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"I searched for myself."

2
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<i>Heraclitus, Vl century B.C.</i>

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- That won't do. It sticks out.
- What does?

4
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A floppy collar
doesn't go with a tie.

5
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And change your socks!

6
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Come on...

7
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Draw the curtains.

8
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That sick guy will ogle you.

9
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He's terminal, deserves a treat.

10
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Will this do?

11
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Red and black...
It's like Jeanne Mas.

12
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Who's she?

13
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An 80s look.
Like Mitterrand.

14
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I'm not sure I want thatjob.

15
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We spent a year abroad

16
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to escape him.

17
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I'm not ready to dive back in.

18
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Don't forget.

19
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As always. Be cool.

20
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A bit snobby and cool.

21
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You teach that to your pupils?

22
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So?

23
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It's OK.

24
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But will it wow them?

25
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It'II do.

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As long as you feel at ease.

27
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I have an appointment
with Alexandre Taillard de Vorms.

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The Minister.

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My name's Arthur Vlaminck.

30
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Excuse... You understand?

31
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No one speaks Italian
in this Ministry?

32
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I understand, but no speak.

33
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It's unbelievable!

34
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Good fortuna...

35
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Mr. Vlaminck? Follow me, please.

36
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Thanks.

37
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Come in.

38
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I'm here to see the Minister.

39
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- Mr. Vlaminck?
- Yes.

40
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Mind waiting.
He's winding up a meeting.

41
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Agnes will show you in.

42
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How are you, pal?

43
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You're a hard guy to find!
You dodging me?

44
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Even harder than Commander Massoud!

45
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Don't deny it! You're a lefty,
and to you I'm a...

46
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See that?

47
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Mitterrand's birthplace
is on that globe!

48
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We're on a sinking ship.

49
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And when a ship sinks,

50
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where's the right, where's the left?

51
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- Tell me.
- It's true, the left...

52
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May I pour you a glass?

53
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A modest red Burgundy. Interesting.

54
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You love books.
Look what my son just gave me.

55
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Your hands clean?

56
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Watch out, it's a first edition.

57
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See that?

58
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Bottom of page 80.

59
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Read.

60
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You see it?

61
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No.

62
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"Where there's a will
there's a way."

63
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Oh, yes.

64
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Mao took it from Lenin,

65
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who got it from Hazlitt,

66
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who stole an English proverb
that came from...

67
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China.

68
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Full circle!

69
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I need a team, Arthur.

70
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A commando.

71
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Responsive people,
who move 24 hours a day.

72
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A commando!

73
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The world's 50-year balance
has been shattered.

74
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9/11 made the Americans aware

75
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of both their power
and their weakness.

76
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As we speak,

77
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the neoconservatives
are honing a "security" doctrine.

78
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The doctrine of preventive war.

79
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You hit someone,

80
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"sniffing out"
he poses a threat.

81
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Preventive action.
Pit bull tactics.

82
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Dangerous.

83
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Right now,
America is isolating itself.

84
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And because of that,

85
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it's in danger of going blind.

86
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One country obsesses the US:
Lusdemistan.

87
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A dictatorship?

88
00:06:05,908 --> 00:06:09,075
Sure it is,
with an arms program, rumors...

89
00:06:09,450 --> 00:06:13,492
But is that a reason to attack
and blow them to hell?

90
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Sir,

91
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the Prime Minister is on the line.

92
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Tell him I'II call back.

93
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He wants to discuss
his news channel

94
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to resettle our tuna-fishermen
in the Seychelles.

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Sorry?

96
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Where were we?
Talking about serious matters!

97
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Ah, yes. America.

98
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There, the hawks think
they understand the world.

99
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But they don't.

100
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Unlike the French,
the British, or even the Belgians,

101
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they don't understand Africa,
or China,

102
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or the Arab world.

103
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Or know who invented
zero in maths.

104
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We have to avoid all the pitfalls.

105
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The pitfall of fear,

106
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of resignation,

107
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and worst of all:

108
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the pitfall of ignorance.

109
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The US Secretary of State

110
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has a team of 80 people.
With huge resources.

111
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We're barely a dozen.
It's a very small ship.

112
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It's not even a ship,
it's a barge, a canoe...

113
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a raft.

114
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But on this raft, I've chosen the best.

115
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You're young, but your fine mind
is highly praised.

116
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Don't let me down.
I have faith in you,

117
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and I need you on board.

118
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I'm very honored, but...

119
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I'm entrusting you
with what's most important.

120
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Language!

121
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Evening.

122
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He already gave you a night off?
You tamed him?

123
00:08:03,658 --> 00:08:05,617
Were you cool and snobby?

124
00:08:08,617 --> 00:08:12,033
So what did he offer you?
Honduras?

125
00:08:12,242 --> 00:08:13,950
Why Honduras?

126
00:08:14,117 --> 00:08:16,492
Our favorite vacation spot.
You told him?

127
00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,575
He offered me "Ianguage".

128
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Language?

129
00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:25,992
What's that?
Teaching them elocution?

130
00:08:26,992 --> 00:08:28,700
Language means...

131
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Using the right words.

132
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A minister can't spout anything.
One word can set off a world crisis.

133
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They'II explain it all to me.

134
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Can you stand a right-wing guy?

135
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He's for the general good.

136
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And his chief of staff is a lefty.

137
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He wants to stand up to the Americans.

138
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So he's perfect. Superman.

139
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Handsome to boot.

140
00:08:55,033 --> 00:08:56,533
Is he as sexy as on TV?

141
00:08:56,700 --> 00:08:59,367
Well... That's not the problem.

142
00:09:01,158 --> 00:09:04,033
He's a man with a vision.
Who's searching.

143
00:09:06,533 --> 00:09:08,325
You're like an early Christian.

144
00:09:08,783 --> 00:09:10,992
Or a guy who never had a dad.

145
00:09:11,783 --> 00:09:13,408
You'II be brilliant.

146
00:09:13,575 --> 00:09:17,158
You'II find things for them to say.
So they needn't do them.

147
00:09:19,492 --> 00:09:21,200
Things that are smart...

148
00:09:22,117 --> 00:09:23,367
Funny...

149
00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,367
Perverse...

150
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Perverse?

151
00:09:29,950 --> 00:09:30,950
Yes.

152
00:09:34,533 --> 00:09:37,617
"Struggle is the father of all things."

153
00:09:37,825 --> 00:09:40,367
<i>Heraclitus, Fragment No. 129</i>

154
00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:03,908
So you're our new language guy?

155
00:10:04,075 --> 00:10:06,367
I'II check if Mr. Maupas can see you.

156
00:10:08,283 --> 00:10:09,367
Not another

157
00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:12,033
question about the Gaza Strip?

158
00:10:12,242 --> 00:10:13,783
Mr. Maupas can see you.

159
00:10:14,158 --> 00:10:16,617
Deputies' questions
have become an ordeal!

160
00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:19,908
We spend more time
explaining than working.

161
00:10:20,075 --> 00:10:23,242
To hell with these extra questions.

162
00:10:23,450 --> 00:10:25,325
Specially from the right.

163
00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,325
They harp about the 1967 borders

164
00:10:28,533 --> 00:10:31,783
but don't know
where they begin and end.

165
00:10:31,992 --> 00:10:33,158
Mr. Maupas?

166
00:10:33,825 --> 00:10:35,533
The President's on the line.

167
00:10:39,950 --> 00:10:42,158
Yes, it's me. Put him on.

168
00:10:43,367 --> 00:10:46,617
Every Wednesday
since I took this job

169
00:10:46,783 --> 00:10:48,658
I haven't had a sandwich.

170
00:10:48,867 --> 00:10:51,408
Now we'II have Tuesday questions,

171
00:10:51,617 --> 00:10:53,492
and soon the Senate on Thursdays.

172
00:10:54,117 --> 00:10:56,408
They want us to lose weight.

173
00:10:58,158 --> 00:11:00,700
Arthur,
I'm so glad you've joined us.

174
00:11:01,242 --> 00:11:04,492
Alexandre said
you'd be handling language.

175
00:11:05,575 --> 00:11:08,658
You'II be our only functioning brain.

176
00:11:08,867 --> 00:11:10,908
AII of ours are already fried.

177
00:11:12,950 --> 00:11:15,075
I think what's most urgent

178
00:11:15,242 --> 00:11:19,700
is putting you on
the Minister's speech to the UN,

179
00:11:19,867 --> 00:11:21,908
and the Berlin and Grad school ones.

180
00:11:22,117 --> 00:11:26,408
I warn you,
he doesn't want traditional speeches.

181
00:11:26,992 --> 00:11:29,992
He says they need
"groundbreaking thrust".

182
00:11:31,408 --> 00:11:32,408
Groundbreaking?

183
00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:33,658
Yes.

184
00:11:33,908 --> 00:11:37,325
Not easy to cook up,
but good practice.

185
00:11:37,492 --> 00:11:39,867
<i>Mr. Maupas?
L'll put on the President.</i>

186
00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:42,950
This is Sylvain Marquet,
our man for Europe,

187
00:11:43,158 --> 00:11:45,283
who can fill you in a bit.

188
00:11:46,950 --> 00:11:47,950
Sylvain.

189
00:11:48,117 --> 00:11:52,367
Meet the overworked Stéphane Cahut,
our Middle East man.

190
00:11:52,867 --> 00:11:55,408
Overworked, but underfed,
Mr. Marquet.

191
00:11:55,617 --> 00:11:58,867
I praised you to the boss.
A pre-emptive action.

192
00:11:59,075 --> 00:12:01,908
Worm your way fast into his software.

193
00:12:02,783 --> 00:12:07,075
But wear a suit
with matching pants and jacket.

194
00:12:07,242 --> 00:12:11,617
Avoid black ones, black ties
and square-toed shoes.

195
00:12:11,825 --> 00:12:13,617
That's a bodyguard look.

196
00:12:14,117 --> 00:12:15,367
Another thing.

197
00:12:15,575 --> 00:12:17,450
If anybody mentions NATO,

198
00:12:17,617 --> 00:12:19,492
say: NATO, No Action Talk Only.

199
00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:21,825
That's pro talk.

200
00:12:21,992 --> 00:12:25,658
Or Nato-rious for useless.
It's a running gag.

201
00:12:25,867 --> 00:12:27,033
OK...

202
00:12:27,492 --> 00:12:29,117
But what's next?

203
00:12:30,075 --> 00:12:33,658
Finding you an office.
None are vacant. And a contract.

204
00:12:33,867 --> 00:12:36,158
- You're not a bureaucrat?
- Not especially.

205
00:12:36,367 --> 00:12:37,533
This won't be easy.

206
00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:40,158
You'II head a "mission": an occult one.

207
00:12:40,367 --> 00:12:41,367
Occult?

208
00:12:41,533 --> 00:12:44,533
Invisible, undetectable,
proven non-existent.

209
00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:46,408
Not part of the formal team.

210
00:12:46,617 --> 00:12:50,033
Or we'II exceed our quota of advisors.

211
00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,242
As for your diplomatic passport,

212
00:12:52,950 --> 00:12:54,825
they're getting very fussy.

213
00:12:56,408 --> 00:12:58,117
But where do I go right now?

214
00:12:58,283 --> 00:13:01,283
To see the Head of Staff,
who'II say no to you.

215
00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:03,492
- No, to what?
- To everything.

216
00:13:03,658 --> 00:13:05,033
The Head of Staff? Maupas?

217
00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,450
No, he's the Chief of staff.
This guy's logistics and stewardship.

218
00:13:09,617 --> 00:13:11,408
That's administrative.

219
00:13:11,617 --> 00:13:13,408
No, admin is something else.

220
00:13:13,575 --> 00:13:16,450
It's geographic: Europe, Asia, etc.

221
00:13:16,825 --> 00:13:20,408
Above are a feuding Policy Head
and General Secretary.

222
00:13:20,617 --> 00:13:23,450
And also independent
non-geographic divisions:

223
00:13:23,617 --> 00:13:25,908
Economic Affairs, Strategic Affairs,

224
00:13:26,117 --> 00:13:27,575
Cultural Affairs...

225
00:13:27,783 --> 00:13:30,950
Thanks. It's getting crystal clear.

226
00:13:31,617 --> 00:13:34,367
Fuma? Any news from Mayotte?

227
00:13:39,658 --> 00:13:40,658
Odile?

228
00:14:02,367 --> 00:14:04,658
Feels better when things calm down.

229
00:14:05,617 --> 00:14:07,992
A first: an advisor on my turf.

230
00:14:08,408 --> 00:14:10,617
I'm "occult", Odile.

231
00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:13,408
Act as if you can't see me.

232
00:14:14,158 --> 00:14:16,033
That'd be a shame.

233
00:14:18,658 --> 00:14:22,700
When can I see Maupas?
I don't know our position on this...

234
00:14:22,867 --> 00:14:26,117
Are we pro or con
Germany in the UN Security Council?

235
00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:29,283
A chocolate?

236
00:14:30,033 --> 00:14:32,242
You didn't stress ecology enough!

237
00:14:32,408 --> 00:14:36,450
Conglomerates get the subsidies.
Our farming is intensive...

238
00:14:36,742 --> 00:14:37,742
Not exactly.

239
00:14:37,825 --> 00:14:40,992
Blue and green boxes calculate
environmental compensations.

240
00:14:41,158 --> 00:14:44,075
Can we talk about real issues now?

241
00:14:44,242 --> 00:14:46,450
Know how many died
in the Ephron attack?

242
00:14:47,117 --> 00:14:50,450
Sorry, can I see you
about the speech?

243
00:14:50,617 --> 00:14:54,283
Sure, Arthur.
I'II call you as soon as I can.

244
00:14:55,450 --> 00:14:57,033
Help yourself, Cahut.

245
00:14:59,783 --> 00:15:03,117
Can I talk to the Director
of Strategic Affairs?

246
00:15:03,325 --> 00:15:04,408
<i>Yes.</i>

247
00:15:04,783 --> 00:15:06,200
Hello, sir!

248
00:15:07,158 --> 00:15:11,075
I'm Arthur Vlaminck, I'm preparing
the Minister's Berlin speech.

249
00:15:12,742 --> 00:15:16,408
<i>He asked me to do that.
So there's two of us...</i>

250
00:15:16,617 --> 00:15:18,658
Yes... Maybe we should chat?

251
00:15:18,825 --> 00:15:19,825
<i>Got any talking points?</i>

252
00:15:25,950 --> 00:15:27,658
<i>You available in 2 hours?</i>

253
00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:30,242
<i>Who are you?
Where are you calling from?</i>

254
00:15:45,742 --> 00:15:46,908
Sir, about Germany...?

255
00:15:47,075 --> 00:15:48,950
What's this crap about NATO?

256
00:15:53,992 --> 00:15:55,617
By the way, sir...

257
00:15:57,408 --> 00:15:59,700
"As French Minister
of Foreign affairs,

258
00:15:59,867 --> 00:16:02,158
"it is my solemn conviction...

259
00:16:03,742 --> 00:16:05,450
"that Germany

260
00:16:05,617 --> 00:16:07,825
"must now have its place...

261
00:16:10,033 --> 00:16:11,992
"a fundamental place"...

262
00:16:14,242 --> 00:16:16,033
Have a cake, I made them.

263
00:16:16,742 --> 00:16:18,533
You eat nothing.

264
00:16:18,742 --> 00:16:20,117
Patricia, a cake?

265
00:16:34,533 --> 00:16:38,533
Your predecessor
said the first draft was for martyrs.

266
00:16:41,075 --> 00:16:42,242
Whose cat is that?

267
00:16:42,450 --> 00:16:43,867
Mr. Maupas' cat.

268
00:16:44,033 --> 00:16:46,242
Actually, his predecessor's cat.

269
00:16:46,658 --> 00:16:47,825
And he kept it?

270
00:16:47,992 --> 00:16:48,992
Yes.

271
00:16:49,075 --> 00:16:51,742
With the furniture, the furnishings...

272
00:16:52,617 --> 00:16:54,117
And his sneakers.

273
00:17:00,742 --> 00:17:02,700
Can he call me back in 5 minutes?

274
00:17:02,908 --> 00:17:04,367
Please...

275
00:17:06,950 --> 00:17:08,117
Well...

276
00:17:08,992 --> 00:17:10,783
Arthur, yes...

277
00:17:10,950 --> 00:17:13,158
it seems very good to me.

278
00:17:14,158 --> 00:17:15,700
When will you show it
to the Minister?

279
00:17:15,908 --> 00:17:19,492
You should show it to him yourself.

280
00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:22,533
He's very anxious to see it.

281
00:17:26,283 --> 00:17:28,075
Good luck, Arthur.

282
00:17:32,033 --> 00:17:33,825
Go on in, Mr. Vlaminck.

283
00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:42,075
- Sir...?
- C'm in!

284
00:17:50,533 --> 00:17:52,492
The speech, sir.

285
00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:57,825
Thanks, pal.

286
00:18:03,408 --> 00:18:04,408
You're way off.

287
00:18:04,867 --> 00:18:07,158
A huge amount of work is needed.

288
00:18:07,367 --> 00:18:11,033
Like mentioning
the Great Lakes conflict in Africa.

289
00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,075
That's an explosive affair.

290
00:18:13,283 --> 00:18:14,742
Everybody's dodging it.

291
00:18:14,908 --> 00:18:16,450
But that's on page 10, sir.

292
00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:18,908
We have to talk about it!

293
00:18:19,075 --> 00:18:20,783
It needs structure!

294
00:18:20,950 --> 00:18:23,242
There are 3 key principles today.

295
00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:25,908
We don't stress them!
We all neglect them!

296
00:18:26,492 --> 00:18:27,825
Responsibility.

297
00:18:28,117 --> 00:18:29,200
Unity.

298
00:18:29,367 --> 00:18:31,575
Efficiency. That's action.

299
00:18:31,742 --> 00:18:34,283
But Germany and the Security Council...

300
00:18:34,492 --> 00:18:38,325
Don't be like diplomats
with a broom up their ass!

301
00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:39,658
You're above that.

302
00:18:40,242 --> 00:18:41,325
Yes, but what do we say?

303
00:18:41,533 --> 00:18:45,283
See Maupas.
But redo it from scratch.

304
00:18:45,575 --> 00:18:49,783
The Great Lakes conflict
is on page 10. Didn't he read it?

305
00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:55,075
Let's solve the problem calmly,
Arthur, huh?

306
00:18:57,075 --> 00:19:00,825
Put the Great Lakes on page 1.

307
00:19:01,533 --> 00:19:03,242
That way he'II be happy.

308
00:19:04,992 --> 00:19:06,075
But...

309
00:19:07,283 --> 00:19:08,450
Will he read it?

310
00:19:09,283 --> 00:19:10,367
He reads?

311
00:19:16,283 --> 00:19:17,283
It's better.

