1 00:00:33,753 --> 00:00:35,516 Do you remember the names? 2 00:00:42,262 --> 00:00:44,059 Maybe nothing was said. 3 00:00:49,903 --> 00:00:51,666 The end of a demonstration. 4 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,069 She's with a male friend. 5 00:00:57,210 --> 00:00:59,007 To make him happy 6 00:00:59,146 --> 00:01:02,445 - she wears a yellow star. - A trinity of stories 7 00:01:02,582 --> 00:01:03,844 The beginning 8 00:01:03,984 --> 00:01:05,952 The end 9 00:01:06,653 --> 00:01:08,280 Then she writes something... 10 00:01:09,656 --> 00:01:12,557 SOMETHlNG 11 00:01:14,528 --> 00:01:15,825 ''You jobless, 12 00:01:15,962 --> 00:01:18,226 ''use this time to start thinking''? 13 00:01:20,367 --> 00:01:22,392 Then these guys arrive, 14 00:01:22,536 --> 00:01:25,130 see the yellow star, try to tear it off, 15 00:01:25,272 --> 00:01:26,796 telling her: 16 00:01:26,940 --> 00:01:30,205 ''Wanna see some fascists? Well, here they are.'' 17 00:01:30,343 --> 00:01:33,244 Then they beat her unconscious. 18 00:01:35,615 --> 00:01:36,741 Time passes. 19 00:01:38,218 --> 00:01:39,617 Don't move. 20 00:01:41,121 --> 00:01:42,554 What times! 21 00:01:43,456 --> 00:01:45,219 Humans remain. 22 00:01:47,827 --> 00:01:50,455 And if you were to be asked: 23 00:01:50,597 --> 00:01:53,327 film, play, novel or opera? 24 00:01:54,801 --> 00:01:56,393 Which would you choose? 25 00:02:00,173 --> 00:02:01,504 Novel, l guess. 26 00:02:26,366 --> 00:02:28,197 We have a project. 27 00:02:28,335 --> 00:02:30,769 lt relates something of the story 28 00:02:30,904 --> 00:02:32,235 of three couples: 29 00:02:32,372 --> 00:02:35,773 young, adult, 30 00:02:35,909 --> 00:02:37,206 and old. 31 00:02:37,544 --> 00:02:40,672 And this something 32 00:02:44,851 --> 00:02:47,217 is one of the four moments of love. 33 00:02:55,729 --> 00:02:56,991 The meeting, 34 00:02:57,130 --> 00:02:59,121 the physical passion, 35 00:02:59,766 --> 00:03:02,633 the separation... 36 00:03:02,769 --> 00:03:04,669 then the reconciliation. 37 00:03:05,438 --> 00:03:07,668 So what will you play? 38 00:03:16,283 --> 00:03:19,741 l think l'll play the young girl. 39 00:03:19,886 --> 00:03:21,683 l'm thinking of something. 40 00:03:23,623 --> 00:03:25,648 His name is Perceval. 41 00:03:25,792 --> 00:03:28,886 And her name will be Eglantine. 42 00:03:36,136 --> 00:03:38,400 l'm Eglantine. 43 00:03:45,245 --> 00:03:48,908 Do you understand it's not Eglantine's story, 44 00:03:49,049 --> 00:03:51,574 but a moment in history... 45 00:03:51,718 --> 00:03:54,915 History moving through Eglantine? 46 00:03:55,055 --> 00:03:57,182 The moment of youth. 47 00:04:03,630 --> 00:04:06,064 Let's call it a sociological study. 48 00:04:06,833 --> 00:04:10,132 For example, when the old man and woman meet, 49 00:04:10,270 --> 00:04:12,704 it'll be in a soup kitchen. 50 00:04:14,341 --> 00:04:17,606 ln this project, in fact, 51 00:04:17,744 --> 00:04:20,235 we can't help but depict... 52 00:04:21,181 --> 00:04:23,979 depict the down-and-out. 53 00:04:24,684 --> 00:04:26,413 They're everywhere nowadays. 54 00:04:26,553 --> 00:04:28,578 The ones Victor Hugo... 55 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:31,885 You know Victor Hugo? 56 00:04:37,664 --> 00:04:38,926 Take a seat. 57 00:04:42,702 --> 00:04:45,068 You can smoke if you want. 58 00:04:50,477 --> 00:04:51,967 What are you thinking about? 59 00:04:54,180 --> 00:04:59,015 l was wondering if my cigarette would hold out till tonight. 60 00:05:00,387 --> 00:05:04,653 And if my laces would hold out till tomorrow. 61 00:05:06,092 --> 00:05:09,459 And if my breath 62 00:05:10,397 --> 00:05:12,456 would hold out till next week. 63 00:05:16,002 --> 00:05:17,333 Do you work? 64 00:05:17,470 --> 00:05:19,028 Yes, a lot. 65 00:05:20,039 --> 00:05:21,006 At night, too? 66 00:05:21,141 --> 00:05:22,665 Especially at night. 67 00:05:24,043 --> 00:05:25,874 And in the night of day. 68 00:05:27,347 --> 00:05:29,110 Do you ever cry? 69 00:05:31,451 --> 00:05:34,284 At first glance, you can see why children cry. 70 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:38,858 While people are walking by. 71 00:05:43,296 --> 00:05:46,493 That's how Albert and Albertine loved each other. 72 00:05:52,772 --> 00:05:54,137 l don't know. 73 00:05:55,608 --> 00:05:59,066 lt all depends on how l still see myself. 74 00:06:03,883 --> 00:06:07,580 Someone who plans to keep moving ahead 75 00:06:09,489 --> 00:06:13,220 implies that his previous self 76 00:06:15,895 --> 00:06:17,829 is a self that no longer exists, 77 00:06:18,898 --> 00:06:20,695 and he loses interest in it. 78 00:06:22,836 --> 00:06:26,033 On the other hand, the plans of others 79 00:06:27,740 --> 00:06:29,435 reject time... 80 00:06:36,316 --> 00:06:40,116 and thereby create a strong bond with the past. 81 00:06:43,256 --> 00:06:47,215 lt's true of almost all old people. 82 00:06:51,698 --> 00:06:54,098 They can't abide time 83 00:06:55,802 --> 00:06:57,963 for fear of wasting away. 84 00:07:02,041 --> 00:07:03,008 Everyone, 85 00:07:06,679 --> 00:07:10,979 in his heart of hearts... 86 00:07:25,965 --> 00:07:27,057 There are the poor. 87 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,566 l don't know how memory 88 00:07:30,737 --> 00:07:32,398 can help us 89 00:07:35,842 --> 00:07:37,673 reclaim our lives. 90 00:07:39,145 --> 00:07:42,239 lt's not whether man will endure, 91 00:07:43,249 --> 00:07:45,080 but whether he has the right to. 92 00:07:53,426 --> 00:07:54,859 Here comes the little fellow. 93 00:08:04,003 --> 00:08:08,963 ln ancient times they emphasized relationships. 94 00:08:10,176 --> 00:08:12,144 That's the fundamental question. 95 00:08:13,713 --> 00:08:15,203 Who's this one by? 96 00:08:41,908 --> 00:08:44,138 When will we have an answer? 97 00:08:44,277 --> 00:08:48,077 We still need a green light from the national bank. 98 00:08:49,048 --> 00:08:51,312 You seem very fond of that young man. 99 00:08:51,451 --> 00:08:52,975 Too fond, in my opinion. 100 00:08:56,990 --> 00:08:59,481 That's your opinion, dear fellow. 101 00:09:03,630 --> 00:09:07,361 A thief is a thief, museum or not. 102 00:09:08,301 --> 00:09:09,893 They apologized. 103 00:09:11,337 --> 00:09:14,431 - Then neither did l. - You're different. 104 00:09:15,675 --> 00:09:18,872 What if they only return the Braque and Vlamincks. 105 00:09:19,012 --> 00:09:20,411 We know how they are. 106 00:09:20,546 --> 00:09:24,209 The Louvre curator wants to protect the Winged Victory, 107 00:09:24,450 --> 00:09:28,580 but as author of this protection on equal terms with Phidias. 108 00:09:30,857 --> 00:09:32,722 Times have changed. 109 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,687 There's a feeling of yesteryear. lt's discouraging. 110 00:09:39,032 --> 00:09:40,863 Too many changes are in the air 111 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,764 that still lack a means of expression. 112 00:09:44,971 --> 00:09:48,134 We make fun of 1900 but our age 113 00:09:48,274 --> 00:09:52,267 will probably seem just as ridiculous. 114 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:55,076 And maybe just as charming. 115 00:09:55,648 --> 00:09:58,583 l don't know. Memory is a complex thing. 116 00:10:00,787 --> 00:10:03,654 When they were arrested in the '42 roundup, 117 00:10:04,824 --> 00:10:08,123 Edgar's grandfather was the same age as Dad. 118 00:10:08,661 --> 00:10:11,425 They were partners in the gallery. 119 00:10:11,998 --> 00:10:15,331 l was 10. l'd play in the park with his daughter. 120 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,574 l was madly in love. 121 00:10:25,645 --> 00:10:27,408 She preferred someone else. 122 00:10:28,047 --> 00:10:29,776 So l said to her, 123 00:10:31,551 --> 00:10:32,916 quoting Jouvet: 124 00:10:33,886 --> 00:10:36,081 ''Happy with that hapless man?'' 125 00:10:36,756 --> 00:10:38,280 What became of him? 126 00:10:38,424 --> 00:10:39,857 With her 50%, 127 00:10:40,093 --> 00:10:43,256 H�l�ne bought him a Gordini, then a Talbot. 128 00:10:44,564 --> 00:10:48,523 He killed himself at lndianapolis. The same year as Ascari. 129 00:10:48,868 --> 00:10:51,268 Then your debt is paid. 130 00:10:53,940 --> 00:10:55,931 But there's still memory. 131 00:11:06,285 --> 00:11:08,719 Yes, the obligations of memory. 132 00:11:08,855 --> 00:11:11,016 No, the right. 133 00:11:11,858 --> 00:11:14,884 Memory has no obligations. Read Bergson. 134 00:11:17,230 --> 00:11:18,788 Or else l must 135 00:11:20,199 --> 00:11:21,826 still be in love. 136 00:11:24,403 --> 00:11:28,499 She looked like that girl in the Boubat photo, 137 00:11:29,108 --> 00:11:32,100 staring into the distance, 138 00:11:32,245 --> 00:11:35,180 wearing a black bra under her white blouse. 139 00:11:35,314 --> 00:11:38,909 - You've kept in touch with her? - No, she committed suicide. 