Bonjour, Madame.How Much For A Reading?
Fortuneteller 3 Francs, Dear, And lt's Written On The Door.
l'm Sorry
l Cannot See.
We've Got To Go. We're Late. We'll Miss The Bus.
Thank You, Madame.
What Do You See?
l See Your 34th Year.
Shut Up.
That's The Porter.
He Spotted Me As l Was Making My Getaway.
These Are First-Year Rooms, Aren't They?
They're Very Luxurious.
The Ones At Yale Are Like Monk's Cells.
"Aristotle And Virtue."
Oh, God, l'm Sorry.
lt Doesn't Matter.
Of Course lt Does. l Ruined Them.
Wait.
lt's Getting Heavier Out There, Huh?
Do You Mind lf l Stay Here Till lt Eases Off? No. Of Course You Can.
l Go Out With One Of The Dons.
l Know. Julian Ellsworth.
We Just Had An Awful Row. l Can't Go Back To His Rooms.
l Have To Get Out Of These Togs.
Excuse Me.
Help.
lt's Completely Stuck To Me.
l Don't Mind lf lt Tears.
Thanks.
Bless You.
l Can't Let You Go Out ln This. You Can Sleep ln My Bed.
But We Haven't Been lntroduced.
l'll Sleep On The Chair And Keep Watch.
That's Very Noble But l Wouldn't Dream Of Kidnapping Your Bed.
You're Taking A Terrible Risk Having Me Here At All.
Sorry. No. Don't Apologize.
l'm Flattered.
lt Doesn't Normally...
l Should Hope lt Does.
l'm Gilda Besse.
l Know Who You Are.
That Sounds Ominous.
You're Famous Around Here.
Where Are You From? Dublin Originally.
We Moved Up North After The Treaty.
Why Was That?
My Father Was A Policeman.
And He Was Killed During The Troubles.
So Are You British Or lrish?
On Paper, l'm British.
But l Don't Believe ln Countries Much.
Nor Do l.
How Did You End Up Here?
l Got A Scholarship.
Beauty, Bravery, And Brains.
What A Catch.
You Also Have A Nice Willy,
And l Hope To Dream About lt.
Good Night, Guy.
Good Night.
We Made lt.
l Owe You My Life.
You Don't Owe Me Anything. lt Was Fun.
Everyone Knew Gilda Besse.
Her Father Owned One Of The Big French Champagne Houses.
Her Mother Was A Rich American Socialite. The Marriage Hadn't Lasted,
And Gilda Had Lived Most Of Her Life ln The United States.
She Was Quite Notorious At Cambridge,
And Last Night, She Had Actually Slept ln My Bed.
lf Anyone Knew, l'd Be A Celebrity Overnight.
Are You Guy Malyon?
Yeah.
Julian Ellsworth.
Look, l'm lncredibly Grateful About The Other Night. Gilda Said You Were A Brick.
l Really Can't Thank You Enough.
You Saved My Bacon.
l'd Have Been Dismissed And Most Likely Disinherited lf They'd Found Her Here.
Glad To Have Been Of Help.
Listen, We're Having A Bit Of A Beano At The Weekend.
Uh, Gilda Wanted Me To lnvite You. Don't Know lf You're Much Of A Jitterbugger,
But The Old Man's Away, You See, And l'll Have The Run Of The Place.
You Need A Girl, Of Course.
l Can Line One Up.
When l Was A Freshman, l Didn't Know What Girls Were.
l'm Afraid Mr. Ellsworth
Won't Allow You ln Unless You First Drink One Of These.
The Password ls "Martini.
Thanks
Oh, God, lt Tastes Like Paraffin!
One Doesn't Taste lt, Darling, One Simply Swallows.
Ah, New Blood.
Hello, Old Boy. Julian!
You Girls Should Want To Dance With Me This Evening
Because Gilda Has Got Herself Stranded ln Calais.
Poor Gilda. Do Come Through.
Please
Calais ls Such A Dreadful Place.
Hello, Guy. Hi.
Glad You Could Make lt.
You're The Troubled Boy Whose Girlfriend Julian ls Planning To Monster.
Are You Sad?
Nah, l'm Thrilled For Her.
You Don't Mind lf She Gets Debauched?
So Long As The Debaucher's From A Fucking Good Family, l Couldn't Care Less.
Do You lmagine You're Being lncredibly Daring Using Words Like That?
Ah, You Should Try 'Em Sometime.lt's Good For Constipation.
l'm Going To Feel So Wicked ln The Morning.
WhatAre You Writing?
An Ode To Your Tummy Button.
Gilda.
Sir Knight.
Don't Go Up There.
Why Shouldn't l Go Upstairs?
There's An Orgy Goin' On.
Sounds Promising.
My Partner For The Evening's The Main Course.
Your Partner lsn't Molly Twelvetrees,By Any Chance ls She
Yeah. She's ln Danger Of Catchin' A Cold.
Julian's Writin' A Poem On Her Stomach.
Oh, What A Cad.
Don'tYou Mind?
l Feel Sorry For Molly. He's A Terrible Poet.
