"What are you doing, grandpa?" "The strongest animal of creation." "Strong, generous and meek as who commands us." "Who commands us is in Rome, which is the capital." "And this animal, where does it live, grandpa?" "In the farthest regions of the empire, Eastern Africa." " In the forests!" "Among the barbarians that our brave soldiers are colonizing." "Can you guess what it is?" " An..." "Ele...?" "Ele...?" "Elepha...?" " Elepha...?" "E-le-pha...nt!" "Elephant is a funny name!" "What can he do?" "Helps man in his heaviest works." "You like?" "Yes." "And now we make it all of silver." "But you can not and you should not." "Gold and silver, mom and dad have donated them to the homeland." "And they have fulfilled their duty for fighting the "iniquitous sanctions"." "But the italic ingenuity did not lose heart, see?" "What is it, grandpa, a magic?" " No, Marinella." "Here in Italy we don't believe in magic, but in the advancement of science." "The elephant in silver, built without silver." "Marinella, are you proud to be Italian?" "Yes, good grandpa, I am proud to be Italian." "The Story of Boys  Girls" "True that you're getting engaged?" " Yes, tomorrow." " Congratulations then!" " Thanks." "Well?" "How come you're already here?" "I said I was sick, and the directress gave me half a day." "And you, at what point are you?" " Fairly behind." "But there is all night, right?" "Listen, you know what I dreamed last night?" "If Alberto knows, he'll kill me!" "That I was getting married to an engineer, blond, handsome!" "We were both at his factory, and he wanted to kiss me." "And I said, "but, I can't marry you, because I'm already married." "I even have 2 children!" And he: "You kidding?" "But you know that now you can marry as many times as you wish?" "4, 5, 6 times!"" "Hi!" " Hi." " Hi." " Well, how come she's here?" "She said she was sick, so was able to come home early." " How about!" "How's the leg?" " How you want it to be!" " You forgot about the stockings?" "No, they look like new." "What's with her?" " Dunno." " I'll get changed so I'll help you." "And you, Grandma, you've decided what to wear?" " Never mind what I wear." "What happened?" "Want to tell me about?" "Let your mother tell you about." "Hey, already here?" " Where's my mother?" " Maybe in her room." "Have you seen the nice table we're making for you?" "You knew and didn't tell me, huh?" " I knew what, mom?" "That they took her back to work." "And back in his department, the filthy cow!" "I didn't know anything" " You knew!" "Like everybody else!" "Always on his side!" " I'm not on anyone's side." " But if everyone knows!" "But my own daughter hid it from me, huh?" "Dad had promised you he wouldn't see her again." "Come on mom, we're late." "We got a lot of things to do." "You only care for yourself, huh?" "As always." "You don't care if you see me die of grief." "You know he loves you." "You always say so." "Now you can not understand." "You'll see, when you're married you'll understand what it means." "Mom, we should put the pins on the dress for tomorrow, remember?" "Well?" "Where did you get them?" " The male at Riano, the female behind the cemetery." "I passed by dad's, I changed him the flowers." "Here." "Wait." "Better a nice coffee, first." "You know what Franca said?" " What?" " You look better with brilliantine!" "Instead Viola said you're better this way." " Yes?" "She still has a mad crush on you." " Never like Rita." "Remember?" "When he left her, she wanted to kill herself." "And Maria, didn't she also want to kill herself?" "Say, did she or not?" "That's what she told me." "And the one from Florence, who then became a nun?" " The Bragadier?" "You should have married her." "Then yes, you'd be OK!" "But she became a nun!" " If you'd married her, she wouldn't be a nun." "Mom, you shouldn't say so, it's sinful." "Nice, those two." " You saw?" "The female escaped us yesterday at the cemetery." "Come on, give me those trousers, I'll go dry them." "And the socks." "Listen." "Let's go upstairs, I got a craving!" " But you're stupid!" "Now?" "Why?" "Say, what do I do, I go eat home or I eat here?" " Dunno!" "Well, then I eat here?" " Eat here." "There is laundry to be taken and tablecloths to iron." "Shall we go?" "I haven't figured out if I'm invited tomorrow or not." " Dunno!" "When they counted the seats you were there." "Okay, then I'll come." "Certainly though, when we got engaged they didn't make all that stuff to eat, huh?" "What shall I say?" "And he, what's he doing here?" "He comes to confess the children, and to make puff pastry." "Where are the women?" "Inside." "And you, how come Sunday you didn't confess?" "Well, I'll explain later." "Look, I'll await you, later, huh?" "Alright." "Did you tell him?" " Of course, I told him." "You told him exactly everything we did?" "Everything!" "Why?" "Everything?" "Yes." "Everything." "I'll leave it here." "Is true that at Marzabotto it snows?" "Where are the kids?" " In town." "With whom?" "He wanted to take them." "With Nando." "Now don't make a scene, huh?" "Stay calm..." "They went with the mare to get beef for the broth, they'll be right back." "But you know I don't want!" " Gina!" "Silvia has arrived, right?" "Yes." "She took a half day off." "I hadn't seen her at the station." "I said I don't