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Song Liling:
I am slightly afraid of scandal. Rene Gallimard:
What are we doing that's scandalous? Song Liling:
I'm entertaining you in my parlor. Rene Gallimard:
Where I come from, that would hardly be construed as... Song Liling:
You come from France. France is a country living in the modern era, perhaps even ahead of it. China is a nation whose soul is firmly rooted 2000 years in the past. What I do - even pouring tea for you now - it has implications. Please go. Please, Monsieur Gallimard
I am slightly afraid of scandal. Rene Gallimard:
What are we doing that's scandalous? Song Liling:
I'm entertaining you in my parlor. Rene Gallimard:
Where I come from, that would hardly be construed as... Song Liling:
You come from France. France is a country living in the modern era, perhaps even ahead of it. China is a nation whose soul is firmly rooted 2000 years in the past. What I do - even pouring tea for you now - it has implications. Please go. Please, Monsieur Gallimard
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I am out of words
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I can hide behind dignity no longer
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What more do you want
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I have already given you my shame
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Look if you're so certain I'm overstepping my bounds then fine
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Take it up with Ambassador Toulon for all I care
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Funny I already have
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Monsieur Gallimard
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Movie Summary
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Actors
Song Liling
René Gallimard
