"# The most subtle voice," "# Of those who would speak, but fade into the noise." "# It counts the signature and the word, # of the one who has just one word," "# And knows which side to take." "Tell me that it really counts!" "# At least... perhaps I'll fall asleep." "# Tell me that it really counts, # now that I also wear a red bracelet too." "# It counts that you were there, the day they told me." "# "This is the bottom", but the bottom was farther away!" "# It counts, your smile facing mine," "# When you give me your hand, on my wrist I have a bracelet, too." "# Remain also near to me, remain also near to me," "# Maybe I won't even cry," "# Maybe I won't even cry!" "# Maybe I won't cry!" "Watanka!" "Episode 1x02 Subtitles by Oliver Sanderson" "This morning the sun rose earlier than yesterday." "The days have started to lengthen, and soon it will be spring, my favorite season." "In the hospital the day always starts early, and you never have the sensation of wasting time." "On the contrary, it's like one day here inside was worth 2 days outside." "My primary school teacher used to say that the future... always goes at 60 minutes an hour, whether you are rich or poor, healthy or sick." "But this isn't true." "But perhaps he's never been sick, and doesn't know that here, sometimes time runs fast." "Lilia..." "Lilia." "The trouble is that the problems often start early too." "Davide, what is it?" "Davide!" "Davide." "Davide!" "Davide, can you hear me?" "Davide, what's wrong?" "Oh, God!" "Hey!" "Davide!" "Davide!" "Emergency!" "Emergency to 13!" "Maybe a cardiac arrest, hurry!" "Davide, love!" "Signora, go outside, please." "Davide, can you hear me?" "Signora, you must go out." "Oxygen." "Help!" "Signora, wait outside, please." "Take a seat." "One, two, three." "# And every time I'm not consistent and every time that's not important, # each time someone cares about me, # every time she's not there, just when I was looking for her." "# Every time, every time when... #" "What's going on?" "Someone's been taken ill." "We're still looking for the hansome and the smart one." "Because obviously I found the girl myself." "Is that so?" "But I found the essential one." "The essential one?" "A long story." "You've decided that you're the leader and you the deputy leader." "Yes." "You are two crazy egotists." "Your sister's great." "Don't tell her!" "What are your brothers like?" "No I don't have any, I'm an only child." "Lucky you!" "Hey!" "And how many in your family?" "We're my sister, me and..." "And our father." "Our mother died a year ago." "I'm sorry." "Anyway, let's concentrate on the group, and make a bet on who finds the ones we're missing, first." "I'm in, what do we bet?" "I need money." "How much do you have?" "20 euro." "That's fine." "Guys, if you had plans today, you'll have to postpone them." "There's a CT scan to do." "Guess who." "Vale?" "No, you, Leo." "Me?" "Why?" "I did one a fortnight ago." "Decisions from above!" "Come on, I'll go with you." "No, there is no need." "Better stay with him until his mother arrives." "No, I'm fine, don't worry." "Let's clarify things." "Who's the boss?" "I am, and so I'm in charge." "She stays with you, because, as the great Watanka says," "So let it be said, so let it be done, so shall it be written!" "Have a good CT scan, boss." "Watanka!" "Is he always so cheerful?" "Leo is Leo." "But even he has some bad times." "And in those cases?" "It's best to stay away." "I don't understand, he shouldn't have to do another one, it's too soon." "He's pulled through." "How is he?" "Pretty good." "He's just a bit down, don't worry, eh." "Can I go in?" "No." "We're taking him down for tests, come." "Wait here." "Leo, wait here, I'll bring the contrast." "Bring me a red one." "So it seems like a tropical cocktail." "We'll see what the "barman" says." "Vodka Lemon?" "Never mind." "If you don't want to mess around, we wont, just say so." "Leo, unfortunately the red is finished." "You'll have to settle for this." "What happened to that guy?" "He doesn't look too happy." "He had a heart attack this morning." "They had to use a defibrillator." "The doctors said that if it's the ventricles... he's got problems." "You needed a doctor to tell you that?" "Gionni!" " Yes." "Do you know if the kid is smart?" "I know he has a bad attitude." "Then he should be smart, right." "Come on now, drink up." "Ugh!" "What's inside, kryptonite?" "Come on, Leone... you have to drink it all, come on." "We have croissants... yogurt, cereals and apple." "Eat slowly and finish everything." "Eat slowly and I don't want to find those apples in the dish." "Hi, Cris." "How are you?" "So, so." "The phantom hurts a little, but I try not to think about it." "What phantom are you talking about?" "My leg." "I feel pain from something that no longer exists." "The foot, the ankle, the muscles below the knee... it's strange." "Maybe it's not so strange, every disease has its mysteries." "Everyone says that I'm skinny, but I see myself as fat." "You, fat?" "What are you talking about?" "You feel something that no longer exists and I see myself as fat." "We're alike!" "We both have to deal with phantoms." "While I was waking from the anesthesia, someone kissed me." "Seems to me, it was a phantom." "Do you want to take a tour?" "I can't." "until I finish, that witch of a psychologist won't let me leave." "Do you want it?" "You have to eat it, to get well." "Please, Vale." "I'll cover you." "# I can't forget even the slightest thing about you, # not even today that the storm is over." "# And I still believe in your captivating smile." "# I don't forget a whispered pact." "# I'm so stupid and you're so happy." "# Balancing on the same sidewalk... #" "It's hard to swallow this stuff." "Who knows what it's true colour is." "Anyway, they always change it." "Probably the colour of dog shit." "Ugh!" "Did you have to say that." "Now I can't swallow any more." "What's it for?" "When they give you the scan, it illuminates the areas they want to see." "Something like that." "I've already tasted 4 colours." "Bravo, write a book, it'll be in great demand here." "Look here, what happened to you this morning?" "These idiots have said that I may have had a heart attack." "It's a little early." "Don't listen to