1 00:04:06,367 --> 00:04:07,720 Who's that? 2 00:04:11,207 --> 00:04:12,356 Marie Duplessis, 3 00:04:13,647 --> 00:04:15,046 The Lady of the Camelias. 4 00:04:15,767 --> 00:04:16,802 You know her? 5 00:04:18,607 --> 00:04:19,676 I do now. 6 00:04:20,967 --> 00:04:23,800 Countess Perr�gaux, is the divine Marie. 7 00:04:25,047 --> 00:04:27,436 Would you introduce me? 8 00:04:39,007 --> 00:04:39,883 That was good, wasn't it? 9 00:04:40,047 --> 00:04:43,164 I'm glad you love the theatre so much. 10 00:04:43,367 --> 00:04:44,436 Morin. 11 00:04:44,647 --> 00:04:46,080 Yes? 12 00:04:46,247 --> 00:04:47,077 Give me a hand. 13 00:04:47,727 --> 00:04:48,603 Yes. 14 00:04:52,847 --> 00:04:54,326 I'll just slip into something comfortable, 15 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:55,801 and I'll be with you. 16 00:04:56,287 --> 00:04:58,926 - Will you serve drinks to the Count? - Certainly. 17 00:05:06,527 --> 00:05:09,041 Tell Clotilde to prepare dinner for 4. 18 00:05:09,647 --> 00:05:10,636 Whose coming? 19 00:05:11,447 --> 00:05:13,836 Cl�mence, and 2 gents. 20 00:05:14,007 --> 00:05:15,122 Give me a hand. 21 00:05:15,287 --> 00:05:16,197 What about him? 22 00:05:16,847 --> 00:05:18,565 I'll get kicked out. 23 00:05:26,647 --> 00:05:28,046 You're very bright this evening. 24 00:05:29,207 --> 00:05:31,402 One of the two, is the son of La D�jazet... 25 00:05:31,567 --> 00:05:34,081 ...a great actress, apparently. 26 00:05:34,247 --> 00:05:36,442 The other's Dumas the younger. 27 00:05:37,527 --> 00:05:39,563 You'd 've been better off inviting the father. 28 00:05:39,727 --> 00:05:43,402 There was a veritable parade of creditors today. 29 00:05:43,567 --> 00:05:45,797 The bill for champagne alone was.... 30 00:05:46,007 --> 00:05:49,522 Listen, you're not to put me in a bad mood! 31 00:05:51,647 --> 00:05:53,205 Which of these two do you like? 32 00:05:53,647 --> 00:05:55,842 And even if I liked one of the two... 33 00:05:57,047 --> 00:05:59,277 ...how is the successful kept woman 34 00:05:59,487 --> 00:06:00,397 recognised? 35 00:06:00,567 --> 00:06:04,446 not the box at the theatre, or the diamonds, carriages, horses.... 36 00:06:05,807 --> 00:06:07,035 But it's a very young 37 00:06:07,207 --> 00:06:08,196 lover, you have, 38 00:06:09,127 --> 00:06:10,560 hidden away, 39 00:06:10,727 --> 00:06:12,763 besotted, and who has no willpower. 40 00:06:18,167 --> 00:06:19,566 And who spends all your money. 41 00:06:19,767 --> 00:06:20,836 So what! 42 00:06:21,007 --> 00:06:22,406 That's what he'll cost me. 43 00:06:33,647 --> 00:06:36,684 So you're planning to get rid of Stackelberg? 44 00:06:39,447 --> 00:06:40,880 Oh yes. 45 00:06:43,007 --> 00:06:45,202 Don't come spying on me tonight. 46 00:06:57,367 --> 00:06:59,597 - Let me see it! - Let me alone! 47 00:06:59,767 --> 00:07:02,964 - I can't. - I wanna see! - Stop it! 48 00:07:06,047 --> 00:07:07,321 I wanna see! 49 00:07:10,207 --> 00:07:13,802 Stop it ... you're tickling me! 50 00:07:13,967 --> 00:07:16,276 - Stop it! - You like it! 51 00:07:16,447 --> 00:07:17,800 This is fun! 52 00:07:17,967 --> 00:07:19,639 - No!...stop it! 53 00:07:21,287 --> 00:07:23,801 Tell them in the kitchen not to open the door to anyone. 54 00:07:23,967 --> 00:07:25,241 Yes, madame. 55 00:07:31,887 --> 00:07:33,878 Did you like how I played? 56 00:07:34,647 --> 00:07:36,205 Who taught you that tune? 57 00:07:36,847 --> 00:07:38,326 The nuns. 58 00:07:39,767 --> 00:07:41,041 What else did you learn 59 00:07:41,247 --> 00:07:42,441 from the sisters? 60 00:07:45,407 --> 00:07:47,841 What to tell from a man's hands, 61 00:07:48,007 --> 00:07:49,599 his fingers and his wrists. 62 00:07:51,367 --> 00:07:52,800 That's all! 63 00:07:53,007 --> 00:07:55,521 - Let me do it! - No, that's enough. 64 00:07:55,687 --> 00:07:57,962 Alexandre, come and join in. 65 00:07:58,167 --> 00:07:59,043 You're hurting me. 66 00:07:59,247 --> 00:08:00,839 Stop it! 67 00:08:24,527 --> 00:08:25,721 She laughed too much. 68 00:08:25,887 --> 00:08:27,206 - Come on! - Leave off! 69 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:30,126 She spits blood. It often happens to her, 70 00:08:30,327 --> 00:08:31,840 she has a bad chest. 71 00:08:55,807 --> 00:08:57,684 Go back and enjoy yourself. 72 00:08:57,847 --> 00:08:59,280 Are you tired? 73 00:09:06,247 --> 00:09:08,078 What are you looking at? 74 00:09:09,007 --> 00:09:10,486 My mother was a seamstress. 75 00:09:11,127 --> 00:09:14,244 - Alexandre Dumas' wife? - She wasn't his wife. 76 00:09:14,447 --> 00:09:16,085 He never married her. 77 00:09:16,887 --> 00:09:18,002 I'm a bastard. 78 00:09:21,527 --> 00:09:23,199 And I'm just a whore. 79 00:09:27,407 --> 00:09:30,205 A very pale and tired whore this evening. 80 00:09:30,367 --> 00:09:31,720 Take care of yourself. 81 00:09:31,927 --> 00:09:35,044 I'm boring... sick and miserable. 82 00:09:35,847 --> 00:09:37,280 I'm spitting blood. 83 00:09:38,367 --> 00:09:40,358 I spend 100,000 francs a year. 84 00:09:43,647 --> 00:09:46,559 I'm only good for an old man full of money. 85 00:09:47,047 --> 00:09:49,003 The proof: all my young lovers 86 00:09:49,207 --> 00:09:51,516 dropped me sooner or later. 87 00:09:56,447 --> 00:09:58,517 Why don't you get a cure? 88 00:10:00,687 --> 00:10:01,915 Get a cure? 89 00:10:04,007 --> 00:10:05,838 If I went for a cure, I'd die. 90 00:10:07,127 --> 00:10:08,640 Especially with the life I lead. 91 00:10:08,807 --> 00:10:12,516 Let me tell you something which you won't believe but which is true 92 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:17,363 and I won't ever repeat it. 93 00:10:22,047 --> 00:10:23,196 What? 94 00:10:27,487 --> 00:10:29,318 I remember 2 years ago, 95 00:10:30,287 --> 00:10:33,677 I was watching you through a store window. 96 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:37,365 When I asked who you were, I was told: 97 00:10:38,487 --> 00:10:39,840 ''A prostitute.'' 98 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:44,324 This evening Cl�mence told me you were very ill. 99 00:10:46,047 --> 00:10:49,039 But your power over me is increasing day by day. 100 00:10:49,247 --> 00:10:52,603 I believe it's in my destiny to be in love with you. 101 00:10:53,167 --> 00:10:55,203 What am I supposed to do in return? 102 00:10:55,527 --> 00:10:57,199 To love me a little bit. 103 00:11:00,447 --> 00:11:03,837 If you promise to do what I say without question, 104 00:11:04,007 --> 00:11:05,520 then I'll love you too. 105 00:11:05,687 --> 00:11:07,325 I promise. 