""The velvet on which the pleasure" ""and vice of mankind lie is as black as night"" ""From the sacred ancient Babylonian books"" "I sympathize with her." "Memories of love should never be erased." "If she didn't send a rose to her husband's grave every morning she would feel that she was forgetting him more and more." "Come over here, Ali." "Cigarette." "Mom!" "is Laure coming or not?" "Have you convinced your third husband to send her?" "And that he can trust us?" " Of course he trusts us." " He's making a mistake." "She's coming the day after tomorrow." "You're picking her up." "Give her the big room on the second floor." "Give the one on the first floor to Emanuelle and Carlo." "So the whole group will be here." "Tomorrow I'll tell old Hal." "You never know, he may even throw a party for everyone." "I'm going to meet the splendid couple." "Emanuelle and Carlo will be pleased." "And what about Ali?" "You're not wearing him out, are you?" "You can have Ali whenever you want." "I've got plenty of other stuff to do." "Don't start that again, Emanuelle." "It'll end up just like the other times." "She's got a complex about money." "She'd tear her dress to pieces and give them to all these beggars." "Well, let her tear it to pieces." "I bet she looks wonderful naked." "Stop." "Stop here." "Go on, get ready." " Do you have sunstroke?" " Don't interfere." " You're not interested in that carcass?" " Of course." "It's horrible." "What's the attraction?" "Be quiet." "What are you waiting for?" "Get out." "Come on, get a move on." "Come on." "Come on, don't stop." "Keep moving." "Keep going." "Don't be an idiot." "Keep moving." "Closer." "As close as possible." "Here." "Sit down." "Sit down, I said." "Go on." "OK." "Yeah." "Yeah, that's it." "Look at me." "Look at me." "Stay still." "That's it." " lt stinks." " Yeah, I know." "But that doesn't matter." "Now, let's see." "Take your hat off, let your hair fall." "OK, that's it." "Now bend your legs." "What the hell are you doing?" "Stay up." "Yeah, like that." "Now bend your head." "Bend your head, I said." "Bend it like that." "Go on." "Get down, right next to the dog." "Stay there." "Lower." "Lower." "Get down lower." "Now get undressed." "Get undressed!" "What are you waiting for?" "Come on, get undressed." "How long does this have to take?" "Get up." "Come here." "Go on, get up." "Go over there." "Now do the bridge." "Do the bridge." "Go on." "What are you waiting for?" "Come on, try harder." "You've got to bend like a bow." " Stay still." " No!" "Stay still." "That's good, very good." "Don't give up." "You mustn't give up, no matter what." "Stay still." "What are you doing, you idiot?" "Why did you move?" "Come on." "Pretend you're dancing." "Not like a cow!" "Don't be such a bitch." "Come on." "Come on." "Go on." "You're looking really stunning." "Beautiful." "Marvelous." "Now look at all those worms." "Look at the worms." " lt stinks. I can't do it any more." " What does that mean?" "Of course it smells." "What do you think it is, a dessert?" "Get close to it." "Get close to it." "OK." "Closer." "Closer." "Lower." "Lower!" "Listen to me." "Pay attention." "Make it look like you're in bed with him." "Get it?" "In bed with him." "Now stay there." "Don't move." "You mustn't move." "You can't move." "Smile now." "Smile." " l can't stand the stench." " Don't smell it." "Concentrate." "You have to concentrate." "OK." "Let's go." "I thought my third husband would have been my last." "But it didn't turn out that way." "He left me." "He left me after I dedicated my life to him." "He was just plain selfish." "And he took me away from my daughter Laure." "Little Laure, who will be with us soon." "It's been three years since we've had a holiday together." "I'd have been happy with a man like Edward." "Filthy son of a bitch." "Why did you leave me?" "Don't get angry, madame. lt will be a lovely holiday for everyone." "Antonio's awake." "Where is he?" "The gardener said he's gone into the desert to meditate." "Master, when will you take us to the Happy Valleys, the places where you promised to show us the essence of life?" "We broke our journey so that you could go with her but now we must carry on with you." "Take us to the valleys