"We're going, Gegè!" "Where are we?" "In America." "We're about to land." "Watch out for that dog." "We don't want to crash." "Help!" "Gegè..." "Gegè!" "Gegè!" " Where are you going?" " To the square." "If you see Gegè, tell him to return home immediately;" "he has his head in the clouds, He always makes me worry." " Oh, Mom." " Are you coming with me?" " Where to?" "To look for my brother." "A chickenshit's dog!" "He's shitty, too." "He dirties our village." " He must die!" " Leave the dog alone!" "Move over." "He's not shitty!" "Move over!" "Leave the dog alone!" "I told you to move over!" "It doesn't exist." "It doesn't exist." "It doesn't exist." "It does exist!" "How nice!" "I see the stars!" "How nice!" "I see the stars!" "How nice!" "I see the stars!" "I see the stars!" "I saw the stars!" "Mom, I saw the stars!" "I saw the stars!" "I saw the stars!" "Sasà punched me and made me see the stars." "You rascal!" "What Sasà!" "You've been fighting again." "Rascal!" "Lock yourself in the toilet." "I'll show you the stars!" "You rascal..." "Look what you've done!" "Bring me a rag, quickly!" "You want me to die!" "You scoundrel!" "That's all I need." "With all I have to do..." "You'll make me die." "You'll make me lose blood and also my soul." "Bring me that bucket." "Go lock yourself in the toilet!" "I'm always getting the blame here." "Open this door!" "Gegè, get out for a moment." ""You'll make me lose blood and also my soul."" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Oh Virgin Mary!" "What have you done?" "Raise your arms." "Let me see." "Luckily it's nothing, huh?" "You'll make me die." "No, Mom, I don't want you to die." "I don't want you to lose blood." "You misunderstood me." "I didn't mean anything by it." "No, I saw the dirty clothes in the hamper." "Yes... but that's not good blood." "It's bad blood, which we women lose when we're not expecting babies." "Expect another baby, then!" "Sometimes we suffer even if we're not expecting a baby." "So it would have been better if I hadn't been born?" "But what are you saying, Gegè?" "It's a good thing that you were born." "That's it!" "Now, with this thing on, you look just like a man." "You like it?" "Go play!" "I'm not going to play with this thing on." "I'd rather go to jail." "Well, do as you wish." "I've got to prepare supper, huh?" "Bye." ""From the beach to their ears..." "" comes a rustle of the waves..." ""which gently caress the sand." """ " So do you love me?" " Yes, I love you very much." """ " How much?" " As much as all these grains of sand." """ " And how much do you love me?" " As much as all the drops in the ocean!"" "Mom!" "How many drops are there in the ocean?" " Many!" " How many?" "Billions of billions of billions!" "Gegè!" "Gegè!" "I killed him, I strangled him!" "Whom did you kill?" "Sasà." "He shot the dog with an arrow." "I was so angry I saw red, I got as strong as a lion." "I jumped on him and put my hands around his neck... until they told me to let go of him, because he was dead." "Pasqualino, are you telling me one of your usual lies?" "I wish it were a lie." "Unfortunately it's the truth." "However, I acted in self-defense." "The law is on my side." "Gegè!" "Gegè!" "Get out, I have to poop." "What a nice plane!" "When I grow up I want to be a pilot." "Gegè, look: there is Sasà's ghost." " Ouch!" " You're trembling, huh?" "When you see me, you must turn pale as if you were facing death." "Kneel down!" "And sing "Volare" for me!" "♪ Flying, oh oh Singing, oh oh oh oh" "♪ In the blue painted blue." "That's enough!" "Piece of shit!" "I shit my pants." "I shit my pants!" "7 × 11 = 77." "Gegè..." "How come you're so late and not wearing your apron?" "I left my satchel at home." "On the way back I fell into a puddle." "You're always with your head in the clouds." "Go and sit down." "You killed him, huh?" "You're just as false as Judas!" "Eh..." "I had killed him." "It looks like he resurrected." " He has 7 lives like a cat." " Pasqualino!" "Since you like to talk so much, tell me how much 9 × 11 is." "Come forward, stand up..." "What did you say?" "11 × 1?" "I asked you how much 9 × 11 is." "Pasqualino... well?" "99." "That's correct." "Sit down." "Lucky bastard!" "Gegè..." "Tell me how much 11 × 11 is." " 121." " Very good!" "Now it's getting a bit more difficult." "Tell me how much 11 × 12 is." ""From the beach to their ears comes a rustle of the waves," ""which gently caress the sand."" " So do you love me?" " Yes, Gegè." "I love you very much." "How much?" "As much as all these grains of sand." "And how much do you love me?" "As much as all the drops in the ocean!" "And how many drops are there in the ocean?" "Billions of billions of billions of billions!" "That's correct!" "A+." "And now... kiss me." "Hey, Gegè." "Laura's boyfriend." "Laura's boyfriend." "Children, now I'll give you your homework." "May I?" "Children, stand up." "The headmaster." "Children..." "We've been told that the President of the Republic will visit our village." "Let's give him a good impression." "Perhaps they'll build us a school at last." "Madam teacher will choose one of you... to recite a poem in front of His Excellency the President." " Good work." " Thank you, headmaster." "Children, sit down." "I will now choose one of you for the poem." "It will be..." "Gegè." "But I have to help Pasqualino with his homework." "Don't worry, you'll both come to my house, and I'll help you." "Okay?" "Okay, kids." "Class is over for today." "Dad, when will you teach me?" "Sooner or later I'll teach you, don't worry." "Pepè?" "Here you go." " Gianni." " No, no." "Gianni, eat!" "This