1 00:01:11,730 --> 00:01:16,443 This story is inspired by real events in France in the late 19th century. 2 00:02:19,565 --> 00:02:21,275 Welcome, my lovely. 3 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,234 You are very pretty. 4 00:02:53,566 --> 00:02:55,819 - What? - Come and see. 5 00:03:00,817 --> 00:03:01,651 Look. 6 00:03:15,358 --> 00:03:16,818 You watch her. 7 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,819 Who is it? 8 00:04:30,276 --> 00:04:32,028 How did she get up there? 9 00:04:32,236 --> 00:04:35,072 She climbs trees when we are not looking. 10 00:04:35,236 --> 00:04:39,240 - How do you get her down? - We wait till she comes down. 11 00:04:42,735 --> 00:04:45,947 Sister Marguerite, how are you feeling today? 12 00:04:46,695 --> 00:04:47,570 Very well. 13 00:04:47,735 --> 00:04:51,239 Then climb up there and bring that young girl down. 14 00:06:33,571 --> 00:06:35,365 Bring her down! 15 00:06:43,989 --> 00:06:48,368 We educate young deaf girls, not blind and deaf. 16 00:06:48,572 --> 00:06:51,742 We couldn at look after her properly. 17 00:06:53,239 --> 00:06:56,284 What can I do? Only the asylum will have her. 18 00:06:56,531 --> 00:06:57,949 I am sorry. 19 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,575 May 10. 20 00:07:07,739 --> 00:07:10,284 Today I met a soul. 21 00:07:10,447 --> 00:07:12,658 A tiny little soul, quite fragile. 22 00:07:12,823 --> 00:07:14,283 An imprisoned soul 23 00:07:14,698 --> 00:07:18,743 that I saw shine brightly through her prison bars. 24 00:07:18,906 --> 00:07:21,701 I had thought she was a savage, 25 00:07:22,615 --> 00:07:23,908 a little animal. 26 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,617 But she was waiting for me in that tree. 27 00:07:30,824 --> 00:07:34,578 The girl is locked in a world of darkness and silence. 28 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:37,743 How can we talk to her? Listen to her? 29 00:07:39,574 --> 00:07:44,161 What is it like to live in total darkness and silence? 30 00:08:01,283 --> 00:08:02,576 Tighter! 31 00:08:03,575 --> 00:08:04,826 That as good. 32 00:08:50,909 --> 00:08:53,495 Education wasn at my choice 33 00:08:53,659 --> 00:08:55,995 and I prefer manual work, 34 00:08:56,242 --> 00:09:00,621 but I met this young girl and can at stop thinking about her. 35 00:09:00,784 --> 00:09:04,580 - You have never taught deaf girls. - I speak their language. 36 00:09:04,826 --> 00:09:08,371 Getting them to break the silence is another matter. 37 00:09:08,576 --> 00:09:11,579 - And she as blind. - Let me try. 38 00:09:11,701 --> 00:09:12,994 I had a revelation. 39 00:09:13,909 --> 00:09:14,994 A revelation? 40 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,912 No, not a revelation. I mean... 41 00:09:18,076 --> 00:09:20,495 Just an idea. A simple idea. 42 00:09:21,368 --> 00:09:25,956 Unless I am wrong, my mission is to look after her. 43 00:09:26,118 --> 00:09:29,496 To give her speech so she may enter the world. 44 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:31,036 No. 45 00:09:31,243 --> 00:09:32,077 But... 46 00:09:32,243 --> 00:09:36,038 I listened. You asked a question. The answer is no. 47 00:09:40,244 --> 00:09:41,704 Thank you, Mother. 48 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:49,247 But she can at stay locked in her prison! 49 00:09:49,411 --> 00:09:51,830 Someone must teach her to talk. 50 00:09:51,994 --> 00:09:54,288 - How? - Sign language. 51 00:09:54,536 --> 00:09:56,288 She as blind! 