"A SECOND CHANCE" "Giulia, wake up!" "It's 7 o'clock, c'mon." "Please, five minutes more." "Don't be a baby, wake up!" "Move!" "Let's have breakfast, come on!" "Brewer's yeast, vitamin B and vitamin C." "Marco, that's my birth control, spit it out!" "It went down." "Gimme some water, I'll take it." " I should be okay, right?" " I don't know." "Good morning, Umberto." "Good morning, Umberto!" "How are you?" "I'm fine too, thank you." " Good morning, Franco." " Mr. Damiani, this is for you." " Thank you, Franco." " Have a good day." "A little cyclops asks his father:" ""Why do we have just one eye?"" "The father:" ""Don't start breaking my ball!"" "Mariotti, want me to explain it?" "I caught my wife in bed with another man two months ago." "We were married for 15 years, yesterday was our legal separation, she took the house, my son and alimony's 3000 euro a month." " That too?" " That's why I'm not laughing." "You're too negative, react!" " Hi." " Hi." " This is Giulia." " A pleasure." "He's Marco, she's Dragomira, "Drago" for friends." "I finally get to meet you," "Claudio talks so much about you." "Yes, we've been friends for ages, since high school." "The last century!" "How did you and Marco meet?" "It was last century too, at a party." "When she came in, I had to put sunglasses on." "She was so radiant, she blinded me." " C'mon..." " She was gorgeous." "I fell in love immediately and we've been together ever since." "What a wonderful story!" " Why are you looking at me?" " I like romantic stories." "This guy wants to kick me out, he says I'm drunk..." "Mom!" "I haven't touched a drop in a week." "It's a lie." "Mrs. Sconocchia, you were supposed to watch her!" "After the movies, we came here for a pizza," "I left her for a minute to pee..." "And she drank a bottle of wine." "The whole thing, she grabbed it from me." " You're in for it!" " Mom, I can't take it any more." " Need a hand?" " Sorry, I'm taking her home." "Good, so we can have a Sambuca." " I'll warm your feet." " Not tonight." "What's the matter?" "It's that..." "I want a separation." "From who?" "From you." " What?" "Are you drunk too?" " I'm not kidding." "Why do you want a separation?" "Let's hear it!" "Because I neglect you, take you for granted." "No, maybe because you need your space, right?" "No, I..." "I want to because there's someone else." " No!" " Yes." "How can that be?" "What the fuck are you saying?" "He's got nothing to do with this." " It's us, you." " Me?" "You see?" "See what you're like?" "You just think of yourself, your work, like I didn't exist." " That's not true!" " Yes, it is." "I haven't been happy with you for a long time, but you don't even realize it." "Honestly..." "We're better off apart." "Are you kicking me out?" "No, you can spend tonight on the couch." "Thanks." "I'll leave right now, so Umberto won't see his father get kicked out tomorrow." "Marco, please!" "You're making this harder, let's talk." "You did it all, there's no..." "You're no good at packing, so I got it ready for you." "Very kind!" " I'll give you a hand." " I'll do it myself!" "I don't need your help." "I'll free up the house right now, to make you happy." "I have a vacant room next to a client, Mr. Mariotti." " His wife kicked him out too." " How dare you?" " Usually..." " Just give me the room and fast." "Damiani!" "An herbal tea?" "Mariotti, no, not herbal tea." "Tiny herbs?" "This semester's results show growth." "We took wise, careful steps to stand up well against our competitors." "Our aim is to satisfy our clients needs, always, meaning, to obtain positive yield despite market fluctuation." "Damiani!" "Yes, sir!" "I'm giving the biannual briefing and you're snoring." "Forgive me, I got no sleep and don't feel well." "I'm sorry." "If it's too much for you, go home." "If only I had one!" "What's that mean?" "It means I've been kicked out." "My wife has another man." "I've been cuckolded like Mariotti!" " We've been together 25 years." " I know." "I've always loved her and never once cheated." "And what's she do?" "Leaves me for another guy." "I'm glad I never got married." "Lucky you!" "Our anniversary's in three days." "Just think, I bought her this." "A beauty!" "If I could go back, I'd never be with her, I'd change my whole life." "Damiani!" "Are you okay?" " My God..." " What happened?" "A header, but instead of the ball, you hit Claudio." "What a head-butt!" "C'mon, guys." "Wow..." " You're Garbarino?" " Yeah." "Astarita, Ponzani, Cecchetti." "Zanandrea... our classmates!" " Are we dead?" " Dunno." "This is the schoolyard, we're back at school." "Unbelievable, are we dreaming?" "Seems real to me!" " What day is it?" " Saturday, April 7th." " What year?" " You don't know?" "1990." "1990?" "We've gone back 25 years, how?" "How?" "You said you wanted to go back, and you did, but you brought me too." "What a nasty blow!" "Guys, into class, lesson's starting!" " Mario." " Tubby!" "I'll knock the clown out of you." "Into class!" " Mario, I'll give you a sock." " Yeah, and a shoe." "Hey, that's us at 18." "We were high school seniors." "That's why they recognized us!" "Garbarino, how do you see me?" "An idiot, just as always." " Not far from wrong." " Look who's talking!" "Damiani, Palmerini, into class!" "Hear that?" "They see us as two kids." "I don't believe it!" "Torrini, how's