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Michel Seydoux

Elena Cavalier

Francoise VIDHOFF

PARADISE

Six hours later

It's still here.

In the fresh blue watercress.

That's all that's left.

Flint.

I'll come back in one year.

Will it still be here?

The place where my little darling

was kidnapped by others.

His tomb is there,

under those graceful trees

in the middle of the frame.

They say Coca-Cola can dissolve rust.

Nothing is dissolved.

That is nonsense!

You did an excellent tombstone.

It's going to last for years.

Water can flow,

trees grow. Anything!

It's fall and I'm coming back

on the grave of the little peacock.

Trees have been cut down!

Where is the little peacock's tomb?

Maybe here?

Here it is!

Saved!

Saved

I cleaned it,

and I'll cover it with snow

so that no one sees it.

Before the first sunny days,

when spring fills your soul with a mad desire.

There! Over there!

Yes, yes.

It's always over there anyway.

At the age of seven, you're sent to a boarding school

to learn Latin, read the Gospels.

Then you have to learn Greek to read Homer's "Odyssey".

Then they let you go,

Your head full of crazy, crazy images.

Written in the sand.

Flesh of my flesh.

Original sin.

Get up and walk.

Thigh of Jupiter.

Guardian angel.

Pandora's Box.

To give birth in pain.

Mid-life crisis

Love at first sight.

The Seventh Seal.

The mote and the beam.

Achilles' heel.

Wonderful catch.

Colossus with feet of clay.

Rosy dawn.

Ivory tower.

Blessed are the poor in spirit.

Proclaim upon the housetops.

The exterminating angel.

A pillar of salt.

The Spirit blows where it wills.

The flesh is weak.

The keys to paradise.

Swansong.

The promised land.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Close the gates.

Merchants in the temple.

Exodus.

To kill the fatted calf.

Ariadne's thread.

Worship the golden calf.

Garden of Eden.

Hungry years.

The foolish virgins.

Wheel of Fortune.

Sodom and Gomorrah.

Turn the other cheek.

Love thy neighbor as thyself.

Faith moves mountains.

Wrestling with the angel.

The Royal Way.

The Tower of Babel.

White Voices

Salt of the earth.

You can not serve God and Mammon.

Dust you are and to dust you shall return.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Tantalus’s punishment.

The Golden Fleece.

Jacob's Ladder.

Cornucopia.

Judas Kiss.

The Tower of Babel.

Last Judgment.

Poor as Job.

The Lost Sheep.

Way to Damascus.

Let him first cast a stone.

Labors of Hercules.

I'm walking

and suddenly I see in front of a house.

A man

He looks at me intently. I walk over to him,

He says: "My child is very sick"

I say, "I'll follow you."

He says, "No, don't enter my house!

I'm not worthy of it. "

"But how can I ...?"

"Tell me that you forgive me my sins."

"Me? To forgive someone's sins? "

In a hurry, I say: "Ok,

I forgive you your sins. Because you're sorry. "

And I enter his house.

I take the child in my arms.

I hold him for a long time.

And then I take him out of there

Just in time,

because around the house

a crowd of people had gathered.

They were pushing.

The walls were ready to fall.

They take my clothes,

tear them into pieces.

Pass them along, sell them.

They believe that they... will heal.

I'm a soldier.

I was cast away on my way back from the war,

Which I won by the way.

I want to go home. I don't know where I am.

Cleanse him thoroughly.

Anoint him with incense.

Give him a beautiful garment.

Make him dinner.

And then I'll come to him.

Maybe I'd rather have perished in a shipwreck,

than meeting her.

The woman who took me,

Who saved my life.

is an immortal goddess.

Her name is Calypso.

And she falls in love.

She even offers to make me immortal,

like her, forever young.

But I hesitate.

Mom, Mom, come to me.

Come out of your kingdom of the Dead.

And help me.

I am a prisoner of love.

I feel good.

But I keep thinking about my beloved wife, my beloved son,

about my little island.

Although I am so happy here.

Every moment is beautiful.

He's here? I hadn't seen him.

You can clear a little bit?

Yes. Here he is.

Here he is!

I'll send you an angel. You'll follow him.

He will take you to where you should be.

I AM WHO I AM.

I am the beginning and the end.

He separated heavens from the earth.

A couple lives naked.

In happiness,

Without ever dying...

On the condition they should not eat the fruits...

of a tree: the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

But one day, she eats the fruit and makes him taste it.

They suddenly look at each other.

And realise that they are naked.

A bit ashamed. They cover their nakedness.

The person who owns a garden, sees them and says:

"Why are you dressing?"