52 00:09:56,619 --> 00:09:58,246 I all make signs in her hand. 53 00:09:58,494 --> 00:10:01,914 It as from birth. Her intelligence has shriveled. 54 00:10:02,161 --> 00:10:05,748 If it as intact, she must suffer from being imprisoned. 55 00:10:05,994 --> 00:10:08,580 If there as even a tiny chance... 56 00:10:08,745 --> 00:10:12,498 It as quite a task. With your health... 57 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:15,080 My lungs will be the death of me. Till then... 58 00:10:15,244 --> 00:10:19,123 It as a miracle you are alive. No, not a miracle... 59 00:10:23,911 --> 00:10:27,999 The slightest sustained effort could be fatal. 60 00:10:29,454 --> 00:10:32,331 I could die shut away in a bedroom. 61 00:10:32,495 --> 00:10:34,414 I might as well stop living. 62 00:10:35,328 --> 00:10:38,457 Am I the Mother Superior of this institution? 63 00:10:38,620 --> 00:10:39,580 Yes, Mother. 64 00:10:39,828 --> 00:10:42,289 - So must you obey me? - Of course. 65 00:10:42,454 --> 00:10:46,458 If I say no, must you accept it without argument? 66 00:10:59,079 --> 00:10:59,913 May 27. 67 00:11:00,163 --> 00:11:02,248 I am off to fetch little Marie. 68 00:11:02,371 --> 00:11:05,958 I am almost as excited as the day I took my vows. 69 00:11:46,997 --> 00:11:48,373 Anyone there? 70 00:12:40,790 --> 00:12:42,459 It as me. 71 00:13:14,416 --> 00:13:15,417 But... 72 00:13:15,666 --> 00:13:17,460 Who are you? 73 00:13:19,082 --> 00:13:20,584 I ave come... 74 00:13:21,499 --> 00:13:22,918 to help you. 75 00:13:31,416 --> 00:13:34,002 Does she have no shoes? 76 00:13:34,167 --> 00:13:37,921 We never managed to put them on. Nor dress her. 77 00:13:41,666 --> 00:13:42,500 Wait! 78 00:13:44,583 --> 00:13:46,043 I almost forgot. 79 00:13:49,292 --> 00:13:52,712 This knife is her favorite object. 80 00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:56,668 She prefers that to dolls. 81 00:14:48,293 --> 00:14:50,670 You all have to leave her now. 82 00:14:57,668 --> 00:14:59,086 I know. 83 00:15:49,587 --> 00:15:50,963 Go on. 84 00:16:05,004 --> 00:16:07,298 Go! Go! 85 00:17:28,756 --> 00:17:30,257 You. 86 00:17:32,340 --> 00:17:33,633 You. 87 00:17:38,507 --> 00:17:39,800 Me. 88 00:17:42,382 --> 00:17:44,258 Both of us. 89 00:17:48,048 --> 00:17:49,466 Together. 90 00:20:32,845 --> 00:20:34,263 Cow. 91 00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:39,096 Cow. 92 00:20:45,011 --> 00:20:46,471 Cow. 93 00:20:48,095 --> 00:20:50,431 There, look. 94 00:20:50,594 --> 00:20:53,139 That as a cow. 95 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:47,348 Look. 96 00:21:48,346 --> 00:21:49,723 Look at her hair! 97 00:23:05,140 --> 00:23:07,183 You go there. 98 00:23:08,598 --> 00:23:09,391 There. 99 00:23:10,265 --> 00:23:13,518 That as for you. It as your bed. Where you sleep. 100 00:23:15,265 --> 00:23:17,017 Here. OK? 101 00:23:18,141 --> 00:23:19,851 I all be back. 102 00:23:20,016 --> 00:23:21,726 You stay here. 103 00:23:21,932 --> 00:23:23,434 I all be back. 104 00:23:26,724 --> 00:23:29,143 I all fetch her sheets. 105 00:23:31,433 --> 00:23:34,269 She as a new girl. Be nice to her. 106 00:23:34,433 --> 00:23:36,518 You look after her. 107 00:23:36,683 --> 00:23:37,726 I all be back. 108 00:24:41,851 --> 00:24:42,852 Bed! 109 00:24:49,851 --> 00:24:51,269 Stop messing around! 110 00:24:51,393 --> 00:24:53,061 I trusted you. 111 00:24:53,268 --> 00:24:54,853 You are all very naughty. 112 00:24:55,018 --> 00:24:58,479 I all tell Mother Superior. It all all end in tears. 