1 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,833 We are proud to present the 4K restoration 2 00:00:33,958 --> 00:00:35,083 of this iconic film of 2001. 3 00:00:35,208 --> 00:00:36,042 After 20 years, 4 00:00:36,167 --> 00:00:37,375 we undertook a colossal 4K project. 5 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:38,833 The original negatives were scanned 6 00:00:38,958 --> 00:00:40,292 and we reconstructed the original work 7 00:00:40,417 --> 00:00:41,292 in its best version. 8 00:00:41,417 --> 00:00:42,583 Special effects were reworked 9 00:00:42,708 --> 00:00:43,708 for this new post-production. 10 00:00:43,833 --> 00:00:45,458 The original mix was reworked in Dolby Atmos 11 00:00:45,583 --> 00:00:46,875 The work took place at HIVENTY, 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,708 supervised by film editor Sébastien Prangére 13 00:00:48,833 --> 00:00:50,125 re-recording mixer Cyril Holtz, 14 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:51,792 and the film's director, Mr. Chris top he Gans 15 00:01:21,458 --> 00:01:25,125 Milord, time is short. Leave now, I beg you. 16 00:01:25,250 --> 00:01:26,917 You'll be arrested. 17 00:01:27,042 --> 00:01:28,958 Fetch some candles. 18 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:31,458 I'll be working late. 19 00:01:32,042 --> 00:01:34,083 And my usual glass of wine. 20 00:01:38,542 --> 00:01:40,792 This world had to change. 21 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,583 But the revolution is sweeping the land 22 00:01:45,167 --> 00:01:49,125 and now it's my turn to be swept aside. 23 00:01:50,625 --> 00:01:52,750 Old prejudices make men blind... 24 00:01:53,292 --> 00:01:54,792 drive them mad... 25 00:01:55,792 --> 00:01:59,917 devour his heart and turn him into a Beast. 26 00:03:31,375 --> 00:03:33,667 In the year 1764, 27 00:03:34,375 --> 00:03:37,667 the Beast reached our soil, and made it hers. 28 00:03:38,458 --> 00:03:43,292 A year later, her fame had spread beyond the borders of our province, 29 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:47,875 and it seemed no mortal would ever overcome her. 30 00:03:48,208 --> 00:03:49,708 The Beast's assaults 31 00:03:50,583 --> 00:03:54,083 slowly sank the region of Gévaudan into darkness. 32 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,625 Who goes there? 33 00:06:40,708 --> 00:06:42,042 What's he done? 34 00:06:43,792 --> 00:06:45,542 - What? - He's a thief. 35 00:06:48,917 --> 00:06:50,667 - And her? - His daughter. 36 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,292 Damned witch! 37 00:06:53,167 --> 00:06:55,750 I healed their horses; they owe me. 38 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:58,375 Don't listen. All liars! 39 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:00,333 - Did he heal the horses? - Yes. 40 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:14,500 Begone! 41 00:07:38,667 --> 00:07:42,917 Welcome to the land of the Beast! Beware of wolf traps! 42 00:07:46,167 --> 00:07:48,083 Sir Grégoire de Fronsac, 43 00:07:48,542 --> 00:07:53,000 and the man they called Mani, were neither hunters nor soldiers. 44 00:07:53,125 --> 00:07:58,792 A naturalist at the King's Garden, Fronsac was a libertine 45 00:07:58,917 --> 00:07:59,958 and a fine wit. 46 00:08:00,458 --> 00:08:02,708 The man who shadowed him 47 00:08:03,125 --> 00:08:06,958 was a mysterious foreigner. 48 00:08:08,458 --> 00:08:11,292 At nightfall, the travelers arrived 49 00:08:11,417 --> 00:08:14,750 at the castle of Marquis d'Apcher, their protector 50 00:08:14,875 --> 00:08:17,917 in Gévaudan for the duration of their mission. 51 00:08:46,583 --> 00:08:50,792 Our people fear no ordinary wolf. The Beast is different. 52 00:08:52,375 --> 00:08:55,542 She flees men as if she knew to fear them, 53 00:08:55,667 --> 00:08:58,250 yet spares no woman or child. 54 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:00,583 Have you ever seen it? 55 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:04,458 How do you know it's just one animal? 56 00:09:04,917 --> 00:09:06,958 The survivors all say the same. 57 00:09:07,542 --> 00:09:09,500 She's bigger than a wolf, 58 00:09:09,625 --> 00:09:11,833 and has no fear of firearms. 59 00:09:11,958 --> 00:09:15,042 I understand your skepticism. 60 00:09:15,833 --> 00:09:18,417 I don't believe in dragons either. 61 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:21,958 I've had a report drawn up, 62 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:26,167 a memoir of the Beast's crimes. 63 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,125 Judge for yourself. 64 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:35,792 You battled the English in New France? 65 00:09:36,167 --> 00:09:40,542 Yes, I went to study animals and nature. 66 00:09:40,917 --> 00:09:44,542 I returned with wounds and a Captain's rank. 67 00:09:47,542 --> 00:09:49,875 I've organized a hospital 68 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,208 for victims of the Beast. In an old abbey. 69 00:09:54,542 --> 00:09:56,250 A woman from Lorciére. 70 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,167 On her way from the fair, the Beast attacked. 71 00:10:00,292 --> 00:10:02,917 Two men saved her, the Beast fled. 72 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,000 But took half her face. 73 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:10,000 Tell me, how is M. Buff on? 74 00:10:11,542 --> 00:10:13,375 And how fares Paris? 75 00:10:17,125 --> 00:10:19,792 And L'Ingenu? Have you read it? 76 00:10:19,917 --> 00:10:23,292 It's a bit late to discuss philosophy. 77 00:10:23,417 --> 00:10:26,333 Quite right. Let's speak of theater. 78 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:30,750 Do you know any actresses? What's in the theater this winter? 79 00:10:31,792 --> 00:10:33,125 Put it there. 80 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:38,083 A gallant lot, it's said. I've read some offer their charms. 81 00:10:38,958 --> 00:10:40,250 Do tell me. 82 00:10:44,875 --> 00:10:47,083 Here, to satisfy your curiosity. 83 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:51,042 The Mercure de France! We only get the Courrier d'Avignon. 84 00:10:52,917 --> 00:10:55,542 - I'll show you the common room. - He'll stay here. 85 00:10:55,667 --> 00:10:57,833 Very well. Good night, sir. 86 00:11:04,167 --> 00:11:06,708 Not Versailles, but the wine's good. 87 00:12:08,542 --> 00:12:10,208 It's big as a cow. 88 00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:16,208 Jacques says he's seen many wolves. 89 00:12:16,333 --> 00:12:20,833 It's no wolf. Its snout is longer, its teeth are like knives. 90 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:32,958 If not a wolf, what was it then? 91 00:12:33,083 --> 00:12:34,542 A demon. 92 00:12:34,875 --> 00:12:36,083 Chevalier! 93 00:12:36,208 --> 00:12:38,625 The Beast has struck near St. Alban. 94 00:13:01,583 --> 00:13:02,583 There. 95 00:13:03,625 --> 00:13:05,250 There's no one there. 96 00:13:05,375 --> 00:13:06,708 Halt! 97 00:13:07,792 --> 00:13:10,958 What are those bastards doing here? 98 00:13:11,292 --> 00:13:12,500 Good day, Captain. 99 00:13:13,750 --> 00:13:17,875 Good day, Marquis. My respects. 100 00:13:18,458 --> 00:13:20,833 Beware. There are traps. 101 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:24,458 Duhamel, Sir Grégoire de Fronsac 102 00:13:24,583 --> 00:13:26,042 of the King's Gardens. 103 00:13:26,625 --> 00:13:31,042 He'd like to examine her body. With your permission, of course. 104 00:13:32,417 --> 00:13:35,375 The one who brutalized my men? 105 00:13:36,542 --> 00:13:39,417 - Had I known you ordered... - I did not. 106 00:13:40,292 --> 00:13:43,417 You did well, and I beg your pardon. 107 00:13:43,833 --> 00:13:47,417 They're soldiers. Trained for war, not hunting. 108 00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:51,833 Careful, she's stuffed with poisoned bait. 109 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:03,833 What sort of gardener are you? 110 00:14:03,958 --> 00:14:08,125 When the Beast is killed, His Majesty wants it studied 111 00:14:08,250 --> 00:14:09,708 in Paris. 112 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:13,250 I'll keep it after it's captured. 113 00:14:13,375 --> 00:14:15,208 I'm having a look. 114 00:14:18,125 --> 00:14:21,917 With that jaw, it must weigh 500 pounds. 115 00:14:22,708 --> 00:14:24,750 This time, I'll get it. 116 00:14:25,083 --> 00:14:27,292 Before the snows. 117 00:14:27,542 --> 00:14:29,667 It can't get away. 118 00:14:29,792 --> 00:14:32,375 - Ever seen it? - Once. 119 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:35,583 Once, in my musket sight. I wounded her, 120 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:39,208 my word on it. She collapsed, then at once revived. 121 00:14:39,833 --> 00:14:43,667 We lost her near Mount Mouchet, vanished in the wood. 122 00:14:45,083 --> 00:14:46,458 Did it look like this? 123 00:14:48,917 --> 00:14:53,583 She had a black stripe and spike on her back. 124 00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:09,875 My friends, 125 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,333 this is the sketch artist, 126 00:15:13,875 --> 00:15:16,417 Sir Grégoire de Fronsac, 127 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:19,792 a man of Providence indeed, come from Paris to... 128 00:15:19,917 --> 00:15:21,167 sketch the Beast. 