"I don't fear anybody!" "To be born a woman is a disgrace - like being born a cripple or a dwarf" "And one pays for it, all one's life" "But become a wife - and one can do good or evil" "When I was a young girl I had servants and was revered" " My parents were rich, you know?" " Yes, mamma!" "And I had beautiful clothes" "Then I married your father." "And you know how that ended" "Yes, mamma !" " Take care with choosing a man !" " Yes, I understand !" " Where is Ju?" " He was playing with the dog" " Ju!" " Ju!" " Ju!" " Ju!" " I guess we all die, sooner or later" " No, mamma !" " Ju!" " Ju!" "Man woman !" "Man woman !" "Man woman !" "Man woman !" "Basco the dog is so silly And so, so... man woman" "The men and the women and women... no" "It's the same for dogs and chickens and fish" "Now where did I put that lesson book ?" "He's coming !" " So, everything alright ?" " Hmm" " Didn't know when you'd arrive" "It's the end of the month." "The price of food !" "Just you go in those shops, and see the prices of food !" "You're lucky I can make a meal with anything" "We learned something today ?" "And you ?" " You behaved yourself with the tutor ?" " Yes !" "I did reading and 10 lines of writing, nearly right" " Show me the notebook !" " I lost it" "Poor creature, you're always studying !" "He should go to the state school, like normal boys." "He's ahead by a year, already !" "For education we make sacrifices." "It's important !" "My brothers, they are all educated !" "Good universities !" "What do you know ?" "In my family, everyone has a degree" " Good grades, too !" "But what use education, in a house that's falling down  and where the countryside is creeping inside !" "Yes yes, but it's a large house, grand even  and there is good healthy alr !" "We're refugees, that's what we are !" "3 years since the war ended and we're still displaced !" "You have to make sacrifices !" "Hey baby, are you sleepy ?" "He'll play chess when he wakes in the morning !" "Let's hope he doesn't have a peasant's life, like mine" "And the peasant went to the market" "to make some money and buy ..." " Ah yes, very good !" "And buy two cows" "I can write 2 horses instead of 2 cows ?" "Yes, write what you want, just don't draw any more breasts !" "Oh damn, look at this !" "Looks Ju, it's nearly time that your writing was finished." "I was cooking it for my mother, but now it's all burned." "Damn it..." "No peeping !" "There's nothing to see !" "Fondling the apostrophe and the "I", what a way to grow old !" "Very good, Ju." "Off home !" "Today's lesson is over ..." "Ah, you're so young, Ju!" "A lovely kid." "Off you go !" "Go !" " You're dead !" "You're dead !" " Catch me !" "Can't catch me !" " You're dead !" " Catch me!" " Dead!" " Let go !" " Dead !" "Before surrendering, you must bonk me on my head!" "Surrender !" "Watch what you're doing !" "Surrender !" "You know Mother never wants us to visit this wood !" " Where too now ?" "!" " What beauty !" "What beauty !" "What beauty !" "You're crazy !" " Look out, men coming !" " Damn !" "Run !" "Watch !" "Let's run away, Ju ?" "If father gets to know of this, he'll whip us !" "If you don't tell, father will never know" "Mother does not want us to come here, she says there are bandits" " What are the bandits ?" " I don't know." "Big men ?" "But I want to know" "Men who steal and kill, and are dirty" " What?" " They have big sacks!" "Stuff for criminals !" " Come away now !" " You are just scared of Mother" "Women are afraid of everything." "That's what father says." "Father is that way because..." "he has seen death, in the war" "Perhaps they are spies, eh ?" "And what are you doing here ?" "Mamma help!" "Mamma!" "Mamma help!" "Mamma!" "Mamma help!" "Mamma!" "Mamma!" "Mamma help!" "Mamma!" "Mamma!" "Mamma help!" "Mamma!" "Mamma!" "Mamma help!" "Mamma help!" "Where now ?" " Are you afraid?" " No!" " Never ?" " No, never !" "My father always says a boy with a hard prick should never be afraid" " What is your name ?" " Ju!" " They call you You ?" " Ju is my name!" " And what's your name?" " Rodi !" "Rodi is an odd name for a negro ?" "I'm not a negro, I am a half-breed" " You