"It's very hot, try this." "Why were you using the siren?" "If the pizza's cold, it's no good." "If the boss sees it, he'll have a fit!" "What?" "Is he coming?" "No." "Here..." "Nice." "Brigadier, I finished watering the tomatoes." "Can I go?" "Get back to work!" "It is the Commissioner who will decide." "That's all I do, work..." "Our town is a quiet town dedicated to work and family." "25 plants..." "Large and small." "Sometimes, there is a small strike... or a meeting..." "But nothing to disturb the public order." "We hear fiery speeches, of vibrant protest" "There is some applause... and then life resumes its course." "The bosses stay bosses, the workers stay workers." "Our town is Catholic... 34 churches..." "Like the plants:" "large and small." "It is a city that believes in the sign of the cross." "Letter of Solidarity from the President to the victims of the landslide at CasalNuovo." "Work, work!" "Dammit!" "They stop you from everything else and make you work!" "Good Morning, Commissioner." "What's up?" "Garibaldi... he was arrested for drunkenness." "If he spends all his time in prison, where does he get money to drink?" "He gets to live someplace in exchange for odd jobs." "And this one ...?" "It's the great purveyor of affection." "Last night, we decided to stop the public prostitution." "Leave the poor working girl alone!" "Why are you bothering her?" "Watch the ladder, boss!" "Nothing to report?" "No, nothing." "Except the drunk Garibaldi, all wet!" "What you need to know, Commissioner, is we like you here." "We don't want to cause you any problems." "That's nice." "Good morning, Commissioner." "Good morning." "Let's see..." "File..." "File..." "File..." "Crap..." "Ah ... "Urgent!"" "Always in a hurry." "Make it snappy... sure!" ""File."" "Ah.." "TWO anonymous letters." "What are you meddling in?" "Nothing, boss, but I know this handwriting." "Nothing ever different." "Never, never, never." " Do you know the direct number for the mayor?" " 42-20." "Is the boss here?" "Yes, he's making important calls." "No, no ..." "I'll be back very soon..." "I read a little and then I slept." "...Yes, I slept all night, 8 hours in a row." "I'm fresh as a rose." "What...?" "Do you know when you're leaving tomorrow?" "Maybe I'll come by and visit tonight." "No, no ... don't phone the office." "Very good.. as usual." "No, no ... don't worry ..." "Hmm?" "No, forget it ..." "Yes, I'm fine." "Bye!" "Come in." " Good morning Commissioner." " Good morning, Cerveteri." "Zanone and I have finished the investigation in question." "When you have time..." "Oh yes, the boss called me about that." "For him, it's top priority!" "Excuse me." "I must go to the bookstore." "As you wish, Commissioner..." "What is it?" "One moment, please..." "Excuse me, Pepe, some people are thinking... there might be problems at the school." "You know why there are problems?" "Because people are always thinking." "It didn't make a success of my old man... and you look pale." "Watch out for bad luck!" "...Very pale!" "What's going on?" "Look where you're going!" " Thank you!" " Enjoy it, why don't you?" "Your ass, it's the most beautiful this week." " What's up, cat?" " Hey, Parigi." " I saw your name on the notice for trial!" "Hey, Commissioner... already at work!" "The Commissioner works!" "I found your books, Mr Commissioner." "..."China in the year 2OO1" and "Truth and the Czechoslovakian economy."" " I'll take both." " Great!" "Perfect!" "Beautiful." " Good morning, Miss." " Miss Matilda!" " So, do you have "The Confessions of Natale?" by Saron..." "Siron.." "Thiron." " Thiron.." "Thiron." " Ah, Commissioner, how are you?" " Well, thank you, you look very nice today." "Thank you." "Oh, something I haven't read?" "Miss..." "I don't have any.. but I can order it." "No, that doesn't help." "I leave for Milan tomorrow." " Au revoir, Commissioner." " Bon voyage, Miss." " Arrivaderci, Miss." "Commissioner, here are your books." "She is beautiful, Miss Matilda. isn't she?" "Always so elegant." "Oh well, I can't say the same for me." "With her cute little hat, she looks like an Alpine hunter." "Here's your money." "Oh ... and your package." "Well..." "You want to play moralists now?" "This isn't the big city." "It's a little hole here." "We've always followed the policy of the ostrich." "Zanone, why are you down on all fours?" "Looking for an outlet." "Down there, to the left." "Sorry, Commissioner!" "If we start to see with both eyes, God knows where this might lead us." "Maybe the boss received orders