Notre-Dame (2022) s01e01 Episode Script

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[dramatic orchestral music playing]
[woman 1] I opened my eyes wide.
- [fire crackling loudly]
- [woman 1 panting]
I saw what was in front of me.
And I knew that night was going to be
the most important night of my life.
[panting continues]
NOTRE DAME
[dramatic music fades to silence]
["Heroes" by David Bowie playing]
I ♪
I will be king ♪
And you ♪
You will be queen ♪
Though nothing ♪
Will drive them away ♪
We can beat them ♪
Just for one day ♪
We can be heroes ♪
Just for one day ♪
And you ♪
[man 1] Michael Jackson.
Everyone remembers when he died.
Whatever you might say about him
or his music, people remember that day.
Some people were home watching TV
SAPPER KLARSFELD
SERGEANT DUCOUR
others were out,
some were at school or work.
There were stories about driving tests,
weddings. [chuckles]
People who lost loved ones that day,
births, everything.
There's even a woman who wrote
about how that day was the only time
that she had simultaneous orgasm
with her boyfriend.
So, in answer to your question,
I ask people to write in the notebook
about their experience
of Michael Jackson's death.
- Hey.
- [runners] Hi.
How old were you then when he passed away?
Don't know.
We could steal time ♪
- [woman 1] What date was it again?
- [man 1] 25th of June, 2009.
[woman 1] Right,
so I was, uh, I'd just turned 13.
Honestly, I really don't remember
what I was doing.
[man 1] Really? You really don't?
[woman 1] No, I don't.
Yes, I was at my parents' house,
bored stupid.
- And you? What were you doing?
- Me? I was with my daughter.
She cried all night. She was 11,
not much younger than you were.
And the next day,
I helped her start that notebook.
[woman 1 chuckles]
[man 1] Yeah.
And since then, on good days,
and on bad days, that notebook is with me.
Between you and me,
Michael Jackson I don't care about.
It's how his death
froze a moment of people's lives.
Insignificant things,
you know what I mean?
Like, "I was baking." "I was in my bed."
They remember it.
But I'm telling you,
it's not about remembering his death.
They're remembering their life
at that moment in time.
Some might say this was all collective,
but no.
It's a personal thing. How many falafels?
- [chuckles] Just two, please.
- Two it is.
You look tired.
Mm. Yeah, I'm not getting enough sleep.
Right. Join the club.
Your wife?
Oh yeah, I'm sleeping at the hospital.
I'm very sorry.
What they say to you?
What do they say?
They say don't get my hopes up.
["Heroes" continues]
I ♪
I will be king ♪
And you ♪
You will be queen ♪
[panting]
And nothing ♪
Will drive them away ♪
[through headphones]
We could be heroes ♪
[panting]
- [water running]
- [woman 1 whimpering]
[sombre orchestral music playing]
[sobs]
[whimpers]
- [alarm blaring]
- [sirens wailing]
2 MONTHS BEFORE THE NIGHT OF NOTRE-DAME
[woman 2 wails]
[man 2, over radio] Come on, come on.
FIRE DEPARTMEN
A gas explosion blew up the street.
[man 3] Alice?
It's okay to be scared, okay?
Hey. There's always a first time,
when you have to do it for real.
And that time is now.
Alice, look at me.
You, me, and Denis, okay?
Okay.
- You all right?
- Yes.
You sure?
Sure?
[dramatic music building]
Okay.
[dramatic music pulsing]
[dramatic music intensifies]
[loud breaths heard
through breathing apparatus]
[flames roaring]
[man 3] Alice, keep up with us.
[loud breathing continues
through apparatus]
- [explosion]
- [Alice yelps]
- [Alice screams, pants]
- [suspenseful music playing]
[Alice] Ben!
Ben!
Ben, the BA isn't working!
[panicked breathing]
[grunts]
Ben!
I didn't check my pressure pump properly.
[Ben] Here you are.
Take this one.
It's all right, it's okay.
[wood breaking]
[foreboding music playing]
[music stops abruptly]
[gasps for breath, coughs]
[moans]
Ben?
