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Where are we?

For example, in a hotel.

What time is it?

I don't know.
It's not important.

What weather?

Cool summer.

Destroy, She Said

- We were there.
- Yes.

I tremble all the time.

I tremble all the time...

in a sort of
trembling uncertainty.

My name's Stein.
I'm a Jew.

Did you hear my name?

Yes. It's Stein.

It's very mild.

Today the balls thudded through
your head, your heart, didn't they?

Yes.

My wife's coming for
me in a few days.

We're taking a vacation.

I never imagined that.

- What else?
- Nothing.

You understand?
I didn't think anything.

My wife is very young.

She's a child.

- Her name?
- Alissa.

I thought you were a free man,
no attachments outside the hotel.

And now all of a sudden
Alissa makes an appearance.

In three days.

We've been married two years.

Alissa's with her family,
she goes there... every year.

She's been there
about ten days.

I hardly remember her face.

I've lived with various women.

I too have had the time.

And you?

Are you a writer?

I'm in the process of
becoming one, you see?

Yes.

- Always been like that?
- Yes.

How did you guess?

By the way you keep
asking questions.

Which get you nowhere.

Outside the grounds, six
miles or so from the hotel,

there's a very well-known view.

That's where they are
when the hotel's empty?

They always return by
dusk, have you noticed?

Anything besides the view?

I've never heard of
anything else.

Nothing, no.

Besides that, no.

Only the forest.

It's there all round us.

I only know the grounds.

I've stayed here.

At the end of the path,
there's a gate.

- You've noticed it?
- Yes.

They don't go in the forest.

You knew that too?

No.

I didn't know.

I'm alone too in
this hotel, you see?

I sleep badly.

I dread going to my room.

I toss and turn, my
thoughts wear me out.

Everyone here is tired,
had you noticed?

No children,

or dogs or papers
or television.

Is that why you're here?

No, it's the same to me
as anywhere else.

I'm like you,
I'm not sick, no.

This place has
memories for me.

I met a woman here.

She hasn't returned?

She must have died.

Among the explanations,
that's what I think.

But you return
hoping to find her?

No, I don't think so.

You mustn't think it
was a... no, no.

But she kept my attention
a whole summer.

That was all.

Why?

I couldn't say.

It was a question of me...

me and her together.

Telephone for Madame Alione.

Did you know the name?

Telephone for Madame Alione.

I must have known and
forgot. It didn't surprise me.

Alione, Elisabeth.

Maiden name: Villeneuve.

Born in Grenoble, 1931.

No occupation.

French.

Living in Grenoble.

Arrived July 2.

Here you are.

Next to her.

Thor, Max Thor.

Born in Paris, 1929.

Professor.

French.

Living in Paris.

Arrived July 4.

So we know something.

We're gradually
getting somewhere.

We know about Grenoble.

And the words:
Villeneuve, Elisabeth...

Villeneuve at eighteen.

She's read the same
novel for a week.

She must start, forget what
she's read, and start again...

with that book.

You think?

Would you like me to see?

I can allow myself to
do things you wouldn't do.

As you like.

It's nothing, right?

A bookrack novel.

- Nothing.
- That's what I thought.

Nothing.

Last night.

Last night when
I was outside,

I saw you at your desk
writing something.

Slowly, with difficulty.

Your hand hovered over
the page a long time.

Then started writing again.

And then suddenly
it gave up.

You stood up and
came out on the balcony.

I sleep badly. Like you.

- We sleep badly.
- Yes.

I listen.

To the dogs, the walls creaking.
Till my head spins.

Then I write something.

That's it.

- A letter?
- Perhaps.

In the dead of night,
in this empty hotel,

who to write to,
that's it.

The exciting things that happen
to us at night, you and me.

I walk the grounds.

Sometimes I hear my voice.

I've seen you sometimes.

Heard you too,
just before daybreak.

That's right. That's me.

The dogs in the distance,
and my voice.

Do you have it with you?

Yes.

