French Postcards (1979)

Marie-France Pisier: Madame Catherine Tessier

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Quotes 

• Monsieur Tessier : [in French]  Talking to the morons and misfits?

  Madame Catherine Tessier : Speak English, Albert. You need the practice.

  Monsieur Tessier : Oh certainly my dear.

  [mockingly] 

  Monsieur Tessier : Yeah, right on, groovy, far out, I go with the flow.

• Madame Catherine Tessier : Do you like the house? We decorated these rooms in what we call the Eisenhower 50's style. It's very hard to find good American furniture from that period in Paris.

• [first lines] 

  Madame Catherine Tessier : Bon Jour, Messieurs. Bon Jour... Bon Jour, Messieurs. Bon Jour, Mademoiselles. I just want to take a moment to tell you that you are embarking here on a wonderful adventure.

• Madame Catherine Tessier : Your metaphors were feeble and your syntax - primitive.

• Madame Catherine Tessier : Why did you sing me this song?

  Alex : Well, uh, you know that 19th Century literature essay we were supposed to do? The - comparison between romanticism and classism?

  Madame Catherine Tessier : Sure. It's very important.

  Alex : My song's kind of a romantic look at a classic situation.

  Madame Catherine Tessier : You wrote a song instead of the essay?

• Madame Catherine Tessier : Oh, a - Alex, you - you must not rush things. Moving slowly can be very erotic too.

  Alex : I suppose you've had a lot of - I mean, uh, you know a lot about erotic things.

  Madame Catherine Tessier : Oh! It's almost instinctive with the French, you know.

• Alex : This car must be very expensive in France.

  Madame Catherine Tessier : Oh, yes. It cost 10 million francs. Old francs.

• Alex : Do you think he'll get violent? I've seen him get very violent. Shit.

  Madame Catherine Tessier : Don't worry. Maybe this is good. I have nothing to hide.

  Alex : Nothing to hide? What about me?

• Madame Catherine Tessier : There are not many hot tubs in France. This is to relax you before we do it.

  Alex : Do what? Oh, yeah, that.

• Madame Catherine Tessier : My husband is there now buying a building. The bastard. I don't understand him, he says. So, he goes elsewhere for his - understanding. So, I guess we can look at the bedroom now.