113 00:24:58,643 --> 00:25:00,770 I am disappointed. It as wrong! 114 00:25:06,351 --> 00:25:08,729 Hush. It as me. 115 00:25:10,393 --> 00:25:12,770 It as me. There. 116 00:25:13,019 --> 00:25:18,065 “When this discourse had lasted for the space of two miles... 117 00:25:21,352 --> 00:25:23,855 “Brother Leo questioned him 118 00:25:24,102 --> 00:25:28,940 “saying: ‘Father, I pray thee, 119 00:25:29,186 --> 00:25:32,439 “‘teach me wherein is perfect joy. a†120 00:25:33,603 --> 00:25:34,729 Mother! 121 00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:37,062 Carry on. 122 00:25:38,686 --> 00:25:40,855 “And Saint Francis replied: 123 00:25:41,019 --> 00:25:43,480 “‘If, when we shall arrive... a†124 00:25:43,644 --> 00:25:45,188 Leave me. 125 00:25:45,352 --> 00:25:49,857 “‘...drenched with rain and trembling with cold, 126 00:25:50,020 --> 00:25:51,813 “‘exhausted by hunger, 127 00:25:52,061 --> 00:25:56,149 “‘and if, when we knock at the convent gate, 128 00:25:56,395 --> 00:25:59,732 “‘the porter should come angrily, 129 00:25:59,936 --> 00:26:02,189 “‘and ask us who we are a†130 00:26:02,353 --> 00:26:04,939 “‘and we tell him... a†131 00:26:08,061 --> 00:26:11,732 “‘...and he answer: ‘That is not the truth, 132 00:26:11,936 --> 00:26:17,066 “‘ye are two imposters who take away the alms of the poor. 133 00:26:17,270 --> 00:26:18,855 “‘Begone! a 134 00:26:21,187 --> 00:26:25,816 “‘Then if we accept with patience 135 00:26:26,021 --> 00:26:28,440 “‘and without murmuring 136 00:26:28,604 --> 00:26:30,147 “‘so much injustice... a†137 00:26:30,312 --> 00:26:31,271 Hot. 138 00:26:32,395 --> 00:26:33,855 Hot. 139 00:26:34,021 --> 00:26:37,691 “‘...believing with humility 140 00:26:37,854 --> 00:26:39,522 “‘and charity... a†141 00:26:49,605 --> 00:26:51,273 “‘O, Brother Leo, 142 00:26:51,396 --> 00:26:55,442 “‘write that this indeed is perfect joy. a†143 00:27:03,396 --> 00:27:04,314 July 26. 144 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,066 Each has her cross to bear. 145 00:27:07,271 --> 00:27:10,649 Right now my life with Marie is an ordeal. 146 00:27:10,813 --> 00:27:13,274 What path should I take? 147 00:27:18,855 --> 00:27:19,981 September 20. 148 00:27:20,147 --> 00:27:22,357 I ave had Marie for four months. 149 00:27:22,522 --> 00:27:24,399 Her language isn at advancing. 150 00:27:24,606 --> 00:27:27,609 She behaves like a wild animal. 151 00:27:56,939 --> 00:27:58,316 It as me. 152 00:28:12,106 --> 00:28:14,192 Wait, wait... 153 00:28:16,273 --> 00:28:17,274 Wait, look. 154 00:28:27,274 --> 00:28:28,734 Knife. 155 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,941 That as your knife. 156 00:28:33,066 --> 00:28:34,317 It as your knife. 157 00:28:34,482 --> 00:28:35,983 Look. 158 00:28:36,232 --> 00:28:37,609 Your knife! 159 00:28:48,483 --> 00:28:49,317 October 27. 160 00:28:49,775 --> 00:28:51,610 Still no progress. 161 00:28:51,733 --> 00:28:54,611 Marie has gone downhill since she as been here. 162 00:28:54,775 --> 00:28:56,276 It as only natural. 163 00:28:56,441 --> 00:28:59,319 I took away her parents, her home, 164 00:28:59,483 --> 00:29:01,610 the little she knew. 165 00:29:03,274 --> 00:29:05,443 I dragged her out of her world. 166 00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:22,070 Pane. 167 00:30:22,276 --> 00:30:23,861 Window. 168 00:31:10,528 --> 00:31:13,155 Stop criticizing me. You are annoying. 169 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,822 Wait... 170 00:31:14,986 --> 00:31:18,740 I lived in silence until I was 4. 