And Hope to Die (La Course du lièvre à travers les champs)

Darling...

go and play, make yourself a friend.

We are but older children, dear, who fret to find bedtime near.

Antoine Cardot.

Our brothers in New York were clumsy, Tony.

The long road ends here.

Look, I'm not a pilot,

I'm just a book seller.

It was an accident, it was proved in court.

We have our own courts, Tony.

Come on, be brave.

Don't make me do it here!

No, you won't be needing those.

Are you a doctor?

No.

You're always trying to be smarter than everybody else?

Dubargin's dead...

Do you hear me?

Dubargin's committed suicide.

Easy... let me help you.

No, God, no...

My wallet... in my pocket.

Open the envelope.

Take it!

Buy yourself a good time!

Stop!

Come down,

and make it fast.

I didn't take it, he gave it to me.

You're mistaken, I didn't kill him.

He didn't kill him.

Save the explanations for later, come on!

It's better like that!

You are not the police?

What's he saying?

He wants me to choke him.

Not before Charley sees him.

Out!

Paul, Paul!

Help him, come on!

Leave me alone!

No...

It's Charley who decides.

Come on.

Paul!

Leave me alone.

Plenty of ducks here.

This time I'll be chasing ducks.

A little Frenchman, aren't you...

Plenty of ducks...

We got Renner...

Who's that?

A witness.

Charley won't be happy!

Come on, you're not gonna die.

Ten bucks says I am.

I've got him.

Who is he?

Someone about to die.

Well... can he have a coffee first?

What happened to Paul?

Hey, she's talking to ya!

What happened to Paul?

He stepped out of a moving car.

You are Charley?

This opens what?

My room.

Where is your room?

In Paris.

Where in Paris?

Rue Notre-Dame des Champs.

Charley knows Paris.

No.

I'm going to see Paul.

Where is the money?

What money?

Did Renner give you this empty wallet?

Who is Renner?

Let me have him, Charley.

No, he's got our piggy bank.

Just a little tap!

I said no!

What were you doing in that balloon?

Dreaming I was somewhere else.

Is that here?

Did the cops follow you?

We didn't see any cops, we just heard the sirens.

You, keep an eye on him!

A moral dilemma:

Is it OK to beat the prisoner?

Charley already answered you.

Right!

What did Charley say?

You got a sweet little face.

I bet the ladies like it!

That's not fair!

Where is Charley's money?

You're pushing your luck, Froggy.

What's that mean, Froggy?

Means you eat frogs.

That's how we call Frenchmen here.

I told you to leave him alone.

He started it!

That's not true!

He was a good heavyweight once.

What's up outside?

Pepper, running up some food.

I'm hungry.

How do you like this guy?

My name is Sugar.

It's good, eh?

I've had 4 husbands,

and they all loved to eat.

Do you still have the fourth?

I don't know...

Last time I saw him I poked his left jaw with a silver mirror.

No... the right.

Is that why they call you Sugar?

O no, it's because of my pies.

The big brute... is Matonne.

And the guy who brought you here is Rizzio.

And you?

Froggy.

When did you get to Montreal?

This morning.

Who's after you?

No one...

Come on, Charley told me.

Charley's never wrong.

The police.

What for?

A holdup.

That's hardly a reason to come all this way.

I killed a cop.

Charley!

That's Paul's.

That's Renner's.

Everybody's got a right to his arms!

You'll have one when you want to kill yourself.

Arms first.

Tell him, Froggy.

I was saying that I killed a cop.

In France, during a holdup.

Him, a holdup? He's lying.

We need to get rid of him right away.

We're listening.

I took a freight ship.

Yesterday I was in New York, but the police spotted me.

He's lying!

I jumped on a train for Montreal,

but the police were waiting for me, here too.

That's a lie!

They even fired a few shots.

Rizzio, give me a cigarette.

Take out the handcuffs.

That's all I can do for you, Froggy.

On the other side of the island there's a bridge.

2 miles after the bridge you find the main road.

Good luck.

I can go... just like that?

Why not? You're one of us.

You're cool, Froggy.

Not like him, you give him 10 bucks he wouldn't come back.

If somebody can explain why he came back...

it's not wasted money.

He came back because he likes my pie.

Perhaps he saw me following him.

I believe what he says, he simply needs to hide.

My money, Froggy?

My 15,000 dollar.

If you don't know where it is, you were wrong coming back, Froggy.

I know where it is,

but I'd like to put myself in your place.

Conclusion?

As long as I won't say anything, you won't do anything.

I'm too valuable.

You're bluffing.

You don't know anything.

500 dollar bills, brand new, in 3 wads, their paper bands still on.

There are ways to make you talk!

Right.

Try.

Put these back on him.

My grandpa, in Michigan

He would press his weekly pay with an iron.

It was me who put the embers.

One thing you forgot, Froggy.

I got all the time in the world.

I don't need that money right away.

It'll be a lot longer for you than for me.

He's gonna stay here?

The 10 bucks he lost, that pays for his room.

Where will he sleep? There are no more beds.

There's the iron bed in the barn.

But that's a kid's bed.

For 10 bucks he can't expect the Ritz.

In Paris, Charley slept at the Ritz for nothing!

If the cooking is what I think it is, it'll be fine.

You know something, I like him more and more!

Me, I don't like him!