Along Came Love (2023) Movie Script
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THE BOCHES' SLUTS
ALONG CAME LOVE
Daniel, come back!
Daniel!
Where are you going?
My bucket!
- Thank you.
- Anytime.
He slipped away.
Thanks.
Let's go back.
Franois.
Madeleine.
Are you on vacation?
No, I wait tables at Hotel Beaurivage.
Know it?
Sure.
Overlooking the pier.
Your trousers are soaked.
They'll dry.
I'm so sorry.
Do you work with his father?
- His father died.
- In the war.
Sorry.
Were you wounded?
The war didn't get me, polio did.
I caught it when I was 15.
Luckily I recovered, but I limp.
I was declared unfit.
No nightmares for you, then.
And if you need to pee?
In the pot.
Come.
Rack of pork on 12!
Another pie and the check, please.
Very well.
Table 6.
Good evening.
What would you like?
What do you recommend?
It's meat or fish.
What's the meat?
No, get the fish.
We're busy, it'll be a long wait.
Want a newspaper?
Two glasses of champagne.
Two?
For you.
I can't.
Not during service.
She's chatting with a mustache
as big as your headdress.
I bet he plays biniou!
To Kairos.
Who's Kairos?
A young, winged Greek god.
The luck you catch on the fly.
My son woke up, sorry.
- I thought you'd be gone.
- No.
How was dinner?
Very good.
Aren't you tired?
I watched you racing around.
I prefer when it's busy.
Time goes faster.
True.
I'd love to work in a dance hall.
Dance hall?
I love seeing people dance and laugh.
Just a dream.
It's beautiful.
Looks enticing,
but I always feel sad in that big house.
Two weeks in summer is my record.
What's your profession?
None, I'm still a student.
To my father's dismay.
He has a textile factory up north.
He got my big brother,
but he'll never get me.
Do you have siblings?
No, I'm an only child.
Does your family help you
with the boy?
Not really.
We didn't get along.
What do you study?
Archeology, at the Sorbonne.
I'm doing my thesis.
Archeology...
This is my talisman.
It's a nautilus.
Older than the dinosaurs.
Franois, can I ask you something?
Of course.
May I see your leg?
My leg, now?
Yes.
It's nothing.
Just a bit smaller than the other.
For me, it's my breasts.
Way too small.
I'm sure they're beautiful.
I saw a bunch of shrimp.
Sleep well?
Not really.
Me neither.
You look worried.
I came to say hello, but I can't stay.
I'm off to Paris.
Will you come to the Regatta?
I'm taking Daniel.
My brother's racing his sailboat.
Do you sail too?
He yells at me too much.
And I get seasick.
I'll be going now.
See you Saturday?
You'll strain your neck
and he won't even come!
How do you know?
His kind just breeze through.
Not worth dreaming of.
Look!
That's his brother Paul, in blue!
With his missus.
Go ask after your man!
Then I will!
Are you crazy?
Put your pajama top on.
Hurry, Daniel!
I have to get back to work.
Come on!
I'm tired!
Get in bed.
Be good.
Back to work, ladies.
A kiss!
Filet of sole
and potatoes on 13!
Is this your kid?
When will you listen?
He could have drowned!
Leave me alone.
Impolite, to boot!
You bet I am, bitch!
Mom, can I say my wish?
No, or it won't come true.
I'll tell you anyway.
For you to love me someday.
Come, it's late.
Behave, ok?
If you do,
I'll bring you apple pie.
Deal?
Be good.
Miss, check please.
Menus on 12.
Fancy a walk?
I'm tired, I worked a long shift.
Last time we met, I was preoccupied.
I didn't dare tell you, but...
I went back to Paris to end something.
A love affair?
Yes.
Separations are sad, but...
this one was brutal.
Were you very in love?
And you, did you love him?
Who?
Your husband.
Daniel's father.
We weren't married.
Not yet.
It didn't last long.
Love can happen fast.
May I kiss you?
Daniel's father...
was a German officer.
He went to the Eastern Front.
I never saw him again.
My head was shaved.
My father banished me.
No one here knows my story.
Is the German really dead?
He is to me.
This changes nothing for me.
I think of you constantly.
Feels like we're meant to be.
I know it seems crazy,
we only just met, but...
I've never felt so comfortable
with anyone.
Are you ok?
Yes.
Shall we walk?
Yes.
As the mayor
of the 19th arrondissement in Paris,
I welcome you
on the occasion of your wedding.
Where's Daniel?
No idea.
Why do you do this to me?
I forbid you to ruin my happiness!
Are you alright?
I don't know,
I feel a bit queasy.
Shall I get some bicarbonate?
I think I'm going to vomit.
Don't wake Daniel!
How was school?
Did you make a friend?
No.
No?
Put away your school stuff.
Give me your coat.
Go wash your hands.
What are you doing?
Daniel?
Coming.
Will my name change too?
Of course.
Daniel Delambre
sounds better than Daniel Villedieu.
How will my dad find me
if I change names?
Your dad's dead.
My mom says he's dead.
I know it's not true.
Here, look.
I have something for you.
Look.
You press here to start it,
then here to start over.
I'm late.
What'd you see?
Nothing.
Can we play?
You're late, I was worried.
They kept me for the late service.
It was crazy.
The cook danced
with a sausage on his head!
- Are you ok?
- Yes.
Read this, it's important.
"Rodeo Club...
dance hall in Chteauroux."
I called, they might hire us.
Are you kidding?
I speak fluent English.
It's a GI club.
Why GIs?
The American Air Force base.
They need a manager
who speaks English.
You can't even balance a tray!
But you can.
Together, we fit the bill.
What bill? I don't even know
where Chteauroux is.
You're really serious?
Sure, this place is tiny.
And it sounds exciting!
I'm working hard
so you can finish your degree
and become a researcher,
that's your dream.
It's a night job.
I'll write my thesis during the day.
I thought you'd be happy.
You love seeing people dance.
Who's that?
Open up, Franois.
Open up, Franois!
Open up!
Who is it?
Stay in bed, don't worry.
I know you're not alone in there!
Stop the racket!
I'll kill myself, Franois!
I must speak to you, Franois.
Let me in.
Who is he?
We have to talk!
His name is Nicolas.
He's mentally ill.
How do you know him?
From university.
He was committed to an asylum.
Is he dangerous?
Yes.
Mommy, I wet myself.
I'll change your pajamas
and sheets.
Go to the bathroom.
Franois!
He's just jealous.
My thesis director
turned down his project.
Nicolas became very paranoid.
He once threatened me at knifepoint.
He's a madman, that's all.
Franois...
is all this real?
All what?
You and me.
We went too fast.
I don't know you.
- I don't know you.
