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[snoring softly]

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Pardon.

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Madame, I come to take my leave.

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I'm obliged to settle a stray affair.

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You wouldn't prefer my company.

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Alas, it's impossible.

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But you promised.

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Given what is being said about you,

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it is improper for you
to appear at the Palais Royal.

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I cannot singlehandedly silence

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the slander that Paris delights in,
given the futile world

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that is ours.

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Oh, dear. Don't be sad...

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how I beg.

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Instead realize how
I must love you ever so much

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to be supporting you through it all.

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[theme song playing]

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Deep in the ocean
Dead and cast away

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Where innocences burn in flames

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A million mile from home
I'm walking ahead

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I'm frozen to the bones

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I am a soldier on my own
I don't know the way

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I'm riding up the heights of shame

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I'm waiting for the call
The hand on the chest

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I'm ready for the fight and fate

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[thunder rumbling]

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[door opens, closes]

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I missed you so much.

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[Marquis] Neither Brissette nor Soubise

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grasp the measure
of the disaster that awaits us.

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Myself, I know how to defeat
the English in the Americas.

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I have the whole strategy here.

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However, our respected generals

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are presently more occupied
with the intrigues of their courts...

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[whispers] She's written back to you.

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[Marquis]
...distracted as a leader of men.

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If we're to lose focus,

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it will be our last goodbye to New France,
as it parts for the English.

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[birds fluttering]

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Madame, I know how much I've let you down.

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But my greatest misfortune
is that you view me with hate

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while I'm in need of your aid.

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Of my aid? [scoffs]

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And why would I give you that?

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You humiliated
and ridiculed me at Gercourt's.

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And everyone in Paris
has turned their back on me.

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Yet you've still come.

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You were unyielding with your letters.

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[in French] Madame,

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[in English] I will give you my word.

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I will not rest until I have managed
to turn the situation around.

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Since Paris has thrown us out,

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I want to bring it here.

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I want to host an event.

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[smirks]

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That's a charming idea.

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I hold a castle and a name,

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but I'm missing
the knowledge of the world.

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You'll lure the nobility here
and you'll help ensure I become respected.

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I will make you shine and your reputation
will no longer suffer from mine.

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[Rosemonde] You forget one detail,

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which I deem rather central
to this yet trivial as well.

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Your husband.

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[coins jingling]

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[Isabelle] Get Gercourt
and the nobility to come.

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I will see to my husband.

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What if we organized a large event?

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A party for our soldiers in America.

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-To collect money for their benefit.
-[chuckles]

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Accommodating for 100 or so attendees
for the night, in your former abbey?

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I'll have it decorated and transformed

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into something sublime. We'll hold a ball.

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Oh, how I beg of you.

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This impotence overwhelms me.

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[chuckling]

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Well, you've certainly got initiative,

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and I do applaud you.

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But while I do judge
your strategy to be excellent here,

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it shows your tactical sense
to be deplorable.

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A party would serve no purpose.

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What French America needs is soldiers.

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It would be futile to invite
around 100 or more socialites

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who would attend only
for music and champagne.

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While I certainly may be
a bit naive, my love,

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this approach did have a virtue.

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This event would display you
to all of Paris

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as the uncontested champion
of the French American struggle.

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It is only a matter of appearances, but...

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given the futile world that is ours.

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So it is, then.

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Let's think grand... my love.

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[Rosemonde]
Monsieur and Madame de la Courtelière,

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Viscount Pré Salé
and Madame Paco de Fouchet.

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Pénélope Maison Couronne.

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[Isabelle] Comte de Gercourt.

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are happy to invite you
on the 21st of October to a party

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to support the troops in New France

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Dear Aunt, I hear you're the one
behind the Merteuil party.

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What a relief to know
that you both have reconciled.

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Do you see her often?

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Sébastien.

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You are as beautiful as always.

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She ever speak of me?

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[sighing]
You leave me fatigued, my nephew.

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I forgot that I'm in love with who she is.

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While you only love her generosity.

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As I did not receive my invitation,
I thought that I would fetch it in person.

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-You've not been invited.
-You would dare?

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[Rosemonde] Need I remind you
of your choice behavior at Gercourt's?