want." " Don't worry, Nando is a sweet man." " Then you stay with him!" "Let him go with other people's children, not with mine, you got it?" "Black, striped, now it's up to you." "He got himself a black suit!" "Finish here, I must go help in the kitchen." "Had I known the effect, I'd have left it where I got it." "But you did well, you'll be fine." "Get some water, come on." "You won't argue, will you?" "Why should we argue, sorry?" "Come on, hurry up, get some water." "She resumed working, huh?" "Who?" "You know very well who." "Isn't she assigned to your same work post?" "Maybe it was just you to ask the foreman to take her back." "So you have her always snug, right?" "Always handy." "Indeed, she's not one to hold back." "True that she doesn't hold back?" "You know with whom she went to bed, that one?" "With half the town!" "You're so idiotic as to believe to have been the first." "So stupid that you believe to be the first." "Look, I don't give a damn of that one!" "Anyway, I feel sorry for you, but that one, before me, never was with anyone, got it?" "With anyone, huh?" "Because, in puff pastry, the most difficult thing is the famous 6 turns!" "Here!" "Butter, butter..." "Renata!" "Donatella, Renata!" "Mom, what happened?" " Come on up, come up." "Say with who she's been, that one." "He won't believe me." "Tell him!" "Well, Carlo told everybody that he went to bed with her." "Then, I don't know." "Also Giannini, the one at the Cafe." "He says... he tells everyone that he was with her, and that he gave her a tortoise purse." "What you doing here?" "I said you mustn't stay here in the dark!" "I'm awaiting Alessia, it concerns Domenico." "I don't care!" "You must not stay here alone in the dark, okay?" "Oh, sorry, the linen fell off the window, I'm going to pick it." "They're at table?" " Yes, just now." "Sorry for the delay, the station was a real mess." "We've just begun." " Hi aunt." "Well?" "You're right, departs from the station at 9:30." "And arrives at 10?" " Yes, at 10:05." "You got the tickets?" "Yes, I did." " For me too, right?" " Yes, mom, for you too." "Soon after eating, I want you to do me a bath." "You've done it half hour ago." "And the doctor says it's dangerous, you can't." "Then I want three purges." "Three!" "Yes grandma, we'll give you that too." " Three!" "Yes grandma." "I'm glad you get married tomorrow." "But he doesn't marry, only gets engaged." " Yes, only engaged." "Then you're already married." "Yes grandma, gets engaged because he's already married." " I knew it." "Grandma, finish the soup, it cools." "Go, quick, inside in the warm!" "Well, why so late?" "We went to buy lots of meat for the broth." "A lot." " A lot!" "I told you I don't want you going around in the evening!" "Quick, get inside!" "Come on, both of you here!" "I've told you many times that that man is evil, dangerous." "You are kids, you don't understand." "But he, with the excuse to entertain you, to play with you, he can also harm you." "Got it?" " Yes" "And you?" "You understand?" " Yes" " Elsa!" "Elsa?" "Elsa?" "Where is she?" "Leave it to me." "You hear?" "They're calling!" "Sorry, I had lost 20 lire outside, and with the dark..." "We're waiting to be served." " Yes, sure..." "We must tell Paola to come straight to the station." "She knows." "I met Lele in the bank." "Is it all set?" " What?" " For the ring!" "Yes, they'll pick it up today." "Well, we could spare at least that!" "Why?" "Look mom, all the work is on them." "We just go and sit at the table." "They've been working on this for long." "I should think so!" "Angelo, they affiance their daughter to someone like you." "Someone like you who gets engaged to a girl who all she can do is typewriting." "Why, what do I do?" " Oh, come on!" "No, tell me, sincerely." "OK, typewriting And I, what am I able to do?" "I went to college?" "No." "I didn't even finish high school." "Angelo, your father was not a farmer." "Nor a mason, and neither a laborer." "He taught us to live amidst the finer things." "He taught us to recognize them." "So what?" "I don't know her parents, but I think it's a little difficult for us." "Difficult to do what?" "Learning to be with people so different from us." "Imagine!" "Hey, Giovanna!" "Hi." " Hi everybody!" "Hi." " Hi." " Hello!" "Go on." "Greeted?" "You managed to get one, huh?" "Yes" " Beautiful!" "It must have cost you!" " It's beautiful." "Thanks." "There are no paws nor tails." "So, here are the cutlets, and here the stewed duck." "Where to?" " This goes here." "You're almost all done." " Maybe!" "We're not even half way." "But is it true the story of Giulio?" "Not only she's back to work, but even in his department." " It seems so." "And of course, after all those promises, the same mistake!" "Men are really disgusting!" "And you, with Pietro?" "What Pietro?" "She's really crazy!" "Downstairs they told me that I can put our clothes for tomorrow in the closet." "Are you sick?" "No." "Quarreled with your wife?" "No." "You should be happy." "If you're not happy tonight, when are you happy?" "Your daughter affianced to that guy!" "Think about the life she's going to do." "If my daughter had had such a miracle, I wouldn't be..." " You know who is Vanna?" "Do you know or not?" " So?" "So they say that while she was with me, she went to bed with