"It was here, in 1945, that we made the film called FARREBIQUE." "Thirty-eight years later the old farmhouse is still there." "It is silent..." "lifeless." "The well is now abandoned," "the oven bakes no more bread." "In this room, we filmed the family gathering." "Once the girls marry, Raymondou, you'll take over the farm." "And Raymond became the master of Farrebique." "The old buildings were unsuited to modern agriculture so he built a new cowbarn." "Roch... is now 78 years old." "Despite his age, he still works to help his son." "Berthe, crippled by rheumatism, never leaves her room." "Raymond married Jeannette." "They had five fine children." "Rosine," "Laurent," "Achille," "Geoffroy and Noël." "10 years ago, in place of the old vegetable garden, he built a new house, with all the modern conveniences." "Now that your father agrees, we can get married soon." "In the spring." "What if spring never comes?" "Don't be silly!" "Spring always comes." "The springs passed and Henri married Fabrette who was taken from him by illness a few years later leaving him childless." "Being a younger son, he had to leave the family farm." "A hard worker but unskilled, he became a farm labourer, a truck driver, and finally a factory worker." "He met Maria, who became his second wife." "They had a son," "Pierre, a medical student in Toulouse." "After many ups and downs, he finally found contentment in the house he built in Goutrens." "Shall we go to Rignac?" "No, my sister said she'd shop for us." "I need the money!" "You need money, everyone needs money!" "I couldn't come to your mother's funeral." "It doesn't matter." "Leon took sick during the night." " Is he better?" " He's over there." "Leon, did you bring the calf?" " How are you, Raoul?" " All right." "What's up?" " I'm selling some sheep." " Many?" "All of them." "When can you come?" "Wednesday morning?" "Fine, so I'll see you then." "No, it's not that!" "They eat New Zealand sheep and sell off their own." "Can't we stop them?" "Rotten Englishmen!" "So much for the Common Market." "Where is New Zealand?" "The Antipodes." "The Antipodes?" "SALE OF MILK-FED CALVES" "Above a set amount, they're reducing the price of milk." "Baloney!" "No..." "I got it from someone high up." "Sure, Europe produces too much milk." "A bottle of Marcillac!" "Well, Julien, when's the baptism?" "Let the baby get born." " When's it due?" " In about 2 weeks." "Imagine it, milk-fed calves the same price as mass-produced!" "Or less!" "Consumers want white meat:" "yours is pink." "White meat... it's tasteless!" "Consumers are idiots, I agree." "But that's what they want, so what can you do?" "I'm going." "Wait till I pay you!" "Hortense!" "Your change-purse!" "They're leaving?" "Another farmer gone." "How are you?" "Fine." "I'm going to call Joseph." "Call from my house." "I hate to bother you." "It's no bother." "Come on." "I saw Maurice today." "From Escandolière?" "No, Maurice Bousquet, the milk inspector." "Above a certain amount, they're lowering the price." "They're nuts in Paris!" "That's all we needed." "Thanks, Joseph, I'll call you." "You'll have some pastis?" "Sit down." "Joseph's all right?" "He always is." "And you?" "I'm selling my sheep and all the rest." "What will you do?" "Joseph got me a job in Toulouse." "What can I do with only 10 hectares?" "Industrial farming." "Me, start a meat factory?" "Never!" "Anyway, my buildings are too old." "They need repairing, enlarging..." "I'd need a loan." "I don't want that rat race." "Will you eat with us?" "No, thank you, Maria." "Another time." "I'm seeing my sister." " Vowel..." " E." " Consonant..." " C." " Consonant..." " R." ""Career"... 