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CLOCK CHIMING

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-BREAKS WIND

-Whoops!

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-WHISPERING:

-Your Majesty. You stink in my linen.

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-GIRL:

-Papa, we've made you breakfast.

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Only Francoise is too little to carry the tray,

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so we have Philippe to help.

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-BOY #1:

-Yes, Uncle. I am the strongest.

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-BOY #2:

-I could carry it.

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Indeed, but you're engaged presently in being changed.

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Go quick and then we shall eat on your return.

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-Good morning, Majesty!

-My queen.

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-How did you sleep, my sweet?

-I sleep wonderful, Majesty.

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How handsome you look today.

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Thank you, my dear.

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It's today I must wear my new gown, Sire.

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In the evening.

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Not now.

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KING LOUIS: Be it known that we intend to hold court

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at the Palace of Versailles

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within the coming month of May.

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Clap.

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Do you see how important it is to elicit the appropriate response?

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Yes.

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KING LOUIS: To this auspicious end,

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the finest examples of humanity

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shall embody the true glory of France

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in a palace of eternal and resounding splendour.

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Take note.

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Your eloquence they must love,

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your demeanour they must fear.

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I have further commanded

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that the greatest masters of France will realise this vision

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unparalleled in the history of the world

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in gardens of exquisite

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and matchless beauty.

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Heaven...

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..shall be here.

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COUGHS

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-MAN:

-The light is fading, master.

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Torches!

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SCRATCHING

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KNOCKING ON DOOR

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-LOUISE:

-Madame?

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Is it?

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A week tomorrow at 11:00.

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Don't forget about the length.

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If you stand on the hem, you'll rip it at the waist.

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It's pinching me here.

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LAUGHING

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Thank you.

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-SABINE:

-Master Le Notre,

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I am delighted to make your acquaintance.

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I've long been an admirer of your work.

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-DURAS:

-Le Notre?

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Too clever by half, if you ask me.

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And riding on his father's name.

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The strategy I employ is to imitate.

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They cannot resist flattery.

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'Tis all vanity to these bigwigs.

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Of course, once you're in, you must have the talent.

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Speaking of vanity,

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there's a hat, now, gentlemen.

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-LA VIELLE:

-Who is this person?

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-DURAS:

-That's Madame de Barra.

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I'm astounded by that.

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What of her reputation, do we know it?

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Certainly nothing to justify her presence here.

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Monsieur Mauve's plans.

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How many more candidates, Claude?

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Three more, monsieur, after this one, but the end is in sight.

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Dullness or disrespect, that is my apparent choice.

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If the king's demands were not so vast,

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I would build the gardens myself.

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Indeed, master.

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And in the meantime...

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Monsieur Mauve.

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-MAN:

-Madame de Barra.

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Monsieur Duras.

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-That a new coat?

-The wife's idea.

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Be covered in mud by Tuesday,

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but by then she thinks we'll have this job,

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so the coat will have been a worthwhile extravagance.

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Sound reasoning.

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Gentlemen, I've not had the pleasure.

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Jean Risse and Daniel Le Vielle,

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Madame Sabine de Barra.

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You're all here for the interview?

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We are, and you?

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The same.

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Been in Paris long, madame?

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Two years.

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-LA VIELLE:

-And you've worked for someone before that?

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I know all the contractors in the provinces.

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All the gentlemen, that is.

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There is no gentleman, monsieur.

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-I work for myself.

-CHUCKLES

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We all to be interviewed at this time?

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We're here early to spy out the other candidates.

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-I've been in already.

-Oh, how did you fare?

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Spent upwards of an hour with him.

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Very detailed examination of the work, so, you know, we shall see.

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You must have impressed him.

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I worked for his father.

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I'm not disheartened.

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DOOR OPENS, MEN LAUGHING

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He seems not disheartened, too.

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-CLAUDE:

-Madame de Barra.

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Well, gentlemen.

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Best of fates to you.

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Claude Moulin, madame.

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Secretary to Master Le Notre.

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Have you met the master before?

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I have not.

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QUILL SCRATCHING

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Madame.

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Sir.

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I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

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I have long been an admirer of your work.

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I am so pleased to attend...

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These are your plans, madame?

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Yes. Some are to be seen around the country.

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Others are still in progress,

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not yet completed.

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However, as required, there are two sets of plans to your instructions.

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The fifth and sixth, I believe.

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Perhaps at the bottom...

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I have examined them.

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Ah. So...

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May I ask you a question, madame?

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By all means, master.

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Are you a believer in order?

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-Order?

-Order over landscape?

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Well, I admire it.

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Looking at these plans, there seems to be no trace.

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I would not agree.

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I think there is pattern enough

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in number six to suggest absolutely...

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Do you believe in order over landscape?

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Order seems to demand that we look back to Rome or to the Renaissance.

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What I'm saying is, surely,

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isn't there something uniquely French

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as yet not celebrated by us?

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Which needs the rules of order to attain it.

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All of my work...

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..is based on a principle you choose to deny.

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I wonder that you tender yourself

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for a position with someone you believe...

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..to be outdated.

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Sir, I... I have nothing but admiration

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for the scale of your work.

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You were the first to use such techniques.

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I must apologise for any insult that I may have unwittingly...

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..offered you.

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Perhaps, madame,

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when you have been in the public eye

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and available for ridicule

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for as long as my family has,

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you will think again about this conversation.

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Good day to you.

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Three minutes, would you say?

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How was the interview? Well?

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Not so well.

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You have a preferred candidate, master?

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The king wants to improve on perfection

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and reach for the impossible.

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I'm surrounded by barbarians.

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No doubt it's death if I fail him.

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Prison, more like.

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Get your hands dirty, see what grows.

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That's what your father would have done.

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You once said, "No man, however grand,

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"knows what he wants until you give it to him."

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True.

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DOG BARKING, CHILD LAUGHS

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LAUGHTER CONTINUES

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CARRIAGE APPROACHING

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KNOCK ON DOOR

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-LOUISE:

-A gentleman wishes to see you.

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Monsieur Le Notre.

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-Here?

-Don't worry, I'll stay.

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Come on.

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-Oh!

-Here.

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Go on.

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Tell... Tell him one moment.

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Madame will be with you presently.

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My father taught me gardening.

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He encouraged me to see beauty and recreate it,

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not as an exercise, more as an act of faith.

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He told me that God put us first into a garden,

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and when we lost Eden, we were fated to search and reinvent it again,

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but only some of us have the gift of knowing this.

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Only some of us have that gift.

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I spied on you today before you attended the interview.

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You moved one of my pots.

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I did.

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I was curious.

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I will not take up too much of your time.

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I have been looking again at your plans.

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You did not care for them. I am none the less for it.

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In plain truth, I am used to it.

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I did not say I did not care for your plans.

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I said I could find no order in them.

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This abundance of chaos,

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this is your Eden?

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My search for it.

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I spoke today of the pressure of being in the public eye.

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I will spare you any repetition, but, madame, in my world,

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even anarchy is by royal command,

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and chaos must adhere to budget.

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Good evening.