106 00:11:08,007 --> 00:11:10,316 I dream of a lover with no will. 107 00:11:10,487 --> 00:11:12,478 Without suspicions and without demands. 108 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:15,920 I accept completely. 109 00:11:21,447 --> 00:11:23,039 A lover without rights. 110 00:11:27,247 --> 00:11:28,566 ''Without rights.'' 111 00:11:29,887 --> 00:11:32,196 I love this hellish life, you know. 112 00:11:36,527 --> 00:11:39,917 It gives me pleasures you'd never understand. 113 00:11:43,967 --> 00:11:45,286 You have to leave now. 114 00:11:45,727 --> 00:11:46,921 Why? 115 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:51,795 Just do as I ask... that was the agreement. 116 00:13:13,527 --> 00:13:14,323 Let's go! 117 00:13:46,287 --> 00:13:48,403 I said I'd call you. 118 00:13:49,527 --> 00:13:50,357 What's wrong? 119 00:13:51,087 --> 00:13:52,156 I'm waiting for someone. 120 00:13:54,007 --> 00:13:56,123 - Who? - You said: "I accept completely." 121 00:13:58,167 --> 00:13:59,236 Alright then. 122 00:13:59,447 --> 00:14:00,562 Good evening. 123 00:14:02,207 --> 00:14:03,526 Alexandre! 124 00:14:09,207 --> 00:14:11,721 Whenever you wish, I'll withdraw right away. 125 00:14:13,767 --> 00:14:14,995 Don't you get it? 126 00:14:17,647 --> 00:14:19,842 I don't want to lose an opportunity. 127 00:14:24,647 --> 00:14:26,877 You can do the honours this morning sir. 128 00:14:27,047 --> 00:14:28,480 Good for you Clotilde. 129 00:14:33,607 --> 00:14:34,801 There we are. 130 00:14:48,447 --> 00:14:49,926 Here, drink this. 131 00:14:56,567 --> 00:14:58,478 Nobody's had me like you did. 132 00:15:05,007 --> 00:15:06,360 Say it again. 133 00:15:10,007 --> 00:15:11,520 Come in, please. 134 00:15:12,207 --> 00:15:13,003 Take a seat... 135 00:15:13,167 --> 00:15:14,361 I'll inform the countess. 136 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,723 Feeling sure of yourself, eh? 137 00:15:43,887 --> 00:15:48,597 The comparison can only be to your advantage, that's for sure. 138 00:15:49,447 --> 00:15:50,846 Nobody asked your opinion. 139 00:15:51,047 --> 00:15:53,163 I gave it to you anyway. 140 00:15:55,327 --> 00:15:58,319 Don't take what's happening seriously. 141 00:16:01,087 --> 00:16:04,079 It would be a disaster... for you as much as her. 142 00:16:05,407 --> 00:16:08,956 You... you could spoil an excellent arrangement, 143 00:16:09,607 --> 00:16:12,041 which gives money to the Countess and happiness. 144 00:16:12,887 --> 00:16:14,559 There are two things 145 00:16:14,727 --> 00:16:16,763 you can never give her. 146 00:16:16,927 --> 00:16:18,758 You might only succeed in... 147 00:16:19,807 --> 00:16:21,160 hastening her death. 148 00:16:24,087 --> 00:16:25,998 I shall inform the countess 149 00:16:26,207 --> 00:16:27,526 of the liberty you have taken. 150 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:29,837 Don't you realise?... 151 00:16:30,007 --> 00:16:32,362 A prostitute in Paris needs at least 3 or 4 lovers 152 00:16:32,527 --> 00:16:34,836 to maintain her standard of living. 153 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:37,085 And you with... 154 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:40,159 with your fortune 155 00:16:40,367 --> 00:16:41,595 you might at least give her a carriage. 156 00:17:12,807 --> 00:17:13,603 Marie. 157 00:17:14,647 --> 00:17:16,126 Marie ! 158 00:17:18,047 --> 00:17:19,321 It's you? 159 00:17:23,007 --> 00:17:24,440 Did you follow me? 160 00:17:27,407 --> 00:17:28,556 How was he? 161 00:17:30,847 --> 00:17:31,996 Who? 162 00:17:32,967 --> 00:17:35,800 The man who came to your place after me. 163 00:17:37,887 --> 00:17:39,115 Generous. 164 00:17:41,647 --> 00:17:44,161 I brought you something too. 165 00:17:48,087 --> 00:17:50,476 This is the first time I've been offered a book. 166 00:17:50,647 --> 00:17:54,083 - It doesn't make you happy? - It makes me very happy. 167 00:17:58,447 --> 00:18:00,165 Manon Lescaut. 168 00:18:05,487 --> 00:18:09,116 - It's a very sad story. - Then I'll never read it. 169 00:18:10,207 --> 00:18:12,084 Give it back then and I'll throw it away. 170 00:18:12,247 --> 00:18:14,158 Can I keep it in a drawer. 171 00:18:15,487 --> 00:18:16,920 As a keepsake. 172 00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:20,880 Why ''a keepsake'' ? 173 00:18:21,887 --> 00:18:24,606 You talk as if we won't meet again. 174 00:18:30,687 --> 00:18:31,836 Listen, leave me be. 175 00:18:33,287 --> 00:18:36,120 The doctor said I should take walks. 176 00:18:38,047 --> 00:18:40,481 And I don't want Stackelberg to see you. 177 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:43,317 I've already told you I'll take care of you... 178 00:18:44,247 --> 00:18:46,238 Without ever curing you. 179 00:18:47,927 --> 00:18:50,725 I'd like it if you always needed me, 180 00:18:51,447 --> 00:18:54,962 that you were always alone, unhappy, sick... 181 00:18:56,807 --> 00:18:58,001 and without money. 182 00:18:59,047 --> 00:19:00,480 That's just how things are. 183 00:19:01,767 --> 00:19:04,201 Can I come tonight? Give me your key. 184 00:19:06,207 --> 00:19:07,401 No. 185 00:19:10,287 --> 00:19:12,198 Nobody gets my key. 186 00:19:12,367 --> 00:19:13,561 I'm leaving. 187 00:19:16,167 --> 00:19:18,442 I don't want us to be seen here. 188 00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:36,445 Excuse me sir, 189 00:19:36,607 --> 00:19:39,679 would you give this key to that gentleman over there. 190 00:19:51,927 --> 00:19:53,485 From that lady. 191 00:19:58,727 --> 00:20:00,843 - Good morning lda. - Good morning. 192 00:20:01,487 --> 00:20:02,761 Or perhaps good night. 193 00:20:03,287 --> 00:20:06,518 It's already 8pm. Have you slept well? 194 00:20:07,087 --> 00:20:08,281 ''8pm'' ? 195 00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:11,037 Why? Are you late? 196 00:20:12,887 --> 00:20:13,683 Father? 197 00:20:15,127 --> 00:20:17,038 In his office as usual. 198 00:20:17,727 --> 00:20:20,321 He likes to work nights, like you. 199 00:20:21,527 --> 00:20:24,439 - Papa... am I disturbing you? - It doesn't matter...come in. 200 00:20:27,567 --> 00:20:29,523 - Working? A tricky passage... 201 00:20:29,687 --> 00:20:30,517 very tricky. 202 00:20:30,687 --> 00:20:34,316 D'Artagnan's rushing back to Paris with the diamonds. 203 00:20:34,487 --> 00:20:36,717 One of your admirers asked me... 204 00:20:37,447 --> 00:20:40,041 If you could make a dedication 205 00:20:41,967 --> 00:20:44,162 Someone who knows your works by heart. 