"The Best of Youth" "Rome, Summer 1966" "Can you help me bring the TV down?" " I'm studying." " Two minutes!" "Please..." "No, I have an oral exam in a few days." "Ask Nicola, he's in there with Carlo." "Fine, I'll ask Nicola." "Natalino Sapegno, Abridged History..." "Who's that?" "My Italian Literature professor." " Is he famous?" " I'd say!" " Will you take the exam with him?" "No, he has loads of assistants." "Do they know who they're dealing with?" "Your high school essay was published in the papers!" "Take the exam with him, when he realizes you're a genius, maybe he'll give you a scholarship." " Want me to talk to him?" " You, talk to Sapegno?" " I'm not ashamed." " You're not, but I am." "Well, I offered..." " When do you leave for Norway?" " After exams." "I know lots of people there, maybe they have daughters who are your age." "Talk to them, they're the experts." " Dad?" " Yes, the door." "I've got a very important mission for you two." "Perfect, we were dying to take a break." "I'll leave it open." " Nicola, got the keys?" " Yes." "You never know..." "I'll open it." "Put it on top, it'll shift around inside." "Easy." " It needs to be tied down." " I'll do it after." "Carlo, let me ask you something, since Nicola never answers..." " you know Matteo." " Of course." "What's his problem?" " What do you mean?" " He's always so uptight..." " Let's go study!" " I was talking!" "You're always talking!" "Let me give you this, it's been in my car for a week." "What is it?" " I traded for it." " What'll I do with it?" "You study medicine, it could be handy." "Old buddy, how are you?" "Well, but if the need should arise, if this situation develops, would you lend me the beach house?" "Great idea." " Don't even think about it." " It's perfect!" "Last time you caused a ruckus that my mom's still screaming about." "Still dwelling on that?" "I spoke to dad." "Well?" "He'll lend us the Alfa Romeo!" "Now that is good news." " You told him about Norway?" "An academic trip..." " We leave after exams?" " We can't go over 4,000 revolutions." "So?" "Are you coming to Carlo's?" "The beach house?" " Me and you?" "Alone?" " How else, in a group?" "It's beautiful, golden shores, salty tamarisks, flying dolphins, it's beautiful, I love you..." " You're always joking!" " No, I'm serious." " I swear, I love you." " Let's go dance." "Did you talk to your dad about thatjob?" "Go to the clinic Monday morning." "You know the address, right?" "The scientific term is logotherapy." "Essentially that means you take a patient for walks, chat with her, help her feel normal." "It is not a friendship, it's a rehabilitative activity." "Giorgia hasn't had a crisis in a while, so you only need to come two, three times a week." "There she is." "It'll be easier than walking a dog." "What's your name?" "You shouldn't say hello to strangers!" " What's your name?" " Matteo." " Mad Matteo, mental Matteo..." " Watch out!" " Don't touch me!" " I won't, but watch out." "First look left then right." "Go ahead." "Like it here?" "I come here often." "It relaxes me." "Plus, there are no cars." "There's a beautiful place here." "Want to come?" "Want to?" "When I don't feel like studying at home, I come here." "I like it." "Plus, no one's here at this hour." "Want to read something?" "Yes, trains." "Trains what?" "When they leave, when they arrive..." "The schedule!" "They don't have that here." "There's a book of poems I'd like to read you." "Where is it?" "American Literature..." "A percentage of life is difficult to cover." "It deals the cards to catch you weak, not to catch you in full force and it gives you 70 years to play." "If you don't manage in 70 years, you never will." "Leave the room if you lose, leave when your time is up." "It's vile to sit down and fondle the cards." "Watch out for the cars!" " Careful, what are you doing!" " Don't touch me!" "Fuck you!" "Want to get run over?" "Lmbecile, crappy dickhead!" " Do you understand death?" " Asshole!" " You're the asshole!" " Fuck you!" "Are you insane?" "You're going back to the clinic!" "You don't want to come out with me, then you won't go out!" "Just say so." "Here!" "Yes, I understand, but what should I do?" "Nothing, don't react." "If you do nothing, she'll calm down." " Sorry Professor, but..." " Don't call me Professor." "Perhaps it was my fault." "No, it wasn't your fault, it's the fault of the illness, but that's why we are here." "Is it ready?" "Is the car washed?" "I don't ask them to wash it." "They like to." "Just to do something." "You can't put a lien on the house!" "This is your children's home, we'll have nothing left." "It's perfectly normal to put a lien on a house." "Know what the problem is?" "That you're Milanese!" "You are extraordinary, full of intelligence, you have vigor..." "But you lack imagination!" "Sure, imagination..." "Chicca, what are you doing up?" " How long have they been fighting?" "Since the film ended." " How did it end, good?" " Yes." "He was a king but didn't know, he found out and married the princess." " He messed up." " Why?" "Because then they'll fight like mom and dad." "When you get older, be like me:" "Don't get married." "I want to marry you." "And Nicola." "You can't marry your brothers, especially not both..." "We'll put Alice to bed, then make them stop." "Folks!" "Can we knock it off?" "Can we knock it off?" "What's this?" "Darling, you're still awake?" "How can she sleep with this yelling?" " You tell me..." " leave Matteo alone." "You and Nicola should defend me from your dad." "From what?" "Matteo, am I a bad father?" "You know what he did?" "He put a lien on the house." " Really?" " That's all I had!" "Hear that?" "If things go badly, we'll end up sleeping under a bridge." "How nice!" "Finally, someone who loves adventure!" "We'll live under a bridge and beg for money." "Who cares about how the business goes." " Then you're crazy too!" " He's right." "Leave it to me, I'm the head of the family." " What does that mean?" " Trust me!" "It's the right time to invest, grow, keep up with the competition, and this is how you do it." "I have a knack for these things." "You know what you have a knack for?" "Castanets!" "Too bad divorce doesn't exist in this country!" " See you." " Going out again?" "Nicola and the others are waiting." " Where are you going?" "Around." " Girls?" " Maybe." "Where is she?" "She must be with a client." "Should we wait?" "Yes, this is her fire." " A bit embarrassing." " Not at all!" "She'll be back." "Is that her?" "Yes." "What's going on?" "Hi, Cati." " Who was that?" "Who are they?" "My brother and two friends." "Can we go to your place?" "Come in." "Do you mind if I leave the light on?" "If the chickens think it's daytime, they'll eat." "Fine." "Aren't you going to get naked?" "Are you embarrassed?" "I see, I'll turn around." "It's better if we don't do anything, I'll still pay you." "Are you sick?" "Me?" "No." "It's that..." "I don't know, maybe..." "Come on!" " You're Matteo's brother?" " Yes, why?" "You seem so different, you're not like him." "Oh yeah?" "What's Matteo like?" "Odd." "Let's do it quickly, don't waste my time." "No, no kisses on the mouth." "Hi, Giorgia." "Why are the shutters closed?" "Want to go out?" "Everyone's in the garden." "Want to be photographed?" "There's good light." "Turn around." "Well?" "I'll photograph your hands." "You know, you've got nice hands." "What's that?" "What did they do to you?" "Read here and comment." "It's a poem by Sennuccio Del Bene." "Of course, but what does it bring to mind?" " Nothing really." " Why?" "Because it's empty." "Sennuccio Del Bene is empty too." "Then give me an example of a religious poem that struck you." "Beccaio." "Are you kidding?" "Beccaio, a modest imitator of Cecco Angiolieri, is to be considered a religious versifier?" "A man who damns his father and mother is a religious poet?" " I think so." " I don't." "If you'll allow me I'd know better than you." "What are you doing?" "I don't feel like being here anymore." "These are scars from electric shocks, they give her electroshock therapy." " Where did you take these?" " Isn't electroshock illegal?" "Unfortunately not." "Who is this girl?" "I'll tell you later, keep studying, you have an exam tomorrow." "The Professor's a killer," "I can only dream of an A+ like yours!" "Will you come tomorrow?" "As soon as I fail, we can leave." "No, come get me at the Hole," "I'll sleep there tonight." "A girl?" " Hi, Antonio." " Your Excellency, why're you here?" "I forgot a book in the room." " I can't leave my post." "Don't worry, I'll go." "Don't wake them, or you'll have to handle them!" "Esposti Giorgia, Pietracamela." "Giorgia, wake up." "Wake up!" "Don't be afraid, it's me, Matteo." "Listen carefully:" "Get your stuff," "I'm taking you out of here." "You deserved a B+ or an A-." "I gave you an A because I applied the sympathetic factor." "Not much, but enough to give you an A." "Some may object to this factor of mine, but I believe that sympathy, in the Greek sense of the word, sympasin, that is to share the pathos of other's suffering, is very important for a doctor." "For others, I apply the unsympathetic factor, that is, I subtract two or three points." "Unsympathetic is the worse thing a doctor could be." "You are worthy, congratulations." "But don't get cocky, you still have two exams with me and I could still tear you apart." "Are those your friends?" "You brought along a claque?" "Since we're about to leave, they came..." "Are they in my class?" "I don't recognize them." "Carlo studies Economics and Berto Philosophy." "I don't need details, just want to make sure such elements go elsewhere and do damage." "Economics, Philosophy... great!" "As I said, you're promising, but I'm probably wrong." "I want to give you some advice." "Do you have any ambition?" "Then leave." "Leave Italy while you still can." " Want to be a surgeon?" " I haven't decided yet." "Whatever you decide, go study in London, Paris, in America if you can, but leave this country." "Italy is a country to be destroyed, a beautiful but useless place, destined to die." "You think there'll be an apocalypse soon?" "I wish!" "That way we'd all be forced to rebuild." "Instead things here remain immobile, with dinosaurs in charge." "Leave." " Then why are you still here?" " What!" "I'm one of the dinosaurs to be destroyed!" "Let's go!" "We're off!" "I got an A!" "An A on your first exam..." "you sicken me!" " Matteo's at the Hole?" " Move it!" "Move it, 4,000 revolutions," "my dad, no way..." "Geez, 4,000 revolutions... 4,000 revolutions my ass..." "Go!" "Wake up, we have to go." "I made you some coffee." "Sugar?" "One, two..." "None?" "If the Professor was talking about a specialization, I can understand, but the idea of working abroad..." "You think we'll have work in Italy?" "Yes, there's a 7% annual growth rate, unemployment is around 3%." " What does that mean?" " That things are good." "Unemployment increases only if it goes below 4%." "So as soon as we graduate, they'll be throwing us jobs." "Throwing them is a bit much." "There are lots of us born after the war who will graduate, inflation should increase, there will be a selection of sorts." "For every three graduates, one will be jobless." "The biggestjerk of the three." "Why don't you all go to..." "If we take the Apennine highway, it'll be better." "We'll take twenty days just to get to Turin!" "But we won't see any hitchhikers on the highway." "You are obsessed!" " Where's Matteo?" " How should I know?" "Go get him." "Here he is." " Who's that?" " I don't know, never seen her." " Wasn't he coming alone?" " He didn't mention her." "Let me go see." "We said no girlfriends!" "Let's see what he says." "Plus, who said she's coming?" "That girl is odd, something's not right with her." "She's the girl from the pictures." " What's the problem?" " It's a delicate situation." "Meaning?" "See you in two days at the Brenner Pass." "We were supposed to be there tonight, we'll lose a day!" "Relax!" "We'll see you in two days at the border." " It's because of her, right?" " Yes." "Is she runaway?" "Sort of." "Tell us where you're going, we'll drive you." "No, we'll handle it." "Have a good trip!" "Take care!" "Don't speed." "When I saw how poorly she was doing, I thought..." "You did good." "Plus this story about electroshock..." "You're right, it's horrible." "But we need to take her somewhere now." "Her mom's dead, her dad lives in a town, Pietracamela." "Where is it?" "I don't know, in the Apennines I think." "We'll bring her and then leave." "Yes, let's do that." "Come here." "See how she acts?" "She's odd." "What does she have?" "She's crazy." "No, she's not crazy." "She has intelligent eyes." "You and her..." "...a handsome couple." "Giorgia?" "You remember!" "How are you?" "The Bishop forgot about me but you still love me!" "You're so pretty!" "You've become so pretty!" "Who are they?" " What do you want?" " We're looking for Giorgia's dad." "He moved to Ravenna years ago." "Three or four years ago." " Are you from the Institute?" " Yes, from Villa Quieta." "You're so young!" "Good!" "Why have you brought this lovely girl home?" "For summer vacation." "She got confirmed like the others, for me they were all equal." "Remember how to say it, Giorgia?" "Lord, I am not worthy to receive you..." "But only say the word and I shall be healed." "Good girl!" "When she was small she could even say the Angel of God." "For her, the Word of God was like a game, a lullaby." "It is for many people." "You're right." " What's your name?" " Matteo." " And you?" " Nicola." "Maybe it's because her mother died when she was young." "It became an obsession." "She cleaned everything, when she was done she'd start again." "She cleaned the rooms, kitchen, barn." "Who knows why." "When's the next bus for Ravenna?" "Ltjust left!" "You should've asked me!" "The next is at 7:00 tomorrow, you'll get to Ravenna in the afternoon." "We have to leave now." "Impossible, know the word impossible?" "Now what?" "I can put you up, I have a sort of..." "A shed." "Better than a kick in the face, no?" "Right?" "Ma'am, we've set up the imperial suite for you." "You can relax on this splendid straw bed." "We also have this lovely divider, where you'll live separated from the two heroes, Telemonian Ajax and swift-footed Achilles." "We also have a pretty blanket kindly given to us by the clergy of Pietracamela." "Put it on if you're cold." "I won't take my clothes off." "I won't take them off." "Fine." "Know what?" "I won't take mine off either." "Everyone to bed." "Tomorrow you'll sleep in a real bed at your dad's house." "I don't have a dad..." "Thief!" "Give me it, stupid