Bonjour, Madame.How Much ForA Reading?
Fortuneteller 3 Francs, Dear, And lt's Written On The Door.
l'm sorry
l cannot see.
We've Got To Go. We're Late.We'll Miss The Bus.
ThankYou, Madame.
What Do You see?
l see Your 34th Year.
shut Up.
That's The Porter.
He spotted Me As l Was Making My Getaway.
These Are First-Year Rooms, Aren't They?
They're very Luxurious.
The Ones AtYale Are Like Monk's cells.
"Aristotle And virtue."
Oh, God, l'm sorry.
lt Doesn't Matter.
Of course lt Does. l Ruined Them.
Wait.
lt's Getting Heavier Out There, Huh?
Do You Mind lf l stay Here Till lt Eases Off? No. Of course You can.
l Go Out With One OfThe Dons.
l Know. Julian Ellsworth.
We Just Had An Awful Row. l can't Go Back To His Rooms.
l Have To Get Out OfThese Togs.
Excuse Me.
Help.
lt's completely stuck To Me.
l Don't Mind lf lt Tears.
Thanks.
Bless You.
l can't LetYou Go Out ln This. You can sleep ln My Bed.
ButWe Haven't Been lntroduced.
l'll sleep On The chair And Keep Watch.
That's very Noble But l Wouldn't Dream Of Kidnapping Your Bed.
You're Taking A Terrible Risk Having Me Here AtAll.
sorry. No. Don'tApologize.
l'm Flattered.
lt Doesn't Normally...
l should Hope lt Does.
l'm Gilda Besse.
l Know Who You Are.
That sounds Ominous.
You're Famous Around Here.
Where Are You From? Dublin Originally.
We Moved Up North AfterThe Treaty.
WhyWas That?
My FatherWas A Policeman.
And He Was Killed During The Troubles.
so Are You British Or lrish?
On Paper, l'm British.
But l Don't Believe ln countries Much.
Nor Do l.
How Did You End Up Here?
l GotA scholarship.
Beauty, Bravery, And Brains.
WhatA catch.
You Also Have A Nice Willy,
And l Hope To Dream About lt.
Good Night, Guy.
Good Night.
We Made lt.
l Owe You My Life.
You Don't Owe Me Anything. ltWas Fun.
Everyone Knew Gilda Besse.
Her Father Owned One OfThe Big French champagne Houses.
Her MotherWas A Rich American socialite. The Marriage Hadn't Lasted,
And Gilda Had Lived Most Of Her Life ln The United states.
she Was Quite Notorious At cambridge,
And Last Night,she Had Actually slept ln My Bed.
lfAnyone Knew, l'd Be A celebrity Overnight.
Are You Guy Malyon?
Yeah.
Julian Ellsworth.
Look, l'm lncredibly Grateful About The Other Night.Gilda said You Were A Brick.
l Really can't ThankYou Enough.
You saved My Bacon.
l'd Have Been Dismissed And Most Likely Disinherited lfThey'd Found Her Here.
Glad To Have Been Of Help.
Listen, We're Having A Bit OfA Beano At The Weekend.
Uh, Gilda Wanted Me To lnvite You. Don't Know lfYou're Much OfA Jitterbugger,
But The Old Man's Away, You see, And l'll Have The Run OfThe Place.
You Need A Girl, Of course.
l can Line One Up.
When l Was A Freshman, l Didn't Know What Girls Were.
l'm Afraid Mr. Ellsworth
Won'tAllow You ln Unless You First Drink One OfThese.
The Password ls "Martini.
Thanks
Oh, God, lt Tastes Like Paraffin!
One Doesn't Taste lt, Darling, One simply swallows.
Ah, New Blood.
Hello, Old Boy. Julian!
You Girls should Want To Dance With Me This Evening
Because Gilda Has Got Herself stranded ln calais.
Poor Gilda. Do come Through.
Please
calais ls such A Dreadful Place.
Hello, Guy. Hi.
Glad You could Make lt.
You're The Troubled Boy Whose Girlfriend Julian ls Planning To Monster.
Are You sad?
Nah, l'm Thrilled For Her.
You Don't Mind lf she Gets Debauched?
so Long As The Debaucher's From A Fucking Good Family, l couldn't care Less.
