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Here's someone who'll help me do my self-criticism. Comrade !

It's not my fault, Marcel !

Shut up !

So ? Comrade Chief of Cell ?

What do you think of my self-criticism ?

I don't understand. Who is this woman ?

Comrade Suzanne...

...who Paul was supposed to have executed in July.

You lied to the Party !

Letting an informer escape, who sold Comrade Yvon !

I'm not an informer !

Shut up !

I have the right to defend myself.

It's not me who was responsible for Yvon's arrest.

Don't hit a woman in front of me, Comrade !

She sold Yvon to the Boches !

That's false

As for him, he slept with her.

So obviously he had other priorities that the Party Line.

That too, is false.

We never slept together.

No, that's not false.

I have feelings for Comrade Suzanne.

We had a liaison last year.

However !

That's not why I spared her in July.

It's because she's innocent.

My investigation proved otherwise.

Your investigation proved nothing at all.

I was your Political Leader !

And I gave you the order to execute this informer !

And it was up to you to obey the Party without question !

We're at war, and in war the army that wins is the one that obeys !

I have always acted for the good of the party.

You did play us for fools, Paul.

The ring.

To lie to the Party for the sake of a woman!

I haven't fooled anyone.

You can't say that, Paul.

For now, I'll suspend all your political orders.

I name Comrade Edmond interim leader in Villeneuve.

Tonight I have to cross the line.

Tomorrow I'll be at the Disciplinary Committee to decide your case.

In the meantime, you'll be under Max and Edmond's leadership.

You're already up.

I love to walk in the country in the morning.

We never have time.

Last night, I listened to Radio London...

The Americans control Algeria, but are still fighting in Morocco.

Does what happens over there change things for you ?

Nothing.

Apart from the aerodrome, what is your mission ?

You know, I'm smart but I'm only a radio operator.

The one who knew the mission, is dead.

What are you going do then ?

Await instructions from London.

I'll receive a message tonight.

I guess they'll send me up to the Paris region.

Near Lyon, perhaps.

Our movement really needs a radio operator.

But it doesn't work that way. I don't decide anything.

That's a pity.

Hey, it's Vernet. He's the cop from the barn.

I don't have good news...

You're really being hunted by us and the Germans.

They won't let go.

What we can do ?

He has to leave.

The Germans are getting good at locating the radio.

I know.

In any case, don't transmit again from this sector

...you'll be caught in minutes.

That's it ?

No.

I think Marchetti is starting to suspect me.

I'm not sure, but...

...he's given me a lousy criminal case...

Obviously, it's to sideline me.

Are you afraid ?

I have a wife and two children...

Do you want to stop ? No.

To stop now...

Would make no sense.

But I have to play safe.

Contact me if you think it's absolutely essential.

For my part, I'll do the same.

Well, good luck.

It seems you're really going to leave. Yes.

Is Raoul not here ?

No.

He went to call Eliane and take supplies to Crémieux.

Hey, you look like shit.

I haven't slept all night.

What did you tell Rita ?

Nothing.

I must say you've a knack for choosing girls... how to put it ? Difficult.

It's not girls that are difficult, it's life.

Agreed.

That's the problem with stakeouts. You get bored and talk crap.

But I must say, you don't need to be in a hideout to talk bullshit.

You're talking about me ?

And Loriot ! What ?

I don't want to miss the outcome of our bet.

What bet ?

Two bottles of Bordeaux that Raoul doesn't come

Raoul, he'll come to get his first snog, believe me.

Well, how did it go with rehearsing the girl ?

She's got the jitters but I think she understands the rules of the game

The important thing now is to know if he understands the rules of the game

Here.

I'm not hungry.

As you wish.

Max!

I'm not supposed to talk to you before the Commission.

You're holding it against me ?

I've no more confidence in you, in any case.

I had no choice.

She's innocent, and you know it.

What I know is she slept with a cop.

And with you, apparently.

And you also know that Edmond's investigation is a crock.

I don't reason that way.

Edmond... can make mistakes like anyone else...

...he's obtuse, he's often unfair, but his only concern is the Party.

Like me.

Suzanne, isn't straight. Him, he's straight.

The rest doesn't interest me.

Can I have a word with Suzanne before the Commission ?

No, that's not expected.

I haven't seen her for a year!

And I risk not seeing her much again.

I'll see about it with Edmond.

Edmond !

He'll never want it.

You don't know him very well.

It's superb.

Thank you.

You can't know the butterflies I have.

What could go wrong ?

