La Chienne (1931)
Michel Simon: Maurice Legrand
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Quotes
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Maurice Legrand : The illusion of love may survive the sight of a dingy bedroom, but inevitably one awakens.
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Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : Just yesterday he said if he had money, he'd dress me up nice and I wouldn't look half bad.
Maurice Legrand : You look fine as you are.
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : And he's so talented. He does a terrific imitation of Maurice Chevalier. But he has no connections, so I have to help him.
Maurice Legrand : You help him?
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : Yes, we've been together three years. That's like being married, isn't it?
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Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : I live around here.
Maurice Legrand : May I see you to your door?
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : No, I'd best say good-bye here. I live with my family and if neighbors see me with a gentlemen...
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Adèle Legrand : My first husband would never have wasted his time fiddling around with painting!
Maurice Legrand : Ah, yes. The sergeant.
Adèle Legrand : That's right. The sergeant! A real man! A hero! A brave man who gave his life in 1914 for sluggards like you!
Maurice Legrand : That wasn't my fault.
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Maurice Legrand : Half past midnight. I told Adèle I'd be back by midnight.
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : How time flies! And we didn't even do anything, darling.
Maurice Legrand : When I think we've never spent a night together. I'd love to spend a whole night with you, feel your warm, soft body next to mine all night long.
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Maurice Legrand : Freedom! Lulu, life is beautiful!
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Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : You disgust me!
Maurice Legrand : You think I enjoyed it? If it hadn't been for your money, I'd have dumped you in a minute. Monsieur wants true love! To be loved for himself! What a laugh!
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : You slut! You're no woman. You're a bitch!
Maurice Legrand : Talk away.
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Maurice Legrand : You lick the hand that feeds you *and* the hand that beats you!
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : If you knew how you bore me, you wouldn't waste your breath.
Maurice Legrand : So your pimp beat you. He was right: It's the only way to treat you.
Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu : Maybe he did, but I love him.
Maurice Legrand : You love him?
