"That's it..." "I think this one's spot-on." "Aren't you finished?" "There's something wrong..." "It's not working." "I'll help you." "Hand me your pliers." "Won't she see the string?" "She's as blind as a bat." "As soon as it goes off, she'll be out of here like a rocket." "There's no way they'll work out the trick!" "Aren't you worried it might freak her out?" "She's really into ghosts." "But she's never seen any." "That's just it..." "We can't let her die, without having seen her little ghost." "With all the drugs she takes, there's no time to lose." "If only they could seem to be coming out of their frames that'd really be something else!" "Both those guys were pretty spunky." "Like a serious swordfight on the roof...at night." "These days you get yelled at for nothing at all." "That's the republic for you!" "Watch out...here she comes!" "Any sooner and we'd 've been sprung!" "Did you have a nice walk, Aunt Mathilde?" "Yes, thank you boys..." "A bit warm." "Where are you running off to..." "it's time for you to get changed." "Yes." "Aunt Mathilde." "We'll be right back." "It's okay, we can go in." "Dear sir," "We are very surprised we did not receive your answer about the 10,000 tons of wood." "We shall call you at your office in London next Monday morning between 9 and 10." "We hope everything will be clear by that time and you realize how important it is for both of us." "Goddamned bitch of a thing!" "Poor old Philippe..." "You still look bad in the saddle!" "Just like your uncle." "At least he gets to ride." "I haven't done any riding in the last 4 years." "4 years is a long time." "Not seeing you in 4 years IS a long time." "There's something I'd like to tell you about." "Go on." "Is there..." "We've no time now..." "I guess one still has to be punctual for dinner?" "You can say that again." " Didn't you hear the bell?" " The bell?" "I guess you're right." "Dinnertime..." "What a shame." "Do you think Philippe will have spoken to him?" "Well he DID promise you." "He came from Paris just for that purpose." " Do you think my father..." " You know him better than I do." "We shouldn't let ourselves be afraid of him." "But you know Papa." "Christophe, promise me that even if..." "That nothing can change things between us," "Nothing, Daisy..." "Absolutely nothing!" " What about you?" " You know very well." "One minute to get back to the house and lock the doors." "One minute to get back up the stairs." "One minute to get our breath back, and seem like we're sound asleep." "That'll be enough." "We'll switch on at midnight minus 3." "Well...from your brother Peter." "Look at the envelope." ""Mr Maubrun."" "It seems he can't bring himself to use my title." " Good grief!" " What is it?" "Not bad news...quite the opposite..." "He'll be here tomorrow." "All my children here at Maubrun all at once." "Were you told I had one foot in the grave?" "Papa!" "Don't give me that look!" "You kids couldn't make me happier." "Nine for dinner..." "Like in your mother's time." "That's what Maubrun is all about!" "Time for my shower!" "Godammit, I'm hungry!" "The girls of Camaret bought a donkey" "The girls of Camaret bought a donkey" "The donkey was Republican..." " Flush!" " That trumps you." " Belote!" "You bastard!" " Re-belote!" " How lucky can you get!" "Thank you, my pet." " 50." " Will it last long?" "Is that story true about the ghosts you've seen?" "Yes...why?" "The priest said it's a lot of nonsense just "old maid stories."" "If you think you can use that miserable priest as an excuse for being cheeky you're wasting your time, boys." "I shall have words with HIM!" "As for this "story", as you call it I remember it perfectly." "I was 7 years old." "It was on the night of the 13th-14th of July right on midnight." "Did you actually see them yourself?" "No...my own mother saw them..." "That's the same thing." "The next day we found the paintings on the floor." "That proved that she hadn't dreamt it." "It was nothing to have a fight to the death with his brother, over a girl..." "The old boy was a cool dude!" "I shall tell your father about that!" "What about, Aunt Mathilde?" "!" "You've been forbidden to use slang." "That's not slang..." "that's the story." "Goodness me!" "A new tuxedo?" "!" "Looks very smart..." "Turkish style." "Well you know how much time I spend around Ankara." "It's very important to be well dressed." "It's so stuffy in here." "May I, Aunt Mathilde?" "That window 'll bang you in the face." "That as well?" "!" "Pierre will be here tomorrow, boys." "Great!" "What have you been up to today, Mathilde?" "Our priest is looking rather miserable, don't you think?" "Since the 1905 separation of church and state our priests have been free to starve to death." "What've you done with my wire-cutters?" "We haven't touched them." "I want to see them where they belong, in the morning. ." "By the way, have you noticed that window?" "What about it?" "We'll get flooded one of these days." "We'll be on our way to turning Maubrun into a swimming pool." "There are 24 others in the same condition." "If you want to..." "We should get some people in to fix them, eh?" "The bill can be charged to the Ankara office." "I apologise for my daughter's rudeness." " It's only just 8 o'clock." " It's 8.05." "She's not to return to Paris." "No, Paul..." "Miss Daisy isn't down yet." "This lack of respect for the servants is insufferable!" "THEY are always on time." "A lady of the house should make sure she is never late." "You were brought up to know better." "Dinner is served, sir." "Come on!" "It's nearly time!" "Are you sure Papa's asleep?" "He was already asleep in the dining room." "What's that?" "Shit!" "They've heard us!" " What'll we do?" " Go on up." "What are you two up to down there?" "We were too hot, so we went for a walk in the grounds." "In the northern