Women at War (2022) s01e06 Episode Script
Episode 6
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NETFLIX PRESENTS
[intriguing music playing]
Is anyone there?
Help!
Help!
- Is there a doctor?
- [groaning]
- [Éléonore] Help! Help! Doctor!
- [door opens]
- [Joseph] Yes, ma'am?
- [Éléonore] You need to attend to my son!
- [groaning]
- [Éléonore] Now!
- [Joseph] What happened?
- [Éléonore] He crushed his hand!
[Joseph] How did it happen?
I I need to look at it.
Let me see. Let me see.
No! No, no! Don't touch
No! Don't touch! No!
- [Éléonore exclaims]
- [groaning]
He needs surgery now.
[screaming in agony]
[Charles groaning]
- [Joseph] Wait here, please.
- [groaning continues]
- [groaning continues]
- [Joseph] Breathe.
- Let me see.
- [Charles gasping]
[Joseph] Okay.
[Charles] Ahh! It's too painful.
All the bones are crushed.
I can't save it. We need to amputate.
- No!
- [Joseph] Calm down.
No, doctor, please! I beg you, sir!
- No!
- [Joseph] Chloroform!
[Charles panting] No!
- [Joseph] Chloroform!
- No!
[muffled grunting]
[muffled grunting continues]
[grunting stops]
[intriguing music playing]
EPISODE 6
- [gas hissing]
- [soldier] What is this smoke?
It smells like chlorine!
- [soldiers coughing]
- [soldier 1] Fall back!
[soldier 2] Fall back!
- [soldier 1] Chlorine!
- [soldier 2] Fall back!
- [coughing continues]
- [soldier] The Germans!
- [soldier 1] Fall back! Let's go!
- [soldier 2] The Germans!
[coughing continues]
[all singing prayer]
Saint John tells us
not to deny the love of God.
On the contrary,
let Him abide within us,
and let Him remain pure and perfect in us.
Amen.
[inhales deeply]
[exhales deeply]
[bell ringing]
[church bell ringing]
[man 1] Hurry!
Wounded soldiers have arrived again!
[man 2] Bring the stretchers!
[soldiers coughing]
- [sister] Come help!
- [coughing continues]
[sister] Put them upstairs.
- [indistinct chatter]
- [soldiers groaning]
- [man] Doctor!
- [vomits]
Hey! Hey! What happened?
Tell me where it hurts!
[weakly] Gas
[coughing] They used gas on us.
[somber music playing]
[wounded coughing and groaning]
How many losses are there?
[Joseph] Twenty soldiers
in less than an hour.
All suffering from respiratory distress
which worsens by the hour.
They're dropping like flies.
As if the gas is eating them from within.
All I can do is ease their suffering
with oxygen and atropine.
I must speak with your husband, ma'am.
Oh, why is that?
I need an aviator to
conduct reconnaissance flights.
He's in no condition to fly.
He's the only one we have at our disposal.
We really need him.
Go and get him.
[menacing music playing]
I saw you with Father Vautrin last night.
Yes, the Reverend Father has kindly
agreed to help me prepare for my vows.
After midnight?
Are you sure there's nothing else?
You can talk to me.
I'm here for you.
I can hear everything, my child.
Father Vautrin is my guide
on the path to the Lord.
All men of God do that.
What do men of God do?
Geneviève?
- Geneviève!
- [door opens]
You need to talk to me.
It's a divine act.
He wants you to believe that.
- [voice breaks] Please leave me alone.
- No, I can't!
Geneviève, look at me.
What he's doing to you, it's
it's forbidden.
It's a crime!
Are you jealous?
- Because he's interested in me?
- No, not at all.
My child
[Geneviève crying]
- Mother Agnès, what's going on?
- It's Geneviève.
Tell me.
Father Vautrin abuses her.
He uses her faith to manipulate her.
I'll go to the diocese
to report him.
Did she tell you anything?
Do you have proof?
Without her testimony,
there's not much you can do.
You have to convince her to talk.
And your soldier, where is he?
He left.
[Agnès] God,
I was ready to give up my vows.
But last night you called me back.
I will denounce infamy.
No man, whoever he may be,
shall harm Geneviève
and tarnish the image of the Church.
Please, give me the strength to fight.
[dramatic music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
- [man] Evacuate the gas casualties first!
- [soldiers coughing]
- [woman 1] I'm here! I'll help you!
[woman 2] I'm here, too!
There's space in my ambulance!
- [wounded groaning]
- [man] Quick! Quick!
[bittersweet music playing]
[man] Hurry!
[bittersweet music continues]
Hey, Colin.
All is well?
That is some putrid shit the Krauts used.
Do you have a minute?
I've got something to tell you.
Do you know the difference
between a son of an ambulance driver,
a son of a whore,
and a Saint-Cyrian?
There isn't one.
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Mmm, don't you find it strange that
the redhead's been following you around?
- Marguerite?
- Mmm.
Yeah, Marguerite.
Here.
This is the public assistant number.
I suggest you give them a call.
They'll have a thing or two to tell you.
[pensive music playing]
[Duvernet] This war with the Germans
is getting dirtier and dirtier.
This is the first time
they've used gas to push us back.
[sighs]
We have a major offensive
planned against the Germans.