[breathing shakily]
Ben?
[coughs]
Ben!
[rubble settling]
[Ben groans]
[Ben, softly] I'm here.
[cries] I'm scared.
[Ben] Don't worry.
I'm here.
- Where are you?
- Just right here.
[cries]
Ben Ben?
Don't leave me.
Stay with me, stay with me.
Stay with me.
Ben!
Please, stay with me!
[plaintive music playing]
[woman 3] Last time we spoke,
you said you couldn't get over the deaths
of Sergeant Ducourt and Sapper Klarsfeld.
[Alice] That's right.
I had the least experience.
It would've been fairer
if it was me that didn't make it.
I hear you're requesting
to go back in the field.
Yes, that's right.
Alice, it was two months ago.
- And it was your first fire after all
- Yes. I know.
I'm ready, Colonel.
I wanna go back.
Can you face another fire?
What I'm asking
is are you ready and able
to deal with any situation
without putting yourself
or the team in danger?
Yes, I am ready.
[inhales deeply, exhales]
- Sergeant Taupin doesn't agree.
- Taupin has never believed in me.
And he is wrong.
I'm ready, Colonel.
[intense music pulsating]
- [indistinct chatter]
- So, you like anything else?
[customer] I think I'm all right.
It was really nice.
[intense music continues]
Hi, Max.
- [Max] Sorry, gentlemen, don't have time.
- Oh don't worry. Won't take long.
Five minutes, and we're done.
I'll give you two.
[man 4] My brother needs his dough.
[Max] I know what your brother wants.
I explained that we've only just reopened.
I'll pay him when I can.
Right. And when's that gonna be, hm?
In a month.
Hey [whistles] Give it a rest, yeah?
A month?
My brother will say that's too late.
[mobile phone vibrating]
[Max sighs]
- Yeah?
- [man 4 scoffs]
[sombre music playing]
Of course. I'll be there soon, yeah.
I'm sorry, gentlemen,
but I have to leave now.
[man 4] Mm-mm.
I'm not going anywhere
till the money's in my pocket.
[tense music playing]
[man 5 grunts]
[Max] When I say now, I mean now.
Tell your brother
to stop busting my balls.
I decide when I pay, got that?
So go on, get out of here.
Go on, the pair of you. Get out of here.
[bell tolling]
- [tense music continues darkly]
- [bell tolls continue]
One day, maybe more, but not long.
I'm very sorry.
[machine beeps]
[sombre music playing]
There you are.
Here I am.
What's the time?
6:25.
Everything okay?
Yeah. Yeah, everything's all right.
[Max sighs] I don't feel ready.
[nurse] But she's ready.
We've chatted a lot
and I know she's ready.
You need to talk to your daughter.
Hm?
She tells me about her.
[sighs]
[Max] Victoire, it's me, Dad.
I've left about 163 messages.
I imagine you don't listen to them,
or you've changed your phone
and that these messages are all in vain.
I don't know where you are, what to do
[sighs]
Your mother's dying, Victoire.
She misses you. She needs you.
I'm begging.
I beg you, call me back.
I love you, sweetheart.
[foreboding music playing]
[tools clanking]
[foreboding music swells]
[priest] "Six days before the Passover,
Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus,
whom He had raised from the dead."
"Here, a dinner was given in His honour."
[alarm blaring]
[foreboding music continues]
This has to be the third time.
- [congregants murmuring]
- [clergyman] This way, need to evacuate.
- Another false alarm?
- Yeah.
[priest] Mm-hmm.
Your blood pressure's good. You okay?
[Alice] No need to worry, okay?
Your mom fainted because of the gas.
It's fine.
She's feeling better now.
Are you all right?
Sure?
Look.
This is for you.
They're for brave boys and girls,
like you.
You like chocolate?
Yeah?
[footsteps approaching]
Red or black?
[woman 4] Haven't you worn
the black one enough recently?
When we first got together, 29 years ago
I wore a tie. Yeah, I know.
For once, could we celebrate
without wearing this thing?
No.
Zacharie, we need to
We need to start going out more
and see people again.
