"The Beach" "Is incoming at platform number 6 the express train from Domodossola." " It's on time." " Yes, Mother." "Porter?" " No, thanks." "Thank you." " My pleasure." "Caterina!" "Excuse me, sister." "I haven't seen her for a year." "We understand." "This is for the month." "And this for the Church." " We'll pray for the girl, and for you as well." " Thanks." "In 15 days the girl must be in boarding school." "Remember to be punctual." "Don't worry, sister." "And this is Caterina's stuff." " Thank you." " Goodbye." "Where have you been?" " Far away." " Where are we going?" " By the sea." "At Terrazzi." "You'll see!" "A beautiful beach." "Are you thirsty?" "Do you want some ice cream?" "Some candy?" "Here." "Look what I bought you." "You like?" " Yes." "Aren't you happy to be with your mom?" " Yes" " Good girl." "Come on." "There you go." "It's yours, this stuff?" "No, no!" "Thank you." " You're welcome." "Where is the sea?" " Oh, it's still far away!" "Tomorrow you will see it." "How is it?" "Large, immense!" "Like a sky upside down and filled with water." "And there are fish in place of the birds." "This too is for you." "Watch!" "Cute, huh?" "There!" "Hold on." "A cigarette, lady?" " Thank you, I don't smoke." "And the nicotine on your finger?" " I don't smoke anymore." "I made a vow." "Excuse me, is it free?" " Yes." "What's your name?" "I'm Silvio, and you?" "I'm Caterina." "Behave, Caterina." "Excuse me, please." "Can't you stop smoking at least a minute?" "You're right, but this is our last cigarette." " The last?" "Yes, we've decided to quit smoking." "We go to the sea to detoxify." "We're poisoned." "Well done!" "Modern civilization is all a poison!" "Alcohol, tobacco, cinema, and politics..." "Why don't you sleep?" " I don't know." "Away with all poisons!" "Away these too!" "In 10 minutes we are at Terrazzi." " We've almost arrived!" "You too go to Terrazzi?" " Yes, first time." "You've been there before?" "No, us too the first time." "That's why you're so optimistic, huh?" "Why?" "Isn't chic?" "Well, it's not a matter of chic." "To tell the truth, it's a bit of a disaster." "But, I say, at least the air is good?" "It was, good." " What?" "Yes, now there are the tannery's drains, and you can't breathe." "And at night there's a frightening moisture." "And a neglected beach, dirty." " Oh, yeah?" "Oh, my!" "I think you're a bit exaggerating." "Excuse me, please, at Terrazzi have mullets, fisch, I mean?" "Oh, yes, er.." "He's asking if there are mullets." "And if you can fish." "Mullets?" "At Terrazzi?" "You must know that at Terrazzi they unload almost all the oil of Italy." "And the seawater... it stinks!" "And the fish made off, all of." "I see." " You get it?" "No, he didn't..." "The fishes... away!" "They went away!" "Where?" " To Pontorno." "Pontorno, yes." " Pontorno?" "Is it far, Pontorno?" "The first stop." "And, tell me, there, the air is good?" "I'd say, Chiastrino lives there." "Chiastrino?" "The billionaire?" "The one of the artificial silk?" "Yes, him." "He lives in Pontorno summer and winter." "Hello." "Here, Pontorno there is no." "Of course!" "It's an old guidebook!" "You should know that Pontorno was fortunate to have a terrific mayor, who has all changed in a matter of 2 years." "Roads, hotels, gardens, electric power, everything." "He's done wonders!" "He brought palms from Sanremo to build the promenade!" "He even stretched the beach." "I say, who forces us to go to Terrazzi?" "Come on, let's take our bags and get off!" "Pontorno." "Porter!" " Good air!" "Oxygen, iodine!" "You can feel the saltiness!" "Thank you!" "I feel better already!" " Good." " Take this." "Goodbye." " Goodbye madam." " Bye." " Bye!" "You had a good trip, Mr. Mayor?" "Great!" "The Prefect was very kind." "He signed everything." " Oh, great!" "And on the train I swiped 4 customers to Terrazzi." " Oh, you're a smasher!" "Two more years of work, and Pontorno will be just as fine as Terrazzi." " Yes." "And you?" " I go to Terrazzi!" "Come on." " Is there a vacant room?" " No, sold out." "Is there a vacant room?" " Nil !" "Even the bathrooms are occupied!" "But this is a luxury hotel!" "There is nothing else, dear lady." "We are in mid-August." "Let, let, madam, we will charge." "Come, little one." "There!" " Please." " Yes?" " I would like a small room." "You were lucky, lady, there is still a vacancy." "Follow me, please." "Please, madame." "Dear boy, there's nothing doing, at five o'clock I jump out of bed." "That's no vacation, General." "30 years of barracks don't pass in vain." "I'm all wound up, I still hear the bugle!" " The bugle?" " Yes, the wakeup bugle." "Here we go." "You mind?" " Ham and figs, please." " Yes, ma'am." "Come in, please!" "It is to your liking?" " Beautiful." "But it is terrific!" " Delicious, you allow?" "Oh, it is Countess Azzurra with her secretary." "The Countess Azzurra who replies to the letters in the papers?" " Precisely." "Oh, I'd love to see her!" " You'll see her for sure, since she's a client like you." "The noise bothers you?" " Oh, no." "Indeed, keeps me company." "Well, then, allow me." "You like it?" " Yes." "Are you happy?" " Yes." "Let's go to the sea." " You like?" "First we arrange the clothes, and then we go to the beach, alright?" "If