1 00:00:15,783 --> 00:00:17,723 Hey Martin, are you playing the nanny now? 2 00:00:17,747 --> 00:00:20,223 Hey, Louis, have you forgotten your dummy? 3 00:00:21,909 --> 00:00:23,451 - Don't worry, they're only girls. 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,600 I, Louis CHILD OF THE MINE Courrères 1906 5 00:00:39,073 --> 00:00:41,018 Come on, move! Faster! 6 00:00:44,265 --> 00:00:47,421 ♪ It's the angel Gabriel coming down from heaven, ♪ 7 00:00:47,445 --> 00:00:50,593 ♪ Using a little string. The string broke. ♪ 8 00:00:50,617 --> 00:00:53,762 ♪ And the angel Gabriel fell in the shit. ♪ 9 00:00:53,786 --> 00:00:57,067 ♪ It's the angel Gabriel coming down from heaven, ♪ 10 00:00:57,091 --> 00:01:00,172 ♪ Using a little string. The string broke. ♪ 11 00:01:00,196 --> 00:01:03,102 ♪ And the angel Gabriel fell in the shit. ♪ 12 00:01:03,212 --> 00:01:05,641 Hello Father! - Bunch of little rascals! 13 00:01:10,894 --> 00:01:12,456 Come on, help me. Come on. 14 00:01:15,508 --> 00:01:18,703 That's not bad quality. He's well looked after, that Engineer. 15 00:01:18,969 --> 00:01:20,782 - Anything that burns well always goes to the bourgeois. 16 00:01:23,086 --> 00:01:23,949 Coal! 17 00:02:19,805 --> 00:02:23,164 Hey Louis! What are you doing? - You coming? 18 00:02:27,621 --> 00:02:29,888 What an oaf! Clear that up. 19 00:02:30,356 --> 00:02:31,582 Quick, quick! 20 00:02:36,249 --> 00:02:39,897 - That's fine Charles, that's enough for today. - Thank you Mother. 21 00:03:00,303 --> 00:03:01,103 - Charles? 22 00:03:06,063 --> 00:03:08,758 Charles, what are you doing? - Helping to clean up. 23 00:03:08,891 --> 00:03:11,589 - That's nice, but it's not up to you to do that. Go and wash. 24 00:03:22,313 --> 00:03:23,313 Next! 25 00:03:27,268 --> 00:03:28,708 Come on, move. 26 00:03:28,838 --> 00:03:31,238 - Name, my boy? - Louis Quinchon. 27 00:03:32,315 --> 00:03:33,729 - Get on the scale. 28 00:03:41,818 --> 00:03:45,255 34 kilos. Go to the height-gauge over there. 29 00:03:46,290 --> 00:03:47,290 There! 30 00:04:00,933 --> 00:04:02,878 1 metre 45. You can go. 31 00:04:04,769 --> 00:04:06,289 Well, have you done? 32 00:04:06,678 --> 00:04:08,592 - Yes. - Put back the lid. 33 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:15,245 - Hello Mother! - How are you, Father. 34 00:04:15,347 --> 00:04:16,347 - I'm fine. 35 00:04:23,599 --> 00:04:24,765 - Come on, put this stuff away, boy. 36 00:04:31,178 --> 00:04:33,318 - Have you seen the doctor? What did he say? 37 00:04:34,291 --> 00:04:35,091 - Nothing. 38 00:04:36,311 --> 00:04:37,471 - What do you mean, nothing? 39 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:42,083 - I have to go back. For worms, he said. 40 00:04:42,696 --> 00:04:45,142 - Worms? What are they looking for now? 41 00:04:45,657 --> 00:04:48,050 Worms or no worms, when you're old enough, you're down the pit and that's that. 42 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:51,433 - Yes—except he's not old enough. 43 00:05:17,770 --> 00:05:18,980 Come on, Louis! 44 00:05:19,551 --> 00:05:20,351 Come on! 45 00:05:36,533 --> 00:05:39,447 Cowards! Attack! 46 00:05:57,945 --> 00:06:00,046 We have a prisoner! - What'll we do with him? 47 00:06:00,071 --> 00:06:01,915 - We'll make him pay! - No, no! 48 00:06:01,939 --> 00:06:04,133 - Yeah, piss on him! - Stop! No! 49 00:06:04,324 --> 00:06:05,745 Stop, you have no right! 50 00:06:06,519 --> 00:06:07,808 No! Stop! 51 00:06:08,637 --> 00:06:10,837 Good for him. - Let me go! 52 00:06:11,210 --> 00:06:12,570 Bunch of cowards! 53 00:06:30,663 --> 00:06:32,584 Here. You can keep it. 54 00:06:32,929 --> 00:06:33,729 - Thanks. 55 00:06:35,913 --> 00:06:36,873 - I'm Charles. 56 00:06:40,898 --> 00:06:41,729 - Louis Quinchon. 57 00:06:46,643 --> 00:06:48,149 Want to play? - I'd like that. 58 00:06:50,147 --> 00:06:53,472 How d'you play? - I'll teach you. 59 00:06:57,145 --> 00:06:59,668 - Is your brother a miner too? - Yes, a miner. 60 00:07:02,846 --> 00:07:04,728 - Will you go down the mine too? 61 00:07:06,533 --> 00:07:07,814 - Of course, that's the way it is. 62 00:07:10,818 --> 00:07:12,950 - Will you still go to school when you're a miner? 63 00:07:15,216 --> 00:07:16,614 - No. - Don't you like school? 64 00:07:17,075 --> 00:07:20,278 - I do. But I can't be down the mine and at school at the same time. 65 00:07:21,989 --> 00:07:23,242 Why don't you go to school? 66 00:07:24,782 --> 00:07:28,655 - My mother teaches me everything. Especially music. 67 00:07:29,392 --> 00:07:31,325 She'd have liked to be an opera singer. 68 00:07:32,629 --> 00:07:34,392 Me too, that's what I'd like to be. 69 00:07:38,488 --> 00:07:39,288 - I win! 70 00:07:39,676 --> 00:07:42,819 - Dear Lord, bless this meal and give bread to those who have none. 71 00:07:42,843 --> 00:07:46,710 - In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. 72 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:47,328 - Director's office, Caron speaking. 73 00:08:48,592 --> 00:08:52,264 - Stop mining for three days? You haven't got a clue, have you, Caron? 74 00:08:53,604 --> 00:08:56,408 You've never been in front of the Board of Directors obviously. 75 00:08:56,433 --> 00:09:01,010 - We could install a sprinkler system to neutralize the dust, just in case. 76 00:09:01,743 --> 00:09:03,698 That's what they do in Belgium and England. 77 00:09:03,722 --> 00:09:05,722 - It's not compulsory in France as far as I know? 78 00:09:06,675 --> 00:09:09,628 - No sir, not yet. - Well then, where's the problem? 79 00:09:15,912 --> 00:09:18,938 Why do you think you're paid so well, Chief Engineer? 80 00:09:19,358 --> 00:09:22,998 To ensure the Company maximum profit with minimum risk. 81 00:09:23,678 --> 00:09:24,981 And that's what you do, isn't it? 82 00:09:25,702 --> 00:09:28,920 - Yes, Director. - Well, I congratulate you, Caron. 83 00:09:31,414 --> 00:09:32,700 - Thank you Director. 84 00:09:48,741 --> 00:09:49,741 Coal! 85 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:56,783 Louis! 86 00:09:59,259 --> 00:10:02,962 Here, this is for you. - Thanks. 87 00:10:03,736 --> 00:10:05,556 - It's the Three Musketeers. - Louis? 88 00:10:45,467 --> 00:10:47,560 - Come on, I'll show you my attic. 89 00:10:56,274 --> 00:10:57,074 It's beautiful! 90 00:10:57,603 --> 00:10:58,940 - My mother made them. 91 00:11:01,013 --> 00:11:02,192 - My mother sews too. 92 00:11:03,098 --> 00:11:05,349 She made my jacket for when I go down the pit. 93 00:11:05,606 --> 00:11:06,812 - You're going down already? 94 00:11:07,782 --> 00:11:09,832 - I've had my medical but I don't know yet. 95 00:11:10,893 --> 00:11:13,346 - Do you want to go down there? - Yeah. 96 00:11:16,341 --> 00:11:19,282 - And when you go down—will you be scared? 97 00:11:22,403 --> 00:11:26,011 - The day you go down the mine—you become a man. 98 00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:29,222 And a man—is no longer scared. 99 00:11:40,841 --> 00:11:41,841 It's good. 100 00:11:47,011 --> 00:11:48,222 Allo! Allo! 101 00:11:51,121 --> 00:11:52,161 A phone. 102 00:11:53,019 --> 00:11:55,042 Allo, Allo? I'm listening. 103 00:12:21,556 --> 00:12:22,356 Mum! 104 00:12:25,741 --> 00:12:26,541 Mum. 105 00:12:27,567 --> 00:12:28,367 Charles. 106 00:12:38,382 --> 00:12:39,182 Charles. 107 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:43,628 Mum. 108 00:12:45,367 --> 00:12:46,167 Mum. 109 00:12:51,018 --> 00:12:55,338 We hope and believe that we will all one day be resurrected. 110 00:12:55,830 --> 00:12:59,699 As a sign of this faith, I bless this body— 111 00:12:59,741 --> 00:13:05,833 in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 112 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,132 Mum! Mum! - Well? 113 00:14:01,468 --> 00:14:04,005 - I made the roll of honour! - That's good, my boy, show me. 114 00:14:04,367 --> 00:14:07,085 Yes, very good, very good. - And then you know, at school— 115 00:14:07,109 --> 00:14:08,618 - Get out of my way! 116 00:14:08,673 --> 00:14:11,559 - Hello Mother. - I was getting worried. 117 00:14:12,127 --> 00:14:14,134 Come in, boy. - Hello Madame. 118 00:14:15,143 --> 00:14:17,009 - Hello Blanche. - Hello Gustave. 119 00:14:17,033 --> 00:14:18,584 - Louis, the glasses. 120 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:26,215 - Well? I was worried. 