129 00:15:21,917 --> 00:15:25,125 His Eminence, Bishop of Mende, 130 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:27,667 the Duke de Moncan, 131 00:15:27,792 --> 00:15:29,875 the Count de Morangias, 132 00:15:30,292 --> 00:15:32,542 and Madame the Countess, 133 00:15:32,833 --> 00:15:35,458 and their son Jean-Francois 134 00:15:36,042 --> 00:15:38,000 who's also traveled. 135 00:15:39,375 --> 00:15:42,500 - A clever hand, sir. - Thank you, sir. 136 00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:48,542 M. Laffont, 137 00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:50,125 our Intendent. 138 00:15:50,667 --> 00:15:52,750 Father Henri Sardis, 139 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:54,375 of St. Alban's. 140 00:15:58,208 --> 00:15:59,792 Tell us, sir, 141 00:16:01,042 --> 00:16:03,208 is there talk of the Beast in Paris? 142 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:06,917 - They've written ballads. - Prayers would do better! 143 00:16:07,375 --> 00:16:10,208 Does Capt. Duhamel so need God? 144 00:16:10,333 --> 00:16:12,083 Don't we all? 145 00:16:12,458 --> 00:16:15,708 Duhamel just dresses his men as women 146 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:17,917 to bait the Beast. 147 00:16:18,417 --> 00:16:20,417 He's doing what he can. 148 00:16:20,667 --> 00:16:22,292 Such indulgence. 149 00:16:22,917 --> 00:16:24,833 Duhamel is incompetent. 150 00:16:25,083 --> 00:16:29,083 His hunts exhaust the people, his ruffians devastate our land, 151 00:16:29,208 --> 00:16:31,000 and the Beast roams free. 152 00:16:31,125 --> 00:16:35,375 If Duhamel is all I get for paying my taxes to Paris, 153 00:16:36,208 --> 00:16:38,750 I'd rather give it to my valets. 154 00:16:38,875 --> 00:16:40,667 What do you say, sir? 155 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,917 You're not obliged to reply. 156 00:16:43,042 --> 00:16:46,417 His Lordship likes to argue, but he's a good Christian. 157 00:16:46,542 --> 00:16:48,750 When you arrived, this assembly 158 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:52,292 was talking my ears off with God this and God that. 159 00:16:53,125 --> 00:16:56,208 It's said the Pope sent a spy to see 160 00:16:56,917 --> 00:17:00,583 if the Beast is a manifestation of the Devil. 161 00:17:24,958 --> 00:17:26,167 Pardon me. 162 00:17:35,083 --> 00:17:38,042 Marianne de Morangias. A daunting task indeed. 163 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:41,292 The most elusive quarry in our land. 164 00:17:41,667 --> 00:17:45,417 - Who's the hapless hunter? - Des Foréts, a playwright. 165 00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:50,458 - Then it's simple. - Careful, she's a Morangias. 166 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:57,208 Sir, we were conferring... 167 00:17:57,333 --> 00:17:59,542 - M. des Foréts? - Himself. 168 00:17:59,667 --> 00:18:02,333 An honor. Good writers are rare. 169 00:18:02,458 --> 00:18:05,000 Marquis D'Apcher spoke of you. 170 00:18:05,458 --> 00:18:09,250 - He thought of you for his memoirs. - Really? 171 00:18:10,292 --> 00:18:13,583 He's in good spirits. But have some finesse. 172 00:18:13,708 --> 00:18:16,917 Wait 'til he broaches the subject. 173 00:18:17,625 --> 00:18:18,917 Excuse me. 174 00:18:21,083 --> 00:18:23,042 - Have you no shame? - None. 175 00:18:24,958 --> 00:18:27,917 Does the naturalist like our country? 176 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:32,458 I've only so far glimpsed its beauties - or one of them. 177 00:18:33,708 --> 00:18:36,542 Is such the talk of court? 178 00:18:36,917 --> 00:18:40,542 No, this is a couplet reserved for provincials. 179 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:45,000 I might go to court if there were ladies like you. 180 00:18:47,125 --> 00:18:50,250 Dinner is served. Let's go in. 181 00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:51,833 Whither thou goest... 182 00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:59,708 In sailing up the St. Lawrence we found in our nets 183 00:18:59,917 --> 00:19:03,250 the strangest animal I'd ever seen. 184 00:19:03,667 --> 00:19:06,125 I'd heard of the native's sacred fish, 185 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:09,083 but I was sure it was a legend. 186 00:19:10,167 --> 00:19:15,208 I was looking at a fish, the shape and size of a trout, 187 00:19:16,375 --> 00:19:21,417 but which was entirely covered in a rich black fur. 188 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,583 A furry trout? Surely you jest. 189 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:27,375 No, sir. 190 00:19:40,792 --> 00:19:42,500 Salmo Truta Dermopilla 191 00:19:42,625 --> 00:19:44,083 from Canada. 192 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,625 Soft as mink. 193 00:19:52,542 --> 00:19:54,542 Nature is extraordinary. 194 00:19:55,125 --> 00:19:56,833 The water must be cold. 195 00:19:56,958 --> 00:20:00,250 Which proves the impossible may be possible. 196 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:01,208 Well said. 197 00:20:01,583 --> 00:20:04,917 It surely won you the King's favor. 198 00:20:05,250 --> 00:20:07,042 I doubt he deserves it. 199 00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:10,792 Though I do recognize your talent for acting. 200 00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:13,792 Had I two hands, I'd applaud. 201 00:20:16,542 --> 00:20:18,417 Please pardon him. 202 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:20,542 Your son is right. 203 00:20:21,375 --> 00:20:23,458 This animal doesn't exist. 204 00:20:23,917 --> 00:20:27,167 My taxidermist is a clever man. 205 00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:29,167 Please excuse the prank. 206 00:20:29,625 --> 00:20:33,042 Should this fable convince us there is no Beast? 207 00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:35,708 That we're simpletons? 208 00:20:36,042 --> 00:20:37,750 The moral of the fable 209 00:20:37,875 --> 00:20:41,375 is that dragons and unicorns only appear in fables. 210 00:20:41,917 --> 00:20:44,500 Lies appear true dressed in Latin. 211 00:20:45,083 --> 00:20:49,083 Careful, sir. We may lose all sense of what you're saying. 212 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:53,000 Indeed, are you a naturalist or a philosopher? 213 00:20:53,125 --> 00:20:55,042 Or worse - an actor! 214 00:20:55,167 --> 00:20:58,375 I believe the knight is mostly Parisian. 215 00:20:58,708 --> 00:21:02,042 Enough talk of the Beast which prays on peasants. 216 00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:05,208 How about a guessing game? Charades? 217 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:10,083 I've just composed a lover's lament. May I, Countess? 218 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:13,333 - If it isn't licentious. - Oh no. 219 00:21:13,458 --> 00:21:15,792 It's very chaste and pure. 220 00:21:15,917 --> 00:21:18,958 It's an improvisation... 221 00:21:19,750 --> 00:21:21,458 It's called "Wolves Howl". 222 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:29,833 I went not warily. 223 00:21:29,958 --> 00:21:32,625 Though I bore no malice, verily, 224 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:36,500 Your sly eye caught my heart in its prowl! 225 00:21:36,792 --> 00:21:38,542 I howl! 226 00:21:55,042 --> 00:21:56,833 Shall I see you soon? 227 00:21:56,958 --> 00:21:59,250 Another tall tale to amaze me? 228 00:21:59,375 --> 00:22:04,333 You seem set in your idea of me. Allow me to change your mind. 229 00:22:04,708 --> 00:22:05,875 Try. 230 00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:09,583 - Coming to the hunt? - Certainly. 231 00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:13,583 I can't allow it. Too dangerous. 232 00:22:14,417 --> 00:22:17,583 Obedience is the virtue of well-born girls. 233 00:22:17,708 --> 00:22:19,458 This young man is right. 234 00:22:24,875 --> 00:22:27,458 That day in Gévaudan, there was 235 00:22:27,917 --> 00:22:30,583 the greatest hunt ever in France. 236 00:22:31,583 --> 00:22:33,792 The King offered 6,000 pounds bounty 237 00:22:33,917 --> 00:22:35,292 for the Beast. 238 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:38,875 Thousands of enlisted peasants, swordsmen and soldiers, 239 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,750 but also every hunter and adventurer in the region. 240 00:22:43,333 --> 00:22:45,125 For a few hours, 241 00:22:45,417 --> 00:22:48,375 we forgot we were the hunted. 242 00:23:49,792 --> 00:23:53,958 You each have a map and a location. Movements begin at seven. 243 00:23:54,292 --> 00:23:55,292 Thank you. 244 00:23:55,417 --> 00:23:59,042 You might well thank us! My people have better things to do. 245 00:23:59,167 --> 00:24:01,958 Your generosity rivals your courage. 246 00:24:02,083 --> 00:24:05,667 Enough. For your sake, we'd better take her. 247 00:24:05,792 --> 00:24:08,500 We shall, your Lordship. 248 00:24:10,792 --> 00:24:12,375 What is this ruckus? 249 00:27:28,208 --> 00:27:29,792 Fine weapon, isn't it? 250 00:27:30,333 --> 00:27:33,125 I had it made in Mende, after a campaign. 251 00:27:33,583 --> 00:27:35,958 Custom-made for me, of course. 