Madame Rosa's hundredth birthday
- Lupin, are you coming with us?
- The court has left, we can fool around.
- No, I'm fine. Versailles isn't the same without Belfort.
- He'll be back.
- Humans leave every year at this time. It's like their bird migration.
But in a month, they'll be back with Belfort.
A month without you, that's gonna be a long time, buddy.
But, didn't you go to Fontainebleau?
- Louis, my master, has abandoned me!
- Impossible, you're the king's dog. He'd never abandon you.
- Then why aren't I in Fontainebleau with him?
- With the whole court everywhere, it was a mess.
Bazire must have forgotten you.
- It's true that he seemed overwhelmed. You're right.
- Don't worry.
He won't find you and he'll come back for you. In the meantime,
let's have some fun.
- Right paw or left paw ?
Tell us mister Delima,
What would be the most elegant thing?
We want to live up to Madame Rosa's centenary celebrations.
- I'm not invited. That's just as well, I don't like birthdays.
- Not a feather should stick out.
We have to be impeccable at Madame Rosa's party.
Oh, I can't wait!
- So am I. She's been talking about it for so long.
- Please help me! I've got to hide.
- Hide?
But why, Mrs Rosa?
- Because I'm 100 years old today.
- Wow! Respect. We'll have to celebrate.
- That's just it, I don't have any plans.
- How do you forget your birthday?
- I miscalculated.
I thought I'd be 99 years old today.
But I'm not! I'm 100, a century old.
And it's too late to plan
the party I promised my friends.
- Come on, it's not that bad.
- It's a big deal! I'll be forgotten.
What will my friends think?
I won't dare appear before them again, ever!
The only solution.., is to disappear forever.
Farewell, cruel world!
- Let's relax.
We'll help you organize your party.
- Yes, you can count on us, don't worry.
- Be aware that my party needs to be extraordinary,
breathtaking, mind-blowing and...
One of a kind.
- Well, it will be.
With the court being away for a month,
it's the ideal moment, you have the entire park at your disposal.
- Belfort, you haven't left? - No.
- He'll be able to celebrate Madame Rosa's birthday.
- Awesome! Where it the party? - What are we bringing?
- Oh, you're kidding.
You're not invited.
Only the noble animals from the castle
and the Royal Menagerie.
- Well, since you put it that way, get your coat Marcus, we're leaving.
- I'm a wolf, I'm not a noble animal either.
I'm not invited?
- Of course you're invited. Isn't that right, Mrs Rosa?
- Since your friend is helping us, I'll add him to the guest list.
- That's just great!
For the party, let's have an animal screaming contest.
- Oh, no!
This is Versailles.
- Yes, it is.
We need to draw inspiration from the
grandiose celebrations given by Louis, my master.
They include a refined buffet, elegant music, fireworks.
- Ah? Ugh! But I thought we were talking about a party.
- It will be a party.
But a party that will be exactly like the king's!
Doing it exactly the same will be difficult.
- Belfort, I'm playing my reputation, don't forget.
- Of course. We'll do do our best.
- To organize, we're going to need some help.
- Yes. We'll need reinforcements!
- We can help you.
- And we'll be guests, like Lupin.
- You can help. And if I'm satisfied with your services,
perhaps you'll be invited.
- Artus and Marcus, take care of the music.
- CHIEF, YES, CHIEF!
- Lupin, you...
- Chief, yes, chief?
- You'll take care of the Fireworks.
- What? Oh no, that's dangerous.
- I can't have a centennial without fireworks.
Exactly. Mrs Rosa and I will set up the buffet here.
Well, everyone knows what to do. Let's get to work!
- CHIEF, YES, CHIEF!
- This complicates things,
the cooks have taken away all the provisions.
There's nothing
left for our buffet.
- Why don't we serve peanuts?
There's a bag at the menagerie.
- Excellent idea, Lupin! Uh, sorry, Madame Rosa.
This thing is heavier than an elephant.
It's going to take a while.
- You call that music?
Let's get back to it, and this time with a little more spirit.
- Marcel, you weren't in rhythm.
Who, me? No!
- The other Marcel.
- Me? - You mean me?
- You're going to sing in front of the the very best of the royal Menagerie.
Here we go again. 1, 2, 3, 4 !
- Oh, Belfort. - Yes?
- Could you go alone?
I can't face my guests.
- Of course.
- How repulsive.
- This lout spits everywhere.
- Yes, everywhere.
It's disgusting!
I'd wash his beak. - With soap.
And all this for whom?
For the snobbiest elephant!
"If I am satisfied with your services..."
She better invite Artus and Marcus.
Mrs. Rosa!
We're preparing a stellar musical repertoire.
- A mix of baroque jazzy electropop.
- You've got to be kidding!
A turkey choir, how vulgar!
I won't have it.
I want an orchestra with cellos and harpsichord.
Real music.
Don't expect to be invited with your cheap chorus.
- I'll arrange it.
Keep rehearsing.
Louis, my master, sometimes organizes parties without music but with games,
croquet, for example.
- Croquet?
Oh yes, I love croquet!
This will be perfect.
All rise! Find a croquet set, and fast!
- A croquet set? But we don't have one.
- All you have to do is make one.
It's not that complicated.
- Artus, Marcus,
Madame Rosa is asking a lot of you.
But it's about celebrating her birthday.
Could you try to make one?
- NO CHIEF, YES CHIEF!
- Thank you very much, you're true friends.
- CHIEF, YES, CHIEF!
- Please, be more pleasant.
Our friends want to help you.
- Yes, Belfort, you're right, but I'm so stressed!
- Mrs Rosa, you're eating the buffet.
