"100 YEARS OF LOVE" "THE GARIBALDI GIRL" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Forward!" " Wait for the order." "Forward, now!" "Forward!" "Forward!" "Long live Italy!" "Excommunicated outlaws!" "If I weren't wearing this, I'd show you!" "Hey!" "Well?" "Where were we?" "Woe is us!" "Maria!" "Where's Maria?" "Maria, where are you?" " Here I am." "Well?" " Uncle.." "Here I am." " Where were you?" "What were you doing?" "Praying." "My girl, pray with us!" "We need to unite our force, not waste it!" "Kneel down." "Blessed Virgin!" "Quiet!" "Listen!" "They're here!" "They're coming!" "They won!" "What do you mean they won?" "Four wretches without any military art or divine protection couldn't possibly win!" "See, this is General Garibaldi's work!" "General?" "Who named him general?" "Where did he study?" "If he's a general, I'm a bishop!" "Nobody worry!" "You get under the arch, over here!" "We at Monterotondo will never see the red shirts here, I'm sure!" "Breechloaders!" "A far cry from our junk!" "With these, Rico, we'll take Rome!" " Giuseppe!" "Yes, Sir!" "Are your men ready to leave?" " Yes, Sir." "Good, Corporal Urbani will take command of the platoon." "Yes, you stay here and set up an observation post." "Leave the gun, you won't need it, but your comrades will who are going to Rome." "That's it." " Yes, Sir." "Come with me and take this." "Me?" " Yes, you!" "Obey!" "March!" "Look here.." " And no grumbling!" "What's happening?" " What will we do?" "Well.. what do we do?" "When someone knocks, we open it, don't we?" "Go and open it." "First, we must look through the peephole and see who's knocking." "That's why we have a.. peephole." "More vagabonds!" "The road to the North is that way." "Goodbye." " Knock it off, priest." "Were Garibaldi's soldiers." "Garibaldi?" "Never heard of him." "What do you want?" " The house!" "Sorry to bother you, Reverend, but we have an order of requisition." "We need to set up an observation post." "You'll have to make do with the attic." "You're not coming in here." "The key!" "Here." "And don't touch the pigeons." "They've been counted!" "Observation post!" "What manners!" "Rico, are you bewitched?" "What are you doing?" " But I.." "Garibaldi was there." " Yeah, fine." "We'll put up the sypglass, so at least we'll have the consolation of seeing our guys go to Rome." "What are you looking at?" " Don't know?" "Was I?" "Your eyes were glued to the ceiling." " I didn't realize it." "Why, is it a sin?" " Yes, a betrayal!" "Maria, listen to me." "And you too, Nunziata." "We don't exist." "There's nobody here." "Listen to what I say:" "We saw them come and live only to see them go, understand?" "You must listen to me well:" "We're three dumb witnesses, three things, three objects." "We're three chairs." "But Uncle.." " Shut up!" "What do you know?" "Those Garibaldini, with red rags on their backs, may bewitch the naive, but not me!" "But unc.." " I said shut up!" "This is not about Italy." "That's just an excuse!" "This is the eternal struggle between good and evil, the devil and holy water." "And we're on the side of holy water!" "Though unworthy." "Remember yourself!" " What?" "Aren't the Garibaldini Christians?" "Christians?" "They're bandits, adventurers, thieves!" " No!" "Yes, thieves!" "Oh, God!" "The vestments in the church!" "The treasure of San Rocco!" "Those criminals will steal everything!" "It just takes.." "You, don't move!" "Oh, God!" "He forgot the keys of the vestry!" "Reverend, the keys!" "Don't move, Maria, please!" "Reverend!" "Unearth the tombs!" "Let the dead rise!" "All of our martyrs are resurrected!" "With swords in your hands, laurels on your brows!" "They already march forth with the name of Italy in their hearts!" "Let's come, let's come, onward, o youth in a file!" "Onward, with our flags in the wind!" "Onward, all in sheepskin, all with the fire of Italy in their hearts!" "Get out of Italy!" "Get out, foreigners!" "Are you crazy?" "Go away or I'll scream!" "Don't be afraid, it's me." "Listen to me for just a minute." "I heard your voice, your words.." "and I couldn't resist." "Forgive me, I did it.." "because of Garibaldi." "Garibaldi?" "If it weren't for him, we would've never met." "Go away." " One moment." "May I.." "May I ask your name?" " Maria." "My name is Enrico Adamoli." "I just turned 19 years old." "And you?" "I'm.. almost 17, Mr. Adamoli." "Call me Rico." " I'll do no such thing." "Go away!" "As you wish." " Hey.." "Listen.." " Yes?" "Have you ever seen Garibaldi up close?" " And how!" "I even spoke to him." "Does he look like this?" " No, he's much better looking!" "Watch out, Rico!" "I just noticed his Eminence returning." "It's your uncle!" "Goodbye, Maria." "Holiness!" "You really mustn't allow this." "They're already in Monterotondo and now they're going to Rome." "To you!" "To Rome!" "Holy Father, listen to a poor priest:" "Smite them!" "Scatter them!" "Sorry, if I dare to speak so, but Rome is Rome, eh?" "What other lies are you writing to that poor woman, your mother?" "I see you were educated by priests!" "Knock it off!" " What do you want?" "I can't stand priests!" "Garibaldi was always against them:" "In America, in '49, in Trentino, Sicily." "There was a priest among those hanged at Belfiore." "Know that in Italy, there's a misunderstanding." "As soon as Garibaldi takes Rome, all'll be clear, you'll see." "Yeah, you say that 'cause you've studied, but you don't know the priests." "You see how they treat us here?" "At Rome, it'll be the same." "Rome will rebel!" " Yeah!" "I'd like to see that myself!" "You'll see!" "In a few days, we'll be at Rome." "Got it?" "At Rome." "At Rome!" "Rico!" "My God, what happened?" "Maria!" "Nunziata!" "Rico!" " Don't move!" "Come down here, you wretch!" "Nunziata!" "NUNZIATA!" "Holy Madonna!" " Blessed Virgin, he's dead!" "Boy!" "He's really dead." "Right here!" "Now what will we do?" "Open the door!" "Rico!" "What have you done?" "Rico!" "He's passed out." " Thanks be to heaven.." "that it didn't take out my eye!" "Give me a hand." "We must put him on a bed." "Quickly!" " Easy to say!" "There." " In my room." " No, no!" "In my room." "Be quicker!" "I'm barefoot and there's rubble." "Always in a hurry!" " Let's go!" "Aren't you putting him down?" " I don't know how.." "Look out!" " My arm is stuck under him!" "What's the matter, you shout so?" "Take you shoe off my foot!" "Sorry." " Don't mention it." "Damn it!" "We need a doctor." "He only comes here on Sundays." "And in these times, you can imagine." "What a place!" " You didn't have to come here!" "If you'd like, there is something that'd might suit you." "The veterinarian." " Where is he?" "Behind us, the door with the columns but.." "who knows if he'll come." " Leave it to me!" "Mama.." "Just look at this:" "They're sending kids to war!" "Mama!" " Call for mama?" "Call for Garibaldi!" "Let him rest, there's nothing else to do." "Well?" " He broke his arm, fractured two ribs and then hit his head here." "Fine, but tell me how his condition is?" "How is he doing?" "You ask me as a subject of His Holiness or as a physician?" "I ask you as the one who tended him." " Then I can assure you, we're fine." "He's getting better?" " No, worse!" "The fever is rising, a cerebral concussion." "It'll be a miracle if he makes it to morning." "Then it's serious?" " No.. well, my God, yes." "A horse in that condition would be shot." "For a Christian, we'd call a priest." "For a real Christian." "Right, Don Pietro?" "If God knows his own, they won't prevail!" "They won't win!" "Close the door." "What are you doing there?" "This is my room and.." "I need to get my things." "Hurry up and go." "I'm sorry, but I'm needed here." " What do you want to do?" "My duty." " But you'll take away his hope!" "Please." " No!" "The boy was entrusted to me." " By whom?" "His uncle, Colonel Adamoli." "And he's been entrusted to me by one is higher than generals." "Mama.." "Mama.." " Don't agitate yourself, my son." "Father Lucio.." "Don't tell.. mama.." "that you found me here." "Yes, don't worry." "Who is the father Lucio?" " The pastor of Bellagio." "He helped him to run away from home and come here." "A priest?" " He was like a father to him." "His father died at Calatafimi." "All with Garibaldi!" "Garibaldi!" "He won." "Rome is ours." "Father.." "Explain to mama.." "that we're not against the Pope." "Rome and Italy.." "are mother and daughter." "They can't remain divided." "Sure, my son, sure." "But now you must think of yourself." "You may be a good Garibaldini but you're also a good Catholic." "Now let's do together our