Well, I don't know.

Maybe that's why I'm nervous.

If we can't even be rely on young love !

With Bordeaux, I really like the Saint Emilion.

A good year.

You didn't specify the year.

Well, what did you say to Vernet about this morning ?

That we were making a seizure on the black market.

Good.

It bothers me to hoodwink a colleague.

Frankly, what do you prefer ? That I start an inquiry about him ?

No, but, well, is he really wet ?

In any case he's not reliable on Anti-National Conduct...

...and that's part of our job. Agree ?

I preferred it when our job was running after crooks.

But it's like that.

Here comes Raoul !

Yes, not yet sure that it's him.

And two bottles of Saint Emilion, two!

Maybe the last time he kisses a girl.

Good, Delage, you follow in the car.

I'm crazy to do that, huh ?

Why ?

Because.

Because what ?

Because you'll go.

Why did you do it, as you know I'm leaving.

This is not so much my style.

Have you had someone since the death of your husband ?

You ask a lot of questions Monsieur, for a Resistant.

But I'm not a Resistant, I'm Free French.

It's the same, right ?

Oh no. I'm a soldier.

And you...

...you have someone in London ?

More or less.

What does that mean ?

A married woman...

...to a pilot in the RAF.

Better and better.

That's Free France !

When I've been drinking, I pray he gets shot down.

And do you drink often ?

When he's around too long, yes.

He's a Navigator in Lancasters.

Normally a Bomber crew doesn't last 28 operation and he's at 24.

And you, you're not telling me ?

No, I have nobody.

It's going well !

Yes.

Everyone's here.

Given the events...

...then, Morelle told me that you're really very talented.

He knows about it, unlike me.

But I'm not talented, Daniel.

Sometimes I don't understand you.

Yes, I know.

That's what I like about you.

Even the Germans came.

For you, not for me.

What's he doing there ?

He's looking at a poster about the shot hostages.

It's natural.

He's thinking about his future.

I wonder where he's going, all the same.

Good. When the car returns, tell Delage to hide at all intersections.

I don't want to lose him if he's running.

Ah, it's so good to feel you.

Suzanne.

Shut up. You'll talk nonsense.

I'll ask the questions. I don't want you asking questions.

I'll only ask you one, then.

Why did you come back ?

I thought it was clear, a year ago.

You weren't to come back before the end of the war.

I had no choice.

We always have a choice.

Sometimes it's even all that's left to us.

You tire me with your banalities.

Already ?

My daughter is sick.

Very sick.

She's going to have surgery on Friday.

She could die. My parents in law refused to put her on the phone to me.

I wanted to kiss her before the operation.

You only thought of yourself, eh !

Oh, how can you say that ?

Last year you took every risk to see Gustave.

You even almost got arrested.

You should understand, then.

It was long, all that time without seeing you.

Without even knowing if you were alive.

Did you think of me ?

You promised to think of me.

I said, "Sometimes."

How did Edmond know you were back ?

A railwayman who recognized me at the station.

His wife worked at the Post Office counter.

Don't you want to kiss me ?

I don't think this is the right time.

I'm not sure there'll be another.

Don't worry.

They won't do any such a thing.

Not in cold blood like that...

But what do you know ?

Have you forgotten last year ?

Go on ! Kiss me.

If I kiss you, you'll believe I'm as pessimistic as you.

Shut up.

Say, isn't Raoul taking a bit long ?

He has to go to Crémieux's hideout.

It takes two hours maximum round trip, right ?

Yes.

Are you sure that's where Raoul is, and not elsewhere ?

Oh, no. He wouldn't lie like that.

You're quite confident.

He's a fat head, but he wouldn't lie to his mother.

Even for a French kiss ?

You're scaring me there.

It's true it's a bit long.

What if he saw us ?

We'd have heard him.

And would it be so serious ?

Raoul is special. He's like his father.

He's capable of anything, if he saw us.

Listen, all we have to do is go to Crémieux's place.

Do you have anything else to do ?

Nothing before listening to the Station tonight.

And then, I was a bit hard with Crémieux yesterday...

I can still take a look at this famous report...

...and that way you'll be reassured.

You're nice.

Yes... I even thought of taking Fine Arts, and then I got married.

Well, anyway...

Hey, the man taking notes there, do you know who he is ?

No. I think I heard he was Italian. I don't know him.

It's not you who invited him ?

No.

Perhaps a patient of your husband ?

No, no, Daniel didn't know him either.

Or an art critic from Paris.

Are you mocking me.

