The Woman Next Door (1981)
Gérard Depardieu: Bernard
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Quotes
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Bernard : No more sex in the garden. No, no, no, no. No, no, no. It's for the best. My butt ends up on the grass and I always catch a cold. I hate that. No more!
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Arlette : That's our new neighbor?
Bernard : Yes. He'll move in next week.
Arlette : With his wife?
Bernard : He might not be married.
Arlette : I saw his ring.
Bernard : Then we'll have two new neighbors. Which reminds me, we'll have to be careful. No more making love in the garden.
Arlette : We just have to be quiet.
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Madame Odile Jouve : My prosthesis is quite a hit. A guy followed me for ages the other day. I crossed the street, changed directions, when he finally approached me. I couldn't get rid of him. He was a fetishist.
Bernard : I'm not surprised. I saw a film like that. There's a woman who's afraid of being held in a man's arms. She couldn't stand it. Not at all. To please her, a guy cuts his arms off.
Madame Odile Jouve : Both of them?
Bernard : I guess. Or maybe one. Anyway, he did it for love.
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Bernard : Yes, I lied. Yes, I said I was at work. I don't usually lie, you know.
Madame Odile Jouve : You were pretty convincing. I can blackmail you now! Come on. Buy my silence with a bourbon.
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Bernard : I like to take it slow. I need to get used to things. You know how it is: we invite them, then they invite us, and then...
Madame Odile Jouve : A vicious cycle!
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Madame Odile Jouve : It was a long time ago. It'll be 20 years next year. It was during the Algerian putsch. I can tell you the truth now, 'cause I like you. I didn't fall. I threw myself out the window like a sack of linen.
Bernard : You don't say. That takes courage.
Madame Odile Jouve : Don't be silly. It wasn't brave, just desperate. Madly in love and desperate. He left for New Caledonia and dumped me. Like an idiot, I still hoped. Then I heard he'd gotten married. So, Geronimo!
Bernard : What did he say when he found out?
Madame Odile Jouve : I made sure he never did. It's much better that way.
Bernard : Yes. That's true. Men don't like to hear things like that.
Madame Odile Jouve : They're right. I'd say that my story was tragic, but not fatal. Like Edith Piaf, I don't regret a thing. Not one thing.
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Bernard : He's kind of laid-back, cool as a cucumber.
Madame Odile Jouve : And her?
Bernard : I don't know. She's kind of gloomy. One of those really complicated women, you know?
Madame Odile Jouve : Never met one of those.
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Bernard : I regret hurting you as much as I regret being hurt by you.
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Bernard : Your radio works now. I'm glad you're interested in the news, what's happening in the world.
Mathilde : No. I only listen to songs. They tell the truth. The dumber they are, the truer they are. They aren't really dumb. What do they say? They say: "Don't leave me." "Losing you breaks my heart." "I'm like an empty house without you." "I'd follow you anywhere." Or even, "Without love, we are nothing."
Bernard : Well, Mathilde, I have to go now.