"I didn't hear you come in." "Mum didn't want this in the house." "Why didn't they scatter them?" "Dad wants them in Tuscany next to grandpa's." "It won't be for Ion." "MILES FROM ANYWHERE" "FOR OTHER JOB OFFERS SEE FILES" "ART, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT" "Next!" ""L, the undersigned," ""Palma Mastrantonio, nee Lucciani," ""on my death, wish to bequeath my possessions as follows." ""To my son, Alberto Mastantonio, and his wife, Annette Van Aker," ""I leave my house, 27 rue Naye-a-Bois in Marchienne," ""the furniture and all other contents." ""To my granddauhter, Christina," ""who has taken such cod care of me for years," ""I leave a house which belonged to my husband, in Mausoleo," "" in the Olmi-Capella canton, in Corsica."" "Did Nonna ever mention it?" "Best we sell it." "Can we discuss that?" " Of course, but later." "Here are the deeds of the property for you to consult, and the key." ""To my grandson, Antonio, I leave my Argenta bank account."" "Here's the confirmation slip, young man." "To be consulted here for now." ""I hope you will lead a happy life and sometimes think of me." ""2nd September 2004, being of sound mind," ""Palma Mastrantonio-Lucciani."" "How much did your brother get?" " Dad reckons 15,000." "She could have left you that." "And him the wreck." "I told her I liked the country." " We never 0 there!" "You never take me there" "Look, that's lle-Rousse, the nearest port." "It looks great." " Yes." "Any photos of the village?" " Not yet." "It's tiny." "It's here." "Han on." "See?" " No." "Marco, you see lle-Rousse?" "It's 2 cm to the right." "That little speck?" " That little speck." "You sure you don't need it?" " No." "My kitchen's fully equipped." "Thank you." "Goodbye." " Goodbye." "What will you do with all this junk?" "I don't know." "These thins meant a lot to her." "This, too?" " Yeah." "Aperitifs are for the Gilles, at the back." "I hired a new girl, but her head's in the clouds." "How's the heiress?" "Heiress alright The heiress of a mess!" "Don't worry, she'll make something from it." "Didn't your mother mention the house?" " She didn't talk much." "And your father?" " He died when I was six." "We Italians know about immigration And Corsica's close to Italy." "Don't rush to sell." "Wait till the buyers offer more than the valuation." "Get to know the assessors." "Wait." "I reek of pizza." " Good!" "I'm hungry!" "Wait." "Someone needs a holiday!" "Know what I thought?" "We could check out my house." " But we're selling it." "Marco, you sound just like my dad." "If I sold it without seeing it, I'd be betraying my grandmother." "Yeah, right!" "She never spoke about this house!" "I'm goin to bed." "OK, we'll 0 to your house." "I'll ask dad for some time off." "Promise?" "Promise." "It's you that's of me upset!" "We'll talk about your marks later." "It's always civil war here!" "Alberto!" "Not on your birthday!" " He could listen to me, for once!" "I'll show you." "It's OK." " Come on." "He's 20, no qualifications but a BMW." " You'd rather he bought an Alfa?" "I hope you'll be more sensible with the money from the house." "If I sell." "What!" "You're both as bad as each other!" "You're keeping it?" " I didn't say that." "I don't want to sell and then regret it." "I'm akin a look with Marco." " Roped him in too?" "Then what?" "Go and live there?" "Why not?" "May be more work there!" "Let me decide for once!" "You always do!" "As a result..." " What, as a result?" "You know what!" "Did your studies get you a job?" "Your visual arts!" "All that to fold napkins?" " You've of a cheek!" "You of work?" "With your reduced hours!" "I'm out of here!" "Leave it." "We'll finish off." " It's OK, I'm done." "Your father, huh?" "He'll calm down, fast as he flared up." "What upset him?" " I said we're going to see my house." "You're oi" 'J" "Yes." "I am, anyway" "Much more to do?" " I need to lock up." "Poor you." "You've earned a holiday." "Great that you asked." "It's not a cod time to ask." "I'm off, I'm