from Rome." "Rome... a big mess, a bordello." "What's there?" "Four prostitutes?" " Maybe the Bishop?" " Yeah, yeah." "We looked into it carefully, and there's nothing to laugh about." "The Cavour lease doesn't cover whorehouses." "That business has grown." "The Zaccarin house is even worse!" "Look, everything is here ..." "Alphabetically!" "Brigadier, I'm going to the Prefecture." "If you get anything, call me." "I've got it covered, sir!" " As if we'll get anything." " We had a real good crime 5 years ago." "At the circus." "A knife thrower who had the wrong target!" "Eh, the north is worthless if you want a career!" "Hello, police." "Yes.." "Yes, yes ... right." "They're reporting a criminal." "What kind?" "They wanted to tell the chief that they had massacred wholesale prices!" "That's great!" "Uh ... chief, it was on the phone, it ..." "Yes, police, what!" "Oh, excuse me, Commissioner. 3 beers and 3 sandwiches, ok." "Hello, cafe?" "This is the police here." "4 beers and 4 sandwiches!" "The entrance to Zaccarin house." "The door to Azouna." "I see, I see." " Inside." " It's upside down, flip it." " Yes." " Other way." " Interior staircase, Azouna." " Bravo, Zanone." " And that's what?" " I don't know." "My memory's fuzzy." " Why don't you make prints?" " I though slides would be better." "Not much to see." "Oh Lord, I wish things would change." ""The pace is good when the women are full."" "My grandfather used to say that." "OK, let me think about this... for 2 or 3 days." " What, 3 days, Commissioner?" " I've seen a lot in my 20 year career.." "So I'll do it my way." "We're in 1969 and everything is terrible!" "Everywhere the hovels crumble and luxury villas grow!" "The bishop has a Mercedes!" "The Vatican doesn't care!" "It's all corrupt!" "What about the poor?" "We're in 1969, and 1970 will be worse!" "The Commissioner shows up to the scene of the crime." "Why are you giving me that look?" " You stop the world from sleeping." " Sleeping makes you forget!" "The next war will come when people have forgotten the last one." "I have not forgotten!" "And I want them to remember!" "While they have two legs to stand on!" "Wake up!" "Don't be stupid!" "Open your eyes, and go out with a gun in your hands!" "Like 30 years ago!" "You didn't see anyone?" "I thought I heard Parigi." "No, no." "Hey." "A commissioner followed by a cripple.." "Unbelievable." "As you say ..." "But why are we whispering?" "Five years we've been seeing each other and still acting like schoolkids." "You know how people are." "Yes, it is because I know  that I say what I say." "Why are you so late?" "The investigation..." "An inquiry?" "Yes,nothing important, routine ..." "Are you hungry?" "No, thank you, I better save myself." "Oh, great!" "I'm leaving tomorrow for 10 days and you want to save yourself." "OK, you win." "I'll stay a while." "You're tired?" "No, I'm just not hungry." "I want this time to make love." "No, go slow!" "Then you prefer to eat first?" "We have plenty of time for everything." "Ah yes ...?" "Then you've prepared everything as usual." "With freshly ironed linens." " No Antonio, why are you saying such things about me?" " Then we'll see if it's true ..." "But I didn't prepare anything, I swear!" "Why are you always so stubborn?" "Bastard!" "Moron!" " No it's you.. ass!" " Up there are living beings also." " You see that star there?" " Which one?" "That there is a galaxy.. on the right." "It's in orbit." " You know what a galaxy is?" " Oh damn, are you drunk or what?" "Here, take a shot in the mouth!" "Hey, watch out!" "(arguing continues)" "By the Madonna, this is when you come home!" "I was worried, Antonio!" "While I was waiting, I saw everything there was to see!" " And what did you see?" " I don't know, I understood nothing!" "I saw it all... weather, games ..." "After a while, I really started to worry!" "I understand." "Twice I saw the television news tonight." "They speak constantly about Biafra!" "You'd rather something other than Biafra?" "Oh ..." "I understand nothing!" "...nothing!" "Well, thank the Lord, everything is OK now." "It's OK, I'm not hungry." "And what will I do with all this?" "It makes me sick!" "Eat something!" "Yes, later ..." "I'll take milk and cookies." "Milk and cookies..." "Hell no!" "You can't go to bed like that." " I'm going to bed." " It can't go on like this." "Good night." "You're crazy..." ""Politics For All"" "Good morning, Commissioner!" "Good morning, Commissioner!" "So early to work?" "I wish I wouldn't get such a big