"WILL OUR HEROES SUCCEED IN FINDING THEIR FRIEND" "WHO HAS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED IN AFRICA?" "Tullio!" "What's going on?" "Are we stuck?" "It's 13:15." "Wake up!" "Notes to Silvana." "08:30:" "Set up meeting with Santucci, to discuss project Deep Sea Fishing from A to Z." "Soft, laminated cover." "Perfect for beach reading." "09:30:" "Appointment with Bossi." "Why do I need to see him?" " What's this?" " For the STP Magazines contract." "Well say so!" "10:30:" "Set up meeting with Lombardozzi to discuss project Literary Ace." "Our publications also have a cultural agenda!" "Clearance prices:" "300 liras per Balzac." "11:00: "Titles" team in my office." "The titles for the football encyclopedia are juvenile and outdated." "Let's be punchy." "Let's think clearly!" "Let's go, let's get with it!" "According to the consul in Luanda, your brother-in-law Oreste Sabatini arrived in Portuguese Africa in September 1965." "As of May 1966, his wife has not heard from him." "What's your opinion, Colonel?" "Is he dead or disappeared?" "Please don't interrupt." "I'm getting to the facts." "Sabatini is spotted in the deep south of Angola, at Nemakonde, in Bushmen territory." "Those are the tiny ones?" "No, very tall." "They're ancestors to the Watussis." "They're quite famous." "The claim that he might have died near the Duque de Braganca Falls is completely unfounded." "In March '67, an ivory trader sees him on a river boat heading towards Tombwe, a trading port on the Rio Cunene, a river full of hippopotamuses and rich in gold deposits." "Paradise." "Purgatory." "Hell." "Devil." "Horns." "Bull." "Milk." "Mozzarella." "Hippopotamus." "Fausto!" "Hippopotamus?" "What's the connection?" "What's the parallel with mozzarella?" "You can make it with hippopotamus's milk." " Quelle horreur!" " Quelle horreur?" "This is my house." "I can do and say what I want." "(FRENCH) If you don't agree, you can leave." "OK?" "Forgive him." "He works too hard." "He really needs some rest." "We pick up at mozzarella ?" "One, two..." "Mozzarella." "Cheesemaker." "Note:" "Transfer the Sex and Eroticism pamphlets from the Science section to the children's collection." "18:00:" "Frattina bookstore to introduce the Leisure and Pastime collection." "Tell Galeazzi to write my improvised speech." "Make an appointment with Mr. Guizzi." "End." "Accountant, go deliver the tape to Silvana." "Book my flight to Milan and come back here with the thing." "What thing, boss?" "The thing..." "What's it called?" " The car?" " Of course!" "What else?" "Why am I seeing Guizzi?" "Let's hope that he knows." "Mario!" "Mozzarella and tomato juice." "In 15 minutes." "Yes, sir." " Hi, Di Salvio." " Hi, how are you?" "Great, like a lion!" "I only have 10 minutes." "At 15:00, I have an appointment with Tanzinger." "You hooked him?" "Fausto!" "I managed to lower my handicap." "Bravo!" "In Tombwe, the faint tracks of Oreste Sabatini are apparently engulfed by the impressive Duque de Braganca Falls." "In order to pick up fresh tracks, someone must be sent on site." "Hi, dad." "I'm going out." "Makes sense." "It's midnight." "Hi, John." "Good evening, sir." "Your sister-in-law is here." "Good evening." "Look who's here." "Marisa!" "It's about time you got home." "Marisa, stop drinking, I beg you.." "Since they lost track of my husband in Tombwe..." "Since they lost track of him, he's being written off?" "What do we do?" "Do I wear black?" "Marisa, it's an obsession." "Do you want him to be dead?" "We'll send someone on site." "We'll spend a bit more." "Yes, yes." "We should have never let him go there." "Never." "Who are you blaming?" "He's the one who wanted to go." " It's your fault." " Here we go." "He was suffocating in this city." "You made Rome unlivable." "You made him run away." "Bunch of cowards!" "He chose the real jungle." "Here, he doubted himself." "He felt frustrated, underappreciated." " Enough." " He wasn't like Fausto." "Why?" "How am I?" "You're different." "You're in your house, with your wife, your son." "You're rich, happy." "You've made it." "Whereas poor Titino..." "Your sister said, "Poor Titino."" "Did I hear that right?" ""Poor Titino," she said." "And I broke a bottle." "Yes, yes!" "Goddamn bitch of a life!" "He's not the poor one." "I am." "Right here, in front of you, with glass shards in my hand." " Are you cut?" "Show me." " Yes, no!" "Yes, I cut myself." "No, I'm not showing you." "We're dying here!" "I am a lion." "Even the lions are dying here." "They feel sorry for Titino." "He has known the silence of the great rivers." "But I only know the grating of your irritating voices." "Horns, milk, cow, mozzarella..." "I'm fed up with mozzarella!" "And fed up with you too, OK?" "Calm down!" "John!" "Don't you see how we live?" "We play golf, spend a weekend on the yacht," "I go to a party, you, another." "John, get me a drink." "I'm thirsty as hell!" "Here you are." "Come here." "Here's John." "This is John?" "He's from Bari." "Why is his name John?" "(FRENCH) I've had it with this life." "Do you have a son?" "Yes, of course." "Is that a son?" "That blondie?" "Where does he go hang out?" "Come here, Rita." "Take a good look at me." "Do you see me?" "Do you see this face?" "This face launched the collection The Great Loves of Our Time." "OK?" "I'm thinking clearly." "I'm the one who'll go on site." "I'm the one who'll go find Titino!" "I'm the one who'll go to Africa!" "Drop us off at the airport and take the tape to Silvana." "Excuse me, sir." "I can take it to her myself." " No, you're going with me." " I am?" " Yes." " To Africa?" "What's with the face?" "I hadn't told you?" " No." " No?" "And why?" " Why?" " Why, why." "Memory lapse, amnesia..." "Well, sorry." "We're picking