"THE BEST OF YOUTH" "ROME, SUMMER OF 1966" "Can you give me a hand with the TV?" "I'm studying." "Come on, it'II only take a minute." "My exam's in a few days." "Ask NicoIa, he's with carlo." "Fine." "I'II ask NicoIa, he's with carlo." ""NataIino Sapegno." "world History..." Who's that?" "An italian literature professor." "Is he famous?" "I'd say so." "He gives the exam?" "No, he has assistants." "Don't they know what they're doing?" "Of course they do, Dad." "Your thesis got published in II Messaggero." "You should show that Sapegno guy what a genius you are." "Maybe he'II give you a scholarship to study abroad." "I'II talk to him if you want." "You, talk to Sapegno?" "Why not?" "I'm not ashamed." "well, I am." "This is what I get for offering..." "When do you leave for Norway?" "After my exams." "I know people there." "I can give you addresses." "They might know girls your age." "talk to them, they're the experts." "Dad!" "Yeah, I'm closing it!" "Thanks." "Boys, I have a mission for you two." "Good, we're due for a break." "I'II leave it open." "careful." "Nico, have you got keys?" "Yes." "Then I'II close it." "You never know." "How's it coming?" "I'II get the door." "Where?" "Right here." "Put it on top, otherwise it'II move." "On top?" "Yeah, I got it." "slowly." "careful." "You got it?" "Here." "I got it." "There." "AII set." "hold on." "It should be tied." "I'II do it." "You will?" "Yeah." "Bye." "Bye." "carlo, I have a question for you." "nicola won't answer me." "You know Matteo." "Sure." "tell me, what's his problem?" "What do you mean?" "I mean..." "Come on, we have to study." "We're talking!" "That's all you ever do!" "hold on, I've had this in the car for a week." "What is that?" "Nothing, I got a good deal." "Why give it to me?" "You study medicine, it'II be useful." "It's now... or never." "Now that you're holding me in your arms." "The music's about to stop, and you still don't know what to say." "I see you, don't you see me?" "Why?" "Why?" "It's now or never..." "How's it going, old friend?" "AII right I guess." "But if things..." "If the situation evolves..." "Can I use your house at the beach?" "No, no." "Yeah, good idea." "Don't even think about it!" "Why not?" "It's perfect!" "Last time you made a mess." "My mom's still hot over it." "Here we go again!" "That's right!" "By the way, I spoke to Dad." "well?" "We can use the alfa Romeo." "Great!" "That's great news!" "Did you tell him where we're going?" "I said it was for a field trip." "Leaving after exams, eh?" "He said no higher than 4,000 R.P.M." "well?" "Are you coming to carlo's beach house?" "Me and you?" "Yeah." "alone?" "Of course!" "It's beautiful." "golden beaches, briny SaIt-ceders..." "Ieaping dolphins..." "I Iove you, I Iove you." "always kidding around!" "No, I Iove you, I swear." "Come on, Iet's dance." "Did you talk to your dad about the job?" "Meet him Tuesday at the clinic." "You know where it is?" "It's scientifically known as speech therapy." "In practice it entails going for a stroll with a patient, having a chat, helping her to feel normal." "The relationship shouIdn't be too friendly." "It's rehabilitation." "Giorgia hasn't had a crisis in ages, so twice a week should suffice." "Come." "There she is, that's her." "It'II be easier than walking a dog." "What's your name?" "What's your name?" "Giorgia!" "Don't talk to strangers." "What's your name?" "Me?" "Matteo." "Matteo, mattress, meatball..." "Be careful." "Don't touch me!" "I won't." "But be careful." "always look both ways before crossing." "Go on." "You like it here?" "I come here often." "It relaxes me." "And there are no cars." "Look, I know a great place." "You want to come?" "would you Iike that?" "I come here when I don't feel like studying." "I Iike it." "And it's empty at this hour." "shall we read something?" "Yes." "The trains." "What trains?" "When they leave, when they arrive..." "Oh, the schedule." "There isn't one here." "I have a book I'd Iike to read you." "A poetry book." "Where is it?" "American literature..." ""Life is a bet that's hard to cover." "We're dealt a hand while we're weak and not when we're at our best, and we're given 70 years to play." "If 70 years isn't enough, you'II never make it." "Leave the room if you lose," "leave... when your time is up." "only cowards hang around groping the cards."" "Watch out for the cars!" "careful!" "Damn...!" "What are you doing?" "Don't touch me!" "I'm not!" "Fuck you!" "Up yours!" "I'm not touching you!" "You want to get run over?" "You fucking dickhead!" "You know what dying means?" "asshole!" "You're the asshole." "Fuck off!" "Fuck...!" "Are you stupid?" "Come on back to the clinic." "You don't want to do this again?" "Fine, we won't." "Just say the word." "Here." "Here!" "Right, it happens." "But what am I supposed to do?" "Nothing." "Don't react." "If you don't react they calm down." "But professor..." "Don't be so formal." "Okay, but maybe I did something wrong." "You did nothing wrong, son." "The disease is at fault, that's why we're here." "AII set?" "Have you washed my car?" "I let them wash my car sometimes." "They like that." "It gives them something to do." "We mustn't!" "We mustn't!" "Mortgage the house?" "It's for the kids!" "We'd have nothing!" "Mortgaging the house is the most normal thing in the world." "You know what your problem is?" "You're from milan!" "You're extraordinary, intelligent, full of vitality..." "So what?" "You have no imagination!" "Right." "Imagination like me." "Oh, right." "alice, what are you still doing up?" "Come here." "They been arguing long?" "Since the movie ended." "Did it end well?" "Yeah." "He found out he was king and married" "the princess." "Big mistake." "Why?" "Because they'II end up fighting," "like Mom and Dad." "Promise me when you grow up you'II do like me:" "never get married ever." "I want to marry you." "And NicoIa, too." "A sister can't marry her brother." "especially both brothers." "Go to bed, alice." "We'II make them stop." "Someone with a head on his shoulders!" "Hey, would you cut that out?" "Had enough?" "What are you doing here?" "Poor thing, you're still awake?" "How is anyone supposed to sleep?" "tell me what to do then." "Leave Matteo out of this." "You two should defend me from your father." "From what?" "Matteo, tell me." "Am I a bad father?" "Oh, right." "He's a great father." "He mortgaged the house!" "This house?" "No, the palace!" "Of course this one." "Did you hear that?" "If things get tight we'II have to sleep under a bridge." "Under a bridge!" "What fun, Matteo!" "finally someone who likes adventure." "Right, we'II live under a bridge as beggars." "Who cares if things are tight or not?" "You're crazy as well." "No, he's right!" "What's so crazy?" "Leave it to me." "I'm the head of the family." "What does that mean?" "That you should trust me." "This is the time to invest, to grow, to beat the competition." "This is how it's done." "I can feel it in the air." "We'II all be feeling the air living in the street." "If only divorce were legal here..." "Like in America!" "Yeah, Iike in America." "I'm going out." "Again?" "Yeah, they're waiting for me." "Where are you going?" "I don't know." "Out." "girls?" "Maybe." "Where could she be?" "probably with a client." "should we wait here?" "Yeah, this is her fire." "It's embarrassing." "Why?" "She'II be back." "Is it her?" "Yeah." "What's wrong?" "Hi, Cati." "Hi, Matteo." "Who was that?" "And them?" "My brother and two friends." "Hi." "Hi." "should we go to your place?" "Come in." "Mind if I leave the light on?" "That way the chickens think it's day and they eat." "No, fine." "Won't you undress?" "Are you embarrassed?" "Fine." "I'II turn around." "Hey, we'd better not do anything." "I'II pay you the same." "Are you sick?" "Me?" "No." "No, I just..." "I don't know, maybe..." "Oh, come on!" "You're Matteo's brother?" "Yeah, why?" "You're so different." "Not at all like him." "What's Matteo like?" "Weird." "Okay, Iet's go." "Let's do it." "We're wasting time." "No kissing on the mouth." "hello, Giorgia." "Why are you in here with the blinds drawn?" "feel like coming outside?" "Everyone's in the garden." "How about a few photos?" "The light is good." "Come on, look at me." "well?" "Fine," "I'II photograph your hands." "You have beautiful hands." "What's that?" "What happened to you?" "Here." "Read it and comment." "It's a poem by Sennuccio del Bene." "Yes, but what comes to mind?" "actually, nothing." "Nothing?" "Why nothing?" "Because it's empty." "Even he's empty." "Then give me an example of religious poetry that particularly struck you." "II Beccaio." "Are you kidding me?" "Are you telling me II Beccaio by Cecco AngioIieri should be considered religious poetry?" "Someone who curses his parents, the very seed from which he came?" "I think so." "well, I don't." "And I'm the expert here, thank you." "What are you doing?" "I don't feel like staying here." "They're signs of electric discharge." "They gave her eIectroshocks." "Where did you get these?" "Isn't that illegal?" "unfortunately not." "Who's the girl?" "I'II tell you later." "Go study." "Isn't your exam tomorrow?" "My professor's a jerk." "I'II never get a 30 like you." ""A 30."" "Are you coming tomorrow?" "We can leave as soon as I faiI." "Come and get me at the "hole." I'm sleeping there tonight." "A girl?" "Hi, Antonio." "What are you doing here this late?" "I Ieft a book upstairs." "I can't budge from here." "It's okay, I'II go." "Don't wake them up, or they're your problem!" ""Giorgia Esposti." "PietracameIa."" "Giorgia." "Giorgia, wake up." "Wake up, Giorgia." "It's okay." "It's me, Matteo." "Listen to me." "Get your things, we're leaving." "I'II get you out of here." "You deserved a 28 or a 29." "I gave you a 30 because I used what I call" ""the sympathy quotient."" "Nothing drastic, but enough to get you the 30." "Some people disapprove of my "sympathy quotient,"" "but I believe that sympathy, in the sense of the term "sympasin,"" "which means to share "pathos,"" "the suffering of others, is important for doctors." "To others I apply the "apathy" quotient." "Which means I subtract 2 or 3 points." "Apathy is the worst thing for a doctor." "In any case, you earned it." "But don't be too confident." "You have two more exams with me, and I couId still destroy you." "Friends of yours?" "Is that your clan?" "No, I..." "We're going on a trip after..." "Are they in my class?" "I don't remember them." "No, carlo studies Economics" "and Berto, philosophy." "Spare me the biographies." "Just as long as they're bothering somebody else." "Economics, philosophy..." "wonderful." "As I was saying, you show promise." "I'm probably wrong." "But here's some advice." "Are you ambitious?" "well..." "Then get out of italy." "Leave before it's too late." "You want to be a surgeon?" "I don't know." "I haven't made up my mind." "Whatever you decide, go study in London or Paris or the U.S. if you can." "Just get out of here." "italy is doomed." "A beautiful, useless place..." "doomed to death." "Are you referring to the coming apocalypse?" "I wish." "At least we'd be forced to rebuild." "But nothing changes here." "The dinosaurs always rule." "Trust me, get out." "Why haven't you left, professor?" "Why, you ask?" "Son, I'm one of the dinosaurs." "Excuse me, pardon me..." "Come on, come on...!" "AII aboard!" "A thirty!" "A thirty!" "A thirty on your first exam?" "I hate you!" "We're picking up Matteo, right?" "Come on, Iet's go!" "What?" "My dad said 4,000 R.P.M." "4,000 R.P.M... 4,000 R.P.M., come on!" "4,000 R.P.M., here we...!" "Go, Berto, go!" "Yeah!" "Giorgia." "Giorgia!" "Wake up." "We have to leave." "I made you coffee." "Sugar?" "One, two?" "None?" "If the professor was talking about specializing, I agree." "But working abroad..." "I don't know." "So you think there's work here in italy?" "Yeah." "There's 7 percent annual growth, and 3 percent unemployment." "So?" "Thing's are good." "unemployment only goes up if growth dips under 4 percent." "So there'II be plenty of work." "No, I don't think that's" "likely because in the next few years the generation born after the war will all graduate." "inflation will increase, the job market will be tight." "I'd estimate that one out of every three graduates won't find work." "By far the dumbest of the three." "would you cut it out already!" "I think the Appenine highway is much better." "It would take us 20 days to get to Turin!" "We haven't seen a single attractive hitchhiker." "That's all you ever think about." "What exactly?" "Where's Matteo?" "How should I know?" "Go find him." "Fine, I'II just grab the keys..." "There he is." "Just as well." "Come on." "Come on." "Who's that?" "No idea." "I don't know her." "Wasn't he coming alone?" "He didn't mention anything." "hold on, I'II go see." "Find out." "We said no girlfriends." "Let's see what he has to say." "Maybe she's not coming." "No." "That girl is strange." "There's something..." "Who is she, the one in the photos?" "What's the problem?" "It's a delicate situation." "well?" "We'II meet in Brennero in two days." "Are you crazy?" "We were sleeping in Brennero tonight." "We'II lose two days." "When will we get to Hamburg?" "In two days, at customs." "Because of that girl?" "Yeah, because of her." "Is she a runaway?" "More or less." "Come on, we'II take you." "No, it's okay." "We can handle it." "Have a good trip!" "Take care." "Have fun." "Have a nice trip." "No speeding, -eh?" "When I saw the state she was in, I thought..." "You did the right thing." "And the electroshock therapy..." "You're right, it's awful." "But we have to take her somewhere." "Her mother is dead." "Her father lives in PietracameIa." "Where's that?" "I don't know." "In the Appenines, I think." "We'II drop her off there." "Okay." "Giorgia!" "Giorgia!" "Giorgia!" "Come here." "You see how she acts?" "She's weird." "What's wrong with her?" "She's crazy." "No, she isn't." "She has intelligent eyes." "You and her..." "Nice couple." "Giorgia!" "Giorgia!" "So you do remember, eh?" "Giorgia!" "How are you, Giorgia?" "My priest can't remember me, but you sure remember yours." "You're so beautiful!" "You look absolutely wonderful." "Who are they?" "hello." "hello." "NicoIa." "Vito, nice to meet you." "Likewise, Matteo." "Can I help you?" "We're looking for Giorgia's father." "Giorgia's father left years ago." "He went to Ravenna." "Ravenna?" "Three or four years ago." "Are you from the clinic?" "Yeah, we're from villa Quieta." "So young?" "So why have you brought this beautiful girl home?" "For a vacation." "A vacation." "I had her confirmed." "We're all God's creatures." "Giorgia, tell me, what were your lines?" "What did you say?" ""Lord, I am not worthy of You but a single word of Yours will cure me."" "Very good!" "When she was little she knew the whole AngeIus." "Though for her the word of God was like a game, a routine, nothing more." "It happens to many." "You're right." "What's your name?" "Matteo." "And you?" "NicoIa." "hello, nicola." "Maybe because her mother died when she was young." "And she became obsessive." "She'd clean everything and then start all over again." "The bedrooms, the kitchen, the stable..." "I don't know why." "When's the next train to Ravenna?" "It just left." "You should have asked sooner." "You can take it tomorrow at 7 and arrive in the afternoon." "Tomorrow?" "We have to leave now!" "That's impossible, okay?" "You know what that means?" "Then what do we do?" "I have a place where you can sleep." "It's a..." "Not a stable, a shed." "Better than a punch in the face." "Am I right?" "Here we are, Madame." "We've prepared for you the imperial suite." "Make yourself comfortable on this magnificent bed of straw." "We also have a beautiful divider to provide you intimacy from the two heroes, Ajax Paddycake" "and achilles Quick Foot." "We have a lovely blanket, kindly donated by the clergy of PietracameIa." "So if you're cold you can cover yourself." "My dress stays on, eh?" "My dress stays on." "It stays on." "Fine, leave it on." "You know what?" "I'II leave mine on, too." "Let's go to sleep." "Giorgia." "Tomorrow you'II sleep at your father's." "I have no father." "I have no father." "Thief!" "Thief!" "Let go, you bastard!" "You're a thief!" "A thief!" "calm