Lust, Caution (2007)

Tony Leung Chiu-wai: Mr. Yee

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• Wong Chia Chi : I'm afraid I have no gift for you.

  Mr. Yee : Your presence itself is a gift.

• Wong Chia Chi : I know why you brought me here.

  Mr. Yee : Why?

  Wong Chia Chi : You want me to be your whore.

  Mr. Yee : Whore? It is I who brought you here... so I know better than you how to be a whore.

• Wong Chia Chi : Sometimes I'd rather do things on my own. The things I like don't interest Little Mak.

  Mr. Yee : What do you like?

  Wong Chia Chi : Going to the movies. Little Mak won't go with me, so I go by myself. He and his friends only talk business. Nobody likes movies.

  Mr. Yee : I don't go either.

  Wong Chia Chi : Mr. Yee, you are too busy. Movies are for people with time to kill.

  Mr. Yee : No, it's not that. I don't like the dark.

• Mr. Yee : You've been so kind to us. We know so few people here.

  Wong Chia Chi : Oh please. Such trivial things.

  Mr. Yee : But if you pay attention... nothing is trivial.

• Wong Chia Chi : How come nobody comes here?

  Mr. Yee : Because the food is so bad. My apologies. But it is a perfect place to talk. No one is here to disturb you.

• Wong Chia Chi : You've lost weight.

  Mr. Yee : You have also changed.

  Wong Chia Chi : It's been three years. The war is still not over. For us both to be here, still alive, is enough.

• Wong Chia Chi : I'm freezing. You could have asked me inside.

  Mr. Yee : Inside there? Are you serious? You'd like to visit my office.

  Wong Chia Chi : Never mind. Let's just go. You're staring at me.

  Mr. Yee : You're too beautiful. I was thinking of you today. Chang told me my mind was wandering. I could see his mouth open and close, but I couldn't hear a word. I could smell you. It was distracting. Two men. We arrested two men at the train station today. Very important members of the resistance. One of them stabbed and killed one of our agents. The other got his head sliced open. We had to drag them back to interrogate them anyway. I went with Chang to the chamber... One was dead already. Half his brains were gone. I recognized the other one. We were classmates at the military academy. He was hanging from an iron bar. Looking at him, I couldn't speak. I began to imagine him on top of you. The bastard's blood spilled all over my shoes... I had to wipe the blood off. Do you understand?

• Wong Chia Chi : What if I told you... I hate you.

  Mr. Yee : I would believe you. They weren't like this three years ago.

  Wong Chia Chi : I hate you.

  Mr. Yee : I said I believed you. I haven't believed anyone in a long time. Let me hear it again. I believe.

  Wong Chia Chi : You must be very lonely.

  Mr. Yee : But I'm still alive.

  Wong Chia Chi : You've been gone with no word for four days. I hated you every minute.

  Mr. Yee : Now that I'm back... do you still hate me?

  Wong Chia Chi : No.

  Mr. Yee : Do you still want to go back to Hong Kong?

  Wong Chia Chi : Yes. I should leave.

• Mr. Yee : Close the door.

  Wong Chia Chi : I've been waiting up for you.

  Mr. Yee : Then you must be very tired.

  Wong Chia Chi : I am. Yee Tai Tai said you were in Nanjing.

  Mr. Yee : Don't believe everything you hear. I've just been busy. We busted a resistance cell. Got twelve agents. All highly trained. I had to interrogate them personally. One by one. Ah, I forget. You're not interested in my work, are you? It's boring. You're so careful never to ask about it.

  Wong Chia Chi : It's your business. Just as you don't ask about my business. All I do is sit here waiting for you. Maybe you're seeing someone else. I can't sleep. If this goes on any longer, you'll get tired of me.

  Mr. Yee : So that's what you've been thinking these past few days?

  Wong Chia Chi : And losing money at mahjong. Losing all my hard-earned money as a runner. I should go upstairs.

  Mr. Yee : Get some sleep. Let me take you someplace special tomorrow. And don't ever come into this room again.

• Mr. Yee : Tsao has taken her to the doctor's. She complained of a headache. All that mahjong, I suppose.

  Wong Chia Chi : Little Mak doesn't like my playing either. We argue about it. I told him men have endless distractions... while we ladies have only shopping and mahjong. Mahjong should be OK. It keeps us at home.

• Wong Chia Chi : You men have so much to say to each other, but with women you just make small talk.

  Mr. Yee : Small talk like this... to me... is a rare treat. The people I deal with are high officials... talking about important matters of state... the destiny of our nation. But no matter what words come out of their mouths... I see only one thing in their eyes.

  Wong Chia Chi : What?

  Mr. Yee : Fear. But you... You seem different. You're not afraid, are you?

  Wong Chia Chi : How about you?

  Mr. Yee : You're smart. But not so smart at mahjong.

  Wong Chia Chi : You're right. I always lose. Except when I play with you.

• Mr. Yee : The people I associate with are those with high reputations.