1 00:01:41,502 --> 00:01:42,869 Your Majesty. 2 00:01:44,071 --> 00:01:45,607 Pa, we've made you breakfast. 3 00:01:45,707 --> 00:01:49,344 Only Francoise is too little to carry the tray, so we have Philippe to help. 4 00:01:49,444 --> 00:01:53,314 - Yes, Uncle. I am the strongest. - I could carry it. 5 00:01:53,414 --> 00:01:55,247 - My queen. - Good morning, Majesty. 6 00:01:57,618 --> 00:02:02,490 Be it known that we intend to hold court at the Palace of Versailles 7 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:05,331 within the coming month of May. 8 00:02:05,431 --> 00:02:07,468 Clap. 9 00:02:08,179 --> 00:02:11,032 Do you see how important it is to elicit the appropriate response? 10 00:02:11,432 --> 00:02:12,450 Yes. 11 00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:14,636 To this auspicious end, 12 00:02:14,736 --> 00:02:20,258 the finest examples of humanity shall embody the true glory of France 13 00:02:20,358 --> 00:02:25,113 in a palace of eternal and resounding splendor. 14 00:02:25,213 --> 00:02:30,301 Take note. Your eloquence they must love, your demeanor they must fear. 15 00:02:30,401 --> 00:02:34,390 I have further commanded that the greatest masters of France 16 00:02:34,490 --> 00:02:40,695 will realize this vision unparalleled in the history of the world 17 00:02:40,795 --> 00:02:44,198 in gardens of exquisite 18 00:02:44,298 --> 00:02:46,599 and matchless beauty. 19 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:52,371 Heaven... 20 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:54,874 shall be here. 21 00:03:57,971 --> 00:03:59,738 The light is fading, master. 22 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:05,511 Torches! 23 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:05,170 Madame? 24 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:29,199 Is it? 25 00:05:29,299 --> 00:05:31,963 A week tomorrow at 11:00. 26 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:34,135 Don't forget about the length. 27 00:05:34,235 --> 00:05:37,038 If you stand on the hem, you'll rip it at the waist. 28 00:05:37,138 --> 00:05:39,704 It's pinching me here. 29 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:37,829 Thank you. 30 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:55,917 Master Le Notre, 31 00:06:56,017 --> 00:06:59,854 I am delighted to make your acquaintance. 32 00:06:59,954 --> 00:07:01,956 I've long been an admirer of your work. 33 00:07:02,056 --> 00:07:03,991 Le Notre? 34 00:07:04,091 --> 00:07:09,196 Too clever by half, if you ask me. And riding on his father's name. 35 00:07:09,296 --> 00:07:12,700 The strategy I employ is to imitate. 36 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,869 They cannot resist flattery. 'Tis all vanity to these bigwigs. 37 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,942 Of course, once you're in, you must have the talent. 38 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,777 Speaking of vanity, 39 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:27,312 there's a hat, now, gentlemen. 40 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:33,618 - Who is this person? - That's Madame de Barra. 41 00:07:34,321 --> 00:07:37,288 I'm astounded by that. 42 00:08:01,581 --> 00:08:05,049 Monsieur Mauve's plans. 43 00:08:07,354 --> 00:08:09,424 How many more candidates, Claude? 44 00:08:09,524 --> 00:08:12,758 Three more, monsieur, after this one, but the end is in sight. 45 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:18,066 Dullness or disrespect, that is my apparent choice. 46 00:08:18,166 --> 00:08:21,736 If the king's demands were not so vast, I would build the gardens myself. 47 00:08:21,836 --> 00:08:24,870 Indeed, master. And in the meantime... 48 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:33,380 Monsieur Mauve. 49 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:35,847 Madame de Barra. 50 00:08:35,949 --> 00:08:38,534 Monsieur Duras. 51 00:08:38,635 --> 00:08:40,721 - That a new coat? - The wife's idea. 52 00:08:40,821 --> 00:08:43,324 Be covered in mud by Tuesday, but by then she thinks we'll have this job, 53 00:08:43,424 --> 00:08:45,493 so the coat will have been a worthwhile extravagance. 54 00:08:45,593 --> 00:08:49,497 Sound reasoning. Gentlemen, I've not had the pleasure. 55 00:08:49,597 --> 00:08:53,751 Jean Risse and Daniel Le Vielle, Madame Sabine de Barra. 56 00:08:53,851 --> 00:08:57,204 - You're all here for the interview? - We are, and you? 57 00:08:57,304 --> 00:08:58,706 The same. 58 00:08:58,806 --> 00:09:01,609 - Been in Paris long, madame? - Two years. 59 00:09:01,709 --> 00:09:03,945 And you've worked for someone before that? 60 00:09:04,045 --> 00:09:06,981 I know all the contractors in the provinces. 61 00:09:07,081 --> 00:09:09,183 All the gentlemen, that is. 62 00:09:09,283 --> 00:09:13,117 There is no gentleman, monsieur. I work for myself. 63 00:09:15,188 --> 00:09:16,891 We all to be interviewed at this time? 64 00:09:16,991 --> 00:09:20,111 We're here early to spy out the other candidates. 65 00:09:20,211 --> 00:09:22,330 - I've been in already. - Oh, how did you fare? 66 00:09:22,430 --> 00:09:25,428 Spent upwards of an hour with him. Very detailed examination of the work, 67 00:09:25,528 --> 00:09:28,536 - so, you know, we shall see. - You must have impressed him. 68 00:09:28,636 --> 00:09:32,071 I worked for his father. I'm not disheartened. 69 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:42,316 He seems not disheartened, too. 70 00:09:42,416 --> 00:09:44,649 Madame de Barra. 71 00:09:45,552 --> 00:09:49,087 - Well, gentlemen. - Best of fates to you. 72 00:09:49,556 --> 00:09:53,260 Claude Moulin, madame. Secretary to Master Le Notre. 73 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,328 - Have you met the master before? - I have not. 74 00:10:22,589 --> 00:10:25,886 - Madame. - Sir. 75 00:10:26,693 --> 00:10:29,763 I'm delighted to make your acquaintance. 76 00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:32,666 I have long been an admirer of your work. 77 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:35,703 - I am so pleased to attend... - These are your plans, madame? 78 00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:38,739 Yes. Some are to be seen around the country. 79 00:10:38,839 --> 00:10:42,877 Others are still in progress, not yet completed. 80 00:10:42,977 --> 00:10:47,748 However, as required, there are two sets of plans to your instructions. 81 00:10:47,848 --> 00:10:50,315 The fifth and sixth, I believe. 82 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:55,620 - Perhaps at the bottom... - I have examined them. 83 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:57,992 So... 84 00:10:58,092 --> 00:11:00,894 May I ask you a question, madame? 85 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:04,764 - By all means, master. - Are you a believer in order? 86 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:08,935 - Order? - Order over landscape? 87 00:11:09,035 --> 00:11:10,073 Well, I admire it. 88 00:11:10,371 --> 00:11:14,373 Looking at these plans, there seems to be no trace. 89 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:17,344 I would not agree. 90 00:11:17,444 --> 00:11:20,848 I think there is pattern enough in number six to suggest absolutely... 91 00:11:20,948 --> 00:11:25,751 Do you believe in order over landscape? 92 00:11:30,056 --> 00:11:35,561 Order seems to demand that we look back to Rome or to the Renaissance. 93 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:41,669 What I'm saying is, surely, isn't there something uniquely French 94 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:45,171 as yet not celebrated by us? 95 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:48,869 Which needs the rules of order to attain it. 96 00:11:48,969 --> 00:11:51,478 All of my work 97 00:11:51,578 --> 00:11:54,648 is based on a principle you choose to deny. 98 00:11:54,748 --> 00:12:00,453 I wonder that you tender yourself for a position with someone you believe... 99 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:03,624 - to be outdated. - Sir, I... 100 00:12:03,724 --> 00:12:06,460 I have nothing but admiration for the scale of your work. 101 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,329 You were the first to use such techniques. 102 00:12:08,429 --> 00:12:13,400 I must apologize for any insult that I may have unwittingly... 103 00:12:15,134 --> 00:12:17,538 - offered you. - Perhaps, madame, 104 00:12:17,638 --> 00:12:20,041 when you have been in the public eye and available for ridicule 105 00:12:20,141 --> 00:12:25,245 for as long as my family has, you will think again about this conversation. 