Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote)

Alexander, keep up!

"France and Poland, countries with 34 million citizen...''

''...are finished.''

''Holland...''

''...has abandoned its weapons.''

''Belgium's army has surrendered.''

''While the German army advances...''

''...with more than 500,000 soldiers..."

''Joan of Arc, where are you now!'' - Hey guys...

...any news of the 110th?

No

Do you have any news of the 110th?

The 110th?

Come with me.

Sir, this man is a warrant officer from the 110th.

You're from the 110th?

Yes, Captain.

Staff Sargent Maillat.

Where is your unit?

I lost contact with them.

When? - Yesterday afternoon.

Show me where you lost contact.

Here, in Killem. - They've taken Killem?

Yes.

Lieutenant, tell HQ...

...they are in Killem.

Have a rest, sargent.

Is the situation serious? - Didn't you see the map?

Not too closely.

Can you swim?

Get to Dunkirk...

...and cross the channel.

18 km, it's no big deal.

On the other side is England.

Things are easy over there.

They still play tennis.

They'll evacuate us?

Their own soldiers yes... but us... maybe.

Thanks, see you around. - Bye.

''Jeanne d'Arc would cry to see France's blood flowing like this.''

"Why must we make these sacrifices?''

''For the arms dealers? For the English bankers?''

"The English want us to fight to the last man!"

- The nerve! - Do you think we are surrounded?

- It's a lie. - No, it's true.

Do you know what a defensive pocket is Father? It's when your back's to the wall

When you're 60 you will say to your parishioners.

"Fritz had me surrounded in Dunkirk". - No way.

Can we get out of this mess?

Yes, time to make a decision.

We're going to leave?

How?

By sea.

We've just walked 200km in 6 days so...

...we deserve a holiday.

Saturday Morning, 1st June 1940

Over here you crazy bastard! - Get out of the open.

Me? - Yes!

We'll have to move if they see you there!

A Stuka going at 500 km/h won't notice me. - You're doing this on purpose!

I'll cut you down myself if you don't get out of sight! - Alright, come on then!

You'd better do it quickly, they're back again!

Hey!

Hey, take cover!

Have you got a smoke?

Sorry, didn't see you there.

It's not that I like to smoke, you understand...

...but it calms my nerves. - Here, take a few.

There aren't many left.

Take them, don't worry about it.

They were cheap.

A gift from the owner of a bar.

Are you kidding me? - No.

He wouldn't take your money? - Yes.

Unbelievable!

Was he crazy? - No, just demoralised.

Demoralised?

You like fancy words, eh?

"Demoralised".

If they were all like that.

It would be great, eh?

I'd walk into a shop and say: "I'll have that, and that, and that. I'll take them all"

Write the receipt, then take off without paying...

I'd like to live in a world like that!

Where are you headed? - To the hospital.

Me too.

Wait for me, I have a passenger.

This is my taxi.

I should have been suspicious when they asked for a driver.

Now they've got me on a leash.

This my tenth since this morning and there are plenty more.

Give me a hand.

Shit, what now?

You, out of the way.

I have a message for the General.

Where do you expect me to go? - Move back!

It's easier for you to move back with your car.

Drive back four kilometers?

I'm ordering you to get out of the way!

I've already been ordered to take civilian corpses to the hospital.

Ordered by Captain Blajy.

I don't give a damn!

I obey the orders of my Captain, and nobody else!

Do you have the rank to speak to me like that?

I'll teach you to obey orders.

Screw your useless old cart.

Swearing in front of the dead?

Are you fucking with me? - Wait!

calm down.

There may be a way to sort this out.

We can push this Austin out of the way.

If we push it back, we can get out of your way and you can pass.

OK, good. Let's get it out of the way.

Lend a hand.

What is it? - She's slipping.

Slide her up a bit.

Ready lieutenant? - Ok!

On my order: OK heave!

Well, that's that. - It's heavier than I thought.

It is what it is.

It's not the kid,

I put her up there myself.

It's the cart. - She weighs something too.

Yes, it's both of them.

Well then...

So, thanks and... goodbye guys.

- Did you see that? Who does that guy think he is?

It's the law of the jungle!

Who ever has the gun is the law.

And he offers me a cigarette too!

Well I don't want anything from that asshole.

Ah you might regret that later. - Bah!

My lighter's empty. - It doesn't work?

Look around, motorbikes, cars. Help yourself to some fuel.

You're right.

It isn't the cars that are missing, it's the road.

Careful!

So, what do you think will happen?

The Germans are coming with tanks and flamethrowers.

Can we stop them all? - It's possible.

Anything can happen in war.

Wait. - Why?

Ah, the bumps aren't being kind to her.

So young.

Life played a cruel trick on you, my beauty.

It's a tragedy. - That's OK now, come on.

I don't want to get used to things like this.

I try to stop them, but most of them do.

The guys in my unit I mean.

Well I'm afraid that I'm like them now.

You wouldn't be a school teacher by any chance?

No, why?

Ah well, you have a serious manner, so I thought...

So you think teachers are all serious types eh?

No, I've met some funny ones.

But you must need to this manner to be able to teach.

So your students don't think you're talking bullshit.

And you think I have this manner?

Yes, I do.

I'm afraid I have to leave you now.

I have to find my friends.

Ah, so you're leaving me. - Yes.

Good luck, see you around, eh.

So long! - Thanks.

Take it easy.

Hey, are you crazy?

Wasting 30 litres for your lighter?

Why? Do you want to keep it for the Germans?

He's right guys.

We're not going to give them any presents.

There's another one the pigs won't have.

OK let's do it! - And another!

Give the Nazi's a nasty surprise.

Hey Alexandre!

Hello ''little priest''.

Come on, Maillat. Don't keep us waiting

Waiting for what?

This... So you didn't dump us?

Oh, you know...

...for the moment.

Where are the others?

Who cares?

It's time to eat. - The Abott is off reading his Breviary.

I think he's looking for spiritual nourishment. - And Dhéry?

I don't know.

I think he's gone soft in the head.

He's been a bit strange for a while now.

Why are you listening to this?

The news is on soon.

This is General Headquarters.

Operations continue...

...with the same urgency around the camp at Dunkirk.

72 enemy aircraft have been destroyed or damaged.

Our airforce continues to fight heroically in this sector...

...for control, of the skies.

On the Somme and...

If our ''contro'l' keeps up like that...

...the Germans will be here in two days.

You're in Dhéry's seat. - Dhéry's seat...

...Pierson's seat, Maillat's seat, and Alexander's seat.