"Subtitles:" "Luís Filipe Bernardes" " Your ticket, monsieur." " Have a good evening, madam." " Eva!" " So good to be here." "I'm so glad to see you!" "Eva..." "And me thinking you'd gone back to America." "Servier has been looking all over for you." "And all the time I was here." "At first I thought you were a schemer." "I remember very well." "A manipulator." "That you were drawn to Korben, to power." " Forgive me." " Don't apologize." "How I wish I had a hidden strategy, a plan for life." "I know I seem harsh." "People don't like me at first." "It takes me time to suffer and take in things." "But if you were inside my head, you'd see I have emotions." "And I deserve being loved." "Do you remember that party?" "Of course I remember." "When was it again?" "It was before all these terrible things." "It's crazy how people call themselves avant-garde." "But, in fact, no one never knows they're avant-garde." "Do you think they're seeing the same stars right now?" "Who?" "Back home." "It's daytime there right now." "Why don't we see stars during daytime?" "I guess sometimes you have to actually turn off the light  in order to see something." "A few years earlier" "You mean like closing your eyes so you can see what your dreams look like?" "Yes, in a way." "Laura, when are we going home?" "Soon." "Come closer." "Tomorrow we'll wake up in Paris." "Paris." "Welcome to the L'Oiseau du Paradis." "After Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague..." "Breathe." "Breathe." " I'm so cold." " You're not cold." "You're just scared." "America's most celebrated mediums." "This evening, it's not a performance you're here to see." "You will experience something." "In order not to disturb their concentration we ask you to be silent and refrain from applauding." "Let's go." "Let's welcome the Barlow sisters!" "First, let me begin with an apology." "I don't want anyone to be disappointed." "We won't reveal to you anything that you don't already know." "We'll reveal to you what you've lost." "Your dead." "Coming from the United States, such a young nation," "Europe seems like an open-air cemetery." "When you think about it, the ground beneath our feet is what, ten times, perhaps a hundred times more populated by the dead than by the living." "What do they have to say?" "We can talk to them." "Is there anyone here who's ready to answer me?" "Honestly?" "Is it a spirit?" "Is it a hurt spirit?" "And what about you?" "Are you ready?" "Are you ready to listen to it?" "Are you ready for the truth from two women?" "Honestly?" " No." "These things frighten me." " Come, Madame, don't be afraid." "Expect nothing, hope for everything." "Listen to my sister's breathing." "Focus on her breathing." "It's coming." "I'm here." "Mother?" " Yes." " Mother?" " Mother?" " Yes." " Is it you, my child?" " What's his name?" "If you're interested in private séances, just speak to Juncker." "I'm so glad you enjoyed it." "If you're interested, we are available for private séances." "At last we meet!" "Nice to meet you." " I loved the show." " I'm so glad." " I saw her in England." " I've got great ideas for you here." "Okay, so I leave you." "I love you." "You must meet my sister." "You'll fall in love with her." " Where is she?" " Don't move, I'll go get her." "Don't move!" "We said no more than two drinks." "We're not done yet." "I have someone important I want to introduce you to." " What about the birds?" " What about them?" "They won't fly away." "And the private séances?" " That's it?" " These are hard times for everyone." "What about Kitching?" "What did he say about London?" "He left very quickly." "We didn't have time to talk about business." " He just left?" " Wouldn't be the first time." "I'm very sorry." "Vincent, you can close up." " What is it?" " Nothing." "Go to sleep." "Come in." "I'm glad you're here." "I was expecting you." "I'm very sorry about yesterday." "I was so rude to you." " Champagne?" " No, thank you." " She, maybe?" " No, no, thank you." " You have a beautiful home." " I love knickknacks." "When I travel I collect things and when I don't travel I still collect things." " But I'm not attached to anything." " Your English is very good." " It's very nice of you to say." " You have an accent, if I'm not mistaken." "Not just a French accent." "Well, you are right." "I wasn't born French." "We can start whenever you like." "We're ready." "Okay." " We'll need another chair." " Why?" "When we summon a spirit, it's like inviting a guest." "We have to prepare for its arrival." "I see." "Martin, another chair, please." "Right away, sir." "Let's begin by taking hands." "Close your eyes." "Are you ready to believe, André?" "Are you ready to let us in?" "Yes." "Place all of your disbelief into a red circle." "Visualize the red circle." "Listen to my sister breathing." "The circle is getting smaller and it disappears." "It's coming." "What do you see?" "Nothing." "I hear footsteps." "Sir?" "Sir." "Sir!" "Sir?" "Is