"THE SWEET LIFE" "Leontine, what is it?" "Look!" "It's Christ." "Where are they going?" "Where are you taking it?" "They're taking it to the Pope" "They want our phone number" " What has table sixteen ordered?" " The prince is eating snails" " And drink?" " Soave" "The prince's table?" "They're drinking Valpolicella" " Now, Giulio, I'll have a photo" " Out of the question" "Why tip him?" "I can give you all the information" "Manager, stop that photographer" "People are entitled to privacy;" "do I have to teach you?" "Come here, sonny" "Yes, you;" "I want a word with you" " There's no chair" " Squat" "Very naughty" "Because you're a naughty boy I'm going to smash your face" "I'm sorry, but I have a duty to my readers." "Publicity..." "Now she'll be in trouble with her husband" "Do I poke my nose into your affairs?" "You're not a journalist" "He calls this journalism" "Watch out, Marcello" "You'll kill me" " Has he come?" " Not yet, signorina" "When he comes, tell him he's an idiot" "Why don't you close this dump?" "It's unspeakable" "Hello, Maddalena." "Alone?" "Do you want to dance?" "Want a vodka?" "Everything's wrong this evening." "I'm going" "Shall I go with you?" "Your friends are poised to attack" "Marcello, where are you going all dressed up?" "Please leave me alone" "She's more photogenic than any actress" "The same every night; don't they ever get sick of it?" "You should be used to it;" "you're always in the news" "I'd like to live in a new city, never meeting anyone" "I adore Rome; it's a sort of jungle" "Warm, quiet, where you can hide yourself" "I'd like to hide, too, but I never manage it" " What now?" " Drive, or stay here" "Even Rome's a bore" " I need an island" " Buy one" "I've thought of it" "But would I stay on it?" "You know your trouble?" "Too much money" "And you have too little" "Still, here we are together" "Fine; the few who aren't complacent should stick together" "Don't worry, with your money you'll always land on your feet" "You really think so?" "I can't even stand on my feet" "I need an entirely new life" "Only lovemaking gives me the right tension" "Love gives me strength" "Long live love" "Annamaria, look at this" "That's not a car, that's an apartment" "Who's that?" "Liliana?" "I'm not Liliana." "Who are you?" "Who are you talking to?" "Liliana's gone to Milan" "Coming with us?" "A lady wants me to ride in her car?" "Shall I?" "We'll take her for a drive" "What for?" "No reason; we could take her home." "Do you know her?" "I don't think so" "I'm going to eat." "I'll wait for you" "Dip the lights, you idiot!" "See they treat you right, they're as rich as Onassis" "Coming?" "If it isn't too much trouble, you could take me home" "Coming with us?" "I live some way away" " Where do you live?" " Over at Dead Souls" "Whose car is it?" "Yours?" " Did he buy it for you?" " Her father did" "All my father ever did for me was beat me" " Have you met my father?" " You introduced me" " I forget where your people live" " Cesena" "By the sea?" "How goes it?" "How do you think?" "How's trade tonight?" "One customer:" "He gave me 1,000 and a pack of cigarettes" " Young or old?" " Who looks at their faces?" "Would you go with such a woman?" "Why not?" "She's no worse than many others" " Or don't you fancy whores?" " I do, sometimes" "Listen, Gregory Peck, let me in on your game" "Didn't you want to go home?" "So we're taking you there" "What were you thinking?" "Me?" "What should I think?" "Turn off the radio; everyone's asleep" "We're going" "Is anyone at home?" "What does she mean?" "You live alone?" "My cousin's away on a job" "Would you offer us a cup of coffee?" "With pleasure;" "I make good coffee" "But don't expect to find a palace, that's all" "Coffee" "Be careful, because recently a very nice gentleman..." "It's flooded again." "How can I live like this?" "The man responsible for this should have been an undertaker" "I suffer for my own sins and everyone else's" "You'd better go into the bedroom" "Go in there while I make coffee" "I just don't know the right people" "I've been waiting two years for a flat in a better district" "Maybe I should light the stove" "Won't you close the door?" "You want to make love here?" "I'll leave the coffee here" "You didn't fix a price?" "You're crazy!" "Should I have thrown them out?" "I hope they pay something" "I fix the prices here!" " Are they husband and wife?" " Oh, sure!" "Is there room for me to turn?" "You needn't turn; bear right at the bottom" "Thanks." "Can I give you a little kiss?" "Come back whenever you like" "Mind the bumps!" "What have you done?" "You're crazy" "Don't worry, Emma, I'll take care of you" "But why?" "Do you want to ruin me?" "Next time I'll let you die, I really will" "Rubini, did you bring that woman here?" "Giannelli, do me a favour:" "Don't write a word about this" "I can't tell you." "Just leave me alone" "Don't tire her, she must rest" "She can go home in two hours." "Meanwhile, see the police" "Emma, why did you do it?" "The police are waiting to see you" "I'll be back soon" "Sister, may I use the phone?" "Here's the film producer, Toto Scalise" "Is it true you've signed her for the spectacular..." "Don't let me get too close to her or I'll murder my old woman tonight" "Vivacious, beautiful Sylvia sinks her dazzling teeth into a tasty, typical Italian product" "A nice chunk of woman, eh, Marcello?" "She's escorted to the customs, where a great crowd..." " Was it a good flight?" " Very good" " Pass them, Marcello!" " How can we?" "Shut up!" "Do you think Italian neo-realism is alive or dead?" "Do you believe in friendship between peoples?" "I haven't had a chance to call before" "What do you think I'm doing?" "I'm working" "You're alone with her?" "There's at least fifty people here" "Swear it on your mother's head!" "I swear it" "Beautiful?" "Well, if