"Madame,

I've been watching
you for ten days.

There's something about you
that fascinates me,

puts me in a turmoil, and
I can't make out what it is.

Madame, I'd like
to get to know you,

expecting nothing
out of it for myself."

How quiet it is.

Who'd believe our nights
are such an ordeal?

- You don't know anything?
- Nothing.

Only the face.
And the way she sleeps.

She doesn't get letters.

But someone telephones,
usually after her siesta.

She wears a wedding ring.

No one has come
to see her yet.

Alissa.

I'm impatient
for her to get here.

Are we leaving it here?

No one ever comes by here.
There's no name on it.

Are you leaving it for Alissa?

Perhaps.

For Alissa, yes.

What sort of people
are there here?

Invalids.

I suddenly noticed it
last Sunday.

Families come and then
leave in the evening.

There are no children.

That's true.

But you don't want
to leave right away?

Did I say that?

Yes, in the room,
when I arrived.

Oh, a few days.

But we could also
go right away.

Maybe you don't
feel like going away.

- You've traveled a lot already.
- It's not that.

I feel comfortable here.

Almost happy.

Almost happy?

Yes.

That's a fellow called Stein.

We talk sometimes.

Yes, he's a Jew, too.

True, it is pleasant here.

Especially with the grounds.

Where are the tennis courts?

Just outside,
right next to the hotel.

Then there's the forest.

Yes.

Is it dangerous?

How did you know?

I'm looking at it.
I can see it.

Why is it dangerous?

I don't know.

Why?

Because they're
afraid of it.

Alissa.

I haven't got to know anyone.

Except Stein.

Stein.

Did you say something
about being "happy"?

Yes.

Happy in this hotel.

Happy. How strange.

I'm rather surprised myself.

- Why's that woman crying?
- How did you know?

That often happens
when there are visitors.

You're tired.

I don't sleep.

Sometimes the silence
stops one sleeping.

- The forest, the silence?
- Perhaps.

- The hotel room?
- That too.

What do you do all day?

Nothing.

Sometimes I talk
with this Stein.

You don't read?

I pretend to.

You seem happy.

It might be an idea
to stay on a few days.

You didn't tell me
Alissa was insane.

I didn't know.

The woman I've sought here
for so long is Alissa Thor.

There's something
here that troubles me,

and intrigues me.

I can't make out what it is.

I don't try to understand,
you see, I don't try.

Maybe it has to do
with old desires,

the dreams of childhood.

Write it down, perhaps.

I start to read every night.

I don't write.

Alissa.

He was waiting for you.

He was counting the days.

He couldn't
picture your face.

What had become
of Alissa?

Where was she?

She was still in the room.

That's what I know.

And on the grounds already.

You were already
on the grounds.

There's no point
in suffering, Alissa.

Never again.

No one.

No point.

Stein sleeps on the grounds.

All over the place.

I want you so much.

He wants you so much.

He loves you so much.

- Who's the book about?
- Max Thor.

- What does he do?
- Nothing.

Someone's watching.

- What?
- Tennis.

- A woman?
- Yes. Preoccupied.

- By what?
- The void.

- Who's watching her?
- Stein.

Max Thor writes
what Stein watches.

For example, that woman?

For example, yes.

Alissa? It's Stein.

Stein.

Yes, I'm here.

I don't know you, Alissa.

He realized here he couldn't
imagine life anymore without you.

You're part of me, Alissa.

Your fragile body
is part of mine.

And I don't know you.

You can't talk to me,
can you?

No.

So...

this is the first time

between him and me, that
it's been impossible to talk,

that he's hidden
something from me.

Yes.

He doesn't really know
what it is, does he?

He only knows everything
would go if you went.

Stein, read for me.

"Alissa knows.

But what?"

I wrote it for you, before
I knew you'd guessed.

Look, Stein.

Look for me.

He isn't with her?

Yes.

Is he talking to someone?

No, no one.

He never talks to anyone.

You can't get
a word out of him.