where you promised that the grass would satisfy our spirits." "Grass grows freely everywhere." "It's your fault if you're not aware of this." "Perhaps you do not have enough faith." "Go where l threw that fistful of sand." "Go, and do not turn back until you reach the place where the wind and the sun have dispersed it." "Why didn't you stay with me all night?" "Why did you leave my bed last night like a thief?" "You know that I get distressed when I wake up alone." "And why didn't you bother to tell me that you were coming here?" "Why do I always have to find out where you are from other people?" "I needed to meditate." "I gave you a house." "I made you king of everything in it." "And what do you give me in return?" "I always have to come looking for you, follow you around." "Why do you follow me?" "Why do you want to look for me?" "I know very well where l should be." "I know where l can be in peace." "Now that the sun is high on the horizon, take my vital force." "Let us satisfy ourselves on what comes from the great star because I am its most humble root." "Love is a gift of the sun." "Always remember this." "And it is the only way to grow with its strength." "It is a gift of the sun." "The light that comes from the sun is more blessed than all the earth's dew." "That is the house." "I wonder what my room is like." "I'd like to have the smallest one." "Crystal." "You get more and more beautiful as time goes by." " Emanuelle." " She's very beautiful." "The most fragile things are in the suitcases." "Mirrors and perfumes." "Please be careful with them." "Emanuelle, this is Antonio, one of my dearest friends." "Antonio, this is Emanuelle, the most famous model in the world." "I know." "That's amazing." "A little fir in a tropical garden." "I had it brought from England, Emanuelle." "It reminds me of the cold winters in my country." "Always remember that you are my slave, Ali." "Keep still for a moment." "There." "Remember, you are my slave." "Ali, go down there and I'll show you something nice." "Go over there, on that stone." "Good." "Now sit down and look at me." "Repeat after me, "This is not for me."" "This is not for me." "This is not for me." " Repeat it." " This is not for me." "Repeat it. "This is not for me."" ""Not for me."" "Go on, repeat it." ""This is not for me."" " "Not for me."" " This is not for me." "Come on. "This is not for me." "It will never be for me." Repeat it." "This will never be for me." "This will never be for me." ""Not for me." Go on." "Not for me." "Not for me." ""This is not for me." "Not for me."" "Do you understand? "Not for me."" "Not for me." "Not for me." "Come on, say it again. "Not for me."" "Not for me." "Not for me." "That's enough now." "I want a bit of music." " "Not for me."" " Not for me." "Go on, repeat it." " "Not for me."" " Not for me." "Go on." "Come on, you idiot." "What are you waiting for?" "Not for you, not for you..." "Come on." "Not for you, not for you..." "Go on." "Come on." "Not for you, not for you... lt's no use. lt's not for you." "No." "Look, Crystal. lsn't it beautiful?" "Hal's really gone to town tonight." "Perhaps because he knew that you'd introduce him to the divine Antonio." "Don't make a noise." "We'll give old Hal a surprise." "Hal, you're wonderful." "It feels like we're in Noah's ark after the flood." "But I'm much greater than Noah, my dear Crystal." "You know that." "But this evening I will put my marvelous ark at the disposal of you and your splendid friends." "It is a great pleasure for me to have you here." "It really is a small world." "Finding the great Hal Burns in Islamic Africa." "This is for you, my dear." "And this one is for you." " What is this dear boy's name?" " Carlo." "This is for you." "You cannot imagine how much better off you are here than in dusty, decrepit Hollywood." " But I can't see the divine Antonio." " He stayed outside." "Very well. I shall go and meet him." "And you, my beautiful hero..." "Don't you want to give a poor old man homage and love?" "I can give you much more than love and homage, which are everyday currency." "I can give you the pure joys of vision and happiness." "Kneel." "Come." "Let's all join together in the fullness of the truly sublime