duty." "Yes, Father." "Repeat after me:" "My God.." " My God.." "I repent with all my heart.." " With all my heart.." "..my sins." "I hate and detest them, which offended your infinite majesty." "Infinite.." "His situation is much improved." "Well.." "let's hope so." "It's incredible." "It was all your skill." " I only did my duty." "It's not my fault if.." " Is there still danger?" "No, I probably be in trouble when our guys come back." "Don't worry, you won't be seeing them anytime soon." " Wanna bet?" "You don't know Garibaldi, dirty Judas!" "Look, in my house, I don't permit that language." "Excuse me, but when I hear certain things, it makes my blood boil!" "Save it for future battles." " They'll have a hard time of it!" "We'll be there!" " Unfortunately." "You will not prevail!" "May I?" "Do you feel better?" " Yes, thank you, Maria." "What are you doing?" "How come you won't say my name?" "See, you mustn't tire yourself." "Maria.." " Drink up, it'll do you good." "You know what this reminds me of?" "When I was sick as a child." "My mother would bring me lemonade." "Up north, there aren't any oranges." " Up north where?" "Bellagio." " Where's that?" "Near Como." " So far away?" "Maria.." "I.." "I.." "I love you!" "Please, my uncle can come in." " I'll ask for your hand." "I'm a gentleman!" "Yes, dear but.. he'll say we can't have anything to do with the Piedmontese." "Why?" "Aren't we all Italians?" "Don't we speak the same language?" "Yes, dear, but he would say.." " Forget about him!" "I want to know you.." "what do you say?" "Maria!" "Maria." "Maria." "There, it's done!" "It's better than it was before." "Certainly, but you won't find such beautiful grapes where you live, eh?" "You're right, Reverend." "Certain wonders can only be made under the southern sun." "Listen!" "Didn't you hear gunfire?" "But no, you're always thinking about shooting." "Yet.." " Who knows when this war will end!" "Soon, Nunziata, soon." "Behind the war there are ideas, and the right ideas will win." "Forgive me, Reverend.." "has already won." "Now it's even in the hearts of our enemies." "Every young man feels that his children before being born in Rome or Milan will be born in Italy." "They'll all be Italian!" "Bravo!" " Why, before were we Turks?" "You people think you've discovered Italy." "The Holy Father has spoken of this a very long time before your Garibaldi." "Yeah, but he changed his mind." "Of course, with so many hotheads who want cause mayhem!" "Some things take time, patience, calm." "Of course." "Would you like to visit the Duomo of Milan, the Charterhouse of Pavia, the Holy Church in Padua?" "Yes, of course." "Then you need a passport." "because without a passport," "Italians in Italy cannot travel." "Well, I don't travel." "And if you wanted to visit a friend in Lombardy?" " I don't have any friends there." "A relative?" " My relatives are all here." "And if by chance tomorrow, a close relative of yours wanted to settle in.." "I don't know.." "in Bellagio, for example." "What would you do, Reverend?" "Don Pietro, maybe my request will seem rash, but I have the honor to ask the hand of your niece," "Miss Maria here present." "Bravo!" " Bravo, my foot!" "This is what you were planning?" "But, uncle.." " You go to your room!" "And as for you young man.." " Oh, God!" "What is it?" "Why do you flee?" " They attacked us by surprise." "We've redeployed!" "We must reach the general at Passo Corese!" "Hurry, Rico, we must leave!" "Can you walk?" " Of course, let's go." "Rico!" "I almost got killed!" "These criminals!" " Who?" "The papal guards, that's our guys." "You won't be able to go." " We'll defend ourselves here." "No, we've no advantage here, let's go!" " Wait a minute." "Wait." "There." "From this door you can go down to the caves." "From there, through a tunnel, you'll arrive at the woods." "From there, you'll get to Passo Corese." "I'll show you the way." "This way, Captain!" "This way!" "Come!" "Come, Captain!" "We're free, Don Pietro!" " The veterinarian!" " We're free!" "What do we do now?" "I'll have to stay here to give you time to get away." "Open up!" "Don't move." " I'll go with them." "You?" " Don't let her, Don Pietro." "She won't come back." "She'll come back, Don Pietro." "Go!" "Good luck, son." " Open!" " Be quick!" "Thanks, Reverend." "We'll meet again." "And we won't need any more secret doors." "Let's hope so." "Unfortunately, in Italy there'll always be somebody who needs to be hidden." "Good luck." "Open the door." "Stay calm." "At ease, smiling:" "like this." "Open." "That took a long time!" "Reverend!" "Good evening." " The Garibaldini?" "Garibaldini?" "What Garibaldini?" "There were lots of Garibaldini who came here, Captain." "They requisitioned, threatened.." "Give me patience." "But the most Catholic virtue is patience." "Am I right, Captain?" "But, sit down." "Nunziata, bring a nice bottle of wine.." " But where's the one from the ceiling?" "Ceiling?" "Is anything wrong with the ceiling?" "No, Don Pietro, the young man I was tending to for about a week." "Where's he?" "Tended to?" "Maybe a doctor, but not a veterinarian." " Enough, Reverend." "If you weren't a priest, I'd think you were stalling for time." "It's clear nobody came out there, so I have to search the house." "There are only three rooms, you see.." "Have them move the furniture." "You never know." "Hey, you!" " Uh.. wait a minute." "Let's not be dramatic, Captain." "You took Monterotondo, didn't you?" " Yes." "Then we won." "Who knows where those two poor wretches are!" "Sorry, but I must pursue them." " Captain.." "May I ask you a question?" "Are you Roman." " Yes." "From Borgo Pio." "Now then.." "would you pursue your uncle," "I don't know, you're cousin, a close relative?" "One who speaks our same language?" "Who has our same blood?" "But really, won't you sit?" "Nunziata, I told you to bring the wine, my girl, eh?" "Go and get it." "Please, Captain, have a seat." "But, Captain.." " Don't bother us." "Hey, take him away." "Away!" " Captain!" " Away!" "Captain!" "Now you're arresting me?" "Captain!" "It's a little dusty." "To your health." " To yours, Reverend." "And.. to Rome." " To Rome." "And to the Pope, of course." "Shall we meet tonight?" " Unfortunately no, Muriella." "Tomorrow then." " Tomorrow I'll be at the Quirinale, I'm in attendance." "For some time, you've been running from me, Giovanni." "Why?" "Running?" "You should know me, Muriella." "I'm always restless, always tormented." "In me there's a flame that only finds life in combustion." "Indeed, I have burnt myself completely in that flame." "But I don't regret it, I have loved you." "I will remain to you as a dear sister." " Oh, it'll be atrocious." "I'll suffer cruelly, but if you want it.." "I'll accept this condemnation." "The horn." "The dogs are already on the fox, shall we join the others?" "Harder, Gaspare!" "Harder!" "Harder!" "Finally!" "Whoever invented boots should have to wear them for a month, even at night." "Prepare my bath." "Ubaldo!" "You're still like that?" "We'll be late!" "Is it really necessary to go to Teodoli?" "I'm dead tired!" "Dear, you can rest tomorrow." " Yeah!" "Tomorrow, I have to see the notary, the administrator.." "What?" "And the charity event for children with hydrocephalus?" "With what?" " Hy-dro-ce-pha-lus!" "Ah, retards!" "Please, I'm not going!" "I'm always around big retards at the club," "I don't want to see the small ones too!" "Ubaldo, I'm on the committee, I can't miss it." " Get someone to go with you." "Like Giovanni Del Bagno for example." "Giovanni Del Bagno?" "He's in attendance at the Quirinale." "No, the audience at the Quirinale is Saturday." "Rather.." "he probably has one of his intrigues going on!" "With whom?" " Oh, go on!" "Don't tell me you don't know." "How should I know?" " Everybody knows." "With that Bice woman, the American." "The wife of that fool, Della Fratta." "And her husband?" " Ah, dear!" "If all betrayed husbands acted out tragedies, it'd be worse than the massacre of the Huguenots!" "What matters is that there's no scandal." "Wait for me here." " Good, ma'am." "Ma'am.." "Excuse me, I didn't recognize you." "The corset maker is out now." " Is there anybody in the house?" " Yes." "Yes, the workers." "If you need something, I can.." " No, thank you." " Me.." "Muriella, what a surprise." "I didn't hope to see you here again." " No doubt." "May I come in.." "or perhaps there's someone inside?" "No, come in, please." "You see?" "Here everything still speaks of you." "Your memory is always alive." "Oh, Muriella, how beautiful you are!" "I'm grateful for your kindness." "You