CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
Usually, it began like this
MAGIC
Fill out a card, please
But the next morning...
Here...
This is yours, Miss
Thank you, Sir
No, I won't have coffee
Not here
For you this time
Here, Lil, for your collection
-This one's from Borneo -Java?
-Java good time? -Sure
Better than Kilimanjaro before that
How's that?
past... future
Escape from prison, theatrical coup
The Chariot. New start. Conquest
It's your Iucky day
-Oh, Death -No, it's affirmative
Movement, change, the end... becoming radiance, triumph
Conquest. The Sun
How useless
Don't burn yourself
You do me now
The past. The Hanged Man. Below is above. Your future is behind you
And you plunge into the depths... of night
My future...
Your grandfather the hermit... protects you
You don't move. You don't advance
You advance, but in total immobility
-Stagnation -Triumphal nevertheless
Despite the stagnation
So my future is in the present
Exactly
That's fine. I Iike paper. I Iike the smell of wax
-It'II go better tomorrow -Let's hope so
well, back to our places
Back to Iiterature
Sir
You may smoke... discreetly
The children are being very noisy
Is "white EIephant" back?
No, he's on a trip to Australia
Have "Naive Larks"...
..and "Ladies of FIajolie" gone?
Like "Spiders in the Night"
"Death with a BIue Ribbon"
"Before the Mirror"?
"Before the Mirror"... 1 1th July...
Madame Michelle, I told you not to Iet your cats stray!
Sorry, did I wake you?
I thought it was them after me again
Don't you think you need a bed?
I must wash... a shower... I must take a shower
You had three phone calls while I slept
First door on the Ieft
It's wild
My Iast African safari...
...was really wild
The heat was killing us
Hunting animals every day in the savannah
I had a boa cockstrictor
A boa constrictor?
Right! A boa cockstrictor that stuck it to me
Not dangerous, I put him around my neck
when the natives killed the biggest tiger of all, they said...
...it was the Bengali tiger
From Bengal, the region of Africa we were in. Do you know it?
It's a blue and brown bird
I was the pigmy emperor's guest
But Zouba the Giantess was jealous
She wanted to marry the emperor who'd given me the tiger-skin
But since he had given it to me...
Not a bare skin?
Zouba wanted to skin me
So I ran
I almost croaked coming back from the jungle
I Iived through hell
I Iost my hair all over, plucked clean
I was scared to death. I was traumatoed
-Tomatoed? -Yes, freaked out
I was invited to Hong Kong. A cool place, I'II tell you some day
A Japanese guy there did acoopuncture. He did it to me
After a month...
...my hair grew back, red at first, then the usual
Then I came back
-who's he? -That's Gre'goire
Known as Guilou
A distant cousin from childhood holidays
we were Iovers, we had our innocent games
playing hospital, etcetera
On Sundays we'd get married in the grass behind the presbytery
Naked as worms, solemn as popes
Now Guilou's back
He's written. I'm waiting
But he wants a white wedding in church
what's this relic?
A forgotten forget-me-not
Isn't it a marguerite?
You're right, it's not a marguerite, it's a daisy
It was a daisy
we'II see to that
Mind if I use alcohol?
Does it hurt you?
It's all right
I have a first-aid certificate
How did that happen?
I thought they were after me, so I ran
I fell, I was scared
But who are they? Scared of what?
I'd been hired to work in a house
Then two days ago... it was fine until then...
...two days ago I found in my room...
...a bracelet with a foreign girl's name on it
The girl before me, I thought, so I took it to my master
when he saw it he turned pale. I thought he'd hit me
He Iocked himself in his study with his wife
She cried, he shouted, I Iistened. Then the other woman came
So I went away
I kept out of the way, poked around, Iooked in drawers...
...and in one drawer I found two passports...
...with foreign names - one was the name on the bracelet
But the photos were torn out
Yesterday, when I wanted to go on Iooking...
...drawers and cupboards were Iocked. I tried to force a drawer
They caught me at it
I ran away and now they're after me
who are they?
The master and the two women
what did you do in the house?
Nanny
-There were children? -Of course
-How many? -One
A Iittle girl?
How old?
Young, seven or eight
were the women dark or fair?
Dark and fair
I don't know their relationship, they were very secretive
what did he Iook Iike? Grim?
Him? Like your fish
BIack
AII done
Relax
I'd kill for a BIoody Mary!
My head hurts
Relax. Lie down
Take this. Swallow it whole
what's the address of that house?
But the next morning...
Lil? It's Julie
No, not very well
I don't know... I'm not coming in today... I'd rather...
No, something popped up
I'd rather rest. I'II be in tomorrow
See you tomorrow
what was the address of that house?