The attack plans are ready,
but the gas has jeopardized everything.
We have to find out where they store
their gas and how much they have.
It's impossible for us to plan our
next offensive without this information.
I'll do a reconnaissance flight.
[Duvernet] As soon as possible.
Poincaré's battalions will soon be here.
Yes, General.
It seems you're famous now.
FOUR WOMEN AT THE SERVICE OF FRANCE
If people knew that one of their heroines
was beaten by her husband
You're completely wrong.
Jeanne.
I'm a doctor, remember.
That wasn't from your fall.
- You should mind your own business.
- You deserve better.
If you need, I'm here.
[bell tolling in background]
[bell tolling]
Geneviève.
How long has it been going on?
[coughing and spitting]
When was your last menstruation?
Three months ago.
You're pregnant.
No one needs to know about this.
Whatever you decide,
I'll support you, don't worry.
But he mustn't find out that I know.
[grave music playing]
- [grave music continues]
- [wounded coughing]
Mrs. Dewitt? Morning.
Good morning.
How is he?
They had to amputate his hand.
I received a telegram from Paris.
Your son should have
produced the documents
confirming his status as the director
of an arms factory yesterday.
Otherwise, he would be
expected to report to the barracks.
[Éléonore] I don't understand.
My son works at the Ministry of War.
- He can't be drafted.
- That's not the information I received.
Anyway, don't worry,
with only one hand, he will be exempt.
How did it happen?
He was injured while handling a press.
It's strange, because he doesn't typically
operate the equipment, does he?
Mrs. Dewitt, did you know
that self-injury is punishable by prison?
My son builds ambulances
to help rescue soldiers.
- That's why he lost his hand.
- I understand.
When did you stop working at the ministry?
I was dismissed
six months ago.
[Éléonore sighs]
You didn't have to do this
to avoid the war.
Victor died on the battlefront.
The factory is yours.
They need beds.
You're being discharged today.
[somber music playing]
[Caroline] Mr. Dewitt will now
manage the factory.
As soon as he recovers,
he'll take over from me.
[Denise] But the factory is yours,
Mrs. Dewitt!
- No one else!
- I'm not the direct heiress, Denise.
- [Denise] Charles Dewitt knows nothing!
- [Janine] True.
He doesn't give a shit about the factory
or he wouldn't have left Saint-Paulin.
I agree, that Parisian,
he'll never know how to run it.
[Janine] And the only time
he touched a machine, he lost a hand.
[Denise] What was he
doing here in the middle of night?
Ladies, please. Come on.
Who says he'll keep us, anyway?
[footsteps approach]
[Éléonore] I came to tell you
that your jobs are secure.
You have my word.
Now, please return to your stations.
Our soldiers need our vehicles.
[claps] Come on, ladies. To your stations.
How is Charles?
I took him back home.
He was amputated.
I'm very sorry.
Really?
You hid my son's death from me.
I trusted you, Caroline.
You feared for your
position as head of the factory
You are wrong.
I did it to save what Victor has built.
I'm not going to throw you out.
There's Madeleine.
But if I could, I would.
[Charles yelling in distance] Mother!
Mother!
What are you doing
sitting on the ground, my darling?
Uncle Charles scares me.
He won't stop yelling.
Yes, I know.
I'm sorry.
We'll take good care of him
and he'll quiet down.
- [leg thumping]
- [Charles groaning]
- Raise your head. Lift your head.
- [Charles grunting]
There you go.
[mumbling] Mom.
- Stop.
- Mom.
- Stop, you're hurting me!
- Mom!
No! Enough!
- [grunting]
- You're hurting me, Charles, stop!
[Charles] Stay with me.
[exclaims] Sorry. Sorry, Mom.
I need you.
I need you.
- You need to rest.
- Mom, stay.
- You need to rest!
- [pleading] Stay. Stay with me.
[growls] I said rest!
[groans]
[somber music playing]
[Caroline] At least you could have stayed.
- You would have been exempted.
- Yes, but I have to go, anyway.
I'm an engineer
and I can help France differently.
You understand, right?
- Hmm?
- Mmm-hmm.
Don't worry. I'll be back in a month.
Hey.
I promise.
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music continues]
[sniffling] Stay here, sweetheart.
Yes, Denise?
It's It's Florence.
The ambulance driver spotted a house.
Requisitioned by the headquarters.
And they're asking us
to go and see it tonight.
It will distract us.
We all need it, don't we?
It would be nice if you came with us.
That's sweet, but I don't think so.
Marguerite isn't well.
Marcel told Colin everything.
She went to see him at the quarters.
She may need some support
when she gets back.
[somber music playing]
I'm looking for Colin. Where is he?
It's not the best time.
He's not doing well.
Please, I have to talk to him.
Come with me.
[dark music playing]
Colin.
No.
[Marguerite] No, wait!
Wait!
I got pregnant when I was 17
by a man I loved dearly.
When he found out, he left me
and never came back.
When my father found out about it,
he told me that I had shamed the family
and kicked me out.
I had to give birth to you alone
in a maid's quarters.
The first few months,
we spent them together,
but in living conditions
that were so difficult
I barely had enough to feed you.
And then things got worse,
so I had no choice.
