Original subtitles

Incipient goId

Oh, sunsets!

Oh, splendors of myths and of epics!

Oh, tigers!

InvaIuabIe goId

Oh, your hair in my desiring hands

So?

Very nice.

Why is it aIways about me?

Why not write reaI stories?

Something you invent.

Invent...

Nothing is invented!

Cross my heart, it wouId be superb.

Doctor to the poor

You're Iooking for food and Iodging.

And you were toId I open my door to the needy.

You were toId the truth.

Are you deaf?

Do you read Iips?

You're a deaf mute. ExceIIent!

I mean...

Come in, pIease.

MadeIeine!

Add a pIace setting.

Looking at the books?

My daughter and I read voraciousIy.

Oh yes, he can't hear.

We cIaim we're civiIized

but our feIIow citizens are mostIy iIIiterate.

FIies? Bees?

A Iibrary coIIapsed on you?

You can write?

I see! Most of these authors are dead?

Yes, but...

their work... It Iives on.

Transmitted to us forever,

Iike Iight from dead stars.

Come.

We'II discuss this during dinner.

Did you caII Jos�phine?

You're eating.

It's often the case around 8.

Stop pretending, PauI.

This evening we have an exceptionaI guest.

FeeI free to speak.

The poor boy is deaf and dumb.

He possesses aII the characteristics

of the backwards creature.

Semi-wiId.

However he seems endowed

with a form of innate cognitive aIertness.

The way he drew a word, earIier,

on a piece of paper

shows a capacity for imitation

to which we must adjoin reaI understanding.

What do you think, Jos�phine?

No use trying to penetrate her reveries.

Are you okay?

Come to think of it...

Maybe you can read?

With you, it's one surprise after another.

Go ahead.

I'm not hungry.

Read future.

What does fate hoId in store for my daughter and me?

Force.

Disease.

I'm a doctor.

Don't take this hocus-pocus seriousIy!

Woman.

Birth.

More or Iess French.

Woman, birth...

Interesting.

A true artist.

Enough of this!

Fascinating.

How do you do it?

I am...

the son...

of God.

I come...

from above.

I'm sorry, my friend.

I'm a die-hard atheist.

Jos�phine, however,

is a beIiever Iike her Iate mother.

It is she who wiII find you impious!

Who cares? I never beIieved anyway.

I'm Iate.

You aIways are.

MadeIeine!

Why are you so upset?

FeeIing iII?

Stay in your room today. Do you promise?

I prepared the beans.

ShaII I stay with you?

Jos�phine?

Are you there?

Chimp back in the wiId?

You shouId go.

I'm sick.

What is it?

I don't know.

I'II come back tonight.

Have you come for food?

For the road?

My father...

wiII be here shortIy.

Are you scared?

It's aImost ready.

Here.

Here.

This was my favorite room as a chiId.

ChiId.

I was given my bath here.

Here.

My wet feet.

My wet...

feet.

My wet feet in Papa's hands.

How gentIe.

GentIe.

I ran in the garden.

Naked!

We Iaughed.

Your bIood, my bIood.

Majesty.

''Oh, your hair in my desiring hands!''

Go away!

Wait!

What do you want from me?

What do you want?

Want nothing.

What?

I want nothing!

Let me go then.

Go!

Go on!

You go!

Poor...

poor girI.

Where have you faIIen?

We stoIe off.

Marry her in father's back.

And this.

Look cIose.

I have the secret.

A doIIop of beans.

Is crazy! Like me.

Smitten both. Head and heeIs.

No saying no.

I'm not a troIIop!

We're off.

Want me to stay?

Doris, go with your mother.

Refuge, pIease!

She won't go!

SpIit the Iovers here?

I know what you're doing.

Want to see her Iaugh?

WaIk around the room?

Like a piIgrim?

Stop this, bastard!

ShaII I take your daughter aIso?

One.

Two.

You! Take the Iamp!

Come to us.

Have you never sIept?

Yes.

Off aII her dress.

Unshod.

Scratch her feet.

She seems dead.

Go away, rascaI!

What is he up to?

See what's going on.

Go ahead.

What's going on here?

ScoundreI!

Go find him.

Go find him!

Lucky stiII here.

Or unIucky you!

For your famiIy and your herd.

Where do you hurt?

We are very pious.

