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"Belle" movie quotes tell the true story of an illegitimate mixed-race girl raised by aristocrats in the 1700s. The historical drama, based on the true life of Dido Elizabeth Belle was directed by Amma Asante and written by Misan Sagay. "Belle" premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival before its May 2, 2014, theatrical opening in the United States and June 13, 2014, opening in the United Kingdom.
In "Belle," Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) finds his illegitimate daughter living in poverty and takes her to live with his uncle, William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson). While Lady Mansfield (Emily Watson) isn't too keen on inviting the girl into their home, they all agree that the girl deserves this life as she is blood. They name her Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and raise her alongside their other niece Lady Elizabeth Murray (Sarah Gadon).
But having a black child in the house makes things difficult. She is not treated as an equal but is treated better than the house slaves and is not presented for marriage like Elizabeth but is still considered part of the family. This makes it especially difficult for Dido to learn her place in the world, which still looks down upon those of color. So when Dido has a choice of husbands, between one who is, as Lord Mansfield puts it, is on her level in Oliver Ashford (James Norton) and someone who accepts her but is not of their rank in John Davinier (Sam Reid), Dido is especially torn. This also puts a strain on Lord Mansfield who as Lord Chief Justice is presiding over a slavery case that could advance abolition forever.
"Belle" is just one of several spring 2014 films worth seeing as is "Walk of Shame," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Locke," "Brick Mansions," "The Other Woman," "Transcendence," "A Haunted House 2," "Heaven is for Real," "Draft Day," "Under the Skin," "Dom Hemingway," "Joe," "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," "Sabotage," "Noah," "Blood Ties," the "Veronica Mars" movie, "Need for Speed."
Belle Movie Quotes,
Laws That Allow Us to Diminish the Humanity
John Danvier: "Laws that allow us to diminish the humanity of anybody are not laws."
John Danvier speaks in court on the slavery case being heard by Lord Mansfield. John is trying to make slavery illegal and that puts Lord Mansfield in a delicate position.
Do You Love Her?
Lady Mansfield: "Do you love her?"
Lord Mansfield: "As though she were created of you and me."
Lord Mansfield is facing a tough decision as Lord Chief Justice with consequences that could advance abolition. Having a niece of color, one he loves as if she were their own daughter, makes this tough, especially in the 1700s.
Now We Have Two Nieces in Our Guardianship
Lady Mansfield: "Born on English soil?"
Lord Mansfield: "Indeed. He discovered her mother aboard a captured English slave ship."
Lady Mansfield: "So, now we have two nieces in our guardianship."
Lord Mansfield: "Elizabeth was in much need of a companion."
Lady Mansfield: "And that is what we shall say when questions are asked."
Lord Mansfield: "We shall say that in accordance with her birthright, she is entitled to live beneath this roof. That is the nature of order."
Lady Mansfield: "And where in that order should her color be placed, above or below her Murray bloodline? Marriage?"
Lord Mansfield: "Impossible. Any match her other origins shall attract would surely disgrace her and the family's rank."
Lady Mansfield: "And when we are no longer here, no husband, who will take care of her then?"
Lady and Lord Mansfield discuss how they will handle things when their nieces Elizabeth and Dido grow up. Though they have the same life now, once they are older everything will change.
I Know Very Little of Her
John Davinier: "What of your mother?"
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "I know very little of her other than the color she has given me."
John Danvier: "Then at least you know she was beautiful."
New suitor John asks Dido about her mother, someone she knows very little about. His reaction to what she does know about her mother surprises Dido.
Why Do You Not Dine With Your Family Ever?
Oliver Ashford: "Why do you not dine with your family ever?"
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "Because that is not correct."
Oliver asks Dido why she is treated as a second-class citizen even under her family's roof. Dido doesn't completely understand, just knows that it's she is not equal.
I Am Not An Unwanted Maid
Lady Mansfield: "We are to attend London for the season."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "We are to finally come out."
Lord Mansfield: "Elizabeth is to come out."
Lady Mansfield: "Dido is to not."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "But why?"
Lord Mansfield: "You understand the ways of the world for a female, Dido. Elizabeth has no inkling."
Lady Mansfield: "You are to meet as many gentlemen as possible before we make the match."
Lord Mansfield: "When all this has gone to her father, there will be nothing left for her."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "And me?"Lady Mansfield: "Any gentleman of good breeding would be unlikely to form a serious attachment to Dido and a man without would lower her position in society."
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "She is not merely my cousin, mama."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "Papa, please"
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "She is my sister."
Lord Mansfield: "These are the keys of the house."
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "I cannot attend London without her."
Lord Mansfield: "They have hung at the waist of your aunt for 30 years."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "I am Lady Mary. I am not an unwanted maid."
Lord Mansfield: "Lady Mary is too old to continue in charge of the house. You may pick up your duties on your return."
