:06:12
This, then,
is the story of Irma la Douce.
:06:16
A story of passion,
bloodshed, desire and death.
:06:21
Everything, in fact,
that makes life worth living.
:06:27
The place is Paris, the time
is five o'clock in the morning.
:06:34
You may have read in travel folders
that Paris is a city that never sleeps.
:06:38
Don't you believe it.
:06:43
At this time of the day
there is nothing doing...
:06:46
... unless you're working for
the department of sanitation.
:06:53
If you want a nightcap
at Maxim's, it's too late.
:06:56
It's been closed for hours.
:07:01
If you want to jump off
the Eiffel Tower, it's too early.
:07:05
It won't be open for hours.
:07:09
So, if you're looking for a little action,
forget the high-rent district.
:07:14
You'd better come to our neighbourhood.
:07:18
This is Les Halles,
the wholesale food market.
:07:21
We call it the stomach of Paris.
:07:30
Keep your Champs Élysées
and your palace in Versailles.
:07:33
This is the place for me:
brawling, vulgar, smelly, but alive.
:07:44
Beef from Charollais,
pork from Périgord...
:07:48
... lamb from Brittany, veal from Normandy.
:07:56
Brains and kidneys and tripe.
:07:59
Pigs' feet and calves' heads
waiting for sauce vinaigrette.