"Forgive me, Lord" "I didn't want to be such a bastard" "Little chimney-sweep!" "Little chimney-sweep!" "Little chimney-sweep!" "Little chimney-sweep!" "Come back, little chimney-sweep!" "Please forgive me!" "Please forgive me!" "Ladies and gentlemen, our century is about to end." "Let us bid it farewell during its last few moments!" "13... 12... 11... 10... 9... 3... 2... 1..." "Zero!" "Ladies and gentlemen:" "I wish you all a happy New Year... and above all, a happy New Century!" "A very happy century!" "Happy century!" "Widowhood... for how long?" "Until I find the next one." "You still wish to marry me?" "For men, marriage's a game  for women, it's their life." "People marry less and less." "More misery in this new century!" "First I saw the day." "Then I saw the days go by." "Rainy days." "Ordinary days." "I was ten, then I was twenty." "Who remembers?" "'Twas a while ago." "I grew up." "I don't know how." "Winter came, then came spring." "Came the war, came the Germans." "I saw people dance, so many people." "I saw old friends." "The military and the militants." "I saw a penny become a buck." "'Twas yesterday." "A long time ago." "I saw buildings soar." "I saw intrigues and love stories." "I never talked about my life." "I knew it was forever." "Gone are the street carols  the street girls, the street life." "I saw it all on the screens." "I even saw children killing children." "And I found the world to be unbelievable  and then just plain, miserable." "Count?" "Henri?" "The police are after you." "You said I was here?" "No." "But I took your bags  and your travel wallet, just in case..." "Excuse me, but I must leave." "You leave it, you lose it!" "There just aren't very many counts like you!" "Am I for real?" "More than real." "It'd be a pity to stop!" "I mean, counts like you are a dream!" "A legendary count." "That's it!" "The Count is not a count!" "Everybody believed I was." "Even me!" "Maybe in your lineage?" "Who knows?" "Family trees are intricate." "A real count wouldn't be as swift as you." "You're always sparkling." "It helps." "Some real ones look real fake." "I've seen them." "You met your wife in my house?" "That's right, sir." "That's why you can ask me to do anything you want!" "How old's your daughter?" "It's a boy, sir." "5 years old." "Just like the cinematograph." "May he be as successful." "Thanks, Henri." "I'm glad you remembered the wallet." "If something happens to me, it's yours." "Why are you saying that, sir?" "We're lucky we only had one flat tire." "They made such progress with tires..." "Sir!" "Stop!" "Hands up!" "I said, "Hands up!"" "Drop your gun!" "Drop your gun!" "It's not me!" "I saw it all." "It's suicide." "And the gun?" "I didn't do it." "I swear I didn't." "Henri Fortin, on the day of the ball, you said  one of the servants heard you  "It's the last time he humiliates me with his shoes!"" "That person, Your Honor, has always been jealous  of the Count's friendship." "And Bouvier, since we're talking about him  never got over the fact that I became the Count's driver." "Next time, sir!" "Your shoe should be fine now." "I fixed it at both ends." "You'll waltz along just fine, sir." "Obviously, you're not the one dancing." "Your impression?" "One more round." "He planned to kill himself." "He said:" ""If I die, keep this wallet!"" "You're judging me on appearances." "What about the truth?" "The truth!" "Don't say a thing." "Just look nice." "And don't do anything foolish." "Say: "Yes, ma'am, yes sir!"" "Okay, honey?" "You'll see." "It'll be fine." "Look, it's pretty." "Hello." "They said there's work here." "Can't you read?" "No." "It says: "Handyman wanted."" "I'm good at everything." "And him?" "My son." "No, no." "I want a man." "We left Paris long ago." "We need work." "He's old enough to work." "We only ask for room and board." "Why did you leave Paris?" "No work there in the capital?" "Help us." "My husband's in prison  for murdering a count, but it was a suicide." "I beg you." "You learned your math?" "Go under the ladder!" "This is bad luck!" "If you've got problems with the police, we don't need that." "No more credit!" "Please, we are so poor!" "Only tonight, for New Year's Eve." "Naturally, Mr. Boudin made eyes at Mrs. Bouton" "Naturally, Mr. Bouton made eyes at Mrs. Boudin." "Therefore Mrs. Bouton made..." "with Mr. Boudin" "Just what Mrs. Boudin made with Mr. Bouton." "Make 'em pay before they get drunk!" "Yes, sir." "You're a cute one." "Here, honey." "Drink up and go to bed." "Now, before the New Year begins  I suggest you all do a little dancing!" "And let's hope that 1901 won't be as miserable!" "Happy New Year!" "You too!" "Happy New Year!" "Happy New Year, honey." "I love you." "Hey, cutie-pie!" "I'm proud of you." "Henri, I'm near Arromanches, by the ocean  where life is cheaper than in Paris  and where I found room and board for my and our son  at the hotel "William the Conqueror" named after the owner." "It's on the beach, and people from the area all come here to have fun." "I'll write often, because the priest  who is now writing this letter  will write them for free  in exchange for some housework in the evening." "I'm ashamed to tell him I love you  but I know you didn't kill the Count  and he believes me." "About our son:" "I must say he is very brave  and helps at the hotel." "So I no longer call him Leopold, but Henri like you." "Finish the letter." "I'm in a hurry" "Yes, sir." "So I no longer call him Leopold, but Henri like you." "And then?" "That's all, sir." "Period, then!" "Thank you, sir." "No name?" "Your wife, Catherine." "About our son:" "I must say he is very brave  and helps at the hotel." "So I no longer call him Leopold, but Henri like you." "What's that mean?" "He's got the same name as you." "Good idea." "I work on Sundays for an old lady farmer." "I am earning some money  and I'm saving it to get a lawyer to reopen your case." "The man writing for me is very kind  and writes just like I speak." "As an accountant, what did you count?" "I worked with Mr. Eiffel  up until the Eiffel Tower was built." "With Mr. Eiffel?" "Yes, Eiffel." "Gustave Eiffel." "What happened?" "The blueprints called for..." "building four stories." "I screwed up the accounts." "So you pocketed the 4th floor?" "Only built 3!" "I don't care." "On the 3rd floor, I already feel nauseous!" "What shall we write  in your wife's letter?" "Say I love her." "You already did." "We'll say it today and again tomorrow." "Well, that's nice." "And she says it too." "So we'll say... "I love you"." "And what else?" ""I love you." "I love you a lot  passionately, madly."" "That's all?" "It's important to say it." "He'll read three pages of "I love you a lot"  and he'll think you're a fool." "He?" "I'm not writing to him." "I'm writing to my wife." "He reads it." "Tough luck." "He's vital, like me." "I'm not asking you to think or comment." "Just write my "I love you's."" "It's monotonous." "What?" "I tell you  maybe I'm too intellectual, but the art of writing  is about re-reading." "Your wife will want to re-read the letter." "She'll hide it in her clothes or under her pillow." "If it only says "I love you", she won't want to re-read it." "She'll find it boring and monotonous." "Nice... but boring." "She can't read!" "So why write?" "I ask you to write "I love you"  and you make all this fuss!" "I'm not!" "Then who is?" "Me?" "Yes." "Let her put the letter wherever she wants!" ""I love you" won't show the scenery." "No description, no nothing." ""I love you" shows it all!" "Why do people write books then?" "You don't write books." "You rip off whole floors!" "I don't rip off!" "I show love in my own way." "Go tell Eiffel." "Mr. Eiffel." "I still respect him." "But you stole his floor!" "Is that nice?" "What?" "Better say "I love you" than steal a floor!" "He'd have forgiven me, had I dared tell him!" "Go say "I love you" to Mr. Eiffel!" "I do love Gustave." "Are you one?" "Are you one?" ""I love you, I love you, I love you..."" "It goes on like that for three pages." "Could you read it all?" "Yes. "I love you, I love you, I love you..."" "Near the dog!" "Over near the dog!" "Go on, dig!" "Dig here and there!" "Wait!" "There's another one!" "Get out of here, asshole!" "Get out of here!" "Congratulations!" "Get him!" "To the cage!" "I, the prison friend your husband calls "Eiffel Tower"  am writing today  to say that your husband's courage and determination  will help him through this ordeal  and he'll soon