"As there are no comments, we'll sign now." "Ms Portal, your initials at the bottom of each page, please." "If I'd known that signature would turn my life upside down, would I have signed?" "Don't worry." "There." "We'll manage." "Thanks." "But did I have any choice?" "This house means so much to me." "It represents my family, my roots." "BECOME WHO YOU ARE" "My name's Marianne Portal, née Elbert." "This is my story." "MY DEAR DEPARTED!" "they're coming..." "A bit further left." "No!" "A bit less." "Yes..." "No." "A bit to the right." "Yes!" "Perfect." "Leave your ancestor alone." "You're joking, Farid." "I have it in my blood." "Ready, girls?" "Marianne, let me see you punch." "I'll kill you, girl." "I wanted to change my life, fight for my family." "Let's go back a few weeks." "It all started one morning." "I went work at the Town Hall." "Another fight awaited me." "Hello." " Hello, Marianne." " OK?" "How did it go?" " Tell you later." " Scary." "Ms Portal, I'd like a word." "Go ahead." "I told you to recruit my daughter as secretary." "Not that slut on the switchboard!" "Careful, Mr Rebec." "I interviewed your daughter." " In terms of competence..." " What?" "What?" "Babette Maupin has a diploma and has worked here 10 years." "Your daughter, despite her positive attitude, has no experience..." "Councillors can choose their secretaries." "But I recruit them." "No nepotism." "Is that Babette your friend, by any chance?" "Send her back and take Sandra." "I don't think so." "I take orders from my superior, the secretary general, not from you." "Watch it." "If you don't mind, do as I say or I'll attack your place, apply planning rules and, if you still don't get it, turn you out." "I'll scream." "Sex-starved!" "I should've had you long ago." "One good go..." " I'll kill her!" " I'm an idiot." "If he becomes mayor, he'll fire you." "Who cares?" "Too bad." "I don't care about his threats." "I shouldn't have done it." "My problems started there." "I was in deep shit." "You're smoking?" "Go home!" "You'll cop it." "I wasn't smoking." "Go home!" "May peace be within Thy walls, Lord" "Thy goodness, Thy light, Thy honour" " No way!" " Stop shouting." "Don't answer back!" "May peace be within Thy walls, Lord" "Amen!" "I warn you, Félix:" "no scooter, no going out." "May peace be within Thy walls, Lord" " I hate boxing!" " Calm down, Félix!" "Mum, can I go to Dublin with David next week?" " He wants me to meet his parents." " I don't know." "Not now." " Hello." " Bye, David." "Shit!" "It's impossible, this chimney!" "What's going on?" "I keep telling you this chimney needs replacing..." "Who wants a taste?" "They piss me off..." "Claire, don't judge." "Love and forgive." "God bless you." " See you tomorrow." " Bye." "I'm an idiot!" "I hurt myself as well." "I've had enough of him." "I want a new life." "Go for it, then!" "Me too, I've had enough of my brother." "Bossing me around." "I can't stand it." "So I'm moving." "I put in an offer on old Figard's estate." "No?" "Really?" "That's great!" "Can I be an apprentice, cutting vines, etc?" "I'm serious." "Let's both leave our jobs and strike out." "Go on, say yes." "But there's another offer." "From an American who'll pay cash." "That'd be mean." "You've helped him for years." "That counts for a lot." "I need to find financial partners." "I might make an effort." "Who wants a taste?" "We can get the money." "I can sell the house." "The house?" "I'm not leaving here." "I'm so attached to this place." "You know that." "That's why you want to sell?" "Makes sense." "Know what it costs?" "Half of our 3 salaries." "Never mind the repairs:" "the chimney, the leaking roof..." "After my punch, Rebec'll be after us." "Planning rules, restoration." "Years of nightmare and huge expense." "We can't cope." "It's not just 4 walls." "You were born here." "Us too, and your mum." "It's our history." "Your kitchen, Jérôme." "Can you cook somewhere else?" "No." "Unless your mother wants rid of her old godfather." " So you can be on your own." " Nonsense!" "Claire's right." "It's a lifestyle issue." " This house is your heritage." " It shouldn't be a prison." "It should be freedom." "I want us to be happy." "Vines for you." "You can't distinguish Bordeaux from Bourgogne." "What are you talking about?" "Sorry I'm late." "Not a good start for a reconciliation." "Mr Rebec's accused you of assaulting him, an offence requiring dismissal." "Hang on." "He insulted and attacked me!" "He grabbed me and threatened me with a good lay..." "And I'm punished?" "Lies." "She confuses dreams with reality." "You're lucky I'm not mayor yet." "Or it'd be different." "Mr Rebec suggests a way to make peace." "You reconsider Sandra Rebec for that office job." " She's not