"Special convoy arriving on track 3." "Clear platforms 2-3-4." "Do not approach the train unless for carrying out duties." "Stop!" "Papers!" "In La Roche they're tampering with the wagons." "Well done, Julien." "You're late!" "I clocked in for you." "Thanks." "I ran into a patrol." "Listen, Julien, Lucie will drop by." "Something about a dress..." "Your mum will know." "I'll be there." "Come, we'll kick up a row." "Do take your time." "Cigarette?" "Bussieres!" "Connection to Besancon," "Port d'Atelier, Courbefontaine." "Bussieres!" "Three minutes stop." "Bussieres." "Sarah, this is your town." "We're in Bussieres?" "Sir, please wait!" "What's going on here?" "Nothing." "Everything's alright." "Over here." "Underneath, sir." "Faster!" "Yeah yeah." "Alright." "Julien, you haven't seen a thing." "Thank you, sir." "Thank you." ""La Reing Blanche launay"" ""I'm alive and I love you, Sarah."" "Special convoy track 3, prepare for departure." "Launay..." "launay..." "What's going on here?" "It must be repaired at once!" "Repare at once!" "You will be held responsible!" "Mum..." "Yes." "Did you take my packet?" "What packet?" "My cigarettes." "A full packet of Gauloises." "I needed it." "Did you?" "I gave it to Mme Brecard." "She had three metres of dress length." "Poplin." "Just what I needed." "Poplin from before the war." "What do you think I'm working with?" "Look at that!" "Those pockets..." "Leave it." "I wouldn't touch it, you know." "You're quite mysterious." "We're out of supplies, you know." "Will you go on Sunday?" "With Lucy?" "Even sooner." "I've got an address." "It's not nearby." "A new address?" "Well, you can go on Sunday." "I'll go now." "I've got plenty of time, before night falls." "Julien!" "Lucie!" "I was just thinking of you." "Come." "Move along, boy." "They had a rough time with those bahnhofs last night." "They apparently were nasty." "They're nasty when they're rattled." "I will turn this over." "You'll see, you'll be a very pretty godmother." "What will Julien wear?" "His father's wedding costume." "As good as new." "I hope he'll wear it." "What if you would ask him?" "La Reine Blanche, please." "Anybody home?" "Sarah!" "Have you seen Sarah?" "Did she send you?" "Pepie!" "Come here." "There is someone..." "look, she has written." "Have you seen Sarah?" "How delightful." "Let him in instead of blocking the way." "Where are your manners?" "Do come in, young man." "So?" "Did you see her?" "Where?" "In Bussieres." "Bussieres!" "She's in Bussieres?" "Hear that, Milan?" "They took her to Bussieres." "And this young man talked to her and she wrote us a letter." "Milan, offer him a chair." "Where are your thoughts?" "We haven't heard from her in a month." "About a month ago the poor girl got caught." "Always running to and fro, left and right." "Why?" "She never said a word." "They probably didn't like that." "They were waiting for her at the bridge." "Maybe the told you about it..." "She turned her head as if she didn't know us." "Those men pushed her in the car." "Shut up." "You're exhausting him." "My name is Julien." "Julien..." "This name rings a bell." "Doesn't it, Milan?" "Yes." "She must have mentioned it." "Me must be hungry, Julien." "You've covered quite a distance." "No, really." "Please don't bother." "Pepie, we'll get the cakes." "The cakes for Chavouot." "Do you know what did she look when you saw her?" "I couldn't see her for very long, but..." "She was well." "Very well." "Very..." "Very good-humoured in particular." "That is our son, Elie, Sarah's brother." "With his wife." "Where are they now?" "That is our house in Buda." "The store downstairs and our home on the first floor." "And that girl there?" "Don't you recognize her?" "That's Sarah." "She was 17." "That was in 1936." "On her first trip to Paris." "Sarah..." "She is beautiful, our Sarah." "He looks like a fine young man." "Sarah has excellent judgement." "She's young." "She has the right to start her life over again." "What do you think you're doing?" "Go back to bed at once." "This cannot be." "This time of night?" "He's like his mother, scared of nothing." "I woke him up." "No, don't worry." "At