All language subtitles for La prostituta feliz 1975 (eng)

I can make you happy.

I can turn you on.

Bring me all your trouble.

Soon they'll be gone.

Just put your

to handle you.

Life can be so good, baby.

Let me prove it to you.

You don't have to
breathe on anything.

All you have to do is
just let yourself go.

Yesterday's a memory.

Tomorrow's far away.

All we've got is now.

Live for today.

Jeff, put yourself
in my hands, baby.

Whatever you want me to do,

I'll

just put yourself in my hands,

baby I'll know how to handle you

Put yourself in my hands, baby.

Whatever you want me to do,

I'll help.

Just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

Hand of charge? Sands in
possession. Heroin and cocaine.

Okay.

Shake your mover.
Hey, everybody.

Line it out in
front of the desk.

Smile. You look gorgeous,
lieutenant. I ain't over here.

Must have been some
party. It was. Alright.

Who's

first?

Name?

April Jones.

Address?

Three two eight West
eightieth Street.

Judge, press next.

Name?

May Smith.

Address?

Three twenty eight
West eightieth.

Judge, press next.

You, miss.

Come on.

Name?

June?

Aurora. Aurora. How refreshing.

Last name?

Goldberg. Three twenty
eight West eightieth, Cross.

Thank you very much.

Alright, hidden beauty.
What's your name?

This way, honey.

This way. Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on.

Name?

Nadine Sartain.

Address?

Your address, miss.

Eleven thirty nine

Farthing Hill Road,

white paint.

Okay, Little Red Riding
Hood. What's your name?

Relax, Chris. Xaviera Hollander.

Hollander. A handy
name for a Dutch girl.

First time in America?

Yes. It is.

Are you here on a visit
or a business trip?

Oh, business with pleasure.
I'm here to get married.

Well, congratulations.

And I do hope you
enjoy your stay.

Thank you very much. I will.

Long before they
could call me madam,

I was just a girl who
crossed the ocean for a man.

I had met my fiancee in South
Africa while he was on a

business trip, and I
was visiting my sister.

And every minute we had spent
together was fantastically exciting.

I was certain that he was
the beginning of my life.

Hey.

Oh

my god.

It's really you. I can't
believe it. I'm sorry.

Always beginning to feel
like the unclaimed baggage.

I thought all European
flights were always late.

I was way out at the end of the
island with Arthur and Cheryl.

My god. You are gorgeous.

Hey. Can we hurry?

We can manage to make the
last bus in New York. What?

There. Oh.

You said that
flight was terrific.

A treat martinis, a bottle
of champagne, and a fame.

Yeah. That means you
came first class. No.

That's a lot of money.

I know.

Oh, is that your baggage? Yeah.

Sure. All my
earthly possessions.

Oh, do we need a skycap?

Oh, no. No. No. No. We
can manage together.

I can't wait to meet your
parents. What did they say?

I, I thought I'd break
it to them gradually.

Oh, true.

You know how parents are?

If I am the only
child, It sure is getting old.

I understand. Besides,
we have loads of time.

I guess this is the heavy one.

Oh, you smell so
good. What is that?

Oil of musk.

Oh, I love it. Oh, I love it.

Oh,

don't stop.

I like that.

Excuse

me.

What was that?

My mother.

Cheryl and Arthur, they have
the apartment next door.

How convenient.

Hey, you crazy.

You mean

crazy?

I got your tiger's
milk and yeast.

Fine.

Cottage Tiger's milk and yeast.

It's got a funny taste.

I soon realized that Carl was
not the same person I had known.

The passion he once shared with
me was replaced by his growing

passion for himself.

Here, let me help
you out with that.

Okay.

Oh, aren't you hungry?
You're prepared to work?

No. I never eat that stuff
anymore. I'm on Doctor.

Wilberg's all meat time.

What time do you
usually get back?

About seven.

I'll be ready. Give me
a call during today.

If I can.

Oh, don't you hear me?

I'm getting late.

I'll be ready.

Carl?

You just wake up?

I beg your pardon.
Carl just leave?

He just went to work.

Ten already. He gets
later every day.

You needn't bother.
I can make it.

Carl likes a neat bed,

and I only change the
sheets once a week.

So try to keep it clean.

How long are you staying?

I,

I'm mister Gordon's fiance.

Is that your luggage
over there? Yeah.

That's a lot of luggage.

I don't know where
you're gonna put it.

Well, I'm sure I'll manage.

You'll have the beige towel.

You'll get a new one
when I change the sheets.

Well, I'll try to make sure
I'm clean when I use it.

You have an accent.
Where are you from?

Holland.

Well, if you make any long distance
telephone calls, keep a record.

Carl's telephone
bill is ridiculous.

Have you been with
mister Gordon long?

All his life, I'm his mother.

Cheryl Gordon.

How do you do? Savvy Holland.

How do you do? I
have to leave now.

I've got a patient waiting.

We'll have a little chat
some other time. Yeah.

Some other time.

Want some more steak, darling?

No. Thank you, sir.

Oh, come on. Have a
little more steak.

I bet you skipped
lunch again today.

How did you know that?

I know.

Where is she?

Yeah. What do you want now?

Carl would like another
helping Rosie talk.

Xaviera Darling. What's
the matter? No appetite.

Naturally, it's better not to eat
too much when you're sedentary.

Otherwise,

you'll find the
calories just pile up.

Carl was practically raised on
goat's milk, weren't you, Carl?

Mother.

It didn't hurt you.

You will see,

Xaviera.

When you finally get a job,

your appetite will
come back to you.

I've always

heard that the Dutch were
such hard working people.