171 00:31:18,945 --> 00:31:21,531 My parents didn at know sign language, 172 00:31:21,695 --> 00:31:23,447 but they taught me the rest. 173 00:31:23,695 --> 00:31:24,655 What “rest†174 00:31:24,903 --> 00:31:25,695 Everything. 175 00:31:25,862 --> 00:31:29,991 Politeness, behavior, table manners... 176 00:31:30,153 --> 00:31:32,864 She must learn to live with others. 177 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:35,031 She isn at alone. 178 00:31:35,278 --> 00:31:37,405 You are right. I am educating her badly. 179 00:31:44,112 --> 00:31:48,033 Maybe you were wrong but you can do better. 180 00:31:48,196 --> 00:31:50,281 I ave no courage left. 181 00:31:50,446 --> 00:31:53,157 All this work for nothing. 182 00:31:53,987 --> 00:31:55,864 Till now, you... 183 00:31:56,029 --> 00:31:58,990 You taught me sign language. You know. 184 00:31:59,154 --> 00:32:01,490 All I know is gardening. 185 00:32:02,279 --> 00:32:04,323 Since you know best, carry on. 186 00:32:04,571 --> 00:32:07,616 You ave taken one step. You can take more. 187 00:32:07,863 --> 00:32:09,782 She doesn at understand a thing. 188 00:32:20,613 --> 00:32:23,199 Today, November 15, 8:30, 189 00:32:23,364 --> 00:32:25,157 I am about to do Marie as hair. 190 00:32:54,781 --> 00:32:56,408 Drop! Drop! 191 00:33:30,323 --> 00:33:32,534 Drop! Drop! Drop! 192 00:33:35,740 --> 00:33:37,450 Drop it. 193 00:34:43,450 --> 00:34:45,077 Yes... 194 00:34:47,701 --> 00:34:49,953 There, you see? 195 00:35:17,034 --> 00:35:17,994 There? 196 00:35:48,452 --> 00:35:49,704 Yes. 197 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:55,745 That as good. 198 00:42:00,962 --> 00:42:03,131 Oh, dash! Marie as here already. 199 00:42:03,378 --> 00:42:04,713 Wait. 200 00:42:04,879 --> 00:42:05,963 Be patient. 201 00:42:07,587 --> 00:42:09,172 We must go to class. 202 00:42:25,962 --> 00:42:26,880 No. 203 00:42:27,046 --> 00:42:28,839 Give them your place. 204 00:42:30,379 --> 00:42:32,882 Oh! Go on, then. It as all yours! 205 00:43:32,048 --> 00:43:34,091 That as it. 206 00:43:49,423 --> 00:43:51,175 She has understood. 207 00:43:52,381 --> 00:43:54,467 Well done! 208 00:43:58,507 --> 00:44:00,675 Well done! 209 00:44:07,257 --> 00:44:09,843 “The words of our Lord Jesus Christ 210 00:44:10,007 --> 00:44:12,968 “tell us that we must make our way 211 00:44:13,132 --> 00:44:14,342 “while we strive 212 00:44:14,591 --> 00:44:16,718 “amid the cares of this world. 213 00:44:16,882 --> 00:44:18,300 “We make our way, 214 00:44:18,424 --> 00:44:22,136 “unpossessed as yet of any abiding city. 215 00:44:22,299 --> 00:44:26,345 “Still on the journey, not yet come home. 216 00:44:26,508 --> 00:44:30,428 “Still hoping, not yet enjoying. 217 00:44:30,633 --> 00:44:32,468 “Let us make our way, 218 00:44:33,050 --> 00:44:36,387 “not by fits and starts, 219 00:44:36,633 --> 00:44:39,010 “so that some day we may arrive. 220 00:44:40,508 --> 00:44:43,761 “Martha and Mary were sisters 221 00:44:43,966 --> 00:44:46,636 “not in the flesh only 222 00:44:46,883 --> 00:44:50,470 “but also in godliness. 223 00:44:50,633 --> 00:44:53,344 “Together they clave unto the Lord...†224 00:44:53,592 --> 00:44:55,344 That as your knife. 225 00:44:55,509 --> 00:44:59,137 And that as the sign “knife†226 00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:01,760 Knife. 227 00:45:04,050 --> 00:45:05,677 Knife. 228 00:45:05,842 --> 00:45:07,678 Knife. 229 00:45:10,842 --> 00:45:12,010 Knife. 