1 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,119 The Lady of the Camellias (The True Story of Camille) 2 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,193 lt is all pre-ordained. 3 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,278 Don't ask how two people can be in love. 4 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,437 Or what one person can mean to the other. 5 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,190 l love for the first time. 6 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,638 And l ask for forgiveness if your son has been harmed 7 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,955 l cannot turn back 8 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,710 l cannot promise not to love him You would not believe me. 9 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,552 You don't need to worry. l will play fair. 10 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,799 There's something more important than happiness as you understand it 11 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:19,311 and it must be fought for whatever the price. 12 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:27,270 Your son will receive a terrible sorrow, stay close to him 13 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,796 lt's his turn now. 14 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,278 THEY WERE BORN, THEY ARE DEAD, THEY LlVED. 15 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,268 Who's on stage? Silence. Ready, silence! 16 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,276 Marguerite . . . l don't know what effect you will have on my life 17 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:51,595 but there's nothing in the world l love as much as you. 18 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:53,751 l am happy. 19 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,071 Marguerite! 20 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,793 - what's the matter, Madame? What do you feel? 21 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,116 A little water . . . 22 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,590 - Do you feel unwell? - lt'll pass. 23 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,750 - Go into the other room. - Let's go, let's go 24 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,796 Monsieur Dumas, does this woman have to cough up her lungs until the fifth act. 25 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,434 - No, lt's not obligatory. 26 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,118 This tiresome exercise will start later. 27 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,113 Excuse me, maestro, l should ask your help more often. 28 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,037 She wasn't a duchess, Madame 29 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,477 But she was far superior to the work she did. 30 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,269 The model for this character was called Alphonsine Plessis 31 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:04,314 and she never had such tragic adventures. l invented that part. 32 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,393 But she would have loved to have had them. 33 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,271 - Ok, thank you. - Everybody in position. Start again. 34 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,793 - From the top. Places, please. - Scene Two. 35 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,635 - Gaston at the piano. 36 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,712 l'm hungry. l haven't eaten today. 37 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,556 Well done. 38 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,637 - Alphonsine, is your father in? - He's sleeping. 39 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,469 He gave my sister some medicine. l need some too. 40 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,717 Ah, Yes. Come with me. 41 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,513 - ls he ill? - No, it's just cough pills. 42 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,033 - Cough pills? - They're good for you. 43 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,315 Yes. Sometimes, he also gives them to me, when there's nothing to eat. 44 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:53,955 They help get rid of hunger and thirst. And they make you feel happy. 45 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,279 l already have 5 children and l don't want any more 46 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,795 Let's hope this potion works. 47 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,676 When my husband comes near me, if l try to move away, he beats me. 48 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:11,913 lf only we didn't like it too. we could do THlS! 49 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,796 Listen ... 50 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,472 Signor Bernier has made an offer for you to stay at his house. 51 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,393 At least we'll resolve some problems. And avoid the reform house. 52 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,794 l'll come and see you every day 53 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,470 When must l leave? 54 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,673 lmmediately. He's outside. 55 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:15,597 Oh, it's you Plessis. Come. 56 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,434 - Alphonsine isn't well. - Ah. 57 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:33,073 - What's the matter? - She spent the whole day complaining. 58 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,676 Then she went to bed. 59 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,833 - She's asleep? - l think so. 60 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:53,838 Maybe she doesn't like it here. 61 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,272 Maybe ... l'll have to take her back home. 62 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,751 Plessis, do you want to raise the price? 63 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,873 She's my daughter l can take her back when l want. 64 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,192 - l would like a lamp. - What for? 65 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,994 l want to go back upstairs and l want a lamp. 66 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,159 - What the matter? - Nothing. Leave me be. 67 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,753 - Do you want me to come with you? - No. 68 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,876 Go away! 69 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,276 Plessis? 70 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:12,108 lt's nothing to be afraid of. lt's natural. 71 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,278 Usually, a friend would explain. 72 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,918 lt happens to all women ... when they become women. 73 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,272 Then it goes away. 74 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,196 Then in comes back 75 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,829 You see, Alphonsine, When it happened to your mother 76 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,912 she pinned a beautiful red flower on her dress 77 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:51,155 Like this. That way, l understood. And l'd leave her be. 78 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,277 There was a time when she stopped wearing a red flower 79 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,589 and nine months later you were born. Now do you understand? 80 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,069 Taken one of these. And you'll have sweet dreams. 81 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,112 Look at her. She's wearing red flowers on purpose. 82 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:05,240 - Send her home! - Send her back to Bernier! 83 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,712 - Go! Go! - Give it back! 84 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,675 - lt's indecent! - Send her back to Bernier! 