But then they say the
French make great lovers.

Arthur's mother was French.

Hey.

You want this or not?

Put it down, Rosita.

I suppose the apartment rentals
are quite high in Amsterdam.

Oh, yeah. Why do you say that?

It seems to me that unmarried
Dutch girls have a habit of

moving in with their boyfriends.

I thought perhaps it was
a tradition in your country.

Oh, listen, missus Gordon.

So far this whole Dutch
treat's been on me.

And you may recall that
Carl proposed to me officially in

front of my parents.

Carl has always been too
sentimental for his own good.

Mrs.

Gordon, if you can't find it in
your papier mache heart to accept me

as your future daughter-in-law,

you might at least show a
little respect for my feelings.

In my mother's house,

she couldn't do enough to
make her guests feel at home,

and you can't even lift your fingers
to put a peanuts on the table.

Javier, please.

It's alright, darling.

It's alright.

But I do think
that in the future,

you might bring back teapots
from your travels as you used to?

Cheryl, please.

Teapots? My god.

No wonder your own husband
hasn't slept with you since the

day Carl was born.

I never said a word
about that, mother.

And you have to hide to
criticize my background.

Let me give you some
advice, doctor Chirr Gordon.

You might be a lot happier if
you stop trying to compete with

younger women and learn to live out
of the dried up old ape that you are.

Arthur? Arthur?

Oh,

no more.

Thank you, dear.

Alright. Squid. I heard
you the first time.

Are you coming with me or not?

Carl?

Carl, don't you dare
move from this table.

Okay, Charlie.

Occupation?

Housewife.

Look. I'm off the
shift in ten minutes.

So don't give me
a hard time. Okay?

I've told you I'm a housewife.

What about a husband?

Where is it written housewife's
gotta have a husband?

Housewife. Write that down.

H o u.

Alright, ladies.

Looks like we won't get your
records now in time for night court.

But never fear, you'll be our
guest for tonight, free of charge.

And we'll take you
downtown in the morning.

You can take the food with you
if you like. Okay, Betulia.

They're all yours. Alright.
On your feet. Move it.

Hey. I said move your ass.

You're coming,

Leroy.

Alright. Let's go. Let's go.

Well, well, well, what
we got here, y'all?

Awe, bravo, my wife.

Welcome

to yourself, girls.

Welcome.

In leaving Carl, I took the first
step towards finding myself again.

I managed to get a job at the
Dutch consulate and took an

apartment all my own.

This

is your bell.

Okay.

When the horn
outside is triggered,

this goes off automatically.

You can even use it when
you're out in the garden by

activating the bypass switch.

Here's your standby
and your master.

She's all set to go.

That's

nice.

Oh, and, I gave you
another switch by the door.

And an extra switch by the bed.

No charge for that.

Well, this way you can turn your
system on or off from any location.

Well, I feel a lot
more confident now.

Good old attorney guard.

Now if if I could have
the check, please,

I have I have a
sticky situation in a

duplex on, seventy ninth Street.

Sure you don't wanna drink?

No. Thank you.

That's too bad. You would've
been my first guest.

Well, you are. Thanks very much.

I feel completely
burglar proof now.

Oh, good. Good.

You have you have my card.

Mhmm.

Oh, and it's, it's a twelve months
guarantee for parts and servicing.

I'll remember

that.

I, I did show you the or I I showed
you the standby switch, didn't I?

You've shown me almost
everything, mister Rufelson.

Maybe I'll have that drink.

Oh, really? What about a duplex?

That can wait.

Okay.

Scotch.

Okay. Yeah. Okay.

On the rocks?

Mhmm. Okay.

Face it.

Hey, baby. This was gonna
happen. I knew it. I knew it.

You wanted this ever since the
bypass, which didn't you? No.

You're coming.

Oh, my lord must have moved him.

Down. It must have
been lonely here.

You should get a lot
of guys pretty bad.

Oh, baby.

What You must miss
a guy pretty bad.

I do bad again along.

Stop, baby. Stop it. Will you?

Will you stop it?

What's wrong with you?

Jesus.

I don't need this.

I told you I had an appointment,

and you said come on.

Come on. Stay.

I tell you, I do not
need this. Who needs it?

I got lots of appointments.
I do not need this.

Hey, look.

If you've got any, any, any
problems, you call the office.

I was finally encouraged to get
into this social swim by a girl

I knew from work,

who became my traveling
companion as we started

paddling our way through the
New York singles boss where the

men come at you
sideways like fish.

It was a time when I really
needed warmth and reassurance.

And an obvious,

easy way to get it was to
have men praise me as a lover.

Well, I've never been
what you'd call shy,

and I loved sex, so I figured
why fool around, go to it.

And for the next six
months, I did it.

With any Tom, Dick, or Harry,

you had a pleasant face
and a tolerable manner.

It sure was a pleasure, CCD.

Xaviera.

And what time is it?

Oh my god. It's five o'clock.

Five o'clock? You
gotta go so early?

Yeah. I gotta get
home and change.

Early bird in the
worm. You know?

Look. I left my card here
in case you wanna call me.

Thanks.

It's alright. It's alright.

Hey.

Hope that worm doesn't give you too
much trouble for staying out all night.

Worm?

Your wife. You're
married, aren't you?

Sort of. Sort of?

Well, it's kinda shaky. I mean,
it could blow up any minute.

Mhmm.

Well, I hope you find
a place of shelter.

Thanks. Tell me at your name.

I see you.

Come here often? Hey. Aren't
you with the airlines?

I haven't met a girl
like you in a day.

Nah. My wife has reached
you where I want.

