Marius Page #8

A big mistake.

Why did you tell me he'd go?

Now I'm short a man.

He'll be coming.

Yes, it certainly looks like it!

Women!r

Go get your mother.

We must speak to her at once!

Why the hurry?

If you love me, don't lose a moment.

Call your mother.

Do you really want

to marry me so much?

Marriage is a serious business.

It ties you down for life.

Call your mother, I tell you.

Are you sure you love me enough?

You saw that ship out there?

- The Malaisie.

- I know.

I've got a place on the crew.

Theyjust told me.

My bag is packed.

I've only got to cross the quay.

But, as you see, I'm staying.

Here, with you.

For how long?

Forever, if you help me.

Maybe, Marius.

But you'll never be happy

if you marry me.

You want to marry me

because you feel responsible.

But there's no need.

You're not responsible.

You asked for nothing.

It was I who came to you.

The fault is entirely mine.

Go, Marius. Follow your desires.

They don't include me.

Fanny, don't tempt me.

Just cross the quay.

If you love me,

take me in your arms, cover my eyes.

Hold me as tight as you can.

You don't have to suffer.

You've still got time.

What would become of you

if I left?

Don't worry.

I've thought of that.

You've thought of that?

What do you mean?

You'll marry Panisse?

Or someone else.

What does it matter?

You've spoken to him?

Have you?

When?

Several times.a

So you were lying when you said

you'd turned him down?

I'm not doing it for myself.

I have to think of my mother.

She's not as young as she was.

Love isn't the only thing in life.

There are other things

stronger than love.

So, while I've been struggling

with my conscience

and suffering in silence,

this was all being arranged.e

- Where are you going?

- Let me go!

You see?

Go ahead and marry Panisse's money.

I'm marrying the sea.

You're staying after all?

I can't get by.

My father's standing out there.

Marius...s

climb out the window

as if you were going

to meet your love.

In the meantime,

I'll keep your father here.

No, don't say anything!

Just go!

If he'd loved me as I love him,

he'd have understood.

Marius is over there.

He wants to see you.

No, he's at the station,

getting my baskets.

- He won't be long.

- What's wrong with you?

I don't like what I see going on.

You should open your eyes.

You idiot,

I saw it all a long time ago.

How flushed you are.

Have you been crying? Is that it?

Perhaps.

You've been crying?

Then Marius must have talked to you.

So it's settled?

I'm glad to hear that.

Do you know how long I've been

thinking about this wedding?

Months?a

For the last 11 -

no, more like 14 years.

Since before you left for Algeria,

when you were knee-high

to a grasshopper.

One night, in this very bar,

Marius's mother

lifted you up and asked,

"Fanny, are you really going

to marry Marius?"

Everyone laughed - except you.

With wide eyes, you said, "Yes."

And now it's happening.

I'm so glad.

Let's take a stroll on the quay.

- But the customers...

- Let them wait.

I'd prefer to stay here.

We've got things to talk about.

Like what?

Where we'll live.

We'll need a room.

You'll live here with me.

You don't think

I want to live alone, do you?

You know, I bully Marius

from time to time,

but he's my son, after all.

I love him.

I'd die if I didn't see him

for six months.

I've an idea for your lodgings.

Have you seen my room?

Then I'll show it to you.

Here's what I'm thinking.

It's nice here.

You can't imagine how nice it is

in the morning

to be woken up by the sun.

In summer it reaches the bed.

And in winter

it climbs up to the clock.

Well, what do you think

of this room?

It's larger than Marius's.

Much larger.

So this is what I thought.

I'm old now.

I don't need so much space.

I'll take Marius's room,

and this one will be yours.

Yes, there's certainly more space.

There's only one thing

I'd ask of you.

Leave the bed where it is.

Yes... that's where he was born.

And it's also where she died.

Csar.!

The ship's leaving.

That's the Malaisie leaving.

God protect all who sail on her.

You see that door?

It leads to a small little room.

Well, if you'd like -

and I'd like it very much -

we'll find a tiny bed.

We'll put a tiny bed in there,

won't we?

Marius, bring some rum!

Fanny has fainted!

Marius, where have you gone?

BASED ON THE PLAY BY MARCEL PAGNOL

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