"Angele!" "Daddy!" "O N C E U P O N A N A N G E L" " Why bother with mass?" " Because... lt's Sunday." " Thibault, what are you doing?" " l'm coming." "I have work to do." "Be good." " Why don't you go to church?" " You know." "Why?" "If there's a God, his house is too small." "We're so in debt I daren't shop in the village." "We have to sell some land to cut our losses on the farm." "Julien can get an apprenticeship next year and Angele's old enough to go." "We can't feed them." " But sending her to work..." " Everybody has to work." "Here she is." "You'll room with Josiane." "She's been with us ages." "She's an orphan." "She came as a cleaner but she lacks discipline." "Yet she has a way with children." "She behaves like one." "That's so annoying!" "Get it right:" "mouthful of bread, cherry." "Mouthful of bread, cherry." "They taste better here." "Get started, I'll be right back." "Josiane!" "Get down from that tree!" "Just look at the kids!" "Cherry stains won't come out!" "Madame Artaud will be pleased." "As long as it shines!" "Very good." "You can go." " Who are they?" " You don't know?" "." "Not even him?" "Les Rita surely... I only know their music." "Listen, you'll love this." "Go to the loo first." "Got the one I sang earlier?" "Sure, for when it rains." "It makes me cry." "You can sing?" " Why be a cleaner?" " l can still sing." " Change career." " lt's no career." "It's the best." "You could make records." "You could go to America." "Records to me are like real life." "They're not a career." "Hello, Mr. Faivre." "is the doctor in?" "With a patient." "And 2 waiting." "It's OK. I have plenty of time." "Long time, no see." "I changed sector." "It didn't work out so I'm back." "What are you selling today?" "An antibiotic, cough syrup, a..." " Do you care?" " No, just asking. I'm never ill." "You realize what you've done?" "These glasses are my family, handed down to my mother, who gave them to me as a wedding present!" "They're worth a fortune!" "irreplaceable!" "Do you realize?" "Yes, hang your head!" "Take one glass at a time!" "Then, you won't break them!" "I broke it." "I didn't dare tell you." "Angele didn't know." "The courgettes are delicious." "I'm sure." "There's 78%/% oxygen in the air, OK?" "Scuba-diving is wonderful." "It feels like you're flying." "Don't look so glum." "You can be a real dolt." "One should carry the tray like a feather." "Sport is vital to be in good shape physically and mentally." "She's as patient as an angel." "I'd have dropped the tray on your foot." "You're very kind." "Laure always speaks her mind." "Good wine, wonderful food..." "Let's eat!" "is there any hot water?" "Are you local?" "From a village out of town." "You look so sweet." "I heard what she said earlier." "She only sees the little things." "Dinner parties make her tense and I am clumsy." "Don't find excuses for her." "I don't listen." "I focus on what I'm doing." "I admire your calm." "Can I leave it open?" " Scared of the dark?" " Not the dark, closed doors." "Thanks for lying for me." "I didn't lie." "It was a little fib." "That cat!" "It won't go anywhere else." "Everything's so tidy." "As if she cleaned up before dying." "That's Gregoire as a boy." "Look how blond he was." "It'll take ages to sort through." "She never threw anything out." "Look, she even kept her boy's old hiking boots." " You like this group?" " Love them." "Same again, OK?" "For the fifth time?" " l'll change." " l'm kidding." "I love that album." "I never saw you." "Are you from around here?" "Passing through." " l live in Angers. I work in music." " What as exactly?" " l'm a manager." " Manager?" "As in menage á trois?" "Not at all." "I manage singers." "My friend's a singer." "Can you meet her?" "She not a pro but she's talented." "If you hurry, catch me at the station." "She left this for you." "Its value is only sentimental." "Keep it!" "I hate charms." "Why did you come, just to drink beer?" "I hate funerals!" "The odour of illness, too." " All she had was you." " Stop!" "Why didn't you call him?" " No one's seen him in 15 years!" " She was his wife not mine!" "You're just like your Dad." "You never came to see her." "You'll always regret it." "Life doesn't forget." "As for her apartment, the landlord wants it emptied." "It's up to you now." "My poor child!" "A singer is someone who sings." "You sing!" "You're a singer!" "It's cool." "I'll be your make-up girl or dancer." "Shouldn't we tell her?" "We can't be her slaves forever." "But Lucy's communion veil!" "It can wait." "Who'll fetch the kids?" " She couldn't come?" " She's right here." "She doesn't look the part, more like a nun." "Strange 'cos when I saw you in the bar, I took you for a priest." "Sure you're not the singer?" "You're a natural." "Angele is the singer." "Let me check the train times." " l have to go." " What do I say to him?" "Don't worry." "Just hang out." "When you're bored, come home." "What about the 6 PM?" "Take a closer look." "That train doesn't run today." "The next