"Well?" "Nothing." "So you took off, went away and left him on his own?" "Yes." "It's normal." "Normal?" "He wouldn't have helped me either." "But how did you feel afterwards?" "Normal." "Can you explain what "normal" means to you?" "Normal means normal." "So, nothing." "I know it's hard to talk about certain things." "But with time we'll be able to go deeper." "I think we're done for the day." "See you next week." "Bye, Lorenzo." "See, I was right after all?" "Yes." "To open up, he needed an outsider, someone who's neither you or me." "Yes, I told you, he decided all on his own." "It's such a relief." "I phoned you right away!" "Lorenzo for a week on the snow!" "If you think how it was just a year ago..." "If he feels he wants to be with the others for a whole week, that's a wonderful sign." "It's very important." "I could hardly wait to call you." "No!" "Wait." "I'll tell him myself later." "Alright." "Before we begin our lesson, who hasn't given me the money yet?" "Tomorrow is the last day." "Anyone who hasn't paid by tomorrow won't be coming." "I'm notjoking." "Sign here." " Cuni, coming for a joint?" " Don't bother with him." "Lorenzo, what are you doing?" "I was trying to pick up a bean with the straw." "Cut it out, eat properly." "I heard from your dad." "He said to buy you a snowboard, there are new ones out." "Nitro?" "I don't know, we'll see, I don't remember." "It has to be Nitro, or Gnu." "But I don't need one, mine's fine." "No, he's counting on it, he wants to buy you something... ls he happy I'm going?" "Of course, he's very happy." "What did he say?" " That he was happy." " What were his exact words?" "I don't know, he was happy." "No, tell me, what were his words exactly?" "He was happy" "Mum, do you think people seeing us here now, could think we were a couple?" "How could they think a kid would be with a woman of my age?" "Well, you look a lot younger." "No, they'd think I'm your mother." "We need to cut your hair." "Imagine that tomorrow like in the movies, a virus comes out of a lab and kills the population." "But you and I find the antidote and are saved." "And we're the only ones left on Earth." "But humanity is doomed, unless we..." "Stop it." "Come on, it would save humanity." "Stop this nonsense, eat up." "Why get mad!" "I mean an extreme situation!" "It's to save mankind." "What are you saying!" "You're worse than a six-year-old!" "Okay, 80W" "Tell me just one thing." "If it were a boy, what would you call him?" "What did the psychiatrist say about Lorenzo?" "That he has a grandiose self." "What's that mean?" "That our son is so narcissistic that he doesn't need anyone." "That's great news." " I found them!" " Good!" "What would I do without you?" "You wouldn't find your shoes." "Where's this chameleon from?" " What do you mean?" " Where's it come from, Africa?" "We get them from the dealer, I don't know." "It's strange that you don't know." "I think it's African, Indian ones are bigger." "Yes, maybe." "No, I'm sure." "What do you feed it?" "Mealworm larvae." "It's a bit skinny." "You should give it a more varied diet, like crickets or silkworms." "Will you get me some?" "Does it ever change colour?" "Buy it and find out." "Is this for cats or dogs?" " It's the same." " It can't be." " Don't you have anything to do?" " Are stick insects hard to breed?" "Just a terrarium and some branches, want some?" " I'll give you a good price." " No, thanks, they're not my thing." "And this?" "How much is this?" "I was thinking about that story you told me." " I liked it." " Which one?" "The one about a pastry maker." "The pastry maker who tamed beetles." "It's a good one." "Go and see if the nurses are around." "No, no one's around." "Get my medicine from my purse, hurry." "Here." "Grandma, I have to go, I'm going with the school tomorrow." " We're going skiing." " How nice." "See you in a week." "In a week I'll be at the cemetery." "Okay, I'll have my coffin put on top of yours, like a bunk bed." "Good!" "That way we can chat." "Bye, Grandma." "Bye." "Seven..." "Seven..." "That's seven of everything." " Hi, Lorenzo." " Hi, Salvatore." " Did you bring your mobile phone?" " Yes." " And music?" " Yes." " Your medicine bag?" " Yes." "What'll you do once I'm gone?" "I'll go home and sleep a little, I've got such a headache." "And then?" "Then at 11:00 I'll visit Grandma." "And this afternoon, I have to work." "Leave me here." "Let me get out." " Put you seatbelt back on." " Please, Mum." " Let me get out." " Why?" "Because I want to arrive by myself!" "I don't understand." "I said let me get out!" "Calm down, don't start making a crazy scene." " It's too early." " I want to go there alone!" "Stop