206 00:20:52,647 --> 00:20:54,285 You're not going to ask me who it's for? 207 00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:57,718 "To Countess Maria de Plessis from Alexandre Dumas, 208 00:20:57,887 --> 00:21:00,162 "who is happy that you have recognised in his son, 209 00:21:00,327 --> 00:21:01,840 "his greatest work. " 210 00:21:02,047 --> 00:21:04,766 - You know already? - I know everything. 211 00:21:04,967 --> 00:21:08,164 Especially when this is an open secret. 212 00:21:08,327 --> 00:21:09,476 You must meet her. 213 00:21:09,687 --> 00:21:11,245 Come over to her place with me. 214 00:21:11,407 --> 00:21:13,204 And Count Stackelberg? 215 00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:15,517 - He knows nothing. - He knows everything. 216 00:21:15,727 --> 00:21:18,241 Only the old are wise. 217 00:21:19,847 --> 00:21:21,883 You'll get there. 218 00:21:23,087 --> 00:21:25,362 Better to enjoy cake with someone else 219 00:21:25,527 --> 00:21:27,916 than sit alone eating shit. 220 00:22:09,607 --> 00:22:12,838 The countess is sick. She's not seeing anybody. 221 00:22:13,007 --> 00:22:14,963 Excuse me, Diane. Sorry. 222 00:22:25,167 --> 00:22:27,317 Would you like a fondant? 223 00:22:27,487 --> 00:22:28,476 No? 224 00:22:29,127 --> 00:22:31,925 She was given this box for her birthday. 225 00:22:32,087 --> 00:22:35,124 The fondants with nuts 226 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:37,323 are wrapped in... 227 00:22:37,487 --> 00:22:39,398 1,000 franc notes. 228 00:22:40,527 --> 00:22:41,755 and... 229 00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:45,486 the peppermint ones... 230 00:22:48,887 --> 00:22:50,798 In 100 franc notes. 231 00:23:03,127 --> 00:23:06,164 Here's that book of my father's you wanted to have. 232 00:23:07,327 --> 00:23:09,204 It's simply made with pages... nothing more, 233 00:23:10,607 --> 00:23:11,960 countess. 234 00:23:12,647 --> 00:23:16,879 If I ever get rich I'll have the whole encyclopaedia 235 00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:20,285 printed on banknotes. 236 00:23:31,767 --> 00:23:33,803 You should have stopped him from coming. 237 00:23:37,447 --> 00:23:40,280 I gave you a letter for him, what have you done with it? 238 00:23:43,007 --> 00:23:44,360 I burnt it. 239 00:24:24,727 --> 00:24:28,242 That's nothing, I saw a man guillotined. 240 00:24:28,407 --> 00:24:30,602 You look as though you're at a funeral. 241 00:24:30,767 --> 00:24:32,166 I'm dead already. 242 00:24:35,247 --> 00:24:37,158 Poor Lady of the Camelias! 243 00:24:37,367 --> 00:24:40,916 Only one thing leaves fewer traces than love: 244 00:24:41,087 --> 00:24:42,918 - Grief. - Well she leaves traces! 245 00:24:44,767 --> 00:24:47,327 Son...you'll realise it when you write, 246 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:49,358 You'll see. 247 00:24:49,527 --> 00:24:52,166 - While she, on the other hand... - Which ''she''? 248 00:24:55,167 --> 00:24:57,727 Out of 100 prostitutes, 249 00:24:57,887 --> 00:25:01,721 17 die prematurely from... 250 00:25:02,727 --> 00:25:03,842 consumption, 251 00:25:04,607 --> 00:25:07,246 8 are victims of sex maniacs, 252 00:25:07,407 --> 00:25:09,284 5 are locked up in the loony bin, 253 00:25:09,447 --> 00:25:12,245 3 retire to the country, 254 00:25:12,407 --> 00:25:15,046 and 3 get married... 255 00:25:15,207 --> 00:25:19,086 and the last 10 commit suicide. - They suicide for love? 256 00:25:23,887 --> 00:25:25,605 Do you love her that much? 257 00:25:26,727 --> 00:25:27,762 No. 258 00:25:29,567 --> 00:25:31,080 Not to die for her. 259 00:25:52,167 --> 00:25:54,237 - Monsieur Dumas? - Yes. 260 00:25:57,327 --> 00:25:59,761 I've come to thank you for your book. 261 00:26:00,327 --> 00:26:03,160 You needn't have gone to that trouble. 262 00:26:03,327 --> 00:26:04,919 I'm leaving tomorrow morning. 263 00:26:05,127 --> 00:26:08,324 The doctor says that country air will do me good. 264 00:26:19,167 --> 00:26:21,601 You know very well who's going with you. 265 00:26:21,767 --> 00:26:25,282 Are you deceiving "Mr Fondant" with Stackleberg, or vice versa? 266 00:26:25,447 --> 00:26:27,119 Neither of them... I'm going alone. 267 00:26:27,327 --> 00:26:29,682 - I'm tired. - Tired of what? 268 00:26:29,847 --> 00:26:31,439 Having it off with all comers? 269 00:26:31,647 --> 00:26:33,239 Arranging orgies? 270 00:26:34,087 --> 00:26:35,361 Among other things, yes. 271 00:26:35,567 --> 00:26:38,286 I was hoping you might have come with me. 272 00:26:52,007 --> 00:26:53,599 Are you feverish? 273 00:26:55,127 --> 00:26:57,766 Tell me...you're spitting blood, aren't you? 274 00:27:03,847 --> 00:27:05,439 I would like to see you dead... 275 00:27:06,767 --> 00:27:08,644 I would like to watch you die. 276 00:27:08,807 --> 00:27:10,399 Is that what turns you on? 277 00:27:50,727 --> 00:27:52,604 If I was rich and your mistress 278 00:27:52,767 --> 00:27:55,281 that you'd found in bed with somebody else, 279 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:58,326 you could ask me why I deceived you. 280 00:27:59,447 --> 00:28:01,085 But I'm just a whore 281 00:28:02,167 --> 00:28:04,203 40,000 francs in debt, 282 00:28:04,367 --> 00:28:07,404 not a cent to my name and I spend 100,000 francs a year. 283 00:28:10,887 --> 00:28:14,084 You should love me less and understand me more. 284 00:28:17,087 --> 00:28:18,998 I need 20,000 francs. 285 00:28:20,007 --> 00:28:21,725 I could have asked you for it. 286 00:28:22,847 --> 00:28:25,884 Seeing as you love me, you would've found it. 287 00:28:26,887 --> 00:28:28,923 But one day you'd go at me about it. 288 00:28:31,487 --> 00:28:33,523 We all take money seriously. 289 00:28:38,287 --> 00:28:40,562 It's only unimportant 290 00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:42,325 when you have lots of it. 291 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:47,277 Ah!... The ideal would be you having Stackelberg's money. 292 00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:51,163 When I met him, I thought ... 293 00:28:52,527 --> 00:28:54,483 I'd be happy with the life he was offering me 294 00:28:55,207 --> 00:28:56,481 But I don't think so any more. 295 00:28:57,007 --> 00:28:58,998 What should I've done? 296 00:28:59,967 --> 00:29:02,401 Go back to sewing soldiers' trousers? 