Carlo." "The one at the cafe!" "But what do you care?" "With what's happening to your daughter, you think of Vanna?" "She won't be more important than your daughter?" "Hey!" "Who is it?" " It's me, Mimma." "I want to know if your husband is back." " He's in the bathroom." "Come in." "Linda asks if you bought her the newspaper, in Rome." "Yes, wait a minute." "Sorry." "I read it first." " Is there his article?" " Yes, on the Negus." "It's good!" "I'll give the money to Mimma." " Okay!" "Hi!" "." " Hi." " So, the engagement?" " Let's hope good." "You go to Rome again, tomorrow?" "No, I take the train to Arezzo." "I'll be in Rome next Monday" "So you buy it Monday too, alright?" " Okay." "Mind you, I want to see what you wear tomorrow, okay?" " Sure." "Bye." " Bye." "Bye." " Thanks." "Goodnight." " Goodnight." "Mom, close it, I'm cold." "You truly send kisses to the stars?" " What?" "Each night, when you open the window..." "Well?" "Aunt Nina says that you kiss the stars." "So?" "You think dad is up there?" "No, what nonsense!" "I do it without even realizing." "Maybe because my mother did it." "But when there was dad, you didn't do it." "But, if for the engagement you've made a 20-course meal," "I wonder what you will do for the nuptials." "Hurry up with those sweets." "I still have to roast two rabbits, two capons, and all the game." "And the one of Ponte della Venturina, the seamstress, you met her anymore?" "It didn't go on even with her, huh?" "But what do you want to go on?" "For what I care!" "And you then?" "How come you never got married?" " Me?" "I'm married to the Church!" " Convenient!" "Mom said to be careful not to get burned." " Alright." "Kids!" "Call the others because soon I'll start the confessions." "You woke me up!" "I got the newspaper from Rome." "There's his article." "On Graziani and the Negus." "I dreamed your grandfather, who's asked me to marry him." "You know who was there that day?" "Sure I know!" "Who then?" "Grandma, I'm reading." "Who was there?" "My cousin Franca." "She had dressed all smart because she thought that he would make her the declaration." "In the dream it was the same, only she didn't have on her head the hat with the glass cherries." "I had it on my head." "So he, instead of asking Franca to marry him, he asked me." "She remained all her life without husband." "A bit like you." "You envy me, huh?" "A little." "First you cut in half." "Then you cut it in half again." "Then you cut off an even smaller piece, then you take here and take away the rind!" "Are they learning?" "Well, y'know." "Who brings this puff to mom?" " Give me, I'll bring it." "No, I'll go." "I made it too soft, they're all stuck." " Wait, I'll get the flour." "Come on, we're halfway." " There's the kids to be put to bed yet." "They must do confession first." "What do they want from you?" "Only that, no?" "If you give it, you're screwed!" " So?" "You treat them well, you're cute, kind." "To thank you, they treat you like a maid!" "You make them mad and jealous?" "They drool for you on their knees." "It's the truth!" " I don't think they're all like that." "Look what became of them!" "Who do you think is to blame?" "Look at them!" "This is the last one, mom." "How's your leg?" "Better." "He's still locked in there?" " I think so, today he didn't show up." "What do you want?" " You're good!" " No, leave me, leave me alone!" "Come on beauty..." "Hold still, hold still!" "I got an itch!" "And then, we're family!" "Look, my mother and all are awake, this time I'll scream!" "Come on, let me look at you, beautiful." "No, stay like that!" "I'm Efisio." " And you?" "How long since?" "Since a week." "Hush!" "Well, so?" "When I run down the slope I hear it flying fast over my head." "The faster I go, the faster he flies." "But how can you tell it's an angel?" "Because I hear it fly right above." "I hear the wings flapping, but there is nothing." "Then I heard it too!" "What?" "Something flying." "So, you went back again..." "I meant, you had heard it other times." "Were you scared?" " No." "Oh, but then you're all in agreement?" "You want to make fun of me!" "It won't be them already?" "!" "Mimmo." " Baldo!" "See what a nice surprise I have done?" "Actually, I thought you were all in bed, but..." " Domenico?" "What are you doing here at this hour?" "Good evening!" "I can't believe it." "Had you told us you'd come, we would have cleaned the house." "At least we would have lit the fire!" "I've decided at the last moment." "And the lady didn't come?" " No, she didn't come." "But she's fine?" " Yes, fine." " The boys too, all right?" "Them too." " You want some wine?" "No, thank you but, I can no longer drink, I've been sick." "Indeed, I'm a bit tired, so, if I could get the keys..." " Sure." "You're sure nothing happened, right?" " No, really!" "It's all right?" "You never came in winter, and the house is so cold!" "Coming like that, at night, one gets worried." " Shall I escort you?" "Thanks." " No, leave it, I will." "Light him the fire." " Goodnight then." " I come and give you a hand." "You'll find there all the potatoes." "Excuse us." "They told me about tomorrow." "Well, nothing, I'm very happy." "Thank you." "Goodnight then." "Goodnight." " Goodnight." "You think you'll stay for awhile?" " I don't know, maybe." "But I'm sorry