that or I'll get mad!" "Okay, lwon't go, that way you'll be happy." "Everyone's going on their own!" "And as usual, I'll be the only one turning up with mummy!" "That's enough!" "Bye, Mom." " Good morning, Salvatore." " Good morning, ma'am." "Hello?" "I can't hear a thing!" "It's the doorman here, speak up!" "I can't hear a thing, it's Salvatore." "Hello, Mum?" "Yes, everything's fine." "I was having a snowball fight with the others." "We'll have dinner at the hotel, then tomorrow's the torchlight party." "The teacher's not here, I can't put her on." "Why do you want to talk with her?" "No, come on, leave me alone." "They're calling me, we'll talk tomorrow." "Bye." "My God!" "Look what I've got for you." "Look, here it is." "Sacrifice to the rubber raft god." "No, that bastard Emiliano didn't come." "I waited two hours for him!" "No, you're a dickhead too, I'm sick of you all!" "Is anyone here?" "Who the fuck are you?" "Lorenzo!" "Why are you here?" " Are you Olivia?" " Of course, why are you here?" "No reason, I was looking for something and then fell asleep." "Who gave you the keys?" "That bitch housekeeper of yours who wouldn't let me in, because who knows what your mother told her." "She said you put my stuff in a box here in the basement." "Where is it?" "Help me find it." "It's got "Olivia" written on it." "Look where they put me!" "Nice family I have!" "Shit, it was here." " What are you looking for?" " Grandma gave me a gold bracelet." "That bitch, your mother took it." "Don't talk about my mum like that!" "What does she care about your bracelet?" "Your mum's interested in a lot of stuff." "With the excuse that I'm a thief, she's taken everything." " Fuck, it was here!" " Don't shout so loudly, please." "Got any money?" "What an asshole." "Sure you have." "Doesn't your dad give you pocket money?" "No." "By the way, he's your dad too." "Really?" "I'd almost forgotten." "I never see him." " Give it to me, it's for a taxi." " I don't have any." "Look me in the eyes." "You've grown." "So have you." "Yeah, I'm coming." "I'll take the subway, I'll be a while." "Wait for me, don't go." " Listen, sorry." " What is it?" "Don't tell anyone you saw me here, not even the housekeeper." "Nobody must know." "You're even getting a moustache." "Take this up." "I can't, no one knows I'm here." "Whatever, do what the fuck you want." ""L'm Lestat, a vampire, I'm immortal."" ""More or less."" ""The light of day, the constant heat of a fire, could destroy me."" ""Or maybe not."" ""L'm 1.86 metres tall, a considerable height for the 1780s,"" ""when I was a young mortal."" ""L'm not bad-looking now."" ""L have thick shoulder-length blond hair,"" ""a bit curly, it looks white in fluorescent light."" "Lorenzo?" "Fuck, you scared me!" "What do you want?" "Turn that damn flashlight off, let me in." " Why?" " I need somewhere to sleep." " Lower your voice." " Will you let me in?" "" No!"" "This is my place, I don't want you to make any trouble, it's dangerous!" " Go somewhere else." " Let me in!" "I've got nowhere else to go!" "There's no room for you, it's too small for the two of us!" "Let me in or I'll start shouting and wake up the whole block!" "Okay." "Olivia!" "Come on." "Hurry UP!" "Come on!" "They'll see us!" "Move it." "Come on." "It's so hot in here." "We're near the boiler." "The heating pipes run through here." "Why are you in here?" "I was supposed to go on a skiing trip, but didn't feel like it." "Couldn't you stay at home?" "No, ifl didn't go it would've been a total mess." "My mum would've been disappointed and she'd have stressed me out." "It's best they all think I'm in the mountains." "How long will you stay here?" "Till Saturday." "Got any beer?" "No, there's fruitjuice over there." "There?" "Look how organized you are!" "All your snacks are in order, tidy." "You bought all this junk because they don't let you eat it at home?" "The only thing missing is a "Royal with cheese"." " Where were you going skiing?" " Borca di Cadore." " What's this?" " Don't move it, you'll upset them!" " Okay but what is it?" " An ant nest." "You'd rather stay in a basement watching ants than go skiing?" "Yes, I'm better off by myself." "You might be right about that." " Whose stuff is this?" " Countess Nunziante's." "Who the fuck's she?" "She lived in our apartment before us." "Dad bought the house and let her stay there till she died." "He did it to help her, she had no money left." "I see, a bare ownership deal." " You know what that is?" " No." "Imagine you're old, poor and have no one left." "But you have a beautiful apartment." "You sell your house cheaply but you still live there, and when you die, the house and your