hello." "Commissioner Pepe." "Come in, Commissioner." " Something happen?" " No, nothing, don't worry." "Come this way." "Maybe you came to infringe on us." "I suppose that's OK." " I'll ignore that remark, madam." " Well, here, take a seat." " Thanks." "We've received a letter about a certain business being done in this building." "I wanted to know if you were the perpetrators." "Or if you were aware of the traffic?" "We don't know anything, not us!" "I don't meddle in the affairs of others." "Yes, I hear you." "Sorry, you're wrong." "Carlo, what are those dirty magazines doing here?" "I don't know!" "It's OK." "These magazines are sold in kiosks." "I believe these buildings are being used for professional reasons." "Yes ...there is the dentist...the fashion house  and don't forget the top... there's a soprano which, in addition to his singing school, there is a pension, a small place to relax paying guests, of course!" "And those paying guests stay there?" "No ... they come and go." "Then everything is explained ..." "A seamstress, a dentist, a pension, and a school." "It's normal traffic." "And people that have suspected something... when they have nothing to do, they write to the police." " Yes ... that's probably what happened." " No, I'm quitting." "You recognize her?" "No." "It doesn't matter." "Give it to me." "Ma'am, take one, please?" "You recognize?" "I'll never recover from this." "Look at them all together." "You recognize them?" "Never seen them." "What are these?" "These are all girls who are hustlers in your pension." "My dear Commissioner, you accuse us wrongly, I assure you we know nothing." "What am I doing?" "Yes ... what are you doing?" "Attention..." "Milan leaving early, track No. 1." "Pravda." "I don't have it.." ""Isfectia." That either!" "The Daily Mirror." "What mirror?" "Well, give me the Venice Echo." "Here you go, Commissioner." "I feel fit, but the doctor won't let me go out." "There were 10 days in training." "I felt a pain in the neck," "And the doctor wanted to hospitalize me for a few days for it." "But it's been a week!" "And on Sunday we lost the game!" "Obviously, with Bollardin, it's not cool..." "Not great." "For sure." "We lost 6 to 0!" "We will eventually be disqualified!" "I don't know what to do." "The doctor says I have a neuralgia in my head." "Neuralgic headache!" "You just need aspirin." "I'd like it better." "But the doctor says if I don't look after myself, it's more trouble for me." "Don't you think the doctor is a little too friendly with you?" "I think he likes you here." "But my sister-in-law, she had the same problem." "The doctor went to see her too, but she never got better." "That's normal." "The doctor specializes in men." "You want some?" "No, thanks." "Puppi Carmello, 21, unemployed mechanic, ...holy in body and spirit is sequestered in the hospital ...by Doctor Vanengga Mario, who," "...abusing his position, layed with the youth named above, as with a woman." "Does it hurt here?" "No" "And this?" "No." "No more, Doctor." "That's good, thank you." "How old are you, Commissioner?" "45." "You need to exercise more." "You're getting a little extra weight." "Breathe very deeply." "You smoke a lot?" "I'm trying to stop." "Very good, make sure to continue.." "And you will still be our Commissioner in 50 years!" "I hope not!" "You're free and clear, Commissioner." "But you did well to come see me." "Exactly how I was thinking..." "How is..." "Carmello Puppi?" "Who?" "You know.." "The goalie of our football team." "You know I went to see him?" "You know who I mean?" "If all the commissioners were like you," "I'd cry out loud:" "Vive police !" "Why?" "You have a good reason not to?" "No..." "I just never heard someone yell that." "You know what I think, Doctor?" "I think young Puppi.." "...is now recovered." "Indeed, much better." "Should be out soon." "Let's make it today." "Today?" "What's the rush?" "Because if young Puppi is released today we could win the game Sunday." "Maybe yes ..." "But since when are you interested in football?" "Since you're so interested in football players." "It's not for you." "Slackers!" "What are you doing?" "!" "All tired of living!" "Here we go again, Mr Commissioner?" "What do you mean?" "You know..." "You want some?" "No, thank you." "Poor cuckold!" "I don't like it either, Parigi." "Nothing original, everyone hates themselves." "But I despise it more than others." "Of course, I know that you and your files love each other." "Yes, I read every day the anonymous letters that you send me." "I do my duty of good citizenship." "Look at the third sex!" "Don't you ever say anything good about people?" "No, even though I support the "people," I don't like people." "I have to look out for the virtue of "the people."" "And what about me?" "You ...?" "45 years... 