No. It's because I'm jealous.

You're doing what I always dreamed of.

Monsieur le Sous-Préfet.

You're exactly the person I wanted to see.

Herr Muller

You know Madame Larcher, I believe.

Yes, yes.

So !

Where are you with tracking the radio operator ?

Really ! We're here to talk about art.

We're here to talk about whatever I want, Monsieur Servier.

Well, we're... progressing.

An impressionistic manner, it seems to me.

At four o'clock, then.

Thank you.

This guy here, that I was talking to.

Well, what ?

He's an Italian art dealer.

From Florence.

Don't tell me he liked it !

He bought everything, Hortense !

Above the reserve price.

Really, don't talk such rubbish. It's not worth it.

But really ! You're terrible.

He bought everything ?

Yes, he talks of.. Modigliani, Odilon Redon...

Victorine Meuran, the Olympia model of... Monet...

Monet !

He'll send a van to get the pictures this afternoon.

He'll put on an exhibition in Florence or Venice.

He told me he was too shy to speak to you now, but...

... that he'll meet with you at Georges at 4 o'clock in the Great Room.

Oh ! I feel as though I'm dreaming.

Where is he ?

Was it you who invited Muller ?

Really, you're crazy ! Of course not.

Well, what does he want ?

I don't know. He didn't even speak to me.

Do you want me to tell him to leave ?

No, no, certainly not. That's surely what he wants.

To create a scandal ! He's sick, this guy.

That's good, that's brave.

He's a little further on, 200 metres.

So ?

I don't know if it's his home, but he met a guy and they're still talking.

Let's see.

The man in the sheepskin jacket, is Albert Crémieux.

Are you sure ?

Yes, a beard and shabbier clothes, but it's him.

Well, a good catch, eh ?

Do we collar him ?

No, there's no hurry, we'll wait to see if...

...there are friends who come to join them.

It's funny how Jews with beards, seem... more Jewish.

Firstly, one wonders why they let it grow.

Maybe they're too stingy to shave.

No ?

Well, I leave you for a moment. Here !

Where are you going ?

What is this ! Do I ask you questions ?

Well no, but... What ?

There are two of you plus the auxiliary.

That covers the possibilities, right ?

What ?

Nothing.

I'll be back in an hour.

I take the car, I'll be quicker.

That's it !

I kissed Eliane.

You kissed Eliane !

But that's great, my boy.

Ah ! And does your mother know ?

No. You won't tell her, eh ?

It's our secret.

If you want.

I don't think she'd mind.

No, but you have to swear you won't tell.

You have to swear on something important.

On...

...on Helen's head.

If you don't want me to tell, I won't tell. But no need to swear.

Especially on Helen's head.

Was the kiss good ?

I don't know.

Yes.

Well ! I remember my first kiss with Anna.

It was in Vienna, in 1933, in July...

It was beautiful.

I was having a chocolat-crème on the terrace of the Hotel Imperial.

And I see this girl passing...

...she was sublime...

I straight away told myself that she wasn't for me.

And then...

...a notebook must have fallen from her pocket, I don't know...

...she came back to pick it up...

...and our eyes met.

I invited her to my table and asked her what she wanted to drink.

She said "The same as you".

And there you go !

The same evening, I knew that we'd spend our lives together.

It's crazy.

I often wonder how you know that this is the right person.

It must...

a detail, a way of looking, I don't know...

...or the odour, eh.

After all, we're animals.

But we know.

We know.

You didn't tell me you were coming home for lunch.

I'm not stopping.

Did you forget a paper again this morning!

No.

In fact...

...there was something I didn't tell you last night.

In fact, I did see Servier in the evening...

Is that bad ?

Yes.

I didn't want to know.

I don't know anything specific...

...but I think she won't return.

But you're not sure!

Let's say I'm not completely sure.

Oh, Jean.

Fortunately I have you.

Fortunately I have you.

Be careful, it's fragile.

There is no denying it, you're becoming a real artist.

Wait !

Excuse me rushing you a little but I have to do a delivery in Braisne...

...and then I have to see Sarah in Moissay.

It's still crazy, this story, right ?

Do you realize !

Florence, Venice...

Do you think I'll be invited to the opening ?

My goodness, I imagine so.

And you'll come with me ?

Listen, you know, with the patients, the Mairie...

Daniel...

I wanted...

...to thank you for allowing me to organize it all.

Finally, our arrangement is...

...working pretty well, isn't it

Yes, I feel so.

So...

...have you forgiven me ?