297 00:29:03,687 --> 00:29:05,200 Why've you forgiven me? 298 00:29:11,887 --> 00:29:13,684 I don't have much time left. 299 00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:15,998 Don't say that, darling. 300 00:29:17,327 --> 00:29:19,158 I've got to hurry up, and live. 301 00:29:24,487 --> 00:29:27,126 Tomorrow we'll set off for a new life. 302 00:30:10,527 --> 00:30:12,119 Are you leaving, monsieur? 303 00:31:20,967 --> 00:31:22,559 Haven't you left? 304 00:31:27,367 --> 00:31:28,880 I'm glad of that. 305 00:31:32,047 --> 00:31:33,241 She wasn't there. 306 00:31:34,327 --> 00:31:35,726 She didn't come. 307 00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:43,601 I went to her room, I found... 308 00:31:45,567 --> 00:31:46,920 these pages. 309 00:31:48,767 --> 00:31:51,804 You must excuse me, but I had to read them. 310 00:31:51,967 --> 00:31:56,438 '' Tonight, I thought I could write the story of my passion. 311 00:31:56,647 --> 00:31:57,557 ''I won't do it.'' 312 00:31:57,727 --> 00:31:59,877 Who can measure the power of prejudice? 313 00:32:01,447 --> 00:32:04,439 Please listen to what I have to say. 314 00:32:07,447 --> 00:32:09,756 Take your subjects from life. 315 00:32:11,927 --> 00:32:13,645 Take a picture of life. 316 00:32:16,087 --> 00:32:18,043 She keeps on lying to me, 317 00:32:19,647 --> 00:32:20,841 deceiving me. 318 00:32:22,127 --> 00:32:25,244 I couldn't write about that. It'd seem obscene. 319 00:32:25,407 --> 00:32:26,522 No. 320 00:32:26,687 --> 00:32:29,485 Not a squalid story that's my own. 321 00:32:30,727 --> 00:32:33,764 So I'll give you some advice as a father ... 322 00:32:34,767 --> 00:32:36,200 and colleague: 323 00:32:37,367 --> 00:32:40,643 get to work now and tell this story, 324 00:32:40,807 --> 00:32:42,843 or you'll never have the courage to write it. 325 00:33:25,887 --> 00:33:28,003 Glad you brought me. 326 00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:29,964 - You like it? - Yes. 327 00:34:47,607 --> 00:34:49,438 - Like it? - Yes. 328 00:35:13,647 --> 00:35:15,205 He pretended not to see me, did you notice? 329 00:35:15,367 --> 00:35:16,197 No. 330 00:35:21,967 --> 00:35:23,605 Who was that girl? 331 00:35:23,767 --> 00:35:26,156 How would I know? 332 00:35:29,527 --> 00:35:31,722 If you're gonna be a cutie... 333 00:35:32,447 --> 00:35:33,482 you gotta be cute! 334 00:35:34,447 --> 00:35:37,996 Why don't you have a dinner at the Arab restaurant? 335 00:35:38,167 --> 00:35:39,520 Who should I invite? 336 00:35:40,807 --> 00:35:42,957 I dunno, me... 337 00:35:44,327 --> 00:35:45,965 D�jazet, for example. 338 00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:49,279 And Alexandre. 339 00:36:01,207 --> 00:36:03,357 That be enough? 340 00:36:05,607 --> 00:36:09,885 That won't be enough if you want champagne. 341 00:36:13,367 --> 00:36:15,927 We're feeling abandoned back here, come in? 342 00:36:16,087 --> 00:36:17,281 Come on! 343 00:36:17,687 --> 00:36:19,325 Coming. 344 00:38:33,127 --> 00:38:34,845 - He's coming? - Yes. 345 00:38:35,007 --> 00:38:36,838 He wanted to know if you were coming. 346 00:38:37,007 --> 00:38:38,076 What did you tell him? 347 00:38:38,247 --> 00:38:42,320 No, of course... I didn't want to risk losing the guest of honour. 348 00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:45,206 Well now he'll get a surprise. 349 00:38:50,607 --> 00:38:51,881 Have you gone all the way with this dinner? 350 00:38:52,047 --> 00:38:54,686 I wasn't going to take any chances with it. 351 00:38:54,847 --> 00:38:57,520 You're a real friend. I'll buy you a present 352 00:39:06,967 --> 00:39:07,877 There he is. 353 00:39:24,167 --> 00:39:25,316 Dear Alexandre, 354 00:39:26,087 --> 00:39:28,043 welcome. 355 00:39:30,847 --> 00:39:34,681 This is Constance. I told you I wouldn't be coming alone. 356 00:39:35,527 --> 00:39:37,563 Did you tell me? 357 00:39:37,727 --> 00:39:40,082 I don't recall you did. 358 00:39:41,927 --> 00:39:44,885 You've got good taste. Your friend is lovely. 359 00:39:46,567 --> 00:39:47,761 Do you want me to leave her? 360 00:39:48,807 --> 00:39:49,922 Answer me. 361 00:39:52,447 --> 00:39:55,723 Do you want to leave with me? Do you want to make love? 362 00:39:59,527 --> 00:40:00,562 Straight away. 363 00:40:39,727 --> 00:40:41,683 Forgive me for saying so... 364 00:40:41,847 --> 00:40:43,121 I'm listening. 365 00:40:43,287 --> 00:40:46,643 Marie saw the Dumas boy again. So I'm told. 366 00:40:53,687 --> 00:40:56,804 Luckily she's in the country. That should fix it. 367 00:41:41,727 --> 00:41:43,365 I'm Count Perr�gaux. 368 00:41:46,407 --> 00:41:48,045 Is the countess in? 369 00:41:50,207 --> 00:41:53,324 No, I'm sorry, she's not. 370 00:41:54,767 --> 00:41:56,041 Where is she? 371 00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:59,159 In the country, for her health. 372 00:42:00,607 --> 00:42:05,078 At least that's what she told us before leaving. 373 00:42:05,607 --> 00:42:06,801 Who are you? 374 00:42:07,967 --> 00:42:11,323 I am.... I'm her manservant. 375 00:42:12,887 --> 00:42:14,525 Have been with her for many years. 376 00:42:15,087 --> 00:42:17,282 Do you know her address? 377 00:42:18,287 --> 00:42:21,916 You wish to go and see her. 378 00:42:27,087 --> 00:42:30,159 I suggest you notify her. She's not alone. 379 00:42:30,687 --> 00:42:33,121 For a manservant, you're rather indiscreet. 380 00:42:33,687 --> 00:42:37,123 For her husband, you care very little about her. 381 00:42:38,607 --> 00:42:40,518 Do you know that she's ill? 382 00:42:44,207 --> 00:42:45,526 If you want the address... 383 00:42:46,727 --> 00:42:49,958 90, Hotel Bon R�veil. 384 00:43:25,487 --> 00:43:30,117 The country air can be good but can have unforeseen consequences. 385 00:43:30,847 --> 00:43:33,964 Always go back inside before sundown. 386 00:43:34,127 --> 00:43:36,561 And never go out without a shawl. 387 00:43:37,447 --> 00:43:40,200 Stay out of the sun, too. 388 00:43:42,807 --> 00:43:44,559 What are you sighing about? 389 00:43:45,207 --> 00:43:47,118 No reason. 390 00:43:48,287 --> 00:43:52,200 You've been on about me needing to go to the country for months, 391 00:43:52,767 --> 00:43:54,359 and now you... 392 00:43:56,167 --> 00:43:58,158 Do you want us to go back to Paris? 393 00:44:15,887 --> 00:44:20,244 Oh, Count. Welcome, Alphonsine. 394 00:44:20,407 --> 00:44:22,238 Take the luggage down. 395 00:44:22,407 --> 00:44:25,160 - Have a good journey? - Excellent. 