Where is that bitch of an American girl? She must VANISH! She must die, d i e, D I E !
Joan Bennett, as Madame Blanc in Suspiria (1977)Où est cette maudite garce américaine? Elle doit DISPARAÎTRE! Il faut qu’elle meure, qu’elle m e u r e , qu’elle M E U R E !
Scientific Method
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About Mad Beppo
Why art thou sad, my Beppo?"
Mad Beppo (aka the Professor) is neither sad nor mad. He delights in French, poetry, film, and Baroque music. More about Mad Beppo…
Startling words to come out of the mouth of the elegant Madame Blanc, or of that of the equally elegant (and immortal, though she left us in 1990) Joan Bennett. They come near the end of the film, when aspiring dancer and amateur sleuth Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) is about to uncover the nefarious secrets of Madame Blanc’s dance academy.
I ask for French stylists to comment on my translation choices.