""He wondered why we want to do everything big before we were capable of doing small things well."" "EACH HIS OWN CINEMA or that thrill when the lights dim and the movie begins" "OPEN-AIR CINEMA" "ONE FINE DAY" "One "farmer", please." "Okay, let's get started." "Sorry." "Just a second." "Here we go." "Here we go." "Do you think it's already over?" "Hell, no!" "We haven't started yet." "THREE MINUTES in memory of M.M." "Anybody here?" "Marcello!" "This morning, you were still sleeping when I woke." "I heard your deep breathing." "And, through the hair hiding your face," "I saw your eyes." "And I was choked by emotion." "Beyond your face," "I could see something purer and deeper in which I was reflected." "I was seeing myself in a dimension that contained all the time that we have left to live." "All those years were there." "And also those that I lived without knowing you in order to know you." "At that moment," "I realized how much I loved you." "And the emotion was so strong that my eyes filled with tears." "Three minutes." "I N T H E D A R K" "Back in 15 minutes" "Timofei!" "What?" "The fuses have blown!" "What?" "Again?" "The second sector has blown again!" "All right." "Just a second." "Sold out" "DIARY OF A MOVIEGOER" "Focus!" "Hey, the focus..." "There's nobody here." "Is anybody here?" "Cinema:" "Archimede." "Film:" "The Ceremony." "I take my mother to the movies every now and then." "We go to see Legends of the Fall, a family melodrama." "Brad Pitt and lots of actors." "For years, my mother will chide me for having taken her to see that movie." "In this cinema, I saw Truffaut's Domicile conjugal." "Bed and Boardin English." "The Italian title was Calm Down, It's Just Infidelity." "Anastasia, a cartoon movie." "A few days ago, my son turned two." "Today is his first outing to the movies." "After 10 minutes, he asks," ""Where's Mommy?"" "I say, "Mommy's at home." "We'll join her after the movie."" "After half an hour, he's screaming," ""What's wrong?" she asks." ""Nothing," he says. "They're closing the stadium." "Nothing to fear."" ""What did you say?"" ""What?"" ""Just now, when you said there's nothing to fear."" ""It sounded like a familiar voice."" "If, at the end of Heaven Can Wait," "Julie Christie and Warren Beatty hadn't gotten back together," "I'd have staged a sit-in at the cinema." "The Arlecchino Cinema, now the Antonveneta Bank garage." "Her feet in What Lies Beneath are beautiful." "And the second toe, the "index" toe, just next to the big toe, above all on the right foot, is a little longer than the big toe, which some people say is a sign of excellence..." "Rocky Balboa, January 2007." "When Sylvester Stallone starts training by running up the steps..." "I'm the first to applaud." "My son is seven years old." "The film hasn't started yet." "They show the trailer for Matrix 2." "Pietro asks:" ""Will we see it when it comes out?"" ""Sure, we'll see it."" "Then I think, "Shall I tell him?"" "I decide to:" ""You know, Dad's movies aren't much like that one."" ""I know, Dad, but we'll go see Matrix 2 when it comes out."" ""All right, we'll see it."" "DIARY OF A MOVIEGOER" "D A R K N E S S" "He loves you, totally, tenderly, tragically." "Me too, Paul." "I don't know..." "I saw you earlier when he kissed you." "I know." "Why don't you love me anymore?" "That's life." "Why do you despise me?" "I'll never tell you that." "Even to save my own life." "I've watched you for 5 minutes." "I feel I've never seen you before." "I'll never forgive you." "I loved you so much!" "It's too late now." "I hate you because you're unable to move me." "Camille!" "MOVIE NIGHT" "W A R S A W" "Satan can only be invoked by whispering the unspeakable name that melts into the burning flame." "70 Y E A R S L A T E R" "Sorry to interrupt the screening." "There's an air raid warning for Haifa." "Please!" "I'm expecting more news any minute." "Death." "THE FOUNDRY" "The might of progress will defeat the former power" "The weapons will be rock, rock" "If you protest, the butcher dreams" "The paralytic's ashes will be placed in