Les innocentes Page #2

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and your calling.

The diocese still hasn't found anyone

to replace the late Father Piasecki.

As for the vows ceremony,

I've postponed it twice.

I cannot do it again.

The ceremony will be held

two months from now.

In the meantime, some of you will be

examined by the young woman

who is here

with the French Red Cross mission.

She will help you.

You must trust her.

If the ceremony is in spring,

can we tell our parents?

Of course!

Sisters, let's return to our duties.

Sisters...

Who will go first?

I'm scared, aren't you?

She can lie down.

Lie down, Sister.

Everything's fine.

She can get dressed.

No.

She mustn't be afraid,

I'll just check the baby's position.

Don't be afraid.

It's to see if the baby's all right.

I don't want to go to Hell.

She fears damnation.

It may seem incomprehensible

to the outside world...

Despite what has happened,

we must still respect our vow of chastity.

I know they've been abused.

I'm here to help. Tell me how.

It's not easy.

We're not allowed to show our bodies.

And even less be touched.

It's a sin.

I took risks to come here.

Can't we set God aside

while I examine them?

You don't set God aside.

So what use am I?

I'll try talking to them.

Halt! Soviet army!

Get her out!

Papers!

Come on!

- I'm a French doctor.

- She's French.

Search her.

You, search the van.

Let's go!

Help them search.

Let me take a look.

You're beautiful, you know.

Bravo!

You're so beautiful!

Stop!

Yeah...

Stop!

She loves it!

Step aside.

This'll be wild,

I think she wants us all.

What's going on here?

Get away!

Get back to your posts!

- Comrade officer...

- Her papers!

What are you doing here?

What?

The French Red Cross?

All right.

You can go.

Turn back.

You can't go this way.

Understand?

Go on, turn back!

What's wrong?

Back up!

No one will bother you here.

I'll let the Abbess know.

Run! Hurry!

Quick! Run!

Get out of here!

Maria, look after them.

You must look after them.

Go on.

You two, that way!

You're hiding enemies of the people.

- We're not hiding anyone.

- We'll check.

- You have no right.

- We'll see.

Check there!

And the kitchen!

Come on, hurry it up!

- Follow me.

- Faster, I said!

There's no one here.

Check the other rooms.

Don't do that.

Do they know

the convent is in quarantine?

Typhus. An epidemic.

- What's she saying?

- Typhus?

- Yes.

- She's lying.

There is no typhus.

- We have to get out of here.

- It's very contagious.

Why didn't you alert the authorities?

Answer me!

How can I know if it's the truth?

They can come to the infirmary.

You can go to the infirmary.

- We go to the infirmary?

- No way!

We're leaving.

Mother.

I'm tired.

Can I do anything?

Are you unwell?

Thank you for your... presence of mind.

Was she also...

I'll need to examine her.

She'll never let you.

She'd rather put up with her ordeal.

Isn't pride a sin?

She's our Mother.

We cannot judge her,

but merely obey her.

Forgive me.

However much I pray,

I cannot find any consolation.

Every day, I relive what happened.

Every day.

I still smell the stench of them.

They came back three times.

Each time, they...

They should have killed us.

It's a miracle they didn't.

Thank you.

I've been luckier than others.

And I'd already known a man

in my former life.

Most of my sisters were virgins.

But none have lost their faith?

You know, faith...

At first, you're like a child

holding your father's hand,

feeling safe.

Then a time comes

and I think it always comes

when your father lets go.

You're lost,

alone in the dark.

You cry out, but no one answers.

Even if you prepare for it,

you're caught unawares.

It hits you right in the heart.

That's the cross we bear.

Behind all joy lies the cross.

Mathilde!

Don't abandon us, please!

God bless you.

God bless you for everything.

- I'm sorry.

- Enough!

I don't need an apology.

You're part of a team under my orders.

If you can't bend to discipline,

I'll send you home.

Maybe you want that?

No, sir, definitely not.

You're a real character.

I should jail you.

Sir, it was...

You're lucky

the Russians didn't shoot you.

You keep away from that sector.

You ignored orders.

You left us a vehicle short.

You're totally reckless.

I'll expect your report.

You may go.

The colonel is a right-winger.

The thing is...

if he finds out

you attend party meetings...

Don't be stupid.

Enough of all this mystery.

Make sure your report is good.

I don't want you sent home.

It would really piss me off.

- You're kind.

- Me, kind?

Don't you know me?

Would it really upset you?

Don't go imagining things.

I mean work-wise.

You're an excellent assistant.

I don't want to lose you.

Even if I know you're a Communist.

Not a party member.

Maybe, but you believe

in a brighter tomorrow.

- We have to believe.

- Really?

What?

What's hidden

behind that forehead?

- My forehead doesn't interest you.

- No.

What's beneath it does.

There's nothing beneath it.

Any plans for tonight?

I need to sleep. I'm tired.

You're a pitiful liar.

I can't come by day anymore.

I'm being watched.

Have a listen.

Without your hands.

It's beating so fast!

They say a rapid heartbeat

is a girl.

Probably a girl.

Sister,

our Reverend Mother feels unwell.

I have to see the Abbess.

Thank you, Sister.

Do you have a lover in France?

- Lots of them.

- Really?

Lie down.

- You're very curious.

- Yes, I am.

I have many flaws.

I deserve the harshest penance.

I've never had much faith.

And since this happened,

I've lost the little I had.

I shouldn't be here.

So why don't you leave?

I have no family left,

apart from the bigoted aunt

who sent me here.

After the delivery,

I'll go to find my fianc,

wherever he may be.

You have a fianc?

Yes, I keep thinking about him,

but can't tell anyone.

I'd be punished.

Is he the Russian soldier

who got you in this condition?

He defended me from the others.

He protected me.

He even fought them.

He stopped them from killing us.

Excuse me.

Can you come with me?

Thank you.

Get dressed

and go back to your cell.

Mother, let her examine you.

May I?

There are lesions.

I'll do a test to be sure.

A test?

It's advanced syphilis.

I can get the medicine to treat it.

I don't need you to treat it.

What if several births occur at once?

I know.

I'm scared of that happening.

Thank you.

We've been scared for five years.

For us nuns, the end of the war

doesn't mean the end of fear.

The new regime won't do us any favors.

And you?

Haven't you ever feared for your life?

Me?

When I joined the Red Cross team,

I was still a student.

I ended up carrying stretchers

under fire

when Paris was liberated.

Sorry, but I pissed myself

more than once.

But I've never regretted it.

And I imagined

I would save lives.

Novice Irena is in a good mood.

How can a baby arrive like that?

Without us realizing?

An extreme defensive reaction.

The body resists

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