- Sure you do. Look at me.
I have no right to be happy.
Now I know that's my fate.
You have every right to be happy.
You take him, I'm late.
Sure.
Mrs. Delambre.
For you?
What is it?
My father.
To Corporal Villedieu
France remembers
How old was Grandpa?
Is that young to die?
Kind of, yes.
Is she your mom?
Yes.
She looks nice.
And my dad?
Where's his grave?
They never found his body.
Happens a lot in the war.
Come down.
Come down now.
Daniel.
Come.
Come on.
Shall we get a bite to eat?
What's that?
Get in the car, I'll clean it.
You'll start over,
you know it by heart.
Mr. Delambre?
Sergeant Lenoir.
Can we talk?
This was a criminal act.
Can you come down
to make a statement?
Of course.
The fire was started in your bed.
Do you know Nicolas Meunier?
He was a college friend.
He turned himself in.
We put him in the infirmary.
He's schizophrenic.
What was the nature of your friendship?
We lost touch ages ago.
Did he hold a grudge against you?
I don't think so.
He says he lived here
with you last year.
That's a lie.
Your neighbor recognized him.
I may have put him up a few times.
We'll figure it out.
Come with me.
Let me speak to my husband.
I'll wait downstairs.
Look what I found.
Let's go.
Stop it.
Where will we sleep?
I don't know.
Did the madman do it?
Yes.
See? He's the one
who ruined your happiness.
May I use the phone?
Please connect me to 34-17-71.
This is Madeleine Delambre.
Who's your mother calling?
I don't know.
my husband.
A day or two.
Can I have another drink?
Yes, we'll order.
You kept it?
Together, we fit the bill.
To Kairos!
To Kairos.
Okay! So sorry!
Hey, kiddo!
Get your window down!
Do you want a gum?
There you go, kid!
Bye, kiddo!
This is me tonight!
- Hi, guys!
- This is what I'm talking about.
Beautiful...
Beautiful, I gotta say.
My God, I'm so sorry.
No way!
I want it so bad...
I forget everything else!
It's ludicrous
How I love your kiss!
The more I kiss you
The more I love your kiss
Can't live without it
I want it so bad
I forget everything else
It's ludicrous
How I love your kiss!
I'm dying for a drink!
- Champagne?
- Yeah, champagne!
You lout!
Franois!
Stop!
There is a fight at the Rodeo Club.
Can you come, please?
Can you help me?
Sign my report card.
Have a good day.
Goodnight!
Hi, Daniel.
Hi.
- How's it going?
- Good.
Absinthe!
- What do you want?
- Absinthe!
We don't sell it here!
Why absinthe?
Some jerk says it's an aphrodisiac.
So get some!
There's no absinthe!
It's forbidden!
Shit!
Suzy?
Suzy, please!
They all want absinthe.
Spot me some?
Absinthe?
Get a case of absinthe for Madeleine.
Are my kids at yours?
Yes, with Daniel.
Want a drink, honey?
Whisky.
They don't care about absinthe here.
Bring me a case of Lawson.
I'll send Lola.
You shouldn't go out with that.
Somebody's gonna rob you.
What'd he say?
Not to take that on your own.
He's a good guy.
You'll be safe.
Ok, thanks.
Can I call you Maddy?
Yes.
You don't speak a word of English,
do you, Maddy?
No...
My husband does.
My husband.
- There you are.
- Thank you.
He's my husband.
- Hello!
- Jimmy Wayle.
- Franois.
- Nice to meet you.
Can I offer you a drink on the house?
Yes, sure.
What do you want?
Do you like cocktails?
- Yes, why?
- Do you wanna be rich?
I don't know...
I have an amazing cocktail, gonna set
your bar apart and make you famous.
We have whiskey, bitter, lemon
and an egg?
- An egg?
- Trust me!
Can you crack an egg?
Just the whites...
In my country, you know, they
could kill each other over a cocktail...
You're allowed to mix.
Cheers!
- It's really god.
- Yeah, you like it?
Thank you!
- Where are you from?
- Black Foot City, Idaho.
- Where?
- Idaho. It's the land of potatoes.
I was born in the potato field
with my farmer father.
That was no fun.
Have you ever heard of Jack London?
I wanna travel the world
like Jack London.
He do anything to get away.
Street sweeper, carpenter,
gold digger. Man...
Jimmy!
Leave me the fuck alone, man!
- Jimmy boy!
- You know you're next?
Here is a whiskey without sour.
Jimmy!
Wake up, Jimmy!
Jimmy!
What you laughing at?
Nothing. We're gonna take you home.
This is your car?
I see these all the time back home.
How did you get a hold of this?
I'm so drunk.
Guys...
Can I tell you a secret?
I hate the military!
I hate these greenhorns!
I hate 'em!
We're burning up, hurry!
The timer isn't working.
Got it.
Come on, Jimmy!
- You sure?
- Yes.
All right.
Ready?
Here goes!
Shit!
Enough, already.
Just one more try.
Madeleine!
Maddy.
Can we play?
Yeah, wait.
Water's nice, wanna swim?
We'll play later.
Can I tell you guys something?
Yes. What?
I can't swim.
You want me to teach you?
Let's try.
Okay...
Lean...
Hi, Daniel.
Hi.
Why are you in my room?
Gonna tell me?
What?
Playing dumb?
Nothing to tell me?
From my purse.
You took it, give it back.
Give it back, I said!
You said he had no coffin.
I made one.
You're sick in the head.
What the hell did you do?
You need a doctor!
I know it's him!
That man is my father!
- Is he alive?
- Stop, you're killing me!
Tell me!
My brother wants to buy my shares.
Your shares of what?
Our father's retiring,
he'll run the factory.
He needs to buy me out.
So?
If I agree,
we'll get a lot of money.
How much?
A whole lot.
Why refuse?
You don't want to run it.
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen!
Thank you for coming out tonight.
I have a very special song...
It's a sad song.
Some of you may know it.
Some of you may not,
but by the end of tonight,
you sure as hell will.
I've been a bad bad boy
Been treatin' nobody right
They wanna give me 35 years
Someone to turn out my light
Just please don't kill me
I won't be dead no more
Now listen that body
Something I ain't ever done before.
Thank you!
So?
I'm dying of love for you.
You hear me?
I'm dying of love for you, Maddy!
Franois!
Come on!
Where you be hidin'?
I was working.
Yo! Good evening, everyone!
We're gonna check the American
soldiers passes.
What are you doing?
Get them out, have 'em ready boys!
Everything alright tonight?
No violence?
All is well.
We're checking American soldiers'
furlough passes.
Very well.
All right!
You take that side of the room
over there.
Go on, sleep it off there!
What'd think you're doing out here
this late?