blessed child isn't eating anything." "Antonio, please say something." "Look, if you go on like this, we'll take you to the hospital." " Please Dad, I don't like it!" " You have to eat!" "Never mind, don't worry." "Spilling wine brings luck." " Not to me, I'll have to wash the tablecloth." " No big deal!" " You must scold him, because today he caused trouble ." " Really?" "And what did you do?" "Well?" "Pasqualino had told me yesterday... that he had killed Sasà, Don Ciccio's son." "But this morning, as I was going to school, he stood right there." " Alive." " Really?" "My heart was pounding and I crapped my pants." "How rude!" "Do you have to say such things at the table?" "Leave him alone!" "Damned mine!" "Damned silicosis!" "When's your turn for hospital, Antonio?" "How far up the list did you get?" "Yesterday I was number eighteen." "This morning they called me from Conversano, and they told me that someone died." "Look, why don't we ask Don Ciccio for a favor?" "No." "I don't want anything to do with him." "You're right, Dad." "He's even worse than his son." "So I'll pray to the Madonna to heal all those 16 in hospital." " Or that they all end up dead!" " No, Emma!" "You shouldn't even say these things as a joke." "Let's just hope for the Divine Providence." "Better still..." "Today we really owe Him thanks." "I found a job for three days." "At Vito's restaurant." "Some big shots will arrive for a congress, and I'll earn something." "Let's toast!" " I'm glad." " Mom, it's so good." "Here, eat it from your plate and don't throw it on the table." " Hold on." " There you go!" "I put the baby to bed." "How are you?" "Good." " Come here." " No, wait." "Gegè's there." "Wait." "Gegè?" "Go to the fountain and get two buckets of water." "I have to do the dishes." "Yes, but I have to do my homework first." "At this time there's a queue." "I'll go later." "Gegè?" "If you want to come to the restaurant on Sunday, do as your mother says." " All right, I'm going." " Good." "Here." "Pasqualino!" "Gegè, come here, I have to tell you something." " Did you do your homework?" " I was doing it." "Mom sent me to get water." "Look at that queue!" "My mom went into labor." "We're waiting for the stork." "I wanted to tell you something:" "If you let me copy the math homework, you can take my place." "Yes, but don't tell the teacher that you let me copy." "Mom, I wet my ass!" "Mom, I wet my ass!" "What a clean son we have!" "Come here!" "This morning..." "You're all wet!" "This morning he peed his pants, and now he went on the bidet." "Come here." "Here." "Daddy, what were you doing?" "Ah..." "Let's..." "Your mother and I..." "love each other... so, every now and then... children are born." "But Mom suffers when she makes a baby." "Right, Mom?" "One suffers when one is in labor and... well!" "Pasqualino says women cry to let storks hear..." " where they have to carry babies." " Um." " Right, Mom?" " Eh!" "(Speaking in dialect)" "Gegè." "Your hand." "You have a flat tire." "Hey, look." "Good afternoon." "Thank you very much." "If you hadn't warned me, I'd have broken the rim as well." "Daniele Luna." " And what's your name?" " Giuseppe Labate. "Pepè"." "Nice to meet you." "What do I do now?" "I was going to Sila to spend a few days off." "The marshal could rent you a room." " Where, in the barracks?" " No, here." "Ouch!" " What happened?" "Who did that?" " It was me." "Why?" "What did he do?" "Tell me." " He was copying my homework!" " Okay, okay." "We're done for now." "I'm not feeling very well." " And I have to help my father." " Yes." "Let's go!" "Ooh!" "Ooh!" "Good evening." "Good evening." "May I introduce myself?" "Daniel Luna." "Daniele Luna?" "Pleased to meet you." "Laura Colli." "My pleasure." " Pleased to meet you." "Pasquale Principale." " Hello." "So. what do you do?" "You sell animals, huh?" "No..." "They are mine, I keep them just for company." "Then take your company some place else." "I rent the room to people, not to animals." "No!" "Wait..." "Dad asked you what you do." "I'm a music teacher." "I write songs." "Hear that, Dad?" "He's a music teacher." "He writes songs." "That piano, you know how to play?" "Do you like opera music?" "Yes, very much." "This is DDT for ticks, fleas and cockroaches." "Pepè, help him unload." "Thank you very much." "Many thanks." "So, don Gioachino?" "Have you decided?" "Marshal, did you give me coffee?" "You know, it must be of pure grape." "It'll be used for mass." "Don Gioachino, drinking wine every day may have affected you." "No..." "Instead of going to war, you should have gone to seminary:" "you wouldn't have lost you leg, and you'd drink wine every morning." " What about you?" "If you had become a priest, you wouldn't have brought all these wretches into the world." "Toto, Vito:" "taste this wine." "I want your opinion." "Marshal." "Tell me what you think." "Taste it." "Thanks." "Gegè, drink, otherwise it's rude towards the teacher." " It's healthy." " Disgusting, it isn't," "...but it's a bit weak." "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening." "Tonight's programs will continue with the film..." ""The Case of the Lame Canary", from the "Perry Mason" series." "In this episode, the infallible American lawyer will risk... falling into a really tempting trap." "Only the unexpected help of a jealous rival... will allow him to bring the real perpetrators to justice." " Later on we'll broadcast "The Landing"..." " No!" "Come on!" "Marshal, let us see the film." "No way!" "Go and see the film in town." " We close at 9:00 pm here." " No, Marshal!" "One of these days, if you come with