The Rose of Versailles

Episode 39

"His Smile is Forever Gone!"

translated by GinRei

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 notes on names:
 Andre should be spelled with "/" accent acute over the "e"
 Bernard Chatelet is spelled with a circumflex ^ over the 'a'.
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[recap]

ALAIN
Commander!
Andre is shot!

OSCAR
Andre!

ANDRE
Oscar...

OSCAR
Andre! Andre! Andre!!
ANDRE!!

[opening theme]

{EPISODE 39: "His Smile is Forever Gone!"}

ALAIN
Hang on, Andre. We'll take you to a doctor!

OSCAR
Don't slow down! Break through the center!!

OSCAR
Move out of my way!! Out!!

NARRATION
The French Guards broke the siege,
protecting Alain's horse, which carried the seriously wounded Andre.

"I can't let Andre die!"
Oscar was in a frenzy because of the bleeding wound on Andre's chest.
Oscar ran through a shower of bullets .
"I'm not afraid of anything with Andr�'s life at stake!"

[Tuileries Square]

MAN
It's the French Guards! They're back!

BERNARD
Andre!

OSCAR
Bernard, I need a doctor (immediately)!

OSCAR
Hang on, Andre. It's all right now. A doctor is coming!

ROSALIE
Andre!

BERNARD
Please listen!
A former French Guard, Andre Grandier, has returned with a serious wound!
Anyone with any medical knowledge, please come forth!
We're in a hurry! We need to save a comrade by any means!

DOCTORS
I'm a licensed physician in the Gravelier District. I'll see him.
I'll help, too. I'm a surgeon!

NARRATION
Not only two, but more than 10 doctors came forward for Andre.
But...

ANDRE
Is...is the sun setting now, Oscar?

OSCAR
Yeah.  Today's battle is over.
You don't hear any gunfire, do you?

ANDRE
I can hear the pigeons going back to their nests...

OSCAR
Yeah.

BERNARD
How is Andre's wound? 

DOCTOR
The bullet passed straight through his heart.
It's a wonder that he is still alive.
Sorry, but there's nothing we can do for him.

ANDRE
What's wrong, Oscar? Why do you cry?

OSCAR
Andre, please marry me.
After this battle is over, take me to a small church 
somewhere in the countryside, and marry me.
And promise before God that I am your wife (/you make me your wife).

ANDRE
Of course. I'll do that, Oscar. I will.
But...Oscar, why? Why are you crying?
Am I... dying now?

OSCAR
What are you saying, Andre!?

ANDRE
That's right. It can't be.
Everything is starting now.
The love between you and me...
And the dawn of the new age...
Everything begins...
I can't die at a time like this!
I won't die...!!

[Andre dies]

OSCAR
When we were in Arras, we saw a sunrise together.
Let's see that sunrise again, Andre.
That beautiful sunshine...together...
Feeling the blessing of being born (in this world)
to meet each other, and to live (together? for each other?).

[Oscar realizes Andre is dead]

OSCAR
Andre?
Andre!

OSCAR
ANDRE-!! Are you leaving me behind?!
Andre...!!

NARRATION
Andre's body was placed in a small church near the square along with the bodies
of the companymen and citizens who died in the battle during the day.

COMPANYMEN
Come to think, Andre never played cards with us.
Yeah, he was a bit different (from us).
Hey, Alain, wanna play? Somehow, I don't feel like playing today.

ALAIN
Maybe some other time.
What's the Commander doing? Still in front of the church?

COMPANYMAN
Yeah.

ALAIN
OK.

ALAIN
It's getting cold tonight.
Commander, I'm not saying this just to comfort you, but Andre was a lucky guy.
You at least returned his love. (or, You at least loved him.)
Cheer up!

OSCAR
Alain, wait.
You take command of our troop from now on .
I... I don't think I'll be able to lead everyone.

ALAIN
Stop that, Oscar!
It's endless if you start saying such things!
Nothing might be comparable to your deep grief,
but you're not the only one who's hurt that he's gone.
Please show up in front of everybody by the morning.
Everything is starting now.

[Oscar rides her white horse]

SOLDIER
She's the rebel woman commander! Capture her!!

[Oscar doesn't fight]

SOLDIER
H-hey, she's crying.

[Oscar runs away]

OSCAR in her mind
I loved you, Andre...
Probably from long ago. I realized it too late.
If I realized that I loved you sooner, we could have had much better days 
(together).
You were beside me too quietly and too kindly.
So that I didn't realize my love for you!
Forgive me, Andre...
Not realizing one's love is more sinful than betraying one's love.

OSCAR in her mind
Answer me, Andre...
Is everything over now?

FRENCH GUARD
Squad leader! Alain!

ALAIN
What is it?!

FG
Commander Oscar has disappeared!
She's nowhere to be found not only in this square but in front of the church!
Wh-what should we do?!

ALAIN
Idiot, don't panic!
She's coming back by the morning. Don't worry!
Tell that to everyone.

FG
Oh, no. It started to rain.

[Near the Seine. A boy is dragging the body of the musician]

BOY
Sorry dad. Did it hurt?
The Seine is just around the corner.
You always told me to float your body down the Seine.