6 letters." ""Arrière"." ""Arrear" is six." "No... "arrière"." "It has 7 letters." "8 letters... "carriage"." "He's really good." "LOANS" "EXPENSES" "My book?" " What book?" " My Balzac." "How is "Farmers in the Year 2000"?" " Well..." " Well, what?" "It discusses computers on the farm." "It'll come." "Can you imagine it here?" "It's too late now." "In the end, it's best to sell." "It's a good time." "Land prices are at their height." "That's possible." "You ready?" "I'm ready." "Gabriel's calf broke its leg." "He had to kill it." "We thought of you:" "I brought you 3 chops." "Not mass-produced." "You shouldn't have bothered." "We know how it is with a bachelor." "Sit down." "My sheep went this morning." "And then guess who showed up?" " My nephew." " With your brother." "You can bet they're interested." "Your lands adjoin:" "Farrebique only has 20 hectares." "It won't even pay off my farm equipment." "They offered 350,000 francs." "Hello, Ernest." "You need the harvester?" "It'll be free around 10 AM tomorrow." "Of course he'll come, what time is the meeting?" "9 o'clock at the town hall in Goutrens." "The last land sale I know of, the price was 60,000 a hectare!" "Where?" "Near Compolibat." "At that price, tell me how a young farmer can divide with his family and expand and modernise!" "Especially since prices won't stop there!" "Raoul Pradal has the floor." "You can talk about land capital all you want!" "There's one solution and only one!" "Townships, and the state should own the farmland and lease it to the farmers!" "We'll all be civil servants!" "That's collective farming!" "This isn't Russia!" "Land-owning is our right!" "Every time this comes up..." "The fight's on." "Just try and take my land!" "We'll start a revolution!" "Silence!" "Let's hear our ex-president!" "You don't understand!" "It's not a matter of politics!" "Whatever government's in power the land problem is the same!" "The Chamber of Deputies is considering a law to create these land agencies." "Exactly!" "If this law is passed, farmers' associations must have a say in how they work!" "We must make sure that the land is leased to those who need it most!" "That's solidarity!" "No more jealousy!" "Think in terms of the common interest!" "What benefits the group benefits the individual!" "That's all I have to say." "Hello, Raoul." "How are you, Christophe?" "I can't complain." "At last, a contented farmer!" "It's good to see." "Especially since everyone here looks so gloomy." "Come have a drink." "You got the corn in?" "Not yet." " What'll it be, red wine or white?" " Red." "I still have some Mansois." "You sold your sheep?" "I'm selling Biquefarre." "You interested?" "Somewhat." "I've had one offer," "I'm expecting another." "He hasn't come yet but he will." "I'm not the only one." "You can wait us out." "You were at the syndicate meeting." "You heard him." "60,000 a hectare!" "And some people have driven it up to 80,000." " That's speculation!" " Right." "I won't go that far." "But I have to protect the legacy for my brothers and my sister... and me." "Life is tough." "Tough for everybody." "We all need money." "I'd like 3 hectares." "In that case, make a deal with whoever buys it." "Let me know." "Filthy stuff!" " Want a drink?" " Too busy!" "Where will you be?" "Near Biquefarre." "Stop in and see Raoul." "Why?" "He sold his sheep." "How do you know?" "The grapevine?" "Smoke signals." "Henri!" "Telephone!" " Who is it?" " Come on!" "It's bad news." "Pierre?" "Not Pierre... it's your brother." "He didn't get up, so Jeannette went in." "She found him paralysed." "He had a stroke." "The doctor came?" "He says there's nothing he can do." "I'm going." "We came if you needed us." "True, Marcel, and I'm grateful." "I did, too." "I came if you needed me." "Friendship has no price." "How big?" "10 hectares, more or less." "It can't all be farmed." "True... 8 hectares are good, 2 are on a slope." "It's good meadowland." "What are you asking?" "The last offer was 350,000." "Would 380,000 do?" "Not quite, Marcel." "It's little bit low." "It's sad." "The doctor says the paralysis won't improve." "His whole right side, his mouth is crooked." "When I talked to him, he just grunted." "His left hand squeezed mine." "Hard!" "He kept staring at me." "He wanted to say something." "But what?" "Can we help?" "Not at all." "They let me know that they won't see anyone." "Poor cows..." "not even allowed to make love." "Shit!" "Good God!" "38,000 a hectare is fair!" "Some get as high as 55,000." "Not all land has the same value!" "Who offered 35,000?" " Who do you think?" " Farrebique!" "Naturally they're interested:" "the farm is so small." "They'll up the price!" "Raoul can just sit back and wait." "And Christophe!" "I bet he's after