you like American beauty" "She's like a big doll" "If I come there I'll scratch your eyes out" "Why don't you come home now?" "I can't" "I want to make love" "Thought of a story for her?" "She should see Saint Peter's and the Quirinale" "Are you going out?" "I'll wait for you;" "I'll be at home all day" "What would you like to eat?" "Shall I make some nice ravioli?" "I've got everything, except I must buy salad" "We could go to see a film, or stay at home" "Anything, Marcello, but do you love me?" "I must get more film from the car" " Where's she gone?" " She's got a built-in lift" "You are the first woman on the first day of creation" "You are mother, sister, lover, friend angel, devil, earth, home" "Yes, you're Sylvia the Home" "Why have you come here?" "Please go back to America" "Do you understand?" "What am I to do now?" "So our Robert is an artist, too" "I must talk to you" " Who's that madman?" " Frankie Stout, a divine actor" "Excuse me for a moment" "He's dancing with the lady" "Hello, precious" "Very good." "He's a wonderful dancer" "I think that the costume is incorrect" "I'll go and get her;" "give me her shoes" "Great idea, Marcello!" "Let's take her to Ostia" "We'll sell it worldwide, I'll give you fifty per cent" "To hell with your per cent!" "Marcello, you must tell me where you're going!" "Sergio's away, he won't be back till the twelfth" "Have you the key?" "He took the studio key with him." "Is it about a job?" "Yes, it was a job." "I'll phone him on the twelfth" "Never mind." "I'm sorry I disturbed you" "Is that lady the American actress?" "I can't take you home, that crazy girl wouldn't understand" "Understand" "Wait, I've got an idea" "Signorina, a call for you" "Marcello, are you sure this is the number you want?" "Maddalena, can I bring someone over?" "Who is the someone?" "Just someone." "What's wrong?" "Aren't you alone?" "Just imagine, I'm playing cards with my father" "What do you want?" "Nothing." "I'll phone again soon." "Excuse me" "Where shall I find milk at this hour?" "Where are you taking it?" "All the shops are closed" "What do you know about shopping here?" "Wait in the car" "Is there a dairy hereabouts?" "All right, Sylvia" "She's right; we've been all wrong about everything" "Hold it, I'll take one of you all" "Paparazzo, there's going to be a punch-up" "What next?" "The horse on the table and the girl on the ground" "Steiner" "I thought it was you." "What are you doing here?" "I'm rather at home here" "Father Franz has found a book I've wanted for ages" "It's an old Sanskrit grammar" "We haven't met for a long time." "How is your book going?" "I'm gathering material; you can read what I've written so far" "I read an excellent article by you recently" "I'm not flattering you" "It was clear, convincing;" "it had your best qualities" "You don't let the real you show often enough" "I don't think I'm a true writer" "I live nearby, why not visit us one evening?" "Can you spare five minutes more?" "Will it disturb you if I bring a friend?" "Father Franz has no fear of the devil, on the contrary" "He allows me to play the organ" "But not too loudly" "Never fear; at the worst you might hear some jazz" "I'm very fond of jazz" "I won't do it again, Father." "Will you try, Marcello?" "Sounds we have forgotten how to hear" "A mysterious voice from the bowels of the earth." "What shall I play?" "Whatever you wish, I trust your taste" "What did they say?" "How far away is it?" "About forty-five kilometres, I was told" "Emma, I can't stomach boiled eggs at this hour" "Eat it properly" "We should have come yesterday, before everyone else" " Have you a drop of coffee?" " I'm saving the last for Marcello" "I don't want a banana." "Emma, don't give me bananas" "Eat it properly" "Where are the children of the Madonna?" "Where's the field of the miracle?" "It's chaos, you'd better wait here" "Where are the famous children?" "Locked in the police station, for safety" "Take me with you." "I'll tell you what the communists did" "Where's the miracle tree?" "Down with the police!" "Keeping them in there is an abuse of personal freedom!" "I bet they're all upstairs" "Where are the children?" "Can I go home now, sir?" "A foreign lady paid you 200, so did the man in the car" "I ache all over." "I've caught a chill" "Now sit there, with the mountains in the background" "Are you pleased about the miracle?" "Your kids are Dario and Maria?" "Cry, that's good" "The Madonna remembers everyone." "Is this all right?" "You say this isn't a miracle" "I don't think so." "The Lord makes miracles, but they are few" "Couldn't this be one?" "I am convinced the children are in bad faith" "Those who see the Madonna do not seek profit by it" "Miracles are born in solitude, not in such chaos" "So, on the way to school what did you see in the tree?" "Who saw her first?" " You saw her together?" " No, he saw her first" "My nephew and niece; two angels" "She smiled, and she didn't touch the ground with her feet" "Did she say she was the Madonna?" "They don't really want to believe" " Was it really the Madonna?" " What difference does it make?" "Why do you say it makes no difference?" "It doesn't." "Italy is a land of ancient cults rich in natural and supernatural forces" "Everyone is influenced;" "whoever seeks God, finds him" "Have you come for a miracle, too?" "No, I'm here with my fiancé." "He's a journalist" "All these people, the shouting..." "it's all so much" "You three stay there, don't look at the camera and don't laugh" "Now let's try a shot of the children first" "Don't forget, they're small." "Can you get everything?" "There's my fiancé" "Go and eat now." "Everyone back in a couple of hours" "Bless me, Holy Mother." "Make my child better" "Cure him and I will worship you all my life" "A vast crowd has gathered here  in what was once a deserted, unknown