106 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,499 Good day to you. 107 00:12:36,656 --> 00:12:39,391 Three minutes, would you say? 108 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:25,138 How was the interview? Well? 109 00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:28,808 Not so well. 110 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:34,474 You have a preferred candidate, master? 111 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:40,580 The king wants to improve on perfection and reach for the impossible. 112 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:43,817 I'm surrounded by barbarians. 113 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:46,587 No doubt it's death if I fail him. 114 00:14:46,687 --> 00:14:47,955 Prison, more like. 115 00:14:48,055 --> 00:14:53,493 Get your hands dirty, see what grows. That's what your father would have done. 116 00:14:56,663 --> 00:14:59,833 You once said, "No man, however grand, 117 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:03,393 "knows what he wants until you give it to him." 118 00:15:03,493 --> 00:15:05,104 True. 119 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:16,777 A gentleman wishes to see you. Monsieur Le Notre. 120 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:19,745 - Here? - Don't worry, I'll stay. 121 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:21,842 Come on. 122 00:16:21,942 --> 00:16:25,151 Here. Go on. 123 00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:39,799 Madame will be with you presently. 124 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,765 My father taught me gardening. 125 00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:54,301 He encouraged me to see beauty and re-create it, 126 00:18:54,401 --> 00:18:56,970 not as an exercise, more as an act of faith. 127 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:02,409 He told me that God put us first into a garden, 128 00:19:02,509 --> 00:19:06,814 and when we lost Eden, we were fated to search and reinvent it again, 129 00:19:06,914 --> 00:19:10,083 but only some of us have the gift of knowing this. 130 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:16,188 Only some of us have that gift. 131 00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:24,897 I spied on you today before you attended the interview. 132 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:32,471 You moved one of my pots. 133 00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:35,477 I did. 134 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:43,983 I was curious. 135 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:53,359 I will not take up too much of your time. 136 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:55,863 I have been looking again at your plans. 137 00:19:55,963 --> 00:19:57,798 You did not care for them. I am none the less for it. 138 00:19:57,898 --> 00:19:59,266 In plain truth, I am used to it. 139 00:19:59,416 --> 00:20:02,135 I did not say I did not care for your plans. 140 00:20:02,235 --> 00:20:05,505 I said I could find no order in them. 141 00:20:05,605 --> 00:20:08,474 This abundance of chaos, 142 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:11,076 this is your Eden? 143 00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:13,714 My search for it. 144 00:20:13,814 --> 00:20:17,251 I spoke today of the pressure of being in the public eye. 145 00:20:17,351 --> 00:20:20,621 I will spare you any repetition, but, madame, in my world, 146 00:20:20,721 --> 00:20:23,857 even anarchy is by royal command, 147 00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:27,359 and chaos must adhere to budget. 148 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:30,912 Good evening. 149 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:58,645 - Later, messieurs. - Gentlemen. 150 00:21:07,403 --> 00:21:09,002 Welcome to Versailles. 151 00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:11,738 You found your way here without too much effort, I hope. 152 00:21:11,838 --> 00:21:15,502 The map you sent was wonderfully accurate. I shall need it to get back out again. 153 00:21:15,602 --> 00:21:17,411 We shall be traveling about a bit. 154 00:21:17,511 --> 00:21:20,614 Madame de Barra, Monsieur Sualem and De Ville. 155 00:21:20,714 --> 00:21:23,951 They are building the Marly waterworks and an aqueduct from there to Versailles, 156 00:21:24,051 --> 00:21:27,521 which we hope will alleviate the severe water shortage here. 157 00:21:27,621 --> 00:21:29,056 - Madame. - Gentlemen. 158 00:21:29,256 --> 00:21:33,360 Madame de Barra will be constructing the Rockwork Grove here at Versailles. 159 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:36,597 Water, or rather the lack of it, will be a pressing concern. 160 00:21:36,697 --> 00:21:38,398 Master, the king's ambitions are already... 161 00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:40,934 Are vast and ever changing, and our task is to meet them. 162 00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:44,271 With respect, no man can meet infinite demand. 163 00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:47,074 The king's commands are not infinite, De Ville. They are the king's commands. 164 00:21:47,174 --> 00:21:49,910 Well, quite so, but the aqueduct can only do so much. 165 00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:52,713 When we began construction, I was under the impression that... 166 00:21:52,813 --> 00:21:54,648 The past is history. 167 00:21:54,748 --> 00:21:58,619 Our task is to suppress nature to our will, according to the present plans. 168 00:21:58,719 --> 00:22:00,788 But, monsieur, the money being spent. 169 00:22:00,888 --> 00:22:04,758 The aqueduct will carry sufficient water to the gardens of Versailles because it must. 170 00:22:04,858 --> 00:22:08,461 That is your brief. Madame? 171 00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:15,102 It is essentially your plan, number six in your submission, I believe. 172 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:18,738 This part is entirely original to myself. 173 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:21,675 You see? 174 00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:24,377 It fits onto this end of your plan. 175 00:22:25,745 --> 00:22:28,064 Now you can see the extent of the enterprise. 176 00:22:28,164 --> 00:22:30,016 Yes. 177 00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:34,320 It's a large, flat area. 178 00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:39,024 An arena with tiered sides. 179 00:22:39,124 --> 00:22:41,326 Indeed. 180 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:48,368 The orchestra... will be up here. 181 00:22:48,468 --> 00:22:50,103 Orchestra? 182 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:53,305 A ballroom. 183 00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:57,077 - It's an outdoor ballroom. - There is a pool of builders. 184 00:22:57,177 --> 00:22:59,680 Select whatever supplies you care to. 185 00:22:59,780 --> 00:23:02,982 Commission whatever embellishments you think appropriate. 186 00:23:03,082 --> 00:23:05,284 Time is not unlimited. 187 00:23:06,285 --> 00:23:10,556 Here's the budget. Try not to exceed it. 188 00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:20,299 Master? 189 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:24,603 Why me? 190 00:23:26,272 --> 00:23:31,951 These gardens should be large enough to embrace voices other than my own. 191 00:24:18,841 --> 00:24:22,228 - Mama! - I'm coming. 192 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:45,917 - Madame de Barra. - Monsieur, 193 00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:49,430 forgive me for disturbing you at home, but I've been reworking the plans. 194 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:54,494 If... If we fill 195 00:24:54,594 --> 00:24:56,463 a reservoir at the top of the hill, 196 00:24:56,563 --> 00:25:00,930 we would have enough water to run the fountains and the building works. 197 00:25:01,334 --> 00:25:04,304 We don't need water continually if we just recycle it. 198 00:25:04,404 --> 00:25:07,107 Pressure will force it back up to the start again. 199 00:25:07,207 --> 00:25:10,843 And there's a river, 200 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:14,747 here, underground. 201 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,616 - May I? - Of course. 202 00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:25,605 Well, thank you, madame. 203 00:25:25,705 --> 00:25:27,527 I will examine these in more detail. 204 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:29,963 I must apologize if this adds to the turmoil. 205 00:25:30,063 --> 00:25:34,733 I am trained to it. Like a good plant, I submit. 206 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:20,183 We waited an hour for a gaming table. 