Cold Water (1994)

László Szabó: Père de Gille

Quotes 

• Père de Gille : It's no fun at your age being left to your own devices. But that's the way it is. That's life and you have to act like an adult. That's what you need to learn.

• Père de Gille : Come and see. Remember the 'Death of the Virgin' from the Louvre? That character, at the Virgin's feet, remember him? Hands over his eyes and at this throat, his head lowered. Few images of suffering move me more than this. What about you? Does it move you like that - or not? Once the painting was finished, they said Caravaggio had used a drowned prostitute as his model. If you look closely, it seems plausible. It caused quite a scandal and Caravaggio's patrons refused it. He wasn't able to defend himself as he had to flee Rome after killing a man in a duel. Are you listening?

• Père de Gille : Two years ago, we moved you to the arts because math was too hard. Then a class without Latin because it was even easier. So what is it you want? Tell me, what? Some private school full of idiots and daddy's boys? The same as your moronic cousin who's over 20 and still in high school?