"You have tasted the forbidden fruit, I cast you away from my paradise."

I am furious.

I am mean.

I am cruel.

I am the devil.

God and I were once a single person.

Then we split up.

Sometimes we stick back together.

The other day I said to him:

"Listen, I've found a man

Who is incredibly generous,

Who is wonderful and who adores you,

and I will do everything so that he curses you. "

"Do whatever you want.

Just don't kill him. "

"He is always ready

always ready to give. "

"I burned down his house, his workshop.

His wife died.

I sent his children on a journey,

they got lost and were never found.

And now he is, on his knees, in front of you.

He tells you :

"You gave, you took.

Thy will be done.

I am your faithful servant. ' "

"I'll break your feet."

"Break my leg".

"I will cut off your ears."

"Cut them."

"I'll break your back."

"Break it".

"I'll tear your eyes out."

He goes to bed.

Doesn't eat anymore.

Moves as little as possible.

He doesn't ask for anything.

He's ready.

That same evening I talked about it to my wife.

She's a She-devil.

I told her: "I lost the argument, I cannot break him."

She replies: "Maybe you do it the wrong way?

"Make him a wonderful dinner".

"Your Marengo veal stew is really good.

"And with a good bottle of "Château Cheval Blanc".

"Tell him he's a God, flatter him. "

We've both noticed

that thy beloved Lord

gave you your health back.

Had rebuilt your house and your workshop.

But that your wife and children had not returned.

He gave you another wife.

You have seven children, four boys and three girls.

And we have seen,

on the moon

three little bunnies

eating plums, drinking a whole bunch of wine.

The noise and hubbub, Hamburg score,

even numbers, the weaker sex,

full moon, at your own risk

yours truly, an important bird, and the king and god,

crimson sunset, the cathode and anode,

stave, dancing on the stove,

guts, like a goat's milk,

fricassee, and that's it.

- What time is it now? - Noon.

- Who told you? - The tooth fairy.

- Where is it? - In the chapel.

- What is she doing? - She's making lace.

That's a girl.

Both here are in love with her.

But the girl is in love with him here.

He shouts: "Hurrah!"

And this guy: "Why? Why him? "

He is jealous.

It was...

one afternoon

my father told me: "We will go into the forest.

And we'll do a sacrifice.

We'll bring some wood, we'll find some more there.

So we take a cart of firewood,

We reach a clearing.

I told him, "We don't have any lamb for the sacrifice."

He said: "Don't worry."

I don't worry.

Suddenly, he takes me by the hand, very carefully,

and binds them behind me.

He lifts me up

and puts me on the pile of wood we had built.

He grabs a knife

and brandishes it, to kill me!

And he lowers it.

He drops it.

Unleashes my hands.

I look at him and say, "You've scared me!"

"I could not do otherwise," - he says.

"God had required this test.

He said: "You don't love ME enough.

Prove ME your love.

Sacrifice your son Isaac. "

I obeyed Him,

because I love Him.

Forgive me".

I didn't know what to say.

So actually

I had been scared,

because of what he did,

we don't love each other anymore.

This brought us apart.

I asked him, "Why didn't you hit me?"

"An angel stopped me."

I was on holiday with my parents.

Back then, I would still swim with armbands,

there was a swimming-pool.

my father came, laughing, he took me in his arms

and threw me into the pool.

I was not wearing my armbands.

I didn't know how to swim.

I stayed underwater for quite some time.

I really was drowning.

He realised it.

He was wearing Ray-bans, flip-flops,

Shorts, a T-shirt and so on.

Then he jumped into the pool

and he caught me.

This was a bad memory.

Because I wept for quite some time.

But this is my first memory.

I must have been five

It was in Provence.

A bluish memory.

I met my biological parents when I was 20.

I found them easily on the Internet.

In just a few hours, I had contacted them.

So my parents, my younger brother and I

decided to spend three weeks in South Carolina,

to meet them.

We first met my biological mother,

my brothers and sisters.

And my grandmother from my mother's side.

And then one came my biological father.

We did not expect it.

It was more difficult for him.

When I was born, he already had a family.

He had other children.

Therefore, he didn't know.

I guess it must have come as a shock,

When he learned 20 years later that he had a daughter.

He came, it was kind of him. He met us.

I remember when he came ... He was huge,

probably two meters tall.

Massively built.

He was an ex football player.

He got out of the car. We were all a bit scared.

He came up and gave me this bear.

He hides like a child.

He thinks I can't see him.

My name is Athena.

I am the daughter of the Lord of all gods: Zeus

He sent me to rescue this idiot

from the sumptuous clutches of Calypso.

