Categories
Boredom Disappointment

Nothing’s changed much


Fassbinder
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)

Categories
Boredom

Things stay the way they are in Germany


Fassbinder
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

Go on


Fritz Lang
Liliom (1934)

Categories
Invitation, party Sex

Please remove your clothing now


Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000)

Categories
Sex Stress, worry Surprise, wonder

Qu’est-ce que tu fais ? — Je panique


Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction

Je chante sous la pluie

Donen, Gene Kelly
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Categories
Get well soon, health Good News Goodbyes Happiness, satisfaction

Adieu tous mes ennuis

Donen, Gene Kelly
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction

Je suis heureux aujourd’hui


Donen, Gene Kelly
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Categories
Inspirational, advice

Ça a plus à voir avec le cœur qu’avec l’estomac


Scola, Gassman, Ardant
La cena (1998)

Categories
Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Il y a la question du moral des troupes


Kubrick, Douglas
Paths of Glory (1957)

Categories
Refusal

Vous irez au diable avant que je vous refasse des excuses !

You are a degenerate sadistic old man and you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again.


Kubrick, Douglas
Paths of Glory (1957)

Categories
Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice

Rien n’est plus encourageant que de voir mourir autrui

These executions will be a perfect tonic for the entire division.  There are few things more fondamentaly encouraging and stimulating that seeing someone else die.

Kubrick, Douglas, Menjou
Paths of Glory (1957)

Categories
Disappointment

Dégonflés, ils ne bougent pas !


Kubrick
Paths of Glory (1957)

Categories
Invitation, party Welcome

I live upstairs

Minnelli
An American in Paris (1951)

Categories
Love Refusal

No, no, not there


Minnelli
An American in Paris (1951)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction Inspirational, advice

Voilà


Minnelli, Gene Kelly
An American in Paris (1951)

Categories
Congratulations, compliments Love

J’aime les femmes qui ont les yeux noirs

Minnelli, Douglas, Charisse
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

Crétin, tête de mule !

You stupid stubborn washed up ham!


Minnelli, Robinson
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

Categories
Surprise, wonder

Do you think a man can change?


Forman, Firth
Valmont (1989)

Yes. For the worse


Forman, Bening
Valmont (1989)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction Welcome

Je suis fier de serrer la main du grand Rossellini !


Scola, Fellini
C’eravamo tanto amati (1974)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction Surprise, wonder Welcome

Le monde est petit. Non, il est grand


Scola, Gassman
C’eravamo tanto amati (1974)

Categories
Disappointment Friendship Surprise, wonder Welcome

Tu ne me reconnais pas ?


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

Categories
Excuses, justification Love Refusal

The restraint that we impose upon ourselves


Landers, Lugosi
The Raven (1935)

Categories
Disappointment Love Split ups

Did he find her? — Not yet


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

Categories
Split ups

I never want to see you again

Demy, Deneuve
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)

Categories
Happiness, satisfaction Love

I met my dream man!


Demy, Dorléac
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)

Categories
Threat, orders

Ensemble, ils vont ravager l’Europe entière


Waltz
The Three Musketeers (2011)

Categories
Excuses, justification Love Welcome

Navré, je ne vous remets pas


Astaire, Gene Kelly
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

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
Loneliness

Loneliness is no fun at all


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

Categories
Boredom

I don’t recognize people who bore me

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

Categories
Hope, desire

Sounds like you need this trip. — No, I need to play!


Mastorakis
The Wind (1986)

Categories
Work

Why are you reading? — It’s my job

Philosopher Brice Parain (1897-1971), in a scene which illustrates his very idiosyncratic way of reading the French classics. See next.


Godard
Vivre sa vie (1962)

Categories
Uncategorized

Have you read The Three Musketeers?

In a scene of Scola’s We All Loved Each Other So Much, Gianni (Gassman) is amused when Luciana (Sandrelli) declares The Three Musketeers hard to read. See next.

Godard, Karina
Vivre sa vie (1962)

Categories
Uncategorized

I saw the film. Why?

Rather than to George Sidney’s The Three Musketeers, the 1948 version with Gene Kelly in the title role, Nana (Anna Karina) probably refers to the most recent adaptation of Dumas’s novel : a two-part film by Bernard Borderie (1961).


Godard, Karina
Vivre sa vie (1962)

Categories
Excuses, justification

This is really in Twenty Years Later

Wrong again : Porthos’s death occurs in Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, chapter CCLVI : La mort d’un titan). See next.


Godard, Brice Parain
Vivre sa vie (1962)

Categories
Get well soon, health

The first time he thought, it killed him

Pour expliquer à Nana (Anna Karina) les dangers de la réflexion, Brice Parain réécrit à sa manière la mort de Porthos. Voir la scène du film.


Godard
Vivre sa vie (1962)

Categories
Get well soon, health

Vous avez des vertiges ?


Welles, Perkins
The Trial (1962)

Categories
Excuses, justification Sex

Même les saints connaissent la tentation


Welles, Perkins
The Trial (1962)

Categories
Invitation, party

Pourquoi pas ?


Welles, Martinelli, Perkins
The Trial (1962)

Categories
Split ups

Dehors ! Laissez-moi tranquille !


Welles, Perkins, Moreau
The Trial (1962)

Categories
Jealousy, envy Threat, orders

J’empoisonnerai son bonheur


Welles
Othello (1951)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Split ups

Better a clean break


Rohmer
Conte d’hiver (1992)

Categories
Inspirational, advice Jealousy, envy

Surveillez votre épouse


Welles
Othello (1951)

Categories
Invitation, party

We’ll have a nice dinner, then go the Champs-Elysées


Rohmer
La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)

Categories
Disappointment Hope, desire Refusal

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


Rohmer
La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)

Categories
Hope, desire Refusal

She’d ignore us too carefully not to have noticed 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
Congratulations, compliments Happiness, satisfaction

Delicious. I could eat nothing but pastries


Rohmer
La Boulangère de Monceau (1963)