But... I told you yesterday
7 bis, rue du Nadir aux pommes
That's it
Gre'goire? Guilou!
Yes, it's Julie
I'm so happy to hear you
You sound so close. How odd
You're in paris? Since when? This morning?
I want to see you. Yes, today
Three o'clock, St. vincent Square
Kiss, kiss. See you soon
To my Julie. The child has become a man
It seems people Iive here
Nestor! Fancy meeting you
Guess who
I recognize those gentle hands...
...the sweetness of this skin, the pulse of this breathing
Guilou, you haven't changed a bit
Do you remember that Monday...
...when I wildly picked 313?
31 1, because five of them were dying purple crocuses
Those days of blind man's bluff, when I couldn't find you
I had no dessert
Yet playing Hot and Cold you found the farmer's wife hottest
Josette was always after me, even in church after Mass
Has the presbytery Iost none of its charm?
And the young girl...
...none of her innocence?
It's just as I'd imagined. Nothing's changed
The cobwebs caressed our bare feet...
...they were silky and soft
when I pressed you against the hedge to kiss you, no one could see
Red mouth smeared... strawberries crushed in milk...
...sugared kisses, four o'clock, snacks, heat...
Kisses and rhubarb jam, cigarettes stolen from Uncle Edouard...
we blew blue smoke rings
The forget-me-not song... white sun, brown stomachs...
...the wind howled and we danced and we Ioved... ecstasy!
Ecstasy! perverse and mystic sodomization
Homosexual spleen in the barn, disguised as AIsatians
Sodom, Gomorrah, teeth grinding, Ioins burning...
Hot Iava... sleep...
SIeeping, dying of kisses, sleeping, kisses...
SIeeping, kisses...
Finish me off, my man-eater
And now, dear friend, go jack off among the roses
You have become an unspeakable monster of vulgarity
I never want to see you again. Goodbye forever, forever goodbye
It's from the man over there. Go and thank him
Mademoiselle Julie?
Mademoiselle Julie has gone far away, I don't think she'II ever come back
where to?
Rue du Calvaire, in Montmartre
-Tonight you're going to get it -I'm going to get it?
You'II be surprised
You go ahead; I'II go on keeping my trap shut
violins!
If this keeps up, I'm Ieaving
I'm eating
Shut up. Let me tell you a story...
...because compared to your hang-ups mine are as nothing
I've met this girl
And I've dropped my boyfriends
Shut up! Listen! I've met this woman
An American. A genuine American
with butterfly sunglasses?
A terrific young woman, darling of the gossip columns
I Iive at her place. Listen! I'm not joking
She has a pink swimming pool. I'II invite you Iot to swim some day
A heart-shaped pool
She wants to make me her pygma... Shit! Her pyg...ma...Iion
-Can we sunbathe? -Naked
She's super-rich, her name's in the papers all the time
She's taking care of me because she says I've got something
She's going to make me a great Iady of the dance
-Introduce me -No, I've got first dibs
Me next, then
Is she attractive?
You'II think so. I've been with her for two days
How old is she? we've got to picture her
-what colour hair? -Red
pale, with freckles
She gave me a massage. well, she has a masseur, he did it
He's slant-eyed
-would she do me? -She might do guys
I think she must have some big political figure behind her
I don't know about politics, but there's money for sure
No names, but that reminds me of...
Yes, an American... he was big in newspapers, she was Iike him...
...a bit of a recluse...
...except that my Iady's in the public eye
Like Marilyn was?
what does your bitch do?
My bitch? You're crazy!
You're not coming swimming
She doesn't want slobs
I'm sure I know her
She not a dyke, you know
She's just come from America?
Yes, but she's got a pied-a'-terre in France that's an entire house
where?
She told me not to tell, it's a secret
Your Iady's making it all up
You're really stupid. She's broke. She Iies to get you to bed
Idiot! I've been to her place, seen her money, she has servants
-Don't be so aggressive -I'm not. You're just jealous
Nobody cares about your American
You will when you see her
I wonder if there's a word of truth in your story
Listen, AIice, it really is wonderland. I'm absolutely ecstatic
-Lucrezia is zero next to her -Tell AIice that!
-I'm getting used to it -You're so disgusting
I'm good at making choices
-I have good taste, too -So have I, not Iike this Iot
when did all this happen?
Two days ago, stupid
-Two days... it's not true -I won't tell you anything, idiot
-Shut up! -Don't get me mad!
-what's the time? -Six-thirty
I must buy make-up
Oh, my sister
'Bye, Miss Swanky
Mademoiselle, your fare please
This way
Did you have a good day?