don't deserve it, but I wanted to see you once again." "Dear.." " You don't know what I had to do to get here." "All of Rome was at the charity, I couldn't get away!" "And that imbecile.." " Your husband?" "No, the porter that's here." " Ah, Pendolin." "He never sees me without annoying me, you should talk to him." "He doesn't know that you come to me." "He's a ex-sergeant major, a Piedmontese." "His only fault is that he's too loyal.." "to his duty." "No, please.." "Do you feel bad?" "It's nothing, just my heart." "My poor crazed heart." "It's the sweetness of a dying autumn." "Even the roses feel it." "Do you remember our first meeting?" "When I grasped your hands, a bundle of red roses and" "I plunged my face in inhaling." "My face when upraised.." "was pale!" "And now these roses.." "only hide the grave of our love." "Be at least faithful with the flowers, Giovanni." "Pick others for Bice Della Fratta." "That's her!" "I'm not expecting anyone." " Really?" "Then go and open it." "But it might be somebody who knows you." " Open it!" "Who is it?" " Pendolin, the porter, at your orders!" "What do you want?" " Sir, the repairman is here." "You told me to have him come today and Pendolin never forgets anything." "My captain used to say, "Pendolin, you're a man.."" " Tell me another time." "Have him come tomorrow, I've a headache." " But you said today.." " Tomorrow." "Fine, I'll have him come tomorrow." " Yes." " My regards!" " Goodbye." "It was just Pendolin." " Who?" " The porter." "But this is an obsession!" "Giovanni, that man is a spy, I feel it!" "No, he thinks you go to the corset maker, doesn't even know your name." "Don't worry." "I don't know, I am worrying." "I want to leave!" "Don't try to stop me!" " If that's what you wish." "How compliant you are, Giovanni." "I understand." "You're anxious to send me away." "But I.." " Don't say anything more." "The Del Bagno hawk has seized his prey and has torn it apart." "Why did you make me come back here?" "And why did I yield to your insistence?" "Why am I so weak?" "Why?" " But.." "I don't know." "In you.." "I have spent my every passion." "But maybe there's still pity left." "And I have one last request for you, Giovanni." " Tell me." "Now that all is over, and our love is buried," "I'd like to find in my solitude, the comfort.." "even if it's a bitter comfort, is to reread the words.." " You want to keep my letters?" "Of course." "No.." "not yours," "I know yours aren't sincere." "Only in mine, could I find the dear, ardent memories of a time.." "that seems so far away now!" " No.." "You ripped from my heart, from the wound, its last bandage!" "But fine, as you wish." "Here they are." "They were ready!" "Your cynicism is icy, monstrous!" "You had already decided to dismiss me!" "Silence!" "Not even if I hated you, could I be capable of that!" "Here.." "here is yours!" "Burn them!" "The flame will be beautiful." "Careful." "Hello, Ma'am." "The corset maker just came back and I told her you were waiting." "Thanks." "Please call me a coach." " Immediately, Ma'am." "Coachman!" "Please, it's my duty." " Take it." " Thank you." "FISHING FOR CHARITY for hydrocephalitic children" "Excuse me, Ma'am, the lady lost this." "What lady?" " The one who just left." "Adalgisa, was there a lady here?" " No, no." "You're mistaken, Pendolin." "That's not possible." "I met her and saw her with my own eyes." "And you saw her enter here?" " No, but I know she came for you." "She's one of your customers." "She comes all the time." "And.. what did she lose?" " This." ""Fishing for charity." Rich people things." "Listen, Pendolin." "Ladies don't just get their corsets from me." "I'd have too many customers." "Try someone else." "What is it?" " Nothing, Mr. Pallini." "A lady lost this and I thought it came from the corset maker but no." "She was here often." "Haven't you ever met her?" "Me?" "Never." " She was a distinguished lady." "I don't know where she went." "I'll have to find out." "I know someone on the committee, leave it to them." "No, sorry, Mr. Pallini, but this is a delicate thing." "I found the ticket and it's my responsibility." "If you want, I can go to the committee with you." " No, maybe it's better not to go." "There isn't any name." "It's a case of an unknown." "Maybe she's a ghost." "Goodbye, Pendolin." "Goodbye, Mr. Pallini." "Sir, the ticket was sold by the duchess from Teleta." "This is the packet." " Ah, it's clear then, one of our patronesses." "Thank you, you may go." "And did you say she was fair?" " Yes, Sir." "Let's see." "It can't be Lady Francesca, she's a brunette." "The Baroness Randoli.." "No, she wears a wig." "These are older.." "Here we go." "Lady Muriella, the Countess of Luccoli." "I knew she was a great lady!" "Of course." "Perhaps it'd be better if we return the ticket, right?" "I'm sorry, but I must bring it in person." "My captain always told me, "Pendolin!"" ""The duty must be fulfilled to the end, cost whatever it may."" "Where does the countess live?" "Far away, at the bottom of Via Nomentana, almost at Sant'Agnese." "Outside of Porta Pia?" " Yes." "I came from Porta Pia." "20 years ago, in the retinue of General Cadorna, first squadron!" "I know the way!" "My respects." "Great!" " Nice shot!" " Six points to us." "We're tied!" " Sure." " Elisabetta, it's your turn!" "Madame Countess." " What is it?" "A man wants to be let in, says that you know him." " Who is it?" "A certain Pendolin, Ma'am." "Never heard of him." "Tell him that.." "Pendolin?" "Excuse me, I'll be right back." "Hey, you, stop!" " Don't put your hands on me!" "Countess, it's me!" "You remember me, don't you?" "It's Pendolin, the porter of Via.." " Yes, yes, I remember." "You may go." "You as well." " Told you!" "If you only knew the effort, Ma'am, it took to find you!" "They almost sent me to Sant'Agnese!" "Why are you here?" " I bet you can't guess." "A surprise." "Maybe to you it'll seem silly, but.." "I understand." "How much?" "I don't know, it depends." "If another found it these days.." "but, if I may so, I'm a gentleman." "I see." "But this is a ticket for the charity!" " I found it myself." "It's Giovanni Del Bagno!" "It's marvelous!" " Look, dear, look how beautiful!" "Dear!" " Good day, Giovanni." "It's Mr. Pallini!" "My respects, Mr. Pallini!" "Welcome back!" "Mr. Pallini?" " Who's that?" " Who knows?" "Who's Pallini?" ""Pardon"." " He called him Pallini!" "I didn't know you met the Countess!" "The corset maker wouldn't believe me, but when I see her, I'll tell her.." "No, you've done enough already." " Only my duty." "I'm grateful, let me give you.." " Oh, please, the satisfaction is enough!" "Take this, please." " No" " Do me the favor!" " No.." "Look, your captain would say, "Pendolin, accept!"" "You think so?" " I'm sure." " Then I obey, thank you!" "First prize number 231.." "231!" "Exactly that. 231" "And you affirm that the Countess of Luccoli would've gave it to you?" "Not "would've", she gave it to me!" "I also have a witness:" "Mr. Pallini." "Who knows him?" " I know him, the Countess knows him." "He lives in my building." "Where Lady Muriella lost.." " Exactly." "When I went to give it back to her, he was there too, Mr. Pallini." "He arrived there with his car." " Hello?" "A car?" "And his name is Pallini?" "Strange." "In Rome, there are three cars." "One is His Majesty's, another is the ambassador of Germany's and the third.." "the third.." "Pallini?" " Pallini, yes, he can explain everything." "Fine, but I'm afraid if you call him, it'll complicate things." "Instead something simple:" "Just a statement by the countess on the transfer of ownership of the ticket, the legalization of the signature by a notary and the approval of the countess's husband." "My dear, this isn't chump change." "Do you know what this is worth?" "No, Sir." " I'll tell you then: 1,000 lire." "1,000 lire?" "But that's an inheritance!" "Forgive me, dear, if I made you wait." "I'm usually punctual, you know." "But this morning, an extraordinary thing happened to me." "Really?" "A few days ago, did you lose a lottery ticket?" "How did you know?" " Let me tell you." "A man found it and brought it to you and you gave it to him as a gift." "Is that right?" " Yes.." "Yes, I think so." "Well that ticket won the first prize:" "1,000 lire." "And do you know what he did?" " No." "He returned it." "Returned it!" "My dear, you were right, honesty still exists!" "This proves it." "If I let a man like that slip away, I'd be an imbecile!" "What would you do?" "My dear, I'm hiring him!" "Finally, we'll have a gentleman porter!" "It's three!" "These Americans