The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Carmen García: [Talking about Navarré] Is it really true they wear little blue berets and tell big black lies?
Don José Lizarabengoa: Oh, never. Never.
Carmen García: And don't know how to love a woman?
Don José Lizarabengoa: Well, that's true. Teach me, I'm from Navarré, and I don't know a thing.
Carmen García: There's a big black lie.
[They kiss, and Jose handles her roughly]
Carmen García: Ay! The Gypsies say that a lover should have gentle hands, a gentle mouth, and a gentle heart.
Don José Lizarabengoa: And a woman the same?
Carmen García: No. She should have cruel hands, a cruel mouth, and no heart at all.
[They kiss]

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Dancaire: [to José] You don't like us, do you? We fill you with disgust. We're the symbol of your degradation.

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Carmen García: You're a nice boy but I don't love you. I don't love anybody. I never in my life loved anybody. And you're just the sort of big stupid who falls in love in return for a kiss. And then makes a nuisance of himself.
[She opens a back door]
Carmen García: You can go out this back way.
[Don Jose stands there confused]
Carmen García: Get out. Have you lost your hearing? I said go home!
Don José Lizarabengoa: But why?
Carmen García: Because... Because I'm afraid that... that someday you will be very cruel.

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Rita Hayworth's middle name is Carmen.
Rita Hayworth's brother, Vernon Cansino, played one of the Dragoon soldiers that helps Don Jose escort her to prison.
Rita Hayworth's father, Eduardo Cansino, worked as a choreographer on the film.
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