Lust, Caution (2007)

Tang Wei: Wong Chia Chi, Mrs. Mak

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• Wong Chia Chi : I'm afraid I have no gift for you.

  Mr. Yee : Your presence itself is a gift.

• Old Wu : Don't tell me what to do! You listen to me! Yee murdered my wife and both my children. But I could still eat with him at the same table! That's what an agent must be able to do! I'd like nothing better than to kill him with my own hands. But if letting him live another few days is valuable, then we must! Keep him hooked, and keep me informed. Don't do anything without my order. Remember... For an agent there is only one thing... Loyalty. To the party, to our leader, to our country. Understand?

  Wong Chia Chi : Don't worry. I'll do whatever you say.

  Old Wu : Good. Very good. All you need to do is keep him trapped. If you need anything...

  Wong Chia Chi : What trap are you talking about? My body? What do you take him for? He knows better than you how to put on an act. He not only gets inside me... he worms his way into my heart like a snake. Deeper. All the way in. I take him in like a slave. I play my part faithfully... so I, too, can get to his heart. Every time... he hurts me until I bleed... and scream. Then he is satisfied. Then he feels alive. In the dark... only he knows it's all real.

  Old Wu : That's enough.

  Wong Chia Chi : That's why... That's why I can torture him until he can't stand it any longer... and still I go on until we collapse from exhaustion.

  Old Wu : Enough!

  Wong Chia Chi : And when he finally comes inside me, I think maybe this is it. Maybe this is when you'll rush in and shoot him in the back of the head... and his blood and brains will cover me!

  Old Wu : Shut up!

• Wong Chia Chi : I know why you brought me here.

  Mr. Yee : Why?

  Wong Chia Chi : You want me to be your whore.

  Mr. Yee : Whore? It is I who brought you here... so I know better than you how to be a whore.

• Wong Chia Chi : Sometimes I'd rather do things on my own. The things I like don't interest Little Mak.

  Mr. Yee : What do you like?

  Wong Chia Chi : Going to the movies. Little Mak won't go with me, so I go by myself. He and his friends only talk business. Nobody likes movies.

  Mr. Yee : I don't go either.

  Wong Chia Chi : Mr. Yee, you are too busy. Movies are for people with time to kill.

  Mr. Yee : No, it's not that. I don't like the dark.

• Mr. Yee : You've been so kind to us. We know so few people here.

  Wong Chia Chi : Oh please. Such trivial things.

  Mr. Yee : But if you pay attention... nothing is trivial.

• Wong Chia Chi : Hong Kong is so humid. You can squeeze out water just by making a fist. After all these years I'm still not used to it here.

• Wong Chia Chi : Having a man is fine as long as he is away from home. True?

• Mrs. Yee : You should be glad you didn't go with me last night. I came back with a headache.

  Wong Chia Chi : What was the program again?

  Mrs. Yee : Wu Jai Hill. It was out of tune and off beat. The top artists are all hiding out in Hong Kong. So I told Old Yee, if Wang's government can't even put on a good show... how can you win the hearts of the people?

• Wong Chia Chi : How come nobody comes here?

  Mr. Yee : Because the food is so bad. My apologies. But it is a perfect place to talk. No one is here to disturb you.

• Wong Chia Chi : You've lost weight.

  Mr. Yee : You have also changed.

  Wong Chia Chi : It's been three years. The war is still not over. For us both to be here, still alive, is enough.

• Wong Chia Chi : We're telling a real story about real life. That's why they were so moved.

• Wong Chia Chi : I'm freezing. You could have asked me inside.

  Mr. Yee : Inside there? Are you serious? You'd like to visit my office.

  Wong Chia Chi : Never mind. Let's just go. You're staring at me.