part..." "where it gets cooler." ""Northern part"?" "So that's it..." "Goodnight Papa." "Sorry, if we woke you up." "So you heard it, too?" "!" "I was right!" "July 13th...just like my mother." " But I didn't see who did it." " Well I saw them." "Come in here, you two!" "Here we have your ghosts." "So that's why you gave me the story about the priest just before dinner!" "Come closer." "Come on...over here!" " May I, Jean?" " Certainly, Mathilde..." "I'm scared of that switch of yours myself." "But if you'd like for me to take care of this they'll get what they deserve." "Good..." "Just make sure they do." " In the morning...7 o'clock in my office." " Yes, Papa." "Goodnight, Aunt Mathilde." "Goodnight, Mathilde." "Our trick worked well!" "How did the little rascals figure out how to do that?" "!" " Which one do you think he'll use?" " Well, it won't be THAT one." " He smokes too much." " He's just getting old." "He was almost late." " Morning Papa!" " Good morning, you little rascals." "What the hell..." "shall it never rain this year?" "Now..." "let's see..." "Who's first?" " Papa...you shouldn't do this!" " How come?" "We're too old now." "And corporal punishment is immoral." "That's a good one!" "..." "You just come here!" ""Corporal punishment" it is!" "A good job done!" "On your way!" "Make sure you've apologised to your aunt, by lunch-time." " That wasn't so bad." " He's getting old." "He seemed to think our trick was funny." "Are you going to help at mass, boys?" "When you become Cardinal, we'll talk about it." "Good morning, Philippe." "So then, soldier..." "down in the dumps?" "I didn't want to intervene, just now." " "intervene"?" " You shouldn't do it." "Corporal punishment..." ""Is an immoral and outdated method of instruction."" "Then I don't understand why." "Those two understand alright." "Stick to taking mass." " Goodness, it's Mr Arthus!" "I nearly didn't know you!" " Good morning, Mr Gontran." " Good morning, Marie." "How are things?" " The master at home?" " As far as I know." "He's probably just grabbing something to eat." "We're just paying him a brief call." "No, Miss...he doesn't like that." "I'll do potato fritters and a salad." "Félicie, you're going to have to do something special...." "Pierre will be here this afternoon." "You can relax..." "She just said no to 3 dishes that Mr Pierre wouldn't like." "I doubt if he got fat at Oxford." "So what's on for this evening?" "Scrambled eggs with croutons the roast, with potato fritters salad...cheese." "Shall we take one?" "What about this, with the meatballs?" "It's the least the old man can do after the whipping he gave us." "Paul's organising the wine." "Bad luck for my cellar!" "Good morning, Marquis." "Good morning, postman." " Morning, Miss." " Thank you." "How are your artichokes going?" "Well of course they need rain." "Cheers!" "See you, Marquis." "How nice is this?" "!" "The Prince de Conti invites the Marquis de Maubrun and his children to do him the honour of participating in a duck-shoot on his land" "Sunday July 17, 1955" "Conti." "To assemble at 7am" "Engraved, and in colour." "Just like in the American movies..." "look." "It's obvious that... this "prince of the line" does what he wants." "He has the means." "I shouldn't go..." "but I'll go all the same." "There are too many ducks, anyway." "And I can take everyone, Godammit!" "Even the twins can go!" " You can stay home with your aunt." " She'll have left by then." " Well, you can stay by yourself." " Papa!" "No...that's it." "I think I'll go to Conti's anyway." "I'm quite sure you won't, Daisy." " What are you two up to?" " Just doing our holiday homework." "Look where they lay their eggs!" "Good morning Marquis." "Good morning, Marie." "I've got my rent paid up..." "But the hired help is going to ruin me." "I happen to have all my children home..." "They'll eat the cupboard bare." "I saw Mr Arthus, with Mr Gontran..." "They said they were going to see the boss." "You've got a good-looking young man there." "They said they were going to see the boss?" "Good." "See you, Marie." "They're for your kitchen." "Thanks." "Don't bother..." "We know the way." "When I say 15 million, I'm being optimistic." "You'd need double that, to restore everything." "But I can't offer you any more." "We'll work out the urgent priorities." "That's him." "I told you this wasn't necessary." "There's no reason to hide." "I'm doing this for him." "I came just at the right time, eh, Arthus?" "I know you're in excellent hands, with my manager but if I could be of any assistance..." "Careful where you tread." "You're not walking in the Automobile Club." "We haven't made any decisions without you." "I wasn't assuming anything." "I'm delighted to see you here." "A bit surprised..." "but delighted." "I'm sure you've got a stack of ideas." "As for the rest of us..." "eh, Gontran?" "Their Normande has calved." "Has it?" "You can take my old taxi." ""The Turk" can drive me back." "I'd like him to fill me in." " However, if..." " I sense you're angry." "Me?" "I haven't felt so good in ages." "Say, Arthus," "Would you trust me behind the wheel, just back to Maubrun?" "After all, I finished up in the airforce during the war." "I think it'll work like that." "What do you think we should write?" "Wait." ""Will have a swelling weakness..." That's a bit much." "Alright..it goes in the mail." "Just a sec." "Daisy's got a crush on sonny-boy." "If only she didn't have such a father." "I have to take you to task, old chap..." "You should've spoken with me first." "You must understand that Gontran leads a hard life, like me." "But he's younger." "This is what I was trying to avoid with you." " The solution..." " Come with me." "I have to see if Gustave's made up his mind." "You've made a lot of money, so what?" "My father had more..." "but he didn't make