The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Helen McCrory: Valentina Villefort

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Quotes 

• J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : I am the chief magistrate, an official of the new regime. And I cannot afford to have my own father mixed up in treasonous affairs!

  Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : You know... in the end, treason is a matter of dates. And I shall be the patriot, and you the traitor, when the emperor returns.

  Valentina Villefort : Stop it. Stop, you old ruin. Those days are over. Napoleon Bonaparte is no longer the emperor of anything. And if you continue to dabble in this lunacy, you run an excellent chance of being arrested and ruining our entire family, all because of your idiotic sympathies.

  Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : Well, at least I have sympathies.

  J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : For God's sake, Father, all Valentina is saying is that as a family, our fates are intertwined. Surely you can see that.

  Colonel Villefort, aka: Clarion : See? Ah! I'm an old ruin. I don't see as well as I did.

• Valentina Villefort : My dear Count, allow me to introduce to you my husband, monsieur Villefort, Chief Prosecutor.

  J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : Very kind of you to think of us.

  Count of Monte Cristo : Oh, I am the one honored with your presence. Now, please, enjoy yourselves tonight.

  Valentina Villefort : [watching him leave]  What do we know about him?

  J.F. Villefort, Chief Magistrate : Not enough.