In Therapy (2009)

Lília Cabral: Mercedes

Quotes 

• Mercedes : I hate female intuition. Mine has never given me any good news.

• [while setting the dining table] 

  Mercedes : Today I decided to do something different.

  Gustavo : [looking at the food]  Roast beef?

  Mercedes : No, chicken.

  Gustavo : [making a face]  Oh... even better.

  [She goes back to the kitchen. Their son arrives the room] 

  Filho de Mercedes 2 : [looking at the food]  Roast beef?

  Gustavo : No, chicken.

  Filho de Mercedes 2 : Oh, shit.

• Mercedes : Oh, impossible loves... No woman can resist an impossible love.

• [First lines] 

  Mercedes : [Voiceover]  We get born and we die. And in the mean time we study, we work, we get married, we have children, we exercise... we get sick. No one escapes it. When I paint, I'm not thinking about becoming a celebrity. My painting is a way to express all the loose things about me, about my personality.

  [pause] 

  Mercedes : That's me. My name is Mercedes.

• [about her wedding night] 

  Mercedes : [Voiceover]  When we got to our room and he shut the door, we realized our marriage wouldn't be like the others. He didn't say "alone at last". He said...

  Gustavo : Together at last.

• [Mercedes is setting the dining table] 

  Mercedes : Today I decided to do something different.

  Gustavo : [looking at the food]  Oh, I love roast beef!

  Mercedes : No, it's chicken.

  Gustavo : [making a face]  Oh. Even better.

  [She goes back into the kitchen] 

  Filho de Mercedes 1 : [whispering]  Dad... the chicken is still breathing.

  [Filho de Mercedes 2 walks into the dining room] 

  Filho de Mercedes 2 : Roast beef?

  Gustavo : No, chicken.

  Filho de Mercedes 2 : Oh, shit.

• Mercedes : [to her shrink]  There are so many women inside of me... and a few men as well. Prepare for group therapy!... Just kidding.

• [Trying to get her husband's attention] 

  Mercedes : I told her I work as a *ho* in a downtown strip club!

  Gustavo : [shocked]  You said that to her?

• [Discussing Gustavo's possible infidelity] 

  Mercedes : Gustavo is not my property, he's just a part of my life. Have you ever heard that saying, people don't belong to people?

  Mônica : People may not belong to people, but no way in hell will he belong to another woman!