140 00:11:39,552 --> 00:11:41,645 Luckily she had no signature power. 141 00:11:44,457 --> 00:11:46,516 l found 2 Corots at Vollard's, 142 00:11:47,226 --> 00:11:50,992 a Lichtenstein at Castelli's in NY, but too late. 143 00:11:52,632 --> 00:11:55,931 l managed to buy back the little Breughel, 144 00:11:56,068 --> 00:11:58,366 but l think it's a copy. 145 00:11:59,172 --> 00:12:02,539 All that remains of this business 146 00:12:03,943 --> 00:12:07,902 is that the boy make something more than money. 147 00:12:10,516 --> 00:12:12,347 l got to know him 148 00:12:12,985 --> 00:12:15,283 by chance at the Soulages' home. 149 00:12:16,422 --> 00:12:20,085 Antoinette Sach's daughter introduced us. 150 00:12:20,226 --> 00:12:23,286 l think she's Edgar's godmother. 151 00:12:24,497 --> 00:12:27,933 Maybe he's aware of the situation, but he said nothing. 152 00:12:31,304 --> 00:12:34,296 lt's still a lot. Even if it's a fine project. 153 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,034 l have no idea what it's about. 154 00:12:37,276 --> 00:12:39,267 An opera, maybe. A film. 155 00:12:40,346 --> 00:12:43,042 A film in the documentary tradition. 156 00:12:43,282 --> 00:12:45,443 But l don't understand the term. 157 00:12:50,523 --> 00:12:52,115 And what's it called? 158 00:12:52,258 --> 00:12:54,317 Something ''to Love.'' 159 00:12:56,128 --> 00:12:57,618 ''Ode,'' l think. 160 00:13:00,733 --> 00:13:02,064 lsn't it strange 161 00:13:03,202 --> 00:13:06,831 how works of art demand titles, 162 00:13:06,973 --> 00:13:09,567 - like in the days of nobility. - And Wall St. 163 00:13:12,044 --> 00:13:14,911 Speaking of films, did you know Henri Langlois? 164 00:13:15,047 --> 00:13:16,446 Not really. 165 00:13:17,750 --> 00:13:20,116 Meerson's wife, yes. 166 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,251 But not him. Maybe once, at a lunch at the Raphael, 167 00:13:25,391 --> 00:13:27,291 in '58 or '59. 168 00:13:30,663 --> 00:13:33,791 lt seems he founded the Archive Federation here 169 00:13:35,534 --> 00:13:38,867 with a German and a New Yorker. l forgot her name. 170 00:13:39,005 --> 00:13:42,304 ln 1938. lris Barry. 171 00:13:48,681 --> 00:13:50,444 See Counselor Forlani out. 172 00:13:59,458 --> 00:14:02,393 The Americans are everywhere, aren't they, sir? 173 00:14:07,733 --> 00:14:09,291 Who remembers Vietnam's resistance? 174 00:14:14,473 --> 00:14:15,997 Explain it better. 175 00:14:19,045 --> 00:14:20,137 lt's like this... 176 00:14:22,248 --> 00:14:24,682 With young people it's obvious. 177 00:14:25,918 --> 00:14:27,545 You pass them in the street 178 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:31,314 and the first thing you say is: they're youngsters. 179 00:14:33,326 --> 00:14:34,520 With old people, 180 00:14:35,461 --> 00:14:36,894 same thing. 181 00:14:37,029 --> 00:14:38,929 Before anything else, 182 00:14:39,065 --> 00:14:40,692 you think: 183 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:42,990 that's an old man. 184 00:14:44,737 --> 00:14:47,399 But with adults, it's anything but obvious. 185 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:49,906 They're never entirely naked, so to speak. 186 00:14:50,042 --> 00:14:54,035 They have to have a story, even in porno movies. 187 00:14:54,180 --> 00:14:55,579 l understand. 188 00:14:55,715 --> 00:14:59,014 We have to examine this business more closely, 189 00:14:59,151 --> 00:15:01,619 but l see the point you're making. 190 00:15:11,130 --> 00:15:13,121 We need the three ages, you see. 191 00:15:14,333 --> 00:15:16,358 Or else the project's dead. 192 00:15:17,603 --> 00:15:20,629 lt becomes a story with Julia Roberts... 193 00:15:22,541 --> 00:15:23,769 Hollywood. 194 00:15:26,779 --> 00:15:28,474 Not History. 195 00:15:29,648 --> 00:15:32,208 Yes, l understand. lt's hard. 196 00:15:33,853 --> 00:15:35,377 But you'll find something. 197 00:15:45,965 --> 00:15:48,957 And that young lady Philippe told me about. 198 00:15:49,101 --> 00:15:51,001 Still haven't seen her? 199 00:15:52,805 --> 00:15:55,296 l've seen so many. 200 00:15:55,808 --> 00:15:58,242 On top of it, she acted in a TV series. 201 00:15:59,145 --> 00:16:00,635 That depresses me. 202 00:16:01,380 --> 00:16:03,780 l hear she refused to speak her lines. 203 00:16:03,916 --> 00:16:05,611 Wasn't she fired? 204 00:16:08,654 --> 00:16:10,747 That counts for something these days. 205 00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:12,152 True. 206 00:16:13,526 --> 00:16:15,016 l'll make an effort. 207 00:16:15,161 --> 00:16:16,753 Don't have a photo on you? 208 00:16:16,896 --> 00:16:18,659 She wouldn't give us one. 209 00:16:38,584 --> 00:16:40,779 l don't seek, l find. 210 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,693 Most people have the guts to live their life, 211 00:17:29,835 --> 00:17:31,496 but not to imagine it. 212 00:17:31,904 --> 00:17:34,600 So how l can do it for them? 213 00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,744 Two years ago l met someone. 214 00:17:46,886 --> 00:17:49,081 l didn't tell you, did l? 215 00:17:51,190 --> 00:17:52,748 Not very attractive, 216 00:17:53,325 --> 00:17:55,225 but she dared speak her mind. 217 00:17:55,961 --> 00:17:57,622 l wonder what became of her. 218 00:17:57,863 --> 00:18:01,264 What's your definition of an adult? 219 00:18:04,103 --> 00:18:07,903 She really had something to say about the State. 220 00:18:08,974 --> 00:18:11,807 And the impossibility of the State falling in love. 221 00:18:12,978 --> 00:18:14,536 Actually, l'm dreaming. 222 00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:17,775 What'd l like is someone 223 00:18:18,617 --> 00:18:21,484 like Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt. 224 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,621 A shame you gave up your cantata. 225 00:18:24,857 --> 00:18:28,156 - Was the music the problem? - lt was me. 226 00:18:29,728 --> 00:18:31,923 Know what she earns as a waitress? 227 00:18:32,164 --> 00:18:33,495 3000 or 4000 francs. 228 00:18:33,899 --> 00:18:35,958 She also works elsewhere. 229 00:18:39,705 --> 00:18:43,402 When they earn more than 10,000 francs a month, 230 00:18:44,977 --> 00:18:48,105 the French let themselves be led by the nose. 231 00:18:50,482 --> 00:18:53,474 - Don't you agree, Philippe? - l don't know, sir. 232 00:19:28,721 --> 00:19:30,313 The strangest thing is 233 00:19:30,456 --> 00:19:32,617 the living dead of this world 234 00:19:32,758 --> 00:19:35,124 are modeled on the world as it was. 235 00:19:35,394 --> 00:19:38,852 The way they think and feel comes from before. 236 00:20:08,327 --> 00:20:10,090 So, did you find the line? 237 00:20:12,064 --> 00:20:15,932 ''Jeanne, what a strange path led me to you.'' But l'm not sure. 238 00:20:29,748 --> 00:20:31,511 l'll check the bookshop. 239 00:21:11,123 --> 00:21:15,150 l was right. She's working at a railroad depot tonight. 240 00:21:19,898 --> 00:21:21,593 Things are right in front of us. 241 00:21:23,569 --> 00:21:25,230 Why make them up? 242 00:23:19,151 --> 00:23:22,552 We're looking for a girl with big eyes who works here. 243 00:23:22,788 --> 00:23:25,416 Go see the girls outside. 244 00:23:52,518 --> 00:23:54,452 You again? l said no. 245 00:24:00,792 --> 00:24:03,386 - You're killing yourself. - lt's my business. 246 00:24:04,296 --> 00:24:05,661 Maybe not. 247 00:24:19,011 --> 00:24:20,603 How are you, otherwise? 248 00:24:21,213 --> 00:24:23,340 l have work to do. Leave me alone. 249 00:24:26,485 --> 00:24:27,918 And how are you? 250 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:29,844 l'm fine. 251 00:24:32,257 --> 00:24:34,851 How'd it go with the Americans? 252 00:24:46,738 --> 00:24:48,137 Which Americans? 253 00:24:51,777 --> 00:24:53,870 The Americans of North America. 254 00:24:58,083 --> 00:24:59,778 You have some memory. 255 00:25:01,753 --> 00:25:03,277 l think l do. 256 00:25:05,223 --> 00:25:06,781 Too much of it, even. 257 00:25:09,361 --> 00:25:10,658 l wouldn't know. 258 00:25:11,630 --> 00:25:13,222 lt's no longer my business. 259 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:16,965 Can we talk a minute? 260 00:25:19,404 --> 00:25:20,632 Please. 261 00:25:27,813 --> 00:25:30,008 Can't you see l'm working? 262 00:25:31,116 --> 00:25:32,310 So am l. 263 00:25:33,218 --> 00:25:34,549 l can wait. 264 00:25:36,054 --> 00:25:38,079 l noticed an Arab restaurant. 265 00:25:38,624 --> 00:25:40,285 lt was still open. 266 00:25:40,425 --> 00:25:42,154 l'll wait for you there. 267 00:25:42,694 --> 00:25:44,252 No, l said. 268 00:25:45,497 --> 00:25:47,988 l have to clean offices after this. 269 00:25:51,937 --> 00:25:53,871 We can give you a lift. 270 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:56,707 l don't want you to. 271 00:25:59,945 --> 00:26:01,503 Next week, then. 272 00:26:02,247 --> 00:26:05,045 You must have a day off. 273 00:26:06,618 --> 00:26:10,281 l have to drive my son to Dijon. 