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Come now, Julie.
It's a matter of a few hours.

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[knocking at door]

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[butler] Madame de Merteuil, your honor.

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Have a seat, madame.

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Do you happen to recognize
this document, madame?

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Read it aloud, if you would.

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Wedding Contract

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-Well, I... What is--
-Read it.

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"Before God Almighty on this day of grace,
17th of March, 1745,

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I hereby promise myself
to Monsieur Lucien Beaucaillou,

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born 23rd of June, 1723
and whose current profession is laborer."

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This is ridiculous.

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I can confirm.

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It has been verified that there is
no Lucien Beaucaillou

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born in Anjou in June of 1723.
We therefore suspect that this Beaucaillou

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is in fact the Vicomte de Valmont.

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-You know him, is that right?
-His aunt's a friend of mine.

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We suspect, moreover, that the Vicomte
is a libertine of the highest degree.

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Do you know what a libertine is?

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Something I imagine... concerning liberty?

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Liberty, right.
Someone who takes the liberty to dupe,

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corrupt, sully, and abandon.

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-The signature might resemble mine--
-You're right.

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You could lose everything, madame.

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-My name has been usurped--
-You could lose everything.

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Your marriage to the Marquis de Merteuil,
a union that has brought you glory

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and fortune and all despite having been
predated by this marriage.

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I want you to understand,
at the bottom of my soul,

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I know that you are innocent here.

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I believe, madame, that you have been
the victim of a perfect crime.

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That is, a crime for which the victim

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themself is made to advocate
for her abuser.

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I believe, madame, that your character
has made you the ideal target

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for a skilled predator.

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And that today, before me, you feel
as if denouncing this man would be

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a betrayal to yourself.

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Your hopes were infinite.

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Your memories burn.

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Their vibrations still persist
all over your body.

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Well, that's what I assume, madame.

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And with this assumption,
there's a question I'd like to pose.

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Your destiny will be entirely determined
by your willingness to answer

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this question with the utmost sincerity.

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And if not before me,

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out loud now,

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at least in the secrecy of your heart.

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Madame...

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Marquise de Merteuil,
are you in love with Valmont?

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Merci, madame.

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[theme song playing]

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[man] ♪ Deep in the ocean
Dead and cast away ♪

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♪ Where innocences burn in flames ♪

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♪ A million mile from home
I'm walking ahead ♪

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♪ I'm frozen to the bones ♪

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♪ I am a soldier on my own
I don't know the way ♪

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♪ I'm riding up the heights of shame ♪

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♪ I'm waiting for the call
The hand on the chest ♪

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♪ I'm ready for the fight and fate ♪

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[door closes]

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What did you make of Judge Tourvel?

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-He's a brute.
-Really?

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I've heard him described as the opposite.
As rather sensitive, delicate.

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An absolute bigot.
He's a miserable little inquisitor.

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Well, that brute is holding
your destiny in his hands.

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I hear he's very much in love
with his wife.

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That's where you ought to aim your attack.

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You must be fearless.

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These men are all little weaklings,
especially miserable,

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bigoted, rigid little inquisitors.

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[Isabelle] My dear Vicomte...

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in one way or another,

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you have allowed a document
to be stolen that could lead

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to my complete and absolute ruin.

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I hear she's more devout than a Carmelite.

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You alone are guilty of having made
me sign this grotesque document.

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Of keeping it as proof

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-of your so-called genius.
- [all] Amen.

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[Isabelle] And of failing to keep it
in your possession.

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Today, I'm giving you the chance
to achieve the impossible.

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To go down in history.

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And in this way, to right your wrong.

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Your admirable aunt has managed

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to establish a relationship
with Madame de Tourvel,

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a deeply religious woman

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and the wife of the magistrate
who's trying to bring about my ruin.

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By now, you should understand
that your mission will be to seduce

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Madame de Tourvel,
known for her irreproachable virtue,

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in order to put an end
to her husband's actions.

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The success of this operation,
on which my future depends,

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will require great discipline
and impeccable timing on your part.

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I hope that you will not find
this challenge to be beyond

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your capabilities.

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Our fortune is now proving
to be inextricably bound

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to the greed of the English.
Their approach to the natives is thus.

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No use convincing them
when we can simply buy them.

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Well, Madame de Tourvel has thoughtfully
proposed an initiative which is,

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in my estimation,
faithful to the spirit of this New France.

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And this initiative,
I've shared it with Abbot Montverdier

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who is also aware of the issues
at play here.

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-I'm so excited to hear more.
-[Madame de Tourvel] Well...

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thanks to the missions of the Jesuits,
the Holy Bible has been translated

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for almost a century
into the Wendat language.