it goin'?" "Our desk, remember?" " You're sure?" " Yeah." "Only you could write "Rizzigoal"." "Yeah, when he scored in the playoffs." "Palmerini!" "If you want to talk, come up here so we can chat." "Sir, it's my fault, sorry." "So both of you come up here." "Off to a great re-start." "Tell me about the Cartesian coordinate system's parabola." "We stopped studying years ago." "Quiet!" "I'll ask you again:" "what do you know about the parabola?" "Honestly?" "Fuck-all!" "I swear I'll flunk you this year!" " Who cares." " I already have my degree." "Back to your seats!" "No, my Califfone moped!" "It's great!" " Where's mine?" " They stole it, remember?" " How I suffered!" " I'll give you a lift home." "You're lucky to have a home, I'm in a hotel." "That's in 2015." "You're still with your folks." "At 12 Piazza Caprera." "I lived here, 4th floor, apartment 10." "Lived?" "Live." " I'm still in Via Sacconi." " Lived." "No, live!" "Don't you see we have to start over?" " Chill, dude!" " That's what they say today." "Which today?" "Get this wheelie, awesome!" "Here you are." "Lalla, you're just the same!" "How should I have changed since this morning ?" "Hurry, Mr. Damiani's hungry, c'mon, c'mon..." "See?" "At last!" "Mom!" "You're so young." "Not a wrinkle, you're beautiful." "I love that scent of yours!" "Dad, you still have all your hair!" " I've always had hair." " Look at that tuft!" " How I've missed you!" " What's all the schmaltz?" "Sit down, you know we eat at 1:30." "Of course." "Bet you were horsing around with your friends, right?" "Did you talk about Pamela Anderson's boobs?" "Gilberto!" "You're the same idiot brother even twenty years later!" "But I'm happy to see you." "Twenty years later?" "What are you saying?" "Marco..." " You're not smoking pot?" " No." "Because if I find out you are, I'll kick your ass!" "Aldo, these words at the table..." "I made risotto with radicchio." "My favorite!" "I know you're from Venice, but how about an amatriciana sometimes." " A Roman cheese and pepper?" " He's had it too." "Stop, I'm fed up!" "If you don't like it, go out to eat!" "A quiet Sardinian, huh?" " No sardine pasta from me." " You didn't understand!" "How did school go today, baby?" "You really see me as a baby?" "I know you feel big, but for your Mom you'll always be my baby." "I wet myself laughing at Beppe Grillo on TV last night." "He'll be in politics in a few years and found the Five Stars Movement." "Dad..." "He's doing drugs, this kid does drugs." "Toby, baby!" "You recognize me?" "I've missed you, give me a kiss." "Stop kissing the dog, you should see what he licks on the streets." "Hi, Mom." "Wow, how young and pretty you were!" " Were?" " No, you are young and pretty." "If I was, your father wouldn't have left me for a 20-year-old." "Come on, let's eat!" "I need to be in my office by three." "Look at that!" "You're still a psychologist, Mom?" "Having problems at school?" " Do they make fun of you?" " No..." "Don't, my water's in the refrigerator." "Give me a taste!" " This is gin, not water." " It is?" "You're right, but water's too tasteless." "You'll ruin your life." "Your father's already done that!" "You miss him, huh?" "You know what I miss?" "An olive!" "Didn't we buy any?" "Here it is!" "Now I've got it all." "My favorite cap!" "Marcolino!" " Mom said you have a party tonight." " I do?" " Don't you remember?" " Sure!" "Okay, so you're back by...?" "Midnight." "No riding mopeds with your drunk friends." " Take a cab, so Dad won't...?" " Worry." " Sounds like me with Umberto." " What?" "Got 20 euro for the cab?" " What?" " 40,000 lire." " 40,000 lire?" " Round trip." "Are you crazy?" "I'm a lawyer, not a Rockefeller!" "2,000 lire, make it last all week." "40,000 lire... 2,000 lire?" "One euro!" "It lasted me all week." "HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY FIORELLA" "I don't believe it, Fiorella Sacchi's birthday party!" "That's what it says!" "I saw Giulia for the first time, right here." "Giulia!" "Oh, it's really her." "She was 18, and so beautiful!" "See that guy down there?" "Cute!" "She's got her sights on you." "I don't want to fall again." "That's why I came back to the past." " Not to fall again?" " Right!" "25 years ago I asked her to dance, then we kissed, then we went steady, got married..." " Then she dumped you." " And she ruined my life." "But I can change things: if I don't go with her, I won't be unhappy!" "Seems like the plot of "Back to the Future"." "See that girl?" "25 years ago she was sitting right there." "I wanted to make a pass, but I was embarrassed," "I didn't even have the courage to talk to her." "But I'm not shy now." " Go talk to him." " What do I say?" "Didn't you see how he looked at you?" "I don't know what to say!" " Hi." " Hi." " My name's Giulia." " Marco." " Are you bored?" " No." " Mind if I sit here?" " No, no!" "You can't." " But it's an empty chair." " My friend's coming." "Okay, I'll stay standing." "Good." "Wonder what they're saying!" "Would you like to dance?" "I would because you're very pretty, but I can't." " Why not?" " I can't." " Give me a lift home?" " Sure." "No, I promised Dad I'd take a cab, thanks anyway." " With that monster?" " There he is!" " She still affects you, huh?" " Like crazy." "Let's go, or I'll ruin everything." "Now you like Miguel Bosé?" "Good