"Become who you are" "MY DEAR DEPARTED!" "Are they leaving?" "I tell you, my brother brought prostitutes into the spa for money." "Nonsense." "I stopped it as soon as I found out." "We argued." "He went behind my back." "José is very cunning." "José recruited me as a tantric specialist." "No!" "On the contrary." "José, Francis..." "Mr José is very polite." "He always say hello Olga and taught her lumbar massage." "It seems you like him." "Why didn't you tell us before?" "He's my brother." "It's all lies." "These are the sessions I did." "Here's my brother's list." "He signed it." "Him and no one else." "Phsyiotherapists are known to cheat." "Ask my brother how he bought his Rolex watches." "Look at my bank statements." "Just a salary." "Who knows where he put the money?" "I tell you, he's crafty." "Maybe a Swiss account." "I didn't notice." "My fault." "Marianne!" "What's going on?" "Why did they arrest José?" "I don't know, Lucie." "It makes no sense." "He was going to the police." "Of course, they won't tell me anything." "Francis and Fernand will pay for this." "No!" "Not Fernand." "José won't report him." "He's protecting him." "It's crazy." "We can't let this go on." ""A son doesn't attack his father." If I'd thought..." "There they are." " José!" "What's going on?" " I'm going before the judge." "Francis said it was me." " No!" "They can't!" " Sell the house, Marianne." "Wait." "Excuse me." "Why didn't they call me to witness?" "Francis!" "What did Carmen say?" "There'll be an enquiry." "They'll summon her." "You too." "What use are you as a lawyer?" " Brigitte, give me that." " You're leaving?" " My box." " You can't do that to me." "Do what?" "I've lived here 35 years." "And Marianne?" "How selfish." "It'll be OK." "She has her mother to take care of her." " You're her mother." " It's your turn now." " Give me that box!" " No." "Where are you off?" "Very flashy." "You're after a woman." "Don't be silly." "It's so he looks like a modern politician." "I need a hat." "I can't go out bare-headed." "Dad's clothes." "I called to ask him, but he's always on voicemail..." "That's what I came to tell you." " He'll be here in 2-3 days." " But why?" "Where is he?" " He's in jail." " What?" "I thought he did nothing." "That's why they'll let him out." "Don't worry." "It's more complicated than we thought." "So he's asked me to sell the house." "My house?" " That's too much." " I decide." "We don't want to move." "No one's moving from here." "This is the Elberts' house, and always will be." " What's got into him?" " He's protecting us." "If there are fines to pay, it'll be sold." "For sure." "I love this house." "You don't know how much." "I was born here, my children too." "We grew up here...." "I was happy here, I loved here... and cried." "Thank you for passing it on." "But if we have to leave, we have to change." "Right." "I'm going." "Wait, we'll see you off." "Coming?" "It's a stampede, I tell you." "You won't come back?" "If Mum loses it, what can I do?" "I won't disappear." "You can always phone." " Where will you be?" " Ah..." "He's got secrets." "It must be a woman." "Take me too, my dear Jérôme." "In your dreams." "Right..." "I've left a stew in the freezer." "For tonight there's leftover roast, salad..." " Sure you'll be OK?" " Of course." "If not, I'll come back." "Are you ready, for the house?" "If I'm ready for you, I'm ready for that too." "This time, I think it's a good thing." "OK?" "Chen-Xiao." "She's come to translate for me." " Hello." " Hello." "Your brother seems to be growing up!" "Don't say it." "We've lost Jérôme," "Dad's in jail, you're selling the house." "What'll become of us?" "You have to help me." "When I type in "Firmin Elbert", all I get is Chinese." "Who is he?" "The brother of Alphonse." "An old relative." "Grandma sent him away because he was black." "So he was mad." "I guess." "Can you read it?" "It's a kind of family motto." "What does it say?" ""Become who you are."" " Are you sure?" " Yes." "You're rejecting your heritage?" "You pretend to be alive." "I don't want to see this." "Well done!" "No house, no Brigitte." "Where will we go?" "To do what?" "I bet you don't even know." "We'll choose where we want