Le dernier vol du flamant rose Page #2

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A woman like you,

having such a briIIiant career!

Find me men

to go into the Tenere.

ReaIIy, Ma'am.

I thought l'd been

quite frank with you.

I'm sorry the search was in vain,

but you must understand...

How can I accept that?

Let someone die in the desert,

without coming to his aid?

Duclos!

- Captain!

- The telex, pIease!

I just got this.

Thanks.

Urgent order from HQ.

Arrest Firhoun, dead or aIive.

Sgt Mercier killed

trying to intercept Firhoun.

Permission to take 60 men

to ensure immediate arrest.

Satisfied, Lt Chauvet?

Now your Firhoun went too far.

Unless we punish this crime,

no Tuareg wilI respect

the honour and authority of France!

Firhoun and his men are

in the Blue Mountain area.

- Captain, may I...

- Not another word!

I'm taking this over.

We Ieave tomorrow, in daylight.

Relay my orders!

That'II be aII.

They say

Firhoun just defended himseIf.

Stop the chatter.

Firhoun kiIIed a Frenchman.

He kiIIed him in self-defence.

To protect himseIf!

Quiet!

Move, dammit!

Sadou, that one, there.

That one, there.

Adou!

That one, too.

This one.

No, it's too weak for rough terrain.

Come here!

For the Captain.

Vasseur, load up the munitions!

Heading into the Tenere?

ln a week, the Tamanrasset convoy

heads up north.

They'll escort you to Algiers.

I won't take orders from you!

Damn malaria!

I'll get the doctor.

No, stay.

I'II get over it.

Now I can't do anything

to protect your brother.

Firhoun defended his honour.

Honour?

The Captain also loves

that stupid word!

Calm down.

It's our Iast night together.

What nonsense!

I have a fever,

but you're delirious.

Cartridge beIt...

Lt, 30 men didn't report for duty.

Just as I thought.

You knew?

He won't talk anyway.

What's he up to, dammit?

Go get him!

He puked alI night.

Look, he's white as a sheet.

Attention!

Around 30 men deserted.

Due to your methods.

Means those who stayed

are reliable.

At ease!

You can't come with us!

This is a military operation!

What'II you do? Lock me up?

Why not?

Here's your chance to help me.

You risk nothing :

I'II sign a release for you.

I know he's aIive.

Take me, or you'lI have doubts

aII your Iife.

That you Iet him die.

Fine, but you're under my orders.

You can't take her aIong!

We can't waste time!

- Despite a woman's presence...

- I made the decision!

Mount!

CIose ranks.

In double file!

The onIy way

to the Blue Mountain

is through the wadi.

As I said, it's the shortest route.

Ask if there's another.

You ask. He understands you.

I was asking you.

Excuse me, Lt.

There's another trail,

but it's longer.

We know, Si Ahmed.

But we must be fast.

Sorry, Lt.

I refuse to trust this scout.

You know why.

Well head this way

to reach Firhoun.

And walk 16 hours a day, if need be.

Captain, we can't hoId that pace.

Men ll die.

- We've done it before, we're tough.

- Good night.

Good night, Lt.

Sure they can handle the desert?

You came to find your husband?

You'II find him.

You'II see.

Allah is with you.

Hell keep him alive,

till you find him.

Here.

Thanks.

We were heading southeast,

now northwest! Why?

I know what l'm doing,

don't worry.

You're supposed to head

into the Tenere.

Don't complicate things,

get back in Iine.

Forward!

Miloud, put the flares down. Come,

I need you. M'barak, come too!

Hurry!

Blacks don't frighten you,

that's good.

Not in the Ieast.

We housetrained these,

we pacified them.

We're here to civilize them.

I Iike him, he's very kind.

Moussa, give the lady a glass.

No thanks.

You're wrong, it's very good.

Moussa, give her a glass.

A glass.

Thanks.

Your soup good?

May I?

You think

I don't belong here, right?

I think it's dangerous.

You're judging me.

You're mistaken.

Since Bill disappeared,

I feeI everyone's against me.

You got this far,

that's what matters.

We promised it to each other.

lf one of us is missing,

the other must search.

When he Ieft,

l made him swear to stay

by his plane if he crashed.

You did weII.

It's his onIy chance of survival.

Thanks for your support.

That you, Ma'am?

- I need...

- No probIem.

Just caII me. I'II come.

HeIp me, hurry.

Get me a rifle!

And a saddle blanket!

You realize what you're doing?

We'II be spotted.

I knew it was crazy to take you.

Here.

Go on!

I heard of your escapade.

So far, I trusted you.

You disappoint me, Ma'am.

I can still send you back to camp.

Don't force me to.

They saw a camel

with a man tied to it.

A Jesuit wandering in the desert,

who got lost.

He was aIive, but unconscious.

No one knew how Iong

the camel bore him.

He was saved

by its survival instinct.

Camels search endlessly

for a waterhole.

He thought

the Good Lord had saved him!

Lancaster doesn't have a camel,

but one can believe in miracles.

I'II believe anything, Louis.

- Thanks for your lovely tales.

- You're weIcome.

Ma'am,

behind that mountain is the Tenere!

The Tenere!

Know what I feeI?

Great pride that this vast area

belongs to us.

From Mauritania to Sudan,

the whole Sahara is French.

Tell the men we attack before night.

We couId still avoid a showdown.

ReaIIy? How?

I didn't come here to turn back.

Let me speak to him again.

No, you failed once,

don't be foolish again.

I'lI get him

to surrender peacefully.

The terrain's against us.

We may lose a lot of men.

Firhoun and his men are weII-armed.

How do you know?

I'm guessing.

He's sure of himseIf.

He needs a fight to assert his wiII,

you're giving him that opportunity.

What do you lose

if I deliver Firhoun?

Let me try...

Give me a few hours.

AII right.

and Vasseur with you.

I'd prefer Adua and Louis.

And Si Ahmed! It's settIed.

Thanks, Captain.

Stop!

Firhoun!

It's too Iate now!

"Forgive us our trespasses,

"as we forgive those

who trespass against us.

"Lead us not into temptation,

"but deliver us from eviI.

"Amen."

You're through, Lt Chauvet.

That's the result

of your two-bit humanism.

You were manipulated

by those you had to control!

You thought you were famiIy

because you slept with one?

Your attitude amounts to treason.

We civilize savages.

The Tuaregs have slaves:

I'm anti-slavery!

At Ieast Adua's death freed a slave.

Don't soil our memory of Adua.

Right, keep lecturing me.

I'm sick of your nonsense.

Louis died because of you.

It's on your conscience.

Sacrificed for your silly ideals.

Lieutenant!

Tie him up for the night!

Captain, not that,

not between Frenchmen.

Vasseur, it's an order!

Silence, you Iot!

Lt, follow me!

Silence!

We attack at dawn!

Firhoun's a savage:

France is at war with them.

Fall out!

BiII...

I'II manage to reach you.

HoId out...

Captain.

You wanted to see me.

What's it about?

A trooper ll take you back.

Let him help me search the Tenere.

No one dares tell you...

that youll only find

Lancaster's corpse.

Spare yourseIf that.

There's not enough of you.

You'II aII die.

I'II fight to the end.

You know me, Lt.

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