one's at 8." " Your friend's gone?" " She had work." "You're a singer, don't you know a bar where we can eat?" "I'm not really a singer." "Not at all, in fact." "I feel better." "A glass of wine, please?" " And you?" " Nothing just now." "You come here often?" "It's the first time." "Like everyone here, early to bed?" "Josiane and I listen to music late." "Can I have a glass of water?" "I can't stand towns like this anymore." "The shutters closing one after the other as if they're programmed." "We leave ours open." "I hate being shut in." "I should have lived opposite you." "You always use that shampoo?" " What do you mean?" " Nothing, but..." "Smelling of apples must be hard to forget." "You're strange sometimes." "Smells aren't strange." "They decide if you should stay or go." "I was joking. I'm not a manager." "Come on..." "Maestro, the lady wants to sing." "I'm listening." "I have to go." "Won't you stay with me?" "It's very late." "I don't want to be alone." " Why not?" " lt's my Mum." "She died." "That's why I'm back." "She was born and buried here." "You should have said." "I feel good with you." "Can we go to yours?" "It's impossible." "A hotel, then?" "Careful on the stairs." "The power's back on." "You mustn't... I hoped you'd love me, too." "That's not it." "What is it then?" "You've never..." "You know, if I didn't love you, I couldn't do it." "Trust me." "I don't want to." " Checkout's midday." " What time is it?" " Quarter to." " lt can't be." "Madame!" "Lucy's communion!" "I didn't go." "I didn't even go." "I thought I could..." "All her life waiting for me." "I never hung out." "I raced home because I was sure she'd be there, immobile." "Don't look at me like that!" "Her brother, yesterday, asked me... if I knew how much she loved me." "But it was suffocating." "She suffocated me." "Even dead, she waited for me." "She knows you love her." "I have something for you." "Do you like it?" "It's magnificent." "I'm not sure I can wear it." "I don't believe in God, but I like Jesus." "That's all your stuff." "She's spitting mad." "He thinks it's her fault." "If you were to be a singer, you'd have fetched me." "I couldn't sleep all night." "I shouldn't have left you." "What happened?" "He took me to dinner." "He was shaken up." "I couldn't leave him all alone." "When he looked at me, my heart pounded." " You spent the night together?" " Nothing happened." "We talked." "I think he likes me." "So, come back with me." "I'm too ashamed." "You're going home?" "I'll get another job." "I'll miss you." "Keep in touch soon." "If you call at 2 PM, I always answer." "I'll miss you." " Name?" " Berthelot." " First name?" " Gregoire." "Date, place of birth?" "7th April, 71." "Nantes." " Marital status?" " Single." "Medical record?" "Asthma?" "Allergies?" "Heart problems?" "Particular skills?" "An acute sense of smell." "I wanted to work in perfume but... I knew a guy who did and came to hate the scent of women." "You know our specificity?" "You work in both pharmaceuticals and cosmetics." "If you join us, you'll sign many papers." "Grenier insists on absolute confidentiality." "Me, too!" "This is the buffer zone." "Kit up!" "These machines wrap up the palettes." "All this is packaging." "Go ahead." "And on your left, also..." "Quarantine products..." "These ones are ready to go." "Brazil and Venezuela." " Any problems?" " No, Algeria's ready." "Tell Girard to hurry..." "Right, Mr. Grenier." "My case?" "Had you been waiting long?" "I don't know. I dozed off." "Like all health professionals, pharmacists play a part, humbly and patiently, in the combat whose aims we all share:" "saving lives." "So, it is to you, ladies and gentlemen, that Laboratoires Grenier wished to pay tribute at our annual dinner." "I hope you enjoy the evening." " l hate making speeches." " You were fine." "I'm not so sure... I saw you dancing earlier." "Cuba and you were made for each other." "Made for each other." "I spoke to him." "The plans are ready." "We'll meet next week." " l have a problem." " l'm talking to my daughter." "I'm sorry." "Look after him." "We've tickets for the match." "Are you in?" " l'm going home." " Please yourself." "I just might." "Are you blind?" "I mean, sorry." "Are you hurt?" "Are you sure?" "You nearly killed me!" "Sorry. I don't know what to say." " Give you a lift?" " Not on my life!" " See you again?" " Next time you reverse." "You're so cute with your worried little air." "I was always like that as a kid." "Did you cut it?" "No, it was my Dad." "My mother walked out when I was little." "That's nice." " Are you sulking?" " lt's not that." "I won't know anyone." "And I dislike Cholet." "They're good friends of mine." "He's known me since I was a kid." "Like a big brother." "There you are at last." "Come in." "Let me introduce you." "Dominique, his friend Cecile, the Blanchots..." "Laure Grenier and her friend." "Come on in." "Where are the toilets?" "Yes, of course..." "Show the gentleman to the toilets." "Been at Grenier long?" "I