Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Javier Bardem: Juan Antonio
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Quotes
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Juan Antonio : Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic.
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Juan Antonio : Why not? Life is short. Life is dull. Life is full of pain. And this is a chance for something special.
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Vicky : So, uh, tell me why, why won't your father publish his poems?
Juan Antonio : Well, because, ungh, he hates the world and that's his way of getting back at them, to create beautiful works and then to deny them to the public, which I think it's...
Vicky : My god.
Juan Antonio : Hmmm.
Vicky : Oh, what makes him so angry toward the human race?
Juan Antonio : Because after thousands of years of civilization they still haven't learned to love.
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Juan Antonio : American?
Cristina : I'm Cristina, and this is my friend Vicky.
Juan Antonio : What color are your eyes?
Cristina : Uh, they're blue.
Juan Antonio : Well, I'd like to invite you both to come with me to Oviedo.
Vicky : To come where?
Juan Antonio : To Oviedo. For the weekend. We leave in one hour.
Cristina : What- Where is Oviedo?
Juan Antonio : A very short flight.
Vicky : By plane?
Juan Antonio : Mmm-hmm.
Cristina : What's in Oviedo?
Juan Antonio : I go to see a sculpture, that is very inspiring to me. A very beautiful sculpture. You will love it.
Vicky : Oh, right. you're asking us to fly to Oviedo and back.
Juan Antonio : Mmmm. No, we'll spend the weekend. I mean, I'll show you around the city, and we'll eat well. We'll drink good wine. We'll make love.
Vicky : Yeah, who exactly is going to make love?
Juan Antonio : Hopefully, the three of us.
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Juan Antonio : We are meant for each other and not meant for each other. It's a contradiction.
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Juan Antonio : Well, now that the day's almost over, is it reasonable of me to ask you if you'll both join me in my room?
Vicky : Oh, come on, I thought we'd settled that.
Cristina : Vicky's just trying to say that she's engaged to be married, that's all.
Juan Antonio : Great. Then these are her last days of freedom.
Vicky : No. Look, I'm not free. I'm committed. You know what my theory is? And when I drink, I get brutally frank. I think that you're still hurting from the failure of your marriage to Maria Elena, and you're trying to lose yourself in empty sex.
Juan Antonio : Empty sex? Do you have such a low opinion of yourself?
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Maria Elena : You're still searching for me in every woman.
Juan Antonio : That is not true, Maria Elena. I was in Oviedo some weeks ago with a woman who was the antithesis of you. An American, and something beautiful happened with her. So you're mistaken.
Maria Elena : You'll always seek to duplicate what we had. You know it.
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Juan Antonio : We were both sure that... our relation was perfect, but there was something missing. You know? Like, love requires such a perfect balance. It's... like the human body. It may turn that you have all the vitamins and minerals, but if... there is minus a single, tiny ingredient... missing, like, like, like, like, ooh, like salt, for example... one dies.
Cristina : Salt?
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Cristina : [Looking at a sculpture of Jesus] Are you very religious?
Juan Antonio : No, no, no, no, I'm not. The trick is to enjoy life, accepting it has no meaning whatsoever.
Cristina : No meaning? You don't think that authentic love gives life meaning?
Juan Antonio : Yes, but love is so transient. Isn't it? I was in love with a most incredible woman... and then in the end...
Vicky : Yes?
Juan Antonio : She put a knife into me.
Cristina : My God, that's terrible!
Vicky : Well, maybe you did something to deserve it.
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[repeated line]
Juan Antonio : Speak English!
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Vicky : Oh, God, look, I wouldn't call our reluctance to leap at your sexual offer being over-analytical. If you would care to join us for some recognized form of social interaction, like a drink, then we'd be fine, but otherwise, I think you should try, you know, offering to some other table.
Juan Antonio : Mm-hm. What offended you about the offer? Surely not that I find you both beautiful and desirable.
Vicky : Offended me, no. It's very amusing, galling, to be honest,
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Maria Elena : I don't like her for you! I don't trust her! And you know I always have your best interests.
