That Night in Varennes (1982)

Caterina Boratto: Madame Faustine

Quotes 

• Madame Faustine : He's a great writer. Nicolas-Edmé Restif de la Bretonne.

  Prostitute with green stockings : Yes, madame, but does that mean I have to do something special?

  Madame Faustine : Just do what you always do. Intellectuals or blacksmiths, in a bed, they're all the same. But intellectuals talk more!

• Madame Faustine : Come on up. I could introduce someone to you.

  Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne : No, it's too late. Tonight I've got printing to do.

  Madame Faustine : Must be urgent if you don't have time to sing a lullaby to a lovely young thing whose tiny feet are encased in green satin mules with pink heels.

• Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne : I often think the most unpardonable of all my mistakes was to not accept your marriage proposal.

  Madame Faustine : You still remember? We were both so young. My business was starting to boom. I could have provided you with money and you would have always had new girls.

  Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne : I have always preferred you to your girls. You know that.