Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) - full transcript

CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING

Usually, I! began like this

MAGIC

Fill out a card, please

Bu! 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 lucky day

- Oh, Death
- No, ifs 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 like paper.
I like the smell of wax

-It'll go better tomorrow
- Let's hope so

Well, back to our places

Back to literature

Sir

You may smoke... discreetly

The children are being very noisy

ls "White Elephant" back?

No, he's on a trip to Australia

Have "Naive Larks"...

...and "Ladies of Flajolie" gone?

Like "Spiders in the Night"

"Death with a Blue Ribbon"

"Before the Mirror"?

"Before the Mirror"... 11th July...

Madame Michelle, I told you not to
let 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 left

It's wild

My last African safari...

...was really wild

The heat was killing us

Hunting animals every day
in the savannah

I had a boa constrictor

A boa constrictor?

Right! A boa constrictor
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 lived through hell

I lost my hair all over,
plucked clean

I was scared to death.
I was traumatized

- Tomatoed?
- Yes, freaked out

I was invited to Hong Kong. A cool
place, I'll tell you some day

A Japanese guy there did
acupuncture. 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 Grégoire

Known as Guilou

A distant cousin from
childhood holidays

We were lovers, 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, ifs not a marguerite,
ifs a daisy

It was a daisy

We'll 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 locked himself in his study
with his wife

She cried, he shouted, I listened.
Then the other woman came

So I went away

I kept out of the way, poked around,
looked 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 looking...

...drawers and cupboards were locked.
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 little 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 look like? Grim?

Him? Like your fish

Black

All done

Relax

I'd kill for a Bloody Mary!

My head hurts

Relax. Lie down

Take this. Swallow it whole

What's the address of that house?

Bu! the next morning...

Lil? IFS 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'll 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

Grégoire? Guilou!

Yes, ifs 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 live 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?

311, 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 lost 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 loved... ecstasy!

Ecstasy! Perverse and mystic
sodomization

Homosexual spleen in the barn,
disguised as Alsatians

Sodom, Gomorrah, teeth grinding,
loins burning...

Hot lava... sleep...

Sleeping, dying of kisses,
sleeping, kisses...

Sleeping, kisses...

Sleeping, 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'll ever come back

Where to?

Rue du Calvaire, in Montmartre

- Tonight you're going to get it
-I'm going to get it?

You'll be surprised

You go ahead; I'll go on
keeping my trap shut

Violins!

If this keeps up, I'm leaving

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 live at her place. Listen!
I'm not joking

She has a pink swimming pool. I'll
invite you lot to swim some day

A heart-shaped pool

She wants to make me her pygma...
Shit! Her pyg...ma...lion

- Can we sunbathe?
- Naked

She's super-rich, her names in
the papers all the time

Shes taking care of me because
she says I've got something

She's going to make me a great
lady of the dance

-Introduce me
- No, I've got first dibs

Me next, then

ls she attractive?

You'll think so. I've been with her
for two days

How old is she? We've got to
picture her

- What color 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 like him...

...a bit of a recluse...

...except that my lady'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-à-terre
in France that's an entire house

Where?

She told me not to tell,
ifs a secret

Your lady's making it all up

You're really stupid. She's broke.
She lies 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, Alice, it really is
Wonderland. I'm absolutely ecstatic

- Lucrezia is zero next to her
- Tell Alice 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 like this lot

When did all this happen?

Two days ago, stupid

- Two days... ifs not true
-l 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?
ls 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 like 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'll become a clown, a sad clown...

...replace Old Pére Julien

I'll 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?

L like the little pricks as long as
they pay. What are you doing?

Is tomorrows act ready? Quite ready?

How about this?

Yes, ifs 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 Dédé

- Celine, 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 loss
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 like that, a great
French artist...

...is worth gold, or better yet,
my dear, worth oil

I'll settle for oil, I mean gold

You'll see, you'll make some

Old Dédé 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 ifs 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, lets 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?

All right, we'll start from zero.
This is going to be very funny

l 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 Olivier

Even so...

You pretend to be unaware of the vow

Don't go in there!

Was it in the right or left
yesterday?

I've forgotten

You could lose, 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 life

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...

Blood ties must be renewed

Must I go on till this ghastly
story ends?

My dear friend, what you have begun
you must complete

Miss Angéle

I've no idea where they came from

But ifs 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 ifs hazy dreams

It's a mishmash

It's like four petrified images
of puppets

Yes, puppets... but they shout...

meat sweets, faint...