Eros." "There are no souls outside the chain through which pass the vibrations of being." "Come closer." "Eros is truly sublime." "Listen to little Hassan, our delightful zither harp." "Not even Orpheus could sing so sweetly." "Abandon yourselves to him." "And now, listen." "There is nothing but love." "We're here." "I bet your heart's thumping, eh, Laure?" "Of course it is." "Why don't you take her luggage instead of standing there like a lemon?" "Thank you, Ali." "Good morning." "Be careful with the wooden box." "There are some very fragile objects in it." "He understands English, doesn't he?" "So why is he looking at me like that?" "Ali doesn't understand anything, English or Arabic." "If you want to know why he's looking at you, you'll have to ask him." "Voilà." "Darling." "Maybe it's best if I leave you two alone." "Mommy and her favorite baby." "Darling. I've made your face dirty." "Your mother's caused trouble just by saying hello." "She's left her mark on you." "It's my anti-wrinkle cream." "You haven't got any wrinkles, Mom." "You're as young and pretty as ever." "But you've changed." "I don't know why but you've changed." "Magda's changed too." "I almost didn't recognize her." "Time goes by for everyone, unfortunately." "What news do you have for me about your father, Edward, Mr. O'Connor?" "Nothing." "He's fine, he's working." "What did he say about me?" "He must have asked you to say hello." "No, he didn't." "But let's not talk about him." "I came here for you." "Who are those strange people I saw in the garden?" "I'd have preferred it if you'd been here alone." "They're guests that come here every year." "Old friends." "Nice people." "And that strange boy dressed as an Arab?" "That boy is very talented." "He's got a really inspired mind." "He may even be a genius." "You'll like him too, you'll see." "Maybe." "But now I'm very tired." "I'd like to sleep next to you, like we used to do, in your bed." "As you wish." "Your hair!" "It was so beautiful." "It came down to here." "A woman without hair isn't a real woman." "Why?" "Nowadays it's boys who have long hair. I feel more of a woman like this." "I'll give you a hand." "There." "I made you." "This body, these breasts." "You take after me." "You don't take after your father." "All you got from him was your name." "A name isn't anything, just a lie so you can tell other lies." "I love Daddy too, you know that." "Please don't speak badly about him to me." " Did you want me?" " No." "Mom wants you to take Emanuelle and Carlo into the desert tomorrow." "OK." " What are you doing?" " Can't you see?" "I'm working." "Ali, take off my belt and my trousers." "Give me the belt." "Now undo my shirt." "More." "More." "Go away." "You can't even turn a nymphomaniac on." "Let's go down there." "I want to have a look." "I get it, my friend. I get it." "It's not a beautiful sight, folks." "My God." "Was it the nomads?" "Did they attack a caravan?" "Do you think we're in danger?" "Are the people who did this likely to come back?" "Well?" "Isn't anybody going to bury these poor people?" "Will they let them rot here in the sun?" "This desert is very big." "Nobody comes along the road that we took." "This is the famous Route 90." "It's impossible to get here without a guide." "Come on, Emanuelle." "Smile." "Smile." "Very good." "Now move over there." "Down there." "Life and death." "The images will make people think." "Don't you agree, Laure?" "Go down a bit lower." " When are we going?" " Don't be a pain." " l want to leave." " lt's edifying." "It makes you happier to be alive." "Don't you agree?" "Disgust is edifying." " That's enough." " You should be happy to be alive." "Go over there." "Go on, get a move on." "OK, keep still." "Keep still!" "You've got to look more alive." "More alive!" "You represent life." "Do you understand?" "In the middle of hundreds of dead people, you are life." "Don't look so disgusted." "Smile." "I can't do this any more." "Come on." "Just one more." "Wait." "Put this shirt on." "Take your dress off." "Come on." "We'll take some unforgettable photos." "OK." "Come on, get up." "Get up." "That's it." "Great." "Now do the pose." "OK, let's have a go." "Keep still." "Stay like that." "Keep still." "Keep