I don't remember a thing
I must get made-up
And now, the astonishing...
...the amazing, awesome...
...the shimmering...
...the staggering, suggestive...
...most scabrous... most scandalous...
...sensational...
...Mandragora!
It's rigged
It's fake
It's fake, sweetie
what were you just telling me? Is that your dream?
we all have one...
...deep down
Best kept there these days
Could you take the kid out tonight? I'm too busy with my American
where?
I don't know, he'd have fun at the movies. Right, paulo?
would you Iike that, paulo?
Have you seen my gloves?
Look what you've done
May I have a tissue, please?
You all right? Your nose...
Yes, but my skin's breaking out. I'm sick of all this make-up
It goes with the job
I'II become a clown, a sad clown...
...replace OId pe're Julien
I'II get after them, really get up their noses
They won't know you?
They wouldn't anyway. They come for my arse, not my mug
They doze and drink. Did you see them tonight?
I Iike the Iittle pricks as Iong as they pay. what are you doing?
Is tomorrow's act ready? Quite ready?
How about this?
Yes, it's all right
But you should add some feathers... behind
I have some
Green? Not up there!
-She really could do it -Feathered Myrtille!
-Hello, kids -Hello, Monsieur De'de'
-Ce'Iine, I've something to tell you -Tell me here, I have no secrets
It's good news. Come on
wait two minutes for me
I'm fond of you. You're talented, full of exuberance and promise
-I've got you on contract -And how!
I'm negotiating a deal on it. A Ioss for me, but good for your career
An international tour
Ankara, Istanbul, Baghdad, Beirut...
-You're making fun of me -Not at all
In places Iike that, a great French artist...
...is worth gold, or better yet, my dear, worth oil
I'II settle for oil, I mean gold
You'II see, you'II make some
OId De'de' told me that he's got a tour for me
An international tour to Ankara, Beirut...
wow, Beirut!
It can't be true, I won't go...
He says I'm worth oil, no, gold... I don't know...
Do you think it's a joke?
-who is this? -My cousin
An American cousin
with a pool?
Of course. pink, heart-shaped
Shit, what's got into you?
Nothing! I remember nothing! It's no use
I thought I was doing well, but nothing went right
You and your circles... you found me, that's all, you were in shock
I don't know
I'm not getting anywhere
I don't remember anything
Look, you're just going... you're going nuts, eh?
Try. Force yourself
I am, but I'm getting nowhere
Look, Iet's start all over again. Right?
Try to remember from the moment...
I do start again, it doesn't help
But start from where you happened to show up at the club
where did you find the taxi?
AII right, we'II start from zero. This is going to be very funny
I was...
You were...
...pushed out of the house... propelled
Then I was... all wobbly
I felt dizzy
I was pretty mixed up
Anyway, I managed to get to the taxi...
...and once in the taxi I took...
...the sweet from my mouth and put it in my purse
what sweet?
This one
what's the matter?
I see it
See what?
It is a terrible vow. No one has the right to make anyone swear it
perhaps, but as witness I stand surety for it
If you try to disregard it I will stop you
Do you think so? pretty things do us no harm
If you say so...
Do not say that word
You chose the wrong day for trying to seduce OIivier
Even so...
You pretend to be unaware of the vow
Don't go in there!
was it in the right or Ieft yesterday?
I've forgotten
You could Iose, but you always win
You know it is forbidden her
My own realm, my house, my garden...
...my flowers, my travel books... for me it was enough
It would have been enough for the rest of my Iife
But they had to take it away
The master says it is hereditary
well, the scent of these plants doesn't help matters
Look what I've drawn for you
Madlyn...
BIood ties must be renewed
Must I go on till this ghastly story ends?
My dear friend, what you have begun you must complete
Miss Ange'Ie
I've no idea where they came from
But it's odd, though
They mean something to me, their faces are familiar
-They come from far away -Yes, they must
From very far, but they don't seem at all travel-stained
where do they come from? Zanzibar, Mozambique...
when you've finished with your zzzing and your childishness...
Look who's talking
I don't know if my mind went blank or it's hazy dreams
It's a mishmash
It's Iike four petrified images of puppets
Yes, puppets... but they shout...
...eat sweets, faint...
...tell stories...
...fade from grey to blue... and they swoon
Totter down stairs...
...and to spice the sauce, a Iittle blood. wonderful!
-You know what? -No, not yet. I'd rather not know
why? It will be great
You don't know the best bit. Hold on to your seat
You know the Iady in white?
She's my sister
My twin sister. we're as alike as two peas in a pod
The one with none-too-clean hands?
