Baron noir (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - Check up - full transcript
Oh, the good life, without love
Without worry, without problems
How will I fit 300 chairs in here?
We need the space.
These are the Socialist Party HQ.
And what is that?
That pipe. Used water.
We haven't done it yet. Next week.
Next week, yes.
What about my 300 chairs?
We can't afford to rent rooms
for every National Council.
Just reduce the number of members...
Philippe! What are you doing here?
A call for celebration!
Your assistant was great.
He helped me with the surprise.
Here, a toast!
Cheers! L'Chaim!
-L'Chaim...
-What do you say? Prost?
-Yes, prost.
-OK.
-What are we celebrating?
-A major event, Daniel!
I have been eligible for...
7 hours, 32 minutes and 44 seconds!
A year on the bench...
a media Ramadan! Not easy.
Especially when you hear
so much bullshit on the radio!
-How about a tour?
-Sure.
-I like the view.
-Yeah.
What is this?
-The First Secretary's office.
Philippe...
I am happy for you and for the party.
Your voice matters and will help, but...
Regionals are just two months away.
In your region,
Carthaud will top the list.
I have nothing against Carthaud.
Pascal is my friend.
No, I came to talk about France.
About France?
I have a global plan.
I'm going to restructure the party.
-I might even change the name.
-You?
You're stealing the party from me?
No, there aren't enough us
to split the party.
It would be best to support me.
After regionals, the conference.
Our renaissance.
Modest in form,
but exuberant in substance.
The first stop
on the road to the presidency.
What do you think?
You get the party, I run for president?
I don't know if we can present
a presidential candidate.
In any case,
I am a presidential candidate.
You saw how the primaries went.
The first secretary runs for president.
That's me.
I want to stand for the republican
cause, the republican comeback.
You sound like a crazy person.
You're not thinking straight.
Daniel, look around you.
A time of populism.
A groundswell, a tidal wave.
You can't take that head on.
You gently accompany it.
We need a strong line
and a radical incarnation
with transgression.
The party needs to be serious.
You and the other ”serious” ones,
you were minister,
prime minister, first secretary,
and overlord of the universe
for 20 years.
While guys like me shovelled shit.
Managing poor cities,
filling your rallies
even with your right-wing bullshit.
And you won't even let me
rebuild the ship that you sank?
Calm down, Philippe.
It's time for loudmouths.
The time for the beaten,
the battered, the brave.
It is my time! Either you support me,
or I tear you apart at the conference.
Screw you!
I'll be tearing you apart!
It'll be easy to get the votes,
especially against an ex-con.
Be careful, Daniel...
People want change.
Get lost.
Damn it.
Better shout at the foreman some more.
If your new HQ has shit
coming through the ceiling,
it won't do you any favors.
6 p.m. on the 16th?
Booked for a Legion of Honor.
Pierre Kaslin, the war reporter.
I will need time to prepare for my
meeting with the new German Chancellor.
Dinner on the 17th
with the César laureates?
No, that's breathing space.
You need breaks.
I'll see what's going on.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday,
Madam President
Happy birthday to you
Thank you.
I would like to express
my deepest gratitude
for your boundless commitment.
I am aware of the many sacrifices that
this imposes on your personal lives.
But tonight isn't my fault!
Martin, didn't we forbid meetings
after 9:30 p.m.?
We can be proud of the past three years.
Economic indicators are much better
than when we arrived.
But for the French to say:
”It's better now”,
we need time.
That is why the regional polls
indicate that wins
for the populists in 4 out of 13 regions
in mainland France are possible.
Two for Chalon, two for Vidal.
Martin will specify
that midterm elections
are always unfavourable
for the executive.
But as we are celebrating three years
at the Elysée,
remember how I was elected.
Just 53%.
I still feel Chalon
breathing down my neck,
and now, I can feel Vidal too.
Did you hear the tale about the turkey?
A turkey imagines the world
through what it sees.
Every morning, the farmer brings food.
The turkey concludes
that in its universe,
man's only purpose is to feed turkeys.
Every day that passes
supports that opinion. All is well.
Now, it's Christmas.
That day, instead of feeding the turkey,
the farmer catches it...
...and slits its throat.
You see, I am that turkey.
And Vidal and Chalon are
waiting for Christmas.
I get it, Philippe.
You want to lead the party, but why?
It's an empty shell.
There are only 12 of us.
It's just like the PSU.
That's why you're glad you know me.
-What is that?
-A secret weapon to change
the course of the next
presidential election.
The Children of the Republic file.
Signatures for diversity in school.
1.2 million names,
1.2 million e-mail addresses,
1.2 million people who agree with me.
Most are from
working-class neighborhoods.
-How'd you do it?
-I got a printout when
that traitor Cyril abandoned us
to become minister.
What can you do with it?
Diversity is important at school,
but in a presidential election...
-Good point.
-Well, yes.
After school, where do the kids go?
To the ghetto.
So we broaden the proposal.
If you want diversity,
you need go to the root:
population policy. The city, housing.
A France with no ghettos.
Isn't that a bit radical
for our comrades?
Socialists think everything
is a bit radical.
That's how you recognize them.
But this is about survival,
without a new political line,
we'll die and they know it.
When people live separately,
they develop separate mentalities.
Once there are separate mentalities,
a very human logic establishes itself.
Confrontation.
You may think that people are happy.
But I know that when race
and religious issues
count more than social issues,
it means war.
We have a clear approach:
change the party's program to make it
the Social Republic Party.
Small detail:
how do we win that damn conference?
And how do we win conferences?
Well... do the rounds.
Exactly. Once we have taken the party,
we bring in the whole file:
an army of activists.
Standing for president
with that strike power is a godsend.
You take care of the north
and I'll charm the federation barons.
The new world?
More like getting screwed over.
The left, the right; it's unbeatable.
That's how it is
since the king's beheading.
But seriously, what do you think?
The ghettos, the republican comeback?
Philippe, what exactly is
your legal status?
Vidal and Amélie's movements?
To join, just click ”Like.”
Not much of a commitment.
Even their names are a joke!
”The People Stand Up?”
Sounds like a holiday camp
in the Eastern Bloc in the '50s.
Don't get me started on Amélie.
That takes the biscuit.
”A United France?”
Why not ”Love on another”
or ”Jesus has Risen”?
We can't rebuild the party
without new ideas.
What's your situation?
Is there a procedure
for the housing scandal?
Social and cultural at the same time.
Like Jaurès, a social republic.
We'll start where liberalism
and differentialism
have had the biggest impact: ghettos.
Listen, Philippe. Let's be honest.
This is all a bit awkward.
Now what? Go with Kalhenberg?
I'm working on the conditions for
the emergence of a generational motion.
I will be running for First Secretary.
It all has to change.
Where does age come in?
Excuse me... it's my wife.
Yes, honey?
Yes, I think I'll be able to.
If there is no traffic.
The kids will be happy.
We could invite Jeanne and Constant.
They have Ella.
Okay, honey...
Yes, I'll send them a message...
Love you.
I agree with you. Let's be honest.
About your motion for young jerks,
I will have the pleasure
of ripping it up.
You will get less than 5%.
You know... Being a socialist
is about individual behavioral ethics.
With your record,
you have some cheek running for office.
Go on then, get on with it!
Put that in your damn motion.
Propose a code of ethics
with that rabble-rousing statement:
no member in authority
may have a criminal record.
Then, by statutory law,
I couldn't ”have the cheek” to stand.
What do you think?
That's generational, isn't it?
It is true what they say.
You give good advice, Philippe.