121 00:14:26,481 --> 00:14:29,381 - Some are saying there's fire down there. - Oh, it's nothing serious. 122 00:14:31,547 --> 00:14:33,788 I went to see the doctor. - And? 123 00:14:33,812 --> 00:14:36,027 - The results are good. - They're good, they're good. 124 00:14:36,296 --> 00:14:39,169 In my opinion he's still too young for the pit. Right boy? 125 00:14:40,462 --> 00:14:43,000 Then he has his Certificate to pass. The teacher told him if he wants— 126 00:14:43,024 --> 00:14:46,650 - The Certificate's useless down the pit. Except to become a fucking boss. 127 00:14:46,846 --> 00:14:48,356 And then your brother's getting married. 128 00:14:48,456 --> 00:14:50,326 That means there'll only be one wage coming in. 129 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:52,606 So Certificate or not, I'll take you to get a job tomorrow. 130 00:14:52,889 --> 00:14:54,193 - But what about the fire? 131 00:14:54,217 --> 00:14:57,553 - Fire, cave-ins, firedamp, there's always something. 132 00:14:58,053 --> 00:14:59,091 Isn't that right, Gustave? 133 00:15:00,193 --> 00:15:02,958 - Well, the wedding could always wait a bit. 134 00:15:03,638 --> 00:15:06,130 With school, you always come out less stupid than when you went in. 135 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:08,303 - Yeah, that's right, then he'll be ashamed of us. 136 00:15:08,359 --> 00:15:09,476 - Where are you going? 137 00:15:09,773 --> 00:15:12,960 - He'll have to work sooner or later, so— 138 00:15:13,977 --> 00:15:14,777 - Well— 139 00:15:17,883 --> 00:15:19,483 - All right, that's settled. 140 00:15:24,244 --> 00:15:27,010 Don't worry boy, I'll talk to the mine-captain tomorrow. 141 00:15:30,119 --> 00:15:31,392 Come on Valentine, let's go. 142 00:15:35,609 --> 00:15:36,479 Bye Blanche. 143 00:15:37,312 --> 00:15:38,112 - Bye. 144 00:15:59,763 --> 00:16:02,473 It's about coal dust, Engineer. 145 00:16:02,613 --> 00:16:06,074 It's everywhere in the galleries. And with the fire smouldering in Cécile seam, 146 00:16:06,690 --> 00:16:08,158 it should at least be watered. 147 00:16:08,324 --> 00:16:10,917 - Do you know what that means? Time, equipment. 148 00:16:11,413 --> 00:16:13,358 No, we're going to double up the walls. Then we'll see. 149 00:16:13,382 --> 00:16:17,186 - But it's not just that. In shafts 2 and 3 the ventilation is defective. 150 00:16:17,210 --> 00:16:20,895 The shafts communicate with each other. That compensates. Look! 151 00:16:21,404 --> 00:16:24,052 - Except that in the event of an explosion, the fire would spread everywhere! 152 00:16:24,076 --> 00:16:25,638 - Listen Ricq, I know my job. 153 00:16:25,982 --> 00:16:27,554 And besides, I'm just enforcing the rules. 154 00:16:27,578 --> 00:16:30,070 - The rules? They have no relation to what actually happens down there! 155 00:16:30,094 --> 00:16:33,234 - But we've never seen dust ignite like that, all by itself! 156 00:16:35,032 --> 00:16:37,195 - Never. Except when there's firedamp. 157 00:16:37,272 --> 00:16:40,265 - Precisely. The mines here don't have gas. 158 00:16:41,069 --> 00:16:44,701 - We're never safe from anything, Engineer. I would have warned you. 159 00:16:52,689 --> 00:16:57,154 Rosae, rosae, rosas, 160 00:16:57,951 --> 00:17:00,622 Ro—rosae. 161 00:17:04,271 --> 00:17:05,071 Rosarum. 162 00:17:08,196 --> 00:17:09,616 Rosis. - Good. 163 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,320 - Father! 164 00:17:14,657 --> 00:17:16,192 - That's fine, carry on. 165 00:17:16,754 --> 00:17:19,916 Rouville, you'll dine alone with Charles. I'm not hungry. 166 00:17:22,239 --> 00:17:23,039 - Father? 167 00:17:40,754 --> 00:17:41,554 Thanks. 168 00:18:17,393 --> 00:18:20,193 Maybe my father won't hire you. 169 00:18:20,217 --> 00:18:22,799 - Why not? - You're not even old enough. 170 00:18:23,582 --> 00:18:26,329 - A few months doesn't make any difference. - What about school? 171 00:18:27,563 --> 00:18:31,403 - What use would that be to me? - So, in the end, you're happy? 172 00:18:33,258 --> 00:18:36,649 - I suppose—yes. - You don't look happy. 173 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:39,800 - Yes, I am. 174 00:18:41,230 --> 00:18:43,917 At least— - At least what? 175 00:18:44,972 --> 00:18:47,598 - Well at the same time, it feels like— 176 00:18:49,152 --> 00:18:50,492 like a knot, in here. 177 00:18:52,286 --> 00:18:54,090 - So you're still a little scared. 178 00:18:54,825 --> 00:18:58,137 - It's just that down below—it's all dark. 179 00:18:59,086 --> 00:19:01,472 And as well as that, it seems there's fire. 180 00:19:07,054 --> 00:19:08,054 Come in! 181 00:19:11,823 --> 00:19:13,736 Can you read and write? - Yes sir. 182 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,316 - Not that much, Engineer. - Give me the file over there. 183 00:19:19,198 --> 00:19:20,447 That's fine, that's fine. 184 00:19:30,458 --> 00:19:33,286 He's not very strong. Is he really twelve years old? 185 00:19:33,310 --> 00:19:36,323 - He'll be 12 soon. I went down the pit when I was 10. 186 00:19:36,985 --> 00:19:39,867 - Laws have changed, Quinchon. It's a risk for the Company. 187 00:19:40,109 --> 00:19:44,935 - But he's already doing his coal deliveries and, you know, he's not reluctant to work. 188 00:19:46,253 --> 00:19:47,332 - Size, weight, they're borderline. 189 00:19:48,342 --> 00:19:52,333 At least there's no trace of hookworm. No major obstacle. 190 00:19:52,995 --> 00:19:54,401 Since it's you, Quinchon. 191 00:19:57,381 --> 00:19:58,234 Your first name? 192 00:19:58,967 --> 00:20:02,060 - Louis, Engineer. - Fine, you'll start on Saturday. 193 00:20:06,177 --> 00:20:07,837 - Hold still, don't move. 194 00:20:12,772 --> 00:20:16,572 - So you're ready to sacrifice your life? - I don't have a choice. 195 00:20:17,846 --> 00:20:19,648 In my family, I can only ever be a miner, so— 196 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:23,762 - I can help you. I'll teach you everything I learn with Rouville. 197 00:20:24,589 --> 00:20:28,229 - What use would that be to me? To become a fucking boss? 198 00:20:28,603 --> 00:20:33,158 No, you could be—I don't know—an explorer. 199 00:20:33,438 --> 00:20:35,235 Or an archaeologist. - Or a writer! 200 00:20:35,362 --> 00:20:36,893 - An architect! - A general! 201 00:20:36,948 --> 00:20:39,674 - President of the Republic. - Yeah! 202 00:20:43,564 --> 00:20:45,530 But until then I have to go down the pit. 203 00:20:46,365 --> 00:20:50,599 - When you're down there, I'll pray for you. - What for? 204 00:20:51,076 --> 00:20:53,602 - For God to protect you. - That's no use. 205 00:20:53,946 --> 00:20:56,733 - You don't believe in God? - My father— 206 00:20:57,665 --> 00:20:59,513 he says Heaven's just made up. 207 00:21:01,084 --> 00:21:02,974 So the poor can bear their suffering. 208 00:21:04,474 --> 00:21:07,520 - If there's no Heaven, where's my mother? 209 00:21:10,071 --> 00:21:11,017 - In a hole. 210 00:21:12,352 --> 00:21:14,633 - That's horrible. - No it isn't. 211 00:21:15,883 --> 00:21:17,072 Since she can't feel anything. 212 00:21:24,082 --> 00:21:28,065 Can you come to the vegetable garden tomorrow? Near the railway. 213 00:21:29,367 --> 00:21:32,155 - What for? - It's a surprise. 214 00:21:51,614 --> 00:21:54,270 Louis. - He's handsome, isn't he? 215 00:21:54,818 --> 00:21:58,114 - Gorgeous! - His name is Eclair. 216 00:21:58,651 --> 00:22:01,150 - Is he yours? - My father gave him to me. 217 00:22:01,542 --> 00:22:03,182 - Is he a racing pigeon? - Yes. 218 00:22:03,245 --> 00:22:05,737 - Are you going to fly him? - He's still too young. 219 00:22:05,886 --> 00:22:07,862 - Can I touch him? - Yes. 220 00:22:08,768 --> 00:22:10,448 - I wish I could have one. 221 00:22:11,420 --> 00:22:13,927 - We can train him together if you like. - Seriously? 222 00:22:14,169 --> 00:22:15,769 - Yes. - You don't mind? 223 00:22:15,818 --> 00:22:16,818 - Of course not. 224 00:22:17,779 --> 00:22:22,175 ♪ Right beside the new guard ♪ ♪ Here we come, here we are! ♪ 225 00:22:22,199 --> 00:22:26,581 ♪ Sound, dazzling trumpet! ♪ ♪ Ta ra ta ta ra ra ta ♪ 226 00:22:27,105 --> 00:22:31,297 ♪ We walk with our heads up ♪ ♪ Like little soldiers ♪ 227 00:22:31,375 --> 00:22:35,672 ♪ Marking without fault ♪ ♪ One, two, marking the pace ♪ 228 00:22:36,112 --> 00:22:37,853 I'll teach you the other verse tomorrow. 229 00:22:42,391 --> 00:22:45,070 You know what the Indians do when they want to become brothers? 