grief, he's such a hunk!" "But he couldn't care less about me!" "It bothers him to show his friend he likes you." "Maybe you're right." "He's with his friend, so, he's playing it cool." "He pretends he doesn't like me, but he really does!" "You're back!" "Three minutes past midnight, better than Cinderella." " You smoke?" " So?" "A Cuban cigar, whisky at this hour with Mom and Dad home ..." "Go to bed!" "No allowance for a month!" " I make 5,000 euro a month!" " He even talks back!" "I'll kick you sky high!" "SKY?" "Won't be around for twenty years!" "What are you talking about?" "You're drunk, go to bed!" "Don't let your mother see you like this." "Take some bicarbonate, turn the light out, and no comics." "What was he watching?" "Women with their boobs out, at his age..." "Takes after his dad." "I can't come, I have to finish my homework." "Got gum?" "If Mom smells the smoke, she'll kill me." "His name's Marco Damiani, he lives at 12 Piazza Caprera and here's his phone number." "How'd you find out?" "My cousin's friends with one of his classmate's sister's boyfriend." "Out-of-sight!" "I'm off." "Bye, girls!" " So?" " 854..." "It's ringing!" "Calling someone you like?" "Tizy, quiet or I'll lock you in your room." " Hello?" " It's him!" " Say something!" " I can't do it." "Who is it?" " Go on!" " You talk!" "No, I'm embarrassed." "I'm not!" "Hi." "Is that you?" "Are you crazy calling me at home?" "What a deep voice!" "How old is he?" " Eighteen." " Oh, he's old." " How are you, sweetie?" " Fine." "When you make that little girl voice you drive me nuts!" " What's he saying?" " That you drive him nuts." "Great!" "When can I see you?" "He's asking when he can see you." "Tomorrow!" " How about tomorrow?" " Sure!" "I'll see you tomorrow afternoon at 5, at Bar Ciampini." "I can't talk now, bye." " Who was that?" " This is an answering machine." "We are not at home and even if we were, we can't answer." "Please leave a message at the tone." " Are you an idiot?" " De Simone, 70 calls today." "The maid makes risottos instead of taking calls." "I have to do it all!" "There it is!" "Bar Ciampini, Piazza in Lucina." "Where's that?" "Near Via del Corso, my friend Gloria lives there." "Good, I love you." " And I want 500 lire." " I'll give you 1,000!" "Good girl!" " Who do I look like?" " Who?" "Don't I look like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun"?" "Spittin' image, but he rides in F14s, you, a motor-scooter." "I wish, but it's a moped!" " What do we do?" " What did we do at 18?" "We'd go to the Spanish Steps to look at the foreign girls' underwear." "Yeah, but now we'd get arrested." "It was all so different." "No cell phones, no texting, no chat rooms." "To find an address we had to ask passers-by." ""After the gas station on the left"." "I could never find that gas station!" "Of course not, you went right!" " But there was ice cream." " Want a cone?" " Make mine chocolate and cream." " Just vanilla." "A drop of prosecco for me." "Mom, prosecco in the early afternoon?" "It's not morning?" " Then I'll have an aperitif." " Don't serve her." " Hello, Ms. Giuditta." " Hello..." "Who are you?" "Marco, a classmate of Claudio's." " Who's Claudio?" " One aperitif?" "Her seventh!" "Why are you young men hanging around, doing shit, instead of working?" "See you tomorrow." "Need a hand?" "You only live once!" " Want me to come with you?" " No, don't worry." " You're sure?" " I'm used to this." "Mom, I'm taking you home." "Home?" "Where did we meet?" "You're on acid, not prosecco." "Walk straight!" "You're all crooked, aren't you ashamed?" "Don't shout, I'll let you fall." "Hi, sorry I'm late." "Late?" "Our date!" "It's 5:07." "We had a date?" "Yes, here at Bar Ciampini." " When did we talk?" " Here are the cones." " Thank you." " You bought me an ice cream, nice!" " All vanilla, my favorite!" " Mine too." "Want to sit down?" "Actually, I was just leaving..." "On my way here I was so stressed," "I thought you might stand me up." " Giulia!" " Mom!" "Weren't you supposed to be studying at Benny's?" "My mother-in-law and my sister-in-law!" "Instead you sit here playing up to this boy." " Did you tattle?" " No, I was playing at Gloria's." "You're even wearing my shoes!" "What's this stuff?" "To make a hit with boys, she stuffs toilet paper in her bra." " I know." " You'll pay for this!" "Let's go home, move!" " Dad!" " Who is it?" "Marco!" "You've all made dates here today?" "Date?" "I haven't made a date!" "So why are you here?" "I'm here... for ice cream!" " Is that okay?" " Sure, calm down." " I'll come too?" " Great." "You gotta make a date to have ice cream?" " You don't think I have a lover..." " No way!" "Dad's serious, he wants an ice cream, not a lover." " What flavor?" " Pistacchio." " What happened to that nutjob?" " Cone or cup?" "Cup, a cone drips all over me." "You don't know how to eat a cone?" "That's how I like it!" " Hi, Mom." " Hi, sweetheart." "Whose jacket is that?" "Your father's." "Why are you ironing it?" " It relaxes me." " Dad left 7 years ago." " You're still waiting for him?" " Who'd want him back?" "Just because I'm ironing his favorite jacket, I'm waiting for him?" "I ironed his shirts and trousers too, so what?" "Mom, I said not to drink." "No one can say a word to me, I do everything I should." "I raise a son, pay the rent, the