up a suitcase at the accountant's." "Happy?" "We're going to Africa." "Can you imagine?" "Finally, an ancient dream comes true." "From now on, we're out of this dump." "We're just two men leaving to go look for another man." "Take something, accountant." "Don't let me carry everything." " He's filming me." "He's right." " Indeed." "One, two, one, two, it's me." "Testing mic." "Travel Diary." "Entry n° 1." "06:30:" "Have left Luanda, on road to Tombwe, last place where Titino was seen." "Bought Land Rover, used but in perfect condition, well equipped." "Hired Portuguese Durabal, safari guide and great hunter with vast African experience." "He speaks Italian well." "I'm going to ask him some questions about himself." "Do you want to talk a little about yourself?" "That's clear." "Desert living and the silences of the savannah make these men reserved, taciturn, inscrutable." "And a bit obnoxious too." "Before nightfall, we'll make camp in Mingou." "Tomorrow, we'll be in Tombwe." "What?" "Ostriches." " Are these ostriches?" " Obviously." "Leave them alone, boss." "They're dangerous." "Why?" "Do they attack men?" "But why?" "Water pump obstructed?" "It happens." "What are you doing, accountant?" "Thanks, boss." "Magnificent." "Euphorbia angolensis, of the euphorbiaceae family, or is it cucurbitaceae, I forget." "Superb." "Specimen distinctively monandrous and pedunculated." "Very similar to our pumpkins." ""Encyclopedia of the little naturalist."" "Oh God." "Accountant, look!" "Our first aborigine." "Me, editor Di Salvio." "Them, my associates:" "Palmarini and Durabal." "Me, you, them, all brothers." "Hermanos." "How do you say that, Durabal?" "Skin color, no conta nada." "Correct." "All equal." "Durabal, translate!" "He wants to communicate with me." "Tell him we are all brothers." "Translate!" "Where are you going?" "Sir, wait!" "Why did he run away?" "Why did he get scared?" "Afraid of whites." " But I told you to say we were brothers." " Me, not brother of black man." "Listen, caçador, as long as you're with me, you obey." " You is with me." " Oh yeah?" "Starting esto momento, nosotros are going our separate way." "Accountant, did you hear?" "Pay him what he's owed." " Right now?" " Right now." "We'll see who's in charge." "I'll teach you to say nau." "I feel you've already overstayed your welcome." "No." "No receipt." "Fired on the spot." "Off you go!" "Hurry up." "Bugger off, go away, get lost!" "Seriously." "Take your rags and clear out." "You'll see who I am." "We're leaving him on foot in the desert?" "Yes, that'll teach him." "He wants to boycott?" "Not the pygmy's brother?" "Not mine either." "To think you're a compatriot of Janez." " Sandokan's white brother." " Yes." "Done yet?" "He had a motorcycle?" "We're searching for my brother-in-law, but we're also searching for ourselves." ""Truth is self-contradictory," says Mao." "In his paperback I published." "You made money even on Mao?" "What's your point?" "Behold the grand horizons." "Accountant, look at these colors." "Look at this sky." "Look at this landscape." "Look where you're going." " Turn on the headlights." " I can't find the switch." "I can't believe it." "You don't know your way around a Land Rover?" "I own a Fiat 600." " What are you pulling on?" " The ignition." "The ignition while we're in motion?" "What now?" "The battery has had it." "That's what." "You're crossing your arms?" " Me too." "We'll see what happens." " What do you suggest we do?" "Entry n° 7:" "After failed attempts to restart the Land Rover, queen of the desert, we have set up camp at exactly 15, maybe 20... even 30 km from Mingou." "We'll sleep under the stars, surrounded by darkness." "The evening shadows fell suddenly." "That happens in the tropics." "In the mysterious air, we can hear a distant, insistent tom-tom." "A message, a warning?" "We'll take quarter turns at watch." "You take the first." "Machete, terrifying weapon in his hands." "Ah, if only I was with the faithful Kamamuri instead of you." "A pure daydream!" "Reality is quite different." "I'm thinking clearly." "Comfort destroys the individual even more than want." "We should rebel:" "a backpack, some bread, then we hit the wide open road, looking for adventure, just like Titino." "Let's stop this rat race." "Have we all gone crazy?" "Villas, pools, fake English." "To hell with our Maseratis." "Let's get rid of those fetishes, destroy them." "Finished, finished, finished." "I don't have all those comforts." "Don't destroy them right away." "I won't even dignify that with a response." "I always knew you were immature." "It's possible." " I brought along someone immature." " You shouldn't have." "Stay away from the wild animals." "There are wild animals?" " There are wild animals?" " You're the one who said it." "The rifle is loaded?" "Stay alert on your quarterwatch." "Why even lie down." "I know I won't be able to shut my eyes." ""O sickle of moonlight declining" ""What harvest of visions Is waving beneath thy mild lustre."" "It's your turn, boss." "What a deep sleep." "In Rome, I need two sleeping pills." "Here, I slept straight through." "How wonderful." "4 hours felt like 5 minutes." "Everything okay, accountant?" "It's dawn, but in the tropics, it's still dark." " Sleep well, accountant." " Thanks, boss." "I slept 1/4 hour?" "You told me to take the first quarterwatch." "I must be dreaming." "I was talking about a nautical watch:" "4 hours each." "We're not going to wake up every quarter of an hour." "Can you picture that?" "Oh God..." "How will I manage to fall asleep again?" "Boss..." "What's going on?" "Where are we?" "In Mingou, apparently." " He said: used but in good condition." " Good." " Your Portuguese is good." " It's excellent." "How long to