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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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Sadness Shame, guilt

Right now I wish I could crawl in a hole and pull it in after me

(See also)

 

Wilder, Olson
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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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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Friendship Sadness Shame, guilt

Don’t cry in front of the Mexicans

(more sunglasses)

Tarantino, Di Caprio, Pitt
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)

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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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Get well soon, health Love Shame, guilt

If I really loved her, I’d have eaten too and become a mushroom


Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)

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Shame, guilt Surprise, wonder

Why don’t you do something about it? It’s disgraceful


Abbott, Stephens
The Cheat (1931)

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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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Shame, guilt

You despise me, don’t you?


Curtiz, Bogart, Lorre
Casablanca (1945)

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Shame, guilt Threat, orders

If you really knew me, you wouldn’t like me at all


Capra, Arthur, Cooper
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1961)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I’m an unspeakable


Ivory
Maurice (1987)

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Sadness Shame, guilt

I’m just a ruin, a little ruin


Clouzot
Les Diaboliques (1955)

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Shame, guilt

Whore remains a whore, eh? You may be right


Clouzot, Fresnay
Le Corbeau (1943)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

Je me sens minable


Ferrari, Moll
Laura nuda (1961)

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Sadness Shame, guilt

Is there nothing more to life than carrying the burden of one’s past mistakes?


Bresson, Labourdette
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne (1945)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I’m really sorry. I feel like crawling into a hole

 

Ozu
Bonjour (1959)

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Fear Shame, guilt

We all have fears, we’re human


Kurosawa
Drunken Angel (1948)

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Shame, guilt

Vous n’avez pas à avoir honte


Kurosawa
Barberousse (1965)

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Love Shame, guilt

I know I’m horrible to look at

 

Cocteau, Marais
La Belle et la Bête (1946)

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Shame, guilt

I’m a no-good so-and-so

 

Ratoff, Power, Darnell
Day-Time Wife (1939)

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Shame, guilt

What is your nationality? — I’m a drunkard

 

Curtiz, Bogart
Casablanca (1942)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I am ashamed of myself

 

Cukor, Bennett
Little Women (1933)

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Love Refusal Sadness Shame, guilt

Self-respect matters, and decency. I can’t go on any longer

 

David Lean, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Brief Encounter (1945)