"Angela, you want to know why I'm happy, eh?" "Come on... ask me that question." "What?" "They say I'm crazy?" "No, no." "Nobody calls Matteo Scuro crazy..." "Don't worry about that." "I tell everyone to ask me questions." "I'm not afraid to answer no matter what the question." "Even though our name, Scuro, means "dark" because we have nothing to hide." "Everything's out in the open." "Now, go on." "Ask me." "Why I am happy?" "I'll tell you why I'm happy." "Because I can smell a scent of lemon trees, coming from the country." "Smell it!" "You smell it, too." "When you smell lemon in the air it means that very soon it'll be summer." "Where does summer fit in?" "It fits, it fits." "I've rented five..." "five whatsits..." "Help me, it's a Russian word...." "Bungalow!" "Five bungalows, at the new seaside resort." "A nice surprise for the children, when they come for vacation." "Who knows?" "Maybe this time we'll get them around one table, like in the old days." "Would you like that?" "Are you happy?" "I think I hear cicadas, too." "Shh, shh..." "Cicadas!" "A good sign!" "Lo Piparo!" "Mr. Lo Piparo!" "I'm returning the keys." "I'm sorry, Don Matteo." "Money down the drain." "What can you do, Mr. Lo Piparo." "Surprises are like that." "Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't." "What can you do, Don Matteo, except hope, eh?" "Thank you." "Stay well." "Goodbye, Don Matteo." "Goodbye." "¡Lo Piparo!" "Don't you want to know why they didn't come?" "No!" "Ask me!" "Ask me why they didn't come!" "Why didn't they come?" "Work." "Too much work!" "Best thing for them!" "We'll just wait for next summer!" "Hey wait, dear Lo Piparo." "Not me!" "Question..." "Can parents have any peace if their children are far away and they hardly ever see them?" "Can parents have any peace... if they can't imagine how their children live, if they've never seen their house, their beds... the building where they work, the bar where they go for coffee?" "Answer:" "No." "A hundred times, no." "Don't forget the long underwear, the cashmere tie you gave me and the blood pressure drops, just in case." "Don't look like that." "I'll tell you everything." "I'll bring back pictures." "Don Matteo!" "Don Matteo!" "Hello, how are you?" "Fine, fine." "I recognized you right off." "Your hat is as good as a passport." "Ask me where I'm going." "Where are you going?" "To see my children." "By train?" "You'll never get there." "Go by plane." "Eat in Sicily and shit on the mainland." "I know, but I'm afraid to fly." "Anyway, nowadays... they crash just for the fun of it." "Write to me!" "Have a good trip, Don Matteo!" "Thanks." "Don Matteo, do you remember?" "Wine is made from grapes!" "Wine is made from grapes!" "That goes way back!" "How come you know that?" "From the town hall days." "My father always said it." "A good man, your father." "A friend!" "Thirty years we put in together." "How is he?" "Dead." "Give him my regards!" "Tell him when I get back, I'll come see him." "EVERYBODY'S FINE" "Dad!" "A white hair." "Look for more Alvaro, five liras for each white hair." "That is, Dad." "Alvaro!" "Alvaro, come here!" "Dad has all white hair." "Your ticket please sir." "Sir, your ticket, please." "Here you go." "Bon voyage to all." " Thanks." " Good Day" "Tickets, please." "Hey, must be yours, it fell." "Yes." "Thank you." "Fortunately, I only have this copy." "It's beautiful, Do you work in the theater?" "No, it's a family portrait." "Look, look, the middle one is me with my wife." "Below are my babies." "Guglielmo." "Like that of Rossini." "Alvaro. "La forza del destino" by Verdi." "Norma, like Bellini." "Tosca, by Puccini." "There's even a movie." "And Cannie clown." "I got them named after characters in opera." "Because I am a fanatic of lyrics." "That's why... four years ago they made me a surprise dressing like this for the carnival." "Do not want to see it?" "Look at it." "Well, I'd say they are no longer children." "You're right, but.." "What do you want?" "When the children are small, you imagine them grown up." "Then when they grow up..." "you see them always as children." "I bet you also want to see." "Like it?" "Show it to the lady." "Beautiful." " See." "Give it to your boyfriend." " Not my boyfriend." " Never mind, let him see." " Large family" " If you increase... the wives, the sons and friends, are an army." "A fragment of Italy." "Look, not only are they my children... but believe me, are very good." "Yes they are." "I do not know, have..." "I know not what." "All good, with important jobs." "But the exceptional... is that they don't think stupid things." "They grew up with sacrifice." "I confess something." "It is the first time that I am going to see them." "In general, come to Sicily once or twice a