I'm broad-shouldered, but I won't take all the blame
You know some pretty wierd people
You should talk, sweetie, your Iot aren't so hot, either
You make do with what you have
what you have, you have to get
It's obvious you never had to eat shit. The day you do, I'II Iaugh
To survive in this Iife...
...you need dough
pack it up, honey, don't make my cry
But the next morning...
what's the address of your house?
7 rue des pommes?
It's 7 bis...
...rue du Nadir aux pommes
I should have brought my saw
My poupie!
It can't be, I must be dreaming
How you've grown!
After all these years
My Iittle partridge, my bengali, how glad I am to see you
want your elevenses?
You know, that morning when mother came for me after all those years...
A baker's dozen
...I had six months being coddled by you...
...then she told me Uncle had been kidnapped by a playboy...
...and taken by helicopter to the peloponnese
Your father did well to Ieave
God rest his soul
what's become of your mother, with her problems and her men?
I couldn't stand her
I Iiked my doll uncles, though... they were so polite
Do you ever hear from her?
She flits around, sends me a card every few months
The Iast was from Java
So she is still the same
poupie, do you remember?
The Iittle girl from the house over there
After you Ieft she was very ill. After you Ieft she became difficult
One day everyone Ieft, I never saw them again, they never came back
No news of them
She was my age
Their nurse scared you, remember?
No one came back?
Never. The shutters have been closed ever since then
perhaps an heir will come one day and the shutters will be opened...
...and I'II have some company
I'd Iike to see my old room
It's just as it was, with all your dolls, I haven't touched it
I must go
AIready?
But now that I've found you, I'II come for tea, I promise
-It's been too Iong -See you soon
It's broken
It's in pieces
Do I swallow them all?
Absolutely not
You have to take them in order
There are five pieces
well, start with the biggest...
...and end with the teeny-weeny one
In order
The tissue will ruin it
If you only knew the memories that dress brings back to me
The sea
The mountains
Both
The Borromean Islands?
Yes, in the evening
The scent of the Iemon trees, the Kursaal orchestra
-She was so pale, so fragile -More than I?
Out of my sight
who? what? Is it...
what out of her sight? The dress or the girl?
Are they the same ones? They talk so strangely
It's a period thing, conventions
Grand tragedy
Reeking of mothballs
Let's continue
Medium big...
-How is your hand? -Better, but I must be careful
Every movement brings peril
Careful, they are fragile
Miss Ange'Ie, come quickly
They're doing the same thing as yesterday
-They'II do the same tomorow -The same every day?
-AII-day screenings? -Every day
So they're doing it in perpetuity
what next?
My turn now
-what's up? -Nothing
Hello, Madlyn
Did you sleep well?
Today is a big day
I disapprove of these Iittle games
Come, be a sport, Mademoiselle
what a heady scent
-well? -well what?
Don't keep me in suspense
which hand?
was it the right or Ieft yesterday?
I've forgotten
You could Iose, but you always win
You know it is forbidden her
Madlyn, I've told you not to hide under the pillow
what do you mean?
I don't understand
I've told you, the harm you do her
I do her no harm
Keep out of this, OIivier
I know better than you how to handle her
I've cared for her for eight months
Let me decide; I know better than you what I'm doing
please Iower your voices, the child is resting
I don't know what I should think
well, anyway...
Think what you Iike
Today, I'm Ange'Ie
Yesterday it was me
But it's still her?
I wonder what she's up to
And him, what's he up to? who is he with?
with Camille? with Sophie?
with Camille and Sophie and Ange'Ie. what do those Iadies want from him?
That's what we may Iearn in the next episode
what did you want to say?
Nothing you don't already know, Camille
You chose the wrong day for trying to seduce OIivier
Is that all?
You pretend to be unaware of the vow he made when his wife died
what vow?
My sister spent her time trapping people with her vows
Don't insult that day when you speak of her
But if I must repeat it all to you...
Know that Natalie made him swear...
...to safeguard the happiness of their child, by not remarrying
This is something I've always known
I was there, I heard her
"Because I don't want Madlyn to suffer what I suffered at her age"
It's a terrible vow
No one has the right to make anyone swear it
perhaps
But as witness I stand surety for it
If you try to disregard it I will stop you
I promised Nathalie. Her wish will be respected
Let us make a vow
Despite my vigilance, the key to the red cupboard is missing
what key?
Have you seen it?
-Don't hit it off, do they? -No, something's going on
I'd say one is a real slut. For my money it's the blonde
AII that mincing affectation is an obvious cover-up
Any pro will tell you that blondes are poison
She's too obviously guilty for her to be guilty really
Funny thinking
we'II Iet the Judgement of Solomon decide
The one who ends up with the dong wins
Hold on
He hasn't one!
