Trust (1990 film)

Trust is a 1990 dry, bleak comedy film in which after being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.
 * Written and directed by Hal Hartley.

A slightly twisted comedy.

Dialogue

 * Matthew: I carry this with me at all times.
 * Maria: A hand grenade?
 * Matthew: Yeah.
 * Maria: Is it real?
 * Matthew: My dad brought it back from Korea.
 * Maria: What for?
 * Matthew: Souvenir, I guess.
 * Maria: No, I mean, why do you carry it around with you all the time?
 * Matthew: Just in case.
 * Maria: Just in case what?
 * Matthew: Just in case.
 * Maria: Are you emotionally disturbed?
 * Matthew: Look, I just showed it to you because of what you said.
 * Maria: Forget what I said. Put that thing away.
 * Matthew: Do you really think it's a good idea to drink soda for breakfast?
 * Maria: It keeps my skin clear.
 * Matthew: What?
 * Maria: It's true.
 * Matthew: In ten years your bones are gonna snap like twigs. You oughta have a glass of milk.
 * Maria: Milk gives me pimples.
 * Matthew: You probably get more pimples from all that makeup you're wearing.
 * Maria: Makeup hides my pimples.
 * Matthew: Sorry.


 * Peg: So, do you have a girlfriend?
 * Matthew: What's that got to do with anything?
 * Peg: Maybe that's your problem.
 * Matthew: Do I have a problem?
 * Peg: Of course you do.
 * Matthew: Oh yeah, and what do you think my problem is?
 * Peg: I don't think you laid enough.
 * Matthew: Is that so?
 * Peg: Well, what kind of relationship could a man as screwed up as you possibly have?
 * Matthew: I don't have relationships.
 * Peg: You love 'em and leave 'em, huh?
 * Matthew: I don't love anybody.
 * Peg: You mean, you just have a girl.
 * Matthew: I take what I can get. Now if you're through talking, do you want to go out back and fuck?


 * Jean: I'm never going to let you take Maria away from me.
 * Matthew: I never said I wanted to.
 * Jean: She's got to pay.
 * Matthew: Your husband died of a heart attack.
 * Jean: No one dies of a heart attack. They die of disgust, disappointment.
 * Matthew: You're not the first woman in the world who's had a hard time.
 * Jean: You're an outsider; you don't understand. A family's got to stick together, come hell or high water.
 * Matthew: A family's like a gun. You point it in the wrong direction, you're gonna kill somebody.
 * Jean: Exactly.


 * Maria: Did you mean it? Would you marry me?
 * Matthew: Yes.
 * Maria: Why?
 * Matthew: Because I want to.
 * Maria: Not because you love me or anything like that, huh?
 * Matthew: I respect and admire you.
 * Maria: Isn't that love?
 * Matthew: No, that's respect and admiration. I think that's better than love.
 * Maria: How?
 * Matthew: When people are in love they do all sorts of crazy things. They get jealous, they lie, they cheat. They kill themselves. They kill each other.
 * Maria: It doesn't have to be that way.
 * Matthew: Maybe.
 * Maria: You'd be the father of a child you know isn't yours.
 * Matthew: Kids are kids, what does it matter?
 * Maria: Do you trust me?
 * Matthew: Do you trust me first?
 * Maria: I trust you.
 * Matthew: You sure?
 * Maria: Yes.
 * Matthew: Then marry me.
 * Maria: I'll marry you if you admit that respect, admiration, and trust equals love.
 * Matthew: OK. They equal love.


 * Maria: Can you stop watching TV for a moment?
 * Matthew: No.
 * Maria: Why?
 * Matthew: I had a bad day. I had to subvert my principles and kowtow to an idiot. Television makes these daily sacrifices possible. It deadens the inner core of my being.
 * Maria: Let's move away, then.
 * Matthew: They have television everywhere. There's no escape. And besides, you won't leave your mother.


 * Matthew: I'm sorry. I lost my head.
 * Maria: It's OK.
 * Matthew: What do we do now?
 * Maria: We could run?
 * Matthew: We'd never make it.
 * Maria: I'll tell them it was my fault.
 * Matthew: They'll never believe you.
 * Maria: I don't care if they believe me or not.
 * Matthew: Why have you done this?
 * Maria: Done what?
 * Matthew: Why do you put up with me like this?
 * Maria: Somebody had to.
 * Matthew: But why you?
 * Maria: I just happened to be here.

Cast

 * Adrienne Shelly - Maria Coughlin
 * Martin Donovan - Matthew Slaughter
 * Merritt Nelson - Jean Coughlin
 * John MacKay - Jim Slaughter
 * Edie Falco - Peg Coughlin
 * Karen Sillas - Nurse Paine