Grapes of Death, The (1978)

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THE GRAPES OF DEATH

What's wrong with you?

I've got a temperature.
I don't feel well.

It's nothing. Have a drink
and go back to work.

It hurts here.

You got a knock.
We'll put some cream on it tonight.

Go on.

Hey, Kowalski!

The new masks will be here tomorrow.
They're completely airtight.

You can tell the others.

Get up, you lazybones. It's daylight.

What time is it?

Ten past 8:00.

– Do you want chewing gum?
– No, thanks.

Did you sleep well?

So-so.

I'll be there in an hour.
Michel should be at the station.

I'm dying for a shower.

You're so lucky.

I won't be in Spain
until this afternoon.

Anyway, as soon as I get there
I'm going for a swim.

– What's your village called?
– Roubles.

It's not even a village.
It's more of a wine-making estate.

When will you go back to Paris?

I might not even go back.

You're not gonna spend your whole life
in the mountains, are you?

Let's go.

– Look, the compartments are empty.
– You're right.

This one's empty too.

Only we would go on holiday in October.

We're all alone!

Good job we're together.
I'd have been so scared!

The weather's gorgeous!

Good, because I'm getting off soon.

– Will you write to me?
– Sure, I've got your address.

You go. I'm done.

I'm sorry.

I did knock.

Antoinette, give her a seat.

Sir, you must help me.

A man got on the train.

He was insane, sick.

He k*lled my friend.

It was horrible.

We must tell the police.
I need a phone.

I don't even know where I am.

You understand, don't you?

Tell me you understand!

Please, may I use your phone?

Phone?
Who do you want to phone?

The station, the police.

That man k*lled Brigitte.

He's insane. He should be locked up!

The police?

You want the police to come here?
Is that right?

Of course!

They must pick me up.
I must tell them what happened!

Plus my luggage is still on the train.

We don't have a phone on the farm.

What about this one?

It doesn't work.

Could you drive me to town?

Please. It's very important.

– I don't have a car.
– What about the one outside?

It broke down a long time ago.

What's going on?
What's wrong with you?

Why won't you help me?

I can't stay here! I must go!

Say something.
Why are you looking at me like that?

Don't you understand what's happened?

Answer me! You have to help me!

Let me go! I want to go!

Leave me alone!

That's enough.
You have to calm down.

You'll have to stay with us for now.

Go and have a rest.

Go on.

Okay?

My room's at the top of the stairs.
Go and have a rest. I'll be up later.

– I've got to take care of my dad.
– What's wrong with him?

I don't know. Go on, quickly.

Be quiet!

He mustn't hear us. Listen.

He's gone.

It's my mother.

He k*lled her.
He's insane, do you understand?

We must leave the house
while he's in his room.

Come on.

– Can you drive?
– Yes.

The keys are here.

If I could drive,
I'd have gone a long time ago.

He won't let me out
since my mother died.

When he realized
he k*lled his wife, he lost it

and doesn't want us to know.

That's why he ripped out the phone cables.

When you talked about the police,

I thought he was going to k*ll you.

– What made him insane?
– I don't know.

Have you seen his hand?

It keeps spreading.

I've put his g*n in the car.

You wanted to leave, did you?

Turn your dad in?

Go to the police with her?

b*tch!

Did you think I didn't know?

This wound is like mine.

You're like me, b*tch.

Like me.

You're rotting, just like me.

But you'll never suffer as much as I do.

I'll k*ll you first!

What's happening to me?

What have I done?

I'm sick.

k*ll me.

Help me.

I can't take it any longer.

Finish me off.

Finish me off.

Come on!

Come on!

Help me.

Please, cure me!

Open the door.

I need a doctor. I'm not dangerous.

Cure me!

Open the door!

Hello?

Who's there?

Who are you? I heard you.

You don't want to talk?

I'm on my own. Come with me.

– Are you lost?
– Yes, although I know the area well.