Do You lmagine You're Being lncredibly Daring Using Words Like That?
Ah, You should Try 'Em sometime.lt's Good For constipation.
l'm Going To Feel so Wicked ln The Morning.
WhatAre You Writing?
An Ode To YourTummy Button.
Gilda.
sir Knight.
Don't Go Up There.
Why shouldn't l Go Upstairs?
There's An Orgy Goin' On.
sounds Promising.
My Partner ForThe Evening's The Main course.
Your Partner lsn't Molly Twelvetrees,ByAny chance ls she
Yeah. she's ln Danger Of catchin' A cold.
Julian's Writin' A Poem On Her stomach.
Oh, WhatA cad.
Don'tYou Mind?
l Feel sorry For Molly. He's A Terrible Poet.
You're very Modern, Aren'tYou?
l Don't Feel very comfortable Here.
l Feel Guilty Being Around All This Wealth.
lt's JustA Game. Don't Take lt seriously.
lt's Not Much OfA Game.lfYou're Out OfWork And Trying To Feed A Family.
Fortunately, l'm Not.
And NeitherAre You.
l Only came Here Tonight To see You.
There, l've said lt.
Good.
You Look Lovely.
You Don't.
our Eyes Are All Red. You Look Like A Bloodhound.
You Have Excellent Recuperative Powers.
What lf someone comes?
We Were Here First.
Oh, God!
Think sunday school. What?
Think sunday school.Why?
Because This ls A Team sport.
Mmm, ThankYou, Unwin.
l Thought lt Might Be Prudent To
Good ldea.
Good Morning, Unwin.
l ThoughtWe Might Uh Have Breakfast On The Terrace This Morning.
Gilda!
What On Earth Are You Doing Down Here?
appy Birthday, Darling.
Who's That?
Oh, My Friend, Guy.
You Really Had Your Hands Full When l Got ln.
Gilda, He's Avirtual Primitive.
l Know.He's The Piltdown Man. l'm Planning To Exhibit Him.
Julian, Nothin' Happened.
l Don't ForA Moment ThinkAnything Did.
Apart From Us Writing sonnets All Over Each Other.
All Right. Do You Mind Getting Up, Please, Before Anyone Else sees You?
Be A Darling And Lend Me Your Dressing Gown,Would You?
Gilda, What Have You Got On UnderThere?
Well, seeing lt's Your Big Day, l'm Wearing My Birthday suit ln Your Honor.
Thought For certain l Would HearThat Gilda And Julian Had Broken Up,
But Nothing seemed To Have changed Between Them.
A Few Weeks Passed,
And JustWhen l'd Resigned MyselfTo Never Being With HerAgain,
something Unexpected Happened.
The Divorce Was At Least 12 Years Ago.
Yeah, she Must Be Devastated.
can l Join?
That's 5 shillings Annual Membership Fee.
l Read AboutYour Mother.
lt Must Have Been Awful.
she Was A strangerTo Me, Really.
But How Have You Been?
Practicing My Billiards.
l Wanted To see You, To Tell You That l'm Leaving England.
Why?
The Wanderlust Has Got Me. l Want To Travel.
Where Will You Go?
l Loved The Arabian Nights When l Was Younger. Maybe l'll start There.
Would You Like A Traveling companion?
You Have To Finish Your Degree.
Does Julian Know?
l'll Leave Him A Nice Letter.
You're The One Friend From This chapter l'd Like To Keep.
3 Weeks Later, Gilda Left England
And so Began Our One-sided correspondence.
For she Was Never ln One Place Long Enough For My Letters To catch Up With Her.
AfterAYear, she stopped Writing.
By The Time l Graduated, And Began Teaching ln The East End Of London,
l'd Managed To Finally Put Her Behind Me.
Aid For spain civil War Had Broken Out ln spain,
And l Was campaigning ForThe Republican side
ln lts lncreasingly Desperate FightAgainst The Fascists.
Tiberius ls ln A Bad Mood!
Where Are Those slaves?
We'll see How Brave You Are ln The coliseum.
Take Away Their Drinking Water.
l Hadn't Had A Letter From Her ForAlmostAYear.
But Gilda Always Had An Uncanny sense OfTiming.
she Was Back ln Paris,
Telling Me AWhole New chapter Of Her Life Was Beginning,And Demanding l visit Her.
