Broken English Page #4

Synopsis: Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is in a relationship, is married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfect marriage". But after a series of disastrous dates, Nora unexpectedly meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman who opens her eyes to a lot more than love.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Zoe R. Cassavetes
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2007
93 min
$818,674
Website
301 Views


No, I Believe You.

I Just Don'T Think

You'Re Probably

That Picky.

I Don'T Understand.

Forget It.

I'M Glad You Are Here.

One More Minute,

And We Would Have

Missed Each Other.

It'S Fate To See You

Again, Don'T You Think?

Why Do You Laugh?

You Are Afraid?

You Know, Your

Approach Is Just

Really Intense.

Do You Want

Another Drink?

Yeah.

Oh.

[Rock Music Playing]

So, What Are You Doing

In New York?

I Came Here

To Meet You.

No. Really.

No, Really,

I Came Here To Do

Some Work

On A Project,

On A Film.

You'Re Not

An Actor, Are You?

No.

Good.

You Know, Once

You'Re Calm,

You'Re Not That Bad.

Why?

Why What?

Why Was I Bad?

No, I'M Saying That

You'Re Not Bad.

Oh. Cool.

Let'S Go Somewhere.

I Don'T Think So.

Why Not?

I'M Not Looking

For Anything.

Like What?

Trouble.

Trouble?

I'M No Trouble.

I'M Not Looking

For Trouble.

Where Do You

Want To Go?

Show Me Something.

Like What?

I Don'T Know.

Something...

Very New York.

[Door Closes]

[Whirring]

No.

What?

I Don'T Want You

To Kiss Me.

I Told You No.

Why?

Oh.

But I Just Want

To Kiss You.

No.

No.

Come On.

No. I'M Sorry.

Excuse Me.

[Door Opens]

Ok, You Don'T Like Me.

It'S More Like

I Don'T Want Y

Ou To Kiss Me.

Why Not?

I Don'T Know.

Because.

I Don'T Know.

We Were Having

Some Fun,

And You Are

So Beautiful.

I Just Wanted

To Kiss You.

Well...

Listen, I Had

A Great Night

With You Tonight,

But I Just

Want To Go Home.

Oh, No.

Come On, Nora.

I'M Exciting

To Be With You.

It'S Late.

There'S Nothing

To Do.

I Wouldn'T Know

What To Do.

But We'Ll Find

Something.

Come On.

It'S A Beautiful Night.

I Promise.

What Do You Want

To Do?

Where Do You

Want To Go?

We'Ll Go In Here.

Here?

[Loud Rock Music Playing]

Nora, Dance With Me.

Oh, No, No.

Break. Break.

Uh, Two Shots

Of Tequila.

Is That Ok With You?

Yeah.

Ok.

[Music Playing]

All I Need Is

Something To Drink.

Bobby.

Nora.

Hey, Baby.

What Are You

Doing Here?

I Was On Tour

In Philly.

I Had The Night Off.

I Came Back.

I Had To Do A Few Things.

What Are You Doing?

Actually, I Have

Him With Me.

Very Nice.

So You Want To Be

Alone, No?

No. You Know What?

This Is Perfect.

[Laughter]

Oh, My God.

It'S So Crazy.

Ay, Ay, Ay.

And You, Julian.

What Are You Doing Here?

Are You On Vacation?

Nora:
He'S Working

On A Movie.

He'S Not An Actor, Though.

Bobby:
No?

I Came Here

For A Woman.

Ay, Dios Mio.

No, Please. Ok.

Tell Me. Let'S Go.

She Was My Girlfriend,

She'S An Actress,

And She Came Here

To Do A Movie,

So I Take A Job

On The Movie So I Can

Be Close To Her.

But Then She Leaves Me

For The Actor

In The Movie.

[Speaking Spanish]

That'S Terrible.

So You'Re No Good

At Love, Too, Huh?

No. Tres Mauvais.

Ok. Kiddies,

I Got To Go.

It'S Getting Late.

It'S So Late,

It'S Almost Early.

It Was A Pleasure

Meeting You.

I Hope To See You

Around More.

Ok, And Thank You

For The Smoke.

Ah.

Ciao.

Bobby:
Oh.

She'S A Very

Good Girl, Ok?

Yes. I Know.

Ok. Ciao Bello.

Hi.

What Are You Doing Here?

I'M Making You Coffee?

I Thought You Left.

No. I'M Here.

You Have Plans

For Today?

Uh, No. No.

I Guess Not.

It'S Ok, Then?

Yeah. Yeah.

[Glass Clatters]

God.

So, What Do You

Want To Do?

I'M Angry.

Yeah? About What?

I Don'T Know.

Anything.

What?

I'M Angry.

Oh, You'Re Hungry. Oh.