You know what?
I'll use your idea. See you later.
It is beautiful.
It's an old rosebush.
It only flowers once a year, but...
It is sheer splendor.
But once it's done, it needs pruning.
You, me, and a few others are
in the process of achieving
something amazing.
Yes.
I failed in my previous
two presidential campaigns
for different reasons.
The first time, it was all so new.
The communists had me on their leash.
The second time, I was taken by surprise
by Laugier's resignation and I lost
two precious years of preparation.
But this time...
Nothing is missing and I agree with you.
The regional elections are
in two months.
The Hauts de France
is our best chance of winning.
As long as you head up the list.
It would be an honour.
Thank you, Michel.
You don't need to thank me.
You have the strength, the experience.
You will shake off the doubt
on our ability to govern.
For the first time,
you'll break the glass ceiling.
You can count on me.
The Hauts de France is
the country's outpost:
its difficulties,
as well as its possibilities.
This is not just a regional election.
No, it is a dress rehearsal.
Yes, and it will be a fierce battle.
They'll make you pay for being
on the front line, for being a woman,
and above all, for joining me.
We are experiencing the agony
of liberal disorder.
This world is collapsing
and Dorendeu will fall with it.
If I was a gambling man,
I'd bet on Dorendeu's failure
in the first round
of the presidential election.
Yes. I will face Chalon
in the second round.
Our great history is returning.
A citizens' revolution or barbarism.
Three, two, one.
Mediapart is with
a recently forgotten stranger.
Or rather an ex-convict
looking to return to politics.
-Philippe Rickwaert, hello.
-Hello, Edwy Plenel,
let me just add one detail:
”having served his sentence.”
You don't seem to like
this ”generational” motion
of thirty-somethings in view of
the Party conference. Am I wrong?
”Make way for youth” isn't a program.
When they fail for the same
reasons as previous leaders,
a lack of clear direction, what then?
Make way for blondes?
For redheads? For mustaches?
New ideas are essential.
Ethics, transparency,
and virtue in politics, those are ideas!
At Mediapart, those are our core values.
But in the SP, that is a veneer
to mask a cosmic political vacuum.
Take Churchill, for example.
He loved whiskey,
he shouldn't have been PM.
No...
He was the only one to stand up
to Hitler until the end.
This isn't about whiskey,
it's about setting examples.
And regaining the people's trust.
The proposition that
nobody with a criminal record
can belong to the governing bodies
of your party, the Socialist Party.
-It's the worst part.
-Yes, because you have a record!
This is double jeopardy.
You're condemned for life,
even if you served your sentence
given at a fair trial.
It is like a dictatorship.
It is an unforgivable error when
you claim to defend public interest.
A politician, elected by voters,
-with a criminal record!
-Wait, Edwy.
They will try anything to eliminate me.
Fine, I'm used to it.
But we are talking
about the rule of law.
The measure contradicts
the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union.
It goes against ”Non bis in idem”
which forbids the pursuit
or condemnation of a person
for the same cause of action.
It is in breach of article 368
of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
which states that:
”No person convicted legally
can be accused of the same act.”
You know the law.
Nice speech, but you are defending
your own interests.
It is for all socialists.
-Really?
-Yes. I'll use an analogy.
What happened
in the last legislative election?
The biggest defeat
in the party's history.
A strong condemnation,
without appeal, from the voters.
We're far from a clean record
for the SP in the voters' eyes.
Do you agree?
-Yes.
-Now what?
Should the SP be forbidden
from elections?
If I may, I'll address the socialists.
Not only are we not dead,
we will win again.
IMPRESSIVE. YOU WERE GREAT.
...and Rickwaert is trying to come back
despite his record.
-Frankly, the SP are...
-Hold on, I don't agree about Rickwaert.
Listen to what he is saying.
He is right! By law, he is right!
You can't be condemned twice
for the same action. You just can't.
Is there a problem
with the Brittany list?
Blocked by Taillandier.
He refuses to make way for Laureux.
And Laureux leans heavily to the right.
So? A United France is ”Left and Right.”
It gives the SP a chance.
Taillandier's threat is a rebel list.
Give him the conurbation,
he'll calm down. Right, Cyril?
If the Education Minister
could stop playing Candy Crush...
Thank you.
Mr. Kalhenberg!
Rickwaert's support grows:
Pisati, Romier, Dahan.
Important alliances...
It happens when you show off.
But the voters will decide.
Do you support double jeopardy
for foreign criminals?
-What? That is not the point.
-Double jeopardy, like Rickwaert.
-Again? You've already seen it twice.
-Just wait. This is the best bit.
Do you regret proposing this statutory
change on criminal records?
It wasn't me!
It was the generational motion.
Do you regret supporting it
now it has turned against you?
I did not.
Brilliant!
I fear nothing.
Poor guy.
You're missing out.
The vegetables look good.
I'm fine with that.
Have a slice.
Meat is good for the brain.
-Sure it is!
-It is well-known.
When prehistoric man started
eating meat, their brains developed.
But back then, the meat wasn't filled
with antibiotics and hormones.
Maybe. But by forbidding it,
you'll have a deficiency.
It isn't about forbidding it. I have
just stopped eating meat for a while.
It isn't any weirder than wanting
to become First Secretary. Admit it!
WE NEED TO TALK...
And cheese?
You're still allowed to eat that.
Where's the camera?
Malandrin? Am I on Candid Camera?
Are you kidding?
There is nobody else.
He is solid and experienced.
That counts.
Local councilors, associative footholds,
he took a large part
of the Socialist Party's old network.
-He has contacts.
-Including Islamic extremists.
Malandrin is a clientelist.
That is appeal to motive.
Your row with him is in the past.
The guy plays with communitarianism.
He is a danger to France
and a far-right gateway.
The President has validated it.
-Of course. All you do is pressure her.
-Excuse me?
I am your Prime Minister.
This is a nomination committee,
not the Council of Ministers.
So I'll be clear:
Malandrin is a red line.
Oh, yeah?
What gives you the right
to draw red lines?
My principles.
Does that mean anything to you?
-Where's your horse?
-You're funny.
Very funny.
Answer it, if you want to.
Definitely not. Maybe you're right.
LEAVE ME ALONE
Oh, shit!
I still want to eat meat!
-What will you do with them?
-A website is interested.
There is no money,
but it's a reference, so that's cool.
Salomé, unpaid work is slavery!
You can't accept.
You did it. Activists don't get paid.
That's different!
You campaign to defend a cause.
And showing the truth isn't a cause?
You don't have to repeat my mistakes.
Staying in the background,
at someone's beck and call.
Then, prison.
Do you think that helped me?
-I'd like...
-Yeah, I get it.
You're self-employed.
But it's different, I'm starting out.
Damn it! Sorry, Salomé.
GREAT INTERVIEW WITH PLENEL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SIGN YOUR MOTION.
-How's the speech going?
-Yes, fine. I'm really happy.
The nominations will go well.
We'll give our all.
Will Vidal be there?
Sorry.
It just came out. I'm not spying on you.
No, it's fine.
Yes, Michel will be there. So what?
No, it's good. For you, I mean.
-And Philippe? Wanna talk?
-No, I've had enough.
-Philippe is...
-No, no.
Politics on one side
and us on the other. Period.
They used to say: ”separate boxes.”
It didn't turn out well.
”They”?
-Amélie and Philippe.
-All you care about is Philippe!
It's the Plenel effect.
Rickwaert's gaining on Kalhenberg.
So he will win!
The young are like the old,
but with less experience!