207 00:26:20,283 --> 00:26:22,883 Montespan and Lauzun had monopolized them. 208 00:26:22,983 --> 00:26:25,986 Anyway, then came the news her house was on fire. 209 00:26:26,286 --> 00:26:28,555 We felt sure this would end her winning streak. 210 00:26:28,655 --> 00:26:31,091 Apparently not. The marquise played on. 211 00:26:31,191 --> 00:26:33,660 Her children were safe, what could she do? 212 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,830 She showed wonderful spirit and was clapped for it. 213 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:41,600 How does this dress look on me, Andre? 214 00:26:42,134 --> 00:26:45,705 - Andre, are you listening? - You look very well in it. 215 00:26:46,872 --> 00:26:49,642 What are you studying that's so important? 216 00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:52,478 Some plans. 217 00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:55,114 Versailles. 218 00:26:56,849 --> 00:27:00,519 Are these the drawings that woman brought to the house? 219 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,689 - They are. - I see. 220 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:08,860 Button these gloves for me, Andre. 221 00:27:17,536 --> 00:27:20,038 Blunt instruments. 222 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:23,375 Perhaps that's what makes us a good match. 223 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:27,084 You're creative, but unable for the more delicate maneuvers. 224 00:27:27,614 --> 00:27:30,784 Don't forget that, Andre. I'm the expert. 225 00:27:30,884 --> 00:27:34,521 You're merely the gardener, however grand. 226 00:27:34,621 --> 00:27:38,290 Without me to promote your interests, well, 227 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,227 use your famous imagination. 228 00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:13,659 That's more than enough for one day. 229 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,136 What... 230 00:28:24,236 --> 00:28:28,307 Where are you... Where are you going? 231 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:34,113 Luc? 232 00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:27,499 The sight of you, madame. 233 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,703 What time were you up this morning? Did you not sleep again? 234 00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:33,940 - I don't remember. - You must take more care. 235 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,744 You'll never last at this rate. Then what will become of us? 236 00:29:37,844 --> 00:29:40,613 I always think of something. 237 00:29:40,713 --> 00:29:42,848 Came today. 238 00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:50,155 What does it say? 239 00:29:54,693 --> 00:29:55,960 What does it say? 240 00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:13,312 Anyone you know? 241 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:21,453 Monsieur Duras. 242 00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:31,231 Need to know your way around the crews. Otherwise, you end up with the wasters. 243 00:30:31,331 --> 00:30:34,501 The lot you had before, they're cooling their heels on another site. 244 00:30:34,601 --> 00:30:36,970 Won't bother us again. Same with the timber suppliers. 245 00:30:37,270 --> 00:30:40,940 One of your friends at the interview recommended them. 246 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,509 - Perhaps he hadn't thought it through. - And you have? 247 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:46,445 If you fail, we all fail. 248 00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:50,749 Not pretty, I'll grant, but it's true. 249 00:30:52,083 --> 00:30:53,453 So... 250 00:30:53,553 --> 00:30:55,930 So, I learned after some inquiries who had the commissions, 251 00:30:56,030 --> 00:30:58,625 and everybody had good laborers coming out their ears except you. 252 00:30:58,725 --> 00:31:00,393 Thanks to your friends at the interview. 253 00:31:00,493 --> 00:31:03,042 Some men take losing harder than others. I, on the other hand, 254 00:31:03,142 --> 00:31:06,733 have a leviathan for a wife and am very used to being on the losing end. 255 00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:10,370 She issued very precise instructions which, as I say, I would never dare go against. 256 00:31:10,470 --> 00:31:13,506 - Instructions? - "Ask her for work." 257 00:31:13,606 --> 00:31:17,576 Well, a man snaps like a carrot exposed to the leviathan. 258 00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:21,547 Besides, I have little ones. 259 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,983 They make me proud, 260 00:31:24,083 --> 00:31:26,551 even if I am humbled elsewhere. 261 00:31:26,651 --> 00:31:28,820 Can I take this off now? 262 00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:38,064 I've been issued an invitation to the Louvre. 263 00:31:38,164 --> 00:31:42,167 Gracious me. Supper, too, I expect. Very nice. 264 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:43,936 Will there be others there? 265 00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:38,558 Versailles shall be the heart of our kingdom, 266 00:32:38,658 --> 00:32:43,896 inhabited by the finest examples of humanity, 267 00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:47,834 fit for the gods of old to behold 268 00:32:47,934 --> 00:32:50,169 and finding their echo in gardens 269 00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:55,807 where each new turn brings another excitement. 270 00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:58,645 Fountains whose gentle flow 271 00:32:58,745 --> 00:33:02,782 is balm enough to ease a ringing ear. 272 00:33:02,882 --> 00:33:08,188 Scented groves of orange blossom blown by temperate winds. 273 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,878 What light, 274 00:33:23,978 --> 00:33:26,147 what beauty, what hope. 275 00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:30,343 Versailles, Versailles, 276 00:33:31,643 --> 00:33:34,012 Versailles. 277 00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,591 Oh, pardon me. 278 00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:01,039 I believe this is the way forward, madame. 279 00:34:05,143 --> 00:34:10,315 Some cool night air is, I think, in order, madame, do you not? 280 00:34:10,750 --> 00:34:13,118 Thank you. 281 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,890 - Your first time at court, madame? - Is... Is that where I am? 282 00:34:17,990 --> 00:34:20,225 Where did you imagine yourself to be? 283 00:34:20,325 --> 00:34:23,228 Well, I don't know. 284 00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:27,300 A reception for the gardeners of Versailles. 285 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,169 A sort of shed affair? How exquisite. 286 00:34:30,269 --> 00:34:32,304 A tiara amongst the weeds. 287 00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:36,876 I think I... I have underestimated the event on some level, monsieur. 288 00:34:36,976 --> 00:34:42,848 Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Puyguilhem, Duc de Lauzun. 289 00:34:42,948 --> 00:34:44,916 Antoine. 290 00:34:45,984 --> 00:34:47,654 - Sabine de Barra. - Charmed. 291 00:34:47,754 --> 00:34:50,156 Now, let me give you the grand tour. 292 00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:55,894 What do you know of us, madame, we mice in a trap? 293 00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:59,199 Not a thing, I'm sorry to say. 294 00:34:59,299 --> 00:35:02,201 Winter, summer, autumn, spring, we are here. 295 00:35:02,301 --> 00:35:05,604 We may not leave without permission of the king. 296 00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,441 Yes, mice in a trap. 297 00:35:08,541 --> 00:35:11,811 A small community, there's only about 2,000 of us. 298 00:35:11,911 --> 00:35:14,046 Everybody knows everybody else. 299 00:35:14,146 --> 00:35:17,517 Everybody has worked their way through the group. 300 00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:19,118 "Worked their way through"? 301 00:35:19,218 --> 00:35:23,622 Fought with, had an affair with, that kind of thing. 302 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,138 Marquise de Montespan. Late, as usual. She's the king's mistress. 303 00:35:32,238 --> 00:35:35,234 Has at least four of his children, but his attention has wandered. 304 00:35:35,334 --> 00:35:38,227 Now there is a new star rising. 305 00:35:38,327 --> 00:35:40,605 Madame de Maintenon. 306 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:42,408 - And she is here? - Devoted to God. 307 00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:45,978 Never attends anything as frivolous as a party, unlike some people. 