Sweet Hours (1982)
Assumpta Serna: Berta, Actriz, Teresa, La madre de Juan
Quotes
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La madre de Juan : What did you see?
Juan : "Gilda", Mom.
La madre de Juan : "Gilda"? I never heard such title.
Juan : It's with Rita Hayworth, who later married Orson Welles.
Abuela : Filth, a filthy movie!
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Juan : I'm just a painter. A horrible future awaits me. And even if it wasn't terrible, the future that awaits me will never be better than my past. I can assure you that after 18, my life was uninteresting. Everything I've done since, it went by in an instant. Leaving no deep trace behind. On the other side, I remember many details of my childhood - and from my youth.
Berta : I remember my childhood with sadness. I find it so much better now.
Juan : One day I realized something simple: that my life belongs to me. It was my own possession.
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La madre de Juan : To me he seemed the most marvelous person in the world. With that helpless look. When he invited me to dinner and cinema I was so excited. He told me very nice things. I was melting inside. That's something only a woman understands. Then, in the cinema, he touches my breast. How exciting. What a pleasure.
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La madre de Juan : I wish I could stop time. Right now. Only remember the beautiful moments. The light in this place. The reflections. Things breathe and I feel like part of this world. Immense! A harmonic whole. Gentle.
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Berta : [singing] Remember the sweet hours from yesterday, Remember that old love, The pleasure will light our old age, Remember that crazy night, Those hours are not forgotten, Those flowers haven't lost their petals, Remember those sweet hours again, Remember those kisses from your mouth...
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El padre de Juan : You're the one who treats him like a baby! You're raising a faggot!
La madre de Juan : How can you say that?
El padre de Juan : Look at him. Always hiding under your dress like a girl.
La madre de Juan : He is delicate and sensible, not a beast like you!
El padre de Juan : You're both sissies!
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La madre de Juan : Bashful. What you want are caresses, right?
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Juanico : Don't cry, Mom.
La madre de Juan : I want you to remember always - always, always - that I loved you most of all.
Juanico : Yes, Mom.
La madre de Juan : Remember that son.
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Berta : What was your relationship with your mother? Don't tell me you slept with her.
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La madre de Juan : You really think I'm pretty?
Juanico : A lot, you are beautiful.
La madre de Juan : What do you like better, the hair tied or loose?
Juanico : Let's see.
[La madre unties her hair]
Juanico : You know I like it...
La madre de Juan : My treasure. I'll dress for you.
[opens a box]
Juanico : What is it?
La madre de Juan : Look.
[takes lingerie out of the box, smiles, removes her dress, removes her slip]
La madre de Juan : Close your eyes.
[Juanico smiles and does not close his eyes]
La madre de Juan : Huh?
[La Madre smiles, removes her brassiere, then her panties, puts on her nightgown]
