Perused a few folklore anthologies,
I've known exactly four vampires in my life,
Sent about 20 of us over to a place called Copenhagen.
- Your books are bullshit. - There's a vampire been here.
A woman vampire.
We're gonna find others like us.
[♪ gentle orchestral music]
[♪ music intensifies]
[♪ music fades]
It was healing, just as Claudia and I were healing.
[speaks in French] "Confiance en vaut plusieurs
What you said is, "Trust is worth several
A little rust on the mother tongue.
Lotta rust. And I'm looking for francs and diamonds.
[Armand] It's custom and practice
for traveling vampires to make themselves known
Right, because there wasn't any racism
I was just grateful knowing no one wanted to lynch me
or direct me to the far end of the café counter.
in an inconspicuous apartment in Le Neuvieme,
Literally encircled by curious and money-hungry motivations.
- We used the sewers for that. - Mm-hm.
- or "preparez-toi a mourir". - Custom and practice.
[Louis] A true Parisian vampire is a prideful monster.
A theater called Theatre Des Vampires.
[both] A company that had been in existence for 150 years!
The male hunted to please her, the girl suffered
The American vampires appeared to be as dull and plain
as their tourists and soldiers were.
[Armand] Vampires with hobbies! Insanity!
I hadn't come to that conclusion yet.
[♪ jazz music reaches a crescendo]
Or someone realizing they forgot to do something
What brought you here? Is it coming together random?
You listen to their thoughts. You know what's coming.
Is the coming together random, choreographed?
I'm just trying to get through nights, sis.
I'm the reticent vampire of the Ninth Arrondissement.
as only the reticent vampire can.
with your too delusional "left bank dilettante" vibe.
- It's Alice, Louis, not Claudia. - Excuse me?
[man complaining in French]
[people complaining in French]
in an empty shop, denying my only potential customer.
Real Rashid. Just in time for the big "meet cute".
What weirdness have you brought us today?
- It reduces dexterity. - It's just Rashid.
Who are the young men? Vampires?
so I was not surprised to find him without the girl.
of the ways rogue vampires were dealt with in Paris.
What were the first words of the ancient vampire
[♪ poignant classical music]
[Armand] Come.
You are most welcome.
Found us!
from their velvet-heeled arrival,
the Americans were finally coming to Pigalle.
[Louis] The house was only half full.
[Armand] We had become amusingly passé
amongst the theater community
[Armand] They were all the same to us.
[Louis] But we were there for vampires
and we felt their numbers in the charged air.
[French man] Places! Projections! Music!
- Welcome! - [♪ playful piano music]
And the excretion of pathetic desires.
that masks a birth and a rebirth of what is...
we here at Theatre Des Vampires,
Have you repressions that need airing?
Oh, you've come to the right place.
Bloodlust?!
- [laughter] - But seriously, mes amis,
being vampires, and by nature superior to you mortals,
then we here at Theatre Des Vampires,
[cheering, whistling and applause]
[hush descends]
complicit...
[murmuring, nervous laughter]
And I welcome you...
even as you disgust me!
[♪ playful piano music]
[cheering and applause]
[♪ slow piano music]
Why does the Master have us tend to the prized,
The effect was wondrous.
[Armand] The modern cinema had an enormous influence
on the faces of our actors lent a romantic air
to their performances.
[Louis] The plays were weird.
and all from our 150 year repertoire.
[Louis] They were weird!
And it was the first time in Paris
I had seen a smile or a laugh come out of her
But what was truly confusing that first night
The fake vampire teeth,
[♪ gentle piano music]
These people are vampires!
True vampires!
- Call my husband! - I'll call him for you, baby.
[suspenseful drumbeat]
Your husband?
whose flesh has run in every direction from his mustache,
- [Santiago shushes] - [Annika crying]
It must...
Unconscious death is the fate of all mortals.
We are conscious death, Annika.
[♪ tense music]
[vampires shrieking]
[whooping and applause]
[uncertain applause]
[cheering and applause]
but we only became a theater company
Ah! Do I hear French from the lips of an English company?
Ah, better, better. If you desire to seduce on stage
you must live it off stage! Thank you.
And that is why several Toulousian G's
Otherwise very committed tonight, Madame.
- Merci. - That goes for the entire company.
Very committed tonight! Bravo! Brava!
Even as they wipe their greasepaint,
waiting for you to humble us with your appearance.
[man] Bonsoir!
The Theatre Des Vampires.
Eglee, front of house. Romaine, stage management, props.
Quang here refused the dark gift until he could be on stage.
