Goliath (2022) - full transcript

Ladies and gentlemen,
this stop is Reims.

Next stop, Reims.

Although based on real events,

the characters and situations
portrayed in this film are fictional.

Nevertheless, resemblance to actual
persons or events is no coincidence.

Lucie,
I got the medical expert's report.

I hadn't mentioned it,

it's pretty shocking.

Talk of so-called "genetic antecedents".

So it's a negative opinion?

Yes, it's negative.



Expect them to be
very aggressive in court.

Which means they're desperate,
a good sign.

You have a solid case.

We have proof of Margot's
work-related disease.

Are your friends here?

Yes.

I called volunteers and group members.

It's a good showing.

That's very good. And very important.

Puts pressure on the judges.

The lymphoma that took Margot's life
was included this year

on the list of work-related diseases.

What's more,

the scientific literature
clearly links that cancer



with repeated, prolonged exposure
to Tetrazine, which, alas,

was Margot Tauran's case.

This pesticide

was officially designated by the W.H.O.,

four years ago,

as a potential carcinogen.

Lastly, a word about
the committee members

who rendered this negative opinion.

Of three doctors chosen
to judge blood cancer,

we have a pulmonologist...

and an employee of the insurance company

slated to indemnify my client.

That can only be called a flagrant

conflict of interest.

In a case so grave,

so serious and painful as this,

given the death of a young woman,

her partner's solitude and grief,

we have a right to expect
a much less dubious panel.

Wouldn't you agree?

Your Honor,

the insurance company I represent
feels that such a serious case

deserves better than rhetoric.

We are also shocked
by Counsel's suspicious attitude

and his conspiracy-minded innuendo.

So we live in a banana republic?

Well no.

The company merely applies the law,

relying on scientific observations.

And those observations
lead us to contest

the causal relationship
between Tetrazine exposure

and Margot Tauran's illness.

These are the facts.

Family antecedents have been established

by an independent expertise.

The same cancer took the life
of Margot Tauran's uncle.

Please be silent.

You're right. Yes...

Margot's uncle was a farmer, too,

and he, too, died of cancer.
Because he, too,

was exposed to pesticides
his whole life.

Heredity has nothing to do with it.
Nothing.

Margot and her uncle
both had life-long contact to poison.

That's reality.

I'd like to add one point.

- You've said a lot.
- Just one point.

This year

in France,

three times,

in three regions, far from one another,

spraying

of this carcinogenic pesticide

caused 184 cases of intoxication,
of which 61

led to hospitalization.

So in two of those regions, the Prefect

quite rightly and very simply
banned Tetrazine for several weeks.

Now I ask you,

is it so hard
to exercise common sense?

Is it so hard to be responsible?

Is it so hard to be honest?

Thank you.

But the use of this product
is strictly defined by the manufacturer.

"Apply under plastic sheeting,
water to bind molecule to the ground."

So who isn't being responsible
and honest, Counselor?

In the regions to which you refer,

did the users follow these guidelines?

Thank you, Your Honor.

Ma'am, would you like to speak?

Yes.

We use pesticides.

We have to.

To maintain our crop yield, to get by.

I don't know who's in charge,
or what to call them.

But if they had told us...

if there was a clear warning
on the product,

we wouldn't have used it.

Or not in the same way.

And Margot is gone...

because of that.

And...

Thank you.

The court is in recess for deliberation.

...the shocking scandal
around methods of mining cobalt

a component of electric batteries.

Most of the world's supply
originates in southern Congo.

Spiraling cobalt prices attracted
nearly 200,000 undocumented miners,

known as "diggers".

Children with only pickaxes and shovels,
they work without protection,

in poorly ventilated tunnels,
and are paid 2 euros per day.

For how long will children pay,
with their health and lives,

for the electric power industry?

How long can we look away?

Stop exploiting children in Africa

There.

If you like it, we take it viral
tomorrow on social media.

It's good. It's better.

More focused on the kids' faces,
the risk they take.

The rest is extraneous.

This version is good. We greenlight it?

Did you find a segue for later?

Yes. I'll use the Tokyo example.

Hammer home the years of practice,
the new diesel engines,

then finish on the Kyoto Protocol.
I think that's enough.

About the Tetrazine report,

everyone will be there.

I booked the whole hotel.

You just make a brief opening statement.
Here's the latest draft.

Seriously...

- Za nas!
- Nostrovia!

Let's go, bring up the rear!

Nael! Ewan! Close up the ranks!

You're over ten minutes!

Place your shoulders over the line,

eyes straight ahead.

Why should we properly set
the starting blocks?

So you start out straight ahead,

and so better time.

Problem, Quentin?

This is useless.
No one's going to the Olympics.

- Pack it up.
- Watch your tone!

Apologize.

- I'm waiting, Quentin.
- I'm out of here.

Quentin, stay here.

First six, on the blocks.
Show them, I'll be right back.

- Come back please.
- Get off!

What's wrong with you? Settle down!

I advise you to apologize, Quentin.

I'm sorry.

Going to expel me?

Sure, what else?

I turn you in, you get thrown out.

Then you go to prison.

In there, the hoods will train you good.

Then you'll come back
and blow us all away.

Take a breath, then come back.

You're not going to the Olympics.

I agree. What's the use
of knowing how to set a block?

But I'm the teacher here.

So try it.

We're waiting for you.

Come on, Quentin, stop sulking!

- Hi.
- Hi. Have a good shift.

Good night!

Delivery, platform 46.

Article 313, aisle 29,

number 5529.

It takes approximately
60,000 megajoules to build

a traditional car.

Compare that to the
120,000 megajoules...

...needed to build an electric one.

Twice as much greenhouse gas...

...needed during the
manufacturing process.

But you save on
electric car emissions...

You multiply tenfold
in electric car manufacturing.

You're the most important
industrial leaders in Eastern Europe.

You've the power to choose your future,
both in terms of energy and integrity!

I would also like to mention
the techniques used in extracting cobalt

...which goes into
building electric batteries.

60 percent of cobalt production...

...comes from the south of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo...

...mainly from the Kolwezi region.

Children are equipped with shovels
and pickaxes...

...working without any protection
at all in poorly ventilated tunnels...

for a meager 2 euros...

Sowing the seeds of doubt

...by hypocritically preying
on people's emotions...

...and even distorting
scientific facts...

...seem to be the heart
of your argument.

We're trying to think of how
to improve everyone's lives...

...and incidentally save the planet.

Whereas you're happy to settle
for manipulating official figures...