field" "There are believers, there are the merely curious  including newsmen from all over the world" "There are hundreds of cars." "The night is damp, but starry" "We hear that the children are still in the police station" "No new orders have come from Rome" "Now let's hear from the children's uncle" "Tell us when they first saw the miracle" "My nephew saw the vision of the Madonna on the 1 5th March next year" "This year, you mean" "Emma, Rome has phoned to say the kids can come here" "They've been freed" "Stay here with this lady." "I'm going up there, to see better" " I'll come, too" " No, dear, stay with the lady" "Come down" "Wait." "I've only just got here" "I'll come up" "Tell the generator operator to stand farther back" "Make sure all the connections are good" "Marcello, why have you changed so?" "Why don't you love me any more?" "Madonna, if he marries me I'll come here barefoot every day to thank you" "But all I ask is that he loves me and is all mine, as he was" "My wife's down there somewhere" "Sometimes it makes me mad, and at other times..." "Heal me!" "Let me win the lottery!" " Rain" " That's dangerous" "The rain will shatter the lights!" "Kill them!" "The heavy rain has driven us back to the control unit" "There's the Madonna!" "The children are running about in all directions crying they've seen the Madonna." "The crowd's gone mad" "Now the children have set off in yet another direction" "There she is!" "Let me take care of them, they'll catch pneumonia" "The Madonna says build a church here, or she won't reappear" "The Madonna wants a church built here." "Now go home" " Leave her alone, Paparazzo!" " It's a great picture, Marcello!" "Leave me alone!" "There shouldn't be people like you!" "You're worse than hyenas!" " Where did you leave her?" " I don't remember" "He's dead!" "I'm Mrs Steiner, please do come in" "So this is Emma;" "I've been wanting to meet her" "How are you, Anna?" "This is Margherita; you know her abstract paintings" "You don't know it, but she is one of your great admirers" "It's no joke" "She doesn't read Italian, but she says you're very ornamental" "It may seem strange, but I feel I know you well" "If you know you love Marcello better than he loves himself you'll be happy" "The only true woman is the oriental woman" "Where was Eve?" "In the Garden of Eden" "That was in the east." "There love is truly..." " Why did you marry me, then?" " It was a great mistake" "At once mysterious, maternal, lover, daughter oriental woman crouches at your feet like an infatuated tigress" "Why doesn't he go to his orient?" "Won't you introduce me to Emma?" "May I tell you something?" "Hold tight to this man" "I say that for his benefit." "You ought to run, really" "The joy of being dominated, body and soul" "Meet Marcello and his fiancée." "You've heard me talk of him" "I agree with your ideas about women, you know" "The magnificent oriental women keep close to nature" "The nature they have conquered after centuries of civilization" "What's the purpose of civilization?" "Civilization means you no longer know how to make love" "Speak for yourself" "I envy you;" "I've followed your reports from all over the world" "I'd love to travel, to meet exceptional people" "To know women of all races, have children of all colours" "Like a bouquet of wild flowers" "Can't you think of anything else?" "What extraordinary memories you must have" "Memories don't satisfy a man of my age, I have plans" "He's extraordinary." "He's written many important books yet he still has the candour of a child" "Where does he find such optimism, such health?" "I'm always happy to see him;" "I wonder if I don't envy him" "You have a magnificent Morandi" "I'm fond of it; the objects are bathed in a reflective light yet they're painted with an almost touchable solidity" "One might say it's an art which leaves nothing to chance" "Steiner says you have two loves" "You can't choose between them" "Journalism and literature..." "don't be trapped" "Stay free, like me" "Don't marry anything, don't choose" "As in love, one must be chosen" "I read and liked your poems, so strong and concise" " Not a woman's poems" " What do you know about women?" "I prefer the style, it's the style of the future" "Clear, unrhetorical, without seeking to flatter" "I do a job I dislike, but I often think of the future's needs" "Yes, but we mustn't forget to live for today" "I believe that if one lives intensely a moment is a year, and every year makes one five years younger" "Iris, tonight you are an oracle" "An alcoholic oracle" "Friends, you think too much of the future" "But you are not like the rest of us" "What do you do?" "What would you like to do best?" "I don't know." "And you?" "I know:" "The three great oblivions" "Smoking, drinking, bed" " You call that wisdom?" " You don't understand my writings" "You are the true primitive;" "primitive as a Gothic steeple" "You are so high, our faint voices scarcely reach you" "If you saw me as I see myself, you'd know I'm only this high" "You are so high, our faint voices scarcely reach you" "If you saw me as I see myself, you'd know I'm only this high" "After that, it's an old recording" "Could we hear it?" "I don't want to bore you, it's nothing" "He recorded some sounds of nature" "Please play it again" "Why record them, if they're nothing?" "I found them beautiful" "I'm very fond of the recording" "Birds" "It's a forest" "What are you doing out of bed?" "Barefoot?" "You'll catch cold" "Your storm woke him up" "The truth is, you wanted to give me another kiss" "You say I'm boasting?" "All right, tell everyone" "What a child!" "What intelligent eyes he has" "Yes, when he hears something interesting he pauses to think then he bursts out laughing in delight" "For instance, he'll examine a flower very carefully then he'll laugh, because