You're Very Modern, Aren't You?
l Don't Feel Very Comfortable Here.
l Feel Guilty Being Around All This Wealth.
lt's Just A Game. Don't Take lt Seriously.
lt's Not Much Of A Game.lf You're Out Of Work And Trying To Feed A Family.
Fortunately, l'm Not.
And Neither Are You.
l Only Came Here Tonight To See You.
There, l've Said lt.
Good.
You Look Lovely.
You Don't.
Your Eyes Are All Red. You Look Like A Bloodhound.
You Have Excellent Recuperative Powers.
What lf Someone Comes?
We Were Here First.
Oh, God!
Think Sunday School. What?
Think Sunday School.Why?
Because This ls A Team Sport.
Mmm, Thank You, Unwin.
l Thought lt Might Be Prudent To
Good ldea.
Good Morning, Unwin.
l Thought We Might Uh Have Breakfast On The Terrace This Morning.
Gilda!
What On Earth Are You Doing Down Here?
Happy Birthday, Darling.
Who's That?
Oh, My Friend, Guy.
You Really Had Your Hands Full When l Got ln.
Gilda, He's A Virtual Primitive.
l Know.He's The Piltdown Man. l'm Planning To Exhibit Him.
Julian, Nothin' Happened.
l Don't For A Moment Think Anything Did.
Apart From Us Writing Sonnets All Over Each Other.
All Right. Do You Mind Getting Up, Please, Before Anyone Else Sees You?
Be A Darling And Lend Me Your Dressing Gown,Would You?
Gilda, What Have You Got On Under There?
Well, Seeing lt's Your Big Day, l'm Wearing My Birthday Suit ln Your Honor.
Thought For Certain l Would Hear That Gilda And Julian Had Broken Up,
But Nothing Seemed To Have Changed Between Them.
A Few Weeks Passed,
And Just When l'd Resigned Myself To Never Being With Her Again,
Something Unexpected Happened.
The Divorce Was At Least 12 Years Ago.
Yeah, She Must Be Devastated.
Can l Join?
That's 5 Shillings Annual Membership Fee.
l Read About Your Mother.
lt Must Have Been Awful.
She Was A Stranger To Me, Really.
But How Have You Been?
Practicing My Billiards.
l Wanted To See You, To Tell You That l'm Leaving England.
Why?
The Wanderlust Has Got Me. l Want To Travel.
Where Will You Go?
l Loved The Arabian Nights When l Was Younger. Maybe l'll Start There.
Would You Like A Traveling Companion?
You Have To Finish Your Degree.
Does Julian Know?
l'll Leave Him A Nice Letter.
You're The One Friend From This Chapter l'd Like To Keep.
3 Weeks Later, Gilda Left England
And So Began Our One-Sided Correspondence.
For She Was Never ln One Place Long Enough For My Letters To Catch Up With Her.
After A Year, She Stopped Writing.
By The Time l Graduated, And Began Teaching ln The East End Of London,
l'd Managed To Finally Put Her Behind Me.
Aid For Spain Civil War Had Broken Out ln Spain,
And l Was Campaigning For The Republican Side
ln lts lncreasingly Desperate FightAgainst The Fascists.
Tiberius ls ln A Bad Mood!
Where Are Those Slaves?
We'll See How Brave You Are ln The Coliseum.
Take Away Their Drinking Water.
l Hadn't Had A Letter From Her For Almost A Year.
But Gilda Always Had An Uncanny Sense OfTiming.
She Was Back ln Paris,
Telling Me AWhole New Chapter Of Her Life Was Beginning,And Demanding l Visit Her.
Once More, Nothing Else ln The World Existed For Me.
Bonjour.
Guy! You Came! And So Soon!
Well, You Finally Sent Me An Address.
Look At You. Suddenly You're A Man.
l Even Shave Now.
How Long Can You Stay?
Only Till Tomorrow. l Have To Work.
That's Ridiculous. You Have To Stay For At Least A Month.
You'll Be Able To See My Show.
What Sort Of Show?
You'll See Tonight.
l Saw You ln A Film As A Slave ln Ancient Rome.
Wasn't lt Ludicrous?
How Did You Get The Part?
l MetAn American Cameraman And Went Back To, Uh, Hollywood With Him.
At First l Wanted To Be An Actress,
But Then l--l Got More lnterested ln Cameras.
l'd Pick His Brains ln Bed Every Night.
Are You Married Yet?
Not Quite. Good.
l'm Sure You Have A Menagerie Of Admirers.
So What Do You Do After Work?
l Raise Money For Republican Spain.
l Forgot You Had A Conscience.
Max! This ls Guy.
He Just Arrived From London.
Welcome To Paris.
Are You Here For The Opening?
He Doesn't Know Anything About lt, So He'll Be Completely Objective.
Right.
Where Are You Staying?
There's A Hotel One Of My Friends Like, Just Around The Corner.
He's Staying Here.
He And Mia Can Sing Each Other To Sleep.
Good.
This ls Going To Be lncredibly Glamorous, lsn't lt?
And l'm Going To Be lncredibly Dowdy.
You're British. People Expect lt.
Do You Mind?
So Max ls A Lover?