bastard!" "You're a thief!" " Calm down!" " It's mine!" "Leave me alone!" "Leave me alone!" "Thief!" "I didn't know it was yours!" " I found It on the ground." " Enough!" " What happened?" " I took a..." "Get out of here!" "It was a notebook on the ground." "Let me handle this." " It's raining, let's go inside." " Enough!" "If we stay out here we'll get wet, let's go in." "You'd better put something on, I'll give you my clothes." "Like it?" "Put this on." "Are you embarrassed?" "Go behind there." "Next time you want to shower, tell me," "I'll reserve you a room at the Grand Hotel." "Done?" " You're taking so long." " The buttons..." "May I?" "I'll help you." "Buttons are the most complicated things." "So are shoe laces, but buttons are truly complicated." "If Don Vito walked in!" "He'd damn us and we'd go to hell." "You're pretty when you laugh." "See, you can do it." "Bedtime." "Nighty-night." " Can I shut off the light?" " No." "Fine, lights on." "Good night." "What happened?" "Nothing." "Good morning, signora." " Where does signor Saro live?" " Here, he's my husband." "Where can we find him?" " What do you want from him?" " It's a personal matter." "Aren't you Giorgia?" "Shouldn't you be in the Institute?" "Who are these two?" "Lard ball!" "What are you doing here?" "What happened?" "Nothing, we don't think she's doing well at the Institute." "What does that mean?" "They mistreat her, when she has fits, they give her electroshock." "Electroshock?" "What's that?" "They electrocute her." " Isn't that bad for her?" " It's certainly not good." "I pay loads of money to keep her in the clinic, to cure her." "Why don't you keep her with you instead?" "How can I?" " With my other kids?" "Exactly, with her siblings." "They're not her siblings, they're Rosa's kids." "Rosa loves you, they love you too." "But you don't get along with them." "I sent you to the clinic so you'd be okay, so you'd get better." "Now we'll take you back to the clinic." "Why not try keeping her here?" "We'll take you back there so you'll get better." "Giorgia doesn't need a doctor, but a father." "I am a father!" "I love you, you know that." "Show her, let her stay with you." "How can I?" "Life is expensive nowadays, with all the money I spend to keep her in the clinic!" "But she needs affection, a family!" " We gave It to her, but..." " She's not well!" "Why am I talking about personal things with two strangers?" " Some father you are!" " How dare you!" " She's your daughter!" " Mind your own fucking business!" "What?" "What are you saying?" "Calm down!" "Stop!" " Now where will we go?" " I don't know." "You should have thought about it before hitting her father." " She can come with us." " Where?" "To meet up with Carlo and Berto." "How will she get past the border?" "Where's her passport?" "You should think before you act!" "What do you want to eat?" "Nothing." "You don't eat or drink, do you live on air?" "Knock it off!" "Leave her alone!" "She cut herself." "Well, do something!" " What if she cut a vein?" " Oh please!" " Let's take her to the ER." " Get a tissue!" "The Cheyenne method:" "Salivating Bull." " What happened here?" " Nothing, a glass broke." "Korea scored." " Who gives a shit." " We don't." "Not one bit!" "Actually, I'm rooting for Korea." " Wait here for me." " What'll you tell Giovanna?" "That a problem came up." "How will you justify Carlo and Berto's absence?" " Trust me, I'm a specialist." " It's my sister I don't trust." "She'd throw us all in the slammer." " In fact, we all won't go." " What'll we do here?" "A little creativity!" "There's a snack bar, have something." "I'll leave the bags, see you." "Want something to drink?" "I see, you're giving me the silent treatment." "Give me a sign, yes or no." "Is that yes?" "What can I get you?" "What do you want to drink?" "Want to hear something?" "What do you like?" "Elvis?" "Sandie Shaw?" "What's "Who can"?" ""Who Can", by Fausto Leali!" "Let's see if they have it." "B-3." "Who can" "I smile at, if not you?" "Who, if you're no longer here?" "It's over by now," "it's over between us..." "Your friend Berto did a serious thing." "She's under the custody of her father, he decides." "It's the law." "He was afraid they'd kill her if he left her there." "He could have reported them, he took possession of a person, not an ornament." "Do you ever deal with these things?" "No, I deal with that." "It doesn't seem like it, but lots of people work there." "Lots of problems then." "Labor cases, dismissals, illnesses, accidents..." "Nothing's missing, the plant never stops." "They work day and night, summer and winter." "That's why the sea and sky have changed color." "The managers say there's nothing to worry about, but last week they distributed this." "Is it toothpaste?" "To be used before eating, not after, understand?" "Not really." "The dust that deposits on teeth and mucus membranes is toxic, it can cause cancer in the long run." "This situation happened to you, right?" "Better yet, to Matteo." "No, he has nothing to do with it." "Contact the Psychiatric Hospital of Gorizia, they're great." "But it's still an asylum." "At least they don't hit or electroshock patients." " If we bring her here?" " I'll have to report it." "They'll come get her and take her back to her father." "When is the train coming?" "In half an hour." "Go buy three ice creams." " Me?" " Yes, you." "No, not me." "Why not?" "It's simple, you have legs." " I'll go." " No, wait." "She'll go." "Three ice creams." "No, I..." "I can't." "Sure, it's simple." "Good evening, what would you like?" "Three ice creams." "You think we should take her to Gorizia?" "I think so." "Giovanna said it's a great hospital, if we don't like the doctors, we'll go on vacation." "In Sicily." "Your change." "Signorina, your change!" " Good evening, boys." " Two coffees." "You forgot your change, take it." "He said take your change." " Do you know her?" " No, She just came in." " Is something wrong?" " I don't know, she left her change." "I called her, but..." " Are you with anyone?" " No I'm not, I'm alone." "Can we see your ID?" "She won't answer, let's take her in." "What'll we do with this?" "I don't know." "What do you think will happen to her?" "Maybe they'll take her back to the Institute." "Is there really nothing we can do?" "We'll take the train tomorrow." " We'll continue our trip, right?" " Yes." "Let's rest now." "Arriving on track one, train for Padua, Bologna, Florence, Rome." "Matteo, what are you doing?" " The trip's over for me." " What do you mean?" "I'm going back to Rome." "Why?" "What's wrong?" "Are you nuts?" "You know that exam I took?" "So?" " I flunked." " Flunked?" "So what does that have to do with our trip?" " Nothing." " Then get out!" "It's leaving, get out!" "You'd leave me here alone like an ass?" "Come on!" "What the fuck does bye mean?" "Recruitment?" "What can I do to join the Army right away?" "What can you do?" "Get your head checked at the asylum right away." "Dear Matteo, I'm sending this letter home hoping that dad and mom will pass it along to you." "Where are you?" "Have you heard from Carlo and Berto?" "I never met up with them, I took the trip alone." "Anyway, here I am." "Norway's a magnificent place, but I'm especially struck by the people." "Martin is an American, and a defector." "He ran away because he didn't want to go to Vietnam." " Who wrote this?" " A genius." " What's his name?" " Allen Ginsberg." "I've left my travel partners and I'm heading north alone." "I'm writing to you in front of a small wood church near a stone saying:" "'Here passes the Arctic Circle.'" "Right now, my classmates are entering the lecture room to take that old dinosaur's class." "I don't feel guilty or like I'm wasting time." "Dear beast, here's some important news:" "I'm not going to cut my beard or hair anymore." "Here's a picture so you can see what I look like." "Handsome, no?" "What the fuck are you doing?" "Stay back!" "Stay back or I'll snap his arm!" "I'm notjoking." "Don't screw with me!" "Don't fuck with me!" "He's nuts." "Are you okay?" "He hurt me." "I'm out of money." "I think I'll stop and work in a local sawmill." "They pay well and can always use help." "The girls are pretty, easy-going, not like our girls who get snotty when you compliment them." "Quick, move it!" "Keep your ass low, do you want to get killed?" "You're a heard of sissies!" "Faster, bastards!" "I'll make you do it all day!" "Move it, animals!" "I'll bust your asses!" " Unshaven." " No comments!" "When you're outside, not only do you represent yourself, but you represent the Army, is that clear?" "While we're at it, let's get something straight." "No jokes or pranks here!" "No hazing!" "Is that clear?" " Tie!" " Step forward!" " Dirty shoes!" " Step forward!" " You call that a backpack?" " Sorry." " Back in line!" " Step forward!" "No, you can't do this, I have to leave." "I have to call my mom, she's alone and my dad's ill," "I was the only one who brought home money..." "Back in line!" " What are you doing?" " I decided Not to go out." "Very well." "I decided you won't go out tomorrow or the day after." "Those confined to barracks, stay, all the rest, leave!" "Every now and then, I think of Giorgia." "How we lost her and weren't able to protect her." "When I return, maybe I'll specialize in psychiatry, because people like her should be helped." "She shouldn't be left with people who use electroshock." "You're cool, Matteo." "You sure did make an ass of the Lieutenant." "But you're odd, you got yourself confined for three days." "You should've used a better excuse." "Sick father, unemployed sister..." "It's all true!" "I have no job, but if I sign on, I'm set." "You said you're the only one who brings home money!" "That was the only lie." "Know what?" "You should sign on too." " You're nuts!" " They'd make you a General!" "Five minute break, then we'll begin." "At ease!" " You're disguised like a soldier?" " I am a soldier!" " What about university?" " I quit." "Luigi, come here." "This is my brother Nicola, from the postcard." " Is this my brother?" " How should I know?" "You look nothing alike." "Watch out." "Thank you." "Professor, is there valuable stuff?" " I think so, I'm checking." " I'll send for someone." "Easy, don't move the water." "Easy, careful." "Easy, they're precious books." "There's no rush." " Carati, where are you?" " Yes sir!" "Second Lieutenant, I'm here." " Can you handle it alone?" " Yes, No problem." "Then Pezzuco comes with me." "What's this expressive, quasi vernacular gesture?" "That gesture?" "You obviously haven't been in the Army." " Nor do I Want to be." " You want to be a bum?" "This bum saved up plenty of money." "You can't imagine how much you make as a lumberjack there." "I'm not going back to Rome." " University?" " I'll go somewhere else." "After all I saw, the idea of going back to mom and dad depresses me." " When do you get out?" " Never." "What do you mean?" "I'm going to sign on." " Sign on?" "Yes, with the Police force." " You're kidding?" " Not at all." "You're going to be a cop?" "What are you saying?" "You fell for it!" "You fell for it!" "You were joking?" "Look." "I wonder what it was?" " Illuminated manuscript, in Latin." " I'll get the flashlight." "In the year 1126 AD, the light..." "No, it's the first light of dawn came..." "Came and rested on the head of the Holy." "What's going on?" "Why has the line stopped?" "Come on, move your ass!" "Heard that?" "Lmagine a jerk like that for the rest of your life!" "He's right though, we're wasting time." " When did you arrive?" " Three days ago." "You're a bum!" "You are hideous!" "Very wildebeest." "Let's clear this up, you made us wait two days in Bolzano." "I came, you weren't there so I went on." "Fibber, he called your mother." "I called and she said you were in Hamburg!" "You made me take two exams alone." "You made me get flunked three times, alone!" "Why did they flunk him?" "A quick letter?" "Did you injure your hand?" "There were no stamps..." "Girls?" " Where are you putting it?" " They said here." "No, over there." "Here are our soldier boys who came to help us." "What are they giving out?" "Wine, bread..." "What coats!" "Lorenzo the Magnificent's granddaughters!" "He's unbelievable." "What a character, very Chekhovian." "Seems like Firs from The Cherry Orchard." "It's him!" "The old guy who walks hunched over." "The mud angels mud came from everywhere to help us." "Give them bread too, good girls." "Let's go to these youngsters." "Good morning, signorine." " Are you mocking us?" " No, I was playing around." "Give them a bottle of wine and bread." " Who are these lovely signorine?" " The Riccobaldi's." "We were fortunate, because the house is high up so it wasn't damaged." "The Marquis wanted, by means of his daughters, to show..." "...his appreciation." "Signor Marquis is so good and kind!" "What about me, I'm pushing the wheelbarrow?" "Just kidding, naturally." "I began playing the piano when I was ten." "Now I'm majoring in Math in Turin." "What does Math have to do with the piano?" "My mother chose the piano, I chose Math." "But why Math?" "Because I want to solve the math problem aboutjealous husbands." "What's that?" "You don't know it?" "It hasn't reached Rome." "There are three married couples." "Do they have to be married?" "How boring!" "They have to cross a river." "One boat that can't carry more than two people at a time." "But the jealous husbands don't want their wives to remain with the other husbands." " So what's the puzzle?" " How will they cross the river?" "Very simple." "First, two wives cross over to the other side." "One of them goes back, gets her husband and takes him to the other side..." "Then she leaves him there and goes back..." "No, she goes back..." "No, not right." "First, two husbands cross over to the other side..." "No, it's the same." "I give up." "It's not hard, I'll tell you." "Some other time." "When you graduate, will you be a Math Professor or a pianist?" "Not a Professor." "Pianist..." "I don't think so." "That's what I call "clear ideas"!" "You should be a pianist and a mathematician." "Why don't we all go study in Turin?" "Why Turin?" " He's crazy!" " Essentially, Yes." "Berto, let's go to Turin." "I won't even graduate in Rome!" "My dad wants me to work in the factory." " Not a laughing matter." " And you, Carlo?" " Agnelli, Fiat..." " Turin chocolates." "I don't know." "Are you cold?" " What are you doing?" " Take this." "No, come on." " It's time to hit the sack." " No, I'm not tired." " Good night." " Let's go." "Good night!" " It's not like you made them leave." " No, good night." "If I come to Turin..." "...can you