1 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:12,488 'I can't say what made me fall in love with Vietnam. 2 00:01:14,282 --> 00:01:17,534 'That a woman's voice can drug you? 3 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:21,288 'That everything is so intense, 4 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:24,458 'the colours, 5 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:26,376 'the taste, 6 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:28,545 'even the rain? 7 00:01:28,671 --> 00:01:31,548 'Nothing like the filthy rain in London.' 8 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:44,895 'They say whatever you're looking for 9 00:01:45,021 --> 00:01:47,689 'you will find here. 10 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:49,733 'They say you come to Vietnam 11 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:52,528 'and you understand a lot in a few minutes. 12 00:01:52,654 --> 00:01:57,616 'But the rest has got to be lived. 13 00:01:57,742 --> 00:02:00,035 'The smell, that's the first thing that hits you, 14 00:02:00,161 --> 00:02:03,747 'promising everything in exchange for your soul. 15 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:08,210 'And the heat. 16 00:02:08,336 --> 00:02:10,796 'Your shirt is straight away a rag. 17 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:13,674 'You can hardly remember your name, 18 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,468 'or what you came to escape from. 19 00:02:18,388 --> 00:02:21,181 'But at night, there's a breeze. 20 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:24,643 'The river is beautiful. 21 00:02:24,769 --> 00:02:28,021 'You could be forgiven for thinking there was no war, 22 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:30,607 'that the gunshots were fireworks, 23 00:02:30,733 --> 00:02:33,193 'that only pleasure matters. 24 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:36,363 'A pipe of opium, 25 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:40,033 'or the touch of a girl who might tell you she loves you. 26 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:46,874 'And then something happens, 27 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,001 'as you knew it would, 28 00:02:49,127 --> 00:02:52,337 'and nothing can ever be the same again.' 29 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,050 Monsieur Fowler. 30 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:59,303 Thank you for coming in. 31 00:02:59,429 --> 00:03:02,097 I'm sorry to ask you at this hour. 32 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:05,601 I know about as much as you do. 33 00:03:05,727 --> 00:03:07,644 He's an American. He's about 30. 34 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:09,855 He works for the Economic Aid Mission. 35 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:11,899 And I like him. 36 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:15,068 He's a very good chap. Serious. 37 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:19,990 Not like those noisy bastards down at the Continental. 38 00:03:20,116 --> 00:03:22,242 He's a quiet American. 39 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:26,371 Yes. A very quiet American. 40 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:31,043 He's dead, isn't he? 41 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:36,715 Not guilty. I just put two and two together. 42 00:04:01,699 --> 00:04:04,243 He was killed by a knife. 43 00:04:07,664 --> 00:04:10,082 Can you identify him? 44 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,709 Yes. 45 00:04:13,294 --> 00:04:16,255 He was... a friend. 46 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:20,842 To tell you the truth, I'm not completely sorry. 47 00:04:20,969 --> 00:04:24,054 These Americans are causing a lot of trouble to us. 48 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:28,392 But still, a murder is a murder. 49 00:04:28,518 --> 00:04:30,852 Anything to help us? 50 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:34,106 No. 51 00:04:34,232 --> 00:04:36,275 Nothing at all. 52 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,905 Please. 53 00:06:02,987 --> 00:06:05,072 Pyle... 54 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:12,037 ...est mort. 55 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:19,836 Assassinated. 56 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:26,134 How? 57 00:06:27,804 --> 00:06:29,721 He was stabbed. 58 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:44,194 Yes. 59 00:06:46,739 --> 00:06:49,366 He was in love with me. 60 00:06:50,785 --> 00:06:53,453 Yes. He was. 61 00:06:57,625 --> 00:06:59,751 I'm so sorry, Phuong. 62 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:06,049 I go to my mother's. 63 00:07:10,388 --> 00:07:12,431 I must think. 64 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:26,987 'I met Pyle where you meet everybody, 65 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:28,864 'at the Hotel Continental. 66 00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:31,825 'I'm there every morning at 11.00. 67 00:07:31,951 --> 00:07:36,288 'I'm English. I have habits. I drink tea. 68 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:39,458 'I'm a reporter, so I listen. 69 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:45,422 'I have a lover. I like to watch her arrive at the milk bar. 70 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:49,050 'And there was Alden Pyle. 71 00:07:49,177 --> 00:07:51,595 'A face with no history and no problems. 72 00:07:51,721 --> 00:07:53,722 'The face we all had once.' 73 00:07:53,848 --> 00:07:55,974 - I'm Alden Pyle. - I'm Thomas Fowler. 74 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:59,603 - The London Times. - You've done your homework. 75 00:07:59,729 --> 00:08:01,396 I've read your articles. 76 00:08:01,522 --> 00:08:03,565 - May I join you? - Please. 77 00:08:03,691 --> 00:08:06,860 And what brings you to Saigon, Mr Pyle? 78 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:10,030 I'm with the Economic Aid Mission, on the medical side. 79 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:14,868 Eye disease. Do know trachoma? It's very common here. Very easy to treat. 80 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:18,872 - Are you staying at the hotel? - No. I just dropped by for tea. 81 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:20,624 On the way to the office. 82 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:23,168 This is really a stroke of luck for me. 83 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:25,295 You're one of the few correspondents 84 00:08:25,421 --> 00:08:28,507 who goes out into the field to see what's happening. 85 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:33,428 Not any more. Besides, I have never thought of myself as a correspondent. 86 00:08:33,554 --> 00:08:36,389 I'm just a reporter. I offer no point of view. 87 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,059 I take no action. I don't get involved. 88 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:40,977 I just report what I see. 89 00:08:41,103 --> 00:08:45,148 - But you must have an opinion. - Even an opinion is a form of action. 90 00:08:45,274 --> 00:08:46,608 Still, I'd appreciate... 91 00:08:46,734 --> 00:08:49,444 'Pyle was hungry for everything I could tell him about Vietnam 92 00:08:49,570 --> 00:08:51,863 'and her fight for independence. 93 00:08:51,989 --> 00:08:54,741 'Why were the French losing the war? 94 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:57,035 'And why were the communists winning? 95 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:01,248 'Then he saw Phuong. 96 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:06,962 'I should have realised how saving a country and saving a woman 97 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:09,798 'could be the same thing to someone like Pyle.' 98 00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:12,425 We've got to contain communism... 99 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:14,761 'What could be done, what should be done, 100 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:17,472 'what he thought, what he'd read. 101 00:09:17,598 --> 00:09:19,766 'He made me remember there was a time 102 00:09:19,892 --> 00:09:21,977 'when I had wanted to make a difference.' 103 00:09:22,103 --> 00:09:25,272 - To watch liberty snuffed out? - "Liberty" is a western word. 104 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:27,899 How do you define it for the Vietnamese? 105 00:09:28,025 --> 00:09:29,818 The freedom to choose. 106 00:09:29,944 --> 00:09:34,030 OK, you give them that, they vote and they elect Ho Chi Minh. 107 00:09:34,156 --> 00:09:36,116 Things are more complicated than they seem. 108 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,328 - What was that? - A grenade. 109 00:09:41,789 --> 00:09:45,417 - It sounded like a car backfiring. - A week here, you'll know the difference. 110 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:47,836 It's been a genuine pleasure meeting you. 111 00:09:47,962 --> 00:09:50,797 - Maybe we could eat dinner. - I look forward to it. 112 00:09:50,923 --> 00:09:52,382 Great. 113 00:09:52,508 --> 00:09:53,842 Good morning. 114 00:09:57,722 --> 00:10:00,724 Morning, Hinh. Anything new? 115 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:04,269 Oh, corruption, mendacity... 