them, the doctors are always wrong." "It won't be anything, the scan will tell you." "Let's drink to it being nothing!" "Ok." "All the way?" "All the way." "Ugh!" "Ugh...!" "Yuck!" "Ugh..." "Listen..." "Do you want to be part of a group?" "We're forming one here in the hospital." "But pretty soon, I'm leaving." "Yes, but in the meantime..." "But if those in the group are like you..." "What do you mean, like me?" "Without hair, bald..." "What do you have against bald guys?" "Nothing, but I have hair and I don't have a tumour." "Who the hell are you?" "To say that." "You with the dodgy ventricles and you don't like guys with cancer?" "Fuck you!" "What The fuck do you know?" "You said the doctors are wrong." "I hope so, so you return home." "We don't want ass-holes in the group." "Get out of here." "What are you doing?" "Pardon?" "Ignore her, she's my sister." "This is Cristina's breakfast and she must eat it." "Carola, I asked him, he has nothing to do with it." "Shut up, you and I will talk later." "Hey, you can't take me away just..." "Doctor, can you bring another apple for Cristina, please." "the one she had was eaten by him." "Thank you, Carola." "Listen." "I don't know who you are and I'm sorry you're here, but if you eat from Cristina's plate again, I'll tell your parents." "It was just an apple." "Cristina is sick, the apple is her medicine." "You ate her medicine." "Do you understand?" "I didn't think." "Well, next time think about it." "Sorry to treat you this way because I see that you're not well, but it's not easy for me either to come here acting the policeman." "Okay, I won't do it again, I won't eat from her plate." "Do you promise?" "I said that I won't, do I have to sign a contract?" "If you really want to be friends with Cristina, be aware that you can't be flexible when it comes to eating." "Is that clear?" "I understand." "Can I go back to her now?" "Sure." "Yes, but you can move?" "Oh yes, sorry!" "Thanks." "Why doesn't Cris eat?" "I don't know, nobody knows." "Has anyone ever asked her?" "At least a million people." "Doctors, psychologists, friends, family..." "And you?" "Do you know why she doesn't eat?" "No, not even she knows..." "Or at least I don't think so." "Mom." "Come on, Cris." "Cris!" "Your sister is "tough", she was about to arrest me." "It's a clown monkey." "No, it's a clown fish." "I'm not hurting you, Daniel?" "No, but my name is Toni." "Toni..." "Toni, yeah." "That's it, I've finished." "I'll give you a wheelchair so you can get around the corridors." "Are you a doctor?" "Yes, I'm a Resident." "What's a Resident?" "It's a doctor who's just starting." "And why don't I have a real doctor?" "Toni!" "Don't say that, he's almost a doctor." "No, I am a doctor, but I'm beginning and they give me the less important things." "Ah, we're less important." "No, you're very important, I need to learn." "You get that?" "We're guinea pigs!" "I want to leave." "But cut it out with the guinea-pigs!" "I don't like that, I like the ones with the gearshift." "You fell off the bike and want to do races in the wheelchair?" "Yes." "I want to do the bends in the corridors, controlled skids." "Toni!" "He crafted this one, he's a special kid." "Yeah, but it doesn't have a motor, you'll have to settle for it." "What?" "Okay, I'll modify it myself." "Easy." "Let me have a ride." "Easy!" "Help him." "I'm off now, I have to search for that voice." "What voice?" "I know it, don't worry." "No, don't worry, he's used to it." "# But I won't forget a single thing about you, # not even today that the storm is over." "# and I'm thinking of the journey, what we had in mind, # at your silence, at your captivating smile." "# Look, it's..." "look, it's this horizon, # really tonight that the storm is over. #" "I'm ready." "Come on, let's go." "So, Davide, all right?" "Good, come with me." "This is the button." "And what should I do with it?" "The last time it wasn't even working." "They've repaired it now." "Oh, should I believe you?" "Here." "Good Night." "Come on, now." "Relax, don't worry, nothing will happen." "Lie down." "Okay." "Stay with your head down." "So are you comfortable?" "No." "Would you like..." "I don't want anything, let's hurry up." "Leo, listen, let's begin, eh." "Hello, my beautiful favorite radiologist." "Don't speak, Leo, and don't breathe." "Ok." "Davide, just relax, breathe slowly." "You see?" "When you try, you're nice." "# I am as you want me... #" "So, Leo..." "Don't you ever knock in this hospital?" "One day you'll see me naked." "I've already seen you naked, Leo." "Oh yeah, when?" "When you have the CT scan, I see you all the way through." "Bones, heart..." "And how is my heart?" "It's a beautiful heart." "And the other muscle?" "It's just as important, but it's lower." "That's not a muscle." " Yes, but how is it?" "Not bad, right?" "Gosh Leo, when you grow up you'll be a real danger." "I'm already a danger." "Don't leave right away, drop by us first to pick up the results," "So you can take them directly to Oncology." "Well..." "What does it have to do with Oncology?" "If the mass in the lungs doesn't decrease, you must go to Oncology." "I'm not going back there." "Can you at least tell me if the tumour has grown?" "I'm sorry, you know that we can't tell you the results." "Where's Leo?" "He had a CT scan." "But perhaps he's now looking for the Red Bracelets that are missing." "Then our group is a serious matter." "Certainly, we made a bet on who finds them first, but I don't know where to look." "And who are we missing?" "The hansome and the smart one." "Couldn't you be the hansome one." "No, I'm not hansome." "You're not bad, don't bring yourself down." "Watch out, please." "How was your first CT scan?" "Relaxing, I fell asleep." "Actually the nurses were laughing, because they said one of the cases almost died of fright.." "They said his name began with D." "Who could that be?" "Davide." "That's it, Davide!" "And Leo." "This is for you." "Thanks." "Davide." "Wait here, I'll call someone to accompany you." "Enough!" "Since this morning they've treated me as if I were a package, they've moved me to and fro." "Then they tell me to wait." "I'm leaving." "The envelope has to be delivered to the doctor." "We have to wait." "No, I don't need a nanny." "Easy