put me up?" "You are really insane, I don't even know you!" "Turin, February 1968" "No, you have to pull it." "No, to the right." "Watch him..." "I love you." "I love you to death." "Careful, the Riot Police!" "Hey ho, Police must go!" "You bring your bike inside?" "With all these Southern hicks, they might steal it..." " shut up, make me Some grub." " Right away, dear!" "With holy hands." "Where's Carlo?" "Here, the Master's voice." "Vitale, we need to be informed." "Someone should be informed on what they want." "Forget the papers, I can tell you what they want." "They want to stick it up our you-know-what!" "A very British gesture." "Enough with calling me a Southern hick, because I'm actually from Turin." "Really?" "Look at the state he's in, you can't even laugh!" "When the Police deal with gentlemen like you..." "Knock it off!" "If they set foot in our factory we'll make them run, the Riot Police Third Battalion!" "Oh, spare us!" "The Union told you to behave and be silent." "Watch the way you talk about the Union!" "Funny guys!" "Are these your friends who write this bullshit?" "Did you read this?" "They handed it out at the gates." ""Overthrow school, don't change it"." " It means something else." " I don't care." "I don't want to overthrow school." "I want the right to go to school!" "For myself since I couldn't go and for my kids who will go." "What kids?" "You don't have none!" "Learn how to speak." " Well, you don't have kids." " I'm still young." "It's not my fucking business, but don't you have an Economics Dept." "Cell meeting?" "Can I get some coffee?" "Aren't you supposed to go to the factory cell meeting?" "Are you afraid they'll punch me?" "No, so long as you leave." " What's the rush?" " I need to concentrate." " I have an Anatomy exam." " What are you studying?" "Anatomy!" "Good morning, signor Piero." "Don't be a smart alec, Naples!" "Hi, Giulia." "There's his Anatomy exam!" " My lip hurts." " Sorry, I forgot." " Are you frozen?" " I ran here, I'm hot." "It's so cold out." "Because you're not moving." "You need to move." "Move?" "Turin, Spring 1974" "Open up!" "I'm pregnant!" "Open up!" "Come on." "With all that chaos outside, it's paradise in here." "Nice, huh?" "Would you live here?" "Yes, you wouldn't?" "You go around with rocks in your pockets?" "Did you see how they beat people?" "What's that mean?" " You'd throw rocks?" " No." "But if they attack me, I know how to defend myself." "How strange." "They opened the door, but it seems no one's here." "Great excuse!" "Open up, I'm pregnant..." "Slow down, keep on them!" "Stop at the next intersection." "First and second, right!" "Third and fourth, left!" "Come on, Riot Police!" "Slowly!" "Slow down, something's up." "I have a bad feeling." "Get down!" "Let's regroup." "Everyone here?" "Luigi!" "Bastards!" "How are you?" "Some way to meet again!" "Weren't you stationed in Treviso?" "Yes, they needed backup for the protest." "What an idea!" "It was self-defense, right?" "If they hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him." " Will you be tried now?" " I don't know." "But they're transferring me." " Where?" " Bologna, I leave tomorrow." "I heard the guy you injured will be fine." "I couldn't care less." "Are you going to keep this up?" "Fine, let's start over." "Hi Matteo, how are you?" "Come over, I'll show you my house." "We'll relax together." "Are you allowed to leave?" "What's the procedure?" "Get 70 permits from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" "Lick the ground the Commissioner walks on?" "Pray to the Patron Saint of Police?" "I have to sign out with the Commander of Guard." "Then let's do it!" "This is the courtyard." "Good morning, "Tota" Bianco." "It means signorina in Piemontese." "I'll go buy a cake, we're celebrating." " What?" " I'll explain later." "Yes?" "Light of my life!" " You never have your keys, huh?" " Sorry." "This is Matteo." "Come in." "Luigi will be paralyzed for life." "You met him during the flood in Florence, remember?" "We're all the same in uniform." " Is he your friend?" " Everyone in the unit's a friend." "Bad!" "Why?" "Because you're on the wrong side." " You're sure about that?" " Yes." "What's the right side, the poor people's?" "Yes." "Luigi knows what it means to be poor more than you do." "He is poor, they guy who hit him isn't." " Are you poor?" " I don't pelt people." "Yes, but while we're eating cake, he'll remain paralyzed." " Do we have to listen to this crap?" " Please!" " Nice gal." " You hit It off well." "I want to celebrate because we're having a baby in September." "Did you pick a name?" "Sara." " How do you know it's a girl?" "Giulia said so, I trust her." "Lovely name, biblical." "Is that her?" "She doesn't seem mean on the piano." "She isn't." " She's the I'm always right type." " Like you!" "Does she have to sleep with us?" "It's not good for her." "Hush!" "Sara, will you go to the other room?" "Daddy wants to do something with mommy." "Go..." "He could've picked us up after a nine hour trip!" "Try to be nice, avoid saying it's crazy to have kids if you don't have a job, because Nicola does have one." "At the asylum, with a contract expiring in 6 months!" " She works too." " In a knick-knack shop?" "We'll see when they have to buy clothes, shoes, mini-skirts..." "Mini-skirts already?" "Avoid mentioning they had a child out of wedlock." "Anymore!" "No one gets married" "You wouldn't marry me anymore?" "Is it not proper enough?" "Oh please!" "Stairway A." " How are you?" " Well." "Can you open it?" "An English baby carriage, I special-ordered it." "Thank you!" "Put them here." "Nice home." "We were lucky to find it." " Was it already painted like this?" " No, I did it." "Good job!" "Is she sleeping?" "She's so pretty!" "I'm grandma and he's grandpa." " What a dear face!" " And those eyes!" "Her chin resembles..." "She looks nothing like you!" "She's still growing, you never know." "She grew so much since last time!" "You become a grandfather overnight." "Are you pleased with your young grandpa?" " She's looking at me!" " You won her over already." " Where's Nicola?" " In court." "What did he do?" "A psychiatrist from the asylum is on trial, he committed lots of foul acts." "Is he testifying?" "Not him, the patients were accepted as witnesses." "Let's hope the judge listens, it'd be the first time in Italy." "Actually, in the world." "Marino, when they say:" "Do you swear to tell the truth..." "Girolamo, listen up, they'll ask you too." "You must say:" "I swear." "Marino, say it." "If not, they won't listen to you." "How old were you when you came to the asylum?" "I don't know, four, nine..." "You must be exact, you have to say eight." "I remember, I liked dressing up like a girl." "They shouldn't have locked you up." "When I see the electrician, I'll break his face..." "Be good because you are good, Aldo." "Sit next to me and stay calm." "Look me in the eyes." "Are you calm?" "What, Mario?" "Looks like my cousin Ignazio." "A bit." " What's this stuff?" "I found it behind the statue." "Don't pick things up." "Never pick things off the ground." "Who brought these flyers?" "Swear to tell the truth..." "They made us all go in and lay down next to each other." " Excuse me..." " First you have to say I swear." "I swear." "Eight years, locked up ten times..." "I object." "The witness is reciting, as if he was fed these words." "Counselor, the witness needs to find peace." "Signor Levi, just say, I swear." "I swear." "Continue." "When the electric doctor came in," "I heard the ones before me screaming." "Four nurses held me down, hands, feet." "One hand shoved a rubber bit in my mouth, then the first shock." "I run away from the asylum once, but they catch me." "They beat me up and tie me to the bed." "Then the electrician comes with his little machine." "While... he electrocuted me, he yelled:" "Tell me who helped you run away, tell me their names!" "Since I didn't want to tell him, I clenched my jaws so hard that I broke all my top teeth." "Giovanbattista, are you listening?" "I have your report from the preliminary investigations." "It's important you repeat what you know." "Look at him." "Is that the man you spoke of?" "Can you speak?" "I'll read your words." "The doctor gave me electro-massages because I drank." "Is that so?" "In five days, five treatments, one a day." "Is that so?" "It's normal for alcoholism, there are studies..." "You're through killing people!" "Calm down!" "If that happens again, I'll clear the courtroom." "Your Honor, I apologize for Aldo and the others." "They're upset, it's hard for them to speak about it calmly," "Giovanbattista can't even speak." "Silence is not evidence, but he has nothing else to offer." "I hope they give him seven, eight life sentences." "I'd settle for one day, it's the principle that counts." "Why did dad come to Turin?" "Looking for funding for one of his projects." "Now he's convinced that from typewriters we can progress to word processors." "Listen," "I need to tell you something." "He doesn't know I found them, he never said anything." "But he seemed worried." "It's the first time I went through his drawers." "You're a doctor, can you do something?" "No, but there are cures that slow down its course and maybe years will pass before..." "I know, I read everything I could get my hands on." "They say what you said, that nothing can be done." "What are you writing?" "A report for the association, for the trial." "You still type with two fingers!" " Move over!" "Let me do it." "Come on!" "I'll help you." "The counselor sustains that the treatments did not have a punitive objective and specified that homosexuality is an illness that requires specific cures." " Why, it isn't?" " No." " Are you sure?" " Yes." "If you say so." "What a fossil, change the carriage at least!" "It works for me." " Never mind." " It's outdated, time for change." "I have a little idea, I need some funding though." "If you don't mind," "I'll stay in Turin for a bit to find funding." "They understand machines here." "I'm glad you keep busy." "I thought you'd say I was crazy!" "Your head is already in the future, this world is too small for you." " Will mom stay too?" " No." "It's a miracle she left Francesca alone for four days." "I'd like to go to Milan to see Giovanna." " I'll take a train." " I'll bring you." " No..." " I'll stop by Carlo's too." " Remember him?" " Of course!" " Doesn't he teach in England?" " He's visiting." " It's an excuse to see him." "I could tell him about my project." "In England there are business banks, maybe he knows someone." "Dictate." "Folding?" "What's this?" " Two six of clubs, you can't!" " Sorry." " But it is forty, right?" " No, count them." " Eighteen, twenty..." " It's not forty." "I take them back." "Adriana, regarding the fact that no one wants to get married nowadays..." "I'd marry you again." "My honeybun!" " Have you found a house yet?" " No." "We have dorms here at Headquarters, but no one likes them." "It's okay, I don't like houses." "Why did you ask to be transferred from Bologna to Sicily?" "They decided, they said you needed people." " You could've said no." " I never say No to an order." "Well, put it down." " What's in there?" " Books." " Books?" " Yes." "You're odd, you know." "I read your distinguishing marks and what do I see?" "Nothing, beside for some ruckus." "Bad temper, uncontrollable hands." "What were you looking for in the police force?" "Rules." " To do what with?" " Apply them." " Really?" " Yes." "I do as I'm told and I mind my own business." "Then we're all set," "Sicily is the land of people who mind their own business." "They shot him in the head." "What?" "He has a hole in his brain." "Do you live around here?" " Commissioner, we're done." " Hold on." " You found the body?" " Yes." " Early this morning?" " Yes." " What were you doing here so early?" " Grazing my mule." "Did you or the mule find the body?" "Me." " Did you touch it?" " No." "Good!" " Is he from around here?" " Yes." "So you know him?" " Yes or no?" " No." "You said he was from around here." "Tell me the truth, you recognized him?" " You know him?" " Yes." "Good!" " Was he a good person?" " Yes." "If you didn't know that, you didn't know him." "How come you say he's good but others say he was bad?" "Dunno, I don't know anything!" "You don't know anything, no one knows anything." "The rats will eat that poor guy." "May he rest in peace!" "Got it?" "I'd like to remind you to respect the courtroom." "Whatever the sentence may be, I won't tolerate comments." "This court, based on articles 483 and 488 of the Penal Code, declares the defendant guilty and condemns him to five years' imprisonment, in addition, he'll be responsible for trial expenses." "Silence!" "Once you get used to them, these colors aren't that bad." "These designs are cute." "Good job." " Can I ask you a question?" " Yes." "That piano, why don't you ever play it?" "Because..." "...I'm not good enough, and since one can't be semi-good," "I gave it up." "I didn't ask why you don't play in public," "I meant at home, for yourself." "For me?" " What's wrong?" " I won't play anymore." " Why?" " I made lots Of errors." " I didn't hear them." " But I did." "You're playing for me, it doesn't matter." "More Ravel!" "I like Ravel." "Do you ever ask her to play?" "No." " Why not?" " I know she doesn't want to." "She did the other day." "She did it to please you." " It was a special event." " You don't understand a thing!" "You're intelligent, but you just don't get certain things." "You need to tell women they are good, beautiful, the most important thing." "You should say:" "Giulia, play for me." "Play for us two." "Like I did with your mom." " But you were always fighting!" "Fighting is good, it keeps you sharp." "The 26 principles and the 109 UN guidelines, approved two years ago in Stockholm, are constantly violated in Italy, especially by people like the ones we are trying today and for whom I request the highest sentence." "I also request he pay trial and recontruction expenses for having consciously dumped industrial wastes into running water, causing damage to the environment and the health of residents." "In the past 10 years 1,870 billion dollars a year have been spent on military expenses." "Fifty percent went to kickbacks, in Italy too." " You've got to arrest them!" "I need names." "Tell her about state companies." " Are you his prompter?" "Their names are in all the papers." "You have to read the papers." "Dad!" "Watch." "The ancient chopstick." "Utensil." "It's the crab technique." "Never mind, Carlo, I'll use a fork!" "Will we make it to the airport in yourjalopy?" "How dare