it!" "If we miss this chance, forget about expanding!" "Don't you see, Mama?" "To pay off our equipment, we have to expand." "The trouble is it means another loan." "You have enough worries." "If we listen to you!" "Paralysed?" "That's terrible!" "HYGIENIC CATTLE FEED" "What are you after?" ""The Count of Monte Cristo"." "What do you want with Monte Cristo?" "Don't you remember?" "It talks about a paralytic." "Which chapter?" "That's just it:" "I've forgotten." "Look in the contents." "Yes, of course." "Marcel, what's the matter?" "Are you sick?" "You need to throw up?" "Get him into bed." "Good Lord!" " I unmake the bed?" " Well, he can't go on top!" "Pull off his boots!" "Men are so clumsy!" "Your brother's sick." "He threw up all over." "Get a mop and pail!" "The milking!" "The cows will wait." "Dr. Vermillat's house?" "It's Hortense Loube, in Bourrel." "Can the doctor come quickly?" "My son is sick." "It looks serious." "My roast!" "It's burned." "Don't walk there, Papa!" "We'll eat it, anyway." "Call the Farmers' League." "Oh yes, the milking." "Now we woke the baby." "Geneviève, go get her!" "They don't answer." "Call Bernard, he'll come." "Telephone, Mama!" " Who is it?" " Hortense!" "Marcel just got sick." "What's wrong with him?" "She doesn't know yet." "The thing is..." "he didn't finish milking." "Right, I get it." "Shit!" "I found it." "Now I remember." ""Then she recited the letters of the alphabet, her smile questioned the paralytic's eyes." "At the letter N, Noirtier signalled yes." "Ah, said Valentine." "What do we want with the letter N?" "Na..." "Ne..." "Ni..." "No..." "Yes, signalled the old man."" "The doctor's there?" "I'll be right there." "No, I'm coming!" "Marcel is sick." "I'm going." " Is it bad?" " They don't know." "One catastrophe after another!" "You stay here." "The moped will get me there." "Hurts?" "What did you do today?" "Sprayed... pesticide." "What kind?" "Getting a... package of Lindane... a sack fell on me." "All over me." "What was in the sack?" "Methyl..." "Bladan 2." "No mask or gloves!" "Naturally!" "Don't you know that's poison you're handling?" "The phone?" "Anti-Poison Centre?" "Dr. Vermillat." "I have a case involving Methyl Bladan 2." "I need the chemical composition." "Organo-phosphorus." "Treatment?" "No question of that." "It's an accidental poisoning." "Good, thank you." "Is it serious?" "Yes, but we'll pull him through." "For now, all you can do is wash him." "Soap and rinse, soap and rinse for 20 minutes." "All of him!" "Go on!" "What happened?" "Pesticide-poisoning." "And the nurse's exam?" "In June." " You ready?" " I think so." "Stop worrying!" "Maybe it's indigestion." "They can't send help till tomorrow night." "I'll do my milking early and come over." "Absolutely no milk or fatty foods." "Lots of mineral water or vegetable bouillon." "That's enough, Mama!" "He said 20 minutes!" "The sun rises on the Cassagne side and sets over there." "I must say, it's well-oriented." "Well?" "Well... to be honest, it's not worth more than..." "1,500 francs." "Oh, come on!" "It's 1,200 or 1,300 square meters, no more." "Believe me, that's a fair price." "How was his night?" "He slept badly, but the doctor came today and said he's better." "You can go see him." "I'll help with that." "You're getting help?" "He arrives tonight." "300 francs a day, can you imagine?" "And lucky to get him!" "He's asleep." "I never asked you about your brother." "I'm going there now." "See you later." "You've been?" "No, since his paralysis, they won't see anyone." "It's understandable." "It must be terrible for your sister-in-law." "She's doing poorly, too." "Her rheumatism?" "When you think how she worked!" "You remember, back then?" "They cooked on a wood fire." "The pots were black with soot." "Remember washing the dishes on a corner of the table?" "And always going to the well." "And washing clothes in the river even in winter." "It was the women who tended the chickens and the garden and made the food for the pigs." "And to think they complain today!" " Did it work?" " No!" "My sister-in-law was there." "Then my nephew came then Jeannette so I didn't try..." "Hello, Martine." "Your baby's fine." "You want your