Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder Threat, orders

How can you say that to me ?

Preminger, Mitchum, Simmons
Angel Face (1952)

Categories
Birthday, aging Disappointment

Il savait que c’était mon anniversaire !


Love Happy (1950)

Categories
Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

I’m a cold goddess

Grace Kelly
High Society (1956)

Categories
Disappointment Split ups

I no longer have a daughter


Rohmer
Die Marquise von O (1976)

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Disappointment Surprise, wonder

Lots of women would relish men killing each other over them


Melvillle, Meurisse
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

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Disappointment Refusal

I don’t ask for that much


Melville
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

Categories
Disappointment

Nous pensons trop, nous sentons trop peu


Chaplin
The Great Dictator (1940)

Categories
Disappointment Disgust, dislike

La manie américaine des emballages stériles enlève le goût aux aliments

Dr. Praetorius: Our American mania for sterile packages has removed the flavor from most of our foods


Mankiewicz, Slezak, Grant
People Will Talk (1951)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice Work

L’Amérique n’est pas un pays. C’est un business

America’s not a country, it’s just a business


Dominik, Pitt
Cogan: Killing Them Softly (2012)

Categories
Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

Ce qui m’intéresse, c’est le base-ball

Capra, Brennan, Cooper, Arthur, Arnold
Meet John Doe (1941)

Categories
Disappointment Thank you

Mais merci quand même


Mankiewicz, Grant
People Will Talk (1951)

Categories
Disappointment

There’s no beauty here, only death and decay

Tourneur, Conway, Dee
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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Disappointment

It’s not very nice to lie


Clément, Delon, Ronet
Plein Soleil (1960)

Categories
Disappointment Refusal Wedding, marriage

Mais tu ne veux pas te marier avec moi ?


Zemeckis
Forrest Gump (1994)

Categories
Birthday, aging Disappointment Surprise, wonder

29? That’s middle-aged?


Irresistible (2020)

Categories
Disappointment Pain

I’m not eager to face life again


Malle, Ronet
Le Feu follet (1963)

Categories
Disappointment Love

J’aime toujours qui je ne devrais pas aimer


Minnelli
Tea and Sympathy (1956)

Categories
Disappointment Work

You’re way off


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

Categories
Disappointment

They have no memories, no plans

Ils sont sans souvenirs, sans projets


Marker
La Jetée (1962)

Categories
Boredom Disappointment

Nothing’s changed much


Fassbinder
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)

Categories
Disappointment

Dégonflés, ils ne bougent pas !


Kubrick
Paths of Glory (1957)

Categories
Disappointment Friendship Surprise, wonder Welcome

Tu ne me reconnais pas ?


Scola, Gassman, Manfredi
C’eravamo tanto amati (1974)

Categories
Disappointment Love Split ups

Did he find her? — Not yet


Demy, Darrieux, Dorléac
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)

Categories
Disappointment Excuses, justification Love

When someone loves me too much, I love them less


Rohmer, Ogier
Les Nuits de la pleine lune (1984)

Categories
Disappointment Hope, desire Refusal

She’s ignoring us too intently to not be aware of us


Rohmer
La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)

Categories
Disappointment Invitation, party Refusal

I’m busy tonight. Another time. We cross paths often


Rohmer
La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)

Categories
Disappointment

This highlighter doesn’t work

Il ne marche pas, ce stabilo


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

Categories
Disappointment Sadness

He realized there was no escape from time

Il comprit qu’on ne s’évadait pas du Temps

(autres modèles de lunettes)

Marker
La Jetée (1962)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice

You might at least create the illusion of a smile

Quine, Holden, Audrey Hepburn
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice Love Split ups

Love and run… Everybody happy, nobody gets hurt


Wilder, Cooper, Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon (1957)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice

It’s almost impossible to get a first book published


Truffaut
L’Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)

Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder

A library without books


Truffaut
L’Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)

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Disappointment

A life time isn’t enough with all there is to read, yet they waste their time


Chabrol
Les Cousins (1959)

Categories
Disappointment Happiness, satisfaction Love Sadness

I was happy until you showed up


Truffaut, Depardieu, Ardant
La Femme d’à côté (1981)

Categories
Disappointment Hope, desire

I’ve always thought that I’d be lucky in Paris


Truffaut, Deneuve
La Sirène du Mississipi (1969)

Categories
Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

Le roi me renverrait en Autriche si je lui présentait la facture


Demy
Lady Oscar (1978)

Categories
Disappointment Wedding, marriage

How could you forget our divorce?


Truffaut, Léaud, Jade
L’Amour en fuite (1979)

Categories
Disappointment Sex

If I’d breasts, I’d fondle them all day


Truffaut
Domicile conjugal (1970)

Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder

Hey, they don’t match!


Truffaut, Léaud, Jade
Domicile conjugal (1970)

Categories
Disappointment

I’d have gone to Florence and Athens

Godard, Karina, Belmondo
Pierrot le fou (1965)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Disappointment Inspirational, advice Sadness

I think you’ll feel differently about things when you get in your own house


Borzage, Rogers
Magnificent Doll (1946)

Categories
Disappointment Fear Surprise, wonder Welcome

You’re not really human, are you?

Walsh, Massey
The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Categories
Disappointment

You can’t handle the truth!

 

Reiner, Nicholson
A Few Good Men (1992)

Categories
Disappointment Sadness Toast

It’s hell with women and hell without them


Ingmar Bergman
Le Septième Sceau (1957)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Disappointment Sadness

All along the line, there’s nothing but cold and death and loneliness


Ingmar Bergman
Les Fraises sauvages (1960)

Categories
Disappointment Surprise, wonder

People read about love as one thing


Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman
Spellbound (1948)

Categories
Disappointment Fear Threat, orders

What’s with kids today, huh?


A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Categories
Disappointment Good News Jealousy, envy Sadness Split ups

“L’espace d’un matin”

“Et rose elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses,
L’espace d’un matin.”

Malherbe, “Consolation à M. du Périer sur la mort de sa fille

 


Visconti, Giannini (Malherbe)
L’innocente (1976)

Categories
Disappointment

Notre business ne marche pas fort


Titli, une chronique indienne (2015)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Disappointment Toast Wedding, marriage

Félicitations aux mariés !


Titli, une chronique indienne (2015)