a bucket or a barrel" "Rock, rock that approaches strikes, seduces, mistreats" "Come here, I'll show you the place" "U P S U R G E" "Excuse me..." " Hello." " Hi!" " Okay?" " Great." "I nearly called you." "Work's kind of crazy right now but I'm doing okay." "My boss is in LA, so they keep calling me at all hours." "I'm working around the clock." "We're on a site in Asia." "Why not change jobs?" "That's 12 euros, please." "Enjoy the film." "I hardly had lunch." "Yes, it's me." "47 YEARS LATER" "Tell him to stop fidgeting." "He's making me dizzy." " I bought them all." " And?" "I've searched them." "Nothing." "But I'm afraid fate has turned on us." "Explain." "Pascal, our friend, the Egypto-Armenian critic, said that before our film screened, the critics went for fish soup on a nearby island." "They looked as if they had wallowed in the local wine." "I noticed that most of them were unsteady on their feet and in a daze." "You were too nervous to notice." "Enough gossip." "Tell me what it says in Le Monde." "It's published on Saturday." "And Le Figaro?" "Nothing." "Nor in Le Film Français." "Les Cahiers neither." "And that dolt Pascal?" "He heard a French critic call the film slow but "edible"." "Like fish soup?" "More or less." "Why are you so upset?" "You expected a triumph?" "It's only your second film." "I forgot." "Nice Matin mentioned us." ""The sublime Czech film was followed by Egypt's Son of the Nile."" "Go on." "That's all." "At least it's proof that we were selected." "Take this trash back to the newsstand and get a refund." "You go." "No one will recognize you." "The special award for the 50th festival goes to" "Youssef Chahine for his body of work," "for his humanity, his tolerance, his courage and his clemency." "I've waited 47 years for this." "Some advice for young people..." "Be patient." "It's worth it." "I dreamt of my father as a young man." "He woke me in the middle of the night." "We ate durians together." "My mother was there too." "She was already an old lady." "This is my maternal grandmother." "She loved the movies." "Every time she took me to the cinema, she'd buy me pears on a skewer." "Last night, the moon was pale and mesmerizing" "Even the pine forest held its breath" "I thought of you in my dream" "My mind was caught between sadness and joy" "Tonight, the moon is bright like a mirror" "As we stroll together under the bridge, let me ask you in my dream," "Is this a dream or reality?" "T H E G I F T" "A blind film buff and his anthropologist niece" "So all this happened a long time ago." "Half a century." "Where?" "In Chile." "Atacama." "Near the border." "In the mountains." "Our bishop decided to send a gift to a tribe of Coya Indians." "A gift, you say?" "Two, in fact." "A 16 mm film projector and a radio." "He thought that such a gift was sure to delight them." "They didn't like it?" "No idea." "They didn't open the crates." "True, the Coya aren't very expressive." "No sign of gratitude." "Not one smile!" "They're like that." "One week later, a traveller told us that he personally saw the Coya sharing out pieces of the projector." "Oh, God!" "Primitive communism." "They often do that." "They had set fire to the radio." "They were laughing and dancing as it burned." "They do that occasionally." "Then what?" "Two years passed." "Two years is a long time." "We returned there and discovered an amazing sight!" "You won't believe this." "They had rebuilt the projector." "But in wood, bit by bit." "I knew the Pita Indians in the Upper Orinoco did that." "I had no idea the Coya did it too." "Now here's a surprise." "They had rebuilt our other gift too." "The radio." "They had made a giant radio." "And the radio had become a movie theatre!" "The radio?" "But they never do that." "They led us inside the "Radio Temple"" "where they had put the wooden projector." "And they showed us a film." "What film?" "Casablanca with Ingrid Bergman." "And so we attended a screening of Casablanca." "When it ended, it was three minutes later." "Three minutes..." "That reminds me that I have to go." "See