down!" "Let go, it's mine!" "Thief!" "Giorgia!" "Come here!" "Let me go!" "What?" "Leave me alone!" "Let go!" "I didn't know." "Let go, thief!" "Listen." "Thief!" "No I'm not!" "You're a thief!" "I didn't know it was yours!" "Thief!" "It was on the ground..." "Stop it!" "I didn't know." "What happened?" "Nothing, I picked up..." "Stop!" "You have to leave!" "It was on the ground." "Go away." "I didn't do anything." "I'II handle it." "Giorgia." "Come in, it's raining." "Stop it!" "Come on, we'II get wet." "Giorgia, Iet's go inside." "Come on!" "You should put something on." "Try something of mine." "You like it?" "Go on, put that on." "Are you ashamed?" "Go behind there." "Go on." "Next time you want a shower, I'II take you to the Grand hotel." "Ready?" "What's taking so long?" "The buttons..." "Can I?" "Yes." "I'II help you." "Sure, the buttons are the most complicated part." "So are the shoelaces, but the buttons are pretty tough." "Imagine if the priest came in right now." "He'd curse us and we'd go to hell." "You're pretty when you smile." "You did it, see?" "Go on, go to sleep." "Good night." "shall I turn off the light?" "No, no." "Okay, the light stays on." "Good night." "What happened?" "Nothing." "Good morning, ma'am." "Good morning." "Do you know where Mr. Saro lives?" "Here, he's my husband." "Where can we find him?" "What do you want?" "Nothing." "personal business." "Aren't you Giorgia?" "ShouIdn't you be at the clinic?" "Who are these two?" "Bitch." "Giorgia!" "Giorgia!" "What are you doing here?" "What happened?" "Nothing." "We think the clinic isn't right for her." "What do you mean?" "They mistreat her." "They give her eIectroshocks." "EIectroshocks?" "What does that mean?" "electrical discharges." "What?" "Doesn't that hurt?" "It isn't pleasant." "I pay a fortune for her to be at the clinic, so that she's all right..." "So she gets better!" "Why not keep her at home?" "How can I?" "What about my other kids?" "Brothers live together." "They're not her brothers." "They're Rosa's kids." "But Rosa loves you." "And them, too." "It's you, you're the one out of place." "Look, I..." "I took you there so you'd be all right, so you'd get better." "Giorgia." "Giorgia, now..." "We'II take you back to the clinic." "Why not give it a chance?" "We'II take you back to the clinic, that way you'II be okay and..." "What Giorgia needs is a father!" "But I..." "I am a father!" "Giorgia, I Iove you." "You know that, don't you?" "Then prove it." "Keep her here with you." "How can I?" "Life is expensive!" "With what the clinic costs me..." "She needs family affection!" "We tried, but..." "Oh, right!" "You're too sick!" "I won't discuss private stuff" "in front of strangers." "What kind of father are you?" "Who are you?" "It's your daughter!" "I know it's my daughter!" "Mind your own business!" "What did you say?" "calm down!" "Don't touch me!" "What?" "calm down!" "calm down!" "Stay calm!" "relax!" "Damn!" "Now where do we go?" "I don't know." "Did you have to rough up her dad like that?" "She can come with us." "Where?" "To meet carlo and Berto, in Brennero." "How do we cross the border?" "She has no passport." "Think a little for a change." "What do you want to eat?" "Nothing." "You don't eat or drink..." "Besides..." "Leave her alone." "She cut herself." "Don't sit there, get a napkin." "What if she hit a vein?" "What vein?" "She should go to the hospital." "Just get a napkin." "Cheyenne method." "Make a tourniquet." "What happened?" "Nothing, we broke a glass." "Korea scored." "Who cares?" "That's right, we could care less." "We don't give a hoot." "You know what?" "I want Korea to win." "Korea, Korea, Korea!" "Porto Marghera Station." "Porto Marghera Station." "Connections to Mestre, Ponzano Veneto..." "Bye." "Bye." "Okay, wait for me here." "What will you tell Giovanna?" "That we had a problem after we left." "How will you explain carlo and Berto not being here?" "Trust me." "I'm a specialist, right?" "I don't trust my sister." "She'II have all 3 of us locked up." "That's why we're not all going." "And what should we do?" "Use your imagination!" "There's a bar, have a drink." "I'II leave my stuff." "AII right?" "See you later." "Bye." "You want something to drink?" "Oh, you're angry with me." "Don't talk to me." "Give me a sign." "Say yes or no." "What's that, a yes?" "hello." "Hi." "What'II it be?" "What do you want to drink?" "Giorgia." "You want to hear something?" "What do you Iike?" "elvis?" "Sandy Shaw?" "What does that mean?" "Oh, "A chi," Fausto LeaIi." "I'II see if they have it." "Here it is." "B3." "B3." "Who will" "I smile at if not at you?" "Who... if you're... not here anymore?" "By now... it's over," "it's over between us." "Your friend Berto is in trouble." "The girl's father is her legal guardian." "It's up to him." "It's the Iaw." "He thought they'd kill her if he left her there." "He should have reported it to the authorities." "He took control of another person." "Do these things happen to you?" "I don't let them." "You wouldn't know it, but thousands work in there." "Lots of problems?" "The usual." "Labor issues, firings, diseases, accidents..." "We have it all." "The factory never closes." "They work day and night, through summer and winter." "That's why the sea and sky have changed colors." "They say it's nothing to worry about, but last week they handed these out." "Toothpaste?" "Yeah." "The message was make sure you brush before eating and not after, get it?" "Not really." "The dust that gets on your teeth and in your nose is toxic." "In the Iong term it can cause cancer." "Listen." "This happened to you, right?" "I mean, Matteo." "He got you into this." "No, it was Berto." "Why don't you contact the psychiatric hospital in Gorizia?" "I'm sure they're great." "But it's still an asylum." "At least they don't tie people up or electroshock them." "What if we bring her here?" "I'd have to report it." "They'd come and take her back to her father, got it?" "When does the train come?" "In half an hour." "Hey, go buy three ice creams." "Me?" "Yeah, you." "No, not me." "Why not?" "It's easy." "You have legs, don't you?" "I'II go." "No, wait." "She's going." "Go on, three ice creams." "I won't be able to." "Sure you will, it's easy." "Yes, young lady?" "Three ice creams." "Three ice creams." "You think taking her to Gorizia is the answer?" "I think so." "Giovanna says it's a good hospital." "If the doctors don't convince us, we can take a vacation or something." "How about SiciIy?" "Here." "Your change." "Miss, wait!" "Your change!" "Afternoon." "Afternoon." "Two coffees." "Coming right up." "Miss, your change." "Your change." "Your change, Miss." "Do you know her?" "No." "She just came in." "Is something wrong?" "I don't know, she won't take her change." "I see." "Are you with someone?" "No, I'm alone." "Have you got any ID?" "She won't answer." "We'II take her in." "Come with us." "Come on." "What do we do with this?" "I don't know." "What will happen to her?" "They'II take her back to the clinic, I guess." "Can't anything be done about it?" "We'II take the train in the morning then." "We continue the trip, right?" "Yeah, sure." "Okay, Iet's get some rest." "Now arriving on platform one, the 02:10 train to Padua, florence and Rome." "Now arriving on platform one, the 02:10 train to Padua, florence and Rome." "Matteo, what are you doing?" "My trip is over." "Over?" "I'm going back to Rome." "Why?" "What's wrong?" "Have you gone mad?" "You know that exam I had?" "What about it?" "I failed it." "You failed it?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "What's that got to do with the trip?" "Nothing." "Then get off." "The train's leaving!" "Get off!" "You leave me sitting here on a bench?" "Get off!" "Goodbye." "What do you mean, goodbye?" "nicola!" "nicola!" "Where's the recruiting office?" "What should I do if I want to join the army right away?" "What should you do?" "Have your head examined." "Dear Matteo," "I assume Mom and Dad will know how to get you this letter." "Where are you?" "Any news from carlo and Berto?" "I haven't seen them." "I took the trip alone." "But here I am." "Norway is magnificent, I'm especially impressed by the people I've met." "Martin, for example, an American desertor." "He fled America to avoid having to go to Vietnam." "Who wrote that?" "A genius." "What's his name?" "alien Ginsberg." "I've left my friends and I continue north." "You won't believe me, but there's a wooden church right in front of me a few feet away from a marker that says that the Arctic circle line passes through here." "Right now my classmates are probably arriving at class with the old dinosaur." "I don't feel guilty, no sense whatsoever of time wasted." "My dear animal, here's some important news:" "I'II never shave again, or get a haircut." "I'II send a photo." "I Iook good, eh?" "What the fuck are you doing?" "Get back or I'II break your arm!" "relax!" "I'm not kidding!" "Don't joke around!" "Cut it out!" "Are you nuts?" "Don't bust my balls!" "He's crazy." "Are you bonkers or what?" "Are you okay?" "He hurt me." "I've run out of money, I'II stop at a sawmill." "They pay well and they always need people." "The girls are beautiful, easy-going, without all the usual italian melodrama when you give them a compliment." "Move!" "Come on, move!" "Move your ass!" "You want to get killed?" "You bunch of pussies!" "Come on, move it, fuckers!" "You'II be at it all day!" "I'II kick your asses!" "Move it!" "Shave!" "Keep quiet!" "Step forward!" "Remember, you represent more than just yourselves." "You represent the army, got it?" "And let's get one thing straight." "No smart-asses." "No clowning around." "And no bullshit." "Got it?" "Necktie!" "Step forward!" "Dirty shoes!" "Step forward!" "Is that a backpack?" "Sorry." "Back in line!" "Step forward!" "You can't do this to me." "I called my mother, she's all alone." "My father's ill." "I'm the only paycheck they've got." "Ten hut!" "What are you doing?" "I'm not going." "wonderful." "Then you won't go tomorrow, either!" "Shut-ins stay in the barracks!" "Everyone else outside!" "Sometimes I remember Giorgia." "How she got away, how we couldn't protect her..." "When I get back I might study psychiatry." "Something must be done for people like her." "We can't leave them at the mercy of electroshock therapy." "You're amazing, Matteo." "You sure got up the lieutenant's ass." "But you're odd." "You got yourself shut in for 3 days." "well, you could have come up with a better excuse." "A sick father, a sister out of work..." "What excuse?" "It was all true." "You don't get it." "I don't have a job." "I'm hoping to enlist." "But you said you were already getting paid." "Okay, that was my only lie." "And you know what?" "You should enlist as well." "Are you stupid?" "You could make general." "Move it!" "Get moving!" "nicola!" "Ten hut!" "Five minutes of rest and we start." "At ease!" "fall out!" "nicola!" "nicola!" "Matteo?" "Hey!" "What's with the disguise?" "It's real." "What about school?" "I dropped out." "I'II explain later." "Luigi, come here." "This is nicola, my brother." "Hi." "NicoIa." "Is this my brother?" "How should I know?" "You don't look alike." "Coming through." "Excuse me." "Excuse me, pardon me." "Thanks." "Excuse me, professor." "Anything valuable?" "Yes, I'm checking." "I'II send people." "Thank you." "slowly, careful..." "careful with the water." "slowly." "Watch out..." "Watch your step." "They're valuable books." "There's no hurry." "It's slippery." "Carati, where are you?" "Over here, sir!" "You guys all right?" "Yeah, no problem." "Then Pezzuco can come with me." "Yeah." "What's with that expressive, vernacular gesture?" "I can see you've never served." "I wouldn't want to." "The guy with the beard." "The guy with the beard who saved up a ton." "They pay great up there." "Yeah, congratulations." "I won't go back to Rome." "What about school?" "I'II study somewhere else." "careful." "After seeing Europe, going back to Mom and Dad depresses me." "What about you?" "When do you get out?" "Never." "What do you mean, never?" "I'm going to enlist." "enlist?" "Yeah, to be a cop." "Are you kidding me?" "Not at all." "You're going to be a cop?" "What are you talking about?" "You fell for it." "You were kidding?" "NicoIa!" "Look!" "Who knows what it was before." "illumination code, in Latin." "I've got a flashlight." ""Lux prima Anno Domini..." "In the year 1 126 of Our Lord, the light..."" "No, "the first light."" "Yeah." ""The first light of dawn shined upon the head of the believer..."" "What the hell are you doing?" "Why did the line stop?" "Come on, boys!" "Move your asses!" "You hear that?" "Imagine an idiot like that your whole life." "Move it, move it!" "He's right, we're wasting time." "No!" "No!" "I can't believe it!" "carlo!" "Berto!" "When did you get here?" "Three days ago!" "That's great!" "You've got a beard!" "You're ugly!" "I'm "the good savage."" "You look like a lumberjack." "We waited two days in bolzano." "Three." "You weren't there so I kept going." "Liar." "He called your mother." "I called your mom." ""He's in Hamburg."" "Let's have a look around." "What do you say?" "You left me at the exams." "You failed three times!" "Sorry, "cogito..." -"Ergo sum."" "Why did he faiI?" "How about a letter?" "Your hand hurt?" "I was in the wilderness, with no stamps." "What about girls?" "No..." "Where do I put this?" "They said over here." "No, over there." "Make up your mind." "Watch the step." "Otherwise the bottles bre..." "There, good." "Here they are, the soldiers have come to help us." "Give them a sandwich." "And a bottle of wine." "Very pretty!" "What have they got?" "Wine, bread, stuff..." "Nice coats!" "They're Lorenzo the Magnificent's grandchildren!" "full of mud." "He's unbelievable." "A wonderful character, right out of Chekov!" "Right out of "The Cherry Orchard."" "Firs, it's him." "Who's Firs?" "The old crippled guy, right?" "The angels of mud have come from everywhere to help us." "Give them a sandwich." "That's it, good." "Let's see how those boys are doing." "Good morning, ladies." "What are you doing?" "I was kidding." "Oh, right." "Give them some, too." "A bottle of wine, a sandwich..." "Just one, you see?" "There." "Who are the girls?" "The RiccobaIdi daughters." "You could say we were lucky." "The house is high up and suffered no damage." "The Marquis wanted, through his daughters, to offer..." "a gesture of gratitude." "How nice of the Marquis!" "And I'm stuck with the wheelbarrow!" "well, I don't know." "I'm joking, of course." "I started studying piano when I was ten." "Now I'm studying Mathematics in Turin." "What's that got to do with the piano?" "The piano was my mother's choice, Mathematics was mine." "Who would choose Mathematics?" "Someone who wants to solve the jealous husband problem." "What's that?" "What do you mean?" "Never heard of it?" "It hasn't made it to Rome yet." "Let's see." "Three couples." "couples." "couples." "They have to be couples." "Yeah." "How boring!" "They have to cross a river." "There's only one boat that can only carry two people at a time." "But the jealous husbands don't want their wives to ride with anyone else." "No wonder." "What's the game?" "How all six of them cross the river." "It's simple, look." "well, first... two women cross, they reach the other side." "One of them goes back." "Her husband gets in, they cross together..." "What do you know?" "She leaves him there, goes back again..." "No." "Drops him off, goes back..." "No, no, wait." "First the two husbands cross." "It's the same." "It's the same!" "Where are we going?" "I give up." "Good." "It's not so hard." "I can tell you." "Another time." "Okay?" "Another time." "Another time." "Hey, tell me." "When you finish, will you be a math professor" "or a musician?" "Not a professor." "I don't think a musician, either." "She's got her ideas straight." "You have to be one or the other." "Yeah, right." "We should all enroll in Turin like her." "Why in Turin?" "In Turin, in Turin." "He's crazy!" "basically, yes." "Berto, Iet's go to Turin." "Right, Turin." "I won't even finish my studies in Rome." "My dad wants me at the factory." "It's not funny." "What about you, carlo?" "You like Turin?" "Turin?" "AgneIIi, Fiat..." "AII