La Ronde (1950)
Gérard Philipe: Le comte
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Quotes
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Charlotte : Exactly what pleasures do you enjoy at your age?
Le comte : My friend Count Bobby and I often discuss that.
Charlotte : Love?
Le comte : They who believe in love will always find a woman.
Charlotte : And is that happiness?
Le comte : Pardon me, but happiness doesn't exist. It's the things one speaks of most that are the least real.
Charlotte : Too true.
Le comte : Drunkenness and pleasure exist. Let's say I feel pleasure. I know I feel it. Or let's say I'm drunk. Fine, it's a fact. When it's over...
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Le comte : The future is unknown. The past is melancholy. We only have the present. It's hard to get one's bearings.
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Charlotte : Well, ask me something.
Le comte : I ask permission to come back tonight.
Charlotte : No. Why put off to the evening what can be done in the morning?
Le comte : I'll tell you why: Love in the morning? No. I see things differently.
Charlotte : How do you see them?
Le comte : I'll wait for you at the stage door in my carriage. We'll dine together.
Charlotte : And then?
Le comte : We'll go home.
Charlotte : And then?
Le comte : And then matters will follow their natural course.
Charlotte : You're so sweet! Don't you find it warm in here?
Le comte : You're right.
Charlotte : Quick, unbutton this. It's so dark that we can pretend it's night. And no one can see us... but ourselves.
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Le comte : Shall we say the day after tomorrow?
Charlotte : Why? You said tonight.
Le comte : It wouldn't mean anything anymore. I mean - morally speaking.
Charlotte : Morally speaking, I absolutely must see you tonight. I'd like to discuss the state of our souls.
Le comte : Good. Then I'll wait for you at the stage door.
Charlotte : No, you'll wait for me here.
Le comte : In your home?
Charlotte : In my bedroom.
Le comte : No supper at L'Imperial?
Charlotte : No. It would be meaningless, philosophically speaking.
Le comte : Very well. I must take my leave. For a courtesy call, I've stayed a bit too long.
Charlotte : Charmed to have made your acquaintance.
Le comte : Please give my regards to you mother.
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Le comte : I've seen you somewhere before.
Raconteur : It's possible, sir. I move around a lot.
Le comte : Have you worked here long?
Raconteur : I don't work here, Count. I'm here for the love of art.
Le comte : I see. Which art?
Raconteur : Love.
Le comte : Excuse me?
Raconteur : For love of the art - of love.
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Le comte : What's done is done. It's hard to get one's bearings.