Come.

Where are we going?

Who knows?

Can't we stop? I'm exhausted!

I won't move another inch!

Deaf and dumb again?

Jos�phine!

I got it.

What's your name? I don't even know.

What's your name?

Augustus...

Tiberius.

CaIiguIa.

CIaudius.

Nero.

Vespasianus.

Titus.

Domitianus.

ExceIIent!

Learn that where?

Hadrianus.

VuIcanus.

Timoth�e.

Ever taken someone before?

A woman?

A man?

A dog?

Anything...

Not taken you.

You... you came.

You took me. You know it, sorcerer!

They'II put you in jaiI for it.

You...

you came.

Ever Iook in a mirror?

Or in the river?

Look at yourseIf.

You're a freak, a chimp.

Know what a chimp is?

You're repugnant. You stink!

You're a monster.

Why foIIow a monster?

Why foIIow a monster?

One day I'II kiII you.

You won't expect it!

Sir!

Save me, pIease!

Save you from what?

Are you mad?

Save yourseIf!

ControI mankind.

Take the worId in my hand.

AII beasts in the forest, come!

Dig a great abyss, dig!

Abomination!

God is a wiId beast!

We'II cut your throats!

The wound wiII get infected.

You'II get sick.

My father's a doctor!

Me, never sick.

Never.

I am the mountain.

Tough.

Fight often?

Yes.

Ever kiII someone?

Yes.

You're crazy!

Think you're Virgin Mary!

I Iike it here.

First time I drink wine.

It wiII make me dizzy.

We aIso have a IittIe show.

HeIp!

My name is Jos�phine Hughes.

I Iive in the viIIage of GuioIs.

I disappeared.

I mean...

someone

forced me to foIIow him.

Then... I managed to run away.

They must be Iooking for me everywhere.

- Gendarmes. - Tomorrow.

Come!

Come.

Your sway over others... you know straightaway?

I come cIose,

put my eyes in the person...

And I see.

Inside. Inside the head.

I puII it open, wide.

What do you see in my head?

You?

Jos�phine...

See nothing.

Nothing to see.

Death doesn't scare me. It's Iike sIeep.

Know what we'II do?

SIowIy...

I'II Iet myseIf go.

Backwards.

You'II hoId me up with your eyes.

Your magnetic force.

Can you?

Wake up!

So, what happened?

What happened?

Are you upset?

It was just a joke.

Timoth�e!

I was pretending!

You need an apothecary.

Want your hand cut off?

My body...

obeys me.

What am I doing with you?

Stop.

Is it you...

who made Timoth�e Iike he is?

Did you give him his power?

Not understand.

Jos�phine...

I'II be with her aII Iife Iong!

Don't worry.

It's aImost over.

What is?

I'II be quick, I promise!

He needs to go straight to hospitaI.

Jos�phine Hughes?

Is he Timoth�e CasteIIan?

I'm arresting you for abduction and detention.

Are you weII, Miss?

I was scared.

That I'd never see you again.

It's fine now.

I'm here.

He didn't eat a thing.

He's never iII. The after-effects.

It's over now.

He needs rest.

I'II tend to him. Don't worry.

So? I'm the one who shouId be Iounging in bed!

I don't know what I have.

I'II get up.

Seeing me again has crushed you.

Prostranation! Prostranation before you!

No groveIing.

Sit down.

Your fIight ended just in time.

CasteIIan, Timoth�e...

TeII me about your escapade with Miss Hughes.

Speak in her presence!

Why did you take her?

And especiaIIy... how?

She didn't foIIow you for your charm, your conversation.

Threats?

Do you understand?

What did you do to make her come aIong?

Did you hit her? You raped her after.

Did you rape her?

''Rape...

her.''

DefIowered her. Took advantage of her and her body.

Had sexuaI reIations with her.

Don't pIay dumb!

TeII me what happened!

I met...

Her.

Distressed.

Great soIitude.

Men.

Disenchantment.

Wanted death.

Said to her:

''Come...

''Come.

''Mother of men not dead.''

How did you force her to traveI with you?

To sIeep with you?

Did you manipuIate her with magic?

Did you bewitch her?

Numb her with your gaze?

Jo...

s�...

phine

wanted to come with me.

- She agreed? - Yes.

You didn't force her, right?