Philippe manipulated them.
”Double jeopardy.”
He wants to make himself the victim.
He loves playing that role.
Even as the president
and having left the party,
I have to sort out the SP conference.
Call Fertier, Daoud,
Hassoun and Perville.
I want a detailed evaluation
of the opposition.
We'll try to help Kalhenberg.
Given that Vidal is more dangerous,
Rickwaert as head of the Socialists
could be helpful for us.
Rickwaert is never helpful.
He could kick start the SP
and swallow Vidal or use the party
to kick start his own agenda.
Or something even more twisted,
that we couldn't even imagine.
Keep an eye on Rickwaert, okay?
-You shouldn't be here.
-Can't we discuss this like adults?
All right. I have two theories.
You're a traitor or a jerk.
Either way, I don't want to talk.
You were right.
You were right, okay?
I thought I could bring change.
Yes, I am a jerk.
I'm just their left-wing patsy.
You can't blame me for trying.
-It was a political gamble.
-What gamble?
That Thorigny would nationalize
the banks?
Can we go inside?
We're fine here. In the fresh air.
-I'm leaving government.
-Great.
A United France is cracking.
I spoke with some ministers
and councillors.
-Many feel uncomfortable.
-I know the type.
Getting riled up at dinner.
We'll do this and that.
The tingle of upper-class rebellion.
How touching.
Philippe, you will lead this party.
I'll form a left wing. I'll set up
for a split and then, bang, we unite.
On what basis?
Ours, Philippe.
The Social Republic.
-The door is open.
-Cyril, you betrayed me.
Even worse, you betrayed our ideas.
You stabbed me in the back.
One last thing, don't lie to yourself.
You're not a left-wing patsy.
You'd have to be left-wing.
Are we done now?
You ruined it all, Cyril.
That's right. Steady it.
It's flying well!
What if we got a place down south:
Nice, Cannes, Antibes...
You have to buy everything twice.
Something always needs fixing.
Remember Burgundy?
You never had the time.
All three of us would live there.
I'd stay in Marseille twice a week.
Marseille?
The regional office is based there.
It is winnable.
Not with Tisson at the head of the list.
That idiot could do a Nazi salute
at any moment.
-Isn't Hauts de France a better bet?
-Not for the sun.
Pass it here. I'll show you.
If I can break the glass ceiling
by winning a region and if I run it...
...the extreme right
is no longer extreme.
I'll pave the way
for a right-wing union.
See, you have to make it rise slowly.
Left turn, right turn.
That's how you fly high.
The left?
Socialist.
Socialist.
His struggles. I know them, I think.
The Republic, school.
One word is tough.
Dishonest. Corruption.
Double-dealing.
-Deception.
-Prison.
What if he were a film or a series?
-The Sopranos?
-My New Partner.
I'm going to show you a short video.
Where has France's honour gone? Please.
When security
is our only thought regarding
the training of France's future
expert technicians and labourers,
where is France's honour?
What does that inspire?
The worker's blue is just grandstanding.
-So old-fashioned.
-Yeah.
Where is France's honour?
The real question is
where is his honour?
It is just a PR stunt. It's not sincere.
Switch it off.
Switch it off!
-Nobody believes it.
-Now, I'll...
They can insult me if they like.
I don't care about the polls.
It is a qualitative survey.
This is nothing compared
to the three other focus groups.
Bewitching party officials is one thing,
changing public opinion is another.
If you win,
you'll be the death of this party.
If you still have feelings for it,
and I'm sure you do, Philippe,
let it go.
You aren't cut out to be president.
”Prison” might be written here...
As long as it isn't ”dickhead”,
like that, I have every chance.
Damn it!
Here it is.
What? This isn't it.
I said, ”Le Peythieu.” It is a chalet.
I'll show you.
It is up there.
After the cabin,
just take the path on the right.
Wait, you can take me.
You have chains.
I wouldn't get through the snow.
I could take you back down.
-I want to go up there!
-Well, I can't help.
You'll have to go it alone.
You'd better hurry.
The wind is changing.
There's a new worldwide situation,
but clearly no new world order.
Who can pretend not to see the dangers
gathered at Europe's doors?
Who will Germany turn to, then?
Cyril Balsan is here.
The United States who are
turning inwards? The East? Who has...
I refuse your resignation.
Malandrin is everything I fight against.
You can't ask me to deny my identity.
Malandrin is a lure. Thorigny is trying
to push you out and weaken me.
-You fell for it.
-It's more than that.
If Thorigny hears ”reform”,
he does the sums.
We need to restore our competitiveness,
then we can redistribute: you knew that.
This isn't an ambush.
I need you to grow up, Cyril.
A United France needs
officials and snipers,
and while Thorigny is
preparing to leave office
a year before the elections,
you want to desert?
He can't stand against you.
Nothing is as it seems.
I might not be in the position...
You mentioned snipers.
I would be more useful
away from the government.
I'll do what I do best:
real politics.
If you resign because of who tops
the list, Thorigny wins.
But if you leave by coming out on top,
that is another matter.
How?
You leave to conform
to the rule against dual mandates.
As you're our candidate for regionals,
it's a national issue.
Against the far right.
Your political identity.
The polls don't look good for us,
but with you as a candidate,
anything is possible.
-Against Véro.
-Véro is Vidal.
Win this election for us, Cyril.
You can send your resignation
to Thorigny.
Philippe? What are you doing here?
Why didn't you call?
You would have said no.
I need your help with a quali.
You're wasting your time.
I'm through with politics. You too.
Just four focus groups.
Philippe, I left politics.
I won't come back for groups
that I didn't select myself.
-You know those idiots...
-I saw one about me.
A full checkup.
Behind the one-way mirror.
Kalhenberg.
He was trying to break me.
Did he succeed?
Why'd he make you do it?
-What are you standing for?
-President.
First the party, then the presidency.
I paid my dues. I went to jail.
How long will I pay for that?
I went to the cops myself!
There's zero personal enrichment!
He did get to you, didn't he?
Naïma, I feel terrible.
It's like seeing tumors on my X-ray.
I need to know how bad it is,
or I'll drive myself crazy.
Where is it?
I left my bag in the cabin on the way.
It is all there.
Take a shower.
There are clothes in the closet.
I'll get your bag.
It'll take me half an hour.
KEY WORDS: DISABILITY
DETAILED RESULTS
Right.
There is affect.
It's negative.
But I prefer to have it, even negative.
The worst is having no affect.
Is there a rupture?
I don't think so.
It wouldn't be irony and mockery,
it would be hatred.
There is no hatred.
But there's detachment.
As if you left politics.
-Jail is a lead weight.
-The three D's?
Look.
Deception, Dishonest,
Double-dealing.
It's the dumb pollster theory.
The three D's will disqualify you
as they evoke...
Prison.
But the pollster didn't see
that the three D's evoke another word.
That is much more serious.
Kalhenberg got it wrong:
you won't kill the party.
It will kill you.
SOCIALIST
We have to stay true to our roots.
Like the Tours Congress.
Jaurès.
That was in 1920... 100 years ago.
The SP is my life.
What am I if I am not a socialist?
The same.
Philippe Rickwaert.
Stunning.
And right in the heart of Paris.
The Marquise de Pompadour developed it
after she bought the palace.
She had sheep with silk ribbons
around their necks grazing here.
The locals called this place
"home of the King's whore".
How vicious!
-Do you know Michel Vidal?
-Of course.
Plan A: rework the European treaties.
Plan B: pull France out
of the European treaties.
He's a sort of left-wing Chalon.