you tomorrow." "Shall I take you home?" "Come on, I live here!" "That's right." "I always forget." "No, I went blind after the screening but there's no relation." "I went blind and became an atheist at the same time." "THE CINEMA AROUND THE CORNER" "If I could resume the story of my parents in five dates, the first would be 1936." "The year of the Popular Front, the first paid vacations, the year my father approached my mother at the movies." " Don't you feel like dancing?" " No!" "That's enough now!" "You followed me here along the boulevards!" "I'd follow you to the end of the world." "I'll count to five." "If you're still here, I'll scream." "One..." "Two..." "Three..." "Four..." "Five..." "I forget the rest of the words." "But I'm glad I followed you" "For you're so pretty, it's true" "And so, in my mother's womb, from February to October 1937, three times a week, I grew with the 30s'greatest films." "I'm sorry to see you here." "We are too!" "So the Germans will not be accused of barbarity," "I have decided to apply French rules." "In 1943, since being Jewish was seen in a bad light, my mother resorted to the local cinema to both shelter me and provide my education." "In 1957, the Soviet tanks had invaded Budapest." "The same Soviets launched the first Sputnik and Mikhail Kalazotov shot The Cranes Are Flying, the film that would give a meaning to my life." "After 1960 and my father's death, my mother continued to frequent our local cinema in Paris where she had the joy and surprise, 30 years on, of seeing again, with her son this time, Ginger Rodgers and Fred Astaire." "Thanks, Dad Thanks, Mom" "Outrageous!" "Do something." " What can I do?" " Go on!" " Go where?" " We can't watch the film like this." "Find the usherette!" "Excuse me..." "Yes?" "A man's being a nuisance." "Really?" "Can't you do something?" "Well, yes." "Ah, I see." "I'll take care of it." "Sir..." "People are complaining." "Complaining about what?" "A man being a nuisance." " A nuisance?" " Yes." " Where?" " Over there." "I understand." "I'll take care of it." "Sir..." "Excuse me!" "Excuse me!" "Your ticket, please." "It's a circle seat!" "I know." "I fell!" "Enough!" "Keep the noise down!" "But the police..." "You Cubans, cut it out!" "There's too much noise!" "Silence!" "You're hot!" "What an ass!" "Marry me!" "Come on, marry me!" "Who do you think you are?" "Miguel Cimino?" "Not "Miguel" Cimino." "That's enough!" "Play your music!" "You look like Godard now!" "You're pissing me off!" "Enough already." "What the hell is this?" "Those Cuban jerks started without me!" "Magnificent!" " What do you think?" " It's perfect!" "Stop!" "I have an idea!" "Not again!" "Sorry, baby!" " It's fantastic!" " Look!" "Wow, that's sexy." "Look how pretty she is!" "Fuck!" "What is this shit?" "You're the best!" "We love you!" "I'll kill you!" "Look!" "It's really cute!" "Look!" "Do you have a light?" "Yes, I travelled 9,000 km to give it to you." "I'm Natasha Von Braun." "Yes, I know." "How do you know?" "Are you well, Miss Von Braun?" "Yes, I'm well." "Thank you very much." "You're from the Outlands, Mr Johnson?" "Yes." "Satisfied with everything?" "Yes." "I've been ordered to assist you during your stay in Alphaville." "Who ordered you to do that?" "The authorities, of course." "Did you come for the festival, Mr Johnson?" "What festival?" "The main one." "That's why people from the Outlands are here." "I think it's silly you did not." "Why?" "The festival is nearly over." "Nothing until next year." "You don't say." "The year I met her" "Yes, Mr Johnson." "But, tonight, there's a gala reception." "An important one." "At a ministry." "I felt an unusual desire, recurring, strong and citric..." "Forever" "It was a hot summer afternoon in August." "...but they let the ape in the veil in." "I've heard that one before." "Hello, Samian..." "Samina..." "I have our tickets..." "What's going on over there?" "You knew the deceased?" "He was a friend of our family, almost a brother to me." "Where were you between December 6 and 7?" "I told you." "I was abroad." "Can