Daniel, I'm sorry to have to ask you that.

Don't get me wrong, but..

...I think I'm happier like this than when we were really together.

Oh !

Yes, because, you see, a real couple,

...that can no longer love, divorces...

...and never meets again, like the Schwartz'...

...while us... nothing will ever separate us.

Do you believe so ?

So what's new ?

We lost the kid.

It can't be true. How's that possible ? There were three of you, damn it !

This arsehole was screwing around with Auxiliary.

I wasn't screwing around with her. We were showing our feelings.

So, then ?

Well, just at that moment the kid and Crémieux moved on, and since...

...Monsieur was 'showing his feelings', I found myself all alone.

So, I followed them. Ten minutes through the sticks...

And you located them, right ?

No, at some point they split...

So, I had to choose.

You chose Crémieux.

Really ! We already knew where he was.

Well, he's still the big game, right ?

And then...and then, I couldn't know that he'd come back here.

Yes, but hey, we have a life too.

Yes, that's right, don't add to it. We've to wait for someone else now.

I warn you, if you need to hide for two days and two nights...

...you'll hide for two days and two nights.

It's not my problem. OK ?

What's that traffic there !

It's not normal.

It may be better to pack up and go back to the nick.

I'm not sure.

Apparently, he wonders what's happening, too.

We're still going to have to wait an hour for potential visitors.

We'll move off later.

Is it the RAF ?

I don't know.

They're really flying very low.

We're not far from the Demarcation Line, though.

Two kilometres.

I can't wait to get to Crémieux's place, we'll be able to see better.

We'll be there in 10 minutes.

I'm thirsty.

It seems there's traffic.

What is there on the other side ?

The Chauvernes bridge, the Demarcation Line...

Can you observe it without being seen ?

Yes, come on.

Incredible !

The Vichy regime will collapse.

Do you think so ?

Not immediately, but if it's no longer sovereign, it's nothing.

I need to return to the farm to send a message.

I thought you had very precise slots !

Except in case of extreme urgency, and this is an extreme emergency.

Doesn't it bother you to come to Crémieux's hideout...

...just to drink water. It's two minutes away.

I've got to go.

Go ahead, if you want.

No. I won't let you go alone, you'll get lost.

I can get back with my eyes closed.

Go on, chick.

Come on.

And in 1939, what did you think of the Nazi-Soviet Pact ?

I was in the SFIO. What do you want me to think ?

I don't know.

Tell us ?

I found it very good.

She's lying.

I found it shocking, deplorable !

Rubbish !

Are you happy ?

So, why did you join the Party ?

Because last year, you were the only ones to make a move in Villeneuve and...

...I wanted to... do something thing to kick the Boches out.

That's all to your credit.

As a result, she slept with a cop!

I did it to save my skin. I haven't given anyone up.

You gave Yvon to your cop !

But if she did that, how do you explain that she didn't give you up ?

I don't know.

You were in charge from the start. She decides to give up Yvon who...

...she barely knows, and doesn't shop you !

You, who were with Yvon all the time.

I wasn't with Yvon all the time.

In any case, you were with him, just before he was arrested.

You think I shopped him ?

No.

I'm just trying to understand what happened.

And I repeat, you have no evidence that Suzanne did it.

That isn't the problem.

The problem's your Anti-Party Conduct.

I spent a year in the Special Organization.

Taking risks every day, to see comrades fall by tens !

While you twiddled your thumbs here, steeped in your bile...

So, I've had my fill of your talk about my Anti-Party Conduct, Comrade.

How do you explain that Suzanne didn't give you up ?

I don't know, I...

I don't know. You'll have to ask the cops !

It's true that still poses the question, Comrade.

Do you think I am a traitor ?

No... Sit down.

This case is not simple.

Marcel !

Marcel !

Marcel !

I think I've seen a German car approaching on the road.

You must be mistaken, Comrade. It's impossible in the Unoccupied Zone.

Paul, who is this woman ?

She's... she's...

Don't tell me a Non-Party was aware of our presence here!

But I saw the uniforms, I'm sure.

Paul, you still haven't told us who this woman is.

She's my companion.

Your companion is a Comrade ?

She's right. The Boches are down there !

It's jammed.

There are too many.

No question of facing them.

Close it.

Really, what are they doing there!

Why have they come here ?

We can't stay in the house.

We'll have to go through the cellar, there's an exit.

Get out fast, Julien first. Max, cover us.

We're taking everyone ?

Yes, we take everyone.

Don't worry, he'll come.