I began selling myself.
Yeah.
I did it because we had nothing
and I wanted you to have everything!
Understand?
I wanted you to have a chance to make it!
And I couldn't give you
the life you deserved!
But being separated from you
I never got over it.
Never, I swear!
[sobbing] I never stopped loving you!
Four years ago, I tracked you down,
thanks to someone from welfare.
Colin, I've been watching over you
from a distance for four years
without daring to talk to you.
So when the war broke out
[yelling] When the war broke out, what?
Huh? What?
You thought you were gonna find me
to clear your conscience, right?
I just wanted to make your acquaintance.
I never planned on telling you who I was.
You weren't supposed
to find out like this.
I'm sorry, Colin
- No! No, no, no! No!
- I'm so sorry!
[somber music playing]
[indistinct merriment]
[indistinct chatter and laughter]
- Evening, Mrs. Dewitt.
- Good evening.
[Alice] Come join us, Denise.
This is Mrs. Dewitt.
I'm glad you ended up coming.
We're all here.
Something to drink?
- With pleasure, thanks.
- Come on! It'll be soothing.
- Thank you.
- It will do you good.
- [Denise] To you.
- [worker] To you!
- [Alice] And to us!
- [all cheering and whooping]
- [woman] To us girls!
- [all toasting and laughing]
[Alice] Irene, can you pass me some pie?
[merriment continues in background]
[Caroline] I'm glad
the general found you this house.
I'm sorry about Colin.
He should never have found out like that.
He'll never forgive me.
Give him time, you know.
One day he'll understand.
It's not a good idea.
[wistful music playing softly]
[expectant music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[patrons chatting in French]
- [man] Hey, darling, how are you?
- Let go of me.
- It's been a while since we've seen you.
- Let go of me!
[man] Ahh!
[indistinct chatter continues]
- What the hell are you doing here?
- I need to talk to Marcel.
- He's busy.
- It's about Marguerite.
- [Marcel] Thank you, Bernard.
- Marcel. I'll let you know.
[Marcel] Very well.
[suspenseful music playing]
What do you want?
- [Juliette] It's Marguerite.
- What about her?
I saw her do things with the Dewitt lady.
And you know what?
I have a feeling it's not a new thing.
They seem to know each other quite well.
Mrs. Dewitt might be a former whore.
With her frigid attitude,
her beautiful car, and house
It shouldn't be difficult
to check the official lists, right?
- Once you're registered, it's for life.
- [Marcel grunts]
[phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[knock on door]
- [knocking continues]
- [weakly] What?
Mr. Marcel Dumont on the phone.
- Hello?
- [Marcel] Hi, Charles.
I have information for you.
Your sister-in-law, she's a former whore.
And one of my girls saw her screwing
an ambulance driver, the redhead.
You should have killed her, Charles,
instead of messing up your hand.
Please send my condolences to your mother.
[suspenseful music playing softly]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Lucien] The Germans
store their gas in a warehouse here.
It's full to the brim.
They have enough to gas us
for days on end.
I took the liberty
of flying a little further
and I was able to see troops
heading towards Saint-Paulin.
There are five times more
German regiments than you estimated.
They want to weaken us with gas
while they wait for reinforcements
and launch
a major offensive on Saint-Paulin.
They're far more prepared than us.
The warehouse must be destroyed.
With all due respect, General,
this is a suicide mission.
With the gas, the men won't stand a chance
of crossing the forest
and reaching the warehouse.
We have no choice.
Launch the operation.
Yes, sir, General.
[Duvernet] Mr. Charrier, show me
where the German troops are positioned.
We'll have to rethink our next offensive.
[Lucien on phone] Karl, it's me.
The intel you asked me about,
the next offensive?
It's okay, I have it.
[Karl] I hope you didn't miss this time.
Claudine really wants to see her father.
Let's reconvene tomorrow
at 3:00 p.m. at the meeting place.
Don't disappoint me, Lucien.
This is your last chance.
[menacing music playing]
Jeanne.
I'll be right back.
Get ready now. We're leaving.
Not now.
- I have to take care of the wounded.
- We are leaving in five minutes!
If all goes well,
I won't need you after this.
Once this dressing's done, I'll join you.
You'd better.
[Joseph] Hey!
Don't touch her again.
Okay?
Very well.
[both grunting]
Don't touch her! Don't touch her!
[knife unsheathing]
- [knife slicing]
- [groaning]
[Joseph groaning]
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closing]
Let's go.
[captain] Soldiers!
The headquarters dispatched a pilot.
We've confirmed
the location of the gas storage.
The mission is clear and simple.
Destroy the building and return.
- Is that clear to everyone?
- Yes, Captain!
What about the gas?
That is precisely why we're going
to destroy their warehouse, soldier.
At the ready. We leave now.
Company, attention!
[soldier] Forward, march!
[dramatic music playing]
[soldier] This is suicide.
[captain] Let's go! Let's go! Speed up.
Forwards, forwards. Forward.
- [machine gun firing]
- [soldier] Ahh!
- [captain] Take cover!
- [Colin] Take cover!
[soldiers yelling in German]
[captain in English] Take cover!
[explosion]
[soldier screaming]
[Colin] Gus, grenade. Gus
[soldier] Colin! Grenade!