everything all right?" "I'm all right." "How do you do it?" "Merci." "Good night, mademoiselle." "I hear footsteps." "We won't leave until we know what steps the direction is going to take!" "Gentlemen!" "We'll gladly answer all your questions." "But you can't deny our choices toward development in these past few years and at the same time accuse us of having concealed them." "You're right, you haven't concealed anything." "But you took them singlehandedly without consulting us." "The board had better resign." "If there's war, all your ideas will go up in smoke!" "Thank you, gentlemen." "I've heard what you said." "Now let me answer." "You forget one important factor:" "the economic crisis." "That's too easy!" "Mr. Korben, we didn't ask to trade our dividends in exchange for your dreams!" "Forgive me, but that's a lie." "Your will dividends are intact." "As my predecessors have already explained... it's not about sharing the profits, but capital that is being reimbursed." " You're tricking us with words!" " Please, let's get back to essentials." "I am the first to regret... that the French film industry has fallen so far behind in new technologies." "While Americans continue to evolve, we have chosen to lay asleep!" "Do you wish to remain in slumber?" "Is that the solution you propose?" "Gentlemen, I have good news." "There will be no dividends... so long as we don't realize we must create new machines, a new practice, and innovate." "Find new ways to develop our industry." "Excuse me, I must go." "I'll call later, enter." "M. Korben!" "Sorry, I didn't mean to hassle you back there." "It's nothing personal." "I just meant to say a company can't be run by the dreams of one man alone." "I quite understand, M. Chaumette." "See you later." " What's going on?" " A carriage has overturned." "When are we going to London?" "I was thinking that we should stay here for a while." "Settle down." "It wouldn't be so bad?" "Why?" "You told me we wouldn't have any séances." "That's the point." "We should..." "do other things." " Like what?" " I don't know." "There are so many things to do." "So many things to experience." "If only you told me you were coming, I could have prepared a little better." "At least let me go put on some proper clothes." "No, please." "Stay." "Have a seat." "What happened last night gave me an idea." "I would like to do something completely unprecedented." " The man who appeared..." " Who was he?" "My brother." "He seemed so real." " I would like to film it." " Film it?" "I don't know." "We have so many contracts already." "We have a tour in England that we'd have to cancel." "We have many private séances that have already been booked." " It would come at a price." " Of course." "The séances and performances are one thing." "But what I can do is to make you famous on a very large scale which is only possible for cinema." "This is what I do." "This is my job." "Are you really going to make movies?" " For you." " Oh, you shouldn't have!" " Kate!" "Say thank you." " Thank you." "Great." "This is fantastic." "Let's make a contract." "I love contracts." "You could even move in to my place." "Laura?" "Excuse me for one moment." " What's the matter?" " Nothing." "What?" "We never lived in clients' houses before." "Why are we living with him?" "It'll be a lot nicer than this place." "You know how rich people are." "They like something for a week, a month, then they get tired of it." "Let's enjoy it while it lasts." "We need this." "He's an opportunity." "I don't shit money." "We can save and maybe we could go back home." "I've never seen so many at once!" "It smells good." "Don't you think it's a bit much?" "No way." "Otherwise people won't see anything." "You don't look the same in movies as in real life." "With less you won't be seen on screen." "Whereas in real life it's all you'd see." "He's right, in a way." "Hello, everybody." " Good evening, M. Servier." "This is a great day." " Good evening." " Good evening." "Very good Dimitri." "No one told me you were so beautiful." " Beautiful!" " Thank you." " Merci." " Not at all." "Go on, don't be late!" "Speed it up." "A little more smoke." "That's not necessary." "We've already gone through everything." " Motors running." " Is the camera ready?" "Excuse me, your glasses..." " They reflect, would you mind..." " I'm more comfortable with them." "Okay, then." "Shooting." "The Barlow sisters." "First take." "You can close your eyes." "It's all right, it's all right." "You just need to focus." " What is it?" " There's too much light." "I need light." "If I want to record anything I must have light." "I can't dim them down." " Can't we lower it just a bit?" " They have to get used to it." "I know, but let's compromise." "Just till they get their bearings." "Emiliano, could you cut one lamp, please?" " Sorry, if I cut I'll ruin the take." " Then diffuse it a bit." " Do this for me." " What do you mean?" "We need to be able