"To my parents and to the memory of M.Y.C." "MARRIAGES" "The Beauty has been emprisoned in love" "For a month, or six weeks." "Her father has looked everywhere." "And her dearest love is in agony." "We must go see the shepherd and find out" "Whether he's seen her, whether he'll tell us." "Shepherd, shepherd," "Have you not seen..." "Our very Beauty passing by here?" "Yes, I've seen her." "I spoke to her." "She sat by the fountain." "In her right hand, there perched a bird." "To whom the Beauty recounted her sorrows." "How was she dressed?" "In satin or in wool?" "She wore a skirt of white satin," "And on her hands, gloves of wool." "Thérèse, a man is coming." " My arm's numb." "I can't hold on." " Mama, tell Aunt Yvonne to stop." "Who is it?" "You know him?" "allison's son, I reckon." "CharIesAIIison?" "Yes, him." "Hurry or he'II see you naked." "Ernestine Morin mentioned him." "Seems his father's wealthy." "Hasn't been hereabouts in a while." " Yvonne, come swimming." " No." " I don't like it." " Thérèse, watch your siblings." "Yes, Mama." "He's leaving." "Pity." "I would've liked to meet him." "I said I'd go to Papa's." " You always go there." " Noémie's ill and asked for me." "They don't need you." "She's your mother-in-Iaw too." "Don't treat her like a stranger." "Be back before supper." "Noémie's Dream" "Yvonne, come here." "I dreamed of you." "I can't stop thinking about it." "I often have this dream." "You're in a wedding dress and veil." "Maria and I take you to the hill on Pinguet road." "Then, the wind is so strong it carries you away." "CouIdn't wait to come." "You're home!" "I'm so glad!" "You're pale!" "Are you feverish?" " Yes." "I'm suddenly tired." "help me take her upstairs." "Maria." "Yes, my dear Noémie." "Let's make the dress." "Yvonne's wedding dress." "Like in my dream." "I'II weave it myself." "will you help me?" "Yes!" "Now, calm down." "Get up, Notary." "You have papers to sign." "Your hair's dishevelled." "I'II fix it." "I'II do it myself, thanks." "You promised you wouldn't go back." "For your sake." "Journeymen roam the woods." "I didn't see any." "Some day, you'II see." "Mama." "Yvonne." "well, well." "What's wrong?" "Am I dying?" "tell her, HéIène." "Come, before your brothers and sisters see." "I had a Ioverwhen I was young." "He built us this cabin." "You didn't marry?" "It's nice here." "Come whenever you Iike." "It's your cabin now." "Sit down." "Noémie wants to sew you a dress." "The one in her dream." " The wedding dress?" "Yes." " Seems strange to me." " Why?" "Seems to me you don't wear one unless it's for real." "It would be like sacrilege." "But if you think she'd Iike that..." "Hers is not an ordinary dream." "To my mind, making it might help her recover." "I'm afraid it's consumption." "And that's bad." "You'II see." "You'II like the convent." "The Sisters think I'm unsuited for the veil." "They didn't raise you." " I couId work!" " Come, come." "Look around." "You think girls moving to the States are sensible?" "Ruining their health in factories..." "Speaking english..." "I'd Iike to see you, bereft of language too." "Ribbon, please." "Those girls think they're free." "What folly." "I think they're more like slaves." "Young women have more of a future in a convent." "It'II dispel yourfantasies." "Good night." "The Green Dress" "ANASTASIE DUBÉ, beloved wife of Auguste PeIIetier, called by God, June 24, 1870, age 35." "Sweet Jesus, a saint!" "She turned into salt!" "When your mother died," "I thought I'd never recover." "I just wanted to die." "I Ioved her so." "What do we do, Papa?" "Pray for her soul." "Is her soul caught in her body?" "You and your imagination." "Forgive me." "It's inexplicable." "well..." "let's get a hold of ourselves." "Preposterous, moving a cemetery." "The dead should stay dead." " Damn "progress"." "We 'II have to unveil her." "Sit!" "You're making me dizzy." "We must limit the guests, schedule visits." " Just a Iot of fuss." " I'II take care of everything." "After 20 years, leave her in peace." "I must find her a dress." "Exposing her publicly, Iike a circus sideshow." "PoorAnastasie." ""PoorAnastasie"?" "Mourning her is overdue." "You never understood." "I pity you." "You know, even God was powerless." " It's all I have left of her." "We can't leave her like that." " I'd Iike to keep it." " Be a good girl." "Do it for her." "When can I go see her?" "AII in good time." "The priest will give us a key." "Let me take the dress to him." "I'II bring back the key." "I must eat." "I haven't eaten since morning." "Mama's