My Night at Maud's

"I'm happy around you. If I'm happy with you, it's because we'll never meet again. The thought of the future needn't depress us, since we have none."

"Religion adds to love, but love adds to religion, also."

"There can't be real love unless it's shared. That's why I believe in a certain predestination."

"As a Christian I say it's evil not to acknowledge what is good."

"Although it's less enforced now, one thing I dislike about the Church is balancing sins against good deeds. Purity of heart is more important."

"Do you really want my life story? Well, I had a lover and my husband had a mistress. Curiously enough, she was rather your sort: very moral, very Catholic. Not hypocritical, not calculating - very sincere. Yet I hated her like poison."

"What I don't like about you is that you always dodge the issue. You don't face up to things. A shamefaced Christian combined with a shamefaced Don Juan."

"Françoise: I don't believe in predestination. I believe we are always free to choose even if God aids us in our choice."

"Jean-Louis Trintignant - Jean-Louis"

"Françoise Fabian - Maud"

"Marie-Christine Barrault - Françoise"

"Antoine Vitez - Vidal"

"Leonid Kogan - himself"

"Guy Léger - Preacher"

"Anne Dubot - Blonde Friend"

"Marie Becker - Marie, Maud's Daughter"

"Marie-Claude Rauzier - Student"