me, we'll go into town." "We'll buy a TV, so you can see as many films as you want." "Teacher, I'm closing, and with my daughter we're going to make some music in your room, huh?" "Quickly, everybody out!" "Go home, we're closing!" "We're closing!" "He could make an exception for once." "And after "The Landing", our programs will continue with the evening news, and the "Ballata Dell'Arlecchino"." "Enjoy the movie, Gegè." "Hey!" "What are you doing here?" "Get out." "Hey!" "Get out, I said!" "♪ One day, you, happy, ethereal," "♪ appeared in front of me," "♪ and ever since, trembling," "♪ I lived from unknown love." "♪ That love that's the pulse of the... ♪ universe, the whole universe," "♪ Mysterious, mysterious and proud," "♪ torture, torture and delight" "♪ torture and delight, delight to the heart." "♪ That love that's the pulse of the... ♪ universe, the whole universe," "♪ Mysterious, mysterious and proud," "♪ torture, torture and delight" "♪ torture and delight, delight to the heart." "♪ To the heart." "♪ To the heart." "No!" "No, it's not fair." "Great!" "We won." "Are they okay, Don Antonio?" "Yes, yes." "It looks good." "Take it to the other room." "And with this... we're done." "Beautiful, huh?" "Do you like it?" " Or do you like... this?" " This." "Shall I do it again!" "OK." "Was that good?" "Come on. eat." "I'm going to the other room." "Here we go." "Hooray!" "Wonderful!" "How nice!" " Is here OK?" " Yes." "Sorry, Don Antonio:" "If my wife weren't ill, I would have dropped you off at home." "Don't worry." "And please don't rush." "Thank you." " Thank you, Don Antonio." "Bye, Gegè." " Bye!" " Bye." " Bye." "Dad, why do they call it the "bridge of jumpers"?" "Because people use it to kill themselves." "Why did this man kill himself?" " For love, Gegè." " For love?" "For too much love?" "Was he tired?" "No, no." "Not him." "It was Laura who got tired of him and got together with Livio, the policeman." "It was 3 years ago." " Laura?" " A-ha." "My Laura?" "It's all that policeman's fault." "Did he really have to kill himself?" "Couldn't he just keep living?" "Sooner or later..." "But how could he, Gegè?" "Alone, without telling her anything." "Yes, but he wanted to be loved back." "If you love, you can be loved back better." "Yes." " You're right, Gegè." "You're right." " Dad, what's wrong with you?" "Do you have the disease?" "Dad, I'll tell you a secret." "Don't tell anyone." "When you have the disease, or if there's something that you don't like, just close your eyes and say: "It doesn't exist"." "And the pain goes away." "I wish, Gegè!" "I wish..." "Let's go, come on." " Dad, I wanted to ask you a question." " Tell me." "Do you think the world exists?" "Of course it exists." "What do you mean?" "I think sometimes the world exists, and sometimes it doesn't." "Just to make fun of us." "I don't understand." "What do you mean?" "Dad!" "Earlier we were in the village, and all the people were there." "Now that we are here, there's nobody anymore." "When we return to the village everyone will be there again." "It's all a hoax to make us suffer." "Tell me:" "what about your mother?" "Even she doesn't exist?" "I don't know." "You'll see that the Divine Providence will help you understand." "But Dad, what's this "providence"?" "It's hard to put into words, Gegè." "It's something you feel inside and outside yourself." "It exists, but it can't be seen." "Ah, now I understand." "It is the opposite of people:" "you see them, but they're not there." "No, no, people are there, and you can see them, while the Divine Providence is there, but you can't see it." "But if I just told you that I don't believe what I see, how can I believe what I don't see?" "Gegè, sometimes you shouldn't think too much with your head." "You should think with your heart, too, or your head will hurt and burst." "See?" "The pain is here, but it can't be seen." "It's just like the Divine Providence." "Dad, I hope you get a place in the hospital." "Otherwise you'll die, and I'll be left alone like a fool." "You're not a fool!" "You are a philosopher, my Gegè." "Come on..." "Why don't you sing me that song that I really like, so I'll feel better." "Come on, how does it go? "Volare..."" "♪ Flying, oh, oh!" "♪ Singing, oh oh oh oh!" "♪ In the blue painted blue." "♪ Happy to be up there." "♪ And I began to fly in the endless sky." "And even so higher." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "I wasn't me!" "I wasn't me!" "It's the policeman's fault!" "It wasn't me." "Dad!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Gegè..." "Gegè!" "Where's your father?" "What happened to him?" "Tell me!" "Where's your father?" "Please say something!" "Antonio..." "Antonio..." "Hey, hey!" "Where's Gegè?" " He's there." " Ah." " I was worried, I didn't see you." " Where were you?" " You started running, and I lost sight of you." " You're soaked!" "The storm caught us off guard." "There you are." " Where did you go?" " You're soaked." " I'm going to Pasqualino." " You have to get changed first." "Go and get changed." "Good evening." "Can I come in?" "I couldn't sleep." " Did my music bother you?" " No." "Don't worry." "You're the only one in this village who doesn't bother me." "They're all a bit after me, perhaps out of boredom." "Even one of my nine-year-old students!" "Miss Laura, I was working..." "Then go ahead and play." "I'll stay here and watch." "I can't compose in the presence of other people, Sorry." "I... won't disturb you." "Your father... your boyfriend..." "the people of the village..." "No, nobody saw me." "We... we're alone." "Perhaps... we're not