Mulan

2020 film by Niki Caro

Quotes

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Commander Tung: (to Mulan; from TV spot) You've been hiding something. I sensed it the moment I met you.
Mulan: (from TV spot) I will never give up.
Mulan: It is my duty--to fight for the kingdom--to protect my family.
Xian Lang: (whispers to Mulan as Hua Jun) You liar. Your deceit weakens you. It poisons your chi.
Hua Li: (to Hua Zhou, after he accepts his conscription scroll) You're a war hero; you've already made many great sacrifices.
Hua Zhou: Your chi is strong, Mulan, but chi is for warriors, not daughters.
The Matchmaker: (from TV spot) A good wife must be elegant, *graceful*, invisible.
Commander Tung: (to Hua Mulan after she asks to be executed instead of expelled from the emperor's Imperial Army when her identity was revealed) Then from this moment forward, you are expelled from the emperor's Imperial Army and if you show your face again, your wish to be executed, will gladly be granted.
Bori Khan: (from final official trailer; to his fellow soldiers) When we take the Imperial City... I will take revenge--for my *father*!
The Matchmaker: Quiet, composed, graceful, elegant, poised, polite. These--are the qualities we see in a good wife. These--are the qualities--we see in Mulan. When a wife serves her husband, she must be--silent. She must be... invisible.
The Matchmaker: (as Mulan, Xiu, and Hua Li leave the matchmaker's in disgrace) Dishonor to the Hua family! They have *failed*--to raise--a good daughter!
Hua Zhou: Are you suggesting our family not comply with the Imperial Edict?
Hua Zhou: Your chi is strong Mulan, but chi is for warriors, not daughters.
Esteemed Guest: Your Imperial Highness, Hua Mulan.
Xian Lang: (to Mulan) When they find out who you are, they will show you no mercy.
Hua Zhou: (praying to the family ancestors) Ancestors, please protect her.
Hua Li: (from official trailer) We must be strong... this time he will not return.
Sergeant Qiang: We are going to make men out of every single one of you!
Mulan: It is my duty - to fight him.
Commander Tung: What is your name, soldier?
Mulan: Hua Jun, Commander, son of Hua Zhou.
Hua Zhou: (to Mulan) Do you know why the phoenix sits on the right hand of the emperor? She is his guardian, his protector. And she is both beautiful and strong. Your job is to bring honor to the family. Do you think you can do that?
The Chancellor: (to Hua Zhou; from official trailer) Have you no son?
Hua Zhou: I am blessed with two daughters. *I* will fight.
Hua Li: We have excellent news! The matchmaker has found you an auspicious match.
Hua Zhou: It is decided. Come and sit down. It is what is best for our family.
Mulan: Yes... I will bring honor to us all.

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