85 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,879 This is a procession! You shouldn't gang up against a girl. 86 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,793 What would you all be without help? Why do you come here to pray? 87 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:25,195 God must have his fingers in his ears! Come. 88 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,474 The procession is for the honour of our Lord. 89 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,594 Not to fight over a garland of red flowers. 90 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,789 lf people turn against you, maybe it's because you give them a reason. 91 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,993 - Doing What? - Don't you know? Monsieur Bernier? 92 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,116 - You can go to bed. - l haven't finished. 93 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,308 - l've never seen the kitchen so clean. - Good night. 94 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,997 You don't have to tell me about Bernier. lf you don't want to. 95 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,038 - Monsieur Bernier . . . - Yes? 96 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,556 He makes me undress 97 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,436 and then he looks at me. 98 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,356 He looks at me. 99 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,150 Then usually he falls asleep. 100 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,554 Monsieur Bernier is very rich. 101 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,436 And if he wasn't rich. 102 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,473 He wouldn't pay my father for my company. 103 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,072 From tonight you won't go to him anymore. 104 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,597 - Do you want me to go back to my father? - Would you like that? 105 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,917 Yes. l like living with my father. 106 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,278 Other men hate him. 107 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,273 But women follow him all the way home. 108 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,473 - And l hide somewhere and watch. - l'll speak to him. 109 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,272 - l'll tell him what you do. - He already knows. 110 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,908 - And so? - Nothing. 111 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,153 He carried on doing it. All he was wearing was socks. 112 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,594 l'd never seen how a man was made. 113 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,236 Then he beat me, but we made peace again straight away. 114 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:37,276 Tonight you won't go to Bernier. You'll stay here with Delphine. 115 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,276 Come 116 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,434 Here. You'll stay here. 117 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,912 l'll bring you a mattress and sheets. 118 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,468 - Delphine? - Yes? 119 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,829 - Alphonsine will sleep here - Ok 120 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,036 Coming? 121 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:06,032 - ls this the book that you read in church? - Yes. 122 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,836 What does it say? 123 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,715 ''How beautiful you are, How beautiful you are. 124 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,157 Your hair is like a herd of goats 125 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,195 Your eyes are like doves 126 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,351 Your lips are like scarlet ribbons. 127 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,277 Your cheeks are like pomegranate skin 128 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,274 Your breasts are like twin fawns 129 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,630 grazing among the lilies. 130 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,393 Your love is more sweet than wine. 131 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:05,278 Honey drips from your lips, you have honey and milk under your tongue'' 132 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,033 Alphonsine? Alphonsine! What's happened? 133 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,270 - What's happened? - Help me. 134 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,599 - What's happened? - We have to run away. 135 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,872 Why? 136 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,034 - The police will be here soon. We've got to go. 137 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,790 - Let's go. - Come, quickly! 138 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,793 - l'm very cold, mother. 139 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,315 Cover yourself, Anya. 140 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:01,509 - Are you also going to the Festival Avalon? - l don't know. We'll get off where it suits us. 141 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:09,638 She's ... she's my daughter. She was tired of walking. 142 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:16,598 - You fathered her young. - Where we come from we start young. 143 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,990 Why lose time? Cigar? 144 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,273 What happens in Avalon? 145 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,436 Lots of people go there. 146 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,153 Most importantly . . . it's crowded. 147 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,156 l've always done good business at the festival. 148 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,153 They go crazy for my candy floss. 149 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,675 - ls there a pharmacy at Avalon? - Why? Do you need something? 150 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,310 Yes. Certain pills that make life happy, even when it isn't. 151 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,676 l've got better than that. 152 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,678 - Do you want to try? - Yes. 153 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,353 Take some my dear. Eat. Eat. 154 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:31,919 Take it. 155 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:36,919 Take it. 156 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,078 Anya, my dear, calm yourself. 157 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,236 Has it passed? 158 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,476 How old are you? 159 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,796 What's you name? 160 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,791 - Alphonsine. - Alphonsine. Here, cover yourself. 161 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,394 As well as the same eyes... 162 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,396 you also have the same first initial as my daughter. 163 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:30,319 - Alphonsine, wake up! - Father! 164 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,677 l'm leaving you with him. He's a good man. You'll learn a trade. 165 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,989 He'll also give you a wage. 166 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,709 Not for the first months... He's given that to me! 167 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:46,590 You'll see he'll leave you in peace and he'll take you to Paris. 168 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,434 Goodbye! See you soon! 169 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,596 Goodbye! 170 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,836 Goodbye. 