Once More, Nothing Else ln The World Existed For Me.
Bonjour.
Guy! You came! And so soon!
Well, You Finally sent Me An Address.
LookAtYou. suddenlyYou're A Man.
l Even shave Now.
How Long can You stay?
Only Till Tomorrow. l Have To Work.
That's Ridiculous. You Have To stay ForAt LeastA Month.
You'll Be Able To see My show.
What sort Of show?
You'll see Tonight.
l saw You ln A Film As A slave ln Ancient Rome.
Wasn't lt Ludicrous?
How Did You Get The Part?
l MetAn American cameraman And Went Back To, Uh, Hollywood With Him.
At First l Wanted To Be An Actress,
But Then l--l Got More lnterested ln cameras.
l'd Pick His Brains ln Bed Every Night.
Are You Married Yet?
Not Quite. Good.
l'm sure You Have A Menagerie OfAdmirers.
so What Do You Do AfterWork?
l Raise Money For Republican spain.
l Forgot You Had A conscience.
Max! This ls Guy.
He JustArrived From London.
Welcome To Paris.
Are You Here ForThe Opening?
He Doesn't Know Anything About lt, so He'll Be completely Objective.
Right.
Where Are You staying?
There's A Hotel One Of My Friends Like, JustAround The corner.
He's staying Here.
He And Mia can sing Each OtherTo sleep.
Good.
This ls Going To Be lncredibly Glamorous, lsn't lt?
And l'm Going To Be lncredibly Dowdy.
You're British. People Expect lt.
Do You Mind?
so Max ls A Lover?
He Owns The Gallery.
Actually, He's Good company,
But He's Become Extremely Proprietorial Lately.
He's On very Thin lce.
Then l Hope lt Melts
Don't sulk.l Didn't Know You Were coming so soon.
And Anyway,
l'm sure You're Not sleeping Alone ln London Every Night.
Moments OfYearning.
Lust, Vanity, And Joy.
Loves Won And Lost.
lt's An HonorTo Be The First To Host The Work OfThis Gifted New Photographer.
Finally, As A Bonus, May l Present A Living sculpture
created Especially ForTonight?
The Pictures Were Good OfTheir Kind. But The sculptures Were something Else.
The Trouble ls Now We're Never Going To see Them Again.
You should Film Them, Gilda.
Record Them For Posterity.
They Need To Be Live,so People can Lean Over, And smell The skin OfThe Models.
Mmm, Does ThatWorryYou, Mia?
Having People sniffing Around You Like Dogs?
l'm A sculpture, so l lgnore Them.
WhatAboutYou, Guy?
Have You seen Anything Like That ln England?
No, l Haven't.
Guy Thinks Art should Be Political.
ln London, He spends Most Of His Time campaigning For Republican spain.
German Artists spent The Last 15 Years Lampooning The Nazis, And Had No EffectAtAll.
At Least They Tried.
Rather Pointless lfAll TheyAchieve ls A Ticket To One OfThose camps.
And The satisfaction Of Knowing They Had The courage OfTheir convictions.
Well, Here's To Judicious cowardice.
No, No, No, No, No. Here's To Mia, Whose Beauty lnspired Us All.
You should Model For coco chanel.l could lntroduce You.
Mia's Training To Be A Nurse.
she Only Models ln Her spare Time
And l Have An Exclusive contract.
But l Do Feel l've seen You Before.
l Never ForgetA Face.
Perhaps You saw Me At Le Grand Jeu.
so How Do You carry On Your crusade For spain?
Do You sit On A committee And Hand Out Pamphlets ln The street?
And lfYou Really Feel so strongly, Why Don'tYou Enlist ln The lnternational Brigades?
l Plan To At The End Of school Term.
Are You serious?
-Yeah, l Am.
Well, The Line Must Be Drawn.
Fascism Must Be stopped Before lt Engulfs Us All.
Good Night.
You've Become so serious.
The World Has Become serious.
We'll All Die Of Gravity.
l'm sorry l can't Be With You Tonight.
Do You Even Like Him?
Occasionally.
But l Admit, He's Trying A Little Too Hard At The Moment.
Mia, Get Out OfThe Bath! You'll Turn lnto A Prune!
l Take lt Le Grand Jeu ls A cabaret?
