Death of a Cyclist Movie Quotes
Miguel Castro
The other day, someone told me a very interesting story. The story of a happy marriage that went downhill.
María José de Castro
Why?
Miguel Castro
The woman tricked the man.
María José de Castro
Oh really? How original.
Miguel Castro
Let me finish. The woman tricked the man. They were both good people, especially the woman. And he had a lot of money.
María José de Castro
So what did the husband do, kill his wife?
Miguel Castro
No, even better. He left her. Without a penny, suddenly she lost her entire life. Even everyday life, lost. And nobody wanted to give her a hand. Do you like it?
María José de Castro
The story? It's not too bad. Who told it to you?
Miguel Castro
Rafa.
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Juan Fernández Soler
The war. The war is very convenient. You can blame everything on it. All the death and destruction, all the guys like me left hollow inside - who never believe in anything ever again. Not even the sweetheart who doesn't wait and marries a rich man. Now I'm talking nonsense. I sound like some dime store novel.
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Juan Fernández Soler
We'll lose everything.
María José de Castro
What does "everything" mean?
Juan Fernández Soler
To you? I don't know. Your world, your home, your husband, your position in society, your wonderful life.
María José de Castro
And you.
Juan Fernández Soler
Thanks. I'm in there somewhere too.
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Rafael Sandoval
I am Rafael Sandoval, or Rafa. Good for nothing, but granted entrance to the most exclusive circles. At your charity balls, at parties for wealthy merchants and landowners, I, art critic, represent culture with a capital C. I eat your caviar, drink your whiskey, and smoke your cigarettes. In exchange - and I'm the loser in the bargain - I endure you all.
María José de Castro
And you're bored stiff.
Rafael Sandoval
No, I'm really not. It's fun observing you. I see your sins, classify them, file them away - and wait.
María José de Castro
For what?
Rafael Sandoval
The right moment to act. All the ugly things you hide, I dig them up and lay them before you. It's a means of purification.
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Rafael Sandoval
Your husband tells me you're leaving Madrid very soon.
María José de Castro
That's my plan. Why?
Rafael Sandoval
Just curious. I'd rather you didn't run off. I thought I might...
María José de Castro
What?
Rafael Sandoval
Surprise you.
María José de Castro
You're going to die.
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María José de Castro
What do you envy most? The name or the money?
Miguel Castro
What do you think? A name can be tarnished by some unseemly act.
María José de Castro
Unseemly? Like what?
Miguel Castro
I don't know. How about murder?
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Miguel Castro
Is he still in love with you?
María José de Castro
Juan? What a thing to say!
Miguel Castro
Why not? You're prettier by the day.
María José de Castro
Very kind of you.
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Juan Fernández Soler
Can't you see it's wonderful?
Matilde Luque Carvajal
What is?
Juan Fernández Soler
This selflessness, this unity, this solidarity.
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Juan Fernández Soler
This morning I got quite a scare. The police came looking for me. That's always frightening, even with a clean conscience.
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Doña Maria
I've never understood you, Juan. Never. You're too complicated for a woman like me. Everything was given to me sorted out and measured. But you always managed to escape, and I've never known where your true peace lies. Forgive me. I've never known how to help you. I couldn't.
Juan Fernández Soler
I must have been a great disappointment to you, Mother. Always searching for a way out - like bumblebees flying into windowpanes. You know, the other day at school, someone broke the windowpane.
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María José de Castro
I love you, Miguel. I love you.
Miguel Castro
No, you don't love me. You love what I represent. All this. Everything I can give you. Everything I can take away.
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Doña Maria
Something bad? That's odd. I can't imagine Juan ever doing anything bad.
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María José de Castro
Miguel, you're what matters most.
Miguel Castro
No! No, it's not me. It's your selfishness.
María José de Castro
My selfishness?
Miguel Castro
Yes. It's the only thing I can use to my advantage. Your selfishness, your greed, your lust for life, your unquenchable desires.
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Rafael Sandoval
I saw you.5:30pm, the highway to France, in a Fiat, going 60 mph.
María José de Castro
Destination?
Rafael Sandoval
Unknown. Reason for the journey?
María José de Castro
Tourism.
Rafael Sandoval
Anything to declare? Jewels? Drugs? Sins?
María José de Castro
Just personal effects.
Rafael Sandoval
Lovers?
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Doña Maria
They're waiting for you at the party.
Juan Fernández Soler
I'll pass.
Doña Maria
Not interested?
Juan Fernández Soler
In my sister?
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Rafael Sandoval
Just what is it you want?
María José de Castro
To know.