year, and..." "Am I disturbing?" "You really do not want to know..." " ...how they work, how they live?" " Honestly... no thanks." "As you like." "You do not know what you are missing." "Excuse me, could do me a favor to take me." "Thank you." "Thank you." "You know, for my wife." "I'm Sicilian, from Trapani." "Do not want to know where to go?" "I am also Neapolitan!" "So am!" "I want one billion!" "Billions!" "Thieves, murderers, damn!" "Damn!" "All are thieves, murderers!" "Yes!" "Murderers damn!" "I want one billion!" "Thieves, murderers, damn!" "If you do not bring me the money I will make a killing throughout Europe!" "With all of you all!" "You have until tonight to bring me one billion or else I will take away all these television antennas, all!" "He is armed, call the police." "Toy gun, and we got used." "Even the police know." "Filthy!" "If tonight I don't have the money..." "I will remove the TV antennas!" "Who is it?" "Alvaro, guess, who am I?" "An idiot." "Scuro." "Excuse me, where can I..." "can not hear me?" " In the microphone." " What?" "This." " Where...?" " In the microphone there." " Here." " Here?" " Excuse me, where can I find Mr. Alvaro Scuro?" " Are here at the University of Naples." " One moment" "What name did you say?" "Scuro, Alvaro Scuro." "It's my son, and colleague also." "How is it that you do not know?" "Look... he is on vacation, or furlough... or commissioner is ill... or commissioner of union, or left... or retired... or may not have been to work." "What is certain is that he exists." "Thank goodness." "Hallo." "I'm answering machine of Alvaro Scuro..." "Not at home now." "Please leave your message, name and phone number." "When I return, I'll call." "Please leave message after the beep." "Thanks." "Hallo." "I am... your..." "The stupidity of the answering machine." "What do I do?" "I can not speak to a voice as taken from the refrigerator." "I feel like... the world freezes." "They say that Naples is super crowded." "Sure, there is not even a dog." "You want company, Grandpa?" "Look at this legs." "And look at mine." "I look out of my mind..." "I do not know what I mean... or what I do." "And even without hope, get up... and be a man forever." "Well..." "Alvaro, I..." "I wanted to surprise you." "Where have you been?" "You stayed to sleep outside?" "Women always liked you." "No?" "Blow your nose, come here." "Always with this dirty nose." "The same as always." "Let's see." "Yes, blow." "Strong." "Are you tired, Dad?" " A little" " Sorry." "Where you going now?" "Listen... sorry... the... the twelve..." " You still have it?" " What?" "I say, do you still have room twelve." "Where would it go?" "Here it is." "Here you go." "You never know." "Ask me why I asked for room twelve." " You do not want me..." " Ask, don't be shy." "Well, why room twelve?" "Very easy." "When I married 45 years ago... and I came to Naples for honeymoon." "We slept in this hotel... in the room number twelve." " Want to know what I paid?" " Actually, I..." " Ask." " Well, how much?" " Seventy lire, for the two of us." " Nothing." "Today would equal about..." " ...twenty thousand lire." " Now it is sixty." " Sixty what?" " Sixty thousand." "Everything has changed." "But it's the same furniture." "Remember our first night?" "You wanted to sleep dressed." "And I, to mock you slept with a hat." "How far have we come?" "Well, I speak English perfectly." "Do you think about and talk Neapolitan English?" "Really?" "Look, Belisario." "Good morning, baby!" "Big deal." "How was it?" "He sure did it here." "How on earth did he do it?" "Just look at that antenna." "Why did he?" "Attention, leave a message after the beep." "Thanks." "Hallo, hallo." "Hope it records." "Alvaro, It's Dad." "I came to Naples, but... didn't find you." "Where are you?" "Are you okay?" "I..." "I..." "I... well, I would wait for you, but..." "If for some reason you're late... or you have other commitments... what?" "You never call." "Alvaro, look..." "I'd better go to your brother Cannie." "But do not call him before I arrive." "I want to surprise him, see?" "Are you listening?" "I have to board the train." "Goodbye." "It's me, Dad." "Please ask me this." "Why 74 years a pensioner... be hitchhiking on the freeway?" " On the train strike." " It was." "But... you were too impulsive." "You just had to ask." "I was going to respond." " You are Siciliano?" " Yes." " How did you know?" " Because you speak strange." "Hey, What kind of work does your son in Rome?" "To see if you can guess." "Look, I just tell you one thing, listen." "The day he was born in 1947... that day, I said, local elections were held." "And his mother still sore, went on foot to vote." "She went alone, I was a teller." "You follow?" "Then, back home... half an