The Woman Next Door (1981)

Véronique Silver: Odile

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  Madame Odile Jouve : I suspect that Mathilde and Bernard won't be buried together. if I had to select an epitaph for them it would be, "Neither with you, nor without you.", but I doubt whether I'll be asked.

• Madame Odile Jouve : My prosthesis is quite a hit. A guy followed me for ages the other day. I crossed the street, changed directions, when he finally approached me. I couldn't get rid of him. He was a fetishist.

  Bernard : I'm not surprised. I saw a film like that. There's a woman who's afraid of being held in a man's arms. She couldn't stand it. Not at all. To please her, a guy cuts his arms off.

  Madame Odile Jouve : Both of them?

  Bernard : I guess. Or maybe one. Anyway, he did it for love.

• Bernard : Yes, I lied. Yes, I said I was at work. I don't usually lie, you know.

  Madame Odile Jouve : You were pretty convincing. I can blackmail you now! Come on. Buy my silence with a bourbon.

• Bernard : I like to take it slow. I need to get used to things. You know how it is: we invite them, then they invite us, and then...

  Madame Odile Jouve : A vicious cycle!

• Madame Odile Jouve : It was a long time ago. It'll be 20 years next year. It was during the Algerian putsch. I can tell you the truth now, 'cause I like you. I didn't fall. I threw myself out the window like a sack of linen.

  Bernard : You don't say. That takes courage.

  Madame Odile Jouve : Don't be silly. It wasn't brave, just desperate. Madly in love and desperate. He left for New Caledonia and dumped me. Like an idiot, I still hoped. Then I heard he'd gotten married. So, Geronimo!

  Bernard : What did he say when he found out?

  Madame Odile Jouve : I made sure he never did. It's much better that way.

  Bernard : Yes. That's true. Men don't like to hear things like that.

  Madame Odile Jouve : They're right. I'd say that my story was tragic, but not fatal. Like Edith Piaf, I don't regret a thing. Not one thing.

• Bernard : He's kind of laid-back, cool as a cucumber.

  Madame Odile Jouve : And her?

  Bernard : I don't know. She's kind of gloomy. One of those really complicated women, you know?

  Madame Odile Jouve : Never met one of those.

• Madame Odile Jouve : Such lovely hair! I can't resist touching it. Especially dark hair. There are too many blondes.

  Mathilde : At the club or in general?

  Madame Odile Jouve : Both. It's due to movies, TV. Especially advertising, it's a terrible influence.

• Madame Odile Jouve : Paris was hellish. Those people are maniacs.