You ever been on
safari? You'd love it.

Yeah. I thought I'd spend
a week at Saint Thomas.

Six hundred addresses for
only thirty seven fifty.

Listen, let's see if Let
me write my name in office.

Then I'll go right home.
I'm calm. Immigration.

Do you need help
with immigration?

She left me last March and
won't even let me come in love.

You know that? I really
think I'm in love.

Ouch. I see.

Better, isn't it?

You seem to be in trouble.

Yeah. Sometimes I can't
understand a word he says.

Sometimes it's good just
to pull out the plug.

Yeah.

I guess you're right,
actually, monsieur.

Saint Jacques.

Yves Saint Jacques.

Xavier Holland.

Xavier.

I'm feeling better already.

Si.

Oh, is there anything
I can help you with?

I hope so.

You wouldn't, by any chance, be,

acquainted with this
damnable language, would you?

That's it.

Oh, yeah. Sure.
This is my language.

Oh, really?

Well, you must forgive me,

but Dutch is all Chinese to me.

The the the man has the audacity
to answer me in his native tongue.

Could you be kind enough
to to tell me what he says?

Oh, yeah. Sure.
That's part of my job.

How delightful.

Yeah. He says, dear,
monsieur Saint Jacques.

Skip the details.

It It takes him a whole day
to say good good morning.

Okay.

Regarding plant reorganization,

you will do well to recall
that we are in the business of

engine of manufacturing engines,

not elevating the
spirits of our workers,

a job more properly
suited to the clergy.

Splendid.

And furthermore,
your costly study,

while admittedly original,

ignores the central issue of
productivity for the goal of

profit and and is a concept
better kept in a land of ours

and on the premises
of Holtzman Motors.

How marvelous.

So we reject your
proposal sincerely.

That's Perfect.

Absolutely perfect.

It is?

A whole week in New York
with nothing to do but follow

whatever fancy guides us.

Us?

That's what I said.

You mean me?

Can't spit in the eye
of the face, you know?

They don't like it.

I'll get my coat.

Oh, no hurry.

I can wait until

six.

Can't spit in the
eye of the face.

Perfect.

Absolutely

perfect.

Oh, it's very simple, actually.

You see, I have no home,
no permanent possessions.

All I have is provided by
whatever corporation hires me

to tell them what they want to hear
Or not to hear are the case maybe.

I'm boring you.

No. No. No. Please, no.
I like to hear about it.

Now you tell me
exactly what you do.

Well, for an indecent
sum of money,

I try to convince them that a
happy man working less hours

produces more than an unhappy
man working many hours.

They pay you for
telling them that?

More or less.

Of course, they
don't always agree,

but they still pay.

Content with the knowledge,
they were right all along.

It all works out in the end.

Sure. You really paid
to make people happy.

I suppose you could
say that. Yes.

That's the best kind
of work, I think.

Also the most difficult.

Now, where shall our
fancy take us next?

The museum, the theater,
grand stone, the zoo?

How about your place?

My

my place.

Splendid. Absolutely splendid.

Damn, damn, damn.

What an Can I help you?

Addiction.

Yes.

You can help me if
you know a short man

bested by a Miller's daughter
in fifteen letters across.

A short man? Hang on.

Oh, how about, Rumpelstiltskin?

U m

e l

s, t I l t.

S k I n. You're Amazing.

For this,

you deserve a reward.

Well, what had you in mind?

Not that.

Oh god.

A trip to a beautiful
island aboard a ship.

Terrific.

But first

That.

To the sailor's life.

To the sailor's

light.

Excuse me, sir,

but mister Knowlton wonders if you
would like to join the company inside.

Oh, nice. Shall we? Oh, true.

Eve always made me feel I
was on the verge of beginning

something exciting
and different,

and sometimes it was quite
different from what I expected.

If the kids wanna keep
it, let them buy it.

Junior's got more
money than I do anyway.

You'll never sell it, Henry.

Susie, I wish I could.

Can't afford to
to run this boat,

and I can't afford
to find a buyer.

Why don't you take it
off our hands, Eve?

Well, you know the old story.

If you have to ask how
much it cost to run it,

you you can't afford to own it.

Why should he buy it? He's got
himself an open invitation.

Thank you. Oh, you got
magic fingers, Madeline.

Magic.

Sensuous woman. Not
many around anymore.

With certain
exceptions, sweetheart.

Madeline, you may
have found a rival.

Xaviera can massage
a man into margarine.

I've always preferred the
expensive spread myself.

Do me next, will you, madly?

I think I'll, check
your grandchildren.

Susie, it's only Matos. Don't
flatter yourself, Henry.

If you can find it,
you can pull it.

Relax, Emery.

With a boat like this, you
don't need anything else.

Thanks a lot, Eve. Thanks a lot.

These two, know each other?

Well,

we are all becoming
fast friends.

What do you do,

a Xaviera.

Xaviera.

Beautiful mane she's got.

I work at a Dutch
consulate to catalog technical prospectuses

for American companies.

Sorry I asked.

Fred, stop squirming.

Well, it tickles.

It's useless. It's
like rubbing a squid.

How about you, love? Quick
massage? Sure. I'll have one.

I've got this thing for feet.

Like Mary Magdalene?

This little piggy
went to market.

And

this little

oh, the hell with it.

I have to wake up.
Meet me downstairs.

You're all dressed. Is what
time is it? Is it late?

No. It's not late, but I have
an early plane to catch. Crane?

Where where you going?

Well, there's a certain king
in a very dusty country in the

Middle East whose
personal fortune

equals roughly one
hundred thousand dollars

for each of his several
million subjects.

