Le père Quotes in What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1987)

Le père: He who makes military medals in peace time, eats a bitter bread.

Le caïd: I have a court order. This land has been given to the colonist Mr Guérini.

Le père: But Kaid, this land belongs to my father and my ancestors.

Le caïd: Do you have the deeds?

Le père: What deeds? We have no documents.

Le caïd: Without the deeds, I can't help you. You must leave.

Le père: That's impossible. I was born here. My father was born here, like all my ancestors! My children too!

Le caïd: You have three days to leave.

Le père: If we leave, how would I feed my family?

Le caïd: It's the law. I can't help it.

[walks away]

La mère: [agitatedly] Are they crazy? We have to leave our land based on what a piece of paper says? I'll die here and be buried here!

[running towards departed policemen, shouting]

La mère: It's not fair! You're committing a sin! May God curse you! May God curse you! May God curse you!

Le père: [grabbing a fistful of soil, to family] Remember, this is your land too. You were all born here, and grew up here. But now, we're hounded from it. May God punish them.

Le père: Your mum was tough at first. Kept saying I was her best friend at school. It drove me nuts! It's not like she had a boyfriend. Just me. And then we had our first kiss. And I understood...

Le père: How are things with Sasha?

Romain: Not bad, not great. We'll probably break up soon.

Le père: Shit. Why?

Romain: Like in all couples, routine kills desire.

[Romain's mother expresses her interest in Romain taking photographs of the family]

Sophie: Save you breath, Mom. We're not hip enough. He prefers actresses and models.

La mère: Don't say that. He just hasn't had time yet.

Le père: Of course.

Romain: No, she's right.

La mère: Why do you say that?

Romain: I don't want to photograph her kids.

Le père: Romaine, stop.

Sophie: Leave it, Dad.

Romain: And you know why? Because they sprang from you, and your ugly mug would be in the picture. It makes me want to puke.

La mère: Romaine, stop it!

Romain: No wonder your man left. It's like you made the kids alone.

Le père: You think you're in love, but you just want to be loved.