Juan Antonio : Well, not when you're trying to kill me.
Maria Elena : Oh, that.
Juan Antonio : Yeah, that. That small detail. Yes.
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Cristina : I can't guarantee the love-making, because I happen to be very moody.
Juan Antonio : Let's not negotiate like a contract. I came over here with no subterfuge and presented my best offer.
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Julio : What do you hear of Maria Elena?
Juan Antonio : Eh, Maria Elena. Maria Elena's still living with the architect in Madrid.
Julio : That woman was the best. I still have erotic dreams about her, at my age.
Juan Antonio : She also loved you very much, Papa.
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Vicky : You said you were looking at my face. Why?
Juan Antonio : Why were you looking at mine?
Vicky : Was I?
Juan Antonio : You probably saw my tears.
Vicky : Yeah. I'm a little out of control.
Juan Antonio : I was looking at your face because I find it very beautiful.
Vicky : You do?
Juan Antonio : Of course, I do. Of course, I do. And you know I do.
[kiss]
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Cristina : How long is she going to stay here?
Juan Antonio : Christina, I know - this is not what you had in mind.
Cristina : No.
Juan Antonio : But, she has to stay with us.
Cristina : I understand. I understand.
Juan Antonio : She has no one else.
Cristina : I understand. It's only for a short time.
Juan Antonio : Yes, a few months, at most.
Cristina : She's staying for a few months?
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Juan Antonio : Judy Nash says you are having an unhappy life.
Vicky : Well, she's talking about herself.
Juan Antonio : Maybe you will understand more about your own feelings once we've made love.
Vicky : Yeah or less.
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Juan Antonio : When I saw you across the room at the art gallery, I noticed you have - beautiful lips. Very full, very sexual.
Cristina : Thank you.
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Cristina : I am here to go to bed with you. You're right. So, you're pretty much home free, unless you - blow it.
Juan Antonio : Blow it?
Cristina : Yeah.
Juan Antonio : *Blow* it - you mean ruin the moment?
Cristina : Yeah.
Juan Antonio : How would I do that?
Cristina : I don't know. It could be anything from some inane comment to wearing the wrong kind of shorts. Although, some how, by looking at you, I think you're wearing the right kind of shorts.
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Juan Antonio : What do you want in life besides a man with the right shorts?
Cristina : I don't know. I know I'm not going to settle till I find what I'm looking for.
Juan Antonio : Which is - what?
Cristina : Something - I want someone, something different, something more, some sort of counterintuitive love.
Juan Antonio : Meaning?
Cristina : Meaning - I don't know. I don't know what I want. I only know what I don't want.
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Juan Antonio : You also admire Spanish guitar, I hear?
Vicky : Yes! Yes, I love the guitar.
Juan Antonio : Would you like to go to hear some wonderful guitar tonight?
Vicky : Tonight? Well, it's a little late and, you know, I'm a little wobbly from the wine.
Juan Antonio : You said you could hold your alcohol? Besides, we leave tomorrow.
Vicky : Okay, sure.
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Juan Antonio : We never had a chance to say a proper goodbye.
Vicky : Oh, well, you could have called me.
Juan Antonio : I - yeah - I debated it. But, I didn't think there was much point.
Vicky : Yeah, but, you never phoned. Not to say - anything. I mean, "thank you, it was fun." You don't make love to someone and then never call them unless you were greatly disappointed.
Juan Antonio : Quite the opposite. But, you have plans to marry and I thought it best to stop anything before it lead to a bad situation for everyone.
Vicky : Yeah, well, I'm only saying that we made love and you seemed to drop off the face of the earth. I mean, I realize these things don't mean much to you.
Juan Antonio : To pursue matters would have only caused you anxiety and for me a disappointment.
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Maria Elena : Do you think she'll be enough for you?
Juan Antonio : Well, she's - she's quite intelligent and she is a free thinker like you.
Maria Elena : Like me?
Juan Antonio : Yes.
Maria Elena : You're still searching for me in every woman.