get your nice clothes here ?" " No, not here !" " So you killed and robbed for them ?" " You are crazy !" " At least, you did dirty things ?" " No !" " But who tells you such things ?" " My mother" "So... you're not a bandit ?" "Ah..." "look kid, there are many things you don't understand" " I understand everything" " Okay, but" "So you did not rob anything ?" "I manage to get by, and that's not so easy today" " How many years old are you?" " Not many" " And how many years old are you?" " Enough, in enough in order to survive" "But I have killed no-one." "You should go now, to your mother !" " You play chess ?" " No, only poker" "Always with the horses !" "It is a mania !" "Your father is an angry man, Ju, but we must forgive him" "He fought in the war." "He stared death in the face" "Mother, can you tell me the story of the sailor ?" "Umm." "In the house there was little to eat, so the sailor ... although there was a storm, decided to go fishing   although he had disgraced his wife and son" " They had starved for a few months ?" " A few months" " And the sister is not there?" " Yes, the sister is not there." " But the storm shook the little boat" " Father ?" " and the fisherman was swept away - and eaten by sharks ?" "Checkmate !" "And so his family wait in vain and all die of hunger." "Except the sister?" "Here, no !" "Maybe here ..." "Ah, an accident with a horse !" "Checkmate!" "You won !" " Do you know why you won ?" " Because I checkmated ?" "No, no!" "You won for two reasons:" "because this female chatter makes me uncomfortable second, because you're a child, so your reasoning is not clear to me" "And this is a scientific game !" "There are techniques !" "But what the heck !" "He played well !" "A worthy win !" "I have a smart son !" "He takes after my family !" "Oh... be quiet, I have enough to worry about." " My brother is in hospital" " We missed this!" "Ha, his wife was a German woman of the street and yet now she has a fine house and three daughters !" " Enough!" "I'd like to take in my brother's youngest daughter" "She's 14, she'll be company for the children" " How old are you ?" " What made you decide this ?" "An older girl will be good for them." "One of your kind whims  but what about your responsibility to your family ?" "I feel responsible for my brother too." "But I'm already tired all the bloody day !" "I'm worked to the bone !" "Another child is more work..." "Enough !" "He's dying !" "He's dying." "I have decided, understand ?" "!" "She can look after the boy..." "I guess... the poor girl" "With your brother in the hospital, his wife might... go back to Germany" "Oh, the poor girl !" "To be left without parents !" "The two of you will get on." "Ju will have a second sister" "I already think of Nene as a daughter, and you'll come to think so too" "And what am I, a daughter or a pig !" "?" "You treat us terribly !" "What are you doing, Ju ?" "!" "You're making a right mess !" " Be more careful !" " I don't always make a mess" "Excuse your teacher." "I'm full of nerves." "The usual story" "I'm get nervy, because I feel ugly" " Not ugly" " Yes, look at me." "That's how I am" "All men prefer to go with a girl who's just nicer" "Girls who have new and fashionable clothes" "All my clothes are old now, pre-war, like me" "You are not old" "You're a nice child, Ju." "Come !" " And also a man !" " You'll become a big, big man ... and you'll fall in love with all the women in the world !" "Why not now?" "I know what feelings are forming in your head" "It's thanks to Nene's arrival, you're thinking naughty thoughts" "You're in love with Nene, but you should be in love with your teacher" " I like you too" " Little man !" " Again !" " Again ?" "Will you give me the honour of this dance ?" "I knew we'd be late !" "It's already arrived !" "Come on !" "Run !" "Yu !" "Don't get lost, like our last outing !" "Nene!" "Nene!" "Nene!" "Here we are !" "Ju, come on, quick !" "Come to kiss your cousin !" "You look... pale, tired ..." "And this would be the chess champion, much talked about ?" "Hello, Ju!" "It's a beautifully soft sofa" "You sleep here It appeals to you ?" "You are content ?" "It's perfect" "And a wonderful room." "I'll do very well." " I do not know how to thank you" " It's nothing" "So let's go now, give the children space to make friends" " Let's cook, I'll help in the kitchen !" " What an honor !" "You sleep near where we sleep !" " You are content ?" " They are nice !" "You come here !" "In my house I had the biggest bed" " What do you mean ?" " Nothing !" "But I think I prefer to sleep nearest to Yu" " I don't understand." "Say what you mean !" " But no!" " Want to sleep in my bed?" " No, that's not needed" "But it has more space, it's bigger !" "It's soft, look." "Bouncey, bouncey !" "But why not?" "Mother and Father have said that you should sleep with us" "So... this is the Castle, and this the Knight" "But no, that's a horse" "Look, see he has a muzzle." "Horses are the best !" "A Pawn only takes one step, unless beginning ..." "No, no." "The Castle never moves diagonally." "It's the Bishop that moves diagonally" "Oh, were shall I put it?" "Horses are easy." "The horse always skips right and to the next" "Oh, now I'm confused" "And if I put it here, and here and here" "I shall take this great big one I plonk it on on the white king and give you a crazy setback !" " Checkmate!" "Checkmate!" "And you can't do that !" "I can't do that ..." "Too many rules for me !" "You can't just make it up as you go along !" "You must respect the rules !" "Otherwise you never learn" "But ... you're a lady." "And so you'll play better, in time." "Games add to a girls' beauty" "Ok, I'll give you a game, lady !" "Another lady player." "It'll be more fun that way." "For the ladies, perhaps." "These will be fine" " Sweet dreams" " Good night" "Sleep well" "Life is so easy for Basco, being a dog ..." "Ju!" "Ju!" "Answer." "I know you're not asleep !" "I know you watched me undress." "Did you think I wouldn't notice ?" "Is there not someone your own age, a friend ... ?" " Girls and boys of my age ... ?" " No-one ..." " Your father, he's always so uptight ?" " Today he was cheerful" " I don't feel like a child, you know?" " Everyone knows that!" "I'm big now, and a girl starts to get funny desires" "Why are you not asleep ?" "!" " So now you are big, you will have a fiancee ?" " No!" "You should sleep now?" "!" "Enough!" "How can others sleep if you continue to chatter ?" " Do you want to come to my bed?" "We can chat more ?" " No" " Because ... ?" " Because I do not trust myself" "Ju, I know you watched me like a man ..." " If I was a fiancee, would I see you nude ?" " No, I would be ashamed !" "But then, why did you allow me to see ?" " So, you did watch me" " Yes" "You're a child, there can be nothing wrong in it" " Would you like a fiancee ?" " Yes" " To watch in the nude ?" " Yes !" " You're a randy little boy !" " You're a randy little boy !" " Still not asleep!" "Sleep!" " It's best that we sleep" " Goodnight, Ju" "I'll just burn the tips with the candle" "Although my accountant won't like it" "And do a little dance around your head" "You'll remember 18th April as a great day !" "What does it change ?" "What can anyone hope for from elections ?" " It's always the same old shit" " Oh!" " What is?" " Hey, don't speak of my accountant like that !" "Sorry... but let's not use foul words in talking of politics" "All we have to do is pay the taxes" " But what will change ?" " Change ?" "All will change !" " All ?" " All" "For example." "Change the boss, you change this, that, the country   but not him, he was born in Pisa" "Willpower ..." "Willpower !" "See the candle ?" "Remember 18th April" "Finished!" "Extingished!" "Good health to you, if you deserve it or not !" "Ah, Stalinism ...perhaps just dreams now, just stories" "Watch those scissors !" "So what do you hope for ?" "The scissors are mine" "These scissors earn me money because I work like a Trojan but after the election they will be the socialist scissors !" "And even the child !" "Everything for the state !" "The state will take care of everything" "No more taxes swallowed by corruption" "My accountant, he'll be swept away" " Christians ..." " "Christians" !" "And I cut your ear !" "What does that change." "All