Right, sorry.
But I'm really stressed.
- Mrs Rosa!
- Glad to see you again.
- Senor Dospastis De Nada?
Belfort, may I present
my dear friend from the Portuguese court.
What brings you here? - Your 100th birthday.
That's the topic on all the lips over there.
And that's why I came.
- This is a nightmare.
- Uh, nice to see you.
- And an honor to have you here.
Please wait with the animals in the menagerie until everything is ready.
- My pleasure.
- If my party is not prodigious,
I'll be the laughing stock of my friends in Versailles
and Portugal.
- Your party will be ruined if you keep eating the whole buffet.
Let's go pick some oranges from the orangery.
My master always serves them at his parties, because he loves them.
- Oh, yes, he does!
Let's do everything exactly as the king does.
Here we go. It's perfect.
Just like my master's buffets.
I can't take it anymore.
For her 200th birthday, don't count on me.
- It's about time.
- Mrs Rosa, look!
The croquet set is installed.
- We helped a lot, didn't we? So, are we invited?
- Hey, if they're not invited,
I'm throwing the fireworks into the Grand Canal.
- Oh, very well.
They are invited.
Artus, Marcus!
You're invited.
Everything is ready, dear friend.
Tell your guests to come in.
- Oh, no!
My party's over before it's even started.
Now all I have to do is to leave Versailles.
Goodbye, cruel world.
- There's no one in the castle.
Let's celebrate in the Hall of Mirrors, away from the rain.
- The Hall of Mirrors?
Oh, yes! It'll be very stylish.
At last, I'm going to discover the interior of the castle.
- Not so fast, wait for us!
What a wonderful place!
- Oh, the buffet!
- Wonderful!
It's perfect for my reception.
Dear guests!
We'll be celebrating my birthday in the Hall of Mirrors.
- How wonderful.
- Very stylish.
- Oh, I can't wait!
- When's the aperitif?
- Oh, the fireworks
are in the rain.
Lupin, go and get it. - Oh no.
It's too heavy. And it's still raining.
- Lupin's right. The rockets are wet.
They won't work anymore.
- Oh, no fireworks.
What a disgrace! What a nightmare!
- We don't need fireworks to have fun.
Let's have a sliding contest. Come on, I'll show you.
- Belfort!
Where are you, my dog?
Is anyone in the castle?
- It's Bazire.
- Can't you see? He's come back for you.
- Yes he has, but it's a bad time.
Madame Rosa's party is about to start.
Oh, if he sees Madame Rosa?
- The party would be a bust.
Unless we can get Bazire out, the time of the party.
- Yes, we can. I've got the solution.
Belfort, there you are.
Belfort, come back! We've got to get back to the King.
Belfort, come back here!
A ghost!
Oh no!
Belfort, there you are at last.
A good dog.
Oh no, it's a painting...
Mom, the castle's haunted!
He's heading for the Hall of Mirrors. We've got to get there before he does.
Follow me.
Madam Rosa!
Quickly, hide!
- Hide? Why should I hide?
- Belfort! Where are you hiding?
- Well, that's that. Bazire isn't a problem anymore.
Now, we can have our party.
- The chandelier!
No, Mrs Rosa, be careful!
Watch out!
- It's a disaster.
- Where's the buffet? I'm starving.
- Is this the right address?
- Yes. There's no orchestra, so we won't be able to dance.
- Nothing to drink?
After my long trip, I can't even eat.
- This party's
badly planned.
- Let's get out of here.
- Where's Madam Rosa?
- Honestly, it sucks.
There's no atmosphere.
- Mrs Rosa, where are you?
- No, my friends, stay!
- In this gloomy cave?
You call this the Hall of Mirrors?
It's more like a cave, at the bottom of a cavern.
In short, you can't see a thing.
- Of course!
We need to turn on the lights.
Artus, Marcus, turn on the chandeliers.
CHIEF, YES, CHIEF!
- Hey! You're going to miss it.
- What the hell was that?
- Your fireworks.
- Take cover! Take cover!
No, Lupin. There's nothing to fear. Look.
- So cute!
- Beautiful. - Mrs Rosa has seen the big picture.
Thank you, Mrs Rosa.
That was an an incredible reception.
- Bravo! - Oh yes, bravo!
- You really brought the house down.
Big party.
- In short, it was the party of the century!
I can't wait to tell the Portuguese court about this memorable reception.
Goodbye
- Belfort, Lupin, oh, thank you so much!
Without you, well, oh, it was all over. I'm off to bed.
Oh, what emotions!
We did it.
We make a great team to organize birthdays
or parties, as you say. - You're right.
And royal parties aren't that bad after all.
Oh, Belfort, it's you.
I thought I saw an elephant!
I dreamt there was an elephant in the Hall of Mirrors.
Oh my. My eyesight is... Enough chit-chat.
Off to Fontainebleau.
The King misses you terribly.
Get on!
- See you soon, my dear Lupin.
- See you soon! I'll be here when you get back.
- I hate goodbyes.
- You were right.
Versailles without Belfort just isn't the same.
- In the days of Louis XIV,
Versailles had spectacular festivities, that lasted several days.
One of the most important, the "Plaisirs de l'Ile enchantée" festival,
lasted three days. Three days of banqueting, music,
dancing, horse racing and fireworks.
During the festival, Molière's play "Tartuffe" was performed for the first time.
In those days, the court moved from castle to castle, as the seasons changed.
Festivals punctuated the king's travels.
And when the court wasn't living at Versailles,
employees were on hand to clean up until the next party.
The castle is still a place of festivities, music, dance
giving us a glimpse into the festivities of the Sun King's time.