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Although we've not provided
our Indian brothers with a simple,

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-friendly prayer book for their daily use.
-Pardon, madame.

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Would you mind?

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I know only the beginning of a song
about the birth of Christ.

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We'd love it if you would sing.

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[singing in Wendat]

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-[all clapping]
-Merci.

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-Merci, madame.
-Bravo! Bravo.

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[Isabelle] Make sure
to flatter her before.

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The pain is greater when
you're taken by surprise.

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Please allow me to express
my deepest admiration.

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Hearing you, I imagined I could understand
that unique language of theirs.

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[Isabelle] Your goal is simple
and targeted.

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However...

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[Isabelle] Overturn her convictions.

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-What is it?
-If you'll allow me, of course.

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-[Isabelle] Shake her faith.
-Allow you to do what, Monsieur Vicomte?

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To talk sincerely.

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-Please go ahead.
-[Isabelle] And set off an inner turmoil.

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Subtle and delicate.

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No, I can't. It's unseemly.
I must have forgot my manners.

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As a guest of the Marquise, I won't.

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Madame de Tourvel granted permission.

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Go ahead.

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Why do you wish to translate
our prayers rather than learn theirs?

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One hears that these people
live fraternally, modestly,

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with respect for the gifts of nature.

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-Are we really closer to crime?
-[all laughing]

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[Isabelle] Of course,
nothing in your attitude

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can hint at the slightest attraction
to her.

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I think they should be valued
and respected, but...

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But?

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Should Grand-Chief Wendat Kondiaronk
really be burned at the stake for having

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dared to call our Christ
the Son of the Great Spirit?

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I have also read
the dialogues of Monsieur Lahontan.

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And what did you conclude?

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That the Wendat are admirable.

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But they are without--

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A taste for dogmas
and a love for punishment.

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-That's not the way that I feel at all.
-And what do you think, madame?

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Nothing that would contradict you
to the point of debate, monsieur.

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[Isabelle] Feeling your contempt for her,
and your refusal to meet her gaze,

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it will fill her with a poison that is
all the more deadly,

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as it's cloaked in embarrassment.

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Your line of attack will be undetectable.

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She will come to hate you,
and as such, you will invade her thoughts.

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He's taken with her.

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-It's quite obvious.
-[whispers indistinctly]

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I remind you that our primary goal
is to make her like him.

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Marquise, follow me.

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[all laughing]

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What's wrong with you?

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Must I remind you that your future hinges
on my nephew's success

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-in seducing Madame de Tourvel?
-Of course.

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You're fragile.

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I know you imagine yourself to be waging
a war against men, and none in particular.

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Though perhaps you're really
at war with yourself.

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You're in battle against the most fearsome
of the enemies of liberty.

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Jealousy.

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If I wanted to be with your nephew,
I would--

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Prove it.

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-Prove what?
-That you're still a free woman.

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And how?

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I've invited some friends to join me
at the little pavilion tonight.

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No one should ever see you
on this weakened state.

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Tonight, I want to see this body
sweating, reveling.

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I want all of Paris to know
that Isabelle de Merteuil,

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Honorable Marquise and Queen
of Libertines, knows how to take

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and give pleasure.

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Yes.

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[both panting]

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[both breathing heavily]

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No, no. Don't move.

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[grunts]

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[moaning]

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[grunting]

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I'm sorry.

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[sighs]

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[door opens, closes]

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-[man] I can't speak...
-[indistinct chatter]

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[whispers] Tonight, you play with her.

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Good evening.

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[intense music playing]

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[intense music continues]

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-Nothing to say?
-You asked me to join you for a walk.

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-We're walking.
-Mmm.

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You're angry about what I said at dinner.

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The truth is I was desperately looking
for a way to draw your attention.

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You were harsh and now you're fragile.
So you're trying to make me dizzy?

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No.

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This faith of yours.

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-Have you never doubted?
-You're not a believer?

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I don't know.

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But I see Him in you. It's as if there's
more of Him than there is of you.

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Have I embarrassed you?

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-I know who you are, Monsieur Vicomte.
-Who am I, then?

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My husband and I tell
each other everything.

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His desk is piled high with letters
denouncing you.

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What's his line of work?

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The evangelization of the people
of the New World

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is not the reason why I came here.

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It is actually another tribe that I want
to bring to the grace of God.

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They are called the libertines.

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And they say that you are one
of their plumed leaders.

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You never cease to surprise me.

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-[sighs]
-And you, not at all.

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-You're wrong about me.
-You're not a libertine?

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-What does the past matter?
-Because now you're in love with me.

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You're not very charitable, madame.