to control our own performance, just like our séances." " Who will direct it?" " I will." "I've seen what Servier's doing." "It's not that complicated." "How would you talk to the crew?" "You don't even speak French." "I could speak French." "I can learn fast." "Je peux apprendre." "It's a profession." "You've got to learn it." "It seems easy, but it's work, lots of work." "I'm not afraid of hard work." " I can feel your fear." " I'm not afraid." "So now, please, go." "Do this for me." "Take your seats, quick!" "I know what you're going to say." "Sorry, André, but what are you expecting?" "Some kind of manifestation?" "A ghost?" "When you say it like that, it sounds ridiculous." "I don't think you understand." "I believe technically we're able to reproduce the images you saw." "...or what the girl is seeing while we're shooting." "That's for sure!" "So what's the problem?" "I don't know what I'm after, but I feel we lack ambition." "They are fascinating." "Don't you think?" " My opinion?" " Yes!" "The younger one is hard to film." "Too introverted, too sulky." "The older one has something, however." "She presence, emotion, personality." "I couldn't take my eyes off her during the whole séance." "Cameras aren't necessarily fair." "It's the younger one who's gifted." " How do you know?" " Attend a séance and see for yourself." "Let me fantasize for a while." "Say we take Laura... and give her the lead role in a film, as a spirit, of course." "She helps a young widower make contact with her deceased husband." "Suzanne, did you hear that?" "Great idea." "Take it down." "It don't need just an inspiring role." "We'll use her just as she is." "With all the the expertise she already has." "We'll release it to the press that it's a real spirit that plays the role." "That'll make great publicity." " How long do you need for a script?" " 5, 6 weeks." "Two months tops." "Great!" "There we have our project." " Good afternoon." " Laura!" "You're on time." "I'm not used to." "This way." "There." "Don't be afraid." "This time we'll take them off." "You'll see just fine." "Excuse me." " Screen test, Laura Barlow." " Scene 1, take 1." "Forget the script." " What's your name?" " My name is Laura Barlow." "Laura Barlow, where... comme..." "d'où venez vous?" " Where do you from?" " Where do you from?" "I'm from Rochester, New York." " Rochester?" "It's a city?" " Yes, it's just north of New York City." "It is a cheese, not a city." "Well then, read some of the text." ""Life in the Resistance had established a solid bonds among these men."" " Liqueur?" " No, thanks, I don't drink." "No, thank you." "You're probably wondering whether I'm eccentric, right?" "Let me answer you right away." "I am not eccentric." "I'm not an occultist." "I'm not in to black masses, rituals or potions." "I am extremely rational, commonplace even." "Look at me, Korben." "If I'm here, it's because you too have some questions yourself." "I can see you're trying to keep calm." "But you're wallowing in doubts, uneasiness, and desires." "You must explore... a lot!" "And not rely solely on intuition." "These events must be approached scientifically, and only then shall we know." "I must meet the girls, especially the youngest." "I met her briefly in Warsaw but I never got to experiment with her." "That's why you asked me to come, right?" "But I must warn you:" "It's very expensive." "Money is no problem." " They are the only photo evidence available." " But they're grotesquely rigged." "Good or bad, they're always rigged." "What are you looking for, after all?" " Let's see what our crew proposes." " Right here, this minute?" "Yes, now." "Go on, open it." "They're only preliminary try-outs." "We can still improve." "You shouldn't apologize in advance." "Let me see." "We created the wraiths by embedding the images in black and white negatives so as to get white, blurry silhouettes." " Very impressive!" " Very alluring." "Great!" "Good work." " You've done a nice job." " But?" " But I have other ambitions." " Like what?" " To shoot real phenomena." " But we have to move on..." "To move on we must capture any kind of manifestation on film." "The slightest trace of spiritual presence, that's what'll guarantee instant success." "Just imagine!" "It would be the first time ever." "Authentic photos of paranormal phenomena." "Nobody has ever seen that." ""You promised to try."" ""They are waiting for us." "Come." "Just an hour, no more."" " "Pointing to the window."" " No, that's not a line." "You underestimate the audience's maturity." " Fantastic!" " Funny, I imagined her in black." "This spirit isn't supposed to be eerie." "I wanted it sheer, like a ghost." " Don't listen to him, he's in an awful mood." " He's right." "Good morning everybody!" "Good morning, Émile, everything okay?" "I love your dress." "Fernand!" "Thank you for coming, my dear Fernand." " Here, this is Laura." " Pleased to meet you." "She's never acted before, so we'll