"This afternoon at 5:00." "II Duce(Mussolini) will speak to the nation!" "You are ordered to turn your radios on!" "All of you who have radio sets and radio gramophones... are ordered to turn them on." "Mussolini will speak to all Italians!" "You are authorized by order of the Fascist government... to interrupt your work." "This afternoon at 5:00..." "II Duce will speak to the nation." "I was twelve and a half when I saw her for the first time." "and my mind plays tricks on me, I remember it well." "That day, Mussolini declared war on France and Great Britain... and I got my first bicycle." "The frame is British, the gears are German, the pedals are French, and the brakes are from..." "I forget." "But the chain is Sicilian..." "always keep it greasy." "Are you sure it's safe?" "I have new bikes too." "Mimi, we're at war." "Who can afford a new bicycle?" "Fightingmen, on land, on sea and in the air," "Black shirts of the revolution, men and women of Italy... and the Kingdom of Albania, hearth is..." "The hour... of decisions from which there is no return." "Pino, think this ant knows he's dead meat?" "Who knows?" "If he's like you, he doesn't know shit." "The declaration of war... has already been delivered to the ambassadors." "I'm free from misery." "Mary's son is my Lord." "Hey, guys!" "Lucky bastard." "he got a new bicycle!" "Man, she's beautiful!" "Custom-made, just like the racers." "Now you're a man, like us." "So I can join the gang?" ""Don Agostino"?" "Okay by me." ""Don Nicola"?" "I'd let him in." ""Don Tonino"?" "Sure." "And you,"Don Sasa"?" "I don't want some kid poking into our business." "Why?" "What are you doing?" "Can you keep your mouth shut?" "She's coming!" "What's going on?" "If you wanna be one of us, just shut up and watch." "Who is she?" "The daughter of the deaf guy, our new Latin teacher." "What's her name?" "What a wonderful ass!" "What I wouldn't give for an hour with her!" "Too bad she's married." "If she weren't..." "What's her name?" "Malena, the most beautiful ass in Castelcuto." "The sun is bigger than the moon." ""Sole magnum est quam lunam."" "Or "Sol maior est luna."" "Can I screw your daughter, you deaf old fart?" "Yes, but hurry." "I love honesty more than wealth." ""Magis diligo onestatem quam divitias."" "Or "Magis diligo onestatem divitiis."" "Seven thumbs long!" "Seven and a half thumbs!" "Mine's a bazooka!" "I got eight!" "Eight is nothing!" "That's just tickling a woman." "One, two...three and two is five, two is seven and two is nine." "Torpedo!" "My submarine will rip Malena in half!" "Once I skipped school and went by Malena's house." "She was at the window, and she called out to me." "I thought she wanted me to get her some cigarettes." "I went up for the money, and her robe fell open." "And there she was..." "naked as the day she was born." "Holy shit!" "She did it on purpose to excite me." "I was an idiot." "I should have jumped at the chance." "If it happens again, I'll bang her brains out." "She'd quit smoking first." "She knows you've got no balls." "You little runt, you've been here for two hours... and you still haven't measured yourself." "Measure it!" "One, two, three, four, five..." "Only six!" "You know what they say about a kid in short pants?" "Short pants: short dick!" "Fuck off." "My thumbs are twice as big as yours!" "Bullshit!" "Who's got the biggest dick now, runt?" "You do!" "No, I am II Duce!" "Nobody's bigger than me!" "Ooh." "Renato's skipping school." "Shh!" "You, come here!" "I need some cigarettes." "What cigarettes do you want?" "Macedonia Extra." "I remember this suit very well." "It's your father's." "I sewed it 20 years ago, and it still looks brand-new." "He only wore it to his wedding." "He wants to keep it for his funeral." "If he's buried in this suit, he'll go straight to heaven!" "My father's still young." "And you're too young for long pants." "I didn't ask for your opinion, sir." "Does he know about this?" "Of course he does!" "You little scoundrel, what the hell is this?" "Come here, mister." "So you want to skip school?" "Fine." "Who didn't at your age?" "Leave him alone!" "I know what I'm doing." "And you let your friends beat you up." "Even though when I was your age, I'd beat my friends up!" "But stealing trousers from your father... and getting them altered for yourself is just plain wrong." "But, Papa, you don't understand!" "Understand?" "Who said you could speak?" "I'm ashamed to wear short pants!" "What about knickers?" "They're almost long pants!" "Enough!" "He's still a child!" "I'll tell our party secretary you won't let me go to the Fascist exercises!" "Let's make a deal." "The day someone cracks the skull of "Our Great Leader,"" "then you'll get long pants." "Swear it." "A beautiful young woman all alone here." "It's a crime." "Who's he talking about?" "Malena Scordia, Nino's sexy new wife." "She must have somebody on the side... it's inevitable!" "Number fifteen!" "Me." "Right." "Nino brings her from her village with her ailing father." "And then a month later..." "boom..." "Nino's called to the war." "Who here wants to bet she's sleeping all alone?" "Not