The Warrior's Brother (Le frère du guerrier)

Is that him?

Yes, it's him.

They will no longer seek justice.

God will forgive me.

How can I thank you, cousin?

You would have done it for me.

Go!

Wait…

I don't see what I'm owed.

And my man is dead…

Everything should have ended two nights ago.

Is there dignity in refusing to fight for those you love?

And paying those who do poorly?

Thank you!

Put it on the floor!

What is made of chain and is dust in the wind?

Behind the shed, as always…

I often made this mistake when younger,

when I was left at home.

How will it be?

Believe me, it will be like last night.

It will be beautiful!

Hasn't it always been beautiful?

I'll change the border, it will be higher.

That's good!

If the rain lasts longer

the sage must not stay

more than two days in the mud.

No more than three days outside, I know.

Never forget God!

Everything is in nature.

-And God is nature. -”God is nature,” I know.

It's father Gilles.

He wants sulphur for his skin.

Love your wife…

Keep your secrets for your children.

If one day you see your brother…

Thank him for leaving.

I would have liked running my hand through his hair.

The heart is here!

In nomine patri,

et fili,

et spiritus sancti.

Amen.

Your mother was a good woman.

It's clear that I'm still alive because she cured me of this

terrible disease that ate at my belly.

I know.

Did you know she always thanked God

for giving her the gift of healing with plants?

Why not bury her in the cemetery, near the church?

My mother wanted to rest near her twins.

I understand.

I should have cut them earlier.

I didn't dare to do it.

The rain was too strong.

It hasn't been a good year.

Nobody ever comes from that side.

Are you Cantien's son?

We have come to see your mother.

She's dead.

Never any luck.

We were told she knew secret potions that cure disease.

Plants are our only medicine.

Is that so?

Thirty miles from here we saw a healer who heals by touch

and having the sick drink the liquids of animals.

He didn't survive.

The healer, I mean.

And you…

Did your mother pass down her secrets on you?

How high is his fever?

He has the "lover's sickness," his loins burn like fire.

I can calm his fever, not his penis.

Heal him.

We'll pay you.

Go to the barn, children. Hurry!

Don't turn your back on me.

I want to see what you're doing.

I'm only mixing herbs.

That's all I have left.

One teaspoon, twice a day, when you rise and when you go to sleep.

If the fever does not break in a week, go see a doctor in Toulouse.

To cut it off?

Toulouse is six days on horseback.

He would die on the road.

If your medicine doesn't heal him…

I will be back.

Pay him.

I promised to pay and now I have.

No one ever said it would be money.

Ah! No!

Shh…

You scream again and I will stab you.

There.

Please leave me alone.

You with your limb, me with my hump, we are the same, right?

Just want to know how a lame girl is like.

So come on.

Lift it.

Hilde!

Hilde!

Hilde!

Leave him be.

Mom, come!

Come!

What is it?

Go outside.

Arnaud!

Arnaud, you slept three days and three nights.

Arnaud!

Arnaud?

Arnaud, where are you going?

There is no road here.

Arnaud!

You said you'd pay in spring.

We already paid for one.

It doesn't matter.

I sold you two goats, one hasn't been paid for. I'm taking back both.

Where is the other?

Dead. It was sick when you sold it to us.

She was fine.

Where is Arnaud?

Is he hiding?

Spring also includes the end of spring.

We will pay you with hay.

Don't try my patience with riddles about the start and end of spring.

Spring is spring!

Your mother paid for that one, didn't she?

I'll be back.

This won't stand.

Arnaud?

The soup is by the fire.

I made bread.

I'll be back soon.

Let's go.

Look at the pigs! So many!

You want to know what this is?

That's for you.

-Arnaud made it just before… -Don't trouble yourself.

I'll feed your kids.

Your husband helped me, and I will help you as well.

That's what God would want.

Is your cousin's house far from here?

Beyond the river.

He lives alone ever since his parents died.

-Do you know him? -No.

But I need him.

Who are you?

Guillemette, Arnaud's wife.

They say you know his brother, Thomas.

And if I do?

His mother is dead and his brother is sick.

Would you be able to find him?

We fought in the same campaigns.

But I only saw him around.

Do you know you can't trust a crooked arrow?

Why do you say that?

Thomas kidnapped a woman and her child and killed them.

Anyway, this is what we say in Toulouse.

It's not there that you have to look for him.

You are right, he could be anywhere.

It could take many days to find him.

I know.

Take this.

It’s not enough.

This is all I have.

It's not.

You also have this.

Take the money!

I have a malformed leg. Surely a lame girl is not proper for you.

Finding a man like Thomas is no easy task,

and I demand payment upfront.

I'm looking for a man called Thomas.

Thomas. A man with a scar?

A bit like mine, but in a better position?

Yes, that's right.

I don't want your goat, she made the others sick.

Yes I remember him

because he asked me to watch his horse.

It's eating up all of my oats!

If he isn't back in a month

his horse is mine, naturally.

Naturally.

If he returns one day…

tell him his mother is dead and his brother needs him.

If he ever comes back to pay up, I will.

Hey there, blacksmiths! Finished with your work?

My little warrior is waiting!

No, that won't do it!

Wait for me.

Am I wrong?

That's me.

I've heard you're a good archer. Is that true?

It is.

Do you see that woman over there?

Her husband was kidnapped near the castle, not far from here. By brigands.

I don't know much about the place,

but if you help me find him, we’ll split the reward.

Fifty-fifty, plus food and feed for my horse.