things go to whoever bought it." "Soto get the house, he had to hope she'd die soon." "Right." "That's not nice." "No, it sucks." "Well, I'm going to get some sleep." "I travelled all clay yesterday, I'm dead tired." " Where were you coming from?" " From my house, Catania." "Does your mum still have the shoe shop in Catania?" "Excuse me, young man, is there a toilet here?" "Of course." " Where did you go till now?" " Dancing." " Where?" " Somewhere outside Rome." "Goodness gracious!" "Water!" "Anyway, I knew about the bare ownership deal." "I couldn't tell you but Dad and I killed the Countess." "I'm cold." "I'm here to make sure no one finds the body, and to wait for it to turn to dust." "Understand?" "Do you understand?" "What's wrong?" "My bones hurt." "You're not going to give me the flu, are you?" "When you go, there's a pharmacy in the square." "You're going, right?" "You promised." "Remember you promised you'd go!" "WHERE ARE YOU?" "CALL ME." "MUM" "When will I see you?" "Not before, then?" "It's just that I have nowhere to stay here." "Okay, I'll see what I can do." "What?" "No, I swear, I'mjust a little tired." "I wrote to you, I'm clean." "Marco..." "Marco, listen, I so want to see you." "Okay, my love, I'll wait for you to call me." "Love you, bye." " No, you're leaving now." " Spying on me, you little shit?" "I'll do whatever I like." " This is my place." " Give me a break." "What do you want?" "Look at yourself." "Standing there, pointing your finger at me..." ""No, you're leaving now!"" "Did you learn that from dad?" "Ordering people around?" "No, there's something wrong with you inside." "I'm not hurting anyone." "Leave me alone." "If you hide in a hole, minding your own business, that doesn't mean you're better than other people." "That's too easy." "It's mummy." "Hi." "I didn't have time to call you." "What do you think we're doing?" "We're skiing!" "No, I told you, the teacher's not here!" "You can't talk to her!" " I'm here, is that your mum, Cuni?" " Yes." "Mrs. Cuni, how are you?" "No, it's Miss Stefanelli, I teach Science to another class." "Everything is fine, yes." "He's given us a lesson, your son's a little champion." "Of course, would you like my number?" "Okay." "3-4-8 55 - 36 - 789." "Call me so I can save yours." "Do you want to speak to Lorenzo?" "I'll say goodbye for you." "Good bye." "Wow, you really laid it on her!" "Arianna Cuni." "Saved forever." "So you won't bug me again." "Or I'll show you what Ms Stefanelli can do," ""Go to the basement and see your little champion."" "How gross." "I threw up all over myself." "Shit." "Help me." "What's wrong?" " Cold turkey." " What?" " Didn't they tell you?" " What?" "That I'm a junkie, a shitty addict." "Of course, they're protecting you." "They don't tell you the bad stuff." "Please, leave me alone." "Forget about me." "Olivia?" "Go away." "Go away." "Get out." "Close that fuckin' door!" "Close that fuckin' door!" ""He would watch the scene and learn." "That intimacy..."" "I know you hate me." "Don't worry, I'm going soon, you won't see me anymore." "Back to Catania?" "No, I'm going to go and live in the country." " When?" " In a few days." "A friend of mine is taking me to a farm where there are horses." "I was just dreaming about it." " Have you ever been to see horses?" " No." "Me neither." "But... I have to go through cold turkey and be clean before I see him." "Do you have to do it here?" "I'm not exactly dying to be in this craphole." "But I don't know where else to go." "What do you take?" "Cocaine?" "No, heroin." "Is it expensive?" "Less now, but it still is." "Where do you get the money?" "Your dad sends it to me every month to get over his guilt." "What guilt?" "Ask him." "Because he left your mother for mine?" "You really don't know anything." "Your dad's never given a shit about me and my mum." "I guess we're not elegant enough for him." "She sells shoes!" "That's not true, Dad's not like that." "Isn't he?" " How old are you?" " 14, you know that." "What planet are you from?" "Can't you see what shits your parents are?" "They don't even realize they have a psycho son in a basement who reads upside down." "Psychopath." ""L made that scene more cruel and playful..."" "You'll get a rush of blood to your head." ""Then the night lost its normal dimension."" ""In fact, it remains one of the longest nights..."" "I don't like this dead zebra." "Neither do I." "Poor thing." "Can we take it away?" "I know, but the supervisor had a few problems." "Quiet, please, be quiet." "Quiet, or they'll find us." "Quiet, be quiet." "I have things to do, I can't wait all morning." "I'll tell the surveyor to call you." "I'm out of sleeping