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But I believe that
he is still to be there.

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[Rosemonde] Gercourt is our centerpiece.

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When you had, my nephew,
a window to deal with him

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you unfortunately stumbled.

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Now, in order to clear my name

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and that of your precious dear Isabelle,

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I'm under the obligation
to ask if you will come.

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-But you embarrass me.
-Ah!

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Thankfully, your mistakes
will not cost you your fortune.

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Neither your reputation.

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And now you may take your leave,
if you please.

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[Isabelle] Madame de Rosemonde,
dear friend.

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It seems that under
the influence of Gercourt,

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the nobility refuses to come to our party.

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Every day I receive a shower
of negative answers.

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Madame, it's impossible
to be present. Comte de Rabat.

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[Isabelle] He seems to be set
on taking revenge

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by inflicting
the worst humiliation possible.

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[Montesquiou] We will not join
your festivities on the 21st.

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Ayman de Montesquiou.

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[Isabelle] More than ever,
I need your help.

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If my husband were to find out
the scandal that awaits us,

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I believe him to be capable of anything.

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[Marquis smacking lips]

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[door opens]

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For Madame the Marquise

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[in French] Thank you.

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[in English] The sender?

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It is your cousin. The Duc de Cossé.

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His reply?

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WITHOUT US, COSSÉ

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He will come.

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[chuckles] I'm delighted.

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Read it. And what does it say?

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"Madame La Marquise, my dear cousin,
I do recognize in this initiative

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the selfless soul
of my cousin, the Marquis,

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whom reminds me of how priceless
our family's alliance is to me."

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And I've been thinking
he felt disapprovingly of our marriage.

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He would not miss the opportunity
to participate in this noble effort.

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A toast to him and the perfection
of our union, mon amour.

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[drunkenly in French]

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My love,

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I have conquered...

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the Palatinate.

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I haven't forgotten about you.

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And when did I last honor you, my love?

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My delicious Marquise.

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That would have been this morning.

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This morning? But that was nearly
last century, dear.

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We were made to come together, madame.

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Oh, Marquis, really--

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This is exactly what I'm presently doing.

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Marquise, you'll see.

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[grunting]

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[Marquis] You'll see.

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Just a little longer.

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You will see.

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You will see,
my little Marquise. [panting]

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My little whore.

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My perfect Isabelle de Merteuil.

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Fucking whore!

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My little Marquise.

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You must see what I-- oh! [strains]

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-Fuck me.
-[laughs]

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Why are you chuckling?

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[Isabelle] You are pathetic.

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Put your clothes back on.

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I haven't...

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[indistinct chatter]

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-Ah!
-Good evening, madame.

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I'm surprised to see you so soon.

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I come to request your aid, Sébastien.

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You came at a bad time.

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We're going to the wedding
of a baker's daughter,

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which we will transform into an orgy.

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You do me this service
and I will lead you to Isabelle in return.

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You would do that for me?

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I could make sure that she shows leniency
in regards to you.

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That's a mountain I'd rather climb alone.

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Your help would steal the glory away.

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And despite that, I give you the chance
to get the upper hand

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over Gercourt once more.

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Has your guest of honor
been causing you difficulty?

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He has forbidden anyone
to set foot at the Marquise's.

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You know what he's capable of
once he's decided to do harm.

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That's very true.
I'm owed a rematch of our duel

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in front of Paris

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in front of Isabelle.

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Here is our Marquise.

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Here, Gercourt.

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And here, our secret weapon.

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A prestigious guest
whose influence may well counter Gercourt.

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[chuckles]

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And which great persona
would be performing this function?

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The hero, Fontenoy, for example.
The Comte d'Anterroches.

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He has cholera, monsieur. So they say.
He's dying.

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-[Valmont] That is vexing.
-Very.

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[Valmont] And why not the Duc de Royan?

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The greatest financier in the kingdom?

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His presence alone would be an event
few could escape.

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Distinctly so, as this infinitely rich man

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has always surrounded himself
with eternal debtors.

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With absolute armies of parasites
and countless libertines.

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A great many options to provide us
a healthy foundation for our soirée.

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But the Duke leaves his castle for no one.