252 00:27:38,958 --> 00:27:43,042 Look. Even in Paris you'll never see such a bullet. 253 00:27:43,458 --> 00:27:45,167 I make them myself. 254 00:27:45,292 --> 00:27:47,875 Silver? Afraid of werewolves? 255 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:52,500 I like to sign my shots. 256 00:27:52,958 --> 00:27:56,750 I'm a hunter, Fronsac. And it's cost me dearly. 257 00:27:57,083 --> 00:27:58,917 How did it happen? 258 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:03,875 I learned the hard way that one bullet won't always suffice. 259 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,292 And, Sardis notwithstanding, prayer won't cure gangrene. 260 00:28:09,375 --> 00:28:12,083 - Did a bear injure you? - Alton. 261 00:28:13,667 --> 00:28:16,917 Yes, two years in the Navy, I traveled a lot. 262 00:28:17,458 --> 00:28:19,375 Do you know Africa? 263 00:28:20,208 --> 00:28:23,208 My lords, my daughter caused all this. 264 00:28:23,333 --> 00:28:26,167 Here. Punish her as you will. 265 00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:30,958 Witch! 266 00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:33,833 She's a daughter of the Devil! 267 00:28:34,792 --> 00:28:36,000 A demon's got her! 268 00:28:36,375 --> 00:28:37,375 She's ill. 269 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:40,042 She's ill. She's not possessed! 270 00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:50,167 Burn her! 271 00:28:54,417 --> 00:28:57,500 She mustn't swallow her tongue. She'd suffocate. 272 00:28:58,875 --> 00:29:00,542 She's not possessed. 273 00:29:01,958 --> 00:29:02,875 I know. 274 00:29:12,708 --> 00:29:16,583 Naturalist, philosopher and a bonesetter as well? 275 00:29:27,458 --> 00:29:30,208 She didn't show. I won the bet. 276 00:29:39,542 --> 00:29:40,583 Marquis. 277 00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,125 And the natives? 278 00:29:56,250 --> 00:29:59,125 Superstitious brutes, like here. 279 00:30:00,750 --> 00:30:04,792 Indian hunters eat the hearts of their pray, for strength. 280 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:07,292 Are they brutes then? 281 00:30:07,417 --> 00:30:10,167 In Africa, it's their enemies' hearts. 282 00:30:11,333 --> 00:30:13,333 My lord Count, Jean-Francois, 283 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,708 you must move east... 284 00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:18,375 There you are. 285 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,000 Your mother will be worried. 286 00:30:21,542 --> 00:30:25,875 She always is. If I listened, I'd be in a convent. 287 00:30:26,167 --> 00:30:29,208 I know you don't believe. A libertine. 288 00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:30,958 Not when I'm in love. 289 00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:32,458 You're in love? 290 00:30:37,875 --> 00:30:41,000 Ridiculous. We've hardly met. 291 00:30:41,875 --> 00:30:43,917 You thought I meant you? 292 00:30:51,542 --> 00:30:54,417 She must learn to ride like a lady. 293 00:30:55,542 --> 00:30:58,125 No harm in a little exercise. 294 00:31:00,708 --> 00:31:02,292 My father sees no evil. 295 00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:04,792 My son sees but that. 296 00:32:00,792 --> 00:32:02,958 People died... here. 297 00:32:04,125 --> 00:32:05,833 How do you know? 298 00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:08,875 I hear their cries. 299 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,958 Mani, stop it. 300 00:32:11,083 --> 00:32:14,667 He's right. This was a Templar stronghold. 301 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:18,958 25 heretics were burned alive in the chapel. 302 00:32:20,417 --> 00:32:21,792 Is he a seer? 303 00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:24,000 No need to be. 304 00:32:28,750 --> 00:32:30,208 You need but look. 305 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:42,958 My brother and I played here. 306 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,167 Were you not afraid? 307 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,208 He protected me from ghosts. 308 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:03,583 No taste for the hunt? 309 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:05,833 That a crime here? 310 00:34:08,417 --> 00:34:11,500 For Indians, a portrait steals the soul. 311 00:34:12,583 --> 00:34:14,417 My soul, too, interests you? 312 00:34:57,458 --> 00:34:59,500 On foot at a hunt? 313 00:34:59,625 --> 00:35:00,708 My fault. 314 00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:02,708 I didn't ask you. 315 00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:07,042 What possessed you? 316 00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:08,625 It's only a wolf. 317 00:35:08,750 --> 00:35:10,125 If it were the Beast? 318 00:35:10,625 --> 00:35:12,125 I don't think so. 319 00:35:25,875 --> 00:35:28,875 Pray the Beast is one of these wolves. 320 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,458 These won't devour anyone now. 321 00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:34,958 Curious fellow. 322 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:38,000 - Where did you find him? - New France. 323 00:35:39,375 --> 00:35:41,917 Is he... an Acadian? 324 00:35:42,208 --> 00:35:45,167 An Indian. A Mohawk Iroquois. 325 00:35:45,417 --> 00:35:48,083 An Indian? A real one? 326 00:35:48,208 --> 00:35:50,083 He doesn't look it. 327 00:35:50,750 --> 00:35:55,708 Come to St. Alban tonight. We'll have fun with your valet. 328 00:35:55,833 --> 00:35:57,208 He's not my valet. 329 00:35:57,333 --> 00:35:58,792 What then? 330 00:35:59,458 --> 00:36:00,792 He's my brother. 331 00:36:22,708 --> 00:36:25,417 Really! Mixing your blood 332 00:36:25,542 --> 00:36:27,542 with that of a savage? 333 00:36:29,042 --> 00:36:31,625 No savage shares one's hardship. 334 00:36:32,292 --> 00:36:35,333 Mani saved me from the English at Trots Riviéres. 335 00:36:35,708 --> 00:36:38,417 I thought the savages were cannibals. 336 00:36:38,542 --> 00:36:40,917 As you can see, sir, 337 00:36:41,250 --> 00:36:43,333 Mani is no animal. 338 00:36:46,792 --> 00:36:50,125 Can you reproduce with a woman of our race? 339 00:36:53,625 --> 00:36:57,250 All women are the same color, when candles blow out. 340 00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:00,917 Yes, father, they even have wit. 341 00:37:01,333 --> 00:37:04,042 Indians and whites have had children. 342 00:37:04,250 --> 00:37:07,542 - We're one species. - Don't speak too soon. 343 00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:10,000 A little like the Negro. 344 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:13,250 What say you, Sardis? 345 00:37:13,583 --> 00:37:16,458 Your "blood brother" is God's child. 346 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,208 - Baptized him? - He hasn't asked. 347 00:37:19,333 --> 00:37:21,833 You are a man of your times. 348 00:37:21,958 --> 00:37:23,708 Mani has his beliefs. 349 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:27,875 At home, he was a sort of... a sort of priest. 350 00:37:28,417 --> 00:37:30,333 If they have priests, they're doomed. 351 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:33,917 What are these beliefs? 352 00:37:34,333 --> 00:37:37,792 Each man has an animal spirit, called a totem. 353 00:37:38,458 --> 00:37:40,167 Amusing. How's it work? 354 00:37:43,667 --> 00:37:44,875 Would you? 355 00:37:54,458 --> 00:37:56,583 Never fear, it won't hurt. 356 00:38:06,542 --> 00:38:07,708 Caribou. 357 00:38:08,583 --> 00:38:10,042 A sort of stag. 358 00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:13,417 What says my wife? 359 00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:17,708 Am I a stag in every sense, or only on an animal level? 360 00:38:18,375 --> 00:38:21,000 And my dear Thomas. What's his... 361 00:38:21,625 --> 00:38:22,500 totem? 362 00:38:22,625 --> 00:38:25,292 Worm. Bookworm probably. 363 00:38:33,917 --> 00:38:35,000 Snake. 364 00:38:36,292 --> 00:38:38,750 For Indians, the snake embodies wisdom. 365 00:38:40,792 --> 00:38:42,250 And our Intendent? 366 00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:47,583 Boar. 367 00:38:49,458 --> 00:38:51,000 Lighten your spirit. 368 00:38:51,333 --> 00:38:54,917 For these barbarians the pig is perhaps nobility. 369 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,167 Who's next? Sardis? 370 00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:04,875 And me? 371 00:39:05,833 --> 00:39:06,708 What am I? 372 00:39:07,625 --> 00:39:09,000 A semi-lion? 373 00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:11,208 Half an eagle? 374 00:39:12,375 --> 00:39:16,000 Make me lizard, that my arm may grow back. 375 00:39:16,333 --> 00:39:18,042 Jean-Francois, enough. 376 00:39:21,458 --> 00:39:23,833 What? Have I been gauche? 377 00:39:25,417 --> 00:39:26,583 Let me be. 378 00:39:28,792 --> 00:39:30,875 Mademoiselle? Your turn? 379 00:39:33,208 --> 00:39:36,083 Pardon me, but I'm weary of your tricks. 380 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:39,917 I'll retire before you begin juggling or dancing on a ball. 381 00:39:40,625 --> 00:39:41,792 Good night. 382 00:40:02,375 --> 00:40:04,500 It'll cheer you, Fronsac. 