you bother for me, I could do alone." "The sales of the glasses are fine?" " Just fine!" "Hopefully it didn't rain inside!" "Just a minute, excuse me." "Now you can go." "I can do by myself, thanks." " Let me at least start the fire." "You must unload the car?" "Yes, but I'll take care." " Oh, no, I'll help!" "Thanks." " Don't mention it." "Fact is, I'm not alone." " Oh, yes?" "Yes, there is someone with me." "Hey!" "Hey, wake up!" "We've arrived!" "Come on inside, it's cold here." "You'll see how nice." "Come on." "They lit the stove right for you." "She's Valeria." " My pleasure." "She was born in France." "Well come." " Thank you." "Listen, can you help me?" " Yes." "Excuse me, if for tonight you could avoid telling that she's here." "Tomorrow I could clarify the situation." "Valeria!" "This way." "Tomorrow we must absolutely find it." "Yes, and how do we do?" "When we hear it flying, we toss at it balls of dirt." "But if it's invisible!" "We throw him a lot!" "Some will hit it!" "Mom, still that way?" " Guys, leave me alone and I'm ready in 10 minutes." "We're late, what if we lose the train?" "Antonia, tell Elsa to fetch my black coat from the closet." "And put the iron on the gas!" "Ask aunt Linda if she lends me a pair of her black stockings." "Angelo!" "What now?" " Go to the shoemaker and see if my black shoes are ready." " Just now?" "Sure!" "You said yourself it's late!" "Antonia, please, look if there's some coffee, maybe you warm it up." " Alright." "What're you doing?" "I was thirsty, grandma." "Sleep." "But what time is it?" " The dead of night, grandma, sleep." "Tomorrow morning, before leaving, you have to give me a bath, okay?" "Sure, grandma, sure." "Today that guy's gotta go." "He thinks our house is a brothel?" "Careful, it's hot." "Will you calm down?" "He rented it, and can do what he likes with it." "He rented it for his family." " He can do as he likes." "He can come on summer, with wife and children." "He can't bring along whores!" "He can do as he likes, as if it were his house!" "And you could shut up!" "But what do I know!" "I saw one there with the blankets, among the bushes," "I didn't even know who she was." "They want to throw him out." " Who?" " Here's the tablecloth." "The one who sells glasses." "Are deciding on who should tell him." "They fear he'd give us a bad example." " Well, surely you don't need it." "You can even give demos in Paris." "I don't quite get how that old goat found such a girl." "Pretty, and French in addition." "Of course you don't know, you never knew anything about women." "Just look at the woman you married." "Grandma?" "Still asleep?" " Speak softly, she woke up before." "Won't you realize it's very late?" "Mind grandma!" " Elsa, look after her." "And when she wakes up and doesn't see you, what do I say?" " That we went to Mass." "She never wants to come there." " OK, but you won't be back before night!" "So tell her it's a longer Mass, a special day." "My best whishes, then!" " Oh, thanks!" "Will you hurry?" " Yes." "Bye." " Goodbye." " Hello!" "I wanted to make you my wishes!" " Hi!" " Then you tell me!" " Sure!" "I'll be right back!" " Where you going, aunt?" " Go on!" "What're you doing here?" "I had to say something to Elsa." "I told you many times I don't want to see you around." " He'll go right away, miss." "And you, don't you know it's a sin?" " What?" " You know what!" "My love." "What're you doing?" "You know who we're awaiting." " Let them be." "Imagine, finding a situation like this!" "What will they think of our daughter?" "!" "Good morning!" "Is he here?" "Yes!" "Domenico!" "Domenico!" "What is it, Valeria?" " Come." "Hi Domenico." " Hi." "These, we'll remove them maybe later, right Valeria?" "Listen, can we offer you something?" "A coffee?" "Yes, it's ready, but, I don't know where the cups are." " Look, they're there!" "There's no need." "You know, for us, you and her here, it's a problem." "And then, are coming those from Bologna." "You understand, right?" " Yes, I know" "But, I can explain." "Look, she knows everything about my situation." "Even my wife knows." "She knows all about her." "My sons too." "We are not hiding anything." "Isn't it?" "Tell them, Valeria, that we do absolutely nothing hidden." "There's a reason why you're here." ""We thus justify and applaud this reprisal, to punish the Abyssinian bandits."" ""Gianni Verdemare."" "See?" "Now the articles are to be signed with name and surname written in full." "Maybe he was rewarded for how he behaves with women!" "Maybe he'll return." "Right, aunt?" "Here they are!" "We nearly missed it!" " Hi." " Hi." " Hi." "Hello aunt." "Hi Paola." "Sorry, but the canary that the director gave him flew off!" " Again?" "It's her fault!" "Whenever we go out she pulls it out of the cage to say goodbye!" "He bid farewell and flew off!" "Luckily the kitchen window was closed." "Swap place with Paola and come sit near mommy." "Yes, we did it last night too!" "Renata, reassure your mother." "Tell her we did it last night!" "Look, I'm saying it for your own good!" "But you're a believer?" "You don't know." "And you know what it means to be afraid?" "I think so." " No!" "Courage is the only thing that I was unable to learn." "No, I could not!" "You like it?" "It's beautiful!" "You'll see how she'll love