repair the car?" " 2 days." " No need to translate." "No possible." "Nosotros in a hurry." "Soy I'editor De Salvio." "Vamos to Tombwe, buscar news of Mr. Sabatini, my brother-in-law." " How to say "brother-in-law?"" " I don't know." " Figures." " He works here." " We found him already." "Apparently." "Mr. Sabatini runs things there?" "Here, madam." "The map of Africa." "I no longer need it." "We're here." "Not here, there." "Where are you looking?" "Final entries." "11:00, local time." "We have already found my brother-in-law." "Soon, I will embrace him, and tomorrow we'll return to Rome." "Goodbye, Africa." "Dream too soon ended." "Boss, there's a plane for Rome tomorrow." "With a bit of luck, we'll be able to catch the match." "Accountant, in 24 years, I've never seen you laugh." "But we found Mr. Titino." "Aren't you happy?" "What?" "You want me to dance around with you?" "OK, let's dance." "Let's make a spectacle of ourselves." "Of course I'm happy, but I'm in control of my emotions." "Must one always explain everything to you?" "We're making everyone laugh." "Meu señor, can call Oreste Sabatini por editor De Salvio?" "Me wait." "Call!" " Here he is." "Titino." "It's me!" " Is that him?" "Titino!" "Stop!" " He ran off." " Yes, and at full speed." "Now what?" " This makes you laugh?" " Of course." "The mystery thickens." "The chase goes on." "I want buscar in some maniera el señor who just ran away..." "Italian?" "Huh?" "Yes." "He's going to Bamanguo." "They're all going there." "We'll catch up along the way." "Campi Benedetto always helps his compatriots." " Careful!" " It's my sister." "I know her." "My love, kiss me" "Goodbye, my love, kiss me" "As soon as he heard my name, he fled." "Why, accountant?" "Do you remember the night" "When I kissed you playfully It seemed like an adventure" "Because he saw me as a threat to his freedom." "Maybe." "That I was little by little Falling in love with you" "My love, forgive me" "If I'm crying My love, forgive me" "My love, forgive me, is that him?" "It's him." " What?" " It's a black man." "You can bet your ass a white man wouldn't have made way." "Shortcut!" "Do you often go this way?" "Whenever I'm in a hurry." "I know every bump of this road." "And you don't miss a single one." "Be quiet!" "You're all we can hear." "Quiet." " Another truck?" " Rhino." "An Italian?" "Rhino." "Rhinoceros." "There are lots around here." "Rhinoceros?" "There are lots?" "You knew this?" "And you still decided to go this way?" " You see it?" " No." "Here it is." "It's true." "I'll do a slalom to disorient it." "If that doesn't work?" "Here he is." " A gun!" " You'd need a cannon." " Do you see it now?" " Yes, boss." "Let's switch places." "They're not very bright." "Who cares about his IQ?" "He's all turned around." "No, he's not." "Stop with the slalom." "Can't you give in?" "They can do 100 km/h." "He's turning." " I never should have come here." " Take control." "Be a man." "Don't be scared." "Accountant, help!" "Always the same side!" " I'm worried about the panels." " Who gives a damn?" " I do." " I don't." "See how he beat it?" "Benedetto got the best of him." "Benedetto." "Your mom still around?" " Yes." " You son of a..." "Hotel Bamanguo." "Here's Sabatini's truck." "We caught up to him." "Thanks." " See you." " I doubt it." "Hurry up, accountant." "Anyone here?" "I knew it." "Follow me." "Angolan black piglet." " Extremely dangerous." " Does it bite?" " No, it spreads cholera." "We'll surprise him." " You bastard." " Who is it?" "It's me, Fausto." "I come looking for you and you run away?" "I'll show you." "You're resisting?" "Good old Titino." "Who's this guy?" "Who are you?" "Maybe we got the wrong room." "He's an impostor." "Don't you get it?" "So that's why he ran away." "Where are you going?" "Catch him." "Come here." "Where is my brother-in-law?" " I was right." " I no speak Italian." "But you play Italian." "I'll loosen your tongue." " Talk." " Let me do it." "You're doing it wrong." " Talk." " That's what I said." " I'll show you." " Boss!" " He said he'd talk." " He said that?" "He said it." "I speak little Italian, learned from Sicilian buddy." "Stop clowning." "Spill it." " Here." " I no smoke, Excellency." " May I, boss?" " You smoke now?" "No, I'm a little shaken." "So, let's see." "Who are you?" "Why are you passing yourself off as Oreste?" "My real name is Pedro Tomeo." "I have economic problems." "I not find work for misunderstanding with law." "How you say?" " How do you say?" " Thefts." "An error." "Judicial error." "They refused me work permit." "I found suitcase and took Sabatini passport." "What suitcase?" "I found since 2 months in cave." "South of Tombwe." "In old auro mine." " What is auro?" " Gold." " I got that." " Dónde?" " South of Tombwe." "What's this?" "A bum's suitcase?" "Trinkets." " Everything is there?" " Except passport." "This is his." "Billiards championship..." "It's him." "What about this?" " Boss." " What is it?" " A letter to your brother-in-law." " Let's see." " Dear Titino." " I got that." ""Ever since you left San José," ""my heart has been in the dark." ""Come back quickly." "You are the light of my soul." ""I'll wait for you always." "I kiss your hands with devotion." ""Your Maria Carmen."" "Maria Carmen?" "She must be good." "We finally find a trail, and you're fantasizing about the girl?" "According to letter, it's clear that Sabatini and Maria Carmen..." "She knows things." "Maybe he went back to San José." "No harm, no foul." "It happens." "Did you hear that, accountant?" "We had to hear it from a stranger." "Bravo, Pedro!" "Finally, a solid clue." "We're going..." " to San José." " Yes." "200 km from here." "I come with you." "You lucky." "Pedro is at your service." "I know road