The Chorus (2004)
Gérard Jugnot: Clément Mathieu
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Quotes
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Violette Morhange : Do you have children?
Clément Mathieu : No. Well, yes, I have 60.
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Rachin : [firing Mathieu] Go to the devil!
Clément Mathieu : No. I'm leaving him behind!
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Pierre Morhange : What about the solo?
Clément Mathieu : Which solo?
Pierre Morhange : My solo.
Clément Mathieu : Oh. Your solo. No, there's no solo. You don't have a bad voice but no-one's indispensible.
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Clément Mathieu : [talking to Mondain] Sing!
Mondain : You won't like it.
Clément Mathieu : I don't care sing!
Mondain : Okay...
[singing]
Mondain : One Summer, I took out my nob, and gave myself a nice handjob...
[inhales as if to sing another line]
Clément Mathieu : [interrupting] Enough!
Mondain : [smiles and chuckles] Hmph!
Clément Mathieu : Baritone.
Mondain : What?
[gives Mathieu a look of surprise and confusion]
Clément Mathieu : I'm not making fun of you, you are a baritone...
[Mondain still confused]
Clément Mathieu : ...it means you sing in a low voice.
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Clément Mathieu : Never say never. Something's always worth trying.
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Pépinot enfant : I don't know any songs.
Clément Mathieu : Well, I'll teach you some. For the moment, I'll name you assistant choir master.
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[Chabert is dragging a boy off for punishment]
Clément Mathieu : What are you doing?
Chabert : He stole my watch. From my room.
Clément Mathieu : Where are you taking him?
Chabert : Dungeon.
Clément Mathieu : Wait!
Chabert : Why?
[Chabert and the boy disappear into the school]
Clément Mathieu : He's my only baritone.
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[Morhange's mother has come to visit him]
Clément Mathieu : [quietly] I didn't tell her last time that you were in detention, I told her you had a toothache and went to the dentist. Don't tell her I lied.
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[Arriving at the school, Mathieu sees a small boy waiting by the gate]
Clément Mathieu : What are you doing?
Pépinot enfant : I'm waiting for Saturday. My father is coming to collect me.
Clément Mathieu : But it's not Saturday today.
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Clément Mathieu : [they've found the stolen money and a harmonica] You know Mondain was expelled because they thought he'd stolen the money.
Corbin : No, sir.
Clément Mathieu : No, that's right you didn't. But now I've told you. So what were you going to do with this money?
Corbin : If I tell you, do you promise not to tell anyone?
Clément Mathieu : Promise.
Corbin : I was going to use it to buy...
Clément Mathieu : To buy what?
Corbin : My Montgolfier balloon.
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Clément Mathieu : [some of the boys are hitting Morhange] Hey, why are you hitting him?
Pépinot enfant : Because Morhange threw an ink bomb at you.
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Clément Mathieu : You see evil everywhere.
Chabert : Here? Yes.
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Clément Mathieu : [Mathieu finds Pépinot sitting on the stairs] What are you doing down here?
Pépinot enfant : I don't have the right to go upstairs.
Clément Mathieu : What do you mean you don't have the right?
Pépinot enfant : I don't have any money.
Clément Mathieu : What?
Pépinot enfant : I'm not allowed to go upstairs unless I have some money.
Clément Mathieu : Says who?
Pépinot enfant : Mondain.