"It's 8 o'clock." "Get up, Siddhartha." "It's 8 o'clock." "It's 8 o'clock." "Get up, Siddhartha." "Get up, Siddhartha." "It's 8 o'clock." "Stand up." "Get up, Siddhartha." "You're up?" "Have you grabbed the Nike?" "You made up the backpack last night?" "It's 8:00:30." "Did you do every exercise, even the freehand drawing?" "You must make up for that last C+." "Did you gas up the bike?" "Have you prepared the coffee for Mom?" "There's a message." ""I'm awake, are you?"" ""Hey, Domitilla." "Today I beat the record." ""I have 29 minutes to get to class."" "You emailed your brother?" "Want me to fix this?" "No, Dad." "Siddhartha doesn't want you to." "The bathroom's unoccupied." "Damn it." "Tell me...did you break it tonight?" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Turn off the modem, brain-dead!" "Hey, Flavia." "Why not come during the holidays watch a great American meatloaf with me?" "That sucks." "Meatloaf...at the sauce." "It causes indigestion." "I'm a bit distracted." "Oh, look who's here!" "Are you Flavia?" "Yes, oh well..." "I'm blind." "Flavia?" "Nah, fuck off." "And your sister with you." "Hello, Flavia." "Hello." "~ Hello, Siddhartha ~ Hello, Siddha." "Oh, hello!" "~ Is this your card?" "~ Yes." "~ And how old are you?" "~ Fourteen." "~ And what's your name?" "~ Siddharta." "What?" ""What" is my middle name." "As in Siddhartha What." "Like Buddha when he was a young man, before he got fat." "Strange." "~ But I thought that song would be worse." "~ Too weird." "It would be good if Michele was playing the drum kit!" "You play it, the drums, sorry." "With drums and a bass, we'd be a real group." "Try it." "Beat on the strings." "Give the bass a try." "It would take a..." "~ Here." "~ No." "~ Shit, a shit brush!" "~ Use it!" "~ I hate it!" "Sterilized." "Introducing the band that created every worldwide hit." ""The Bad-luck Losers"!" "Hello?" "Where are you?" "I was getting worried." "No, look, now I'm busy." "Where is it?" "All right, all right, I'm coming." "Siddhartha, it's 2 o'clock." "Aren't you hungry?" "Siddhartha, it's 2 o'clock." "Aren't you hungry?" "~ Guys, I have to run." "See you later." "~ Go to eat." "It's 2 o'clock." "Aren't you hungry?" "No?" "Oh, well." "Let's talk on the phone tonight." "~ Put the brush back into its holder." "~ All right." "Bye." "He's here." "~ Goodbye, boys." "~ Bye." "Goodbye." "~ Hello, Flea." "~ Hello, Tick." "How come?" "How come what?" "The car hood was expelling smoke." "Oh, and so what?" "Stop it, because I was really scared." "Nice place, here." "~ Greet him, so we can go." "~ Greet that thing?" "I waved." "Come on, get on." "Bundle up." "Come on, Dad, I need you." "I'm listening with my eyes." "Indeed, with one eye, but it hears you well." "Tell me, how much do you want?" "Let's see, you want to go out on New Year...200." "~ You don't even remember that we're going out together.." "~ You want another RAM." "~ A faster CPU?" "~ I'm leaving." "No, wait a bit." "I'm just joking." "But why are you like that!" "What's the matter?" "Well?" "Tell me." "Great day, Azo." "Coffee in bed?" "Then....you fucked him, or did he do it to you?" "Will you tell me what's wrong?" "Mom's car died." "So you want millions." "I don't want any money." "We just need a working car." "My God, come on, your mom is just a pain for me." "And for you, too." "Look, Siddhartha, I don't have any money." "Just this morning, RAI rejected my project." "Hang on a bit." "Just this morning, a documentary about the underground heritage of Rome was rejected." "A dark film, in costume,... topped with a clear film, set in the metropolis... ~ For me it's not a pain!" "~ What's not a pain?" "Hey!" "Bye, Azo." "Take mine." "The small one, I say." "Give it to Mom." "How is she?" "As usual." ""As usual" --- good or bad?" "As usual." "And "thing"?" "Does she meet him there?" "Every so often she's called." "You know your brother's here?" "Here." "Come on, honey." "~ Hey, Siddhartha!" "~ Hello." "Madonna, how awful!" "But what is it?" "But I told her you were like me." "In what way?" "~ Because you like ugly girls." "~ Why did you ask "What is it"?" "It's Domitilla's snake." "In fact, I don't like it because it's too beautiful." "But if it were missing an eye..." "We all eat here tonight." "~ Cutlets?" "~ Cutlets." "~ If she was one-eyed I'd marry her." "~ You can't marry a snake!" "You're right." "So we'll just live together." "At Mom's." "Am I sleeping at Mom's tonight?" "Tonight and the day after tomorrow night for two weeks." "Almost a year and a half." "Almost." "It depends on us." "Sometimes a Monday lasts three days, and a season five minutes." "How long will our Christmas holidays last?" "~ If we have fun, the time will fly." "~ Oh, then let's be bored!" "Listen, Sid." "On Domitilla's cell phone --- to call home, you have to press Speed Dial, 1, and then Send." "Speed Dial, 2, and Send, to call me in the studio." "Speed Dial, 3, and Send to call this one." "You must give this one to Mom so she can find me at any time." "Buy walkie-talkies." "Listen: she must go to bed right away, she's not used to being up late." "In the morning, she gets milk with cereal, then in the afternoon, fruit yogurt." "Does she have a speed-dial, too?" "I entrust you with the little girl." "~ Mom will take care of her." "~ Look how careful she has been!" "She wasn't careful when she was 6 months old, is she careful now?" "But she gave her back to you." "What more do you want?" "~ Goodbye, baby." "~ Bye." "He made you angry again?" "Eh, a little." "Because he's such an pain?" "No, because he called me Sid." "~ Where's Mom?" "~ She's about