like pocket." "Vamos !" "We're ready." " Coche?" " The car." "It is in reparaçao." "Vamos get it." "I stick with you." "When find brother-in-law," " I resign and come to Rome." " To Rome?" " OK?" " Why?" "What did you do before trucking?" "Little of everything: security guard, procurer of great whores..." " You surprise me." " How do you say?" " Pimp." "Your accountist agree and you say no?" "What a splendid sight!" "Eh, accountant?" "What are you doing?" "The accounts." "There's the loan, the furnishings, the bank drafts..." "We're in front of the Duque de Braganca Falls, one of the grandest sights in nature, where black Africa pours out her candid soul, and you're thinking of drafts?" "You have no verve, accountant, you only think of accounts." "You've lost all fighting spirit." "But I'm thinking clearly." "Workers have become conservatives." "The real conservative is the worker!" "A new way to insult workers." "What?" "Don't say that." " I'm a proletarian of publishing." " Sure." "What do you mean, sure?" "I'm almost sorry I brought you." "Do me a favor, and don't talk to me anymore." "OK." "But you do the same." "Let go of me." " Macaroni?" " With tomato sauce, yes." " I'm going to find some piri-piri." " Go, go." "Who picked this at the supermarket in Luanda?" "Macaroni n° 3." "With this calcium-free water." "They'll never cook." "When you don't know how to travel, you stay home." "This is for stirring the pasta?" "A ladle?" "You stay home." "You don't come to Africa." "If you want something done, you have to do it yourself." " What was that?" " A scream." "Mr. Fausto!" "Accountist!" " What happened?" " It was a pygmy..." "Tell Asuncion, the woman who left me, my dying wish." "Pedro, saying your name, in memory of his great love..." "She will die of grief!" "Funny, no?" "You liked joke?" "The blood is tomato sauce." "Pedro is great comedian." " Idiot." " Why you call me idiot?" "Because you are one." "You not liked?" "Not one bit." "Pedro has varied repertory to amuse on trip." "It blew up." " The pasta." " It was n° 3." "Spurred on by the same enthusiasm and carried along at great pace by our dear Land Rover, uncontested queen of the desert, the accountant Palmarini, Pedro the gypsy and I have all decided to stop in the shadow of ancient palm trees." "Suddenly, in this oasis of peace and cool, the echo of a distant choir greeted our arrival." "We were in San José." "Mr. Di Salvio, let's go ask about Maria Carmen in the school." "She's there." "The woman at the wash basin." "Good, let's go see her." "I'll take care of the coche." "Take it, accountant." "Excuse me." "Señorita Maria Carmen?" " Sister." " Ah, nun?" "No, converted novice." "Congratulations, señorita." "Easy." "What are you doing?" "Stop it, Epifanio!" "Playing with water?" " Excuse me, they're children." " Oh please, I adore children." "You speak Italian?" "Yes, a little." "I learned from an Italian." " Sabatini?" " You know him?" "He's his relative." "Relative of Father Sabatini?" "Father who?" " Pardon me, señorita." " Father François!" "She said:" "Father Oreste Sabatini." "He became a priest?" "The 4th from the left is Padre Titino." "The photo was taken when he left the mission, the day of the feast of St. Joseph, our patron saint." "A delightful character, Father Titino!" "You're his lawful brother?" "No, he's the lawful brother." " Brother-in-law." " Yes." "Forgive me for my poor Italian." "It's too bad Father Titino stayed such a short time with us." "He was an enlightened cleric and a great entomologist." "Entomologist?" "He was the one who advised us to expand our butterfly collection and to undertake trades with Europe." "Look at this beautiful specimen:" "eribea angolana." "Here is a catocala ipsipila." "Zerynthia eudamippo." "But the queen of our collection is known as the caligo prometheus." "Look at those magnificent colors:" "A veritable flying flower." " Know how much it's worth?" " How much?" "300 dollars." "Wow!" "Where is Father Titino?" "In Vacumbos." "Father Sabatini's latest project is this:" "to build a mission like this one." " Where?" " What do you mean, where?" " In Vacumbos." " I got that." " What is it?" " Hippopotamus." " Here." " No..." "It's very good." " There's some cod." " No." "I'll take some ham." "No, thanks." "Father Titino knew this girl well?" "(FRENCH) Yes, of course." "This young girl used to have the terrible profession..." "How do you say, on the rail track?" " It's an ugly word." " No, the rail track." " Railroad." " Exactly." "Here's another word." "Father Titino is the one who converted her." "And now, this young girl..." "She is truly pure and happy with her new life." "What is Fellini working on?" "Who's that?" "Since you're thinking clearly, do you believe in Mr. Sabatini's conversion?" "Do I believe in it?" "Listen, my dear." "I'm wondering about Father Sabatini and I'd like to find an answer." "I mean..." "To what extent can an individual, half way through his life, manage to change?" "Because Titino changed." "And I've changed too, a little." "You, have you changed?" "May I?" "Accountant, I believe in my brother-in-law's conversion." "Mr. Di Salvio, el coche is fixed." "Open up!" "Open up!" "Hurry!" "Who is it?" "Oh God!" "Accountant!" "It's us." "Come on, open up." " What is it?" " Where is the caligo prometheus ?" " What?" " The butterfly, where did it go?" " What butterfly?" " Short jokes the best." "Give us back the butterfly, it's worth 300 dollars." "Father, how dare you?" "Out with the butterfly, you..." "He's gone." "Did you call assembly?" "He stole the car." "Are you happy, accountant?" "He gets up, builds a dummy, and what are you doing?" "Moron." "You were asleep?" "And you, you weren't asleep?" "Always ready to contradict