Fanny (1961)

Maurice Chevalier: Panisse

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Quotes 

• Marius : [angrily insulting Panisse]  Lecher!

  Panisse : What?

  Marius : Eunuch!

  Fanny : Oh, Marius, be consistent. He can't be both.

  Marius : Debaucher of young girls!

• Panisse : It's not dying I mind. It's giving up life that annoys me.

• Honorine : [Panisse wants to marry Fanny]  She is forty years younger than you!

  Panisse : That is not my fault. I admit I am no spring chicken, but I also admit that I have six hundred thousand francs.

  Honorine : My poor Panisse...

• Fanny : Oh, Panisse, how good you are. I would work like a slave to make you happy. I would be a servant to you.

  Panisse : I'm not asking you to be my servant. I'm asking you to be my wife.

  Fanny : I accept you, Panisse.

• Panisse : Oh, Fanny! Fanny, we'll give him - everything!

  Fanny : But if it's a girl?

  Panisse : We'll give her - almost everything.

• Panisse : Your son is a lout! And with or without your permission I would kick him in the behind!

• Panisse : Such a pretty hand.

  Fanny : Papa Panisse. You have already praised my hand.

  Panisse : Your right hand. I am now referring to your left hand.

  [pets Fanny's hand] 

  Panisse : Oh, so delicate. What an agreeable sample of what the rest of you must be like.

  Fanny : Oh, ho, ho. Panisse!

• Panisse : Dawn's breaking, Cesar. The day and my child are being born at the same time. The beautifulest morning. Cesario will arrive to the sound of bells!

• Panisse : Why don't you ask me for my eyes, my heart, my liver, my spleen?

• Fanny : Not only quantity but quality.

  Panisse : How understanding you are for a young girl.

• Honorine : You mean, it's not me you want? It's Fanny? Oh! Um, well, she's 40 years younger than you.

  Panisse : Well, yes, but that is not my fault. Oh, I admit, um, I am no spring chicken. But I also admit that, uh, I have 600,000 francs.

  Honorine : My poor Panisse. Nightgowns have *no* pockets. I'm speaking for your own good. Have you ever thought about what sometimes happens when an old man marries a young girl? And you would be worse off than the usual deceived husband, because Fanny will tell you.

  Panisse : But if I don't ask her, she won't have to tell me.

• Fanny : Panisse and I are going to be married.

  Cesar : I don't believe it.

  Panisse : I believe it.

  Cesar : It's your mother! Your mother loves Panisse's money. And she has sold you like a - like a little African slave!