I'm handing in my resignation.
Tomorrow morning.
This is not just because of Ben.
He's not the only one who's gone.
And I just can't look
at the unit anymore, Catherine
without wondering when it'll happen again.
And why didn't you tell me this before?
Because it's my decision.
What are you worried about?
The brigade was our son's whole life.
It's your whole life.
I'm just worried you're making a mistake.
[mobile phone vibrating]
Ducourt speaking.
Is Varèse on site?
I'm coming.
Notre-Dame is burning.
- First time giving a medal?
- [Alice] Yeah.
I've done 40 in five years.
Let me know when you hit
ten kilos of chocolate, like me.
Alice, come, there's a fire.
[Taupin] It's ours, let's go!
- [Alice] Where?
- Notre-Dame.
Notre-Dame, the cathedral?
[Taupin] Yes, the cathedral.
You know what I think about your return.
You're not ready. I know it.
Whatever happens, stay close.
[vehicle door closes]
[siren wailing]
[panting] Ben?
Don't leave me.
Stay with me!
[whimpers] Ben, please, stay with me!
- [weakly] I love you.
- [Alice, crying] Please!
I love you.
Ben! [yells] Ben!
Ben!
Stay with me! Please!
[siren wailing]
[Alice] Is this your first fire?
Yeah. And you?
[sniffs] Mm, second time.
What's the general like with newbies?
Great.
General, we'll be there in 12 minutes,
but it's crazy out here, so no guarantees.
Yep, I understand.
[driver] I brought the uniform
that was in your office.
- [Zacharie] That's fine.
- Changing in the car's not easy, is it?
No, could be worse.
Oh, and, uh,
I've got the Notre-Dame safety plans.
Perfect.
[suspenseful music playing]
[mobile phone vibrates]
CITY HALL
[Zacharie] Yes, Madam Mayor?
I'm heading there now.
I guess so.
No, not yet.
- [sirens wailing]
- [suspenseful music intensifying]
[firefighters speaking indistinctly]
[indistinct shouting and murmuring]
The whole frame's made of wood,
and the wind is easterly.
So it's blowing over the towers
and could spread fast.
To reach the frame, walk along the ledges
to the entry points here and here.
- Mm. Shall we take a hose?
- [Varèse] I wouldn't trust that.
Let's deploy a team to the south transept.
Twenty-one.
[Varèse] And we need men
up there with hoses.
That's where we can view the roof clearly.
[sighs]
If the fire started in the frame,
it'll be hell before long.
- We need to attack all sides.
- BAs, guys.
[firefighters] Yes, Chief.
[Varèse] Taupin?
Colonel.
Keep Adamski around you.
You know my opinion.
I'm aware.
After what she's been through,
this is important for her.
I trust her.
Understood.
[suspenseful music continues]
[firefighters shouting indistinctly]
FIRE SERVICE
COMMAND POST PC3
Casemari, how long do you think
till you're operational?
- About 15, Colonel.
- Perfect.
[Casemari] Stop!
[firefighters speaking indistinctly]
[keyboard clacking]
Everyone's gonna be there.
The prefect,
the Minister of the Interior,
Prime Minister, the President.
It'll be mayhem. Never mind the media.
[grunts]
[exhales sharply]
POLICE COMMISSIONER OF PARIS
PARIS POLICE HEADQUARTERS
[rubble clattering]
[firefighter 1] There's someone here!
[grunting]
[Taupin] Adamski?
Can you hear me?
- [Alice coughing]
- [Taupin] All right, let her breathe.
[firefighter 2] General, he's here.
[Zacharie] Ben?
Ben?
[breathing rhythmically]
Come back.
Come back, my boy.
[grunting]
Come on. Ben?
Come back!
[screams] No!
[sombre piano music playing]
[sobbing]
My son.
[driver] Notre-Dame, that's
- I mean, can't believe it.
- Yes.
Unbelievable.
But I prefer that
to a block of flats with families inside.
Apparently, it started near the spire
at the top.
- There was an alarm, but we thought
- Anyone still inside?
There shouldn't be anyone.