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DOOR OPENS

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INDISTINCT CHATTER

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Later, messieurs.

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Gentlemen.

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LE NOTRE: Welcome to Versailles.

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You found your way here without too much effort, I hope.

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The map you sent was wonderfully accurate.

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I shall need it to get back out again.

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We shall be travelling about a bit.

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Madame de Barra, Monsieur Sualem and De Ville.

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They are building the Marly waterworks

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and an aqueduct from there to Versailles,

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which we hope will alleviate the severe water shortage here.

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-BOTH:

-Madame.

-Gentlemen.

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LE NOTRE: Madame de Barra will be constructing

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the Rockwork Grove here at Versailles.

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Water, or rather the lack of it,

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will be a pressing concern.

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Master, the king's ambitions are already...

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Are vast and ever changing, and our task is to meet them.

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With respect, no man can meet infinite demand.

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The king's commands are not infinite, De Ville.

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They are the king's commands.

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Well, quite so, but the aqueduct can only do so much.

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When we began construction,

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I was under the impression that...

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The past is history.

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Our task is to suppress nature to our will,

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according to the present plans.

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But, monsieur, the money being spent.

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The aqueduct will carry sufficient water

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to the gardens of Versailles because it must.

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That is your brief.

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Madame?

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It is essentially your plan,

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number six in your submission, I believe.

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This part is entirely original to myself.

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You see?

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It fits onto this end of your plan.

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Now you can see the extent of the enterprise.

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Yes.

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It's a large, flat area.

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An arena with tiered sides.

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Indeed.

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The orchestra

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will be up here.

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-SABINE:

-Orchestra?

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A ballroom.

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SIGHS

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It's an outdoor ballroom.

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LE NOTRE: There is a pool of builders.

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Select whatever supplies you care to.

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Commission whatever embellishments you think appropriate.

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Time is not unlimited.

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Here's the budget.

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Try not to exceed it.

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Master?

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Why me?

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These gardens should be large enough

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to embrace voices other than my own.

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GIRL: Mama!

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I'm coming.

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LE NOTRE: Madame de Barra.

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Monsieur, forgive me for disturbing you at home,

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but I've been reworking the plans.

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If... If we fill

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a reservoir at the top of the hill,

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we would have enough water to run the fountains

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and the building works.

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We don't need water continually if we just recycle it.

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Pressure will force it back up to the start again.

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And there's a river...

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..here, underground.

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-May I?

-Of course.

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Well, thank you, madame.

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I will examine these in more detail.

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I must apologise if this adds to the turmoil.

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I am trained to it.

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Like a good plant, I submit.

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-MADAME LE NOTRE:

-We waited an hour for a gaming table.

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Montespan and Lauzun had monopolized them.

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Anyway, then came the news her house was on fire.

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We felt sure this would end her winning streak.

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Apparently not. The marquise played on.

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Her children were safe, what could she do?

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She showed wonderful spirit and was clapped for it.

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How does this dress look on me, Andre?

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Andre, are you listening?

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You look very well in it.

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What are you studying that's so important?

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Some plans.

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Versailles.

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Are these the drawings that woman brought to the house?

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-They are.

-I see.

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Button these gloves for me, Andre.

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Blunt instruments.

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Perhaps that's what makes us a good match.

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You're creative,

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but unable for the more delicate manoeuvres.

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Don't forget that, Andre.

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I'm the expert.

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You're merely the gardener, however grand.

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Without me to promote your interests, well,

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use your famous imagination.

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That's more than enough for one day.

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What...

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Where are you...

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Where are you going?

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MEN CHATTERING

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Luc?

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-LOUISE:

-The sight of you, madame.

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What time were you up this morning?

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Did you not sleep again?

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I don't remember.

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You must take more care.

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You'll never last at this rate.

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Then what will become of us?

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-I always think of something.

-Hmm.

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Came today.

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What does it say?

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What does it say?

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Anyone you know?

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Monsieur Duras.

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Need to know your way around the crews.

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Otherwise, you end up with the wasters.

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The lot you had before,

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they're cooling their heels on another site.

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Won't bother us again. Same with the timber suppliers.

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One of your friends at the interview recommended them.

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Perhaps he hadn't thought it through.

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And you have?

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If you fail, we all fail.

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Not pretty, I'll grant, but it's true.

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So...

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So, I learned after some inquiries

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who had the commissions, and everybody had good labourers

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coming out their ears except you.

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Thanks to your friends at the interview.

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Some men take losing harder than others.

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I, on the other hand, have a leviathan for a wife

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and am very used to being on the losing end.

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She issued very precise instructions

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which, as I say, I would never dare go against.

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Instructions?

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"Ask her for work."

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Well, a man snaps like a carrot exposed to the leviathan.

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Besides, I have little ones.

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They make me proud,

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even if I am humbled elsewhere.

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Can I take this off now?

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CHUCKLES

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I've been issued an invitation to the Louvre.

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Gracious me.

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Supper, too, I expect. Very nice.

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Will there be others there?

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CROWD CHATTERING LOUDLY

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APPLAUSE

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KING LOUIS: Versailles shall be the heart of our kingdom,

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inhabited by the finest examples of humanity,

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fit for the gods of old to behold

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and finding their echo in gardens

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where each new turn brings another excitement.

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Fountains whose gentle flow

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is balm enough to ease a ringing ear.

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Scented groves of orange blossom blown by temperate winds.

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KING LOUIS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY

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What light, what beauty, what hope.

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Versailles, Versailles...

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..Versailles.

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APPLAUSE

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CROWD CHATTERING LOUDLY

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Oh, pardon me.

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I believe this is the way forward, madame.

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Some cool night air is, I think,

0:32:220:32:25

in order, madame, do you not?

0:32:250:32:27

Oh.

0:32:270:32:28

Thank you.

0:32:280:32:29

BREATHES DEEPLY

0:32:290:32:31

Your first time at court, madame?

0:32:310:32:33

Is... Is that where I am?

0:32:330:32:35

Where did you imagine yourself to be?

0:32:350:32:37

Well, I don't know.

0:32:370:32:39

A reception for the gardeners of Versailles.

0:32:400:32:44

-CHUCKLES

-A sort of shed affair?

0:32:440:32:45

How exquisite.

0:32:450:32:46

A tiara amongst the weeds.

0:32:460:32:49

I think I...

0:32:490:32:50

I have underestimated the event on some level, monsieur.

0:32:500:32:53

Antoine Nompar de Caumont,

0:32:530:32:55

Marquis de Puyguilhem, Duc de Lauzun.

0:32:550:32:57

Antoine.

0:32:590:33:00

-Sabine de Barra.

-Charmed.

0:33:010:33:03

Now, let me give you the grand tour.

0:33:030:33:05

What do you know of us, madame, we mice in a trap?

0:33:070:33:10

Not a thing, I'm sorry to say.

0:33:110:33:14

Winter, summer, autumn, spring, we are here.

0:33:140:33:17

We may not leave without permission of the king.

0:33:170:33:20

Yes, mice in a trap.

