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FREELY INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
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MARCH 31, 1889
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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I thank you all for being here today.
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3 YEARS EARLIER… SEPTEMBER 1886
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Mr. Eiffel,
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what you have done for America,
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America will never forget.
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You modestly claim
that you merely realized
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the inner structure
of the Statue of Liberty.
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But it is this framework
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that guarantees
that this statue will resist wind
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and storms
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and will still be standing
in a hundred years.
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More. Much more.
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On behalf of the American people
and their values,
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I appoint you
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an honorary citizen
of the United States of America.
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Father, we must talk.
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You're giving up law school for art?
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I want to get married.
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Excuse me?
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I want to get married.
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Yes, of course. You will someday.
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Have some more oysters.
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Iodine is excellent for health.
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Jean, have you eaten?
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- No.
- You have the paper?
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Waiter.
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-Anything about the medal?
-I haven't read it yet.
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Another dozen oysters.
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You need to sign this.
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Father, we need to talk.
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Tell Poulard he's too costly.
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Have you thought about the World's Fair?
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Again? I want a metro.
Claire, tell him a metro is modern.
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A metro is modern.
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A monument is an opportunity.
It's prestigious.
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A monument is exciting.
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Prestigious…
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Why build something
you only have to take down?
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-It's temporary?
-Twenty years.
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Koechlin and Nouguier's plan
is ready to roll.
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Those two again?
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You kidding?
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-I'll leave you.
-But, sweetie…
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You wanted to talk.
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Don't worry.
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Your daughter really has changed.
She's become a woman.
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You think so?
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Hello.
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They brought their model?
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Of course.
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- Fifteen minutes, no more.
- I know.
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Hello, Maurice.
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It's ugly.
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It has four legs.
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Four, six, or twelve. Ugly is ugly.
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We can go up to 200 meters.
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The Washington Monument
is only 169 meters.
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- So higher is better?
- Yes.
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That's the idea.
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Pack up your pylon and back to work.
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A good project is useful,
democratic, and lasting. Thank you.
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You too.
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Thanks.
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- Is the new kid joyful or stupid?
- We can't tell.
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Find out about the metro.
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It's a conflictual topic.
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We need the Minister of Commerce.
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That's no simple matter.
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Look here.
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Antoine de Restac.
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We were in prep school together.
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He's a journalist
who's close to the minister.
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He's our man.
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Were you friends?
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We liked beers and girls.
We brought them to the dorm.
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Put that here.
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-The girls?
-No, we saw them outside.
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- I'll arrange a meeting.
- Good.
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Were the tests conclusive?
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11,950 kilos.
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The bridge sagged 21 mm
and corrected itself.
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Very good.
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To you, old fellow.
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You remember?
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Very well.
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In the suburbs!
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For the pleasure of the rich
with their fancy carriages!
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What about real people who work?
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How will they visit the thing?
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-They'll take the metro!
-Righto!
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I missed you, old boy!
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Here.
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- How many more?
- It's the last.
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My head hurts. Have the new kid
get some bicarbonate.
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-I'd like to talk.
-Yes, you want to get married.
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With whom? No one knows.
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Adolphe.
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-Don't know him.
-Adolphe Salles.
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Never heard of any Adolphe Salles.
Funny name.
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Stop it.
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Why is he here?
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It's him.
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The new kid?
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You want to marry the new kid?
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Hang on.
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Get me water and bicarbonate.
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Dad, you'd have hired
any man I wanted to marry to test him.
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This way, it's already done.
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You tricked me.
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He's been here seven months.
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Can we consider it done?
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My daughter is diabolical.
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You knew about this?
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Okay, I need some cognac.
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What can I say? Let's toast.
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You really are screwy.
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To the new kid.
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And to Mrs. New Kid.
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Hey!
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Children!
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Calm down. No, no, no. That's enough.
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Please. It's late. Stop right now.
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Where's Albert?
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Albert!
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Stop it. Take off the mask.
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Églantine, please!
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That's enough. It's late.
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Take his mask. Thank you.
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Claire.
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-Gold or silver for a minister?
-How would I know?
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What would your mother have picked?
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-Gold.
-There's my answer.
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She'd have liked Adolphe too.
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-You think so?
-Yes.
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Excuse me.
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The minister is here.
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He's with his private secretary.
Good sign.
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-Are you scared?
-No, and you?
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No. What I love most
is the thrill before a meeting.
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At last, I meet you.
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Mr. Minister.
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The Minister of the Armed Forces
spoke of your bridges in glowing terms.
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Very useful in Indochina.
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Indochina.
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-Charles Bérard, private secretary.
-Hello. Gustave Eiffel.
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The Iron Magician.
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I'm not a magician.
I have good teams.
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Come meet my wife.
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Adrienne?
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This is Gustave.
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Good evening.
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Good evening.
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Mr. Minister, ladies and gentlemen,
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dinner is served.
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Shall we dine?
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Eiffel!
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Excuse me.
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Antoine says
you have ideas for the competition.
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Gustave is in favor of the metro.
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The metro makes no one dream.
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After the defeat at Sedan, France needs
a monument like you did for the Americans.
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The Statue of Liberty. What a symbol!
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That was Bartholdi's work, sir.
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But if it stands, it's thanks to you.
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Adrienne, what do you think?
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The same as Mr. Minister.
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We must be freer.
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More audacious.
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Forget the metro!
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This must be France's revenge on history.
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Eiffel, that's what I expect of you.
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A granite column. How boring.
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We want panache.
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A tower.
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300 meters high.
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300? Incredible.
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Made of metal?
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Entirely of metal.
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I have one condition.
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I build it in Paris.
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Everyone must be able to see it.
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The wealthy,
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workers,
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big families, and simple folk.
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I want people to mix.
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No more class divisions.
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- That's modernity.
- It's fabulous!
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That's a project. Exactly what we need.
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You could've warned me.
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He's always been unpredictable.
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Can we drop you off?
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Thanks, I'll walk.
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I'll get the car. It's a new prototype.
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Look at me.
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I hoped I'd never see you again.
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Thank you.
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What are you doing here?
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Did you sleep here?
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We're building the tower.
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What do you mean?
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We're buying
Koechlin and Nouguier's project.
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What are you talking about?
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It'll be 300 meters.
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Get us some coffee.
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Look, my mind is made up.
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What? Hello there.
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No news for 20 years,
and now you're everywhere.
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Yes, it's…
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I'm always cooped up indoors.
I needed a walk.
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I live right here.
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-You do?
-Yes.
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I didn't know.
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Come have a drink.
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Uh…
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Don't be shy.
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Okay.
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Let's go.
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Amazing.
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-Adrienne's a great admirer of yours.
-Oh, yes?
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She even read one of your technical works.
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I'm flattered.
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She's very charming.
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She's astonishing. Very curious.
Everything interests her.
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She could've done anything.
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Excuse me for a minute. Have a seat.
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-Nice taste.
-Thanks.
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What are you doing?
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I got lost.
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Help me!
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Help me!
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Help me!
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Come help us!
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Bring us water!
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You had no business jumping.
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With more wood,
we'd have better scaffolding.
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No one would fall off!
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I've told you.
I have a budget to stick to.
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Get them water!
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And I need my men.
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Did your man die? No.
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So stop whining about wood.
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-I'll find some myself.
-Of course.
