French Cancan (1955)
Françoise Arnoul: Nini
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Quotes
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Henri Danglard : Would you like to become a dancer, miss?
Nini : Everyone knows what that means.
Mme Olympe, mère de Nini : She's my daughter.
Henri Danglard : I'm very interested in her, madame.
Mme Olympe, mère de Nini : My daughter is an honest girl.
Henri Danglard : Ha-ha. I don't doubt it. What does she earn working for you?
Mme Olympe, mère de Nini : She's not for sale.
Henri Danglard : I want to give her a career.
Mme Olympe, mère de Nini : She already has one. What kind of career?
Henri Danglard : The finest of all, dear lady. The theater.
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Nini : It's expected among theater people. You have to do it or you get nowhere. That's what bothers me.
Thérèse, blanchisseuse : If I were in your shoes...
Nini : I always dreamed that Paulo would be the first. I'm afraid of looking foolish with Danglard.
Thérèse, blanchisseuse : You've still got time to take a lesson before tonight.
Nini : Listen to you!
[Nini runs to the Boulangerie. Enters. Locks the door. Sneaks up to Paolo]
Paulo, le boulanger : Nini!
Nini : Where's your uncle?
Paulo, le boulanger : Asleep upstairs.
[Nini seductively walks into the back store room. Paulo follows]