"NAPLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE april 1 903" "Quiet!" "Be quiet!" " PiromaIIo!" "Moscati!" " Sorry." "Look over there." "Excuse me, professor." "Let's go!" "To the boat!" "You'II never make it." " Sorry." " Hurry up!" "I'II catch up with you!" "Throw it all on the ground!" "BASED ON THE STORY OF PROF." "GIUSEPPE MOSCATI, DOCTOR AND SAINT OF NAPLES," "AND ALL THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM IN THOSE HISTORICAL TIMES." "Giuseppe, help me!" "I've got a cramp!" "I've got a cramp!" "I win!" " You fell for it like a fool!" " You're wrong, I let you win." "You and I will go far together." "Princess." " Did you send for me, Papa?" " Why aren't you ready?" " You know why." " Come here." "Mama's necklace." "AII the princesses of the Cajafa family have worn it." "There are two things I'd never sell - this palace and this necklace." " unlike me." " What do you mean?" "I'm not stupid." "It's not a ball tonight, it's an auction." "I will be given to the highest bidder." "In our environment one doesn't marry for love." "In our environment there are a Iot of unhappy people." "You've always been strange, maybe because you grew up without a mother." "But don't defy me, elena." "Go and get ready, I'II wait for you in the hall." "Tonight everyone who counts will be here." " Why am I going?" "I don't count." " You'II let people see you." "You're too meek, you have to become a man of the world, Iike me." "Baroness!" "The baroness invents a new disease every day." " And she's not the only one here." " Is it a party or a hospital?" "Good evening." "That's my father with De LiIIo, head doctor of the incurables' hospital." "He'II help us with the exam tomorrow." "But don't show me up." "Good evening." " You're late." " We were studying." "First duty, then pleasure." " Right, Giuseppe?" " Of course." "Giuseppe Moscati, Prince Cajafa." "Good evening." "Professor De LiIIo." " And my father." " hello." "Giorgio and his friend are sitting the exam tomorrow with Prof. De LiIIo for the job at the incurables' hospital." "The first step in a brilliant career like his father's." "I hope so." " Is your father a doctor too?" " No, my father was a judge." " Why didn't you become a judge then?" " I wouldn't have made a good judge." "And what makes you think you'd be a good doctor?" "I don't know..." " Perhaps my passion for medicine." " You've a passion!" " Yes." " Good man." "I hope tomorrow you will let us see this great passion." " We'II see." " Passion, he says!" "After you." "Young people these days!" "Thank you." "Thank you." " What's happening?" " Look." " She's so beautiful." " Light as air!" "Good evening." "Good evening." "Princess." "Good evening." "hello, Giorgio." "elena, you look delightful." "This is Giuseppe Moscati." " Count Moscati of palermo?" " No, I'm from Benevento." "Giuseppe is a friend, and future colleague." " Can you dance?" " Not very well." " But Giorgio is a fine dancer." " Yes, but I want to dance with you." "If you don't mind." "Papa..." "Are you always so quiet?" "What are you thinking about?" "That I'm the only anonymous name among all these aristocrats." "Your father doesn't look very happy that you're dancing with me." " Think I'm just trying to annoy him?" " I just hope it's worth it." "You're an excellent dancer." "And you are the most beautiful woman I have ever met." "Dancing with you has been more than I couId ever hope for." "But now..." "I will leave you to the guests of your position." "Eat something, or you will faint before the professors." "Some biscuits?" " A drop of hot milk?" " No." "AII right, but you can't live off air." "When I'm married, who will look after you, always in the hospital?" "Don't rush things." "I still haven't got the job and Ferdinando hasn't proposed yet." " He will, he's just a little shy." " You haven't seen him for months!" "You cure bodies, but hearts belong to women." " And I think Ferdinando..." " Ninni, Iet me study." "Fine, I'II leave you to your revising." "AII right, bring me a drop a milk." " But then..." " I'II let you study, I promise!" "Do you think you've covered everything?" "I'm trying to think whether I forgot something important." "You should know more about the case you brought to us." "How did you get such a high mark at the written exam?" "He's good." "Scripta manent, dear colleague." "Professor, if you'II allow me, I can tell you." "How dare you interrupt an exam?" "My name's Giuseppe Moscati." "I studied with him and I know he is weII-prepared." "Moscati's written exam was brilliant and precise." "Very good." "If you know, as you say, come and take your friend's place." "You, PiromaIIo, go outside and pull yourself together." "Get yourself a coffee." "Then we'II decide whether to examine you later or not." "It will depend on the result of your supporter's exam." "AII right, Iet's see if your conceit has some foundation." "Go ahead, Dr Moscati." "We don't need this." "Don't worry." "We doctors are taking the exam, not you." " Are you scared too?" " Of course." "If you pass, will you promise to come to the hospital to treat me?" "Of course." "That's enough of these circus acts!" " He's talking to the patient now!" " Let him do so." "We'II soon see whether he is a bold exhibitionist or a good doctor." " How did it go?" " I don't know yet." " Did you take a stand again?" " Don't be silly." " Let me have a drag!" " Dr Moscati!" "PiromaIIo, go inside." "Prof. De LiIIo will question you... if you have pulled yourself together, that is." "Professor." "Dr Moscati, did you know you aren't weII-Iiked by many of the people on the examining board?" "Neither are you, I hear." "You're right." "Perhaps that's why I Iike you." "After you have started work at the hospital, come in and see me." "Did I get the job then?" "Are you deaf as well as conceited?" "Yes!" "Yes!" "I can't believe it!" "I can't believe it!" "congratulations!" "We heard the big news!" "Thank you." "well done, Giuseppe!" "PasquaIe gave me the good news." "I knew you would!" "I knew it!" "I have made you some baked pasta." "Come up!" "How do you know about the exam?" "Ferdinando, who works at the hospital, told his sister Lucetta, who told her husband, who told the concierge in Via dei Giudici." " News gets about in naples." " And people talk!" "I hear you only got through the exam thanks to Moscati." "Papa, we're here to celebrate." "well done." "It seems there's not much to celebrate." "I just hope today was a one-off thing." "Don't worry." "You have to run faster than the other students, Iike I did." "Remember the winning horses are to be seen at the starting line." "Papa..." " How do I Iook?" " Let me see." "There's not much you can do." "smile..." "Get down!" "Get down!" " Darn it!" " Come on!" "Come on!" "Stay where you are, don't move." " Take it easy." " My ankle." "Does it hurt here?" "Keep still, don't move." "Keep still, leave it to me." " Does it hurt here?" " My ankle!" "Keep still, Iet me take a look." "You mustn't do that..." " Thank you." " What do you mean?" "Don't worry, I'm feeling better." "He was just hungry." "He was just hungry!" "And he's not hungry any more." "He's stolen your wallet." "Let's go." "In this hospital there is a strict rule that has to be respected." "Your white coat must always be tidy and clean." "Professor De LiIIo is quite strict about that." "Come on, sisters!" "Hurry up!" "It's early morning and you're already tired?" "This is Professor De LiIIo's room." "Tonino." "Tonino!" "well?" "What are