?

- She didn't kill Julien!

- How do you know?

- Because I know her!

I just want to find her.

- It doesn't add up. Brunet gave her the crown,

why would she kill him?

- I think Garnier's not telling us everything.

We'll put him under surveillance.

- Lucas? Are you free tonight?

- Uh... - I'll take that as a yes.

It's to test the menu for the wedding. - Oh!

- Shall we meet on the quay?

- Yeah.

- Well there you go, whenever you want!

- Yes.

LUCAS: Caroline?

What are you doing here?

- Well, I think we've been had.

- You weren't expecting me. - No, it's no big deal!

I mean, don't be sorry,

it's an opportunity to get to know each other as witnesses.

- Yes... Yes! Okay.

Uh...

So we're going to experience the menu then.

- Come on, let's go.

- Let's go.

GLUM SIGH

- Freeze!

BOLTCUTTERS CLANK

LUCAS: Brunet was going to take over your property?

I can see why you're collecting all these documents.

- Losing your house where you and Aline and her mother lived,

That's a reason to be angry. LUCAS: Well yeah,

he didn't just want to liquidate the saltworks, he also wanted to get back

all the land, your house along with it. - But evidently he didn't tell you that.

because otherwise you never would've agreed to help him

so your daughter would get the crown. - Yes, yes, Julien betrayed me, yes.

So what? - Well it's a motive for murder.

- I didn't kill Julien!

Even if I dreamed of punching him in the face.

- How did you find out Brunet was taking your property?

- We worked together 20 years, I know him.

- Did Aline know this?

SARAH: Oh, that's it!

She's the one who informed you.

Uh, yes.

She came to see me before her investiture,

she was furious. - ...a nightmare!

- She'd learned about my deal with Julien to get her elected.

EMILE REMEMBERS I'm not a kid! But you know the worst part?

You got taken by Julien!

- How so?

- Not only will he sell the saltworks, he's taking us over.

Do you understand what that means?

He was taking everything from us: the house, my childhood memories, all of it!

I will never forgive you.

- What will you do- Aline! What will you do?

- I can't take the crown anymore.

but I'm keeping the house! Whatever the price!

IN THE PRESENT - I wanted to follow her

but she told me she didn't want to see me.

If she killed Julien because of me, I'll never get over it.

- We haven't found your daughter; you stay around, okay?

Rashid! Can you come here please?

LUCAS: Our colleague will take care of you.

SARAH: Thanks. RASHID: We'll be along.

SARAH: By the way Lucas: the menu?

- Oh, you want to talk about it? I'm happy to.

- Where is Caroline on this menu?

The main dessert? Right?

- Don't take it like that.

- How do you want me to take it?

I really don't understand you, I don't know,

I don't know what you're playing at.

What do you want to know? You want to know if we slept together?

- No. - But I have the impression

that that's your project, right? Right?

MOBILE VIBRATES - No. I just want you to be happy, Lucas.

. . .

That's all. - Yeah. You want me happy.

- Yes? No...

- You think we can make others happy? Seriously?

- OK, I understand, thanks.

Lucas! - What?

- We just found the Provence Loc van at Salins Beach.

- Okay.

SARAH: Hello.

- Hello. You didn't touch anything? MOREL: Yeah.

MOREL: We were waiting for you.

SARAH: ((Fuck.)) LUCAS: ((Ah...))

NATURAL\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPRESERVE SALTWORKS\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPROTECT

BRUNET OUT

- Well, it clearly has to do with the closing of the saltworks.

- And Isabelle Mauro. Guillaume?

Take fingerprints and compare them to those of Aline Garnier.

And get Isabelle Mauro, I want her here right away.

SARAH: (Thanks!)

Guys, where are you?

- We're going to do the trunk, then the passenger area,

and then the steering wheel.

TECH: And the signs. - Yes, and the signs.

- If you please.

ISABELLE: You really needed to bring me here? Seriously?

SARAH: Seriously, yeah, we would've felt bad not to share such a beautiful place with you.

SARAH: So?

- I'm part of the group SOS Camargue.

The banners were to denounce Brunet's project.

- What project?

- He planned to build a tourist complex in place of the saltworks.

- How can you have a tourist complex in such a lonely place?