knackered." "Drop me off?" "Yeah." "Have a nice evening." "A few days." "It's not much to ask." "And he'd promised!" "I'll o solo." "Drop me at the station?" " Now?" "What will you do?" "Get some cash, then a train, a boat and see." "Just like that?" " Got my card." "Christina, you're pissed." "Out it out." " I won't 0 to the station." "I'll walk then." "Bye." "You've not even a decent jacket." "Thank you." "Where will you stay?" " My house." "That's nonsense." "What if it's a dump!" "It'll be fine." "I'll manage." "I'm not going to Baghdad!" "Going to wait here?" "Nothin to fear." "Unless you don't shut your ob." "Here." "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen." "It's 7:00 and ten degrees." "We should be at lie-Rousse around 8:00." "The restaurant on deck 5 and the bar on deck 7 are open..." "Excuse me." "Another coffee, please." " What's the accent?" "Belgian." " Belgian." "On holiday here?" "Not really." "I need to get to Mausoleo." " Where?" "Mausoleo, a village, near here." " Mausoleo." "Jean-Philippe, heard of Mausoleo?" " It's near Olmi-Capella." "Out in the boondocks!" " Boondocks?" "The back of beyond." "Going up there today?" " Yes." "Is it so far?" "On the map it's just two centimeters away." "Yes, but the road isn't just two centimeters." "Right." "It's there." "Oh, yeah." " Do buses 0 up there?" "No, not now." "Not out of season." "A taxi might take you up there" "Why wouldn't they?" " Snow's forecast for this afternoon" "The road goes up to 1,107 meters." "You could always hitch-hike." "Isn't it risky?" " You won't meet anyone unsavory." "You won't meet anyone at all!" "Where are you going?" "I left my beautiful Vietnamese girl" " Roll the 'r'." "For you, my beautiful Corsican" "And your look that break hearts Take pity on this sailor" "I'll transport you in a rickshaw in lie-Rousse." "You're low on petrol." " I know." "Going to try "the car's broken down" routine?" "She's rather nice." "No, don't worry." "I'm just joking." "This car can do 50 km with the petrol that low." "Kamel, you said 4 km." "That's nine now." "Is it the right road?" "See any other?" " Does that tally with your map?" "Is this the right road?" "I think so." " No cod thinking, need to be sure." "How far have we come since Speloncato?" "Spelonc-a-to?" "I don't know... 7 km." "It can't be far." "We 0 past Battaglia pass." "It's just after that." "Shit!" "50 km!" "Thanks, Kamel!" " It's uphill." "The petrol rolls back." "Out it out." "We'll be in trouble." " Someone's bound to come along here." "If not, we rollback down in neutral." " Don't talk crap!" "Shit, wait!" "Wait!" "Bastards!" "They'd let you die, these jerks." " Seen what you look like?" "I'll try next time." "Or the young lady in her short skirt." "Fuck it!" "Don't hit it, read it." "At the double!" "OK, wait for us." "Hurry up." " Come on!" "Evening." "Are you open?" "No." "Light's not on, door's shut, I'm not here." "Coming in?" "It's a bit cold." "We're out of petrol." "Where's the nearest pump?" "Lie-Rousse." " Shit!" "We're due in Calvi at 8:00." "Petrol or diesel?" " Petrol." "You can take some from my tank." " That would be great." "We'll do that." " I'll eta hose." "Something to drink while you wait?" "A coffee." " For me too." "A Pietra." "Two coffees, one Pietra." "Is Mausoleo far from here?" "15 minutes." " 15 minutes?" "You sure?" "Yeah, 15, 20 minutes." "Where you going?" " My place." "I've a house there." "A house in Mausoleo?" "I've inherited my grandfather's house." "OK." "The Lucchese's house." " Sorry?" "Lucchese." "It's how the Italians were known before the war." "Told anyone you're coming?" " No." "Why?" "To put you up." "Mausoleo has 12 inhabitants." "Most aren't there full-time." " And my house?" "Fine, for commando training!" "I've never known your house be lived in." "It's best if you 0 to Flora's." "The bi house by the church, with a light over the front door." "Thanks a lot." " Bye." "Goodbye." " Bye." "Wait!" "Good evening." "You OK?" " Yes." "What are you don ?" " Looking