school, all by myself," "I don't bother anyone, all I ask for is a drop to relax me." "Your cappuccino?" "I don't want it." "I've decided I want to change the future too." "Like me with Giulia?" "I have to find a nice person to be with my mother." "Right, or she'll still be home when you're 40." "You won't marry and she'll chase off all your girlfriends." "A shit life!" "But where can I find this nice person?" "In the morning, instead of coffee, she has Sambuca." "Oh God..." "I'd say you had the Sambuca this morning." " Are you okay?" " No, not at all." "What a flip!" " Hello?" " Hi, am I disturbing you?" " Who's this?" " Marco, it's Giulia." "Oh, you're one of Marco's friends." "I'm his dad, hold the line." "Thank you." "There's a Giulia for you." "No, no, no!" "Absolutely not!" "Why?" "Is she ugly?" " No, she's very pretty." " So, get moving!" "Who do you take after?" "I'll put him right on." "He's very happy to talk to you, he's running!" "Thank you." "Darn you!" " Hello?" " Marco, it's Giulia." "I wanted to say I'm sorry for yesterday." "Who knows what you thought..." "No, not at all." "I'd love to see you again." " Are you there?" " Yeah, I'm here." "But I have to go, I have a lot to study." "Oh, you have to study." "Okay, I'll wait for you to call back?" "Yes." " Bye." " Bye." "He has to study." "You know why he won't see you?" "He has another girl." "We have to find out who she is." " Did you take the razor?" " Yes, I shave twice a day." " Why do you need it?" " Me?" "You've got two whiskers!" " Who was that on the phone?" " A girl." " Your girlfriend?" " No, we're not together!" "I get it, she won't put out." "No, it's all too complicated, forget it." "Listen, little loser brother, since I feel for you, I want to give you a gift." " I know a girl who puts out." " I don't go with escorts." "With who?" "I won't go with a woman for payment!" "Payment?" "She's Daniela's cousin:" "a slut, but for free." " Move it!" " There he is!" " You're dressed like Lapo Elkann." " Lapo who?" "No!" "The old GTI 1900?" "Dad's right, you're on something." "Let's follow him." "Let's go!" " What's the hurry?" " C'mon, move!" " Are we taking the elevator?" " C'mon, you're 18, hike!" " Hi, Gibi." " Hi, Dani." " This is your famous little brother?" " Yeah, the little virgin." "Don't overdo it." "C'mon, come in." "What did I tell you?" "He's got another girl." "Let's go." "Wait." "What is it?" "Where are you going?" "I want to see what he does with that bitch." "It's dangerous!" "This is Betta, my cousin." "Hi." " Gilberto and little..." " Marco." "And little Marco." "Come here." " There he is." " What do you say?" "He's really not bad." "She's cute, but too young for me, let's go." "Young?" "She's shrewd!" "Gibi, how about going to my room?" "Sure, let's go see your stamp collection." "Little brother, it's up to you, sink the putt." "Oh, c'mon!" "Want one?" "No, thanks, I quit 7 years ago." " You quit smoking at 11?" " Yes, I'm very precocious." "C'mon, come sit here near me." "I'm fine here, thanks." "I like shy little boys." "No, what are you doing?" "Please..." "I'll make you feel like a man." "What an asshole!" "How can he like that hag?" "Relax!" "I'd like to jump." " Are you crazy?" " No, sorry." "Forget it, please." "You're pretty, but you're too young, my son's your age." "Oh sure, you had a son when you were 2." "Don't jerk me around." "I don't want this, drop it." " Betta, what are you doing?" " Giorgio!" "Who's this guy?" "A friend of mine, I swear nothing happened." "Nothing at all." "You're a slut, we've been together just a week!" "Quite a while, so..." "You don't deserve a guy like Giorgio Mariotti!" " What's your name?" " Giorgio Mariotti." "Mariotti, my loser colleague!" "You were a cuckold even as a kid?" "Then you were born a cuckold!" " Need something?" " Lando Santini?" "Yeah." "As a kid, did you vacation in Anzio, at Aeneas Beach?" "Yes." " Did you ever marry?" " No." " Good for you!" " All these questions?" "Get out!" "I'm the son of Giuditta Palmerini, remember her?" "I sure do, we went steady for three years." " Then she got married..." " To my father." " Now Dad's gone." " He died?" " No, he fled." " See?" "Lando Santini, I really need a new dad." "Okay, "Dear Marco..."" "No, take off the "dear", I'd like to smash his face in!" ""I know you're seeing a girl..."" "I mean, a hag." "Actually, a slut who's been passed around." "Like a joint!" "Don't joke, this is serious." ""I advise you to drop her immediately and find another girl"." "Like the gorgeous Giulia." "Idiot!" "Signed, "a girl with good advice"." " He'll know it's you." " Okay, then, a buddy." "Don't sign it at all, an anonymous letter!" "Did you do it?" " Did you slide it under the door?" " No." " No?" " The door opened." " And who was it?" " The maid, she took it." " Did she ask questions?" " Yes, she asked who it was from." "I said: "My sister Giulia"." "Are you stupid?" "It was an anonymous letter!" "When Marco gets home after soccer, he'll know it was me, I'm ruined!" "No, this isn't the Algranati home, they're one floor down." "Sorry, I made a mistake." "The door on the right or left?" " Could you show me?" " That one!" " Which one?" " That one there." "Are you sure?" "Yes, they've lived there for 20 years, husband, wife, two children and a little dog." "Thank you, sorry." "Wasting my