Fort Saganne Page #5

No, but they say Sultan Omar

will rally up 500 warriors.

That's a lie. 500 warriors

cannot all follow one leader.

- Shut up!

- Why shut up?

- Liar!

- I'm not a liar!

Cut out the crap!

Sir, look at the doc.

Louis!

Louis!

Stay where you are,

Saganne!

I figured out

why we're here!

To serve France!

But who is that?

It's the priests and the police,

and those jerk-offs in their offices!

That's why we're here!

So we don't have to see them!

So we can be free!

But we forgot one thing:

we're bored!

We're f***ing bored!

Be careful. Louis!

You're gonna listen.

For once, you'll listen

without interrupting.

You don't see anything,

you don't see anyone...

but I've always known

I was done for!

I'm a pitiful soldier...

a pitiful doctor, a pitiful musician.

I'm nothing.

Get down.

And you're nothing too!

You're Saganne!

You're nothing but a word.

Look, Saganne.

- Is that the doctor?

- Yes.

This is for you.

How about you, Saganne?

That's where I'm from.

Omar is crazy.

He wants to fight.

He wants to kill all the French.

He wants to be in power.

He will not allow anybody

any rights. He's crazy.

No one can stop him now.

Do you know

when he'll cross the border?

Tomorrow.

Maybe the day after.

- Give my regards to Mekalla.

- I will.

Don't stay here.

Omar is on its way here.

Omar is on his way.

We'll stop him in Esseyen.

With 48 men and no orders?

We'll leave at 5:00 a.m.

and everything we'll need

to set up a fortified camp.

Even if we don't stop him,

we'll slow him down.

That will give Wattignie

some time to get organized.

Pick a messenger.

I can dig you another hole

to gain some time.

"Madeleine,

this letter I am writing to you

is probably the last.

I realize it is also the first.

I love you, but I wasn't able

to tell you...

or myself, for that matter.

Tomorrow, we'll fight

a terrible battle,

but one that I want to fight.

Just like you, it is already lost,

but I still want it.

Who could understand that?

I met another woman after you,

before you.

Until I met her, I'd never

asked myself questions.

Now, I wish I could spend my life

with you, away from here,

in a house I was not

lucky enough to live in,

a house nestled in a park,

where our children would play

and where I would die one day,

but not tomorrow.

Not tomorrow.

Not tomorrow.

Farewell, Madeleine."

The first one is at 200.

Stop it.

What the f*** are they doing?

- Where are they?

- They're everywhere, sir.

Everywhere.

Over there!

Fire at will!

Get up! Fire back!

Everybody get up!

Fire back!

Get yourselves in place.

Fire!

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Fire!

Cease fire!

Vulpi, cease fire!

Hey, brothers!

You bastards!

Bastards!

You pansy bastards!

Enough!

Get back here and stay down!

The guy over there is his cousin.

Stay at your posts!

Leave the camels.

At your posts!

Fire at will!

Cease fire!

Larbi.

- What's the matter?

- I got shot.

Vulpi!

- What's that?

- Sugar.

That's all I have left.

It'll stop the bleeding

when it dries off.

Hold out, sir.

We're the winners.

Sultan Omar is scared now.

Even if he kills us all,

you're the winner.

Have them fire once in a while

so they don't fall asleep.

You Muslim brothers,

I have important news for you!

The toughest tribes

are coming.

They're numerous

and ruthless.

I can't believe it.

It's a whole army.

Ahmed has deserted.

Nobody saw him leave.

Pick your six best shooters.

They'll cover us from here.

Cover what?

We'll wait for them to charge

and we'll pull out our bayonets.

Have the other men join me.

We gotta die somehow.

Ready to fire!

Good. Wait some more.

Fire!

Fire!

Go!

Go!

Halt!

Get ready to fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Let's regroup. They won't

be scared for too long.

Sultan Omar's going home,

you can be sure of it.

They've never seen

anything like this.

I didn't believe

in your freaking charge.

Thanks, Madeleine.

See you tomorrow

on the tennis court?

Hello, Madeleine.

Hello.

How have you been?

- Very well.

- Good bye, then.

Ren, I'll see you

again tomorrow.

I'm happy to see you,

Charles.

It's a privilege to have

a hero for a friend.

You've made history.

I have to talk to you.

What, now?

How do you feel

about Madeleine?

- What does that have to do with you?

- Don't play dumb.

You're being dumb.

What would it change

if I told you I loved her?

You don't know her.

If she chooses to,

she'll marry you.

You would like to win a friendly battle

between us, wouldn't you?

Sorry, but I can't play your game.

Can you imagine the De Saint-Ilettes

going to synagogue?

Stop it. You have the money,

and I have nothing.

- You are successful.

- And so what?

I had to pay a high price for it.

We know that.

We know you're brave.

I'm no braver than others.

I'm like anybody else.

So you're Jewish and you love her!

Is that my fault?

I'm sorry.

No harm done.

It's not your fault indeed.

In the name of the President,

and by the powers invested in me,

I am making you Knight

of the Legion of Honor.

Mr. and Mrs. De Saint-Ilette...

I am asking for your daughter's

hand in marriage.

Madam, sir...

I am planning on marrying

your daughter Madeleine.

No.

Yes, mother.

July 1914

I don't want us to be apart.

Ever.

- I don't mean to intrude.

- You are welcome here.

This house is yours.

Good timing.

I could use your help.

I want everything to be ready

for Dad's arrival.

- I'm leaving tonight.

- Already?

- Something big is happening.

- What's happening?

Are you kidding?

Jean Jaurs was

assassinated last night.

Didn't you know?

No, I didn't.

I am being sent to Nancy.

The idiots.

Waging this war

is the worst thing to do.

Charles, we have to retaliate

to the Germans' attack.

Come in and meet Madeleine.

Why are you telling me

about Baculard now?

- You didn't quit, in the end.

- Indeed.

One day, I saw them all

lined up in front of me...

Grandpa, Dad and him.

They were sitting

in the exact same position.

They were like a brick wall.

Let's go outside.

- Can you make us some coffee?

- I'll meet you outside.

Soon, Dad will live here

with the two of you.

Life will go on.

What do you mean?

Be very careful, Lucien.

If war is declared,

be very careful.

It won't be a big loss

for anybody.

It would be for me.

I don't want to hear

what you think.

Can you understand

that I love you

even though

I can't forgive you?

Why did you come here?

To say goodbye.

Charles?

Charles!

Sir, I have just given your men

our last jars of jam.

- Thank you, Mother.

- They seem so lost here.

I also meant to let you know...

that I prayed

for your late brother.

And I prayed for you too.

I'm sorry,

but I don't believe in God.

We received new orders, sir.

We're going back to the front.

The Krauts are attacking.

Sir?

Can you write my letter

before we go get butchered?

"To Captain Marcheux,

Algiers."

Write exactly what I say.

"It is my honor to report

to you...

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