to arrive." "I'm talking to you, Siddhartha." "Turn me off." "But I wanted her to be here." "I...with me, because it's dark." "Better, better because you know, if we come in here this way... ~ you and I..." "~ You and me?" "~ With an ugly snake..." "~ I know, Mom doesn't like ugly people." "Mom likes mice, she thinks they're beautiful." "~ Turn off that annoyance." "~ Turn me off." "See, we have to warn her." "Why don't we post a message on her bed's headboard?" "What should we write?" "For example, the question: "Are you allergic to snakes?"" "What does "allergic" mean?" "When you can't stand a thing." "Like me and Carlotta Donati?" "~ Mom!" "~ Mom!" "I thought you weren't there." "Everything was dark." "Look." "~ Who's this from?" "~ From Roberto." "~ From my dad?" "~ I asked him to give it." "Bravo." "You're like Benny Ham." "~ Ah, yes, then..." "~ Look who's here!" "What is it?" "But it's not cross-eyed, it's made with a marker." "Erasable marker." "Of course, much better." "What's his name?" "Giuseppina." "~ Giuseppa, then it's a girl." "~ What time is it?" "It's 11:00." "11:00?" "~ Fuck!" "~ You said "fuck"!" "I slept all afternoon." "You said "fuck"!" "She said "fuck"." "~ I had an appointment 3 hours ago." "~ Are you done?" "~ Take it easy." "~ Let me down, I'll go with Mom." "Fall asleep in my bed, so when I get back, we'll all sleep together." "Even Giuseppa?" "Well, yes, if she's not ashamed of me." "~ Put some panties." "~ Oh, yes." "For you." "Roberto gave us one for each of us." "Speed-dial, 1: to call home." "Speed-dial, 2: his studio." "Speed-dial, 3: we reserved it for calling you." "~ After the number, Enter, it's this key." "~ Wasted effort." "I barely can manage to set it "off" and "on"." "Now go to bed, in my bed." "It's easy." "Speed-dial, 3, and I'll call you." "I'll be back soon." "Just dream that I'm coming." "And if I dream you never come back?" "Speed-dial, 3, and call me in paradise." "Can I have the keys?" "~ Where are you going?" "~ I'll be back soon." "I'll be back in half an hour." "I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose." "Ladies, ladies, we have evening dresses and night wear!" "10,000 and 5,000 Lire!" "And over the counter at 1,000 Lire apiece say, 1,000 Lire apiece!" "1,000 Lire, dear." "Who is she, your girlfriend?" "Cute!" "Jackets and pants priced to clear at 10,000!" "~ Would you stop annoying us?" "~ We're tired of waiting." "~ Doesn't she want to look at those bastard actors?" "~ I won't look at them!" "She won't look at them." "She isn't normal." "It's just that this is a serious matter." "It's your future, we'll become rich." "The next time we'll do it in my house." "~ Let's go to the bathroom." "~ Put me down." "Why should I take a bath?" "I don't stink." "Sniff my armpits." "Lock the door!" "Siddhartha!" "Resume. 1, 2, 3..." "Put a little soul into it!" "I got so hungry... ~ What are you doing!" "~ Ouch!" "~ What are you doing?" "~ But this is a boogers-cleaner for grownups!" "Wait, hold still." "It's nothing, don't worry." "But how long have you been wiping your boogers away?" "Then I'll go." "And Domitilla?" "Sleeping." "Don't be late with that dear thing." "Bye." "You are not ugly, you're pretty." "Everyone thinks you're ugly, but no." "Hello?" "Yes, she's here, Roberto." "She's sleeping." "Mom's here." "The other phone's disabled because she's asleep." "Me?" "I asked a question on the internet, and now I have the answer." "I made chicken breasts." "A banana." "No, no vegetables." "Tomorrow." "Yes, then you wash it." "Yes, OK." "Bye, bye." "There is a message." ""Hello, I'm Ivan, a doctor at Udine." "For the girl punctured by the syringe..." ""have them do the tests for HBV, HCV, and HIV, i.e.: for hepatitis B, C, and AIDS." "Best wishes."" "Wake up." "It's 6:15." "You must take your sister fishing." "Do you remember what fish to catch?" "Wake her up, wash her, and dress her well." "It'll be cold on the scooter." "Don't make breakfast." "She shouldn't eat." "You can eat." "In fact, don't you eat, either, else she'll be mouthwatering." "What are you doing with the fishing rods?" "~ It was a disguise." "~ As a fisherman?" "No, as a trout." "I'll take you to a place much nicer." "19." "112." "~ Good morning." "~ Good morning." "~ Who do I test?" "~ Her." "Who are you?" "He was some sperm, but now he's my brother." "~ A parent must be a human being." "~ My mom's parking." "She's on her way." "I've been trying to find parking for eight years." "Give me your arm, love." "What are you disguised as?" "~ Where's the medical referral?" "~ In my mom's purse.." "She's on the way." "~ What are you doing?" "~ The blood draw." "We don't even have a number to put on the test tube." "~ The mother'll be right here..." "~ Paciotti!" "Doctor, we're not the Inland Revenue!" "The two kids have been here for two hours on an empty stomach." "~ We take the blood and stamp it later." "~ What's with the kids?" "I can't take blood from a child this way, casually." "It's not out of malice." "Without the permission from an adult, I can't take the sample." "~ And don't make a joke of it!" "~ Who's joking?" "Look, Paciotti, I won't allow this." "~ I'll see if my mom came." "~ That's better." "The poor girl's been waiting for two hours...you want to make her wait another two?" "~ I'm sorry. too." "~ I think it's her." "Help, Siddhartha!" "I'm falling." "I need to pee." "Where's the bathroom?" "There's nothing here." "There is none." "Where is Mommy?" "Where Siddhartha?" "Help!" "Help!" "Siddhartha!" "Siddhartha!" "Siddhartha?" "Where is Mommy?" "I can't breathe." "Domitilla?" "Domitilla?" "Domitilla?" "Wake