Burlesque. striptease.
she came Here With Nothing. she's My Protege.
l Want The 3 Of Us To Be Friends.
Gilda, Are You coming?
l'll see You ln The Morning.
This One's comfortable.
l Used To sleep Here When l First came.
How Long Have You Been Here?
HalfAYear.
Whereabouts ln spain Are You From?
Asturias.
ln The North.
Don't Be Jealous. He's Not special To Her.
None OfThem Are.
He Wants You To Hear.
He's Afraid Of Her Feelings ForYou.
Yeah, Well, l'm Afraid Of Mine For Her.
Who ls lt?
lt's Me.
so Pathetically Melodramatic Walking Out On Me Like That?
How Dare You Be
What's There To Drink? l'm Bone Dry.
Hello.
Uh, This ls Linda.
Hello
l'm sorry l Woke You.
l Got seasick On The Boat, And Then l Tried To Eat something To settle My stomach,
But The Food ln This country ls Awful.
ls This A Bad Time?
What Do You Think?
Does Max Know You're Here?
Max Was Being very Boring AboutYou, so l Expelled Him.
l'm Not Going To LetYou Go And GetYourself Killed.
You'd Probably come BackWith Your Brain shot Out. conversations Would Be lncredibly One-sided.
Now, Get Me A Blanket And You can Go Back To Bed.
WhatAre You Doin'?
l'm Going.
Well, she's sleepin' ln There. l'm Just Getting Her some Bedclothes.
Guy, l Was With You At The cinema.
AfterYou saw Her, You Hardly spoke The Rest OfThe Evening.
And When You Got Her Letter, You couldn't Get On A Train Fast Enough.
l'm Off.
There's No Need.
l've GotAn Early start ln The Morning.
And Besides, l Think l'm A Bit ln The Way.
You Didn'tAsk Her To Leave, Did You?
No.
seeing As she Has, l suppose l Don't Have To sleep Rough.
You've no idea how iadored you at cambridge.
And when iarrived here,nothing had changed
ltwas miraculous
so How Did You And Mia Meet?
l saw Her On The street. Followed HerTo A cafe.
You choose People, Don'tYou?
"come lnto My Life."
sometimes You see complete strangers But There's something special About Them,
And You Think,"l should Really TryAnd Talk To Them Because l'll Never see Them Again," ButYou Don't,
Because lt's Not Done.
But lt's All Fated, Anyway.
lt Had To Be Your Room l came lnto That Night ln cambridge.
What Do You Mean?
The Whole Room Was Familiar. l'd seen lt Before ln Dreams.
lt Probably Reminded You Of some Place You've Been Before.
We Just Think We've Dreamt Things.
You're so complacent!
Maybe lt can Jump Forward ln Dreams.
Maybe lt Doesn't Have To Obey Physical Laws.
But lf My Room Was Already There, Then ThatWould Mean Everything Was Fixed ln Advance.
You Think l Was Being spontaneous,
But l Was Always Going To Do That.
JustAs l Was Always Going To Win This Argument.
That's What l Learned At school. l've Got To Work OutWhat l'm Going To Do.
Resign From YourTeaching ForA start.
And What Do l Live On?
l'll Give You A Job As MyAssistant.
How's The Pay?
Good Bonuses.
l Listen To Them Every Night.
Do We Keep You Awake?
she can sleep Through Anything.
she Has Amazing conversations ln Her sleep.3 Or4 People.
sometimes speaking Different Languages.
so, Do You Accept?
You Odious Little Boy. How's That?
Now The, Uh, Horrible Little Girl Has Turned Around.
Hello. We're Just Off To The Pictures
so, Guy,
You Have Forsaken London ForThe city Of Light?
lt seems so. Mmm-Hmm.
Mia!
change ln Here.
Why?
He came To The Exhibition.He Won't Be seeing Anything He Hasn't seen Before.
You Were Part Of My sculpture. You're Flesh And Blood Now.
WhatAre You Doing Going OutWith Him, Anyway?
l'm curious. You Know What They sayAbout Him.
You should Hear What They sayAboutYou.
Oh, Your Dresser Has Excelled Herself.
so You're Having Dinner Afterwards?
We Haven't Decided. What Time should l Bring Her Back?
