Tumultes (1990) - full transcript

TURMOILS

"Saint Vaast..."

"Etel..."

"Lorient.."'

"Barfleur"?

What do they have?

"Plaice, conger eel..."

It won't do.

"St. Brieuc."

"Plouganou"?

"Fécamp..."

Who's at Fécamp?

"Roger."

What does he say?

"He's all smiles!"

Get the mullet and squid...

Have it loaded by 9.

"If there's cod..."

"...shall I send it?"

Not over 18.

Watch the scallops.

I have a buyer.

- And anglers...?

- Too expensive at 60!

And below?

Wait for me, I'm on my way.

Ann...

...it hurts!

I don't want it!

Drink it, mum...

It'll help.

Go get Patrick, I want him.

I'll get dad.

Leave him alone, he's working!

I want my son.

Drink your drops...

He'll soon be here.

You liar!

You rotten liar!

Patrick will never come!

You know, Ann...

...pain exhausts me.

I feel so alive...

...yet so ashamed.

You'll be sleeping now.

It won't bring back my son...

- Send it all to Paris?

- Yes.

Call Trévozan and see

if he can get us later...

- Hello!

Hello, Robin!

Thanks". I'll be back.

- How is she?

- With all these drops...sound asleep!

Go fetch Isabel at the station,

I just couldn't wake up Claude!

Never mind, I'll go.

Coffee'll work wonders!

Prickly]

How nice!

No real coffee...?

You're getting into bad habits!

Any milk?

How's mum?

She woke up at three...

Get some sleep, Ann.

You look awful...

on the verge of collapse!

I'll be fine.

Yeah...you're always fine!

Particularly when you're not!

Isabel!

Hello, kid!

Let me drive.

- You're dead beat!

- Never mind, it'll do me good!

I haven't seen the sea for ages...

I can't.

I can't...see them,

talk, explain!

- I'm all in...l can't!

- But they need you, Isabel.

You don't have to account

for anything!

- Do try, mum's not well.

- Neither am l...!

Yeah, we're all lost!

Except Ann, I guess...

flawless Ann!

- She tries...always steady.

- No wonder!

It's no use...

It's been so long.

They've become so alien to me'

They never understood me.

I spoil it all!

My man left...

My job's a mess.

You're not here on trial...

but because we need you...

to say we're together...

and always will.

Even far away, anywhere!

We are a family...

a family indeed!

At least we try!

But what will I tell them?

Nothing...

You're here..,that's all!

Go wash your hands...

they're dirty.

Where are the twins?

Always hatching...!

Incredible! My four children

are will-d-the-wisps!

And you...

impatiently waiting.

By the way, Isabel...

You'll make your first

communion this year.

And don't reply...

no more quibbling!

Hello, mum!

Seems to be the fashion...

Always crying.“

as if it helped!

I forgive you...

this once !

I'm worried about you.

Always the eccentric...

you'll burn your fingers!

I can see". I'm not daft!

Noticed".

...the twins are getting

to be different?

It'll be easier

when they separate.

Particularly for Claude...

she still a baby!

I'm going down...

You must sleep.

Indeed!

I thought you were smarter

than your sister.

She gives me drops...

which land in the pot plants!

I must keep on the watch.

This is no time to sleep!

Now go...go!

Bring the last digits.“

And the laser outputs.

No, not those...

the TIF ones!

We'll just reset it all...

it won't take long.

It'll be ready in time!

Can't talk to you now.

I must go... kisses!

Don't forget my helmet!

Love...!

Dad...?

You can have them for 26,50.

How many do you want?

200, rig ht!

That's settled.

You'll certainly get them

by tomorrow.

They will never steal these

from me...they're mine!

Those are our two hands.

He had them made

at the fair last year...

What must we do...?

Burn everything.

- It's his belongings.

- But he's my brother too!

I no longer know him...

I wish I did.

Too late isn't it?

You lost him a long time ago.

You left!

I didn't.'.l withdrew!

Were you closer to him

because you lived by his side?

My poor Ann".

"by" doesn't mean "close"!

Nevermind...

...Do it for me'

Scouring his life

won't bring him back.