0:33:210:33:23

A small community, there's only about 2,000 of us.

0:33:230:33:26

Everybody knows everybody else.

0:33:260:33:29

Everybody has worked their way through the group.

0:33:290:33:32

"Worked their way through"?

0:33:320:33:33

Fought with, had an affair with, that kind of thing.

0:33:330:33:37

Marquise de Montespan. Late, as usual.

0:33:420:33:45

She's the king's mistress. Has at least four of his children,

0:33:450:33:47

but his attention has wandered.

0:33:470:33:49

Now there is a new star rising.

0:33:490:33:51

-Oh?

-Madame de Maintenon.

0:33:510:33:53

-And she is here?

-Devoted to God.

0:33:540:33:56

Never attends anything as frivolous as a party,

0:33:560:33:58

unlike some people.

0:33:580:33:59

Don't look. They're talking about us.

0:33:590:34:01

Madame de Barra.

0:34:010:34:03

You are...

0:34:040:34:05

Am I... Am I late?

0:34:070:34:09

No.

0:34:090:34:10

-Early?

-No.

0:34:100:34:12

What, then?

0:34:120:34:13

Here.

0:34:150:34:16

One of your gardeners? Perfect.

0:34:160:34:18

I must accompany the marquise to supper.

0:34:180:34:21

I could surrender my new friend into your care?

0:34:210:34:22

Of course.

0:34:220:34:24

Guard her well, monsieur.

0:34:240:34:25

The vultures are circling.

0:34:250:34:27

It has been my pleasure.

0:34:270:34:29

Madame?

0:34:290:34:30

-SABINE:

-It seems an extraordinary life.

0:34:410:34:43

But you may come and go?

0:34:450:34:47

Oh, yes.

0:34:470:34:48

I'm out and about.

0:34:480:34:50

And now they're all moving to Versailles.

0:34:500:34:53

To a village.

0:34:530:34:54

Will you not join them?

0:34:540:34:56

I would go slowly mad.

0:34:560:34:58

Oh.

0:34:580:35:00

Do they think of you as a vegetable grower or something?

0:35:000:35:02

You show no consideration for my vanity, madame.

0:35:030:35:06

I'm quite sure you possess none.

0:35:060:35:08

What of you, Madame Sabine de Barra?

0:35:080:35:12

Are you prone?

0:35:120:35:13

You remember my hat?

0:35:130:35:14

It would be impossible to forget.

0:35:160:35:17

It was a considerable expense.

0:35:170:35:19

And entirely unnecessary.

0:35:190:35:21

-MAN:

-Nolly!

0:35:210:35:23

My dear old cabbage!

0:35:230:35:25

Monsieur.

0:35:250:35:26

Give me a kiss instantly or I shall take grave offence.

0:35:260:35:29

-What a splendid hat.

-Do you think so?

0:35:290:35:31

I'm trying it out, I never wear a hat.

0:35:310:35:33

-No.

-Fear of squashing my wig.

0:35:330:35:36

But who's this?

0:35:360:35:37

Dear lady, you are prostrate. Allow me.

0:35:370:35:39

May I present

0:35:390:35:41

His Royal Highness Philippe, Duke of Orleans?

0:35:410:35:43

Your Highness, this is Madame Sabine de Barra.

0:35:440:35:46

-PHILIPPE:

-Delighted, madame.

0:35:460:35:48

How is it that a woman of such exquisite taste

0:35:480:35:51

falls in with a clay kicker like Andre here?

0:35:510:35:53

I must confess to being a clay kicker myself, Your Highness.

0:35:530:35:57

I am working for the master at Versailles.

0:35:570:35:59

I am unable to picture it.

0:35:590:36:00

Do tell us how it is that you are.

0:36:000:36:02

CLEARS THROAT

0:36:020:36:03

Oh. May I present Marquis du Vasse?

0:36:030:36:05

-Master Le Notre, Madame de Barra.

-Delighted.

0:36:050:36:07

-PHILIPPE:

-But the mystery remains, madame.

0:36:070:36:09

What is a woman of such restrained sophistication

0:36:090:36:11

doing with Nolly here?

0:36:110:36:12

I speak from the opposite end of the fashion scale.

0:36:120:36:14

I don't apologise for it, I like it about myself.

0:36:140:36:17

Answer, madame. Stop me talking.

0:36:170:36:19

It was the only thing I knew how to do, for money.

0:36:200:36:23

And you enjoy your profession? It stimulates you?

0:36:230:36:26

It has seen me through some very hard times

0:36:260:36:28

and allowed me to be independent.

0:36:280:36:29

PRINCESS PALATINE: Dearest!

0:36:290:36:31

I simply do as I am told.

0:36:310:36:33

Even down to marrying large German women.

0:36:330:36:36

Though, I confess, I like her better than my last wife,

0:36:360:36:38

who is dead as a doornail now, thank God.

0:36:380:36:40

Do kiss me, husband. I am in need of affection.

0:36:400:36:44

It is wonderful to have access to one's spouse.

0:36:450:36:49

My dear, we're being very rude.

0:36:490:36:50

Princess Palatine, Duchess of Orleans,

0:36:500:36:52

may I present Madame de Barra, who...

0:36:520:36:54

Nolly, what is Madame de Barra engaged to do?

0:36:540:36:57

Hold for this, my dear, it will interest you.

0:36:570:36:59

She is to build a water cascade at Versailles.

0:36:590:37:02

Nothing like it will exist in the gardens.

0:37:020:37:04

PRINCESS PALATINE: How fascinating.

0:37:040:37:05

I am a great admirer of engineering.

0:37:050:37:07

Madame, you must promise to show us.

0:37:070:37:09

Perhaps Your Highnesses

0:37:090:37:11

would care to take lunch at the Louveciennes aqueduct?

0:37:110:37:13

Is it in the country?

0:37:130:37:15

I always disappear in the country.

0:37:150:37:17

But now that we are to move out to Versailles,

0:37:170:37:19

I shall become a human jellyfish.

0:37:190:37:22

A miserable, formless being.

0:37:220:37:24

We should love to come, Master Le Notre.

0:37:240:37:26

WHISPERING

0:37:260:37:28

Everybody should really attend, I imagine.

0:37:290:37:31

Come, Madame de Barra.

0:37:310:37:32

Take a turnabout with me and tell me of your scheme.

0:37:320:37:35

With pleasure, Your Highness.

0:37:350:37:36

-PHILIPPE:

-Well, Nolly, Madame de Barra has certainly thrilled my dearest.

0:37:390:37:43

Has she thrilled you also?

0:37:430:37:45

She's very diverting and extremely clever at what she does, I think.

0:37:460:37:50

Do you indeed?

0:37:500:37:51

I am glad.

0:37:510:37:53

Good man.

0:37:530:37:54

Macaroon?

0:38:030:38:05

Thank you, sire.

0:38:050:38:06

My speech went down well, I thought.

0:38:100:38:13

It did.

0:38:130:38:14

"The finest examples of humanity" certainly enjoyed it.

0:38:140:38:17

We may be building with stone, but I can tell you it's a feather

0:38:200:38:23

compared to the weight of the state.

