"You think that's all I am?" "You think I'm just a cruel bastard." "You saw me and said:" "it's the bastard, look out!" "You saw them?" "Did you?" "Beautiful, aren't they?" "Full of force, full of energy, full of life." "Me too I was like them once." "When I was little I was just like them." "I was little but I was full of force, full of energy, full of life." "But they... they want one thing only." "When I was little, I wanted lots of things" "When I got one thing, I wanted another thing, and then another and another." "I was never satisfied." "I drove my parents mad!" "I was never satisfied, never." "One day..." "I was having a bath..." "And my mother, she had something in her hand..." "And she went like that with it, all over my body, and it felt really nice, and I said :" "What's that?" "And she said:" "It's a sponge." "I said:" "Where does it come from?" "And she said:" "From the depths of the ocean." "And I said:" "I want to be that." "I want to be a sponge." "I would be at the bottom of the ocean..." "Feel all the weight of the sea on my shoulders." "And I would stay in the water like a little fish." "Yes, that's what I wanted to be, a little fish!" "I'd be a fish and I'd travel all over the ocean and all over the world." "I'd stay in the water all the time," "like a little fish, and my body..." "A bird!" "I wanted to be a little bird!" "I would fly in the sky and go everywhere, free as a bird." "I'd feel the wind passing through my feathers" "I wanted so many things..." "You are my little horse." "Together, we'll embark on a big voyage." "All the way to China." "All the way to the other end of the world." "You'll see, we'll make it." "Yes, I'll bring you something to drink and eat." "Come, let's go." "Look, we're already up in the mountains." "It's getting dark." "Come, little horse, one more stroke" "But you don't know who'll get here later." "A bandit will come during the night" "I won't be aware of anything." "Because when I'm asleep," "The bandit will have a big kitchen knife." "And a big hammer." "He'll chop your head off!" "Yes, he'll chop off your head" "And then he'll put you in the oven" "And so you'll be dead." "I wanted so many things when I was little." "Like I wanted to be a panther." "Yes, a panther..." "Moving forward..." "The panther smells his prey and then sees it." "It moves softly onwards and bares his claws and..." "It devours the prey and takes it into its body." "I grew fat." "I grew fatter and fatter because I wanted so many things" "I was greedy and I put things inside my body and I grew fatter and fatter." "And I put more and more things inside and I became so big!" "But I didn't eat..." "I didn't eat but I was greedier and greedier and I grew fatter and fatter... and I said:" "Hey!" "Easy now." "Take it easy, Benedetto, or you'll explode." "You'll explode!" "You must go back to little things." "Like a little sponge." "At the bottom of the ocean." "Relaxed and calm." "Or maybe a little pebble." "A little pebble on the mountain." "A calm little pebble." "I want that too!" "No, you know what you can be?" "You can be a camel." "And you, you could be a town." "With lots of streets, lots of traffic lights, lots of people." "And you'll be everybody's house." "Just imagine, being a town!" "That's what you could be." "Or else... you know what you can be?" "You could be really ugly." "A big lizard with its tongue hanging out." "You'll walk like this." "It's disgusting" " Can't I be that?" "No, you can be a princess." "No, an art work." "No, anything green." "Anything green." "That'll be good." "Yes, something green," "like the Amazonian rain forest." "Or chewing gum." "Chewing gum with chlorophyll." "I could be in everyone's mouth." "Or grass..." "The field is over there, the ball's here..." "Goal!" "If you were snow, you'd live in the sky." "And you'll fall all over town." "No!" "A volcano." "All hot inside." "And I'd go to the Antarctic." "And I'd make big holes in the Antarctic." "And everybody would be warm thanks to me." "No one will be cold." "It'll be nice and warm..." "You're mad!" "It's mine, no one can have it!" "I want it too!" " No!" "I want it!" "Find your own thing, don't steal mine." "It's been mine since I was little and nobody can take it from me, ok?" "No one can take it from me!" "I have it in me." "Go away!" "You too, go away!" "Everyone, go away!" "It's mine!" "What is this?" "What is this?" "Easy now..." "Easy..." "Good boy, easy." "Easy..." "Good..." "Easy..." "Ready?" "One, two, three..." "Close your eyes," "Be a good boy and I'll tell you a nice story." "That's right..." "Sleep..." "Go away!" "Go away!" "Hey, an umbrella." "And a lamp." "Your heads!" "I kiss your hand." "The teeth!" "Tonight..." "If I dream of you tonight..." "I promise..." "Like me..." "Like a dream tonight..." "Unbelievable..." "Do you see these hands?" "We can make such lovely things with these hands." "With these hands I gave, took back, caressed, stole..." "Touched so many things, you can't imagine." "So much happiness, I could die tomorrow." "Peacefully..." "Simply..." "Yes, these hands nourished me..." "Engraved so many things inside me." "Peacefully..." "Simply..." "My father taught me to kill with these hands." "Not to kill just for the sake of killing..." "But to kill in order to engrave more things inside." "To nourish me." "And also... to eat." "To eat." "Do you like Belgian cooking?" "Rabbit a la gueuze (in beer)." "You can even add a few prunes, well simmered." "But first you must catch the animal." "The animal is a sweet little creature, a little rabbit." "You catch it by the ears..." "You give it a stroke." "A little knock..." "Very gentle knock..." "Just one knock and..." "Just one knock..." "You mustn't engrave it inside you and never ever let it grow bigger." "Stay calm." "Soft, like a caress..." "Like a blade sliding on silk." "A tiny sound..." "A little squeak..." "Just with two fingers." "You catch it and take away the spirit of its life." "Without changing its beauty." "Give yourself to the animal." "Let the animal give itself to you." "Stay calm... stay calm..." "A fish..." "You see it there in your plate." "Inside of you, swimming calmly, quietly." "My father killed a chicken with the two palms of his hands." "Like a caress." "Like a blade which slides on silk." "And just a little knock, a little knock." "I and my three friends know this great" "Will drill right in the middle of his ear and drive the bastard crazy." "Esmeralda, go on..." "Go to that Spaniard..." "Esmeralda is so sweet..." "You can ask her anything." "Anna Maria, come on!" "Anna Maria isn't obedient at all!" "Katarina, go on Katarina." "Careful... watch out!" "You see, Anna Maria?" "I told you!" "I keep telling you to watch out." "Esmeralda, Katerina," "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "Go!" "Here she is!" "I saved her!" "I found her!" "It's alright... easy now..." "You're hungry, right?" "Come on." "Let's get you some food." "You must learn to eat, see?" "You must learn to use these." "It's very easy." "With this hand, you hold the knife." "Nice, isn't it?"