still!" " What's wrong?" " Laure, I'm going to faint." "OK." "Keep still." "Like that." "Don't move." "Perfect." "No!" "Go to hell!" " Are you crazy?" " Yes!" "Here." "Keep hold of it and don't let go." "Emanuelle!" "Emanuelle, come here." "Emanuelle." "Come on, don't be stupid." "Don't waste my time." "You bastard!" " Laure, come down here too." " You snake!" " Fuck off!" " Son of a bitch!" "Be a good girl, Emanuelle." "Come on, let's make up." "Get up." "Let's get this over with." "I've said sorry." "What more do you want?" "All this fuss for a few dead Arabs." " You bastard!" " Stop it!" "I know what you want and now I'm going to give it to you." "Keep still." "Bitch." "You're just a bitch." "You need a good seeing-to, don't you?" "Don't you need that?" "Don't you?" "OK, don't worry, I'll give it to you now." "Now I'll give it to you." "Come on, open your legs." "Open them!" "Come on, you bitch." "You ugly bitch." "Come on, that's what you wanted, wasn't it?" "Didn't you want that?" "Come on, then, take it." "Take it." "Here you are." "Take it." "Take it." "Take it." " Take it." "Take it." " Get off me!" "Take it." "Take it, you bitch!" "We're there." " What's happened?" " Get changed and shut up." "Can you help me, Laure?" "Get a move on. ln the middle there." "You lot, move." "Go on." "Hurry up, get up there." "Get a move on." "Come on, you lot." "Hurry up." "I don't want to go up. lt stinks." "Of course it stinks." "It's a mound of shit." "OK." "Go up there." "OK." "Stop right there in the middle." "Good." "Now smile." "OK." "OK." "Smile!" "Don't move." "Very nice." " Put your foot down." "Go on." " l can't. lt's disgusting." "Don't start that again." "Stay there." "Wait, I'll see to it." "Come on, get a move on with that shit." "Come on, that's right." "Good." "Just like that." "Emanuelle, keep still." "Keep still." "Like that." "Good girl." "Very good." "Keep still, I said." "OK." "Wonderful." "Don't move." "Keep still." "Keep still." "Good." "Now we'll do another one." " What's the matter?" " Please, Carlo..." " Don't make a fuss." "Just one more." " That's enough, Carlo." "One more. I've got to finish the film." " No." " Stay there." "Emanuelle, where are you going?" "Get back up there at once." "Get back onto that shit." "Emanuelle, you've got to obey me." "Get back up there." "Do you understand?" "You've got to get back on that heap of shit." "Do you understand?" "Get back up there." "I made you and I can destroy you." "You are just a part of me." "Go to hell!" " Get back up there." " Leave me alone!" "Come on bitch, get back up there!" "Get back up there!" "What are you doing?" "Damned bitches!" "Where do you think you're going?" "Come back!" "You'll pay for this, Laure." "Damned bitches!" "Bitches!" "I've known Carlo for a long time." "But it was the same with other photographers who do this work." "Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not a woman any more, just a coat hanger for outfits that get more and more ridiculous, more and more complicated." "What a lovely smell!" "I think it's ginger incense." "This definitely won't make you feel ill." "We've left Carlo in the middle of the desert without a car." " How will he get home?" " Don't think about it." "He'll manage somehow." "You've got to forget about him and not be afraid of him any more." "How can that be so hard for you to do?" "Hey." "When will we get home?" "Have we got much further to go?" ""Inshallah." Just as I thought." "Go on." "Thank you." "I've never seen anything so beautiful in my whole life." "It looks like a lunar landscape." "How's the lovely Emanuelle?" "She's got a thumping migraine." "That doesn't sound like a good excuse." "You seem a bit down." "Am I mistaken or do you guys have a problem?" "What are you trying to insinuate?" "I'm just stressed out because one of my camera lenses broke." "I feel like a blind man." " You've got to be patient, Carlo." " Yes, I know." "And you?" "What can you see?" "I see everything." "I see the living and the dead from past and present centuries." "There's a procession going down to the temples and a big boat on the river." "Look!" "Wadi Saboa." "The sunken temple." "Go and visit the temple." "I'm going to my cabin to have