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Disappointment

Je n’ai jamais décidé de rien. Mes parents décident de tout.

Daves, Glenn Ford
Jubal (1956)

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Excuses, justification

I know. I’ve had a lot of complaints about it from my parents

Leisen, MacMurray
Hands Across the Table (1935)
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Disappointment

J’aurais dû écouter ma mère à Baltimore

Sturges, Garner, Robards
Hour of the Gun (1967)
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Goodbyes

Au revoir, maman. Au revoir à tous

De Sica, Belmondo
La ciociara (1960)
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Birth, Pregnancy

Aimez-vous les familles nombreuses ?

Hitchcock
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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Inspirational, advice Refusal

Tu es sûrement trop jeune pour comprendre

Mizoguchi
L’Intendant Sansho (1954)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

You can never tell. On my last case, I had to throw my brother out of a plane

Reiner, Martin
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)

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Birthday, aging Disappointment Inspirational, advice

Et ce qui aide un homme à vieillir, c’est d’avoir une fille…

Cukor
The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Oui, une traînée. À qui la faute ? À mon père

Green, Stanwyck
Baby Face (1933)

Et tu es le pire de tous. Je te haïrai toute ma vie

Green, Stanwyck
Baby Face (1933)

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Excuses, justification

L’alphabet, c’était une idée de papa pour nous reconnaître

Donen, Keel, Powell
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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Welcome

Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank et Gideon

Donen, Keel, Powell
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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Get well soon, health Inspirational, advice Love Pain

Papa disait : “La rougeole et ça, ça n’arrive qu’une fois…”

Pa’ used to say : “Love is kind of like the measles : you only get it once ; the older you are the tougher it goes. “

Donen, Keel
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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Inspirational, advice

I always felt like a book is a friend that does what no friend can do…

… stay quiet when you wanna think.

Reiner, Freeman
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

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Birthday, aging Disappointment

Une fille dévouée donne à son père l’illusion de la jeunesse

Cukor, Hepburn
The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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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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Wedding, marriage

After all, when a man’s only daughter is getting married…

Minnelli, Tracy, Taylor
Father of the Bride (1950)

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Jealousy, envy

J’ai prouvé que j’étais deux fois meilleur que toi

Parrish, Cassavetes, Robert Taylor
Saddle the Wind (1958)

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Uncategorized

Phone?

Boorman
Deliverance (1972)

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Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice

Que sera, sera

Whatever will be, will be

The future’s not ours, to see

Hitchcock, Day
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

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Threat, orders

Remember, the snake pit is one of the quicker deaths that awaits your daughter

Lee
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)

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Uncategorized

Mommy, I’m very hungry

Bunuel
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)

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Inspirational, advice

My grandmother used to say: To make God laugh, tell Him your plans

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Iñárritu
Amores perros (2000)

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Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

Ma mère dit que toutes les filles n’en veulent qu’à mon argent

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Potter, Goddard
Second Chorus (1940)

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Inspirational, advice Love Shame, guilt

Tell you what, you don’t tell your folks and I won’t tell mine

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Wyler, Peck, Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday (1953)

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Toast

Top of the world, son

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Walsh, Cagney
White Heat (1949)

I am your mother!

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The Babadook (2014)

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Happiness, satisfaction

Hi, Mom, what do you think?

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Scorsese
Goodfellas (1990)

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Good News Happiness, satisfaction Toast Work

Made it, Ma!

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Walsh, Cagney
White Heat (1949)

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Stress, worry

Ma sœur nous rend visite et on meurt de trouille

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Haskin, Kennedy
Too Late for Tears (1949)

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Birth, Pregnancy Stress, worry

T’es sûr d’être qualifié pour t’occuper de ce bébé ?

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The Hangover (2009)

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Birth, Pregnancy

This is not a human child

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Donner
The Omen (1976)

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Birth, Pregnancy Disappointment

The advent of twin sons to the Duke was a terrible blow

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Price
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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Inspirational, advice Jealousy, envy

I don’t want you two boys fighting. It ain’t right for two brothers

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Wellman, Cagney, Bogart
The Public Enemy (1931)

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Disappointment Surprise, wonder Welcome

You look like a gangster

Scorsese
Goodfellas (1990)

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Goodbyes Inspirational, advice Wedding, marriage

Tu devrais aller chez ta mère en attendant mon retour

Wood
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

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Threat, orders

Pour 200 $, je buterais ma mémé

Reiner, Martin
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)

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Disappointment Mothers' day Refusal

Non, non, maman. Écoute-moi

(As quoted in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid)

Walsh, Cagney
White Heat (1949)

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Goodbyes Inspirational, advice Love Split ups

We are a family

(Une affaire de famille)

Kore-eda
Manbiki kazoku (2018)

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Goodbyes

This is good-bye

(Father)

Kinoshita
Chichi (1988)

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Goodbyes Stress, worry

I’m just so worried about leaving you alone

(Boyhood)

Kinoshita
Shônenki (1951)

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Disappointment Shame, guilt Work

Dad, I’m going to be a fish vendor

(Nuages au crépuscule)

Kinoshita
Yûyake-gumo (1956)

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Birth, Pregnancy

Let’s throw the baby away!

(Un amour pur de Carmen)

Kinoshita
Karumen junjô su (1952)

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Disappointment

My God what a travesty of a mother you’ve turned out to be!

Richardson
A Taste of Honey (1961)

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Birth, Pregnancy Good News

Je suis père de famille

Paul Thomas Anderson, Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood (2007)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

C’est pas ma patrie. Ma patrie, c’est moi et ma famille

Leone, Coburn, Steiger
Il était une fois la révolution (1971)

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Happiness, satisfaction Invitation, party Special occasions Wedding, marriage

I’d forgotten what it felt like to dress up


Curtiz, Ladd, Havilland
The Proud Rebel (1958)

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Birthday, aging Get well soon, health

Because you’re old and crippled and sick!


Dmytryk, Tracy, Widmark
Broken Lance (1955)

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Congratulations, compliments Surprise, wonder Welcome

You’re the gaucho of the pampas, the legendary uncle!


Lautner, Ventura, Rich
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)