He Owns The Gallery.
Actually, He's Good Company,
But He's Become Extremely Proprietorial Lately.
He's On Very Thin lce.
Then l Hope lt Melts
Don't Sulk.l Didn't Know You Were Coming So Soon.
And Anyway,
l'm Sure You're Not Sleeping Alone ln London Every Night.
Moments Of Yearning.
Lust, Vanity, And Joy.
Loves Won And Lost.
lt's An Honor To Be The First To Host The Work Of This Gifted New Photographer.
Finally, As A Bonus, May l Present A Living Sculpture
Created Especially For Tonight?
The Pictures Were Good Of Their Kind. But The Sculptures Were Something Else.
The Trouble ls Now We're Never Going To See Them Again.
You Should Film Them, Gilda.
Record Them For Posterity.
They Need To Be Live, So People Can Lean Over, And Smell The Skin Of The Models.
Mmm, Does That Worry You, Mia?
Having People Sniffing Around You Like Dogs?
l'm A Sculpture, So l lgnore Them.
What About You, Guy?
Have You Seen Anything Like That ln England?
No, l Haven't.
Guy Thinks Art Should Be Political.
ln London, He Spends Most Of His Time Campaigning For Republican Spain.
German Artists Spent The Last 15 Years Lampooning The Nazis, And Had No EffectAtAll.
At Least They Tried.
Rather Pointless lfAll TheyAchieve ls A Ticket To One Of Those Camps.
And The Satisfaction Of Knowing They Had The Courage Of Their Convictions.
Well, Here's To Judicious Cowardice.
No, No, No, No, No. Here's To Mia, Whose Beauty lnspired Us All.
You Should Model For Coco Chanel.l Could lntroduce You.
Mia's Training To Be A Nurse.
She Only Models ln Her Spare Time
And l Have An Exclusive Contract.
But l Do Feel l've Seen You Before.
l Never Forget A Face.
Perhaps You Saw Me At Le Grand Jeu.
So How Do You Carry On Your Crusade For Spain?
Do You Sit On A Committee And Hand Out Pamphlets ln The Street?
And lf You Really Feel So Strongly, Why Don't You Enlist ln The lnternational Brigades?
l Plan To At The End Of School Term.
Are You Serious?
-Yeah, l Am.
Well, The Line Must Be Drawn.
Fascism Must Be Stopped Before lt Engulfs Us All.
Good Night.
You've Become So Serious.
The World Has Become Serious.
We'll All Die Of Gravity.
l'm Sorry l Can't Be With You Tonight.
Do You Even Like Him?
Occasionally.
But l Admit, He's Trying A Little Too Hard At The Moment.
Mia, Get Out Of The Bath! You'll Turn lnto A Prune!
l Take lt Le Grand Jeu ls A Cabaret?
Burlesque. Striptease.
She Came Here With Nothing. She's My Protege.
l Want The 3 Of Us To Be Friends.
Gilda, Are You Coming?
l'll See You ln The Morning.
This One's Comfortable.
l Used To Sleep Here When l First Came.
How Long Have You Been Here?
Half A Year.
Whereabouts ln Spain Are You From?
Asturias.
ln The North.
Don't Be Jealous. He's Not Special To Her.
None Of Them Are.
He Wants You To Hear.
He's Afraid Of Her Feelings For You.
Yeah, Well, l'm Afraid Of Mine For Her.
Who ls lt?
lt's Me.
So Pathetically Melodramatic Walking Out On Me Like That?
How Dare You Be
What's There To Drink? l'm Bone Dry.
Hello.
Uh, This ls Linda.
Hello
l'm Sorry l Woke You.
l Got Seasick On The Boat, And Then l Tried To Eat Something To Settle My Stomach,
But The Food ln This Country ls Awful.
ls This A Bad Time?
What Do You Think?
Does Max Know You're Here?
Max Was Being Very Boring About You, So l Expelled Him.
l'm Not Going To Let You Go And Get Yourself Killed.
You'd Probably Come Back With Your Brain Shot Out. Conversations Would Be lncredibly One-Sided.
Now, Get Me A Blanket And You Can Go Back To Bed.
What Are You Doin'?
l'm Going.
Well, She's Sleepin' ln There. l'm Just Getting Her Some Bedclothes.
Guy, l Was With You At The Cinema.
After You Saw Her, You Hardly Spoke The Rest Of The Evening.
And When You Got Her Letter, You Couldn't Get On A Train Fast Enough.
l'm Off.
There's No Need.
l've Got An Early Start ln The Morning.
And Besides, l Think l'm A Bit ln The Way.
You Didn't Ask Her To Leave, Did You?
No.
Seeing As She Has, l Suppose l Don't Have To Sleep Rough.
You've no idea how iadored you at Cambridge.
And when iarrived here, nothing had changed
lt was miraculous
So How Did You And Mia Meet?
l Saw Her On The Street. Followed Her To A Cafe.
You Choose People, Don't You?
"Come lnto My Life."
Sometimes You See Complete Strangers But There's Something Special About Them,
And You Think,"l Should Really TryAnd Talk To Them Because l'll Never See Them Again," But You Don't,
Because lt's Not Done.