the girls who write you knew that Countess Azzurra is you!" "Hush!" "If they recognize me I lose my job!" "But look at yourself!" "Don't you see the state you're in?" "A monster!" "Physically and morally." "My experience as a woman, wife, mother and sister, tells me that the man for whom you have suffered, one day will return." "Yours, Countess Azzurra." "Instead of insulting me, read me the letters." "Oh, it sucks, your job." "Get the typewriter and go write on the terrace!" "And shave!" "Look at her, the Countess Azzurra!" "Paid for doing nothing!" "Dear bewildered doe, I too, as a young woman, I loved a deceitful man." "One day, fate would have it..." "Are you worried, General?" "No, why?" " Do you think there will be war?" "This morning I haven't read the newspaper yet!" "Who will it be?" " Don't know, I didn't see her coming." "Mom, what're you doing?" " Nothing, I'll be right with you." "Look!" "What beautiful ladies!" "And what smart gentlemen!" "They're worldly people, respectable, that can buy anything they want." "Clothes,.." "jewelry..." " And chocolates?" "When you grow up, you'll have to become a lady like them." "You see them?" "They stroll, and everyone greets them." "Mommy, I want to become like you!" "Am I disturbing?" "By no means!" "Indeed, you keep me company." "Listen..." " Tell me." "I'd love to meet Countess Azzurra." "I'd like to ask her for advice." "Countess Azzurra is resting, and can't be disturbed." "Well, it's not a trifle." "I'd like to ask her advice on a very serious thing." "I'm sorry, but Countess Azzurra cannot give private advice." "It's prohibited by the editor." "Then forgive me." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." "Good morning, ma'am." " Good morning." "The menu." " Appetizer?" " No." "And to drink?" " Mineral water." "Mineral." "Is that the Countess Azzurra?" " Yes, is the Countess Azzurra." "Excuse me." "Listen!" "Ham and figs." "Why not take off also your bra?" "You know it's forbidden." "You like?" " I don't like." "Want the paw?" " I don't like." "Want to start with a hot light broth?" "Ice cream." "Waiter, ice cream and biscuits." "Alright, sir." " Without biscuits." " Well." " Without biscuits..." "How do you feel?" " Just fine!" "And you?" "Oh, me, beautifully." "I'm not nervous at all!" "Who is that lady?" " A newcomer." "Widow, with the girl." "The matches!" "Give me the matches, quick." "But you got them!" " You have them in the purse, quick" "Matches." " Immediately." "Here!" " Tell him it's my treat, huh?" " Well." "From Mr. Albertocchi, the one of the refrigerators." " Give them back." "Mr. Albertocchi begs you to accept them." "Black day, today." "How much?" " 100 lire." "Here." " Thanks." "Here." " Thank you." " Don't mention it." "Here, mom." " Here, lady." " Thank you." "Think she's pretty?" "It may well be the black dress." " Must be in mourning." "They told me that she's a widow." " Oh yeah?" " Yes." "Here, lady." " Thanks a lot." " You're welcome." "Thank you!" "Waiter!" "This glass is dirty." " But, really..." "I said it's dirty!" "I think she's drugged." " The trouble is, she doesn't pay." "Oh well!" "Serve me two por..." "Four portions!" " Of course." " Thank you." " Four portions." "Today's youth does not inspire me any confidence!" "Will you?" "This is the perfect time." " Can't you see that he sleeps?" "I've heard he never sleeps." "It's you who're asleep." "I tell you it's premature." "At least admit you're afraid." " Afraid?" "Tact!" "What are you doing, you rascal!" "What're you doing?" "I need the bottle!" " Come here." "You know that you threw 15 lire of beer?" "Ugh!" "May I go?" " Scram!" "Don't go too far!" "And be careful crossing the street!" "Why do you walk with your head held high?" "My father told me that I have nothing to hide." "What does your father do?" " Coolers Albertocchi." "Where you going with that bottle?" " To the British." "You know them?" " No." "Come on, I'll present them." "And that louse?" " It's with me." "Hi." " Oh, how goes it?" "So so." "The deal with the rags went bad." "How much?" " 200 lire." "There." "I'll mark it on your account." "That makes 4,500 lire to your credit." "I've started with less." "Plus interest at 5%." "It's not much, 5%!" "It's a very good deal." "When you'll have a large capital," "I will teach you how to lend money at a higher interest rate." "They told me not to trust you." "But we're partners half and half." "But all your partners ended up badly." "But look with who he wastes his time!" "Oh, you're no good!" "What do you wait to propose your colossal deal?" "I wait for the right chance, I can't afford to make a gaffe." "Good morning, sisters." " Good morning." "Thank you." "May God bless you." " Oh, He already blessed us!" "We have money, health and all, all!" "Good day." " Good day, Mother." "What new business you have in sight?" " A combination with the British." "Hmm... those are a tough nut to crack." "And what is it?" "A batch of empty bottles." "Englishmen and empty bottles..." "Bye." " Bye." "Here is the English." "Turn around." "They are like us." "Is everybody in?" "Here, quick, come-on, march!" "All lined up!" "Halt!" "We're there." "Go on, one at a time." "Bottles in hand." "And you?" "Your bottle?" "I'll