13 Days in France (1968) - full transcript
A documentary about the Winter Olympics.
This is not the official film
of the Olympic Winter Games.
It is neither a sports film
nor a film with a message.
A few directors present in Grenoble
in February '68
filmed events around them
and within them in silence.
They now present
these 13 days that shook their world.
13 DAYS IN FRANCE
He's off, Dominique.
He's going too fast!
Signal to him he's going a bit too fast.
No, forget it. Forget it.
I'm on the top of the podium.
It's hard to hear from here.
Give the signal anytime,
but let us know first
so we can stop the traffic.
Dominique, are you ready?
- I'm ready.
- Anytime you want now. Just say when.
One day, you'll say
I was there to do all that
And all that means
In our country today
We're proud to have Killy
You'll say
My city changed every day
Huge lines of cars were arriving
From all over
From all over
One day, you'll say
I saw it all, choppers and bulldozers
You'll say
I saw the planes, the TV crews
Hostesses and riot cops
The carnival had come to town
With guests in disguise
All the costumes arrived
From all over
From all over
One day, you'll talk
About the abattoirs
And the billions poured in
For roads and stations
But maybe you'll forget it all
I'd like to say a few words
about this rehearsal.
As an audience,
we found it far from satisfactory.
I wish to remind you
that it has never been
a sign of character
not to take part
in the whole range of group exercises.
Firstly,
you all chatter away
incessantly,
and it is more than audible
within the stadium.
Next week,
on February 6th exactly,
you will be left to your own devices.
If you make comments among yourselves,
it will be as out of place,
if not more so,
as sloppy behaviour
during a national anthem.
You must be convinced
of what you are doing.
Line up on the first rows.
After the blue, stay on the right.
Then comes that sort of gully
where they were timing us.
Right there,
cut to the inside of the gate.
- You have to pass it -
- On the left.
Then you have - I'll start again.
The blue's here.
Your track is here.
Then the red,
and the gully where they were timing us.
You arrive here and pass on the inside,
in the middle of the gate.
Then you take the gully
and cut to the left after it.
You cut to the left, then the right.
I'll follow you.
I don't understand!
There's a sled reserved at post number 8.
Repeat your message.
Can you confirm that the sled handler
is at post number 8?
Victor is there.
I'm honoured to invite
General Charles de Gaulle
to declare open
the X Olympic Winter Games.
I declare
open
the X Olympic Winter Games
in Grenoble.
Evelyne Delorme, 12,
Pierre and Joseph Gras, six and four,
are waiting for their parents
by the podium.
Competitors in the nonstop event -
in the nonstop event
are sent off-
are sent off every 30 seconds.
I repeat,
they are sent off every 30 seconds.
Therefore...
proceed with extreme caution...
when evacuating...
skiers who fall.
- Faster!
- Faster!
Oh, no!
Get ready, I'll give you the start signal.
When he says so, you go.
IBM RESULTS
MEN'S DOWNHILL
You have just conquered time
And yet you already know
That it will carry on its way
When all that you will recall
Will be a thousand children's cheers
You have just jostled time
And yet you can guess
That all this is an illusion
And if for a while
It seems to fly or stand still
Or stretch out
Its march never changes
For a walk in the woods
On the peaceful banks of a stream
In the quagmire of war
We are the ones who change
It never does
You have just dissected time
Do you know what awaits you?
Do you know that for a few hundredths
Others envy you or love you?
At the second when, triumphant
You have just beaten time
I know what you feel
But doesn't the flush of victory
Take on a trivial taste?
Faced with the madness of people
Who suddenly turn to you
Increasingly demanding each time
That they bask in your glory
That they relate to your face
They will change
You won't
You have just challenged time
You know that others like before
Will come to unsettle your legend
Other heroes that people around the world
Will celebrate in time
You have just confronted time
What will you do now?
Will you seek other victories
Within yourself
Or in the mirrors that reflect you now?
Will you retrace your steps
For a walk in the woods
On the peaceful banks of a stream
Thinking of time and its mysteries?
We are the ones who change
It never does
It never does
Jean-Claude!
Jean-Claude!
Bravo, Jean-Claude!
START
FINISH
Olga Pall, Austria.
1. 40. 87.
5-7.
5-9.
5-9.
5-8.
5-7.
5-7.
5-9. Thank you.
Second marks.
She comes from a country
That counts its friends
Like hard currency
Putting all those who love it
In an IBM machine
To see who divides them
When they talked of her art
We couldn't help but think of dollars
I'm ashamed of it now
I'm ashamed of it, Peggy
For a gesture
We talk about it so much
But we tend to forget
That it has just been born
This country torn apart
Made of uprooted souls
Trying to get to know each other
Each outside their door
Often offends us
Of course we'll remember
But they'll return one day
Those forgotten rages
That she swept aside
With a gesture
She comes from a country
That counts its friends
Like hard currency
Putting all those who love it
In an IBM machine
To see who divides them
When they talk of her art
Some will think only of dollars
I'm ashamed of it now
I'm ashamed of it, Peggy
For a gesture
Johnny!