When you both left, you thought:

"It will be easier for them,

they're twins!"

But we wanted to share with you.

So...we missed you.

Enough, girls!

Patrick hates his room

being searched!

Out, pilferers!

Go tidy up your own room!

She's mad!

I can't bear it!

I'm not mad, my baby...my love.

I have checked Time...

...made life eternal.

Here, you belong to me forever.

Your childhood is mine!

Move over, I'll do it'

Without kindling,

it won't work...there!

Your wound is deeper...

For us, he is gone.

For you...

...it's a betrayal.

He wouldn't see it that way.

Dad...

...l wish I still were

the baby twin...

-...born three minutes later.

- No...sooner!

The first one out is the baby!

You still are the baby...

...my baby.

Your sisters are so woman-like."

...l don't understand them.

They've swiftly gone

into the realm of mystery...

- Tonight, we dine on sweets!

- Apple pie, mousse...

Meringue!

Is my pie a success?

You couldn't spoil it

even if you wanted to!

What wine would you like?

Granny's white Monbazillac,

please!

- Please, mum...!

- No, let me do it.

Patrick's coming.

He'll be glad to see

the whole family!

Can't you make it?

We are six...

Six!

L'll cut 12 parts...

two for each person!

Tomorrow...do take the girls

to the market.

I've no stuff left.“

I'm ashamed of my frozen food!

'Night

You lug around some bag!

Whatever the journey,

I take everything...

...not to feel uprooted!

Even here?

Mostly here!

I thought I'd walk in...

and erase 8 years of rubbish!

Silly isn't it?

My room's been redone!

Come on! Mum kept your things...

wand Ann did your bed

in your favourite colour!

And...where's my patchwork?

In my room.

Help yourself!

I'm being fleeced overnight!

Going to bed!

I'll leave the door open

so we can talk.

I know Patrick is dead'

Let us not mourn...

nor break our hearts.

There is no sin...

nor guilty ones.

The girls are back...

We will be strong.

Life gives us no other choice.

Anything to eat...?

What about the bread cutter

that used to cut our fingers?

I'm tall enough now

for your hiding place!

Where's my cracked cup?

Mum must've thrown it away!

You and your lists...!

The larder is empty.

Nowadays...your mother

no longer cooks.

- She's a frozen-food adept!

- Poor dad!

I'll be back for a cup of coffee.

Robin...

...take over, I must go home.

This was a rainy Sunday

when no one stays at home...

Children are after

some misdeed to do...

Ann, you'd burn your hair

with mum's curling tongs.

Isabel harped on

calling you nicknames.

The twins were playing tig

in the lounge...

“scaring mum dead for her curios!

I was going to do some tidying.

Patrick came...

...started asking me questions,

rummaging about...

...reading addresses,

picking photos.

The he said:

"Dad"...

"...do keep it all..."

",..the family."

"Because..."

",..if we die.,."

"...they will know we existed."

Tell us some more.

One day, I took him to the warehouse.

He was then older...

He was 14 or 15.

I kept blaming him

for not taking an interest in it

So...l was telling him

about work there...

...the packaging and freezing.

And he...

...said hello to everybody.

He knew them all...

their names, wives, kids!

Their whole lives!

It was a lesson to me.

I wish he were here...

to give me more lessons.

Not very chearful, am I?

It's hard on you and mum...

I keep talking about myself.

Not about you...

about Patrick.

It feels good...

that way he still is with us.

Talking is easy...too late!

Isabel, please!

It's all bullshit!

Fact is, there's one empty seat!

Haven't we missed yours...?

Patrick, Claude...

mum and dad?

Well, have you?

This is about love...

...not about setting accounts!

- Hello, Pierre!

- Hello!

There's a surprise for you.

Come."

...let's go tell mum.

You've finally settled...

good Doctor Nadeau and his wife!

I'm still single and you...

ironical!

Clear-headed...

- ...tell me about you.

- Nothing unusual to say.

A hard-working young man

forsaken by his lady...

And when she returns,

his love is dead.

How could he have loved her?

So, he marries

the chemist daughter.

Go see mummy...