you doing, sleeping in the professor's room?" "I won't tell you again, if I catch you again, you're going home." "We have to watch out for Sister HeIga - she runs the hospital." "She'II turn us NeapoIitans into MiIanesi." "This isn't a theatre!" " Good morning, PiromaIIo." " Good morning, Professor." " hello, young man." " You remembered me." " Of course." "Had any caIenduIa yet?" " Not yet." " Leave it to me." " Moscati!" " Why are you with that patient?" " I examined him at the exam." "You're not taking the exam now." "I'II tell you which patient needs you... after the rounds." " AII right." " Let's go." "See you soon." " Lupini!" " Rita, how are you?" "Thank you." "Come here, you rogue!" "You criminal!" "Get out of the way!" "Come here, you rogue." "Come here!" "What are you doing?" "You rascal!" "Get out of the way!" " Out of the way!" "Let me through!" " Catch me!" "Get out of the way!" "Are you making fun of me, you wretch?" "Get out of the way!" "Stop!" "Stay where you are!" "Stop, in the name of the Iaw!" "You scoundrel!" "Get out of the way!" "You scoundrel!" "Stay where you are, don't move!" " Here you are!" " Darn it!" " I've caught you." " I caught him first." " I've been after him for a while." " You'd never have caught me!" " I'II give you a good hiding!" " I don't advise that." "Thanks for the help, but you can't do any more now." " This wretch was stealing." " Take him then, but it's risky." "What do you mean?" "He escaped from the infections ward." " Why, what's wrong with him?" " What's wrong?" "He has a mysterious virus that attacks the brain." "He doesn't have a brain!" "It also attacks physiological areas... particularly male ones." " I'm not married yet." " Who'd marry you?" "AnieIIo!" " Here you are." " Thank you." "Bon appétit." " Wait, how long is it since you ate?" " I can't tell you." " Why not?" " Not since I stole your wallet." " Do you want to live like this?" " It's the only thing I can do." "That's right." "What's wrong?" "Put that salt shaker back." "Pity!" "ImmacoIata would have liked it." " Who's ImmacoIata?" " My little sister." "I have three brothers too." "I'm the head of the family." " You are joking?" " No, take it." "Then you can come here and have a swim." "I'm the head of the family." "I've no time to go to the beach." " And I can't swim." " I'II teach you if you're good." " really?" " Of course." " We're friends then?" " Of course." "Eat up." " I'm not hungry." "Want this?" " Yes." "Thanks." "Eat up." "Thanks." "Don't shout." "Don't shout." "Keep his legs still." "Let me through, my husband can't wait any longer." "Madam, come away..." " What's going on?" " Save him!" "He's stopped talking." "O Lord, everyone out!" "He fell from a crane at the port." "He's lost a Iot of blood." "Get him inside." "Sister HeIga, call Professor De LiIIo." " The bleeding has stopped." " And not only that." "He's dead, can't you see?" " Take him away." " Let's go, there are other patients." "Wait." "Stop that right now!" "What are you doing?" " stimulating his heart muscle." " You'II crush his rib cage." "Who taught you these things?" "A witch doctor?" "I said stop it!" "He's breathing!" "He's breathing." "He's breathing." "well done." "I've met doctors like you, young doctors animated by sacred fire, convinced they know more than other people..." "I didn't mean to show any disrespect, it's just that..." "The patient won't make it through the night." "That's all!" "Drain his chest." "You're so naive to go against De LiIIo!" "Let's go, our shift is over." "Moscati, am I mistaken or are you off duty?" " I know I shouldn't be here." " Or have visits from anyone." " I'm not expecting anyone." " You're not?" "Let it be the first and last time, though I doubt it." " Good morning." " I was told I'd find you here." "Come with me." "This isn't a suitable place for you." "How do you feel?" "It's nothing." "smell this..." " What is it?" " Camphor." "They call it the plant of joy." "Are you a doctor or a witch doctor?" "That's the second time today I've been asked." "How do you feel?" "I feel so silly." "Why?" "I must have seemed a spoiled and spiteful child at the ball." "You were right." "I wanted annoy my father." "And did you succeed?" "He didn't speak to me for two days." "Then he started weaving his web again and now he meets the fathers of my suitors himself, to figure out how much they are worth." "And do any of them meet your approval?" "Why do you ask?" "Are you really interested?" "Yes... a little." "Since I returned from college you're the first man who hasn't tried to work out if I'm worth the sum he'd have to pay." "Perhaps because I couldn't buy you even if I wanted to." "Or maybe because you don't want to." "I can't... and I don't want to." "I see, I should never have come." "I don't think you understand." "I've wanted you... since the first moment I met you." "And that scares me." "Not your father and background, against which I couId fight." "But your eyes, your lips... within which I'd Iike to lose myself." " Is that so terrible?" " No." "It's wonderful." "And it takes my breath away." "You know where to find me." "Professor, are you out of breath?" " I've gone into business." " well done." "If you want to try, I'II give you a discount." " AII right, Iet's go." " Let's go." "It's nice working as a shoe-shine." "What's it like in hospital?" " I would do things differently." " In what way?" " I'd spend more time with patients." " Why?" "Can't you?" "No, there's a seven-minute rule." "The limit for every examination." "I do the same, Gennarino told me to." " told you what?" " Seven brushes here, seven there." "No more and no less!" "That's business for you!" "By the way, that's 30 cents." "Good night." "Have you taken your medicine?" "Good night." "Go to sleep, go to sleep." "Good night." "Good morning, Sister HeIga." "Any news?" "Professor..." "Stick your tongue out." "Let's start the rounds." "He made it." "Come with me." "Moscati, well done, my compliments." "But don't rest on your laurels now." "There's a Iot to do here." "You can't concentrate on one patient." "Moscati, where's your white coat?" "It was covered in blood, the wife..." "That's against hospital rules too." "relatives just get in the way." "Don't you think compassion should have no rules?" "I believe every one of us should do his or her duty." "And I have been doing my duty for many years." "The platelets are back to normal levels." "You got the heart working again with that massage and aided normal blood circulation." "Let's not underestimate the body's ability to fight back." "Come and see." "It's the first time I've been so in tune with a believer." "I must be getting old." " Where are you taking me?" " To a wonderful place." "You might be a little scared." "Get a move on." "Stay close to me." "Be careful here." "What do you think?" " Is it dangerous?" " No." " could it explode?" " Yes, but not right now." "Doctor!" "Darn it, I forgot your swimming lesson." "When a man falls in love, he forgets everything." " How do you know that?" " Everyone says so." "And your eyes talk, and you look like you're walking on clouds." " What's this?" " A steamship sailing to America." " It's nice." " I made it for my brothers." "You're an angel from Heaven, that why you understand everything." "But an angel who can't swim!" "APRIL 8th, 1 906." "Cough, cough." "There's to be an exam for first assistant." " They've not had one for 20 years!" " De LiIIo told me!" " There's only one place." " AII right." "What's going