383 00:40:04,625 --> 00:40:08,833 It's the best house in Mende. You'll sleep better than at the Inn. 384 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,833 They're all for you. And the new girl is very... 385 00:40:29,167 --> 00:40:30,833 Dear little Marquis. 386 00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:32,500 Come. 387 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:20,208 I'm expensive, Grégoire de Fronsac. 388 00:41:21,333 --> 00:41:22,833 Do you know me? 389 00:41:23,042 --> 00:41:25,792 From here, Gévaudan seems tiny. 390 00:41:26,708 --> 00:41:28,000 Italian? 391 00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:31,792 Just passing through. 392 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,542 I have money. 393 00:41:36,250 --> 00:41:39,708 It's not only a matter of money. 394 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,250 What then? 395 00:42:12,208 --> 00:42:13,875 Who did that to you? 396 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:17,542 An Iroquois arrow. 397 00:42:18,333 --> 00:42:20,333 Not far from the heart. 398 00:42:21,208 --> 00:42:25,042 I may be... a lucky man. 399 00:42:27,292 --> 00:42:28,458 And that? 400 00:42:30,875 --> 00:42:32,167 A bear. 401 00:42:33,625 --> 00:42:35,958 He didn't care much for me. 402 00:42:44,708 --> 00:42:47,083 You haven't seen anything yet. 403 00:43:01,542 --> 00:43:03,708 My business is dangerous. 404 00:43:05,625 --> 00:43:07,500 Some men aren't so nice. 405 00:43:12,708 --> 00:43:15,417 Something to remember me by. 406 00:43:19,625 --> 00:43:22,125 A scandal! In my house! 407 00:43:23,958 --> 00:43:26,750 - Valentine! - I don't lay with sorcerers. 408 00:43:26,875 --> 00:43:29,875 - What? - Snakes on him. I saw them move. 409 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,250 Our reputation! You have to go. 410 00:43:32,583 --> 00:43:36,167 It's nothing. He's an Indian, not a sorcerer. 411 00:43:36,292 --> 00:43:39,292 - Then no Indians! - Delicate whores! 412 00:43:40,208 --> 00:43:43,792 Come on, girls. Who will go with our redskin? 413 00:43:44,375 --> 00:43:46,667 I'll double the fee. 414 00:43:47,042 --> 00:43:51,042 - I like his tattoos. - That settles that. 415 00:43:51,833 --> 00:43:55,333 So, a sorcerer are we? 416 00:44:44,458 --> 00:44:46,292 Will you do my portrait? 417 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,042 If you don't behave. 418 00:45:07,083 --> 00:45:12,125 Weeks passed, and Duhamel's men couldn't find the Beast. 419 00:45:13,167 --> 00:45:16,542 A third winter would be spent under her reign. 420 00:45:17,042 --> 00:45:19,125 Neither the snow, 421 00:45:19,583 --> 00:45:22,750 nor our rifles, nor our dogs could stop her. 422 00:45:27,167 --> 00:45:29,625 Recall how God warned us 423 00:45:29,750 --> 00:45:31,750 through the words of Moses. 424 00:45:33,667 --> 00:45:35,917 "I shall come unto you like a bear 425 00:45:36,042 --> 00:45:37,792 "whose cubs are ravished. 426 00:45:39,667 --> 00:45:42,750 "As a lion I shall devour your children 427 00:45:42,875 --> 00:45:44,250 "and spill their entrails. 428 00:45:45,833 --> 00:45:48,500 "I will set upon ye a fearsome Beast 429 00:45:49,125 --> 00:45:52,708 "to consume you and your flocks, make your fields barren." 430 00:46:02,750 --> 00:46:07,250 How long, oh Lord, wouldst Thou forsake us? 431 00:46:30,708 --> 00:46:35,333 A candle for each victim. Is this truly the Age of Reason? 432 00:46:49,750 --> 00:46:51,042 Have mercy! 433 00:46:53,250 --> 00:46:54,833 Forgive me. 434 00:46:55,583 --> 00:46:57,083 Have mercy. 435 00:46:59,042 --> 00:47:00,167 Bless me. 436 00:47:04,625 --> 00:47:05,958 What is it, my son? 437 00:47:06,208 --> 00:47:07,583 God has punished me. 438 00:47:07,792 --> 00:47:09,875 She snatched my children on Mt. Mouchet. 439 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,083 I'm damned. We all are! 440 00:47:15,792 --> 00:47:18,625 Gather your men. We must leave. 441 00:47:24,875 --> 00:47:27,208 Alert Mani. I'll catch you on the way! 442 00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:34,500 Marianne! 443 00:47:35,625 --> 00:47:37,708 The wolves' friend. 444 00:47:37,833 --> 00:47:39,583 I have something for you. 445 00:47:46,250 --> 00:47:48,042 I want to see you. 446 00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:49,500 Alone. 447 00:47:52,458 --> 00:47:53,917 In 10 days 448 00:47:54,042 --> 00:47:56,958 my mother's going in retreat and my father to a cure. 449 00:47:57,083 --> 00:47:58,375 10 days? 450 00:47:58,625 --> 00:48:00,708 I'm not as free as you. 451 00:49:25,375 --> 00:49:26,667 The torch. 452 00:49:27,750 --> 00:49:29,333 Bring the torch! 453 00:49:34,208 --> 00:49:36,875 The storm is rising. The men are tired. 454 00:49:37,208 --> 00:49:38,500 We'd best go home. 455 00:49:39,417 --> 00:49:41,333 No. We must find the girl. 456 00:50:22,667 --> 00:50:24,458 I found the child. 457 00:50:43,292 --> 00:50:46,125 Captain, your web of traps 458 00:50:46,250 --> 00:50:48,833 snare more peasants than wolves. 459 00:50:48,958 --> 00:50:52,458 Your men have plundered the population. 460 00:50:53,042 --> 00:50:57,500 And since you began, the wolf has taken 12 more lives. 461 00:50:57,625 --> 00:51:00,708 She should never have escaped us. 462 00:51:00,833 --> 00:51:01,958 How's that? 463 00:51:02,083 --> 00:51:03,708 She should never have escaped us. 464 00:51:05,042 --> 00:51:06,833 What say you, Fronsac? 465 00:51:07,583 --> 00:51:10,167 What sort of wolf is this? 466 00:51:16,250 --> 00:51:19,125 My only certainty is that this is no wolf. 467 00:51:20,083 --> 00:51:23,333 Wolves don't attack men, or very rarely. 468 00:51:23,458 --> 00:51:25,083 I saw it in New France. 469 00:51:25,208 --> 00:51:27,875 Perhaps our wolves are different. 470 00:51:28,208 --> 00:51:30,333 A rabid wolf will attack. 471 00:51:30,792 --> 00:51:33,542 And dies within a fortnight. 472 00:51:33,667 --> 00:51:35,958 For 2 years, the Beast has run. 473 00:51:37,083 --> 00:51:40,708 Her victims bear wounds no wolf could inflict. 474 00:51:42,083 --> 00:51:45,500 I've found upon the body 475 00:51:45,625 --> 00:51:47,083 a piece of this metal. 476 00:51:48,208 --> 00:51:49,000 So? 477 00:51:49,542 --> 00:51:50,625 So... 478 00:51:53,292 --> 00:51:55,917 No animal has fangs of iron. 479 00:52:00,083 --> 00:52:02,042 Then the Beast is no animal? 480 00:52:02,167 --> 00:52:03,042 Fine. 481 00:52:03,833 --> 00:52:05,500 How do we catch her? 482 00:52:05,625 --> 00:52:08,375 While we speculate, she Kills. 483 00:52:08,792 --> 00:52:09,833 Gentlemen, 484 00:52:09,958 --> 00:52:13,333 let us hear M. de Fronsac, with utmost attention. 485 00:52:15,042 --> 00:52:17,208 So you say, sir, 486 00:52:17,333 --> 00:52:19,417 this is no ordinary animal. 487 00:52:21,083 --> 00:52:22,792 We all think so. 488 00:52:22,917 --> 00:52:27,125 And for myself I'm pleased you concede this is something... 489 00:52:27,875 --> 00:52:28,958 supernatural. 490 00:52:29,208 --> 00:52:33,125 I concede nothing, Father. I have only doubts. 491 00:52:33,958 --> 00:52:35,792 Anything to add? 492 00:52:37,292 --> 00:52:38,750 No, gentlemen. 493 00:52:40,625 --> 00:52:43,250 I've received this from Paris. 494 00:52:44,625 --> 00:52:45,667 Capt. Duhamel, 495 00:52:45,792 --> 00:52:49,833 His Majesty, informed of your ineffective efforts, 496 00:52:50,625 --> 00:52:53,542 requests you be relieved. 497 00:52:54,292 --> 00:52:58,208 You and your men are to return to Langogne at once. 498 00:52:58,958 --> 00:53:02,167 Sir Beauterne, Master at Arms, is on his way. 499 00:53:02,292 --> 00:53:05,625 His mandate is to Kill this ferocious wolf. 500 00:53:07,083 --> 00:53:10,917 He alone is authorized to hunt in the diocese. 501 00:53:12,792 --> 00:53:13,833 Gentlemen... 502 00:53:26,625 --> 00:53:28,500 Then I'm forgiven? 503 00:53:28,917 --> 00:53:32,667 I was curious to know my totem. Is that the word? 504 00:53:32,792 --> 00:53:34,458 I would guess... 505 00:53:35,708 --> 00:53:37,125 mermaid. 506 00:53:37,500 --> 00:53:39,333 Are you never serious? 507 00:53:39,458 --> 00:53:41,417 I'll ask your redskin. 508 00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:45,333 And the Beast? Have you spotted her? 509 00:53:46,625 --> 00:53:48,125 Forbidden subject? 510 00:53:48,250 --> 00:53:52,583 My absurd assumptions would get me laughed out of King's Garden. 511 00:53:53,375 --> 00:53:57,458 If I said the Beast is flesh and iron mixed, 512 00:53:57,750 --> 00:54:01,833 that it's possessed of reason and may disappear at will, 513 00:54:02,333 --> 00:54:03,500 what would you say? 514 00:54:03,625 --> 00:54:06,417 Country air has affected your mind. 515 00:54:06,542 --> 00:54:08,583 She's eluding me. 516 00:54:08,708 --> 00:54:12,250 After three months, you expect to have finished? 517 00:54:12,542 --> 00:54:15,333 Should the Beast have surrendered? 518 00:54:15,708 --> 00:54:17,833 Perhaps she's afraid of you. 519 00:54:18,167 --> 00:54:19,917 Am I so fearsome? 520 00:54:20,042 --> 00:54:22,875 A hard-won victory is better savored. 521 00:54:25,750 --> 00:54:28,708 Is it true you're going to Africa? 522 00:54:29,042 --> 00:54:32,625 For now it's but a naturalist's winter dream. 523 00:54:32,750 --> 00:54:36,042 And you? Ever yearn for new horizons? 524 00:54:38,083 --> 00:54:41,000 A lady has more duties than yearnings. 525 00:54:41,500 --> 00:54:43,708 Do you see Sardis over there? 