you shut up?" "Calm down." "One of our men saw you at the crime scene..." "I tell you I was abroad in Maryland." "Shut up, dammit!" "She'd hear without the scarf!" "She hears but can't speak Danish." "So send her Tehran to see it." "Watch your mouth." "Why should I?" "She can't understand." "I translate that?" "Try translating "Hasta la vista, baby"." "I'd like to see the manager." "Not so loud, please." "Three Nazis just attacked us." "What?" "Three Goebbels keep insulting us." "Do I get the cops?" "Brilliant!" "Danes get thrown out of a Danish movie now!" "I want my money back!" "They're up there." "I'm now arresting you for the murder." "A W K W A R D" "Where are you?" "The film has finished." "A silver Peugeot 405 is blocking the exit." "Would its owner please move it?" "Start it and put your foot down on the gas." "Wait a second." "Try now." "Go on, God be with you!" "SOLE MEETING" "This film relates the sole meeting of Khrushchev and Pope John XXIII." "Who is that portly fellow dressed in white?" "That's the comrade..." "Comrade?" "What comrade?" "The head comrade for the Catholics, Pope John XXIII." "A comrade?" "Hah!" "Why not?" "When Comrade Stalin told us to dance, didn't we dance?" "When Comrade Pope tells Catholics to pray, they all start praying." " Look!" "He's coming over." " Who is?" "Ah, Comrade Pope!" "We have something in common after all... my dear Khrushchev." "MIGUEL PEREIRA, BRAZIL... 5,557 MILES FROM CANNES" "THE 400 BLOWS" "Hey, Chestnut, they show porn movies here now?" "Don't be a hick, that movie has won an award." "Where did it win?" "In Cannes!" "It's a French movie, idiot." "Since when do you speak French?" "Since I went to Cannes." "Listen carefully, Cashew." "Come on, gather round me here." "The Cannes Festival turns 60 this year." "Come on, gather round me here." "The Cannes Festival turns 60 this year." "I saw screens big as the Maracanã, people disguised on the steps of the Palais." "I saw a French guy with your sister on his lap!" "Cut it out now, you're talking crap." "Maybe you were a king over in Cannes, but here you eat once a month, man!" "You see English, Portuguese, Koreans" "Chinese, Japanese, French and Cape Verdians!" "The Frogs loved this Pernamboucian!" "Hey, come off it, that's all bullshit!" "I stay at home in front of my TV watching movies all for free." "The town goes wild, hunting for gold." "Flashguns pop, stars turn on the charm, all wanting to touch my Golden Palm!" "You're too much, give me a break." "You were in Cannes?" "For heaven's sake!" "You were in jail, you big fake!" "In Cannes, you don't use ploys." "All the French love Brazilians boys." "Chasing your ass is one of their joys!" "These dreams of yours fade like smoke." "What ploys?" "What a joke." "You need to kick the coke!" "I saw loads of films, I lie not:" "L'Avventura, La Dolce Vita," "Padre Padrone, Paris, Texas and more Wim Wend... as." "But I've saved the best for last." "I blew them away with my tambourine." "Brushing, beating, grooving, moving, picking, choosing, losing, loving." "I've saved the best for last." "No more grimace on my face, no more place for my case." "There's this old lady who wants to be my baby." "There's this girl, so hot, she grabs me and says what?" ""That's life!" I'm gonna blow them away." " That I swear." " Hear what I say!" "That's it, Cashew." "I have to admit something." "I've never been to Cannes." "You haven't?" "So how do you know all that?" "I saw it on the Internet." "So where's Cannes?" "In France." "It's a tiny, rundown fishing port." "Its leader is called Gil." "You mean Gilberto Gil?" "No, don't be a hick!" "Another Gil." "Gil Jacob." "ZHANXIOU VILLAGE" " What are you doing?" " Don't hassle me!" "What are you up to?" "You do it if you know how!" "Hurry!" "The power's gone!" "I have an idea." "Get on the bikes!" "Pedal!" "Pedal faster!" "How dare you?" "Stop!" "Uncle, can I finish watching the film?" "But this time, when Madeleine approaches the window..." " You like a happy ending, miss?" " Oh yes, sir!" "So do I." "T H E E N D" "Thanks to René Clair"