that candy..." "Come on!" "I don't know." "Are you cold?" "What are you doing?" "Giving you this." "No." "Come on." "Berto." "Yeah." "I think it's time for bed." "I'm not sleepy." "Good night." "Come on." "Oh, good night." "Good night." "Bye." "Good night." "You didn't get rid of them..." "No... just good night." "Listen... if I come to Turin, can I stay with you?" "You're out of your mind." "I don't even know you." "TURIN, FEBRU ARY OF 1968" "nicola!" "No, you have to pull..." "A bit further..." "No, to the right." "A bit more on the..." "No, no, no." "No, no, look." "Watch what he does." "No, no." "nicola." "nicola!" "nicola, I Iove you." "I Iove you with all my heart." "nicola!" "nicola, careful!" "The riot police!" "Let them go!" "police, get out!" "police, get out!" "Hi, paolo." "Bring your bike inside." "Sure, with all these people from the south around..." "Shut up and make the puree." "Right away, dear." "With those hands?" "That's right." "Where's carlo?" "carlo!" "Come here." "Your master calls..." "VitaIe, we need information as well." "Someone needs to find out what they want." "Why even read the papers?" "They want to stick it to us right here." "How english of you." ""Very British."" "Oxford." "AII right, guys." "No more calling me a hick." "I'm really from Turin." "really?" "Look at that." "It's not even funny." "while the cops fight with little rich boys like you..." "That's enough!" "Yeah, Iet the painters and reporters step forward." "That would have the riot police running!" "Cut it out!" "Run!" "The union said not to provoke anyone!" "Watch what you say about the union!" "Yeah, very funny." "Did some friends of yours write this?" "Have you read it?" "Here." "They were handing these out yesterday." "Yeah, well..." "What is it?" ""The school should be demolished, not changed."" "I don't want to demolish the school." "What does that mean?" "I want going to school to be a right." "For me, since I couldn't go, and for my kids, who will." "What kids, VitaIe?" "As if you had any!" "Learn how to speak!" "He's right, VitaIe." "You have no kids." "well, I'm still young." "I don't mean to pry, but don't you have to go to your Economics meeting?" "Can someone make coffee?" "I'II do it." "Didn't you have a factory meeting?" "What, are you afraid I'II get in trouble?" "No, I just want you to leave." "What's the hurry?" "I have to study, I have an Anatomy exam." "What do you have to study?" "Anatomy!" "Anatomy!" "Good morning, Mr. Piero." "hello." "Hey, watch it, naples!" "Hi, GiuIia." "Hi." "You see?" "She passed Anatomy." "My lip hurts!" "Sorry, I forgot." "You're freezing." "I came running." "I'm hot." "It's freezing out." "Because you're standing still." "You have to keep moving." "Moving?" "TURIN, SPRING OF 197 4" "Go, go, go!" "Open up!" "I'm pregnant!" "please open the door!" "please!" "Open up!" "Come on!" "With all the chaos outside..." "This is a paradise." "Pretty, isn't it?" "would you live here?" "Yeah, I'd live here." "Why, wouldn't you?" "What are you doing?" "You've got stones in your pockets?" "You saw the cops beating people." "well, so what?" "What are you doing?" "Throwing stones?" "No." "But if they come after me, I know how to defend myself." "How strange." "Someone let us in, but it looks like no one's here." "I Iove your excuse." ""help, help!" "Open the door!" "help, I'm pregnant!"" "careful, don't lose them." "Stop at the corner." "First and second on the right." "Third and fourth on the Ieft, come on!" "Keep going!" "slow down." "I don't like this." "Not at all." "Back up!" "Back up!" "Everyone out!" "Let's get out of here!" "Regroup!" "Back here!" "turtle formation!" "Are we all here?" "Luigi!" "Luigi!" "Luigi!" "Bastards!" "Luigi!" "Gigi..." "How are you?" "What a way to see each other again." "I thought you were in Treviso." "Yeah, they asked for reinforcements for the protest." "What a joke." "It was legitimate seIf-defense, right?" "If they hadn't pulled me off I would have killed him." "Are they going to discipline you?" "I don't know." "I'm getting a transfer." "Where to?" "bologna." "I leave tomorrow." "The guy you hurt will survive, fortunately." "I don't give a shit." "Are you going to keep this up?" "AII right, Iet's start over." "Hi, Matteo." "How are you?" "You want to come with me?" "I'II show you my house." "We can relax a bit." "How do you get out of here?" "What do we have to do?" "Ask for permission from the Minister of the Interior?" "Lick the police chief's boot?" "Pray to St. michael the archangel, the patron saint of the police?" "AII I need is the boss's signature." "Then sign it already!" "And this is the patio." "Good morning, Tota Bianco." ""Tota" means "miss" in Piemontese." "I'II go buy a cake." "We should celebrate." "celebrate what?" "I'II explain later." "May I help you?" "Light of my Iife..." "No keys again, eh?" "Sorry, honey." "This is Matteo." "Hi." "Hi." "Come in." "Thank you." "Gigi will be paralyzed." "You two met, at the floods in florence, remember?" "Right, in uniforms we all look the same." "He's a friend of yours?" "Like everyone in the section." "Bad idea." "Why's that?" "You're on the wrong side." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "And what's the right side, the poor people?" "Luigi knows more than you do about defending the poor." "He's poor." "The guy who hit him wasn't." "Are you poor?" "What's that got to do with it?" "I don't beat people up." "Right, you don't." "We're sitting here having cake, and he's in a wheelchair." "I won't listen to this crap!" "GiuIia, please!" "She's nice." "You two hit it off." "Anyway..." "We're celebrating." "We're having a child in September." "A child?" "What will you name it?" "Sara." "How do you know it's a girl?" "GiuIia thinks so." "I trust her." "Sara's a nice name." "A biblical name." "Is that her?" "When she plays she seems nice." "She is nice." "She thinks she's always right." "Good." "Just like you." "Go to sleep." "nicola..." "Does the baby have to sleep in here?" "It's not exactly a good idea." "Be quiet." "Sara." "could you go in the other room?" "Go on, Sara." "Daddy has to do something with Mommy." "Go on, Sara." "Go." "He could have picked us up." "A 9-hour trip and he's busy?" "Try to be nice and say pleasant things." "Don't say it's crazy to have kids without a steady job." "Because NicoIa has one." "Right, a six month contract at the asylum." "That's a job?" "She works, too." "In a junk store?" "Wait till they have to buy clothes, shoes, mini-skirts..." "Mini-skirts already?" "And don't mention them having kids out of wedlock." "Who gets married nowadays?" "What, you wouldn't marry me now?" "Is it pretty enough for you?" "What are you talking about?" "Staircase A." "hello." "Hi." "How are you?" "Fine, how was your trip?" "Fine." "Can you open it?" "Yeah." "Here we are." "What is it?" "A carriage from england." "I ordered it special for the lady." "Thanks." "How pretty!" "Here's the rest." "Leave it here." "Hi, beautiful." "This place is spacious." "Yeah, we got lucky." "Was it already painted?" "No, I painted it." "Very nice, well done." "Is she asleep?" "Hi." "hello, gorgeous!" "I'm your grandma." "I'm your grandma and this is your grandpa." "Look at that face." "My goodness, what eyes!" "And the chin, too." "She doesn't look at all like you." "I was hoping she wouldn't." "Wait till she grows up." "You can't tell yet." "My how she's grown since the Iast time!" "We become grandparents overnight." "Sarita?" "Sarita!" "You like having such a young grandpa?" "She's looking at me!" "She's in your pocket." "Where's NicoIa?" "At court." "What did he do?" "They're prosecuting a psychiatrist from the asylum." "A monster." "He did lots of horrible stuff." "He went to help." "By testifying?" "No, not him." "The patients." "They've been admitted as witnesses and we're hoping the judge will hear them out." "It'd be a first in italy." "No, a first in the world." "Marino, when they ask you "Do you swear to tell the truth...?"" "GiroIamo, listen." "You'II all be asked this." "You have to say:" ""I swear."" "Marino, say "I swear."" "I swear." "Okay, otherwise they won't listen." "How old were you when you were committed?" "I don't know." "Four, nine..." "No, you have to be specific." "You have to say "eight." Eight." "Yeah, eight, I remember I wanted to dress like a girl." "They shouldn't have locked you up." "NicoIa." "I'II kill the electrician when I see him." "I'II rip him to shreds..." "No, don't." "You have to be good, aldo." "nicola!" "Just sit by me and stay calm." "You promise, aldo?" "Look me in the eye." "nicola!" "Are you calm?" "will you be good?" "What's wrong, Mario?" "He looks like my cousin Ignazio." "Yeah, he does a bit." "What's that?" "Where did you get that stuff?" "I found it behind the statue." "Don't take anything." "Don't pick up anything off the floor." "Whose pamphlets are these?" "RED BRIGADES" "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole...?" "They had us all go in and lie down" "beside each other." "No, excuse me." "Wait, you have to say "I swear."" "I swear." "Eight years old." "Committed ten times..." "Objection." "The witness is reciting from memory." "counselor, the witness needs to calm down." "Your honor." "Mr. Levi, please just say "I swear."" "I swear." "Fine, proceed." "When... he'd come in... the electric doctor..." "I'd close my eyes." "I couId hear the ones that went before me screaming." "Four nurses held my arms and legs." "A hand put an eraser between my teeth." "Then the first shock." "I escaped from the asylum one time." "But I got caught." "They beat me up and tied me to the bed." "Then the electrician showed up with his machine." "while... he gave me the charges," "he'd scream:" ""tell me who helped you escape!"" ""Give me names!"" "But since I didn't want to give him names," "I clenched my jaws as tight as I couId, so tight that I split all my upper teeth." "Giovanbattista, can you hear me?" "I have your statement here." "You must repeat everything you know." "Look at him." "Is that the man you spoke of?" "Can you speak, Giovanbattista?" "You said, these are your words:" ""The doctor said he gave me eIectromassage because I drank."" "Is that true?" ""In five days they gave me five treatments, once a day." Is that right?" "It's normal in cases of alcoholism." "plenty of publications..." "Shut up!" "You're finished!" "You can't kill any more people!" "AIdo, calm down!" "If that happens again, I'II have to clear the room." "Your honor, please forgive AIdo." "And the others." "They're very upset, they can't help themselves." "As you can see, Giovanbattista can't even speak." "I know silence proves nothing." "But it's all he has left." "He should get a life sentence." "I'd settle for a day." "I'd settle for that." "It's a question of principle." "Why exactly did Dad come to Turin?" "He's looking for investors for his projects." "He thinks typewriters could end up being replaced by processors or calculators or something." "Listen." "I have something to tell you." "He doesn't know I found them." "He hasn't said anything." "But I saw that he was worried." "I'd never gone through his drawers before." "You're a doctor." "Is there anything you can do?" "No, Mom." "But there is treatment that can slow the process." "It might give us a few years..." "Yes, I know." "I've read everything I found." "It all says the same thing." "That it's hopeless." "What are you writing?" "A memoire for the organization." "For the trial." "You still type with two fingers." "Come on, Iet me." "No, Iet me." "Oh, come on." "I'II give you a hand." ""The lawyer has sustained that the treatments were not intended as punishment, and has chosen to specify" "that homosexuality is a disease that requires precise treatment."" "What, it isn't a disease?" "No, it isn't." "Are you sure?" "Positive." "If you say so..." "Look at that!" "At least change the cartridge." "I Iike it that way." "Forget it." "Forget it?" "You need a new one." "I have an idea." "I'II find an investor." "Better yet, if you don't mind," "I'II stay in Turin to find some financing." "There are good mechanics here." "Fine, good idea." "And I thought you'd say I was nuts!" "You're not nuts, you're just thinking ahead." "You're a visionary." "Is Mom staying, too?" "No, she's going back." "Her leaving Francesca 4 days is already a miracle." "Hey..." "I'd Iike to go to milan to see Giovanna." "I'II catch a train..." "No, I'II take you." "No, why?" "That way I can see carlo." "Remember him?" "Of course!" "I thought he taught in england." "He's visiting." "I'II get to see him." "I can tell him about my project." "In england there are investment banks, not Iike here." "He might know someone." "Go on, dictate." "What, are you out?" "Out of what?" "Two sixes of clovers, you can't." "Sorry." "But that's 40, right?" "No, count them." "Is that 40?" "Count them." "6, 18, 20..." "No, it's 40." "No it isn't." "Okay, I'II take them." "Hey, Adriana." "Yeah?" "About the subject of people not marrying nowadays..." "I think that today" "I would marry you again." "My little girl!" "Don't be silly." "Have you got an apartment?" "Lodging?" "No." "There's a room here, but no one wants to use it." "Fine by me." "I don't like houses." "So why did you change from bologna to sicily?" "I got transfered." "I heard they need people." "You could have refused." "I never disobey an order." "Don't just stand there." "Put that down." "What's inside?" "Books." "Books?" "Yeah, books." "You're weird, you know." "I read your personal attributes and what do I see?" "Nothing, I see nothing." "Besides an occasional mess." "Bad temper, but a soft hand." "Why did you join the force?" "What were you looking for?" "rules." "To do what?" "To be applied." "applied?" "Yes." "I do as I'm told." "And I keep to myself." "Then you'II be fine." "SiciIy is the kingdom of people who keep to themselves." "It looks like he got shot in the head." "What?" "Shot in the head." "He has a hole in his brain." "You live around here?" "We're finished." "One second." "Did you find the body?" "Yes." "First thing this morning?" "Yeah." "Why were you here?" "I was grazing my donkey." "Right, grazing." "Yeah." "You or the donkey find it?" "I did!" "And did you touch it?" "No." "Right." "Good, never touch it." "But did you see him?" "Is he from around here?" "Yeah." "So you know him." "Did you know him or not?" "No." "You didn't?" "If he's from around here, why didn't you know him?" "Did you recognize him?" "You know him?" "Yeah, I know him." "Good." "You see?" "You know him." "tell me, who was he?" "Was he a good person?" "He was a good Christian." "Anyone who knew him knew that." "So tell me, why is it you say he was a good person and others thought he was a bad Christian?" "How should I know?" "I don't know anything." "Sure, you don't know anything." "Nobody does." "The pigs were about to eat the poor guy..." "May he rest in peace." "Yeah, whatever." "That's good, okay?" "I remind you all that you must respect this court." "Whatever the verdict," "I will not stand for any outbursts." "The court, in view of articles 483 and 488 of the penal Code," "declares the defendant guilty of a crime, and sentences him to five years in prison and orders he pay the costs of the trial." "silence!" "silence!" "silence!" "The colors aren't so bad once you get used to them." "Besides, dolls are pretty cute." "well done." "congratulations." "Listen." "Can I ask you a question?" "Yes." "That piano over there..." "Why don't you ever play it?" "I never play it because" "I'm not good enough." "And since talent can't be learned," "I decided to give it up." "I'm not talking about playing in public." "Why not play at home?" "At home, for you." "For me?" "What?" "That's enough." "Why?" "I made lots of mistakes." "I didn't hear any." "You didn't, but I did." "It's for me so it doesn't count." "Go on, more RaveI." "I Iike RaveI." "Don't you ever ask her to play?" "No." "Why not?" "Because she doesn't want to." "That's not it." "She played the other day." "She did that for you, to please you." "It was a special case." "You haven't got a clue." "You're smart, but some things just escape you." "always tell women how smart they are, how pretty, how important they are to