308 00:35:46,078 --> 00:35:48,713 Don't look. They're talking about us. 309 00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:51,115 Madame de Barra. 310 00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:53,918 You are... 311 00:35:54,018 --> 00:35:57,390 - Am I... Am I late? - No. 312 00:35:57,490 --> 00:35:59,724 - Early? - No. 313 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:01,826 What, then? 314 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,865 - Here. - One of your gardeners? Perfect. 315 00:36:05,965 --> 00:36:08,334 I must accompany the marquise to supper. 316 00:36:08,534 --> 00:36:10,636 I could surrender my new friend into your care? 317 00:36:10,736 --> 00:36:12,004 Of course. 318 00:36:12,104 --> 00:36:14,874 Guard her well, monsieur. The vultures are circling. 319 00:36:15,374 --> 00:36:17,442 It has been my pleasure. 320 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:19,178 Madame? 321 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:32,657 It seems an extraordinary life. 322 00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:39,532 - But you may come and go? - Oh, yes. I'm out and about. 323 00:36:39,632 --> 00:36:43,803 And now they're all moving to Versailles. To a village. 324 00:36:43,903 --> 00:36:47,506 - Will you not join them? - I would go slowly mad. 325 00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:53,111 Do they think of you as a vegetable grower or something? 326 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:55,548 You show no consideration for my vanity, madame. 327 00:36:55,948 --> 00:36:58,084 I'm quite sure you possess none. 328 00:36:58,184 --> 00:37:01,720 What of you, Madame Sabine de Barra? 329 00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:03,422 Are you prone? 330 00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:07,727 - You remember my hat? - It would be impossible to forget. 331 00:37:07,827 --> 00:37:11,230 - It was a considerable expense. - And entirely unnecessary. 332 00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:13,312 Nolly! 333 00:37:13,412 --> 00:37:16,751 - My dear old cabbage! - Monsieur. 334 00:37:16,851 --> 00:37:20,172 Give me a kiss instantly or I shall take grave offense. 335 00:37:20,272 --> 00:37:22,353 - What a splendid hat. - Do you think so? 336 00:37:22,453 --> 00:37:24,266 I'm trying it out, I never wear a hat. 337 00:37:24,466 --> 00:37:26,911 - No. - Fear of squashing my wig. 338 00:37:27,011 --> 00:37:30,148 But who's this? Dear lady, you are prostrate. Allow me. 339 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:35,187 May I present His Royal Highness Philippe, Duke of Orleans? 340 00:37:35,287 --> 00:37:37,790 Your Highness, this is Madame Sabine de Barra. 341 00:37:37,890 --> 00:37:39,258 Delighted, madame. 342 00:37:39,358 --> 00:37:42,328 How is it that a woman of such exquisite taste 343 00:37:42,428 --> 00:37:45,031 falls in with a clay kicker like Andre here? 344 00:37:45,131 --> 00:37:48,901 I must confess to being a clay kicker myself, Your Highness. 345 00:37:49,001 --> 00:37:51,170 I am working for the master at Versailles. 346 00:37:51,270 --> 00:37:54,881 I am unable to picture it. Do tell us how it is that you are. 347 00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,043 Oh. May I present Marquis du Vasse? 348 00:37:57,143 --> 00:37:59,378 - Master Le Notre, Madame de Barra. - Delighted. 349 00:37:59,478 --> 00:38:01,080 But the mystery remains, madame. 350 00:38:01,180 --> 00:38:04,951 What is a woman of such restrained sophistication doing with Nolly here? 351 00:38:05,051 --> 00:38:07,086 I speak from the opposite end of the fashion scale. 352 00:38:07,186 --> 00:38:09,689 I don't apologize for it, I like it about myself. 353 00:38:09,789 --> 00:38:11,724 Answer, madame. Stop me talking. 354 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:16,479 It was the only thing I knew how to do, for money. 355 00:38:16,579 --> 00:38:19,298 And you enjoy your profession? It stimulates you? 356 00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:22,602 It has seen me through some very hard times and allowed me to be independent. 357 00:38:22,702 --> 00:38:24,569 Dearest! 358 00:38:24,669 --> 00:38:29,475 I simply do as I am told. Even down to marrying large German women. 359 00:38:29,575 --> 00:38:31,527 Though, I confess, I like her better than my last wife, 360 00:38:31,627 --> 00:38:33,846 who is dead as a doornail now, thank God. 361 00:38:34,046 --> 00:38:38,316 Do kiss me, husband. I am in need of affection. 362 00:38:39,621 --> 00:38:43,155 It is wonderful to have access to one's spouse. 363 00:38:43,255 --> 00:38:44,390 My dear, we're being very rude. 364 00:38:44,490 --> 00:38:48,127 Princess Palatine, Duchess of Orleans, may I present Madame de Barra, who... 365 00:38:48,227 --> 00:38:51,263 Nolly, what is Madame de Barra engaged to do? 366 00:38:51,363 --> 00:38:53,299 Hold for this, my dear, it will interest you. 367 00:38:53,399 --> 00:38:56,168 She is to build a water cascade at Versailles. 368 00:38:56,268 --> 00:38:58,304 Nothing like it will exist in the gardens. 369 00:38:58,404 --> 00:38:59,872 How fascinating. 370 00:38:59,972 --> 00:39:04,109 I am a great admirer of engineering. Madame, you must promise to show us. 371 00:39:04,209 --> 00:39:08,214 Perhaps Your Highnesses would care to take lunch at the Louveciennes aqueduct? 372 00:39:08,314 --> 00:39:12,652 Is it in the country? I always disappear in the country. 373 00:39:12,752 --> 00:39:15,763 But now that we are to move out to Versailles, I... 374 00:39:15,863 --> 00:39:19,391 shall become a human jellyfish. A miserable, formless being. 375 00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:22,393 We should love to come, Master Le Notre. 376 00:39:24,429 --> 00:39:27,098 Everybody should really attend, I imagine. 377 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:28,634 Come, Madame de Barra. 378 00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:31,170 Take a turnabout with me and tell me of your scheme. 379 00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:33,871 With pleasure, Your Highness. 380 00:39:35,507 --> 00:39:39,278 Well, Nolly, Madame de Barra has certainly thrilled my dearest. 381 00:39:39,378 --> 00:39:42,449 Has she thrilled you also? 382 00:39:43,149 --> 00:39:46,318 She's very diverting and extremely clever at what she does, I think. 383 00:39:46,418 --> 00:39:48,229 Do you indeed? 384 00:39:48,329 --> 00:39:51,690 I am glad. Good man. 385 00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:02,467 Macaroon? 386 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,736 Thank you, sire. 387 00:40:08,273 --> 00:40:10,742 My speech went down well, I thought. 388 00:40:10,842 --> 00:40:15,014 It did. "The finest examples of humanity" certainly enjoyed it. 389 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:21,187 We may be building with stone, but I can tell you it's a feather 390 00:40:21,287 --> 00:40:24,155 compared to the weight of the state. 391 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:30,596 My brother tells me you're inviting new ideas into the gardens. Why? 392 00:40:30,696 --> 00:40:32,865 I've been persuaded to expand my horizons. 393 00:40:32,965 --> 00:40:37,501 - Have they been tested? - They are, in my opinion, appropriate. 394 00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:40,204 Appropriate? 395 00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:46,045 Last year, we had the Nymphs and Shepherds costume party, 396 00:40:46,145 --> 00:40:49,481 and it was not a bit funny, all those haggard faces under flaxen wigs. 397 00:40:49,581 --> 00:40:50,816 We looked ancient. 398 00:40:50,916 --> 00:40:56,221 I want a window to perfection so that people can see the very best of themselves. 399 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:59,757 We've grown too old for jokes. 400 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:03,361 The work will be original but balanced. 401 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:06,364 The responsibility will be mine. 402 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:08,533 Yes. 403 00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:11,869 It will. 404 00:41:18,009 --> 00:41:20,011 Andre. 405 00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:21,847 I did not see you there in the gloom. 406 00:41:28,453 --> 00:41:33,325 - Did you enjoy your evening? - As much, I imagine, as you did yours. 407 00:41:41,732 --> 00:41:44,235 You were with that woman. 408 00:43:15,126 --> 00:43:17,061 Clear! 409 00:43:42,420 --> 00:43:44,922 You are reckless, madame. 410 00:44:01,105 --> 00:44:03,877 Do you know that my husband and the marquis are lovers? 