Casablanca · 1943 — 第 11 / 20 章 · 3'05" · B1

Ilsa Asks Rick Why He Left, Explained:take a miracle

Ilsa confronts Rick about why he abandoned her at the station in Paris, and he answers her coldly. The old wound is reopened, and she finally tells him, 'You see, Victor Laszlo is my husband.' Later, Ferrari offers a single exit visa, and Victor refuses to leave without her.

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Ilsa comes to Rick's café and asks why he left her at the railway station in Paris. Rick gives her the cold version of events, and she tells him that Victor Laszlo is her husband, and was even when she knew Rick in Paris. Then Ferrari offers a visa for one person only.

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got stuck withleave it that wayword has gone aroundtake a miracle

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このシーンの表現

take a miracle

to require something impossible

Ferrari tells the couple that escape is nearly impossible, then adds a dry joke about miracles.

It would take a miracle to get a table here on Friday.

このシーンの他の表現

  • got stuck with

    left holding something you didn't want

  • leave it that way

    to keep things as they are

  • word has gone around

    the news has spread

  • influential and respected

    powerful and well thought of

  • held me up

    kept me from doing something

このシーンのメモ一覧

53 行のセリフに 15 件のメモ

表現 · B1run out on someone

to abandon someone

Why did you come back? To tell me why you ran out on me at the railway station?
表現 · B1get stuck with something

left holding something you didn't want

Rick complains to Ilsa that he was left holding a railway ticket in Paris.

Why not? After all, I got stuck with a railway ticket. I think I'm entitled to know.
文法 · B2The Rick I knew in Paris

relative clause: The clause narrows Rick to the man she once knew, setting him against the one facing her now.

The Rick I knew in Paris, I could tell him, he'd understand.
表現 · B1leave it that way

to keep things as they are

Ilsa suggests keeping the affair as a memory instead of letting Casablanca spoil it.

If we leave it that way, maybe we'll remember those days and not Casablanca.
表現 · A2if you want to

if you choose to

You can believe that if you want to.
表現 · A2lie to someone

to tell a lie to someone

All the same, someday you'll lie to Laszlo.
発音not able

Try linking not and able as one smooth unit to catch the flow.

I was just telling Monsieur Laszlo that unfortunately I'm not able to help him.
表現 · B2word gets around

the news has spread

Ferrari leans in and lets Ilsa know that he has already heard the gossip.

You see, my dear, word has gone around.
表現 · B1get a visa

to obtain a visa

Signor Ferrari thinks it might just be possible to get an exit visa for you.
表現 · B1it would take a miracle to do something

to require something impossible

Ferrari tells the couple that escape is nearly impossible, then adds a dry joke about miracles.

It would take a miracle to get you out. The Germans have outlawed miracles.
表現 · A2join someone

to meet up with someone

You must get to America. Believe me, somehow I will get out and join you.
文法 · B2if I had to stay

subjunctive: The past forms mark an unreal condition, so the question stays hypothetical on purpose.

...if I had to stay and there were only visa for one...
表現 · B1get out of somewhere

to escape from a place

When I had trouble getting out of Lille, why didn't you leave me there?
表現 · B1hold someone up

kept me from doing something

Rick finally answers Ilsa's old question, admitting that something always delayed him.

I meant to, but something always held me up.
表現 · B1safe with someone

I will keep it secret

Rick promises Ilsa that whatever she tells him will never be used against her.

Your secret will be safe with me.

「Ilsa Asks Rick Why He Left」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene works as an autopsy of a romance neither person can leave alone. Ilsa wants an explanation for the railway station, and Rick answers with the version that hurts least: 'You can believe that if you want to.' Then she gives him the fact that reframes everything—she was married the whole time—and the love story turns into a problem about loyalty. Ferrari's offer of one visa presses the same nerve from outside: it forces the pair to decide who deserves to escape. Victor's answer is to refuse the choice, insisting she must go. Nobody in the room gets to be simply happy or simply right.

Theme

RomanceRick and Ilsa's old love is reopened by the station question, and neither answers it cleanly.
MarriageIlsa's marriage to Victor is the fact that turns the reunion into a choice about loyalty and escape.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A refusal can sound kind and still close every door.
  • Ferrari jokes about miracles only after he has said no.
  • Ilsa answers a hard question with a fact, not a feeling.
  • Rick's excuse for Paris is vaguer than he admits.

発音のポイント

  • not able — Try linking not and able as one smooth unit to catch the flow.
It would take a miracle to get you out. The Germans have outlawed miracles.

Ferrari's blunt way of saying there's almost no way out: even a miracle wouldn't pass, because the occupying Germans control everything.

Your secret will be safe with me.

A promise of discretion—the speaker will keep what was just revealed from reaching anyone else.

If we leave it that way, maybe we'll remember those days and not Casablanca.

Ilsa's proposal to part with the good memory intact, rather than let the bitterness of Casablanca define what they were.

No. You see, Victor Laszlo is my husband.

The reveal that reframes everything: Ilsa wasn't free in Paris, so the love story carries a marriage inside it.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Rick leave Ilsa in Paris?

The scene only gives Rick's cold version and Ilsa's doubts; what's certain is that he left her at the railway station, and the film keeps the true reason for later.

Was Ilsa married to Victor Laszlo the whole time?

Yes. She tells Rick that Victor is her husband, and was even when she knew Rick in Paris, which reframes the whole romance.

What does "It would take a miracle" mean?

It means the task is nearly impossible. Ferrari says getting Victor out would take a miracle, then adds that the Germans have outlawed miracles.

Why does Ferrari only offer one visa?

He's willing to help Ilsa but says doing anything for Laszlo would not be worth his life. A single visa keeps him useful to her without risking himself.

Why does Victor refuse to leave without Ilsa?

He tells her not to stay and insists she must get to America, promising he'll find a way out and join her. He won't trade her safety for his own.

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