...to benefit commercial interests.

The basic principle
behind lobbies like yours...

...is to lie, and you do it
without remorse.

You're nothing but poor communicators
and merchants of doubt!

Sir, calm down...
You don't need to get angry.

Nor do you have to
berate me in public.

I just had lunch with my old mother.
I got my share, thank you.

More seriously...

...what you call lies,
are simply facts.

But maybe they make you
feel uncomfortable?

Fact...

In 1999, Tokyo said no
to diesel fuel.

Fact... in 2010 the Japanese government
made a complete U-turn...

...and provided financial incentives
to people to buy diesel cars.

Why?

Why?

Because studies based on
years of actual practice...

...show that new diesel engines
with particle filters...

...emit 20 percent less CO2...

...and consume less
than petrol engines.

I don't know about you,
but I believe this makes...

...a major difference in the fight
against global warming...

...as defined by the Kyoto protocol.

Don't you?

- Merchants of doubt!
- Thank you...

You manipulate the facts!

That's all you do...
You only manipulate the facts!

All right.

To the merchants of doubt.

Becoming a dad is life's best gift.

Mine are grown now.

But I remember every detail.

All that happiness.

When I met Charlène,
she'd just had Camille.

With her idiot husband.

She was destroyed.
He had destroyed her.

That's when I met her.

Then she rebounded,
created her collections.

And when I think,
now we're having a baby.

Ours.

That we made it.

It seems pretty magical, you know?

We all catch a break in life.

Charlène is yours.

- Thought of moving them to Brussels?
- No.

Charlène's company is in Paris.

And the schools are better, for Camille.

We're together
for the good stuff. Weekends.

We enjoy it.

Is it me or is this a pick-up bar?

No, you're right.

- I think so.
- So do I.

My wife is my lucky break.
Now let's go to a hooker joint.

- You got it.
- Great.

Very logical.

The task of Mrs. Baradeau's lab

is to tally the congenital anomalies
in your region

in order to inform authorities.

A few weeks ago,
that lab released a study

concerning the last ten years,

finding in your region

a cluster

of babies born without arms

or with other malformations.

The National Institute
and the region reacted

by canceling the lab's funding

and now Mrs. Baradeau has been fired.

Excuse me.

Just... why do that?

If the funding's gone,

so is the lab and the report.

If the report is gone,
officially there is no problem.

No more malformations, nothing.

Break the thermometer, hide the fever.

Our study clearly finds

that this region's malformation rate
is 58 times higher

than the national average.

These are not genetic defects.

Neither are they linked to medicines

or drugs, used by mothers.

What is it?

It's Tetrazine?

The concentration of cases
is not coincidence,

and is probably due
to exposure to a teratogen,

meaning an agent

common to all the mothers,

which caused the fetal deformations.

So a substance

used in farming is possible.

Like a pesticide.

Of course it's Tetrazine!

They cut the funding because
authorization of that shit

is up for renewal in Europe this year.

Their only goal is that renewal.

Your study just got in their way.

And it goes even farther.

Look. In your region,

certain streams

have been wiped from the map.

You knew that.

Why?

In exchange for accords
and lots of money,

commercial interests managed
to erase them from official maps.

To avoid the duty to protect them

from their pesticides.

If we want to avert catastrophe,

it's zero pesticide. Zero!

You must fight them.

On blue summer evenings, along a trail

Flecked with wheat,
upon soft grass I tread...

Come on, nice and tall.

Yes. Taller.

Stay up! Great!

Come on, darling!

Great, Coline.

You want it all? You're hungry?

No, I'm eating it!

Stop! That's my sandwich!

You're the sandwich. Look!

Here.

Dad, stop!

I tried calling yesterday.

Lucie, I'm so sorry.
Margot's disease wasn't recognized.

But...

Yeah.

We'll fight on, we'll file an appeal.

I'm out of money.

Don't worry.
We'll work something out.

I have a court appearance.
I'll call you back afterward.

Trust me, Lucie. We're going to win.

See you later.

One more question,

if I may, Mr. Secretary, about images
seen around the world this week

of children, enslaved workers
in Congolese cobalt mines.

Should we now reconsider

our conversion to all-electric vehicles?

Ms. Lapix,
we take this issue very seriously.

Those children work
in deplorable conditions.

We must find those responsible

and ban them from the industry.

But couldn't this be a trick?

Are these accusations leveled
at electric cars designed to promote

diesel and gasoline,
obviously more polluting?

We're always regulating
pollutants of all kinds

to protect our environment.

But as the data evolves, we adapt.

For example, in Japan,

where they banned diesel 20 years prior,
they've gone back to it.

And why is that, Mrs. Lapix?

Because based on years
of real-world studies,

new diesel engines emit
20 percent less CO2

than gasoline engines.

That's a big difference to consider

when it comes
to battling global warming,

as defined by the Kyoto Protocol.

Diesel is back!

Our Secretary was very good.

Thanks to Thomas Moore and the team!

Good messaging. Masterful.

I told you he'd be your best defender.

An exceptional spokesman!

- The best!
- Thanks.

Thanks. We're not done!

The Greens will hit back soon.

We got a hold of their report.

Here's the title:

"43 Million Dirty Diesel Engines
On European Roads".

There.

It'll make some noise, but we got it.

We're counting on you. Nice win!

Thanks for your trust.

Don't forget the Tetrazine report.
With the minister, we'll need it.

Know the difference

between a good lawyer and a great one?

No, you don't.

A good lawyer knows the law.

A great one knows the judge.
In this case,

I'm the great lawyer.

I decide who fucks me,
so pull up your shorts!

Seriously.

Typical asshole lawyer,

arrogant, greedy.

In this case I knew the judge,
so I won, but...

we live in a crazy world.

I won that case, but I lost another.

I'm sort of flying blind right now.

Anyway, that's all.

So how are you?

I'm moving to the south.

I'm happy for you.

- Your mind's made up?
- Yeah.

It's what I want.

I won't stay a year too many.

I want to go, with no bitterness.

Will you quit the AFP?

No, I'll keep my job.

I'll commute, that's all.

Come to Paris 1 or 2 days a week.
Others do it.

And when do you move?

I'm off to New York for an article.
But I've listed my apartment.

However long it takes.

Stop.

Mr. Secretary, Senators,

thank you all
for accepting our invitation,

and for joining us
in this Normandy paradise,

far from the Parisian hustle-bustle.

Let me take this opportunity

to heartily thank
the Agriculture Secretary

for hearing us on the crucial issue

of defending pesticides,
and especially Tetrazine.