hair." "Anastasie Pelletier," "February 15, 1835 June 24, 1870" "It's like I'm in that dream, where you're in heaven, carried by angels." "You're IoveIier than I imagined." "I dreamed of you constantly, saw you everywhere." "I spoke to the priest to arrange things before you leave." "Why'd she give that dress?" "She needs a new coffin." "Yvonne should've kept it." "We'II organize a big reburiaI ceremony." "The bishop and deputy want to see her" "Leave me alone." "Can we come back?" "..." "Mama, I haven't seen her up close!" "Waist:" "25 1/2"." "They say she's a saint, and performed miracles!" "Arms up." " She's so well preserved!" " Bust, 34." "It's like she came back for me." "Chest, 29." "I wish I'd known her." "Enough!" "You're moving!" "How d'you expect..." "Wrist:" "6 inches." "We should stop." "You're tired." "Don't worry." "Turn." "NeckIine to waist:" "16 inches." "Write this all down." "I am, dear, I am." "I'm entering the convent soon." "Don't lock yourself up there." "You must wed!" "I must hurry." " HéIène's waiting." " You're made for love." "It was my grandmother's." "She gave it to my mother, who gave it to me." "It's for you." "But Noémie's like your daughter!" "You're like my daughter too!" "Thanks, Maria." "It does you good, you'II see." "It soothes pain." "It's good for dreaming." "You once said Motherwas deeply in love with Father." "They were mad about each other." "We'd never seen that here." "Papa rarely mentions it." "He doesn't discuss such things." "Some say she tumed into salt because she ended her own life." "Who says that?" "people who come to see her." "They don't know I hear them." "people will say anything." "You can't always believe them." "This time, it's true." "I always felt something was being withheld." "I imagined all kinds of things." "I even saw her in the river, Iike I see you." "It made me dizzy," "like I was falling down a precipice." " You should've talked to me." " They always say I fabricate." "She threw herself in." "She was found near here." "God knows, yourfather did all he could." "He asked me to treat her... but my medicine...has no effect on melancholia." "She let herself die." "So maybe it's true, her soul's caught in her body." "No, I think her soul... is around here with us." "With all that's going on, I should stay." "You have no choice but to leave." "You'II be all alone, sick." "No, I have Yvonne and Maria." "I feel better." "My colour's back!" "please, pull yourself together." "Fine." "Send a telegraph if need be." "You'II only be gone a week." " You're burning up!" " You'II miss the train." "The golden Rings" "Enough!" "Go outside for a while!" "Go on!" "Have you seen the notary?" "I've looked for him for an hour." "He's not napping upstairs?" "We'II manage without him." "Right on time." "Ayoung gentleman." "Thank you, Yvonne." "Yvonne, dear, be a good girl." "Go to Mme Desjardins for thread." "I'm not finished here." "Don't worry, I'II do it." "Excuse me." "I'm lost." " Which way is St Aubert?" " That way." "Wait!" "You're bleeding." "May I?" "I won't bite you." "Here." "Thanks." "Keep it." "We met!" "You're Yvonne." "At the notary's this aftemoon." " Remember?" "Yes." "But we weren't introduced." "I'm charles allison." "pleased to meet you." "I can walk you home if you Iike." "I know the way, thanks." "Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Do you know the time?" "Excuse me." "Look at you." "Your dress is filthy." "What on earth did you do to your head?" " I saved you some soup." " No, thank you." "You know, all eyes are on us." "They think Mother's a saint." "We must all be careful." "Just leave me alone." "I'II be a nun, do what you say, but now" "I'm tired." " Poor Yvonne!" "You're beside yourself." "Wait!" "I made some minor changes here." "I put Thérèse in your room." "You're in the storage room." "Aunt Yvonne..." "I don't want any." "Mama thinks I should get my own room now that I'm indisposed." "My parents found me a husband." "What are they thinking?" "You're 15!" "Mama married at 17!" "Leave your aunt alone." "She's tired." "G'night, Yvonne." "He makes me feel different than before." "It's like... burning," "pain that feels good." "I want to know him:" "how he ties his shoes, straightens his hair, dons his hat." "Whether he picks up stones, feathers, twigs, Iike I do." "How he sleeps." "And when he wakes." "I wish I couId watch him all day." "It's agreed with MrAIIison." "Thérèse will wed his son, charles." "There's a Iot to do." "I'm counting on your help." " Thérèse, come to bed." " Let her sleep with