Fellini Satyricon (1969)

Antonia Pietrosi: Wife of Ephesus

Quotes 

• Soldier at Tomb : They've stolen the hanged man! While I was with you, the thief's family took him away! I know what punishment I'll get... a horrible death. Why should I wait for it? I'd rather die by my own hands.

  [pulls his sword out and is about to stab himself] 

  Wife of Ephesus : [stops him]  No! No, my dear... To lose the two men in my life, one after the other, would be too much...

  Wife of Ephesus : [looks at the corpse of her husband]  Better to hang a dead husband than to lose a living lover.

  [the couple replace the missing hanged corpse with the corpse of her husband]