274 00:26:11,690 --> 00:26:13,749 So long. lt's all right. 275 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,122 l want to discuss a project. 276 00:26:16,361 --> 00:26:18,022 Maybe better than that. 277 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,135 Sure, but l already said no. 278 00:26:39,518 --> 00:26:41,383 You prefer never? 279 00:26:56,068 --> 00:26:57,831 - What did she say? - Maybe. 280 00:27:09,081 --> 00:27:12,983 When young people break up, things become incomprehensible. 281 00:27:13,418 --> 00:27:14,908 Take them. 282 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,685 They're at the pool. 283 00:27:16,922 --> 00:27:19,482 She watches him swim with a girlfriend. 284 00:27:19,725 --> 00:27:20,987 She shivers. 285 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,523 Why doesn't he love her now? 286 00:27:23,762 --> 00:27:25,855 ''You didn't get my letter?'' he asks. 287 00:27:26,098 --> 00:27:27,690 ''l don't understand it.'' 288 00:27:28,033 --> 00:27:29,967 ''But it's simple enough. 289 00:27:30,102 --> 00:27:32,832 ''l love you so much, you're so present, 290 00:27:32,971 --> 00:27:35,531 ''you're so real for me 291 00:27:35,674 --> 00:27:39,201 ''it's useless to see you as you'll always be there, 292 00:27:39,344 --> 00:27:40,777 ''whatever happens.'' 293 00:27:40,912 --> 00:27:43,972 She tugs anxiously on her necklace. 294 00:27:44,116 --> 00:27:45,606 lt breaks. 295 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:47,616 The beads fall into the pool. 296 00:27:50,021 --> 00:27:52,285 He dives in and brings one back. 297 00:27:56,228 --> 00:27:58,321 He says something else. 298 00:28:02,267 --> 00:28:04,064 She cries. 299 00:28:11,910 --> 00:28:14,902 ''Why run after something you have already? 300 00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:22,186 ''ln a word, you're too lovely to be desired, 301 00:28:22,888 --> 00:28:26,221 ''and l placed you too high for you to satisfy me. 302 00:28:27,225 --> 00:28:29,216 ''l love you, you're mine. 303 00:28:30,395 --> 00:28:33,523 ''But since you're mine l don't have to see you.'' 304 00:28:33,932 --> 00:28:35,832 You see what's going on? 305 00:28:36,434 --> 00:28:37,526 And you? 306 00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:41,064 Could you say that to the person you love? 307 00:28:43,341 --> 00:28:46,435 Would you accept it from someone you love? 308 00:28:48,580 --> 00:28:51,413 That's why Eglantine and Perceval broke up. 309 00:29:01,593 --> 00:29:03,254 We'll wait 5 more minutes. 310 00:29:05,697 --> 00:29:07,221 You have time? 311 00:29:09,801 --> 00:29:11,962 Someone said that two years ago. 312 00:29:12,204 --> 00:29:14,138 l remembered it, but not clearly. 313 00:29:17,976 --> 00:29:21,309 Once, at a book stall l found the text. 314 00:29:23,448 --> 00:29:25,746 lt's a short novel by Georges Bataille. 315 00:29:27,686 --> 00:29:29,654 You heard of him? 316 00:29:33,658 --> 00:29:37,287 On the Spanish Civil War people always cite ''Man's Hope,'' 317 00:29:37,529 --> 00:29:39,497 never ''Blue of Noon.'' 318 00:29:40,498 --> 00:29:43,058 True, it came out after the Liberation. 319 00:29:43,835 --> 00:29:46,133 l think it sold 300 copies. 320 00:29:50,809 --> 00:29:54,245 - Philippe, do it with him? - Yes, sir. 321 00:29:59,751 --> 00:30:01,685 ''Love of a mortal being. 322 00:30:04,256 --> 00:30:05,883 ''You say love, 323 00:30:06,024 --> 00:30:08,652 ''but the antithesis of the loved one 324 00:30:08,793 --> 00:30:10,351 ''is the State, 325 00:30:10,495 --> 00:30:14,192 ''whose role negates the sovereign value of love. 326 00:30:14,332 --> 00:30:18,496 ''The State has not, or has lost, the power to embrace 327 00:30:18,637 --> 00:30:20,628 the world in its totality. 328 00:30:20,772 --> 00:30:24,105 ''This totality of the universe offered both 329 00:30:24,242 --> 00:30:26,506 ''in the beloved, as an object, 330 00:30:26,645 --> 00:30:29,512 ''and in the lover, as the subject.'' 331 00:30:32,851 --> 00:30:34,113 This is no good. 332 00:30:34,953 --> 00:30:36,284 Why not? 333 00:30:38,189 --> 00:30:39,554 l told you why. 334 00:30:39,791 --> 00:30:41,884 There's no such thing as an adult. 335 00:30:46,464 --> 00:30:48,625 Do you ever think about death? 336 00:30:53,071 --> 00:30:55,539 l mean, your own death? 337 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,144 Then you haven't made a will? 338 00:31:09,154 --> 00:31:12,590 A man was executed at the Liberation 50 years ago. 339 00:31:13,992 --> 00:31:15,983 He wrote this the night before. 340 00:31:16,728 --> 00:31:18,093 Read it to us. 341 00:31:19,264 --> 00:31:22,825 ''ln Year 35 of my years, Like Villon, a prisoner.'' 342 00:31:23,234 --> 00:31:25,759 - ''Like Cervantes...'' - That won't do. 343 00:31:27,572 --> 00:31:30,200 Learn how to read, ma'am. Or recite. 344 00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:32,568 Or learn how to listen. 345 00:31:33,945 --> 00:31:35,344 lsn't that so, Philippe? 346 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:43,444 l didn't say, look. 347 00:31:43,688 --> 00:31:45,622 l said, listen. 348 00:31:46,658 --> 00:31:47,955 Hear. 349 00:32:01,339 --> 00:32:03,705 ''ln the awkward scrawl of these pages 350 00:32:04,676 --> 00:32:07,804 ''l begin my last will and testament. 351 00:32:12,117 --> 00:32:14,585 ''By court order, my worldly goods 352 00:32:15,653 --> 00:32:19,419 ''And heritage they'll take from me. 353 00:32:19,858 --> 00:32:22,554 ''That's easy, l had neither 354 00:32:23,661 --> 00:32:26,824 ''Land or money in my patrimony. 355 00:32:27,832 --> 00:32:30,995 ''As for my books and images 356 00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:35,097 ''Let them be dispersed to the wind. 357 00:32:36,007 --> 00:32:38,805 ''Neither tenderness nor courage 358 00:32:39,477 --> 00:32:42,742 ''Are things a court can rescind. 359 00:32:45,984 --> 00:32:48,851 The minister gave his green light. 360 00:32:49,354 --> 00:32:50,787 Thank you, counselor. 361 00:32:52,657 --> 00:32:54,784 Strolling or working? 362 00:32:55,026 --> 00:32:57,153 We're going to a talk on Kosovo. 363 00:32:57,395 --> 00:32:59,295 Mark Hunter just came back from there. 364 00:33:02,667 --> 00:33:04,760 You've been following this business? 365 00:33:05,170 --> 00:33:06,603 A little. 366 00:33:22,554 --> 00:33:24,146 And the young lady, Edgar? 367 00:33:24,456 --> 00:33:27,118 We went to see her. Not great. 368 00:33:28,126 --> 00:33:30,526 She's no Berthe Morisot. 369 00:33:31,563 --> 00:33:33,690 You knew l'd met her before? 370 00:33:35,733 --> 00:33:37,724 Two years back, on the coast. 371 00:34:03,995 --> 00:34:06,429 ''l knew how history would be told. 372 00:34:07,565 --> 00:34:09,499 ''The Serbs committed horrors 373 00:34:12,137 --> 00:34:13,604 ''in their frightful persecution 374 00:34:13,838 --> 00:34:15,897 ''of the Albanians of Kosovo. 375 00:34:22,347 --> 00:34:25,248 ''No journalist noted that most of the refugees 376 00:34:25,483 --> 00:34:28,714 ''were in their homes when the war broke out 377 00:34:29,487 --> 00:34:32,752 ''and that the Serbs warned they'd settle the Albanians' score 378 00:34:32,991 --> 00:34:35,357 ''if NATO attacked Yugoslavia.'' 379 00:34:57,048 --> 00:34:58,709 ''l recognize their fear. 380 00:35:00,485 --> 00:35:05,218 ''The radio said that the Serbs had the right to kill at will. 381 00:35:06,824 --> 00:35:09,987 ''Even women, children and old people. 382 00:35:12,297 --> 00:35:15,289 ''But l cannot hide my shame at learning 383 00:35:15,533 --> 00:35:17,933 ''that for the first time in our history 384 00:35:18,169 --> 00:35:20,569 ''we, the Albanians of Kosovo, 385 00:35:21,973 --> 00:35:24,999 ''are equally capable of acts just as monstruous.'' 386 00:35:25,243 --> 00:35:26,904 Your nationality? 387 00:35:27,145 --> 00:35:28,669 l have none. 388 00:35:33,818 --> 00:35:35,649 Kurd, but stateless. 389 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,184 l'm from Madrid. 390 00:36:01,112 --> 00:36:03,012 There are good Americans, too. 391 00:36:03,514 --> 00:36:06,005 Mark left his country during the Reagan era. 392 00:36:06,551 --> 00:36:10,385 There can be no resistance without memory or universalism. 393 00:36:13,925 --> 00:36:16,485 ''No peace without justice,'' it was said at Sarajevo. 394 00:36:16,728 --> 00:36:17,888 What do we do? 395 00:36:19,797 --> 00:36:20,957 We're stupid. 396 00:36:22,767 --> 00:36:24,792 The American accent's awful. 397 00:36:25,470 --> 00:36:28,405 You wanted America, you got it. 398 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,665 Not me, l didn't ask for anything. 399 00:36:31,409 --> 00:36:34,401 And your parents, in 1944? 400 00:36:34,779 --> 00:36:37,680 And your grandparents, in 1918? 401 00:36:38,116 --> 00:36:39,743 What are you talking about? 