"# 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 1x04 Subtitles by Oliver Sanderson" "A cheerful morning, thankfully!" "Instead of going to school, Mirko came to keep Davide company." "For quarter of an hour they've been messing around with the PSP, but I heard him tossing and turning in bed all night." "Hello "Hooligan", I've come to take you for your examination." "What examination?" "They repaired the machine." "Didn't you know?" "No." "Hasn't Lisandri seen you?" "No, nobody's come." "Well they've called us, let's go." "Can I make a phone call before coming?" "All right." "Yes?" "Hello Dad." "Yes Champ." "Look... they've repaired the machine and I have to do the examination." "I understand, but hasn't Lilia arrived?" "No, I haven't seen her." "She should be there already." "Are you sure?" "Ah, she's just coming." "Please, don't worry." "Everything will be fine." "Okay, bye." "Davide, I'll wait for you outside." "I'm going home." "Have you said at school that we see each other sometimes?" "That you come here and we've become friends?" "No, I didn't say that, not least because the two of us..." "Then tell the others that we're now friends." "If they don't believe it, tell them I even gave you a gift." "Here." "Yours isn't worth anything, take this one." "You're crazy!" "And what will you do?" "I don't need it." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I'm sure." "Thanks!" "Hello, Vale!" "Hi." "I just came to say goodbye, my mom's picking me up soon." "They've discharged me." "Fine!" "But Cris will miss you." "And you?" "Me?" "Yes, apart from Cris, you've been the best surprise here." "A surprise?" "Because you're different from the other guys I know." "I see." "Think of me sometimes." "But we'll write, right?" "Of course, we'll send messages." "So you'll tell me which one you've chosen." "I don't know if I want to choose." "Why do I need to do it?" "Because it's normal, pet." "Leo is arrogant, self-centered, shrewd." "He always pretends to be so self confident." "You love it, right?" "What?" "Hey, you understand." "Yes, it's true, I like it." "I like it so much that it almost scares me." "What are you scared of?" "Now I'm starting to feel better, I feel more relaxed." "But if he hurt me now, I'd fall apart again." "Why should he hurt you?" "I don't know." "Right." "And Vale?" "Vale seems older than his age, is deep and sensitive, but..." "But he's not like Leo." "Leave me something of yours, in fact let's exchange jerseys." "Come on!" "Okay." "So I'll sleep with yours." "Will it fit you?" "As a top!" "Sure." "Thanks." "In my opinion, very slimming, let me see." "Give us a twirl." "And me?" "I'll miss you." "You too, pet." "Come on!" "I'm so cool in this sweater." "It's true." "I'm going to miss you so much." "But I don't want to see you here again." "Neither do I want to see you here again." "Then just outside." "Yes." "I'm so comfortable with you." "You're the sister I always wanted to have." "Say hello to the others." "Davide!" "Hi, Leo." "Where are you going?" "To do the arteriography." "Finally!" "I had one myself once." "Is there anything that you haven't done here?" "I've given childbirth a miss, so far." "Does the arteriography hurt?" "No." "The guy who does it is a genius, Dr. Alfredi." "It's said that he knows the 7 laws to be happy." "And now I've told you everything, eh?" "Guys, that's enough." "Enough talk, we have to go." "Here, take my PSP." "If you're bored, this helps." "Thanks!" "I think I've mislaid mine." "Great!" "Bye, love." "Hey, cross your fingers for Vale, he's doing so many tests." "Why didn't he tell me he had tests?" "I don't know." "Help him!" "20 minutes left!" "Complete this part." "I have an important message for Vale." "Be quick!" "How's it going?" "So-so." "My father's coming later." "You want to make a good impression with him, right?" "Yes." "Quick!" "You could use some crib notes, right?" "Sure." "Like these?" "You're crazy?" "Put them away." "Here they always give the same topics, the same questions, the same equations." "It's all here." "Put them away." "Is it a problem of conscience?" "I don't know how to copy." "Leo, enough, go outside!" "It's time to learn." "Vale, I'm coming your way." "Miss, I wanted to tell you that last night I read the whole of Leopardi," "And I finally realized, I learned..." "Good morning." "What have you learned?" "That Leopardi is truly an endless sadness." "And you too." "10 minutes to finish!" "Come on, Cris, it's not possible!" "I give up." "Do you admit that I've beaten you?" "I admit it." "Are you saying that I've become better than you at Rummy?" "Be careful what you say, it would be the first time." "You're better." "Are you all right, Carola?" "Cris!" "Good morning, the technician has arrived with my new super leg." "Coming with me?" "Right away!" "I know you just got here, but this is a something very important." "Do you mind if I go?" "No, you go, I'll read a magazine." "Are you sure you're okay?" "Yes, go." "Is that me, seen from inside the artery?" "Yes." "I'm so slimy!" "We all are." "And now let's look inside your heart." "After the sightseeing tour