bring it to you tomorrow." " Alright, go on." "Two...three..." "Maso, here we go!" "It's thirty bottles, of beer and orangeade, plus yesterday's ones, it makes 60." "All good?" " Yes, yes, all good." "At 10 lire per bottle... make 600." "Yes, 600." "Hear the sound of the sea?" "Yes?" "Keep it, it's my gift." "So, back in town, you can hear the sea." "Look, a star!" "Oh, look, it's a sea star!" "A star, a star!" "Come over here, there's another grotto!" "Come on, let's go!" "Look!" "Look at how the train smokes!" "Caterina!" "Caterina!" "Caterina!" "Hi, Silvio." "What do you do here?" "Nothing, I go for a walk." "Oh, good girl!" "And... and you've bathed dressed?" "Caterina!" "Caterina!" "It's here, Caterina!" "It's here!" "Now comes mommy!" "Caterina!" "Caterina!" "What have you done?" "You're all wet!" "What a fright you gave me!" "It's nothing." "Here by the fire she'll dry quickly." "Thank you." "But why did you run away, huh?" "Why did you run away?" "Because the nuns wanted to take me to boarding school." "And you ran away, huh?" " Yes." "Silly!" "No one wants to take you to boarding school!" "You know, if we hadn't met on the train I wouldn't have stopped in this town." "Why, don't you like it?" " Oh yes!" "It's very pleasant." "Just, if the hotel weren't so expensive..." "On vacation you have fun, and you pay for." "If not the lords, who should pay?" " Right..." "There are the husbands, to send cheques." "My husband is dead." "Oh, forgive me." "It's yours, the boatyard?" "At Pontorno, everything belongs to the billionaire!" "Have you met him?" "The old gentleman in white who lives at your hotel." "Oh!" "I saw him from afar." "Thief!" "Nasty thief!" "Go away!" "Give me back the 100 lire, cheater, do not run!" "Hold it!" "Hey!" "Come a bit here!" "What have you done?" "Look, he put 10 broken among the good ones." "If you paid for, it means they were good." " Thief!" "Who taught you such nice things?" "Chiastrino, huh?" "Chiastrino teaches me only to do business." " And to steal!" "And you know why?" "He's a thief!" "Beware, I'll tell him!" "So tell him!" "He already knows what I think of him." " Good day, Mr. Mayor." "Why don't you arrest him?" "I'd arrest you..." "who let you be conned, got it?" "Here." "Take this." "Thank you, Mr. mayor." "Hear, hear!" "Mister Mayor!" "Yes!" "The formidable mayor, the one who changed everything, is exactly me." "But there are still injustices." "Small... and great." "Start by punishing the small thieves, meanwhile." "I'd rather start with the big ones." "Excuse me, of what Party are you?" "And you?" "Oh, I ..." "I don't believe in anything." "Maybe because you have all you wish." "I believe that in life only money counts." " No..." "You don't think what you say." "You're not sincere." "I must go." "You want me to accompany you?" " Yes." "No, thanks, I'd rather go alone." "Goodbye, ma'am." " Good day." "Bye, Caterina." " Bye." "Honey!" "Beautiful darling!" "Oh, poor baby!" " We finally found her!" "Angel, dear!" "We searched high and low for her!" "We too are moms, you know?" "Only a mom can understand!" "What lovely hair!" "You are too kind." " Take a cognac, ma'am." "God, how wonderful, what eyes, that little head!" "Sit down, have tea with us." "Maybe a Marsala will do better." "Waiter, a Marsala!" "But we don't know each other yet." " No." " Mentorsi, pleasure." " Hello." " Hello." "May I?" "Marini." " Nice meeting you." "Nice meeting you." "Albertocchi." "I don't know if you know:" "freezers Albertocchi." " Excuse me." "Do you mind?" "City of Pontorno" "You are invited to show up promptly to this office for personal communications." "Something wrong?" " No, nothing." "Hello." " Let's all go to Sanremo, we do caravan of cars." "Oh, how nice!" "You're coming too, lady?" " I have the baby, I can't." "Gughi, you too?" "Must be a little mad." " I'd say she's a great lout!" "Don't forsake us, ma'am." " No, thank you..." "We have just enough time to change us, allow me." "When the vacation is over, where will you go?" "I'd like to find a way never to leave you!" "I love you more each day." "And at the thought of having to leave you..." "You too come in boarding school?" " Well, that's a bit hard." "You're too little to understand." "All other kids are always with the mom!" "Look, Caterina, don't think about it." "I make you a promise." "We won't leave each other anymore." ""Town Hall"" "Mentorsi Annamaria, born in Riva January 26, 1925, resident in Milan, Via Della Rosa, 23." "Filed at Milan police headquarters... prostitute." "Sit." "Why don't you pack up and go back to Milan?" "I'm here with my daughter, she needs the sea air." "You got money?" " I'm on vacation, I told you." "And... how long will you stay?" "Fifteen days." "If I can, even longer." "And, at vacation over?" "Be careful." "You're in a first-class hotel." "And don't make trouble." "At the first mess..." "You understand?" "As for me, I don't know who you are and I don't know you." "Thank you." "Mind you, the file is urgent." " All right." "Thanks a lot, Mr Mayor." " For what?" "You were in the right!" "Allow me, Mr. Mayor?" "Any news?" " None." "Goodbye." "You're beautiful, you're a wonderful girl." "I'm not a girl." "I have a husband, and children." "For me you're a