WEBVTT 00:00:00.842 --> 00:00:02.743 (Voiceover) 16th September, at dawn, 00:00:02.743 --> 00:00:04.391 In the land of Bouchonnois 00:00:04.391 --> 00:00:06.460 It's the hunting season opening. 00:00:07.055 --> 00:00:10.018 Not any hunting: The Greylag Shelgouse hunting. 00:00:10.018 --> 00:00:11.851 A real passion for these men... 00:00:11.851 --> 00:00:14.107 that we were following during 24h. 00:00:14.107 --> 00:00:16.363 (Dédé) I wouln't have hit you, c'mon! 00:00:16.363 --> 00:00:18.610 - Hi ! - Hi! 00:00:18.610 --> 00:00:19.858 - Everyhting's OK, Dédé? - Hey Robert! 00:00:19.858 --> 00:00:21.106 - Hi Dédé! What's up? 00:00:21.106 --> 00:00:22.356 - hi Bebert 00:00:22.356 --> 00:00:23.845 Still cheated? (Laughs) 00:00:24.415 --> 00:00:26.961 (Gérard) For sure, hunting is an art... 00:00:27.011 --> 00:00:29.755 For others it's painting, music,... 00:00:29.755 --> 00:00:32.299 For us it's hunting. It's an art. 00:00:32.299 --> 00:00:35.894 It should be said, the Greylag Shelgouse hunting... 00:00:35.894 --> 00:00:39.016 It's typical from the Bouchonnois. 00:00:39.016 --> 00:00:41.461 Bouchonnois is not big, but it's Bouchonnois... 00:00:41.461 --> 00:00:44.442 You have Pitibon-sur-Sauldre, 00:00:44.442 --> 00:00:46.762 And Arriège, then also Corville. 00:00:46.762 --> 00:00:49.852 Wait Dédé, Corville is closer to Marais-sur-Saonais. 00:00:49.852 --> 00:00:51.643 Of course not! 00:00:51.653 --> 00:00:53.854 My grandmother comes from Corville. She's from Bouchonnois. 00:00:53.854 --> 00:00:55.297 Though, well, ok, in short, 00:00:55.297 --> 00:00:57.078 The Shelgouse hunting, it's from Bouchonnois. - For sure. 00:00:57.078 --> 00:00:58.409 The rest is something else. 00:01:02.729 --> 00:01:05.160 Well, yeah, somehow... 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:06.948 Hunting is a communion with nature, yes. 00:01:06.948 --> 00:01:08.702 It's an encounter with Lady Nature... 00:01:08.702 --> 00:01:13.637 As soon dawn-casts-silver-shafts-of- light through-scarfs-of-mist... 00:01:13.637 --> 00:01:16.129 (Interviewer) Must you have a poet soul to be a hunter? 00:01:16.129 --> 00:01:17.687 Shit, yes! That's essential! - F... yes! 00:01:17.687 --> 00:01:19.155 You should be a poet... 00:01:19.445 --> 00:01:21.578 Listen! It's a Hood Plover 00:01:21.578 --> 00:01:24.489 A little bird, good to gobble up. Listen, it's "carbling"... 00:01:24.489 --> 00:01:26.737 No, that's a Grumpy Lapwing. 00:01:26.737 --> 00:01:28.128 A Ggrumpy Lapwing? Are you kidding? 00:01:28.138 --> 00:01:31.268 - But listen, it isn't carbling, it's wackling! - Of course not! I say it's a Hood Plover... 00:01:31.268 --> 00:01:35.572 No, it's a Grumpy Lapwing! OK, let's say maybe a Billdaw... 00:01:35.683 --> 00:01:38.376 Mmm well no. It's Gérard... 00:01:38.376 --> 00:01:41.142 I would say hunting, it's a spirit of friendship, 00:01:41.142 --> 00:01:43.294 It's fraternity in effort 00:01:43.294 --> 00:01:45.859 - ... against hardness of Lady Nature. - Exactly. 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:48.424 - Yes, that's it, more or less. - Pals, camaraderie, ... 00:01:48.424 --> 00:01:50.370 - Yeah. - It's about the pals. yes. 00:01:50.370 --> 00:01:52.940 (Voiceover) 11h. Still empty-handed. 