have to help her." "That's enough." "Everyone in their positions." "Clément, in position!" " Quick, everybody." " Laura, knocking hard on the door." "Yeah." " Clément here." " Okay." "Sitting here, right?" "Eva will play the role, so sorry." "Is everybody ready?" "Oh, I forgot!" "I'll explain the context." "You are Clément, a young successful painter, recently widowed." "You can't manage to forget your deceased wife." "Your agent is tormented by your lack of inspiration... has forced you to meet Maggie, a world-famous medium from the US." "The séances overwhelm you." "Upon contact, you regain inspiration by connecting with your deceased wife." " Understand?" " Sure." "You obviously fall in love with each other." "Only, Maggie thinks it's your wife you've fallen in love with and not with her and that can love your wife but only through her." "You're deceiving her while being with her." "And later, you're distressed because you don't know whether it's Maggie you've fallen in love with or whether through her you're living a tragic love story all over again." " Can I ask something?" " No." "Keep your doubts to yourself." "It's better that way." "Let's go." "We're already behind." ""Fatal Apparition", take 1." "Action." "Clément!" "Where are you?" "I can't see you, it's so dark." "Not so loud, Laura." "Clément." "Where are you?" "I can't see you." "It's so dark." "I don't want to go." "Are you sitting with her again?" "You promised me." "Promised you'd try." " They're waiting." "Come." " No." "I can't keep my promise." " It wouldn't be the first time either." " Just for an hour." " It's right over there." " You don't understand, Maggie." "They want to see you in the daylight, Clément." "I want to hear you addressing the living." "If go any further, it's as if I'm abandoning her." "As we're alive, she can see us." "She gives us her blessing, do you understand?" "What we feel?" "Don't force me to give words to my feelings." " You talk too much." " Turn around!" "Turn around!" "We have to see you!" "I haven't said half what I have to say!" "I conceal nothing here." " What is there to conceal?" " My affection." "Turn again." "My need to see you all the time." " Your need to talk to her?" " No." "Turn once more." "The fear when you arrive, the fear when you leave." " I beg you." " My distress..." "There's nothing worse than to deceive the deceased." "I shall go away, Clément." "This studio is a mausoleum." " Goodbye, Clément." " I'm going to kiss you, Maggie." "You can still stop me." "You kiss me so you won't lose her." "When I kiss you, we are three." "It's an orgy." "Cut!" " Weren't they a little too close to the table?" " No, it was great." "Let's go on." "Back to your positions, please!" "What are you worried about?" "It was great." "I don't know." "I had a feeling I wasn't real, and yet I was exposing myself." " I was embarrassed." " Everybody feels that." "That's why you were so beautiful." "You have to let go, that's what you need." "To give up." " Give up what?" " Trying to understanding." "Thinking you need to know the emotions in order to portray them." "There's no need to have experienced them." "That's why you act." "In order to experience things more intensely." "Things you haven't done." "So now let's get on with the film." "Do you understand?" "I don't know." "But I'll do it." " Leave your pride aside." " It's not a matter of pride." "I must get this right." "That's why I'm scared." "I want everything to be right." "I want to experience everything." "Calm down." "So far all goes well." "Right now, this is your life:" "your room and a movie set." "By acting, you will start feeling." "Don't be afraid." " Do you dream?" " What?" "Do you often dream?" "Do you remember them?" "I don't know." "Look in the mirror." "We'll try something." "Tilt your head back, slowly." "A little more." "A little more." "There you go." "Good." "That's it, Laura." "Let yourself go and don't be afraid." "Disappear." "Come on, hurry up!" "We're coming!" " Laura!" " Bon soir!" "Silly!" "Jean!" "Jean!" " You're beautiful!" " Stop it." "Really, both of you." "Let me introduce you to my friends." "They're disgusting." " I need a cigarette." " Me, something to drink!" "We are one of those whose fate is a poison." "We explore Ethiopia relentlessly." "I never noticed that was a mirror." "He who waits patiently behind the canons dominates mankind." " That's why I prefer Mussolini and despise..." " Oh, indeed?" "Compared to what we have here, Mussolini's policy..." "Screen tests are great." "It doesn't feel like work, you can do things without thinking." "How I envy you." "Reminds me of when I started out." "Besides, you have nothing to prove." "Don't forget you're not here for any inherent talent..." " ...but for your gift." " But it's my sister who has the gift." "So what?" "If a mistake was made, take advantage of it." "Anyway, I must confess I don't believe in any of that stuff." "I'm an incurable skeptic." "Pardon