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Get changed. This is no time to get sick.
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Mr. Bourgès.
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-You're expected?
-It's urgent.
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It's about the bridge.
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Follow me.
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This way.
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Out of my way!
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No, don't start in again.
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- I love pants.
- They're forbidden.
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You'll visit me in jail?
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-Be a good girl.
-I am a good girl, Father.
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Mr. Bourgès?
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Who are you?
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-It's about the scaffolding.
-Scaffolding?
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-Yes. For the bridge.
-The bridge?
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But who are you?
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Gustave Eiffel.
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Eiffel, my pleasure.
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-Likewise.
-The talk of the town.
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I know. We need more wood.
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-I'll see with Pauwels.
-No, now!
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Really.
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Well then, stay for lunch.
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We'll talk about it.
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-Is that a yes?
-No.
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Perfect. Georges, another setting.
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I didn't come for lunch. I came for wood.
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Bravo for this morning.
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00:23:08,084 --> 00:23:09,667
The Garonne is perilous!
275
00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:12,251
He didn't hesitate an instant
before diving in.
276
00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:14,959
You dove into the Garonne?
277
00:23:17,376 --> 00:23:20,667
Everyone seems to know but me.
Please do tell us.
278
00:23:21,292 --> 00:23:24,709
I need scaffolding.
One of my men fell into the river.
279
00:23:24,792 --> 00:23:26,376
One of your men?
280
00:23:26,459 --> 00:23:29,376
I'm the engineer
in charge of the metal bridge.
281
00:23:29,459 --> 00:23:31,042
Metal lacework!
282
00:23:31,126 --> 00:23:32,709
It's phenomenal.
283
00:23:33,709 --> 00:23:34,875
I find it ugly.
284
00:23:35,709 --> 00:23:38,542
It's modern.
And it was the mayor's choice.
285
00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:41,376
Quite a project
for a young engineer.
286
00:23:41,459 --> 00:23:43,167
I didn't design it alone.
287
00:23:43,251 --> 00:23:44,709
I supervise the works.
288
00:23:44,792 --> 00:23:48,251
Pauwels said
that the young man developed
289
00:23:48,334 --> 00:23:52,750
a revolutionary new method
with hydraulic jacks.
290
00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:54,750
A simple system.
291
00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:57,418
The piles are secured in the riverbed.
292
00:23:57,500 --> 00:24:01,376
The bridge is stable
despite its light metal structure.
293
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000
So you're an engineer?
294
00:24:07,542 --> 00:24:08,583
Yes.
295
00:24:10,167 --> 00:24:12,500
- Can you build anything?
- Not anything.
296
00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:14,126
But quite a lot.
297
00:24:14,209 --> 00:24:16,459
Where did you learn to swim?
298
00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:17,834
At prep school.
299
00:24:17,917 --> 00:24:19,418
Which entrance exam?
300
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:22,625
I wanted Polytechnique,
but Centrale took me.
301
00:24:22,709 --> 00:24:24,834
So Centrale needs good swimmers?
302
00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:30,042
My first-aid test actually went badly.
303
00:24:30,126 --> 00:24:32,917
The guy I was to save drowned and died.
304
00:24:38,334 --> 00:24:40,418
Fortunately, they graded my dive.
305
00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:42,667
My arms were straight, so they took me.
306
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:46,209
He's funny!
307
00:24:48,292 --> 00:24:50,750
Our engineer has wit. Very funny.
308
00:24:50,834 --> 00:24:52,292
And you hushed Edmond.
309
00:24:52,376 --> 00:24:54,376
That makes you a double hero.
310
00:24:55,792 --> 00:24:57,792
Sir, our scaffolding
is too small.
311
00:24:57,875 --> 00:24:59,542
That's why my man fell.
312
00:24:59,625 --> 00:25:00,917
I need more wood.
313
00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:03,209
Father, did you hear that?
314
00:25:03,834 --> 00:25:06,834
If a bit of wood can save lives.
You could be a hero too.
315
00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:29,251
Are you bored?
316
00:25:30,251 --> 00:25:31,750
No, I have to work.
317
00:25:31,834 --> 00:25:34,834
Of course.
I always forget. Some people work.
318
00:25:36,084 --> 00:25:37,418
Will you come for my birthday?
319
00:25:39,376 --> 00:25:40,834
I don't know.
320
00:25:40,917 --> 00:25:43,042
There will be wood and metal.
321
00:25:44,625 --> 00:25:46,000
Tables and silverware?
322
00:25:46,792 --> 00:25:47,959
That's right.
323
00:25:49,792 --> 00:25:51,667
In that case, why not.
324
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:52,875
Good day, miss.
325
00:25:52,959 --> 00:25:53,917
Good day.
326
00:25:54,709 --> 00:25:55,834
I was there.
327
00:25:58,209 --> 00:25:59,667
I saw you save your man.
328
00:27:10,709 --> 00:27:11,709
Hmm?
329
00:28:36,126 --> 00:28:38,750
[indistinct chattering
330
00:28:47,667 --> 00:28:49,667
Mr. Eiffel will join us.
331
00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:51,750
Let's start.
332
00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:07,084
Ooh!
333
00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:12,251
What can I do now?
334
00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:39,500
It's a draw. You stay.
335
00:29:40,042 --> 00:29:41,709
-No, no, no.
-Yes, yes, yes!
336
00:29:43,251 --> 00:29:46,376
Who wants ice cream? Vanilla, strawberry.
337
00:29:58,667 --> 00:29:59,834
Oh!
338
00:30:17,126 --> 00:30:18,334
You don't like ice cream?
339
00:30:18,834 --> 00:30:19,834
Yes, of course.
340
00:30:21,167 --> 00:30:22,667
You're so serious.
341
00:30:23,459 --> 00:30:24,542
Does that displease you?
342
00:30:25,709 --> 00:30:27,000
No, not at all.
343
00:30:31,292 --> 00:30:32,334
Here.
344
00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:35,167
It's for you.
345
00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:37,167
Thank you.
346
00:30:43,625 --> 00:30:46,042
THE ART OF BUILDING METAL BRIDGES
347
00:30:46,126 --> 00:30:48,209
Should I have got a fan or hanky?
348
00:30:48,292 --> 00:30:49,959
A hanky, yes.
349
00:30:52,126 --> 00:30:53,459
I love your gift.
350
00:30:54,583 --> 00:30:55,959
It's like no other.
351
00:30:57,875 --> 00:30:59,042
Like you.
352
00:30:59,834 --> 00:31:01,126
Like me?
353
00:31:01,209 --> 00:31:02,209
Yes, you.
354
00:31:03,042 --> 00:31:04,084
You're different.
355
00:31:07,792 --> 00:31:08,875
Thank you.
356
00:31:11,251 --> 00:31:12,959
Happy Birthday!
357
00:31:15,583 --> 00:31:16,834
Adrienne!
358
00:31:19,875 --> 00:31:20,917
Coming!
359
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,418
Hurry, everyone's waiting.
360
00:32:12,167 --> 00:32:13,542
-Good evening.
-Good evening.
361
00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:18,209
Come inside.
362
00:32:26,042 --> 00:32:28,209
-Have a seat.
-No, thank you.
363
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,292
I read your book.
364
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:51,834
Adrienne.
365
00:32:51,917 --> 00:32:52,834
Yes?