are truly absurd!" "I have my habits and then I'm no longer 20!" "Help me." "You've prepared the incense?" " Yes, Excellency." "Light it." "There she is." "Vanish!" "You!" " You weren't expecting me, I know." "I was never going to come here again, but I had to due to a terrible reason!" "Giovanni, I'm in danger!" "Muriella, what are you saying?" "My husband received a letter." " Anonymous?" "No, I wish." "He receives so many that he pays no attention." " Then what?" "He's reappeared: my incubus, my persecutor, my nuisance!" "Me, Pendolin?" "Accept such a sum?" "Never!" "But she gave the ticket to you!" "I know, but the Countess didn't know she had won." "What a shame, but not unexpected." "I think you acted like a dummy, Pendolin!" "Maybe, but honesty above all else," "Mrs. Adele!" "Above all else!" "Good evening." " Contessa." "Good evening, Giovanni." "Well?" " It's done." "Pendolin leaves for Rome tonight." "I'm sending him to Veneto, to my aunt." "She needs a man she can trust." "Poor old thing!" "Then you told him who you are." " Yes, but it doesn't matter." "The villa is secluded, no one would meet him there." "Thank you, Giovanni," " I'd do anything for you, Muriella." "And for Lady Bice?" " Oh, it's all over with her." "How could I, after having seen you.." "so trembling.." "and lost." "Demon!" " Adorable!" "I've never stopped loving you." "Giovanni!" "This time you've gone too far!" "I've been good, patient, submissive.." " No, I.." "Let me speak, Muriella." "I know everything." "Quite a long time this story, eh?" "We were both lieutenants and you took away first my ordinance and then my sorrel horse!" "Three years ago, you took away, under my nose, my farm, not to mention, two candlesticks from the Dimanos Shop!" "Ubaldo, if you want, I'm at your disposal." "You?" "What do I need with you?" "I need your porter!" "I found him, he was a pearl!" "A fine porter, a certain Pendolin." "And you've taken that from me too." "I could forgive the rest, but him!" "He was the only decent person I've ever met!" "PURIFICATION" "Does Miss Ester Fiorelli live here?" "The staircase in front, 4th floor." " Thank you." "Who is it?" " Does Miss Ester Fiorelli live here?" "Yes, why?" " I have a letter for her." "A letter?" "Is it urgent?" "Because Miss Esterina is sleeping now." "Not urgent but important." " You can leave it with me." "Sorry, but I must deliver it personally, it's a delicate matter and" "I can't give it to strangers." " I'm her aunt." "That's different." "Tell your niece I'll wait for her here." "When she's awake." " I see." "This way, enter." "Thanks." "In the kitchen, please." "Make yourself at home." "Have you come from the front?" " I'm old, but I.." "but when they need soldiers then age doesn't matter." "Take a seat." " Thank you." "Are you on leave?" " Yes, I first went home and then I came here to bring the letter." "Are you sure it's not a mistake?" "We don't have anyone at the front." "Not one?" "Lucky you!" "Well, no family, relatives." "But you know those at the front are always in our hearts." "We always follow them in our thoughts." "Look, we have a map, see it?" "And whenever we get a bulletin, we move the flags." "There's something I'd like to know." "Where is "Castagna"?" "Ah, Castagnevizza!" " Yes, Castagnevizza!" "Let me show you." "Here it is." "It must be near Gorizia." "Gorizia is here then eh.." "Castagnevizza is here." "Why are you putting the flags there?" " Why?" "You make it look like we reached Trento!" "I wish!" "No, I did it on purpose." "I always put the flags a little ahead, just for luck." " Nice." "Excuse me, may I know, who sent the letter?" "It's a personal matter for your niece." "Come, my niece has no secrets from me." "I read all of her letters." "Even those of her admirers." " Does she have many, ma'am?" "Oh, yes, my niece is an artist." "For example, an officer from the front writes her everyday." "An officer?" " A lieutenant." "A young man from a good family." "Very distinguished." "And such letters!" "Esterina was considering him and I would've liked it." "He was a good match." "But he wanted to go off to the front." "Right." "He shouldn't have." " You do understand!" "Lovely sentences, letters, words." "Yes, very pretty things!" "But a girl's got to live." "And what can she eat?" "Letters and words?" "She shouldn't wait." "Look at me:" "I was an artist and had success." "Why not?" "I used to duet with Ranieri." "Don't tell me you don't remember that French song?" "You remember?" " No, I was just a boy then." "My boy, let's not exaggerate." "Maybe you've never been to the theater." "Ranieri and I were going to marry." "He caught pneumonia and that was it!" "And there was no war then!" "Today, a girl can't wait for a man at the front." "Esterina must have a career." "Luckily there's a man who thinks of everything, adores her, has a position." "He thought of the scenery, costumes and even bought a piano and lots more." "Excuse me, ma'am, the lieutenant?" "The lieutenant?" "There was nothing between them." "We went with him to the station and they were never alone, always with me." "Did you leave her alone with the piano guy?" "But he's going to marry her." " He's unmarried?" "He's going to be." " Going to be?" "He's married, but his wife is sick." "And she lives in Milan." "Milan is cold, humid." "You're trusting in providence." "You just need another pneumonia." "All will be set right." "All." "You see, the war will soon be over and all the soldiers will come back." "Not all of them, Ma'am." " Mrs. Matilde!" "Mrs. Matì!" "Can you call Esterina for me?" "Eh.. not now." " I get it." "The commendatore's still there." "A soldier!" "Good day!" "Pardon, are you a private or an official?" "You can't tell anymore these days." "A private, Miss.. private." "Ma'am or Miss?" " Miss." "Because you can't tell anymore these days." "He came from the front, poor guy." " It must be awful, poor boys." "Well, it's getting late." "Good luck, soldier." "Goodbye.." "and say hi to the commendatore for me!" "Thanks a bunch!" "What a gossip she is!" " Is she a friend of your niece?" "An acquaintance." "Esterina is very sought after." "Luckily, there's somebody who loves her, eh?" "That's right." "What can you say about it?" "Are you her brother?" "Father?" " No, ma'am, thank God." "I'm just Lieutenant Serpari's servant." "Ah, is that so?" "It was he who sent you." "I should've guessed!" "Go tell the lieutenant and tell him to stop writing her!" "He can't write her anymore and I can't tell him anything." "Why is that?" "Because he's dead." "Jesus!" "Poor boy!" "He was so young!" " 24 years." "How did it happen?" "A patrol had gone out to cut the fence." "When they came back, one was missing." "We heard him screaming, wailing." "Then the lieutenant dashed off to.." "to bring him back." "He was scaling the parapet with the wounded on his shoulder, when he fell." "He fell into my arms." "He didn't have time to say one word to me." "Did he have anybody." " No." "Neither mother nor father, so when I found a letter on him," "I thought I'd bring it here." "Esterina will be very sorry." "She'll be very touched when she hears it." "Excuse me." "Who is it?" " It's Raffaele." "Good morning, Donna Matilde, I brought the usual supply" "It's got everything, even parmigian.." "Don't worry about him." " Whenever I see a person in uniform I get worried." "He works for the commendatore, he helps us with supplies." "I see, you don't lack for anything with the commendatore." "What a nice veal." " Yes, it's for Esterina." "She sings and needs meat every day." "Did you bring the wine?" " Yes, a jug." "And?" " It's down below." "Fine, I'll come down with the bottles." "Take them." "I have to go down, you can leave the letter." " No, thank you." "OK, I get it." "I'll be right back in a minute." "Good luck!" " Let's go." " Thank you." "Won't you have breakfast?" " No, I'll get a coffee at the station." "You poor dear, what a life!" " We must be patient, there's a war on!" "Bye, cutie!" " Have a good trip." "Telegraph me before you return." "And who are you?" " Vincenzo Pagliaro." "What do you want?" "I'm come to speak to you." "You are Miss Ester Fiorelli?" " Yes, go on." "No.. it's no big deal." "You must have your breakfast." "What do you mean?" "You talk and I'll eat." "You want some coffee?" " No, thank you." "Where's Aunt Matilda?" " She went out for a moment." "You'd like some theater tickets, wouldn't you?" "I can give them to you but you have to come to the theater." "But not tomorrow though, we debut on Friday." "I won't be in Naples Friday, my leave ends tomorrow." "Please