up!" "Domitilla?" "What's up?" "Come on, you too, love." "Don't sleep in the puddle." "Did I do it again?" "It doesn't matter." "I'm thirsty." "Don't walk with bare feet." "It's cold." "It was so long since I last wet the bed!" "Now what?" "You also wet this." "Up with your arms!" "Stubborn." "Idiot." "~ Can you stay home tomorrow?" "~ Yes." "Why?" "You know, I have commitments from time to time." "All right." "There's no need to use that tone." "What commitment?" "I have to do a term paper." "A paper on infant mortality in industrialized countries." "What time will you be back?" "First tell me what time you'll be escaping." "I'll be right back, huh?" "But what are we doing here?" "~ He seemed a little green." "~ It must be about his mother." "They say she's a user." "Is she?" "Say, can AIDS stick to my drumstick?" "Huh...!" "Good morning." "I need information for my thesis over the holidays,..." ""Public health and private health care."" "What's the procedure that's done to analyze infectious diseases?" "It's simple." "You come here and we do it." "And how much does it cost?" "It depends on what kind of referral you have." "What type of patient you are." "What government is in office, on what they say in Maastricht, and then you pay the copay top-up." "The tests are HBV, HCV and HIV." "Approximately 200,000 lire." "But they are totally free in many cases." "And if anyone doesn't have an appointment?" "He goes to a doctor, makes the visit, and he'll order the tests." "Can someone have them prescribed and do it in a private laboratory?" "Yes, of course." "~ And how do you get a place?" "~ You wait in line." "OK." "Thank you." "Goodbye." "No problem." "What's your name?" "Mario." "Merry Christmas." "Hi." "~ Hello." "~ Good morning." "Sit down." "I need testing for HBV, HCV and HIV." "Do you want to tell me why?" "~ I scratched myself with a syringe." "~ Scratched?" "Where?" "There." "Ah." "And what were you doing?" "Well, I was sniffing it." "~ Sniffing syringes?" "~ I don't do it all the time." "Whose was this syringe?" "It's..." "It wasn't something you've done...to try...to experiment?" "~ And now you scared?" "~ Yes, I'm afraid." "That's why I want the tests." "~ But how long has this been going on, this story?" "~ How long has this been going on, this story?" "~ Months?" "~ Months." "Are you free for a moment?" "Can I send someone?" "Relax." "She's a friend of mine." "The departmental psychologist." "Why did you say that you did heroin?" "I didn't say that, he inferred it." "He didn't believe me." "Whose syringe was it?" "My mother's." "All right." "~ Siddharta with two 'd's." "~ I know." "And where did you put the 'h'?" "~ After the 'd'." "~ Which one?" "The second one." "~ And your last name?" "~ Pelosi." "Silvia Pelosi Lunghi." "Is that your mother's name?" "Yes." "We're not just Pelosi --- we also use Lunghi." "Don't get excited." "We all know those who've attended a SAC center." ""She has not had an HIV test."" "Just to be on the safe side." "Now we apply this small plaster." "That's it." "Sorry, where does the 'h' go?" "~ After the 'd'." "~ The first or the second?" "The second, before the 'a'." "Hang on a second...isn't that a male name?" "Yes, in India." "But in Pakistan, being sacred, it is also feminine." "And he's called Domitillo." "Goodbye." "~ An ice cream cone?" "~ No." "~ A bonbon cream?" "~ No." "~ A package of candy?" "~ No." "~ A Coca Cola?" "~ No." "But how can I please you?" "How can I give you your deserved prize?" "But I like everything: pasta, meat, vegetables." "Bring me a chamomile and her a soup." "~ We don't serve soup." "~ Just kidding." "~ The chamomile is serious?" "~ Yes, it's serious." "I'm restless, OK?" "...doesn't give up, for sure." "I don't know, because... ~ Madonna mia!" "~ Who is it?" "A classmate." "Don't let her see you." "~ Why are you afraid?" "Does she hurt people?" "~ Yes, very much." "She slaps, punches, and kicks." "~ Even the boys?" "~ She's very butch." "~ Hello, Siddhartha." "~ Hello." "~ But you have enough money?" "~ Yes, I'm coming now." "~ Siddharta, help, she's coming here!" "~ Shut up, stop!" "Hello, Siddhartha." "Hello." "~ That's your sister?" "~ Quite right, thank you." "~ Why don't you come to the movies with us?" "~ To make soil herself out of fear of that ugly-face guy?" "Right." "I'm going." "Hello, I'll see you at school." "What does it mean, to soil?" "Become demented." "One becomes insane suddenly, for no reason." "A movie can do that?" ""We never know how high we are" ""Till we are called to rise;" ""And then, if we are true to plan," ""Our statures touch the skies—" ""The Heroism we recite" ""Would be a daily thing," ""Did not ourselves the Cubits warp" ""for fear to be a king ---"" ""For fear to be a king ---," eh?" "Give us that gift." "This is it." "So small?" "It seems small, but it's great." "Come on, I can see it myself." "The city of Rome is owned by siblings Siddhartha and Domitilla." "A plane is waiting for them tomorrow to show them their possessions." "~ A trip by plane?" "~ We present Rome to you." "We can chase them all away?" "You could, but you're very generous." "We'll rule them all, but without them noticing." "Pretend to be equal to others." "But we're the queen and the princes." "~ We should not be afraid of anything." "~ Not even death?" "My love, fear of death, when it comes, will never go away." "It makes you afraid of life." "But when you fell over with Domitilla, how did you feel?" "Why do you want to know?" "Luckily I fell, otherwise no one would have asked me what I was doing there." "I want to know what it is, this fear