The Discreet
1990 · 94 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,094 VOTES · DIR. Christian Vincent
Overview
There is an author who has been dumped by his girlfriend and has no inspiration for a next novel. In an attempt to find a solution to both crises, he, along with his publisher friend, decides to seduce a young woman with the singular purpose of keeping a diary of the seduction and then dump her before publishing the book about it. Unfortunately he falls in love with her.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,272 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:15 Saturday, March 24.
00:03:46 I meant to tell her like Guitry to one of his wives:
00:07:12 I even told them I'd already read the first pages and they were great.
00:10:14 ready to plunge into libertinage.
00:14:36 No, just kidding.
00:17:45 Suddenly, this girl rushed at me.
00:20:27 You'd rather stick to your menial secretarial job at the Senate!
00:24:01 Is this a furnished flat?
00:27:10 Get out. I'll give you the text later.
00:30:09 I'm in no hurry
00:33:59 then leave at their doors... What do they think?
00:36:57 It's crazy! Don't you think?
00:39:58 And you refused?
00:44:27 I don't know. Maybe a few more days... I'll see.
00:48:17 For now, yes.
00:51:45 As you wish.
00:54:34 One night, the night before you picked me up at work...
00:58:16 Not yet. Do you want to walk a bit?
01:01:42 "You'd better ask the lady why she's in 1st class..."
01:04:37 You didn't play the game.
01:09:59 - I'll give you the key if you want. - But I don't want to go out.
01:14:10 So I went there.
01:17:24 Handsome. He was sitting there next to me.
01:21:04 You never notice anything!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,272
Dialogue density13.5 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:21:04
Production Record
DirectorChristian Vincent
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,094