Matador (1986)

Assumpta Serna: María

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• Ángel : [pointing to a framed photograph]  Your girlfriend?

  María : Ava Gardner. You don't see movies?

  Ángel : No, my family's very religious. I've spent my life praying and exercising.

• Ángel : I'm not afraid of death. Not of mine.

  María : Fear is normal, it gives you courage.

  Ángel : Did you feel afraid?

  María : Yes, it's part of the game. Don't fear fear.

• María : Ma'am, do you understand your son's situation?

  Berta : Do you understand mine?

  María : You're not in jail.

  Berta : Pain and shame can also be a prison.

• Diego : You like bulls?

  María : I prefer bullfighters.

• Ángel : Why are you defending me?

  María : I think you're innocent.

  Ángel : You're wrong. I'm guiltier than you can imagine. Ask my mother.

• Diego : That kid is dangerous.

  María : Maybe, but he's so lonely.

  Diego : I'm lonely, too.

  María : You're dangerous, too.

• María : I saw a suicide from here once. I felt strange, empty and outside my body. I come here often.

  Diego : You and I are similar. We're both obsessed with death.

  María : Everyone is.

• María : Men think killing is a crime. We women don't see it that way. Every criminal has a feminine side.

  Diego : And every killer, a masculine one.

• Diego : So what are we waiting for? Why prolong it?

  María : Since I met you, I've been at the preliminaries of an orgasm. I like prolonging it.

• María : I've waited so long for this. I feel like I'm dreaming. But since I met you, I haven't slept.

  Diego : I can't sleep either. That means I don't live. I feel I won't sleep if you exist. I won't live if you live.

• María : I didn't know you were still a matador.

  Diego : I tried to avoid it, but I couldn't. Giving up killing - was like giving up living.

• María : I've felt this scar in me for so long. But I've never kissed it before.

• María : I've never been kissed like that. Till now, I've made love alone. I love you more than my own death.