116 00:10:04,395 --> 00:10:06,146 I said new. 117 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:08,106 There is a rumour that the communists 118 00:10:08,232 --> 00:10:11,276 are planning an attack in the north, at Phat Diem. 119 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:13,570 One of your contacts? 120 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:16,656 Yes, sir. 121 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:20,702 And a telegram. 122 00:10:20,828 --> 00:10:22,954 - From the London office. - Mr Stemins. 123 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,833 He says the paper has conducted a review of the foreign desk. 124 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:29,085 He wants you based in London. 125 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:32,839 Christ. 126 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,175 I thought you liked London, sir. 127 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:38,428 I do, but I like it just where it is. I don't want to bloody go there. 128 00:10:38,554 --> 00:10:40,764 For what? A desk job? 129 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:42,724 They probably think it's cheaper 130 00:10:42,850 --> 00:10:45,268 to let the wire services cover Vietnam. 131 00:10:45,394 --> 00:10:47,520 How many stories have we given them? 132 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,356 This year? 133 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,900 - Yes. - Three. 134 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:54,152 Oh, shit. 135 00:11:08,376 --> 00:11:11,628 Maybe... I should go up there. 136 00:11:13,047 --> 00:11:16,925 - Where, sir? - Phat Diem. 137 00:11:17,051 --> 00:11:21,346 It's not an easy place to get into, with the communist attack. 138 00:11:21,472 --> 00:11:24,474 Send a cable to Stemins. 139 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,602 "Understand your current concern. Stop. 140 00:11:27,728 --> 00:11:32,148 "Am working on a story of major proportions. Stop. 141 00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:36,986 "Suggest I remain in Saigon until completed. Stop. 142 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:39,197 "Fowler." 143 00:11:39,323 --> 00:11:42,826 Which story is that, sir? 144 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:47,247 I don't know. 145 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:52,460 But I'm sure you know someone who can get me in there. 146 00:12:23,325 --> 00:12:26,119 Today our anniversary. Did you forget? 147 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:28,288 Can it be two years already? 148 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:31,166 - Yes. - Yes? 149 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:34,919 Be careful with me. I'm old and fragile. 150 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,922 Not so old. 151 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:43,261 Not so fragile. 152 00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:52,645 Tom! 153 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:56,399 Thomas. 154 00:12:56,525 --> 00:12:58,651 - Hello. - Hello again. 155 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,321 I'm here with some friends. Care to join us? 156 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:04,282 - Phuong, this is Mr Pyle. - Alden, please. 157 00:13:05,701 --> 00:13:07,577 Delighted to meet you too. 158 00:13:07,703 --> 00:13:10,914 Please excuse my bad French. 159 00:13:11,540 --> 00:13:14,501 You know Joe Tunney, from the American legation. 160 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:17,796 Yes, I know Joe. Overthrown any small countries recently? 161 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:22,258 - Fowler sees conspiracies everywhere. - That's for sure. 162 00:13:22,384 --> 00:13:25,386 Bill, is it true that the communists are attacking Phat Diem? 163 00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:29,015 How the fuck should I know? We only report victories. 164 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:32,268 One of our medical teams wasn't allowed past Phnom Penh. 165 00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:36,022 - I was thinking of going up there. -It's a Catholic town, isn't it? 166 00:13:36,148 --> 00:13:39,943 -You got a date tonight? - Bill... 167 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:41,945 She's got a date every night. 168 00:13:42,071 --> 00:13:45,615 You got your piece of ass. I want mine. 169 00:13:45,741 --> 00:13:50,870 Pyle, fellas, let's go to the House of 500 Girls. 170 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:52,622 Oh, no thanks. 171 00:13:52,748 --> 00:13:57,418 - I was planning on taking them to dinner. - We've already booked at L'Arc en Ciel. 172 00:13:57,545 --> 00:14:00,880 That's great. You go eat at the L'Arc en Ciel 173 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:03,258 and I'll get eaten next door. 174 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:06,469 Sounds like a plan. Come on, Bill. 175 00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:09,180 Walk with me. 176 00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:25,822 Seems like a nice young man. 177 00:14:25,948 --> 00:14:30,451 - What does he do? - Something with medical aid. 178 00:14:33,914 --> 00:14:38,626 You go and get us a table and I'll go and rescue our Mr Pyle. 179 00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:41,629 - Merci, monsieur. - Thank you. 180 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:29,719 I'm not staying. Just dropping him off. 181 00:15:35,893 --> 00:15:38,478 Pyle! Let's get out of here. 182 00:15:41,899 --> 00:15:44,400 Put your arm around this one. 183 00:15:44,526 --> 00:15:47,654 If they think you've chosen, they'll let you go. 184 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:50,114 - Put your arm around her. - Excusez-moi. 185 00:15:52,868 --> 00:15:56,621 - Night, Granger! - Who wants the money most? 186 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:14,013 Miss Phuong, please forgive us for keeping you waiting. 187 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,473 I forgive you. 188 00:16:15,599 --> 00:16:19,268 - We had to make sure Bill got home. - Home! 189 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:21,646 - Number 30? - Sorry? 190 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:25,984 Tickets for the taxi dancers. You buy a ticket for a dance. 191 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:30,238 Buy a ticket. Maybe I dance with you. 192 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:35,493 There you are. 193 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:39,163 Shall we? 194 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:35,053 Phuong is a very beautiful name. 195 00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:39,724 Phuong. It mean phoenix. 196 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:42,310 Oh. 197 00:17:42,436 --> 00:17:46,522 I thought it meant flower. Like the ones in your hair. 198 00:17:46,648 --> 00:17:48,983 Do you like my hair? 199 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:53,905 - This is traditional style. - It's very nice. 200 00:17:54,031 --> 00:17:56,908 - Do you know Vietnamese? - Sure. Try me. 201 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,163 When you dance, don't try to lead. 202 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:06,125 No. I don't... 203 00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:08,127 I only know two words. 204 00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:11,881 Beer and... hair cut. 205 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:16,552 - Mr Fowler. - Hello. 206 00:18:16,678 --> 00:18:19,138 - May I? - Of course. 207 00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:21,182 Thanks. 208 00:18:21,308 --> 00:18:24,143 Haven't seen you for a long time. 209 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:26,687 - I'm away a lot. - Yes. 210 00:18:31,443 --> 00:18:33,986 Who's he? Your friend? 211 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:37,031 His name is Pyle. He's with the American Economic Mission. 212 00:18:37,157 --> 00:18:39,784 He's from Boston. In America. 213 00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:41,911 He's a very bad dancer. 214 00:18:42,037 --> 00:18:43,579 Yes. 215 00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:54,590 - He is married? - Not that I know of, no. 216 00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:59,345 This is Phuong's sister. Alden Pyle. 217 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:01,931 Very happy to meet you. 218 00:19:04,059 --> 00:19:06,727 Your father is a businessman? 219 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:10,064 No. He's a professor. 220 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,609 My sister is very good dancer, yes? 221 00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:16,946 - She's too good for me. - She's my only sister. 222 00:19:17,906 --> 00:19:21,200 He's cute, the American. And money too. 223 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:24,662 Sometimes you're as vulgar as the French you hate so much. 224 00:19:25,747 --> 00:19:28,040 Your sister's a very pretty girl. 225 00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:32,420 My sister is the most beautiful girl in Saigon. 226 00:19:32,546 --> 00:19:37,550 I don't doubt that at all. Mr Fowler's a very lucky man. 227 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:42,138 My father was very sad he had no grandchildren. 228 00:19:44,099 --> 00:19:46,058 Would you like a drink? 229 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:48,060 No. Thank you. 230 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,855 My friends. 