on?" "It's an earthquake!" "Outside!" "Come on!" "Get outside!" "Giorgio, take him!" "Don't panic, don't panic!" "It's Vesuvius!" "It's woken up!" "Don't panic!" "What have you found out?" "There will be a Iot of wounded at Torre del Greco." "Let's go!" "hold it!" " Doctor!" " Have you got all the patients?" "Some are still inside, I don't have many men, and it's a disaster." "Come with me!" "help!" "We'II get you out of there!" "Push!" "Push!" " Let's lift it up." "That's right." " Get us out of here!" "Come on!" "Outside!" "Outside!" "Get away from here, hurry!" " Where are you going?" " Come with me." "Wait." " They're all out." " I'm not so sure." "PSYCHIATRIC WARD" "Come away from there!" "Where's the other doctor?" "I'II get you out of here..." "I'II get you out of here." "Don't panic!" "I'II get you out." "I'II get you out of here." "Outside!" "Outside." "Outside!" "hall Mary, full of grace..." "Outside!" " Outside." " I can't come." "Wait there." "Outside!" "Come on, come on!" "Come on!" "Come on, come on." "This way, this way." "Doctor, I'm a medical student." "Give me a hand, take them downstairs." "Hurry up!" "Come on!" " What's your name?" " Moscati." " Go on, young man, hurry!" " Outside!" " We have to get out of here." " I can't come." " We have to leave here." " I can't come!" " Why not?" " I have to stay here." "He told me:" "I have to stay here, I have to Iearn the song." "What song is that?" "It's a song full of..." "light." "There's light, a Iot of light and... the sky..." " There's light..." " And the sun too?" "Yes, yes... the sun too." "You're right, there's sun too." " shall we sing it together?" " Yes." "Let's sing it." " That's it!" " Let's sing it together." "How does it go?" "well done." "It's all collapsing!" "Do you feel any pain?" " Here?" " Yes." "And here too?" "It's nothing serious, just a slight hiatus hernia." " So you wouldn't operate?" " certainly not." "You are mistaken." "The patient is suffering from hepatic tumoraI degeneration." " holy Mary!" " Quiet!" " We have to operate straight away." " It's unnecessary." "Perhaps you're not the brilliant diagnosis-maker you think you are." "The exam is over." "PiromaIIo, it's your turn." "Professors." "De LiIIo was right then?" "That poor woman was opened and closed without reason." "They didn't find the tumoral mass." "My compliments." "MarsaIa..." "You are now first assistant at the incurables' hospital." " really?" " Your friend didn't make it." "But don't worry, his father will help him, the way he always has." "I am not surprised by what happened." "Perhaps it's my fault for spoiling you as you grew up." "But it's up to you now." "Either you show me you're as good as your friend Moscati..." "You'II get nothing more from me." "Here he is." " Ruggero, how are you?" " welcome, professor." "How come all this formality?" " It's not the first time we've met." " It is after the exam." " Don't tell me you're in awe of me?" " No!" "I just wanted to tell you some students will do the rounds with you." "Good." " Where are they?" " He's over there." "It's hardly a crowd!" "But he made an express wish to accompany you." "His name's Umberto Tammaro." " Umberto Tammaro." " Dr Moscati." "Professor!" "Are you that madman from the earthquake?" "Yes, I finally got my degree." "well done, now comes the most important but difficult part." "You will read a book that has never been printed." "The book cover are the beds in our hospital." "The contents are the painful bodies of our patients." "You have to accompany your studies with compassion for the sick." "And a big smile too." "Giorgio, wait." "Take your white coat off." "It scares the patients." "It's not needed during the rounds." " I've been looking for you for days." " really?" "What did you want?" " Why are you talking like that?" " I've figured you out." "You pretend you want nothing, then take everything." "Even my father prefers you to me." " Where does your father fit in?" " He does!" "I've not done anything against you." "You are better than you realize, and I know that." " If you were to realize too..." " You have an answer for everything." " I'm not Iike you say." " Listen to me." "That big hospital we dreamed of, we have to do it together." "Leave me alone!" "hello, Papa." "I have decided to leave the hospital." "Very well." "We will plan your career as of today." "First of all, I will open a private surgery for you." "Then you can apply for a teaching post." "Then you can put this nasty period behind you." "Boys!" "What are you doing?" "Go away!" " I've found you at last, AnieIIo." " I'm not AnieIIo." "I don't know you." "What are you talking about?" " What's all this blood?" " It's my blood, bitter blood." " Worse than poison." " What are you saying?" " It's as black as hell." " Don't be silly, you're an angel." "There's only smoke in hell..." "There's no sea." "only people weeping and screaming." "What are you saying?" "Doctor, I'm scared." "I'm here now, don't worry." "The wound can be treated, but I think he's hungry." " I need a bed." " We're full up, you know that." "I said I need a bed!" "Get a syringe to take a blood sample." "Hurry up!" "I'II be as quick as I can." "Sister HeIga, where's AnieIIo?" " He was hungry, Iike I said." " Yes, but where is he now?" " Answer me!" " He's not here!" "Sister angelina gave him some bread and milk, and he ran off." " He'II be laughing at his trick." " Be quiet!" " Have you seen AnieIIo?" " Yes, he's around the corner." "Why didn't you wait for me?" " Professor, is the sea far away?" " No." " Remember what you promised me?" " Yes." "That you would teach me to swim." "Have you forgotten?" "You once told me the sea was beautiful." "And that the Lord gave it us to comfort our soul." "Yes." "Professor, take me to the sea." "I feel so disheartened today." "Yes." "AII right." "Professor, you know everything - can you tell me what it's like when you die?" "Each one of us is like a drop of water that sooner or later falls into the sea." "And when the drop melts, that water becomes the sea." " It doesn't hurt then?" " No." "Then maybe I'II learn to swim too." "Professor." " It's tetanus, isn't it?" " Yes." "I'm surprised he had such a peaceful death." "It's usually very painful." " You realized, didn't you?" " I saw the cut, the raving..." "But I hoped I was wrong." "He felt his blood was bitter and he was right." "Tetanus is neither sweet nor bitter." "Neither good nor bad." "It's a bacteria, a living thing... that your God, if He exists, created." "And it killed a child." "Show yourself." "Show yourself." "Show yourself." " We'II let the wounds breathe." " Thank you, professor." "Professor Moscati!" " Good evening." " Good evening." "I was sure you'd be back." "I wanted to ask your advice." "You usually give me advice." "What is this advice then?" "The patient in bed 22 is in pain, he's not slept for two days." "I thought a hot bath might be of some comfort to him." "Of course." "You're seeing me now in my nun's habit, but I too was a child once." "I was a farmhand." "My whole family broke their backs working in the rice fields." "I have seen a Iot of injustice." "My parents died when I was this high." "I have devoted my Iife to seeing the rules were the same for everyone." "Whatever it took." "In this way I hoped to respect my parents' memory." "And the Word of the Lord." "But then you came along, and I realized that without charity, duty and justice are just empty words." "You will attract a Iot of criticism and very little