This guy doesn't have papers.
I was confound to the base
this weekend.
No, thank you.
Stay here, I'll come get you
when they're gone.
Wanna kiss me good night?
Francois!
Stop!
How you like it?
That tickles!
You don't seem ticklish.
You are...
You have beautiful feet.
These stocking are sweet.
Come on, buddy.
Take a break with us.
Francois! Come over!
That's it!
Gonna take him home?
Looks like it.
I like you guys so much.
You made me feel so...
See?
Come!
What the fuck are you doin'?
What do you think I am?
I'm not your play thing.
This was a barbarous act.
Show them, Madam.
You did that?
Yes.
Tell your classmate you're sorry.
Did you hear him?
Sorry.
I am forced to expel your son
from my school.
What a waste, Daniel.
With your test results,
you should be top of the class.
He has excellent grades.
Your son's grades
do not excuse his behavior.
He's dangerous.
I'm so sorry.
He should be locked up.
She'll send you the hospital bills.
What got into you?
Weren't you friends?
He lied to me.
I couldn't stand it.
I'll catch up.
- Where are you going?
- The pharmacy.
I'm going to my room.
I'll make dinner.
Do you think I'm sick?
You're not sick.
Why are you in the dark?
Where've you been?
I was worried.
I needed to walk.
You should talk to Daniel.
- Why?
- Why do you think?
What can I tell him?
The truth.
He's 10 years old.
That Mom's a slut
and Dad's a dirty Boche?
Stop that nonsense.
Got a cigarette?
Have you been with many men?
Only one.
The one you know about.
How was it with him?
You'll never love me
like Nicolas or Jimmy.
You're fooling yourself.
I know one thing.
I can't live without you.
I couldn't be happy.
I'm nothing without you.
My darling...
Are you coming?
Daniel!
Get up!
I counted 12.
So he came, did he?
No, stop it.
- What?
- You know I know.
Got proof he doesn't exist?
Got proof he does?
You bet.
The evidence is under the tree!
No, presents aren't proof.
Yeah? Then what's that?
It's soot.
He comes down the chimney!
Then...
he takes off out the window.
See? That's where he parks his sleigh.
Too bad we missed him.
- What are these tracks?
- Santa's footprints.
Will you clean it up?
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, sweetie.
Merry Christmas.
- For you, Dad.
- Thank you.
This is a big one.
Daniel...
Thank you.
Rackets!
Great.
Thanks, Franois.
Who can tell me
what this 2-story structure is?
A sarcophagus.
Exactly. A sarcophagus.
A tomb for the dead since Antiquity.
If you look at the lower part,
you'll see scenes in the cubbyholes.
The first scene on the left
shows a child leaning on a crutch.
He's a leper.
In the fourth one,
we have Peter,
who will be the first pope,
with Jesus on his right
and a rooster at their feet.
Anyone know why?
The rooster represents
Peter's betrayal of Jesus.
Jesus said to him,
"Before the cock crows,
you'll betray me 3 times."
This next lesson
is about tomb excavations.
We're studying that next week.
Thank you.
This can't go on.
We have to stop.
Franois!
It's good to have a bit of fear
When twists and turns
suddenly appear
Danger always will give you a thrill
Especially when love awaits
Why are you in my office?
We're studying, remember?
Was it unlocked?
Yes, for once.
- Why the lipstick?
- I'm a singer.
I'll be one when I grow up.
No, you won't.
You're too smart for that.
You'll study and have a good life.
Wipe it off.
Where's Mom?
She went to the movies.
Germaine made dinner?
Yeah, Daniel sure didn't!
I'm listening.
What weakened the King's power
in the 10th century?
The Viking invasion?
Yes. And?
What is feudalism?
When the lord...
also called a suzain...
Jeanne, think!
- I am!
- You're not.
You're distracted.
I know why you get mad.
You're afraid I'm stupid.
Did you read them all?
Nearly.
You'll read them too.
They're full of adventures.
They're for you and Daniel.
Don't change the subject.
Your multiplication tables
weren't great yesterday.
What's 7x8?
8x9?
I don't care.
I'll be a singer.
You can still be good at math.
Sylvie Vartan knows her tables by heart.
How do you know?
I read it somewhere.
Where?
In a newspaper, last week.
So?
Who played tonight?
Bill Coleman.
Was it fun, busy?
Sold out.
Can I get a new checkbook?
So soon?
I gave you one 2 weeks ago.
Listen to this. Stefan Zweig.
I loved this poem when I was young.
Only passion that finds its abyss
blazes deep down in your soul.
Only by losing yourself
can you be whole.
Isn't that beautiful?
Beautiful.
Something wrong, honey?
What's his name?
Zweig. Stefan Zweig.
I'm not deaf.
I mean the person you think of
when you read it.
I think of no one.
No one.
You've been drinking.
Tell me his name.
Tell me everything.
Does he blaze deep down in you?
Bet it burns!
- Calm down.
- I'm very calm.
My Ming!
A 14th-century vase!
Think it's funny?
Don't smoke in here!
Give me that!
You're such a pain!
Where are you going?
Let go!
- What do you want?
- To sleep alone!
I won't miss anything.
Goodnight.
You follow me like a puppy.
Don't want me sleeping here?
Shall I sleep in the guestroom,
which never has guests?
This is a museum, not a home.
I can't help it if you're bored.
Sure, it's all my fault.
If I'm bored, if I don't like to read...
You take no interest in anything!
I suggested art classes,
returning to school...
You reject everything!
You lie around all day with Germaine
and your stupid magazines!
Your stupid bourgeois activities...
Would a little wife who paints like shit
relieve your guilt?
- You like my bourgeois money.
- Fuck your money!
Then stop spending it!
You married a beard, not a woman!
And who covers for you?
I gave your son a name!
You walked on the Ming.
I'll clean the rug.
No, I will.
Not coming?
No.
That sofa's not comfortable.
A girl you fancy?
Yeah.
Describe her.
She has brown hair and green eyes.
That's it.
I don't really know her.
Then get to know her.
- Seen her outside of class?
- No.
Take her to a movie.
She's not interested in me.
How do you know?
I just know.
Either give it a try, or turn away.
True love is shared.
At your age,
I fell for people who hurt me.
The right person
is the one you can trust completely.
How do you know they're right?
YOU'LL KNOW
60 km from Saigon,
two American battalions
were ambushed
while clearing the Ben Cat zone.
The attack was relentless.
Rebel soldiers,
well-protected and heavily armed...
Coming, Mom?
violently assailed the Americans.
Heavy losses on both sides.
200 Vietcong were killed according
to the American Commander,
who also reports heavy losses
and injuries among the Marines.
To meet the Army's needs,
certain military leaders have requested
up to 400,000 more men.
