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      directed by Marc Caro, starring 
      Lambert Wilson, Linh-Dan Pham, Simona Maicanescu, Dominique Pinon, Bruno 
      Lochet, Francois Levantal, Gerald LaRoche, Francois Hadji-Lazaro, Lotfi 
      Yahya-Jedidi, Yann Collette, Dominique Bettenfeld, Antonin Maurel, written 
      by Marc Caro and Pierre Bordage 
      
		Dante 01, directed by Marc Caro -- Illustrated 
		Screenplay & Screencap Gallery 
      Dimension Extreme Films *** 
      [Persephone] It all began in the 
		fire. DANTE 01 
      If anyone cares, someday, to delve 
		into our story, 
      Hannibal: Delete. 
      CESAR 
      "Dante 01 Psychiatric Detention 
		Center" *** 
      [Charon] Welcome to Dante 01. [Elisa] Charon, the station chief. [Charon] Being so well informed, you'll easily find the control center. *** "First Circle" *** [Charon] Hello. 
      [Elisa] Hello. 
      [Charon] Is that company slang? 
      [Elisa] Criminals and mental cases. [Persephone] Who can claim to know men's minds? [Elisa] Goes with the job. [Charon] Have you met? 
      [Elisa] Who wouldn't know our 
		mentor? [Persephone] What did you do to deserve a trip to this antechamber of hell? [Elisa] I've come to try out some new treatments on the prisoners. [Persephone] I'll explain the rules of our little world. *** [Saint-Georges] [gasping] [machinery slows down] [beeping] 
      [Charon] The detention quarters are 
		in the levels just below us. 
      [Raspoutine] God has answered my 
		prayers. [Cesar] Stop raving for a minute. [Raspoutine] This man has come to save us. [Cesar] No one can save you, Rasputin. [Raspoutine] Saint George the Dragon Slayer can. 
      [Cesar] There are no dragons here. 
      [Raspoutine] God did. 
      [Cesar] God? [Raspoutine] I serve God, not man. 
      [Cesar] You'd better. [Raspoutine] [grunt, whimpering] 
      [Cesar] What's your name? [Saint-Georges] Ah -- Ahh -- 
      [Cesar] Not very chatty. All the 
		better. [Raspoutine] His name is Saint George. 
      [Cesar] Ha! *** [Connecting] [Charon] Attila, did you get the data I asked for? 
      [Attila] I'm working on it, sweetie. [Charon] That will do. Remember, you're only a prisoner. [Attila] Stop playing the big chief, Charon. [Charon] I could withdraw your account to the network. 
      [Attila] You wouldn't do that. You 
		need me. 
      [Charon] I want to know why that 
		shuttle came. *** 
      [Cesar] Gentlemen, our new arrival. [Lazarus] [voice distorting] What's his name? 
      [Cesar] I haven't heard him speak 
		yet. *** [Persephone] We listen in on what they say to the Answerer. [Elisa] Strange name. [Persephone] That's what they call it. [Elisa] No screen to watch their behavior? 
      [Persephone] I don't need to remind 
		you how confined this space is. *** 
      [Buddha] I just wanted to help them. *** 
      [Persephone] They call him Buddha. *** 
      [Cesar] Hey, Buddha! *** [Persephone] We don't know very much about your shuttle companion. 
      [Elisa] He was found covered in 
		blood on a drifting long-haul ship. {Persephone] Any ID? 
      [Elisa] Nothing. [Persephone] Why bring him here? [Elisa] Neurinos thought the new treatments should be tested in space. [Persephone] What new treatments? [Elisa] We'll talk about them later. *** 
      [Cesar] You see? 
      [Attila] Watch out for Moloch. 
      [Cesar] That's enough. *** [Elisa] Never lose sight of them. 
      [Persephone] That's nothing. Par for 
		the course. [Elisa] Did you put him in charge? 