0:38:230:38:25

My brother tells me you're inviting

0:38:280:38:29

new ideas into the gardens. Why?

0:38:290:38:32

I've been persuaded to expand my horizons.

0:38:320:38:34

Have they been tested?

0:38:340:38:36

They are, in my opinion, appropriate.

0:38:360:38:37

Appropriate?

0:38:390:38:40

Last year, we had the Nymphs and Shepherds costume party,

0:38:440:38:47

and it was not a bit funny, all those haggard faces under flaxen wigs.

0:38:470:38:50

We looked ancient.

0:38:500:38:51

I want a window to perfection

0:38:510:38:53

so that people can see the very best of themselves.

0:38:530:38:56

We've grown too old for jokes.

0:38:560:38:59

The work will be original but balanced.

0:39:000:39:02

The responsibility will be mine.

0:39:030:39:05

Yes.

0:39:060:39:08

It will.

0:39:090:39:11

-MADAME LE NOTRE:

-Andre.

0:39:170:39:18

I did not see you there in the gloom.

0:39:190:39:21

Did you enjoy your evening?

0:39:270:39:29

As much, I imagine, as you did yours.

0:39:290:39:32

I did not expect to see you there.

0:39:320:39:34

You were with that woman.

0:39:440:39:45

Clear!

0:41:140:41:15

PEOPLE GASPING

0:41:280:41:29

ROCKS TUMBLING

0:41:310:41:33

You are reckless, madame.

0:41:390:41:41

# When youth has gone by

0:41:480:41:53

# The Phoenix will die

0:41:530:41:58

# In glorious splendour

0:41:580:42:06

# So men desire

0:42:070:42:12

# A woman's bright fire

0:42:120:42:17

# Before life is ended

0:42:170:42:25

# To love as you die

0:42:250:42:31

# Is a sweet goodbye

0:42:310:42:34

# To love as you die

0:42:340:42:40

# Is a sweet goodbye. #

0:42:400:42:44

APPLAUSE

0:42:440:42:46

I think you all, but especially the marquis. I croak unaccompanied.

0:42:470:42:52

LAUGHTER

0:42:520:42:53

PRINCESS PALATINE: Do you know that my husband and the marquis are lovers?

0:43:030:43:06

It has not stopped us having children, and he loved them dearly.

0:43:060:43:10

In battle, he's immensely brave.

0:43:110:43:13

And he has a good heart.

0:43:140:43:16

I am happy with my choice.

0:43:160:43:18

-PHILIPPE:

-Another thing about the country...

0:43:400:43:42

..is the muck.

0:43:430:43:44

One encounters it everywhere.

0:43:460:43:48

Or beasts making muck.

0:43:480:43:50

The country is full of muck.

0:43:520:43:54

-You sang beautifully.

-Thank you.

0:44:020:44:05

I sometimes feel entirely defeated by life's extremities.

0:44:100:44:13

When I come to a place like this...

0:44:160:44:18

..gradually, a small courage takes hold of me

0:44:190:44:22

and I feel fitter for things.

0:44:220:44:24

-SABINE:

-Do you feel that way often?

0:44:250:44:27

LE NOTRE: More so with time.

0:44:270:44:29

Your wife does not accompany you ever?

0:44:340:44:36

That is, she does not come out with you,

0:44:370:44:40

other times, besides now?

0:44:400:44:43

You're very direct, madame.

0:44:450:44:47

We have an arrangement.

0:44:540:44:56

I feel disloyal in discussing such matters.

0:44:580:45:00

You are also married?

0:45:020:45:04

No.

0:45:060:45:08

My husband died.

0:45:100:45:12

I'm sorry.

0:45:120:45:13

Today you said I was reckless,

0:45:150:45:18

but to be reckless is to abandon safety,

0:45:180:45:21

but I think maybe it is safety that has abandoned me.

0:45:210:45:26

What is it?

0:45:440:45:46

Nothing.

0:45:490:45:51

It...

0:45:510:45:52

I would like to walk on.

0:45:570:45:59

Of course.

0:45:590:46:00

Come.

0:46:030:46:04

There's something you should see.

0:46:040:46:06

It's a shrine.

0:46:200:46:21

HORSE APPROACHING

0:47:020:47:04

The queen is dead.

0:47:190:47:22

BOTH GRUNTING

0:47:270:47:28

PANTING

0:47:380:47:39

So kind.

0:47:540:47:55

So quick.

0:47:550:47:56

-MADAME LE NOTRE:

-Did you have fun on your picnic, Andre?

0:48:170:48:19

I take it, madame, you are unaware of events?

0:48:220:48:25

Events?

0:48:250:48:27

What do you mean, events?

0:48:270:48:28

The queen is dead, madame.

0:48:280:48:31

-The queen?

-Is dead.

0:48:310:48:33

The king could marry again?

0:48:370:48:39

But no longer to your friend, the marquise, I think.

0:48:390:48:42

I feel sorry for Montespan.

0:48:420:48:44

Tread carefully, madame.

0:48:470:48:48

MAN #1: More on the wagon!

0:49:010:49:03

-MAN #2:

-No, the other one.

0:49:030:49:04

MAN #1: I want the seasoned wood.

0:49:060:49:07

Seasoned.

0:49:070:49:08

-MAN #3:

-Here, pass it here.

0:49:170:49:18

Madame de Barra.

0:49:350:49:36

Master.

0:49:410:49:43

You've made some progress here.

0:49:430:49:44

I have a new foreman.

0:49:440:49:46

Monsieur Duras.

0:49:460:49:48

We've had to drain the soil below the fountain.

0:49:550:49:58

The ground is waterlogged.

0:49:580:50:00

It's a problem common to the gardens.

0:50:000:50:02

Thank you.

0:50:300:50:32

Do you sometimes forget to eat?

0:50:370:50:39

CHUCKLES

0:50:390:50:40

This is pate from Madame de la Tour.

0:50:430:50:46

She feeds the ducks on seaweed.

0:50:460:50:48

It was all she could afford.

0:50:500:50:52

Virtue from necessity.

0:50:520:50:54

CHUCKLES

0:50:590:51:00

What amuses you?

0:51:010:51:02

There was an Irish woman who died,

0:51:040:51:05

and her husband put on her tombstone,

0:51:050:51:07

"Here lies Eleanor Fitzgerald.

0:51:070:51:10

"Her virtues exceeded her failings."

0:51:100:51:12

How noble of him.

0:51:130:51:15

You think he showed her that before she died?

0:51:150:51:17

I'd have stuck an arrow in his eye.

0:51:170:51:19

Perhaps he was being truthful.

0:51:200:51:22

How is the king?

0:51:280:51:29

Shocked, I believe.

0:51:320:51:33

Poor little Spanish woman.

0:51:340:51:36

Has her head chopped off and her organs laid out neatly.

0:51:370:51:39

And all her friends, her maids, everyone,

0:51:390:51:42

must gather around the table.

0:51:420:51:44

Why would they chop her head off?

0:51:460:51:48

To see what she died of.