of life." "Coming in for dinner?" "No." "Silvia told me that she wanted to be alone with the children." "She told me the same thing." "Just as well." "When I saw you, I figured she'd invited you over without telling me." "~ A surprise visit, then, huh?" "~ Yes, you, too." "Crazy, huh?" "~ We had the same idea." "~ Annoying, terrible, worthy of being ashamed of." "But don't you think that what you're doing affects us, too?" "Oh, no." "Don't grow up." "Don't start hounding me like the others." "If you don't want us to grow up, why did you make us?" "Why did I make you?" "For me to eat what I wanted, never speak of money,... dress myself like I wanted, I wanted to let myself breathe,... and make sure everything would be all right and fine,... but then I didn't." "I couldn't do it." "Because you are not me as a child." "You are other beings, dear, dearest." "But at least I can piss off Carlotta Donati?" "I get it." "Merry Christmas." "~ Do you mind if I film you?" "~ No, what is it?" "I'm making a documentary about myself." "In truth, mostly about Silvia." "Come on, come on." "No, I changed my mind." "I'm going for a drink with a friend." "However, if you like, you can come with me." "I'm going up." "Wait." "Excuse me for a moment." "I'd rather do it this way." "Bye." "Who is it?" "Who is it?" ""Svakoga dana u svakom pogledu sve vise napredujem."" ""Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better."" "But where is our house?" "Inside or outside the walls?" "Inside the walls, in the center." "Oh no." "Prati and Flaminia are outside the walls and I want them, otherwise what sort of Rome would it be?" "We need a big house there for us to live in." "Who do you mean, "we"?" "Me, my mom Silvia, my dad, Siddhartha, and his father." "We are all "us"." "But if myself and Giuseppa are "we", then "we" are "you."" "Clear." "Clear." "Oh, look what a nice bath!" "What are you saying?" "That's not a bathtub." "It's my throne room." "Mom, Siddhartha, can we land, because I want to buy some cotton candy?" "Oh no, then they'd realize that we are their masters." "I'll take you tomorrow in disguise." "Down with Carlotta Donati!" "Down with cellulitis!" "Why are you so quiet?" "You mean I wouldn't because of the plane?" "You're even scared in the elevator." "What did you take?" "I ate some cookies and drank a beer." "Well, yes, I took a valium." "Try talking to me." "You always talk between yourselves." "Siddhartha, it's December 27, the day X. Get on your bike." "Also make jokes from 8 to 12." "Go ask what you want to know." "Run!" "You nicked your mother's license?" "No!" "~ Stop it, we have to look serious!" "~ I'll tell her not to laugh!" "You already upset me this morning about the tea." "I wanted milk!" "~ Hey, I forgot." "Not everything can be done your way." "~ That's disgusting!" "Just get off." "No, I'm staying here with her." "Look, my head's exploding with things I have to think about." "I have to go in that door, and you can't stay here alone." "Do what you're told." "You can't order me around, that's Dad's job." "I want to go home to Daddy, because you always order me around." "I order you around?" "What about you?" "Take this, give me that." "OK, bitch, I'm not your Filipino!" "And don't you dare move from there." "Today I'll take you home." "Stop, shut up, spoiled brat!" "~ That snake also speaks well?" "~ He's a viper and he wasn't talking to you." "What did she say?" "What's this madness?" "Good morning." "Are the test results for Domitillo...?" "What the fuck am I saying?" "Calm down." "Good morning." "Are Siddhartha Pelosi's test results in?" "~ Excuse me." "~ Yes?" "Are Siddhartha Pelosi's test results in?" "Wait a minute." "Yes." "Whose are they?" "Mine." "My mom's parking." "~ Maybe it's better to wait." "~ No, she told me to get them." "She also gave me this ID." "Oh well." "Wait a minute." "No, this I can't give it to a kid." "Child, this is a response that has confidentiality obligations." "Yes, but those are my analyses." "Actually, it seems to me to be a girl's name." "You're quite ignorant." "Siddhartha was Buddha's name while he was still skinny." "I don't know if you have this book by Hermann Hesse which has sold more than the Bible." "Go call your mother, "Beautiful Hair"." "You're rude." "Stop!" "Dr. Bigatti!" "What's going on?" "~ Dr. Bigatti, was he hurt?" "~ No, it seems not." "Call the police." "~ You're still cross with me?" "~ Yes." "~ You swear you won't say anything?" "~ No, I'll tell everything." "~ The I'll squeal to Roberto, about you wetting the bed!" "~ I don't care." "Suppose I tell Carlotta before kindergarten?" "I swear." "Is that Mom?" "Go ahead." "I'd better not be too noticeable." "~ Is this the Pelosi residence?" "~ We're looking for Siddhartha Pelosi." "~ Don't be afraid." "~ There is no one in the house?" "Your mom, your dad?" "Are you alone?" "And your brother?" "Where's your brother?" "But who's Siddhartha Pelosi?" ""Telecom Italy Mobile." "The customer you have dialed is not reachable at the moment."" "Then we'll charge the mother for abandonment of a minor." "What abandonment!" "Surely her batteries are flat." "~ Their fathers have arrived." "~ Thank you." "Domitilla?" "My love, what is it?" "Well, there's a little problem." "This little gentleman is the subject of a complaint for personal injury, damages, aggravated assault,... and theft, because he didn't pay for the analyzes." "This guy isn't even 14 years old." "And if there is something to pay, I'll immediately pay, and settle everything." "Let me talk to the injured party." "~ I'll talk to him and I'll explain." "~ Mr. Spagnoli, you