That's what we say when we want
to upset him.
And it really works, actually.
Really, their world views
are diametrically opposed.
Vidal puts France's misfortune
down to liberalism.
For Chalon, it's immigration.
What they have in common
is they blame Europe.
The driving force behind the populist
movement is hatred of Europe.
I'm aware of the danger, believe me.
Hatred of Europe is just another name
for "Germanophobia".
Vidal is right.
The small-state Europe is dead.
Lisbon, Maastricht, Amsterdam,
it's all over.
-You can't say that.
-But I have a plan B.
And unlike Vidal's, mine is
with Germany, not against Germany.
Concentric circles. The hard core.
It's more the hard core
of the hard core.
Françallemagne?
The great federal leap.
It's the true sense of the European
project to unite our nations.
I reserved a VIP bungalow
in a great location.
It is all brand new.
Hi-fi, speakers in every room,
even in the john.
A VIP bungalow?
Yeah. A bungalow. Look.
-Two big bedrooms.
-Oh, yeah.
But the kids aren't coming
and I can't cancel it.
They have their own lives.
Guess where they are.
At Véro's rally.
Kick a man when he's down.
Véro's rally?
Anyway, there is a spare room.
Why don't you stay with us?
It'll do you good. You seem stressed.
Hold on. I need to make a call.
Philippe, how are you?
What are you doing?
Not much!
Where are you? At a party?
I'm at Véro's nomination rally.
Véro is different.
It's Véro, you know...
She said she'd like it if I came,
so I came.
No worries, Toph, I understand.
Are you sure? You know, I'm with you.
So the leftists are there?
The Dunkirk Stalinists?
Mostly friends.
It's nice. Even Bernard is here.
-He came for Véro too?
-Everyone is here. Sophia, Jalil...
The whole gang.
And friends from the town's syndicate.
Okay, Toph. I gotta go.
AS YOU ARE NEAR ME,
CAN WE TALK AFTER YOUR RALLY?
OF COURSE! BUT I HAVE TO
LEAVE AFTERWARDS. COME NOW.
German ministers and the French
council of ministers and vice versa.
A mixed Parliament,
a common budget.
-It's utopian.
-We need motivational utopias.
This utopia will be especially
motivational for the populous.
I have to face them and accept
what we are: federalists.
Unless we oppose them
with something major,
all they have to do
is wait for us to fall apart.
I never give up a fight
and I know you don't, either.
Françallemagne, it's largely what you
proposed at the CDU Conference in 2011.
Back then, Germany was ready.
Proposals were put forward.
It was the French who missed
the window of opportunity.
Today I'm opening a new window.
I'd face an outcry from my own party.
The CSU would be under pressure
from AFD, who would scream treason.
My coalition would explode
and without the majority
in the Bundestag, I'm powerless.
Let's keep diplomats and advisors
out of it for now.
Keep the secret just between you and me.
If this gets out...
Vidal is in the habit of repeating
a pretty accurate sentence.
Stop talking about him,
you're scaring me.
"Europe is a volcano,
and France, its crater."
If France swings to the far right,
Europe will break up.
Who will Germany turn to, then?
You've been paying careful attention
to what I say.
If history teaches us one thing,
it's that you cannot achieve
anything great
without shaking up the roles
a little.
-Socialist jerk!
-Tightwad!
Come in!
Philippe!
I'm happy to see you!
I got insulted as I arrived.
They are a bit boisterous.
Anger dominates many young people,
but...
rage only leads to a peasant revolt,
only hope can bring revolution.
That is our political aim.
You haven't seen Véronique?
She's very anxious.
Always underestimating herself.
If I had more like her...
I just read her speech.
I couldn't have done any better.
I don't know what I'll say.
Michel,
I have decided to join
The People Stand Up.
Good decision.
With this party, it will all be rebuilt.
You were right.
-I'm here for my part.
-Everyone must do their duty.
Well, now that I have repented...
-I have three questions.
-Three is a lot.
-The first is about secularism.
-Yes?
-There are many lines.
-There is only one line. Mine.
I don't understand
what those people are saying.
”Intersectionality”, ”racialised.”
Gender-neutral language.
And the second question?
-Internal democracy...
-Yes?
You don't have any.
-Clever, right?
-Maybe, until now.
If you want to lead the country,
different sensitivities must coexist.
Internal democracy's role.
Votes within the movement?
And the Socialist Party is reborn.
A majority, some minorities.
Generally opposing approaches:
the loincloths in this war of leaders.
And we fix it with fakery.
You need a democratic method.
I have one, it's me.
Philippe, in ten years, I've built
a considerable political force
that is powerful, clean and abundant.
I won't throw that away
to satisfy those who turn up
when I am at 20%
complaining about the colour
of the couch in the lounge.
-At least you're clear.
-Indeed.
Does that answer cancel out
your third question?
Let's talk Europe.
So it is canceled.
Plan A, Plan B. Terminado.
Frexit is scary, Michel.
Save me the usual class clichés.
Recess is over.
They'll wear me out soon.
But...
Why don't you come with me?
Yes!
Both of us on stage with Véro.
You're here to join me.
Let's do it properly.
In Dunkirk. Your home.
I can't do it like that.
I'm still in the party.
I have to tell people.
I need some time to think
and... organize it.
You mean tell your socialist friends
to join up too?
With me, you come alone.
You have two minutes to decide.
Don't play that game.
Philippe, you turn up ten years
after the adventure began,
a year after I personally asked you
to help me,
which you refused
and accused me of Stalinism.
You have already had a lot of time.
So stay here for two minutes.
After that time, if you join me,
your heart will have spoken.
An adventure like ours requires
fervor and joy.
If you do not join me on stage,
then you don't have
the necessary enthusiasm.
No hard feelings.
You must never begin a new life
by dragging your feet.
Switch on his speaker.
A sea of faces that I know so well.
Political and community activists.
You have come from all around
to be here, tonight.
Yes, there are so many of you
here, tonight!
I can feel the joy.
Happy to be together!
Where had we disappeared to?
We missed each other. We were hoping.
Today, it has happened.
We found each other again!
We found each other!
Véronique is full of courage,
a characteristic of combatants.
The toughest of the tough!
Indifferent to defamation!
Carving her path!
Straight, proud and rebellious!
Socialist!
-She has always fought every fight...
-Rickwaert's here!
Get lost, Rickwaert!
-Black Baron is here!
-Get lost!
You're not welcome here!
Watch out, the Black Baron's about!
Come, Philippe, come here.
-Socialist!
-Go back to where you came from!
-Get lost!
-Get out, Rickwaert!
We don't want you.
Be quiet!
That's enough. Quiet!
Philippe, you know this quote
from Victor Hugo.
Our friend is a connoisseur
of the great poet.
”It is poor praise to say that...”
-You came?
-Of course.
”For him, he does not experience
each day.
He has no reflection,
no withdrawal of thought on the facts.
It is choosing the oyster
over the eagle.”
Mr. Philippe Rickwaert,
thank you for being an eagle!
Welcome to your home!
Socialist!
Go on. Say a few words.
Good evening.
I just wanted to say...
I should be thanking you.
That's enough.
Thank you for holding out.
Thank you for resisting.
And thank you
for preparing the retaliation
while others, including myself...
...did not have the courage. Thank you!
-Bravo.
-Well said!
RICKWAERT JOINS THE PEOPLE STAND UP
VÉRONIQUE BOSSO
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
OUR LIVES FIRST
RICKWAERT JOINS THE PEOPLE STAND UP
SOCIALIST
Subtitle translation by Elaine Scott
Without worry, without problems
How will I fit 300 chairs in here?
