Les Affaires publiques

1934 · 25 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 358 VOTES · DIR. Robert Bresson

Overview

A slapstick comedy centered on two neighboring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a statue, the launching of a ship, and the crash-landing of a Miremian pilot in Crogandian territory.

Dialogue Timeline — 167 lines

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00:00:07 We believed this film to be lost.
00:01:21 This is radi-di-di radi-di-o Cro-gan-gandy...
00:01:47 Stop it.
00:02:45 for whom we boast many merits
00:03:15 ...when pulling on the veil later on.
00:03:59 But my honor is smaller than my pride.
00:05:39 ...flowers full of eloquence.
00:08:06 Go on, wake up!
00:09:36 Attention!
00:10:01 This day will be recorded in the annals of the country.
00:10:17 Look to your leader!
00:11:12 - Chancellor.
00:11:26 He's my best firefighter.
00:13:17 ...that are already burning with impatience.
00:14:26 Watch out! Restrain him! He gonna make trouble!
00:15:15 But you told me to set a fire somewhere.
00:15:40 "Help!"
00:15:53 Thank you.
00:16:02 Hold him down well! He would eat his Excellency!
00:16:56 Now where's that miserable parade of yours?
00:19:07 Ladies first!
00:20:03 You are here in a wonderful country.
00:20:18 Towards the bottle!
00:21:00 There, we're dead.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed167
Dialogue density6.7 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line00:21:00

Production Record

DirectorRobert Bresson
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes358