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I'd love to be loved Every wonder I'd love

to be loved And start again Do I have to

say I'm wondering I will have to try

To believe you're right I'd love to be loved

Every wonder I'd love to be loved And start

again

My

body seems to blind your heart My beauty is tearing me apart

I know there must be something more than the feeling of being used and so sore.

Thank God my mind can make memories fade. A little love could take this pain

away. I need some love.

I hang on to my belief in fate. To be loved and loved, it's never too

late.

I'm wondering I will have to try To

believe in lies I'd love to be loved Everyone

does I'd love to be loved And start again

Do I have to say I'm wondering

Celebrities, show business people, producers, sponsors, financiers, buyers

and sellers, theater owners.

Screenwriters, assistants, film editors, cameramen, composers, lighting experts,

poets, starlets, fashion models, photographers, stuntmen, the rich and

the poor, connoisseurs and critics all mingle with the hordes of fanatics of

the Seventh Arc.

and a free expression.

Cannes, a race for the Golden Palm.

Cannes, the capital of Scandia.

And this time, the scandal is Love Express, a film that stands out, you

might say.

The heroine of Love Express is a young girl, honest, sincere, and deeply in

love, and magnificently portrayed by Emmanuelle.

The girl is abandoned by her lover. The break is sudden, unexpected.

And she finds herself on the road to prostitution.

Her territory is the international train routes.

The Orient Express gives way to the Love Express.

And it transports Emmanuelle to the end of the world in search of a lost love.

Around the clock, non-stop screenings, Love Express has broken all box office

records. The fanatics of this melodrama are as numerous as its adversaries.

That's right, the classic melodrama.

in spite of its original modern style.

Here in Cannes, false modesty lives side by side with the outrageous.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

How do you feel about being the scandal of the Cannes Film Festival?

Wasn't it Oscar Wilde who said it's better to be talked about than not

talked about?

Do you think your picture is pornographic?

Provocative, yes.

Pornographic, no.

What about moral majority?

They're neither moral nor a majority.

How do you feel about censorship?

Censorship violates every man and woman's inherent rights. And what rights

are those?

The right to enjoy themselves.

By looking at your body.

Whatever turns them on. What turns you on?

Wouldn't you like to know?

Excuse me, gentlemen, but I must kidnap your star.

Emmanuel, this is Prince Rajid of Bangladeshistan.

I'm pleased to meet you.

The pleasure is all mine.

Prince Rajid is a big fan of yours.

In my country, we believe the body is like a temple.

and must be guarded.

The gates to my temple are always guarded, and I'm very selective about

who I let in.

I'll call you in the morning to make the final arrangements, Prince Rashid.

Thank you.

He's got the eyes of a barracuda.

Takes one to know one, darling.

You can handle him.

There's not a man on this earth that you can't wrap around your little finger.

Myself included.

Trust me, baby.

Trust me.

I hate it when you say that.

Perfect. Don't move.

Thank you.

Wait.

Perfect. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Emmanuel!

Emmanuel!

Arrasé!

Just stand there. Help me up.

What's the matter?

Haven't you seen a naked woman before? No. I mean, yes.

I mean, of course I've seen a naked woman before.

Give me your jacket.

What? I'm cold. Give me your jacket.

The mob almost had me back there.

You're Emmanuel, aren't you?

I saw your film today.

Well, most of it, anyway.

You didn't like it?

It was well made.

I just don't approve of those type of films.

I'm sorry, I was just trying to answer your question. I'm tired of people with

closed minds criticizing my work. No, I happen to have a very open mind.

Just not... My films are appreciated all over the world. What I do for a living

is my business.

I don't criticize you for what you do.

And as my father used to say, if you don't have anything good to say, don't

say anything at all.

That's my point exactly.

Where are we going?

We?

You don't expect me to go back to Cannes, do you?

Central pay. Fine by me.

Can we...

Stop and get something to eat.

I'm really hungry and I don't have any money.

Well, hold on.

Okay, let's go.

Thank you.

You can't walk around dressed like that.

Why not?

It's not decent.

Let's get something straight.

No one tells me what to do or how to dress.

Okay, look, look, look.

Let's start over, okay?

Okay?

My name's Charles D. Foster.

What do you do for a living?

I own a doorknob factory in the States.

Doorknobs?

Must be fascinating work.

For every door, there must also be a doorknob.