366
00:32:54,834 --> 00:32:56,084
Why are you here?
367
00:33:00,418 --> 00:33:01,500
The other day--
368
00:33:01,583 --> 00:33:03,376
…was a misunderstanding.
369
00:33:03,459 --> 00:33:04,625
I'm sorry.
370
00:33:04,709 --> 00:33:09,126
No. I mean, yes. I'm the one who's sorry.
371
00:33:09,209 --> 00:33:10,542
Then we both are.
372
00:33:12,251 --> 00:33:14,542
-Are you making fun of me?
-No, not at all.
373
00:33:15,625 --> 00:33:16,834
You're very…
374
00:33:21,251 --> 00:33:22,376
charming.
375
00:33:24,376 --> 00:33:25,459
Charming?
376
00:33:25,542 --> 00:33:28,209
Look, there will be other birthdays
377
00:33:28,292 --> 00:33:30,542
with music and ice cream.
378
00:33:30,625 --> 00:33:34,000
And another man,
another hero who's "different."
379
00:33:34,084 --> 00:33:37,126
You'll play games and be what you are…
380
00:33:37,209 --> 00:33:39,084
a charming spoiled child.
381
00:33:41,126 --> 00:33:42,459
Is that what you think of me?
382
00:33:45,376 --> 00:33:46,625
I don't want to play.
383
00:34:04,750 --> 00:34:05,792
Adrienne!
384
00:34:09,084 --> 00:34:10,251
Adrienne!
385
00:34:11,292 --> 00:34:12,418
What are you doing?
386
00:34:14,209 --> 00:34:15,418
I'm playing.
387
00:35:29,126 --> 00:35:30,209
I'm sorry.
388
00:35:36,418 --> 00:35:37,667
Here, come on.
389
00:37:49,583 --> 00:37:53,209
Spruce this up
with balconies and galleries
390
00:37:53,292 --> 00:37:54,625
but don't change the shape.
391
00:38:07,251 --> 00:38:11,209
Did you see this?
A double page about you in the paper.
392
00:38:11,292 --> 00:38:12,500
Bravo.
393
00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:13,459
Bravo?
394
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,583
You're building a giant tower, not me.
395
00:38:16,376 --> 00:38:17,459
Then, thank you.
396
00:38:18,209 --> 00:38:21,126
Him too? What did I promise him?
397
00:38:22,292 --> 00:38:24,667
You bribe them to write about me?
398
00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:26,792
Whatever it takes.
And that's not the half.
399
00:38:27,875 --> 00:38:29,126
We'll win the contest.
400
00:38:30,418 --> 00:38:33,500
Alphand is with us,
but there are other councilors.
401
00:38:34,209 --> 00:38:36,583
My tailor is the best in Paris.
402
00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:37,750
They'll love you.
403
00:38:37,834 --> 00:38:39,750
The council are all men.
404
00:38:39,834 --> 00:38:41,334
Who listen to their wives.
405
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,959
I am merely a man
with an idea grander than himself.
406
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,750
I ask you only
to let me breathe life into it.
407
00:38:57,625 --> 00:38:58,875
This tower, gentlemen,
408
00:38:59,459 --> 00:39:02,167
is not the glory of a man
or his reputation.
409
00:39:02,251 --> 00:39:03,625
It's Paris.
410
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:05,625
Its international influence.
411
00:39:06,334 --> 00:39:07,875
Its place in the world.
412
00:39:07,959 --> 00:39:09,792
Maybe even its soul.
413
00:39:09,875 --> 00:39:14,376
Imagine a tower reaching up to the sky.
For all to see.
414
00:39:14,459 --> 00:39:17,167
A tower defying gravity, the elements,
415
00:39:17,251 --> 00:39:19,084
our modest human condition.
416
00:39:19,167 --> 00:39:20,709
This tower, gentlemen,
417
00:39:21,542 --> 00:39:23,542
is the restored confidence
418
00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:25,667
of a nation that stands proud
419
00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:27,251
after the bloodshed and tears.
420
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:35,667
You're not afraid this colossus
might frighten tourists?
421
00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:37,667
To the contrary.
422
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:41,750
Tourists from Europe and the New World
will flock to Paris.
423
00:39:42,625 --> 00:39:45,042
Moreover, you will be able to dine
424
00:39:45,792 --> 00:39:46,959
and even dance.
425
00:39:47,667 --> 00:39:49,542
What about the ground soil?
426
00:39:49,625 --> 00:39:53,792
So near the Seine, your marvel might sink
and endanger the area.
427
00:39:53,875 --> 00:39:55,418
Yes.
428
00:39:56,292 --> 00:39:57,875
I understand your concern.
429
00:39:58,959 --> 00:40:02,042
In my early career,
20 years ago in Bordeaux,
430
00:40:02,126 --> 00:40:04,625
a metal bridge posed the same challenge.
431
00:40:04,709 --> 00:40:08,209
So we invented compressed-air caissons.
432
00:40:08,292 --> 00:40:09,959
Yes, we tested the soil.
433
00:40:10,709 --> 00:40:14,583
On one side, it's limestone.
But by the river, you're right.
434
00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:17,084
It was the former riverbed.
435
00:40:17,167 --> 00:40:19,500
Molasse with no solid foundation.
436
00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,042
So we'll make one.
437
00:40:21,126 --> 00:40:23,376
That's where the caissons come in.
438
00:40:25,625 --> 00:40:27,834
Caissons sink as you dig,
439
00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:30,042
and the water rises.
440
00:40:31,334 --> 00:40:35,000
You inject compressed air through a shaft,
441
00:40:35,583 --> 00:40:38,167
and the pressure drives the water back.
442
00:40:39,418 --> 00:40:43,042
You continue to dig and excavate gravel,
443
00:40:43,126 --> 00:40:45,834
then dry cement the foundations.
444
00:40:45,917 --> 00:40:49,667
This technique
provides a perfectly stable anchor,
445
00:40:49,750 --> 00:40:53,167
regardless of the soil
or the weight of the work.
446
00:40:53,251 --> 00:40:55,750
And, of course, there's no danger.
447
00:40:57,667 --> 00:40:59,251
Never had a problem.
448
00:40:59,334 --> 00:41:02,959
Gentlemen, a model is waiting downstairs.
449
00:41:03,042 --> 00:41:06,209
You'll see
the tower's resilience and strength.
450
00:41:15,042 --> 00:41:17,042
So you worked in Bordeaux?
451
00:41:17,126 --> 00:41:19,376
Yes. Just the time to build a bridge.
452
00:41:19,459 --> 00:41:21,625
-How old were you?
-Twenty-six, twenty-eight.
453
00:41:21,709 --> 00:41:24,376
You surely met Adrienne's family,
the Bourgès?
454
00:41:27,334 --> 00:41:28,251
No.
455
00:41:28,792 --> 00:41:30,042
-Doesn't ring a bell.
-I see.
456
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,959
For safety, please step back.
457
00:41:36,834 --> 00:41:38,042
Go.
458
00:41:39,792 --> 00:41:44,167
Lightning rods penetrate the water table,
and lightning has no effect.
459
00:41:45,042 --> 00:41:48,750
This copper will conduct the electricity
into the earth.
460
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,792
It goes all the way down the tower.
461
00:41:53,542 --> 00:41:55,500
Now for wind resistance.