I have to say,

that I invented the flute, the trumpet,

the potter's wheel, the plow, the rake,

ships, numbers, figures.

I turned ravens black. They used to be white,

One of them had brought some bad news.

I am the goddess of war,

but I reconcile enemies.

He hides,

thinking I can't see him.

It's very funny!

Don't look at me with those big eyes.

I like to disguise myself as an owl, that's all.

You're going to leave this island.

I've negotiated with Calypso.

We, the gods, have agreed upon it

during a big council

you're going to build a raft,

you'll put a sail on it

you'll go downstream.

They will bring you home.

I will protect you,

as I always have.

Athena! Athena!

I beg you, let me leave this life

in complete action, in complete freedom.

You're dreaming my dear, you're dreaming

Of finding a big hand, which guides you

Protects you.

Which lets you go and come back

There was once a prodigal son.

Who left his dad to go and see the world.

Who returned to his father, poor.

His father helps him and the son leaves again.

He comes back.

Until one day he cannot escape from his father's hands anymore.

I'm a bit sad you know. My time has come!

I have to go.

I will see old friends.

And you'll meet someone else.

Come on, come on.

How much for a single ticket with no return?

I can get you back among the living, if you want

It's going to be a bit expensive though,

because you have to pay for the boat and the smuggler.

You want to come back?

Yes.

Good.

It's the first time that I organise a return

and make so much profit.

What a joy to cure the sick.

To appease their body and their spirit.

To see the light come back in their eyes.

They make me say what they want to believe

It seems that I am the son of God sent by his father

to save the human race from their sins.

I shave every day.

I do not want to be mistaken for a prophet or a messiah.

The rulers want me to serve them.

I refuse.

They are furious.

Jealous

They hate me because I love people.

I become a dangerous troublemaker.

Last night I had a nightmare.

I saw some demon

next to a skull.

I thought that I and my companions

were in danger.

I told them

"Stay ingenuous, as innocent as doves,

and above all as cautious as snakes".

Yesterday for dinner

I took some bread

and gave each one a slice.

I told them:

"Let us rejoice that we eat this bread together.

When I am gone, continue breaking bread.

And ye shall eat it like a part of me.

Drink to my health.

Let this be a drop of my blood, of my presence.

And maybe ... if you want,

you can teach this to their children.

This is a strength. "

Incarnation is an idea,

that became embodied,

that took flesh.

When I was 7, a priest put

this piece of bread on my tongue.

I swallowed.

It was his body.

And inside me I was ... Light ...

I became weightless. Disembodied.

This supreme emotion didn't occur again.

At the next Communion.

I thought I would experience again

this inner phosphorescence

when I first made love.

No. This was different.

Still triking, but different.

I show a pencil so that those who have never seen a wafer,

can understand its size.

Why did I put it

on this strange flower?

Many years later,

I experienced again this same feeling absolute happiness.

I went to the store "Monoprix" in St. Augustin,

in Paris.

I went straight

to the fish counter.

And I bought some rollmop.

I had not eaten at all on that day.

I was fasting. I didn't have much money.

I took it in my hand

and I felt a inner light,

of infinite grace

That filled me for twenty seconds.

I was in a world where everything was perfect,

including myself.

This was my second mini depression of happiness.

Two...

Three,

four, five, six...

Six meetings.

Voilà

The most beautiful girl in Livry,

in Normandy.

Not yet?

Yes, yes, of course!

I'll drink.

Yes!

Cheers!

When you're young, you're beautiful,

because you have youth and all the rest.

But at my age ...

You know, I wouldn't want a second husband, I wouldn't be happy.

I wouldn't want it, for him to steal my money.

He'd like that

No, I don't need this.

I was happy with my husband.

I woudn't want some jerk just here for my bucks.

The yard gate stays open. Nobody comes.

So please, roll out!

So are you ready?

Ready?

Five o'clock.

No six.

Five!

Yes, five!

Ah, no, it's four.

Four, yes.

It was not last summer, it was the one before.

Two years ago. You hammered nails into this tree.

And it seemed to me,

that you resisted a bit, when I asked.

I thought you didn't want to hurt the tree.

the little peacock was eaten

by some birds or some rodents.

Or a fox.

You went to take exams in Paris.

In Montparnasse.

There were too many people.

You held out a hand to them, and they didn't respond.

No. I was saying "hello".

And the tree grows on the stump

Yes.

This is Resurrection.

He secretly reached his island at dawn.

He was dressed like a beggar, to take them by surprise.

What did they do whilst he was away?

Maybe she'll appear on the balcony of our room.

Alone. Or not.