320,000 per month... appendicitis in 1965..." "Divorce in 1962." "Affairs.. regular." "You have a normal sex life." "Frequency: weekly." "Although not very crisp." "Damn nice!" "Can I try it?" "Her or the car?" "The Prefect's daughter always makes us lift our legs." "What do you care?" "You're not the Prefect's daughter." "If I were..." "I would not have made war." "That one behind me... she gave birth to her daughter in Switzerland." "Another teenage mother." "It was a boy of 3.4 kg." "She comes here often, the Prefect's daughter?" "Every day." "Let's see if you have the knack." "At that table is a whore and a pimp." "Do you see it?" "Look how she bats her eyelashes." "When she beats the two eyes, it's just nervousness." "But when it's just one eye, it means she wants it." "20,000 lire... and she gives it away." "Waiter!" "That one, he sleeps with his beautiful sister." " And what does this make you?" " You're looking at the blond too!" " It's my job." " And this is my hobby!" "That's why I know more than you." "Garibaldi, you bought a car?" "Hello, Commissioner." "Watch out for the ladder!" "When will you be done?" "Soon." "It works better with paper." "Anything new?" "Some guy hit a girl in a mini-skirt in the street!" "A real beauty, would make you go crazy!" "Really...!" "So this is a reason to jump?" "No, the passport department is closed!" "For dinner, I want a cold mullet!" "Commissioner, do you like zucchini." "We have some like this." "Tender!" "Tasty?" "Sublime!" "And how can you know?" "I allowed myself to take some..." "They were rotting." "Well, it is a sin to leave an abandoned garden." "Of course, you're right... but, uh, sir, where did Garibaldi go?" "Where do you think he is?" "..." "At the bar!" "I just saw him there." "Call me Cerveteri." "Right away, Commissioner." "Villa Zaccarin?" "I want to speak to Madame la Marquise." "At San Zulliano institute?" "What time will she be back?" "What kind of tie is that?" "No, not you, I'm sorry..." "No, thank you, I'll try later." "Later today, or tomorrow." "It's Cerveteri I wanted to see." "Cervetari is out on call." "What are you waiting for?" "You want something?" "Yes, Commissioner." "I'm listening." "I take this opportunity in Cerveteri's absence to muster the courage to tell you something." "Go on, tell me what's bothering you." "An order?" "Sure, sure, out with it." "Remember: honor, honor, honor." "Honor." "I have seen the first serious misconduct in thirty years of service." "Remember the investigation we did into the house where people had meetings?" "And you left the details to the discretion of Cerveteri?" "When we broke in, we found many prostitutes." "Out of these were one we did not expect to see." "Cerveteri's sister." " Put your tie back on." "You look like you just got out of prison." " Yes, sir!" "Coca Cola." "And what's the harm of a little chaser?" "What the hell?" "You know my sister?" "No." "May I introduce you to Commissioner Pepe." "Delighted." "How's the famous little sister?" "Why famous?" "Well, much has been said." "Much is said about me?" "Good or bad?" "It depends on your point of view." "I'm teasing you." "Your brother often tells me about you." "We must leave, my aunt is waiting for us." "She's likely prepared a cake of polenta and cod." "What?" "A cake?" "(Pepe) Then my father said ..." ""Listen, if you meddle again in my privacy" "I'll start to get in yours!"" "Sorry for boring you." "And the brother-in-law?" "What does he do for a living?" "Farm equipment salesman." "Then he travels a lot." "What type of guy is he?" "A good guy, quiet." "Between us, I find him a little annoying." "Your sister too, no doubt?" "I hope not ..." "Listen, Cerveteri ..." "Let's talk about something else." "From morning to night, we always talk shop." "You know that when my grandfather..." "Who put up these posters?" "We did!" "We do what we want!" "You have no right to belittle our ideals!" "Who gave you these ideas?" " Hey, Hey, have you read Levi Strauss?" " I want to know good things." "Outside of school, your authority is invalid!" "We'll settle this in class." "They are good at speechifying!" "It's a good excuse for not studying!" "I usually walk home from school, but today I'm escorted by the Commissioner." "What a