231 00:19:50,981 --> 00:19:54,567 So pleased to have met you. I hope we meet again soon. 232 00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:57,737 - Perhaps you could arrange. - When I get back from the north. 233 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,822 You are going north? 234 00:19:59,948 --> 00:20:01,115 Yes. 235 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,286 Then you must come and have dinner 236 00:20:05,412 --> 00:20:08,998 with me and my sister when Mr Fowler is gone. 237 00:20:09,124 --> 00:20:12,960 - To cheer her up. - Thank you. I'd like that very much. 238 00:20:19,176 --> 00:20:22,011 - What a nice woman. - Absolute saint. 239 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:25,640 She used to work in office. Import-export. 240 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:28,059 - Really? - She knows shorthand. 241 00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:31,270 - Does she? - Maybe you need someone. 242 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:34,357 Maybe we could work something out. 243 00:20:40,364 --> 00:20:43,449 Please forgive me for dancing with Miss Phuong so many times. 244 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:46,661 - I like watching her dance. - She's a very good dancer. 245 00:20:46,787 --> 00:20:49,789 She should be. She used to do it for a living. 246 00:20:51,416 --> 00:20:54,293 - What do you mean? - She was a taxi dancer. 247 00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:57,255 A hostess. Here at the Arc en Ciel. 248 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,716 I thought you said she came from a good family. 249 00:21:00,842 --> 00:21:05,554 She did, but the father died so the sisters had to earn a living. 250 00:21:05,681 --> 00:21:08,683 - Well, that's too bad. - What? 251 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:11,727 Isn't that just a step up from the girls across the street? 252 00:21:11,853 --> 00:21:15,690 Good God, no. It took me six months to get her to go on a date. 253 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:23,072 - Grenade. - A grenade. 254 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,662 - Are you married? - Yes, I am. 255 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:37,670 But not to her. 256 00:22:17,461 --> 00:22:20,296 There's something I haven't told you. 257 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:26,844 I got a telegram from the paper, asking me to go back to London. 258 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:31,057 So will you go? 259 00:22:32,267 --> 00:22:34,185 I've cabled them, 260 00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:37,271 asking them to let me stay, but... 261 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:42,401 If they stop paying me, 262 00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:45,279 I'm not sure how we'll live. 263 00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:50,034 I come with you to London. 264 00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:52,912 I'd marry you if I could. 265 00:22:55,290 --> 00:22:58,542 - You know that. - Yes. 266 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:02,421 That's what I always tell my sister. 267 00:23:13,850 --> 00:23:17,144 You think your wife will give divorce? 268 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:23,859 I doubt it. 269 00:23:34,955 --> 00:23:36,747 'When did everything change? 270 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:41,252 'Maybe there isn't one moment. 271 00:23:43,964 --> 00:23:46,966 'The cable from London calling me home? 272 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:50,136 'Or watching them dancing together? 273 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:53,639 'Or what followed between us, she and I, 274 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:56,016 'through the long night? 275 00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,818 'I was never brave. 276 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:09,864 'But there I was, heading north, 277 00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:12,658 'the fear of losing Phuong more terrifying 278 00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:15,369 'than the fear of any bullet.' 279 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:26,297 The communists attacked four days ago. 280 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:29,133 We pushed them back only yesterday. 281 00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:32,511 We think there is 300 in this village. 282 00:24:34,264 --> 00:24:37,892 - But you will not see them. -It's getting worse, isn't it? 283 00:24:38,018 --> 00:24:40,394 How long can you keep going? 284 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,605 A few months, maybe. 285 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:45,399 My men are counting bullets. 286 00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:00,080 Silence! 287 00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:05,961 Quick! Hide! 288 00:25:08,632 --> 00:25:10,132 Quickly, hurry! 289 00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:27,191 No, no! Don't shoot! 290 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,568 Pyle? 291 00:25:32,405 --> 00:25:34,073 What the hell are you doing here? 292 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,325 They wouldn't let my truck out of Phnom Penh 293 00:25:36,451 --> 00:25:39,036 so I figured I'd see what was going on for myself. 294 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,790 You're lucky to get here alive. 295 00:25:46,127 --> 00:25:49,380 It wasn't that hard after I hired a boat. It wasn't expensive. 296 00:25:49,506 --> 00:25:51,924 - In the end I just bought it. - You are mad. 297 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:53,259 - I'm mad? - Yes. 298 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,553 Have you ever seen anyone with trachoma? 299 00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:58,931 - Yes, I suppose I have. - It's not that easy to remain uninvolved. 300 00:26:00,308 --> 00:26:01,809 Here, this way. 301 00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:04,562 "'Not that easy to remain uninvolved." 302 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,485 'I had hidden for so long behind a typewriter. 303 00:26:14,155 --> 00:26:20,160 'What we found there, what we saw, in Phat Diem... 304 00:26:20,287 --> 00:26:22,371 '... what did that do? 305 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,834 'To his zeal, to my detachment? 306 00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:30,379 'The dead are not involved. 307 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:34,174 'The dead have no zeal. 308 00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:37,177 'They are lying in wait. 309 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:41,599 'You see them, all their tenderness, 310 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:45,019 'and then they haunt you.' 311 00:26:46,271 --> 00:26:50,190 - Communists? - This is not the work of French soldiers. 312 00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:53,694 It doesn't make sense. 313 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:57,156 The communists don't kill townspeople. 314 00:26:57,282 --> 00:27:01,827 - It is not in their interest. -Maybe another faction. 315 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:04,038 There are so many of them. 316 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:07,333 Each with their own army. 317 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:21,930 What's that book you're always reading? 318 00:27:22,057 --> 00:27:24,725 York Harding, "The Dangers To Democracy". 319 00:27:24,851 --> 00:27:27,519 - An American? - Yeah. 320 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:30,064 He was out here a couple of years back. 321 00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:32,691 - Was he here long? - I don't know. 322 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:35,361 I heard him lecture once. Joe actually met him. 323 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,364 He put forward the idea of a third force to run Vietnam. 324 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:41,700 - Not the communists, not the French. - Not the Americans? 325 00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:44,203 No. We're not colonialists. 326 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:46,914 Something that could really help these people. 327 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,501 - You have a gun, either of you? - No. 328 00:27:50,627 --> 00:27:53,170 They shall attack again tonight. 329 00:27:53,296 --> 00:27:55,714 You don't want to be taken alive. 330 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,008 Believe me. 331 00:27:59,302 --> 00:28:01,345 Shoot yourselves. 332 00:28:02,263 --> 00:28:04,098 - Thank you. - Thanks. 333 00:28:04,224 --> 00:28:06,850 Stay inside that bunker. 334 00:28:21,658 --> 00:28:24,702 - Do you want something to eat? - No, thank you. 335 00:28:26,496 --> 00:28:27,913 Come on. 336 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:32,084 You didn't come up to check your medical team. 337 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:36,338 Joe Tunney sent you, right? A little intelligence work. 338 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:45,222 I've never have been very good at keeping secrets. 