"Do we have to speak in Italian?" "Yes, if possible." "Yes." "Can you tell us about yourself?" "Who are you?" "What kind of person are you?" "My name is Nicole Murtin." "I could talk about my dad." "I could also talk about..." "Cosimo, but... it's a bit harder." "What do you want to know?" "Meet me in the bathroom." "Temp, where are you going?" "To the bathroom." "Can't you wait for the break?" "That's why we have breaks, so guys can take a piss." "Yes, I know, but I'm not well, I've got the runs." "What?" "I ate an omelet and the eggs were off." "Get it?" "Got to go, can I?" " Hurry up." " Thanks." "I've had enough of you." "Is it my fault that guy ate a bad omelet?" "You have nothing to do with that guy and you're going to the self-discount aisle, now!" "It's the last time I'll tell you." "Quality check, the boss said to taste all products, then move the ham to the do-it-yourself shelf and the do-it-yourself objects to the shelf for ham." "Can you come with me, temp?" "Coming." " It's you!" " Hi." "I was coloring my hair." " Jean, your daughter's here." " Dad!" "My dear..." "How are you?" " What's up Jean?" " What a shitty race!" "What's that?" "You got a tattoo?" "A friend of mine did it." "Well done!" "I've seen many horrible ones, but that's a good job." "So you really want to open a tobacco shop?" "Yes." "Great idea, it sounds really good." "I wanted to ask you..." "remember the money I lent you?" "Yes, the money..." "Why not come back in a few days and I'll have it for you?" "No, don't worry." "There's no problem." "Just a few days." " We don't need it." " It's not important." "You know what?" "Let's simulate a fender bender and get the insurance money." "No, we need the motorbike, we're leaving." " We're moving to Italy." " We lost our supermarket jobs." "You are..." "You are..." "I love you!" "But I want you to have something." "Cosimo, pick something, please." " No, it's ok." " It would really mean a lot." " Do you like music?" " Sure." "I'll give you my hi-fi." "Check it out!" "It's not Korean, it's Panasonic." "Tapes, television and tuner." " What do you think?" " Three in one." "It really means a lot to me." "Ladies and gents, only 15 euro!" "Three in one:" "tapes, television and tuner." "15 euro, it's not Korean shit, it's Panasonic." "We also have an amazing tote bag, a super tote bag you can fit your whole house in it." "Ladies and gents, we're giving it all away." "Starting price is 7 euro." "7 euro for the lady, who says 8?" "The great thing about Cosimo was... everything was spur of the moment." "All the trains were last second, it was fun." "How did you two meet, Cosimo?" "At the demonstration, on the second day." "I was selling t-shirts, helping a friend who had a stand and I saw her go by." "So I started taking pictures of her." "This is the moment she noticed it." "Stop g" "Can you give us a ride?" "Get in." "Quick!" "Is she hurt?" "Her head's bleeding, she has to get to a hospital." "Are you crazy?" "If you show up injured you'll get arrested." "We can't go to the hospital." " She's not Italian?" " She's French." "Seventeen..." "Why would you bring a kid to a place like this?" "With all these lunatics!" "If I were you, I'd dump him." "I'm the concert manager." " What the hell are you up to?" " Go home, it's better." "We're through," "I'll bring you home and call a doctor friend of mine." "Thanks." "What's your name?" "Cosimo." "And yours?" "It's one of those once-in-a-lifetime things." "Neither of us wanted to go back." "Maybe we had nothing to lose, or maybe we had truly fallen in love." "But we were great together, we felt so free." "So when Paolo asked us to stay till the end of the summer, we immediately accepted." "What a character Paolo was." "He needed someone like me for the grunt work." "But that's how I started learning... about music." "Genoa was the only place we didn't feel like foreigners, where we felt at home." "That's where it all started, so sooner or later we had to go back." "How about another one?" "Jacopo, don't touch it." "I'll saw your hands off!" "Are you crazy?" "So it's war you want?" "Go!" " Easy." " It's not working." "Yes, it is." "Come on, I want a normal kiss." "Don't look!" "Who is she?" " Who is she?" " My babysitter." "I'm glad you're back." "We're glad, too." "What's so funny?" "I'm coming." "Every time you come, you