312
00:19:19,408 --> 00:19:20,742
What about Lebanon?

313
00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:23,325
- We must talk about it.
- It's on page 8.

314
00:19:23,742 --> 00:19:26,825
We must talk about it.
I said: we need structure.

315
00:19:26,992 --> 00:19:28,700
Legitimacy. Lucidity.

316
00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:29,617
Efficiency.

317
00:19:29,825 --> 00:19:33,242
You said: "Responsibility,
Unity, Efficiency."

318
00:19:34,492 --> 00:19:36,867
In fact, that's what we're doing.

319
00:19:37,033 --> 00:19:40,700
Take page 1, that's legitimacy.

320
00:19:40,908 --> 00:19:43,200
Page 5 and page 6, are unity.

321
00:19:43,408 --> 00:19:46,408
And the end
is the whole question of efficiency.

322
00:19:47,617 --> 00:19:50,700
Yes...
No! Everything is on page 1!

323
00:19:50,908 --> 00:19:53,283
After that your speech
goes round in circles!

324
00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:56,492
It needs to pound things!
Hammer in the nail.

325
00:19:56,658 --> 00:19:58,367
AII this is soft matter.

326
00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:01,783
On Lusdemistan,
all heads of state will be in New York.

327
00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:04,533
They're idiots.
With no time to think.

328
00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:05,700
So:

329
00:20:05,867 --> 00:20:06,867
Legitimacy!

330
00:20:07,742 --> 00:20:08,742
Unity!

331
00:20:09,617 --> 00:20:10,617
Efficiency!

332
00:20:12,158 --> 00:20:13,950
Or it means war!

333
00:20:14,617 --> 00:20:19,075
It's why we must let Germany
into the Security Council.

334
00:20:19,283 --> 00:20:20,908
We should make a gesture.

335
00:20:21,492 --> 00:20:24,575
The British are against us
on Lusdemistan.

336
00:20:24,867 --> 00:20:28,617
You committed to it
with the Chancellor in Frankfurt.

337
00:20:30,033 --> 00:20:32,783
Then we must back them.
If we committed.

338
00:20:33,367 --> 00:20:37,117
But you also committed
to the Greeks and Slovaks.

339
00:20:37,742 --> 00:20:41,242
We can't let
the Greeks and the Slovaks in.

340
00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,075
Let's not back anyone.

341
00:20:44,242 --> 00:20:47,408
What matters is the Middle East,
hence America.

342
00:20:47,617 --> 00:20:51,450
Drop your European fricassee.
It makes no sense.

343
00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:55,117
But you must discuss it
with the President,

344
00:20:55,575 --> 00:20:57,283
if you're dropping Germany.

345
00:20:57,492 --> 00:20:58,492
The President...

346
00:20:58,575 --> 00:21:01,575
He called me 3 times
re a cultural attaché in Fiji.

347
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,158
At least talk to the Germans,

348
00:21:05,325 --> 00:21:07,992
to warn them. Out of courtesy.

349
00:21:08,283 --> 00:21:11,367
You're right, Claude.
Call them for me.

350
00:21:12,158 --> 00:21:13,492
Thanks for your help.

351
00:21:13,658 --> 00:21:16,908
Not at all, you did very well.

352
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,575
Is that bit about Germany true?

353
00:21:19,908 --> 00:21:22,450
I'II eventually convince him.

354
00:21:22,742 --> 00:21:25,450
The Greeks and Slovaks,
we'II see later.

355
00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,408
So I leave that part blank.

356
00:21:27,575 --> 00:21:30,242
But I didn't stress Africa.
How far can I go?

357
00:21:30,408 --> 00:21:33,408
For that, go and see nice Valerie.

358
00:21:33,575 --> 00:21:36,492
She'II give you
the good talking points.

359
00:21:36,825 --> 00:21:38,700
While you're at it,

360
00:21:38,867 --> 00:21:41,533
check what the other advisors
think of the speech.

361
00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,950
It'II make their day.

362
00:21:47,908 --> 00:21:51,742
I told the Minister
your thing was fine, to do you a favor.

363
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,158
In fact, there are problems.

364
00:21:54,367 --> 00:21:56,908
Legitimacy, Unity, Efficiency.

365
00:21:57,117 --> 00:22:00,200
Between us, it's hot air.
He wants concrete things.

366
00:22:00,367 --> 00:22:02,575
And you overindulged
in the verb "to be".

367
00:22:02,742 --> 00:22:05,283
That verb doesn't "speak" to him.

368
00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:06,867
He likes active verbs.

369
00:22:10,117 --> 00:22:11,450
Mr. Ambassador,

370
00:22:11,617 --> 00:22:14,158
this file is a big mess.

371
00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:16,742
On paper it looks very smart

372
00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:20,450
to put pressure on the Jordanians
to get at the Saudis.

373
00:22:20,617 --> 00:22:22,825
I too love 3-cushion billiards...

374
00:22:23,033 --> 00:22:26,367
If everyone's playing on the same table.

375
00:22:26,575 --> 00:22:29,742
They haven't been
on speaking terms for ages.

376
00:22:30,408 --> 00:22:33,908
Even wart hogs know that.

377
00:22:34,075 --> 00:22:35,158
So...

378
00:22:41,117 --> 00:22:44,450
Dickie,
you'II have to redo your speech.

379
00:22:45,492 --> 00:22:46,950
Mind if I call you Dick?

380
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:48,450
No.

381
00:22:50,117 --> 00:22:52,575
Seriously, is what I wrote OK?

382
00:22:52,742 --> 00:22:56,742
Seriously,
he'II make you rewrite it ten times.

383
00:22:56,908 --> 00:22:59,283
So you might as well get cracking.

384
00:23:00,408 --> 00:23:02,867
- Got yourself an office?
- Yes.

385
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:05,742
- Where?
- In the wing opposite.

386
00:23:07,033 --> 00:23:08,992
The Germans are doing a wait-and-see.

387
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,117
The US, mostly the neo-cons, want a war.

388
00:23:12,283 --> 00:23:14,575
The Brits, as always,

389
00:23:14,742 --> 00:23:16,617
follow them like sheep.

390
00:23:16,825 --> 00:23:18,867
The Lusde Embassy confirmed it.

391
00:23:23,075 --> 00:23:27,367
You know, Arthur, Africa is special.
It requires physical contact.

392
00:23:27,533 --> 00:23:31,200
But you, somehow,
figured out what's essential.

393
00:23:31,367 --> 00:23:33,158
Your speech covers all the basics.

394
00:23:33,325 --> 00:23:35,992
You just got here, and you're an ace.

395
00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:38,575
Dunno, I just...

396
00:23:40,408 --> 00:23:42,367
The Great Lakes, what did I forget?

397
00:23:42,533 --> 00:23:46,200
Nothing.
You handled the Great Lakes very well.

398
00:23:48,867 --> 00:23:50,992
What doesn't work is this:

399
00:23:51,908 --> 00:23:53,700
that collar...

400
00:23:54,117 --> 00:23:55,617
the rumpled jacket...

401
00:23:55,783 --> 00:23:57,158
And your shoes.

402
00:23:57,742 --> 00:24:00,450
They're weird and don't shine.

403
00:24:01,492 --> 00:24:03,450
I brushed them 15 minutes
this morning.

404
00:24:03,658 --> 00:24:05,033
Fatal error.

405
00:24:05,283 --> 00:24:08,533
Diplomats don't use a brush.
They spit-and-polish them.

406
00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:11,700
Here, form and content
are one and the same.

407
00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:13,492
Your toecaps

408
00:24:13,658 --> 00:24:15,700
should be my makeup mirror.

409
00:24:20,742 --> 00:24:24,158
We don't work that way,
without head or tail.

410
00:24:24,325 --> 00:24:27,992
A UN speech is a bigger deal
than a panty raid.

411
00:24:28,158 --> 00:24:30,200
For the Middle East,
he'II consult me.

412
00:24:30,367 --> 00:24:33,700
Or simplify it all,
and set off a new conflict.

413
00:24:33,908 --> 00:24:37,658
The Lusdemenites are many
ethnic groups and religions.

414
00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:40,242
Type that up and make 10 copies.

415
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,825
It stinks. It won't do.

416
00:24:42,992 --> 00:24:46,575
What Arthur wrote is fine.
That's not the problem.

417
00:24:46,783 --> 00:24:51,075
It's trying to cover it all in 10 pages,
in Arial 16, for the blind,

418
00:24:51,283 --> 00:24:52,992
bold, double-spaced...

419
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,575
Cahut, you're an expert,
who knows all the bends in the river.

420
00:24:57,033 --> 00:25:01,200
In New York,
I'm speaking to heads of state.

421
00:25:01,367 --> 00:25:04,533
They won't tolerate that many clichés.

422
00:25:04,950 --> 00:25:06,533
The African stuff is way off.

423
00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:09,617
There are gaps,
errors, approximations.

424
00:25:09,825 --> 00:25:12,283
On the Great Lakes conflict,

425
00:25:13,075 --> 00:25:14,617
the truisms will cause smiles.

426
00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,950
No truisms!
They kill a speech. You're right.

427
00:25:19,367 --> 00:25:21,658
You should've consulted her, Arthur.

428
00:25:21,992 --> 00:25:24,367
We must rebuild it from scratch.

429
00:25:24,533 --> 00:25:27,617
It lacks structure.
I've told you endlessly!

430
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,158
1) Responsibility.

431
00:25:30,367 --> 00:25:32,325
A crisis must be answered.

432
00:25:32,492 --> 00:25:33,950
2) Unity.

433
00:25:34,158 --> 00:25:36,533
No country can solve them alone.

434
00:25:37,075 --> 00:25:39,367
3) Efficiency. Why?

435
00:25:39,825 --> 00:25:41,950
Because our duty is action.

436
00:25:42,117 --> 00:25:44,158
The world is interdependent,

437
00:25:44,325 --> 00:25:46,200
so we must all act with the UN.

438
00:25:46,408 --> 00:25:48,117
That's what matters.
The rest is bunk.

439
00:25:48,283 --> 00:25:51,367
Sir, you're right.
Legitimacy, unity, efficiency,

440
00:25:51,825 --> 00:25:53,533
and then we move on.

441
00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:54,867
Claude, what do you say?

442
00:25:55,033 --> 00:25:57,492
AII this stuff about action

443
00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:00,617
and interdependence is fine.

444
00:26:01,450 --> 00:26:05,617
The most important thing
is dealing with Germany.

445
00:26:06,908 --> 00:26:09,658
Germany is a partner, who we need

446
00:26:09,825 --> 00:26:12,700
in the current situation,
like it or not.

447
00:26:12,992 --> 00:26:16,158
And in every major one,
if you look carefully.

448
00:26:16,367 --> 00:26:18,825
Absolutely.
In any event we'II back Germany.

449
00:26:19,033 --> 00:26:22,367
Who, anyway,
will never get enough votes.

450
00:26:24,242 --> 00:26:26,533
AII that is your slop to dish up.

451
00:26:26,867 --> 00:26:28,992
Which is a great pity.

452
00:26:29,158 --> 00:26:32,825
Europe shouldn't be run
by sordid usury schemes,

453
00:26:33,033 --> 00:26:35,158
board of directors' ploys,

454
00:26:35,325 --> 00:26:39,075
bureaucrats fretting over fish stocks
and raw-milk cheese!

455
00:26:39,242 --> 00:26:40,242
Europe

456
00:26:40,283 --> 00:26:43,617
must be a vision and symbols!

457
00:26:44,325 --> 00:26:47,575
I totally agree. We'II deal with it.

458
00:26:50,658 --> 00:26:52,533
You see,

459
00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:56,700
I said your speech was headed
for multiple rewrites.

460
00:26:56,908 --> 00:27:00,075
You can spread the pages
in your new office.

461
00:27:00,575 --> 00:27:02,033
That is bigger than mine!

462
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,742
Dumontheil's a weirdo!

463
00:27:03,908 --> 00:27:06,617
I showed her the speech:
she OK'd it all.

464
00:27:06,783 --> 00:27:09,492
Demolishing you
in front of the Minister,

465
00:27:09,658 --> 00:27:11,700
is a way of screwing with you.

466
00:27:13,783 --> 00:27:16,867
I'm serious.
That's ministerial sex life.

467
00:27:17,283 --> 00:27:19,950
You'II get to enjoy it too.

468
00:27:20,158 --> 00:27:23,408
When you shaft someone,
you don't mean any harm.

469
00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:25,783
It's an amorous gesture.

470
00:27:25,950 --> 00:27:29,367
And if they're good,
they'II shaft you right back.

471
00:27:29,950 --> 00:27:32,950
It's like a caress,
you're making love...

472
00:27:33,533 --> 00:27:35,825
<i>Ream my little triangle</i>

473
00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:38,325
<i>Tweak my dewy rosebud</i>

474
00:27:38,533 --> 00:27:40,492
<i>lt's time for jingle-jangle</i>

475
00:27:40,658 --> 00:27:43,117
<i>l'm longing for a stud</i>

476
00:27:43,492 --> 00:27:45,950
<i>Those tufts you love to crimp...</i>

477
00:27:46,867 --> 00:27:48,492
I tell you, you'II get to like it.

478
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,242
<i>Fondle that little shrimp...</i>

479
00:27:55,950 --> 00:27:57,908
The usher downstairs is cool.

480
00:27:58,783 --> 00:28:00,492
- Here.
- Thanks.

481
00:28:02,075 --> 00:28:04,033
Hey, your new office is nice.

482
00:28:04,492 --> 00:28:06,283
A bit messy, but...

483
00:28:06,658 --> 00:28:09,658
Got a secretary? What's she like?

484
00:28:09,867 --> 00:28:12,325
Virile. He's a guy.

485
00:28:12,617 --> 00:28:14,992
He said here dirty tricks

486
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,242
are how they make love.

487
00:28:17,408 --> 00:28:18,575
Really?

488
00:28:19,033 --> 00:28:21,242
If you do her, will she become nice?

489
00:28:21,408 --> 00:28:23,617
Introduce us. I'II know if she's cool.

490
00:28:24,617 --> 00:28:28,908
The guy who told me that
sang a crazy song to me...

491
00:28:29,117 --> 00:28:31,075
<i>When they stuff my...</i>

492
00:28:31,283 --> 00:28:32,367
No...

493
00:28:32,575 --> 00:28:34,450
<i>My peninsula needs reaming</i>

494
00:28:34,658 --> 00:28:36,367
<i>Guess what's hot and steaming?</i>

495
00:28:36,575 --> 00:28:39,033
<i>L'm longing for a stud...</i>

496
00:28:39,867 --> 00:28:41,033
Not bad,

497
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,908
I'II teach it to my pupils.

498
00:28:47,384 --> 00:28:48,384
Mr. Minister?

499
00:28:48,408 --> 00:28:49,867
Arthur, where do we stand?

500
00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:53,325
Coming along, sir...

501
00:28:53,533 --> 00:28:55,242
I'd say plodding along.

502
00:28:55,450 --> 00:28:57,742
I know how to fix your hodgepodge.

503
00:28:57,908 --> 00:28:59,700
You know Hector Marlier?

504
00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:02,075
The great poet. "Solitude Reversed".

505
00:29:02,283 --> 00:29:04,325
We're friends. He'II call you.

506
00:29:04,533 --> 00:29:07,075
He'II add some zip to your thing.

507
00:29:07,658 --> 00:29:09,950
Go to it, pal.

508
00:29:10,158 --> 00:29:12,617
You could've sung him that song.

509
00:29:13,825 --> 00:29:14,825
Excuse me.

510
00:29:16,283 --> 00:29:19,700
<i>Mr. Vlaminck? Hector Marlier, here.</i>

511
00:29:19,908 --> 00:29:21,075
Hey, Hector Marlier!

512
00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:23,992
Alexandre said you were in deep shit,

513
00:29:24,158 --> 00:29:26,283
his words, and I could help.

514
00:29:26,492 --> 00:29:30,158
I don't need glory, just trying to help.

515
00:29:33,867 --> 00:29:35,492
Hector Marlier...

516
00:29:37,033 --> 00:29:38,533
Check him on the internet!

517
00:29:38,867 --> 00:29:40,575
No internet here.

518
00:29:40,783 --> 00:29:42,200
Really? You have no internet?

519
00:29:42,367 --> 00:29:45,533
Even my grade school does! In the burbs!

520
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,325
Nope, we're not allowed to have it.

521
00:29:48,783 --> 00:29:52,450
We have our own communication
system operated by "Le Chiffre".

522
00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:55,867
"Le Chiffre"? You in a Bond flick?

523
00:29:56,033 --> 00:29:59,867
No, the number guys,
the encryptors, are down there!

524
00:30:00,908 --> 00:30:01,992
Under the yard?

525
00:30:02,783 --> 00:30:04,825
No, on the other side.

526
00:30:04,992 --> 00:30:07,867
Under the garden.
Under the fountain.

527
00:30:08,033 --> 00:30:09,200
Under the fountain?

528
00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:12,783
They encode all messages
with "safe" algorithms.

529
00:30:12,950 --> 00:30:17,242
Just for today,
here's what I got from them.

530
00:30:17,408 --> 00:30:21,075
Every Minister here tried and failed
to get rid of this system.

531
00:30:21,242 --> 00:30:23,533
It's an ultra-powerful union.

532
00:30:24,617 --> 00:30:27,617
We're the only world-institution
without the web.

533
00:30:28,533 --> 00:30:32,033
The Finance and the Interior
ministries have it... Not us.

534
00:30:40,325 --> 00:30:42,367
My speech, corrected by that idiot!

535
00:30:42,533 --> 00:30:43,533
Let me see.

536
00:30:43,658 --> 00:30:46,742
"In darkness, peace never dies."
Hector Marlier.

537
00:30:46,908 --> 00:30:50,408
"The pilgrim, ferryman to the future."
Hector Marlier.

538
00:30:50,575 --> 00:30:53,033
Product placement!
He's quoting himself!

539
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,492
"On river banks, lie stranded hopes."

540
00:30:56,742 --> 00:30:59,117
Marlier, you're reaming our rectangles!

541
00:30:59,283 --> 00:31:02,117
Shit, how do I get out of this one?

542
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:03,783
It's a problem...

543
00:31:05,867 --> 00:31:08,533
Just include a few of his quotes.

544
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,325
Like which? The pilgrim?

545
00:31:11,992 --> 00:31:13,450
The pilgrim's fine.

546
00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:18,759
Claude?

547
00:31:18,783 --> 00:31:20,825
Can I help you, Arthur?

548
00:31:20,992 --> 00:31:23,992
I have a problem.
A friend of the minister's.

549
00:31:24,533 --> 00:31:25,783
At this hour?

550
00:31:26,325 --> 00:31:27,408
Hector Marlier.

551
00:31:27,575 --> 00:31:28,575
Yes.