171 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,109 Maxence's delicacies! Hurry, hurry! 172 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:36,152 Maxence's delicacies. Hurry, ladies and gentlemen! 173 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,749 For big ones and little ones! Hurry, ladies and gentlemen! 174 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,355 - A delicacy. - Now, Madame. 175 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,316 Here you are. 176 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:51,994 Maxence's delicacies! They're as red as your heart! 177 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,831 Hurry. 178 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,230 - Maxence's delicacies! - Do you want one? 179 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,073 - Stupid! - Go away! 180 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,228 - Does it still hurt? - A bit less. 181 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,310 Try my ''toccasana''. 182 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,995 Even those dipped in molten sugar? 183 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,996 Those are naturally sweet. 184 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:27,630 - Who's girl is that? - Girls don't interest me. 185 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,196 Attention! At ease! 186 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,512 Does he take orders from a blonde or a brunette? 187 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:38,594 He takes orders from no one... if he gets it... he gets it! 188 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,876 You're sure? 189 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,836 Don't think about it. 190 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,751 l don't want to end up in the hospital again. 191 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,316 Look. 192 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,436 Quick, let's go! 193 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,678 lf l don't find another client tonight that old hag 194 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,319 will throw my son into the street. 195 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,595 You can't...you're ill. 196 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,229 They don't realise in the dark, up against a wall 197 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:52,712 You'll all have a sorry end, l spend my evenings at the theatre. 198 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:58,352 Come, your welcome. lt's better than whoring, no? 199 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,271 Oh well, see you. 200 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,988 Second on the right is Count Olympe Aguado, 201 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,355 he's supported by women. 202 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,714 The blonde one is Count Agenor de Guiche, 203 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,551 heir to a great family. 204 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:50,115 See those two. They call them ''The lions'', they're twins 205 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,989 They hunt minors. Opium fiends. 206 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,389 Those three are the most ambitious group 207 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,235 - Please ... - Mademoiselle de Valnoble! 208 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,796 Quickly! 209 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,278 Thank you. 210 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,670 Mademoiselle de Valnoble, ex-prostitute. 211 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,559 Now she's a banker's wife. She was a bishop's daughter, l think. 212 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,710 She's always very generous. 213 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,277 Who are you looking at? 214 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:37,995 He's the Count of Perregaux. l don't know much about him. 215 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,753 l don't even know what he likes. 216 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,436 His life is very mysterious. 217 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:49,998 He spends his winters in Algeria. He's very interesting. 218 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:11,515 The papers for transport to Montmarte cemetery are ready. 219 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,398 All we need is your verification 220 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,631 Count Perregaux, is she your wife? 221 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,716 Cover her. 222 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,990 - For you. - Thank you Mademoiselle. - Keep it. 223 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:57,193 See? There's no need to walk the streets to top up your salary. 224 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,070 Ah! The performance is finished. 225 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:29,633 Well now. You still haven't said if you want to stay with me. 226 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,876 l want to stay over there. 227 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:48,996 Not here. 228 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,314 l liked making love with you. 229 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,634 - How old are you? - Twenty one. 230 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,436 Mostly l feel a hundred. 231 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,836 Your feet are dirty. 232 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:32,076 lf you don't like being with girls with dirty feet 233 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,277 don't go looking for them in the markets 234 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,872 Thank you. 235 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,876 Alphonsine! 236 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:33,279 - Sit down. - l'm hungry, will you give me some? - Take it. 237 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,276 Thank you. 238 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,196 Bless her. 239 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:26,630 The Mademoiselle will be our guest for a while. 240 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:31,919 - Would you like the fire lit? - Yes. 241 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,152 - ls this your room? - lt's my mother's. 242 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:59,278 She lives in the country, She's here a few days a year. 243 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,478 Agenor, you like the commom folk, right? 244 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,516 Like few things in the world. 245 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:29,628 - As long as they stay common. - You changed me. 246 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,110 - l've learnt to wash my feet. - l've seen. 247 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:38,274 You don't eat with your mouth open. You don't touch the fish with your knife. 248 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,592 l've done much worse, l'm also learning to write. 249 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:48,196 You haven't noticed the money l'm stealing from you. l'm paying a teacher. 250 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,791 l realised you were stealing from me and l was pleased. 251 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:56,268 Now l know the reason, 252 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,159 as well as elegant... you'll be intelligent 253 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,916 and you'll become boring. 254 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:31,316 Life chews you up, Alphonsine. Life wears you out. 255 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,076 lt's more my fault than yours. 256 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,714 The women who come here are all decrepit. 257 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,793 Even the most beautiful and the youngest. 258 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,793 l see them when they come to ball's here, weighed down with gold. 259 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:55,874 They almost collapse under the weight of their necklaces 260 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:05,277 Tonight l want to see you, nude. lt's like l'm seeing life itself. 261 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,716 Come. 262 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,396 Come! 263 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,552 l wanted my friends to see you. 264 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:37,678 Given that one of these days l'll end up in bed with all these gentlemen, 265 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,996 it seems right, 266 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:15,916 Christian! 267 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,590 You see that woman on her own? l want to make her acquaintance. 268 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,556 Don't disturb yourself, l should come to you. 269 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:52,434 Your clothes have become very noticeable from the last time. 270 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,910 Girls like me must get ourselves noticed. And you've noticed me. 271 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,912 l noticed only the eyes of my daughter. 272 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,793 lt's a great surprise to find you here. 273 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:05,509 People that come here are very rich and we follow them. 274 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,278 - Where do you live? - ln a furnished room ... 275 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:14,637 l've a suite at The Grand Hotel the same one for years ... 276 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,713 when l came here before the death of my daughter 277 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,395 Now it's too big for me, too sad 278 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,032 l would be very happy to invite you to stay 279 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:34,470 - But my clothes are too noticeable? - They can be changed. 280 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:39,600 What else must l change? l don't want to make any promises. 281 00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:44,232 l don't want to profit from a man who l will deceive 282 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:46,515 l will content myself with a small change 283 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:51,548 for the time you spend with me. When l bore you... you can go out 284 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:57,430 Don't tell me anything... And l won't ask. 285 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:09,670 Women can do anything... As long as they know how. 286 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:26,913 - Your Excellency - Have you finished? - Only a few touches. 287 00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,876 Watch out! 288 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,431 Mademoiselle Alphonsine, l didn't know if should agree or not, 289 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,796 she wants that your velvet cloak to be lined with mink 290 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,836 and the gloves with ermine. 291 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:42,549 Perhaps she should have asked for your approval. 292 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,438 - Does your Excellency want to see? - No, no. 293 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:50,878 Let's not rob her of the pleasure of opening her purchases. 294 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:14,273 That girl is Count Stackelberg's new mistress 295 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,676 - Shall we continue reading? - Yes. 296 00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,319 My daughter liked this chapter a great deal. 297 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:04,030 She never tired of hearing it. 298 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:08,197 ''Oliver Twist, being left to himself in the undertaker's shop, 299 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,590 set the lamp down on a workman's bench 300 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:15,070 and gazed about him with a feeling of awe and dread, 301 00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:19,517 which many people older than he will be at no loss to understand 302 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:20,919 An unfinished coffin on black trestles 303 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:25,516 which stood in the middle of the shop, looked so gloomy 304 00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:30,719 and death-like that a cold tremble came over him, 305 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:36,955 every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object: 306 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:42,114 from which he almost expected to see some frightful form... '' 307 00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,754 - Serge. - Yes? 308 00:47:45,240 --> 00:47:47,196 l don't have any more money. 309 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,431 l know, yesterday you gave me 3000 francs. 310 00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,718 Today l spent 5000 to buy two lrish horses. 311 00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:07,872 Etienne didn't like driving a carriage with only one horse. 312 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:12,908 You're rich... and so l don't ask you to believe me. 313 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:17,914 How could you believe the word 314 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:22,072 of one whom you give 5000 francs a month. 315 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:25,117 Have you ever thought that l might love you too? 316 00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:29,511 Because of all the things that you've given me? 317 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:38,796 But you'll never know it. 318 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:42,552 What are your new horses called? 319 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,516 'Long Mane' and 'Adorable' 320 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:49,954 l assure you, that you wouldn't have been able to resist them 321 00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:07,479 Against the wall were ranged, in regular array, 322 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:12,873 a long row of elm boards cut in the same shape: 323 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,348 looking in the dim light, like ghosts'' 324 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,999 Serge, l'm very tired. 325 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,350 Tomorrow, my friend. 326 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,719 - Like this? - Too high. 327 00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,189 Let the man bend. 328 00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:03,035 - l am Count Edouard de Perregaux. - l assure you it's not my fault... 329 00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:07,192 - he told me he would wait for you. - Yes, you can go. 330 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:19,515 Have you heard what l said to my protector. 331 00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:26,437 - Yes, l couldn't have done otherwise. - lt was for you that l was speaking. 332 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:31,911 Despite the Count's generosity 333 00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,195 l manage to build up debts 334 00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,115 That doesn't frighten me. 335 00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:05,514 Your money will not be spent badly. 