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[Rosemonde] How do you intend
to get him to come?

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We'll draw him out with his daughter.

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Juliette de Royan,
whom he's desperate to marry off.

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Corrupt Juliette to pressure her father?

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So long as I can pervert her
in the most sufficiently spectacular way.

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Juliette wouldn't be able
to marry anymore.

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But I would promise the Duke
to keep her corruption a secret.

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-Hmm.
-After which he'll have to do what I say.

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Let's add the good name of Royan
to your list of conquests.

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However, he knows me already.

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My reputation is well known.
He won't let me approach his daughter.

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We need to recruit, then.

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What do you know of her?

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To offset his daughter's
rather lacking appearance,

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he made her pick up music
in a very assiduous way.

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He'd like her
to be an accomplished singer.

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[laughing] So we require a musician.

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-An attractive pedagogue.
-A charming boy with a delicate touch.

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Handsome, noble,

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and quite well endowed.

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I will take care of finding him.

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[playing light tune]

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[all stop playing]

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You, come.

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[in French] Madame.

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[Rosemonde in English] Your name?

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Danceny.

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Chevalier Danceny.

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[inhales]

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Let's see.

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Let's see.

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[gasps]

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Follow me.

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[in French] Madame.

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[in English] I'll be brief.

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I am consumed by shame.

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And forbid myself to even look at you.

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I would be mortified to see in your eyes
who I was last evening.

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I know that no words, no apology or excuse

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00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,920
could be equal to my failure
and my infamy.

255
00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:04,720
But I have a mad aspiration
toward the regaining of your esteem,

256
00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,960
with the greatness of my action.

257
00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,160
I leave for the Americas
to join our troops,

258
00:18:10,319 --> 00:18:13,640
and I will return rich
in hard-fought glory

259
00:18:13,799 --> 00:18:15,599
and restored to my honor.

260
00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,440
And as I aspire,

261
00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:21,240
your love once more.

262
00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:26,079
Madame, I leave at once.
Goodbye and until we meet again.

263
00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,079
[dramatic music playing]

264
00:18:58,880 --> 00:18:59,880
[in French] Madame.

265
00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:01,039
Good morning.

266
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,079
[in English] Return immediately to that carriage.

267
00:19:10,079 --> 00:19:11,960
You've brought him to this house?

268
00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:13,480
You must listen to him.

269
00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,039
-I never will.
-He knows how to counter Gercourt.

270
00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,839
You'll be unable to do without him.

271
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,640
Madame, I only seek to be of help.

272
00:19:19,799 --> 00:19:23,319
No matter your help, you will not
attend the party and that's final.

273
00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:29,640
What is that--

274
00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:32,079
[Valmont] Are you expecting visitors?

275
00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,079
It's my husband's sister,
Madame de Volanges.

276
00:19:45,079 --> 00:19:46,400
[horses neigh]

277
00:19:49,319 --> 00:19:50,559
Madame.

278
00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:54,000
[Isabelle] My dear husband,

279
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,519
I write to you now,
as I know you are soon to set sail

280
00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,680
to thank you
for your thoughtfulness towards me.

281
00:20:00,839 --> 00:20:03,400
Thanks to you, I am not alone.

282
00:20:03,559 --> 00:20:05,240
Madame de Volanges whom you've had

283
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,400
the thoughtful idea of inviting,

284
00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:09,000
is a delightful woman

285
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,079
with whom I have the pleasure
in discussing the preparations

286
00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,319
for our party.

287
00:20:14,039 --> 00:20:17,039
I've rediscovered in her company
as well as that of her daughter,

288
00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,079
a taste for games.
The youthful taste of a game of cards

289
00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,759
between friends
in an air of trust and laughter.

290
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,039
I have no doubts
your sister shares with you

291
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,319
the joy that reigns over the castle.

292
00:20:32,039 --> 00:20:34,079
[Cécile singing in Italian]

293
00:20:38,559 --> 00:20:41,000
[Isabelle in English]
The presence of Cécile

294
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,920
is all the more precious
as she is an accomplished singer.

295
00:20:57,559 --> 00:21:01,279
My friend Madame de Rosemonde advised
that I invite musicians to the castle

296
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,319
that are capable of accompanying Cécile.

