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Sofia: We all have to fall in love from time to time... To feed our daughters, and our mothers. And sisters.
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Sofia: If you have any objections, kindly go to hell.
Todd Jackson: You tell 'em!
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Katya: If Mama didn't have to go out to work, then you would have to go. Then *who* would be the wicked one?
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Taxi Dance Hall Manager: What are you doing? Dancing with a blind man! You will disturb the other guests.
Todd Jackson: You try and stop us.
[says something in Chinese]
Taxi Dance Hall Manager: You will disturb the other guests.
Sofia: If you have any objections, kindly go to hell.
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Todd Jackson: She is the countess Sofia Alexeyevna Belinskaya. She has everything that I wanted for this place. She has the allure, the tragedy, the weariness. She knows that history has no place for her kind anymore. She is perfect. My centre piece.
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Todd Jackson: Why aren't you at home in your bed?
Sofia: There is no bed for me till morning. My daughter... Sorry, I was forgetting our agreement.
Todd Jackson: I told you, there is no agreement. I just once thought that we'd get on best if we confined our friendship to within these walls.
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[first lines]
Grushenka: Another punishment is waiting for her. Such disgrace. Who would have thought when my son married her, she would one day bring such disgrace to his memory. Even now she's in there, putting on that powder. God's watching her. God will punish her.
The White Countess Quotes
Extended Reading
Director: James Ivory
Language: English,French,Mandarin,Russian Release date: March 31, 2006