[soldier] Come on! Help me!
[soldiers yelling] Come on! Open fire!
[explosion]
- Forward!
- [soldier] Open fire!
- Soldiers, forward!
- [soldiers screaming]
[captain] Get up! Come on!
- Move it! Move it! Go forward!
- [soldiers clamoring]
- [soldiers yelling]
- [captain] Forward! Come on!
[rifles firing]
- [Colin] Forward!
- [Gus] Colin! Colin! Colin!
- [yelling] Let go of me! Let go of me!
- [pistol firing]
[Gus screaming]
Get up! Soldier, that's an order!
Get up now!
[dark music playing]
- [gas hissing]
- [captain] Fuck! Gas!
- Gas.
- [Colin] Gus! Gus!
[Gus] No, let's go back! I can't!
I need to get back!
- Gus! Gus! You stay right there!
- [whimpers] I can't. I can't.
- [captain] Get down!
- [Gus] We're going to die! Let's go back!
- In position!
- Colin, control your men! Hold position!
- No! I'm going back!
- [captain] Nobody move!
- Colin, control your men!
- Fall in, soldiers!
Shoot them! Shoot them for God's sake!
[Colin] No! No, no, no! No!
- Hold your position, damn it!
- [Colin yells]
[captain groans]
Fall back! Go! Fall back!
[soldier] Come on! Fall back!
- Let's go!
- [soldier] Fall back!
[Colin] Lower down!
[somber music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music building]
[music stops]
Charles.
You're supposed to be in bed.
- Yes, but I'm hungry.
- [Caroline] Thank you.
[Éléonore] Germaine will
bring something to you upstairs.
No, thanks. I want to eat here.
Germaine.
Please set a place for me.
Yes, sir.
Go ahead while it's warm.
[Charles] Good evening, Caroline.
Good evening, Charles.
How are you? How are you holding up?
Are you coping
with the loss of my brother?
How was your little party
with the ambulance drivers?
Was it fun?
Huh?
Nothing to say?
Anyway, you're a real fighter.
By the way,
who's that red-haired woman
who often visits here?
What are you doing together?
It's nothing, Charles.
Mother, did you know
that Caroline was cheating on Victor
with a woman?
What are you talking about?
A former prostitute.
Just like her.
A former whore.
A whore by profession.
She was so careful not to let us find out.
Is that true?
Victor knew all about my past.
I never cheated on my husband
with another man or woman.
You just waited for him to die
to fuck your pretty redhead.
It was just a kiss from a friend.
Get out.
Tomorrow morning,
you will leave this house for good.
I said get out!
[chair slides]
[footsteps retreating]
[metal scrapes]
[liquid pouring]
[ominous music playing faintly]
[exclaims softly]
[Vautrin] Geneviève.
Come and join me.
I waited for you this morning.
You didn't come.
What's going on, my sweet Geneviève?
I don't want to do this anymore.
I thought that you
wanted to take your holy vows.
Did you speak to anyone?
I'm pregnant.
God says, "Take your only son,
the one you love, Isaac,
and offer him as a sacrifice."
God sometimes asks us
to make sacrifices to please Him.
He is testing us.
Do you understand, Geneviève?
You want to sacrifice the child?
But
God will punish us for this!
This child is one of sin,
your sin, Geneviève.
God knows very well you didn't give
yourself to me for His love, but by lust.
Everything about you is rotten, Geneviève.
You are a filthy vixen
who leads men into temptation!
The only way to save
your soul from damnation
is to erase your mistake.
Tomorrow, someone will
take you to Pont-à-Mousson,
and there,
a woman will take care of your problem.
And you'll be fine!
[dark music playing]
[Geneviève crying softly]
[dark music continues]
[crying]
[Agnès] Geneviève! Geneviève!
What's the matter, my child?
Talk to me! What's going on?
Father Vautrin, he came to see me.
He wants
He wants to sacrifice
my child to save my soul, and
[crying] And
To save your soul, Geneviève?
He just wants to get rid of the evidence.
And you know it!
It has nothing to do with sacrifice.
He abused you.
He raped you.
You have done nothing wrong, my child.
[dark music continues]
[door slams]
I know what you did to Geneviève.
How could you?
You are despicable!
Only God can judge men.
Do you think you are God, Mother Agnès?
God has already judged you.
And I'll ensure
that the diocese does the same.
[Vautrin] Hmm.
I wouldn't venture down
that road if I were you.
As in the kingdom of sins,
everyone is guilty.
And if you go to the diocese
don't forget to tell them
that you broke your vows.
With a German.
Hmm?
A spy, who knows?
[menacing music playing faintly]
It was moving
to witness your first time.
Hmm?
Think about it.
Do not jeopardize
the peace of the convent.
Let's keep the peace
since you and I have done nothing wrong.
[menacing music continues]
[suspenseful music playing]
[door opens]
[suspenseful music continues]
[gasps]
[suspenseful music continues]
[dramatic music playing]
[bell tolling]
- [bell tolling]
- [dramatic music continues]
[Agnès gasps loudly]
[exclaiming indistinctly]
[Agnès exclaims hysterically]
[Agnès yells] Help! Help!
[yells] Help me!
Help! Please help! Help!