402 00:36:40,485 --> 00:36:42,715 Nothing. lt's history. 403 00:36:46,057 --> 00:36:47,752 He's looking for someone 404 00:36:47,892 --> 00:36:50,258 to edit his book and correct the proofs. 405 00:37:05,443 --> 00:37:08,469 There can be no resistance without memory 406 00:37:08,613 --> 00:37:10,581 or universalism. 407 00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:55,816 lsn't it strange how history has been replaced by technology? 408 00:37:56,060 --> 00:37:58,494 But why politics by gospel? 409 00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:02,230 The church is in step with time. 410 00:38:08,172 --> 00:38:11,300 Drop Mr Forlani at the lntercontinental. 411 00:38:16,147 --> 00:38:17,580 lf you don't object, Paul, 412 00:38:17,715 --> 00:38:20,616 part of your fees will be paid in kind. 413 00:38:20,752 --> 00:38:22,083 What do you mean? 414 00:38:24,389 --> 00:38:27,415 Weren't you looking for a Balzac edition? 415 00:38:27,558 --> 00:38:28,684 Absolutely. 416 00:38:28,826 --> 00:38:31,021 ''A Harlot High and Low.'' 417 00:38:31,162 --> 00:38:33,289 The 1844 edition. 418 00:38:33,431 --> 00:38:34,989 Where did you find it? 419 00:38:35,166 --> 00:38:36,724 Better than the original. 420 00:38:39,437 --> 00:38:42,304 The living copy. Living. 421 00:38:43,174 --> 00:38:44,766 ''She had hair 422 00:38:45,009 --> 00:38:48,467 ''that no coiffeur's hand could hold, so thick was it, 423 00:38:48,713 --> 00:38:53,150 ''and so long that it fell to the floor in rings.'' 424 00:39:02,693 --> 00:39:04,524 Living Esther, Paul. 425 00:39:11,302 --> 00:39:14,829 - A Jewess? - As only Raphael could draw them! 426 00:39:29,787 --> 00:39:31,880 The church is in step with time. 427 00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:36,048 Like troops moving through unfamiliar territory 428 00:39:36,294 --> 00:39:38,888 where normal provisioning is impossible. 429 00:39:39,831 --> 00:39:41,924 How can it bequeath to the meek, 430 00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:43,861 the legitimate heirs of God, 431 00:39:44,101 --> 00:39:46,228 a kingdom not of this world? 432 00:39:53,311 --> 00:39:54,835 You never think of it, 433 00:39:56,781 --> 00:39:59,375 but the truth may turn out to be sad. 434 00:40:06,624 --> 00:40:08,091 What are you after? 435 00:40:09,527 --> 00:40:10,858 With me? 436 00:40:15,533 --> 00:40:17,023 l have papers to sign. 437 00:40:17,268 --> 00:40:19,896 ''Here peace officer Revel was shot by the Germans...'' 438 00:40:20,137 --> 00:40:22,367 l don't understand the lawyers. 439 00:40:26,644 --> 00:40:28,612 l need people for this project. 440 00:40:28,846 --> 00:40:31,110 l don't like that world. 441 00:40:33,017 --> 00:40:34,609 Same here. 442 00:40:36,988 --> 00:40:38,546 l'm full of doubts. 443 00:40:43,828 --> 00:40:46,296 - Shall we walk? - l walk home anyway. 444 00:40:46,531 --> 00:40:48,158 You'll tire before me. 445 00:40:54,739 --> 00:40:57,572 They shouldn't phrase it like that. 446 00:41:01,412 --> 00:41:04,074 Neither ''officer'' nor ''peace'' 447 00:41:04,715 --> 00:41:06,148 nor ''Germans.'' 448 00:41:14,425 --> 00:41:17,121 People often say something in a discussion. 449 00:41:17,361 --> 00:41:19,420 They don't agree, so they say, 450 00:41:19,664 --> 00:41:21,757 ''And you? What are you doing here?'' 451 00:41:22,199 --> 00:41:26,135 The other answers, ''That's another story.'' 452 00:41:29,540 --> 00:41:32,373 But they never tell that other story. 453 00:41:33,177 --> 00:41:34,940 They never start from there. 454 00:41:38,182 --> 00:41:40,548 Maybe because it has to be told another way 455 00:41:41,686 --> 00:41:43,654 and they haven't the guts. 456 00:41:45,556 --> 00:41:47,319 That's what happened to my parents. 457 00:41:49,794 --> 00:41:51,455 They committed suicide. 458 00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:54,827 l don't know about Mother, 459 00:41:55,266 --> 00:41:57,393 but my father left a letter. 460 00:41:57,735 --> 00:42:01,364 He never said ''globalization.'' He said ''the universal stage.'' 461 00:42:03,941 --> 00:42:05,306 l was 5 years old. 462 00:42:06,377 --> 00:42:08,345 l was born 3 years before May '68. 463 00:42:12,817 --> 00:42:14,307 What are you thinking about? 464 00:42:18,756 --> 00:42:20,417 The empty fortress. 465 00:42:25,563 --> 00:42:27,531 That sounds familiar. 466 00:42:31,135 --> 00:42:33,399 l was thinking of the Communist trade union. 467 00:42:38,509 --> 00:42:40,170 There is no emptiness. 468 00:42:41,979 --> 00:42:44,038 There's always a voice somewhere. 469 00:42:47,518 --> 00:42:48,849 What about silence? 470 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,215 Even in silence. 471 00:42:53,124 --> 00:42:55,558 - What about death? - There is no death. 472 00:42:58,162 --> 00:43:01,620 When it comes, there's always a sense of self. 473 00:43:24,488 --> 00:43:26,149 When l said ''empty fortress,'' 474 00:43:26,390 --> 00:43:29,553 l was actually thinking of workers' struggles. 475 00:43:30,561 --> 00:43:32,290 And the ephemeral. 476 00:43:37,868 --> 00:43:40,166 We haven't really discussed your project. 477 00:43:41,472 --> 00:43:43,565 lt keeps jumping the track. 478 00:43:47,211 --> 00:43:48,678 But which track? 479 00:43:50,915 --> 00:43:53,281 The one from childhood to old age. 480 00:43:55,419 --> 00:43:57,444 You referring to adulthood? 481 00:43:58,689 --> 00:43:59,951 lf you want. 482 00:44:02,326 --> 00:44:03,759 Am l wrong 483 00:44:04,562 --> 00:44:06,655 or you don't have children? 484 00:44:08,099 --> 00:44:10,363 You're right. l live alone. 485 00:44:14,605 --> 00:44:15,936 And you? 486 00:44:16,073 --> 00:44:18,007 l have a 3-year-old boy. 487 00:44:18,776 --> 00:44:20,175 After you got married? 488 00:44:22,413 --> 00:44:24,108 My boyfriend left me. 489 00:44:26,016 --> 00:44:27,813 Since our breakup, 490 00:44:29,453 --> 00:44:32,320 and when l think about it, and only then, 491 00:44:34,959 --> 00:44:37,189 things start making sense. 492 00:44:40,731 --> 00:44:42,699 What you're saying is interesting. 493 00:44:43,701 --> 00:44:46,534 Things beginning, things coming to an end. 494 00:44:55,579 --> 00:44:57,911 Not your story or mine, 495 00:44:59,116 --> 00:45:01,311 but, whatever happens, our story. 496 00:45:02,419 --> 00:45:04,216 Even if we aren't acquainted. 497 00:45:06,290 --> 00:45:07,416 History. 498 00:45:10,494 --> 00:45:13,395 When we met in Brittany and talked a bit, 499 00:45:13,898 --> 00:45:17,390 you had nothing to say about what was going on. 500 00:45:18,903 --> 00:45:20,700 Even if it didn't concern you. 501 00:45:21,272 --> 00:45:22,830 How you really felt. 502 00:45:23,841 --> 00:45:25,433 The principle of it, l mean. 503 00:45:28,312 --> 00:45:30,007 l think you were right. 504 00:45:30,981 --> 00:45:34,007 - Americans have no real past. - Those in the north. 505 00:45:34,485 --> 00:45:36,419 Not the Mexicans. Not Brazil. 506 00:45:36,654 --> 00:45:38,713 Yes, the Americans of the north. 507 00:45:40,958 --> 00:45:42,949 They have no memory of their own. 508 00:45:43,194 --> 00:45:46,630 Their machines do, but they have none personally. 509 00:45:46,864 --> 00:45:48,764 So they buy the past of others. 510 00:45:48,999 --> 00:45:50,899 Especially those who resisted. 511 00:45:51,702 --> 00:45:53,761 Or they sell talking images. 512 00:45:54,271 --> 00:45:56,034 But an image never talks. 513 00:46:04,181 --> 00:46:05,876 That's what they want. 514 00:46:08,385 --> 00:46:10,046 l agree with you. 515 00:46:15,893 --> 00:46:17,724 When l think about something, 516 00:46:18,562 --> 00:46:22,157 l'm really thinking of something else. 517 00:46:25,402 --> 00:46:27,666 You can only think about something 518 00:46:28,639 --> 00:46:32,075 if you think of something else. 519 00:46:34,245 --> 00:46:35,439 For instance, 520 00:46:35,813 --> 00:46:38,111 you see a landscape new to you. 521 00:46:39,083 --> 00:46:40,675 But it's new to you 522 00:46:40,918 --> 00:46:43,648 because you mentally compare it 523 00:46:44,755 --> 00:46:46,689 to another landscape, 524 00:46:49,393 --> 00:46:50,917 one which you know. 525 00:47:23,260 --> 00:47:24,818 ls that Auteuil over there? 526 00:47:27,031 --> 00:47:28,794 Way down there. 527 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:31,625 lt was near the Mirabeau Bridge, 528 00:47:31,869 --> 00:47:33,894 in 52 B.C., 529 00:47:34,138 --> 00:47:36,698 that Caesar's general crossed the Seine 530 00:47:36,941 --> 00:47:39,671 into the Grenelle plain to attack 531 00:47:39,910 --> 00:47:41,901 the Gallic troops of Lutetia. 532 00:47:44,782 --> 00:47:47,307 There was forest there, all round. 533 00:47:49,119 --> 00:47:50,552 What remains today 534 00:47:51,655 --> 00:47:53,213 is the Bois de Boulogne. 535 00:48:42,006 --> 00:48:43,803 ''Drancy Future'' 536 00:49:04,194 --> 00:49:06,719 Who ever connected Drancy with the future? 