honor!" "You do it out of respect for my father?" "... or because I interest you?" "How is your father?" "Good, thanks." "So now you look at my legs?" "Yes... in fact, no!" "What is that?" "It's a tattoo, with my blood type" "In the event of an emergency for a transfusion, that can be useful." "It's a good precaution." " But cover it." " Does a bit of leg disturb you?" "I thought police chiefs were vaccinated against this kind of temptation." "No, only against smallpox and tetanus." "It's nice that you're escorting me home, but you haven't answered my question." "Are you really not interested in me?" "Nothing is ever done for nothing." "Not even for a commissioner." "My reason is Oreste." "You know my fiancee?" "Well, I've read a lot about him." "We have a very beautiful file on him." "I see I'm in for a sermon." "No, come on, you're not my daughter, and you haven't committed any serious offence." "So am I on trial?" "It's just.. advice." "Is it OK with you if we stop here?" " Oreste, he's not a choirboy." "Do you like him?" " Sure." "So why do you accept to share him with another?" "Another...?" "It's what he does to sustain." "Who is she?" "We don't know everything yet." " And what if it's me who maintains him?" " It's more than that." "Don't play with that!" "The woman who maintains him has an extremely high income." "Which we call by a professional euphemism:" ""the fortunes of encounter."" "But if he really succeeds in being maintained, then he is more attractive than you." "I have no doubt, but the state of being maintained is also attractive." "You know Azouna, the managers of the Cavoure place?" "Wh..." "Is this an interrogation?" " A simple conversation..." " You don't have you the right!" "I'm walking home!" "I told them I would bring you home." "I want to get out!" "I beg you, let me out!" "... or I get undressed!" "Why do you say something stupid?" "Cover up!" "1969:" "It's the year of the empire!" "The rich industrialists leave for Switzerland with the dough!" "Come in." "I'll tell Mme. La Marquise you are here." "I'm surprised to find you with a book in hand." "Forgive me..." "Your time is valuable." "Come to the point, Commissioner." "If I have any advantage, it's that I'm in no hurry." "I can't say the same." "Please speak, because I must see my.. trout." "You have a fish pond?" "I'll accompany you..." "On the telephone, you said you wanted to speak to me about an application for a particular adoption.. a found child?" "How do your prune your vines, Mme. La Marquise?" "Have you come to see me as a friend or as a police chief, Commissioner Pepe?" "As a friend, of course..." "We all are a bit like little found children, aren't we?" "Some more than others." " What's the story?" " It's just..." "Curious things are happening in our northern village... which don't concern you, let me be clear." "Your activities are not related." "This is my only occupation." " Spawning time?" " Yes, now is the time." " Then you'll have fryers?" " Fryers?" "What are you talking about?" "Yes, the eggs become the fryers." "Don't you know your own trout?" "Your sense of humour doesn't amuse me, get to the point!" "There is some curious talk about "banquets" at the Zaccarin house... which would be normal if it were just some kids saying it." "But there's also some talk about "living tables."" "In Rome, it's called an orgy." "I knew this would happen." "It seems there's a lot of playing at your house... but not cards." "And cigarettes you don't find at the tobacconist." "You're going to get more gossip by spreading this scandal." "My house is respectable, and you have no idea who frequents it." "My relationships are high level." "Exactly, I don't doubt the high position of your clientele." ""Clientele" does not seem like an appropriate term." "Ah well, let's say "paying guests."" "Listen, Commissionier, I can make revelations about your own affairs." " Do not force me to speak!" " On the contrary, go ahead, my dear!" "At the right time." "Nothing we don't already know." "That, I doubt." "Who must pay will pay!" "My friends just like your high relations." "No favouritism." "I don't care what happens to me...but there are other things to consider." "We are a catholic industrial town, ... gourmets, athletes, scholars..." "I care." "The church, the factory, the kitchen table, the stage... they think only of that!" "That holds them, occupied by their own probems." "I really do sympathize." "They think of nothing else  and believe they're rightous." "The children are in a hurry to