get goose bumps on your ass." " You're really good at your job." " Really?" " Are you happy?" " Really happy" "How much do I owe you?" "Do you love me a bit?" "A bit." "Just a bit?" " I love you so much." " Really?" " I love you so much." " Really?" "You, you..." "Come on!" "Please no farting, there's a lady in the bus." "And what a lady!" "Who are you?" "No, we're enough as it is." "What?" "I don't understand you." "He said he loaded yesterday, he can today too." "It's only 8 and you're already busting my balls." " This is awesome!" " Great, right?" "You know how much it costs me?" "Come on, let's go unload." "Nicole, you go to the bar." "Shit, what are you doing here?" "We said not to come." "Paolo, your friend is back." "You're pretty stubborn!" "Lift it up!" "Guys, this is amazing!" " You like it?" " It's beautiful!" "Come here." "I bless this stage in the name of punk, of blues and of rock'n'roll." "Cheers." "Wait." "Hello, Genoa!" "I want my journey as a wanderer to end with you, and for us our love to become like breathing, as we annulled, divided, chased and satisfied each other." "Let it be like breathing this love between me and you..." " What are you doing there?" " Don't tell the boss." " What?" " I'll pay you if you don't tell him." "No." "Don't worry." "Take it easy." "Do you know who the boss is?" "He's a great sound technician." "He organized all the G8 concerts." "He set up the Manu Chao show." "You never stop talking huh?" "Are you on a word strike?" " Is your name Alioune?" " Yes." " Where are you from?" " Guinea, southern Senegal." "Africa is beautiful!" "I'd love to see it." "Where would you want to go?" "I don't know, what is there in Guinea?" "War." "War?" "Well, I guess I won't go to Guinea then." "You know what that is?" "That's the Midas Heritage 3000, an incredible sound mixer, the best in the world!" " Want to bet?" " A phone call." "You really want to bet?" "If you lose, you lend me your phone." "Okay, the phone's up there." "I'll be right back." "You'll lose anyway." "What mixer is that?" "Go away g" "See you tomorrow." "What the fuck did you do?" "Shit!" "Who the fuck are you, the insurance adjuster?" "Fuck you!" "God, he's dead!" "Paolo, call an ambulance." " Don't touch him!" " There's no time for an ambulance." "Help me." "Let's pick him up." "Fuck!" "Is he alive?" "I don't fucking know, it's like he's asleep." " Is he alive?" " I don't know!" "What the fuck are you doing?" "Why did you stop?" "What the fuck are you doing?" "Drive!" "You have to help me." "Can't you see he's dead?" "I'm not taking a dead man to the hospital, do you know what that fucking means?" "It's a crime, my life would be over." "Fuck!" "Fucking shit!" "I'm in trouble, I owe 150,000." "Without this job, I'm totally fucked, shit!" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "I thought we were friends." "I didn't want that guy to work, I didn't want him!" "Did you tell him to go up there?" "What the fuck did you say?" "What the fuck are you saying?" "Fuck you!" " Did you tell him?" " I didn't tell him a thing!" "You bastard." "Paolo, is everything ok?" "Y65!" "This radiator always overheats." "Do you remember my daughter's tickets for tomorrow's show?" "Absolutely, I already got them, don't you worry." "I owe you" "You want to ruin me?" "You want to ruin me?" "Let's go." "Maybe you're right." "Wait." "Wait." "Together we felt strong, powerful." "I'd have followed Cosimo anywhere." "It took strength to do something like that, you know?" "You have to love one another a lot to forget stuff like that." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "You're beautiful." "I'm sick." "But still beautiful." "Go!" "Cosimo!" " Come down." " What's up?" "Come down." "You do it." "The drums." " Me?" " Yes." "Nicole!" "Can you get us two beers?" "Higher now, it's a rock concert." "I have to tune the compressor first." "Good." "So, how about it?" "What?" "Will you do it tonight?" " He'll be the sound mixer?" " Are you scared?" "He's not scared!" "Come on, go for it!" "Sure I'm up for it, ok." "Can we move on with the soundcheck?" "Yes, try the guitar." "What would you like?" "Hey guy, what would you like?" "Two croissants and two cappuccinos." " In a bag?" " Yeah thanks, to go." "And also two slices of pizza and two beers." "Let me sleep." "What are you doing?" "Don't open your