Oh, shut Up
see You Both Later.
Bonsoir.
You're Avery Lucky Man, Living With 2 Beautiful Women.
But Gilda still Doesn'tApprove Of Me.
sometimes l Think she's Jealous.
You seem To Have A calming lnfluence On Her.
she Used To Move ln Wild circles, But l'm sure You Know That.
And You Don't care.
No, l Don't.
very commendable.
he PastAnd The Future Are lrrelevant. The Moment ls Everything.
You Know, At First l ThoughtYou Were An ldealist, A Bore.
ButYou're One Of Us, AfterAll.
Tell Me, As One Man To Another,
What Does Gilda Like ln Bed?
As One Man To Another?
That's None OfYour Business.
come On, Mia. Dance For Us.
Please?
lt's christmas.
Yes, come On
All Right.
Why Not?
WhatAre You Two Talkin' About? Huh?
You. You.
And WhatAre You sayin'?
WhatAre You saying? WhatAre You saying? WhatAre You saying?
lt's Past 4:00. We've Almost Lost christmas Day.
come On.
l'm starving.
An American Turkey Made An lll-starred Bid For Freedom AtWhipsnade Zoo Today,
Only To Touch Down ln The Arctic Fox Enclosure With Mixed Results.
A Happy Ending ForThe Fox, Less so ForThe Turkey.
The Weather ln...
l'm sorry. l Don't Understand AWord.
You Don't Need To.
lfAn Animal Made Hose sounds, You'd Know ltWas Evil.
All He's saying ls ThatWhen Greater Germany ls Restored, He'll Have No OtherTerritorial claims.
And You Believe Him?
l Used To Paint Pictures OfAll These Places When l Was Home From Boarding school.
can l see Them?
l Threw Them All Away.
l Had No Talent Of My Own. l JustWanted To Be Van Gogh.
Bonjour, Francoise.
Bonjour, Mademoiselle.
WhatAre You Doing, Father?
l Am, Uh, saving The Lives Of lnsects.
l've Never seen You so compassionate.
l Don't Like The Popping sounds They Make.
WhyAre You Wearing Your Uniform?
There Was A Rally ln Rheims, The croix-De-Feu.
Our Popular Front ls Not Quite so Popular Here ln The country.
The World ls veering Towards Moscow,
Which ls A Little Worrying For Us Minor Landowners.
But, Uh, Politics Has Never Been One Of My Daughter's stronger Points.
Take Your Feet OffThe couch, Darling.
charles Besse. Guy Malyon.
Uh, You'll Be Joining Us For Dinner?
Guy Recently Moved Here From England.
so, Um, How's The, Uh, Acting?
l Only Did That One Film. ltWas Never Going To Be A career.
Oh. Whatever Next? l can't Keep Up With Her.
First ltWas Dance, And Her Room Was Full Of Ballet.
Then she Discovers stendhal,And, Of course, she Wants To Be The World's Greatest Novelist.
And Then There Was, Uh, What, Painting?
One Thing l Learned From You, Father, Was NeverTo Dwell On One's Mistakes.
Where's My stepmother?
she's Probably Out Walking The Dogs.
Uh, What Happened To That, Um, That Max Fellow?
A Light Of Other Days.
l sired A Dilettante, ln EveryAspect Of Her Life.
That's Why l ResentYou, Father, For Bequeathing Me such superficial Genes.
They sayAWinemaker's Taste ls The Last Of His senses To Desert Him.
But Gilda Tells Me ThatYou're Not Much lnterested ln Wine, Mr. Malyon.
l Was Brought Up On Guinness.
We Drink Guinness ln France.very Good ForAn Upset stomach.
The Old Hair OfThe Dog.
lndeed.
Why, Gilda, You're Looking very Fetching Tonight.
she Likes To startle Me ByWearing Her Mother's Things.
l Think she lntends To Make Me Feel Guilty. You see, she Blames Me For Her Mother's Death.
l Don't Blame You, Father.
Fate Deals some People A Rotten Hand, That's All.
Fate ls An Excuse For People Who sufferA Failure Of Nerve.
so ltWas Her Fault, Was lt?
Oh, No, No, NotAtAll.
lt's Absolutely And completely My Fault. l Am An lnsensitive Brute.