230 00:45:12,676 --> 00:45:13,885 Wait. 231 00:45:15,009 --> 00:45:16,469 Give it to me. 232 00:45:21,842 --> 00:45:23,427 Go on. 233 00:45:23,634 --> 00:45:24,426 Knife. 234 00:45:25,134 --> 00:45:26,552 Knife. 235 00:45:37,343 --> 00:45:39,470 Knife. Knife. 236 00:45:41,176 --> 00:45:42,719 Knife. 237 00:45:42,885 --> 00:45:44,053 Knife. 238 00:45:45,343 --> 00:45:48,012 It as here, look. 239 00:45:48,677 --> 00:45:51,680 Go on. Knife. 240 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,011 Go on. 241 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,303 Go on, then! 242 00:45:57,969 --> 00:46:00,346 Knife. Here, feel. 243 00:46:01,052 --> 00:46:02,637 It as your knife. 244 00:46:02,802 --> 00:46:04,637 You know it! Go on. 245 00:46:04,802 --> 00:46:06,053 Knife. 246 00:46:06,677 --> 00:46:08,971 Yes, yes! Go on! 247 00:46:09,094 --> 00:46:09,970 Yes. 248 00:46:11,386 --> 00:46:14,305 No, no sleeping. No sleeping. Come on! 249 00:46:14,469 --> 00:46:16,179 Come on now. 250 00:46:16,344 --> 00:46:17,679 Knife. 251 00:46:19,052 --> 00:46:20,971 No sleeping, I said. Wake up! 252 00:46:21,094 --> 00:46:22,720 Come on, knife! 253 00:46:22,886 --> 00:46:24,304 Knife! 254 00:46:24,970 --> 00:46:26,972 No, do “knife†255 00:46:35,636 --> 00:46:37,221 Knife. 256 00:46:43,428 --> 00:46:44,846 Knife. 257 00:46:59,220 --> 00:47:01,305 Knife. 258 00:47:11,054 --> 00:47:12,639 Knife. 259 00:47:46,346 --> 00:47:47,973 Knife. 260 00:47:55,388 --> 00:47:56,848 Knife. 261 00:48:11,305 --> 00:48:13,140 Knife. 262 00:49:08,015 --> 00:49:09,559 Yes... 263 00:49:09,723 --> 00:49:11,016 Yes! 264 00:49:13,182 --> 00:49:14,559 Yes! 265 00:49:16,141 --> 00:49:17,642 Knife! 266 00:49:29,808 --> 00:49:32,144 That as it! Knife! 267 00:49:36,808 --> 00:49:38,393 Mother! 268 00:49:40,099 --> 00:49:41,684 Mother! 269 00:49:42,975 --> 00:49:45,978 Mother, you must come. 270 00:49:46,142 --> 00:49:49,395 - Come where? - Come and see Marie. 271 00:49:49,558 --> 00:49:51,810 She as been here eight months, no? 272 00:49:51,975 --> 00:49:53,184 Yes, and... 273 00:49:54,308 --> 00:49:56,686 - I find you admirable. - Oh? 274 00:49:56,850 --> 00:49:58,476 So much effort, so few results... 275 00:49:58,641 --> 00:50:02,061 I have results. Marie has made incredible progress. 276 00:50:02,308 --> 00:50:04,060 You must come and see. 277 00:50:06,642 --> 00:50:08,310 Look. 278 00:50:18,642 --> 00:50:19,643 That as it! 279 00:50:19,892 --> 00:50:20,977 What is? 280 00:50:21,143 --> 00:50:23,812 There! She as signing the word “knife†281 00:50:27,892 --> 00:50:29,352 Yes. 282 00:50:40,851 --> 00:50:41,685 She as asking... 283 00:50:43,018 --> 00:50:46,563 “fork†284 00:50:48,435 --> 00:50:50,729 That as the sign for “fork†285 00:50:52,643 --> 00:50:53,477 Yes. 286 00:50:57,226 --> 00:50:59,145 Yes. 287 00:51:04,643 --> 00:51:06,520 Bread. 288 00:51:06,685 --> 00:51:08,103 Bread. 289 00:51:10,685 --> 00:51:12,311 Bread. 290 00:51:13,810 --> 00:51:15,770 That as it. That as it. 291 00:51:19,727 --> 00:51:20,728 Did you see? 292 00:51:21,977 --> 00:51:23,312 It works. 293 00:51:23,893 --> 00:51:24,728 It works. 294 00:51:26,644 --> 00:51:28,146 It works! 295 00:51:41,769 --> 00:51:43,354 Carrot. 296 00:51:45,312 --> 00:51:46,229 Carrot. 297 00:51:48,061 --> 00:51:49,229 There... 298 00:51:51,186 --> 00:51:52,646 Carrot. 299 00:51:58,312 --> 00:51:59,730 Apple. 300 00:52:07,770 --> 00:52:09,355 Grape. 301 00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,188 Yes, like that. 302 00:52:28,854 --> 00:52:30,439 Same for the other. 