he understands it" "Just as you laugh when you hear beautiful music" "Now go to bed and I'll come and kiss you good night" "The girl's the opposite;" "she adores words and phrases" "A new phrase enchants her" "I've noted some which she made up for herself" ""Who is the mother of the sun?"" "Isn't that beautiful?" "A poet's phrase" "Does the boy sleep in your bed?" "He'd like to" "Sometimes he tiptoes into the bedroom and creeps between his mother and me" "He takes one of my fingers and squeezes hard" "You've no idea how sweet it is to fall asleep beside a child" "Have you known Steiner for long?" "Yes, but I've only been here three or four times, because..." "One day we'll have such a home" "Won't we make a good couple?" "We're made for each other" "Let me come here more often" "As often as you like." "What's the trouble, Marcello?" "I should change my world" "Your home is a sanctuary; your children, wife, books, friends" "I'm wasting my time, achieving nothing" "Once I had ambition;" "perhaps I'm losing it" "Don't be like me; salvation doesn't lie within four walls" "I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much of a dabbler to be a professional" "Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected" "I can only be your friend, I can hardly advise you" "But I could introduce you to people such as an editor so that you could devote time to your true interests" "That would be better than writing for semi-Fascist papers" "Will you think it over?" "Sometimes the dark silence of night weighs upon me" "Peace makes me afraid;" "perhaps I distrust it above all" "I feel it's only a façade concealing the abyss" "I think of the world my children will know" "It's supposed to be marvellous but a phone call by a madman can mean the end of everything" "We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art" "In such miraculous harmony" "We should love each other outside of time... detached" "I can't spend my life phoning you!" "I want to work in peace!" "Please stop that jukebox" "I won't tell you where I am, or when I'll be back" "Couldn't you keep your little voice down?" "Will you eat here?" "The food is good here" "Is it hard to learn to type?" "You want to be a typist?" "I'd like to" " Pretty, aren't you?" " Not really" "You know very well you're pretty" "Where do you come from?" "Not Rome" "Umbria." "Near Perugia" "What brings you here?" "Father works nearby." "After Christmas I'll go somewhere else" "Your brother?" "No, he's my helper" "Do they treat you well here?" "Yes, but I don't like the place much." "I'd like to go home" "I saw a car with a Perugia registration, and I cried" "Show me your profile" "You look like an angel from an Umbrian church" "Have you heard that before?" "Why do you laugh?" " Have you a boyfriend?" " Oh, yes, a boyfriend..." "Won't you write more?" "Can I start the jukebox?" "What do you want?" "Marcello, your father's here..." "he says he's your father" "Don't pull my leg" "He's eating, after looking for you for two hours" "It's true." "He's having dinner over there" "I've been in Rome all day." "I called your flat and the newspaper" "I was going, but a friend of yours told me to wait" "My work takes me all over the place, I only go home to sleep" "What brings you to Rome?" "I had to go to the ministry to sort some things out" "But how are things?" "You're looking well" "So are you." "How's mother?" "She gave me a letter for you;" "you know how she worries" "As you get older you worry more and more" "My dear son you could write more often, and come and see us" "I know, but there's so much going on" "She knows you?" "Is she an actress?" "Not her, Signor Rubini, she's only an extra" "What would you like, a gin fizz?" "What's a gin Fritz?" "My beer's all right" "Are there so many people here every night?" "At this hour at home everything's bolted and barred" "How do you like it here?" "Are you used to it?" "How's work?" "Does it pay?" "Journalism pays well if you're good." "I've been lucky meeting everyone in ministries, the Vatican." "I've got a car and a flat" "Who is the woman who always answers your phone?" "You're a man now;" "I'm not against a bit of fun" "But when it comes to marriage, that's a serious matter" "You spoke to the woman who comes in to do the cleaning" "So you found him at last" " You've met my father?" " We're buddies" "He told me to wait for you." "A photographer?" "Interesting work; artistic, in a way" " Do you work with my son?" " Alas, I'm stuck with him" "Any idea where the prince went?" "I've lost track of him" "Are you boys busy?" "Perhaps you've got appointments" "This is where we work" "People come here." "We write them up, photograph them." "My paper's up there" "You just sit here, do you?" "Do you want to see a film?" "I see films at home, there's nothing else to do" "Never mind, I won't burden you youngsters" "We have nothing to do, really" "How shall we spend a couple of hours before going to bed?" "There's only night clubs at this hour" "A friend told me of a place that wasn't bad" "Kit-Kat, or something like that" "The Cha-cha?" "An old place, do you want to go there?" "Just to see what it's like." "I'm not often in Rome" "Fine, invite your friend." "It's on me" "I'm the one who pays here" "We're going with my father" "Tell the boss I'll call him at home." "Jump to it, lads!" "It hasn't changed a bit" "Just a moment, were you here in 1922?" "No, I was in Turin." "I've only been in Rome a couple of years" "How about a drink?" "Would you like whisky?" "Let's do a story about this place, it's like a tomb" "What beautiful women." "What long thighs" "Have you been to Paris?" "I've been a couple of times" "Once I went to a place like this" "There was a girl with long thighs, like those" " and turned out to be a man" "Is your father alive?" "He can't be very old;" "what does he