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Excuses, justification

J’ai été idiote


Harpo Marx
Love Happy (1950)

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Excuses, justification

I’m not a feminist or I wouldn’t tolerate guys like you


Toni Erdmann (2016)

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Excuses, justification

Le chat est mon animal préféré. Je les collectionne

Marx Brothers
Love Happy (1950)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

I’m a cold goddess

Grace Kelly
High Society (1956)

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Excuses, justification

Je ne suis pas un bon orateur, mesdames et messieurs


Hitchcock
Saboteur (1942)

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Excuses, justification

Je ne suis pas anti-écolos, je suis pro-terriens


The Last Supper (1995)

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Excuses, justification Get well soon, health Pain

Sorry. — It’s alright. Carry on


Larraz, Faullkner, Deacon, Brown
Vampyres (1974)

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Excuses, justification

I don’t want to make trouble. All I want is a drink


Mankiewicz, Monroe
All About Eve (1950)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

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

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

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Excuses, justification Jealousy, envy

The fact they are smarter than us, and they crucified Jesus


Malle
Au revoir les enfants (1984)

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Excuses, justification

Well, all right, I admit it

Clément, Delon
Plein Soleil (1960)

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Excuses, justification

J’étais à l’heure

Minnelli, Chevalier
Gigi (1958)

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Excuses, justification Happiness, satisfaction

I’m warming my ass

Je me chauffe le cul


Beineix, Dalle
37°2 le matin (1986)

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Excuses, justification

When I open my mouth, it’s not in vain

Y en a qui supputent

Que je suis une pute

Et ils s’balancent

De ma conscience

Mais quand j’ouvre la bouche

C’est pas pour les mouches

Ç’a quand même du bon… la science


Truffaut
Une belle fille comme moi (1972)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Il y a la question du moral des troupes


Kubrick, Douglas
Paths of Glory (1957)

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Excuses, justification Love Refusal

The restraint that we impose upon ourselves


Landers, Lugosi
The Raven (1935)

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Excuses, justification Love Welcome

Navré, je ne vous remets pas


Astaire, Gene Kelly
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Love

When someone loves me too much, I love them less


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

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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)

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Excuses, justification Sex

Même les saints connaissent la tentation


Welles, Perkins
The Trial (1962)

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Excuses, justification Surprise, wonder

Je ne vois pas le moindre délit dont on pourrait m’accuser


Welles, Perkins
The Trial (1962)

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Excuses, justification

I was just playing


Clément, Delon, Ronet
Plein Soleil (1960)

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Excuses, justification

I spent the first six months making a comprehensive study of depravity


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

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Excuses, justification Love

I don’t much care for young men. Never did

“… I find them conceited, clumsy and unimaginative”. Indeed: Love in the Afternoon is the third of five films where Audrey Hepburn seduces a man much older than she is: Cooper is 56 to her 28; Bogart in Sabrina, Astaire in Funny Face, Grant in Charade, Harrison in My Fair Lady all are in their late 50’s. (Voir V.F.)

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

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Excuses, justification Love

Do you think people can always control their feelings?


Truffaut, Adjani
L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (1975)

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Birthday, aging Excuses, justification Hope, desire

I’m still young


Truffaut, Adjani
L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (1975)

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Excuses, justification Goodbyes Love Sadness Work

My love, I will still have to leave


Demy
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Refusal

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


Demy
Lady Oscar (1978)

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Excuses, justification Invitation, party

I can’t go to the party tonight


Truffaut, Léaud
L’Amour en fuite (1979)

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Excuses, justification Mothers' day Special occasions

Mother’s Day? I’m sorry, mama, I forgot!

Antoine : De toute façon, la fête des mères, c’est une invention des nazis.

Truffaut, Léaud, jade
Domicile conjugal (1970)

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Excuses, justification Good News Work

Elle et moi pourrions vous être utiles


John Ford, Wayne
Stagecoach (1939)

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Excuses, justification Loneliness

Ma solitude en est la cause


Hitchcock, Olivier, Fontaine
Rebecca (1940)

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Excuses, justification Goodbyes Pain Split ups

It hurts me too that we had to part so suddenly

 

Szabó
Bizalom (1980)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Je n’ai pas très faim


Hitchcock, Olivier, Fontaine
Rebecca (1940)

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Excuses, justification

J’ai été très impoli hier


Hitchcock, Olivier, Fontaine
Rebecca (1940)

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Excuses, justification

On est tous pareils au fond


Mifune
Gojumannin no isan (1963)

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Excuses, justification Sadness

I was the idiot


Kurosawa
L’Idiot (1951)

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Excuses, justification

Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?


Kubrick, Sellers, Hayden
Dr. Strangelove (1964)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification

Comment veux-tu que je joues bien ? Tu parles tout le temps


Huston, Underdown
Beat the Devil (1953)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification

D’habitude, c’est un merveilleux perdant


Huston, Jones, Underdown
Beat the Devil (1953)

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Excuses, justification

Je crois que vous devez des excuses à chacun dans cette pièce


Huston, Lorre, Morley
Beat the Devil (1953)

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Excuses, justification Invitation, party

Forgive me, but I can only offer your the edge of my bed


Renoir, Gabin
French Cancan (1955)

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Excuses, justification

I’m a man. — Well…


Wilder, Lemmon
Some Like It Hot (1950)

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Excuses, justification

Il ne s’agit pas de vertu, mais de savoir vivre


Sirk, Sanders
A Scandal in Paris (1946)

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Excuses, justification

Almost killed a man once. Shot a little too low.


Lewis, Cummins
Gun Crazy (1950)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Refusal

It’s better to be a live coward than a dead hero


Huston, Trevor
Key Largo (1948)

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Excuses, justification

I was cruel and mean to a lot of people


Godard
Godard interview (1964)

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Excuses, justification Fear Love

You see, I hurt you because I love you


Mamoulian, Hopkins, March
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Si c’est le prix de son pardon, je le paierai

Bertolucci, Trintignant
Il conformista (1970)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I feel I’ve led a bad life…


Rossellini, Magnani
Roma, città aperta (1945)