0:51:480:51:49

You must attend the funeral, I suppose?

0:51:520:51:55

Well, I should go.

0:52:000:52:02

KNOCK ON DOOR

0:52:290:52:30

It is I, King Monsieur.

0:52:320:52:34

May I?

0:52:340:52:35

Come, then, brother.

0:52:370:52:38

If the king does not eat, France does not eat.

0:52:400:52:43

I shall feed France,

0:52:430:52:45

and you must put up with it.

0:52:450:52:47

I'm not hungry.

0:52:470:52:49

I have rose jellies.

0:52:490:52:50

Have you lemon?

0:52:560:52:57

I wish to go to Marly.

0:53:110:53:13

And I wish to be alone.

0:53:140:53:16

Try not to bend the tops.

0:53:480:53:49

HORSE NEIGHING

0:55:130:55:15

My beauties.

0:56:000:56:02

CARRIAGE APPROACHING

0:56:080:56:10

WHISPERS

0:56:300:56:31

Monsieur de la Quintinie?

0:58:010:58:02

Madame Sabine de Barra.

0:58:080:58:09

I'm very happy to meet you.

0:58:100:58:12

I am directed by the Office of Buildings of Versailles

0:58:120:58:15

to order shrubs, such as I require, from your good self.

0:58:150:58:18

I have brought with me a selection of perennials

0:58:200:58:22

I thought we might exchange.

0:58:220:58:23

Is this the Four Seasons?

0:58:300:58:32

Yes, I believe so.

0:58:360:58:38

Mmm.

0:58:400:58:41

Divine.

0:58:410:58:42

Good colour, too.

0:58:430:58:45

You say you have a selection of plants?

0:58:450:58:47

I had them unloaded into a little cart,

0:58:470:58:49

intending to have them conveyed here,

0:58:490:58:51

but there seems to be no-one about.

0:58:510:58:53

I wished to be alone, I had them sent away.

0:58:530:58:55

If you wish to be alone, I could come back.

0:58:560:58:58

No, no, no.

0:58:580:58:59

I find you are the very company I need today.

0:58:590:59:01

Nothing would suit me better than for me...

0:59:040:59:07

..the king's gardener...

0:59:100:59:12

..to take some advice on perennials.

0:59:130:59:15

Allow me, madame, to assist you.

0:59:190:59:21

Hmm.

0:59:210:59:23

Most kind, monsieur.

0:59:230:59:25

You are a devoted pear man, master.

0:59:280:59:31

I quite like them, not overly.

0:59:310:59:33

Oh...

0:59:340:59:35

I think the master is playing a trick on me.

0:59:350:59:38

A trick?

0:59:390:59:40

Well, yes, I do know of your book on pears.

0:59:400:59:43

My book on pears?

0:59:440:59:46

Oh, yes, I have written a book on pears.

0:59:490:59:51

I believe I said I liked them a lot in my book.

0:59:530:59:56

I believe you did.

0:59:560:59:58

And perennials.

0:59:591:00:00

You like flowers, master?

1:00:031:00:04

Madame de Barra, I love all flowers passionately.

1:00:041:00:07

However, I am banished from using as many as I would like

1:00:071:00:09

at Versailles by the Master Le Notre.

1:00:091:00:11

He indulges me in a few small parterres.

1:00:111:00:14

I'd hoped to be able to convert him when we took up residence.

1:00:141:00:16

However...

1:00:161:00:18

Oh!

1:00:211:00:22

You're wise to me now, madame.

1:00:241:00:26

May we ignore all that and continue as before?

1:00:301:00:33

Today, I am...

1:00:361:00:38

..Monsieur de la Quintinie.

1:00:391:00:42

Indeed.

1:00:421:00:43

And you are.

1:00:441:00:45

You are the better for the move to Versailles, sire?

1:00:501:00:52

Very much.

1:00:521:00:54

It's good for the children to be away from the city.

1:00:541:00:56

I know it's a crush for everybody.

1:00:561:00:58

I felt, though, that I should never get the builders out

1:00:581:01:01

unless I moved in.

1:01:011:01:03

You are familiar with builders, Madame de Barra?

1:01:031:01:06

At present, I am building in your gardens at Versailles.

1:01:061:01:10

Which construction would that be?

1:01:101:01:13

The Rockwork Grove.

1:01:131:01:14

I am familiar with it.

1:01:161:01:17

I cannot claim it entirely as my own.

1:01:171:01:20

Master Le Notre took a simple sketch of mine

1:01:201:01:23

and made it outstanding, so...

1:01:231:01:26

You see my reluctance.

1:01:271:01:30

You admire the master, madame?

1:01:301:01:32

He is the most complete person I know.

1:01:351:01:38

You make me lonely for someone to describe me thus.

1:01:401:01:43

These are your flowers?

1:01:491:01:51

My wife died recently.

1:02:261:02:29

Did you hear?

1:02:291:02:30

I did, sire.

1:02:311:02:32

I remember the day of your marriage.

1:02:341:02:37

I hope so, it cost enough.

1:02:371:02:38

Though her father paid for a large portion.

1:02:401:02:43

Astray in his wits, bless him.

1:02:451:02:48

A long bloodline, never a good thing.

1:02:481:02:50

She was an innocent, really.

1:02:521:02:55

But she was nice.

1:02:581:02:59

And devoted to me.

1:03:011:03:03

I found this after she died.

1:03:071:03:09

It's just an account of our lives.

1:03:111:03:15

The writing's like a child's. CHUCKLES

1:03:151:03:17

You see here?

1:03:171:03:19

"Today I saved a flower from His Majesty."

1:03:201:03:23

And then the time and the place.

1:03:231:03:25

This little woman's secret life.

1:03:291:03:32

I feel the loss of it.

1:03:351:03:37

I should like to marry again.

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This time someone I choose,

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not the state.

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Has Your Majesty someone in mind?

1:03:511:03:52

I have, but the lady's very pious.

1:03:521:03:54

Most evenings I stroll over to her rooms, and we just sit and talk.

1:03:561:04:01

But it is the ease of it I like.

1:04:021:04:05

The ease.

1:04:071:04:09

Unfortunately, she is of no birth,

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so, you see, I am at a little impasse.

1:04:151:04:17

If you were to be married to

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the lady of your choosing...

1:04:241:04:25

..would it be necessary for everyone to know?

1:04:271:04:30

If the ceremony were private, between the couple...

1:04:301:04:34

..who would be in a position to argue the outcome?

1:04:361:04:38

They would be foolish to do so afterwards, when it was done.

1:04:381:04:41

Mmm.

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Yes.

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SIGHS

1:04:501:04:51

So much to contend.

1:04:511:04:53

And what of you, Madame de Barra?

1:04:591:05:01

What pulse drives you?

1:05:031:05:06

There is someone you love?

1:05:061:05:07

I cannot say.

1:05:091:05:11

Why?

1:05:121:05:13

Because... Because of something private.

1:05:161:05:19

What is so private that it cannot be shared in love?

1:05:191:05:22

The time has come, madame,

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for us both to face down our past

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and live in the present.