a rest." "It's too hot." "I'm going to stay here on the deck." "Please bring me something to drink." "For me the temples are even more beautiful from a distance." "It's really hot today, isn't it?" "I'm staying here." "What about you?" "I think I've got something that will help you." "Wait a minute." " Keep still." " OK." "This will cool you down." "Cool you down all over." "That's wonderful!" " Do you like it?" " lt's wonderful!" " Do you want some more?" " lt's much nicer than having a swim." " Do you feel better now?" " Yes." "That's good." " Carlo?" " Yeah?" "If Emanuelle doesn't mind will you take me to see the temple?" "OK." "Emanuelle won't mind." "Lower a lifeboat." "Hurry up." "What do you think of me?" "Am I not as beautiful as her?" "More beautiful." "And you know it." "I don't know myself." "But I know you very well." "What do you know about me?" "I know everything about you and Emanuelle." " What do you want from her?" " l don't want anything from Emanuelle." " Not now and not in the future." " But you tried." "What happened between you two when you left me in that damned desert?" "What does it matter to you?" "You've always been a strong man." "Touché, princess." "Let's have a look inside." "And tell me what you think." "I think you're completely worthless." "I'd prove you wrong if I had my camera here." "What would you do?" "The camera is my eyes, my nose, my penis." "Does it not prove your worthlessness?" "Give me my camera and I'll show you if I'm worthless or not." "I could take some wonderful photos in a place like this." "I could bring the glory days of the Pharaohs back to life." "For me a camera is a phallic symbol." "It's a shameless eye that sees how you make love and who you do it with." "All you can do is laugh." "Do you want to know what I think of you?" "I think you're just an idiot." "Wait." "Come back." "Don't be stupid. I want to talk to you." " Come here." " Click-click." "What does that stupid click-click mean?" "Stop taking the piss." "Come here." "Come here." "All you can do is laugh." "You really are an idiot." "Come here." "Don't make me lose my patience." " Come here." " Let me go." "Idiot." "Come here." "You think you've got the whole world at your feet, don't you?" "You haven't got anybody at your feet." "You're just a stupid girl." "Get off me!" "You're just a stupid girl who thinks she can judge other people." "What do you want to judge?" "What do you know about life?" " You don't understand anything." "Get it?" " You're nobody." "You're not saying "click" any more." "Why not?" "Come here." "Where's all your damned self-importance gone?" "Where's it gone?" "Go on, princess, go back to your mother and that preacher of hers." "You're nobody." "You're nobody." "You're nobody!" "Look." "There are nomads over there." "They don't have a house or a homeland." "Can I have a look, Carlo?" "Thank you." "They don't seem very different to us." "That's Philae, one of the most beautiful temples of ancient Egypt." "The most beautiful is Abu Simbel." "That's why we're going to see it last." "I'd like to go down and see it." "But where are the others?" "Even Antonio seems to have disappeared." "You don't get it." "This is a ghost ship." "Hal, you're coming with us, aren't you?" "You wouldn't let two girls go ashore alone." "Of course you can count on me." "Life is a dream." "Life is a dream." "And we ourselves are made of the same stuff as dreams." "Of course." "And Calderón is among us." "The kingdom of mysteries." "We are entering the kingdom of mysteries." "The kingdom of the dead." "For the Egyptians it was the same thing as the Santasantoro in our churches." "Laure, if I bump into a muscular river god I'll whistle to you." "Why this wonder, this amazement of yours?" "I am still anxious about the fear of waking up... and finding myself again in my prison." "And even if it doesn't happen, all I need is the sign..." "Magda." "Magda!" "Magda." "They're nomads." "They haven't seen a woman for weeks." "Months, even." "Come on, come over here." "It's wonderful." "Come on, hurry." "They left without even saying thank you." "Peasants." "This was the temple's swimming pool." "Maybe they used it in this way." "To sacrifice virgins to the river