552
00:31:29,450 --> 00:31:33,200
I put two quotes from him at the start.

553
00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:35,492
You're learning fast.

554
00:31:36,075 --> 00:31:40,200
Re Germany, it's OK.
We're backing them. It's definite.

555
00:31:40,408 --> 00:31:42,200
I talked to the minister again,

556
00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:44,242
who had enjoyed his meal.

557
00:31:44,408 --> 00:31:46,950
"One can mutate, restfully."

558
00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:52,283
So Hector, what do you think?

559
00:31:53,992 --> 00:31:55,450
Listen, Alexandre,

560
00:31:55,617 --> 00:31:57,908
there are two texts in the text.

561
00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:01,617
The part you wrote is excellent.
The whole beginning.

562
00:32:01,825 --> 00:32:02,908
As for the rest,

563
00:32:03,117 --> 00:32:06,367
your guy cobbled something

564
00:32:06,533 --> 00:32:09,700
<i>out of his "unity, efficiency" thing.
Lt's not like you.</i>

565
00:32:09,908 --> 00:32:11,283
Thanks, Hector.

566
00:32:11,450 --> 00:32:13,492
<i>About my Legion of Honor medal?</i>

567
00:32:15,825 --> 00:32:17,700
You got it?

568
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,617
Take the second part of the speech,
cut out all the fat.

569
00:32:22,825 --> 00:32:26,242
AII we need is sinew,
tendons and nerve tissue.

570
00:32:27,992 --> 00:32:30,367
The opposite of mutton stew.

571
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,158
- "Attitude". Add an "s".
- Where?

572
00:32:36,367 --> 00:32:39,075
There. "Attitudes."

573
00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:46,117
An extra crease.

574
00:32:46,325 --> 00:32:47,783
It's not an extra one.

575
00:32:48,075 --> 00:32:49,950
It's the cut of the pants.

576
00:32:56,367 --> 00:32:59,200
Should I wear this or that?

577
00:32:59,367 --> 00:33:01,575
That's prettier.

578
00:33:02,992 --> 00:33:04,075
But I like red.

579
00:33:11,867 --> 00:33:12,867
You look great.

580
00:33:12,908 --> 00:33:15,283
Very good. It's less dicky!

581
00:33:18,283 --> 00:33:19,283
Unity. Efficiency.

582
00:33:19,783 --> 00:33:21,242
Hello, Arthur.

583
00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:28,783
<i>Don't expel the Jingoulou family!</i>

584
00:33:41,867 --> 00:33:43,908
We need more parent support.

585
00:33:44,075 --> 00:33:45,950
- They're grandparents?
- Yes.

586
00:33:46,367 --> 00:33:50,533
Let's get moving:
we've got lots to do today.

587
00:33:51,617 --> 00:33:55,117
The Minister wants
a statement on Turkey fast.

588
00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:58,575
As it's Wednesday,
we'II try to find

589
00:33:58,783 --> 00:34:01,533
a quick question that'II suit the House.

590
00:34:01,742 --> 00:34:04,533
Yesterday no lunch:
the Bahrain question.

591
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,325
It's getting to be a pain.

592
00:34:07,783 --> 00:34:11,533
By now
our fabulous Parliamentary attaché

593
00:34:11,742 --> 00:34:14,992
will have convinced a deputy
to ask a question.

594
00:34:15,783 --> 00:34:18,617
It's all the majority is good for.

595
00:34:19,158 --> 00:34:20,408
Hi!

596
00:34:20,950 --> 00:34:23,325
So, Miss Normandy,
how many did you wow?

597
00:34:23,533 --> 00:34:26,867
Cut out the Miss Normandy crap!

598
00:34:27,075 --> 00:34:28,950
Were you actually Miss Normandy?

599
00:34:29,117 --> 00:34:30,658
Find a new gag, OK?

600
00:34:31,658 --> 00:34:33,783
I got you a sucker
for your Turkey question.

601
00:34:34,075 --> 00:34:36,617
Here we go, no lunch again.

602
00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:39,158
And tomorrow we'II have the Senate.

603
00:34:39,325 --> 00:34:42,033
So who's the stooge of the day?
Maxime Dubos?

604
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,825
No, the majority had qualms.

605
00:34:44,033 --> 00:34:46,158
I did better, I found you

606
00:34:46,783 --> 00:34:48,200
a bonus gift...

607
00:34:48,742 --> 00:34:50,283
A Commie, Jacques Duferrand.

608
00:34:51,242 --> 00:34:54,825
Communists are easy to convince.
They adore Taillard.

609
00:34:55,533 --> 00:34:58,158
Stéphane, give us ideas
for the Minister's reply,

610
00:34:58,325 --> 00:35:00,200
and Arthur you polish it all,

611
00:35:00,408 --> 00:35:01,867
on a single

612
00:35:02,075 --> 00:35:03,075
A5 card.

613
00:35:03,992 --> 00:35:05,242
The way he likes it.

614
00:35:05,533 --> 00:35:08,242
I'm due back at the bar.
The House's hotspot.

615
00:35:08,617 --> 00:35:10,825
Duferrand agreed to ask the question,

616
00:35:10,992 --> 00:35:13,617
but wants it written out.
Who's the lucky guy?

617
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,367
Arthur!

618
00:35:15,783 --> 00:35:17,742
Since you're writing the answer,

619
00:35:17,908 --> 00:35:19,367
write the question.

620
00:35:19,533 --> 00:35:22,450
Punch it up a bit, so it rings true.

621
00:35:22,658 --> 00:35:25,658
It's time we quit playing this game,

622
00:35:25,825 --> 00:35:28,492
where the same guy, mostly me,

623
00:35:28,658 --> 00:35:31,658
writes the question and the answer.

624
00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:34,158
First it makes a sham of democracy,

625
00:35:34,325 --> 00:35:36,450
and it's also starving us.

626
00:35:37,117 --> 00:35:39,075
In my tiny attic office,

627
00:35:39,575 --> 00:35:41,700
and I mean tiny,

628
00:35:41,908 --> 00:35:44,200
you can't get in a sandwich.

629
00:35:44,367 --> 00:35:47,450
Even a "club", a thin, triangular one.

630
00:35:47,658 --> 00:35:50,200
AII club sandwiches are triangular.

631
00:35:50,367 --> 00:35:52,075
See, I've forgotten.

632
00:35:52,867 --> 00:35:55,075
Glad I finished the speech last night.

633
00:35:55,283 --> 00:35:58,867
Well, don't be too optimistic.

634
00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:02,533
This morning,
he called Jean-Paul Brizon.

635
00:36:02,992 --> 00:36:04,158
His philosopher pal,

636
00:36:05,283 --> 00:36:06,992
"Resilience in the Projects",

637
00:36:07,158 --> 00:36:10,408
the concept he peddles
in every flavor on TV.

638
00:36:10,950 --> 00:36:14,450
Now we'II get swamped with "resilience".

639
00:36:14,617 --> 00:36:17,158
I don't know what it means,
but we'd better be ready.

640
00:36:17,367 --> 00:36:19,075
"Resilience in the Projects"

641
00:36:19,283 --> 00:36:22,283
is sheer vacuity, pure mush.

642
00:36:22,492 --> 00:36:25,033
Trendies call it "Soft knowledge".

643
00:36:25,242 --> 00:36:29,533
Quit ladling this soppy stuff.
We've had it to here.

644
00:36:29,867 --> 00:36:33,117
The question was feeble.
The answer got by.

645
00:36:33,283 --> 00:36:35,492
On paper. But not orally.

646
00:36:35,658 --> 00:36:37,533
You've never spoken in the House!

647
00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:40,158
Your words don't fly.
They stay grounded.

648
00:36:40,325 --> 00:36:41,700
Look at the Mayor of Paris,

649
00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:44,367
he needs no notes, his words fly.

650
00:36:44,617 --> 00:36:46,575
Excellent statement, Minister.

651
00:36:46,742 --> 00:36:48,783
Orally, you're the best.

652
00:36:48,950 --> 00:36:50,200
Thank you, Bruno.

653
00:36:50,825 --> 00:36:52,200
What did I say?

654
00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:56,575
"A fool who must orate
is frozen with fear."

655
00:37:00,242 --> 00:37:04,867
Tell the Emir, he should "be aware of"
French expertise in radar.

656
00:37:05,033 --> 00:37:09,242
Say his kingdom will play
a leading role in the Middle East.

657
00:37:09,408 --> 00:37:11,533
You know that our radars are the best.

658
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:16,242
Your kingdom would greatly benefit
from France's expertise.

659
00:37:16,867 --> 00:37:19,783
Your area can't depend
on the United States.

660
00:37:22,117 --> 00:37:24,408
You're bogging me down
in pissass stuff!

661
00:37:24,617 --> 00:37:26,117
I'm not an arms dealer!

662
00:37:26,283 --> 00:37:27,992
I'm breaking my butt for peace.

663
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,075
You make me peddle guns

664
00:37:30,242 --> 00:37:31,325
Iike neckties or dildos!

665
00:37:31,533 --> 00:37:35,825
Please translate exactly
what the Minister said!

666
00:37:36,158 --> 00:37:37,158
Mr. Minister,

667
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,117
if we don't regain a foothold there,
all your fine speeches...

668
00:37:40,575 --> 00:37:42,033
This isn't to do with speeches!

669
00:37:42,658 --> 00:37:44,117
It's politics!

670
00:37:44,575 --> 00:37:47,575
Shit! Your bullshit made me hang up!

671
00:37:48,075 --> 00:37:50,450
Martine, call back that idiot!

672
00:37:51,033 --> 00:37:52,117
Sorry.

673
00:37:52,575 --> 00:37:55,283
Martine! I haven't got all day!

674
00:37:55,450 --> 00:37:58,700
They're not picking up.
I can't force them to.

675
00:37:58,950 --> 00:38:02,367
Listen, pal. I was setting up
the basics of our negotiation.

676
00:38:02,533 --> 00:38:04,575
That's been done.
So now you're in charge.

677
00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:06,158
Stuck in your goo.

678
00:38:06,325 --> 00:38:08,200
Arthur, what's with this speech?

679
00:38:08,367 --> 00:38:11,367
We must discuss
the Israel-Palestine roadmap.

680
00:38:11,533 --> 00:38:12,992
In Lusdemistan the Brits are...

681
00:38:13,158 --> 00:38:14,242
It's better!

682
00:38:14,450 --> 00:38:16,575
There, we should hone a few things

683
00:38:16,783 --> 00:38:18,825
on the Lusdemistan crisis.
And emphasize...

684
00:38:19,033 --> 00:38:21,158
So emphasize, Cahut! It's urgent!

685
00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:25,450
Last week's work
can't wait until tomorrow.

686
00:38:26,075 --> 00:38:27,700
I have to do it all myself.

687
00:38:27,908 --> 00:38:30,533
Your fantasy speeches
will kill me.

688
00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:33,450
In this lowly world,
don't settle for comfort.

689
00:38:33,617 --> 00:38:36,325
Urgency is the backbone of action.

690
00:38:41,033 --> 00:38:42,033
Alexandre,

691
00:38:43,367 --> 00:38:44,992
we have a rather urgent problem.

692
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,825
Can I see you a minute?

693
00:38:48,117 --> 00:38:49,575
Not your Germans again?

694
00:38:50,533 --> 00:38:54,283
A ship manned by our guys
is burning in Lusdemistan waters.

695
00:38:54,492 --> 00:38:56,950
With 200 tons of fuel in the hold.

696
00:38:57,408 --> 00:39:00,908
Our ambassador says the ship
is drifting to Lusde.

697
00:39:01,075 --> 00:39:03,450
4 million inhabitants. Ready to explode.

698
00:39:03,617 --> 00:39:05,075
Are terrorists involved?

699
00:39:05,408 --> 00:39:08,575
No, it seems to be a dumb human error.

700
00:39:08,783 --> 00:39:11,700
Dumb? Couldn't they have
done it off Corsica!

701
00:39:12,033 --> 00:39:13,992
AII the Neocons want is

702
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,533
an incident in Lusdemistan
to send in their Marines.

703
00:39:17,908 --> 00:39:21,658
We can't let World War III
be started by a cigarette!

704
00:39:23,158 --> 00:39:24,533
Let's concentrate.

705
00:39:25,658 --> 00:39:27,950
We must regain control of that ship.

706
00:39:28,742 --> 00:39:31,908
You must alert the President.
And the Minister of Defense.

707
00:39:32,283 --> 00:39:33,367
Shit, not her!

708
00:39:34,658 --> 00:39:36,533
I'II make a few phone calls.

709
00:39:36,742 --> 00:39:39,825
We have operatives in the area.
I know them well.

710
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:46,617
Is something wrong?

711
00:39:46,783 --> 00:39:50,450
You know what'II happen.
After your phone call,

712
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:52,908
the Defense minister
will want to take over.

713
00:39:53,075 --> 00:39:55,950
She'II make waves
and complicate matters.

714
00:39:56,825 --> 00:39:58,950
We'd better handle this tactfully.

715
00:39:59,158 --> 00:40:00,158
You know her.

716
00:40:00,325 --> 00:40:03,200
Only press conferences interest her!

717
00:40:04,950 --> 00:40:06,825
Make a deal with her.

718
00:40:07,367 --> 00:40:09,492
Let her do the communicating,

719
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:13,200
if she gives us a free hand
for one hour.

720
00:40:14,075 --> 00:40:18,283
If I haven't controlled it by then,
she can take over.

721
00:40:19,158 --> 00:40:21,617
Let that dodo do the communicating?

722
00:40:23,283 --> 00:40:26,533
I need an hour without interference.

723
00:40:26,742 --> 00:40:28,367
The US State Department,

724
00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:30,492
anyone want to chat with them?

725
00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:32,117
Before advising the US,

726
00:40:32,283 --> 00:40:35,367
Iet's talk
to the Lusdemistan ambassador.

727
00:40:35,950 --> 00:40:37,575
I have some info,

728
00:40:37,742 --> 00:40:40,992
but I must see you alone.
They need an answer in 10 minutes.

729
00:40:43,283 --> 00:40:46,367
This is a decisive moment
where the cabinet

730
00:40:46,575 --> 00:40:48,617
needs the help of the administration.

731
00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:52,492
Bertrand Castela, Strategic Director.

732
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:54,867
Maybe you don't know,

733
00:40:55,950 --> 00:40:59,283
but a ship's on fire
off Lusdemistan.

734
00:40:59,908 --> 00:41:02,200
But don't worry, I'm monitoring

735
00:41:02,408 --> 00:41:04,450
the situation very closely.

736
00:41:07,783 --> 00:41:11,200
Listen, what would really help me,

737
00:41:11,367 --> 00:41:14,283
is if you did nothing for the next hour.

738
00:41:14,492 --> 00:41:17,492
I need to concentrate a bit.

739
00:41:18,533 --> 00:41:21,533
Meanwhile, try to move
forward on other issues.

740
00:41:21,742 --> 00:41:23,617
Between us, there's no lack of them:

741
00:41:23,783 --> 00:41:25,242
There's Turkey,

742
00:41:25,908 --> 00:41:28,033
the Great Lakes conflict,

743
00:41:28,408 --> 00:41:30,367
the West Bank,

744
00:41:30,658 --> 00:41:33,117
the Seychelles' tuna fishermen,

745
00:41:33,325 --> 00:41:36,992
the anchovy war with Spain.

746
00:41:38,117 --> 00:41:42,658
If someone handled
the Maronite Patriarch

747
00:41:42,825 --> 00:41:45,492
for me for one hour...

748
00:41:46,075 --> 00:41:47,617
Who...?

749
00:41:48,533 --> 00:41:49,617
Valerie maybe?

750
00:41:50,242 --> 00:41:52,117
The Maronite Patriarch?

751
00:41:53,575 --> 00:41:55,867
Thanks, Claude. Just what I needed.

752
00:41:58,783 --> 00:42:02,367
Odile, put me on the encrypted line.

753
00:42:02,533 --> 00:42:06,283
Make sure no one
sets foot in this office.

754
00:42:08,033 --> 00:42:09,908
Arthur, you dodging me?

755
00:42:11,492 --> 00:42:14,033
Sing us that song? How does it go?

756
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,325
The triangle and the rosebud?

757
00:42:17,367 --> 00:42:19,992
<i>Ream her little triangle</i>

758
00:42:20,158 --> 00:42:22,450
<i>Tweak her dewy rosebud</i>

759
00:42:23,658 --> 00:42:25,783
Huh, Valerie? Tweaking the rosebud?

760
00:42:25,950 --> 00:42:28,867
I just adore macho ribaldry!

761
00:42:29,075 --> 00:42:30,783
With you, France is in good hands.

762
00:42:30,950 --> 00:42:33,700
Try harder,
and you may reach puberty!

763
00:42:34,867 --> 00:42:36,492
Don't be miffed at me.

764
00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:40,450
If it's because
we disagreed on that speech...

765
00:42:42,033 --> 00:42:43,450
You can do better.

766
00:42:43,617 --> 00:42:46,367
I showed it to you:
you said it was perfect.

767
00:42:46,992 --> 00:42:47,992
Listen,

768
00:42:48,075 --> 00:42:50,992
"Water that boils, never forgets."

769
00:42:51,158 --> 00:42:53,367
Gabonese proverb. Think it over.

770
00:42:53,575 --> 00:42:55,700
You people OK? Not overworked?

771
00:42:55,867 --> 00:42:58,867
Racing your motors? Don't burn out!

772
00:42:59,867 --> 00:43:01,117
Come, Arthur!

773
00:43:05,158 --> 00:43:06,867
Claude, where do we stand?

774
00:43:07,033 --> 00:43:10,533
We're at the controls.
I hope we make it out of this shit.

775
00:43:10,742 --> 00:43:12,533
That's all I can say.

776
00:43:12,742 --> 00:43:13,742
Yes?

777
00:43:17,408 --> 00:43:20,575
Robert... So it's all up to you now...

778
00:43:23,242 --> 00:43:27,617
The problem is,
it takes retroactive homothetics.

779
00:43:32,867 --> 00:43:35,158
Arthur,
I want a press release on that.

780
00:43:36,575 --> 00:43:39,033
We made a deal
with the Ministry of Defense!

781
00:43:39,242 --> 00:43:43,158
We can't let those creeps get
the credit, when we do the work!

782
00:43:43,408 --> 00:43:48,200
It's still pretty fucking explosive.
We need to be cautious.

783
00:43:50,117 --> 00:43:51,658
Yes, Bernard.

784
00:43:51,825 --> 00:43:53,075
How are you doing?

785
00:43:53,242 --> 00:43:54,783
- Arthur?
- Mr. Minister?

786
00:43:54,950 --> 00:43:57,700
Is my speech to the Grad school good?

787
00:43:57,867 --> 00:43:59,575
Yes, sir.

788
00:44:01,242 --> 00:44:03,700
You see how things happen. Here! Now!