do?" "Nothing." "He gets under the feet of my mother and sister all day" "He kicks up a fuss to get money to go to the cinema" "That's not true, father" "Look who's here!" "I'm waiting to see my photo in your paper" " What's her name?" " Fanny" "Do you know her well?" "She's French" "You're a liar" "You're a swindler" "You're in bad company, sir" "Look here, he's my father" "We did promise her a photo." "She's really a nice girl" "I don't doubt it" "Shall we invite her to our table?" "Why not?" "How about a bottle of champagne, boys?" "Orangeade will do for her" "Veuve Clicquot" "I know champagne, I used to sell it to half of Italy" "Meanwhile, drink your whisky" "Champagne, and the waitress, too;" "what more could you want?" "I won't say hello to you two" "See how your son works?" "Nice work, eh?" "Take him back home" "But it's not true you're his father, you're too young" "Young lady, kindly do not talk of age" "Awaken not "the sorrow that presses upon my heart"" "Boredom makes us old." "I used to travel when I was young" "When I travelled, I felt like a lion" "Even now I could show these boys a thing or two" "But when I sit at home, I'm like an eighty-year-old" "Save your skill for Coca-Cola bottles, I'll handle champagne" "He's so beautiful, he always makes me cry" "To your beautiful legs, which I had the good fortune to admire" "And now we must drink another toast" "First I toasted your legs, now I must toast..." "I wasn't going to say anything shocking" "You know, your father is much more charming than you are" "Let's forget about that, young lady" "I'll show you a trick, then we'll see if you can do it" "When the coin drops from your forehead it mustn't touch your nose" "That's easy, it's a kid's game" "All right, now I'll tell you a story." "It's a funny story" "A lady sent her husband shopping" "For three shirts, six handkerchiefs..." "How do you call a woman's..." "Brassière" "But the man has a couple of drinks and forgets the shopping" "So when he finally gets home, the wife the wife asks if he's got everything" "He says he has, taking out his handkerchief" "His wife asks him where the six handkerchiefs are so he counts them out like this" "Then he counts out the shirts for her" "Finally, she asks about the brassière" ""Just a moment", says the man, here it is" "You don't need it, I prefer yours" "The champagne's gone, let's have some more" "This is a waltz, surely" "I'm doing fine, don't worry" "You know, when I was a boy my father was never home, he'd be away for weeks" "How my mother used to cry" "Sometimes I saw him so rarely, I didn't recognize him" "I was happy to see him tonight." "He's nice, isn't he?" "Very." "We ought to give him a good time tonight" "Perhaps it's not danced like this now" "Don't worry, I prefer this way" "You have wonderful eyes" " How should I take that?" " As the expression of my admiration" "I'm afraid you're like your son" "I'm like my son?" "It must be in the family" "No, your father's coming with me" "Marcello, follow us" "I go very fast, even if I haven't a British car" "Do you really want to eat spaghetti at her place?" "He wants to eat my spaghetti Bolognese" "Are you comfortable in my little thing?" "All right?" "Of course." "I'm in good company, leave me alone" "If you made love as well as I drive, you'd be satisfied" "My father's still a handsome man, isn't he?" "You certainly went the long way round" "Why didn't we come straight here?" " Aren't you getting out?" " I'm not coming" "Paparazzo, I'll leave the car;" "you can take my father back" "Tell him I had to go" "I had to go to the paper." "Tell him to call me before he goes home" "I'm going to take a walk to wake me up" "I've been waiting half an hour for you" "Your father's not well" "Maybe he drank too much." "I'm going to a chemist's; he has a prescription" "Paparazzo, take this prescription to a chemist's" " Which floor?" " The third" "Which door?" "Don't shout, this isn't a slum" "Switch off the light" "My friend's gone to the chemist's" "It's not serious." "Maybe I drank too much" "Of course it's not serious" "Would you like a glass of water?" "It suddenly came over him." "I was terrified" "Can I make coffee?" "Marcello wants us to stay out here" "What district is this?" " It's called Italia" " I don't know it" "Is it far out?" "When I used to come to Rome I used to stay at a little place near Piazza Fiume" " What's the time?" " Four" "There's a train at five-thirty" "I must get it; there's still plenty of time" "Why not come with me and rest a little?" "I'd rather go now, I can be home by ten" "You can go later" "I feel better now" "Please stay in Rome with me tomorrow" "Stay at the hotel if you don't want to stay at my place" "Which hotel are you at?" "I'm free tomorrow, we can spend the day together" "We can talk" "We never see each other" "I must go" "The taxi is here" "I called a taxi." "Where's my hat?" "You can send the taxi away." "Please stay longer" "No, I want to go home" "Well, son, it was nice to see you." "Don't forget to write" "Don't come with me, I'd rather go alone" "I won't let you play around with my wife!" "He's putting on a show for the women, that's all" "It's lovely;" "I'll find out what it's all about" "Nico, how are you?" "I'm going to Bassano, to my fiancé's castle" "Why not take me along?" "Paparazzo wanted to photograph you for a fashion magazine" "I finished modelling a year ago." "Enough's enough" " Any room for me and my friend?" " Try the next car" "Pity." "Well, see you at the castle" "Any room for two forlorn souls?" "You do take up with the most ghastly people" "After Capranica, drive through the olive grove" "Just follow" "Will there be many at your father's place?" "I hope not, so we can get to bed." "Only the fossils will still be up" "Our parties are like first-class funerals" "Your brother's gone