411 00:44:04,677 --> 00:44:10,114 It has not stopped us having children, and he loved them dearly. 412 00:44:10,214 --> 00:44:13,051 In battle, he's immensely brave. 413 00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:15,486 And he has a good heart. 414 00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:18,522 I am happy with my choice. 415 00:44:36,374 --> 00:44:38,277 Another thing about the country 416 00:44:39,644 --> 00:44:41,712 is the muck. 417 00:44:42,446 --> 00:44:45,016 One encounters it everywhere. 418 00:44:45,116 --> 00:44:48,052 Or beasts making muck. 419 00:44:48,953 --> 00:44:52,056 The country is full of muck. 420 00:44:57,095 --> 00:45:00,932 I sometimes feel entirely defeated by life's extremities. 421 00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:04,702 When I come to a place like this, 422 00:45:04,802 --> 00:45:07,873 gradually, a small courage takes hold of me 423 00:45:07,973 --> 00:45:10,475 and I feel fitter for things. 424 00:45:10,575 --> 00:45:12,810 Do you feel that way often? 425 00:45:12,910 --> 00:45:16,080 More so with time. 426 00:45:20,251 --> 00:45:23,287 Your wife does not accompany you ever? 427 00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:24,978 That is... 428 00:45:25,078 --> 00:45:30,251 she does not come out with you, other times, besides now? 429 00:45:32,163 --> 00:45:35,066 You're very direct, madame. 430 00:45:41,806 --> 00:45:44,375 We have an arrangement. 431 00:45:44,976 --> 00:45:48,379 I feel disloyal in discussing such matters. 432 00:45:49,847 --> 00:45:52,450 You are also married? 433 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:55,920 No. 434 00:45:57,321 --> 00:45:59,857 My husband died. 435 00:45:59,957 --> 00:46:02,026 I'm sorry. 436 00:46:03,261 --> 00:46:05,764 Today you said I was reckless, 437 00:46:05,864 --> 00:46:08,667 but to be reckless is to abandon safety, 438 00:46:08,767 --> 00:46:14,772 but I think maybe it is safety that has abandoned me. 439 00:46:30,154 --> 00:46:32,356 What is it? 440 00:46:34,925 --> 00:46:37,896 Nothing. It... 441 00:46:40,531 --> 00:46:44,502 - I would like to walk on. - Of course. 442 00:46:46,537 --> 00:46:50,408 Come. There's something you should see. 443 00:47:04,355 --> 00:47:06,724 It's a shrine. 444 00:48:05,616 --> 00:48:08,453 The queen is dead. 445 00:48:42,186 --> 00:48:45,623 - So kind. - So quick. 446 00:49:06,110 --> 00:49:08,446 Did you have fun on your picnic, Andre? 447 00:49:11,515 --> 00:49:14,352 I take it, madame, you are unaware of events? 448 00:49:14,452 --> 00:49:17,656 Events? What do you mean, events? 449 00:49:17,756 --> 00:49:20,492 The queen is dead, madame. 450 00:49:20,592 --> 00:49:23,460 - The queen? - Is dead. 451 00:49:27,565 --> 00:49:29,067 The king could marry again? 452 00:49:29,167 --> 00:49:31,770 But no longer to your friend, the marquise, I think. 453 00:49:32,670 --> 00:49:35,406 I feel sorry for Montespan. 454 00:49:37,441 --> 00:49:39,777 Tread carefully, madame. 455 00:49:52,323 --> 00:49:53,992 More on the wagon! 456 00:49:54,092 --> 00:49:56,527 No, the other one. 457 00:49:56,627 --> 00:50:00,164 I want the seasoned wood. Seasoned. 458 00:50:20,217 --> 00:50:22,714 Madame de Barra. 459 00:50:27,290 --> 00:50:30,061 - Master. - You've made some progress here. 460 00:50:30,161 --> 00:50:33,365 I have a new foreman. Monsieur Duras. 461 00:50:41,271 --> 00:50:43,842 We've had to drain the soil below the fountain. 462 00:50:43,942 --> 00:50:47,879 - The ground is waterlogged. - It's a problem common to the gardens. 463 00:51:18,008 --> 00:51:20,144 Thank you. 464 00:51:25,182 --> 00:51:28,092 Do you sometimes forget to eat? 465 00:51:31,489 --> 00:51:36,927 This is pâté from Madame de la Tour. She feeds the ducks on seaweed. 466 00:51:38,596 --> 00:51:40,465 It was all she could afford. 467 00:51:41,465 --> 00:51:43,967 Virtue from necessity. 468 00:51:49,340 --> 00:51:51,276 What amuses you? 469 00:51:52,610 --> 00:51:56,581 There was an Irish woman who died, and her husband put on her tombstone, 470 00:51:56,681 --> 00:51:58,984 "Here lies Eleanor Fitzgerald. 471 00:51:59,084 --> 00:52:02,119 "Her virtues exceeded her failings." 472 00:52:02,219 --> 00:52:03,989 How noble of him. 473 00:52:04,089 --> 00:52:06,491 You think he showed her that before she died? 474 00:52:06,991 --> 00:52:09,794 I'd have stuck an arrow in his eye. 475 00:52:10,127 --> 00:52:12,863 Perhaps he was being truthful. 476 00:52:18,135 --> 00:52:20,571 How is the king? 477 00:52:22,072 --> 00:52:24,305 Shocked, I believe. 478 00:52:24,405 --> 00:52:27,045 Poor little Spanish woman. 479 00:52:27,145 --> 00:52:29,815 Has her head chopped off and her organs laid out neatly. 480 00:52:29,915 --> 00:52:32,350 And all her friends, her maids, everyone, 481 00:52:32,450 --> 00:52:35,119 must gather around the table. 482 00:52:36,754 --> 00:52:41,158 - Why would they chop her head off? - To see what she died of. 483 00:52:43,293 --> 00:52:47,130 You must attend the funeral, I suppose? 484 00:52:51,235 --> 00:52:53,904 Well, I should go. 485 00:53:25,269 --> 00:53:27,639 It is I, King Monsieur. May I? 486 00:53:30,407 --> 00:53:32,877 Come, then, brother. 487 00:53:32,977 --> 00:53:35,747 If the king does not eat, France does not eat. 488 00:53:36,247 --> 00:53:39,851 I shall feed France, and you must put up with it. 489 00:53:39,951 --> 00:53:42,319 I'm not hungry. 490 00:53:42,419 --> 00:53:44,788 I have rose jellies. 491 00:53:50,127 --> 00:53:52,696 Have you lemon? 492 00:54:05,576 --> 00:54:08,279 I wish to go to Marly. 493 00:54:08,912 --> 00:54:11,949 And I wish to be alone. 494 00:54:43,447 --> 00:54:46,150 Try not to bend the tops. 495 00:56:56,346 --> 00:56:58,915 My beauties. 496 00:59:02,005 --> 00:59:04,541 Monsieur de la Quintinie? 497 00:59:09,246 --> 00:59:11,815 Madame Sabine de Barra. 498 00:59:11,915 --> 00:59:13,718 I'm very happy to meet you. 499 00:59:13,818 --> 00:59:16,755 I am directed by the Office of Buildings of Versailles 500 00:59:16,855 --> 00:59:20,857 to order shrubs, such as I require, from your good self. 501 00:59:22,059 --> 00:59:26,763 I have brought with me a selection of perennials I thought we might exchange. 502 00:59:33,170 --> 00:59:35,739 Is this the Four Seasons? 503 00:59:39,142 --> 00:59:41,645 Yes, I believe so. 504 00:59:43,648 --> 00:59:45,549 Divine. 505 00:59:46,349 --> 00:59:47,752 Good color, too. 506 00:59:47,852 --> 00:59:51,923 - You say you have a selection of plants? - I had them unloaded into a little cart, 507 00:59:52,023 --> 00:59:56,227 intending to have them conveyed here, but there seems to be no one about. 508 00:59:56,327 --> 00:59:59,162 I wished to be alone, I had them sent away. 509 00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:01,365 If you wish to be alone, I could come back. 510 01:00:01,465 --> 01:00:06,136 No, no, no. I find you are the very company I need today. 511 01:00:07,737 --> 01:00:12,275 Nothing would suit me better than for me, 512 01:00:14,144 --> 01:00:16,713 the king's gardener, 513 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:20,750 to take some advice on perennials. 514 01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:27,090 Allow me, madame, to assist you. 515 01:00:28,225 --> 01:00:30,727 Most kind, monsieur. 516 01:00:33,063 --> 01:00:36,300 You are a devoted pear man, master. 517 01:00:36,500 --> 01:00:39,102 I quite like them, not overly. 518 01:00:40,538 --> 01:00:44,574 I think the master is playing a trick on me. 519 01:00:44,674 --> 01:00:45,810 A trick? 520 01:00:45,910 --> 01:00:49,546 Well, yes, I do know of your book on pears. 521 01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:52,215 My book on pears? 522 01:00:54,584 --> 01:00:58,388 Oh, yes, I have written a book on pears. 523 01:00:59,523 --> 01:01:02,259 I believe I said I liked them a lot in my book. 524 01:01:02,359 --> 01:01:04,861 I believe you did. 525 01:01:05,195 --> 01:01:07,497 And perennials. 526 01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:10,835 You like flowers, master? 527 01:01:10,935 --> 01:01:13,504 Madame de Barra, I love all flowers passionately. 528 01:01:13,604 --> 01:01:15,924 However, I am banished from using as many as I would like 529 01:01:16,024 --> 01:01:20,879 at Versailles by the Master Le Notre. He indulges me in a few small parterres. 530 01:01:20,979 --> 01:01:25,157 I'd hoped to be able to convert him when we took up residence. However... 531 01:01:31,588 --> 01:01:34,891 You're wise to me now, madame. 532 01:01:37,961 --> 01:01:41,598 May we ignore all that and continue as before? 533 01:01:43,633 --> 01:01:46,503 Today, I am... 534 01:01:47,570 --> 01:01:49,707 Monsieur de la Quintinie. 535 01:01:49,807 --> 01:01:51,975 Indeed. 