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Restored in 2014,
with support from the CNC,
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from the original 35 mm negative
by the Éclair Group and L. E. Diapason.
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What will become of them
without me?
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I can feel it in my breast.
It's like a stone inside.
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Mouchette!
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Him again.
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Get going, Arsène.
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It's time. Don't stay here.
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Please go.
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All right.
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But come back.
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Louisa.
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Mr. Mathieu.
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Warmth is what I need.
I can breathe easier.
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Hope! Hope is dead
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Three days, Columbus said to them
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Pointing to the vast sky ahead
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That stretched beyond the horizon
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Three days
and I'll give you a world
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To you who have no more hope
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Over the vast depths
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He opened wide his eyes
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Sing!
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Mouchette!
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Look.
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You promised, Louisa.
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I did?
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Then I misunderstood you.
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I may have promised yesterday.
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But now I wonder if I'll like you.
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I'd like to make you happy...
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But you love someone else.
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Answer me, Louisa!
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- He's making a fool of you.
- Who is?
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Arsène.
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- Of me?
- You, Mathieu.
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I'll get him.
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Arsène loves you, doesn't he?
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And you love him?
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Is that any business of yours?
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I warn you. I'll have his hide.
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You won't hurt him.
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You don't scare him.
You're too afraid of him.
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We'll see.
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He'll spend the night outside.
He has his oilskin.
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Arsène better watch himself.
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Take it if you want.
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Take it.
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Don't think
you're getting off lightly.
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And since I have you here,
stay away from Louisa.
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Louisa?
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A funny gamekeeper you are.
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Here's a piece of advice:
Stay out of my way.
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If you get me started —
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What will you do?
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What're you doing here?
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I got lost.
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Can't you use the road
like your friends?
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If you go home without your clog,
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you'll get hell.
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We're not staying.
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But dry off first.
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When did you get out of school?
This'll warm you up.
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At 6:00.
I left just before the others.
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Alone?
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Nobody saw you?
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I don't think so.
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And you cut through the woods.
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Remember what I tell you:
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You didn't use the woods.
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You took the Linières road.
You wanted to buy marbles.
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Marbles?
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Or candy. Whatever you like.
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Buy? With what?
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Here's some money.
Say you found it.
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At the crossroads,
you saw me leave the bar.
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I told you I was just back
from checking some traps.
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I have to mention traps?
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Even to the police?
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I'll go get your clog.
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We never set foot in here.
Is that clear?
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Hold this.
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No one'll be the wiser.
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No trace of ashes.
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Give me some light.
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Listen to the cyclone.
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I have an idea.
We'll manage without him.
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There's wood and candles.
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We'll keep a fire going.
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We'll have a mountain
of ashes by morning.
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I'll say I spent all day
and all night here.
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Is that clear?
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Listen, child.
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I've said too much or too little.
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I have to go all the way.
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Look me in the eyes.
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Even stone drunk,
I keep a clear head.
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I think I killed a man.
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Mathieu the gamekeeper.
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How do you know?
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He had his oilskin with him.
I knew he'd sleep outdoors.
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To get you, he said.
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This time I got him.
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We rolled in the stream.
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The cap came off my canteen.
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I offered him a sip,
and we were pals again for a bit.
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I don't know what got into him.
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We were both drunk.
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Don't worry.
This happens at times.
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I go blank.
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I can see myself
holding a trap by its spring.
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He pitched forward.
His legs were thrashing.
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Furiously at first, then slower.
Then they stopped.
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He was facedown in the water.
It turned red.
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But when I went for your clog...
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I heard shots and I thought,
"He's alive, signaling for help."
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I recognized the sound
of his 12-gauge shotgun.
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If he's really not dead,
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why say I saw you at the bar?
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He'll talk.
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Let him talk.
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He'll say yes. I'll say no.
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It'll impress reporters.
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If I can be of help, Mr. Arsène,
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you have to remember.
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Remember!
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Remember...
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He was there...
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facedown in the water...
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his legs thrashing.
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I'll say I was in the woods,
that I saw you both.
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He insulted and attacked you.
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Listen, please.
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Do I say he was drunk?
You can count on me.
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I hate them.
I'll stand up to them all.
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Everything's getting hazy.
My neck hurts.
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I feel a fit coming on.
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Hope! Hope is dead
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Three days, Columbus said to them
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Pointing to the vast sky ahead
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That stretched beyond the horizon
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You're singing?
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I'll take you home.
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Where are we really going?
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Where? Home.
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And the gamekeeper?
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You killed him.