us." "tell her: "GiuIia, play for me, for the two of us."" "Like I do with your mother." "AII you two do is fight." "Fighting is good." "It keeps you in shape." "The 26 principles and the 109 recommendations of the United Nations, approved two years ago in stockholm, are constantly broken here in italy." "By people like those we judge here today and for whom I request the maximum penalty." "I also request they be ordered to pay the costs of the trial as well as punitive damages for having dumped industrial refuse in a river with grave consequences to the environment and public health." "Consider that in the Iast 10 years almost 2 billion dollars a year have been spent per year on military expenses." "Right now half is unaccounted for, including in italy." "will you have them arrested?" "I need names." "tell her about the state companies." "Putting words in his mouth?" "No, you know the state companies, they're in the papers." "You read the papers, right?" "Dad!" "What?" "Look." "The chopsticks." "Dad!" "Fork." "Yeah, okay." "It's the crab technique." "Forget it, carlo." "I eat with a fork." "will that little car of yours make it to the airport?" "How dare you!" "Take a taxi!" "You're going to Cambridge with all there is to do here?" "No, I'm coming back." "After I finish my master's next year." "I want to get a job with" "the Bank of italy." "You see?" "He wants to be governor, he wants his name on money." "A toast to the governor." "To the governor." "To the governor." "Long live the governor!" "This may sound absurd, but if you want him to believe he can be cured, you have to believe it yourselves." "He doesn't know we know." "That doesn't matter." "Your father can sense it." "He senses everything." "He senses that you know." "I don't believe in miracles." "Forget that you're a doctor." "Okay, you want to help me." "Thanks, but that's enough." "Okay, sorry." "Thank you, thank you." "I think that's mine." "Sorry about before." "No, I'm sorry." "I'm full of shit." "Don't let england make you stupid." "Try not to let italy do the same." "Bye." "I haven't told anyone." "Not even NicoIa, he'd have psychoanaIyzed me." "AII that psychological crap about the will to live and all that." "I can tell you." "But not him." "Keep it between us." "Promise me you won't tell anyone." "Okay, but stay with the treatment so that you can get cured." "AII of it." "AII the treatment." "Everything." "Be patient with Matteo." "I don't know why, but I can never understand that boy." "He agonizes over everything." "Then there's Francesca, Mom and nicola." "nicola's strong." "well, he seems strong." "He's like the others." "And most importantly, think of yourself." "You have to laugh, be happy." "Try to have fun." "Where's your husband?" "On a business trip?" "We never see each other." "It hasn't been working lately." "Is there someone else?" "No way!" "It just isn't working, that's all." "We're getting a separation." "A separation?" "And you didn't tell me?" "I'm sorry." "I'm not." "It's for the best." "Right, we'II find someone else." "Are you looking for mystery?" "Are you talking to me?" "You have to find your soul." "How do I do that?" "You have to search, deep inside yourself." "PALERMO, SUMMER OF 1977" "You know how to do that?" "That's right." "You see that boy?" "Look at his hand." "Sure of itself, demanding..." "powerful." "The top of his class." "Maybe." "You see that elderly woman?" "Two rings on her ring finger." "A widow." "And she's lonely." "You're not SiciIian." "Are you kidding me?" "Did you see "StromboIi," with Ingrid Bergman?" "Yeah." "I Iive there, for the moment." "I did a librarian's course." "I want to leave the island." "Very nice." "A professional camera." "You understand this stuff?" "I also know a Iot about libraries." "really?" "Yeah." "Then which library should I request?" "In PaIermo I don't know." "In Rome..." "villa celimontana." "A beautiful old one." "Give me a little mystery." "Oh, come on." "What mystery!" "I have to go." "Right now?" "Yes." "What's your name?" "Me?" "nicola." "MireIIa." "Nice meeting you." "Goodbye, nicola." "What is it?" "A corpse." "You have to take photos." "I haven't got a camera!" "I've got one." "You think of everything." "Where did you get it?" "Watch what I do." "It's easy." "Watch Daddy." "Look, watch Daddy." "Watch Daddy." "I'm hurt!" "Sara should be asleep by now." "Is that what the doctor said?" "Daddy's the doctor!" "Listen to him!" "Go to bed." "What's wrong?" "I'm tired." "I had a fight with Stefania." "I told her it's over." "I'm fed up with arguing." "You used to like it." "That was before." "It's for the best." "Maybe you can play piano again." "I sold it." "They're coming tomorrow for it." "Are you crazy?" "It's possible." "Where have you been?" "Are you checking up on me?" "At one of the group meetings." "Any objections?" "Too bad." "What's that supposed to mean?" "Everything in this country sucks." "And we just sit here watching." "You hear about the kid that got killed in bologna?" "Yeah." "What about us?" "When will we make them mourn?" "Make them mourn?" "Take that off, you look ridiculous." "Listen..." "Don't touch me." "You can't stand me either?" "No!" "No, I can't." "AII you care about is the hospital." "I have to do everything." "I disagree." "I hate these arguments!" "I hate couples that argue!" "gentlemen..." "gentlemen..." "If you're going to make so much noise," "Bobby can't sleep." "You're right, darling." "We'II be quiet." "Dear carlo:" "I'm glad to hear things are going well at Cambridge." "Here nothing has changed." "It's hard to work with so many institutions, trying to change them little by little." "Things with GiuIia are bad." "She's become agressive, hostile, dissatisfied with something I still don't understand." "We haven't made love in 6 months." "This way, I'II show you the room." "I'd Iike to know who orders these inspections." "The Minister of health." "And what are you, a lawyer?" "A judge?" "Come in, please." "A psychiatrist." "Good." "This is the room." "As you can see, everything's clean." "Everything's in order." "Where are the patients?" "I sent them on a field trip, to the sanctuary at Oropa, because I care about them." "I want them to be entertained, normal, Iike anyone." "Where are you going?" "There's nothing in there!" "It's the basement!" "What's inside?" "Nothing, storage." "Open this door." "No, I won't!" "Do your thing." "The chain." "Show me a warrant!" "I want to talk to a lawyer first!" "You hear me?" "Where are you going?" "Are you satisfied?" "There's nothing to see, just..." "Trash!" "Where are you going?" "No, you can't!" "What's in there?" "There's nothing!" "Restrain her." "You have no right!" "Get out of the way!" "It's not fair!" "Put her in the car." "If she resists, cuff her." "I'II call my lawyer!" "The door." "I'II get you for this!" "You can't treat people this way!" "I protest!" "I protest!" "Order ambulances." "Untie them and cover them up." "call headquarters." "Ferrario." "Give me a hand." "Giorgia..." "Giorgia..." "Giorgia, here's your jacket." "Be good." "We'II give it to you and you can put it on, okay?" "Look, I'II leave it here and we'II turn around." "Here, Giorgia." "No, it's okay." "Thank you." "How are you?" "Have you eaten today?" "You want some?" "You remember our trip?" "To Vito's village?" "That time we slept in the barn?" "The soccer match?" "italy lost and we laughed and laughed..." "You remember Matteo?" "The orange." "They need water." "You're right, I always forget." "Sorry, I won't touch you." "I'd Iike you to come every day." "To keep the plant alive." "Have you called the judge?" "Yeah." "When?" "Two hours ago." "He isn't here yet?" "Are you smoking?" "In a slaughterhouse?" "Get rid of that." "We have to go." "Can we move him?" "After the judge gets here." "always the same question!" "Our shift is over." "Your shift?" "There's a dead person here!" "Enzo, what did I tell you?" "Keep them quiet." "They don't want to." "I don't care!" "Come on, get moving." "Outside." "please, get going." "There's a kid!" "Get out of here!" "Are you his father?" "Get him out of here!" "He's not hurting anyone." "Get him out of here!" "Who do you think you are?" "How dare you." "You like the show?" "There's a dead body!" "This isn't a movie!" "Where were you when he got shot?" "How should I know?" "I forget!" "You know nothing!" "Nobody knows anything!" "The same old story!" "He died by himself!" "And bringing kids in here." "Go on, get out." "Don't touch him!" "What are you teaching him?" "Don't touch my son!" "Who do you think you are?" "Here's your leave of absence." "I don't want to see you for two weeks." "Take a vacation, go home, just get out." "I have enough problems." "What are you, a vigilante?" "Some kind of savior?" "Get out of my sight!" "What's up, Carati?" "Nothing." "Transfer?" "No, leave a absence." "typical." "It could have been worse." "Here, this came this morning." "Dear Matteo:" "I'm writing you with good news." "I found Giorgia." "I think she's suffered a Iot these last years." "For her it's as if time stood still." "Seeing her has really affected me." "I'm reminded of that summer so long ago, when all of our lives changed so drastically." "And I thought:" "why don't you take a break for a few days and come to Turin for a visit?" ""What happened in april is no isolated case." "After 50 days of striking at FIAT, in which many have intervened by blocking the production line, represents a high point for the organization achieved to date by the worker class."" "No good." "Too bureaucratic." "You have to distinguish between wishes and needs." "Needs are a serious issue." "They lead you to question things and take risks." "Even to die or fight, if necessary." "The need for communism, for example." "Afternoon." "Afternoon." "Excuse me." "You finished early today." "Yeah." "I finished early." "Hi, Sara." "Hi." "Are you drawing?" "Yeah." "Let's go for a walk." "Yeah!" "It's bad for kids to be inside too much." "And for people's brains." ""The need for communism..."" "I need to drink, to eat..." "Sara, don't listen to that bullshit." "That's a bad word!" "You're damn right." "What do you say to someone who lies at kindergarten?" "Lying bastard!" "Very good." "Come on, Iet's go for a nice little stroll." "Bye!" "Bye!" "But it's cold, it's cold..." "Let's take our coats." "Come on." "Let's get some air, sweetie." "Come on." "GiuIia..." "I know, I'II deal with it." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Luigi Pezzuco." "Look inside." "Thank you." "Despite my misfortune," "I was lucky." "The doctors always say that." "Two millimeters more and I'd have lost both arms." "Anyway, that's how things always work." "well, almost always." "I even met a woman." "Her name's Patrizia." "I want you to see her." "I have a photo." "It was taken of us at a party." "It's in here." "I know it is." "Here." "Very pretty." "congratulations." "She is pretty." "We're getting married in September." "And we want kids, too." "Lots of kids." "You're wondering how we..." "slowly, with a little patience." "It's nice that way." "So she says." "Sure." "Reaching this point, where I am with Patrizia, would have been impossible without your mom's help." "My mom?" "Matteo." "I have tons of notebooks like this one." "Without your mom, I'd never have recovered the use of this hand." "He's been visiting you all these years?" "Once a week." "He's never missed." "You didn't know that?" "Of course I did." "He's helped me with more than my hand." "also my brain." "I'd never read poetry before." "Listen to this:" ""Tears of honor you shall have, Hector, for holy are the tears of blood spilt for one's country..."" "I can't read this." ""...as long as the sun shines on human misfortune."" "Dr. Carati?" "What a surprise!" "How are you?" "Fine, you?" "Fine." "Where's your beard?" "Sara said it scratched too much." "Scratched?" "So I shaved it off." "Speaking of Sara, this is for her." "Thanks." "Very nice." "What is it?" "A doll." "You can play with it, too." "Great!" "Did you go through Rome on your way here?" "Yeah, but I didn't go home." "These drawings?" "My patients do them." "We're organizing an exhibition." "An exhibition?" "Yeah." "Did you know Mom's been helping Luigi?" "That friend of mine who was paralyzed?" "Yeah, I knew." "Who's that?" "My mentor." "Franco BasagIia." "The one who would free the mad." "He has this crazy idea that they're not actually inmates, but people." "And that mental illness isn't a sin to be expunged." "How about that!" "How is Dad?" "He's..." "You should go see him." "I will!" "I will." "I'd already decided to." "Let's go see Giorgia." "Yeah." "How is she?" "Better." "You'II see." "If she keeps improving we'II release her." "We try to release them as soon as possible." "Find them jobs, an apartment..." "What's wrong with them?" "Doctors used to diagnose them with schizophrenia, but that has no meaning." "It means they're split in two." "Who isn't?" "Are you just a cop?" "Am I just a doctor?" "The truth is, we know nothing." "Just that these walls make them crazy." "How do you treat that?" "By opening the patio." "I'II wait in my office." "Don't leave me alone with her." "What will I tell her?" "Maybe she has something to say." "hello, Giorgia." "It's good to see you." "How are you?" "Are you okay?" "Right, "are you okay?" is sort of an absurd question." "It has no meaning." "nicola said you can go out." "You want to go for an ice cream?" "We'II find a jukebox and play some music." "You used to like music." "He also said you read, that you Iike books." "What do you read?" "What words are in your head?" "You can't hear." "Sound... air... concern... nothing." "Nothing gets through." "The response would be:" ""absent."" "Absent." "As if you didn't know." "You remember that summer, when we were kids?" "What were you Iike?" "What was I Iike?" "Crazy." "Crazy Matteo." "Giorgia!" "You think she'II be okay?" "Of course, you'II see." "It reminded me of that time..." "Remember in the station?" "Yeah, what about it?" "Nothing, we were there, listening to the song..." "And she turned and looked at me." "You were in love with her." "No, you were." "well, we both were a bit." "What song was it?" ""A chi," Fausto LeaIi." "nicola!" "Your father..." "Matteo, can you slow down?" "slow down." "Nobody's chasing us." "You want to drive?" "Just slow down." "This is how I drive." "Shit, Matteo, slow down." "GiuIia, please." "I'm scared." "There's a child in the car." "You understand?" "Why don't you answer?" "Why don't you answer?" "If you want to get out..." "Stop the fucking car!" "tell him!" "Stop!" "Stop the car!" "Get off the fucking road." "I'II bust you up!" "Okay, I'II pull over." "What's your fucking problem?" "Turn around!" "Turn around!" "Turn around!" "Matteo!" "Thanks for coming." "Hi." "Thanks." "And your mom?" "How is she?" "She's devastated." "Hi." "Hi, I'm Francesca." "Cops nowadays haven't got a moment free." "He said he'd come after work." "If he can make it." "Why don't you come to milan for a while?" "Francesca can manage on her own." "It's not Francesca." "My work is here." "I know the school would fall apart without you." "But you should think of yourself." "That's what I'm doing." "Working helps me." "GiuIia." "How about some coffee?" "I'II make some." "No, I'II do it." "You want a coffee?" "Yes, thank you." "Excuse me, Francesca." "Where's the coffee pot?" "In that cabinet." "No, the one on the right." "nicola says you'II make head of the Treasury Department in 10 years." "Does he?" "I've only been at the Bank of italy for a year." "Besides, that's a whole different job." "Meaning?" "well... that would be a political office." "We're mere specialists." "Go on, be modest." "nicola says you're smarter than he is." "Very impressive, coming from my brother." "nicola's crazier than his patients." "You're right." "God!" "You're a clumsy one!" "How are things?" "well, I passed my exam." "I start university this year." "Letters and Sciences." "I want to study archaeology." "travel the world." "Sounds great." "Yeah." "I've competed in plenty of student competitions." "I cook and play the violin." "Is that it?" "Lots of other things." "I get bored doing only one thing." "You're bored now, making