does it, guys!" "Do you think you'll get there first?" "You don't know how to drive this." "I've driven my dads car." "And I, a tractor." "This isn't a tractor." "You don't know the way, the lifts are here." "I'll catch up, anyway." "That's unfair, you're using your legs." "Use them yourself." "You know that I can't." "It's not my fault you don't have two." "Slow down, think of your heart." "I won!" "I won!" "I won!" "I won!" "But I let you win." "Sure!" "You've broken the lift." "You've got to hit the button." "Sure." "Press the alarm, then!" "The alarm doesn't work either." "Help!" "We're stuck, help!" "Is there anyone there?" "What's wrong?" "A pain here." "Hey, don't make jokes now, right?" "Is it severe?" "Severe enough, let me up." "Stay down, stay down..." "Breathe..." "Stay there... breathe." "Keep breathing and do as I do." "Do as I do." "Continue." "Bravo, that's it." "Bravo, stay calm, relax, continue to breathe." "That's it, breathe... breathe." "Is it becoming a little better?" "Breathe." "I don't know, I think so." "Keep going." "It must have stopped between floors." "Open up!" "Let us out of here!" "What's this little snail doing?" "Oh, great, thanks." "Keep it there, eh." "Goodbye, clown." "Bye." "Doctor, a signature." "Excuse me, are you Dr. Lisandri?" "Yes." "I'm Davide's mother." "Ah, hello." "Hello." "I'm not really his mother, but I married his father." "Davide was ill this morning, he was really bad." "He had a respiratory crisis, I was there and I didn't know what to do." "What was it?" "He had a heart attack." "A heart attack?" "At his age?" "I know it sounds strange, but Davide had a heart attack." "His luck, despite the misfortune, was to be here." "We intervened and he was saved." "I've known him since childhood." "To me, he's my son." "We're doing specific analysis... to see whether it's to do with the ventricles." "And if this were the case?" "We'll have to operate." "Operate?" "But what kind of operation is it?" "It's a very serious operation, I'd prefer not to do it, and until that time, Davide must avoid exertion." "Tell him." "Otherwise he might have another attack." "Will you tell him?" "But we hope that it isn't that." "Excuse me, if it isn't that?" "What could it be?" "It'd be premature to give an answer, we'll do some further tests, and try to understand." "When will his father and I know something more concrete?" "We'll contact you, signora." "Goodbye." "You and I have something in common." "Pardon?" "I'm Rocco's mother." "The boy that's in the room with Davide." "Ah." "Come on, I'll buy you a coffee." "Thank you." "Is that better?" "I think so." "Will it be much longer?" "I hope not." "If it's the thing about the ventricles, I'm fucked." "If it was the ventricles, with the race you did, you'd be dead already." "So, now you're a doctor?" "Why must you always be such a pain in the ass." "So speaks Dr. House!" "Enough!" "I'll open it now." "No, wait, wait..." "I have my own theory on the opening of medical reports." "If you wait half an hour, the anxiety decreases and increases your strength, and if the results aren't good, at least you're prepared." "Good morning." "Good Morning." "How's it going?" "Fine." "Good morning." "Hello." "Who is he?" "Hi there." "Hello." "Have you seen Rocco?" "No." "See you." "Bye." "But do you know him?" "Hello there." " Hello." "Vale, later you must help me, they'll bring me yogurt and biscuits, you'll eat them, ok." "Cris, I can't eat your food anymore." "Why's that?" "The things they give you to eat are... are your medicine." "My medicine?" "Yeah." "You sound like my sister?" "Yes, she's right." "And you don't need to get angry." "I'm angry 'cos you're like the others, judging me like the others." "Do you think talking like that helps." "Do I lecture you?" "Do I give you advice?" "Do I tell you what you should or shouldn't do?" "No." "And so, only I can help by myself." "Cris, what up?" "Are you okay?" "I was wrong, I shouldn't have asked you to eat the yogurt." "Don't judge me because I'm sick of people judging me." "If you don't eat, you're weird, but if you don't love, if you don't sleep, if you're sad... nobody cares at all about it, nobody cares about you." "I do." "I care about you." "Let's take the lift." "No, it smells too much of food." "We'll go in and not breathe." "I can't." "We can do it, we'll hold our breath." "1, 2..." "Ready?" "3!" "# It counts the head and hat, intelligence and beauty, # and knowing how to mix them." "# It counts the signature and the word, # of the one who has just one word, and knows which side to take." "# Tell me that it really matters!" "at least... #" "Every place in the hospital ends up having a meaning." "there are places that know about closeness, that become places that know about friendship and trust." "# It counts that you were there, the day they told me." "# "This is the bottom", but the bottom was farther away!" "There are places where you can find a friend that you didn't expect, maybe someone who a moment before you couldn't stand." "Hey, hello there." "And there are friends that arrive unexpected, who are even able to feel the thread of your thoughts." "There are people with whom we communicate differently." "As if they were spiritual soulmates." "Ah, I've finally found you!" "Did you know that you smell of vanilla?" "Ah!" "Does your mother have a need to treat you as if you were 3 years old?" "How do you talk without opening your mouth?" "I like people who talk in such a friendly way" "My name's Toni." "Ah, Rocco!" "That's nice." "What are you doing here?" "I'm chatting with him." "Yes, Toni is short for Antonio, but Rocco is a lovely name." "For instance, I had a hamster called Crocco, because he'd always go like "Crocco, crocco..." when I fed him." "Toni, come on, let Rocco rest." "What?" "He says he's been resting for ages." "Yes... yes... sure." "Valentino or Leo?" "Yes, I'll remember, Vale and Leo." "Ok." "Hey, do you know where Valentino and Leo are?" "because Rocco said they're forming a group of friends." "They're down the other corridor." "How do you know these names?" "Rocco told me." "Bye, Rocco." "I'm all right!" "Rocco!" "Rocco!" "Rocco, can you hear me?" "Rocco." "It's been so long since I've talked with someone, it's nice to chat, and be able to