is it over?" "I don't know, it depends." "Is that my heart?" "Yes." "How is it?" "For now, it's a nice heart." "It doesn't look a little broken?" "Why should it be broken?" "Well... my business." "Sorry, I didn't want to be indiscreet." "Okay, I can tell you." "At school there's a girl who told me that she wanted to think about it." "I asked her if one day we could go out together, but she's still thinking about it." "Judging by what I see," "I don't think that the heart has been affected by it." "Then we're screwed." "The machine isn't working." "But now hold still." "Be still and hold your breath." "Okay, you can breathe now." "You're doing all these tests because you don't know what's wrong with me." "Is that true?" "In a way, yes." "But we aren't wasting our time." "We're investigating and soon we'll know everything." "Doctor, make me a promise?" "Go ahead." "If you discover something, even bad, will you tell me?" "You really want me to tell you?" "Think about it." "Do you want it really?" "Yes, I really do." "Then I'll tell you it." "Here he is." "Is he a doctor?" "No, he's a salesman selling legs." "Good morning." "Hello, Leo." "Have you brought the model I wanted?" "Of course." "He has the best legs." "You want one too, right?" "No thanks." "Are you implying that your leg is better than this?" "Yes." "It's beautiful!" "Just pay the first installment and I can put it into production." "What do I do for the signature?" "I'll sign." "It needs your father's signature." "I need it before going ahead." "I'll sign myself." "I'm afraid not, you're underage." "Then I also need the down payment, your father has left it with you, eh?" "Sure," "He wanted to do it, but he's out of town and will be back next week." "Then it's not possible, I'm sorry." "Then we'll postpone it." "He said that he'll pay next week." "Why don't you believe him?" "I believe him, but it's company policy." "I have nothing to do with it." "I'll wait for news, it's easy to find me." "Bye." "Now what will you do?" "Is your mother the kind who makes donations to charity?" "Yes, sometimes." "She does it to give herself a good conscience." "Great, I can help her." "She usually gives smaller amounts." "She might make an exception." "Can you ask her?" "I don't know if she'll listen." "You ask her, and we'll see if she listens to you." "But the fact is that..." "What?" "We haven't see each other for 3 months." "For three months?" "She's really a good mother." "Where is she, on the French Riviera?" "The Bahamas?" "No, she's here in town." "So what's the problem?" "She and I cannot see each other." "Why?" "We made a pact with the doctors." "They think I'm like this because of my mother and father." "For the fact that we don't understand each other." "So?" "So, the pact is not to see each other, until I get out of here... healed." "It seems like bullshit to me." "You're all crazy." "I've never told anyone." "I think I have the wrong guy, you and I will never understand each other." "But the crazy one helps all the same... or at least tries." "Hand them in, come on." "Good, Vale." "Thank you." "Dad!" "Hello, Vale." "I'm glad to see you." "How are you?" "Fine." "The tests?" "Fine, Dad, everything correct." "If you're done, let's go to your room, I need to talk to you." "Can we go outside?" "Why?" "I've already received too much bad news indoors." "Ok, let's go wherever you want." "It's lovely here, you can smell the sea." "What do you have to tell me?" "Do I have another tumour?" "What are you saying?" "It's not that." "Really?" "Your illness has nothing to do with it, even the doctors say everything's fine." "I'm sorry if..." "The last time, you came with such a face," "It was to tell me that they'd have to operate on me." "In that time, for a few seconds I lost my breath, I couldn't breathe." "We were at home, remember?" "Yes." "So... tell me." "Mom and I are getting divorced." "Things between us haven't been going well, as you will have noticed." "No." "You've often seen us arguing." "But I thought it was because of my situation." "No, that's not why." "It started before, when we stopped loving each other." "So what?" "Are you going to leave the house now or divide it with a wall in the living room?" "Vale..." "You've already done it." "Have you already left?" "Yes, for a while." "You'll stay and live with Mom." "So you decided everything without telling me!" "Calm down." "No, I don't want to be calm, I'm fed up." "Listen to me..." "All this time, I've studied for you." "Because I knew if I got good grades, you'd be happy and tell me I'm good." "What good is it being a good son?" "Let me explain." "No, I don't want your explanation, Dad." "You or your attention." "As a man you've not even been able to find a solution." "Vale, wait!" "I only asked you to help me with Mom, I've very little money in my account." "Cris, it's a crazy story, you can't ask Mom for 800 Euros." "Here everyone needs help and you can't help everybody." "I asked for help for a friend, not for everyone, and you don't understand." "The main thing is to be always against me." "That's not true." "Yes it is." "You're a bad