capable!" " Let me finish." "And apologize to Mr Rebec." "Apologize?" "No..." "Never." "I made an offer, she refused." "No need to beg her." "Ms Portal will type her letter of dismissal with her little fingers!" "Reconsider, Marianne." "Don't insist, I won't bend to that swine." " You're foolish." " Thanks." "It's easy to say sorry." "You don't have to mean it." "I couldn't get the words out." "You can." "Think "Sod off" and say "Sorry"." "It's easy." "We learn it in college." "Go on, I'll be Rebec." "Sorry." "Again." "Sorry, sorry..." "You see!" "Go on." "Right away, he's there." "Thanks, M. Rebec." "Mr Rebec." "I wanted to say..." "Sod off!" "Ouch!" "You're very rough." "Sorry." "What did you do?" "We'd relieved the aches." "I had a massage:" "Intense Plenitude." "It's well named." "Olga looked after me." "She's nice." "I don't know." "The spa's my brother's domain." "That's it." " Avoid Olga." " Yes." " Yes, Mr Francis?" " The schedule." "We need more..." " Listen, Francis." " Yes?" "Where do you get your masseurs?" "They're butchers." "It's not your business." "Do I criticize your work?" "No, as you've nothing to gain." "I'd like to see a certain Olga." " Sorry?" " Yes." "Me, Olga." "Hello." "José Portal." " I'm Francis's brother." " Yes." "Where did you train?" "Are you qualified?" " Me give reference Mr Francis." " Yes." " Big experience in Romania." " I see." "Take Mr Larchet to his booth." "You like scaring her?" "She's very skilled." "Customers like her." "She damaged my patient's back." "I'm the boss." "I can run a spa." "So don't bother me!" "Don't you have any patients?" "I won't bother you long." "I'm leaving." "I'm taking over Figard's estate." "Thanks." "Does Dad know?" "What's it to do with him?" "He's retired." "Where did you get the money from?" "Can't sleep?" "Am I mad if I sell?" "This house is my family's heritage." "You owe them nothing, Marianne." "They're dead." "The question is, are you ready?" "Who knows?" "I always lived here." "The other question is..." "You know what we've always said." "When you don't need me any more..." "Don't do that to me, Jérôme." "If you left me, it'd be like losing a mother and father." "It'll be hard to leave, but I can't do it without you." "Are you fed up with me?" "Does a parasol get fed up with the sun?" "Are you sleepy or shall we eat something?" "Was it wanting a new life that made me sign?" "Or was it to escape trouble?" "I don't know." "Not any more." "But soon my house won't be mine." "Don't worry." "There." "We'll manage." "And I'll never be the same again." "Thanks." "She must have signed." "If you needed more proof of love..." "I know." "Now I must rise to the occasion." "I'm happy, Mum!" "Not as happy as I am." "I told you to leave the spa." "That one looks like your old friend Malouin." "It's him." "I haven't seen him for 15 years!" " Lucie!" " Goodness!" "You're still just as lovely." "Flatter me." "Old women need that." "José!" "Oh my!" " Doing a pilgrimage?" " No." "I came to buy the estate." "Are you the Yankee?" " Yes." " Too late." "He's buying it." "No..." "Come off it, you can't do that to me." "Come off it, old boy!" "I've sold the house." "What have I done?" "Sorry, sorry..." "You're abandoning me too, band of stiffs." "There's no one to help me." "What's a family for?" "What's it for?" "Mum... tell me something." "I need you, please." "Please, Mum..." "Marianne, turn your phone on." "We're worried." "Please call me back." "It's pointless saying that." "She must turn it on to hear you." "Let's have a drink." "Then she'll come." "Where were you?" "Did it go OK?" "That's it, I signed." "This is not our home now." "Mum?" "Impossible." "I'm dreaming?" "Grandma?" "Who are you?" "Are they really dead, Mum?" "Is it you?" "Marianne?" "Yes, grandma, it's me." "You're here..." "Mum..." "Is it true?" "Did you hear me?" "Really, Marianne..." "Yes." "You're old." "Who are these folk in Dad's house?" "Hush." "Don't talk to them." "I'm Marianne Elbert, daughter of Claire..." "Of Brigitte." "I'm Claire, her daughter." "This is Félix, my brother." "Jérôme, you're still here?" "He never left me, Mum." "José, my husband." "Remember him?" "This is Marie Elbert, Mum's mother, my grandmother." "Your daughter, Alphonse." "My baby?" " This lady?" " Dad?" "Oh, Lord..." "Dad?" "Mum?" "Baby?" " I'm going!" " No, Mum!" "Oh yes!" "Shit, I can't feel anything." "Marianne, send them away." "You brought them." " I don't want to!" " Nor me." " I do." " Me too." "Me too." "Oh dear..." " Where are you off?" " For a pee." "Me too." " Me too." " Me too." "Start again." "Tell me what you did." "I didn't do anything!" "I just went to the cemetery to tell them I'd sold the house." "I agree, it's weird, but Mum's here." "That's