Felice… Felice…
1998 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 130 VOTES · DIR. Peter Delpeut
Overview
Tragic love story about the photographer and explorer Felice Beato who travelled back to Japan in 1895 to seek his former wife O-Kiku. On the way he describes in a nostalgic letter to his brother how much he yearns for his lost love O-Kiku and how impotent he feels in an ancient Japan subject to rapid change. The journey takes him to Nagasaki and Moji, Onomichi, Mount Fuji, Yokohama and Tokyo. Places he once visited with his beloved and where he now no longer understands the people. Felice...Felice... is inspired by hand-coloured nineteenth century photos taken by e.g. Felice Beato, Sjimooka Renjo and Baron von Stilfried. In this film, shot entirely in a studio, the photos depict Felice's journey. Awarded the Golden Calf for Best Feature film in 1998. (NFF)
Dialogue Timeline — 763 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:27 My dear brother Antonio...
00:04:54 Why? Has something changed?
00:11:27 She wouldn't take a cent for it!
00:14:46 perhaps I might pour your saké?
00:17:57 She liked to travel? O-Kiku?
00:21:17 Walking is a peculiar way of thinking, Antonio.
00:25:26 Memories.
00:30:01 I'm old now.
00:33:18 After I told her about her mother's death...
00:39:29 I asked you not to move! For a photograph one must remain still!
00:42:56 Maybe you know where I can find her.
00:46:58 like someone trying a spicy dish: "Felice...Felice..."
00:50:08 where she had no relatives...
00:54:20 Come!
00:57:30 She's keeping me company.
01:01:02 I'm almost free.
01:05:22 Our first night together, she lay beside me.
01:09:02 but we became everyone's propefly.
01:14:08 I could also have loved you.
01:19:15 He's worried, he hasn't heard from you in months.
01:22:11 My big impossible Felice.
01:25:47 Perhaps I could show you a few samples.
01:30:14 My father...
28:18:09 and evening is falling here in Tokyo.