person." "I'm a bad person?" "Yes." "Is it a bad person who comes here for 2 months, talks with doctors, supports you and keeps you company?" "Did I ask you to?" "It's a bad person who's with a mother who cries every day, with a father who suffers in silence, and when she comes here, she has a sister who treats her like this?" "If I'm bad, then what about you?" "Do you ever wonder how I am?" "How it's going at university, or with Paolo, If I'm alive, if I'm dead?" "Do you ever wonder if sometimes I feel like crying?" "But I can't do it because I have to be strong." "Only you are allowed to be weak." "Have you ever wondered?" "No." "So I'll tell you how things are." "I skipped 3 exams at University." "Paul is going to leave me and he's right because I'm hysterical, and for 2 weeks I've been going to analysis to get help, because at times I think I'm not gonna make it." "I only asked you to persuade Mom to give me a little money, and you're saying I'm a burden, that I'm ruining your life." "and you're having a worse time than me?" "I didn't say that." "Yes, you did." "I agree with you, but what can I do?" "I'm not able to look after myself, let alone think about you." "But don't worry, I have the solution." "I don't want to see you here again Carola." "Because then I'll be better off and you'll be happy." "What is it Doctor?" "Doctor!" "There it is." "What's there?" "What did you see?" "You're okay, Davide." "Now stay still." "What did you see?" "Leo!" "Leo!" "So..." "What did your mom say?" "She said yes." "My sister brought me this." "It's only 400 Euros, but it's better than nothing." "You're very rich, why so little?" "I don't know why, but I did everything I could." "Okay, sorry." "Thank you." "Leo, I'm sorry that we always quarrel." "But..." "Cris, today is Wednesday." "At the hospital there's always a poker game." "So?" "We can try to multiply your money." "I'm not so bad at it." "No, I didn't give you this money for you to play poker." "I'm sorry, it would be stupid because you also risk losing it." "Relax, I have a secret weapon." "What is it?" "Toni." "In my opinion, he senses the cards, he sees things that we can't see." "You're just crazy and so am I, because I'm listening to you." "How can you think that Toni senses thecards?" "Why are you angry?" "It's only 400... of your mothers." "If I lose it, I'm just back to square one." "What will she be aware of?" "It's not like that." "You make me think of those who give money to the homeless." "But then preach to them:" ""Don't use it to buy alcohol"" "But what do you care, Cris?" "Okay then, do whatever you want." "That's it." "Are we done?" "For now, yes." "So, do you know what I have?" "Yes, you have an aneurysm of the aorta." "What's that?" "It's a small varicose vein, a blood vessel injury." "Is it serious?" "Sometimes yes, but not always." "Yours is right near the heart, it's in a complicated position," "And I'll need a consultation with another doctor." "You stay here and later we'll take you there." "I know." "Are you courageous, Davide?" "Yes, I've defeated Goliath once, I can do it again." "I'll get the slingshot." "Stay here." "Cris!" "Can I stay here?" "Sure." "What is it?" "I'm tired of being afraid." "Afraid of what?" "Of myself." "What do you mean?" "Earlier I had a fight with my sister and she told me that I'm selfish." "Then Leo raised his voice to me, and I couldn't even tell him to go to hell." "I want to be well and go away from here." "Cris, it's the first time you've said that." "It's the first step!" "You're on the right road." "Perhaps." "How about you?" "I'll tell you another time." "Come on, tell me, you always help me and now it's my turn." "A little while ago my father came." "He said they're getting divorced." "In fact, they've already done it and he's left home." "I'm sorry, Vale." "I thought this stuff that happened to me would have united them more." "So, you'll tell her now?" "Yes." "Ah, come, ma'am." "I promised Davide to tell him the truth." "And that's what I'll do." "But first I wanted to talk to you and as soon as possible, with his father." "I wanted our surgeon here with me, Dr. Abel." "He'll explain better than me how things are." "The arteriography unfortunately leaves no doubt." "We have to operate." "It will be a delicate operation, we are very close to the heart." "We must operate urgently." "Is that clear?" "Yes." "I don't know if this is any consolation," "But my mother and father, although they've been together for so many years..." "I don't think they love each other any more." "Perhaps it would be better if they divorced." "I would be better and also Carla I believe." "I've..." "I've been thinking about something for a while, but haven't managed to tell you." "Cris, I..." "I really like you." "I've felt attracted to you since the first day I came to spy on you with Leo." "And now..." "Now I'd like to..." "# We'll end up laughing at everything, # laughing until we finally settle for who we are." "# Until we end up laughing at what we deserve," "# And he who doesn't open up himself, he's just an ode to the "who cares"." "# The slippery fog and the mild