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Aren't I centimeters away from a hungry
fox who is whispering words of tenderness?

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Stay a few days more. Don't make me beg.

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-Because you love me?
-I don't know if it's love,

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or if I'm capable of loving.

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A few minutes ago I pretended
to love you and I was happy.

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I even believed I could love myself.

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You poor man.

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You're right.

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Leave here tomorrow.
Go and find your husband.

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Your smugness makes you so naive.

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I'm a man of good pedigree
and established in a society made for

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and by beings of my race.

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And in this world, I embody the life
most men only dream of.

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They'll never condemn me.

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At worst, I'll be sent
to an old country house

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and have the pleasure of receiving
my most loyal admirers there.

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Your husband is only the henchman
for the Comte de Gercourt.

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His target is the Marquise de Merteuil
alone, Isabelle de Merteuil,

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whose liberty and power are like spit
in the faces of men.

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You're merely the henchman's henchman,
ignorant of the woman you truly are.

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Good night, Vicomte.

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[door opens]

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[gasps]

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[intriguing music playing]

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[knocking at door]

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-Yes?
-It's Cécile, madame.

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Madame.

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-Your Chevalier?
-Yes.

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[light music playing]

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-I have a question for you, young man.
-Very well.

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Do you think we can reproach these roses
for their freshness?

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I mean, I... No.

244
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,040
-And this ray of light for its glow?
-Certainly not.

245
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,120
Or even the sunlight
for its infinite generosity?

246
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:34,080
No, madame.

247
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,760
Well, going off of that, how can we blame
this wonderful young woman

248
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,080
standing behind me?

249
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,600
For being what she is, that is,
a marvel of a young woman.

250
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,320
-But, madame, I never did--
-Compose yourself, Chevalier.

251
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:46,240
Look at me.

252
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,520
Stand up straight.
A man restrains himself.

253
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,400
By which I mean,
he can regulate his own plumbing.

254
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,800
Nothing is beyond your control.

255
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,360
Perhaps you could practice
in the secrecy of your room.

256
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,360
I'd suggest one of those little books,
only requiring one hand.

257
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,520
Those aren't the sort of books
I read, madame.

258
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,600
You have got to learn how
to counterfire, Chevalier.

259
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,480
In your mind, or...

260
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,360
-[grunts]
-Do you feel it now?

261
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,520
Yes, madame. Yes.

262
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,440
And would you say such a counterfire
might just permit a curbing

263
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,280
of your unbridled desire?

264
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,160
-Yes, madame.
-Yes? Very well.

265
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,800
Run along, my little angels.
Go and be happy. Go on.

266
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:40,600
[strumming piano strings]

267
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,320
Bonjour, Marquise. You certainly seem
to be brimming with vitality.

268
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,040
-Invigorated by an unforgettable night?
-Why don't you tell me about yours?

269
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,280
I'm concerned you look a bit too rested.

270
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,200
Madame de Tourvel is aware
of the investigation her husband

271
00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:58,600
is launching against us.
She's of no use to us.

272
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,280
If she's here, it's because she thinks
I'm a lost soul to save.

273
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,400
But that was before she had a fuller grasp
on my absence of morals.

274
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,080
My aunt's waiting on us.

275
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,880
Tomorrow, Judge Tourvel
will be meeting with the witness

276
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,240
whom he'll present as the keystone
of his case against the two of you.

277
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,160
Louis.

278
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,120
Obviously. Louis de Germain. Your friend.

279
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,160
If Monsieur de Germain can confirm
the existence of your marriage,

280
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,560
then the verdict of the case,
unfortunately, might be most predictable.

281
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,760
-What now?
-I refuse to believe it.

282
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,720
Your naivety will be your ruin.
And mine, too.

283
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,320
-I cannot thank you enough, maître .
-I'll see you out.

284
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,080
I'll see you very soon,
my dear friend. Merci.

285
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,280
We must stop Louis from testifying.
You need to talk to him.

286
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,440
It wouldn't do any good.
He'll deny it all.

287
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,080
He can't be persuaded?

288
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,080
You might try saying, uh, the Marquise
has become unbearable to you.

289
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,360
-He wouldn't believe me.
-He wouldn't?

290
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,360
-What about a financial proposal?
-He's already well provided for.

291
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,320
All right, then what could he want?

292
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,560
Me.

293
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,080
Louis is merely jealous of you.
He would never confess to it,

294
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,480
but when I catch his glance,

295
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,240
I sense far more
than the weight of his stare.

296
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,840
-As if his body were--
-Is he at all interested in women?

297
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:46,680
As well, yes.

298
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,040
Then you must give him what he wants.

