Dedou
Is Luc coming?
Armande
I’m sure they have other plans.
Mme Clairmont
Luc? Why are you sleeping? Hmm? Are you not feeling well?
Luc
Happy birthday, Grandmama.
Armande
The invitation said five o’clock.
Luc
I should have read it more closely.
Armande
If you had, you’d know there were supposed to be no gifts.
Luc
Don’t worry so much about the ‘supposed to’. Like it?
Armande
You made me younger. Very diplomatic.
Vianne
I have two announcements. Number one… if you like what you tasted here, you’re going to love my chocolate festival on Sunday.
Armande
Advertise on your own time. What’s for dessert?
Vianne
That brings me to number two. It is my duty to announce, that there is no dessert here tonight.
Mme Audel
No dessert?
Vianne
Because it’s on Roux’s boat.
Armande
Any complaints, see me.
Serge
Monsieur le Comte!
Comte de Reynaud
Who’s there?
Serge
Um, I must speak to you. You see, Monsieur le Comte? You see? There’s Josephine, that stupid cow.
Comte de Reynaud
Something must be done, Serge. Something must be done.
Roux
You done yet?
Vianne
Almost.
Roux
Almost?
Vianne
Hmm.
Roux
Come on. Leave it. You’re done. Come with me. Come on.
Vianne
I have chocolates… chocolates everywhere.
Roux
What? You’re all right.
Vianne
Do you think ev… everyone had a good time?
Roux
Ssh.
Armande
I’m tired. Vianne! Roux! Thanks. This was… Thank you.
Vianne
I’ll take you home.
Armande
Oh, for God’s sake, don’t fuss. You’ll ruin a perfectly decadent evening. I’m not partial to big, sloppy good-byes.
Vianne
Armande.
Luc
I’ll take care of the dishes.
Armande
I think I’ll sleep in my chair tonight.
Vianne
Do you like it? Taking your home with you, wherever you go?
Roux
Yeah, why not? Your way must be harder… each time having to make a new home from scratch.
Vianne
Well, maybe this time I’ll get it right.
Roux
What do you mean?
Vianne
Maybe I’ll stay. What? Don’t you ever think about… belonging somewhere?
Roux
The price is too high. You end up caring what people expect of you. No.
Vianne
Is that so terrible? Having people expect something of you?
Roux
How does Anouk feel about it?
Vianne
What?
Roux
All the moving around.
Vianne
No, she’s fine. She handles it beautifully. She makes friends easily. She has such an unusual… She hates it. She hates it.
Roux
Vianne. Vianne, come on. Come on. Come on.
Man
Get ’em out of here!
Woman
We need more! Hurry up!
Vianne
Anouk!
Boy
Mommy! Mommy!
Vianne
Anouk! No!
Roux
Jesus! Vianne, come back!
Vianne
Anouk!
Roux
Come back, Vianne!
Vianne
Anouk!
Roux
Stop!
Vianne
No! No!
Roux
Stop it!
Vianne
Stop it! Stop it!
Roux
Come back!
Vianne
No! No!
Roux
Come on!
Vianne
Why did you stop me?
Roux
It was too late.
Anouska
Mom! Mommy.
Vianne
There she is. Oh, my God, there she is!
Anouska
Mama!
Vianne
Anouska! I’m coming! Oh, my God.
Anouska
You’re hurting me.
Vianne
Oh, my God. (Sings in French)
Roux
I just wanted to make sure that…
Vianne
Yes, we’re okay. You?
Roux
And I… came to say…
Vianne
To say good-bye. Yes, I know.
Roux
What?
Vianne
Your boat. You’ve lost your home.
Roux
No. Just a way to get from place to place, really.
Vianne
So how will you, er…
Roux
I’ll manage. Well…
Vianne
Well…
Roux
Vianne? Listen, I…
Vianne
I know. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
Mme Clairmont
Your papa… used to ride this bike every single morning. He would have wanted you to have it. Just you promise me that you’ll never run away again, okay?
Luc
Mama, she…
Mme Clairmont
What? What’s wrong, Luc?
Pere Henri
Though we cannot know Armande Voizin’s last thoughts… we can hope they were thoughts of, penitence. We can hope she asked God to forgive the self-indulgence that aggravated her illness and caused her death. And we can pause to re-examine our own lives. We can resist those… who would lead us into temptation. Blessed is the one who endures temptation, for when he has stood the test…
Anouska
Mama. Can we go home now?
Vianne
Of course. Of course. Whatever you like, Mama.
Josephine
Vianne, did you want me to start the ganache for the festival? Vianne? Did you… What are you doing?
Vianne
Leaving. First thing in the morning.
Josephine
Is it because of Armande? That was not your fault.
Vianne
It’s time, that’s all. This is who I am.
Josephine
Did you believe anything you told me? Did you believe I could be better? Was it all a joke?
Vianne
I have to pack now.
Josephine
If you leave, everything will go back to the way it always was.
Vianne
It is the way it always was.
Josephine
Not for me.
Mme Clairmont
I know how you feel.
Comte de Reynaud
Beg your pardon?
Mme Clairmont
I suppose it… can’t be easy… having her gone.
Comte de Reynaud
Can’t seem to get used to it, no matter how much time. But I… look forward to her return.
Mme Clairmont
I don’t believe… anyone would think less of you… if you were to say she was never coming back. Good night, Paul.
Josephine
Caroline. I’m sorry. I need to talk to you.
Comte de Reynaud
Come in.
Mme Rivet
Monsieur le Comte.
Comte de Reynaud
It’s all right.
Serge
Sorry to bother you, Monsieur le Comte.
Comte de Reynaud
All right.
Serge
It was the right thing to do, wasn’t it? Of course it was. I, I know it was. It’s everything with Josephine.