haven't understood matters well." "Personal injury, damages, and aggravated theft." "There must be a reason." "~ You spoiled your children." "~ And you ruined the TV." "~ You have to be quiet, OK?" "~ Why should he shut up?" "He said one thing that makes you think, right?" "He's not spoiled at all, in fact." "All these forces..." "I'm sorry." "these forces in TV dramas, of low quality,... one comes here and expects to find the same behavior." "I'm a solicitor." "Inspector, the guy is going through some difficult times now." "The period of psychological stress indicated by theft I think indicates a moment of... of instability." "Since my father is a lawyer, the lawyer Spagnoli, I don't know if..." "Yes, you're the son of Spagnoli." "The lawyers' lawyer, right?" "We have our office here in Prati." "Then I would ask the learned lawyer what he makes of his grandson's theft." "Well, the boy's not related, the girl is his granddaughter." "And he would be the husband...of his brother's wife?" "No, the man is her husband." "I'm her partner." "Ah." "And you are the partner of the gentleman?" "Yes." "What the fuck are you talking about?" "Isn't he?" "I want to go with Siddhartha." "No, now we're going home." "But the two weeks aren't over yet." "Oh, just great, eh!" "Now I decide." "I also had too much patience with you." "What is this tone?" "~ What patience?" "~ Easy!" "Patience with someone?" "It is Siddharta that had patience with Domitilla." "He looks after her every day, keeping her butt clean for you." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "This is a child, don't you forget it." "It's you who forgot it." "Siddhartha!" "Siddhartha!" "Turn the autofocus, there it is." "How does it feel to film?" "I don't know." "I like it a little." "I dislike it a little, too." "You film something that a little while later isn't there anymore." "You make memories." "And you don't like that?" "Not always." "Not now." "Dad." "Yeah?" "I wanted to tell you something." "There's one thing that chases me and it goes very quickly, and it always catches me always, even in my sleep." "Right here." "Well, that is..." "What is it?" "I used to think that one's self was our "outside", the face,... our shape, whether you're handsome or ugly." "Now it seems to me that our self is our "inside"." "Do you understand?" "But not the soul." "It is as if inside we're just bags full of stinky shit,... liver, pancreas..." "All this gooey slurpy stuff can get even more rotten." "What are you getting at?" "Daddy, what if Domitilla became ill?" "Siddhartha, don't worry about that." "Roberto knows a pediatrician who's first-class, I don't know where." "She's examined several times a year." "Domitilla's had a life very different from yours." "You should worry about yourself." "We were so young..." "Your mother, above all." "For you, the only thing we measured was your dick." "And what I wanted was for you to be normal!" "I mean, you measured my dick?" "Yes, but as a child." "But what's wrong?" "And don't tell me, at least." "Holy Virgin, you used to measure dicks!" "~ Now I understand your breakup." "~ Listen, Siddhartha...please." "I haven't yelled at you." "I didn't say anything." "But don't play it too loose." "I'm very fond of your mother, believe it or not." "In fact, maybe I loved her too much." "Maybe I should have been beating her." "And maybe I should beat you." "But I'm not that sort of guy." "Do you understand?" "But even now I don't believe it's right, because I still believe in individual freedom,... in responsibility, in self-criticism." "I didn't ask you what you've done,... and why the heck you had to break a window to research a class project." "~ Do you know why I didn't prod?" "~ Why?" "Because I trust you." "You sure you don't trust me too much?" "Look, come live a little with me." "Come live with me." "You load yourself with things so very...that's not right." "I can't." "What about mom?" "Siddhartha, it's your mother who should take care of you, and not the other way around." "Can I come in?" "I don't think I can trust you anymore, Silvia." "I got tired of playing vice-principal." "Now she's asleep." "It was very hard to get her to sleep." "~ What's this about an analysis?" "~ Just bullshit." "~ A study in Siddhartha's school." "~ No, Siddhartha doesn't do foolish things." "Siddhartha doesn't pull stunts?" "He took her on the back of a motorbike, fled together, I figure they could have gotten killed." "~ I'm not leaving Domitilla with you again." "~ I'm leaving." "You just got here, come on." "~ Can I sleep here?" "~ I have a huge bed." "Here he goes again!" "A drink?" "I don't want to." "I don't want anything." "I don't want anyone anymore." "~ Why do you want to sleep here?" "You want to sleep with me?" "~ Yes." "Look, over the last two years, every three months you've slept with me." "For the next month, I go crazy." "The second month I attain some peace, but then in the third you come back." "Why?" "~ How good you are at math!" "~ No, it is you who are mathematical." "Every three months." "Why?" "I'll give it to you." "Is that okay?" "I'll give it to you." "Wait." "Look." "I'll give it to you." "I'm a wreck." "I have only 60,000 lire." "Take it." "Want checks?" "Take it, anyway, there's nothing left in the account." "Do you want my credit card?" "Take it." "~ Or do you want the debit card?" "Take the debit card!" "~ Enough!" "I only said I wanted help with a bill." "~ You always think badly of me." "~ I always think bad of you?" "Still the same old song?" "You still say I think you're evil, Silvia?" "It's been 15 years!" "It isn't even in