my bluntness." "Do you know where the word "skepticism" comes from?" "No, I don't." "From the Greek skeptikos, one who investigates." " Who is this man?" " I haven't the faintest..." "Let me introduce you..." "Eva Said, Professor Ulé, specialist in metapsychology." "Meta-what?" "Ulé?" "I knew a person with that name..." "First name Enc, I believe..." "You see, mademoiselle..." "Your lovely laughter which has irradiated throughout this room... in the future may perhaps be recorded by a machine capable of capturing distant echoes of the past." "Just like finding fossils in the ground." "You are in a sense we are all ghosts of tomorrow." "My, what an adorable evening!" "Forgive me, Professor." "Please go on." "Who could imagine that one day... there would be cameras capable of reproducing your faces?" "Your movements, your voice?" "Who?" "In other words, everything that seems so commonplace to us today... before they existed were seen as figments of a child's imagination." "Thank you." "That only proves one thing, Professor." "No one can predict the future." "You probably won't succeed in convincing Eva, ...but we haven't seen the last of this." "Let's just see what happens." " You're really of megalomaniac." " A what?" "After being psychoanalyzed, the lady now surprises us with outlandish words, names the breeds of every bird..." " It's snowing." " It's true." "It's really snowing." " It's snowing!" " Everybody outside!" "No!" "We must be methodical!" "There's no pleasure without method!" "Is it the lipstick?" " Bye." "See you on Thursday as usual." " It's not that usual anymore." "Stop pounding on me!" "You're too big for that!" " But I feel dizzy." " It's just because you drank too much." " Come on!" " No, I don't feel like it." " Darling!" " Stop that, you bastard!" "What a dirty word in such a sweet mouth." "Men to the left, women to the right!" "Where are you shoes?" " She's really beautiful, isn't she?" " Who?" "Eva." "Sure, she's beautiful." " Watch your step." " Thanks." "Good night." "Funny." "I've never been in here." "But it's fine." "It's cozy and homely." "You have a view of the garden and the plants..." "You see people as well, but only the legs." "You'll be fine here." "Thank you." "Since you came into my life, everything has changed." "Meeting you was very important for me." "Well..." "That may seem trite to you." "No!" "It's as if you've opened a door I can't close anymore." " Laura." " Yes?" "I want us to hold a séance." " Here?" "Now?" " Yes." "I thought you didn't want them anymore." "Besides, Kate's asleep." "She's very tired and so am I." "I'm not sleepy." "I really want to." "Kate?" "How was it?" "Kate." "It was good." "Right?" "Yes." "Yes, it was good." "You know." "He's not his brother." "Prepare a room for the Barlow sisters on the guest floor." "Yes, sir." "It's the pink room." ""She transferred to a friend their need for affection..."" ""...and slept side by side under the same cloak..."" ""...under the glittering stars."" ""Then, in their constant wanderings..."" "Hmm, smells good!" " Fine perfume." " No." "Bye." "He's just left." "You're not going to eat anything?" "Are you all right?" "You should." "The soup will warm you up." " What were you saying?" " Just saying the soup..." "Tell me again." " Good evening." " Good evening." "I was trying to not get in her way too much." "She said maybe if she had some spare time she'd teach me how to make it." "Thank you." " Did it taste good?" " Excellent, thank you." "Do you know why I never married?" "No." "Because I don't like having to account for my actions." "My employees and shareholders are just about enough." "But not at home." " Do you understand, Laura?" " Kate, finish your food." " What?" " Finish your food." "We're going." " I'm sorry." " You asked us here." "If we upset you, we'll leave." "We can manage very well alone." " Kate." " But I haven't finished." "We need to be free." "Sometimes I feel as if we're just your servants." " I hate that feeling!" " You're wrong." "What do you expect from us?" "What do you want?" "What I want?" "I want you to stay." "I need you." "Laura, I need you." "Well then..." "Well..." "Forgive me." "Can I finish?" "Have a nice meal!" " Juncker!" " What a dress!" "Not bad, huh?" " Hungry?" " No, thanks." " Do you mind?" " No." "Well?" "Tell me." "What?" "You didn't come here just to talk about my dress." " I'm closing the club." " Why?" "The clouds are piling up." "And a found another place." " In Paris?" " No." "I'm forming my own troupe." "An act of my own." " I'm through with it there." " But why?" "New things to do." "A better public." "It is time for change." "It's time to leave." "Where are you going?" "Back to Berlin?" "With all that's going on?" "Certainly not." "I couldn't even if I wanted." "I have the crew, soon I'll be filming in the south." "I have everything." "I have a film." "Kate?" "Kate..." "Come with me." "What does this mean?" "How many séances