sit." "Have you come from the front?" "Yes." "I serve Lieutenant Serpari." "Too bad you can't do Friday." "It'll be a patriotic show." "This is the time." "And at the finale, I'm Italy!" "What did you say his name was?" "Serpari?" "Ah, Augusto Serpari!" " Exactly." "Won't you take a coffee." " No thanks, it's only thing we got at the front." "How is Augusto?" "Isn't he on leave too?" "No." " Too bad, I would've liked to have seen him." "But perhaps I couldn't because I have so many things to do." "Besides, I have other friends now." " Your aunt told me about it." "But you.." "Are you happy with these new kind of friends?" "Who is happy with the life they have?" "But aunt's right, with certain things you must be practical." "What can I do?" "Others are lucky, they get ahead." "I don't want to look like a fool." "Furs, jewels, feathers and more feathers!" "I'm just as good as they are!" "I know nothing of this." "I only know that the lieutenant always spoke of you." "From what he said, I thought you were different." "And maybe he did too." " Ah, he's sentimental." "For him, everybody's good, pure." "You should've seen the letters he sent." "Sermons that never ended!" "But where does he find the time?" "Don't they do anything but write at the front?" "Yes, they die." "What do you really want?" "Giving me another of his letters?" "Don't worry, you won't receive any more letters." "And all the ones you received, tear them up!" "He told you to say this?" " No, I'm saying it." "And who are you?" "Just a soldier." "That's true." "But sometimes even a soldier can change an order." "Those letters were very long, eh?" "Well, what can you do?" "At the front, the hours of waiting never pass." "We think of many things." "We think they who remain on this side, live for only us, waiting for our return!" "But this isn't true." "It's all fantasy." "Tear up the letters, they weren't for you." "He wrote them for another." "Ah, there we go, that's why!" "Afraid of compromising himself?" "What did he become?" "A general?" "He did become someone else." "Someone who wouldn't have anything in common with you." "Good riddance!" "I don't give a damn about you or your lieutenant!" "Tell him don't worry about his letters, they were torn up before he wrote them!" "Let him think of his country!" "Don't worry, we will." "Goodbye." "And good luck to you both!" "Are you going?" " Yes." "Did you give Esterina the letter?" " No." "Come up, Raffaele." "Hey, what manners!" "Close the door." "Wait!" " Who is it?" " Good day, Donna Matilde." "You came for the rehearsal?" " Yes and the maestro too." " Good." "Bring that in the kitchen." "Wait a minute." "Esterina!" "Esterina did the commendatore leave?" " Yes." "The maestro for the rehearsal and the dressmaker for the finale are here." "What is it?" "Did you see that soldier?" " Yes." " And he said..?" " Leave me in peace, please." "May I?" " Come in, Don Peppino." "What song did you pick for the finale?" " "The Bells of Saint Giusto"." "Miss, here's the costume for the last scene." "Look how beautiful!" "You'll get so much applause with this." "Now, let's try it on, eh?" "That one just had to come today!" "These things make you feel bad!" "Poor boy, eh?" "To die like that so young at 24." "Who?" " Who?" "Lieutenant Serpari." "He's dead?" " Didn't he tell you?" "He's dead!" "Dead." "GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY" "WE DESPISE THE EASY LIFE" "We're in Italy." " Maria, we're here!" "Come!" "Excuse me." "Come on, Maria!" "How beautiful!" "Everything like it was then!" "Even the daytime!" "Even the colors of the sky!" "Right, Maria?" "Yes, it's extraordinary." "Look, Maria!" "Look!" "By golly, it's amazing!" "Do you remember?" "There was a couple in that exact spot." "Just like 50 years ago!" "They greeted us just like then." "And what did we do next?" " We kissed." "Maria, kiss me." " Antonio, for goodness sake!" "We made an agreement before we left, that we'd do everything as we did then." "Everything?" "Be reasonable, Antonio, how you can say everything?" "No!" "Today, I don't want to be reasonable." "Kiss me!" "Passports, please." " But they've already checked ours." "We're checking them again, please." " Right away." "These newspapers can't enter Italy." " I didn't know." " Yeah, right." "No one ever knows anything." "Anyway.." "Well then?" " Here." "Sit down, dear." "Antonio Bianchi and wife.." " Maria Boggi." "You reside abroad?" " Yes, Sir, in Switzerland." "Reason for return?" "Honeymoon." "Our golden anniversary, naturally." "We got married 50 years ago in Locarno, then we went to Milan for the blessing of the Duomo." "Now we're back." " For the first time?" " Yes, Sir." "What can you do?" "I'm a clerk in Switzerland and we work hard there." "What?" "We don't do anything here?" "I didn't say that!" "Italy is our country and as you see, we're still Italians." " I should hope so!" "Here." " Thanks." " Enjoy your stay." "Get down, get down!" "Let's go!" "On the ground, gentlemen." " Get down!" "Everybody down!" "Hurry, we need to clear the path!" "Let's go!" " One moment." "Maria!" "Maria!" "Make it snappy!" "Are you sure we got off in Milan?" " I believe so." "Get down, gentlemen." "Clear out!" "Quick, everybody, get down!" " Over there." "Walk up!" "Walk up!" "Halt!" "Stop, get back!" "What are we waiting for?" " Don't know, maybe somebody's arriving." "Who?" " The Prime Minister of Manchukuo." "Who's that?" "Attention!" "How impudent!" "Look!" "Excuse me, are you free?" " Come right in." "Where?" " Via Principe di Galles." "Via Amba Aradam?" " No, Via Principe di Galles." "They changed the name." "Go on!" "Are you foreigners?" " Very much Italian!" "We had sanctions and many streets have changed names." "What you referred to is now called Via Amba Aradam." "Yeah?" "Oh, Ethiopia!" "Right, right!" "You must understand we've been in Switzerland." " Lucky you!" "What?" " Oh, nothing." "Here's Via Amba Aradam." "Let's hope we get there before the march-past." "What did he say?" " The march-past." "What's that?" " A sort of parade." "We can't pass, I'm sorry." " But we have to go to the hotel." "Let's get down here." " Whatever you say, dear." "Long live Italy!" "Who are they?" " Students." "Probably some college party." "Don't pay any mind." "Look.." "There's nobody here." "Excuse me." "Please, we'd like to get something." "Have a seat." " Thank you." "Let's go there." "Antonio, your new coat!" "Even the jacket." "You're still the same!" " Would you like to change me?" "Now!" " Why not?" "We just got married!" "You've been my wife for 5 minutes, right?" " True." "It was on the eleventh, fifty years ago." "Just think, a lifetime." "You and me." "Always you and me." " Of course." "It was great and time flew by." "The two of us alone." "That's how it began.." "and that's how it will end." "We are happy because of it." "What should have happened?" "Answer me." " What?" "What?" "We never had children, poor Tonino!" "I wasn't capable of giving you any." "What are you saying?" "It has nothing to do with you." "That was God's will." "Are you crying?" "No, don't weep on a day like today." "Maria!" "Mariuccia!" "There, there Maria!" "It's nothing." " Poor child!" "Bring some water." "Stand back!" "Let him breathe!" "Some ice, hurry." "Is there any vinegar?" "Be brave." "Lean your head here, dear, this way." "Bravo." "Here, on the back of his neck." "Take off this harness, it's suffocating him." "Maybe a little cognac?" " Nonsense!" "He's a child, it'll make him sick." "It's a judgment, I say." "Who knows how long he's been on his feet!" "And with this heavy hat that prevents him from sweating." "He should wear a straw hat." " No, youth must be hardened!" "Give me a break, this is a child, not a youth!" "He's already tired from school." "Look how pale he is." "You feel better, dear?" " Yes, thank you." "Bah, women should stay at home." " Children too." "Bring him back to his comrades." " Yes, Sir!" "But he can't stand up!" " How dare you?" "Are you his father?" " No.." " Then let my wife handle the child." "And you be more polite with people.." " First of all:" "Don't call me "you"!" "Second:" "Watch what you say." "I'm the Deputy of Lodi and I order you.." "You don't order me!" "I'm a free citizen!" "By golly!" "Tonino, what are you doing?" "Come, sit down." " We've been here for two hours!" "Indeed, 2 hours and 17 minutes." "I have the right to.." "A little patience, we were told to wait." "Sit down." "Put back your collar." " It annoys me." "Yes, but it doesn't look nice and we're not at home." "They put that portrait everywhere." "What eyes!" "They seem