[sweeping music playing]
NETFLIX PRESENTS
[intriguing music playing]
Is anyone there?
Help!
Help!
- Is there a doctor?
- [groaning]
- [Éléonore] Help! Help! Doctor!
- [door opens]
- [Joseph] Yes, ma'am?
- [Éléonore] You need to attend to my son!
- [groaning]
- [Éléonore] Now!
- [Joseph] What happened?
- [Éléonore] He crushed his hand!
[Joseph] How did it happen?
I I need to look at it.
Let me see. Let me see.
No! No, no! Don't touch
No! Don't touch! No!
- [Éléonore exclaims]
- [groaning]
He needs surgery now.
[screaming in agony]
[Charles groaning]
- [Joseph] Wait here, please.
- [groaning continues]
- [groaning continues]
- [Joseph] Breathe.
- Let me see.
- [Charles gasping]
[Joseph] Okay.
[Charles] Ahh! It's too painful.
All the bones are crushed.
I can't save it. We need to amputate.
- No!
- [Joseph] Calm down.
No, doctor, please! I beg you, sir!
- No!
- [Joseph] Chloroform!
[Charles panting] No!
- [Joseph] Chloroform!
- No!
[muffled grunting]
[muffled grunting continues]
[grunting stops]
[intriguing music playing]
EPISODE 6
- [gas hissing]
- [soldier] What is this smoke?
It smells like chlorine!
- [soldiers coughing]
- [soldier 1] Fall back!
[soldier 2] Fall back!
- [soldier 1] Chlorine!
- [soldier 2] Fall back!
- [coughing continues]
- [soldier] The Germans!
- [soldier 1] Fall back! Let's go!
- [soldier 2] The Germans!
[coughing continues]
[all singing prayer]
Saint John tells us
not to deny the love of God.
On the contrary,
let Him abide within us,
and let Him remain pure and perfect in us.
Amen.
[inhales deeply]
[exhales deeply]
[bell ringing]
[church bell ringing]
[man 1] Hurry!
Wounded soldiers have arrived again!
[man 2] Bring the stretchers!
[soldiers coughing]
- [sister] Come help!
- [coughing continues]
[sister] Put them upstairs.
- [indistinct chatter]
- [soldiers groaning]
- [man] Doctor!
- [vomits]
Hey! Hey! What happened?
Tell me where it hurts!
[weakly] Gas
[coughing] They used gas on us.
[somber music playing]
[wounded coughing and groaning]
How many losses are there?
[Joseph] Twenty soldiers
in less than an hour.
All suffering from respiratory distress
which worsens by the hour.
They're dropping like flies.
As if the gas is eating them from within.
All I can do is ease their suffering
with oxygen and atropine.
I must speak with your husband, ma'am.
Oh, why is that?
I need an aviator to
conduct reconnaissance flights.
He's in no condition to fly.
He's the only one we have at our disposal.
We really need him.
Go and get him.
[menacing music playing]
I saw you with Father Vautrin last night.
Yes, the Reverend Father has kindly
agreed to help me prepare for my vows.
After midnight?
Are you sure there's nothing else?
You can talk to me.
I'm here for you.
I can hear everything, my child.
Father Vautrin is my guide
on the path to the Lord.
All men of God do that.
What do men of God do?
Geneviève?
- Geneviève!
- [door opens]
You need to talk to me.
It's a divine act.
He wants you to believe that.
- [voice breaks] Please leave me alone.
- No, I can't!
Geneviève, look at me.
What he's doing to you, it's
it's forbidden.
It's a crime!
Are you jealous?
- Because he's interested in me?
- No, not at all.
My child
[Geneviève crying]
- Mother Agnès, what's going on?
- It's Geneviève.
Tell me.
Father Vautrin abuses her.
He uses her faith to manipulate her.
I'll go to the diocese
to report him.
Did she tell you anything?
Do you have proof?
Without her testimony,
there's not much you can do.
You have to convince her to talk.
And your soldier, where is he?
He left.
[Agnès] God,
I was ready to give up my vows.
But last night you called me back.
I will denounce infamy.
No man, whoever he may be,
shall harm Geneviève
and tarnish the image of the Church.
Please, give me the strength to fight.
[dramatic music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
- [man] Evacuate the gas casualties first!
- [soldiers coughing]
- [woman 1] I'm here! I'll help you!
[woman 2] I'm here, too!
There's space in my ambulance!
- [wounded groaning]
- [man] Quick! Quick!
[bittersweet music playing]
[man] Hurry!
[bittersweet music continues]
Hey, Colin.
All is well?
That is some putrid shit the Krauts used.
Do you have a minute?
I've got something to tell you.
Do you know the difference
between a son of an ambulance driver,
a son of a whore,
and a Saint-Cyrian?
There isn't one.
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Mmm, don't you find it strange that
the redhead's been following you around?
- Marguerite?
- Mmm.
Yeah, Marguerite.
Here.
This is the public assistant number.
I suggest you give them a call.
They'll have a thing or two to tell you.
[pensive music playing]
[Duvernet] This war with the Germans
is getting dirtier and dirtier.
This is the first time
they've used gas to push us back.
[sighs]
We have a major offensive
planned against the Germans.