have you had alone?" "How many?" "You look at me when I'm talking to you!" "How many?" "You're jealous." " Laura." " What?" "Stay away from her!" "Do you hear me?" "So you need us?" "I know what it is you need." "It's disgusting!" "What are you implying?" "That's not true." "You simply don't understand anything." " Everything okay?" " I'm glad I'm leaving." "I want to see the sea." "French Antonin Magne gains speed." "German Weber right behind him." "The heat here is overwhelming." "The duel is between Magne and Weber as they approach the finish line." "He's just a wheel ahead." "And the victory goes to France!" "Germany is left with the choucroute." "The crowd is roaring!" "What a day!" "What a day!" " What happened?" " Nothing." "INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METAPSYCHICS" "Can you wait to cash it?" "Just for accounting purposes." " Sure, no problem." " Thank you." " Here." " What's that?" "A laxative and diuretic." "Completely harmless." "There, drink it up." "Great." "Sit back as much as possible." " Like this?" " Great." "Take off your watch, please." "Sure." "Get ready." "We start in about two, three minutes." "Go, Korben." "Everything okay?" "Laura?" "How are you?" " You must be exhausted." " I'm used to traveling." " Want a cigarette?" " Yes." "There was no need to rush here." "They're going on strike tomorrow." " It can last for two or three days." " Two or three days?" "A strike?" "Yes." " Word is getting around about Korben." " What do you mean?" "Gossips, rumors." "What kind of rumors?" "Check out the poor fellow." "Everyone picks on him." "Then it doesn't work with the family because he talks to the to the family every night, you know, on the phone..." "Don't skimp." "I always loved poetry." "People usually say that they do poetry, but it's wrong." "It's poetry that does them." "Right, precious?" "Oh, you've got it bad, huh?" "Sometimes he bites me." "He's got asthma." "He's kind of fussy right now." "He's probably a little depressed." "Laura!" "Nice of you to rescue me!" "I was never going to get rid of him." " Rescue?" " Yes." " Yes, he has truly lost it." " He just drank and drank..." "He may be an alcoholic." "It's common in this profession." "Take me, for instance." "He's kind, but a little..." "kind, right?" " I didn't picture you like that." " Really?" "How did you picture me?" " So you live at Korben's, right?" " Yes." "But do you live at Korben's or with Korben?" "With." "It must be weird living there, huh?" "I don't know." "That's just the way it is." " Give me that!" " You can't work with this much sunlight!" "Wait!" " I didn't bring my bathing suit." " Who cares?" " Come on!" " I'm coming!" "I'll cool you off a little." "# Tomorrow we're on strike #" "# On Tuesday, we're on strike #" "Come." " Louis." " Yes?" "What kind of rumors?" " About what?" " Korben." " What are you doing?" " You'll see." "My advantage is that I always carry all my stuff with me" " Stuff?" " Yes, stuff." "Equipment." "Tools." "Why are you showing me this?" " Why are you showing me this?" " Don't you recognize him?" " Who?" " Watch closely." "I don't want to." "Look." "It's Korben." "But surely you see it's not him." "Why... why are you doing this?" "Why do you want to harm him?" "Okay, take it easy." "Don't be prudish." " Careful with my equipment!" " Go away!" " Leave!" "Scram!" " Okay, okay..." " Quick!" " Okay, I'm going." "One, two, three, four, five." "One, two, three, four, five." "Who is it?" "Are you okay?" "Here... a gift." "Kate, I know all this we're doing is a strain for you and I don't want to force you." " Are you doing all right?" " Yes, I'm all right." " Tell me the truth." " It's true." "Good." " You still don't know who the man is?" " No." "I don't know who it is or what he wants." "I try to, in vain" "I look forward to the next séance." "You know, it's said that we can conjure up people who were important to us." "But it's the other way around." "Ghosts are often people to whom we were important but whom we ignored." "Sometimes it means nothing at all." "They come back because they aren't done with us." "Right now we can't keep it running too long." "The lighting emits radiation which may be harmful." "If everything works, it should capture rather clear images." "The variations and the amplitude are read by the equipment." " It's outstanding!" " But let's not build false hopes." "Go ahead, Korben." "It's my father." "When I was a child, he used to show me the rabbits." "Then he disappeared." "Is this where you are now?" "You look like a bum." "Are these your friends now?" "Your new family?" "You have no family anymore." "The prayer was dedicated to your mother." "How dusty it is." "Help me, then!" "You're never here when we need you." "I'm going home now." "I'll be seeing you." "No, stay." "Dad..." "Open the windows!" "Water!" "Let her loose!" "Quick, take off the hood." " It's all right." "It's all right." " Yes." "It went well." "Are you