Well, what's that
got to do with you?

We want to distribute a small amount
of it to keep from being overthrown.

You're not leaving now.

Well, the king has summoned
me, for a hefty cut,

I might add.

Hey. I don't want you to go.

There's nowhere in the world
that better be than with you.

But I have to work, you know?

I'll miss you.

Oh, goddamn it.
That is not fair.

I mean, you're the only
prince charming I ever had,

and I bet a crummy king's
got thousands of princes.

Two hundred and thirty
nine to be exact.

Now, really, I happen to go.

So when are you coming back?

Well, as soon as I can.

Hello?

Daviella, I,

wanted to, leave this on the
desk, but, since you are awake.

Goodbye now. May I open it?

Oh, if you like.

What what's this?

Currency.

USA.

Money?

What's wrong with that?
You're giving me money?

For the pleasure
you have given me.

Splendid.

Absolutely

splendid.

You make me feel like a whore.

Sergei,

listen to me.

You are intelligent. You are
beautiful. You are witty.

You are good company.

A girl like you should
let men spoil her.

Now, my chauffeur will show you out
when he comes back from the airport.

You don't have to hurry.

By the way, why don't you give
Madeleine a call sometime?

Don't worry, darling.

I know everything
will be perfect.

Absolutely.

After the shock
and hurt wore off,

I remembered how nicely he
had treated me that week,

how generous he had been giving
me all sorts of expensive gifts.

And it occurred to me it
wouldn't be so bad to have that

happen more often.

Oh, shit. Remember it?

Let

me not let you check my page.

You've been doing beta sec.

You

Watch a krooby, or you're gonna
get more out of what you're after.

I never saw Eve again, but I
did see a lot of his friends.

He'd obviously supplied them with my
phone number and other information.

Well, one thing led to
another, and before I knew it,

I had made the transition from
office girl to working girl.

Miss Hollander?

Yes?

They're waiting for you
in the penthouse, sweet.

You did tell her. Tell her
what? You made the call.

Who was supposed to follow-up?

Follow-up?

I've got six division heads and
the US Deputy Attorney General

in my office, and I've got
to explain how to do a strip.

You've got to follow through
on these things, Steve.

You leave too much
to chance. Look, Jed.

I'm a corporate officer.

Not a pimping may sound good
to you if this one fails.

The weeds will grow over your tennis
court before he'll talk to you, Jack.

You overreact, Chet.

You always have.

And Jack, we should have
treasure before business.

All right, honey.

Arthur were to call the White
House the same time as the

hotline, the president
would put Russia on hold.

Okay. The president would
put Russia on hold. Okay.

The president

would put Russia on hold.

Okay? Where the
hell you two been?

My wife's expecting
me for dinner.

Sorry,

Jay.

Sorry,

Jay.

Now you. Sir? You
keep away from me.

I got reports you botched
it this afternoon.

Yes, sir. You worked
the gramophone.

Yes, sir.

What are you grinning for, Chet?

I read your quarterly
reports this morning.

Brief case.

I understand you're
new to this game.

Yes, ma'am.

Good.

In your business, I prefer
dedicated newcomers.

Let me outline the
following procedure.

As soon as the music starts,

you will begin to
remove your clothing.

As you remove each article,

I will throw on this table a
bill of the denomination of

one, five, ten, or twenty,
depending entirely on my fancy,

which you will not
bother to calculate.

And follow me.

I do.

On the table, miss.

On the table.

Thank you very much.

Hey, just wait a minute. You
sit right down where you are.

And what do you think I am,

some kind of an organ
grinder's monkey?

You put on some music
a lady can move to.

Well, play something.

Yeah, you do it.

Keeping abreast of the
market on Wall Street

the Dutch gilder

surged upward again

to a new and higher high

the biggest
extension since June.

And the breakup
of IBM and the SEC

caused Rockwood
Computers to jerk

to life again.

Texas Instruments pulled out
of a sinking spell and spurted

twelve point two percent.

The bullion boom is sweet
and penetrating a whole

new consumer market as private.

Gold ownership

rises to an all time high,

and topless interest
rates jumped two percent

in a bottomless market.

And Detroit took a
new beating today

when General Motors

plunged

at the nose of stiffer
emission controls,

a full five

points

to a new low.

As sugar futures
floated up and down,

superior oil's chances flowed

freely at one
thousand one hundred

and sixty eight.

To stimulate the aviation field,

Rolls Royce

is in for a big, thick,

fat government
contract to sell jet

engines to the Arabs.

And Lockheed

is moving up a stiff,

well positioned nine points
and reinserting its dividend,

to wipe out a very bad year.

It's an uphill battle
on big versus little.

And on Wall Street today,

everyone is buzzing with
the unconfirmed rumor

that little Gary Oil

is being absorbed

by the giant J.

R.

Conrad organization

to corner a full ten
percent of the world market.

Would one of you guys like
to scoop up the table?

Well, I'll leave it.

Call my wife and tell
her I'll be late.

Yes, sir. Then you get
out, both of you. Yes, sir.

You say that again.

Sure. Where do you
want me to start?

At the beginning.

Start at the beginning.

AT and T was wiped out today.

Polaroid dived,

and the whole market

sunk right down to the bottom.

I discovered that New York
is a small town in many ways.

The word spread about a healthy,

active Dutch girl
who loved her work.

And I got so busy,

I bought myself a bicycle
to pedal around faster.

I love the excitement of
meeting new people and seeing

different faces every day.

It's true, I'd gotten into a business
that wasn't considered very romantic,

but I was able to bring
something special to it simply

because I loved it.