The attack plans are ready,
but the gas has jeopardized everything.
We have to find out where they store
their gas and how much they have.
It's impossible for us to plan our
next offensive without this information.
I'll do a reconnaissance flight.
[Duvernet] As soon as possible.
Poincaré's battalions will soon be here.
Yes, General.
It seems you're famous now.
FOUR WOMEN AT THE SERVICE OF FRANCE
If people knew that one of their heroines
was beaten by her husband
You're completely wrong.
Jeanne.
I'm a doctor, remember.
That wasn't from your fall.
- You should mind your own business.
- You deserve better.
If you need, I'm here.
[bell tolling in background]
[bell tolling]
Geneviève.
How long has it been going on?
[coughing and spitting]
When was your last menstruation?
Three months ago.
You're pregnant.
No one needs to know about this.
Whatever you decide,
I'll support you, don't worry.
But he mustn't find out that I know.
[grave music playing]
- [grave music continues]
- [wounded coughing]
Mrs. Dewitt? Morning.
Good morning.
How is he?
They had to amputate his hand.
I received a telegram from Paris.
Your son should have
produced the documents
confirming his status as the director
of an arms factory yesterday.
Otherwise, he would be
expected to report to the barracks.
[Éléonore] I don't understand.
My son works at the Ministry of War.
- He can't be drafted.
- That's not the information I received.
Anyway, don't worry,
with only one hand, he will be exempt.
How did it happen?
He was injured while handling a press.
It's strange, because he doesn't typically
operate the equipment, does he?
Mrs. Dewitt, did you know
that self-injury is punishable by prison?
My son builds ambulances
to help rescue soldiers.
- That's why he lost his hand.
- I understand.
When did you stop working at the ministry?
I was dismissed
six months ago.
[Éléonore sighs]
You didn't have to do this
to avoid the war.
Victor died on the battlefront.
The factory is yours.
They need beds.
You're being discharged today.
[somber music playing]
[Caroline] Mr. Dewitt will now
manage the factory.
As soon as he recovers,
he'll take over from me.
[Denise] But the factory is yours,
Mrs. Dewitt!
- No one else!
- I'm not the direct heiress, Denise.
- [Denise] Charles Dewitt knows nothing!
- [Janine] True.
He doesn't give a shit about the factory
or he wouldn't have left Saint-Paulin.
I agree, that Parisian,
he'll never know how to run it.
[Janine] And the only time
he touched a machine, he lost a hand.
[Denise] What was he
doing here in the middle of night?
Ladies, please. Come on.
Who says he'll keep us, anyway?
[footsteps approach]
[Éléonore] I came to tell you
that your jobs are secure.
You have my word.
Now, please return to your stations.
Our soldiers need our vehicles.
[claps] Come on, ladies. To your stations.
How is Charles?
I took him back home.
He was amputated.
I'm very sorry.
Really?
You hid my son's death from me.
I trusted you, Caroline.
You feared for your
position as head of the factory
You are wrong.
I did it to save what Victor has built.
I'm not going to throw you out.
There's Madeleine.
But if I could, I would.
[Charles yelling in distance] Mother!
Mother!
What are you doing
sitting on the ground, my darling?
Uncle Charles scares me.
He won't stop yelling.
Yes, I know.
I'm sorry.
We'll take good care of him
and he'll quiet down.
- [leg thumping]
- [Charles groaning]
- Raise your head. Lift your head.
- [Charles grunting]
There you go.
[mumbling] Mom.
- Stop.
- Mom.
- Stop, you're hurting me!
- Mom!
No! Enough!
- [grunting]
- You're hurting me, Charles, stop!
[Charles] Stay with me.
[exclaims] Sorry. Sorry, Mom.
I need you.
I need you.
- You need to rest.
- Mom, stay.
- You need to rest!
- [pleading] Stay. Stay with me.
[growls] I said rest!
[groans]
[somber music playing]
[Caroline] At least you could have stayed.
- You would have been exempted.
- Yes, but I have to go, anyway.
I'm an engineer
and I can help France differently.
You understand, right?
- Hmm?
- Mmm-hmm.
Don't worry. I'll be back in a month.
Hey.
I promise.
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music continues]
[sniffling] Stay here, sweetheart.
Yes, Denise?
It's It's Florence.
The ambulance driver spotted a house.
Requisitioned by the headquarters.
And they're asking us
to go and see it tonight.
It will distract us.
We all need it, don't we?
It would be nice if you came with us.
That's sweet, but I don't think so.
Marguerite isn't well.
Marcel told Colin everything.
She went to see him at the quarters.
She may need some support
when she gets back.
[somber music playing]
I'm looking for Colin. Where is he?
It's not the best time.
He's not doing well.
Please, I have to talk to him.
Come with me.
[dark music playing]
Colin.
No.
[Marguerite] No, wait!
Wait!
I got pregnant when I was 17
by a man I loved dearly.
When he found out, he left me
and never came back.
When my father found out about it,
he told me that I had shamed the family
and kicked me out.
I had to give birth to you alone
in a maid's quarters.
The first few months,
we spent them together,
but in living conditions
that were so difficult
I barely had enough to feed you.
And then things got worse,
so I had no choice.
I began selling myself.
Yeah.