pills." "Did you hear me?" "I'm out of sleeping pills!" "Don't touch me!" "I'm out of sleeping pills!" "Stop!" "You make me puke, you junkie!" "I'll kill you if you don't go, you bitch!" "I'm too sick, shit!" "Olivia?" "I didn't mean to hurt you, please." "Please, help me." "I'm too sick." " Want me to call someone?" " No." "Get me something strong, that makes me feel well, I can't do this awake." "Help me, please." "Get me some sleeping pills." "I'm that close." "Get him off, I don't like the dog on the bed." " It's time to take him out." " I already did." "Lorenzo." "Is that you?" "Yes, Grandma." "Can you do me a favour?" "Will you lower the bed?" "There, that's fine." "I have to go now though, we've got lots of homework." "Won't you tell me one of your stories?" "Okay." "Do you remember Olivia?" "Yes, Olivia." "Of course, she's my granddaughter." "Her mother was a little showy, but very nice." " She was nice?" " Yes." "She took me to Mt." "Etna once." "It was beautiful." "You must go there." "And Olivia?" "Olivia?" "Are you awake?" "Finally!" "You were gone so long." "Mission accomplished." "Awesome!" "Awesome!" "Come on." " Don't get mad." " Why?" " Don't get mad." " Why?" "I'm Ferdinando, a friend of Olivia's." " Who is this guy?" " A friend, I called him." " Why?" " You didn't come back." "She said she wasn't well, so I came to see if she needed anything." " We're old friends." " I don't want him in here." "He shouldn't have touched my computer." "Stop making such a big deal." "You've made my brotherjealous." "Come here." "We'd better go, I'll get your stuff." " Where are you going?" " No, listen..." "I don't feel like going all that way." "Please, Olivia, you sleep, I'll drive, we'll be there in two hours and you'll wake up by the sea." "No, I want to stay with my brother." "I'll take care of everything, come on." "Do you really want one of my pieces?" "Yes, the street lamp with arms." "But..." "could you pay for it now?" "Sure." " Really?" " Yes." "I'll come back for you if you need." " Call me." " You're so sweet." "Was that your friend with the horses?" "No, are you crazy?" "Didn't you see, he's an old man?" "Maybe he was old, but he was coming on to you." "Really?" "Shit, I'm out of cigarettes." " Want to see a movie?" " No." "I need to get some rest." "Good night, sweetheart." "So why did he give you all that money?" " Maybe he wanted to buy you." " I'll explain later." "I'm sleepy now." "Sicilians can be jealous, butyou"." "Goodness gracious!" "Fantastic." "Impressive." ""They live in colonies that can be small units 0r tens 0f mi//ions." ""Ofi'en divided into females, males and workers." ""The workers can be sterile or apterous."" ""The bigger ones can act like soldier ants and defend the colony."" ""After mating, in general, of the winged males and females,"" ""the first often die and the females lose their wings."" "No, the snow... it's weird because it's all soft and white and clean." "It's like wool, it's like being in Paradise!" "Then you look at the sky and you realize you're on the ground." "Yesterday we went to see these frozen waterfalls, they looked frozen in time." "Next to them was this precipice that was all brown." "There was some snow, but like it was dirty." "No, that gurgling is a stream where we've stopped, it's still flowing, I don't know why it's not frozen..." "It's pretty cold." "Yes, we should be back around lunchtime." "You don't need to come and get me," "I'll get a lift from Pennacchini, the tall guy." "Come on, Mom, I have to go, talk to you later." "Thirty-eight." "Thirty-eight." "Are you awake?" "How much do you sleep?" "You're so tanned, you look so handsome!" "Darling!" "I missed you so much." "Come in." "Lorenzo?" "What time is it?" "I don't know, it's night time." "I'm better, you know?" "But I have to eat something." "We were invaded by ants." "I saved what I could but they ate everything." "There's nothing left to eat." "I have to eat something healthy, not yourjunk." " Are those the house keys?" " Yes, why?" "What are you going to do?" "I'm going upstairs for some food." "No, you can't!" " I won't get caught!" " Yes, you will!" "You're nuts!" "Hey, are you staying or coming?" "Come on." "I'm begging, it's the end." "Which key is it?" "Come on, I'm hungry!" "Idiot." "Be quiet." " Come on." " Be quiet!" "Come on, I'm hungry." " Hungry, hungry, hungry!" " Wait." "N0, I'll do it." "Go away." "Go away." "Get away from there." "Please, go away, please." "Go away, go away!" " Have some more beer." " No, I don't like it." "It's our last night, we'll get out of this prison tomorrow." " Come on." " Okay." "Yesterday, when your friend was here... what did you sell