Toute une vie
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:09:03
She was too weak
for childbirth.

:09:05
She died giving life to me.
Strange coincidence...

:09:09
My grandmother died
a year after World War I,

:09:12
my mother, a year
after World War II,

:09:14
and both because of a child.
:09:16
Since I never had a mother,
I never had a childhood.

:09:21
When I needed comforting,
I was given a pony.

:09:25
When I had the blues,
I got a singer for a lover.

:09:29
"In 1902, Méliès hit his peak.
:09:32
His successful film,
"The Trip to the Moon,"

:09:34
revolutionized filmmaking.
:09:37
This success definitely put an end
to amateur filmmaking

:09:40
and family-crafted films
with no sets or actors.

:09:43
The freak attraction
became popular,

:09:47
and the business of film distribution
generated big profits."

:09:50
"When all I wanted was
to be a little girl,

:09:52
my father treated me
like a mistress.

:09:55
I often hated the presents
intended for his wife.

:09:59
I hated the trips
that really were pilgrimages.

:10:01
Under the pretext of making me happy,
he was feeding his memories.

:10:05
Anyway,
we're such an odd family.

:10:09
My father loves a daughter
who looks like his wife,

:10:12
and I can't love any man
who doesn't resemble my father.

:10:16
I wanted to die at an age
when others start living.

:10:19
It wasn't unusual since my father
was living through a dead woman.

:10:23
Luckily, I botched my suicide.
:10:26
And now, I'm ruining my life,
which is worse."

:10:29
"Progressively unveiling itself...
:10:33
in a constantly changing..."
:10:38
"The last illusion...
:10:40
In Hong Kong
I was still in Paris,

:10:42
and he was still in 1946.
:10:44
We were together,
:10:47
but couldn't have been
further apart."

:10:49
You want to be a Maoist?
But you know nothing about Mao.

:10:52
In 1950, millions of people
were Stalinists;

:10:56
they knew nothing
about him.

:10:57
The camps, the purges,
the executions,


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