Indochine (1992)

Dominique Blanc: Yvette

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Quotes 

• Yvette : Feel superior all you want. The truth is no one likes you here. Even trees. If they were honest, they wouldn't grow.

• Yvette : Your appearance is misleading. Sure, you're beautiful. But I'll tell you, beauty means nothing without inner beauty.

• Yvette : [removes Raymond's hand fondling her breast]  Stop it. In your condition.

  Raymond : You're driving me crazy. I just can't help it. We haven't done it in a week.

  Yvette : And what do you call what we do during nap time?

  Raymond : It's not the same.

  Yvette : A pregnancy during the monsoon season? No, thanks. You won't carry it.

• Yvette : It's too bad for Mr. Émile. All this training and his team lost. It's too bad. Like Raymond says, "The Indo-Chinese aren't built for that." Right, Raymond?

  Eliane : Calm down, Yvette. They haven't lost yet.

• Yvette : A lack of love is like a curse. It's the worst illness.

• Yvette : When there's no love, there's a bad smell. It's suffocating.

• Yvette : [singing]  She curls up in a ball, And nibbles her knees, The rubber girl, Oh, the things you can do with her, She hugs you, And you turn to mush, She's so lush, You'll be crushed...

• Yvette : [singing]  Like a marshmallow on a wood fire, The snake-woman has nothing on me, I can do cartwheels, I can pull my cheeks, I can jump like a monkey, I tease you, I look at you, With my belly button...