But lt's All Fated, Anyway.
lt Had To Be Your Room l Came lnto That Night ln Cambridge.
What Do You Mean?
The Whole Room Was Familiar. l'd Seen lt Before ln Dreams.
lt Probably Reminded You Of Some Place You've Been Before.
We Just Think We've Dreamt Things.
You're So Complacent!
Maybe lt Can Jump Forward ln Dreams.
Maybe lt Doesn't Have To Obey Physical Laws.
But lf My Room Was Already There, Then That Would Mean Everything Was Fixed ln Advance.
You Think l Was Being Spontaneous,
But l Was Always Going To Do That.
JustAs l Was Always Going To Win This Argument.
That's What l Learned At School. l've Got To Work Out What l'm Going To Do.
Resign From Your Teaching For A Start.
And What Do l Live On?
l'll Give You A Job As My Assistant.
How's The Pay?
Good Bonuses.
l Listen To Them Every Night.
Do We Keep You Awake?
She Can Sleep Through Anything.
She Has Amazing Conversations ln Her Sleep. 3 Or 4 People.
Sometimes Speaking Different Languages.
So, Do You Accept?
You Odious Little Boy. How's That?
Now The, Uh, Horrible Little Girl Has Turned Around.
Hello. We're Just Off To The Pictures
So, Guy,
You Have Forsaken London For The City Of Light?
lt Seems So. Mmm-Hmm.
Mia!
Change ln Here.
Why?
He Came To The Exhibition.He Won't Be Seeing Anything He Hasn't Seen Before.
You Were Part Of My Sculpture. You're Flesh And Blood Now.
What Are You Doing Going Out With Him, Anyway?
l'm Curious. You Know What They Say About Him.
You Should Hear What They Say About You.
Oh, Your Dresser Has Excelled Herself.
So You're Having Dinner Afterwards?
We Haven't Decided. What Time Should l Bring Her Back?
Oh, Shut Up
See You Both Later.
Bonsoir.
You're A Very Lucky Man, Living With 2 Beautiful Women.
But Gilda Still Doesn't Approve Of Me.
Sometimes l Think She's Jealous.
You Seem To Have A Calming lnfluence On Her.
She Used To Move ln Wild Circles, But l'm Sure You Know That.
And You Don't Care.
No, l Don't.
Very Commendable.
he Past And The Future Are lrrelevant. The Moment ls Everything.
You Know, At First l Thought You Were An ldealist, A Bore.
But You're One Of Us, After All.
Tell Me, As One Man To Another,
What Does Gilda Like ln Bed?
As One Man To Another?
That's None Of Your Business.
Come On, Mia. Dance For Us.
Please?
lt's Christmas.
Yes, Come On
All Right.
Why Not?
What Are You Two Talkin' About? Huh?
You. You.
And What Are You Sayin'?
What Are You Saying? What Are You Saying? What Are You Saying?
lt's Past 4:00. We've Almost Lost Christmas Day.
Come On.
l'm Starving.
An American Turkey Made An lll-Starred Bid For Freedom At Whipsnade Zoo Today,
Only To Touch Down ln The Arctic Fox Enclosure With Mixed Results.
A Happy Ending For The Fox, Less So For The Turkey.
The Weather ln...
l'm Sorry. l Don't Understand AWord.
You Don't Need To.
lf An Animal Made Hose Sounds, You'd Know lt Was Evil.
All He's Saying ls That When Greater Germany ls Restored, He'll Have No Other Territorial Claims.
And You Believe Him?
l Used To Paint Pictures Of All These Places When l Was Home From Boarding School.
Can l See Them?
l Threw Them All Away.
l Had No Talent Of My Own. l Just Wanted To Be Van Gogh.
Bonjour, Francoise.
Bonjour, Mademoiselle.
What Are You Doing, Father?
l Am, Uh, Saving The Lives Of lnsects.
l've Never Seen You So Compassionate.
l Don't Like The Popping Sounds They Make.
Why Are You Wearing Your Uniform?
There Was A Rally ln Rheims, The Croix-De-Feu.
Our Popular Front ls Not Quite So Popular Here ln The Country.
The World ls Veering Towards Moscow,
Which ls A Little Worrying For Us Minor Landowners.
But, Uh, Politics Has Never Been One Of My Daughter's Stronger Points.
Take Your Feet Off The Couch, Darling.
Charles Besse. Guy Malyon.
Uh, You'll Be Joining Us For Dinner?
Guy Recently Moved Here From England.
So, Um, How's The, Uh, Acting?
l Only Did That One Film. lt Was Never Going To Be A Career.
Oh. Whatever Next? l Can't Keep Up With Her.
First lt Was Dance, And Her Room Was Full Of Ballet.
Then She Discovers Stendhal, And, Of Course, She Wants To Be The World's Greatest Novelist.
And Then There Was, Uh, What, Painting?
One Thing l Learned From You, Father, Was Never To Dwell On One's Mistakes.
Where's My Stepmother?
She's Probably Out Walking The Dogs.
Uh, What Happened To That, Um, That Max Fellow?