He only speaks
when spoken to.

A whole part of him is mute.

He's sitting waiting.

We make love.

Every night we make love.

I know.

You leave the window
open and I see you.

He leaves it open for you.

- To see us.
- Yes.

- Do you see us?
- Yes.

You don't say anything.

Every night I wait.

Silence clamps you
to the bed.

The light stays on and on.

One morning they'll
find you both

melted into a
shapeless lump like tar.

No one will understand,
except me.

Where did you meet Alissa?

Asleep,
in one of my lectures.

- Fine.
- Fine.

That's what most
of my students do.

I've forgotten
everything I know.

Ah, fine.

Did you want Alissa
as soon as you saw her?

No.

I didn't want anyone.

- And you?
- Me?

As soon as she walked
through the door.

Total destruction will
come first through Alissa.

Through youth.

Yes.

Inevitably.

You were right in the sun.

I can sleep right in the sun.

I can't.

It's a habit.

It's cold where I come from.

A cold place?

Yes.

I can never get enough sun.

You've just arrived.

No.

I've been here three days.

You've never seen me?

In fact I can't see a thing.

I usually wear glasses.

- But not here?
- No.

I'm here convalescing.

She came to
my place one night.

Convalescing?

Alissa was eighteen.

A confinement
that went wrong.

In the bedroom
Alissa isn't any age.

No.

I take sedatives.
I sleep all the time.

It must have been a shock.

I couldn't sleep anymore.

It had been a
difficult pregnancy.

Very.

You think about it a lot?

I don't know.

I'm not supposed to,
you see.

Was someone there?

It could only be Stein,

if it's anyone.

Stein?

Yes.

You didn't know him.

Soon they'll be coming
back from their walk.

Yes.

She looks at the void.

Yes, but well.

She looks at the void well.

I wish I could wake up.

You were told to walk
for a bit every day?

A half hour, yes.

There's no reason why not.

We could go for a walk
together if you like.

It's early yet.

The young doctor I saw first

wanted me to go somewhere
cheerful with lots of people.

But my husband
thought he was wrong.

And you?

I did as they wanted.
All the same to me.

Over there.

You play?

No.

The confinement was...

I mustn't exert myself.

Do you go in the forest?

No.

Not on my own.

Have you seen it?

Not yet. I've just arrived.

Of course.

Perhaps you're ill too?

No.

We're here by mistake.

We thought it was
just an ordinary hotel.

- What is the time?
- I don't know.

I like it here.

Look.

Did you want
the child very much?

Well... it was
my husband really.

I was very afraid
he'd be disappointed.

Afraid he'd detach from me
because the child was dead.

But the doctor told me
not to talk about it.

- You listen to him?
- Yes. Why?

You needn't listen to anyone.

Do as you like.

I don't want to.

You can't hear
the tennis anymore.

Would you like to
come in the forest?

I'd rather
stay on the grounds.

I'm here. Don't be afraid.

I couldn't go.

You're afraid of me.

- No, it's not that.
- What?

It terrifies me.

You can't see it.

No.

You were afraid of me.

Just a little.

But you were afraid
nonetheless.

You're very strange.

Who are you?

There was someone there.

- Where?
- There.

People don't talk
to one another here.

What about you?

I'm rather shy.

Anyway I'm not bored.

The time goes fast.

Not much longer now.

How long?

A week...

And then my husband visits
sometimes, with my daughter.

- She was here yesterday.
- Yes.

I saw her. Quite grown-up.

Fourteen years old.

She still looks like you.

What do you mean?

She walks like you.

She watched tennis the way
you did when you were crying.

That was nothing.

It was because of her.

Anita.

I miss her.

Come on.

Just come for a stroll.

Will we let her go into the
forest with Alissa?

No... no.

I don't have children yet,
I haven't been married long.

You've got plenty of time.

Is your husband here?

Yes.

He's alone, his table
is last on the terrace.

With glasses?

That's right.

But he's been here
a long time, right?