- Exactly!

He was betting on the creation of a bridge across the Rhône

and replace the Barcarat ferry. For him it was all about profit,

It would ensure an influx of tourists.

A catastrophy for biodiversity. - Yeah, but...

...Aline Garnier: what was her role in all this?

- She was our spokesperson.

She was to denounce Brunet's project during her speech.

THEY GASP

- Who- who told her about the takeover?

- It was me. That's how I convinced her to help us.

- So Aline hated Julien Brunet,

that's why she agreed to publicly humiliate him, right?

- But Brunet died first.

Just like that, you knew it had gone off the rails, and you helped Aline get away.

- What can I tell you, it's not me!

- Why should I believe you? - Because I'm like Aline,

I'm just pawn in this action against Brunet!

- Hold on, I don't understand: you didn't organize it?

- Okay listen, I'm going to be very clear,

either you talk now or I'll take you into custody. All right?

- It was the president of SOS Camargue.

- Pardon?

- The victim's brother?

- Yes.

DOORS SLAM

- Preparing a new action?

- I hope this time it doesn't end in murder, huh?

- What are you talking about?

- We know you were using Aline Garnier to denounce your brother at the arena.

And you lied to us too.

And you knew her.

- And you told us you weren't at the ceremony.

- I wasn't. SARAH: It's funny, because

Isabelle Mauro told us the opposite. She even gave us

the names of the group members. If you want, we can question them later.

- Well okay, I was there.

And so what are you blaming me for?

Opposing my brother?

LUCAS: Ah, I adore his family spirit.

- Lucas, can I have your pen please?

- Hello!

Okay, I'll call Marianne.

Marianne, I need you to send Forensics to Rémy Brunet's house.

Well, we'll need blood analysis, and organize a search of his home.

- Thanks.

SARAH: Well, we have the results.

It's your brother's blood on your shirt. So stop jerking us around.

- Well now, I'm going to have to start talking to you, all right?

What was the problem with your brother, hmm?

Were you angry because your father chose him

to succeed him at the saltworks, is that it?

Yeah that's it! Sure, that's it.

The worst part is that your brother was ready to destroy this heritage.

You didn't want to put up with that.

- You killed him for revenge against your father, is that it?

- I've killed no one.

- Aline was there. Because you used her hairpin.

And then the big one for me: you made her disappear, making her

an ideal suspect, and you kill her too.

- Nonsense, you're completely rambling! My prints would be on the hairpin.

- You could've made them disappear,

and put it back in Aline's hands so she would be accused.

- It didn't happen like that.

- If it didn't, how did it?

- Julien was already dead when I found him.

I wanted to see if he was breathing.

I moved backward and that scared the horse,

and it went off on its own. I panicked and ran off.

- Why did you lie to us?

Take him in!

TRAFFIC NOISE

- We have results on fingerprints found in the van.

Aline was in the trunk.

That's not all—

—guess whose I found on the steering wheel.

IDENTITY CONFIRMATION

LUCAS: Rémy Brunet.

- So he's the one who stole the van.

- We can rule out Isabelle Mauro. - Yes.

- Thanks.

Lionel, I need the file on my desk...

- (Marianne.) - Yes?)

Are we still OK about you-know-what?

- Oh- yes! - Okay.

- Well?

- Everyone comes in my office and says 'Well?' You can't make sentences?

- So, where are we?

- Who's 'we'? You and me? Dunno, want to tell me?

- You tire me, really tire me. The excavation of Brunet's garden!

- I know! I called the judge, I'm not stupid! - Well?

- Well, I called the judge's office and

we can start tomorrow morning— BAM, efficiency!

SARAH: Awesome. - Is that all, Marianne?

- That wasn't bad, I gave my all, I'm exhausted.

What is it, you got a stomach ache?

Oh yes! Oh yes, yes, I forgot.

So, actually... uh... a, uh...

Who writes like this, it's crap. - It's you, Marianne.

- Pff. Yes.

So, as I was saying, we have a problem.

- That means nothing, 'a problem.' - We need more.

- We have a problem at La Péniche* * A RESTAURANT

in Trinquetaille, * A RESTAURANT

who called about a series of burglaries...

They've gone ballistic, so...