be out." "I'm sending a song inspired by our life here  a song dedicated to you." ""I'm sending a song inspired by our life here  a song dedicated to you."" "So, without that dog he'd have escaped!" "Maybe." "Do you want me to sing the song?" "Yes." "If you ain't lucky enough" "To have a dad in jail" "And a mom who had the supreme decency" "To kill herself by gracefully inhaling a gas pipe" "If you've never stolen" "Or picked the pockets of innocent bystanders" "There ain't nothing to forgive" "You just ain't our kind of guy" "We steal jewels and garbage cans" "From weirdos and jokers alike" "So sorry, good people" "This is the poor man's ballad!" "If you ain't lucky enough" "To be supremely illiterate" "If you don't know plated handcuffs" "From golden cufflinks" "If you've never broken the law" "Or the virtue of a poor maiden" "They can never convict you, lad" "Everybody should be so lucky!" "Behold the jails, the stockades" "Behold the guillotine's sharp blade!" "So sorry, good people" "This is the poor man's ballad!" "Next time it's the guillotine!" "What's going on?" "I want to love you too!" "Don't say that!" "You'll be better off with me than at the hotel!" "I'll protect you!" "I must find someone else to read my letters." "When will you visit your husband?" "When I get permission." "I'm sorry." "The writer, is he trying to teach you how to write?" "You're silly!" "You're not answering." "I am answering." "But why all these questions?" "Who cares?" "You'll have to learn to live without me." "It was a miscarriage of justice!" "They'll find out one day." "Don't say that." "He needs a father." "I can't do it!" "That's a horrible thing to ask." "I can't do it!" "You can." "Because you're strong." "No, I'm not." "Not now..." "You are." "You're beautiful!" "I don't care." "I'll cherish this image." "I don't want to forget you!" "Let fate decide." "Who knows..." "When are you leaving?" "On the next boat." "Shouldn't I come to Cayenne?" "Isn't one jailbird enough?" "What do I tell the kid?" "Not to trust anyone." ""Jean Valjean's escape"" "Where's the kid?" "He's not working." "Maybe he's working outside." "Get him to work!" "Yes, sir." "Weird how he vanishes whenever we play a movie." "Find the kid?" "Yes, sir, in the bathroom." "He's a bit sick." "No sick people here." "I ain't paying no doctor!" "Yes, sir." "In the mine, there's an underground river and a well." "Between the two, there's about 50 yards of underground water." "It'll take about 2 minutes to cross the water." "Without breathing." "Then we climb up the well." "Climb 300 feet up the well?" "We'll see about that later!" "The hardest thing  is to manage the 2 minutes without breathing." "Count!" "I can't." "Come on!" "90 seconds ain't the end of the world." "I managed to do it." "Let's try again." "Okay, okay." "Anybody here want to tackle my champ?" "Nobody?" "100 bits to whoever beats my champ!" "100 bits!" "The champ's tired." "He's getting tired." "100 bits!" "Cash!" "Me, sir." "Come over." "It's his decision." "He's a courageous little boy!" "Wait, wait." "20 bits  if you can hit him." "Anywhere!" "Eiffel Tower's coming back!" "100 big ones to put a rope in the well." "Say what?" "100 big ones to put a rope in the well!" "Where's the money?" "In Paris." "You pay upfront." "How will you reach the well?" "In the mine, after work." "Just leave us." "How many of you?" "Two." "That's 200." "So?" "He wants 200." "You got it?" "Unless my wife spent it!" "You said you'd give me more!" "More?" "You're a greedy one!" "No, sir, but lawyers cost a lot." "Then, listen, I know people who'd pay a lot for hair like yours." "Really?" "Yes." "And if you want more, much more  I can introduce you to some fine people." "People?" "Yes." "We'll share..." "Listen, the man I told you about is here." "He's a notary." "That's almost like a lawyer." "Yes, sir." "Go ahead!" "Four glasses at once!" "That's good!" "Keep an eye on her." "Any problem, just call me." "Come on, help me!" "Go ahead." "There's no rope!" "You okay?" "I can't, Henri, I can't." "I can't anymore." "It's slippery." "Help me!" "I got you!" "I'm slipping!" "I can't... anymore." "Don't let go!" "I can't..." "Henri, I can't." "I can't." "I'm slipping." "Hold on!" "I can't." "Come on!" "You can do it!" "Pull me!" "I got you!" "Hold me!" "Use both hands, Eiffel Tower!" "Hold on, dammit!" "To the cage!" "Let's go." "Go and get your mother!" "Somebody's waiting for her." "Mom?" "Mom, someone's here to see you." "Madam, we regretfully inform you  that, while attempting to escape from jail  your husband passed away today, at Fort Joux." "What's your mother up to now?" "Come on, gentlemen, let's go!" "Fortin!" "Fortin!" "Fortin!" "Go on!" "Anyone who was in the Verdun hospital remembers that day clearly." "It was snowing when Kid Marcel and his challenger  private second-class Henri Fortin entered the makeshift ring." "The fight was a benefit for the wounded and war widows." "There, Henri Fortin, age 23  experienced his first three minutes of happiness." "That moment changed his life." "It gave him the courage to leave his childhood manager  who'd used his strength and abused his innocence  to the point of not letting the boy go to school." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "I have been informed, just now  that the war is over!" "For the record, they stopped fighting there, on that day of peace." "Three months later  Henri Fortin became a middleweight champ." "He kept the title for 13 years, until 1931." "But that's another story." "May I disturb you?" "Please do." "The manager says  he's never seen a critic applaud." "I wanted to thank you." "I just do this to pay my way through college." "It'll be published in the morning?" "I can read you some." "Yes, please." ""Tonight, at the Opera, we saw the umpteenth performance of Cosette  but, alas, a Cosette without Cosette." "We cannot understand why they made a star  out of Elise Renoir  whose clumsiness and blunt point work  only makes us nostalgic for the great Anna Pavlova."" "Why did you applaud then?" "Maybe I'm not reading this right, who knows?" "Will you really print this?" "And the rest, which you didn't let me finish." "I'm sure that if Victor Hugo had known you, he'd have wanted  to be a choreographer, or something like that." "That's funny." "Here, this is yours." "I'd keep it..." "Keep it!" "You can keep my pen too!" "You keep the flowers!" "Thanks." "I don't dare ask who they're from?" "Isn't it a bit early to be jealous?" "No." "The same night, Henri Fortin gave up boxing  after a dreadful fight  that almost left him blind." "We were in 1931  a few years away  from what would become the most miserable of times  and from Henri Fortin's painful rebirth." "Henri Fortin" " Boxing Champion MOVERS" "Anybody can beat a black man in the snow!" "They beat the hell out of you!" "Be careful!" "Great pianists have played this piano." "Yes, sir." "What's the solution, Your Eminence?" "There's only one solution, General!" "Free the hostages!" "The terrorists!" "Hostages!" "Hostages which you picked at random." "Terrorists, who cowardly killed 3 of our men in the subway." "Push this way." "Lift it!" "You all right, my son?" "Yes, father." "Let me explain..." "what's going on in our time." "It is the wicked plot  of a tyrant or a traitor  against people who are somewhat normal  indifferent and very kind." "And then..." "I mean, usually..." "Calm down!" "You seem awfully flustered!" "It's always about maidens." "Like the maiden's lover wishes to ruin  the traitor's plot..." "and that's, you know..." "That's his story?" "Yes, that's what I just said." "That's Jean Valjean's story." "A bit shorter than Victor Hugo's novel." "I made it short and snappy, unlike Hugo's novel which is  full of holes and gaps and inconsistencies, whereas my story..." "People have been calling me Jean Valjean!" "That's because you're strong!" "Strong?" "Yes, he was strong!" "It happened at a time..." "It was quite a period, quite some time ago..." "A horse carriage got stuck in the mud." "He lifted it up to rescue a guy who'd gotten caught underneath it." "He lifted the carriage and saved the guy's life." "It was beautiful." "That's why!" "I lifted a piano recently." "A guy was caught underneath." "Yes, yes!" "I mean  in those days, horse-drawn carriages were fashionable." "Now it's pianos!" "Do you know someone who could read me the book?" "I'm sorry, Mrs. Ziman." "Dancers of Jewish origin are no longer allowed to