me!" "Why don't you let me sit with the others?" "You're too young to sit in the adult chair." "JBut love, no, My love cannot" "J— dissolve itself in the wind with the roses." "JSo strong that ft will not surrender." "PI will watch over It, I will defend It-••" "J---from all those poisoned hidden dangers" "J—that would want to rip from the heart." "Poor love!" "P Maybe you will go, to look for other women's caress." "JPoor me!" "JAnd if you come back" "J— you will find every beauty already faded in me." "JBut love, no, My love cannot fade away like the gold in my hair." "PUntil I die it will be alive in me." "Only for you." "But, son, if you don't know the title, how can I help you?" "It's that pretty, romantic one..." "Ma L'Amore No." "Why didn't you say so?" "Ten lire." "Pay at the cashier's." "Don't you test it?" "What for?" "It might be defective." "It's brand-new!" "Miss Malena, this heart of mine, on fire, has written so many letters, and if I didn't have the courage to send them to you, it was only because I didn't want to do you harm." "So forgive me if I dare to send you this one." "I want you to know that this town has many gossips... who say bad things about you..." "that you have a secret lover." "I know it's not true." "You don't have anyone." "After your husband, the only man in your life is me." "I have to go." "I'll see you at school tomorrow." "So long!" "Don't get lost!" "Mr. Lawyer!" "Your newspaper's upside down!" "Mind your own fucking business!" "Good morning, Signora Malena." "Are you well?" "How is your father?" "The show's over!" "She's gone now!" "I forgot the key." "So it's true what people say!" "What's the matter with you?" "You look so strange." "You've poisoned me with your lies." "What lies?" "I've never spoken to you." "I knew it from the start..." "you're a loose woman." "But I've never done anything wrong." "Liar!" "I've been following you on my bicycle!" "I know where you went." "I know everything!" "No!" "The lawyer, the dentist!" "No, Renato, I love only you!" "Liar!" "Amoroso." "Here!" "Cali." "Here!" "Costanza." "Here!" "Professor, can I put my dick between Malena's tits?" "Can I put mine in her mouth?" "Can I put mine between her legs?" "Okay, but one at a time!" "Do you spit instead of oiling it?" "No." "I use cooking oil." "If you come, I will give it to you." "Used machine needs oil, fool." "Or grease, which is better." "Do you know grease?" "Keep over the chain slippery!" "Why didn't she marry someone from her own village?" "I'm sure no one wanted her." "They say she's a seamstress." "But she's so vulgar." "My son says she looks fake." "My husband says he wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole." "The Baron Bonta's mistress is much nicer." "At least Gina does everything in the open." "The baron screws her once a week and then goes back to Palermo." "Malena acts so superior." "Like we don't know what she's up to." "Wait and see." "She'll get hers." "The headquarters of the armed forces communicates..." "Our brave and invincible Fightingmen have delivered a powerful blow... to the faceless war machine unleashed by the Allies." "In order to ensure the continued strength and vitality... of our forces at the front, all payment of civic pensions..." "will again be postponed..." "It's ready." "Thank you." "You will go blind!" "Malena." "Right rank!" "Eyes front!" "Arms out, arms high, in quick succession!" "One, two!" "One, two!" "Have you heard?" "Malena's husband was killed." "Malena is available!" "Comrades of Castelcuto, we are gathered here today... to share in the tragic but honorable mourning... which has struck our town." "To express our deepest condolences... for the loss of Lt. Nino Scordia... heroically killed in action..." "in Northern Africa... and to his bride Maddalena, who, stricken with grief, unfortunately isn't here with us." "She's already out looking!" "She'll need a warm bed now!" "But she is with us in spirit, because Sicilian women... with their hardships, with their sacrifices, march shoulder to shoulder with Fightingmen!" "The martyrdom of our fellow citizen in defense of his country was not a useless sacrifice." "Lt. Cadei is so handsome." "A lucky girl will catch him!" "...that will carry us to the final victory of the Fascist Empire!" "For Victory!" "Long live II Duce!" "From now on I'll be at your side." "Forever." "I promise." "Just give me time to grow up." "Now she'll take a lover for sure." "Once in the sack, there's no looking back!" "She knows that." "She's 27 years old." "She knows her way around the block!" "Cusimano, the dentist, has gone crazy for her." "One day he was distracted ass he walked by... and pulled a healthy tooth instead of the rotten one!" "Dentist or not, why haven't we seen her lately?" "Guess she's too busy!" "They say she's fooling around with a shopkeeper in Catania... with subversive tendencies." "Some say Cusimano, the dentist." "A family man." "It's disgraceful!" "When you're a born whore..." "I hear the priest has received anonymous letters... saying her lover is this man, that man." "The voice of the people is the voice of God!"