336 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:11,755 The men in my bed enjoy themselves a lot. Do you know why? 337 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,228 Because l enjoy going to bed with them a lot. 338 00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:18,910 l wanted to advise you, sir, that Mademoiselle has left a letter 339 00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:24,517 She's decided consult a famous specialist and she's left. 340 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:31,069 Fine. Clotilde, l would like a hot drink. 341 00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,036 Straight away, sir. 342 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:08,716 Where are we? 343 00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:14,638 We're returning to Paris. Don't you remember anything? 344 00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,276 Wait. 345 00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:26,919 - Yes, l remember a landing place. - Yes, yes. 346 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:35,512 - l'm not dreaming. - No, you're not dreaming. 347 00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,429 We two are in a room and ... 348 00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,276 Yes, then? 349 00:54:47,720 --> 00:54:50,518 They are asking me something that l don't understand. 350 00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:52,636 They are asking you in English: 351 00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:56,315 ''Alphonsine Plessis, do you want to take this man present here 352 00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,276 to be your husband?'' 353 00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:05,514 - l answered ''yes''? - You answered ''yes''. 354 00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:09,231 Do you remember it, Countess of Perregaux? 355 00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:18,278 Countess of Perregaux. 356 00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:29,872 Would you like to see the real Algeria? 357 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:35,876 There are beautiful gardens and the sky is almost always blue 358 00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:38,396 Serene, hot. 359 00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:01,830 Alphonsine, l will board ship again in a few days. 360 00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:06,359 Are you asking me to follow you? 361 00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:10,669 No, l won't ask you. 362 00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:16,478 Now you have certain obligations toward me. 363 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:22,636 - l know. - Now that l'm your wife. 364 00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:30,993 Even though it may seem absurd l ask you to let me be free. 365 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:37,633 lf you don't wish to follow me and live the life like l've always lived it 366 00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:41,428 l ask you to let me be free 367 00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,436 But l have many needs. 368 00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:52,395 You cannot say that l didn't warn you. 369 00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:55,676 lt was your sincerity that won me. 370 00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:10,791 My hand-writing is still imperfect, 371 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,997 but l think the idea is clear 372 00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:21,152 l want to tell you in writing that you are free. 373 00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:25,358 l wanted to tell you to your face and here l'm repeating it. 374 00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:28,396 Signed: 375 00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:30,718 Alphonsine. 376 00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:46,239 - The conditions? - l will only use your title. 377 00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:51,155 You will continue to lead your life and l mine 378 00:58:55,240 --> 00:58:57,196 From now on 379 00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,799 the men who want to show off at the theatre 380 00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:06,271 with a countess in their buttonhole must pay me more. 381 00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:10,196 That's everything. 382 00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:25,113 l must find another name. 383 00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:29,839 Countess... Alphonsine de Perregaux. 384 00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:36,028 lt's Alphonsine that sounds wrong, no? 385 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:40,397 l need a different name. 386 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:48,556 Maria, maybe. Countess... 387 00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:52,030 Maria of... 388 00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:57,516 Yes... 389 00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:02,352 Countess... Maria... 390 01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:04,316 Alphonsine. 391 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,356 Here? 392 01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:15,716 Alphonsine. 393 01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:49,836 Who's that? 394 01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:56,999 Maria of Plessis, Our lady of the camellias. 395 01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:58,956 You know her? 396 01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:04,071 Ex Alphonsine Plessis, ex countess of Perregaux, 397 01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:06,036 the divine Maria. 398 01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:11,269 - Will you introduce me in the interval? - Certainly. l used to know her. 399 01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:23,755 - lt was wonderful. - l'm happy that you like the theatre. 400 01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:28,197 - Morin, come and help me. - Mademoiselle. 401 01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:34,437 l'll put on something and l'll be with you in a minute. 402 01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:37,557 - Offer something to the Count. - Yes. 403 01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:45,957 Tell Clothilde that you're preparing dinner for four. 404 01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:50,158 - Who is coming? - Clemence, with two gentlemen. 405 01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:52,435 - Hold this. - The count? 406 01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:54,876 l'll send him away. 407 01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:05,240 - You're happy tonight. - Yes. 408 01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:09,836 The son of Dejazet is coming. She's a great actress, apparently. 409 01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:13,431 The other is Dumas' son. 410 01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:15,954 You would have done better to invite the father. 411 01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:19,589 A line of creditors called today. 412 01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:23,639 Just for champagne we have a bill of... 413 01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:26,279 Do you want to put me in a bad mood? 414 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:33,152 - Which of the two do you like? - Even if l liked one of the two... 415 01:03:33,160 --> 01:03:36,709 Do you know how you recognise a successful kept woman? 416 01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:41,748 Not by her diamonds carriages, horses. 417 01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:46,675 But by a very young lover that she keeps hidden. 418 01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:49,035 Besotted and without will. 419 01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:59,109 - And who spends all your money. - That's why it's expensive! 