perform." "You know I'm Catholic." "Yes, but you converted to Judaism  to marry your husband." "You're right." "I'm a double Jew, and I'm very proud of it!" "Will she replace me?" "In order to be objective  Radio Paris invited the vice-president  of the Anti-Jewish Press Association  to share his views." "Then what, Dad?" "Coming!" ""One day, Don Quixote saw 30 or 40 windmills." "30 or 40 windmills." Period." ""Looking at his squire, he said: "" "Colon, open quotes..." "What's up?" "The show's cancelled." "Just for you?" "What do you think?" "What about the house in Normandy?" "Hi, honey, how are you?" "Studying?" "It looks like I have a contact in Switzerland  to help us at the border." "You just want to run away." "I'm no hero, Elise." "I'm too soft for the Resistance!" "I only want to save you!" "What did you do to be hated so much?" "Our concierge, who knows her stuff, keeps telling me:" ""You Jews are all good or all bad." "No middle ground." "If you're not a bad Jew, you do what Jesus did  you switch religions!"" "Funny!" "Then expect to be crucified." "I already am!" "I'm married to you!" "So am I!" "Happy birthday!" "It's not my birthday." "Open it." "The Marshal wants us to celebrate Mother's Day  every year." "Every year?" "To forget the husbands at war." "It's pretty." "I'll always keep it!" "If the concierge asks, you don't know where we're going." "Last trip!" "You're driving the truck?" "We wanted to take the train..." "But with all the checkpoints..." "Shall I give her the keys?" "Yes." "The truck ain't comfortable." "We don't mind, we're after safety!" "Okay for the truck then!" "Thank you!" "Without your new address, I can't forward the mail." "I'll write you when I get it." "You know you can trust some people?" "I know, Mrs. Martin, thanks." "You're leaving for good?" "Yes." "I'll drive them." "Take the train." "What?" "Take the train." "Here are the tickets." "1st class." "1st class!" "Thanks!" "Thank you so much." "Good luck, good luck." "What do you do?" "Until last week, I was a lawyer and my wife a dancer." "Until last week?" "That's why, if we run into a checkpoint  you must let us off, and we'll cut through the field." "No problem." "Would you do me a favor?" "Of course." "Could you read me this?" "It's big!" "We have a way to go." "Tell me about Jean Valjean." "People say I'm like him." "In this book, everybody looks like everybody." "It's full of people you've always known." "I can tell you all about Cosette." "I danced her 49 times." "How can I put it?" "The story begins with a mistake." "Jean Valjean is sent to jail for stealing bread." "Today, it might seem incredible  but stealing bread was a major crime then." "Those were  miserable days!" "Almost as miserable as today." "So he was jailed at Cayenne..." "Wasn't it at Toulon, Dad?" "You're right, honey." "Thanks." "And poor Jean Valjean, he wasn't lucky enough  or rich enough, to get a good lawyer." "He got 19 years of hard labor." "And when, after 19 years of hard labor, he got his freedom back  if you want to call that freedom..." "In those days, when they set a prisoner free  they gave him a convict's passport." "He had to have it stamped wherever he went." "A bit like the yellow star our people wear nowadays..." "One night, on the road, Jean Valjean  exhausted, unable to find room and board anywhere  knocked on a bishop's door." "A knock that changed his destiny  and made a new man out of him." "Come in!" "I was told to knock here." "Could I have some soup and a place to sleep?" "I'll pay." "Come in, sir." "The name's Jean Valjean." "I'm an ex-convict." "Yes, ma'am, hard labor!" "My passport says, "Dangerous!"" "That's the Lord's business." "Hand me your things." "Mrs. Magloire, please set a new plate." "We will be eating presently." "And while you eat, sir  we'll make your bed." "You let me eat, you call me sir?" "Mrs. Magloire, in honor of our guest  go get the silver cutlery and the candlesticks." "You must be surprised, sir, to see such wealth  in my house, when I should be the poorest man around!" "But the candlesticks  and the silverware come from my grandmother." "They're dear to me." "Lord..." "Give us your blessing and please bless  the food you have given us so generously." "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." "Hand me your plate, sir." "Don't forget to put the white linen on the bed in the alcove." "Your Eminence!" "The man's gone!" "He stole the silverware." "Why on Earth take such a man in?" "Lucky he didn't cut our throats too!" "At least I'd put the candlesticks in my room." "Look at what the man was carrying!" "We checked his passport and searched him." "I knew he'd had supper at your place." "We arrested him." "But..." "But why  didn't you tell these gentlemen  that I'd given them to you?" "And moreover... you forgot your candlesticks!" "I'd given them to you too." "Why didn't you take them?" "Go get the gentleman's candlesticks." "Go on, get them!" "You gave him this?" "Of course!" "I had nothing else to offer." "So, then we can let him go?" "But of course!" "Return his goods." "Take them  please, sir  and no longer belong to evil, but to good." ""It's your soul I'm buying."" "Good priest!" "He's a bishop!" "To boot!" "Looks like a checkpoint." "You sure?" "Sure looks like one." "Cut through the field, we'll meet further down." "Thank you, sir." "Thank you, sir." "Goodbye, sir." "We'll continue later!" "What's the house like?" "Ready to move into." "Many people can't read?" "More than we think." "But they can still be nice!" "Could the gentleman still go to school?" "After the war, I'll teach him." "You'll study together." "After the war, I'll take up sports!" "I'm winded." "Thanks." "I owe you more than Jean Valjean owed the bishop." "What happens next?" "Where were we?" "He just got the candlesticks." "Then comes the little chimney-sweep." "Come on, climb in." "It was a real checkpoint!" "We got 'em!" "Who's the chimney-sweep?" "I'll tell you." "I like this truck!" "What do you want?" "My coin, sir." "What coin?" "Under your foot." "Buzz off!" "My coin." "Buzz off!" "My coin, sir!" "Buzz off!" "Little chimney-sweep!" "Little chimney-sweep!" "Your coin!" "Your coin!" "Please forgive me!" "Little chimney-sweep!" "See that furniture?" "Doesn't go with the house." "Goes too well, you mean!" "I'm almost sure, they're Jews." "Easy to find out." "There, that's the last piece." "We're done, Mr. Ziman." "Here, sir." "I made you a sandwich." "Very kind." "Thanks." "So, after the chimney-sweep?" "I told you, everything changed." "He became obsessed with good deeds." "He sold the silverware and candlesticks." "Not the candlesticks!" "You're right." "And then..." "What's that?" "A clothespin." "Read it!" ""The Germans are here  to arrest all the Jews." "A caring friend"." "Salome, grab your doll!" "Salome, quick!" "Quick, we've got to go!" "The furniture!" "Drop us off at the station." "What's going on?" "Just drop us off at the station!" "You can't leave the furniture!" "Please, to the closest station." "Hello, is this the police?" "I want to report a moving truck." "It has "Henri Fortin, Boxing Champion" written on it." "It's carrying Jews." "If I pay you 10,000 Francs, would you drive us to the border?" "I've got a contact." "I'll pay your men to return by train." "We're moving all week long." "20,000?" "I'd move a circus for that price!" "But I've got committments." "On the road, I'd have the time to read you "Les Miserables."" "It's just beginning to get good, with Gavroche  Cosette, Javert, Marius, Fantine, and the Thenardiers..." "Who?" "The Thenardiers!" "Who's that?" "It's you, me." "When we get very angry  we become a Thenardier." "Over here, ma'am." "Do you know anyone who could keep my girl for a while?" "I have a job in town." "That's a cute little girl." "What's her name?" "Cosette, ma'am." "What a nice name!" "You know someone?" "I have my two angels." "They're yours?" "Me and my husband's." "They're lovely." "You think you could take care of her?" "How old was Cosette?" "When Fantine left her:" "3 years old." "When Mr. Madeleine freed her:" "7 or 8." "Same as when I arrived at the Guillaumes." "This is really my story." "In the history of the world, only 2 or 3 stories  keep recurring forever." "Yes, but here I'm both Cosette and Jean Valjean!" "It's powerful!" "Wait!" "You lost me!" "When you talk about Fantine, I see my mother." "The Thenardiers are just like the Guillaumes." "So, Cosette has got to be me!" "So long