Lady Mansfield: "Lord knows I'll need the two of you to keep each other out of trouble."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "Are you punishing me?"
Dido is saddened and frustrated to learn that her cousin Elizabeth will be coming out in London while she will not. Neither Dido nor Elizabeth understand why they will take different life paths and neither are happy about it.
What Is Right Can Never Be Impossible
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "Do not be afraid. I am here to take you to a good life, the life that you were born to."
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Captain Sir John Lindsay: "I beg you, uncle. Love her as I would were I here and in sure that she is in receipt of all that is due to her as a child of mine."
Lord Mansfield: "Do you have in mind my position?"
Lady Mansfield: "That is simply impossible."
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "What is right can never be impossible."
Lady Mansfield: "What shall she be named?"
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "Dido Belle Lindsay"
Lord Mansfield: "She takes your name?"
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "I am not ashamed."
Lady Mansfield: "We will call her Dido."
After finding his daughter living in poverty, Captain Sir John Lindsay takes Dido and drops her off at the home of the Mansfields. While the new living arrangement doesn't go over too well with Lady Mansfield, Captain Sir John Lindsay explains that it is the right thing to do.
You Break Every Rule When It Matters Enough
Lord Mansfield: "You would risk your position for a man without name?"
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "He speaks a voice for people who do not have one."
Lord Mansfield: "There are rules in place which dictate how we live."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "You break every rule when it matters enough, papa. I am the evidence."
Dido and Lord Mansfield argue over Dido's choice between marrying into a family with the prominence as theirs or marrying a lawyer who he considers beneath her. As she points out, like he did, sometimes she needs to break the rules.
I Don't Know That I Find Myself Anywhere
Lord Mansfield: "I've enabled every rule of convention so that you shall know exactly where you belong."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "I don't know that I find myself anywhere."
Lord Mansfield tries to explain to Dido that he raised her to know where she fits in the world. But really, she was raised as different from everyone and now is lost as to where she belongs.
Don't You Care What People Will Say?
Oliver Ashford: "Will you do me the honor of taking some air with me?"
Lord Ashford: "Don't you care what people will say?"
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "What should anyone say?"
When Oliver asks for some time with Dido, Lord Ashford is quick to state his disgust that Oliver would spend time with someone of color, especially in public. Having grown up with Dido like a sister, Elizabeth is unaware of his prejudice.
Clik here to view.
"Belle" movie quotes tell the true story of an illegitimate mixed-race girl raised by aristocrats in the 1700s. The historical drama, based on the true life of Dido Elizabeth Belle was directed by Amma Asante and written by Misan Sagay. "Belle" premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival before its May 2, 2014, theatrical opening in the United States and June 13, 2014, opening in the United Kingdom.
In "Belle," Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) finds his illegitimate daughter living in poverty and takes her to live with his uncle, William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson). While Lady Mansfield (Emily Watson) isn't too keen on inviting the girl into their home, they all agree that the girl deserves this life as she is blood. They name her Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and raise her alongside their other niece Lady Elizabeth Murray (Sarah Gadon).
But having a black child in the house makes things difficult. She is not treated as an equal but is treated better than the house slaves and is not presented for marriage like Elizabeth but is still considered part of the family. This makes it especially difficult for Dido to learn her place in the world, which still looks down upon those of color. So when Dido has a choice of husbands, between one who is, as Lord Mansfield puts it, is on her level in Oliver Ashford (James Norton) and someone who accepts her but is not of their rank in John Davinier (Sam Reid), Dido is especially torn. This also puts a strain on Lord Mansfield who as Lord Chief Justice is presiding over a slavery case that could advance abolition forever.
"Belle" is just one of several spring 2014 films worth seeing as is "Walk of Shame," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Locke," "Brick Mansions," "The Other Woman," "Transcendence," "A Haunted House 2," "Heaven is for Real," "Draft Day," "Under the Skin," "Dom Hemingway," "Joe," "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," "Sabotage," "Noah," "Blood Ties," the "Veronica Mars" movie, "Need for Speed."
Belle Movie Quotes,
Laws That Allow Us to Diminish the Humanity
John Danvier: "Laws that allow us to diminish the humanity of anybody are not laws."
John Danvier speaks in court on the slavery case being heard by Lord Mansfield. John is trying to make slavery illegal and that puts Lord Mansfield in a delicate position.
Do You Love Her?
Lady Mansfield: "Do you love her?"
Lord Mansfield: "As though she were created of you and me."
Lord Mansfield is facing a tough decision as Lord Chief Justice with consequences that could advance abolition. Having a niece of color, one he loves as if she were their own daughter, makes this tough, especially in the 1700s.
Now We Have Two Nieces in Our Guardianship
Lady Mansfield: "Born on English soil?"