time like this!" "With all that I have to do!" "Hi, Lallona." " Maradona's back." " Don't I wish!" "I'm leaving my bag here." "Okay!" "Want your usual sandwich?" "Yes, thanks, but I'll go to the bathroom first." "Gilberto, do you have to shower right now?" "Let me take one first, I'm sweaty." "Get lost!" "Got a sore throat?" "What a pain!" "Go to your room, I'll call you." "C'mon, leave the shower." "Scared I'll see you naked?" "Get out of the bathroom or I'll rough you up!" "Rough up your little wiener!" "Get out!" "Giulia!" "Oh no, what a mess!" " I'll dry you off." " No, please, don't look at me!" "Careful, you'll fall!" "Giulia!" " What happened?" "You're soaking!" " Stay out of it!" " It's Lando." " Second floor, apartment six." "Mom, he's coming up." "Oh, no!" "How do I look?" " You're beautiful." " What stress." " Go for it!" " I need a drop." " Where did you put it?" " No drinking today, or Lando runs." "Let him!" "Know what?" "Don't even let him up." "Can't you see, if you're alone you'll have a terrible old age?" "You need a man to help you, keep you company." "Here he is!" "Lando's all I needed." " Hello." " Welcome, come in." "May I?" "This way, come with me." "Giuditta!" "You haven't changed a bit." "Well, you look like you've collapsed, what happened?" " It's been twenty years." " Looks like forty on you." "I'll leave you, enjoy the visit." "It's a dream to see you again." "Give me your coat." "A little something!" "I brought you a bottle of Sambuca." " Sambuca!" " We can have a drop after lunch." "Why after?" "Right now!" "It's best not on an empty stomach!" "It's not good for you, I'll drink it." "His name's Lando Santini, he was Mom's boyfriend, then she left him for Dad." " How did you find him?" " In the phone book." "He never married, what luck!" " He's perfect for your mother." " Fingers crossed." "Look who's here, Claudio, the wimp!" "Brunello!" " I forgot about him." " Who is he?" "The mechanic's son." "He beat me up, every time he saw me." " Why?" " Because he was an asshole." "Out for a stroll with your boyfriend?" " He's a real jackass." " A nightmare." "Run, you wimp." "I'm talking to you!" "Forget him." "No, I sure won't." "I was a kid in 1990, but now I'm 42, I'll pay him back." "Come down off the bench." "I'm so scared, I'm shitting my pants." "You hurt me!" "Run the next time you see me, or I'll kick your ass." "Sorry!" " Let's go!" " You did right." "What happened?" "Dunno, I beat him up till yesterday." "Going back at 40 can give real satisfaction!" " Not always!" " Why?" "We have to redo graduation exams, 4 years of college..." "Then military service, driver's license." "In a few years they'll take out my wisdom teeth." "My appendix." "Satisfaction?" "It's a ball-breaker!" "Lando's still here, so it went well!" "Hi, Mommy's darling." "See who dropped by?" "My friend Claudio." "I'm Claudio." "Right, don't be confused, you're Claudio, he's Cris..." "He..." "Lando!" "I know, I brought him!" "Been drinking, huh?" "Drinking?" "No, no, no..." "You didn't even feed him?" "Make us look bad?" "Mr. Lando, I'm sorry." "Don't worry, young man, your mother's great fun, she makes me pee my pants." "Tell him what I told you." "He had a store, it was full of loan sharks." "This full!" "Tell him then they burned everything." "He didn't even have insurance." "None, free as the birds." "One hand in front, and one in back." "What a laugh!" "Did you bring this bottle?" " Yes, a drop after lunch..." " Helps out!" "Instead of chocolates, you brought Sambuca?" " I'd like to slap you around!" " You deserve it!" "What's right, is right!" "I've got another drunkard in the house." "He's angry." "But who gives a damn!" "Could you come a moment, please?" "Yes, Dad." "We met with your teachers this morning, even the principal was there." "Guess what he said?" " What?" " That you do fuck-all at school!" "Aldo!" "I never see you studying." "If this keeps up, you'll flunk out." " Who gives a damn!" " Who gives a damn?" "I have other problems to think about." "Young man, you didn't get someone pregnant, did you?" "No danger of that with him." "Please go in the other room." "Darling, what are your problems?" "Baby!" "I'm not a baby, I'm 40, I'm a financial planner," "I'm married, I have a son and I'm separating." "Marco, do you feel okay?" "Yes, I'm not crazy." "You see me as a kid, but I'm a grown man." "Please, help me." " Of course!" " Tell us how!" "Get me back to 2015, please!" "You want to go back to 2015?" "Nothing to it!" "I'll call the ambulance." "Hello?" "Hello, an ambulance..." " I called the police." " That's good!" "Do you have an ambulance?" " What's your name?" " Marco Damiani." " What's your father's name?" " Aldo." " And your mother's?" " Patrizia." "My brother's Gilberto, my grandmother is Luciana, I live in Piazza Caprera." "I'm just fine, believe me." " How old are you?" " Forty-two." "I came back to the past, you see me as 18." "He's lost it, he's like a robot." "Neurologically he's in order." " So why does he say this bullshit?" " Stress." "A breakdown caused by stress." " With all that's happened to me!" " What's happened to him?" "How do you heal from stress?" "No pressure, no commitments he should relax, have fun." "What are your plans for Easter?" "Dunno." "Take him on a trip, far from Rome, from his daily routine, let him get