coming?" "I'm ready." "I asked the seamstress fit down your pants." "We're no giants." "They were too large." "But it'll work out." "As for the shoes, unfortunately we only have 37s." "JEWISH WHORE" "We can put some insoles, okay?" "That way they'll become a smaller fit and won't fall off." "Neither will you stumble." "It will be better for you." " Silence." " Okay, go!" "Cut!" "Cut, please!" "Where is Lefebvre?" "Okay, let's start over, easy..." "What's the matter?" "You're pale." "It's nothing." "I'm just cold." "No, it's not cold." "You're scared." "It's understandable." "It is a strange job we have." "But you're really good at what you do." "Now listen, if you're afraid, just look at me." "And if you are unsure of a scene, look at me." "Okay?" " Let's go." " Fernand!" " Thanks." " Yes, we're coming!" "Let's go!" "Kate Barlow has call from Laura Barlow." "Kate?" "Yes it's me." "Tell André to be careful." "About what?" " Everything." " Okay." "Okay, I will." "Keep talking." "Tell me how you are." "Fine." "I'm fine, really" "It's crazy." "Don't think we've ever talked on the telephone before." "Never been apart." "It's like I'm hearing your voice for the first time." "I know." "It's a very strange feeling." "What are you up too?" " Professor!" " Well?" "As a terrible confession." "It's grief you feel for your future." ""I know you've always wanted what was best for us..." "I mean, for him."" " You're not there, Sylvette." " How can I?" "I can't concentrate." "Look carefully, it is very fleeting." "Pay attention, it's coming!" "There!" "There!" "There it is!" "There...!" "There you have it." "Extraordinary, eh?" "I'm going back to my room." "André, it's too underexposed." "What can we do with these images?" "I'm sure Servier could get something better with special effects." "I don't know." "What can I say?" "You've already spent 2/3 of the budget with this camera." "That's enough." "You promised me you wouldn't." "What are we going to call them?" "Leave the birds alone, please." "Come, sit." "You know how much I love you?" "You know that, right?" "Yes, me too." "I'm so sorry." "Sorry for what?" "I'm sorry we never talked about it before." "Talked about what?" "I don't understand." "You know." "No, I don't." "You do." "You're telling me you've seen things as well?" "It wasn't the same." " I'm not doing any more séances, right?" " No." "It's over." " Miss Barlow is in room 14." " André." "I'm going back to Paris." "What do you mean?" "You're abandoning the whole crew halfway through?" "You're completely out of your mind." " No!" "I experimented!" "I know the images can't be used, but they're a great point of departure." "I feel like I'm awaking from a long nightmare." "I don't give a damn if you wasted all your money to make your own movie." " No, not a film, my film!" " What annoys me, what overwhelms me is that I don't trust you anymore." "There is nothing in those images." "Nothing." "You're completely off your rocker." "What's worse, you don't realize it." "Wake up, André." "Listen to me." "Wake up!" "Nothing?" "No, you're exaggerating." "Please, stay." "I don't believe you!" "I don't know why you're so upset." "We don't have to do this to make money anymore." "Have you noticed how our life has changed?" "I make movies now." "Soon, we won't need anyone." "We'll be like before." "We won't even need André anymore." " I like André." " I know you do." "I like him too." "But I'm the one who should be taking care of you." "I am the one who should make you happy." "You need to go to school, you need to play with friends your own age, you need... you have to laugh." " I laugh all the time." " That's not true!" "I don't even remember the last time I heard you laugh." "Kate?" "You're so pale." "Are you okay?" "Kate!" "Kate!" "Kate!" "Help!" "Somebody help!" " Find a doctor!" " Un médecin!" "Cherchez un médecin, vite!" "She was unconscious, and there was blood running from her ears." "Is she in puberty?" "No, I don't think so." " Does she often have dizzy spells?" " Sometimes." " Does she throw up?" " Sometimes before going onstage." " Insomnia?" " Yes." " Has this happened in school too?" " She doesn't go to school." " Why not?" " We hold séances." "What does that mean?" "She establishes contact between the living and the dead." "It doesn't look good." "It could be leukemia." "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Lie down." "There, there." "It's okay." "There's a poem about birds that I like very much." "Should I read it?" "Would you like me to?" "I always loved anything that had wings." "As a child I often went out in my forest" "From a nest I'd take a bird ever so small and built them a cage made of straw." "I let them grow amidst green moss." "Later I would leave my windows ajar." "They didn't fly away." " I don't want to die." " You're not going to die." "Yes, I am." "But you shouldn't be sad." "No..." "I'm not dying because of the séances." "It's because I'm dying that I