462
00:41:56,667 --> 00:41:57,583
Go.
463
00:41:58,126 --> 00:42:01,667
This jet is the equivalent
of 350-kilometer winds.
464
00:42:02,376 --> 00:42:06,292
The lattice girders
were designed to give the tower
465
00:42:06,376 --> 00:42:07,500
efficient wind resistance.
466
00:42:09,583 --> 00:42:11,834
Please note the curved uprights.
467
00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:15,459
As if they were shaped by the wind.
468
00:42:15,542 --> 00:42:19,583
This curvature is what
absorbs the wind's cutting force.
469
00:42:20,542 --> 00:42:24,583
All pieces will be prefabricated
here in our atelier
470
00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:26,126
in Levallois-Perret.
471
00:42:26,209 --> 00:42:28,042
The pillars are built apart.
472
00:42:28,126 --> 00:42:31,583
How will you join the four legs
473
00:42:31,667 --> 00:42:33,542
60 meters off the ground?
474
00:42:33,625 --> 00:42:34,959
Very good question.
475
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:38,792
And the trickiest part
of our project. Look here.
476
00:42:42,542 --> 00:42:43,500
Come closer.
477
00:42:44,917 --> 00:42:47,251
Each pillar has a hydraulic jack,
478
00:42:47,334 --> 00:42:50,000
and each rafter
is supported by piston struts.
479
00:42:50,792 --> 00:42:52,084
Empty the sand above…
480
00:42:54,542 --> 00:42:55,667
the pillar bends.
481
00:42:56,376 --> 00:42:57,959
Activate the jack below…
482
00:42:58,792 --> 00:42:59,875
the pillar rises.
483
00:43:00,583 --> 00:43:03,709
We can adjust
the horizontal and vertical planes.
484
00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:08,000
When the cross-struts align,
485
00:43:08,084 --> 00:43:10,042
we have our Level 1.
486
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,209
Always a solution.
487
00:43:12,292 --> 00:43:14,459
Life taught me to avoid surprises.
488
00:43:44,459 --> 00:43:47,625
A 300-meter guillotine
to represent the Republic.
489
00:43:47,709 --> 00:43:49,084
Terrifying.
490
00:43:49,167 --> 00:43:50,334
It took daring.
491
00:43:53,251 --> 00:43:54,792
I like the military hospital.
492
00:43:57,834 --> 00:43:58,959
Very nice.
493
00:44:04,917 --> 00:44:07,834
A globe for the World's Fair
seems logical.
494
00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:10,667
-Not very elegant, but why not?
-Hmm.
495
00:44:11,959 --> 00:44:15,167
Now this is… …remarkable.
496
00:44:15,251 --> 00:44:16,875
Save Paris from that.
497
00:44:20,834 --> 00:44:21,959
The famous beacon.
498
00:44:23,667 --> 00:44:25,000
His main competitor.
499
00:44:25,084 --> 00:44:26,251
Very pretty too.
500
00:44:27,251 --> 00:44:28,667
There he is.
501
00:44:28,750 --> 00:44:29,834
Gustave.
502
00:44:33,167 --> 00:44:35,292
Even Adrienne is nervous.
503
00:44:35,376 --> 00:44:37,000
The wait is dreadful.
504
00:44:38,959 --> 00:44:41,583
Meet Claire, my daughter and collaborator.
505
00:44:41,667 --> 00:44:42,500
Hello.
506
00:44:42,583 --> 00:44:45,251
- You must be proud of your father.
- Often.
507
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,542
I'm always proud of her.
508
00:44:48,792 --> 00:44:50,542
You're lovely, Claire.
509
00:44:51,334 --> 00:44:53,418
-May I call you Claire?
-Of course.
510
00:44:54,334 --> 00:44:58,209
Your rival is Bourdais.
The president loves his Trocadéro Palace.
511
00:44:58,292 --> 00:44:59,875
- Hello.
- Hello.
512
00:44:59,959 --> 00:45:01,792
Is it the beacon he likes?
513
00:45:01,875 --> 00:45:04,000
You could add one too.
514
00:45:05,583 --> 00:45:06,750
Shall I get champagne?
515
00:45:06,834 --> 00:45:09,126
Not yet. It'll bring bad luck.
516
00:45:09,209 --> 00:45:10,583
Ladies and gentlemen,
517
00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:13,500
the jury will now announce its verdict.
518
00:45:13,583 --> 00:45:14,667
Let's go.
519
00:45:19,376 --> 00:45:21,500
It won't last long, don't worry.
520
00:45:44,667 --> 00:45:46,667
Ladies and gentlemen…
521
00:45:49,292 --> 00:45:51,376
the members of the jury
522
00:45:52,126 --> 00:45:54,000
have studied the projects
523
00:45:54,084 --> 00:45:57,084
in competition for the World's Fair
524
00:45:57,709 --> 00:46:00,042
with the greatest attention.
525
00:46:01,875 --> 00:46:03,292
The winner is…
526
00:46:04,625 --> 00:46:06,667
with nine votes against four,
527
00:46:08,583 --> 00:46:10,750
the 300-meter tower
528
00:46:10,834 --> 00:46:13,418
presented by the Eiffel Company.
529
00:46:18,959 --> 00:46:19,834
Bravo.
530
00:46:25,167 --> 00:46:26,084
Bravo.
531
00:46:27,750 --> 00:46:28,834
Thank you.
532
00:46:30,792 --> 00:46:33,167
Thank you. Thank you.
533
00:46:41,084 --> 00:46:42,418
This victory is yours!
534
00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:47,126
We have acquired unequaled experience
worldwide, thanks to you.
535
00:46:47,209 --> 00:46:50,126
A project like this
has never been attempted.
536
00:46:50,209 --> 00:46:54,167
Your children will proudly remember
that you were part of it.
537
00:46:54,251 --> 00:46:56,834
We are going to build a dream together!
538
00:46:56,917 --> 00:46:58,542
[all cheering
539
00:46:59,709 --> 00:47:01,875
-Where's the new kid?
-Here!
540
00:47:01,959 --> 00:47:03,418
You'll do the hiring.
541
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:06,084
-We'll need at least 1,000 men.
-300.
542
00:47:06,167 --> 00:47:10,667
Fitters and carpenters,
Savoyards, tightrope walkers, redskins…
543
00:47:10,750 --> 00:47:13,542
Hardworking men who don't fear heights.
544
00:47:13,625 --> 00:47:14,875
Nouguier!
545
00:47:14,959 --> 00:47:19,042
Have engineers from four different schools
redo the calculations.
546
00:47:19,126 --> 00:47:20,667
I want no hitches.
547
00:47:21,667 --> 00:47:25,542
I want life-size templates
and a 1:100 scale model in the office.
548
00:47:25,625 --> 00:47:27,792
I'd rather settle problems here.
549
00:47:29,875 --> 00:47:34,084
Safety is priority. Protection from
falling tools, cold, and wind.
550
00:47:34,167 --> 00:47:35,834
I want no deaths on this site!
551
00:47:37,251 --> 00:47:38,625
C'mon, boys.
552
00:47:38,709 --> 00:47:39,750
Let's go.
553
00:49:11,084 --> 00:49:13,959
Eiffel! Start the dance.
554
00:49:41,418 --> 00:49:42,625
Madam?
