:10:02
Nevertheless,
cure the Marquis de Sade,
:10:06
succeed where countless...
:10:08
physicians and priests
have failed-
:10:12
No one can fault Napoleon...
:10:15
for bringing a man
to his senses.
:10:19
Might I suggest...
:10:21
an appraisal
at the asylum of Charenton ?
:10:24
A rather notorious inmate
in her care.
:10:27
I have the perfect
candidate for the job:
:10:29
Dr. Royer-Collard,
:10:32
a distinguished alienist
who's a staunchly moral man...
:10:36
of impeccable character...
:10:38
and iron resolve.
:10:50
- My colleagues have
called me old-fashioned.
:10:53
- Even barbaric.
:11:00
But here we favor an aggressive
course of treatment.
:11:04
- Quite.
:11:06
I do not seek popularity
or renown, Monsieur Delbene.
Mine is a higher mission.
:11:12
To take God's tiny blunders
and those He has forsaken...
:11:15
and condition them with
the same force, the same rigor...
:11:19
one would employ to train
a feral dog or a wild stallion.
:11:23
- This may not be pretty,
:11:27
but it is mercy
just the same.
:11:30
A few more months of this,
and he'll be fine.
:11:34
- It is the emperor's hope...
:11:37
that you bring your expertise,
your proficiency...
:11:40
- to the asylum at Charenton.
- I'm much better now.
:11:42
Charenton ? The administrator
there is quite well-loved, isn't he ?
:11:47
He's young, an idealist.
You'll have to be politic.
:11:50
- You know how
I define "idealism" ?
:11:54
Youth's final luxury.