- So?

- So we'll have to go there.

- No, we don't do burglaries.

- Yes, you do burglaries, that's what the boss said, so "go."

Stop looking at me like that, it's super-creepy.

Go on! I'll send you the address! - All right. Come on, "go, go."

- (I don't understand.) - Yes... No, but that's how it is.

- Okay, wow...

- Ha-ha! Well played, Marianne!

- Lucas, what the hell are we doing here? I'm worried about the murder,

and here we are on a burglary! Aren't we past that?

- All right, we have no choice, that's how it is. Come on, "go"!

- Someone here?

No signs of a break-in.

Our thieves aren't geniuses, huh? They didn't steal that.

- Someone there?

AMPLIFIED DANCE MUSIC STARTS

- SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

. . .

- Hi! How are you?

- Come here! Oh! Guys!

Caro! (I'm so happy!)

- When have we ever gotten involved in burglaries?

- I see!

- Hi!

- So are we going to end my bachelorette life? What are we going to do?

. . .

SARAH: That's the short of it, it's just that it's a little stressful.

SHE LAUGHS

You are so toasted!

So, you told me about the menu, but you didn't tell me about your 'little evening.'

- Damn, your prank made us both a little uncomfortable-

- It's. Fine!

- But it was okay.

- Spill! - Well...

- I discovered a sensitive guy,

who listens, you know? SARAH: Yeah.

CAROLINE: Tender.

- Yes, he's great. - Yeah, he's great, as you say, great.

But you didn't tell me he was so charming!

SARAH: 'Charming'! All right, absolutely!

That's the ball game!

- You doing all right? - Well yeah!

Do you mind?

Some champagne? SARAH: Yes!

- I warn you, I'm a very bad dancer, but...

SARAH: No...

...but get me started, uh...

Would you like to dance? - Mm-hmm!

- Yes.

- Come on.

. . .

- Charlotte! You didn't tell me...

. . .

Thanks for organizing all this.

- Oh, I- you're welcome.

No, it was cool.

I'm glad you like it.

You all right??

- Yes. - Yes?

- Yes.

No, it's just that— you understand me, you make it simple. That's cool.

- Isn't that really what friends are for?

- That must be it, yes.

- I think so.

- A drink? - Yes.

- Thank you.

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

You're not asleep?

- You had a good evening?

- Seriously. It was cool.

- We keep bumping into each other.

- Yeah, it's busy right now.

- The closer the wedding gets, the less we see each other.

- No, don't say that.

- Shall we spend some time together tomorrow?

- Absolutely. That's a good idea.

I'm going to bed, (I'm beat. I love you.)

SARAH: Rémy Brunet doesn't want to give up.

His lawyer is asserting the right to silence.

Did you reach the investigating judge?

- Yeah. He won't refer him without a confession.

Unless we find Aline's body, we won't get there.

Marianne?

Where is the search at?

Concisely! Please.

- All right. Concisely, it's in progress.

- Do you really think we'll find where Brunet buried Aline?

- Yes, we'll resolve it quickly.

Come on, let's move.

- Yes, Alex?

- I've been waiting for you for 10 minutes. - Yes. Yes, I'm on my way, I'm coming!

(Shit!) - Everything all right?

- I totally forgot, I was supposed to see the

exhibition on Camargue westerns with Alex.

- Go ahead!

No, it's okay, I'll handle the search, don't worry.

- You sure? - Yes.

I'll come with you. It's good for friends to take a walk.

- It was Giacomo who trained Alex as a herdsman.

Alex will be happy to see these photos.

- So this is just to please Alex.

It has nothing to do with the fact that you may feel guilty

about not closing the case yet. For example.

- Are you psychoanalyzing me here?

At the same time, you're not wrong.

Even today, I still have trouble feeling legitimate.

- What are you saying? Of course you're legitimate!

Excuse me, how many times have you proven to me that you're up to it?

So, of course, you see it's normal to have a

feeling of failure when we don't resolve a case,

that's part of the job, we accept it.

- I can't understand how someone can disappear like that

overnight. It's the same with Aline, it goes back a long way.

- No, the difference with Giacomo, and Aline, is that they left clues. See?

You need to let go of that, right now. It's a requirement. Really.