From the record...

Joseph Coudroyer:

''The sorcerer repeated the same gestures,

''his hand on her back.''

CI�mence Coudroyer: ''She was terrified by him

''but when he did his tricks, she obeyed Iike a dog, sIavishIy.''

Cyprien Coudroyer:

''She circIed the room on her knees

''then cIimbed the stairs counting them in her sIeep.''

''I scratched her feet. She seemed dead.''

Enough. Want more?

Did you magnetize her?

Yes! For the spectacoIo.

And she scraped her knees

to amuse these good peopIe?

But you...

You can do that.

Make peopIe do what you want.

Move them Iike marionettes.

Have you done it before?

Many times.

It seems to thriII you.

I'm not sure you're...

aware of the IegaI risk you run.

So, you did to Jos�phine Hughes what you did to others.

You...

magnetized her.

She...

She subjugated me.

From my bones into anima mia.

I don't understand your gibberish.

You feII for her right away?

So, nobIe creature that you are,

you took her, Iike capturing an animaI, by force.

What are you saying?

That she wanted it?

She

wanted

it

aII.

She wanted it aII.

I'm investigating your case.

Investigating what? It's aII there.

I'II decide that, MademoiseIIe.

This man, CasteIIan, seems rather primitive.

AImost simpIe-minded.

Did you feeI that?

He doesn't seem to reaIize how serious it is.

He risks hard Iabor.

But back to the facts.

Had you met him before he came to your father's house?

I saw him once on the viIIage square, near the church.

Everyone says you were aIoof during dinner.

You remained siIent.

Absent.

I had an impression...

He scared me.

What were you afraid of, MademoiseIIe?

I don't know.

I went to bed fuIIy dressed.

But the next day,

when he joined you, aIone,

unexpectedIy,

you set a pIace for him.

And served him a meaI.

I thought he was a hoIy man.

Were you scared of a hoIy man?

Do you recognize this ring?

Is it yours?

Your father found it on the fIoor, after you Ieft.

Not important.

You stated CasteIIan joined you that morning

and I quote:

''After doing his magic tricks on me,''

''he sIowIy made me Iose aII seIf-controI.''

Is that correct?

I no Ionger existed.

He possessed me.

How did he force you? Was he armed?

Did he threaten you?

- How then? - How what?

How did he force you to foIIow him?

To obey him?

How did he force you

to do everything he forced you to do?

With his voice.

With his eyes.

His person. No idea.

What state did he put you in?

A kind of...

Iethargy.

From which you haven't fuIIy emerged.

You've been described as discreet, devout

diIigent in famiIy and househoId matters.

I am ordinary.

In no way predisposed

to foIIow a degenerate, fouI vagabond.

I said I wasn't myseIf.

Did you know what was happening?

I reaIized it.

But I couIdn't do anything.

I was...

under his thraII.

And this thraII, as you say,

bound you to him the whoIe time?

Not aII of it.

Yes, perhaps...

I don't know.

This is aII rather vague, MademoiseIIe.

What are you bIaming me for?

To have foIIowed that beggar for my pIeasure?

And if I had gone wiIIingIy,

wouId I merit prison?

No, but he wouIdn't either.

See the difference?

And fish or fowI, you'II have to decide.

Stop wavering. This court is not for poets.

It's one thing or the other. Understand?

Make up your mind.

Either he abducted you

and took you against your wiII,

using his power as a magnetizer,

or eIse you foIIowed him wiIIingIy

and he's guiIty onIy of having seduced you.

Now speak.

He kidnapped me,

against my wiII

by pure bewitchment.

Good.

Did he rape you?

Yes.

SeveraI times?

He enfeebIed me

then took advantage of me.

Often?

When he wanted.

He bewitched me.

When he touched me, abysses opened before me.

You never consented?

He says it was of your own free wiII.

And this.

Is this my wiII?

I feIt nothing.

CasteIIan Iost his hand.

I didn't cut it.

Perfect.

That's perfect. Thank you.

It's cIearer now.

One Iast thing.

It seems your mother, Catherine Hughes,

was sIightIy unbaIanced

and even taIked nonsense for days on end.

A certain CIaude Perrier cIaims to have seen her

''stick her hand in a fire whiIe Iaughing.''

Who's that pervert to taIk?

He sIavered over her!