You see, Darling? You Married A Beast.
l Married A Beast Because l'm A Huntress.
And lf l can't Tame You, l'll shootYou.
Ooh. Then l Must Mend MyWays.
lsn't, Uh, Your Birthday coming Up soon, Dear?
Now, We Must Do something To celebrate This Year.
You Know l Never celebrate My Birthdays.
lfYou're Afraid Of Birthdays Already, You'll Be AWreckWhen You're MyAge.
l can't lmagine Ever Being That Old.
ThankYou, Gilda.
There's something About That House That Turns Me lnto A Monster.
l Didn't Like His Politics, But l Enjoyed The Repartee.
He Ends Up Humiliating All His Women.
You saw Her, How Hard she Was Trying.
All He Wants Her For ls To show Her Off To His shooting Friends.
Mia?
Mia, We're Back.
That Bastard.
You Don't Have To Go To Work Today.
l'm All Right.
Mia...
l'm All Right.
should We Tell The Police?
she Was A striptease Dancer.
They'd say she Asked For lt.
Then l'll Go Round And see Him Myself.
And End Up ln A cell?
He Has Powerful Friends.
Lucien?
Gilda Besse.
Mia Doesn't Know l'm calling.
Oh, she GotA Little carried Away The Other Night.
Yes. Yes, That's Right.
Look, l Like lt The WayYou Do.
And l'm--l'm stronger Than she ls.
l ThoughtWe should Meet. l see.
Guy?
-Yeah?
Max Wants To Have Lunch Today. He Wants To TalkAboutAnother Exhibition.
Do You Mind?
No, Of course Not.
You should Take Mia To A Film Or something.
she Needs To Get Out. hat's A Good ldea.
Maybe A comedy.
l ThoughtYou Might change Your Mind.
My English Friend Tells Me l'm very stubborn.
l Assume He Doesn't Know Where You Are?
No One Does.
Perhaps l should Lock The Door.
Why Did You Decide To Become A Nurse?
l Wanted To Be A Dancer.
My FatherWas A coal Miner. An Anarchist.
Our House Was Full Of Politics All The Time,
But l Would Always Be Running Away To Dance.
2 Years Ago, They Declared A socialist Republic ln Asturias.
A House ln Our street Became A Hospital.
l Tried To Help, But l Didn't Know Anything.
And People Were Dying ln MyArms.
And Then The soldiers came.
l Tried To stop Them From Taking My Brother, And That's When They Hurt My Leg.
AfterThat, l Knew l couldn't Be A Dancer.
And l Wanted To Help People.
so That's Why l Am Becoming A Nurse,
And Why l Need To Go Back To My country.
Hello.
How Did lt Go?
ltWas Fine.
so You're Doing Another Exhibition?
We Played Around With A Few Different ldeas.
l Did Most OfThe Talking.
WhyAre You Two Looking so Miserable?
Trois cognacs.
We saw A Newsreel On spain.
You Were supposed To Be cheering Her Up.
ltWas My ldea.
We Wanted To see What Else Was Going On ln The World.
There Will Always Be Wars While There Are People Dying To Be Martyrs.
Go On. say How Guilty You Feel.
Afterwards, We sat Out ln The Gardens.
l'm serious. You Need To Get lt Out OfYour system.
Because You Feel Guilty That Life ls Good Here,
While Terrible Things Are Happening There.
And AfterYou've Talked About lt, You'll Feel Better,Because You've shown You care.
To You,For Getting Rid OfYour Guilt.
And You,For Getting Rid OfYour Guilt.
To Us.
You Live ln A cocoon.You Don't Think About The World Outside.
l Give MyAllegiance To Those Around Me.
We share The World, WhetherWe Like lt Or Not.
And You can share My Bed As Long As You Don't Bring Your Newsreels Or Newspapers lnto lt.
Marry Me.
What?
l'm serious.
lf l Woke One Morning And You'd Turned lnto A Husband, l'd Flee.
How Would lt Be Any Different?
Once People Get Married, They stop Trying.
Anyway, You Would Want To Have children.
One Day.
You should Have One With Mia. He'd Be Beautiful.
sometimes You say The First Thing That comes lnto Your Head.
should l censor What l say?
lf l Had A child, l'd Have ltWith You.