      [Persephone] No. The prisoners won't 
		let us impose anything. [Elisa] Maybe if you applied the protocols more strictly. [Persephone] There's more to life than protocols. *** 
      [Buddha] I've been looking for you. 
      [Cesar] It's the same every time, 
		Buddha! [Buddha] I just wanted to help him. 
      [Cesar] Don't talk rubbish. [Buddha] It's clear. [Cesar] Is that clear? 
      [Buddha] It's clear, it's clear! [Cesar] Catch him! *** [Charon] What happened now? 
      [Persephone] Buddha tried to 
		strangle the new one. [Charon] We'll go in. [Elisa] How? 
      [Charon] The anesthetizing gas 
		first. [Persephone] That never does any good. [Charon] Any better suggestions? [Elisa] We could test my new protocols. [Persephone] What are they, exactly? 
      [Elisa] Nanotechnology. [Persephone] A DNA patch to solve the mystery of the human psyche, eh? 
      [Elisa] Ah! Liberation through the 
		power of words. 
      [Persephone] Which do you prefer? [Elisa] Neither. We're after efficient and commercial solutions. 
      [Charon] This isn't the time. [Persephone] Without me, then. 
      [Charon] Fine. [Elisa] What if they woke up? 
      [Charon] Couldn't happen. *** 
      [Charon] It's funny. I've never been 
		in here without Persephone before. [Cer] No. Those straps are strong. [Elisa] Fine. 
      ZENYATA DENKI [Charon] Beres, knock him out! 
      [Elisa] Wait. He's calming down. 
      [Buddha] [groan] *** [Elisa] [footsteps] [Persephone] How did the experiment go? [Elisa] As if you didn't know. [Persephone] I saw Buddha reacting very violently to your treatment. 
      [Elisa] A normal defense reaction. [Persephone] And adding sequences doesn't conflict with the existing sequences? 
      [Elisa] That's the risk. [Persephone] Guinea pigs? 
      [Elisa] Those head cases signed a 
		contract with Neurinos. 
      [Persephone] As an expert in human, 
		even criminal, behavior, *** 
      NEURINOS 
      CESAR 
      [Attila] Fuck. 
      SUJET D'ORIGINE INCONNUE 
      What's that? "PERMITTED LOSSES: 100%" [labored breathing] *** [Lazarus] [deep breathing] *** 
      [Persephone] It is said that on the 
		gates of hell is written: "SECOND CIRCLE" [buzzer] [Charon] Am I disturbing you? [Elisa] A bit. 
      [Charon] I wanted to see if you were 
		okay. [Elisa] I'm fine, thanks. [Charon] Tell me, what do you think of Persephone? [Elisa] Just like I imagined. [Charon] Meaning? [Elisa] She's been here too long. She lacks objectivity. 
      [Charon] Yes, perhaps. 
      [Elisa] When I have enough 
		significant data. [Charon] No. Quite the contrary. [Elisa] Goodbye. *** 
      [Attila] Charon, sweetie, are you 
		there? 
      [Charon] So? 
      [Attila] Yeah, probably, but to do 
		so, 
      [Charon] Don't you have it? [Attila] I'd have to be a genius to manage with the gear you've given me. [Charon] Let's see what kind of a genius you are. *** 
      [Cesar] You never keep your 
		promises, Buddha. 
      [Buddha] I know I didn't keep my 
		word. 
      [Cesar] It's too late. No one here 
		wants to die [Buddha] That was before. [Cesar] Before what? [Buddha] Before he cured me. 
      [Cesar] Him? [Raspoutine] I told you, Caesar. He's an angel sent by God. 
      [Cesar] Cured or not, I don't want 
		you starting again. [Moloch] Keep out of this. [Raspoutine] Buddha's cured. 
      [Moloch] Get out of my way. [Cesar] Moloch! *** 
      [Cer] Chief! [Charon] It's incredible. [Cer] Shall I take a blood sample? 
      [Persephone] He was in his death 
		throes. 
