The Hussy
1979 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 717 VOTES · DIR. Jacques Doillon
Overview
Twenty-year old misfit François earns his living by gathering boxes and bottles to resell to local shopkeepers. He lives with his grossly insensitive mother and stepfather. Mado is a gawky 11-year old, who is neglected by her family because of the oddness of the way she expresses her affection. For reasons which never become clear, François kidnaps Mado, and takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. Instead of feeling fear, Mado enters into the spirit of the abduction, and they joust with one another, increasingly finding love and comfort in their relationship. When the police come upon them, however, they put an entirely different interpretation on their behavior.
Dialogue Timeline — 663 lines
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00:00:12 THE HUSSY
00:04:51 She only acts stupid and scratches her pimples, nonstop.
00:06:50 You don't have a TV at home.
00:13:21 You have to tell me what you like to eat.
00:18:09 Me? I believe everything I'm told.
00:24:32 But she hasn't done it for a while.
00:26:46 So you have to be good with me.
00:30:36 When I come back, I'll knock 3 times to show that it's me.
00:35:55 What was his is now your mother's.
00:38:58 I don't even talk to my sister when she comes.
00:41:01 Come on.
00:43:52 I haven't asked for anything, I like cider as well.
00:46:34 Whatever you want.
00:49:20 - I don't hear anything. - It's time to go to bed.
00:51:49 It's too heavy!
00:54:10 At home they called me Mado.
00:55:57 Yes!
00:58:44 When you're vexed and don't want to tell
01:03:04 It'd hurt you too much and it wouldn't work.
01:06:19 I was passing by. It costs me nothing to ask.
01:11:44 Cold-blooded.
01:16:09 "Jesus, you who started from scratch
01:18:48 And François, does he really want her to stay?
01:22:15 They mustn't see us, come on.