La Bête Humaine (1938)
Jean Gabin: Jacques Lantier
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Quotes
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Jacques Lantier : Pecqueux, I have to tell you something. Don't say a word and don't move. I killed her. That's right, I killed her. It's all over. I'll never see her again. It'll be the death of me, I know it. I couldn't bear to hold her anymore. I loved her, you know? I loved her little hands most of all. But there's one thing I don't get: why haven't they arrested me?
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Jacques Lantier : I can't go on. I can't go on.
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[first lines]
Jacques Lantier : Did you feel that?
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Pecqueux : What's for lunch?
Jacques Lantier : Sardines and cassoulet. Want some?
Pecqueux : No, that canned food rots the gut. Get a wife, my friend.
Jacques Lantier : I'm already married to Lison. She's good enough for me.
Pecqueux : That's right. I forgot. You're married to a locomotive.
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Pecqueux : Philomène is going to be happy.
Jacques Lantier : That's right, your number two girl. Sauvagnat's sister.
Pecqueux : Just don't tell him that. He still thinks she's a nice girl.
Jacques Lantier : And what will your wife do?
Pecqueux : Victoire? Queen of the nice girls.
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Jacques Lantier : I can't believe how you've changed. You're a big girl now.
Flore : You've changed too. Now you look at me like the others do. I don't like that.
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Flore : What got into you?
Jacques Lantier : Oh, I don't know. I didn't even know what I was doing.
Flore : Is that part of your illness?
Jacques Lantier : Yes. Did your mother tell you about it?
Flore : Yes.
Jacques Lantier : Yes, that's it. It's like this haze fills my head and twists everything out of shape. I start feeling like a mad dog. I never drink, mind you. Even a drop and I go crazy. I feel like I'm paying for all those fathers and grandfathers who drank. All those generations of drunkards who poisoned my blood and saddled me with this madness. It's a terrible thing.
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Jacques Lantier : Cabuche, how are things?
Cabuche : Not bad. Did you see the Misards?
Jacques Lantier : Yes. Where are you going?
Cabuche : Le Havre. After a month in the old burg, it's time to see the city again.
Jacques Lantier : Have a good time.
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Jacques Lantier : Do you know Mrs. Roubaud, the stationmaster's wife?
Pecqueux : Séverine?
Jacques Lantier : Is that her name?
Pecqueux : Her mother and my wife were friends. They worked together at the Grandmorin mansion. Why? Did you see her somewhere?
Jacques Lantier : She was on the train just now.
Pecqueux : An elegant woman. Well-educated. Not my type, but definitely pretty.
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Séverine Roubaud : Lison is such a funny name for a train.
Jacques Lantier : You can't call someone you love by a number.
Séverine Roubaud : May I get on?
Jacques Lantier : You'll get all dirty.
Séverine Roubaud : Who cares?
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Séverine Roubaud : So you're in love with a locomotive.
Jacques Lantier : We've been through so much.
Séverine Roubaud : Really?
Jacques Lantier : Yes. On the line we see it all.
Séverine Roubaud : Even when you're flying by.
Jacques Lantier : Of course. You get to watch the changing seasons. The leaves uncurling in the spring and drifting to the ground in autumn. The rabbits in the fields with their little ears sticking up. They watch us go by. They know we'd never harm them.
Séverine Roubaud : That's funny. When I travel, I never notice a thing.
Jacques Lantier : Perhaps you don't know how to look.
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Jacques Lantier : Your past is your business.
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Séverine Roubaud : Is something wrong? Tell me.
Jacques Lantier : It's all in my head. Waves of grief. I get so miserable I can't even speak.
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Séverine Roubaud : There he is.
Jacques Lantier : Where? I don't see him.
Séverine Roubaud : He's coming around the shed. He's coming towards us. I see his shadow on the wall.
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Séverine Roubaud : Shall we dance?
Jacques Lantier : No.
Séverine Roubaud : Then I'll be going.
Jacques Lantier : Why? There are others to dance. Like Dauvergne.
Séverine Roubaud : No. Tonight I only want to dance with you.
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Jacques Lantier : You'll forget the past and we'll be happy. Every night I dream we're together, far away. I go to work. We have a little home together. Every evening you're waiting for me at the door and I take you in my arms and hold you tight. We love each other like no two people ever have before. They'll leave us alone and we'll put the past behind us.