Can't knock that.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Press is making all the headlines.

Henry Miller, Mondiag, Bataille, Luis, Guy de Maupassant, the Marquis de Sade,

Brantôme, Rabelais, Ovid, and Disney are the names most referred to by the

critics.

Emmanuel's success is a foregone conclusion.

You certainly have a lot of airplanes.

I build them.

I bet you were the king of doorknobs.

I do own a doorknob factory in New Jersey.

But I spend most of my time and my energy designing airplanes.

These photographs, they're all in the past.

You will never pose again for a glossy magazine.

Promise me that.

Come on, promise me, Emmanuel.

I also own a pharmaceutical firm in Iowa.

And a computer company in Montana.

And an onion farm in Texas.

A man of many talents.

Of all the things I do, I love flying the most.

you never asked me what i felt to feel your love you know i really tried

i need to know you only thought

about yourself didn't hesitate to leave me here to cry

i've had many many ways but in my heart

no one ever stays

Is that you?

That was taken a long time ago.

I was 12.

That's my father.

The airplane in the background is the Heron, the world's largest cargo plane.

Father was always trying to do everything bigger and better than

everyone else.

He spent years trying to perfect the design of that plane, but it never got

off the ground.

It was his only failure.

He lived the rest of his life in the shadow of that plane.

And it destroyed him.

It shattered his confidence.

It was a curse on him and his whole family.

He became a... a recluse.

Finally, he went mad.

What happened to the heron?

It's in the hangar in the middle of a desert.

An old museum piece gathering dust.

Sometimes I dream about flying it.

Why don't you?

Oh, because... Because some things aren't meant

to leave this earth.

I'd love to belong with everyone.

I love Paris in the rain.

I love my apartment.

My address is my secret.

Emmanuel.

Have you read the papers?

Romance at Saint-Tropez.

The billionaire and the sex star.

Oh, no.

The telephone hasn't stopped ringing all morning.

Your producer's furious.

He wants you to call him right away.

I can't deal with him right now.

How is Khan?

A total nightmare.

I was mobbed, stripped, and chased halfway across the Riviera.

Naked.

Price is high for being a movie star.

No one ever said it was going to be easy.

You sound just like my mother.

God, it's good to be home.

You don't know how much I miss this place when I'm away.

You don't know how much I missed you.

Hurry up. Come on, quick. Someone wants you.

Madam, I have the honor of carrying out the order of His Majesty Prince Rajid. I

am to present you with this gift, as well as a message written by His

Majesty.

Heavy. It is the work of a Persian sculpture of the 18th century.

It is a very curious object.

His Majesty acquired it in London.

It illustrates in a rather amusing manner the common point of our two

pictures. Emmanuel, I have the honor of inviting you to present your last

picture, Love Express, in Bangladeshstan.

The screening will take place in my palace on December 10th of the year

1234, which in your calendar is December 20th of this year.

My people admire you. I love you. Prince Rajid.

Texas.

Talk to you later.

is is

I'm looking for you I'm looking for you

I'd like to speak to Emmanuel, please.

Who is it?

Hello? You ran off that boat like a thief.

An adorable thief.

How did you find me?

I'm a man of many talents, remember?

I'd like to take you to dinner tonight.

Where do we meet?

These are the directions.

And you're going to have to follow them very carefully, okay?

Take a cab to the port de Saint-Cloud.

Ask the driver if he'll drive you in the direction of Chartres.

If you won't, jump in another cab, get on the autoload, A10.

When the road splits in two, take the direction the coast is leading.

Keep going, keep going.

Excuse me for being a little late.

I've dealt with a thousand men like Prince Rajid.

There's not a man on this planet I can't handle.

Well, I think maybe you're in for a surprise.

You're just jealous. Maybe I am.

Well, that's something I'm going to have to find out for myself.

I'm going to Bangladeshistan, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

If it's a question of money, I'll match whatever Rajid's offering.

Money?

You think that you can buy me with your money?

I thought you were different.

But you're just like everyone else. All you want to do is own me.

You have no idea who you're dealing with.

Rajiv's dangerous.

The people are my true love. Every gesture, every thought is devoted to

them. I am happy to have been born Prince of Benghladistan, happy to serve

my people.

Their faithfulness is their fundamental virtue.

In Benghladistan, treason is punished by death.

My people obey me willingly, joyfully. Do not believe a word of what Western

propaganda says about our country.

