Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Henri Poirier: Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard
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Quotes
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Gerard Lenz : What do you envisage?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : Towers, ramparts, severed heads.
Gerard Lenz : Why?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : To give the audience the illusion.
Gerard Lenz : But theater is not illusion, it's reality.
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Gerard Lenz : You're all in exile. Do you feel at home? Doesn't this corruption disgust you? The time draws nigh. I don't want to stay to the end.
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : One must always take one's bow.
Gerard Lenz : To boos? No, thanks. I'd rather slip out before the tomatoes.
Theater actor : Rotten ones.
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Gerard Lenz : And what are your thoughts?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : The usual: comfort, good whiskey.
Theater actor : Beautiful girls.
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : Obviously. Well, what more do you want?
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Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : How about your thoughts?
Gerard Lenz : I was thinking about Philip, for a change. How it felt to be exiled. It's very stupid. I feel more and more like an exile myself.
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[last lines]
Anne Goupil : What will you do now?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : Continue. We must. Stage 'Pericles.' Are you with us?
Anne Goupil : What for?
Jean-Val - L'assistant de Gérard : Is this wind westerly?