303 00:52:40,979 --> 00:52:42,314 Leaf. 304 00:52:48,563 --> 00:52:51,232 June 15. I am witnessing a wonderful show, 305 00:52:51,396 --> 00:52:53,398 an explosion of language. 306 00:52:53,563 --> 00:52:56,190 It was so hard to learn the first word 307 00:52:56,354 --> 00:52:59,691 but the following words are patently simple. 308 00:52:59,855 --> 00:53:00,689 Donkey. 309 00:53:00,855 --> 00:53:02,481 Marie wants to name everything. 310 00:53:02,646 --> 00:53:04,064 Old... 311 00:53:04,230 --> 00:53:06,983 Next we all be seeing adjectives, sentences, 312 00:53:07,147 --> 00:53:08,857 grammar, abstract words. 313 00:53:09,022 --> 00:53:10,315 Young. 314 00:53:12,355 --> 00:53:15,859 I hope to live long enough to see all that. 315 00:53:31,689 --> 00:53:33,357 Are they coming? 316 00:53:33,522 --> 00:53:35,399 Not yet. 317 00:53:35,564 --> 00:53:36,982 When? 318 00:53:37,148 --> 00:53:39,567 Soon. 319 00:53:41,564 --> 00:53:43,399 It as a long time. 320 00:53:43,564 --> 00:53:45,232 Patience. 321 00:54:07,773 --> 00:54:09,650 They are coming. 322 00:54:09,815 --> 00:54:11,775 Can they see me? 323 00:54:12,982 --> 00:54:15,860 Not yet. 324 00:54:27,773 --> 00:54:30,985 They can see you. 325 00:54:58,066 --> 00:55:00,569 What are you waiting for? Help me down. 326 00:55:01,233 --> 00:55:02,651 Help me down. 327 00:55:12,567 --> 00:55:14,652 Go to them. 328 00:55:48,650 --> 00:55:51,987 What are you waiting for? She as your daughter. 329 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,822 She says she as learning the alphabet 330 00:57:12,986 --> 00:57:14,112 and also... 331 00:57:16,070 --> 00:57:17,404 the spelling of words. 332 00:57:21,986 --> 00:57:24,322 How do we say “hello†333 00:58:23,322 --> 00:58:24,698 My little girl... 334 00:58:33,822 --> 00:58:35,199 “Mommy†335 00:58:35,988 --> 00:58:37,531 How do we say “Mommy†336 00:59:04,781 --> 00:59:06,491 - Like this? - Yes. 337 00:59:27,323 --> 00:59:29,659 She says she is happy. 338 00:59:31,365 --> 00:59:33,992 And... she loves you. 339 01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:46,121 Can nothing be done? 340 01:01:48,327 --> 01:01:51,205 Rest, mainly. 341 01:01:51,369 --> 01:01:53,371 And the mountain air. 342 01:01:57,119 --> 01:01:58,995 We won at tell Marie you are leaving. 343 01:01:59,744 --> 01:02:01,788 It would hurt her too much. 344 01:04:14,831 --> 01:04:19,085 “The men with him were dumbfounded half-wits, 345 01:04:19,248 --> 01:04:22,668 “hearing the voice but seeing nobody. 346 01:04:22,790 --> 01:04:26,711 “Saul got up and, although his eyes were opened, 347 01:04:26,874 --> 01:04:29,084 “he could see nothing. 348 01:04:29,248 --> 01:04:32,167 “He was led to Damascus...†349 01:04:32,832 --> 01:04:34,709 Please eat. 350 01:04:34,874 --> 01:04:36,125 No. 351 01:04:39,373 --> 01:04:43,878 “In Damascus, there was a disciple named Ananius...†352 01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:04,585 It as me, Raphaëlle. 353 01:05:08,332 --> 01:05:10,668 You must eat. 354 01:07:02,711 --> 01:07:05,714 No, sister. The journey would worsen your condition 355 01:07:05,878 --> 01:07:08,547 and you might... - I all die in the end. 356 01:07:08,711 --> 01:07:09,837 As will we all. 357 01:07:10,086 --> 01:07:12,505 But I all probably go long before you. 358 01:07:16,878 --> 01:07:19,839 I want to finish my task before I go. 359 01:07:24,003 --> 01:07:27,339 Just find me a remedy to get me through the trip. 360 01:07:30,128 --> 01:07:32,005 I am so happy. 361 01:07:32,128 --> 01:07:34,005 I will see Marie again. 