537 00:49:06,964 --> 00:49:08,488 Oh, some upright family man. 538 00:49:09,633 --> 00:49:12,932 He came home from the office, kissed his children 539 00:49:13,237 --> 00:49:16,104 and told his little girl he'd worked well. 540 00:49:21,145 --> 00:49:22,612 You're right. 541 00:49:24,048 --> 00:49:26,448 The truth may turn out to be sad. 542 00:49:28,919 --> 00:49:30,910 l'll lend you a book on the subject. 543 00:49:39,263 --> 00:49:41,163 No, l won't tell you where l live. 544 00:49:43,667 --> 00:49:45,032 At the bookshop. 545 00:49:47,337 --> 00:49:48,827 They hold on to my mail. 546 00:49:56,780 --> 00:50:00,113 Why don't you talk about your project anymore? 547 00:50:03,887 --> 00:50:05,616 l'm not right for it now. 548 00:50:09,693 --> 00:50:11,388 l'm not beautiful enough. 549 00:50:14,264 --> 00:50:16,698 l think, though, that you think so. 550 00:50:21,405 --> 00:50:22,872 My grandfather, 3 years ago... 551 00:50:23,107 --> 00:50:26,543 You asked why he still belonged to the Communist Party. 552 00:50:27,444 --> 00:50:29,537 He would never say ''women,'' 553 00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,875 he would say, ''persons of sex.'' 554 00:50:34,384 --> 00:50:36,375 Good, l made you laugh. 555 00:50:38,055 --> 00:50:39,386 Yes, true. 556 00:50:41,725 --> 00:50:45,320 We can never know what a thought is all about. 557 00:50:50,434 --> 00:50:52,664 You win. l was smiling. 558 00:50:54,004 --> 00:50:55,995 Say it again, slowly? 559 00:50:57,341 --> 00:50:58,706 ''Every thought 560 00:51:01,278 --> 00:51:02,939 ''should recall 561 00:51:04,348 --> 00:51:05,610 ''the debris 562 00:51:07,284 --> 00:51:08,546 ''of a smile.'' 563 00:51:12,422 --> 00:51:13,684 l hope so. 564 00:51:15,259 --> 00:51:16,453 Goodbye. 565 00:51:19,163 --> 00:51:21,927 After your meeting with Jean Lacouture, 566 00:51:22,166 --> 00:51:23,895 l left, too. 567 00:51:25,669 --> 00:51:27,603 l never kept in touch. 568 00:51:28,972 --> 00:51:31,907 l took the same train you did. 569 00:51:33,610 --> 00:51:35,601 l figured l shouldn't stop them. 570 00:51:37,114 --> 00:51:39,378 No, just things. 571 00:51:41,018 --> 00:51:42,576 Things just. 572 00:52:18,889 --> 00:52:20,322 Not very cheerful here. 573 00:52:20,557 --> 00:52:22,582 Happiness is never cheerful. 574 00:52:23,660 --> 00:52:25,821 You didn't make that up. 575 00:52:26,063 --> 00:52:27,690 No, sir. lt was Max Ophuls. 576 00:52:49,953 --> 00:52:51,682 Come on. You, mister. 577 00:52:59,363 --> 00:53:01,888 - ''l think: lf He came back... - ''Who? 578 00:53:02,132 --> 00:53:05,624 ''You know who. The Galilean hobo. 579 00:53:06,203 --> 00:53:08,501 ''The redhead with a heart larger than life. 580 00:53:09,006 --> 00:53:11,167 ''lf the spotless lamb returned...'' 581 00:53:11,408 --> 00:53:13,000 They're waiting for us. 582 00:53:13,310 --> 00:53:14,538 And Edgar? 583 00:53:14,978 --> 00:53:16,240 He's here. 584 00:53:19,449 --> 00:53:21,883 And they say Daumier isn't a painter. 585 00:53:39,636 --> 00:53:41,831 So you dropped the play idea. 586 00:53:42,072 --> 00:53:43,596 Yes, too much shouting. 587 00:53:44,341 --> 00:53:46,070 Remember what you said to me? 588 00:53:46,310 --> 00:53:48,437 Nothing is lost now but our honor. 589 00:53:48,679 --> 00:53:50,340 So, the honor is yours, sir. 590 00:53:50,981 --> 00:53:53,950 - What must l do? - You just say, ''Go on.'' 591 00:54:01,425 --> 00:54:03,893 So Eglantine and Perceval met again. 592 00:56:06,983 --> 00:56:08,382 What are you doing here? 593 00:56:08,785 --> 00:56:09,911 A friend. 594 00:56:13,657 --> 00:56:15,750 We were visiting Mr Rosenthal. 595 00:56:23,333 --> 00:56:24,766 How's he been? 596 00:56:25,001 --> 00:56:28,493 Since you left he's let himself go. His memory's going. 597 00:56:28,905 --> 00:56:30,702 And you, how are you? 598 00:56:33,510 --> 00:56:35,102 l'm fine, now. 599 00:56:46,990 --> 00:56:49,686 l've taken up boxing again, and my cantata. 600 00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:51,359 lt's turning into an opera. 601 00:56:51,595 --> 00:56:53,222 ''Joy of Man's Desiring.'' 602 00:56:54,097 --> 00:56:55,189 That's right. 603 00:56:55,332 --> 00:56:57,357 l heard you got married. 604 00:56:58,969 --> 00:57:00,231 You must be joking. 605 00:57:02,772 --> 00:57:05,070 True, in time she became pathetic. 606 00:57:08,278 --> 00:57:10,803 You know how things go, l think. 607 00:57:12,349 --> 00:57:15,546 Every thought should recall a capsized smile. 608 00:57:15,785 --> 00:57:18,276 - Where'd you hear that phrase? - Nowhere. 609 00:57:18,522 --> 00:57:20,080 l just made it up. 610 00:57:21,992 --> 00:57:24,722 Philippe, the days of phrases are over. 611 00:57:24,995 --> 00:57:27,657 - How's she been? - l'm about to find out. 612 00:57:28,131 --> 00:57:30,395 l have an appointment next door. 613 00:57:31,735 --> 00:57:33,293 - Good luck. - Yes, sir. 614 00:57:37,340 --> 00:57:39,240 ls that Edgar? 615 00:57:39,476 --> 00:57:42,138 Why call him ''sir''? He's younger than you. 616 00:57:42,379 --> 00:57:46,145 Maybe, but he's the only person trying to become an adult. 617 00:58:39,736 --> 00:58:42,068 We got a letter from Amsterdam. 618 00:58:44,374 --> 00:58:47,502 They have people there who help others end it all. 619 00:58:50,313 --> 00:58:52,178 You know about her parents, don't you? 620 00:58:53,283 --> 00:58:55,478 Yes, she told me. 621 00:58:57,153 --> 00:58:58,415 Recently? 622 00:58:59,623 --> 00:59:01,716 Or when you came that time? 623 00:59:02,092 --> 00:59:03,354 Recently. 624 00:59:05,228 --> 00:59:06,991 She was working here? 625 00:59:07,631 --> 00:59:10,930 We were only told she still had some things here. 626 00:59:12,402 --> 00:59:15,428 And that she wanted to leave you one of her books. 627 00:59:16,439 --> 00:59:18,236 Take your pick. 628 00:59:19,943 --> 00:59:22,207 How did you get my address? 629 00:59:22,445 --> 00:59:24,208 She didn't have it. 630 00:59:24,347 --> 00:59:26,042 Apparently, she did. 631 00:59:28,084 --> 00:59:30,279 You shouldn't have dropped that project. 632 00:59:31,688 --> 00:59:33,519 She told you about it? 633 00:59:33,757 --> 00:59:35,384 Early last fall. 634 00:59:36,860 --> 00:59:40,591 We'd had no news for 3 years. She believed in it, you know. 635 00:59:43,333 --> 00:59:45,426 That's no reason to commit suicide. 636 00:59:49,172 --> 00:59:53,768 Maybe it's none of my business, but how'd it go with those Americans? 637 00:59:53,910 --> 00:59:55,571 No, it's none of your business. 638 01:00:01,217 --> 01:00:03,811 There was also her tuberculosis. 639 01:00:04,854 --> 01:00:06,253 l didn't know. 640 01:00:06,523 --> 01:00:08,491 She hid it, like her mother did. 641 01:00:09,626 --> 01:00:11,093 What about her little boy? 642 01:00:13,296 --> 01:00:15,457 Did you know her well? 643 01:00:16,633 --> 01:00:19,431 l don't even know her name. Or yours. 644 01:00:20,303 --> 01:00:23,329 At your hotel we hardly talked 10 minutes. 645 01:00:23,473 --> 01:00:26,408 Not much more when we met again. 646 01:00:27,510 --> 01:00:29,910 Her tone of voice interested me. 647 01:00:30,146 --> 01:00:32,580 lt often brought ideas to life. 648 01:00:33,550 --> 01:00:34,778 As for the rest... 649 01:00:36,319 --> 01:00:38,116 she was a letdown. 650 01:00:39,589 --> 01:00:42,456 - l'll take this one. - You're the letdown. 651 01:00:42,692 --> 01:00:43,954 Good luck. 652 01:00:44,527 --> 01:00:45,960 What luck? 653 01:01:11,554 --> 01:01:14,455 TWO YEARS EARLlER 654 01:01:36,980 --> 01:01:38,208 You're Edgar? 655 01:01:38,448 --> 01:01:40,382 You've come to see Jean Lacouture. 656 01:01:40,617 --> 01:01:42,414 He asked me to fetch you. 657 01:02:00,403 --> 01:02:03,429 l'm in charge of culture for the city. 658 01:02:03,673 --> 01:02:06,403 You're writing on Catholics in the Resistance. 659 01:02:06,643 --> 01:02:08,201 lt's just a study. 660 01:02:08,478 --> 01:02:10,537 l have some interesting records. 661 01:02:10,780 --> 01:02:14,272 My great-uncle left many papers. 662 01:02:16,786 --> 01:02:18,879 ''Memoirs of a Free France Agent'' 663 01:02:19,022 --> 01:02:22,389 And all the ''Confr�rie de Notre-Dame'' archives. 664 01:02:23,860 --> 01:02:27,125 Actually, l'm composing a cantata. 665 01:02:28,097 --> 01:02:29,894 A cantata for Simone Weil. 666 01:02:46,616 --> 01:02:49,449 l wonder if they're who l think they are. 667 01:02:49,686 --> 01:02:52,746 - Who do you mean? - Pain-in-the-ass Americans. 668 01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:38,333 As P�guy said 669 01:03:40,770 --> 01:03:43,261 on June 17, 1940: 670 01:03:43,506 --> 01:03:45,599 ''ln war, l side with he who won't 671 01:03:45,842 --> 01:03:47,605 ''surrender the citadel.'' 672 01:03:51,614 --> 01:03:53,514 Catholics and the Resistance. 673 01:03:54,918 --> 01:04:00,015 But right now l'm doing background research. 674 01:04:03,092 --> 01:04:05,560 l'm writing a cantata for Simone Weil. 675 01:04:07,397 --> 01:04:10,230 You know what she said about the Bible? 