hunting, I think" "Irene, take this dog-thing" "What's the name of the place?" "Bassano di Sutri" "What language are you speaking?" "Eskimo" "Good evening, one and all!" "What are you doing?" "Mind you don't upset everything" "You trollop" "Who invited you?" "The people brought flowers to their beloved chief's tomb" "May I introduce myself?" "I'm the third son" "The least important, of course" "Will you meet all the family, or have you had enough?" "She's only pretending to sleep" "Now let us climb our genealogical tree" "Father, meet Signor Rubini;" "it seems he really does work" "Nina, may I present a charming friend of my son?" "How handsome" "Aren't you a journalist?" "I'm drunk; will you put me to bed, Jane?" "Why not nurse me tonight?" "Lady Rodd, do you never bath these stinking dogs?" "They smell wonderful" "Our historic Irene." "I'm afraid she refuses to marry me" "Was he making up to you?" "No, I to him" "Are you that crazy to feature in the newspapers?" " Let's handle our own affairs" " And what are they?" "My first husband was a journalist" "He exaggerated, as I found out after my honeymoon" "Better exaggerated news than no news at all" "It's usually the public that wants the exaggeration" "I can provide news, if you wish, without any exaggeration" "I recognize the perfume" "Where did they find you?" "I'm fine." "I'm drunk." "Have you met Jane before?" "She's an American painter who treats Rome like a colony" "She has a fund of dirty stories, everyone wants to hear them" "The Montalbans" "Federica, the she-wolf; she likes to give suck to the young" "Gonfaloniers own half Calabria, and Rome's finest brothels" "Little Eleonora: 80,000 hectares, two suicide attempts" "Sanseverinos own a magnificent castle in Tuscany" "There's Giulio and Nico..." " she'll be a princess" "Don't frown; are we any better?" "At least they know how to do some things in style" "Who occupies the villa?" "It's unoccupied, although it's the most beautiful" "And I'm unoccupied, too, did you know?" "Is this the gynaecological department?" "Grandmothers, great-great- grandmothers..." "Beautiful women; they all have the same eyes, do you see?" "Maddalena, I've been thinking about you" "I don't understand you" "Neither do I" "But never mind" "If you want a serious talk with me, don't bother" "How's your girl friend?" "Are you afraid of serious talk?" " Or can you?" "Where are you taking me?" "The room of serious talk" "Have you ever heard me so clearly before?" "Where are you?" "Can you hear me?" "Where are you speaking from?" "Far, far away; as though a disembodied spirit" "I am still here, don't move" "Would you marry me?" " Would you?" " Yes, I'm in love with you, Marcello" "Since when?" "Listen." "Do you recognize this sound?" "Try to guess" " A kiss?" " For you, Marcello" "Would you marry me?" "Are you afraid to answer?" "Why ask me that?" "Are you tipsy?" "A little" "I love you, Marcello" "I would like to be your faithful wife" "To be your wife, and to have fun like a whore" "Tonight I feel I love you and need you" "Really?" "It doesn't matter if you're serious or only teasing me" "I love you;" "I'd like to be with you always" "You'd hate me in a month" "Why should I hate you?" "One can't have things both ways, but I can't choose" "I never was able to choose." "I'm nothing but a whore" "It can't be changed and I don't want it changed" "It's not true." "I know you are a remarkable woman" "Your courage, your sincerity..." "I really need you" "Your desperation gives me strength" "You'd be wonderful, because one can tell you everything" "Maddalena, can you hear me?" "Answer me" "Enough of this game." "Come back, I want to talk to you" "Come ghost-hunting" "Where's Maddalena?" "Tell everyone to be careful, the little bridge is rotten" "In 1922, during the March on Rome, I put up in such a castle" "My sister-in-law's ghost is a little girl with a candle" " Except it's not a little girl" " Nor a candle" "How can you say such things?" "I bet when I'm dead..." "Listen to the silence" " A light" " Reflections in the window" "You've no imagination." "Remember the legend of the hunchback" "Are there no electric lights here?" "Watch out for bats" "Bats?" "They're my best subjects" "Nico, mind the ghost doesn't lay you" "The door's locked; we need the key" "It should be down here somewhere" "I can't find it" "It's gone." "Let's go back" "No, let's break the door down" "When did you last come here?" "Two years ago." "Father won't let me convert it into a brothel" "The journalist will write us up as decadent aristocrats" "You're not that interesting." "But who brought Maddalena here?" " and now whores" " When was this built?" " Five centuries ago" " Who built it?" " Pope Julius II" " A pope in your family?" " Two" "Two popes, my love" "I'll be your guide" "Irene, I feel I could make love to you here" "You're like a vision, as though you'd stepped from a painting" "What a ruin" "It needs new beams" "Giulio, it breaks my heart to see everything collapsing" "But you care for nothing, you're always in Rome" " What can I do, father?" " It will be yours one day, won't it?" "I am your ancestor, Giulio" "Irene, if you see a ghost, run straight to my arms" "Try to be serious, or go away" "Is your aunt a medium?" "Her husband divorced her because he found ghosts in her bed" "I've met you somewhere; such a face is not easily forgotten" "I work; you could have seen me in some office" "You work?" " Don't be an idiot" " Christina's making me laugh" "I feel a power." "Countess, contact!" "There is a message for someone here" "What's that flickering light in the fields?" "It's a tractor, in summer the farmers work all night" "Summon Sister Edvige" "She's a nun who walks these rooms with her head on a dish" "Why don't you leave me alone?" "Please go away!" "Ask her if it's the one who came last time" "Your