He's a girlie!
Another one!
Monsieur wouldn't consider the mountains?
OIivier, a dreadful thing has happened
Do not go in there!
Do you think it could be...
Ange'Ie?
But the next morning...
-I'm ill -Me, too
-I want to sleep -Me, too. In fact I am sleeping
-My Iegs have had it -Mine, too. But who's going...
You're smart
who's going to go today?
I'm going
You want to go? You're dying to go, you're there already
It's not worth going
we have to be serious
Let's Ieave it to fate
Have you got a coin?
I'II Iook in my shoe
No more money
Be sure to give me back my change
I'II eat it
It's Swiss chocolate
Heads I win, tails you Iose
Damn!
I'm struck dumb
Tails. You Iost
How odd...
I'm going to give you...
A Iittle massage?
An emblem
-what colour? -pink
Mauve
-Marshmallow -A Iovely red
My Iittle tattoo
what are you doing?
A double number
It tickles
Double 33
Don't cough
what do I do with it now?
You can go there. Take your bicycle
watch out for traffic
If I never come back, kiss Harold goodbye for me
Stop staring at me, you
powder your nose, it's shiny
The day is composed of four parts...
...corresponding to the four seasons and the four weeks of the month
Morning, or spring, time of promise
Noon, or summer, period of growth
Afternoon, or autumn, period of realization
This is Guilou
Julie? I've thought a good deal
We're through, since the day before yesterday
Is it really Gre'goire?
I've decided you wanted it this way
Let me get a word in edgeways
That scene in the square... it was you who wanted it to end badly
I'm joining the Trappists
Is this a game? You're pulling my Ieg
I'm joining the Trappists
We will never talk again
You're talking to me now. what's on your mind?
If you want us to break up, we will
We've broken up already
I just want to tell you that it's your fault
what's my fault?
We can only say goodbye. so, goodbye
A Trappist!
Oh, shit! Go masturbate among the daisies Iike a Gregorian gherkin!
To my Julie. The child has become a nun
He's clinging on
properties and powers of baby dinosaurs' eyes
The favourite food of the baby dinosaur...
... who was a fastidious gourmet, was clover
For maximum efficiency use the minimum...
...be a little bit clever, replace it with clover
Beirut? Mother?
Excuse me
I interfered...
Ce'Iine? She's out
It is important, I can see...
Of course, you can count on me
I'II tell her
what's this? where's the Mandragora? who are you?
Don't get excited, it makes you twitch. The Mandragora is out
She gave me the scoop
Don't worry, I'm show people
-who are you, anyway? -Haven't you heard?
Not heard of the Kamakaze?
Your guy - they're going to Ieave
-Do your best. Get a move on -Stay cool, it's in the bag
Excuse the delay. Artists, you know...
The Mandragora is money in the bag
N]aive, I'm so naive
Red-headed miss, fingers ofbliss
N]aive, I'm so naive. When I see you, sirs...
...if I want to make you sigh I light up your eyes
If I want to do more I just lay it on
Bluestocking, that's what I am. shady Miss, a touch like a kiss
Bluestocking, that's what I am. When I see you, gadzooks!
I have no heart, not even for a guy
Life's played tricks on me
When I pick up a man, I say right away...
...you'll be all right with me
But when he's through the door...
...old loves come back once more
And memory reappears
Like a dream
A past that is mine...
...and kills me
Excuse me, but I...
I always Iet myself be overcome by...
...irrepressible waves of feeling
when I was childish...
...they told me I was a real star...
...a shooting star...
...and a gloating star, because...
...I had a big rayon tutu
They said I was suppleness itself...
...because I could put my Iegs around my neck
And now I want to express my temperament, my spontaneity
I'm very Iively
And... I can do... the sweet woman...
...and the headstand woman...
...on my Iittle finger...
...and the snake woman...
Lots of other things
And you, anyway, what can you do?
Yes, show me what you can do
You're here, ogling me
Ogling every inch of me
Behind refrigerated glasses
You're not worth a bean
Bunch of... pimps!
Cosmic... cosmic twilight pimps!
voyeurs and perverts!
what is all this?
Come and get me
Come on! I'II show you!
want some fun, bunch of idiots?
Come on, Iet's go!
Oh, shit!
wait! It's a misunderstanding!
It's nothing really
wait till I get the hairs off
Right, both at once
-Good morning, Miss Ange'Ie -Good morning, Madlyn
But why so violent?
These flowers are so pretty
I thought I'd told Mademoiselle Camille...
...that the sweetest scents are odours harmful to children
These plants are so pretty
I thought I'd told Mademoiselle Camille...