420 01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,597 Let me see what's underneath! 421 01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:31,110 Clotilde, if someone calls don't open the front door. 422 01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:40,479 - Did you like my playing? - Who taught you? 423 01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:42,436 The Nuns of Orsoline. 424 01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:46,556 What else did you learn from the nuns? 425 01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:54,393 To study a man's hands, his fingers and his wrists. 426 01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:19,518 - Alexandre, come! - Let her rest. 427 01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:25,119 lt happens often, she has a bad chest. 428 01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:28,635 Never mind, come here. 429 01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:53,878 - Go and enjoy yourself with the others. - Don't tire yourself out. 430 01:05:59,840 --> 01:06:02,035 What are you looking at? 431 01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,395 My mother was a dressmaker. 432 01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:08,188 Wife of the great Alexandre Dumas? 433 01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:13,399 Not his wife, he never married her. l'm a bastard. 434 01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:15,436 And l'm a whore. 435 01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:22,676 A whore who spits blood and spends 100 thousand francs a year. 436 01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:30,356 Good enough for an old man full of money like the Count of Stackelberg. 437 01:06:30,360 --> 01:06:34,990 The young lovers l've had all left me. 438 01:06:38,520 --> 01:06:41,273 l don't understand why you don't go for a cure. 439 01:06:42,360 --> 01:06:44,316 A cure? 440 01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:51,278 lf l'm cured, l will die. l go on only for the life l lead. 441 01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:57,469 Let me say something which you won't believe, but which is true. 442 01:06:57,480 --> 01:06:59,630 l won't ever repeat it. 443 01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:05,796 What? 444 01:07:09,320 --> 01:07:10,992 One time, two years ago, 445 01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:16,556 l stood watching you through a window while you were shopping. 446 01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:20,553 When l ask the salesman who you were, he answered 447 01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:22,516 a prostitute. 448 01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:26,798 This evening Clemence told me you are very ill. 449 01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:31,077 But your power over me is always stronger and l... 450 01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:34,595 believe that l'm destined to fall in love with you. 451 01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:39,151 - What must l do to repay you? - Love me a little. 452 01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:48,109 lf you promise to do what l say without questions, l will love you. 453 01:07:48,120 --> 01:07:52,238 - l promise. - l want a lover with no will. 454 01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:57,633 - Without suspicions and without demands. - l accept completely. 455 01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:05,236 A lover without rights. 456 01:08:07,880 --> 01:08:09,836 Very good, without rights. 457 01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:14,994 But you must know that l love this infernal life. 458 01:08:18,480 --> 01:08:22,314 Because it makes me happy that you cannot buy it. 459 01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:27,039 - May l enter? - Come in, Clotilde. 460 01:08:30,200 --> 01:08:35,228 - This morning you must eat. - Well done, Clotilde. 461 01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:40,596 Here. 462 01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:45,396 Good. 463 01:09:02,160 --> 01:09:04,116 You had me like no one else. 464 01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:12,676 Say it again. 465 01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:19,596 Please, seat yourself. l'll notify the countess. 466 01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:49,594 You're sure of yourself, eh? 467 01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:54,435 Certainly by comparison... lt's going your way. 468 01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:58,877 - l didn't ask your opinion. - But l'm giving it all the same. 469 01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:04,196 Don't take this affair too seriously. 470 01:10:06,720 --> 01:10:09,871 lt would be a disaster for you and her. 471 01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:15,432 You risk ruining a perfect set-up 472 01:10:15,440 --> 01:10:18,512 which gives the countess money and happiness. 473 01:10:18,520 --> 01:10:22,718 Two things that you... could never give. 474 01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:26,952 You're managing only to hasten her death. 475 01:10:30,040 --> 01:10:33,715 How do you think that a prostitute 476 01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:38,271 can keep her standard of living without 3 or 4 lovers? 477 01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:43,991 With your fortune couldn't you give her a carriage at least. 478 01:10:56,400 --> 01:11:00,757 - Father? - Yes? - Am l disturbing you? - No. 479 01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:04,993 - Are you working? - lt's a delicate moment. 480 01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:09,391 My Musketeers are racing back to Paris with the diamonds. 481 01:11:09,400 --> 01:11:12,358 One of your admirers asked me... 482 01:11:12,360 --> 01:11:15,193 lf you could make a dedication 483 01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:19,438 Someone who knows your works by heart. 484 01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:29,430 You're not going to ask me who it's for? 485 01:11:29,440 --> 01:11:32,989 ''To Countess Maria de Plessis from Alexandre Dumas, 486 01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:36,993 who is happy that you have recognised in his son, his greatest work.'' 487 01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:39,878 - You know? - l know everything. 488 01:11:39,880 --> 01:11:43,270 Also everyone is speaking about you both. 489 01:11:44,640 --> 01:11:47,916 - Come with me this evening. - And Count Stackelberg? 490 01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:50,639 - He know nothing. - He knows everything. 491 01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:53,393 Don't forget he's a wise old man. 492 01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:57,637 You'll realise this yourself one day. 493 01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:00,911 When you're old it's better to divide your cake in two 494 01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:03,036 than have a turd all by yourself. 495 01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:38,831 Wait, the countess is very busy. She can't receive anyone. 496 01:12:39,400 --> 01:12:41,356 Excuse me. 497 01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:52,876 - Chocolate? - No. 498 01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:58,719 They arrived this evening for her birthday. 499 01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:01,036 with nuts. 500 01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:05,637 They're wrapped in thousand franc bills. 501 01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:08,076 And these... 502 01:13:09,720 --> 01:13:11,676 mint flavoured 503 01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:16,556 in hundred franc bills. 504 01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:31,877 This is my father's book which you asked for. 505 01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:35,797 lt's made of simple leaves, countess. 506 01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:38,919 lf l become wealthy, l'll print 507 01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:42,276 the whole encyclopaedia in banknotes. 