Trance
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19 million, it's against you, sir.
20 million pounds.
20. Here's the bid
at 20 million.
21 million.
Back in the aisle.
There is a painting,
it's by Rembrandt.
'Storm On The Sea Of Galilee',
it's called...
...and he's in it.
Old Rembrandt,
he's in the painting.
He's in there, right in
the middle of the storm,
looking straight out at you.
But...you can't see him.
And the reason
you can't see him
is because
the painting has been stolen.
Lots of paintings have been stolen.
They're still missing.
'Pride Of Lions' showing here on my left.
Thank you.
at a thousand guineas.
It used to be anyone
could steal a painting.
There was no need for a gun.
AM it took was a bit of
muscle and some nerve.
And that...
...was that.
But not anymore.
Those days are gone.
A business can't function
taking big hits
like that.
So now we have procedures...
...and precautions
and security measures.
Now we have a policy.
We have bag searches and magnetic
alarms and silent scanners...
...and X-ray machines
and cameras.
Also we have drills. And the
first thing they tell us is...
Do not be a hero.
This is a robbery!
Now no piece of art
It's a sound
piece of advice, that.
No piece of art is
worth a human life.
But...
...in the event of an event...
...or situation we are to remove
the most valuable item...
...or items and take them
to a place of safety.
I.E., the fast-drop slot...
...in a time delay vault.
That's about all
you can do really.
Come and enjoy the auction.
I mean, if you wanna let people
in, if you want them to bid...
And when you're
trying to og the star
of the show for
25 million sterling...
...you definitely
want them to bid.
650,000.
Sold to paddle 88.
Congratulations, madam.
Ladies and gentlemen...
...there will now
be a brief interval.
When we reconvene, our head
auctioneer, Francis Lemaitre...
...will lead the auction for
Goya's 'Witches In The Air'.
Thank you very much.
So we notify the cops
about big ticket sales...
...and we even keep half a dozen
Ukrainian ex-naval commandos...
...in a van outside, just in case
it all kicks off. Or so they say.
Simon, are you coming?
I'm about to start.
Uh...
Yeah.
Here we go.
So, what happens,
of course, is that
just as we up our game,
the villains up theirs.
They don't just
turn up on spec anymore.
We have precautions,
they have plans.
They do research,
they do recces.
cameras and scanners...
...and Ukrainian ex-naval commandos
but some things don't change.
Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen, and welcome to Delancy's.
We are extremely
honored to be selling
Francisco de Goya's
wonderful work...
...of 'Witches In The Air'.
Goya, the father
of modern art...
...and the first great painter
of the human mind.
Let's start the bidding
at 5 million pounds.
Thank you, sir. 5 million pounds.
An opening bid.
5 million, 500 thousand.
6 million.
In the center here
at 10 million pounds.
11 million on the aisle.
12 million. 13 million.
17 million. Thank you, sir.
18 million.
19 million. Bad luck. 20?
21 million pounds.
Take your time.
22 million. Thank you.
Telephone bidder now. 26 million.
26 on the telephone.
27 to the lady on the aisle.
Small one?
Small one.
27 million,
500 thousand I'll take.
Last chance.
Hammer's coming down.
I'm selling for 27 million,
500 thousand pounds.
Get down! Get down!
Gas. Gas!
Everybody out now!
Everybody get out the building now!
Come on!
Gas attack.
Gas attack, gas attack.
Attention please.
Attention please.
Please evacuate the building.
Please do not
use the elevators.
Make your way to the
nearest emergency exit.
So when it happens,
as one day it must...
...it is imperative
not to panic.
Follow the drill and let
the training kick in.
If circumstances allow...
...if, remember only if...
...in the event of an event...
...or situation...
...we are to remove,
where possible,
the most valuable
item or items...
...and take them to
a place of safety.
Stop right there.
Step back.
Remember, do not be a hero.
Put it down.
No piece of art is
worth a human life.
No, no, no...
Don't.
F***ing idiot!
Riz, let's go.
Afternoon, Sister.
And how are you feeling?
Um... Fine.
Been up?
Mmm-hmm.
Walking?
Yeah. Walking and everything.
You know who you are?
Yeah, I think so.
How do you feel
about going home?
Jolly good! Right,
come on, troops, let's go.
Thanks.
Oh, f*** off!
F***'s sake.
Hello?
Hey, Simon.
Franck wants to see you.
Where is it?
I don't know.
I'm sorry, Franck.
You must have taken it. You
must have put it somewhere.
Yeah, I must have.
I know I...
Well, did you
or did you not?
I can't remember!
I got hit on the head!
That you remember?
Yeah, I got a big f***ing scar on
my head to remind me, don't I?
What did you expect?
You assaulted me. I had a shotgun.
Simon, the plan was simple.
All you needed to do was take the
painting and bring it to me.
I know, I...
So, where is it?
I don't know, I can't remember.
I can't remember.
I'm sorry,
I can't remember.
Franck!
Amnesia's bollocks. Everyone
knows amnesia is bollocks.
No, it's not.
It's not
going to work.
- What do you mean?
- He cannot remember.
How did you
work that out?
Look at him. Any man who
knew would have told you by now.
Hey.
You know what?
I ought to kill you.
Why don't you?
Finish the job and put
me out of my misery.
And then...
...you can find your
own f***ing painting.
Riz.
Give him some food.
Well, his brain
On a smaller scale,
who's to say?
What I'm saying
is we don't know.
The memories may come
back, they may not.
All you can do
is wait and see.
Isn't there something
you can do?
For memory?
Nothing. Except time.
Some sort of medicine?
There's no drug
therapy for amnesia.
What about other
sorts of therapy?
Here.
- Pick one.
- Ow!
Hypnosis?
He said it might work.
What am I gonna tell him? I stole
a painting and now I've lost it?
You know,
you make something up.
What if that doesn't work?
Doesn't work?
Simon...
Doesn't work?!
Okay, okay.
Urn...
That one.
Why her? I don't know.
I like the name.
Right.
You walk across
a wide open space.
Exactly the sort of place which
might once have made you panic.
You are in Cape Canaveral and you
are Head of Mission Control.
and although you are excited...
...you will not prematurely
release the rocket.
And now you watch as the
spider leaves its web...
...and crawls slowly across
There is 30,000 feet of air
between you and the ground...
...and the sound of those perfectly
functioning jet engines...
...is making you feel calm
because you know...
...that you are not hungry...
...and that these are feelings
of stress and loneliness...
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