  Mr. Yee : You're too beautiful. I was thinking of you today. Chang told me my mind was wandering. I could see his mouth open and close, but I couldn't hear a word. I could smell you. It was distracting. Two men. We arrested two men at the train station today. Very important members of the resistance. One of them stabbed and killed one of our agents. The other got his head sliced open. We had to drag them back to interrogate them anyway. I went with Chang to the chamber... One was dead already. Half his brains were gone. I recognized the other one. We were classmates at the military academy. He was hanging from an iron bar. Looking at him, I couldn't speak. I began to imagine him on top of you. The bastard's blood spilled all over my shoes... I had to wipe the blood off. Do you understand?

• Wong Chia Chi : What if I told you... I hate you.

  Mr. Yee : I would believe you. They weren't like this three years ago.

  Wong Chia Chi : I hate you.

  Mr. Yee : I said I believed you. I haven't believed anyone in a long time. Let me hear it again. I believe.

  Wong Chia Chi : You must be very lonely.

  Mr. Yee : But I'm still alive.

  Wong Chia Chi : You've been gone with no word for four days. I hated you every minute.

  Mr. Yee : Now that I'm back... do you still hate me?

  Wong Chia Chi : No.

  Mr. Yee : Do you still want to go back to Hong Kong?

  Wong Chia Chi : Yes. I should leave.

• Mr. Yee : Close the door.

  Wong Chia Chi : I've been waiting up for you.

  Mr. Yee : Then you must be very tired.

  Wong Chia Chi : I am. Yee Tai Tai said you were in Nanjing.

  Mr. Yee : Don't believe everything you hear. I've just been busy. We busted a resistance cell. Got twelve agents. All highly trained. I had to interrogate them personally. One by one. Ah, I forget. You're not interested in my work, are you? It's boring. You're so careful never to ask about it.

  Wong Chia Chi : It's your business. Just as you don't ask about my business. All I do is sit here waiting for you. Maybe you're seeing someone else. I can't sleep. If this goes on any longer, you'll get tired of me.

  Mr. Yee : So that's what you've been thinking these past few days?

  Wong Chia Chi : And losing money at mahjong. Losing all my hard-earned money as a runner. I should go upstairs.

  Mr. Yee : Get some sleep. Let me take you someplace special tomorrow. And don't ever come into this room again.

• Wong Chia Chi : You could have done that three years ago. Why didn't you?

• Mr. Yee : Tsao has taken her to the doctor's. She complained of a headache. All that mahjong, I suppose.

  Wong Chia Chi : Little Mak doesn't like my playing either. We argue about it. I told him men have endless distractions... while we ladies have only shopping and mahjong. Mahjong should be OK. It keeps us at home.

• Wong Chia Chi : You men have so much to say to each other, but with women you just make small talk.

  Mr. Yee : Small talk like this... to me... is a rare treat. The people I deal with are high officials... talking about important matters of state... the destiny of our nation. But no matter what words come out of their mouths... I see only one thing in their eyes.

  Wong Chia Chi : What?

  Mr. Yee : Fear. But you... You seem different. You're not afraid, are you?

  Wong Chia Chi : How about you?

  Mr. Yee : You're smart. But not so smart at mahjong.

  Wong Chia Chi : You're right. I always lose. Except when I play with you.

• Wong Chia Chi : I went to the teahouse to look for you.

  Kuang Yu Min : Some of our top people have been arrested. They raided a bunch of our safe houses. Luckily Auyang got away. You are not to go to any of the old places.

  Wong Chia Chi : When are we going to strike?

  Kuang Yu Min : We have to wait for the orders.

  Wong Chia Chi : Tell them to please hurry. And then we can all leave, right?

  Kuang Yu Min : I can't say. I don't know.

  Wong Chia Chi : He's gone again. Amah said he went to Nanjing. But who knows the truth? Maybe there's another woman. He took me to Alley 1237 the night before last.

  Kuang Yu Min : I know. We have it staked out.

  Wong Chia Chi : There was perfume in the air... Jasmine. Not recent, though. There was dust on the pillows. I don't know.

  Kuang Yu Min : Wong Chia Chi. Wong Chia Chi. Look at me. Look at me. I won't let you get hurt, ok? I won't allow it.