grow up and get started." "The adults are afraid of getting older, of having to cut ties." "The old men put all their hopes in a pill of youth  their wives seek younger men and the young women are looking for older men  wealthy, of course!" "All paths lead to Rome... so to speak." "I know where I'm going." "Gandolfi Gabriel, 46, widower, lawyer... with a habit of sneaking peeks into windows for the intention of a one-on-one." "This was reported by a complainant who was put under stress every morning by this offensive spectacle." "Contanti Jeremia, 42, married... entrepreneur in women's basketball." "His company has changed from an all-male culture, and now... and undermining the spirit of sport!" "P.S. The team in question is ranked last in the pool." "Beroni Edmondo, single, 26... brother of the aforementioned Edmondo who is linked carnally with his sister," "who filed a complaint against him, for obscene gestures, that his brother addressed to a person outside the family." "Do you think my nephews are really in danger?" "Really, I don't know." " It's on my mind." " I don't think so." "12, 13, 14, 15, 16..." "Have a game?" " You any good?" " I can defend myself." "To you... no, it's my serve!" " Sir?" " The blond who just went in..." "What's her room number?" "That's 12.. on the first floor." "Do you have some ID?" "You here, Mr. Le Comte?" "You too?" "I come here also." "I spend some time in the corner." "I just came in for some coffee." "Here?" "Can I buy you a cup?" "With pleasure!" "Mr Director!" "You're invited also." "Come!" "Excellent coffee." "Yes, but I drank the best in Rome." "Really?" "It depends on the quality of the water ..." "It has to be - "exact."" " Are you Neapolitan?" " Yes." "There's a gourmet in Naples?" " Not really." " Just the same, it's good." " Thanks a lot." " What's your name?" " Gervasio." "Dear Commissioner, I have to   back to town?" "Yes, that's it!" "You know how it is." "Thanks for the coffee." "I'll walk with you." "That's fine." "Don't get up, Mr. Manager." "I almost forgot, I have to make a phone call." "Oh, the phone is out of order." "It doesn't matter." "It's not serious." "The coffee may be good here, but I won't be coming back." "It seems that this hostel is home to a network of prostitutes." "Is that why you came?" "Yes, that's why." "Who would've thought...?" "Beautiful car, excellent choice!" "Say hello to your father." "What?" "You think I like to work at this hostel?" "Your teacher has vanished." "He came, took a coffee, and that was it." "What do you expect from me?" "My dear, you deserve that I arrest you." "But I'm really just trying to avoid you." "Because I am the Prefect's daughter?" "Because you're 17 years old." "Fifty-years-olds are less in demand." "Good comeback!" "This doesn't disgust you, to sleep with anyone?" "Do you think it would disgust me to sleep with you?" "Commissioner, come back to Earth." "Life is not a photoplay." "You need to change how you see things." "Yes, you probably have your reason." "There are other things that disgust me!" "Like, being the daughter of an honorable man," "having an honest and smart mother as an example, to be in good society and have to mary a high functionary." "My father has pulled strings." "Ugh!" "It makes me sick!" "With this career of yours, I don't think you can count on your father." "That's exactly what I want!" "Did you only come here to preach?" "Often the demands of my profession force me to act like a sanctimonious father." "The truth is that I please." "And it bothers you." "True, but I'm not here for that!" "Swear to me, by the Minister of the Interior..." "At the convent of San Zuliano, young girls take language classes ..." "One of them disclosed the strange habits of Sister Clementine." "She's not the Mother Superior, but the mother-in-charge." "She had the idea to organize small shows, which gave the opportunity to display tendencies which could not be erased." "She administered punishments, like sleeping on the floor." "Anna Lisa, come here." "It's hard on the floor ..." "At night, Sister Clementine brought the victim into her bed." "A cash bar without scruples found a way to supplement its income." "An auction takes place every morning." "It begins with a small starting price: 100 lire." "A little book circulates among the customers to register their bids." "200, 500, 1000, 2000" "The highest bidder has the right to go home with a beautiful girl after closing." "She lives with her parents, respectable people." "Naturally, a brief stop is taken