that ago, they easily fall asleep." "He's such a hansome boy." "A war child." "His father was killed at Dunkirk." "He never knew he had a son." "Look, Julien." "He has his mother's smile." "Killed only yesterday." "I don't want to deprive you..." "This is Sarah's part, should you see her." "This is her diary." "We haven't touched it." "Go get her shawl, on the bed." "She told us to burn all the papers she kept in her room." "We burnt it all." "But she didn't mention her diary, did she?" "She wrote every day, personal things." "I don't know..." "You shouldn't stay here." "Do you have photographs?" "Photographs of us?" "What for?" "To make travel permits." "You can't travel without them." "We'll change your names." "False papers?" "They'll be as good as real." "Pepie!" "Pepie!" "Come here, Pepie." "Julien will give us papers." "I can't guarantee." "I'll do my very best." "This is all I could find, Julien." "Milan, myself and the boy." "You've got a long way to go till Bussieres." "I hope it won't rain." "Me's solid." "Like Sarah." "Always on her bike." "Will you come back, Julien?" "To keep us informed?" "An old rag." "You can keep it." "Milan doesn't wear it anymore, not since Paris." "Don't be late." "I'll put in some eggs for Lucie." "She dropped by yesterday." "You had just left." "Did she say anything?" "Yes." "She asked what you would give for the baptism." "What will you give?" "Any idea?" "I don't know." "My little man over there." "He's nearly finished." "Nearly, it's always nearly." "That thing will give her nightmares." "It looks like a devil." "Where did you get that?" "Nowhere." "If you're not hungry..." "No, there's no time." "I'll take it with me for later." "Here." "Half for your sister, half for you." "Thank you." "They always leave in the end." "Weren't you thinking that?" "But this time I doubt they will get very far." "Tell me, Bernard." "What would you do if you needed false papers?" "For you?" "Not for me." "It's..." "Tell me later." "What's up?" "Repairs in the country." "The old man wants us to do overtime again." "For free." "And he wants volunteers." "I bet it's the deportation train." "Shall we?" "At last!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Get to work!" "The only way out is to change locomotives." "If they ask, you haven't noticed anything." "Need a translation?" "Need a drawing?" "Just don't give us that awful grease." "Faster!" "Come here!" "Silence!" "Silence!" "For each minute we lose, we'll take a hostage from that wagon!" "What is it this time?" "Stop that at once!" "What?" "Do we stop?" "Don't be an idiot, Condrieux." "Stop that siren and check your circuits." "It's locked." "Pressure has to drop." "Sarah!" "Sarah!" "Get on the train!" "Take your positions!" "Move!" "Well, Condrieux, did we find the problem?" "What do you mean by that?" "Do you want me to spell it out for you?" "Why don't you." "When there's an incident, you happen to be around." "And when we're hassled, you're around." "Good morning, Julien." "Morning." "Don't I get a kiss?" "Of course." "I hope for his sake he's not out to get me." "What is with you, Julien?" "Ok." "I'll leave you at it." "See you tonight." "I'm returning your book." "It's great." "I had to cry at the end." "I hope this will do." "We'll manage." "It's a pleasure helping you out." "Especially that kind of help." "What do you mean?" "It's a start." "I knew we could count on you." "Seeing you join the resistance like that doesn't surprise me, I like it." "But don't worry, I haven't told a soul." "And I don't ask any questions." "Do you know what Chavouot means?" "Dinner's served." "I found your granny's little silver crucifix." "Remember?" "She used to wear it with a chain around the neck." "That'll be better than you thing." "Besides, it's old and valuable." "If it's valuable..." "Could you pass me your plate?" "No." "I've had enough." "Don't you want any?" "I said no." "I'll have some fruit, and that's it." "Who knows where that rabbits." "From the country, like all rabbits." "I know what I mean." "Lucky you." "That will do." "Look who's here." "Why, it's our Lucie." "Come in, darling." "Your dress is