297
00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,079
A young and reputable professor,
the Chevalier Danceny

298
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,599
and Juliette, daughter
of the Duc de Royan,

299
00:21:09,759 --> 00:21:13,119
whose father graciously permitted her
to join the delightful concert

300
00:21:13,279 --> 00:21:14,839
that now enchants our home.

301
00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,960
[singing aria]

302
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,839
[Isabelle in English] Cécile and Juliette
quickly became close with each other.

303
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,000
Juliette is a lovely person.

304
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,319
Her confidence could be
very useful to our projects.

305
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,039
If her father deigns to grace
our party with his presence,

306
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,319
his fortune and influence
will be enough to put America

307
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,720
back at the heart of all conversations.

308
00:22:04,599 --> 00:22:07,200
Imagining you facing the greatest dangers,

309
00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,359
sword in hand, I feel myself
trembling with admiration for you

310
00:22:11,519 --> 00:22:13,920
and maybe with an even more
tender feeling.

311
00:22:14,079 --> 00:22:14,839
[in French] Sir...

312
00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:18,240
[in English] the route's full of wind
up to 15 nautical miles east.

313
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,119
Departing today would be most reckless.

314
00:22:21,279 --> 00:22:22,720
When do you suggest we depart?

315
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,519
When New France
has been reduced to nothing more

316
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,880
than a pathetic historical curiosity,

317
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,079
the indomitable Mississippi
will belong solely to the fearless

318
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,079
and to them alone, my friend.

319
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,119
Go and get prepared.

320
00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:52,039
[singing aria]

321
00:22:53,079 --> 00:22:55,480
[Isabelle in English]
Juliette doesn't look at Danceny.

322
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,000
[Valmont] While Cécile and Danceny
seem to like each other,

323
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:00,920
our plan has been thwarted.

324
00:23:03,519 --> 00:23:05,000
Danceny has some wisdom.

325
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,960
Beauty is not enough for some women.

326
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,519
They need something more.

327
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,880
A cheeky side, perchance?

328
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,440
That's a way to describe it.

329
00:23:14,599 --> 00:23:19,480
Take matters into your own hands.
Since Danceny is too wise, as you say,

330
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,839
then I rely on
your malice to corrupt Juliette.

331
00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,920
Unless, of course,
that lovely young woman is not your type.

332
00:23:31,079 --> 00:23:32,519
Oh, yes, I nearly forgot,

333
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,599
your reputation.

334
00:23:34,759 --> 00:23:37,160
Your happiness
is more important than that.

335
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,799
Then accompany her to her house
after her session concludes.

336
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:47,200
You look different.

337
00:23:55,039 --> 00:23:56,000
What is it?

338
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,039
Could it be you're pregnant?

339
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,559
I am not pregnant.

340
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,880
I do have a little experience with this--

341
00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:06,160
That is indeed why
you are still here, Vicomte.

342
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,400
Now we may hope this experience

343
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,559
might have the right effect
on our Juliette.

344
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,400
[tense music playing]

345
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,880
[sighs]

346
00:25:07,279 --> 00:25:11,480
[Valmont] At the beginning of spring
1731, Venice was radiant.

347
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,240
You could always hear ballads and sonatas
coming from every house.

348
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,119
Happiness and wisdom
seemed to spread everywhere

349
00:25:18,279 --> 00:25:20,079
like the vibrato of a mandolin.

350
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,160
-Yet, the poem says...
-That's quite enough for me.

351
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:25,319
Very.

352
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:30,359
Why don't you put away that pipe of yours
and take out your trombone?

353
00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:32,359
I beg your pardon, miss?

354
00:25:33,319 --> 00:25:34,799
Sir, I would like to stop.

355
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:35,720
Whoa!

356
00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:38,920
Go and gather some girolles.

357
00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:41,200
[driver] Girolles, in this season?

358
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,880
Yes, madame.

359
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,599
Well, what will you do to me that is so...

360
00:25:48,319 --> 00:25:49,359
delicious?

361
00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:52,440
That will influence me to write you
a letter filled with passion.