coffee." "I'm making coffee, preparing sweets with Sara, and talking to the Bank of italy." "That's plenty." "Auntie, come quick!" "I'm coming." "Look how many I made." "Good Lord!" "Look at all those!" "You're a genius!" "Ladies..." "would you Iike more pasta?" "Yes." "Can I take one?" "carlo, get lost!" "Not yet." "Go on." "Francesca is great with kids." "Not me, though." "I just don't have the knack." "There are mothers of all kinds." "AII different styles." "I wasn't a good mother for Matteo." "At least, I wasn't the mother he wanted." "You were a wonderful mother." "I can see that by nicola." "Excuse me." "I'II go for milk." "There should be some." "Yeah, but not enough to last till morning." "I'm going for milk." "I already bought some." "Is there no way out of this house?" "Sorry." "Sorry, darling." "Forgive me." "You're late." "I'm sorry, I had problems at home." "You shouldn't keep people waiting." "It's dangerous." "Sitting here with a briefcase is suspicious." "Have you got the keys?" "They're inside." "With the money, the papers and the gun." "Know how to use it?" "No." "You'II learn." "Let me go." "Let me go, Iet me go." "nicola, Iet me go." "Let me go." "Let me go." "What about your daughter?" "Let me go." "Let me go." "Just tell me why." "Let me go." "Let me go." "...an organized military group with arms and ammunition." "The police in Turin released today the identities of three men and two women who visited the hideout of the Red Brigades discovered in Turin." "only on of the detainees has refused to speak with authorities." "The arrest warrant included allegations of trying to subvert the social order and destroy the institutions of democracy." "Give me another piece." "Give me another piece of gazelle!" "Yes, little lion." "Daddy the hunter will bring you some." "Daddy, I don't want to go." "I don't want to go to fencing." "Why not?" "It was your idea, so you're going." "Where's Mommy?" "I told you, she's gone." "She left." "She's gone." "I'm sorry, Sara." "Sorry, I was wrong." "Sara, please." "Let's make up." "In line, salute." "One, two, three, four, five, six, down." "En garde." "Step forward..." "Step back..." "In back..." "En garde." "Step forward..." "Step back..." "You're all over the place today." "Let's start over." "Everyone line up." "Come on, line up." "First position." "salute." "One, two, three, four, five, six, down." "En garde." "SPRING 1980" "Do you, Tommaso...?" "carlo." "What?" "carlo Tommasi." "Not Tommasi carlo." "Right, sorry." "Do you, carlo Carati..." "No, no, carlo Tommasi." "Francesca Carati." "There's also a male Carati." "Yeah, that's me." "nicola Carati, brother of the bride, Francesca Carati." "So you're..." "The brother of the bride." "congratulations." "You should be sitting over there, by the girl with the hair." "Because..." "No, I'm..." "I'm the best man, he's a friend of mine." "Oh, you're the best man, but also the brother of the bride, which means..." "A coincidence." "It's not illegal." "Right, Iet's start over, as if..." "carlo Tommasi, do you take as your bride the here present" "Francesca Carati?" "I do." "Okay, that's good." "Francesca Carati, do you take as your husband the here present" "carlo Tommasi?" "I do." "Good, very nice." "You can exchange rings now." "careful." "Sorry, it's my first wedding." "Mine too." "You have to meet my friends." "They're dying to meet you." "No, come on." "I'm stealing him a second." "Excuse us, please." "They want to see your blue eyes." "That again?" "After all these years..." "My brother, Matteo." "carlotta." "Hi." "Teresa." "Hi." "How about this?" "Look." "Sara, hi!" "My niece, Sara." "Give your uncle a kiss." "Nice wedding, eh?" "When are you getting married?" "Who would marry me?" "What?" "You're a real catch." "Brakes and muffler repair, blue collar aristocracy." "I was a real catch." "What do you mean?" "This just came." "They fired you?" "basically." "Laid off with minimum benefits." "They sent out 23,000 of these." "Can't you do something?" "We've been on strike for a month." "You said things were okay." "I didn't want to ruin carlo's wedding." "Read this." "What do you think?" "Do you study this at the Bank of italy?" "Yeah, more or less." "So what can be done?" "Fiat is 7 billion lira in debt." "Lots of smaller companies are worse off, they don't produce enough." "They can't compete with" "the international market." "So?" "The workers can't win." "That's his opinion." "He's not a genie." "I wish I were wrong." "Pay no attention." "You've got unions." "The unions, right." "They're legs are broken." "people are scared." "carlo, say something!" "They can just fire him?" "Like 100 years ago?" "What, you want me to lie?" "They're reorganizing the industrial system." "The industries are modernized and they reduce costs" "to remain competitive." "Who cares?" "I don't know." "We have to pay them to screw things up?" "To hell with the system." "please!" "To hell with the system?" "Then what would you replace it with?" "Any ideas?" "Me?" "You're the ones who should have them!" "Okay, that's enough." "No need for an arguement." "This is a party." "Forget about it." "I already knew this was our swan's song." "They'II have forgotten us in a few years." "Don't worry, doc!" "They can't beat me." "I won't sit at home crying." "What do I care?" "VitaIe'II find another job." "Or I'II invent one." "I'II fix kitchen sinks," "TV sets, radiators..." "They fill our homes with appliances which inevitably break." "Somebody has to fix them." "Why not me?" "ImpeccabIe logic." "Or I'II check into a clinic, dress up like napoleon..." "Yes, sir!" "I feel like dancing." "Come on, Iet's go dance." "Okay." "Come on, you two deadbeats!" "Come and dance." "You know "Anatomy"?" "What's that?" ""Amado mio."" "That one." "Mrs. Tommasi, may I have this dance?" "Hey, careful with my mom!" "THE BEST OF YOUTH Act Two" "And he spends the whole time juggling." "Standing on his head, Iike this." "TURIN SUMMER OF 1982" "And his feet against the wall." "Then he stops and goes:" "It's great." "Then when I meet him" "I say "Hi, Mimmo." And he hands me his foot." "And I go..." "Look, balloons!" "I'II get you one." "What color do you want?" "blue." "Sure, that's your color." "One blue balloon." "Sure." "well?" "Are you happy school's over?" "No?" "But you're on vacation." "Beach or mountains this year?" "When will Mommy come back?" "I don't know." "You know that." "Monica says that means that Mommy's dead." "What nonsense!" "Don't listen to her." "That's absurd." "If she's dead, tell me." "Of course I'd tell you." "Why'd you let it go?" "This way, if you lied, it'II go to Mommy." "Forgive the delay." "In a few minutes we'II be arriving at Porta Nuova Station in Turin." "Sorry for the inconvenience." "In Lebanon the israelis surrounded the palestinian neighborhoods in Beirut." "Arafat requested..." "Barbara MeIIecca." "In the falklands... the British are 4 kilometers from Port stanley." "Roberta de angelis." "PaoIa RivieIIo." ""United States of America." "CeIia Bobak."" "Stock market fluctuations around 3 percent." "The public deficit has carried over." "To reduce the deficit the government proposes budget cutbacks and new taxes." "selection round for the 1982 world Cup." "In the game against poland a zero-zero tie is no disappointment." "Patrizio Peci declares in the Moro case..." "Who is it?" "Sorry, it's me, your neighbor." "I need to ask a favor." "One moment." "Sorry, I thought the Randis were home." "No, they're away for two weeks." "I'm a guest." "Are you a teacher as well?" "Yes, I'm here for an exam." "I'm from Udine." "My husband didn't buy milk and we have a baby." "Do you have any?" "No, I'm sorry." "I didn't have time to shop." "That's okay." "He can go and buy some, it's his fault." "He should have remembered." "welcome anyway." "Thanks." "Sara, go put on your shoes!" "Her name's Sara, too?" "Do you have a daughter with that name?" "No, my sister does." "Her name's Sara as well." "Is she a pain like mine?" "No... yes." "No." ""It was the voice of silver." "It took only a few words to convince me that I wouldn't leave for all the gold in the world." "I stayed there, trembling," "listening, terrified..."" "She showed up this morning, around seven o'cIock, but there was nobody here." "I always arrive first." "It was out of nowhere." "Who told her I worked here?" "well?" "Aren't you going to ask me anything?" "How was she?" "I don't want to know." "At first I didn't recognize her, she has dark hair now..." "I don't want to talk about it." "She wants to see Sara." "Just from a distance." "She won't speak to her." "She just wants to see her." "Got a smoke?" "You smoke now?" "No." "What did you tell her?" "Nothing." "You know it's no use arguing with GuiIia." "She came, told me where and left." "No greeting, no "How are you?" "You're a carpenter now?" Nothing." "When do we meet?" "The day after tomorrow, during the match." "Which match?" "NicoIa, the world Cup!" "italy's in the final!" "...Zoff." "carl Heinz, Forster, Breitner..." "They're watching the match." "Look, hyenas." "Hyenas." "Hyaena ridens." "Laughing hyenas." "They're funny." "To show their teeth." "A moose!" "I saw lots of them on that trip to Norway." "Look, a wild boar!" "It's not a boar, it's a warthog." "Breitner shoots from close up..." "Breitner, three to one." "38th minute." "Three to one." "Breitner scores." ""His name was Fritz." "He was obedient and easy going." "He lived in Stupinigi for 25 years and on November 4th, 1846..." "He killed his trainer." Jesus, Fritz." "Causio replaces AItobeIIi." "clearly a substitution designed to waste time and break the other team's rhythm." "One minute of play left in the world Cup..." "These are all birds." "A falcon, good hunters... a bird of prey." "And chickens..." "Looks like a henhouse." "A pelican." "Look, a moose, with horns." "And that's a giraffe." "My favorite animal." "Why is it your favorite?" "Because it uses its long neck to eat the leaves off trees and gaze at the sky." "I Iike animals that gaze at the sky." "What's that?" "A manatee." "It looks like a seal." "It looks like a seal, but it's called" "a manatee." "How do you know so much?" "Because I read the signs." "Daddy, we won." "Yeah, we won." "FALL OF 1983" "Good God, it's freezing!" "And they say it's sunny in Rome!" "Where's the sun?" "It's been days!" "You don't have a motorcycle, do you?" "I don't like noise in the patio." "The kitchen." "This is the living room." "Lots of light." "The furniture is new." "Look, over there... the bedroom." "Perfect." "The TV is new, the owners bought it." "Look, the movers, poor lads, they did four floors on foot so I gave them 20,000 lira as a tip." "Here." "No, it's okay." "At the end of the week." "Fine." "Oh, the flowers!" "The owner loves them." "They need watering every day." "unless it rains, of course." "AII right?" "Yeah." "If it's a bother, I can do it." "No, it's no bother." "I'II do it." "Right, if you need anything you can call me or my husband." "We're downstairs." "AII right, great." "Have a nice day." "I'II leave the keys here." "Goodbye." "Bye." "Everything okay, princess?" "Give me your heart, I want my love to explode..." "I've dug a hole..." "A more sexual vitality." "We are Mediterranean..." "Latin, which means, hot-bIooded..." "There's just one problem." "The new Secret Service will handle it." "please." "Over here." "Hi." "Tomorrow we start the night shift." "Two weeks, then three days off." "Then we get the day shift." "That's the boss's office." "Watch out." "And that's yours." "This is the coffee machine." "And your desk." "Those are the guys we're looking for." "Pretty much all of them." "The Reds and the blacks." "The ones we think are in town." "What if we find this one?" "What do we do?" "It depends what she does." "If she reaches in her pocket, we shoot." "I'd shoot even if she doesn't." "Just in case." "To make sure." "Dad, it's sticky!" "Add flour and spread it." "...her daughter, who had heard shots, and a few neighbors." "The judge was still breathing but died on the way to the hospital." "There are bubbles forming." "A reader called "La Stampa" saying that the Red Brigades had ordered him to call the paper." "The Red Brigades sent another letter claiming responsibility to "II corriere della Sera" in Rome." "Judge Caccia was handling several terrorism cases, as well as cases related to drug runners and the mafia." "The D.A. in Turin..." "Good morning." "Can I take this?" "Good morning." "Is that you, nicola?" "The girl from StromboIi!" ""The girl from StromboIi" has a name." "Oh, right." "Don't tell me." "In the meantime give me your ID and I'II fill out a card." "I Ieft it at home." "MarceIIa." "No, MireIIa." "Oh, right." "MireIIa, sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'II put it in my name." "Bring it back in two weeks." "What if I steal it?" "I'II track you down." "Where do I Iive?" "What's my last name?" "I found you once, I can do it again." "AII right." "Are you here because of that advice I gave you?" "It was good advice." "It's a beautiful place." "It's lunchtime." "You want to share a sandwich and an apple?" "I remember that day perfectly." "I've dreamt of you often." "Then I told my boyfriend and he got all jealous." "I don't know why, he didn't even know if you were real." "Men are silly." "That's true." "What about now?" "If you tell him you saw me, he'II kill you." "Yeah, he's the type." "actually, I Ieft him." "You want some?" "You still take pictures?" "Every once and a while." "You remember what you told me?" "To look for the mystery?" "I really liked that." "I've tried, to no avail." "I just can't capture the person inside." "It's what you said." "Did I?" "I can't remember." "You can't remember?" "No." "That's insane!" "I had a nervous breakdown that day," "and you can't remember." "apple." "Fine, I forgive you." "only because you're handsome." "Don't forget the book." "Two weeks!" "Giovanna, hi." "Hi." "Come in." "In there, because back here..." "How did you know where I Iive?" "It was on the list of new agents." "You didn't even give us the address." "Have a seat." "I didn't know you were in Rome." "I got transferred recently." "I'm living with Mom." "You've got so much space." "How is she?" "How do you think?" "You want something to drink?" "Why didn't you tell us?" "I found out by chance." "You're like a stranger!" "I'II make coffee." "I'm talking." "No, you're bIabbering" "like a big sister." "You like playing Mother Superior, but I have one of those." "Who you totally ignore." "What the hell do you know?" "You're a judge, you pass verdict!" "This isn't a courtroom!" "What did we do to you to deserve this?" "Giovanna, wait." "Giovanna!" "Listen." "Hi." "Hi." "What's your name?" "Matteo." "Matteo." "Nice name." "Very pretty." "And what's your name?" "lolita." "Where are you from?" "venezuela." "What's the matter?" "Are you sad?" "What are you looking at?" "Your necklace." "My necklace?" "You like it?" "Here." "For your girl." "I just don't feel up to it." "Maybe..." "Maybe not." "The others are more decisive." "I'm so afraid." "Maybe I should..." "I might not be ready for this." "I don't know..." "Don't be afraid." "You'II be fine, you'II see." "hello?" "hello?" "hello?" "Francesca." "Listen to me." "Okay." "I need to see you right away." "In two hours, at the Forum gardens." "Yes." "You got it?" "Sara has grown." "I would have brought a photo, but I Ieft in a hurry." "I was so nervous." "nicola said he took her to the movies last week and right in the middle of the theater she asked him what menstruation was." "What did he do?" "He explained it to her." "With everyone listening." "That's NicoIa, he can't tell the difference." "Young, old, crazy, sane, he doesn't care." "Listen." "tell carlo to request a transfer, to get out of Rome." "actually, out of italy." "As soon as possible." "Go where?" "How?" "Anywhere." "He's in danger." "Do you understand?" "But we have small children." "The house, his job..." "Besides, you know carlo." "He won't leave." "I have to go." "No, wait, GiuIia." "Wait, you listen to me." "I'II try to talk to carlo, to convince him, but he'II say no." "He was a friend of yours before." "Save him." "tell him they can't!" "I can't." "Let me