But I left so quickly,
at some point I lost my bearings.

I've been going around in circles
since this morning.

– Have you been to the village?
– Is it nearby?

– Sure. So you're lost too?
– Yes.

I'll help you find your village.
I'll come with you.

What does it look like around us?

There are big rocks everywhere.

They point towards the sky
as if they'd been planted there.

Oh, yes. I understand now.

We must walk towards the sun.

We'll find a little path.
The village isn't far.

– I hope that fight is over.
– A fight?

Yes, something like that.
Lucas told me to run away.

This is the little path.
It's this way.

Why were they fighting?

I don't know.
Life is hard around here.

They say I bring bad luck.
They laugh at me.

So Lucas doesn't want me to stay
when there's trouble.

Is Roubles far from here?
That's where I'm going.

Oh, Roubles?

It's not a village.

It's the cellar that produces
the wine drunk in this area.

– Is someone expecting you there?
– Yes, my fiancé Michel.

Could I ring him from the village?

Sure. We'll even find a car
to drive there.

What can you see?

Abandoned houses.

Why did you shout?
Did you see something?

Let's go, quickly.
The village is a bit further.

We're there. I recognize the slope.

– We should be able to hear life.
– The village is further. Let's go.

Listen, I can hear flames.
I can smell smoke.

It's a small brush fire. Come on.

Why are you stopping?

It's okay.

We must carry on.
The village is still a long way.

It's a house. I recognize it.

Don't worry.

Your voice is strange.
What's happened?

Please tell me what you can see.

Where are we?

It's just that--

It's dark now.

We must find a place to sleep.
We'll go to the village in the morning.

That's not true. You're lying!

I can tell we're in the village.

Why are you not saying anything? Why?

Follow me. We'll find your house.

That's a house! We're in the village!

Let me go! Where are the people?

Leave me alone!

I can feel it. There's somebody here.

I don't understand.

What's happened?

You don't want to tell me?

Lucas?

Calm down.
We're at the entrance to the village.

But the people have gone.

It's impossible. They haven't gone.

Not Lucas.
He would have waited for me here.

And I touched something.

You got it wrong. It's nothing.
It was nothing.

Come on. It's getting dark.

It's not true. You're lying again!

I want Lucas! Help!

Come on!

Stop it!

Come on. It's gonna be all right.

Don't cry.

It'll be okay. We'll get there.

Come on.

This is my house.

The house I share with Lucas.

Lucas?

There's no point. No one's here.

That's not true. Where's Lucas?

Don't worry. He'll be back soon.

Calm down.

We must have a rest now.

Everything's all right.

Lucie!

Lucie! Come back!

Over here!

Come on! I'm here!

Come and get me!

Why are you not saying anything?

Don't you recognize me?
It's me, Lucie.

Are you from the village?

Do you know where Lucas is?

If you know, please tell me.

He's my guide.

Go away. Go away!

I can tell you want to harm me.

You want to laugh at me again.

Lucas!

Lucie!

Don't move. I'm just over here.

Lucas. I'm here.

Lucas. Is that you?

I can feel it.

I recognize your jacket.

Lucas. Talk to me.

Tell me what's going on.

I wish I could look at you.

You're laughing. I'm so happy.

Lucie.

Lucie! I love you!

Lucie, I love you.

Sit down. We're safe here.

Who are you?

I've been stuck here for three days.
They don't dare come in.

They're waiting for me to come out.

But I'm not that stupid.

This is the mayor's house.

All this belongs to him.

He'd come now and again

because he was also
the mayor of the village.

A very big village.

He lives there.

He was rich and cultivated.

His wife was too.

In her wardrobe there are
loads of beautiful dresses.

I was coming to tidy the house up.

I've got the key.

When he'd arrive,
everything was in order.

Where is he now?

His body lies
somewhere out in the hamlet.

As for his wife, they burnt her body.

But I had the key.

I live here now.