me, eh?" " Me?" " Yes, you." "Let's drop it." "Excuse us, but we suffered a great loss." "The Land Rover, all the equipment we bought in Luanda, not to mention the prior's butterfly." "He demanded 300 dollars, your saint." "And they say that Italians are thieves." "In Italy, we call crooks Portuguese." "To each his own." "Our trip was able to continue thanks to Father François, who entrusted us to a nice Portuguese couple, who have kindly agreed to drive us to Vacumbos, the site of my brother-in-law's mission." "How wonderful." "Give me the camera." "Wait." "Kids!" "Niños, niños !" " Beautiful, eh?" " Very, but they're gone." "Another 12 km and we'll be in Vacumbos." "It's about time." "Is there no other road?" "Yes, 20 km from here." "We would lose time." "Easy." " What did he say?" " That he'll be back soon." "Let's get to the bank, quickly." "All set." "Thanks for the ride." "We're getting off." "We'll continue on foot." "Because we'd like to stretch our legs." " Right, accountant?" " Gladly." "Let's go." "Nothing strange." "We want to walk." "It's good to walk." "Thanks for the ride, and sorry for the inconvenience." "Don't turn around, accountant." "If it's because you don't like the way I treat the blacks, primo: it's none of your business." "Secundo:" "I work them as I please, understood?" "It's nobody's business." "Tertio: there's no profit in helping communists like you." " Clear?" " Very." "Don't get mad." "Say goodbye to him." "Adios, señor." "Goodbye." " What did he say?" " What?" "I want to know what he said." " Petaço de cornudo." " Do you know what petaço means?" "Petaço no, but cornudo yes." "You've never understood Portuguese." "Just drop it." "As usual." "Petaço de cornudo yourself!" "Did he stop?" " Is he coming?" " Yes." "You just had to tell him off, and here we are." "Band of cowards!" "Two against one..." "And if we had been 3, all 3 would have gotten down to it." "Accountant, do I have a black eye?" "No, boss." " What?" " Your nose." "Like when I was a kid." "Our trip was able to continue thanks to Father François, who entrusted us to a nice Portuguese couple..." "Let's go." "Boss..." " Thank you." " Not at all." "Señor, voce es the driver?" "He can't hear anything." "Was it a tsetse fly?" "No, drunk." " What do we do?" " What can we do?" "No travão." "You don't want to work." "I'll give you some travão." "Boss, travão is the brake." " There's no brake." " No brake?" "Oh God, there's no brake!" "Accountant, why didn't you tell me sooner?" " What kind of driving is this?" " What kind?" "You're under arrest." "You killed animals." "I'll pay." "Two goats and a chicken:" "300 crowns." "Next." "Four pigs: 300 crowns." "Here." "700 crowns for a cow." " We're ruined, boss." " Who breaks pays." "One goat: 100 crowns." "Two bags of salt: 15 crowns." "To the negus." "Boss?" "What?" "It was true." "It's the mission my brother-in-law is building." "And you were skeptical, accountant." "Father Titino!" "Father Titino!" "Who spoke?" "Who spoke?" "It sounds like a parrot." "It sounds like a parrot." "Are you the watchman?" "Are you the watchman?" "Do you know Father Titino?" "Who is that?" "What are you doing here?" "I got it." "We're leaving." "Yes, that's better." "Are you looking for Sabatini?" " Come with me." " Where?" "Come, accountant, let's follow him." "Father Titino lives here?" "Nothing..." "Quiet like a tomb." "Look how lovely this is." " Is he home...?" " Wait here." "Old beam, can fall down." "That's all we need." "Watch out." "There, I knew it." "Beam fall down." "He had the wrong beam." "Who is it?" "There's no one." "Where are you going?" "Come back here." "You're looking for Titino?" "Friends of the engineer?" "Well, he's an engineer now." "Yes." "Friends of the engineer." "He's here?" "With pleasure, miss." "We've come a long way to find Oreste..." "Where is she taking us?" "We don't know." "No one speaks here." "Titino, you have visitors." "Accountant, we've finally found him..." "So that's why... 4 March 1968." "How did it happen?" "He played the violin." "I accompanied him on the piano." "He loved the violin, the birds, the rain." "When it rained, he would rush outside." "Pneumonia?" "He came here to build the hotel you see over there." "A hotel?" "It's not a church?" "The work was half way through, when a horrible snake bit one of the workers." "Titino cut, pressed, sucked..." "He saved the man's life." "But he died 5 minutes later." ""Pulvis es..." ""et in pulverem reverteris."" "You call him an engineer, but actually he was..." "A Dominican Father?" "Yes, I know." "He had a crisis." "He wanted to become Shintoist." "He used to say, Shinto Buddhists were the happiest of men." " Is it true?" " I don't know." " Is it true?" " Perhaps." "Marisa, I'm sorry." "I arrived too late." "Titino was already..." "He was...?" "He was dead." "Marisa!" "Marisa, no!" "Why?" "Why, Marisa?" "Sad epilogue to a sad story." "We'll get on here." "Is there a dining car?" " No, señor." " Thank you." "Mr. Di Salvio!" "Accountist!" "I ran after in Vacumbos." "Accountant, look who's here." "I have great news." "You son of a bitch!" "I can explain." "Explain what?" "That you're a lousy thief?" "Come here, gypsy!" "He has the nerve to come back." "And with my hat." "Go away!" "Lousy thief!" "I'll turn you in for robbing strangers." "Dear boss, don't be mad." "I have great news." "Get the hell out of here." "I'm sorry, boss." "It's fault of woman who left me." "I find bad woman with air sergeant." "You should be ashamed to take advantage of Italians." "On boat, river captain told me where is your friend Titino." "I know where is Titino." "Enough with your yarns." "Titino is dead." "He died on March 4th." "It's not true..." " Is it far?" " I don't know." " Take out the