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A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
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00:05It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the spring of hope. It was
00:14the
00:14winter of despair. I require a legal defense. I was eight years old when I watched my father die.
00:23A few days ago, a Frenchman arrived with a message. Whatever happened to my father,
00:28I have to know. What's the gentleman charged with? Treason. You understand what you'd be
00:33risking defending this man? He's all I have. The usual. She's paying. God, that is foul.
00:41Will you help? Bring in the prisoner. Identify the man you saw. Exactly as I do. Am I going to
00:50regret our meeting in this minute? Only if you say no. It will be dangerous. France may not be as
00:58you remember it. Then we're waiting. A young woman traveling between two roaring countries on the
01:04word of an alleged spy. You couldn't have stopped her. Nobody could. I see she's made an impression.
01:12Do you see anything you recognize? Are we at all alike? I had to see you, even if it was
01:20to be the
01:20last time. I had the debts to pay. No more running. I can't save you, Sydney. You're all I need.
01:30The last dream of my soul. Juliette! What is it to you? A second chance at life. The life ahead.
01:40That's all I want. I want that too. Whatever you feel. Rage. Joy. Regret. They're yours. No one else's.
01:58What shall we toast? To Miss Manette. Miss Manette.

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