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Lady Hester: The Germans and the Italians couldn't get rid of us. There is absolutely no reason why we should surrender to the Scots.
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Lady Hester: Americans just simply don't understand picnics!
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[first lines]
Title Card: Florence 1935.
Title Card: The love affair between the artistically-inclined English community and Florence was soon to be overshadowed by the clouds of war.
Title Card: But at the moment the sun is still shining on the squares and statues, and the dictator Mussolini is the gentleman who makes the trains run on time.
Connie Raynor: Excuse me, are you the Consul?
British Consul: Yes.
Connie Raynor: Connie Raynor of the Morning Post. I'm fascinated to know what His Majesty's Consul in Florence makes of it all?
British Consul: I can't believe your readers would be interested in our little ceremony.
Connie Raynor: Oh, they are. Since Mussolini, we can't get enough of Italy.
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British Consul: We live in an age of great dictators.
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Lady Hester: Arabella, you might love art, but art certainly doesn't respond to your affections.
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Lady Hester: Do look. Oh, look! Look at that ridiculous American monstrosity they've given the child. What do they call them? Knickerbocker glories. Oh! It's amazing. They can even vulgarize ice cream.
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Giulia Meyer: I'm Giulia Meyer, a friend of Mrs. Morganthall.
Lady Hester: Oh, dear. I'm so sorry.
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Georgie Rockwell: Hester, Hester, come on, chin up.
Lady Hester: That's typically American. Keep out of trouble and tell other people to keep their chins up.
Georgie Rockwell: Come on, you never know. I may be joining you sooner than you think.
Lady Hester: Is that supposed to make me feel better?
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Georgie Rockwell: Better let ME tell you about the girls!
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Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan: Why are you helping me? You always hated me.
Lady Hester: Because we're creatures from two different worlds, you and I. Because I have despised you. And you have laughed at me and the Scorpioni. And because in spite of all that, you've been very kind to us and kept it a secret. And because we've both been very foolish women. We've both trusted men who've turned out to be bastards.
Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan: Vittorio.
Lady Hester: And Mussolini.
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[during Elsa's escape]
Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan: Are you trying to get rid of me?
Lady Hester: Absolutely.
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Lady Hester: Americans. They can even vulgarize ice cream.
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Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan: Why Hester, I didn't see you there.
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Lady Hester: Luca, is this true?
Luca: Yes, Lady Hester.
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Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan: If I hadn't been there for you then, you wouldn't be here for me NOW.
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Lady Hester: I'd bathe in the stuff to celebrate her departure!
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Mary Wallace: Senior Guarnieri, there are no illegitimate children in this world; only illegitimate parents!
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Haley 2022-03-26 09:01:12
I went to Florence and San Gimignano to watch this film again, I think it is friendly and beautiful, and the boy who plays Luca is very cute.
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Francisca 2022-03-26 09:01:12
2020.01.29, // five stars //. Really a beautiful work. People are beautiful, art is beautiful, endings are beautiful, and words are playful. No one could not but be moved by the footage of several old ladies carrying the train while carrying Henry V. Raising a child is not about going to a major elementary school, but about learning about Shakespeare and art, and also helping to set up the dining table and play a good football. Finally, he must have a noble personality who takes life and truth the most and himself the least, is not afraid of death, and does not mind misunderstanding and fame. He is already a true English gentleman.