1:05:281:05:30

I shall write a letter from one gardener to another,

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shall we say, in return for seeds sown.

1:05:371:05:41

It will bring you to the court...

1:05:411:05:43

..where my eye...

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..will always be on you.

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I shall not forget our day in the garden, Madame de Barra.

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DOOR CLOSES

1:06:021:06:04

FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING

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-MADAME LE NOTRE:

-Are you still fiddling with your bits, Andre?

1:06:111:06:14

It helps me think.

1:06:141:06:16

For you.

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It has the fleur-de-lis.

1:06:181:06:19

Is it from the king, I wonder?

1:06:231:06:25

Is it an invitation?

1:06:311:06:32

There is something you need, madame?

1:06:341:06:36

Andre? So secret?

1:06:361:06:38

I must inform you, since you ask,

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that I leave for Fontainebleau at the end of the week.

1:06:411:06:43

Fontainebleau?

1:06:431:06:45

I was not aware there were activities.

1:06:451:06:48

The marquise must have forgotten.

1:06:481:06:49

I will travel there alone.

1:06:491:06:51

Plainly, madame, that is the position.

1:06:521:06:54

If you will excuse me.

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Madame de Barra.

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Is she an aspect of your life I must now include?

1:06:591:07:02

Andre, a builder?

1:07:021:07:05

I'm a builder, madame.

1:07:051:07:06

You are funded by that profession.

1:07:061:07:08

-LAUGHS

-Very amusing.

1:07:081:07:11

Perhaps that is the fantasy between you and she.

1:07:111:07:13

So be it.

1:07:131:07:14

However, I must request that

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you keep it separate from our lives.

1:07:161:07:18

If this liaison became common knowledge,

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it would make me a laughing stock.

1:07:191:07:21

It makes my flesh crawl.

1:07:211:07:22

I remind you, madame, that it was YOU who embarked on this path.

1:07:221:07:25

You and only you dictated how we live now,

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and you did it, madame,

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when I needed you most.

1:07:321:07:33

Andre.

1:07:331:07:35

I feel us at the edge of something here.

1:07:381:07:40

I'm trying to pull us back.

1:07:411:07:42

You knew the damage you inflicted,

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but you have been free to live your life as you wished

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without embarrassment from me.

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I ask you now to extend me the same courtesy.

1:07:491:07:52

Andre, you must make the sensible choice here.

1:07:541:07:56

Do not exclude me, I beg you.

1:07:561:07:58

I begged you once.

1:08:021:08:04

Do you remember?

1:08:041:08:05

Allow me to give you the same advice you gave me then.

1:08:051:08:08

You said, "It is a matter of feeling special.

1:08:081:08:10

"If we are unable, one, to make the other feel special,

1:08:111:08:15

"we must just accept it,

1:08:151:08:17

"seek comfort elsewhere

1:08:171:08:19

"with others.

1:08:191:08:21

"It is an honest contract, my dear.

1:08:221:08:23

"You'll grow used to it."

1:08:241:08:26

That is what you said.

1:08:271:08:29

DOOR OPENS

1:08:341:08:35

DOOR CLOSES

1:08:391:08:40

THUNDER RUMBLING

1:08:401:08:42

What's the root ball like?

1:08:561:08:57

It's a bit dry.

1:08:591:09:01

Soak them overnight.

1:09:011:09:02

You may not need to.

1:09:021:09:04

Just secure them, then.

1:09:041:09:05

We should cover these tiers.

1:09:061:09:07

I need more rope.

1:09:171:09:18

I need more food.

1:09:181:09:20

In the warm.

1:09:201:09:21

You go on, I'll follow.

1:09:211:09:23

-MADAME LE NOTRE:

-Madame de Barra.

1:09:341:09:36

My name is Le Notre.

1:09:411:09:43

Madame.

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Did you ever see someone

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and know that they were to play a role in your life?

1:09:531:09:55

You're a widow, I believe.

1:09:571:09:59

How lonely that must be.

1:09:591:10:01

I've known for some time that Andre had some secret happiness,

1:10:031:10:08

but my husband's ambitions are married only to mine.

1:10:081:10:11

You're not the first diversion,

1:10:121:10:14

and I believe at the moment,

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not the only one.

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You will come and you will go.

1:10:181:10:20

Understand me, madame.

1:10:221:10:24

It suits my husband and I this way.

1:10:251:10:27

Pretty thing.

1:10:421:10:43

-VINCENT:

-We found the sluice gate that connects the reservoir to the fountain.

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If we fill it, the pressure in the pipes will build,

1:11:141:11:17

and we can flood the grove.

1:11:171:11:18

Do it.

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Later.

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THUNDER RUMBLING

1:11:291:11:31

BOTH GRUNTING

1:12:131:12:14

THUNDER CRACKING

1:12:291:12:30

RINGING

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-DURAS:

-Use the wood to hold it down!

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The sluice gate must be open!

1:13:131:13:14

We need more hands!

1:13:141:13:16

Then pray.

1:13:161:13:17

To hell with that.

1:13:181:13:19

GRUNTS

1:13:421:13:43

SCREAMS

1:14:421:14:43

GASPS

1:14:531:14:54

CRIES OUT

1:15:101:15:11

Thank you.

1:15:461:15:47

Will it mend?

1:15:581:16:00

It will mend.

1:16:001:16:02

The tiers were too weak.

1:16:031:16:05

The gate was left open.

1:16:051:16:07

You cannot be blamed for that, or the storm.

1:16:071:16:09

What should I do?

1:16:131:16:14

Adapt.

1:16:141:16:16

Like a well-trained plant?

1:16:181:16:20

Like a well-trained plant.

1:16:211:16:23

Am I part of an amusement for you?

1:16:291:16:32

Not at all.

1:16:331:16:34

I'm unused to all this.

1:16:351:16:37

Is it honest?

1:16:411:16:42

-Are you?

-No.

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I have not been honest since I watched you in my garden.

1:16:481:16:50

Your heart beats fiercely. Mine just ticks.

1:16:521:16:54

I have not gifts to offer such a wonder.

1:16:571:16:59

If you are hungry, I'll feed you.

1:17:021:17:04

If I am mad, you will tell me.

1:17:061:17:07

You are not mad.

1:17:081:17:10

You don't know all of me yet.

1:17:111:17:13

Are you hungry?

1:17:181:17:19

Starving.

1:17:211:17:22

SABINE SOBS

1:17:391:17:40

LE NOTRE: Are you not happy?

1:17:401:17:41

Yes.

1:17:431:17:44

That's what is making me cry.

1:17:461:17:48

I can't.

1:18:021:18:04

I can't.

1:18:091:18:11

Don't ask me.

1:18:111:18:12

-KING LOUIS:

-What am I to say? "It is original"?

1:19:051:19:08

"Continue indefinitely"?

1:19:081:19:10

Do you expect that of us?

1:19:101:19:11

You've been working with Madame de Barra.

1:19:141:19:16

Are you committed to this design?

1:19:171:19:19

-DURAS:

-If I may say, Your Majesty,

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I was just as sceptical as you are in the beginning, like.

