Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Alberto Closas: Juan Fernández Soler
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Quotes
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Juan Fernández Soler : The war. The war is very convenient. You can blame everything on it. All the death and destruction, all the guys like me left hollow inside - who never believe in anything ever again. Not even the sweetheart who doesn't wait and marries a rich man. Now I'm talking nonsense. I sound like some dime store novel.
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Juan Fernández Soler : Carmina is happily married. I fulfill my role as black sheep. The virtuous brothers are deceased and the family's glory is on display behind glass.
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María José de Castro : We have to find out what we did.
Juan Fernández Soler : We killed a man, didn't we?
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Juan Fernández Soler : What is this? Love? Passion? A pastime?
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Juan Fernández Soler : We can't even kiss now. You can't stand to let me caress you. I don't dare to touch you. Maybe I don't even want to.
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María José de Castro : It's you I love.
Juan Fernández Soler : But why? Mrs. Castro yawns her way through cocktail parties, is bored silly at canasta tournaments, falls asleep at gala concerts. The old teenage affair becomes a romantic adventure, nice and exciting - as long as there are no complications.
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Juan Fernández Soler : We'll lose everything.
María José de Castro : What does "everything" mean?
Juan Fernández Soler : To you? I don't know. Your world, your home, your husband, your position in society, your wonderful life.
María José de Castro : And you.
Juan Fernández Soler : Thanks. I'm in there somewhere too.
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Juan Fernández Soler : Sometimes I wish it would all come out. That we killed one man while deceiving another, that we think only of ourselves. It would be a relief.
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Matilde Luque Carvajal : Why are you doing all this? Why go away?
Juan Fernández Soler : Because of something bad that I did.
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Juan Fernández Soler : Can't you see it's wonderful?
Matilde Luque Carvajal : What is?
Juan Fernández Soler : This selflessness, this unity, this solidarity.
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Juan Fernández Soler : This morning I got quite a scare. The police came looking for me. That's always frightening, even with a clean conscience.
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Doña Maria : I've never understood you, Juan. Never. You're too complicated for a woman like me. Everything was given to me sorted out and measured. But you always managed to escape, and I've never known where your true peace lies. Forgive me. I've never known how to help you. I couldn't.
Juan Fernández Soler : I must have been a great disappointment to you, Mother. Always searching for a way out - like bumblebees flying into windowpanes. You know, the other day at school, someone broke the windowpane.
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Juan Fernández Soler : I like this hour of the day. Twilight. There's a moment when everything falls silent. I want so much to live, like never before.
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Juan Fernández Soler : He's still alive.
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Doña Maria : They're waiting for you at the party.
Juan Fernández Soler : I'll pass.
Doña Maria : Not interested?
Juan Fernández Soler : In my sister?
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María José de Castro : There's something more important than you or me: fear.
Juan Fernández Soler : Of what?
María José de Castro : Everything. People watching. A phone ringing. Rafa.
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Juan Fernández Soler : You know, for the first time in a long time, I have something to believe in.
María José de Castro : Yourself?
Juan Fernández Soler : Us. Our dignity.