Twice the number of troops
currently deployed in South Vietnam.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you, Franois
Are you ok, Dad?
I'm fine.
I made the cake.
I love you all so much.
- Here, sweetie.
- Thanks.
Made it yourself?
Yes, I didn't help her at all.
It shows.
Try it, everyone.
Looks delicious.
Franois probably forgot his keys.
It's the police.
What happened?
I don't know.
They asked for your husband.
Hello, Madam.
Hello.
We've come to arrest
Franois Delambre.
What for?
A complaint was filed against him.
He'll be home soon, he...
- He's a professor, he...
- We know.
We don't arrest people at work.
We'll wait here.
He had relations with a student.
The parents filed the complaint.
Their son is still a minor, he's 20.
You know the law?
I don't suppose he told you?
No.
Probably because it's not true.
How long have you been married?
Fourteen years.
He never mentioned
his unnatural tendencies?
My husband has no tendencies.
He's a wonderful man.
I suspect the young man...
got a bad grade and wants revenge.
Where does Mr. Delambre
keep his personal belongings?
You have no right.
Homosexuality is a crime, Madam.
Corruption of a minor
is punishable by law.
Look.
This book
suggests a certain orientation.
What do art books prove?
I pity your children the most.
Enough! Stop insulting us.
We'll wait for him in silence.
Look at this.
This isn't art, it's pornography.
Franois...
What's going on?
Franois Delambre?
We're arresting you
for corrupting a minor, Jean Carrion.
Come to the station.
Let's go.
Don't tell the children.
I love you, Franois!
Hello.
I'm Chief Bossard.
Remove his handcuffs.
Be seated, Mr. Delambre.
I just took Mr. Carrion's statement.
As a teacher,
you signed a morality clause,
correct?
According to this young man,
the clause was violated.
You risk losing
your civil servant position for life,
this young man
being a minor under 21.
You also risk a fine,
and up to 3 years in prison.
Your sentence may be doubled
for homosexuality.
Shame on you.
We entrust our students to perverts.
I'll take you down, you bastard!
You'll lose everything.
Look, Dad's satchel.
He must've forgotten it.
Looks like a wig!
Is it shoe polish?
Mind your business.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Franois was the love of my life.
I'd like to read you a poem
he loved very much.
Open up,
underground world of passions.
And you,
shadows dreamt yet keenly felt,
press your burning lips to mine.
Drink my blood,
and breathe my breath.
Rise from your twilit darkness.
Be not ashamed of the shadow
casting pain around you.
Lovers of love wish to know
its torments too.
Your turmoil also attaches me to you.
Only passion that finds its abyss
blazes deep down in your soul.
Only by losing yourself
can you be whole.
So flare up!
Only by catching fire
will you know the world around you.
For where secrets exist,
life also begins.
He forgot his satchel that day.
He did?
Yes.
I saw it.
It was on the coatrack.
He must've been coming back for it,
and didn't look both ways,
because he was late.
Why'd he forget it?
Look.
What do you think?
Who gave you that?
Dad's mom.
Looks like her.
A rich bitch.
You're jealous.
- Take it.
- A gift is a gift.
Why are we here?
Why not go home to Paris?
I wanted Jeanne to see this place.
It holds many memories.
I was a waitress here.
Daniel was just little.
I met your dad here.
Daniel, stop!
What's his name?
I have a right to know my father's name.
Franois is your father.
He raised you.
- Tell me his name.
- Calm down.
Let's go!
Tell me his name!
Tell me or I'll kill you!
What's his name?
Tell me!
His name!
Mathias Richter.
Again?
Again!
Mathias Richter.
Is he dead?
I don't know!
Is he dead or not? Tell me!
Mom!
Mom!
Good evening.
Good evening.
It's very late.
I couldn't sleep.
I like it in here.
Was it busy?
It was packed.
Know what I decided?
I'm going to read them all.
Really?
And you've started.
Yes.
But I'll read them slowly.
So it'll last a long, long time.
My whole life.
You should go to sleep.
You need your rest.
True.
Get to bed soon yourself.
Goodnight, sweetie.
My husband says if it's a boy,
he'll buy a bottle of champagne.
And if it's a girl,
he'll buy a bottle of white wine.
Which do you prefer?
I prefer champagne!
I'll get it, is it Jeanne?
Wasn't it tomorrow?
They changed the date.
Can I come in?
Yes, of course.
How are you?
Seems I frightened you.
Seeing you in a uniform is strange.
Daniel!
Germaine!
You've become a man.
A handsome man!
Where's Jeanne?
School.
She'll be home soon.
How do you feel?
My hours at the club are tough.
Chemotherapy makes me tired,
but I'm ok.
Working makes me feel better.
They scheduled the operation.
When is it?
Three weeks.
Germaine will help me.
We'll be alright.
How about you?
What about me?
Almost done with the army?
It's no life.
I committed to 5 years.
What?
I like the army
doing my thinking for me.
Algeria is over, so for now...
I'm fortunate.
Remember what Franois said?
You could get into the best schools.
Leave Franois out of it.
He's gone.
I wrote to the Wehrmacht archives.
Before they can research
Mathias Richter,
they need a letter from you.
A detailed letter, attesting...
to his paternity.
Is that why you came?
Yes.
So, will you?
That's Jeanne.
Look, Mom!
I got a good grade in French.
Weren't you coming tomorrow?
Lost your bangs?
- I didn't recognize you.
- You don't lose bangs.
You still have your big nose.
Hungry?
I'll have an apple.
Be nice to her.
Your sudden departure
was painful for her.
And for me.
But I had to go.
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening.
Welcome to Maddy's.
Please give a warm welcome
to tonight's singer.
She's young,
she's beautiful,
her name is Candy.
I, Madeleine Delambre,
born on May 3rd, 1925
in Pont de Croix, Finistre,
declare that I worked as a waitress
at the Hotel du Prieur,
16 Route de Keraudy in Locronan.
The hotel was requisitioned
for itinerant German officers.
That's how, in March 1944,
I met Lieutenant Mathias Richter,
a medical officer in the Wehrmacht.
I quickly fell in love.
Our affair lasted two weeks,
then he was sent to the Eastern Front.
Two months later,
I learned I was pregnant.
I can attest with certainty
that he is the biological father
of Daniel Delambre,
born December 6th, 1944 in Morlaix,
and adopted at the age of 6
by Franois Delambre, now deceased.
For far too long, and wrongly,
I was ashamed to tell my son
I had conceived him with a German.
I'm writing this letter today
to give him a chance to find this man,
dead or alive.
Mom!
Mom!
