The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Freddie Jones: Colonel Villefort
Quotes
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J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : I am the chief magistrate, an official of the new regime. And I cannot afford to have my own father mixed up in treasonous affairs!
Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : You know... in the end, treason is a matter of dates. And I shall be the patriot, and you the traitor, when the emperor returns.
Valentina Villefort : Stop it. Stop, you old ruin. Those days are over. Napoleon Bonaparte is no longer the emperor of anything. And if you continue to dabble in this lunacy, you run an excellent chance of being arrested and ruining our entire family, all because of your idiotic sympathies.
Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : Well, at least I have sympathies.
J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : For God's sake, Father, all Valentina is saying is that as a family, our fates are intertwined. Surely you can see that.
Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : See? Ah! I'm an old ruin. I don't see as well as I did.
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Count of Monte Cristo : Your father was a loyal supporter of Napoleon, wasn't he? Possibly involved in plotting Napoleon's escape from Elba.
Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : [flashback] The emperor arrives soon!
Count of Monte Cristo : An inconvenient parent for an ambitious civil servant like yourself. But then he died suddenly, and opportunely murdered, again some sixteen years ago.
Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : [flashback] The emperor Napoleon.
[he's shot in the back]
Count of Monte Cristo : The murderer never apprehended. How hard did you look for them?
J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : You have no proof, no witnesses. You just have theories. J-Just conjectures.
Count of Monte Cristo : On the contrary. I have Count Mondego.
Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : [flashback; Fernand reveals himself] Young Mondego. Why?
Fernand : Because your son lacked the courage.