talk to someone who listens to you." "Are you a smart guy?" "Sure, I'm smart." "Why do you ask?" "Because we're forming a group and we lack the smart and hansome ones." "Anyway, you're not so hansome." "Certainly more than you." "And who would you be in the group?" "The leader." "You want me to join a group where I'm not the leader?" "Why should you be the leader?" "Because I've always been the leader." "In the pool, the beach, on a skiing holiday, always." "Not here." "It's already decided, you arrived late." "The smart one is the one who always works the most." "Solves everyone's problems and everybody nags him." "Ah, great plan!" "I want to to set up a rock band, and be there from morning till night, period." "Looking at you carefully, you could be the hansome one." "Yes, one of those who women like a lot, even if they have a crooked nose and watery eyes." "I neither have a crooked nose nor watery eyes." "I'm just saying." "Okay, I'm in, but if I'm the hansome one, I'm the hansome one." "No discussions with the others, or stuff." "So, what do I have to do to get into this famous group?" "Nothing." "You just have to put on one of these, and you become a Red Bracelet." "So?" "All right." "Watanka!" "What?" "No, it's just my thing." "Hello there." "Hello." "Oh, nice TV!" "What channel is this?" "It's a repeat, I'm sure it's a repeat bacause I've already seen this scene." "Are you lost?" "No, I'm not lost." "Are you sure this is your room?" "No, it's not mine." "My room is 31." "So what are you doing here?" "I'm waiting for Leo and Vale." "Do you know my son?" "No." "My brother?" "No, but Rocco told me..." "Rocco said they're looking for a Red Bracelet." "A what?" "A Red Bracelet." "Will they be very long?" "No, I don't think so." "Vale said he was going for a stroll." "And Leo will arrive any moment now." "He went for a test and should arrive, but I'm a bit anxious." "Okay... then I'll wait." "Am I bothering you?" "No, certainly not." "Wait, this here..." "this here... is Leo's?" "Yes, it's his, he likes Formula 1." "I prefer motorcycle racing and gossip mags, do you have a "gossip"?" "Yes, here." "Thank you." "Oh, see?" "The princess got married." "How glad I am!" "She's a really nice person, indeed." "Go on as if I weren't there, if you have anything to do, do it, otherwise fine." "Fine." "I'm leaving." "Can I get you something?" "No thanks." "I'll leave you in good company." "Bye." "Goodbye." "Oh, he cheated on her, I knew it, I even warned her." "5... 4... 3... 2... 1." "There." "It's been half an hour." "In your envelope, what should it tell you?" "If the lung tumour has decreased." "In yours, the ventricles, right?" "Yeah." "Good luck." "Good luck to you too." "Negative!" "It's not the ventricles." "Fuck you all!" "It's a fact!" "Leo, what's written in yours?" "It seems I'll have to do chemo again." "I'm sorry, Leo." "What a shit!" "It's always the same shit." "Wait for me?" "No, sorry, I'll see you later." "Leo." "Hello" "We haven't seen you in a while." "If you don't see me, it means it's okay." "What's wrong today?" "Everything." "Was the stork on duty tonight?" "Yes, he brought Icaro." "Icaro, a nice name!" "We who are here, we need to see the beautiful things of the hospital." "Awesome!" "Welcome to this world, White Bracelet." "If you want to return to your room, I'll tell him you're looking for them." "No, no, I'll wait, it's better to do it here." "Why is it better?" "If I leave maybe they'll find another for the group, right?" "And I've never been part of a group." "My grandpa says that he and I are a group." "But what sort of group is that?" "It's a little group, a duet..." "Even two can make a good team, like Leo and me." "What's your name?" "Asia, the sister of the lion." "You two have beautiful names, I'd have liked to be called Aquila (Eagle)." "That's nice." "But my name is Toni." "Toni is also nice." "Well... are you afraid that your brother might die?" "I understand, Asia wouldn't be the same without the lions." "I remember it..." "Did I say something I shouldn't have?" "No, you said something that sometimes I think." "It's a fear that I have and that I keep inside, I don't talk of it with anyone... and no one ever talks about it with me." "I know, the world is full of dumb people, they talk, talk, and in the end they haven't said anything." "Right, Asia?" "Right, Aquila (Eagle)." "Wow!" "This is really ugly, but.. but it's nice, it's nice." "Did you see?" "I'm fine." "You worry too much." "I'm also so happy, Darling!" "Listen, I'll show them to Dr. Lisandri." "Ok." "See you later in the room." "What the heck are you doing?" "I'm looking at Asia's eyelashes." "Are you Leo or Vale?" "Leo." "Your sister has long eyelashes." "Yes, so what?" "So nothing." "But, you don't mind if we all meet in Rocco's room tonight?" "To meet who?" "You, me and the Red Bracelets." "There, the rest of us will meet at 10 pm." "How do you know about the Red Bracelets?" "Tell Vale's mother I've taken these magazines, I'll return them tomorrow." "Why does eveybody tell me what to do?" "Leo, be nice to your sister, she loves you very much." "How was the CT scan?" "Fine." "Worked perfectly!" "They'll give me the definitive answer tomorrow." "What are you still doing here?" "Aren't you tired?" "Yes, I'm shattered, I'll go now." "But if there's any news, let me know." "Don't worry, Asia... just a bit longer and then it'll all be over." "Yes, big brother." "Goodbye, little sister." "Bye." "I'm going to Rocco now, bye, see you tomorrow." "You keep the hair and you the little nose, bye." "I know, I've neglected you today." "But the hospital is such a sad place for the little ones!" "That's the way they are." "They'd like to be at the zoo, on the miniature train at the park, on the ponies, as you liked to do, remember?" "I like to feel your wrists, to grip them..." "I feel your life." "I feel it pulsing" "What are you writing, Leo?" "Nothing, just silly stuff." "I found another one for the group, the hansome one." "He's small, but he's a tough cookie." "His name's Davide." "Have I won?" "I'd say so." "It's useless to bet with me, whoever does, has lost from the start." "If you wanted to have fun, you should have gone around with me, not with him." "You're right." "You're tedious, you know!" "Just