away from things for a while." "Darling, where would you like to go?" " To 2015." " Cut it out!" "Okay, then I'll opt for Amsterdam." " Amsterdam?" " Where is it?" "And why Amsterdam exactly?" "For work, I've visited all the European capitals, except Amsterdam." " You've visited all the capitals?" " Yes." "In 18 years I've taken him a few times to Monte Carlo!" "And Santa Marinella." " Roulette or Black Jack?" " Chemin de Fer." "But drop it, not the right time." "And what other cities have you seen?" "Paris, London, Brussels, Stockholm..." "In a minute he'll say he's been to the moon." " Have you been to the moon?" " Dad!" "Now I'm the crazy one!" " What are you looking at?" " It's not me." "It's him!" "Get moving!" "Haven't you ever seen a woman?" "This is Sunflowers!" "This painting is touching!" "It's much better in real life, I'd seen it only in pictures." "On the butcher's calendar, remember?" "I saw it in a retrospective on Van Gogh at the MOMA." " Nice!" " Where's that?" "The MOMA is in New York." " You've been to New York?" " With my wife and son." " Now it all fits." " What?" "He wanted to come here because he smokes joints." " Damiani!" " Borghini, what are you doing here?" "I can't believe it, you're in Amsterdam too, how nice!" "Leopoldo, my father-in-law." "This is Leopoldo Borghini, from my club, the funniest pharmacist in the world." " Pleased to meet you." " Charmed." " Hi." " We know each other." "We do?" "I don't recall where..." "Coffee shop, don't listen to him." " Is he a junkie?" " Don't even talk about it." "Franca, come here." "This is Franca, my better half." "A pleasure." " Patrizia." " Franca!" "It's you!" "Giulia's here too." "Giulia, come to your dad." "No, I'm looking at a painting." "C'mon, come here!" "Come to your dad, there are friends from Rome." " This is Giulia, my daughter." " Hi, Marco." "Hi." "You know each other?" "Yes, they meet in the afternoons in the cafes downtown." "Once." "It was you who called the other day?" "Yes, I'm sorry, I took you for Marco..." "You're right, she's pretty." " He really said I'm pretty?" " Very pretty." "What a small world!" " What hotel are you in?" " The Amstel." "Us too!" "So, dinner this evening at the Flemish fag's?" "C'mon, I'll throw a stone at you!" "Just kidding, I told you he's fun." " Dad, please." " Give it back!" "And that's a little swing!" " Hi." " Here we are, my little buddy." "I booked the best fish restaurant in Amsterdam." "Hey, wow!" " Let's go?" " No..." "How about Marco?" "Marco doesn't feel well, he's not going out." "Come on..." "I feel tired too, besides, I don't like salmon, you all go." " No dinner?" " I'll have something in the room." " So, we'll see you later?" " Okay, have fun." "Bye!" "Today's kids are hard to understand." "You book the best restaurant and they're in the room with a hamburger and fries!" "They're right, at their age I'd never have gone out with four old fogies!" " Maybe you're an old fogy!" " You feel like a teenager?" "Let's go!" "See, you're shaky?" "Grab this old fogy!" "You're just too much fun!" " Are we going by gondola?" " No, we'll swim!" "You're absurd!" "Hi." "What are you doing here?" "I played hooky from the restaurant too." "Do you mind?" "I did it to be with you." "I know!" "Why don't we call room service?" "Listen, don't be offended," "I don't like you following me, calling, that you just walk into my room." "I want to be alone." "Don't take it that way." " Piss off!" " Where are you going?" "Out!" "Think I'm in Amsterdam to stay closed up with a jerk like you?" " Wait..." " I'm going out on my own." "Are you nuts?" "A kid all alone at night in Amsterdam?" "My shoes, damn it." " Giulia, come back to the hotel." " Not on your life!" "Cut it out or I'll drag you back." "If you touch me, I'll scream and then report you!" "What a mess I'm in tonight!" " Then you'll dislike me even more." " I don't dislike you!" " It seems just the opposite to me." " You're wrong." "Oh, look!" "Beautiful shoes." "I couldn't find mine, so I put these on." "You're a jerk, but also pretty nice." "Good thing." "Let's go back to the hotel and eat." "Why the hotel?" "There are loads of nice places." "But I'm in slippers." "They're all nonconformists here, no one will look." " What will you have?" " Salmon." "But I bet you'll have meat, you don't like salmon." "That's right, how do you know?" " I know lots of things about you." " You do?" "For example?" "You like Madonna and adore tortellini in broth." "Your zodiac sign is Cancer, you were born on June 28th." "Wow, that's true." "Red's your favorite color, you're allergic to pollen and in bed, you hug me because your feet are always cold." "Are you crazy?" "You and me in bed together?" "I was joking, but I bet you have cold feet." "Yes, that's right." "You're quite a character!" "First you say I bother you and then I find out you know all about me." "You're unique, you really are." "You're unique too." "Let's order?" "They were never in the restaurant." "Or at the bar either." " Franca, did you try the room?" " There's no answer." "Where did those two dimwits end up?" "They really are dimwits!" "Oh God, I kissed you." " Didn't you like it?" " Yes, but I shouldn't have." " Why not?" " I know, but you can't understand." "I'm an idiot, I fell for her again." "Calm down!" "I have to go, sorry." "Here's