Manon of the Spring (1986)

Yves Montand: Cesar Soubeyran dit 'Le Papet'

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Quotes 

• Ugolin : [to Manon]  You know that. I told you so in the hills. I love you unbearably. Listen... please listen, Manon. Ever since I saw you, ever since I spoke to you, food has been turning to sawdust in my mouth, sleep has been a torment. If you reject me, I will die or go mad.

  Cesar Soubeyran : Shut up, you fool. Shut up. Let's go.

• Cesar Soubeyran : He's such a bigot he might confess other people's sins.

• Cesar Soubeyran : Do you know who she looks like?

  Ugolin : Nobody!

  Cesar Soubeyran : Yes, she does. She looks like someone you never knew. She's the splitting image of her grandmother.

  Ugolin : Did you know her?

  Cesar Soubeyran : Florette de Camoins. A great beauty.

• Cesar Soubeyran : [to the villages]  Come on, you men! You're natives like me: tell him there was no spring! Listen: anyone who knew was one, and didn't tell the hunchback is responsible for his death.

• Cesar Soubeyran : Destiny doesn't exist. Only good-for-nothings talk about destiny.

• [first lines] 

  [dialog in French, lines from English subtitles] 

  Le Fleuriste : Voila!

  [pause] 

  Le Fleuriste : Next time I won't pay this much. The competition from Italy is ruining me.

  Cesar Soubeyran : This barely pays for the fertilizer for the flowers. Next year we'll grow chickpeas.

  Le Fleuriste : I'll miss our aperitifs together.

• Ugolin : Papet, my spring has dried up!

  Cesar Soubeyran : What?

  Ugolin : No water.

  Cesar Soubeyran : None at all?

  Ugolin : No. I dug a deep hole. Not a drop. My carnations are budding.

• Cesar Soubeyran : I'll die because I no longer want to live.