00:01:52.940 --> 00:01:55.280 Or "empty-balled" like they say in Bouchonnois. 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:57.354 I say: If I see one of these bitches... I will kick its ass! 00:01:57.364 --> 00:01:58.629 OK guys, let's go. 00:01:58.629 --> 00:02:00.253 Because, yes, it's late. 00:02:00.253 --> 00:02:04.677 - OK, let's go - Yeah. Other things to play at. 00:02:05.347 --> 00:02:06.792 (Interviewer) And the risks? 00:02:06.792 --> 00:02:08.457 You told me about your dog, Lolita... 00:02:08.957 --> 00:02:12.781 Oh well yes, that's the stupid incident... 00:02:12.781 --> 00:02:15.091 I thought it was a Greylag Shelgouse, well, I shoot 00:02:15.091 --> 00:02:16.110 Well, so... 00:02:16.430 --> 00:02:18.279 It was ma dog. 00:02:18.279 --> 00:02:19.840 It was Lolita. 00:02:20.370 --> 00:02:23.216 (Interviewer) Hmm yes but with humans? 00:02:23.246 --> 00:02:25.927 Ah, well, also... 00:02:25.927 --> 00:02:28.504 4-5 months ago, I was with my kid... 00:02:28.504 --> 00:02:31.399 I shoot: I thought it was a Greylag Shelgouse 00:02:31.399 --> 00:02:32.784 Well... 00:02:32.784 --> 00:02:34.736 So it was Billy. 00:02:35.326 --> 00:02:37.748 So, the stupid incident. 00:02:39.108 --> 00:02:40.519 But above all, 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:42.713 A dog as Lolita, 00:02:42.713 --> 00:02:45.514 Well, for sure, I won't find one twice. 00:02:45.694 --> 00:02:50.631 (Bird call sound) 00:02:50.631 --> 00:02:55.702 (Another one) 00:02:57.792 --> 00:02:59.273 (Yet another one) 00:02:59.503 --> 00:03:00.445 (Interviewer) Finally, 00:03:00.445 --> 00:03:02.030 What's the difference between a good 00:03:02.030 --> 00:03:03.790 and a bad hunter? 00:03:03.790 --> 00:03:05.020 (Laughs) 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:07.931 Ah! I was expecting that one! 00:03:07.931 --> 00:03:09.303 No, well, the bad hunter... 00:03:09.303 --> 00:03:11.398 It's the guy, he has a riffle, 00:03:11.398 --> 00:03:12.873 He sees something moving, 00:03:12.873 --> 00:03:15.589 And he shoots. He shoots. 00:03:15.589 --> 00:03:17.095 (Interviewer) Hmm. And the good hunter? 00:03:17.095 --> 00:03:19.356 The good hunter, 00:03:19.356 --> 00:03:21.299 It's a guy, He has a riffle. 00:03:21.299 --> 00:03:23.868 He sees something moving 00:03:23.868 --> 00:03:24.807 He shoots; but, well... 00:03:24.977 --> 00:03:26.530 It's not the same! 00:03:26.530 --> 00:03:28.396 Yes! you have the good hunter and the bad hunter. 00:03:28.396 --> 00:03:31.120 - There's the meat collector and the non-meat collector... - Yes, he cares. 00:03:32.594 --> 00:03:36.858 OK, You have the bad hunter: he sees something, he shoots! He shoots! 00:03:37.098 --> 00:03:38.622 The good hunder, he sees somethings... 00:03:40.082 --> 00:03:41.631 Ok, he shoots but, well... 00:03:41.631 --> 00:03:42.940 He's a good hunter, you see! 00:03:42.940 --> 00:03:43.482 Yeah, of course. 00:03:43.482 --> 00:03:45.203 Exactly. It's different. 00:03:46.583 --> 00:03:48.336 You cannot be confused. 00:03:48.336 --> 00:03:50.069 There's the bad hunter: 00:03:50.069 --> 00:03:53.312 It's a dude, he sees a thing, he shoots. - Indeed. - Exactly. 