He arrived a couple
days after you.

Does he look rather sad?

When he's not talking, yes.

He's a Jew.
Can you recognize Jews?

Not very well.

My husband can
tell at once, even when...

Yes?

There's another
man with him, Stein.

He's a Jew too.

I came to pick him up.
We're going on vacation.

- Where are you going?
- We don't know in advance.

Stein.
Elisabeth Alione.

Let me introduce
my husband, Max Thor.

Elisabeth Alione.

We were looking for you
to take a walk in the forest.

Elisabeth Alione
is afraid of the forest.

We can stay on the
grounds in that case.

Choose.

I'd like to
go into the forest.

No.

Let's stay on the grounds.

To go back to what we were
saying, total destruction.

Middle class background.

The husband
must have a business.

She married very young and
had the daughter at once.

She became frightened.

She's terrified.

She says nothing?

Nothing.

She recites.

She recites that she's terrified
of being abandoned.

Even the baby who died.

There must have been
something else.

When she says, "I sleep,"

I see her sleeping,

and you watching her.

You?

Yes, as well.

We're meeting her
tomorrow, after her nap.

She accepted?

Yes.

What did you talk about?

A walk by the view,
Stein talked about it.

Your hair.

Your childlike hair.

Has he noticed?

I believe.

He hasn't said anything yet.

I cut it myself.

It was lying all over
the bathroom.

He must have stepped on it.

I exclaimed.

I did exclaim.

I heard him exclaim.

But he said nothing.

I thought you cried out
for some other reason.

- For what reason?
- Impatience.

I love you.

What will become of us?

I don't know.

We don't know.

No, we don't know.

She's getting used to us.

She said,

"Stein is a man
who inspires confidence."

And about him?

Nothing.

I kept crying.

I cried all the time.

I'm talking about it again.

I guess I can't help myself.

If you weren't a
strong sort of person,

it might have
been dangerous, no?

I'm not a strong person.

You're wrong.

Who says?

They say.

And I agree.

The doctors?

Yes.

Things could happen here
that normally wouldn't.

I don't understand.

You think?

Because of your suffering,

other women than you might
get into some scrape or other.

Oh no, not me!

No one has appeared yet,

except us sometimes.

They're late.

We said five o'clock.

I've kept you from
your walk. I'm sorry.

Especially as my
husband didn't phone.

Is it always your
husband who phones?

Someone else did call
when I first came,

but I hung up.

Good heavens.

We're... very different.

Yes.

I'm happy
with my husband too,

but probably
in a different way.

How?

Max Thor's a writer?

Well...

he's in the process of
becoming one.

Why?

I don't know,
it's what I thought.

He's a professor.

I was one of his students.

Who is Stein?

I can't talk about Stein.

I understand.

No.

You're very blunt.

It's the thought of Stein.

It was just the thought
of Stein's existence.

There they are.

- We're late.
- Not very.

How was the view?

We couldn't find it.

Well...

- Shall we play?
- Yes.

- Is hearts all right?
- Yes.

- What are we playing?
- We said... - Right.

- Did you get your phone call?
- No. I'm so sorry.

- Your turn, Mr. Thor.
- Sorry.

You're feeling well?

I'm feeling better.

I sleep less, I could
almost go home.

Don't you like it here?

Oh, it's all right, but...

Why don't you phone and ask
your husband to come get you?

The three weeks will
be up in four days.

And does that seem so long?

No.

But you're leaving
soon too, aren't you?

In a few days.

I don't know Grenoble.

What do you do in summer?

When my daughter was little
we used to go to Brittany.

Now we go to the South.

- I'd like to know Anita.
- So would I.

She's difficult.

She's going through an
awkward phase. It'll pass.

- She's rude.
- Rude?

Yes, especially to me.

She wouldn't work.

But her father
put his foot down.

What did her father do?

Yes, what
did her father do?

Oh...

He wouldn't let her go out
for a while. That's all.

That made her work?

No.

You're good at cards.