for my house." "You have a house here?" " Yes." "This one." "I knew your grandfather." "He came here very young." "My Uncle Louis took him on for the oats." "He hid here till the end of the war." "He was considered a deserter by the Italians." "When Corsica was liberated in 1943 my uncle's sons joined the Americans." "Only one came back." "Agne-Marie." "Your grandfather took care of everything, the cheeses, the pis, the gardens." "That's why my uncle ave him the house." "But when Agne-Marie returned, thins didn't work out." "Agne-Marie wasn't easy." "In the end, your grandfather left." "What will you do with the house?" "I want to see it first." "Can you show me ?" "So late?" "It'll wait till tomorrow." "I'll make you up a room." "A deputy deals with the paperwork, but she's not here." "When will she be here?" " Sometime in April." "We're a tiny commune." "We do what we can." "I'm the mayor, and only here at weekends." "And not every weekend." "Here we are." "II palazzo!" "Sure it's this one?" " Yes." "Allow me." "You have to get used to it." "The dishes are for a bite after the hunt." "We've done a bit of maintenance, to stop it falling down." "It'll cost to renovate it." "It's best to be on site." "Or progress will be slow." "Just like with us." "If you do sell it, I might be interested." "It was the family's." "Had my great uncle known its fate, he might have acted differently." "It's beautiful here." "I'm sure you'd like it." "I've made a friend." "No, Marco, it's a do." "What?" "A whim?" "I can't wait for ever till you decide." "Let's not argue, I've come miles to eta signal." "Hello, Flora." " Hello." "Know who owns this do?" " That's Asco." "He's Pascal's." "Do I take him back?" " He knows the way." "We didn't use to take many photos." "But there must be one of your grandfather." "Who's the girl?" "A Ziguina." "That means the little oat." "In the war she'd 0 up to fetch the cheeses." "Not well-educated, but very beautiful." " For sure." "Agne-Marie was in love with her." "But she favoured your grandfather." "That was why they fell out." "What became of her?" "She left for Italy, too." "We never saw her again." "The gossips said the uncle paid for her ticket because Agne-Marie was very keen on her." "He feared his son would marry this girl of little worth." "He of killed in Indochina and she..." "Poor Palma." "What was she called?" " Palma." "Palma Lucciani." "She was my grandmother." "Sad to see houses in this state." "Bad news, I'm afraid." "It's not worth much now." "The stone walls are OK, the roof isn't bad, but the rest..." "And a ballpark value?" "In this state, I'd say roughly 40,000 euros." "Shall we 0?" "Goodbye." "Wait a sec, there's someone here." "Hello." " Hello." "Can I help?" " I'd like some information." "My father's not here, I'm sorry." "Will he be back soon?" " Not till Thursday." "Hello." " Right." "Thanks." "Yes." "Han on two secs." "Excuse me." "I'll call you back." "What do you need to know?" "So start pedalling." "Really hard." "Faster." "Accelerate at the same time." "Accelerate." "That's cod." "That's the brake." "That's it." " om" "Thanks." " Off you 0." "What are you don here?" "You lost?" " No, it's her place." "Can you move that?" "Where to?" "By the police station?" "No." "At my place." "The hunting season is over, but... ..these beasts multiply so we take care of it." "Seems to have adopted me." "He's a sheepdog." "He rounds up whatever he finds, sheep, cows, tourists." "Staying here for a while like this?" "No, two or three days." "I'm seeing a builder on Thursday." " Your campsite's not great." "There's a lamp behind the window." " I haven't seen it." "Felix must have taken it." "There's a cable if you want a lamp." "Is that allowed?" "OK." "Thank you." " Help yourselves to coffee." "No, Pascal." "We need to 0." "For this evening." "Come on." "There's a do at the pub this evening with musicians and singers." "Come along, if you like." "Hello." "Thanks for my tent." " No problem." "So, interested in paghjella ?" " In what?" "Our sons." "Our tradition." "Yeah, in tourist villages in summer." "That's a bit strong." "Apart from you, men have always sun paghjella here." "Always?" "When I was young only the teacher and my mother sang." "Polyphony is a man thin." "No getting away from it." "Stop talking rubbish, and try this, made by my aunt in Pietralba." "Is it freely available?" "It isn't one for girls." "Give the young lady some." "The girls are thirsty." "Just a little, then." "Thank you." "It's strong." "You're the Italian's granddaughter?" " Word gets around." "Corsicans talk more than people think." "So you know about my grandmother too?" " Palma?" "What a story!" "I'm lost!" " No, it's fine." "So, a little turn, now." "And turn." "And step." "Morning." "Has the fog lifted?" "Was I asleep Ion?" " Four hours on the couch." "But you started at the bar." "No mean feat, given the noise there." "Some boots in the barn." "Grandma worked for the shepherds here in the war." "Flora told me." "She fetched cheeses from the pastures." "Is livestock still moved?" "I still do it." "In summer it's dry." "They have nothin to eat." "They came from the villages and met here with the animals." "Then went up to the summer pastures." "Is it far?" "Straight on, after the bride." "A three-hour walk." "Three hours a seasoned walker." "You do that each time?" " No." "In a 4x4 till the last stretch." "The ecologists will be pleased!" " There aren't any ecologists." "They bathed here." "Up there the water's freezing." "They went in here?" "It's not as fierce in summer." "Your grandmother bathed here for sure." "No running water till the 1960s." "So showers, baths and all that..." "Pascal?" "Down here." "I'm returning your thins." "The camp bed..." " I'll see to it." "What you don?" " Separating out the kids." "It's Easter soon." "If you want to help, catch the little white one for me." "OK." "Not easy, is it?" "Wait." "Come here." "Go!" "you!" "All that just to eat it." "Got other clothes for the boat?" " Not really, no." "No?" "Come with me." "I was on the ferries for two years." "On the Danielle Casanova." "I didn't enjoy it." "My grandfather was a shepherd, my father too." "That's all we know how to do." "By the way, in Corsica we eat the fat." "Try that." "My cousin in the Reginu makes it." "Well?" "Good, isn't it?" " Yeah." "It's hard to leave." " Then you should stay." "I'll see if my thins are dry." "Wait." "I can't." " I'm sorry." "No, I am." "I'll 0." "It's dark." "You can sleep there." "I'll get some sheets." "Well?" " It won't be easy." "He says it needn't cost a fortune." "I hope not, I don't have much money." "Or come with friends with the know-how, do a bit each time." "Lots of people do." " I don't know who I'd ask." "Maybe my boyfriend." "I have to 0." "You're not angry with me about last night?" "I was just unlucky." "I've met a "nice girl"." "My mother thinks there are none left." "Well, there's one at least." "Thank you." "You gave me a scare." "Thanks." "Is that the house?" "Doesn't look that run down." " No." "The roof is OK, just needs some tiles." "Walls are fine." "Any interior shots?" " Yes, but there wasn't much light." "Look." "See, there's even a bread oven." "We could make pizzas." "Not sure about being there all year, but great in summer." "We could make a gite for hikers." "Nothin else there." "You talk about opening a place." "Why not there?" "Corsica is a tourist spot." "What's keeping us here?" " Nothin." "Our flat, our jobs." "What job?" "Aren't you fed up with 60-hour weeks?" "60 hours!" " Yes, 60 hours." "What about our friends?" "Just forget them?" "We only see yours." "You dislike mine." "Only those who flirt with you, like your pizza chef chum." "We're selling." "We've had an offer." "It's better if we do it up." "And this way he's not under my feet." "I'll never understand." "I wouldn't sell my childhood home." " It doesn't hold only good memories." "They were poor." "And if it gives us some money." "You could rent it." "That's too