sun, # and another birthday to try to sleep through." "# And our eyes are like lakes, and the absence, like a perfume." "# We'll end up laughing at everything." "# You and me." "# You and me!" "# I've never trusted those who... # just gave up to my whims, # not realizing what comes after the love." "# You also smile for me." "# In fact, laugh, more than you're able, # because time means nothing after having loved. #" "I know the rules of poker." "The Joker's wild and a 7 and a half beats everything." "Toni, 7 and a half means nothing, so it doesn't beat anything." "What did I say?" "These are French cards, not Neapolitan." "(Talks in French)" "What?" "I'm "Napolitain Parisien"." "Hey Toni, I get it." "No, wait." "There's Vale and Cristina." "What about them?" "A couple!" "So, they're a pair, but two pairs beat a pair." "Three of a kind beats 2 pairs and "quads" beats everthing." "Yes, but "quads" is called "4 of a kind"." "Yes, isn't that what I said?" "Quads." "Quads, exactly." "But that's not the important thing, I just have to figure out if you can help me." "For example, now tell me if you see my cards." "I can see them!" "Go on!" "Here they are!" "I want to know if you see what cards I'm holding." "For example, a pair, two pair, red suits or black suits." "I think I see some red cards." "Yes." "I see one, two... three!" "Yes!" "And a green one!" "Do you really need to operate?" "Yes." "It's a complex operation right?" "Quite." "Remember, you promised me the truth?" "Of course." "It's an operation..." "that's difficult and risky." "From 1 to 10?" "9, for difficulty." "And for the risk?" "A 50 per cent chance." "A 50 per cent chance of what?" "Of living." "And a 50 per cent chance of dying?" "Yeah." "Shit!" "All this time shut up in here like a guinea pig, to then hear this news!" "Having cancer is almost better." "You get cured, they give you chemo." "Instead it's like rolling the dice here, go or don't go." "My love, you must have faith." "Yes, of course, faith." "Does Dad know?" "I haven't managed to find him yet, I'll try again now." "Find him." "Be brave, Mushroom!" "Courage." "I'll be right back." "When will it be?" "As soon as possible." "We'll move the other operations to have the operating room for you." "Code ultra red, right?" "Boy, don't flatter yourself!" "Those who arrive here after road accidents are worse off." "Doctor!" "Yes?" "What's your bet, will I make it through?" "According me..." "I think you'll make it." "Are you sure it's here?" "Are you scared?" "Who are these two?" "Who are you?" "I know them, the kids are lost." "We're not lost, we're here to play." "You're too young." "He and I play together." "If we add up our ages, we're 30." "We have the money." "Now, go away, if they find you here, they'll fire me." "They'll also fire you if I say that you're here every Wednesday, and throw you out of the hospital." "Don't listen to him." "Whose turn is it?" "Mine" "Come on." "Twenty cents." "All right. -50." "50?" "Fine." "A lovely smile for Lisandri!" "What are you doing?" "Hey!" "Stop it!" "Put down that phone." "Ok." "Okay, I'll delete it if you let us play." "We want to win a bit of money to buy something." "What?" "A leg." "What do you mean?" "It's true." "We're playing for real now." "Take a seat." "Whose turn to deal is it?" "His." "Mine." "Come on." "Leo, you're good at so many things, racing wheelchairs, playing basketball." "You're good with words, let's see about cards." "Ok." "Go on, Leo!" "You must discard that card." "I understand." "# So you bet it all on another way, # leaving fate to decide what to do next." "# I'm rooting for you." "Me too." "# I'm rooting for you." "# And suddenly, a spark of wisdom, # 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 only 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. #" "How are you doing?" "Now you have to rest." "Are you leaving?" "Yes, I've been here since this morning, I have to rest too." "Before going, will you tell me one of the 7 laws to be happy?" "Who told you about the 7 laws?" "The king of the savannah, Leo." "I'll tell you a story." "It's the story of a boy who was sick." "He was 14 years old, pain all over, and no one understood anything." "Then one day he arrived at a small hospital, where there was an elderly doctor, who, just by touching him, could understand that he had a problem with his bones." "And this, because there are men who can feel things... that machines can't sense." "Did he guess right?" "Sure." "In fact, the boy remained in that small hospital for a long time." "During those long months that old doctor became his father, his mother and his teacher." "You were that boy." "Yes, I was." "It was that old doctor who taught me to love my job." "Perhaps even more the patients." "I decided that I wanted to grow up to be like him." "Did you succeed?" "I don't know, but I've tried." "During the last seven days of his life, he gave me a tip a day to be happy." "But he made me promise that I'd never explain them to anyone, until I too was near to death." "Earlier we talked of that 50:50 chance, you might make an exception." "It's not the same