The Conformist Movie Quotes
Italo
A normal man? For me, a normal man is one who turns his head to see a beautiful woman's bottom. The point is not just to turn your head. There are five or six reasons. And he is glad to find people who are like him, his equals. That's why he likes crowded beaches, football, the bar downtown...
Marcello
At Piazza Venice.
Italo
He likes people similar to himself and does not trust those who are different. That's why a normal man is a true brother, a true citizen, a true patriot...
Marcello
A true fascist.
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Marcello
Ten years ago, my father was in Munich. Often, after the theater, he told me that he'd go with friends to a Bierstube. There was a nutty man they thought a fool. He spoke about politics. He was quite an attraction. They'd buy him beer and encourage him. He'd stand up on the table making furious speeches. It was Hitler.
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Giulia
[somewhat inebriated]
Shopping is only for women. Husbands pay!
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Giulia
What was Marcello like as a student?
Professor Quadri
Serious. Too serious!
Giulia
But you can't be too serious.
Professor Quadri
Really serious people are never serious.
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Marcello
I'm going to build a life that's normal. I'm marrying a petty bourgeoise.
Confessor
Then she must be a fine girl.
Giulia
Speak out. Go ahead.
Marcello
Mediocre. A mound of petty ideas. Full of petty ambitions. She's all bed and kitchen.
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[after overthrow of Mussolini]
Giulia
What are you going to do now?
Marcello
The same as everyone else who thought like me. When there are so many of us, there's no risk.
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[denies a rumor regarding his father]
Marcello
You see, the origin of my father's mental illness isn't venereal. That can be medically confirmed.
Giulia's Mother
By the way, my little girl has had the mumps, scarlet fever, and German measles.
Marcello
They're all very moral maladies.
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Giulia
Marcello, don't go out. They could hurt you.
Marcello
I won't be in danger. After all, what have I done? My duty.
Giulia
But why do you want to go?
Marcello
I want to see how a dictatorship falls.
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Giulia
[sexually aroused while kissing Marcello on a couch]
If you want... want to...
Marcello
If I want to...?
Giulia
Yes, right here... on the floor... on the carpet... Want to?
Marcello
Better think about the priest. He may not grant absolution.
Giulia
They grant everyone absolution.
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Professor Quadri
Clerici, you had me convinced you were the typical new Italian.
Marcello
No such type exists yet, but we're creating him.
Anna
Through repression?
Marcello
No, through example.
Anna
Giving him castor oil? Throwing him into prison? By torturing them? Blackmailing?
Professor Quadri
Anna, please, dear, calm down. Clerici is a fascist. I'm an anti-fascist. We both knew. And we decided to have supper together all the same.
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Manganiello
[disgusted by Marcello's inability to act and leaving their car]
How disgusting! I've always said so. Make me work in the shit - sure, but not with a coward! It's up to me! Cowards, homosexuals, Jews - they're all the same thing! If it were up to me, I'd stand them all against a wall!
[he blows on his fingers in the stinging cold]
Manganiello
Better yet - eliminate them when they're born!
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[first lines]
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Marcello
What do you mean, they're gone? You mean she's gone, too?
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Marcello
I'll be waiting in front of the hotel.
[hangs up]
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Anna
[to Marcello]
You're only a worm. You revolt me. You're disgusting!
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Giulia
Oh, hunchbacks bring good luck.
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Giulia
He'll be a typical intellectual, disagreeable and impotent.
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Confessor
The one thing you have to do is repent and humbly ask His pardon today.
Marcello
I've already repented. I want to be excused by society. Yes. I want to confess today the sin I'll commit tomorrow. One sin atones for another. It is the price I must pay society. And I shall pay it.
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