ready." "I'm not intruding?" "Not at all." "Have you eaten?" "Yes, thanks." "Is that a true lie?" "There's rabbit." "I'll get a plate." "No." "I assure you, I have eaten." "What's this?" "Did you make that?" "Just for fun." "Are you going to try on the dress?" "You'll see, Lucie, I've done the best I could." "Did you see it?" "Like it?" "Yes, it's very pretty." "It'll look gorgeous on you." "I hope you'll dress smartly as well." "Very pretty!" "Sorry, Lucie." "I'm washed out." "On my return from the farm tonight," "I thought of Milan and Pepie." "They were so weak, so despondent, the very idea made my heart bleed." "I have in fact three children." "They're counting on me." "What if one day I'm no longer there?" "Suddenly, I was panic-stricken, but I didn't run, I stopped." "The air was soft, the sky cloudless" "I sniffed the fields, the soil." "As if I was breathing in life." "The fear was gone." "I said to myself:" "I won't die." "When Boubico was born, he looked old, his skull and skin were wrinkled." "At the age of two, his cheeks were round, peachy coloured, a young man's crop of hair." "20 years from now, he'll be a real Apollo." "What about me, 20 years from now?" "I feel like crying." "...the need to talk, to confide in someone." "Not having to take all the decisions, being the strongest." "Maybe I'm just like everybody else and I need a shoulder to lean on." "Move along." "You're blocking the way." "Thibaulttine, put those at the end." "Michel, the flowers!" "I'm going, mum." "Thank you, La Houppe." "Where's the godfather?" "Everybody 's here, except for the godfather." "Marguerite, your card has expired." "What kept you so long?" "Your Godchild's waiting for you." "Where did you get that?" "Something I found." "I didn't pay attention." "You've got your present, I hope." "Here." "No, you give it yourself." "Go on, hurry up." "Did you see those tiny hands, those tiny nails?" "How perfectly made." "Julien, I'm talking to you." "Yes, well made." "You fool." "I meant that it's all on a small scale, like a doll." "And I think that..." "I think that she looks like an old man." "An old man." "It's the only one." "There won't be enough for all." "I'll only have a wee drop." "Father, with your leave, a toast to Agnes." "Long live Agnes!" "Long live Agnes!" "Cheers, Julien." "Cheers, Lucie." "Julien, look at me." "I'm looking at you." "Don't you want to talk to me?" "I am talking." "I wouldn't say that." "Is that so?" "What would you say?" "That you're concealing something." "If you have something to say, go ahead." "But if you'd rather not talk, I understand." "Unless of course..." "Unless?" "Unless what?" "For crying out loud!" "I feel tired, that's all." "Tired of it all." "Tired." "I have that right, haven't I?" "I'm sorry, silly of me." "If you, I don't know, if you had someone on your mind... you would tell me, wouldn't you?" "You would, for sure?" "For sure." "Shall we go fishing tomorrow?" "Will you get me another book?" "Yes." "Here, I got them this morning." "Very kind of you." "And a medical certificate for the lad." "I didn't expect it." "Now they can cross the border." "You're a true pal." "And kiss little Anouchka for me." "And tell Lucie that I can't make it tomorrow." "Explain it to her." "What?" "You explain, and kiss her too." "Give!" "Don't you start as well." "Don't you touch him!" "He's mine!" "Daddy?" "Little boy!" "Ti' bo." "Thibault?" "Is your name Thibault?" "Hi, Thibault." "My name's Julien." "Julien." "And this is Cachou." "He's funny, Cachou." "Hi there, Cachou." "Mummy made him." "Do you know my mummy?" "Yes." "I am a friend." "The golos have destroyed everything." "The golos?" "They're giants." "Are you alone?" "Did your grandad tell you to hide when those golos came?" "Come here." "This is gramps and gran's room." "That's mummy's room." "This is my room." "When are gramps and gran coming back?" "And mummy?" "When will she be back?" "I don't know." "Perhaps not right away." "So how will we manage?" "What does your mummy usually do?" "She tells stories." "Mummy prepares dinner, gramps makes a fire and winds the clock." "And what about you?" "What do you do?" "I am