230 00:22:45,684 --> 00:22:46,484 No. 231 00:22:46,955 --> 00:22:51,137 - They give each other what they hold most precious. Then they're brothers forever. 232 00:22:51,402 --> 00:22:54,050 - In life and death? - In life and death. 233 00:22:57,332 --> 00:22:58,427 Here. This is for you. 234 00:23:00,347 --> 00:23:02,237 My mother gave it to me. 235 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:07,100 - Thank you. 236 00:23:11,074 --> 00:23:11,874 It's beautiful! 237 00:23:16,733 --> 00:23:19,079 Here. My knife. 238 00:23:20,419 --> 00:23:21,493 It's all I have. 239 00:23:23,423 --> 00:23:24,223 - Thank you. 240 00:23:28,681 --> 00:23:33,433 - All right, I have to go home now. There are rabbits to take care of. 241 00:23:36,192 --> 00:23:38,511 - Where do you live? - Over there. 242 00:23:39,707 --> 00:23:42,246 - Can I come with you? - What for? 243 00:23:43,187 --> 00:23:44,655 - I don't even know where you live. 244 00:23:45,632 --> 00:23:48,736 - It's only the miners' village. All the houses are the same. 245 00:23:49,413 --> 00:23:52,092 - You don't want me? - Yes I do but— 246 00:23:52,644 --> 00:23:54,430 It's too risky, my mother's always there. 247 00:23:56,058 --> 00:23:57,904 - All right then, see you tomorrow. - See you tomorrow. 248 00:24:02,701 --> 00:24:06,060 - Well then. You're associating with the bourgeois now, are you? 249 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,170 - Even at school, he's desperate for attention. He's always first. 250 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:10,877 He must be the mine boss's kid, that one! 251 00:24:12,085 --> 00:24:13,365 - Come on Alphonse! 252 00:24:13,468 --> 00:24:15,757 Alphonse, come on! get him down! Down! 253 00:24:15,843 --> 00:24:17,043 Come on! Come on! 254 00:24:19,782 --> 00:24:21,715 Go away! Go away! 255 00:24:21,891 --> 00:24:24,008 - Listen you! You need to be more choosy who you hang around with, OK? 256 00:24:24,242 --> 00:24:26,960 Otherwise we'll bury you alive! Bastard! 257 00:24:29,031 --> 00:24:30,031 Well done! 258 00:24:48,047 --> 00:24:49,570 Jean? - Yes. 259 00:24:50,729 --> 00:24:52,409 - Is it true that the bottom of the mine is scary? 260 00:24:54,992 --> 00:24:56,538 - The bottom's not the worst. 261 00:24:59,132 --> 00:25:01,101 The worst is the descent. 262 00:25:01,883 --> 00:25:06,116 The cage goes so fast you'll be crying for you mother while pissing your pants. 263 00:25:10,315 --> 00:25:11,435 - How fast? 264 00:25:13,159 --> 00:25:14,985 - Twelve metres per second, man. 265 00:25:16,451 --> 00:25:17,359 Hang on. 266 00:25:19,208 --> 00:25:21,875 By the time the ponies get down there, they're dead. 267 00:25:22,279 --> 00:25:24,864 Their hearts give out. 268 00:25:26,255 --> 00:25:29,775 But come on, don't worry, we get used to it. Good night. 269 00:25:35,227 --> 00:25:37,734 - What about the fire? Is it still burning? 270 00:25:59,912 --> 00:26:01,560 Bye Mother, see you later. 271 00:26:02,683 --> 00:26:03,865 - Goodbye Mum. - Bye. 272 00:26:05,128 --> 00:26:06,745 Take care of youself, my boy. 273 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:11,788 - Come on, let's go, kid. 274 00:26:13,804 --> 00:26:15,186 Come on. - Come on, come on. 275 00:26:20,651 --> 00:26:21,771 - Boy Louis! 276 00:26:23,214 --> 00:26:24,791 So this is the big day? - Yeah. 277 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,510 - Oh yeah. It's about time. 278 00:26:29,748 --> 00:26:33,092 - He doesn't say much. - No, but that's quite normal. 279 00:26:48,711 --> 00:26:50,359 You won't be seeing your friend for a while. 280 00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:22,547 Little Louis, he's going down right away. 281 00:27:36,389 --> 00:27:39,162 Here, the best one for you. - Thank you my Valentine. 282 00:27:47,088 --> 00:27:51,860 - Be careful, if you tilt it, it stops. And don't damage it otherwise you get a fine. 283 00:27:52,330 --> 00:27:56,176 The lamp, my boy, is the miner's sun. Without a lamp, you're dead. 284 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,200 When you need your hands, hang it there, like that. 285 00:27:58,474 --> 00:28:00,872 Hey Ricq, how's the fire now? 286 00:28:00,927 --> 00:28:03,485 - They doubled up the walls, but it looks like it's still going. 287 00:28:03,821 --> 00:28:05,500 Even the ponies are nervous. 288 00:28:05,524 --> 00:28:08,211 - And I suppose those bastards are just going to wait for the fire to go out on its own? 289 00:28:08,235 --> 00:28:10,290 We could die, they wouldn't give a shit. - Yeah. 290 00:28:10,423 --> 00:28:12,430 - I'm telling you, the only thing they understand is a strike. 291 00:28:13,012 --> 00:28:15,933 - No Director, some are refusing to go down. 292 00:28:16,019 --> 00:28:18,879 No, the fire is still smouldering. 293 00:28:19,754 --> 00:28:21,611 Yes of course, the walls are still good. 294 00:28:24,241 --> 00:28:25,450 All right Director. 295 00:28:28,671 --> 00:28:29,471 Barrault. 296 00:28:30,725 --> 00:28:32,245 You come with me. 297 00:28:35,814 --> 00:28:39,463 - But since I can assure you we've doubled the walls, 298 00:28:39,488 --> 00:28:41,809 I can guarantee you, there's no danger. 299 00:28:42,190 --> 00:28:45,084 The proof? Engineer Barrault is already at the bottom. 300 00:28:45,108 --> 00:28:47,920 It's all right now! - We've heard all your speeches! 301 00:28:48,608 --> 00:28:49,897 I'm not going down! 302 00:28:51,085 --> 00:28:55,694 If we had to strike every time there was danger, we'd die of hunger. 303 00:28:55,718 --> 00:28:58,334 I'm going down! - But you've nothing to lose. 304 00:28:58,372 --> 00:29:00,035 What about all these young people following you? 305 00:29:00,669 --> 00:29:01,789 - Come on, kid. 306 00:29:02,955 --> 00:29:05,861 - You're on death row! Go on and die! - Well then go ahead! 307 00:29:06,463 --> 00:29:08,682 - You'll be better off dead, won't you? 308 00:29:09,003 --> 00:29:12,105 I'll tell your widows how stupid you were! 309 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:13,840 - That can't be true? - It is true! 310 00:29:14,293 --> 00:29:15,733 We're staying here! 311 00:29:17,866 --> 00:29:20,717 - We're all going to die in there! - Yeah, we don't want to die! 312 00:30:13,968 --> 00:30:17,153 - Watch out for the little boy. - He's the new trammer. 313 00:30:17,498 --> 00:30:18,298 - Hi. 314 00:30:19,216 --> 00:30:22,067 - Well? Where are we with the fire? - We've seen worse. 315 00:30:22,170 --> 00:30:25,021 - Good, boy, you're with Gustave at 360. 316 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,700 Martin, you show him the way. - Come on boy, chin up! 317 00:30:44,044 --> 00:30:46,294 - Hurry up, bourgeois! Quick, quick! 318 00:30:46,615 --> 00:30:49,216 - Damn, is your arse too heavy? 319 00:30:53,578 --> 00:30:56,265 - Good, come on you, it's all at the bottom, over there. 320 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,649 Gustave! - Oh, the boy. 321 00:31:27,485 --> 00:31:31,474 So that's that. Have they accepted you among the men? He's so proud. 322 00:31:32,779 --> 00:31:35,450 Here, let me introduce you to Ecuyer We're working with him today. 323 00:31:36,607 --> 00:31:38,820 Come closer, you'll see, he's a fine fellow. 324 00:31:44,325 --> 00:31:46,395 - Gustave, are you all right? 325 00:31:48,247 --> 00:31:49,247 - I'll be fine. 326 00:31:52,633 --> 00:31:55,703 Lets' go. Go ahead, move on. 327 00:31:58,459 --> 00:32:00,039 Here, take this bag of oats here. 328 00:32:03,448 --> 00:32:05,248 Hello Gustave. - Hi René. 329 00:32:11,233 --> 00:32:12,033 Louis. 330 00:32:14,491 --> 00:32:15,291 Listen. 331 00:32:16,483 --> 00:32:17,283 - What's that? 332 00:32:18,506 --> 00:32:20,060 - The mine talking to us. 333 00:32:21,905 --> 00:32:24,990 - What's it saying? - It's complaining about all the damage done to it. 334 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:28,608 Sometimes it even gets angry. It has to defend itself, see? 335 00:32:28,889 --> 00:32:30,562 So it's in your own interest to get to know it well. 336 00:32:31,204 --> 00:32:32,204 - Do you know it? 337 00:32:32,228 --> 00:32:35,141 - Well yes, with all the time I've been here, we're almost friends. 338 00:33:22,684 --> 00:33:23,684 There, calm down, there. 339 00:33:25,864 --> 00:33:28,652 - Do you think he can smell the fire? - Come on! Have that, old chap, it'll calm you down. 340 00:33:30,411 --> 00:33:31,411 Ecuyer! 