hour later, Cannie was born." "Let's see, someone born in such circumstances, tell me... what trade he does?" "GYN." "Sorry, expression, but... and who urinated out of place." "Neither more nor less." "Hey, Where are you going?" "Documents." " Siciliano?" " Yes." "Grandpa!" " Grandpa!" " Erina!" "They are the guardian angels of the judge Brandi." "Have not you seen in television?" "Oh yeah?" "Does he live here?" "Yeah, takes one week with fever." "But they are my friends, do no harm." "Thank goodness." "I brought a very nice gift." "We open it tonight." "Are you alone?" "Mom and dad was working the party." "Thank... all those... that their participation... have enriched the work..." "our convention... offering reflections... comments... and new proposals... of great political value." "I will not be brief... although the circumstances require." "Why should we be brief?" "The time we live... is a slave to speed... anxiety, is it not?" "Perhaps it was, especially for our party... a time to acknowledge the issue of community... the sense of potili..." "Excuse me, is a policy." "A fair policy." "Modern." "To take into account social needs..." "A fair policy." "Modern." "To take into account social needs... and disturbing questions... the years... ninety... we face." " Cannie!" " Dad!" "Dad, look who came!" "Hi, Dad!" "When did you get here?" "When did you get here?" "What are you standing there like a post?" "Low." "Come down." "But how many columns, seems like San Pietro." "Too bad you can't take pictures." "It's huge, how many people it holds?" "You know how many Muslims are here?" " More than 50 thousand." " Castelvetrano... has 25 thousand inhabitants." " And you did it all yourself?" " I wish." "Just take care of heating." " What modest." " No, man." "And where do they turn when they pray?" "There." " Bon appetit." " Bon appetit." "Well, tell me something, there in the Congress..." " ..." "Will you be secretary of the party?" " What did I say?" "No party secretary... but the Provincial Federation party." "Well, what's the difference?" "You are the secretary all the same." "Talk about something else." "Finally you have seen the house." " Is not it pretty?" " Yes, very pretty." "And when will you decide to join us?" " We'd be happy." " Come on, Grandpa, come." "A thousand thanks, but it's impossible." ""At our age... how could mom and I change our lives?" "No, you can not, no." "What is she saying?" "Stay here all you want." " But visit the others." " Yes, but do not tell." "Well..." "I want to surprise them." "Please." "By the way, where is Alvaro?" "Where is he?" "I went to his house and he was not there." " He has an answering machine." " Vacation, did not you know?" " Won a free trip." " A trip?" " He said he was going..." " It was a... wait a minute." "Why they do not off-hook it when you eat?" "A trip." "What luck for Alvaro, always wins." "Do we open the gift, grandfather?" "not worry about that." "Do you not have faith Congress" "Look, all support you." "Not that." "Better tell me what happened with my interview." "I am waiting a month." "Nothing." "It will not be published." " I say no more." " How can we publish?" "Do I have to kill someone?" "depends on who you kill." "Nothing, grandfather Matteo." "Why not?" "Let's see, looking good." "You'll see." "Broke." "What a pity!" "They were rare candy." "You know?" "You do not know." "Your dad ate whole kilos." "So he was always at the dentist." "I'm so sorry." "If you know them, are dolls of sugar." "Dad bought them at the Sicilian store, look at them." "Have you seen them?" " Hello?" " Tosca, is that you?" " Who is this?" " I'm Cannie." " Hello, Cannie." " How are you?" "Look... is beautiful, beautiful." "A work of art." "Although television is..." "larger." "And more natural, yes." "I'm going, Dad, I can not wait." "Cannie, before I die, I want to see you sitting there." "At the... the..." "the Chamber of Deputies." "Okay, bye. if you get lost then call or call a taxi." "Ah, Cannie wait." "Listen." "And if we met like before but here in Rome?" "It would be nice." "We will have to ask others." "Agreed." "Now go, then we are." "Go away from here I see." "Cannie!" "Do not move!" "You can go now." " Hello." " Good morning, Deputy." "This is for the meeting today." " This for the convention." " Is it long?" "38 min. 21 sec., Of which you can skip 4 minutes and a half..." " ...if desired." " Thanks, anything else?" "Yes, I wanted to ask the opinion of me." " Hey, why kill them?" " Not us." "It has happened many times." "Also in the morning there." "They, when they are around the city... lose their orientation." "They get mad." "They kill themselves." "Leaping from the sky..." "and kill themselves." "These are going to be safe, you'll see." "The