alone?" "No, I already told you, Miss Laura:" "I was working, I'm..." "I'm really very tired." "Maybe another night." "Yes, yes, excuse me." "I don't know what got into me tonight." " Another night then, promised?" " Promised." " Good night." " Good night." "Hey!" "What are you doing here?" "How did you get in?" "It's late." "It's night!" "Yes, it's late." "Sorry." "Where are you going?" "You must have come to ask me something." "But I didn't come for you." "I was following my teacher." "Ah..." "But your Laura isn't yours." "She's the policeman's." "Yes, but Laura..." "Laura wants you too." "And you don't like that, huh?" "I'm sorry for the policeman." "You don't like Laura anyway." "Listen..." "Look, I don't mean to pry, huh?" "Why don't you find yourself... a pretty girl of your same age to fall in love with?" "There are so many nice ones in the village." "Those my age tell me that I'm stupid." "Stupid?" "Stupid, because I never talk." "My teacher tells me I'm good." "She also made me learn a poem for the President." "But she also laughed about you falling in love." "So what?" "I still love her all the same." "Come on, Gegè!" "Don't cry." " She's a grown woman, after all..." " What about you?" "I saw that you were crying at the piano." "But I wasn't crying for love." "I was talking with the piano... with music..." "Love is always the same, Gegè:" "treachery, betrayal..." "games, games, games..." "But I just need a moment..." "I stop..." "I listen..." "An everlasting moment." "And I feel that I exist." "For ever." "So one exists when one sings?" "Not always, Gegè." "Not always." "Come on, go!" "It's late." "Go." "What would it take for you to try?" "As soon as you see the car, you step out on the street." "He'll be forced to stop, and you'll ask him for the favor." "We have to be patient, Emma." "It's only a few months." "And I don't want to take the place of someone who may be sicker than I am." "But you're already been waiting for two years!" "The doctor says you might even have a more serious attack than before." "Besides, how many went ahead of you, just because of Don Ciccio's intervention, or by promising to vote for someone?" "And should I now do the same?" "But you're not taking anyone's place!" "The place in the hospital is rightfully yours." "You have paid contributions." "You have paid them, that's sure!" "First in Belgium, where you ruined your lungs, and now here." "Listen, please..." "If you don't want to do it for yourself, at least do it for your children." "If you die... who will take care of them, huh?" ""Public announcement." ""Attention, attention:" ""His Excellency, the President of the Italian Republic, has arrived."" ""Announcement to the public." ""Attention, attention:" ""His Excellency, the President of the Italian Republic, has arrived."" "Come on!" "Go, go!" ""Your right expectations will not be disappointed." ""Long live Italy!" "Long live the land of the South!"" "Excuse me, but unforeseen commitments of His Excellency... require to shorten the ceremony." "Italy is calling him." "I'll get right on it." "We have to shorten the program." "The President has to leave." "Italy is calling him." "Gegè, just say the first verse, because the President's in a hurry." "Italy is waiting for him." ""Brethrens of Italy, Italy has awakened," ""the helmet of Scipio has bound her head." ""Where is Victory?" "Victory will bow her head," ""since a slave of Rome God made her." "♪ Let us unite in a cohort," "♪ We are ready for death." "♪ We are ready for death." "♪ Italy has called!" ""We were for centuries Downtrodden and derided," ""Because we are not one people, because we are divided." ""Let's be united by one flag, one hope:" ""to be united already the hour has struck." "♪ Let us unite in a cohort," "♪ We are ready for death." "♪ We are ready for death." "♪ Italy has called!" ""Let us unite and love one another," ""unity and love." ""Show the people God's ways." ""Let us swear to free Our native soil;" ""United, by God, Who can defeat us?"" "♪ Let us unite in a cohort, We are ready for death." "♪ We are ready for death." "Italy has called!" " Bravo!" " Bravo, Gegè!" "Bravo!" "Very good!" " Good!" " Bravo!" "Bravo, kid." "What's your name?" "My name is Gegè Labate." "And you?" "Good, good." "Bravo." "Bravo, Gegè!" "Alone at last." "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time." "While you were reciting the poem, I felt that you were dedicating every word to me." "You spoke to my heart, Gegè." "Tell me you'll love me your whole life." "Tell me, Gegè." "Laura, I will love you my whole life." "Well?" "What are you talking about?" "Gegè, we'd better go home alone." "Laura will go home with him, by motorbike." "No, let's wait for her." "She said she'd walk back with us." "Where is Master Luna?" "Where did he go?" "He went with Pepè to seek a cart... to load the piano." "Okay." "Bye, children." "Go home alone, because I have to go with him." "That guy, I'm gonna puncture both his tires." "I'll take some gas from the tank, throw it on the engine, and set it on fire." " And he'll put you in jail." " What do I care!" "My mom always locks me up in the toilet anyway." "But that's not the same." "And what's he got to do with this?" "It's her you should be angry with." "It's her who wants him." "No, it's the marshal who's caused all these things." "Laura didn't want him." "You recited the poem well!" "When did you learn it?" "Last evening?" "I've already told you." "I study while I sleep." "With your eyes open or closed?" "How would I know, if I'm sleeping!" "Oh well, I'll tell you a secret." "Don't tell anyone." "First I read