All About My Mother (1999)
Cecilia Roth: Manuela
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Quotes
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Manuela : I'm not a whore. I've been fucked around a lot, but I'm not a whore.
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Manuela : You are not a human being, Lola. You are an epidemic.
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Manuela : My friend and her husband with the tits set up a bar here, on the Barceloneta. He spent the day in a tiny bikini, screwing everything he could, and giving her a hard time if she wore a bikini or even a miniskirt. The bastard! How could anyone act so macho with a pair of tits like that?
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Manuela : Apart from the tits, the husband hadn't changed that much; so, she ended up accepting him. Women will do anything to avoid being alone.
Sister María Rosa Sanz : Women are more tolerant, but that's good.
Manuela : We're assholes and a bit lesbo.
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Sister María Rosa Sanz : Why do you dislike Lola so much?
Manuela : Lola's got the worst of a man and the worst of a woman.
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Manuela : I'll tell you a story. I had a friend who got married very young. After a year, her husband went to work in Paris and he was to call her when he got settled. Two years passed. The husband saved some money and came to Barcelona to open a bar. She came here to join him. Two years isn't a long time, but the husband had changed.
Sister María Rosa Sanz : He didn't love her anymore.
Manuela : The change was more physical. He'd gotten a pair of tits that were bigger than hers.
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Manuela : "A Streetcar Named Desire" has marked my life.
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Esteban : "Music for Chameleons". How did you know I wanted it?
Manuela : I know you like Capote.
Esteban : Read me something, like when I was little.
Manuela : "Preface. I started writing when I was eight."
Esteban : See? I'm not the only one.
Manuela : "I didn't know that I had chained myself for life to a noble but merciless master. When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip - and the whip is intended only for self-flagellation." That's enough to put you off writing.
Esteban : Don't be lame. It's a wonderful preface.
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Manuela : Apart from the tits, the husband hadn't changed that much; so, she ended up accepting him.