...tell stories...

...fade from grey to blue...
and they swoon

Totter down stairs...

...and to spice the sauce,
a little 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 lady 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 weird people

You should talk, sweetie, your lot
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'll laugh

To survive in this life...

...you need dough

Pack it up, honey, don't make my cry

Bu! 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 little 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

...l 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 leave

God rest his soul

What's become of your mother,
with her problems and her men?

I couldn't stand her

I liked 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 last was from Java

So she is still the same

Poupie, do you remember?

The little girl from the house
over there

After you left she was very ill.
After you left she became difficult

One day everyone left, 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'll have some company

I'd like to see my old room

It's just as it was, with all your
dolls, I haven't touched it

I must go

Already?

But now that I've found you,
I'll come for tea, I promise

- It's been too long
- 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 lemon trees,
the Kursaal orchestra

- She was so pale, so fragile
- More than I?

Out of my sight

Who? What? ls 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 Angéle, come quickly

They're doing the same thing
as yesterday

- They'll do the same tomorrow
- The same every day?

- All-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 little 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 left yesterday?

I've forgotten

You could lose, 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, Olivier

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 lower your voices,
the child is resting

I don't know what I should think

Well, anyway...

Think what you like

Today, I'm Angéle

Yesterday it was me

But ifs 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 Angéle.
What do those ladies want from him?

That's what we may learn
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 Olivier

ls 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, somethings going on

I'd say one is a real slut.
For my money ifs the blonde

All 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'll let the Judgment 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?

Olivier, a dreadful thing
has happened

Do not go in there!

Do you think it could be...

Angéle?

Bu! the next morning...

- I'm ill
- Me, too

-I want to sleep
- Me, too. In fact I am sleeping

- My legs 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 leave it to fate

Have you got a coin?

I'll look in my shoe

No more money

Be sure to give me back my change

I'll eat it

It's Swiss chocolate

Heads I win, tails you lose

Damn!

I'm struck dumb

Tails. You lost

How odd...

I'm going to give you...

A little massage?

An emblem

- What color?
- Pink

Mauve

- Marshmallow
- A lovely red

My little 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, ifs 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 though! a good deal

We're through, since the day
before yesterday

ls it really Grégoire?

I've decided you wanted I! 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

ls this a game? You're pulling my leg

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 like 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...

Céline? She's out

It is important, I can see...

Of course, you can count on me

I'll 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 leave

- Do your best. Get a move on
- Stay cool, ifs in the bag

Excuse the delay. Artists, you know...

The Mandragora is money in the bag

Naive, I'm so naive

Red-headed miss, fingers of bliss

Naive, I'm so naive.
When I see you, sirs...

...if f want to make you sigh
f light up your eyes

If I want to do more
I just lay it on

Bluestocking, that's what f am.
Shady Miss, a touch like a kiss

Bluestocking, that's what f am.
When f see you, gadzooks!

I have no heart, no! 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

Bu! 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 let 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...

...l had a big rayon tutu

They said I was suppleness itself...

...because I could put my legs
around my neck

And now I want to express my
temperament, my spontaneity

I'm very lively

And... I can do... the sweet woman...

...and the headstand woman...

...on my little 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'll show you!

Want some fun, bunch of idiots?

Come on, let'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 Angéle
- Good morning, Madlyn

But why so violent?

These flowers are so pretty

I thought I'd told Mademoiselle
Camille...

...that the sweetest scents are
odors harmful to children

These plants are so pretty

I thought I'd told Mademoiselle
Camille...

...that the sweetest scents are
odors harmful to children

Do you think so?

Pretty things do us no harm

If you say so...

Mademoiselle runs risks

I'll leave the roses to you,
because of their thorns

Goodness does not always do good

Mademoiselle runs risks

I'll leave 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 look so much like
my sister...

What are you saying?

Olivier, give me the key to my trunk

I do not want to see those dresses
again

May I please have the key
to the little 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 lucky that we have
the same coloring

I don't know what I should think

I thought that today perhaps...

...at last these dresses...

...should be mine

Mother left them to whichever
one of us married first

Since my sister's death,
they've been locked away

They lie languishing in the attic

Wrapped in mothballs and rose leaves

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 little 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, Olivier?

I've told you, the harm you do her

I do her no harm

Keep out of this, Olivier

She won't get him?