girl." "Claudio!" "Listen, and after the holidays?" " Oof!" "Let's not talk about it." "Mom, will you let me go play with Bruno?" "Yes." "Then I'll teach you even to swim." "Ouch!" "It burns!" "Cute!" "You can tell it's a real lady, huh?" "It's all about detaching her from the girl." "Can you take a look at her, after?" " Yes." "Rude!" "I don't enjoy it." "I can not have fun." "Everything bothers me." "I think I hate everyone on this beach." "But there are nice people, I think." " Oh, they're boring!" "You are the only one who has a good gaze, the others are beasts." "I love the sea, the sun, the sky." "I think it's a very nice place, am I wrong?" "To me, it says nothing." " I'd stay here all my life, if I could." "Who's stopping you?" " Well, you know..." "I have to manage everything on my own." "Will you come under my parasol?" "Yes." "There." "By the way, I couldn't cash a check." "Couldn't you lend me some cash?" "You want money, two or three thousand lire?" "I would need 50,000 lire." "Tomorrow I'll change the check." " I have nothing here." "You can't?" " I'm sorry, but I do not know how..." "I think that..." " That?" "I no longer know what I meant to say." "You didn't lend her any money, did you?" " I had none, here." "Good, you wouldn't see it anymore!" "But, isn't she rich?" " She's full of debts up to here." "She's eaten up tens of millions." " Millions?" "Ester!" "Mrs. Anna Maria!" "Let's all go to the Sirens, come!" "It's late." "Another time." "Go, go." "Oh, alright." "Can you look after her?" " Yes." "I feel so alone, so bored, without my husband." "You can say he spends his life in the clinic." "Is he sick?" " No, he's a surgeon." "He runs a clinic in Milan." "I never see him, it's as if he didn't exist." "Who knows how many nurses he has." " Oh, yes." "Then you could be a nurse, so you'd be close to him." "No way!" "I wouldn't resist even for a day." "I'd like to be a nurse, help those who suffer." "They pay well?" "What strange ideas." "I have a sister who would like to work." "It takes a two years course." "Dearest!" "Lovely ladies, come here, we've been waiting for ages, come on!" "Oh God, Albertocchi!" "Now we won't get rid of him." "For his four pennies he acts as boss of the beach." "They say that during the war he stabbed a man for a truckload of jam." " Possible?" "They exaggerate, he's just a cheat!" "Good morning!" " Good morning, ladies, how are you?" "Nice day, huh?" "Did you take a bathe?" " Yes." "I'm doing the palmist." "Give me your hand." " Can you read the future?" "No, the past." "The future no one can read it." "The past, I know that." "It's the future I want to know." "To read the future, we should believe in destiny." "And he doesn't believe it." " Oh no!" "I deny strongly that there is fate." "It's all a matter of will." "Take my case for example." "During the war,.." " Carletto, please, forget the war!" "Alright, regardless of the war, at a time X of my life," "I wondered:" "Which needs has the world today?" "What is it asking me?" "What from me, Carlo Albertocchi?" "Each day the world asks for a new product." "Just intuit it." "Tomato juice today, tomorrow... zipper." "Another time, nylon, and silk slumps..." "When the war was about to end..." " Carletto, forget the war!" "I intuited that the Mediterranean civilization, the Mediterranean citizen, wanted the fridge at home, and I gave it!" "And I put up a factory with 150 workers." "Also.. female workers?" " Oh, for heaven's sake, no women!" "The woman is made for the house, for the feelings, and, let's face it... for love." "But, a woman may as well need to work, she may be alone." "Forget it!" "A woman, in life, always gets along." "Especially... if she's alone." "Oh, look at that delicious little foot!" "You allow?" "It reads better than a hand." "Calm down, ladies, calm down!" "One at a time, one at a time..." "Oof, here we go again!" "Always with that telescope!" "Well, you're all beautiful!" "Try to be nonchalant." "But what're you up to?" " It's an hour he watches with binoculars!" "Okay, but so you ruin me everything!" " Ruin what?" "But you think that I'm here for fun?" "I don't care about vacations, you know!" "I'm here for him." " For him?" "Lady, try to understand me." "See, his word can change my life from this to that." "Sure, he's difficult to approach, but I'm waiting, patient." "In these things I'm a mule!" "My wife can tell." " Oh, of course!" "Because I want to go without fail." "See, lady, business is like women:" "the right word at the right time." "Am I wrong or it's raining?" " Look!" "Look at those two!" "God, how white they are!" "Oh what types, what types!" "What's so funny?" "We suck, don't you see?" "We're two worms." " What now?" "I'd go for a little poker." "It's raining anyway." "Come on, decided!" "Let me in, it's raining!" " Don't be silly, go away!" "Who could guess that it would rain today!" " It's the sunspots." "You know I don't like the rain." " Just say it, dear, and we leave now." "You can try on the moon!" "How are you?" " Well." "As the weather." "Soon the sun returns." "Also the marshal said so." "If you smile comes right back." "I'm used to smile, even when I don't feel like it." "So there is really something wrong." "May I be of help?" " Just