thing, but that's okay." "I'll give you one, losses can be gains." "That's all?" "Yeah." "Losses can be gains." "Exactly." "Now I have to go and you must rest." "Bye." "Bye, thank you." "Losses can be gains." "What does it mean?" "Losses can be gains." "I know, it's not so easy to understand, but it really is this way." "I realized that being here in a place where one is often surrounded by losses, that equally often they turn into gains." "All in." "Toni." "Go ahead." "Go!" "How much is in the pot?" "To see me, you have to put in 1,300." "It's just under what you have there." "So you'll just have enough left for a soft drink from the vending machine." "Think about it." "You could lose everything." "Go away with what you've already won." "It's not enough for us." "Go." "Go!" "I'll see you!" "Four 8's!" "Go!" "Thank you, good afternoon, it was a pleasure." "Goodbye." "Hold on." "There's a straght here, all red." "Red..." "like your bracelets." "Thanks, Leo." "I think we should talk to Leo." "Why?" "He saw us." "So?" "I don't have to justify myself." "I know, but I'm afraid he's kind of hurt." "Really?" "I'll talk to him." "We're friends, I don't want to keep secrets from him." "All right." "I was just looking for you." "But I don't want to see you." "The less I see you, the better." "You came to play." "I didn't know you were there." "It wasn't another challenge?" "No." "You swear it?" "I swear." "Here." "What's that?" "The 400 you lost." "What do I have to do in exchange?" "Take it, I don't need it, I don't do anything." "Seriously?" "In principle, I'm opposed to seriousness." "But it's yours." "You lost because it was so important for you to win." "True poker players are cold." "Don't you watch movies?" "I don't know what to say." "Don't say anything." "For me money isn't a problem." "That's why I always win." "If you don't have a problem, why do you play?" "Because I like to play anything to forget this place." "Losses can be gains, it's really true." "Losing a leg and not having the money to buy another, it can make you see the heart of someone that you thought didn't have one." "Losing your parents in a divorce can make you win a girl." "That's the ninth!" "This is my secret trick to recover from the chemo." "Tomorrow I want to feel in shape." "What's going on Tomorrow?" "It's my birthday, but don't tell anyone, I don't like to celebrate it here." "It depresses me." "Okay." "We should talk about what happened today." "What happened?" "Today you saw us while you were passing in the corridor." "Saw?" "No." "What was I supposed to see?" "Cris and me." "What were you doing?" "Wringing the neck of her psychologist?" "No." "No Leo... we kissed." "For real?" "So?" "It was a real kiss." "Nice one, buddy!" "What's the problem?" "Nothing, it felt like something I had to tell you." "Me?" "Why?" "Well... because I think you like Cris too, right?" "I like them all, as long as they're breathing." "I thought that..." "I'd fallen head over heels for Cris?" "That's you, not me." "Tomorrow we could have a great party." "This year, us Bracelets are here." "I don't want to." "Is it because of this thing between Cris and me?" "Still?" "You haven't understood anything!" "I told you I don't like to celebrate it here!" "When I get home, I'll call you and we'll have a great party." "But you can only enter if you bring two girls, your own and one available to get engaged with me." "Nine o'clock!" "I'm done with this." "Now I'll count sheep and I fall asleep." "Good night." "Good night." "What's does it feel like to feel like Brad Pitt, when he kissed Angelina Jolie for the first time?" " Fuck you!" "Can't you take a joke..." "Brad." "# Being happy is something everybody deserves, # and I'll be, soon I'll be." "# I'm free, everybody is free, #" "(Today I kissed Vale." "He's sweet, you know.)" "(Leo however, never understands me or I don't understand him, I don't know.)" "(Vale now thinks we're together,)" "(and I'm afraid of having made a terrible mess.)" "Can I ask you a question about Mom?" "Sure." "When you met her, at school age, did you get together right away?" "No, after a while." "Did you like her from the start?" "Yes, right away." "She was the only one with red hair, and had so many freckles." "I remember when she put her hands inside my shirt, and she rubbed my back." "I remember that too." "I'm sorry that she was gone so soon." "Me too." "She would have liked you so much." "Realy?" "Would I have been her type?" "Yes, just her type." "Is that because I'm like you?" "Why?" "How am I?" "Strong." "Did Lilia tell you not to say anything to my friends if you see them?" "Yes." "I don't want them to treat me differently, they already have so many problems." "Later I'll tell them everything." "Don't worry, I won't say anything." "If I return home, this time I'll break you." "If you return home?" "What do you mean?" "You'll come home." "Then I'll want to see who breaks who!" "Are the rules always the same?" "You with your arm and me with my whole body?" "Yes." "You've already lost." "I'd like to see it." "Leo!" "Ah!" "Here's the 400 you gave me, I'm giving it back." "And