god." "Those that weren't virgins." "They scratched me and bit me." "It's lucky that you appeared." "Weren't you shocked, Laure?" " Did you like it?" " What do you mean?" " Did you have an orgasm?" " No." "You never have one, do you?" "No, I don't, but what's it to you?" "I do whatever I want and I enjoy it." "Anyway, it's my business." "I'm not even 20 and you want me to tell you how many men I've had." " None." " Listen to her." "You know better than I do?" "None, if you don't get any pleasure." "Wake up, Hal. it's time to go." "You've dreamt enough." "Unfortunately for you, dreaming is not enough to become a god." "You go. I'm staying." "No, Hal." "You're coming with us." "I'm a sublime actor and I want to die here, be buried here." "Where better could a great actor rest with more dignity than among the silent ruins of an ancient temple surrounded by water?" "A more grandiose arena than the most noble stages." "Everything that I have learned, I learned it from a dream." "I am afraid, in my longing, that I will have to wake up again and find myself still in prison." "You know, Hal, we also did a performance this year of Calderón's Life ls A Dream, but our drama teacher was much better than you." "In this way I have come to realize that all human happiness passes like a dream." " lt's true, Hal. it's just like that." " What?" "You know very well that you've never been a great actor." "Why don't you admit it?" "Hal Burns wasn't a great actor?" "Do you realize what you're saying?" "Hasn't anybody told you that Hollywood is empty without me?" "Hal, you left Hollywood because you weren't having any success." "You got old and nobody was asking you to be in their films." "You know that very well but you won't admit it." "Who told you these horrible lies?" "Which enemy wove these filthy untruths?" "I forbid you to speak to me any more." "Poor Hal." "How hard you try to keep your illusions alive." "Isn't it better to live in the real world and abandon your dreams?" "Enjoy your old age, Hal, and don't watch your old films any more." "They're worthless, you poor thing." "Shall we go back to the boat?" "We've got a long way to go." "Mom..." "Crystal wants to get ready for the party." "Let's go." "Tomorrow's going to be a big day." "Messieurs et mesdames, ladies and gentlemen, we must give the best of ourselves in honor of old Hal." "Stay where you are." "I'll make you famous with one of my photos." "Carlo, put that camera away at once." "I can't stand it." "And Magda, don't kid yourself that you can make us give the best of ourselves." "We don't have a best or a worst." "There's just endless, immeasurable, eternal boredom." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that, even if it is the truth." "I'd like to offer you a rite." "A rite." "There's our best." "All of life is a rite." "What ritual is better than life?" "You're right." "Who knows why people take so long to work it out?" "I will make you sleep and dream." "In the sleep that I offer you, everyone will do at least once that which they have desired within themselves for years." "Don't let it slip away, it is your only opportunity." "Splendid, divine Antonio." "Do whatever you can with us, my dear." "My house is yours." "It can be your palace, your paradise." "Yes, go on, Antonio." "Let's see what you can do." "I don't want you to hypnotize us." "Sit down next to me." "Crystal, don't give orders in my house." "Today Antonio is the king and we must obey him." "Shut up, you wreck." "You're not even a real pederast, you're a mummified pederast." "See how I'm crying?" "Am I or am I not a great actor?" "You are, yes, Hal." "Worms, disgusting." "Fear of death, of being alone." "I'd feel like a grain in a mortar." "My kingdom for a horse." "To flee, flee so that nobody can know that I am nobody, I am nothing." "Nothing, nothing." "What are you trying to do?" "You can't do it." "I'm still young but I already stink of dead bodies." "Father of happiness, protect me." "OK, Antonio, you did that really well, but now you must wake her." "Be free, more free than before." "Wake her, Antonio, or I'll do it." "Don't try it." "You could do her a lot of harm if you managed to wake her." "This can't be right." "You've got to