perfumed breath is in my lungs, your blood in my veins" "She's drunk" "My love" "Death!" "I want life!" "I want love, life, everything that lives" "Who are you?" "I want truth!" "With Giulio" "Giulio, there's a message for you" "That sow is in love with you" "Giulio, you can't escape my love" "That's enough" "Irene, we were only joking" "Irene, come here" "Who are you, poor soul?" "Why do you cry?" "I'll give you a little light" "What are you doing?" "You're crazy" "This is the first time I've seen the dawn" "Do you know my son?" "Let's go and eat spaghetti" "Eggs at 45 lire each?" "Never." "We'll buy our eggs in Capranica" "Are you still up?" "We'll come with you" "Did you sleep well?" "What have you been doing?" "We've been to the old villa" "Tell Francesca to come to Mass" " Who is she?" " The Prince's mother" "What have I done to be treated like this?" "Even a dog shouldn't suffer so." "Who do you think you are?" "If you loved me half as much as I loved you, you'd understand" "You don't understand because you don't love anyone" "You have no idea what real love is" "Have you?" "You're an egoist, with an empty, locked heart" "You just chase after women, and think that's love" "So you've said for four hours." "Enough!" "I want to go home!" "Not all men are like you, they don't roam around" "They're happy to have found someone who loves them" "You're the only one who chases around." "It's disgusting" "The most disgusting thing for me was meeting you!" "I can't bear you any more!" "Clear off!" "Leave me once and for all!" "Where are you going, idiot?" "Go away!" "Leave me alone!" "Get in" "What do you want?" "What are you waiting for?" "You're a miserable worm." "You'll end up alone, like a dog" "That's how it will be." "Who'll stay with you if I leave you?" "What will you do with your life?" "Who will love you like I do?" "I can't spend all my life loving you" "You always say I'm crazy that I live in the clouds, beyond reality" "But you're the one who's off course" "Don't you realize you've found life's most important thing?" "A woman who really loves you, who'd die for you" "You spoil everything" "You're always miserable, always unhappy" "When two people love, the rest doesn't matter" "What are you afraid of?" "Of you and your egoism" "Don't you see the wretchedness of the life you want?" "All you can talk of is cooking and bed" "A man who accepts that is nothing, a real worm!" "I don't believe in your aggressive, clinging, maternal love!" "I don't want it!" "It's no good to me!" "It's not love, it's suffocation!" "I can't live like that, I can't live with you!" "I want to be alone!" "Get out!" "You're a coward." "I'm sorry for you" "Be sorry." "You make me sick" "I won't go, I'm staying with you" "No, Emma, you are not staying with me" "You're a hooligan!" "Damn you, you lout!" "I never want to see you again." "Hitch a lift, you tart!" "Go to your whores!" "You can't go in" "It's a monstrous thing, Marcello" "He shot his two kids, then shot himself" "You can get in; say I'm your photographer" "Even if your paper pays less, it can have them exclusive" "A man says he was Steiner's friend" "His wife doesn't know." "She'll be back at one" "It seems that before he did it he asked someone to meet his wife at the bus stop" "Let's hear that bit again" "You are the true primitive" "Primitive as a Gothic steeple." "You are so high  our faint voices scarcely reach you" "If you saw me as I see myself, you'd know I'm only this high" "A friend of the family?" "Have you known him long?" "A close friend?" "Seen him lately?" "I was Steiner's friend, but I didn't see him often" "I don't know anything" "Do you know if there was anything unusual in his life?" "Any financial difficulties?" "Did he ever show suicidal tendencies?" "Hold yourself at our disposal, you could be useful later" "I'll see him and the children at the morgue" "Doctor, may we cover him?" "Are the photos done?" "Can we start on the children's room?" "I've got to meet his wife" "I don't know her;" "I must take someone who does" "I'll come" "If anyone comes from H.Q., tell them to call my office" "Please, lads show consideration, for once" "Tell your colleagues this is going too far" "Perhaps he was afraid" "Steiner?" "Had he been threatened?" "Not the way you mean" "Perhaps he was afraid of himself, of us all" "There she is" "Please come with me" "What's all this?" "Do you think I'm some actress?" "I'm Doctor Lucenti." "We must speak to you in private" "Has something happened?" "Please come to my car." "There's been an accident" "The children!" "Marcello, you must tell me what's happened" "You'll soon see the children." "Nothing serious" "Drive at the gates, break them down" "What colours!" "How marvellous" "Marcello's going to break the glass" "To Nadia, who has regained her freedom" "To the annulment of her marriage, her husband, everything!" "My experience of marriage returns me to my old friends charged with every desire" "Like returning to virginity?" "Annulment is a wonderful sensation" "Of course, you must be married first." "Do you agree, dear?" "Quiet, I'm hearing Lucia's confession" "Anyone who makes love in private insults me" "Don't laugh at them; one is the sweetheart of a senator" "Who brought them along?" "They'll never see Christmas, someone will murder them by then" "Marcello weren't you a journalist, or a writer?" "No longer." "Now I'm a publicity agent with great satisfaction" "I know you must make a living, but isn't this squalid?" ""A Greek profile, but his modern acting style..." ""...equates him with the modern actor, Paul Newman"." "You worm, Marcello!" "Admit you do anything to be interviewed" "Wouldn't you love me to write about you?" "It would ruin my career" "What would you write if I paid you another 50,000 a month?" "You're like Marlon Brando" " And for 1 50,000 