ALONG CAME LOVE
FOR GABY
IN MEMORY
OF SIMONE QUILLVR
THE BOCHES' SLUTS
ALONG CAME LOVE
Daniel, come back!
Daniel!
Where are you going?
My bucket!
- Thank you.
- Anytime.
He slipped away.
Thanks.
Let's go back.
Franois.
Madeleine.
Are you on vacation?
No, I wait tables at Hotel Beaurivage.
Know it?
Sure.
Overlooking the pier.
Your trousers are soaked.
They'll dry.
I'm so sorry.
Do you work with his father?
- His father died.
- In the war.
Sorry.
Were you wounded?
The war didn't get me, polio did.
I caught it when I was 15.
Luckily I recovered, but I limp.
I was declared unfit.
No nightmares for you, then.
And if you need to pee?
In the pot.
Come.
Rack of pork on 12!
Another pie and the check, please.
Very well.
Table 6.
Good evening.
What would you like?
What do you recommend?
It's meat or fish.
What's the meat?
No, get the fish.
We're busy, it'll be a long wait.
Want a newspaper?
Two glasses of champagne.
Two?
For you.
I can't.
Not during service.
She's chatting with a mustache
as big as your headdress.
I bet he plays biniou!
To Kairos.
Who's Kairos?
A young, winged Greek god.
The luck you catch on the fly.
My son woke up, sorry.
- I thought you'd be gone.
- No.
How was dinner?
Very good.
Aren't you tired?
I watched you racing around.
I prefer when it's busy.
Time goes faster.
True.
I'd love to work in a dance hall.
Dance hall?
I love seeing people dance and laugh.
Just a dream.
It's beautiful.
Looks enticing,
but I always feel sad in that big house.
Two weeks in summer is my record.
What's your profession?
None, I'm still a student.
To my father's dismay.
He has a textile factory up north.
He got my big brother,
but he'll never get me.
Do you have siblings?
No, I'm an only child.
Does your family help you
with the boy?
Not really.
We didn't get along.
What do you study?
Archeology, at the Sorbonne.
I'm doing my thesis.
Archeology...
This is my talisman.
It's a nautilus.
Older than the dinosaurs.
Franois, can I ask you something?
Of course.
May I see your leg?
My leg, now?
Yes.
It's nothing.
Just a bit smaller than the other.
For me, it's my breasts.
Way too small.
I'm sure they're beautiful.
I saw a bunch of shrimp.
Sleep well?
Not really.
Me neither.
You look worried.
I came to say hello, but I can't stay.
I'm off to Paris.
Will you come to the Regatta?
I'm taking Daniel.
My brother's racing his sailboat.
Do you sail too?
He yells at me too much.
And I get seasick.
I'll be going now.
See you Saturday?
You'll strain your neck
and he won't even come!
How do you know?
His kind just breeze through.
Not worth dreaming of.
Look!
That's his brother Paul, in blue!
With his missus.
Go ask after your man!
Then I will!
Are you crazy?
Put your pajama top on.
Hurry, Daniel!
I have to get back to work.
Come on!
I'm tired!
Get in bed.
Be good.
Back to work, ladies.
A kiss!
Filet of sole
and potatoes on 13!
Is this your kid?
When will you listen?
He could have drowned!
Leave me alone.
Impolite, to boot!
You bet I am, bitch!
Mom, can I say my wish?
No, or it won't come true.
I'll tell you anyway.
For you to love me someday.
Come, it's late.
Behave, ok?
If you do,
I'll bring you apple pie.
Deal?
Be good.
Miss, check please.
Menus on 12.
Fancy a walk?
I'm tired, I worked a long shift.
Last time we met, I was preoccupied.
I didn't dare tell you, but...
I went back to Paris to end something.
A love affair?
Yes.
Separations are sad, but...
this one was brutal.
Were you very in love?
And you, did you love him?
Who?
Your husband.
Daniel's father.
We weren't married.
Not yet.
It didn't last long.
Love can happen fast.
May I kiss you?
Daniel's father...
was a German officer.
He went to the Eastern Front.
I never saw him again.
My head was shaved.
My father banished me.
No one here knows my story.
Is the German really dead?
He is to me.
This changes nothing for me.
I think of you constantly.
Feels like we're meant to be.
I know it seems crazy,
we only just met, but...
I've never felt so comfortable
with anyone.
Are you ok?
Yes.
Shall we walk?
Yes.
As the mayor
of the 19th arrondissement in Paris,
I welcome you
on the occasion of your wedding.
Where's Daniel?
No idea.
Why do you do this to me?
I forbid you to ruin my happiness!
Are you alright?
I don't know,
I feel a bit queasy.
Shall I get some bicarbonate?
I think I'm going to vomit.
Don't wake Daniel!
How was school?
Did you make a friend?
No.
No?
Put away your school stuff.
Give me your coat.
Go wash your hands.
What are you doing?
Daniel?
Coming.
Will my name change too?
Of course.
Daniel Delambre
sounds better than Daniel Villedieu.
How will my dad find me
if I change names?
Your dad's dead.
My mom says he's dead.
I know it's not true.
Here, look.
I have something for you.
Look.
You press here to start it,
then here to start over.
I'm late.
What'd you see?
Nothing.
Can we play?
You're late, I was worried.
They kept me for the late service.
It was crazy.
The cook danced
with a sausage on his head!
- Are you ok?
- Yes.
Read this, it's important.
"Rodeo Club...
dance hall in Chteauroux."
I called, they might hire us.
Are you kidding?
I speak fluent English.
It's a GI club.
Why GIs?
The American Air Force base.
They need a manager
who speaks English.
You can't even balance a tray!
But you can.
Together, we fit the bill.
What bill? I don't even know
where Chteauroux is.
You're really serious?
Sure, this place is tiny.
And it sounds exciting!
I'm working hard
so you can finish your degree
and become a researcher,
that's your dream.
It's a night job.
I'll write my thesis during the day.
I thought you'd be happy.
You love seeing people dance.
Who's that?
Open up, Franois.
Open up, Franois!
Open up!
Who is it?
Stay in bed, don't worry.
I know you're not alone in there!
Stop the racket!
I'll kill myself, Franois!
I must speak to you, Franois.
Let me in.
Who is he?
We have to talk!
His name is Nicolas.
He's mentally ill.
How do you know him?
From university.
He was committed to an asylum.
Is he dangerous?
Yes.
Mommy, I wet myself.
I'll change your pajamas
and sheets.
Go to the bathroom.
Franois!
He's just jealous.
My thesis director
turned down his project.
Nicolas became very paranoid.
He once threatened me at knifepoint.
He's a madman, that's all.
Franois...
is all this real?
All what?
You and me.
We went too fast.
I don't know you.
- I don't know you.
- Sure you do. Look at me.
I have no right to be happy.