676 01:04:11,100 --> 01:04:15,332 That it wasn't a theory about God but a theory about Man. 677 01:04:20,443 --> 01:04:26,382 Do you think the people in London pondered those things? 678 01:04:26,516 --> 01:04:31,886 Christianity is definitely part of the spirit of resistance. 679 01:04:35,625 --> 01:04:40,255 There's that dimension that was experienced 680 01:04:40,496 --> 01:04:45,229 among French resistance fighters on home soil. 681 01:04:53,109 --> 01:04:56,943 Look, half of Shakespeare is set in France. 682 01:04:57,180 --> 01:05:00,445 Can this war be said to have been a religious war? 683 01:05:00,683 --> 01:05:03,516 One of drama's great love scenes 684 01:05:03,753 --> 01:05:06,916 is in ''Henry V,'' when the French princess 685 01:05:07,156 --> 01:05:11,115 learns a few words of English. 686 01:05:11,260 --> 01:05:13,626 The most erotic ones. 687 01:05:13,863 --> 01:05:16,923 l think, if the Catholics and the monarchists 688 01:05:17,166 --> 01:05:19,726 were generally the first to go to London, 689 01:05:20,470 --> 01:05:23,268 it's because they originally came from there. 690 01:05:25,508 --> 01:05:29,410 We were coming out of a totally strange period... 691 01:05:35,952 --> 01:05:38,750 Stay two more days. 692 01:05:41,324 --> 01:05:46,125 To see the two Resistance veterans who sold their memory to Hollywood. 693 01:06:06,549 --> 01:06:08,016 What's going on? 694 01:06:08,651 --> 01:06:11,313 Berthe looked at the contract. We've been had. 695 01:06:11,754 --> 01:06:14,746 Are you quite sure? You can always negotiate. 696 01:06:14,991 --> 01:06:16,356 She's crazy. 697 01:06:19,495 --> 01:06:22,157 We had to close the restaurant. 698 01:06:23,232 --> 01:06:25,462 What if we have to return the money? 699 01:06:26,002 --> 01:06:27,128 Winter's coming. 700 01:06:27,904 --> 01:06:29,701 What does Fran�oise think? 701 01:06:29,939 --> 01:06:33,102 l'll do what she wants. 702 01:06:33,543 --> 01:06:35,477 Who's that guy with the bag? 703 01:06:35,711 --> 01:06:39,772 A student working on de Gaulle and the Catholics. 704 01:07:20,556 --> 01:07:22,387 Tragedy is convenient. 705 01:07:23,059 --> 01:07:25,220 lt runs on its own. 706 01:07:26,462 --> 01:07:30,899 Death, despair, and betrayal are on the march, 707 01:07:33,102 --> 01:07:35,036 and the storms, the tears, 708 01:07:35,271 --> 01:07:38,001 the stillness, all stillness... 709 01:07:39,775 --> 01:07:41,675 Tragedy is clean. 710 01:07:42,011 --> 01:07:43,911 lt is restful. 711 01:07:44,881 --> 01:07:48,681 With melodrama, with its traitors and wicked villains, 712 01:07:48,851 --> 01:07:50,284 A LONG TlME AGO 713 01:07:51,254 --> 01:07:53,017 its avengers, 714 01:07:53,156 --> 01:07:57,354 its glimmers of hope, death becomes horrible, 715 01:07:57,493 --> 01:07:59,222 like an accident. 716 01:07:59,362 --> 01:08:02,422 ln tragedy, there's no problem. 717 01:08:03,966 --> 01:08:05,797 First, we're among friends. 718 01:08:06,702 --> 01:08:08,863 We're all innocent, in short. 719 01:08:10,439 --> 01:08:13,602 60 years ago, l crossed the Channel in that thing. 720 01:08:13,843 --> 01:08:16,607 - The sad hope... - Free France. 721 01:08:17,113 --> 01:08:18,375 We're trapped, 722 01:08:19,148 --> 01:08:20,581 finally trapped. 723 01:08:20,816 --> 01:08:22,807 We rebuilt it identically. 724 01:08:24,120 --> 01:08:25,451 You're right: 725 01:08:25,855 --> 01:08:30,053 when the fact becomes legend, print the legend. 726 01:08:36,632 --> 01:08:38,224 And who's the gentleman? 727 01:08:42,738 --> 01:08:44,103 Why Washington? 728 01:09:05,428 --> 01:09:06,861 What's he talking about? 729 01:09:07,196 --> 01:09:10,859 They're saying that trade follows films. 730 01:09:13,502 --> 01:09:15,094 What should we do? 731 01:09:15,338 --> 01:09:17,636 We'll think it over, l'm taking notes. 732 01:09:17,873 --> 01:09:21,138 You think it over. We'll talk again. 733 01:09:22,912 --> 01:09:24,209 Basically, 734 01:09:26,515 --> 01:09:27,948 the Resistance had 735 01:09:28,751 --> 01:09:30,013 its youth... 736 01:09:34,023 --> 01:09:35,820 And it had its old age... 737 01:09:39,262 --> 01:09:41,560 but it never went through adulthood. 738 01:09:46,435 --> 01:09:50,337 Who's to decide if your past is alive or not? 739 01:09:52,275 --> 01:09:54,573 lt depends on how you see yourself. 740 01:10:00,149 --> 01:10:02,982 Someone who plans to keep moving ahead 741 01:10:03,319 --> 01:10:07,016 defines his former self as a self that no longer exists. 742 01:10:12,662 --> 01:10:16,189 But some people's plan implies rejecting time. 743 01:10:18,601 --> 01:10:21,001 They have a strong bond with the past. 744 01:10:29,512 --> 01:10:31,707 lt's true of almost all old people. 745 01:10:32,782 --> 01:10:36,548 They can't abide time for fear of wasting away. 746 01:10:38,020 --> 01:10:42,582 Each clings to the conviction that he is unchanging. 747 01:10:48,464 --> 01:10:52,764 But to what extent does memory help us reclaim our lives? 748 01:10:57,773 --> 01:11:00,037 l can't find the tape that you recorded... 749 01:11:00,676 --> 01:11:01,973 ''The Secret War.'' 750 01:11:30,306 --> 01:11:33,139 ls that you, during the war? 751 01:11:35,678 --> 01:11:37,976 ls that you, there? 752 01:11:39,582 --> 01:11:44,849 That one is when lntelligence asked me to work for the Gestapo. 753 01:11:46,522 --> 01:11:49,423 Many people died because of that. 754 01:11:50,659 --> 01:11:52,593 l was acquitted twice. 755 01:11:54,597 --> 01:11:58,328 l remained a Communist, so they said l was a Russian spy. 756 01:12:00,403 --> 01:12:03,668 True, l knew someone in the Orchestre Rouge. 757 01:12:03,906 --> 01:12:05,771 And who's that? 758 01:12:07,109 --> 01:12:08,940 You just said hello to her. 759 01:12:10,546 --> 01:12:12,980 lt was an amateur opera production. 760 01:12:14,083 --> 01:12:17,450 Berthe was 19 years old. A fabulous swimmer, too. 761 01:12:18,087 --> 01:12:19,111 Then... 762 01:12:20,423 --> 01:12:22,050 - she fell ill and quit. - And now? 763 01:12:23,526 --> 01:12:26,324 She works in a Paris law firm. 764 01:12:27,229 --> 01:12:29,493 A LONG TlME AGO 765 01:12:29,732 --> 01:12:31,859 That was with my wife at the beach 766 01:12:33,369 --> 01:12:34,734 in '45. 767 01:12:36,038 --> 01:12:38,233 We thought it was starting. 768 01:12:39,742 --> 01:12:41,505 ln fact, it was ending. 769 01:12:43,646 --> 01:12:45,739 l realize that it takes 770 01:12:45,981 --> 01:12:49,849 - 50 years for it to end. - lt skips over the parents 771 01:12:51,887 --> 01:12:53,912 and it lands on the grandchildren. 772 01:12:57,626 --> 01:12:59,321 Maybe you're right: 773 01:13:01,564 --> 01:13:02,758 Adulthood 774 01:13:04,667 --> 01:13:06,032 doesn't exist. 775 01:13:06,502 --> 01:13:09,403 We can't go on discussing for hours. 776 01:13:15,110 --> 01:13:16,270 Let me start again: 777 01:13:17,346 --> 01:13:20,713 ''Our company, Spielberg Associates, 778 01:13:21,250 --> 01:13:24,413 ''has acquired the right, signed by Mrs Bayarde...'' 779 01:13:24,653 --> 01:13:25,847 Bayard! 780 01:13:26,121 --> 01:13:28,385 ''Mrs Bayard here present... 781 01:13:29,959 --> 01:13:31,426 ''By this agreement 782 01:13:32,361 --> 01:13:34,727 ''that Mr Bayard has also signed, 783 01:13:34,964 --> 01:13:38,559 ''our company has acquired the rights to their story 784 01:13:38,801 --> 01:13:43,033 ''during the terrible years of '41 , '42, '43 and '44. 785 01:13:44,940 --> 01:13:48,432 ''The film's title will be 'Tristan and lsolde,' 786 01:13:48,844 --> 01:13:52,405 ''the name of the network the couple founded in 1941 . 787 01:13:55,384 --> 01:13:57,648 ''Mrs Bayard as the young resistant, 788 01:13:57,887 --> 01:14:00,117 ''will be played by Juliette Binoche, 789 01:14:00,356 --> 01:14:02,119 ''who has just won an Oscar.'' 790 01:14:02,958 --> 01:14:05,222 Miss Binoche was unable to come, 791 01:14:05,461 --> 01:14:08,760 but will call Mrs Bayard this very evening. 792 01:14:10,499 --> 01:14:13,434 We have hired a top American writer 793 01:14:13,669 --> 01:14:15,762 to do the screenplay. 794 01:14:20,009 --> 01:14:21,977 You say ''American writer.'' 795 01:14:22,311 --> 01:14:24,245 What ''Americans'' do you mean? 796 01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:25,970 South America? 797 01:14:26,215 --> 01:14:28,683 The United States, of course. 798 01:14:28,918 --> 01:14:30,010 Of course, 799 01:14:30,419 --> 01:14:32,910 but Brazil's states are united, too. 800 01:14:33,222 --> 01:14:36,623 ln Brazil they're called Brazilians. 801 01:14:37,226 --> 01:14:40,320 No, l said the United States of North America. 802 01:14:40,996 --> 01:14:43,658 The United Mexican States are N. America, 803 01:14:43,899 --> 01:14:45,491 and they're Mexicans. 804 01:14:45,734 --> 01:14:47,964 ln Canada they're called Canadians. 805 01:14:48,203 --> 01:14:50,262 Which united states do you mean? 806 01:14:50,739 --> 01:14:53,469 l just said: the United States of the North. 