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Next week, I'm out of here, man.

Where you headed?

To the mountains, with Dad.

I'll be at the top,

nature will do me good.

I took time off work to go there.

No way.

I'm going to shoot animals.

Is there signal up there?

A little.

Do you need a license to hunt?

Yeah.

You got one?

No.

I failed the test.

I failed.

I tried.

I can go with him, but I can't shoot.

I'll be the beater. It's when you carry the equipment.

He'll shoot.

You've said that for three years.

It's cool being a beater.

You do what he does, but you don't shoot.

If you took a shot, who would know?

It's monitored.

Have you ever killed?

No.

Killing an animal isn't easy.

You see a beautiful doe in front of you,

it looks so strong, it's tough to kill.

You pull the trigger, it jumps. It breaks your heart.

Yeah.

I'm happy going with the old man.

You're in nature, it's wild, you eat and sleep outside.

It's awesome.

You don't sleep in a cabin?

Yeah, when it's super cold,

but we're in wilderness mode.

Plus, where we go, there are wolves.

You can't shoot them.

They're protected, they have collars.

There are wild wolves in the region.

There are even some here.

What happens if you kill a protected wolf?

You're in trouble.

Yeah?

It's at least 15,000.

You can't shoot in bursts like people imagine.

It's not that simple.

My parents split up when I was a few years old.

I spent more time with my mother.

I feel closer to her.

But my dad is my dad.

I love him as much as my mother.

It's just a bit complicated.

He wasn't around much,

but I could see him whenever I wanted.

I didn't always want to go and see him.

I need to get a haircut before I go hunting.

Huh?

I need to get my haircut before the hunt,

I can't go looking like this. They'll think: "Who's this?"

This is green tea.

-Did you get it in Morocco? -Yeah.

I added some sugar to the green tea.

I needed it this the other day

when I had people over.

This is for the tea too.

Is mint the only thing you add?

Mint, green tea and a little sugar.

You can add some...

Rose water.

-Rose water? -Yes.

What's that?

It's rose water.

-Oh, that's how you say rose water. -Yes, it's really good.

-How's your dad? -He's fine.

It's been a long time since I've seen him.

I'm looking forward to spending some time with him.

You only need a trim.

Your hair is dry.

You don't look after yourself.

I'm working every day right now.

I just come home to eat, sleep,

and shower.

I can smell the factory.

Really?

My little Samir.

Ah, this old hat.

VALAIS HUNTING MANUAL

The thing I'm most afraid of is...

I'm not afraid of anything,

but I often wonder about death.

Before he dies, I'd like to tell him that I love him

and that I think about him often.

THE HUNTER'S SON

A FILM BY JULIETTE RICCABONI

Anyway...

Hi, Dad.

If you don't come today, I'll say hi to Charlot.

Keep me posted. Love you, Dad.

Charlot!

Hello!

How are you doing, Charlot?

You only just arrived?

Yeah.

Do you have a girlfriend in Sion?

-No. -I know you're a ladies' man.

-Isn't your dad here? -No,

he's arriving tomorrow.

Oh, tomorrow.

We need wood.

I'm wearing sandals.

Ah, city folk.

We're at 2,400 meters.

It's hot, though.

We need to light it.

I'll light it.

If we want to eat...

I'm hungry too.

You're hungry, but it's not ready.

It's not ready.

I thought everything would be ready when we arrived.

No.

You'd have everything ready.

No, come on.

You said you wanted to teach Moroccans how to cook groundhog.

There.

Light the fire.

-There. -Put some wood in the fireplace.

Don't worry.

There.

I've only put oil in.

Beautiful, it will catch.

Is that what we're eating?

Yeah.

I'll heat it up.

Charlot, you're a killer.

Beautiful.

Smells good for a groundhog.

Do they live underground?

Do you like it better than doe meat?

Of course.

Fawn meat is fine, but doe...

Deer meat can be stringy.

You brought something to drink.

It was the only bottle left.

Nice job, thanks.

It won't do any harm.

If we don't drink it, we can put it in the sauce.

Cheers. Thanks.

Cheers, Samir.

You look Moroccan with your haircut.

You're just saying that.

I don't mind.

Leave them.

It'll be worth it. You need to take your time.

It needs to be roasted.

Nicely roasted. There's some fat there.

I left a little fat, because I like it.

Fat?

I won't give you any.

It's not bad.

You've done a good job.

It smells good.

It's almost done.

Shake it.

Look at that.

I've never flambéed groundhog with brandy before.

Sometimes it helps

if you've forgotten little hairs.

