Véronique and Her Dunce
1959 · 18 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,252 VOTES · DIR. Éric Rohmer
Overview
Véronique gives a mathematics lesson to a dunce who answers the prepared questions with disconcertingly sound answers.
Dialogue Timeline — 284 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:07 VERONIQUE AND HER DUNCE
00:01:27 Jean-Christophe!
00:02:15 Don't go easy on him. Check all his assignments.
00:03:07 Can't you write any neater?
00:03:54 What page?
00:04:34 "To divide a number by..."
00:05:24 Sit down.
00:06:07 Right, but you multiply by...
00:06:50 Why?
00:07:20 You understand how we divide?
00:08:17 You divide 2 and get 4. 4 is bigger than 2.
00:08:54 First you said I had to understand, now I don't. You understand it?
00:09:28 To divide, you have to multiply.
00:10:20 - I didn't ask you. - Everything's fine, ma'am.
00:10:57 - What if I don't have any ideas? - Everyone has ideas.
00:11:37 Go on.
00:13:14 It's a frame used for making a tapestry.
00:13:48 What are you doing? - Writing "It's Saturday."
00:14:23 - But how do you think about it? - Just by thinking.
00:15:02 Your mother told me not to make up sentences for you.
00:15:41 Doesn't that give you any ideas?
00:16:21 - I dunno. What I'm doing. - Not about skating?
00:16:58 My dad says politicians never write their own speeches.
00:17:35 No, we wasted a lot of time. I'd rather finish. Go on.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed284
Dialogue density15.8 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line00:17:35
Production Record
DirectorÉric Rohmer
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,252