Please lower your voices,
the child is resting

I don't know what I should think

Think what you like

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 ii is hereditary

The scent of the plants
certainly doesn't help

Sophie, look 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? ls 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 listening

You chose the wrong day for
trying to seduce Olivier

Always 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, ifs funny

You can tell me later

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 label with the words DRINK ME

She drank it... the liquid
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 like a
sweet? I have one

It's over

I'll never be able to... she hates me

I'll never get her to love me

lam tired

Discouraged again

It's just as it was ten, fourteen
years ago

When Nathalie and I were young.
She never loved 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 like your sister?

"You must get out. Lets 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 like
seeing you like 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'll like 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, Olivier

Do not forget that

And I hoped that you could perhaps...
that we could...

Alas, 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 like 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

Classy

No, I don't know

I'll 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 lived just for you, my heart
traced your footsteps

Naughty girl!

The rogue

A lofty tower, a bewitched prince...

...and a tree with daggers

And the Blue 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! All that blood

Blood 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, ifs 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

lam duly recompensed, sir

Not in the way I would like

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 learned nothing more.
What do we do?

It's full of holes

I don't know, ifs like
Gruyere cheese

We don't know the end. I hate that

Anyway, we're not going back.
I have an idea

At the library...

The library?

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

...of the four basic elements:

Water

Air

- You don't think it's polluted?
-l don't think so

Very gently, ifs the most
fragile part

You can pour it all

Earth

Clover

How much?

Two stalks

No, two big ones

The same size

Fire

The fire will shoot out from the
four cardinal points...

...and from its conflagration
you will obtain...

...!he memory potion...

...called Herbal Wine by
the ancients

Because of the clover

PS. Beware of side-effects

Take in small doses

We'll start together

Can Harold have some?

Just a drop

He swallowed it

It's good

Very good. Some more...

Let's have another, ifs 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 sisters getting married"

"Your sister's getting married

"They'll come to live here,
ifs logical, ifs family

"And they love each other

"They have secrets, they must be
left alone

"Wouldn't you like 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...

...l traveled a lot, around
the world twice

But it was as if another was doing it

Only at night was it I

In my dreams

Always the same dream,
the same house

My house

Now she's dead. I'm alive. Free

And ifs my house

They won't drive me out again

I'll 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, Angéle?

Why do you never answer, Angéle?

I have to recover, give me some more

Blood 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 Angéle, I rarely have the
chance to tell you...

...how satisfied I am with
your services

lam duly recompensed, sir

Not in the way I would like

Madlyn is so lucky 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 nigh!

What would I do without you?
I hope...

Aha! we might still gather...

...the stars of the Thousand
and One Nights

wouldn'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 I!

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'll get her out

We'll 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 laugh 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
like that

Not like the other times

We'll get her

Stop the engines

Bu! the next morning...

We've got here too early

Time for a smoke

- Clever
- Clover

- Clover
- Clever

First round to us

I can't see straight

Where?

Don't try to be clover

Up the stairs!

A real morgue

We'll run into stuffed ghosts

What do we do?

You change, I'm going in

You look like some crazy oyster-bird

You think you're so clover

I'll brighten your facade, make
oranges grow on an olive tree

Miss... Angéle... Terre

Mys.. tery... Angéle

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

Times spinning, too. I'll be late
for the camomile scene

Here, take this

Eye of lynx and wooden head

I've forgotten my lines

I thought I'd already told you...

...that the finest scents are
the best perfumes

I've forgotten

You could lose, 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
-l do no harm

Keep out of this, Olivier

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 let the silence in. I mean,
I mixed up two scenes

- We've had it, they'll 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 her things

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...

ls 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, ifs me... I'm getting stuck...
these...

...these whiffs of... ifs stifling

Well, the scent of these plants
doesn't help things

Sophie, look 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'll discuss it when we're
through with this

I thought I was done for

Whether ifs Sophie or Camille
makes no difference

We'll 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'll 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'll come to live here, ifs
logical. They'll love each other"

Lily-livered. Drink some potion

"Wouldn't you like to travel, Camille,
see the places you've dreamed of?

"Shanghai, Macao, the Sunda Islands,
Borneo"

They gave me gentle words and
money, lots of money

I went around the world twice

You're late. 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 lynx, 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, ifs your turn!

Excuse me, ifs time for
the child's nap

You'd lost your talisman

Not that way, follow me

Put your leg 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'll take you
boating

Got a smoke?

You've dropped your squirrel