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Refusal

I’m too good for men


Varda
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

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Refusal Sadness

I’m tired of arguing too. I just want to sleep


Varda
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

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Refusal

I’d had enough of my strict husband


Une histoire de vent (198!)

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Invitation, party Refusal

Then when?—I don’t know


La vita è bella (1997)

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Refusal

I’m a girl. I should do as I like


Autant-Lara, Bardot
En cas de malheur (1958)

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Loneliness Refusal

I want to stay alone


I vitelloni (1953)

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Love Refusal

Please, let me love you


L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (1975)

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Refusal Reproach, rudeness

I’m not a bull, General


Kubrick, Douglas
Paths of Glory (1957)

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Love Refusal Sadness

A man loves a thing


… that don't mean it's gotta love him back
From Here to Eternity (1953)

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Refusal Sex

I think you’re the most attractive of all my parents’ friends


The Graduate (1967)

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Love Refusal Sex

I won’t let you kiss me without loving me


Sternberg, Dietrich
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Sex

I kissed you because I loved you, for a minute

 

Sternberg, Dietrich
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

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Refusal

I’m a female. I should do as I like

 

Autant-Lara, Bardot
En cas de malheur (1958)

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Refusal Threat, orders

You touch me and you won’t live till morning


The Killers (1946)

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Refusal Sadness Surprise, wonder

Oh, is that so?


Les Joueurs d’échecs (1977)

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Refusal Sadness

No more music for me


Jalsaghar (1958)

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Refusal

Thanks for the offer but I rather be a pig than a fascist


Miyasaki
Porco Rosso (1992)

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Refusal Threat, orders

Je ne vous plairais que dans le rôle d’un cadavre


Hitchcock, Grant
North by Northwest (1959)

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Goodbyes Love Refusal

Don’t, please don’t waste your life waiting for me


Sirk, Hudson, Malone
Written on the Wind (1956)

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Refusal

I can’t explain it now


Alice dans les villes (1974)

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Refusal

At least let me get my pants


Welles
Mr. Arkadin (1955)

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Refusal

I’d love to stand here and talk with you


Groundhog Day (1993)

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Refusal

If you’re not selfish, you can’t survive


Kurosawa
Rashomon (1950)

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Love Refusal Threat, orders

I love you. Not enough to live with you


Rohmer
Conte d’hiver (1992)

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Anger Fear Refusal

What are you doing at my door?


La Belle et la Bête (1946)

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Refusal

You cannot do that. That is social suicide

 

Bridesmaids (2011)

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Love Refusal

Oh, I love you, Frank, and I want you, but not this way

 
Garnett, Turner, Garfield
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

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Refusal Reproach, rudeness

Send out the dogs! This man’s mad!

Bernard, Blanchar
Les Croix de bois (1932)

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Refusal

Donc l’argument ne vaut rien pour quelqu’un qui est absolument incroyant

 

Rohmer, Trintignant, Vittez
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)

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Love Pain Refusal

I need her

 

Renoir
La Règle du jeu (1939)

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Love Refusal

I’d give you a kiss right now, but I’m afraid I might ruin my makeup

 

Lubitsch, Lombard
To Be or Not to Be (1942)

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Refusal

I can’t pass for black

 

Silver Streak (1976)

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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)

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Refusal Reproach, rudeness

You know what I’m thinking? —I couldn’t care less

Tu sais à quoi je pense ? — Je m’en fous.

 

Godard, Karina
Pierrot le fou (1965)

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Love Refusal

Must you flirt?

 

Lubitsch, Garbo, Melvyn Douglas
Ninotchka (1939)

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Refusal

I’m sorry, Dave

Kubrick
2001, A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Love Refusal

Never to fall in love again

 

Pierrot le fou (1965)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal

I’m not gonna let anyone put me in a cage

 

Edwards, Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

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Refusal Threat, orders Wedding, marriage

If you’ll take my advice, you’ll go back to your wife while you’re still in good condition

Hathaway, West
Go West, Young Man (1936)

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Refusal Sex

Ça n’me mettait pas à l’aise de la savoir Antibaise

Truffaut, Lapointe
Tirez sur le pianiste (1960)

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Invitation, party Refusal

Would you like to dance? — No

 

Fellini, Aimée, Mastroianni
La dolce vita (1960)

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Refusal

Paparazzo, enough!

Paparazzo, basta!

Le mot paparazzo provient de ce film, où Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni) est souvent accompagné d’un photographe nommé Coriolano Paparazzo (Walter Santesso).

 

Felinni, Mastroianni, Aimée
La dolce vita (1960)

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Love Refusal

No, I only sleep with girls I’m in love with

— Je te parie que tu auras envie de la baiser. Elle a le même genre de bouche que Leslie Caron.

— Non. Moi je ne couche qu’avec des filles dont je suis amoureux.

— Dans ce cas, mon petit, je te parie que dans cinq minutes tu seras amoureux.

 

Godard, Subor
Le Petit Soldat (1960)

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Refusal

Leave me alone


Godard, Brialy, Karina
Une femme est une femme (1961)

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Refusal Reproach, rudeness

You ask too many questions


Godard, Karina
Vivre sa vie (1962)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal

Do not fight…


Godard, Léaud
La Chinoise (1967)

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Feelings Love Refusal

If I said I’d love you one day, would it make you happy?


Godard, Léaud
Masculin féminin (1966)

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Feelings Refusal

I don’t give a shit


Eustache
La Maman et la Putain (1973)

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Boredom Refusal

Do I seem like someone who is bored?


Eustache
La Maman et la Putain (1973)

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Love Refusal

I’m very hard to please when it comes to men


Rohmer, Trintignant, Fabian
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)