a moment of bad mood!" "It's nothing, forgive me." " No need to apologize." "If you're at Pontorno, after all, I'm a little responsible, right?" "No, that's not it." "I like Pontorno." "But..." "Catherine, go get ice cream, but don't go too far, okay?" " Yes, Mom." "Give me an ice cream, lemon and chocolate." " Now." "Shall we sit down a while?" " Yes." "Look how happy she is." " Yes." "I brought her here because she needed sea air." "I want to stay here forever, if I manage." "Here, at Pontorno?" " Yes." "I can not, I will not go back to town." "That's why I'm so... worried." "You know, after the war I was alone." " Ma'am?" " A beer." " Nothing, thanks." "I had to do with lawyers, and then I made a cause." "Today they wrote me that I lost everything." "I no longer have a penny." "Don't believe me?" "Don't look at me like that." "I must find a job!" "But, shouldn't you think for a few days before making such an important decision?" "And then... finding a job is not easy." "Oh yes, I know well." "You're the only person who can do something for me." "Yes, often they need me." "And so they're all very friendly." "But I don't know how far I can count on others." "I can work in a hotel." "Doing the cloakroom, the maid, no matter what, because I have to start over." "Although it will be very difficult." "But have you thought this through?" "Yes." "Working here for the same people among whom you have lived so far?" "Hey, Caterina!" "Do you like being at Pontorno?" "You know that mom maybe keeps you always here with her?" "I'll do what I can, ma'am." "Thank you." " For what?" "What sort of Mayor would I be if I didn't mind for our guests?" "You go to the promenade tonight?" " Yes, maybe." "If I have any news, I'll let you know." "Goodbye, ma'am." "Bye." " Bye." "You were right, General, the weather has cleared up." " Yes." "Good evening." " Bye." "Bye." " Bye." "Yes, yes, a nice device, but..." "I understand, I see." "Thank you." "We'll see to it immediately." "But, what did he mean?" " I don't know." " Stupid." " Why didn't you ask him?" " Stupid, shut up!" "And so?" "At 9, she enters the room with the baby and stays there." "Have you looked in the suitcase, in drawers, in correspondence?" "Oh no, sir!" "That's bad!" "You don't know your job." "Search, watch, and report to me, huh?" "If all is desolation and torment around you, if you are anguished at night, remember that the eternal vagabond wanders about in search of your thrills." "If someone knocks on your door, open it:" "it is love." "And you say I don't know how to write!" " Do not say antics!" "You copied it of whole cloth!" "See?" "Sometimes I'm happy." "It takes very little:" "my typewriter, a bit of peace, my love near here, and to know that everyone is well:" "they eat!" "Come in, come in!" "Thank you." "Arrival tomorrow with children mother grandma-stop." "My cousin comes with us to meet you stop-kisses." "Book room and cabana stop-Luigina." "Have you heard?" " After all, I like your wife." "And then, you know, we get along." "Don't you come to dance?" " Yes, after, after." " Good evening." "Good evening." " Good evening." "Have you gone mad?" "Leave me alone, this is the decisive evening." " No, wait." "Now you say to wait." " You know I have a sixth sense." " Nonsense" "I take a leap into the unknown." "Go ahead." "I am Albertocchi." "You allow a word?" "No!" "Good evening." " Good evening." "You keep on strolling, I've a bit of nausea." "Stupid!" " What did you eat, Dad?" "Good evening!" " Good evening." "Come and dance?" " No, not now." " Come on, come." " No, later." "See you later then, bye!" " Good evening, ma'am." "Shall we stroll?" " Yes, ma'am." "Good evening." "What a gaffe!" "What a gaffe!" "Good evening." "Well, where are you going?" " I'm busy, bye." " Bye." "Good evening, lady." "Good evening." "Darling!" "What did you say?" "Darling, I said." "And then darling again, so there!" "You misunderstood me." "I just want to talk." "Let me talk." "I feel..." "lonely." "It wasn't so, you know, when I started from scratch." "Now that we are rich, my wife only thinks about clothes and jewelry." "She doesn't understand me anymore." "What are you saying, Mr. Albertocchi?" "Why are you complaining?" "Your wife is so likable." "She's a viper!" "Maybe tonight you're a little nervous." "Don't talk like that." "Why?" "I am quite calm!" "I don't miss anything!" "All I need is a bit of poetry." "Don't think that business made me sterile, y'know?" "I ..." "I am rich inside." "I have sentiment aplenty." "I burst!" "Mrs. Anna Maria ..." "Look... take a cold shower!" "Whisky." " A double whiskey, please." "Mineral water, please." "Parole." " Three thousand." "Who knows if the stars are inhabited?" "Dunno!" "Well, let's not worry also about this, huh?" "Perhaps even up there there's someone with a soul." "Like us!" "Yes dear." "How many worries!" "My husband." "My husband." "Casablanca, Rome, Paris, Stockholm." "You love him?" "Very." "Spiritual love... intellectual." "So this woman was completely naked." "Yeah." "Blonde or brunette?" " Honestly, I didn't see her hair." "In short, was it her or not?" "Dunno." "Well, let her enter." "Come in." "What else do you want?" "I want to know if the sea last night was not too cold." "I