as you're not Javert!" "You're sure there are only 2 or 3 stories?" "How many times have the Jews had to hit the road?" "And then?" "Then things got much worse for Fantine." "She had to sell her hair, her teeth." "Even her body!" "She died of sorrow." "Incredible!" "How old were you?" "7 or 8 years old." "Like Cosette." "The boys wanted to go home." "We'd been gone 2 years." "In Belgium." "... in Waterloo." "It wasn't called that yet." "So the Emperor..." "I don't like this." "What are you doing behind me?" "I don't like having people behind me!" "Since Waterloo, I hate it." "We had English in front and behind." "English in front and behind!" "They were everywhere!" "And the English are not nice people!" "They're cruel!" "Go fetch water!" "Take the bucket and fetch water!" ""Suddenly, the bucket seemed very light." "An enormous hand  had grabbed the handle and was lifting it up." "She looked up." "A tall figure  was walking beside her in the darkness." "With her keen instincts  the child felt no fear."" "Let me carry this, little girl." "Come on." "How old are you?" "Eight, sir." "Who are your folks?" "I don't know" "Your name?" "Cosette, sir." "Where do you live?" "At the Thenardiers." "Anybody home?" "What's up?" "I need gas!" "I open at 6." "Tell him we'll pay well." "We can't wait: we'll pay well!" "What's well?" "What's well?" "Whatever he wants." "What do you want?" "1,000 Francs!" "Ridiculous!" "You asked for it." "Say it's okay." "It's okay!" "A Thenardier!" "You seem to be a rich man, sir." "To do good, one must be generous." "10 gold coins." "You hear that, Ma?" "He's offering 20 gold coins for all our suffering." "Selling our daughter for 30 coins would be a sin." "50 gold coins, and she leaves now." "If you offer 50 gold coins so easily  then you can manage 100!" "Ma'am, kindly pack her belongings." "Here's an order which authorizes me  to take her now." "Who'll vouch for it?" "Me." "Who are you?" "Mr." "Madeleine, Mayor of Montreuil!" "Fetch her or I'll have you arrested!" "Don't take it like that!" "We agree!" "Don't we?" "Of course we do!" ""Cosette was leaving." "She did not know with whom  or where she was headed." "All she understood was that she was leaving the Thenardiers." "Nobody thought of saying goodbye  nor has she thought of saying goodbye to anyone." "She was leaving  leaving  leaving that house where she'd been hated and felt hatred  in her heart." "She felt something." "She felt as if she was getting closer to God."" "Boarding School for Girls" "And then?" "Then?" "He took her to a convent." "What's your name?" "Salome Fortin." "What grade?" "I'm in 5th grade, at Mozart High." "Mozart." "You're old enough for communion." "Yes, ma'am." "How about you, sir?" "Are you religious?" "Am I...?" "Religious." "Oh, yes!" "I go to church every week." "I take my girl, too." "Oh, yes." "I am a believer." "Really." "If I weren't a believer, I wouldn't have come here." "She studied catechism?" "Oh, yes!" "Well... she started." "Right?" "Salome?" "She's intimidated." "She is usually more talkative." "Tell the Mother you studied catechism." "I studied catechism." "See!" "You're not worried that she's starting here in midterm?" "So long as she starts, it'll be good for her, I think." "Will you be able to see your... daughter often?" "Oh, yes!" "Whenever I can." "You brought her up on your own?" "Yes." "Like a boy." "So I want you to make a girl out of her." "Right, Salome?" "You'd like that?" "We'll make her into a girl." "Why are you doing this?" "What's the use of crying now?" "Why all the screaming?" "Are we helping our kid  by destroying each other?" "He's a good man!" "It's a good school!" "Salome will be saved!" "You're a pain in the neck!" "Always afraid..." "Now, I'm the one who's afraid!" "Cute!" "You're a coward!" "Again..." "You see me in the Resistance?" "No way!" "No way!" "If I join the underground fighters, it's all over!" "They'll all get arrested." "Within five minutes!" "You coward!" "You're scared shitless!" "I'm not a coward." "I'm a Jew and that's obvious." "What can I do?" "If I go to see our daughter in her Catholic school  they'll know immediately that she's Jewish!" "You like to think that." "You're so scared you like it!" "Now what?" "What do we do?" "Tell me, since you're so strong and so smart!" "Divorce, that's what we do!" "Great!" "We divorce!" "That's a great way to save Salome!" "It would save her!" "I can change my name, go back to the Opera  and I'd get my girl back!" "I want my girl!" "You have many boarders?" "Before the war, up to 500 of them." "Now there are only 21." "Thanks to Salome!" "Well, I leave her in your good hands." "Goodbye, Salome." "No kiss for Daddy?" "Goodbye, baby." "I'll get going." "Take care on the road." "I will." "You'll come back often?" "Very often." "Salome, say the "Our Father" for me." "Quick!" "You're sure about the school?" "No problem It's under control." "Let's get back to "Les Miserables."" "We were with Javert." "How can I put it..." "Madeleine  has redeemed himself." "Say "Mr. Madeleine."" "Otherwise he might think it's a woman." "I'm not that brain-damaged!" "Between the two of you  I'm getting confused!" "I'm sorry." "Mr. Madeleine's fine." "Let me explain this." "Javert really likes Jean Valjean." "That's his problem." "He's also pulled  by the friendship he feels for the guy." "It's like a boxer you fought but that you respect." "But Javert is still a cop!" "He's a cop." "That I don't like." "You really feel good about the Mother Superior?" "I do." "She's just like the bishop in the book." "Which God's the real one?" "Yours or Dad's?" "Both, I believe." "Why are the prayers different?" "Because he loves to hear prayers!" "It must be here." "Your sawmill." "You want me to drive you?" "We'll split here." "It's safer." "Well, as they say..." "May I kiss you?" "My pleasure!" "Well, let me kiss you too." "If you pick our furniture up, keep the antique dresser." "Which one is it?" "The most beautiful." "You paid me more than enough!" "Call it my candlesticks." "Bye, Valjean!" "Dress warm." "There's snow up at the top." "The doll!" "Your kid forgot the doll in my truck!" "Doesn't matter!" "Beware of the Javerts!" "They're worse than the Germans!" "I'll wait." "Just in case your contact isn't any good." "You remember the password?" ""Our best years are yet to come."" "That ain't enough." ""Buffalo Bill's son  doesn't shoot as well as his father."" "You know the deal?" "My wife." "I'll introduce you to your traveling companions." "You're in luck." "They're leaving tonight." "Mrs. Ziman, my wife." "They said a moving truck carrying Jews?" "Yes, chief." "There he is!" "Move the checkpoint down the road." "I'll make him talk." "Going by Pontarlier?" "Give me a ride?" "Can you read?" "Read?" "Yes." "Welcome aboard." "Why ask if I can read?" "I like people to read to me." "Here." "The page is marked." "You often get people who can't read?" "It happens." "There." "Where are you coming from?" "Wherever I want." "You're a retired prize-fighter?" "Still healthy!" "There!" "I'm trying to go to Switzerland." "You get around." "You wouldn't have a contact?" "You see, I'm..." "Jewish." "Congratulations!" "You don't look it." "Well, it's Javert." "Great character!" "Great?" "Great bastard!" "If being  a professional makes you a bastard  then he's the worst bastard of all." "I'm at your disposal, Javert." "I'd rather we talk in my office." "Mr. Madeleine!" "A man's trapped under a carriage!" "Don't move, we'll get you out!" "Don't stay there!" "The carriage's balanced." "Move over!" "Pull him out!" "Only one man could pull that off." "Jean Valjean, a convict." "What's your job?" "If I tell you  you'll think I'm a bastard." "Meaning what?" "Meaning you're not only hauling furniture." "Tell me where you dropped off your load of Jews, will you?" "Load of what?" "Of Jews!" "Listen, Mister, you better get out." "Yes, but not without you." "Where are your Jews?" "What's on your mind?" "What's on my mind?" "That nothing ages as quickly as happiness." "That's on my mind!" "That's pretty." "Use it in your next trial." "Next trial?" "If God would only let me plead one more time!" "Next time, you stay underwater." "So say your prayers." "You believe in God?" "I believe that chance  and happenstance will get me out of here!" "Of course." "Keep going." "So?" "You must travel light." "Only keep your valuables." "No questions?" "It's not the best time, but could I have your autograph?" "Come on, hurry up!" "Quick!" "Don't move." "Switzerland's over there." "Behind the trees." "I'll go first, I'll look out for the border patrol." "You stay here." "Watch for my lamp." "Three blinks means you can come." "One blink means don't move." "One or three." "Got it?" "Is that really Switzerland?" "Yeah." "Stay put." "Good thing we left Salome." "They're there." "About 20 of them." "Shall I signal?" "Pay attention!" "There are two more!" "Andre, get up!" "Get up!" "Go, go away!" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Behind there are two more." "Get them all on the trucks!" "[end of Part I]" "Francoise!" "Where are you?" "Damn cows!" "Where are you?" "Look at what these assholes did!" "Hurry up instead of fooling around!" "What's that?" "I don't know!" "I found him when I came back." "You called?" "I just got back." "Miss?" "give me number 23 in Pontarlier." "Robert?" "Could you come right away?" "It's Francoise." "He did something stupid while cleaning his gun." "There's blood all over!" "Come quickly!" "I didn't!" "What are you saying?" "He's got enough problems." "May I speak to you now?" "What now?" "First, I'd like to apologize." "Then I'll hand you my resignation." "Denied!" "I thought you were Valjean and I ratted on you." "You don't anymore?" "He's in jail." "What's that?" "The truth." "That's why I apologize." "And resign." "Hey champ, do you hear me?" "When they come back for you, pretend you're in a coma." "I think he is in a coma." "So?" "It's looking good." "I spoke with a guy who works for the militia." "They'll release some prisoners by faking escapes." "But that means that we must work with the Germans." "50-50." "I don't get it." "50-50?" "We rob whatever we want and share it on a 50-50 basis." "Why don't they do it themselves?" "They don't know where the dough is!" "These guys are motherfuckers." "Who says that they won't shoot us during our escape?" "I told you." "They don't know where to find the money sources." "This is Robert Blame, called Doc." "He took care of you." "We call him "Fine" because he always says "fine"." "They call me "The Bill";" "you can ask them why." "I saw you fight." "You looked the same." "Where was he?" "I found him this morning on the smugglers' path." "So?" "I can remove the bullets, but he needs a hospital or he'll lose his leg." "With his kind of ID, no hospital." "His name is Ziman." "Andre." "Don't worry, Mr. Ziman, We won't take you to a hospital." "My wife..." "Keep him talking, that's good." "Was your wife with you?" "What happened?" "They shot them all." "Mr. Ziman." "My wife!" "Don't worry, ladies." "Come on." "Francoise will take care of you." "You, take the bed over on the left." "You, there's a bed there." "And there." "A girl said they do experiments!" "Where?" "There!" "Honey, we had a problem crossing into Switzerland." "I'm not athletic, and when I jumped I broke my leg." "I can't walk but some nice farmers took us in." "I can't safely give their address, but Mommy and I are happy we left you in your school." "Good new?" "Yes, Mother." "What's wrong?" "When Dad writes, Mom usually adds a little note." "Next time, Mom will write and Dad will forget the note." "Can I see the envelope?" "They're still in France." "The Jura is in France." "Ziman, it's the doctor." "Feeling better?" "I'll feel better when I hear from my family." "What's the news?" "You know." "Feeling better?" "How's our cripple?" "Must I stay here long?" "Ask the doctor." "For your safety, we thought we'd move you to a barn with less traffic." "Thank you, ma'am." "Eggs, bread fingers..." "Let me give you a shot." "I must tell you, you're being pampered." "I'd love breakfasts like that every now and then." "I'd break a leg for that!" "I brought your things." "Thanks." "What's going on?" "I'm sort of a fugitive." "Police could show up." "What's that?" "It's complicated." "Tell my friends that my truck has been confiscated that they must work elsewhere, and I'll get in touch." "You can stay with me." "Thanks but these people saved my life so now I must help them." "Nobody leaves the shelter before the alert is over!" "Especially not until the alert is over!" "Passive defense!" "Go on!" "It's on the right!" "Where?" "To the right!" "It's here!" "Take everything worth anything." "What are you doing?" "Help us." "A regular Ali Baba's den!" "Look at the books." "Do they have "Les Miserables"?" "Hey, candlesticks!" "Jewish candlesticks." "Candlesticks are candlesticks." "So?" "No." "But there's a Bible, if you're interested." "Is it good?" "It's not bad." "Keep on looking." "That's a close call." "It's the first time they bomb Paris!" "Do we always have to share with the Gestapo?" "Great suits." "We'll be dressed to the nines until we die!" "Where I'm going, will I be able to listen to the radio?" "Where we are going, Mr. Ziman, there's no electricity yet." "But I'll give you the news every morning." "Look out." "I've always been afraid of the dark." "I'll light the way." "I'm to stay here?" "Yes!" "I'd have brought flowers, but this is the best I can do." "What's this?" "A Swiss invention." "What for?" "It makes money invisible." "Invisible." "There's invisible money?" "Yes, money that doesn't exist." "I'm to go to Switzerland to get money that doesn't exist?" "It only exists in Geneva." "They won't give it to me." "Yes, they will." "I don't want anything." "You're among friends." "Ladies, could you kindly come over to the rotunda?" "It's very simple." "These gentlemen will make you up and do your hair." "Then I'll dress you in beautiful gowns." "Be beautiful for a beautiful party!" "Honey, since I can see Mommy every day I send you this picture but you must promise to return it to me whenever we meet again." "You know I love it." "I've started walking and without your mother's persistence I don't know how I'd manage." "Was the chicken good?" "How can I thank you?" "It's nothing!" "I brought some flowers." "For my daughter." "Nice weather?" "Very." "Besides my wife and daughter, I miss daylight." "I understand, but there's too much going on around here to let you out." "Time to walk now!" "But it hurts real bad!" "It hurts more than yesterday." "The doctor said it: you must walk in order to walk." "Come on!" "My stick!" "A stick?" "What for?" "I'll be your stick!" "Your husband's a great guy." "You met a long time ago?" "When he came up to Paris for the Farmers' Fair." "We met in the market area." "20 years ago." "Can you imagine?" "Wasn't it just yesterday?" "I can't stand it!" "Good thing you're here!" "He's better." "Oh, yeah?" "So you can walk now?" "Show me." "Good." "He's made progress." "I can't!" "It hurts!" "I'll help you to bed." "How was Switzerland?" "I never though anyone would give me so much money." "So much money!" "I told you." "Here it is." "To prove my point." "Here is your money." "No, keep it." "You made me go there to..." "You'll get the same amount every month." "You're mad!" "Every month." "Every month?" "Let's say I'm investing in farms." "I'm your partner." "There's no doubt that the gangsters who robbed the Vichy governments' payroll had inside information." "Therefore both Marshall Petain and President Laval request that no pity whatsoever be shown to the hoodlums who prey on the misery of the people of France." "She's beautiful." "Well, she's a ballerina!" "That's not why." "How old is your paper?" "Maybe she's isn't so pretty now." "You're so negative!" "1930." "The year they got married." "You keep track of everything." "You're quite something." "You know he's had 25 acquittals?" "Great!" "If I want to kill someone, I know who to go to." "I like him." "Don't fret, I'm not jealous." "At least he looks at me!" "You in love?" "Cut it out!" "You're not in love?" "He is charming." "I don't want a Jew in your bed!" "I don't know why." "Listen, it's time to sleep." "We're talking nonsense here." "Next week is going to be busy." "Don't make any appointments in Paris." "We're going to Lyon." "Must we share with the Gestapo?" "I told you so!" ""French Republic Treasury Department, Vichy"" "I'll be laughing until the war is over!" "You still not happy?" "I'll get used to it." "How are you going to spend your dough?" "I'll do like Mr. Madelaine, redestribute it." "Only your share, if you don't mind." "That's enough." "General von Scholtitz will arrive this very night!" "My love, with what is happening in Stalingrad I feel as though God has finally switched sides and that we will soon be together." "Am I