Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Franca Marzi: Wanda
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Quotes
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Wanda : [in Italian] Go inside and dry yourself off.
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] I don't have the keys.
Wanda : [in Italian] Where did you put them?
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] In my purse.
Wanda : [in Italian] And where's your purse?
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] Giorgio's got it. We took a walk by the river and I fell in. Giorgio got scared and ran off.
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Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] I'm getting married! He asked me to marry him! We're buying a store in Grotta Ferrata. He's already signed the contract. Without me knowing he arranged it all: a store, a house! I'm selling everything. I'll sell the house. The house. We're getting married in two weeks. Wanda, I'm leaving!
Wanda : [in Italian] Does he know that you...
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] Of course he knows! I told him everything. I didn't hide anything from him. But, he's a saint. An angel! He didn't want to know anything. He didn't care. He loves me. He loves me. Wanda! He loves me! Wanda!
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Wanda : [in Italian] The police! The police!
Heavy prostitute with leopard spots : [in Italian] What you all need is jail.
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Wanda : Why'd you bring him along? A weed never dies!
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Wanda : Think the Madonna would waste a miracle on him? Funny, huh? She knows how you made your dough. Selling coke and pimping women.
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Wanda : She's thinking.
Amleto, 'il magnaccia' : Too much thinking will make your head explode.
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Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : I'll be meeting him again tomorrow.
Wanda : What's he after?
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : How do I know? And who cares? As long as he pays!
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Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : We went at the Metropolitan. A costume movie. Gladiators, Christian martyrs. He explained to me that it wasn't a true story. It's just for the movies, understand? And then, he told me that he gets a kick out of talking to me because - because I understand him. He's even good-looking. Black eyes, brown skin. A northern type. Then we had pizza at a trattoria. He always pays. Even for the flowers.
Wanda : Nothing? He wants nothing?
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : 'Course not.
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Passer-by : [in Italian] Cabiria, Alberto Lazzari's waiting for you.
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] I'm not even talking to you.
Wanda : [in Italian] Don't listen to her.
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] Who's listening?
Wanda : [in Italian] Hey Cabiria, there's Limpy.
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli : [in Italian] There's a winner.
Wanda : [in Italian] Hey, you old lecher. Home sick for jail? Come on, Cabiria, let's have a good laugh.