I Thought You Said

You Were Angry.

Oh, No. Never.

Never.

So Where Do You

Want To Eat?

Food. Manja.

Come On.

I Had A Nice Time

With You Last Night.

Really?

Yeah, Sure.

Even Though

We Didn'T Have Sex?

Of Course.

Why Not?

Do You Think

If You Don'T Have

Sex With A Man,

He Does Not

Like You?

No.

I Don'T Know. Maybe.

I Think It Just

Depends On The Guy.

You Don'T Have Any

Hang-Ups, Do You?

What Is Hang-Ups?

Problems, Fears,

Things That Scare You.

Like What Things?

I Don'T Know.

Uh, Heart Attacks,

Terrorism,

Random

Acts Of Violence,

Worrying About

What Other People Think,

Not Succeeding

In Life.

Wow. That'S A Lot.

No. When I Was

My Mother Died,

And My Father

Told Me

That Life Was

Something Short

And To Always Make

Some Value In It.

When My Father Died,

I Think I Did The Opposite.

Is He Still Alive,

Your Dad?

Yes. He Lives

In The South Of France.

Marseilles.

Marseilles?

Come On, Nora.

You'Ve Got To

Go Somewhere.

I Know. You'Re Right.

We'Ve Been

Walking A Lot.

Are You Tired

Of Walking?

No. It'S Perfect.

Yeah?

I Know What We Can Do.

Nora:
I Love These Penguins.

Sometimes When I'M Sad,

I Come Here

And Just Watch Them.

They Make Me Feel Better.

Come Here.

Come Here.

I Want To Kiss You.

[Laughing]

La Pirouette.

La Pirouette.

Bien. Pirouette.

Pwe Wet.

Pwe Wet?

[Laughing]

[Speaking French]

What Would You Say

To A French Girl

If You Were Having

Sex With Her?

I Would Say, "Oh! Oh!

C'Est Tres Bon!"

Ah! Ha Ha Ha!

Are You Starting

To Love Me?

Ha Ha! I'M Not Ready

To Give Out That

Information At This Time.

.

Nora, You Are The Exact

Girl That'S On My Mind

[Laughing]

Shh. Shh. Shh.

Julian:

What Are You Thinking?

Hey.

Nothing.

I Was Just Thinking

About How I Was Telling

My Friend Audrey

That I Wasn'T Gonna

See Anyone.

And I Changed

Your Mind?

Are You Seeing

Anyone Right Now?

No, Not Now.

Just You.

But You Do See

Other Women.

If I Meet Someone

I Like, Yes.

Why? What?

Nothing.

Of Course You Do.

But You Don'T?

What Is This?

What Are We

Doing Here?

We Take A Bath.

Why Do You Talk

About Love?

When?

Before.

I'M Just Trying

To Figure Out

If This Is Supposed

To Mean Something.

I Don'T Know, Nora.

We Have No Contract.

We Are Just Meeting

Each Other.

You'Re Right.

I'M Sorry,

I'M Sorry.

You Still Didn' Tell Me What You Do.

I Start To Record

Sound On Movies.

Ah. Mystery Solved.

Do You Like It?

Is It Fun?

Yes, I Like It.

I Like To Listen

To People,

To Hear Their Voice,

How They Feel,

And I Get To Travel.

But There'S

Not Only Work.

I Also Play

Some Music.

Ugh. I'M So Glad

I Don'T Have

An Acoustic Guitar.

Nora?

Guy, Hi.

How Are You?

I'M Great.

How Are You?

Good. How Are You?

I'M Great.

I Just Got Back

From A Wedding

In Rome Last Night.

You Know Jim, Right?

Yeah.

Yeah. It Was

His Wedding.

It Was Totally

Insane.

That Sounds Great.

Yeah. Hey.

Uh, I'M Guy.

Sorry.

Hi. I'M Julian.

You, Uh, You

Around This Summer?

Yeah. Yeah.

I Have No Plans.

I'M Just Working,

You Know?

Ok. Well, Cool.

Um, I'M Here

And At The Beach,

So I'Ll Give You

A Call.

Great.

Nice To Meet You,

Man.

Nice To Meet You.

See You.

Bye.

I'Ll Have, Um,

Half A Dozen

Of The White Cookies

With The Sprinkles

And, Um--They'Re

Famous For Their

Cannolis.

I'Ll Have A Half

A Dozen Of Those

And, Um...

[Hissing]

I'M So Sorry.

I Was So Rude.

I Don'T Know

What Happened.

I'M Just So Stupid

Sometimes.

I Just Got Caught

Off Guard.

I'M Just Not Used

To Being With Someone.

I Mean, Not That We'Re

Together Or Anything,

But I'M Just Not

That Experienced

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