396 00:44:25,367 --> 00:44:27,756 Goodness, your here! 397 00:44:28,047 --> 00:44:31,119 I'll be returning alone right after lunch. 398 00:44:34,327 --> 00:44:35,919 Be quiet...don't say a word! 399 00:44:44,447 --> 00:44:46,961 Bring up these 2 trunks please. 400 00:45:04,567 --> 00:45:06,603 Leave us now. 401 00:45:12,047 --> 00:45:13,685 I'll write to you. 402 00:45:16,327 --> 00:45:17,646 No. 403 00:45:18,407 --> 00:45:21,479 I know quite well that you won't. 404 00:45:22,847 --> 00:45:25,122 I'll write to you though, 405 00:45:25,287 --> 00:45:27,039 twice a week. 406 00:45:27,207 --> 00:45:30,916 On the Wednesday and Saturday deliveries. 407 00:45:31,087 --> 00:45:32,361 That'll be a bother for you. 408 00:45:33,967 --> 00:45:36,276 I don't have much to do. 409 00:45:37,007 --> 00:45:38,645 It'll keep me busy. 410 00:45:48,727 --> 00:45:51,525 You're the only kind-hearted man I know. 411 00:45:53,327 --> 00:45:55,204 I love you very much. 412 00:46:01,007 --> 00:46:02,406 Will you come back and visit me? 413 00:46:02,967 --> 00:46:07,677 If by my saying yes right now, you'd be happy. 414 00:46:09,407 --> 00:46:10,760 Right now. 415 00:46:11,367 --> 00:46:15,121 Then... I'm going to tell you a secret. 416 00:46:15,927 --> 00:46:18,521 The country bores me at least as much as it bores you. 417 00:46:19,327 --> 00:46:21,363 Fresh air suffocates me. 418 00:47:11,047 --> 00:47:13,277 What is it, sergeant? 419 00:47:13,447 --> 00:47:16,439 You want to take me to reform school? 420 00:47:17,127 --> 00:47:19,721 Alphonsine! How are you!? 421 00:47:19,927 --> 00:47:23,363 Countess Marie Duplessis, if that's no trouble for you. 422 00:47:24,487 --> 00:47:27,320 Once a whore always a whore. 423 00:47:31,767 --> 00:47:35,601 You know, maybe we make love 424 00:47:35,807 --> 00:47:37,240 too much. 425 00:47:44,407 --> 00:47:45,726 You've dark rings round your eyes. 426 00:47:47,767 --> 00:47:48,677 You're here 427 00:47:48,887 --> 00:47:51,082 for a cure, to get better. 428 00:47:52,607 --> 00:47:54,518 I tend to forget that. 429 00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:04,921 I'll end up killing you. 430 00:48:06,167 --> 00:48:10,126 The illness is cruel to me, but it's deadly for those near me, too. 431 00:48:11,367 --> 00:48:13,483 It's contagious, you know. 432 00:48:37,767 --> 00:48:39,325 You look so beautiful! 433 00:48:41,887 --> 00:48:44,799 Take me with you. I want to become a prostitute. 434 00:49:01,687 --> 00:49:03,325 Alphonsine. 435 00:49:15,367 --> 00:49:17,119 No one can see you in here. 436 00:49:19,527 --> 00:49:23,122 Normally it's the lover who has to take precautions. 437 00:49:23,287 --> 00:49:25,084 This time it's the husband. 438 00:49:26,687 --> 00:49:28,723 What are you doing here? 439 00:49:29,447 --> 00:49:32,439 You undervalue my devotion, Alphonsine. 440 00:49:33,127 --> 00:49:35,516 I already looked for you in Paris. 441 00:49:36,327 --> 00:49:39,717 I confess I was very disappointed not to find you. 442 00:49:40,487 --> 00:49:42,603 I learned you were in the country, 443 00:49:43,287 --> 00:49:45,642 to get a cure. 444 00:49:46,687 --> 00:49:48,439 Have I aged? 445 00:49:49,367 --> 00:49:54,043 You don't look a day older than when we met. 446 00:49:55,087 --> 00:49:56,281 Maybe... 447 00:49:58,047 --> 00:49:59,400 the eyes. 448 00:50:01,847 --> 00:50:03,439 They shine a different light. 449 00:50:05,167 --> 00:50:07,362 Your beautiful grey eyes 450 00:50:08,047 --> 00:50:10,038 are more knowing. 451 00:50:11,687 --> 00:50:14,679 You can tell they've seen a lot. 452 00:50:17,807 --> 00:50:20,605 They're much sadder, too. 453 00:50:21,687 --> 00:50:25,077 But you're even more attractive. 454 00:50:27,607 --> 00:50:29,802 Why didn't you come right away? 455 00:50:32,967 --> 00:50:37,040 At your house in Paris, an arrogant, indiscreet man 456 00:50:38,567 --> 00:50:42,799 warned me that you were here with someone. 457 00:50:44,367 --> 00:50:46,801 I wanted to see you alone. 458 00:50:47,447 --> 00:50:49,119 I could bribe Clotilde 459 00:50:49,327 --> 00:50:51,761 to sneak into your apartment. 460 00:50:53,367 --> 00:50:54,641 But this time, 461 00:50:54,847 --> 00:50:57,361 it wasn't some old guy. 462 00:50:57,527 --> 00:50:58,880 It's the young Dumas. 463 00:50:59,087 --> 00:51:00,486 Do you know him? 464 00:51:00,647 --> 00:51:02,763 I've heard him talked about. 465 00:51:05,447 --> 00:51:07,119 Are you disappointed? 466 00:51:07,287 --> 00:51:09,960 I welcome this second disappointment, 467 00:51:10,167 --> 00:51:14,240 if it means you're happy and loved. 468 00:51:15,447 --> 00:51:19,235 If you are, how long will you still love him? 469 00:51:19,407 --> 00:51:21,284 How long will he go on loving me? 470 00:51:22,167 --> 00:51:25,045 If this is a story that must end, 471 00:51:25,207 --> 00:51:27,675 it makes no difference. 472 00:51:31,447 --> 00:51:33,438 Come away with me. 473 00:51:34,407 --> 00:51:38,195 If I had to love someone for a lifetime, I'd choose you. 474 00:51:39,207 --> 00:51:42,165 But you chose another. 475 00:51:45,327 --> 00:51:48,046 I couldn't love Alexandre for a lifetime. 476 00:51:50,327 --> 00:51:52,602 He's too ambitious. 477 00:51:57,607 --> 00:51:59,643 I think he's writing our story. 478 00:52:01,447 --> 00:52:03,836 Who knows what he's decided for the end. 479 00:52:04,887 --> 00:52:07,640 Maybe I should suggest one for him. 480 00:52:19,007 --> 00:52:22,556 Right now, he's the only one I want to be with. 481 00:52:28,247 --> 00:52:29,600 If ever you need, 482 00:52:30,127 --> 00:52:32,436 a friend or a lover, 483 00:52:32,607 --> 00:52:36,043 a brother or a husband, I'll be there. 484 00:53:00,327 --> 00:53:02,124 Toast with me. 485 00:53:24,367 --> 00:53:28,042 To Alphonsine, who put on this lunch 486 00:53:28,247 --> 00:53:29,805 for my daughter's baptism. 487 00:53:29,967 --> 00:53:33,403 Hope to see you again... our home is yours. 488 00:53:33,567 --> 00:53:34,397 Bravo. 489 00:53:40,247 --> 00:53:41,760 Monsieur Dumas, shall we dance? 490 00:53:41,967 --> 00:53:42,843 Gladly. 491 00:53:51,207 --> 00:53:53,402 There's someone who wants a word. . 492 00:53:53,567 --> 00:53:55,876 I was told to tell you discreetly. 493 00:54:26,287 --> 00:54:27,720 Hello. 494 00:54:30,767 --> 00:54:33,759 How long will you remain on holiday? 495 00:54:34,487 --> 00:54:35,363 I don't know. 496 00:54:35,887 --> 00:54:37,718 I guess it's up to you. 497 00:54:37,887 --> 00:54:39,639 I'll stay as long as I feel like. 498 00:54:43,807 --> 00:54:46,765 Your creditors are queuing up to get paid. 499 00:54:49,367 --> 00:54:50,686 I'll pay when I get back. 500 00:54:52,247 --> 00:54:54,283 When you get back you'll face the bailiffs. 