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Killed him how? With my gun?
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With the trap.
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You had the trap by the spring.
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The trap?
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Let me out.
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Let you out?
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Where will you go?
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Home.
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Straight home, I swear.
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I'll remember everything.
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Just a second.
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Mind your own business.
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One word to anyone
and I'll wring your neck.
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I'd rather die than hurt you.
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Why are you so afraid
of hurting me?
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Mouchette!
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Where have you been?
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Your father and brother
have gone out.
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Find some matches
to warm the baby's milk.
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There's a cloth on the line.
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He can't stay wet all night.
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If he does, he'll cry.
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Why are you standing there?
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Stay here.
I can't blow out the lamp.
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What time is it?
I can't hear the church clock.
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The wind shifted with the cyclone.
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Where did you see a cyclone,
you poor girl?
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It was a cyclone.
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Wasn't it?
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Listen, Mama.
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Let me have him.
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Make him be quiet.
I can't stand it.
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I can't breathe.
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Get the gin by the cellar door.
It's hidden under the empty sacks.
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If I die, I'll die without pain.
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I made a mess.
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Make sure you never get taken in
by lazy workmen or drunks.
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Mama, I have to tell you something.
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Where you going?
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To get milk for the baby.
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She was a brave woman.
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Stop staring at me,
you little hussy!
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Shit!
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Come have some coffee.
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So your poor mother's passed on.
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And so quickly.
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Don't blame yourself.
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It happens to us all.
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At least the poor thing
didn't feel it.
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What's got into you?
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Little slut.
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Rat-face.
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What're you doing here?
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We have to talk.
Good thing you came by.
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Sit down.
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Arsène and I fought over a trap last night.
He was drunk.
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But I was off duty,
and it's nobody's business.
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But he was arrested
early this morning.
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They say he was
dynamiting the stream.
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But he says he met you in the woods.
Is that true?
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Yes, it's true, sir.
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Admit he came to see you
for an alibi.
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Why would you be here otherwise?
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I saw him last night
in his cabin.
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What were you doing there?
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I went there for shelter
from the cyclone.
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Cyclone?
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The rain.
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Since when are you afraid
you'll melt in the rain?
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Mr. Arsène took me there.
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Where were you coming from?
Don't lie.
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From school.
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You go to school at night now?
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It wasn't dark yet.
I took shelter in the woods.
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Arsène told me —
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What? He didn't have
his wits about him.
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- He could walk straight.
- Idiot!
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He never walks straighter
than with gin in him.
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He said you'd had a fight
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and that you were drunk too.
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So you left school
and went to his cabin.
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The rain stopped at midnight.
Then you went home, I suppose?
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I got home at dawn.
I stayed almost all night.
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You spent the night
in Arsène's cabin?
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All night?
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Leave her alone.
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I knew it.
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Smell her breath.
The poor child still reeks of gin.
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Arsène got her drunk, for sure.
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When you came in,
I could tell you didn't sleep at home.
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Look at your hair.
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And the liquor —
your eyes are still hazy from it.
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You told the truth,
but not all of it.
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Leave us alone, Mathieu.
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Don't go, Mr. Mathieu.
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Let her be.
You'll drive her crazy.
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If you say so.
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But it's maddening to see you
spare him over a rabbit
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but not bother to check
if he got her drunk or not.
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Is that my business?
It's for the police.
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Her father can file a complaint.
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You call that a father?
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Your mother just died.
I won't question you now.
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But come by tomorrow.
I'll give you 10 francs.
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You only have to answer
if you feel like it.
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Mr. Arsène's my lover.
Ask him. He'll tell you.
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What's wrong? Are you ill?
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I have to go home.
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Your poor mother.
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I bet she has no shroud.
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Before Our Lord, they used
fragrant herbs to embalm the dead.
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Now they don't even wash them.
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The priest says
the dead are in heaven.
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I won't argue,
but I have my own ideas.
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People used to worship the dead.
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They were gods.
That must have been true religion.
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Here are two or three dresses
for you to wear.
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I've known you a long time.
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Remember the green apple
I gave you?
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These should fit you.
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I'll sit with your mother.
I'll take this sheet.
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I love the dead.
I understand them.
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At your age, they frightened me.
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Now I talk to them,
and they answer me
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with a murmur, a sigh.
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And you, Mouchette,
do you ever think about death?
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Are you asleep?
Your heart's asleep.
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Don't wake it too fast.
You have time enough.
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You disgusting old thing.
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I only want to help you.
You're being mean.
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It's because you can't understand.
There's evil in your eyes.