Thanks also to Dennis,

who somehow managed
to get senators of every stripe

into one room.

Before handing it over to him,

let me also thank Claude Delahaye

whom we all know now,
architect of the report,

the best among us!

Thank you. Really. Sincerely.

Yes, our major evaluation report
is now completed.

It will be broadly distributed

to all member states
of the European Community,

to the appropriate
European Commissioners

and to the media, in six months.

That is, just before the vote

for renewal of Tetrazine licensing.

Yes, Mr. Secretary, this is
an important vote for our economy.

Important for preserving
agricultural production, important

for maintaining jobs in the region.

I have no doubt, sir,

that our report will tip the scale.

The renewal of Tetrazine
must be approved, sir.

Your support will be the key factor.

Our report shows
with disarming simplicity

that groups which list
this molecule as dangerous

aren't qualified to do so.

Turns out, their opinions are worthless.

What we say can be understood
by a 5-year-old.

Tetrazine is less carcinogenic
than candy he's allowed to eat,

and which isn't against the law.

That's all.

Enough talk,
I'll let you enjoy your meal.

Whenever I see Christian's idiot face
I want to deck him.

Before we left,
I pissed in his jacket pockets

And left a gob of spit on his collar.
Keep his hands and neck warm!

You're my hero.

You are my hero.

Sometimes

I think if I hadn't gotten sick,

you might've left.

Stop, Zef.

Our story is what it is.

And you're not sick anymore.

And it's freezing cold!

No!

Stay in the water! Stay in the water!

I'm waiting to drink.

I'm tossing the bouquet!

Wait! Let me move over there.

I'm throwing it now!

One, two, three...

Let's go.

Hi, this is Patrick Fameau's voice mail.
Leave a message.

You'll hear this when you wake up.

You'll understand my act, or not.

In any case, I want to thank you.

For everything.

I had wonderful years with Margot.

We loved our work.

Happy birthday to you, Coline...

One!

Two! Three!

The presents! The presents!

Want some?

The farmer who killed herself...

It was because of Tetrazine.

I know.

You'll hear this when you wake up.

You'll understand my act, or not.

In any case, I wanted to thank you.

For everything.

I had wonderful years with Margot.

We loved our work.

We trusted our suppliers.

We worked hard. It's a hard life.

The uncertainty,

the constant debt.

The lack of recognition.

Then Margot and I, two women partners...

Margot was a simple, happy soul.

Proud to be a "modern farmer."

We were proud to be feeding people.

We thought we'd have a child.

But then she got sick.

Where I come from, like Margot,
people die in silence.

I created an association
to get people talking.

Three years later, it failed.

People talked, but no one listened.

I have no strength to go on.

I just want my words to be heard.

And for my name and Margot's
not to be muddied.

Maybe now they will hear.

Maybe now they'll have to see.

These are the last words

that Lucie Tauran left
on my voice mail.

In memory of Lucie, in Margot's name,

their parents asked me
to file a complaint

seeking criminal indemnification

for false representation
and poisoning.

They want to bring to light
the dark cycle

of inhuman, unacceptable acts

that led to this tragedy.

Margot Tauran

was in contact,

for years,

with Tetrazine.

A harmless substance,

say its makers, but which the W.H.O.
designated as a carcinogen.

It is still, unfortunately, permitted.

So how can one help but think

that these decisions

are guided by economic interests

outweighing justice

and public health?

Who so thoroughly mocks
the value of human life?

Who killed my client?

Who?

Maintaining favorable market conditions
must be the priority.

We're releasing

the all-new Alena Pro,
Tetrazine its main ingredient.

The W.H.O. tackled us four years ago.

Then there was Covid,
now this woman farmer's suicide.

We cannot abide
further loss of market confidence.

We know
our American competitor's fate

in a similar, badly-managed case.

A 45 percent capital loss,

stockholders running for the hills.

That can't happen to us.

Maintaining favorable market conditions

and the parliamentary vote
are our priorities.

The Touran affair
will be forgotten in due course.

We mustn't fuel the fire.

Avoid the media back-and-forth.

At least until the vote.

Two lesbian women, legally married.

- Can we work that?
- No!

Don't touch it, we'd get hurt.

We just defuse it,

recenter the issue.

Lucie Tauran's very fragile psyche
led her to suicide,

not the failed battle
against Phytosanis.

Lucie took antidepressants
well before Margot fell ill.

Daily pressures added to this,
and, as for all farmers,

the overwhelming stress
of directives issued by Brussels,

followed in France to the letter,
even eagerly,

while other countries are much more lax.

That way, we turn the tables

as we indirectly shift pressure
and responsibility to Brussels.

That should serve
our number one priority,

the vote five months away.

We also have a press release ready

underscoring all the efforts

Phytosanis has made
to equitably parse the situation.

Give us your input.
We're handing it out.

Thank you.

We also have another problem.

8,000 people
marched outside your home office.

That's not negligible.

But we know how to handle it.
Our behavior analysis shows

we must absolutely avoid
transferring value to Lucie Tauran.

She mustn't become the embodiment,

even temporarily,
of crimes against nature,

of the green movement

and anti-free-market
or anti-capitalist forces.

It took us months to muzzle
the W.H.O.'s censure.

This will stir up some media
and activist reaction.

So we reactivate our W.H.O. mapping.

Influencers, group-owned media,

favorable activists speaking up
for high-yield agriculture,

And we'll introduce a media cell,
using cyber-mobbing.

Trolls and bots
will snuff out anti-Tetrazine comments,

clean up sites.

I have a list of scientists
who may be helpful.

The idea is to put a respectable face
on our counter-attack.

How much?

Depending on the profile,
1 to 2 million euros.

Copy me on this.
I want to greenlight the name.

Yes, of course.

If I may, one more word about Tauran.

We looked into the lawyer,
Patrick Fameau.

Brilliant early career, less purist.
He hasn't always defended orphans.

A falling out with his main client.

His associates drop him,
he shifts to criminal work.

No big wins, mundane stuff.

He moves to environmental law,

possibly opportunistically.

He got the Tauran case as a referral.

His practice is in debt.

He's stubborn.
But he's fraying around the edges.

There.

Year N minus three.

You touch Phytosanis,
you open Pandora's Box.

Their lobbyists have worked 3 years
to discredit the W.H.O.,

waging an all-out campaign to destroy

all of their public health programs
concerning Tetrazine.

They bashed W.H.O.'s philosophy

critiqued their budget management,
their health priorities.