362 01:07:34,128 --> 01:07:35,546 She is my joy, 363 01:07:36,545 --> 01:07:38,213 the daughter of my soul, 364 01:07:39,420 --> 01:07:41,213 the light of my life. 365 01:08:19,379 --> 01:08:20,922 It as me. 366 01:09:40,048 --> 01:09:41,341 What as wrong? 367 01:09:42,465 --> 01:09:44,467 Sister Elisabeth has died. 368 01:09:44,673 --> 01:09:46,425 - When? - Just now. 369 01:09:46,590 --> 01:09:48,383 She was working in the garden. 370 01:09:48,548 --> 01:09:51,343 She said she felt hot, and then died. 371 01:10:46,008 --> 01:10:48,552 Sister Elisabeth is broken? 372 01:10:48,799 --> 01:10:52,345 No. Her body is broken. 373 01:10:53,675 --> 01:10:55,844 She is dead. 374 01:11:06,509 --> 01:11:10,012 You and I are the opposite. We are alive. 375 01:12:12,385 --> 01:12:16,264 I am going to die too. 376 01:12:17,719 --> 01:12:19,596 When? 377 01:12:21,219 --> 01:12:23,471 Soon. 378 01:12:23,677 --> 01:12:25,721 I forbid you to die. 379 01:12:27,095 --> 01:12:29,764 I can at decide that. Neither can you. 380 01:12:29,928 --> 01:12:32,555 - Who decides? - God. 381 01:12:33,345 --> 01:12:37,182 Who is God? Where is He? I can at touch Him. 382 01:12:42,053 --> 01:12:43,888 He is everywhere. 383 01:12:44,053 --> 01:12:45,763 Here, here, here... 384 01:12:46,553 --> 01:12:50,349 Even inside you. 385 01:13:45,055 --> 01:13:47,015 April 20. 386 01:13:47,180 --> 01:13:49,391 Marie gave me so many things. 387 01:13:49,554 --> 01:13:53,558 She introduced me to a world I knew nothing about. 388 01:13:54,013 --> 01:13:56,099 A world you can touch, 389 01:13:57,138 --> 01:14:01,017 where everything that is alive pulsates under your fingers. 390 01:14:43,682 --> 01:14:46,393 They are beautiful. 391 01:14:59,807 --> 01:15:02,268 There are lots of them. 392 01:16:23,559 --> 01:16:25,811 Are you all right? 393 01:16:26,017 --> 01:16:27,853 Yes. 394 01:16:30,101 --> 01:16:33,604 Would you like a drink? 395 01:16:36,184 --> 01:16:38,144 Yes. 396 01:17:22,144 --> 01:17:25,063 Careful, it as hot. 397 01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:54,397 You want a drink? 398 01:17:55,603 --> 01:17:57,021 No. 399 01:19:22,022 --> 01:19:23,773 Help. 400 01:19:56,523 --> 01:19:58,025 I won at let her come in. 401 01:19:58,273 --> 01:20:00,191 But she needs to see you. 402 01:20:02,064 --> 01:20:05,067 I didn at ask your opinion. 403 01:20:30,107 --> 01:20:32,443 I want to come in, please. 404 01:20:32,608 --> 01:20:36,028 Marguerite is tired. She is resting. 405 01:20:36,149 --> 01:20:37,400 I want to go in. 406 01:20:38,065 --> 01:20:39,108 I said no. 407 01:20:39,357 --> 01:20:40,900 I want to go in! 408 01:20:41,065 --> 01:20:43,151 Patience. Later. 409 01:21:10,025 --> 01:21:11,776 What about little Marie? 410 01:21:13,108 --> 01:21:15,235 She wasn at seen at lunch. 411 01:21:17,483 --> 01:21:18,860 Where has she got to? 412 01:21:19,025 --> 01:21:21,027 We ave been looking all day. 413 01:21:25,191 --> 01:21:27,068 We looked everywhere. 414 01:21:28,567 --> 01:21:29,735 Look in the trees. 415 01:21:45,859 --> 01:21:46,902 It as dangerous. 416 01:21:48,484 --> 01:21:52,197 Oh, I am still capable of climbing a ladder! 417 01:22:36,444 --> 01:22:37,904 Come on. 418 01:22:38,152 --> 01:22:40,362 I want to see Marguerite. 419 01:22:40,486 --> 01:22:44,823 I want to see Marguerite before she dies. 420 01:22:50,444 --> 01:22:53,363 Before taking the orders myself, 421 01:22:53,527 --> 01:22:57,615 I thought the people of the Church left this world peacefully, 422 01:22:57,777 --> 01:22:59,237 in serenity. 