him?" " One of my works." " What kind of work?" "Photographs." "Then I think I saw them." " Where?" " On the computer." "Shit." "I forgot." "Do you like them?" "They're nice." "Nice?" "No, I mean, they're great." "Fantastic." "Let's see this one." "You know..." "until a few years ago, I took photos." "I did video art." "I even had some exhibitions." "I won an important award when I was 18." " Yeah, right..." " It's true." " I went to Los Angeles." " Yeah, right..." " I did." " Of course." "But then I got messed up with dope and I stopped." "The photos you saw are part of a series called "l am a wall"." " What wall?" " It's a metaphor." "Basically it's me becoming that wall, entering the wallpaper, going inside the plaster." " Like a lizard..." " Not like a lizard." "Virtually, I wanted to de-materialize." "Me and you, if we didn't have a point of view anymore, we'd be the same." "Yes, I mean... without a point of view, we'd stop being... against each other and accept reality for what it is, without judging it." "Like..." " Do you know Buddhism?" " Yes." " But you're not a Buddhist at all." " Of course I am." "No, you're always pissed!" "It's not easy to be a Buddhist." "Besides, it's drugs that made me mean." "Before, I could pass through walls." " Yeah, right..." " Really!" "Sure." "Do you like this dress?" "It's beautiful." "Want me to put a different one on?" "Countess Nunziante is my size." "Alright." "Hi, Pablito, look at me." "Do you like my bow?" "Nice, like an Easter egg." "You understand nothing of retro punk, drunkard." "I prefer serious things." " Who are you texting?" " My friend with the horses." "I'm setting up a place to meet tomorrow." "Tell me the name of a nice cafe where he can pick me up." "Bar Afrodite, in Piazza Verdi." "They make good sandwiches." "Is he your boyfriend?" "No, ljust had an affair with him." "But when we met, he was with someone else." "Did he leave her for you?" "He cheated on her with me." "After we met, we couldn't live without each other." "But after a few months, he got back with her." " Were you upset?" " A little." "But I understood him, you don't break up for a junkie, that's normal." "But two weeks ago he sent me a text." "He said he's made up his mind, he wants to get back with me." "Only ifl kick the habit, though." "What's he like?" "Tall, with curly hair." "Green eyes." "He's a graphic designer in Rome." "He says he wants to quit everything and move to the country with me." " Where?" " To Tuscany." "One of his relatives owns a farm." "Maybe we could work there." "For a change of scenery." "I've been on drugs for so long," "I can't imagine how it is being around a normal person." "VVhy?" "Because"." "Nothing touches you when you're high." "You don't feel anything." "Nothing can hurt you." "Isn't that cool?" "No, because you're indifferent." "And indifference isn't a nice thing." "You become cold and mean." "Like me!" "My mind has taken ofi'." "One thought, just one." "I walk while the city sleeps." "Her eyes in the nigh!" "White headlights in the night." "A voice that talks to me, who is i2'?" "Say, lone/y boy, where are you going?" "Why so much pain?" "You've losz' a great love, no doubt." "Bu!" "The city is full of/o ves." "N0, lone/y girl, no, no, no." "You're wrong this time." "I didn '2' lose just a great /0 ve." "Lasz' nighz' I losz' everything with her..." " Can I ask you something?" " What?" "Why didn't you ever come back to our house?" " You don't know?" " No." "One summer, I almost killed your mother, remember?" "Absolutely not." "I threw a rock at her head, it bled a lot." "Dad had to take her to the hospital for stitches." "Why did you do that?" "Because I hated her." "She'd taken my dad away." "A rock, though..." "Where will you go now, lone/y boy?" "The nigh!" "Is a big sea lf you need my hand to swim." "Thanks, but I just want to die tonight." "Because you know in my eyes there's an angel." "An angel who can fly no more." "Who can fly no more..." "Are you sleeping?" "No." "Will you promise me something?" " What?" " That you'll never take drugs again." "Never again." "I promise." "And will you promise me something?" "Yes." "Stop hiding." "Shit, you're grown up." "It's time to get a life." "If you get knocked around once in a while, it doesn't matter." "Look at me, I'm all black and blue." "But you have nine lives like a cat." "Do you promise?" "Yes." "It's really late now, let's sleep." "Shit." "Yes, I'm done!" " You're beautiful." " Thanks." "Let's go?" "Let's go." "Your cigarettes." "Here." "Come here, c'mon." " I can't do it." " Sure you can, I'm right here." " We had fun, right?" " Yes." "It'd be fun to do it again." "Our week on the snow!"