"The authors of the screenplay were freely inspired in the making of this film by historical research on an episode in the life of Giacomo Puccini's family, offering a unique interpretation of the events narrated." "Attention, we're shooting." "Attention, we're shooting." "Cameras." "Cameras." "Ready." "Shot 1, Take 1." "A moment." "Excellent." "Action." "Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage" "The Region of Tuscany" "And organizers of the Puccini Festival present" "PUCCINI AND THE GIRL" "In January 1909, at Torre del Lago, while Giacomo Puccini was working on "The Girl of the West,"" "his young maid Doria Manfredi committed suicide." "This film relates the events which brought about her death." "Dear Doria, it is raining here, and we have decided to return." "Open up the house and ventilate the rooms." "Do not forget to air Fosco's room." "My daughter has written that she wants to visit my husband and the girls." "See you soon, Elvira." "in collaboration with and with Intolerance, film school of Comune di Viareggio" "Written by:" "Paola Baroni, Paolo Benvenuti freely based on historical research by Intolerance" "Photography:" "Giovanni Battista Marras" "Director:" "Paolo Benvenuti" "Dear Sybil..." "I'm rather worried about my darling Minnie." "I'm somewhat neglecting her." "I want to call the opera "Girl of the West"" "or "the Golden West."" "Which do you prefer?" "Swallow which flies over the sea" "Hear my words fly back to me" "Give me a feather from your beautiful wings" "I want to write a letter to my love" "And when I have written and said my word" "I'll return the feather to you dear bird" "And when I have written and had my say" "I'll return you the feather to fly away" "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." "Amen." "The devil's in you." "Dear Signora Emilia." "There is not a grain of truth in that, with which I am charged." "It is a result of ill-wishers, turning the head of my wife." "I have always thought of your daughter as a member of our family." "Nine, eight, five, two..." "Four, five..." "Nine, nine, eight, two..." "Six, seven, eight..." "Seven, five, seven..." "Nine, two, murra." "Nine, eight, five, six..." "Seven, eight, nine, seven..." "Nine, five, six, eight." "Get out." "The others try to separate them, but cannot succeed." "Minnie, enters with a bound and with a firm hand" "separates them violently." "Dear Sybil, I have many terrible things to tell you." "And I cannot trust them to paper." "If you will have the goodness to visit me, I will explain everything in Paris." "Ansaldo recruit workers" "Ansaldo recruit workers" "Dear Nicky, you must immediately deliver this article to Emilio." "Let him persuade his nephew Rodolfo to apply to Ansaldo." "And please read it to Julia." "I beg you." "The Maestro says you must read it to him immediately and must convince him" "100 workers required for the construction of the shipyards at Sestri Ponente." "Those interested please contact the recruitment secretary." "Paris, 5:35 pm" "Rodolfo has applied to Ansaldo." "Regards, Nicky." "Hello." "Yes, it's me." "Who?" "Maestro." "What an honour." "What are you talking about?" "Yes, of course." "Sure." "Certainly." "Certainly." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Manfredi Rodolfo" "In fact, Maestro, the real reason for my leaving is to have surprised Fosco in bed with your librettist." "And it was she who mounted this slander about you and me." "To discredit me and silence me in front of everyone." "Doria Manfredi." "Dear Sir, in response to your job application of 20 October, we are delighted to inform you it has been successful." "Please present yourself to our Genoa office, Monday 4 December." "He will return tonight." "To Topisio The only woman in my life" "How is she?" "Help me." "My love has gone to live in lovely Lucca And will become a lord, they tell me" "Now I wish I could send him greeting But I'm afraid my messenger would fail me" "One word a lover speaks will find more favor Then any messages of love whatever" "One single word from him would more content me" "Than fifty thousand that he ever sent me" "They tell me I'm as dark as any brownie But where the soil is black, the grain is finest" "See how darkly the carnation flowers Yet in your hand it waves in grace divinest" "Altho' they say my love with dyes is tinted He looks to me an angel as they're painted" "Altho' they say he's black as any raven" "He seems to me an angel straight from heaven" "A candle cannot give two flames And if it does they won't shine bright" "A fountain cannot give two streams And if it does they will not flow" "A girl who leaves two lovers together can never make them happy" "She can make them happy One in fact, the other in theory" "One in fact, the other in theory" "There, in a saloon, Harry... and other miners" "beat the rhythm... with their hands." "Minnie and Johnson" "Disappear from the audience" "In a whirlwind dance." "Dear Sybil, The situation with Elvira is the same." "If you only knew." "One can't even think of working." "After returning from Paris, I made it up to her... and asked her to forget about the past, now that Doria is no longer in the house." "She agreed." "But a few days later, I found her hiding in the dark wearing my old clothes." "Spying on me." "I said nothing, and left the next day for Rome." "Dear Fosca, a little bird told me of your rendez-vous with Ganymede de Chivinini." "Well, like mother like daughter, as they say." "20 years ago, your mother's scandal was contained within the walls of Lucca." "But today, if you don't wish your honor, your mother's, and above all Giacomo's to be dragged through the mud, then bear in mind that my silence will cost." "And that of my relations even more." "Your husband." "La Mea does the laundry" "To conquer her love" "La Mea, she is washed" "By the source of love" "La Mea, she is dried" "By the sphere of the sun" "La Mea, she is shaded" "By the leaves of the laurel" "The laurel is green La Mea sleeps" "Her love passes by La Mea sighs" "Don't sigh Mea I want to marry you" "The road is rocky The horses are mounted" "Her father at the window lets her go" "The river's current she cannot pass" "Her father at the wind..." "Maestro." "Today Signora Elvira beat me in front of your house." "Then she insulted me before everyone." "saying I was a harlot, a bitch, that I was your mistress." "She shouted:" "Gossip, slut, I'll show you." "Look, at this whore, who's come here looking for my husband." "Then she went to my mother and told her that she had found me with you in the act." "Doria has poisoned herself with sublimate." "Nicky" "After five days of agony she asked to be examined after death." "After death the doctors established that she was pure." "Subtitles:" "Corvusalbus;" "Marooned2"