Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Michel Simon: Priape Boudu
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Quotes
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Édouard Lestingois : The man who spits in Balzac's "Physiology of Marriage" is less than nothing to me.
Priape Boudu : Who is that man?
Édouard Lestingois : Ask my wife.
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Priape Boudu : Hey, copper, you seen my dog?
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Édouard Lestingois : I'll give you one ticket and keep the other. The grand prize is 100,000 francs. Can you imagine having 100,000 francs? What would you do if you won 100,000 francs.
Priape Boudu : I'd buy a bicycle.
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Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : Where would you be if the master hadn't saved you?
Priape Boudu : In heaven.
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : People who kill themselves don't go to heaven. You know nothing of religion and you're an ingrate!
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Priape Boudu : Would you like a kiss?
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : Have you lost your mind? Would you know how?
Priape Boudu : I haven't a clue.
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : Would it be your first kiss?
Priape Boudu : No, I had a dog.
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : A dog?
Priape Boudu : He used to kiss me.
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : He licked you.
Priape Boudu : He licked me.
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Édouard Lestingois : You're not going out like that, are you?
Priape Boudu : Why?
Édouard Lestingois : Your shoes aren't shined.
Priape Boudu : My shoes have to shine?
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : Of course, you dummy.
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Priape Boudu : Do you like me now?
Emma Lestingois : Me, Mr. Boudu?
Priape Boudu : Yes, sweetie.
Emma Lestingois : Don't be so familiar.
Priape Boudu : What's that, sweetie?
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Emma Lestingois : Listen, Boudu. Mr. Lestingois and I are your benefactors.
Priape Boudu : Yes, I know.
Emma Lestingois : Nevertheless, you don't seem fully conscious of your obligations to us arising from your situation.
Priape Boudu : What's she saying?
Emma Lestingois : You're welcomed into an honest, middle-class home, and you behave like a Neanderthal! In cleaning your shoes, you made complete pandemonium of my room!
Priape Boudu : "Panty-moan-yum"?
Emma Lestingois : Don't be funny.
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Priape Boudu : What's that you have there?
Emma Lestingois : What? Here?
Priape Boudu : Yes.
Emma Lestingois : A beauty mark. What was I saying?
Priape Boudu : Why do you have a mark like that?
Emma Lestingois : [Slaps Boudu's hands away] Back to the matter at hand.
Priape Boudu : What did you say, Emma?
Emma Lestingois : Mr. Boudu, I'll thank you to show me the proper respect.
Priape Boudu : [Boudu grabs her] I'll give you respect!
Emma Lestingois : What's gotten into you?
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Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : Where would you sell books?
Priape Boudu : Here and you'd be my little wife.
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : When I leave of my senses, I'll think of you.
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Priape Boudu : Won't you be my little wife?
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : When pigs have wings.
Priape Boudu : Will that be soon?
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : Wait and see.
Priape Boudu : Are you teasing me?
Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne : You finally noticed?
Priape Boudu : You're a naughty girl. A naughty girl.
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Emma Lestingois : Does your conscience trouble you that much? Naughty boy.
Priape Boudu : I'm not naughty.
Emma Lestingois : How quickly we forget!