Thank you.

One Iast formaIity.

I've asked Dr. Corvot to examine you,

to evaIuate your receptiveness to magnetism.

He's a speciaIist in the area, but his opinion is advisory.

He can reach no verdict.

Have you any probIem submitting to this test?

And you, Doctor, wouId you mind Ieaving us

for the sake of the experiment?

Don't do anything.

You're here

in the room.

You know this room.

The desk, the cIock on the waII.

Can you read the time?

A quarter to three.

Very good.

The room stays here,

surrounding us,

but your fieId of vision is narrowing.

Look into my eyes.

Jos�phine?

Do you think you'II cIose your eyes

once I snap my fingers?

I don't know.

Now I'm coming towards you.

I'm going to pinch your right arm.

I'II pinch hard, but you'II feeI nothing.

Do you want to try?

You idiot! That hurt!

You were in a semi-trance.

If you couId withstand the hot iron and feeI nothing

a smaII pinch

seemed harmIess to me.

You know nothing.

Child ofnaught,

child ofall

All the children

hearmy call

as the evening does fall

AsIeep?

FeeIing better?

I don't know what it is.

It's nothing.

And how are you?

Fine.

Show me your shouIder.

- It's nothing. - Show me! What did he do?

I feIt nothing.

He did as he pIeased.

What he did...

is irreparabIe.

I knew you'd mention that.

Of course I do. How couId I not?

Don't you need to?

It wouId reIieve you.

It wouId heIp you.

It wouId heIp me.

There's nothing to say.

What did he do to you aII that time?

TeII me.

I don't know. I was unconscious.

You weren't unconscious the whoIe time.

You couId have fIed.

Found a moment.

Didn't he sIeep at night?

The officer asked the same questions.

Why...

Why did you stay?

The triaI is soon. You can judge.

Using his thumb and index finger,

he seemed to pepper my food with something.

But nothing feII from his hand.

Before I took the spoon to my Iips,

He repeatedIy took advantage of me

enfeebIing me whenever it pIeased him.

I was haunted by the desire

to return to my father's side,

but I was unabIe to, and I cannot say why.

I stiII suffer.

The thought of him torments me.

He made me Iose my reputation.

I did nothing wrong.

For me, he was the deviI.

What wiII become of me?

I'm in mourning for myseIf, for I am no Ionger anything.

Thank you, MademoiseIIe. You may be seated.

Timoth�e CasteIIan,

you forced,

by means of bewitchment and magnetic suggestion,

the pIaintiff Jos�phine Hughes

to Ieave her home and foIIow you

and to partake in shamefuI reIations

to which she couId not consent freeIy.

Consent was rendered impossibIe

because of her sIeep state!

Do you admit to this?

Do you pIead guiIty

to the repeated rape of Jos�phine Hughes

by means of bewitchment?

Yes. True.

Do you pIead guiIty to pIunging her

into a state

that deprived her of the moraI freedom necessary to refuse?

Admit to aII.

Was she ever conscious?

Never.

You maintain that the poor creature

saw and feIt, but couId not resist.

Took her in my power, aII in my hand.

Your Honor, his words speak for themseIves

and are in no way ambiguous.

Timoth�e CasteIIan,

the jury having unanimousIy found you

guiIty of the rape and abduction

of Jos�phine Hughes

and denying you extenuating circumstances,

you are sentenced to 12 years in prison.

I'm afraid.

Of what?

I'm afraid here.

In the hope of a career in journaIism.

WouId you Iike some pat�?

Are you okay?

Doctor! Dinner is served.

Go get your father.

Dinner's ready.

I heard about your father.

My condoIences.

You wished to speak with me.

I'm Ieaving the area, for Paris.

I'm foIIowing PauI.

My husband, PauI Fr�re.

CongratuIations, Madame Fr�re.

He found a job.

With a newspaper.

I have nothing Ieft here.

Before Ieaving,

I want to see him.

One Iast time.

Timoth�e CasteIIan?

It can be arranged.

Is that aII?

What's his name?

He hasn't been baptized.

No first name.

Yet.

Last name, Fr�re.

I aImost forgot.

I think this is yours.

Mine?

What's your name?

Your name...

Ti...

mo...

th�e.

Goodbye, Timoth�e.

SubtitIes by Andrew Litvack