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Excuses, justification Refusal Work

I use my gun for money, and I don’t like to work for nothing


Arnold, Murphy
No Name on the Bullet (1959)

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Happiness, satisfaction Loneliness Thank you Toast Work

Réjouissons-nous que la paix soit revenue


Lubitsch
The Man I Killed (1931)

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Disappointment Loneliness Work

Vous avez du retard


Paul Thomas Anderson, Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood (2007)

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Surprise, wonder Work

Aucun client n’est averti. — Vraiment ?


Fregonese, Montalban
The Mark of the Renagades (1951)

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Work

Moi ! Monsieur le directeur


Monicelli, Sordi
Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)

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Good News Surprise, wonder Work

It was fooolish. It was insane. It was fantastic


Bennet
The Atomic Submarine (1959)

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Threat, orders Work

Donnez-moi une raison de ne pas tous vous virer


Damon
Ford vs Ferrari (2019)

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Work

Au cinéma, au théâtre, au bar. — Même au lit, monsieur le directeur


Monicelli, Sordi
Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)

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Refusal Work

On n’accepte pas, d’accord ? — On n’accepte pas


Monicelli, Sordi
Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)

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Loneliness Refusal Work

Je ne sers aucun patron. Je ne suis au service de personne


Bolognini
Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente (1972)

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Hope, desire Inspirational, advice Love Work

We’ll make everything seem perfectly normal


Sirk, Stanwyck
All I Desire (1953)

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Love Work

That day, something overpowering took hold of my heart


Claire Denis
Beau Travail (1999)

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Goodbyes Work

Patron, laissez-moi partir en voyage


Suzuki
Tōkyō nagaremono (1966)

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Congratulations, compliments Friendship Work

This is the greatest bunch of fellas I’ve ever worked with


Boetticher, Poitier
Red Ball Express (1952)

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Surprise, wonder Work

Tu n’as pas l’air d’un fermier


Daves, Joanne Dru
The Return of the Texan (1952)

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Welcome Work

Welcome!

いらっしゃいませ


Tampopo (1985)

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Hope, desire Inspirational, advice Work

Je travaillerai et deviendrai célèbre


Harpo Marx
Love Happy (1950)

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Surprise, wonder Work

François is doin’ his route American-style!


Tati
Jour de fête (1949)

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Toast Work

To our future collaboration


Melville
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

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Work

I’m not saying no, but I’m not saying yes either


Melvillle
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

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Work

I need a week to give you a definite answer


Melville
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

Categories
Disappointment Inspirational, advice Work

L’Amérique n’est pas un pays. C’est un business

America’s not a country, it’s just a business


Dominik, Pitt
Cogan: Killing Them Softly (2012)

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Disappointment Work

You’re way off


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

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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)

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Stress, worry Work

We have a rather urgent problem


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

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Inspirational, advice Work

Language!


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

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Inspirational, advice Work

One needs a sense of action and urgency


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

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Congratulations, compliments Work

You’re our only functioning brain


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

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Invitation, party Love Sex Work

Voulez-vous de l’argent facile ?


Von Sternberg, Dietrich
Dishonored (1931)

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Inspirational, advice Work

Efficiency!


Tavernier
Quai d’Orsay (2013)

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Congratulations, compliments Work

Vous faites le plus beau métier du monde


Scola, Gassman, Ardant
La cena (1998)

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Inspirational, advice Sex Work

You can’t make love all day. That’s why work was invented

On ne peut pas faire l’amour du matin au soir. C’est pour ça qu’on a inventé le travail.


Truffaut
L’Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)

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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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Stress, worry Thank you Work

Je rêvais de travailler aux écuries


Demy, MacColl
Lady Oscar (1978)

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Work

Children’s books


Truffaut, Léaud, Jade
L’Amour en fuite (1979)

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Congratulations, compliments Work

When this here Cisco Kid does a job, he does it right


Walsh
In Old Arizona (1928)

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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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Work

Je veux que vous alliez aux Philippines


Mifune
Gojumannin no isan (1963)

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Work

Je dois gagner ma vie


Hitchcock, Olivier, Fontaine
Rebecca (1940)

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Congratulations, compliments Inspirational, advice Invitation, party Work

J’ai besoin d’un homme efficace, comme… vous


Sirk, Sanders
A Scandal in Paris (1946)

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Good News Happiness, satisfaction Work

Il ne m’est jamais rien arrivé de mieux !


Wilder, Lemmon, Sarandon
The Front Page (1974)

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Work

You worked in bed, like Marcel Proust

(Voir VF)

Hawks, Bacall, Bogart
The Big Sleep (1946)

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Threat, orders Work

Quelques minutes de travail…


Hitchcock, Dawson
Dial M for Murder (1954)

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Inspirational, advice Work

Je prends des vacances et tu devrais en faire autant


Hitchcock, Laughton, Banks
Jamaica Inn (1939)

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Work

C’est mieux que la Corée ?


Fritz Lang
Human Desire (1954)

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Excuses, justification Work

Ça fait vendre les journaux

Sudden death sells papers, son.


Lang, Conte
The Blue Gardenia (1953)

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Condolences, consolation Refusal Work

Seriously, what’s “class struggle” got to do with it?


Tout va bien (1972)

Categories
Excuses, justification Refusal Work

I’d drop a guy for a film. I’d never drop a film for a guy!

Truffaut, Baye
La Nuit américaine (1973)

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Work

Change the clothes and get to work


The Way of the Dragon (1972)

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Refusal Work

On a besoin de ces informations. — Désolé, c’est impossible


Hitchcock, Leslie Banks, Edna Best
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)