"Lay down." "Lay down, sleep..." "Then wake at dawn... and rise with the sun... the same as when I was a little boy." "I belonged to this land." "Like my father, and his father, and his father before me." "This land has given me everything." "Always, she's carried me." "LAST WINTER" "Do I pay it to your account?" " No, make it out to the co-op." "In 60 days, ok?" " That'll be ok." "Hey!" " Hey!" "Your calves have gone then?" "I ran into Jacques." "He told me it's been a tough year for the co-op." "Don't listen to everything he says." "We're going to do the paperwork." "Things will work out." "Every home, every household, deliver them from evil." "St Anselme, bless the herds, guard them and keep them." "St Apolline, bless the herds, guard them and keep them." "St Amaury, bless the animals, and deliver them from evil." "St Flavie, bless the herds, bless their progeny." "St Geraud, bless these farms, watch over each one of them." "St Edmond, deliver these herds from evil, them and those who lead them." "St Judith, keep the herds under your holy watch." "St Joseph, bless the herds, guard them and keep them." "St Elisa, bless our animals, and deliver them from evil." "Amen." "You're tired, Jacques." "Go home." "What?" "You're falling asleep." "Go home." "I'll walk with you." "I can't pay my share any more." "Can you pay yours?" "It'll be OK." "How can it be ok?" "We're selling at a loss." "We took what they were willing to pay." "It's not enough." "I'm not the only one who won't be able to pay." "How's your sister?" "It's been a while since I've gone to see her." "Thank you." "I ran into Helier." "He's made a proposal to the co-op... to all of us." "He says we should talk it over with the Italian guy." "Helier's calves aren't enough." "The Italian wants to buy more." "He wants to know if we are all interested." "What did he say exactly?" "The Italian takes the calves young, raises them in feed-lots, in Italy" "It would mean not having to keep them as long." "There'd be a little breathing room." "We'd get better prices, it would cut our costs." "Helier is selling us out to the Italian." "It makes him look good." "And he probably even gets a cut on our sales." "Who knows what kind of deal Helier has with the man?" "I'm not against it, if there's a real gain in it for us." "But we're not big enough to work like Helier." "Nobody is telling us to work like Helier." "Only change the way we sell." "Let's vote." "You haven't said anything, Johann." " You know what I think." "You all know." "Working with the Italian means rearing more calves, and that means more cows." "It'll change the way we work." "Then what will our work be?" "Shipping our calves off to be bread like battery chicken?" "It's money." " I'm not changing the way I work." "Are you in a position to turn down such an offer?" "Helier has never done anything for the common good." "Helier doesn't care what's good or bad and he's better off than all of us." "Let's take the votes." "You see, me, I want to survive." "It's not you they hear, but still your father speaking." "Are you head of the co-op?" "Well, think about all of us." "Use your brains... it's a fucked up world..." ""I'm not changing the way I work..."" "You're burying us all." "The co-op voted no, Helier." "They voted no because of you." "It's what you wanted." "Your father, he would have accepted in your situation." "My father wouldn't even be here talking to you." "You've been told way too many stories about me." "I really hoped we could have talked, you and I." "When your father set up the co-op, it was the right thing to do." "But today, now, Johann... be realistic." "You're young, you're strong." "You're a hard worker." "It runs in your veins." "Today it takes more than that." "I don't give a damn what you think." "How is your sister?" "Fine." "What do you expect?" "Do you really think that things will work out for us?" "You'll never make it alone." "I'm not doing all of this for me." "It's for all of us." "I don't need your help." "I'll keep working my way, as I've always done." "Well..." "Bye." "Goodbye." "Where are you going?" " Going to cover hay." "Wait." "We need to hurry." "Tie this." "You better get home." "Your parents will be worried." "Come by the house." "We'll go