- [crowd murmuring]
- [phone cameras clicking]
[Varèse] Adamski!
I get that you want to prove
that you're okay to be up there.
But no unnecessary risks.
Understood?
Yes, Colonel.
Right.
[dramatic string music playing]
Those the stairs
to the south side structure?
- Yes, it's that way. That door.
- Got it.
We'll take care of it, sir. You evacuate.
[reporter, on TV] a few moments ago
FIRE IN PROGRESS AT NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL
We'll update you
as soon as we have more details.
[weakly] What's happening?
A fire.
Notre-Dame is on fire, it's burning.
The cathedral?
Oh that's so awful.
It's terrible.
Remember when we arrived in Paris
with my mother,
the first place we went was Notre-Dame.
Yes, I know.
Really? I've told you that?
[chuckles weakly]
We've told each other everything, Max.
We know each other by heart.
No.
I'm sure there's more to tell.
[chuckles softly] Well, it's now or never.
[Max] Mm.
Ask me anything at all.
I had a dream.
I dreamt about Victoire.
We were together, the three of us
in the countryside.
All happy.
[Max] Yes.
We were happy, yes.
That's what I want, Max.
The three of us together.
Max.
[cries softly]
["Señorita" by Arca plays]
Not sure who you think
You're dealing with ♪
Phlegm spit in your open hole
Before I cum in it ♪
Pull it in out even turn in it ♪
Like all this is a Revenant ♪
All these other bitches are irrelevant ♪
Heaven-sent, I flick my wrists ♪
- Storm ♪
- I flick my wrists ♪
Stop, storm ♪
I flick my wrists ♪
- Stop ♪
- Bitch, I ♪
- Crash ♪
- I flick my wrists ♪
Hard, crash ♪
I flick my wrists ♪
Hard, storm ♪
- I flick my wrists ♪
- So soft ♪
- Fuck it, I flick my wrists ♪
- Storm ♪
- So soft ♪
- Fuck it, I flick my wrists ♪
[all moaning]
["Señorita" continues]
[repeating] Revenant, Heaven-sent ♪
["Señorita" heavily distorts]
["Señorita" fades out]
["Señorita" continues]
What do you want? What are you looking at?
- [laughing] I love your ponytail.
- That one is loaded. No.
I I love it.
- We're going home. Next time.
- I love it.
["Señorita" continues]
[music turns mellow]
[speaking indistinctly]
Pam?
[laughs]
[music fades to silence]
Hello? Pam!
Pam?
Pam?
Pam!
Pam!
Oh shit!
[breathing shakily]
["Señorita" resumes]
Not sure who
You think you're dealing with ♪
Phlegm spit in your open hole
Before I cum in it ♪
Pull it in out even turn in it ♪
Like all this is a Revenant ♪
All these other bitches are irrelevant ♪
["Señorita" continues]
Get wrapped up in some shit ♪
["Señorita" ends]
How far to go?
We should reach the upper corridor soon,
I reckon.
Are you supposed to be up here, sir?
Uh, I was caught by surprise.
I'm working on the roof.
- Anyone else still there?
- [roofer] No, I'm the last.
- [Taupin] Okay. You need to evacuate.
- Okay.
- [Taupin] Off you go.
- Thanks.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sirens blaring]
This is Taupin at the north side.
South side, do you read me?
- [over radio] It's Mercier. I read you.
- Okay, do you see the source of the fire?
Negative. The whole roof's hot here.
But we can see flames
at the base of the spire.
- Can you get to them?
- Negative. We're too far away.
We can try to cool off the roof right now.
[Alice] Yeah, I'm fine.
- Tek?
- Yeah?
We're on.
Tell the colonel we're operational.
- Okay. I'll go right away.
- Thanks.
[suspenseful music building]
Colonel, command is operational.
- One more thing.
- Perfect.
The strange thing, see,
the 12 statues of the apostles
from around the spire
are meant to protect Notre-Dame.
They were removed
four days ago for renovation.
Father, are you telling me
that they've never been removed?
Never, never.
Unbelievable.
