Querelle (1982)

Jeanne Moreau: Lysiane

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Quotes 

• Lysiane : I'm very satisfied. You have a solid, heavy, massive prick. Not elegant, but strong. And so different from Robert's.

  Querelle : Different how?

  Lysiane : Your prick has more character.

• Lysiane : A penny for your thoughts, Querelle.

  Querelle : I acknowledge the existence of authority in Mario. I note his objective gestures. Objectivity is the companion of total power. It holds sway over unchallengeable moral authority. It's a perfect social organization.

• Lysiane : You know, I've dreamt a lot about your prick lately.

  Querelle : Yeah? Was it nicer in your dreams?

  Lysiane : No.

• Lysiane : [singing]  Each man kills the thing he loves! Each man kills the thing he loves! Da-da-daaa. Da-da da-daaa. Each man kills the thing he loves! Each man kills the thing he loves! Da-da-daaa. Da-da da-daaa...

• Nono : I hope you know what you're doing.

  Lysiane : You know, I know what I want.

• Robert : Finally, I know why you won't let the other girls wear black lingerie.

  Lysiane : Huh? Why?

  Robert : Because, you alone are ennobled by this black. It makes you so beautiful - gives you a solemn air - and at the same time you are unbearably hot.

  Lysiane : Do I make you hot?

  Robert : Want to see?

  Lysiane : Okay, get started.

• Lysiane : I'm sick of your obscenities. Right? Your obscenities. Don't you think I know? I'm sick of it.

• Lysiane : You're disgusting! You're my enemy! You've destroyed me. You have mysterious powers. They multiply infinitely. You're not a human being. You don't belong to this earth!

• Lysiane : You haven't even got a decent hard-on. It doesn't stay up forever.

  Querelle : Buy yourself a rubber one.

• Lysiane : [singing]  Each man kills the thing he loves, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss...

• Lysiane : [as they dance]  A penny for your thoughts, Querelle.

  Querelle : I acknowledge the existence of authority in Mario. I note his objective gestures. Objectivity is the companion of total power. It holds sway over unchallengeable moral authority. It's a perfect social organization.

  [He stops dancing and walks away] 

• Lysiane : You're alone in the world. The night lies over the solitude of an endless space.

• Lysiane : All you ever look at is yourselves. I'm not even there for you. Who am I then? Where do I fit in? You only live in your brother's eyes. Inside your brother, and he lives inside of you. There's no room for me in between. I'm at the door. I'm too fat. That's it. I'm too fat!

• Lysiane : I always remained indifferent - to the desires the others showed me; but, my mental chastity has built a field inside of me, a field that can be easily sown with the seeds of the miraculous.