because you've been here longer, you think you're important." "You're wrong." "I just think I'm the unluckiest." "But hey... why don't you stop behaving like idiots?" "Besides, what did he want, that weird guy who just left here?" "He's a bit crazy, he wants to see us all tonight in Rocco's room." "He says it's important." "Are you going?" "Yes, sure, I don't have any commitments tonight." "Me neither." "So everyone to Rocco's!" "Bye." "I don't like the state of the boy..." "A coffee?" "No, thanks." "I'd do more targeted inspections." "Cris..." "Come on, this way." "Hi, guys." "Hello." "In here." "You're the girl, right?" "Nice guess." "You certainly aren't the smart one" "I'm the hansome one." "Ah, so you'll be the handsome one?" "Are you beautiful?" "Are you hungry?" "I brought some supplies for everybody." "Cris..." "Davide..." "Vale." "Aren't you going to eat it?" "It's the best thing in the world!" "No, I..." "The guy was coming at 10 o'clock, it's now 6 minutes past." "What do I know?" "That's how things are now." "Does anyone know what the guy's name is?" "His name's Toni, but he's a bit strange." "I've talked to him, he seems a bit crazy." "Here he is." "Great, we're all here." "Aren't you cold?" "Of course, I'm very cold." "So why are you dressed like that?" "It enhances my physique." "It also matches, white, white and white." "Yes." "Ah, Rocco says he's never felt so happy in his life, and wants me to tell you." "Are you taking the piss?" "Rocco hasn't spoken." "You're Davide, eh?" "Yes, so what?" "Rocco says he doesn't like it when you look at him too closely, because you always touch the tip of his nose." "Excuse me, but how do you know?" "He told me himself." "Do you talk to Rocco?" "No, it's him that talks to me, I listen." "What does he tell you?" "He wants me to join the group and wants to know how many of you agree." "But, only one place remains." "Rocco knows that." "I mean... does he know that we're only missing the smart one?" "Exactly!" "And he proposes you?" "Precisely." "As the smart one?" "Yes." "Ok, ciao!" "Hello there." "Well, excuse me for a moment, to be able to talk to Rocco he must be quite smart, right?" "I am." "But excuse me, but have you seen him?" "Come on!" "He's... well, don't be offended..." "It's... wait," ""special", as my grandfather says." "Yes, special." "Here in the group we're all special, do you see anyone normal?" "I vote in favour." "Me too." "Rocco also votes in favour." "Where is the proof?" "Did anyone hear him say he agrees, or see him raise his arm?" "This seems a bit too clever." "He doesn't look like he's faking, I think he's sincere." "I also vote in favour." "I vote against... unless you give me proof." "I have proof!" "For real?" "Rocco knows the pet name your mother gave you." "He heard it this morning when you felt bad." "But what nonsense are you saying?" "Don't you want the others to know?" "Tell us." "No, no!" "If you know, come and tell me." "In my ear!" "Little mushroom!" "What the hell!" "I told you to tell me in my ear." "But you didn't tell me to whisper it." "Then is it decided?" "Are you in favour?" "In favour." "Okay!" "Then you deserve this." "So let it be said, so let it be done, so let it be written." "Watanka!" "Watanka!" "Rocco says we should take a photo." "Pass me the camera." "Meanwhile, start getting in pose." "Cris, come here." "Cris, come here." "I'll go next to Rocco." "I've started the self-timer." "We didn't know yet what our future would be." "Bracelets up!" "How old we'd live... if we'd change." "Where we would go." "I didn't even know then if I'd ever wake up." "5 seconds!" "But that night we each knew that we'd never be alone, because we were a group, and we even looked good enough to be photographed." "Watanka!" "# Look what's happening to me, # sew my skin, and then my mouth." "# My eyes are old, older than me." "# We'll win on penalties you and me." "# I'll put my courage, # in my whole tomorrow and this very hard time of now." "# But despite everything, everything..." "# I'm not finished yet, because I'm still thirsty... #" "Yes, we were a group... and perhaps from this moment, each one of us became a bit stronger at facing the problems." "Leo, the results of the CT scan aren't good." "You have to do another course of chemo as soon as possible." "You told me I wouldn't need another course of chemo." "You told me, yes or no?" "Yes, I told you that, but the shadow in the lung has grown, and faster than I thought." "You must return to Oncology." "Would the shadow be the tumour?" "Yes." "Then please, call it by it's name, tumour." "I know I've got it." "Listen Leo, I know you're angry, but we have no alternative, you have to do chemo." "And how many batches should I do?" "At least 6." "It's too early, Doctor, give me another 3 weeks." "I don't think it's possible." "I must think about it." "Bye, Vale." "Vale, if you listen to me, it doesn't bother me." "What?" "But do it openly, because it really anoys me, when you do so, but pretend not to." "What are you talking about?" "I know what I saw." "you turned down the volume to hear me and the doctor." "and now you've raised it." "It's not the nicest thing, it's none of your buisiness." "I was worried about you," "I saw that you were tense..." "Whatever." "But I don't like to be spied on." "Excuse me!" "When it rains, I don't know why, but it makes everyone a little tense, and even more so if the rain is heavy." "Hi, Rocco!" "Davide." "Hey, hello!" "Mirko." "Toni." "When I got here Davide was already sleeping." "I hope he wakes up, I don't have much time." "Well, then wake him up." "Seriously?" "With the character he has?" "No, I don't think so, I prefer to wait." "Are you a friend?" "I go to school with him." "And what's he like at school?" "At school he's one of the "hard" ones." "Meaning what?" "He's one who makes himself respected." "He makes himself respected by you, as well?" "Sometimes he's been hard on me." "What do you mean?" ""Hard on you"." "Well, sometimes he insulted me or teased me in front of everyone, because he thinks I'm too fat." "And he hid my clothes when we changed for gym." "But apart from these things..." "they're pranks, right?" "Is he one of those who beat people?" "Yeah." "Does he sometimes hit you too?" "A few times." "I