341 00:33:32,328 --> 00:33:34,661 - What's going on, Gustave? Is it fire? 342 00:33:35,351 --> 00:33:37,022 - I don't know. - Is it? 343 00:33:37,047 --> 00:33:40,867 - I don't know Louis. It doesn't sound good. 344 00:33:45,439 --> 00:33:47,900 We have to go up! Come on, come on, let's go! 345 00:33:48,299 --> 00:33:50,142 Run! Run! - Gustave! Gustave! 346 00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:55,036 - No! - Quick! Quick! 347 00:33:57,896 --> 00:34:01,169 - Wait for me! Wait for me! - To the right, come on, quick! Quick! 348 00:34:05,203 --> 00:34:07,945 - Gustave! - Follow me! 349 00:34:10,445 --> 00:34:13,210 - Gustave! - Follow me! 350 00:34:16,968 --> 00:34:18,328 - Don't leave me! 351 00:34:36,637 --> 00:34:40,167 Dad! Dad! 352 00:34:49,171 --> 00:34:50,851 Call the emergency services! 353 00:34:51,068 --> 00:34:53,325 Call the Prefecture, the hospitals! 354 00:34:53,350 --> 00:34:55,296 Have them send ambulances. Everything they have! 355 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,194 - We're all volunteering, Engineer. If there are any survivors, we'll bring them up. 356 00:34:58,218 --> 00:35:00,749 - Shaft 3 is impassable, go through shaft 10. 357 00:35:07,135 --> 00:35:09,275 - What happened? - Let us in! 358 00:35:09,393 --> 00:35:11,377 - We can go down too to get them out! 359 00:35:11,402 --> 00:35:13,361 Let us in! 360 00:35:13,385 --> 00:35:15,252 - A doctor, quick! Give them water! 361 00:35:15,276 --> 00:35:17,676 - They're all dead. They're all— - It's hell! 362 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:21,262 - My brother's down there, we have to get him. Do something! 363 00:35:21,294 --> 00:35:23,672 - Are there any survivors down there? Are there any survivors? 364 00:35:23,703 --> 00:35:26,578 - We can't breathe, the air is burning. - They'll all die. 365 00:35:27,516 --> 00:35:29,983 - Lets' go. - The cage is blocked. 366 00:35:30,203 --> 00:35:31,789 - Use the ladder! 367 00:35:39,870 --> 00:35:42,221 Don't breathe, Louis. Don't breathe! 368 00:35:51,586 --> 00:35:53,351 - Gustave, are you okay? - I'm fine, boy. 369 00:35:53,977 --> 00:35:56,719 You? - My head's pounding. 370 00:35:56,743 --> 00:35:58,743 - Come on, we have to get out of this hell. 371 00:36:02,433 --> 00:36:03,713 Oh good God! 372 00:36:15,662 --> 00:36:18,279 I'm burning in Hell. Where's my father? 373 00:36:22,165 --> 00:36:25,039 - We mustn't stay here, Louis. - No, where's my father? 374 00:36:25,063 --> 00:36:26,239 - We can't stay here. - Where's my father! 375 00:36:26,264 --> 00:36:27,750 - He's not here. - I want to see my father! 376 00:36:27,774 --> 00:36:29,577 - That's not him! - I want to see my father! 377 00:36:29,601 --> 00:36:31,413 - He's not there. - Where's my father? 378 00:36:31,437 --> 00:36:33,140 - It's not him! - I want to see my father! 379 00:36:33,164 --> 00:36:35,794 - Come on! Come on! - Where's my father? 380 00:36:35,833 --> 00:36:39,090 - Let us in! - I have to find my husband! 381 00:36:39,122 --> 00:36:42,027 - I have my two boys down there! - It seems there are dozens dead. 382 00:36:43,438 --> 00:36:46,085 - What are you doing here? Are you the Engineer's son? 383 00:36:46,117 --> 00:36:47,820 Run away quickly before anything happens to you. 384 00:36:50,487 --> 00:36:52,087 - Charles! I'm coming! 385 00:36:53,230 --> 00:36:54,230 Charles! 386 00:36:57,014 --> 00:36:59,966 - Don't push! Don't push! 387 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:14,440 Oh my God! 388 00:37:19,598 --> 00:37:20,832 Forgive me! 389 00:37:32,995 --> 00:37:34,143 Look, Grandamme. 390 00:37:35,393 --> 00:37:37,127 It looks like the blast didn't come from the Cécile seam. 391 00:37:37,151 --> 00:37:38,565 The Cécile seam is over there. 392 00:37:39,096 --> 00:37:41,111 And the marks are on the opposite side. 393 00:37:42,607 --> 00:37:45,364 - But if it's not the fire, then how did the dust ignite? 394 00:37:45,403 --> 00:37:47,496 - Over here! Over here! 395 00:37:54,938 --> 00:37:58,504 I found about twenty of them there. All the others are dead. 396 00:38:02,058 --> 00:38:03,611 - What were you doing there? 397 00:38:04,966 --> 00:38:06,651 - I wanted to know what was going on. 398 00:38:07,769 --> 00:38:09,096 - Are you interested in mining now? 399 00:38:12,333 --> 00:38:13,966 But you don't know anyone there. 400 00:38:14,921 --> 00:38:16,991 Anyone. Yes? 401 00:38:18,445 --> 00:38:20,347 You're a straight and honest boy. Won't you tell me? 402 00:38:23,562 --> 00:38:24,562 Charles. 403 00:38:25,862 --> 00:38:29,035 Lying by omission is also a sin. 404 00:38:36,389 --> 00:38:38,842 It's impassable here. We have to go back. 405 00:38:54,643 --> 00:38:56,705 It's coming from there. Lets go and look. 406 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,452 - Oh my God you're alive! - Julot! 407 00:39:03,726 --> 00:39:06,342 - Oh Gustave! - Nény! 408 00:39:07,835 --> 00:39:10,082 - Are there any others? - Only bodies. 409 00:39:10,106 --> 00:39:12,441 - What about my father, Victor Quinchon? Have you seen him? 410 00:39:12,465 --> 00:39:13,898 Sorry my boy, we haven't seen anyone. 411 00:39:16,803 --> 00:39:19,818 - What's it like this way? - It's blocked over there. What about on your side? 412 00:39:19,944 --> 00:39:20,944 - Same. 413 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:30,298 We're here, between Adelaide and the 326. 414 00:39:30,323 --> 00:39:34,190 - Can you see? We came frm the Adelaide tunnel. We can't get through, it's blocked there. 415 00:39:34,215 --> 00:39:36,780 - You'll have to go back to 326. - But how? 416 00:39:36,866 --> 00:39:39,490 - I think you have to try to reach the shaft that goes up to 280. 417 00:39:39,530 --> 00:39:41,084 - You may be right but— 418 00:39:41,795 --> 00:39:44,154 - At that point, we separate. We'll have one more chance. 419 00:39:44,282 --> 00:39:45,282 - You think? 420 00:39:46,438 --> 00:39:50,284 - Come on. - Come on, I'm going this way. With the boy. 421 00:40:04,117 --> 00:40:04,917 Gentlemen. 422 00:40:07,663 --> 00:40:08,463 Please. 423 00:40:11,536 --> 00:40:12,916 This is the preliminary report. 424 00:40:13,528 --> 00:40:17,602 Of the 1,700 men working in the galleries at the time of the disaster— 425 00:40:17,913 --> 00:40:22,201 less than 500 came out alive. But there may be others down there. 426 00:40:23,469 --> 00:40:24,650 I've just come back from the shaft. 427 00:40:25,938 --> 00:40:27,864 For the past few hours, we've only been bringing back dead bodies. 428 00:40:30,458 --> 00:40:34,571 - Gentlemen, this is Monsieur Delafond, Inspector-General of Mines. 429 00:40:35,401 --> 00:40:38,224 The Inspector is responsible for taking charge of the situation. 430 00:40:39,576 --> 00:40:42,002 May I introduce our Chief Engineer, Mr. Caron. 431 00:40:43,271 --> 00:40:46,365 - Please Caron, continue your presentation. I need to get the whole picture. 432 00:40:49,274 --> 00:40:50,274 - According to— 433 00:40:52,563 --> 00:40:55,953 The testimony of survivors and my first observations, it seems 434 00:40:55,977 --> 00:40:58,909 the fire ravaged more than 100 kilometres of galleries 435 00:40:59,496 --> 00:41:04,019 Only the workers in areas 10 and 11 and a few in area number 2 were safe. 436 00:41:05,824 --> 00:41:07,844 Survivors say they saw— 437 00:41:08,928 --> 00:41:12,654 A torrent of fire breaking through the galleries. - Firedamp? 438 00:41:15,475 --> 00:41:17,848 - That would be surprising but not impossible. 439 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:23,798 Well, in any event, for the fire to spread so quickly, only one element could have fed it. 440 00:41:23,978 --> 00:41:25,904 Dust, isn't that so? - I warned you! 441 00:41:26,368 --> 00:41:29,737 But you never want to hear anything. All you care about is profit! 442 00:41:29,761 --> 00:41:32,777 - Monsieur? Who are you? - I'm the union representative, Ricq. 443 00:41:33,355 --> 00:41:36,886 - Representative, polemic strikes me as inappropriate in the circumstances. 444 00:41:36,910 --> 00:41:39,124 - People always have to die for you to realise! 445 00:41:39,390 --> 00:41:41,108 What the hell are you getting paid for? 446 00:41:41,132 --> 00:41:44,389 - You should have written us a note and placed it in the record. 