We play sometimes at
Grenoble, among friends.

- On Sunday afternoon?
- That's right.

That's what you do
in the provinces.

Talk about Anita.

A very affectionate
child, really.

I expect she'll suffer.

She'll suffer?

I'm a bad judge.

All your family
lives in Grenoble?

Yes, mostly.

We don't live in Grenoble
itself, but on the outskirts.

- Stein wins.
- It's nothing.

- Pardon.
- Pardon.

That's a funny way to play.

I haven't played like that.

Never?

We don't know
how to play cards.

But...

You're not playing?

Our house is on the Isère.

The Isère river.

- Isolated?
- Yes, how did you know?

Alissa's traveled a lot.

- You go to Paris every year?
- Yes, in October.

In October in Paris there's
the automobile show.

Yes.

We go to the theater too.

Oh, I know...

I don't like Paris.

Not at all.

Not at all.

All our plans are
changed this year.

We still don't know
where to go.

-That's true?
- Yes.

You usually go
to the sea?

No.

We pass by the beaches
every summer.

But we don't stop.

- That's true?
- Yes.

So...

You've known each
other a long time?

Yes. For four days.

The beach day and night,
it's boring, don't you think?

Yes.

I agree.

I suppose you go abroad?

Usually, eh?

Yes, usually.

Last year, we went
to Italy with friends.

A doctor?

Yes.

You seem to know
a lot of doctors.

- Yes.
- They're interesting.

They talk about yourself.

And about painting.

You laugh?

Did you like Italy?

Yes.

But in July...

it's terribly hot.

I can't stand the heat.

And the food?

Yes.

I'm so sorry.

We went to...

- To?
- To?

Where?

- To Venice.
- To Venice?

- Or Naples?
- Or Rome?

- Or Florence?
- Or Venice?

Or Rome?

No, yes... I don't
know anymore.

We went to Venice.

Rome... we came
back through Rome.

That's it,
back through Rome.

It's not possible.

Am I wrong?

Completely.

Elisabeth Villeneuve.

At eighteen years.

For days and days

I've watched you.

I think it was in
the hotel grounds.

He stood before her...

and watched her.

What could come of it?

Desire.

Stein... he still
doesn't understand.

It's the same...
love, desire.

That's true.

It's become the same.

Good.

Yes.

Your turn again.

You see.

Try again.

I can't, what about Alissa?

They're thinking of
something else.

Look at them.

I can't.

You see? I told you so.

You did it purposely?

No.

Again.

No.

Cheat.

- I want you to.
- No.

There.

My husband's
coming tomorrow.

We've lost the game.

Were we really playing?

I was wrong.

My husband is coming
for me right away.

Actually I haven't been so
bored here since I met you.

I was almost disappointed
when he said he'd come.

You've been
very kind to me.

If you like,

we could
take a walk now.

In the forest.

You seemed
very anxious to.

Why did you telephone?

To see if he'd agree.

I don't really know.

- You told him about us?
- No.

You hide things from him.

Oh, but it's not hiding
things not to tell him that.

That?

People one meets in hotels.

Where else
does one meet them?

He'll probably
never meet you.

So there was no reason
why I should tell him.

Who knows?

There'd be no point.

You're too different.

What did you say
on the phone...

for him to
come so quickly?

I don't really know myself.

I said I'd stopped
taking sleeping tablets.

I mentioned you.

Just vaguely. I said I played
cards with some of the others.

That's all.

I didn't actually ask
him to come right away.

Perhaps he
suddenly missed me.

He gets bored
when you're not there?

Perhaps.

No.

I must go in.
I have to pack.

Where are they going?

Into the forest.

Together?

- Always.
- Yes.

We're Alissa's lovers.

We love Alissa desperately.

Supposing I tried
to understand...

I'd like to love you.

You have to pack.

Don't count on
Alissa to help you.

I know.

What was that book
you never read?

I came to get it.

I dislike reading.

Why pretend to then?
No one else reads.