map." " You gave it to that black woman." "Nice way to thank me." " What day is the feast of San José?" " Who?" " Saint Joseph." " Well?" "It's March 19th." "If Titino's photo was taken in San José on March 19, St. Joseph day, how did he die on the 4th?" "Simple." "On March 19th, his photo was taken, on the 4th, he died..." "It's true." "You're right." "Pedro!" "Come on, get in." " I can?" "You forgive?" " Thank the accountant." " Thanks, accountist." " Hands off!" "Something hard." "So then...?" "What is it?" "There's only a violin here." "Just a violin?" "She said he played." "I was right." "He's alive!" " You were right." "Bravo." " Thank you." " Ubaldo, let's be informal." " With pleasure." "Why this grave?" "Where did you say he was?" " You're taking me?" " OK, talk!" "6 months ago, he was seen in Tampala Banye." "What does this macabre mise-en-scene mean?" " Hey you!" " Who is it?" " A black man." " The majordomo." "Let go of him." "Make him talk." "Let go of him." "Catch him." "The grave was empty." "Oreste isn't dead." "We won't hurt you." "Why say he was dead?" "The grave, it was his idea." "Then he left." "Soldiers came to get him." "And your mistress?" "The lady doesn't know anything." "The lady is loca." "He says the lady is crazy." "I suspected it." "I wanted to tell you." " Tell who?" " You." "You're being informal?" "Entry n° 21." "On the track of Titino once again." "This shadowy figure, named Oreste Sabatini, seems to slip away every time we get close." "He takes refuge in the heart of the African darkness." "Reread "Heart of Darkness" by Conrad." "Enlightened by our Pedro and by a rare stroke of genius from accountant Palmarini, we are returning to Vacumbos..." "A lion?" "He saw us." " He's afraid." " Oh yes?" "How is he afraid?" "Quiet or he'll flee." "Let's make noise." "What if he doesn't flee?" "Can you believe this guy?" " Drive." " Reverse." "Forward, reverse... just drive." "And now he stops?" "Wait, where are you going?" "Kill the lion." " Kill it?" " You don't want trophy?" "Moments worth a lifetime." "I stare, the lion stares back." "I take aim with my Brown." "The cat jumps on me and I shoot..." "I bring it down with two shots here." "Check: one and two." " Let's go." " Quick or he'll leave." "Easy." " Wait." "Do you hunt?" " Every Sunday." " Kneel down." " Thanks, boss." "Not at all." "Aim for chest." "Aim straight." "You, flank." "I aim for middle of forehead." "2 shots each:" "chest, flank, eyes." "OK?" "He's leaving?" "We won't talk about this." " Better, we'll forget about it." " Yes, boss." "Bravo." "Hunter, eh?" "They're stealing everything." "What are you doing?" "This is private property." "Not contraband." "Personal effects." "Rifle?" "Here." "There's even a señorita." " How dare you?" " Your shoes." " Right away." " He slapped you?" " Who, me?" "Give up your rifles." "Let's avoid diplomatic incidents." "Let's control our indignation." "Give up your shoes." "Above all, let's stay united." "I just took a kick." "What's this?" "Who is he?" "I have no idea." "* (FRENCH) You're behaving like bandits." "* But these are Europeans." "* I'll tame you, you'll see." "* You aren't soldiers." "You're a bunch of cabróns." "You think these glasses make you a commander?" "Macaque!" "* Forgive me, gentlemen...." "* I am the publisher Di Salvio." "My colleagues:" "* accountant Palmarini and Pedro Ladrón, our guide." " Italians..." " From Rome." "* On the double." "Everything back in its place." "We're always on the verge of loving Italy." "But Italy always manages to make itself hated." "I think le contraire." "We're always on the verge of hating Italy." "But Italy always manages to make itself loved." "* Thank you, commander." "Thank the commander." "He's from the South." "Forgive my soldiers, * but we haven't eaten for 3 days." "What do we do?" " Spaghetti?" " With garlic?" "The life of a mercenary is hard without a war." "We're reduced to pillaging." "I was known as..." "Kochembe." "* The Leopard." "And here's what's left of The Leopard." "My men were the most feared villains in the Congo." "But because of a damned Italian, a horrible, ugly man, who came to the Congo-Angola border to sell me arms..." "I give him all my money." "10,000 pounds." "Have you seen those arms?" "Gone with the money." "Without arms, my battalion, under attack from the enemy... flees." "We escaped to Angola." "I knew that this traitor was in Angola." "A month ago," "I learned that he died in Vacumbos, bitten by a snake." "Good for him." "I went to Vacumbos to spit on his grave." "* What else could I do?" "I gave up the hunt." "But I know Italians aren't all the same." "* Rome is beautiful." "Her cuisine simple and varied:" "What a gourmet!" "* Bravo, commander." "One for later." "* Please." "... in Vacumbos, a shocking turn of events." "The grave was empty." "Oreste Sabatini was alive." "It was all a ploy." "It was all a ploy." "He had been seen in Tampala Banye." "We have crossed the Tropic of Capricorn." "We're under the Southern Cross constellation." "Light emotion." "Clouds to the northeast." "No, to the northwest." "Anyway, clouds." "Nice toy." "* Yes, very cute." "* Our man is in Tampala Banye." "Got that?" "They're taking the car." "What are you doing?" "Commander!" "No, don't take the car." "How will we manage?" "* Take off your shoes." "I want to find Titino with your shoes." "You come as our guide." "We can't leave them here." "It's very dangerous." "My hat." "They took everything." " Are you happy?" " It's my fault?" " What a scoundrel." " Mercenaries are always mercenary." "Not the mercenary." "I mean my brother-in-law." "Thank you." "Where are we going?" "This will surprise you, accountant, but I'm still thinking clearly." "While you, with your mediocre