don't get it." "Yesterday at midnight a woman has bathed naked." "It's you." " Is false." "Some witnesses recognized you." "I haven't even left the hotel last night." "Yeah, of course." "But it's easy to verify, right?" "If not you, who may have been?" "What do I know." "You're the only one filed." " Oh yeah, because... the others are all..." "ladies, huh?" "All right..." "But you could do me a favor." "You could tell me who it was." "I've already said I'm on vacation." "And I don't do such favors." " As you wish." "But in your place I wouldn't be so surly." "You may go." "Then, since the street is too narrow, you put a no parking there, and another there." "Alright." "Mr. Mayor." "Here is the complaint of the Fishermen Cooperative." "Give it a look, please." "Then we'll talk about." "Okay, we'll try to get them to agree, huh?" "Oh, listen." "Did you summon Mrs. Mentorsi?" "Yes, for last night's scandal." "And exactly her you go seek?" " In confidence I can tell you." "She's the only one filed." "But she's a good girl." "Good day." "Dad, Marco said this is the train of husbands and cuckolds." "What does it mean?" "It means that you should not hang out with rascals!" "Bruno!" "Pontorno!" "How you're tanned!" "You look skinny." "Ah, I want to eat a burst of polyps to die!" "Hold!" "A carriage, huh?" "Teresa, look who's here?" " Mrs. Albertocchi, how are you?" "Hi!" "But you've aged!" " It's not true." "Madam, did you see my wife?" " Yes, she was at the hotel." "Well, shall we go?" " Yes, I must tell you lots of things." "Roberto?" "Roberto!" "Roberto!" "Come on, call you too." " Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "But there's no!" "Hi!" " Oh, my darlings!" "It's so nice to see you again." "I never forgot you, you know, dear?" "I'd like to believe it!" "But I like you like that." " Meet Riccardo." "How do you do?" " Hello." "Come on, darling, let's get on." "Please, ma'am." " Come on, little one, climb on." "Put it there." " So, you were able to approach the old man?" " No." " No!" "?" "And what you think he'll say of our idea of pooling heaters and refrigerators?" "Well, I think that..." "You want the truth?" " Let's hear it." " I don't know." "But I came for that!" "It's a month that you're here!" " It's not easy!" " I swear to you that..." "Be quiet a moment!" "He's received the telegram?" " I know him well, is so distracted!" "Come on!" "Get out!" "Dear, I fell asleep, I'm sorry." "Come, I'll order a nice tea." "You know that you're rejuvenated?" "Really, you got a..." " A glass of milk, please." "Shame!" "Miss!" "Still milk at your age!" "Yes, I don't smoke either." " Why?" " Just so!" "Well, not bad the girl, huh?" "Oh, excuse me, ma'am, so sorry!" "You know, when I see beauty, I get excited." "Always the same." " No, you don't." "Hush, you got a wife." " Two Carpano." "No, three." "Good morning, ma'am!" "Get something with us?" "You never drink anything, but after a swim, an aperitif is a must!" "Dear lady, I want to introduce you to my friend Luigi." "Another Roman, he too industrialist." "And they say that we Romans..." "At the Milan Fair,.." " How you do?" "How you do?" " ..not just the locals, y'know?" "He's the king of the heaters." "We're old pals, yes." "He's the hot and I'm the cold." "Good one, huh?" " Well,.." "We've known recently, but she's part of our small circle." "Excuse me, I must go." " Please." "Good morning." "Carluccio, I'm going to change." "Excuse me." "See you later, lady..." "Say!" "Where did you meet her?" " Here at the beach." "Nice, isn't she?" " Very." "Yes, but I warn you, there's nothing to do." "But... did you try?" " Me?" "For heaven's sake!" "I'm not interested." "Y'know, she's widowed recently..." "has a child." "And she's really serious." "Seriousness has always a limit, especially at the beach." "No, for me you can go without fail." "Well, in general, yes, but in this case, you're quite mistaken." "Well, in this case, since she's a widow and her child will make lose some time, it will take a few days." " Look, Luigino, I pity you." "You're conceited." "You're almost vulgar." " Oh, yes?" " Yes." "And then I, for starters, tonight will dine alone with her, huh?" "Well, here it is, my hand and 50, I say 50,000 lire of bet." "All right, 50,000 lire." " Agreed?" " Sure!" "You'll allow me to laugh after, right?" " But yes!" "You may laugh." " I laugh." "You laugh, yes!" " OK, bye." "You didn't come to stroll last night." " I didn't go out." "I thought it better that way." "Why?" " After what I told you yesterday," "I didn't feel like going down among so many lucky people." "I tried to help you, but it's less easy than I thought." " I know." "Every time I tried to work it went bad." "But there is a possibility." "A friend of mine, a hotel manager, seems well disposed." "But you know how it is." "With customers, they're easy-going, with the staff... is not the same thing." "I have no references." "To have them I should have worked before." "Yeah..." "And then, start working is not so easy." "For Caterina I would do anything." "Eh, one always says so!" "Anyway, the manager will tell me tomorrow." "So, can I count on it?" "And, for the references?" "I myself will vouch that you are honest and recommendable." "You don't