Women and men work together in peace to guarantee the future of their children.

I, their master, Prince Rajid, conceal nothing from them.

The loudspeakers situated outside of my palace make public each and every

discussion with my ministers and my generals.

My sincerity knows no limit.

Even my most intimate conversations, regardless of the subject, are made

public.

My dear friends from all over the world, discover for yourselves a magnificent

country which you will be reluctant to leave.

Long live Afghanistan.

Long live its people. Long live willing obedience.

Don't be afraid. I help you. Rocky Stallone at your service. I get you

through customs.

What are you doing? I help young ladies in distress.

I protect you.

Like in the movies, Rocky very smart. American know-how.

I see many movies.

They sound the death march.

As they lowered you down, did the band play the last waltz

and chorus?

Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest?

Aren't you a little bit young to be driving?

Rocky not too young for anything!

There are even bathrooms in this hotel.

The Golden Spider, five stars, high class.

Well, I guess that's it.

Wait. No, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no money.

No, no.

No, no, you are so beautiful that you can do me a big favor instead.

Favor?

This is the greatest day of my life!

Miss, that is not allowed.

You're indecently dressed.

I'm very sorry, Miss. It seems you haven't read the rules given to all

passengers who come to Bangladeshistan.

Are you sure you went through customs?

I do not think that little Rocky has done you a favor.

Come out of there more quickly.

Come, come.

Hurry, hurry.

Before someone sees you.

It's impossible to show your legs in public. It's against the law.

Rajid's law. Our master's law.

I am not one of the Rajid's women.

No, all women are Rajid's women.

Not this one. Rajid will cut your throat.

You mustn't.

Please.

A surprise for a pretty lady.

Which hand?

What do you have?

What do you have?

Like it like this?

Yeah.

I like that.

Okay, thanks.

Just call it a gift from an old friend.

Eddie. Just Eddie? Just Eddie.

So what brings you to Bangladeshstan?

A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

Sounds mysterious.

Not really.

I do some trading.

Local craftsmanship.

Baskets, saris, necklaces.

And I rescue women in my spare time.

How about you? What's your deal, Emmanuel?

Nothing. I'm just visiting.

Don't stay long.

This place has an unnatural hold on some people.

Do you know what I mean?

That beautiful young woman you're staring at is headed for the Raji's

harem.

One-way ticket to paradise.

Not my idea of a dream date.

They say he's got about 50 wives stashed in his palace.

I'll give you the grand tour tomorrow.

Show you around the island.

I'd like that.

Amina. Don't be afraid.

I won't hurt you.

And you?

Emmanuel.

How old are you?

Fifteen. I was chosen. Chosen?

For what?

Every year, a young virgin is taken from my village to become a part of Prince

Raji's harem.

They say it is a great honor, but I am afraid.

I was going to be married next month.

I cannot.

I would be punished.

There is no way out for me now.

If only... If only what?

If only I was not a virgin.

I never betray him.

What's going on? It's a funeral.

To them, death is a release from the shackles of the earth.

Not Rocky.

What happened?

Soldiers came last night and killed him.

How nice to see you, Emmanuel.

We did not expect you until next week, or we would have prepared a much more

festive welcoming party.

I'd say you outdid yourself.

Take him away!

Take him to the palace!

Same to you.

That brute was kissing Emmanuel, knowing that the first kiss for a woman who

comes to Bangladeshistan is reserved for the prince.

Rocky's crime had to be punished.

Oh, my God!

Do not try to seek a contradiction in the behavior of my wives.

It is an innocent game.

They have decided to devote their lives to their prince, and they are happy.

The origin and the goal of their gaiety are both noble.

The laughter you hear demonstrates their fidelity to their husband.

Yes, because...

These seemingly vulgar distractions serve to unite my wives in mutual

friendship.

They love each other to the summit of pleasure, and all masculine presence is

driven from their spirits.

Only one man remains in the thoughts of my fifty wives.

I, Rajid.

Our tradition allows for only one rival.

God.

You know very well that your Western code of morality is hypocrisy.

You ridicule our ways while your cinema, your X-rated films, your theater, your

press, your fashions, your excessive love of dogs, your literature, in fact,

your entire culture is a means of disguising sexual lust for your masses.

Your culture is nothing more than an invitation to debauchery and to

adultery.

In our land, we do not conceal our actions.

We live them openly.

Our traditions and laws condemn infidelity.