to live together." "That's a good thing." "We'll turn over a new leaf." "It's great to have freedom." "Your father will need it." "Freedom..." "What are you doing with mine?" "Nothing." "You want to be mayor." "It's your right." "I want a new life." "It's my right." "Be quiet!" "I'm fed up of this angry soul." "Maybe it's Firmin." "No one thinks of him." "I do." "I've found something that..." "Oh..." "Firmin, Firmin..." "Who cares about him?" "You don't care about anyone!" "Not even your daughter!" "Heartless monster!" "You need a shrink!" "Me?" "A shrink..." "If anyone's not sick in this family, it's me." "You're crushed by life's hardships." "Let us face them with warmth and generosity!" "What's he doing to me?" "It's good to be back with one's own." "How did you find my speech?" "Inspiring?" "Oh!" "You want compliments." "Georges Elbert's the best!" "Vote for Elbert!" "Politics is serious." "I'll talk again tomorrow." "Every day..." "Hey, you." "Aren't you ashamed, making fun of politics?" "The Republic doesn't need your antics." "Go back to the past." "The future's mine." "Try your luck." "I'm trying mine." "The voters decide." "Go home!" "See?" "He's scared." "The living room!" "It's a fine building, indeed." "But it needs repairs." "Oh..." "Just freshening up a bit." "Watch it, Félix." "Become who you are" "Isn't the wind very noisy in the chimney?" "Yes." "Yes, especially when there's wind." "Oh!" "What's that?" "Nothing." "Just the angry soul." "It ate Grandma." "Must be digesting." "Can you fetch a floorcloth?" "Thanks." "I don't know what it is." "No idea." "It seems I'm a monster." "Me, Brigitte, queen of love." " What does the shrink say?" " I'm listening." "It's me who's listening." "They hate me for not having feelings." "How do I get them?" "No feelings?" "If I have feelings, it'll pass the time." "Death is long, you know." "Are you..." "Are you linked to Gérard Rebec?" "My daughter's father." "The only one who touched my heart." "He dumped me recently." "And even for that, if I try to feel something..." "Nothing." "I don't care." "Can you cure me?" "It's not my habit to give advice, but as you're a special case," "I'd say: "Don't change."" "What if I want to change?" "You spent your life avoiding suffering." "Probably with good reason." "Your armour protects you." "Remove it, and you'll be filled with pain." "Me?" "Me, filled with pain?" "He's cured me!" "I'm full of feelings!" "Here, darling." "Eat." "It's good." " Oh, no..." "I'm not hungry." " Eat." "I'm being like a mother to you." "Happy?" "You missed me, right?" "Yes, I missed you." "But in the end you grow up." " I can even do without Jérôme." " So what's my role?" "With my luck, even if you sell," "I'll haunt the place for eternity." "The poor buyers..." "Mum, the lawyer's here." "Hello." "Hello." "I need to take José some clothes." " But he's coming home today." " No." "The judge doesn't have the data to decide whicch story's true." "So Fernand must testify." "José refuses." "I have to respect his choice." " I must see him." " Make a request." "It takes a few days." "I know you want me out of the way, but José's still my husband." "If he wants his wife out of the way he must have reasons." "In 10 minutes it'll be too late for the clothes." "I'll wait." "Is it Dad?" "Is he staying in jail?" "It's going to take a bit longer than I thought." "I'm sorry." "It's awful." "A miscarriage of justice." "What if he's with serial killers?" "Of course not." "Well..." "I'll help him." "I don't know how, but I'll find a way." "I didn't want Francis to blame José." " I tried to stop him." " Good for you." "You must go to the judge and tell him." "I can't abandon Francis." "Whatever he's done, he's my son." " And José?" " It's not the same." "Really?" "Why?" "He'd do anything to earn your love." "He's given up his freedom to protect you!" "He may get 10 years in jail!" "Defend your honour, as a man and a father!" "Enough." "Don't you tell me what to do." "Anyway, you don't understand." "Yes, I do." "You're just protecting yourself!" "I am Marianne Portal." "I'd like to testify." "Go ahead." "It's about Fernand Portal, father, and Francis Portal, brother." "You denounced my father?" "I