Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Spyros Fokas: Vincenzo Parondi

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• Vincenzo Parondi : My whole family arrived unexpectedly like an earthquake and then argued with my future in-laws. I had to give up my room and my fiancée, what a mess.

  Armando : For you, a room and a fiancée are the same thing.

  [laughs] 

• Vincenzo Parondi : As Mamma says, if a real man wants a woman he takes her without asking.

  Ginetta : He what?

  [slaps Vincenzo] 

  Vincenzo Parondi : What's wrong? He takes her without asking her or anyone.

  Ginetta : With me you have to ask every time!

• Rosaria Parondi : [to Vincenzo]  What were you thinking bringing her in? We don't know her, she could even be a whore.

  Vincenzo Parondi : She's beautiful.

  Rosaria Parondi : Beautiful? She's a bland girl with goose bumps. Learn how to look at women, use your eyes.

  Rocco Parondi : She had goose bumps because she was cold.

  Rosaria Parondi : No, she's got that milk-and-water northern skin!

• Armando : So what's the big deal? Milan is full of housing. Apartment buildings are shooting up like mushrooms.

  Vincenzo Parondi : What about rent?

  Armando : Listen to me, do what all you southerners do. Know what I mean?

• Nadia : The same stupid story, you know, a girl's honor, etc. That's all they care about. What's a poor girl to do, just vanish?

  Vincenzo Parondi : No.

  Nadia : Just imagine if all the girls like me vanished? Can you imagine?

  Vincenzo Parondi : Yeah, there'd only be us men left.