don't like it, and I'll tell him now..." "No, he doesn't do it maliciously." "How can you hit without malice?" "He doesn't do it to hurt me." "He does it for a laugh, or... or rather to make others laugh." "I don't like it, he's an asshole!" "And you, why have you come to see this asshole?" "I brought him some class notes and games to play." "Still!" "Okay, I'm special, but you're not so normal." "Isn't that so, Rocco?" "What happened?" "Who's lied to you?" "The Doctors, they say one thing and do another." "Like what?" "They want me to return to chemo tomorrow." "I don't want to do it, I've already done 20 of them." "But Leo, if they tell you this, it means that in the lung..." "I know." "The tumour hasn't regressed, but I also had a tumour in my leg." "And was the chemo any use?" "None." "Did it save my leg?" "No!" "So why not also remove the lung?" "The doctors know what they're doing." "Come with me." "Help me to convince the Doctor." "Tell her I can't do another batch." "How can I tell her?" "If I go alone, she won't listen, but with an adult who supports me..." "Leo, I would do it gladly, but I'm not your father." "It would require your father." "My father!" "My father's a coward, he never comes." "He doesn't come, he sends my sister... and she always agrees with the doctors." "I'm just asking a favour, try, is it so difficult?" "I would, but..." "But?" "I can't." "To be honest, I don't want to!" "I don't want to tell them not to give a treatment that could save your life." "Here." "Understood." "Fine." "You're like all the other adults." "Thanks anyway, forget it." "Leo, listen..." "Leo..." "I'm not listening." "I don't want to hear you!" "Toni, I have to go now, it's late." "I'll leave the notes here." "Oh no, wait, he's slept a long while, I'll wake him now." "No, no, don't wake him!" "Who is it?" "What the hell are you doing, Toni?" "Are you out of your mind?" "Yes." "Hello." "You again?" "Still with the same old story that you feel guilty!" "Enough!" "I already explained the last time, I said you had nothing to do with it." "Can't I be left in peace?" "Well, I came to bring you..." "You mustn't bring me anything." "Let him speak, he brought you a game." "And who are you the defense attorney?" "I also brought you some class notes." "The notes don't interest me." "Give me the game." "What a bore!" "I already have it!" "Don't you have the Last Medal or Crash?" "I can get them for you." "Good, do it." "All right, then goodbye." "Bye." "Do you need something?" "No, I don't need anything." "Do you want me to say hello to your teachers?" "I don't need you to say hello to anyone, understand!" "And your friends?" "Look, I've had it, are you going?" "You have to leave, understand?" "Then I'll go." "Go away!" "Mirko, try to lose some weight." "Your ass weighs three times more than your head." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "I don't like how you treat him." "Mind your own business." "Rocco doesn't like it either." "Right, Rocco?" "Rocco should also mind his own business." "Look here." "Do you know what these are?" "Don't change the subject." "They're pagers." "Ah, you've stolen them!" "They were on the trolley and I picked them up." "I'll no longer be shut in an elevator without being able to communicate." "What the hell do I here all day long with some looney?" "I'm shut up in here as if I'd killed someone." "Fuck the lot of you!" "Did you see that, eh?" "I don't know..." "Did you see how he treated him?" "He threw the game at him." "But true, he was a little chubby." "You know he looked like a panda, the ones that eat shoots and act like..." "Ester, so?" "Wait, Leo, don't interfere." "Leo!" "We've been looking everywhere for you." "I'm waiting for Lisandri." "When she comes out, I'll tell her what I've decided." "What have you decided?" "That I won't do any more chemo." "Are you sure, Leo?" "The truth is, it sucks, I know but they say you need to do it..." "How much chemo have they given you?" "Three batches." "I've done 18." "You can speak to me about it when you've done at least 10." "Listen, Leo." "I've never done chemo, I barely know what it is." "But now you're a bit like the weather today, like a thunderstorm." "You're out of control." "No, I'm not out of control." "I don't want to go to oncology, and that's it!" "Don't you understand that you can't do anything?" "You're a minor, your father or sister will be called to the hospital, they'll sign and force you to do it." "What do you know?" "I know, because it's the same thing my parents did to force me to stay here." "Is anyone going to tell me when she's coming out?" "I already told you, Leo," "Operations last as long as they must and no less." "There'll be an average, right." "Appendicitis has a certain duration, tonsils another... and a trepanning of the head some more." "Look, we're not just entertaining ourselves here." "Dr Lisandri is overseeing a complex operation." "Either you're quiet or return to your room." "Leo, meanwhile, let's go to our room, you can come back later." "They're about to bring dinner and I'm hungry." "You go, but I'm staying." "See you later." "Then Cris and I are going." "No, I'm staying here." "I'll keep him company." "Okay, whatever you want." "We'll see you later at Rocco's." "Sure, at Rocco's." "Guys, 10 minutes and then disappear!" "Okay?" "Yes." "Maybe I shouldn't have left them alone." "I should have convinced Cris to come away with me." "Yeah." "So instead of Leo, you'd be with Cris." "What are you saying?" "Come on, admit it." "I'm not admitting anything, you don't know what you're saying." "I totally know it..." "and you do too." "Still here?" "Leo, Lisandri said that if all goes well, it'll end at midnight," "She insists that you go to bed." "Both of you" "But tell her that tomorrow I'll be waiting outside her room, until she sees me." "Okay, I'll tell her." "We also skipped dinner." "Aren't you hungry?" "No." "Oh, yeah, sorry." "Delicate subject." "But, don't you want anything?" "Not even a bit of bread and jam?" "Are you a magician who makes things appear to eat?" "Follow me." "Green light." "I just have to clean the tub." "If we clean it together..." "Why won't you do the chemo?" "It's too complicated to explain." "If you explain it to me, I'll tell you why I