complicated." "If the tenants don't pay." "I want to try and keep my house." "Marco." "Look!" "This builder is mad." "95,000!" "That's what he calls "not much!"" "What was the valuation?" " 40,000." "So we know we can get that." " Stop right there." "I won't sell grandma's house." " OK, understood." "But think about it." "40,000 to start something here, or shelve out 100,000 down there." "The most sensible thin..." " I'm fed up of being sensible." "I'm not a kid." "I know what I'm don." "I don't want us to regret it for ever." "I know what I don't want to regret!" "You asleep?" " No." "You OK?" " Yes, I'm OK." "Oh, shit!" "Leave it." "It's OK, I'll do it!" "All OK?" "She still thinking about Corsica?" " There's no solution." "No contract, no loan." "And no loan..." " That's why I haven't given her one." "Here." "Surprise!" "Happy birthday, Christina." " Happy birthday." "You liked this house." "I've bought it, for you." "What do you want?" "Told you." "Steady." "Stop it!" " We have to 0 back." "They won't understand." " I've nothin to say." "Christina." " Go away!" "Bloody hell!" " Fuck off!" "Leave me alone." "Fuck off!" "Understand?" "Fuck off!" "Hello, Flora." "You're back." "Yes, to see to the house." " So you're keeping it?" "Yes, but I need some money." "I'll look for a job." "I'll post this in the grocer's and at the Tornadia." "Who put up the tarpaulin?" " Pascal." "We had some fierce storms last month." " I'll 0 and thank him." "He won't be there." "He went up to his cottage last week." "Come and have dinner one evening." "See you soon." "You're brave!" "Hello." " Hello." "It's about the water connection." " I've of water." "That's the hunters' unofficial connection." "Occasional use only." "But you need a meter." "The mayor's office won't pay for it." " I'll come down." "I'd have gladly bought it from you, but it's cod to have youngsters here." "But I think that's foolhardy." " Nothin ventured, nothin gained." "Know where I can find these tiles?" " Slates?" "Weldom store in lle-Rousse?" "On the Santa Reparta road." "That's the water." "And the electricity." "You cleared all that?" " Yes." "Well done." "You'll need to take it to the Monticello dump." "" " W moped?" "Look." "You have some tiles." "Just brush them off." "I'll leave you to it." "Work well." "SEE YOU SOON, PASCAL." "What on earth?" " I of lost." "You're mad." "God, I'm cold." " It wasn't the quickest route!" "I'll take that." "Come in." "Hello." "Ariane, Christina." "Come and sit by the fire." "Christina has the house at the end of the village." "Ariane is helping me." "Dion a postgraduate certificate..." " An MA in Pastoralism." "Yes." "I'll get some coffee." "Want a jumper?" " Yes." "Here." "You're not dressed for here!" "2,000 meters up and below zero at night." "Feeling better?" " A bit." "What with the sun and rain, akin a dip and walking," "I don't know if it's a fever or a chill." "Well, going in at the old bride..." "Pascal said the shepherds bathed there." "Isn't the water freezing here?" " There are solar panels." "He pretends to be hardy, but likes his hot water." "Isn't he here?" " No." "The kid oats keep straying." "He's one looking for them with Asco." "Some days he's the invisible man." "This place is amazing." "So calm." "For sure." ""On Ion summer nights Lying alone in the grass" ""The companion of eternity The shepherd is bored to tears"" "What's that?" "A Francis Blanche poem my ex sent me hearing I was coming here." "I'll be off." "Thank Pascal for me." "You can thank him yourself." "You can't 0 back down now." "Not the state you're in." "That's totally mad." "I've my orders." " They'll worry in the village." "No, they won't worry in the village." "Watch the door." " She's asleep." "Don't want to wake her." "Has she eaten?" "A little." "Is sleeping so much normal?" " She's of a fever." "She's resting." "You're a true Good Samaritan." "We should do the same." " What, right now?" "Yes, we've a bi day ahead." "You're delivering the cheeses." " All alone, loaded up