The Woman Next Door (1981)

Michèle Baumgartner: Arlette Coudray

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Quotes 

• [English subtitled version] 

  Arlette Coudray : [about their new neighbors]  Isn't the aviator's wife beautiful?

  Bernard Coudray : He's not an aviator. He's an air traffic controller. He works at the Grenoble airport control tower. He handles planes, I handle boats.

  Arlette Coudray : Isn't his wife beautiful? There's something unique about her.

  Bernard Coudray : I don't think she belongs here.

  Arlette Coudray : What do you mean?

  Bernard Coudray : Look at us. We came to live here for the dirt, the trees, the stones. Everything is natural. Why did that woman come here?

• [English subtitled version] 

  Arlette Coudray : [whispering about the man that has come to use their telephone]  That's our new neighbor?

  Bernard Coudray : Yes. He'll move in next week.

  Arlette Coudray : With his wife?

  Bernard Coudray : He might not be married.

  Arlette Coudray : I saw his ring.

  Bernard Coudray : Then we'll have two new neighbors. Which reminds me, we'll have to be careful. No more making love in the garden.

  Arlette Coudray : [smiling]  We just have to be quiet.

  Bernard Coudray : No more sex in the garden. No, no, no, no, no. It's for the best. My butt ends up on the grass and I always catch a cold.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Arlette Coudray : [about the noise outside in the middle of the night]  Listen.

  Bernard Coudray : Just some cats. They're fighting.

  Arlette Coudray : No. They're making love. Like wild beasts.

• [English subtitled version] 

  Arlette Coudray : I don't think it's a scandalous dress, but will she wear it while you're gone?

  Philippe Bauchard : She'll wear it whenever and wherever, with whoever she wants. I'm not a Spanish husband!

• [English subtitled version] 

  Arlette Coudray : In cases like this, you never know what might help.