Volver (I) (2006)
Carmen Maura: Irene
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Quotes
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Irene : Don't say that, Raimunda, or I'll start crying. And ghosts don't cry.
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Sole : Mom?
Irene : Hum?
Sole : There's something you want me to do, isn't?
Irene : Cut my hair.
Sole : I mean if there's something you couldn't do alive and doesn't let you rest.
Irene : There are always things undone. Or bad done. And my life has been no exception. Look, I don't know if I can fix them, but if I can, it's up to me to do it.
Sole : [after a long silence] Customers will arrive soon. What are we going to do?
Irene : We attend to them. I'll help you.
Sole : But I can't introduce you as my mother. They all know I'm an orphan.
Irene : Then I'll pretend to be foreign.
Sole : Foreign? Where from?
Irene : ¿Dominican?
Sole : No. There are lots of them on the neighborhood and they would notice the accent.
Irene : ¿Chinese? Madrid is full of Chinese people.
Sole : Who's going to believe that you're from China, mom?
[Thinks]
Sole : Something strange. Not very common around here... Rusian.
Irene : Do wou really think I look more Rusian than Chinese?
Sole : Yes. Rusian women are just like us, mom. Look, whatever you hear, keep your mouth shut. And it can't looked in your face that you understand us.