The Lovers (1958)
Alain Cuny: Henri Tournier
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Quotes
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Jeanne Tournier : Hello, darling.
Henri Tournier : Why so affectionate?
Jeanne Tournier : Affectionate? I'm just being myself. Am I disturbing you? I always do, don't I?
Henri Tournier : "Always" is a woman's word. Did you have fun in Paris?
Jeanne Tournier : "Fun" is a man's word.
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Jeanne Tournier : You've no idea how important one's hairstyle is in Paris. It can be sleek or windswept, but it must be stylish. It's the hair that makes the dress chic. Thanks to hairstyling, you recognize...
Henri Tournier : Who?
Jeanne Tournier : Everyone. American women, Swedish women, Parisians, provincials - everybody.
Henri Tournier : There's some truth in that.
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Henri Tournier : To me Maggy means phony chic, phony society, phony Paris, phony everything. Even her dog's phony.
Jeanne Tournier : You're being nasty.
Henri Tournier : Not at all. I'm very fond of her.
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Henri Tournier : You look sad.
Jeanne Tournier : Me? I'm not sad.
Henri Tournier : Why aren't you sad?
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Raoul Florès : I was in Russia as a tourist.
Henri Tournier : Then you saw nothing.
Raoul Florès : I found Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy...
Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy : Raoul has friends everywhere.
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Jeanne Tournier : Aren't you going fishing?
Henri Tournier : No, I thought I'd stay with you.
Jeanne Tournier : He's making a great sacrifice. He adores fishing.
Raoul Florès : I once did too, before polo lured me from the joys of nature.
Henri Tournier : I admire you for playing that croquet on horseback.
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Jeanne Tournier : Maggy knows these things. She says if you're not a great beauty, you must have a look.
Henri Tournier : Why do you need a look? You have a husband.
Jeanne Tournier : Who hardly notices me.
Henri Tournier : If that's so, for whom do you wish to have a look?
Jeanne Tournier : No one. For myself. To be fashionable. It's my right.
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Henri Tournier : Could you be up by 4:00 am?
Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy : In Paris I go to bed at 5:00. It'll be a change, getting up when I normally go to bed.
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Henri Tournier : Will you join us?
Bernard Dubois-Lambert : Oh, no.
Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy : He only likes birds.
Henri Tournier : Ornithology?
Bernard Dubois-Lambert : Archeology.
Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy : Same thing.
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Henri Tournier : There are cigarettes here and whiskey there. Play all the records you like. Make yourself at home.