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Love

Women! What can you say? Who made ’em?

Pacino
Scent of a Woman (1992)

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Congratulations, compliments Love

I’d say that you were a perfect combination of imperfections

Price
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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Stress, worry Wedding, marriage

You’ll miss her when she marries

Auteuil, Merad
La Fille du puisatier (2011)

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Happiness, satisfaction

She isn’t a daughter, she’s a treasure from the Good Lord

Auteuil
La Fille du puisatier (2011)

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Birthday, aging Disappointment

I think it’s very unfair that women should age

Godard, Subor, Karina
Le Petit Soldat (1960)

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Friendship

It wasn’t passion, but instant friendship

Sautet, Béard
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)

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Friendship Threat, orders

A Friend

Melville
Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953)

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Friendship Threat, orders

A Friend

Melville
Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953)

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Disappointment

C’est tout ?

Is that all?

Laughton
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Surprise, wonder Work

Professeur ? — Six ans, mais c’est une autre histoire

Irma la Douce (1963)

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Condolences, consolation Love Sadness

He used to be a big shot

Walsh, Cagney, George
The Roaring Twenties (1939)

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Excuses, justification Jealousy, envy Work

So? — I’m working for us

Aurel, Deneuve
Manon 70 (1968)

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Disappointment Work

Some people work 40 years for their life of leisure…

Il y a des gens qui travaillent quarante ans pour se reposer ensuite et quand il tiennent enfin le repos, ils ne savent pas qu’en faire et ils meurent

Rohmer, Bauchau
La Collectionneuse (1967)

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Disappointment Work

Work only buys a way to forget work

Le travail n’achète que l’oubli du travail

Marker
Le Joli Mai (1963)

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Friendship Loneliness Love

You love your plant, don’t you? — It’s my best friend

Besson, Reno
Léon (1994)

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Love

A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb

Wilson, Aniston
Marley and Me (2008)

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Good News Inspirational, advice Love

C’est l’amour qui a gagné

But wait a minute! Hot dog! Love’s a-winning. Yes, sirree. It’s Love that won.

Laughton, Mitchum
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Disappointment Love Refusal Sex Surprise, wonder

Ce n’est pas de l’amour

Wilder, Lemmon
Irma la Douce (1963)

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Love Sex

L’amour est illégal, mais pas la haine

Wilder
Irma la Douce (1963)

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Love

Do you fall in love often?

Godard, Léaud
Masculin féminin (1966)

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Disappointment

Half of these gook whores are officers in the Viet Cong

(Gook : “derogatory term for certain people of East and Southeast Asian descent”)

Kubrick
Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Disgust, dislike

Harry hates everybody: limeys, micks, hebes, dagos, niggers, honkies, chinks

Anglais, Irlandais, juifs, Italiens, nègres, blancs, Chinois

Siegel, Eastwood
Dirty Harry (1971)

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Disgust, dislike Refusal

Your vulgarity revolts me!

Melville, Gréco
Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953)

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Disappointment Love

He doesn’t think about you. If he did, he would write

Demy, Deneuve
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)

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Friendship Goodbyes

Je t’écrirai. — Parfait

Potter, Astaire, Meredith
Second Chorus (1940)

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Disappointment Stress, worry

Incommunicado!

Fleischer, O’Brien
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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Congratulations, compliments Disappointment Inspirational, advice Jealousy, envy Sex Valentine

That’s the kind of girl to make you wish you spoke a little French

Lynch
Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me (1992)

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Goodbyes Inspirational, advice Love

Won’t you ever learn not to look back?

Cocteau, Blin
Orphée (1950)

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Love Valentine

You have me under your spell since the moment I met you

Clair, March, Lake
I Married a Witch (1942)

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Love Valentine

You have me under your spell

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

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Disappointment

Some Sundays start well and end badly

Lelouch
Un homme et une femme (1966)

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Invitation, party Love

8:00… the usual place

Antonioni, Vitti, Delon
L’eclisse (1962)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Invitation, party Refusal

Will I see you tonight? — I never make plans that far ahead

Curtiz, Bogart
Casablanca (1942)

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Boredom Goodbyes

I’m going to get out of tis town

Siodmak
The Killers (1956)

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Boredom Refusal

I’m tired of staying in

More baths

Antonioni, Moreau
La notte (1961)

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Condolences, consolation Disappointment Good News

You’ll travel the world. You’ll sing and dance

Fellini, Masina
La strada (1966)

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Surprise, wonder

Trip? Where to?

Fleischer, Boyd, O’Brien
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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Happiness, satisfaction Love Sex

We eat spaghetti and we make love

Dassin, Mercouri
Never on Sunday (1960)

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Goodbyes Sadness

We’ll never see each other again

“Nous ne nous reverrons plus”

Juliette Gréco (7 février 1927 – 23 septembre 2020)

Melville, Gréco
Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953)

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Disappointment Surprise, wonder

Pas du tout ce que j’escomptais

“Not in all what I intended”

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 juillet 1938 – 10 septembre 2020)

Game of Thrones (2017)

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Condolences, consolation Sadness

I need a real vacation

Rohmer
Le Rayon vert (1986)

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Surprise, wonder Work

Tu te moques de l’argent

You don’t care about the money

Hill, Adjani
The Driver (1978)

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Disappointment Split ups

You really don’t care if I’m interested in you?

Godard, Karina, Belmondo
Une femme est une femme (1961)

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Refusal Stress, worry

We can’t tell

Resnais
Je t’aime, je t’aime (1968)

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Happiness, satisfaction Stress, worry Surprise, wonder

I don’t know what to say

Fleischer, Boyd, Pleasence
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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Happiness, satisfaction

I don’t know. I don’t consider happiness a goal

Rouch, Morin
Chronique d’un été (1961)

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Love Valentine

How do you know it’s love if you’ve never been in love before?

Besson, Reno
Léon (1994)

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Love

Do we know why we love someone? If he says “come”, I come

Bresso
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)

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Condolences, consolation Disappointment

Yeah… Well… That’s the way it crumbles… Cookie-wise

Wilder, Lemmon
The Apartment (1960)

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Jealousy, envy Love

Are you jealous? — I would be if I were in love

Allégret, Gélin, Bardot
En effeuillant la marguerite (1956)