asked you one thing, and you didn't respect my wish." "Get away from me." "I took a risk." "I don't regret it." "Better to lose you than see you punished." "I can't forgive you." "Don't come back." "I couldn't count, but there were 150-200 people." "Tomorrow there'll be double!" "Is that what you call creating buzz?" "People tweet the information, and you get followers." "Very well." "Gentleman Rebec will have to eat his hat." "Beware of him." "He's nasty." "But if he tells people you're dead, it won't work." "Why's that?" "People fear the dead." "That's good..." "A primary..." "They want a primary between me and a zombie." "I don't accept!" "Twice I've just missed winning." "It's my turn now." "He's not a zombie." "I listened to him today." "Whatever he says, they like him." "Amazing!" "Even I feel like voting for him." "He's the talk of the town." "Thanks, Solange." "I know." "Stop whining." "There must be a way of defeating him." "Find a problem with his CV." "I know the problem, but it's not a solution." "You forgot the ice." "You know him well." "Can't you tell me a trick to get rid of him?" "No tricks." "They're like this:" "natural, fearing nothing, daring..." "No one controls them." "To win, you must be better than him." "I'll sort out his bonuses, and you won't see him again." "Ah!" "Mr Rebec's here." "I'll call you back." "Be quick." "I'm not feeling good." "Nor me." "Enough of the jokes." "Your ancestor must be... got out of my way." " Or there'll be a tragedy." " There's one already." "It concerns me, but may also harm your squeaky clean image as a candidate." "My husband, your son-in-law, is in jail for something he didn't do." "Testify in his favour." "Get him out, and we'll see." "I don't know him." "I'm not getting involved." " Can I have a word?" " Oh no!" "Tell her to stop harassing me!" "You know, Gégé, in your career as a bastard, you can be proud of 2 things." "You're the only man I ever loved." "It scared me so much, I dumped you." "But I'm your trophy." "The other's Marianne, the only bit of you worth anything." "If I were you, I'd water her to make her flower." "At least it'll make you a better man." "You want her shrink's address?" "Funny." "You've never been to China but you talk Chinese." "My parents talk Chinese to me." "Maybe I'll go there one day." "It's a long way." "Your old cousin Firmin lived in China?" "I don't know." "I wanted to find out, but there's nothing." "OK?" "I'm not disturbing anything?" "She's the crazy one of the family." "Do you have one?" "If you want, we can use the Chinese keyboard, and I'll search." "Yes!" ""In 1953, at Shanghai parties," ""a virtuoso pianist attracted attention." ""He was Firmin Elbert and worked at the Negro Ball."" "Look." "Your family motto:" "Become who you are." " So is it the big love?" " Stop it." " I'm full of feelings." " Keep them to yourself." "Let go." "Let me live my life, Georges!" "Firmin displayed the motto at Shanghai's Negro Ball." "How do you know?" "You translated it?" "She's a real Chinese." "Young Firmin respected what I taught him." "So you must stop this." "Did you find more?" "He was a pianist at the Negro Ball, in Paris, then Shanghai." "Even Mao Tse Tung went there." "Brilliant, Félix." "When your dad's free and the house is sold..." "It won't be sold!" "...we could go on a long trip." "First to Shanghai to visit Firmin's grave, explain what happened, Grandma's mistake, her regrets." "If he's the angry soul, he'll calm down." "Who knows when he'll get out?" "It might be years." "Even if it's not, how do you know he'll want to do this trip?" "You're right." "But I want to believe." "I don't want you to leave." "Ever." "I don't want to leave either." "I already told you." "Maybe you won't decide." "Give me your hands." "What are you doing?" "If you come alive again, you can stay." "You're young." "See, I'm warming you up!" "That's ridiculous." "You felt my teeth!" "Let's try again!" "Stop it, Claire." "You have silly ideas." "But you did feel." "We could put the sofa here." "No, darling?" "What do you think?" "Line it with expanded polypropylene, it'll be quiet." "My husband's a builder." "Become who you are" "Let's take it, darling." "OK?" "I feel at home already!" "When can we sign the deal?" "Tomorrow?" "The next day?" "I don't know." "I'll talk to my family and call you." "OK?" "So, what do you think?" "Marianne, we need to have a serious conversation." "Georges, I know what you think of all this, but please." "We'll wait for your call." "Don't move." "We know the way." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "I'm happy." "Sell the house, Marianne." "You inherited it, it's yours." "If that gives you freedom, I can't deprive you of it." "I made a big mistake, opposing your freedom to mine." "Let us talk outside." "When I came, you asked me what I was doing here." "Yes." "At first, I saw only a great opportunity to start a career in politics again." "All twaddle and vanity." "Maybe I came to bring some peace to my family." "Odd, to hear you say that." "Thanks, Georges." "I really don't know where I'm going." "But now I know where I came from." "Now, tell me how to leave, quickly." "You?" "What about your second life?" "I'm abandoning everything, the election and all..." "Because of Claire." "What about Claire?" "She has an absurd hope:" "giving me life." "Wait... that's crazy." "Maybe not entirely." "Don't say anything." "I'll deny everything she said." "Enough, José." "I gave the judge all my correspondence with Francis." "He has all he needs." "I know why I'm here." "Marianne denounced you." "I told her not to." "She was right." "I'm losing José." "And I don't know how to help Claire." "Talking to me?" "Yes, I am." "You never talked about yourself." "Really?" "Yes, you're right." "Maybe because now you're listening." "I apologize." "For everything." "I was jealous of you." "Me?" "What do you mean?" "You always thought I was useless." "Because I didn't like you judging me." "I never judged you, Dad." "What's changed in you?" " Did you see a shrink?" " Yes, as I'm a monster." "He said: "Don't change or you'll be full of pain."" " He was right." " You, full of pain?" "It's strange." "It hurts, but it does me good." "What hurts you?" "Everything." "I'm a failure." "I didn't even succeed in my death." "When I think how I left you, still a kid, with your soggy noodles." "I couldn't go on living." "You're a good man." "I'm not." "And your brother..." "The law will distinguish you." "You had your life, Mum." "You had the right to go." "I wouldn't have wanted any other mother." "I love you, Mum." "I love you." "I love you too." "The Portal case." "Don't be stupid like me." "Don't lose your wife." "To each his story, Dad." "I was mistaken, Claire." "There'll be no second chance, no eternal life, not for me." "There will be." "You'll win." "You'll be elected." "I know it." "Look, even I like politics now." "That's good." "Promise me you'll vote?" "I wrongly thought" "I could take my revenge on destiny... but I've found peace elsewhere." "In your eyes, my child." "You did that for me." "You're leaving, aren't you?" "Everyone has his place." "That's fair." "I'll come with you." " No." " Yes." "We'll be together forever." "I'm not afraid." "Mum, I'm putting the noodles to cook." "Thank you." "Don't ever forget I love you." "OK?" "It's Claire." "Claire!" "She's here." "Stay with me." "I beg you." "Goodbye, Claire." "Georges!" "I wanted to jump when I lost my mother, too." "I was your age." "I know what it's like." "We think we can't live without those we miss, but we can." "Yes, we can." "We talk to them." "They live in us." "For you." "Thank you." "There." "They're all gone." "It won't be so much fun without them." "We'll get along, but..." "You're right about the trip." "It's a good idea." "Specially if we have no house." "I want to go to Shanghai too, but only if Dad comes." "It's the lawyer." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Really?" "OK." "See you later." "Thanks." "Your dad comes out tomorrow." "Yes!" "But I don't know if he'll want to come back here." "Why?" "Because of the lawyer?" "He's angry with me for something I shouldn't have done, and maybe she took advantage." "Will you let her steal him?" "No." "She's bringing papers for me to sign, and I've an idea." " You up for it?" " Yes!" "Did I say I was going away?" "No?" "No." "Not a world tour, but for several months." "Really?" "That's nice..." "I need a break." "I've had a lot on my plate recently." "And now you're part of José's life." "Yes." "Well, I'm his lawyer." "Yes..." "I think we understand each other." "So let's be friends." "Friends..." "We have to get along, for the children's sake." "They'll have a father, but for their wellbeing, they'll need a substitute mother." "I guess so." "Do you have a webcam, so we can talk every day, keep in touch?" "It's free, too." "I think there's been a mistake." "I understand." "It's all a bit fast for you." "You'll find them adorable." "Félix, of course, needs supervision, to make him get up, go to school, not spend all night playing video games and smoking." "What?" "As for showers, we've made a pact:" "once a week." "Right, darling?" "How funny he is." "So cute." "And Claire." "Claire will be no problem." "She's very grown up." "Just, from time to time, she has..." "What can I call them?" "Mystical attacks." "But she's OK." "Very well." "Thank you." "You have two wonderful chidren." "It won't be easy for you to leave them." "But I'm glad we're friends." " Have a good trip." " Thank you." "Goodbye, children." " Goodbye." " Bye." "I know the way out." "Are you crazy?" "She's not in love with Dad." "You really shamed us." "What if she was lying?" "I'm happy." "Marianne!" "You came." "I shouldn't have." " Like the other things." " Oh, no." "I'm happy to see you." "I was unfair to you." "Sorry." "Thanks for everything you did." "Even for my father." "I must see the children." "Are they OK?" "Yes." "I told them I didn't know what you wanted to do." "I have the vineyard." "I heard you're going away." "Yes." "With the kids." "They want to come." "We played a trick on her." "Harmless." "I'm selling the house tomorrow." "See, I listen to you." " My mother, before she left..." " She's gone?" "Yes." "Georges too." "She said: "I'm a failure."" "It was..." "If I ask myself:" ""What did you do with yourself?"" ""What did you miss because you didn't dare?"" "I don't want to have regrets." "Even if I screw up, I want to go." "Like you with the vineyard, in fact." "Except I know I won't have regrets." "That's good." "You're free, José." "Someone's waiting." "Shall I tell the kids you'll come later?" "Goodbye." "What's Malouin up to?" "We said 5pm!" "Tell me, José... it's a bit early, but..." "I don't know how to say this." "I like you." "Do I have a chance with you?" "Rachida, I..." "I find you charming." "Sorry if I made you think... that we..." "I..." "I love my wife." "Glad to find you here." "Hello." "Ms Suira, I guess." "Thank you." "Well done for saving him." "Not at all." "I've drafted you a partnership agreement." "We'll see that later." "First, let's celebrate my friend's freedom with some of this wine." "My American wine merchants tasted it." "They signed a pre-sales contract." "Not for 3000 bottles." "Not even 5000." "10,000!" " No..." " I swear!" "It's good." "We'll make more of it and flood the US with it." "Well?" "Not bad, but it could come from anywhere." "Right!" "So we can make it here." "With a pretty label, our turnover's guaranteed." "Don't despise it, José." "I'm so disappointed." "He should have come at once." "I don't want to see him now." "He'll come." "Your dad always keeps his promises." " Who doesn't want to see me?" " Dad!" "I missed you so much!" "Did it go well?" "Malouin and I don't share the same dream." "At all." "Figard's not for me." "Can you leave us alone?" "I must talk to your mother." "Go ahead." "We don't mind." "OK." "Marianne, you've tried everything." "Invading ancestors, a boxing match, all kinds of whims..." "But I can't do without you." "I don't want to." "So a trip, yes, but together." "Anywhere." "But together." "I'll go." "Darling, can you go and help him?" "Yes." "What shall I do for the house?" "Should I sign tomorrow?" "Visitors!" "I can't understand them!" "Hello." "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Zhou Elbert." "My wife and son." "We're here to claim our house." "You must be mistaken." "This is our house." "No." "My house." "My great grandfather, Firmin Elbert, left it to me." "I can't believe it." "Subtitles:" "Eclair Media"