that "god" shit." "Can I have these, please ?" "Of course... no!" "no!" "Not these, for god's sake" "Er, no." "Not until 18th April." "No." "I'm saving them to use on the priests ..." "I don't think he heard ..." "What did you tell the cashier ?" "Just the fruit juices ... and a cake ?" " Yes, and two cakes" " And the usual lottery ticket ?" " Yes, a ticket" "It's lucky, buying a Lotto from a beautiful girl" "You always like a joke, you accountants !" " But what if you do win ?" " Then I will be nice to you !" "You know how to entice a woman" "A single ticket could change our lives !" " 50 million !" " Is that a lot ?" " Oh, yes !" "First I would buy a house in the city" "I wouldn't have to commute every day" " And then?" " You and your sister to the best Swiss schools" " And then?" " And then something for your dear mother" " And then ?" " And then I should get you a gift ?" " A horse !" " Like the one in chess ?" "No, two horses." "One white, one black." "50 million..." "Perhaps we win... 100." " Is 100 million a lot ?" " 50 is when you'd be rich" "Life without problems without the toil of a job" "But I have no 100 million." "I am as I am." "Nice !" "You had a beautiful walk !" "Look at me, I work on Sundays !" "Worse than a servant !" "At least the Christians rest" "Here, I've brought a newspaper" "I suspect you did not just go to eat an ice-cream with Ju" "Don't be stupid" "You tell me the truth, Ju ?" "Father spoke with someone ?" "You know how to entice a woman" "Ju!" "Ju, let's go, Play now!" "Ju!" "Go, go." "Don't dirty your best Sunday coat" "You must chase me !" "Pretend I'm crazy !" " Pretend ?" " I'm dangerous !" " And escaped from the asylum !" "Dangerous !" " Dangerous !" " faster, faster !" " I'm furious and crazy !" "Pretend I'm crazy !" "And furious !" "I'm really feeling crazy !" "We caught the crazy !" "He's a small crazy." "We'll pin him down." "Prepare him for the torture." "Get his legs." "Now for the torture !" "Imprisonment !" "You can't run now" " Wow" " You can't run now" "We've tamed the crazy !" "We've tamed the crazy !" "Doctor: this girl is very sick, it's very serious !" " We must operate immediately !" " Quick, Doctor !" " I must see" " No, you shouldn't say "must"" "Where does it hurt, my dear ?" "I am in command here." "I'm the doctor and you're the nurse." "You must obey me." "Where does it hurt, my dear ?" " Here and here" " We must operate !" " But first ?" " Here !" " Injection !" "Injection now." "The panties, nurse !" "It's alight ?" "And just like a cigarette" "I want to try!" "Of course." "It tastes good." "Yes, but be a friend and don't speak of it" " With you I'm happy !" " We can smoke more when Father works" "Women are spies" "So you must swear you'll tell no-one I'm the centre of the world" " I am not a spy" " Ok, I guess you have to grow more" "Like these plants grow, we grow too" " And you want to grow ?" " I do !" "These leaves are potent." "If we smoke more, we'll get sick" "I heard smoking gives you tuberculosis or coughing or something like that" "Coughing and tuberculosis are the same" "Mother says if you get tuberculosis, you are sent to the asylum where you die." "Aren't you scared ?" "What does it matter, ... my mother is gone, my father is dying so what if I end up in an asylum ..." "I'll come too, so we'll be together" "Basco!" "Basco!" " Basco!" " Basco!" " Basco!" " Basco!" "Run, Ju !" "Run !" "Excuse me !" "So this is the famous cousin ?" " Yes !" " Pretty !" "Looking for the dog ?" "Come, let's go and catch him !" "Basco!" "Have you seen him?" "When I call, he doesn't come" " Basco!" "Basco!" " I can't hear him !" "Wait and see." "Basco!" "Basco!" "Basco !" "Come here!" "Come!" "Basco!" " Hurrah !" " You saw, he came ?" "I hope you came back for me, not for Rodi" " So you're the lost boy ?" " And you're the pretty cousin !" "It's true, you did something wrong, criminal ?" "Yes, I went very wrong with little girls like you ..." "Want to see how?" "Want to see ?" "Ju, run !" "Run, Ju!" "Run !" " Is he your friend ?" " No !" "You saw that negro skin ?" "!" "I want to touch ... but I'm a pure Catholic girl." "He's just a half-breed !" "They're not so bad" "The mother white, the father black" " A child of sin !" " No, just a half-breed" "A child of sin !" "Potato soup, just potatoes, and only a few strips of meat" "This world would happily let us all die of hunger" "The little children suffer so, to have survived a world war but then to eat meat only twice a week" "It's a wonder we don't all get tuberculocis fevers, diseases !" "It's not proper !" "Poor Nene!" "Your father doesn't know where he sent you" " There is no shame in poverty" " But you are a miser !" "You have connections in the city but instead you bring us here, and make us miserable" "The war loaded us with debts" "The wealth of others is of little interest to me" "And I'm not corrupt like others" "Everyone steals." "But you have to be honest ?" "!" " I'm not ashamed" " You should be" "If I had not married you I'd be happy, rich !" "Am I such a beggar ?" "Why so miserable" "Why do you persist in living with this miserable outlook ?" "There's the door, no-one and forces you to stay" "You're free to go." "What if I had 50 million in my pocket ?" "Why do not you leave?" "There's the door, you're free to go !" "No, I'm not going." "No, No !" "But I don't stay for you." "Only for these innocent children" "You must give more housekeeping money to Mother" "Disgraceful demands!" "Wretch !" "Come here !" "Come here, come !" "I will teach you." "Come !" "Wretch !" "I will teach you !" "I will teach you !" "You will respect your Father." "Mother !" "Ju, I know you're awake." "Come here, Ju." "I want to know if your Father ever whips you" "No." "He's not that bad." "It's just that he was in the war" "If he wins the Lottery he'll give us all gifts" " Your mother is a German" " So what ?" " I just know" "I don't want to talk of your father." "Let's talk of Rodi" " He's a half-breed" " I know" "I remember." "I think I saw him once in the city" " He's a bit of a hothead" " And after ?" "What did he say ?" " That you're pretty" " You have a quick memory" " He really said I'm pretty ?" " Yes, he seems to like you" " Why does he like me ?" " Because you're pretty" " And what do you like about me?" " Your mouth!" " Why do you laugh ?" " Hold your breath, and try a kiss" "Do you think Rodi would like to kiss me ?" " You think Rodi would like to touch here" " Yes !" "And here ..." "Harder, do it again" "And will this please Rodi ?" "Many places appeal to Rodi" " But what do you like?" " Bah!" "You like Rodi" "I'm glad he's a half-breed" "He's honest, for a half-breed" " You think he was a spy ?" " Perhaps" " You remember when we ran ?" " Yes" " When I lifted my skirts, and you saw me, rememeber that ?" " Yes" " You looked for so long" " Yes" "Then I pulled down my skirt." "But there was more to see." "I learned a lot !" "Don't wriggle so much" " It was good that Rodi found Basco" " He didn't succeed with us !" "Basco obeys him more than you" "No, Basco knows I'm his master, and is afraid of nothing but me, ... not even Father's riding crop !" "I fear for your father, with that whip" "But if we win the Lotto, it would be very good" "You think Rodi is a delinquent ?" "I don't know." "I'm sleepy now." "Really, you don't know ?" "He said he is an orphan, but has not stolen or killed" "But if he lives at the Villa then he must have murdered !" "Or forced a young girl to ..." "I really don't know" "Perhaps he wants to force me ... but I'm still a child ..." " But then you'll defend me, Ju !" " I'm too small" "You wriggle so much" "But what are you doing?" "I'm enjoying !" " "Enjoy", you know what that means ?" " Getting contentment" "You slober like Basco!" " Pretend your're Rodi, Rodi, Rodi" " Eh, I have to sleep, sleep, sleep..." "Tonight I'm crazy with passion" "Yes, you are crazy." "I think I'm getting out ..." " Wait a moment !" " No, I must go and drink ..." "What a bore" "Nene!" "Nene!" "Bah!" "Nene, who are you spying on ?" "What can you see ?" "Perhaps you could describe what's so interesting ?" "I can see your panties !" "Nothing, I'm coming down" "I can't see any more." "What happened ?" "Perhaps they died ?" "Perhaps" "Anyway, I must visit my tutor now" "No, wait a