it!" "But how much?" "Well, this one a little more than the other." "But if I did send back the other for the cost that we don't know how to pay!" "Mom, but this one indeed is an engagement ring!" "Angelo, but do you realize the great idiocy you're making us all do?" "Remember, huh?" "That all goes fine." " Don't worry." "Bye." " Bye." "You clarified everything?" " Yes, for now, yes." "How are you now?" " But, I'me fine now." "Really fine." "See you later." "Bye." "Bye." "Then?" "The analysis?" " No, nothing, nothing yet." "Won't it be your husband?" "I mean, you know there are some... some men... that are sick?" "Look, about that, he's fine." "And then, mom, this is my business, no?" "It's not that you don't want children?" "You're kidding." "We are getting there, get ready." "Here it is." "What's up?" " If you wish, we're still on time, we can go back home." "We're there!" "Too late!" "Hey guys, let the young lady pass!" "Let her through!" " Pretty!" " Go on, beautiful brunette!" "Three days bonus furlough, we wanna do something?" " Nice brunette!" "Goodmorning." " Goodmorning!" " Welcome." " Hi Angelo." "I have the car." "The ladies can come with me." "While the boys come with me." " Yes, he's with the horse." "OK, it's cold, but it's fun." "Fact is he's been sick, right?" " Well..." "I'll come!" "Willingly!" "I'm the mother." "And he is the father." "Goodmorning." " How do you do?" "Aunt Gina, and her husband Taddeo." "He works at the factory with my father." " Hello." "Renata and her husband Alberto." "They live here, working in house." "She's Donatella, and her fiance Marco, who is from Rome." " Oh!" "Yes, I'm from Rome." "Oh, from Rome?" " Yes, from Rome." " Yes, I'm from Rome." "And you moved here?" " Yes, with my father." "We fix bikes." "And...instead he is Augusto." "He's dad's brother." "Uncle Augusto works at the Post Office." "And this is his wife, Loretta, who gives lessons in Spanish." "We have met." "Oh, yes?" " Yes, I think we've met already." " Oh, it's likely, yes." "And this is uncle Nando, the brother of grandma Olimpia." "Don Luciano?" "Welcome!" "Oh, thank you!" " They picked them for you." " Thank you!" " You're welcome!" "Pleased to meet you." " Likewise." "Pleased." "Mafalda Marchetti." " Pleased." "Garofalo Maria." "Pleased." "Mafalda Marchetti." " Pleased." "Garofalo Maria." "They did not want to." "But this is the custom." "Thus, one knows what's there, and gets ready, and keeps room for everything." "So then, we have:" "Tortellini in broth, liver fried in lemmon, boiled beef, with peppers sauce." "Boiled pullet, with a nice gravy of parsley and baby onions." "Then the hare cacciatore, with fried zucchini!" "Stewed duck, served with little cubes of celery!" "The pork cutlets!" "Pork cutlet, sautéed!" "Roast rabbit, with new potatoes with rosemary." "Fat capon, with potatoes slowly browned with sage and butter." "And then, to start over, macaroni with giblets." "And then, the game!" "Roast of starlings, sparrows and quails." "Then the "fled birds"!" "Sweet fried, and salty fried." "To finish, of course, sweets of five kinds." "On with the tortellini!" "Come on, tortellini!" "You're kidding, aren't you?" " Just something more than usual." "Let's hope it suffices!" "Good, isn't it?" "Why did you let them sit right there?" "Come on, stop it." "What could happen?" " You see he always touches?" "How long have you been married?" "23 years." "You must be a very united couple." "Well, yes." "Excuse me." "Come Baldo." "Why Baldo's stayed dressed like that?" "Dunno." "Madam, some wine?" "Some for you too, huh?" "No, thanks." " Come on, it'll do you good." " But I can't." "These are tortellini, they're not beets!" "We wish the fiancés to be soon under the sheets!" "This speech gave me a great desire!" "Let's go upstairs for a moment, huh?" " Now?" " Come on!" "Good that way." "Now, lean on the car." "That's it, hold still." "Yes, that way is good." "Next year, we'll build it inside, under the stairway." " I's fine here too." "There!" "The door doesn't close well, but I stay here, to look after." "I'm sorry you have to bother!" " Nothing ..." "You know you got beautiful hair?" " Thanks." "But you also wear it loose?" "Yes, sometimes." "But I like it the most braided." "I think I look better." "I think so too." "On with the boiled meats!" "Beef." "Now you'll see how good!" "Silvia told me that you too lost your husband last year." "Yes." "Think that he was just 51 years." "And mine, then?" "42." "When did he pass away, madam?" "On September 13." "Mine on July 21." "Mine fell off a scaffold." "And yours?" "The heart." " Well, somewhat better." "He was lucky." "Well..." "This is my son." "His name is Vittorio." "Get up, Vittorio, tell your age." "Eleven." "He's just like his father." " What a cutie!" "If you would open..." " Yes." "You never thought of cutting your hair?" " Why?" "Don't know, in a dream." "Maybe a nightmare." "Yes, once, a bat, which did its business on my head and I lost it all." " How scary!" "Could you do me a favor?" "That is?" " You just need to press here." "Make sure that we're both into it!" "Good morning!" " Good morning." "Both of us, maybe even the car!" "Show it to the lady." " What?" "Show the lady what you've sewn in the dress." " Never mind!" "Be good, please!" "Let me do." "I