339 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:48,892 There is another reason why I came up here. 340 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:55,357 - It's you. - Me? 341 00:28:56,943 --> 00:28:58,360 Yeah. 342 00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:02,740 You said that you might be coming up here. 343 00:29:13,376 --> 00:29:16,462 The thing is, it's about Phuong. 344 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:19,798 Well, I guess it started that night when we were 345 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:22,301 at the Arc en Ciel and I was dancing with her. 346 00:29:22,969 --> 00:29:25,554 I didn't think you ever got close enough. 347 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,141 And then I had dinner with her and her sister 348 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:33,395 that Saturday and... 349 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:39,151 ...just when I was sitting there looking at her, 350 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:42,654 it all just became so clear to me. 351 00:29:43,406 --> 00:29:45,073 I see. 352 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,493 Look, Tom, none of this was planned. 353 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:49,495 There's no way... 354 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:53,957 I never ever used to believe in love at first sight. 355 00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:57,002 But after seeing those other girls in that awful place 356 00:29:57,128 --> 00:30:00,798 and thinking that Phuong could easily become one of them, 357 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:03,467 I want to protect her. 358 00:30:03,593 --> 00:30:06,345 What did she say when you offered her your protection? 359 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:08,680 - I haven't told her yet. - You haven't? 360 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:12,017 No. I didn't think it would be right. I wanted to speak with you first. 361 00:30:14,354 --> 00:30:18,148 Look, if you two were married that would be completely different. 362 00:30:18,274 --> 00:30:20,526 I can never marry her. Oh, shit! 363 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:23,821 My wife would never give me a divorce. She's a Catholic. 364 00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:31,453 They're getting closer. They're walking in. 365 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,313 'Dear Thomas, I guess I'll be back in Saigon ahead of you. 366 00:30:58,439 --> 00:31:01,984 'And I wanted to reassure you 367 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:05,904 'that I won't go to see Phuong until after you return. 368 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:08,031 'If you can make the next transport out, 369 00:31:08,157 --> 00:31:11,243 'you should be back by the end of the week. 370 00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:14,746 'I can check in with your assistant to see if you made it. 371 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:19,001 'If so, I'll come around to see you both together on Friday. 372 00:31:19,127 --> 00:31:21,128 'Say 5.00? ' 373 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:24,006 Anyone due to go out to Hong Kong? 374 00:31:24,132 --> 00:31:26,592 Someone from Reuters, I believe. 375 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:29,678 Type this up and ask him to cable it to London for me. 376 00:31:29,804 --> 00:31:31,763 - Your big story? - Yes. 377 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:35,350 Massacre at Phat Diem. Nobody did it, of course. 378 00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:37,728 Not the French, not the communists... 379 00:31:38,646 --> 00:31:40,522 But there are rumours. 380 00:31:42,692 --> 00:31:45,360 - What's going on? - I forgot. 381 00:31:45,486 --> 00:31:47,738 - What? - It's a rally. 382 00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:51,116 - A new political party. - Bloody hell. 383 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:55,120 I think I'd better leave your car here. We can walk. 384 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,492 - Isn't that Colonel Thé? - General Thé. 385 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,577 - Who made him a general? - He did. 386 00:32:35,703 --> 00:32:38,997 He broke away from the French and formed his own army. 387 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,702 -Hello. - Hi. 388 00:33:18,705 --> 00:33:20,747 You have a dog. 389 00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:24,835 - Come in. - Thanks. 390 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:34,928 - Where's Phuong? - She's gone to see her sister. 391 00:33:35,054 --> 00:33:36,847 Oh. 392 00:33:38,349 --> 00:33:41,643 - Would you like a whisky? - Just a soda, thanks. 393 00:33:45,231 --> 00:33:47,524 Does he have to do that? 394 00:33:47,984 --> 00:33:50,360 Duke! Come here. 395 00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:53,071 - You called him Duke. - Yeah. 396 00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:55,866 I found this guy in the street. 397 00:33:55,992 --> 00:33:59,870 Didn't I? Who could turn their back on a mug like that? 398 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:03,373 I saw you and Joe Tunney at the parade. 399 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:05,667 Did you go on to the rally? 400 00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:09,421 Thanks. Yeah, I did. It was really something else. 401 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:12,841 I thought only American politicians went in for that nonsense. 402 00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:14,926 All that was missing was the ticker tape. 403 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,763 They sure didn't forget the brass band. 404 00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:20,682 Impressive guy, that General Thé. 405 00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:23,477 It doesn't trouble you that he's a complete egomaniac? 406 00:34:23,603 --> 00:34:27,856 Look, I don't want to talk about Phuong behind her back. 407 00:34:27,982 --> 00:34:30,859 I thought she was going to be here, but... 408 00:34:30,985 --> 00:34:34,654 - Her sister told me of her predicament. - And what predicament is that? 409 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,157 I think you know. 410 00:34:37,283 --> 00:34:39,284 You can't marry her, 411 00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:43,497 and by living with you she can never have a proper marriage to a Vietnamese man. 412 00:34:43,623 --> 00:34:46,708 She doesn't need a proper marriage with a Vietnamese man. 413 00:34:46,834 --> 00:34:49,211 She's with me. 414 00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:51,338 Here she is. 415 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:54,216 Hello, Phuong. 416 00:34:54,342 --> 00:34:56,676 My sister is out. 417 00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:00,514 - Hello. - Hello. It's nice to see you. 418 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,768 It's you that Mr Pyle has come to visit, Phuong. 419 00:35:04,894 --> 00:35:06,770 So why don't we all sit down? 420 00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:09,147 Unless, of course, you want me to leave. 421 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:11,274 No. That wouldn't be right. 422 00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:14,611 We should sit down, then. 423 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:27,249 Fire away. 424 00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:32,712 Phuong... 425 00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:40,887 Ever since I met you and danced with you and talked with you, 426 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:46,351 I haven't been able to get you out of my thoughts for more than a moment. 427 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,193 I've fallen in love with you. 428 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:03,076 You fall in love with me? 429 00:36:03,202 --> 00:36:06,997 Please believe me. I've never behaved like this before. 430 00:36:07,123 --> 00:36:12,169 I apologise. It is abrupt and it is ill-mannered, but... 431 00:36:14,630 --> 00:36:16,673 I'm in love with you. 432 00:36:19,385 --> 00:36:21,428 Shouldn't you be on one knee? 433 00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:28,560 Look... Phuong, I'm not a rich man 434 00:36:28,686 --> 00:36:30,187 but I do have assets. 435 00:36:30,313 --> 00:36:32,606 - Let's toss for her. - What can you offer her? 436 00:36:32,732 --> 00:36:36,443 - Oh, Christ. - I don't expect you to love me right away. 437 00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:38,987 You could always make love to the chauffeur. 438 00:36:39,113 --> 00:36:41,656 You have no right to insult her! 439 00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,242 - Shut your bloody dog up. - Come away with me. 440 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:47,370 Tell him to bugger off and take his dog with him. 441 00:36:50,791 --> 00:36:52,209 No. 442 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:58,924 Did you say no? 443 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:02,260 Yes. Sit down and have a scotch. 444 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:04,804 No. I should go. I'm so sorry. 445 00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:07,557 - Do you want to smoke a pipe? - A pipe? 446 00:37:07,683 --> 00:37:09,643 Opium. 