know me well enough to take this responsibility." "I came here just to tell you that I will." "No!" "I do not want." "Why?" "I assure you that I can not accept." "Life has taught me to judge people from my personal impression." "I have confidence in you, and I want to help you, for what I can." "Tomorrow I'll get the answer and will come to tell you." "I'm very happy, especially for the child." "It is also important for you." "Now we begin to reason." "Waiter!" "Paprika, pepper, mustard, mayonnaise, English, spicy!" "And now you'll see." "It's delicious!" "I start to feel better." "Cheers!" "This is the therapy, absolutely!" "Sir, what do you think?" " Oh, beautiful!" "True?" "Beautiful." "50,000 lire!" "You're crazy!" "I feel you're going to lose them." "If there's no trick, I win." " There's surely a trick!" "You know he's a crook!" "And me?" "Am I a fool?" "Be quiet!" "Excuse me sir." "Come on!" "Roberto is an egotist, I know him well." "That's for me to say, I'm the wife." "The ladies' order?" " Ham and figs for all." "It's okay for you too, right?" " Yes, all right." "Very well!" "Put it there." " Yes, sir." "Oh, but don't leave me without ice, remember!" " Certainly, sir." "There is?" " Yes, sir." " Good." "Good evening!" "Good evening." "Look, Anna Maria, tonight I invite you at my table." " I can't, I know everyone." "We met just now." "But we know each other well." "Why do this fuss?" "By now I have the table prepared for two, what's wrong?" "Bring the girl too, huh?" " I'll explain later." "Please, leave me alone, don't ruin me." "If it is so." "But I don't understand why you won't accept." "Mind you, I am a gentleman, you know, right?" " They're watching us, sorry." "The lady would like an appetizer?" " Yes." "The gentleman eats alone?" " Yes!" "What did I tell you?" "50,000 pieces!" "Bring me a Bismarck steak." " Yes, sir." "Everything fine?" "All fine, Madame?" " Yes, yes, all fine." "I came to ask you a favor." "I don't do favors since fifty years." "I paid the hotel bill with a bad check." "And if tomorrow I don't have 100,000 they'll put me in jail." "You ever been there?" "No." " I have." "I assure you it's the ideal place for you." "You don't spend anything, the soup is excellent." "There is neither whiskey nor roulette." "And when you get out you can tell about to your existentialist friends." "The clinics for detoxification are too expensive." "Why won't you help me?" "Keep your hands to yourself." "Such matters don't interest me since long." "You knew my father well." "You've done a lot of business with him." "I disliked your father." "You're a beast, not a man!" "And who ever said otherwise?" "Well, I haven't lost my bet." "I gave up for good reasons." "Well, look, it's not for the 50,000, you know that I..." "Of course..." " But what are these reasons?" "Look, Carletto, forget it." "It's a delicate matter." " So let's do so:" "be delicate, gimme the 50, and we're set." " But I can't give it to you!" "Oh no, at this point, I have a right to know!" "You swear not to tell, not even to your wife?" "Okay, I won't tell, not even to my wife." "Come on, spit it out!" "No!" " And why not?" "Upon my word!" "What a world we live in!" "So why does all this comedy?" " Well, it's for the child." "These are her vacation days, poor thing!" "But I had noticed there was something fishy!" "Yes, yes." " But come on!" "Would you mind taking me to Nice?" "Nice, Cannes, Paris..." "Climb." " Thanks." "Oof!" "These Sundays never end!" "What a bore!" "Oh, here we are!" "Sand, shells, everything." "Mom, who's going to give the prize?" " Mr. Chiastrino." "Do you think I'll win?" " Oh, if not today, some other time." "Let's not miss this opportunity, huh?" "We should win the prize, to catch him." "Trust me, you'll see that we win!" "I got an ace in the hole!" "So why not take it out now?" " Bravo, so the others will swipe it." "Mr. Chiastrino, that's all I could find." "Stay still !" "Here is my idea:" "Italy!" " If you say so.." "Head held high." "There!" "Hey!" "Well?" "Did you make this?" "Yes, I made it myself." "Then, you win!" "Bright idea!" "Shut up, you!" " No, leave him alone." "But... maybe it's not very fair." "Yet, in its modesty, has something poetic." " Yes, yes..." "Maybe, but ..." " No, no." "It's the least beautiful!" "But children have to get used to injustice." "And, as soon as possible." "Come on, baby." "Mr. Chiastrino is a real character!" "Here is the prize!" "This is an insult to the Italian flag!" "But, madam, it's just a children's game!" "To win prizes, you need to be... trollops!" "But, has won Mrs Anna Maria!" " Yes, if you must know..." "What!" "?" "Teresa!" "Shut up, huh?" "If I'm born again, I too will be a..." "Good job you've done!" " She had sworn she wouldn't tell anyone!" "Come on, come away!" "Come on, darling, hurry up!