going to look for someone to take care of you." "As long as your gramps and granny, and your mummy..." "As long as it takes." "You don't mind?" "I won't be long." "Not long." "Be a good boy and wait for me." "Be good, Thibault." "I'll leave it open, OK?" "Be good, Thibault." "I'll be back." "Go!" "It's not ill will, but..." "A little boy, my animals..." "I just thought that, being neighbours..." "The boy is all alone..." "Being neighbours?" "Doesn't mean much, we hardly ever talked." "They live in seclusion, they're different." "I'm unfamiliar with..." "The boy was lucky to get away." "He's kind of a miracle boy." "You, you believe in God, you must think..." "I believe and think what I will." "Nobody tells me what to think." "Besides, abandoning a boy at his age!" "I'm not bored, I have my animals." "I don't usually say no, believe you me." "It's Julien!" "Thibault!" "Thibault!" "Thibault!" "Thibault!" "Get out of there." "Don't ever do that again." "Do you hear?" "Never again." "Or I will abandon you myself." "Nobody wants you." "Do you get that?" "Nobody." "So you'd better behave, or I promise I'll abandon you as well." "I'm hungry." "Come on." "Take breath." "Through your nose." "And he was called the golet." "And the golet started to move one arm and then the other and then a leg, and then..." "Very nice story." "Now eat." "It's not over yet!" "It's not over!" "You can continue when you've finished eating." "Nobody here." "Your wife's mad." "Come, we'll have a talk with her." "Get lost, filthy dog." "I'll handle it." "We can't stay here." "They'll be back." "We'll have to go." "Do you know where to go?" "Isn't there someone?" "Someone you know?" "Didn't your mummy take you to people who liked her?" "Who liked you?" "Do you remember?" "Don't you want to tell me?" "Who do you like around here?" "Mummy!" "Sure, mummy." "And gramps and granny." "And who else?" "Who?" "Bertine." "And where is Bertine?" "Over there." "Here it is." "What?" "Mummy always picks flowers for Bertine." "You too?" "Does she like flowers, Bertine?" "She will be pleased, won't she." "How much further is it?" "Here it is." "Granny Bertine." "Thibault." "Come here." "We'll go and look for mummy." "Mummy won't come back here." "It's too dangerous." "Because of the golos." "You'll come with me." "With Julien." "Will you do that?" "We'll have fun, you'll ride on my bike with me." "Would you like that?" "With Cachou." "With Cachou, of course." "But where is Cachou?" "There." "Wait." "Be good, Thibault." "Thibault will watch over the bike." "Julien will be back." "Be good." "Will you sing the Stork with long legs?" "What's that?" "It's a lullaby." "I don't mind singing it, but you'll have to teach me first." "Grey stork, stork," "Grey stork, stork" "Why are your legs covered in blood" "Sleep." "Last night, Boubicot suddenly told me" ""I don't have a daddy"." "I avoid talking about it, and there are no photographs." "I told him the truth." "And then I tried to comfort him." "Did I really comfort him?" "Ever since I lost my teaching job," "I've been giving private lessons at home." "The children are nice, they talk about their families." "No doubt this will have put this idea in his head." "Go on, I'll take care of him." "Didn't she say anything else?" "You know she doesn't ask questions." "Yes, but you can see her thinking them." "True alright." "What will you do?" "Keep him?" "For now." "Bernard?" "Telephone." "You take it." "Couldn't Lucie take care of him?" "I don't want to ask her." "Yes." "She wouldn't say no to you." "Julien?" "You're wanted in the office." "Why?" "No idea." "Your mother's there." "Go on." "I'll finish without you." "Tell me..." "Julien." "He hides somebody, isn't he?" "Is a parachutist?" "We'll have to check all the joints." "Damn!" "This can't be true!" "He's probably hiding." "He's afraid, alone, and he's hiding." "It's obsessive, he hides all the time." "I've looked everywhere, Julien." "I have called him." "He's nowhere in the house." "Besides..." "Besides?" "He had left the door open." "And the garden gate." "What will we do now?" "What will we do?" "We'll find him." "He can't be very far." "I've