husband?" "He's not here." "When are you coming?" "I'll tell him." "I didn't say Marcel is sick." "You did right." "Has she got long to go?" "Four more months." "She comes back sometimes for a few days." "She'll work here, afterward?" "They promised her." "First she'll work in Paris." "Post Office rules." "It's tough on Marcel." "And on Martine." "We have to go." "It did work!" "Why not say so?" "Because your sister was there." "I'll tell you at home." "Explain!" "It's easy." "First letter means "I"." "And then... "want"." "You see? "I want... you..." "to... help us..."" ""buy..." "Biquefarre"." "Afterward..." "I read it back and asked if it was correct." "He blinked his eyes:" "I had it right." "Then I said," ""Your son can take care of it"." "With his left hand, he signalled "no"." ""Why not?" I said." ""Because... you..."" ""are... friends... with..." "Raoul"." "So that was it!" "I have the system down pat." "When he wants to talk, he grunts." "Then I say:" ""Vowel?" "Consonant?"" "It goes faster." "If I were you, I'd go see Raoul, ask him to Sunday dinner." "Damn!" "Go in peace..." "I wish you a good week." "You're against forcing prices up and now you do it!" "You're wrong, Lucien." "The seller doesn't raise the price." "So who's going to get the land?" "It's simple... whoever needs it most." "Whoever has the least." "That's solidarity." "You and your solidarity!" "420,000!" "Done!" "It's not enough... and you know it." "See that?" "3 minutes and not a soul is left." "As if their rear end's on fire." "In the old days..." "Let's go have a drink." "His whole right side." "His mouth is all crooked." "But when he came with his son to make the first offer on Biquefarre, he was fine." "I mean, like always." "There's no cure?" " Another?" " No, thanks, Henri." "Pierre!" "How's the medical student?" "Today I've had it!" "I'm playing football!" "Against who?" "Clairvaux." " Where's the match?" " In Goutrens." " You have your jersey?" " Yes, see you later!" "He has the right to play football." "Afterwards, medicine." "Nothing but medicine." "He studies hard." "Help yourself." "They look good." "Are they from the Alzou?" "No, I started fishing there and all at once, damn!" "Fish floating on the water, belly up." "Their chemicals pollute everything." "The birds are almost gone." "You can't even find snails." "Speaking of that, how's Marcel?" "That's all over, but he had us scared." "So where'd you fish?" "Near Nauviale, in the Dourdou." "Get up!" "Stop sunbathing!" "Good Marcillac." "It's 3 years old." "Delicious..." "like your chicken and cèpe mushrooms." "Oh, go on..." "You still have cèpes?" "Yes, in the freezer." "I'll serve the coffee." "Just between us," "I won't hide it from you." "I want 50,000 a hectare." "No more." "With 10 hectares, that's 500,000." "Who knows?" "Nobody else knows." "Who's approached you?" "Farrebique, Bourrel and La Fumade." "Christophe, too?" "He only wants 3 hectares." "Where have you got to?" "It's simple." "Your brother offered 350,000." "Marcel offered 380,000 and a while ago..." "Thank you." "...a while ago at the café," "Lucien went up to 420,000." "Christophe can deal with the principal buyer." "What do you yourself think?" "Who needs it most?" "Farrebique, right?" "If your brother were my worst enemy, I'd say, he should have Biquefarre." "I'm sorry, Maria, but you know very well." "Bourrel has 40 hectares," "Farrebique has only 20." "I understand." "You and Raoul are pals." "Pals... that's saying a lot." "I offered that louse 420,000!" "420,000... and he won't budge!" "Can't you talk to him?" "What is the son of a bitch after?" "Lucien!" "You be quiet!" "No, I can't." "Why can't you?" "Because my brother asked me to negotiate for him." "So you're against us!" "What do you mean?" "I'm just passing on my brother's bids!" "That's what I said:" "You're against us!" "Me, your own brother-in-law!" "You're crazy!" "My brother's sick, and you know it!" "I can't refuse him that!" "This is our chance to enlarge Bourrel!" "If we miss it I swear I'll never speak to you again!" " And stay out of my house!" " Stop it, Lucien!" "Let the big lummox yell, you and I won't fight." "What's all the noise?" "Your mother will tell you." "There's