it once, before going to bed." "I take a picture..." "I close my eyes, and the next morning I know it by heart." "Oh how nice!" "What a nice sheep!" "Whose is she?" "In the village nobody's got one." "Maybe she ran away from some neighboring village." "You can see she was mistreated." "Look how much milk she has!" "Hmm, it's good!" "Hmm." "Good!" "Now what do we do with her?" " We'll take her into a cave and raise her." " Hey!" "Get out!" "You're also thieves, huh?" " Go study, come on!" " Let's run!" "He's a policeman!" ""It's dawn." "The grazing sun caresses the dew." ""The end is near." ""On this wet grass," ""the head of one of the two thieves will soon fall."" "We are gathered here to lead the duel that will finally award..." "Miss Laura's hand to one of two suitors." "You, officer Livio, current holder of Laura's love:" "What will you sing?" "For the love of my country, I'll sing "'O sole mio", Mr. Director." "And you, Gegè Labate, challenger, what will you sing?" " "Volare"." " The first shot is for the challenger." " Bravo, Gegè!" " Bravo!" "Bravo!" "♪ I think, that dream does not come back ever again." "♪ I painted my face and hands blue." "♪ Then suddenly I was being kidnapped by the wind." "♪ And I began to fly in the endless sky." "♪ Flying, oh, oh!" "♪ Singing, oh oh oh oh!" "♪ In the blue painted blue." "♪ Happy to be up there." "♪ And I began to fly in the endless sky." "♪ And even so higher." "♪ While the world slowly disappeared far away down there." "♪ Sweet music played only for me." "♪ Flying, oh, oh!" "♪ Singing, oh oh oh oh!" "♪ In the blue painted blue." "♪ Happy to be up there." "Gegè..." "Get out, I need to poop!" "Donna Emma!" "What an honor!" "My husband... is dying." "Come in." "Essay." "New line." "Quote." ""Music... makes... us..." ""feel... alive..."" "Period." ""Why?"" "Question mark." "End quote." "And remember:" "it must be [your work." "You didn't tell me you would pick me up." "I wanted to surprise you." " I'll take you to town." "I want to give you a gift." " I'm busy." "I have to tutor Pasqualino and Gegè." "Yes, yes..." "Gegè, Pasqualino, Peppiniello..." "Could it be that the children are an excuse?" "I saw that... musician who's after you." "What's his name?" "Master Luna?" "What has this to do with Master Luna?" "You're always bringing this up!" "Go, Pasqualino!" "Come on, Pasqualino!" "Pass!" "Look." "What's this?" " Look!" " No, don't take it." "Leave it there." "It is the bird of ill omen." "It's bad luck." "What bird of ill omen!" "Do you want to take it from me?" "Mrs Labate!" "Mrs Labate..." "There's a place in the hospital." "It's Antonio's turn." " Tomorrow they'll admit him." " Gegè, let's go, come on!" "Come on!" "I'm making this jovial toast... to Don Antonio's health!" "In the face of those who wish us evil!" " Cheers!" " Thank you, thank you." "Good health!" "Fucking Communist!" "Sooner or later, you'll have to throw him off the "Bridge of jumpers"." "As you say." "I'm making this toast wishing him a prompt recovery." "Cheers!" " Dad!" " My son!" "I sensed it." "I prepared a nice surprise for you!" "You see?" "What did I tell you?" "The Divine Providence hasn't abandoned us." "Well?" "Why are you crying?" "Come on, smile!" "Smile..." " Now, Mom?" " Yes." "Dad, I prepared a nice surprise for you." "Now close your eyes." "Yes, Gegè has a present for you." "Really?" "I'll close my eyes." "Now open your eyes." " Who gave it to you?" " I hit it with my slingshot." "Well done." "We'll eat it tonight, though." "We're done for now." "No, Dad." "I hit it with my slingshot." "Just eat one leg, come on." "All right." "Well..." " Hmm." "Good!" " Good?" "Yum." "It's also well-cooked." "Good!" "How odd." "He never sleeps after lunch." "Could he be ill?" "Ssh." "Lift him from his chair." "Come here." "Ssh." "Is it true, Dad?" "Is it true?" " What, my son?" " That Mom is dead." "But no!" "You just had a bad dream." "No, it was nice." "Mother went with Livio the policeman on the motorbike." "I had put nails under the wheels, they skidded and fell." " And they died." " Ah." "My teacher said:" ""Poor thing, Gegè, poor thing," "" his Mother died." And then we got engaged." "What dreams you have!" "Mom always locks me up in the toilet." "She does it for your own good." "But don't worry: when one dreams of somebody dying, one lengthens their life." "Well, dad, I'll go back to sleep, and dream that you die, so you'll live longer." "But you can't dream on command." "But sometimes, I can." "Try, then." "Try." "Sleep." "You guys continue." "I..." "I'm a bit tired, huh?" "Continue." "Keep playing." "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee..." "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death." "Amen." "How nice!" "Dad is dead." "I've succeeded:" "I've extended his life!" "I told him that I would have this bad dream." "You're not dreaming, Gegè." "It's true:" "Don Antonio died." "Go." "Give him a kiss." "You're so cold, Dad!" "Mom, put some blankets on him!" "♪ I think, that dream does not come back ever again." "♪ I painted my face and hands blue." "♪ Then suddenly I was being kidnapped by the wind." "♪ And I began to fly in the endless sky." "♪ Flying..." "♪ Flying, oh, oh!" "♪ Singing, oh, oh, oh, oh!" "♪ In the blue painted blue." "♪ Happy to be up there." "♪ And I began to fly in the endless sky, and even so higher." "♪ While the world slowly disappeared far away down there." "♪ Sweet music played only for me." "♪ Flying, oh, oh!" "♪ Singing, oh, oh, oh, oh!" "Ah, Doctor." "So, tell me." "It's just a mild form of epilepsy." "However, we'll keep him here for another couple of