told you to show it, please!" "Come on, be kind, show it to her!" "Come on!" "Please!" "Show it to her!" " Giulio, leave her alone!" "Be quiet, you!" "Come on, where did you put it?" "Come on, the lady is interested to know what type you are." "Come on, pull it out!" "At last!" " Leave her alone, come on!" "You know what it is, madam, this note?" "Please!" "You'll never imagine!" "The list of people she doesn't want to see at her funeral!" "And you know?" "She changes it each night!" " But you're always listed as the first." "Each night before sleeping!" "And it's five years that she already has a plaque at the cemetery, with her name and photograph!" "Hey, and she changes the flowers!" "She changes the flowers on her own grave!" "They your relatives?" " No!" "He's one who comes here in summer with his family on vacation." "He deals in eyeglasses." "They told him he has few months of life, so he left his wife to be with that girl." "But one should not say." "Yes, in Rome." "I would have lived in Via del Corso." " Via del Corso?" "But are you sure it's in Rome?" "Dunno!" "I never heard of it." "I'm certain." "I've a friend who lives there, and he says that from his hotel windows he can even see Piazza venezia." "Lucky guy!" "Not as far as I know." "Linda is engaged to a prominent journalist in Rome." "I was." "Why, he's gone?" "Luckily he's still there, and is fine." "Only, between us it's over." "He's gone?" "We broke up." "I'm sorry." "An important article by him is on the newspaper's front page." "Second page." "Let's play the game of who best cleans the dish." "It must become new." "Look how uncle does." "Beatiful big Lina!" "Cleaning..." "Hey, these hares were killed by Baldo!" "You killed them yourself?" "Well... yes." "And you go hunting often?" " Yes." "With the rifle?" " Of course!" "Yes." "But, isn't it dangerous?" " Dangerous?" "You're kidding?" "He even sleeps, with the shotgun!" " So what?" "I'm fond of it." "Why don't you show it to her?" "Why should she care?" " You show it, OK?" "Excuse me." "Would you like?" " I don't know." "Those you gotta spit them!" "They're lead shots." " I'm not through!" "Here it is!" "How is it?" "Want to try it?" "Go on!" "How is it?" "Beautiful." " May I?" " Yes." "Not you, Angelo!" "Let go of that rifle." "Let go!" "It's unloaded." " See?" "It's unloaded." "OK, give me, it's not for you." "But, you work with that?" " Yes, it became my job, since I can't do else." "You want me to take it away?" " Yes, thanks." "Marco!" "Giulio!" "Baldo, put that thing away, come on!" " But it's unloaded, Don Luciano." "Mom!" "Take some bandages, quick!" " Let her breathe!" "Bandage her, come on, Luciano!" "Please, be calm, be quiet." "Please!" "Excuse us." "Has someone got hurt?" " No." "Luckily, no one." "Nothing happened." "Come on, nothing happened." "They're bandaging him." "Where was she hit?" " At the arm, but only grazed." "Nothing." "After, what's good?" "Well, there should be the duck." "Well, so?" "Nobody drinks anymore, here?" " Coming!" "Here's the wine for the ladies." "What happened?" " Nothing." " Really?" " Really, nothing." "There was a shot left in the barrel." "And to think that I had checked." "Luckily you were aiming in the air." " Luck?" "What?" "That you were aiming in the air!" " Well, yes." "Weren't you telling us of Brazil?" " Oh, yes." "Oh, yes, true." "We left late at night, it was a dark night, it was." "I was 6 years old." "And I was 12." "And our sister, who later died there, was 8." "Then there was mom..." "And that's it." "The first part of the trip was by train, up to Genoa." "Then, at Genoa, we had to take the ship to America." "Only, we arrived in the morning!" "You could embark only at night." "So mom thought to take us for a ride around town." "Augusto!" "Tell the story of mom with the cake!" "In short, she took us around town, and at some point we passed near a bakery, and in the window there was..." "there was a cake...!" "It was huge!" "It was beautiful!" "It was shaped like a ship." "Did you hurt?" " No, nearly nothing, just a couple of pellets in the arm." "So, my sister and I started to scream that we wanted it at all costs." "And mom, who had just two small golden chains sewn into... into the linen's bag, had just a couple of lire, that's all." "Madam, try to say how much it cost that cake shaped like a ship!" "Two lire." " Two lire, bravo!" "You guessed!" "Madam..." "Have some of this wine, it's special." "I got it just for you." "So, my sister and I, we insisted so much, we cried so so much, that at the end, we forced her to buy it." "I would have loved that you'd known my mother." "She was a bit mad, you know?" "And maybe she did that madness thinking it would bring us luck." "Well, the end is that we ate the cake, and we left to Brazil without a penny." "I don't think this story can interest much, right?" "No, not true, I'm very interested instead." "You went to America for tourism?" " Exactly for tourism, no." "We stayed there almost twenty years!" "Oh, sorry." "Instead of telling starveling's tales, tell your daughter to use the cutlery." "Let her be, please." "She's so happy!" "Giovanna, please, use the cutlery, we're not in a pigpen!" "And you, what do you do?" "We work here, a bit in the country, a bit in house." "It is exhausting?" " No, not