My MotherWas Mad. You've Met My Father.l Have Doomed Genes.
You Talk such Nonsense.
Guy.
What's Wrong?
Things Are Getting Worse And Worse ln spain. here Are Friends Of Mine There Now.
And You Want To Go And GetYourself Killed, Too, ln someone Else's War?
lt's Not someone Else's War.
lt's As Much Ours
As lf ltWas Happening Here.
We All share The same World.
Any Trained Nurses They'll Take At Once.
l've GotAn Address ForYou To Go To.
Who'll Take Any Trained Nurses At Once?
l'm Going To spain.
l Didn'tWant To sayAnything Until ltWas Definite.
And lt's Time For Me To Go Back, Too
They Need Nurses There.
We've Been Living Together ForAYear
Am l such An Ogre ThatYou can't Even Discuss Your Plans With Me?
l Didn't see Much Point.
You Didn't see Much Point ln Talking About Throwing AwayYour Life?
And Taking Mia With You?
Gilda.
l Was Always Going To Go Back Once l Became A Nurse.
You Would Just Never Listen.
Of course. l should Have seen lt coming.
You Feed Each Other's Guilt. lt's Like A Disease.
Thank God lt Hasn't lnfected Me.
Gilda's FatherWas Traveling ln America,
And As A Kind Of Farewell, We spent The LastWeekAt The chateau.
The sense Of Our Departure Hung Over Every Moment, Though ltWas Never Mentioned
Again Until The Last Day.
l can't DrinkAny More.
Yes, You can.
We're Drinking ForAll Those Times We Won't Be Able To Drink TogetherAgain
There'll Be Periods Of Leave When l can come Back To Paris.
l Wouldn'tWant To see You lfYou came Back With some Hideous lnjury.
come On, We're still Drinking. You're Not Going To sleep.
Wake Up
l'm Tired.
Gilda, You're Drunk.
Why Do You Have To Go As Well?
Traitor.
Wait. Wait.
Fire!
Forward
Poor Bastards. They Didn't stand A chance.
My Dear Gilda,
Yesterday, ln An Ambush Behind The Enemy Lines, l Killed AYoung Nationalist soldier.
How lnadequate Those Words seem.
He Was clutching A Locket When He Died,
With A Photograph OfAYoung Woman.
l suppose, As l Write This,she's Waiting For News Of Him, Hoping Against Hope He ls safe.
Dearest Gilda,still No Word From You, Which Breaks My Heart.
l Know That To You All Wars Are Useless,
And For Us To Risk Our Lives ls A Betrayal Of Ourselves And OfYou.
But My country's A Part Of Me.
And lf l Was Not Here, l Would Be Betraying Myself,And Even More, My Brother.
Believe Me,My Being Here Does Not Mean l Love You Any Less.
Forgive Me lfYou can,
And Know That l Think OfYou All The Time.
l Wonder lfYou Are Writing To Either Of Us.
But l Do Beg You, At Least, To Write To Guy.
His Unit ls At Teruel Where The Fighting ls Especially Bitter
And Made Worse By The lntense cold.
l can't stay.
We're Operating ln A Few Moments.
l Know.
We Treated Men From Your UnitA Few Days Ago.
That's How l Knew You Were Here.
l Asked AboutYou.
They said You Have No Nerves.
You're Always The Quiet One ln The center OfThe storm.
lf l Am, lt's Because l'm Too Tired To Be Frightened.
When Do You Finish Your shift?
We Never Know.
Where Are You Tonight?
Not Far From Here. lt's An Old Tannery.
l Know lt.
lf l can, l'll come.
Mia You Must Be Dead On Your Feet.
No. l--l Have A secretWeapon.
lt's strong Enough To Help You Forget WhatYou've seen During The Day.
Have You Heard From Her?
l've Had Other Letters, But None From Her.
And You?
No.
WhyWon't she Write?
Guy,she Loves You More Than she'll EverAdmit.
And One DayYou'll Be TogetherAgain, l Know lt.
These Last Few Days, l've Been Asking Myself lfAny OfThis ls Worth lt.
Perhaps she Was Right. The World should Be Left To LookAfter ltself
You Know You Don't Believe That.
ButWhatAre We Achieving?
With The Germans And The ltalians On Their side,lt's OnlyA Matter OfTime.
