The 400 Blows (1959)

Albert Rémy: Julien Doinel - le beau-père d'Antoine

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Quotes 

• Antoine Doinel : Dad, I need some money.

  Julien Doinel : What?

  Antoine Doinel : I just need 1,000 francs.

  Julien Doinel : Which means you're hoping for 500, meaning you really need 300, so here's a hundred. All right, 500. But your mother should pay for that.

• Gilberte Doinel : My boss drove me home.

  Julien Doinel : Your boss.

  Gilberte Doinel : I couldn't very well refuse, could I?

  Julien Doinel : I hope you get overtime for that.

  Gilberte Doinel : I will, at the end of the month.

  Julien Doinel : Those services are usually paid in cash.

  Gilberte Doinel : Oh, knock it off!

  Julien Doinel : No wonder madame needs to rest on Sunday. By the way, where's my Michelin guide?

  Gilberte Doinel : How should I know? Ask the boy.

  Julien Doinel : He said he didn't touch it.

  Gilberte Doinel : He lies through his teeth.

  Julien Doinel : Like someone else I know.

  Gilberte Doinel : If you raised him better...

  Julien Doinel : I gave him my name, damn it! I put food on the table!

  Gilberte Doinel : I've had enough of your criticism! Fine! We'll send him to the Jesuits or the army orphans. At least I'd have some peace and quiet!

• Gilberte Doinel : I'm not in the mood.

  Julien Doinel : Too bad, I am.

• Gilberte Doinel : He's a liar!

  Julien Doinel : Like you!

  Gilberte Doinel : If you raised him right...

  Julien Doinel : Shit! I gave him a name! I feed him!

  Gilberte Doinel : I'm sick of your complaints! Fed up! If you can't stand him, say so. We'll put him in an orphanage so I can have some peace!

• Julien Doinel : Women are always taken advantage of at the office, and they don't know what to do about it.

• Julien Doinel : I have no socks left around these holes.

• Gilberte Doinel : The best thing is to eat out until the end of the month.

  Julien Doinel : For that, I need a clean shirt.

• Julien Doinel : You don't seem surprised.

  Gilberte Doinel : Should I be? Nothing that boy does surprises me.

• Julien Doinel : Look at your little flour boy here.

  Gilberte Doinel : That's not funny!

  Julien Doinel : I thought it was.

• Julien Doinel : Your cousin called. His wife's expecting again.

  Gilberte Doinel : Four kids in three years? Like rabbits. It's disgusting.

• Julien Doinel : You mustn't make your mother mad. You have to handle her gently.

• Julien Doinel : She's right. There's a time and place for everything.

• Julien Doinel : I'll make contacts at the races. You'll see. I'll be VP one day.

  Gilberte Doinel : You'll never be VP. They like you puttering along where you are.

• Julien Doinel : The boss is sleeping with the new secretary. She's well-armed, that girl, and she used it to get promoted to executive secretary. She has all the necessary talents for the position.

  [makes a gesture that she has a well developed bust] 

  Julien Doinel : Now I'll have to watch out for her. Pillow talk and all that.

• Julien Doinel : I don't like mysteries!

• Gilberte Doinel : So, are you taking us to the movies?

  Julien Doinel : What's showing?

  Gilberte Doinel : "Paris Belongs to Us."

• Julien Doinel : Look what pretty legs your mother has.

• Antoine Doinel : [after seeing the early French New Wave film "Paris Belongs to Us"]  I really liked the movie.

  Julien Doinel : It wasn't funny.

  Gilberte Doinel : But it had depth.

  Julien Doinel : What?

  Gilberte Doinel : It had depth. The movie.

• Julien Doinel : We've tried everything: kindness, persuasion, punishment.. But, we never beat him, mind you.

  Commissioner : Sometimes the good old ways...

  Julien Doinel : Yes, of course, but his mother and I aren't like that.