362
00:25:53,559 --> 00:25:56,359
A letter you will then use
to threaten my father.

363
00:25:56,519 --> 00:25:59,720
That will force him to accept
your dear friend's invitation.

364
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,240
Lest you are to...

365
00:26:03,079 --> 00:26:06,799
find a way to coerce Chevalier Danceny
to throw himself at me?

366
00:26:07,519 --> 00:26:08,920
That being said...

367
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,279
I respect the Marquise de Merteuil
and you amuse me, Vicomte.

368
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,480
Ha!

369
00:26:16,079 --> 00:26:18,640
I may well ask my father
to attend your little party.

370
00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:19,640
You would?

371
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,079
After all...

372
00:26:27,559 --> 00:26:31,839
I could have said all this only
in the wake of having enjoyed your charms.

373
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,000
[enthralling music playing]

374
00:27:00,039 --> 00:27:02,480
[footsteps approaching]

375
00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:07,119
It's delicious, madame.

376
00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:10,200
I'm unable to find the words
to thank you for your welcome.

377
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,079
Words matter not, miss.

378
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,160
I've received a letter
from the Marquis this morning.

379
00:27:16,319 --> 00:27:19,680
Were you aware that my brother
was meant to sail yesterday?

380
00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:21,480
Isn't that news fascinating?

381
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,240
A storm forced him back to port

382
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,559
just a few hours
after they'd left the coast.

383
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,640
So it seems you may well have the pleasure

384
00:27:27,799 --> 00:27:31,640
of welcoming your great husband home
much sooner than you'd hoped.

385
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,079
How might you be finding your teacher?

386
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,640
The Chevalier Danceny?

387
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,440
Well, I-I find him quite...

388
00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:50,400
Quite?

389
00:27:52,039 --> 00:27:53,279
Gifted?

390
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:54,519
That's right.

391
00:27:56,039 --> 00:27:58,160
You seem to be quite gifted yourself.

392
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,559
The two of you were made to get along.

393
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,519
[horse snorts]

394
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,559
[imperceptible]

395
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,759
[gasps]

396
00:29:13,359 --> 00:29:15,279
[gasping]

397
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,720
-[knock at door]
-Who is it?

398
00:29:25,519 --> 00:29:26,559
My dear Vicomte.

399
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,359
What good news do you bring me?

400
00:29:29,519 --> 00:29:33,119
Likely more positive responses,
but also a message from Duc de Royan.

401
00:29:33,279 --> 00:29:35,480
-I hope he's not going back--
-[gasps]

402
00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:38,599
Isabelle.

403
00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:43,839
Oh, what have you done?

404
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,400
[breathing heavily]

405
00:29:50,519 --> 00:29:51,680
Isabelle.

406
00:29:56,759 --> 00:29:57,960
I'm right here.

407
00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:08,480
[moans]

408
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:11,079
[yelps]

409
00:30:12,079 --> 00:30:13,640
[groaning]

410
00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:17,519
-Go away.
-Isabella--

411
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:18,599
Go away, I said!

412
00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:21,960
[groaning in pain]

413
00:30:22,119 --> 00:30:23,559
Go away! [grunts]

414
00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:30,319
[gasping]

415
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:42,759
[panting]

416
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,160
[shouts]

417
00:30:54,839 --> 00:30:56,480
[screaming]

418
00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:09,240
[panting]

419
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,240
[fire crackling]

420
00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:42,960
[latch clicks]

421
00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:49,640
It's finished.

422
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,160
[Isabelle] Let us forget this
and return to our affairs.

423
00:32:15,119 --> 00:32:17,440
[Madame de Volanges] My dearest brother,

424
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,640
the seriousness of the situation
compels me to write a new letter to you.

425
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,759
I continue to discover the schemes that
unite your wife to the Vicomte de Valmont.

426
00:32:28,359 --> 00:32:30,759
Their complicity seems
to harbor coming plans,

427
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,559
which I fear may cause harm
to your reputation.

428
00:32:36,839 --> 00:32:37,960
And what says Royan?

429
00:32:38,119 --> 00:32:40,079
Amsterdam's stock market is in default.

430
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,240
The Duke is fully committed
and apologizes for not joining us.