to pierce." " Exactly." "You met him, didn't you?" " Yes, I told you many times." "Yes, but my memory, you know." "It was in Zurich, wasn't it?" "No, in Locarno, when they stopped." "He was skinny back then, a toothpick, but he had those same eyes." "Even bigger." "They seemed to devour his face." "Who would've ever thought!" "He has gone places." "What a fine career!" "You too." "You were just a warehouseman and now you're the manager." "An enviable position, secure." "Not like him, poor thing!" "Who knows how many cares he has!" "Commissioner." "At your orders, Sir." "Are you well?" "Today was a memorable day, right?" "And we had a fine.." "how sticky!" "I can't feel my feet." "Are they still there?" "And then dressed in this manner!" " You look like a general!" "Yes, like Franceschiello." " Sir!" " I was only joking, pay me no mind." "Who are they?" " They were stopped at a coffeehouse." "Insulting the regime." "Shall I wake them?" "No, first take this stuff." "Damn it, there's a stain too!" "It cost me 110 lire just to keep up!" "Hey, wake up!" "Hurry!" "The commissioner is here." "Now you're in for it!" "Yes?" " May I come in, commissioner?" " Yes, come in." "Please, sit down." "Thank you, Commissioner." "You reside in Switzerland, right?" " Yes." "And you came here on the occasion of.." " Our golden anniversary." "Is that a crime too?" " Heavens, indeed not!" "It's a fortune that happen to few." "My congratulations." " Thanks." "Ah, Switzerland, a large beautiful country!" "Calm, peaceful without.." "But it's not like Italy!" "Here it's a different climate, history, a different future really." "Who knows where we'll end up?" "We're envied?" " Envied and feared." "Exactly." "Above all, feared." "You who live abroad know this better than me." "Of course." "How much I'd love to live abroad!" "Only to try and experience what they have after.. so many years." "50!" "And everything has changed." "I never thought I'd be treated like a criminal." "Well, let's not make a big deal of it." "Sir.." "I mean you have offended the party in public." " By golly, I didn't offend anybody." "I only appealed to the rights that any civilized country.." " Silence!" "Let me finish it, I have to hurry and get to the commissioner." "I'll tell him of your fine arrest in Vismara." " Really, Sir?" "Thank you." "Now, what did I want to say?" "Ah, no offense taken." "It's the air." "We're all a little tired, nervous." "And then you are foreigners." " Foreigners?" "What do you mean?" "You lived abroad?" "Alright?" "That so?" " That's so." "Then let's forget it all and not talk of it again." "You're not here long, right?" " 48 hours." "Exactly." "Prepare the report." "I'm the commissioner." "But that one is a fanatic." "What can you do?" "Address in Milan?" " Hotel Bella Venezia." "Via Principe.." " Via Amba Aradam!" "Via what?" " Via Amba Aradam." "Amba Aradam." "But where's the hotel?" "Maybe they changed the name of that too." "I don't understand anything anymore." "Excuse me, the Hotel Bella Venezia?" "It used to be there." " By golly, they tore it down." "What could you do?" "It was decrepit." "If they didn't, it would've collapsed." "But if you're looking for a hotel, back there's a new one: the Julius Caesar." "If you want, I'll show you where it is." " No, thank you, it doesn't matter." "Good night." " Good night." "What do we do now?" "Are you tired?" "A little, but don't worry." "Listen.." "Will there be a train tonight?" "Why?" "Do you want to leave already?" " It's better, Tonino." "We'll sleep on the trip back.." "and tomorrow we'll be at our home." "Our home!" "Too bad." "But maybe you're right." "Of all the things we remembered.." "nothing is really left." "Say?" " Huh?" " The Duomo will still be there?" "Who knows?" "How beautiful it is!" " It's exactly as it was then." "Maria, do you remember that morning?" "50 years ago.." "at 11 on the dot." "Let's go in for a moment." "But Tonino.." "it's already closed." "By golly!" "Be patient." "Ah!" "And our agreement?" " What agreement?" "Today we have do everything the same as we did then." "What are you saying, Tonino?" " Then there was a coach.." "and while you got in, I took you in my arms." "Like this!" " Tonino, no!" "What are you doing?" "Tonino!" "Come here, get up." "To the.. to the station." "THE LAST TEN MINUTES" "Enter." "You have a few minutes." "Thank you." "Carlo!" "Anna." "Carlo." "Your hands!" "What have they done to you?" "Nothing." "Now you're here." "I hear you, I see you." "If you knew the nightmares at night!" "I wondered what you were doing in those moments: sleeping, living!" "Or.." "or perhaps you no longer existed, and it was me that invented you." "Carlo, why did they torture you?" "Did they want to know something from you?" "It doesn't matter, it is now past." "And the boy?" "How is he?" " Well." "Did he return to school yet?" " No." "I prefer to keep him home these days." " You're right." "Tell me how he is?" "Happy?" "Does he play?" "Does he ask about me?" "Sure, he's waiting for you." "Tell him.." "Tell him I'll be back soon." " When?" "In a day?" "Two?" " I don't know." "You have to be patience." " Patience!" "You get yourselves imprisoned, tortured, massacred.." "and then ask us women to be patient." "I'm tired of waiting!" "If you could see what a life I lead, all my time spent waiting for you!" "This time it won't last long." "I promise." "Soon, I'll be free." "They'll send for you and you'll come to get me." "Come soon, Anna." "Come and get me soon." "Sure!" "How can you doubt it?" "You see.." "the lieutenant just sent for me." "He sent for you?" " Yes, he gave me these few minutes and he promised to reexamine your case." "They'll let you out, you'll see." "You didn't do anything." "It was your friends who brought you along." "What's the name of that guy?" " Who?" "The tall one with the glasses." " I don't remember." "How is that possible?" "And those two who came with the truck?" "Why do you ask me this?" "I want to find them and ask them to help you." "They dragged you into this mess." "You're innocent." "No, love." "Since the war broke out, they're only guilty.." "of killing one another." "I stand by my guilt." "And won't you stand by me, your son, yourself?" "If you had only thought about us, you'd be at peace now." "I already am at peace, Anna." "Do you remember the first day we went out together?" "We went to the lake through the gardens." "Now from my cell, I can see the lake, the gardens, all the way up to the first houses of the suburbs." "How one contemplates life from the other side." "If you knew what a relief it is.." "to say to myself," ""It's over."" ""Now you can sleep."" "What are you talking about?" " Just a moment of.." "hesitation, cowardice." "Then I immediately think that you're there waiting for me." "That I'll see you again and we'll be back together in our house, in our room." "I've never left, you know." "I'm there when you sleep, when you wake." "Can you feel me near you?" "Can you see me?" "Dreams are not enough, I want you!" "You must see me!" "You must get used to seeing me like that!" "No, Carlo." "Anna, I beg you.." "I beg you, don't shut me out!" "That depends.. on you." "On me?" " Yes." "Give them the names of your companions and they'll let you go." "That's why.." "That's why they let you see me." "We'll go back home, Carlo, together." "Gianni'll recognize your steps on the stairs, he'll race to see you!" "Think, my love.." "you can go home tonight, we can sleep in each other's arms!" "I can't Anna." "Why?" "Are you afraid of compromising your friends?" "But they're free and safe now and you're in danger here." "I'm no longer in danger." "Nothing more can happen to me." " You think so?" "You know what the lieutenant said?" "If you don't give those names, we won't.. see each other again." "What do you mean?" " They let me know tomorrow morning.." "My God!" "Not tomorrow, my love." "Tonight." "Soon." "You knew?" " Yes." "This isn't the age to say goodbye!" " Dear.." "you don't want to bring a man ashamed, humiliated back to our son." "Gianni needs a father, not a medal!" "And you, what kind of man, do you want next to you?" "The one I chose when I married." "A man who loves me above all else." "Try to understand." " Yes, I understand." "You don't love me, that's the truth." "You never loved me!" "You've always been ambitious." "Your wife, your son, the school, weren't enough." "You wanted a commemoration!" "A cause." "The medals!" "The glory!" ""Your father was a hero!" You want them to say that to your son." "I cannot betray anyone, Anna." "Betray?" "But what does that mean?" "It's