447 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,270 No. Why would I do that? 448 00:37:31,457 --> 00:37:33,875 'I know before we married you warned me 449 00:37:34,001 --> 00:37:37,712 'beliefs meant that there could never be a divorce. 450 00:37:37,838 --> 00:37:41,967 'All the same, that's what I'm asking for now. 451 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:45,512 'The fact is, I love someone very much. 452 00:37:46,722 --> 00:37:50,141 'I want you to feel affection and act before you have time to think. 453 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:54,312 'Just cable and tell me you agree.' 454 00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:05,532 I've just asked my wife for a divorce. 455 00:38:10,746 --> 00:38:12,789 Your sister... 456 00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:17,127 Was she really out? 457 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:20,005 I told you. 458 00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:26,469 I thought perhaps she sent you back 459 00:38:27,221 --> 00:38:29,306 so that you could meet Pyle. 460 00:38:30,016 --> 00:38:32,058 He's very young. 461 00:38:34,645 --> 00:38:36,688 That's not so important. 462 00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:51,786 Good news. They printed your story. 463 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:56,875 I got a cable from Stemins. This got me a month's reprieve. 464 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:01,588 Page 10. "French Break Communist Siege." 465 00:39:03,591 --> 00:39:06,134 They didn't use much, did they? 466 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:09,846 Nothing here about the villagers that were killed. 467 00:39:09,972 --> 00:39:11,765 What did the French papers say? 468 00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:15,226 Headlines blame it on the communists, of course. 469 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:18,438 Well, a month is a month. 470 00:39:18,564 --> 00:39:23,109 What else can you tell me about this General Thé? 471 00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:28,531 He's set himself up against both the French and the communists. 472 00:39:31,202 --> 00:39:34,496 Do you think he'd give me an interview if I went up there? 473 00:39:34,622 --> 00:39:36,414 Difficult to say. 474 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:40,043 Perhaps if he thought he could get his message across. 475 00:39:40,169 --> 00:39:42,837 The problem would be getting it past the censor. 476 00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:46,007 No, the real problem would be to get close to the Cambodian border 477 00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:47,592 and back before dark. 478 00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:50,512 The communists control that road at night. 479 00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:53,223 So many Europeans have been killed out there. 480 00:40:04,527 --> 00:40:07,195 I am Thomas Fowler of the London Times, 481 00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:12,325 and I'm here to interview General Thé. 482 00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:17,789 I'm Thomas Fowler of the London Times. 483 00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:21,751 I'm here to see General Thé. 484 00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:34,931 'September, October, November... 485 00:40:35,057 --> 00:40:38,560 'I'd seen Pyle only once since he'd asked Phuong to marry him, 486 00:40:38,686 --> 00:40:40,687 'at the Continental. 487 00:40:40,813 --> 00:40:42,730 'He'd been polite, of course, 488 00:40:42,857 --> 00:40:46,067 "'how was I, how was Phuong? 489 00:40:46,193 --> 00:40:48,736 'He'd been busy, he said, out of the city, 490 00:40:48,863 --> 00:40:51,823 'working on his medical programme. 491 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:54,868 'Though somehow, wasn't surprised to see him. 492 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:58,955 'I was surprised to be pleased to see him.' 493 00:40:59,081 --> 00:41:03,293 - What brings you out to these parts? - I was hoping to interview the General. 494 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:06,296 But they've thrown me out of the place. 495 00:41:06,422 --> 00:41:10,341 - What's your excuse this time? - This is like a test run for us. 496 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:14,095 The French, in their typically French way, have been very uncooperative, 497 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:18,766 but General Thé has been good enough to let us set up camp here. 498 00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:21,686 I'll get them to let you in. C'est bon. 499 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:25,690 Joe Tunney's running aid programmes with business people close to Thé. 500 00:41:25,816 --> 00:41:27,817 - Mr Muoi. - Mr Pyle. 501 00:41:29,236 --> 00:41:31,279 - Hello. How are you? - Good. 502 00:41:51,550 --> 00:41:55,553 My name is Mr Muoi. The General only has a few moments. 503 00:41:55,679 --> 00:41:58,097 May I first ask you a question? 504 00:41:58,224 --> 00:42:01,851 - Please. - What is your relationship to the General? 505 00:42:01,977 --> 00:42:04,562 I'm a businessman and a patriot. 506 00:42:06,649 --> 00:42:11,152 Many of the supplies and aid you see are the result of my efforts. 507 00:42:11,278 --> 00:42:13,112 Shall we begin with the first question? 508 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,240 You say you've broken away 509 00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:19,410 from the French and Vietnamese forces with which you serve. 510 00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:21,579 Do any ties remain? 511 00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:28,294 The French are colonialists. 512 00:42:29,797 --> 00:42:31,881 Not to be trusted. 513 00:42:36,929 --> 00:42:40,598 It will take an independent Vietnamese leader to rule our country. 514 00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:44,102 How does the General expect to launch a successful campaign 515 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:47,230 against the larger forces of the communists and the French 516 00:42:47,356 --> 00:42:49,524 with so few men and supplies? 517 00:42:50,818 --> 00:42:54,904 And who is providing the means for the General to achieve this? 518 00:43:04,915 --> 00:43:07,292 Has he been fighting his war in the north? 519 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:27,687 There was a massacre at Phat Diem. 520 00:43:27,813 --> 00:43:29,606 Were your forces present? 521 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:48,249 Regrettably the General has just recalled that he has an urgent appointment. 522 00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:50,460 - So, please. - Thank you. 523 00:44:03,265 --> 00:44:04,682 That was quick. 524 00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:08,519 Things didn't go entirely according to plan. 525 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:11,356 Watch yourself with Joe. 526 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:14,484 I think he's up to something with General Thé. 527 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:19,864 Can I get a ride to Saigon with you? Something's wrong with my car. 528 00:44:19,990 --> 00:44:21,908 Yes, of course you can. 529 00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:26,496 Hello. Some kind soul has had mine cleaned. 530 00:44:36,131 --> 00:44:39,467 I heard a rumour that you'd been recalled to London. 531 00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:43,596 Really? Who told you that? 532 00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:46,099 Phuong's sister. 533 00:44:51,522 --> 00:44:54,315 - Shit. - What is it? 534 00:44:54,441 --> 00:44:57,026 We're out of petrol. 535 00:44:57,152 --> 00:45:00,446 Some bugger up in the mountains must have siphoned it off. 536 00:45:13,293 --> 00:45:16,087 They might have some spare petrol in that watchtower. 537 00:45:26,682 --> 00:45:28,975 Is anybody there? 538 00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:36,607 It looks like it's deserted. 539 00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:38,860 I'll go in and have a look. 540 00:45:48,078 --> 00:45:50,079 Hello? 541 00:45:50,914 --> 00:45:53,291 Is anyone there? 542 00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:11,768 My car below has run out of gas. 543 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:16,856 - Do you have any gas to sell? - No. 544 00:46:17,691 --> 00:46:20,943 - Is everything OK? - Come up. 545 00:46:21,069 --> 00:46:27,116 Then my friend and I will have to stay here until morning. 546 00:46:31,079 --> 00:46:32,413 It's not allowed. 547 00:46:34,041 --> 00:46:35,625 My friend. 548 00:46:58,148 --> 00:47:00,650 It's OK. Please, lower your guns. 549 00:47:01,443 --> 00:47:04,445 Please lower them. He's a friend. 550 00:47:29,972 --> 00:47:31,806 What are you thinking? 551 00:47:35,102 --> 00:47:38,396 I was wondering what she was doing right now. 552 00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:50,867 This morning she met her friends for elevenses 553 00:47:50,993 --> 00:47:53,327 at La Fontaine. 554 00:47:54,329 --> 00:47:56,873 Ice cream and the latest gossip. 555 00:47:59,042 --> 00:48:02,128 On her way home, she stopped at the market 556 00:48:02,254 --> 00:48:04,463 for fresh fish for dinner. 557 00:48:06,341 --> 00:48:11,679 And now she's flipping through the pages of magazines, 558 00:48:13,223 --> 00:48:16,267 looking at photographs of the royal family and film stars, 559 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:22,064 listening to Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier". 