I did it because we had nothing
and I wanted you to have everything!
Understand?
I wanted you to have a chance to make it!
And I couldn't give you
the life you deserved!
But being separated from you
I never got over it.
Never, I swear!
[sobbing] I never stopped loving you!
Four years ago, I tracked you down,
thanks to someone from welfare.
Colin, I've been watching over you
from a distance for four years
without daring to talk to you.
So when the war broke out
[yelling] When the war broke out, what?
Huh? What?
You thought you were gonna find me
to clear your conscience, right?
I just wanted to make your acquaintance.
I never planned on telling you who I was.
You weren't supposed
to find out like this.
I'm sorry, Colin
- No! No, no, no! No!
- I'm so sorry!
[somber music playing]
[indistinct merriment]
[indistinct chatter and laughter]
- Evening, Mrs. Dewitt.
- Good evening.
[Alice] Come join us, Denise.
This is Mrs. Dewitt.
I'm glad you ended up coming.
We're all here.
Something to drink?
- With pleasure, thanks.
- Come on! It'll be soothing.
- Thank you.
- It will do you good.
- [Denise] To you.
- [worker] To you!
- [Alice] And to us!
- [all cheering and whooping]
- [woman] To us girls!
- [all toasting and laughing]
[Alice] Irene, can you pass me some pie?
[merriment continues in background]
[Caroline] I'm glad
the general found you this house.
I'm sorry about Colin.
He should never have found out like that.
He'll never forgive me.
Give him time, you know.
One day he'll understand.
It's not a good idea.
[wistful music playing softly]
[expectant music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[patrons chatting in French]
- [man] Hey, darling, how are you?
- Let go of me.
- It's been a while since we've seen you.
- Let go of me!
[man] Ahh!
[indistinct chatter continues]
- What the hell are you doing here?
- I need to talk to Marcel.
- He's busy.
- It's about Marguerite.
- [Marcel] Thank you, Bernard.
- Marcel. I'll let you know.
[Marcel] Very well.
[suspenseful music playing]
What do you want?
- [Juliette] It's Marguerite.
- What about her?
I saw her do things with the Dewitt lady.
And you know what?
I have a feeling it's not a new thing.
They seem to know each other quite well.
Mrs. Dewitt might be a former whore.
With her frigid attitude,
her beautiful car, and house
It shouldn't be difficult
to check the official lists, right?
- Once you're registered, it's for life.
- [Marcel grunts]
[phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[knock on door]
- [knocking continues]
- [weakly] What?
Mr. Marcel Dumont on the phone.
- Hello?
- [Marcel] Hi, Charles.
I have information for you.
Your sister-in-law, she's a former whore.
And one of my girls saw her screwing
an ambulance driver, the redhead.
You should have killed her, Charles,
instead of messing up your hand.
Please send my condolences to your mother.
[suspenseful music playing softly]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Lucien] The Germans
store their gas in a warehouse here.
It's full to the brim.
They have enough to gas us
for days on end.
I took the liberty
of flying a little further
and I was able to see troops
heading towards Saint-Paulin.
There are five times more
German regiments than you estimated.
They want to weaken us with gas
while they wait for reinforcements
and launch
a major offensive on Saint-Paulin.
They're far more prepared than us.
The warehouse must be destroyed.
With all due respect, General,
this is a suicide mission.
With the gas, the men won't stand a chance
of crossing the forest
and reaching the warehouse.
We have no choice.
Launch the operation.
Yes, sir, General.
[Duvernet] Mr. Charrier, show me
where the German troops are positioned.
We'll have to rethink our next offensive.
[Lucien on phone] Karl, it's me.
The intel you asked me about,
the next offensive?
It's okay, I have it.
[Karl] I hope you didn't miss this time.
Claudine really wants to see her father.
Let's reconvene tomorrow
at 3:00 p.m. at the meeting place.
Don't disappoint me, Lucien.
This is your last chance.
[menacing music playing]
Jeanne.
I'll be right back.
Get ready now. We're leaving.
Not now.
- I have to take care of the wounded.
- We are leaving in five minutes!
If all goes well,
I won't need you after this.
Once this dressing's done, I'll join you.
You'd better.
[Joseph] Hey!
Don't touch her again.
Okay?
Very well.
[both grunting]
Don't touch her! Don't touch her!
[knife unsheathing]
- [knife slicing]
- [groaning]
[Joseph groaning]
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closing]
Let's go.
[captain] Soldiers!
The headquarters dispatched a pilot.
We've confirmed
the location of the gas storage.
The mission is clear and simple.
Destroy the building and return.
- Is that clear to everyone?
- Yes, Captain!
What about the gas?
That is precisely why we're going
to destroy their warehouse, soldier.
At the ready. We leave now.
Company, attention!
[soldier] Forward, march!
[dramatic music playing]
[soldier] This is suicide.
[captain] Let's go! Let's go! Speed up.
Forwards, forwards. Forward.
- [machine gun firing]
- [soldier] Ahh!
- [captain] Take cover!
- [Colin] Take cover!
[soldiers yelling in German]
[captain in English] Take cover!
[explosion]
[soldier screaming]
[Colin] Gus, grenade. Gus
[soldier] Colin! Grenade!