a big deal about it." "With money, you must know how to use it." "You can't play with Maubrun like a flutter on the stock market." "It's not the same thing." "Ah, nice of you to have come, Gustave." "Oh, I know." "But I promised." "What do you want me to do with your 15 million?" "Do you see Maubrun as a limited company?" "Do you see me as chairman and managing director ...of Maubrun Enterprises Pty Ltd?" "No..." "It's nice to want to modernise, make the farming efficient but this is neither Georgia here..." "nor Ohio." "Maybe you've forgotten that." "The fields are small here." "There are stone walls and banks all over the place." "Because that's the way you've liked it." "When your farmers' leases expire, ...you just don't renew them." "I pay them compensation." "The problem is solved." "You finally get a clear situation." " Kick out my farmers?" " They're a nuisance." "They're the ones who've sent your fortune tumbling." " And after that?" " Well, after that..." "It's simply crazy, the way it is!" "You complain about living from hand to mouth about being crushed with taxes..." "Another broken frame..." "Gontran can't do everything." "I'm not complaining." "Gontran may have said something..." "He's got nothing to do with it." "Kick my farmers out?" "Their families have served ours for 6 generations." "These are leases that just can't be cancelled." "You capitalists are incredible!" "It's as if you had no heart at all.." "With your bank accounts, registration numbers..." "You could be Soviet commissars!" "No different!" "The coldness of a steel safe..." "or a guillotine." "You're wrong...times have changed, even if you can't see it here." "And they're changing for the better." "O.K, Gustave?" "People can be nasty, even when they're educated." "Even more so when they're educated." " So what's wrong?" " It'd take too long to tell you." "Come and see me this evening..." "We'll have a chat." "Having a chat never hurt anyone, and you realise you're not alone." "Thank you, sir." "Worn out already, Father?" "I wanted to speak to you, last night." "As it has waited till today it can't have been too serious." "To be frank, it's about the reason for my stay here." "A Jesuit's position is as fixed as a combat soldier's." "Let's not exaggerate." "Promise me you won't get angry." "This is not about the company idea, is it?" "I warn you..." "that issue's quite resolved... ..as much chance as your becoming papal nuncio." "It concerns Daisy." "Daisy is big enough to fend for herself." "The village priest is an excellent confessor." "And she has me." "Do you think that's enough for a young girl?" "You want her to marry?" "There's no rush." "What's this need you have, for performing marriage ceremonies?" "I don't want to marry Daisy..." "I want her to be happy." "You sound like the Lonely Hearts column..." "leave that to the weeklies." "Daisy loves Christophe de Conti." "She BELIEVES she loves him." "Young girls love everybody." "She'll get over it." "You're so sure about everything." "I know that Daisy will not marry the son of an impostor a gent who bought a Montenegrin title and stole an historic name." "He sits near me in church, and I shoot his ducks." "But as for my daughter...never!" "Hell, I'd be a laughing stock!" "And you'd better attend to what you're doing there." "I want you to give it proper thought." "Forget it...my mind is made up." "Daisy is legally an adult." "I have to remind you that my authority over her did not stop at her majority for the simple reason that I've a sacred duty towards her." "I'm responsible for all of you, till the day I die." "Even you, Father." "You're well aware of that." "At the one time I have all of you, please don't spoil my pleasure." "Let's get back to more serious matters." "Shit!" "...visitors!" "Papa..." "Pierre's here!" "Our Pierre!" "?" "Where is he?" "Hello, Papa." "He told you that last night?" "He may have changed his mind." "So, have you decided?" "It'll b just as hard tomorrow." "I'll be seeing him tomorrow." "I'll speak to him about it." " Is it like this every day?" " Quite often." "I promise I'll sort this out, Gustave." "You let yourself be pestered." "I can't shut the door in their face." " They need me." " You've let yourself spoil them." "A kid only has to have a fever, and someone comes running to you." "I'm mayor of this municipality..." "What do you expect?" "It's a waste of time." "You think they love you." "In reality, they badmouth you." "The mightn't love ME..." "but I still love THEM." "Life's too short to worry about other people." "It'd be just as long if we didn't." "Gustave's problem..." "The schoolteacher wants to get rid of him because he drinks a bit." "What would become of him, if he lost his caretaker job at the school?" "Nowhere to live...no vegetable garden." "So...are you playing?" "Thank you!" "I'm out...one heart to you and the rest are all yours!" "A small slam declared and done..." "750 and 100 for the privilege." "Our priest is a very lucky man." "Not at all..." "I just know how to play!" "At bridge or the hunt, I hold my own." "Does the reverend Father of Maubrun hunt?" "Why not?" "The Bible doesn't say you can't!" "Wouldn't you feel ashamed with a rifle slung over your cassock?" "It's no crime." "It's no crime...we're only talking about ducks." "Makes you feel like a man, eh?" "You're all the same." "Here comes our Jean-Jacques Rousseau!" "But you wouldn't want to try and change us." "If 7 years with the Jesuits can't make someone different from YOU..." " Have we put up with him that long?" " I'm sure." "He's still a thick-skinned aristocrat under his cassock." "Can I ask you to mind your own business?" "!" "He wants us to go." "I certainly would like you to go!" "What would it take to make you doubt your rights?" "You're quite content to sit back in the reflected glory