the numbskull!" "Where have you been?" "We were so worried." "C'mon, worried?" " A kid, out on his own at night!" " With all the scoundrels around." "What scoundrels!" " You're punished tomorrow!" " No, I'm leaving tomorrow." "What?" "Why?" "Because the stress hasn't gone, it's doubled!" "I'm going home tomorrow, hear me?" "Oh God, I feel ill!" "Palpitations!" "Are you happy your mother feels ill?" "Sit down." "It's your fault too, ordering mussels in Amsterdam!" "You stuffed yourself!" "Let me feel your heartbeat." "The jugular vein, feel it." ""When Beatrice I saw turned toward her left, and looking at the sun;" "no eagle ever gazed at it so keenly..."" "Damiani!" " What are you thinking about?" " Giulia." "What's Giulia got to do with Dante's Paradise?" "Sorry, nothing at all to do with it." " Are you listening to the lesson?" " Of course." " No." " What was I saying?" "You were saying that Dante was in Paradise with Giulia and..." "This Giulia again?" "Beatrice, not Giulia." "Beatrice, not Giulia." "You've flipped out!" ""When Beatrice I saw turned toward her left..."" "You fell for her again?" " No." " You did!" "I told you I don't give a damn about Giulia!" "Damiani, what's all this ruckus?" "Out, go to the principal!" "Explain all this to me now or I'll go nuts!" "You ignore me, then tag after me, and I find out you know all about me." "And then we kiss, a super kiss and then you run off." "Why?" "What's it mean?" " What's it mean?" "Beatrice..." " Beatrice?" "Giulia, I like you very much, you're a fantastic girl, but..." "But what?" "I can't, I mustn't fall in love with you." " Why not?" " Why not?" "Because we'll get married, have a son and I'll be happy." "But then you'll say you have another man and kick me out and I'll suffer like a dog." "Marco, what are you saying?" "I'd never hurt you," "I'm in love with you." "If you care for me, leave me alone." "I didn't do a thing, he just fell." "Fuck off!" "Good for you!" "Are you happy?" " What do you want?" " You act like a 12-year-old." "You fuck off too." "You're a real moron!" "We lost because you got yourself kicked out." "It wasn't the European Cup final!" "Listen, "European Cup"..." "Is it true you don't care a thing about Giulia ?" "Why?" "Because if you don't, I'd like to try with her." " You?" " Yes." " With Giulia?" " Does it bother you?" " No, we're not together." " I got the green light?" " You swear you don't mind." " No." " It's okay?" " Don't worry." " What do you want?" " Are you an idiot?" " Why?" " You let him hit on your wife?" "Giulia isn't my wife and she'll never be!" " You're sure it's okay?" " Go on, don't worry." "Go fuck off!" "Again?" "I'll get you expelled for life!" "Champions League Referee, do what you want, in five years I'll break my kneecap and switch to golf." "Meet you outside the bowling lanes at 4?" "I can't today." "My folks have a bridge tournament at the Club, so the house is empty." "I'll invite Giulia, no strike at the lanes, but a strike in bed!" "What a jerk!" "You're still in time to stop him." "No, better this way, I'll get Giulia out of my life once and for all." "If it makes you happy!" "Darling, a toast to you." "A toast to you, my pet." " You're always drinking." " We're toasting." "We're toasting to the betting sheet." "Why, did you win?" "We still have to play." "C'mon, play with us!" "I haven't played in years." "Hey, kiddo, look what I found in your jacket." " My smartphone!" " What?" "A kind of Gameboy." "It works!" "These kids suffer from the syndrome of Gameboy alienation." "Ascoli" " Genoa?" "Wait a minute." "What's the date next Sunday?" "April 29th." "Here it is, 17th game." " I'll put an X?" " X on all the games." "No, stop, Genoa wins, 2." "Atalanta" " Fiorentina?" " 2." " Another away win?" " Trust me." " We'll trust." "Bari" " Milan?" " 2." " They're all 2s!" "It's better, it's more money." "Darling, is there some problem?" " No, Mom." " Are they pushing you around?" "Don't worry, on Monday we'll buy the school." "Juventus" " Lecce, 3 to 2, so 1." "He's losing count." " A toast..." " To you, my love!" "I can't stand you anymore!" "It's me who can't stand you anymore with all these scenes!" "You always turn the tables!" "Quiet, you can't even set a table!" " I don't even know her!" " You never know them, right?" "Stop it, you liar!" "Have the courage to say:" ""I cheated on you!"." "Cheated... what a big word!" "A little slip, a tiny cheat." "A tiny cheat?" "A tiny cheat?" "Are you crazy?" "Mom's Ming vase!" "Out!" "I never want to see you in this house again!" "Go to her, tomorrow I'm going to the lawyer." "I'm the lawyer!" "Out!" "What patience..." " Dad!" " Marcolino!" " What happened?" " Nothing, routine marriage things." " Do you really have another woman?" " Another woman?" "Are you kidding?" "Just a fling, it's normal, after all these years of marriage." " But Mom kicked you out." " It's not the first time." " It's not?" " I'll do three days in a hotel." "You too?" "That's where you'd go when you disappeared from home." "Where else?" "Once the storm's over, all's back to normal." "Because Mom and Dad love each other, you don't destroy so many years of happy life over a fling." "Take notice, you'll get married and it will happen to you too." "You're right, true love can never be erased." "So, Giulia and I will get back together." "You