you!" "Take a taxi." "Why go to Cambridge, there's plenty to do here!" "I'll be back." "I'll finish my Masters then next year I'll take the entrance exam for the Bank of Italy." "He wants to be the Governor and sign banknotes!" "To the governor!" "To the governor!" "Even if it seems absurd..." "If you want him to believe he can get better, then you have to believe it too." " He doesn't know we know." " It doesn't matter!" "Your father senses it, he senses people who are close to him..." "I'm a doctor, I can't believe in miracles." " Pretend you aren't." "I see, you want to help me." "Thanks, but enough." "Sorry." "Thanks." "I think that's mine." "Sorry about before." "No, I'm sorry, I was talking bullshit." "Don't become too much of a jerk in England." "Same for you, here in Italy." "Have a good trip." "I didn't tell anyone, not even Nicola." "He would've started in with psychology, how you have to want to live" "and all that nonsense." "I'm telling you, just because." "Don't tell anyone, I don't want to be pitied." "But you have to promise you'll do everything possible, to get cured..." "Everything..." "Be patient with Matteo." "That boy I never understood him." "Everything causes him pain." "Then there's Francesca, mom." "And Nicola." "Nicola's strong." "He seems it, but he's like the others." "The most important thing, you have to think of yourself." "You have to laugh, be happy, have fun." " Is your husband away on business?" " I haven't seen him recently." "It's not working." " Another woman?" " Not at all!" "It's just not working." "We're going to get separated." "Why didn't you tell me?" " I'm sorry." " I'm not." "It's better this way." "We'll find you another guy." "Are you looking for mystery?" "You talking to me?" "You have to find the soul." "How?" "You have to look for it, inside." "Palermo, Summer 1977" "You know how to look inside?" "I do." "See that boy?" "Look at his hand." "It's confident, it demands." "He's got a cockade, he's the best of the class." "Could be." "See that elderly woman?" "Two wedding bands, she's a widow and she's lonely." "You're not Sicilian." "Are you mocking me?" "Did you see Stromboli with Bergman?" "Yes." "I live there, but not for long." "I took a librarian exam in Palermo," "I want to leave the island." "That?" "It's a professional camera." " You're an expert?" " I'm an expert on libraries too." "Really?" "If I pass the exam, where should I go?" "In Palermo, I don't know." "In Rome, at Villa Celimontana, there's one that's beautiful." " Can I look for mystery?" " No!" "I have to go." " Now?" " Yes." " What's your name?" " Nicola." " Mirella." " It's a pleasure." "What is it?" "They snuffed a guy, you gotta take pictures." " I don't have my camera." " I brought it." "Where'd you find it?" "Watch me." "That's too easy, watch daddy." "I hurt myself!" "I've told you a million times Sara should be in bed by now." "Doctor's orders?" "Daddy's the doctor, he decides!" " What's wrong?" " I'm tired." "I argued with Stefania, told her I'm quitting," "I'm sick of always discussing." " You used to Like it." " Used to." "All the better." " You can play the piano again." " I sold it." "They'll pick it up tomorrow." " Have you gone mad?" " Maybe." "Where have you been?" "You're checking up on me?" "A collective meeting." " Got a problem with that?" " Great crowd!" "What's that mean?" "There's not one decent thing in this country, and we just sit and watch." "Did you hear about the boy they killed in Bologna?" "Yes." "When will we make them shed tears?" "Make them shed tears?" "Take that off, you're ridiculous!" " Listen..." " Let me go." " You can't stand me either?" " No!" "All you think about is your hospital," "I have to do everything." "I don't think so." "I hate couples that fight!" "People!" "If you make all this racket, Bobby can't sleep." "You're right, we'll keep quiet now." "Dear Carlo, I'm glad about your success in Cambridge." "Nothing new here, it's tough working in an institution trying to change it bit by bit." "Things with Giulia aren't okay." "She's become aggressive, hostile, unsatisfied with something I can't figure out." "We've slept like brother and sister for over six months." "I'll show you their room." "I'd like to know who organizes these inspections." "The Ministry of Health." "Who are you, a lawyer, a judge?" "Open." "A psychiatrist." "This is the room." "As you can see, it's all clean, perfectly in order." " Where are the patients?" "On a field trip to a shrine." "I care about them," "I want them to be well, to enjoy themselves, to be normal, like everyone." "Where are you going?" "That's just the basement." " What's in here?" "Nothing." " Open this door!" "No!" " Marshal, you do it." "I want a search warrant." "I want to speak to my lawyer." "See?" "There's nothing here." "Just trash." "Where are you going?" "You can't." " There's nothing here." "Marshal, deal with her!" " I protest!" "Get out!" "Take her to the car and if she resists, handcuff her." "The door." "Call an ambulance." "Untie them, cover them up." "Giorgia!" "Let's put on a sweater." "Be a good girl." "You'll put it on alone, okay?" "Here." "Let's do this," "I'll put it here and we'll turn around." "I'll handle her." "Thanks." "How are you?" "Did you eat today?" "Want some?" "Remember that trip we took together?" "Father Vito's town?" "That time we slept in the barn?" "Remember the Italy game?" "Italy lost and we kept laughing..." "Remember Matteo?" "The orange." "It must drink, or it'll die." "You're right, I always forget." "Sorry, I won't touch you." "But I'd like you to come here every day, to give the plant a drink." " Did you call the judge?" " Yes." " When?" " Two hours ago." "He's not here yet?" "Smoking, in a slaughterhouse!" " Put It out." " Toss it!" " We have to leave." " Can we remove him?" "Only after the judge arrives." " The same old questions!" " Our shift Is over." "You talk about shifts when there's a corpse here!" " Enzo, keep them quiet." " They won't." "Make them!" "Move these people out." "A kid?" "Are you out of your mind?" "Out!" "You're the dad?" "Get him out of here." " He's not bothering anyone." " Get him out!" "Who do you think you are?" " How dare you?" " You think this is a show?" "There's a corpse, it's not a movie." "Where were you when he got shot?" " I don't know, I wasn't here." " Doesn't know a thing." "Hear no evil, see no evil." "He died by himself!" "Let the kids learn this too!" " Don't touch my kid!" " What are you teaching him?" "Don't touch my kid, who do you think you are?" "Here's your temporary leave." "I don't want to see you for at least 15 days." "Go on vacation, home, just disappear!" "I have enough ordeals already, I don't need you too!" "Want to be the chastiser, the redeemer?" "Get lost!" " Well?" " Everything's fine." " Are you being transferred?" " Special leave." " Is that how it goes?" " You lucked out." "Here, it arrived this morning." "Dear Matteo," "I'm writing to give you good news." "I found Giorgia." "I think she suffered greatly over the last years." "Oddly, for her, it's as if time hasn't passed." "I was moved to see her again, it reminded me of that summer, many years ago, when my life changed, along with yours and many other people's." "Why don't you leave the Police Force for a few days and come visit us?" "The Days of April aren't an uncontrolled explosion of riots, but are born after 50 days of struggle at FIAT, involving many workers, stopping the production and marking the height of politically organized autonomy of the working class." "No good, it's too bureaucratic." "We have to distinguish desires from needs." "Needs are a serious thing, they push you to risk everything, even to die and fight if necessary." "The need for Communism..." "Excuse me." "You got out early." "Yes, I got out early." " Are you drawing?" " Yes." " Let's go take a walk." " Yippee!" "Closed-in spaces aren't good for little girls or for people's brains." "The need for Communism..." "I need to drink, to eat." "Sara, when you hear this bullshit..." " You can't use swear words!" " Sure you can." "When someone at school tells you lies, what do you say?" " Jerky liar!" " Good girl!" "Now let's go take a walk, come on!" "Say bye!" "It's cold." "Let's get your coat." "Let's go." "We'll get some fresh air!" " Listen..." " It's something I'll take care of." " Luigi Pezzuco?" " Check in the room." "I found fortune in misfortune." "Two more millimeters and my arms would've been useless too." "But everything works." "Almost everything." "I even have a woman, her name's Patrizia." "Let me show you." "I have a Polaroid taken at a party." "It's here..." "Got it!" "She's beautiful." " Congratulations." " Of course she's pretty!" "We're getting married in September and we want to have tons of kids too." "You want to know how we..." "Slowly, with patience." "It's great all the same." " That's what she says." " Sure!" "You see me doing okay, with Patrizia too, but I wouldn't be without your mother's help." "My mother?" "Know how many notebooks like this I have?" "Without your mom, I wouldn't have recovered use of this hand." "She came to see you all these years?" "An afternoon a week, she always came." " You didn't know?" " Of course I did." "I didn'tjust recover use of my hand, but of my brain too." "I'd never read a poem before." "Listen:" "Hector, the honor of tears you shall have, there where blood shed for your homeland became holy, tearful..." "What did I write here?" "Till the sun will shine upon human calamities." "Doctor Carati?" "What a surprise!" " How are you?" " Well." " Your beard?" " Sara says It scratches her." "So I shaved it." "Speaking of Sara, it's for her." "What is it?" "A doll, so you can play with it too." "How nice!" " Did you drive through Rome?" " Yes, but I didn't stop at home." " These paintings?" " My patients make them." "We're organizing a show." "Did you know that all these years mom helped Luigi, my co-worker who was paralyzed?" "Yes." " Who's this?" " My teacher, Franco Basaglia." "The one who wants to free all the crazy people." "He has a strange belief that they aren't prisoners, but people, that mental illness isn't a fault to atone for." "Bizarre, isn't it?" "How's dad?" " You should go See him." " I will!" "I will." "I'd already decided I would, after." " Let's go see Giorgia." " Yes." " How is she?" " Better." "If she improves, we can discharge her." "We try to discharge them as soon as possible, we find accommodations for them." "What do they have?" "Doctors used to diagnose them all as schizophrenics, but that means nothing." "Means they are split in two." " But who isn't?" "Are you a whole cop, am I a whole doctor?" "The truth is we don't understand a thing, all we know is that they have asylum sickness." " How do you cure them?" " By opening up the wards." "I'll be in my office." "You're leaving me..." " What do I say?" " Maybe She wants to talk." "Hi, Giorgia." "It's nice to see you." "Are you okay?" "What a stupid question!" "It means nothing." "Nicola said you can go out." "Want to go get an ice cream downtown?" "We'll look for a juke-box, play some music?" "You used to like music." "He also told me you read, that you like books." "What do you read?" "What words fill your head?" "You don't feel." "Sound, air, attention, nothing, nothing gets through." "Reply to the question:" "Absent." "I should've known." "Remember that summer, when we were young?" "How were you?" "How was I?" "Mad..." "Matteo." " Do you think she'll be okay?" " Yes, you'll see." "It reminded me of when we were at the train station, remember?" "Yes, what about?" "We were listening to the juke-box and she turned and looked at me." "I think you were in love with her." " You were." " We both were." " What song was it?" " "Who Can", Fausto Leali." "Your father..." "Slow down, please." "Slow down, no one's chasing us." "Do you want to drive?" " All I said was..." " this Is How I drive." "Fuck you, I said slow down!" " Please!" " I'm afraid, Sara's here." "Understand?" "Why don't you answer her?" "Why?" "I drive like this, if you don't like it..." "No, stop the car!" "Stop it!" "Stop the car!" "Pull over or I'll break your face!" "Relax, I'll stop as soon as I can." "What the fuck?" "Turn around!" "Thanks for coming." "How's your mother?" "A mess." "Hi, I'm Francesca." "Lately, the Police are very busy." " He said he'd come." " Don't worry, he'll come if he can." "Why don't you come to Milan with me?" "Francesca will be fine alone." "I'm staying for my job, not her." "I know that the school falls apart without you, but think about yourself." "I am thinking about myself, I need to work." " Want some coffee?" " I'll make it." "I'll do it." " Want come coffee?" "Yes, thanks." "I wanted to make some coffee, where's the machine?" "In the cabinet." "The other one, on the right." "Nicola says you'll be Minister of the Treasury, is that true?" "He said that?" "Actually, I've been working at the Bank of Italy for only a year, a Minister's career is a different one." "How so?" "The Minister of the Treasury is a political position, we're mere technicians." "So modest, Nicola says you're smarter than him and that's impressive, considering he's so conceited." "Nicola's crazier than his patients." "True." "You're a klutz!" "What do you do?" "I finished high school, now I'll go to college," "I want to study Archaeology." " I Want to travel the world." " Great." "I ran as a middle-distance runner on the track team," "I'm a great cook, and I'm learning to play the violin." "That's all?" "I get bored doing one thing." "So you're getting bored just making coffee." "No, I'm making coffee, making dessert with Sara, and chatting with the Bank of Italy's office." "Not bad, right?" " Auntie!" " Coming." "Look how many I made." "So many, good girl!" "Signorine." "Do you want more dough?" " Can I have a cookie?" " Scram!" "Good, kick him out." "Francesca's great with kids." "I'm not, I'm not capable." "There's no set way to be a mom, each woman is different." "For example, I wasn't a good mother to Matteo, not the mother he wanted." "You were a great mother, I can tell by Nicola." "Excuse me." " I'll go get some milk." " We have some." "Yes, but there won't be enough for us all tomorrow." " I'll go get milk." " I already got it." "Can't I go out?" "Sorry." "Sorry, honey, I'm sorry." " You're late." " Sorry, I had Some problems." "Never be late for appointments, it's dangerous." "Nowadays a person waiting with a briefcase is a suspect." " Do you have the keys?" " They're in there." "With the money, documents, and gun." " Know how to use it?" " No." "You'll learn." "Let me by..." "What about your daughter?" "Let me by." "Just