"ON MY LAND, WHAT I HAVE WILL HELP ME LIVE MY LIFE." "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed, be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven." "Give us this day, our daily bread." "And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." "Amen" "Now." "Tonight we'll read John, Chapter 10, verses 1-16. "The good Shepherd. "" "You'll find it in the hand out that I prepared for you." " Do you want to read first Giovanni?" " Okay." ""I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen"" ""by the gate, but climbs in by some other way,"" ""is a thief and a robber." "But he who enters through the gate of the sheep pen"" ""is the shepherd. "" " Elia!" "Just a minute." " Good evening." " Hi." "Would you like to stay with us and read tonight's Bible passages?" "No, Mum, pray for me as well." " Bye!" " Bye." "I'm sorry about that, do please continue, Giovanni." ""The watchman opened the gate and the sheep listened to his voice. "" ""And he called his own sheep by name and led them out. "" "PIER VITTORIO TONDELLI "THE OTHER LIBERTINES"" "Did you sleep?" "I didn't, it was so hot last night." "Here!" " Hi, Nana!" " Hi, Elia!" "Come over here a minute!" "Give your nana a kiss." "You're so skinny, you need to eat more." " Yes, Nana, I do eat." " Did you sleep well last night?" " No, badly." " I couldn't sleep either!" " I've got to go now." "Bye, Nana." " Bye bye." "Come back and see me soon!" "Maria, do you remember Emilia?" "Elia!" "She looks so pretty!" " Yes!" " She has always been pretty, but now..." "Come quickly!" "Come over here!" "Gosh, I've known you since you were this high." "I wanted to introduce you to my son Elia." "This is..." "Emilia, the girl we've been waiting for." " Nice to meet you." " Hi." "This is Vittorio and Caterina's granddaughter." "Don't you remember her?" "What are you doing these days?" "Studying?" "Or working?" "I'm writing my thesis for my degree." "Be careful, there's stuff on the floor!" "Sorry it's always in a mess round here." "I'm used to mess, don't worry." "Elia." " Can I put my bag down here?" " Yes." "That's fine." "Here." "You can use these gloves if you don't want to dirty your hands." " No." "I'll just come as I am." " Okay." "If you change your mind, they're there in the first drawer." "You don't need much else." " Have you already harvested grapes?" " Once..." " No, twice, with some people I knew." " Perfect." "But they're dead now." " I'm sorry about that." " I'm not." "They never paid me." "Were they... young?" "Why do you care?" "I'm just curious." "I don't know." "I think they were..." "Let's just say that it was the right time." " Better that way." " Well, I don't know, better no!" "Another thing..." "Be careful not to crush the bunches when you put them in the basket" "With this heat they'd start fermenting straight away." "It must be beautiful living in the country." "I've always wanted to." "It's all so... dirty!" "The wonderful smell of the country air..." " Do you like it?" " Yes, I was born here." "But it's not exactly perfumed around here." "There's a stable there." "Yes, Well, I meant..." " What's that?" " What?" " How do I look?" " Good." "Really?" " I don't seem a bit mad to you?" " No, it looks good on you." "Keep it, it's a present." " Really?" " Yes." "Thank you." "I wasn't sleeping." "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you." "No problem, you're not." " Are you hungry?" " No." "Because my Mum has made some food for you." " I don't want to eat today." "Thanks." " Okay." "But, if you had a cigarette..." "A cigarette?" "Yes, a fag, tobacco, a smoke, how would you like me to say it?" "Death!" "It's just I'm not meant to smoke." "Yes." "Just like you're not meant to have a wank before going to bed." "I've got some in my room." "Shall I go and get them for you?" "Maria!" "Food's ready!" "Damn!" "You've got this far already, good?" "Wait a minute, let me help you." "Come down slowly." "Yes that's right." "Slowly." "There we are." "Elia!" "Be careful!" "Lucky you're not my dealer!" "Sorry, I finished them yesterday evening." "Don't worry, I've got some myself." "Would your old man mind if I smoke here?" "Yes, I think so." "Have you got a lighter at least?" "Not here." "Here!" "Thanks." "Do you want one?" " My parents don't know that I smoke." " Oh, really?" "Thanks, Elia, for the drag!" "Good evening, William!" "Did you hear that accent?" "Don't tell your mum about this!" "Listen, you can go." "We'll finish off here now." " Really?" " Yes, we've nearly finished." "Okay." "Great, so see you all tomorrow." " Bye." " Good evening." "Bye!" "Bye!" " Good evening, Maria." " Good evening." " Come on, I need that ladder!" " Okay." "Just a minute." "Good night, Nana!" " Have you already finished?" " Yes, I'm not hungry anymore." "But there's another course." "Do you want some cheese?" "No, no." "Night!" "This was my father's car." "But I know how to drive it!" "Italian music?" "Do you listen to it?" "What do you listen to?" "I..." "Yes, I..." "I used to listen to the usual songwriters:" "De Gregori, De André, Guccini..." "De Gregori, Guccini, De André..." "The usual." "Also Battisti." "At school