- [Zacharie] I'll walk the rest of the way.
- Sorry, General.
We need the portable ladders
from the third battalion right now. Yes.
And we need the fireboats in place
within the hour. Yeah.
- [crowd clamouring]
- [sirens continue blaring]
[crowd] Give him some room!
Let him through!
Yeah, move it up a bit.
[Varèse, on radio] Sergeant Taupin,
come in for Colonel Varèse.
- Yes, Colonel.
- I read you.
We're on position, but it's hard to see
where the fire's coming from
and how big it is.
[Varèse] Come on,
we need to get deeper or higher.
We need to reach the source,
so find a better way up there.
Does this come from the general?
Because it would be really risky
to move higher up.
We absolutely need to understand
what's happening in the rafters.
I don't think the general wants us
Until the general's on site,
I make the decisions.
If we have any chance of getting ahead
of the fire, it's now.
Do you copy?
Risk accepted and agreed to, Colonel.
- [radio beeps off]
- Alice?
As everyone seems to want to know
what you can do, you come with me.
Reconnaissance mission of the frame.
You stay right behind me.
- You with me?
- Got it.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
Will you save it? Will you save it?
[man in crowd] Good luck, good luck!
[Zacharie] Too much water on the roof,
and we'll weaken the area here and here.
We need to be able to get through
without getting stuck.
Let's clear this path
in order to reach the south
and position in a cell as they arrive.
We need to cool down the cathedral
at the north and south,
protect the nave and the belfry.
And then, above all,
protect the spire from collapse.
We have no way to control its fall.
The debris, if it does come down,
it could land on the crowd,
on the hospital,
on a building, on us, anywhere.
[Varèse] A team has gone to the frame
on a reconnaissance mission
to find a route to the source of the fire.
What do you mean a team? Explain.
Two officers, via the south transept.
[Zacharie] Who exactly?
Sergeant Taupin
and this new recruit, Adamski.
- You know her. She
- I know Adamski, sure I do.
It's a massive risk, though.
They agreed to take it.
And, General,
to keep that spire from falling,
we need to attack the source.
Colonel, any building can be rebuilt.
Not a person.
Yeah. I do appreciate that.
But if we have a chance
to save Notre-Dame,
we might have to accept
the possibility of high risks.
[doorbell rings]
[exhales sharply]
Hello, Carmen.
- [Carmen] Is it really you?
- Yeah.
So, after all these years, what is it?
Just coming around to say hello,
or is it pure self-interest?
[chuckles] Self-interest.
[Carmen] So, what's her name?
[Max] Victoire.
HELLO I AM LOOKING
FOR A GIRL NAMED VICTOIRE
- [Carmen] Why do you want to find her?
- My daughter.
[chuckles] Right. Chip off the old block.
Well, except when I was hanging around
the neighbourhood, I was a boxer, not a
- Whore.
- "Escort."
Right you are. Always a new word
for the world's oldest profession.
- You're gonna lecture me on semantics?
- I'm not, but there isn't any shame in it.
You had nothing against women like me
back then, did you?
Carmen, I'm not here to discuss
you or my daughter's choice of career.
I just want to
I just need to get in touch with her.
Will you help me do that or not?
- Mm. She's an escort, then?
- Yes.
And how long for?
At least two years.
- [keyboard clacking]
- We should be able to find her.
And what's her stage name?
Stage name?
She's not an actress or a dancer.
She's an escort.
But she goes by Victoire or a nickname?
Her name's Victoire.
Bloody stage name, it's Victoire!
Sure. Let's see.
Right.
So
[Max] You found something?
Wait, this might be something.
[keyboard clacking]
[Carmen] Hm.
I have something to tell my coach, okay?
The man's a prick, and know what else?
You don't wanna pick me? No problem.
- That's her.
- Play, don't play, I still get paid.
- [Carmen] She's pretty.
- And this is where we have a good time.
Like, seriously
[Carmen] See? It was fast.
There are loads of other links. Look.
[athlete] This is his whole team,
and Mina's coming with us.
Come with us, Mina.
- [gasps] Oh my gosh.