526 00:54:44,917 --> 00:54:46,500 Watching over you? 527 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:49,500 Looking out for me. 528 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,958 Alone with you, God knows what could happen. 529 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,083 Let's go inside. Our priest might catch cold. 530 00:55:08,208 --> 00:55:10,125 Good evening, sir. 531 00:55:22,750 --> 00:55:24,125 You're in love. 532 00:55:24,583 --> 00:55:25,792 I don't know. 533 00:55:26,792 --> 00:55:27,833 I do. 534 00:55:28,333 --> 00:55:29,417 The cards? 535 00:55:30,083 --> 00:55:33,167 I've never needed them for you. 536 00:55:34,375 --> 00:55:36,458 So... let's drink. 537 00:55:38,250 --> 00:55:40,792 To Mademoiselle de Morangias. 538 00:55:42,208 --> 00:55:43,042 What? 539 00:55:43,917 --> 00:55:46,042 Her brother was here. 540 00:55:46,833 --> 00:55:48,375 You slept with him? 541 00:55:50,583 --> 00:55:53,500 Him? He can't stand to be touched. 542 00:55:55,042 --> 00:55:57,083 He watches, he drinks. 543 00:55:58,125 --> 00:56:01,833 Then he talks in his sleep like all men. 544 00:56:02,958 --> 00:56:04,625 Do I? 545 00:56:06,042 --> 00:56:07,375 What do I say? 546 00:56:08,417 --> 00:56:09,958 "Again!" 547 00:56:16,667 --> 00:56:20,917 Know how Florentine women keep their husbands home? 548 00:56:24,042 --> 00:56:26,167 Each morning, they give them 549 00:56:27,042 --> 00:56:29,458 a slow poison. 550 00:56:29,917 --> 00:56:32,167 And every evening the antidote. 551 00:56:32,292 --> 00:56:33,542 That way, 552 00:56:33,667 --> 00:56:38,167 when the husband sleeps away, he has a very bad night. 553 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,417 You needn't resort to that. 554 00:56:46,750 --> 00:56:49,542 Anyway, we aren't married. 555 00:58:15,458 --> 00:58:17,542 Make way for Antoine de Beauterne, 556 00:58:17,667 --> 00:58:20,042 his majesty's harquebus holder 557 00:58:20,167 --> 00:58:21,958 here to free the country 558 00:58:22,083 --> 00:58:23,083 from the beast. 559 00:58:44,125 --> 00:58:48,125 - I am Grégoire De Fronsac. - Yes, Buffon's envoy. 560 00:58:48,250 --> 00:58:50,000 The naturalist embalmer. 561 00:58:50,125 --> 00:58:53,667 M. De Beauterne is at the Intendent's. Come at 2. 562 00:59:34,292 --> 00:59:37,875 His Majesty asked my advice about your report. 563 00:59:39,333 --> 00:59:41,750 Complicated fables indeed! 564 00:59:42,833 --> 00:59:46,083 I believe the Beast is a wolf. 565 00:59:49,292 --> 00:59:53,375 I shall go out for it tomorrow. I would rather 566 00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:54,875 you didn't come. 567 00:59:58,500 --> 01:00:00,125 Why is that? 568 01:00:01,333 --> 01:00:03,625 The King left this affair to me, 569 01:00:04,250 --> 01:00:06,167 and to my sole discretion. 570 01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:09,750 I have no need of you to end it. 571 01:00:14,375 --> 01:00:19,500 On the table, there's a letter from Buff on and our beloved King. 572 01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,875 I'm at his service, but believe me this is not... 573 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:27,042 I've read your report. 574 01:00:27,417 --> 01:00:29,542 Trouble yourself no longer with this Beast. 575 01:00:29,667 --> 01:00:30,958 It's my affair. 576 01:00:33,458 --> 01:00:34,708 You may go. 577 01:00:40,500 --> 01:00:41,667 Come here. 578 01:01:56,958 --> 01:02:00,667 A woman from Lorciere, coming from the fair, was attacked... 579 01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:05,042 Near Mt. Mouchet, she vanished in the wood. 580 01:02:05,167 --> 01:02:07,667 The Beast attacked in St. Alban. 581 01:02:07,917 --> 01:02:11,833 God punished me for my sins. My children perished at Mt. Mouchet. 582 01:02:20,833 --> 01:02:23,250 ...no more than I believe in... 583 01:02:30,042 --> 01:02:31,792 The Beast is no animal. 584 01:02:35,833 --> 01:02:38,125 No animal has iron fangs. 585 01:02:38,458 --> 01:02:40,458 Sir, come at once. 586 01:02:43,167 --> 01:02:44,583 I saw him! 587 01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:49,833 Dispensing poison and saying Satanic incantations! 588 01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:53,375 God knows for how long! 589 01:03:04,958 --> 01:03:06,250 Let him go. 590 01:03:08,417 --> 01:03:10,292 An Indian remedy, Father. 591 01:03:10,417 --> 01:03:12,792 Only our prayers may save her. 592 01:03:14,625 --> 01:03:16,500 But, she was... 593 01:03:17,333 --> 01:03:18,625 A miracle. 594 01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:21,750 What happened to your brother? 595 01:04:11,375 --> 01:04:13,000 A man with the Beast? 596 01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,375 The lass is incoherent. 597 01:04:36,667 --> 01:04:38,667 Yes, the Beast is dead. 598 01:04:38,958 --> 01:04:41,333 No cure for 10 gut shots. 599 01:04:48,167 --> 01:04:51,500 We've brought your things. Begin at once. 600 01:05:00,542 --> 01:05:02,833 - It's not the Beast. - To work. 601 01:05:02,958 --> 01:05:04,500 Ridiculous! 602 01:05:04,625 --> 01:05:06,417 M. de Beauterne is coming. 603 01:05:06,542 --> 01:05:08,083 Watch your lip! 604 01:05:08,208 --> 01:05:10,750 Hello. Leave us. 605 01:05:11,542 --> 01:05:14,500 Don't you like my Beast? 606 01:05:14,625 --> 01:05:18,292 What is this? You know it's not the Beast. 607 01:05:18,542 --> 01:05:21,042 Her jaw is twice as large. 608 01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:23,708 You can fix that here. 609 01:05:23,833 --> 01:05:24,708 What? 610 01:05:24,833 --> 01:05:27,833 Paris awaits. I have only this wolf. 611 01:05:27,958 --> 01:05:30,083 So make me a Beast. 612 01:05:30,750 --> 01:05:33,500 - To fool the King? - No, Fronsac. 613 01:05:34,208 --> 01:05:36,208 I carry out his will. 614 01:05:36,833 --> 01:05:39,458 You'd be wise to do as much. 615 01:05:40,667 --> 01:05:42,750 Is that a threat, sir? 616 01:05:42,875 --> 01:05:45,750 At my age? Come now, you know me. 617 01:05:45,875 --> 01:05:48,750 You're too smart to need threats. 618 01:05:49,125 --> 01:05:52,375 Do your duty, the King will be grateful. 619 01:05:52,500 --> 01:05:55,292 Otherwise, he'll be quite upset. 620 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:59,125 You have what you need. I'm counting on you. 621 01:05:59,458 --> 01:06:00,958 Good-bye for now. 622 01:08:43,125 --> 01:08:45,750 Good evening, sad knight. 623 01:08:49,500 --> 01:08:51,833 Not pleased to return to Paris? 624 01:08:52,542 --> 01:08:55,792 The Beast is dead. You should be glad. 625 01:08:56,542 --> 01:08:58,542 Want to hear a secret? 626 01:08:59,833 --> 01:09:01,542 I collect them! 627 01:09:03,458 --> 01:09:05,292 Beauterne killed a wolf. 628 01:09:05,417 --> 01:09:06,917 He's an impostor. 629 01:09:07,958 --> 01:09:09,583 I'm his accomplice. 630 01:09:11,958 --> 01:09:12,917 Here... 631 01:09:13,958 --> 01:09:15,958 Drink to our treachery. 632 01:09:53,417 --> 01:09:55,417 You saw nothing. 633 01:10:16,458 --> 01:10:18,958 You are no longer welcome. 634 01:10:19,375 --> 01:10:22,583 Tell Mlle De Morangias I'm here. 635 01:10:22,708 --> 01:10:25,042 I said... Talk of the devil! 636 01:10:25,708 --> 01:10:28,750 My son and I were just speaking of you. 637 01:10:29,667 --> 01:10:32,000 I'm here to see your daughter. 638 01:10:32,125 --> 01:10:35,000 - Out of the question. - I insist. 639 01:10:35,125 --> 01:10:36,667 Let him in, Mother. 640 01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:42,792 Careful, Jean-Francois. 641 01:10:42,917 --> 01:10:44,583 You know what will happen. 642 01:10:44,708 --> 01:10:45,833 Leave us. 643 01:10:49,208 --> 01:10:52,208 Sir... Marianne is sick. 644 01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:56,375 I don't understand. 645 01:11:00,792 --> 01:11:04,375 Yet, Fronsac, you know what is gnawing at her. 646 01:11:05,333 --> 01:11:06,458 Where is she? 647 01:11:09,833 --> 01:11:10,917 Follow me. 648 01:11:14,583 --> 01:11:16,542 How kind of you to visit me! 649 01:11:17,500 --> 01:11:19,250 Mademoiselle, what is going on? 650 01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:22,542 I'm to return to Paris. But if you say the word... 651 01:11:22,667 --> 01:11:24,167 Bon voyage! 652 01:11:29,042 --> 01:11:30,667 I warned you, sir. 653 01:11:32,583 --> 01:11:34,458 You once gave me a gift. 654 01:11:34,833 --> 01:11:36,458 Here are two in return... 655 01:11:36,708 --> 01:11:38,208 for your collection. 656 01:11:41,833 --> 01:11:44,250 I was warned about your kind. 657 01:11:45,958 --> 01:11:50,292 My kind, Mademoiselle, does not condemn people without listening. 658 01:11:51,333 --> 01:11:54,500 Whatever has happened, let me explain. 659 01:11:54,792 --> 01:11:56,500 Do not trouble yourself. 660 01:11:57,792 --> 01:12:01,708 Sir, do not make this harder than it already is. 661 01:12:03,958 --> 01:12:07,125 Agree that you are no man for my sister 662 01:12:07,708 --> 01:12:09,958 and leave it at that, my friend. 663 01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:13,583 She won't nurse you all her life! 664 01:12:19,833 --> 01:12:23,125 Aren't you glad to leave here in one piece? 665 01:12:24,167 --> 01:12:27,458 We used to flay men for looking at her. 666 01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:30,458 Times change. 667 01:12:30,583 --> 01:12:32,333 Not everywhere, Fronsac. 