parties, when I was younger, when I was in middle school." "And writers..." "Tondelli, I'm reading at the moment." "Tondelli I'm reading at the moment, he's on my bedside table." "I've got the book on my bedside table." "I've read Palandri." "And you?" "Thanks for yesterday!" "Children always think their parents don't know anything, but that's bullshit!" "How long have you been smoking?" "I think it was after the end of middle school." "It was my boyfriend who got me started." "And I just never stopped." "Well, it wasn't really that he let me try it, he forced me to try it." "Nice guy!" " What?" " No, nothing, nothing!" "Well he was cool then." " I don't think I can reach these ones!" " Leave it." "I can do that later." "So, you've been doing that since middle school?" "I mean, your first boyfriend, you had in middle school?" "No, I already had one before that, in primary school." "But it was nothing serious." " What year are you in?" " I'm about to start upper sixth." " Have you already fucked?" " What?" "No obviously not!" "Why do you say that?" "Because you look like someone who likes to wank." "Or maybe you're a catholic?" "I'm not a Catholic!" "So, on the other hand, you had sex at 10 years old?" "No." "At your age more or less." "With the guy that made me smoke!" "Do you have a girlfriend, Elia?" "No, I don't have one." "Is that obvious to you as well?" "You'll have one." "You're a good looking guy." "Are you tired?" "A little bit, yes." "Ah, it's a good life here." "You are strange you townies." "You love the country, but... you never stay for long!" " You're right." "So bourgeois!" "And that?" "That was our father's car." "It was Samuele's first car." "In a year it'll be mine." " Do you want to get in it?" " Yes." " Have you ever been to Paris?" " No, never." " Have you?" " Yes, last year, for the first time." "With my boyfriend." " Would you go back?" " I would love to live there!" "After my degree, just to try you know." "My friend works in a bar." "She says they're always looking for people." "I just need a change." "And your boyfriend?" "If he wants to, he can come to," "Otherwise he'll have to wait for me to come back." "Bugger!" "Now I have to go and clean up my room!" "My mother is such a dickhead!" "Doesn't she realise she'll never turn it in to a church!" "Really, is she that catholic?" "My name is Elia, and my brother is Samuele." "What do you think?" " And your dad?" " Well..." "If it was left to him we'd probably have been called Palmiro and Enrico." "Maybe it's best that it wasn't up to him if I ended up getting Palmiro." "Definitely..." " And where's Samuele now?" " He is studying in Bologna." "I say studying, he's nearly 30 so..." "He's always travelling around Europe, he sends us postcards every now and then." "Think he writes for a music magazine." "We haven't seen him since last Christmas." "He doesn't do shit!" " What are you up to this evening?" " Nothing." "Would you be up for drinking a beer?" "I don't feel like studying?" "Okay." "See you later!" "Hi." "Hi." " Which way is it?" " Which direction?" " I only managed to steal this one." " Thanks." " Is this where you bring your girlies?" " No!" " I've only brought one girl here, once." " Ah, you see!" "How did it go?" " Did you kiss her?" " No!" "No." "Of course not!" " I didn't manage to get that far." " I can't believe it!" "This is the perfect place for seduction." "Yes, but she was shy, and she already had a boyfriend." "Who cares about that?" " She came here with you, didn't she?" " Yes I know, I know." "Do you still like her?" "Yes." "Well, I don't know!" "Oh, you guys, you're always so undecided!" "Do you think about her?" " Every now and then, yes!" " Then you like her." " Where is she now?" " In Cesenatico, at the seaside." "When she comes back, tell her that you thought about her." " She has a boyfriend!" " Who cares!" "It's actually better that way, she'll already be tired of him." "How do you know?" "Elia..." " The cigarette." " What?" " I don't have a lighter." " What a surprise!" "In my pocket." "Should I get it?" "It's not there." "In the other one." " It's not there either." " Isn't it?" "Sorry." "And now?" "What will we do without Enrico?" "With Craxi there, what a dodgy guy he is!" "I don't know." "There must be some other honest men in that group?" "No." "Not really!" " Comrade!" " So, how's it going?" "Go on, William, go and get some wine." "It's worth it?" "Hey, chuck!" "Hi." "This is Emilia, do you remember her?" " Is that you?" "What are you doing here?" " I need some money!" " Hi, Sam." " Hi." "How long has it been since we last saw you?" "I think it was Christmas." "No, it can't be, that's far too long!" "You made me jump when you screamed." "Don't be so silly!" " No, thank you." " Come on, just have a drop." "Let's raise our glasses to Samuele." "Yes, for not having been lost forever." "Wow, it's incredible that all my stuff is still here." "My records, the posters..." "You can tell which is my half of the room and which is yours." "Can you lend me a pair of pants and I'll give them back to you?" " In the drawer." " The first one?" "And what do we have here?" "Cesenatico..." "You've