They marred the reputation
of every key anti-Tetrazine player.

And it has worked.

The W.H.O. has been destabilized.

Your client's suicide
comes amid that crossfire.

And hang on,

I found Phytosanis

keeps tabs on a hundred personalities
ranked by their take on Tetrazine.

Among them, apparently,
they track priority targets

with records on pesticides
plus personal info.

And your name was added recently.

Your name, phone number,
address, everything on you.

On their watchlist.

Which explains my tax audit.

Shit.

Be careful, they're dangerous.

How did you get that list?

Our health guy has good info.
But no source, nothing on the record.

Here. The number for the ex-researcher
you told me about.

- Richard Vanec.
- Right.

Ex-top scientist
at a German competitor of Phytosanis.

He was let go
after a supposed "burnout".

He jumped
to government research, retired,

then founded an NGO.

Now he does conferences,
denouncing pesticides.

He respects his industry-wide
non-disclosure agreement...

But he's always testing the limits.

Especially regarding Tetrazine.

Great. Thank you. Thanks a lot.

What do you think of all this?

Nothing.
You ask for help, I help you.

I'm afraid for you.
But I've stopped saying so.

And in the south, what do they think?

Truth or dare?

Truth!

- How's it feel to be 13?
- Old!

Your turn! Truth or dare?

They need me back in Brussels,
right away.

A meeting 2 hours from now.

Some complicated stuff to work out
on Tetrazine.

I'm on the train now.

Camille will be sad.

I'm so sorry. I'll make it up to her.

So how are you?

I'm all right.

Can you hear the girls?
They're having fun.

Good, I'm glad.

I'll put Camille on. Then Facetime me,
I'll show you the room.

Hang on, doorbell.

Another guest for me!

Surprise!

- Mathias!
- Happy birthday, hon.

- You came!
- Of course.

- This is for you.
- Gorgeous!

- And this is for you.
- You're wonderful.

Look outside.
There's something there for you.

Take a look.

- You always believe me?
- Yeah.

Well? Is the color ok? I wasn't sure.

But... where are we going?

What? The Ariana Grande concert!

Ten tickets, you leave now!

- No way!
- You still here?!

You're the best! Thank you!

My pleasure, darling.

We're gonna see Ariana Grande!

You're so good.

You've won your step-dad honors now.

I left it all on the field.
No more until she's 18.

Mi, will you take them?

Keep an eye on them.
One pint per child, max!

The chauffeur's going, too.

I have total confidence.
Home by midnight.

Been planning this long?

I did prep the file.

- Thank you, Mathias!
- You're welcome. Happy?

Yes!

- Anybody hate Ariana?
- No!

Ariana Grande!

- Thanks, Mathias.
- Have a really great time.

- See you later.
- Yes.

- Bye girls!
- We'll send selfies!

Yeah, be careful.

We need to start treatments again.

How long?

Zef, we can't go back in time.

We can't tell
how the disease may develop.

What we know now is that isn't stable.

And that it's not in remission.

This type of lymphoma
can now evolve slower or faster.

But we've got it in time.

We can slow it down.

Mr. Vanec, hello.

I'm Patrick Fameau,
environmental attorney

I need five minutes.

I know who you are.

I can't speak to you. I mustn't.

I won't take long.
Five minutes, tops!

I know about your NDA.
I can respect those conditions.

Anything we say is between us,
I assure you.

I'm leaving my card.

Call me, please.

I'm leaving it here, ok? Thanks!

What you say to me could help
many people. They count on you.

So please, call me.

Very nice.

Shoulder out!

Too tense.

- Relax!
- Fuck...

Ok, you see an opening,
go down, ground.

That's it. Come on.

Hit, hit.

You're off balance! Leverage!

All right. Protect yourself.
Look what's happening!

Ok, you got a lock there. That's it.

Diesel and other non-urgent files,
we delegate.

We concentrate on Tauran.

It's getting big, I don't like it.

The scientist?

André Reeves, Québécois oncologist,

world-renowned.

Works on leading cancer publications.

Harvard University faculty member.

His Montreal lab is partly funded
by Phytosanis.

He recently published a bestseller
about health.

He'd appear in French media

with a few choice words on Tauran.

His deal is 1.1 mil,
greenlighted by Phytosanis.

To publish in a major mag,
and group-held publications?

No.

No, we need visuals.

Picked up everywhere. The net...

The Channel 3 "19/20" or the like.

Popular, but authoritative.

Know what?
Let's not speak of Lucie Tauran.

Just generalities.

Farmers in distress,
silently taking their own lives daily.

How no one cares, etc.

And we drown Tetrazine inside it.

For Tetrazine and derivatives,
I never proved them carcinogenic,

Blah, blah, blah.

Here. The papers you asked for.

It's what everyone uses around here.

How do you explain that I'm not sick?

You're not either.

How is Zef?

I heard his cancer's back?

We asked for this
2 years ago, Christian.

I let it go because Zef was better.

But I shouldn't have.

What good will they do you?

We're putting together a file.

And your nail polish?

Your kid's lice powder.

Your insect repellant, your aspirin?
That's all fine?

Going to make a file on those?

Stop pestering me, both of you.

Move, if my products make you sick!

Shut the fuck up!

Shut up!

We'd move if we could!
Your crap made Zef sick!

You're still slinging bullshit!

Shut the fuck up!

Counselor. Thanks for coming.

No problem.

Shall we?

Hello.

Gentlemen. Who are you?

Public Affairs, for Phytosanis.

Mathias Rozen. Pleasure.

Pleasure...

A fellow attorney,
you lured me into a trap.

You're here, just hear them out.

- Yeah, I'm here.
- Something to drink?

No, thanks. I'm fine.

Don't worry, Mr. Fameau, we'll let you

confer with your colleague.

I admire your work and your commitment.

For me, personally,

I relate to your determination.

- Can I call you Patrick?
- No. "Sir".

All right.

We just want to use this opportunity

to reaffirm that Tetrazine is safe,

non-carcinogenic,
and farmers are well-informed.

- They know what they're doing...
- No, they don't!

Because you lie to them.

This report on Tetrazine dispels
many notions poisoning the debate.

Spare me your propaganda.

- Get to the point, Counselor.
- Right.

A transaction could settle this.

A sizable indemnity for the family,

generous legal fees for you.

Perhaps even a future collaboration?

You can't win this case, you know that.

I don't know that at all.

I know you don't want
to go to trial. Why?

Are you afraid?

Let's be constructive, open a dialogue.

