Accattone (1961)
Franca Pasut: Stella
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Quotes
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Stella : So, get a job.
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : What, donating blood. No-one drinks my blood. Work. Animals work.
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Stella : Why do you love me?
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : Firstly because I like you. Second because you seem so strange, so unprotected.
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Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : Its hard work?
Stella : Its a question of habit, if you need something you have to work.
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Stella : Are you hungry?
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : No, ravenous.
Stella : Well, noon, time to eat.
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : You seem so nice, so young, so good and kind. I don't know how to put this. Are you from Rome?
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Stella : [Looking at prostitutes] What are those girls doing?
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : Making money.
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Stella : What do they do?
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : What all other women do.
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Stella : I want to make a speech.
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi : Mussolini made speeches.
Stella : This is serious, I want you to know everything about me.
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Stella : I know what you're doing with me. I've been expecting it. I know what you want from me.
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Stella : I've only known pain and misery. I'm not like the others. How do I know what I must and mustn't do?