But ln That Time,Maybe The Rest OfThe World Will Begin To Realize What's Happening.
You Were Always The sensible One.
Was l?
Not ln My choice Of Men, Remember?
We should Try To sleep.
You Know, Gilda Once said We Two should Have A child.
You Know she And l Were Lovers?
l Knew Underneath.
l Wanted To Tell You, But she Always said You Were Too British.
she Was Probably Right.
Those Were The Happiest Times Of My Life, The 3 Of Us Together.
And You And l came Here.
We Had No choice.
How can l Be so Tired And still Feel Jealous?
l Was Jealous OfYou All The Time.
she'd Be Pleased.
Everything Needs Her Blessing.
Here's Your Lift.
My Doctor Friend.
He's convinced l'm some Kind Of saint Because l Never Go With Anyone.
He Was so Relieved When l said l Wanted To come And see You
He lnsisted On Giving Me A Lift Himself.
l Finally Got Rid Of My Halo.
There ls No 2nd sight.
We Grope Towards Our Future Blind.lt's KinderThatWay.
On The Morning Of Her Final Day, she came To Her Death clear-Eyed,Brave, Unknowing.
And When The snow Melts, spring Has come. There ls An End To War.
One small Flower,Blessed, Unique,
Will Flower No More.
Gilda,
l Have To Tell You That Our Dear Friend ls Dead.
l saw Her Just Before lt Happened.
she Was so Beautiful And Had Become so Wise. Far strongerThan Me
A Few Months Later, As The Forces OfThe Republic Began To Disintegrate,
l crossed Back lnto France With The Remnants Of My Unit.
All Our Efforts Had come To Nothing.
The War ln spain Was Lost.
l Am speaking To You From The cabinet Room At 10 Downing street.
This Morning, The British Ambassador ln Berlin
Handed The German Government A Final Note
stating That Unless We Heard From Them By 11:00,
That TheyWere Prepared At Once To Withdraw TheirTroops From Poland,
A state OfWar Would Exist Between Us.
l Have To Tell You Now That No such Undertaking Has Been Received
And That consequently This country ls AtWarWith Germany.
The WarAgainst The Fascists ln spain Was OnlyA Rehearsal.
The Greater struggle Was About To Begin.
Less Than AYear Later, Poland, Norway, Holland, Belgium, And France Were Overrun,
And The Germans Entered Paris.
l Doubted l Would Ever see HerAgain.
MyWarWas ln The Field Of lntelligence.
And Early ln 1944,l Was sent To Establish Links With Resistance Fighters
Based ln The countryside Near La Manche.
ln The Late spring,l Was Transferred To Paris. 6 Long Years Had Passed since l Was Last There.
My coverWas As An Official Working ForA Firm Manufacturing Rolling stock
ForThe Hard-Pressed French Railways.
And some Time After l Arrived, l Was Waiting ForA Rendezvous.
Tankyou
How"your mother
she's back on herfeet
Thankyou A pastis
Pleased to meetyou
There's a delay
He'll come attwo
l'll stay since he knows me
so let's have lunch Good idea
Red wine and a coffee
what's wrong
lt's alright
l'm starving
Did she see Me? l Wasn't sure.
ButAfterThe lnitial shock, How could l Be surprised?
Gilda Didn't see The World As Others Did.
she Was Looking After Herself,
Bravo
3 Mornings l sat Across The Road Waiting ForYou.
You Mustn't come Again.He could come Here AtAny Time, And Everyone Watches.
They'll Have seen You come lnto The Building, The Patron And His Wife,From The cafe.
Yeah, Well, They Don't Think Much OfYou There.
Of course Not.
And You Don't care?
Did l Ever care What People Thought Of Me?
l'd Like To Believe That Once You cared What l Thought.
Why, Gilda? Why This?
l Never Much Liked My Own company, You Know That.
Yeah, ButWith One OfThem?
lt's JustA Game. Not Now.
l'm Glad You're Alive.
You Know About Mia?
she Loved You, You Know? As Much As l Did.
You should Go.
We could Leave Paris. Make OurWay To The coast.l Have The Papers.
Don't Be Absurd.
Are You ln Love With Him? This German?
Or ls lt JustA convenience? A Business Arrangement,Like With Max?