668 01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:34,625 Not here they don't. 669 01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:40,625 I'm sorry... 670 01:12:41,875 --> 01:12:43,542 Will you hit me, too? 671 01:12:45,667 --> 01:12:46,833 Farewell. 672 01:12:49,500 --> 01:12:51,667 No regrets. He didn't deserve you. 673 01:12:55,125 --> 01:12:57,458 On this historic day, thanks be 674 01:12:57,583 --> 01:13:01,125 to Sir Grégoire De Fronsac, of King's Garden. 675 01:13:01,625 --> 01:13:04,667 The Beast's end is partly his. 676 01:13:06,125 --> 01:13:09,042 But it is mostly thanks to your Majesty. 677 01:13:09,792 --> 01:13:11,375 Let that be known. 678 01:13:12,333 --> 01:13:16,125 In your sole person resides sovereign power. 679 01:13:19,583 --> 01:13:22,208 Only a beast could ignore it. 680 01:13:22,333 --> 01:13:24,000 That Beast is no more. 681 01:13:25,042 --> 01:13:27,792 I have only little merit. 682 01:13:28,292 --> 01:13:32,583 Your power bestowed upon me, I merely needed to appear 683 01:13:32,833 --> 01:13:35,667 and the Beast laid down her arms. 684 01:13:44,333 --> 01:13:45,708 What is this? 685 01:13:45,833 --> 01:13:49,875 Beauterne's carried out his orders. As we all should. 686 01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:51,667 - What orders? - Mine. 687 01:13:54,292 --> 01:13:56,875 This is M. Mercier, 688 01:13:57,208 --> 01:14:01,208 special counsel to his Majesty for domestic matters. 689 01:14:01,917 --> 01:14:05,458 It was his idea to send Antoine de Beauterne. 690 01:14:06,792 --> 01:14:09,167 You're to thank for this prompt victory? 691 01:14:09,292 --> 01:14:12,583 Admirable scruples, but it's for the greater good. 692 01:14:13,542 --> 01:14:14,667 Have you read this? 693 01:14:16,458 --> 01:14:18,167 Not for sale, 694 01:14:18,292 --> 01:14:19,667 but you may keep it. 695 01:14:20,167 --> 01:14:21,333 It was banned? 696 01:14:21,458 --> 01:14:24,167 A fable undermining the King. 697 01:14:24,292 --> 01:14:28,500 Any longer, we'd have had trouble. People are so gullible. 698 01:14:28,958 --> 01:14:33,458 Better to lie than let lies be spread? 699 01:14:34,667 --> 01:14:37,042 Truth is a complicated thing. 700 01:14:37,167 --> 01:14:39,792 One must govern by simplicity. 701 01:14:40,042 --> 01:14:43,000 No more Beast, no more problem. 702 01:14:43,250 --> 01:14:45,875 - She'll go on killing. - Without acclaim. 703 01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,500 That's what counts. 704 01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:49,542 I was forgetting. 705 01:14:49,667 --> 01:14:52,250 His Majesty is most thankful. 706 01:14:52,375 --> 01:14:55,167 It's said you want to go to Africa. 707 01:14:55,292 --> 01:14:58,917 In six months, a schooner sets sail for Senegal. 708 01:14:59,958 --> 01:15:01,167 If you wish, 709 01:15:01,500 --> 01:15:02,958 you'll be aboard. 710 01:15:05,750 --> 01:15:08,625 Of course, we'll never speak of Gévaudan again. 711 01:15:10,333 --> 01:15:11,958 Well, Fronsac... 712 01:18:37,917 --> 01:18:40,000 Marianne De Morangias? 713 01:18:41,167 --> 01:18:42,500 Madame... 714 01:18:42,917 --> 01:18:44,792 I don't believe I know you. 715 01:18:46,583 --> 01:18:50,792 You and I have a mutual friend. 716 01:18:52,333 --> 01:18:54,000 Why are you here? 717 01:18:54,125 --> 01:18:56,417 No need to hide your face. 718 01:18:57,125 --> 01:18:59,375 Your perfume is not that of a lady. 719 01:19:02,083 --> 01:19:04,375 Grégoire De Fronsac only ever loved 720 01:19:04,500 --> 01:19:05,458 one woman. 721 01:19:05,583 --> 01:19:07,792 He calls you in his sleep. 722 01:19:09,542 --> 01:19:10,875 He's going away 723 01:19:11,417 --> 01:19:13,208 on a long journey. 724 01:19:14,333 --> 01:19:15,625 I care not. 725 01:19:18,125 --> 01:19:22,208 When next you see Fronsac, don't say you saw me 726 01:19:22,583 --> 01:19:24,750 or you will lose him for good. 727 01:19:38,083 --> 01:19:39,917 Who was that, my child? 728 01:19:41,208 --> 01:19:42,500 No one. 729 01:20:09,125 --> 01:20:11,042 Put that in the hold, too. 730 01:20:13,333 --> 01:20:16,042 Put those in my cabin. They're fragile. 731 01:20:17,458 --> 01:20:18,792 Hello, sir. 732 01:20:19,708 --> 01:20:20,917 Marquis! 733 01:20:23,875 --> 01:20:25,333 What brings you? 734 01:20:26,542 --> 01:20:27,750 Bad news. 735 01:20:28,792 --> 01:20:31,167 The crimes have begun again. 736 01:20:31,292 --> 01:20:33,167 The King won't send more men. 737 01:20:33,292 --> 01:20:35,500 I can't even find volunteers. 738 01:20:35,625 --> 01:20:38,667 I can't help you catch the Beast. 739 01:20:38,792 --> 01:20:41,375 Well, you're not the only one I need. 740 01:20:42,458 --> 01:20:44,208 Mani found the girl. 741 01:20:44,750 --> 01:20:48,333 Just one hunt! You'll be back in a month. 742 01:20:48,458 --> 01:20:51,083 The King won't let us go back. 743 01:20:51,958 --> 01:20:54,333 - He won't know. - You're wrong. 744 01:20:54,458 --> 01:20:57,250 Many sacrifices could be avoided. 745 01:20:58,292 --> 01:21:00,042 You won't change my mind. 746 01:21:01,958 --> 01:21:03,375 Want to bet? 747 01:21:03,500 --> 01:21:05,958 Last time, you lost. 748 01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:09,083 It's a pity I need this to persuade you. 749 01:21:10,875 --> 01:21:12,208 It's from Marianne. 750 01:21:12,583 --> 01:21:13,792 Where's Mani? 751 01:21:18,125 --> 01:21:19,375 Hey, my friend! 752 01:21:28,458 --> 01:21:29,667 How are you? 753 01:21:32,750 --> 01:21:34,875 We're going hunting again. 754 01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:36,750 We'll do it your way. 755 01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:39,833 Well, sir, good news? 756 01:21:40,833 --> 01:21:43,333 The best possible news, Marquis! 757 01:21:50,542 --> 01:21:53,583 In the Gévaudan, the crimes continued. 758 01:21:54,583 --> 01:21:57,333 Officially, the Beast was dead. 759 01:21:58,292 --> 01:22:02,125 What really happened appears in no history book. 760 01:22:02,667 --> 01:22:04,833 It was carefully hushed up. 761 01:22:09,458 --> 01:22:11,125 Is he welcoming us? 762 01:22:11,667 --> 01:22:13,250 He wants to help us. 763 01:22:16,625 --> 01:22:19,458 Go to the castle. I'll meet you there. 764 01:22:49,583 --> 01:22:50,917 What is it? 765 01:22:59,500 --> 01:23:01,750 The Roulier house? 766 01:23:02,125 --> 01:23:03,042 Straight on. 767 01:23:03,500 --> 01:23:05,333 Last in the village. 768 01:24:08,875 --> 01:24:09,958 This is Jeanne, 769 01:24:11,208 --> 01:24:12,375 my nanny. 770 01:24:14,625 --> 01:24:16,750 Pierre, fetch some wine. 771 01:24:30,625 --> 01:24:33,708 I'm being watched. They might know you're back. 772 01:24:33,833 --> 01:24:36,375 I'll tear you away from your family. 773 01:24:50,958 --> 01:24:54,083 I can't bear my mother, nor Jean-Francois. 774 01:24:54,667 --> 01:24:56,292 I want to leave. 775 01:24:56,583 --> 01:24:58,750 In a week, we'll go to Paris. 776 01:24:58,875 --> 01:25:00,250 Why wait? 777 01:25:01,125 --> 01:25:02,458 The hunt. 778 01:25:02,875 --> 01:25:04,250 I promised the Marquis. 779 01:25:04,375 --> 01:25:06,208 You didn't return for me? 780 01:25:33,667 --> 01:25:34,917 Look out! 781 01:25:46,833 --> 01:25:48,208 Leave! 782 01:25:48,333 --> 01:25:50,083 Slowly, don't run! 783 01:25:51,000 --> 01:25:52,500 Over here! Look at me! 784 01:25:52,625 --> 01:25:53,708 Come here! 785 01:26:10,958 --> 01:26:12,917 Go, Marianne! 786 01:26:52,625 --> 01:26:54,542 What is this? Open up! 787 01:27:44,292 --> 01:27:48,042 Tell me, do you really think we'll find this Beast? 788 01:27:48,292 --> 01:27:50,083 We're short of men. 789 01:27:50,208 --> 01:27:51,250 Mani's able. 790 01:27:51,625 --> 01:27:53,167 I'm hunting a man. 791 01:27:56,625 --> 01:27:57,750 A man? 792 01:27:58,625 --> 01:28:01,375 The Beast is a weapon serving a sick mind. 793 01:28:03,250 --> 01:28:05,750 - A killer works in secret. - Quite. 794 01:28:05,875 --> 01:28:08,708 The Beast's mystery is its fame. 795 01:28:10,375 --> 01:28:13,417 Her master seeks fear and noise. 796 01:28:14,333 --> 01:28:15,417 How's that? 797 01:28:16,208 --> 01:28:18,292 This book is sold all over. 798 01:28:21,417 --> 01:28:24,750 It says the Beast is punishing the King's indulgence 799 01:28:24,875 --> 01:28:26,125 in philosophers. 800 01:28:26,500 --> 01:28:27,750 Who wrote it? 801 01:28:28,167 --> 01:28:29,417 I don't know, 802 01:28:29,542 --> 01:28:31,500 but the Beast has a master. I want him. 803 01:28:52,375 --> 01:28:54,833 Perhaps your weapon will help. 804 01:28:55,542 --> 01:28:57,833 With you the carrier! 805 01:28:58,375 --> 01:28:59,958 And you, Mani? 806 01:29:00,417 --> 01:29:01,958 Which will you choose? 807 01:29:02,375 --> 01:29:04,292 Mani doesn't like firearms. 808 01:29:05,083 --> 01:29:07,333 Too much noise and smoke. 809 01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:09,000 Bad smell. 810 01:29:30,708 --> 01:29:32,417 All will go well, Grandfather. 811 01:29:34,958 --> 01:29:36,125 Don't worry. 812 01:29:36,250 --> 01:29:37,625 We're well prepared. 813 01:31:51,583 --> 01:31:53,583 Tell me of the Americas. 814 01:31:57,417 --> 01:31:58,625 Will you never go back? 815 01:32:00,958 --> 01:32:02,542 Not all my souvenirs are good. 816 01:32:03,042 --> 01:32:05,708 And Mani? Does he miss his tribe? 817 01:32:06,417 --> 01:32:08,417 His tribe is no more. 818 01:32:08,833 --> 01:32:12,000 Before our attack, the pox had decimated his village. 