Teorema (1968)
Massimo Girotti: Paolo, the father
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Quotes
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Paolo, the father : What are you reading?
The Visitor : [Reading Rimbaud] "He was at his daily tasks and that stroke of goodness would take longer to come around again than a star. The Adorable One who'd appeared without my ever hoping he would has not returned and will never return again."
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Paolo, the father : You must have come here to destroy. The destruction you've caused in me couldn't be more complete. You've simply destroyed the idea I've always had of myself. Now I see absolutely nothing capable of giving me back my identity. What are you suggesting? A scandal tantamount to social suicide - a complete loss of myself? But how can this be for a man accustomed to believing in order, in the future, and above all in ownership?
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Paolo, the father : What would become of me if I stripped myself of everything and gave my factory to the workers?