There is no dialogue.

None at all.

My clients are determined
to go all the way.

- And you, Patrick?
- I said call me "sir"!

I will never deal
behind my clients' back.

Never.

Look, sir, we didn't hope
for an instant response today.

Only think it over.

Lucie Tauran's family has suffered,
you know that very well.

Can they withstand another
protracted losing legal case?

You know...

I've defended villains, true villains.

Swindlers and hoodlums, too.

And good people.

I've even accepted the kind
of arrangement you offer today.

Then one day I defended a boss
in a bankruptcy fraud case.

Lots of people got left out in the cold.

It got ugly.

There was a suicide.

Lives...

torn apart.

I won the case.

So that boss went right on
up the ladder.

But then it occurred to me,

by not caring about anything at all,

perhaps I had a hand
in all that suffering.

And I lost faith.

Well...

it turned into something like...

hope.

All this is to say,
on the Tauran case, I'll go all the way.

Your tricks and low blows...

won't change much.

You seem sincere, sir.

I'm sure you're a good man.

I see that.

Your choice to pivot your career
is very courageous.

It might surprise you,
but I get what you're saying.

Because I share that hope.

Perhaps you can't hear that now.
I get that, too.

But I'm not the boss laying people off.

Just the opposite. I share your hope

because I defend products
that keep so many farmers solvent,

keep them afloat,

protect their dignity,

keep them from starving.

That's one reason we sought you out...

Sir.

Fine.

On another score,
we learned of your financial troubles.

Both personal and your firm.

And someone mentioned a tax audit,

to boot?

- Accepting our offer...
- Ok, that's enough!

I'm an officer of the court.

You can't trample, bribe,
or threaten me.

You can't! Is that clear?

People died,
I'm suing those responsible.

Want me to name you too? Want me to?

Do you?

I think we've said enough.

Go fuck yourselves.

We can't locate test data
for these products.

We tried the Dept. of Agriculture,
we wrote the European Health Office.

All you got was outsourcing blackmail.

And a warning
about bio-invasive threats.

- Right. Which is why...
- No, excuse me.

Excuse me, but stop.

First, don't bother kissing
and embracing me

because Zef is sick again.

He's sick because of Christian,

who's spread his shit for years

on our fields, houses and people.

The only thing Zef did wrong
was breathe his neighbor's poison.

Everyone knows it, no one says a word.

I see them shaking Christian's hand,
laughing with him.

Same goes for the cooperative,
re-selling that crap!

Not one of you will lift a finger!

- Are you afraid?
- You're not objective, France.

He's not to blame, he's a victim.

What?!

You say that to my face?!

All your fancy talk when Covid started.

"We're going to change things now."
Nothing has happened!

Nothing!

We're losing!

We lost, it's over!

We demonstrate.

Meanwhile, those responsible
laugh their heads off!

They do what they want.
They spray right outside our windows!

Right up to where we live!

And as for us,

we keep our mouths shut,
glad to read about bio-invasive threats.

It's meaningless! Can't you see?

It's all lies!
It's them playing for time!

And we are dying.
We're fucking dying!

So is Zef!

Because of them and our silence.

Mine, sure. Also yours,
yours, yours, yours and yours!

It's useless to hand out leaflets,
sign petitions.

- It's a waste of time!
- Don't leave.

This is Richard Vanec's voice mail...

Don't call me.

Why?

I fly to Milan tomorrow at 9:40,
out of Orly.

Excuse me, thanks.

Hello, Mr. Vanec.

Sorry, but I've been followed,
had my phone tapped.

Could you remove the battery?

No.

Hang on.

I've endured so much

since I spoke out about armless babies.

And I toed the line,
speaking only of Chlordecone

which, despite the scandal,

is prohibited.

I got called to account, at my age.

My non-disclosure agreement
was expanded.

I'm no longer allowed
to speak of Tetrazine.

I'll never work for their side again.

I'd rather be poor and honest
than rich and dishonest.

For 15 years, I've spoken,
here and there,

trying to make up

for the evil I did with my science,

trying never to violate my NDA.

There are...

these babies without arms.

Of course it's Tetrazine.

I saw your press conference.

I admire your determination.

Thanks.

You have to retrace
the history of agriculture,

which has always rewarded success

by increasing volume,
rather than diversity.

We've gotten rid of humans.

Too costly.

And replaced them with deadly poison.

You have to consider
the chemical industry, too.

Since the early 50's.

BetaMax, Glyphosate, Captan, Dithianon,

Ethoxiquine, all prohibited

but still found in some pesticides.
And even...

including "24-D",
"Agent Orange" of Vietnam,

when U.S. troops
massively defoliated the jungle

to expose the enemy.

Who invented that defoliant? And why?

Why is it still used? We know it kills.

Ask them about mutagens,

about A.D.I. standards.
Who votes on those?

Who changes them? Why?

How does that relate to Bisphenol A?

What about Aspartame?

Think about it, dig around.
It's all of the same origin.

They'll say such-and-such pesticide
is within safety limits.

Fine. Then ask them about...

carcinogenic pesticide cocktails.

The same companies sell
related medicines.

The windfall is tenfold!

Compare industry reports
with politicians' reports.

The words, the turns of phrase,

exactly the same!

The tainted blood scandal

was a joke in comparison! Listen.
Despite the W.H.O. report,

Tetrazine will never be prohibited.
Never!

Fine, but...

do you have any proof

that firms know it's dangerous?

Of course, the manufacturers have proof.

They know what they're selling.

But that proof is buried
deep in a vault.

No one has access to it.

Can you imagine if it got out?

They'd be ruined.

Your battle can't be limited
to the Tauran case.

It must be the case of everyone.

Questioning Tetrazine

isn't just attacking
the chemical industry.

It's diverting the sector from its goal.

Combined sales of 30 percent pesticides

and seventy percent growing the GMO's

that can tolerate them.

Beyond pesticides, the industry seeks,

with these GMO's,

to bring food resources
under their control.

You disturb them precisely when they
embark on their greatest endeavor.

To possess of the living.

They're privatizing nature.

Place your phone in the box.

No phones at the meeting.

These people spent millions

to skew studies, whitewash products,

destroy the credibility
of independent scientists,

to infiltrate the European Commission,

so they participate in decisions
concerning their own products.

This can't last.

As a result, the phenomenon
of birth defects is found all over.

There are recent clusters in France.

As well as in Belgium, Germany,
the United States, England.

And those people accuse us
of "agri-bashing",

say we're anti-farmer,

say we want them dead. No!