789
00:44:05,117 --> 00:44:08,867
One needs an innate
sense of action, of urgency.

790
00:44:09,325 --> 00:44:11,033
Talleyrand's days are over.

791
00:44:11,242 --> 00:44:14,408
Today diplomacy isn't
done in palace backrooms.

792
00:44:14,575 --> 00:44:16,867
Where they pissed in the stairwell!

793
00:44:17,033 --> 00:44:20,200
It means being ever ready
for world crises.

794
00:44:20,408 --> 00:44:21,492
We must say that.

795
00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:24,242
Sir, the Danish Foreign Minister
awaits you.

796
00:44:24,450 --> 00:44:27,867
Shit, I have to deal with that Dane!

797
00:44:28,075 --> 00:44:29,533
This job is pure crap!

798
00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:32,700
Him and his bicycle.
We've got nothing to say.

799
00:44:32,867 --> 00:44:34,742
You should meet with him.

800
00:44:34,950 --> 00:44:37,658
He's important:
he has clout in Brussels.

801
00:44:38,075 --> 00:44:39,700
Yesterday I had the Slovenian!

802
00:44:40,492 --> 00:44:42,867
Claude, my boy, do your best.

803
00:44:45,992 --> 00:44:47,325
What a dumb language!

804
00:44:49,242 --> 00:44:51,283
Hello, Stanislas... Yes.

805
00:44:51,992 --> 00:44:53,783
How long will it take?

806
00:44:56,325 --> 00:44:58,283
- Is he in?
- No, no! Mr. Castela!

807
00:44:58,950 --> 00:45:00,408
- He's busy?
- Yes.

808
00:45:03,658 --> 00:45:05,450
<i>Odile, come in.</i>

809
00:45:06,075 --> 00:45:08,533
My counterpart at Defense

810
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:10,575
was shocked he wasn't told.

811
00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:12,700
As no one's informing us...

812
00:45:12,867 --> 00:45:16,033
You're essential to this whole affair.

813
00:45:16,242 --> 00:45:19,575
I'II inform you first,
as soon as I hear.

814
00:45:20,158 --> 00:45:22,367
Odile, please.

815
00:45:22,533 --> 00:45:24,408
It can be sent now.

816
00:45:29,033 --> 00:45:30,033
Thanks.

817
00:45:30,992 --> 00:45:33,450
<i>Claude, we're headed for a disaster!</i>

818
00:46:17,033 --> 00:46:20,367
The Minister's father
is here to see you.

819
00:46:20,575 --> 00:46:21,950
Say I'm in a...

820
00:46:24,742 --> 00:46:26,283
Attorney, what a nice surprise!

821
00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:27,617
Where is my son?

822
00:46:27,783 --> 00:46:29,992
With the Dane, Attorney.

823
00:46:30,700 --> 00:46:33,075
Not "Attorney", Claude.

824
00:46:33,450 --> 00:46:36,700
I said call me Antoine.

825
00:46:36,867 --> 00:46:37,867
Yes, sir.

826
00:46:39,617 --> 00:46:40,867
Tell me...

827
00:46:42,783 --> 00:46:45,700
the kid's speech in New York,

828
00:46:46,950 --> 00:46:49,075
will it be original at least?

829
00:46:49,283 --> 00:46:50,992
Because we have

830
00:46:51,658 --> 00:46:55,575
many flaws in our family,
but we've never

831
00:46:55,742 --> 00:46:59,408
Iacked guts or originality...

832
00:47:00,742 --> 00:47:03,492
He mustn't spout
technocratic mishmash,

833
00:47:05,450 --> 00:47:07,158
especially in New York.

834
00:47:07,700 --> 00:47:11,283
It was there, in the Hotel Astor,
that De Gaulle said:

835
00:47:11,867 --> 00:47:13,492
"I applaud New York,

836
00:47:14,075 --> 00:47:16,700
"the center of exchanges

837
00:47:16,867 --> 00:47:19,950
"between our old, yet young, continent

838
00:47:20,533 --> 00:47:22,033
"and your New World,

839
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,742
"which is already old
in the history of mankind."

840
00:47:25,242 --> 00:47:27,450
Our old continent...

841
00:47:27,992 --> 00:47:29,075
That took guts.

842
00:47:33,158 --> 00:47:34,408
No, no...

843
00:47:37,825 --> 00:47:39,367
Leave the details

844
00:47:40,075 --> 00:47:43,075
to the bureaucrats.
Right, Claude?

845
00:47:47,033 --> 00:47:48,033
Listen,

846
00:47:48,325 --> 00:47:51,742
I wanted to be of more help
on this New York business.

847
00:47:51,908 --> 00:47:55,242
But you'II have to figure it out
yourselves.

848
00:47:56,033 --> 00:47:58,158
I'm less listened to these days,

849
00:47:58,950 --> 00:48:00,575
I'm shriveling up,

850
00:48:01,575 --> 00:48:03,117
disappearing,

851
00:48:04,408 --> 00:48:07,033
swept away in the shipwreck
of old age.

852
00:48:08,033 --> 00:48:09,658
But I'm with you...

853
00:48:13,492 --> 00:48:18,117
Inside us all,
is an old man fiddling on.

854
00:48:20,658 --> 00:48:22,033
Thank you, sir.

855
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:23,367
Where's my boy?

856
00:48:23,575 --> 00:48:25,367
Put Stanislas back on.

857
00:48:29,617 --> 00:48:30,950
You OK, Claude?

858
00:48:35,367 --> 00:48:39,450
The ship's nearing the coast.
We may not make it.

859
00:48:40,783 --> 00:48:45,742
Listen, I need 5 minutes
without a single soul.

860
00:49:07,117 --> 00:49:08,825
I'm sorry, sir...

861
00:49:09,617 --> 00:49:11,658
I'II pick them up for you.

862
00:49:12,158 --> 00:49:13,617
I'II put them back in order.

863
00:49:14,700 --> 00:49:16,117
There...

864
00:49:16,450 --> 00:49:18,658
It's weird, I can't find page 4...

865
00:49:19,033 --> 00:49:22,950
Take your time,
we're not managing any crisis here.

866
00:49:23,242 --> 00:49:24,492
We're totally cool.

867
00:49:24,658 --> 00:49:25,658
There it is...

868
00:49:26,408 --> 00:49:27,783
The war can wait.

869
00:49:32,575 --> 00:49:33,658
That'II do.

870
00:49:34,742 --> 00:49:35,825
There.

871
00:49:39,242 --> 00:49:41,200
Well, where do we stand?

872
00:49:41,367 --> 00:49:42,450
I'm waiting for news.

873
00:49:42,658 --> 00:49:46,325
In 2 days, I leave for Berlin
and for New York in a week.

874
00:49:46,492 --> 00:49:48,033
A week means tomorrow!

875
00:49:48,242 --> 00:49:50,783
Those speeches just won't do!

876
00:49:50,992 --> 00:49:54,158
I won't spout techno-junk
even to grad students.

877
00:49:54,742 --> 00:49:57,908
I'II look ridiculous! This job is crap!

878
00:49:58,075 --> 00:50:00,992
And the New York speech is worse.

879
00:50:01,408 --> 00:50:02,742
That's where,

880
00:50:02,908 --> 00:50:05,117
in the Hotel Astor, De Gaulle said:

881
00:50:05,617 --> 00:50:08,533
"I applaud New York,
the center of exchanges..."

882
00:50:15,283 --> 00:50:16,450
Take it.

883
00:50:22,492 --> 00:50:24,367
19 degrees,

884
00:50:24,867 --> 00:50:26,117
21 minutes...

885
00:50:27,367 --> 00:50:28,533
You want my death?

886
00:50:30,408 --> 00:50:32,200
This highlighter doesn't work.

887
00:50:32,450 --> 00:50:34,492
Martine! Tell me:

888
00:50:34,700 --> 00:50:37,700
why buy me highlighters
that don't work?

889
00:50:37,992 --> 00:50:40,825
Look, the felt tip is mushy.

890
00:50:40,992 --> 00:50:44,158
This crisis
could become World War III.

891
00:50:44,867 --> 00:50:49,242
I can't face the U.S. State Department
with a mushy highlighter!

892
00:50:49,450 --> 00:50:52,200
You said you'd rewrite
the speech yourself.

893
00:50:52,408 --> 00:50:54,367
So I bought you a brand new pen.

894
00:50:54,700 --> 00:50:56,825
A "Roller Tendol", fine point, No. 3.

895
00:50:56,992 --> 00:50:59,783
Martine you understand nothing

896
00:50:59,950 --> 00:51:01,825
about writing.

897
00:51:02,033 --> 00:51:04,158
It's gathering.

898
00:51:04,325 --> 00:51:06,367
Like a bee from many flowers.

899
00:51:06,575 --> 00:51:09,492
For that one needs a highlighter.

900
00:51:09,867 --> 00:51:13,117
Don't trust eggheads with leaky pens.

901
00:51:13,325 --> 00:51:14,575
They write crap.

902
00:51:15,242 --> 00:51:17,700
One has to see things clearly.

903
00:51:18,408 --> 00:51:19,408
By highlighting!

904
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:25,908
We can't let the Lusdemenites
intercept that ship,

905
00:51:26,492 --> 00:51:29,575
or our Ministry of Defense
send in their louts.

906
00:51:29,783 --> 00:51:33,783
To the Lusdemenites,
it'II be an act of war.

907
00:51:33,950 --> 00:51:35,117
Look at this:

908
00:51:36,033 --> 00:51:38,950
you can tell this book's a dud.

909
00:51:39,117 --> 00:51:40,700
No highlighting.

910
00:51:42,325 --> 00:51:44,533
Here, I highlighted the whole book.

911
00:51:45,408 --> 00:51:47,450
Now that's a good book. Heavy!

912
00:51:54,408 --> 00:51:56,033
Full of hard concepts.

913
00:51:56,242 --> 00:51:57,408
AII yellow now.

914
00:51:58,075 --> 00:52:00,950
To know if a book's any good,

915
00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:04,283
I hardly read it,
I highlight it intuitively.

916
00:52:04,700 --> 00:52:06,325
Know the problem?

917
00:52:08,033 --> 00:52:11,783
Your worn highlighters!
The yellow ink trickles out.

918
00:52:11,992 --> 00:52:14,992
See, when I highlight,
the paper gets wavy.

919
00:52:15,158 --> 00:52:17,200
The better the book, the wavier it is.

920
00:52:17,408 --> 00:52:19,033
And that bugs me!

921
00:52:22,408 --> 00:52:24,700
Arthur's Berlin speech...

922
00:52:25,158 --> 00:52:28,158
It isn't wavy, not one bit.

923
00:52:28,325 --> 00:52:29,950
That means it's lousy!

924
00:52:30,492 --> 00:52:32,783
I'm managing
a crisis in Lusdemistan...

925
00:52:32,992 --> 00:52:34,783
I came to see the Minister.

926
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:36,908
He's all yours, sir.

927
00:52:37,825 --> 00:52:40,908
While the President frets
about a fugitive bear...

928
00:52:42,825 --> 00:52:45,117
The ship was diverted from its path

929
00:52:45,283 --> 00:52:48,200
before entering Lusdemistan waters.

930
00:52:48,367 --> 00:52:50,742
Our guys got evacuated.

931
00:52:51,033 --> 00:52:54,033
And the fire is under control.

932
00:52:56,492 --> 00:52:58,450
We're lucky to have you, pal.

933
00:52:58,617 --> 00:53:02,867
"If all things became smoke,
the nostrils would know them."

934
00:53:10,093 --> 00:53:11,093
There's nothing.

935
00:53:11,117 --> 00:53:15,492
Here you're quoted. 3 paragraphs.
The Minister of Trade gets 3 Iines.

936
00:53:15,658 --> 00:53:18,742
"Tom Cruise"!
3 more than he deserves.

937
00:53:19,075 --> 00:53:22,408
You saw?
Things are heating up in Ubanga.

938
00:53:22,617 --> 00:53:25,950
It'II blow up on us.
Fine, we're not busy:

939
00:53:26,158 --> 00:53:29,033
just a threat of war in Lusdemistan,
Palestine,

940
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,950
nuclear tests in North Korea.
Peace and quiet!

941
00:53:33,283 --> 00:53:36,617
So in Berlin, what do I say?

942
00:53:37,408 --> 00:53:40,408
That damn ship grabbed our time.
I'm bareassed.

943
00:53:40,617 --> 00:53:43,950
Ship or no ship, I always am.

944
00:53:44,533 --> 00:53:46,033
I'II have to start waffling...

945
00:53:47,033 --> 00:53:48,617
Then what?

946
00:53:48,783 --> 00:53:50,575
Vlaminck's a nice guy,

947
00:53:50,992 --> 00:53:53,367
with his square-toed shoes,

948
00:53:53,867 --> 00:53:55,658
but where are my talking points?

949
00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:11,867
Who's he?

950
00:54:12,075 --> 00:54:13,783
The minister's encryptor.

951
00:54:13,950 --> 00:54:15,742
The guy under the fountain?

952
00:54:16,158 --> 00:54:17,867
Le Chiffre, who encodes wires.

953
00:54:18,075 --> 00:54:19,075
Why's he here?

954
00:54:19,158 --> 00:54:22,075
He follows the Minister,
so we can send wires.

955
00:54:22,242 --> 00:54:23,575
You send them often?

956
00:54:23,742 --> 00:54:24,742
Never.

957
00:54:29,825 --> 00:54:33,742
This speech has been force-fed.
Why Lusdemistan, if it's on Europe?

958
00:54:33,908 --> 00:54:35,158
He wanted it there.

959
00:54:35,492 --> 00:54:37,033
Learn to say no.

960
00:54:37,908 --> 00:54:39,450
The Minister wants to see you.

961
00:54:48,408 --> 00:54:50,117
Show me your goulash.

962
00:54:53,783 --> 00:54:55,742
I won't read it on that thing.

963
00:54:55,908 --> 00:54:58,742
I was integrating
your corrections.

964
00:55:00,825 --> 00:55:03,617
It didn't start that way.
Where's the beginning?

965
00:55:04,742 --> 00:55:06,117
Higher up.

966
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:09,242
Higher than what?
It's not on the screen!

967
00:55:09,450 --> 00:55:11,033
No, wait I'II...

968
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:12,783
That's not it: it's lost!

969
00:55:12,950 --> 00:55:15,700
You did paper-and-paste,
the machine ate it.

970
00:55:15,908 --> 00:55:17,283
No, it's been saved...

971
00:55:17,450 --> 00:55:20,283
You're useless on your gizmo!

972
00:55:42,117 --> 00:55:43,283
What's going on?

973
00:55:43,492 --> 00:55:45,117
An accident, it seems.

974
00:55:45,325 --> 00:55:48,575
We can't spend all night.
Come, Arthur.

975
00:55:59,033 --> 00:56:00,992
I do the work, you guys goof off!

976
00:56:01,283 --> 00:56:03,825
On the plane back,
I want the new Grad speech

977
00:56:03,992 --> 00:56:06,450
and the new NY one on the risk of war.

978
00:56:06,617 --> 00:56:08,242
Go to it! Action!

979
00:56:08,658 --> 00:56:10,783
Think the Americans loaf like you?

980
00:56:10,992 --> 00:56:12,950
They're a team of 30 people! And I'm...

981
00:56:13,158 --> 00:56:16,158
I'II do whatever you ask,
but I need an office.

982
00:56:16,742 --> 00:56:19,492
Mr. Ambassador, you have a spare one?

983
00:56:35,033 --> 00:56:36,033
Yes, Claude?

984
00:56:44,367 --> 00:56:47,533
Not a great speech.
The Homeric metaphors fell flat.

985
00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:49,283
Ancient Greece isn't big here.

986
00:56:49,450 --> 00:56:51,825
A load of shit's hit the fan.

987
00:57:02,325 --> 00:57:03,408
So, is it ready?

988
00:57:05,367 --> 00:57:06,617
Sorry.

989
00:57:09,992 --> 00:57:13,242
I had Maupas on the phone.
A hostage-taking.

990
00:57:13,450 --> 00:57:14,117
Where?

991
00:57:14,325 --> 00:57:17,033
Africa, the Great Lakes.
A reporter disguised as an NGO.

992
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:18,825
We advised him not to go.

993
00:57:19,242 --> 00:57:22,325
Dammit!
I'm not the Good Shepherd...

994
00:57:23,117 --> 00:57:25,325
rounding up his flock!

995
00:57:27,075 --> 00:57:30,075
The guy was doing his job.
We must get him out.

996
00:57:30,283 --> 00:57:33,700
Find me an office and a secure phone.

997
00:57:34,783 --> 00:57:37,158
I still haven't peed all day.

998
00:57:37,658 --> 00:57:40,992
Luckily, nobody
gave me a glass of water.

999
00:57:42,450 --> 00:57:44,325
Your speech is ground meat!

1000
00:57:44,492 --> 00:57:47,033
Beyond its shelf life! It's old hat.

1001
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:49,408
It needs depth,

1002
00:57:49,575 --> 00:57:52,283
historical references, heart.

1003
00:57:52,450 --> 00:57:54,825
Quote the great builders,
great unifiers,

1004
00:57:54,992 --> 00:57:56,367
Euripides, Montaigne,

1005
00:57:56,533 --> 00:57:57,783
Erasmus, Jaures,

1006
00:57:57,992 --> 00:57:59,158
Zidane!

1007
00:57:59,367 --> 00:58:01,242
It needs muscle, not mush.

1008
00:58:01,533 --> 00:58:04,367
Beware of the Germans' reaction,

1009
00:58:04,575 --> 00:58:07,908
who dislike any reference
to the Nazis,

1010
00:58:08,075 --> 00:58:10,367
especially if it's blatant.

1011
00:58:11,325 --> 00:58:15,158
Say the same thing, but more positively.

1012
00:58:15,325 --> 00:58:16,867
- No, that's no good.
- It isn't?

1013
00:58:17,033 --> 00:58:18,825
No, he sounds Belgian.

1014
00:58:20,658 --> 00:58:22,450
To me you've never looked cuter.

1015
00:58:27,492 --> 00:58:28,575
Jogging time.

1016
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:32,700
Run! Grenade!

1017
00:58:42,617 --> 00:58:45,950
To upset the Russians,
slam the Iranians.

1018
00:58:46,408 --> 00:58:49,658
To upset the Iranians,
call them Arabs.

1019
00:58:50,158 --> 00:58:53,242
To raise hell in the Middle East,

1020
00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:55,658
bring up Lusdemistan.

1021
00:58:55,825 --> 00:58:58,450
The Americans do all three at once.

1022
00:58:58,617 --> 00:59:00,825
We're caught in the landslide!

1023
00:59:01,033 --> 00:59:02,992
- That's Cahut?
- Yeah.