your leg?" "I don't want to think about it today." "Keep it..." "I know you don't need it, but it's yours." "Take it" "I wanted to talk to you, I don't know whether Vale told you that he and I..." "Yes, he gave me a serious speech about something that's not at all serious." "What do you mean?" "It's your business, I don't care." "Why do you answer me like that?" "You and Vale you talk too much." "Things are much simpler, I'm happy for the two of you." "So you're glad?" "But I thought, I'm so stupid!" "I thought you'd mind." "Why should I mind?" "I didn't have to come here to waste time with you." "Cris, listen." "I've given up trying to understand women." "If they like pistachio, they say they want vanilla." "Pistachio and vanilla, what the hell are you saying?" "I'm saying that friends are better, I'm fond of Vale, he's my room mate." "and all of us are a group." "These are the things that matter, let's not ruin everything, okay?" "Do you think I want ruin everything?" "I don't know, I hope not." "Enough!" "I've had my daily ration of nastiness for today." "Cris, wait!" "Shit!" "Why am I such an asshole?" "Hello, Dad" "Good morning." "I'm going to talk to the surgeon, wait for Lilia and come back here." "Bye." "Okay, and do 20 sets of 5." "See you in fifteen minutes." "Leo, you don't look happy, eh?" "What's up?" "Today is my birthday..." "Happy birthday, congratulations!" "Congratulations!" "I'm sorry not to have remembered." "Now my head..." "Your head has nothing to do with it, I never said it was today." "Why don't you want to celebrate?" "Today it's one year since my mother died." "Do you understand?" "Fate likes to tease me." "She died on the very day of my birthday." "So every year will be an ordeal, a sadness." "I'm sorry." "She loved birthdays, preparing the cake with raspberries, my favourite, and she bought gifts in advance, and hid them in the house." "If she thought I'd like something, she'd buy it months before." "So, if she liked it so much, you should celebrate it for her." "No, it would be too hard." "Excuse me, Leo." "But if your mother got you gifts well in advance, maybe she got you one that's still hidden in the house." "He could be right." "Maybe, but how do I find out?" "Ask your sister to look for it." "Today?" "She has two exams." "She's at the university all day." "Let's hurry up before he arrives, what do you think?" "Leo doesn't want a party and you want to organize it?" "Yes." "I think we should give him one anyway" "No, it doesn't make sense." "You don't know Leo." "He'd like a party and therefore he says that he doesn't want it." "Today I'm not here and then I don't feel like participating in a party." "Why?" "Because..." "I have to do an MRI." "Come on, an MRI doesn't last long!" "Come once you're finished." "But what do we do?" "What do we give him?" "Leo just wants the gift that his mother gave him and that's at home." "Really?" "Here he is, he's coming." "See you." "What's going on?" "What were you talking about?" "Small talk, nothing important." "I have to talk to Lisandri." "I want to go home, but she's late." "Care to keep me company while I wait?" "No, I can't." "I have to... do an MRI." "Mamma mia!" "When will they leave you in peace?" "Poor Davide!" "Everything okay?" "Everything's okay." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Leo!" "Yeah?" "What does "Watanka" mean?" "Why do you want to know now?" "All of us want to know." "I'm just curious." "Ok, I can tell it to you, but you mustn't tell the others." "Is it important, should I tell you now?" "Come on, then, tell us!" "I don't know." "What do you mean, you don't know?" "You don't know?" "I don't know, I've never known, it's just a word that I heard." "Leo, you're still the same." "Watanka!" "Cris!" "Are you still here?" "Yes." "Where are you going?" "To the cafe, do you want something?" "No." "Listen, can you do me a favour, can you give this to Dr. Carlo?" "He wanted to read it." "Sure, next time I'm passing." "Ok." "So good luck with the MRI." "Wait, Cris." "Wouldn't you like to stay a while with me?" "Of course." "But what is it?" "Maybe a little scared." "Come on, sit down here." "Don't be afraid, Davide." "During an MRI you just have to lie still like a sausage." "Last night so many thoughts came into my mind." "And I thought that there are so many things I haven't done yet." "For instance?" "For instance, I've never kissed a girl." "So?" "So couldn't you give me a kiss?" "Are you making a fool of me?" "No!" "Only one, even a little one." "Just to learn what it's like." "No way, in due time you'll do it with a girl of your liking." "Right now, I like you." "Since when have you liked me?" "Since last night." "Last night?" "Yes, last night." "Among many other things, I thought I liked you, but with you there's a queue." "That's it, you're winding me up." "No, I swear, I just want a kiss, just to try." "Without tongue." "Okay, without tongue." "And you won't tell anyone we know?" "I swear." "Okay, close your eyes." "I'm not falling for that, you're so sly." "Come on, Cris!" "See you later." "Wait!" "The Bracelets aren't helping Davide much