Now I know that's my fate.
You have every right to be happy.
You take him, I'm late.
Sure.
Mrs. Delambre.
For you?
What is it?
My father.
To Corporal Villedieu
France remembers
How old was Grandpa?
Is that young to die?
Kind of, yes.
Is she your mom?
Yes.
She looks nice.
And my dad?
Where's his grave?
They never found his body.
Happens a lot in the war.
Come down.
Come down now.
Daniel.
Come.
Come on.
Shall we get a bite to eat?
What's that?
Get in the car, I'll clean it.
You'll start over,
you know it by heart.
Mr. Delambre?
Sergeant Lenoir.
Can we talk?
This was a criminal act.
Can you come down
to make a statement?
Of course.
The fire was started in your bed.
Do you know Nicolas Meunier?
He was a college friend.
He turned himself in.
We put him in the infirmary.
He's schizophrenic.
What was the nature of your friendship?
We lost touch ages ago.
Did he hold a grudge against you?
I don't think so.
He says he lived here
with you last year.
That's a lie.
Your neighbor recognized him.
I may have put him up a few times.
We'll figure it out.
Come with me.
Let me speak to my husband.
I'll wait downstairs.
Look what I found.
Let's go.
Stop it.
Where will we sleep?
I don't know.
Did the madman do it?
Yes.
See? He's the one
who ruined your happiness.
May I use the phone?
Please connect me to 34-17-71.
This is Madeleine Delambre.
Who's your mother calling?
I don't know.
my husband.
A day or two.
Can I have another drink?
Yes, we'll order.
You kept it?
Together, we fit the bill.
To Kairos!
To Kairos.
Okay! So sorry!
Hey, kiddo!
Get your window down!
Do you want a gum?
There you go, kid!
Bye, kiddo!
This is me tonight!
- Hi, guys!
- This is what I'm talking about.
Beautiful...
Beautiful, I gotta say.
My God, I'm so sorry.
No way!
I want it so bad...
I forget everything else!
It's ludicrous
How I love your kiss!
The more I kiss you
The more I love your kiss
Can't live without it
I want it so bad
I forget everything else
It's ludicrous
How I love your kiss!
I'm dying for a drink!
- Champagne?
- Yeah, champagne!
You lout!
Franois!
Stop!
There is a fight at the Rodeo Club.
Can you come, please?
Can you help me?
Sign my report card.
Have a good day.
Goodnight!
Hi, Daniel.
Hi.
- How's it going?
- Good.
Absinthe!
- What do you want?
- Absinthe!
We don't sell it here!
Why absinthe?
Some jerk says it's an aphrodisiac.
So get some!
There's no absinthe!
It's forbidden!
Shit!
Suzy?
Suzy, please!
They all want absinthe.
Spot me some?
Absinthe?
Get a case of absinthe for Madeleine.
Are my kids at yours?
Yes, with Daniel.
Want a drink, honey?
Whisky.
They don't care about absinthe here.
Bring me a case of Lawson.
I'll send Lola.
You shouldn't go out with that.
Somebody's gonna rob you.
What'd he say?
Not to take that on your own.
He's a good guy.
You'll be safe.
Ok, thanks.
Can I call you Maddy?
Yes.
You don't speak a word of English,
do you, Maddy?
No...
My husband does.
My husband.
- There you are.
- Thank you.
He's my husband.
- Hello!
- Jimmy Wayle.
- Franois.
- Nice to meet you.
Can I offer you a drink on the house?
Yes, sure.
What do you want?
Do you like cocktails?
- Yes, why?
- Do you wanna be rich?
I don't know...
I have an amazing cocktail, gonna set
your bar apart and make you famous.
We have whiskey, bitter, lemon
and an egg?
- An egg?
- Trust me!
Can you crack an egg?
Just the whites...
In my country, you know, they
could kill each other over a cocktail...
You're allowed to mix.
Cheers!
- It's really god.
- Yeah, you like it?
Thank you!
- Where are you from?
- Black Foot City, Idaho.
- Where?
- Idaho. It's the land of potatoes.
I was born in the potato field
with my farmer father.
That was no fun.
Have you ever heard of Jack London?
I wanna travel the world
like Jack London.
He do anything to get away.
Street sweeper, carpenter,
gold digger. Man...
Jimmy!
Leave me the fuck alone, man!
- Jimmy boy!
- You know you're next?
Here is a whiskey without sour.
Jimmy!
Wake up, Jimmy!
Jimmy!
What you laughing at?
Nothing. We're gonna take you home.
This is your car?
I see these all the time back home.
How did you get a hold of this?
I'm so drunk.
Guys...
Can I tell you a secret?
I hate the military!
I hate these greenhorns!
I hate 'em!
We're burning up, hurry!
The timer isn't working.
Got it.
Come on, Jimmy!
- You sure?
- Yes.
All right.
Ready?
Here goes!
Shit!
Enough, already.
Just one more try.
Madeleine!
Maddy.
Can we play?
Yeah, wait.
Water's nice, wanna swim?
We'll play later.
Can I tell you guys something?
Yes. What?
I can't swim.
You want me to teach you?
Let's try.
Okay...
Lean...
Hi, Daniel.
Hi.
Why are you in my room?
Gonna tell me?
What?
Playing dumb?
Nothing to tell me?
From my purse.
You took it, give it back.
Give it back, I said!
You said he had no coffin.
I made one.
You're sick in the head.
What the hell did you do?
You need a doctor!
I know it's him!
That man is my father!
- Is he alive?
- Stop, you're killing me!
Tell me!
My brother wants to buy my shares.
Your shares of what?
Our father's retiring,
he'll run the factory.
He needs to buy me out.
So?
If I agree,
we'll get a lot of money.
How much?
A whole lot.
Why refuse?
You don't want to run it.
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen!
Thank you for coming out tonight.
I have a very special song...
It's a sad song.
Some of you may know it.
Some of you may not,
but by the end of tonight,
you sure as hell will.
I've been a bad bad boy
Been treatin' nobody right
They wanna give me 35 years
Someone to turn out my light
Just please don't kill me
I won't be dead no more
Now listen that body
Something I ain't ever done before.
Thank you!
So?
I'm dying of love for you.
You hear me?
I'm dying of love for you, Maddy!
Franois!
Come on!
Where you be hidin'?
I was working.
Yo! Good evening, everyone!
We're gonna check the American
soldiers passes.
What are you doing?
Get them out, have 'em ready boys!
Everything alright tonight?
No violence?
All is well.
We're checking American soldiers'
furlough passes.
Very well.
All right!
You take that side of the room
over there.
Go on, sleep it off there!
What'd think you're doing out here
this late?
This guy doesn't have papers.