When you're alone...

to keep up appearances.

I didn't know.

Where are they?

They're leaving soon.
They can't be far.

In the forest?

Yes.

The book, I'll give it
to you if you like.

No.

You must throw it away.

You must throw away
the book.

- Really?
- Yes.

- I'll leave it?
- Yes.

- I'm afraid of Alissa.
- I know.

I'm afraid of
Alissa... afraid.

Maybe she's in the hotel.

Perhaps, yes.

Do you think she's
listening to us?

It's possible.

Your husband
arrives tomorrow.

At noon, he said.

What will become of you?

Nothing.

Like before.

You're sure?

We're leaving tomorrow too.

We may meet again
someday. Who knows?

We live in an
out-of-the-way place.

You have to make
a special trip.

We could make
a special trip.

You've made a great
impression on us.

Why?

I probably wouldn't
understand if you told me.

The young doctor, did he
talk to you like this?

He wrote.

Out of the blue,
he wrote me a letter.

Was there trouble?

He tried to...

Now he's left.

They said it was because of me.
They said horrible things.

It was the middle of
my pregnancy.

I'd been ill, and he came.

My husband was away.

He got into the
habit of coming.

Did they say
he'd killed the baby?

Yes.

My little girl.

It isn't true. The baby
died before it was born.

I showed my
husband the letter.

When?

After the confinement.

It was when he found
out I'd done it that...

that he realized nothing
would come of it.

Nothing.

How did he find out you
showed him the letter?

My husband
went to see him.

Or maybe he phoned.
I don't know.

You do believe me?

Yes.

What have you
got against me?

Nothing.

I'm thinking
about this story.

You became ill because you
showed your husband the letter.

You're ill because
of what you did.

What's the matter?

Disgust.

Disgust.

You want to make
me desperate?

Yes.

Don't say any more.

No, let's not talk
any more.

It's too late.

- For what?
- To kill you.

It's too late.

You've liked being
with us, haven't you?

That's why you phoned
for your husband to come.

I love my
husband, I think.

It's fascinating
to see how you live.

And terrible.

I realized you were interested
in me only because of that.

And that perhaps
you were right.

Who made you think of
this young doctor?

Stein, perhaps.

We'd love Stein if it
were possible to love.

I didn't say...

You meant to say Max Thor.

You made a mistake.

True.

How young you are.

We look alike.

Don't you think?

We're the same height.

So we are.

The eyes.

We have the same eyes.

Perhaps.

They watch us.

Your hair...
why did you cut it?

I don't know why.

Such lovely hair.

I knew you'd cut it
because of me.

We look very much alike.

How strange.

You're more
intelligent than me.

Not just now.

I love you.

And I desire you.

Your husband's just arrived.

He's looking for you outside.

Your daughter isn't there.

And where are the others?

Watching him.
They recognize him.

What are you afraid of?

I'm not afraid.

They're moving away
from him.

Disgust, I suppose.

We knew each
other as children.

Our families were friends.

We knew each
other as children.

Our families were friends.

Yes.

If you'd loved him...

If you'd loved someone once,

just once in your life,

you'd have loved the others.

Stein, Max Thor,
all the others.

It'll happen later,
other times.

And it won't be you,
or them, or me.

Stein says you're insane.

Stein will say anything.

True.

We're having lunch together.
Didn't you know?

Whose idea was that?

Stein's.

But... but why?

He didn't say.

Your husband's waiting
by the tennis courts.

We're all to meet
in ten minutes.

Your husband's agreed.

Love...

My love.

Stein.

Last night I spoke
your name, Alissa.

- In your sleep.
- Yes.

Alissa.

Your name woke me up.

I was outside.

You were both asleep.

The room was in a mess.

You were asleep
on the floor.

He had come and gone
to sleep beside you.

I was looking for you.

We don't know where
to go with him there.

True.

We'll be in Grenoble...

...by about five.

I'm very glad
to have met you.

Because of you,
Elisa wasn't bored here.

