Gigi (1949)
Gaby Morlay: Tante Alicia
Quotes
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Tante Alicia : Your nose is impossible. Your mouth without style. Your cheekbones too high.
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Tante Alicia : [touching Gigi's breast] As for your body... it's a good beginning...
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Gilberte dite 'Gigi' : Don't tell her I was here, on account of "the solemnity of life".
Tante Alicia : What's the solemnity of life?
Gilberte dite 'Gigi' : You know what that means: No love stories allowed... they're depressing. No powder allowed... bad for the complexion. No corset allowed... bad for the waist. No conversing with fathers who call for my classmates at school. You won't tell her I was here? Promise?
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Tante Alicia : I'm wondering who will take Liane's place?
[doorbell rings]
Mamita : That's Gigi!
Tante Alicia : Gigi?
Mamita : I asked her to pick me up here.
Tante Alicia : Gigi?
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Tante Alicia : How old are you?
Andrée : Fifteen and a half.
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Gilberte dite 'Gigi' : Aren't we ordinary people?
Tante Alicia : No!
Gilberte dite 'Gigi' : How are ordinary people inferior to us?
Tante Alicia : They have weak heads and weak bodies. Moreover, they're married.
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Tante Alicia : If I understand correctly, you're bored.
Gilberte dite 'Gigi' : A little.
Tante Alicia : Very good... Boredom helps one make decisions.
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Tante Alicia : What did you say to that... princess?
Mamita : I reasoned with her... I spoke of the family...
Tante Alicia : The family? No time for reasoning... You didn't mention love... travel... moonlight... Italy? You didn't tell her about the phosphorescent sea, about love in a garden of gardenias?
Mamita : No, Alicia, because I didn't know about it... The furthest I've been is Trouville and Monte Carlo.
Tante Alicia : Couldn't you invent?