We need the space.
These are the Socialist Party HQ.
And what is that?
That pipe. Used water.
We haven't done it yet. Next week.
Next week, yes.
What about my 300 chairs?
We can't afford to rent rooms
for every National Council.
Just reduce the number of members...
Philippe! What are you doing here?
A call for celebration!
Your assistant was great.
He helped me with the surprise.
Here, a toast!
Cheers! L'Chaim!
-L'Chaim...
-What do you say? Prost?
-Yes, prost.
-OK.
-What are we celebrating?
-A major event, Daniel!
I have been eligible for...
7 hours, 32 minutes and 44 seconds!
A year on the bench...
a media Ramadan! Not easy.
Especially when you hear
so much bullshit on the radio!
-How about a tour?
-Sure.
-I like the view.
-Yeah.
What is this?
-The First Secretary's office.
Philippe...
I am happy for you and for the party.
Your voice matters and will help, but...
Regionals are just two months away.
In your region,
Carthaud will top the list.
I have nothing against Carthaud.
Pascal is my friend.
No, I came to talk about France.
About France?
I have a global plan.
I'm going to restructure the party.
-I might even change the name.
-You?
You're stealing the party from me?
No, there aren't enough us
to split the party.
It would be best to support me.
After regionals, the conference.
Our renaissance.
Modest in form,
but exuberant in substance.
The first stop
on the road to the presidency.
What do you think?
You get the party, I run for president?
I don't know if we can present
a presidential candidate.
In any case,
I am a presidential candidate.
You saw how the primaries went.
The first secretary runs for president.
That's me.
I want to stand for the republican
cause, the republican comeback.
You sound like a crazy person.
You're not thinking straight.
Daniel, look around you.
A time of populism.
A groundswell, a tidal wave.
You can't take that head on.
You gently accompany it.
We need a strong line
and a radical incarnation
with transgression.
The party needs to be serious.
You and the other ”serious” ones,
you were minister,
prime minister, first secretary,
and overlord of the universe
for 20 years.
While guys like me shovelled shit.
Managing poor cities,
filling your rallies
even with your right-wing bullshit.
And you won't even let me
rebuild the ship that you sank?
Calm down, Philippe.
It's time for loudmouths.
The time for the beaten,
the battered, the brave.
It is my time! Either you support me,
or I tear you apart at the conference.
Screw you!
I'll be tearing you apart!
It'll be easy to get the votes,
especially against an ex-con.
Be careful, Daniel...
People want change.
Get lost.
Damn it.
Better shout at the foreman some more.
If your new HQ has shit
coming through the ceiling,
it won't do you any favors.
6 p.m. on the 16th?
Booked for a Legion of Honor.
Pierre Kaslin, the war reporter.
I will need time to prepare for my
meeting with the new German Chancellor.
Dinner on the 17th
with the César laureates?
No, that's breathing space.
You need breaks.
I'll see what's going on.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday,
Madam President
Happy birthday to you
Thank you.
I would like to express
my deepest gratitude
for your boundless commitment.
I am aware of the many sacrifices that
this imposes on your personal lives.
But tonight isn't my fault!
Martin, didn't we forbid meetings
after 9:30 p.m.?
We can be proud of the past three years.
Economic indicators are much better
than when we arrived.
But for the French to say:
”It's better now”,
we need time.
That is why the regional polls
indicate that wins
for the populists in 4 out of 13 regions
in mainland France are possible.
Two for Chalon, two for Vidal.
Martin will specify
that midterm elections
are always unfavourable
for the executive.
But as we are celebrating three years
at the Elysée,
remember how I was elected.
Just 53%.
I still feel Chalon
breathing down my neck,
and now, I can feel Vidal too.
Did you hear the tale about the turkey?
A turkey imagines the world
through what it sees.
Every morning, the farmer brings food.
The turkey concludes
that in its universe,
man's only purpose is to feed turkeys.
Every day that passes
supports that opinion. All is well.
Now, it's Christmas.
That day, instead of feeding the turkey,
the farmer catches it...
...and slits its throat.
You see, I am that turkey.
And Vidal and Chalon are
waiting for Christmas.
I get it, Philippe.
You want to lead the party, but why?
It's an empty shell.
There are only 12 of us.
It's just like the PSU.
That's why you're glad you know me.
-What is that?
-A secret weapon to change
the course of the next
presidential election.
The Children of the Republic file.
Signatures for diversity in school.
1.2 million names,
1.2 million e-mail addresses,
1.2 million people who agree with me.
Most are from
working-class neighborhoods.
-How'd you do it?
-I got a printout when
that traitor Cyril abandoned us
to become minister.
What can you do with it?
Diversity is important at school,
but in a presidential election...
-Good point.
-Well, yes.
After school, where do the kids go?
To the ghetto.
So we broaden the proposal.
If you want diversity,
you need go to the root:
population policy. The city, housing.
A France with no ghettos.
Isn't that a bit radical
for our comrades?
Socialists think everything
is a bit radical.
That's how you recognize them.
But this is about survival,
without a new political line,
we'll die and they know it.
When people live separately,
they develop separate mentalities.
Once there are separate mentalities,
a very human logic establishes itself.
Confrontation.
You may think that people are happy.
But I know that when race
and religious issues
count more than social issues,
it means war.
We have a clear approach:
change the party's program to make it
the Social Republic Party.
Small detail:
how do we win that damn conference?
And how do we win conferences?
Well... do the rounds.
Exactly. Once we have taken the party,
we bring in the whole file:
an army of activists.
Standing for president
with that strike power is a godsend.
You take care of the north
and I'll charm the federation barons.
The new world?
More like getting screwed over.
The left, the right; it's unbeatable.
That's how it is
since the king's beheading.
But seriously, what do you think?
The ghettos, the republican comeback?
Philippe, what exactly is
your legal status?
Vidal and Amélie's movements?
To join, just click ”Like.”
Not much of a commitment.
Even their names are a joke!
”The People Stand Up?”
Sounds like a holiday camp
in the Eastern Bloc in the '50s.
Don't get me started on Amélie.
That takes the biscuit.
”A United France?”
Why not ”Love on another”
or ”Jesus has Risen”?
We can't rebuild the party
without new ideas.
What's your situation?
Is there a procedure
for the housing scandal?
Social and cultural at the same time.
Like Jaurès, a social republic.
We'll start where liberalism
and differentialism
have had the biggest impact: ghettos.
Listen, Philippe. Let's be honest.
This is all a bit awkward.
Now what? Go with Kalhenberg?
I'm working on the conditions for
the emergence of a generational motion.
I will be running for First Secretary.
It all has to change.
Where does age come in?
Excuse me... it's my wife.
Yes, honey?
Yes, I think I'll be able to.
If there is no traffic.
The kids will be happy.
We could invite Jeanne and Constant.
They have Ella.
Okay, honey...
Yes, I'll send them a message...
Love you.
I agree with you. Let's be honest.
About your motion for young jerks,
I will have the pleasure
of ripping it up.
You will get less than 5%.
You know... Being a socialist
is about individual behavioral ethics.
With your record,
you have some cheek running for office.
Go on then, get on with it!
Put that in your damn motion.
Propose a code of ethics
with that rabble-rousing statement:
no member in authority
may have a criminal record.
Then, by statutory law,
I couldn't ”have the cheek” to stand.
What do you think?
That's generational, isn't it?
It is true what they say.
You give good advice, Philippe.
You know what?