great." "Marianne, listen to me." "In terms of science, this is heresy." " Yes." " So what do we do?" "No idea." "Call the police, the undertaker." "You see them as intruders, but they're family." "But they're dead!" "Corpses, in our home!" "No, it isn't our home." "But they're at home." "It's their house." "We'll manage, I promise you." "Get out, ghosts." "May I touch your hand?" "It's cold." "Not very." "You feel nothing?" "This is scientifically impossible." "Let's do this: close our eyes, count to 3, and when we open them, things'll be back to normal." "OK?" "Go." "1..." "She's cheating." "Do something, make it work." "If you saw me, then you were cheating too, little José." "Tell her I'm not her "little José"." "Honey, you kept my chair." "You who are the ancestor, help us to get away!" "If I had a bayonet..." "That's it!" "We'll drive to the cemetery." "Yeah!" "I bag the front seat." "Do that and you're not my dad." "Go on, Dad, do it." "José, it's silly." "But that's what they want." "We should humour the dead." "Trust me." "Come along!" "There." "This is your place." "Well... goodbye." "Why isn't Firmin here?" "My brother's dead, he should be here." "No one knows what became of him." "I used to come every Saturday to pay my respects and thank you for leaving me the house." "Wasn't it rather to flirt with old Mayence?" "Poor Gilbert!" "He's dead." "What are they up to?" "He was always delicate, mind." "A splendid man, Gilbert." "He came with little Victor, I with Marianne." "Each had a bucket and spade." "How they played!" "At 16, no more buckets and spades." "Just snogging!" "I could've tried him myself." "But Marianne wanted him." "I knew they'd get together." "Ladies, let's try to concentrate!" "How come your mum's black?" "I never asked you." "The only explanation:" "her father was black." "Grandma would never admit it." "They used to fight about it." "Do dead people fight?" "I don't know, honey." "Where did I put those boots?" " Maybe you threw them out." " I'm sure I kept them." " Will your mother come back?" " Yes." "She made a promise she never kept." "Find them, she'll keep it." "Are these the ones?" "Yes, that's right." "The operation failed." "I knew it." "My bayonet!" "What are we doing here?" "Marianne?" "Keep still, please." "If they come back, I can't cope." "It's too much." "You'll feel better tomorrow." "Do you want a sleeping pill?" "Yes?" "Marianne." "2?" "OK, 2 sleeping pills!" "Mum?" "No, Alphonse!" "Don't light it, it smokes!" ""Become who you are"." "I don't know why father chose this motto." "Nor do I." "He never told you?" "We were too small when he died." " We don't remember him." " Yes..." "Félix and I do French boxing." "You'll see." "Where is he?" "Look." "We have more to learn, but you gave us your genes." "You're our hero." "So why sell my house?" "Coming home from war to see that... is very sad." "Precious, I was looking for you." "Come and say goodbye." "Where are you going?" "It's great to see you as a young lady, but I can't stay." "Brigitte is too much for me." "She hasn't changed!" "Grandma, stay a bit more." "For me." "Your trunk's in the attic." "And your father's here." "Make the most of it." "But he's a boy." "What can I say to him?" "Where is he?" "Thank God you didn't follow your mother." "You found a good husband." "I always said that's most important for a woman." " You still say your prayers?" " No." "As long as you're happy." "How you've grown!" "I was 12, Grandma, when you died." "I must talk to Mum." "Promise you'll stay till tomorrow?" "Oh, your mother..." "To avoid disappointment, don't ask for the moon." "Mum!" "Oh no." "Where is she?" "Mum!" "Mum!" "You scared me." " I thought you'd gone." " I'd like to." "I can't stand that old bag." " You're glad to see me?" " Yes." "But now I've seen you." "You have a nice life, a proper family." "The old bag likes that." "My boots!" "You kept them for me!" "Mum!" "My precious boots!" "You're not going to cry?" "Your problem is, you're sentimental." "Forgive me, I lost my mother at 17." "Forgive me if I missed you." "You said: "Cook the noodles." They're waiting." " What you did to me was awful." " What?" "Crashing your bike into a tree." "More rock and roll style than dying in bed." "I needed you." "You made me a promise and left me alone." "Not alone, you had Jérôme." "Why is he still here?" "I'm an orphan." "It's lucky he stayed with me, at least." "Now, your promise." "Who's my father?" "Who are you talking to?" "No one." "This room's mine." "The boxer's in my room with his gun!" "Oh no..." "Félix, your feet stink!" "Go on, Grandpa, shoot!" "I can't." "The firing squad." "I can't do it." "You guys, for God's sake!" " Give it to me." " No." "You're reviving bad