00:03:53.312 --> 00:03:55.165 You recognise them! 00:03:55.785 --> 00:03:59.390 And the good hunter, he sees a thing: he shoots... 00:03:59.390 --> 00:04:01.848 But well, It's a good hunter! 00:04:01.848 --> 00:04:04.588 I mean, it's not... 00:04:04.588 --> 00:04:07.454 - Anyway those are dumb ass' questions. -You have to explain that to people, 00:04:07.454 --> 00:04:09.857 Otherwise they won't make the difference. 00:04:10.347 --> 00:04:12.575 (Voice-over) 13h. Our friends, poets of hunting, 00:04:12.575 --> 00:04:14.887 ...are still "empty-balled". 00:04:14.887 --> 00:04:17.173 They haven't seen any single bird. 00:04:17.173 --> 00:04:21.260 Or, "Birdewee" as it is said in Bouchonnois. 00:04:21.260 --> 00:04:23.447 Shit! F...! 00:04:23.447 --> 00:04:26.702 (Interviewer) Where are the good spots for Greylag Shelgouses? 00:04:26.702 --> 00:04:29.261 (Laughs) 00:04:29.351 --> 00:04:30.899 A guy from Bouchonnois will never tell you 00:04:30.909 --> 00:04:33.210 where to find Greylag Shelgouses! 00:04:34.380 --> 00:04:38.680 - Where? -Where? -Where? -Where? 00:04:40.124 --> 00:04:42.184 No, That was nothing. That was nothing. 00:04:45.073 --> 00:04:47.505 (Voiceover) 15h. They decide to organise 00:04:47.505 --> 00:04:50.035 a release of Greylag Shelgouses. 00:04:51.002 --> 00:04:53.552 Where do we put them? There? 00:04:53.868 --> 00:04:55.765 Yes, put-it there. 00:04:55.765 --> 00:04:57.221 OK, I thought about it... 00:04:57.221 --> 00:05:00.401 - Bebert, you stay here, You release them. - OK 00:05:00.401 --> 00:05:01.654 Gerard, go on the other side, 00:05:01.654 --> 00:05:03.054 and I go there. - OK -OK 00:05:03.710 --> 00:05:05.649 (Voice in Talki-walkie) Dédé, do you copy? 00:05:05.649 --> 00:05:07.309 Yes, 5/5. 00:05:07.309 --> 00:05:09.868 I wait Bebert do the release. 00:05:10.201 --> 00:05:12.953 Good. Carefull, I am just in front of you. 00:05:13.248 --> 00:05:16.005 Don't hide too much otherwise I won't see you 00:05:16.005 --> 00:05:18.266 OK I am here, look: Hou Hou! 00:05:18.276 --> 00:05:20.219 Ready Bebert, Let's go! 00:05:22.629 --> 00:05:23.990 Go! 00:05:23.990 --> 00:05:25.538 OK! 00:05:25.538 --> 00:05:28.854 Good! Good! (gunshots) 00:05:28.984 --> 00:05:31.660 Care! The second one! here it is! 00:05:31.660 --> 00:05:35.429 - Shit! I am running out of bullets! - Shit! I missed it! Shit! 00:05:35.461 --> 00:05:36.276 Where? Where? (gunshots) 00:05:36.276 --> 00:05:37.384 There! Gérard! 00:05:37.384 --> 00:05:38.590 Here! 00:05:38.590 --> 00:05:39.808 Shit! 00:05:41.118 --> 00:05:45.477 (gunshots and machine gun shots) 00:05:46.187 --> 00:05:47.247 Bitch! 00:05:48.292 --> 00:05:52.797 Ok, OK, it's OK now... 00:05:52.797 --> 00:05:55.947 Careful! Careful! 00:05:55.949 --> 00:05:58.829 - No, it's good now. - It's OK. It's dead, now. 00:06:00.835 --> 00:06:02.543 - Waow, That's a beautiful one! 00:06:02.543 --> 00:06:04.199 Hell! We got it! 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:05.978 Good. Let's go. 00:06:05.978 --> 00:06:08.285 (Voice-over) The Bouchonnois slowly falls asleep 00:06:08.285 --> 00:06:12.675 In the distance sound the melodic voices of grateful hunters 00:06:13.033 --> 00:06:16.529 (Smutty song) 00:06:16.529 --> 00:06:20.559 00:06:21.007 --> 00:06:24.907 00:06:25.474 --> 00:06:29.834