But you are-- I mean--

You're wondering if I'm normal,
aren't you?

Can't you tell?

They've all gone insane here –
overnight.

It's all right.

They're trying to come in.

They do that every night.

Come on.

We must leave the village,
find some help. We must go!

Have a drink.
That'll give you a boost.

And then we'll leave, if you want.

Usually I don't drink alcohol.

But here, I treat myself
to a bit of wine.

Right. I'm going to get dressed.

It's amazing what beautiful things
there are in this house.

Yes, I'm hurrying up.

Give me your g*n.

I'm a really good sh**ter.

Me too.

Let's go.

– Do you know where Roubles is?
– The vineyard?

It's a couple of miles from here.

Let's go. It's gone quiet.

Come here! I've got her! Come on!

Come on.

Come on!

Come on!

One more.

You like sh**ting them down, don't you?

It's not their fault they're like this.

How do you know?
I tell you, it's them or us.

It's an epidemic.
They're not to blame.

Then why are we not
monsters like them?

Wait. What if it's a trap?

No, it's a woman's voice.
We must go.

We should just leave her to die.

Look!

What the--

Take me with you.

– She's all right. Look.
– She's like the rest of them.

Did you just scream?

Yes.

We must leave this place.
They'll be here soon.

Come in the van.

Take me out of this hellhole.

They're all insane, d*sfigured.
They'll k*ll us.

Take me away.

I don't trust her.

Why is she dressed like that
in the middle of the night?

I swear I'm telling you the truth.

I have no marks, no wounds.

Look.

There's no need for this.

Okay, we'll take you with us.

– All right, Paul?
– All right.

Put your dress back on. Let's go.

There's our car.

Get in that side.

– Did you hear that?
– There are turkeys around here.

– It sounded like the same voice.
– I didn't hear anything.

– I'll go and have a look.
– No, let's go now.

– Stay here. I'll go.
– No, I've got the g*n.

Sit here. We'll be back.
I'm coming with you.

It came from there.

Watch out!

Throw the dynamite!
Come on, hurry up!

Go on, throw it!

What are you doing?

Look at her.
The poor thing's terrified.

She's the one who screamed earlier.

Come on, calm down.
Don't be afraid.

Keep her with us if you want,
but we've got to go.

Between the sane and the insane,
I don't know where I stand anymore.

sh*t!

b*stards!

My body was intact.
The disease hadn't affected it.

Now because of you,
I'm d*sfigured for life.

Throw that torch away.
There's dynamite in the car.

We must go before the others arrive.

– On foot?
– Of course.

It'll be daylight in an hour.

The Roubles vineyard is really close.
We can find some help, a phone.

I know Roubles.
She's right. Let's go.

Right, let's go.

All right?

Stay with her. I'll go in front.

Shall we stop here for a while?

Have you noticed that men
seem to be more affected by it?

The insane woman in the village
wasn't as bad as the others.

That's true.

I met a blind girl.

Lucie.

She didn't have any marks.

A farmer's daughter.

He was already insane,
but she only had a small wound.

– So why don't we have anything?
– Are you from the area?

No, we work on a building site
and on the road.

When it happened, we took the van
and the dynamite and we left.

I wouldn't mind a little beer.

Yeah, a good old pint wouldn't go amiss.

You drink beer?
In a wine-producing area?

There's no accounting for taste.

I'm not keen on wine. I might have some
at the New Wine Festival.

Saying that,
I didn't even have any this year.

Hang on.

The New Wine Festival was last Sunday,
wasn't it?

Yeah, so?

You and me are beer drinkers.
And we're all right.

Everybody's gone crazy,
like a plague,

just after the New Wine Festival.

My fiancé is a vineyard manager
in Roubles.

If wine's the cause of all this,
then he'll know.

We must go there.

All right then. Let's go.

Give me your hand.

Listen.

If the wine's poisoned,
the vineyard will be too. What shall we do?