do something." "Stop her!" "You're crazy!" "Calm down." "Everything's all right." "Everything's all right." "Get up." "Everything's all right." "Stay calm." " Who are you?" " lt's me, Carlo." " l don't know you." " l'm Carlo." "What do you mean, you don't recognize me?" "Come on, stay calm." "Stop it!" " Emanuelle..." " l'm going." "Stop it!" "You and your damned gods!" "That's enough. I'm going." "I can't stand this any more." "It's me, your Carlo." "We'll leave together, OK?" "I'm going." "What do you mean, you're going?" "What the hell did you say, you bastard?" "Emanuelle, I love you." "It's all your fault, you damned pederast!" "Damned..." "You'll be nothing without me!" "Without me you're shit!" "Shit, shit, shit!" "Look at me." "See?" "My charms are stronger than yours." "Let's go, Mom." "You must be tired." "Tomorrow we've got to go to Abu Simbel." "Come on, we're going home." "Hal, thank you for a lovely evening." "I hope you'll be on top form tomorrow at Abu Simbel." "Wouldn't you love to be as great as Ramses ll and have a little woman devotee by your side?" "That's right." "Absolutely right." "I want to visit this temple with you, Crystal." "For once, don't leave me." "I've always been fascinated by Ramses." "As well as being a king, he was also a god, and nobody would have told him to wake up because he loved dreaming." "Crystal, did you hear what Hal said?" "The ancient kings still have subjects." "Well, come on, what are you waiting for?" "Yes, Magda." "Let's ask for an audience with the Pharaoh." "I've got a special prayer for him." "I hope he listens to me." "Where are you going, Laure?" "I'm going to the Temple of Love." "Come close to me, Laure." "I want to be with you." "Why?" "You were made for me." "I have always desired you." " Always?" " Let's go away from here together." " l'm not interested in the others." " What?" "Aren't you a mystic any more?" "A mystic who likes invoking spirits." "Are you or aren't you?" "Don't you want to give those poor kids more mirages of forbidden pleasures?" " Who told you that?" " My mother." "She'd have killed you if you'd done it." "We could go anywhere." "It's all the same to me." "All I want now is to escape." " From what?" " From everything." "But not from you." "We must be together." "You're a real woman." "Take this off." "It's true that you're not a saint, you're not a wizard, you're not a hero." "You're like everybody else." "You're called Antonio." "You're only 20 years old." "You're like me." "And you're in love with me." "Where are Antonio and Laure?" "Look for them." "They've gone to see the other temple." "They said to wait for them." "They'll be here any minute." " That filthy gigolo and that hateful..." " Forget about them." "What can you do?" "She is a lying hypocrite!" "That's why she came here, to deceive me." "Crystal, darling, what are you afraid of?" "What harm can little Laure do you?" "Mom, Antonio's made love to you dozens of times." "And to me." "You never made a fuss about that." "So why are you doing it now?" "It's different with her." "Laure will take him away from me." "They'll leave me alone just like her father did. I don't want that." "Tell her." "I'm going away with Laure." "That's what we've decided to do." "Don't get angry, Crystal." "You can't do anything about it." "Tell her." "Tell her that you've never loved her, that it was all pretence." "You told me that you didn't want to go anywhere but wanted to escape from her." "What she's saying is true, Crystal." "It's all finished now." "Forget about it." "You came here to ruin me." "Your father sent you." "But you won't succeed." "You're all against me, but I'm against you in my own way." "You'll see." "Antonio, if you leave with her I'll jump." "I won't wait another minute." "Make your choice." "Go on, Mom. lf you don't have anything better to do, jump." "It'll all be your fault and your father's." "It's what you wanted." "OK." "What are you waiting for?" "Your fans will applaud." "Go on, Mom." "Make the great leap." "Do it for your hero." "Well, it looks like we're the ones who are going to lose." "There's no point, Antonio." "I'd rather leave on my own." "Goodbye, Mom." "And as for you ghosts, a small goodbye." "THE END"