I'll use your idea. See you later.
It is beautiful.
It's an old rosebush.
It only flowers once a year, but...
It is sheer splendor.
But once it's done, it needs pruning.
You, me, and a few others are
in the process of achieving
something amazing.
Yes.
I failed in my previous
two presidential campaigns
for different reasons.
The first time, it was all so new.
The communists had me on their leash.
The second time, I was taken by surprise
by Laugier's resignation and I lost
two precious years of preparation.
But this time...
Nothing is missing and I agree with you.
The regional elections are
in two months.
The Hauts de France
is our best chance of winning.
As long as you head up the list.
It would be an honour.
Thank you, Michel.
You don't need to thank me.
You have the strength, the experience.
You will shake off the doubt
on our ability to govern.
For the first time,
you'll break the glass ceiling.
You can count on me.
The Hauts de France is
the country's outpost:
its difficulties,
as well as its possibilities.
This is not just a regional election.
No, it is a dress rehearsal.
Yes, and it will be a fierce battle.
They'll make you pay for being
on the front line, for being a woman,
and above all, for joining me.
We are experiencing the agony
of liberal disorder.
This world is collapsing
and Dorendeu will fall with it.
If I was a gambling man,
I'd bet on Dorendeu's failure
in the first round
of the presidential election.
Yes. I will face Chalon
in the second round.
Our great history is returning.
A citizens' revolution or barbarism.
Three, two, one.
Mediapart is with
a recently forgotten stranger.
Or rather an ex-convict
looking to return to politics.
-Philippe Rickwaert, hello.
-Hello, Edwy Plenel,
let me just add one detail:
”having served his sentence.”
You don't seem to like
this ”generational” motion
of thirty-somethings in view of
the Party conference. Am I wrong?
”Make way for youth” isn't a program.
When they fail for the same
reasons as previous leaders,
a lack of clear direction, what then?
Make way for blondes?
For redheads? For mustaches?
New ideas are essential.
Ethics, transparency,
and virtue in politics, those are ideas!
At Mediapart, those are our core values.
But in the SP, that is a veneer
to mask a cosmic political vacuum.
Take Churchill, for example.
He loved whiskey,
he shouldn't have been PM.
No...
He was the only one to stand up
to Hitler until the end.
This isn't about whiskey,
it's about setting examples.
And regaining the people's trust.
The proposition that
nobody with a criminal record
can belong to the governing bodies
of your party, the Socialist Party.
-It's the worst part.
-Yes, because you have a record!
This is double jeopardy.
You're condemned for life,
even if you served your sentence
given at a fair trial.
It is like a dictatorship.
It is an unforgivable error when
you claim to defend public interest.
A politician, elected by voters,
-with a criminal record!
-Wait, Edwy.
They will try anything to eliminate me.
Fine, I'm used to it.
But we are talking
about the rule of law.
The measure contradicts
the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union.
It goes against ”Non bis in idem”
which forbids the pursuit
or condemnation of a person
for the same cause of action.
It is in breach of article 368
of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
which states that:
”No person convicted legally
can be accused of the same act.”
You know the law.
Nice speech, but you are defending
your own interests.
It is for all socialists.
-Really?
-Yes. I'll use an analogy.
What happened
in the last legislative election?
The biggest defeat
in the party's history.
A strong condemnation,
without appeal, from the voters.
We're far from a clean record
for the SP in the voters' eyes.
Do you agree?
-Yes.
-Now what?
Should the SP be forbidden
from elections?
If I may, I'll address the socialists.
Not only are we not dead,
we will win again.
IMPRESSIVE. YOU WERE GREAT.
...and Rickwaert is trying to come back
despite his record.
-Frankly, the SP are...
-Hold on, I don't agree about Rickwaert.
Listen to what he is saying.
He is right! By law, he is right!
You can't be condemned twice
for the same action. You just can't.
Is there a problem
with the Brittany list?
Blocked by Taillandier.
He refuses to make way for Laureux.
And Laureux leans heavily to the right.
So? A United France is ”Left and Right.”
It gives the SP a chance.
Taillandier's threat is a rebel list.
Give him the conurbation,
he'll calm down. Right, Cyril?
If the Education Minister
could stop playing Candy Crush...
Thank you.
Mr. Kalhenberg!
Rickwaert's support grows:
Pisati, Romier, Dahan.
Important alliances...
It happens when you show off.
But the voters will decide.
Do you support double jeopardy
for foreign criminals?
-What? That is not the point.
-Double jeopardy, like Rickwaert.
-Again? You've already seen it twice.
-Just wait. This is the best bit.
Do you regret proposing this statutory
change on criminal records?
It wasn't me!
It was the generational motion.
Do you regret supporting it
now it has turned against you?
I did not.
Brilliant!
I fear nothing.
Poor guy.
You're missing out.
The vegetables look good.
I'm fine with that.
Have a slice.
Meat is good for the brain.
-Sure it is!
-It is well-known.
When prehistoric man started
eating meat, their brains developed.
But back then, the meat wasn't filled
with antibiotics and hormones.
Maybe. But by forbidding it,
you'll have a deficiency.
It isn't about forbidding it. I have
just stopped eating meat for a while.
It isn't any weirder than wanting
to become First Secretary. Admit it!
WE NEED TO TALK...
And cheese?
You're still allowed to eat that.
Where's the camera?
Malandrin? Am I on Candid Camera?
Are you kidding?
There is nobody else.
He is solid and experienced.
That counts.
Local councilors, associative footholds,
he took a large part
of the Socialist Party's old network.
-He has contacts.
-Including Islamic extremists.
Malandrin is a clientelist.
That is appeal to motive.
Your row with him is in the past.
The guy plays with communitarianism.
He is a danger to France
and a far-right gateway.
The President has validated it.
-Of course. All you do is pressure her.
-Excuse me?
I am your Prime Minister.
This is a nomination committee,
not the Council of Ministers.
So I'll be clear:
Malandrin is a red line.
Oh, yeah?
What gives you the right
to draw red lines?
My principles.
Does that mean anything to you?
-Where's your horse?
-You're funny.
Very funny.
Answer it, if you want to.
Definitely not. Maybe you're right.
LEAVE ME ALONE
Oh, shit!
I still want to eat meat!
-What will you do with them?
-A website is interested.
There is no money,
but it's a reference, so that's cool.
Salomé, unpaid work is slavery!
You can't accept.
You did it. Activists don't get paid.
That's different!
You campaign to defend a cause.
And showing the truth isn't a cause?
You don't have to repeat my mistakes.
Staying in the background,
at someone's beck and call.
Then, prison.
Do you think that helped me?
-I'd like...
-Yeah, I get it.
You're self-employed.
But it's different, I'm starting out.
Damn it! Sorry, Salomé.
GREAT INTERVIEW WITH PLENEL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SIGN YOUR MOTION.
-How's the speech going?
-Yes, fine. I'm really happy.
The nominations will go well.
We'll give our all.
Will Vidal be there?
Sorry.
It just came out. I'm not spying on you.
No, it's fine.
Yes, Michel will be there. So what?
No, it's good. For you, I mean.
-And Philippe? Wanna talk?
-No, I've had enough.
-Philippe is...
-No, no.
Politics on one side
and us on the other. Period.
They used to say: ”separate boxes.”
It didn't turn out well.
”They”?
-Amélie and Philippe.
-All you care about is Philippe!
It's the Plenel effect.
Rickwaert's gaining on Kalhenberg.
So he will win!
The young are like the old,
but with less experience!
Philippe manipulated them.
