La Forêt de mon père

A forest is like the sea.

You must be able to swim?

Exactly.

- Quersus? - Quer-c-us.

And there?

Falgus sylvatica.

Don't...

We're only guests, here.

Only guests.

1st is Fanny!

Well done!

Kids!

Hide!

- He's a puke face. - Vermicelli poo.

Kremer!

I've seen your shitty banger!

Come down!

It's not the end of the world, Frederic.

I've told you not to come. You've been fired.

Think you're at a funfair? It's private land here!

Take your gear and piss off, got it?

Has he gone?

I don't like him.

Come down, Gina!

Your feet like I showed you.

Once again.

How did you get up there?

He thinks the forest's his, but it belongs to all of us.

- Everything belongs to us! - Everything belongs to us.

Get in!

Quick, Dad!

Go, go, go!

Surprise delivery!

Mum, I'm going to the tramp.

- Mummy! - My poppet. Off you go.

- Where shall we put this? - Over there.

Why did you bring the kids?

- I couldn't leave them alone. - You hate being alone.

She'll be here soon. She mustn't see you here.

She's left money for you. I'll get it.

Would Madam like a taste?

Does Madam like it?

Jimmy!

You know what? Take it all.

Come on, off you go.

Go!

Madam.

Mademoiselle.

Tony, Nora!

That's enough, now!

I want to stay with you.

You have to go home. I've got to work.

- Sweetheart, please. - Let's go, Nora.

I'll get the meal, don't be long!

Give me the wrench.

Check out the wildings!

You won't say hello, looser?

I don't talk to sucker cups.

Can't you say cocksucker, like us?

- We never use bad words. - Your dad isn't here.

Say it, he won't hear you.

You scorn us 'cause you speak classy?

You live here, remember?

Hands off my girls!

Fuck off, old fart!

- Want me to come down, jackass? - Let's scram!

Did you enjoy the show?

You saved my life, Dad!

Don't hang out with them, Gina.

I'm not hanging out with them.

- What are you doing? - I'm cooking.

It's delicious, love.

Dad's gonna open a restaurant.

Not with your mouth full, Nora.

- Who is it? - Frederic. I want to see Jimmy!

- He's not here, what do you want? - Puke face!

Jimmy's been fired. He's been stealing firewood

for the last two weeks.

Can you prove it?

I can't believe this! You've fired him

and you scoff at us in our own home!

No one's a thief here! Go away!

I warn you, I've got my eyes on you!

You were perfect, darl...

"I got part of my package in kind." Remember what you said?

Do you remember, Jimmy?

Why did he fire you, Dad?

Because I saved a cat.

Could we change the subject?

He can't fire you for saving a cat.

Don't you believe me?

I was pruning, as usual...

What does "pruning" mean?

It means looking after trees.

- Yes and no. - Yes or no?

No. Well, I was up in an ash tree,

a Fraxinus. 82 feet high.

Suddenly, on a branch, I saw...

A cat.

A half ruddy, half black cat.

It couldn't climb down. No one knows how it got up so high.

The cat was up there to pass on a message to me.

Cutting a branch, it's amputating a tree.

Torturing it, forever hurting it.

I thought we pruned for the trees, but no, we do it for us.

So I saved the cat and the cat saved me.

He fired you 'cause you saved a cat. It's unfair.

Could you please stop?

Afterwards, I tried to explain what the cat had told me,

but no one listened.

Frederic doesn't care about trees.

He doesn't care about cats!

All he wants is money.

I guess no one has ever seen a cat half ruddy, half black...

It ran away.

- What about you, love? - What?

Do you want to listen to the cat?

You've already told me.

- It told me one last thing... - What?

Eat before it gets cold!

- We're on holiday! - A short holiday, Nora.

We're on a short holiday!

Look!

You get to sit in front!

He only got B minuses!

Get in.

Buckle up!

Third gear.

Mirror. Well done, son.

- Scoot over, kiddo. - Dad...

Go on, quick!

Buckle up!

What's wrong, Dad?

I won't let them follow us.

It's the holidays. They can't have it both ways.

Who?

You know who, Gina. Stop it!

All clear, they've gone.

- Want to drive, poppet? - Yes!

Come up front, slowly.

We don't want to have an accident.

- I'm racing! - Careful!

No, turn it gently!

- Stop it! Stop! - I want to watch something.

- Let me have it! - I'll turn it down.

- No, turn it up! - OK, I'll turn it up.

Drop it!

- What about dinner? - Let's fix the machine first.

- What's the next step? - Clean the crosspiece of the drum.

Turn it down.

Give it to me!

Down!

You're a liar! Stop zapping!

- What are you doing?! - Dad!

Dad! They've understood!

No!

I hate you!

Tell me what's happened!

- You get what I'm saying? - I didn't do it on purpose...

- Why did you throw away the TV? - We don't need a TV.

It's not good, for anyone.

That's no reason for throwing it out of the window!

- I'll buy a new one. - You'll buy a new one?

With what money? Who got fired, here?

I'll sort it out, don't worry.

I am tired.

I'll take care of everything.

Come for a walk.

- No, Dad, it's too late. - I want to go for a walk.

Poppet? Sweetheart?

- Want to watch the stars with Dad? - Yes.

- What's the matter? - We're going to watch the stars.

Why can't I come?

Who said you couldn't?

Gina, come and see the stars.

- What about Mum? - She's sleeping.

Come on.

- What are we going to see? - The stars.

- Will we see a rabbit? - Maybe.

I like the night.

Watch your step.

Look over there! That's the evening star.

Or Venus.

At sunset, it's the first to shine. At dawn, the last to disappear.

The shepherds could follow it for a long time.

Exactly.

Dad, I'm cold.

We'll light a fire, OK?

- It'll scare away the wild beasts. - Wild beasts?

I'll get some wood. Stay here. I'll be right back.

I'm afraid a boar would eat me.

Nora, boars eat acorns, not children.

Will Dad come back?

Of course, he will. He won't leave us here.

Stay close to me.

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

Do what you like, I won't stay here.

Dad told us to wait.