I'm not in the mood for this.

I know...Patrick!

This is self pity

and it annoys me'

I know no other feeling.

You do...but you won't!

Or maybe you've forgotten.

I want to see you again.

Here I am!

You know what I mean.

We cannot let mum

remain alone.

- There's dad.

- It's not his job.

We must discuss it

with my husband.

There goes...

Duty must be fulfilled!

We must take care of mummy

because she took care of us!

Dad will look after her...

but what about him?

Isabel...

Have you forgotten

Ann's earnest, stern words...

...masking her love?

You know what she's like!

To settle things, I'll stay.

I can manage right now'

Though my blue prince

is waiting for me!

You“?

Do tell us, girl!

Come on!

Speak up...

we're listening!

He is handsome...

...tall, intelligent.“

-and we're madly in love!

- Tell him to come here!

- We must see him!

- Maybe...!

- We'll see your lover boy!

- She usually hides them!

Well, there was Patrick

and he wouldn't...

-I'm sure he sees us...

- I can almost hear his laugh!

Remember he would nip our dresses

to make rags for his bike?

And search our room

for love letters?

- As if you didn't!

- Only when he did!

You devious thing!

He'd call me..,“wise Ann"!

"Isabel the rebel"

was no better!

Anyway...twins are winners!

A pink one, a green one,

two blues...!

I can't sleep...

I knew you'd be here.

You know...

I keep hearing his laughter,

behind me.

I keep myself

from turning round.

It would be awful

to see he's not there.

Remember?

We had no right to come here.

He would take off the ladder

and stay up there ages.

And you cried down here!

I believed you expected

from me what I couldn't give.

I had a grudge against you...

...for loving you

without being able to say it.

And because you easily

forgot me.

I should've been here.

Not stayed...but been here.

To keep the songs".

and games we played as children.

The smiles and birthdays.

The parties...like today's!

Didn't mum look lovely?

Yet things topple...

What shall we do

of our sorrow...

...forever sorrowful?

They are not sad.

They are landmarks

of affection...

...of emotion.

Patrick is within us

and will be forever.

Forever'

- Do you think they...?

- Who...mum and dad?

You're going too far!

I'm hungry, shall we...?

Get on with it, Robin.

Right.

A letter for Patrick...

please mail it, will you?

We're making your bed...

Isabel worries me.

When will she make up her mind

and eat some solid stuff?

She had some bread

with powder chocolate.

What's this nonsense

about powder chocolate?

That's all she had for a week!

Well, I'm certainly not

going to feed a child...

...in her condition

on chocolate!

I always had to force her...

...to swallow

her baby food!

Come now...

...to bed.

Let's go to the Italian.

We'll have some black olives, and...

...tagliatelle

and some mozzarella.

- Same old tastes!

-l'm too old to change!

- And some coppa too!

- Right.

You went so soon...

...so wrongly.

Let's have some "butterfly" pasta.

Farfalle?

And some farfalle too!

Without his death,

would you be back?

Don't ask such questions!

- I am back.

- No you're not.

You're here as a duty

because your brother's dead...

-...and the family needs you.

- What's wrong with it?

I need my daughter...

not your pity.

Pity?

Are you really back...

...or just to offer condolences?

- You're talking about my brother!

- No...about you.

Only about you!

Why have you come?

Dad...l love you.

See? No harm in saying it!

Come with me.

I was afraid

it might've closed down!

'Morning!

I'd like some "Chypre"

toilet water.

And...chewing gum

and liquorice.

Shag and...cigarette paper.

- Will you manage...?

- Going to see Louis?

I'll manage.

Goodbye.

I preferred you with braids'

For your wedding, Patrick

did me a headdress I hated.

He said you were pregnant...

were you?

Certainly not!

I even was a virgin!

Patrick needed emergencies

when one left the family!

- What is Isabel up to?

- Shopping with dad.

In Paris, I mean...do y'know?

Dunno!

She just told me.“

...things are messy with her guy,

whose name I don't even know!

Was Yves the first one?

Yes.

And then...'

Then I had two kids.

Don't play dumb!

Give me a drag.