eyes." "You know I love your games, but I need coffee first." "Don't move." "You're so perverted!" "Open your eyes." "These boots are so cool!" "Nice spot, huh?" "I checked the paper and there's nothing about it." "They still haven't found him." "It's so bad to die the way he did, right?" "How do you mean?" "It could have happened to anybody, to you, too." "To me?" "No, not to me." "I couldn't sleep in that fucking pension any longer." "It was stifling, maybe for the reeking john, or the Chinese joint below." "I'd pick up during the day." "She relied on me, we took over a pile dwelling scheduled for demolition," "I worked on it for a week and made it into a beautiful house." "We'd have friends over." "We tried to make the most of it until they kicked us out." "They send you every year, even with the other messes around?" "Here you go:" "license, permits, hiring, including last week's." "And this?" "This?" "It's legit." "It's empty but I have a permit, I'll show you." "No, De Biasi, we'd rather check the stage." "Sure, absolutely." " I'll look around, okay?" " Of course." "See you later." "There were two workplace accidents this month, they dropped a corpse in the river, some foreigner." " Hear about it?" " No." "Two, shit..." "What's inside?" "Nothing, it's empty." "A good stage!" "How many men does it take to set that up?" "Seven, eight people." "Right!" "What do you do here?" "I'm the sound engineer." "Good." "Have you been here long?" "A few weeks." "What?" "Is something wrong?" "No." "So you know what goes on around here." "Maybe you're close to the concert organizers." "Yes, I mean Paolo hired me." "Paolo." "So he trusts you?" "What do you mean?" "Do you think, if you came to him with a band, a band you recommended, he'd let them perform?" "Yes, I think so." ""Dear Aissa, the kisses I send you aren't worthy of your mouth." "I dream of you every night and can't forgive myself for having left without saying goodbye." "It was just to protect you my love." "I'm in Italy, I'm working hard and saving money to go to Brussels." "The thought of seeing you again gives me courage." "When I'm in Belgium, you will join me, and I'll ask you to marry me far from the war." "Your love, Alioune."" "We have to destroy it." "Why?" "What do you mean "why"?" "Why do you think the inspectors came today?" "A routine check." "Don't do it, it's not ours." "What do you care?" "It's evidence." "Evidence?" "It's a love letter." " What are you doing?" " I'm writing to that girl." "There's her address on a page." "What address?" "Is there any coffee left?" "Take a look." "Why don't we send her the letter the guy wrote?" "Cosimo, talk if you want to help, or be quiet." ""Bonjour...'" "Sure, it'll be a great day when she receives that letter!" "What would you say?" "Let's hear it." "What the fuck should I say?" "How about this, let's write:" ""Dear Aissa, your boyfriend fell off a stage he was working on and died, but he loved you and wanted to marry you..." " Write it!" " Fuck you." "There's your coffee!" "I wanted to go back to where we left him." "I don't know!" "I wanted to see if he was still there." "And what about him?" "He didn't give a shit, all he cared about were the concerts." "Maybe he was scared, I don't know." "I said it was useless to go back, I'd already been and he was gone." "But she insisted," "I didn't want it to become an obsession." "He says: take the stones, but do not throw them and pray with him." "Where did you see him last?" "In this city, but he wasn't well." "He says his soul is quiet." "What does that mean?" "Stop looking for him, and accept his silence." "Why?" "He says he doesn't want to be found." "That's all he can tell you." " Can I have a gin lemon?" " Sure." "Do you know the sound engineer's name?" "Cosimo, why?" " I think I'm in love." " That's new!" "She's jealous, 'cause I get laid and she doesn't." " You traveling with the band?" " Yeah, I sell t-shirts." " What do we toast to?" " To Cosimo, right?" "Yes, Cosimo." " Are you crazy?" " What did you say?" "Let go!" "Leave!" "Easy." "Does it hurt?" "Is that him?" "I don't know." "Yes, it's him." "No, that's not him." "Let's go." "Holy shit!" "What happens if he wakes up and says what happened?" "Did he see you?" "No, he was asleep, I don't know, in a coma." "Fuck." "What'll we do?" "We'll think of something." "Think