A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Andréa Ferréol: Alba Bewick
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Quotes
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Alba Bewick : In the land of the legless the one-legged woman is queen.
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Alba Bewick : Imagine that, the body - in all its delicious detail - fading away leaving a skeleton with iron legs.
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Alba Bewick : I am about to become a mother, and you are about to become a father... or fathers.
Oswald Deuce : You what?
Oliver Deuce : You are?
Alba Bewick : I am.
Oswald Deuce : Good lord.
Oliver Deuce : You can?
Alba Bewick : Of course! Is leglessness a form of contraception?
Oswald Deuce : I'm not sure.
Alba Bewick : You're not sure!
Oswald Deuce : I'm delighted!
Alba Bewick : You are delighted!
[suspiciously]
Alba Bewick : A pregnant cripple and you are delighted? Think of what it will do to my sense of balance!
Oswald Deuce : It might help! Give you more stability.
Alba Bewick : Then you recommend it? Recommendation's one thing. A womb on crutches is another.
Oliver Deuce : So... who's the father?
Alba Bewick : Well, well, well. Why don't you discuss it between yourselves?
Oliver Deuce : Why, don't you know?
Alba Bewick : Grand dieu! Does an animal behaviorist need to ask such questions? As far as I'm concerned, you both are.
Oswald Deuce : But you...
Alba Bewick : NO BUTS!
[smiling]
Alba Bewick : You're brothers, aren't you? What's a few spermatozoa among brothers!