807 01:14:54,610 --> 01:14:55,599 Well, then, 808 01:14:55,844 --> 01:14:58,108 an inhabitant of your united states, 809 01:14:58,347 --> 01:14:59,609 what's he called? 810 01:15:03,385 --> 01:15:04,852 See? You don't have a name. 811 01:15:06,555 --> 01:15:08,853 This man signed for a country 812 01:15:09,091 --> 01:15:10,956 whose inhabitants have no name. 813 01:15:12,428 --> 01:15:15,124 No wonder they need other peoples' stories, 814 01:15:16,265 --> 01:15:18,096 other peoples' legends. 815 01:15:18,233 --> 01:15:19,860 You're like us. 816 01:15:20,603 --> 01:15:24,903 You're looking for the origin: parents, siblings, cousins... 817 01:15:25,407 --> 01:15:27,034 Nothing original about that. 818 01:15:28,277 --> 01:15:30,643 But we seek it inside ourselves. 819 01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:34,846 Poor you! With no history, you have to seek it elsewhere, 820 01:15:35,985 --> 01:15:38,249 in Vietnam, Sarajevo... 821 01:15:40,623 --> 01:15:43,148 Okay, but you can do it gently... 822 01:15:44,426 --> 01:15:45,688 Nicely. 823 01:15:47,930 --> 01:15:50,023 Know the origin of the word ''OK''? 824 01:15:51,734 --> 01:15:53,258 One of your generals, 825 01:15:53,902 --> 01:15:56,564 during the Civil War, used it in his report: 826 01:15:56,805 --> 01:15:58,363 - ''0 killed.'' - Let me finish. 827 01:15:58,607 --> 01:16:00,871 The first check for 50,000 USD 828 01:16:01,110 --> 01:16:03,510 was remitted as agreed on signature. 829 01:16:04,847 --> 01:16:07,281 This check was cashed two days later. 830 01:16:09,785 --> 01:16:10,843 Nude scenes! 831 01:16:11,086 --> 01:16:13,077 So we see no reason to rework 832 01:16:13,322 --> 01:16:16,120 - the present agreement. - They didn't notice. 833 01:16:16,425 --> 01:16:18,290 Today, in all films 834 01:16:18,494 --> 01:16:22,863 girls must undress and roll all over their lovers. 835 01:16:25,501 --> 01:16:28,732 Was that really yours and grandpa's story? 836 01:16:33,976 --> 01:16:37,776 Mrs Schindler was never paid. She's in poverty in Argentina. 837 01:16:38,047 --> 01:16:40,038 Don't stay outside. 838 01:16:57,966 --> 01:17:00,799 l'm looking for a videotape grandpa recorded. 839 01:17:02,571 --> 01:17:04,163 lt shows terrible things: 840 01:17:05,007 --> 01:17:07,271 the guilty's gaze on the innocent. 841 01:17:15,651 --> 01:17:16,913 SO LONG AGO 842 01:17:26,929 --> 01:17:28,590 You say ''State,'' 843 01:17:29,898 --> 01:17:34,426 but the State is the very antithesis of the image of a loved one, 844 01:17:36,004 --> 01:17:38,939 whose sovereign reason negates that of love. 845 01:18:09,071 --> 01:18:11,631 Thank you, Father, for showing the babes 846 01:18:11,874 --> 01:18:15,310 what you hid from the wise and the intelligent. 847 01:18:26,989 --> 01:18:28,320 Listen to this: 848 01:18:29,258 --> 01:18:31,749 ''October '45.'' lt's still true. 849 01:18:35,798 --> 01:18:36,856 ''Today, 850 01:18:37,966 --> 01:18:39,661 ''August 20, 1945, 851 01:18:40,969 --> 01:18:43,233 ''in this deserted and starving Paris, 852 01:18:44,606 --> 01:18:46,335 ''the war has ended, 853 01:18:48,076 --> 01:18:50,544 ''peace has not yet begun.'' 854 01:18:53,448 --> 01:18:54,540 And this... 855 01:18:56,084 --> 01:18:58,211 ''But we're back in the Year 1000. 856 01:18:59,421 --> 01:19:02,322 ''Each day is the eve of the end of time, 857 01:19:02,457 --> 01:19:06,621 ''the eve of the day when our honesty and courage 858 01:19:06,762 --> 01:19:08,957 ''will no longer have meaning for anyone.'' 859 01:19:10,499 --> 01:19:12,694 ''Henceforth my freedom is purer.'' 860 01:19:15,637 --> 01:19:16,626 And this... 861 01:19:18,106 --> 01:19:20,734 ''But we, born in France, what can we say? 862 01:19:22,211 --> 01:19:25,806 ''lt's not much to say it is our homeland. lt's vague. 863 01:19:28,283 --> 01:19:30,581 ''lt's our concrete situation, 864 01:19:31,220 --> 01:19:33,586 ''our chance, and our fate. 865 01:19:37,192 --> 01:19:40,320 '' 'Until now, l lived in fear,' said Tristan Bernard 866 01:19:40,829 --> 01:19:42,490 ''when they came to arrest him, 867 01:19:43,732 --> 01:19:45,927 '' 'From now on, l will live in hope.' '' 868 01:19:52,975 --> 01:19:55,239 Tristan Bernard is the one who said 869 01:19:55,677 --> 01:19:58,339 ''lf you can see Le Havre, it will rain. 870 01:19:58,947 --> 01:20:01,814 - ''lf you can't see it anymore... - ''...lt's raining.'' 871 01:20:09,491 --> 01:20:12,153 - How's it going downstairs? - You should've come. 872 01:20:44,726 --> 01:20:47,627 ALREAD Y TWO YEARS EARLlER 873 01:21:17,993 --> 01:21:19,654 l want to tell you something. 874 01:21:30,238 --> 01:21:31,933 You wanted to say something? 875 01:21:33,909 --> 01:21:36,343 When did the gaze collapse? 876 01:21:41,083 --> 01:21:42,414 10 years ago? 877 01:21:43,318 --> 01:21:44,580 15 years? 878 01:21:45,454 --> 01:21:46,887 Maybe 50. 879 01:21:48,323 --> 01:21:49,847 Before TV. 880 01:21:53,996 --> 01:21:55,088 Who knows? 881 01:21:55,430 --> 01:21:56,761 Be more precise. 882 01:22:01,169 --> 01:22:03,034 Before TVtook precedence. 883 01:22:03,372 --> 01:22:04,600 Over what? 884 01:22:10,045 --> 01:22:11,444 Over current events? 885 01:22:13,281 --> 01:22:14,714 Over life. 886 01:22:15,217 --> 01:22:16,309 Yes. 887 01:22:18,286 --> 01:22:22,086 l feel our gaze has become a program under control. 888 01:22:23,392 --> 01:22:24,757 Subsidized. 889 01:22:26,695 --> 01:22:28,128 The image, sir, 890 01:22:29,031 --> 01:22:31,261 alone capable of denying nothingness, 891 01:22:32,968 --> 01:22:35,493 is also the gaze of nothingness on us. 892 01:22:36,471 --> 01:22:37,961 l hope not. 893 01:23:34,930 --> 01:23:38,866 What bothers me is not success or failure. 894 01:23:40,202 --> 01:23:42,670 lt's the reams and reams written about it. 895 01:23:43,071 --> 01:23:45,631 So it's the literature that bothers you. 896 01:23:47,209 --> 01:23:48,642 Not necessarily, 897 01:23:49,377 --> 01:23:53,905 but why bother saying or writing that ''Titanic'' is a global success? 898 01:23:55,984 --> 01:23:57,849 Talk about its contents. 899 01:23:57,986 --> 01:23:59,817 Talk about things, 900 01:23:59,955 --> 01:24:01,980 but don't talk around things. 901 01:24:02,224 --> 01:24:03,316 Let's talk 902 01:24:04,326 --> 01:24:05,987 on the basis of things. 903 01:24:06,228 --> 01:24:08,594 - Did you see it? - No, not yet. 904 01:24:09,331 --> 01:24:11,196 l may agree to some extent. 905 01:24:11,833 --> 01:24:14,666 At Marrakesh, they discussed the fate of the world. 906 01:24:15,604 --> 01:24:18,767 ln fact, they use others to talk of themselves. 907 01:24:21,009 --> 01:24:22,840 lt's deadly, you're right. 908 01:24:24,346 --> 01:24:28,112 They confuse existence with life. ls that it? 909 01:24:28,350 --> 01:24:31,012 l'm no philosopher but in my opinion, yes. 910 01:24:34,823 --> 01:24:38,259 Look at a cell. There's a nucleus of an atom, as well. 911 01:24:38,493 --> 01:24:41,428 lt's the basis of existence. Around it is life. 912 01:24:43,598 --> 01:24:45,759 They treat life like a whore 913 01:24:46,001 --> 01:24:48,629 which they use to improve their existence. 914 01:24:48,970 --> 01:24:51,598 The extraordinary to improve the ordinary. 915 01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:53,137 That's right. 916 01:24:55,443 --> 01:24:58,207 One can enjoy existence, not life. 917 01:24:58,480 --> 01:24:59,606 Exactly. 918 01:25:02,017 --> 01:25:04,986 l didn't quite follow their discussions. 919 01:25:05,453 --> 01:25:07,421 This business about a film. 920 01:25:08,557 --> 01:25:11,924 What do the grandmother and her husband want? 921 01:25:12,294 --> 01:25:14,819 Jean wants money to save the hotel. 922 01:25:14,963 --> 01:25:16,487 l don't know about her. 923 01:25:16,631 --> 01:25:19,896 l think she wants to be star like she was 60 years ago. 924 01:25:22,237 --> 01:25:25,104 The Tristan network was an ugly business. 925 01:25:26,074 --> 01:25:28,668 The English weren't very ''orthodox.'' 926 01:25:30,378 --> 01:25:33,575 He turned her in under orders. 927 01:25:35,483 --> 01:25:39,112 No one knows what either of them knew of the other. 928 01:25:39,521 --> 01:25:41,819 - l know. - You know nothing at all. 929 01:25:42,424 --> 01:25:43,914 Then l can guess. 930 01:25:44,192 --> 01:25:45,420 So they got married? 931 01:25:46,428 --> 01:25:48,419 When she returned from Ravensbr�ck. 932 01:25:51,099 --> 01:25:54,034 ln the camp she met Genevi�ve de Gaulle. 933 01:25:54,236 --> 01:25:56,329 She embraced Catholicism. 934 01:25:56,571 --> 01:25:57,799 That's right. 935 01:25:58,173 --> 01:26:00,038 Heaven and Earth shall pass. 936 01:26:00,742 --> 01:26:03,267 My words shall not pass. 937 01:26:50,892 --> 01:26:53,861 For 4 years, during the organized Resistance, 938 01:26:54,162 --> 01:26:57,654 money was reduced to a means. No longer an end. 939 01:26:57,899 --> 01:26:59,992 Listening to your music? 