La Cage aux Folles (1978)

Ugo Tognazzi: Renato Baldi

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• Albin Mougeotte : He's being taken from us, and we won't have any others.

  Renato Baldi : Unless there's a miracle.

• Simon Charrier : Your son, Mr. Baldi, how many mothers has he got?

  Renato Baldi : Would you repeat the question, please?

  Simon Charrier : I'm asking you how many mothers your son has got.

• Renato Baldi : Poor Mme. Charrier is holding our lord in her arms.

• Albin Mougeotte : [talking to the doctor]  So, you boil down the sauce in the copper frying pan, be careful to take a copper frying pan, I always say to my friends you take a copper frying pan, or else.

  Renato Baldi : So, do you die or do you cook?

• Albin Mougeotte : [Realising what Renato just told him]  You... you're not serious?

  Renato Baldi : Some girl he met at the University. Had to happen one day.

  Albin Mougeotte : With a girl? How awful! Poor little thing, that's not possible, he's... too young. He's gonna ruin his life.

  Renato Baldi : I told him, of course I did, to no avail. He thinks he's gonna be happy, and maybe he will. There's nothing we can do.

  Albin Mougeotte : You know, at first it hurts. I wasn't expecting this and it's hard. I was fine and now suddenly I... just a squeaky stomach I guess, this will pass... That girl, what a bitch!

  Laurent Baldi : [Entering the room and smiling]  I guess you just told him!

• Renato Baldi : Try to walk like John Wayne.

  Albin Mougeotte : The cowboy?

  Renato Baldi : Yes. John Wayne gets down from the horse. He goes toward the saloon. He opens the doors and zap! Try it.

  Albin Mougeotte : I have to be John Wayne?

  Renato Baldi : Yes.

  Albin Mougeotte : Here I go.

  [Albin walks] 

  Renato Baldi : That's John Wayne's daughter!

• Jacob : Don't go away! Don't leave us!

  Albin Mougeotte : Don't cry, Jacob.

  Renato Baldi : What is this? "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"

• Petunia : Can I see you for a second Renato?

  Renato Baldi : No, it's late and I have to see somebody, see, you all need to leave me alone!

  Petunia : [Crying] 

  Renato Baldi : What is it? What is it? Petunia, what now?

  Petunia : I'm expecting.

  Renato Baldi : I'm sorry?

  Petunia : I'm expecting!

  Renato Baldi : You got your wife pregnant again?

  Petunia : Yes.

  Renato Baldi : But it's the seventh!

  Petunia : Yes!

• Renato Baldi : Everything's fine. I raise a boy for 20 years - my son. Then a girl comes and steals him. A whore. A whore. Yes, a whore.

  Laurent Baldi : Dad.

  Renato Baldi : Sorry.

  Renato Baldi : [Stands up]  Listen to me carefully, son. If you marry this girl, you're not coming back here. I'm not giving you money anymore, and I'll never see you again. Your choice.

  Laurent Baldi : [Comes closer and offers his hand]  Goodbye Dad.

  Renato Baldi : [Taken aback, starts to shake hand, then changes his mind]  Huh, come here you little idiot! There, let's celebrate this disaster!

• Mercedes : I can't depend on Madam's moods. She only cares about being in bed with you.

  Renato Baldi : How dare you! As of tomorrow you dress like a man!

  Mercedes : No, no, no. Not like a man! Forgive me!

  Renato Baldi : What is said is said, Henry.

  Mercedes : Henry?

  Renato Baldi : Yes, Henry.

• Renato Baldi : Jacob! I told you not to prance about the house naked.

  Jacob : You don't like it?

  Renato Baldi : No!

  Jacob : Why don't you let me dance? Look at me. What do others have that I don't?

  Renato Baldi : You have something more, even if it's of no use to you.

• Renato Baldi : Let's have a toast for this catastrophe.

• Renato Baldi : This coffee really stinks. You French make shitty coffee.

  Jacob : I've been called black, I've been called queer, but French, never!

• Simone Deblon : How handsome you were! I'd never seen such a body.

  Renato Baldi : Now, don't embarrass me.

  Simone Deblon : Remember how afraid you were?

  Renato Baldi : I almost had a heart attack. I walk in the room and find a woman in my bed!

  Simone Deblon : I got in by giving the doorman a tip. 50 franc in those days.

  Renato Baldi : I was completely drunk. And when I saw you in bed nude, I said to myself, "Let's try it." You have to try everything in life, right? So much had been said about it - that I gave in.

  Simone Deblon : How long did the two of us last?

  Renato Baldi : I can tell you exactly. From 2:30 to 3:45. Two times.

• Renato Baldi : Concentrate on your character - the psychological interpretation. You're a handsome foreigner strolling down Broadway - with a manly gait. Suddenly, you're in front of this beautiful woman. You look at each other - fascinated. You send forth a sexual call - with the pelvis. Like this.

• Simone Deblon : [putting her hand down Renato's shirt]  What's all this hair? You didn't have any when I met you.

  Renato Baldi : I shaved it for the stage.

  Simone Deblon : He shaved it so I never got to enjoy it.

  Renato Baldi : Careful, Simone. Careful.

• Simon Charrier : I can always tell right away who I'm dealing with. I'm pleased to say, I feel good with a man like you.

  Renato Baldi : Thank you.

  Louise Charrier : You've seduced my husband, Mr. Baldi. I rarely hear him give so many compliments.