over the insurance papers." "I'll help you." "Help me do what?" "All the hay, the equipment..." "There was nothing I could do." "The roof is gone." "You look worn out." "I'm ok." "It's almost time to bring the herd down." "You were always able to tell when the snow was coming." "Don't catch cold." "No." "Are you eating well?" "Yes?" " Yes." "Good." "I'm glad." "Can I help you?" " Yes." "I need 5,000. what is 5,000'?" "I'll be getting some 50,000 from the insurance." "I can't. it's too much." "Your bank balance needs to be back above zero." "Your accounts will be frozen." "I won't be able to help." "What am I supposed to do?" "I've brought the herd in." "I need it now." "Wait for the insurance money." "It'll be less risky." "Can't the co-op help you out with the hay?" "I'm asking you, Franck." "I'll call the insurance company this afternoon." "I'll get this to your account in two days." "Hi." " Hi." "It's in there." "There's a problem." "I need to see your inspection certificate." "What difference is it to you?" "If you check the right box or not?" "Your salary won't be any different." "I could lose everything." "There was no inspection, was there?" "There was no inspection." "Goodbye." "What difference does it make to you?" " I'm sorry." "What time is it?" "I don't know." "When is the insurance guy coming?" "He's already been by." "It's going to be ok." "Alright?" "And you?" "Come on in." "The insurance won't pay." "I can't." "I wish I could, but there's nothing I can do." "This was bound to happen." "We both knew it." "Since when have you not paid yourself?" "What did you expect?" "Why do you think I didn't take over my father's farm?" "I chose this job to avoid that life." "Not to bring other people down." "Help me." "It's over." "I have done as much as I can." "Here." "Put this on." "Why?" "You're coming with me." "Where?" "Home." "I don't know if I can." "Of course you can..." "Come, let's go." "That's Pierre." "Sylvain's son." "Can I take some string?" " Sure, go ahead..." "Come in." "What are you doing?" "Come to my place." "I can't." "My sister's here." "What's she here for?" "You can't take care of her." "Come to my place." "I have to stay here." "OK." "I'm going." "Wait, I'll walk with you." "I invited him to eat and sleep over." "OK." "He said ok." "You can stay." "Marie?" "Don't worry, it's ok." "Show me this..." "All you have to do is get the symmetry right like the other ones." "They all want to vote again." "They're going to accept Helier's proposal." "We need to." "Times are too hard." "I'll get by without you then." "My father always took him along, except at night." "Why?" " He was too young." "Father used to tell him to sleep." "But he wouldn't." "I watched over him." "Here, inside the house." "He loved being outdoors at night." "He often got away." "How?" " He'd wait for me to fall asleep." "And then he'd slip outside." "He'd go up into the hills." "He wasn't scared." "Nothing frightened him." "He'd walk far... far..." "How do you know?" "I'd wake up and he'd be gone." "I'd be scared." "My father always found him." "Miles away from home..." "Johann!" "Open, it's Granet!" "I have a court order for you." "Open the door, it's all too serious now!" "Johann!" "Where is Johann?" " I don't know." "You should go inside." "Come on." "Hi." "Is he here?" "Everything is rotten." "One day you have a throat ache." "The next they tell you you're rotten to the bone." "Some things should be left alone." "I never imagined this." "Where are my sons?" "My sons?" "Where are they?" "I've also given my entire life, just like your father." "I only wanted to help, that's all..." "What is it that makes you believe things are going to work out?" "Why do you let yourself be seen as nothing but a rock?" "Why can't you let the world move at its own pace?" "I'm here." "I'm here." "You can go now." "Go..." "I'm cold." "It's not your fault." "You won't be able to stay here." "This is all I have." "That's not true." "You're wrong." "You'll take care of yourself." "Johann!" "Why are you hiding?" "Johann?" "Leave me alone, please." "Johann!" "Walk the rest of the way." "Go home." "Don't come back." "Pierre..." "Pierre..." "Tell me a story." "Sleep." "Tell me a story." "See you in the morning." "OK, see you."