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[first lines]
Diego: Today, the art of killing. If you've fought the bull well, you must kill it well. If not, it's a tragedy for both. The matador doesn't live up to his name, and the bull's bravery is betrayed.
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Diego: The matador first examines the bull from a distance to decide what to do and to see which horn the bull favors. A good kill comes after good passes with a cape, when the bull stops charging and asks for death. He shows us his death.
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Diego: We must stab him at the cross or fall prey to the devil. We move the cape towards his face and goad him towards us. Always watching his snout, we sink the sword into the cross.
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Diego: To kill the bull like he deserves, he must be killed not just with the sword, but with the heart.
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Ángel: You have to help me pick up girls.
Diego: You can't do it alone?
Ángel: I've never done it.
Diego: You've never been with a girl?
Ángel: Never.
Diego: Treat a woman like a bull. Let her know who's boss.
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Ángel: I'm not afraid of death. Not of mine.
María: Fear is normal, it gives you courage.
Ángel: Did you feel afraid?
María: Yes, it's part of the game. Don't fear fear.
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Ángel: [pointing to a framed photograph] Your girlfriend?
María: Ava Gardner. You don't see movies?
Ángel: No, my family's very religious. I've spent my life praying and exercising.
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Diego: Why do you want to be a matador? You're not like the others.
Ángel: Well, I don't know. I guess I like danger. And if I have to die, dying in the bullring is - much more exciting. Isn't it?
Diego: You're too young to think about that.
Ángel: What does that matter?
Diego: You should think of killing, not of dying.
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Ángel: I want to see a detective.
Police Woman: What for?
Ángel: To turn myself in for raping a girl.
Police Woman: Some women are lucky. Right there, the one like a photo.
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Policía 1º: If he goes free, he may rape you again.
Eva: First, he didn't rape me.
Pilar: See?
Eva: And if he touches me again, I'll castrate him.
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Pilar: First they rape you, then you have to talk about it!
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Ángel: Why are you defending me?
María: I think you're innocent.
Ángel: You're wrong. I'm guiltier than you can imagine. Ask my mother.
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María: Ma'am, do you understand your son's situation?
Berta: Do you understand mine?
María: You're not in jail.
Berta: Pain and shame can also be a prison.
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Diego: You like bulls?
María: I prefer bullfighters.
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Diego: That kid is dangerous.
María: Maybe, but he's so lonely.
Diego: I'm lonely, too.
María: You're dangerous, too.
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Diego: You can't hesitate at the moment of the kill. Bullfighting's golden rule.
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Francisco Montesinos: Disfigure this side of her face.
Pilar: No one disfigures my child!
Francisco Montesinos: She'll be lovely.
Eva: Mom!
Pilar: Is this a fashion show or examples of anti-cosmetic surgery?
Francisco Montesinos: It's a massacre, ma'am.
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Francisco Montesinos: I've told you not to shoot up in the dressing rooms!
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Francisco Montesinos: Marriage is necessary, otherwise there wouldn't be - wedding dresses.
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Pilar: It's a madhouse. I'd never be a model, whatever they say.
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Pilar: You know who it is? Ángel's lawyer. I didn't know lawyers liked fashion. She's a bit slutty. But she is pretty, I admit that.
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María: I saw a suicide from here once. I felt strange, empty and outside my body. I come here often.
Diego: You and I are similar. We're both obsessed with death.
María: Everyone is.
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Comisario: Why is this mushroom poisonous? It's its nature. Just like our nature. Evil's inside it.
Julia: And good.
Comisario: But good is boring.
Julia: People aren't mushrooms.
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Julia: Let's sleep together tonight.
Comisario: I said no.
Julia: We don't have to fuck, just hold me.
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Comisario: Women! You're all ridiculous and sentimental!
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María: I didn't know you were still a matador.
Diego: I tried to avoid it, but I couldn't. Giving up killing - was like giving up living.
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María: Men think killing is a crime. We women don't see it that way. Every criminal has a feminine side.
Diego: And every killer, a masculine one.
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María: I've waited so long for this. I feel like I'm dreaming. But since I met you, I haven't slept.
Diego: I can't sleep either. That means I don't live. I feel I won't sleep if you exist. I won't live if you live.
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Eva: Mom, I love him.
Pilar: I loved your Dad. What good was that?
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Diego: So what are we waiting for? Why prolong it?
María: Since I met you, I've been at the preliminaries of an orgasm. I like prolonging it.
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Eva: What's going on?
Comisario: I wish I knew.
Eva: So do something.
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Ángel: They're in danger.
Julia: What else?
Ángel: They've stopped to buy flowers.
Julia: The flowers are dangerous?
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Comisario: Why do you believe him? The eclipse has hypnotized you.
Julia: Some things are beyond reason. This is one of them.
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María: I've felt this scar in me for so long. But I've never kissed it before.
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María: I've never been kissed like that. Till now, I've made love alone. I love you more than my own death.
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[last lines]
Comisario: I've never seen anyone so happy.
Matador Quotes
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