of your ancestors!" "Snobs!" "Where would he got these ideas from?" "You know..."I am my ideas"." "Poor old Philippe..." "I'm afraid we forgot to make you read Pascal." "We all know how bright you are..." "that you've read Pascal, Nietzsche, etc..." "But that's no reason to shit on US!" "Let's not let ourselves get worked up, just because Pierre hates hunting." "We're all free to have our own opinions." "No, this is about something else altogether." "That's for sure!" "It's about knowing whether Pierre makes us put our heads on the block or not." "You stupid idiot." "Pierre..." "Who'd ever think about putting your heads on the block?" "You drag your name around like a gun carriage." "You're going too far." "I'm sick to death of this phoney reverence!" "Are you going to bring up Agincourt again?" "And the 2 brothers who fought to death over a lady?" "Go on, scratch at the history of France..." "Find some elegant sayings, some wonderful deeds..." "It's been a long time since we got new stock in, hasn't it?" "How dare you talk like that?" "!" "Count de Maubrun..." "what a joke!" "Poringe is our real name!" "Like your cronies, like everyone else." "Just as disgusting, just as greedy, just as cowardly." "If that's what you came to tell us, you could have stayed with your friends." "There's the door...you've time to catch the last Paris train." "Pierre..." "You're under my roof..." "so it's still your home." "I'm asking you to forget this quarrel which I must say I don't understand at all." "I suppose it's just that I'm from another generation." "If you boys wouldn't mind leaving us, I need to be alone with Pierre." "Good night, Papa." "Bonsoir, Pierre." "Good night,." "Good night,." "Good night, nitwit." "It must be difficult to live in today's world..." "I don't know..." "Maybe from your mother." "Not from me." "The rest of us have been lucky to have our blinkers." "I AM sorry." "Don't worry, it's nothing..." "Nothing at all." "Let's go get a drink." "How many of these did the prince get?" "One...and I helped him." "On the other hand, without him we'd be having to work in a factory." "I could never have believed this morning, that it would have turned out as it did!" "Beautiful looking building, but I think I'd be bored living here." "Your serene highness..." "Lunch is served," "The Marquis de Maubrun, the reverend Father of Maubrun," "Count Arthus de Maubrun, Count Gontran de Maubrun," "Count Osmond de Maubrun," "Count Louis-César de Maubrun." "There we are." "You could say we've completed the count!" "I could eat a horse!" "They're good with a gun, those little rascals of yours." "They got all the birds I missed!" "They were right behind me, and bang, bang!" "If the boys were just as good at their Latin, like our priest here is we'd have a family to be proud of." "But everyone has his specialty..." "Latin should be left to the grocers." "Duck pâté or lark pâté?" " Both!" "I'll have both!" "..." "I'm not known for my discretion at the dinner table!" "Please don't apologize." "I assure you, in my business I never trusted a man who didn't enjoy his food." "That's where you'll find resentment and a twisted mind." "These days the world seems to be swarming with people who don't know how to live." " What's your opinion, Father?" " Father Philippe thinks like me." "He'll be a "Smiling Jesuit"..." "They do exist." "The organisation of your shoot revealed a real master's hand!" "Gruaud-Larose, 1937." "Tell that to my gamekeeper..." "he'd really appreciate it..." "All credit has to go to him." "I don't hide the fact that I'm just a novice, when it comes to hunting." "Your little rascals were well aware of that this morning." "When I was a boy I had other things to get excited about apart from ducks and moorhens." "I trust you find my little Gruaud-Larose interesting?" "It's still full of fire!" "With that faint whiff of the lark pâté, this big Médoc is a stroke of inspiration!" "That, you have to take credit for!" "This time, yes." "A long time favourite." "Not something you can learn." "I wonder what will become of France, when the whisky drinkers will have finished converting us..." "with their programs, their movies..." "When our chefs will have been replaced by robots." "No need to be so gloomy..." "I like to read history, because other things..." "Well, I find the time between trips." "It can be exciting." "History is full of twists and turns." "Man is an amazing creature..." "He resists, he adapts, he survives." "And in the end, it's always the man who wins." "I'll have another." "That's it, you see, the pleasure of friendship." "I'm not one to mince words..." "when I'm happy, I say so." "In Paris, there are only strangers." "They might put on a friendly act..." "but they're not friends." "That's true, sir." "What's with this "sir"?" "..." "After a Gruaud-Larose, nobody's called "sir"!" "Let's call each other Maubrun and Conti, like a couple of schoolboys." "Maubrun, nothing would please me more More than you could imagine!" "Much more!" "You must come over to Maubrun one of these days." "I'd love to!" "Miss de Maubrun!" "Hello!" "Please don't get up!" "I wanted to join you for lunch." "We're delighted to welcome you to Conti!" "Regretfully, we now must leave." "I have to thank you for a delightful morning." "But we've only just sat down to eat!" "You must excuse us, sir." " Are you leaving already?" " Yes, so are you." "No..." "I think I'll stay here for a while." "Daisy, don't force me into making public the reasons for a decision which, sadly, I must make." "So there..." "Do you understand now?" "There you have the true aristocrats." "Descended from the crusaders, aren't they?" "Behaviour you'd expect from rag-pickers..." "But with this lot, you have to say "bravo", and "thank you" and with a smile!" "They do what they want!" "Everything they do