days, to do all the tests, and then..." "By the way..." "Besides sleepwalking, were there any other symptoms..." " well, other oddities?" " Oh, yes." "He sings." " Often." " But how is that strange?" "Well..." " He sang at the funeral of his father." " Ah." "Doctor, isn't it dangerous to keep him here, among adults?" "Well, no!" "He can always organize a nice choir, right?" "So, how's my little patient, huh?" "Doctor, I haven't sung since yesterday." "And I'm not crazy." "I sang "Volare" because my dad liked it." "We know that you're not crazy!" " Isn't that true, Don Gioachino?" " Sure!" "Of course!" "Get well, Gegè, OK?" "Excuse me, but I have to go back." "Good God, what misery!" "Tomorrow you'll go home, though." "Hm?" "Don Gioachino, you said, "Good God"." "But sometimes he's bad." "Oh, Gegè!" "God is always good!" "It is man who's bad." " So we have to suffer for..." " Why did he make Dad suffer so much... when there was no room in the hospital, and let him die where there was some?" "It's true, Dad suffered a lot." "But now he is happy... in heaven." "But couldn't he live happy, and then still go to heaven?" "Don Gioachino, can you come for a moment, please?" " Oh yes." "I need a signature for the admission." "Please." "It will only take a minute." " It's sunny today." " It sure is nice." "When it's sunny, it never rains." "That's not true." "Once I saw rain and shine together, and there was a rainbow." "For that matter, I also saw a rainbow." "My name is Gegè Labate." " My name is Laura." " You too?" " Why?" "Who else is called Laura?" " My schoolteacher." "I haven't gone to school for months." "The doctor spoke with my father." "See?" "That's him." "He said I'd better stay here a few days to do some tests." "I saw that you were talking to yourself." "Be careful with that." " Why are you here?" " I killed my father." "You killed your father?" "Yes, he had a lung disease." "I gave him the bird of ill omen," "He ate one if its legs, and died." "I was happy because Laura, my teacher, loved me after my dad died." "And I started to sing." "Then they brought me here." "But I'm fine now." "I don't sing anymore." "What are you doing here?" "Go with other the girls!" "Always here doing dirty things!" "I didn't do dirty things!" "I didn't do dirty things!" "I didn't do dirty things!" "Look!" "He's back, that crazy Gegè!" "Come on, come on!" "Come on!" "The fool has arrived!" "Look at the fool!" " The fool is here!" " The fool has arrived!" " You're totally crazy, Gegè!" " The fool!" "Shut your mouth!" "Shut up!" "I'll tell my father." "I'll have you killed!" "Leave him alone!" "Shoo!" "Go Go!" "He didn't do anything wrong." "Let's go to Don Ciccio to apologize." " You know that Don Ciccio is unforgiving." " I have nothing more to lose." "And next week I'll go to Turin." "Don Ciccio has friends in Turin who can harm you." "Yes..." "Mrs Labate?" "Mom?" "Gegè!" " Praised be Jesus Christ, Father." " Let him be praised." "Hello!" "How are you?" "Hello, Mom." "I'm fine." "You know what?" "I don't sing anymore, I don't run anymore." "Can I go to Pasqualino?" "Yes, honey." "But greet and thank Don Gioacchino, first." " Good morning, Don Gioachino." "Thank you." " Bye." "Please, don Gioachino." "Take a seat." "Sit down." " So, what did they find with Gegè?" " Oh, nothing serious." "More than anything else, it's the shock of Don Antonio's death." "Yes, but now... we have to think of Gegè's future." "But what do you want me to do?" "Next week Pepè will leave for Turin to look for work." "There's nothing here in Conversano." "Gianni is so skinny, he can't stand on his feet, and he can't work." "The marshal will try to find him work at the American base." "Yes, but let's get back to Gegè." "He's a very smart boy, he's the first in his class and has an amazing memory." "I think we should let him study." "I have an idea." " We could send him to the seminary." " Yes, but he's too young, Don Gioachino." "And since his father died, he's been saying that God is like everyone else, that he doesn't exist." "I don't even understand what he means." "I'll take care of this." "And I also talked to him." "But did you ask him if he wants to become a priest?" "How long will you stay at the summer camp?" "Don Gioachino told me I'll stay there for a month." "And I will eat meat every day." " Every day?" " Yes, every day." "Who did it?" "He did, Dad." " You let that guy disrespect you?" " They caught me off guard." " Do you know whose son you are?" " But they caught me off guard..." "Don't let it happen again!" "Get off." "Come on." "Turn around." "Don't look!" "Hey, you." "Come here." "Kneel down." "Open your mouth." "Spit." "I said "spit"!" "Swallow." "There." "Come on, let's go..." "Come on." " Never mind: tomorrow you'll leave." " Hello." " Stay calm." "Stay calm." " It's a shame; that's gross!" "What happened?" "What did they do to you?" "This is for getting help from Pepè!" "Eat this!" "Let go of him!" "Enough!" "Let's go, come on." "Go home, huh?" "You faggot, mind your fucking business!" "Don't worry, Gegè." "Stepping on a shit brings luck." "Stepping with your feet, not with your ass!" " Thanks for your help." " You're welcome." "Why didn't you beat him?" "He insulted you." " What about your head, how are you?" " Fine." "Very fine." "Good." "Remember:" "don't tell him anything, because I'll tell him everything." "Mom, don't get mad:" "I have to change my pants." "What happened?" "Sasà threw me on a dog poop." "I'm going in the toilet for 2 or 3 hours." "Friday I'll pick you up to take you to the holiday camp." "You'll feel much better at the seaside, in