All alone,
I couldn't believe it.

Elisa is a woman who couldn't
bear being alone, not at all.

Every time I had to go away
there was a scene.

Wasn't there, Elisa?

I'm going mad.

What is it?

And is she often alone?

You mean, without her
husband? Yes, quite often.

But one of the family
always comes.

Still, it's never too late.

How?

In the end, it was
her idea to come here.

Hers alone.

Just like that.

She realized she ought
to make the effort.

That's true.

It's me.

I was...

so tired.

Were you bored here?

A bit, in the evening.

No.

I wasn't bored.

When boredom
takes a certain form...

Yes?

You were going to say
something interesting.

What form were
you thinking of?

When it's part
of a timetable, say,

you don't notice it.

If it's not noticed,
not named,

it can take some
curious turns.

There's something
in what you say.

What turns, for example?

Impossible to predict.

Completely.

What will become of you?

Pardon?

Who are you?

Jews... German Jews.

That's not what I...

that's not the point.

I think it must have been.

What's going on?

We all feel the same.
All four of us.

She's gone to be sick.

I'm the only one eating...

Go on. It doesn't matter.

I thought I'd find her
in better shape today.

I expect she told you
about it... a stupid accident...

It was more of an emotional
shock for her than anything.

A woman feels that
sort of thing as a failure.

We men can't
really understand...

Yes, well...
time we were off.

I'll go find her.

By the time the luggage
gets downstairs...

and I've paid the bill...

- Where are you vacationing?
- Leucate.

Perhaps you know it?

I'm interested in the Languedoc
development scheme.

I'm not like my wife, I can't
spend my vacation idle.

- Leucate.
- Yes.

- Leucate.
- Leucate.

Leucate.

Yes.

Tell me...

You've seen her more
recently, what is it that...?

Fear.

It will be terrible.
It will be frightful.

And she's beginning
to realize.

Who are you talking about?

Her, you, everyone.

About your destruction.

I didn't realize...

You're all crazy.

Now I see.

That illness, that doctor.

Yes, that doctor who died.

He didn't die.

I don't understand. Did she
tell you about the accident?

- What death did he choose?
- He didn't die.

Put that idea
out of your heads.

For Elisa, it was just the
death of the little girl.

The rest, no.

The idea!

Has she told you about us?

No, not yet.

We haven't left her
for four days.

- Elisabeth.
- It's no use calling.

Don't pay attention to
what Stein says.

Sit down.

She's coming.

They're all out for the day.

- Has she told you about us?
- No, not yet.

But she will one day.

You must have noticed,
she's very reserved, very...

for no reason at all...

even with me, her husband.

When she asked to come
here, didn't she say why?

Mind your own business.

What did she tell you?

She must have told him she
had to be alone a while,

long enough to
forget the doctor.

- Yes.
- Yes, that's it.

Now she has forgotten.

Here she is.

Where did you find her?

They knew each other
as children.

Their families were friends.

Yes.

You're all remarkably
interested in her.

- Yes.
- Yes.

- Might one ask why?
- Literary reasons.

So my wife's a...

- a character in a novel?
- A perfect one.

Is it you, Monsieur
Thor, who's...

who's the writer?

- No.
- No.

No.

I don't see what you
could find to say about her.

Novels aren't stories anymore,
that's why I don't read them.

Were you sick?

- Yes.
- What was it like?

Pleasant.

Fine, fine.

Did you sleep?

No.

Did you see her eyes?

Yes.

What is your work?

Real estate development.

It's starting again.

You know,

we could love you too.

- Really love you.
- We could.

True.

We must go.

But you're sick, if we...

It's only the beginning.

It's just the beginning, yes.

We must go.

- She's said it.
- Yes. They must go.

Don't be cross with her.

Don't be cross with her
because we're what we are.

I told him you can't
be cross with me,

and I didn't lie.

Right?

What about you?
What do you teach?

History of the future.

Is it very different?

There's nothing left,
so I don't say anything.

