Drops of God (Les Gouttes de Dieu)

Fuck…

Wait!

Wait!

Hey!

Wait!

No, no, no! Stop, stop, stop!

Sorry, but can you put it down, please?

Please, I forgot a very important thing inside. Thank you.

Okay.

Okay.

Come on, come on.

Yes! Yes! Thank you!

Bravo! Sorry. Have a nice day.

Yes!

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Let's go.

Hirokazu, please don't go now.

He's no longer in intensive care. I think he's gonna be okay.

- But still, he needs you. -

We're running late. We have a plane to catch.

Take care of him.

Visits are allowed from 1:30 p.m.

- Room 409. Thank you. - Take care.

Marianne, be careful with the chickens!

Uh,

the bottle's empty. You know that?

Yes, but I noticed that the wax is sticky. Do you know why?

Yes, it's greasy. It's not resin, it's beeswax.

- But beeswax hasn't been used since-- - The Middle Ages.

Hmm.

So, you're trying to help your brother, right?

I would like to, but…

I have an idea.

Have you known him long?

Since we were kids.

We used to get pissed together in our early twenties.

Then I got married.

So…

Raphael!

- No. He must be near the beehives. - Oh.

Careful, girls.

Everything okay in there?

- Looks like it. - Raphael?

Yes?

I thought you were dead.

Well, no.

Is this your daughter-in-law?

Well, sort of.

We need to pick your brain.

When you need me, you know where I live, right?

It's been five years.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. - Whoa.

- Wait. - Sorry.

I'm sure your bees are very nice, but may we go somewhere else?

Sorry.

It's beeswax.

No paraffin, no resin.

There's no coloring either.

It's yellow because it contains a lot of propolis,

which is characteristic of certain bees.

Can you identify which type of bee made this wax?

Of course I can.

We're going to measure the melting point.

If the wax melts at 58 degrees,

that points to a small black bee found only in America.

- Okay. - On the other hand,

- if it's 61 degrees, we're in trouble. - Why trouble?

It would mean it's a common bee. They can live pretty much anywhere on Earth.

Great.

Shall we?

CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE 250°C

Ah…

Sixty-one degrees.

Sorry, I can't tell you the brand of bee.

You know, there are other ways to find out.

Really?

You could contact a laboratory and get a microbiological analysis.

They could tell you which pollens are in your wax. Then you'll know the flowers.

And then we will only have to find where they came from.

I have a friend in a lab in Aix-en-Provence.

A friend?

Excellent! So ask your friend.

Since you're my friend,

next time you come to see me, bring a bottle with wine in it.

And we can drink it together.

I have a lead.

A wine of this quality must be bottled where it's produced.

Not somewhere else, right?

The wax on the bottleneck, it has pollen in it.

So I've sent it to a lab to analyze it--

If we are sending anything to a lab,

it should be the wine to establish the grape variety.

That's what we need to know.

Yeah, um…

There is none left.

You drank it?

I emptied it.

I was angry and really needed to put this behind me.

But it's not a problem.

We tasted the wine. It's all here in our heads.

How could you do something so stupid?

You know, people worry about you, but you're not making it easy.

Do you know your father left this morning back to Tokyo?

I don't need pity.

I'll call you when I get the results of the lab.

You'd like that.

Finding it for me.

It's not a competition, Issei. Okay?

Hello.

Dad. Why are you leaving?

I can't go through this again.

What do you mean?

You probably don't remember this,

but when you were three we were in Okinawa on vacation…

and you almost drowned.

You never told me that.

Yes, you almost died.

That might explain it.

What?

I understand now why you don't want me to dive.

When I saw you yesterday,

it felt like the story was about to repeat itself.

I couldn't bear it.

…traveling to Tokyo, are requested

to proceed to boarding gate…

I have to go.

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.

Take care.

- Camille. - Hmm?

Camille, what are you doing? The American guy's waiting for you on the patio.

You handle the meeting, please.

He came to see you.

I'm sorry, I can't.

I'm trying to help Issei find the grape variety.

- Well… -

That's how it is. Another day wasted.

I came here to spend time with her, but no.

Camille has other things to deal with.

She is so ungrateful. Like all children, in fact.

Except for you, Thomas. You look after your father.

- - You do realize how lucky you are?

Yeah, I know.

Mmm.

I think I'll do like Hirokazu. I give up.

I'm going home tomorrow.

Vacation's over.

I'm still going to bring her some food.

I'll leave you alone.

She worries about Issei. That's all.

Believe that if you want to.

But I know my daughter better than anyone,

and above all I haven't forgotten who Alexandre was.

Thank you.

The wax analysis might give us a location,

but we still need to know the grape variety we're looking for.

I've listed all the aromas, and then there's this minerality,

which I can't find. I'm fed up.

Drop it then.

He's so annoying.

But what can I do? I'm worried about him.

Why don't you go to Vassal?

Maybe it is a forgotten variety you're looking for.

Vassal is the world's largest bank of grape varieties.

They have some you'll never find in your books.

- Would you come with me? - No.

- Come on. - I have too much work, Camille.

- Come on. Come on. Please? - No. No.

- No. - Please. Yes.

- You annoy me, you know? - Yes.

We have almost 8,500 grape varieties from every continent.

It started in 1876 at the height of the phylloxera crisis,

when the aim was to collect as many varieties as possible

before the insects destroyed everything.

Okay, hence the sand.

It stops the insects from getting through it.

That's why we chose this site.

But unfortunately, it's turning out to be a curse.

By 2050, the sea will have submerged everything.

What are you going to do?

We're moving, replanting our 27 hectares five kilometers from the coast.

And we have to do it in the next ten years.

After which… …the world will end.

What a job.

So,

you need to find a forgotten grape?

Yes.

Well, you've come to the right place.

It's a variety that gives a red wine with notes of red currant,

wild black currant, fresh arbutus berry.

Rose hip, geranium, lilac and jalapeño pepper.

Uh, it's a clear wine, like a Pinot Noir.

But the freshness of the wild berries