My talents were so in demand
and the pay scale so fantastic

that in just a few
months my personal savings account had

grown by leaps and bounds

Police, open up.

As you can see, it's open.

Can I help you, or you
gotta help yourself?

Watch it, sister. I got
complaints about you.

Oh, really? From who?

From your neighbors.

They got some action here. A
lot of studs coming to doors?

This is an official
visit to our social call.

Because if it's the former,

then I wanna see
a search warrant.

If it's a ladder, then I'm
gonna ask you to leave.

I'll ask the questions, baby.

You get a lot of booze
here for a single girl.

And I almost never
get a hang up.

Are you gonna take all day?
I wanna fix my bicycle.

I'd like to get it finished.

I don't get an awful lot
of time during the week.

Oh, I bet you don't,
baby. I bet you don't.

What do you got here, marijuana?

Tulip tree. Tulip tree.

How many tricks you figure you
turn a week? Fifteen, twenty?

What do you get? Twenty five
a piece, fifty, one hundred?

You know, I got a wife
and two kids at home.

One more due in a
couple of weeks.

You broads make more in a week
than I get in a whole month.

Tell me, how many of these
jokes give you any satisfaction?

How many hot pants you tell me?

Police help. What? What? Help
me. Help me. Help me. Help me.

Help me. Help me.

Help me. Help me. Help me. Help
me. Help me. Help me. Help me.

Help me.

Help me. Help me. Help me. Help
me. Help me. Help me. Help me.

Help me.

Help me. Help me.

Help

because you think
you got it all,

but you ain't got one thing,
and that's protection.

And I'm gonna give
you protection

because you're gonna need it.

You can mark my words.

My first brush with the law,
if you can call him that,

cost me every cent I had.

He'd convinced me that I did
need protection, all right,

but from him.

So I decided to try the
number Eve had given me.

Oh, hi, Madeleine.

Who is it? Saviera Hollanda.

Come straight up, love.

I never expected a brothel to look
like a Park Avenue cocktail party.

Well,

at last, I knew immediately.

Oh, yeah. Well, you
knew something I didn't know.

Should bring your
famous bicycle.

Not tonight. Come on.

I'll buy you a drink.

Okay.

Heard from me, Blakey.

Oh, only Troy's friend.

A real womanizer
that one, honey.

Linda Jo is at it again.

Cunt.

Got a prima donna up there that
thinks her ass is cast in platinum.

Carlos, fix your drink.
I'll be right back.

It's not just Carlos.
It's Scotch on the Rocks.

So he rejected it.

Look, if you ask
me, reality sucks.

I mean, it really sucks.

Tell your boss for me, if that's
what he calls reality, it sucks.

That's what I'd tell
him if I were you.

What are you talking about?
Will you stone this up, bitch?

I don't want that.

I knew that bastard was
there, so Now you go ahead.

I took out the old penny horned
fly that my dad gave me as a kid,

and then I just let the breeze
carry it out over the water.

No kidding.

Well, I don't know exactly how.

It's like I've had over thirty
jobs in the last two years.

Waitressing, typing, all that.

But, like, everything
made me nervous, you know?

So I'd mess up,
get fired, or quit.

It's sort of like this
is the only thing I ever

did that doesn't
make me nervous.

When they when they
took mother away,

I went to Maine to live with
my uncles in an old house.

It was a big old
house. Kind of scary.

How how old were you then?

About fifteen.

And my uncles, they

took turns.

You know.

What do you mean Nate?

At dinner sometimes,
we had this long table.

They'd pull me down, make
me sit on their laps.

I could feel them

getting excited.

You mean they behave
that way at the table?

When when we went on on picnics,

we don't have to
squeeze into one car.

That's why I don't ever like
to go out on picnics now.

This is upsetting.

It's very upsetting
towards your heart.

Well, should we,

should we go upstairs now?

Sure.

And,

while we get there

will you sit on my lap?

Sure.

Finish your drink. I'm
not really thirsty.

Come on. I'll show
you my house. Okay.

Madeline?

Hi. Sorry I'm late.
Mr. Brim. He's here.

Okay. Where the hell you been?

I said nine o'clock sharp.

I'm sorry.

Sorry? Who needs it? I don't
like to be kept waiting.

How can I make it up to
you? I can't. I know I can.

I'll take what I deserve.

Damn right you will.

On your feet.

I said on your feet

and march upstairs.

Finch comes in special
for a few clients.

Yeah. She's special, all right.

You intend to, move in
or keep your own place?

Oh, I think I'll keep my own.

Fine. Come and go as you like.
I'll give you a key. Okay?

Cynthia.

Salviaric. This is Cynthia.

Harvey Berry.

Cynthia keeps the records of who
goes with whom and how often.

And, normally, the
time is half an hour.

Some of the girls
make it sooner,

but the man is entitled
to half an hour.

If he goes more than once during
that time, another charge.

I keep track, and
I take the money.

Then she gives it to me.
Nice to meet you, Xavier.

Oh, nice to meet you too.

Oh,

chocolate's my baby.

Oh,

when do we eat that?

And this is my study.

Saviera, you usually
dress that way. Oh, no.

I just thought when
in Rome, you know?

No, you don't dress like
a hooker in a whorehouse.

Anyway, it's not your
style. Let's see.

Here. How about this? Oh,
that's beautiful. It is.

Fred bought it for
me to get married in.

So far, he's bought me
six wedding dresses,

all the wrong size
and no wedding.

It'll fit you better
anyway. Go on, try it.

What, your wedding dress?