fashion anymore to take drugs!" "I've become old!" "And I still think badly of you?" "You think I'm a jerk?" "Of course I've been a jerk." "For 15 years you've ruined everybody, and I allowed it, Silvia!" "You're getting all this?" "But why are you doing this, capturing my humiliation?" "I'm doing a movie about you." "Why?" "I don't feel like telling you." "I've noted your wish for autonomy,... your maturity,... your impulse to solve the issue alone." "But now we need to inform the adults in your life." "I'll call them." "No, no." "I'll explain." "Tomorrow we're leaving for New Years and I'll find a way to tell them." "I believe you." "But know that if I don't receive a phone call from your mother or your father by January 2nd, I'll call them." "All right." "I'll give you my cell phone number." "You can call at any time." "Is it serious?" "I'm not a doctor, but hepatitis C is widespread among my patients." "But you're okay." "Transaminases are in the right range, as is your alkaline phosphatase." "10% of cases involve carriers, and hepatitis never develops." "In other cases. it has a chronic form, light or heavy, which can lead serious damage." "What kind?" "~ The infections specialist will be the one to talk about it with you." "~ Enough of psychologist stuff?" "It's a serious matter, Siddharta, and it has to be kept under control." "But you can fight." "Hepatitis can easily become chronic,... and a cure hasn't been found yet,... but with such low transaminase it's as if the disease weren't there." "And if and when it rises, there's interferon." "~ What could be done in five years?" "~ Five years?" "I'm asking just for general knowledge." "~ Look." "We're not all assholes." "~ What do you mean with the plural?" "Parents, the Romans, the blonde, female psychologists..." "All of these." "Every grownup, so to speak." "These analyzes... are my sister's." "A five year old?" "Not even." "But she knows everything." "Even if she doesn't want to know, she understands everything." "She never asks her mother, "Where are you going?"" "She thinks she's always happy, but it's not true." "It's not true." "She knows there's no perfect health." "You can't trick her, you know?" "If she has to be cured, thrown into a hospital, or maybe... she must get a drip for life." "But why, fucking shit, why just her?" "She's "hairy" like me,... but not about her hair, I mean inside." "She's so small." "She trusts everyone." "Whenever she can, she shows her ass." "She weighs 14 kg." "Less than a backpack with a dictionary in it." "This cell phone number... give me another copy." "This sucks." "Hey, what's up?" "No, no, I..." "Look, I saw you leaving the counseling office." "Is there bad news?" "Can I help you?" "I won't ask you about your red eyes, or why you were crying." "I'm won't ask you why you're on your own." "However, if you need some support, I'm here." "Oh, Holy Virgin!" "I thought that you were HIV positive." "I saw you so... lost." "And the fact is that nowadays, the news about the HIV is given by a psychologist." "She's an elegant lady, she knows the right way to tell you." "Just think about the doctor who told me, three years ago, dressed all in black." "Sitting on a chair, he looked at me and said:" ""You're almost already ill."" "A Nazi." "Is this far enough?" "Ah, okay, sorry." "I don't know, maybe... ~ Your name Siddhartha?" "~ Yes." "I see!" "Funny guys, your parents!" "Did they pass on their hepatitis C?" "Oh, come on." "It is not a disease to be crying over." "Especially for someone like you, for a Buddha like you." "Even if you're not fat." "Yes, in fact I always say that, too." "Yes, in fact I wasn't looking to be original." "I'd like it if you weren't afraid of me." "But in fact I'm not afraid." "Then, you know, we are colleagues." "I also have hepatitis B, C, D..." "And K..., brand new." "They isolated the virus about three months ago in California, and me, ahead of the fashion, I had it already." "Then I'm almost glad to be sick." "First, because I will not die." "No way!" "I held my own, I held firm, I held out, and they finally came." "These ones here, protease inhibitors." "Now today I came to get test results,..." "I'm fine,... the virus has virtually disappeared from my blood, my T4 count has increased." ""For how long?", you ask me." "As long as we're still standing." "Who knows." "What should I call you?" "~ "Pure Soul"?" "~ No, Siddhartha's already enough for me, thanks." "~ What school are you in?" "~ The Artistic." "~ And you don't study philosophy?" "~ Not yet, I'm in my first year." ""Now, it's time to leave." ""I'm going to die." ""You go on living." ""But which us going to be worse off,..." ""well, that remain hidden."" "Socrates." "You know, I think that hepatitis C has arrived for you at the right time." "Now go." "Goodbye." "Go on." "Where's Siddhartha?" "You fixed up the bag?" "You brought the Assyrians and the Babylonians?" "Did you change the strings on a guitar?" "Did you get the results and that cell phone number?" "You must call by January 2nd." "Are you afraid?" "But I know you're scared, and I don't care that you're scared, you have to talk." "Be warned, I'm here." "What are you doing here all alone?" "And you?" "~ Is there something wrong?" "~ A list." "Look..." "This feeling has come to me over four days and it keeps coming back." "You have done things that aren't like you." "You think you can fool everybody, but you can't fool me." "~ I want to know..." "~ Tell me,... you want to know about the analysis?" "Fuck!" "Get out of here!" "~ You broke my balls, bitch!" "~ Ouch!" "Are you crazy?" "You've led us to live