a very confusing word nowadays." "Betrayed are the women!" "They have no husbands, no homes." "Only ruin, hunger, children remain!" "I'll tell your son that his father never loved us!" "I'll tell you this.." "before you leave me and him." "Anna, these are the last moments." "For you!" "But for me it begins now, you understand?" "I'll still feel, live." "I must tear you from my memory, my blood!" "Erase any traces of your passage in my heart." "I beg you!" "Then, won't you give me those names?" "You see.." "I've often thought about what would be my last words." "I concluded that anything.." "even silence, would be like invoking your name, seeing you, as long as I have breath and sight." "Let's go." "Goodbye, Anna." "Anna.." "I'm not as strong as you think." "I'm afraid." "Afraid of you not remembering me." "I won't remember anything." "It'll be like if we had never met." "Don't you have anything else to say?" "Even now?" "Yes." "I love you." "Well.." "tomorrow, give my watch to Gianni." "He liked it so much." "Carlo!" "Carlo!" "Forgive me, Carlo!" "I love you too!" "I don't want them to take you away!" "I don't want it!" "Don't cry, my love, don't cry." "Dying.." "is difficult enough." "I can't bear your tears too." "Look at me." "If I stay in your eyes, like I am at this moment," "I won't die at all." "My love, forgive me!" "We need to forget each other.." "as the years pass." "I.." "I must become a distant memory and.." "you'll get used to my absence." "No!" "Not yet!" "Please." "I don't want to be late for this appointment." "Do you remember.." "when I left to go to class?" "I was always on time." "Let me go this time as well, with order." "Goodbye, Anna." "Farewell, my soul." "LOVE 1954" "You'll think that I'm a bibliophile, but I'm not." "I'm a coin collector." "At my age, it's wiser to collect ancient coins than young women." "Mine is a true passion." "I rarely traded my coins." "I had one good customer and I lost him with the advent of the republic." "Last Thursday, while I was working on the 27th chapter of my history of the coin," "Vincenzo, my secretary, came in, like every morning, with the mail." "One of the first letters which fell in my hands was from Pino Rotis, a lawyer specializing in divorce and an old friend." "Look how pale I am reading it." ""Dear Massimo, your daughter wants to separate from her husband"" ""and has asked me to begin the process."" ""According to me, the reasons for the request are absolutely idiotic."" ""She has talked about a state of agony, mutual satiety etc."" ""You, dear Massimo, must intervene with all of your authority."" "My authority!" "Easy to say." "What authority?" "To Lucia, I'm not a father, but the "Old FuddyDuddy", the "Senilissimo"." "a man who's past it, a throwback to another epoch." "And yet, I had to do something." "Because, I was sure that despite appearances, my daughter, separating from Roberto, was going to commit a greater stupidity than the one she did in marrying him." "How many do we have today?" " 18, Sir." "Here." "Print 100 invites just like this." " Yes, Sir." "But, Sir.." " Don't argue, be quick!" "They must be ready for tomorrow." " Yes, sir." " Go on." "I had the time to prepare my plan." "I'd be able to catch both of them by surprise." "I knew that the apt time was 8:30 in the evening, the start of "their" working day." "There's my son-in-law in evening dress." "Sorry, it's my daughter." "This confusion of the sexes always mixes me up." "Roberto or more precisely, Robby, will probably be down already." "There, that must be him." "At least, I hope so." "Let's see what he's reading." "Yeah, there's no doubt: that's him." "He's an intellectual and now is benefiting from his favorite literature." "Hello?" " Hello, darling, it's Margaret." "Right away?" "No." "I'm still in the bath." "What?" "No, dear, there's nobody." "No, only my wife." "Where are we going tonight?" "Sodomar?" "Wait." "Lucy, are we going to Sodomar tonight?" " Yes, with the band." "No, nothing doing, I'm going." "I'll be there in ten minutes." "Bye." "Want me to drive you?" " No, thanks, I'll take the Alfa." "Anything new from the lawyer?" " Yes, he says instead of "mutual satiety", it'd be better to write "incapacity of husband."" "What?" " My dear, he says they'd prefer it like that in San Marino." "I understand, but I don't think it's good publicity for me." "Listen dear, if you accept incapacity, I'll accept frigidity." "OK?" "Agreed." "But, you're not going to say anything to your dad, are you?" "Imagine that!" "Poor dad!" "With his moldy ideas, he'd understand nothing." "Of that there's no doubt." " Bye, bye." "And say hi to Margaret." " Thanks." "Tomorrow then." " Yes, see you tomorrow." "Expecting someone?" " Not me." "# Happy Birthday, Lucy, Happy Birthday, Robby." "# Hooray for your divorce, Happy Birthday to you!" "Down with the married, long live divorce!" "Best wishes!" " Down with the bride and groom!" "LUCY AND ROBBY are celebrating their LEGAL SEPARATION" "Damn it!" "Carola, look over there, please!" " Where?" "I discovered a silver fox!" "It even looks fake!" " How lovely!" "The temples are of a beautiful gray!" "And the wrinkles!" "So sensitive, so thoughtful!" "I felt an irresistible desire to escape, but the thought of my daughter stopped me just in time." "I turned and threw myself into the fray!" "Let's go!" "OK, thank you." "I can't find out who sent the waiters." "Dad!" " Lucy!" "Robby!" "When did you arrive?" " Huh?" "When did you arrive?" " A moment ago." "I received your invitation too, my dears." "It's so original!" "Divine!" "The idea is really extraordinary and tons of fun!" "So chic!" "You don't mind?" " Me?" "What do you take me for, grandma?" "You're sweet but no!" "One must get with it." "Marriage is just a simple formality." "You meet and.. you get married, you get to know each other and then you leave." "I hope you haven't changed your mind." " No, of course not." "The procedure is taking its course." " These formalities will never end!" "And you can't wait to separate, right?" "It's good to see such impatience!" "Let's go, have some fun!" "Come on!" "Hey, you guys!" "Listen up!" "We didn't come here to cry, right?" "The old fellow is right!" "We're here to celebrate a divorce." "And what is divorce after all?" "Well, the opposite of marriage." "Don't you think?" "The first begins with a meeting, the other with a goodbye." "Love letters at the start and stamped papers in the end." "And because it's the contrary of it, all of the party this evening must be opposite of the nuptial party." "Who will make a suggestion?" "No one?" "Come now!" "Surely the majority of you gave a wedding gift to Lucy and Robby." "So today, you can take back your gifts!" "The hunt is on!" "Come on, guys!" "They'll plunder the whole house!" " Good, stuff you won't need." "Don't worry." "Hey, that's it!" "The bedroom is on the first floor." "Linen, second door on the right." "The silverware, below." "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "He who waits gets nothing!" "Come on, hurry up!" "It was you, wasn't it?" " What?" " It was you organized this disaster." "No." " Yes!" "Yes." " But why did you do it?" "To make you happy and to follow fashion." "Fashion must be followed at any cost." "I'm trying to adapt to your way of life." "And what is your way of life?" "A bad perfume in a classy bottle!" "Excuse me, how can I take away the fridge?" " Disassemble it, by Jove!" "No, no!" "I believe that my idea of tonight will give to your separation that modern tone that you find so.." "how do you say it.. so exciting!" "So chic!" "You're right." "It's a success, isn't it?" " Yes, I couldn't hope for more!" "Thanks, Dad." " Thanks." " Please!" "I'm just happy to help!" "Good times!" "See you soon." " See you soon." "Sir." "Sir!" " What is it?" "What is it?" " I've the information, Sir." "The number one suitor of your daughter, Lucy.." "is called Sergio Viani." " Sergio." "Point him out." " He hasn't shown up yet." "He's a very young man, a little shy." " Good." "Good." "And the rest is all prepared?" " Yes, Sir." "Thanks!" " You're welcome." "Your dad is an irresponsible nut!" " Robby!" "Sorry, but I'm right." "What kind of nut is happy because his daughter is divorcing?" "I've been waiting an hour." "What happened?" "Yes, it's me." "Sorry, darling, I'm coming right away." "I'll explain all." "It was Margaret, she's coming here." " Margaret?" "Damn it!" "And you told her to come?" " Yes." "What were you thinking?" "You seemed angry and I wanted everybody happy tonight, eh?" "These phones!" "Want a slow dance?" " Sure, Dad." "Dad?" " Yes?" "Robby's