more?" " John Barrymore" "And for a million?" "I'll tell you when I get it" "Why don't you go back to school?" "If he's hurt, you'll have to support him for life." "I saw you trip him" "Why did I come here?" "Madam, it's awful" "It's not as though we wanted to come here" "We're going, then see what sort of party you have" "This party's a bore." "Can't we have a little fun?" "For once you're right." "Why not strip?" "Not you, your chest's too intellectual" "Put on The Persian Market, I'll strip to that for you" "We've all seen you naked" "I'm good at it" "I haven't seen you, but here's my suggestion" "Let Caterina do the strip" "She's professional, too much technique" "I'll go back to what I was doing" "Let the hostess strip" "With pleasure" "Nadia, if you're serious, I'll give up smoking" "Play Patrizia and I'll turn down the lights" "Our first strip is to inaugurate dear Nadia's new life" "One must set a good example" " It's stupid" " That's why I'm doing it" "You got a bargain, Marcello;" "that's a good, fast car" "Not that I remember" "I couldn't understand what the lady said" "She asked if you liked me" "I claim that, Nadia!" "Give it to me" "Yes, you got a real bargain." "That's a beautiful car" "Can't you see no one's interested?" "Embarrassed?" "I'm having fun" "You haven't the courage to go through with it" "You'll see" "Nadia, you should have taken off the bra next to last" "Take the slip off under the mink" "Sorry, I don't understand" "Well, she really means it" "Ruggero, stop sulking, you don't deserve such a woman" "This is it, Nadia" "This is the moment" "How could her husband ever let her go?" "Nice, eh?" "Really marvellous" "Here's Riccardo!" "It's his house" "Hello, you sons of bitches" "We must celebrate Nadia dropping a millionaire husband" "What do I care about the stupid woman's annulment?" "I don't want any publicity gossip, either" "We phoned you and you said you couldn't come." "Kiss me" "Which joker broke the window?" "I must go to Nice tomorrow." "Everyone out in half an hour or I'll kick you out" " Have you phoned that Chinese?" " No" "All out in half an hour" "Go to Nice, we're staying." "We're all friends, aren't we?" "Why don't you amuse us, intellectual?" "I'll raise your salary" "Nadia did her best, but the party's still cold" "You think of something" "I have a thousand two thousand ideas" "I could entertain you for a week, if you do as I say" "Whatever you like" "First, pull the curtains, we'll stay in here; all nice and intimate" "For a start, I propose to make love with our American dancer" "I bet you've never done it." "Ever had a man all to yourself?" " What's he up to?" " Nothing, he's drunk" "We must be hospitable to foreigners, our duty to tourists" "Shall I choose for you?" "Tito will give you love's first delights" "We've done nothing yet, we're cowards." "Play music" "Do you think he's male?" "Do your best to make a woman of her, Tito" "The Tunisian girl will give our lawyer new memories to live on" "Use all known methods; stay with him till you're exhausted" "Thanks for a lovely party" "No one leaves before dawn" "Impotent artist and man, jump the fence when I turn off the lights" "Tonight you can get together with little Mario" "Lisa, who paints so that she can sleep with her models..." "You've gone far enough" "I'll boot you out of here" "Who invited you, anyway?" "I'll amuse you, the party mustn't end." "We'll stay; maybe someone will come" "That's a new one" "You're dying to make love with me" "You've never had a real man, so you take it out by singing four little songs" "I'm sorry for you" "Even petty crooks don't do that" "You're drunk, but beg her pardon." "Beg everyone's pardon" "I want to thank all my friends for aiding my wonderful career" "A speech in gratitude" "Who do you want to thank?" "And you, my chubby country girl I bet you're from my part of the country" "Show this bunch of impotents how sturdy you are" "You came to Rome to make your fortune?" "But I was very unlucky" "Water." "She's not well" "Andrea, start putting out the lights" "Riccardo, sign a cheque for me." "I'm working on a film" " And you've spent the fee already" " We'll pay you back in two weeks" " Riccardo, give me a lift" " I'm not going to Rome" "It was hard to find a place for the swimming-pool" "Take that poor girl out for a breath of fresh air" "Shall we make you a beautiful chicken?" "I bet you're from Fano" "What are they doing with that girl?" "Do you want to dance?" "These are real men's jokes" " Let's visit the painter" " He's away with his wife" "Let's hitch-hike" "No, I want to be alone;" "I feel very sad" "So do I" " How do I look?" " Like a trollop" "You were cruel to Odette" "I did leave her the apartment" "Who's that poor girl?" "I've got a tummy-ache" "It's daylight" "My watch has stopped at two." "What time is it?" " A quarter past five" " I must be in court at nine" "It was a lovely party, but enough is enough" "Pleasant journey, Riccardo" " Riccardo, I'll call you tomorrow" " I'll phone when I get back" "Congratulations, Nadia." "I should have said that earlier." "To both of you" "Now the grand finale:" "Our lawyer!" "What's that down there?" "Nature!" "Dawn always has such an effect on me" "I felt so pretty, all made-up." "Now I feel all sticky" "I've lost interest in all this." "I want to go, to do penance" "But others soon fill the places of those who go" "Two go and ten fill their place" "By 1965 there'll be total depravity" "How squalid everything will be" "This fish is worth millions" "Come and see the monster!" "Caterina, go back and get the camera" "Its mouth is full of jellyfish" "It's alive" "It's been dead three days" "Is it male or female?" "Do you think he'll sell it to us?" "Where's it come from?" "Australia?" "Can anyone tell which is the head and which is the tail?" "Yet it's still staring"