The Bitter Stems (1956)

Carlos Cores: Alfredo Gasper

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Quotes 

• Andreani : You make him infallible. You have an old passion; the need to obey.

  Alfredo Gaspar : Passion to obey?

  Andreani : To be a subordinate.

• Liudas : You have to forget the bad things. Do you like to forget?

  Alfredo Gaspar : You can't always.

  Liudas : You have to learn to forget, or nothing's okay.

• Alfredo Gaspar : I got into journalism expecting a life of adventure. To visit many countries, to talk to heads of state, to write about the customs of unknown people, to be a man of the books - of the novels. To be a hero.

• Susana : Are you bored with me?

  Alfredo Gaspar : No, why?

  Susana : You are serious, sad.

  Alfredo Gaspar : It's not that, Susana. It's my problem. Sometimes I think my life is worthless. I don't do anything important. I'm 32 and I haven't found anything worth working for. Something or somebody. I can't keep on like this for much longer. You understand, Susana?

  [Susana yawns] 

• Esther : Do you like my new hairdo?

  Alfredo Gaspar : It makes you look like a femme fatale.

  Esther : Dirty old man.

  [sticks out her tongue] 

• Alfredo Gaspar : You only get rich by swindling, destroying.

• Liudas : I'm going to bring my wife and my two kids.

  Alfredo Gaspar : You didn't tell me you had a family.

  Liudas : We had to talk about more important things.

• Alfredo Gaspar : You must be careful with that kind of woman. They are always lying - especially to young boys like you.