wine is made from grapes." "Someone will hurt you." "Someone will make..." "Give me everything." " How old are you?" " Less than you." "The money." "Yes." "I'll give you everything, but do not hurt me." "Okay, what is in your pockets?" "How old are you?" "What do you care?" "No bother." "No, the camera does." "Please." "Okay, But give me the film." "Do not you want to know why?" "I already had enough." "What do I care for a fucking useless film?" "If it were in the United States they would decorate me." "Here, I had to go to jail." "Do I look like a robber?" "I don't know." "Tosca!" "Tosca!" "Dad!" " What did you do?" " What did I do?" "In there they are crazy." "Goodbye, good luck." " Goodbye!" " Bye, bye!" "Bye." " Yes, Mr. - "Messenger Republica Press..."" "...Unit, Time, People, Morning, Manifiesto, Newspapers." "With the inserts." "How no one ever writes." "But at least call." "At least once a week." " I never know where you are." " Where to find you" "What do you do..." "I see... you mock me?" "Perhaps you have a new car and you make much money... but I'm still your father." "A journey, for some Japanese advertising and two to Paris." "Will you go to Sicily?" "You lost the accent." " Lucky" " Why?" "I will work in Pescara, went home, but here I am." "Where?" "The last time you lived in Padua." "Now I live in Florence." "You'll see." "Hey where did Alvaro travel?" " When returning?" " These days." " Thank God" " He went to the Falklands." " A contest at the University." " First!" "Certainly." "One night he came to see me at the theater." " I was so embarrassed." " Why?" "My part was very small... but whenever I came on stage... he began to applaud shouting: "Bravo!"" "All the public followed." "You know how it is." "Then came the star came on, and no one clapped." "Tell me, when will be your evening at the palace..." " How do you know?" " In the newspaper, I asked Cannie." "An article thus big, congratulations." "Thank you." "Nothing else was missing." "What was it?" "What happened?" "Do not know." "Is there still the cherry tree that I planted at home?" "Sure." "It is very tall." "This year it gave many cherries." "Sweet as... like cherries." "So it should be." "You cry easily." "Come, let's see what happened." "How this one is removed?" "Looks like a lot." "We will never get out." "Well?" "You hear me, Irene?" "Where am I?" "Locked on the highway." "Here we are." "Come in, come." " Yes." "It smells of confinement because I have not come in days." "It's beautiful." "A little messy." "So that you don't say that I have no home." "It's very big." "Well this is my house." " It's..." " Rented eh?" "Dad... you seem like seller." "Do not loose your bag." "Come on, give it me." "Well, I worked in exports." "And don't think I did wrong." "I was exporter of children wholesale." "Wholesale?" " Only we are five." " How?" "What about the 19,882 registered birth certificates?" "Where are they?" "Everyone's out of town." "I doubt they know that, at least on paper, I made them be born." "An army of children." "If I invited if them to eat I wouldn't know where to fit them." " What is the name of this church?" " Saint Cross." "It has a world of tiles." "As in Castelvetrano." "It's beautiful, like cinemascope." "You can sleep in that bed or would you like my room?" " Whatever." "I should not pick it... and decide my arthritis." "You'd better book for when you leave." "Otherwise, you may not find room." "Do not worry." " Ask me what I decided." " What you decided?" "Stay up for your presentation, you happy?" "Thrilled." "Guglielmo!" "Tosca, Alvaro." "Look." "Liar, you're a liar" "I'll get out of here." "Leave this house!" "Pray hear me." "Trust me." "If you do not hurt me I would have gone with my stuff." "This time I was the payer, Fabio." "Tramp." "Tosca!" "Dad, I didn't wake you before I left." "The boy is my friend's." "She will come later for him." "If he cries, give him the bottle." "Your breakfast is on the table." "I will stay all day at the theater." "Kiss." "Tosca." "Nene, little baby." "How pretty." "Sorry." "Before the children cried as if I was killing them." "This makes no noise." "That's fine, one more." "Okay, turn around more slowly." "No, hands up." "One more, okay." "Okay, so... no, not like that." "Faces do not interest me, what I want is the rear." "Thus it is, fine." "On the bed." "The sunken belly." "Instead, changes twice." "Fast." "Come forward." "That's fine, but hides the tummy." "That sums the belly." "Stefano, what are you doing here?" "How are you?" "Bad, but no matter." "I do not know how to say, Tosca." "Do not misunderstand me." "In the course of the week..." "I want my car... and also the house." "It's better for me, and maybe even for you." "Handsome babies, they