A Light Of Other Days.
l Sired A Dilettante, ln Every Aspect Of Her Life.
That's Why l ResentYou, Father, For Bequeathing Me Such Superficial Genes.
They Say A Winemaker's Taste ls The Last Of His Senses To Desert Him.
But Gilda Tells Me That You're Not Much lnterested ln Wine, Mr. Malyon.
l Was Brought Up On Guinness.
We Drink Guinness ln France. Very Good For An Upset Stomach.
The Old Hair Of The Dog.
lndeed.
Why, Gilda, You're Looking Very Fetching Tonight.
She Likes To Startle Me ByWearing Her Mother's Things.
l Think She lntends To Make Me Feel Guilty. You See, She Blames Me For Her Mother's Death.
l Don't Blame You, Father.
Fate Deals Some People A Rotten Hand, That's All.
Fate ls An Excuse For People Who Suffer A Failure Of Nerve.
So lt Was Her Fault, Was lt?
Oh, No, No, Not At All.
lt's Absolutely And Completely My Fault. l Am An lnsensitive Brute.
You See, Darling? You Married A Beast.
l Married A Beast Because l'm A Huntress.
And lf l Can't Tame You, l'll Shoot You.
Ooh. Then l Must Mend My Ways.
lsn't, Uh, Your Birthday Coming Up Soon, Dear?
Now, We Must Do Something To Celebrate This Year.
You Know l Never Celebrate My Birthdays.
lf You're Afraid Of Birthdays Already, You'll Be A Wreck When You're My Age.
l Can't lmagine Ever Being That Old.
Thank You, Gilda.
There's Something About That House That Turns Me lnto A Monster.
l Didn't Like His Politics, But l Enjoyed The Repartee.
He Ends Up Humiliating All His Women.
You Saw Her, How Hard She Was Trying.
All He Wants Her For ls To Show Her Off To His Shooting Friends.
Mia?
Mia, We're Back.
That Bastard.
You Don't Have To Go To Work Today.
l'm All Right.
Mia...
l'm All Right.
Should We Tell The Police?
She Was A Striptease Dancer.
They'd Say She Asked For lt.
Then l'll Go Round And See Him Myself.
And End Up ln A Cell?
He Has Powerful Friends.
Lucien?
Gilda Besse.
Mia Doesn't Know l'm Calling.
Oh, She Got A Little Carried Away The Other Night.
Yes. Yes, That's Right.
Look, l Like lt The Way You Do.
And l'm--l'm Stronger Than She ls.
l Thought We Should Meet. l See.
Guy?
-Yeah?
Max Wants To Have Lunch Today. He Wants To Talk About Another Exhibition.
Do You Mind?
No, Of Course Not.
You Should Take Mia To A Film Or Something.
She Needs To Get Out. hat's A Good ldea.
Maybe A Comedy.
l Thought You Might Change Your Mind.
My English Friend Tells Me l'm Very Stubborn.
l Assume He Doesn't Know Where You Are?
No One Does.
Perhaps l Should Lock The Door.
Why Did You Decide To Become A Nurse?
l Wanted To Be A Dancer.
My Father Was A Coal Miner. An Anarchist.
Our House Was Full Of Politics All The Time,
But l Would Always Be Running Away To Dance.
2 Years Ago, They Declared A Socialist Republic ln Asturias.
A House ln Our Street Became A Hospital.
l Tried To Help, But l Didn't Know Anything.
And People Were Dying ln My Arms.
And Then The Soldiers Came.
l Tried To Stop Them From Taking My Brother, And That's When They Hurt My Leg.
After That, l Knew l Couldn't Be A Dancer.
And l Wanted To Help People.
So That's Why l Am Becoming A Nurse,
And Why l Need To Go Back To My Country.
Hello.
How Did lt Go?
lt Was Fine.
So You're Doing Another Exhibition?
We Played Around With A Few Different ldeas.
l Did Most Of The Talking.
Why Are You Two Looking So Miserable?
Trois Cognacs.
We Saw A Newsreel On Spain.
You Were Supposed To Be Cheering Her Up.
lt Was My ldea.
We Wanted To See What Else Was Going On ln The World.
There Will Always Be Wars While There Are People Dying To Be Martyrs.
Go On. Say How Guilty You Feel.
Afterwards, We Sat Out ln The Gardens.
l'm Serious. You Need To Get lt Out Of Your System.
Because You Feel Guilty That Life ls Good Here,
While Terrible Things Are Happening There.
And After You've Talked About lt, You'll Feel Better,Because You've Shown You Care.
To You, For Getting Rid Of Your Guilt.
And You, For Getting Rid Of Your Guilt.
To Us.
You Live ln A Cocoon. You Don't Think About The World Outside.
l Give My Allegiance To Those Around Me.
We Share The World, Whether We Like lt Or Not.
And You Can Share My Bed As Long As You Don't Bring Your Newsreels Or Newspapers lnto lt.
Marry Me.
What?
l'm Serious.
lf l Woke One Morning And You'd Turned lnto A Husband, l'd Flee.
How Would lt Be Any Different?
Once People Get Married, They Stop Trying.
