Hanna (2011)

Olivia Williams: Rachel

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Quotes 

• Sebastian : So Hanna, is your mum and Dad still together?

  Hanna : My mother is dead.

  Sophie : [to Sebastian]  Nice one, Dad.

  Sebastian : I'm sorry to hear that. I lost my mum when I was very young, so...

  Hanna : It's all right. It happened a long time ago.

  Rachel : Hanna, what did your mum die of?

  Hanna : Three bullets.

  [Sebastian chokes on his wine] 

• Sophie : Mum is against plastic surgery.

  Rachel : I am.

  Sophie : Mum doesn't even wear makeup.

  Rachel : I don't. I think it's dishonest. This is my face, take it or leave it. If you study history of art or anthropology...

  Sebastian : [interjecting]  Rachel got a first at Cambridge.

  Rachel : [continuing]  ... you learn that red lipstick mimics arousal and suggests the geography of the labia minora.

  Sophie : [interrupting]  Puke!

  Rachel : [continuing]  Whereas I have a lot of natural red pigment in my lips, so I really don't need it.

  Sophie : Vomitorium!

• Rachel : I feel so grounded in the countryside. The city stifles me, emotionally, creatively, spiritually. Places like this bring us closer to God.

  Hanna : God?

  Rachel : Well, not in any monotheistic sense. Buddha, Krishna, the god within. Whatever you believe in.

  [pause] 

  Rachel : What do you believe in, Hanna?

  [gets no response, laughs] 

  Rachel : Nothing.