you ready?" "In study 2 they look for actress... for a film in America. "Dollars"." "Who will believe you?" " Go see." " It will be another porno." "It is an American film." "Go see." "It is there, even for you." "And you?" " You?" " Not interested." "Need anything?" "What's wrong?" "What ails you, boy?" "Why are you crying?" "I see why." "You missed the soap opera." "I will fix it for you." "Where are the buttons?" "Image!" "Let's see." "Take the bottle." "Hold her." "Milk." "Milk is very good." "We invented another television." "Good day, sir Scuro." "I'm a friend of Tosca." "I came for the child." "Okay, come, come." "Excuse me, please... ask who is the orange and yellow." " Who is?" " My daughter." " Obvious." " Thanks." "The one connects first." "Again that fool waving." "Bravo." "Bravo!" "Way to go!" "I'm proud of you." "You succeed, you're happy." "Okay." "All you need is a good husband." "Really?" " See you in Rome right?" " Do not worry." "Oh, I forgot." "Do not tell Guglielmo I am coming." " It will surprise him." " Agreed." "Need money?" "Money." "Gentlemen, your tickets, please." "Oh, is not the ticket." " What?" " Sorry." "I did not realize." "That's it." "It is not the same, but it works." "I don't know how to thank you." "It is perfect." "You do not even notice." " It would be a loss." " It was worth it." "What theater was it?" "No, no, it is a family photo." "Look, this is me, and these are my children." "Guglielmo, Alvaro, Norma, Tosca, Cannie." "Their names are from opera..." "I was always a fan... of lyrics." " Like me." " Do you see it?" " Yes, thanks." " Pass it to others." "That color." "These are your family?" "No, not exactly." "We traveled together as retirees." "Also I'm retired." " Really?" " And also travel by train." "I travel to Italy to see my children." "I'm going to Milan." "I want to see how they are." "Wouldn't you like know where are we going?" "Sir, I congratulate you." " Thanks" " No?" "I don't want to be impertinent." "Please ask me." "Go ahead, ask me." "Where are you going?" "HAPPY HOLIDAYS" "Do not tell everybody, but Italy is beautiful." "That's right." "We have evidence." "Excuse me ma'am." "Do you travel often?" "Twice a year." "The other time was to Fiuggi baths..." " ..." "And the Satrunia in Tuscany." " Good." "Welcome to Rimini." "We thank the Association of Retired Persons to come here." "Rimini beach hosts... most global destination of vacationers." "We have very modern facilities." "A lifeguard every 10 meters tends to the swimmers." "If a child is lost, we guarantee to find it quickly." "Well." "In Sicily they never find them and they are lost." "Now I leave you to the magic of a place that will make you dream." "Thanks!" "Perfect." "Now a polka for the more daring." "A polka." "Madam, ask me what I'm thinking." " What do you think?" " If you dare to dance." " Do you think I can?" " Please." "What's wrong?" "Are you tired?" "No." "You don't feel good?" "You'd better sit down." " Do you feel better?" " Yes." " You need something?" " No." "Many years since I went dancing..." "Sure... for an ex-soldier..." "Excuse me." "It's ugly to feel bad when you are away from home." "You..." "Do not have children?" "Yeah." "I have two." "But do you know?" "There comes an age that... the children go away." "They need to get away." "And they are right because..." "I must admit..." "We are boring." "Well..." "My sons agreed to send me to an pension home." "Very nice, indeed." "A former convent in the middle of Olives." "I'm fine." "But... they never visit." "Telephone." "The other day, Julio didn't recognize my voice." " I hung up" " Why didn't you say?" "Sometimes there is interference on the line, they often do." "Look, Matteo... sometimes... it is much easier to pretend it's not understood and not to ask for clarification." "It can be fun." "Please, can you expect anything." "Even the rejection of children." "Lady... do not blame me for being sad." "I won't because I am also." "Think, don't continue with your journey." "Forget it." "No, I can not." "And to be honest..." "I do not want to." "I promised my wife who is waiting in Sicily." "In addition, look, we are very close to our children." "We never parted." " Although this was wonderful." " For me also." "Ma'am, I... never kissed another woman's hand, may I have yours." "That icy little hand." "You are very noble, I won't forget." "Relax, I'm not betraying you." "Hey, excuse me..." "I have three children." "Congratulations." "I have five ... and..." "Hey." "Listen, Mister... you..." "Well..." "I think..." " Did you want donations?" " Go to hell." "What are you doing?" "Always late, the wind instruments." "Again." "In line 32" "Dad!" "What are you doing here?" "Are not you glad?" " What do you