447 00:41:44,546 --> 00:41:45,586 Did you do that? 448 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,225 - You think that's all we have to do? 449 00:41:47,249 --> 00:41:49,673 - Representative, thank you for this information. 450 00:41:49,697 --> 00:41:53,533 If you don't mind, the men of science will now continue this meeting. 451 00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:56,783 I must ask you to leave. - But Ricq was down there all day! 452 00:41:57,197 --> 00:42:00,254 He saved dozens of men. He knows the situation better than anyone! 453 00:42:00,333 --> 00:42:03,184 Thank you Representative, we have no further need of you. 454 00:42:05,559 --> 00:42:06,559 Thank you. 455 00:42:13,836 --> 00:42:16,374 Let us see the dead! - We want to identify them! 456 00:42:17,346 --> 00:42:19,650 Bastards! They're going to bury them without being identified. 457 00:42:19,688 --> 00:42:22,228 - I want to go home! - It's our husbands and our sons in there! 458 00:42:22,252 --> 00:42:25,260 - Ten at a time. No more than ten at a time. 459 00:42:28,198 --> 00:42:29,518 Ten at a time. 460 00:42:30,568 --> 00:42:33,240 I said ten at a time. Ten at a time. 461 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,566 I'm stuck. - Louis, come over here. 462 00:42:39,690 --> 00:42:41,370 Try squeezing in there. 463 00:42:43,377 --> 00:42:44,457 Be careful, all right? 464 00:42:50,787 --> 00:42:52,147 Take it easy, go ahead. 465 00:42:58,922 --> 00:43:01,727 There's no way through. Gustave. 466 00:43:04,087 --> 00:43:06,167 - Keep knocking, Louis. Don't stop. 467 00:43:11,058 --> 00:43:12,058 Here. 468 00:43:16,468 --> 00:43:19,733 The gallery should have brought us to Sallaumines but as it's blocked— 469 00:43:20,421 --> 00:43:23,827 we'll try to go down to adit 326. 470 00:43:24,453 --> 00:43:26,026 But first, we're going to rest a bit. 471 00:43:37,482 --> 00:43:38,282 Louis. 472 00:43:39,653 --> 00:43:44,208 I know your father well. He's not the kind of guy to bother about a pile of rocks. 473 00:43:47,789 --> 00:43:50,862 - Are you all right? - Don't worry about me, come on. 474 00:43:51,633 --> 00:43:53,265 I'm tougher than you think. 475 00:43:54,250 --> 00:43:56,867 I haven't always been the pit pony driver you know. 476 00:43:57,363 --> 00:44:00,069 - What did you do? - I was at the coalface, like your father. 477 00:44:01,094 --> 00:44:02,448 The best job for a miner. 478 00:44:05,431 --> 00:44:09,868 Cutting coal with a pickaxe, lying on your back in tunnels no wider than that. 479 00:44:12,208 --> 00:44:16,778 Then came pneumoconiosis. And then I couldn't do it any longer. 480 00:44:18,875 --> 00:44:21,156 They transferred me and my pay went down. 481 00:44:22,516 --> 00:44:24,320 Imagine, after thirty years in the job. 482 00:44:25,539 --> 00:44:26,867 It's not easy to accept, you know. 483 00:44:30,354 --> 00:44:35,448 Well, it was Ecuyer in the mine who supported me. With his big eyes. 484 00:44:35,698 --> 00:44:38,705 "Come on old man, we're going to have fun today", he'd say to me. 485 00:44:41,086 --> 00:44:42,837 While he never saw the light of day. 486 00:44:43,251 --> 00:44:47,071 You see—the reality is, there's always someone worse off than you. 487 00:45:28,653 --> 00:45:29,453 Jean! 488 00:45:30,466 --> 00:45:31,583 Jean! 489 00:45:32,763 --> 00:45:34,184 It's Jean! 490 00:45:34,833 --> 00:45:35,919 It's my son! 491 00:45:37,367 --> 00:45:39,335 It's my boy! Mum's here. 492 00:45:39,359 --> 00:45:41,289 - No Madame, please let us work. We have instructions. 493 00:45:41,313 --> 00:45:43,085 - Let me— - Madame—Lucien, come here! 494 00:45:43,305 --> 00:45:46,070 - Jean! Mum's here, Mum's here! - Please Madame! 495 00:45:47,143 --> 00:45:50,002 - No, give me time! Leave me! 496 00:46:01,099 --> 00:46:02,099 Monsieur? 497 00:46:02,974 --> 00:46:06,278 Do you know a trammer called Louis? Louis Quinchon? 498 00:46:06,341 --> 00:46:08,864 - Poor boy, most of them don't have a face any more, so their name— 499 00:46:13,623 --> 00:46:14,423 - Excuse me. 500 00:46:15,599 --> 00:46:19,232 Do you know a trammer called Louis? Louis Quinchon? 501 00:46:21,993 --> 00:46:24,706 - The best way to access the galleries is to reverse the ventilation. 502 00:46:25,766 --> 00:46:27,932 But that means blocking shaft number 3. 503 00:46:28,737 --> 00:46:31,276 - Inspector, doesn't that mean that if there are any survivors in shaft 3, 504 00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:33,815 they can only surface at the other end of the mine? 505 00:46:33,995 --> 00:46:36,206 You might as well condemn them to be buried alive. 506 00:46:38,014 --> 00:46:39,490 There's still shaft 4. 507 00:46:44,566 --> 00:46:47,292 - Gentlemen, the latest report. 508 00:46:48,019 --> 00:46:49,899 Nothing has changed since late afternoon. 509 00:46:51,915 --> 00:46:53,535 570 survivors. 510 00:46:55,697 --> 00:46:56,956 More than 1100 victims. 511 00:46:58,380 --> 00:47:01,580 Sadly, we can say that everyone who could be saved has been saved. 512 00:47:03,802 --> 00:47:05,602 No need to risk the lives of other rescuers. 513 00:47:06,739 --> 00:47:08,035 - The Inspector is right. 514 00:47:08,335 --> 00:47:11,014 Now we have to move on and take care of the mine. 515 00:47:11,858 --> 00:47:12,958 Do you agree, Caron? 516 00:47:17,704 --> 00:47:19,070 You do agree, don't you? 517 00:47:22,197 --> 00:47:24,538 - Blocking shaft 3 makes no sense! 518 00:47:25,304 --> 00:47:28,038 That isn't enough to circulate the air in all the galleries. 519 00:47:29,194 --> 00:47:32,725 And then later, it'll be shaft 4. And then, if there are any survivors— 520 00:47:32,868 --> 00:47:35,977 they'll have to go through shaft 2. which is to say, the other side of the world. 521 00:47:36,181 --> 00:47:39,267 - You said there were no more survivors. - That's what I thought. 522 00:47:40,072 --> 00:47:41,743 But just now, I thought I heard knocking. 523 00:47:42,314 --> 00:47:44,126 But it's impossible to go any further. 524 00:47:44,338 --> 00:47:46,181 - Poor guys, what are we going to do? 525 00:47:46,877 --> 00:47:49,633 - I don't know any more. - Poor guys, that was to be expected. 526 00:48:03,316 --> 00:48:05,725 Charles, aren't you sleeping? 527 00:48:06,553 --> 00:48:08,929 Father, are there any children among the dead? 528 00:48:12,288 --> 00:48:14,281 - I'm exhausted. We'll talk again tomorrow. 529 00:48:21,681 --> 00:48:24,781 Second day 530 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:24,780 Georges Delassalle. 531 00:48:30,363 --> 00:48:32,120 Auguste Pichon. 532 00:48:37,147 --> 00:48:38,537 René Bareul. 533 00:48:39,374 --> 00:48:40,701 Jean Legrand. 534 00:48:42,030 --> 00:48:43,772 Emile Jaspard. 535 00:48:45,866 --> 00:48:47,389 Louis Bouchard. 536 00:48:51,107 --> 00:48:53,169 Victor Crépin. - No! 537 00:48:54,810 --> 00:48:56,950 Marcel Cachard. 538 00:49:01,109 --> 00:49:02,663 - Come on boy, wake up. 539 00:49:05,156 --> 00:49:06,336 We have to go. 540 00:49:18,099 --> 00:49:20,568 Come on, let's go. - Mine's empty. 541 00:49:21,263 --> 00:49:23,032 - With any luck we'll find one. 542 00:49:25,568 --> 00:49:27,101 Here Louis, try this one. 543 00:49:27,957 --> 00:49:30,159 We must get through this time. Come on! 544 00:49:30,371 --> 00:49:31,534 Come and help me. 545 00:49:33,043 --> 00:49:33,843 Dad! 546 00:49:35,005 --> 00:49:36,205 - Shit! - Dad! 547 00:49:39,357 --> 00:49:42,484 - Come on, Louis. Louis. Chin up, lad. 548 00:49:44,570 --> 00:49:46,773 Stop it, we have to get out of this. - Dad! 549 00:49:46,797 --> 00:49:50,000 - Louis, think of your mother. Think of your mother! 550 00:49:50,904 --> 00:49:52,024 Be brave. 551 00:50:00,384 --> 00:50:01,665 Come on, we have to get out of here. 552 00:50:02,353 --> 00:50:03,153 Come on. 553 00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:05,426 Come on. 554 00:50:21,553 --> 00:50:22,593 Take this, Eclair. 555 00:50:25,879 --> 00:50:26,725 You're not hungry? 556 00:50:29,166 --> 00:50:30,126 You're worried too. 557 00:50:41,668 --> 00:50:44,414 Here Louis, it'll pass. 558 00:50:45,903 --> 00:50:48,066 Louis! Come on! 559 00:50:49,617 --> 00:50:50,417 Gentlemen. 560 00:50:51,968 --> 00:50:52,768 Please. 561 00:50:59,026 --> 00:51:03,470 Unfortunately, it turns out that it has also becomes necessary to block shaft number 4. 