- You didn't just say that! - What?

- I know you, you never give up on a case!

I don't know.

Maybe I'll find something I missed in the expo photos.

- Yeah, it's possible.

- See you later? - See you later.

- You wouldn't think you were in the Camargue, huh?

- The horse is so beautiful. - Mmm.

I want to show you one, come on.

Recognize him?

- Mmm. - Yes. Giacomo.

I can't understand why there's

been no sign of him all this time.

Do you know about this series of photos?

- No. Where'd they come from?

- Yeah, exactly.

While I was waiting for you, I noticed one thing:

this is the only series of photos in which the photographer is anonymous.

Don't you find that odd?

- Mmm... yes? - ((Yeah!))

and as I love my woman and know she doesn't like when things are odd,

I went to see the person in charge of the exhibition.

And it’s not who took them— but guess what?

LAUGHS - Wait, are you doing my "job" here?

You wanted me to be interested in your work.

But I'm not the first to find it odd.

Apparently during the opening, the Arles Queen

found her and asked questions about this series.

She was apparently upset.

- Okay. - Hmm.

- Is that really...

Is it her there? But younger?

- Yes! It's her!

I'd completely forgot about that. - But- what, did you know her?

- No! Well, I was on set, I wanted to be an extra.

I met her once or twice.

- This photo is amazing.

Alex, can I ask you a question?

- Oh my. LAUGHS Yes, your ladyship.

LAUGHS - Stop!

- Go ahead, ask me, I bet it converns Giacomo.

- Who could've taken these photos?

- Oh, no.

Maybe you can tell me. Once I saw Aline

in the arms of a guy, he had a camera, maybe it's him.

They seemed very in love. - You're sure?

- Oh yes, it was obvious that they were together.

- And what was he like?

I don't know, I didn't see him up close.

Uh... medium height, brown hair.

SARAH: OK, thanks- ALEX: Wait, Sarah. Um...

You have to be honest with me.

- Wow, fine, it's very very serious here! Yeah, I don't know.

I feel like we don't see each other anymore.

When was the last time we spent time together as a couple?

- Well, here!

No, I know, but- but- it's just

work takes up a lot of my mind, and after that—

- It's not just that, Sarah,

even when you're here, you're not with me.

We're getting married!

I hope you don't expect anything more than what I can offer you.

- (No. No.)

- Well, we didn't find anything in Brunet's garden.

- So, I learned Aline was in love with a

photographer during the filming of the western.

He took this photo.

LUCAS: Wait, is that Aline? SARAH: Yes.

LUCAS: They're in front of a stable?

- Exactly. Like in the little note found on the victim.

((Maybe- )) maybe it was their sanctuary.

- Okay, very good, it's progress. We just need to find the stable.

You don't want to know how much work that is,

there may be 200 stables in the Camargue.

Pffft... I don't really know what to do.

- I know!

Yes, while you talk, I'm working!

Mainly, I make others work.

I asked the technical teams if it was possible to geolocate a photo.

- And so?

- 'And so,' thanks to small digital markers called EXIF data-

- Abbreviate! Too long, Marianne! - Oh, a stub, a stub!

- So I cross-checked with the archives—

—I know, I'm really good at what I do—

CHUCKLING —makes people mad.

Filming in 2017 was done on the Brunet family's land.

- Pardon? - Why didn't you start with that?

- Commander, you're the one who always starts at the end,

if you know what I mean.

- No. - (Ah.)

- Me neither.

- Well, you're both blind. LAUGHS

I'll let you think about that...

- Let's go? - Yes.

HORSE WHINNIES

DOG BARKING

. . .

HORSE NICKERS

LUCAS: That's it right there, yeah.

. . .

METALLIC CLANG

WHINNY

- Oh shit.

- We disturbed someone.

- Well...

LUCAS: Well one thing for sure already is that it's not Aline.

- Show me that shirt.

SARAH: Holy cow. LUCAS: Oh fuck.

- It's Giacomo.

Giacomo.

I don't know how I missed this.

- You thought he was on the run, not dead. - Hmm.

- I found this in his clothes.

FORENSICS: Probably the murder weapon.

- It's the same dagger. - That's not the most interesting thing.