It is difficult to imagine that we'll go back to our old habits.

I've discovered so many things without her. And she without me.

Maybe I'd better take off on the sly.

Mom, let's thank Athena

for having brought you back from the Land of the Dead

Just for a few moments

I came back after 20 years, nobody recognized me.

There were many guys around my wife.

They wanted her money, and my power.

They wanted to marry her.

I had to knock them out.

Athena was so kind that night,

that she extended the night, as much as she could,

and the sun was up for as late as possible.

I saw the face of my wife,

So perfect despite the time that has passed

But today I remain seated

and I look at the sea.

I want to build a ship and sail again.

I want to see new faces, new harbors,

new cities.

I'm caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

My dear son,

I can tell you, I know you from infancy.

You haven't changed.

Go where the wind carries you.

Contrary to what your wife thinks

I didn't die of a disease.

I died waiting for you.

I'll cross the seas

to go to the land of cyclops.

These one-eyed giants,

who devour humans.

Seek, seek the island of lotus-eaters!

They have a tree from which lotus blooms.

Lotus makes you forget.

Maybe I'll see Calypso

if she wants me to.

Maybe I'll talk again about this story of immortality.

Bring that up again.

I'm quite asking for it really.

I have another suggestion from one God, who believes HE is the only God.

He offers eternal life after death.

He wants to be all gods at once.

He doesn't share.

Little Calmette has died. But I don't believe it.

He was 30 years old. He had leukemia.

Monsieur Bourdin had miraculously prolonged his life for a year.

Yesterday afternoon the nurse came and told me:

"Madame Rongé, I have a favour to ask you.

You can refuse, but if you agree, we'll be happy.

Could you leave your room to Monsieur Calmette this afternoon?

His wife is here and would like to be alone with him. "

He lived in one room with four men, at the end of the corridor.

I agreed, and said no more,

I had understood everything.

An hour later, I was ready to move,

A bed was prepared for me in another room,

but the nurse came back.

"Do not bother, Madame Rongé."

I kept a stiff upper lip, you'd be proud of me.

But never will I be able to laugh like before.

He was a tall handsome man with girlish eyes and skin.

Cortisone made him look good, but he had bruises from injections.

So many bruises!

Three weeks ago, he left the room and cried:

"Can't wait to be in the grave! No more pain!"

I smiled and said that he was not very optimistic.

He smiled.

We knew each other well.

We often chatted.

We'd go together to the TV room.

One evening, I saw his mother in the elevator.

She was saying goodbye to him. "See you, my chick!"

And then she turned to me and said:

"Yes, he's my chick."

Her husband is in a coma.

She comes to the hospital every day,

in the intensive care unit.

She talks to him without stopping all day.

She tells him about everything she's done.

This goes on for a month.

And she manages to save him.

He opens his eyes,

he resurrects.

And the doctors in intensive care congratulate her.

I have no more firewood to burn. It's going to get cold.

We all had a good meal.

They seriously drank.

And fell asleep.

I stay awake.

I know I will be arrested. I know,

I'll be smacked, beaten,

stamped upon

And tortured, I know that.

Big Peter, I know,

when they'll grab me by the scruff of the neck

He'll protect me,

with his fists, he'll fight

"Calm down, let it go."

And then, his consciousness will wobble

They will say: "Aren't you the person who was with him?"

"No, not at all!"

It doesn't exist in him anymore

Fear maybe

I look up at the sky. No stars.

All I see is a black wall.

Who will help me?

Until now, my joy was great.

He feels a bit lonely.

We both came to help him out.

So we're here.

I hope he can feel that we're over him.

We went to his Father to ask him to do something

for his son.

And not hide behind a veil of secrecy.

This is only a shadow of what awaits us in the future.

Like Hallelujah.

He was rich, and became poor .

In order to find wealth in poverty

It's fun!

- We do say that! - Yes!

Wow.

Maybe two weeks after meeting you.

Wait!

When I was taken off the cross,

I came back to myself.

I opened my eyes. John was here, against my face,

he pressed me,

listened to my breath, and saw I wasn't dead.

I motioned him not to say anything.

They took me down to the sepulchre.

Then he came for me.

He left with the others, they were in tears.

And then he came back.

And I'm gone,

I walked all night

until dawn.

I waited a bit,

then I met a few friends on the road.

And I told them I was here,

They thought

it was a miracle, a fantasy.

I'm a little mad at you ...

I still have this old wound from the war, it still hurts. It hurts a lot actually.

You could have introduced me.

He would have done something for me.

I think now I can understand

why he says, "I am the life."

"I am the life."

All is well.