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Excuses, justification

A pot lid. — And binoculars


Battle Royale (2000)

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Condolences, consolation Excuses, justification

Ça devait arriver


Kubrick, Mason, Winters
Lolita (1961)

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Excuses, justification

We just wanna take part


Le Grand Bain (2018)

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Excuses, justification Happiness, satisfaction

It’s your misfortune and none of my own


Midnight Cowboy (1969)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Je ne ferais jamais ça


Frankenheimer, Lancaster
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Get well soon, health Pain

Tout ce que je peux dire, c’est que je regrette


The Mule (2018)

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Excuses, justification

Forgive me for the hurt I’ll do you


Le Jeune Ahmed (2019)

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Excuses, justification Fear Get well soon, health Threat, orders

On n’est pas infectés ! — Il l’est, non ?


Carriers (2009)

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Excuses, justification Fear

Tout le monde meurt


Carriers (2009)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Je ne peux pas quitter ma famille


World War Z (2013)

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Excuses, justification Goodbyes Sadness

Je te jure que je reviendrai


World War Z (2013)

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Excuses, justification

Je n’ai pas de préjugés


Fellini, Masina
Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Je n’ai pas aimé la question


Allen
Cassandra’s Dream (2007)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

C’est une contradiction


Allen
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

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Excuses, justification

Je voulais m’excuser pour tout ce que ça t’a fait


Allen
Irrational Man (2015)

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Excuses, justification

Brusque ? — D’accord, j’ai été un abruti


La La Land (2016)

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Excuses, justification Work

Je ne veux pas vous déranger. Vous travaillez

(more sunglasses)

Hopper
The Hot Spot (1990)

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Excuses, justification

Pourquoi êtes-vous venue ? — Disons que je fais des recherches


Gloria Grahame, Fritz Lang
The Big Heat (1953)

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Excuses, justification

I lie… once in a while

Antoine Doinel : Ben, j’mens, j’mens de temps en temps quoi… des fois je leur dirais des choses qui seraient la vérité ils me croiraient pas, alors je préfère dire des mensonges.

Les Quatre cents coups (1959)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Surprise, wonder

Pourquoi ? — Tu viens d’En-Bas


Upside Down (2012)

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Excuses, justification Fear Love Refusal Split ups

Ne me lâche pas ! — Je suis désolé


Upside Down (2012)

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Excuses, justification

Je ne suis pas un saint !


Sirk, Brazzi, Allyson
Interlude (1957)

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Excuses, justification Love

Parce que je vous aime


Sirk, Turner, Gavin
Imitation of Life (1959)

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Excuses, justification Love

Je t’ai toujours aimée !


Sirk, Turner
Imitation of Life (1959)

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Excuses, justification

Qu’ai-je fait ?


Mann, Kennedy
The Man from Laramie (1955)

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Excuses, justification Hope, desire Shame, guilt

J’ai déconné deux fois


Boyle
Yesterday (2019)

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Excuses, justification Goodbyes Inspirational, advice Split ups

Pardon. Bonne chance

(How to leave a room)

Cruise
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

Je t’ai dit des choses terribles


Lonergan, Affleck
Manchester by the Sea (2016)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Shame, guilt Work

On a bien merdé, là


Audiard
Les Frères Sisters (2018)

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Excuses, justification Mothers' day Shame, guilt

No, Mother, I’ve not been drinking

 

Hitchcock, Grant
North by Northwest (1959)

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Excuses, justification

The years go by


Sautet, Piccoli, Massari
Les Choses de la vie (1970)

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Excuses, justification Wedding, marriage

It’s better to marry a divorcée than a widow


Aruitemo aruitemo (2008)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Shame, guilt

I have been smoking too much. My tongue’s rough


Teshigahara
Tanin no kao (1966)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Work

The Coast Guard received a distress call…

(Godzilla)


… I'll have to cancel our date
Gojira (1954)

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Excuses, justification

That’s probably why I’ve been so rude to you. Have I been annoying you ?


Truffaut, Christie, Werner
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

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Excuses, justification Thank you

Thank you. How terribly gauche of me

Mankiewicz
Somewhere in the Night (1946)

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Excuses, justification

Just looked like your arguing wasn’t getting you anywhere


Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

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Excuses, justification

Why, Mr. Stevens, it wasn’t my fault. He followed me in there

 

Baby Face (1933)

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Excuses, justification Reproach, rudeness Shame, guilt

Behaved somewhat unseemingly. — Yes, you did


Sternberg, Jannings, Dietrich
Der blaue Engel (1930)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification

Well, he’s a writer. People like him can afford to be temperamental


Nicholas Ray, Gloria Grahame
In a Lonely Place (1950)

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Excuses, justification Work

Je pensais qu’il n’y avait de place dans ma vie que pour la danse


The Red Shoes (1948)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

I only wanted him dead

(more sunglasses)

Wilder, Stanwyck
Double Indemnity (1944)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I’m an unspeakable


Ivory
Maurice (1987)

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Excuses, justification Loneliness

I’m not functional


Le Rayon vert (1986)

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Excuses, justification Reproach, rudeness

If I drank like a fish all week, it was your fault


Le Beau Serge (1958)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

Je me sens minable


Ferrari, Moll
Laura nuda (1961)

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Excuses, justification Loneliness

That’s what makes me clumsy, the absence of desire


Les Ailes du désir (1987)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

I know how to rock’n’roll. I just didn’t feel like it


Laitakaupungin valot (2006))

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Excuses, justification

I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings


Out of the Past (1947)

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Excuses, justification

And I’m sorry for being such a bitch


Realiity Bites (1994)