one question:" "Why?" "Let me by." "DIGOS authorities have released the identikits of five people, three men and two women, regulars at the Red Brigade cove discovered 10 days ago in Turin." "Only one has refused to respond to the public prosecutors." "The arrest warrant accuses the defendants of attempting to overthrow the social system, and destroy the democratic state and its institutions." "Give me another piece." "Give me another piece... of gazelle!" "Yes, little lion, daddy hunter will give you some." "...acts of violence, kidnapping..." "I don't want to go anymore." " I don't want to go to fencing." " What?" "You wanted to, so we're going!" " Where's mom?" " I told you, she's away." "Sorry." "I didn't mean to." "Please, don't." "Let's make peace." "Point in line, salute!" "One, two, three, four, five, six, down." "On guard!" "Step forward, step back lunge!" "On guard!" "One step forward, one step back..." "You're messy today." "Let's start again." "Point in line!" "Look here." "First position, salute, go!" "On guard!" "Spring 1980" "Do you, Tommaso..." "Carlo." "Carlo Tommasi, not Tommasi Carlo." "Sorry." "Do you Carlo Carati..." "Carlo Tommasi, Francesca Carati." " There's a male Carati too." " That's me." "I'm a male, Nicola Carati, brother of the bride." "You are..." "Sorry." "You're the brother." "Congratulations." "You should be seated where that girl with the spikes is." "But I'm the groom's best man, Carlo Tommasi's my friend." "You're the groom's best man, but..." "...sister..." "Brother..." "A minor coincidence." "It's not illegal." "Let's start over." "Do you, Carlo Tommasi, take as your wife, Francesca..." "Carati?" "I do." "We're halfway there." "Do you, Francesca Carati, take as your lawful husband," "Carlo Tommasi?" "I do." "Time to exchange rings..." " Careful." " Sorry, it's my first wedding." "Mine too." "Come meet my friends." "Come on!" "I'll steal him for five minutes." "Excuse me." "No one believes that you have blue eyes." "Not that again!" "My brother, Matteo." "Carlotta." "Teresa." "Like me this way?" "My niece, Sara." "Give uncle a kiss." "Nice wedding, huh?" " When will you get married?" " Who'd marry me?" "You're a great catch." "Special section of bodywork, aristocratic working class!" "I was a great catch." "What does that mean?" "I got this." " They fired you?" "Laid-off with minimum pay." "They sent out 23,000." " Can't anything be done?" "Our strikes were useless." "You said you were spared!" "I didn't want to be a wet blanket at the wedding." "Read it." "What do you think?" "Do you handle these things at the Bank of Italy?" "More or less." "What's the deal?" "FIAT has a 7,000 billion debt." "Many small and medium sized companies are worse off, they can't produce as much as they should, they're not competitive in the international market." " So?" " The workers couldn't win." "That's just his opinion, he's not the oracle." " It's notjust my opinion." " Ignore him." "There are unions." "With broken bones." " People are afraid nowadays." " Say something!" "They fire him like they did in the 19th century!" "Want fairy tales from me too?" "They're reorganizing the industrial system, they want to update themselves, so they cut costs in order to be competitive." " Who gives a shit!" " I know..." "We have to pay the price for their incompetence?" " Who cares if the system flops!" " Please!" "If it flops, it has to be replaced with something else." "Any proposals?" "Me?" "You geniuses should know." "Stop fighting." "Come on!" "It's a special day, knock it off." "We factory workers are singing the swan's song, no one will remember us in a few years." "Don't worry." "They won't screw me," "I won't sit home crying!" "Vitale will find anotherjob, or he'll invent one!" "I'll repair faucets, TV sets, heaters..." "Our homes are full of machines, right?" "They're gonna break, someone needs to fix them, so I'll do it." "Sounds good." "At worst I'll retire at his place, put on a Napoleon hat and tango away!" "I'm dying to dance." "Let's go!" "Come on, slugs!" "Let's go." " Do you know "Anatomy"?" " What's that?" " Amado mio!" " That one!" "Signora Tommasi, may I have this dance?" "Easy with my mom." ""End of Part 1"" ""Part 2"" "He always acts like an acrobat." "Summer 1982" "He puts his feet on the wall then lets go." "When I see him in the hall I say:" ""Good morning, Mimmo"" "and he gives me his foot!" "Balloons!" "I'll buy you one." " What color do you want?" " Blue." "Right, your color." "Good morning, can we have a blue balloon?" " Are you glad school is over?" " No." "Why not?" "You're on vacation!" " Want to go to the beach or hills?" " When's mom coming back?" "I don't know, Sara." "Monica says that when dads say this, it means the mom is dead." "Nonsense!" "You listen to Monica?" "But if mom's dead, you have to tell me." "Of course I'd tell you!" "Why'd you let it go?" "If you told me a lie, it'll be for mom." "We apologize for the delay, the engine will be arriving shortly from the Turin station..." "In Lebanon, the Israelis have closed in the Palestinian quarters of Beirut..." "Barbara Melleca." "Roberta De Angelis." "Paola Riviello." "Celia Bobak." " Who is it?" " Excuse me, it's your neighbor." " I wanted to ask a favor." "Hold on." "Sorry, I thought Mr and Mrs Randi were here." "No, they're away, I'm their guest." " Are you a professor too?" " Yes, I'm here for exams." "I'm from Udine." "My husband forgot to buy milk, and since I have a child," "I was wondering if you had any." "Sorry, my fridge is empty." "Too bad for that scatter-brain, he'll go get it now!" "At least his legs still work!" "Thanks." "Well, welcome." "Sara, why are you barefoot?" "She's named Sara too?" "Why, is your daughter named Sara too?" "No, my sister's daughter." " Is she a pest too?" " No... yes..." "It was the voice of Silver." "All it took was a dozen words to make me decide that I would not move for all the gold in the world." "I stood there, trembling, straining my ears..." "She arrived this morning around 7:00." "No one was here, I'm the first to arrive." "She looked like a ghost." "Who told her I worked here?" "Aren't you going to ask anything, how she was?" "I don't want to know anything." "I didn't recognize her at first, she has dark hair now..." "I don't want to talk about her." "She wants to see Sara." "Just from a distance, she won't talk to her." " Do you have a cigarette?" " You smoke now?" " No." " What did you tell her?" " Nothing, you know how she is..." "She came, told me when and where, then left." "Not even a hand shake, or "how are you"," ""why are you doing manual labor", nothing." " When's the appointment?" " In two days, during the finals." " What finals?" " The World Cup!" "The National match!" "They're listening to the game." "Look, hyenas!" "The laughing hyena!" " Always laughing." " Why, is he funny?" " No, exposes his teeth." " An elk!" "I saw loads of them in Norway." "Look, a wild boar." "It's not a wild boar, it's a warthog." "His name was Fritz, he was very obedient and conductible." "Fritz lived in Stupinigi for circa 25 years and on November 4, 1847 he killed his guardian!" "There's one minute left of the World Cup." "All kinds of birds, a falcon." "They are hunting birds, they pick up the prey." "There are hens here too!" "Seems like a hen house!" "Look, an elk, and that's a giraffe." " My favorite animal." " How come?" "Because it stretches its neck to eat leaves, then it lifts its head and looks up to the sky." "I like all animals that look up to the sky." "What's that?" " A manatee." " Looks like a seal." "Looks like it, but it's called a manatee." " How do you know all this?" " Because I read the signs." "We won." "Yes, we won." "Fall 1983" "It's freezing!" "They say Rome's always sunny!" "Where is it?" "I haven't seen it in days!" "You don't have a motorcycle?" "I don't want a mess in the courtyard." "The kitchen, and this is the living room." "Nice and bright." "The furniture is brand new." "The bedroom's over there." "Perfect." "The TV is new too, the owners of the house bought it." "The moving men walked up four flights of stairs," "I took it upon myself to give them a 20,000 lira tip." "Here." "Don't worry, we'll deal with it at the end of the week." "The plants!" "The owners love them." "You have to water them every day, except when it rains." " I can do it, if it's a bother." " No, don't worry." "If you need anything, call me or my husband." " In the porter's lodge." " Okay." "Good day, I'll leave the keys here." "Goodbye." "Everything's just fine and dandy." "Maybe we have a more active sexuality." "We're Mediterranean, warm..." "At this point, there's only one problem..." "The new Secret Service will be effective..." "Come in." "This way." "We have the night shift, as of tomorrow." "We do it for two weeks, then we get three days off." "Then we get the day shift." "This is the boss' office." "Beware." "And that's yours." "The coffee machine." "This is your desk." "These are the friends we're looking for." "More or less all of them, Reds and Blacks." "We think they're all in the city." "Let's say I run into her..." " What do I do?" " Depends on what she does." "If she puts her hands in her pockets, shoot." "Actually, I'd shoot anyway." "Just to be sure." "Dad, it's all sticky!" "Add more flour and roll it out." "...her daughter, Maria Cristina, 20 years old, and some co-workers who live in the building." "The District Attorney may have been breathing still, but he died on the way to the hospital..." "It has bubbles!" "A reader called the newspaper, "La Stampa,"" "saying the Red Brigades ordered him to inform the newspaper." "A statement claiming responsibility was sent to the "Corriere" today." "The Attorney handled many investigations on terrorism, drug traffic, mafia, mob, and racket..." "Can I check this out?" "Good morning." "Yes." "You're Nicola!" " The girl from Stromboli!" " The girl from Stromboli has a name." "Yes, of course..." "Don't tell me." "While you're thinking, give me your ID so I can give you a card." "I left it at home." "Marcella." "No, Mirella." "Right, sorry." "You have to return it in 15 days." " What if I steal it?" " I'll come get you." "Where am I?" "What's my last name?" "I already managed to find you once..." "You came here because I suggested it to you?" "It was good advice, it's a wonderful place." "Lunchtime, want to split an apple and sandwich?" "I remember that day perfectly." "I even dreamt of you lots of times." "Then I told my boyfriend and he gotjealous." "Who knows why, I didn't even know if you were real!" " Men are such fools!" " True." "And now?" "If you tell him we met, he'd probably kill you." "That's his style." "That's why I left him." "Apple?" "Still taking pictures?" "Sometimes." "Remember what you told me, about looking for the mystery?" "I really liked it." "I even tried it." "I wasn't able to." "I can't photograph the inside of people What you talked about." "That's what I said?" "I don't remember." ""I don't remember"?" "Insane!" "I stressed out over it and you don't even remember!" "Apple." "I forgive you." "Only because you're cute." "Don't forget the book, in 15 days." "Giovanna, hi!" "Come in." "That way, because here..." "How did you know I was here?" "I saw the list of the new escort guards." "When you left Sicily you didn't even leave an address!" " I didn't know you were in Rome." " I moved here recently." "I'm with mom, so she's not alone." "You know there's plenty of room there!" " How is she?" " How do you think?" "Want a drink?" "It's not exactly normal to arrive and not call." " I'll make you a coffee." " I'm talking." "No, you're saying the usual big-sister things!" "You've always acted like a sub-mom, one's enough for me." " You act like she doesn't exist." " What do you know?" "You judge, pass sentences..." "We're not in court!" "What did we do to you to deserve this behavior?" "Wait." "Listen!" "What's your name?" "Matteo." "Nice name!" " What's your name?" " Lolita." " Where are you from?" " Venezuela." "What's wrong?" "Are you sad?" "What are you looking at?" "Your necklace." " Like it?" " Yes." "Here, for your gal." "I don't feel up to it." "Maybe..." "My comrades are different, they are more determined," "I'm afraid." "Maybe I'm not prepared enough," "I don't know, I should..." "You don't have to be afraid." "You can do it." "Francesca?" "Listen, I need to see you right away." "At the Roman Forum gardens in two hours." "Understand?" "Sara's grown, I wanted to bring a photo but I left in a hurry," "I was so nervous..." "Nicola said he took her to see "The Party"." "All of the sudden, Sara asked him out loud in the movie theater what menstruation was." "He explained it to her in front of everyone." "Nicola sees no difference, young and old, crazy and sane, they're all alike for him." "Listen." "Tell Carlo to request a transfer, he must leave Rome." "Actually, leave Italy, as soon as possible." "And go where?" "Wherever you want." "He's in danger, understand?" "We have small children, our home, his job..." "You know him well too, he won't leave." " I have to leave." " No, wait!" "Now you listen." "I'll try to talk to Carlo, to convince him, but he'll say no." "He's your friend, apart from being the father of my kids, you must tell them not to!" " Let me go." " No, I won't!" "Pretend he has an odd schedule, that he's never alone." "Tell them he's a risky target." "You must save him!" "Promise me." "You trust me?" "I do." "Fine, I'll try to." "Nicola's coming to Rome for the holidays, right?" "I think so, for New Years, for a few days." "I want to see Sara, even just once." " How can I..." " Take her to the Coliseum." "I'll call and tell you when." "Don't tell anyone." "Fine." "What do you do for work?" "I'm an engineer." "An engineer son, every mother's dream!" "Maybe that's why I did it." "So you build dams, bridges, buildings..." "Yes, I often work abroad." " I have to travel a lot." " Don't you like to?" "No." "What would you rather do?" "I don't know." "Maybe what you do, being surrounded by books." "Then drop everything and come with me!" " Do you like chestnuts?" " Very much." "Can I have a bag?" "How much?" " 3,000.00" " A rip-off." " Go pick them yourself!" "Rome!" "Here." " Want to come with me?" " Where?" "Put your fingers in first then the thumb in back." "Lift the palm of your hand upwards and do what she does, a swoop, and end up with the left foot forward." " Looks easy enough." " Not really..." "My turn, now." "Put your fingers in the holes!" "I'll do it my way." " But it won't go straight." " Just wait." "Wait and see." "Too weak!" "Quiet." "Goal!" "You don't say goal, you say strike." "Go ahead." " Sorry, you