man's wisdom, do not." "Which way is north?" "Ah, the accountist doesn't know." "We'll go straight." "Sooner or later, we'll find a thing..." " A kind of..." " Of what?" "Never mind." "Of agglomeration!" "I hope the mercenary has found Titino and killed him." "That hope is the only sentiment we have in common." "Otherwise, know that I despise you." "You ruined even further this lousy trip in this goddamn lousy country." "We don't love Africa anymore?" " Accountant." " What?" "You're fired." "Thank you, publisher Di Salvio." "I can finally tell you that you're a clown." "Save your spit." "And you, stop running." "Nope." "I'm running." "Accountant, you have no character." "Else you would have stopped me from going on this adventure." "Can I tell you something from the bottom of my heart?" "Don't bother." "That cover is worthless." "What cover?" "A plane." "Help!" "They never stop." " We're in a jam." " I told you so." "Accountant, I forbid you to say, "I told you so."" " Accountant." " What?" "Get up!" "To get out of this, we have to keep walking." "As long as we're standing up, and even on all fours, we'll be OK." "To stop would mean to die." "You see them?" "They're watching us." "They start with the eyes." "Don't stop." "If you do, I'm going on alone." "Have you read the Jack London story about two gold prospectors lost in the Klondike?" "Don't you ever read anything?" "You're a yahoo." "I'd even say you're..." "Will you shut up?" "I'm sorry." "What?" "I'm not answering you." "My foot, my foot, boss." "I need to shut up." "Oh God, a trap." "I fell into a trap." "Accountant, quick." "The blood is going to my head." "Yes, well done." "Come give me some support." "My ankle is killing me." " Have you read the story by Jack London?" " Accountant, come back here." "I said that earlier just to..." "How do you say...?" "Come back!" "I'm giving you a raise." "Accountant!" "Ubaldo!" "I beg you, Ubaldo." "Stop, come back." "You can't abandon me." "You'll have remorse for the rest of your life." "Where will you go by yourself?" "We have to stay united." "Ubaldo!" "My little Ubaldo!" "Thank you, Ubaldo." "Thanks for coming back." "My faithful friend." "I knew you were a good man deep down." " Who's that?" " The trap's owners." " They're not fleeing?" "Don't they fear white men?" " Apparently not." "Oh no?" "Accountant!" "Where did the accountant go?" "He left me alone." " Are you feeling better, boss?" " Do I look like it?" "Where did they take us?" "There's no one here." "What?" "Stay close to me." " It's the feitiçeiro." " No, the witch doctor." " Feitiçeiro, in Portuguese." "It's a prayer." "It's a white man." "Ubaldo!" "But this man looks like..." "It's him!" "Your brother-in-law?" " Yes." " No way!" "It's him!" "Titi, it's me, Fausto." "That bigganga nuisanga againga." "Italians?" "Are we Italians?" "But... it's Mr. Di Salvio, your brother-in-law." " He doesn't know who you are?" " Oh, he knows." "Isn't that right?" "You'd better tell us, if you're still Italian, what you're doing here." "It's on you to tell me why you came here." "Why are we here, accountant?" "And what if we told you we were here to talk?" "What do you want to talk about?" "About the fact that it's been 3 years since you left home." "And a year since we lost track of you." " That you have a wife." " How is Marcella?" "Marcella?" "Marisa." " Yes, Marisa." " Good start." "What is she up to?" "What is she up to?" "She cries and she drinks." "Lots of people cry." "You too make people cry." " I do?" "Since when?" " Since always?" "You left tracks everywhere." "We wouldn't be here otherwise." "You burned down half of Africa." "Accountant?" "Help me out." "You wanted to come." "Jump in." "Me?" "What can I say?" "Oh, yes." "There's someone looking for you." "Gomez, the miner?" "Bratislav, the Yugoslavian?" "Gonçalvo, the planter?" "He burned down the other half too." "The head of the mercenaries." "The Leopard, without beliefs or morals." " And without a homeland." " Without a cent, too." " You ripped him off 10,000 pounds." " I did?" "That's irrelevant." "Don't mix everything up with your European way of thinking." "You know what he wanted?" "What did he want?" "Arms." " Do I have arms?" " No, that's why he'll come here." "The Leopard?" "How did he find out?" "Who told him?" "Boss, tell him how..." "Never mind, it's not important." "He knows that you're in Tampala Banye." " This isn't Tampala Banye." " So much the better." " We're in the Dead Lands." " That's cheerful." "But what are you doing here, amidst this lost tribe?" "Nothing." "They're friends." "It never rains here." "It hasn't rained for 6 months." "I'm trying to help them." "You know how to make rain?" "I'm trying." "Who's he?" "Him?" "No one." "Palmarini." "Don't you remember?" "Don't you remember me?" "Marisa." "I know she must have suffered." "It was hard for me too." "You say I burned down Africa." "But I had to struggle every single day." "Until..." "What did she tell you?" "May I go?" "To the hill?" "Why did they all scream?" "What did you tell them?" "That tonight, it will rain." "Why do you look at me?" "He's your brother-in-law, not mine." " What?" " Monkey's milk." " Here." " Have you promised rain before?" " Never." "Then why promise them today?" "Ouamande." " What?" " Ouamande?" "How do you say...?" "It's... something you feel." " Premonition?" " No, that's not it." "It's more, much more than that." "It's..." " It's like..." " Telepathy?" " Not at all." " Stay out of it." "You sense an event without knowing if it will happen." "In Italian, you say..." "There's no word for it." " No word?" " No." "Like, the other night, while I was doing the Rua-a-maka, the hymn propitiatory to the moon," "I sensed that someone was coming." "And you