of what?" "Cosimo, you wanted the job, right?" "You got it, I gave it to you." "What the fuck do you mean?" "I got it because you needed someone good." "Yes, so why all these questions?" "You're good, and even better if you mind your goddamn business." "This is my business, I was there." "I need someone I can trust." "You're fast, smart, you have a good ear." "But you have to chill." "Why don't you fuck your girlfriend more?" "She needs it!" "Am I right?" "Am I right?" "I'm sorry, but I barely know him," "I saw him here last night while I was waiting for a doctor." "You can't remember his name?" "No, like I said, I just saw him around, he had a stand, he sold glasses, but it was a while ago." "Do you know any of his friends?" "There are others, but I don't know if they're friends." "Nobody's come looking for him." "No friend or family member has come, just you." "By the way, I must tell the police about your visit." "Is it a crime to visit someone in the hospital?" "No, but these are the rules when there's an investigation." " Have they discovered anything?" " What's to discover?" "They didn't need him anymore and dumped him, want to know who?" "Try to get over it, you know how often this happens?" "Nobody cares, why should you?" "You're so young and you don't even know him." " You don't want me inside?" " You don't like this?" "Sorry." "Don't worry." "You should tell me when you're not in the mood." "Miss!" "He just moved." "It's just a reflex, happens all the time, it's normal." "It was your birthday yesterday and we didn't know, imagine that!" "I forgot, I don't really care about it." "Happy Birthday." "Thanks." "Jacopo, that's enough beer!" "Mom lets me drink all I want." " Mom." " Mom what a bitch!" "Cosimo, why don't you marry her?" "It just takes a few steps." "A couple can fall apart without a wedding." "What do you mean?" " What are you saying?" " Nothing." " What are you talking about?" " Nothing." " What do you know?" " I know." "The problem's getting to your wedding day alive." "What does that mean?" "Some people risk death before their wedding day." "That can happen too." "But why would you say that right now?" "Why, is there a right time for it?" "That's enough." " I was just playing around." " Stop playing." "That's enough, stop!" " Nadia, go make some coffee." " Baby, I don't want to." "I've been cooking all day, you do it." "Come on, we all want coffee, go make some." " You want coffee right?" " Yes." " She wants some, too." " No." " Only you two want it..." " Go make the fucking coffee!" "Our relationship had always been beautiful, exclusive, and total." "I mean we needed nothing else." "Cosimo and Nicole." "But from that summer on," "I began feeling lonely while I was with him." "Even with all his efforts to make me happy." " Hi, how are you?" " Good." "Nicole?" "I haven't seen her at all." " She wasn't with you today?" " Today?" "No." "I'm taking Nadia to work." " Is something wrong?" " No, I just left something at home." " You're okay?" " Yeah." "I don't want to talk to you, don't look at me." "Did you have a nightmare?" "I think we should leave this place." "Why?" "Because we're not happy." "You're the one who's not happy, do you know why?" "You think more about that black guy than you do about me." "I dream of him at night." "Because you don't do jack shit all day." "That's not true." "I like it here, for the first time I'm doing something I like and now you want to go." "Do you know why?" "Because you're jealous." " I'm jealous?" " Yes." "It won't help to run away." "Your problem is in your head." "What's your problem?" "You think I give a shit about your useless job?" "You're afraid he'll wake up and talk?" "I'm going to the police..." "I'll kill you!" "You're out of your mind." "Cosimo... come here." "Come here." "How about this, you're right baby, you should leave." "It's better that you leave." "When you break up, it's like losing a part of yourself." "When I think of my life without Nicole..." "I'm not sure it's her I miss." "It's more like she left with a part of me, as if she'd stolen a piece." "It's not rational, but it's a visceral feeling." "Maybe part of me wanted it to end." "The prison shrink says that whatever happens to you, even something sad like breaking up, it happens because deep down you wanted it to." "Nothing happens by accident." "Nicole!" "In