heard about a molecule that stops aging." "Not wrinkles again!" "In such heartless times, I admire researchers who devote themselves to finding a remedy to others' suffering." "We need a vaccine or Africa will be wiped out." "Are you a chemist?" "Yes, but not one of the heroes." "I just mix things up." "From Cholet?" "On my mother's side." "The son of Jacqueline Berthelot?" " You studied chemistry..." " ln Rennes." "She was Andre's patient." "Oliveira?" "Wouldn't hear of hospital." "She used herbal remedies." "She hated chemicals." "She died recently." "You were her only son?" "One and only." "What d'you mean?" "Gregoire?" "He asked for me?" "I couldn't talk." "he works in Angers at Grenier Laboratoires." "On a vaccine to save kids in Africa." " That's wonderful." " Listen." "This drug salesman comes to the house." "he was looking for a Iive-in maid." "I have a job." "This Faivre guy works at Grenier." "He must know him." "Maybe you got Gregoire wrong." "You just know these things." "I hear his name and my head spins." "I did all I could." "This can't go on." " This is my life." " l'm not a charity." "I'm running a business." "One weak link endangers the whole chain." "Come back when your private life is in order." " Excuse me, I'm sorry." " No, I'm sorry." "More generic medicines ensured a repeat of last year's deficit." "But those losses must be set against our improved market-share in hygiene and cosmetics." "In aromatherapy, notably," "Grenier is now a market leader." "We'll launch our new range this autumn." "Market research shows pine, lavender and lime as customer favourites." "To scrub baths and toilets?" "He's a chemist." "Aromatherapy marketing is not your field." "Of course it is!" "Odours and flavours are molecules, so it's chemistry." "Perhaps." "So?" "It's obvious you've got it all wrong." "Nobody asked your..." " Carry on." " Aroma is memory." "A smell is linked to an experience." "So, pine, lavender, lime may have therapeutic properties but people won't think so." "They'll think they're unblocking their toilets." "He's right." "It's pure common sense." "Back to the drawing board!" "Well, if that's all..." "Anything else?" "Actually... I see!" "You're very keen." "Precisely." "That's why I want to ask you..." "For a raise?" "Your daughter's hand." "I don't know you, young man, but you have a nerve." "In mid-meeting?" "You didn't say." "I didn't know." "It was completely inappropriate." "Your meetings are so serious, it's quite heroic." " You've been dating?" " Not very long but he's the one." "You'd marry a man without knowing anything about him?" "I'm not hiring a chauffeur!" " Don't raise your voice." " lt's you who's angry." "I'm not against it." "I want to hear you say it." "You never mentioned marriage before." "Daddy, I want to marry him." "When my husband returns, tell him I'm at my sister's." "He'll ask what I was wearing." "Tell him you didn't notice." "I've told him mixing tranquilizers and anti-depressants leads to dependency." "Especially for a man in his state." "There's no miracle cure." "I've known Mr. Faivre a long time." " l'm worried." " Anything for headaches?" " You want aspirin?" " Maybe." " Another make?" " l'll see." "That's what I want." "For headaches?" "That makes 35 Euros." ""Grenier Laboratoires."" "Christine didn't come." "I'm falling." "I fall and she doesn't catch me." "Who can imagine so much pain?" "Name, first name, date and place of birth." "Dubois." " First name?" " Angele." " Date of birth?" " 22/2/84." " Born in?" " Cholet." "Can you leave it open?" "Let's go over it again." "Come on!" "Mr. Faivre wasn't well." "He was unhappy." "He drank a lot..." "Why didn't you say you knew him before he took you on?" "I only met him 6 months ago." "6 months ago?" "You know Dr. Artaud?" "Why did you leave his employ?" "It was time I left, that's all." "While you were there," "Mr. Faivre was a frequent visitor." " Perhaps. I never saw him." " But he came." "Who?" "Young lady, you see people, you don't see them, you leave, you dream..." "I'm confused." "I'm trying to help but you're not making it easy." "Did you, or did you not, have an affair with Mr. Faivre?" "He's the same age as my Dad." "Why say that?" "I'm trying to understand." "It says "Accomplice to murder"." "Murder?" "I never killed anything." "When you left the Artauds', why go straight to Mr. Faivre?" "What was your link?" "There was no link." "I took the job because he worked for Grenier." "What's your relationship to Grenier Laboratoires?" "A friend works there." "I thought it was destiny." "What friend?" "It's too early to go home." "Let's try The Black Panther." "I don't get him." "How did he ever pull Laure?" "Maybe he just dared talk to her." "As a tradition, it's barbaric." "Stag nights keep me from the altar." "I feel alive tonight!" "I had too much to drink." "Can you see me as a father?" "That lawyer called again for you." "She didn't say what it's about?" "Confidential." "It's vital you call her back." "First, the Faivre