Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

María Valverde: Zipporah

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Quotes 

• Zipporah : [wedding night]  Who makes you happy?

  Moses : You do.

  Zipporah : What's the most important thing in your life?

  Moses : You are.

  Zipporah : Where would you rather to be?

  Moses : Nowhere.

  Zipporah : And when will you leave me?

  Moses : Never.

  Zipporah : Proceed.

• Moses : [having returned to her]  Who makes you happy?

  Zipporah : You do.

  Moses : What is the most important thing in your life?

  Zipporah : You are.

  Moses : You are. When will I leave you? Never. May I proceed?

  Zipporah : Proceed.

• Zipporah : What kind of God says to a man to leave his family?

• Moses : [In unison]  I, Moses, accept you Zipporah,

  Zipporah : [In unison]  I, Zipporah, accept you Moses,

  Moses , Zipporah : [In unison]  ... to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know, with respect for your integrity and faith in your abiding love for me. In all that life may bring us, I pledge my love.

• Moses : Did you do what you said?

  Zipporah : What did I say?

  Moses : That you would trade your faith... to keep me.

  Zipporah : No.

  Moses : Good. You may need it now more than ever now.

• Moses : Did you do what you said?

  Zipporah : What did I say?

  Moses : That you would trade your faith to keep me.

  Zipporah : No.

  Moses : Good. You may need it more than ever.

  [whole of Israel gathered behind him] 

• Zipporah : Is it so wrong for him to grow up believing in God?

  Moses : Is it so wrong for him to grow up believing in himself?