[soldier] Come on! Help me!
[soldiers yelling] Come on! Open fire!
[explosion]
- Forward!
- [soldier] Open fire!
- Soldiers, forward!
- [soldiers screaming]
[captain] Get up! Come on!
- Move it! Move it! Go forward!
- [soldiers clamoring]
- [soldiers yelling]
- [captain] Forward! Come on!
[rifles firing]
- [Colin] Forward!
- [Gus] Colin! Colin! Colin!
- [yelling] Let go of me! Let go of me!
- [pistol firing]
[Gus screaming]
Get up! Soldier, that's an order!
Get up now!
[dark music playing]
- [gas hissing]
- [captain] Fuck! Gas!
- Gas.
- [Colin] Gus! Gus!
[Gus] No, let's go back! I can't!
I need to get back!
- Gus! Gus! You stay right there!
- [whimpers] I can't. I can't.
- [captain] Get down!
- [Gus] We're going to die! Let's go back!
- In position!
- Colin, control your men! Hold position!
- No! I'm going back!
- [captain] Nobody move!
- Colin, control your men!
- Fall in, soldiers!
Shoot them! Shoot them for God's sake!
[Colin] No! No, no, no! No!
- Hold your position, damn it!
- [Colin yells]
[captain groans]
Fall back! Go! Fall back!
[soldier] Come on! Fall back!
- Let's go!
- [soldier] Fall back!
[Colin] Lower down!
[somber music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music building]
[music stops]
Charles.
You're supposed to be in bed.
- Yes, but I'm hungry.
- [Caroline] Thank you.
[Éléonore] Germaine will
bring something to you upstairs.
No, thanks. I want to eat here.
Germaine.
Please set a place for me.
Yes, sir.
Go ahead while it's warm.
[Charles] Good evening, Caroline.
Good evening, Charles.
How are you? How are you holding up?
Are you coping
with the loss of my brother?
How was your little party
with the ambulance drivers?
Was it fun?
Huh?
Nothing to say?
Anyway, you're a real fighter.
By the way,
who's that red-haired woman
who often visits here?
What are you doing together?
It's nothing, Charles.
Mother, did you know
that Caroline was cheating on Victor
with a woman?
What are you talking about?
A former prostitute.
Just like her.
A former whore.
A whore by profession.
She was so careful not to let us find out.
Is that true?
Victor knew all about my past.
I never cheated on my husband
with another man or woman.
You just waited for him to die
to fuck your pretty redhead.
It was just a kiss from a friend.
Get out.
Tomorrow morning,
you will leave this house for good.
I said get out!
[chair slides]
[footsteps retreating]
[metal scrapes]
[liquid pouring]
[ominous music playing faintly]
[exclaims softly]
[Vautrin] Geneviève.
Come and join me.
I waited for you this morning.
You didn't come.
What's going on, my sweet Geneviève?
I don't want to do this anymore.
I thought that you
wanted to take your holy vows.
Did you speak to anyone?
I'm pregnant.
God says, "Take your only son,
the one you love, Isaac,
and offer him as a sacrifice."
God sometimes asks us
to make sacrifices to please Him.
He is testing us.
Do you understand, Geneviève?
You want to sacrifice the child?
But
God will punish us for this!
This child is one of sin,
your sin, Geneviève.
God knows very well you didn't give
yourself to me for His love, but by lust.
Everything about you is rotten, Geneviève.
You are a filthy vixen
who leads men into temptation!
The only way to save
your soul from damnation
is to erase your mistake.
Tomorrow, someone will
take you to Pont-à-Mousson,
and there,
a woman will take care of your problem.
And you'll be fine!
[dark music playing]
[Geneviève crying softly]
[dark music continues]
[crying]
[Agnès] Geneviève! Geneviève!
What's the matter, my child?
Talk to me! What's going on?
Father Vautrin, he came to see me.
He wants
He wants to sacrifice
my child to save my soul, and
[crying] And
To save your soul, Geneviève?
He just wants to get rid of the evidence.
And you know it!
It has nothing to do with sacrifice.
He abused you.
He raped you.
You have done nothing wrong, my child.
[dark music continues]
[door slams]
I know what you did to Geneviève.
How could you?
You are despicable!
Only God can judge men.
Do you think you are God, Mother Agnès?
God has already judged you.
And I'll ensure
that the diocese does the same.
[Vautrin] Hmm.
I wouldn't venture down
that road if I were you.
As in the kingdom of sins,
everyone is guilty.
And if you go to the diocese
don't forget to tell them
that you broke your vows.
With a German.
Hmm?
A spy, who knows?
[menacing music playing faintly]
It was moving
to witness your first time.
Hmm?
Think about it.
Do not jeopardize
the peace of the convent.
Let's keep the peace
since you and I have done nothing wrong.
[menacing music continues]
[suspenseful music playing]
[door opens]
[suspenseful music continues]
[gasps]
[suspenseful music continues]
[dramatic music playing]
[bell tolling]
- [bell tolling]
- [dramatic music continues]
[Agnès gasps loudly]
[exclaiming indistinctly]
[Agnès exclaims hysterically]
[Agnès yells] Help! Help!
[yells] Help me!
Help! Please help! Help!
[sweeping music playing]