disturbing you?" "Francois is off to Geneva to get your money so I came to keep you company." "Aren't you cold?" "No, I'm fine." "See what I found?" "1930." "She was beautiful." "I hope she still is." "Robin Hood weds Cosette." "Not an easy place to find." "You live in there?" "I'm sure happy I didn't take up boxing." "Seriously, who are these guys?" "Regular guys like us, who haven't found themselves" "So they rob trains?" "These are miserable times!" "Is Doc a real doc?" "He kept you alive!" "Unfortunately." "Excuse me, your papers aren't in order." "Please come with me." "Officer!" "We forgot to tell you." "They are traveling with us." "Fine." "Thank you, sir." "Why do people hate Jews so much?" "Anti-Semitism is like an impotent man who blames his wife." "See?" "When the world is impotent it blames the Jews!" "You think Hitler is impotent?" "I know he is!" "He's impotent?" "It even happens to me." "And I'm not an Anti-Semite." "I heard Hitler's grandpa was Jewish." "That cuts you short, huh?" "I'm already cut short." "I don't know what Hitler's grandpa did to him but he's vindictive!" "If I told you about Hitler's childhood Cosette's would seem like a life of holidays!" "Why do you compare everything to "Les Miserables"?" "It's weird!" "Because of a guy who can't read." "And because our times are the most miserable of all." "In 1937, I played at a concert here." "I was flattered that the great Elise Ziman came." "Why are we here?" "These men were on the Eastern front..." "I promised them a great party." "You're French?" "Why the uniform?" "Well, because the Germans honor the good French." "Must I sleep with you?" "If you wish to survive, I think it's the sensible thing to do." "I'd rather you were German." "Me too." "You know what I mean." "The women here have been chosen for excellent reasons." "You okay?" "Fine." "Nobody wants me!" "I must phone my daughter." "The General invites you to a private dinner." "Please follow me." "Mrs. Ziman, don't do that again!" "Or I'll send you away!" "Arrest her!" "I hurt your feelings?" "Do you realize what you're asking me to do?" "Don't move!" "I won't touch you!" "No touching!" "There." "I won't even help you walk." "You're doing fine, anyway." "I don't know." "If we did..." "So you're married." "But she's not here!" "You might never see her again." "Maybe you will, maybe you won't." "Today's today." "Now!" "Not yesterday." "The Jews, Moses and all, I don't mind." "We're all going to die!" "I might die today!" "All I want is...time without borders." "that's all." "Maybe we could..." "I mean, it's cold here, in the air." "We don't need any..." "Of course." "I mean if we had to live like that all the time, well..." "I never had any of it." "Maybe you did." "Fine." "But I'm just a regular jerk." "I'm vulgar and all." "But I gave you what I had to give." "So don't bullshit me!" "We'll never meet again." "I don't want you to cheat on your wife!" "You can't cheat on nothing!" "You could be dead, but you're alive!" "You're here, you jerk!" "And my husband, the other jerk he likes you!" "And he's jealous of you." "But there's nothing to be jealous about." "You're here and I'm still a woman, right?" "It's not over!" "That's all." "All this will go away fast!" "We'll spend the night here, to avoid any suspicion then I'll try to get you out of here." "I don't get it." "That's okay." "Who are you?" "I'm not one of them." "Children must stay with their mothers!" "Men must disband behind the building on the right!" "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." "Give us this day our daily bread." "And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." "Deliver us..." "You!" "Say the prayer alone!" "What do you mean?" "We were told you're hiding a Jewish girl!" "On my most holy word I swear there are no Jews here!" "Say the prayer alone!" "Our Father who art in heaven." "Hallowed be Thy name." "Thy Kingdom come." "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." "Thy...will be done on earth as it is in heaven." "Give us this day our daily bread." "And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." "Deliver us from evil." "Amen." "What's this, an inn?" "I'm tired." "I'm hungry." "So?" "I think I saw this when I was a kid." "It's a 30s film." "No way." "I've seen it." "I'll wait outside." "Don't leave during intermission, okay?" "See you." "Didn't you hear me?" "I'm a convict!" "Out of hard labor!" "I spent 19 years in hard labor!" ""Considered dangerous"!" "Intermission's over!" "Listen to me carefully..." "Tonight, during the alert people will rob your building." "Friends of the Gestapo." "So hide your valuables and warn your neighbors." "Answer me, Marius!" "Don't die!" "It's not a bad wound." "He'll heal, but only you can make him happy." "You're leaving?" "What have I done?" "No, baby!" "You mustn't worry." "You mustn't." "Marius, what's going on?" "I'm scared." "Why won't you kiss me?" "Yes, Father, why don't you kiss her?" "Oh, Father..." "Hold me tight!" "Lyon is off!" "What's up?" "The Krauts were licked in the East and the Allies are landing." "We have a few days to switch sides." "What's that mean?" "We have a few hours left to be heroes!" "You still like it?" "The second half's a bit much." "Gavroche dies." "Marius saves him." "Valjean saves Marius." "Valjean saves Javert, who kills himself." "A bit over the top!" "Like us in the Resistance!" "Wait, my contact's in Normandy!" "Where you grew up!" "What's one more coincidence?" "Good morning Mr. Francois." "Good morning, overlords!" "Nice weather." "Good for us" "Good for the Krauts." "Hi, kids." "You're late." "Me, I like you eat on time." "Hi, precious." "Come and get it." "Hey, "Miss Perfume"!" "Want a drink, Milou?" "I can't stand your perfume." "So stop wearing it, or I'll start opening my mouth!" "I've got things to say that people would like to hear." "He's just in a bad mood." "Yes, I'm in a bad mood!" "Sit down." "Stay for lunch!" "A chandelier." "See that!" "And the radio?" "We won the lottery!" "What's this?" "In case they land, we want to greet them well." "Sorry we're late." "We had a family lunch." "So you see, it dragged on." "Give it to him!" "You saw the papers?" "They'll land near Calais!" "I know they will!" "What's wrong?" "More bad news?" "Good night." "Get on home!" "Listen to the radio tonight." "Something's bound to happen soon." "Something will definitely happen soon!" "You'll see, something's going to happen." "I'm sure of it." "They'll land near Calais." "As you can hear, I'm singing." "Everything is okay here." "I'll keep you posted every half hour." "The pigeon loft where I lived with my mother." "With pigeons?" "Yeah, who crap on you." "It's Kraut heaven!" "You lived here long?" "Until 1920, when I realized my manager was stealing me blind." "As soon as the war is over, you'll meet my son!" "He's exactly your age!" "Now that's a hell of a surprise!" "Gentlemen!" "Have a drink." "I'll be along." "Nothing's changed." "Except for the customers." "You want a drink?" "Still have the boss's cider?" "Marius!" "Two ciders!" "Say that again?" "Marius." "Two ciders." "You a real Marius?" "Yes, sir." "Here's to you!" "Thanks, sir." "This is my son." "My pride." "My Gavroche!" "Huh?" "Nothing." "How about your brother?" "He left." "With my wife." "Got killed at Dunkirk." "He fought a good war." "Don't you wonder why I'm back here after 25 years?" "You wanted to see me?" "Come on." "They are in the Resistance." "We want a view over the sea." "Things are happening tonight." "See what's back there?" "Come look." "They come here for the booze." "I can't stop all that drinking." "Coffee's ready, sir." "You live in the pigeon loft?" "I like you more and more." "Hurry up!" "Everybody in the shelter!" "No laughing!" "If Thenardier doesn't open the sewer door, Marius dies." "If Thenarier doesn't save Cosette from starvation there's no Cosette, no Marius, and no love story!" "Without Thenardier, no love story!" "I say Thenardier's an angel." "He's sent by the Lord!" "He's horrible with his kids and all!" "You joking?" "Not great with his kids?" "He's great with his kids!" "No wonder your wife left!" "I'm not saying he isn't a scumbag." "I'm saying he's sent by God." "What a story!" "You can't read between the lines." "I can't read?" "They all praise Valjean!" "He hasn't got a family or a wife who loves him." "So Thenardier's the good guy and Valjean is nothing?" "Yeah!" "Come on!" "His wife loves him!" "And Gavroche?" "Gavroche