Anyway, You Would Want To Have Children.
One Day.
You Should Have One With Mia. He'd Be Beautiful.
Sometimes You Say The First Thing That Comes lnto Your Head.
Should l Censor What l Say?
lf l Had A Child, l'd Have lt With You.
My Mother Was Mad. You've Met My Father.l Have Doomed Genes.
You Talk Such Nonsense.
Guy.
What's Wrong?
Things Are Getting Worse And Worse ln Spain. here Are Friends Of Mine There Now.
And You Want To Go And Get Yourself Killed, Too, ln Someone Else's War?
lt's Not Someone Else's War.
lt's As Much Ours
As lf lt Was Happening Here.
We All Share The Same World.
Any Trained Nurses They'll Take At Once.
l've Got An Address For You To Go To.
Who'll Take Any Trained Nurses At Once?
l'm Going To Spain.
l Didn't Want To Say Anything Until lt Was Definite.
And lt's Time For Me To Go Back, Too
They Need Nurses There.
We've Been Living Together For A Year
Am l Such An Ogre That You Can't Even Discuss Your Plans With Me?
l Didn't See Much Point.
You Didn't See Much Point ln Talking About Throwing Away Your Life?
And Taking Mia With You?
Gilda.
l Was Always Going To Go Back Once l Became A Nurse.
You Would Just Never Listen.
Of Course. l Should Have Seen lt Coming.
You Feed Each Other's Guilt. lt's Like A Disease.
Thank God lt Hasn't lnfected Me.
Gilda's Father Was Traveling ln America,
And As A Kind Of Farewell, We Spent The Last Week At The Chateau.
The Sense Of Our Departure Hung Over Every Moment, Though lt Was Never Mentioned
Again Until The Last Day.
l Can't Drink Any More.
Yes, You Can.
We're Drinking For All Those Times We Won't Be Able To Drink Together Again
There'll Be Periods Of Leave When l Can Come Back To Paris.
l Wouldn't Want To See You lf You Came Back With Some Hideous lnjury.
Come On, We're Still Drinking. You're Not Going To Sleep.
Wake Up
l'm Tired.
Gilda, You're Drunk.
Why Do You Have To Go As Well?
Traitor.
Wait. Wait.
Fire!
Forward
Poor Bastards. They Didn't Stand A Chance.
My Dear Gilda,
Yesterday, ln An Ambush Behind The Enemy Lines, l Killed A Young Nationalist Soldier.
How lnadequate Those Words Seem.
He Was Clutching A Locket When He Died,
With A Photograph Of A Young Woman.
l Suppose, As l Write This, She's Waiting For News Of Him, Hoping Against Hope He ls Safe.
Dearest Gilda, Still No Word From You, Which Breaks My Heart.
l Know That To You All Wars Are Useless,
And For Us To Risk Our Lives ls A Betrayal Of Ourselves And Of You.
But My Country's A Part Of Me.
And lf l Was Not Here, l Would Be Betraying Myself, And Even More, My Brother.
Believe Me, My Being Here Does Not Mean l Love You Any Less.
Forgive Me lf You Can,
And Know That l Think Of You All The Time.
l Wonder lf You Are Writing To Either Of Us.
But l Do Beg You, At Least, To Write To Guy.
His Unit ls At Teruel Where The Fighting ls Especially Bitter
And Made Worse By The lntense Cold.
l Can't Stay.
We're Operating ln A Few Moments.
l Know.
We Treated Men From Your Unit A Few Days Ago.
That's How l Knew You Were Here.
l Asked About You.
They Said You Have No Nerves.
You're Always The Quiet One ln The Center Of The Storm.
lf l Am, lt's Because l'm Too Tired To Be Frightened.
When Do You Finish Your Shift?
We Never Know.
Where Are You Tonight?
Not Far From Here. lt's An Old Tannery.
l Know lt.
lf l Can, l'll Come.
Mia You Must Be Dead On Your Feet.
No. l--l Have A Secret Weapon.
lt's Strong Enough To Help You Forget What You've Seen During The Day.
Have You Heard From Her?
l've Had Other Letters, But None From Her.
And You?
No.
Why Won't She Write?
Guy, She Loves You More Than She'll Ever Admit.
And One DayYou'll Be Together Again, l Know lt.
These Last Few Days, l've Been Asking Myself lfAny Of This ls Worth lt.
Perhaps She Was Right. The World Should Be Left To Look After ltself
You Know You Don't Believe That.
But What Are We Achieving?
With The Germans And The ltalians On Their Side,lt's Only A Matter Of Time.
But ln That Time, Maybe The Rest Of The World Will Begin To Realize What's Happening.
You Were Always The Sensible One.
Was l?
Not ln My Choice Of Men, Remember?
We Should Try To Sleep.
You Know, Gilda Once Said We Two Should Have A Child.
You Know She And l Were Lovers?
l Knew Underneath.
l Wanted To Tell You, But She Always Said You Were Too British.
She Was Probably Right.
Those Were The Happiest Times Of My Life, The 3 Of Us Together.
And You And l Came Here.
We Had No Choice.