819 01:32:13,375 --> 01:32:16,708 Orders were to execute survivors. The women, 820 01:32:16,833 --> 01:32:18,292 and the children, too. 821 01:32:19,167 --> 01:32:21,000 Only Mani escaped. 822 01:32:21,708 --> 01:32:22,667 How? 823 01:32:22,792 --> 01:32:25,167 We needed an interpreter. 824 01:32:25,458 --> 01:32:30,292 I was to teach him our language. I found him slaying the Captain. 825 01:32:30,917 --> 01:32:32,625 Why not turn him in? 826 01:32:33,500 --> 01:32:35,792 Know how the Captain waged battle? 827 01:32:36,708 --> 01:32:40,292 He gave his scouts infected hospital sheets. 828 01:32:41,083 --> 01:32:42,458 The Iroquois bought them. 829 01:32:43,375 --> 01:32:45,708 Three weeks later, we'd mop up. 830 01:32:46,083 --> 01:32:47,542 And that's our war? 831 01:32:47,792 --> 01:32:49,875 It was our defeat. 832 01:32:53,750 --> 01:32:55,333 Where did he go? 833 01:32:56,250 --> 01:32:58,083 To speak to the trees. 834 01:32:58,208 --> 01:32:59,125 Trees? 835 01:32:59,250 --> 01:33:00,750 Trees can speak. 836 01:33:03,167 --> 01:33:05,000 The white man cannot listen 837 01:33:05,833 --> 01:33:07,125 or see. 838 01:33:07,750 --> 01:33:09,042 See what, Mani? 839 01:33:15,833 --> 01:33:17,375 Want to learn? 840 01:33:17,750 --> 01:33:18,958 What's this? 841 01:33:19,208 --> 01:33:20,708 An Indian sacrament. 842 01:33:21,083 --> 01:33:23,167 You're on your own, Marquis. 843 01:33:27,250 --> 01:33:28,250 What's it do? 844 01:33:29,292 --> 01:33:30,375 Depends on the person. 845 01:33:32,583 --> 01:33:34,958 They say they see the invisible. 846 01:33:36,917 --> 01:33:38,000 Mani? 847 01:33:38,625 --> 01:33:42,125 The Beast is in the forest. The wolves will help us. 848 01:33:42,250 --> 01:33:43,500 I see no better. 849 01:33:43,625 --> 01:33:47,625 This night we shall dance the dance of blood. 850 01:33:49,375 --> 01:33:53,250 And the Beast shall come to us with the sun. 851 01:33:54,208 --> 01:33:55,583 It has no effect on me. 852 01:34:01,958 --> 01:34:05,792 That night, Mani invoked spirits in a language 853 01:34:05,917 --> 01:34:09,167 even Fronsac couldn't understand. 854 01:34:09,750 --> 01:34:12,875 And the wolves brought them the Beast. 855 01:37:21,958 --> 01:37:25,167 Don't worry, I'll fix this for you. 856 01:38:52,917 --> 01:38:55,667 Don't worry, girl. I'll see to you. 857 01:38:57,542 --> 01:38:59,875 I'll take care of you. 858 01:43:44,792 --> 01:43:46,458 Thomas is asleep. 859 01:43:47,208 --> 01:43:48,792 A close call. 860 01:43:49,583 --> 01:43:51,792 I'm sorry for the Indian. 861 01:43:52,375 --> 01:43:53,667 What is there? 862 01:43:53,792 --> 01:43:56,875 Tell me, what manor is this? I need to know. 863 01:43:57,375 --> 01:43:58,958 It's a domain. 864 01:43:59,458 --> 01:44:00,917 A hunting ground. 865 01:44:03,750 --> 01:44:06,208 Sir, you need rest. 866 01:46:01,750 --> 01:46:03,250 Hurry! Fire! 867 01:50:14,750 --> 01:50:17,000 He's over there. Come on! 868 01:50:41,708 --> 01:50:44,583 Fronsac returned to the Indian's side. 869 01:50:45,208 --> 01:50:47,542 His revenge had hardly begun. 870 01:50:47,958 --> 01:50:49,917 But Indian custom 871 01:50:50,042 --> 01:50:54,833 required that, at dawn's first light, he be sent to his ancestors. 872 01:51:00,625 --> 01:51:02,167 What do you want? 873 01:51:03,125 --> 01:51:05,583 Too much blood has been spilled. 874 01:51:06,583 --> 01:51:08,667 You're in great peril here. 875 01:51:09,792 --> 01:51:12,333 I have business to attend. 876 01:51:13,083 --> 01:51:14,917 Is it worth your life? 877 01:51:17,250 --> 01:51:18,833 How long have you known? 878 01:51:20,250 --> 01:51:22,042 I don't know what you mean. 879 01:51:22,167 --> 01:51:23,875 Come now, Sardis. 880 01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:25,000 How? 881 01:51:26,250 --> 01:51:28,292 How did it get this far? 882 01:51:29,542 --> 01:51:31,417 No one will believe you. 883 01:51:34,167 --> 01:51:35,792 Go away, Sardis. 884 01:51:38,083 --> 01:51:39,542 May God save you. 885 01:51:41,292 --> 01:51:43,500 May the Devil take you. 886 01:52:04,583 --> 01:52:06,125 You're under arrest. 887 01:52:06,250 --> 01:52:09,250 By order of the Intendent, 888 01:52:09,375 --> 01:52:11,375 please offer no resistance. 889 01:52:11,500 --> 01:52:12,625 That's ridiculous. 890 01:52:49,750 --> 01:52:52,667 - A lady to see you. - Later. Tonight. 891 01:53:02,500 --> 01:53:04,083 Get up. You've got company. 892 01:53:04,208 --> 01:53:06,083 Aren't I in solitary confinement? 893 01:53:06,208 --> 01:53:07,458 Depends for whom. 894 01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:20,250 Sorry. 895 01:53:23,000 --> 01:53:24,708 Bring your guest some dinner. 896 01:53:28,500 --> 01:53:29,250 How? 897 01:53:30,167 --> 01:53:31,750 Many owe me favors. 898 01:53:33,375 --> 01:53:35,583 Help me. I must write the King. 899 01:53:37,167 --> 01:53:40,417 You'd be hung before he read your letter. 900 01:53:40,708 --> 01:53:42,917 I've yet to stand trial. 901 01:53:43,625 --> 01:53:44,667 Here. 902 01:53:52,125 --> 01:53:54,958 - Tell me of the Beast. - A trained animal. 903 01:53:55,625 --> 01:53:58,042 Cloaked in armor. I wounded it. 904 01:54:01,958 --> 01:54:03,667 Why the sudden interest? 905 01:54:03,792 --> 01:54:04,917 Two years ago, 906 01:54:05,708 --> 01:54:08,542 a confidential letter from Sardis 907 01:54:08,667 --> 01:54:10,417 was given to the Pope. 908 01:54:10,542 --> 01:54:14,250 It spoke of a newly founded secret society, 909 01:54:14,667 --> 01:54:17,000 whose purpose was to speak 910 01:54:17,917 --> 01:54:21,167 and defend, by any means, the word of the Church. 911 01:54:22,833 --> 01:54:24,250 The "Brotherhood." 912 01:54:24,750 --> 01:54:25,958 Sardis. 913 01:54:27,083 --> 01:54:28,750 He was using the Beast. 914 01:54:31,500 --> 01:54:32,708 The Beast 915 01:54:33,375 --> 01:54:35,583 is a warning to the King: 916 01:54:36,167 --> 01:54:40,250 "Heed the power of the Lord or suffer Apocalypse." 917 01:54:41,000 --> 01:54:43,167 Members are known as 918 01:54:43,292 --> 01:54:44,458 "wolves of God." 919 01:54:46,500 --> 01:54:48,583 It serves the Church? 920 01:54:53,667 --> 01:54:55,750 Sardis serves only himself. 921 01:54:56,167 --> 01:54:58,292 This age has made him mad. 922 01:54:58,667 --> 01:55:01,833 The group is beyond Rome's control. 923 01:55:06,375 --> 01:55:08,042 In whose employ are you? 924 01:55:08,167 --> 01:55:11,917 My duties include never letting that be known. 925 01:55:19,583 --> 01:55:20,750 And you... 926 01:55:21,208 --> 01:55:22,917 You know quite enough. 927 01:55:33,167 --> 01:55:36,250 Mile De Morangias, what an honor. 928 01:55:36,833 --> 01:55:38,583 How fares the Countess? 929 01:55:38,708 --> 01:55:40,375 Please sit down. 930 01:55:42,958 --> 01:55:45,250 And your father? Still in cure? 931 01:55:46,625 --> 01:55:49,250 He's too fond of rich food. 932 01:55:50,667 --> 01:55:53,542 Sir, you've arrested Fronsac. 933 01:55:55,167 --> 01:55:57,042 Such a man, how far he's fallen. 934 01:55:58,000 --> 01:56:00,708 - He's neither bandit nor murderer. - Really? 935 01:56:01,917 --> 01:56:03,000 Listen, 936 01:56:03,583 --> 01:56:05,667 he must've had his reasons. 937 01:56:06,042 --> 01:56:08,250 If they killed the Indian... 938 01:56:08,375 --> 01:56:09,958 That's another matter. 939 01:56:12,458 --> 01:56:15,417 You don't avenge a savage with Christian blood. 940 01:56:17,792 --> 01:56:19,083 May I visit him? 941 01:56:30,458 --> 01:56:31,750 Impossible. 942 01:56:33,917 --> 01:56:35,000 Very well. 943 01:56:36,042 --> 01:56:38,292 Paris shall hear of this. 944 01:56:38,792 --> 01:56:42,458 You don't understand. Fronsac passed away. 945 01:56:43,583 --> 01:56:45,042 Last night. 946 01:56:58,500 --> 01:57:01,000 In any case they'd have hung him. 947 01:57:01,667 --> 01:57:04,333 Upon reflection, he was lucky. 948 01:57:05,375 --> 01:57:07,583 He was in your custody. 949 01:57:08,500 --> 01:57:10,125 Perhaps he choked. 950 01:57:10,625 --> 01:57:13,000 Or caught a blight in the mattress. 951 01:57:13,458 --> 01:57:14,750 You're lying. 952 01:57:15,667 --> 01:57:17,292 You're all lying! 953 01:57:18,417 --> 01:57:21,208 Courage, it's the will of God. 954 01:57:25,375 --> 01:57:26,542 Come. 955 01:57:26,667 --> 01:57:28,000 I'll escort you home. 956 01:57:28,125 --> 01:57:30,333 She needs rest. 957 01:57:34,000 --> 01:57:36,333 - Let me alone! - It's over. 958 01:57:41,333 --> 01:57:42,917 He's already reeking. 959 01:57:43,333 --> 01:57:45,958 Bury him quickly in an unmarked grave. 960 01:57:46,833 --> 01:57:49,917 She threatened to go to the King. 961 01:57:50,500 --> 01:57:52,125 That girl is dangerous. 962 01:57:57,417 --> 01:58:00,292 Fronsac was buried that very night, 963 01:58:01,083 --> 01:58:04,417 long before news of his death reached Paris. 964 01:58:06,125 --> 01:58:10,000 No one knew what secrets he took to his grave. 965 01:58:12,083 --> 01:58:15,625 For several days, the Beast did not strike. 966 01:58:16,708 --> 01:58:20,292 But the sudden disappearance of her most dauntless foe 967 01:58:20,667 --> 01:58:23,167 seemed of darkest portent. 968 01:58:44,917 --> 01:58:45,958 Hurry. 969 01:58:53,625 --> 01:58:56,917 Father, I'm guilty, I have sinned. 970 01:58:57,375 --> 01:58:58,500 Forgive me... 971 01:59:00,125 --> 01:59:03,125 Marianne... Day and night I think of her. 972 01:59:03,917 --> 01:59:07,042 I hear her heart beating in my chest. 973 01:59:08,292 --> 01:59:10,875 I want her on our side, Sardis. 