Here.

Never been unfaithful?

No.

I love him.

He's strong, reliable, comforting.

Trite, isn't it?

To you, I've always been "wise Ann".

You see.._...

...l cannot express myself,

I've nothing to claim.

I love peace and quiet...

...a tidy home...

...well provided larders."

...making jams for my kids

and seeing them grow up.“

...feeling useful and alive.

With them...old age is no wrong.

Hardships inhibit me.

Harsh words frighten me'

Then my thoughts

will not come out...

...and my words are harsh.

I keep my hands busy.“

and cling to daily chores.

I'm afraid of...

...loving too hard

and loosing everything.

As the eldest

I meant to protect you.

I believe mummy

to be delicate.

Dad is always busy...

lsabel...wasted.

And you...are so young.

I feel so guilty...

...because Patrick needed me.

I may be wrong but...

...my family gives sense

to my life.

It's bust...no use!

- Did you call Robert?

- He's not free until Friday.

Dan and Phil

will share the deliveries.

Driving all night“!

Did you warn the wives?

Give them some fish.

L'll clean up.“

Meet me at the office.

Always a handsome man.

Weren't you asleep?

I pretended

to watch you.

Nice smell.

-Isabel bought me some cologne.

-"Chypre"!

Yes...

she hasn't forgotten, see?

We don't forget the scent

of our first man!

See you later.

No other woman?

What do you think?

- Was it painful?

- No...downright plain'

- Did they cheat?

- Not even that.

And if I played it

in a single bid?

- And shatter my heart?

- Depends on your cards.

I have

an ace and a queen left.

I had one...and lost it!

Hold your cards tight...

they might blow away.

Hold them too tight...

they'll wither.

A game of chance.

Shall we play?

Yes...and cheat too!

This time, I'll win.

And if pass?

I'll give you credit.

On 20 years?

Mortgage your hearts!

I've no other left!

You must have a joker

up your sleeve.

I wouldn't!

Who knows?

You own the cards.

I only play with you.

All right...You win.

Didn't we say 20 years?

I'm looking at someone

I will never see...

“never again!

What time will you be here?

Love...

Was that Yves?

-...Coming tomorrow?

- No, the day after tomorrow.

It's useless!

Anyway it's a rotten year!

-'Night, I'm going to bed.

- Me too!

Go to bed, Dad.

You'll see Bruno in the morning,

he's bound to be late.

Is the blue room ready?

Well...

Oh sorry!

He's sleeping with you!

Was my map easy to follow?

- I am glad to see you.

- So am I!

- This is Bruno.

- Good evening!

Would you like a bite?

Make him some coffee.

No thanks, I'm fine.

He must be dead!

Good night!

We'll get acquainted tomorrow.

-L'm starving! Anything to eat?

- Yes, come on.

Want this?

Come now.

Your father's?

We'll see about it

tomorrow morning.

- Alexis finished the job.

- What did he think of it?

Nothing.

It's at the printer's.

Great'

How are things here?

Bad.

I should've come at once.

- You won't leave me?

- Never ever!

Come now...

- Rather narrow bed...l

- Well...

- It wasn't meant for...

- For what?

Isabel, I can tell no one

what Yves told me on the phone...

Neither to Claude,

losing more than a brother...

...and whose life

is split up forever...

...nor to mummy, on the verge

of madness since his death...

- maybe a prey to it forever -

...nor to dad

whose silent sorrow appals me.

I turn to you...

...in spite of our quarrels

and our clashes...

...for you will find

the right, appeasing lies...

...and help me keep the secret.

Do help me, Isabel,

I cannot stand it anymore'

I cannot bear it on my own.

Patrick's commited suicide.

So that's it...

just a whim of fate?

You make a puppet

out of Patrick!

I'll protect our parents

even against your will.

- It won't bring back Patrick!

- Don't you owe it to him?

An accident is so obliging

to everyone!

One can pity...

and shed a tear'

While a suicide...

...arouses you...

...upsets you!

What call did we miss?

One feels guilty!

I won't discuss it.

As the eldest, I'll decide.

I could do without

the privilege!

But must mum pay for his death...