      [Elisa] Ridiculous. [Persephone] Moloch's wound disappeared through the new one's intervention. [Elisa] There must be a rational explanation for his recovery. *** [Moloch] I can't kill someone who saved my life. [Cesar] What do you say, Lazarus? 
      [Lazarus] You ask me to waste him, I 
		will. I couldn't care less about him. 
      [Cesar] This Saint George is causing 
		trouble among us. [Lazarus] What is it? 
      [Cesar] It's since the last 
		shakedown. [Lazarus] They'll strangle us in our sleep for revenge. 
      [Cesar] They won't spare us. *** 
      [Raspoutine] Here. [Buddha] I'll fetch you a blanket. [Raspoutine] That's it. I'll keep watch. [Lazarus] What is it? I've never seen you off your food. 
      [Moloch] I don't know. 
      [Lazarus] Enough time wasting. We've 
		got work to do. *** [Charon] Where's Persephone? [Elisa] Living room, I think. 
      [Charon] She likes wasting her time. *** 
      [Raspoutine] Who's there? [Lazarus] That's okay. We'll wait our turn. *** [Elisa] Why can't we see them? [Charon] They're in the blind spot. [Cer] That's not a good sign. *** 
      [Saint Georges] The -- *** [Moloch] Stop it! [Lazarus] This scumbag tried to kill you. [Moloch] Caesar didn't want him dead! [Berus] You should gas them, boss. 
      [Lazarus] Look at this shit. [Saint Georges] [sobbing] 
      [Lazarus] Aah! Aah! [Moloch] Aah! [retreating footsteps] *** "THIRD CIRCLE" *** 
      [Berus] I'm sure I saw him dying. [Cer] He'd lost almost all his blood. [Persephone] This time you can't deny that it was a resurrection. 
      [Elisa] Resurrection or not, I must 
		try new treatments on this man, [Persephone] How do you explain his miraculous cures? [Elisa] Their "miraculous" nature is not proven. [Persephone] You knew, didn't you? [Elisa] What? [Persephone] That he's no ordinary man. [Elisa] He wouldn't be here if he was. 
      [Persephone] Stop acting dumb. [Elisa] What's it to you? You're not concerned by this affair. 
      [Persephone] What will you do with 
		him? Dissect him? [Elisa] You can always resign. 
      [Persephone] I'm in charge of 
		psycho-genetics here. [Elisa] I have an official letter countermanding your authority. [Persephone] Stuff your letter. 
      [Elisa] What do you say, Charon? [Charon] I'm relieving you of your functions. This is official. 
      [Persephone] Do you realize what's 
		at stake here? [Charon] Oh, humanity. 
      [Persephone] They'll commercialize 
		his genetic codes and then eliminate him. 
      [Charon] Sorry, Persephone. I can't. [Persephone] It was all planned in advance. 
      [Charon] Get out. [Persephone] How sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs. [Charon] What does that mean? *** [Attila] You never saw this coming. *** [Charon] Don't be too hard on Persephone. 
      [Elisa] I don't understand. [Berus] The straps! 
      [Charon] Let her go. [Elisa] Charon, do something. 
      [Charon] Be reasonable. [Cer] An emergency. Let's go. [Charon] I've opened the airlock. Let her go now. [Elisa] [slaps Charon] [Charon] What else could I do? [Elisa] Make sure the straps are tight! [Charon] You told me he was dead. We don't usually restrain corpses. *** [Attila] Hi, sweetie. [Charon] There you are. 
      [Attila] Just to tell you we'll soon 
		be crashing into Dante. [Charon] That's nonsense. 
      [Attila] I know what you're playing 
		at, Charon. *** 
      [Cesar] [retching] [Lazarus] Caesar! [Cesar] [screaming] 
      [Lazarus] Can anyone up there hear 
		me? 
      [Cesar] [screaming] [Lazarus] What the fuck are they doing? [Cesar] [loud groaning] [high-pitched buzzing, twittering] SYSTEM LOCKED 
      [Cesar] [gasp] [Lazarus] Get away! [Cesar] What have you done to me? 