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "What is it, why have they left you alone?" " I don't know." "What is it?" "What has my baby done?" "What has happened?" "What has done Caterina, not to let us play together anymore?" "I know it." " If you know, say it." " Say it!" "What do you know?" "That she's a trollop!" "What does that mean?" "I don't know." "Come on, let's play." "You, go back home." " Why?" " Because you're a bigmouth!" "Go home!" "Away!" "At home, you!" "But no, no, I understand." "Okay, a bit of understanding, ladies!" "Putting us next door with that woman!" " By chance!" "I am a liberal, but here we have kids!" " Kids..." "Oh, luckily my kids don't speak Italian." " Yeah..." "It's a downgraded hotel!" "I assure you she's packing her bags." "She's about to leave." "Don't wrong me, stay calm." "A little patience..." "However, we've decided." "Away her, or away us" " Yes, mad..." "Have you heard of the scandal?" " Yes." "So what?" "Let's be fair." "You deem we can live in the same hotel with that woman?" "I think so." "But we think mostly of our children!" " Oh, don't be afraid!" "Nothing will prevent your children to become like you." "Unbelievable!" "But who he thinks he is, this mayor?" " He's a buffoon!" " Calm down, ladies." "Please, I beg you." "Calm down, ladies." "He was joking!" "Mr. Mayor..!" "Lady Albertocchi!" "Why leaving?" " When did you find out the truth?" "It doesn't matter." "You must not leave." "I'd have preferred not to meet you more, after what happened." "Come with me." "Porter!" "Hold these bags." "Come Caterina." "It is not the first time I try to change my life." "They all make promises, but when they discover the truth, there is nothing more to do." "I still have a bit of credit." " Look!" "And I put at your disposal." "The others will be stronger, and you'll lose your credit trying to help." "That's what we shall see." "They pretend not to see me." "Yet I feel all eyes on me." "I'm ashamed!" "It's the best occasion of your life to not be ashamed." "It is still far away?" " We've arrived." "Carlo..." "I accompanied here the lady I told you about." "Mrs Anna Maria Mentorsi." "Good evening." " Good evening." "You know, I wish to think about it a while yet before giving an answer." "But you said it was a sure thing!" "Now I'm asking you as a friend's favor." "The season is now advanced, I already got too much staff," "I'm afraid I can't do anything." "Why?" "I'd like to have a word in private in my office." "Excuse us, huh?" "Don't sit down." "I don't like this hotel, I like better the other one." "We must be satisfied, honey." "I wish we could stay here!" "They'd give us a small room under the roof, but for the whole summer." "But the sea can't be seen?" " I think not." "But we could be together, at least in the evening." "And not during the day?" " On Sunday." "Mom, why did you change hotel?" "Do me this kindness, you promised me." "I'm really sorry, I can't." "The scandal is too strong." "I'm sorry, Silvio, I find myself in an odd situation." "If I told you everything!" "No, look, it's not the case." "I decided, I can not do it." "Oh!" "Where are you going?" " I must leave." "Since I'm not worthy to work in your hotels." "The hotel manager is right." "He's not rich enough to despise the opinion of his customers." "So?" "What should do, a woman like me?" "With hands like yours, you can't do neither the cook nor the maid." "And what must I do to be with my daughter?" "Want some advice?" "It's easy to give advice." " Well, take my arm." "The world is made in a certain way, and it won't be us to change it." "No one rebukes you for being who you are, but for not having been successful." "Come on!" "Take my arm." "Trust in my experience." "My arm is the last chance left to you." "Good!" "You're not stupid." "Have you seen?" "It's the best strike of the season." "Yeah!" "You know, I think..." "Good evening!" "Good..." "But..." "Well, basically you were friends." "We can start all over by hooking her, eh!" "Good evening!" " Good evening." "Good evening!" "Have you seen?" "Good evening!" "Good evening!" "Good evening, madam!" " Good evening." " Good evening." "Don't you think they greet us." "They greet neither me nor you, they greet the billion." "Learn to judge them for what they are." "These men would have liked to become great thieves, but in general, they did not succeed." "Even stealing is difficult." "Their women are poor beings who have sold themselves to their husbands." "And their only form of rebellion is reduced to some betrayal." "It is a poor satisfaction." "I know why you cry, you're right." "He's a good guy, he meant to transform his life, but, this is not possible without changing all the rest." "And he knows that." "He's too young and impulsive." "He would like to do many things:" "put thieves in jail, redeem prostitutes... and perhaps reduce a little bit my assets." "But it's still too early." "For the time being..." "I'm the one who has the situation in hand and can do something for you, without asking anything." "Tomorrow you'll be free to choose the life you want." "If you want to be honest, to work, to love a man and suffer," "I won't certainly be the one to stop you." "It's all planned." "Mind you." "That everything be done with precision, carefully, huh?" "Do not worry." "Greet, greet!" "Good evening, madame." "The key to the 38, soon!" " Now." "Good evening, ma'am." "Good evening." " The key." " Here." "Here, lady." "Go and rest now, and tomorrow we'll talk about your future." "Here." "There you go!" "There you go..." "Good evening, lady." "From now on, they will all greet me!" "END" "English subs by edam17@KG April 2013"