go." "No, I won't." "Say he has no schedule, that he's never alone..." "Say he's too risky a target." "You have to save him, GiuIia." "Swear that you will." "Do you trust me?" "Yes." "I do." "AII right." "I'II try." "nicola's coming to Rome for Christmas, right?" "Yeah, I think so." "At New Year's." "For a few days." "I want to see Sara." "Just once." "I dont know how..." "Take her to the coliseum." "I'II call you to say when." "Okay." "Don't tell anyone." "AII right." "So what do you do?" "I'm an engineer." "well, well, an engineer!" "Every mother's dream." "Maybe that's why I did it." "So you build dams, bridges, buildings..." "Yeah, I work abroad a Iot." "I have to travel often." "Don't you Iike traveling?" "No." "What would you Iike to do?" "I don't know." "Maybe what you do." "Be around books." "Quit and come join me." "You like chestnuts?" "A Iot." "Give me some." "How much?" "3,000." "That's robbery!" "Go pick them yourself!" "Rome!" "Here." "Thanks." "You want to go somewhere?" "Where?" "Put two fingers in front, raise the palm of your hand and do like I do." "balance it and if you're right-handed, left foot forward." "It looks easy." "Sure." "My turn." "Yeah." "You have to use your fingers." "You can't otherwise." "I have my own way." "AII right." "It won't go straight like that." "Wait." "Watch and learn." "Too soft!" "Shut up!" "goal!" "goal!" "The word is "strike."" ""Strike" !" "Get in." "Thanks." "You're soaked." "That's okay." "I have to make a call." "Okay." "You're soaked." "I have to go." "I have to take a flight in the morning." "There's trouble at the site." "How long?" "Just a week." "I'II be back the 7th." "What are you doing the 7th?" "Picking you up." "What time?" "When the library closes." "Okay?" "I found this under your seat." "I got it the other day and I couldn't find it." "I don't know how it got there." "Is it for your girl?" "It's for you." "Then put it on me." "relax, I'II do the shift." "Day and night?" "Yeah." "Day and night." "You're a pal." "Just as well this isn't the highway." "This car barely runs." "When will you get a new one?" "A new one?" "It runs great." "Dad, it's junk." "It sucks." "What do you mean?" "This car runs great!" "You should buy a new one." "My daughter's turned into a consumer!" "Are we poor?" "Why, you need anything?" "Too bad we missed Christmas." "The gifts are at Christmas, not New Year's." "Who says?" "We do gift's at New Year's." "Who'II be there?" "Grandma, Aunt Giovanna..." "Francesca?" "Francesca, carlo, the kids..." "They had another baby." "Yeah?" "What's its name?" "AsdrubaIe" "Teofrasto CaIimaco." "CaIimaco?" "No, Nabucodonosor." "Dad!" "Don't pull my leg." "michele." "michele?" ""The trip started on the right foot." "The Spaniard was an excellent ship, behaving well even in the middle of the ocean." "The crew were all magnificent sailors." "The captain knew his job to perfection and everything seemed to be going smoothly." "until one night, as he headed for his cabin," "Jim wanted an apple and went looking in the barrel where they kept the fruit."" "They'II never get to sleep." "Who cares?" "They're having fun with their cousin from Turin." "Maybe you are." "Why?" "Because you have a girl." "So?" "We're just better, that's all." "Come on!" "It's true." "If you'd had a boy, you'd be much wilder." "really?" "But she's settled you down." "She's raising you well." "Oh, right." "Grey hairs, eh?" "Come on, just a couple." "The 40-year-oId charm." "Hey, 37, not 40." "The successful older man." "Put your finger." "How do you manage with 3?" "Me with one..." "I'm exhausted." "But I Iike it." "carlo has bodyguards?" "What for?" "In these times..." "nicola." "Nothing." "michele's awake." "Open the door for carlo." "Why the bodyguards?" ""It is the winter of our discontent."" ""The bookkeeper went up the stairs..."" ""...where the guard was waiting..."" ""It's the mad doctor!"" "How are you?" "Fine, you?" "My dream is a post somewhere like" "Denmark, Sweden, holland..." "Countries with shop windows." "The citizen walks by them and looks inside." "My dream is to have transparent banks, a transparent stock market." "politics, the economy..." "Everything transparent." "So handsome..." "I think he's asleep." "Maybe." "Not quite yet." "There." "What's going on tonight?" "There's news." "I'm here, Sara..." "New voives, strange faces..." "Here, I'm an expert." "No, he's asleep." "He's asleep?" "Here." "careful..." "Over here." "You see?" "Watch the duck." "Francesca?" "asleep." "She's exhausted." "This time of year..." "You were saying..." "Transparency, right?" "Nice idea, but is it possible?" "The others do it." "Why not us?" "No, I mean ItaIians." "Do we like transparent things?" "I think you're naive." "Ready for bed?" "To your crib." "So I think..." "Come on." "Here we are." "Don't whisper." "That wakes them." "Babies like sleeping around noise." "silence scares them." "There." "Don't worry, he'II wake up in half an hour." "Gorgeous." "beautiful boy." "What looks!" "Bravo!" "You're still great with kids." "What about with women?" "The same." "Seeing anyone?" "Nothing serious." "Nothing serious?" "How many?" "What an interrogation!" "You're jealous." "well, I'd better come out with it." "I married your sister just to be close to you." "I'II tell you something." "You have all the symptoms of a real faggot." "Why, don't you?" "Of course." "Listen..." "Who do you go out with?" "Nurses?" "AnesthesioIogists?" "What do you care?" "Where do you see them?" "Away from work." "What does Sara say?" "She doesn't know." "And with so many, you haven't found one that...?" "Yes, I have." "But then things cooled off, and nothing." "You didn't answer me before." "Why the bodyguards?" "Have you talked to Francesca?" "No, why?" "You want some whisky?" "well, what?" "I've been threatened." "That's why I have bodyguards." "Why did they threaten you?" "It's not just judges, politicians and cops anymore." "The other day a friend of mine from university was shot." "They say:" ""Hurt one, enlighten 100."" "They want to educate us." "They just want to scare us." "And you need a bodyguard just to go to the bathroom?" "You see any options?" "What about a transfer abroad?" "I was offered a post in New York." "well?" "Drink your whisky." "It tastes like malt." "Why don't you accept it?" "Because that would mean that they win." "How did you find out you're in danger?" "GiuIia saw Francesca recently." "GiuIia came out of hiding." "She says she wants to see Sara." "DECEMBER 31ST, 1983" "There's room." "Take Francesca, I'II follow." "Let's park." "Yeah, he works with me, but only since a week ago." "Six months ago, in his bar they arrested a guy just like him with a bag of cocaine." "He'd brought it from home." "That doesn't concern me." "If they're wearing a jacket, I let them in." "I don't care about the rest." "Just no short sleeves." "He'd been arrested three times." "So?" "I don't ask for their records." "I respect the dignity of my employees." "I'm a democrat." "What about you?" "Azim Mohammed." "Nothing." "It's late, I'd Iike to go home for dinner." "It's New Year's." "What do I care?" "Somebody's looking for you." "Who?" "MireIIa." "Why did you lie to me?" "What are you doing here?" "I want you to answer me." "Why didn't you say your name was Matteo?" "How did you find out?" "The kid who checks ID at the bowling alley." "He says you go a Iot." "He said you were a cop." "I'm an investigator." "But everyone else investigates me." "My sister, you..." "Everyone sticks their noses in my Iife." "What do you want?" "Just to see you." "I thought we got along." "So what?" "Nothing." "Just that..." "What?" "What?" "I have work to do." "Why do you do this?" "I'm on duty, I haven't got time." "I don't understand." "I'm going crazy." "Why did you say all that stuff in SiceIy?" ""What's your name?" "NicoIa."" "Why?" "We can talk if you want." "But not here or now." "relax, I'm leaving." "I won't bother you again." "Good." "You like books because you can close them whenever you want." "But in real life it's not up to you." "You're wrong." "It's always been up to me." "It was up to me to stop seeing you." "That's not a choice." "Don't you see?" "I'm a scumbag." "A loser." "You got it?" "will you leave now?" "I don't think you are." "What the hell do you want from me?" "NicoIa..." "Matteo, my name is Matteo!" "Go on, scram." "Go away." "Ladies and gentlemen, we're playing Merchant at the Fair." "No, please!" "Yes, yes." "Come on, it's fun!" "Don't be snobbish, Merchant at the Fair." "Who gets to be the Merchant?" "You do it." "Someone impartial, Iike a judge." "No, no." "A judge, a judge!" "It has to be a man." "I'm not a merchant." "carlo would be better." "Come on, carlo!" "I'm not a merchant either." "But I'm the most entertaining." "Hand out the chips." "Read it and if you agree, sign it." "You wait, my partner will take you downstairs." "Wait, we haven't finished." "Sit down." "Sit down!" "How much is he paying you to go to jail for him?" "What are you saying?" "How much?" "That's a serious accusation." "Shut up," "you piece of shit." "I won't!" "I want to see a lawyer!" "Is he your supplier?" "Is he?" "Isn't he?" "Where do you get money for this?" "From him?" "tell me!" "Is that it?" "Is it?" "Who the hell are you?" "Jesus!" "You can't screw me over." "You can't interrogate someone like this." "I want a lawyer." "You'II remember tonight forever!" "Lawyer my ass!" "You won't get away with this." "You're in trouble." "I have a friend at City hall." "He'II transfer you both..." "I don't care." "I'II kick your ass!" "You don't know me!" "calm down!" "You can't do this to me." "What the fuck are you doing?" "Are you crazy?" "Get out of here." "You'II get me in trouble." "You got that?" "He has nothing to do with it." "Everyone ante up 500." "It's almost midnight!" "Come on!" "I have a huge... a huge stack of cards... that even AgneIIi would envy, for the paltry sum of" "1 ,500 lira." "1 ,600!" "1 ,600 going once, says the doctor, 1 ,600..." "2,000." "Adriana, 2,000." "2,500." "2,500, little Sara." "2,800." "2,800, says OrIandino." "Who'II give you the money?" "Me?" "Daddy will." "Mommy will." "He's taken the cards from Mr. AgneIIi." ""On such a windy, rainy night..." "who would call at such an hour?"" "Who could it be?" "Who?" "Happy New Year, Mom." "I knew you'd come!" "Come in, come in." "Merry Christmas!" "How are you?" "Fine, you?" "Happy New Year." "Hi." "welcome." "Hi, carlo." "Wrong place." "This is no gambling den." "little sister." ""The bedouin" and "the warrior."" "Don't touch it, it's your change." "Where are the other two?" "asleep." "What?" "Take off you jacket." "Sara!" "Hi!" "You remember me?" "You're the crazy driver." "And right here for the crazy driver, we have a nice little spot." "For the kind gentleman." "Two cards for you, sir." "Right, here I have a huge stack of cards..." "He lifted his finger." "OrIandino said..." "6,500!" "6,500..." "OrIandino!" "7,000." "Don't go too high, Sara won't have enough." "I'II finance Sara." "I can lend you up to a million." "Okay, but I don't like these under the counter loans." "No loans allowed." "10,000!" "No, that's insider trading!" "8,300." "8,300." "OrIandino, that amount is worthy of uncle Scrooge." "10,000 clears the field." "10,000 going once, going twice, 10,000 three times..." "The card is..." "The grape." "Who has the grape?" "Not me." "Frances..." "He's asleep." "And the others?" "sleeping as well." "Sara, you want to go to bed?" "No, I'm a grown-up, I want to win!" "AII right, all right." "I remind you there's a grape out there." "And what would any Christmas be without... the weaning child." "Here." "It was the Iast one." "Mom, I have to call the office." "Go in my room." "How many left?" "Nine cards." "hold on, one moment." "Everyone concentrate." "It's an animal." "carlo." "No, but it starts with..." "You go on." "Start with the first syllable." "I'II be right back." "Horse." "No, it jumps." "A goat." "Everything okay?" "Yeah." "You still have my notes?" "Yes, ten, ten, ten!" "You were so smart!" "So smart..." "What should I do with this?" "Here, I'II put it in a drawer." "No, not in a drawer." "There are kids around." "I'II put it somewhere." "I'II leave you to make your call." "Listen, Mom..." "I don't know if I can stay." "I have work..." "That's all right." "Just coming was already a gift." "shall I close it?" "Yes, thanks." "We have here an animal." "And I'm very sorry, so very sorry, because Adriana has the zebra." "I'm not home, please leave a message or..." "Hey, I'm hungry." "I'm going for something to eat." "Who'II watch your cards?" "Go around or you'II wake the kids." "Okay." "We have an animal... that lives in water, in water, lakes..." "It's the swan." "The swan, the swan." "hold on, Sara." "Sara, the swan." "No, dammit!" "relax, you're still in." "Two, two, two, one..." "What, are you leaving?" "It's an emergency." "Yeah, right." "You want some turron?" "Something sweet." "No!" "At least say goodbye to Mom." "I don't have time." "Come on, it's time." "No." "Are you staying in Rome?" "Yeah, a couple days." "See you." "Yeah." "call me." "You promise?" "Yeah." "You sure?" "What?" "First prize is the cat!" "You win!" "Very good!" "What do you say?" "Long live the Fair!" "Long live the Fair, Long live the Fair!" "Long live the Fair, Sara!" "I'm not home." "Leave a message or call 70 22 54 during office hours." "Matteo?" "could you give me the phone number for police Headquarters in Rome?" "Let's see what's going on elsewhere." "We're getting ready for the toast." "Three lovely ladies are approaching." "That's it." "Happy New Year!" "congratulations!" "Happy New Year!" "Happy New Year, everyone." "Happy New Year." "congratulations!" "This morning, in the middle of all the chaos, the ambulance, the police..." "A girl appeared, a very pretty girl." "Brunette, dark eyes..." "I can't remember the eyes." "It doesn't matter." "I'm only saying because I'd never seen girls around." "Your brother never brought women home." "I would always joke, I'd say:" ""Such a good-Iooking man with no lady friends?"" "Go on, please." "So this girl suddenly appears and she asked about your brother." "I hardly had time to tell her what had happened." "She didn't say a word." "She just ran off." "Maybe you know her." "No, I don't." "Such a good person!" "Such a nice man!" "Thank you." "I'm sorry." "Listen, this might sound like a crazy thing to say, but I don't think your brother jumped on his own." "Someone..." "Don't be absurd!" "I'm sorry." "please, take her away." "Officer, take her away." "I'm sorry, Doctor." "We need to identify the body." "Is your brother coming?" "No, I will." "Are you sure?" "I'II go." "You stay with Mom." "Okay." "please, stay with her." "Okay." "Mom, we have to go." "AII these books..." "Get some bags." "We'II take some books with us." "We can't take them now, Mom." "Maybe tomorrow." "I'II take care of it." "Just a few." "Mom!" "please!" "calm down!" "calm down!" "Mom!" "That's enough." "Stop it." "Mom, calm down!" "I should have noticed." "I didn't realize." "Maybe I did see it coming, but..." "I'm eating with GuiIia." "I couId have stopped it." "At the door." "He turned and looked at me." "And I... closed the door and nothing, I erased it." "Now there's nothing." "The staircase of his building, the sawdust on the ground, the books, the lady downstairs..." "I should have stopped them." "I Ioved them both, but..." "I wasn't able to enclose them with my love." "It was my idea of freedom." "I thought everyone had the right to live as they pleased." "But what freedom is there in death?" "What happened?" "Did it really happen?" "Because I..." "I don't believe it." "I know it's real when I Iook at Mom." "Just as well you're here." "Not for long." "I requested a transfer to sicily." "I leave in a month." "SiciIy?" "They need people." "No one wants to go." "You know, I still have a postcard of yours from 1966 in Cape North." "It was written in Norwegian, I think." "And below the translation reads:" ""Everything that exists is beautiful."" "With three exclamation points." "Do you still believe that?" "Not in exclamation points anymore." "Listen, Giovanna." "GiuIia's in Rome." "I'II be seeing her tomorrow." "She