We just want clean water,

clean air,

healthy food,
healthy body and healthy earth.

We're here to protest,
loud and clear, a system

which would lead farmers,
men and women,

and our whole society

to disaster.

If we want to change the system,
we must oppose

destroyers of life.

We must offer a new society.

We don't like this one? Fine!

Then we practice civil disobedience.

We are merely committed citizens.

Men and women of earth.

We're willing to face the conflict.

We're not about moderation.

So our upcoming actions

will include getting beaten,
and going to jail if we have to.

Everything I say now

you must tell no one else.

Now,

stand up please.

Ok. If you can go to jail,
stand on my right.

If not, on my left.

I'd like to speak to you
of truth and lies,

of justice and injustice.

Of life and death.

Patrick Fameau,
Environmental Rights Lawyer

Our health and our children
are in danger.

Some know this, and lie. Deliberately.

We're told food grown with insecticides,
fungicides, herbicides,

pesticides, isn't dangerous.

That's false. False.

The reality is that in 20 years,

1 European out of 3

will get some form
of environmental cancer.

1 out of 2 men, 1 out of 3 women.

The reality is our country

is among the world's
top pesticide users.

The reality is that we consume,
unawares, 36 pesticides per day.

The reality is my client died
because of those pesticides.

Alas, like many, many others.

I seek the truth, no more or less.

That's why I'm taking legal action
against Phytosanis

for poisoning.

I need you.

Your statements.

With your help, I believe justice

will heed all of these facts.

There.

Already 542,000 views,
and he got 4 talk show invites.

It's about the vote.
We must squash Fameau.

We troll harder on social media.

Get to work.

Fameau settles with Phytosanis,
behind clients' back

Those bastards.

Secret meeting with Phytosanis:
the meeting Fameau wants to hide!

The deal with Phytosanis.

YOU WILL DIE LIKE HER!

Argentine Ecologist Tortured, Killed

Maya Arguero's body found
near Claromecó

PRIVATE CALLER

Hello

Yes? Who is this?

Got our email
about the Argentine activist?

That could be you. Or somebody close.

Excuse me...

What is this, a threat?

Think it over, Fameau.

Yet I won't forget the tragedy
of all these farmers,

taking their own lives in silence,
and no one cares,

because they can't break even.

I feel we must be able
to hear their cries of distress.

In France,

a farmer commits suicide
every other day.

That's a lot!

That's sad!

That's horrible.

Now,

sticking to my specialty,

the only issue I can speak to

is the level of danger
posed by the product.

I've worked for years
on Tetrazine and its derivatives.

What I can assure you,

is that I could never prove them
to be carcinogens.

Tetrazine is less carcinogenic
than candy we give to children,

which isn't prohibited.

Demonizing on principle is senseless.

Phytosanitary products
are helpful in growing food.

They are necessary

to ensure production levels.

Thank you, Prof. Reeves.

The title of your book

is "Believing Medicine, Ecologist Lies
About Health and Science".

That's very funny!

That's very amusing.

Well I hope
I scored some points for you.

No doubt. You were perfect.

To your health, Professor.

Good evening.

Hello.

That's good.

Wait a second.

You're the independent scientist
on the news!

Dining with "Better World" lobbyists?

Who work for oil, nuclear
and agrochemical giants?

For Phytosanis, which makes Tetrazine.

- Funny!
- Yes, very.

You're ridiculous.
Could we please eat dinner in peace?

What is this? Lower that phone.

Smile, it's for social media.

- Live!
- But this is private.

- Stop filming.
- Calm down.

I'm very calm.

- Settle down!
- Sir!

Stop that. Let him go!

- Out!
- People have a right to know!

We're within our rights.

Got it! Thanks, Phytosanis!
And nice going!

Let's go, retreat!

Assholes!

Those three!

France, with me. See you later!

Give me the phone!

To the right.

Stop them!

Your eye ok?

I don't know. I can't feel a thing.

Of course we press charges!
The way they barged in!

I even thought they might be armed.

Yeah, I got it.

I got it, I'll look.

Talk to you later.

I got the video, it's viral.

Oh shit.

Could this affect the vote?

It's not a good look for us.

In substance, it's not great.
But we can handle it.

And for you?

Just humiliating.

You're the independent scientist
on the news!

Dining with "Better World" lobbyists?

Who work for oil, nuclear
and agrochemical giants?

For Phytosanis, which makes Tetrazine.

That's all I really wanted.

Not really the same world,
but I liked it.

That's what counts.

Stop it!

Stop it!

Help!

Please!

Help!

You're a champion!

See? You did it? Try alone?

- Yes.
- Go ahead.

I think in the moment you go

you think only of the people you loved.

Those moments of bliss,

and of joy that we've known.

It must be only about feelings, right?

What could you do with me,
that we haven't done yet?

Learn to dance the rock and roll.

But not just any rock and roll.

A really acrobatic one,
a little sensuous, a little...

A little classy, lots of technique.

And, whenever we get a chance,

with friends, family, at weddings,
boom, we whip it out.

- How are you?
- Hello.

Everyone says it's a lost cause.

That's wrong.
Don't believe what people say.

I have a boatload of affidavits.

An ex-scientist gave me leads
that can

Now a lawsuit takes a long time,
I know.

It's long and tedious,
but I ask you to bear with me.

And trust me.

People from Phytosanis came to see us.

They made us a financial offer.

We said yes.

- Did you sign something?
- Sir, we've thought it over.

We think this is going nowhere.

Anyway,

it will never bring our Margot back,
or her partner.

At least Phytosanis will pony up.

Just tell me, have you signed something?

You believe what they say about me?

That I made deals behind your back
with Phytosanis?

That I'm an incompetent drunk?

Even that this is just self-promotion.
Believe that?

Believe that? Or you just giving up?

You know... I get threats every day.

Every day. Specific ones.

My ex got jumped
in the street, recently.

They beat her up.

But all that is for naught, because...

you've given them what they need
to quash this. Permanently.

They won.

We're sorry.

How much?

Three hundred thousand.

I'm the one who's sorry.

For you, for...

Margot, for Lucie...

I was very moved by your family...

but I couldn't convince you
we might win.

Well...

But when you think back about this,

never tell yourself you had no choice.
You had a choice.

You took the money.

How do you feel?

Better and better.

Don't be mad,

I can't make it by today.
I really have no time.

Are you mad?

No, it's just as well.

You've come every day for 3 weeks.
My boyfriend's getting jealous.

What will you do now?

What will I do?