...and dad doubt himself forever?

I must think of their sorrow.

What matters which way he died?

How he must have suffered...

...and backed out many a time!

...and seen Claude's face...!

- Do think of the living ones!

- No.

Patrick gave up on his life...

No message, no summing up...

...for us to make up!

But endless questions for mum

and dad...is that what you want?

You refuse the real questions...

yet they're there!

They worry you so much

you cannot share them.

His choice wasn't meant

against us...maybe.

He paid for his freedom

with his life.

He wants us to understand...

...to forgive him...

To respect him anyway!

Whatever the price for us!

Let's go back.

Let us wait for Yves...

please.

We were five

and made sandcastles.

He shielded me from the wind...

...and blew the sand off my face.

He untangled my hair...

and licked the salt of my hands.

Can he have forgotten it?

What will you do...

take the boat in?

I'll leave it here.

He would've wanted that.

As for the sailors lost at sea.

It's so pathetic, so absurd!

A wasted ship...

papers, numbers, a file!

Nothing else remains

of my son's life.

The Lord.“

Don't insist!

l won't believe in Him now!

We've been friends for long.

Well, be my friend...

not the priest.

There's your wife...

Don't ask me...

...l don't know.

Her sorrow is so...

I thought

she wouldn't bear it.

But she takes refuge

elsewhere...l don't know.

The girls have a rough time of it.

They're great...

I love them!

I love them so much!

Ann won't tell them

he killed himself.

- I won't!

- What's all this?

She wants you to say

it was an accident!

I won't lie to your parents,

Ann!

Wake up!

You're no longer children shielding

your kid brother's silly pranks.

It's his suicide, see?

Not to mummy!

You're mad!

We can't tell mummy!

Thanks'

Mum is too frail.

She's mad with grief.

But only she can really

help dad.

She loves Patrick too much

to think ill of him.

What if she broke up?

Well, then?

I must protect them.

And betray them?

It's unbearable, see?

Would they suffer more?

I just can't.

What bothers you...losing

your peace of mind?

You're revolting.

I was there the first day

and saw their pain!

You're all unfair!

The truth might relieve them.

Might as well lock them up...

...because sooner or later...

...they'll meet a friend of Patrick's.

And then...

I stayed at his place...

...an old doorless shack

where people came and went.

They'd already packed

his things for me.

We didn't speak of him.

The why and how.“

things I feared.

They only told me

of their life.

And his too...

...a quiet, peaceful life'

They said Patrick

spoke of you...

...of Claude!

Of your childhood.

I waited...

...for the papers.

They took care of me

as a friend.

When I left...

...they took me to the airport

and gave me presents...

...for all of you.

They spoke as if he were alive.

Just gone back home."

...on short leave...

...not a long one...

Why did he shoot himself...

in a foreign land?

With people

who do not speak our language?

Who couldn't help!

I'm back from a nightmare...

it was an ordeal.

I had forgotten...

...you, the children...

I could understand Patrick's act...

...in my mind,

but my body rebelled.

Now, I am here...

...SO are YOU.

And I need you.

I've junked everything!

I never wanted things

to work.

I had an old longing...

I've never been called

"an old longing"!

Don't...

It's difficult enough!

Do stop talking...

explaining things away!

It's not that easy!

It is.

If you're so sure."

Of course I am...

Just trust me!

I cannot trust people.

I've always tried

to make it on my own.

No advice, no explanations!

Life wasn't easy here!

I was jealous because

you were a family.

You got on together...

There was always you...

and the others!

Your Your complicity...your laughs!

Later...

...l was mad at you.

You despised the things

I was jealous of!

I was jealous too.

I thought they excluded me.“

...but now I see

I never left them.

Well...?

Give me time.

Are you asking me?

I need time on my own.

I'm very, very patient.

Good! I need it...

very, very much.

I don't feel like

going through his things.

Thank you

for all you've done.

I like you being in the family.

Thank you'

It's a selfish feeling!

One can rely on you!

Do not blame him...

He was faithful to himself.

Why was he so harsh

on himself?

I don't blame him,

I admire him.

He checked Time's course...