today." "What is he thinking?" "Ok, I'll see to it." "This means I won't be waking up today." "Hi, David." "Hello." "Hello." "Come on, now." "What are you doing?" "We need to take you down." "To the operating room?" "Yes." "But I have to wait for my parents." "We'll wait for them downstairs, come on." "Jump on, champion." "Olé!" "Hello." "But don't you ever go to school?" "Teachers strike." "What bastards!" "Always when I'm away!" "I brought you this." "Thanks." "It has everyone's signature, even the teachers." "Never mind!" "I promise that if I return to school, everything will change." "What do you mean?" "If you return?" "Davide." "Davide!" "# Mama, I gather my thoughts, and they're all knotted from the darkness, # of a sunny day in August, a winter's day in August." "# Playing with my few years and counting my angels in heaven." "# Maybe they're making a joke or I'm being put to the test." "# Maybe they'll leave me alone." "# I still have unread pages of a precious book, # that others have already read, I've only glanced at them." "# And while they go on running, I have stopped, # in this day of my childhood." "# For all the times that you do not know, # if I'll get over it or I won't." "# Don't worry and dry the tears in your eyes, # otherwise remember me like the time of a flower, # that is born from another that dies." "# And stays here. #" "From Davide." "Ah, thank you." "How is he?" "Fine, why?" "How should he be?" "No indeed, I don't know why I asked about that." "Is he in his room?" "Yes, he's waiting for the MRI." "Okay, afterwards I'll drop by to thank him." "Okay, see you." "Bye, Cris." "If I go out that way, where am I going?" "To the elevators, who did you see?" "The Boogeyman." "Where's Lisandri?" "She's in the operating theater." "Can I help you?" "I wanted to ask her if I could go out." "To go where?" "Home." "You're in the middle of chemo, you can't leave the hospital." "I know." "But I have to go home to look for something important." "What must you look for?" "A secret." "You can ask your father or sister to look." "My sister is busy and my father and I don't get along." "I'm sorry, why?" "He's a coward!" "All the misfortunes that have happened to him." "First the death of my mother, then me, have reduced him to a "wreck"." "It's understandable." "Asia says we have to understand him, but I don't understand him." "If I keep fighting, diminished as I am, why can't he?" "Do you know why he doesn't visit me?" "No, I don't know, why?" "Because he can't stand it." "He says that if he came, he'd be so sad as to make me feel even worse." "Leo, there are strong people and those less strong." "If someone isn't strong, you can't blame them." "You think so?" "Living up to what we are asking of people who are sick... is the hardest thing in the world." "I'm not sure I understand." "You interns study too much and for me, those who study too..." "I don't believe that Lisandri will let you go out." "Carlo, you're the only one who listens to us here, you give me permission." "I can't do it, Leo." "You always say that if anyone needs anything, they can count on you." "Sure." "Are they just words?" "Of course you can count on me, but I can't do it, dammit!" "Sure, whatever you say, buddy!" "Wait, Leo!" "Listen..." "I'm not listening to anything, leave me alone." "You were right." "About what?" "About Leo." "What are you looking for?" "Do you know where his telephone is?" "I need the number of his sister." "Why?" "Because we have to help him, Vale, even if that beast deserves nothing." "Hello, Leo?" "No, I'm Cris, his friend, remember?" "Yes, Cris." "Has something happened to Leo?" "Nothing's happened, don't worry." "But I need help, it's about something very important." "Okay, tell me everything." "Wait here and watch the hallway." "It seems madness to me." "Sometimes a little madness is good even for you." "What if you get caught?" "I'm not the type who gets caught." "Valentino, what's up?" "Oh, nothing, nothing." "Take care of preparations, invent something nice." "All right." "Get help from Toni." "Any other orders?" "You're touchy!" "Why are you all so different yet all so flawed?" "Because we're human." "You are human." "Nervous?" "A little, not that much." "When you come home, there's a surprise waiting for you." "Oh, man!" "It's fantastic!" "This is what I wanted." "It'll be here in three days." "Terrific, thanks Dad." "We must get going." "Thanks, Lilia." "I love you, sweetheart." "I know, Lilia, me too." "We'll be waiting for you here, Davide." "Wait for me here, please." "Asia, I'm inside." "What a lot of photos!" "Yes, Mom loved taking pictures." "They're beautiful!" "Where should I look?" "Behind..." "There's nothing here." "Under the bed?" "Yes, I see it." "Ok." "Let me look." "No, no gift." "Nothing, I'll go back to the hospital, now." "I'm just sorry for Leo." "I'm sorry too, and I thank you for being so thoughtful to Leo." "Who are you?" "How did you get in here?" "I had permission to enter from Asia." "I had to get a present for Leo because today's his birthday." "I was looking for the gift his mother gave him but didn't find it." "Oh