even said to myself..." "Maybe I'd find him on the road to the station." "All alone in the streets." "You don't realize..." "But I do." "Come on." "We'll all look." "Lucie will help us." "What's going on?" "Yvonne?" "The boy has disappeared." "What are you doing here?" "Why are you not working?" "He just heard the news." "Mis father is dead." "I'm so sorry." "Forgive me, madam, I didn't know." "Please accept my sincerest condolences." "Thank you." "You may leave, of course." "Didn't you hear, Julien?" "You may leave." "I'll accompany him." "You and Lucie search the stores," "I'll join you after work." "Thank you, Bernard." "Don't you worry." "You'll find your kid." "Condrieux, come over here." "Taking the mickey out of everybody?" "Why?" "The Bahnhof told me about Julien." "I know his father died in 1914." "Yes, So what?" "He didn't ask for the date." "What does Thibault look like?" "Three to four years old, quite tall for his age, chestnut hair." "Wears a blue jumper and... sandals." "Couldn't we ask the police?" "No, definitely not." "Why not?" "They handle lost kids." "No, it's too complicated." "We mustn't get them into it." "Thibault!" "Lt'll be curfew soon." "Where's Julien?" "He was with me." "Where is he?" "He wants to go on." "He says we're mistaking." "Thibault is not in town, but in the country." "Maybe he's right." "He must be on the new road." "Come on, let's go." "And if there's a patrol?" "We'll see." "Thibault!" "Someone must have taken him in." "Why doesn't Julien want the police?" "He will have his reasons." "Do you have mean that..." "Wait." "Shit, the krauts." "Come on." "Come nearer." "Come nearer." "No terrorists..." "Lovers taking a walk." "Papers please." "Look." "You've woken him up." "Is it him?" "Do you know him?" "Is he yours?" "Our soldiers found and nourished him on the manoeuvre field." "The German soldier protects the children." "Julien." "Thibault is here." "Hands up!" "Don't move." "Thibault!" "Daddy!" "Are you the father?" "Isn't that obvious?" "I should teach you a lesson." "It's not funny." "You're naughty." "Naughty?" "Yes." "I'm naughty..." "Yes." "Mind you, I haven't said a word." "You deserve a serious spanking." "But you're too young and you take advantage of it." "And you're abusing it." "I want mummy." "But what took you?" "What took you?" "Everybody is nice to you." "Auntie Yvonne gave you coloured pencils." "You don't realize, but nowadays you can't get any coloured pencils." "What are you thinking of?" "Running away?" "Where to?" "Where would you go?" "I don't know." "Listen," "Thibault, you're young, but this you've got to understand." "The golos took mummy to a far place, in a train." "But she'll come back." "We'll find her, and we'll have a party, and she will ask if you've been a good boy." "Well then..." "Good night, Thibault." "Another spider tonight." ""Spider at night, hopeful sight"," "Bertine used to say." "Good old Bertine and her sayings for any occasion." "She also said: "Spider in the morrow means sorrow"." "What was I to do?" "In order not to find him the next morning (sorrow), should we kill the spider at night (hope)?" "Maybe sorrow is not the opposite of hope." "Good night, Sarah." "Stop!" "Papers!" "Papers." "What's that?" "A parcel." "A parcel that was entrusted to me." "Fragile." "Urgent." "Fast." "Well, then, Thibault, isn't this the good life?" "Mensurat!" "The Bahnhofvorsteher wants you." "You have called for me?" "Yes." "Mensurat." "I have to make this remark to you." "Your... that child, your nephew, can't stay here the whole day, walking in the way." "But he behaves." "He's always with me." "Precisely." "This affects your work." "Don't you tell me you are as efficient with a kid that needs attention." "Any complaints?" "In case of an accident, I'm to blame." "Do whatever you like, but I don't want him here anymore." "Can't you be more careful?" "No." "Very well." "You won't see him again." "Another golo, see?" "Come again?