is permissible, perfect, distinguished." "Descended from crusaders?" "!" "..." "Really?" "!" "They kick you in the arse..." "and you gotta ask for more!" "I'll give you this upper class!" "..." "Freeloaders...wimps...bums!" "Clutching on to their family tree like an umbrella!" "That's all they have left." "He was obnoxious." "He's never to set foot here again, right?" "You're angry." "It'll pass." "No, Christophe." "No." "I have a plan!" "My ducks my lark pâté...my Bordeaux..." "He did me the honour of helping me to dispose of them!" "But when his own daughter wants to become part of MY family..." "STOP!" ""Don't expect too much, my good sir..."" ""Do you realise who you're dealing with?"" ""With the Maubruns." "With the genuine Maubruns."" ""And who do you think YOU are?"" ""Conti?"" "Conti..." ""Ah, Conti, 1926."" ""Conti, 1926!" So what!" "?" "You've got to start somewhere!" "You started somewhere!" "All you needed to do, was give your mother birth pains..." "As for me...all I have...all I am..." "I did it myself...on my own!" "There's the difference!" "Who do you think you are?" "Whatever you might say, you'll never have more blood in your veins than anybody else." "But SHE's not like that." "What really disgusts me is that he seems to think that I have ulterior motives." "Maybe we didn't exactly "spring from the thigh of Jupiter" but we have our self-respect, all the same." " And now?" " And now...what?" " With US?" " Listen...you and me..." "No, Papa..." "Daisy and me." "Of course...you love her." "Have you only just realised that?" "But aren't YOU like Maubrun?" "Didn't YOU think it was calculated, and driven by ambition?" "A marriage of convenience." "But that wretched fool is so irritating it makes you lose sight of the simplest things." "If you love her, just don't give a damn what Maubrun might think of ME." "He can go to hell!" "You have to marry that girl." "That's what you want..." "There's no two ways about it!" "Can I make you another omelette, sir?" "That'll do, thanks." "Is that Château de Conti?" "I'd like to speak to Mr Christophe de Conti." "It's personal." "I thought so!" "I'm going to shut you in your room." "You don't realize what you're doing." "Isn't Miss Daisy eating?" "I don't know..." "I don't think she's hungry." "That phone call wasn't for me, was it?" "I would have said, if it was." "Are you thinking of coming to mass without a hat?" " I'm going to a movie." " You should be ashamed of yourself!" "Have you seen Miss Daisy?" "Not since she was with you." " Isn't she in her room?" " No." "I've been looking for her for a quarter of an hour." "You get off to church." "She's not in the kitchen garden." "No sign of her?" "Go and check the grounds." "Daisy!" "Daisy!" "Daisy!" "Hello." "Good morning." "Miss de Maubrun?" "I wanted a double room." "I have one left." "It's for..." " For me." " A room with 2 beds?" " One bed." " Very well." "Room 17." "I'll have your bag taken up." "Don't bother." "Mr Christophe de Conti will be asking for me." "Tell him to join me in my room." "If anybody else asks, I'm not here." "And one coat-of-arms needing re-gilding...one!" "You don't think that's funny?" "No." "She's not typical Maubrun." " Looking for someone?" " Yes." "Miss de Maubrun is meeting me here." "You must be Mr Christophe de Conti." "Yes." "Miss de Maubrun went up tp her room." "I believe she's waiting for you there." "Thank you." "Would you please ask Miss de Maubrun to come down?" "Tell her I'll be waiting in the bar." "And then would you get me Maubrun 1, on the phone." "Where's the booth?" "Through there, sir." "Exchange?" "Maubrun 1...thank you." "Hello is that Maubrun 1?" "I wish to speak to Mr Arthus de Maubrun." "Thank you." "Hello...this is Christophe de Conti." "No, I'm not ringing you about that." "At the moment I'm at La Sirène." "I'd like to ask you, if it's not too much trouble..." "Daisy..." "You can't do this..." "It's sheer madness." "You look so worked up, it's almost funny." "You didn't bring any luggage?" "Don't you realise we're leaving for Paris in the morning to get married there?" "You know it's impossible." "Impossible?" "Don't you remember what we said?" ""Even if he were to refuse..."" "We'll convince him, but not like this." "We can't talk here...there are 10 people here who know us." "That's all the same to me." "But maybe it's embarrassing for YOU." "I admit I may have been thoughtless." "You're just too romantic!" "Can you really imagine being able to leave everything you love?" " I'm leaving what you hate!" " Don't say that!" "You saw how he treated you!" "Maybe he had his reasons." "You don't have to defend him." "Come outside..." "at least it'll be private." "Are you frightened to be seen with me?" "You don't seem to realise I'm doing what's best for YOU, by saying no." "If I listened to you, I'd never know what to expect from you next." "You can say that to me now?" "!" "Earlier, you warned me that you could love me... provided that..." "it goes without saying provided that we could marry with a guaranteed of my father's blessing." "You had to tell me that you were a good little boy who had to do the right thing." "Why are you so hard on me?" "!" "Because you don't seem to love me very much." "I thought that you'd be happy that I give you this proof, of mine." "I can't give you anything more." "Instead, I get reproaches, warnings advice as if we were a couple of geriatrics." "Daisy, it's not me I fear for..." "It's you." "You, and you alone." "Because, you know..." "You're very precious to me." "I don't want to be always hearing about your fears." "Just tell me we're going to go away together, and this nightmare is over." "We shall go away, I promise you." " Christophe..." " Yes?" "Do you think I'm giving myself to you out of defiance?" "Yes, I do, Daisy..." "Isn't that the way it is?" "It was...earlier on." "Daisy..." "Daisy, look at me." " You called him?" " You can't blame me." "I trust that the theatrics for today are finished?" "We'll have a drink, and go home." "Out of the question!" "Pardon?" "I'm not going back to that house, and that's it!" "As you wish, sweetie..." "you'll get over it." "Christophe and I are going away." "That would surprise me." "Christophe is dining with me..." "aren't you sir?" " Would you like to join us?" " Christophe?" "!" "Be reasonable!" "You wouldn't know the meaning of that word!" " Where are you going?" " I'm a free woman, aren't I?" "Can't you see my brother's waiting for you?" "Enjoy your evening..." "Have fun!" ""Liquidate a Cop"." ""Mr Paris's chopper was parked at the end of the way." "In this shithole town, you could plug anyone...  ...but never a flatfoot." "There were never any extenuating circumstances, in the eyes of the beak who'd hit you with a maxi. (2)" "(2) "Hit you with a maxi":" "Condemn to a maximum sentence." "It was the day before his client was to wave goodbye to his noggin." "His mouthpiece had to find a way of getting at the top man." "Bumping off a cop..." "double trouble!" "Just for getting close to him on the bus the Head of Corrections had you hit for 30 big ones (3)." "(3) "Hit for 30 big ones" :" "Fined 30,000 francs."" "Arthus?" "Arthus?" "Daisy!" "Daisy, come here!" "Daisy, open the door." "Daisy, open it!" "Daisy..." "I'll give you 5 seconds to open this door!" "Well...go on!" "Pretend I'm 12 years old!" "Do you understand?" "Do you now understand?" "!" "How can I speak with you, when you refuse to understand?" "!" "Why didn't you run off with him?" "Why did you come back here?" "For my sake?" "Don't bother!" "As far as I'm concerned, you've left here." "It's all over!" "Completely!" "Nothing is finished!" "It'll all keep going on." "Will you shut up!" "I came back because I broke up with Christophe." "Because I want to be able to." "I hate him for being so weak in front of YOU." "What makes them all bow to you?" "So now I'm unhappy..." "and YOU've won." "Doesn't that make you happy?" "Daisy..." "If your mother was still alive, she would NOT have acted otherwise." "It's time you stopped getting her to agree with you when you're on against US!" "I'm sure she would have understood." "You say that you love us..." "You love no one but yourself!" "We have to honor you, flatter you, obey you, give in to you..." "Don't expect us to love you as well!" "There's something no one has ever dared say to you and that is that everyone is getting to be sick and tired of you." "Papa..." "Papa...please don't storm out like that." "I spoke without thinking." "Papa!" "Papa!" "Papa, open the door." "Talk to me..." "I beg you." "I'm very sorry." "I don't want you to hate me." "Papa..." "You're all I have left." "I'm Notary Crouelles...you know the rules how can I avoid having you kicked out?" "The easiest way would be for you to stop drinking." "Bastards!" "I'll stop their preaching with a punch in the face!" "Twelve-Tone Music, atonal music serial music... ..are now familiar to all leading musicians." "It wasn't always that way..." "The work that you are about to hear marks a turning point which sees music returning to its true direction its only intrinsically viable and responsible future which is itself." "Hello, Crouelles..." "Take a seat, my friend." "I'm very glad to see you." " Did you bring your pipe?" " No...never of a morning." "So what brings you here today?" "Very well..." "You know that there's a very long-established law that provides for the transfer of the assets of the spouses to their descendants but reserving the right of usage of the inheritance.." "...to the surviving spouse." "Very well..." "Mrs de Maubrun's dowry consisted of securities and stock certificates which have been invested in the farms and in the château... and in your lifestyle." "Absolutely correct." "Which means, according to law you're not actually sole proprietor of Maubrun, but joint-proprietor with your children." "Goodness...yes..." "For the last 14 years." "So?" "So...it means your children are very tied to Maubrun." "I'm very happy about that." "They have asked me to..." "THEY've asked YOU?" "!" "Pierre, look out!" " I was afraid." " I saw that." "There, there!" "Calm down!" "There we are!" "Unhitch you first old boy." "What have they done to you?" "Hitched you up to that junk like a pot to a cat's tail!" " That's quite a horse!" " Thank you, sir." "I was coming to see you." "Not that I in any way wanted to!" "But I have only one son, and it's about his happiness." "Doesn't anyone have anything to talk about apart from "happiness"?" "!" "I'm not even sure that I know what the word means." "For two people who are in love happiness is the opposite of the unhappiness of separation." "It's about my son, but it's also about your daughter." "She doesn't need an ambassador to speak to me on her behalf!" "We know where we stand." " After what happened..." " Nothing has happened." "I hate a scandal, but I hate blackmail even more So where does this visit fit in?" "If you think you have some scathing insults up your sleeve you're wasting your time." "I know your nasty opinions have no justification whatever so there's no reason for me to lose my cool." "Besides, why shouldn't I stay calm?" "After all, I'm a 'Serene Highness', don't forget!" " I'm only too aware of it." " What you don't know is what a message like this is worth to me." "I wasn't intending on bringing it up, but you give me no choice." "At first I thought it might be your twins having a joke." "I was the first to laugh." "But now I think that YOU are behind it." "If I might tell you, Mr de Maubrun before lecturing others, you should sort YOURSELF out." "I guess that's the aristocracy for you." "You can leave the aristocracy out of