Johnny!
One more! One more!
Your attention,
speed up the departure, please.
START
FINISH
Competitor number 1...
First stop, number 27.
One penalty.
You explain, I'm sick of it!
One day, you'll say
I was there to do all that
And all that means
In our country today
We're proud to have Killy
You'll say
My city changed every day
Huge lines of cars were arriving
From all over
From all over
One day, you'll say
I saw it all, choppers and bulldozers
You'll say
I saw the planes, the TV crews
Hostesses and riot cops
The carnival had come to town
With guests in disguise
All the costumes arrived
From all over
From all over
FIGURE SKATING
5-8. 5-8.
5-8.
5-6.
5-8.
5-8.
5-9.
5-9.
5-8.
5-8.
5-9.
5-9.
5-9.
IBM RESULTS
PAIRS FIGURE SKATING
IBM RESULTS
WOMEN'S SLALOM
VIETNAM: NEGOTIATIONS IN SIGHT
MARIELLE: MY LAST SEASON
The next competitor will be
Jean-Claude Killy from the French team.
Number 17, Jere Elliott of the USA,
at the finish.
IBM RESULTS
MEN'S SLALOM
VIETNAM: USA ENDS HOPES OF TALKS
MARIELLE'S FAVORITE:
THE GIANT SLALOM
IBM RESULTS
WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM
And so, over 13 days
France ran the whole gamut
Of confusion, of passion
Of the exaggeration
Of our days that speed by
And so, over 13 days
France made fine speeches
Never forgetting that in songs
Whatever the reason
Things always end
The way lamps still burn
Long after the party's over
Little by little, the passions die down
Like those streets that felt at a loss
After the Bastille Day fete
Cleared away its dances and tunes
And so, after 13 days
France gets back once more
To her traditional life
Of which we are so fond
That passes day in, day out
The party lights
The passions
Little by little, die down
Like those streets that felt at a loss
After the Bastille Day fete
Cleared away its dances and tunes
And so, after 13 days
France gets back once more
To her traditional life
Of which we are so fond
That passes day in, day out
And yet, over 13 days
In France we made love
Never forgetting for one second
That during all that time
The games were taking place
of the Olympic Winter Games.
It is neither a sports film
nor a film with a message.
A few directors present in Grenoble
in February '68
filmed events around them
and within them in silence.
They now present
these 13 days that shook their world.
13 DAYS IN FRANCE
He's off, Dominique.
He's going too fast!
Signal to him he's going a bit too fast.
No, forget it. Forget it.
I'm on the top of the podium.
It's hard to hear from here.
Give the signal anytime,
but let us know first
so we can stop the traffic.
Dominique, are you ready?
- I'm ready.
- Anytime you want now. Just say when.
One day, you'll say
I was there to do all that
And all that means
In our country today
We're proud to have Killy
You'll say
My city changed every day
Huge lines of cars were arriving
From all over
From all over
One day, you'll say
I saw it all, choppers and bulldozers
You'll say
I saw the planes, the TV crews
Hostesses and riot cops
The carnival had come to town
With guests in disguise
All the costumes arrived
From all over
From all over
One day, you'll talk
About the abattoirs
And the billions poured in
For roads and stations
But maybe you'll forget it all
I'd like to say a few words
about this rehearsal.
As an audience,
we found it far from satisfactory.
I wish to remind you
that it has never been
a sign of character
not to take part
in the whole range of group exercises.
Firstly,
you all chatter away
incessantly,
and it is more than audible
within the stadium.
Next week,
on February 6th exactly,
you will be left to your own devices.
If you make comments among yourselves,
it will be as out of place,
if not more so,
as sloppy behaviour
during a national anthem.
You must be convinced
of what you are doing.
Line up on the first rows.
After the blue, stay on the right.
Then comes that sort of gully
where they were timing us.
Right there,
cut to the inside of the gate.
- You have to pass it -
- On the left.
Then you have - I'll start again.
The blue's here.
Your track is here.
Then the red,
and the gully where they were timing us.
You arrive here and pass on the inside,
in the middle of the gate.
Then you take the gully
and cut to the left after it.
You cut to the left, then the right.
I'll follow you.
I don't understand!
There's a sled reserved at post number 8.
Repeat your message.
Can you confirm that the sled handler
is at post number 8?
Victor is there.
I'm honoured to invite
General Charles de Gaulle
to declare open
the X Olympic Winter Games.
I declare
open
the X Olympic Winter Games
in Grenoble.