Betrayal is punished by death.

Do not forget that it is not sexual love that binds me to this rare collection

from the four corners of the earth.

I love them, but I do not touch them.

And now let me introduce you to my 50 wives.

This way.

Kimura, a pearl who came here from North Korea.

She is a virgin, and she shall remain one.

Her body is too frail, and the act of sex would destroy her physically.

Look at her tiny young breasts.

She's barely out of adolescence.

She does not think of love.

She is grateful to me.

She wishes to remain a virgin.

Infinite fidelity.

Her father was a pearl fisher.

He sold her to me.

The most beautiful pearl in the ocean.

Radha.

She has found her peace in madness.

An ordinary madness.

One which will remain stable.

She cannot see us.

Her behavior is instinctive.

Canada loves objects, and particularly objects which emit heat

and light.

Marada, the loveliest flower in my garden.

A gift from my cousin, Maharaja Mehau.

Look at her stomach.

Marada is expecting a child.

She is smoking an herb which will make her child strong and handsome.

A future prince of Englashistan, perhaps.

Marada has not interested me for four months.

Is it Rajeev, the father of Marada's child?

of my love life, a new star has appeared.

Emmanuel.

Yes, Emmanuel.

I love you. I love you.

I desire you, Emmanuel.

General Bowles.

Charles Foster.

Listen, I need a favor.

I give you back this object and I curse you.

You are evil.

Emmanuel. Emmanuel!

I knew I could count on you, baby.

You can make it baby come on

I'm a man of many talents, baby.

Man of many talents?

Where have I heard that before?

Let's go.

A crime of treason has been committed.

After having assassinated one of my palace guards with the aid of a spy, in

the service of a Western power, Emmanuel has succeeded in escaping.

She is hiding in the wells of Couradon.

Let us all unite to find and to punish these traitors before

nightfall.

Give me the comb.

What? The comb. Give me the comb.

Let's hope he gets the message.

Who gets the message?

An old friend.

The signal is coming from right here, sir.

Don't let them get out of your sight, you hear?

This old friend happened to be Charles Foster.

He sent you down here to spy on me.

He sent me here to protect you.

That son of a bitch.

You better hope that son of a bitch gets here before the Rajee does.

Why did you decorate your penthouse like my loft in Paris?

Didn't want you to be homesick.

You know I can't stay?

No.

Time to bury the past.

What? Get dressed.

What are you talking about?

We're going to fly that plane.

You're crazy. That plane's never gotten off the ground.

Until today.

I don't care.

I want the heroin ready in one hour.

Yes, I know it has never gotten off the ground before until today

I

Think

you should reconsider mr. Foster we haven't the time to test everything out

Speak with her about it, huh?

He's crazy.

Just like his father.

The entire flight system's computer on.

It's now or never.

Gotta have faith.

Nothing could go wrong with me on board.

I mean like a charm.

It wasn't my idea to fly this thing.

You're the one who wanted to bury the past.

Now you're going to bury me along with it.

Some lucky charm you turned out to be.

Well, you don't have to worry about me hanging around anymore.

When we... If we get on the ground, you'll never see me again. Yeah, that'd

be too soon.

Remind me to say no next time you ask me to go flying. Well, remind me never to

ask. I've got to turn the plane away from the city.

Go on, get your parachute on. No!

Why must you always contest everything I say?

I'm not leaving without you. Just do it! Now!

Foster?

Come on, don't say anything you'll regret later.

You'll be right behind me. Absolutely.

I know you will.

I'd do it again, you know.

Come on, hurry. I can't hold this steady much longer.

Bill.

you know.

You never told me that you cared. You never let me look inside your heart.

You never ever let me share the love I feel for you deep inside.

You never asked me what I felt to feel your love. You know I really

tried. I need to know.

This photograph proves that the world's largest cargo plane doesn't exist

anymore.

His flowers in this note prove that the pilot of this plane is alive and well,

and that he loves Emmanuel.

Charles D. Foster.

There's no time to talk of love. You turn away when you've had enough.

I need some love.

You leave me all alone, empty, nothing to share, not even sympathy.

Do I have to say I'm wondering?

I will have to try.

To believe your lies I'd love to be loved Every

wonder I'd love to be loved And start again

Do I have to say I'm wondering

I will have to try To believe your lies

I'd love to be loved

Everyone love, I'd love to be loved and start again.