Comte de Reynaud
Serge… what are you talking about?
Serge
The fire, Monsieur le Comte. I know it was the right thing to do, but I… can’t get rid of the faces and the screams.
Comte de Reynaud
The fire… The fire was an act of God.
Serge
It was me, Monsieur le Comte.
Comte de Reynaud
What?
Serge
You told me. Remember? You said, “Something has to be done, Serge.” Well, you did, didn’t you?
Comte de Reynaud
People could have died. You want their blood on your hands? On, on, on my hands?
Serge
Should I go to Pere Henri and ask for forgiveness?
Comte de Reynaud
Listen to me, Serge. Listen very carefully. You must leave this village at once… and never return.
Serge
Why would I leave my home and my café?
Comte de Reynaud
Because I’m evicting you, that’s why! What you have done puts you beyond anyone’s help, beyond my help, anybody’s help! Now get out! Unless you will tell the police what you have done! Get out! Get out! Get out! Oh, God. Oh.
Vianne
Time to go.
Anouska
Oh, no. I’m not going.
Vianne
Well, it’s hard for me, too.
Anouska
Pantoufle hates this.
Vianne
Stop that. Please put it on.
Anouska
I hate you.
Vianne
You’re entitled. I said, put it on.
Anouska
Ouch!
Vianne
Well, then, do it yourself!
Anouska
I can’t!
Vianne
Get up.
Anouska
I have a bad leg like Pantoufle.
Vianne
Stop that. Get up.
Anouska
Pantoufle can’t walk. I can’t walk.
Vianne
Walk. Walk!
Anouska
You’re hurting me.
Vianne
Well, stop being…
Anouska
Let me go! No! It’s not fair!
Vianne
Stop it!
Anouska
I’m not going!
Vianne
It’s… Stop it!
Anouska
I’m sorry, Mama. I’m sorry. Don’t worry, Mama. The next time will be better, won’t it, Mama? It will. It will be wonderful. I’m ready to go now, okay?
Luc
Like this, Mama?
Mme Clairmont
That’s right.
Monsieur Marceau
Is this right?
Josephine
No, no, you’ve got to cut on the corners, like this. So, just stop them.
Mme Clairmont
Higher.
Josephine
How do you like these almonds? Are they chopped fine enough? Are they okay, Vianne?
Pere Henri
Christ is risen. My friends, let this Easter Day be for us, too, a rebirth. Let us strive…
Comte de Reynaud
No. No, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, don’t bury the word ‘rebirth’. Let it ring out. Let this day be for us, too, a rebirth. You see, we are extolling our… our, our parishioners to… to, to resurrect their mortal awareness. Hmm? Okay, good, good. Try again.
Pere Henri
I think we’ve gone over this enough. Let, let’s call it a day.
Comte de Reynaud
What?
Pere Henri
I’m very tired.
Comte de Reynaud
Oh, fine, fine. Well, leave it with me. I may have one or two suggestions.
Pere Henri
Thank you, Monsieur le Comte…
Comte de Reynaud
Just a couple of suggestions. A revision here and there. We want it, to be perfect tomorrow, don’t we? Hmm?
Pere Henri
Yes.
Comte de Reynaud
Yes. We must resist, must resist the shallow, worldly temptations of our mortal… No, no. We must renounce shallow, worldly temptations of our mortal flesh. Oh! Caroline. All my efforts have been for nothing. I’ve suffered willingly. I’ve fasted. I’ve hardly eaten for weeks now. I’m sorry. I’m, I’m sorry, my, my suffering is nothing. It’s just I… I feel so lost. I don’t know what to do. Tell me what to do.
Vianne
Drink this. Drink this. It’ll refresh you. I promise. Go ahead, drink.
Comte de Reynaud
I’m so sorry.
Vianne
I won’t tell a soul. Hmm. Better get cleaned up. Easter Sunday.
Comte de Reynaud
The sermon. I didn’t finish it.
Pere Henri
I’ll think of something. I’m not sure… what the theme of my homily today ought to be. Do I want to speak of… the miracle of our Lord’s divine transformation? Not really, no. I don’t want to talk about His divinity. I’d rather talk about His humanity. I mean, you know, how he lived his life here on Earth. His kindness. His tolerance. Listen, here’s what I think. I think we can’t go around… measuring our goodness by what we don’t do. By what we deny ourselves… what we resist, and who we exclude. I think we’ve got to measure goodness… by what we embrace… what we create… and who we include.
Narrator
It was certainly not the most fiery sermon Pere Henri would ever preach… nor the most eloquent. But the parishioners felt a new sensation that day. A lightening of the spirit. A freedom from the old tranquilite.
Monsieur Blerot
Whoa! Fantastic!
Woman
Monsieur le Comte, try one of these.
Comte de Reynaud
Thank you.
Narrator
Even the Comte de Reynaud felt strangely… released. Although, it would take another six months before he’d work up the nerve to ask Caroline out to dinner. As for Josephine… she took over the lease at the old café… and gave it a new name. But still the clever North Wind was not satisfied. The wind spoke to Vianne of towns yet to be visited. Friends in need, yet to be discovered. Battles, yet to be thought. By someone else… next time. And so it was, the North Wind grew weary… and went on its way. When summer came to the little village, a new breeze from the south blew soft and warm.
Roux
Just needed an adjustment. I hope it’ll be better now.
Anouska
Roux!
Narrator
My mother knew Roux’s return had nothing to do with a silly old door. So did I.
Roux
I thought you’d never guess. My favourite, hot chocolate.
Vianne
I knew that.
Narrator
As for Pantoufle? Well, his bad leg miraculously healed… and he hopped off in search of new adventures. I didn’t miss him.