praise." "You will be overtaken by people who don't deserve it." "But you have to promise me something." "That you will never give up." "No..." "I'II never give up." "well done, professor." "Today I realized something:" "Jesus lives in every sick person." "Yes." "If I were only to treat the diseases, I would be destined for defeat." "I would think of science's limitations and feel helpless." "I realized that with AnieIIo's death." "Being a doctor is a Iot less and a Iot more." "I want to give my whole strength, my whole self." "Do you understand?" "Yes... if you don't keep me away from you." "I wrote as soon as I heard about AnieIIo, but you didn't answer me." "I felt all alone and useless." "It will never happen again." "Do you want to share this life with me?" "Share everything?" "Everything, Giuseppe, everything!" "We mustn't consider pain just a physical spasm." "It is a brother's cry for help, and we must help him with love." "And after this, you will discover you can ease pain with a gesture, with some advice, with words, with an embrace, not only with a cold prescription." "Try and sense the divine energy you have inside." "It will help you understand a heartbeat, a troubled breath." "If we can find this flow, we will improve our intuition, even where the diagnosis is concerned." "Listen..." "Sister HeIga, what is Moscati doing?" "pulling the hospital apart?" "He wants to take the patients outside." "Thank God naples is a sunny city." "Let's go outside!" "It's the best treatment there is." "I'II let you all have a nice bit of sunshine." "Outside!" "Let's continue our rounds." " ArcangeIo, what are you doing?" " Forgive me... but I want to work with Moscati." "You're free to follow pure madness instead of the real profession." "Go ahead!" "I've always been a little crazy." "Boys, do you need a hand?" "I'm coming, wait for me!" "Put them in the sun." "Breathe deeply, breathe!" "Anna, don't exaggerate!" "You have to stay in your own bed." "AII right, hold hands, that's good." "Is that all right?" " What are you doing here?" " I'm sorry to disturb you..." "I'm going to the Cajafas', important evening." "Weren't you on duty?" "Yes, the man who was admitted this morning with stomach cramp..." " Esposito." " He died a short while ago." "You can't die of indigestion, Iet's examine the body." "That's impossible, they took him home." "We'II have to move quick, where do they live?" " In the Spanish District." " Leave it to me." " Have you stopped?" " If you want, you can go on alone." "Won't it be dangerous?" "I have heard there were riots in Paris..." "Who does he think he is?" "Keeping a girl of your station waiting!" "This Moscati has no idea of conventions and manners." "Papa, please, something must have happened." "Excuse me..." "Excuse me." "Can I help you?" " I'm looking for Ruggero Esposito." " The Esposito family?" "I'II take you there." "It's not far." "This is it." "What do you reckon?" "Pretty girl, eh?" "You've got the wrong idea." "I'm a doctor." "A doctor?" "You could be the Pope for all I care!" " Your wallet or I'II kill you." " calm down." " I am calm." " I don't have much money on me." "AII right, don't worry." "This jacket..." "Come on!" " That's enough." " Your shoes!" "Come on!" "My compliments!" "You exploit young girls and then you want to kill me?" "Go on!" "What will you do next week for money?" "That's enough, put that knife down." "Take my watch and my hat." "Where does Ruggero Esposito live?" "I don't know, go away." "Who knows?" " Prince." " Giorgio!" "I'm sorry, but I'm not your Prince Charming." " hello, elena." " hello, Giorgio." "My daughter needs someone who can make her smile." "I couldn't ask for better, especially on a night like this." "Right, elena?" "Anyone home?" " Do the Espositos live here?" " Yes, come in." "May I?" "How many people live here?" "Why have you come?" "What do you want?" "My husband is dead." "Your husband had a serious disease..." "You might have caught it too." "I'm fine, but my son has a fever." " Come on..." " Come and see." "He keeps being sick." "This way, doctor." " What's your name?" " Vincenzo." " I'II take you to hospital." " I don't want to go!" " Come on!" " I don't want to die like Dad!" "You will if you stay here." "It's amazing!" " Don't worry, it's nothing." " Take it easy." "Professor, weren't you at the cinema?" "And where are your shoes?" " Where's the drip?" " Who is this boy?" "He's Esposito's son." "He's got the same symptoms." " Gastroenteritis?" " cholera!" " cholera?" " We have to inform the prefecture." " We'd better wait for De LiIIo." " Tomorrow will be too late." " But the professor..." " Hurry, there'II be an epidemic." "Get a test tube ready for the feces." "Boys, come over here." " We're going to the Spanish District." " The Spanish District?" "Our shift is over." "If you think you've finished, then get out of the way." "Get the ambulances ready, please." " Do you need a pair of shoes?" " Yes." "Thanks." "Take mine." "calm down, I'II explain everything." "It's not surprising there are sick people in these conditions." "This place is a disaster." " Do you drink this water?" " Yes." "Give me a test tube." "Take it to Monteforte and have it analyzed immediately." "We'II take those who have a fever and are vomiting straight away." "Listen!" "You have to boil the water and only eat cooked food!" "These people don't eat at all." "He's right." " Magnificent!" " wonderful!" "You haven't slept a wink all night." " You should get some rest." " I'm fine." "people are afraid to catch it, they're shut up in their homes." "Perhaps we should head back too." "He won't wake up." "I'm sorry, he's dead." "He looks like an angel when he's asleep." "Right, Tonino?" "I am a doctor, we have to take him away." "He's cold, Iike a little sparrow." "And so light." " Give him to me, I'II take him." " No, you can't have him." "Go away!" "You're tired, Iet me take him." "Give him to me." "Get her something to eat." " Wait." "You can't come through." " Let him through!" "Thank goodness you're here." "Come here." "Go away!" "Orders from the Prefect, we have to burn everything!" "What are you doing?" " Orders from the government." " cholera isn't the plague!" "This stuff isn't infected." "You don't need to burn it!" "Wait here for me." "You can't go out, you're infected." "Where are you going?" "You can't come in." "I'm Princess Cajafa." "I have to talk to Professor Moscati." "What are you doing?" "This stuff isn't infected!" "calm down!" "calm down, take it easy!" "Listen to me!" "Listen!" " You can't kick us out of our homes!" " No one wants to kick you out!" "But cholera is deadly, can't you see that?" "We've all drunk the water, we're all going to die!" "No!" " Not if you let us treat you." " We can't afford medicines!" "You won't have to pay." "I promise you." "We'II give you your things back." "Just a few coins, signora." "Are you taking him away like that?" "Fetch some more lime!" "My little boy!" " Aren't you giving him a funeral?" " No funeral?" " No funeral!" " You're right." "Let's sing." "Let's sing together." "Who can sing?" " I can." " Let's sing then." "BASED ON THE STORY OF PROF." "GIUSEPPE MOSCATI, NAPLES DOCTOR AND SAINT," "AND THOSE WHO LIVED AND WORKED WITH HIM" "Out of the way!" " I was so worried." " Forgive me for last night." "Don't worry about me." "It must have been terrible seeing those poor people dying." "It's terrible to see how they live, abandoned to desperation and poverty." "No one should have to suffer like