the fresh air, eh?" "Much better than always staying in the toilet." "Yes, thank you, Don Gioachino." "Have a nice day." "Mrs Emma, till Friday." "Remember, OK?" "Laura, I'll soon be leaving." "Ours was a beautiful dream." "But all dreams end at dawn." "Our dawn has come." "Goodbye, Laura, forever." "Why for ever?" "Is there another woman in your life?" "Yes, Laura." "My heart can't lie to you." "What's that woman's name?" "Laura, like you." "And she doesn't do dirty things." "Gegè, get out, I have to poop!" "Where do you get all that shit if you never eat?" " Take your coat." " The camp is at the seaside, not in the mountains." "What would I know?" "Maybe you'll go on some excursion... you'll be cold and want to put it on." " Right, Don Gioacchino?" " Of course." "Maybe." "Mrs Emma, with the Lord's help, everything will be better, you'll see." "Mom, if you don't stop crying, I won't leave." "No, my Gegè, I won't cry anymore, OK?" "Promise that you'll write to me, every other day." "Gegè!" "Remember your promise." "Write to me, huh?" "Yes, I'll write to you, every other day." ""Dearest Pasqualino," ""I've already been here for a day." ""I'm writing to tell you that I'm fine." ""Very fine, indeed." ""You should know there's everything here." ""Like in heaven." ""There's a ping-pong table, television," ""and the soccer field." ""But the best thing of all is the food." ""Today, at lunch," ""they served us pasta with meat," ""and even dessert." ""When I return, I'll bring you a shoebox..." ""full of chicken legs." ""I'm always thinking of Laura at the hospital," ""of my mother and of you." ""But there's something strange that I don't understand." ""Except twenty boys," ""everyone else is dressed as a priest." ""Don Gioacchino said he'll take us to the sea tomorrow..." ""to catch fish." ""And then, when we get home, we'll eat them." ""I can't bring you fish," ""because it stinks after three days."" "Come on, shoot!" "Go!" " Come on, shoot!" " Pass it!" "Hey, shoot!" "Go!" " Pass!" " Pass!" " Pass the ball!" " Go!" "Hey, pass!" " No!" " Steal it!" "Shoot it, come on!" "Shoot!" " Hey, go!" " Shoot!" "If you don't pass, you won't score." "Shoot!" "Pass it to me!" "So, how's my little fisher?" " Not so good." " How come?" "Why?" "I caught a little fish by the tail... but it was dead." "Today you caught a little fish by the tail, tomorrow by the head, and the day after tomorrow you'll be a fisher of souls, eh?" "You have to have faith, you know?" "It fell in the water!" "Hey, stop it!" "Enough with that ball!" "No, no, go!" "I'll take it, eh?" "Enough!" ""And the day after tomorrow you'll be a fisher of souls."" "Who's in here?" "I have to clean." "It's late." "Yes, I'm coming." "It's me." "Oh!" "But why are you in the bathroom?" "I don't have that much time, you know?" "Well?" "Didn't you go study with the others?" "Yesterday my shoulders got sunburned." "And I don't want to study to become a priest." "But here they'll make you study, you know!" "What, you already regret wanting to become a priest?" "But I didn't know anything about it." "I came with don Gioachino." "He told me and my mom... he'd take me for a month to the camp." "I don't want to be a priest, I want to become a pilot." "I've never liked that don Gioachino." "I want to go back to my mom, or I'll jump from the bell tower and kill myself." "Go home." "Take the bus..." "I don't have any money." "How do I pay for the bus ticket?" "Poor darling." "If you promise me you won't tell anyone, I'll give you the money." "But you have to swear by God, because if someone finds out, I'll lose my job," " and I have a child to support." " So your husband died?" "No, he's not dead." "I got pregnant, and he flew away with the Holy Spirit." "Just like the Madonna!" "I swear to God I won't tell anyone about the money." "How will I give it back to you?" "You'll give it back to me when you're a pilot." "Yes." "Excuse me." "Did you just go past the asylum of Bisceglie?" "Why, didn't you see it?" "No, I was lost in thought." " Now what?" " I have to get out!" "Weren't you going to Conversano?" "No, I have to take this suitcase to my dad, who's hospitalized there." "Come on, get out..." "Like father, like son." "I'm sorry, Dad." "What are you doing here with that suitcase?" "Don Gioachino told me and my mom... he'd take me for a month's stay in a camp." "But it was a seminary!" "He wanted to turn me into a priest like him." "Then I found a lady, the Virgin Mary," " who helped me escape!" " The Virgin Mary?" "Yes, but she was cleaning the toilets." "She gave me the money to take the bus." "I am healthy and I'm in here, while you're outside..." "The Virgin Mary..." "Tell me: do you like blackberries?" "Yes, where are the blackberries?" "Come." "Do you know that tomorrow my father is taking me home?" "I talked to him about you, and he told me he knew your dad, and he didn't know that he had died." "Dad!" "Dad!" "He told me that when I get out, we'll come to say condolences to your mother." "He told me that your dad was very rich." "Then, for being too good, he got cheated by people, and became poor." "He said you lived in the nicest house of Conversano." "Yes, because you had a big restaurant, where even the King came to eat." "And your father cooked for him, instead of the cooks." "The king gave him a medal." "Then, when you became poor, your father emigrated to Belgium." "He worked in the mines." "Then he got sick, and he came back here." "He worked as a cook, because it was the thing he did best." " Did you know?" " Yes, I know everything." "You're really crazy!" "?" "You let me talk for two hours!" "I