on the way." "It seems that one time the auction was mounted up to 30 000 lire!" "Most of the time it doesn't exceed 150 lire!" "But ... the game is the game." "Even if one must work at a loss!" "Here, put the stopper on." "If we made a list of names, it would be as long as the phonebook!" "Even if some don't have a phone number." " Is the test tube leaking?" " No, it'll stop after a while." "Anarchy under the covers." "That's the way it is for them." "I was a bitch too, you know." "And I've never tried to hide it." "I followed my path, but with no escape." "So, is it good or bad?" " Certainly, bad." " Why?" "Just a little decency." "All work should be serious." "For me, it was a mission." "A true calling!" "These little creatures are cute." "Nowadays, girls want to the job AND have a clear conscience!" "So easy!" "These things bite!" "If I were asked what I did for a living," "I answered, "madam."" "What could I say?" "Housewife?" "Schoolteacher?" "Schoolteacher ...good job, right?" "It doesn't pay, though!" "It's a matter of choice." "The only animal that is a prostitute is Man!" "Do you think this cat would do it with another cat for some milk?" "Nothing in the world would make it oblige." "It's been over ten years you've been here." "Only now you discover all this?" "No, I knew long ago, but so far I've been able to ignore it." "It's Cementi, who's always in jail... and this wine dealer." "But on the morals of this city..." "What are morals, after all?" "We've just taken some measures, proceeded to make some arrests." "You want a light?" "No, thanks..." "I no longer smoke." "And then...?" "You don't give a damn!" "Let them all sleep together!" "Not so easy..." "This time it's gone too far." " This time, the top brass have given me orders to clean it up." " Pick that up, please." "Besides, I get paid for this work!" "Whoever is paying you, find out what he wants." "What about us?" "And when the bomb explodes ..." "This town has many good people beyond suspicion." "But watch out!" "Nobody will be spared." ""20 LIRE"" " What's with the diploma?" " Rome." "1940." "Someone who escaped that massacres, maybe a friend or relative  and now on the list." "I hope we're not there to see it all come down." "I want to be there!" "I won't lose a thing!" ""Instead of meddling in the affairs of others, why don't you find out why every month your lady lover, Miss Matilda Carrini, goes south to Milan?"" "You wrote this?" "No, I have too much respect for Miss Matilda to play like this." "This was luxury stationary chosen." "Good grammar." "Not an idiot." "Apart from that, what did you find out?" "What I can tell you is that there is more truth in an anonymous letter  than in a Chinese proverb!" "Speak, you bastard!" "You're starting to get unnerved, Commissioner." "The only harm that Matilda will do... she will do in Milan." "Far from here... out of respect for you." "Me, I thank you for the increase in pay but.." "It's not enough." "What is it, the evil in her?" "Insignificant." "She's well-built, that's all there is to it." "Women are vain, they're beautiful and want to show it off." "Some call it pornography." "Others, the artistic nude." "She works for a picture studio in Milan.." "Magenta Street." "If she knew what kind of service I do..." "But hey, I'm just that way." "Now are you happy?" "It'll be one more person to insult you." "For me, there's nothing worse than to have the esteem of the people." "If I did, what would I get?" "Compassion?" "Pity?" "Poor cripple!" "..." "Poor wretch!" "Compassion, no!" "Hatred ..." "Yes!" "The filth, the carrion ... and even the son of a bitch!" "I hold everything in contempt!" "Thank God I'm alive!" "I am validated!" "They care!" "In milan, she's not Miss Matilda but Miss Yolanda!" "The artist's name is Arsamore!" "Art studio Arsamore?" "Get me Miss Yolanda." "It's personal." "Do not cry over it... stop torturing your soul." "No.. more.. crying." "What a beautiful voice!" "Honestly, the tops." "You're so damn good." "Smart!" "Oh yes, say it again." "If only I knew where I put my spoon." "I would be a disciple all over again." "Faithful and old disciple..." "What do you mean old?" "You're not old!" "There you are." "Miss Matilda called you from Milan." "I said you weren't here." " What time did she call?" " Between "Tic Tac" and the weather." "If she calls again..." " What should I say?" " I'm not here." "Always telling tall tales!" "What a rotten job they did!" "It's ugly, all these crackdowns on people we know." "Besides the