that." "Now let's think of us." "Papa is waiting for us." "I want to apologize to him too." "Professor, you're needed at the hospital." " Right now?" " Now." " When will I see you again?" " I don't know." " will you dine with us tomorrow?" " AII right." "Let's go." "This was your father's." "It didn't help me, but it might bring you luck." " Signorina, what's the matter?" " Say something!" " Here you are, doctor." " We need more vials." "That's all we have." "Cover yourself up." "Is she still vomiting?" "Professor, we have an emergency." "A hemorrhage." "They found her on the street." " CIoe." " Do you know her?" "Let's get her into the operating area." " My favorite doctor." " Isn't Giorgio your favorite?" "No, not him, I don't want to see him." "He isn't here, only me." "Don't worry." "You've given birth..." "Where's the baby?" "It's gone, it's dead." "I didn't deserve it, I don't deserve anyone." " And I don't have anyone." " That's not true, you have me." "I'm scared..." "I'm scared, doctor!" " Take me away!" " Where would I take you?" "please!" "I don't want to stay here." "Giuseppe, is that you?" "What are you doing back so early?" " hello, Ninni." " Good morning, miss." " Bring me a blanket." " Who is this woman?" "careful." "I'II be getting back." " Thanks, see you in the hospital." " My duty, professor." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." " Is this your home?" " Yes." "This was my brother AIberto's room." "You're shivering." "I'II go and get you a blanket." " You want me to put that woman up?" " Her name's CIoe." " She's a friend of Giorgio's." " AII naples knows who she is!" " She's dying." " Does she have to die here?" "You'II dishonor our parents' home." "What will people say?" "You know I don't care what people say." "And don't you care about me, about my reputation?" " With all I've been through!" " What have you been through?" "You can't even feel pity for a dying woman." "I warn you, if she stays here, I'm leaving." "Your sister is right, I'm a good-for-nothing." "I'd better go back to the hospital." "My sister goes to church but forgets the words of the gospel." "Do you know what our Lord said to the Pharisee?" ""The woman you want to kick out washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair."" "She was forgiven many sins because she loved." "Like you." "I have loved but one man, and he threw me away like a broken doll." "That's not true, he loved you a great deal." "Giorgio deceived me." "And I hate him, with all my soul." "Don't let it poison you, you'II only hurt yourself." "Think of the nice things you loved him for..." "That's all that matters." "Now get some rest." "He must have had an emergency." "He will change." "Just give him time." "And will you be willing to change for him?" "I had just finished school when my brother fell ill." "The doctors told us to resign ourselves, leaving him in awful pain." "That's when I decided to become a doctor so I wouldn't have to tell the sick "resign yourself"." "Nina, is that you?" "She's back." "This is CIoe - my friend and Giorgio's." "I waited for you all evening I'm tired, I'm going into the study." "I'II join you there." "No, thanks." " Is that enough?" " Yes." "Excuse me a minute." " Let me take your coat." " I won't be staying long." "I'm sorry about the dinner." "So you didn't come in order to stay with her?" " She needs me, I'm a doctor." " I need you too!" "I can't wait for you forever." "I thought you wanted to marry me." "I did, and I still do." "But my Iife belongs to the sick, to the poor..." "They are condemned." "No one can save them from their hardship." "And yet they are grateful to life for that nothing it has given them." " Our love is a gift too!" " Yes." "Is it a sin to want children, a nice home, a life of our own?" "Do you want to give up our happiness for something you can't achieve?" "You can't save all the world's sick." " Save me, make me happy." " I want to make you happy." "But you have to take me for what I am." "Excuse me a minute." "Go on, run to her!" "I am too rich to be worthy of your attention!" " That's not true." " Isn't it?" "If you love me, prove it to me, and take that woman back to the hospital." "Forgive me, but I can't cope." "Good morning." "I'd Iike to talk to Professor PiromaIIo." "You need an appointment to see the professor." "I'II make an exception for the great Moscati." " How are you?" " Take a seat." "Do you Iike it?" "I bought it from an antique dealer in Rome." "Cigar?" " It cost a fortune." " It's outstanding!" " This surgery is very nice too." " Not bad, eh?" "Miss..." "It's always been your dream." "Professor..." "What's up?" "Are you tired of the hospital?" " No." " You can come and work with me." "There's no Sister HeIga to time your rounds." "And my young ladies are young and pretty." "Your patients look in good heath too." "Thanks to my treatment!" "I leave the desperate to you!" "Listen, Giorgio, I need to talk to you about a desperate case." "CIoe is very sick..." "She's got septicaemia, she's dying." "I'm sorry..." "Where do I fit in?" "What do you mean?" "You could come and see her, you used to be very close." "AII the men in naples were close to CIoe." "You were fond of her, and it wouId help her if you were there." "It was all over between us ages ago, and I have my reputation to think of." "And what good would I do?" "When you're dying, you're dying." "You sound as though you were dead too... in the heart and in the soul." "But you're not Iike that, I know that." " I'm not perfect like you." " I'm not perfect." " I just wanted to tell you." " You've done that." "And that's your job:" "to remind me how inferior I am to you!" "You're wrong, you want to believe that because it suits you to." "But with or without me you'II have your conscience to account to." "well done, Moscati!" "Who's next?" "Thank you." "You see, Antonio?" "I have a guardian angel who reads my mind." "You are an open book to me." "I know when you are displeased, scared, when you're worried." " How can you know these things?" " I watch you." "When your eyes narrow, that means you're worried." "When you touch your mustache, you are about to make a diagnosis." " And when I'm in a good mood?" " You're never in a good mood." "There you are." " That's done." " Thank you." "Go and have a nice sleep." "Now, for example... your eyes are very sad, but I can't figure out why." "Have you ever hurt someone?" "plenty of times." "But why... why are we unable to obey good?" "For all we try to do good, we still end up hurting people around us." "I am fond of my sister, and Giorgio too." "I Iove EIena more than anything else in the world, but all these people are suffering because of me." "Why?