Orpheus (1950)
Pierre Bertin: Le commissaire
Quotes
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Le commissaire : Yours is a perfect marriage, but sometimes men lose their heads.
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Le commissaire : You were saying, sir, that this phrase is a poem. No one should know better than you.
L'éditeur : Orphée sent me the texts yesterday morning. I found them quite astonishing. I showed them to my friends.
The Poet : I noticed that one of them - quite an astonishing one - reminded me of something.
Le commissaire : I believe this is the text: "The bird sings with its fingers". I quote without prejudice.