If you do it right, it's delicious.

You have to let it brown well,

add plenty of spices, things like that.

Young people don't have time anymore.

I don't envy you.

I don't envy you. You're always rushing.

The boss is always there.

Always rushing. No, no...

I didn't suffer so much from that,

but now it's back with a vengeance.

How good is this?

Life is good.

Thank you.

This is yours.

Enjoy.

Eat.

Enjoy your meal. Thanks, Charlot.

I didn't give you the chops.

It's good.

It's coming off the bone.

The meat is good.

It's good to eat.

When I think about the fact I'm eating groundhog,

it puts me off, but it's good.

Oh, boy.

I need to think of something else.

Stop.

It looks like Moroccan meat.

Don't they have groundhogs in the Atlas Mountains?

In Morocco?

Ask your uncle. Isn't he a hunter?

He's an angler.

He catches fish. That's his trade.

He fishes for a living.

Yeah, he goes out in the Atlantic

in his little boat.

I'll play you some of our music.

Listen to this.

It's good.

Look at the view. When you hear this,

you just want to fly.

Where are you? You need to put hot water on it.

Where's the pot?

You haven't emptied it.

You can put it outside.

I have to take it out from the house.

There's a trash can.

Trash cans are for city people.

You put everything in there, even meat.

It sticks.

Here, it's natural, it's in nature.

Crows, foxes.

That really annoys me.

I'm sorry.

-I'll throw it outside. -That's not how we live.

Tomorrow morning, there'll be nothing left.

The wolf comes up here, the groundhogs are hiding,

it'll be happy to eat this.

It'll eat it with the bones.

Oh, Samir...

I'm beat.

You're dead.

Yeah.

Work's hard.

I'm beat, Charlot.

Poor thing...

Burned out of life.

No, life is good.

Life is good.

It's so good.

He's not answering.

Hey, Dad. How's it going?

I hadn't heard from you, I just thought I'd ask.

You're not coming until this evening?

Damn!

What time is your dad coming?

I don't know, I think 5 p.m.

4:30 or 5 p.m.

Let's do the washing up.

He's a good kid.

Are there any more dishes?

No.

Is that all there was?

This goes in the trash.

What did you think of my dad the first time you met?

A funny monster.

I liked him.

A funny monster?

Yeah.

Yeah, they're there. Do you have the binoculars?

Here, look.

There are two eagles above the chamois.

I don't see them.

My eyesight has gone.

I can't see anything.

They're on the rock, up there.

There are two more down there.

Well, then.

We've seen some creatures.

I'll tell the hunters that I saw a lot of things with Charlot.

That's bad.

There.

I hope that's my dad.

How are you, Dad?

Hi, son.

We're off.

We have to get going.

There's no point in stopping.

Come here.

There's no point in staying in the middle of a field.

There's cow dung.

You've made me sit where there's cow dung, Dad.

You need to stop moving.

When they come near... They can smell us.

They come through

like a high speed train.

Like a high speed train. I swear.

We shot a lot, and we missed a lot too.

It's fast here.

Stay still.

Sit down and stop moving.

OK.

Yeah, it's bellowing.

Sorry.

If we shoot anything tonight, it'll be a miracle of Muhammad.

Why?

Because you're here.

We'll shoot something, Dad, I swear.

We need to take a walk.

Let's head down the forest path.

Sorry, I'm talking too loud.

Quiet, now.

Dad?

Do you think it's going to snow tonight?

If it snows...

I really need to pee, I'm going over there.

Don't cross that field.

I won't go there. I'm going over here.

He's not showing it much, but he must be happy

that I'm here to help him.

Dad!

He likes spending time alone,

left to his own devices, in the middle of the forest.

Hunting is a time

when you ask yourself questions about yourself.

Some things are complicated,

and it's better to keep them to yourself.

Did you sleep on the way?

You poured me a glass of white wine?

Yes.

God!

How did it go?

The weather was good.

It'll snow tomorrow.

-It'll snow tomorrow. -I forgot to do the dishes.

Tomorrow, white snow.

You're not a kid anymore, have another glass.

A small one.

No.

He has to be on good form, he never wakes up in the morning.

Cheers.

I'm not doing the dishes.

-Cheers, Charlot. -Don't do the dishes.

Tomorrow will be a rough day.

Tomorrow morning, 5 a.m., flashlight.

We're hunting the deer we talked about before.

Are we having fondue?

Yes.

Samir is a specialist.

Really?

I'm a specialist, I do it all.

I make fondue all the time.

Do you see how he respects my fondue?