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "But it's not up to us to judge the decisions we are called to make, we can only obey them." "And you do that, every day, with great courage." "And that's why I admire you so much." "Good evening." " I'd Iike to speak to the princess." " Just a minute." " The princess has gone away." " Where to?" "I need to talk to her." "I can't tell you anything." "I see." "Make sure she gets this." "Thank you." ""EIena, you've no idea how hard it is for me to be away from you." "From the day we promised each other to stay together, your hand has always been in mine, giving me courage, strength... and hope." "How can I Iive without you?" "That promise still stands for me." "My hand is always ready to hold yours and it always will be, if you want it to." "Yours, Giuseppe."" "Look at this..." "Two days have gone by..." "and look at the state the place is in." "Look." "You're back early today." "It's not Giuseppe, it's me." "I've come to pick up my belongings." " Then I'II get out of your way." " This is your home." "It was." "I wanted to open the window and let some sunshine in." "There you are, the mistress is served." "Because that's what I am: a servant!" "Don't do that." "Sit down a minute." "Sit down next to me." "You can talk to me." "Have this." "I embroidered these for my trousseau." "There are a hundred in the wardrobe." "Were you to be married?" "I didn't have time to marry." "First my mother died, then my brother AIberto, then Papa." "And no one ever asked me:" ""Nina, how are you?" "Do you need to get it off your chest?"" "I was invisible!" "AII I have left in life is Peppino, but to see him I have to get admitted to hospital." "You're right!" "Good morning, Papa." "I'm tired of staying home." "shall we go out?" "Giorgio is waiting at the club." " Love was not part of my destiny." " I thought the same thing." "Then I met you and your brother, you took me into your home, and gave me these days." "This is the love that makes one happy, the love you give to others without asking anything in return." "I've learned that from your brother, and from you." "From me too?" "It's ready!" "smell it, Ninni." "smell." " It's good." " Are we eating here?" "Seeing CIoe cannot go out, we'II have a picnic in the house." "We've enough sun, and the smell of the sea is in the plate." " Anything else, young ladies?" " A bit of music maybe." "Music!" "Where's he going?" " He's gone crazy!" " Here's your music." " But it doesn't work." " It doesn't?" "Listen to this." " There you are." " well done." " May I have this dance, madame?" " I've forgotten how it's done." "Don't make me have to beg, do it for my sake." "AII right." " You're a feather!" " Don't step on my feet!" "My head's spinning!" " What's going on?" " We were having some fun." " But I was resting." " In your clothes?" " I'm always on duty." " What's that?" "A letter for you." " Thank you." " You're welcome." ""EIena Cajafa and Giorgio PiromaIIo"." "He steals your fiancée and then invites you to the wedding!" "What a humiliation before all of naples!" "If EIena is happy with Giorgio, then I have to be happy for them." "You should have gone to the altar." "I have been waiting for this all my Iife!" " Don't cry." " I even had a nice dress ready." "I'm warning you, if you go to the wedding..." "You'II walk out, I know." "How do you feel being Mrs PiromaIIo?" "Very happy." " AII the naples doctors are here." " Except for the great Moscati." "But we'II have fun all the same, baroness." "I will allow you one last glass of champagne - and put you on a diet as of tomorrow." " Do you want to go to hospital?" " No..." "I want to stay here." "AII right, I'II stay here with you." "tell me the truth." "Giorgio..." "He knows I'm dying, doesn't he?" "Yes." "But he didn't come." "He's not as brave as you are." "Remember when I asked you about the baby?" "You said you didn't deserve it." "His father didn't want it, and I thought I didn't want it either." "But you gave birth to it." "Where is it now?" "It didn't die, did it?" "No." "I abandoned it in front of a church." " Why didn't you tell me before?" " Because... you would have told Giorgio." "He's the father." "When he heard I was pregnant, he gave me money for an abortion." "I'm sorry." " But I have forgiven him." " Love is never lost." "It always comes back." "I know that now." "That's why I am not as scared of dying." "But now you'II have to find him again." "Yes." "I don't want my child to grow up an orphan." " I want him to have a home." " Yes." "A family." "I know that when Giorgio sees him, he will accept him." "Promise me you'II find him and take him to his father." "I promise." " Are you Professor Moscati?" " Yes, I am." "You took this poor girl into your home." "Can I bring my children to you?" "They're sick, and I don't have any money to treat them." " Of course you can bring them." " Thank you." "Thank you." "hold it!" "Stop!" "If I catch you..." "Good morning, doctor." "I'm sorry, but there's no trace of the baby." "They sometimes get sent to other orphanages." "And without a name..." "I have tried all the convents." "I don't know where else to look." "There are more orphans in naples than lava in Vesuvius." "I'm sorry." "AII right, thanks all the same." "A little cough." "AII right..." "Do these children go to school?" "I've no money to send them to school..." "I'm unemployed." " Are they sick?" " Undernourished, they don't eat." "I'II give you something to strengthen them up." "Keep still." "This is the prescription." "Buy everything and give it to him." "milk, meat, fruit..." "It's a shopping list!" "Go and do the shopping, go on!" "Put that down." "God bless the ground you walk on." "You are a great man!" "What big words!" "I am your doctor, that's all." "Come back to me when you finish the medicine, and I'II give you more." "AII right?" "You have some too." "You'II find a job easier on a full stomach." "Thank you." "It's nothing." "Put that back." " Do you Iike this book?" " Very much." " Then you can have it." " Thank you." "May 24th, 1 91 5" " Down with Austria!" " Hurray for italy!" "What are you shouting?" "italy is going to war!" "Death to the Austrians!" ""The occupation of TripoIitania and the war with Turkey have been imposed on the government by an unrestrainable uprising of national dignity."" " What did they say, professor?" " That my request was turned down." "Thank you, Lord." "They've realized we need you more here than on the front." "They turned me down too, they found a hernia." "I'm staying here, aren't you happy?" "I've been called up." "I have to be in Padua tomorrow morning." "Can you telegraph my parents for me?" "I can't..." "It will break my mother's heart." "I'II talk to her." "And come back in one piece." " Understand?" " I promise." "What will I do without you?" "It's nice to see you!" "You look beautiful!" "Thank you." "I still haven't thanked you for the present you sent us." " How's Giorgio?" "Is he here with you?" " Yes, he's always with me." "I'm very happy for you." "I have to go." " Bye." " Bye." " What did he want from you?" " Nothing." "I don't feel any contradiction between science and faith." "The more I study nature and the human body, the more I see joyful, creative intelligence in everything." "You call it intelligence, I call it the survival instinct." "You have God:" "I have chaos, fatality." "It's no use." "We'II never convince each other." "You've made me late again!" "What will I tell my wife?" "She has creative intelligence too... but she's not as merciful as your God." "You can't stay here!" "I'm not letting you through!" "This is a respectable home, not a public dumping ground!" "Who are these people?" "AII the poor in naples have gathered here." " Go away!" " They're human beings!" "I can't examine you all now." "Go away, please." "How can I?" "Go away!" "This is a respectable building!" " Are you deaf?" "Go away!" " PasquaIe, what manners!" "The professor will see you tomorrow." "Move along, good people." "I can't come back tomorrow." "I don't know where to put them all!" "Who told them to come here?" "Good evening." "Word must have gotten out." "They're like locusts." " Good evening." " Good evening." "Send some of them away." "After I have examined them, all right?" "Come with me." "This is your