La baie des anges (1963)
Jeanne Moreau: Jackie Demaistre
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Quotes
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Jackie Demaistre : Life has its tricks. Its oddities.
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Jackie Demaistre : When I left my hotel this morning, I'd really decided to go back to Paris. I went to the station with my bag. I had just enough money. As I was about to buy my ticket, the urge came over me. I left my suitcase there and came back to the casino, almost against my will. You understand? I gambled all afternoon, hoping to make up my losses. Like a fool I kept playing 17, sure it'd win, but no. I was losing my train money, but I thought to myself, "If not Paris, I can get as far as Dijon." Then it was Lyon. Then it was hitchhiking. With my last chip I couldn't even get to Marseilles, so I gambled that away too.
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Jackie Demaistre : [at the beach] This display of flabby flesh makes me sick. I'd rather watch people gambling.
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Jackie Demaistre : Doesn't it ever happen to you?
Jean Fournier : Actually, this is all new to me. I didn't think such a lifestyle existed anymore. Don't get me wrong. I mean, except in the movies or certain American novels.
Jackie Demaistre : What lifestyle?
Jean Fournier : This hotel, this terrace, this band. This opulence. And you.
Jackie Demaistre : Me? So I'm like an American novel?
Jackie Demaistre : A character in a novel, yes.
Jean Fournier : That's funny. I'd never thought about it.
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Jackie Demaistre : Believe me, you must never let luck pass you by.
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Jackie Demaistre : I've always been passionate. I can't help it.
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Jackie Demaistre : You want to know? Why I drag you around with me like a dog? You bring me luck, like a lucky horseshoe.
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Jean Fournier : You gamble to make money.
Jackie Demaistre : Not at all. I don't like money. You see what I do with it when I have it. If I loved money I wouldn't squander it. What I love about gambling is this idiotic life of luxury and poverty. And also the mystery - the mystery of numbers and chance. I've often wondered whether God rules over numbers.
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Jackie Demaistre : The first time I walked into a casino, I felt like I was in church. I felt the same emotion.
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Jackie Demaistre : I don't owe anyone anything. Why deny myself this passion? In whose name? I'm free!
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Jackie Demaistre : Sometimes I feel ashamed. I feel rotten inside. I fight it, but the rottenness spreads everywhere. I lie. I let others down. I dirty everything I touch.
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Jackie Demaistre : I'm ready.
Jean Fournier : You're serious?
Jackie Demaistre : You afraid?
Jean Fournier : Yes. Of ending up like you.
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Jackie Demaistre : You brought my luck back.
Jean Fournier : Slut.
Jackie Demaistre : What?
Jean Fournier : I said "slut."
Jackie Demaistre : Don't make a jealous scene.
Jean Fournier : You're like a cheap hooker.