FORENSICS: Look—

—see this cut? LUCAS: Yeah?

- The fatal blow was struck on the same part of the body as on Julien Brunet.

- What? - Hold on—

—the cases are linked! MOBILE VIBRATES

MOBILE VIBRATES

Yes, Marianne?

- Thank you. - My pleasure.

LUCAS: It's going to be complicated keeping Rémy Brunet in custody a little longer.

SARAH: I don't understand, they dug up Giacomo's body on his land!

- No, forget it, Marianne checked,

7 years ago during the filming, he was in Brussels, that's a dead end.

- But we have his fingerprints on the steering wheel!

- I don't understand anything anymore, it's annoying!

In any case, it wasn't him who dug up the skeleton, he was in custody.

Could it be Aline? - Who else?

- I should do something, Giacomo was murdered and you have me looking at suits.

- Because we're getting married you have nothing to wear, Alex.

Do you know of any enemies Giacomo had? - No.

Well...

Giacomo was a bit of a pain with women, he never had enough of them,

so of course he didn't only make friends.

- And what was he like with Aline?

- I don't know, I never saw them together.

- (Okay.)

- Look at this suit! I'm warning you right now,

I'm not dressing up like a penguin.

- You would be handsome in that. - But look!

- This is Lucas's style, not mine. Did he recommend this site to you?

- (Please, don't start that again.)

And why do you need to ask his opinion every time?

What's your obsession with this guy?

Tell me now, is he your "petit bourgeois" fantasy?

- I remind you, Lucas is my witness.

And yeah, sometimes I wish you would make yourself beautiful for me,

especially on our wedding day.

It seems obvious to me, but it doesn't even occur to you.

You complain we never go out,

that we don't do little things together,

but what are you actually doing to change that?

Nothing.

Just because we've known each other since middle school

doesn't mean you don't need to seduce me anymore.

I need to dream, to be thrilled, to- to-

I need to be surprised!

You don't understand.

SHE SIGHS

Don't wear a suit.

SHE OPENS DOOR

DOOR CLOSES

I've known Alex for so long.

I don't know if I'm marrying him for love, or for convenience.

When he proposed, uh...

I said 'yes'...

I didn't question it, it seemed obvious to me.

And then...

faced with reality...

I feel lost.

I feel like...

I don't feel anything anymore.

- No, you know that's not true.

- You're freaking out. It's understandable. - Hmm.

- You also want everything to be perfect.

- But it should be, right?

- See, I blame myself too.

I shouldn't have given you advice he'd definitely take badly.

- It's me who's sorry, Lucas.

I shouldn't have involved you so much in my marriage.

- Hey; everything's all right. Okay?

I am very happy for you, and

You'll see, it'll be a magnificent wedding.

- Mm-hmm.

- (Yeah.)

- Thank you, Lucas.

DOLORES: (All right?)

- (Yes. Yes, fine.)

- (I'm not ten anymore, Lucas. I see what's happening with Sarah.)

(You're not clear with your feelings.)

- (I'm tired, that's all.)

(She's a friend, nothing more.)

- (Stop it.)

(How long are you going to keep lying to yourself?)

- I know it's been a while, but if you can tell me

everything you remember about the person it would help me.

- (Here.)

- Thanks.

MARIANNE: Well, about the person or

anything that could've happened on this shoot...

- I thought about what we said yesterday about Giacomo's theft of the jewelry.

What if Brunet's prints were fake too?

SARAH: Put there to lead us on a false trail?

- Yeah, I think so.

- We're talking about fingerprint transfer.

I need to check with Forensics if that's it.

- It's Machiavellian,

do you think Aline can do that? - Hmm.

I don't know. But there's the theory that an accomplice helped her get away.

- I'm leaning to this photographer she was in love with.

- Yeah, maybe. And we still lack a link between the two crimes.

- I don't know what it's worth, but Alex said Giacamo was the pushy type with women.

Maybe he went too far with Aline, I don't know.

- Was it the same with Julien Brunet? It's possible.

- Okay, thanks, have a nice day.

This guy, the production director of the western— a charmer—

—told me about a photographer who snuck onto the set,

a 'Willy.' They fired him several times, but the guy always came back.