think?" " Well, I say." "Guglielmo, do not you play?" "Papa, the bass drum is not like the violins." "It's played occasionally." "Yes, but when the time arrives ..." "You could have told me you were coming." "What now?" "After the rehearsal, I have to go to the airport." "I'm going to London." "To work." " Well..." " Wait, after." "It had not failed in 10 years." "And it just happens when you come." "What?" "What about that look?" "You are angry that I have to leave?" "For the family Scuro, meeting is a luxury." "But that's not why." "I just do not like your laugh." "Before it was not." "I laugh same as before." " Come, walk." " I know, Guglielmo." "You're not going." "You're seeing the face, I know." "How do you think, Dad?" "I give concerts in Europe." "Furthermore, why lie?" "That's what I want you to tell me." "While I know." "What do you know?" "What do you know?" "Nothing." "But I am sure you're not telling me something." "I can see it in your face." "It's true." "I hid something." "I knew you were coming to Milan." "Yes" " Tosca called me." " Oh, really?" "I asked her not to tell you." "It had to be a surprise." "But I expected you three days ago." " Me?" " What are you hiding?" "Not hiding anything." "What could it be?" "Where did you go?" "Me?" "Where?" "Where do you think would go?" " Where'd you go?" " What the...?" "I do not know why..." "See, that is the right laugh." "That really pleases me." " Yes, change the subject." " Don't want to change anything." "But child what did you expect?" "Look, look..." " Gentlemen, I do not want to intrude but tell me the joke or let me work." " They're going to ruin." " Sorry." ""Excuse me." So easy." "Hello, Antonello, I'm your dad." "Excuse me for stopping your favorite music." "But I wanted you to hear my message." "I'll buy the cassette." "I go away and mother comes with me... will be a few days." "Listen, you will have a surprise." " And remember..." " The wine is made from grapes." " Matteo!" " Antonello." " Let me see." " When did you get in?" "You're big." "Tell me what is in wine and grapes." "I like, but do not understand." "A farmer turned rich making wine." "He did nothing else in life than produce wine." "And their children, working with him were rich." "Facing death, he summoned his sons and said:" "My children, before dying I'll tell my big secret." "Wine can also made with grapes." "Do not laugh or I will fall." "You're always complaining you're a romantic." " Unbelievable." " I'm just fed up." "Andrea, a chair was vacated." "I want orange juice and sandwich." "These things look as if they were of plastic." " It's true." " And they also taste like plastic." "Anyway... taste is good." "How can you be always happy?" "You do not look like an old man." "First, let's clarify something." "I am not old." "As many who are here." "And second, look, how do you explain it?" "I am not at all scared of death." "Now it is me who asks the questions." "Tell me something." "What happens to your father?" "I got the impression that he has something." "I'm sure." "How is your mother?" "Pretty good." "Well, I tell you one thing..." "I, with my things, my work in the gymnasium... friends, school..." "I almost never see them..." "Sometimes we meet, but... we do talk, but... well, never really spoke." "But how is this possible?" "Come, I want you to see something phenomenal." " Not possible." " You like?" " Are fireflies." " Did you like?" "In Milan?" "Not that there were no fireflies?" "I must be dreaming." "Just look how many." "I never saw so many even when I was your age." "Grandpa..." "When you were my age did you have someone... you liked?" "No one I liked, but rather in love." "She was the daughter of Carbonero, I remember." "Her name was Rosa." "With whom are you?" "Her name is Linda." "I do not know what to do." "Rejoice." "Also I'll tell one thing." "Do not be shy with women." "Do and say whatever comes to mind." "But be careful." "When a woman who sais she won't live without you, sais she is about to leave you." " Do not be fooled." " But if it is true?" "If so, she will not tell you." " What is the problem?" " Pregnancy." "Damn." "What did you do?" "Grandpa wouldn't you know?" "It happens." "But you're very young." "No, look, see?" "Do you see?" "I already have gray hair." "Three." " There are fifteen lire." " How?" "Nothing." "And the girl, how is it?" "What have you...?" "What happened?" "But what...?" "Was it a trick?" "You tricked me." "Yes, it's silly." "I made it up, look." "I get it, there is a glass." "But Linda is pregnant and it isn't nonsense." "Well, let's go to sleep." "A pregnant girl." "It's crazy." "The Scala" "Angela, how many times we wanted to see "La Traviata"?" "But we never did." "Maestro, "La Traviata"." "Prelude of the third