The students sleep.

Are there still children?

Only children.

Wonderful.

And Blum,
what do you teach?

Nothing.

Nothing, neither does she.

Sometimes, Blum teaches
the Rosenfeld theory.

Never heard of it.

Arthur Rosenfeld.
He's dead.

He was a child.

- How old?
- Eight.

Alissa knew him.

Yes, by the sea.

Look at them.

They're children already.

Anything's possible.

Her name's Alissa, the
other two are her lovers.

Did you want to
see her again?

Yes. Again.

The phone call, did she
explain about it?

No.

She began to notice we were
interested in her, you see?

She couldn't stand it.

It seemed incredible
she didn't guess.

There was a beginning...

Like a shudder... no.

- A crack...
- Physical.

Yes.

The tennis courts are empty.
So are the grounds.

Not a person around.

- Before, there were many.
- Many, yes.

Look...

This calm...

this foliage...

it's not bad.

We must go.

What's the hurry?

No hurry.

None at all.

Let's not separate.

Come into the forest.

- Let's not separate.
- No.

Why in the forest?

It's classified as a
historic monument.

With us.

A few steps.

Enough to see.

Alissa.

You're wrong.

It's difficult.

So difficult.

You're wrong.

Destroy.

What did she say?

She said destroy.

We must go now.

Yes.

Go.

Yes, but Alissa's crying.

No, she's resting.

I've drunk too much,
I didn't realize.

Fine, fine.

Where are you going?

- Back... I think.
- Where?

Here?

Together?

She could have
loved you... you too.

- Anything's possible.
- Yes.

How can you live with her?

He doesn't live with her.

There's no one but us?

Yes.

You'd been watching
me for ten days.

Something about me
fascinated you,

put you in a turmoil.

An interest that you
couldn't quite make out.

Nature.

That's true.

Yes.

We could stay, if you like.

For a day.

No.

Last night, when
you were sleeping,

you spoke her name. Elisa.

You spoke her name. Elisa.

Tenderly and lovingly.

She told you,
"I wasn't sleeping."

I was pretending
to sleep.

For days and days...

I've watched you.

I think it was in
the grounds, yes.

I stood there, watching her.

She woke up.

Yes, that's it.

I answered you.

But you were sound asleep.

You didn't hear.

Maybe we shouldn't have
gone into the whole thing.

Elisabeth Alione?

It wouldn't have
made any difference.

What could have come of it?

Your desire,
or death by Alissa.

What could come of it?

We don't have
any choice now.

Would she have gone
into the forest with Alissa?

- What do you think?
- Yes.

She belongs to
whoever wants her.

She feels
whatever they feel.

In a few days she would have
yielded to Alissa's desire.

- It was a strong one.
- Yes.

But not clear.

No. Alissa would have
found out in the forest.

It will be easy to find them.

She'll be glad to see us.

We'll say we stopped there
on our way to Spain,

that we like it and
have decided to stay.

Yes, that we've
decided to stay there.

It's on our way.

Yes, on our endless voyage.

Are you happy, Stein?
Are we happy?

Yes, very.

We are happy.

Alissa sleeps well.

- Our sleep.
- Yes.

She dreams.

Her dreams,
she can't choose?

No.

Nor her power.

- Very big?
- Yes.

And free.

Did she say something?

No. Her mouth is open
but she says nothing.

Look, Stein, the sky.

Look.

How old is Alissa?

Eighteen.

- And when you met her?
- Eighteen.

The earth trembled.

Yes.

Does Alissa hear it?

Yes, she hears.

Is it coming from the forest?

Yes, from the forest.

Perhaps.

It's far away.

Still, it's coming
from the forest.

What pain.

What immense pain.
How difficult it is.

It has to get through...

Yes. Everything.

It will do it, it will
get through the forest.

Here it comes.

It has to fell trees,

knock down walls.

But here it is.

Nothing more to worry about.

Yes, here it is.

Music to the name of Stein.

Destroy, She Said