BOY
"The stream of the Seine never stops..."
Dad used to say that...
"Yet the Seine runs."
"Engulfing all the sadness and hardships, the Seine runs."
"The night lasts for a long long time."
"But the sun rises (in the end). In a bright morning,"
"People in tears come out in rush."
"And there, as always, the Seine flows swiftly and softly. "

BERNARD
It's almost the dawn of July 14th.

BERNARD
Alain! We were waiting for you.
I want you to attend as the representative of the French Guards.

ALAIN
I'm not the representative.
The Commander couldn't come, so I came (as a deputy).

BERNARD
Sorry to fetch you like this.
This is a matter of emergency.
My proposal is this:
As soon as it dawns, we'll head to the Bastille Prison, and make an attack 
(/assault)!

ALAIN
What, the Bastille?!

BERNARD
We were informed late tonight (/last night? since it's almost the morning?)

{Bastille Prison}

Some saw a large amount of gunpowder and cannonballs carried
into the Bastille yesterday.
(After that) As we continued to observe, 
they changed the direction of their cannons in this rain!

VOICE
The direction of the cannons?!

BERNARD
Right.
They are usually aiming outside.
But now they're aimed toward Paris... toward us citizens!

VOICE
That's terrible. They intend to fire cannons at us!!

BERNARD
It's better to guess that the King has finally decided to wage war against us.
We're making contacts with people (gathered) in other squares.
We expect them to agree:
"Storm the Bastille!"

{Bastille prison}

NARRATION
Bastille Prison... it was another symbol of the French Monarchy's infamy.
(Because) in the long history of monarchy, it sealed the mouths of those who
sought freedom, and confined their bodies. It was the prison for political
and ideological offenders.

NARRATION
As the dawn closed near, the rain stopped.
And July 14th, the monumental day in the history of the French Revolution was
about to begin.

ROBESPIERRE
What? Attack (/Assault) the Bastille?

BERNARD
Yes, that's the consensus of the people who have gathered in the squares.

ROBESPIERRE
A "consensus"?!
Wait a minute, Bernard!
I've never given out such an order!
An attack on Bastille is not in my scenario!

BERNARD
My humble opinion is this: there is no scenario to a revolution.
As the flow of Seine, I believe it should proceed and be done as the people's 
wish.
I thought it was better to inform you, but I shouldn't (have come)!
Please excuse me!
I must be going.

ROBESPIERRE
All right, I'll confirm it!
I'll confirm of your assault on the Bastille!
But don't forget!
A revolution will not succeed without a leader!
Bernard!!

NARRATION
The reason why the attack on the Bastille is famous in history
is not only that it was a big battle between the ruler and the ruled,
but the first action based on the consensus of the People.
Its true significance was that
it was not instigated by the revolutionary elites like Robespierre
but an action of spontaneous solidarity by the nameless citizens
who craved for the new era.
July 14th, 1789...that was the day the Revolution started in a real sense.

Some citizens raided the armory of Invalides. Taking 36,000 guns and 12 
cannons, they headed to Bastille.

OSCAR
Bastille?

OSCAR
Andre?!

ANDRE
Oscar, what's wrong?
What are you doing here?
Everyone is heading toward Bastille.
Everyone headed toward Bastille, taking up guns to fight!
But your French Guardsmen are still in the square.

ALAIN
Waiting in the square, believing you'll return!
Commander, everyone is waiting you to come back. To fight with you!

OSCAR
Alain...

OSCAR
Thanks (for this)...

ALAIN
Sure.

OSCAR
I shouldn't keep everyone waiting.

ALAIN
Yeah.

OSCAR
Alain, just once more... this is the last.
Can I cry?

ALAIN
Go ahead. All you can.

NARRATION
At 1PM, the battle finally began.

NARRATION
At the time, the Bastille had only Marquise deLaunay and 114 of his soldiers.
But its solid walls and the power of its cannons plunged tens of thousand of 
citizens to the bottom of Hell.

BERNARD
Damn!
What's wrong with our cannons?!
Why don't you fire them?!
We've (also) got 12 cannons!

MEN
But nobody knows.
Nobody knows how to handle cannons!

BERNARD
What?!

OSCAR
Bernard!

BERNARD
Oscar...

OSCAR
Sorry I was late.
We'll handle the cannons.

OSCAR
OK! Get to your positions!
Get ready to fire!

OSCAR
Fire at 45 degrees!
Aim the upper part of the fortress!

OSCAR
Fire!

OSCAR
Fire!!

SOLDIER
Your Excellency deLaunay!
The enemy started firing cannons!
And their aims are fairly precise!
We will lose!

OSCAR
Fire-!!

DELAUNAY
Aim at that commander. Fire all at once!

DELAUNAY
Fire!

[ending theme]

NEXT EPISODE:
To love and live honestly...Oscar was freed from the pain, and
now ascended to Heaven where Andre awaited.
The Light and Shadow became one again.
Not hearing the sound of People's victory...
Last Episode of the Rose of Versailles: 
"Adieu, My Beloved Oscar."

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