Bell' Antonio (1960)

Pierre Brasseur: Alfio Magnano

Quotes 

• Alfio Magnano : Your son's been with a woman, he smells.

• Alfio Magnano : What is it you do to women?

  Rosaria Magnano : Why has it to be his fault? It's their fault. They're like cats in heat.

  Alfio Magnano : You understand me, I'm not a monk and I'm a man who likes women.

  Rosaria Magnano : No need to be ashamed of that.

  Alfio Magnano : Your grandfather liked them too - and your great-grandfather. He liked them all. He was like a lion. He didn't leave out anyone.

  Antonio Magnano : Papa, your favorite subject again.

  Alfio Magnano : What do you want? With us, the Magnanos, all women melt when we touch them.

  [Rosaria crosses herself] 

  Alfio Magnano : Yes, you can go on saying what you want. But, from tomorrow, forget Countess Cavalloro, the minister's wife, the chief editor's daughter, and the dancers. Got it?

• Alfio Magnano : Remind your son that from now on he must forget all whores. It's finished. Remind him that Barbara Puglisi has a priest in her family. And that his future father-in-law is from one of the best families in Catania. And one of the richest. Thank you Antonio. Bravo! Bravo!

  Rosaria Magnano : You chose a decent wife. A girl pure as spring water.

• Alfio Magnano : That poor full never noticed anything. He has more horns than a basket full of snails. My seducer son had to arrive from Catania to make him jealous.

• Alfio Magnano : My dear lawyer, you disgust me, You have a dirty mind and a heart of stone. You vomit black ink like a squid.

• Alfio Magnano : Maybe you want to see me in mourning dress because my son is like a cock with his wife? He amuses himself and I should listen to complaints? My son has married a woman he likes and it's alright if he makes love to her whenever he wants. It's something normal, isn't it? If she likes my son, he shouldn't interfere. Were they married with running water?

• Alfio Magnano : What do you think? That I only had Antonio, that idiot, as a son? Many cuckold men have brought up Alfio Magnano's children.

• Alfio Magnano : I'm a lion. Years ago, when I went out on a visit, the husbands told their wives to hide.

  Mariuccia : It's rained a lot since then.