940 01:27:01,803 --> 01:27:04,670 ''Spiegel im spiegel.'' What's that mean? 941 01:27:04,906 --> 01:27:06,897 ''The mirror in the mirror.'' 942 01:27:07,142 --> 01:27:08,575 lt's late. 943 01:27:09,911 --> 01:27:11,242 Where were you? 944 01:27:11,780 --> 01:27:14,613 With Godfather and the man interviewing him. 945 01:27:14,849 --> 01:27:16,874 Did l go overboard this morning? 946 01:27:17,419 --> 01:27:19,182 That's your business, sweetie. 947 01:27:20,488 --> 01:27:22,752 True, l'm ignorant about movies. 948 01:27:23,091 --> 01:27:26,219 Godfather told me to give you this book. 949 01:27:26,461 --> 01:27:27,860 What is it? 950 01:27:28,330 --> 01:27:31,925 Robert Bresson, ''Notes on the Cinematograph.'' 951 01:27:37,205 --> 01:27:38,263 Listen to this... 952 01:27:39,474 --> 01:27:41,442 ''Director: 953 01:27:41,843 --> 01:27:44,368 ''lt's not a question of directing someone 954 01:27:44,612 --> 01:27:46,477 ''but of directing oneself.'' 955 01:27:54,189 --> 01:27:55,315 And this... 956 01:27:56,558 --> 01:27:59,425 ''Be sure to exhaust what can be communicated 957 01:27:59,661 --> 01:28:01,959 ''by stillness and silence.'' 958 01:28:09,170 --> 01:28:10,296 And this... 959 01:28:11,005 --> 01:28:14,133 ''Let feelings bring about events, 960 01:28:14,743 --> 01:28:16,108 ''not the contrary.'' 961 01:28:18,480 --> 01:28:20,914 You and Grandpa made a decision. 962 01:28:22,484 --> 01:28:23,974 ls it for the money? 963 01:28:25,854 --> 01:28:27,685 lf it goes through, what's it for? 964 01:28:33,027 --> 01:28:35,587 Obviously anything l can say is pointless. 965 01:28:38,833 --> 01:28:40,801 What are you thinking about, Grandma? 966 01:28:42,003 --> 01:28:46,497 When l was in the U.S. and they asked me, the young French student, 967 01:28:46,741 --> 01:28:50,438 to speak about wartime France and the concentration camps, 968 01:28:50,678 --> 01:28:53,442 l think l did so without any trouble. 969 01:28:53,715 --> 01:28:56,377 l always rattled off the same memories. 970 01:28:56,618 --> 01:29:00,714 People reacted like they do now in front of their TV sets. 971 01:29:00,955 --> 01:29:03,014 My words weren't heartfelt. 972 01:29:08,863 --> 01:29:10,524 Want to hear the record again? 973 01:29:16,137 --> 01:29:17,195 You know, 974 01:29:17,705 --> 01:29:20,071 there's a question l never dared ask you. 975 01:29:21,042 --> 01:29:22,703 Nor Grandpa. 976 01:29:26,648 --> 01:29:30,140 Why did you keep your code name, and not your real one? 977 01:29:32,253 --> 01:29:33,880 My name is Samuel. 978 01:29:34,823 --> 01:29:36,814 Dad's was, too. 979 01:29:37,225 --> 01:29:39,523 Why do you still call yourself Bayard? 980 01:29:42,130 --> 01:29:45,065 During the war, sure, but afterward? 981 01:29:51,406 --> 01:29:52,737 l'm going to bed. 982 01:30:23,004 --> 01:30:26,371 Every desire must meet its lassitude, 983 01:30:27,375 --> 01:30:28,740 its truth. 984 01:30:29,844 --> 01:30:31,573 We're all jesters. 985 01:30:31,813 --> 01:30:34,873 We outlive our problems. 986 01:30:36,217 --> 01:30:38,082 Action and reaction, 987 01:30:39,187 --> 01:30:41,212 the oldest couple in history. 988 01:30:44,392 --> 01:30:46,326 You told the Americans that? 989 01:30:46,561 --> 01:30:50,622 And also that we originated our search for origins. 990 01:30:50,765 --> 01:30:53,632 And that was the Resistance's originality. 991 01:30:53,768 --> 01:30:57,761 - You said that? - And that l held to P�guy's plan: 992 01:30:57,906 --> 01:31:00,466 Not to relax too soon. 993 01:31:16,524 --> 01:31:18,253 l'm also thinking about love. 994 01:31:18,993 --> 01:31:20,654 Courtly love. 995 01:31:20,795 --> 01:31:24,754 They say it was the French but it went on at court, 996 01:31:27,068 --> 01:31:30,868 the court of the king of England, Henry ll. 997 01:31:31,706 --> 01:31:34,004 Essentially in Anjou, 998 01:31:34,142 --> 01:31:37,111 in Normandy, in the duchy of Aquitaine. 999 01:31:38,780 --> 01:31:40,680 Alienor was his wife. 1000 01:31:40,815 --> 01:31:45,775 Again, the originality of modern France is defined by its origins. 1001 01:31:47,689 --> 01:31:48,713 ln any case, 1002 01:31:48,856 --> 01:31:51,791 its highly original ties with England... 1003 01:31:53,861 --> 01:31:55,089 Hence, 1004 01:31:56,130 --> 01:31:58,360 perhaps, despite what everyone says, 1005 01:31:58,600 --> 01:32:00,329 with America as well. 1006 01:32:00,969 --> 01:32:03,130 England is the refuge 1007 01:32:03,538 --> 01:32:07,736 for everything that is resistance to revolution. 1008 01:32:07,976 --> 01:32:12,379 The England of Pitt and Burke, yes, it's natural. 1009 01:32:12,647 --> 01:32:15,548 The ties are historical, geographic, 1010 01:32:15,783 --> 01:32:17,910 and political. 1011 01:32:18,820 --> 01:32:21,721 Brittany, Great Britain. There's a tie. 1012 01:32:22,457 --> 01:32:23,924 l'll see what l can do. 1013 01:32:25,593 --> 01:32:28,255 A petition to dub ''Matrix'' into Breton. 1014 01:32:28,496 --> 01:32:31,260 lmage and sound are vital to History, 1015 01:32:31,499 --> 01:32:35,196 and most important is that basic element: 1016 01:32:35,436 --> 01:32:38,428 not knowing how History will end. 1017 01:32:53,788 --> 01:32:55,688 You're not very talkative. 1018 01:32:57,191 --> 01:32:59,523 l'm going through a hard time. 1019 01:33:00,461 --> 01:33:02,292 l broke up with my girlfriend. 1020 01:33:03,531 --> 01:33:05,396 We'd been together for 10 years. 1021 01:33:07,301 --> 01:33:09,599 lt's strange, in fact, 1022 01:33:10,672 --> 01:33:13,800 how things take on meaning when the story ends. 1023 01:33:14,942 --> 01:33:17,376 lt's because History is coming in. 1024 01:33:18,846 --> 01:33:20,313 With a big H. 1025 01:33:35,463 --> 01:33:38,227 The fairy struck the frog with her wand 1026 01:33:38,366 --> 01:33:41,267 and suddenly the princess appeared. 1027 01:33:43,471 --> 01:33:45,735 The preterit creates a present image. 1028 01:33:53,347 --> 01:33:55,645 Every problem defiles a mystery. 1029 01:33:56,517 --> 01:33:59,645 ln turn, the problem is defiled by its solution. 1030 01:34:06,394 --> 01:34:08,089 lt's not by chance. 1031 01:34:08,429 --> 01:34:09,521 What do you mean? 1032 01:34:09,764 --> 01:34:14,098 There's the service entrance and the main entrance. 1033 01:34:14,869 --> 01:34:18,100 They use the latter for the apartment of the world 1034 01:34:19,273 --> 01:34:21,798 and leave us the service entrance, sir. 1035 01:34:25,913 --> 01:34:27,039 Words. 1036 01:34:28,783 --> 01:34:30,114 Through our use of speech, 1037 01:34:30,384 --> 01:34:34,184 we come to realize how words present us with ideas. 1038 01:34:34,422 --> 01:34:36,287 Man manufactures ideas. 1039 01:34:36,924 --> 01:34:39,017 He is an intrepid maker of ideas. 1040 01:34:40,561 --> 01:34:46,727 A current condition results from this faculty, Miss. 1041 01:34:47,435 --> 01:34:49,665 Do you know that saying by Saint Augustine: 1042 01:34:50,872 --> 01:34:53,898 ''The measure of love is to love without measure''? 1043 01:35:05,653 --> 01:35:07,644 l'm thinking about something. 1044 01:35:10,758 --> 01:35:12,885 When l think about something, 1045 01:35:14,595 --> 01:35:15,857 in fact, 1046 01:35:17,064 --> 01:35:18,929 l'm thinking of something else. 1047 01:35:23,805 --> 01:35:26,069 You can only think about something 1048 01:35:27,308 --> 01:35:29,902 if you think of something else. 1049 01:35:33,014 --> 01:35:34,345 For instance, 1050 01:35:35,683 --> 01:35:38,174 l see a landscape that is new to me 1051 01:35:40,354 --> 01:35:42,413 but it's new to me 1052 01:35:43,691 --> 01:35:46,455 because l mentally compare it 1053 01:35:47,161 --> 01:35:48,890 to another landscape, 1054 01:35:51,032 --> 01:35:52,727 an older one, 1055 01:35:54,502 --> 01:35:55,628 one that l knew. 1056 01:36:36,010 --> 01:36:38,570 ''Thus everything in my story wanes. 1057 01:36:40,715 --> 01:36:44,515 ''As l am left with only images of what happened so quickly, 1058 01:36:46,320 --> 01:36:48,515 ''l will go down to the Elysian Fields 1059 01:36:49,090 --> 01:36:51,752 ''with more shades than a man has ever taken 1060 01:36:51,993 --> 01:36:53,290 ''with him.'' 1061 01:37:15,449 --> 01:37:18,282 And then these guys arrive. 1062 01:37:19,353 --> 01:37:21,014 Then she writes something. 1063 01:37:22,857 --> 01:37:25,826 And if you were to be asked, if you had the choice: 1064 01:37:26,193 --> 01:37:27,717 film, play, novel, 1065 01:37:28,296 --> 01:37:30,457 or opera, which would you chose? 1066 01:37:37,371 --> 01:37:39,862 We have a project. 1067 01:37:40,808 --> 01:37:43,038 lt relates something of the history... 1068 01:37:43,277 --> 01:37:45,677 And this something 1069 01:37:47,114 --> 01:37:49,344 is one of the moments... 1070 01:37:51,319 --> 01:37:54,015 And the first moment. 1071 01:37:54,588 --> 01:37:56,351 Do you remember the names? 1072 01:37:57,892 --> 01:37:59,382 Maybe nothing was said. 1073 01:38:01,262 --> 01:38:02,991 Maybe nothing was said.