Cerveteri's, there are others?" "Yes, many." "And it won't even matter if the women are related to police." "I guess that's true." "What's wrong with you, Nino?" "I know everything!" "My dear Pepe, you have my full support." "Excellent work, very neat." "This will be very beneficial for your career." "I do my best in the face of ingratitude." "The duties of the police will always be without thanks." "It is sometimes necessary to open windows to ventilate a little." "And to open the eye that we so often keep closed." "Speaking of metaphors.. there is often agitation at elections because of the electorate." "As for the students, as they approach examinations, we want to catch up." "I thought you knew the real reason for this investigation." "You smoke?" "No, tell me more." "The judiciary is, by definition, impartial." "The police is a little less but always to good effect." "I'm making myself clear?" "I don't think so." "No?" "You see, to break such a scandal may cause negative consequences." "Then why?" "I'll explain:" "The sister of a deputy commissioner ..." "Your man." "The son of an earl which employs 2,000 "workers."" "A chief of a nationally-renowned clinic." "A high school principal, with a humanistic view." "The daughter of the Prefect." "The president of a charity." "Certainly, they are all guilty." "Maybe no more than most." "But it's a useful trigger to set off an earthquake." "The history of religion is delicate, and you may be more zealous of it, Commissioner Pepe." "One should never meddle in the affairs of the church, especially without a complaint." "Everyone knows this happens in the convents..." "That's why they are surrounded by thick walls!" "Have I provided a reason to spy?" "Sure." "Especially in the middle of election season." "Don't pretend you don't understand." "I do not ask you for classified information." "Just do your duty." "But you're about to be appointed ... to Divisional." "Meet your own goals, but consider certain things." "Send your file to the judge, Commissioner, but remove the names I've highlighted." "If you had been smarter,these names would never have appeared in the first place." "Bastards on TV!" "Slaves of the trifecta and the lottery!" "Morons of the first order!" " Mr. Antonio!" " I completely forgot..." "Some kids have brought this message." "It must be from Miss Matilda." "You want me to read it?" "You waiting for something?" "I return tomorrow at 18:30." "I miss you ..." "Kisses, your Matilda." "I know everything and I despise you!" "Whore!" "Look at the evidence." "The porn collection!" "Something for everyone!" "For you, sister.. a breast." "Matilda ..." "I know nothing and I don't want to know." "But Antonio, there are so many people, the world." "I don't give a shit about the people." "Get rid of them all." "All these respectable people!" "That is to say, "people to respect."" "Poor fools, unaware of anything except your own peaceful thoughts." "You're only small fry." "You'll have to pay!" "Someone has to pay!" "Otherwise, what are we doing?" " What do you want?" " The cod is ready!" "I hate it!" "Get rid of it!" "I'll put you on the list, too." "And it won't bother anyone!" ""Here lies Antonio Pepe, the Commissioner who wanted to heal the wounds of the world."" "And where is he?" "In jail, a poor prostitute of this town." "What bad language, goddam!" "And so I won't do it!" "You are respectable too!" "And you!" "And you!" "You too, Matilda.. or should I say "Yo-laan--da!"" "No one will be overlooked!" "You are all respectable." "Bring me the fucking cod!" "Coming up!" "Cold!" "Sunday paper." "Everyone in the vans!" "Arrest me too!" "We haven't seen you for two days." "Anything new?" "And you, you have something?" "The investigation, Commissioner..." "It's ongoing." "Which investigation?" "The dossier?" "Remember?" "Chief Cerveteri wants to know your decision." "Look." "In your opinion, is this city corrupt?" "Yes ... no ..." "Yes or no?" "I don't know." "Commissioner, your change." "My replacement will give you the answer." "If he is worse than me, he will suffer what I did not want to suffer." "And if he is better than me, he will do what I don't have the courage to do." "Of course, Commissioner!" "A small goodbye." "Shall I carry the bag to the car?" "What?" "You think you're better than me?" "I know how it would end." "They'd send me out to some island, far away, surrounded by water..." "And to a city there..." "like this one." "There would be sex, illustrious doctors, ladies of nobility... (continues as he walks)"