1024
00:59:03,158 --> 00:59:05,783
The amazing one
is Maupas, Chief of Staff.

1025
00:59:06,367 --> 00:59:09,117
If I got it right,
when he says "Good luck, Arthur,"

1026
00:59:09,283 --> 00:59:11,242
it means "You're in deep shit."

1027
00:59:11,408 --> 00:59:14,908
"Bravo, Valerie" means
"Once more, you're fired."

1028
00:59:15,325 --> 00:59:17,200
When you're right, what does he say?

1029
00:59:17,408 --> 00:59:18,408
Nothing.

1030
00:59:18,492 --> 00:59:20,450
How does Maupas
stand the Minister?

1031
00:59:20,658 --> 00:59:23,533
To him, Taillard's
like a noisy upstairs neighbor.

1032
00:59:23,700 --> 00:59:26,533
Disrupting, but you can function.

1033
00:59:26,908 --> 00:59:28,533
Is he for a Palestinian state?

1034
00:59:29,033 --> 00:59:31,325
Nope, no oil in Palestine.

1035
00:59:31,533 --> 00:59:34,950
But Lusdemistan has tons,
so Taillard likes 'em.

1036
00:59:35,450 --> 00:59:38,283
Wait, you on a neocon payroll?

1037
00:59:38,450 --> 00:59:39,700
You must think

1038
00:59:39,908 --> 00:59:42,367
there are weapons of mass destruction

1039
00:59:42,533 --> 00:59:44,158
under Lusdemistan's palace.

1040
00:59:44,343 --> 00:59:45,343
Why not?

1041
00:59:45,367 --> 00:59:47,325
Under the bedroom is safest.

1042
00:59:47,783 --> 00:59:48,867
Why not?

1043
00:59:49,533 --> 00:59:52,700
Or under the bed.
Sleeping on a warhead is fab.

1044
00:59:52,867 --> 00:59:54,575
Does wonders for sex!

1045
00:59:54,950 --> 00:59:56,200
No, but really,

1046
00:59:56,408 --> 00:59:58,700
Taillard doesn't give
a hoot about oil.

1047
00:59:58,867 --> 01:00:01,867
Just between us.
He's a ham. Don't say he isn't.

1048
01:00:02,075 --> 01:00:03,242
I will.

1049
01:00:03,408 --> 01:00:05,367
He's the exact opposite.

1050
01:00:05,575 --> 01:00:08,992
An actor takes a text,
finds a way to say it.

1051
01:00:09,575 --> 01:00:10,575
But for Taillard,

1052
01:00:10,825 --> 01:00:14,658
I must find his kind of words,
or it gets dumped.

1053
01:00:15,367 --> 01:00:17,158
Goof, and the world's ablaze?

1054
01:00:17,658 --> 01:00:18,658
Sure.

1055
01:00:19,283 --> 01:00:22,617
You're cute.
He's not as sincere as you.

1056
01:00:23,283 --> 01:00:24,617
He's not an actor.

1057
01:00:25,158 --> 01:00:26,617
He's an anti-actor.

1058
01:00:27,033 --> 01:00:29,492
Does your anti-actor
make anti-decisions?

1059
01:00:30,033 --> 01:00:33,450
Can your anti-actor
do anything concrete?

1060
01:00:46,325 --> 01:00:48,450
- Arthur!
- Sir?

1061
01:00:50,658 --> 01:00:52,867
I want to be
on the 8 PM news tonight.

1062
01:00:55,950 --> 01:00:57,117
Latest, by tomorrow.

1063
01:01:02,242 --> 01:01:04,617
Re the anchovy-fishing war
with Spain.

1064
01:01:04,783 --> 01:01:07,533
I'm sick of idiots
clogging our airwaves.

1065
01:01:09,242 --> 01:01:11,992
It's a very technical subject.

1066
01:01:12,158 --> 01:01:15,908
Both sides are guilty,
we may trip ourselves up.

1067
01:01:16,075 --> 01:01:17,075
The problem is

1068
01:01:17,158 --> 01:01:19,700
the Prime Minister has screwed up again

1069
01:01:19,908 --> 01:01:22,908
with asinine and confusing comments.

1070
01:01:23,075 --> 01:01:24,950
We must elevate the issue.

1071
01:01:25,117 --> 01:01:27,158
People who watch TV

1072
01:01:27,325 --> 01:01:30,325
must realize we see this world
as it should be.

1073
01:01:31,450 --> 01:01:32,867
We must soar higher.

1074
01:01:33,242 --> 01:01:34,867
Anchovies aren't the problem.

1075
01:01:35,450 --> 01:01:38,367
The world's problem is fear.

1076
01:01:40,908 --> 01:01:42,283
It's all in here.

1077
01:01:42,950 --> 01:01:44,200
Heraclitus:

1078
01:01:46,492 --> 01:01:48,450
"Lightning rules everything."

1079
01:01:50,533 --> 01:01:52,908
That's a crystal clear statement!

1080
01:01:53,075 --> 01:01:56,408
Arthur, dig into it.
Make it a weighty argument.

1081
01:01:57,575 --> 01:01:59,700
It says it all. Lightning!

1082
01:02:04,117 --> 01:02:06,575
I don't get this anchovy war.

1083
01:02:07,742 --> 01:02:11,325
The French said their fishermen
were oceanographers?

1084
01:02:11,533 --> 01:02:13,825
By-passed the anti-fishing rules?

1085
01:02:14,033 --> 01:02:15,200
It's a load of crap.

1086
01:02:15,408 --> 01:02:17,200
It's complex to explain.

1087
01:02:17,825 --> 01:02:20,825
At this point,
knowing our minister as you do,

1088
01:02:20,992 --> 01:02:23,950
if I were you,
I wouldn't be too technical.

1089
01:02:26,950 --> 01:02:28,658
Instead, can't you

1090
01:02:29,117 --> 01:02:31,242
find a few quotes

1091
01:02:31,533 --> 01:02:33,242
from Heraclitus

1092
01:02:34,950 --> 01:02:39,200
and cook up something
that sounds fairly normal?

1093
01:02:41,492 --> 01:02:42,492
Right.

1094
01:02:48,992 --> 01:02:51,783
"Among monkeys, the handsomest is ugly."

1095
01:02:55,492 --> 01:02:59,867
"Pigs prefer mud to clear water."

1096
01:03:01,867 --> 01:03:03,033
What?

1097
01:03:03,908 --> 01:03:05,783
As Heraclitus said,

1098
01:03:05,950 --> 01:03:08,867
anchovies prefer swimming
in Spanish waters

1099
01:03:09,075 --> 01:03:11,783
to ending up in French trawlers.

1100
01:03:13,533 --> 01:03:15,158
"Character is man's demon."

1101
01:03:15,367 --> 01:03:17,742
Character is man's anchovy.

1102
01:03:18,242 --> 01:03:19,408
"AII men wish for

1103
01:03:19,617 --> 01:03:21,992
"self-knowledge and good thinking."

1104
01:03:22,158 --> 01:03:24,117
AII anchovies wish for...

1105
01:03:24,325 --> 01:03:27,033
self-knowledge and good thinking.

1106
01:03:32,033 --> 01:03:33,033
How are we doing?

1107
01:03:34,408 --> 01:03:36,617
Go ahead! Enjoy!

1108
01:03:36,867 --> 01:03:39,242
I'II have to lay out the basics again.

1109
01:03:39,408 --> 01:03:42,200
But I won't highlight it all for you!

1110
01:03:43,492 --> 01:03:44,867
At random!

1111
01:03:45,075 --> 01:03:46,450
This one is for you:

1112
01:03:46,617 --> 01:03:48,658
"A fool who must orate,

1113
01:03:48,867 --> 01:03:50,992
"is frozen with fear."

1114
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:53,242
Frozen! Like an anchovy.

1115
01:03:54,950 --> 01:03:57,325
"When present, they're absent."... OK.

1116
01:03:58,742 --> 01:04:03,033
"Men whose wishes come true,
feel no better."

1117
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:05,492
Like fishermen. Bigger catches,

1118
01:04:05,783 --> 01:04:07,492
mean fewer anchovies left.

1119
01:04:09,117 --> 01:04:11,950
"Extinguish excess more than fire."

1120
01:04:12,325 --> 01:04:14,950
Hear what Heraclitus says?

1121
01:04:15,325 --> 01:04:18,992
"Extinguish excess more than fire."

1122
01:04:21,825 --> 01:04:22,908
Dear sir,

1123
01:04:23,450 --> 01:04:24,908
Iet me tell you this:

1124
01:04:25,075 --> 01:04:29,367
what's true for Spanish fishermen
is also for French ones.

1125
01:04:29,533 --> 01:04:32,075
We should reach out to one another.

1126
01:04:32,450 --> 01:04:35,617
Look beyond our interests.
Overcome our fears.

1127
01:04:35,908 --> 01:04:37,367
Control the fire.

1128
01:04:37,575 --> 01:04:41,325
There Arthur,
you lead into the fear that plagues us.

1129
01:04:41,617 --> 01:04:43,992
Each topic lets us soar higher.

1130
01:04:44,158 --> 01:04:46,992
Like Ignatius Loyola's
spiritual exercises.

1131
01:04:47,158 --> 01:04:48,700
That's how you rule the world.

1132
01:04:48,908 --> 01:04:52,158
With thoughts. By forging a vision.

1133
01:04:54,450 --> 01:04:56,075
It's a spiral.

1134
01:04:56,992 --> 01:04:59,367
No need to be a rocket scientist!

1135
01:06:10,367 --> 01:06:11,700
Bye, Marie!

1136
01:06:13,450 --> 01:06:17,700
We'II have a meeting
to go over our schedule.

1137
01:06:17,867 --> 01:06:21,117
We'II try and keep it
shorter than usual.

1138
01:06:21,700 --> 01:06:24,783
Let's start with today. 9 AM:

1139
01:06:24,992 --> 01:06:27,950
Bilateral with the Chilean.

1140
01:06:28,492 --> 01:06:31,325
They must be here, and have started.

1141
01:06:32,117 --> 01:06:33,367
10 AM Cabinet Meeting.

1142
01:06:33,575 --> 01:06:36,908
Everything ready?
The Minister's files up to date?

1143
01:06:37,075 --> 01:06:38,950
Yes, he got it all last night.

1144
01:06:39,158 --> 01:06:42,742
I meant to tell you,
I got a call from him.

1145
01:06:42,950 --> 01:06:45,242
It's always the same thing...

1146
01:06:45,450 --> 01:06:47,575
He wants to reduce his talking points:

1147
01:06:47,783 --> 01:06:51,117
the President wants them shorter
at the meeting.

1148
01:06:51,283 --> 01:06:53,408
Less than 3 minutes.

1149
01:06:53,617 --> 01:06:55,492
They're down to the essentials.

1150
01:06:55,908 --> 01:06:59,658
Make it the quintessence
of the essentials.

1151
01:06:59,825 --> 01:07:03,242
Focus on a few topics
that are hot in the media.

1152
01:07:03,450 --> 01:07:06,200
Only that interests them
in cabinet meetings.

1153
01:07:06,367 --> 01:07:08,908
No point in bringing up arcane stuff.

1154
01:07:09,117 --> 01:07:12,450
Then at 11 AM:
start of the Geneva sequence,

1155
01:07:12,658 --> 01:07:14,283
the NATO meeting.

1156
01:07:14,908 --> 01:07:18,408
There we must be super-prepared:
it may be tricky.

1157
01:07:19,450 --> 01:07:22,617
Wait! There's a lunch date
at 1 PM in his private agenda.

1158
01:07:22,783 --> 01:07:25,783
Molly Hutchinson,
Nobel Prize for Literature.

1159
01:07:25,950 --> 01:07:27,658
Are you sure?

1160
01:07:28,117 --> 01:07:29,617
That won't be possible!

1161
01:07:29,783 --> 01:07:32,533
Yes, it will!

1162
01:07:33,367 --> 01:07:35,325
It's in blue ink, highlighted.

1163
01:07:35,533 --> 01:07:37,408
Do as you please.

1164
01:07:37,575 --> 01:07:38,742
It's rock-solid.

1165
01:07:38,908 --> 01:07:41,200
Yes. Between us, Martine,

1166
01:07:41,408 --> 01:07:45,408
I know it's important
to lunch with a Nobel Prize winner,

1167
01:07:45,575 --> 01:07:48,117
but, anyway,
the Minister is a minister,

1168
01:07:48,533 --> 01:07:50,908
and the NATO problem is also

1169
01:07:51,117 --> 01:07:52,492
very important.

1170
01:07:52,658 --> 01:07:56,242
We have to tell him nicely
to postpone his lunch.

1171
01:07:56,783 --> 01:07:58,992
Shit, took me 3 months to set it up.

1172
01:07:59,492 --> 01:08:01,617
I wanted to meet Molly Hutchinson.

1173
01:08:01,825 --> 01:08:03,367
Is there a problem?

1174
01:08:04,075 --> 01:08:05,075
No...

1175
01:08:08,867 --> 01:08:12,367
So until 6 PM we're in Geneva,
then back to...

1176
01:08:16,700 --> 01:08:17,700
Arthur?

1177
01:08:18,075 --> 01:08:20,950
My talking points
for Molly Hutchinson?

1178
01:08:21,700 --> 01:08:22,867
You wanted talking points?

1179
01:08:23,075 --> 01:08:24,700
Get to work, pal.

1180
01:08:25,075 --> 01:08:28,075
Meeting a Nobel Prize winner,
what do I say?

1181
01:08:29,992 --> 01:08:32,117
I need brilliance, inspiration.

1182
01:08:32,283 --> 01:08:34,492
Or else, why make me meet people?

1183
01:08:34,700 --> 01:08:36,575
Yes, Alexandre,

1184
01:08:36,783 --> 01:08:38,367
this lunch is a problem.

1185
01:08:38,533 --> 01:08:42,200
As you know, there's the NATO matter...

1186
01:08:42,492 --> 01:08:44,867
NATO... Nato-rious, useless!

1187
01:08:45,033 --> 01:08:47,408
Yes, whatever you say.

1188
01:08:47,617 --> 01:08:49,825
But with this mess
in the Balkans and Kosovo...

1189
01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:52,992
NATO, "No Action, Talk Only!"

1190
01:08:53,492 --> 01:08:55,783
In fact, we're trying to figure out

1191
01:08:55,992 --> 01:08:59,158
how to switch your lunch
with the Nobel lady.

1192
01:08:59,950 --> 01:09:00,950
Not a chance!

1193
01:09:01,783 --> 01:09:04,075
Yes, but I thought...

1194
01:09:04,242 --> 01:09:07,658
Next Monday
you're seeing the Croatian,

1195
01:09:07,950 --> 01:09:11,992
we cancel that,
and replace it with Polly Wortington...

1196
01:09:12,158 --> 01:09:13,325
Molly Hutchinson!

1197
01:09:15,408 --> 01:09:17,033
Cancel the Croatian...

1198
01:09:17,242 --> 01:09:20,408
You're grabbing me by my feelings!

1199
01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:23,200
No way!

1200
01:09:23,283 --> 01:09:25,158
We've postponed the Croatian 7 times.

1201
01:09:25,367 --> 01:09:27,742
Tell you what: we cancel the Croatian

1202
01:09:27,908 --> 01:09:30,117
and we keep Molly Hutchinson.

1203
01:09:30,658 --> 01:09:33,200
I want my cards
before the Cabinet meeting.

1204
01:09:34,033 --> 01:09:37,617
I'm so bored,
with those idiots rattling on.

1205
01:09:37,825 --> 01:09:40,700
While they spout,
I reread my index cards.

1206
01:09:40,867 --> 01:09:42,742
You got me a highlighter?

1207
01:09:42,950 --> 01:09:45,575
- With a decent tip?
- It's on your desk, sir.

1208
01:09:46,075 --> 01:09:48,700
Ready for your next writing session.

1209
01:09:49,367 --> 01:09:50,367
OK, pals!

1210
01:09:51,283 --> 01:09:52,283
Action!

1211
01:09:54,617 --> 01:09:56,325
NATO shmato!

1212
01:09:56,783 --> 01:09:58,283
Arthur, keep this lunch

1213
01:09:58,450 --> 01:10:00,242
short and sweet.

1214
01:10:00,408 --> 01:10:02,617
We leave at 1:30 PM latest.

1215
01:10:04,867 --> 01:10:07,408
Sir... Your cards for Molly Hutchinson!

1216
01:10:09,283 --> 01:10:11,075
Mr. Minister...

1217
01:10:11,242 --> 01:10:14,742
I prepared you a NATO card.
Read it in the meeting.

1218
01:10:14,908 --> 01:10:16,158
I can't read that.

1219
01:10:16,325 --> 01:10:19,117
It's rumpled.
Like out of a swimming pool.

1220
01:10:19,283 --> 01:10:21,408
I'm not a lifeguard.

1221
01:10:26,492 --> 01:10:27,492
There.

1222
01:10:27,617 --> 01:10:28,783
Thanks.

1223
01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:31,117
Need anything else?

1224
01:10:31,283 --> 01:10:32,867
No, I'm fine.

1225
01:10:36,825 --> 01:10:39,200
Thank God the Cabinet meeting's over.

1226
01:10:39,367 --> 01:10:41,325
A whole batch of new laws.

1227
01:10:41,533 --> 01:10:44,367
Read them,
give them to an aide, whatever.

1228
01:10:44,575 --> 01:10:46,117
It's a pile of shit.

1229
01:10:46,742 --> 01:10:48,075
Otherwise, nothing to report.

1230
01:10:48,242 --> 01:10:52,283
The President re-briefed the PM,
who re-briefed the Finance Minister.

1231
01:10:52,492 --> 01:10:55,825
That dumb bear who bolted
came up again.

1232
01:10:55,992 --> 01:10:59,742
Other than that, same old shit.
It's pathetic.

1233
01:11:00,117 --> 01:11:01,492
But guess

1234
01:11:01,658 --> 01:11:04,533
who I'm lunching with?

1235
01:11:04,700 --> 01:11:08,825
I know.
We rescheduled everything for it.

1236
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:10,283
Want to come?

1237
01:11:10,908 --> 01:11:14,325
If it'II help get your mind on NATO.

1238
01:11:14,492 --> 01:11:15,575
Why not?

1239
01:11:24,492 --> 01:11:26,783
Bravo for that Nobel Prize!

1240
01:11:26,950 --> 01:11:29,408
For once, poetry is in the spotlight.

1241
01:11:29,700 --> 01:11:33,200
With you,
they chose an all-round artist.

1242
01:11:34,242 --> 01:11:36,533
Let's say I try to keep my eyes open.

1243
01:11:36,742 --> 01:11:39,825
Your eyes open...
And your ears pierced!

1244
01:11:40,742 --> 01:11:41,825
Let's have lunch.

1245
01:11:42,033 --> 01:11:43,367
How did I get trapped?