How Can l Be So Tired And Still Feel Jealous?
l Was Jealous Of You All The Time.
She'd Be Pleased.
Everything Needs Her Blessing.
Here's Your Lift.
My Doctor Friend.
He's Convinced l'm Some Kind Of Saint Because l Never Go With Anyone.
He Was So Relieved When l Said l Wanted To Come And See You
He lnsisted On Giving Me A Lift Himself.
l Finally Got Rid Of My Halo.
There ls No 2nd Sight.
We Grope Towards Our Future Blind.lt's Kinder That Way.
On The Morning Of Her Final Day, She Came To Her Death Clear-Eyed,Brave, Unknowing.
And When The Snow Melts, Spring Has Come. There ls An End To War.
One Small Flower,Blessed, Unique,
Will Flower No More.
Gilda,
l Have To Tell You That Our Dear Friend ls Dead.
l Saw Her Just Before lt Happened.
She Was So Beautiful And Had Become So Wise. Far Stronger Than Me
A Few Months Later, As The Forces Of The Republic Began To Disintegrate,
l Crossed Back lnto France With The Remnants Of My Unit.
All Our Efforts Had Come To Nothing.
The War ln Spain Was Lost.
l Am Speaking To You From The Cabinet Room At 10 Downing Street.
This Morning, The British Ambassador ln Berlin
Handed The German Government A Final Note
Stating That Unless We Heard From Them By 11:00,
That They Were Prepared At Once To Withdraw Their Troops From Poland,
A State Of War Would Exist Between Us.
l Have To Tell You Now That No Such Undertaking Has Been Received
And That Consequently This Country ls At War With Germany.
The War Against The Fascists ln Spain Was OnlyA Rehearsal.
The Greater Struggle Was About To Begin.
Less Than A Year Later, Poland, Norway, Holland, Belgium, And France Were Overrun,
And The Germans Entered Paris.
l Doubted l Would Ever See Her Again.
My War Was ln The Field Of lntelligence.
And Early ln 1944,l Was Sent To Establish Links With Resistance Fighters
Based ln The Countryside Near La Manche.
ln The Late Spring,l Was Transferred To Paris. 6 Long Years Had Passed Since l Was Last There.
My Cover Was As An Official Working For A Firm Manufacturing Rolling Stock
For The Hard-Pressed French Railways.
And Some Time After l Arrived, l Was Waiting For A Rendezvous.
Thank you
How your mother
She's back on herfeet
Thank you A pastis
Pleased to meet you
There's a delay
He'll come at two
l'll stay since he knows me
so let's have lunch Good idea
Red wine and a coffee
what's wrong
lt's alright
l'm starving
Did She See Me? l Wasn't Sure.
But After The lnitial Shock, How Could l Be Surprised?
Gilda Didn't See The World As Others Did.
She Was Looking After Herself,
Bravo
3 Mornings l Sat Across The Road Waiting For You.
You Mustn't Come Again. He Could Come Here At Any Time, And Everyone Watches.
They'll Have Seen You Come lnto The Building, The Patron And His Wife, From The Cafe.
Yeah, Well, They Don't Think Much Of You There.
Of Course Not.
And You Don't Care?
Did l Ever Care What People Thought Of Me?
l'd Like To Believe That Once You Cared What l Thought.
Why, Gilda? Why This?
l Never Much Liked My Own Company, You Know That.
Yeah, But With One Of Them?
lt's Just A Game. Not Now.
l'm Glad You're Alive.
You Know About Mia?
She Loved You, You Know? As Much As l Did.
You Should Go.
We Could Leave Paris. Make Our Way To The Coast. l Have The Papers.
Don't Be Absurd.
Are You ln Love With Him? This German?
Or ls lt Just A Convenience? A Business Arrangement, Like With Max?
For The Duration Of The Exhibition? The Duration Of The War?
Go Out The Back Way.
When We Were Making Love Just Then, You Felt lt As Strongly As l Did.
Yes.
Our Bodies Were Always Good Together.
Forget About Me, Guy,
As l Have You.
You're Out Of My Life Now.
Hello, Sir.
When They Told Me You'd Been Sitting At A Cafe 3 Mornings ln A Row,l Didn't Believe Them.
Now l Find lt's Because You Were Waiting To See An Old Girlfriend.
A Girlfriend Who Happens To Be Hobnobbing With A German Officer.
Do You Realize The Risk You're Taking?
The Risk You're Taking With All Of Us Here?
You're Lucky You Didn't Wake Up With Your Throat Cut.
Did You Know She Was lnvolved With A German?
Yes, Sir.
And Yet You Still Went To See Her?
l've Known Her A Long Time.
l've A Good Mind To Have London Pull You Out. hey Won't Have lt,
Because There's No One With Your Credentials Can Come ln At This Short Notice.
l Won't Be Seeing Her Again.
lf You Do, l'll Kill You Myself.
You're So Beautiful.
lt Was The Right Size, Yes?
l Feel Very Special.
One Day, l Will Get You Stockings.
When The War ls Over.
(Speaking German)
l Want To Speak Your Language. You Promised You'd Teach Me.
But We Have Our Own Private Language, You And l.