Evelyne Delorme, 12,
Pierre and Joseph Gras, six and four,
are waiting for their parents
by the podium.
Competitors in the nonstop event -
in the nonstop event
are sent off-
are sent off every 30 seconds.
I repeat,
they are sent off every 30 seconds.
Therefore...
proceed with extreme caution...
when evacuating...
skiers who fall.
- Faster!
- Faster!
Oh, no!
Get ready, I'll give you the start signal.
When he says so, you go.
IBM RESULTS
MEN'S DOWNHILL
You have just conquered time
And yet you already know
That it will carry on its way
When all that you will recall
Will be a thousand children's cheers
You have just jostled time
And yet you can guess
That all this is an illusion
And if for a while
It seems to fly or stand still
Or stretch out
Its march never changes
For a walk in the woods
On the peaceful banks of a stream
In the quagmire of war
We are the ones who change
It never does
You have just dissected time
Do you know what awaits you?
Do you know that for a few hundredths
Others envy you or love you?
At the second when, triumphant
You have just beaten time
I know what you feel
But doesn't the flush of victory
Take on a trivial taste?
Faced with the madness of people
Who suddenly turn to you
Increasingly demanding each time
That they bask in your glory
That they relate to your face
They will change
You won't
You have just challenged time
You know that others like before
Will come to unsettle your legend
Other heroes that people around the world
Will celebrate in time
You have just confronted time
What will you do now?
Will you seek other victories
Within yourself
Or in the mirrors that reflect you now?
Will you retrace your steps
For a walk in the woods
On the peaceful banks of a stream
Thinking of time and its mysteries?
We are the ones who change
It never does
It never does
Jean-Claude!
Jean-Claude!
Bravo, Jean-Claude!
START
FINISH
Olga Pall, Austria.
1. 40. 87.
5-7.
5-9.
5-9.
5-8.
5-7.
5-7.
5-9. Thank you.
Second marks.
She comes from a country
That counts its friends
Like hard currency
Putting all those who love it
In an IBM machine
To see who divides them
When they talked of her art
We couldn't help but think of dollars
I'm ashamed of it now
I'm ashamed of it, Peggy
For a gesture
We talk about it so much
But we tend to forget
That it has just been born
This country torn apart
Made of uprooted souls
Trying to get to know each other
Each outside their door
Often offends us
Of course we'll remember
But they'll return one day
Those forgotten rages
That she swept aside
With a gesture
She comes from a country
That counts its friends
Like hard currency
Putting all those who love it
In an IBM machine
To see who divides them
When they talk of her art
Some will think only of dollars
I'm ashamed of it now
I'm ashamed of it, Peggy
For a gesture
Johnny!
Johnny!
One more! One more!
Your attention,
speed up the departure, please.
START
FINISH
Competitor number 1...
First stop, number 27.
One penalty.
You explain, I'm sick of it!
One day, you'll say
I was there to do all that
And all that means
In our country today
We're proud to have Killy
You'll say
My city changed every day
Huge lines of cars were arriving
From all over
From all over
One day, you'll say
I saw it all, choppers and bulldozers
You'll say
I saw the planes, the TV crews
Hostesses and riot cops
The carnival had come to town
With guests in disguise
All the costumes arrived
From all over
From all over
FIGURE SKATING
5-8. 5-8.
5-8.
5-6.
5-8.
5-8.
5-9.
5-9.
5-8.
5-8.
5-9.
5-9.
5-9.
IBM RESULTS
PAIRS FIGURE SKATING
IBM RESULTS
WOMEN'S SLALOM
VIETNAM: NEGOTIATIONS IN SIGHT
MARIELLE: MY LAST SEASON
The next competitor will be
Jean-Claude Killy from the French team.
Number 17, Jere Elliott of the USA,
at the finish.
IBM RESULTS
MEN'S SLALOM
VIETNAM: USA ENDS HOPES OF TALKS
MARIELLE'S FAVORITE:
THE GIANT SLALOM
IBM RESULTS
WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM
And so, over 13 days
France ran the whole gamut
Of confusion, of passion
Of the exaggeration
Of our days that speed by
And so, over 13 days
France made fine speeches
Never forgetting that in songs
Whatever the reason
Things always end
The way lamps still burn
Long after the party's over
Little by little, the passions die down
Like those streets that felt at a loss
After the Bastille Day fete
Cleared away its dances and tunes
And so, after 13 days
France gets back once more
To her traditional life
Of which we are so fond
That passes day in, day out
The party lights
The passions
Little by little, die down
Like those streets that felt at a loss
After the Bastille Day fete
Cleared away its dances and tunes
And so, after 13 days
France gets back once more
To her traditional life
Of which we are so fond
That passes day in, day out
And yet, over 13 days
In France we made love
Never forgetting for one second
That during all that time
The games were taking place