me tonight." "Oh, please!" " The bed's too small." "We 'II manage." "Fine." "Don't close the door or I won't sleep." "Such chiIdishness will have to stop soon." "Good night." "Our Father, which art in heaven..." " Thérèse?" " Yes?" "You want to wed?" "Mama wants it for my own good." "I mean you." "What do you want?" "She's making a nice trousseau." "Do you love him?" "I'II marry whom they say." "Thérèse, think about it." "Marriage lasts 'til death." "I'm scared." "I don't want to do it." "Take a rest." "Remember how much I wanted Auguste - how I Ioved him?" "Yes, I do." "only 6 months a widower..." "You were good for him." "Anastasie's come to take him." "Oh, enough!" "I'II get something for yourfever." "It can't be." "She's dead." "AsaIt statue." "I'm thirsty!" "HéIène arranged that Thérèse and charles wed." "Charles?" "charles allison." "You know him?" "I saw him." "I even talked to him once." "I want him." "You can help me out." "please, Maria." "Not with that." "I said no." "Maria gave it to me." "You won't sleep there again." "Come, children." "The Risks of Love" "You smell good." "I missed your scent." " Not here, someone might see." " Don't worry!" "I'd always longed to go to sea." " I was obsessed." "You weren't happy here?" "Not really." "Wanderlust gets you here, and it hangs on." "I'd Iike to go to sea." "It's no life for a woman." "Or anyone." "So you came back?" "A 10-year silence with my father." "I came to make peace." "I'd run away from home." "He was dictating my Iife." "And now, he's set conditions." " No more grudges if I marry." " Thérèse." " I haven't agreed yet." " HéIène thinks you have." "It's an arranged marriage." "I don't love her, nor she me." "We should try another." "For real this time." "An arrangement for love." "Because you so enchant me." "Papa came this morning." "Mama must be reinterred." "Her soul will finally rest." "I just want it all to be over." "You're leaving?" "I have news." " I'm not marrying Thérèse." " I'm glad." "You told yourfather." "Yes." "We discussed it." "Now we can wed for real." "Yeah..." "It's overwith him." "We had a disagreement." "It was bad." "So that's it." "I'm going." "I won't be back." "Strange." "I can't take it off." "I'm coming." " Just like that?" "Yes." " YourfamiIy will be so upset." " Fear not." "I can't take you." "I'm coming." "Let me leave." "This is hard enough." "We bury her at dawn, surreptitiously." "What will people say?" "No, you can't do that." "No attendants other than the family." "You should've stayed dead, not wreaked havoc among us." "charles allison has run away." "Thérèse's wedding is cancelled." "I hope you weren't involved." "Good night." "The Red Heart" "Look!" "It's like blood." "Rememberwhat the nuns said for 1st communion?" "Not really." "They wamed us not to bite into the Host, because it was Christ's body." "I thought if I bit it, my mouth would get bloody." "Like this." "I don't want you to go." "You know HéIène's adamant." "How can I make you stay with us?" "It'II hurt." "I can't." "I know, it's hard." "Did you regret it?" "You keep the pain inside forever." "But I was quite sure about it." "Now I must leave you be." "Now that you're better, you can get prepared." "Off to the nuns tomorrow." "Poor Yvonne." "You're a lost soul." "You don't know real love." "Your life's a lie." "You failed to make me a good girl." "You shall not dictate my Iife." " I'II find charles." " That won't be easy." " I'II seek him out." " You "believe" that?" "I Iove him so." "The horse is ready." "The train leaves in an hour." " I'II walk." " I'II drive you!" " I said I would." " I'II walk!" "Let's let her go, dear." "The day begins at 5:00." "You get Sunday afternoon off." "No noise." "And no visitors." "One Year Later" "I brought you a treat:" "butter and fresh vegetables." "No, she didn't see me." "I'II give you some money." "You'II need it some day." "I'm not coming, Maurice." "You can't stay here alone much longer." "Winter's coming." "I have the wood stove." "Come with me." "But you're married!" "And so am I." "Look." " I never saw that." " I put it back on today." "Taking it off is bad luck." "Maybe he doesn't want me." "Where is he?" "I dunno." "You came back for him." "HéIène says you're dead." "It's true." "I am." "You make love to a corpse." " Don't say that." "Now I'm ashamed." "I wanted to take care of you." "Know your story." "You never say!" "It's unspeakable." "I Iove you." "That's why I courted you." "Adaptation:" "kathleen FIeming Anrâ Mediatextes, montreal" "DVD subtitling:" "CNST, montreal"