:24:01
Here are my orders
from the Paris prefect.
:24:04
Oh, yes. Hello, lnspector Javert.
:24:08
I've been expecting you.
I'm Captain Beauvais.
:24:11
- How was your journey?
- You haven't looked at my orders.
:24:16
Oh, I'm sure they're all right.
Have you eaten?
:24:19
- Or would you--
- I'd like you to follow procedure.
:24:31
Well, everything seems...
:24:34
to be in order, lnspector.
:24:38
You are now in charge
of the Vigau police.
:24:42
In Paris, things are miserable.
:24:44
Crime is rampant.
:24:47
The streets are filthy.
Conditions here are much better.
:24:52
Yes. Life in Vigau
has never been better.
:24:55
Shall I take you to our brick factory?
:24:58
- That's our biggest business.
- Very well.
:25:01
This way.
:25:05
- Who owns the factory?
- The mayor.
:25:08
He was one of the workers.
:25:11
But when it went bankrupt five years
ago-- incredible to think of now--
:25:16
he bought the whole works
for less than 500 francs.
:25:19
I should report to the mayor
as soon as possible.
:25:23
- Let's do that first.
- Yes, sir.
:25:26
The mayor seems to be the force behind
everything. Must be a man of genius.
:25:30
He is extraordinary. But I should
warn you, he is also a little eccentric.
:25:36
- Eccentric? ln what way?
- Well, he's shy. Lives like a hermit.
:25:41
Didn't even want to be mayor.
:25:43
Tried to refuse the honor,
but the town fathers insisted.
:25:48
Not ambitious, yet he's this successful.
:25:50
He's a mystery. Some people think
he's crazy, but I like him.
:25:56
- I like him, and I feel sorry for him.
- You feel sorry for the mayor?