Ben Affleck: Joseph

Joseph le roi des rêves

Joseph

Judah: Joseph. Can you ever forgive us?
Joseph: I already have. Can you forgive me for thinking I was some miracle from God?
Judah: But you *are* a miracle. God sent you to save our family and all of Egypt, and you did.

[Potiphar comes into Joseph's prison cell]
Joseph: Potiphar?
Potiphar: Pharoah's butler said you interpret dreams.
Joseph: That is true, yes.
Potiphar: Pharoah is tortured by a dream. None of his wise men can explain it. I am to bring you to the palace.
[turns to leave]
Joseph: Potiphar! It's good to see you again.
[Potiphar looks back at a smiling Joseph]
Potiphar: [shakes his head whilst sighing] How could I have allowed this to happen? My wife...
Joseph: [touches Potiphar's shoulder] I understand. Let's go.

[when Joseph wants to help with the sheep]
Issachar: Wait, you have to be very careful. You might cut your hands on the soft fur.
Joseph: [playfully] Get away!
[the rest of Joseph's brothers laugh]

Asenath: [after Joseph has placed Simeon under arrest] Joseph, they are just trying to feed their families.
Joseph: They're thieves, here to steal our grain.
Asenath: They needed food and they were ready to pay for it. Joseph, they've done nothing to you.
Joseph: Nothing?
[pauses and sighs]
Joseph: They're my brothers.
Asenath: [in disbelief] What?
Joseph: They sold me. They sold me into slavery. I never got to say goodbye to my mother, I never got to watch my father grow old.
Asenath: Joseph, I didn't know.
[hugs him]
Asenath: You're here now. You have a home, a wife who loves you. You have everything.
Joseph: No. Not everything.
[looks down below at Simeon's cell]
Asenath: I thought you learned something down there. Remember when I would bring you food?
Joseph: Yes.
[takes her hand]
Joseph: It's what kept me going.
[hugs Asenath]
Simeon: [seeing Joseph above him] Hey! You can't keep me in here forever! My brothers will come for me!
[the words echo and Joseph walks away from Asenath]
Asenath: [as Joseph walks away] Joseph...

Joseph: The three vines signify three days. In three days, Pharaoh will bring you back to the palace, a free man.
Butler: If only it were true.
Joseph: It is true. And when you're free, tell Pharaoh about my gift. Please, promise me.

Judah: Take any of us, Your Grace, but please, let the boy go.
Joseph: You would sacrifice yourselves for a half-brother who's spoiled by your father?
Judah: Yes.
Joseph: Why? Why should you care if I take him...
[grabs Benjamin]
Joseph: ... beat him, make him a slave?
Judah: Because I will not make my father suffer... again.
Joseph: [releases Benjamin] Again? What do you mean, "again"?
Judah: [sighs] Our brother was not killed by wolves. We were blinded by jealousy and sold him into slavery. For twenty years, we have lived with that guilt.
[Joseph drops his dagger]
Judah: We can't go back without the boy. My father could not bear it a second time, and neither could we. If anyone is to be punished...
[kneels down and burys his face in Joseph's robe]
Judah: ... it should be us.
[Joseph looks at his brothers in disbelief and then down at Judah; covers his mouth and looks away; looks back at Judah and removes his crown]
Joseph: I will not harm any of you...
[kneels down and puts his hand on Judah's shoulder]
Joseph: ... or our father.
[pauses]
Joseph: I am your brother, Joseph.
Judah: [looks up in disbelief] Joseph!

Joseph: You think this is funny? Well, Father won't be laughing when he hears... who are you?

Joseph: I thought I did what's right/ I thought I had the answers/ I thought I chose the surest road/ But that road brought me here

Joseph: The three baskets also signify three days. In three days... Pharaoh will behead you, and birds will feed on your flesh.
Baker: What? You're lying! *You're lying*!