1246
01:11:43,533 --> 01:11:45,242
You'II be fed!

1247
01:11:46,117 --> 01:11:47,742
To your Nobel Prize!

1248
01:11:49,117 --> 01:11:50,825
Your cards corrected, sir.

1249
01:11:51,033 --> 01:11:54,117
What cards?
Don't stalk me with that NATO stuff.

1250
01:11:54,533 --> 01:11:55,867
You have cards on me?

1251
01:11:56,367 --> 01:11:57,533
Not at all,

1252
01:11:58,367 --> 01:12:01,117
I don't need index cards.

1253
01:12:01,533 --> 01:12:03,158
I hate them.

1254
01:12:03,325 --> 01:12:06,742
What's this, the Jingoulou family?

1255
01:12:06,950 --> 01:12:08,283
Urgent?

1256
01:12:09,117 --> 01:12:10,533
It's a mistake, sir.

1257
01:12:11,908 --> 01:12:16,117
I have a first edition of Rimbaud's
"The Drunken Boat", I love poetry.

1258
01:12:16,408 --> 01:12:18,700
Your poetry, your sensitivity,

1259
01:12:19,283 --> 01:12:20,783
your power.

1260
01:12:20,950 --> 01:12:23,492
Literature is all about power,

1261
01:12:23,700 --> 01:12:26,075
the alliance of courage and cunning,

1262
01:12:26,242 --> 01:12:28,992
of the comic and the tragic,
the robe and the sword...

1263
01:12:29,158 --> 01:12:30,158
That matters,

1264
01:12:31,492 --> 01:12:33,283
and today one can see it clearly.

1265
01:12:33,617 --> 01:12:35,825
After 3 000 years of civilization,

1266
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:40,367
we face the most troubled period
in human history.

1267
01:12:40,742 --> 01:12:43,533
Mankind is about to destroy Mankind.

1268
01:12:43,700 --> 01:12:45,075
Nuclear crises,

1269
01:12:45,367 --> 01:12:47,158
fratricidal wars...

1270
01:12:47,575 --> 01:12:50,242
And what do those hacks brazenly do?

1271
01:12:50,617 --> 01:12:52,325
Those wart hogs?

1272
01:12:52,742 --> 01:12:53,908
I'II tell you, Molly,

1273
01:12:54,242 --> 01:12:55,700
they write index cards:

1274
01:12:56,283 --> 01:12:57,992
dream up talking points.

1275
01:12:59,658 --> 01:13:02,908
They flitter around,
chat, listen, indulge themselves,

1276
01:13:03,242 --> 01:13:05,117
while war rages.

1277
01:13:05,325 --> 01:13:08,908
It's raging in the Middle East,
in Africa,

1278
01:13:09,158 --> 01:13:11,783
soon it may rage in Lusdemistan.

1279
01:13:12,658 --> 01:13:15,617
It rages all around you.

1280
01:13:16,117 --> 01:13:17,117
In you.

1281
01:13:17,283 --> 01:13:19,075
Hence in the world.

1282
01:13:20,992 --> 01:13:23,992
What really matters in literature,

1283
01:13:24,158 --> 01:13:26,700
what writers should say
before writing...

1284
01:13:28,992 --> 01:13:31,117
The sacred fire within you,

1285
01:13:31,325 --> 01:13:33,867
Iets you decipher the world
like a child.

1286
01:13:35,283 --> 01:13:37,075
<i>Let her get a word in.</i>

1287
01:13:38,700 --> 01:13:41,700
What do you think of all this, Molly?

1288
01:13:42,075 --> 01:13:45,325
That one must be consistent

1289
01:13:47,450 --> 01:13:48,867
with one's words.

1290
01:13:49,033 --> 01:13:51,325
I enjoy listening to you,

1291
01:13:51,783 --> 01:13:55,033
but why does France back
Total Oil in Burma?

1292
01:13:55,533 --> 01:13:58,200
It's like backing the junta.

1293
01:13:58,367 --> 01:14:01,533
They imprisoned a woman,

1294
01:14:01,700 --> 01:14:02,783
Aung San Suu Kyi,

1295
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:04,825
who was lawfully elected.

1296
01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:06,700
There, Molly,

1297
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:08,200
Total Oil,

1298
01:14:08,325 --> 01:14:10,992
the less oil they sell,
the better I feel.

1299
01:14:15,450 --> 01:14:18,367
If I wasn't trapped
in this diplomatic ruckus,

1300
01:14:18,533 --> 01:14:20,908
I'd write 5 books a year.

1301
01:14:21,075 --> 01:14:23,742
Writing! That's really living!

1302
01:14:25,825 --> 01:14:27,533
I see them all around me,

1303
01:14:27,700 --> 01:14:29,283
trying to snare me,

1304
01:14:29,992 --> 01:14:32,367
all those who are ruled by fear.

1305
01:14:32,992 --> 01:14:36,158
The enemy in politics,
as in literature, is fear.

1306
01:14:36,325 --> 01:14:39,242
It's the ploy of the weak...
The ploy of NATO.

1307
01:14:39,450 --> 01:14:40,617
Even in Turkey.

1308
01:14:40,950 --> 01:14:41,950
Yet...

1309
01:14:42,908 --> 01:14:46,908
Who delivers the words of wisdom
in Voltaire's "Candide"?

1310
01:14:50,325 --> 01:14:51,783
I'II tell you.

1311
01:14:53,450 --> 01:14:54,825
The dervish.

1312
01:14:55,200 --> 01:14:57,825
The Turkish dervish! Think of it.

1313
01:14:58,783 --> 01:15:01,700
Right, I don't understand why the US

1314
01:15:01,908 --> 01:15:04,450
wants NATO to intervene
in the Middle East.

1315
01:15:04,658 --> 01:15:05,658
You see, Claude,

1316
01:15:06,075 --> 01:15:07,783
I don't get it either.

1317
01:15:08,242 --> 01:15:09,575
NATO,

1318
01:15:09,742 --> 01:15:12,742
I'II die before I know why we need it.

1319
01:15:13,658 --> 01:15:14,908
I won't go to Geneva.

1320
01:15:16,075 --> 01:15:17,700
They can have their meeting

1321
01:15:17,908 --> 01:15:19,367
without yours truly!

1322
01:15:21,700 --> 01:15:24,450
Chatting with you
was more constructive

1323
01:15:24,617 --> 01:15:27,575
than being stuffed
with the war on Taylorism...

1324
01:15:27,742 --> 01:15:29,367
Terrorism...

1325
01:15:30,617 --> 01:15:33,283
The Taylorism of terrorism...

1326
01:15:33,450 --> 01:15:34,825
Arthur, take it down.

1327
01:15:37,242 --> 01:15:38,783
Remember, Molly:

1328
01:15:38,950 --> 01:15:42,783
what matters in literature,
is the sacred fire.

1329
01:15:46,075 --> 01:15:47,617
Malraux said:

1330
01:15:47,783 --> 01:15:52,033
"Only two things matter for mankind:
courage and culture."

1331
01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:53,908
You already have the culture.

1332
01:15:55,158 --> 01:15:56,408
You know, Molly,

1333
01:15:57,033 --> 01:16:00,617
inside us all,
is an old man who fondles on.

1334
01:16:02,075 --> 01:16:03,450
Fondles on?

1335
01:16:05,408 --> 01:16:08,242
You're the champ. You get the Oscar.

1336
01:16:08,408 --> 01:16:12,533
Misplacing the Jingoulous
in your cards. Not very wow!

1337
01:16:13,283 --> 01:16:15,075
You owe me another stab at it.

1338
01:16:16,450 --> 01:16:20,283
The parents aren't in France,
the grandparents are being expelled...

1339
01:16:21,408 --> 01:16:24,117
Say you won't forget.

1340
01:16:24,408 --> 01:16:25,783
Promise!

1341
01:16:28,325 --> 01:16:31,992
You should've insisted.
Your guy goofed.

1342
01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:35,700
You were too nice.
We'II get nowhere, like that.

1343
01:16:35,867 --> 01:16:39,367
Besides, he can ask him a favor,
it's no big risk.

1344
01:16:39,533 --> 01:16:42,533
Listen, Arthur and I
evaluate our own risks.

1345
01:16:48,242 --> 01:16:50,283
Anyway, there's only 2 choices:

1346
01:16:50,492 --> 01:16:53,742
his job will make my life hell,

1347
01:16:53,908 --> 01:16:56,658
he'II get home late,
cancel dinners and vacations.

1348
01:16:56,825 --> 01:16:59,367
Or I agree to share
my life with Tutankhamen.

1349
01:16:59,575 --> 01:17:03,617
He'II live with us, breakfast with us,
move into our living room...

1350
01:17:04,242 --> 01:17:06,367
And I make sure Arthur and I have fun.

1351
01:17:06,533 --> 01:17:08,242
Wait, I can't do everything.

1352
01:17:08,450 --> 01:17:11,158
Go to New York, save the Jingoulous,

1353
01:17:11,325 --> 01:17:14,575
attend diplomatic dinners.
At least one thing too many.

1354
01:17:15,033 --> 01:17:16,575
Yeah, going to New York.

1355
01:17:17,408 --> 01:17:19,867
About that dinner,
I only said it was iffy!

1356
01:17:20,075 --> 01:17:22,783
They'II be with wifey,
you the only bachelor?

1357
01:17:23,242 --> 01:17:27,283
I can't help it,
it says "with their spouses".

1358
01:17:27,450 --> 01:17:29,158
It's about cabinet unity.

1359
01:17:29,325 --> 01:17:30,867
Are we a couple or not?

1360
01:17:31,158 --> 01:17:34,992
Most couples who live together
aren't married!

1361
01:17:35,908 --> 01:17:37,533
They should know that!

1362
01:17:40,950 --> 01:17:43,075
There's a simple solution.

1363
01:17:44,825 --> 01:17:46,367
We get married.

1364
01:17:46,950 --> 01:17:49,825
So you can come to the dinner.
We have 2 weeks.

1365
01:17:49,992 --> 01:17:51,367
You're nuts.

1366
01:17:54,033 --> 01:17:57,867
Take me to the dinner,
then ask me to marry you.

1367
01:17:58,950 --> 01:18:02,117
"Wisdom: speak the truth,
act like nature."

1368
01:18:06,283 --> 01:18:08,742
3 days is 3 shirts, plus one.

1369
01:18:08,950 --> 01:18:11,325
3 ties plus one. 3 shorts plus one.

1370
01:18:11,533 --> 01:18:12,783
And my rubber ducky.

1371
01:18:12,992 --> 01:18:15,992
I'II pack a sweater too.
New York can be icy.

1372
01:18:16,408 --> 01:18:18,533
In this one,
you hardly see the holes.

1373
01:18:19,033 --> 01:18:20,742
Poor baby.
Then we can throw it out.

1374
01:18:20,908 --> 01:18:22,783
No, it's my favorite.

1375
01:18:23,117 --> 01:18:24,908
Is there any more room?

1376
01:18:25,325 --> 01:18:27,200
I still have

1377
01:18:28,783 --> 01:18:30,908
3 reams of paper.

1378
01:18:31,158 --> 01:18:33,908
There'II be a dozen
rewrites of the speech...

1379
01:18:34,075 --> 01:18:37,658
You're a VIP now.
Can't you get paper in New York?

1380
01:18:37,867 --> 01:18:40,158
It's not the same size.

1381
01:18:40,325 --> 01:18:43,492
Shorter and wider.

1382
01:18:43,700 --> 01:18:47,033
He could make me
redo the whole speech.

1383
01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:49,908
You figured you'd do it 15 times,
anyway.

1384
01:18:52,575 --> 01:18:54,450
3 days'II seem an eternity.

1385
01:18:56,200 --> 01:18:57,450
Don't worry.

1386
01:18:58,075 --> 01:19:00,742
Let's make them seem even longer.

1387
01:19:07,658 --> 01:19:10,658
Minister, any news on the runaway bear?

1388
01:19:15,117 --> 01:19:18,200
Reporters: the 8th plague of Egypt!

1389
01:19:24,033 --> 01:19:25,992
My friend Jean-Paul François.

1390
01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:26,867
Delighted.

1391
01:19:27,075 --> 01:19:29,117
He may get the Goncourt Prize.

1392
01:19:29,283 --> 01:19:32,367
I read your latest book,
"A World in Tears".

1393
01:19:32,575 --> 01:19:33,825
The last but one!

1394
01:19:34,033 --> 01:19:37,117
We've got some time.
We can rewrite it all.

1395
01:19:37,325 --> 01:19:38,325
Jean-Paul?

1396
01:19:38,492 --> 01:19:40,117
Sit down.

1397
01:19:40,367 --> 01:19:42,742
What bothers me is...

1398
01:19:42,950 --> 01:19:45,492
Is a vision... Sorry, thanks...

1399
01:19:45,658 --> 01:19:48,908
a too hasty vision of America...

1400
01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:51,783
The US is a rich, complex country.

1401
01:19:51,950 --> 01:19:54,617
Don't talk of US policy, but policies.

1402
01:19:54,783 --> 01:19:57,617
Or reduce all Americans to the neocons.

1403
01:19:57,825 --> 01:20:00,783
Lincoln, a Republican,
abolished slavery.

1404
01:20:01,575 --> 01:20:05,075
The US has many heritages,
a "double inspiration".

1405
01:20:05,283 --> 01:20:06,742
Sit down, Jean-Paul.

1406
01:20:07,450 --> 01:20:08,450
Like Baudelaire.

1407
01:20:09,176 --> 01:20:10,176
Jot it down.

1408
01:20:10,200 --> 01:20:13,617
Sir, it's a speech to the UN,
not a PhD oral!

1409
01:20:13,783 --> 01:20:15,825
The Civil War or New Deal won't fit!

1410
01:20:16,033 --> 01:20:18,325
Why not? You need History,

1411
01:20:18,533 --> 01:20:20,158
depth, to move people.

1412
01:20:20,367 --> 01:20:23,700
Americans must understand I love them.

1413
01:20:23,867 --> 01:20:27,033
Even more than they love themselves.

1414
01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:29,658
How could they?

1415
01:20:29,825 --> 01:20:31,617
30% eat in their cars.

1416
01:20:31,825 --> 01:20:33,367
Jot it down! We must say that!

1417
01:20:33,533 --> 01:20:37,033
Sir, it's not the subject
of your speech, you said so!

1418
01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:41,117
We're addressing 191 UN member states
on specific issues:

1419
01:20:41,325 --> 01:20:42,783
Lusdemistan, the danger of war.

1420
01:20:42,950 --> 01:20:45,700
Precisely. The speech must have heart!

1421
01:20:45,867 --> 01:20:48,408
Via a story, an anecdote.
Suddenly, wham!

1422
01:20:49,408 --> 01:20:51,867
We say we won't back their scam.

1423
01:20:52,033 --> 01:20:55,700
France won't commit
to Republican blowhards.

1424
01:20:56,450 --> 01:20:58,825
But you can't ram them head on.

1425
01:20:59,033 --> 01:21:02,367
It's a rich, complex country.
Each state is different.

1426
01:21:02,867 --> 01:21:05,950
Like Vermont and Kansas.
Take Iowa, for instance...

1427
01:21:06,158 --> 01:21:08,367
Where all U.S. presidential elections
start.

1428
01:21:08,867 --> 01:21:10,658
- Every primary.
- That's it.

1429
01:21:12,075 --> 01:21:15,075
"The Bridges of Madison County"
was shot there.

1430
01:21:15,783 --> 01:21:17,492
That's a unifying concept.

1431
01:21:17,867 --> 01:21:19,242
Got it? Get going!

1432
01:21:19,450 --> 01:21:22,367
Sir, if we change lines,
we should consult Cahut.

1433
01:21:22,575 --> 01:21:25,033
Cahut, fine. Call Cahut.

1434
01:21:30,033 --> 01:21:34,117
I hope I'm not invading
young Vlaminck's turf.

1435
01:21:34,283 --> 01:21:35,283
No.

1436
01:21:35,367 --> 01:21:37,492
Is he related to Vlaminck, the...?

1437
01:21:37,908 --> 01:21:39,158
Distantly.

1438
01:21:39,450 --> 01:21:41,742
A conventional painter. Too much sky.

1439
01:21:42,158 --> 01:21:43,158
Buckle up, Jean-Paul.

1440
01:21:44,575 --> 01:21:45,575
Mr. Minister?

1441
01:21:45,700 --> 01:21:50,158
Dear Stéphane, I asked Arthur
to mellow the New York speech.

1442
01:21:50,325 --> 01:21:54,533
Anyway, it's dense and lopsided.
It doesn't hit the mark.

1443
01:21:55,242 --> 01:21:56,658
Sit down, Cahut!

1444
01:21:59,634 --> 01:22:00,634
And buckle up.

1445
01:22:00,658 --> 01:22:02,367
I never do.

1446
01:22:02,575 --> 01:22:05,533
Buckle up.
We're taking off! It's a safety measure.

1447
01:22:06,283 --> 01:22:08,492
You'II become a human cannon ball.

1448
01:22:10,450 --> 01:22:12,658
We must hit the mark.
Tell me:

1449
01:22:12,825 --> 01:22:15,033
what precisely, offends you?

1450
01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:16,908
Sir, offends, no.

1451
01:22:17,075 --> 01:22:20,242
Anything you add,
will worsen the problem.

1452
01:22:20,408 --> 01:22:23,242
Like reading the Talmud to condo-owners.

1453
01:22:23,575 --> 01:22:26,575
These are the rules:
191 States, 191 Ministers,

1454
01:22:26,742 --> 01:22:29,992
191 speeches. Ten minutes each.

1455
01:22:30,158 --> 01:22:33,325
Precisely, every minute counts!

1456
01:22:33,533 --> 01:22:35,492
They must be weighty, deep...

1457
01:22:36,117 --> 01:22:37,117
Complex!

1458
01:22:45,825 --> 01:22:47,075
Watch your head...

1459
01:22:48,367 --> 01:22:50,325
Diplomacy is a bitch.

1460
01:22:51,492 --> 01:22:54,658
I hope there's no turbulence.
I get airsick.

1461
01:22:57,200 --> 01:23:00,200
No, not that!
It's off-topic and too long!

1462
01:23:00,408 --> 01:23:03,992
But he wanted it.
Damn, he's the one who'II say it!

1463
01:23:04,158 --> 01:23:05,158
Sorry...

1464
01:23:05,200 --> 01:23:07,325
The Lusdemistan bit is OK, no?

1465
01:23:07,533 --> 01:23:09,825
The analysis of internal imbalances?

1466
01:23:10,283 --> 01:23:13,533
Yes, it's simplified, but accurate.

1467
01:23:13,742 --> 01:23:17,575
And I know: I was our number 2 man
in Lusde for 4 years.

1468
01:23:17,783 --> 01:23:20,617
This speech's problem
is the tone: it's a monster.