this, too." "Leave it, we'll do that." "That's it..." "You can go, Albert." "We meet where?" "Montauban exit, the gas station on the right." "I'll go." "I almost forgot." "Your nephew came by today." "His latest offer, 430,000." "Well, keep me informed." "I will." "There are vegetables..." "don't let them rot." "Thanks for everything." "Go on, get going." "Know what I saw?" "Henri's nephew mowing a field at Biquefarre." "Raoul's already sold it?" "It's possible." "The vet's coming." "Mignonne is sick." "Coming!" "Oh, it's you." "Raoul's gone?" " Where?" " Toulouse, to his brother's." " Joseph?" " That's right." "Do you have his address?" "Call his sister Cécile." " May I?" " Of course." "Twist the tail!" "Go on, move!" "Come right now!" " Who was it?" " The harvester." "In the middle of the night?" "It's either tonight or in four days, so..." "I had a breakdown, it ruined my schedule." "Glad you called." "Let's go!" "Well?" "First I saw my nephew." "With what he has said plus a loan, he can't go over 450,000." "He won't get it for that." "That's what I told my brother later on." "500,000 for 10 hectares is a fair price!" "He signalled to me to look in the armoire." "I found his passbook:" "45,000 francs in savings." "And I found 4,800 francs in cash." "200 francs short, Raoul will accept that." "Maybe, but getting the money from the bank is complicated." "You need a power of attorney." "So I saw a lawyer and explained the whole thing." "The alphabet, everything." "He looked at me very strangely." "Even so, he said he'd come tomorrow at 5 p.m." "with two witnesses." "What a situation!" "And the women?" "It's a real mess." "With all the confusion, they don't know which way is up." "I told them he wanted to make a will." "Raoul wrote to us." ""Latest offer from Bourrel:" "450,000 francs"." "What do we do?" "Send him a telegram." ""Farrebique agrees..." No!" ""Farrebique guarantees" ""500,000." "See you soon."" " I'll go to the post office." " No, phone it in." "You're right." "Excuse me a second." "What's your name?" "Isabelle..." "Combes." "What's yours?" "Raoul Pradal." "She's so boisterous." "You have a very pretty little girl." "Say goodbye nicely." "Goodbye, Monsieur Pradal." "Goodbye, Isabelle." "Goodbye, Madame Combes." "I tried hiding it from her." "Then Mama learned the truth." "She never complained." "I did all I could to make her last days easier." " Wet?" " Not too much." "It's refreshing, and besides pure rainwater." "It's good for you." "Denise!" "A gardener!" "It's marvellous, I love flowers." "Saint-Sernin." "You go around it and there's the boulevard." "Hello, Raoul." "How are you?" "Come in." "You have a nice place." "Not bad." "What can I offer you?" "Nothing, thank you." "Business first." " Count it." " I trust you." "No, count it!" "You have to make sure." "It's 50,000." "No one is to know." "The official sale price is 450,000." "Just fill it out." "It's the bill of sale." "Hear the piano?" "That's my girlfriend, Isabelle." "You already have a girlfriend?" "You don't waste any time." "She's 10 years old." "And she plays like that?" "It's true," "I've seen her play." "We'll drink to this." "No walnut liqueur." "How about muscatel?" "If you like." " You, Henri?" " Some red wine." "That's enough." "You'll keep the house?" "With 2000 sq. meters." "I forgot to tell you." "It'd hurt me to give it up." "I understand." "2,000 meters more or less, my brother'll still be happy." "They'll get a loan." "You think my nephew has 450,000 francs in his pocket?" "No one must know what my brother sacrificed for his son." " Remember that." " I will..." "To Farrebique!" "I'm here!" "When I gave him the bill of sale, he started to cry." "He couldn't hold back." "Poor thing." "He wanted to say something." "It was "thank you" and he took my hand." "He squeezed it... very hard." "Then he wanted to say" ""Not a word to anyone." "Swear!"" "So I swore and he started crying again." "I swore, but... maybe one day they'll call me a thief." "Really?" "The passbook for the savings account..." "I'm the one who went for the money." "I was 30 when I built the barn." "You're 40 and you've done nothing!" "I did it, Papa, I did it!" "Subtitling by TVS" " TITRA FILM"