...that the sweetest scents are odours harmful to children
Do you think so?
pretty things do us no harm
If you say so...
Mademoiselle runs risks
I'II Ieave the roses to you, because of their thorns
Goodness does not always do good
Mademoiselle runs risks
I'II Ieave the roses to you, because of their thorns
Goodness does not always do good
-Am I disturbing you? -You never disturb me
I was thinking...
Today is Madlyn's first birthday since her mother died
And as I Iook so much Iike my sister...
what are you saying?
OIivier, give me the key to my trunk
I do not want to see those dresses again
May I please have the key to the Iittle red chest?
I understand your reluctance, but perhaps today...
Madlyn would be so happy
Look at me. Nathalie's dresses would so become me
How Iucky that we have the same colouring
I don't know what I should think
I thought that today perhaps...
...at Iast these dresses...
...should be mine
Mother Ieft them to whichever one of us married first
Since my sister's death, they've been Iocked away
They Iie Ianguishing in the attic
wrapped in mothballs and rose Ieaves
Fashions return every twenty years, I could wear them unaltered
Think of Madlyn
How happy she would be
Did you sleep well?
Today is a big day
I disapprove of these Iittle games
Come on, be a sport
what a heady scent
It's hotting up
Madlyn, I've told you not to hide under the pillow
what is it, OIivier?
I've told you, the harm you do her
I do her no harm
Keep out of this, OIivier
She won't get him?
please Iower your voices, the child is resting
I don't know what I should think
Think what you Iike
See, I told you
But I don't believe it
Someone's used my syringe again. It's unthinkable and could be dangerous
Madlyn's still asleep, should we wake her?
He does not want her to be woken
He has spoken to you about it?
No, I am the one who is troubled
These frequent naps...
This sleepiness is abnormal. He claims it is hereditary
The scent of the plants certainly doesn't help
Sophie, Iook what I've drawn for you
Did I frighten you?
Isn't my flower pretty?
Do not say that word
If you only knew the memories that dress brings back to me
-The sea, the mountains? -Both
The Borromean Islands?
She's not bad, you know
I know, I've seen it before
The Kursaal orchestra
She was so pale, so fragile
More than I?
who? what? Is it...
That thing. You know quite well
Your whims again, Sophie
Come with me
I must talk to you
what do you want to say?
Nothing you don't already know, dear Camille
I'm Iistening
You chose the wrong day for trying to seduce OIivier
AIways the same thing. I'm bored
But if I must repeat it all to you...
...know that Nathalie made him swear...
Stop. I'm having fun, it's funny
You can tell me Iater
Good night
"Because I don't want Madlyn to suffer what I suffered at her age"
It's a terrible vow
No one has the right to make anyone swear it
what a bitch!
Despite my vigilance, the key to the red cupboard is missing
what key?
Have you seen it?
Tied around the neck of the bottle was a Iabel with the words DRINK ME
She drank it... the Iiquid inside it...
...and became tiny
Mummy!
Help me
Take care of her
Don't be afraid, why hide? That was Camille, it wasn't your mother
Don't be afraid. would you Iike a sweet? I have one
It's over
I'II never be able to... she hates me
I'II never get her to Iove me
I am tired
Discouraged again
It's just as it was ten, fourteen years ago
when Nathalie and I were young. She never Ioved me, either
But she was so clever
It was never Nathalie's fault, it was always mine
"why are you so shy, Camille? why aren't you more Iike your sister?
"You must get out. Let's go dancing, to the theatre, to the country"
"Come, Camille, come"
She was the first to say those things
But I was silent and refused everything
why? why, they wondered?
But I knew why. I knew what was hidden behind her kindness...
...her compassion
Yes, her compassion
She wanted to destroy me, to make me disappear
And she...
what a shock
I don't see anything now
Let's put them back in, see what's next
wait, I want a smoke. Interval, right?
No, I'm going on
You can tell me about it
wait, I'm coming, too
Coming? Hurry
You are very gloomy. I don't Iike seeing you Iike this
Your concern touches me, Sophie, but I have good reason
-Camille's appearance upset you? -It does not concern Camille
I understand
It's what she has awakened in you
Don't think of the past, think of today, the birthday we celebrate
Look. The doll I bought for Madlyn
I'm sure she'II Iike it
what would we have done without you? You are a second mother to her
Everything I've done...
...I've done for you, too, OIivier
Do not forget that
And I hoped that you could perhaps... that we could...
AIas, Sophie
Madlyn can draw us no closer
But is it what you wish? I wanted to be sure
Nathalie's vow... I respect it as much as you do
But you will hear of it no more
It's not much Iike I thought
Not at all
How is your hand?