memories." "Try with me." "You didn't bother to aim." "Concentrate!" "Oh no!" "You did it on purpose!" "Shit!" "It doesn't work, it's no good." "What's going on?" "We want to be shot." "But try dying when you're dead!" "Between you and me, just tell me why we're here." "I don't know." "If it's to defend the house, the Elberts will do it." "Thanks, Alphonse." "Already up?" "I didn't sleep." "I'm scared they'll be back." "What can we do?" "Coffee." "Not before the coffee!" "It's wrong to sell the house." "Marianne's sold it, not us." "So why did she call us to help?" "Little José, I wasn't born here, but I died here." "It's all my father left me." "I left it to my daughter." "What do we care?" "How can we leave?" "Listen, you lot." "This is our life." "We did very well without you." "We have goals we care about, we want to achieve!" "May I?" "What's that the servant uses?" "The servant's Jérôme." "I was his first love, wasn't I?" " Ms Portal?" " Yes." "Mr Pochard, the bailiff." "I've a warrant to check salubrity." "May I?" "Look, I..." "No one will steal my father's house!" " Alphonse!" " He goes or I'll stab him!" "He's going!" "Alphonse!" "No, but..." "This is the 21st century." "We don't do things like that now." "21st century..." "Where's my tea caddy?" "Mum, who's my father?" "Stop calling me mum." "We're the same age." "I used to hide it here." "Who's my father?" ""Gérard Rebec"?" "He wants you out of here?" " You know him?" " I was born here, remember." " He was such a Trotskyist!" " Must be someone else, then." "The very one." "Gérard the bastard." "His nickname when he turned to Giscard." "I'll deal with him!" "No, no!" "I've enough problems already." "Why not tell me my father's name?" "I don't remember." "It's easy for you: one husband." "I had 1000s of lovers." "Where's my caddy?" "Is that all you care about, your hash?" "I threw it away!" " You didn't, did you?" " Yes." "You did well, precious." "Don't expect anything of your mother." "Does she love her daughter?" "Look who's talking!" "Do you love me?" "A real mother doesn't get killed and leave a child." "A real mother dies before 80 if her daughter hates her." "I was only 69!" "Don't start again!" "Does this suit me?" "I won't stay here." "Your mother's weird." "Must have been fun with her." "Not always." "Don't rub your eyes, Félix!" "I prefer Grandma." "She's difficult too." "Because she had a horrible life." "Why was it horrible?" "Stop it!" "He needs to go to hospital." "What do you mean?" "Let's see." "Rubbing's made it red." "No." "Something's wrong." "It's serious, Mum." "I'll take him myself." " Will I die?" " Of course not..." "Mr Krossman." "José Portal." "It's here." "I can feel it." "I must tell you my wife doesn't believe in spells." "Claire, my daughter." "Mr Krossman, come to help us." "Your mother?" "Didn't you get her message?" "She took Félix to hospital." "An eye problem." "I was sure there'd be trouble." "Are you OK?" "Sorry." "You can do something, can't you?" "They came that way." "We want to go that way." "When you finish groping me, show us your magic wand." "Yes, of course." "There's a blockage." "Don't tell me there are more." "It's like a soul in anger." "I'll deal with the beam first." "Excuse me." "But what about the spell?" "We're back!" "I have shingles in my eye." "My poor little boy." "A bad case." "It could have destroyed the optic nerve." "Claire has saved his eye." "I told you they were dangerous..." "See?" "I'll find out if they're causing you any harm." "Thank you." "Just a few questions." "Have you had coloured vomit?" "No." "Levitations?" "No." "Sexual obsessions?" "No." "Have you committed acts of violence?" "Yes." "You punched Rebec on the nose." "I had good reason to do it." "That's all, thanks." "I conclude that these dead people do you no harm." "Their presence is even necessary to the family." "But we don't intend to stay." "I understand." "But you have to find the way to leave." "There's a proverb:" ""The dead open the living's eyes," ""the living close dead people's eyes"." "You've missed something." "We're facing disasters." "My son almost lost an eye." " Thanks to them." " I'm sure." "Like all families, you have secrets, things unsaid." "They seem to bother you." "You have something like a knot." "There." "Right." "You've finished." "There's still a blockage here." "It bothers me." " I must come back." " We'll call you." ""Become who you are"..." "A fine, fearful motto." " Goodbye." " Bye." "What a charlatan!" "What nonsense!" " We're stuck with corpses." " Stop it, José." "You can't call them corpses." "I know you're upset, but they're here for a reason, and that's it." "We're not bewitched." "I want my kiss." "See you tonight." "Subtitles:" "Eclair Media"