1:19:211:19:23

But now?

1:19:231:19:24

I'm a convert, so to speak, Your Majesty.

1:19:241:19:26

Even now, the setbacks were due to nature, sire.

1:19:261:19:29

Perfection does not bow to nature.

1:19:291:19:30

What on earth are those things?

1:19:301:19:32

-DURAS:

-Well, sire, I'm glad you asked me that, because that, really,

1:19:321:19:35

is what Madame de Barra is.

1:19:351:19:37

Odd, sire.

1:19:371:19:38

May I show Your Majesty?

1:19:381:19:39

You will recall what I said about Nymphs and Shepherds.

1:19:491:19:53

As we age, we see things more clearly.

1:19:531:19:56

This project...

1:19:571:19:58

..is it worthy of us?

1:20:001:20:02

There's no precedent for Madame de Barra's vision.

1:20:081:20:10

Trust is all we can give to those who reach into the new, sire.

1:20:121:20:15

But when beauty can be described with such imagination,

1:20:171:20:19

then her art, above all I know...

1:20:191:20:22

..is worthy of the king.

1:20:231:20:24

I see only mud.

1:20:281:20:30

Your words we will weigh later.

1:20:331:20:35

For now, inform Madame de Barra

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that I shall see her at Fontainebleau.

1:20:391:20:41

Andre?

1:21:171:21:18

Well, look who's here?!

1:21:321:21:33

Were you here all night?

1:21:411:21:43

He said all he could see was mud.

1:21:431:21:45

This will all work out.

1:21:471:21:50

I can call in some favours owed.

1:21:501:21:51

We can...double our hours,

1:21:511:21:53

and with the extra work force we'll get through it.

1:21:531:21:56

But you need to be the boss man.

1:21:561:21:57

Charm them all. As well as His Majesty.

1:21:571:22:00

Think you can remember how to?

1:22:001:22:03

Charm them?

1:22:031:22:04

The master's with you, anyway.

1:22:041:22:07

Did you hear him out there?

1:22:071:22:08

Hmm.

1:22:101:22:12

Looked as if he hadn't slept either.

1:22:121:22:14

I wondered when that fire would get lit.

1:22:181:22:21

I do not know...

1:22:341:22:36

..what story this tells

1:22:371:22:40

or what harm it is part of.

1:22:401:22:42

This is a bad end for both of us...

1:22:441:22:46

..and I am sorry for it.

1:22:471:22:49

-ANTOINE:

-Welcome to Fontainebleau.

1:23:401:23:42

-SABINE:

-Antoine.

-How beautiful you look.

1:23:421:23:44

I believe it is compulsory.

1:23:451:23:47

Indeed. However, some of the ladies find it more of a challenge.

1:23:471:23:49

I am bound to say, I see no trace of that challenge in you.

1:23:491:23:52

Do not talk to me about it, madame.

1:23:521:23:53

I am ruined by the expense, and worse,

1:23:531:23:55

it is interfering with my gaming.

1:23:551:23:57

I must confess that escorting you down is something of a coup.

1:23:591:24:01

How so?

1:24:031:24:04

There are several parties who are anxious to meet you.

1:24:041:24:07

I am no-one.

1:24:071:24:08

What could the interest be?

1:24:081:24:10

Madame, you answer yourself.

1:24:101:24:12

You see how they look at you?

1:24:121:24:14

You are no-one where everybody is someone,

1:24:141:24:16

and yet you are here.

1:24:161:24:18

That makes you more the someone.

1:24:181:24:20

Especially if you have conversation.

1:24:201:24:22

Words just tumble.

1:24:221:24:23

LAUGHING

1:24:231:24:24

You see?

1:24:261:24:27

People are looking our way with interest, because of my mirth.

1:24:271:24:30

But the hordes may not have you yet.

1:24:301:24:32

I am under strict instruction to convey you to one person in particular.

1:24:321:24:35

The Marquise de Montespan.

1:24:351:24:37

Heavens, the lengths I've had to go to, madame.

1:24:371:24:39

I have had to bribe, lie and use every form of deception to meet you.

1:24:391:24:43

How much did you pay the maitre d'hotel?

1:24:431:24:45

Five gold louis. Was that too much?

1:24:451:24:47

Money well spent.

1:24:471:24:48

Lauzun, I love you dearly.

1:24:481:24:50

Kiss me now and leave me to explore my prize.

1:24:501:24:52

I shall enjoy you later.

1:24:521:24:54

-Madame.

-Good fortune at the tables.

1:24:541:24:56

I feel lucky tonight.

1:24:561:24:58

My dearest friend and a most divine lover.

1:24:581:25:01

What can I say, madame?

1:25:011:25:02

Events overtook us before I had the king's interest.

1:25:021:25:05

Is this your first time at Fontainebleau?

1:25:051:25:07

-It is.

-Have you no birth?

1:25:071:25:08

Not a drop. No blood whatsoever.

1:25:081:25:10

You are here entirely on your own merits.

1:25:101:25:13

I know a famous man.

1:25:131:25:14

Ah, I see.

1:25:141:25:15

I was going to offer you Lauzun,

1:25:151:25:16

but you're ahead of the game.

1:25:161:25:17

-Athenais.

-Palatine.

1:25:171:25:20

And Madame de Barra.

1:25:231:25:25

I'm so happy to see you again.

1:25:251:25:27

Princess.

1:25:271:25:28

Oh, please, call me madame.

1:25:281:25:30

It's affectionate, and everybody does.

1:25:301:25:31

Come. My secret space.

1:25:311:25:34

-Do you dig earth?

-Yes.

1:25:401:25:43

Yet you're not blackened by the sun.

1:25:431:25:45

Perhaps a little.

1:25:451:25:46

And never had the smallpox. Your skin is clear.

1:25:461:25:49

Show us your breasts. Are they pretty?

1:25:491:25:51

Would you like to see mine? Mine are the most beautiful.

1:25:511:25:53

Yes, they are, apart from Suzanne, who's 70.

1:25:531:25:57

Oh, yes, hers are perfect.

1:25:571:25:59

-You see, here, touch.

-Oh!

1:25:591:26:02

Your eyes are the colour of the sea.

1:26:051:26:07

This gown is cut differently.

1:26:071:26:09

I like it at the waist.

1:26:091:26:10

Are you married?

1:26:101:26:12

-Widowed.

-WOMAN #1: Did you like your husband?

1:26:121:26:14

-Yes. WOMAN #2:

-Children?

1:26:141:26:15

Dead?

1:26:191:26:20

A girl.

1:26:211:26:22

How old?

1:26:241:26:25

Six.

1:26:271:26:28

Palatine has lost her son, too.

1:26:281:26:31

He was four.

1:26:331:26:35

So little and beautiful.

1:26:351:26:38

Charles was one.

1:26:381:26:39

I lost Joan and Ann together.

1:26:391:26:42

Smallpox.

1:26:421:26:44

I lost my husband and my son on the battlefield.

1:26:441:26:47

They died in each other's arms.

