The Family

Who's that?

How should I know?

Papa.

Hello? Hello?

Hello?

The only real question we should ask ourselves

during our existence is how much is a man's life worth?

Knowing what you're worth is like knowing what day you're gonna die.

Me? I'm worth $20 million,

and I'd hand over every last dollar to get my old life back.

Sweetie? Wake up, we're here.

- Fuck. It's about time. - Warren. Language.

Mom, we've been on the road 11 hours

and it smells like a skunk's butt-crack back here.

That's no reason to talk like a punk.

- It's the dog. - Yeah. No kidding it's the dog.

If you washed him once in a while

like I asked you to, we wouldn't have this problem.

Yeah, yeah. We're looking for number ten.

- Next, on the left. - There are no numbers.

No, I know. Stansfield said that. That's it, yeah.

No, no, the left, and then...

That's it up there. Right.

Over here.

Yeah.

That's it.

No electricity?

No, there is, but they must have turned the power off.

- Mom, what are you doing? - Scaring the rats away.

- There are rats here? - Who knows? You never know.

I'm not staying here if there are rats.

Belle, don't start, please.

Anyway, your father can't stand them. Give him 24 hours,

he'll have killed every single rodent in the place.

Belle, you're upstairs on the right.

Warren, opposite your sister.

- It's cold here. - Well, I'll make a fire.

Idiots forgot the TV again.

- Tomorrow, they said. - "Tomorrow," that's their favorite word.

Hey, you two, don't chew me out whenever anything is missing.

Go see, talk to them yourselves.

Does anybody know what this place is called?

- Cholong-sur-Avre, Normandy. - The Avre part is a river.

Besides our boys landing here in '44, what's Normandy famous for?

- Camembert. - Calvados.

The Riviera had both those things,

and sunshine.

Yeah, so did Paris.

Yeah, right. But here is where we live now,

where they make the cheese, and that's it,

so get used to the real world.

Malavita?

There you are. Good dog.

Hey, hon. You want a hand with the bags?

No, no, no, I got it, I got it. Get the kids to sleep,

they gotta get ready for school tomorrow.

OK.

I know it wasn't you, but I couldn't say nothing.

Where the hell did you go?

- Checking out the property. - It's so big?

Just getting my bearings.

I was trying to help the dog find himself a spot.

- Tomorrow, I'll find mine. - Oh, good.

No cereals, no toast, no peanut butter.

So you'll have to make do with the apple donuts

I got from the bakery this morning.

- Where's this school at? - I've drawn them a map.

Do we still have the same names?

No, we are the Blake family.

Cool.

Just in case.

- Your hair is damp. - Mom, it's fine.

- Have a good day. - Bye, Dad.

- Love you. - Love you too.

I'm gonna go check out the town

- and get some groceries. - All right.

Try not to slob around all day in your robe, OK?

- No, 'cause of the neighbors? - No, for your morale.

My morale is OK, honey. Don't worry about me.

I'm just a little out of it, but you adjust more easily

than I do to these things.

What do we say if we run into the neighbors?

Just give me some time to think about that. In the meantime,

just give them a nice smile,

and that'll give us time to come up with an idea.

And Stansfield asked me to make sure

that you don't step outside the front gate.

- Until when? - Until he gets here.

And you're not supposed to mention the Riviera.

Where are we from then?

The States, sweetie.

This is not looking good.

Yeah, we're playing in the minor league now.

- We'll debrief at lunch? - OK.

OK.

- Voila. - Thank you, miss.

Is there anything in this area worth seeing?

You know, museum, monument...?

There is a pressing museum machine at Verneuil.

There's St. Cecilia's Church,

with it, 15th century stained-glass windows.

Can I walk there from here?

No. It's next town, 20 kilometers.

Next town...

- You're the Yank? - What do you want?

If you're American, you must be rich.

You must have read some pretty big books

to get to be the big intellectual.

You gonna act the smartass with us, are you?

OK, can we just cut to the chase here?

What game are you in? Bullying, protection, shakedowns?

You got a monopoly or do you divvy up the market?

What do you reinvest your dough in?

Welcome to Cholong, Yankee.

Sorry, any what?

Du beurre de cacahuete...

Peanut butter.

No, we don't stock stuff like that, lady.

I was only asking.

I'm sorry, but where might I find the pasta?

On the end, on the right, after the dog food.

- Merci. - You're welcome.

That makes 92 francs, please.

Keep the change.

- Is it any good? - I think it's edible.

So how is the recon going?

- It's fine. - Shoot.

Well, the four jerks that were hitting on you before,

they're in the 12th grade, and they organize the summer prom.

Remind me not to attend.

The big guy with the cap, he's the rugby team captain.

He'd do anything to get good grades in math,

and he's friends with Jimi Hendrix.

Who's in love with the girl with the pink ribbon in her hair.

And the girl coming straight from Gotham City,

runs the school black market on cigarettes.

The gossip girls over by the window,

they're the sister of the son of a bitch who plays Dumbo in the corner.

He the one that did that to your eye?

Yeah. Don't worry, he'll get his.

- I already know his weak point. - Which is?

He needs a sound system for his party in two weeks.

There's only one guy who can get the gear he needs,

and that is the engineer's son over there, sitting on his own.

You don't waste any time, do you?

I don't have time to waste.

Bon appetit.

In 1931, my grandfather drove one of the 200 Cadillacs

hired by the legendary Vito Genovese

for his wife's funeral cortege.

In 1957, my father, Cesare Manzoni,

was one of the 107 bosses from all over the country

who was invited to the Apalachin Convention, which ended in a manhunt.

Can you picture me punching a timecard at some factory?

I could have rebelled and gone straight to annoy my father.

But that was never gonna happen.

I took over the family business on my own free will.

Nobody forced me.

Even now if I got all the best hitmen in America on my ass,

ready to blow me away and pick up those 20 million bucks,

I don't have a single regret.

And, to tell the truth, deep down,

you know what, I'm flattered.

Good dog.

Roses need constant love and attention.

Yeah.

- You've just moved in? - Yeah. Yesterday.

American?

Good or bad?

You know, France is a favorite destination for foreigners.

Are you staying long?

No, I've never stayed long anywhere.

We move around a lot. 'Cause of my work.

And what do you do?

- I'm a writer. - A writer?

And what are you? A novelist?

No, no. Well, maybe one day, but now it's just history.

The landings. It's a commission. That's why we're here.

Landings. That's a vast subject.

- Yeah. - What's your angle on it?

My angle? Well, the Marines.

It's a kind of a tribute to them.

I thought there were only GI's involved in the landings.

Yeah, but I'm going to discuss the Army

and the core of it and so on, starting with the fleets.

You know, before the landings, there was the boardings.

Sure. I guess you'll be devoting a chapter to Operation Overlord.

Well, I don't think a single chapter could cover that.

What the 314th Infantry

did in Taubenhof tops it all for me.

Young fellas, from Texas mostly, weren't they?

Oh yeah, yeah, those guys, they were like real cowboys.

That's for sure. Yeah. Jeez, it's four o'clock already.

I've got to get back in the house.

The kids are coming back to school.

- Nice to meet you. - It was nice meeting you.

Same here.

Why the fuck didn't I just say I was a novelist?

The window depicts the life of St. Martin.

It is 15th century stained glass.