too..." "What's Giulia got to do with it?" "But there's a problem!" "How can I get back with Giulia if we're not together yet?" "The delirium starts again..." "I have to keep her from going out with Garbarino." "Dad, thanks, I love you!" " More now than twenty years ago." " That's good!" "Isn't anyone normal in this house?" "I'm going to buy a dog." "A nice basset hound, it doesn't bark or break balls." "Fast, I have to talk to Giulia before it's too late." " I'm not Max Biaggi!" " I see that." " My God!" " Careful." "Don't be reckless!" "Think I'd be reckless now that I'll be a millionaire." "You, a millionaire?" " I found this." " No!" "I played a game sheet knowing the results." "Grandiose!" "How do you feel?" "You didn't break anything, just a few bruises." "Maybe a huge fright." "I don't remember anything, except that I was on a moped with my friend Claudio." " How is he?" " Fine, we released him yesterday." "Hello?" "Coming, Sir." "I'm in the operating room now, be back later." " Is that a smartphone?" " Yes." " What year is this?" " 2015." "2015?" "That's great news!" "With the recession, I wouldn't say so..." "See you later." "I'm back in 2015!" "Hello, all good things today:" "soup and boiled vegetables." " What are you doing?" " I'm going home to eat." "They've been waiting for 25 years, they must be worried." "Much more than soup!" " Thank you!" " Goodbye." "Hello, can I help you?" "Who are you?" "What are you doing in my house?" "You're wrong, this is my house." " Your house?" " Sure, I've been here for 20 years." "Twenty years?" " Good morning, Franco." " Hello?" "Sorry, you need a pass." " Me, a pass?" " Yes, visitors must have one." "I've been working here for 10 years!" "I don't think so." "What?" "Mariotti!" "Mariotti, tell him I work here, I'm even a partner!" " Have we met?" " It's Marco." " Damiani, a cuckold like you." " How dare you?" " Kick him out." " Come with me." "Wait, I'll show you my I.D." "See?" "Marco Damiani..." "Via dei Volsci 110?" "This is a nightmare." "Follow me." "Anyone home?" ""Marco Damiani, architect"?" " Giulia?" " Giulia?" "It's Marta!" "Marta?" "We've been married for 10 years and you pretend not to know me?" "You disappeared." "I called you a hundred times." "You're late with the alimony!" "Oh, I am?" "Yes, don't play dumb." "How's Umberto?" " Who's Umberto?" " Our son." "Yeah, all I needed was a son with you." " Remember my alimony!" " Yeah, okay." "Oh, sure..." "I'm married to someone else." "Hi Marco, it's Claudio." "How are you?" "I just heard you've been released too." "I'll expect you for dinner this evening." "This is my new address:" "Via del Corso, 135." "How are you?" "Fine, now that I see you." "I don't understand a thing, are we in the present?" " Of course." " So, why has it all changed?" "That's what we wanted, wasn't it?" " Whose house is this?" " Mine!" "So, you're filthy rich." "Thanks to the betting sheet I played before the accident." "Just think, I won 4 billion lire in 1990." " Wow!" " Marco, hi!" "Hi." " Who's she?" " Angela, they say she's my wife." " You're married?" " Found out the other day." " How nice to see you again!" " Thank you." "I'll leave you alone to chat." "She's beautiful." "A beauty, huh?" "A great piece of ass." " How did you manage to marry her?" " My winning numbers helped." "You think?" " Does your mother live with you?" " No, she's with Lando." "They stayed together?" "I don't believe this, Marco Damiani?" " Yes, you are...?" " Garbarino, don't you remember?" " I didn't recognize you." " I did." "How's life?" "Are you married?" "I was, now I'm separated." "I've been holding up for 20 years." "Darling, look who's here." "Do you remember Marco Damiani?" "Yes, we met many years ago, I think." "But I remember you very well." "And I also remember when the two of you got together." "It was afternoon and we were supposed to go bowling." "What a memory!" "Everyone, come to the table!" "The buffet is open." "We'll exchange numbers later, let's not let another 20 years go by." "No, absolutely not." "You still like her, huh?" "I wanted to change my life, instead I made a mess." "I did it, I left him." " Who, Garbarino?" " Of course, who else?" "Of course." "Who else?" " What did you tell him?" " That I have another man." "I told him the truth." "I told him we met again two months ago and we fell in love." " And you kicked him out!" " No." "I said he could sleep on the couch tonight." "But I'd packed his bag, he saw it and preferred to leave." " For a hotel." " I don't know." " Poor guy." " Oh, come on!" "You're making a tragedy of it, almost like it happened to you." "No, not this time." " What?" " Nothing." "How much time did we lose?" "Yeah, we should have gotten together at Fiorella Sacchi's party." "But you didn't want me then, and I never understood why." "Because I was afraid it would be over with us and no happy ending." "But I was wrong." "We can't fight fate." "I bought this for you a long time ago." "Oh, my God!" "Are you crazy?" "It's beautiful." "Does this mean we're engaged?" "I'd say so." "If we have a son, why don't we call him Umberto?" "Marco, Giulia and Umberto..." "Sounds good!" "Yes!" "A SECOND CHANCE" " Mom, what happened?" " Lando kicked me out." "Because he caught me with Gaspare." " Who's Gaspare?" " The wine merchant." "Who else, dumb question!"