Today is a dry day, but I can fix it, if you want a little lift.

I don't want a lift, I want to be left in peace.

It's up to you.

I'm not disturbing you ?

I'm waiting for someone.

Someone I know ?

No. No, I don't think so.

Let me guess...

You're pestering me !

Perhaps Signor Lamberti ?

I don't believe he'll come.

I don't understand.

Your work makes me think of Modigliani.

Odilon Redon and Victorine Meuran.

You know I had to read up in library books to do that.

Ah, Hortense...

The art dealer... the exhibition in Florence...

All the same...

...I know you well, right ?

Wait. Your paintings...

...you don't want them back ?

At the moment, they're in transit between your house and my office.

Will you sell them back to me ?

Come on, Hortense ! I'll give them to you.

Really...

What do you want ?

What I asked yesterday, nothing more.

Dinner tête à tête.

Obersturmfuhrer ! Yes ?

The terrorist has started transmitting again.

Good.

You haven't given me an answer.

What does he want ?

One of these small War Emergencies...

Big or small ?

Average.

Do you want an answer ?

Then get rid of him.

The invasion of the Unoccupied Zone has started ? Two hours ago.

There'll be an explosion of radio traffic.

We've no chance of tracking the terrorist.

Thank you, Ludwig.

So ?

A simple dinner that assumes nothing.

A simple dinner that assume nothing.

Certainly.

All right, see you tomorrow.

Tomorrow ? Certainly, very well.

Tomorrow is another day.

We need to get further away, eh !

They'll be making a reconnaissance in the woods.

The time it takes them to settle in the house...

...gives us some breathing room, right ?

No, you never know.

Excuse me, but why did you tell them that ?

It was the only way to justify your presence.

When do we leave ?

We have to go.

Off we go.

Roger is very embarrassed that you allowed a Non-Party in the venue.

You know...

You should have told me, anyway.

Where were you ?

Well... at Crémieux's place.

You took your time !

Well, we put in a lot of time setting snares.

He sets them any old how, so I tried to teach him.

Yes, did you get something to eat however ?

Yes, we had my snares.

That's good.

Is Crémieux OK, otherwise ?

Yes. Always the same. He goes on all the time about his wife and daughter.

That's good, Raoul.

You know, sometimes I'm hard on you, but that's because...

...everything we do here is dangerous. You do understand that ?

You know that I love you ?

Well, then, I'm not leaving immediately.

I'm supposed to make an accurate survey...

...of troop movements, as soon as possible.

Ah, good!

I've had enough for a while.

Yes, it's likely.

Why are you looking at me like that ?

Well, I... I'm going to make something to eat. I'm hungry.

But of course, I understand you.

Good... Get me Monsieur Servier. I'll wait.

The Germans have crossed the Line.

I haven't heard from Sarah.

Well, get him out of his meeting, Madame!

The Germans invaded the Unoccupied Zone. You're weren't aware !

So, with Lamberti, did it go well ?

Yes, really...

He spoke again of Venice ?

It wasn't... Ah ! Servier.

We must obtain an urgent interview with Kollwitz.

Good. I'm going to rest.

Yes... but...

Everything is blocked everywhere now.

The German invasion is a boon for us.

We will recruit with a vengeance in the Unoccupied Zone.

What's urgent, Comrade, is to make contact with the Gaullists...

...to finally set up the National Resistance Front

We're going to contact them as soon as possible.

What you have you decided about our business ?

You're a good Comrade, Paul.

But you shouldn't have let a Non Party...

...into a clandestine meeting of this importance.

Now she has to go.

And keep the farewell to a minimum.

Sarah !

You need you to go.

Immediately.

I understand.

Well, if you understood... go!

You've never seen us.

You really are in the hands of women !

Paul, in peacetime your private affairs are your own business...

...but here you caused us too many risks.

Jealousy between women ! One will eventually shop you.

Or shop the other one.

Edmond leads the party in Villeneuve.

The main mission is the National Front.

You'll keep me informed ?

And Suzanne ?

Her guilt isn't proven, but...

Edmond directs. It's him who decides.

I wonder what you're eating. It can't be too bad.

Today, Raoul came to see me.

I like that kid.

He didn't invent gunpowder, but I like him.

I don't know why I told him, that I knew immediately...

...that we'd spend our lives together.

Maybe because I wanted something beautiful.

To talk of you, of us...

It would be beautiful...

Mademoiselle !

Subtitles by Rod Clarke. Whitby, Ont. March 2014.