that." "It is he who is exhausting!" " Why?" "Because at night never leaves me alone!" " Actually, it's you!" "It's not that it tickles me always!" "We have two children, but it's still as if it were the first night, right?" "Come on!" "However, it's true." "And you, you married recently?" " Yes, recently." "So there is already someone on the way." " No, not yet." "I tell you there is a special car on the mail train!" "And I say it's not true at all." " Why, is not true at all?" "All propaganda of fascism!" "Yes, I knew it too." "I read it somewhere." "Hear?" " I work at the post office, I would know, right?" "Your daughter continues to eat with her hands." "Listen, a railcar full of personal mail, mostly feminine, each day on each a train." "Luckily Taddeo is the only one of the family to think about politics!" "...excited like you!" " It bothers you that everybody loves him, right?" "No, look, actually I don't care." "Instead it bothers you that he is loved, liked by all." "That finally there is who was able to reconcile majority and opposition!" "Maybe there is someone here who thinks I'm a fool." "Come on, don't argue anymore." " No, it is so." "They think I'm an idiot, a simpleton who swallows it all." "Well, I am." "Anyway, who cares!" "I believe that with him we will stop to be ashamed before all the world." "Excuse me." "Well?" "What're you doing there?" "Your sister invited us for the sweets, but maybe it's too soon, no?" "Uhm, yes." "Is turning out a good party, right?" "They were two savages." "Two real savages, huh?" "With feathers on the head!" "And there was one who was huge." "He was over six feet, remember?" "He made strange gestures." "In short, we finally realized that they wanted... they wanted eggs, okay?" "So, mom went in the house and got the egg basket, which was full." "They ate a dozen each!" "And then ran away into the forest again." "But it's not possible, just like a novel!" "I'm boring you, right?" "Are you kidding?" "You're telling wonderful stories!" "Giovanna, stop that!" "How many times shall I say you must use the cutlery?" "Come on, aunt, stop it!" "Stop it yourself!" "I educate my daughter as I please!" "You do it badly!" " Look, I have nothing to learn from you!" "I don't want to make her a wretch like you all!" "Be quiet..." " You realize that I'm being treated like a beggar?" "Why don't you tell us how he met you?" "So we have some fun!" "She wasn't saying to you, you know?" "" " Oh, not to him?" "To whom then?" "To you!" "But as well to her, and her, and her!" "Don't you see that you're all poor women?" "Don't you have a mirror where to look at?" "Look, beauty, they may need a mirror, but you need a straitjacket, got it?" "Let go, OK?" "She's treated as a guest, as everyone else, and couldn't spare this!" " Stop it!" "I said let go, OK?" " You're a lousy slave, like all others." "If you walk out that door, don't ever come back!" "Look, if you follow her you're really a nitwit!" "Madam, madam." "Ours is a close-knit family." "But that one is truly a slut!" "Happy we are, glad are our jaws, a round of applause to the future in-laws!" "Loretta!" "Loretta!" "Loretta." "Loretta!" "Loretta!" "Mafalda!" "Come on, pull out the sweets." "Let's end this way." " And this stuff?" "Later, later, if needed." "But now get the sweets!" "Come on, get inside you too." "And try to be cheerful!" "Did you see them?" " They went that way." "Augusto!" "Augusto!" "What a dump!" " Come on, stop it!" "Everything went very well." "Come on, stop it!" "Good morning!" "Good morning!" " Congratulations." "Go get Augusto, hurry up!" "You too, you too." "Go get him." "On with the sweets!" "Hey, Domenico!" "Come on here, sit down!" "We won't harm you, come and sit down!" "Grandma, hurry up with the liquors!" " The sweets are here!" "Good morning!" "Good morning!" "Don Luciano has made last night this nice cake of puff pastry." "Viva Don Luciano!" " Bravo!" "But we too helped him!" " Pass it on." "You like the cookie, huh?" "Maria, come here to me, with the dish." "If the fiancés a nice smile will make, we'll serve them a slice of rice cake!" "Here you go, Maria!" " Cute!" "Kiss!" " Kiss!" "Hurry, he's about to give her the ring!" "We need the accordion!" "Augusto!" "I would like you to accept this." "Mom..." "Beautiful!" "How beautiful!" "No, wait." "It's a little big." "No, it's perfect." " Careful not to lose it." " You kidding?" "Kiss!" " Kiss!" "We'll wake you up." "Anyway, the train won't leave before 7:00." "Please." "Thank you." " For you the room is already warmed up." "This is a double bed room, so, for you." "Rest well." " Thanks." "It's not that you like the one with the braid?" " You're crazy!" "You sure?" " Come on!" "You see what a nice bed?" "Palages, Charenton, Tournerai, are all small towns at the border." "I went there with samples every 6 months." "I always slept in a small pension." "At St. Etienne." " What?" " At St. Etienne!" " St. Etienne." "In short, last year, one morning, the door to my bedroom opened," "and in came Valeria." "She brought me bread and coffee, and she said, not knowing me," ""Be careful, it's cold outside."" "So I asked her: "Do you work here?"" "And she said: "Yes, since this morning."" "Thank you." "However, you could see that she was unhappy." "and so I said that if that night