Cecilia

Good morning, Kan!

Good morning, ma'am!

Thank you.

Nice of you to come and get me.

If I may say so, ma'am, it's a pleasure.

How did you know I was coming?

I simply guessed.

Ah! You simply guessed it...

By checking every passing car?

Don't you like me anymore?

Would it make any difference?

Where are you going?

That's not the way to the house.

It's the way to my house' where I live with three young men.

Never mention them again.

I've had enough of those troublemakers.

Troublemakers whom the boss fired

Because they were peeping, watching you undress.

But you were deliberately provoking them

Just like you're provoking me!

Stop!

I want you to stop!

I'm not taking orders anymore.

At this very moment, I quit!

Stop the car!

No!

Leave me alone!

No! Please! Leave me alone!

No!

Let me go, you bastards!

No!

Please!

No!

No!

No!

No, let me go!

Let me go!

Let me--

Oh, yes!

Yes, yes, that's it.

Yes, that's good.

Cécilia!

What happened to you, my love?

I was very worried.

I'll kill them for this!

André.

There's something I've got to tell you!

It's monstrous!

My wife violated by two filthy pigs!

I didn't tell you all this

Just so you'd go and turn the thing into a tragedy.

I don't want you to think in terms of killing,

Of punishment or revenge.

We've been married now for over two years.

You know I fell in love with you

From the moment I saw you in Paris.

I left the man I loved.

And I divorced.

My dear friend, I'd like to introduce you to my niece, Cécilia.

She'll take good care of you.

She adores hot nights and and playboys.

Nice ambiance here.

Yes, and I hope to have a great night!

Ah, Cécilia. May I present André,

The son of the departed Compte de la Meute.

Your father's dead, isn't he?

Yes.

Ah, hello, my friend. How are you?

Just great. Nice party. Thanks for inviting me.

Cécilia, dance with André. She so shy, you know.

Yes...

Oh! You didn't see Hamlet? With those dwarves? Simply divine.

You mean you saw dwarves?

Oh, it was beyond words.

"On s'en fout, nous on s'aime."

And we're in love, too.

Come on!

Look at that, over there. Isn't it beautiful?

And right over there is the River Seine.

You want to see the cathedral? Look, it's right there.

And then we got married.

And you brought me here,

into your world, your land,

Your life at the embassy.

Weren't you happy?

I was happy, very much.

I was yours' body and soul,

For two years, yours alone.

I'd never been faithful to anybody before you.

The first few months were marvelous,

deliciously exhausting!

We made love for nights on end.

Then gradually...

It's true' our passion died down.

I still love you.

So do I.

Our love will last forever.

I could never love another man.

Nor I another woman.

When we made love today, when I came back,

it felt like it used to,

In the beginning when we first met.

I came so hard, I thought I'd faint!

And, do you know why?

I'm very conscious of it.

It's because those two boys made me come so hard,

that I went mad.

They managed to bring out in me

An extraordinary sensuality.

The animal in heat!

Then, when I returned to you,

I felt absolute happiness!

I desired you like the first time.

Didn't you notice?

And, in one single hour' I gave you...

More love than in the past two years!

And I felt no shame about my body,

Which others had just possessed.

Because genuine love has nothing to do

With violent' carnal desire.

Don't you think so, André?

What are you getting at?

I want you to understand something

Which is very important.

Wouldn't it be far, far better, my love,

If we left our senses a certain freedom?

If we renounced physical fidelity?

It wouldn't necessarily mean

that we would grow colder toward each other

Or that we would become indifferent to each other.

Do you mean that you've had enough of me?

Of course not!

Tell me' over the past two years,

Didn't you ever desire another woman?

Yes, I did.

But I've only been with you.

And you know that.

Yes, I do.

But you were emotionally unfaithful to me.

Admit it, at least.

Why not just be sincere?

Why not always try to live with the truth?

Listen to me-- I understand now

that I could love somebody with all my might,

But enjoy sex with another.

And that coming back to the one you want and love

Brings the greatest happiness.

Who could have thought of that?

I never hoped for such a thing.

Ah, I won the race!

I wouldn't mind a kiss from my loving husband.

I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding a man

Who'll kiss you far better than me.

And if I'm right,

A kiss from me would probably bore you.

Looks like we're in for stormy weather.

I can't stand it anymore, Antonio!

Alright, tell grandmother all about it.

Come on' don't make fun of me.

It's him I'm making fun of!

No man loved by a woman like you has a right to get angry at her.

I mean it.

Help me, Antonio!

Let's drink to friendship!

Yes, let's drink to friendship!

And now, to love!

To freedom!

All right.

Yes, to freedom.

To freedom in love.

My dear guests... I think...

I think I'd better beg your permission

To retire now.

I think I'm drunk...

wine, brandy, cocktails and whatnot...

Would you mind...

Helping your grandmother to her room?

You will, huh?

Okay.

You don't mind, huh?

You want to dance?

Why not?

What do you want from me, exactly?

I want to make love with you.

Okay!

You don't have to play the part

Of the drunk and decadent marquis any longer.

How was I, huh?

Marvelous!

I wasn't acting.

I am a drunk and decadent marquis!

Do you think we've got a chance?

She always does whatever's most fun for her.

It seems to me that a lot of women

seduce men just to prove to themselves

That they're beautiful and utterly irresistible.

And, making love is, for many of them,

A formality afterwards.

And, what about me?

You too, Cécilia!