the middle of all that mess," "I thought we must be crazy to give ourselves so much pain." "Breaking up is painful, pure and simple and the shrink is a bitch who should get laid more." "I slept in the concert arena and never left," "I drank a few bottles, just to get some sleep and I stopped looking for her." "Why did you do all this?" "Did he hit you?" " Yes." " Yes?" "What do you want to do now?" "I want to go to the police." "To the police for a slap?" "You know all the times I've been slapped?" "I never went to the cops." "When I woke up and saw him," "I thought I was dreaming of his ghost too." " What do you want?" " How did you get here?" "Stay back." " Stay back." " What are you looking for?" "My bag was here, did you take it?" "I don't know about your bag, alright?" "Alright?" "Come with me." "No." "Come." " Come." " Don't touch me." "Come with me." "You're hurting me." "Do you have any friends?" "Anyone we can contact?" "Nobody?" "I came here from the hospital alone," "I walked all the way." "The police were there." "When I woke up, they took my fingerprints." "If I'd stayed there, they'd have sent me back to Guinea." "What did you tell the police?" "You told them where you work?" "You told them about your job, did they ask?" "Give me some water." "Answer, what did you tell them?" "Where were you?" "I called for two hours." "Nicole has the phone, and I don't know where she is." "She's with Nadia, let's hope she stays there." "We have a problem, Cosimo, the black guy woke up." " How do you know?" " I know." "I told you to mind your goddamn business." "Why the hell did you visit him?" "The cops came to the warehouse and interrogated me for hours." "He must have told them he'd worked at the concerts." "Luckily he didn't remember what happened." "Then he ran away from the hospital." "What should we do?" "Get out of here." "The cops will come soon." "And then?" "If they don't find him we're in the clear, there's no evidence." "Take a ride around, alright?" "Through the alleys, to the port..." "I'll check out another area." "If you spot him, don't talk to him, just keep an eye on him and call me." "Are you with me?" "Are you with me?" "He's here." " What?" " In there." "In where?" "Why the fuck are you here?" "Stay there, freeze, this time I'm running the show." "Come with me, let's go." "What the fuck are you doing?" "No, Cosimo, you're going to fuck it up!" "Who is it?" "Who is it?" " Where's Nicole?" " Not here." " She's not here." " Where the fuck is she?" "Calm down, she's not here." "What do you want?" "Hello." "He can't remember us, we have to go, he talked to the police." "0k, great, thanks a lot Nonb." "He says he'll come tomorrow to see the van and we should stop here." " What'll he give us?" " 1000 euro for the good pieces." "Can we trust him?" "He's my father's friend." " Great then, very reassuring..." " What do you mean?" "I found these." "Why were you in Genoa?" "I didn't have a choice." "I ran away, hid on a ship that stopped there." "I want to join my brother in Brussels." "I'm glad you're alive." "Why are you helping me?" "I can't pay you back." "Let's sleep." "When is your father's friend coming?" "Soon." "What about Alioune?" "We give him the money we get for the van." "What about us?" "What about us?" "Aren't you hungry?" " Go away!" " Where are you going?" "It's none of your business." "Did you go through our stuff?" "These are my letters, where's my bag?" "We burned it." "We have your letters because Nicole wanted to write to your girlfriend." " What did she write?" " That you were in a hospital." "I remember you." "We were working together when I fell." "You want to get rid of me again." "Listen, wait, please." "There's nothing over there, where are you going?" "Get off me!" "There he is." "Come." "Get in." "Get in, don't be ridiculous." "Alioune, please." "What's he doing?" "I just want you to know that Belgium is 1,400 km away, this is a stolen van, and at this speed you'll be there in 3 months, so please just get in." "0k, hear me out..." "We'll take you to Belgium, alright?" "Come, get in." "Shit!" " Great, you chose the right road." " Shut up." "Hide back there." "They'll stop us." " Don't look." " They'll stop us." "Don't look." "Good morning, national police." "Are you Mr. De Biasi?" " No, he's my uncle." " Where are you going?" "To