like a mule." "No walking modules in your MA?" " Very funny." "You OK?" " Yes." "You're very quiet." "It's the house." "No idea where to start." "I need a job fast to pay for a builder." "Here?" "It's better to be on site, isn't it?" " Yes." "Thought I'd help with the cheese..." "It's a bit late." " Yes." "Too bad." "I'll pitch in earlier next summer." "You'll end up living here." " Yes." "I've nowhere else to 0." "Shit!" "Tina!" "Why are you here?" " No word from you." "We were worried." "If you've come to get me, forget it." " We just wanted to know you were OK." "I'm OK." "Shit, what is this dump?" "It sucks." "You should be in school, anyway." "Tina." "This house is..." " Let's not talk about that now." "I'll make some coffee." "What's all this?" "We can help you for a bit." "We'll finish the roof, install the plumbing and a shower!" "Dad..." "You don't have to." "That's not it." "One day you'll sell up." "You've invested your savings." "You should get some return." "And I'm here now!" "You OK?" " Yes, fine." "Tony, the bucket." "I'm used to my own bed." "It's so silent." "In Charleroi there's always noise." " Yeah, I feel like I'm in a rave." "Want the cans?" " What?" "Cans to listen to music." "What are you listening to?" " Romano Nervoso." "A hardcore band." "Cool, huh?" "Is that music?" " Sure." "Han on, I'll find you something else." "Smell that." "Tony, eta move on." " Just a minute!" "The work won't do itself." "The roof won't stand another storm." "Come on." " I'm going to press charges." "Pass me the widest ones, please." "You lay them like fish scales, staggered like that." "You use the little ones to support the bi ones." "Like that." "You carry on like that." "We'll take this to the dump." " Now?" "Yes!" "We can do another trip after dinner." "It's dinnertime now, Dad." "The baker hasn't been by yet!" " He's right, Dad." "You need a rest." "I'm not tired." "Want to see your house progress?" "Plus your mother's waiting for me." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Can you hear me?" "Stay awake!" "Where are your keys?" "But the car's full of crap!" "Dad, Dad!" "Dad, don't do this!" "Shit!" "Could you 0 faster, please?" "Dad, I'm here." "I'm so sorry, Mum." "It's nobody's fault." "He's stable and he's fighting." "We'll know more tomorrow." "Let's hope he has a cod night." " Will he make it?" "I can't say for sure." "We're don all we can." "His coronaries were badly blocked and he was late getting here." "Can I see him?" "Five minutes maximum." "Toll}!" "" "What are you don?" "I couldn't sleep." "And the work won't do itself!" "We can finish the job off." "Know how?" " He showed me." "Pass me that slate." "His speech will take some time, but he's determined." "His mind is fine." " Do you think?" "Yes!" "The doctor said not too much TV." "I turned it off and he made a face." "You know the face he pulls when he's not happy." "I don't think he can hear me." "Your brother doesn't have those doubts." "Maybe not." "He's never spoken to him so much." "At least that's come out of it." "I put the most damaged where the walls are thickest." "I like don the roof." "Next term... ..instead of wasting my time at school..." "See you tomorrow." "I'll leave you with Miss Rural Gite." "Dad." "I love this house." "I feel cod there." "It's important to me." "In Belgium I had wanted to talk." "I saw you wallpapering Nonna's house." "I didn't dare come in." "I don't know," "I was afraid we'd argue." "I'm sorry." "I never liked you shouting at me." "But what I'd give now for that now!" "Your father is right." "Remote but beautiful." "Did he say that?" " Yes." "If you still want to keep the house, we'll help you." "Dad would never agree to it." " He agrees." "We talked about it." "We've of a bit of money, now we've sold the house to Gino." "For once, he helped us." "Call me once you're home." " You've no phone." "You've of Flora's number." "I'm going to put in a landline, soon." "Dad, I..." "Thank you." "Subtitling:" "Rosi Jillett  Frederic Genicot"