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "I would appreciate it." "Sure, doesn't bother me." "As long as he behaves." "You look like a funny one." "He?" "He's very funny." "Right." "You'll stay with Gerard." "You can make drawings." "And he'll show you some tricks." "Look, did you see that?" "Look." "You see?" "You'll have fun." "Will you stay with Gerard?" "No." "Is mummy on the train?" "Not on this one." "How can you tell?" "Because." "When it's the right train, I'll tell." "I'll show you a nice hide-out where you could wait for her." "Over there." "There's where I'll leave you." "You're a big boy, with a nice house." "Do you think Cachou will like your house?" "Yes." "Cachou!" "Right." "What do we call him?" "Babouche." "Hi, Babouche." "Say hi to master Thibault." "Hi, master Thibault." "Hi, master clown." "We're having fun?" "Good, I'll shut the door." "You won't be afraid?" "I'll shut it." "I'll be back later." "When it's my break." "I'm closing up." "No, I'm not." "You won't budge?" "Well, he won't bother you anymore." "What did he tell you?" "He was trying to hear me out." "Wanted to know if I knew where you got the lad." "What did you tell him?" "That we found him in a surprise packet." "A lucky charm." "A lucky charm is bad luck if you refuse it, I said, looking him straight in the eyes." "Whatever he made of it, he didn't insist." "Bad conscience is a good thing." "Pass me a 17 spanner." "He didn't insist." "I won't insist either, Julien." "But I can guess." "That kid was born under an unlucky star." "A star with a dodgy colour." "You don't need to answer me." "I'll find a solution in a couple of days." "I've got to." "I can't!" "So much the better." "Butterflies are not made for catching." "They're made for what?" "For us to look at." "They don't live a long time, so we better leave them alone." "We're never alone, are we." "As if you're doing it on purpose." "Be careful." "It's biting!" "Missed!" "You've got to strike at once." "You're miles away." "And what about you?" "Where are you?" "When we found Thibault..." "I heard what you said." "I said it so they would return Thibault." "Thibault must have a family." "Do you know his family?" "Don't you want to talk about it?" "You know, I was a kid when I lost my father." "The first in the village to get killed, in 1914." "Thibault is also a war child, but he has nobody." "Do you understand?" "Nobody." "I'm sorry, Julien." "I thought that..." "I was imagining things." "Mark you, it could happen." "Someone you knew from before..." "Your mother put all those ideas in my head." "My mother?" "What did she say?" "Nothing." "But you know her, when she doesn't say anything." "Such lovely flowers." "Are they for me?" "No!" "For mummy!" "Here." "This is for you." "Goodnight." "It's been a beautiful day." "Do you remember when I was a kid, that I asked to console me:" ""Who is Lucie's best friend?"" ""Julien is."" "Do what you like, but I'm going." "We're coming." "That is my daddy." ""Julien Honore Mensurat 1882-1914"" "He was thirty-two." "One morning I woke up and said to myself:" ""If I don't get killed today, tomorrow, I'll be older than my father."" "I had kept it a secret, but I had made calculations, to the day." "And then..." "He's been dead for a long time, but we're still thinking of him." "Every year, we lay down flowers." "Like granny Bertine." "Yes, if you like." "Same difference." "My own daddy is dead." "I'll hop over to Mme Dessertaine, she will have received flower." "We're heading for the depot." "It's almost time." "This can't be true." "What's the matter with them?" "This is it!" "They have landed." "What?" "They have landed." "They have landed." "Hear that, my boy?" "This is the end!" "Well now, chief?" "The red flag already?" "Yes, there they are." "Special convoy track 4." "Clear all platforms." "Red alert." "Do not approach the train unless for carrying out duties." "They have landed." "They have landed." "I've looked for champagne, anything." "I've found nothing." "We'll celebrate later." "They won't let us, will they." "Look at that armada." "Keep him until tonight." "Ask him to tell you about the Golet." "Thibault, will you tell Lucie about the Golet?" "No." "Can you manage?" "Don't worry." "Bye now." "See you tomorrow." "Bye." "You're wanted in the office." "Who's asking?" "The Bahnhof." "I