The Green Room (1978)

François Truffaut: Julien Davenne

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• Julien Davenne : He taught me a very hard fact: if you agree to be a member of society, be ready to feel a deep sense of disgust.

• Julien Davenne : Hate is not part of my outlook on life. But I do think of him as the man who has hurt me the most. Through him, I saw that for certain people, life is a ferocious race with no holds barred. So, I withdrew from the race and gradually, because of Massigny, I am now only a spectator of life.

• Julien Davenne : I'm shocked by the terrible way the dead are forgotten. I want to correct that injustice.

• Julien Davenne : How can the dead hope to remain if they aren't remembered by those who survived?

• Julien Davenne : The dead only belong to us if we agree to belong to them.

• Julien Davenne : I thought you didn't want to seem anymore.

  Cecilia Mandel : No. I thought it was you who didn't want to see me.

• Cecilia Mandel : You weren't tempted to disobey the order?

  Julien Davenne : No, because I was raised to be obedient.

  Cecilia Mandel : I know about obedience.

• Julien Davenne : I don't like cemeteries anymore, they're cold prisons. They lock up the dead to get rid of them under the frozen earth.

  Cecilia Mandel : I don't agree. They're at home everywhere underground.

• Julien Davenne : Julie - eternal young woman. Loyal, brave, magnificent Julie.

• Julien Davenne : I can't say where I'm taking you. Do you trust me?

  Cecilia Mandel : Of course, I trust you; but, I still find you very mysterious. Aren't you going to ask me to put on a blindfold?

• Cecilia Mandel : If you can wait a moment, the lesson is nearly over.

  Julien Davenne : Yes, this is the first time I've really come to your house. I wonder if I shouldn't sign up for piano lessons.

  Cecilia Mandel : Piano lessons?

  Julien Davenne : Yes. If I were your student, I'd have some power over you.

  Cecilia Mandel : Power over me?

  Julien Davenne : Yes.

  Cecilia Mandel : You, you want to have power over me?

• Julien Davenne : I shouldn't have come here. When I came through this door I spoiled everything.

• Cecilia Mandel : There was the cemetery where we met so often. Did you ever wonder what tomb I was visiting?

  Julien Davenne : Yes, but it was like opening a letter sent to someone else.

• Julien Davenne : Only those who belonged to me in life belong to me in death.

• Julien Davenne : What happened - the two of us - I know - what happened. Nothing happened, nothing!