wants to see Sara." "She wants Francesca to take her." "But I decided to go myself." "I won't listen to this." "I'II say it again." "GiuIia wants to see Sara." "would you shut up?" "Not this time!" "Tomorrow morning." "At the coliseum at ten." "What do you want me to do?" "You think it's easy for me?" "To ask you to catch her and lock her up?" "What do you think I should do?" "Wait until someone gets killed?" "Wait till she gets killed?" "Come on, Iet's go!" "Dr. Carati?" "Excuse me." "Giorgia wants to talk to you." "No, tell her I can't." "Francesca." "AII right, bring her out." "I'II wait here." "How should I tell her?" "How?" "Go on." "Be strong." "Giorgia, I have something to tell you." "Something bad has happened." "I had GiuIia sent to prison." "I'd thought that..." "I think that it's the best for her, especially for her." "This was her choice, and I think... it's for the best." "There's something else" "I wanted to tell you." "Matteo..." "Matteo..." "Matteo..." "Matteo!" ""I wander along the tracks of the eternal void, fleeing from this fateful day" "leaving behind the hordes of care that torment me." "And as I contemplate peace, the warrior spirit that roars within me sleeps."" "shall I comment?" "shall I comment?" "The sonnet "At dusk" is an inspirational work by Ugo FoscoIo, containing the wonderful onomatopoeia:" ""The warrior spirit that roars within me."" "The onomatopoeia is contained in the italian "r" and "th" :" ""The warrior spirit that roars within me."" "You can practically hear the roaring soul of the poet." "Sit down, Berardi." "Sit down." "Adriana?" "How are the kids doing in French?" "Fine." "Your wife has been informed." "We're not married." "She refuses to see you." "Say that her daughter's here." "tell her I'm not leaving until I see her." "AII right." "Where's Sara?" "Outside with Giovanna." "I'II bring her in." "First I need to talk to you." "I won't leave you alone." "You're in here, but..." "I can't hear you." "You remember right before Sara was born?" "The way we argued?" "We'd say:" ""It's just a piece of paper."" "well, I think it's more than that." "GiuIia," "I want you to be my wife." "You hear me?" "I want to marry you." "GiuIia, please." "Marry me." "I'm proposing." "GiuIia!" "GiuIia, please!" "Now you listen to me." "Don't come here anymore." "Don't bring Sara." "Don't write..." "Just leave me alone." "Wait, I'II bring in Sara!" "I can't see her." "Of course you can!" "I don't want to!" "She wants to see you!" "She can't remember your face." "She was four years old!" "You have to see her!" "please, GiuIia!" "please, please!" "I can't..." "Yes, you can." "You can, you can." "Come on, GiuIia." "We'II wait a second." "She can't see you crying." "AII right?" "Thank you." "Sara!" "Sara, honey, look at me." "How you've grown, Sara!" "Look at me, sweetie." "Weren't you blond?" "I can be blond again." "SPOLETO MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON" "MonfaIco!" "You've got mail!" "SPRING OF 1992" "MonfaIco, you've got mail." "My love," "I'm sending you something only you can read." "Ma'am!" "Ma'am!" "Return to sender." "Come on, Sara!" "Come on, Sara, Iet's go!" "Ready!" "Go." "Come on, Sara!" "You see this medal?" "It's from a swimming competition in 1964." "This way you have at Ieast one." "Are you kidding me?" "I want my own." "I should have won." "I always beat her in practice." "Go on, eat." "I'm going to milan tomorrow." "Can you stay at AIessia's?" "To do what?" "To serve as an expert." "A suicide attempt in a prison." "I've been named a judge." "Who is it?" "The manager of a public company." "The defense requested his release." "They say he's going crazy inside." "They steal and then they complain." "How do you know?" "He's where he belongs." "He should have been more careful." "Why do you say that?" "people get into trouble and then we pay for it." "Why don't you ask me what I'm thinking?" "Because I know." "I know when you think of your mom." "Others without kids can do whatever they want." "Not her." "I think your mom knows that." "That's why she feels guilty." "She should." "She deserves it." "She didn't kill anyone." "Because you stopped her." "She won't see me." "She can't." "AII right, what do I care?" "But what about you?" "You write her and she doesn't answer." "You visit her and she won't see you." "You piss me off more than she does." "What should I do?" "Find someone else." "My friends are crazy about you." "AIessia, for example." "Don't you Iike her?" "What are you talking about?" "You have gotten older." "I have?" "You've got a belly." "You should be careful." "Are you still in love with her?" "I don't know." "I think you are." "I read your last letter..." "You what?" "By accident." "It was on the table." "It's obvious you still think about her." "I don't want you to." "If you don't mind," "I'd Iike to handle my own affairs, all right?" "Fine, sorry." "Did we just have a fight?" "No, we didn't." "You and I never fight." "No?" "Why's that?" "Because I Iove you too much." "You don't tell me very often." "There's a Iot I don't tell you." "For exampIe?" "I've decided to move to Rome." "With Francesca and carlo." "I want to study Restoration." "You'd have to check with them first." "It's already done." "would it upset you if I leave?" "I know, but I'm leaving anyway." "Idiot." "tell me one thing." "You can't speak, or you won't?" "I was summoned by the court." "Your lawyer approved." "Do you agree with this decision?" "Say yes or no." "I know you have a daughter." "So do I." "With kids, the shame of being in prison is unbearable." "But our kids are much stronger than we are, much more alive." "They have too much to discover to be torn apart by what their fathers do." "Or mothers." "Are you here to decide if I'm nuts?" "Let's just say your lawyer wouldn't mind at all." "My wife and daughter don't know the truth." "until yesterday, I didn't either." "You didn't know you'd committed a crime?" "You work in a hospital, right?" "There must be companies there paying commissions." "normally five or ten percent." "Is it possible you never noticed?" "Or it occured to you, but you looked the other way, Iike millions of italians." "Then one day a judge appears." "And says the commissions aren't commissions anymore." "Now they're called bribes." "And that financing political parties is illegal." "That I'm a thief." "Now that's news!" "Prison isn't just for poor people stealing apples anymore." "Now there's real justice." "They forget that they were lining up to pay." "Buying favors, pulling strings, eliminating competition." "Now they want to change the world." "believe me, doctor." "Nothing has changed." "It's all a lie." "They only lock up idiots like me who get caught." "But the others, and there are plenty... keep doing the same:" "stealing comfortably." "It's italy." "I didn't make it." "And neither did you." "It's the italy our fathers created, believe me." "No, not my father." "believe me." "Your father was a good person." "And you Iike being one, too, right?" "Have you got a catalogue?" "Sure." "Here." "Thank you." "Are the photos for sale?" "Yes, most of them." ""Most"?" "well..." "The one from the billboard isn't." "Where was this?" "What was he doing?" "Have you asked?" "No, the person who took it wasn't there." "Here's the name." "It's a woman." "Look..." "MireIIa Uta." "Maybe it was for her." "What was?" "The eyes." "Maybe it was for her." "Who could she be?" "Who knows when she met Matteo." "How does she know him?" "Why do you ask?" "She probably passed him on the street." "You're wrong." "They talked." "If you Iike the book you can keep it." "But I want you to go and meet her." "Who?" "Her, MireIIa." "I want you to talk to her." "How will I find her?" "What for?" "Because I said so." "You're not my boss." "I do what I think is right, and this isn't." "Are you offended?" "Do you do as I say?" "Have I asked you to leave?" "How many times have I told you to move in with EIda and Gina?" "Do you listen to me?" "I'm better here." "No, you're not." "You think you are, but you're not." "To know for sure you have to try living on the outside." "We're releasing everyone, and you insist on staying." "You're not nice anymore." "You've changed." "You're not even good." "You were, but not anymore." "You were nice, but not anymore." "And they complain that people don't pay taxes!" "They've already paid too much, way too much!" "Excuse me!" "The station chief?" "In back on the right." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Where were you going?" "To find who took the photo." "What for?" "To talk to her." "I worked it out with the police." "We can go." "We can go, can't we?" "But I won't take you back to the clinic." "No, nicola, I can't." "Yes, you can." "No, no, no..." "Yes, you can." "You're already out." "You have MarceIIo's jacket on." "MarceIIo's wondering:" ""Where's my jacket?"" "You took the tramway, all by yourself." "You're already out." "I won't take you back." "That's the house." "Are the others awake?" "I think so." "A bus will be coming by to take them to work." "You think I can do it?" "You already have, don't you see?" "Then thank you." "Don't thank me." "Matteo's the one who convinced you to leave the clinic." "This is a gift from him." "Come and visit me." "Of course I will." "I'II come and visit every once and a while." "Come on, smile!" "This is a big day." "Aren't you happy?" "Go on." "Come with me." "No, I won't." "Get your bag, ring the bell and they'II open the door." "Here, you keep it." "No, I gave it to you." "On the Iast page they list the title of each photo." "Matteo's is number seven." "Hi, Giampiero." "Hi, Giorgia." "Sev... en." "MATTEO WHEN HE WAS NICOLA" "Of course, but... isn't there a way to locate her?" "I see." "Thanks anyway." "Goodbye." "I talked to the agency, but she doesn't live in milan anymore." "She moved to PaIermo to cover the massacre." "What are you talking about?" "They've killed Judge FaIcone." "PALERMO MAY 25TH, 1992" "Your honor!" "Your honor!" "Where are you going?" "To see Doctor Carati." "Not today." "You'II have to leave." "I'm her brother, nicola Carati." "Can't you see what's going on?" "please go away." "There's Rosaria, Vito Schifano's widow." "Rosaria wants..." "She wants to talk as well." "She approaches the cardinal." "Quiet everyone!" "tell everyone that the Lord will punish them." "well..." "He'II punish them." "They'II burn in hell, or even worse!" "Let's hope they convert." "Come here." "You said it yourself." "You tell them!" "You just did." "If they convert..." "There is hope." "They'II be forgiven." "No..." "The crowd has noticed the coffins being brought out." "They gather around..." "The moment has arrived to pay homage." "Homage to Giovanni FaIcone," "Francesca MorviIIo," "Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifano," "Rocco di CiIIo." ""Life is worth a button,"" "said Giovanni FaIcone." "I'm a sicilian, a real SiciIian." "It's not necessary, thanks." "Wait here." "Hi!" "I knew you were here, but things have been a mess." "I saw you this morning." "I couldn't get close." "I'm tired." "We're all tired." "We don't even know where to start." "I feel like hiding my head like an ostrich." "You're no ostrich." "Why are you in palermo?" "I have to see someone." "Are you free for lunch?" "I can't even have you over to my place." "We have half an hour, we have to stay here." "How's Mom?" "And Francesca?" "I haven't been to Rome in ages." "And Sara?" "Sara has turned into a beautiful girl." "She always was." "How's your lovelife?" "And yours?" "I'm the judge here." "I ask the questions." "hello?" "Thanks for calling." "Yeah, fine." "Tomorrow, yes." "Where?" "AII right." "Good night." "It's not what you think." "We educate our children to respect others." "We instill a sense of duty." "We instill a sense of justice." "We instill morality." "We teach them not to beg for what is ours by right." "We instill resistence to the mafia." "We must never forget Giovanni FaIcone." "We must never forget all those killed by the mafia." "We must always remember them as our own family." "We must love each other like brothers." "We must defend our love by example." "Sorry to keep you waiting, but I have to develop them this afternoon." "We'II talk later." "Aren't you bored?" "Thank you." "The photo you saw was taken here." "Right here." "It was very different." "There were orange tablecloths." "Had you known him long?" "Five minutes." "He said his name was NicoIa." "Later, in Rome..." "I don't know why, but he never told me his real name." "I found out for myself." "I found out that last day." "When..." "The next night I Ieft." "I went home." "I wanted to come back to the island to find some silence." "So you saw him again in Rome?" "A few hours before..." "I'm sorry." "I can't." "Neither can I." "I still can't talk to anyone about it." "I'm sorry." "I have to leave soon." "How can you live on an island with your job?" "I don't work much." "Enough to get by." "Whenever necessary." "When there's important stuff, Iike today." "Are you going back to Turin?" "Yes, tonight." "Back to my daughter." "You have a daughter?" "Her name is Sara." "She's 18 years old." "Next year she'II study Restoration." "She's all grown up." "Yeah, she is." "Have you got kids?" "One." "He's seven and a half." "He starts third grade in September." "His name is Andrea." "And he's as handsome as Matteo." "Morning!" "Good morning." "Can I help you?" "No, it's okay, sir." "Sir?" "NicoIa!" "Mom, you look like a poor old lady!" "I am a poor old lady!" "Why's it so dark?" "I don't like the light." "It's like a dungeon in here." "Or a funeral parlor." "I can't be bothered to open them." "Without Giovanna..." "I'II do it." "Let there be light!" "Don't make such a fuss." "Come on, look what a nice day it is." "No, please..." "Look at that sun!" "I have something to tell you." "It's wonderful news." "It's about Matteo." "One of those unpredictable things he used to do." "In PaIermo I met a woman, MireIIa." "She had an relationship with Matteo." "A relationship?" "Yeah, they were in love." "MireIIa had a child after Matteo had already died." "His name is Andrea." "And I think he'd Iike to meet his grandmother." "A boy?" "Yes, Mom." "A boy." "The train to naples leaves in an hour." "We can catch the ferry to sicily from there." "Wait a second." "What's wrong, Mom?" "You want a glass of water?" "I..." "I can't." "I'm not ready." "What do you mean?" "How do you know it's true?" "It's true, Mom." "I saw him." "Why didn't she say anything after all this time?" "Why didn't she write?" "We think bad news is normal, but good news is hard to believe." "Come on, Mom!" "Let's go." "I can't." "Come on, Mom." "Sara wants to move in with carlo and Francesca." "I know, we talked about it." "So I'm the Iast one to hear about it." "Great." "Do you mind?" "No, of course not." "On the contrary." "I understand." "Sara needs a home with a mother in it." "And Francesca is a great mother." "Thanks, sweetie." "Why?" "For never being jealous of your siblings." "Not my siblings." "But there is someone..." "Who?" "Your students." "You're jealous of my kids?" "Yeah, of your kids." "You took them to museums, you brought them home, corrected their homework..." "You loved them more than us." "I had to replace their families." "At home their parents never talked to them." "So you talked to them." "I talked to them." "And I should have talked more to you." "Mom, that's enough." "Mom, don't look at me like that." "Don't speak MiIanese, you're awful at it." "How did you adapt to Rome?" "I Ioved it from the start." "That decrepit air..." "Rancid, stuffy..." "AII those cynical people, so rude..." "It's just full of irony." "You know how I met your dad?" "No." "In the market." "Back then he used to sell vegetables, produce..." "He'd bring them from naples, one of his businesses." "There he was, at the orange stand, with a sign:" ""Spanish oranges."" "And I said:" ""Are they really Spanish?"" "And he said: "Ma'am, can't you hear the castanets?"" "And what did you do?" "Nothing, I..." "I bought the oranges and married him." "Andrea, they're here." "hello." "hello...?" "hello, Grandma." "hello." "Hi, uncle!" "Your grandma said "hello." Stop crying." "I think