a shit of a life!" "What are you doing?" "Leave her alone." "You don't have solve it this way, by blaming and scolding her." "What shit do you have inside your head?" "Fuck you!" "~ Quiet, I say!" "~ Five years ago today, five!" "Let's not lose your head." "Oh Christ!" "We did very well during all these years." "That's enough." "You did well because I provided for you." "You've sucked me in and exploited me to provide for the kids." "Bitch!" "But kids?" "The only kid here is you." "We have tried to live, we faced the open sea, the risks and the dangers." "Ever even heard of this stuff?" "Anyone can earn 8 million a month when the one who signs the check is your dad." "What do you know?" "How do you know what I wanted to do?" "I got my Bachelor's when Silvia was pregnant." "I didn't know what I should do." "Then I gave up my dreams to bring a normal life to my daughter." "Too normal." "So normal as to chase everybody out of your life." "You weren't there." "You weren't such a presence, as suffocating as you are." "To me it was all right to make a normal life." "Remember, Siddhartha?" "What grade were you in when Domitilla was born, fourth?" "Do you remember I used to take you to school in the morning, and that we'd go to a bar to pick up a croissant?" "I used to finish working in the studio and go get you, and we'd come home." "There was Domitilla crawling on all fours, coming to meet us." "Do you remember how fast?" "~ One Shuttle." "~ Also, we were fine." "And you were not there." "You just didn't exist." "You were still drawing the graphs at science class." "We loved Siddhartha a lot." "We contended over the baby." ""You held him longer." "No, I held him more, I'll change him myself today."" "And we were so happy." "He was so good." "He slept everywhere, even in concerts at the stadium." "We were all fine with Silvia." "It's her who was sick of everyone." "I'm right here." "~ You're talking about me like I'm not even here." "~ 8, 7, 6,... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..." "Happy 1998!" "Enjoy it, enjoy it!" "Our Father who art in heaven,... hallowed be Thy name." "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,... on Earth as it is in Heaven." "Please, make me die first of all." "Please, first of all you're killing me." "Come here." "I'll show you something." "Don't run off." "What are you doing here?" "Please, Jesus, grant that the English lady's teeth grow." "Help me to fall in love again." "Deliver me from this evil." "Amen." "Hands On Monster that you are in the Great Plains,..." "I'll try with you, because I don't know who to pray to." "Roberto believes in a regular God, but Mom doesn't." "She was a Buddhist just for 15 minutes,... to my misfortune." "Dad is half Jewish..." "I think." "From his mother or grandfather." "I can tell by the nose!" "So I'll leave it to you." "Please let them find soon... a fucking cure for this fucking hepatitis C." "Amen." "Calumet." "Sayonara." "Amen." "It's all right." "Organically she's fine." "Dress her again." "There's no need to worry." "But don't let your guard down." "The baby is fine, but she has the virus." "She could be one of the healthy carriers,... but her transaminases may rise up later on." "~ What should we do?" "~ Nothing." "For now, blood tests every 6 months." "That's for the child." "For her, instead..." "Come on, it's Mom's turn now." "It's me who's ill?" "This is a severe form of chronic hepatitis." "I suggest you get in care with a hepatologist." "First we must see to what point the disease has advanced." "The blood tests are not enough." "He will advise you to have an ultrasound and also a liver biopsy." "But above all, he'll suggest a different life style." "Get up, you must take your sister to kindergarten." "Have you prepared her bag?" "Napkin, snack, glass, toilet paper?" "How does it go without toilet paper?" "Go check the toilet paper, run!" "Good morning!" "Is 8:01." "If I'm taking Domitilla to kindergarten I have to leave at 8:03 or 8:04." "Go on, imp!" "Bye, Mom." "We're going to beat the recor." "Goodbye, we're going to beat the recor." "There's coffee?" "Bye, Dad, we're going to beat the "recor"." "~ Not "recor" --- "record"." "~ Record." "What are you doing today?" "I need to finish editing a reel." "What time do you figure to be back?" "~ What time do you get home?" "~ I'm working until 7 at the studio." "But you'll be home for dinner?" "You have to believe me." "I can't take your skepticism any longer." "I have to believe." "Enough." "Enough is enough." "We never did it before in front of the children." "I can no longer look Siddhartha in the face." "Now it really begins." "But I don't..." "I don't know where, I don't know by whom." "Don't give us that speech now." "No, no." "Really, I need help." "Now is the time to help me, really." "Don't you know that you can't smoke?" "Excuse me, I don't come often to the grocery store." "What are you doing, you throw it on the ground?" "!" "~ No." "Where can I put it out?" "~ In here, you can't extinguish them." "~ Then I'll go outside." "~ Where you going?" "There's a queue." "~ Then put it out and pay later." "~ Here you can't smoke." "I can't smoke, I can't throw it away, what do I do, swallow it?" "~ You can't smoke, there's a sign." "~ Fuck you." "~ What brings you by?" "~ It's cold out." "I wanted to see you." "I don't." "I'm not giving up the fight yet." "What are you doing?" "Are you going?" "Come on, come in." "I can't believe you really came to see me." "But I'm fine." "Really." "Don't think otherwise." "I'm always at home, serene." "I'm pleased." "Come, come." "I felt bad that