1469
01:23:20,825 --> 01:23:23,658
Frankenstein talking
to Snow White's 7 dwarfs.

1470
01:23:24,825 --> 01:23:28,325
But what matters
isn't what's said on the podium,

1471
01:23:28,492 --> 01:23:30,200
but behind the scenes.

1472
01:23:30,408 --> 01:23:31,658
Impressive,

1473
01:23:31,825 --> 01:23:35,492
all that energy for a speech
nobody will listen to.

1474
01:23:35,700 --> 01:23:37,242
A wasted SWAT team. Bravo.

1475
01:23:37,408 --> 01:23:41,158
Thanks.
Your good spirits are contagious.

1476
01:23:41,325 --> 01:23:43,533
He could demoralize an anthill!

1477
01:23:43,700 --> 01:23:46,408
My wife is fed up with this crap.

1478
01:23:46,575 --> 01:23:48,783
You're lucky, you have no family.

1479
01:23:49,742 --> 01:23:52,908
Now I've stained my pants
with their damn mayo.

1480
01:23:53,658 --> 01:23:55,450
Seen "The Bridges of Madison County"?

1481
01:23:57,075 --> 01:23:58,533
Meryl Streep!

1482
01:23:59,867 --> 01:24:01,325
- Hi, Christian
- Hi, Sir.

1483
01:24:01,492 --> 01:24:02,950
Come, Jean-Paul.

1484
01:24:03,783 --> 01:24:06,783
- Where's Picasso?
- Vlaminck is slated for vehicle 2.

1485
01:24:06,950 --> 01:24:10,367
He can print in the car.
I need the text at the hotel.

1486
01:24:10,908 --> 01:24:11,908
Get in the front.

1487
01:24:11,992 --> 01:24:14,283
Thanks, I'm a bit nauseous.

1488
01:24:14,742 --> 01:24:17,200
Vlaminck can't go
in the 2nd car with me.

1489
01:24:17,367 --> 01:24:20,783
It's my place.
I won't share it with a cub-advisor.

1490
01:24:20,992 --> 01:24:23,617
The 3rd car's embassy,
the others full...

1491
01:24:23,783 --> 01:24:26,242
Stick him on the bus with the press.

1492
01:24:26,658 --> 01:24:28,033
Where's the bus?

1493
01:25:17,242 --> 01:25:18,867
A page is missing.

1494
01:25:29,617 --> 01:25:31,908
"The flutter of a butterfly's wings."

1495
01:25:32,117 --> 01:25:34,242
Is that to impress them?

1496
01:25:34,450 --> 01:25:35,867
Right.

1497
01:25:36,533 --> 01:25:39,283
The elevator makes me queasy.

1498
01:25:41,825 --> 01:25:43,533
Look at that, Jean-Paul!

1499
01:25:43,700 --> 01:25:44,700
I'm here...

1500
01:25:44,783 --> 01:25:47,450
They don't deserve to be in my speech.

1501
01:25:47,617 --> 01:25:49,492
Mr. Minister? There's a hitch.

1502
01:25:52,658 --> 01:25:54,367
Wait, Jean-Paul. Thanks.

1503
01:26:00,408 --> 01:26:02,533
Bravo, Castela. Nice start!

1504
01:26:02,825 --> 01:26:03,992
There's been a leak.

1505
01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:06,575
A reporter got a page of my speech.

1506
01:26:06,783 --> 01:26:09,158
And those slobs distorted it all.

1507
01:26:09,325 --> 01:26:11,033
I never had it.

1508
01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:13,825
He opted for the reporters' bus.

1509
01:26:13,992 --> 01:26:16,033
A speechwriter can't do that.

1510
01:26:16,242 --> 01:26:17,492
I didn't.

1511
01:26:17,825 --> 01:26:19,950
Why not hold a press conference?

1512
01:26:20,117 --> 01:26:22,492
- I was sent there.
- We have to redo it!

1513
01:26:23,075 --> 01:26:25,117
Because of you, or thanks to them!

1514
01:26:25,325 --> 01:26:28,908
Anyway, leak or no leak,
it was lousy, we had to redo it.

1515
01:26:29,075 --> 01:26:30,158
Let's get going!

1516
01:26:30,325 --> 01:26:34,367
Cahut! I want a clear summary
of the last 20 years in the Middle East.

1517
01:26:34,575 --> 01:26:36,533
Using simple words, for once.

1518
01:26:36,742 --> 01:26:38,617
Christian! Answer that asshole!

1519
01:26:39,575 --> 01:26:41,117
One paragraph, maximum.

1520
01:26:41,283 --> 01:26:42,367
Castela!

1521
01:26:42,950 --> 01:26:46,117
One scalpel-hewn paragraph,
on the role of the UN.

1522
01:26:46,283 --> 01:26:47,283
Get to work!

1523
01:26:47,492 --> 01:26:49,617
Jean-Paul will goose you.

1524
01:26:49,783 --> 01:26:52,617
So there's some brains up your asses.

1525
01:26:52,825 --> 01:26:53,825
Some complexity...

1526
01:26:53,992 --> 01:26:56,367
Arthur, you put it all in your blender.

1527
01:26:56,867 --> 01:26:59,533
Make sure it's watertight!

1528
01:26:59,700 --> 01:27:01,825
Let's do it!

1529
01:27:07,617 --> 01:27:10,158
Arthur, come. We'II go pee.

1530
01:27:14,450 --> 01:27:16,575
Sir, I didn't opt for the bus...

1531
01:27:16,742 --> 01:27:18,617
I know that, Arthur.

1532
01:27:19,158 --> 01:27:20,867
Arthur, one day

1533
01:27:21,200 --> 01:27:23,408
the President said something...

1534
01:27:23,700 --> 01:27:24,950
fundamental:

1535
01:27:26,408 --> 01:27:29,992
"In the lives we lead,
you do things as they come.

1536
01:27:30,533 --> 01:27:32,492
"You have time to eat, you eat.

1537
01:27:32,700 --> 01:27:34,492
"Time to fuck, you fuck.

1538
01:27:34,700 --> 01:27:36,658
"Time to piss, you piss."

1539
01:27:37,325 --> 01:27:38,325
Full stop.

1540
01:27:38,450 --> 01:27:40,992
Sir, I wanted to mention something.

1541
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:44,950
A family, nice people,
are in trouble at my fiancée's school.

1542
01:27:45,158 --> 01:27:47,283
The Jingoulu? Urgent?

1543
01:27:47,450 --> 01:27:48,533
There.

1544
01:27:48,742 --> 01:27:50,075
Good old Molly.

1545
01:27:51,450 --> 01:27:53,075
It's all in there.

1546
01:27:53,408 --> 01:27:55,283
Stick it in my pocket.

1547
01:27:55,742 --> 01:27:59,408
I'II look into it.
We'II try, by and by!

1548
01:28:01,117 --> 01:28:02,825
So you have a fiancée?

1549
01:28:03,200 --> 01:28:04,825
I wanted to stress "horror".

1550
01:28:05,033 --> 01:28:07,158
No. You have 2 important words:

1551
01:28:07,492 --> 01:28:09,450
fear and suspicion.

1552
01:28:09,658 --> 01:28:11,700
Friends, we just got the news.

1553
01:28:11,908 --> 01:28:16,033
The US gave up unilateral action,
to go via the UN.

1554
01:28:16,450 --> 01:28:17,533
We won.

1555
01:28:17,742 --> 01:28:21,575
Hardly. They'II go to war,
but with UN approval.

1556
01:28:21,742 --> 01:28:24,033
I rewrite page 2
to congratulate them?

1557
01:28:24,242 --> 01:28:27,325
This means a resolution
in the Security Council.

1558
01:28:27,492 --> 01:28:29,783
No time to poke 'em
with a sharp stick.

1559
01:28:29,950 --> 01:28:32,950
We must applaud those creeps,
act phony.

1560
01:28:33,492 --> 01:28:34,492
Such pleasure!

1561
01:28:34,617 --> 01:28:36,992
Do we revamp the speech?
Not easy.

1562
01:28:40,492 --> 01:28:42,117
Not coming to the speech?

1563
01:28:42,283 --> 01:28:46,200
I get cramps at his speeches.
I'II wait in the hallway.

1564
01:28:46,367 --> 01:28:48,742
You're right. Take a nap.

1565
01:28:48,950 --> 01:28:50,575
And ask for a cushion.

1566
01:28:59,408 --> 01:29:00,783
For your records.

1567
01:29:03,325 --> 01:29:04,825
That was Frankenstein.

1568
01:29:08,533 --> 01:29:09,700
I told you:

1569
01:29:09,908 --> 01:29:13,908
heads of State are like
condo-owners, not philosophers.

1570
01:29:14,075 --> 01:29:17,575
Interested in the stairwell,
not the world's future,

1571
01:29:17,742 --> 01:29:19,783
wary you're out to get them.

1572
01:29:19,950 --> 01:29:21,992
The Americans scrubbed the facade,

1573
01:29:22,158 --> 01:29:24,825
dazzling us,
even if they blow up the city.

1574
01:29:24,992 --> 01:29:26,158
It's the pits for us!

1575
01:29:26,367 --> 01:29:28,742
They'II invade Lusdemistan
as they want,

1576
01:29:28,950 --> 01:29:31,325
but, worse, make the UN legitimize it.

1577
01:29:31,492 --> 01:29:34,325
While we wrote an ode to autumn leaves.

1578
01:29:34,492 --> 01:29:35,950
We've been sidelined.

1579
01:29:36,158 --> 01:29:38,367
- Exactly.
- Exactly what, Cahut?

1580
01:29:38,575 --> 01:29:42,158
No, our flatfooted speech
had one virtue:

1581
01:29:42,367 --> 01:29:45,700
it set out our position, our stand.

1582
01:29:46,325 --> 01:29:48,283
Now we drive in the nail:

1583
01:29:48,950 --> 01:29:51,242
we won't set one toe
in Lusdemistan.

1584
01:29:51,825 --> 01:29:54,992
I'II tell you:
contrary to what you believe,

1585
01:29:55,242 --> 01:29:58,908
we're a step ahead of them.
We drew a line.

1586
01:29:59,242 --> 01:30:02,325
On one side there's spirit, vision,

1587
01:30:02,533 --> 01:30:04,908
on the other, oil, vested interests,

1588
01:30:05,700 --> 01:30:06,700
the neocons.

1589
01:30:09,700 --> 01:30:11,325
You've read Tintin comics?

1590
01:30:12,450 --> 01:30:13,825
You read Tintin?

1591
01:30:14,575 --> 01:30:15,908
Remember them?

1592
01:30:16,617 --> 01:30:20,033
Why do you?

1593
01:30:20,742 --> 01:30:22,700
In Tintin, the stakes are huge.

1594
01:30:22,867 --> 01:30:24,825
The moon, America, black gold...

1595
01:30:25,158 --> 01:30:27,992
But Tintin is the rhythm.

1596
01:30:30,533 --> 01:30:32,242
One panel leads to another.

1597
01:30:32,408 --> 01:30:34,117
Reaching the right side,

1598
01:30:34,325 --> 01:30:36,533
you're led on.
Until the end of the page.

1599
01:30:36,825 --> 01:30:38,283
The bearded guy...

1600
01:30:38,509 --> 01:30:39,509
Capt. Haddock?

1601
01:30:39,533 --> 01:30:41,325
He trips on the pipes,

1602
01:30:41,492 --> 01:30:42,492
bumps his head,

1603
01:30:42,658 --> 01:30:45,117
jumps into the jeep...
On to the next page!

1604
01:30:45,283 --> 01:30:47,158
You can't help it.
And then...

1605
01:30:48,075 --> 01:30:49,617
On a whole page

1606
01:30:49,950 --> 01:30:51,450
is a rocket...

1607
01:30:51,908 --> 01:30:52,908
It's gigantic.

1608
01:30:53,575 --> 01:30:55,450
Red and white. 100 meters high.

1609
01:30:55,867 --> 01:30:58,242
We're doing the same.

1610
01:30:59,325 --> 01:31:00,700
A speech, people listen.

1611
01:31:01,617 --> 01:31:02,617
Take sides,

1612
01:31:02,783 --> 01:31:04,117
they soar.

1613
01:31:05,992 --> 01:31:08,367
They're facing the world.

1614
01:31:12,450 --> 01:31:15,533
I'm dizzy.
Get me off that rollercoaster!

1615
01:31:15,700 --> 01:31:18,617
It's not that, it's the Ghost Train.

1616
01:31:18,783 --> 01:31:19,783
Exactly!

1617
01:31:20,283 --> 01:31:22,158
The Ghost Train:

1618
01:31:22,742 --> 01:31:23,825
it scares you.

1619
01:31:24,158 --> 01:31:25,492
You're terrified!

1620
01:31:25,658 --> 01:31:29,075
In front of you, there's a nation:
the Lusdemenites.

1621
01:31:29,242 --> 01:31:31,617
Nuclear threats.
Want to ram them?

1622
01:31:32,117 --> 01:31:33,200
Not me.

1623
01:31:33,408 --> 01:31:37,325
The first thing I do,
is sit down at a table

1624
01:31:37,783 --> 01:31:38,783
and look the guys

1625
01:31:38,992 --> 01:31:40,367
straight in the eye...

1626
01:31:41,200 --> 01:31:44,867
Sorry to interrupt.
There's been a coup in Ubanga.

1627
01:31:45,242 --> 01:31:47,783
80,000 resident French nationals.

1628
01:31:47,950 --> 01:31:48,783
Get me Maupas.

1629
01:31:48,950 --> 01:31:49,950
We'II wake him up.

1630
01:31:50,158 --> 01:31:51,325
No, he never sleeps.

1631
01:31:51,533 --> 01:31:52,950
What's the time there?

1632
01:31:53,283 --> 01:31:56,283
10 AM here, means 3 AM there.

1633
01:31:56,492 --> 01:31:58,617
It's winter time.
6 hour difference.

1634
01:31:58,825 --> 01:32:01,533
With both on winter time,
it's not 7, it's 5.

1635
01:32:02,325 --> 01:32:03,408
No, 6.

1636
01:32:03,658 --> 01:32:05,283
Right now it's 6 hours.

1637
01:32:05,492 --> 01:32:07,283
- It's 5.
- No, 6.

1638
01:32:09,867 --> 01:32:11,367
Who cares!

1639
01:32:11,533 --> 01:32:12,617
Call him!

1640
01:32:12,825 --> 01:32:14,200
So it's 4 AM.

1641
01:32:15,908 --> 01:32:16,992
I've got him.

1642
01:32:19,033 --> 01:32:21,492
<i>Things are moving fast.</i>

1643
01:32:21,700 --> 01:32:24,158
<i>Oscarville airport
is cut off by the rebels.</i>

1644
01:32:24,533 --> 01:32:28,825
<i>Lt's out of control.
L may bring you home sooner.</i>

1645
01:32:29,533 --> 01:32:30,950
I'm leaving early.

1646
01:32:31,117 --> 01:32:35,742
"Wanderers in the night: sorcerers,
revelers male and female."

1647
01:32:41,742 --> 01:32:44,825
Right now, any excesses are possible.

1648
01:32:44,992 --> 01:32:47,200
The rebels
are marching on the capital.

1649
01:32:47,367 --> 01:32:50,117
The government says France
is behind it.

1650
01:32:50,450 --> 01:32:52,033
We can't stay out of it.

1651
01:32:52,908 --> 01:32:54,617
It'II blow up in our faces!

1652
01:32:54,950 --> 01:32:56,492
Had a good trip?

1653
01:32:56,658 --> 01:33:00,658
If it's Banshis versus Tanas,
it looks glum.

1654
01:33:00,825 --> 01:33:04,492
Off the record,
shouldn't we talk to the Americans?

1655
01:33:04,867 --> 01:33:08,200
Unless you already did having fun in NY.

1656
01:33:08,617 --> 01:33:10,825
At the UN.
But the UN's almost the US.

1657
01:33:10,992 --> 01:33:13,533
The US is out of it. They won't help.

1658
01:33:13,742 --> 01:33:18,200
In an hour, the media will attack us.
On Africa, they're specially dumb.

1659
01:33:18,408 --> 01:33:21,575
We should feel out the President.
This is about Africa.

1660
01:33:21,742 --> 01:33:22,825
By the way,

1661
01:33:22,992 --> 01:33:25,700
I spoke to him, he tried to reach you.

1662
01:33:25,867 --> 01:33:28,867
He's worried about the runaway bear,

1663
01:33:29,117 --> 01:33:30,450
right now.

1664
01:33:30,783 --> 01:33:33,158
It's still lost in our Pyrenees.

1665
01:33:33,700 --> 01:33:36,867
We can't wait for a bear,
to stop a civil war!

1666
01:33:41,158 --> 01:33:43,700
Sir, the President's busy
with the Canadian.

1667
01:33:49,867 --> 01:33:51,575
It's beginning to stink.

1668
01:33:51,742 --> 01:33:55,075
The Ubangans
are slaughtering civilians.

1669
01:33:56,700 --> 01:33:59,950
Get the President out of that Canadian!

1670
01:34:03,658 --> 01:34:04,658
He's on the line.

1671
01:34:04,867 --> 01:34:08,700
Mr. President,
we must put out a fire before it blazes.

1672
01:34:08,908 --> 01:34:12,658
<i>Ls that Heraclitus?
L hear you're an expert.</i>

1673
01:34:12,825 --> 01:34:13,908
It relaxes me

1674
01:34:14,450 --> 01:34:15,992
between two bear hunts.

1675
01:34:16,742 --> 01:34:17,742
<i>Listen to me,</i>

1676
01:34:17,783 --> 01:34:20,533
<i>you want to talk Banshis versus Tanas.</i>

1677
01:34:20,742 --> 01:34:22,283
<i>L'm aware it's serious.</i>

1678
01:34:22,450 --> 01:34:24,242
<i>But how will it end?</i>

1679
01:34:24,593 --> 01:34:25,593
<i>Play for time.</i>

1680
01:34:25,617 --> 01:34:28,533
But Mr. President, time is against us.

1681
01:34:28,783 --> 01:34:32,700
I know N'Bika,
he'II burn his country to stay in power.

1682
01:34:33,200 --> 01:34:35,158
To avoid a Rwanda-type genocide,

1683
01:34:35,325 --> 01:34:38,408
we must send UN troops
to freeze the conflict.

1684
01:34:38,783 --> 01:34:39,867
At once!

1685
01:34:40,033 --> 01:34:43,117
<i>That means bringing in the US.
Bad timing.</i>

1686
01:34:43,325 --> 01:34:44,325
It's urgent, Martine.

1687
01:34:44,992 --> 01:34:46,867
President N'Bika is on the line.

1688
01:34:47,825 --> 01:34:50,992
Paul, you know France
is a friend. Be lucid.

