Querelle (1982)

Brad Davis: Querelle

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• Querelle : I'm no fairy!

• Lysiane : I'm very satisfied. You have a solid, heavy, massive prick. Not elegant, but strong. And so different from Robert's.

  Querelle : Different how?

  Lysiane : Your prick has more character.

• Lysiane : A penny for your thoughts, Querelle.

  Querelle : I acknowledge the existence of authority in Mario. I note his objective gestures. Objectivity is the companion of total power. It holds sway over unchallengeable moral authority. It's a perfect social organization.

• Nono : Okay, you know the rules of the game. If you win, Lysiane is yours. If I win, you're mine. Twenty-nine.

  Querelle : Twenty-five.

  Nono : You lose.

• Lysiane : You know, I've dreamt a lot about your prick lately.

  Querelle : Yeah? Was it nicer in your dreams?

  Lysiane : No.

• Querelle : Do you know who you've been longing for? Your husband's boyfriend. His piece of ass!

• Querelle : That cop is covered with jewels. I've got my jewels, but I don't show 'em off.

• Querelle : I just did it for the first time. It's different than I thought.

• Roger Bataille : My name's Roger. Roger Bataille.

  Querelle : Thanks, Roger. Roger Bataille.

• Querelle : He never fights. He's too chicken for that. He's just a big queen.

• Gil : I'll never forget you.

  Querelle : You say that now. Life happens fast. You've already forgotten me.

• Lysiane : You haven't even got a decent hard-on. It doesn't stay up forever.

  Querelle : Buy yourself a rubber one.

• Querelle : You're a pal. All the others are assholes, but you're a pal. Whatever you want from me, it's yours.

• Querelle : I'm on the brink of a shame from which no man ever rises. But only in that shame will I find my everlasting peace. I am so weak. I've been conquered. Totally conquered. And my thoughts are sad. I have feelings of autumn, soilings, fine mortal wounds in me.

• Lysiane : [as they dance]  A penny for your thoughts, Querelle.

  Querelle : I acknowledge the existence of authority in Mario. I note his objective gestures. Objectivity is the companion of total power. It holds sway over unchallengeable moral authority. It's a perfect social organization.

  [He stops dancing and walks away]