got all wet." " Don't worry." "I have to make a call, be right back." "You're soaked." "Unfortunately, I have a flight first thing in the morning," "I found out there are problems at the construction site." " How long will you be gone?" " Not long, be back on the 7th." "What are you doing on the 7th?" "I'll come get you." "What time?" "When the library closes." "I found this under the seat." "I got it the other day, then couldn't find it..." "Wonder how it got under there?" "Is it for your girlfriend?" "It's for you." "Then put it on me." "All set, I'll take your shift." " Afternoon and night?" " Yes." "Afternoon and night." "You're a pal." "Luckily you didn't take the highway, this car won't make it." "How about a new car?" " Why?" "It's fine." " It sucks." "No way, it's beautiful and it works." "Why don't you get a modern one?" "I got stuck with a consumeristic daughter!" " Why, are we poor?" " Don't you have it all?" "Too bad we didn't go for Christmas, gifts aren't given on New Years." "Who says?" "We'll do it." "Who's coming tomorrow night?" " Grandma, Aunt Giovanna." " Francesca?" "Aunt Francesca, Carlo, the kids..." " They had another baby." " What's his name?" "Asdrubales Theofrastus Callimachus." " Callimachus?" " No, Nabuccodonosor." " Stop pulling my leg!" " His name's Michele." "The trip began under a lucky star." "The Espanola was a fine ship, it behaved well, even in the middle of the ocean." "The crew consisted of able sailors." "The Captain knew his job to a tee, and everything seem to proceed for the best." "Until one night, while walking towards his cabin..." " I think they won't sleep tonight." " Who cares." " His big cousin from Turin's here." " You're right." " Lucky you." " Why?" " You've got a girl." " So?" " We're much better than you." " Oh please!" "If you'd had a boy, you'd be more wild." "She has disciplined you, she's raising you well." " You have white hairs." " No, just two!" " The charm of a forty year old." " Easy, 37 not 40." "Plus ladies like mature men." "Lend me a finger." "How do you manage with 3 kids?" " I only have one and..." " In fact, I'm exhausted." "But I like it." "Carlo has escort guards?" " How come?" " In these times..." "Nicola What?" "Nothing, Michele woke up." "Will you let Carlo in?" "What's with the escorts?" ""Now is the winter of our discontent..."" "The scrivener ascended the stairs." "Where awaited him, like a sentry..." "Was the doctor of the mad!" " How are you?" " Fine, and you?" "My dream is a place like Denmark, Sweden, Holland." "Countries that seem like glass boxes." "Residents pass by and look through." "My dream is to have transparent banks, transparent stock markets, so that politics, economy, everything becomes transparent." "I think he's out, huh?" "Look." "Almost." " What's wrong?" " He notices new presences." "With me, Sara he heard different voices." " Give me him, I'm an expert." " No, he's sleeping." " Give me him." " Gently." " Francesca?" " She's sleeping." "She's tired, these vacation days are tough." "You were saying?" "Transparent things?" "It's nice, but do you think it's possible?" "Sure, others do it, why can't we?" "No, I mean do Italians like transparent things?" "I think you're fooling yourself." "Crib time?" "Now, he's ready..." "If we talk quietly he won't sleep at all, babies like to fall asleep with noise, silence scares them." "He's out." "Don't kid yourself, he'll be up in a half hour." "Beautiful." "You're daddy's joy." "Bravo, you still know how to handle kids." " With women too?" " Sure." "Is there someone?" " Not someone steady." " You've got lots of dolls?" "Is this an interrogation?" "Are you jealous?" "I'm going to have to tell you once and for all." "I married your sister because I couldn't bear being away from you" "I'll tell you once and for all, you've got all the characteristics of a pure queer." " And you don't?" " Naturally!" "Who are you bonking, you lurid debauchee?" "You have a network of nurses, anesthesiologists?" "What do you care?" "Where do you see them?" "Outside." " What does Sara say?" " She doesn't know." "In all this round and round, you've never fallen for one..." "I've fallen." "But after falling, I fall out, and the end." "You didn't answer me before." "Why do you have escorts?" "Did you talk to Francesca about it?" "No, why?" "Want some whiskey?" "Well?" "Seems I'm a target, that's why they gave me escorts." "Why you?" "Nowadays, not only judges, politicians, and cops are targets." "The other day they shot a university colleague of mine." "They say: "Strike one to educate one hundred."" "They want to re-educate us." "They only want to terrorize us." "And you get stuck with guards that follow you to the bathroom?" " Are there other options?" " Ask to go abroad." "The Governor asked me to go to New York." "Well?" "Drink the whiskey!" "Do you like the subtle peat flavor?" "Why didn't you take the offer?" "That would mean they won." "How'd you know you were a target?" "Giulia met with Francesca some time ago." "Giulia contacted her." "She said she wants to see Sara too." "31-Dec-83" "There's a spot." "I'll let out Francesca then follow you." "We'll go park." "He's only been working for a week, I can't remember his name." "Six months ago, in your club, another guy was arrested, with a bag of coke on him too." "He was a client, he brought stuff from home." "As long as they wear a jacket..." "No sloppy clients, it makes the club look grimy." "He was already arrested three times for dealing." "I didn't ask him for his record!" "I respect my worker's dignity." "What do you have to say?" "Azim Mohammed?" "Nothing." "It's late now," "I'd like to be home for dinner, it's New Years." "I could care less!" "There's someone here for you, Mirella." " Why did you say you were Nicola?" " Why did you come?" "To talk and I want you to answer." "Why didn't you tell me you're named Matteo?" "How did you find out?" "From the kid who checks ID's at the bowling alley." "He says you're there a lot." "He also told me you work for the Police." "Investigating should be my job, but everyone investigates me." "You, my sister..." "Everyone wants to know my business." " What do you want?" " Just to see you." " We seemed to hit it off well." " So?" "So, nothing." " It's just that..." " What?" "What?" " I'm busy." " Why are you doing this?" "I'm on duty." "I don't understand and that drives me nuts." "Why did you bullshit me, even in Sicily?" ""What's your name?", "Nicola"." "Why?" "If you want, we can talk but not here and not now." "Don't worry, I'll leave, I won't bother you." "You like books because you can close them whenever you want." "Life is different, it's not you who decides." "You're wrong." "I've always decided." "Even to not see you anymore." " It's not a choice." " Good, you understand." "I'm a shit, I suck." "Will you leave now?" " I don't think you're like that." " What the fuck do you want?" " Tell me." " Nicola..." "My name is Matteo!" "Leave." "Ladies and gentlemen, The Merchant in the Market!" "Yes, great!" "We're playing The Merchant in the Market!" " Who be the merchant?" " You, someone who won't cheat." "Who better than a judge?" "No, we need a man, the voice..." "No, I don't meddle with merchants, Carlo does!" "Come on!" "Only because I'm the most entertaining." "Re-read it and sign if it's accurate." "Wait here, I'll call my colleague to come get you." "Wait." "We're not done." "Sit down." "Sit!" "How much will he give you for your silence and two years in jail?" " Hey, what are you saying?" " Well?" "Tell me." " That's a serious accusation." " Shut up, shithead." "No, I want a lawyer!" "You can't treat me this way." "Does he give you the stuff?" "Right?" "You're poor, where do you get money for all that stuff?" "He gave it to you?" "Tell me!" "Right?" "What the fuck?" "I don't know you!" "You'd better not fuck around with me." "You'd better not either, call my lawyer now." "You won't forget this night so long as you live!" "Lawyer my foot!" "No way." "I'll raise hell..." "I know a Senator, I'll have you transferred to Nuoro!" "I don't care how many Senators you know," "I'll bust your teeth!" "Calm down!" "Where do you get off!" "What the fuck are you doing?" "Get out!" "I'm not getting into trouble because of you!" "Understand?" "He's got nothing to do with it!" "Place your bets, 500 lire..." "Come on, it's almost midnight!" "A substantial pack of cards for the modest sum of 1,500 lire." " 1,600!" " 1,600 one... 2,800 says Orlandino, who's giving you money, me?" "Mommy does." "With this wind and rain, who's knocking on my brain?" "Who could it be?" "Happy New Year, mom." "I knew you'd come." "Come in." "Merry Christmas!" "Greetings!" "Don't be mistaken, we're not gambling." "Little sister!" " The other two?" " They're sleeping." "Take off yourjacket." " Remember me?" " You're the one who drove fast." "For the man who drove fast, a small stake." "Give the man a small stake." "Give the man two cards." "I'm here with this substantial pack of cards..." "I saw a finger go up, perhaps Orlandino said... 6,500!" " Please!" " 7,000.00" "Don't bet too high, or Sara won't have money." "I'll finance Sara." "I can lend you one million." "No slipping money under the table." " Did someone say financing?" " 10,000!" "No, that's side trading!" " 8,300!" " Orlandino, please!" "I heard a Scrooge McDuck-esque sum!" "10,000 clears the table of any doubts." "It's..."the grape"." "Who has "the grape"?" " Fast asleep." " The others?" " Sleeping peacefully." " Sara, want to go to bed too?" "No, I'm big and I want to win." "Right." "We picked "the grape"." "Like every Christmas, we respect "the suckling"." "That was the last." "I have to call work to see if everything is okay." "Go in my room." " How many left?" " Nine." "Nine cards, beware." "It's an animal." "Carlo." "But it begins with..." " Camel." " No, itjumps." "Chameleon." " Everything okay?" " Yes." "You still have my report cards hanging up?" "A, A, A, A..." "You were so good!" " What'll I do with this?" " I'll put it in my nightstand." "No way!" "There are kids here..." "I'll handle it." "I'll let you telephone." "Mom..." "I'm not sure if I can stay for the toast, the office..." "Doesn't matter, you gave me a huge gift by coming." " Should I close it?" " Yes, thanks." "We've got an animal here." "I'm really sorry," "Adriana just got here, but she has to give me "the zebra"." "I'm not home, but you can leave a message..." "I'm kind of hungry." "Who'll you leave your cards to?" "Don't go that way, you'll wake the kids." "We have an animal that goes in water..." " In lakes..." " A swan." "Hold tough, Sara." "Relax, you're holding out..." "You're leaving?" " Yes, it's an emergency." " Of course..." " Want some nougat candy?" " No!" " Say bye to mom at least!" " No, I have to run." "What'll it take?" " Are you in Rome?" " Yes, for a few days." " See you." " Will you call me?" "Promise?" " Yes." " Are you sure?" "What?" "...the winner is "the cat"!" " What do we say when you win?" " "Long live the market!"" "I'm not home, but you can leave a message..." "Good evening, Rome Police Headquarters please." "Let's see what's happening elsewhere..." "We'll get ready to toast." "There are three pretty girls." "Happy New Year!" "Happy New Year." "This morning, in the chaos of the ambulance, the Police, a lovely girl arrived, with dark hair, and eyes..." " I don't remember her eyes." " It doesn't matter." "I never saw girls here before, he never brought any home." "I told him," ""A handsome boy like you without a girlfriend?"" "Continue, please." "This girl arrived and asked for your brother." "As I was telling her what happened, she didn't shout or cry, she ran away." " Maybe you know her." " No." "So good, so kind, so... gentlemanly!" " Thank you." " I'm sorry." "Listen, you're going to think I'm crazy but I have to tell you," "I don't think your brotherjumped, I think he was pushed..." "That's nonsense!" "Take her downstairs please." "Will your brother come to identify the body?" "No, I will." "Are you sure?" "You stay with mom." "Please, stay with mom." "Mom, it's time to go." "All these books..." "Get some bags, we'll take the books out of here." "We can't take them with us now." "Tomorrow." "I'll handle it." "Only a few." "I should've been the one to understand, but I didn't understand a thing." "Maybe that's not true, maybe I understood, but..." "Like with Giulia." "I could have stopped her." "In front of that same door." "He turned around, looked at me." "And I... closed the door and erased everything." "Now, there's nothing left." "The stairs to his house, sawdust on the ground, nothing, books on the ground, the porter..." "I should have stopped them." "I loved them both, but I wasn't capable of imprisoning them with this love." "It was my idea of freedom." "I thought everyone had a right to live as they pleased." "But what freedom is death?" "Did it happen?" "Did it really happen?" "I don't believe it." "I understand it happened when I look at mom." "Luckily, you're with her." "Not for long, I asked to be transferred to Sicily." " Sicily?" " They need people." "No one wants to go." "I still have a postcard you sent me from the North Cape in '66." "It was written in Norwegian." "The translation underneath said:" ""Everything that exists is beautiful"." "With three exclamation points." "Do you still believe that?" "I don't believe in exclamation points anymore." "Listen, Giulia's in Rome," "I'm meeting her tomorrow morning." "She wants to see Sara, she's expecting Francesca to bring her." " But I decided to go instead." " I won't listen." "Then I'll repeat it, Giulia wants to see Sara." " Shut up!" " Not this time!" "The appointment is at 10:00 at the Coliseum." "What do you expect me to do?" "You think it's easy for me to ask you to capture her and slam her in a prison?" "What should I do?" "Wait for her to kill someone?" "Or for her to get killed?" "Dr Carati?" "Giorgia wants to talk to you." "Tell her I can't now." "Francesca?" "Bring her here, I'll wait." "How do I tell her?" "How do I?" "Come on." "Be strong." "I have to tell you something... bad that happened." "I had Giulia locked up." "I thought that it was best, especially for her." "She had made that... choice and I believe ...it's better this way" "There's another bad thing I have to tell you." "You force my thought to wander on paths towards the eternal void" "All the while, these evil times fleet by, bearing away the horde of cares consuming time and me." "As I contemplate your peace, the soul of the warrior roaring within me sleeps." "Should I comment on it?" "Should I comment?" "The sonnet "To the Evening"" "is one of Foscolo's most inspired poems." "It