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What time is it?
- 5:30. - Too early.
Come back to bed.
Don't leave me like this.
I love you.
You've known me for... 8 hours.
I've loved you from the first minute.
Bullshit.
Alice...
All my telephone numbers.
Call me. Please.
Today... tonight...
Another tremor.
P wave is even closer...
You think it might be it?
I don't know?
So many false alarms lately.
Alice, Hijikata wants to see you.
We had a call from Canada during the night.
Maybe you have... already know.
No. What?
You recognize this?
St. Lawrence River?
Yes.
49 degrees north, 68 west,
Northern Quebec.
In this small bay, the tides have stopped.
What do you mean the tides have stopped?
He means that the water doesn't go up and down anymore.
The tide has disappeared!
Only at that one spot?
Yes. See the dry zone here?
Everywhere else,
the tides are normal.
Uplifting of the seabed.
No.
- And what's that here? - A sand dune.
- It's moved? - No, it's always been there.
The Canadians have a full research party on the site.
But they still cannot find the problem.
The reason why they called us.
Why us?
They heard about our research on prediction indicators.
Precursors?
They think it could be a precursor phenomenon?
Yes.
All we can see the seismicity.
There's a station in the zone.
But unfortunately, it is out of order.
I'm afraid your country possesses neither the equipment
nor the expertise of our laboratory.
I'm not going.
We can't send anybody else.
The Big One's going to hit any minute, I don't want to leave.
But you have to go. It's your hometown.
What do you mean? It's not my hometown?
Is it not where you were born?
Baie-Comeau?
- This is Baie-Comeau? - Yes!
They couldn't send someone else.
Why not?
I was only born in Baie-Comeau,
spent a few weeks in an incubator, that's all.
You never went back?!
What for?
It's your birthplace!
Maybe it's fate, then.
Fate! C'mon!
Be careful.
We have a legend which says even the most carefree fish
return to their birthplace to die.
Don't laugh.
Your problem, Yoko, is you believe in too much.
CHAOS AND DESIRE
That damn Marc! He knows he can't do that!
Ms Bradley? I work for Mr. Deslandes,
Hydrographic Dept. I'm Michel.
- I'll take you to the Bay. - Hello.
- Is that yours? - Yes.
Let me give you a hand.
Excuse me.
Careful...
Marc, I've warned you before...
Water's good for the lawn.
Ms Bradley...
Jetlag?
I didn't sleep very well.
Not surprising after that journey.
- So you work in earthquakes? - Yes.
Tell me, how do you predict them?
We can't really...
but there are signs.
We examine certain indicators.
Like what?
Magnetic disturbances,
compasses going awry, ground deformations,
change in well water levels.
Sometimes we see behavioural anomalies in certain pets.
Goldfish, for example, are very sensitive.
Just animals?
Pardon?
Just animals change?
Do you think...
there could be a connection...
Since the tide stopped, my wife's started drinking vodka.
She never did before.
She never drank at all.
But now she drinks vodka every day.
No, I don't think so.
What bothers me is that my wife,
before she was my wife, was with a Russian.
I must be imagining things.
What's going on is so strange.
Turn on the air conditioning.
Air conditioning!
You're new here!
No one has that here.
It's never usually hot.
Or humid, especially in September.
It's exceptional at the moment.
This is your place.
Ms Bradley?
Simon Deslandes.
It warns about high tide.
Apparently, due to that channel,
people can get caught on the dune.
It rings 30 minutes before...
It rings 30 minutes before high tide usually.
But at the moment, as you see...
- Who are they? - Oh, locals.
It's very popular to play golf here
at low tide.
But it's always low at the moment.
Don't they care?
If we need to go, I whistle and they stop.
How long?
- A week. - Has it rained since?
Got a test tube or bottle?
No.
Does anyone have a container?
A condom?
Unlubricated.
Noticed anything abnormal since the tide stopped?
When was that?
We don't know exactly when it started.
The level's at zero on the chart datum,
but slack water has been lower lately, so we can't tell
if this is a flow stream or an ebb stream.
The dune's now out of bounds to golfers.
I'm the mayor here.
I thought we had a deal.
If you prefer, put people's lives at risk.
Are people's lives at risk?
Yes, mine is.
I don't want to be hit by a golf ball.
- Something wrong? - I don't have my probes.
Three boxes are missing.
They got left at Toronto Airport.
They'll arrive tomorrow.
After your recommendations,
we checked the level of the wells. No change for now.
Here are the entries
for the Doppler.
The tide meters.
Current meters.
Hans Peter playing Donkey Kong.
Either this or I light my pipe!
Calm down, you youngsters.
This is the data from the Seasat radars.
Surface water temperature.
Complete weather station.
That's for general use, should you need it.
The biologists and geologists.
Showers and canteen.
I prepared the documents I thought you might need.
Topographical maps, list of GPS codes,
ground water maps,
gravimetry...
tide tables.
Where's the convent?
- The seismic station is there. - I'll ask.
Thank you.
- Catherine! - Alice!
- Why are you here? - Me?
Why are you here? Tell me I'm not dreaming!
You're back with us!
- No, only on a mission. - Oh?
The tide could be a precursor.
- You think so? - Maybe.
What're you doing now?
First I need to take a shower. It's so humid here.
Something's not right here.
With these big forest fires,
the planes are constantly watering the area.
It must be related.
Your head's such a relaxed place, you should sell tickets!
You here for "Geo"?
No, I quit "Geo". I write for "Guru" now.
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