Incendies
I'm glad to see you.
Please.
THE TWINS:
Last will and testament of
Dr. Nawal Marwan.
Opening of the will to
her two children,
Simon Marwan and Jeanne Marwan.
"In accordance with the will,
regulations and rights of
Nawal Marwan,
the notary, Jean Lebel,
is named executor."
Hmm ... I must tell you here
that it was your mother's decision.
I was personally against
it, but she insisted.
You know ...
... your mother was more
than an employee.
To my late wife and me
you felt more like part
of our family, so ...
I could not refuse.
Hum!
"All my assets are to be
shared between the twins,
Jeanne and Simon Marwan."
"The money is to be equitably
shared"
"My furniture distributed by
mutual agreement."
"Burial"
"Notary Jean Lebel will
bury me without a coffin, naked
and without prayers."
"My face turned towards the ground,
my back against the world."
"Tombstone and Epitaph"
"No headstone is to be
placed on my grave
and my name engraved nowhere."
"No epitaph is deserved for those
who do not keep their promises."
"To Jeanne and Simon"
"Childhood is like a knife
stuck in the throat
which cannot be removed easily."
hand you an envelope."
"This envelope is for your father."
"Find him
and hand him the envelope."
"Simon, the notary will
hand you an envelope."
I've heard enough.
Oh ... but it's not finished.
Continue.
"Simon, the notary will
hand you an envelope."
"This envelope is for your brother."
"Find him and hand it to him."
"When these envelopes
have been handed
to their addressees, a
letter will be given to you."
"When the silence is broken,
and the promise kept
a stone may be placed
on my grave
and my name engraved on
the stone."
I admit it's a bit strange.
No, not today.
OK.
Thank you, Jean.
- Shall we?
- Wait.
You know, the history
of our father.
You know, we have no brother.
Why did you let her write this?
I understand your surprise.
It's ... it's very surprising.
Stop pretending to be innocent!
We know that we speak of, there is
nothing surprising in this.
We did not make these
things up, Simon...
They are part of a will.
There's that, too.
Well, this morning your mother
gave us something rather special.
We'll sleep on it, then ...
We'll meet again, huh?
I'll wait outside.
Thank you, Jean.
Sit down, Simon.
Look, Jean ...
your secretary, she loved
working for you.
She did this well all her
life, congratulations.
Your secretary, however, was also
my mother.
Then her job as a mother,
that's another story.
Simon ...
You can bury your secretary
in any way you wish.
But my mother, I want her
buried in the normal way.
For once in your f***ing life
make it something normal.
This is not negotiable.
Take your time.
And come see me when Simon
has calmed down.
I know it's very unusual, but ...
your mother was not crazy, Jeanne.
She spoke of a traitor?
In a big family, there's always a dog.
How long will it be before we
find the traitor?
F***ing crazy woman!
I'll fix that with Jean.
Fix what?
We'll give her a
normal funeral.
We'll take care of her, then
I'll take care of you.
Where are you going?
You bury her any way you like!
Oh, stop!
You feel guilty because
you were not there
when she died.
You feel guilty because
you were there
when she had her accident.
You need to stop you feeling
guilty for everything!
I am not feeling guilty
about anything.
Do you realize the significance of
what he just read?
Well, she's gone!
It's over, I'm at peace!
I have f***ing peace!
I'm at peace now.
Yes, I see.
Mathematics as you
have known so far
have aimed to achieve a precise
and definitive response
to precise and definitive problems.
Now, you are about to enter into
entirely different adventure.
The subject will be
intractable problems
that will always lead
as intractable.
People around you will
repeatedly insist
that what you are doing is
hopeless.
You'll have no argument
to defend yourself,
because they will be of an
overwelming complexity.
Welcome to pure mathematics,
the land of loneliness.
This is my assistant,
Miss Jeanne Marwan.
Hello!
We will start with the conjecture
of Syracuse.
What does your intuition
tell you?
Your intuition is always right.
That's why you got potential
to becoming a real mathematician.
But over there, you'll need help.
Do you have any family there?
- Contacts?
- It's ridiculous, Niv.
You've come to learn that
a) your father is alive;
and b) you have another brother.
This is ridiculous
What is ridiculous to question
the inevitable.
You need to know.
Otherwise, your mind
will never be at peace.
And peace of mind has nothing to
do with pure mathematics.
You need a starting point.
My father died during
the war in Daresh.
That's the unknown variable
in the equation.
unknown variable.
a village
called Der Om, in Fouad.
She graduated in French
at the University of Daresh.
If she studied, there is hope.
Said Haidar.
You'll go knock on the
door Said Haidar
an old friend of mine who
teaches at Daresh.
You can trust him.
What are you doing?
Mom! Are you Okay?
Madam, that's my towel, please.
Mom?
Mom!
Mom?
What happened?
Where's Jeanne?
Mom?
Does she suffer from migraines?
No.
- Memory loss?
- No.
Loss of balance?
No.
Absent-minded?
She's always absent.
No, she was never absent.
Wahab, come.
Just get out of my sister's way.
Son of refugees, where do you
think you're going?
Nicolas, stop!
Go back to your country.
Wahab!
We'll leave your hide
in your camps, believe me.
Give me.
- I want to kill her.
- It's mine to do.
You have sullied the
family honor.
- Enough!
Go home!
Go home!
Outside.
What have you done!
You have humilliated us!
You have sullied the
name of our family!
Why God have you plunged
us in the dark?
My God, what have you done?
Why did you do that?
What will I do with you!
You want me to kill you?
I'm pregnant, grandma.
- My God, everything is black.
Why?
Why have you done this?
Do I have to kill you?
What will I do with you?
Come.
Eat if you want your
child safe.
Listen to me.
There's nothing here for you.
I'll help after the birth.
I want you to go away.
You'll go to live with
your uncle Charbel.
There, you'll go to school.
To learn to read,
to learn to think
out of this misery.
Promise me and I'll help you.
Promise me you'll go to school.
I promise you, grandmother.
I promise.
Shh.
Shh.
Look carefully at your mother.
You'll have to recognize her.
I'll find you one day.
I promise you, my heart.
Be careful.
Don't worry.
Come on, it's time
for you to go.
I feel that something terrible
is coming ...
One day I'll find you, my son.
I received a message
from my friend Niv Cohen
but I can't help you
because at the time,
I taught
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