had it." "The gift." "I'm meant to meet ghosts." "J'ai un rendevous avec les phantômes." " Do you believe me, Laura?" " I believe you." "I don't know how she does it." "I've never tried it." "What are you talking about?" "Her gift?" "Yes, André." "The gift." "Letting people see those whom they most want to see." "And men like you, even the most skeptical, eventually came to believe in these things." "Although they knew they were fake." "Everything else is just talk." "Is that what you believe?" "Is this mass hallucination?" "Is everyone blind?" "Are all the rumors unfounded?" "The shareholders are demanding an explanation from me." "Whether you want it or not, I demand your resignation, M. Korben." " What did you say?" " You heard me." "But everything is accounted for." "All expenses have been justified." "It was a miserable transfer of funds... and you let yourselves be seduced by an infamous campaign against me." "As for the film we're working on..." "Oh, yes, the film." "We can talk about that." "Sure, talk as much as you want." "Frange?" "Just resign, André." "The issue here is to avoid being sued." "I understand." "It's a difficult job to handle your affairs." "You want my head?" "So be it." "Sue me." "I'll be waiting." "Not a cent of the company has come to my own pocket." "Every franc has gone into making the film." "And you know it!" "So much for French currency." "What about foreign currency?" "What?" "I don't understand." "What are you implying?" "If you're referring to the English technicians again, ...how sordid of you." "Why try to justify yourself, M. Korbinski?" "Forgive me for calling you by your real name, but how can we trust a foreigner in times like these?" "I'm afraid you're making a great mistake." "I'm just as French as you are." "Shameful!" "A cup of coffee, at least?" "Sure, why not?" " May I?" " Please do." "Thank you." " Laura?" " No, thank you." "What are you doing here?" "You should be resting." " Good coffee." " Yes, fine." "Did you choke?" "What's happening?" "Well, gentlemen..." "It's okay." "Everything's going to be all right." "Everything's all right." "Hey!" "Look at me." "Go get some rest and do what's to be done." " We have to go." " Yes." "Don't be upset, dear." " How is she?" " She's well." "They said something about a clinic in Biarritz." "It will be fine." "They'll take good care of her." "Sure." "Did you get the money order?" "Yes." "Don't worry." "This is a just some kind of misunderstanding." "Haven't you read the papers?" "I don't care what people say and all this muckraking." "Muckraking?" "How blind can you be, André?" "It's not muckraking." "It's hate." "I wrote a letter to the Minister of Justice explaining everything." "Soon this will all be over." "I have been deprived of my French nationality." "According to Servier this can be reversed but as a foreign prisoner I'm not allowed to write to the minister." "So you deliver it to him." "He's a good friend of mine." "Here, take it." " Keep cool." " I am." "You have to believe in justice." "Laura, look at me." "It's funny." "Yesterday I had the strangest dream." " You were in it." " Go on." " It was a wedding." " Yours?" "Ours." "Oh!" "Kate was also there, but there were no guests, no one." "So I hired extras." "The three of us strolled by the chairs." "We laughed, and even kissed each other." "The orchestra played a tune from my childhood." "And then?" "Then... that was all." "Are you trying to say I'm the woman of your dreams?" "Maybe." "Maybe?" "M. Korbinski, André." "Born April 21, 1887 in Gdansk, Poland." "Nationality:" "Polish." "Please be seated." " A question." " I'm not answering any questions." "What is this?" "What..." "Please, no photos!" "No, no, no!" "I'm not acting here!" "This isn't a comedy." "It's a tragedy!" "No filming!" "No filming!" "No filming!" "Stop filming!" "Stop filming me!" "Stop!" "Don't film me." "Please, don't film me." "Any news?" "He was sent east two months ago." " Since then?" " Nothing." "You hear horrible things about those who were sent away." " People talk so much." " Maybe." "These days it's sad to say but..." "maybe it's best not to believe in anything." "Expect nothing, hope for everything." "How is she?" "Kate passed away last winter." "Servier might have a role for you in his next film." "Nothing big, but it's a start." "Plenty of new parts will come later." " Look him up in my name." " Thanks, Eva." "We're going to begin shooting." "Silence, please?" "Silence, please!" "Don't cry." "Action!" "Nanny?" "Nanny, wake up!" "Wake the children up." "You have to see this!" " What is it?" "Is everything all right?" " Yes, everything's all right." "Better even." "The orphanage is saved!" "Wake up, children!" "You have to see this." "Look!" "Falling stars!" "See how beautiful!" "Tonight we must thank our lucky stars." "Let's sing, children!" "The sky is so clear." "Tomorrow will be a great day." "Absolutely great." "Subtitles:" "Luís Filipe Bernardes"