555
00:49:54,625 --> 00:49:55,792
Oh yes.
556
00:50:25,209 --> 00:50:26,542
People are watching us.
557
00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:40,126
Talk to me, please.
558
00:50:44,292 --> 00:50:45,750
Are your parents well?
559
00:50:47,875 --> 00:50:49,042
I have no idea.
560
00:50:50,251 --> 00:50:51,542
I never see them.
561
00:50:51,625 --> 00:50:52,792
And your tower?
562
00:50:55,251 --> 00:50:56,376
Coming along.
563
00:51:21,834 --> 00:51:23,000
I missed you.
564
00:51:34,875 --> 00:51:35,917
You're trembling.
565
00:51:53,667 --> 00:51:56,667
There's an inn at Batignolles.
"Les Acacias."
566
00:51:56,750 --> 00:51:57,667
Stop.
567
00:51:58,334 --> 00:51:59,750
-Come.
-Stop it!
568
00:51:59,834 --> 00:52:01,792
-Meet me there.
-That's enough. Enough.
569
00:52:03,542 --> 00:52:04,459
I have a life.
570
00:52:05,084 --> 00:52:06,126
I have a husband.
571
00:52:07,667 --> 00:52:08,959
It's the past, Gustave.
572
00:52:39,376 --> 00:52:40,917
I'm hungry!
573
00:52:43,251 --> 00:52:44,917
- There's nothing else?
- No.
574
00:52:45,542 --> 00:52:47,000
- They're no good?
- No.
575
00:52:50,334 --> 00:52:52,000
One day, I'll give you all you want.
576
00:52:52,625 --> 00:52:54,209
-What do you want?
-Everything.
577
00:52:54,292 --> 00:52:55,583
-Everything?
-Mm-hmm.
578
00:52:55,667 --> 00:52:56,750
Everything.
579
00:52:58,875 --> 00:53:00,376
[breathing heavily
580
00:53:00,459 --> 00:53:02,334
-I'm going to marry you.
-Me too.
581
00:53:17,625 --> 00:53:18,792
Watch your head!
582
00:53:18,875 --> 00:53:21,084
What if the caisson sinks too fast?
583
00:53:21,167 --> 00:53:23,042
There's no danger.
584
00:53:23,126 --> 00:53:25,750
You just evacuate dirt faster.
585
00:53:25,834 --> 00:53:27,042
Everything okay, boys?
586
00:53:32,376 --> 00:53:35,334
The Seine piles are almost done.
587
00:53:36,126 --> 00:53:38,042
Appalling for the ears!
588
00:53:39,209 --> 00:53:40,667
It's the air pressure.
589
00:53:41,251 --> 00:53:43,251
The water's rising!
590
00:53:48,084 --> 00:53:49,959
More air pressure. Hang on!
591
00:53:54,792 --> 00:53:56,209
Cover your ears!
592
00:54:10,042 --> 00:54:11,376
Hurry, buckets!
593
00:54:23,459 --> 00:54:25,376
We're good. It's going down.
594
00:54:28,084 --> 00:54:30,251
It's okay. Come on.
595
00:54:30,334 --> 00:54:34,042
Not very reassuring.
I've been receiving complaint letters.
596
00:54:34,126 --> 00:54:36,959
Worried residents. We can't ignore them.
597
00:54:37,042 --> 00:54:39,209
I heard. Let them talk.
598
00:54:39,292 --> 00:54:41,542
My caissons aren't coffins.
599
00:54:41,625 --> 00:54:43,750
Can we go back up now?
600
00:54:43,834 --> 00:54:45,042
Of course. This way.
601
00:54:45,917 --> 00:54:46,792
Move aside.
602
00:54:46,875 --> 00:54:48,792
Remove the lamp and rope.
603
00:54:48,875 --> 00:54:50,251
We're coming up!
604
00:54:50,334 --> 00:54:51,542
-You first.
-Thank you.
605
00:54:52,542 --> 00:54:53,418
Thanks, boys.
606
00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:57,792
You okay, René? Huh?
607
00:54:58,583 --> 00:54:59,542
You go up too.
608
00:55:00,459 --> 00:55:01,834
That's good, Mr. Minister.
609
00:55:12,875 --> 00:55:14,084
Thank goodness.
610
00:55:15,625 --> 00:55:17,042
It's nicer outside.
611
00:55:18,459 --> 00:55:19,709
Look, journalists.
612
00:55:20,542 --> 00:55:21,750
Everything's fine!
613
00:55:23,167 --> 00:55:24,459
Fantastic visit!
614
00:55:25,376 --> 00:55:26,625
Marvelous!
615
00:55:28,750 --> 00:55:30,500
Bravo. Bravo, Eiffel.
616
00:55:30,583 --> 00:55:31,709
Magnificent.
617
00:55:31,792 --> 00:55:34,625
Fabulous. Fabulous.
618
00:57:26,084 --> 00:57:27,251
"Streetlamp of shame."
619
00:57:28,126 --> 00:57:29,126
"An eyesore."
620
00:57:30,959 --> 00:57:32,334
I'm unpopular.
621
00:57:34,167 --> 00:57:35,209
Too bad.
622
00:57:35,292 --> 00:57:38,583
Residents demand
that we take everything down.
623
00:57:38,667 --> 00:57:39,625
I don't care.
624
00:57:39,709 --> 00:57:43,583
They're counting the number of deaths
when the tower collapses.
625
00:57:44,667 --> 00:57:47,000
We'll publish drawings of our works.
626
00:57:47,084 --> 00:57:48,418
That'll calm them down.
627
00:57:49,292 --> 00:57:51,709
-Finish the cross-strut cutaways.
-Yes, sir.
628
00:57:51,792 --> 00:57:52,750
Goodbye.
629
00:57:52,834 --> 00:57:55,126
The men are demanding raises.
630
00:57:55,209 --> 00:57:58,834
-Impossible!
-They might strike. It's getting risky.
631
00:57:58,917 --> 00:58:00,418
They knew from the start.
632
00:58:00,500 --> 00:58:02,209
Now it's firsthand.
633
00:58:02,292 --> 00:58:04,625
The scared men
work on the ground.
634
00:58:04,709 --> 00:58:08,792
A 20-day strike, and we dismantle
everything at our expense.
635
00:58:08,875 --> 00:58:10,625
- And there's more.
- What?
636
00:58:10,709 --> 00:58:13,042
- The Vatican is upset.
- Wonderful!
637
00:58:13,126 --> 00:58:17,334
The pope says the tower
is overshadowing Notre-Dame.
638
00:58:17,418 --> 00:58:19,459
We're bringing them
closer to God.
639
00:58:19,542 --> 00:58:21,459
All Paris is against us.
640
00:58:21,542 --> 00:58:23,709
Artists are signing a petition.
641
00:58:23,792 --> 00:58:24,750
Artists!
642
00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:28,334
They think we can't make something
solid and esthetic?
643
00:58:28,418 --> 00:58:29,792
What's Restac doing?
644
00:58:29,875 --> 00:58:31,792
Isn't this his job?
645
00:58:31,875 --> 00:58:33,917
Our publicity and reputation?
646
00:58:34,750 --> 00:58:36,625
Up to Level 1 we pay.
647
00:58:36,709 --> 00:58:38,500
-What do I say?
-Buy time.
648
00:59:08,709 --> 00:59:11,042
I want you.