560 00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:27,153 I just got her started on Bach. 561 00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:36,162 Have you had a lot of women, Thomas? 562 00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:42,418 You start out by being promiscuous, 563 00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:46,213 and end up like your grandfather, 564 00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:47,965 faithful to one woman. 565 00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:53,512 I know I'm not essential to Phuong. 566 00:48:55,307 --> 00:48:58,100 But believe me when I tell you that 567 00:48:59,436 --> 00:49:01,395 if I were to lose her, 568 00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:05,232 for me... 569 00:49:07,277 --> 00:49:09,987 ...it would be the beginning of death. 570 00:49:19,122 --> 00:49:21,457 Somebody's had it. 571 00:49:22,292 --> 00:49:26,087 There are 30 or 40 of these towers between here and Saigon. 572 00:49:26,213 --> 00:49:30,299 They only hit one or two a night so our odds aren't too bad. 573 00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:36,681 So what do you think they'd do if the communists attacked? 574 00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:39,809 These two? They'd fire a shot and run. 575 00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:43,854 Why should they die for us? Or the French. 576 00:49:45,565 --> 00:49:48,693 What's that? I thought I saw something. 577 00:49:54,992 --> 00:49:56,367 Christ, they're here! 578 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:05,918 As far as I can make out, he told them to give us up or else. 579 00:50:12,676 --> 00:50:15,094 Stop! Give me that! 580 00:50:15,220 --> 00:50:17,263 Come on, Thomas. 581 00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:28,232 - What is it? - I think I've twisted my ankle. 582 00:51:11,568 --> 00:51:15,154 I'm gonna head up the road to the next watchtower. 583 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,033 See if I can find a French patrol. 584 00:51:19,701 --> 00:51:22,036 Sit tight, OK? I'll be back. 585 00:52:03,453 --> 00:52:06,288 May I introduce myself? Thomas Fowler. 586 00:52:23,849 --> 00:52:25,766 Thomas! Thomas! 587 00:52:26,601 --> 00:52:28,269 I found a patrol. 588 00:52:28,395 --> 00:52:30,771 If I had died... 589 00:52:32,107 --> 00:52:34,650 ...you could have had her. 590 00:52:44,286 --> 00:52:47,204 And I think you should inform your sources 591 00:52:47,330 --> 00:52:51,458 that General Thé has a lot more men than the hundred of their last count. 592 00:52:51,585 --> 00:52:54,378 He's a story we should take seriously. 593 00:52:54,504 --> 00:52:56,881 Never underestimate a patriot, sir. 594 00:52:57,007 --> 00:53:01,427 What do you know about Muoi? Could he finance Thé's army? 595 00:53:01,553 --> 00:53:03,888 He owns a bicycle factory! 596 00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:09,226 Well, I think Joe Tunney is plotting with both he and Thé. 597 00:53:09,352 --> 00:53:12,062 And it's more than just foreign aid programmes. 598 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:14,899 I'll see what I can find out, sir. 599 00:53:19,905 --> 00:53:21,906 Things are under control at the office. 600 00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:24,450 - Try to get some rest. - Thank you, Hinh. 601 00:53:58,568 --> 00:54:01,070 - I missed you. - Ow! 602 00:54:01,196 --> 00:54:03,948 - Are you all right? - I'm all in one piece. 603 00:54:04,074 --> 00:54:08,285 - You got a letter from London. - Yes? 604 00:54:08,411 --> 00:54:11,747 - I fetch it for you? - No. Give me a kiss. 605 00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:14,166 Big one. 606 00:54:18,213 --> 00:54:19,630 I will get it. 607 00:54:29,891 --> 00:54:31,976 You look afraid. 608 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:35,604 I think I'd better have a brandy and soda. 609 00:54:57,669 --> 00:55:00,129 Pyle. Come in, come in. 610 00:55:03,466 --> 00:55:05,926 Thought I'd drop by, see how you were doing. 611 00:55:06,052 --> 00:55:09,346 - Very well, thanks. - How's the leg? 612 00:55:09,472 --> 00:55:13,225 My tennis game will suffer, but it wasn't much to begin with. 613 00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,147 Ah. Thank you. 614 00:55:18,273 --> 00:55:20,399 I'm glad you dropped by. 615 00:55:20,525 --> 00:55:24,528 We have to thank Mr Pyle, Phuong, for saving my life. 616 00:55:28,700 --> 00:55:30,200 Thank you. 617 00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:32,119 How's your sister doing? 618 00:55:32,245 --> 00:55:34,038 - Sister? - Yes. 619 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:37,916 Alden got her a job with Americans. 620 00:55:38,043 --> 00:55:39,460 Oh, yes? 621 00:55:39,586 --> 00:55:42,379 She likes it very much. Thank you. 622 00:55:42,505 --> 00:55:44,757 Good. I'm very glad. 623 00:55:44,883 --> 00:55:47,843 Since you're both here, now is as good a time as any 624 00:55:47,969 --> 00:55:52,348 to tell you that I have received a letter from my wife 625 00:55:53,350 --> 00:55:56,143 and she has more or less agreed to give me a divorce. 626 00:55:59,606 --> 00:56:01,106 Ow! 627 00:56:02,484 --> 00:56:04,818 That's wonderful. 628 00:56:09,532 --> 00:56:13,744 - Come sit. - Thank you. I've got plans. 629 00:56:13,870 --> 00:56:15,746 Thank you for dropping by. 630 00:56:17,916 --> 00:56:19,792 Bye. 631 00:56:38,895 --> 00:56:40,646 Sir, I... 632 00:56:44,234 --> 00:56:46,652 I trusted you, Thomas. 633 00:56:47,654 --> 00:56:50,739 Always a mistake when there's a woman involved. 634 00:56:50,865 --> 00:56:52,866 Couldn't you have won without lying? 635 00:56:54,077 --> 00:56:55,661 What is it, anyway? 636 00:56:55,787 --> 00:56:58,455 My sister read the letter from your wife. 637 00:56:58,581 --> 00:57:00,749 I show it to her, 638 00:57:00,875 --> 00:57:05,504 because... I was so proud. 639 00:57:05,630 --> 00:57:08,841 - So happy. - How could you treat her like this? 640 00:57:13,221 --> 00:57:15,848 "Dear Thomas, you always picked up women 641 00:57:15,974 --> 00:57:18,225 "like you picked up mud on your shoes." 642 00:57:18,351 --> 00:57:20,894 I'm sorry, Phuong. 643 00:57:21,020 --> 00:57:24,523 - So then why'd you lie to her? - Because I wanted to keep her. 644 00:57:24,649 --> 00:57:26,358 That's not love. 645 00:57:26,484 --> 00:57:28,652 See, he doesn't even deny he's a liar. 646 00:57:31,281 --> 00:57:34,533 "Have you ever stopped to think how Ionely she'll be in England 647 00:57:34,659 --> 00:57:36,076 "especially when you leave her?" 648 00:57:36,202 --> 00:57:38,245 Shut up, for Christ's sake. 649 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:42,749 "I don't believe in divorce. 650 00:57:42,876 --> 00:57:48,589 "My religion forbids it. And so the answer is... no." 651 00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:55,012 I was taught never to read other people's letters. 652 00:57:55,138 --> 00:57:58,348 - I was taught not to tell lies. - Come on, Phuong. 653 00:58:01,311 --> 00:58:03,479 I don't speak Vietnamese. 654 00:58:04,856 --> 00:58:06,648 Get lost! 655 00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:16,950 You were right about Muoi. He does have connections. 656 00:58:17,076 --> 00:58:19,411 Can we discuss this some other time? 657 00:58:19,537 --> 00:58:22,414 Crates from overseas have been moving through his factory, 658 00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:24,708 bypassing French customs. 659 00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:28,003 My sources have been unable to determine what they contain. 660 00:58:30,006 --> 00:58:32,633 He's probably got someone on the take. 661 00:58:33,343 --> 00:58:35,344 He's an exporter, not an importer. 662 00:58:35,470 --> 00:58:38,555 Yes, well, we'll do that tomorrow, OK? 663 00:58:38,681 --> 00:58:41,308 No. A shipment just came in this afternoon. 664 00:58:41,434 --> 00:58:43,685 It could be gone by the morning. 665 00:59:47,542 --> 00:59:49,293 What are you doing here? 666 00:59:50,169 --> 00:59:52,588 I'm looking for Monsieur Muoi. 667 00:59:54,382 --> 00:59:55,757 He's not here. 668 00:59:57,635 --> 01:00:00,053 He invited me to visit him here. 669 01:00:01,347 --> 01:00:03,849 I'm a British journalist. 670 01:00:04,934 --> 01:00:06,602 A friend of General Thé. 671 01:00:08,855 --> 01:00:10,564 Where is Monsieur Muoi? 672 01:00:11,357 --> 01:00:14,318 -What is this Diolacton? - We must leave immediately. 673 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,653 Crazy British, they drink too much. 674 01:00:18,114 --> 01:00:20,449 He's nobody, he's no one. 675 01:00:21,534 --> 01:00:24,453 - What are you doing? - Trying to save your life. Go! 676 01:00:36,591 --> 01:00:55,484 Phuong? 677 01:01:06,871 --> 01:01:07,871 Good morning. 678 01:01:07,997 --> 01:01:10,666 - Can I help you? - You've done quite enough already. 679 01:01:12,502 --> 01:01:16,713 - Where's Pyle? - He's not in the office this morning. 680 01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:19,675 - He does a lot of work at home. - I know what he does at home. 681 01:01:19,801 --> 01:01:23,595 - What do you mean? - Ask her. She's fixed him up with my girl. 682 01:01:23,721 --> 01:01:26,682 - We can't have scenes in the office. - I know I am behaving badly. 683 01:01:26,808 --> 01:01:29,267 But I have every intention of behaving badly. 684 01:01:29,394 --> 01:01:33,730 This is exactly the kind of situation where one should behave badly. 