      [Saint-Georges] A light. [Cesar] What are you talking about? 
      [Saint-Georges] [screaming] *** [Charon] We need a way out. [Berus] There is one. You have to pilot manually. *** [Saint-Georges] The light ... [Cesar] Where was it coming from, this light? [Saint-Georges] I don't know. ALERTE [buzzer] [alarm blares] [alarm continues] [Lazarus] That alarm means we're all going to die! 
      [Cesar] Calm down, Lazarus. [Lazarus] You can't order me! 
      [Cesar] I'm not. I'm advising you. [Attila] Changed? You can say that again. [Cesar] What? [Attila] You have to keep playing the chief, eh, Caesar? [Cesar] That alarm? [Attila] That was me! Me! I set it off! [Buddha] You'd need the gear. 
      [Attila] I got it off the chief up 
		there to snoop in company files. [Cesar] Get to the point! 
      [Attila] The point? The point? There 
		is no point, Caesar. [Cesar] You're insane. 
      [Attila] Yes. Like all of us. [Cesar] I didn't realize you were this unhinged. 
      [Attila] We're all going to fry! [Attila] I'm dead. Dead, you hear me? [Cesar] Catch him! *** [Elisa] Why not the shuttle I came in? 
      [Charon] It's only for two. [Persephone] It's in the prisoners' area. [Charon] Yes. *** [Buddha] Found him? [Raspoutine] No. [Buddha] That way. [Moloch] Go on! Pull! *** [Buddha] Maybe he was just trying to scare us. 
      [Cesar] Giving Attila a computer? 
		Like giving matches to a pyromaniac. 
      [Buddha] It's time to join those I 
		sent to the other side. 
      [Raspoutine] Wait. There's only one 
		justice. 
      [Lazarus] Fucking bullshit. [Raspoutine] Trust in God. 
      [Lazarus] Fuck God! 
      [Charon] Gentlemen, *** 
      [Charon] She isn't coming, then. 
      [Persephone] Afraid? We should have 
		opened the door ages ago. *** [Charon] I'm Charon, the director of this station. 
      [Moloch] He's the fucking maniac who 
		gave the gear to Attila! 
      [Cesar] That's enough! Shut it! [Charon] The panel is only accessible via the cooling conduits. [Cesar] Go on. 
      [Charon] The trapdoor is in this 
		part. Over there, I think. [coughing] [beep] *** [Elisa] Aah! [Lazarus] Shh! [Elisa] Aah! [Lazarus] Shut up! 
      [Elisa] [heavy breathing] 
      [Lazarus] Shh! [Elisa] You're not -- 
      [Lazarus] No, I'm not asleep. [Elisa] You're hurting me. 
      [Lazarus] You can't give me orders 
		now. [Elisa] The shuttle can get us to safety. [Lazarus] Us? [Elisa] It's meant for two. 
      [Lazarus] You knocked everything out 
		for that. [Elisa] A two-year journey, then you're free. 
      [Lazarus] Two years? *** [Persephone] Wake up. [Charon] Who released the gas? [Persephone] Who do you think? 
      [Charon] Berus, go and check the 
		shuttle. Quick! [beeping] [Moloch] [grunt, scream] [sizzling] [Charon] It's the only way. At most, it's 4 meters. 
      [Cer] It's far too long. *** 
      [Berus] They were in the shuttle. [Cer] We'll soon be joining them. [Cesar] What's down there? 
      [Charon] The piloting cabin. [Cesar] Is it complicated? 
      [Charon] Really simple. 
      [Cesar] You'll never get down there. 
		It's far too narrow. [Charon] Etna D10 [sizzling] [Persephone] Have you thought this through? [Cesar] My brain's not boiled yet. *** 
      [Cesar] Aah! *** 
      [Persephone] Caesar's sacrifice was 
		probably not an innocent one. *** 
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