act." "Thank you." "Alvaro, I'm your dad." "I see you have not returned." "Have fun, congratulations." "Please call me when you arrive." "I will be in Turin with Norma." "I give you a hug." "I'm your dad." "Bye." "I do not know if you did well, Guglielmo." "You've been following him two days, you're not well." "You have solved nothing." "Why hide?" " We should be with him." " Maybe you are right." "But it was always like that with me." "It is enough that he just looks into my eyes." "And he knows everything." "If I had stayed with him, he would know everything." "I am ashamed of having hidden." "But I could not do anything else." " Dad!" " Norma!" " Norma!" " Dad!" "No surprise." "You know all." "Hi, Dad." " Milo, a kiss for Grandpa." " No." " Come, come, kiss me." " Milo." "Will not you kiss her grandfather?" "Grandfather stinks." "Why are you laughing?" "When you travel, you bathe little." "And do not want to inconvenience the landlords." "Well, tell me." "Do you rub the shoulders of your husband?" "Clearly." "Do you speak?" "Sometimes." "We talked more in the bathroom than in bed." "Her hands were so calloused that we didn't need sponges." "Liar!" "It is not true." "That's for me." "Did you rub mother's shoulders?" " No." " Neither my husband." "Hurry." "How disgusting all this foam." "Can I come to your office?" "Yes, but in these days I do not have meetings." "Pity, I wanted to see your command post." " If you get lost, take a taxi." " Well." "Do not walk too much." "Good morning, "Mr. Director." Lucky." "And fix the phone lines, sometimes get tired." "To school." "You are late." "Get angry yesterday, grandpa?" "Gentlemen do not offend one another." "You're late." "Good day." "Telegrams." "Can you repeat the number?" "Run, Grandpa, run." " Milo." " Go, go, Grandpa." " Run, grandfather, run." " I can not." "Wait." "For failure to pay, the delivery is cancelled." "Grandpa, run, run." " Run!" " Milo, stop." "Sincere condolences Mauro." "You okay?" " Go, go, Grandpa." " Wait." "Sincere congratulations, Vincenzo Grossi." " Grandfather, run." " Milo." " Will you repeat?" " Milo!" " Hello?" " Run, Grandpa." "Help!" "It's absurd." "Eight years have passed." "Years, not weeks." "Can't you accept it?" "I know it can work again." "Why when we do it, it is so difficult?" "Always the same at Christmas time." "Or in the summer." "is tragic." "Having to pretend to fear it's discovery." " I hate the holidays." " Then we finish now." "Stop pretending that your father's family was happy before." "Don't scream, he can wake up." "Every time I see I feel sorry for him." "Luckily he has no suspicion, and is content." "We can't say so now... with what just happened." "I love your father." "But I urge you to leave us alone." "Please do not ask what I am doing here." "I do not know." "What are you doing out so late?" "Identification." "Sicilian?" "Is that bad?" "Hey, buddy!" "There are no taxis." "It's too late." "Come, come, my friend." "It's cold." "Here it is free." "It's big." "And convenient, you will." "Come to sleep here, buddy." "See." "Norma..." "What about your husband?" "I'm not in love with him, and we do not get along." "But we have not divorced." "If in marriage you care, you will suffer." "Then we divorced." "After all that... still can't find another who understands me." "I live alone with my son." "You all lied." "But why?" "The truth is we did not want to hurt you." "Now you're old... and sick with not much life left." "Tosca... that boy... is yours, right?" "Yes, I was afraid to tell you." "I don't know who the father is." "I didn't know how you would react." "There are many things we never said." "But why?" "We always believed most talented." "And screaming and screaming." "Do you not remember?" "And we stuck together." "But I..." "I did for your sake." "To grow strong." "Alvaro, where are you?" "How much longer till I see you?" "I'm thinking something very ugly." "I can see where it ends with dishonest people." "Even so, there are many innocent people." "But I can not tell you where I am." "You only have a slingshot." "The burn." "What do you want me to do?" "Pretend nothing happened, Dad." "Pretend that nothing happened." "It's better for everyone." "But what... shall I tell your mother?" "At least she will be satisfied... having you for the last time reunited at the table." "Like in old times." "At least that." " Come and eat in Rome." " Yes, yes, yes!" "Yes, yes, yes!" "Now a toast all together!" "Health!" "Thank you." " We wait for more, gentleman?" " Wait for what?" "Don't you see we are ready?" "Twelve hungry mouths." "Don't you drink?" "You do not like it?" " So, a napkin." " Do not do that, Dad." "Please there are people watching." "So what, Cannie?" "How was the Congress?" "How