My son is rebellious.
Landing us our core acting company.
Gustave, Celeste, Estelle and Santiago.
Do American vampiresses all wear pastels?
Claudia is the only American vampiress,
And are all American vampires
Eglee here does star charts for us all.
We met him on the road just outside of...
He threw himself into a fire in front of us.
it seems you've missed the vein and drawn air instead.
[Armand] Ah! With us in spirit always.
[♪ ominous music]
Should have seen that coming. Did not see that one coming.
- You must understand... - Oh, I understand.
In a community as small as ours,
perhaps more common than you would think.
and saw that Theresa's dead husband was Roberto.
I mean, come on! Lestat's painting on the wall!
- You both fucked Lestat?! - A hundred plus years apart.
- They were not compatible. - He tasted like vermouth
just not in the way you think it is, Daniel.
Best lies got some truth to 'em.
And that's the only other vampire I knew.
- One of us would have to tell them. - Or think it!
in the frame, but there they were inviting us back,
- five minutes later. - To kill us.
And right after that I invaded their thoughts,
tight because I wanna go back, Louis.
drained her right in front of their dumb faces?
past your fear of being exposed. Vampire pride.
Those Frenchies love being vampires.
And they shamed us because we never felt that way
Fourteen hapless vampires being led by a vampire
What else is there to be scared of? Other than your own lust?
- Oh, you felt my lust? - Armand?
[Louis] The coven had lifted Claudia's spirits
I needed confirmation of his death,
and then I remembered his frequent money wires
came from a law firm with an address in the Marais,
A townhouse on Royal Street...
when we processed several wires for him, uh,
I have no confirmation of his actual death,
between us, it is confirmation enough
you are the only being I trust,
It's a haunting memory Louis just shared with you.
What a comfort, your ability to continue
Alice is in her third trimester.
Just at the right moment to surprise her.
I'll ask for a third time.
She wanted to say yes, but she didn't trust you.
[Louis] They invited us for a hunt.
rounding roundabouts with ravenous intent.
it's merely a taste, an amuse-bouche.
Be one with us.
[Louis] Where are you taking us?
[Armand] As far as our petrol will take us.
Whilst their countrymen clutch ration cards,
Give us the layout, would you, love?
Fourteen rooms. Nineteen guests plus their hosts.
Thirteen men, eight women.
Small firearms in the library bureau.
You coming?
[indistinct chatter, distant music plays]
Don't know about that. Cautious maybe.
Us.
- [vampire] Yes! My word, yes! - Mmm.
You must work harder on that.
[vampire] Merci!
Because I do believe I felt some trepidation
and quite unforgiving when lied to.
That sort of enquiry can open all sorts of trouble.
[Santiago] Come on, people, come on!
[in French] Je vous aime tous! J'adore être une vampire!
as he basically lulls them into their death.
I'm the reticent vampire of the night
O'Byrne: And then they get to meet these vampires.
Claudia is someone that needs community.
Louis is someone that needs to know that community is there,
Welcome to "The Displacement of Reason".
What sold Prague to us as a shooting location for Paris
we walked into looking for the vampire theater.
And almost immediately, I just saw
It's just spectacular.
That was a key factor that brought us to Prague,
where there's a theater company
was just too exciting to pass up,
We here at Teatres de Vampires
it's like a breath of fresh air.
It's like this new mischievous energy that comes into the show.
just living her best life, eating people.
[Cheers and applause]
of everybody in the vampire theater.
Let her speak, sir.
I'd like to point out, also, just a little aside,
that the woman who plays Annika, the first victim we see,
is actually our director's assistant.
It was very upsetting to see because it was like all of her
in her entirety.
"Where are the stairs to the stage?
Johnson: It was just so funny to be working
and later the rest of the company.
and just so theatrical and so brilliant.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Anderson: There's, like, 14 vampires now on the show.
into this whole world of vampires.
but also just, like, a very funny,
when it comes to how to deal with the fact
that there are now two vampires instead of one.
but she didn't trust you.
Armand has to preserve their relationship
and their history together.
It becomes a battle of wits.
have this wonderful flirtation.
That might have been one of the best days of my life.
it was just adults playing.
You coming?
direction in this is that when we got in the mansion,
it was like, "You're vampires. Go have fun.
- Be vampires." - [Shouting]
and vintage noir romance happening in the foreground.
Just, like, all this madness happening behind him.
You must work harder on that.
I was like... just jumping.
Assad just managed to, like...
just very focused and didn't flinch.
Us.