never been there." " Is it a girl?" " Leave me alone." "Listen..." "Here you can have these." "If they fit you, you can keep them." "White ones?" "They were probably mine once upon a time anyway." "God, they must be at least 10 years old." "Even the mess is the same." "What are you reading?" "Ah, Tondelli!" "Wow!" " Didn't I lend you that as well?" " Yes." " He's from Correggio, did you know that?" " No." "He also wrote for "Linus," one of the magazines I write for." "He was a great writer, and a big puff!" "How's it going?" "Just the same." " "Here's the truth" looks well?" " Yes." "Mum is good, she's still on her religious trip." "Is the old man still lost in the world of "Unità"?" "Yes." "Even if lately he's really been suffering for the death of..." "Of the dearly departed Enrico." "Yes, I read about that before I left." " He reads those pages every evening." " Well why not?" "He was a good guy." "One of the few." "And you?" " How are you?" " I'm the same as always." "I've interviewed a few people, quite big names..." "Not like here!" "You're still practising that instrument?" "Well, here and there, a bit when I have time." "Here." "This is my what I use for work." "I might write a few articles to make some money before going back." "Look." "This is for you." "All the way from..." "London!" " Thanks, Sam!" " No problem." "Put it on, listen to it." " Will you go back?" " I hope to." "You should come and visit me you know?" "I really missed this old place." "It's an incredible place!" " Do you want a drag?" " Yes." "There are some great people up in London." "What type of people?" "Boys, girls, good times..." "Come on, come and visit me." "Emilia..." "All around the 284 columns of the square young people stuck up posters with drawings in favour of peace." "At midday, the young people were met by the Pope who came out on to his balcony and exhorted them to keep working for a better world, full of friendship, solidarity and love." " Hi, Maddalena." " Hi, Giovanni." " Is everything ok?" " Yes, thanks." " Hi, sorry I'm late." " Hello dear, don't worry." "Tonight's meeting we'll be held in my mother in law's room, upstairs." "I'll follow you up." "Make yourselves at home." " Do you know where your brother is?" " No, I don't." "I guess he's around somewhere, he's not two years old." "Calm down." "Come with me, Maria." "But no one has seen him!" "Don't worry yourself about him." "Just keep watching television, don't mind us." "Comrades, put all your efforts" "in the last few days" "before the election in a last great burst" "which the communists have always managed to pull off at crucial moments..." ""There was a man who had two sons. "" ""The younger son set off for a distant country"" ""and there squandered his wealth in wild living. "" ""After he had spent everything, he began to be in need. "" ""So he decided to set out and go back to his father. "" ""But while he was still a long way off,"" ""father saw him and was filled with compassion for him. "" ""He ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. "" ""The father said to his servants,"" ""Quick!" "Bring the best robe and put it on him. "" ""Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. "" ""Bring the fattened calf"" ""and kill it." "Let's have a feast and celebrate. "" ""But the other son, when he found out, said to his father,"" ""All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. "" ""Yet you never gave me even a young goat"" ""so I could celebrate with my friends. "" ""But when this son of yours"" ""who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home,"" ""you kill the fattened calf for him!"" ""My son, the father said,"" ""you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. "" ""But we had to celebrate and be glad,"" ""because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again;"" ""he was lost and now he is found. "" " Thanks." " Thanks to you, William." "Maddalena, come here!" " Are you leaving?" " Yes." "Okay." "Wait a minute." " Come back and visit us when you can." " Yes." "I'd love that if I'm passing." " Bye, sweetie, thanks for everything." " Thank you." "Say hi to your folks for me and look after yourself." "Of course I will." "Arrivederci." "Bye." "Bye." "I heard about your brother." "Anyone could have predicted it." "Once a bastard, always a bastard." "So you know each other well?" "Yes." "Since when?" "Do you remember the guy with the cigarette?" "Him?" "Fuck, why didn't you tell me earlier?" " Why should I?" " Because he's my brother!" " You don't seem very brotherly." " Well, exactly." " When were you together?" " I don't remember." "Two or three months, we were just kids!" " Is it really so important?" " No it's not." " I don't give a flying fuck." " Well, I wouldn't say that." "And anyway, today we're nothing to each other me and your brother." "Why, sorry?" "Elia..." "Your brother doesn't like women." " No?" " No." "Anyway..." " That's not the point." " What is the point then?" "I told you before, you guys you are so undecided." "Thanks." "Tell her you thought about her." "See you soon, Maria!" "So you managed to add to the confusion, didn't you?" " What?" " Bye."