501 00:54:54,927 --> 00:54:56,918 Get Stackelberg to give you money. 502 00:54:57,327 --> 00:55:00,125 He gives it to you, not me. 503 00:55:01,967 --> 00:55:04,720 You want me to believe you like this dump? 504 00:55:04,887 --> 00:55:09,039 It's not long since you wouldn't be seen dead here. 505 00:55:11,447 --> 00:55:13,005 I want to stay with Alexandre. 506 00:55:13,167 --> 00:55:17,399 Impossible. Listen to me, Alphonsine. 507 00:55:18,647 --> 00:55:21,764 If the creditors take everything including the house, 508 00:55:21,927 --> 00:55:23,326 and you lose Stackelberg... 509 00:55:24,887 --> 00:55:27,640 Franz Liszt has just arrived in Paris, he wants to meet you. 510 00:55:27,807 --> 00:55:31,117 Then you can take other holidays. 511 00:55:32,807 --> 00:55:35,958 Come back to Paris. 512 00:55:39,207 --> 00:55:40,765 What'll I tell him? 513 00:55:49,767 --> 00:55:52,122 It's a letter for my bank. 514 00:55:53,487 --> 00:55:54,442 The address is... 515 00:55:55,047 --> 00:55:58,198 Place Dauphine, I've already been there. 516 00:55:59,047 --> 00:56:02,642 Yes, I forgot... 517 00:56:02,807 --> 00:56:06,083 By now you're a regular at my bank. 518 00:56:06,287 --> 00:56:10,724 Perhaps you'll be interested to know I needed to sell some properties, 519 00:56:11,487 --> 00:56:14,877 some farmland and forests...? 520 00:56:16,647 --> 00:56:20,196 My savings at Dauphine Bank are almost exhausted. 521 00:56:21,887 --> 00:56:23,798 I cost you so much? 522 00:56:27,207 --> 00:56:28,117 Yes. 523 00:56:29,047 --> 00:56:30,719 I thought maybe that. 524 00:56:31,727 --> 00:56:34,844 I was very very rich and you were not. 525 00:56:36,567 --> 00:56:39,206 I was very very old and you were sick. 526 00:56:40,607 --> 00:56:43,405 Finally, I went out, I spent money. 527 00:56:44,087 --> 00:56:46,760 For things I had no need for. 528 00:56:51,607 --> 00:56:53,404 Very silly. 529 00:57:01,247 --> 00:57:03,681 You should know that squandering someone's fortune 530 00:57:03,847 --> 00:57:06,486 makes you feel alive. 531 00:57:06,927 --> 00:57:09,680 Leave that line of reasoning with me. 532 00:57:09,847 --> 00:57:11,599 But hurry up... 533 00:57:12,247 --> 00:57:14,522 because soon we won't need 534 00:57:15,167 --> 00:57:18,204 your farmland and forests... neither you, nor I. 535 00:57:21,807 --> 00:57:24,162 Death is close for both of us. 536 00:57:31,807 --> 00:57:33,126 Thank you. 537 00:58:02,567 --> 00:58:05,923 Marie! look what I brought you! 538 00:58:06,087 --> 00:58:08,476 It's beautiful. From Franz Liszt. 539 00:58:09,447 --> 00:58:10,846 He expects you after the concert. 540 00:58:14,007 --> 00:58:15,520 The countess isn't here. 541 00:58:16,007 --> 00:58:18,760 She's spending the night at Count Stackelberg's. 542 00:58:18,927 --> 00:58:22,158 He's sick. Didn't you know? 543 00:58:28,247 --> 00:58:30,636 Everyone's going crazy that 544 00:58:30,807 --> 00:58:32,718 such a famous man wants only to see you. 545 00:58:32,927 --> 00:58:35,122 Aren't you glad? 546 00:58:38,207 --> 00:58:39,686 What's up? 547 00:58:41,647 --> 00:58:43,763 Come along...we're late. 548 00:58:44,887 --> 00:58:47,799 I told him you weren't here. He's left. 549 00:58:47,967 --> 00:58:49,639 Did you want to see him? 550 00:59:40,527 --> 00:59:42,245 That's Liszt's mistress. 551 00:59:53,247 --> 00:59:54,646 I'm ready. 552 01:00:00,927 --> 01:00:02,440 Was she there? 553 01:00:02,607 --> 01:00:04,165 Yes...in the front row. 554 01:00:05,367 --> 01:00:09,280 Wearing earrings never seen on her before. 555 01:00:09,487 --> 01:00:11,842 Mademoiselle Mars, who knows her jewellery, 556 01:00:12,007 --> 01:00:14,441 said they're worth 300,000 francs. 557 01:00:16,127 --> 01:00:18,880 The Lady of the Camelias is a clever girl. 558 01:00:19,047 --> 01:00:22,756 Now that she's bedded the man of the moment, 559 01:00:22,927 --> 01:00:24,838 her prospects will be on the rise. 560 01:00:25,647 --> 01:00:28,639 And her nights of love even more expensive. 561 01:00:30,167 --> 01:00:32,761 What has she told your son? 562 01:00:38,607 --> 01:00:39,642 Did you see this? 563 01:00:46,447 --> 01:00:49,564 Let's hope Alexandre doesn't read this sort of rag. 564 01:00:49,727 --> 01:00:50,557 May I? 565 01:00:50,727 --> 01:00:52,524 Come on in! 566 01:00:57,647 --> 01:01:00,002 Why are you looking at me like that? 567 01:01:00,167 --> 01:01:03,762 - You're up to something. - Me? Not at all. 568 01:01:06,087 --> 01:01:08,885 I'm preoccupied with my musketeers. 569 01:01:09,087 --> 01:01:12,682 They took Milady, and I don't know what to say about her. 570 01:01:13,047 --> 01:01:16,119 Milady is a whore who sold her soul to the devil. 571 01:01:16,287 --> 01:01:17,481 Cut off her head. 572 01:01:18,287 --> 01:01:20,278 - Going out? - To a restaurant. 573 01:01:21,127 --> 01:01:23,925 Last night we were invited. It's a nuisance, 574 01:01:24,087 --> 01:01:25,759 But I like the company. 575 01:01:26,487 --> 01:01:27,840 You like to join us? 576 01:01:28,647 --> 01:01:31,525 Could do. Maybe I'll see Marie. 577 01:01:32,927 --> 01:01:33,723 Alexandre ! 578 01:01:39,007 --> 01:01:40,759 Are you writing? 579 01:01:42,447 --> 01:01:43,846 Yes. 580 01:01:44,007 --> 01:01:45,281 Yes...I'm writing. 581 01:01:46,087 --> 01:01:48,999 I decided to follow your cynical advice. 582 01:01:49,167 --> 01:01:52,637 You have to know how to bury your scruples and pride. 583 01:01:52,807 --> 01:01:56,243 Sometimes in your life, and always in your work. 584 01:01:56,407 --> 01:02:00,446 Even when you know your book will be a flop? 585 01:02:00,607 --> 01:02:03,644 Start by freeing yourself. 586 01:02:16,527 --> 01:02:18,404 - What a joke! - What is? 587 01:02:18,567 --> 01:02:19,841 Love. 588 01:02:20,007 --> 01:02:21,725 To be young, no more... 589 01:02:24,007 --> 01:02:26,601 Life is so short. 590 01:02:28,167 --> 01:02:30,635 I was afraid Etienne wouldn�t find you, 591 01:02:30,807 --> 01:02:32,479 that you'd left. Come. 592 01:02:33,367 --> 01:02:34,402 Darling... 593 01:02:43,807 --> 01:02:47,243 After I sent Etienne, I had these awful thoughts. 594 01:02:47,407 --> 01:02:51,446 I was scared you wouldn't come, that you didn't want to see me. 595 01:02:51,607 --> 01:02:53,404 That wasn't right, was it? 596 01:02:54,207 --> 01:02:57,961 You and me is what matters most in the world, right? 