And then, he's in a relationship with guess who?

- Uh, Aline? - Bingo.

- So okay:

if Aline and this photographer were in a relationship during the shoot,

LUCAS: He would know about

the insistent advances by Giacomo.

Okay. Let's imagine. Stand up, Sarah.

- Uh, no, we'll go with Marianne.

Ahem. You're a couple, okay, it's crazy love.

- Keep going, I'm interested.

- You learn that someone is hanging around your sweetheart,

you're furious with him, I imagine.

- Oh, you have no idea! No one touches my Mi-mi. Rrowr!

- Despite this anger he continues his harassment.

- Oh. Well, I kill him.

It's not complicated.

- Mmm.

Well, the photographer is sick with jealousy.

- We say 'pathological possessive.'

I know you're surprised, but I've been to therapy, so, I have some knowledge.

- Continue.

Without talking too much about your personal life, okay?

- Okay. The pathological possessive is a fragile person,

who in a relationship is overprotective of the person they love.

Beneath a benevolent and often sensible appearance hides a flaw:

Narcissistic, and a lot of suffering.

- Could they kill?

- Uh... Yes.

- So he killed Giacomo and Julien Brunet to protect Aline?

- We'll have to release his brother.

I'm going to Forensics,

I need to understand this fingerprint thing, it could be a clue.

- I'm coming with you. - No, I'm going alone.

We know his first name, he made a career in photography.

Search all the photographers in the region, okay?

SARAH: Lucas!

What's been going on since this morning?

You avoid me, you don't look at me.

What's the problem?

What, talk, you're not leaving me like this.

I feel like you're not telling me something.

Is it Caroline? You saw her again and... GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION

- Why are you talking about Caroline?

I know you saw each other again, she told me, it's cool.

- This is crazy. On one hand you push one of your girlfriends at me,

now you're giving me a fit of jealousy?

- I'm not throwing a fit of jealousy, that's ridiculous!

- Ridiculous? Okay, well, I'm sorry, I can't be your witness.

- Pardon?

Why are you saying this?

- 'Why'? Are you blind, or what?

We're lying to ourselves. We say that we're the best friends in the world, well-

- 'Well'? What?

What?

- What do you want to hear?

That I'm in love with you?

Yes! There, I'm in love with you.

HE SIGHS

♪ DON'T START NOW ♪ BY DUA LIPA

. . .

- No, no photographers in the region who answer to 'Willy.'

- Go back to 2017 online, the year Giacomo died.

If he wanted to become known, maybe he entered an amateur photo contest.

MARIANNE: Well, here's a photo contest, but it's for pros.

- Well, I have his profile, it shouldn't have scared him.

RESTRICTED ACCESS

KNOCKS

- Guillaume?

- Do you have names of those who entered? - No, but I have the winners.

- Hold on: the Forensics technician? - Mm-hmm. 'Guillaume Morel.'

- (Oh fuck!)

DOOR OPENS IN DISTANCE

PC WAKEUP BEEP

DOOR CLOSES

IMPACT, THUD. LUCAS GROANS

RAPID FOOTSTEPS

FAINTLY Lucas!

. . . Lucas! Please! Lucas!

NORMAL VOLUME Lucas!

Are you all right? Huh? Slowly.

- It's Guillaume. - (I know.)

- Wow...

GROANS

- We need to find Aline. - (I know.) Lucas: (easy.)

(All right?)

Can you get up? - (Yeah. Yeah.)

GLASS BREAKING

LUCAS: Nobody here.

- Wow.

SARAH: Lucas?

In his file I saw that his mother abandoned him and his father.

- Maybe his feeling of abandonment fed his savior syndrome.

'Bastide des Alpilles.' - Maybe where he spent his childhood?

- Okay. This house has been for sale for a year and is completely unoccupied.

- The perfect place to hide someone.

- Let's go!

LUCAS: Yeah, we need an intervention team to

the Bastide des Alpilles, it's on the Route de Maussane.

MOREL: Put on your shoes, we're leaving!

ALINE!

- Where are we going, Willy? - Don't ask questions!

Come on, come on! Hurry up!

Take this! Shit!

HEY! WHAT'RE YOU PLAYING AT?

SHOT

- Shit!