it, my good man!" "We ourselves tend not to talk about it." "As for this matter I'm the sole judge of the actions of my children." "Don't expect ME to give you an apology." ""I have the weakness to..." they were right, the devils." "But I'm right too!" "We were talking about how the children were tied to Maubrun." "That's right, sir." "And that they'd asked you..." "Let me say, I didn't want this to happen." "You mean you didn't want to have to tell me?" "They've got you to ask me for the accounts." ""What have you done with our money?" "!"" "This is it!" "That's exactly it!" "..." "...the accounts..." "I'll give them to them!" " They're sorry to have to..." " "Sorry"?" "They have the law on their side..." "and the law is the same for everyone." "Liberty, equality, fraternity!" "Crouelles you obviously felt more than I that this approach was odious." "You've done it, because that's the business you're in." "And I thank you for displaying that tact, which we all know you for." "I'll be in touch, old chap." "I'll always be happy to see you here." "Boys!" "Your brothers and sister are waiting for me in the lounge..." "You two as well!" " No damage?" " No sir." "I was trying out hitching him." "I won't try doing anything as stupid as that again." "Everyone does stupid things, Paul." "It's not that serious." " Happy the way your son's going?" " Oh, yes sir!" "He's been selected from the NCOs trying for the Saumur military academy." "That's great, Paul." "You're a lucky man." "So this is it..." "Is it going to get rough?" "Pierre...none of us enjoy having to cause Papa any distress." "But this is really for his own good." "Hurting people for their own good is normal in your profession, isn't it?" "Here he comes." "Get in your positions!" "You're all here?" "I'm not even facing you..." "But I like it that way." "My first impulse was just to run off somewhere." "Goodness knows where to." "But not to see you or talk with you..." "I don't understand any more." "I don't know what to say." "We can still talk." "No, sir!" "..." "Not when my own children have to hire a lawyer to approach me!" "As you don't have children, you wouldn't understand." "It's as if you'd all become strangers." " Strangers." " You haven't understood, Papa." "There...you see!" "..." "We don't speak the same language!" "I said to myself..." ""You're just too old to understand." "For me the rules of life were nice, but simpler." "Nowadays, it's like this..." "At 15 you're using slang..." "At 20 you start swearing and you're in fear of nothing..." "At 30 you're dreaming of a life of luxury." "No, Gontran...it's true!" "You're all about rebelling..." "and proving you can surpass me." "By the way, Daisy has opened up to me." "It's not that I lack the desire to let you alone." "I'm sick of this..." "Like you are." "But my problem is, I'm going to appear ridiculous." "I'm sorry..." "I just can't do it." "I have a duty, particularly to those who came before who left their mark all over Europe on behalf of YOU." "So I'm staying for them..." "And for ME, Godammit!" "You're trying to link my name to "Conti", ...the name a Mr Durant has chosen to wear." "Daisy, stay here!" "Rest assured..." "I don't despise him personally." "At least he's a fighter." "But if titles are not deserved, they should go to someone else." "All of you have spoken to me through the mouthpiece of your lawyer." "So now it's MY turn!" "Papa, I promise to remain cool but I have to say you're going too far." "We're your children..." "and we're Maubruns." ""Maubruns"?" "!" "Look at you!" "What do you think it's all about?" "Just kissing ladies hands changing for dinner and using the finger-bowl after the fish?" "This style of life has a price." "And the price is high." "We've spent a great deal up to now." "When we get to be paying more when we begin to have it both ways a young aristocrat, a social climber, a rug merchant before you know it, we're no more than social climbers and rug merchants." "Is this aimed at me?" "At everyone!" "Maybe there really aren't any aristocrats any more." "Maybe money has corrupted US all, too." "But if we don't have money..." "it's even worse." "It tears our heart out." "Maybe it's really that all those who bear a name such as yours are just a facade..." "window-dressing!" "Maybe the real aristocrats are somewhere else..." "Amongst the people." "Unknown...humble..." "but passionate, proud and generous prepared to give their all..." "for nothing in return." "They still exist..." "I know it." "It's finished for you..." "Survivors...mere shadows." "The guillotine would be the right answer." "One more thing..." "last one..." "Since happiness and wealth have become your motto..." "I wish you to be happy, rich and overfed!" "But let me live the way I want." "There's nothing more for us to discuss." "All that, because I offered him money." "His ideal is to perish bravely under the ruins." "Bullshit!" "My idea of how to be an aristocrat is as good as his." "Midsummer holidays..." "I didn't get to that." "I'm getting away..." "and you're all invited." " Are you coming, Gontran?" " I'm tied up with a job, here." "That's why you need a vacation." "Father...can you come?" "I'm not interested in vacations." "I want to pray." "Yes, for US." "For all of us." "But most of all for Papa..." "for a bit longer." "You can put me on the Paris train." " Daisy?" " No." "I'm staying at Maubrun." "In my room, but at Maubrun." "As you wish." "Too bad." "What about YOU?" " Coming with us to La Baule?" " Isn't that where everyone's naked?" "No..." "I'm staying here." "I, at least, aren't worked up about anything." "I was very taken with what Papa said." "He treated you like a coward!" "I think he was right." "I only like cowards." "Anyone who's not seized with fear by this absurd world is an idiot." "We did nothing..." "we