came." "It's odd, but right now," "I sense..." "I sense that someone is coming." "It's like a noise getting closer." "Yes, yes." "It's getting closer." "I feel it." "Guess what, I hear it too." "It's a car." " Who can it be?" " The Leopard." "Of course." " He found me." " Didn't sense that one, eh?" "* He doesn't know Sabatini." "Hi, Leopard!" "Hi, hyena." "I searched all of Tampala Banye." "And I find you here." "Tell those animals to lower their ridiculous spears." "It's true, they're not very scary." "Your guys are better equipped." "Yet I would be leery of those spears." "They've been using them for centuries." "They're all on you." "If your guys shoot, I'll die, but you, you'll definitely look like a pin cushion." "Kangama, we're talking." "Careful, colonel." "I know these guys, they willing to die, not afraid of death." "In a treatise on strategy, Von Clausewitz wrote," ""War isn't arithmetic."" ""The chaplains will count the dead."" "Accountant, are you scared?" "No, I have a mild headache." "My only goal is to see you dead." "* About the rest, I don't give a damn." "As you wish." "But let my friends go." "They have nothing to do with this." "Wait." "May I say something?" "Excuse me." "How dare you?" "Don't you know who I am?" "I have connections all over." "If people find out you left us shoeless in the desert, you'll pay for it." "Just drop it." "You'd better leave." "This guy wants a fight." " Tell Mariolina..." " Marcella." "Marisa." "Marisa, yes." "Ask her to forgive me." " Of course." " You too, forgive me." "Not at all." "Which way to Rome from here?" "Let's see." "No, wait." "15 km from here, there's a boat that goes to Port Alexander." "Ask for Vasco." " The village women will go with you." " When are you are coming home?" "I have no idea." "You see the spot I'm in." "Take this." "Give it to Marcella, from me." "No, I'll give it to Marisa, OK?" "Yes, to Marisa." "* And what's this, Titino?" "Nothing." "A few rocks." "A little memento for my wife." "It's all I have." "Why did you have these rocks on you?" "To perform exorcisms." "To make it rain." "I am a mercenary." "For money, I kill or I don't kill." "Instead of sending these diamonds to your widow, you give them to me, and your wife is no longer a widow." "Diamonds?" "These?" "I thought you were smarter." "Rocks to make rain." "Some pieces of glass, diamonds?" "Then it won't bother you if I take them?" "We forget Von Clausewitz, we avoid a massacre and I go back to Belgium." "OK?" "You're very crafty, Mr. Sabatini." "Sorry." "My word as a soldier, you almost played me." "* With that story of rocks to make rain." "But The Leopard is craftier than you are." "Hurry up, Pedro." "But you're very capable, Sabatini." "You'll make rain, even without rocks." "Lovely little braids." "You're very smart, congratulations." "Are you Italians?" "The rain." "Who's this guy?" "Tell Elena, Margherita, Mariolina, to forgive me." " Marisa." " So now it comes back to him." "Buffoon!" "A diamond lode." "That's why you're here." "The rain." "What rain?" "I finally know who you are." "Ouamande!" "There does exist a word for it." "The word for Ouamande is..." "Thief." "You're a thief!" "A crook, an exploiter." "You're here to exploit these poor people." "You take advantage of their naiveté." "Look at these honest faces." "Open, loyal, trusting faces..." "Who's the chief here?" "Madam, the witch doctor is here only for the diamonds." "Miss, he'll fleece you." "He's robbing you." "You've trusted..." "Leave it." "Italians aren't all like him." "Here he is, the high priest." "Put this on." "We can't leave dressed like this." ""We" are leaving?" "I'm coming to Rome with you." "To Rome?" "What about the diamond mine?" "Diamonds?" "What diamonds?" "These?" "Worthless rocks." "Ferrous quartz." "They're all over this place." "Rocks?" "You deceived The Leopard ?" "Me?" "You white people are strange." "I told him 100 times they were just worthless rocks." "They're worthless?" "So why are you really here?" "Eat something." "There are no restaurants on the way." "Good, eh?" "What is it?" "Meat of..." "How do you say?" "What do you call that animal who's all...?" "With three things there..." "The eye, a bit..." "Right." "I'm not hungry." " Do you have a comb?" " Here." "Ouch!" "Darn, what's this?" "Thanks." "I didn't understand how it worked." "It's raining." "So what?" "Come on, accountant." "Let's go." "Who's there?" " Mr. Di Salvio." " Of course." " I run away." "When the colonel finds out that they're rocks, things will get ugly." "See?" "He caught on." " A jeweler?" " A student of yours." "I bring your hat, Mr. Fausto." "They've already discovered our escape." "If they catch up with us, they'll make you pay for taking me." " Are they mean?" " Not mean, just warriors." "Let's go." " Watch out for the arrows." " Are they poisoned?" " We go?" " Yes." "Is it ravines all the way?" "Is it far?" "No, just behind the hill." "You see it?" "Then it's all flat for 15 to 20 km." "Quick, Mr. Di Salvio." "José Maria?" "An old story." "I used to be called that." "Of course, what with the braids." "What are they saying?" "It's a greeting." "Titi, don't go!" "Titi, don't go!" "Umbrella." "Water." "Wine." "Cellar." "Barrel." "Cork." "Corkscrew." "Bottle." "Flask." "Straw." "Hay." "Peace." "Pacific." "Atlantic." "Titi, don't go!" "Where are you going?" "Stop!" "Wait!" "Boss." "What are you doing?" "You want to jump too?" "You want to jump too?" "I don't know." "I'm not thinking clearly." "Documento Film thanks the people of Angola for their cooperation during the making of the film and the crew's stay in Africa, and Mr. Felipe de Solms, shooting coordinator in Angolan territory." "Translated for KG by rentboy from Giusi Forno's French adaptation."