”Double jeopardy.”
He wants to make himself the victim.
He loves playing that role.
Even as the president
and having left the party,
I have to sort out the SP conference.
Call Fertier, Daoud,
Hassoun and Perville.
I want a detailed evaluation
of the opposition.
We'll try to help Kalhenberg.
Given that Vidal is more dangerous,
Rickwaert as head of the Socialists
could be helpful for us.
Rickwaert is never helpful.
He could kick start the SP
and swallow Vidal or use the party
to kick start his own agenda.
Or something even more twisted,
that we couldn't even imagine.
Keep an eye on Rickwaert, okay?
-You shouldn't be here.
-Can't we discuss this like adults?
All right. I have two theories.
You're a traitor or a jerk.
Either way, I don't want to talk.
You were right.
You were right, okay?
I thought I could bring change.
Yes, I am a jerk.
I'm just their left-wing patsy.
You can't blame me for trying.
-It was a political gamble.
-What gamble?
That Thorigny would nationalize
the banks?
Can we go inside?
We're fine here. In the fresh air.
-I'm leaving government.
-Great.
A United France is cracking.
I spoke with some ministers
and councillors.
-Many feel uncomfortable.
-I know the type.
Getting riled up at dinner.
We'll do this and that.
The tingle of upper-class rebellion.
How touching.
Philippe, you will lead this party.
I'll form a left wing. I'll set up
for a split and then, bang, we unite.
On what basis?
Ours, Philippe.
The Social Republic.
-The door is open.
-Cyril, you betrayed me.
Even worse, you betrayed our ideas.
You stabbed me in the back.
One last thing, don't lie to yourself.
You're not a left-wing patsy.
You'd have to be left-wing.
Are we done now?
You ruined it all, Cyril.
That's right. Steady it.
It's flying well!
What if we got a place down south:
Nice, Cannes, Antibes...
You have to buy everything twice.
Something always needs fixing.
Remember Burgundy?
You never had the time.
All three of us would live there.
I'd stay in Marseille twice a week.
Marseille?
The regional office is based there.
It is winnable.
Not with Tisson at the head of the list.
That idiot could do a Nazi salute
at any moment.
-Isn't Hauts de France a better bet?
-Not for the sun.
Pass it here. I'll show you.
If I can break the glass ceiling
by winning a region and if I run it...
...the extreme right
is no longer extreme.
I'll pave the way
for a right-wing union.
See, you have to make it rise slowly.
Left turn, right turn.
That's how you fly high.
The left?
Socialist.
Socialist.
His struggles. I know them, I think.
The Republic, school.
One word is tough.
Dishonest. Corruption.
Double-dealing.
-Deception.
-Prison.
What if he were a film or a series?
-The Sopranos?
-My New Partner.
I'm going to show you a short video.
Where has France's honour gone? Please.
When security
is our only thought regarding
the training of France's future
expert technicians and labourers,
where is France's honour?
What does that inspire?
The worker's blue is just grandstanding.
-So old-fashioned.
-Yeah.
Where is France's honour?
The real question is
where is his honour?
It is just a PR stunt. It's not sincere.
Switch it off.
Switch it off!
-Nobody believes it.
-Now, I'll...
They can insult me if they like.
I don't care about the polls.
It is a qualitative survey.
This is nothing compared
to the three other focus groups.
Bewitching party officials is one thing,
changing public opinion is another.
If you win,
you'll be the death of this party.
If you still have feelings for it,
and I'm sure you do, Philippe,
let it go.
You aren't cut out to be president.
”Prison” might be written here...
As long as it isn't ”dickhead”,
like that, I have every chance.
Damn it!
Here it is.
What? This isn't it.
I said, ”Le Peythieu.” It is a chalet.
I'll show you.
It is up there.
After the cabin,
just take the path on the right.
Wait, you can take me.
You have chains.
I wouldn't get through the snow.
I could take you back down.
-I want to go up there!
-Well, I can't help.
You'll have to go it alone.
You'd better hurry.
The wind is changing.
There's a new worldwide situation,
but clearly no new world order.
Who can pretend not to see the dangers
gathered at Europe's doors?
Who will Germany turn to, then?
Cyril Balsan is here.
The United States who are
turning inwards? The East? Who has...
I refuse your resignation.
Malandrin is everything I fight against.
You can't ask me to deny my identity.
Malandrin is a lure. Thorigny is trying
to push you out and weaken me.
-You fell for it.
-It's more than that.
If Thorigny hears ”reform”,
he does the sums.
We need to restore our competitiveness,
then we can redistribute: you knew that.
This isn't an ambush.
I need you to grow up, Cyril.
A United France needs
officials and snipers,
and while Thorigny is
preparing to leave office
a year before the elections,
you want to desert?
He can't stand against you.
Nothing is as it seems.
I might not be in the position...
You mentioned snipers.
I would be more useful
away from the government.
I'll do what I do best:
real politics.
If you resign because of who tops
the list, Thorigny wins.
But if you leave by coming out on top,
that is another matter.
How?
You leave to conform
to the rule against dual mandates.
As you're our candidate for regionals,
it's a national issue.
Against the far right.
Your political identity.
The polls don't look good for us,
but with you as a candidate,
anything is possible.
-Against Véro.
-Véro is Vidal.
Win this election for us, Cyril.
You can send your resignation
to Thorigny.
Philippe? What are you doing here?
Why didn't you call?
You would have said no.
I need your help with a quali.
You're wasting your time.
I'm through with politics. You too.
Just four focus groups.
Philippe, I left politics.
I won't come back for groups
that I didn't select myself.
-You know those idiots...
-I saw one about me.
A full checkup.
Behind the one-way mirror.
Kalhenberg.
He was trying to break me.
Did he succeed?
Why'd he make you do it?
-What are you standing for?
-President.
First the party, then the presidency.
I paid my dues. I went to jail.
How long will I pay for that?
I went to the cops myself!
There's zero personal enrichment!
He did get to you, didn't he?
Naïma, I feel terrible.
It's like seeing tumors on my X-ray.
I need to know how bad it is,
or I'll drive myself crazy.
Where is it?
I left my bag in the cabin on the way.
It is all there.
Take a shower.
There are clothes in the closet.
I'll get your bag.
It'll take me half an hour.
KEY WORDS: DISABILITY
DETAILED RESULTS
Right.
There is affect.
It's negative.
But I prefer to have it, even negative.
The worst is having no affect.
Is there a rupture?
I don't think so.
It wouldn't be irony and mockery,
it would be hatred.
There is no hatred.
But there's detachment.
As if you left politics.
-Jail is a lead weight.
-The three D's?
Look.
Deception, Dishonest,
Double-dealing.
It's the dumb pollster theory.
The three D's will disqualify you
as they evoke...
Prison.
But the pollster didn't see
that the three D's evoke another word.
That is much more serious.
Kalhenberg got it wrong:
you won't kill the party.
It will kill you.
SOCIALIST
We have to stay true to our roots.
Like the Tours Congress.
Jaurès.
That was in 1920... 100 years ago.
The SP is my life.
What am I if I am not a socialist?
The same.
Philippe Rickwaert.
Stunning.
And right in the heart of Paris.
The Marquise de Pompadour developed it
after she bought the palace.
She had sheep with silk ribbons
around their necks grazing here.
The locals called this place
"home of the King's whore".
How vicious!
-Do you know Michel Vidal?
-Of course.
Plan A: rework the European treaties.
Plan B: pull France out
of the European treaties.
He's a sort of left-wing Chalon.
That's what we say when we want
to upset him.