Claude...

...go to him, he needs you.

If only I had save him...

...from the world's violence.

Will you ever forgive me?

You couldn't save him from himself.

I should've understood.

If he had known I was there...

he would never have left.

If he'd felt me watching...

he wouldn't have closed his eyes.

Now, I'm at a loss...

We have nothing to forgive...

each other...

We have to live.“

It's hard without him.

He smashed his head

against the skies...

...on a blank wall.

Adrian...!

Here.

A good price!

We can have a sale

this weekend.

Keep in touch.

Adrian...the waste carpet!

Make up your mind...

we'll save time!

I've been too busy.

I'll take care of it.

Goodbye, father!

Bye...God bless you!

You too, father!

No ceremony for Patrick...

and no sermon.

He wouldn't want it.

Just a few words.

For his mother."

and those who loved him.

As a friend...

leave aside your homilies!

You're sulking...

Aren't you sulking?

You left me alone...

...so lonely.

What shall I do now?

How shall I live?

You don't care!

You never cared

when I was sad!

You said..,“lt'll pass!"

Not anymore"!

How could you...?

You had no right"!

You selfish coward...

...l'll never forgive you.

Never ever!

Why didn't you ask me?

You wanted to manage on your own...

...well you did!

You avoid me...

"but I'll find you

and you'll pay for it!

I swear it!

Stop it!

I still see Patrick,

standing on the jetty, out there...

...impatient at the slow-rising tide,

keeping him from sailing away.

When you gave him his boat...

he came to see me.

He said:

"I'll call it...“ANISCLA"!"

"ANISCLA"...What did it mean?

The I saw...

Ann...lsabel...and Claude.

His sisters, his family."

...so precious to him,

so alive in him.

He was a sailor in his way.

And even if his name is not

among the sailors lost at sea...

...engraved with those

the sea took from us...

...you may be assured,

you, his family...

...his mortal name will be

forever in our hearts.

We all can hardly understand."

...and accept

such an early death...

...such a sudden withering

of a budding life!

But...

...we may turn to the Lord...

...who knew Himself

an outrageous death on the cross!

We ask Him

to receive Patrick...

...our brother, our son.

He who rules

for all times to come...Amen!

If I stay awhile...

will you have me?

And you...

...will you have a mother

who was "your enemy"?

I want you all..'even if

I never make up for past times!

I'll love you twice as hard!

Doctor's Pierre prescription?

- Making fun of me?

- No...

It makes me happy.

Be fair to Ann.

I didn't say...!

Your thoughts are loud!

Why don't you both

keep an open mind...just once?

You tell her.

I have no problems with her.

Ok.'.l'll try.

- But...

- No "buts"!

Don't lose the battle.

We were not meant to be sisters.

Be friends then!

Can I help you?

It's all right.

- Are you ready?

- No...but I'm in no hurry'

- Are you staying on...?

- For a while...

- Does this go there?

- Yes, dirty linen.

You might come and see

your nephews...

- They'd never recognize me now.

- Of course they would!

They've seen your photos.

I do have plenty of things

to tell them now.

I'm no good with babies!

How's the house getting on?

Nice...though still there's

still plenty to do.

While they're still youngs.

- We need a guest room.

-l'd stay at the hotel!

Of course not!

You'll have one of the boys' room!

They'll fight for the honour!

We'll manage

if you bring a friend.

Don't worry!

When will you come back?

I might still be here.

- Not before school holidays.

- Of course not, I forgot!

How's school?

Eric's doing fine'

I have to keep an eye on schoolwork

but...

Don't you have to go back

to Paris for your job?

I'm freelance.

And I can always send

my papers from here!

I always envied you...!

For writing on beauty products?

I've done nothing else...

...but beauty!

Never mind...

...l'd love to read your papers!

I'll bring you some.

I'll feel so proud!

I'll let you get on with it.

- Do come soon...

- I will!

Could you drop me at Pierre's?

Of course! I'll be down...

Be careful!

Don't worry...

I'll call you from Paris.

Tell Pierre I'm fine

and thank him.

Do come in February...

your father needs it.

Promised!