Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.

[T]he merry old ways of good life have gone to the dogs—upon my carcase, they have!

Rene Merle, the PCF's leading theorist on Occitan, pointed to Francitan as the real speech of the Midi.

These guys literally tear into the house lurching toward the children with their arms maniacally in front of them — a pants-shittingly scary Night of the Living Dead reprisal that was not only hysterically antigovernment in its portrayal, but really not appropriate for any kind of movie marketed to children.