508 01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:52,356 Thank you. 509 01:13:55,320 --> 01:13:57,959 You should have stopped him from coming. 510 01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:05,631 l gave you a letter for him, what have you done with it? 511 01:14:06,600 --> 01:14:08,556 l burnt it. 512 01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:36,231 You were right to come here, they're fantastic. 513 01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:55,955 - Do you like it? - Yes. 514 01:16:08,480 --> 01:16:12,553 - He pretended not to see me, did you notice? - No. 515 01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:21,075 - Who was that girl? - How do l know? 516 01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:29,078 She was nice. 517 01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:33,517 Why don't you hold a dinner for me at the ''Mosque'', the arab restaurant. 518 01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:35,476 Who should l invite? 519 01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:41,390 l don't know... maybe Dejazet, for example. 520 01:16:43,040 --> 01:16:44,996 And Alexandre. 521 01:16:56,480 --> 01:16:58,311 Take this, for the costs. 522 01:16:59,680 --> 01:17:04,196 We're feeling abandoned back here, come in? 523 01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:06,156 Here we are! 524 01:19:12,160 --> 01:19:16,039 - ls he coming? - Yes, he wanted to know if you'd be there. 525 01:19:16,040 --> 01:19:17,951 - What did you tell him? - That you weren't coming. 526 01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:21,635 l didn't want to lose the guest of honour. 527 01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:24,473 You did well, he'll have a surprise. 528 01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:33,872 - lt's spectacular! - This way you can't say l'm taking advantage. 529 01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:36,519 You're a good friend. l'll buy you a present. 530 01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:47,791 Here he is. 531 01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:02,196 Welcome, dear Alexandre. 532 01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:09,512 This is Constance. l told you l was coming with someone. 533 01:20:09,520 --> 01:20:13,513 You told me? l don't remember. 534 01:20:14,640 --> 01:20:17,473 l see, you're in good company. 535 01:20:17,480 --> 01:20:21,792 Do you want me to leave her? Do you want me to leave her? Answer me. 536 01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:26,595 Do you want to leave with me? Do you want to make love? 537 01:20:30,280 --> 01:20:32,236 Straight away. 538 01:21:29,080 --> 01:21:34,234 l'm the Count of Perregaux. ls the countess at home? 539 01:21:36,360 --> 01:21:38,590 No, she's not. 540 01:21:38,600 --> 01:21:42,434 - Can l know where she is? - ln the countryside, for her health. 541 01:21:44,400 --> 01:21:48,279 At least... it's the reason she gave. 542 01:21:48,280 --> 01:21:51,829 - Who are you? - l'm her manservant. 543 01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:54,991 of many years. 544 01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:57,355 Do you know her address? 545 01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:01,993 Do you want ... to find her? 546 01:22:02,480 --> 01:22:05,597 Notify her first... she's not alone. 547 01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:08,992 For a manservant, you're very indiscreet. 548 01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:12,913 For a husband, you don't pay much attention to her. 549 01:22:16,080 --> 01:22:21,791 You want her address? 90, Hotel Bon Reveil. 550 01:22:29,240 --> 01:22:34,678 You know, maybe we make love too much. 551 01:22:41,640 --> 01:22:43,517 You've dark rings round your eyes. 552 01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:47,395 You're here for a cure, to get better. 553 01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:51,678 The illness is cruel to me, but it's also deadly for those next to me. 554 01:22:52,480 --> 01:22:54,550 lt's contagious, you know? 555 01:23:15,600 --> 01:23:17,556 Alphonsine. 556 01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:28,190 Here no one can see you. 557 01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:32,113 Normally it's the lover who has to take precautions. 558 01:23:32,120 --> 01:23:34,076 This time it's the husband. 559 01:23:35,440 --> 01:23:37,715 What are you doing here? 560 01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:40,280 You undervalue my devotion, Alphonsine. 561 01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:42,236 Have l aged? 562 01:23:43,480 --> 01:23:48,110 You don't look a day older than when we met. 563 01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:52,990 Maybe... the eyes. 564 01:23:54,240 --> 01:23:56,196 They have a different shade. 565 01:23:57,920 --> 01:23:59,876 The are more knowing. 566 01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,672 You can tell they've seen a lot. 567 01:24:10,440 --> 01:24:15,195 At your house, in Paris, an arrogant, indiscreet man, 568 01:24:16,120 --> 01:24:20,511 warned me that you were here with someone. 569 01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:25,469 But this time it's not an old count, it's the young Dumas. 570 01:24:25,480 --> 01:24:30,270 - Are you displeased? - l would gladly accept a second disappointment 571 01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:34,432 if this means that you're happy and loved. 572 01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:39,310 lf you are, how long will you stay in love? 573 01:24:39,320 --> 01:24:42,676 Better ask how long he'll be in love with me. 574 01:24:45,040 --> 01:24:47,429 Come away with me. 575 01:24:47,440 --> 01:24:52,639 lf l had to love someone for a lifetime, l would choose you. 576 01:24:52,640 --> 01:24:55,074 But you chose another. 577 01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:02,197 l couldn't love Alexandre for a lifetime. 578 01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:05,876 lt's too ambitious. 579 01:25:11,320 --> 01:25:14,869 l think he's writing our story. 580 01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:18,715 Who knows if he's already found the end. 581 01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:21,434 Maybe l will suggest if for him. 582 01:25:35,080 --> 01:25:38,390 - Monsieur Dumas, shall we dance? - Gladly. 583 01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:49,351 Excuse me, there's someone who wants a word. 584 01:26:03,160 --> 01:26:06,277 - Hello. - Hello, Alphonsine. 585 01:26:10,800 --> 01:26:15,396 - How are you? - How long will you remain on holiday? 586 01:26:15,400 --> 01:26:18,710 - l don't know. - As you wish. 587 01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:22,508 - l'll stay as long as it pleases me. 588 01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:28,432 At home there's a line of people who need paying. 589 01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:35,751 - l'll pay them when l return. - No, you'll return and find bailiffs. 590 01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:40,675 - Get Stackelberg to give you money. - He gives it to you, not me. 591 01:26:42,560 --> 01:26:45,916 You want me to believe you like this dump? 592 01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:50,311 Have you already forgotten when you'd have burnt it down? 593 01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:57,677 - l want to stay with Alexandre. - Alphonsine... listen to me. 594 01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:04,070 lf the creditors take everything you'll lose him as well. 595 01:27:04,080 --> 01:27:08,437 Franz Liszt has arrived in Paris, he wants to meet you. 596 01:27:10,520 --> 01:27:13,193 Then you can take another holiday. 597 01:27:17,920 --> 01:27:22,914 lt's a letter for my bank. The address is... 598 01:27:22,920 --> 01:27:30,235 - Place Dauphine, l've already been there. - Yes, l forgot... 599 01:27:30,760 --> 01:27:33,672 By now you're a regular at my bank. 600 01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:38,708 They'll be interested to know that l've sold one of my properties. 601 01:27:39,640 --> 01:27:42,757 lt was some woodland. 