ALINE PANTING

HE BREATHES HARD

(Hurry up.)

DOOR BANGS OPEN

- (Don't move!) HE PANTS

- (Go ahead.)

SHOT

- DON'T COME CLOSER, I KILL HER!

Come here! SHE GASPS

- PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON! - DO WHAT SHE SAYS!

- FUCK OFF!

- Do it, put down your weapon!

- Willy!

- You're not going to kill her.

- And why not? After all, I did it for her! SHE GASPS

We could have forgotten the past, no?

- That's why you sent your pictures to the gallery, so she'd think about you again?

STAY CALM!

- That was a mistake, it's true.

- Aline! What happened with Brunet at the arena?

SHE SOBS Tell me.

ALINE: He found an SOS Camargue leaflet, he was suspicious.

He looked in my bag while i was changing.

He found the speech I was going to read for my investiture.

ALINE REMEMBERS JULIEN: Looking for this?

How dare you denounce me when I'm the one who offered you your crown?

A crown you don't even deserve!

My brother Rémy is behind this?

- You're disgusting, you betrayed everyone—

—my father, me. Why? For more money? You're pathetic!

I don't want to be Arles Queen anymore. I won't let you take the house.

Everyone will know who you are.

SHE GASPS

- Raise another hand to her and I'll kill you.

- Who are you? What do you want?

Clear off, or I'll call security.

That your new Prince Charming?

Try to denounce me, and I swear I will destroy you and your father.

- Let me go, you're hurting me!

STAB. JULIEN CRIES OUT

GASPS IN PAIN, GRUNTS

. . .

BAND MUSIC. CROWD NOISE

- (It will never end!) - Aline!

He was going to hurt you! - Shut up!

I don't want to hear any more from you! I don't need to be protected!

This time I won't be silent! Let go!

HE GRUNTS FROM EFFORT. SHE CRIES OUT

HORSE WHINNIES

. . .

- When she fell I thought she was dead.

IN THE PRESENT

SHE WIMPERS

- So, you found a trunk to put her in,

waited for us to arrive, and you discreetly mingled with the crowd, right?

You kept the love note, you put it in Julien Brunet's pocket.

You've been carrying it around all this time?

- In any case, hiding Aline made her the ideal suspect.

That was the proof of her guilt, the same as with Giacamo.

- I just wanted her to stay close to me.

. . .

We've been connected from the start, connected.

- OK. But now you're going to let her go.

- I saved her twice!

What's she given me? - Please Willy, please let me go.

You were my first love, I know you always wanted the best for me.

I haven't forgotten.

(It's all my fault!) I should never have hidden Giacomo's crime.

Let me go. (Please.)

- Guillaume, she's right.

If you love her, please let her go.

- No no no! Don't do that! Stay with me!

It was when you were alone with the photos.

You put us on the trail of your first crime. You knew when you saw

the photo of the stable at the station.

Why kill Giacomo?

He wanted to rape Aline, right?

- Stay calm.

- He would've done it if I hadn't been there.

He was a bastard, like the other one.

I- I just wanted to protect her.

- I know, you're not a bad guy.

You know what? Let's lower our weapons.

Sarah, put down your gun.

Put down your weapon.

Look.

There.

Now, both of us, okay?

Come on. Easy. Look at me. Look at me!

Come. (There.)

(Look at me.)

(Okay.)

Hands on head! Hands on head! On the ground!

On the ground! COME ON!

GRUNTS

ALINE: Dad! - Honey...!

CHURCH BELL TOLLS IN DISTANCE

MANUEL AND FANFAN LAUGH NERVOUSLY

- What's she doing? - I'll go find her, huh?

- I'll go.

Sarah!

What are you doing? Everyone is waiting for you. Come on!

- No.

- What, 'no'?

- I know you want the best for me, but

I listened to you and I forgot myself. If I don't stop, I miss out on my life.

- Well, this next part is your life.

- ((No.))

- You can't do that to Alex.

- I know it's going to be hard for him. For... everyone, believe me.

I'm so sorry!

- I made myself beautiful!

SHE LAUGHS

♪ DON'T START NOW ♪

. . .

- Your sister told me you'd be here.

. . .

msoustitres.blogspot.com