649
00:59:11,126 --> 00:59:12,834
-Mother could see us.
-Exactly.
650
00:59:13,500 --> 00:59:15,834
Stop! Here take this. Shh.
651
00:59:16,376 --> 00:59:18,625
Can you water the begonias?
652
00:59:19,167 --> 00:59:20,418
Right there.
653
00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:21,959
-With pleasure.
-Mmm.
654
00:59:23,917 --> 00:59:25,500
You do that well.
655
00:59:45,959 --> 00:59:47,084
I love you.
656
00:59:50,792 --> 00:59:51,917
Oh!
657
00:59:53,376 --> 00:59:54,834
Gustave!
658
01:00:09,042 --> 01:00:11,042
INTRANSIGENT
659
01:00:14,583 --> 01:00:19,126
ANGRY RESIDENTS
RISE UP AGAINST EIFFEL'S TOWER
660
01:00:59,667 --> 01:01:01,000
Is all well, sir?
661
01:01:01,084 --> 01:01:02,542
Fine. Thank you, Honorine.
662
01:01:58,667 --> 01:02:03,625
EIFFEL, A DEVIL OVER PARIS
663
01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:17,959
Your tower scares them.
664
01:02:18,542 --> 01:02:20,000
You scare them.
665
01:02:20,084 --> 01:02:22,917
Even your men are frightened.
Or so I read.
666
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:25,084
The press is no longer with me.
667
01:02:26,376 --> 01:02:27,750
We need to do something.
668
01:02:31,709 --> 01:02:32,750
Antoine.
669
01:02:34,459 --> 01:02:36,625
The press could reassure people.
670
01:02:36,709 --> 01:02:39,500
And the banks. I have to reach Level 1.
671
01:02:39,583 --> 01:02:40,917
And if you don't?
672
01:02:41,792 --> 01:02:43,042
It's all over.
673
01:02:43,126 --> 01:02:45,126
Funds will be blocked. I'm done.
674
01:02:45,209 --> 01:02:47,042
-Surely you exaggerate.
-No.
675
01:02:47,959 --> 01:02:49,834
You knew it was risky.
676
01:02:49,917 --> 01:02:50,750
Shit.
677
01:02:52,625 --> 01:02:54,000
What's going on?
678
01:02:59,334 --> 01:03:00,542
I don't understand.
679
01:03:02,167 --> 01:03:03,709
It's the first time.
680
01:03:04,792 --> 01:03:06,875
Never had problems before.
681
01:03:06,959 --> 01:03:08,209
Will it start up again?
682
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:10,126
I hope so.
683
01:03:10,834 --> 01:03:12,000
Otherwise, we'll be late.
684
01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:18,084
Think you could crank-start it for me?
685
01:03:21,750 --> 01:03:22,792
Yes.
686
01:03:28,126 --> 01:03:29,209
It's up front.
687
01:03:53,376 --> 01:03:54,542
No, nothing.
688
01:03:57,542 --> 01:03:59,084
Can you try again, harder?
689
01:04:53,292 --> 01:04:54,709
That's it. They're on strike.
690
01:04:55,583 --> 01:04:58,209
We'll never hold out. Never.
691
01:04:58,292 --> 01:04:59,209
You already told me.
692
01:04:59,875 --> 01:05:02,084
Leave me. I need to be alone.
693
01:05:02,167 --> 01:05:03,209
Please.
694
01:05:25,792 --> 01:05:30,084
Let me congratulate you.
The bridge is a success, lad.
695
01:05:30,167 --> 01:05:31,792
And we met the deadline.
696
01:05:31,875 --> 01:05:35,459
I'll go now. I need a good photo.
Elections are soon!
697
01:05:35,542 --> 01:05:36,709
That's right.
698
01:05:36,792 --> 01:05:39,251
- Are the Bourgès here?
- Hurry, everyone's ready.
699
01:05:39,875 --> 01:05:42,750
We can't take the photo
without the Bourgès.
700
01:05:45,459 --> 01:05:47,209
What's wrong? Where are they?
701
01:05:48,376 --> 01:05:49,542
I'm sorry, Eiffel.
702
01:06:04,834 --> 01:06:06,209
Where's Adrienne?
703
01:06:06,292 --> 01:06:07,583
She went away.
704
01:06:08,167 --> 01:06:10,334
Went away? I don't understand.
705
01:06:14,376 --> 01:06:16,459
You haven't understood from the start.
706
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:20,000
You were strung along, like others.
707
01:06:25,126 --> 01:06:26,709
She doesn't want to marry you.
708
01:06:27,500 --> 01:06:29,042
She was afraid to tell you.
709
01:06:34,209 --> 01:06:35,418
It no longer amuses her.
710
01:06:46,126 --> 01:06:47,667
You don't believe me?
711
01:06:47,750 --> 01:06:49,000
Adrienne!
712
01:06:49,084 --> 01:06:50,209
Adrienne!
713
01:06:53,709 --> 01:06:55,292
Go on. Get lost.
714
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:13,126
Let's go.
715
01:07:33,376 --> 01:07:34,500
I'll wait for her.
716
01:07:37,583 --> 01:07:38,667
Tell her…
717
01:07:41,667 --> 01:07:42,792
I'll wait.
718
01:10:50,376 --> 01:10:51,959
You're 20 years late.
719
01:11:02,167 --> 01:11:03,167
You ready?
720
01:11:03,251 --> 01:11:04,376
Gustave's waiting.
721
01:11:05,042 --> 01:11:06,750
You're making me dizzy.
722
01:11:07,875 --> 01:11:10,583
I had an idea. We'll marry in Italy.
723
01:11:14,667 --> 01:11:15,834
You say nothing?
724
01:11:16,625 --> 01:11:17,583
Mother.
725
01:11:18,126 --> 01:11:19,959
How does Italy sound?
726
01:11:20,042 --> 01:11:21,709
Adrienne, sweetheart…
727
01:11:21,792 --> 01:11:23,750
There will be no wedding.
728
01:11:25,583 --> 01:11:27,251
Not in Italy or elsewhere.
729
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:30,418
Your mother and I have thought it over.
730
01:11:30,959 --> 01:11:32,500
You can't marry this guy.
731
01:11:39,334 --> 01:11:40,292
"This guy"?
732
01:11:41,625 --> 01:11:45,126
Frankly, dear, you deserve better.
733
01:11:45,209 --> 01:11:46,376
You know it.
734
01:11:47,126 --> 01:11:50,251
He's not… I mean, we're not…
735
01:11:51,792 --> 01:11:52,917
You understand.
736
01:11:54,209 --> 01:11:56,334
I'm expecting "this guy's" baby.
737
01:12:03,418 --> 01:12:05,126
I'm carrying Gustave's child.
738
01:12:06,084 --> 01:12:08,209
I was going to tell him today.
739
01:12:08,792 --> 01:12:10,167
Go to your room.
740
01:12:11,459 --> 01:12:12,667
Right now!
741
01:12:17,834 --> 01:12:18,875
Adrienne!
742
01:12:19,875 --> 01:12:21,251
Adrienne!
743
01:12:26,376 --> 01:12:27,418
Adrienne!
744
01:12:27,500 --> 01:12:29,709
No! No!
745
01:12:29,792 --> 01:12:30,917
Adrienne!