1:26:471:26:49

I'm barely here.

1:26:511:26:52

How did they die?

1:26:531:26:54

-WOMAN #3:

-Do you find it hard to speak of it?

1:26:571:26:59

WOMAN #4: That can happen.

1:27:001:27:02

I put everything in a trunk.

1:27:061:27:07

All their clothes, shoes...

1:27:101:27:12

..her toys.

1:27:131:27:15

I haven't had the courage to go in there since.

1:27:161:27:18

When you are strong enough, my dear,

1:27:221:27:25

when you are strong enough.

1:27:251:27:27

DE MONTESPAN: We're not allowed to speak of death at court.

1:27:271:27:29

The king does not like it,

1:27:311:27:32

but we speak about it amongst ourselves.

1:27:321:27:34

Nobody may ban a child from its mother's heart.

1:27:341:27:38

I commended all my children into Maintenon's care.

1:27:411:27:44

How she has turned on me now.

1:27:441:27:46

Saintly old bitch.

1:27:481:27:50

It is an amazement to me a convent has not claimed her.

1:27:511:27:55

Costume's not as lavish. ALL LAUGH

1:27:551:27:57

FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING, WOMAN SHUSHING

1:27:581:28:00

Oh. The king comes.

1:28:001:28:01

Have you been presented before?

1:28:021:28:04

No.

1:28:051:28:06

DOOR OPENS

1:28:201:28:21

Your Majesty, it is my pleasure

1:28:401:28:42

to present Madame de Barra.

1:28:421:28:44

Madame.

1:28:461:28:47

Your Majesty.

1:28:511:28:52

Is it a Four Seasons?

1:28:561:28:58

-CHUCKLES

-It is, Sire.

1:28:591:29:01

For the most famous gardener in the world.

1:29:021:29:04

Allow me,

1:29:071:29:09

Your Majesty.

1:29:091:29:11

A light, honest scent.

1:29:191:29:21

Natural and unforced.

1:29:241:29:26

Some of the roses seem faded...

1:29:301:29:31

..and overblown.

1:29:331:29:34

That fate awaits all roses, Sire.

1:29:411:29:43

Continue, madame.

1:29:471:29:49

All roses are open to the elements, Your Majesty.

1:29:501:29:54

They bud, bloom and fade.

1:29:541:29:56

Is that so, madame?

1:29:591:30:00

The rose grows entirely unaware,

1:30:001:30:03

changing naturally from one state to another,

1:30:031:30:07

and although the elements may treat her cruelly...

1:30:071:30:09

..she knows nothing of it and continues to her end

1:30:101:30:13

without judgment on her beauty.

1:30:131:30:15

Alas, 'tis not the same for us.

1:30:161:30:20

If such a rose could speak...

1:30:221:30:24

..what would she say?

1:30:271:30:28

Yes, I am here...

1:30:301:30:32

and gave service under nature's eye,

1:30:331:30:35

..and after me, my children will be.

1:30:361:30:40

Is there any greater contribution or more graceful end?

1:30:411:30:44

A wise rose.

1:30:461:30:47

And what protection can the gardener afford this rose

1:30:521:30:56

from the harsh elements of change?

1:30:561:30:58

Patience, care...

1:30:591:31:01

..and a little warmth from the sun

1:31:021:31:04

are our best hope, Your Majesty.

1:31:041:31:05

I'm obliged to you, madame, for that sweet reminder.

1:31:201:31:24

Now walk with me.

1:31:311:31:32

And tell me of

1:31:351:31:37

your progress in our garden.

1:31:371:31:39

Her kindness,

1:32:061:32:08

unbribed.

1:32:081:32:10

That was very brave tonight.

1:32:221:32:24

I hoped he might listen.

1:32:261:32:27

Enough humility.

1:32:271:32:29

PANTING

1:33:461:33:47

MOANS

1:34:071:34:08

Who's there?

1:35:081:35:09

Who's there? I saw them die.

1:35:101:35:12

I can hear her so clearly.

1:35:141:35:16

I feel her.

1:35:181:35:19

I am unlocked.

1:35:261:35:27

FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING

1:35:281:35:30

There you are.

1:35:381:35:40

Philippe.

1:35:411:35:42

You're dressed.

1:35:521:35:53

I'm off on business to Chartres.

1:35:531:35:55

Thought I would take Marie-Claire.

1:35:551:35:57

There's a good puppet stand and a pie shop.

1:35:571:35:59

Marie-Claire! Are you there?

1:36:011:36:03

Papa! Did you find her?

1:36:031:36:05

-DE BARRA:

-Here is Belle Boobie asleep with Mama.

1:36:051:36:08

-HIGH-PITCHED:

-Hello, Marie-Claire.

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MARIE-CLAIRE: You naughty doll!

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Come here and I shall punish you.

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Oh, my goodness. Is she all right?

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Don't be silly. She's made of cloth.

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Heavens! What a relief! I shall have to sit down now.

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Sabine, I have something to tell you.

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-SABINE:

-How long?

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-DE BARRA:

-We've not been close of late.

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And most men take mistresses in due course in such circumstances.

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Such circumstances?

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What's her name?

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Diane.

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Where does she live?

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Berry.

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Oh.

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Not too far.

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CARRIAGE APPROACHING

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There's the coach now.

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We'll talk again on this matter.

1:36:571:36:58

When will you be back?

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This evening, madame.

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Do not "madame" me, Philippe.

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Marie-Claire, tie your laces. You'll fall over them.

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-I can't, Mama.

-Wait there.

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Master, look at this.

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Marie-Claire.

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Marie-Claire.

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Jean, the wheel.

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-JEAN:

-I told the master.

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He said it would do until Berry.

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Berry?

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Marie-Claire!

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I did not kiss Mama.

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Stop! Stop!

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YELLING

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CRIES OUT

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No, no!

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GASPS

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No! No!

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Sabine!

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SOBBING

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She was the most beautiful thing I ever made,

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and I killed her.

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Did you intend them to die? Is that what you planned?

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It was... It was your husband's choice.

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He took away the child.

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No, it was my fault.

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It was my fault. I let him take her away.

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What if no-one person is to blame?

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And what use is blame?

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It is enough to have it happen to you.

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It is enough to recover from it.

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That is as much as we may ask of ourselves.

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That is enough.

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What is it that would help you?

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If you held me.

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What will happen to your wife?

1:39:571:39:59

This was not the way we started.

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So we must have taught each other how to behave.

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I am to blame for it as much as she.

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She will live her own life.

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She knows that now.

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And us?

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We will shape each other.

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This isn't the right way.

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-Yes, it is. We're behind that fence.

-Oh!

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For heaven's sake!

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I have to rent this.

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Waste of money!

1:41:141:41:15

What do you mean?

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No-one will see us.

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The music comes from the heavens.

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Fair winds, Sabine.

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Madame is lucky in her friends.

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WATER FLOWING

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LE NOTRE: He loves it.

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-SABINE:

-Do I look very flushed?

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No, you look beautiful.

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Are you flattering me?

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Is that wrong?

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Call me madame again.

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