431
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,400
He swore to come and he will come.

432
00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:46,960
Juliette will be present.

433
00:32:47,119 --> 00:32:50,200
We need to force the Duke
to prefer his daughter over his finances.

434
00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:51,200
Hmm.

435
00:32:57,559 --> 00:32:59,920
You need to take your rest for the night.

436
00:33:01,559 --> 00:33:03,640
Your will commands admiration.

437
00:33:03,799 --> 00:33:07,240
But even the bravest soldiers put
down their weapons when they're wounded.

438
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,759
Which woman wouldn't surpass your soldier?

439
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,960
And is she not accustomed
from her earliest years to blood

440
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:15,880
and to hurt?

441
00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:18,400
Really, Vicomte,

442
00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:20,319
don't let yourself be afraid.

443
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:27,960
Let's recommence.

444
00:33:28,119 --> 00:33:30,559
Now, how blind can a father truly be?

445
00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:32,240
What are you saying?

446
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,000
Royan is unable to hear
his daughter's voice the same as we do.

447
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,680
The man is still not deaf.

448
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,519
So we need...

449
00:33:42,119 --> 00:33:44,759
the crux of the soirée
to be a musical moment.

450
00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:50,359
The kind of thing that would leave
a father feeling proud, for example.

451
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:52,759
And Juliette?

452
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,400
Juliette.

453
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,480
I'd be surprised if she were blind
to her lack of talent.

454
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,880
All of it must be embellished.

455
00:34:09,039 --> 00:34:10,320
A misdirect,

456
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:12,920
a maneuver.

457
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,199
Isabelle.

458
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,199
[fireworks exploding]

459
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,079
-[in French] Good evening.
-Good evening.

460
00:34:54,079 --> 00:34:56,519
Madame de Fourcy. [in English]
It's such a pleasure to have you.

461
00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:58,239
-How are you?
-Excellent, thank you.

462
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,760
And your dear son
still fulfilling his mandate?

463
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,199
That's right.

464
00:35:03,079 --> 00:35:05,079
[people laughing]

465
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,760
-You've retained all that I've told you?
-It's confusing.

466
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,360
-You gave me so many names.
-You cannot bear any errors.

467
00:35:11,519 --> 00:35:15,159
[Rosemonde] Royan is arriving.
Everything plays itself out now.

468
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,639
Please excuse me.

469
00:35:19,079 --> 00:35:21,000
If you'd all please approach the stage,

470
00:35:21,159 --> 00:35:23,880
-the concert is soon to begin.
-[crowd] Oh!

471
00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,519
It is a composition
by Chevalier Danceny.

472
00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:29,480
[crowd murmurs excitedly]

473
00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:31,880
[loud knocking]

474
00:35:32,039 --> 00:35:35,320
[footman] For Monsieur the Duc de Royan,
make way please.

475
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,559
[whispering] I don't think
she was trained.

476
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:55,840
I suppose we'll see.

477
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:11,280
[coughing]

478
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,119
[exhales]

479
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,239
Can she really even sing?

480
00:36:29,119 --> 00:36:32,119
[singing]

481
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,400
-[singing inaudibly]
-[Juliette continues singing]

482
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,519
[all applauding]

483
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,000
[in French] Thanks, thank you so much.

484
00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:50,320
Thanks [in English] to the Chevalier
and to the Marquise de Merteuil.

485
00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:53,639
[crowd applauding]

486
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,519
[lively music playing]

487
00:39:22,679 --> 00:39:24,800
Thanks, Marquise, this soirée was sublime.

488
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,400
It was quite wonderful.

489
00:39:26,559 --> 00:39:29,199
Who would have thought
she could sing so well? [laughing]

490
00:39:30,559 --> 00:39:32,480
[woman] She could hear us!

491
00:39:32,639 --> 00:39:34,440
[women laughing]

492
00:39:44,639 --> 00:39:47,400
-Thanks, Vicomte.
-Whatever for?

493
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,079
You know quite well what I refer to.

494
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,840
I assure you, Marquise,
I very much do not.

495
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,920
You know, one should never
doubt their child.

496
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,719
Madame, if I can be of any service.