business linked to Grenier, now this... I never met him." "It's beyond me." "Ever heard of Angele Dubois?" "She says you're friends." "She's lying." "I have nothing to hide." "I didn't know Faivre." "I'd prefer you not to be questioned." "If anything comes to mind about Angele Dubois, come and see me." "I can pull strings." "Very well." "I saw you talking to Dad." "I do now and then." "What's going on?" "Nothing." "He told me his philosophy of life." "It's like chess." "Always keep 3 moves ahead." "You're distant." "Talk to me." "What can I say?" "That you love me." "I always say it for 2." "I'm no good at that." "It's as if I had a leaden hand gripping my heart." "Newspaper..." "Can I see the car's papers?" "Do you have any id?" "It's expired." "Still at this address?" "That's my mother's..." "Or it was." "She died." "Not right now, but not long ago." "is that you?" " How we change!" " l don't think so." "OK, you can go." "No visit today?" "Stood up again by Josiane?" "She's expecting." "Her man stops her." "They live over the wall." "Apparently, it's like here." "Without bars." " lt's about the garden." " The garden?" "Next to the disciplinary unit." "You can't call that a garden." "Sister Augustine can't bring herself to abandon it." "Can I have permission to help her?" " Where's your church?" " ln the village." "Why do you live here then?" "Next to a prison." "The detention centre came here after the nuns." "Before it was a prison, it was a hospital for contagious diseases." "That building housed sick children." "What happened?" "Did they all die?" "Some diseases spare nobody." "What use were the nuns' prayers?" "To relieve their suffering." "It's hard to take that your God lets children die." "No one is to enter my office when I'm out." "Who are you?" "I don't like people coming without an appointment." "May I sit?" "Look, I hardly knew her." "We only met once." "After how many times, do you know someone?" "How much pain before you notice someone?" "Who do you mean?" "What pain?" "I have nothing to do with this." "She said she was looking for you." "How, when she didn't even know me?" "Can't she forget?" "Like anyone else?" "Forget what, Mr. Berthelot?" "I don't know why I'm here." "I always hated gardening." "You'll see, the day flies past." "No time to think." "I want to think." "I've 2,850 days left." "I won't spend them in the dirt." "You like flowers?" "A guy gave me 50 once." "See where we'd be without gardens?" "Metal objects on the desk." "Jewelry?" "Personal items?" "Dubois, visit for you!" "Mr. Berthelot for Miss Dubois." "Your son will visit." "Often things that mark humanity are quite simple." "Don't know why I'm here?" "Me neither." "Should I go?" "Trust me..." "Why come looking for me?" "I don't love you!" "I don't love anyone." "I despise love." "I came looking but you found me." "How can I leave you alone here?" "Forget the void you leave behind." "It's so good when you're here." "I got married." "I'm not sure I love her." "You can never be sure." "You're odd, you know." "I'd like to be like you." "See life as a fairy tale." "You saw your Mum?" "Visit over!" "If I asked you to come with me, would you?" "It won't stop me loving you." "Thanks." "She came in the end." "It was Gregoire." "Flowers have secrets, too, but often they talk to us." "You'll see, the petals are exceptionally beautiful." "Orange like the setting sun." "Free?" "Faivre has confessed." "The judge has signed a release order." "You have somewhere to go?" "My parents." "Or my brother who works in a winery." "Maybe they'll have work." "Here's a list of hostels." "I'm free. I came to say goodbye." "Don't stay outside." "Come in." "All I saw was the roof." "I pictured it much bigger." "Sit down." "I'll get you some hot milk." "I swore I'd see the prison garden bloom." "If you let me stay, I can help with the laundry and vegetables." "It's late." "Sleep here tonight and we'll talk tomorrow." " Flowers are forbidden?" " Not one but that many..." " Just how many can I bring in?" " l'll call the director." "Fuck you and your roses!" "She thinks you've come to flaunt your freedom." "She'll get over it." "They're here!" "The children..." "What about the music?" "Angele's gone to fetch it." "Children..." "Music..." "Gregoire..." "Where can I begin?" "What words describe AngéIe?" "It's almost impossible simply because she is above words." "She is in every silence, every solitude." "She had nowhere to go but wasn't lost." "Some said she shouldn't stay, most understood." "AngéIe rejected that freedom." "She sought another." "One day an inmate said," ""It's as if evil had no hold on her."" "That's very true." "her goodness was unassuming." "There was no hint of overkill." "She passed on painIessIy," "leaving behind such an air of peace." "her garden speaks of her daily." "Even wild flowers have their place." "Where can I find the grave of Mrs. Berthelot?" "Row 17." "Are you family?" "I'm her son." "Subtitles by Simon John" "Processed by Éclair Video" " Paris"