"NEXUS FILM presents" "Then Jacob met Rachel, the daughter of his uncle, Laban, his mother Rebecca's brother." "He kissed her and broke down, crying:" ""I will serve thee 7 years, for thy younger daughter, Rachel."" "Laban replied: "It is better I give her to thee than to another man."" "In the morning, he realized it was Leah." "Jacob said to Laban:" ""What hast thou done?" "Did I not serve with thee for Rachel?" "Wherefore thou hast beguiled me?"" "And Laban replied:" ""It must not be done in our country to give the youngest before the firstborn." "We will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years."" "And Jacob did thus, because it was wise." "The Lord made Rachel barren, and seeing that Leah was neglected, He made her fertile four times." "Then, she stopped having children." "Rachel, full of envy, said to Jacob:" ""Here is my handmaid, Bilhah." "Go into her she will bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her."" "And Bilhah conceived and bore two children, imitated by Z il pah, Leah's maid, who shortly after gave birth three times." "Then among the mandrakes," "Rachel finally bore a son, whom she called Joseph, saying:" ""The Lord shall add to me another son"." "Yes, yes..." "Will you beg me, now?" "Will you beg me?" "Now that I have attained a position?" "You are so cunning, lucky you!" "Is that you?" "What are you doing?" "Don't shut me in!" "Stop acting silly!" "Open this door!" "My dear, with the gods I roam, but Destiny walked you to my door." "Neither your past, nor mine is of any importance, now" "So must you return." "Believe me..." "Yours" "I do not believe," "I do not want to believe the crimes of which you stand accused... oh, commander of my light legion." "You are too handsome!" "It is right that you should be crowned before all the gods." "But I don't want to know whether you are simply delirious." "I love you!" "I sent you to kill the Barbarians on the Danube." "You fought... and played!" "Very well, Mother, put it down there." "It doesn't matter If you have bad dreams." "He wants blood!" "This pale ephebe." "Blood!" "Blood!" "But he is so handsome!" "He is too handsome!" "He is too handsome!" "I want him to sing." "I want him to sing one last time." "I want him to sing one last time." "Bring him the largest of my lyres." "Because... he's handsome." "Because... he is..." "Quiet in there!" " Quiet!" " Keep your voice down!" "Quiet!" "Will you stop it?" "!" "Or else, he could have danced, even if it were the first time." "What would it matter, when compared with the last one?" "He was too late in appreciating his Christianity." "Too late, if he was no longer able to sin, he was no longer capable of enjoying the abnegation which was now congenial to him, he was no longer happy to suffer for it when faced with the Levantine incomprehension of his emperor." "Why do you betray me?" "But last night... you were about to appear before the eyes of the crowd." "In the streets bathed in Carthaginian saffron, surrounded by the clamor of the cohorts," "among the numerous torches... as many as my desires, atop a carriage, drawn... by white elephants." "So tall... as to demolish the arches as you pass by." "We shall rebuild with flowers... those arches." "How handsome he is!" "I wanted to tell you all this in a tale." "How amusing... a short life is!" "Come in." "He was capable of leaving that place, just to get away." "If I went back to the door, what a lake I'd find!" "Yesterday, just like today, should he get top marks in history to satisfy his mother, or kill his mother to satisfy history?" "Dear Mummy," "I am very well." "I'm working hard." "Hugs and..." "Enough!" "It's over between me and the one who loves me." "Written, directed and acted by CARMELO BENE with LYDIA MANCINELLI photography GIULIO ALBONICO editing PINO GIOMINI music by VITTORIO GELMETTI"