299
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,600
All without confronting him with the shame
of his desires.

300
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:01,200
-I'm not following.
-[Isabelle] Invite him over. Do it now.

301
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,400
I'll wait for you two
at the little pavilion tonight.

302
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,640
-He and I together with you.
-You said it. He wants you.

303
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,000
So you must allow him
to live out his fantasy,

304
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,880
but in a roundabout way.

305
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,200
Smuggle it in.

306
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,880
Louis is a traitor,
but his appearance is not unpleasant.

307
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,520
-Perhaps.
-[Isabelle] What do you think, madame?

308
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,200
Well, yes. In short,
you'll be acting as his bait.

309
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,560
And you as his alibi.

310
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,520
You'll write him a letter.

311
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,520
Explain to him how I'm insatiable.

312
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,040
Explain to him how with me
every pleasure demands another,

313
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,680
such that one man alone cannot satisfy.

314
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,840
So you're enlisting his help,
dear Vicomte.

315
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,080
[captivating music playing]

316
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:27,960
[knock on door]

317
00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:31,960
Merci.

318
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,080
Are you reassured?

319
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,520
According to the lawyer, Louis is to visit
with Judge Tourvel tomorrow afternoon.

320
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,080
-Let's wait.
-I was talking about me.

321
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,440
About my taste for liberty.

322
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,280
I'll be reassured when I have a sense
of certainty about your lack

323
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,200
of sentimentality with regard
to my nephew.

324
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:17,560
Isabelle, I love my nephew.
He's lived too much, though. Too soon.

325
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,480
He's played so many roles,
I don't know who he is anymore.

326
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,360
And I feel concerned that
he doesn't know who he is either.

327
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,760
[bed creaking]

328
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:34,840
[Isabelle] Do you hear that?

329
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,280
I do indeed.

330
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,320
[both panting]

331
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,080
I'm coming. I'm coming.

332
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,640
[panting]

333
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:11,320
Counterfire.

334
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,400
[breathing heavily]

335
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,400
[grunts, exclaims]

336
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,040
[both panting]

337
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,240
[dramatic music playing]

338
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,400
Good evening.

339
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:34,960
I want to watch you.

340
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,640
Give each other pleasure.

341
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,000
And make love.

342
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,920
[both breathing heavily]

343
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:09,719
[all panting]

344
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,440
[horse approaching]

345
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,680
[door opens]

346
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,000
[pours drink]

347
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,200
Are you hiding, madame?

348
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:08,520
No.

349
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,120
You should know that I'm quite harmless
this evening.

350
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,000
-What's wrong with you?
-Nothing in particular.

351
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,360
And you? You were here. You were calm.

352
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,760
Alone. Free.

353
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:26,600
How I envy you.

354
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:32,000
Come now, what are you afraid of?
What you see before you

355
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,280
is a miserable fool condemned
to live in this world,

356
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,720
mediocre and cold, pitiful and cruel.

357
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,240
This is where I live
and where I'll continue to live.

358
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,200
You use so many words, Vicomte,
I find it hard to understand you.

359
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:02,560
I'm simply...

360
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:07,600
fatigued.

361
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,720
A magical little theater
that was Vicomte de Valmont has fallen.

362
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,080
After letting yourself be guided
by pleasure and desire?

363
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:23,760
How could you feel anything other
than tremendous fatigue?

364
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:26,440
You poor man.

365
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,200
But these ruins could be
a second chance for you.

366
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:41,440
I'm not someone who thinks that misfortune
helps you grow. Quite the contrary.

367
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,120
Well, in that case, perhaps it's about
time you started questioning

368
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:47,520
your way of thinking.

369
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:55,240
If a door presents itself to you, Vicomte,
don't fear it. Push it open.

370
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:06,080
Will you be there?

371
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,240
Despite what I could say to you.

372
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,520
Despite what I could do.

373
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:21,760
Yes.

374
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,000
You'll be there while I recount horrors.
And in turn,

375
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:32,040
you'll tell me beautiful stories
of a man who dies and is reborn.

376
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,560
No, don't! [grunts] Stop it! Oh!

377
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,360
-Merci, madame.
-You're a mad fool.

378
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,120
You were telling me of a magical door,
weren't you? And I'm the mad one?

379
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,560
Your stubborn nature gives me
the courage to be myself.

380
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,240
A few kilos of bones.

381
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,240
Liquid, tissue, viscera.

382
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,160
But above all, a reputation.

383
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,520
That of a man who never gives in.

384
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,840
If you've stayed this long,
you must like me a little.

385
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,560
I'll leave you to your loneliness,
your peace of mind,

386
00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,120
and your liberty, madame.