contains the greatest onomatopoetic verse in poetry:" ""The soul of the warrior roaring within me sleeps."" "It's onomatopoetic because it's full of "w" and "r" sounds." "It's as if we can hear the poet's soul roaring." "Take your seat." "Go ahead." " How are they doing in French?" " Well." "They informed your wife." "She's not my wife, we're not married." " She wants to stay in her cell." " Tell her Sara's here." "And that I won't leave until she comes out." "Fine." "Where's Sara?" "Outside, with Giovanna." "I'll let her in now." "But first I want to talk to you." "I won't leave you alone, you're in here, but I..." "I can't hear you." "Remember when you were pregnant with Sara?" "Our discussions." "We said: "Maybe it's a formality."" "But I don't think it is." "I want you to be my wife." "Did you hear me?" "I want to marry you." "Please!" "I want you to marry me," "I'm asking for your hand." "Please!" "Now you listen." "I don't want you or Sara to come here again." "Don't write me, leave me alone." " See Sara at least!" " I can't see her." " Yes, you can!" " I don't want to!" "She wants to see you!" "She can't remember your face, she was 4 years old!" "You will see her now!" "Please, Giulia." " I can't do it." " Yes, you can." "You can do it." "Come on." "In a few minutes, okay?" "So she can't tell you've cried." "Okay?" "Honey, look at me." "You're so big!" "Honey, look at me." "Didn't you have blonde hair?" "They'll turn blonde again." "Maximum Security Prison" "Spring 1992" "Monfalco, you've got mail." ""My love," "I'm sending you something only you can read."" "Return this to the sender, I don't want it." "Go, Sara!" "See this?" "I won it at a swim meet in 1964." "I give it to you, so you'll have one at least." "Are you mocking me?" "I wanted my own," "I was supposed to win." "I always beat her in practice." "Eat." "I'm going to Milan tomorrow, will you go to Alessia's?" " What for?" " A psychiatric evaluation." "A guy who attempted suicide in jail." "Who is he?" "The manager of a public company." "The defense requested his release, they say he's going crazy in there." "First they steal, then they cry." "What do you know?" "He's fine where he is, he should've thought of it before." "Why are you so severe?" "I can't stand people who cause problems then don't pay up." "Why aren't you asking what I'm thinking?" "Because I know." "I know when you're thinking of your mom." "The others didn't have kids, they could do what they wanted, she wasn't." "Your mom knows that, she feels guilty for everything." "I should hope so." " She didn't kill anyone." " You stopped her!" "She won't see me, she can't take it." "Fine, what do I care!" "And you?" "You write and she doesn't respond, she won't even see you." "You upset me more than her!" " What should I do then?" " Find a new woman!" "My friends adore you!" " Don't you like Alessia?" " What are you talking about?" "You have gotten older, though." "You're getting a pot belly, you should watch out." "Are you still in love with her?" "I don't think so." "I think so, I read your last letter..." " You shouldn't have..." " I didn't mean to, it was there!" "I could tell you still think of her, but I don't want you to." "If you don't mind, I'll decide for myself, okay?" "Fine, sorry." "So, was that a fight?" "No, you and I can't fight." "Why?" "Because I love you too much." "You don't say that often." "I don't say lots of things." "Like what?" "Like, I'm moving to Rome." "With Francesca and Carlo," "I want to go to restoration school." "Depends on if they agree." "They agree." "Will you be upset if I leave?" "Yes." "I knew it, but I'm going anyway." "Idiot." "You can't talk or won't talk?" "The Court asked my opinion and your lawyer agreed." "Do you agree with this decision?" "Just say yes or no." "You have a daughter." "So do I." "When you have kids, the shame ofjail is unbearable." "Yet, they are stronger than us, kids are too full of life, too full of people to love to be disheartened by what happens to their fathers." "Or mothers." "Are you here to declare I'm insane?" "That would be convenient for your lawyer." "My wife and daughter don't know the truth, and neither did I until yesterday." "You didn't know you'd committed illegal acts?" "You work in a hospital, right?" "I'm sure there are companies that pay you commission, 5, 10 percent, that's standard." "I can't believe you've never noticed?" "Or maybe it did occur to you, but you turned your head the other way, like millions of Italians." "One day, a judge arrives and says these commissions are called "kickbacks", and that under-the-table political funding is illegal." "And that I'm a thief." "Great news!" "A poor guy who robs an apple isn't the only one in jail nowaday" "Now there's justice." "But they forgot how they used to line up to give us money, in exchange for all the favors they asked of us." "Now they want to change the world." "Believe me, nothing is happening, it's all fake." "They only wanted idiots like me, who got caught, but the others keep stealing, just like before." "That's Italy." "I didn't make it and neither did you." "It's the Italy our fathers created, believe me." "No, not my father." "Believe me." "Your father was a good person, of course." "You like being a good person too, right?" " Do you have a catalogue?" " Certainly." "Here you go." " Are the photos for sale?" " Most of them." " Most of them?" " I mean..." "For example, the one from the poster isn't." "Where was he?" "What was he doing?" "Did you ask?" "No, the photographer wasn't there." "Here's the name, it's a woman." "Mirella Uta..." "For her, maybe." "What?" "The eyes, maybe they're for her." "I wonder who she is, when she met Matteo," "what she knows about him." "What could she know?" "She probably saw him on the street and shot it." "No." "She spoke to him." "If you like it, you can have it." "Yes." "I want you to meet her." "Who?" "Her, Mirella." "I want you to talk to her." "Why should I search for her?" "Because I said so and you'll do it." "I don't do everything you ask me, just what seems right." "Are you offended?" "Do you do everything I ask you?" "How long have I been asking you to leave here?" "How long have I been asking you to go with Elda, Gina, there's an apartment, a room for you." " Do you listen to me?" " I'm fine here." "You think you're fine, but you're not at all." "To find out, you have to leave and see what's out there." "We've released them all, and you're still here." "You're not nice, like you were before, you're not even good." "You were good, but not anymore, you were nice, but not anymore." "Never mind fiscal protests, people who don't pay taxes." "They over-paid taxes!" "Excuse me, the train station police post?" "Down to the right." "Where were you going?" "To see the lady who took the photo." "Why?" "To talk to her." "I dealt with the Police, we can go now." "But I won't bring you back to the Institute." "No, Nicola." " I can't..." " Yes, you can!" "You can, you're already out." "You grabbed Marcello's jacket, now he's wondering:" ""Where's my jacket?"" "You took the tram, all by yourself." "You're already out." "I won't take you back in." "That's the house." " Are the others awake already?" " I think so." "Soon, a bus will come by and take some of them to work." "Do you think I'll be fine?" "You already are, don't you see?" "Thanks then." "Don't thank me," "Matteo convinced you to leave." "It was a gift from him." " Come visit often." " Often?" "Once in a while I'll come." "Come on, smile!" "This is an important day, aren't you happy?" "Go." " Come with me?" " No." "Grab your bag, ring the bell, and they'll open." " You take this." " No, I gave it to you." "The last page lists the photo titles." "Matteo's is number seven." " Hi, Giampiero." " Hi, Giorgia." "Se ven." ""Matteo when he was Nicola."" "Is there any way of contacting her?" "I see." "Thanks, goodbye." "I spoke to the agency, but she doesn't live in Milan." "She left for Palermo, to cover the massacre." "What?" "Judge Falcone has just been assassinated." "25-May-92" " Where are you going?" " I must see Judge Carati." " Not today." " I'm her brother, Nicola Carati." "Can't you see what's happening?" "Step back!" "Here is Rosaria, the widow of Vito Schifano." "She'd like... to speak also, she nears Cardinal Pappalardo." "Silence!" "In front of everyone, you must say that the Lord will punish them." "And even if they're in here, they will burn in hell." " We hope they convert." " You must say it!" "You too, asked them to convert." " Tell them to repent." " You asked them to also." "I haven't lost faith, Father." "When they repent, they will be forgiven." "People outside realize the coffins are coming out." "They are crowding each other, to pay homage" "to Giovanni Falcone," "Francesca Morvillo, Antonio Montinaro," "Vito Schifano, Rocco di Cillo." ""For me, life has the worth of a jacket button"," "Giovanni Falcone said." ""I'm a true Sicilian."" "Wait here, thanks." "I knew you were in Palermo, but these are difficult days." "I caught a glimpse of you this morning, but couldn't get near." "I'm tired." "We all are, we don't know where to start from." "I'd like to stick my head in the sand." "Not your style." "What are you doing here?" "I have to meet a person, want to get dinner?" "No, I can't even bring you home." "We have a half hour and must stay here." " How's mom?" "Francesca?" " I haven't been to Rome lately." " Sara?" " She's become beautiful." "She always was." "And you?" "And you?" "I'm the judge, I'll ask the questions." "Thanks for calling." "Yes." "Fine, tomorrow." "Where?" "Fine, goodbye." "It's not what you think." "We pledge to educate our children to respect others." "We pledge to the sense of duty." "We pledge to the sense ofjustice." "We pledge to not follow present-day immorality." "We pledge to not say please for what is rightfully ours." "We pledge to resist mafia pressure." "We pledge to not forget Giovanni Falcone." "We pledge to not forget those who died fighting the mafia." "We pledge to remember them as our relatives, fallen for us." "We pledge to love each other as brothers." "We pledge to defend our love with the force of example." "Sorry for keeping you, I have to develop them immediately." "Then we'll talk." "Aren't you getting bored?" "I took that photo here." "Right in this spot." "It was different, there were orange tablecloths." "Had you known him long?" "Five minutes." "He told me his name was Nicola, then in Rome, he..." "I don't know why he didn't tell me his real name." "I figured it out alone." "I found out the last day, when..." "I left the next morning," "I went back home." "I wanted to return to the island, in peace and quiet." "So you saw him in Rome?" "Yes." "Shortly before..." "Sorry." "I can't." "Neither can I." "I still can't talk to anyone about it." "I'm sorry." "I have to leave soon." "How can you live on an island with your kind ofjob?" "I don't work much." "Just enough, when necessary." "When there are important things, like in these days." "Going back to Turin?" "Yes, tonight." " Going home to my daughter." " You have a daughter?" "Yes." "Her name's Sara, she's 18, she'll start restoration school next year." "She's big!" "Yes." "Do you have kids?" "Yes, one." "He's seven and a half, he'll be starting the third grade." "His name is Andrea, and he's handsome like Matteo was." " Good morning!" " Good morning." " Can I help you?" " No thank you, signore." "Signore?" "Nicola!" "Mom, you look like an old lady!" "I am an old lady!" " Why is it so dark?" " The light bothers me." "Seems like a catacomb, it's a morgue!" "I don't feel like opening and closing now that Giovanna's gone." "I'll do it." " Open, light!" " Don't cause ruckus." "It's a lovely day!" " No, I beg you..." " What sunshine!" "I have to tell you something, a wonderful thing." "About Matteo." "One of those unpredictable things he would do." "He met a woman in Palermo and got involved with her." " Involved?" " Yes, romantically." "She had a child, he was born when Matteo was gone." "His name is Andrea, and I think he'd be thrilled to meet his grandmother." "A child?" "Yes, a child." "There's a train for Naples in an hour, then we'll take the ferry and arrive in Sicily tomorrow." "Hold on." "What?" "Want some water?" "I... can't." " I'm not ready." " What do you mean?" " How do you know it's true?" " It's true!" "I saw him." "Why didn't she ever come by?" "Why didn't she write?" "Why do bad things seem natural, but not good things?" "Let's go." "Let's go, come on." "Let's go, mom." "Do you know Sara wants to move in with Carlo and Francesca?" " Yes, we talked about it." " Oh really?" "Everyone talked about it and I'm the last to know!" " Were you upset?" " No, go figure." "I understand her." "Sara needs to live with a good mother like Francesca." "Thanks." "For what?" "For never being jealous of your siblings." "There was someone I was jealous of..." " Who?" " Your students." " You were jealous of them?" " Yes, of them." "You took them to museums, you brought them home, seemed you loved them more than us." "I had to make up for their families, their parents barely even spoke to them." "So you did." "I did." "But I should have spoken more with you all." "Mama, it's fine." "Don't make that ugly face!" "Don't be stupid." "How did you adjust to Rome?" "I loved it right away." " That decrepit, ruined feel..." " Putrescent, mephitic!" "Those people who seemed so cynical, rude, but instead are full of irony." " Know how I met dad?" " No." "At the Campo de' Fiori market." "In those days, he trafficked vegetables, he brought them from Naples, one of his usual schemes..." "He was at an orange stand, with a sign saying:" ""Spanish Oranges"" "I asked:" ""Are they really Spanish?"" "He said:" ""Can't you hear the castanets?"" " And what did you do?" " Nothing..." "I bought the oranges and I married him." "Andrea, they're here." "Hello." "And?" "Hello, grandma." " Hello, uncle!" " Grandma said hello." "If you cry, I'll sock you." "I think they like each other." "Yes." "I wanted to say... thank you." " For what?" " For letting us come." " It's only normal." " You could've said no." "Oh please!" " Where do you go to school?" " There." " Is middle school there too?" " No, on Lipari." " Where's Lipari?" " There, it doesn't have a volcano." " Are you afraid of volcanoes?" " No." " What are you afraid of?" " Nothing!" "Lucky you, I'm afraid of tons of things." " I was afraid to come here." " Afraid of the water?" "Yes." " Because you can't swim?" " Maybe that's why." "It's easy, I'll teach you." ""He spoke of the faith which he had never abandoned, not even when he was on the brink of