536 01:01:52,075 --> 01:01:53,711 And you are. 537 01:01:58,548 --> 01:02:00,751 You are the better for the move to Versailles, sire? 538 01:02:00,851 --> 01:02:02,487 Very much. 539 01:02:02,587 --> 01:02:04,422 It's good for the children to be away from the city. 540 01:02:04,522 --> 01:02:07,258 I know it's a crush for everybody. 541 01:02:07,358 --> 01:02:11,863 I felt, though, that I should never get the builders out unless I moved in. 542 01:02:11,963 --> 01:02:15,299 You are familiar with builders, Madame de Barra? 543 01:02:15,399 --> 01:02:19,837 At present, I am building in your gardens at Versailles. 544 01:02:19,937 --> 01:02:22,172 Which construction would that be? 545 01:02:22,272 --> 01:02:24,974 The Rockwork Grove. 546 01:02:25,308 --> 01:02:29,714 - I am familiar with it. - I cannot claim it entirely as my own. 547 01:02:29,814 --> 01:02:32,450 Master Le Notre took a simple sketch of mine 548 01:02:32,550 --> 01:02:36,953 and made it outstanding, so... 549 01:02:37,287 --> 01:02:39,724 You see my reluctance. 550 01:02:39,824 --> 01:02:42,759 You admire the master, madame? 551 01:02:45,128 --> 01:02:49,465 He is the most complete person I know. 552 01:02:50,967 --> 01:02:55,671 You make me lonely for someone to describe me thus. 553 01:03:00,577 --> 01:03:03,146 These are your flowers? 554 01:03:39,149 --> 01:03:43,487 My wife died recently. Did you hear? 555 01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:45,589 I did, sire. 556 01:03:47,424 --> 01:03:50,161 I remember the day of your marriage. 557 01:03:50,261 --> 01:03:52,696 I hope so, it cost enough. 558 01:03:53,697 --> 01:03:57,234 Though her father paid for a large portion. 559 01:03:58,868 --> 01:04:01,205 Astray in his wits, bless him. 560 01:04:01,305 --> 01:04:04,341 A long bloodline, never a good thing. 561 01:04:06,176 --> 01:04:09,779 She was an innocent, really. 562 01:04:12,015 --> 01:04:14,317 But she was nice. 563 01:04:15,685 --> 01:04:18,922 And devoted to me. 564 01:04:21,491 --> 01:04:24,327 I found this after she died. 565 01:04:26,296 --> 01:04:30,067 It's just an account of our lives. 566 01:04:30,167 --> 01:04:32,636 The writing's like a child's. 567 01:04:32,736 --> 01:04:34,938 You see here? 568 01:04:35,372 --> 01:04:38,442 "Today I saved a flower from His Majesty." 569 01:04:38,542 --> 01:04:41,377 And then the time and the place. 570 01:04:44,848 --> 01:04:48,218 This little woman's secret life. 571 01:04:50,620 --> 01:04:52,857 I feel the loss of it. 572 01:04:57,627 --> 01:05:00,563 I should like to marry again. 573 01:05:01,698 --> 01:05:04,801 This time someone I choose, 574 01:05:04,901 --> 01:05:06,203 not the state. 575 01:05:06,936 --> 01:05:11,808 - Has Your Majesty someone in mind? - I have, but the lady's very pious. 576 01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:18,215 Most evenings I stroll over to her rooms, and we just sit and talk. But... 577 01:05:19,682 --> 01:05:23,286 it is the ease of it I like. 578 01:05:24,554 --> 01:05:27,023 The ease. 579 01:05:29,826 --> 01:05:34,699 Unfortunately, she is of no birth, so, you see, I am at a little impasse. 580 01:05:37,634 --> 01:05:41,438 If you were to be married to... 581 01:05:41,538 --> 01:05:44,174 the lady of your choosing, 582 01:05:45,008 --> 01:05:47,946 would it be necessary for everyone to know? 583 01:05:48,046 --> 01:05:53,149 If the ceremony were private, between the couple, 584 01:05:54,851 --> 01:05:56,854 who would be in a position to argue the outcome? 585 01:05:56,954 --> 01:05:59,857 They would be foolish to do so afterwards, when it was done. 586 01:06:05,028 --> 01:06:07,096 Yes. 587 01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:13,403 So much to contend. 588 01:06:18,375 --> 01:06:21,377 And what of you, Madame de Barra? 589 01:06:22,312 --> 01:06:25,383 What pulse drives you? 590 01:06:25,483 --> 01:06:28,051 There is someone you love? 591 01:06:29,319 --> 01:06:31,821 I cannot say. 592 01:06:32,521 --> 01:06:34,389 Why? 593 01:06:36,693 --> 01:06:39,597 Because... Because of something private. 594 01:06:39,697 --> 01:06:42,900 What is so private that it cannot be shared in love? 595 01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:45,302 The time has come, madame, 596 01:06:45,402 --> 01:06:51,741 for us both to face down our past and live in the present. 597 01:06:55,144 --> 01:06:58,149 I shall write a letter from one gardener to another, 598 01:06:58,249 --> 01:07:02,253 shall we say, in return for seeds sown. 599 01:07:02,353 --> 01:07:05,355 It will bring you to the court... 600 01:07:06,990 --> 01:07:09,526 where my eye... 601 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:13,696 will always be on you. 602 01:07:15,665 --> 01:07:19,702 I shall not forget our day in the garden, Madame de Barra. 603 01:07:33,650 --> 01:07:37,021 Are you still fiddling with your bits, Andre? 604 01:07:37,121 --> 01:07:40,723 - It helps me think. - For you. 605 01:07:40,823 --> 01:07:42,759 It has the fleur-de-lis. 606 01:07:45,795 --> 01:07:48,398 Is it from the king, I wonder? 607 01:07:54,470 --> 01:07:56,639 Is it an invitation? 608 01:07:57,674 --> 01:08:01,746 - There is something you need, madame? - Andre? So secret? 609 01:08:01,846 --> 01:08:04,648 I must inform you, since you ask, 610 01:08:04,748 --> 01:08:06,851 that I leave for Fontainebleau at the end of the week. 611 01:08:06,951 --> 01:08:08,869 Fontainebleau? 612 01:08:08,919 --> 01:08:11,956 I was not aware there were activities. 613 01:08:12,056 --> 01:08:15,993 - The marquise must have forgotten. - I will travel there alone. 614 01:08:16,093 --> 01:08:20,463 Plainly, madame, that is the position. If you will excuse me. 615 01:08:22,265 --> 01:08:23,934 Madame de Barra. 616 01:08:24,034 --> 01:08:26,937 Is she an aspect of your life I must now include? 617 01:08:27,037 --> 01:08:29,507 Andre, a builder? 618 01:08:29,607 --> 01:08:34,344 I'm a builder, madame. You are funded by that profession. 619 01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:39,483 Very amusing. Perhaps that is the fantasy between you and she. So be it. 620 01:08:39,583 --> 01:08:43,354 However, I must request that you keep it separate from our lives. 621 01:08:43,454 --> 01:08:44,922 If this liaison became common knowledge, 622 01:08:45,022 --> 01:08:47,291 it would make me a laughingstock. It makes my flesh crawl. 623 01:08:47,391 --> 01:08:51,861 I remind you, madame, that it was you who embarked on this path. 624 01:08:52,362 --> 01:08:55,700 You and only you dictated how we live now, 625 01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:59,436 and you did it, madame, when I needed you most. 626 01:08:59,536 --> 01:09:01,504 Andre. 627 01:09:03,873 --> 01:09:06,776 I feel us at the edge of something here. 628 01:09:07,343 --> 01:09:10,781 - I'm trying to pull us back. - You knew the damage you inflicted, 629 01:09:10,881 --> 01:09:13,384 but you have been free to live your life as you wished 630 01:09:13,484 --> 01:09:15,686 without embarrassment from me. 631 01:09:15,786 --> 01:09:20,255 I ask you now to extend me the same courtesy. 632 01:09:20,990 --> 01:09:25,162 Andre, you must make the sensible choice here. Do not exclude me, I beg you. 633 01:09:28,698 --> 01:09:32,070 I begged you once. Do you remember? 634 01:09:32,470 --> 01:09:35,272 Allow me to give you the same advice you gave me then. 635 01:09:35,372 --> 01:09:38,575 You said, "It is a matter of feeling special. 636 01:09:39,075 --> 01:09:43,279 "If we are unable, one, to make the other feel special, 637 01:09:43,379 --> 01:09:47,350 "we must just accept it, seek comfort elsewhere 638 01:09:47,450 --> 01:09:49,519 "with others. 639 01:09:49,619 --> 01:09:52,422 "It is an honest contract, my dear. 640 01:09:52,522 --> 01:09:55,191 "You'll grow used to it." 641 01:09:55,291 --> 01:09:57,761 That is what you said. 642 01:10:25,188 --> 01:10:27,857 What's the root ball like? 643 01:10:28,457 --> 01:10:32,094 - It's a bit dry. - Soak them overnight. 644 01:10:32,194 --> 01:10:35,732 - You may not need to. - Just secure them, then. 645 01:10:35,832 --> 01:10:38,334 We should cover these tiers. 646 01:10:47,310 --> 01:10:49,979 - I need more rope. - I need more food. 647 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:54,183 - In the warm. - You go on, I'll follow. 648 01:11:05,595 --> 01:11:08,097 Madame de Barra. 649 01:11:12,869 --> 01:11:15,604 My name is Le Notre. 650 01:11:21,043 --> 01:11:23,112 Madame. 651 01:11:23,980 --> 01:11:26,984 Did you ever see someone and know that they were to play a role in your life? 652 01:11:28,685 --> 01:11:33,423 You're a widow, I believe. How lonely that must be. 653 01:11:35,892 --> 01:11:40,097 I've known for some time that Andre had some secret happiness, 654 01:11:40,197 --> 01:11:44,834 but my husband's ambitions are married only to mine. 655 01:11:45,034 --> 01:11:48,772 You're not the first diversion, and I believe at the moment, 656 01:11:48,872 --> 01:11:50,940 not the only one. 657 01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:54,577 You will come and you will go. 658 01:11:55,011 --> 01:11:57,980 Understand me, madame. 