1689
01:34:51,158 --> 01:34:53,200
You want to set all Africa on fire?

1690
01:34:54,033 --> 01:34:56,242
We should evacuate French locals now!

1691
01:34:57,033 --> 01:34:58,825
Know what that entails?

1692
01:34:58,992 --> 01:35:02,242
Given the number of French,
we can't handle it.

1693
01:35:02,408 --> 01:35:05,658
Let's help those who want to get out.

1694
01:35:05,867 --> 01:35:08,492
Without making alarming statements.

1695
01:35:08,867 --> 01:35:12,033
Let's go to the House.
Try and calm them.

1696
01:35:12,450 --> 01:35:15,450
France must live up to its duty!

1697
01:35:18,367 --> 01:35:19,367
But...

1698
01:35:21,033 --> 01:35:22,908
Beyond our own citizens,

1699
01:35:23,700 --> 01:35:27,200
we can't ignore our historical ties!

1700
01:35:30,075 --> 01:35:32,783
France has a duty toward Ubanga.

1701
01:35:34,658 --> 01:35:37,742
That's why, under a UN mandate,

1702
01:35:37,992 --> 01:35:41,408
troops must be sent to Ubanga.

1703
01:35:42,242 --> 01:35:44,992
Soldiers will be sent to Oscarville!

1704
01:35:45,450 --> 01:35:47,658
<i>President N'bika's faction</i>

1705
01:35:47,867 --> 01:35:50,533
<i>is holding anti-French rallies.</i>

1706
01:35:50,700 --> 01:35:53,533
<i>Ln Oscarville there are pillages,
looting...</i>

1707
01:35:55,283 --> 01:35:58,200
To hell with their criticisms.

1708
01:35:58,408 --> 01:36:01,158
Me a colonialist? Let me laugh!

1709
01:36:01,408 --> 01:36:04,992
To lighten the mood,
there's some good news, sir.

1710
01:36:05,158 --> 01:36:06,867
Lusdemistan gave in:

1711
01:36:07,075 --> 01:36:10,742
they sent the UN
a full report on their weapons program.

1712
01:36:11,033 --> 01:36:14,117
The bad news is it's 12,000 pages long.

1713
01:36:15,367 --> 01:36:16,950
I glanced through it

1714
01:36:17,492 --> 01:36:21,492
Iate last night and early this morning.
It's interesting.

1715
01:36:21,658 --> 01:36:23,450
There's a bit of everything:

1716
01:36:23,825 --> 01:36:27,492
how to build a plane,
suras from the Koran,

1717
01:36:27,658 --> 01:36:31,783
Lusdemistan train schedules,
the price of museum tickets.

1718
01:36:32,283 --> 01:36:35,700
Probably even the recipe for apple-pie.

1719
01:36:36,992 --> 01:36:38,450
Armed strife has begun.

1720
01:36:38,617 --> 01:36:42,450
People are panicking.
And the UN troops haven't dug in.

1721
01:36:44,158 --> 01:36:47,742
We must calm things down.
Have an aircraft readied.

1722
01:36:48,325 --> 01:36:50,783
But the airport is under mortar fire!

1723
01:36:50,950 --> 01:36:54,617
I don't give a damn.
Have UN soldiers protect the airport.

1724
01:36:54,783 --> 01:36:56,325
We have to keep moving.

1725
01:36:56,492 --> 01:36:58,617
We mustn't fear the flame.

1726
01:36:58,825 --> 01:37:00,283
I shall enter the flame.

1727
01:37:01,325 --> 01:37:02,575
I'II become a flame!

1728
01:37:02,783 --> 01:37:04,033
Take it down, Arthur.

1729
01:37:22,867 --> 01:37:25,158
Keep moving, whatever happens.

1730
01:37:25,408 --> 01:37:26,575
Are you sure?

1731
01:37:49,950 --> 01:37:51,200
The door!

1732
01:38:05,825 --> 01:38:07,867
I came peacefully to Ubanga.

1733
01:38:08,158 --> 01:38:10,533
To solve problems, not create them.

1734
01:38:10,867 --> 01:38:12,367
Let me talk to them.

1735
01:38:25,825 --> 01:38:29,158
These people back President N'Bika.
I came to talk to him.

1736
01:38:29,325 --> 01:38:30,700
I'm ready to talk to them.

1737
01:38:30,867 --> 01:38:33,408
Sir, it's bad timing.
Get in your car.

1738
01:38:34,325 --> 01:38:36,033
You'II be safer in your car.

1739
01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:39,867
Let my car through.
I'm going to see President N'Bika.

1740
01:38:47,533 --> 01:38:49,992
STOP TAILLARD THE MICROBE

1741
01:38:50,825 --> 01:38:54,742
You got a cease-fire in Ubanga
after an eventful visit.

1742
01:38:55,325 --> 01:38:58,575
I met President N'Bika
at the presidential residence.

1743
01:38:58,742 --> 01:39:01,575
I also met Commander Bokolo
in Oscarville.

1744
01:39:01,742 --> 01:39:04,283
Both agreed to go along with us,

1745
01:39:04,492 --> 01:39:06,283
the only responsible path.

1746
01:39:07,200 --> 01:39:09,658
- I just spoke to Valerie.
- I know.

1747
01:39:19,117 --> 01:39:20,742
Yes, Mr. Minister.

1748
01:39:22,200 --> 01:39:23,783
I'II put him on, sir.

1749
01:39:23,950 --> 01:39:24,950
It's him.

1750
01:39:26,908 --> 01:39:30,242
<i>Now we have a cease-fire,
we must mediate.</i>

1751
01:39:30,450 --> 01:39:32,158
Yes. Mediate, Alexandre.

1752
01:39:32,367 --> 01:39:35,200
<i>Banshis and Tanas live
in the nearby countries.</i>

1753
01:39:35,367 --> 01:39:37,908
<i>We must contact other heads of state.</i>

1754
01:39:38,117 --> 01:39:39,367
<i>No more bilateral stuff.</i>

1755
01:39:39,533 --> 01:39:41,742
<i>We stick 'em in a room
till they agree.</i>

1756
01:39:42,200 --> 01:39:43,200
Enjoy, Arthur.

1757
01:39:44,700 --> 01:39:46,492
Very well, thanks.

1758
01:39:47,242 --> 01:39:50,200
Get me the Prime Minister of Zambara,
please.

1759
01:39:51,158 --> 01:39:53,450
Get me the President of Baruna.

1760
01:39:53,867 --> 01:39:56,533
I want to talk to Hercule Banzi,
in Kiruana.

1761
01:39:57,200 --> 01:39:58,783
How are you, Tabo?

1762
01:39:59,908 --> 01:40:02,825
Like us, you want peace in Africa.

1763
01:40:03,450 --> 01:40:06,617
"Weariness is
slaving over the tasks you began with."

1764
01:40:14,117 --> 01:40:17,450
Hi guys!
Your wives well? Holidays good?

1765
01:40:17,658 --> 01:40:20,033
AII set for Extra Vacation Time?

1766
01:40:20,742 --> 01:40:21,992
Let me tell you.

1767
01:40:22,992 --> 01:40:26,825
We've got the method.
Now we stretch the antagonism.

1768
01:40:27,033 --> 01:40:29,492
It's in Heraclitus. I highlighted it:

1769
01:40:29,742 --> 01:40:33,075
"They do not understand
that what opposes you

1770
01:40:33,242 --> 01:40:35,283
"is what you are for."

1771
01:40:37,033 --> 01:40:39,742
We need a handbook for crisis solution.

1772
01:40:39,908 --> 01:40:42,700
There's handbooks
for making friends, beef stew,

1773
01:40:42,867 --> 01:40:45,408
writing books, a ghastly thought!

1774
01:40:45,575 --> 01:40:47,200
Books one writes alone.

1775
01:40:47,367 --> 01:40:49,825
A clear handbook for crisis solutions:

1776
01:40:52,950 --> 01:40:54,742
a universal handbook.

1777
01:40:54,950 --> 01:40:58,117
Get on to it tonight,
while it's fresh in your mind.

1778
01:42:23,075 --> 01:42:26,908
"The aim is to improve
the situation of French citizens..."

1779
01:42:27,117 --> 01:42:28,617
I think it's fine now...

1780
01:42:35,950 --> 01:42:40,408
"... that they'II only agree to
upon reaching the solution."

1781
01:42:55,283 --> 01:42:58,783
"On the terrain, around a table,
under UN supervision,

1782
01:42:58,992 --> 01:43:00,950
"can we solve all conflicts..."

1783
01:43:03,075 --> 01:43:05,950
"and reach universal peace", OK.

1784
01:43:06,700 --> 01:43:10,200
"revive the fire of civilizations..."
Nothing less!

1785
01:43:11,283 --> 01:43:13,575
Your parents need a cease-fire.

1786
01:43:14,367 --> 01:43:17,033
We'II invite them both to dinner.

1787
01:43:17,325 --> 01:43:19,617
We lock 'em up
till they make peace.

1788
01:43:20,742 --> 01:43:24,075
Under UN supervision?
You'II need extra chairs.

1789
01:43:26,325 --> 01:43:27,867
You got the cheese?

1790
01:43:28,533 --> 01:43:29,700
Guess not.

1791
01:43:30,408 --> 01:43:34,533
I couldn't find a title,
so I called it "Anti-handbook".

1792
01:43:37,950 --> 01:43:40,617
They're not anti-fragments!
But fragments!

1793
01:43:40,783 --> 01:43:44,367
Neocons aren't anti-idiots.
They're idiots.

1794
01:43:44,533 --> 01:43:46,492
But Malraux wrote his "Anti-memoirs".

1795
01:43:46,658 --> 01:43:48,617
Was he an idiot or not?

1796
01:43:50,408 --> 01:43:51,408
OK, pal!

1797
01:43:51,700 --> 01:43:54,533
Keep at it. This is useful.

1798
01:43:54,700 --> 01:43:56,325
We're moving a heavy load.

1799
01:44:05,325 --> 01:44:08,575
I'm a big bearer
of good tidings in this office:

1800
01:44:08,783 --> 01:44:12,617
UN arms inspectors
may now re-enter Lusdemistan.

1801
01:44:12,783 --> 01:44:16,283
But things are sure to go
as wrong as possible:

1802
01:44:16,450 --> 01:44:19,533
the Lusdemenites will hide
their equipment bit by bit,

1803
01:44:19,742 --> 01:44:21,783
even if it's Lego pieces.

1804
01:44:21,950 --> 01:44:24,158
Inspectors will be shown empty rooms.

1805
01:44:24,325 --> 01:44:26,700
The US will make unacceptable demands,

1806
01:44:26,908 --> 01:44:29,367
Iike inspecting
all the king's underwear.

1807
01:44:29,533 --> 01:44:32,700
So it's under control,
and may explode any minute.

1808
01:44:32,908 --> 01:44:36,950
Don't say that, if one shot is fired,
he'II want to head there.

1809
01:44:37,158 --> 01:44:39,450
He'II charge in through the bullets...

1810
01:44:39,617 --> 01:44:42,950
I confirm that.
He's immune to danger, he's mystical.

1811
01:44:43,117 --> 01:44:46,367
He's become an African sorcerer.

1812
01:44:56,075 --> 01:44:59,742
<i>Arthur, where do we stand?
We're off to New York in 2 days.</i>

1813
01:44:59,908 --> 01:45:01,367
I'II put him on.

1814
01:45:02,908 --> 01:45:04,450
It's the Minister.

1815
01:45:04,658 --> 01:45:07,200
<i>New York's in 2 days.
You realize?</i>

1816
01:45:16,075 --> 01:45:19,825
We'd cut that in the old version.
Why's it back?

1817
01:45:19,992 --> 01:45:22,367
But the new one's already old.

1818
01:45:22,533 --> 01:45:25,950
The new-new one,
has bits from the old-old one.

1819
01:45:26,117 --> 01:45:29,867
Look, I did a summary of part 2.
On UN inspectors.

1820
01:45:30,075 --> 01:45:33,158
The old first one?
Weren't you rewriting it?

1821
01:45:33,325 --> 01:45:36,158
No, I'm concluding the 3rd part.

1822
01:45:37,367 --> 01:45:40,533
We must keep that.
Or we can't pick up there...

1823
01:45:40,742 --> 01:45:43,200
I found the same bit twice,
here and here.

1824
01:45:43,408 --> 01:45:45,033
Only twice? You're lucky.

1825
01:45:45,242 --> 01:45:46,492
Some idiot has stuck

1826
01:45:46,700 --> 01:45:49,950
"tweaking the rosebud"
in the bit on Lusdemenite religions.

1827
01:45:51,367 --> 01:45:53,992
And that line about France,
an "old country".

1828
01:45:54,158 --> 01:45:55,867
It's suicide. Help!

1829
01:45:56,033 --> 01:45:58,325
No, he definitely wants that.

1830
01:45:58,492 --> 01:45:59,492
Don't yield!

1831
01:45:59,533 --> 01:46:01,658
I know how badly he wants it.

1832
01:46:01,867 --> 01:46:05,533
Let him decide,
once we've done all the rest.

1833
01:46:06,242 --> 01:46:08,367
Come on, next!

1834
01:46:10,033 --> 01:46:11,742
Concentrate, everyone!

1835
01:46:13,075 --> 01:46:15,533
How must I tell you?

1836
01:46:15,742 --> 01:46:18,658
In Morse code?
Semaphore? Aramaic?

1837
01:46:18,825 --> 01:46:22,075
I don't want a speech.
I want to fly to the points.

1838
01:46:22,283 --> 01:46:24,242
No sentences,
you're writing sentences.

1839
01:46:24,533 --> 01:46:25,950
Don't wax lyrical.

1840
01:46:26,283 --> 01:46:27,283
Words.

1841
01:46:27,325 --> 01:46:28,158
Principles.

1842
01:46:28,325 --> 01:46:29,492
Facts.

1843
01:46:29,783 --> 01:46:32,325
We're talking
before the Security Council.

1844
01:46:32,867 --> 01:46:34,325
To the world!

1845
01:46:44,992 --> 01:46:46,325
What's going on?

1846
01:46:46,492 --> 01:46:47,575
It's to thank you.

1847
01:46:47,783 --> 01:46:48,867
For what?

1848
01:46:49,075 --> 01:46:50,867
They got a residence permit.

1849
01:46:51,658 --> 01:46:53,533
The family I told you about.

1850
01:46:54,158 --> 01:46:57,325
Your anti-actor scored points,
dunno how you did it...

1851
01:46:57,742 --> 01:46:58,825
Lucidity,

1852
01:46:59,242 --> 01:47:01,200
efficiency, fraternity!

1853
01:47:03,825 --> 01:47:05,783
Why didn't he tell me?

1854
01:47:07,242 --> 01:47:10,575
It makes me really happy.
Both things do.

1855
01:47:11,450 --> 01:47:12,533
It's soft.

1856
01:47:13,658 --> 01:47:14,742
Thanks.

1857
01:47:22,533 --> 01:47:23,533
Guys!

1858
01:47:24,200 --> 01:47:28,283
It's now or never.
If you have to lob a grenade, lob it!

1859
01:47:30,533 --> 01:47:32,158
Did you write that?

1860
01:47:39,658 --> 01:47:41,700
No! This time don't swipe my car.

1861
01:47:41,908 --> 01:47:43,283
You have a lovely scarf.

1862
01:47:43,492 --> 01:47:48,367
A gift from my first ex-mother-in-Iaw,
40 years ago. So I treasure it.

1863
01:47:48,533 --> 01:47:51,533
His first ex-mother-in-Iaw?
I don't get it.

1864
01:47:51,700 --> 01:47:55,617
Right now nothing's easy.
Watch your step.

1865
01:48:00,325 --> 01:48:02,783
A premature military intervention

1866
01:48:03,325 --> 01:48:06,575
would harm the international
community's unity

1867
01:48:06,992 --> 01:48:08,700
and undermine

1868
01:48:09,033 --> 01:48:12,200
the legitimacy of its action
and, in the long run,

1869
01:48:12,450 --> 01:48:14,075
its efficiency.

1870
01:48:15,033 --> 01:48:17,242
In this temple of the United Nations,

1871
01:48:17,783 --> 01:48:19,992
we are the guardians of an ideal,

1872
01:48:21,033 --> 01:48:23,700
the guardians of a conscience.

1873
01:48:25,533 --> 01:48:27,742
The heavy responsibility,

1874
01:48:28,325 --> 01:48:30,867
and the great honor which are ours,

1875
01:48:31,117 --> 01:48:34,367
spell out giving priority

1876
01:48:34,533 --> 01:48:36,992
to peaceful disarmament.

1877
01:48:38,658 --> 01:48:41,908
And it is an old country, France,

1878
01:48:42,658 --> 01:48:45,908
from an old continent like mine, Europe,

1879
01:48:46,325 --> 01:48:48,283
that tells you that now.

1880
01:48:49,117 --> 01:48:51,742
One that has known wars,

1881
01:48:52,033 --> 01:48:53,533
occupation,

1882
01:48:54,200 --> 01:48:55,658
barbarism.

1883
01:48:56,700 --> 01:48:58,492
A country that doesn't forget

1884
01:48:59,075 --> 01:49:02,033
its debt to the freedom fighters

1885
01:49:02,200 --> 01:49:05,117
who came from America and elsewhere.

1886
01:49:06,450 --> 01:49:09,367
A country which has always stood up

1887
01:49:09,867 --> 01:49:11,367
in the face of History,

1888
01:49:11,700 --> 01:49:13,325
and before Mankind.

1889
01:49:14,825 --> 01:49:16,533
Faithful to its values,

1890
01:49:17,200 --> 01:49:19,075
it wants to act resolutely

1891
01:49:19,658 --> 01:49:22,992
with the whole international community.

1892
01:49:23,825 --> 01:49:25,075
It believes

1893
01:49:25,658 --> 01:49:28,825
in ourjoint capacity to build

1894
01:49:29,158 --> 01:49:30,867
a better world.

1895
01:49:31,867 --> 01:49:32,950
I thank you.

1896
01:50:01,700 --> 01:50:05,367
Could Demosthenes have done that
with pebbles in his mouth?

1897
01:51:42,325 --> 01:51:43,783
He's called Pol Pot!

1898
01:51:54,658 --> 01:51:55,908
Where do we stand?

1899
01:52:17,533 --> 01:52:19,492
We must act, unafraid of the flame.

1900
01:52:19,658 --> 01:52:20,742
What idiots!

1901
01:52:20,908 --> 01:52:22,075
I enter the flame.

1902
01:52:22,617 --> 01:52:23,617
Dumb door!

1903
01:52:23,658 --> 01:52:24,658
I become the...

1904
01:52:24,867 --> 01:52:26,033
The flame!

1905
01:53:49,950 --> 01:53:51,325
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1906
01:53:51,492 --> 01:53:53,283
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