Lord Mansfield: "Indeed. He discovered her mother aboard a captured English slave ship."
Lady Mansfield: "So, now we have two nieces in our guardianship."
Lord Mansfield: "Elizabeth was in much need of a companion."
Lady Mansfield: "And that is what we shall say when questions are asked."
Lord Mansfield: "We shall say that in accordance with her birthright, she is entitled to live beneath this roof. That is the nature of order."
Lady Mansfield: "And where in that order should her color be placed, above or below her Murray bloodline? Marriage?"
Lord Mansfield: "Impossible. Any match her other origins shall attract would surely disgrace her and the family's rank."
Lady Mansfield: "And when we are no longer here, no husband, who will take care of her then?"
Lady and Lord Mansfield discuss how they will handle things when their nieces Elizabeth and Dido grow up. Though they have the same life now, once they are older everything will change.
I Know Very Little of Her
John Davinier: "What of your mother?"
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "I know very little of her other than the color she has given me."
John Danvier: "Then at least you know she was beautiful."
New suitor John asks Dido about her mother, someone she knows very little about. His reaction to what she does know about her mother surprises Dido.
Why Do You Not Dine With Your Family Ever?
Oliver Ashford: "Why do you not dine with your family ever?"
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "Because that is not correct."
Oliver asks Dido why she is treated as a second-class citizen even under her family's roof. Dido doesn't completely understand, just knows that it's she is not equal.
I Am Not An Unwanted Maid
Lady Mansfield: "We are to attend London for the season."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "We are to finally come out."
Lord Mansfield: "Elizabeth is to come out."
Lady Mansfield: "Dido is to not."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "But why?"
Lord Mansfield: "You understand the ways of the world for a female, Dido. Elizabeth has no inkling."
Lady Mansfield: "You are to meet as many gentlemen as possible before we make the match."
Lord Mansfield: "When all this has gone to her father, there will be nothing left for her."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "And me?"Lady Mansfield: "Any gentleman of good breeding would be unlikely to form a serious attachment to Dido and a man without would lower her position in society."
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "She is not merely my cousin, mama."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "Papa, please"
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "She is my sister."
Lord Mansfield: "These are the keys of the house."
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "I cannot attend London without her."
Lord Mansfield: "They have hung at the waist of your aunt for 30 years."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "I am Lady Mary. I am not an unwanted maid."
Lord Mansfield: "Lady Mary is too old to continue in charge of the house. You may pick up your duties on your return."
Lady Mansfield: "Lord knows I'll need the two of you to keep each other out of trouble."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "Are you punishing me?"
Dido is saddened and frustrated to learn that her cousin Elizabeth will be coming out in London while she will not. Neither Dido nor Elizabeth understand why they will take different life paths and neither are happy about it.
What Is Right Can Never Be Impossible
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "Do not be afraid. I am here to take you to a good life, the life that you were born to."
…
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "I beg you, uncle. Love her as I would were I here and in sure that she is in receipt of all that is due to her as a child of mine."
Lord Mansfield: "Do you have in mind my position?"
Lady Mansfield: "That is simply impossible."
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "What is right can never be impossible."
Lady Mansfield: "What shall she be named?"
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "Dido Belle Lindsay"
Lord Mansfield: "She takes your name?"
Captain Sir John Lindsay: "I am not ashamed."
Lady Mansfield: "We will call her Dido."
After finding his daughter living in poverty, Captain Sir John Lindsay takes Dido and drops her off at the home of the Mansfields. While the new living arrangement doesn't go over too well with Lady Mansfield, Captain Sir John Lindsay explains that it is the right thing to do.
You Break Every Rule When It Matters Enough
Lord Mansfield: "You would risk your position for a man without name?"
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "He speaks a voice for people who do not have one."
Lord Mansfield: "There are rules in place which dictate how we live."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "You break every rule when it matters enough, papa. I am the evidence."
Dido and Lord Mansfield argue over Dido's choice between marrying into a family with the prominence as theirs or marrying a lawyer who he considers beneath her. As she points out, like he did, sometimes she needs to break the rules.
I Don't Know That I Find Myself Anywhere
Lord Mansfield: "I've enabled every rule of convention so that you shall know exactly where you belong."
Dido Elizabeth Belle: "I don't know that I find myself anywhere."
Lord Mansfield tries to explain to Dido that he raised her to know where she fits in the world. But really, she was raised as different from everyone and now is lost as to where she belongs.
Don't You Care What People Will Say?
Oliver Ashford: "Will you do me the honor of taking some air with me?"
Lord Ashford: "Don't you care what people will say?"
Lady Elizabeth Murray: "What should anyone say?"
When Oliver asks for some time with Dido, Lord Ashford is quick to state his disgust that Oliver would spend time with someone of color, especially in public. Having grown up with Dido like a sister, Elizabeth is unaware of his prejudice.