The Deep Dark (Gueules noires)

mhrisky -

- Henry! - Yes.

Prepare the dynamite. We'll try to break through that wall.

If that doesn't work, we'll blow her up.

- Water? - Yes.

- How many coils of dynamite do you have? - Twenty.

Take ten. See you down below.

Here!

All right boss you can.

DEPTH OF DARKNESS

Every God's day

I'm rushing to hell alone

It's hard work

but I'm not worried

That's how I was taught

my grandmother and grandfather

And this is how I will teach it

his son, his brother

Just another effort

how to survive the night

and wake up from sleep

back to life

Gas!

- Gas! - Gas! - Gas!

We were lucky, the gas pocket is a bit further.

What do we do?

Call the penitent.

- It is he. - Don't look him in the eye.

- The penitent. - For God's sake.

- Where? - At my post, in the back.

It's not that far.

Give in.

I have to blow off the gas.

Lord watch over us, protect us from all evil.

Thy will be done.

It can not be true.

Run away!

To what!

MOROCCO, 1956

To what!

Do it! Hurry up!

- Do it! - I'm going!

Come on!

Go ahead, get on!

Amir, have you ever done this before?

No. What about you?

No, but I was told

that if we pass the test we will mine stone in France.

Stones? Perhaps coal.

Yeah, that's it. Coal. And it seems to be paying off well.

This is our day. We will succeed.

You say that every time.

why are you coughing Are you dying or what?

Okay, let's get started!

In line!

- Go on, run. - It's a hurry.

I'll repeat it for the latecomers.

Those who will be chosen

they get jobs and accommodation.

And at the same time the possibility to send money to your family.

We will open a bank account for you,

on which we will deposit you 44 francs a day.

Mining is hard work.

But the contract can be renewed after 18 months.

Okay, bare your chests.

Red means rejection.

Green means you can board.

Solid.

Old.

Weak.

Younger, but that doesn't matter.

Well built.

We don't take the sick.

- Hello, sir. - Do you speak French?

- My mother is a French teacher. - That's not what I asked.

That's red.

- I need the job. - But we don't you.

What have you done now?

it takes courage.

One way or another,

both can be useful.

Weak and old.

Greens, getting on the bus.

That hero

put in the fifth group.

To the devil's group?

But he won't even last two days there.

Exactly.

COAL FIELD IN THE NORTH OF FRANCE

May I, sir?

Sorry, good man...

Please, I'm looking for Mr. Fouassier.

Professor Pane.

Mr. Fouassier, thank you for the reception.

Pleasure is on my side,

Mr. Berthiere.

I hope I'm not bothering you too much.

Your men look very busy.

On the contrary, it is quite a peaceful day.

In that letter

you didn't mention how much time you need.

- How much will be necessary. - You can see that we are working.

At least we have something in common.

It seems to me that the company is paying you handsomely for my presence here.

Do you know why this place is called Devil's Island?

Because it's hot here?

No, because here are the worst conditions

even for experienced fighters from the north.

If a miner does something stupid, they send him here.

So!

Everything unfolds from there.

I don't see any miners.

They are in the building opposite.

In the one by the cable car.

What was that bell?

That's the code.

One is the material.

Twice are people.

Three times for the wounded.

This is where we find out how deep we are.

And we control the descent.

How deep are we?

Michel, what is the deepest point?

930 meters.

So it's not possible, I need 1000 meters.

We can go deeper. It is only matter of time.

When do you want to leave?

- Tomorrow. - That's not possible.

We will reach 1000 meters in 15 days at the earliest.

We must observe all safety.

Mr. Fouassiere.

I don't have time to spare

and you can only get

Here you are.

Come back in a week.

We will see what we can do.

Good.

Alarm!

Let us walk you through.

Drop them there.

Let them pass.

Let them pass, please!

He hit a rock,

we didn't have time to go back, Roland freed him all by himself.

I can not believe that.

Who is the hero?

Roland Neuville.

I want him with me when I go down.

- You don't decide that. - That wasn't a question.

I want his. And within a week.

That professor bastard.

Roland, stop by the office before you go.

You have fallen for today.

And what are you doing here?

Get to work, hurry!

Enter!

- What happened there? - Minor cave-in in Klara.

Why did you even climb there? However, we know that it is not stable.

It was the only option.

- You could have dug deeper. - This is too dangerous.

Are you afraid?

Of course not.

We blow up the west wall, from there we can dig deeper.

Then we'll see where the vein leads.

I don't want to risk the lives of my men.

- Do you want? - Sure.

Remember how we blew up the bridge at Pont des Arcs?

How much dynamite did we have?

- Ten kilos, fifteen? - 27.

27 kilos of dynamite?

Well, sure, we wanted nothing left of those little sheep.

And do you remember what happened when the convoy finally came through?

Again.

The detonator is broken.

I'll remind you what you told us.

"We'll fall for them.

"I'd rather die with rage in my stomach than fear in my ass."

And we set off, I was in the lead.

It's different now, there was a war then.

You are risking your life every day when you climb into that hole.

They'll come after you, like they always do.

Cheers.

We should. And now the bad news.

You will have a visitor this week .

- Who is it this time? - Scientist, such a smartass.

In short, we have no choice, he needs samples for something.

- Have you ever been there? - What do you think?

Don't nod your head.

You get paid as always.

And you get this bonus.

We'll discuss that when we get back.

Do you already have compensation for the injured?

No, but about a dozen new Moroccans just arrived.

Choose any of them.

They are replaceable.

I want one who can speak French.

See you.

Well, let's see.

Another helping hand.

That would work, he's not even fat.