Valmont (1989)
Meg Tilly: Madame de Tourvel
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Quotes
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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 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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Madame de Tourvel : No. No, I'm not clever enough to talk to you.
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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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Madame de Tourvel : Don't move. I'll prepare something for you. I'll wait on you. I want to serve you.
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Madame de Tourvel : Sleep. Sleep on. Let me just stay here and look at you. Night after night, I had to close my eyes to see your face.