she had nothing to do, she could come to the cinema with me." "Before being sick, I had a passion for cinema." "But I did not go that night." " No, she did not come.." "And I realized she was a serious girl." "Since then, anywhere I went, I sent her postcards." "It must have been happy, your wife!" "Congratulations!" "Hopefully these sheets are clean." "How cold!" "Sure they're somewhat strange people, no?" "And the one with the rifle?" "How embarrassing!" "I'm sure they won't believe me if I will tell." "I didn't think there were still people like that." "Tonia!" "Antonia!" "You asleep?" "I'm sorry!" "It was lousy!" " Come on, stop it!" "It was all great." " Instead it was lousy." "At least for me." "Come on, stop it." "I can hardly wait that you go." "So I won't be ashamed." " Come on..." "I'd like to leave you." " Why?" " Just so." "Mom is angry for the child." "Is it my fault, sorry?" "She says we don't try enough." " Is she crazy?" "More than this?" "Look, I like you." "I proved it to you, didn't I?" "But I want to also survive." "She says we should do it every day." "But let her do it herself!" "Go, go!" "Watch out, throwing a wood!" "And I go to score!" "That's going too forward." "Careful father, with this one I'll get the match!" "Three!" "The kids swear that when they run down the slope, they hear something they don't see, with wings and that flies over the head." "Will be the effect of the air!" " No, they say it is an angel!" "And they don't know if they should come and confess." "But come on, won't believe it you too!" " Who, me?" " Yes!" "Come on, play, your turn." "What's the score?" " Twelve to four." " For me?" " No, my dear!" "Hey, you heard it again?" "Yes!" "Also before, it passed over me!" "Let's go slowly, or I'm going into catapult!" "Yes, I hear it, I hear it!" "I hear it, I hear it!" "I need to talk to you." "Do the courtesy." "So sorry." "Here you go." "I spent my entire life with it, and it still looks new." "You can tell a representative by how he uses the samples." "The early days, I was very shy, and I spent hours outside the shops before getting in." "Nice!" " But here, the lenses are missing." "These are just the frames, then each one puts the lenses he needs." "Look, if you like them, you can have them!" "He's kidding!" " No, I'm not kidding, I don't need them, really." "Indeed...go on!" "Madam!" "Which one you like of these?" "Take them, come on!" "Maybe you'll need them later." " No, I won't." "Come on, call also the guys!" "Is she ready?" "Nando!" "No." " Take them, Nando!" " Next time." "I'll take them next time." "One at a time, calm!" "Don't break them." "Gently!" "For you, and you... for you... gently." "You...who didn't have any?" "There!" "You all have them now." "Look how pretty is this girl in white, with the glasses." "Get up, there's the train." "Yes, thanks." "Renata, there's the train." "Get up." " Okay, thanks." "I think I dreamed that I was getting married." "I don't know if I was glad." "Did you sleep?" " Yes." "Is there something wrong?" " No, nothing." "You can't wait to go away, right?" "We'll go, now." "When we came back from Brazil," "I wanted to find a wife, but I didn't know any girl." "So, on Sunday morning, to be noticed, I used to sit at a table in the bar of the town." "And I ate a lot of pastries." "One Sunday," "I ate 23 of them." "23 pastries with cream!" "So, Maria, who was sitting with her father," "and all her sisters, at another table," "began to laugh." "She was the first who began to laugh, seeing me eat the pastries." "And indeed it is she who I married." "Goodbye." "Weren't you really in love with that journalist from Rome?" " Yes." "Very, right?" " Very." "Really?" "Yes!" "I regret." "Who's coming with me?" "If I get married next year, I'd like to invite you to my wedding." "So we can be together a bit." " At your wedding?" " Yes." "To be a bit together." " Thanks." "Mind you, don't cut your hair, huh?" " Glad you liked." "I'm sorry you might have spent a horrible day." "Are you kidding?" "On the contrary, rather." "Goodbye." " Goodbye." "For the hairdresser's address, I may bring you, so we go together." " Thanks." "Tell the kids to greet, to shake hands." " Come on, say bye to the lady." " Bye!" "Bye!" " Goodbye, and thanks." "A real pleasure." "Hope to meet you again at the Vittoriale." " Maybe." "Goodbye, and thanks for everything." " Thanks to you." "I too come along with you!" "Wait!" " Let's go!" "Goodbye!" " Goodbye." " Thanks!" "Mom, I escort them to the station." " Goodbye." " Bye." "Wait a minute!" "Just a moment." "There is something... something that..." "Valeria and I, we have to give you." " As wedding present." "But we won't marry before a year, maybe even more." "Yes, I know, but, we wanted to be the first." "It brings luck." "So much luck." "Maybe, the day that you get married, I cannot." "It's beautiful." "Thank you." "Well...goodbye!" "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Thank you." "Where are you going?" "I'm going to the cafe." "You're going to Vanna, huh?" "Your arm still hurts?" "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Well?" "Was it a nice celebration?" " Yes, nice." "Bye." " Bye." "Mind that I've seen you, mom!" "But it is weird people, huh?" "Oh yes, really weird." "English subs by edam17@KG"