Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Joseph Hindy: Ritchie
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Quotes
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Richie Vecchio : Don't you understand, Joan and I are just not happy together.
Frank Vecchio : You hear that, Beatrice? They're not happy together.
Bea : I heard, Frank.
Frank Vecchio : So who's happy?
Bea : Who's happy?
Frank Vecchio : What, do you see me running around dancing in the streets?
Bea : Do you see your father running around dancing in the streets?
Frank Vecchio : What are you, better than me? You think your mother and I are happy?
Richie Vecchio : You mean you and mom aren't happy?
Frank Vecchio : [together with Bea] No!
Richie Vecchio : Then why did you stay together?
Frank Vecchio : [pause] We're content.
Bea : We're content.
Frank Vecchio : These kids today, all they're looking for is happiness.
Bea : Don't look for happiness, Richie. It will only make you miserable.
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Frank Vecchio : So, what's the story Ritchie?
Richie Vecchio : We're just not compatible.
Frank Vecchio : You hear that Beatrice, they're not compatible.
Bea : I heard, but I'm not listening, Frank.
Frank Vecchio : They're married for six years, all of a sudden they're looking to be compatible.
Bea : It's a phase they're going through.
Frank Vecchio : You stupid kids today, they don't know what to do with themselves, they get a divorce, for kicks.
Bea : That's what it is, Frank, kicks.
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Richie Vecchio : Look, it's 1970, it happens to a lot of couples, there's nothing you can do about it.
Frank Vecchio : It's never happened in our family!
Bea : We don't believe in it.
Frank Vecchio : It happens to people who don't give a damn.
Bea : You think the king and queen of England would get a divorce?
Frank Vecchio : Of course not.
Bea : They don't believe in it.
Frank Vecchio : That's why they're together all these years.
Bea : They know what would happen to England if they broke up.
Frank Vecchio : Yeah, but our son believes in it.
Bea : He doesn't care what happens to England, he doesn't care what happens to anybody, it's 1970, so he's getting a divorce.