562 00:51:03,791 --> 00:51:06,502 There will be no way out. But since there are no more survivors— 563 00:51:10,193 --> 00:51:13,380 Our Father who are in heaven, Hallowed be your name, 564 00:51:13,505 --> 00:51:16,809 Your kingdom come, Your will be done 565 00:51:17,099 --> 00:51:18,832 On Earth as it is in Heaven. 566 00:51:19,133 --> 00:51:21,046 Make Louis be still alive. 567 00:51:22,031 --> 00:51:25,195 Deliver him from the mine, And may he always be my friend. 568 00:51:27,328 --> 00:51:31,109 My God, hear my prayer, And grant it. 569 00:51:32,034 --> 00:51:33,034 Amen. 570 00:51:53,407 --> 00:51:54,860 We've been abandoned, haven't we. 571 00:51:56,829 --> 00:51:57,629 Gustave? 572 00:52:00,110 --> 00:52:00,910 Gustave? 573 00:52:01,744 --> 00:52:02,544 - Oh Louis. 574 00:52:05,416 --> 00:52:08,708 Talk to me, Louis. I mustn't fall asleep. 575 00:52:09,502 --> 00:52:10,302 Speak. 576 00:52:11,379 --> 00:52:15,552 - Do you know the story of the Three Musketeers? - No, but I'd like to. Go on. 577 00:52:15,798 --> 00:52:16,998 Go ahead, tell me. 578 00:52:17,322 --> 00:52:19,962 - The first Monday of April 1625. 579 00:52:21,180 --> 00:52:24,460 That day, d'Artagnan, a proud and brave young Gascon, 580 00:52:25,172 --> 00:52:26,899 leaves his village to go to Paris. 581 00:52:28,241 --> 00:52:32,917 He's riding a horse from Béarn. Much less beautiful than Ecuyer. 582 00:52:34,257 --> 00:52:36,123 On his head he wears a beret. 583 00:52:41,267 --> 00:52:42,067 Gustave? 584 00:52:50,142 --> 00:52:51,142 Gustave! 585 00:52:51,504 --> 00:52:52,960 Gustave! No! 586 00:52:57,997 --> 00:53:00,077 Gustave! No! Gustave! 587 00:53:04,156 --> 00:53:05,538 Don't leave me alone. 588 00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:10,392 You have no right! 589 00:53:12,565 --> 00:53:15,315 Fourth day 590 00:53:38,237 --> 00:53:42,049 The appalling catastrophe at Courrières: They wanted to save the mine before saving the men. 591 00:53:46,026 --> 00:53:50,084 Our investigation: The miners question the responsibility of the engineers and the management... The miners' steward Ricq testifies. 592 00:53:57,326 --> 00:54:00,012 Father, is what they write in the newspape truer? 593 00:54:01,328 --> 00:54:03,369 Did you neglect security? 594 00:54:07,838 --> 00:54:10,618 - Rouville, how did the newspapers fall into my son's hands? 595 00:54:11,609 --> 00:54:14,037 - I— - They write nonsense! 596 00:54:16,406 --> 00:54:17,486 - I don't want any. 597 00:54:17,510 --> 00:54:20,250 - If you're not hungry, just go to your room. 598 00:54:25,169 --> 00:54:28,583 - There may still be survivors. And him? He's blocking the shafts! 599 00:54:28,608 --> 00:54:31,561 - The search goes on anyway, Charles. There's still hope. 600 00:54:31,585 --> 00:54:33,989 - They know that men have been sacrificed to save the mine. 601 00:54:34,013 --> 00:54:36,376 - It was a very difficult decision to make. 602 00:54:37,044 --> 00:54:39,754 It's easy to judge, but when you have responsibilities yourself, you'll understand. 603 00:54:39,778 --> 00:54:42,944 - We must respect the life of our neighbour. My father taught me that. 604 00:54:43,101 --> 00:54:44,663 But he betrayed his word! 605 00:54:44,687 --> 00:54:47,710 And God didn't do anything. He let innocent people die. 606 00:54:48,375 --> 00:54:50,940 Louis is right. God doesn't exist. 607 00:54:52,206 --> 00:54:53,006 - Charles! 608 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,541 - Hail Mary, Mother of God, 609 00:55:01,714 --> 00:55:03,366 Pray for us sinners now, 610 00:55:04,636 --> 00:55:07,205 And at the hour of our death. 611 00:55:08,526 --> 00:55:09,326 Amen. 612 00:56:58,775 --> 00:57:02,104 Tenth day 613 00:58:41,252 --> 00:58:44,210 What are you doing here? - Feeding the pigeon. 614 00:58:44,265 --> 00:58:45,288 - You were going to steal it, weren't you? 615 00:58:45,312 --> 00:58:47,436 - If I don't feed it, no one would care. 616 00:58:47,531 --> 00:58:49,443 - What do you care if it's starving? 617 00:58:50,115 --> 00:58:54,805 You're just like your father, a liar, a thief, a murderer. 618 00:58:54,829 --> 00:58:56,829 - That's not true! It's not true! 619 00:58:57,086 --> 00:59:00,008 - Pass him to me! Catch him! - Leave me alone! 620 00:59:00,033 --> 00:59:01,854 - Catch him! - Stop! 621 00:59:01,878 --> 00:59:05,792 Get him own! So what? Go ahead! Come on! 622 00:59:05,816 --> 00:59:07,816 Piss on him! - Stop! 623 00:59:08,253 --> 00:59:10,424 - Come on! Come on! - Leave me alone! 624 00:59:11,261 --> 00:59:13,862 - Piss on him! 625 00:59:20,429 --> 00:59:22,456 What were you doing near the village? 626 00:59:23,663 --> 00:59:24,923 Charles, answer me! 627 00:59:25,780 --> 00:59:27,866 - Taking care of a pigeon. - A pigeon? 628 00:59:29,692 --> 00:59:31,334 - Louis' pigeon. - Louis? 629 00:59:31,775 --> 00:59:33,665 Who's Louis? - He's my friend! 630 00:59:33,689 --> 00:59:36,408 He's a trammer and because of you, he's probably dead! 631 00:59:44,451 --> 00:59:45,944 My little Charles, I'm sorry. 632 00:59:49,153 --> 00:59:49,953 Charles. 633 00:59:51,215 --> 00:59:53,807 There are no more survivors. The search has been called off. 634 00:59:55,989 --> 00:59:58,184 Your friend won't be coming back. It's all over. 635 01:00:11,359 --> 01:00:14,749 Eleventh day 636 01:00:26,581 --> 01:00:29,382 Ecuyer? You're alive! 637 01:00:30,101 --> 01:00:31,835 I'm so glad to see you! 638 01:00:32,437 --> 01:00:35,193 Look what I found for you. Eat it, come on, eat it. 639 01:00:48,325 --> 01:00:50,606 Charles, open the door! 640 01:00:53,044 --> 01:00:56,070 Charles, open the door, you haven't eaten anything. 641 01:01:22,342 --> 01:01:24,142 Wait, listen! Wait! 642 01:01:24,303 --> 01:01:25,228 Wait, listen. 643 01:01:27,994 --> 01:01:28,794 The rescuers! 644 01:01:30,002 --> 01:01:31,682 Come and look, come quick! 645 01:01:34,376 --> 01:01:35,596 Come here, quickly. 646 01:01:44,008 --> 01:01:46,048 Louis? - Martin! 647 01:01:51,133 --> 01:01:52,133 - Gustave? 648 01:01:53,925 --> 01:01:54,925 - He 's dead. 649 01:01:57,721 --> 01:01:59,487 - Where have you come from? What's over there? 650 01:01:59,511 --> 01:02:01,120 - Nothing, everything's blocked. 651 01:02:04,092 --> 01:02:05,252 - We're all going to die. 652 01:02:08,912 --> 01:02:10,965 - At least for now we've enough to fill our stomachs. 653 01:02:11,884 --> 01:02:13,790 - No, are you crazy? The Company owns the pony. 654 01:02:13,821 --> 01:02:16,375 Do you know what a pit pony costs? - And what would the boss say? 655 01:02:16,868 --> 01:02:19,367 Are you crazy or what? Want to die? 656 01:02:19,813 --> 01:02:23,396 Oh yeah? The pony has to be killed. Who's gonna do it? 657 01:02:25,463 --> 01:02:27,210 You have to hit him on the head. - No! 658 01:02:27,450 --> 01:02:29,207 Go ahead, since you're so strong. - No, don't touch him! 659 01:02:29,786 --> 01:02:31,989 - You. You know best how to do it. 660 01:02:32,597 --> 01:02:35,222 Come on Danglot, we can't let ourselves starve. 661 01:02:35,371 --> 01:02:36,171 - No! 662 01:02:37,332 --> 01:02:41,686 - Listen, it's him, or it's you. So get out of the way, understand? 663 01:02:42,773 --> 01:02:44,163 - No! - No, Louis, no! 664 01:02:44,187 --> 01:02:46,054 Hold him tight for me, hold him tight! - No! 665 01:02:47,437 --> 01:02:48,811 Not Ecuyer! 666 01:02:52,080 --> 01:02:53,280 You missed him! 667 01:02:53,432 --> 01:02:54,552 Come back, pony. 668 01:03:18,375 --> 01:03:19,655 Open the door, Charles! 669 01:03:20,973 --> 01:03:22,706 I order you to open the door! 670 01:03:23,267 --> 01:03:24,837 Charles, be reasonable. 671 01:03:25,799 --> 01:03:27,799 Open the door or I'll break it down! 672 01:03:57,761 --> 01:03:58,921 He defended himself well. 673 01:03:59,839 --> 01:04:02,494 - Right—well, we're not going to stand gaping at him like this. 674 01:04:03,935 --> 01:04:05,497 Danglot, come on! 675 01:05:21,846 --> 01:05:23,499 Hello Caron, are you alone? 676 01:05:24,653 --> 01:05:25,599 I have to talk to you. 677 01:05:27,263 --> 01:05:28,270 - Inspector. 678 01:05:28,294 --> 01:05:32,848 The Minister has ordered me to lead an investigation. You're to take over as head of operations. 679 01:05:32,986 --> 01:05:35,564 - An investigation? - After such a catastrophe, that was to be expected. 680 01:05:35,588 --> 01:05:37,189 In addition Ricq went to the ministry to complain. 681 01:05:37,213 --> 01:05:38,853 We should have watered the dust. It's my fault. 682 01:05:38,885 --> 01:05:42,333 - Come on, no one asked you, you simply followed the rules. 