I was confound to the base
this weekend.
No, thank you.
Stay here, I'll come get you
when they're gone.
Wanna kiss me good night?
Francois!
Stop!
How you like it?
That tickles!
You don't seem ticklish.
You are...
You have beautiful feet.
These stocking are sweet.
Come on, buddy.
Take a break with us.
Francois! Come over!
That's it!
Gonna take him home?
Looks like it.
I like you guys so much.
You made me feel so...
See?
Come!
What the fuck are you doin'?
What do you think I am?
I'm not your play thing.
This was a barbarous act.
Show them, Madam.
You did that?
Yes.
Tell your classmate you're sorry.
Did you hear him?
Sorry.
I am forced to expel your son
from my school.
What a waste, Daniel.
With your test results,
you should be top of the class.
He has excellent grades.
Your son's grades
do not excuse his behavior.
He's dangerous.
I'm so sorry.
He should be locked up.
She'll send you the hospital bills.
What got into you?
Weren't you friends?
He lied to me.
I couldn't stand it.
I'll catch up.
- Where are you going?
- The pharmacy.
I'm going to my room.
I'll make dinner.
Do you think I'm sick?
You're not sick.
Why are you in the dark?
Where've you been?
I was worried.
I needed to walk.
You should talk to Daniel.
- Why?
- Why do you think?
What can I tell him?
The truth.
He's 10 years old.
That Mom's a slut
and Dad's a dirty Boche?
Stop that nonsense.
Got a cigarette?
Have you been with many men?
Only one.
The one you know about.
How was it with him?
You'll never love me
like Nicolas or Jimmy.
You're fooling yourself.
I know one thing.
I can't live without you.
I couldn't be happy.
I'm nothing without you.
My darling...
Are you coming?
Daniel!
Get up!
I counted 12.
So he came, did he?
No, stop it.
- What?
- You know I know.
Got proof he doesn't exist?
Got proof he does?
You bet.
The evidence is under the tree!
No, presents aren't proof.
Yeah? Then what's that?
It's soot.
He comes down the chimney!
Then...
he takes off out the window.
See? That's where he parks his sleigh.
Too bad we missed him.
- What are these tracks?
- Santa's footprints.
Will you clean it up?
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, sweetie.
Merry Christmas.
- For you, Dad.
- Thank you.
This is a big one.
Daniel...
Thank you.
Rackets!
Great.
Thanks, Franois.
Who can tell me
what this 2-story structure is?
A sarcophagus.
Exactly. A sarcophagus.
A tomb for the dead since Antiquity.
If you look at the lower part,
you'll see scenes in the cubbyholes.
The first scene on the left
shows a child leaning on a crutch.
He's a leper.
In the fourth one,
we have Peter,
who will be the first pope,
with Jesus on his right
and a rooster at their feet.
Anyone know why?
The rooster represents
Peter's betrayal of Jesus.
Jesus said to him,
"Before the cock crows,
you'll betray me 3 times."
This next lesson
is about tomb excavations.
We're studying that next week.
Thank you.
This can't go on.
We have to stop.
Franois!
It's good to have a bit of fear
When twists and turns
suddenly appear
Danger always will give you a thrill
Especially when love awaits
Why are you in my office?
We're studying, remember?
Was it unlocked?
Yes, for once.
- Why the lipstick?
- I'm a singer.
I'll be one when I grow up.
No, you won't.
You're too smart for that.
You'll study and have a good life.
Wipe it off.
Where's Mom?
She went to the movies.
Germaine made dinner?
Yeah, Daniel sure didn't!
I'm listening.
What weakened the King's power
in the 10th century?
The Viking invasion?
Yes. And?
What is feudalism?
When the lord...
also called a suzain...
Jeanne, think!
- I am!
- You're not.
You're distracted.
I know why you get mad.
You're afraid I'm stupid.
Did you read them all?
Nearly.
You'll read them too.
They're full of adventures.
They're for you and Daniel.
Don't change the subject.
Your multiplication tables
weren't great yesterday.
What's 7x8?
8x9?
I don't care.
I'll be a singer.
You can still be good at math.
Sylvie Vartan knows her tables by heart.
How do you know?
I read it somewhere.
Where?
In a newspaper, last week.
So?
Who played tonight?
Bill Coleman.
Was it fun, busy?
Sold out.
Can I get a new checkbook?
So soon?
I gave you one 2 weeks ago.
Listen to this. Stefan Zweig.
I loved this poem when I was young.
Only passion that finds its abyss
blazes deep down in your soul.
Only by losing yourself
can you be whole.
Isn't that beautiful?
Beautiful.
Something wrong, honey?
What's his name?
Zweig. Stefan Zweig.
I'm not deaf.
I mean the person you think of
when you read it.
I think of no one.
No one.
You've been drinking.
Tell me his name.
Tell me everything.
Does he blaze deep down in you?
Bet it burns!
- Calm down.
- I'm very calm.
My Ming!
A 14th-century vase!
Think it's funny?
Don't smoke in here!
Give me that!
You're such a pain!
Where are you going?
Let go!
- What do you want?
- To sleep alone!
I won't miss anything.
Goodnight.
You follow me like a puppy.
Don't want me sleeping here?
Shall I sleep in the guestroom,
which never has guests?
This is a museum, not a home.
I can't help it if you're bored.
Sure, it's all my fault.
If I'm bored, if I don't like to read...
You take no interest in anything!
I suggested art classes,
returning to school...
You reject everything!
You lie around all day with Germaine
and your stupid magazines!
Your stupid bourgeois activities...
Would a little wife who paints like shit
relieve your guilt?
- You like my bourgeois money.
- Fuck your money!
Then stop spending it!
You married a beard, not a woman!
And who covers for you?
I gave your son a name!
You walked on the Ming.
I'll clean the rug.
No, I will.
Not coming?
No.
That sofa's not comfortable.
A girl you fancy?
Yeah.
Describe her.
She has brown hair and green eyes.
That's it.
I don't really know her.
Then get to know her.
- Seen her outside of class?
- No.
Take her to a movie.
She's not interested in me.
How do you know?
I just know.
Either give it a try, or turn away.
True love is shared.
At your age,
I fell for people who hurt me.
The right person
is the one you can trust completely.
How do you know they're right?
YOU'LL KNOW
60 km from Saigon,
two American battalions
were ambushed
while clearing the Ben Cat zone.
The attack was relentless.
Rebel soldiers,
well-protected and heavily armed...
Coming, Mom?
violently assailed the Americans.
Heavy losses on both sides.
200 Vietcong were killed according
to the American Commander,
who also reports heavy losses
and injuries among the Marines.
To meet the Army's needs,
certain military leaders have requested
up to 400,000 more men.
