Daily Dialogue — January 23, 2016

Brontë: Oh.
Georges: It’s okay.
Brontë: What?
Georges: Monticello. I think I tried too hard. I blew it.
Brontë Oh. Why didn’t you tell me?
Geroges: It’s all right. We made a deal. If I leave quickly then you keep your beautiful greenhouse.
Brontë I don’t care about the greenhouse.
Gorsky: It’s time to go, Mr Fauré.
Brontë No, no!
Georges: I write.
Gorsky: Let’s go!
Georges: I write every day.
Gorsky: Now, Mr Fauré.
Georges: And the letters will always say the same thing: “When are you coming, chérie?”
Brontë No! No! Do you still have them?
Georges: Qui. — I do.
Brontë So do I.

MUSIC (continuing): Everything is gonna
be all right
Everything is gonna
be all right
Someday
Sometimes hot
And sometimes cold
Sometimes I’m in
Sometimes I’m out
No, I haven’t
had much to eat
Lord knows
I haven’t had much sleep
you know
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don’t be dismayed
Don’t be dismayed
Deep in your heart
You must believe
Everything is
gonna be all right
Everything is
gonna be all right
Everything is
gonna be all right
Someday

— Green Card (1990), written by Peter Weir

Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Farewell, recommended by stetsonhayes. Today’s suggestion by Katha.

Trivia: Writer-director Peter Weir wrote the film’s original screenplay, reworked from an old short story, specifically for French star Gérard Depardieu, with no other actor ever considered for the lead male role. When typing the movie’s script, Weir placed a photo of Depardieu from a newspaper above his typewriter.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Katha: “When I read the dialogue through, there are lots of part, which you can‘t understand, if you haven‘t seen the movie (the greenhouse, the Monticelli creme, or why Georges have to leave). Lots of planting cumulates here in this last scene of the movie. Georges fails at the immigration‘s office, because he couldn‘t remember the name of Brontë‘s face creme. I suppose most husbands couldn‘t remember, which face formula their wives are using.

What I like the most at this scene is the twist for Brontë, for her this scene didn‘t start as a farewell. She finally realizes that she had fallen in love with Georges. Therefore their marriage is truthful. And then she has to realize, that he has to leave the country — because their marriage has been investigated as an unconsummated. The farewell is more ironic than bitter and ends full of hope: They two of them have finally found each other and they renew their vows. And the lyrics of the song emphasize this hope.”