The Lost Daughter (2021) · 19 quotes
Tied for 4th most-quoted character in The Lost Daughter (2021): in 4 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Young Leda (4), Young Joe (3), Martha (3)
What are you watching?! Snoggies?!
Oh, my God!
Hikers!
Hikers!
Hikers! Stay there! They must be doing the Catamount Trail!
Hey, what are hikers?
Are you kidding me?! To Quebec! They don't have food!
Joe, it's not 1985! What's wrong with you?!
They're wet!
Joe, don't bring them in here!
You guys, uh, look like you've been going a while.
Yes. Since April. Amazing.
Grazie. (Thanks)
Can I ask, how old are you?
Forty-two.
I have kids. I have three kids. Twelve, nine and seven. They are in London with their mother.
So you ran away together?
I guess we did.
Yes, we did. Hmm. We are obliged to do so many stupid things. From childhood, even.
Obliged?
Yes. What happened to us is the only thing that's happened to me since I was born that makes sense.
E prima di uscire (and before going out) da questa santa porta (from this holy door) proviama un'altra volta (try it another time) su e giu per il (up and down the...) [Leda sustains note] cammin...! (...path) [Female hiker chuckles and clinks glass with Young Leda with Young Joe clapping]
Brava, brava! (good, good) [Young Leda reaches over to hug the female hiker hug and kisses her] Your Italian is so beautiful!
Oh.
So feminine!
Leda's the most extraordinary scholar of modern Italian literature.
Jesus, Joe. I studied translation, yeah. And comparative literature.
What are you working on?
Uh... I'm barely working.
Uh, she's working on a Yeats translation
Yeats?!
No.
In Italian? That's... that is like [gestures using Bianca's hands] chocolate on chocolate!
Huh?
Il gelo dell'ala sorta cade lungo il mio corpo
Wow. [Bianca plays with female hiker's hair] Wow.
What is that?
Don't know.
It's Auden. "Chill of the crooked wing falls down along my body". It's ridiculous. It's just something I taught them.
È bello. [Extends hand to Young Leda who embraces it] Brava. Wow. [Chuckles]
Hey.
Hi. [Joe kisses her on cheek] Hmm.
What are you doing? Say hello to Mummy. [Guides her head] Martha. Go on. Say hello. It's okay.
Can I get a hug?
Go on.
Are you home now, Mummy?
I'm home today.
Can you wash my hair after dinner?
Mm-mmm. I can't stay for dinner, baby. I've got to get on a plane.
Oh, okay.
But I brought you presents, okay? And fancy dresses. These. Hi. Yours!
...
You awoke the tickle monster. There's a tickle monster in town. Bianca? Do you want me to help you do up your buttons in the back?
No.
Okay. Show me your dress. Oh! So pretty. [Kisses Bianca on lips] Mwah!
Sure.
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Please. Please. Don't do this. What do you need? Do you need me on my **** knees? Do you need me to cut my balls off? What do you need? Tell me. Have you got his **** in your mouth? You can't answer me?
Joe, this has nothing to do with that.
Oh, **** me? **** me?
I left him.
You left him? Congratulations, baby. You're an expert now, huh?
I don't see why not?
Do you think I'm a **** idiot? Huh? Am I an arsehole? [Repeatedly] Please. Come on. They're little **** girls. How am I supposed to do this?
Joe, I'm feeling dizzy. [Walks off]
I'm taking them to your mum's. I can't handle this.
No you're not.
Yeah.
You're threatening me?! That is revenge! That's ****... lazy. You bring them back there, and they're going to sink back into that black shithole. All that ****... SHIT...! that I came from. I do think you're an arsehole. [Walks away]
My mother didn't finish school.
Oh, **** so what? [Disappears under door drape]
What?
Please, can you peel it like a snake? Please?
Can you peel it all?
I can.
Don't let anything break.
No, I won't let anything break.
Do you think that's a land or a sea monster? A sea snake. Yeah.
Don't let it break. Peel it like a snake. Don't let it break.
That's quite a long one.
It's longer than ever. [Leda hands peel to Martha] Hiss. Can it curl itself up? [Martha dangles and jiggles orange peel] Little curly.
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Mama, where are you going? Where are you going, Mummy? Mama? Are you coming back? When are you coming back? [Repeatedly] Mama? Where are you going? Mama! [Leda goes out door and shuts it]