And When The Allies Win The War,
We'll All Be Speaking English ln Our Sleep.
To Think, lf l Had Been At Cambridge One Year Later,
We Might Have Met Then.
Here We Go Again.
You Seem A Little Far Away Tonight.
l'm Here.
l Wonder Who's Gettin' lt Tonight.
You Were Good At The Meeting. You Got lt Just Right.
l'm Sorry l Followed You That Day.
No, You Had Every Reason.
l Know What lt's Like To Love Someone.
Thank You.
(Speaking French)
Why Do You Let Them lnsult You?
lf Our Roles Were Reversed And This Was Berlin, You'd Find Yourself Doing The Same.
And Expect To Be Punished.
l'm Angry Because--
l Don't Want Anything To Spoil Tonight Of All Nights.
Why Tonight? Because...
Because
Because lt's Your Birthday.
You've Always Refused To Tell Me, My Darling.
And l Know lt's AWoman's Prerogative, But l Wanted To Know So We Could Celebrate.
Forgive Me, l--l Checked Your Papers.
My Puppet, You're Upset?
But Why? 33.
l Thought 28 At Most Open lt. Please?
so we're on standby
Go Down To The Lavatories And Put On The Clothes There,
My Love.
They Picked Up The Man You Were Meeting, Bisquet.
How Did You-
There's A Bicycle Outside. You Have About 2 Minutes.
Remember Cambridge?
The Next Morning? How l Dressed Like A Boy?
Gilda
l Had No ldea lt Would Be You.
Give Me 30 Seconds.
What Happened?
Bisquet Was Picked Up Last Night.
We Just Found Out. Who Tipped You Off? The Woman l Went To See.
(Speaking French)
This ls A Surprise. l Thought You Were On Alert.
We've Been Stood Down. There's A Storm ln The Channel.
No lnvasion ln This Weather.
How Was Your Day?
Puzzling. Frustrating. But Not Anymore.
l Was Elated. ln Some Way, Somehow, She Was On Our Side.
Before l Could Even Think Of Finding A Way To See Her, Before l Could Even Think Of Finding A Way To See Her,
D-Day.
(Lisette Speaking French)
(Speaking French)
(Lisette Speaking French)
(Speaking French)
For A Few Days l Was Looked After By The Priest. And Then l Was Flown Back To Hospital ln England
l Still Had No Clear ldea Of Gilda's lnvolvement ln The Resistance.
All l Knew Was That ln Spite Of Everything, When The WarWas Over, We Would Be Together Again,
As Mia Had Foretold.
The Major Will See You Now, Sir.
Just Wait Here For A Moment, Please.
Long Time, Guy. -lt ls, Sir.
lt ls, Sir.
The First Contact Didn't Come From Our Side. She Approached Us.
ln Fact, lt Was More Than AYear Before l Discovered Who She Was.
When l Realized lt Was Gilda, l Was As Surprised As l'm Sure You Were.
Although l Suppose You Knew Her Better Than l Ever Did.
Her First Lover Worked ln Stulpnagel's Offices.
She Copied Documents From His Briefcase With A Miniature Camera. She's Good With Cameras.
Then Passed Them On Through Her Contact ln A Beauty Salon.
The lntelligence Officer She's With Now ls Much More Circumspect. But One Tip-Off She Gave Us
And When You Went To See Her, You Were Putting All That At Risk.
Why Didn't She Tell Me?
You Know Why. lf You Were Caught And Tortured... lt Wasn't Just For Your Own Good
Paris ls ln Chaos. The Resistance ls Trying To Liberate The City Themselves,
And There's No Possible Justification For Sending You Back There.
But She ls Very Resourceful, As We Both Know. l Wouldn't Worry About Her Too Much.
lt's Not The Germans l'm Worried About.
Of Course, lf You Were To Go Of Your Own Accord, l Wouldn't Do Anything To Stop You.
You Got My Message? l'm Not Coming With You
Gilda, Have You Seen The People Out There? l'll Be All Right lf l Stay Here. When The Allies Come
Why Will You Not Come With Me? l Can Take You To Germany.
l Know lt Won't Be Easy, But At Least You'll Be Safe.
l Don't Love You, Frans.
Oh, God!
No!
Well, My Love, l'm Trying To Make Sense Of Things Of How l Was, And How l Am Now.
l Have Always Believed Our First Duty ls To Ourselves, To Live Life To The Full.
But l Have Also Been Haunted By Another Conviction,
That Everything ls Preordained, Lying ln Wait,
And Time ls Running Out.
l Seem To Have Charged Through My Life ln A Kind Of Panic. And Looking Back,
l Feel l Have Achieved Little OfWorth Beyond Our Friendship
Yours And Mine, And Mia's.
Then One Day l Woke
And Found l Had Lost The 2 People l Cared For Most.
Only Then Did l Begin To Realize That We Cannot Live Alone Aloof From The World,
And That To Believe We Cannot Fight Against Fate ls An Act Of Surrender.
You Were Right When You Said That Once l Cared For Your Opinion Of Me,
But Wrong ln Thinking l Ever Stopped Caring.
l Love You.