659 01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:01,617 It suits my husband and I this way. 660 01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:18,334 Pretty thing. 661 01:12:45,028 --> 01:12:49,500 We found the sluice gate that connects the reservoir to the fountain. 662 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:52,369 If we fill it, the pressure in the pipes will build, 663 01:12:52,469 --> 01:12:55,304 and we can flood the grove. 664 01:12:57,139 --> 01:12:59,242 Do it. 665 01:13:04,180 --> 01:13:06,249 Later. 666 01:14:41,911 --> 01:14:43,780 Use the wood to hold it down! 667 01:14:46,215 --> 01:14:49,353 - The sluice gate must be open! - We need more hands! 668 01:14:49,453 --> 01:14:51,520 Then pray. 669 01:14:51,854 --> 01:14:53,590 To hell with that. 670 01:16:56,145 --> 01:16:58,180 Thank you. 671 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:13,162 - Will it mend? - It will mend. 672 01:17:13,996 --> 01:17:15,766 The tiers were too weak. 673 01:17:15,866 --> 01:17:20,703 The gate was left open. You cannot be blamed for that, or the storm. 674 01:17:23,739 --> 01:17:27,543 - What should I do? - Adapt. 675 01:17:29,278 --> 01:17:31,514 Like a well-trained plant? 676 01:17:32,548 --> 01:17:35,317 Like a well-trained plant. 677 01:17:40,890 --> 01:17:44,060 Am I part of an amusement for you? 678 01:17:45,094 --> 01:17:47,196 Not at all. 679 01:17:47,296 --> 01:17:50,299 I'm unused to all this. 680 01:17:53,235 --> 01:17:55,637 Is it honest? 681 01:17:56,305 --> 01:17:59,708 - Are you? - No. 682 01:18:00,376 --> 01:18:04,212 I have not been honest since I watched you in my garden. 683 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:08,250 Your heart beats fiercely. Mine just ticks. 684 01:18:10,219 --> 01:18:13,455 I have not gifts to offer such a wonder. 685 01:18:14,790 --> 01:18:18,293 If you are hungry, I'll feed you. 686 01:18:18,994 --> 01:18:21,564 If I am mad, you will tell me. 687 01:18:21,664 --> 01:18:23,299 You are not mad. 688 01:18:24,433 --> 01:18:27,236 You don't know all of me yet. 689 01:18:32,174 --> 01:18:34,576 Are you hungry? 690 01:18:34,977 --> 01:18:37,079 Starving. 691 01:18:55,098 --> 01:18:57,700 Are you not happy? 692 01:18:57,800 --> 01:18:59,835 Yes. 693 01:19:01,237 --> 01:19:04,306 That's what is making me cry. 694 01:19:18,020 --> 01:19:20,522 I can't. 695 01:19:25,427 --> 01:19:28,897 I can't. Don't ask me. 696 01:20:23,319 --> 01:20:25,989 What am I to say? "It is original"? 697 01:20:26,089 --> 01:20:30,126 "Continue indefinitely"? Do you expect that of us? 698 01:20:32,494 --> 01:20:35,798 You've been working with Madame de Barra. 699 01:20:35,898 --> 01:20:38,235 Are you committed to this design? 700 01:20:38,335 --> 01:20:42,439 If I may say, Your Majesty, I was just as skeptical as you are in the beginning, like. 701 01:20:42,539 --> 01:20:43,673 But now? 702 01:20:43,773 --> 01:20:45,375 I'm a convert, so to speak, Your Majesty. 703 01:20:45,475 --> 01:20:47,928 Even now, the setbacks were due to nature, sire. 704 01:20:48,028 --> 01:20:51,448 Perfection does not bow to nature. What on earth are those things? 705 01:20:51,848 --> 01:20:54,784 Well, sire, I'm glad you asked me that, because that, really, 706 01:20:54,884 --> 01:20:57,420 is what Madame de Barra is. Odd, sire. 707 01:20:57,520 --> 01:20:59,555 May I show Your Majesty? 708 01:21:09,531 --> 01:21:12,702 You will recall what I said about Nymphs and Shepherds. 709 01:21:12,802 --> 01:21:17,005 As we age, we see things more clearly. 710 01:21:17,739 --> 01:21:19,975 This project, 711 01:21:21,210 --> 01:21:24,213 is it worthy of us? 712 01:21:28,817 --> 01:21:30,987 There's no precedent for Madame de Barra's vision. 713 01:21:32,788 --> 01:21:36,892 Trust is all we can give to those who reach into the new, sire. 714 01:21:38,294 --> 01:21:42,188 But when beauty can be described with such imagination, then her art, 715 01:21:42,288 --> 01:21:44,358 above all I know, 716 01:21:44,458 --> 01:21:47,069 is worthy of the king. 717 01:21:50,038 --> 01:21:52,808 I see only mud. 718 01:21:55,444 --> 01:21:58,447 Your words we will weigh later. 719 01:21:59,081 --> 01:22:04,319 For now, inform Madame de Barra that I shall see her at Fontainebleau. 720 01:22:35,784 --> 01:22:38,153 I do not know... 721 01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:41,156 what story this tells 722 01:22:41,256 --> 01:22:44,326 or what harm it is part of. 723 01:22:45,361 --> 01:22:48,297 This is a bad end for both of us, 724 01:22:49,465 --> 01:22:52,200 and I am sorry for it. 725 01:23:44,887 --> 01:23:47,016 - Welcome to Fontainebleau. - Antoine. 726 01:23:47,116 --> 01:23:49,391 How beautiful you look. 727 01:23:49,491 --> 01:23:51,027 I believe it is compulsory. 728 01:23:51,127 --> 01:23:53,563 Indeed. However, some of the ladies find it more of a challenge. 729 01:23:53,663 --> 01:23:56,600 I am bound to say, I see no trace of that challenge in you. 730 01:23:56,700 --> 01:23:59,258 Do not talk to me about it, madame. I am ruined by the expense, 731 01:23:59,358 --> 01:24:02,771 and worse, it is interfering with my gaming. 732 01:24:03,806 --> 01:24:07,609 I must confess that escorting you down is something of a coup. 733 01:24:07,709 --> 01:24:08,778 How so? 734 01:24:08,878 --> 01:24:11,914 There are several parties who are anxious to meet you. 735 01:24:12,014 --> 01:24:15,352 I am no one. What could the interest be? 736 01:24:15,452 --> 01:24:19,356 Madame, you answer yourself. You see how they look at you? 737 01:24:19,456 --> 01:24:23,360 You are no one where everybody is someone, and yet you are here. 738 01:24:23,460 --> 01:24:27,664 That makes you more the someone. Especially if you have conversation. 739 01:24:27,764 --> 01:24:30,199 Words just tumble. 740 01:24:32,067 --> 01:24:36,573 You see? People are looking our way with interest, because of my mirth. 741 01:24:36,673 --> 01:24:38,041 But the hordes may not have you yet. 742 01:24:38,141 --> 01:24:41,544 I am under strict instruction to convey you to one person in particular. 743 01:24:41,644 --> 01:24:43,213 The Marquise de Montespan. 744 01:24:43,313 --> 01:24:46,383 Heavens, the lengths I've had to go to, madame. 745 01:24:46,483 --> 01:24:50,420 I have had to bribe, lie and use every form of deception to meet you. 746 01:24:50,520 --> 01:24:53,523 - How much did you pay the maître d'hôtel? - Five gold louis. Was that too much? 747 01:24:53,623 --> 01:24:56,393 - Money well spent. - Lauzun, I love you dearly. 748 01:24:56,593 --> 01:24:59,129 Kiss me now and leave me to explore my prize. 749 01:24:59,429 --> 01:25:01,884 I shall enjoy you later. Madame. 750 01:25:02,184 --> 01:25:05,535 - Good fortune at the tables. - I feel lucky tonight. 751 01:25:05,635 --> 01:25:08,171 My dearest friend and a most divine lover. 752 01:25:08,271 --> 01:25:12,509 What can I say, madame? Events overtook us before I had the king's interest. 753 01:25:12,609 --> 01:25:14,344 Is this your first time at Fontainebleau? 754 01:25:14,444 --> 01:25:16,179 - It is. - Have you no birth? 755 01:25:16,279 --> 01:25:18,381 Not a drop. No blood whatsoever. 756 01:25:18,481 --> 01:25:20,884 You are here entirely on your own merits. 757 01:25:20,984 --> 01:25:23,186 - I know a famous man. - I see. 758 01:25:23,286 --> 01:25:25,388 I was going to offer you Lauzun, but you're ahead of the game. 759 01:25:25,488 --> 01:25:28,324 - Athenais. - Palatine. 760 01:25:31,326 --> 01:25:35,664 And Madame de Barra. I'm so happy to see you again. 761 01:25:35,764 --> 01:25:38,368 - Princess. - Oh, please, call me madame. 762 01:25:38,468 --> 01:25:40,136 It's affectionate, and everybody does. 763 01:25:40,236 --> 01:25:43,739 Come. My secret space. 764 01:25:49,445 --> 01:25:52,048 - Do you dig earth? - Yes. 765 01:25:52,148 --> 01:25:55,652 - Yet you're not blackened by the sun. - Perhaps a little. 766 01:25:55,752 --> 01:25:58,655 And never had the smallpox. Your skin is clear. 767 01:25:58,755 --> 01:26:00,957 Show us your breasts. Are they pretty? 768 01:26:01,057 --> 01:26:03,426 Would you like to see mine? Mine are the most beautiful. 769 01:26:03,526 --> 01:26:06,663 Yes, they are, apart from Suzanne, who's 70. 770 01:26:06,763 --> 01:26:08,665 Yes, hers are perfect. 771 01:26:08,765 --> 01:26:12,568 You see, here, touch. 772 01:26:15,270 --> 01:26:17,066 Your eyes are the color of the sea. 773 01:26:17,166 --> 01:26:20,710 This gown is cut differently. I like it at the waist. 774 01:26:20,810 --> 01:26:23,113 - Are you married? - Widowed. 775 01:26:23,213 --> 01:26:25,547 - Did you like your husband? - Yes. 776 01:26:25,647 --> 01:26:27,682 Children? 