Rafael Sandoval
To know - abstract art?
María José de Castro
Cold.
Rafael Sandoval
Klee's influence on modern painting?
María José de Castro
Cold.
Rafael Sandoval
What I earn as an art critic.
María José de Castro
Freezing.
Rafael Sandoval
Ho much I like you?
María José de Castro
Warmer.
Rafael Sandoval
What you suspect?
María José de Castro
Hot.
Rafael Sandoval
What I want?
María José de Castro
Sizzling.
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María José de Castro
There's something more important than you or me: fear.
Juan Fernández Soler
Of what?
María José de Castro
Everything. People watching. A phone ringing. Rafa.
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María José de Castro
What else? What else?
Rafael Sandoval
What else?
María José de Castro
Yes, what else?
Rafael Sandoval
What else?
María José de Castro
What else? What else?
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Juan Fernández Soler
You know, for the first time in a long time, I have something to believe in.
María José de Castro
Yourself?
Juan Fernández Soler
Us. Our dignity.
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Juan Fernández Soler
Carmina is happily married. I fulfill my role as black sheep. The virtuous brothers are deceased and the family's glory is on display behind glass.
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Jorge
At no time in history have such marvelous circumstances come together.
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María José de Castro
We have to find out what we did.
Juan Fernández Soler
We killed a man, didn't we?
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Miguel Castro
Have you taken up business now?
Rafael Sandoval
Not exactly business. More like a game.
Miguel Castro
A forbidden game?
Rafael Sandoval
A dangerous one.
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María José de Castro
In fairy tales, the evil fairy always asks for three things. What's your third wish?
Rafael Sandoval
You.
María José de Castro
I'll have to tell my husband.
Rafael Sandoval
Just what I intend to do.
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Cristina
This canasta tournament will be great fun. It's for poor children, or stupid children, or something - but it'll be fun.
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Miguel Castro
People talk about us. The way you behave. The things I do. Social chatter. It's not important.
María José de Castro
It could be.
Miguel Castro
Never. In my book, it's not what you say, it's what you do.
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Cristina
[to Miguel]
Come. I have some juicy gossip.
Rafael Sandoval
Can't we hear?
Cristina
Gossip is for one person at a time. Group sessions are so tiresome.
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María José de Castro
What did he say?
Miguel Castro
The priest?
María José de Castro
No, Rafa.
Miguel Castro
Just small talk. Why?
María José de Castro
I can't stand the creep.
Miguel Castro
He's just a poor devil, a poet.
María José de Castro
He's always criticizing.
Miguel Castro
Isn't that his job?
María José de Castro
He's always gossiping.
Miguel Castro
We all talk about what we see, imagine, suspect. You talk about others, and they talk about you.
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Juan Fernández Soler
What is this? Love? Passion? A pastime?
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Juan Fernández Soler
We can't even kiss now. You can't stand to let me caress you. I don't dare to touch you. Maybe I don't even want to.
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Juan Fernández Soler
Sometimes I wish it would all come out. That we killed one man while deceiving another, that we think only of ourselves. It would be a relief.
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Miguel Castro
An unseemly act tarnishes a name but the name still remains, whereas money is more fragile.
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Rafael Sandoval
Don't touch me! I'm tired of always being your guest. The intelligent and witty guest. Good old Rafa. Nice Rafa. I have the upper hand here! You're all filthy scum, a bunch of selfish pigs! And I know all your dirty secrets!
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María José de Castro
It feels like everyone knows, like they're watching us.
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Matilde Luque Carvajal
Why are you doing all this? Why go away?
Juan Fernández Soler
Because of something bad that I did.
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Juan Fernández Soler
I like this hour of the day. Twilight. There's a moment when everything falls silent. I want so much to live, like never before.
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Juan Fernández Soler
He's still alive.
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María José de Castro
It's you I love.
Juan Fernández Soler
But why? Mrs. Castro yawns her way through cocktail parties, is bored silly at canasta tournaments, falls asleep at gala concerts. The old teenage affair becomes a romantic adventure, nice and exciting - as long as there are no complications.
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María José de Castro
Business ends at sundown all over the world.
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Rafael Sandoval
Have you seen the paper?
María José de Castro
Anything important?
Rafael Sandoval
Depends what you call important.
María José de Castro
What is it?
Rafael Sandoval
Wait a minute. Not the editorials. The comics are dumb. Sports - nothing. "News in Brief." Here it is. Let's see. Don't you love the News in brief? "House Under Construction Collapses." "Crime of Passion." "Death of a Cyclist." Here it is.
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