And it really works, actually.
Really, their world views
are diametrically opposed.
Vidal puts France's misfortune
down to liberalism.
For Chalon, it's immigration.
What they have in common
is they blame Europe.
The driving force behind the populist
movement is hatred of Europe.
I'm aware of the danger, believe me.
Hatred of Europe is just another name
for "Germanophobia".
Vidal is right.
The small-state Europe is dead.
Lisbon, Maastricht, Amsterdam,
it's all over.
-You can't say that.
-But I have a plan B.
And unlike Vidal's, mine is
with Germany, not against Germany.
Concentric circles. The hard core.
It's more the hard core
of the hard core.
Françallemagne?
The great federal leap.
It's the true sense of the European
project to unite our nations.
I reserved a VIP bungalow
in a great location.
It is all brand new.
Hi-fi, speakers in every room,
even in the john.
A VIP bungalow?
Yeah. A bungalow. Look.
-Two big bedrooms.
-Oh, yeah.
But the kids aren't coming
and I can't cancel it.
They have their own lives.
Guess where they are.
At Véro's rally.
Kick a man when he's down.
Véro's rally?
Anyway, there is a spare room.
Why don't you stay with us?
It'll do you good. You seem stressed.
Hold on. I need to make a call.
Philippe, how are you?
What are you doing?
Not much!
Where are you? At a party?
I'm at Véro's nomination rally.
Véro is different.
It's Véro, you know...
She said she'd like it if I came,
so I came.
No worries, Toph, I understand.
Are you sure? You know, I'm with you.
So the leftists are there?
The Dunkirk Stalinists?
Mostly friends.
It's nice. Even Bernard is here.
-He came for Véro too?
-Everyone is here. Sophia, Jalil...
The whole gang.
And friends from the town's syndicate.
Okay, Toph. I gotta go.
AS YOU ARE NEAR ME,
CAN WE TALK AFTER YOUR RALLY?
OF COURSE! BUT I HAVE TO
LEAVE AFTERWARDS. COME NOW.
German ministers and the French
council of ministers and vice versa.
A mixed Parliament,
a common budget.
-It's utopian.
-We need motivational utopias.
This utopia will be especially
motivational for the populous.
I have to face them and accept
what we are: federalists.
Unless we oppose them
with something major,
all they have to do
is wait for us to fall apart.
I never give up a fight
and I know you don't, either.
Françallemagne, it's largely what you
proposed at the CDU Conference in 2011.
Back then, Germany was ready.
Proposals were put forward.
It was the French who missed
the window of opportunity.
Today I'm opening a new window.
I'd face an outcry from my own party.
The CSU would be under pressure
from AFD, who would scream treason.
My coalition would explode
and without the majority
in the Bundestag, I'm powerless.
Let's keep diplomats and advisors
out of it for now.
Keep the secret just between you and me.
If this gets out...
Vidal is in the habit of repeating
a pretty accurate sentence.
Stop talking about him,
you're scaring me.
"Europe is a volcano,
and France, its crater."
If France swings to the far right,
Europe will break up.
Who will Germany turn to, then?
You've been paying careful attention
to what I say.
If history teaches us one thing,
it's that you cannot achieve
anything great
without shaking up the roles
a little.
-Socialist jerk!
-Tightwad!
Come in!
Philippe!
I'm happy to see you!
I got insulted as I arrived.
They are a bit boisterous.
Anger dominates many young people,
but...
rage only leads to a peasant revolt,
only hope can bring revolution.
That is our political aim.
You haven't seen Véronique?
She's very anxious.
Always underestimating herself.
If I had more like her...
I just read her speech.
I couldn't have done any better.
I don't know what I'll say.
Michel,
I have decided to join
The People Stand Up.
Good decision.
With this party, it will all be rebuilt.
You were right.
-I'm here for my part.
-Everyone must do their duty.
Well, now that I have repented...
-I have three questions.
-Three is a lot.
-The first is about secularism.
-Yes?
-There are many lines.
-There is only one line. Mine.
I don't understand
what those people are saying.
”Intersectionality”, ”racialised.”
Gender-neutral language.
And the second question?
-Internal democracy...
-Yes?
You don't have any.
-Clever, right?
-Maybe, until now.
If you want to lead the country,
different sensitivities must coexist.
Internal democracy's role.
Votes within the movement?
And the Socialist Party is reborn.
A majority, some minorities.
Generally opposing approaches:
the loincloths in this war of leaders.
And we fix it with fakery.
You need a democratic method.
I have one, it's me.
Philippe, in ten years, I've built
a considerable political force
that is powerful, clean and abundant.
I won't throw that away
to satisfy those who turn up
when I am at 20%
complaining about the colour
of the couch in the lounge.
-At least you're clear.
-Indeed.
Does that answer cancel out
your third question?
Let's talk Europe.
So it is canceled.
Plan A, Plan B. Terminado.
Frexit is scary, Michel.
Save me the usual class clichés.
Recess is over.
They'll wear me out soon.
But...
Why don't you come with me?
Yes!
Both of us on stage with Véro.
You're here to join me.
Let's do it properly.
In Dunkirk. Your home.
I can't do it like that.
I'm still in the party.
I have to tell people.
I need some time to think
and... organize it.
You mean tell your socialist friends
to join up too?
With me, you come alone.
You have two minutes to decide.
Don't play that game.
Philippe, you turn up ten years
after the adventure began,
a year after I personally asked you
to help me,
which you refused
and accused me of Stalinism.
You have already had a lot of time.
So stay here for two minutes.
After that time, if you join me,
your heart will have spoken.
An adventure like ours requires
fervor and joy.
If you do not join me on stage,
then you don't have
the necessary enthusiasm.
No hard feelings.
You must never begin a new life
by dragging your feet.
Switch on his speaker.
A sea of faces that I know so well.
Political and community activists.
You have come from all around
to be here, tonight.
Yes, there are so many of you
here, tonight!
I can feel the joy.
Happy to be together!
Where had we disappeared to?
We missed each other. We were hoping.
Today, it has happened.
We found each other again!
We found each other!
Véronique is full of courage,
a characteristic of combatants.
The toughest of the tough!
Indifferent to defamation!
Carving her path!
Straight, proud and rebellious!
Socialist!
-She has always fought every fight...
-Rickwaert's here!
Get lost, Rickwaert!
-Black Baron is here!
-Get lost!
You're not welcome here!
Watch out, the Black Baron's about!
Come, Philippe, come here.
-Socialist!
-Go back to where you came from!
-Get lost!
-Get out, Rickwaert!
We don't want you.
Be quiet!
That's enough. Quiet!
Philippe, you know this quote
from Victor Hugo.
Our friend is a connoisseur
of the great poet.
”It is poor praise to say that...”
-You came?
-Of course.
”For him, he does not experience
each day.
He has no reflection,
no withdrawal of thought on the facts.
It is choosing the oyster
over the eagle.”
Mr. Philippe Rickwaert,
thank you for being an eagle!
Welcome to your home!
Socialist!
Go on. Say a few words.
Good evening.
I just wanted to say...
I should be thanking you.
That's enough.
Thank you for holding out.
Thank you for resisting.
And thank you
for preparing the retaliation
while others, including myself...
...did not have the courage. Thank you!
-Bravo.
-Well said!
RICKWAERT JOINS THE PEOPLE STAND UP
VÉRONIQUE BOSSO
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
OUR LIVES FIRST
RICKWAERT JOINS THE PEOPLE STAND UP
SOCIALIST
Subtitle translation by Elaine Scott