Better, but I must be careful
Every moment brings peril
Happy birthday, Madlyn!
You know, inspiration is so fragile...
You can't refuse. Madlyn would be so happy
-please, for us -You are cruel
A sonata
Another sonata
CIassy
No, I don't know
I'II begin again
My injured hand...
You are so beautiful, in that red
You are known as the greatest catch in New England
I must put my glass down
It's divine. I'm tipsy
So beautiful, in that blue
Hold me close
I Iived just for you, my heart traced your footsteps
Naughty girl!
The rogue
A Iofty tower, a bewitched prince...
...and a tree with daggers
And the BIue Bird!
-what blue bird? -Don't you know that story?
It's very amusing
An bewitched prince tries to reach his beloved in her prison tower
But a wicked witch has hidden knives and razor blades in the trees
The bird is wounded...
...and bleeds
Stop! AII that blood
BIood ties should be renewed
Must I tell this ghastly story to its end?
My dear friend, what you have begun you must complete
Excuse me, it's time for the child to rest
Madlyn, be good
Don't worry, my dear, you won't be disturbed
I rarely have the chance to tell you...
...how satisfied I am with your services
I am duly recompensed, sir
Not in the way I would Iike
Madlyn is fortunate... very fortunate...
I've run out
I've finished, too
Madlyn is very fortunate
-I'm so disappointed -Yes, but...
-It's just padding -we still don't know who did it
we've Iearned nothing more. what do we do?
It's full of holes
I don't know, it's Iike Gruye're cheese
we don't know the end. I hate that
Anyway, we're not going back. I have an idea
At the Iibrary...
The Iibrary?
Take this off, I can't stand it
The sun's coming up
A return to sources both natural and temporal...
It's the beginning
...ofthe four basic elements:
Water
Air
-You don't think it's polluted? -I don't think so
very gently, it's the most fragile part
You can pour it all
Earth
Clover
How much?
Two stalks
No, two big ones
The same size
Fire
The fiire will shoot out from the four cardinal points...
...and from its conflagration you will obtain...
...the memory potion...
...called Herbal Wine by the ancients
Because of the clover
p.s. Beware of side-effects
Take in small doses
we'II start together
Can Harold have some?
Just a drop
He swallowed it
It's good
very good. Some more...
Let's have another, it's a party
But I feel funny
I feel fine
Really fine
Mademoiselle runs risks
Compared to the sweets...
Someone's used my syringe again. It's unthinkable and could be dangerous
Madlyn's still asleep. Should we wake her?
He does not want her to be woken
Your whims again, Sophie
Help me
Take care of her
I knew what was hidden behind her kindness, her generosity
She shone all the brighter to the point of blinding them all
She knew how to destroy me, make me disappear...
...stifle me
I had my own realm
It was enough. My house, my flowers...
...my picture books, my travel books...
...but they had to take them away
"Your sister's getting married"
"Your sister's getting married
"They'II come to Iive here, it's Iogical, it's family
"And they Iove each other
"They have secrets, they must be Ieft alone
"wouldn't you Iike to travel, Camille, see the places you've dreamed of?
"Borneo, Shanghai...
"...Macao, the Sunda Islands? "
with gentle words they drove me out...
...and with so much money...
...I travelled a Iot, around the world twice
But it was as if another was doing it
Only at night was it I
In my dreams
AIways the same dream, the same house
My house
Now she's dead. I'm alive. Free
And it's myhouse
They won't drive me out again
I'II do anything
Anything
The child will have to give in, don't you think?
And blood ties?
They must be more important than everything else
They must be renewed
They must
Don't you think so, Ange'Ie?
why do you never answer, Ange'Ie?
I have to recover, give me some more
BIood ties must be renewed
My head aches
Everything's spinning
Julie, I see you here... and there...
why are you behind my back? There
-where? -There
Harold's tipsy, too
Madlyn, be a good girl
Don't worry, my dear, you won't be disturbed
Miss Ange'Ie, I rarely have the chance to tell you...
...how satisfied I am with your services
I am duly recompensed, sir
Not in the way I would Iike
Madlyn is so Iucky to enjoy your constant care
Could Monsieur make propositions...
...that are more precise?
I had thought of taking Madlyn to the sea. You could come with us
Impossible! The mere sight of a fish gives me amnesia
Monsieur wouldn't consider the mountains?
A dreadful thing has happened
Do not go in there!
You are quite mysterious, my dear friend
Your concern touches me, my sweet
But I have reasons for this mystery. Both our lives depend on it
Has my coming troubled you?
It's my turn
Your arrival awoke in me...
...another world that slumbered
What you've done, we've done together
We have given birth to night
What would I do without you? I hope...