Nothing. There's nothing left to do.

They hit you,

they bought the parents off.
That's it.

It's all over.

I lost.

I'm not strong enough.

That's all there is to it.

I'm afraid, Audrey. I'm afraid.

I changed my locks, can you imagine?

You're 10 years behind!

French farmers changed their practices

according to the Ecophyto Plan.
They're trying even harder

since the Covid crisis.

Yet they're hated!

They feel unloved!

French farmers eliminated 87 percent
of toxic chemicals. Glyphosate

and Tetrazine aren't listed.

Bad numbers!

The truth is that the curve
of pesticide use has risen steadily

since 2008.

Spray applications are up three percent,

near 9 percent for seed coating.

On average, apples receive pesticides

34 times before being sold.

Tomatoes 12 times,
champagne grapes 19!

Potatoes 18 times! This has to stop.

Growing without pesticides
would reduce volume by 30 percent.

Crops can't defend themselves,
not as far as we know.

And every year in France
7 new harmful insects appear.

The French approval process
is the strictest in the world.

We're speaking here
of the least harmful products.

Tetrazine is the safest herbicide
ever produced.

Don't believe me.
There are 3,300 studies confirm this,

versus one.

As head of the Toxic Substance
Commission, what do you suggest?

Place a policeman behind
each phytosanitary product user?

How about a trooper behind each driver
in order to prevent

4,000 traffic-related deaths?

These arrogant lobbyists are unbearable!

What are they doing here?

Allow me to focus the discussion.

I personally wanted every side
of this issue present today.

The Environmental Secretary,
Secretary of Agriculture,

Economic Secretary, several Senators.

I also wanted the expert advice

of industry representatives.

Notably those of Tetrazine.

So they can have their say,
same as you.

With public opinion so divided

we must aim for decisive action
this year.

What's the tendency
for the Parliamentary vote?

Fifty-fifty, with Germany on the fence.

Let's be the first E.U. nation
to prohibit Tetrazine!

Listen, seed suppliers are weary.

Worn down by the pandemic
and European politics.

They wonder whether to invest
in our continent.

Can you imagine if they withdraw?

19,000 companies,

2.63 million jobs in the balance.

I actually think we shouldn't be
overly legalistic.

In practice, things are evolving.

Seed suppliers have committed

to assisting in a gradual reduction
of Tetrazine use.

They intend to respect
accords made with you, and expect

you to pitch in for that change.

They only ask that you bear in mind
what is essential.

The common good.

Jobs in northern countries,
hunger in the south.

There will be 10 billion people
on earth in 2050.

How do we feed them?

In 2050, we'll be struggling
with the effects of global warming!

Dramatic increases in flooding, drought!

There is a new awareness in government.

We'll never be in
pesticides like before.

Like it or not, old-style farming

fed 1.5 billion humans.
We'll soon have 10 times that.

Your plan is, unfortunately,
not realistic.

Organic farming costs much more,
and yields half as much.

2 to 3 billion people could die.

European farmers could feed the world.

It's not about volume,
it's about access.

The deathly danger is pesticides,
a threat to public health!

Same old song! Nothing but ideology.

Prime Minister,

like anyone else,

I would demand the strict
prohibition of Tetrazine

if the scientific proof of its toxicity
were presented to us.

Our parliamentary report,

based on irrefutable scientific studies,

shows that Tetrazine
is not a carcinogen.

Scientifically,

Tetrazine is less carcinogenic
than the candy we give our children.

And that is not prohibited.

And if I may,

my own opinion is that a nation
that no longer

trusts its scientists,
is one that has stalled.

Not asleep?

Mommy?

Yes?

When Daddy dies,

what happens to us?

He won't die, darling.

Your daddy is an angel.

A real one.

And angels...

don't die. You know that?

- Mommy?
- Yes?

I'm not 4 anymore.

Here you are, Mom.

This is Gabriel.

So many people!

In one week,
the Cabinet issues a report,

translated into 20 languages,

and including a projection

on the catastrophic economic impact
of banning Tetrazine,

country by country.

Each European Deputy will have one.

Good timing.

For the vote, I could manage
an adjournment to Friday evening

if there is enough discussion,
and recesses.

That brings us to late at night.

Only our guys will remain.

Conditions will be favorable.

Out of the 50 on the Forum,

how many can you flip?

I'll have to bang some desks.

There are a few hard noses,

but most of them
have no backbone at all.

Give us a list of the rebels,
we'll shake some trees too.

I'll send it to you.

I'll see you out, Mr. Bauchamp.

- Thanks, bye.
- Bye.

Bauchamp is a whore.

We're teaming up
with an abysmally stupid whore.

A guy who thinks and says
that social inequality

is genetic, who spent his youth
in far-right groups.

Guy is sickening from A to Z.

Are we getting picky now?

Bauchamp might be playing us.

He could fuck us at the last second,
vote for the ban.

He's double-crossed people before.

Here's the package.

- A note with it?
- Nothing.

How did you get this?

A jump drive sent to my office,
an anonymous sender.

They're authentic.

No doubt about it.

For 20 years,
ecologists have sought this.

Proof

that the firms know.

Do you realize the impact
this could have now,

right before the vote?

We could permanently sink the renewal.
Mr. Vanec, this...

could change everything!

I get spontaneous statements,
people send money.

But I need to know,
are you willing to go on record?

You.

If I testify...

I expose my family.

If I don't,
I continue to live in silence.

Give me a little time.

If they learn that you have this,

assuming they don't already know,

they'll do anything to keep it
from getting out. Anything.

Stay alert.

And put these documents
somewhere safe.

Be very careful.

It's almost 3 o'clock in the morning.

We debate at 3 o'clock,
in an empty parliament...

...about Glyphosate and Tetrazine.

Ecological questions so decisive
for the future of Europe.

This is madness! Pure madness!

A denial of democracy!

But we'll stand up for what is right.

So please...

Please vote with your own voice.

Stop listening to these lobbyists!

Vote to eradicate pesticides!

Excuse me...

I'd like to move for a short break.

That's shameful!

Please... please...

Granted.

But please make it brief,
Mr Bauchamp.

Absolutely, Mr President.

- Have you no shame?!
- Oh, shut up!

We'd interview you.

You tell us everything.

How you came to possess
these documents,

what you intend to do with them.

I'm remaining anonymous.

That weakens it.

Perhaps, but it's non-negotiable.

I'm not here as a lawyer,
just a citizen.

I don't want to be out front,
or waste time.

The license renewal must be voted on.