683 01:05:42,357 --> 01:05:45,083 - I'll be censured for allowing the fire to smoulder in Cécile seam. 684 01:05:45,216 --> 01:05:47,122 Everyone thinks the fire started from there. 685 01:05:48,591 --> 01:05:50,259 - That's the most plausible hypothesis. 686 01:05:50,283 --> 01:05:52,451 Yet it may not have happened that way. 687 01:05:54,079 --> 01:05:54,965 - Please elaborate. 688 01:05:55,934 --> 01:05:59,256 - The blast shows that the fire did not start in the Cécile seam. 689 01:06:01,723 --> 01:06:03,285 - Well, that's for the investigation to determine. 690 01:06:03,309 --> 01:06:06,324 If what you say is true then what caused the dust to ignite? 691 01:06:06,348 --> 01:06:10,543 - There may have been, exceptionally, a slight emanation of firedamp. 692 01:06:10,567 --> 01:06:14,695 And an open lamp, an explosive, may have ignited the dust. 693 01:06:14,928 --> 01:06:17,981 That danger had been overlooked. Yet I knew about it. 694 01:06:30,848 --> 01:06:34,722 - You should have informed the Engineer-General at Arras. That's what State services are for. 695 01:06:34,762 --> 01:06:37,230 - Courrières is a private company, that would have been inappropriate. 696 01:06:37,574 --> 01:06:40,115 I was a coward. - Now don't torture yourself. 697 01:06:40,475 --> 01:06:43,248 In any case, it would probably have taken us months to make a decision. 698 01:06:43,272 --> 01:06:44,432 It wouldn't have changed anything. 699 01:06:46,030 --> 01:06:46,898 My dear chap— 700 01:06:48,059 --> 01:06:50,866 Not all truths are easy to tell. 701 01:06:54,528 --> 01:06:57,403 - I'm ready to accept my share of the responsibility. 702 01:06:58,403 --> 01:06:59,203 - Caron. 703 01:07:00,234 --> 01:07:04,098 You and I come from the same school. The prestigious Ecole des mines. 704 01:07:04,617 --> 01:07:06,270 I'll never disavow a comrade. 705 01:07:07,002 --> 01:07:09,720 - I don't want any favours. - It's not about that. 706 01:07:10,854 --> 01:07:13,300 In the eyes of the people, we represent science and progress. 707 01:07:14,497 --> 01:07:15,996 We must walk together. 708 01:07:16,325 --> 01:07:17,965 Besides, the State knows what it owes to the big companies. 709 01:07:17,989 --> 01:07:19,618 They are what keep the economy going. 710 01:07:20,403 --> 01:07:21,389 Don't worry. 711 01:07:22,481 --> 01:07:27,616 We won't let petty judges or journalists question your actions or those of your management. 712 01:07:29,304 --> 01:07:30,664 - But what about your investigation? 713 01:07:31,086 --> 01:07:34,745 - When you have a pile of shit to conceal, you know what you should do? 714 01:07:35,166 --> 01:07:36,824 You serve it up on a silver platter. 715 01:07:38,549 --> 01:07:40,080 The investigation is the silver platter. 716 01:07:58,406 --> 01:08:01,601 Fifteenth day 717 01:08:13,495 --> 01:08:14,963 I'm so thirsty! 718 01:08:18,474 --> 01:08:19,818 - Just drink your piss. 719 01:08:22,685 --> 01:08:25,081 That's what I did. It'll help for a while. 720 01:08:28,882 --> 01:08:33,226 - Can't you smell the rotten meat? - Shit! I'm hungry! 721 01:08:33,330 --> 01:08:36,243 We can't stay here any longer. We're going to rot with the pony. 722 01:08:36,361 --> 01:08:40,640 - Where do you want to go? Everything's blocked. - We have to try again. 723 01:08:42,035 --> 01:08:43,877 They can't have forgotten us here. 724 01:08:47,145 --> 01:08:47,990 Lets' go. 725 01:08:50,476 --> 01:08:51,375 Come on, stand up. 726 01:08:54,078 --> 01:08:56,429 Stir yourselves, men. Come on! 727 01:08:57,907 --> 01:08:58,751 Come on, stand up! 728 01:09:05,996 --> 01:09:08,604 The strike has spread to all the pits in the mining basin. 729 01:09:08,644 --> 01:09:10,448 The Board of Directors is worried. 730 01:09:10,472 --> 01:09:13,128 - Clémenceau will take this into his own hands. - So much the better! 731 01:09:14,429 --> 01:09:15,229 So much the better. 732 01:09:15,803 --> 01:09:18,881 When I think of what the Company does for its workers. 733 01:09:19,350 --> 01:09:22,881 Housing, heating, medical treatment. 734 01:09:23,583 --> 01:09:27,076 They're not even grateful. - More than 1100 miners died. 735 01:09:27,677 --> 01:09:29,410 Surely that warrants some sympathy? 736 01:09:29,901 --> 01:09:31,380 - They know the risks of the job. 737 01:09:33,065 --> 01:09:33,865 No? 738 01:09:34,573 --> 01:09:38,067 The unions took advantage of the accident to turn their heads. 739 01:09:38,091 --> 01:09:40,622 - We won't give in to them! Am I right? 740 01:09:42,966 --> 01:09:44,052 That would be a disaster. 741 01:09:44,503 --> 01:09:47,721 In the international market, England, with its massive productiion— 742 01:09:47,745 --> 01:09:49,370 We're cruelly affected, too. 743 01:09:49,394 --> 01:09:52,824 - I understand your concern but can I remind you that so far shares have increased. 744 01:09:52,848 --> 01:09:55,183 Between 65 and 125% interest. 745 01:09:55,269 --> 01:09:58,410 And even in the worst of forecasts, it should not fall below 50%. 746 01:10:00,625 --> 01:10:02,018 And then production will resume. 747 01:10:03,585 --> 01:10:04,471 - Can you assure me of that? 748 01:10:07,654 --> 01:10:11,341 - Absolutely. Here's our Chief Engineer who will confirm it for you. Come in, Caron. 749 01:10:14,987 --> 01:10:17,654 - Director, Mr. Magniez. - Caron. 750 01:10:18,042 --> 01:10:20,174 How long, in your opinion, before the works are finished? 751 01:10:20,590 --> 01:10:24,699 - It's still hard to say, maybe— six weeks, two months? 752 01:10:24,942 --> 01:10:27,008 - In stock market terms that's a lot. 753 01:10:27,032 --> 01:10:29,905 - You don't have to worry about your wallet, Mr. Magniez. 754 01:10:29,929 --> 01:10:32,264 And reassure the shareholders that our stock reserves are substantial. 755 01:10:32,288 --> 01:10:34,553 We can fulfil orders as if nothing had happened. 756 01:10:34,577 --> 01:10:37,163 - That's good news. Finally, all is well. 757 01:10:37,403 --> 01:10:42,246 You'll see, Lavaurs, the miners will wear themselves out and bankrupt themselves for nothing. 758 01:10:43,223 --> 01:10:46,020 If things go as you say, Engineer, 759 01:10:46,214 --> 01:10:48,760 the Board of Directors will be grateful. 760 01:10:48,948 --> 01:10:49,948 - No, but I— 761 01:10:50,909 --> 01:10:54,749 - Don't be modest, it's normal to reward good men. 762 01:10:56,597 --> 01:10:58,130 - Excuse me, I have work to do. 763 01:11:02,404 --> 01:11:03,404 - Leave me. 764 01:11:04,733 --> 01:11:06,173 I can't stand this any more. 765 01:11:10,759 --> 01:11:11,959 I want to sleep. 766 01:11:14,360 --> 01:11:16,454 - Nény's right, there's no point in going on. 767 01:11:17,478 --> 01:11:19,004 We might as well wait for the end. 768 01:11:34,811 --> 01:11:35,837 They're leaving. 769 01:11:37,100 --> 01:11:38,380 They're leaving. 770 01:11:38,477 --> 01:11:40,781 - Blanche, it's been nineteen days. 771 01:11:43,250 --> 01:11:46,172 - My little Louis. He wasn't even old enough. 772 01:11:51,067 --> 01:11:53,106 What will become of us if we have no one left? 773 01:11:53,855 --> 01:11:54,926 Where can we go? 774 01:11:55,664 --> 01:11:58,457 - Will you shut up? They're alive, I tell you. 775 01:11:58,658 --> 01:11:59,844 They're alive. 776 01:12:00,931 --> 01:12:02,611 - Jean is dead. 777 01:12:03,778 --> 01:12:05,264 I saw him, he's dead! 778 01:12:06,370 --> 01:12:07,170 And my father? 779 01:12:09,707 --> 01:12:13,707 There's no point in waiting any longer. They're all dead. 780 01:12:14,562 --> 01:12:15,983 All dead! 781 01:12:51,047 --> 01:12:54,827 If you please, let's restore ventilation in the galleries. 782 01:12:54,924 --> 01:12:56,783 And pump water into the bottom of the shafts. 783 01:12:57,963 --> 01:13:00,479 That'll create air flow at the bottom of the shafts. 784 01:13:00,503 --> 01:13:03,924 And it'll clean up the atmosphere down there. - That should have been done much earlier. 785 01:13:04,198 --> 01:13:06,612 When there might still be survivors. What's the point now? 786 01:13:07,784 --> 01:13:09,854 - That's my decision. Let's do it, gentlemen. 787 01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:16,505 - Think he believes in Santa Claus or something? 788 01:13:16,584 --> 01:13:24,584 TO ALL OUR COMRADES REMEMBER US Twentieth day 789 01:13:26,695 --> 01:13:27,495 Louis. 