right." "I have the gift." "Are you Leo's father?" "Yes." "And are you his girlfriend?" "No, I'm a patient at the hospital." "I'm just a friend of his." "Wait a minute." "Ok." "You look very good in this photo." "It was she who saw us better than we are." "If I hadn't come, wouldn't you have brought it to Leo at the hospital?" "No, I wouldn't even have remembered that today was his birthday." "I don't like hospitals." "And do you think that Leo likes them?" "No, I don't think so." "Here, there's also this." "May I say something?" "No, go away." "No way, I'll say it anyway," "Leo taught it me and you don't know of it." "What is it that he's taught you?" "Courage." "The aneurysm is at a sensitive spot." "Can you get there?" "Yes, I think so." "Plug it, there's a lot of blood." "Leo, we have a surprise for you." "We need to take you somewhere." "I told you that I don't want surprises." "You must see first." "No!" "2 and 3!" "You guys are assholes!" "# I haven't finished, outside it's spring." "Hello, Rocco." "Come on, Toni." "Bye, Rocco." "Hello, Rocco." "What's happening?" "No, what are you saying?" "Davide is doing an MRI." "# Happy birthday to you!" "# Happy birthday to you!" "# Happy birthday Leone, happy birthday to you!" "You guys are great!" "Hold on!" "Wait!" "Where's Toni got to?" "I don't know, he was behind us." "And Davide?" "Hasn't he finished his MRI yet?" "Yeah, it's strange." "Yes." "Come on." "Blow them out!" "Shall I?" " Come on!" "Watanka!" "Did you see that?" "Leo." "What's up?" "Who's this?" "Hello, Dad." "I'm sorry, I..." "I'm so confused about everything." "If it hadn't been for the girl, I would have forgotten, sorry." "I made a promise to her." "To who?" "To Mom." "What did you promise?" "That I'd give you her gift." "Her surprise gift." "Here, there's also this." "("My little Lion, these photos are for you.")" "("They tell about two people from all those years ago,")" "("who loved each other very much.")" "("You were born from their love.")" "("Stay close to your father, of all of you, he is the one who will suffer most.")" "("Lots of love, Mom.")" "I love you, Dad." "His pulse is dropping." "I see it." "Warning!" "Pulse to 40... 25." "It's going down too quickly." "He's going into cardiac arrest!" "Get ready to bring him back." "We're in cardiac arrest." "Hang in there, kid." "No response!" "He's still not responding!" "He's in constant arrest!" "This is the last thing I wanted." "Usually you think that it's a good thing to see friends, but in my case it's not so, because if they come here, they are in danger." "Hello, David." "Rocco, hi." "Where are we?" "Am I dreaming?" "No, Davide." "Then why am I here?" "Well..." "The surgery isn't going very well, you've lost a lot of blood, and now they're trying to revive you." "Noresponse!" "Do you hear the voices?" "Noreaction!" "Don'tgiveup !" "I'm afraid, Rocco." "Davide,hangin there!" "I know, I understand, I've been afraid many times too." "Thank goodness you're here, I wouldn't want to be alone." "Sorry I'm not a good roommate and don't talk to you much." "No Davide, don't worry about it." "You're the best roommate I've had." "Really?" "Yes." "Excuse me, can you tell me anything?" "No I'm sorry." "Is it normal for them to take so long?" "No, it's not normal." "They can't do it, can they?" "I don't believe so." "Am I dying, Rocco?" "It's strange, it doesn't hurt at all." "Here nothing ever hurts." "I'm just scared." "That's normal." "People older than you came here." "They too were scared." "Are you also afraid of dying here?" "Yes, a lot." "Because I've been thinking about all I wanted to do when I grow up." "Football player, playing the drums..." "How nice!" "One of those drummers who play two drum sets simultaneoulsly." "Or the "frontman"." "What's a frontman?" "That's the one in the group who sings in front of thousands of people, just him, face to face with the crowd." "Cool!" "Then I'd have wanted to buy a motorbike, to buy a dog." "Me too!" "Actually, I'd have gone to the dog shelter to get one." "That's nice!" "Rocco, I feel tired." "Lean on me." "Yeah." "Toni, I know you're there, can you hear me?" "Yes,I hearyou." "Say goodbye to the others." "What do you mean?" "What do I say?" "I'm dying, Toni." "But, but, but how come, dying?" "Totally dying?" "Yes, totally." "Look..." "listen Toni, I need a favour." "Tell Leo that I never thought that I'd have liked to stay locked in an elevator, and he's the best of leaders." "Yes, I'll tell him, and it's true." "Tell Cris that the kiss wasn't a trick, I just wanted a good memory." "She'll understand." "Tell Vale to continue studying because he'll become an important person." "I know." "Goodbye, Rocco." "Goodbye, Davide." "Wait!" "# Go, everything's settled for you." "# Go, nothing is left unsettled." "# Go, everything's wonderfully prepared for you." "# For you. #" "It often turns out this way." "The people who are gone, those who we missed so many times, those who we recall in our dreams, because of our desire to see them by our side, they come to meet us, welcome us," "to accompany us over the wall of darkness into the light."