I told you, it doesn't
fit, like Fred. Come on.

Now, the split here
is fifty fifty.

At Georgette's place,
she gets sixty forty,

but I don't see how
she keeps the girls.

Frankly, I don't know how
long I can hold the line.

The price of food went up
seven percent last month.

It's just terrible.

Well, look. When you're
dressed, come on downstairs.

You can start tonight.

Oh, the market went down today,

and the Irish brokers will be
here in an hour, drunk as lords.

They'd rather drink than screws,

so get them away from the
bar as soon as you can.

Incidentally, the rule of the house
is that madam gets first choice of the

clients always,
especially if she's horny.

And madam is horny tonight.
Get ready. I'll see you downstairs.

Okay.

Yeah. What? I've got a man in
a hurry, and everyone's busy.

Can you see him? Yeah.
It's your sentiment.

I'm sorry.

My wife took the kids
to Lincoln Center,

and I have to pick
them up in a half hour.

Well, then let's get going.

I certainly appreciate this.

Now you have
gorgeous brown eyes.

Thank

you.

Well, well, well. What
you doing, sweetheart?

Checking his pulse.

Hello, darling.

Where you been the last
six days? Don't you call.

Your finger's broken.

Excuse me.

Where are you going, honey? You
take him with you. Go on, Fred.

Tonight, she's on the
house because tomorrow,

she's on the street.

Madeline, please. We
were just talking.

With your hands. Come on
now, Madeline. Don't get mad. Mad?

Who's mad? Remember?

We were gonna go to Key
West for a vacation.

I was in Chicago. I don't
wanna know about it.

Go pack your things.

Madeline, what are
you talking about?

I've been here nine years.

Nine years and ten seconds, and
that's ten seconds too long.

Get out of my sight.

Okay? Madeline, come on.
We were just talking.

Out. Go.

Madeline, what did you do that
for? I just told her a joke.

Some joke.

Sir?

Oh, sir. So sorry. It's
alright. I'm late. Yeah.

It's enough. Okay.

Cynthia?

What are they doing up there?
Having a religious retreat?

I mean, where is everybody?

I got a party of six
coming any minute.

What should I do?

Get them down here.
Do your sound effects.

Look, Madeline.

I kept trying to call you,

and I kept getting the
intercept operator.

So why don't you take
her to Key West, baby?

Honey, it was only business.

I got back here as
soon as I could.

How was business? Good?

Oh, hi. Nice to see you again.

Nice to see you again.

Take a good look, because he
may not be here much longer.

Oh. That's a very pretty dress.

Don't you recognize it, Fred?

No. Should I?

Christ. I think
I'll have a drink.

Thanks for helping. I
thought it'd take forever.

Well, if you have a
fish that never sank,

it's really quite a treat.

Hey, listen.

I'll tell you, I'll call dad,

and we'll set it
up for Saturday.

I can pick you up at York,
please. And you have waiters?

Yeah.

Cynthia?

Cynthia, put on some music while
you have this funeral parlor's

turning into a morgue.

Madeline?

Yeah, Benson?

Can I have a word with you
a minute, please, ma'am?

Well, sure, Benson. What is it?

As you know, I called you all the way from
Atlanta to advise you exactly what I wanted.

Yeah. Well, this young lady
is refusing to participate.

She what? That's right.
She refuses to participate.

Is this true, Linda Jo?

You're giving mister
Garfield a hard time?

No, ma'am.

I'm not giving mister
Garfield a hard time,

But I'm not doing any
scenes with any nigger.

Go upstairs. I'll
talk to you later.

A whole house full of girls,

and you gotta pick
Scarlett O'Hara.

Everyone else was busy.

Atlanta's a long way, isn't

it?

Well, I think that Mr.

Garfield has come too far to
be disappointed. Don't you, Mr.

Garfield?

I won't miss them.

You're the only one

on my mind.

Let me fill your life.

We can find

the things we've been missing.

Hurt me.

But I'm not stepping down.

It's too late.

Let me hold you close.

We can't wait.

Let's share that sunshine.

Won't you all it not be?

But one to one

all is all.

Gentlemen,

I think we're
gonna have a party.

Shit.

While working at Madeline's,

I I always took on the most
challenging assignments in and

out of the house.

Some of our clients found in
me the answer to special needs

that they couldn't satisfy
with wives or girlfriends.

Stop,

buddy.

Stop.

Watch those fast moves. You
better sit down. Sit down.

Buddy here's missions.

Why, just the other day,
he attacked his Doberman.

He went right for his judgment.

Well, that's nice.

Yeah. Couple months ago,
we went after this doctor.

Stupid fellow waved
his back at him.

That's all I can do to
keep Buddy from just

tearing him apart.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, buddy. Come on
here. Nice dog. See?

See, dogs are my friends.
You see? My friend.

Oh, buddy buddy. See?

I had a German shepherd
in South Africa once.

Must be sick or something.
Something he ate.

Some preservatives
in his chow, maybe.

Well, kind of business.

Ready when you are, Harry.

Oh, god.

Wait till she gets this.
I see. I swear to god.

I hope I bust your
balls. I bust your balls.

You don't know how many
times she's called me.

Alimony this, alimony this,
I'm calling this lawyer.

But this time, it's mine, sir.

Hi, Agnes.

It's me, Harry. Oh,
I'm fine. How are you?

Hey, you got any secrets?

Well, I got a secret.

And it's a hot one.

Guess what it is.

Now you gotta guess.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's right.

Yeah.

And guess what I'm doing now?

Attaboyed, buddy.

Attaboyed.

Oh, yeah. I'll give you three
guesses what we're doing.