Let's go anyway.
There will be cars, phones in Roubles,

and the news must have spread by now.

There must be rescue teams.

We just need to avoid populated areas.
Last night was enough for me.

Let's go.

Stop it.

– Give me your g*n.
– Are you saying I can't use it?

No, I just don't agree
with the way you're using it.

I thought so.
You agreed last night though.

If Michel's up there,
please don't sh**t him.

Listen, François. I used this g*n
in the maquis against the Krauts.

So I'm keeping it.

It's true. Some people were
in the resistance against the Germans

to save the country.

But I prefer the ones who fought
the fascists, German or French.

Not to save the country.
Do you understand? Against the fascists.

It's not the same.

What a load of sh*t you talk!

But I still like you.

I'm not one for fine lectures.
I'm a farmer. That's all.

I'm a farmer too, buddy.
But I can see clearly.

Are you comfortable here? Between
a nuclear plant and a military base?

Seriously?

Yeah, you're right about that.

We're stuck, really.

And you know what?
The resistance is still going.

Maybe, but all those insane people
are dangerous.

What else can we do but sh**t them?

Maybe we can cure them?

What if they jump on you like last night?

There's three of us.
If we need to sh**t to defend ourselves –

But we should talk to them first.

You're nice, aren't you?

So we agree, Paul?
You won't sh**t at random.

All right. But I'm keeping
my finger on the trigger.

Here we are.

There's no one around.

– They've all gone.
– You mean they've died.

Shut up.

There are no bodies.
They must have left.

Let's see if the phone still works.

All right. Come on.

It's empty.

Look. There's the phone.
Ring the gendarmerie.

– There's a dial tone.
– Let's find something to eat.

Look at that little beauty!
And it's not wine.

Why are they not picking up?

And three glasses! There we are.

Here we go.

Right. Let's get comfy.

Here, have a bite to eat.

That'll give you a boost.

Here you are.

Hello?

Keep it down. I'm on the line.

Hello? Yes, hi.
We're in Roubles.

People have been k*lling each other
in a nearby village.

Right. Bye.

– So what did they say?
– They've known since last night.

Rescue teams are combing the area.

Like a search, is that it?

No, they're just picking up sick people.

They're working on a vaccine,
an antidote.

They think the wine might be the cause.

We were right
to drink champagne then. Cheers!

What do we do then?

They're sending a helicopter.

It'll be here this afternoon.

Great. We're safe then.

Come on, François.
Drink a bit of pâté.

No, but I'll eat some champagne instead!

You know what?

My wife's never going to believe me
when I tell her!

Paul.

It's always in tough situations
that you realize who your friends are.

And that was a hell of a tough one!

It's the sort of thing
we'll never go through again.

I don't know. Have another drink,
and we'll stop talking about it.

They're coming to get us. It's over.
Let's stop talking about it.

I mean, the problem is--

But there is no problem!

Elisabeth!

Don't come any closer.

Go away.

Go away. I'm sick.

Do you understand? I'm--

I'm d*sfigured.

I could lose it any minute.

They all left,
poisoned by the pesticide I invented.

I stayed, but I must k*ll myself
while I'm still clearheaded.

I'm becoming insane.

It's eating me up inside.
There. Go away!

Let me come closer.

I love you.

I love you.

The girl isn't coming back.

You're right.

I'll go and get her
or she'll miss her helicopter.

Hurry up. They won't wait for us.

Another one.

Are you the only one left here?

Where are the others?

They've all gone.
They left right at the beginning.

Why didn't you call the police?

The boss hired immigrants.

They're to blame, not me.

Meaning?

Immigrants won't go to the cops.

How come you're still normal?

What are you gonna do?
My brain's rotting up.

I might jump on you in a minute.

Why don't you sh**t?

What the hell are you doing?
He did it on purpose.

He wanted that to happen.
He jumped on me!

Stupid. How stupid!

Paul?

Elisabeth?