Dijon." "We sell antiques, we're going to buy some furniture there, in a castle, a small castle." "It's really not very big, it's small." "Right, a small castle near Dijon." "Can you take care of it?" "Can you open up the back?" "Chief!" "Does the headlight work?" "Yes, it's just..." "Bad parallel parking." "In fact it doesn't work, it's broken." "If it's broken..." "I have to write a ticket, I can't let you go like this." " Is there a fine?" " 150 euro, to pay now." "We have to pay." "0k let's pay or my uncle will get mad, he's quite a character." "How far is the border?" "We're not far, we'll move in a couple of hours." "Sorry." "Hide, we're there!" "Tired?" " Tired?" " Are you tired?" " Who?" " You." "Me?" "No." "You?" "Are you tired?" "No." "Champagne." "Let's toast." " Would you like some?" " No, I can't." "We're toasting to our friend's birthday." " Happy Birthday." " Would you like some?" "No, thanks, at this hour we have café au lait." "Can I use your phone?" "Here." "Thierno, it's Alioune." "I just crossed the border in a van, with two friends." "I'll tell you all about it." "Yes, we're..." "Where are we?" "Don't know... where are we?" "Saint-Ghislain." " What did he say?" " He's coming." "May I see your papers?" "I'm Alioune Seydu Conté, from Guinea, a victim of President Camara's regime." " Do you have an ID?" " What's the problem?" "You introduced an illegal immigrant into Belgium, it's a crime." " Sir, your ID." " I'm Italian..." "Yes, but you must have an ID." "Without IDs we're in trouble." "Just a second, let's go to the van..." "I don't speak French..." "Back out to the parking lot!" " Sit down and shut up." " I request political asylum." "I want political asylum in Belgium," "I'm a victim of President Camara's regime." "Freeze, don't move." "For aiding and abetting illegal immigration, resisting arrest, and aggression against a police officer, the jury sentences Nicole Murtin a French national, to two years of imprisonment." "Isn't life strange?" "We killed a person and got a job out of it." "When we tried to help him, we ended up behind bars." "Weird, don't you think?" "The jury sentences Cosimo Annichiarico, an Italian national, to two years of imprisonment." "The trial is over." "In here, you don't feel repentant, you feel wrong." "The world goes one way and you move in the other." "They teach you rules in here, the starting point to learn and understand that you're made wrong, you function the wrong way." "I bought her a subscription to "Sight and Sound" for Christmas, it's a music magazine and every issue has a bonus disk." "So she has something to do." "I think she got them all or she'd have told me." "Did she get them?" "The sad thing is..." "I don't know what he's like now, what he's become." "I remember him, I have so many memories his expressions, his eyes." "But the picture is fading." "Maybe we only fell in love... because we were in Genoa, at the demonstration, in the battle." "We were... more beautiful." "At times I ask myself:" ""If I saw him now for the very first time... would I fall in love again?"" "Even if two years have gone by, sometimes it seems I can smell her scent." "Have you seen her?" "What's she like?" "Is she still pretty?" "Good morning." "Two teas." "No, a cappuccino and a tea." "Two cappuccinos." "Did you get the magazines?" "Yes, thanks, they were interesting." "The latest issues though," "I still haven't read them." "I got my diploma." "Yes?" "How'd it go?" "Well, apart from math but I made it." "My father came too, with Sylvie." "That's why I'm wearing this." "You're beautiful." "Thank you." "You've changed, too." "My father opened the tobacco shop." "He finally made it." "So now I would like to help till... till things pick up, you know?" "Sure." "My train leaves tonight." "Do you have plans too?" "No." "But..." "Alioune's brother, Thierno wrote to me." "He'd like to meet us before we leave." "How long are you staying in Brussels?" " Not long unfortunately." " My train leaves in two hours." "Can we eat something together first?" "You know what today is?" "It's Tabaski." "The Feast of the Mutton." "Why is he laughing?" " How's Alioune?" " Well." "He lives in Paris under political asylum." " Great." " Really?" "Paris isn't Brussels, but it's not too shabby." "Cosimo... and Nicole, they're the ones who helped Alioune." "Come."