like to hear you talk." " I like you too." " Do you know how babies are made?" " Don't rush, my dear!" " No, don't worry." "I can wait." "What can you wait for?" "The stork?" "Why?" "Do you think children are brought by the stork?" "Why?" "Do you know who brings them?" "Tell me." "Please: exist forever." "What did they do to your head?" "Did Sasà beat you?" "No, why?" "Your head's broken Did you fall?" "You're bleeding." "No!" "I've been eating berries." "Ah, I have a present for you." "I ran away, and couldn't bring any more." "Thank you, Gegè!" "Thank you!" "Yummy..." " Good?" " Good, Gegè." "Ah, Gegè:" "A lot has happened in the village." " Livio is no longer engaged to the teacher." " Did he leave her?" "It was she who left him, because... some money was stolen from the Marshal's shop," "Then a letter arrived that accused Master Luna." "Then, when the police came to arrest him," "Livio repented and said he was jealous of Luna." "He said that he had stolen the money and also written the letter." "Then they sent him to Sardinia." "Now you can make your advances." "The teacher is free." "I'm not interested anymore." "I'm engaged with Laura from the hospital." "Look, it's her." " Here's the picture." " Beautiful!" "Gegè, I never told you out of respect, but I..." "I've always loved the teacher." " Mind if I make advances to her?" " Go right ahead!" "But don't do anything dirty, huh?" "But..." "Gegè, is it true that you want to become a priest?" "Who told you that?" "Gegè, in the village everybody says it." "So mother knew." "She's a traitor!" "Wait, Gegè!" "Gegè!" "What are you doing here?" "Eh?" "Did you escape?" "Don Gioachino?" "Say something!" "Oh, Madonna!" "Did they hurt you?" "Don Gioachino wanted to kill me!" "Don't worry, Mrs Labate." "He isn't hurt." "Shut up!" "I want to become a pilot, not a priest!" " Is everything alright?" " Yes." "Thanks." " Hello, Pasqualino." " Hello." "Gegè!" "So, have you become a priest?" "No, don Gioachino deceived me." "Have you heard about the ruckus here?" "And now..." "I'm leaving, going home." "Can you do me a favor?" "Will you say hello to your teacher?" " Yes, I will." " Thank you." "No, Pepè, wait." "Will you give me the TV?" "Thank you very much." " Here it is." " Oh my!" "And this... is a gift for you." "Really?" "Really." "Actually, I don't know if it is a good gift." "But it'll serve to make Sasà die of envy." "Look, don't let yourself be fooled." "The TV tells the story of many heroes." "Ancient Greeks, Americans..." "They only change the names of the good and the bad guys." "But the stories are always the same." "However, this black box... doesn't show the thoughts of men." "Do you know how many thoughts a man has in a day?" "28,000." "All mixed up, without head or tail." "Like my life and yours." "We don't have logical thoughts." "Don't listen to this black box." "You can allow yourself to do anything." "People think you're crazy, anyway." " It should be here." " Come." "May I?" " May I come in?" " Martino!" "Please, please." "Take a seat." "Come." "How are you?" "I heard about Don Antonio." "What a disgrace!" "Is this beautiful girl your daughter?" " Yes, she's grown quite a bit, huh?" " She's big!" "Ma'am, is Gegè here?" "Yes, he's at the fountain." "He's here." "Go look for him!" " Can I?" " Go, go." " Please sit down." "I'll make you some coffee." " Thank you." "Hello, Gianni." "Hello." "You are Lauretta, Gegè's girlfriend?" "He showed me a picture of you." "Ah!" "Yes, that's true." "I lost it." "Listen, could you show me the way to the fountain?" "Come, I'll take you." "Ouch!" "Who's this?" "Your cousin?" "No, she's Gegè's girlfriend." "Get lost!" "I told you "get lost"!" "Get lost!" " What beautiful hair." "Show us your legs!" " No!" " Come on, show us!" " Let go of me!" "Gegè!" "Gegè!" "Lauretta, your girlfriend from the asylum..." "Sasà wants to put his hands under her skirt." "Come here." "Help!" "I hurts me to see you in this condition." "You, who come from a family of gentlemen..." "What can we do?" "That's life." "But what about you..." "How are you doing?" "Your work?" "As for work, I was lucky:" "I'm a cook at the US air base." "They also gave us a nice apartment there at the base." "What's worrying me... is Lauretta." "Since she was left without a mother, she has been a bit haywire." "But now she seems to be a bit better." "Help!" "Sasà, if you don't leave her alone, I'll kill you!" "Are you talking to me?" "But I don't exist." "Yesterday I received a letter from Pepè in Turin." "He found a job." "Of course, money is short." "It's barely enough to live on." "But better than nothing." "At least I have one less mouth to feed." "Don't worry:" "I'll speak with the commander about Gegè." "We just need to wait for the right opportunity." "One must know how to wait in life." "Here." "These pants don't look too bad on you." "They're a little bit large, but that's the fashion." "I don't like fashion." "I don't like these pants of Gianni." "When you earn some money, you'll sew a pair just for me." "Here, this is money for the bus." "Be careful not to lose it." "And remember:" "be polite and kind." "Do whatever Martino tells you." "I'll do everything he says, but you'd better not." "Now what do you mean?" "Oh, honey, come here." "Don't you worry." "As long as you live in this house, nobody will take your father's place." "I did not become a pilot." "In fact, I'm afraid of flying." "But I remember with tenderness those who were there once." "Even if today many of them are gone." "Like Emma," "Antonio, and my Lauretta, who are just a drop in this sea." "Subtitles by Subransu"