many votes did you get?" "Well, it went very well." "I won almost 80 percent of vote." "But what a triumph!" "Congratulations to the deputy." "Tell me, teacher, your gigs in Europe are a success, right?" "I knew it!" "I am proud, very proud." "It was almost impossible for everyone to come." " Bon appetit." " Bon appetit." "Bon appetit." "Of course it's a bad sign... to see only men at the appointment." "Although, of course..." "Tosca... perhaps released some important work." "And Norma will have had some important meeting." "And Alvaro..." " Dad, Alvaro..." " I do not want to know what he did." "Nor what prison he's locked in." "I just want to know when he is coming out." "Dad..." "Alvaro is dead." "It happened this summer." "In July." "I, the last time I saw him... was six months ago." "He was tired." "She suffered from loneliness." "We talked a lot." "But I..." "I never thought... it would came to that." "He committed suicide." "Even at this moment..." "I don't know if we did well." "We had decided not to tell you." "The newspapers said nothing." "Only two lines." "And with the wrong name." "Where is he?" "It seems like... he took a boat." "He went to sea." "And then... he could not be found." "As if he was nowhere." "The sea is big." "Liars." "Liars, lying." "Wrong name?" "Loneliness." "What does it mean to die of loneliness?" "Today, what does it mean?" "Loneliness." "With newspapers, the television which controls every hole." "Two lines, a wrong name." "They lie!" "If Alvaro dies, young thirty-nine years... strong... the most intelligent of all... it should be advertised on the first page." "If there is no body, it means he is living." "How many are there... that disappear for a month or more and then they come back?" "In his case it will be." "Something must have happened." "Perhaps... a disappointment in love." "Alvaro is too sensitive." "Now leave me alone." "Why nobody sings?" "Sing!" "Here no one sings!" "Sing, sing!" "Let me see." "Sing!" "Sing." "What's wrong, Dad?" "You do not feel well?" "When will you give me my 140 liras?" "Remember when I pulled out your first gray hairs?" "You promised me 5 liras for each one removed." "I removed twenty-eight." "140 liras." "Sir, your ticket." "Thank you." "Sorry, you dropped this." "Thank you." "It is a beautiful photo." "You are in show business?" "Yes, show business, yes." "How many times have I told you, Matteo?" "The money in hand." "The money in hand." "Don't you remember?" "When the children are born and the first time we cut it's nails... we put money in it's hand." "Simply enough, grow strong and fortunate." "How many times must I tell you?" "You're right, Mom." "I forgot." "Matteo, what is it?" "I thought my children were happy." "It is not so." "The sacrifices were of no avail." "Not yours, Mom." "Not mine." "Neither the advices given, nor the people I went to beg... for examinations, qualifications... contests, transferences... the bank loans... the houses." "I told you, Matteo." "You put money in their hands." "The first time you cut the nails." "No matter how much." "It's a boy." "He will be called Matteo." "He's out of danger." "It was serious." "It was a miracle." "Please do not tire him." "I finally managed to gather everyone." "Although we are not all around a table." "Listen to me." "You and your girlfriend... should stay with the child." "You will have problems like other families, but then... everything will be fine." "And when it is born, the first time you cut his nails... put a million in your hands, hear?" "So he will grow strong and successful." " Do not forget." " Agreed." "And something else." "Don't teach him he has to be somebody." "Teach him to be an ordinary person." "I traveled very little in my life." "Moreover, almost never." "I can't do anything." "Only birth certificates." "As a young man I wanted to be a signalman." "I liked the trains." "I was mad when I saw them... in the cinema." "But despite my ignorance..." "I can tell you something." "Remember:" "Wine... can also be made with grapes." "Then it is the best." "Tell that to Alvaro when he returns." "Now that I am back... ask me this question please." "How did it go?" "Angela, what happened?" "Are you afraid to ask?" "I will answer likewise." "It was a trip... important." "I wish I could show you the pictures." "I walked a lot." "I discovered many things." "Such as our earth is... is not beautiful in itself as they say." "It is beautiful because... when things are distant... they seem better." "Yes." "How?" "Our children?" "Our children... they are all well." "They are honored in the continent." "We can walk with our heads held high." "Sicily also can be proud." "What?" "Clearly." "They also send you greetings and many kisses." "They are all well."