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Disappointment Excuses, justification Love Valentine

“I love you” is such an inadequate way of saying I love you


Bernhardt, Crawford
Possessed (1947)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Surprise, wonder

Il faut croire que je ne plais pas aux chats


Tourneur, Simone Simon
Cat People (1942)

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Excuses, justification Love

Nothing happened between us when I was your teacher


Rohmer
Conte d’automne (1998)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I’ve been just a big sentimental fool. It’s a tendency I have


Rapper, Davis
Now, Voyager (1942)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Love

Men who expect women to be logical are failures in love


Lubitsch, Dietrich
Angel (1937)

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Excuses, justification

Do you act like an animal when you eat salad ?

King, Jones
The Song of Bernadette (1943)

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Excuses, justification Sex

A pretty little Christian girl, not dangerous to anyone…


DeMille, Colbert, Laughton
The Sign of the Cross (1932)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Tu n’as pas l’air bien désolée


Milestone, Janis Wilson,  Judith Anderson
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

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Excuses, justification

Parce qu’on n’est pas maître des choses, dans la vie


Hitchcock, Kelly, Cummings
Dial M for Murder (1954)

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Excuses, justification

Ces explosions de ma part sont inexcusables


Hitchcock, Laughton
Jamaica Inn (1939)

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Excuses, justification Hope, desire

Comprenez-vous ?


Hitchcock, Clift, Baxter
I Confess (1953)

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Excuses, justification

J’ai changé. Vous aussi


Hitchcock, Clift, Baxter
I Confess (1953)

Categories
Excuses, justification Invitation, party

I wanted to be alone with you


Truffaut, Moreau, Claude Rich
La Mariée était en noir (1968)

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Excuses, justification

Sans femme, on n’aurait pas besoin de boutons !


What would you men do if there were no women around to sew buttons on? – Fritz Lang
Human Desire (1954)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Disappointment Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Sadness

We can’t change the past


The Way Back (2020)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Wedding, marriage

Non, je suis marié…


Lubitsch, Chevalier, MacDonald
One Hour with You (1944)

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Excuses, justification Stress, worry Surprise, wonder

Une fille peut-elle tuer et oublier son crime ?

Do you think it’s possible for a girl to kill a man and not remember?


Lang, Baxter
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Categories
Excuses, justification Get well soon, health

Je soigne un rhume

I’m fighting a cold.


Lang
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Excuses, justification

Excusez ma mauvaise humeur


Lang, Baxter
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Excuses, justification Work

Ça fait vendre les journaux

Sudden death sells papers, son.


Lang, Conte
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Excuses, justification

Je ne saurai jamais manger ça

There’s a trick to eating one of these things but I’ve never learned it.


Lang, Baxter, Conte
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Excuses, justification

And I’ve been completely cleared


Wilder, Dietrich
A Foreign Affair (1948)

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Disappointment Disgust, dislike Excuses, justification Surprise, wonder

Il s’est ratatiné

It shrunk!
It’s big enough for two.

 


Lang, Baxter
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Excuses, justification

La Corée, c’est loin !


Lang, Baxter, Burr, Sothern
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Work

I’d drop a guy for a film. I’d never drop a film for a guy!

Truffaut, Baye
La Nuit américaine (1973)

Categories
Excuses, justification Get well soon, health

The situation is difficult, not me


Godard, Léaud
Détective (1985)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Work

Je suis un publiciste, pas une chèvre


Hitchcock, Grant
North by Northwest (1959)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

Je ne veux pas les décevoir en me faisant tuer


Hitchcock, Grant
North by Northwest (1959)

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Excuses, justification Work

Bien sûr, il vaut meiux rester dans sa spécialité, mais…


Huston
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

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Excuses, justification

Je ne regrette rien


Hitchcock, Lockwood
The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Categories
Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

J’ai peu de vertu. J’ai mal agi


Huston, Bogart, Astor
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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Excuses, justification Fear

Paris is so big


Les Enfants du paradis (1945)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal Welcome

I should welcome you in our family joyously


There’s Always Tomorrow (1955)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

C’est l’Amérique


The Last Tycoon (1976)

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Excuses, justification

Ça ne me perturbe pas


Spectre (2015)

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Excuses, justification Work

J’avais des vacances en retard


Spectre (2015)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

Mais je vais vous casser la figure. Désolé


Lubitsch, Boyer, Lawford
Cluny Brown (1946)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

If you don’t mind, miss, where I come from, it’s the man who does the picking

Litvak, Stanwyck, Lancaster
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

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Excuses, justification

Please… your dictionaries will disturb me!


Renoir, Gabin, Fresnay
La Grande Illusion (1937)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Welcome

I’m sorry to see you here

Renoir, Gabin, Fresnay, Stroheim
La Grande Illusion (1937)

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Excuses, justification Love Sadness

I’ve seen too much. I’m damaged goods

 

Carné, Gabin, Morgan
Le Quai des brumes (1938)

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Excuses, justification Hope, desire Inspirational, advice Love

You can trust me. I’m not so bad

 

Carné, Gabin, Morgan
Le Quai des brumes (1938)

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Excuses, justification

Alors, excuse-moi


Scorsese, De Niro
Mean Streets (1973)

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Excuses, justification Get well soon, health Good News

J’ai pas de problème, je vais très bien

Johnny Boy: Hey, there ain’t nothin’ wrong with me my friend, I’m feelin’ fine.


Scorsese, De Niro
Mean Streets (1973)

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Excuses, justification

A tennis court is for tennis

A quoi sert un terrain de golf ? A jouer au golf. Un court de tennis ? A jouer au tennis. Eh bien ! Un camp de prisonnier, ça sert à s’évader…

 

Renoir, Gabin
La Grande Illusion (1937)

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Excuses, justification

A pot lid. — And binoculars


Battle Royale (2000)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Excuses, justification

Ça devait arriver


Kubrick, Mason, Winters
Lolita (1961)

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Excuses, justification

We just wanna take part


Le Grand Bain (2018)

Categories
Excuses, justification Happiness, satisfaction

It’s your misfortune and none of my own


Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Categories
Excuses, justification Refusal

Je ne ferais jamais ça


Frankenheimer, Lancaster
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)