Tell him about yesterday, the groundhog.

Did you make it?

I told him what to do.

Charlot told me how to make it.

If you listen to old folks, you just might learn something.

Yeah.

That's that. Now it's like the old chamois,

going off on their own, not looking after the females.

Lonely fellows.

Sixty is still young,

72, not so much...

Then there's Michel.

He said: "I'm 72."

Zero.

Enjoy, take care of your health.

Yeah.

Get your license and it'll be great.

That's right.

If I can't hunt with two 40-year-olds,

I won't hunt anymore...

We need...

Yeah.

...people who are down to earth.

Between father and son, it's not easy.

How do I tell him he has his head in the clouds?

It's not easy.

That's true.

Tonight, we screwed up.

I guess.

-I screwed up? -Cheers.

You're almost the age of Christ.

Twenty-six, you said?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Still time to suffer.

Is the stove ready?

Yeah, he put it on the table.

Is it lit?

Need to light it. There's a lot of smoke.

Smoke? No. Do you want to open a window?

I'll light one. We can eat this one, it's ready.

Time to eat.

Will you bring it inside?

Yeah.

I'm just lighting this.

Danni, come and see.

You have to see this.

This is nothing.

Sorry, but

you have to be prepared before you make the fondue.

Do you have a cigarette?

It's coming along nicely.

It's liquid, it looks good.

If they only ate one sheep, it wouldn't be a big deal.

They kill. They're annoying, this group.

Oh no, stop.

It'd be nice to see a wolf.

I'd love to see one go by.

That being said, the wolf problem

is much more complicated than that.

In Switzerland, we don't have enough space for F35s.

It's so small.

They're trained in Italy.

In Switzerland, by the time they take off,

they've already crossed the border.

There's no need to buy them.

We didn't need the wolves here.

Exactly.

What are you thinking? I might have another one.

You have a healthy appetite. Are you still eating?

No.

I'm done.

I can't, Cecilia will be mad.

"You eat too much raclette."

She's my doctor.

It was a great meal, thanks.

Thanks, Samir.

I've never made that before.

You did well.

Time to get up.

The nutcrackers are waking up.

It's going to be tough with the fog.

Slowly, down to the field then back up again.

Into the field?

When there's no field,

you're under the cliffs here.

Where did you go?

Come here.

I went to...

There was crap all over the forest,

fresh crap.

I touched it with a stick,

it was soft.

Loads of it, in the forest.

I know, I told you they're over there.

Lots of little paths.

You can't hunt there,

you have to be in the field, here. You can see them go by.

Will I see them from here?

There's one in the forest.

They'll come out to graze.

Dad?

Just opposite, there's doe.

Across from us, in the forest.

In the forest, there.

Next to the tree.

At eight o'clock

in the forest.

I saw it all of a sudden.

-Dad, give me the gun. -Stop.

You can see its butt where the tree is.

It's going back in, you can just see its butt.

Can you see inside?

It's dark.

It's still opposite us.

-I can't see it, I can't shoot. -Look inside.

It's next to the tree.

It's seen us.

It's walking away.

Something came down and it stood in front of the tree.

It was very dark.

It's far away.

It was grazing, moving slowly.

At least I saw something. I'm happy.

It was very dark.

You can't shoot without identifying the beast.

I know.

At least there was some suspense.

Yeah.

Put it in my bag.

I'm happy, there's game.

As soon as I see something move, I get nervous.

Are you cold?

-Huh? -Are you cold?

I'm fine.

We don't want to get too wet. Under the tree,

we're sheltered a little.

The mist is rising.

You'll dry off well tonight.

I'm going to stay and hunt with Nico.

You can go back to Charlot's.

I don't know if he thinks I'm a jerk

and I don't care.

I just want him to be proud of me.

One thing that would make him proud

is getting my hunter's license.

Damn it.

It's true that I was younger and more stupid.

I didn't care about it.

On the day of the exam, I told my dad I'd failed.

In fact, I didn't even try.

I didn't go to the exam.

Is this from the pond up there?

The pond, yes.

What altitude is it?

2,471.

Trout live at 2,000...

Of course. I feed them every now and then.

-Add some lemon. -Just a little.

-Paper towel? -There.

Yeah.

For the trout too.

You can pat it dry.

In the fire.

What?

In the fire, it's good.

It was made in the fire?

-No. -Oh, the paper towel.

I'll see how the fire is doing.

It's good.

Only add wood.

Good.

Did you add salt?

Yes.

No, I didn't. I couldn't find it.

We'll find it. Sit down.