- [people on video cheering]
[athlete] I'm with the ladies.
Quarter of a million shares
since last night.
- [athlete] This is where
- There.
["Damage" by Automatic playing]
So close to me ♪
- I hold the key ♪
- [man 6] How much for an hour?
- [man 7] You can do better.
- Without your strength ♪
[Victoire] Hello, Raina?
Okay, I get it.
Yeah, sorry, sorry. Just busy.
But, um, how are you fixed tonight?
I've got a cool guy I'm gonna meet
in Paris, so
Paris Center, if it's, well, not too much?
Oh yeah? Amazing.
Yeah, 'cause I'm catching
a flight tomorrow. You know about that?
It's kind of cool, you know?
But things are tight.
Whining, crying, every time you call ♪
Oh cool.
I wanna be there when you kiss it all ♪
Another goodbye ♪
I'll write that down, but lovely talking.
See you later. Bye.
There comes a cost ♪
Of every touch ♪
In love, in pain ♪
It's all the same ♪
Whining, crying, every time you call ♪
I wanna be there when you kiss it all ♪
Another goodbye ♪
Whining, crying, every time you call ♪
I wanna be there when you kiss it all ♪
Another goodbye ♪
Another goodbye ♪
Another goodbye ♪
I'll tell you something.
[song fades to silence]
How about you, uh,
accompany me down below?
- [man 8] Mm-hmm?
- [Victoire] Mm-hmm.
[man 8] Mm-hmm.
- Have you ever fucked on a boat?
- Uh, never.
Then maybe try a new experience.
Because that would turn me on
more and more and more.
Here's the plan, then.
I'll go below deck,
then you have to pay to join me.
And you're going to have a great,
great,
great time, my boy.
[ball bouncing]
[boy] Pass!
[grunts] Hit it.
Pass it, yes!
[boys grunting]
Got it!
- [woman 5] Ridiculous.
- [woman 6] Not that ridiculous.
[woman 5] It is! It's takin' a piss.
[women speaking at once]
[girl] Be quiet, I can't hear!
- [journalist] Notre-Dame?
- [girl] Notre-Dame is on fire!
[journalist] Do you know whether the fire
was started as an act of terror or crime?
- No, not this time.
- [journalist] General Ducourt, please,
uh, General, could you describe
the strategy you've put in place?
[Zacharie] If you understand the fire,
you understand what you're fighting.
So what we wanna do is try to find
the source of the main fire.
Try to reach it.
At the moment, we're still waiting
for additional back-up.
But at the same time,
we have crew up there on the ledges
and even higher up
who are going to try to reach the flames.
Does that mean lives are in danger?
[Zacharie] You know,
our job involves danger.
But after the events two months back
We lost two, do you remember?
I will personally make sure
that doesn't happen.
- [reporter] General, do you have
- Thank you.
[reporters clamouring]
[unsettling music playing]
- [sirens wailing]
- [uneasy music playing]
[uneasy music fades to silence]
- So, then?
- I know the guy. He's a customer. James.
I've seen the girl here a few times.
But don't know her, though.
- You don't?
- No.
- And is James a good customer?
- Yeah, he often comes in with his group.
[sighs] Do you know where he is?
With all the crap he said about his club,
he's not on the pitch, is he?
No, I reckon he's hiding at home.
- Have any clue
- Everyone knows where he lives. Everyone.
- Come, I'll show you.
- Thank you.
[sombre orchestral music playing]
[Alice breathing heavily]
[sombre orchestral music continues]
[loud breathing through apparatus]
Hi, Max. [munching]
[Taupin] We need a visual of the source.
[Taupin] Stay close.
[Alice's breaths quicken]
[panicked breath]
[sombre orchestral music continues]
[sirens wailing in distance]
[heavy breathing through apparatus]
[astonished breaths]
[flames roaring]
[music swells]
[panting]
[sombre orchestral music continues]
BASED ON THE BOOK "LA NUIT DE NOTRE-DAME"
WRITTEN BY THE PARIS FIRE DEPARTMEN
AND ROMAIN GUBER
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