Valmont (1989)
Colin Firth: Valmont
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Quotes
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Valmont : You are confusing bets and marriages, madame. One must always honor a bet.
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Valmont : You want me to seduce a little girl, who has seen nothing, who knows nothing, who'll probably flop on her back out of simple curiosity? You don't need *me* for *that*. Anyone can do that.
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Valmont : You must be an exceptional woman.
Madame de Tourvel : No, not exceptional. Why?
Valmont : Love a husband, and he's never there.
Madame de Tourvel : Do you married, Mr. Valmont?
Valmont : No, I'm in love.
Madame de Tourvel : You're in love?
Valmont : Yes.
Madame de Tourvel : Then why aren't you with her?
Valmont : I am with her. I'm talking to her right now.
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Baroness : Are you hinting that I could be unfaithful to my husband?
Valmont : Not now. But if you were alone...
Madame de Tourvel : Monsier Valmont, you simply don't understand women.
Baroness : You're right. Look, if a woman wants a little adventure, she doesn't need to be alone.
[looking straight at her husband]
Baroness : She can manage it perfectly well right under her husbands nose.
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Madame de Rosemonde : Ah, my sweet girl. If I understand what these people have been saying, you have a dilemma.
Cecile : I do?
Madame de Rosemonde : Tell me, if it were up to you, would you rather marry that Monsieur de... eh...
Mertuil : Gercourt.
Madame de Rosemonde : Exactly, Gercourt. Or the other one? The one with the harp.
Cecile : Well, I... I... I'll do whatever my Maman wants me to do.
Valmont : But that is not what my aunt is asking you. Forget Maman. If you had the choice, who would you pick? You, yourself?
Cecile : Oh! I... I... I guess I would marry Monsieur de Gercourt, and... keep Monsieur Danceny for a lover?
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Madame de Tourvel : This letter is from a close friend of mine. "All his life, Monsieur de Valmont has been and is a consummate master of the art of seduction. Hundreds of women, and I am not exaggerating Madame, have paid for it. He has charmed his countless victims designing his every gesture, every word, every smile in a cold-blooded scheme that has only one squalid end: to destroy the woman's honor." Is this true?
Valmont : Who wrote that?
Madame de Tourvel : Is it?
[no response]
Madame de Tourvel : Monsieur de Valmont, don't waste your time on me. I am not, and I never will be, one of those women.
Valmont : I know that.
Madame de Tourvel : So, why do you keep trying?
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Madame de Tourvel : Sometimes my friends tell me I'm naive.
[clutches her chest]
Madame de Tourvel : But, I'm not so silly that I don't see what you want.
Valmont : Yes? What do I want?
Madame de Tourvel : If you don't stop talking that way, we can't be friends.
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Mertuil : You know, little Cecile, she - she reminds me so much of myself when I was 15. She's naive, innocent, - pure.
Valmont : Yes?
Mertuil : I want you to put an end to it. I want you to take her virginity. I want Gercourt to discover on his wedding night, that he didn't get there first. I want to make him the laughingstock of Paris.
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Valmont : What do you want to wager?
Mertuil : Anything you want.
Valmont : You. Your body.
Mertuil : And if you lose?
Valmont : Anything you want.
Mertuil : I want you to shut yourself in a monastery, anoint yourself with ashes and repent for all your sins.
Valmont : I accept.
Mertuil : Good night, my little monk. I'm afraid you'll be very lonely. Remember me in your prayers sometime.
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Madame de Tourvel : Monsieur de Valmont, I know some women might be weak, but, believe me, there are women who will always be true.
Baron : Nonsense! A true woman is a contradiction in terms.
Valmont : Not always. I believe that some women stay true. I find them fascinating.
Mertuil : Men usually do.
Madame de Tourvel : I've noticed that.
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Madame de Tourvel : I would never tell you what to do. But, please, go away. Please, please go away. I know I should be the one to leave. And I know it's my duty, but I haven't the strength. I can't go on like this. When I sit down, you sit next to me. When I speak, you answer. I blush in your company, and everybody sees it. But, then, when - when I am alone... oh... Please, go away. I beg you. Please. Please go.
Valmont : Is that what you want?
Madame de Tourvel : Do you want me to say - that I don't want you to leave? I can't say that. I can't!
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Valmont : I won and I have the right to collect my prize!