602 01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:48,469 My savings at Dauphine Bank are almost exhausted. 603 01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:56,075 - lt cost so much? - Yes. 604 01:28:10,640 --> 01:28:13,234 Believe me, squandering a fortune for someone 605 01:28:13,240 --> 01:28:15,595 makes you feel alive. 606 01:28:16,240 --> 01:28:19,357 Leave me to think about this... 607 01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:23,990 Well hurry, because soon we won't need 608 01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:27,751 your lands and woods, not you, not l. 609 01:28:31,320 --> 01:28:34,198 Death is close for both of us. 610 01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:43,157 Thank you. 611 01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:14,351 Maria! Maria, look what l brought you! 612 01:29:14,360 --> 01:29:17,397 What a marvel, lt's from Liszt. 613 01:29:17,400 --> 01:29:19,755 He expects you after the concert. 614 01:29:22,920 --> 01:29:27,357 The countess is spending the night with Stackelberg. 615 01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:31,035 He's ill and asked to see her. 616 01:29:36,280 --> 01:29:41,638 Everyone's going crazy that such a famous man wants only to see you. 617 01:29:41,640 --> 01:29:43,949 Are you pleased? 618 01:29:46,680 --> 01:29:48,636 What's the matter? 619 01:29:50,200 --> 01:29:52,589 Maria, let's go, we're late! 620 01:29:53,200 --> 01:29:58,558 l told him you weren't here. Did you want to see him? 621 01:30:29,640 --> 01:30:34,270 Dear Marie, l'm not rich enough to love you as you want, 622 01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:38,637 nor poor enough to let myself be loved as you want. 623 01:30:38,640 --> 01:30:42,792 l'm leaving, l need to be alone. 624 01:30:43,400 --> 01:30:47,678 l need to stay far from Paris and forget you. 625 01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:15,277 When you left for the country l hoped you would return recovered. 626 01:31:15,600 --> 01:31:19,275 Not because of a healthy climate and lifestyle 627 01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:24,073 but because l knew that you were in good company. 628 01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:29,798 A feeling can help you live. 629 01:31:32,720 --> 01:31:39,478 - Those are inventions of the healthy. - lt's this life which is killing you. 630 01:31:41,480 --> 01:31:46,873 Since you're so well informed, what advice do you give me? 631 01:31:47,000 --> 01:31:52,279 Do you really believe that loving someone can stop a haemorrhage? 632 01:31:54,960 --> 01:31:58,873 To be ill is a dirty thing, and it emits a filthy odour. 633 01:31:58,880 --> 01:32:01,474 Feelings don't matter. 634 01:32:03,440 --> 01:32:08,195 Alphonsine, you're speaking with anger. l know what it's about. 635 01:32:08,200 --> 01:32:12,273 lt's not my fault if l've been... 636 01:32:13,360 --> 01:32:19,071 forgotten by death. Despite the years which weigh me down, 637 01:32:19,080 --> 01:32:24,313 l'm still alive. l've often wished the opposite. 638 01:32:25,560 --> 01:32:27,516 Believe me. 639 01:32:41,680 --> 01:32:45,992 Goodbye. l won't come back. 640 01:32:55,440 --> 01:32:59,797 l can't bear to see my daughter die a second time. 641 01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:40,677 Do you still love her? 642 01:34:41,320 --> 01:34:43,276 l pity her. 643 01:34:44,760 --> 01:34:48,833 - Have you done the fumigation? - As you prescribed. 644 01:34:48,840 --> 01:34:51,274 With lichens and almonds. 645 01:34:51,960 --> 01:34:55,714 Between coughing and the steam tent it's a miracle l haven't suffocated. 646 01:34:55,720 --> 01:34:57,676 And now how do you feel? 647 01:35:00,040 --> 01:35:03,237 - As always. - You need to be very patient. 648 01:35:03,240 --> 01:35:07,233 lf you're unsatisfied with my work, don't hesitate 649 01:35:07,240 --> 01:35:09,117 to find another doctor. 650 01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:12,556 The sick are an odious breed, you should know that. 651 01:35:12,560 --> 01:35:16,917 You must rest and not go out until l say so. 652 01:35:36,320 --> 01:35:38,276 Thank you. 653 01:35:39,240 --> 01:35:42,232 Give me the pills... yours. 654 01:35:42,640 --> 01:35:46,315 The only ones which always lift my spirits. 655 01:35:46,320 --> 01:35:48,959 At least for a couple of hours. 656 01:35:51,080 --> 01:35:55,039 Tell Etienne to ready the horses, l want to go out. 657 01:35:57,160 --> 01:35:59,594 He told me to be patient. 658 01:36:01,680 --> 01:36:03,636 Would you be? 659 01:36:10,440 --> 01:36:16,117 But does she have to go out? Yesterday she came back half dead. 660 01:36:16,120 --> 01:36:20,272 Today she coughed and spat blood all day. 661 01:36:21,080 --> 01:36:23,036 - Finished? - Yes. 662 01:36:23,880 --> 01:36:25,836 Here. 663 01:36:32,520 --> 01:36:34,875 l said the red one. 664 01:36:36,240 --> 01:36:43,476 The dressmaker took it back. She said we hadn't finished paying. 665 01:36:44,040 --> 01:36:48,272 l always paid, l always wore the clothes she wanted. 666 01:36:48,280 --> 01:36:52,159 Maybe because l'm no longer seen in them. 667 01:36:52,160 --> 01:36:54,116 But l'll get better. 668 01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:21,918 lt's eleven nights since l last slept. 669 01:37:25,120 --> 01:37:29,318 l suffocate every second, it feels like l'm dying. 670 01:38:49,840 --> 01:38:52,513 l'll leave this room alive. 671 01:41:44,800 --> 01:41:46,756 Alphonsine. 672 01:41:59,080 --> 01:42:01,435 Let me accompany you. 673 01:42:02,840 --> 01:42:04,796 l want to help you. 674 01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:08,916 l don't need help to die. 675 01:44:23,720 --> 01:44:25,676 Here. 676 01:44:48,200 --> 01:44:50,191 l'm suffocating 677 01:45:42,600 --> 01:45:44,670 Oh, l want to live! 678 01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:51,195 Margueritte, l'm here. 679 01:45:57,400 --> 01:45:59,391 l've come back. 680 01:46:03,480 --> 01:46:05,436 Bravo! 681 01:46:12,040 --> 01:46:13,758 Excuse me. 682 01:46:15,920 --> 01:46:20,118 Excuse me, let me pass! Monsieur Alexandre. 683 01:46:21,600 --> 01:46:24,637 You've done an excellent job, What a brilliant comedy you've written! 684 01:46:24,640 --> 01:46:29,589 l wonder what Alphonsine would have said to see herself portrayed like that, 685 01:46:29,680 --> 01:46:31,636 as he has portrayed her. 686 01:46:32,080 --> 01:46:37,871 l am Alphonsine's father. You only left me out. 687 01:46:37,880 --> 01:46:42,431 Because l would have disfigured such a beautiful comedy. 688 01:46:43,840 --> 01:46:47,116 To think, l could tell you many things. 689 01:46:47,120 --> 01:46:50,635 How she died, such a horrible death. 690 01:46:53,800 --> 01:46:58,828 l didn't know the illness could bring so much pain. 691 01:47:00,120 --> 01:47:02,076 And now... 692 01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:06,036 there's nothing left. 693 01:47:06,480 --> 01:47:10,519 They sold everything, even his love letters. 694 01:47:10,840 --> 01:47:13,070 They sold it all at auction... 695 01:47:14,240 --> 01:47:16,196 even her hair. 696 01:47:17,920 --> 01:47:19,876 her beautiful hair. 697 01:47:21,200 --> 01:47:24,158 Such sad events. 698 01:47:24,360 --> 01:47:27,557 But, it's been five years. 699 01:47:27,560 --> 01:47:29,994 Please, father, leave him be. 700 01:47:30,080 --> 01:47:33,914 Monsieur... Our lady of the camellias! 701 01:47:33,920 --> 01:47:38,835 What a beautiful title! You'll see, the public will love it. 702 01:47:40,040 --> 01:47:44,079 lt will also make a pile of money. 703 01:47:44,160 --> 01:47:47,277 l ... unfortunately l spent it all. 704 01:47:49,240 --> 01:47:52,391 l have nothing left, Monsieur. 705 01:47:58,040 --> 01:48:00,110 - Alexandre! - Thank you. 706 01:48:00,120 --> 01:48:04,557 Alexandre, the public are calling you. lt's been a real triumph. 707 01:48:04,560 --> 01:48:09,031 A great success! Good evening. A great success! 708 01:48:09,040 --> 01:48:13,556 Monsieur Dumas, see our children! 709 01:48:14,920 --> 01:48:18,230 - Our children! - Yes, dear friend. 710 01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:21,153 This is a great day for us Dumas. 711 01:48:24,600 --> 01:48:27,990 Do you know what Alphonsine told me before dying? 712 01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:32,437 l will never leave this world of bandits... 713 01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:36,956 and prostitutes 714 01:48:52,880 --> 01:48:57,078 Bandits and prostitutes.