desperation." "Faith which derives from the knowledge of men and things." "He continued, as if speaking to himself about his immense courage and his resourcefulness in all situations" "It was all so clear..."" "Keep reading!" ""It was all so clear in his mind, his tone of voice never changed."" "These are photos of Matteo." "I can't look at them anymore." "I tried occasionally, but my hands trembled." "You keep them." "One day Andrea may want to see what his father was like as a child." "Let's look at them together?" "Bye." "Thanks for everything." "See you soon." "Mom, let's go." "I'll miss your eyes so much." "If you cry, I'll sock you." "Don't get on my nerves, I'll sock you!" "Why don't you stay?" "What?" "There's plenty of room, I'd love to have you." " So would Andrea, right?" " Stay, grandma!" "Stay, you heard him." " I don't have my stuff..." " You have plenty." "Whatever you need, Francesca will send you." " Think so?" " Of course." "Can't you hear the castanets?" "Can't you hear the castanets?" "Yes mom, I'm covering everything." "What'll I do with all the hats?" "I'll keep them." "No, I didn't pack your flowered dress." "Hold on, because she wants..." "Talk to her." "Hello, grandma." "Fine." "I'm learning to speak Roman dialect!" "How are you?" "Granny, do you really need the flowered dress?" "See, it's back in style..." "It's very old-lady when you wear it..." "But it makes you look older than you are!" "It does the opposite for me, even Francesca said so!" " Talk to her." " It looks great on her!" "Really, it reminds me..." "Remember that photo of you and dad in Capri?" " All set?" " Yes." "Are you sure it looks good on me?" "Perfect, it's beautiful." "It'd be better with high heels, right?" "But I can't figure out how to walk in them." "Let's hurry up and go pick up the kids." " Can I drive?" " I'd rather you didn't." " Come on, just once!" " No, I don't want you to." "I like this place." "It needs a lot of work." "But it's nice." "They better treat you well, I'll talk to the owner." "You talk to him." "How long does this break last?" "Ma'am, slavery's been gone since Lincoln's times!" "Hear that?" "They're just dying to work." "Less talk, more work." "Got it?" "You've taught him well, haven't you Ma'am?" "Tuscany, Val d'Orcia Spring 1995" "A minute of silence before this poetic sight." "What do you think?" "What's with the long faces, it's the most beautiful place." " The view is spectacular." " At least that!" " Is this it?" " It's made of clay!" "It's a wreck!" "Guys, a bit of imagination and fantasy..." "Men of little faith and imagination, come here." "A few brilliant solutions, now." "Brilliant my foot, have you seen these cracks?" "My hand fits in them!" " It has to be reinforced." " But it has structural cracks!" "But I called you, "Micavi Construction"!" "If you have to reinforce it all on top of the clay..." "Herring bone, red brick, like Siena." " Always complaining!" " Why?" "You made the big bucks." " You've become a boss, right?" " I have debts, not money!" "Bosses always complain, same old story." "Stop calling me boss." "Boss, the window placement is fine." "I'd use some anodized aluminum windows..." " No aluminum!" " Don't say aluminum to him..." "Kitchen, a world wonder." "Francesca wants a big one." "Look at that fireplace, it's fantastic." "Here we can put a bathroom." "Here, the kids' room..." "Make sure each room has its own bathroom." "Here, another studio, or something." "Brainstorm a bit." "Here's the problem, we've got tanks here, and I don't know if we should keep them." " What do you think?" " That's no problem." "But we have to make a loose stone foundation here..." "Floors with original, handmade terra cotta tiles." "Know how much they cost?" "I said I want handmade, original ones, got it?" "Micavi, here's the official question." "Micavi Construction, are you up to it?" "Look at that." "Do I feel up to it?" "Depends, if you ask me with the proper respect, maybe we can help you." "Bring the wood, I'm starving!" "Hold on." "You're using a boss-like tone!" "There's a guy who's buzzing around Sara." "Francesca told me." " Have you seen him?" " He comes over every day." " Every day?" " Every..." "He picks her up in the morning for school, then he brings her home..." "So he brings her home..." " Sure he brings her home." " Good thing!" "Is he a good guy, trustworthy?" "Yes..." "Like we were at his age." "Gee thanks, I feel much better now." " He'll be a grandfather soon!" " Don't provoke me." " Where will we put grandpa?" " No provocations!" "Come on, we're hungry." " We have to make a fire." " Carlo, get some newspaper." " My newspapers?" " Grab one!" "Giulia, where are you?" "She'll be back later, she's at restauration school." " Can I leave it here a second?" " Just a second, though." "Be right back." " Want me to call her?" " No." "Why don't you come over?" "No, I have to leave." " Who is that?" " Mimmo, her boyfriend." " I have to go." " Wait." " Don't tell Sara you saw me." " Why?" " Please." " I'll drive you." "Stay." "I'll drive you." "Stay here." "Don't block his actions, or you'll make them seem senseless." "Maybe they have a sense for him." "I understand, but it seems impossible." "Nothing is impossible." "I don't know what to do anymore." "You have to try to understand that sense." "Like deciphering hieroglyphics." "We understood those eventually, right?" "We'll have our regular meeting, can you call the others?" "Inside?" "No, let's have it under that tree." "Dear kids, let's see if you can guess this animal." "My assistant Giacomo will perform his mime act." "Very peculiar." "This is a very difficult animal and Giacomo is performing with his great mime talent." " Lizard!" " No, but close." "It's an animal that slithers." " Snake!" " No." " It's long..." " It slithers, it's not a serpent." " Snail!" " It's not a snail." "It's not poisonous." "It's very "smooth"." " It's very smooth, so it's a..." " Grass snake." "Good!" "Our Giacomo, after his success in Monaco, Paris, London, will perform his last mime act." "This is really tough." " A hare!" " No." " Want the mail in your office?" " No, I'll read it here." "The mail's here..." "Electric bill, postcard from Giorgia, then there's a letter..." "It's a mistake, the letter is for Doctor Nicola Carati." " Who is he?" " It's you!" " Me?" " Yes." "Right, I always forget!" " Giacomo, you read it." " Can't you read?" "Now, he'll show you all he can read too." "I'll open it, it's a special kind of glue." "Done." "You read it." "Out loud." "Quiet, it's an important letter!" ""Dear Nicola," "I would have preferred to not have written..." "...this..." "letter." "Your mother... has passed away." "She didn't suffer, she slowly fell... into a deep sleep..." "I'm writing you... only now because... she made me..." "...promise... that when... it happened," "I wouldn't have..." "...disturbed... anyone." "Kisses, see you soon." "Mirella."" "Good Giacomo, you read well." "Is my father buried near the sea?" "Not really." "You should bring him here, near the sea." "That's true," "I'll bring him here, I promise." "What was he like?" "Him?" "Like Achilles, know who that is?" "Grandma told you, right?" "He was brave and sad like him, because he knew the gods would take him back." "You know how gods are, right?" "The best, the ones they love most, first they send them to earth, then they take them back." "But first they allow them to leave a mark, so we can't forget them." "You are that mark." "When you were looking at the atlas before, you reminded me of him." "A long time ago, we looked at it too because we wanted to take a trip." "We were supposed to go to a distant land where there was nothing but the sea." "That place is the North Cape." "Where is it?" "There." "Did you go?" "I tried, but didn't get there, I stopped short." "Your father wanted to go too, but then he changed his mind." "The gods were calling him." "Yes, the gods were calling him." " Why don't you stay?" " I have to leave tonight." "The kids have to get blood tests tomorrow morning." " I don't want to go though." " Then stay!" "I'll take you to France, Greece, or Africa, wherever you want." "Choose." "Do we have to wait 3 years to meet again?" "Certainly not." "I like seeing you and Andrea..." "Spring 2000" "Nice, isn't it?" "Nice?" "It's sublime!" "It's paradise, we told him right away." "I said: "Make your house here"." " Remember he didn't want to?" " We had to insist!" "Then we convinced him." "What an orchard!" " Is it new?" " Yes, there are palm trees too." " In front?" " Yes, there." "They're small, it's still early..." "You got rich off of this project, huh?" "Off of a friend?" "You never get rich off of friends." "In your heart, soul, and spirit..." "In the spirit of giving without receiving." "They're driving me nuts, your sister's worse than he is." "Watch what you say about my sister!" "You'll have a bad end." "She wants a darker roof tile or it won't match..." " She has her reasons I'm sure." " Precise reasons, but..." "Your car is struggling." "It's getting old, like us." "Is no one here?" "Note, please note the craftsmanship." "An absolute treasure." " The garden." " My favorite spot." "Very Japanese..." " Your daughter's getting married?" " Yes." "Are you happy?" "Yes." "Did he come ask your permission?" "He asked for the authorization, with great respect." "I granted it, because he's a good guy." "I'd make him get a hair cut." "You're right." "What space, what a treasure..." "A fine job, a fine craftsman." "You're like Brunelleschi, Leon Battista Alberti." "All this will be yours one day." "Thanks." "Let's go for a swim." " A swim?" " Did you bring a bathing suit?" " Did you see my belly?" " Wear a one-piece." "I only have a thong..." " I'm glad you came." " So are we." " This place is beautiful." " I wanted you to see it." " Is everything okay?" " Yes, and you?" "Fine..." "Are you glad your daughter's getting married?" "Yes, very." "Are you happy?" "Is everything okay?" "Yes." "Good thing." " I'll go chat with your son." " I'll leave you alone together." " See you later." " Yes." "So?" " How's it going?" " Dunno." "Nice response, concise, succinct." "That beard?" " Are you growing it?" " What looks better?" "Point is, if the girl you like likes beards." "I don't know." "Just ask her." "What's she like?" "Cute?" " Very." " Have you told her?" "It's not easy." "I know, but you have to do it." "First you tell her she's cute, then say you're cute too." " What are you saying?" " You're cute!" "We have to figure out if you're cuter with or without the beard." "Is she playful?" "No." " We'll go to plan B then." " Do I jump her?" "Could I ever say a thing like that to my nephew?" "What's her name?" " Ermione." " Ermione?" " Jump on her." " I can't." "I know!" " Let me go." " I won't let go!" "Here's the happy couple." " What curls!" " Dad, leave him alone." "I won't touch him." "I need to talk to you." ""Sara, my love, I work in an archive in Florence." "The other day, I found a photo from 1966," "I thought you'd like to see how your dad and mom were." "You were born from the love of two happy people, the sad thing that happened, happened after and didn't regard you." "I'm trying to start over, far from everyone." "I know I'm a troublesome presence," "I try to not bother anyone."" "It's from 2 days ago." "It's you and mom, right?" "Yes." "In Florence, in '66." "What should I do?" "Depends on how strong you feel." "Are you happy?" "Of course!" "Well, then now is the time to be generous." "IN THIS LIBRARY AND ELSEWHERE IN FLORENCE" "NUMEROUS ITALIAN AND FOREIGN YOUNG PEOPLE" "CAME TO HELP WITH THE MUD" "FOLLOWING THE FLOOD OF NOVEMBER 4, 1966" "Mom?" "Giulia!" "Mom, do you have a bed?" "I have mine, but it's small." "We'll squeeze in." "I'll stay over, I don't feel like driving..." "Can you take our photo, please?" "Heads together, good..." "Let's go look for something for my new house." "Where should we go?" "There are lots of things." "This could be a bread basket, but it's dull." "These are decent as plates." "These as trivets..." "Something more colorful, more unusual?" "What is it?" "It's a frame for making hats." "Can we take a look around?" "This is "The Maestro of Santo Spirito"." "Two brothers made it, sons of Domenico del Mazziere, Agnolo and Donnino." "But Donnino was more talented, in my opinion," "I think he painted the child." "See how he is..." "This is beautiful," ""The Maestro of the Conversation of Santo Spirito"." "This is one of the best works by Maso di Banco." "It's my favorite piece." "All these "Madonnas with Child"..." "Why do you like them so much?" "You're pregnant!" "I haven't told anyone yet." "Is there anything I can do for you?" "There is one thing." " What?" " Play for me." " Where, how?" " There's an organ." "I haven't played in ages, I can't." "Plus we need to ask the priest for permission." "Never mind." "The one thing I ask of you, and you won't do it because you have to ask the priest permission?" "You wanted to overturn the world and now you have to ask permission?" "Okay, time for... bed." "Last shot?" "I'm in a coma." "I don't drink." "Help me, we need a crane." "Easy!" "Slowly." "Watch out." "This way." "By the way, you... should understand something a bit better." " Should I say it?" " Say it." "I'll say it." "Stop seeing your brother Matteo as an obstacle, because if you both keep thinking of him as such, you'll end up hating him." "Are you drunk?" "Yes, good night." "By the way... by the way." "So you're not coming to the wedding?" "No," "I'll come to your new place when the baby's born." "Promise?" "You always wear them." "My sunglasses?" "You're prettier without them." " Bye." " Bye, honey." "Good morning." "Coffee?" "Yes, thanks." "Did you already have breakfast?" "Yes." "Milk?" "Yes, thanks" "You slept in your clothes?" "I didn't sleep at all." "Are you worried about something?" "No." "Sara?" "Not at all." "That time on the boat, I wanted to kiss you." "Me too." "Norway Spring 2003" "Dear uncle, or maybe I should call you dad..." "Dear Nicola, we finally got here." "I feel like I recognize the places you told me about when I was a kid," "but maybe it's just suggestion." "It's great doing things with the people you love, even if Ermione constantly changes plans." "Are all women like this?" "I convinced her to take a mail boat heading to the North Cape." "She's scared stiff, but we'll save three days this way." "I watch the midnight sun sink towards the horizon, then it stops and doesn't enter the sea." "I think of my father, mother, and you, how you've always said that everything is beautiful." "I think you were right, everything is truly beautiful." ""The End""