Three Disordered Children (Trois Enfants... dans le désordre)

3 CHILDREN ON THE NECK

COMPANY EUGENE LAPORTE PUBLIC WORKS

GENERAL STAFF SECRET

SECRET

SECRET Airfield plan.

BANK FOR PUBLIC WORKS Cash deposit receipt.

Deposit into account of Eugène Laporte, 500,000 francs.

That is 50 million old francs.

In what name do I put the receipt?

What name do I put on the receipt?

Your receipt, sir!

Done by: anonymous.

- 06.30 hours, agreed? - What?

06.30 hours is the time in the penal code for an arrest.

Is this the house of Eugène Laporte, public works contractor?

- Yes, yes. - Wake him up.

- The boss left long ago. - "Gone"?

- Where to? - To his construction site in Chantilly.

COMPANY EUGÈNE LAPORTE PUBLIC WORKS.

We must dump crushed stone

to make the drainage layer and if the ground subsides.

- Drive piles into it. - Okay.

Are you interested in a new project in Lorient?

Really? Did you get the contract?

- Yes. - The consortium missed out.

That has now missed out.

What do you say to that?

It will end badly.

You are turning all competitors against you.

With every contract there is gossip.

They want to get you.

Let them come!

It is not my fault that I work better

and am cheaper than the others.

Thank you, that's good. That's kind.

Come. Goodbye, men.

Goodbye, boss.

COMPANY Eugène LAPORTE PUBLIC WORKS.

- Police. - What?

Where is Eugène Laporte?

The boss? At the head office in Gennevilliers,

- avenue Kléber. - Yes.

COMPANY Eugène LAPORTE PUBLIC WORKS.

Please, the new file. I am missing elements.

- Hello Mr. Laporte. - Hello fellow, all good?

There is love in the air.

Good day, Bébé.

I will change clothes and we will do the mail.

Hello, Mrs. Ferrier.

- Been to the hairdresser? - Yes.

There is love in the air.

Love in the air.

Yes?

- Yes. - Eugène, are you there?

- Yes. - Eugène, are you there? - Yes.

The accountant is here, I must see you.

Then come here.

There is love in the air.

Say, Eugène... But where is he?

Eugène? Eugène?

- Hey! - Eugène.

Hello, Mr. Simonet. And, still the funny ringleader,

- the merry fellow? - Sir.

Eugène, this is not a time for jokes.

Very well, I am listening, gentlemen.

- The cashbox, 50 million. - Are we 50 million short?

No, worse: there are 50 million too many.

That simply proves that things are going well.

And that your calculations contain errors.

No. There is no error in my accounting.

Eugène, there is something suspicious about that extra money.

- We will look at it tomorrow. Today... - What today?

- Today there is love in the air. - Eugène!

- Eugène! - Mr. Laporte,

the labour inspectorate.

Let her in.

Oh, excuse me.

What is she doing here?

Miss... Ah, excuse me.

You know Mr. Simonet, my accountant.

And Fernand Gauthier, my business manager.

I already had the pleasure of meeting these gentlemen.

No doubt, an expensive pleasure:

2 million fine for a mandatory railing on a scaffold.

Miss does not mock the rules.

Come, Fernand. I am not paid to mock.

Well, what is the purpose of your visit today?

I asked Miss Masson to come here.

You? Why?

I warn you immediately, in objection...

Not at all. I want you to come with me

to the construction sites

and if you find an error, impose a sanction.

- Count on me. - He is completely crazy.

But before that I would like to ask you to agree to a lunch.

- How so? - Just say "yes".

Very well. I see that you are in a good mood,

so I add one more small detail: will you marry me?

- Oh no! - I didn't ask you.

Fortunately. And, Miss Masson?

From an invitation to lunch to a marriage proposal,

aren't you skipping some steps?

Yes, but... What else can I do, I love you.

Let's go, Gauthier.

You hide behind your glasses.

Without glasses you are all gentleness, indulgence and goodness.

May I?

Being indulgent is easy when you no longer see anything.

One detail escapes me.

Why did you take off your trousers to say this?

Yes, indeed.

Now that we are speaking freely,

I want to say that I find your proposal somewhat abrupt, but touching.

That truly lies in your character that I came to know: candid, direct...

- Courageous. - Yes.

And above all, what is most valuable to me,

honest, completely honest.

- Police. Laporte Eugène. - That's me.

We have an arrest warrant from judge Bajalras.

- Come with us. - Me? What have I done?

You are accused of having

revealed defense secrets to a foreign power.

What? Me?

Do you recognize this document?

Yes, those are the drawings for the military airfield of Carbac.

But damn, this looks like a photocopy

that was made on the machine in my office.

- You're saying it yourself now. - Well, really!

The original is in my safe

and I am the only one with the key to that safe. Here.

Hey, my key.

With your permission I will keep this.

I need it, joker!

Moreover we have something in your accounts

discovered, an amount of 500,000 francs,

50 million old francs, which came in very handy for your monthly repayment.

Goodness, you seem well informed about my affairs.

An anonymous letter that informed on you.

A cowardly act, but useful.

But I understand already.

Your anonymous letter is signed, it's the competition.

Those scoundrels!

- They had warned me. - Come, come.

Who is so stupid as to spend 50 million to

eliminate a competitor?

I'll explain it another time.

Today I am very busy:

I have a lunch, let's say for an engagement.

Mine, then, isn't it... By the way, I'm somewhat late.

- Mr. Laporte. - Yes?

Suspect Laporte, it is time that you realize your situation.

In wartime you would receive the death penalty.

- Damn. - No, don't panic!

We are in peacetime.

You will get away with at most 15 to 20 years in prison.

- Is that all? Well, really! - I forgot that of course

besides this punishment article 37 applies,

that is to say the confiscation of your current and future property.

- What? - In prison you don't need money.

Never in my life!

No, I built my business alone, with my own hands,

- toiling away. - Calm down, Laporte.

Confiscate my company?

And my partners become unemployed?

You're not going to feed them!

Goddamn it! Look, this is what I do with your file!

What are you waiting for? Stop him.

Me, a traitor? In my family there were never traitors.

Laporte Eugène, corporal in the third engineer - corps,

I am French, sir,

and a real one. Long live France! Long live France!

Mr. Gauthier is waiting for me.

Waiting? Ah, miss, we've been doing that for two months already.

Are you still there?

Is there news?

Eugène is no longer in solitary and I may visit him.

- Oh yes? When do you see him? - At 3:00 p.m.

I had you come in the hope that you have a message for him.

You can tell him that I have confidence and that I will wait,

as long as necessary.

Excuse me, Mr. Gauthier, is it true what they say?

That Mr. Laporte remains in the cell

and that the company must close?

Well.

- I will keep you informed. - Good. Goodbye.

Tell me,

you also seem convinced of Mr. Laporte's innocence.

Certainly. Certainly.

Counsel, I know that with article 37 everything is confiscated.

- The entire estate. - Good.

But according to article 38

it would suffice if Eugène marries to save half the estate.

And we have a candidate.

Ah, did she say yes?

Yes, she is waiting for you.

But isn't it possible to marry in prison?

The trial is in eight days.

The publication of the marriage requires three weeks.

That is correct. Then there is only one solution left,

still according to article 38: adoption.