387
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:41,600
[sighs]

388
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,400
[inhales, exhales]

389
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,000
Madame.

390
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:24,960
Merci.

391
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,920
-I understand better now.
-What, though?

392
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:33,920
My friend, Valmont.

393
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,320
-[knocking at door]
-[door opens]

394
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,520
Monsieur Comte, have you received my note?

395
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,760
Louis de Germain has not honored
his summons,

396
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,080
but you have the cards in your hand,
I expect.

397
00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:08,200
-Alas, Monsieur Comte.
-Alas?

398
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,360
You speak of a Marquise twice married.

399
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:25,120
Marshal Castellet, the king's advisor,
told me of your rigor.

400
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,560
I wouldn't want to contradict the man.

401
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,640
[thunder rumbling]

402
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,560
Well, tell me about her.
You had a long interrogation.

403
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,600
-What was your overall impression?
-It was all documented.

404
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,760
-The Marquise hardly spoke. Alas.
-[chuckles]

405
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:52,680
And your dignified wife?

406
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,600
I've heard interesting things about
the company she keeps.

407
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,800
Yes. My wife has taken the initiative
to befriend Valmont.

408
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:04,080
Your wife is the one taking initiative?
That all sounds very modern,

409
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:06,640
-Monsieur de Tourvel.
-I permit it.

410
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,080
-When her intentions complement my own.
-You mean she's spying for you?

411
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:13,000
No.

412
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,960
She's often been able to bring back
to the faith

413
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,000
souls thought to be lost forever.

414
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,680
And you were thinking
she'd convert this Valmont?

415
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,520
I was thinking her presence would at least
help separate Valmont from the Marquise.

416
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:34,240
-Very foolish.
-That's the way these cases are often won.

417
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:35,880
By separating the accomplices.

418
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,240
The sacred light of a devoted wife
up against...

419
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,120
the ardent seduction
of Madame de Merteuil.

420
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,880
You don't seem to understand
anything about vice.

421
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,520
All right, chin up, dear friend.
Don't look put out.

422
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,920
You did everything you could here.
Is that right?

423
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,680
You are the very image
of the institution you represent.

424
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,680
Prudent, modest.

425
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,960
Luckily, the kingdom of France
has other means to ensure respect

426
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:04,560
for the laws of our Lord.

427
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:06,480
[thunder rumbling]

428
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:10,960
[dramatic music playing]

429
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,480
-Vicomte, how are you?
-Excellent, madame.

430
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:35,200
Follow me.

431
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,720
-You're well? Really?
-Well, I'm with you.

432
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,280
How could I be better?

433
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,000
It's just that I'm not always certain
that I'm reading you correctly, sir.

434
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,080
And now that you've rid yourself
of our legal troubles,

435
00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:54,960
I imagine you're already in the process of
concocting some new impressive scheme,

436
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:58,200
most likely involving the corruption
of an innocent young woman.

437
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,560
Judge Tourvel may be done with you,
but I'm not done with his wife.

438
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:03,640
How so?

439
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,960
I would prefer to be condemned
to the wheel than to have everyone learn

440
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:08,560
of my failure with her.

441
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:14,000
Please, no one will fault you for not
having compromised that holy woman.

442
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,200
I believe that on the contrary,

443
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,880
your courage in attempting
that adventure will be much appreciated

444
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,800
-by all of your friends.
-You don't know anything about me.

445
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,760
Do you know why I am this way?

446
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,720
Why, since I have neither the beauty
of Louis nor the fortune of Gercourt,

447
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,120
my name is known throughout the world?

448
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:37,000
Because I am my own audience and judge.
I don't compare myself to others.

449
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,960
I measure myself against my own idea
of what a great libertine must be.

450
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,200
And a great libertine of this world
would not give up on Madame de Tourvel.

451
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,080
Sorry to say, but you will never
have her, monsieur.

452
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,720
Now you're making my quest for greatness
all the more exciting, dear Marquise.

453
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,720
I just don't want to see you make
a fool of yourself, Vicomte.

454
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:01,920
That's not the impression I get from you.

455
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:06,920
So bet on it.

456
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,040
-I'll seduce Tourvel.
-What am I betting?

457
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:12,920
It all.

458
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:15,840
You.

459
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:21,720
Remember how we loved each other?

460
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:23,880
Your wedding night.

461
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:26,880
You hate me for tricking you,

462
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,120
but you love me more for revealing you
to yourself.

463
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:33,000
I'm in you, madame.

464
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:37,560
And one day you'll be mine.

465
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,320
[tense music playing]

466
00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:04,000
[closing theme music playing]