don't want to eat." "Not to be fat?" "No, it's much more complicated." "Is it not to feel pain?" "It's much more complicated." "I imagine so." "Earlier, I was looking at those notes, they're done very well." "Whose are they?" "One of his classmates, he hates him." "I don't hate him, but he's a person too "sissy"!" "It's not true, he's a nice guy, like a panda." "You know pandas?" "Those ones who eat shoots?" "He's nice!" "In fact he's the only one who came to see you apart from your mother." "Your mother doesn't look like your mother, she's too young." "And above all, is so beautiful." "She's not my mother, she's my stepmother." "What a drag this arm is!" "What tests have you done?" "What did they do?" "In my opinion, they don't understand anything." "They just do things at random." "What did they do to you today?" "Something that ends with "ia."" ""Pioscopia test, "I don't know what the hell it is." "It's great this design!" "Who knows what they're doing!" "It's already well into the evening." "Why are you worrying so much?" "They're grown up now." "What does it matter to you?" "I'm also a bit worried." "We should go and see what's happened." "Look, let's do this, you go to look for them in Surgery." "I'm going to see if they're in Cris's room." "Ok, I'm ready." "We can go, but first I want to show you something." "Look." "We'll keep in contact with these." "Have you stolen a pager?" "He's stolen two!" "Here they are." "Here, Toni." "Thank you." "Let's go." "Come on, Vale!" "# According to me, I speak quite little and instead I think of you." "# I take the wind, the good wave and live a full life." "# Today is a good day." "# The book that I found is now mine." "# The pages that I read and forward tell a little about me, # they'll also remind you a little of me. #" "It's closed." "No problem!" "Because Leo..." "has bribed the cook." "No." "No problem." "There." "Nothing." "That asshole has changed the code." "Okay, let's go." "Wait, I've got an idea." "What's that?" "You've never seen a credit card?" "Yes of course, but..." "Do you already have a bank account?" "No, it's for small expenses here." "I swipe the magnetic strip..." "That isn't an ATM, Cris." "In fact..." "Press zero." "But it doesn't work." "Did you see?" "Try doing zero and hash together." "And then?" "Where did you learn that?" "(prisons) In San Vittore or in Regina Coeli?" " Angelina Jolie, "Tomb Raider"!" "In fact you resemble her." "# I'm free, everybody is free, the ocean, the solitude, # the shore and the gratitude is selfless." "# I'm free, everybody is free, # now or else we'll never know what fate is within our reach." "# It's up to us." "It's up to us." "# Us!" "#" "No jam." "A little 'tuna?" "No thanks." "Yeah, you live on air." "Could you avoid the jokes?" "Sorry." "Listen Cris..." "Are you rich?" "Why do you ask me right now?" "So." "No, now you mention it." "I think yours is a disease of the rich." "That's bullshit." "A poor person without hunger, I've never seen." "My illness affects both rich and poor." "Ok, sorry, peace." "I was wrong." "Don't talk about things you know nothing about." "Anyway I'm not rich, my parents are little bit though." "And wouldn't they like to adopt a nice kid with blond curls?" "Right now I feel good and I don't want to change rooms, change beds, and go to that awful place." "But to do the chemo, I have to go back to Oncology." "Just now that we've formed the group, it annoys me be moved somewhere else." "Leo, I understand, I also enjoy being with you." "I'd also cause trouble if they moved me now." "Cris, you're eating!" "Yes, I didn't even notice." "It's thanks to you." "Me, why's that?" "Because... you make me angry." "You tell me some things that annoy me." "But when you're here..." "Ah, here you are!" "Inform Vale that we've found the lovebirds." "Where did you get that?" "The hansome one stole them." "Deputy leader, the smart one here." "I've found the leader and the girl." "Where?" "On the third floor." "Come here because the storm won't wait." "Okay, I'm coming." "Where was he?" "The leader wants to know where you were?" "I was in the bathroom." "He "voided himself."" "What?" "He was in the toilet." "Here comes Vale." "Where were you?" "We were worried." "Did you know Cris is a super burglar?" "She managed to open the kitchen door." "We broke in to get something to eat, and she ate a little too." "Good, I'm glad." "I'm happy that you're also glad." "Excuse me!" "One... two... three... four... five..." "Bravo, you can count up to 5!" "If the thunder comes after 5 seconds the center of the storm is 1.5 km away." "How do you know that?" "My grandfather told me." "We're quite safe here." " 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "What's going on here?" " 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11..." "Come on, Toni, move it!" "Cris, what are you doing?" "Oh, yeah!" "57 km and 80 meters." "But did you notice that the baldies are always with the girl?" "What baldies?" "Leo and Vale." "Have you no eyes?" "They're always attached to Cris." "Look at these beautiful paints, this one is enamel and this one is water based." "There are also brushes." "The nurses are coming." "Leader, it's the smart one speaking." "The enemies are approaching, if you're near the elevator then go, we see at least one." "Over." "Ok, smart one, thank you." "Exuse me, leader, you didn't say "over"." "You're right." "Because if you don't say over I don't know when I must answer." "Ah, sorry, over." "Over and out." "Where are we going now?" "We're accompanying you to your room." "I don't want to go to my room now." "Princesses go to bed early." "Let's do another tour." "What are you doing here?" "Us?" "We're here to study." "Leader, we're ready here, let's do something crazy tonight." "Over." "You were saying that you're about to study?" "No, no, Leo was kidding." "We lost our friends and we were looking for them." "Do the staff know what you're up to?" "Do you know what time it is?" "Leader, oh!" "Why don't you answer?" "I've said "over"." "Toni and Davide, come immediately to the school." "I'm Dr. Carlo, over and out." "We're at a disadvantage, okay, let's meet and we'll surrender weapons." "Leo, Dr Lisandri would like you and I to have a talk." "I don't want to talk." "I'm