There.

Himalayan salt.

That's good stuff.

It's especially for the trout.

You're a star. It's from the Himalayas.

-Put it inside. -Put the salt on the inside?

We found butter.

You had a bottle of Italian wine.

Focus.

Careful.

Wonderful. Trout à la Charlot.

Yes, Dad, I'm heading to Barneuze.

I heard wolves, like in the movies.

They were howling. I thought it was a dog at first.

It sounds like wolves, anyway.

Call me back, let me know where to find you. Love you.

A village in the mountains.

This route is difficult. No one wants to take it.

Dad?

Behind the trees.

Behind the tree, it's there.

It's there, look.

Look, you'll see it.

There.

Shit.

When it passed by,

you didn't see it, it was heading towards Lorenz.

It was beautiful.

He came to taunt us and then went away.

Damn. That was beautiful.

We've woken them up this morning.

First shot.

First shot.

We'll wait a little longer.

Then we'll see.

We'll walk a little to warm up.

Walk a little.

I'm happy.

I'm happy just to have seen something.

It was 150 meters away. Amazing.

Dad.

-Dad. -What?

What did Brice say?

Did he head for the chamois?

He's up there, in the snow.

Where in the snow?

Don't move too much.

I saw something.

If something came out right now, what would you do?

I'd finish eating and wave.

Give me the sheet, I'll clean it for you.

It's clean.

You can't put it down where there's moisture.

Not there.

Nice hunt.

Nice hunt, you say?

Yes. It was beautiful, with the sun at the end.

Now we'll dry off a bit.

It's 2 p.m.

Are you going to eat and hunt again?

This evening, yeah.

Who with?

Nico.

Can I come?

There's no room.

Huh?

There's no room?

It's only by descending very low that you become very strong.

Right now, I'm making progress, but I'm aiming much higher.

I'm at four out of ten.

I'm giving myself two or three years to get to ten.

The snow has melted a lot.

There's still some at the top.

Samir, toast your old man.

Cheers, old man.

I wanted to pour yours.

Cheers.

Thanks for the picnic.

As long as it doesn't go and hide.

-I can't see it anymore. -There.

It's back.

Do you want to get it out?

You fish, you need to learn.

Can I get it out?

You'll let me?

Of course.

No, not there. Here.

Oh...

It's coming.

Now you need to...

I don't want it to bite. It didn't bite.

Come on.

It's good.

The young one doesn't want to come out.

It's staying in the water.

I don't feel like it.

I don't want to.

Never mind. Leave it.

Look, it didn't eat it.

-I used the groundhog. -Use some sausage.

A little piece.

You need to do it, it's important.

You need some bread.

Bread?

You've given it almost 40g of sausage.

Do you want to give it more?

Go on, bite. Look, I'm going to do it.

It ate the bread, the rascal.

Oh no!

No, not that...

I'm in the woods.

Noon is approaching.

What does that mean?

"Thank you, you're the best." Cheers.

Cheers, Charlot. Thanks for having me.

Life is good.

I need another ten years.

After that, if I go, I don't care.

I want to enjoy another ten years here.

You have to enjoy life.

There were five of them. They survived the winter.

I might not.

No, you'll make it through.

You're still here. Next year, we'll go hunting.

I'll have my license.

Right now, we're beaters.

Beaters!

We won't be feeding the hunters.

It's back.

Don't move, it's back.

I'll put this next to us to see if it comes.

On the plate.

They're not so crazy.

You've got it.

Should I do it?

Are you sure?

-Of course. -Hold my glass.

It's beautiful. It's not a small one.

It's right on the edge. It's caught the top.

Nice.

Beautiful catch.

Stroke it. There.

It's beautiful.

We finally did it!

Well done.

It ate salami.

Look at it go.

Samir,

you're in your prime. Twenty-six years old.

My word.

It's finished.

It's not lit.

I smoked when I was younger. I liked it.

I'm scared of smoking Moroccan Supers again.

Don't smoke too much, then you'll have a car.

Just laugh.

If you haven't smoked in years...

Two is enough.

With wine, it's no good.

You've been drinking. Stop.

Thanks.

The kid's shaking.

No drinking today.

Goodness!

Why can't we drink?

We're going backwards.

It's the Désalpe.

It's the Désalpe.

Are you out of breath?

I'm getting old.

-No way. -WSW.

WSW: Won't Survive Winter.

Won't Survive Winter: WSW.

You will survive the winter.

My name is WSW.

Stop talking nonsense.

Goodbye.

A FILM BY JULIETTE RICCABONI

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