BowBow and Harry Bow

Okay.

Yeah. Terrific.

How much do I owe you?

As my experience
grew at Madeline's,

I got more ambitious. I
wanted to be independent.

So during my free hours,

I searched for and finally found
an apartment to open my own house.

Zaviera?

Yeah.

I found it under the
bed. Oh, thank you.

Well, so long.

I

wish you weren't going, Xaviera.

I'll only be ten blocks
away. You come and visit.

Of of all the girls
leaving, I wish you'd stay.

That's nice of you to say that.

I'll miss you. You.
I'll miss you so much.

Give me a call.

I took with me some of
Madeleine's best girls.

The clients followed,
and I was on my way.

Hey, big shit madam, bitch.

Bet you ain't got no black ass
turning tricks in your high

glass fucking house.

Bet your midget dick white
johns can't buy no licorice in

your candy store,

or she afraid the block gonna rub off
all over her beautiful white cheeks.

Ain't you, honey?
Aurora's black.

Oh, shit, man.

That mixed red ain't black.

She half white. The scumbag
don't know what the fuck.

Here she is.

Kick her ass.

Now cut that out.
You hear me? Cut it.

You girls are aging
me before my time.

Pretty soon,

No, Max. No.

No. Come on now. Come off, will
you? Don't be so silly now.

Look. Will you
listen to me, Max?

Now look.

It's the whole it's the
whole thing that was no good.

It was the I mean,

having the girls there
was just absolute

it's not you that
I object to, Max.

It's those two goon
buddies of yours. Yeah.

They got the they got the
wooden legs and they rubber

What?

No.

No, I was conscious
to the bitter end,

so my word is just

alright, Max.

Yeah. You got your time
as always. You know that.

Yeah. Okay.

Bye bye.

I think they're fags. Oh.

Bert and Ernie on Fesame Street.

That stuff won't bring
the swelling down.

I'm not drinking for my face.
I'm drinking for my head.

Won't help your head either.

Crummy bastard.

I was strong as him.
I'd have killed him.

Did he ask you for those uppers?

No.

Then you shouldn't
have given them to him.

I wanted to see him turn red.

You succeeded. Alright.

La Vieira.

Yeah?

Thank you. What time is it?
Almost your bedtime again.

Hello.

Scinty, baby. What? How are you?

What? What do you mean? What
what sort of proposition?

You sure?

Oh, come on. Don't believe it.

No, I can't give him a
twelve. I got a client coming.

No, all right. Tell her
I'll be there. All right?

Okay. Bye.

That that was Cynthia.
Madeleine wants to sell out.

Lucille, Long Branch
is coming at twelve,

and you take care of him, okay?

Sure.

You're not his oil rig.

Chris, you take
care of the coals.

And there's more hot
chocolate on the stove.

Fifty thousand cash plus ten
percent of the net receipts for

the next two years.

I don't believe it.

If you want it or not.

I mean, you took six of
my best girls already.

What do you think?
I am a blood bank.

When did you find out?

It's not possible. It's
nature. That's what it is.

I mean, that's what sex is
for, isn't it? Maybe. Yeah.

But

Thirty five thousand and no
percentage, and you shut up.

It was Fred?

Yeah, Fred.

I can't believe it myself.

Four husbands, a thousand
times as many clients,

and a meatpacker from
Chicago knocks me up.

Well,

I'm sure you like Chicago.

I don't care if
it's Jersey City.

I'm gonna have a baby.

Twenty thousand, no percentage,
plus to rent, of course.

You are some bitch.

Five now and the
rest in three months?

You do that to an
expectant mother.

And that is providing that
the clients in your book are

living, so I am not buying
a a goddamn cemetery.

And that Elise is held
in my lawyer's name.

Cash.

Cash. How do you like
my dress? Oh, beautiful.

Fred bought it for me.

And you know what? It's this.

Madeline, John Burden is here,

and there's nobody
to take care of him.

Well, then you do it. Me?

Go ahead. Pretend
you're just watching.

Oh, no, ma'am.

When I cry I said, you do it.

Because I'm going
out of business.

Mister Boone.

No one's available,

I am.

You?

Oh, what's so funny?

Well, you're the
bookkeeper, aren't you?

Yes.

Well, I I was just looking for
someone with a little more experience.

That's all.

Give me your hand,
mister Burden.

What?

Your hand. Give it to me.

Now squeeze.

There.

Can you get yours
as hard as that?

What do you think, Javiera?

You think an old whore
can be a good mother?

You were never a whore.
You were a madam.

Remember, the rest in three
months, Fred will pick it up.

Good luck. You know what?

I told Fred since he knocked
me up, he had to marry me.

I just hope the real
reason is my money.

Just wouldn't want the father
of my child to be a sucker.

Mhmm.

I'm sure it was the
money. I hope so.

The longer I live,
the less I know.

Within three months,

I had paid off Madeleine and
had so many clients that the

demands of my professional
life started to get to me.

Though I still serviced a a
few regular customers myself,

the enormous cash flow and the
job of keeping everything in

shape required nearly all
my time and attention.

I had become the most
successful madam in New York,

but managing the business
at all hours made it almost

impossible for me to take an active
part in the life of my house.

I didn't even have the time
or energy to enjoy my own

Christmas party.

Just listen. It will
only take a second.

I spent a lot of
money on this demo.

You said I needed
a gimmick. Right?

Right. Gotta have a gimmick.

Well, if I got a
gimmick, now listen.

Here goes.

Carlos. Carlos.

Carlos.

Oh, Zaviera, I need
some more whipped cream.