Twice the number of troops
currently deployed in South Vietnam.
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you, Franois
Are you ok, Dad?
I'm fine.
I made the cake.
I love you all so much.
- Here, sweetie.
- Thanks.
Made it yourself?
Yes, I didn't help her at all.
It shows.
Try it, everyone.
Looks delicious.
Franois probably forgot his keys.
It's the police.
What happened?
I don't know.
They asked for your husband.
Hello, Madam.
Hello.
We've come to arrest
Franois Delambre.
What for?
A complaint was filed against him.
He'll be home soon, he...
- He's a professor, he...
- We know.
We don't arrest people at work.
We'll wait here.
He had relations with a student.
The parents filed the complaint.
Their son is still a minor, he's 20.
You know the law?
I don't suppose he told you?
No.
Probably because it's not true.
How long have you been married?
Fourteen years.
He never mentioned
his unnatural tendencies?
My husband has no tendencies.
He's a wonderful man.
I suspect the young man...
got a bad grade and wants revenge.
Where does Mr. Delambre
keep his personal belongings?
You have no right.
Homosexuality is a crime, Madam.
Corruption of a minor
is punishable by law.
Look.
This book
suggests a certain orientation.
What do art books prove?
I pity your children the most.
Enough! Stop insulting us.
We'll wait for him in silence.
Look at this.
This isn't art, it's pornography.
Franois...
What's going on?
Franois Delambre?
We're arresting you
for corrupting a minor, Jean Carrion.
Come to the station.
Let's go.
Don't tell the children.
I love you, Franois!
Hello.
I'm Chief Bossard.
Remove his handcuffs.
Be seated, Mr. Delambre.
I just took Mr. Carrion's statement.
As a teacher,
you signed a morality clause,
correct?
According to this young man,
the clause was violated.
You risk losing
your civil servant position for life,
this young man
being a minor under 21.
You also risk a fine,
and up to 3 years in prison.
Your sentence may be doubled
for homosexuality.
Shame on you.
We entrust our students to perverts.
I'll take you down, you bastard!
You'll lose everything.
Look, Dad's satchel.
He must've forgotten it.
Looks like a wig!
Is it shoe polish?
Mind your business.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Franois was the love of my life.
I'd like to read you a poem
he loved very much.
Open up,
underground world of passions.
And you,
shadows dreamt yet keenly felt,
press your burning lips to mine.
Drink my blood,
and breathe my breath.
Rise from your twilit darkness.
Be not ashamed of the shadow
casting pain around you.
Lovers of love wish to know
its torments too.
Your turmoil also attaches me to you.
Only passion that finds its abyss
blazes deep down in your soul.
Only by losing yourself
can you be whole.
So flare up!
Only by catching fire
will you know the world around you.
For where secrets exist,
life also begins.
He forgot his satchel that day.
He did?
Yes.
I saw it.
It was on the coatrack.
He must've been coming back for it,
and didn't look both ways,
because he was late.
Why'd he forget it?
Look.
What do you think?
Who gave you that?
Dad's mom.
Looks like her.
A rich bitch.
You're jealous.
- Take it.
- A gift is a gift.
Why are we here?
Why not go home to Paris?
I wanted Jeanne to see this place.
It holds many memories.
I was a waitress here.
Daniel was just little.
I met your dad here.
Daniel, stop!
What's his name?
I have a right to know my father's name.
Franois is your father.
He raised you.
- Tell me his name.
- Calm down.
Let's go!
Tell me his name!
Tell me or I'll kill you!
What's his name?
Tell me!
His name!
Mathias Richter.
Again?
Again!
Mathias Richter.
Is he dead?
I don't know!
Is he dead or not? Tell me!
Mom!
Mom!
Good evening.
Good evening.
It's very late.
I couldn't sleep.
I like it in here.
Was it busy?
It was packed.
Know what I decided?
I'm going to read them all.
Really?
And you've started.
Yes.
But I'll read them slowly.
So it'll last a long, long time.
My whole life.
You should go to sleep.
You need your rest.
True.
Get to bed soon yourself.
Goodnight, sweetie.
My husband says if it's a boy,
he'll buy a bottle of champagne.
And if it's a girl,
he'll buy a bottle of white wine.
Which do you prefer?
I prefer champagne!
I'll get it, is it Jeanne?
Wasn't it tomorrow?
They changed the date.
Can I come in?
Yes, of course.
How are you?
Seems I frightened you.
Seeing you in a uniform is strange.
Daniel!
Germaine!
You've become a man.
A handsome man!
Where's Jeanne?
School.
She'll be home soon.
How do you feel?
My hours at the club are tough.
Chemotherapy makes me tired,
but I'm ok.
Working makes me feel better.
They scheduled the operation.
When is it?
Three weeks.
Germaine will help me.
We'll be alright.
How about you?
What about me?
Almost done with the army?
It's no life.
I committed to 5 years.
What?
I like the army
doing my thinking for me.
Algeria is over, so for now...
I'm fortunate.
Remember what Franois said?
You could get into the best schools.
Leave Franois out of it.
He's gone.
I wrote to the Wehrmacht archives.
Before they can research
Mathias Richter,
they need a letter from you.
A detailed letter, attesting...
to his paternity.
Is that why you came?
Yes.
So, will you?
That's Jeanne.
Look, Mom!
I got a good grade in French.
Weren't you coming tomorrow?
Lost your bangs?
- I didn't recognize you.
- You don't lose bangs.
You still have your big nose.
Hungry?
I'll have an apple.
Be nice to her.
Your sudden departure
was painful for her.
And for me.
But I had to go.
Ladies and gentlemen, good evening.
Welcome to Maddy's.
Please give a warm welcome
to tonight's singer.
She's young,
she's beautiful,
her name is Candy.
I, Madeleine Delambre,
born on May 3rd, 1925
in Pont de Croix, Finistre,
declare that I worked as a waitress
at the Hotel du Prieur,
16 Route de Keraudy in Locronan.
The hotel was requisitioned
for itinerant German officers.
That's how, in March 1944,
I met Lieutenant Mathias Richter,
a medical officer in the Wehrmacht.
I quickly fell in love.
Our affair lasted two weeks,
then he was sent to the Eastern Front.
Two months later,
I learned I was pregnant.
I can attest with certainty
that he is the biological father
of Daniel Delambre,
born December 6th, 1944 in Morlaix,
and adopted at the age of 6
by Franois Delambre, now deceased.
For far too long, and wrongly,
I was ashamed to tell my son
I had conceived him with a German.
I'm writing this letter today
to give him a chance to find this man,
dead or alive.
Mom!
Mom!
ALONG CAME LOVE
FOR GABY
IN MEMORY
OF SIMONE QUILLVR