974 01:59:11,000 --> 01:59:12,917 The Lord is testing you. 975 01:59:13,500 --> 01:59:15,458 I can't endure it. 976 01:59:18,667 --> 01:59:20,083 The visions. 977 01:59:22,833 --> 01:59:26,167 These accursed visions torment me. 978 01:59:29,458 --> 01:59:31,292 Deliver me, Father. 979 01:59:32,458 --> 01:59:34,250 I beg of you. 980 01:59:35,792 --> 01:59:38,667 There's only one remedy for this evil. 981 02:00:42,750 --> 02:00:44,750 Don't drink, sister. 982 02:00:46,750 --> 02:00:48,375 They want to kill you. 983 02:00:50,125 --> 02:00:51,708 But I won't let them. 984 02:00:53,708 --> 02:00:55,500 Who does? 985 02:00:57,125 --> 02:00:58,167 Who? 986 02:01:00,167 --> 02:01:01,875 We're going to leave, 987 02:01:02,167 --> 02:01:03,833 just you and me. 988 02:01:04,625 --> 02:01:06,333 How about America? 989 02:01:08,833 --> 02:01:11,750 You've hurt me, but I forgive you. 990 02:01:17,958 --> 02:01:19,833 Please. What are you doing? 991 02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:23,167 Stay. 992 02:01:28,167 --> 02:01:29,750 Would I harm you? 993 02:01:29,958 --> 02:01:31,917 Please stay away from me. 994 02:01:34,167 --> 02:01:35,958 Marianne, I need you. 995 02:01:36,792 --> 02:01:39,625 You saved me when I was sick, no one else. 996 02:01:40,833 --> 02:01:43,583 Your face ended my nightmares. 997 02:01:43,708 --> 02:01:45,958 Your hand on my brow chased demons. 998 02:01:46,083 --> 02:01:48,792 You can't know all I've done to keep you near. 999 02:01:48,917 --> 02:01:52,125 I beg of you, don't shun me. 1000 02:02:00,250 --> 02:02:01,375 Why? 1001 02:02:05,792 --> 02:02:07,125 Do I disgust you? 1002 02:02:07,333 --> 02:02:09,875 You don't frighten me. Get out. 1003 02:02:12,958 --> 02:02:14,458 Because of this? 1004 02:02:20,333 --> 02:02:21,792 Never fear. 1005 02:02:23,167 --> 02:02:26,000 From now on, I'll take care of you. 1006 02:02:27,625 --> 02:02:28,542 Look. 1007 02:02:30,250 --> 02:02:31,792 No one knows. 1008 02:02:32,125 --> 02:02:33,750 Only Sardis and I. 1009 02:02:49,250 --> 02:02:50,542 Leave! 1010 02:02:50,667 --> 02:02:51,875 Get out! 1011 02:02:53,500 --> 02:02:54,708 Why? 1012 02:02:57,292 --> 02:02:59,125 You're not my brother. 1013 02:02:59,917 --> 02:03:02,458 Another man returned from Africa. 1014 02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:06,375 That's true, but it was for you I left. 1015 02:03:08,000 --> 02:03:10,375 But for you, all this would not be. 1016 02:03:11,000 --> 02:03:12,000 All this? 1017 02:03:22,333 --> 02:03:23,875 It's your odor 1018 02:03:24,417 --> 02:03:27,500 that foul thing smelled on me. 1019 02:03:29,667 --> 02:03:32,083 We're of the same blood, Marianne. 1020 02:03:36,417 --> 02:03:38,208 When father comes back, 1021 02:03:39,125 --> 02:03:40,708 he'll kill you! 1022 02:03:42,583 --> 02:03:44,500 Unless I kill him? 1023 02:03:45,083 --> 02:03:46,625 He's hindered us so long. 1024 02:03:48,250 --> 02:03:51,000 Go ahead. Do it, go ahead. 1025 02:04:15,500 --> 02:04:17,208 Why didn't you? 1026 02:04:18,500 --> 02:04:20,625 Is it so difficult? Look. 1027 02:04:20,750 --> 02:04:22,917 - Stop. - Then you love me? 1028 02:04:30,125 --> 02:04:31,750 Marianne, I love you. 1029 02:04:37,083 --> 02:04:40,500 Brothers, the Lord has told me, 1030 02:04:40,958 --> 02:04:42,958 the Beast will be back 1031 02:04:43,292 --> 02:04:47,292 to herald the return of values to our decadent kingdom. 1032 02:04:48,417 --> 02:04:50,708 And in a reborn France 1033 02:04:51,083 --> 02:04:53,625 we shall be invisible princes, 1034 02:04:53,917 --> 02:04:55,542 for God is with us. 1035 02:05:08,500 --> 02:05:11,625 The people cannot fathom the Lord's wrath. 1036 02:05:12,167 --> 02:05:15,167 The unjust censure of the King 1037 02:05:15,750 --> 02:05:19,250 cannot withstand the public's rage. 1038 02:05:19,917 --> 02:05:22,958 When that wrath is at a climax, 1039 02:05:23,083 --> 02:05:25,417 we'll bargain with the King. 1040 02:05:25,542 --> 02:05:27,792 If he couldn't repress one, 1041 02:05:28,250 --> 02:05:31,583 imagine if, from all over the realm, 1042 02:05:31,708 --> 02:05:34,542 other Beasts burst forth. 1043 02:05:36,375 --> 02:05:40,292 The hour is at hand to reap what we've sewn. 1044 02:05:43,792 --> 02:05:46,583 Let us read from Malachi. 1045 02:05:46,917 --> 02:05:51,000 "The word of the priest is the depository of science, 1046 02:05:51,708 --> 02:05:54,958 "and from his mouth is sought knowledge of the law, 1047 02:05:56,417 --> 02:05:59,625 "for he is the angel of the lord of hosts..." 1048 02:05:59,750 --> 02:06:02,125 "He who adores the Beast 1049 02:06:03,708 --> 02:06:06,167 "shall drink the Lord's wrath. 1050 02:06:06,500 --> 02:06:10,042 "He shall be tormented in the fire and brimstone 1051 02:06:10,833 --> 02:06:12,500 "before the angels, 1052 02:06:12,833 --> 02:06:17,000 "and the smoke shall rise in the century of centuries.” 1053 02:06:17,792 --> 02:06:20,000 I've come back to name you. 1054 02:06:21,125 --> 02:06:24,042 Pierre-Jean Laffont. Genevieve De Morangias. 1055 02:06:24,417 --> 02:06:26,125 Maxime Des Foréts. 1056 02:06:26,458 --> 02:06:28,375 Gontrand De Moncan. 1057 02:06:28,500 --> 02:06:30,000 Henri Sardis. 1058 02:06:30,958 --> 02:06:32,833 Jean-Francois De Morangias. 1059 02:06:35,625 --> 02:06:36,458 Amen! 1060 02:08:23,667 --> 02:08:24,750 Fire! 1061 02:08:35,667 --> 02:08:39,500 Bastards! You're all under arrest! 1062 02:09:30,083 --> 02:09:31,750 Ghost or no ghost, 1063 02:09:33,833 --> 02:09:35,292 I'll split you in two. 1064 02:09:48,000 --> 02:09:50,417 See? No need to hold back. 1065 02:09:50,917 --> 02:09:52,375 I never intended to. 1066 02:09:52,500 --> 02:09:55,792 Too late. The Beast is immortal now. 1067 02:09:55,917 --> 02:09:58,167 Perhaps, but you are not! 1068 02:10:49,667 --> 02:10:51,417 You trained the Beast. 1069 02:10:51,542 --> 02:10:53,000 How'd you know? 1070 02:10:53,500 --> 02:10:55,500 You use silver bullets. 1071 02:11:52,667 --> 02:11:53,917 Look! 1072 02:12:06,917 --> 02:12:09,250 Marianne's not here, madman. 1073 02:12:09,958 --> 02:12:12,083 You've united us forever. 1074 02:12:42,875 --> 02:12:44,708 Line the bastards up! 1075 02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:46,208 Who are you? 1076 02:12:48,625 --> 02:12:50,833 Look at them! 1077 02:12:51,125 --> 02:12:53,333 Not so high and mighty now! 1078 02:12:53,917 --> 02:12:55,000 Get back! 1079 02:13:15,417 --> 02:13:16,708 He's dead. 1080 02:13:16,833 --> 02:13:18,292 Now it's certain. 1081 02:13:20,083 --> 02:13:21,500 And Sardis? 1082 02:13:22,250 --> 02:13:24,583 Wherever he runs, we'll find him. 1083 02:13:24,708 --> 02:13:27,417 Or the mountain will take him. 1084 02:13:30,292 --> 02:13:32,875 Shall we celebrate properly? 1085 02:13:33,583 --> 02:13:35,417 You've killed me once. 1086 02:13:36,333 --> 02:13:38,250 The better to revive you. 1087 02:13:40,500 --> 02:13:43,167 I could introduce you in Rome. 1088 02:13:44,250 --> 02:13:45,708 Would you come with me? 1089 02:13:50,292 --> 02:13:51,667 Too late. 1090 02:13:52,542 --> 02:13:56,583 I like you, Fronsac. You make me forget all my duties. 1091 02:14:07,292 --> 02:14:10,500 Leave, before I change my mind. 1092 02:15:43,625 --> 02:15:46,417 Marquis, what is it? 1093 02:15:46,875 --> 02:15:47,667 Marianne. 1094 02:15:48,208 --> 02:15:50,000 I've had her brought home. 1095 02:15:50,500 --> 02:15:51,792 She's dying. 1096 02:15:56,208 --> 02:15:58,250 Get out! Go away! 1097 02:15:58,375 --> 02:15:59,792 All of you! 1098 02:16:13,792 --> 02:16:15,583 Marianne, wake up! 1099 02:16:21,417 --> 02:16:23,417 Marianne, forgive me. 1100 02:16:28,667 --> 02:16:29,958 I love you. 1101 02:17:58,083 --> 02:18:03,542 Years passed, but Grégoire De Fronsac and Marianne De Morangias 1102 02:18:03,667 --> 02:18:05,167 never left my memory. 1103 02:18:06,417 --> 02:18:10,333 The world that made the Beast is dying away 1104 02:18:11,417 --> 02:18:16,083 and I must hasten, for my story, too, is ending. 1105 02:18:25,333 --> 02:18:30,208 I remember the Chevalier and I at Jean-Francois's hideaway 1106 02:18:30,875 --> 02:18:33,917 where the Beast awaited her final hour. 1107 02:20:15,708 --> 02:20:18,875 The old healer told us all he knew. 1108 02:20:19,958 --> 02:20:22,833 Jean-Francois brought an animal back from Africa, 1109 02:20:22,958 --> 02:20:25,125 and it dropped a litter. 1110 02:20:25,583 --> 02:20:27,375 Only one cub was kept. 1111 02:20:28,208 --> 02:20:29,500 The strongest. 1112 02:20:30,917 --> 02:20:33,000 Patiently and cruelly, 1113 02:20:33,625 --> 02:20:36,417 he'd trained it made it ever meaner. 1114 02:20:47,292 --> 02:20:49,750 Thus died the Beast of Gévaudan. 1115 02:20:51,833 --> 02:20:54,083 And I, Thomas d'Apcher, 1116 02:20:54,583 --> 02:20:58,083 am probably the last to know the whole truth. 1117 02:21:32,333 --> 02:21:35,417 The Chevalier invited me to Africa, 1118 02:21:36,083 --> 02:21:40,208 but my land needed rebuilding. My duty was to my countrymen. 1119 02:21:42,000 --> 02:21:45,042 I've often thought of Grégoire and Marianne 1120 02:21:45,167 --> 02:21:49,958 over the peaceful years that brought me gently to old age. 1121 02:21:51,792 --> 02:21:53,792 I never saw them again, 1122 02:21:54,958 --> 02:21:59,792 but I like to think they lived happily, far from here. 1123 02:23:36,042 --> 02:23:42,042 BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF 1124 02:30:35,042 --> 02:30:37,250 Subtitled by Michael Katims 1125 02:30:37,375 --> 02:30:39,542 Subtitling: HIVENTY