497
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:22,280
My Marquis is currently held up
in the port of Saint Argonne.

498
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:23,679
He must go to America.

499
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,800
And you wish for him
to begin his voyage posthaste?

500
00:40:28,159 --> 00:40:29,280
[chuckles]

501
00:40:30,559 --> 00:40:32,039
I can arrange it tomorrow.

502
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,679
Would you arrange it tonight?

503
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,519
Honor and renown
to the courageous Marquis de Merteuil.

504
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:55,840
[in French] Thank you.

505
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,920
[people laughing]

506
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:07,280
[giggling]

507
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:08,639
[gasps]

508
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,159
Excuse me.

509
00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:22,440
[dramatic music playing]

510
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,559
I am the Comte de Gercourt.

511
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,079
Cécile de Volanges.

512
00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:39,000
Sweetheart, are you okay?

513
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:44,079
Your daughter falls from the sky
and you fittingly appear in her wake.

514
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,599
I am the most fortunate man
in the world tonight.

515
00:41:56,679 --> 00:41:58,159
[Rosemonde] My dear Comte.

516
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,559
[sucks teeth]

517
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,639
Ah, you've come after all.

518
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:09,039
One might say you deprived me
of any choice. Such a noble cause.

519
00:42:09,199 --> 00:42:10,719
Such a beautiful party.

520
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,440
My close companions,

521
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,880
-the Duc de Royan, you, my dear.
-Ah...

522
00:42:16,039 --> 00:42:19,199
Yet I have heard it said
that you would not be amongst us.

523
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:22,119
You know more than anyone,
one mustn't listen to rumors.

524
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:26,400
I may well not, though they still find
a way to pester me nonetheless.

525
00:42:26,559 --> 00:42:30,519
But I am certain that your presence
will quiet them once and for all.

526
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,719
-Madame.
-My dear Comte.

527
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,360
This is quite embarrassing.

528
00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:38,960
And why is that, madame?

529
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,440
I am late to welcome you, dear Comte.

530
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:43,159
Yet, I'm just as late as you are.

531
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,280
But you're still not embarrassed?

532
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,519
Well, madame, I require much more
than that to feel embarrassed.

533
00:42:50,679 --> 00:42:53,039
Our foremost encounter, I seem to recall.

534
00:42:53,199 --> 00:42:54,440
[chuckles]

535
00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:57,039
Far from embarrassing.

536
00:42:58,199 --> 00:42:59,800
I will surprise you, madame.

537
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,360
There is one small pleasure in life
that I particularly admire

538
00:43:03,519 --> 00:43:07,880
to realize I've underestimated someone
and to be surprised by their evolution.

539
00:43:08,039 --> 00:43:12,280
Seeing you here tonight
so radiant brings me great pleasure.

540
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,519
I believe that we'll be seeing one
another more often.

541
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,840
I welcome you to the delicious hell
of the great world.

542
00:43:28,039 --> 00:43:29,880
[dramatic music playing]

543
00:43:32,199 --> 00:43:33,280
[in French] Madame.

544
00:43:44,559 --> 00:43:45,840
[in English] This is a triumph.

545
00:43:47,119 --> 00:43:49,440
My enemies have come to kneel before me.

546
00:43:51,159 --> 00:43:53,199
And yesterday we were women scorned.

547
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,199
Savor it, Isabelle.

548
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,920
Tomorrow we'll return
to being targets once more.

549
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,719
[dramatic music continues]

550
00:44:20,519 --> 00:44:21,599
Madame, your talents as a hostess
illuminate the fineness of our exchanges

551
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:22,960
and I here pay tribute to your subtle mind
which encourages reflection.

552
00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:24,159
May this moment be forever a part in
our memories' annals like a sparkle of...

553
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,199
[door opens]

554
00:44:37,679 --> 00:44:38,960
[gasps]

555
00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:48,599
Picked this very morning, madame.

556
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:50,599
At the Comte de Gercourt's request.

557
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,840
[gasps] I was sure he would write.

558
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:03,440
What a delicate man.

559
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:05,599
Sweetheart...

560
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,440
I'm so very proud of you.

561
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,280
[tense music playing]