don't know what he wants." "Suspect spotted at the end of track 4." "You can't go home." "It was foolish." "And for nothing." "No, not for nothing." "What for then?" "Can you tell me what for?" "Why?" "For myself." "And maybe a bit for him." "You can't stay like that." "You look like vagrants." "You sure do." "Excuse me." "Here you are." "Now we'll have to find a place to hide him." "And not for just one or two nights." "I'll run to the house to get some stuff." "Are you completely mad, Julien?" "Do you really want to get caught?" "I'll go." "Even for you it's dangerous." "I'll go." "No." "Michele, think about your baby." "Julien." "May I have a word?" "We're free, you and me." "We didn't make any promises, but one:" "To stay friends." "The others made fun of us because we were just friends." "Why do you say that?" "You've changed, Julien." "You were right the other day..." "You asked me if there was someone." "Well, it's true, there is someone." "I can't explain." "I can't go into details." "I can't understand myself." "Poor Julien." "You're always the last to understand." "I haven't finished." "I got where the grandmother chases the snitches." "Can I keep it?" "Yvonne is back." "There are patrols everywhere." "Etienne has disappeared." "Bernard says Julien has to flee as soon as passible." "Take this." "The nights are cold." "I hope you know where to go?" "Here's an address." "Who's Lucie's best friend?" "I don't know." "But I do know that I don't want him to get hurt." "Don't be afraid, it's Etienne." "I am the one who got you in trouble." "No, I had enough of it." "Every day their appalling faces..." "The hell with it." "Besides, you're right," "I've got to admit that seeing you getting mixed up, is funny." "I didn't expect that." "From you, I mean." "I mean, you're always in your books." "Did I offend you?" "No." "I remained distant, true." "Because of my mother." "And because of myself." "To me, the war was a folly, on both sides." "In 1914, my father didn't even have time to make war." "He was dead before he knew why." "My mother never understood either." "Things will speed up now." "The Russians in Poland, the Americans in Normandy, we can't sit still, now can we?" "Listen, camp is on the Bremont heights." "Two companies of FTP." "Are you game, Julien?" "I've got to put him in safety first." "I've got know it?" "Do you know it?" "Poor kid." "Look at that small face." "As if he's smiling." "His mother's smile." "I got it." "She's pretty, his mummy, isn't she?" "You can't imagine." "Sarah has those eyes, that smile, that way she looks..." "You'd say, this is it." "This is what I've been waiting for." "Do you understand?" "Exactly, you're in love." "She seemed to be going shopping and then she was carrying messages." "If only I had known sooner." "I would have said:" ""Be careful, Sarah."" ""Watch out, Sarah."" "What the hell." "She wouldn't have listened." "I'll wait for you in bremont." "Grey stork, stork" "Why are your legs" "Covered in blood..." "Today I told the ending of the Golem story." "He says "Golet", I love it, I let him" "He liked the moment the statue got alive and went nuts." "It even made him laugh." "He started hopping around like the Golet, his arms spread" "But when the Golem started to destroy everything in the gnetto, he got scared and wanted to hide to sleep." "I sometimes forget he's such a little boy." "There are times when I really feel like making myself little, and having someone to comfort me." "Grey stork, stork" "Why are your legs covered in blood" "A Turkish boy cut them" "A Hungarian boy heals them with a whistle, a drum and a violin made of straw." "Thibault!" "Thibault!" "Where are you?" "Answer me!" "It's not funny!" "Thibault!" "Little one..." "What's happening?" "There..." "Feel any better?" "Did you eat something that upset you?" "Thibault, my little Thibault." "Answer me, feel any better?" "It hurts." "It hurts?" "Show Julien where it hurts." "Does it hurt here?" "And here?" "Does it hurt when I push?" "Yes." "Is it your appendix?" "Does it hurt here?" "Yes." "And there?" "Yes." "Have you got a fever?" "Yes." "Let me see..." "Does this make you