685 01:01:33,856 --> 01:01:36,775 - Could we please lower our voices? - Why don't you bugger off? 686 01:01:36,901 --> 01:01:38,777 Thomas, there is a lady here. 687 01:01:38,903 --> 01:01:41,113 This lady and I know each other quite well. 688 01:01:41,239 --> 01:01:44,574 She tried to get a rake-off from me, but now she's getting one from Pyle. 689 01:01:44,701 --> 01:01:48,161 - We have a lot of work to do. - If Pyle phones, tell him I called. 690 01:01:48,287 --> 01:01:51,206 It would be polite to return the visit. 691 01:01:54,961 --> 01:01:56,545 How did he get in here? 692 01:02:34,959 --> 01:02:36,793 This is Boston? 693 01:02:36,919 --> 01:02:40,672 No, that's Niagara Falls. So is that. 694 01:02:42,383 --> 01:02:45,302 This is Boston. That's Faneuil Hall. 695 01:02:47,889 --> 01:02:50,223 I can't wait to take you to my country. 696 01:03:01,277 --> 01:03:03,904 My friend from school. 697 01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:08,366 She go to airport with her boyfriend. 698 01:03:10,161 --> 01:03:13,580 He said he'd take her to France. 699 01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:21,004 But in the airport, 700 01:03:21,130 --> 01:03:25,258 he disappear, leave her there. 701 01:03:26,135 --> 01:03:29,137 So many girls with French boyfriend, 702 01:03:31,390 --> 01:03:34,184 no one to marry them. 703 01:03:35,812 --> 01:03:37,813 Well, that'll never happen to you. 704 01:03:52,662 --> 01:03:55,163 I promise. 705 01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:09,553 - Hi. - Have a nice Christmas? 706 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:11,847 One long party. 707 01:04:11,973 --> 01:04:14,266 Did Phuong forget something? 708 01:04:14,392 --> 01:04:16,852 Heard you came by the legation. 709 01:04:16,978 --> 01:04:18,770 Yes. 710 01:04:18,896 --> 01:04:21,731 - Who's this? - Bodyguard. We all have them now. 711 01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:24,150 Are you married yet? 712 01:04:24,277 --> 01:04:27,279 No, I figured I'd wait until we got home and do it properly. 713 01:04:27,405 --> 01:04:30,031 You don't mind living here improperly? 714 01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:33,076 It's hard to talk if you're going to be so cynical. 715 01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:35,912 I meant it'd be good to do it with my parents there. 716 01:04:37,373 --> 01:04:40,917 I had a cable from head office. They want me back. 717 01:04:41,043 --> 01:04:42,752 Oh, that's... 718 01:04:42,879 --> 01:04:44,921 So it's good that Phuong went off with you. 719 01:04:45,047 --> 01:04:49,301 She might have ended up as another piece of arse for someone like Granger. 720 01:04:49,427 --> 01:04:51,928 At least I know you'll treat her right. 721 01:04:52,054 --> 01:04:56,892 So does this mean that we can still be friends? 722 01:04:57,018 --> 01:04:59,060 I don't see why not. 723 01:05:07,028 --> 01:05:11,698 So what is Diolacton, anyway? 724 01:05:12,241 --> 01:05:14,701 - You know about that? - Shouldn't I? 725 01:05:14,827 --> 01:05:17,829 Well... Diolacton is a milk-based plastic. 726 01:05:17,955 --> 01:05:20,916 It's used for the frames in the eyeglasses. 727 01:05:21,042 --> 01:05:23,919 Are you still in touch with General Thé? 728 01:05:24,754 --> 01:05:27,380 - We keep the channels open. - And Muoi? 729 01:05:27,506 --> 01:05:29,925 Mr Muoi's helped get our supplies through customs. 730 01:05:30,051 --> 01:05:33,845 - The French have started to charge for... - You asked me for advice once. 731 01:05:33,971 --> 01:05:37,265 Here it is. Leave the bloody third force to Joe, 732 01:05:37,391 --> 01:05:41,186 forget York Harding, and go home with Phuong. 733 01:05:44,857 --> 01:05:47,943 And would you shut the door on the way out, please? 734 01:06:04,877 --> 01:06:07,087 Morning, Larry. What is it today? 735 01:06:07,213 --> 01:06:09,631 You know, some cockamamie assignment. 736 01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:19,224 We should go. Joe Tunney said to be out of here by ten to eleven. 737 01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:21,518 - What is it, anyway? - I'm not sure. 738 01:06:22,937 --> 01:06:25,355 - Is it a demonstration? - I don't know. 739 01:07:16,615 --> 01:07:18,992 My friend is in there. 740 01:09:12,189 --> 01:09:14,149 Did you cut your hand, sir? 741 01:09:20,573 --> 01:09:22,699 Yes. 742 01:09:24,994 --> 01:09:28,371 - How is it down there? - 30 dead. 743 01:09:29,540 --> 01:09:31,583 Probably 20 more by morning. 744 01:09:34,211 --> 01:09:37,213 They've started arresting communist sympathisers. 745 01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:40,008 There was a woman. 746 01:09:41,510 --> 01:09:43,386 With a baby. 747 01:09:47,892 --> 01:09:50,685 She covered it with her hat. 748 01:10:04,325 --> 01:10:07,410 This man... he died. 749 01:10:09,371 --> 01:10:11,372 Right in front of his family. 750 01:10:22,718 --> 01:10:24,385 Pyle... 751 01:10:26,388 --> 01:10:28,056 Did you see him? 752 01:10:32,228 --> 01:10:34,229 He spoke Vietnamese. 753 01:10:36,148 --> 01:10:37,607 Vietnamese. 754 01:10:40,152 --> 01:10:45,240 Like... like it was his, you know, native language. 755 01:10:48,035 --> 01:10:49,953 Murray! Come over here! Get this. 756 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:52,956 Move it. Right here. On this side. 757 01:11:15,938 --> 01:11:18,648 Understand? Go make yourself useful somewhere else! 758 01:11:18,774 --> 01:11:22,151 'Diolacton is a milk-based plastic. We used it for the frames.' 759 01:11:22,278 --> 01:11:24,070 'How many stories have we given them? ' 760 01:11:24,196 --> 01:11:25,488 'This year? ' 761 01:11:25,614 --> 01:11:28,241 'Mr Muoi's been very helpful... ' 762 01:11:29,618 --> 01:11:31,619 "Casein plastics. 763 01:11:32,538 --> 01:11:35,415 "Made from milk protein." 764 01:11:35,541 --> 01:11:37,500 'York Harding: "Dangers to Democracy." 765 01:11:37,626 --> 01:11:39,502 'He put forward the idea of a third force... ' 766 01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:44,882 "Used in the manufacture of imitation tortoiseshell and jade. 767 01:11:45,467 --> 01:11:47,302 "Trade name: Diolacton. 768 01:11:48,679 --> 01:11:51,306 "Also used as a plasticiser 769 01:11:53,142 --> 01:11:55,184 "in explosive compounds." 770 01:11:55,311 --> 01:11:56,769 'Joe Tunney's running aid programmes 771 01:11:56,895 --> 01:11:59,022 'with business people close to Thé.' 772 01:11:59,148 --> 01:12:00,565 Muoi. 773 01:12:02,568 --> 01:12:03,985 And Thé. 774 01:12:04,111 --> 01:12:07,697 'It will take an independent Vietnamese leader to rule our country.' 775 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:10,158 'The Americans have been supplying them 776 01:12:10,868 --> 01:12:13,703 'with materials to make bombs.' 777 01:12:16,165 --> 01:12:18,958 'Fowler sees conspiracies everywhere.' 778 01:12:20,377 --> 01:12:24,380 I have some contacts who would like to speak to your friend. 779 01:12:25,090 --> 01:12:26,591 Joe Tunney? 780 01:12:30,387 --> 01:12:31,721 Pyle? 781 01:12:31,847 --> 01:12:37,393 They feel he can give them important information about all this. 782 01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:40,605 You're saying Pyle is OSS? 783 01:12:40,731 --> 01:12:43,733 I believe the new name is the CIA. 784 01:12:48,864 --> 01:12:52,075 - Anyone could speak to him. - It's not so easy. 785 01:12:52,951 --> 01:12:54,994 He's followed by protectors. 786 01:12:56,246 --> 01:13:00,083 But if you asked to meet with him, man to man, 787 01:13:01,168 --> 01:13:03,419 he would come along. 788 01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:11,594 These contacts, are they communist? 789 01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:16,099 Officially, no. Unofficially, yes. 790 01:13:17,101 --> 01:13:19,185 I don't know. 791 01:13:19,311 --> 01:13:21,979 Suppose you invite him to dinner at the Vieux Moulin, 792 01:13:22,106 --> 01:13:24,315 say between 9.00 and 9.30. 793 01:13:25,109 --> 01:13:29,237 It's quiet near there. My friends can speak to him undisturbed. 794 01:13:30,823 --> 01:13:33,116 Maybe he's engaged. 795 01:13:34,118 --> 01:13:39,831 At 6.30, my contacts will have someone in the street outside your apartment. 796 01:13:40,457 --> 01:13:45,336 All you have to do, if you decide to invite him to dinner, 797 01:13:45,462 --> 01:13:48,464 go to the window and open a book. 798 01:13:52,719 --> 01:13:54,512 What will they do to him? 799 01:13:54,638 --> 01:14:00,476 I promise you, my contacts will act as gently as the situation allows. 800 01:14:04,773 --> 01:14:06,983 Sooner or later, Mr Fowler, 801 01:14:08,277 --> 01:14:12,780 one has to take sides if one is to remain human. 802 01:14:34,178 --> 01:14:37,180 'I need to speak to you about what happened this morning 803 01:14:38,265 --> 01:14:40,183 'in the Place Garnier.' 804 01:15:05,959 --> 01:15:09,754 - Phuong. - A letter for you. 805 01:15:11,632 --> 01:15:13,299 Thank you. 806 01:15:13,425 --> 01:15:16,135 Just give me a few minutes, all right? 807 01:16:00,764 --> 01:16:02,181 Come in. 808 01:16:06,270 --> 01:16:08,312 I got your message. 809 01:16:08,438 --> 01:16:10,398 So I see. 810 01:16:16,488 --> 01:16:18,990 - I'd love a drink. - I've only got hard liquor. 811 01:16:19,116 --> 01:16:24,161 You're probably on duty. I've noticed you're rarely off duty these days. 812 01:16:24,830 --> 01:16:27,248 Whisky'd be fine. People change. 813 01:16:27,374 --> 01:16:31,502 Or maybe they just never were what we thought they were. 814 01:16:33,463 --> 01:16:36,007 Who of us is, Thomas? Who of us is? 815 01:16:44,016 --> 01:16:48,519 - You want to talk about General Thé? - Yes. And Mr Muoi. 816 01:16:49,646 --> 01:16:51,606 And Diolacton. 817 01:16:56,653 --> 01:16:59,947 - We met with Thé this afternoon. - He's in Saigon? 