597 01:02:58,127 --> 01:03:00,004 Even if we argue? 598 01:03:00,207 --> 01:03:02,323 Even after all that's happened? 599 01:03:03,367 --> 01:03:04,482 Yes. 600 01:03:05,767 --> 01:03:07,405 You still love me? 601 01:03:07,567 --> 01:03:09,046 I still love you. 602 01:03:09,967 --> 01:03:12,401 I'd like to ask just one thing. 603 01:03:12,567 --> 01:03:13,602 Say it. 604 01:03:13,767 --> 01:03:15,962 First swear that you'll say yes. 605 01:03:16,127 --> 01:03:17,526 I swear. 606 01:03:17,687 --> 01:03:20,042 That you'll love me no matter what I do. 607 01:03:20,207 --> 01:03:22,562 Because I love you, Alexandre. 608 01:03:22,727 --> 01:03:24,285 You know I love you. 609 01:03:41,527 --> 01:03:42,562 My dear Marie, 610 01:03:42,727 --> 01:03:45,321 I'm not wealthy enough to love you as I'd like to, 611 01:03:45,487 --> 01:03:48,638 nor poor enough to be loved as you'd want. 612 01:03:48,807 --> 01:03:50,843 So let us both forget something... 613 01:03:51,007 --> 01:03:53,726 you forget my name which no longer matters to you, 614 01:03:53,887 --> 01:03:56,481 and I'll forget a happiness which is no longer possible. 615 01:03:57,287 --> 01:03:59,642 I'm leaving. I need to be alone, 616 01:03:59,807 --> 01:04:02,844 to get far away from Paris, to work to forget you. 617 01:04:03,407 --> 01:04:04,601 Alexandre. 618 01:04:39,047 --> 01:04:41,845 I've got the letters of credit for the Algiers and Tunis banks. 619 01:04:42,047 --> 01:04:43,082 Thank you. 620 01:04:52,327 --> 01:04:54,079 Do you still love her? 621 01:04:54,847 --> 01:04:56,246 I feel sorry for her. 622 01:05:17,447 --> 01:05:20,086 That's the Lady of the Camelias just arriving. 623 01:05:22,527 --> 01:05:24,757 Constance is delighted you were able to come. 624 01:05:24,927 --> 01:05:27,077 I've got something to tell you. 625 01:05:27,247 --> 01:05:28,202 Yes? 626 01:05:28,367 --> 01:05:30,961 An important man would like to meet you. 627 01:05:31,127 --> 01:05:33,482 It seems that he's also very generous. 628 01:05:33,647 --> 01:05:36,286 - Another old fogey? - Not at all. 629 01:05:36,447 --> 01:05:37,721 He's young and handsome. 630 01:05:37,887 --> 01:05:40,401 Every woman would like to sleep with him, 631 01:05:40,567 --> 01:05:42,683 from duchesses to whores. 632 01:05:44,567 --> 01:05:46,922 But you're the one he wants. 633 01:05:47,127 --> 01:05:49,516 You must have guessed. 634 01:05:49,687 --> 01:05:50,483 Alphonsine. 635 01:05:53,007 --> 01:05:55,567 Count Pallavicino wants to meet you. 636 01:05:56,367 --> 01:05:58,597 Alright. But not tonight. 637 01:06:02,407 --> 01:06:03,999 Will you join me at my table? 638 01:06:06,607 --> 01:06:08,996 Your hand is burning! 639 01:06:09,167 --> 01:06:11,840 - Are you also concerned with my health? - Yes. 640 01:06:24,047 --> 01:06:27,562 Pardon me if I laugh, but I wonder what I'm doing here. 641 01:06:35,327 --> 01:06:37,397 We don't need to kiss. 642 01:06:50,487 --> 01:06:53,285 You're right. We don't need to kiss. 643 01:07:30,367 --> 01:07:34,406 I thought you'd come back cured from the country. 644 01:07:36,087 --> 01:07:40,842 Not so much by the benefits of a normal life and clean air, 645 01:07:41,007 --> 01:07:44,636 but because I knew you were in good company. 646 01:07:48,207 --> 01:07:50,801 True feelings can help you live. 647 01:07:53,527 --> 01:07:55,643 That was made up by somebody healthy. 648 01:07:55,847 --> 01:07:59,635 Anyway, the life you're leading is killing you. 649 01:08:02,407 --> 01:08:05,797 What would you advise me... being so well informed? 650 01:08:07,847 --> 01:08:11,635 You believe loving someone helps stop bleeding? 651 01:08:15,607 --> 01:08:19,361 When you're sick, it's dirty, sordid,... and it smells bad. 652 01:08:19,527 --> 01:08:22,041 Feelings don't come into it. 653 01:08:24,207 --> 01:08:26,516 Alphonsine, you're carrying a grudge. 654 01:08:29,887 --> 01:08:32,685 But I know why you blame me. 655 01:08:33,887 --> 01:08:35,605 It isn't my fault if, 656 01:08:35,767 --> 01:08:39,396 despite my advanced years, 657 01:08:39,567 --> 01:08:42,035 I'm still alive. 658 01:08:42,207 --> 01:08:44,880 Often I've wished otherwise. 659 01:08:46,127 --> 01:08:47,401 Believe me. 660 01:09:02,447 --> 01:09:03,800 Goodbye. 661 01:09:05,127 --> 01:09:07,004 I come back. 662 01:09:15,927 --> 01:09:19,124 I don't want to watch my daughter die a second time. 663 01:10:40,967 --> 01:10:43,276 Did you fumigate? 664 01:10:43,447 --> 01:10:47,360 Lichen from Ireland, yes. As you prescribed. 665 01:10:48,567 --> 01:10:52,526 With that and my cough it's a wonder I haven't choked to death. 666 01:10:52,687 --> 01:10:55,155 And now, how do you feel? 667 01:10:57,247 --> 01:10:59,124 - As usual. - Be patient. 668 01:10:59,847 --> 01:11:03,601 I tell you not to go out, yet you're constantly outside. 669 01:11:03,807 --> 01:11:05,001 If you don't accept what I say, 670 01:11:05,207 --> 01:11:07,926 nothing's stopping you seeing another doctor. 671 01:11:08,127 --> 01:11:10,243 No, doctor. No. 672 01:11:12,407 --> 01:11:15,205 Sick people are a horrible lot, as you know. 673 01:11:15,367 --> 01:11:17,676 You have to rest, not go out. 674 01:11:17,887 --> 01:11:19,605 Until I say otherwise. 675 01:11:44,407 --> 01:11:47,638 Give me some pills. Yours. 676 01:11:48,687 --> 01:11:51,520 They're the only things that do anything for me. 677 01:11:51,687 --> 01:11:55,157 At least I'm in a good mood for an hour or two. 678 01:11:56,087 --> 01:11:59,477 Tell Etienne to get the carriage ready. I'd like to go out. 679 01:12:00,767 --> 01:12:05,204 - Didn't you hear what he said? - He said to be patient. 680 01:12:06,887 --> 01:12:08,479 Are you patient? 681 01:12:19,367 --> 01:12:21,722 Has she really decided to go out today? 682 01:12:21,887 --> 01:12:24,765 Last night she was brought home half dead. 683 01:12:24,927 --> 01:12:29,364 And now she's been coughing and spitting blood all day. 684 01:12:29,527 --> 01:12:32,041 - Finished? - Yes. 685 01:12:32,807 --> 01:12:33,717 There you are. 686 01:12:41,287 --> 01:12:42,959 I said the red one. 687 01:12:45,327 --> 01:12:47,887 The dressmaker took it back 688 01:12:48,047 --> 01:12:51,483 She said it hadn't been all paid for. 689 01:12:52,727 --> 01:12:56,606 I always paid for the dresses she wanted me to wear... 690 01:12:56,767 --> 01:12:59,520 I add to their effect. 691 01:13:01,087 --> 01:13:02,566 But I'll fix it. 692 01:13:27,767 --> 01:13:30,486 That makes 11 nights I haven't slept. 