prescription." " This is money!" " For the medicines." " When will I pay it back?" " Go now, there are people waiting." " May St. Gennaro bless you." " See you Thursdays for a check-up." "Private Persico has taken a turn for the worse." "We have to operate." " Can you take care of it?" " I don't think..." "I think he can." " Go on." " Yes, professor." "Sister HeIga, you said it was urgent." "Swab it, Sister HeIga." "That's right!" "More." "It's a nasty wound." "It's got infected." " Keep swabbing it." " calm down." " Pass me that instrument." " Here." "Perfect." "Swab it, swab it!" " I am." " That's right." "I can't do it like this, I have to intervene." " I have to open the wound." " We'II risk a hemorrhage." " I have no choice." " Let's call the professor..." " Pass me the scalpel." " As you wish." "Thank you." "Nurse, roll my sleeves up." "A bit more, a bit more." "Give me a hand." " Swab it." " He's losing too much blood." " I'II call the professor." " I want to do it!" "Do as I say." "Trust me." "Good, now we need to drain it." "well done, you did a fine job - both of you." "I want you to work as a team from now on." "This boy has a healthy appetite." "Some satisfaction at last!" "Of course, he has two activities in the hospital:" "a day one and a night one." "I know I am not as perfect as Umberto." "If I couId, I would have him come back and I'd go to the front." " Your battle is here." " Is that so?" "Then be careful, because I will turn into an Austrian sharp-shooter!" "It's your differences that make you perfect at work." "By watching over one another, you bring out the best." "AII right, but let them eat now." "I've made some aubergine rissoIes." "Do you Iike rissoIes?" "They're my favorite!" "What about you, sister?" "What's wrong, Peppino?" "What's the matter?" "Where are you going?" "Are you going out without a jacket?" " Professor Monteforte?" " In the lecture hall." "Professor!" "Go away!" "Go outside!" "Go outside and leave us alone." "Leave me alone with Moscati." "Leave me alone with Moscati." "You arrived just in time." "Who told you?" "Who do you think, scientist?" "They say when you're about to die, those who believe lose their faith.." "and those who don't believe convert." "Perhaps the almighty sent you for that reason... ..to lure me into the Iast trap." "Come here." "Say a prayer for me." "Our Father, who art in Heaven hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." "You'II remember the rumpus he caused over the exams." "And now he wants to revolutionize the hospital." "But here we are wondering what Moscati's next reform will be." "Do you really want to fire him?" "Offer him Monteforte's teaching post." "Giuseppe is ambitious." "He's always wanted to teach at university." "He won't be able to refuse the job." "It is with a bewildered soul I say my last goodbye to GiuIio Monteforte, the great master of the neapolitan school, who has left us far too soon, in the place he held most dear, his lecture hall." "We will miss his intelligence, his courage, his wit, the arguments he had with people with different ideas to his own." "And that is the great lesson he left me:" "friendship does not always stem from being alike, but from diversity too," "from contrast, from a confrontation between a different sensitivity and vocation." "I am sure GiuIio would forgive me for refusing the job as his replacement in this teaching post." "I do it reluctantly, but I want to stay at the hospital." "I can't help it, my Iife is with the sick." "I am sure he would approve of my proposal to offer his job to another deserving colleague:" "the professor, and my friend, Giorgio PiromaIIo." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Good morning, everyone." "How are you?" "I'm fond of you, Giuseppe... ..but I Iove Giorgio." "We're alike, we have the same wishes, we are happy together." "And I am happy for you." "Let me feel your stomach." "We're not able to have children." "Your ovaries are swollen, elena." " What did the other doctors say?" " They say everything." " What does Giorgio say?" " He avoids talking about it." "Perhaps he's made his diagnosis and knows there's no hope." " Is he right?" " I have to be honest with you." "I don't think you should get your hopes up." " Why has God punished me?" " No one wants to punish you." " You know how much I wanted a child." " Of course I know." "Dry your eyes and get dressed." "I want to take you somewhere special." "Perhaps we did get married at first to spite you." "But then we really did fall in love." "And the desire to have a child brought us even closer together." "It's not fair to be deprived of something everyone is granted, even the poorest of people." "Life isn't that unfair, really." "In every test it sends us there is an opportunity." "This way..." "I want you to meet some friends." "Professor Moscati, you've come to see us!" "Sister Maria, this is my friend EIena." "pleased to meet you." "children, look who's here!" "Doctor Giuseppe." "Good morning." "Professor, did you bring us some wafers?" "No, Nina didn't have time." "I'II get her to make some for Sunday and I'II take you to the beach!" "The professor does so much for us." "These children are sickly as well as being orphans." "But they are very clever." "They paint them and make costumes." " Who's this?" " Nina." "Nina?" "Nina's much prettier than this!" " This is BaIthazar, it's for you." " For me?" "really?" " Thank you." "He's beautiful." " You're welcome." "You were deprived of a child, and they were deprived of parents." "From this injustice hope can be born." "Love has many paths." "children, why don't you show the princess our garden?" "Here you are." "I don't know where to get the money from." "We've got debts everywhere." "I know." "We could sell some furniture, some paintings.." "Dad's books." "family keepsakes?" "What's wrong?" "Aren't you feeling well?" "Stop seeing patients and get some rest." "No, I'm fine, don't worry." "I'II let the next person in." "I'II let the next person in." "For Ciro I will prescribe some vitamin A and vitamin C..." "Professor, look what a nice box I've found you!" "Excuse me." "I'II just be a second." "Stand at the door and collect the offerings from patients in this box." "Those who can, can pay the full sum." "Those in difficulty pay what they can afford." "Then with the money you collect, go and buy the medicines for those who don't have any money at all." "Have you got that?" " I have to..." " Keep your voice down!" "I have to be like Robin Hood and take from the rich to give to the poor." "will do!" "Don't worry." "Do you Iike oranges?" "Get your money out!" "Excuse me, that's PasquaIe for you." "Where are you hiding your money?" " What's going on?" " He wants to see my wallet!" " He's loaded with money!" " How much did this hat cost?" "Let's stick to taking offerings, no body searches, all right?" "Goodness me!" "The second-hand dealer is here." " Good." " Good morning." "Nina, come on!" "Take this downstairs." "Give me a hand." "Come on." "And give me a smile." "Come on!" "careful, don't break it." "Don't break it." "There we are." " What's up?" " AII our things..." "I wonder what our parents would say." "They are happy about what we are doing." "Good evening." "There will be less to dust." "What are you doing?" "Weeping?" "This is your prescription." "My sister will give you the medicines you need." "One a day for a week - but only for him." "Your cousin is as fit as a fiddle." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "hello, young man!" "I have a feeling I've seen you somewhere before." " What's your name?" " Antonio." "Don't be shy." "Giuseppe is a dear friend." "He introduced us." " Say 33." " 33, 34, 35..." "AII right, get dressed." "He's as fit as a fiddle." "Don't worry." "It was love at first sight." "I went back to see him and we became friends, didn't we?" "Yes!" "What's happened to your furniture?" " There was a nice painting here." " Medicines are expensive." "My patients' smiles are worth more than any painting." "Antonio admires you for what you do." "Right, Antonio?" " Yes." " Come here." "This is for you." "For me?" "What is it?" "It's the ring he had around his neck when he was found." "It was probably his mother's." " What shall I do with it?" " Buy medicines for the poor people." "really?" "Good boy, Antonio." "That's a fine gesture." "Your mother would have been proud of you." "Good boy." " I'II put it in the drawer, eh?" " Yes." "Does Giorgio know you want to adopt him?" "I tried talking to him, but he doesn't want to know." "He's very busy at work." "Why don't you try talking to him?" "please." "Professor Moscati." "Party Secretary, this is Professor Moscati." "The pride of our hospital." "Moscati is on the front line in training our young doctors." "Not for much longer!" "CavaIiere Benito MussoIini is drawing up a reform in the health service." "From now on, the new doctors will be taught in universities, no Ionger in the hospitals." "That will strengthen the power of the university barons!" "The hospitals will be crawling with inexperienced doctors who will kick out the real doctors." "You still haven't seen our avant-garde laboratory." "If the reform passes, my work will have been in vain, we'II lose it all." "Giuseppe, I was expecting you, but I'm in a hurry." "What is it you wanted?" "You have to save naples and the whole of italy from this absurd reform." "I don't have that power." " Is the table booked?" " Yes." "Rome Iistens to you!" "You can speak on behalf of us all and prevent the destruction of medical ethics." "What do you mean by "on behalf of us all"?" "The colleagues you have always scorned?" "Or me?" "cynical and insensitive?" "To obtain help from friends, you have to cultivate them." "You can't make war on the system and then ask for favors." "I'm not asking you for a favor." "I want you to use your power for what you have always believed in." "Remember when we decided to become doctors." "We dreamed of changing things, making things better." "This is your opportunity to find yourself again." "Who do you think you are to know what is right?" "To tell me what I should and shouldn't do?" "I am your friend, Giorgio, not the enemy you think I am." "I've always believed in you." "I want you to find what you're looking for." "I have everything I need, I am happy." "Your wife doesn't believe that." "Has she confided in you?" " She wants to adopt a child." " She told you we can't have any?" "He's an orphan." " His name's Antonio, he's 7." " I don't want any children." "I have other things to think about." "I'm not the man you think I am." "As for the reform, I agree with it and will do all I can to help it." "I have a Iot to do now." " Is it serious?" " Don't be silly!" " It could become serious." " I told him!" " I'm just a little tired." " Then get some rest." "You tell him too." "She's right - you have to be healthy in order to help others." "Carry on like this and we'II be going to your funeral." "Stop it, I'm fine." " Go now, I have work to do." " But how..." " Are you sure?" " Don't waste my time." ""Dear loved ones," "forgive me if I have not always been able to show my affection." "My dear Nina, don't be sad." "build your fortress." "We all need a place we can fight from." "God has given us everything, and He will judge how we spent His gifts." "Not science, but charity has changed the world." "HeIga, ArcangeIo, you will be blessed if you remember that as well as bodies you are dealing with immortal, divine souls," "that you must love the way you love yourselves." "Work with faith and enthusiasm, deaf to praise and criticism, because nothing is impossible if you don't believe it is."" "Giorgio..." "PiromaIIo." "Antonio..." "Antonio." "Come on, Iet's go." ""Giorgio and elena, my friends," "life is but a moment." "Honor, victories, wealth and science all fall." "Every charm in life passes, and only eternal love remains, the cause of every good deed." "Love lives on after us" "because love is God."" "hello, doctor." " How's your little girl?" " Fine, thanks to you." "The doctor's here!" "The doctor's here!" "The doctor's here!" "Wait, first the baskets!" "Lower your baskets." ""Love the truth"." "One at a time, line up." ""Show what you are, without pretense, and without fear."" "There's enough for everyone." ""If life brings persecution, accept it." "If it brings torment, bear it." "If for the truth you have to sacrifice yourself and your life, be strong in your sacrifice." "Death is not the end, it is the beginning."" "Come in." "Is that you, Peppino?" "Good, the pasta's still warm." "They've come to be examined." " At this hour?" " They've come from CaIabria." " I'II be right with you." " Thank you." "CouIdn't you tell them to come back tomorrow?" "It'II go cold." "I'm not hungry." "Give them the macaroni, I'II have a drop of milk." "As you wish." "Come here." "I Iove you, Ninni." " Do you Iike macaroni?" " Yes." "I've changed my mind." "Let's go to Piazza del Gesù before going home." "I'm over here." "If you don't want to see me, I'II leave." "I'm very pleased to see you." "Sit down." "How are you?" "What happened here?" "Where are your paintings, your furniture?" "I've become poor." "Am I supposed to feel guilty?" "The great Moscati reduced to poverty and his less talented friend, weII-respected, rich and powerful." "We both took the road we wanted." "Is this what you wanted?" "You could have had what I have, and much more." "But what have you obtained?" "Nothing." "I have found my everything in that nothing." "And I have found you again." "I prayed so hard you would come." "I should have come a Iong time ago, when you told me CIoe was dying." "She was expecting my child." "I told her to get rid of it and I abandoned her." "I Ioved her." "But I was afraid." "I deserve all the hatred she felt for me." "CIoe forgave you, Giorgio." "But I cannot forgive myself, not even now that I can be happy with EIena." "With this child, who we love as our own." "I see CIoe's child in him." "He'd be about the same age if I hadn't stopped him being born." "Do you remember your mother's ring?" "The one you wanted to give to CIoe?" " Where did you get this?" " Your wife gave it to me." " EIena?" " Yes." "It was around Antonio's neck when he was found." " Antonio?" " Yes." " Antonio is CIoe's son?" " Yes." " Antonio is my son?" " He's your son." "Forgive me, Giuseppe." " You have to forgive me!" " There's nothing to forgive." " Forgive me, my friend." " Go home, they're waiting for you." "We have to celebrate all you have done for us." "I didn't do anything." "It's late, go home." "We'II wait for you, we'II go to the beach together." " We'II expect you." " Bye." "Thanks." " Why are you all out in the street?" " Haven't you heard?" " Giuseppe Moscati's dead." " But I've just come from his home." "He died suddenly, last night." "GIUSEPPE MOSCATI WAS CANONIZED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II IN 1 987." "HIS BODY LIES IN THE CHURCH OF GESU' NUOVO IN NAPLES."