818 01:17:00,073 --> 01:17:02,241 Come to see how his explosives worked? 819 01:17:02,367 --> 01:17:05,494 You know, his original target was a military parade. 820 01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,913 We were pretty tough on him. 821 01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:09,915 Did you tell him you wouldn't support him? 822 01:17:10,042 --> 01:17:11,500 We told him if he steps out of line again... 823 01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:14,086 He tried to kill you on the road to Saigon. 824 01:17:14,212 --> 01:17:17,465 No. He tried to kill you. 825 01:17:19,384 --> 01:17:21,552 You knew? 826 01:17:21,678 --> 01:17:25,181 I suspected he might try something. Or one of his officers. 827 01:17:25,307 --> 01:17:27,558 So I tagged along just in case. 828 01:17:27,684 --> 01:17:30,311 You're a fool if you think you can control General Thé. 829 01:17:30,437 --> 01:17:32,813 In a war, you use the tools you've got. 830 01:17:32,939 --> 01:17:35,316 Right now, he's the best we have. 831 01:17:35,442 --> 01:17:38,611 And in the meantime, even more people must die. 832 01:17:38,737 --> 01:17:41,614 Last year the US government gave $210 million 833 01:17:41,740 --> 01:17:44,325 in military assistance to the French in Indochina. 834 01:17:44,451 --> 01:17:48,746 If we are going to stop communism and underwrite a third way, 835 01:17:48,872 --> 01:17:51,999 we need to give the people a leader who they admire. 836 01:17:52,125 --> 01:17:55,086 Tomorrow when Congress sees the photographs 837 01:17:55,212 --> 01:17:58,798 of the communist atrocities, they are going to give us that support. 838 01:17:58,924 --> 01:18:00,800 The French won't stop the communists. 839 01:18:00,926 --> 01:18:04,136 They haven't got the brains and they haven't got the guts. 840 01:18:07,766 --> 01:18:09,850 How did I fit into all this? 841 01:18:11,395 --> 01:18:13,396 Am I part of your cover? 842 01:18:14,773 --> 01:18:16,857 Or a source of information? 843 01:18:18,443 --> 01:18:21,946 Or did you have your eye on Phuong all the time? 844 01:18:22,072 --> 01:18:25,991 You and Phuong? I never planned for any of that to happen. Believe me. 845 01:18:26,118 --> 01:18:29,745 It would've been easier if I'd never met either one of you. 846 01:18:29,871 --> 01:18:34,250 - But you did. And you lied to us. - What do you want me to tell you? 847 01:18:35,127 --> 01:18:38,546 That I took no action? That I have no opinion? 848 01:18:41,758 --> 01:18:44,552 Tell me that you don't mean any of this. 849 01:18:45,470 --> 01:18:48,097 Tell me that you were only obeying orders. 850 01:18:48,223 --> 01:18:51,892 Or tell me that after what you saw in the square, those children, 851 01:18:52,018 --> 01:18:53,894 who did nothing and hurt no one, 852 01:18:54,020 --> 01:18:56,439 tell me that you were so confused and horrified 853 01:18:56,565 --> 01:19:00,067 at how brutal and insane these actions are. 854 01:19:00,193 --> 01:19:03,779 Tell me how your love for Phuong has caused you to have some doubts. 855 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:07,783 But it's because of Phuong that I am even more determined. 856 01:19:07,909 --> 01:19:13,080 Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. There's daughter of a professor. 857 01:19:13,206 --> 01:19:15,750 Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. 858 01:19:15,876 --> 01:19:18,335 That pretty well describes the whole country, doesn't it? 859 01:19:18,462 --> 01:19:22,840 Look, Thomas, we are here to save Vietnam from all of that. 860 01:19:22,966 --> 01:19:25,009 What happened in the square makes me sick. 861 01:19:25,135 --> 01:19:27,928 But in the long run, I'm going to save lives. 862 01:19:31,266 --> 01:19:32,933 It's you, isn't it? 863 01:19:33,935 --> 01:19:36,896 Joe Tunney, the staff at the legation, 864 01:19:37,022 --> 01:19:39,148 Mr Muoi, General Thé. 865 01:19:40,692 --> 01:19:44,278 They all take their fucking orders from you, Pyle. 866 01:19:44,404 --> 01:19:48,949 York Harding prattles on about a third force in that book you carry around. 867 01:19:50,827 --> 01:19:53,078 You've actually gone out and made one. 868 01:19:54,247 --> 01:19:57,166 I don't think you see the big picture, Thomas. 869 01:19:58,335 --> 01:20:01,170 No, I do not see the big picture. 870 01:20:11,848 --> 01:20:13,974 Do you know this poem? 871 01:20:14,100 --> 01:20:17,770 "I walk down the street and I don't give a damn 872 01:20:17,896 --> 01:20:21,315 "The people, they stare and they ask who I am 873 01:20:21,441 --> 01:20:25,236 "And if by chance I should run over a cad 874 01:20:25,362 --> 01:20:29,532 "I can pay for the damage, if ever so bad." 875 01:20:31,284 --> 01:20:34,328 We can disagree and remain friends, can't we, Thomas? 876 01:20:40,210 --> 01:20:41,627 Yes. 877 01:20:42,671 --> 01:20:44,213 Look, I'm sorry. 878 01:20:45,006 --> 01:20:47,883 Let's have dinner and put all this mess behind us. 879 01:20:49,553 --> 01:20:53,013 - 9.00, Vieux Moulin. OK? - That sounds great. 880 01:20:54,057 --> 01:20:56,100 I miss our conversations. 881 01:20:56,226 --> 01:20:58,310 Vieux Moulin it is. 882 01:20:59,187 --> 01:21:03,691 All right, then. I'll tell Phuong she can have dinner with her sister. 883 01:21:04,442 --> 01:21:06,527 I'll get her to meet me here afterwards. 884 01:21:12,409 --> 01:21:16,453 Look, if you can't make it, come straight here. 885 01:21:17,497 --> 01:21:19,456 - I'll wait for you. - All right. 886 01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:21,917 I'll see you soon, Thomas. 887 01:23:08,233 --> 01:23:10,109 Walk. 888 01:23:20,120 --> 01:23:23,122 I need to talk to somebody who speaks English. 889 01:23:24,332 --> 01:23:27,292 You see, it's my son's birthday tonight. 890 01:23:34,968 --> 01:23:37,720 We need to ask you some questions. 891 01:23:37,846 --> 01:23:41,473 I'm from the American legation. I just try and help people see. 892 01:23:46,062 --> 01:23:47,646 The thing is, I... 893 01:23:48,356 --> 01:23:51,316 ...I got a cable from my wife. 894 01:23:54,779 --> 01:23:59,908 My boy has polio. They don't know if he's going to make it. 895 01:24:03,663 --> 01:24:05,497 I don't care if he's crippled. 896 01:24:05,623 --> 01:24:07,791 I just don't want him to die. 897 01:24:49,876 --> 01:24:52,377 I'm sorry. I've just got to get some air. 898 01:25:09,729 --> 01:25:11,897 Throw him in the river. 899 01:25:38,883 --> 01:25:44,054 'At least 2,000 people were killed and scores of others injured. 900 01:25:44,180 --> 01:25:47,808 'In the wake of last week's devastating bomb blast in Saigon, 901 01:25:47,934 --> 01:25:49,643 'French officials report... ' 902 01:25:52,689 --> 01:25:54,731 Phuong? 903 01:25:57,193 --> 01:25:59,236 I'm sorry to bother you, but... 904 01:25:59,362 --> 01:26:01,613 would you mind to come downstairs with me? 905 01:26:02,574 --> 01:26:06,326 - What do you want? - I have something to show you. 906 01:26:08,246 --> 01:26:12,457 It seems Monsieur Pyle came to see you the night he died. 907 01:26:13,293 --> 01:26:15,878 - So what, Vigot? - You said he did not. 908 01:26:19,048 --> 01:26:22,885 By the way, we found Pyle's dog. 909 01:26:23,011 --> 01:26:25,387 They cut its throat. 910 01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:30,684 You see here? 911 01:26:30,810 --> 01:26:34,146 Pyle's dog had cement between its toes. 912 01:26:34,272 --> 01:26:37,691 This was poured on the afternoon of his murder. 913 01:26:37,817 --> 01:26:39,860 So what does that prove? 914 01:26:42,238 --> 01:26:45,324 And the patron of the Vieux Moulin told me 915 01:26:45,450 --> 01:26:50,078 that night you asked for a table for one. 916 01:26:50,205 --> 01:26:51,830 Not two. 917 01:26:53,625 --> 01:26:56,752 I have nothing more to add to my original statement. 918 01:26:59,881 --> 01:27:01,506 Nothing? 919 01:27:06,638 --> 01:27:08,764 You know I didn't kill him, Vigot. 920 01:27:14,354 --> 01:27:16,730 There's a war on. 921 01:27:16,856 --> 01:27:18,774 People are dying every day. 922 01:28:40,481 --> 01:28:42,983 Ask another girl. 923 01:28:44,319 --> 01:28:46,278 I don't want another girl. 924 01:29:17,518 --> 01:29:19,770 Will you come back now, Phuong? 925 01:29:20,730 --> 01:29:23,482 - Will you come back to me? - To London? 926 01:29:24,650 --> 01:29:27,277 No. Not to London. 927 01:29:29,489 --> 01:29:31,865 Then I don't come back. 928 01:29:31,991 --> 01:29:33,700 Please. I... 929 01:29:35,703 --> 01:29:37,746 I can't take you to London. 930 01:29:38,664 --> 01:29:41,041 Because I'm not going. 931 01:29:42,668 --> 01:29:44,711 I'm not leaving you. 932 01:29:51,761 --> 01:29:53,345 Never. 933 01:29:55,848 --> 01:29:58,475 Will you come back to me? 934 01:30:33,386 --> 01:30:36,763 - Will you take down my hair? - Yes. 935 01:30:55,783 --> 01:30:57,868 Do you miss him? 936 01:31:05,334 --> 01:31:06,751 Yes. 937 01:31:08,629 --> 01:31:10,255 I'm sorry. 938 01:31:12,758 --> 01:31:15,260 Why are you sorry? 939 01:31:15,970 --> 01:31:17,596 I don't know. 940 01:31:19,140 --> 01:31:21,558 I just feel that... 941 01:31:21,684 --> 01:31:24,936 I ought to apologise to... someone. 942 01:31:28,858 --> 01:31:30,901 Not to me. 943 01:31:31,861 --> 01:31:33,403 Never to me. 944 01:31:42,205 --> 01:31:44,664 'They say you come to Vietnam 945 01:31:44,790 --> 01:31:48,877 'and understand a lot in a few minutes. 946 01:31:49,003 --> 01:31:51,546 'The rest has got to be lived. 947 01:31:53,174 --> 01:31:56,343 'They say whatever it was you were looking for 948 01:31:56,469 --> 01:31:58,637 'you will find here. 949 01:31:59,597 --> 01:32:04,184 'They say there is a ghost in every house. 950 01:32:04,310 --> 01:32:07,062 'And if you can make peace with him, 951 01:32:07,188 --> 01:32:09,189 'he will stay quiet.'