746
01:12:35,709 --> 01:12:37,084
Don't do that!
747
01:12:37,167 --> 01:12:38,418
Get back down!
748
01:13:24,251 --> 01:13:25,459
Forgive me.
749
01:13:29,709 --> 01:13:30,834
Forgive me.
750
01:13:39,126 --> 01:13:40,418
We were getting married.
751
01:13:45,292 --> 01:13:47,875
A child would've been a lovely gift.
752
01:16:06,917 --> 01:16:08,459
I wish we could stay here.
753
01:16:09,209 --> 01:16:10,251
Forever.
754
01:16:12,126 --> 01:16:13,792
In the grass?
755
01:16:14,583 --> 01:16:15,750
Happy, in the grass.
756
01:16:18,750 --> 01:16:19,959
We'd get bored.
757
01:16:21,542 --> 01:16:22,834
Our backs would hurt.
758
01:16:24,667 --> 01:16:25,583
And there are ants.
759
01:16:26,376 --> 01:16:27,376
You'd get bored.
760
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:28,959
You too.
761
01:16:29,792 --> 01:16:32,126
No rivers to jump into.
762
01:16:45,542 --> 01:16:46,834
He scares me.
763
01:16:53,583 --> 01:16:54,792
Did he say anything?
764
01:16:55,583 --> 01:16:56,875
No, it's in his eyes.
765
01:16:58,875 --> 01:16:59,875
He knows.
766
01:17:10,042 --> 01:17:11,500
We've decided.
767
01:17:11,583 --> 01:17:12,792
It's "no."
768
01:17:13,542 --> 01:17:15,251
We cannot afford a fiasco.
769
01:17:15,875 --> 01:17:18,167
You aimed too big. Too high.
770
01:17:18,251 --> 01:17:20,792
Too high in relation to what?
771
01:17:20,875 --> 01:17:22,667
Nothing is like my tower.
772
01:17:22,750 --> 01:17:25,542
We provided a study and precise quote.
773
01:17:25,625 --> 01:17:28,418
With your logic, there'd be no buildings.
774
01:17:28,500 --> 01:17:31,084
No cathedrals in Europe! It's absurd!
775
01:17:32,251 --> 01:17:34,709
My teams and materials are the best.
776
01:17:35,583 --> 01:17:37,542
I have experience worldwide.
777
01:17:37,625 --> 01:17:41,042
The sturdiness of the tower
is not the issue.
778
01:17:41,126 --> 01:17:42,792
It is profitability.
779
01:17:42,875 --> 01:17:45,251
This tower will make money.
780
01:17:45,334 --> 01:17:48,792
-Thousands will come.
-Sir. Don't insist.
781
01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:52,667
Very well.
782
01:17:54,542 --> 01:17:57,042
Please close my accounts.
783
01:17:59,459 --> 01:18:01,542
-Which ones?
-All of them.
784
01:18:02,542 --> 01:18:04,667
Personal and corporate.
785
01:18:08,042 --> 01:18:11,126
Gentlemen, see you on inauguration day.
786
01:18:16,459 --> 01:18:17,583
Goodbye.
787
01:18:20,251 --> 01:18:24,500
- Our other backers won't be enough.
- I know what I'm doing.
788
01:18:24,583 --> 01:18:27,167
I'm the financial director, you know.
789
01:18:27,709 --> 01:18:29,709
Not your personal fortune.
790
01:18:30,542 --> 01:18:34,167
Mortgage everything?
The house, the company…
791
01:18:34,251 --> 01:18:35,917
Gustave, not the patents?
792
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:39,042
I'll finish, even if I'm in debt for life.
793
01:18:39,667 --> 01:18:40,625
It's madness.
794
01:18:47,292 --> 01:18:48,834
They're lying to us!
795
01:18:48,917 --> 01:18:50,709
Hear, hear!
796
01:18:50,792 --> 01:18:53,000
We didn't get a penny!
797
01:18:53,084 --> 01:18:54,042
That's right!
798
01:18:54,126 --> 01:18:55,834
And now this!
799
01:18:55,917 --> 01:18:59,292
Here's what's going on. Formal notice!
800
01:18:59,376 --> 01:19:03,000
We reach Level 1 in two months,
or we pack it up.
801
01:19:04,500 --> 01:19:05,792
He's right!
802
01:19:07,126 --> 01:19:08,292
He's right.
803
01:19:08,376 --> 01:19:09,750
Yes, you're right.
804
01:19:10,376 --> 01:19:13,251
I can't give anyone raises, for now.
805
01:19:13,334 --> 01:19:16,292
But we don't need two months,
806
01:19:16,376 --> 01:19:17,334
just two weeks!
807
01:19:19,209 --> 01:19:21,583
-How?
-One crane for each pillar.
808
01:19:22,167 --> 01:19:24,583
Set up on the future elevator tracks.
809
01:19:25,418 --> 01:19:26,459
Two weeks we'll be done.
810
01:19:26,542 --> 01:19:27,917
What about us?
811
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:29,042
Yeah!
812
01:19:29,126 --> 01:19:31,667
"Us" is you and me!
813
01:19:31,750 --> 01:19:34,167
We're in this together.
814
01:19:34,875 --> 01:19:37,251
I can't increase your wages today,
815
01:19:37,334 --> 01:19:38,625
but I will!
816
01:19:38,709 --> 01:19:40,792
What about our safety?
817
01:19:43,209 --> 01:19:44,376
Safety!
818
01:19:44,459 --> 01:19:46,834
Let's get to this blasted Level 1,
819
01:19:46,917 --> 01:19:49,667
and I'll double your wages. How's that?
820
01:19:53,126 --> 01:19:54,292
This tower
821
01:19:55,084 --> 01:19:56,667
is France's tower.
822
01:19:56,750 --> 01:19:58,084
But above all…
823
01:19:59,167 --> 01:20:00,459
…it's yours!
824
01:20:01,126 --> 01:20:02,500
Ours!
825
01:20:02,583 --> 01:20:04,084
We started together,
826
01:20:04,167 --> 01:20:06,500
we'll finish together.
827
01:21:27,334 --> 01:21:28,583
Move aside.
828
01:21:29,625 --> 01:21:30,750
Go on, Felix.
829
01:21:31,709 --> 01:21:33,084
Be careful.
830
01:21:57,583 --> 01:21:58,418
Shit!
831
01:21:59,625 --> 01:22:01,500
Three centimeters short.
832
01:22:03,167 --> 01:22:04,334
Megaphone. The megaphone.
833
01:22:08,042 --> 01:22:09,875
You hear me down there?
834
01:22:11,500 --> 01:22:13,000
Three centimeters!
835
01:22:35,334 --> 01:22:36,292
Go on, Felix!
836
01:22:47,459 --> 01:22:49,042
16 millimeters too low.
837
01:22:52,834 --> 01:22:54,042
Don't move.
838
01:22:59,459 --> 01:23:01,000
The press, you hear me?
839
01:23:02,126 --> 01:23:03,542
The press!
840
01:23:05,875 --> 01:23:07,209
Yes!
841
01:23:08,167 --> 01:23:09,750
Three degrees!
842
01:23:10,625 --> 01:23:12,084
Three degrees.
843
01:23:12,709 --> 01:23:15,042
C'mon. C'mon.
844
01:23:16,126 --> 01:23:17,251
C'mon, boys.
