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You did this to meYou cut my hairYou tortured meYou tortured meWhyYou said you wanted to live without fear I wish there'd been an easier waybut there wasn't Oh my GodI know you may never forgive mebut
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V for Vendetta

I'm dizzy. I need air. Please, I need to be outside

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Hello, Evey.Evey Hammond:You. It was you.V: Yeah.Evey Hammond: That wasn't real... Is Gordon -?V: I'm sorry, but Mr. Deitrich's dead. I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.Evey Hammond: Oh God...V: Fortunately, I got to you before they did.Evey Hammond:You got to me? You did this to me? You cut my hair? You tortured me? You tortured me! Why?V: You said you wanted to live without fear. I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't.V: I know you may never forgive me... but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day I wanted to end it, but each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.Evey Hammond:You're *sick*! You're *evil*!V: *You* could've ended it, Evey, you could've given in. But you didn't. Why?Evey Hammond:Leave me alone! I *hate* you!V: That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you.Evey Hammond:Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies!V: Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, You found something true about yourself.Evey Hammond:No.V: What was true In that cell is just as true now. What you felt in there has nothing to do with me.Evey Hammond:I can't feel *anything* anymore!V: Don't run from it, Evey. You've been running all your life.Evey Hammond: I can't... can't breathe. Asthma... asthma! When I was little...V: Listen to me, Evey. This may be the most important moment of your life. Commit to it.V: They took your parents from you. They took your brother from you.V: They put you in a cell and took everything they could take except your life. And you believed that was all there was, didn't you? The only thing you had left was your life, but it wasn't, was it?V: You found something else. In that cell You found something that mattered more to you than life. It was when they threatened to kill you unless you gave them what they wanted... you told them you'd rather die. You faced your death, Evey. You were calm. You were still.V: Try to feel now What you felt then.Evey Hammond: Oh God... I felt...V: Yes?Evey Hammond:I'm dizzy. I need air. Please, I need to be outside

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You did this to me
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You cut my hair
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You tortured me
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You tortured me
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Why
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You said you wanted to live without fear I wish there'd been an easier way
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but there wasn't Oh my God
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I know you may never forgive me
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but nor will you understand how hard it was for me
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Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now
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Every day I wanted to end it
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But each time you refused to give in I knew I couldn't
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You're sick You're evil
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You could have ended it You could have given in but you didn't
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Why Leave me alone I hate you
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That's it See at first I thought it was hate too
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Hate was all I knew It built my world imprisoned me
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taught me how to eat how to drink how to breathe
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I thought I'd die with all the hate in my veins
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But then something happened
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It happened to me just as it happened to you
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Shut up I don't want to hear your lies
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Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth
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Yes I created a lie
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But because you believed it you found something true about yourself
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No What was true in that cell is true now
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What you felt in there has nothing to do with me
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I can't feel anything anymore
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Don't run from it Evey You've been running all your life
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I can't Can't breathe
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Asthma When I was little
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Listen to me Evey
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This may be the most important moment of your life Commit to it
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They took your parents from you They took your brother from you
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They put you in a cell and took everything they could take except your life
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And you believed that was all there was didn't you
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The only thing you had left was your life but it wasn't
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Oh please You found something else
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In that cell you found something that mattered more to you than life
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When they threatened to kill you unless you gave what they wanted
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you told them you'd rather die
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You faced your death Evey
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You were calm You were still
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Try to feel now what you felt then
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Oh God
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I felt
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Yes
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I'm dizzy
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I need air
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Please I need to be outside
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Duration
170 seconds
Views
6,186
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:09
Uploaded
Mar 08, 2026
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Movie Summary

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Actors

Natalie Portman
Evey Hammond