777 01:26:30,018 --> 01:26:31,920 Dead? 778 01:26:32,387 --> 01:26:34,620 A girl. 779 01:26:35,623 --> 01:26:37,692 How old? 780 01:26:38,426 --> 01:26:43,165 - Six. - Palatine has lost her son, too. 781 01:26:44,900 --> 01:26:47,035 He was four. 782 01:26:47,135 --> 01:26:49,304 So little and beautiful. 783 01:26:49,404 --> 01:26:51,274 Charles was one. 784 01:26:51,374 --> 01:26:55,778 I lost Joan and Ann together. Smallpox. 785 01:26:55,878 --> 01:26:59,048 I lost my husband and my son on the battlefield. 786 01:26:59,148 --> 01:27:01,783 They died in each other's arms. 787 01:27:02,918 --> 01:27:05,353 I'm barely here. 788 01:27:05,721 --> 01:27:07,956 How did they die? 789 01:27:09,992 --> 01:27:12,995 Do you find it hard to speak of it? 790 01:27:13,095 --> 01:27:15,330 That can happen. 791 01:27:18,767 --> 01:27:21,536 I put everything in a trunk. 792 01:27:22,904 --> 01:27:26,107 All their clothes, shoes, 793 01:27:26,741 --> 01:27:28,977 her toys. 794 01:27:29,644 --> 01:27:33,148 I haven't had the courage to go in there since. 795 01:27:35,651 --> 01:27:38,287 When you are strong enough, my dear, 796 01:27:38,387 --> 01:27:40,723 when you are strong enough. 797 01:27:40,823 --> 01:27:44,226 We're not allowed to speak of death at court. 798 01:27:44,626 --> 01:27:48,431 The king does not like it, but we speak about it amongst ourselves. 799 01:27:48,531 --> 01:27:53,568 Nobody may ban a child from its mother's heart. 800 01:27:55,070 --> 01:27:58,941 I commended all my children into Maintenon's care. 801 01:27:59,041 --> 01:28:01,810 How she has turned on me now. 802 01:28:03,211 --> 01:28:06,115 Saintly old bitch. 803 01:28:06,215 --> 01:28:09,919 It is an amazement to me a convent has not claimed her. 804 01:28:10,019 --> 01:28:12,288 Costume's not as lavish. 805 01:28:14,724 --> 01:28:17,092 The king comes. 806 01:28:17,859 --> 01:28:20,162 Have you been presented before? 807 01:28:20,262 --> 01:28:22,297 No. 808 01:28:57,085 --> 01:29:00,806 Your Majesty, it is my pleasure to present Madame de Barra. 809 01:29:03,838 --> 01:29:05,840 Madame. 810 01:29:08,143 --> 01:29:10,211 Your Majesty. 811 01:29:13,982 --> 01:29:16,684 Is it a Four Seasons? 812 01:29:17,249 --> 01:29:19,654 It is, sire. 813 01:29:19,754 --> 01:29:22,024 For the most famous gardener in the world. 814 01:29:25,627 --> 01:29:27,929 Allow me, 815 01:29:28,029 --> 01:29:30,431 Your Majesty. 816 01:29:37,505 --> 01:29:40,942 A light, honest scent. 817 01:29:43,078 --> 01:29:46,347 Natural and unforced. 818 01:29:48,583 --> 01:29:51,686 Some of the roses seem faded 819 01:29:51,786 --> 01:29:54,156 and overblown. 820 01:30:00,295 --> 01:30:03,531 That fate awaits all roses, sire. 821 01:30:07,369 --> 01:30:10,171 Continue, madame. 822 01:30:10,338 --> 01:30:14,342 All roses are open to the elements, Your Majesty. 823 01:30:14,442 --> 01:30:17,945 They bud, bloom and fade. 824 01:30:19,280 --> 01:30:20,750 Is that so, madame? 825 01:30:20,850 --> 01:30:23,686 The rose grows entirely unaware, 826 01:30:23,786 --> 01:30:27,490 changing naturally from one state to another, 827 01:30:27,590 --> 01:30:32,206 and although the elements may treat her cruelly, she knows nothing of it 828 01:30:32,306 --> 01:30:36,932 and continues to her end without judgment on her beauty. 829 01:30:37,565 --> 01:30:39,468 Alas, 830 01:30:39,568 --> 01:30:42,137 'tis not the same for us. 831 01:30:43,538 --> 01:30:46,575 If such a rose could speak, 832 01:30:48,476 --> 01:30:50,804 what would she say? 833 01:30:52,213 --> 01:30:54,916 Yes, I am here 834 01:30:55,016 --> 01:30:58,353 and gave service under nature's eye, 835 01:30:58,453 --> 01:31:02,024 and after me, my children will be. 836 01:31:03,558 --> 01:31:07,629 Is there any greater contribution or more graceful end? 837 01:31:08,263 --> 01:31:10,332 A wise rose. 838 01:31:14,336 --> 01:31:18,407 And what protection can the gardener afford this rose 839 01:31:18,507 --> 01:31:20,910 from the harsh elements of change? 840 01:31:22,077 --> 01:31:24,980 Patience, care 841 01:31:25,080 --> 01:31:29,584 and a little warmth from the sun are our best hope, Your Majesty. 842 01:31:44,165 --> 01:31:48,703 I'm obliged to you, madame, for that sweet reminder. 843 01:31:55,176 --> 01:31:57,512 Now walk with me. 844 01:31:59,314 --> 01:32:01,784 And tell me of... 845 01:32:01,884 --> 01:32:05,253 your progress in our garden. 846 01:32:31,179 --> 01:32:34,015 Her kindness, 847 01:32:34,115 --> 01:32:36,651 unbribed. 848 01:32:48,129 --> 01:32:51,166 That was very brave tonight. 849 01:32:52,934 --> 01:32:56,404 - I hoped he might listen. - Enough humility. 850 01:36:13,434 --> 01:36:15,636 There you are. 851 01:36:16,537 --> 01:36:18,473 Philippe. 852 01:36:27,382 --> 01:36:30,519 - You're dressed. - I'm off on business to Chartres. 853 01:36:30,919 --> 01:36:32,621 Thought I would take Marie-Claire. 854 01:36:32,721 --> 01:36:36,057 There's a good puppet stand and a pie shop. 855 01:36:37,025 --> 01:36:41,097 - Marie-Claire! Are you there? - Papa! Did you find her? 856 01:36:41,197 --> 01:36:45,768 Here is Belle Boobie asleep with Mama. Hello, Marie-Claire. 857 01:36:45,868 --> 01:36:49,104 You naughty doll! Come here and I shall punish you. 858 01:36:50,872 --> 01:36:55,877 - Oh, my goodness. Is she all right? - Don't be silly. She's made of cloth. 859 01:36:59,781 --> 01:37:02,552 Sabine, I have something to tell you. 860 01:37:03,251 --> 01:37:05,721 - How long? - We've not been close of late. 861 01:37:07,188 --> 01:37:10,793 And most men take mistresses in due course in such circumstances. 862 01:37:11,193 --> 01:37:13,761 Such circumstances? 863 01:37:14,562 --> 01:37:16,831 What's her name? 864 01:37:17,331 --> 01:37:21,002 - Diane. - Where does she live? 865 01:37:21,435 --> 01:37:23,504 Berry. 866 01:37:24,705 --> 01:37:27,074 Not too far. 867 01:37:28,209 --> 01:37:32,580 There's the coach now. We'll talk again on this matter. 868 01:37:36,317 --> 01:37:38,819 When will you be back? 869 01:37:39,854 --> 01:37:44,293 - This evening, madame. - Do not "madame" me, Philippe. 870 01:37:51,466 --> 01:37:55,104 Marie-Claire, tie your laces. You'll fall over them. 871 01:37:55,204 --> 01:37:57,706 - I can't, Mama. - Wait there. 872 01:38:02,777 --> 01:38:05,146 Master, look at this. 873 01:38:07,782 --> 01:38:10,018 Marie-Claire. 874 01:38:10,751 --> 01:38:14,054 Ma... Marie-Claire. 875 01:38:15,356 --> 01:38:16,892 Jean, the wheel. 876 01:38:17,192 --> 01:38:21,495 I told the master. He said it would do until Berry. 877 01:38:21,595 --> 01:38:23,598 Berry? 878 01:38:26,467 --> 01:38:28,204 Marie-Claire! 879 01:38:28,404 --> 01:38:30,905 I did not kiss Mama. 880 01:38:45,453 --> 01:38:47,422 Stop! Stop! 881 01:39:01,202 --> 01:39:03,571 No, no! 882 01:39:15,783 --> 01:39:20,221 No! No! 883 01:39:20,321 --> 01:39:22,290 Sabine! 884 01:39:38,005 --> 01:39:43,550 She was the most beautiful thing I ever made, and I killed her. 885 01:39:47,281 --> 01:39:50,785 Did you intend them to die? Is that what you planned? 886 01:39:51,252 --> 01:39:54,656 It was... It was your husband's choice. He took away the child. 887 01:39:54,756 --> 01:39:59,027 It was my fault. It was my fault. I let him take her away. 888 01:39:59,127 --> 01:40:02,498 What if no one person is to blame? And what use is blame? 889 01:40:02,598 --> 01:40:06,501 It is enough to have it happen to you. It is enough to recover from it. 890 01:40:07,702 --> 01:40:11,773 That is as much as we may ask of ourselves. That is enough. 891 01:40:17,144 --> 01:40:19,981 What is it that would help you? 892 01:40:20,548 --> 01:40:23,117 If you held me. 893 01:40:36,597 --> 01:40:39,433 What will happen to your wife? 894 01:40:44,639 --> 01:40:47,407 This was not the way we started. 895 01:40:49,477 --> 01:40:53,214 So we must have taught each other how to behave. 896 01:40:55,650 --> 01:40:58,653 I am to blame for it as much as she. 897 01:41:03,458 --> 01:41:06,194 She will live her own life. 898 01:41:06,994 --> 01:41:09,564 She knows that now. 899 01:41:12,833 --> 01:41:15,236 And us? 900 01:41:18,773 --> 01:41:21,475 We will shape each other. 901 01:41:47,068 --> 01:41:51,939 - This isn't the right way. - Yes, it is. We're behind that fence. 902 01:41:52,039 --> 01:41:55,811 For heaven's sake! I have to rent this. 903 01:41:56,411 --> 01:41:58,947 - Waste of money! - What do you mean? 904 01:41:59,047 --> 01:42:04,485 No one will see us. The music comes from the heavens. 905 01:42:52,800 --> 01:42:54,636 Fair winds, Sabine. 906 01:43:06,681 --> 01:43:09,950 Madame is lucky in her friends. 907 01:44:22,757 --> 01:44:24,059 He loves it. 908 01:45:46,774 --> 01:45:49,309 Do I look very flushed? 909 01:45:49,777 --> 01:45:52,880 - No, you look beautiful. - Are you flattering me? 910 01:45:53,280 --> 01:45:55,382 Is that wrong? 911 01:45:56,417 --> 01:45:58,353 Call me madame again.