Could you get Carlos for me?

Oh, I love this dress.
You're fabulous.

Oh, Carlos, you get Linda
Joe whatever she wants. Okay?

Yes, darling. Yes. Mommy's
coming home right away.

No.

Now you go right back to bed and
you won't see any more gorillas.

They're all in the zoo.

Yes, darling. Now let
me speak to daddy.

Jeff?

It's just breaking up.

Well, you should have come.

They But you know how
you hate my sister.

If it gets too late,

I'll sleep on the couch
and take the morning train.

Alright.

Alright.

Bye.

Love you too.

Should have gone home hours ago.

You better keep
your lives straight.

I've got one more, then I'll
catch the one thirty seven.

I only had two tweets.

And only fifteen years old.

Then the Turks took us
back from the border,

put us on trial.

Couldn't your parents
help? I mean, after all.

Oh, my father sent a
telegram from Beverly Hills.

Told them to keep
me. It'll do me good.

I wish I'd have known.

I might have helped.

The Turks used to come by my
cell once, maybe twice a day,

give me what they
called an examination,

as if we could get dope into

that place.

Bar barons?

My brother finally got me
out. He vibed everybody.

No wonder you didn't wanna
go home and do all that.

I sure didn't wanna
see my parents again.

When they examined you,

what was the procedure?

Well, at first I Not yet.

When do we get upstairs?

Okay.

Good night, Aurora.
Good night, Cynthia.

Uh-oh.

What?

No. Sorry. I don't know
anybody called Taggot.

What? You were
recommended by who?

Oh.

Oh, yeah? Yeah. Well, we're
we're kinda busy tonight.

Oh, how many?

Oh. Okay. Yeah. What
do you like to drink?

Oh, Scotch. Yeah. I love
the taste of Scotch.

Okay. Bye.

Fellow named Taggart,
potty a tree. Scotch.

You don't need any more.

What do you mean I
always need more?

Hi. I'm Chris.

Hello.

Hi, mister Taggart. Hi. This
is mister Ryan. Mister Wilkins?

Hello.

Where's the mistress
of the house?

Oh, she's upstairs. She'll
be down in a minute.

Would you like a drink?

Sure. I'll have scotch and soda.

Nothing for me.

Not me either.

Make it a beer. Two.

Oh, okay. Why
don't you sit down?

Thanks.

Oh, Mr. Taggart's
party of trees.

Evening. You must be Xaviera.

Yeah. Chris getting
you the drinks?

Yes. But, drinks aren't
what we came for.

Not everything you drink
comes out of a bottle.

Oh oh, hey. Oh, I see old Joe.
Didn't you say what's wrong?

No.

You're out of town,
boys, are you?

No. No.

No. New Yorkers. Oh, yeah?

We get together once
a month for dinner.

Went to school together.

Oh, really? Where? Fordham.
Y'all in the same class?

Ryan and me were. Wilkins
was a year behind.

Awful, baby. Okay. Listen.

I told you we were
big spenders, and,

we wanted scotch.

But, this may be too big for us.

I mean, like, wow,
out of all league.

I mean, like, we're
family men, you know.

Well, have your drinks and enjoy
the hospitality of the house.

No. No. No.

I mean, what's the,

what's the, you
know I mean, like,

how much for, you know?

No. I don't know.

Well, like, how much is it?

How much is what?

For a a French.

How much for a French? What
do we get for our money?

Well, why don't you
just drink up gentlemen?

It's been awful nice
meeting you. French?

Did you say French?

Yeah.

Well, let's see. We we
got French. We got Greek.

We can take you
around the world.

Police, you're under arrest. Alright.
You guys are on it.

I guess I said something
wrong, Wilkins, get in here.

Barelli, check the kitchen.

The rest of you men, check the
rooms upstairs, all of them.

Them. So here we are again.

I told you so, baby.

You've done pretty
well for yourself,

Get out and watch the front.

Did you hear me?

I'll be seeing it.

Give this girl a seat.

Oh.

Give this girl a seat,

Yeah.

Here you, girls. The
man's gonna see you.

You're full of shit, Dallas.

Maybe. But I'm a good lawyer.

What? Two grand a piece
sounds good to you?

You'd prefer six months in jail?

I'm cold.

Come on. I'll give
you a ride home.

Home? What home?

I got you a hotel.

No. Thanks. I'll walk a lot.

I'll be in the office later if
you need me. Okay. Oh, Xaviera?

I,

got a Canadian bigwig
coming in from Montreal.

I was wondering,

when I find a bed,
you standing by?

Come on.

When things get
rough, I just move on,

Get my girls together again,

let my clients know
where to find me.

Like I said, I
love this business.

What are you doing?
Get out of here.

She was a miss. He's just a boy.

I know. You're all boys.

I can make you happy.

I can turn you on.

What's your turn?

Bring me all your trouble.

Soon they'll be gone.

Just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

Whatever you want me to do,

I'll do it.

Just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

I'll know how to handle you.

Life can be so good, baby.

Let me prove it to you.

You don't have to
worry about anything.

All you have to do is
just let yourself go.

Yesterday's a memory.

Tomorrow's far away.

Good job. All we've got is now.

Live for today.

Just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

Whatever you want me to

do I'll do

Just put yourself in my hands,

baby I'll know how

to handle you

We don't have to hurry.

We can take it slow.

Let this thing between us

take time to grow.

Just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

If you're looking for
help from a friend,

try me.

Just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

Pleasing you,

my specialty.

Put yourself in my hands, baby.

Whatever you want me to do.

I'll just put yourself
in my hands, baby.

I'll know how to handle you.