we stopped seeing each other so abruptly." "As if there was nothing really between us." "I'm fine." "No problem." "I'm fine." "Maybe I'll seem a little upset, but just because..." "Because..." "I'm seeing you." "I'm on Rohypnol." "Me, too." "And you don't have..." "No, no!" "Absolutely nothing, nothing, nothing." "The house is clean." "There's nothing." "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom for a moment." "Go on, go on." "You should have called me sometime!" "And now... this fact that I'm seeing you again..." "I know..." "I'm a little..." "Me, too." "How many things could we do together, you and me." "Now we don't do drugs, not anymore." "We could open that place." "That famous place... ~ Is it still there?" "~ Of course." "A place where you can drink." "And also eat something." "A meeting place." "Yes." "Maybe with a small stage,... for the theater,... with live music." "Maybe Siddhartha could play there." "If you only knew how great he is!" "I'm sleepy." "It's late." "I'm sleepy." "Sleep." "You sleep, huh?" "Oh, come on, I'll take her." "Arise, Silvia." "Silvia." "Get up, make an effort." "Come on!" "Get up, it's late!" "I don't want to go to school." "I don't feel like it." "Silvia Pelosi Lunghi,... born in Procida, Naples, on 12/05/1964,... separated by consent from Pelosi, Fabio Massimo, since 1989,... and living with Spagnoli, Roberto, from 1990 to 1993." "Currently residing in Via Galvani 54." "The bag contained a cosmetic bag of tricks,... a wallet with 87,000 lire,... checks of the Bank of Naples, with 4 checks,... notebook, set of keys, a box Tampax brand of sanitary napkins,... a book of poems by Emily Dick..." "Dicki..." "Dickinson." "But her license wasn't found." "I wonder where she kept her driver's license." "You have to tell her." "I want her to be there this afternoon." "I can't." "The psychotherapist also said I have to tell her." "I can't." "No, sorry, I think it's too soon." "She's already understood, she's not stupid." "You just need to talk to her." "You can't turn a blind eye with something like this." "~ Siddharta, stop." "~ "Stop" and that's all of it?" "The case is closed." "All right." "Calm." "Calm down." "Don't be unfair." "It's not that, and you know it." "Here she is." "It is better that you stay here." "Let him." ""Pretty as a morning..." ""water crystal..." ""like a window that shines on my pillow..." ""As great as the bread..."" "Hey, "Hot as bread!"" ""Hot"." "We said "Great as bread."" ""Shadow under a pine tree..." "Domitilla." "You know what it means to die?" "Sure." "When someone gets sick, and with the traffic, he did not arrive in time at the hospital, and he dies." "If I die, I want to see heaven, if the others die, you can't see any life in them." "Are we alive?" "Yes." "How does someone know he's alive?" "Because of the traffic." "Domitilla..." "Look..." "What voice do you have?" "What voice do I have?" "Greasy." "Hello, it's me." "Hello, it's me!" "Hello, it's me!" "Can you hear me?" "I can't hear you." "Can you hear me?" "She's very busy." "No, no, no, no!" "Where should I look?" "Ah, is that right?" "I tanked the examination in Psychometric Statistics." "And then..." "I got pregnant with Siddhartha." "And..." "So..." "Why have you worked so little?" "Yes, maybe I worked very little." "What was the question?" "Yes, but when it comes to me... we should speak only about what?" "Without that I don't exist?" "There are those who drink, there are those who take too many tranquillizers,... and there are workaholics." "I'm just not that." "I was normal by the time I dropped Domitilla by accident." "Roberto still blames me." "He left me here." "That night he left me at home." "I was not taken to hospital and my mother..." "Domitilla's five now." "How many times has my mother come from Naples to see her?" "Twice?" "She lives in Naples." "It's not that..." "Well, good day." "What are you calling this film?" ""The Pear Tree"?" "How ugly!" "How ugly, Mom!" "And now it seems like a sad story." "Mine is a happy life." "I..." "I wanted..." "They always threw us out of class together." "I've borne everything from you, even... this style of funeral,... over which I disagreed." "When I saw you the last time, you were expecting the child." "I owe you 50,000 lire." "You've never been ashamed of me." "Ever." "We were together for three days, from Friday to Monday." "Then you were gone." "This sweater was yours." "You never picked up panties from the floor." ""She were like belonging to autumn, before the trees, the leaves."" "You used to say that my feet stank." "I still keep a message from you on the answering machine." "Goodbye." "Rome-Lisbon in bus Fiat 500." "I say no more." "Have a good trip." "I don't know whether you're up there, down there, or here or there." "I cooked my pasta for you, with cream, tuna, onions..." "How you vomited!" "I got very upset that afternoon." "That movie was terrible." "I didn't laugh once." "~ On the contrary, all the room roared with laughter?" "~ Yes, indeed, and I thought of you." "When I left, I went back to the bar, but you weren't there anymore." "Ah." "I heard about your mother." "I'm sorry." "Look..." "I'll take you to see a good movie this very afternoon." "I can't." "I have an appointment." "What kind of appointment?" "You know I'm with Matteo Rizzarti?" "No." "Since when?" "Since yesterday." "But..." "Maybe if we don't let them see us..." "Meet me at Ernesto's bar." "By the tobacconist." "I'll go out immediately." "You wait two minutes." "D flat, F, B flat." "~ Hello, Massimo." "~ Hey!" "We're must surprise Siddhartha." "Me, too." "You, too?"