not doing the chemo." "In there." "Your step mom is beautiful, is she an actress?" "No, she teaches piano to children." "She wanted to teach me too, but I refused." "Why's that?" "I don't like the piano." "I play drums and I want to form a rock band." "Anything else other than the Red Bracelets!" "Then you can teach me how to play the drums, because... to play the piano or the drums you need the same abilities." "Get it?" "I like those long and high notes." "But you like the worst!" "I have one that my father brought from Africa." "He was building a sugar refinery." "What does your father do?" "My father and mother are dead." "But don't ask me how." "Here they are..." "Chip and Dale." "I'm not arresting you, don't worry." "So, can you tell me what's happening?" "Ok, put it this way," "I can even pretend I haven't seen anything... and let you go without any questions, but on one condition." "What?" "Leo stays here to talk to me." "No, that's blackmail." "It's blackmail." "Right, correct term." "If you don't like it, we'll call Ulisse..." "Stop, I'm here." "No Leo, forget it." "But you won't convince me." "Okay, wait there, I'll be right back." "You, "Ocean's Eleven", go into that room." "Leo, explain to me, why don't you want to do the chemo?" "I'm not saying anything." "you're the doctor,right, you must convince me." "They don't teach us these things in college." "Of course." "Because in order to teach you first need to know." "The teachers only know stuff that's in the books." "About human beings, they don't know shit." "Go, Leo!" "1-0." "I don't want to be moved, I want to stay with my friends." "Leo, I don't count for anything, I'm the newest here." "I know." "They shouldn't send you to speak with a lion, that tears you to pieces." "Look at your friends." "Look here..." "If I succeeded in not getting you transfered, so you stayed on the ward with your friends..." "Will you do the chemo?" "They won't let you do it." "Leo, if you don't do chemo, you'll die, you know?" "I know." "Aren't you afraid of dying?" "No." "I've been in here for so long and now I've got used to death." "Has anyone heard this conversation?" "We all heard everything, Leo." "Perfect." "Nice friends you are!" "Cheers for privacy!" "What can we do for him?" "We'll have to get him to do the chemo." "You heard, if he doesn't do it..." "Okay, from tomorrow we'll try to convince him." "We'll try everything until he gives in." "As for me, I need to do something now, tonight." "I vote in favour." "If it's to cause trouble, I'm in." "Me too." "I also vote in favour, but what do we do?" "I've got a good idea, a great idea." "Yours?" "No." "Rocco's." "Let's hear this great idea." "So... shall I tell you." "Yes." "Are you ready?" "Yes." "Sure?" "Yes." "Got it?" "No." "Sometimes when my friends do crazy things... to react to pain and concern, inside me, even if you do not see, I feel a kind of happiness." "Why are you bringing me here?" "To the place that I hate most in the world?" "How many times have I said that seeing these walls makes me sick?" "More than a thousand." "Leo, we are here because we want you to be cured." "Don't you understand?" "I can't do the chemo, I can't." "It scares me to come here." "Are you a lion or not?" "Leo, share your fear with us." "Every day, one of us will be with you." "Yes." "We'll take turns keeping you company during the chemo." "You'd really do this?" "Of course, we've already decided." "But first..." "We must do something to give you courage." "What do you have in mind?" "A surprise!" "# So you bet it all on another way, # leaving fate to decide what to do next." "Wait, guys, we need a sheet of paper." "# I'm rooting for you." "Here it is!" "And here's the pencil." "It's a pen." "# Suddenly, a spark of widsdom, # to understand life you need time." "# I'm rooting for you." "# I'm rooting for you." "# And finally tonight that we became a couple, # there's a wall painted by us." "# One plus one doesn't just make two." "# but that we are many." "# And finally tonight that we became a couple, # there's a wall painted by us." "# One plus one doesn't just make two." "# It's to look ahead, now we are so many people. #" "Too bad you weren't there last night, Vale draws very well, he's a genius." "We had fun." "By the end we were of all colours." "It was cool!" "But why am I talking to you?" "What a drag!" "In here everybody ends up becoming crazy." "I knew why Davide had spoken to me for the first time." "It was due to the fact that he was, little by little, discovering a new world in here." "I'm not talking about the world of doctors, nurses and friends." "No." "Davide was discovering the world that was inside him, and that up to that moment he didn't know he had." "Hello, Little Mushroom." "Hello." "Why did you come so early?" "Why not!" "Make me a space." "Did you sleep well?" "What do you have to tell me?" "Honey..." "Dad didn't want you to know, but I think it's only fair to tell you." "Now you're old enough." "What's wrong?" "The doctors have called us... and it appears that... you have a small anomaly in the aorta." "They'll do an examination, an arteriography." "What is an arteriography?" "From what I understand... it's a more accurate examination of the heart." "I thought that this week I'd be back home." "Me too." "I think if they were to confirm this little problem of yours to us... perhaps it'll be a while before you can return home." "I'm sorry, Little Mushroom." "That each time he does chemo he should return to his ward?" "Does he think this is a hotel?" "Does Leo think he's on a skiing trip, Doctor?" "The kids do whatever they want all day, we should punish them." "Instead we negotiate?" "Why should we punish them?" "Nice!" "The mural." "Take care of this matter, Doctor." "You should scold them, be tough." "It's easy doing the good stuff and leaving the bad stuff for others." "But..." "No, no buts... no buts." "Do as I said." "I want Leo here today, then he can return to sleep where he wants... for this time." "Not bad at all!" "No, it wasn't bad at all, that roaring lion, besides, you could see that it was a good lion." "It shows that this lion was a bit tired, like us, who couldn't see the time we'd get back outside, to be as free as the air, the wind, the trees and the sea."