845
01:23:43,167 --> 01:23:44,251
Try again, Felix.
846
01:24:02,500 --> 01:24:03,709
We're good!
847
01:24:12,792 --> 01:24:14,126
Bravo, men!
848
01:24:17,167 --> 01:24:18,251
Bravo!
849
01:24:29,251 --> 01:24:33,376
We got our Level 1.
From here on, it's 20 meters a month.
850
01:24:33,459 --> 01:24:35,542
We carry on. Bravo, to you.
851
01:25:55,500 --> 01:25:56,667
Careful.
852
01:26:24,959 --> 01:26:26,500
You gaze at your tower…
853
01:26:29,750 --> 01:26:31,042
like a man in love.
854
01:26:33,792 --> 01:26:35,084
Are you jealous?
855
01:27:02,792 --> 01:27:04,084
I'm going to tell him.
856
01:27:09,709 --> 01:27:11,126
I wanted to say it here.
857
01:27:33,917 --> 01:27:35,000
I love you.
858
01:28:27,792 --> 01:28:29,167
Say something, Antoine.
859
01:28:50,251 --> 01:28:52,334
Why didn't you tell me back then?
860
01:29:01,792 --> 01:29:02,834
The scandal.
861
01:29:03,418 --> 01:29:04,875
Did you think of that?
862
01:29:06,042 --> 01:29:07,583
I don't care.
863
01:29:07,667 --> 01:29:08,834
Maybe you don't,
864
01:29:10,167 --> 01:29:11,209
but him?
865
01:29:13,625 --> 01:29:14,750
He loves me.
866
01:29:17,292 --> 01:29:18,542
I don't mean love.
867
01:29:20,292 --> 01:29:21,625
I mean reputation.
868
01:29:23,084 --> 01:29:24,167
And money.
869
01:29:26,418 --> 01:29:29,334
Gustave needs both
for his glorious career.
870
01:29:30,875 --> 01:29:32,209
And for his tower.
871
01:29:37,126 --> 01:29:41,167
The Council of Paris
wants to withhold its funding
872
01:29:41,251 --> 01:29:43,625
until he reaches Level 2.
873
01:29:46,000 --> 01:29:47,542
You know, they listen to me.
874
01:29:49,750 --> 01:29:51,042
You disgust me.
875
01:29:51,959 --> 01:29:53,334
Let go!
876
01:29:53,418 --> 01:29:55,376
While you loved, I dug up trash.
877
01:29:55,459 --> 01:29:58,500
I could bury his reputation overnight.
878
01:29:59,875 --> 01:30:01,000
Let me go.
879
01:30:01,792 --> 01:30:02,750
Think hard.
880
01:30:42,709 --> 01:30:43,792
Look, they love it.
881
01:30:44,500 --> 01:30:45,917
An on-site cafeteria.
882
01:30:46,667 --> 01:30:48,418
-Practical.
-Efficient.
883
01:30:56,500 --> 01:30:58,459
I'd like shades of white.
884
01:30:58,542 --> 01:31:00,042
Original for a wedding.
885
01:31:02,583 --> 01:31:04,292
With flowers in my hair.
886
01:31:04,376 --> 01:31:06,542
Or oak leaves. Do you like them?
887
01:31:06,625 --> 01:31:07,750
Yes.
888
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:12,459
Your mother loved you so much.
889
01:31:15,251 --> 01:31:16,251
I miss her.
890
01:31:21,583 --> 01:31:22,917
Honey, I need to tell you…
891
01:31:26,917 --> 01:31:28,209
I met a woman.
892
01:31:31,500 --> 01:31:32,875
You'll see, she's…
893
01:31:36,418 --> 01:31:37,542
like no other.
894
01:31:42,917 --> 01:31:44,500
I'd like her to live with us.
895
01:31:45,709 --> 01:31:46,792
All together.
896
01:31:48,625 --> 01:31:50,251
-What do you say?
-Uh-huh.
897
01:31:50,334 --> 01:31:51,709
You'll help me tell your siblings?
898
01:31:55,709 --> 01:31:56,875
I'm happy for you.
899
01:33:43,750 --> 01:33:46,418
I married Adrienne
when she was half-dead.
900
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:51,334
Her body torn open.
901
01:33:54,251 --> 01:33:55,376
And all alone.
902
01:33:59,042 --> 01:34:00,542
Even her parents disowned her.
903
01:34:05,625 --> 01:34:07,875
I didn't build towers or bridges,
904
01:34:09,917 --> 01:34:11,000
but I loved her.
905
01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:15,084
And I still do.
906
01:34:31,667 --> 01:34:32,792
Leave us, Gustave.
907
01:34:33,792 --> 01:34:35,167
You can't have it all.
908
01:34:42,042 --> 01:34:43,459
We leave Paris tonight.
909
01:34:49,126 --> 01:34:52,084
How much would you sacrifice for Adrienne?
910
01:34:52,167 --> 01:34:53,251
Antoine, stop.
911
01:34:53,959 --> 01:34:55,376
Would you give everything?
912
01:34:58,542 --> 01:34:59,583
And for that?
913
01:35:00,667 --> 01:35:03,583
Your scandalous metal folly, Gustave.
914
01:35:03,667 --> 01:35:04,917
It's my decision.
915
01:35:08,583 --> 01:35:09,625
Not yours.
916
01:35:10,667 --> 01:35:11,709
Nor Antoine's.
917
01:35:16,834 --> 01:35:18,000
It's my decision.
918
01:36:42,084 --> 01:36:43,376
As of today,
919
01:36:44,292 --> 01:36:46,209
replace the bolts with rivets.
920
01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:48,959
All right.
921
01:36:50,459 --> 01:36:52,167
No one will ever take it down.
922
01:37:17,209 --> 01:37:18,917
No. No, no, no!
923
01:37:19,625 --> 01:37:21,084
The gaps are too wide!
924
01:37:21,875 --> 01:37:23,167
We can't use the cranes.
925
01:37:24,667 --> 01:37:25,625
Do you realize?
926
01:37:25,709 --> 01:37:27,126
Everything was perfect!
927
01:37:31,126 --> 01:37:33,500
Who made this blunder?
928
01:37:33,583 --> 01:37:34,792
Who did this?
929
01:37:35,667 --> 01:37:37,667
We'll never make it!
930
01:38:36,792 --> 01:38:38,376
-Goodbye, Jeannot.
-Sir.
931
01:40:01,000 --> 01:40:02,126
Mr. Minister.
932
01:40:38,875 --> 01:40:42,167
[emotional music playing
933
01:41:57,667 --> 01:41:58,917
It'll be all right, Father.
934
01:43:07,251 --> 01:43:11,500
THE EIFFEL TOWER
IS EXACTLY 300 METERS HIGH.
935
01:43:11,583 --> 01:43:16,750
18,038 METAL PIECES
AND 2,500,000 RIVETS WERE USED.
936
01:43:18,209 --> 01:43:22,251
THERE ARE 1,665 STEPS
FROM THE GROUND TO THE TOP.
937
01:43:22,334 --> 01:43:28,000
IT HAS DRAWN NEARLY 300 MILLION VISITORS
SINCE ITS INAUGURATION ON MARCH 31, 1889.
938
01:43:30,292 --> 01:43:36,209
IT IS BUILT IN THE FORM OF AN "A…"