The Rules of the Game (1939)
Nora Gregor: Christine de la Cheyniest
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Quotes
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Give me my evening lipstick.
Lisette, sa camériste : I don't know where it is.
Christine de la Cheyniest : Oh, yes, you do.
Lisette, sa camériste : I don't like it. Too purple. It doesn't look natural.
Christine de la Cheyniest : What's natural nowadays?
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Christine de la Cheyniest : And your lovers... what do they say to you?
Lisette, sa camériste : Not much.
Christine de la Cheyniest : Do they kiss you?
Lisette, sa camériste : If I let them.
Christine de la Cheyniest : Do they hold your hand?
Lisette, sa camériste : It depends.
Christine de la Cheyniest : And then what?
Lisette, sa camériste : Then what? Same old story: The more you give, the more they want.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Andre's very kind and very decent, but too sincere. Sincere people are such bores.
Geneviève de Marras : It depends what for.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Tell me, Lisette, how long have you been married?
Lisette, sa camériste : Almost two years, Madame.
Christine de la Cheyniest : That's true. How time flies! Are you happy?
Lisette, sa camériste : My husband's no trouble. He's in service at the château and I'm in Paris. With you, Madame, I'm very happy.
Christine de la Cheyniest : Do you have lovers?
Lisette, sa camériste : That's a big word.
Christine de la Cheyniest : Of course, you do.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Telling lies is such a heavy weight to bear.
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Octave : Listen, my dear. You throw yourself around people's necks like a 12-year-old. You can do it with me. You'll always be my little Salzburg girl. But with others it can be - awkward.
Christine de la Cheyniest : So, in Paris, you can't show a man affection without...
Octave : No.
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Octave : So you'll invite him?
Christine de la Cheyniest : I'll invite him. I don't want to be the woman who drove to despair the great hero, the idol of the masses. If his plane crashes, they'll blame it on me. They'll call me a vamp, public enemy, obstacle to progress. They'll talk about "the foreigner." And I hate martyrs.
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Octave : Christine, du bist ein Engel!
Christine de la Cheyniest : An angel?
Octave : A dangerous angel, but an angel nonetheless.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Women should help each other out once in a while.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : I drank too much. I don't know what I'm doing.
Monsieur de St. Aubin : That's good.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Christine, I can't run off with the wife of a host who calls me friend and shakes my hand without an explanation.
André Jurieux : But since we're in love, what difference can it make?
Christine de la Cheyniest : Even so, Christine, there are still rules.
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Lisette, sa camériste : You're not mad at me?
Christine de la Cheyniest : Not at all. It's not our fault if men are all mad.
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Geneviève de Marras : [to Andre] You didn't fly in? I must kiss you. Glad to see you here.
[kiss]
Jackie, nièce de Christine : May I kiss you too?
[kiss]
Madame Charlotte de la Plante : And me? And me?
[kiss]
Christine de la Cheyniest : And me. I'm entitled to.
[kiss]
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Christine de la Cheyniest : What's the matter?
Octave : Nothing. It's just unpleasant to be reminded what a failure I am. A leech! If I didn't have a few tolerant friends, I'd starve to death. But you know how when I was young, I also thought my day would come. The contact with an audience, that's what I wanted to have. It must be an overwhelming feeling. To think that I missed out on it! So I feed myself a lot of nonsense, imagine that it did happen. But it takes a drink.
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Christine de la Cheyniest : Kiss me. On the mouth, like a lover.
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Jackie, nièce de Christine : I can't bear it!
Lisette, sa camériste : Be strong, Miss Jackie. An educated young lady like you has to put on a brave face.
Christine de la Cheyniest : People are watching.