weren't in on it." "If we let ourselves be treated like that, it means we're cowards." " That's for sure." " What do you want to do?" "I don't know..." "but we can't let it pass." "Being a Maubrun costs money, he says..." "So it's gonna cost!" "Next time he's on the rampage about something we lay low on purpose for half an hour just to piss him off." "He'll see if we're Maubruns or sissies." " This'll work, Louis-César!" "..." " What will?" "Come on!" "You understand?" " One each." " Yeah." "Let's go." "Too bad for HIM." "Take nine." "We each go 100 metres count to 60 and start firing." "Okay." "Go on..." "We both need to be careful." "I'll leave everything I own, to you." "Even my flick knife." "But I owe 30 francs to the shopkeeper." "Don't worry." "Don't forget your gun pulls a bit to the left." " Come on...shall we go?" " Let's go." " Louis-César!" " What is it?" "Listen, you have to promise me something." "That you're really going to shoot at me and try to hit me." "If we don't risk our skin, this thing won't mean anything." "You're right, little brother..." "I promise." "It has to be a proper oath." "I swear to try and bring you down with each of my 9 shots." "I swear to try and bring you down with each of my 9 shots." "That's it." " Forward march!" " Forward march!" "...32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54," "55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100!" "1, 2, 3... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9..." "My God, I am extremely sorry of having offended You." "You are infinitely good..." "You are infinitely good and sin displeases You." "I firmly resolve not to offend You." " Are you there?" " I'm there!" "How was that?" "You still standing?" " OK...you?" " Alright." "That was close, buddy..." "Watch out now!" "Osmond!" "Good..." "I didn't get too scared." "Osmond!" "Osmond, answer me!" "Osmond!" "Have I killed you?" "Not yet, little brother..." "Your shooting's too bad." " How many shots are left?" " Seven!" " That much?" "!" " We swore!" "You're right." "Stop it, you two..." "For God's sake, stop!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "What the hell are you up to?" "!" "?" "Just what the hell do you think you're doing?" " We were just playing." " Really?" "What at?" "At seeing if we were still Maubruns." "I thought I told you that you were forbidden to use these rifles." "Go put them back." "Yes, Papa." "He was pretty good about it." "I think he got a bit of a shock." "I hope we're not disturbing you." "Not at all." "My father will be sorry he missed your visit." "The twins are great guides." "They were perfect...." "very interesting." "The second portrait of the captain of the guard." "It was presented to him by Richelieu, for having killed 14 musketeers." "He was knighted on the battlefield by Du Guesclin." "Jean-César de Maubrun." "He looks like Robespierre." "Do you know what Robespierre did to him?" "He had his head cut off." "That's probably a misunderstanding." "Pierre, come quickly." "Gustave has gone crazy." "He took his gun and locked himself in the schoolyard with the little kids." "If the marquis were here, he wouldn't have dared." "He would have calmed him down." "But since he's not here..." "It needs someone else of authority." "I'll go." "The priest isn't here." "He won't be back till tonight." "Well, it looks like I'll have to calm him down." "Suzanne..." "Your father's being very stupid." "He'll make you be first to die." "You bunch of shits!" "You treat me like a good-for-nothing drunken bum!" "..." "So you're scared now, eh...?" "You're scared!" "Get down on your knees!" "Get down on your knees, now!" "Or I bump off 2 kids, right now!" "Did you hear me, Octave?" "Yours 'll be the first!" "Octave..." "You want to offer me money, to get out of it?" "Well you can go to hell with your money!" "The thing I want...is revenge!" "Are you going to talk to him, Mr Pierre?" "Yes." " You'd better take a gun." " Absolutely not." "Listen, you!" "..." "Come any closer and I'll shoot!" "No..." "Who are you?" "Maubrun." "Pierre de Maubrun!" "That's a lie!" "Yes, I am." "You haven't seen me for 3 years, but you know me." "You know quite well I'd never do anything to hurt you." "You've got a gun!" "In your pocket!" "No I haven't." "Stop there, old chap!" "I don't want to shoot!" "And you aren't going to shoot, either." "I'd like to be alone with him." "No words can describe what we feel right now." "Thank you, sir." "I have a sone, and I understand how you must feel." "No...that's impossible..." "nobody could." "Arthus." "Listen..." "I'll let you leave alone." "I won't be returning to Maubrun." "What?" "You're not thinking of..." "Don't worry..." "I'm neither contemplating suicide nor taking holy orders." "But just staying here in this monastery where I still sort of feel I'm at home chopping wood polishing the brass seeing nobody." "But that just wouldn't be possible..." "I know very well..." "God has come down on me hard, Arthus." "The twins attempting to kill each other and then Pierre." "The life that you find necessary for your happiness..." "Well, I wish to get away from it." "I don't want it...understand?" "But from now on, I need to be alone, to live the way I want to." "So now it's up to you to take the helm." "But please do the right thing by the farmers." "And Félicie and Paul, too even if they can no longer be of service." "So..." "It's up to you." "Go now, Arthus." "Tell the others what I've told you and tell them that I do not want them to see me again." "That's the last order I'll ever give you." "Keep going, old chap." "Papa!" "Papa!" "Papa!" "You have entered the monastery to obey, not to command...  ...so be sure you are aware that all we require of you is that here you are always very useful, very just and very holy." "Subtitles by FatPlank for KG"