790 01:13:31,744 --> 01:13:32,544 - What? 791 01:13:33,738 --> 01:13:35,118 - I don't want us to die with bad blood between us. 792 01:13:36,941 --> 01:13:38,201 You're one of us now. 793 01:13:44,538 --> 01:13:45,338 - Martin. 794 01:13:48,219 --> 01:13:49,019 I'm scared. 795 01:13:50,632 --> 01:13:51,432 - Me too. 796 01:14:18,429 --> 01:14:23,140 ♪ Right beside the new guard ♪ ♪ Here we come, here we are! ♪ 797 01:14:23,281 --> 01:14:28,971 ♪ Sound, dazzling trumpet! ♪ ♪ Ta ra ta ta ra ra ta ♪ 798 01:14:29,472 --> 01:14:33,952 ♪ Brothers let's go, all to the fight! ♪ 799 01:14:34,300 --> 01:14:38,162 ♪ March with courage, workers, move forward! ♪ 800 01:14:38,615 --> 01:14:42,927 ♪ Brothers let's go, all to the fight! ♪ 801 01:14:43,084 --> 01:14:46,951 ♪ March with courage, workers, move forward! ♪ - Hey, guys. 802 01:14:47,110 --> 01:14:48,896 Don't you think we're too young to die? 803 01:14:50,056 --> 01:14:52,407 It's not that I'm scared, but I've got kids. 804 01:14:52,647 --> 01:14:57,435 ♪ March with courage, workers, move forward! ♪ - I can't just give up! 805 01:14:57,631 --> 01:15:02,305 ♪ Brothers let's go, all to the fight! ♪ 806 01:15:02,470 --> 01:15:06,868 ♪ March with courage, workers, move forward! ♪ 807 01:15:06,978 --> 01:15:11,883 ♪ The worker always dies of starvation, ♪ 808 01:15:11,957 --> 01:15:16,136 ♪ We can't be silent anymore my friends, ♪ 809 01:15:16,426 --> 01:15:20,925 ♪ Nor hold back our hidden hatred, ♪ 810 01:15:20,949 --> 01:15:25,195 ♪ Nor be afraid of enemy gallows. ♪ 811 01:15:25,374 --> 01:15:29,788 ♪ Those who died in honour, with glory, ♪ 812 01:15:29,812 --> 01:15:34,010 ♪ Fighting for a workers' world, ♪ 813 01:15:34,409 --> 01:15:37,489 ♪ Won't perish in our memory— ♪ 814 01:15:37,549 --> 01:15:39,815 - Hey, can you feel that? 815 01:15:40,796 --> 01:15:41,596 Air! 816 01:15:43,241 --> 01:15:46,021 That's fresh air. - It looks like a draught! 817 01:15:46,264 --> 01:15:49,217 - That means there's an opening somewhere. 818 01:15:59,158 --> 01:16:01,149 - Looks like it's coming from there. 819 01:16:04,504 --> 01:16:07,136 - Where are we now? I don't know this area. 820 01:16:07,285 --> 01:16:10,105 - Wooden wagons. I think they only have those in Méricourt. 821 01:16:18,249 --> 01:16:21,061 - Is anyone there? 822 01:16:21,233 --> 01:16:22,950 Anyone there? 823 01:16:25,833 --> 01:16:28,833 - It's not possible! - Thank you God! 824 01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:30,375 - There are survivors! 825 01:16:30,953 --> 01:16:36,180 - There are survivors! Survivors! There are survivors! 826 01:16:37,024 --> 01:16:38,404 There are survivors! 827 01:16:38,815 --> 01:16:41,119 - I saw your boy, Blanche, he's safe. 828 01:16:41,589 --> 01:16:45,159 - And Sylvestre, Alphonse and Léon? - Alphonse is there, I saw him. 829 01:17:15,949 --> 01:17:17,535 Listen to me, gentlemen of the Press. 830 01:17:18,262 --> 01:17:20,135 The Company has done nothing to save the men! 831 01:17:20,460 --> 01:17:21,848 It only thought about the mine! 832 01:17:22,343 --> 01:17:24,936 And now you'll see it giving medals to the survivors! 833 01:17:25,434 --> 01:17:27,311 For shame! Isn't that so? 834 01:17:31,111 --> 01:17:34,119 - Eighty beats with a little irregularity. 835 01:17:35,001 --> 01:17:38,775 Eighteen breaths per minute. Well, my boy, you're doing fine. 836 01:17:39,128 --> 01:17:41,300 Mademoiselle, give them milk. 837 01:17:41,575 --> 01:17:43,629 But in very small doses. - Yes Doctor. 838 01:17:45,504 --> 01:17:48,090 - Please. No, please stay outside. 839 01:17:48,146 --> 01:17:51,153 - I want to see my son. Louis! Louis! 840 01:17:53,367 --> 01:17:55,554 - Mum! - Gentlemen, please do your job. 841 01:19:05,633 --> 01:19:08,833 You told me there were no survivors. You lied to me. 842 01:19:09,073 --> 01:19:09,873 - Charles. 843 01:19:11,431 --> 01:19:15,486 Look at those miner's clothes. They belonged to your great-grandfather. 844 01:19:16,221 --> 01:19:17,955 - He worked in the mine? - Yes. 845 01:19:19,021 --> 01:19:20,614 And your grandfather was a mine-captain. 846 01:19:20,778 --> 01:19:23,700 It's thanks to their work and their sacrifice that I was able to become an engineer. 847 01:19:23,731 --> 01:19:26,341 - If they're watching you from heaven, they won't be proud of you. 848 01:19:26,622 --> 01:19:28,871 - I could not, on my own, change the decisions. 849 01:19:28,895 --> 01:19:30,645 - You could have taken the miners' side. 850 01:19:30,669 --> 01:19:32,824 - I would have been sacked! And someone else would have done the job! 851 01:19:33,604 --> 01:19:36,940 - So you're only an employee of the Company too? 852 01:19:37,784 --> 01:19:40,244 - Maybe. But Charles, you won't be. 853 01:19:41,555 --> 01:19:45,078 I've enrolled you in a new school. A prestigious school in England. 854 01:19:45,384 --> 01:19:47,438 There you'll be taught to command both machines and men. 855 01:19:47,478 --> 01:19:50,276 - I won't go! - Our society is made of two camps, Charles. 856 01:19:51,348 --> 01:19:56,339 The oppressed, who suffer, and the leaders who enjoy the wealth created by the first. 857 01:19:56,434 --> 01:19:59,097 It's unfair, but you're lucky to have been born on the right side. 858 01:19:59,121 --> 01:20:00,527 Look at these rags, Charles. 859 01:20:02,374 --> 01:20:03,520 Would you like to wear them? 860 01:20:05,241 --> 01:20:06,220 Think carefully. 861 01:21:05,266 --> 01:21:06,212 Give me the medal. 862 01:21:33,548 --> 01:21:35,628 Damn, how skinny you are, my boy. 863 01:21:36,833 --> 01:21:37,633 Here. 864 01:21:40,284 --> 01:21:41,084 Drink it. 865 01:21:55,327 --> 01:21:57,662 - Mum? What happened to my pigeon? 866 01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:00,420 - Don't you think I had other things to think about? 867 01:22:01,715 --> 01:22:03,675 Where are you going? - Over there. 868 01:22:12,211 --> 01:22:13,091 Eclair! 869 01:22:14,086 --> 01:22:15,086 My pigeon. 870 01:22:17,657 --> 01:22:19,414 - Louis! Louis! 871 01:22:21,374 --> 01:22:24,490 I thought you were dead. Come on, tell me. 872 01:22:25,761 --> 01:22:27,417 How did you manage for twenty days? 873 01:22:29,503 --> 01:22:31,948 Louis? You're not talking to me any more? 874 01:22:35,272 --> 01:22:38,279 - I know you had nothing to do with it, but we can't be friends now. 875 01:22:38,780 --> 01:22:39,780 - Why not? 876 01:22:41,770 --> 01:22:45,114 - That's the way it is. - Is it because of my father? 877 01:22:46,254 --> 01:22:49,113 - I'm with the miners now. - I could have been a miner too. 878 01:22:49,179 --> 01:22:49,979 Look. 879 01:22:50,928 --> 01:22:53,093 My great-grandfather worked in the mine. 880 01:22:53,234 --> 01:22:54,914 We might have gone down the pit together. 881 01:22:55,836 --> 01:22:59,722 - But your family went bad obviously. - You want to get out of it too. 882 01:23:00,557 --> 01:23:03,329 - That was before. I didn't know what it was like down there. 883 01:23:03,353 --> 01:23:04,549 - And now you do? 884 01:23:06,687 --> 01:23:10,196 - If it wasn't for the others—I would have died. 885 01:23:11,363 --> 01:23:12,163 You understand? 886 01:23:15,888 --> 01:23:17,008 And still down below— 887 01:23:18,286 --> 01:23:22,307 there's my father, my brother, Gustave. 888 01:23:23,581 --> 01:23:24,467 And many others. 889 01:23:27,182 --> 01:23:28,393 I can't forget them. 890 01:23:30,836 --> 01:23:33,539 If I make it, it'll be alongside everyone else. 891 01:23:34,110 --> 01:23:35,342 Not alone like a traitor. 892 01:23:39,566 --> 01:23:42,362 - You remember, we swore an oath. 893 01:23:43,042 --> 01:23:45,994 In life and death. - That's kids' stuff. 894 01:23:46,634 --> 01:23:47,434 Here. 895 01:23:48,889 --> 01:23:51,630 You can have it back. - What's given is given. 896 01:23:57,420 --> 01:23:58,593 - He seems to be doing well. 897 01:24:03,102 --> 01:24:05,155 - Yes, someone must have taken care of him. 898 01:24:09,021 --> 01:24:10,340 - So we won't see each other again? 899 01:24:14,578 --> 01:24:15,378 - No. 900 01:24:19,158 --> 01:24:22,462 - Well, adieu. - Adieu, Charles. 901 01:24:33,560 --> 01:24:34,360 Charles! 902 01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:37,966 Thanks for Eclair. 903 01:26:15,507 --> 01:26:16,507 Stop. 904 01:26:27,315 --> 01:26:28,315 I'm leaving. 905 01:26:35,943 --> 01:26:36,943 Let's go. 906 01:27:27,737 --> 01:27:30,635 The Inquiry concludes that the Company was innocent 907 01:27:30,678 --> 01:27:34,199