they're getting along." "I wanted to say..." "Thank you." "What for?" "For letting us come." "It's normal." "You could have said no." "Oh, come on!" "Where's your school?" "There." "That's the high school?" "No, it's in Lipari." "Where's Lipari?" "There." "But it has no volcano." "Are you afraid of the volcano?" "No." "What are you afraid of?" "Nothing." "How lucky!" "I'm afraid of lots of things." "For exampIe, I was afraid to come here." "You're afraid of the sea?" "Yes." "You can't swim?" "That might be it." "It's easy, I'II teach you." ""I speak of the faith that had never left him, not even when he was on the verge of desperation." "The faith that comes from experience." "He continued on, as if telling himself about his own bravery and talent." "Everything seemed so clear..."" "Keep reading!" ""So clear that in his mind his tone of voice never changed."" "They're photos..." "photos of Matteo." "I couldn't look at them again." "I've tried many times." "My hands shake." "You keep them." "Andrea will be curious to see what his father looked like as a boy." "Can we look at them together?" "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Thanks for everything." "Bye." "See you soon, eh?" "Let's go, Mom." "I'II miss your eyes." "No crying, eh?" "Don't make me nervous or I'II smack you one." "Why don't you stay?" "What?" "There's plenty of room." "I'd really like that." "And so would Andrea, right?" "Yeah, Grandma, stay!" "Stay, you heard them." "I have to clothes." "You have lots of stuff." "Have Francesca send anything else you need." "You think?" "Sure." "Mom, can't you hear the castanets?" "Can't you hear them?" "You know which is the gas?" "The one on the right!" "relax, Mom." "I've got it covered." "There's lots of hats." "What do I do with them?" "I'II keep them." "I didn't put in the flower dress." "No, hold on." "She wants it." "I'II get it for you." "Here." "Thanks." "Hi, Grandma." "Great." "I'm learning Roman." "Yeah, and how are you?" "Good." "Grandma, about the flower dress..." "Are you sure you need it?" "It's in fashion again." "But on you it wouId look ordinary, right." "You're awful!" "Why do you want to look older than you really are?" "That's enough." "Not if I wear it." "Francesca agrees." "It looks great on her." "Go on, tell Grandma." "No, really." "You remember that photo with Dad in Capri?" "Are you ready?" "Are you sure it looks good on me?" "Yeah, you look great." "Though with heels who knows..." "I can't stand up in heels." "Hurry up, the kids are getting out of school." "Can I drive?" "You'd better not." "Come on, Iet me!" "No, please." "Thank you." "I Iike this place." "It's faIIing apart." "Too much work." "But it's pretty." "You have to take care of yourself." "I'II talk to the owner." "Yeah, talk to the owner." "When's the break over?" "Professor!" "slavery doesn't exist!" "Since lincoln!" "You hear?" "What hard workers!" ""Parrari picca, travagghiari assai."" "Less talking and more working." "Got it?" "You're bringing him up right, Professor!" "TUSCANY, VAL D'ORCIA SPRING OF 1995" "Here we are." "well?" "A minute of silence before this poetry, eh?" "What?" "Don't look at me like that, it's one of the most beautiful places in the world." "The view is amazing." "Just as well, because..." "Is this it?" "It's made of clay." "It's in ruins!" "Come on, boys." "Use your imagination!" "Men of little faith, with no imagination." "This way." "well?" "Two, three brilliant solutions." "brilliant?" "brilliant?" "Look at these cracks!" "Bigger than my hand!" "It needs to be rebuilt." "The foundation is cracked!" "Yeah, but I called you, Micavi Construction." "But if we rebuild over clay..." "Here, a beam." "Red ceramic tiles, Iike the square in Siena." "You been there?" "AII you do is complain?" "What are you complaining about?" "You make a fortune!" "Now you're the owner!" "AII I have is debts." "No, the owners always complain." "That's enough of that!" "The windows are okay where they are." "I'd use aluminum..." "Not aluminum!" "aluminum!" "Not aluminum!" "You'II kill him!" "Look at the kitchen." "It's amazing." "Francesca wants a big kitchen." "Look at that chimney." "It's magnificent." "Here's the bathroom..." "And the kids' bedroom..." "Every room has its own bathroom." "Every room." "Here's another office..." "Or whatever." "Let's see what you come up with." "And here's the problem:" "these basins." "I don't know if I should keep them." "What do you think?" "That doesn't matter." "The problem is you need a layer of aeration..." "The floors, original handmade fired clay." "You know what that costs?" "I want original handmade fired clay." "Micavi." "It's an official request." "Micavi Construction, can it be done?" "Look at that." "Goddamn it!" "Can it be done?" "well, it depends." "If you ask me with the respect I'm due, maybe we can oblige." "Where's that wood!" "I'm starving!" "Coming, one second!" "You sound like a boss!" "You know there's a boy chasing after Sara?" "Yeah, Francesca told me." "What's he like?" "He comes over every day." "Every day?" "Every day." "He picks her up, takes her to school..." "Brings her home at night..." "At least he brings her home." "He brings her home." "Thank God." "What's he like?" "Is he a good kid?" "Yeah, Iike us at his age." "That's comforting, thank you." "You'II soon be a granddad." "Hey, watch it!" "Grandpa, where are you?" "Don't provoke me!" "Come on, we're hungry." "We need to start a fire." "carlo, grab a newspaper." "We'II make a fire." "My newspapers?" "Your newspapers." "Go find one." "hello?" "GiuIia, where are you?" "No, she's at school." "She'II be back later." "hello?" "Can I park it here a minute?" "Just a minute." "Thanks, I'II be right back." "Hi." "shall I call her?" "No." "Won't you come over?" "No, I'm leaving." "Who's that?" "Mimmo, her boyfriend." "I have to go." "Wait a second." "Don't tell her you saw me." "Why?" "please." "I'II give you a ride." "No, stay here." "I can take you." "Stay here." "You mustn't inhibit his gestures." "It would be like saying they're senseless." "They might make sense to him, you understand?" "Yes." "It seems impossible to me." "Nothing's impossible." "Yeah, but I don't know what to do." "Try to find the sense in them." "Nothing more." "It's like deciphering hieroglyphics." "But in the end we managed to decipher them, right?" "We'II have the usual meeting." "call the others." "We'II meet you inside." "No, Iet's do it out here, under that tree." "Bien, my dear children, see if you can guess this animal." "Now my assistent, Giacomo, will do his mime for us." "please." "Very particular." "This is a very difficult animal, and Giacomo displays his great gift for mime." "A lizard!" "No, but close." "It's an animal that slithers..." "that slithers..." "A worm!" "Not a worm." "It slithers, but not a worm." "A snail!" "Not a snail." "It's not poisonous." "And let's say it's..." "It's very smooth." "A caterpillar!" "No, it's smooth, so it's a..." "A snake!" "Good, a snake!" "Giacomo did a marvelous job." "After huge success in Monaco, Paris and London our very own Giacomo will now perform his last mime!" "This is a very difficult animal." "A hare!" "Not a hare." "nicola, shall I leave your mail in your office?" "No, I'II read it here." "The mail has arrived." "A fox!" "No." "No certificate..." "A postcard from Giorgia." "A mouse!" "A letter..." "But there's a mistake." "This letter is for Doctor NicoIa Carati." "Who's that?" "You!" "Me?" "Yeah, you!" "You're right!" "Jesus, I always forget!" "You read it, Giacomo." "He doesn't know how!" "Sure he does, you'II see." "I know how to read!" "He knows how, too." "No, I'II open it, because the glue is particular." "There." "You read it." "So everyone can hear." "silence!" "An important letter!" ""Dear NicoIa:" "I would have preferred not to write this letter." "You mother has passed away." "She didn't suffer, she went in her sleep" "very quietly." "I write you now because she made me promise that when she was gone" "I wouldn't bother anyone." "A kiss." "See you soon." "MireIIa."" "Good, Giacomo." "You read great." "Very good." "Is there sea where my dad is buried?" "No, not cIoseby." "You should bring him." "Near the sea." "You're right." "I'II bring him." "I promise." "What was he like?" "Him?" "He was like achilles." "You know who AchiIIes was?" "Your grandma must have told you." "He was brave and sad like him." "He hoped the gods would take him away early." "You know how the gods are." "The best people, the ones they love most, are sent to Earth" "and later taken away." "But they leave a mark so that we don't forget them." "You're that mark." "This morning, looking at the atlas, you looked just like him." "We did the same thing, long ago." "We looked at an atlas, because we wanted to take a trip." "We had to go somewhere far away, where there was only sea." "That place was called Cape North." "Where's that?" "There." "And did you go?" "I tried, but didn't make it all the way." "Your dad wanted to go, but in the end he lost interest." "The gods were calling him." "Yeah, the gods were calling him." "Why don't you stay longer?" "I have to leave today." "Tomorrow the kids have a test." "I don't want to go back." "Then stay." "I'II take you to France, to Greece, to Africa, wherever you want." "Go on, choose." "will it be another 3 years?" "No, of course not." "It's great to see you, Andrea..." "SPRING OF 2000" "It's definitely beautiful." "beautiful?" "It's sublime!" "A paradise." "We told him when we saw it." "I told him right away:" "" Buy this house."" "He didn't want to." "And we insisted." "So we said: " Buy it."" "And convinced him." "Look at that orchard!" "It's new!" "He even put in palm trees." "In front?" "They're small, but..." "You made a nice little sum on this project, eh?" "Money off my friends?" "You never make money off of friends." "No, in spirit." "In spirit, right." "In the spirit of giving without receiving." "But they're driving me crazy." "Your sister is worse than he is." "Watch what you say about my sister." "I'II come after you." "She wants the roof tiles darker so the match the..." "She has her reasons, right?" "Fine, but..." "Your car can barely make it..." "It's getting old." "Like us." "carlo!" "Francesca!" "Is anyone home?" "Observe, please..." "observe the arch." "wonderful." "This..." "The orchard." "My favorite place." "Very Japanese..." "Sara!" "Your daughter's getting married?" "Yeah." "Are you happy?" "Yeah." "So tell me." "Did he ask your permission?" "He did." "With lots of respect." "He's a good kid." "Good." "He needs a haircut." "You're right." "Look at this opening!" "It's magnificent." "A great work by a great artist." "You're like BruneIIeschi, Leon Battista AIberti!" "Some day this will all be yours." "Thanks." "Let's go for a swim." "A swim?" "You bring a suit?" "You seen my gut?" "Give me a one-piece." "AII I have is a thong, but..." "We're glad you could make it." "So are we." "It's amazing here." "That's why I invited you." "Is everything okay?" "Yes." "And you?" "Fine, fine." "Are you glad your daughter's getting married?" "Very much." "Are you happy?" "Yes." "Everything's okay?" "Yes." "Good." "I'm going to talk to your son." "I'II leave you two." "See you later?" "Bye." "Bye." "well?" "How are you?" "Fine." "Good answer." "Concise, brief." "Growing a beard?" "Or have you just not shaven?" "How do I Iook?" "What matters is what the girl you Iike thinks of it." "That I don't know." "Then ask her." "What's she like?" "Pretty?" "Very." "Have you told her?" "It's not easy." "I know." "But tell her anyway." "First tell her she's pretty, then tell her so are you." "What does that mean?" "You're handsome." "The question is whether you look better with or without the beard." "Is she funny?" "I don't think so." "Forget plan A. plan B." "Jump her bones?" "How could I tell my nephew to do such a thing?" "What's her name?" "Ermione." "Ermione?" "Jump her bones." "Get out of here!" "I couldn't." "I know you couldn't." "Let go." "No, I won't!" "The happy couple." "Such beautiful curls!" "Leave him alone, Dad." "Fine, I won't touch." "I need to talk to you." "Come on." "What is it?" "Sara, my love:" "I'm working in florence, at the library." "The other day I saw a newspaper from 1966 and I found a photo." "I thought you might want to see what your mom and dad looked like as kids." "You were born of the love between two happy people, and all the sadness that came after had nothing to do with you." "I'm trying to start over, far away from everyone." "I know my presence bothers you, and I hate to bother anyone." "It came a few days ago." "That's you and Mom, right?" "In florence, in 1966." "What do I do?" "It depends how strong you are." "Are you happy?" "Of course!" "Then it's time to be generous." "Goodbye!" "IN MEMORY OF THE AID GIVEN TO FLORENCE" "BY YOUTHS FROM ITALY AND ABRO AD" "AFTER THE FLOODS IN 1966" "Mom!" "GiuIia!" "Sara." "Mom!" "Mom, have you got a bed?" "Yeah, mine, but it's small." "We'II squeeze in." "I'd rather sleep here." "I don't feel like driving." "hello." "Yes?" "Can you take our picture?" "Sure." "Here goes." "Move your heads closer." "Say "cheese."" "There." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Arigato." ""Arigato."" "Let's go do a little shopping." "For my new house." "Where can we go...?" "There's lots of stuff here." "This could be for bread, but it's too sad for me." "These would be okay for plate settings." "I don't know." "For pots..." "Something brighter, that stands out." "What's that?" "A cast to make hats." "Can we have a look?" "Sure." "Thank you." "It's the famous "Maestro di Santo Spirito."" "Two brothers painted it, Domenico del Mazziere's sons," "AgnoIo and Donnino." "But I Iike Donnino much better," "I think he painted the baby." "Look at it." "It's beautiful." ""II Maestro de Ia Conversazzione di Santo Spirito."" "And this is one of Maso di Banco's greatest works." "My favorite." "AII these virgins with babies..." "Why do you Iike them so much?" "You're pregnant!" "Nobody knows yet." "How can I help?" "There is one thing you can do." "What?" "play for me." "Where?" "How?" "There's an organ." "I haven't played in ages." "I can't." "Besides, we'd have to ask for permission." "Fine, forget it." "I ask only one thing of you, and you can't because we have to ask permission?" "You wanted to change the world and now you need permission to play?" "Right." "Let's go." "One more?" "No." "I'm dead." "I'II abstain." "Give me a hand, I need a crane." "slowly..." "Easy." "slowly..." "What are we doing?" "careful." "This way, the exit's over here." "However... you should get one thing straight in your mind." "should I?" "Go ahead." "I will." "Stop thinking of your brother Matteo as an obstacle." "If you continue to think of him as an obstacle you'II end up hating him." "Are you drunk?" "Yes." "Good night." "However..." "However." "It's okay." "There was a thigh there." "You made a mess." "Sure you won't come to the wedding?" "No, I'II come visit when the baby's born." "You promise?" "Good." "Do you always wear those?" "The sunglasses?" "You look better without." "Bye." "Bye, sweetie." "Good morning." "Morning." "Hi." "Hi." "Hi." "You want some coffee?" "Yes, thank you." "Have you had breakfast?" "Yes." "Some milk?" "Yes, thank you." "Did you sleep in your clothes?" "No, I didn't sleep." "Are you worried about something?" "Sara?" "No, not at all." "That time, on the boat," "I wanted to kiss you." "Me, too." "NORWAY SPRING OF 2003" "Dear uncle... or should I call you Dad?" "Anyway..." "Dear NicoIa:" "We finally made it." "Sometimes I think I recognize the places described to me when I was a kid." "Maybe it's just a fantasy." "It's nice doing things with the people you love, even though Ermione is very stubborn and always changing her mind." "Are they all like that?" "Why not?" "Where are you going?" "Go on!" "Come on, please!" "Come here!" "I convinced Ermione to take a flight with me to Cape North." "She's terrified, but it'II save us three days." "I see the midnight sun fall to the horizon, but then it stops and never reaches the sea." "I remember my father, my mother and you, how you always say that everything is beautiful." "I think you're right." "Everything is really beautiful."