423 01:23:00,819 --> 01:23:03,697 Since then I ave seen several sisters die, 424 01:23:03,819 --> 01:23:05,070 a few priests... 425 01:23:06,361 --> 01:23:08,197 Some allay suspicion. 426 01:23:08,861 --> 01:23:11,697 With more or less skill, they pretend... 427 01:23:11,862 --> 01:23:15,032 they are happy to join their Maker. 428 01:23:15,195 --> 01:23:17,030 But I ave never been fooled. 429 01:23:20,361 --> 01:23:24,365 I felt the revolt clinging to their bodies. 430 01:23:26,904 --> 01:23:29,907 I suppose I all go that way too. 431 01:23:34,362 --> 01:23:36,948 We devoted ourselves to God. 432 01:23:38,488 --> 01:23:41,032 Our whole life is a rebellion. 433 01:23:41,196 --> 01:23:43,573 We rebel against evil, 434 01:23:43,738 --> 01:23:45,364 against the world, 435 01:23:47,029 --> 01:23:48,822 against ourselves. 436 01:23:52,529 --> 01:23:57,034 Why won at you talk to the girl one last time? 437 01:24:00,196 --> 01:24:02,031 I am not ready. 438 01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:09,741 You ave no more time to get ready. 439 01:24:11,529 --> 01:24:13,907 But she is ready. 440 01:24:15,030 --> 01:24:16,615 You worked well. 441 01:24:18,030 --> 01:24:21,450 She knows you will leave her. She has accepted it. 442 01:24:22,863 --> 01:24:24,198 But you haven at. 443 01:24:25,447 --> 01:24:27,574 You haven at accepted leaving her. 444 01:24:32,614 --> 01:24:33,823 Yes. 445 01:25:27,698 --> 01:25:31,702 Will you carry on learning? 446 01:25:34,157 --> 01:25:36,034 Yes. 447 01:25:41,282 --> 01:25:47,955 I won at be there to help you. 448 01:25:52,366 --> 01:25:57,579 The other sisters will take over. 449 01:26:36,742 --> 01:26:38,285 Live! 450 01:26:38,450 --> 01:26:40,577 You must live! 451 01:28:45,412 --> 01:28:49,750 Sister Marguerite, I often think of you. 452 01:28:49,912 --> 01:28:53,082 All day I think of you. 453 01:28:53,246 --> 01:28:56,082 In the morning, when I wake, I think of you. 454 01:28:56,246 --> 01:29:00,041 At night, as I go to sleep, I think of you. 455 01:29:01,204 --> 01:29:05,542 When I learn something new, I think of you. 456 01:29:08,204 --> 01:29:12,458 So far I have learned a great many things. 457 01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:24,084 When you see me from heaven, I hope you are proud of me. 458 01:29:25,746 --> 01:29:31,127 A new little girl arrived today. 459 01:29:32,038 --> 01:29:36,418 She as like me. Deaf and blind. 460 01:29:37,705 --> 01:29:42,460 But she as different from me when I arrived. 461 01:29:42,622 --> 01:29:44,791 She doesn at shout. 462 01:29:44,956 --> 01:29:46,833 She doesn at move. 463 01:29:47,039 --> 01:29:49,917 She smells nice. 464 01:29:51,247 --> 01:29:54,959 She smells of bread. 465 01:29:56,081 --> 01:30:00,961 She as waiting. What is she waiting for? 466 01:30:02,039 --> 01:30:04,875 She as waiting for the word. 467 01:30:06,248 --> 01:30:11,086 The sisters will teach her, 468 01:30:11,248 --> 01:30:14,835 like you taught me. 469 01:30:15,039 --> 01:30:18,251 I shall help them. 470 01:30:20,581 --> 01:30:25,795 I hope we all become friends. 471 01:30:27,456 --> 01:30:31,919 You and I were more than friends. 472 01:30:37,249 --> 01:30:41,294 Marie Heurtin lived for the rest of her life at Notre-Dame de Larnay, 473 01:30:41,457 --> 01:30:44,711 near Poitiers, where she died July 22, 1921, aged 36. 474 01:30:49,748 --> 01:30:53,127 An avid reader in Braille and unbeatable at dominoes, 475 01:30:53,290 --> 01:30:55,751 she never stopped studying and was a guide