...that we might still gather...
...the stars of the Thousand and One N]ights
I couldn't have done what I've done but for your presence, my sweet
This monstrous child...
Will you not reproach me for it some day?
My sweet, nothing could bring us closer
My darling
I wanted to hear you say it
Our desires will crystallize together
-I'm scared -Me, too
-But we have no choice -we must do something
-Let's go -we have to save her
If we never come back, what would we do?
Happily, we've still got...
...dinosaur eyes and clover
we must save the kid at all costs
-I want to get her out -we'II get her out
we'II get her out, but we can still be scared
we can sleep, too, even if we're scared
I don't want to sleep, I might dream if I sleep
Everything's spinning
I can't sleep
I Iaugh when I'm afraid
Me, too, when I'm sick. I feel sick to my stomach
Once upon a time...
Twice upon a time...
Thrice upon a time...
Only this time... it won't be Iike that
Not Iike the other times
we'II get her
Stop the engines
But the next morning...
we've got here too early
Time for a smoke
-CIever -CIover
-CIever
First round to us
I can't see straight
where?
Don't try to be clover
Up the stairs!
A real morgue
we'II run into stuffed ghosts
what do we do?
You change, I'm going in
You Iook Iike some crazy oyster-bird
You think you're so clover
I'II brighten your facade, make oranges grow on an olive tree
Miss... Ange'Ie... Terre
Mys.. tery... Ange'Ie
what do you mean?
-This woman's a drag queen -No, a defrocked nun
Everything's spinning... my God!
Take a swig from the flask
Time's spinning, too. I'II be Iate for the camomile scene
Here, take this
Eye of Iynx and wooden head
I've forgotten my Iines
I thought I'd already told you...
...that the finest scents are the best perfumes
I've forgotten
You could Iose, but you always win
You know it is forbidden her
Madlyn, I've told you not to hide under the pillow
what do you mean? I don't understand
-The harm you do her -I do no harm
Keep out of this, OIivier
I know better than you how to handle her, eight months I've cared for her
Let me decide. I know better than you what I'm doing
May I please have the key to the red chest?
I don't know what I should think
It's taking off
I'm not a bit clover
I Iet the silence in. I mean, I mixed up two scenes
-we've had it, they'II be on to us -They didn't notice
And you, Miss Terre, have you some juicy secrets to tell us?
Imagine, my dear
I glimpsed Camille in the attic rummaging in herthings
Did she say hello?
I sneezed. She didn't react
They're up to their necks in this
Act Two is about to begin
See if the coast is clear
Someone's used my syringe again
It's incomprehensible and totally shocking...
Is Madlyn still asleep, should we wake her?
But he, caught between two fires... Let her sleep
He has spoken to you? Has he said something to you?
No, it's me... I'm getting stuck... these...
...these whiffs of... it's stifling
well, the scent of these plants doesn't help things
Sophie, Iook what I've drawn for you
Excuse me, I didn't mean to frighten you
Isn't my flower pretty?
She's the mur... der... ess!
The bitch! Tea without sugar!
I didn't know I was so emotional
The bastards! They didn't even offer me champagne
It's not funny
well, I've won our bet
we'II discuss it when we're through with this
I thought I was done for
whether it's Sophie or Camille makes no difference
we'II continue as planned
Help me
Take care of her
Do not hide under the pillow. Don't be afraid
It wasn't your mother, it was Camille
Do you want a sweet?
I have one here for you
Open your mouth
You'II sleep now
My house, my garden, my flowers
My travel books... I'm going to swoon
It would have been enough...
"Your sister's getting married
"They'II come to Iive here, it's Iogical. They'II Iove each other"
Lily-Iivered. Drink some potion
"wouldn't you Iike to travel, Camille, see the places you've dreamed of?
"Shanghai, Macao, the Sunda Islands, Borneo"
They gave me gentle words and money, Iots of money
I went around the world twice
You're Iate. I've been waiting for two minutes
I had to answer a call of nature, I'm not made of clover
Anyway, don't worry, they won't get us now
Eye of Iynx, we've got it made
You are known as the greatest catch in New England
You're so beautiful, in that red
You are so pallid, in that black
I must put my glass down
It's divine. I'm tipsy
we're not in a melo any more
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo!
Oh, great clover, it's your turn!
Excuse me, it's time for the child's nap
You'd Iost your talisman
Not that way, follow me
put your Ieg here
wait
Together now
It doesn't hurt to fall off the moon
But we failed again
The dinosaurs took back their eyes
what shall we play now?
No more playing, ever
we're going out. we'II take you boating
Got a smoke?
You've dropped your squirrel