not very happy that you deemed him a womanizer." "Really, you don't know him very well." "You don't know that.." "Oh, I know you he made you suffer, that he tortured you." "Tortured?" "What an exaggeration!" "What are you talking about?" "Your indulgence toward your ex-husband is very nice." "Maybe I do exaggerate, but he has his faults." "Just think, one day you'll remarry.." " Please!" "Don't even think it!" "But he, on the other hand, without a doubt wants to start a new life." "Him?" "He doesn't even dream it!" "Ah, I know what you're alluding to:" "The American he telephoned." "Poor Margaret!" "She's just a flirtation for Robby." "A thing of no importance, believe me." "The American is deluding herself then?" "Because earlier on the phone, she spoke of marriage." "Mar.. marriage!" " Yes, marriage." "But why should you care?" " Lucy!" "Good evening." " I got your invite and here I am." "Fine." "I'll see you later." "Hey.. you don't seem happy to see me." "Who is this guy?" " That doesn't concern you." "You're picking them from the hospices now?" "Have you known each other long?" "Long enough to have been the first one to see her naked!" "Gross!" " Sergio!" "Your name is Sergio?" " Yes!" "Your name is Sergio?" " Yes." " Well, then you two dance!" "Dance!" "Robby, I want to tell you something about Lucy." "Change that old tune, I know it by heart." "Maybe you listened to that tune too fast." "Anyway, the friends you lent her to, show a very particular appreciation." "Who, Sergio?" "That baby!" "A baby who looks like he's capable of sending someone to the moon." "What are you talking about?" " Oh, nothing." "Just paternal concerns." "What a beautiful woman!" "Really nice." "When I saw her come in, I knew right away that she was the real danger." "Very chic, confident, provocative." "As soon as she saw me, her eyes flashed." "She had spotted her adversary." "How are you, dear?" " Darling!" "I decided to confront the enemy to her face!" "May I?" " Please do." " Ma'am." "Margaret, my father-in-law." " I'm enchanted." "Maybe you don't know our language well, but you should've said, "I'm enchanting"." "A compliment of another century!" "Perhaps, I come from there, Ma'am." " Learn from your father-in-law." "Why don't you give Robby some lessons?" " Unfortunately, I don't have time." "I think you must be a busy man." "Banker?" "You can say that." "I own an interesting collection of ancient coins." "Oh, right!" "That kind of collection, men use as an excuse after a week." "No, believe me, my collection is private." "I have other things to show to ladies." "It doesn't interest me." "I married three men:" "an Englishman, a Russian and a South American." "You can hold a competition at the UN!" "Certainly." "And I believe soon we can admit Italy." "You'll excuse me, right?" "Let's dance, Robby." "Napoleon would've launched his cavalry and tried to take her, but evidently, my cavalry needed a little instruction." "Why have you abandoned Lucia?" " I've already danced with her." "One dances all night with the woman one loves!" "I don't want to compromise her." " But she's thinking of you!" "How do you know?" " She hides nothing from her father." "You are.." " Yes, go, boy!" "Come on, go!" "Thanks.." "Dad." "Lucia, are you really crazy about me?" " What's with you?" "But he.." " Let me dance." "Watch where you look." "Excuse me, Dear." "Lucy!" " What manners are these!" "If it's OK with you, I need to speak to her." "After all, she's my wife, no?" "Already tired of dancing?" " A little." "Do you like party games?" " Very much." "Good, we have one in the program for this evening." "Hey, you guys!" "Attention!" "Listen up!" "I saw you dancing with Sergio." "Belly to belly!" "But he didn't stroke my neck like your American." " I should think not!" "What's got into you?" "When I married you, you were never jealous." "You start now that we're separating?" "You're right, it's ridiculous." " Yes." "Maybe you're happy with your sweetheart." "I hope so." "And you too with that kind of camel." "Good luck, Lucy." " Good luck, Robby." "Get the chairs.." " What's going on?" " That nut again." "What nut?" " Your father, of course." "There he is." "Please sit down." "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll now play an extremely interesting game." "The auction of unnecessary items." "The items have become unnecessary." "The proceeds will be used to pay the costs of the divorce." "Let us begin." "The item with the least value:" "the photo album." "An album of memories." "Bound in skin of "crocodile tears."" "Palermo, Naples, Switzerland and of course Venice." "The two newlyweds in a gondola, among the pigeons." "No offers?" "None?" "Memories are not interesting." "Therefore, it is withdrawn." "And now an article of the utmost importance and futility:" "some pots and pans." "40 pieces of pure aluminum." "Like new, never used." "How many couples, how many young newlyweds are ruined because the pots have never been used!" "And how many wives have kept their husbands because they knew how to make a good dish of spaghetti?" "This is why there are so many divorces in America!" "They change their wives like they change their shirts." "Because canned peas will always be.." "canned peas!" "Price: 20,000." " $100." "That is an offer according to the program." "Sold!" "We come now.." "to another item, absolutely superfluous and useless:" "the children's room." "The cradle, the blackboard, the rocking horse and the teddy bear." "Hey, Archimedes, you're bored being alone, eh?" "I wanted to buy you myself to put on my desk like so." "This way I can fool myself in thinking a grandchild is coming at any moment." "It's not worth much!" "So, no takers?" "I know they seem useless items to you, but you never know." "One night you enter a rather happy home, a small indiscretion.." "these things happen, am I right?" "50,000, I'll buy it!" " Very nice!" "Congratulation, you hide it well!" "How many months are you?" "It's a name brand." "How dare you be so insolent?" "I'm not married!" "The cradle is for Amedeo." "Honey, look what mommy bought you!" "Enough, I get it, Ma'am, I get it." "We'll send it to your house." "Go." "Won!" "Take away the cradle." "Now the number one most useless item, the best of the collection:" "The marriage bed." "Now it's used only as a place to put coats during parties." "Now, everybody, an offer for this old servant, which has been used so little." "25,000!" "That young man said 25,000." "He's a connoisseur!" "I'm sure, he'll know how to use it." "Any higher bids?" "30,000!" " 30,000 and one, 30,000 and 2.." " 40,000." "50,000!" " 50,000 and one.." "The bids all come from the left." "What about the right side?" "60,000." " 80000!" "90,000." " 100,000." "A million!" "Two million!" "And if you bid one more penny, I'll smash your face in!" " Enough!" "It's all a game, sell this too!" "Lucy!" " Lucy!" "Robby!" " Stop!" "No one must leave!" "Let them fight it out alone." "The four began to fight on the edge of the pool." "A place unsuitable for a lively discussion." "In fact, their dive was spectacular!" "Is the car ready?" " Yes, Sir." "Lucy!" "Lucy!" " There we go, hear that?" "They've been married for two years and never had a fight." "It's a success!" "A door slams." "Another door slams." "Wait for me in the car, I'll be back." "Lucy!" "I'm leaving." "Look, I packed my suitcase." "You understand?" "I'm outta here, gone, I'm never coming back!" "Got it?" "Never again." "I.." "I'm leaving!" "I'm gone." " Yes, go." "What?" "You haven't gone away yet?" "There's nothing left for you here!" "Quite the contrary." "I'm waiting for what's mine." " Which is?" "Robby." " But, you're crazy!" "Go away right now or I'll have you thrown out!" "It's clear Margaret was a dangerous woman and she would be an ongoing threat to Robby and Lucy's happiness if I didn't find a way to get her out of the way." "I had to brandish some uncommon arguments to get the upper hand on a woman like that!" "My kidneys!" "Max, darling!" "I've been looking for you an hour." "Your home is magnificent!" "It really is a dream." "Of course, we'll have to change the furniture, throw away these books and knock down a few walls." "I have a great idea for your collection of used money or "ancient coins" as you say:" "We'll put them in a cabinet with a nice neon light." "Then we'll give a marvelous garden party!" "We'll cover the roof with nylon." "Of course, we'll have cut down a few trees." "I'll call the gardener right away." "The things we do for our kids!" "For the kids, eh!" "English subtitles by sineintegral@KG."