The Golden Coach (1952)
Anna Magnani: Camilla
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Quotes
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Camilla : I must understand. I'm absolutely sincere in life and on the stage. Then why do I succeed on the stage and destroy everything in my life? Where is truth? Where does the theater end and life begin?
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Camilla : At the end of the second act, when Colombine goes, driven away by her masters, there is a tradition you seem not to know. The comedians bow to her.
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Camilla : You there, don't glare at me like that. I'm not a bull.
[Ramon, the matador, laughs]
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Ferdinand, Le Viceroy : Mademoiselle, what is your name?
Camilla : Colombine on the stage, Your Highness. In life, Camilla.
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Ferdinand, Le Viceroy : Thank you. It's a rare occasion when I'm able to laugh like this.
Camilla : Why? You should all be so happy - you're laden with gold.
Ferdinand, Le Viceroy : That's it. That's the point. We're here only for this treacherous gold. No one dreams of anything else. And where gold commands, laughter vanishes. If you had a gold mine here, you too would stop laughing.
Camilla : No, no. Never!
Ferdinand, Le Viceroy : If you did find one, what would you do?
Camilla : Buy a beautiful golden coach - just as you did.
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Camilla : [from the stage] Money. Always money. There must be more to life. Grieving in my heart, love struggles to awake.
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Camilla : Can they be learned?
Ferdinand, Le Viceroy : What?
Camilla : All those nice little tricks. Your ease. The way you dismiss everything feel is so important.
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Felipe : I was a prisoner of the Indians for many months. At first, it was miserable. Then, I began to learn their language and to understand their way of life. Now, I know them. They're not savages. They helped me discover a truth and kindness and beauty.
Camilla : Tell me.
Felipe : They're much better than we are. That's what I've discovered.
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Ferdinand, Le Viceroy : Now, I can love you like an ordinary man.
Camilla : You love me like a man. Can I love - like a real woman?
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[last lines]
Camilla : Felipe, Ramon, the Viceroy... disappeared, gone... Don't they exist anymore?
Don Antonio : Disappeared - now they are a part of the audience. Do you miss them?
Camilla : ...A little.