is his son." "They are family." "Family, love, country." "And what did he do to Cosette?" "He saved her." "What?" "He saved her!" "From what?" "What's that, Mother?" "Angels, children." "But real ones this time." "Gentlemen, there's no time to finish breakfast." "Jeannot!" "Look at that." "Damn, what did we get into?" "They'll massacre us." "Damn right!" "General, there are thousands of ships here!" "Send us reinforcements or we'll be butchered!" "Start shooting only when they get to the coast." "Get the General Command..." "Quick!" "Quick!" "This is madness!" "Total madness!" "We're being butchered!" "Get the General Command..." "Quick, they're coming!" "So?" "Long live France?" "Long live France!" "Marius!" "Buckets!" "Quick, make a chain!" "Get down, kid!" "Get down, Marius!" "Protect the kid!" "Protect the kid!" "So?" "The bunker is mowing them down." "They can't land." "Get grenades." "We'll blow it up." "Can I help?" "Can you use it?" "I can learn." "Smart move." "Let's hit the bunker!" "What?" "The bunker!" "I'm going too!" "Stay here!" "We can't just let them wipe those kids out!" "Marius and I know them." "We deliver their food." "We'll blow them up." "I'm coming." "They don't know you." "Show me how." "Pull the pin." "Count to five." "Blow the bunker up!" "Count to five." "To five, but not too slow." "Gutsy kids." "Stop!" "Stop!" "Those are Guillaume's children!" "They're seeking shelter with us!" "Open the door!" "Damn!" "The kid's hit!" "I'm going up!" "What's with that asshole?" "He'll get us killed!" "Stop!" "They'll shoot back!" "General?" "The Americans have landed in Normandy!" "The supreme battle has started." "After so much war, fury, and pain, this is the decisive moment..." "In Normandy?" "Wasn't it to be Calais?" "Who gives a damn?" "Normandy or Calais is the same!" "It's over!" "I'm happy the Jew's leaving." "The war's not over yet." "Not today or tomorrow." "Not yet." "But he'll be leaving soon." "They didn't land just to visit the seaside resorts." "I'll go tell him." "Wait, wait!" "What's the rush?" "Aren't you off to Switzerland to get the money?" "So what?" "You never think, do you?" "It bugs you to see him go, doesn't it?" "It bugs the hell out of you!" "Well, it bugs the hell out of me to see him stay!" "He doesn't care about you!" "Take a look at yourself!" "It bugs you to see him go, doesn't it?" "It bugs you a lot!" "It bugs me to see him stay!" "We're even." "It bugs me to see him stay here, that Jew!" "It's obvious you're no farmer." "It's obvious you're no farmer." "Storms come and go as they wish and here they were on the Germans' side." "But how could the situation change so suddenly?" "I told you." "The storm, the bad weather..." "It's over now." "They control everything now." "Everything." "What if I disguise myself?" "All the Jews were exterminated." "Even the ones in disguise!" "They couldn't kill all the Jews!" "If some are still alive, it's thanks to people like me." "You know the Americans." "They'll try another landing." "With good weather, they'll win." "Hitler said that Germany's vital space is Europe." "He won't give up." "He's a maniac" "A maniac!" "When he's real angry, he's been known to eat carpets." "I don't blame you, Ziman." "I'm not jealous." "I'm not jealous." "It's just, you know I have images in my mind, like my wife..." "It's been quite a while since she and I got cozy, you know because she gets it here!" "But I have never slept with your wife." "Stop this." "I didn't!" "It doesn't bug me that you're a Jew." "I'm not an anti-Semite, I'm not!" "I'm not an anti-Semite!" "I'm a good Christian!" "But my wife's my wife." "What can I say?" "What can I say?" "A letter for his daughter." "What else?" "Are we really doing this?" "Are we really?" "It was here?" "Someone must have taken the furniture." "I hope it was Ziman." "We're still a team, right?" "No furniture left." "Look out, Miss, he's a punk!" "Where's Marius?" "Behind you." "I think he found himself a Cosette." "A nice one, too!" "What's your name?" "Germaine." "Too bad!" "Remember, we're going to Paris soon." "Aren't we sticking together?" "No." "I won't forget your help." "We're friends for life." "But now's the time to make it real big." "I hope so." "For you." "But your thing is not my thing." "Can't you see..." "Excuse me, ma'am." "During the war, I moved things in that house." "Who took the furniture?" "I don't know." "We saw nothing." "We saw nothing." "We're not home all the time, peeping on the neighbors." "Thank you." "Why meet in Montmartre?" "I want you to take a look at a little apartment." "Overlooking the Sacre-Coeur!" "Right." "See you tomorrow, Mr. Chief of the new crime division of the new government!" "Is this a joke?" "Is my war record a joke?" "What's the flat like?" "Teeny-tiny, so-so, or biggie-big?" "Cutsy-cute!" "My Salome." "Just like Mommy and me you must be disappointed that the Americans didn't land." "Don't lose hope, honey." "They'll soon be back, more numerous, stronger and this time for good." "The good news is I beat my own record." "I walked 53 times back and forth in my cave." "Soon I'll be able to jump." "What now?" "Ziman, Hitler..." "That's it, Hitler..." "In London, England..." "He made a triumphal entrance like Julius Caesar." "In London!" "Hitler!" "Take this letter and go to the boarding school." "Bring my girl back." "Don't you think we thought about that?" "We tried everything." "She was caught!" "Because of your letters!" "A Jew, Salome!" "She's registered under a Catholic name!" "A Catholic name:" "Fortin." "Fortin." "Salome Fortin." "But the letters, Ziman!" "The letters!" "Your daughter's dead!" "You get it?" "The letters!" "The letters!" "Never forget that." "It's the letters." "If this is such a good business, why are you selling?" "It's too much for a woman." "My husband didn't make it back from the war." "You say it draws a Parisian crowd?" "We're 20 miles out of Paris." "The moment the sun comes up, they show up." "If you want, I could help you out for the first year." "Show you the ropes." "You like it?" "If you like it, I like it." "Are your pals involved in this?" "No." "That's over." "No more pals, no more partners." "You think I'm a jerk?" "I know what you do with him." "Go on, make a fool out of me if it makes you feel better." "You don't get up anymore." "What's going on in Paris?" "The Germans are partying." "Champagne, women." "Our whores, our women..." "And that's nothing." "They dropped 2 atom bombs..." "One over New York, one over Los Angeles." "Over a million dead." "All the American Jews are being arrested and shot." "You might be the last living Jew." "The last one, or one of the last." "So Mussolini, Hitler, and the Emperor of Japan rule the world?" "Hitler didn't give a damn about the neutrality of Belgium, did he?" "He just announced that he will invade Switzerland." "So, for your own good if there's any money left in your account better get it out now because Switzerland won't last long." "You're right." "Well..." "It's just that your friends offered me a job..." "You call that a job?" "Mr." "Fortin, where have you been?" "Mrs. Dubois, my neighbor!" "Here's Marius, who chooses easy money over hard work." "May I kiss you?" "You bet." "You're coming back?" "No, just getting some stuff." "There's a letter." "For me?" "Shall I read it?" "Of course." ""Sir, I imagine you remember me." "I am Salome, whom you kindly brought to the boarding school." "With no news of my parents, I don't know who to write to." "I wonder if you know where they might be." "I'm very worried." "And you?" "How are you?" "I hope to see you because I liked being with you."" "I tried to find one like yours." "Where are we going?" "I found a beach near Paris where you can swim and dance all your life." "When will Mom and Dad join us?" "You know, it takes months for prisoners to come back." "They're not dead?" "I'm sure they aren't." "Why don't they write me?" "You'll meet a great guy." "Guess what his name is?" "Marius." "Imagine that!" "Marius and Salome!" "Is there a school there?" "Yes." "It was destroyed during the bombings so I'm helping them rebuild it." "Your holidays will be short!" "You married?" "Long ago, and not for long." "Why?" "Women don't like fighters." "Why?" "Why?" "Because we lead a rather weird life." "We can't go out dancing." "We can't..." "See what I mean?" "Grow up first." "Marius and Salome." "Pretty, isn't it?" "It's much prettier than "Marius and Cosette"." "Let's stop