693 01:13:34,287 --> 01:13:37,279 I choke all the time. I think I'm dying. 694 01:14:57,887 --> 01:15:00,959 I'll leave this room alive! 695 01:15:24,207 --> 01:15:26,038 Come on. 696 01:18:07,207 --> 01:18:08,481 Alphonsine. 697 01:18:20,247 --> 01:18:22,158 Let me accompany you. 698 01:18:22,807 --> 01:18:25,037 What do you want? 699 01:18:25,527 --> 01:18:26,676 I want to help you. 700 01:18:28,487 --> 01:18:30,762 I don't need anyone... to die. 701 01:22:46,287 --> 01:22:47,925 I'm choking. 702 01:23:03,287 --> 01:23:05,323 I'm choking. 703 01:24:23,527 --> 01:24:27,725 And now this beautiful clock in gold and enamel. What am I bid: 704 01:24:27,927 --> 01:24:31,886 1000 francs. Look at it ladies and gentlemen...1000 francs. 705 01:24:32,047 --> 01:24:35,278 Any advance on 1000? 1200. 1300 at the back. 706 01:24:36,367 --> 01:24:38,244 1400. 707 01:24:38,407 --> 01:24:41,319 Quiet please ladies and gentlemen. 708 01:24:41,487 --> 01:24:43,478 1400. No more bids? 709 01:24:43,687 --> 01:24:46,884 1400 once, twice, three times...Sold! 710 01:25:15,887 --> 01:25:18,401 2600. 2600 here. 711 01:25:18,567 --> 01:25:22,242 2600 once, 2600 twice. 712 01:25:22,447 --> 01:25:25,598 No more bids? 2600 three times...Sold! 713 01:25:26,967 --> 01:25:28,605 A porcelain dinner service. 714 01:25:28,767 --> 01:25:31,076 It's a shame, don't you realize? 715 01:25:31,247 --> 01:25:33,636 I won't be buying it. 716 01:25:33,807 --> 01:25:35,638 Madame, 700 francs once. 717 01:25:35,807 --> 01:25:38,037 700 francs twice. 718 01:25:38,207 --> 01:25:40,926 800 francs. 800 francs for the gentleman. 719 01:25:41,087 --> 01:25:45,319 800 francs once, twice, three times. Sold! 720 01:25:45,487 --> 01:25:48,843 A cashmere shawl, shall we say 300 francs. 721 01:25:49,007 --> 01:25:50,076 300 here. 722 01:25:50,287 --> 01:25:52,721 320 francs. Any advance? 723 01:25:54,927 --> 01:25:57,077 Three times... Sold! 724 01:25:57,247 --> 01:26:00,637 A collection of fans. The designs are hand-painted. 725 01:26:00,807 --> 01:26:03,879 Starting price: 900. 726 01:26:04,047 --> 01:26:08,086 900 francs. Any advance? 950 francs. 727 01:26:08,247 --> 01:26:12,923 950 francs once. 950 francs twice. 728 01:26:13,087 --> 01:26:15,237 1000 francs for the lady. 729 01:26:15,407 --> 01:26:18,240 1000 francs once. 1000 francs twice. 730 01:26:18,407 --> 01:26:21,399 1000 francs three times...Sold! 731 01:26:47,207 --> 01:26:48,845 Armand... 732 01:26:52,007 --> 01:26:53,645 It's you... 733 01:26:55,327 --> 01:26:56,442 Now you're back 734 01:26:56,647 --> 01:26:58,558 I can live again. 735 01:27:02,927 --> 01:27:06,203 Does my strange life on Earth 736 01:27:06,367 --> 01:27:08,437 assure me a place 737 01:27:10,647 --> 01:27:12,922 in the hereafter? 738 01:27:18,727 --> 01:27:21,400 Marguerite, you'll live. You will live! 739 01:27:24,807 --> 01:27:27,719 Marguerite, you'll live. 740 01:27:42,207 --> 01:27:43,481 Oh God! 741 01:27:45,207 --> 01:27:47,562 What will become of me? 742 01:28:22,567 --> 01:28:24,319 Excuse me, I'm the father. 743 01:28:33,767 --> 01:28:35,246 Congratulations...it's wonderful. 744 01:28:35,407 --> 01:28:38,319 What a beautiful play you've written us! 745 01:28:39,167 --> 01:28:41,317 At times it seemed 746 01:28:41,487 --> 01:28:45,241 I was hearing Alphonsine as though she were still alive. 747 01:28:47,967 --> 01:28:50,959 I'm Alphonsine's father. 748 01:28:51,647 --> 01:28:55,435 The one called Marguerite in the play. 749 01:28:57,967 --> 01:28:59,400 She was... 750 01:29:01,927 --> 01:29:05,283 just as you've written about her. 751 01:29:06,207 --> 01:29:08,801 I wonder what she would have thought 752 01:29:08,967 --> 01:29:11,037 seeing herself played, 753 01:29:11,207 --> 01:29:13,562 as you've done it. 754 01:29:15,647 --> 01:29:18,844 In fact there's one character, Prudence, 755 01:29:19,007 --> 01:29:22,522 who's Cl�mence...wasn't it? I recognised her right off. 756 01:29:23,767 --> 01:29:27,362 You only left me out 757 01:29:27,527 --> 01:29:32,362 because I would have spoiled such a beautiful play. 758 01:29:33,327 --> 01:29:36,637 I could tell you many things. 759 01:29:36,807 --> 01:29:38,877 How she died... 760 01:29:39,047 --> 01:29:40,639 such a horrible death. 761 01:29:43,407 --> 01:29:45,318 I didn't know the illness 762 01:29:45,487 --> 01:29:48,877 could bring so much pain. 763 01:29:49,727 --> 01:29:51,445 And now... 764 01:29:53,727 --> 01:29:56,002 there's nothing left. 765 01:29:56,167 --> 01:29:58,761 They sold everything, 766 01:29:58,927 --> 01:30:00,440 even her love letters. 767 01:30:00,607 --> 01:30:03,121 All sold at auction... 768 01:30:03,967 --> 01:30:05,923 even her hair. 769 01:30:07,567 --> 01:30:09,523 Her beautiful hair. 770 01:30:10,687 --> 01:30:13,360 All very sad, 771 01:30:13,527 --> 01:30:17,202 But it's all in the past, isn't it! 772 01:30:17,367 --> 01:30:19,119 Papa, don't be rude. 773 01:30:19,287 --> 01:30:20,197 Monsieur Alexandre. 774 01:30:20,407 --> 01:30:21,999 Monsieur Alexandre. 775 01:30:22,167 --> 01:30:24,203 It's our 'Lady of the Camelias'. 776 01:30:24,367 --> 01:30:25,959 What a beautiful title! 777 01:30:26,127 --> 01:30:29,642 You'll see, the public will love it. 778 01:30:29,807 --> 01:30:33,004 It'll also make a pile of money. 779 01:30:34,327 --> 01:30:37,876 I have unfortunately spent everything for her. 780 01:30:38,887 --> 01:30:40,718 In the 5 years since she left me 781 01:30:40,887 --> 01:30:43,765 I haven't had another penny, Alexandre. 782 01:30:46,527 --> 01:30:47,755 Thank you. 783 01:30:48,487 --> 01:30:49,317 Alexandre. 784 01:30:49,487 --> 01:30:50,681 Thank you. 785 01:30:50,847 --> 01:30:52,883 Alexandre, the audience wants you. 786 01:30:53,047 --> 01:30:54,924 It's been a real triumph. 787 01:30:55,087 --> 01:30:57,396 A great success! Good evening. 788 01:30:57,567 --> 01:30:59,478 A great success! 789 01:30:59,647 --> 01:31:02,161 See Monsieur Dumas, they're our children! 790 01:31:04,167 --> 01:31:05,725 Our children. 791 01:31:06,767 --> 01:31:08,678 Yes, our children. 792 01:31:08,847 --> 01:31:11,236 I sympathise with your feelings my dear fellow. 793 01:31:15,007 --> 01:31:18,079 Do you know what Alphonsine told me before dying? 794 01:31:18,247 --> 01:31:22,718 "I'll never leave this world of bandits..." 795 01:31:25,527 --> 01:31:27,643 ''and prostitutes.'' 796 01:31:43,047 --> 01:31:44,560 Of bandits..." 797 01:31:45,647 --> 01:31:47,877 and prostitutes. 798 01:32:00,487 --> 01:32:03,479 Subtitles: FatPlank [RLB] for KG