A Farewell to Fools Page #4

Synopsis: Once upon a time, during WWII, somewhere in Nazi occupied Romania, a night of comic misadventures ensues when a boy discovers a dead soldier. The German authorities demand that the perpetrator must be identified or the town leaders will be shot the following morning. In their desperation, led by Father Johanis (Harvey Keitel), their salvation seems to lie in convincing the town "fool", Ipu (Gérard Depardieu), to agree to confess, and save them all with his sacrifice. The comedy and darker sides of human nature race toward the deadline where one cannot help but wonder who, in fact, is the actual "fool"?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Director(s): Bogdan Dumitrescu
Production: Monterey Media
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
2013
85 min
Website
47 Views


Land. Good land.

Cheers.

Let's talk about it.

There is not much to talk about.

No, here it is.

It's almost 5:
00,

and the Germans will

be here to arrest you.

And I want it on paper,

notarized.

From Father Johannis

I want the two fields...

next to the river

for my lady Flora.

But it's the best land

that we have.

- We bought it with all of our...

- Be quiet!

Start drawing up the contracts.

Transfer of title...

in living trust.

Good.

Now, Mr. Mayor

and Mr. Doctor.

But we don't have any land.

Money. 40,000.

You pay half,

and the doctor pays half.

No, I have no money.

My daughter

is attending university.

Costs a lot of money.

But I'm going to school.

Shh.

Stop complaining, all of you!

He's giving his life for us!

For my brother-in-law,

Filip, Mr. Notary,

a piece of land.

Wait! Why only one piece of

land from him and two from us?

My brother-in-law, Filip,

already owns one.

And the notary is the one who

poured me wine all night long.

Huh!

So, where do you want

that piece of land to be?

You have your land

in only one place.

Close to the bridge.

There.

Cheers. Signed 13th

of August, 1944.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I don't have any more relatives.

I'm sorry.

It's late.

Rest in peace.

God bless you.

As for me,

I'm going to get ready.

I'll be back...

to turn myself in

to the Germans.

I'll be back.

Uncle Theodore.

I'm coming with you.

This is not children's matters.

You go to bed right away.

You are dead!

But a commander

cannot survive the shame...

of being caught

and made a prisoner.

So you say!

Huh.

It's 20 to 5:
00.

You're all idiots.

Real idiots.

The fool fooled you.

He tore the documents

from our hands,

and we will never see him again.

Catch him if you can!

He will never come back!

Never come back!

That's enough!

Why are you hitting me,

you animal?

Who do you think you are?

You useless, useless bastard!

You are useless!

Useless!

My dear lady.

Oh, go f*** yourself!

You drunk!

What did I say that was wrong?

That you've given the best land

in the village to that nutcase?

And now the Germans will come,

and they'll shoot us!

They will!

Oh, God.

The Germans.

Linda!

Tibi?

Here comes Ipu!

He's back. I knew it.

You idiot.

The war is over!

We are free!

It's not true.

We are free!

What happened?

What wonderful news.

The Germans are all gone?

This is a real miracle.

- Not one is left?

- No.

They left the village?

Yes.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Did you hear the news?

I thank you, my God.

Well done, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you for this blessing...

that we don't deserve.

We are just worms on this earth.

Mummy.

It's too wonderful.

They're all gone.

Look, they aren't going to shoot

you anymore, Uncle Theodore.

You don't have to die.

What do you mean?

They're all gone

without making any justice?

You are kept alive,

thanks to God!

And all our prayers.

So now you need to tear up

everything that was signed, right?

Oh, I'm hanging on to it.

I'm not tearing up nothing.

Oh, no, you don't.

It's not worth anything.

Me neither.

It's all legal,

with a notary's signature.

Oh, no, you don't.

It's not worth anything.

It's legal. It's legal.

It's not.

All these documents are legal.

Legal!

Ipu, you make her

understand, please.

"Ipu?"

I'm back to Ipu now?

So you... you won't make a

monument for me anymore?

No.

No monument.

And the square named after me?

And the prayer for a hero?

No, no, no!

It's not worth it anymore.

You are alive, Ipu.

It's not 5:
00 yet.

Yea!

I say...

it's worth something.

Where is he going now

with his gun?

Well, maybe he's gonna

shoot himself.

Stop him.

You have to stop him!

He's kidding.

No, he will.

He will do it.

Uncle Theodore, let's play.

Yes, for the last time.

You are Napoleon Bonaparte,

and you say...

"I am the tsar."

To hell with the tsar! To hell

with whoever fathered him.

Who cares about the tsar?

Who's going to remember that

stupid tsar and his followers?

Instead, everyone remembers

Napoleon... everyone in the world.

Now and forever, you are

Napoleon Bonaparte, and you say,

"I smashed you when and how I

wanted to on every battlefield."

"I dragged your flag in the

dust and trod all over it."

"All of you useless weaklings

have come together to defeat me."

"But my name will shine

throughout history,

a beacon for the French people,

who I love so much."

So I say!

Oh!

A commander cannot

survive this shame...

of being made a prisoner.

Now you say "bang."

Come on. The gun goes

"bang." Say "bang."

Say "bang"!

Leave me alone!

What? You think these people

care if you die or not?

Look at them. They're not

thinking about you anymore.

So what do you want

to kill yourself for?

Ipu!

Ipu!

To me,

you're a real hero!

Real hero!

And I say thank you, soldier!

Ipu!

Listen!

The End

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