here for a bit and pig out!" "What's "pig out"?" ""Pig out"?" "It's like having a good tuck in, stuffing your face..." "Say, young lady, let's see what's in this magic basket." "If I teach you reading would you teach me slang?" "Gimme five." "Give you what?" "To close a deal, you slap fingers." "You'll speak slang before I can read." "As a kid, what did you learn first?" "Slang or French?" "Straight to slang!" "That's why you're a boxer?" "No because I was cold and hungry." "It's complicated." "It's easier to toss a lump of shit on a shingle in the hole in the gut." "Go on, say it if you can!" "It's easier to toss a shump of lingle in the hold in the gut." "It's easier to toss a lump of shit on a shingle" "Toss a lump of shit on a shingle in the hole in the gut." "It's all there?" "It's not enough?" "Need more?" "What did we make today?" "Soup." "That's all he eats." "You want to kiss him goodbye?" ""Don Quixote saw 30 or 40 windmills."" "Comma. "Looking at his squire, he said" Colon." "Not so fast." "Mr." "Henri!" "The Mayor wants to speak to you." "It's important?" "Seems so." "Do your homework." "Mr. Mayor, you're up early." "Can I have a coffee?" "Two coffees!" "I'll make it quick." "You've been here a year now, and you've been helping everybody." "So everybody asked me to ask you to take my place as Mayor." "Me?" "!" "I've lost interest in anything but fishing." "Me?" "Mr." "Henri, there's a lady here who wants to see you." "A lady?" "She seems all shook up." "Excuse me." "There's no rush." "Take your time." "I'll come by tonight for your answer." "Mrs. Ziman!" "The Mother Superior gave me your address." "Is Salome here?" "You bet!" "Come along." "Look." "She's studying." "What now?" "Your friends." "What friends?" "Your friends." "What a day!" "They're in trouble." "I think The Bill's wounded." "What's up?" "The cops are after us." "Here?" "No, we lost them in the forest." "Come hide in the cabins." "Follow me!" "Act like nothing's going on." "Take care of Salome and her mom." "Hurry!" "It gets crowded at noon." "You're sure they didn't tail you?" "Where have I seen him?" "They've got wounded people." "I've seen him before." "That's the car they used in Paris." "Surround the beach." "Call for backup." "When did he stop writing?" "At the end of the war." "He may be alive." "That's what Mr. Fortin says every day." "Marius, get me a pan of hot water." "Sorry to leave you, Mrs. Ziman." "I thought you and Salome needed time alone." "Thank you for Salome." "With her I've found a hell of a pal." "And a hell of a teacher." "Can we order, ma'am?" "Of course." "Mr. Ziman's not with you?" "No, I was just telling Salome..." "You'll tell me about it." "Sorry again, Mrs. Ziman." "Salome, show your mom around." "You two can settle in my room, okay?" "Don't move!" "Nobody move!" "Where are they, okay?" "What do you want?" "Where are they?" "What?" "What's the water for?" "I know you!" "Well in my job I get to know a lot of hoodlums." "Where are they?" "What the hell is he doing?" "Go find out!" "We must stop the hemorrhage." "Shit!" "Tell me where you hid them and we'll plea bargain." "Did you plea bargain?" "What cabin are they hidden in?" "You know I never answer you." "You want to drink that?" "A real obsession." "Nobody move." "Hands up!" "Okay, okay!" "Don't move." "Don't move!" "Get his gun!" "Get his gun!" "You don't have a chance." "What do you mean, no chance?" "Your chance is our chance." "Because we're sticking together now." "Sticking together!" "Stop!" "Calm down." "You have to get out of here." "With him!" "With him!" "With him!" "Yes, with him." "We're in deep shit." "What's up?" "We're splitting." "With just about every cop in France on our butt." "I told them I didn't think we'd shaken them." "Why did you come here?" "Why?" "Why?" "See what they did to my pal?" "If he croaks, you croak." "Stick them in the cabins." "You stay." "So long as I'm alive, you're alive." "Tell your guys to pull out." "Go on, tell them." "Maybe we can make a deal." "The guillotine!" "Is that your deal?" "For the last time, tell them to pull out!" ""No"?" "You said "No"?" "What do you mean "No"?" "Tell them to pull out." "Quick!" "Shit!" "You said "No"?" "Watch this!" "You still won't tell them?" "Watch some more!" "Watch!" "Your boss said "No"!" "What are we going to do now?" "Guess it's your turn!" "What do you think?" "Tell your guys to pull out of the beach." "Tell them!" "I'll waste you!" "Why did you save my life?" "Why hunt miserable people down?" "To each his own duty." "Because your duty is to hunt miserable people down doesn't mean they can't save you!" "Why did you do it?" "Why?" "Why did you do it?" "So I'd see you in court." "I always served my country." "When you see a quiet place, pull over." "I need to pee." "Keep on going." "I'll catch up." "You have 30 seconds to split." "That's all I can do for you." "I'll say you escaped." "We'll all take a piss." "When the car leaves, mow him down." "I have to piss, too." "You don't want me in court saying you tortured me." "I've always served my country I served Marshall Petain." "Just as I said..." "Then I joined the counterspying service." "I think you switched sides and joined the secret service after drowning a few too many." "I changed sides when I felt the Marshall was wrong." "Let's go." "Go on!" "Go on, I'm coming." "That's not what the police say." "What do they say?" "That you asked to stop to pee and then attacked the commissioner." "When he realized my trial would be his trial, he killed himself." "I got the best lawyer in Paris." "My husband's best friend." "Any news of Mr. Ziman?" "I went all the way to the Swiss border." "No sign of him." "You know, so many funny things happened in the war." "He could have lost his memory." "It happens." "Can Salome and I stay at your place?" "Of course you can!" "I just can't go home." "During all this time, where were you?" "In Poland." "How'd you make it back?" "I prayed." "Well, I'd better start praying too." "13 days with no news from my farmer friends." "Tonight I'll try to go outside." "My diary tells of my 625 days here." "It's dedicated to my wife and my daughter and to the farmers who risked so much for me." ""Germany Surrenders"" "I'd like to speak to..." "I'd like to call the Sacred Heart boarding school in Normandy." ""When men are ignorant and desperate." Comma." ""When women sell themselves for bread." Comma." ""When children suffer." Comma." "" 'Les Miserables' come knocking at the door." Period." ""Victor Hugo was 60 when he finished 'Les Miserables'." Period." ""He felt he could then die having fulfilled his duty." Period." "What can I get you?" "Since we're quoting let's remember Willa Cather's words:" ""In the history of the world only 2 or 3 stories keep recurring forever."" "This story is one of them, and it has every alibi." "I did say, "every alibi."" "How many Americans would have died had Henri Fortin not taken the bunker?" "How many women do not mourn their husbands because Fortin saved them?" "You say, Mr. Prosecutor that he stole the Vichy government's payroll." "Did the Vichy government represent France?" "Answer me!" "You have put on trial a man who cannot read or write." "A sensible man who followed his common sense and was therefore able to distinguish good from evil." "Does the law punish common sense?" "Since when?" "Weren't the men who wrote the law sensible?" "Exactly 45 years ago, Mr. Prosecutor Henri Fortin's father was on trial, as he is now." "He was sentenced to hard labor on appearances." "Will you convict his son on appearances, too?" "Will you sentence the Fortins from father to son?" "Generation after generation?" "On the appearance of a crime?" "The husband will choose the family home." "You must provide that home." "And you, you must live in it." "So, Miss Salome Ziman, do you take Mr. Marius Abelard as your lawful husband?" "Listen, Salome, a wink won't do." "I do." "Good!" "Mr. Marius Abelard, do you take Salome Ziman as your lawful wife?" "I do." "No wink for me?" "As they say in boxing:" "May the best person win!" "You're gorgeous!" "I'm proud of you." "You'll come see me?" "Promise you won't let me down?" "I promise." "Without you, I wouldn't be here." "Me neither!" "You don't seem happy, Ziman." "Happiness is not a Jewish thing." "Even today?" "We're always a few sorrows ahead!" "Victor Hugo said, "The best years of our lives are yet to come!"" ""Buffalo Bill's son doesn't shoot as well as his dad."" "Yes, true!"