laugh?" "You're like mummy." "Little rascal" "When we get there, you'll do as I tell you." "Even if you don't understand." "Even if it means we'll get separated for a while, till the end of the war, when your mummy gets back." "You know what will happen then?" "We'll have a party." "We'll party every day." "And we'll never leave each other again." "Never again." "And you'll marry mummy!" "And suddenly the Golet started to move." "First a finger, then a hand;" "an arm, his legs and, as he was very tall, taller than the highest house, he topples a booth." "No, it's not like that!" "How then?" "How does it go?" "He..." "He jumped on the golos!" "He crushed the evil golos." "And those he didn't crush ran off and were never heard of again." "Like that?" "My feet hurt." "Wait." "Your feet hurt or your tummy?" "My feet hurt." "Wait." "Are you alright?" "Yes." "Are you comfortable up there?" "Yes." "Good." "No, wait." "I'm not." "Wait." "There, and then..." "Assembly!" "Hurry up!" "Jose!" "Where is Jose?" "Jose!" "Wait there for me." "Be quiet." "Come on, children, off we go." "Hurry up, we're going!" "I'm here on behalf of his mother." "His grandparents entrusted Thibault to me when his mother was arrested." "Make up your mind." "You said his mother gave you custody." "His mother, his grandparents, what's the difference." "I can describe the child to you:" "Four years old, brown hair, a nose like a trumpet, a little Jew, a bit wild." "He always tells stories about a Golet or Golem." "He loves hiding." "He has a teddy named Cachou." "I'm sorry." "We don't have a child here named Thibault." "I would like to remark that if you had custody over a child, leaving him behind in an orphanage is not appropriate." "With all due respect, haven't you heard of the second World War?" "At least let me see Thibault!" "First show me written proof that you have custody." "It's little Daniel, he's right there..." "Well then, let him in." "We'll see what happens." "Come in, little Daniel." "Come along." "Thibault!" "Daddy!" "Why didn't you say so?" "He told us his name was Daniel and his daddy was dead." "You know what children are like." "Agathe!" "Prepare young Maurin's things." "Are we going to look for mummy?" "Yes." "We'll look for mummy." "Come on, we're going to look for Sarah." "Which convoy is it?" "I don't know, sir." "Look at those boards." "The list hangs there." "Has the train arrived?" "We'll see." "Maybe it's not the right one." "How can you tell?" "I can't see anything." "We came here yesterday, and the day before." "Yes, and we'll be back tomorrow, and if needed the day after tomorrow." "Can you see the name Voisin?" "Thibault, stop it, I can't read." "Can you see mummy?" "Shall I help you, sir?" "Thank you, madam, but he's wild, you know." "And he's quite heavy!" "How old is master Thibault?" "Four." "Four..." "Coming?" "Are you alone?" "Yes, I'm waiting for someone." "So are we." "We're waiting for mummy." "She will surely arrive." "Today?" "Today or tomorrow." "Hard to tell." "Are you waiting for your mummy too?" "Are you sure?" "Are you sure?" "Thibault, my little Thibault, come here." "Mummy's there." "Where?" "Where?" "I saw here name:" "Convoy 2." "I'm so happy, sir, for you and the little boy." "Thank you, madam, I hope that you too..." "You do have her name:" "Sarah Maurin." "Convoy 2." "Mister Maurin, please wait here." "I'll go and see." "Listen to me carefully." "When the lady comes, you'll go with her and you'll see mummy." "Will you see mummy too?" "Yes, but later..." "Understood?" "You go with the lady." "Go on, Thibault." "No, wait." "Here, you give this to mummy." "Don't forget." "Mummy!" "Excuse me, the boy dropped this." "Here you are, maverick." "Straight from the garden." "The first of the season." "Thank you." "We're going fishing Wednesday." "Would you like to come with us?" "We'll have a contest." "No, thanks." "Nice of you to think of me though." "In that case, if you're not going, couldn't you swop leave with Gerard?" "Then he can come with us." "Sure, why not." "Wednesday is special." "It's my anniversary, you see?" "No problem." "I'll eat that later." "Daniel Thibault!"