And I tell you: Those who do
not respect this instruction

will regret it!

And those of you who
feel uncomfortable,

particularly our German friends,

once voting starts,
just make your excuses, slip away

and have a pee. OK?

Thank you.

I also sent copies
of the documents I gave you

to universities,

to professors and students,

for classes and lectures,

to write theses, article,
maybe even books.

Meanwhile, you're first with them.

So...

what will you do with them?

Assuming you're still interested,
still in.

We authenticated
the documents you gave us.

And we've deemed them
to be of "public utility".

Everyone will give them priority.

It's going to be wild.

Manufacturer Knows
Tetrazine Is Carcinogen

That goes out on the AFP wire.

Five thousand media outlets,
the world over.

In six languages,
and on our social media.

All of French and European media.

BBC, CNN, web giants.

They'll all pick it up.

We'll reach
hundreds of millions of people.

The world will know.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Germany, in the end,
supported the license renewal,

joined by Ireland, the Netherlands,
Sweden and 14 other members.

The "yes" camp garnered 65.71 percent
of the vote.

The vote we watched today

is a vote for reason,
for protecting agriculture

and our food supply.

I have two kids.

I can't back a product harmful to them
to their generation.

I want to look them in the eye

and say that what we're doing
is good for their future.

- Thanks.
- Gentlemen, ma'am.

They're all gone.

Cheers.

You like your life?

What we do is dirty, isn't it?

In 2004, Atrazine was banned.

Remember?

Since then,
with government complicity,

the French continued to make and sell,
discreetly,

this highly carcinogenic pesticide

to developing nations.

The same goes for Chlordecone,
more or less.

At the worst of the Covid period
we pushed amendments through

to expand spraying zones.

We knowingly used the chaos
to do that. Remember?

An idea you pushed hard for.

We are what we do, Mathias.

What we do

is justify all this garbage.

Long live Tetrazine!

You discover the world is cynical?

Right when the game is won?

What have we won?

Nothing.

We've messed up, right from the start.

In France, 43 percent think
the Health Dept. works with Big Pharma

to hide how harmful vaccines are.

34 percent think
Princess Diana's car accident

was actually a murder.

25 percent think immigration

is deliberately planned
to replace the European population.

15 percent think airplane vapor trails
are really chemicals

dispersed for secret reasons.

9 percent think
there was no moon landing,

5 percent that the earth is flat...

People are lost, Paul.

Our business is to reassure them.

That's what we do.

I've seen you doubt for months.

Your hands trembling,
your tired face in the morning.

What's going on?

I'm done. I'm resigning.

Resigning...

My resignation letter
is on Moore's desk.

"I don't want to croak

"before seeing for myself

"black dogs in Mexico

"in their dreamless sleep."

The confidential Tetrazine file

has been leaked to Fameau.

What does that mean?

Phytosanis will say they're forged.
That should work, right?

Are you involved in that?

A card gets turned face up.

The game is changed.

I asked you if you're involved!

Does that terrify you?

Fuck!

- Phytosanis!
- Murderers!

Turn on the news. It's out!

...actions in tandem happening

in France, obviously resulting
from the Tetrazine vote

- and shocking revelations...
- Spontaneous protests

are widespread in major cities,

and every Phytosanis office in France.

Anger and indignance
are the dominant sentiments here.

"How could they?" "Liars!" "Murderers!"
are the words on every protester's lips.

Phytosanis...

Murderers!

Raise your hands!

Murderers!

They knew!

Tetrazine is a carcinogenic chemical!

They knew!

- Phytosanis...
- Murderers!

Yeah, we're there. We see her.

Blood on their hands!

- Phytosanis...
- Has blood on their hands!

Phytosanis flatly denies
the authenticity of the report

and strongly condemns
these intrusive and destructive acts.

These so-called activists

prove, by their acts, they are
militant radicals, bent on violence.

These attacks and this broad
disinformation campaign

has only one name. Ecoterrorism.

Phytosanis has blood on their hands!

Phytosanis has blood on their hands!

I didn't do anything!

Don't touch me!

Let us tell you what's going on!

Let me go!

I didn't do anything!

Today should be the trial
of the poisoners.

Yet the poisoned stand accused.

Do bullies always defeat their victims?

This case relates
to Margot and Lucie Tauran.

Eric Féret and members of his NGO
retained me after their arrest.

Ten months ago, articles appeared

about Phytoleaks.

No one forgot that.

In ten months,

not a single indictment was issued.
Not one!

Neither here nor abroad.

And yet in France,

my clients were sued

by Phytosanis, for libel.

What's more, they're charged
with obstruction of traffic,

insurrection, or unlawful assembly

with intent to damage property.

And no less!

One of the demonstrators I represent

has undertaken a hunger strike.

Risking her life,

in the hopes of obtaining justice.

How can you hope for justice?

In this case, of course,

the responsible party

is Phytosanis, but also

all who know and remain silent.

Their silence and cowardice
makes them complicit.

And I hope that history and justice
will remember,

that one day they'll be held to account.

Thanks.

Mr. Fameau!

Please!

Ma'am, you may make your statement.

Today, I'm thinking

of Lucie and Margot Tauran.

And of all those men and women
whose names we don't know.

My husband was poisoned by Tetrazine,

a pesticide manufactured
by Phytosanis.

He is right now fighting his illness.

In a very dignified manner.

Those who poison us...

don't see the illness.

They don't see the sick bodies,

the fear,

the pain.

I'm ashamed...

to live in this world,

where every day

an obsession with profit

devours our lives.

I couldn't protect my husband.
I couldn't find

a slingshot
to fight this Goliath, but...

I know

all together, we will continue to fight

until we obtain, one day, I hope,

laws that are just.

The powerful can't see
their world falling apart,

that catastrophe
is becoming inevitable.

For as long as French law

doesn't prohibit Tetrazine,

I will continue my hunger strike.

I will go all the way.

Why are we here today?

Why are the poisoners

absent?

Will there one day exist

a world without all this?

I believe there will.

I want to believe

that another world is possible.

A more honest one,

a more human one.

I believe in that.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do

"with your one wild and precious life?"

For our mothers,

who taught us the breath of wind,
the scent of flowers,

and how fragile and beautiful life is.

On blue summer evenings

along a trail

flecked with wheat

upon soft grass I'll tread

In reverie I shall feel it

cool upon my feet

And I shall let the wind

wash over my bare head.

I shall not speak,

I shall not think

But infinite love
shall swell within my soul.

Subtitling: Michael Katims