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La grande peccatrice

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Jean Fournier: I've been the studious, mild-mannered boy up until now. That's over now. I need something else.

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M. Fournier: How much did you win?
Jean Fournier: 500,000 in less than an hour. It's immoral, but no more than anything else. No more than poverty or ugliness.

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Jackie Demaistre: When I left my hotel this morning, I'd really decided to go back to Paris. I went to the station with my bag. I had just enough money. As I was about to buy my ticket, the urge came over me. I left my suitcase there and came back to the casino, almost against my will. You understand? I gambled all afternoon, hoping to make up my losses. Like a fool I kept playing 17, sure it'd win, but no. I was losing my train money, but I thought to myself, "If not Paris, I can get as far as Dijon." Then it was Lyon. Then it was hitchhiking. With my last chip I couldn't even get to Marseilles, so I gambled that away too.

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M. Fournier: If I ever hear you're gambling, you can pack up and get out.
Jean Fournier: That's nice.
M. Fournier: Your mother would say, "Twelve fishermen, twelve hunters, twelve gamblers makes thirty-six loafers." I don't need a loafer around here.

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Jackie Demaistre: [at the beach] This display of flabby flesh makes me sick. I'd rather watch people gambling.

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Jackie Demaistre: Doesn't it ever happen to you?
Jean Fournier: Actually, this is all new to me. I didn't think such a lifestyle existed anymore. Don't get me wrong. I mean, except in the movies or certain American novels.
Jackie Demaistre: What lifestyle?
Jean Fournier: This hotel, this terrace, this band. This opulence. And you.
Jackie Demaistre: Me? So I'm like an American novel?
Jackie Demaistre: A character in a novel, yes.
Jean Fournier: That's funny. I'd never thought about it.

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Jean Fournier: I was engaged once, but at the last moment, I think I got scared. I saw what I'd turn into. I saw a sensible life ahead, with no risks or surprises. So I broke it off.

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Jackie Demaistre: You want to know? Why I drag you around with me like a dog? You bring me luck, like a lucky horseshoe.

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Jean Fournier: You gamble to make money.
Jackie Demaistre: Not at all. I don't like money. You see what I do with it when I have it. If I loved money I wouldn't squander it. What I love about gambling is this idiotic life of luxury and poverty. And also the mystery - the mystery of numbers and chance. I've often wondered whether God rules over numbers.

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Jackie Demaistre: The first time I walked into a casino, I felt like I was in church. I felt the same emotion.

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Jackie Demaistre: I don't owe anyone anything. Why deny myself this passion? In whose name? I'm free!

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Jackie Demaistre: Sometimes I feel ashamed. I feel rotten inside. I fight it, but the rottenness spreads everywhere. I lie. I let others down. I dirty everything I touch.

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Jean Fournier: We'll go back to Nice tomorrow. The Bay of Angels brings us luck.

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