moment." "If I just move... here" "Nene!" "Nene!" "Nene, are you badly hurt ?" "We must not fall in love" "I will never fall in love" "As long as we have potato fritters and wine, life is bearable" " Eat a potato fritter" " I don't feel like it" " They're crispy" " No, really" "Let's look at this !" "What you have written ?" "I swear this is the last glass today" "Those who smoke, they get TB and then sick" "... and they get put in the asylum" "That's not how to spell asylum" "And those who fall in love, they go too, if it's a bad case" "Myself, Ju, I am not in love, but sometimes it still feels like it" "I was married, but at night he prefered to sleep around then he prefered to go and get killed by the Germans, rather than be with me" "Life is cruel" "Now they say we must change Italy !" "But what can really change ?" "unless we can change ourselves ?" "And we'll all run around the hill before that happens" "The hill ?" "Where is the hill ?" "Just a saying." "Come on, study" "Let's read" "Look at this" "That's it" "Bah." "Has my little clown finished ?" "Faster, children." "Or we'll be late." " You want to go ?" " I've only just got my shoes on" "Come on, let's go ..." "We'll lose our place !" "Onwards." "And upwards" "We're ready ?" "!" "One vote cast wrongly, could deprive us of freedom and plunge us all into an even bleaker misery" "so in these matters we must be wordly as well as spiritual" "It is a secret vote, and my children, this is a fair measure" "Because we always remember, especially now ... our recent time of great peril when nothing was secret and brutes looked over your shoulder while you voted" "And would imprison you if you voted against them." "Choose well !" "Jesus was crucified for defying such brutes." "Choose well !" "For you know the truth in your heart, my dear children that it is up to us to fight the good fight" "For some in our society want to crucify Jesus again" "Who among us wants their daughters to be pressured ... into the horrific practice of "free love" ?" "Or see sons torn from a mother's breast ?" "... and taken to be indoctrinated by communist teachers ?" "Is there any here who wants this ?" "I cannot believe it is so !" "I cannot imagine that this church can hold such brutes!" "But out there, there are Italians who welcome such brutes some even call themselves "Christians" !" "You are citizens of our democracy, but also Christians and so you know how to be saved from the torments of hell" "where you may be burned and whipped for eternity but life can also be made a sort of hell by brutes" "a hell in which your wife and children can be violated" "Remember them, when you vote !" "Remember you are Christians !" "Do you like the boys here ?" "Rodi is the one for me." "It's only him I fancy." " Is there a God ?" " I don't know, Ju" "So why do we have Christmas presents ?" "To please your father" "So why does someone believe ?" "Who knows ?" "You just do, or you don't" " You don't believe ?" " I'm not sure, I wasn't raised that way !" " And when will I decide ?" " Decide when you're bigger" "When I come of age ?" "Careful of the hot tub !" " You have a secret, tell me ?" " If you don't shut up, I'll tell father" " Why?" " Because it's better not to speak of some things ... or God will punish us !" " Even here, now ?" " He sees all, hears all !" " But how ?" " Because he is beautiful and good" " More beautiful than Basco ?" " Even more !" "Hello, Uncle !" "Shh !" "Father's here" "Unless I'm seen, I'm staying here" "But you're crazy." "Father will look for you." "Maybe God will hide me" " I met with Rodi this morning" " When ?" " When you were with the tutor" " So you didn't go to school ?" " I'll went, but then I felt queasy" "Instead of going home, I went to the park" "Just for a walk" " And after a while ..." " You met Rodi ?" " Yes !" " You did this on purpose ?" " No !" " It happened suddenly, out of the blue" " And then ?" " And then ?" "!" " We talked for the first time" " What did you say ?" " A secret, an important thing" " Can you keep a secret ?" " No !" "I'll blurt it out to father, and then he'll whip you" "You'll remember not to tell, because you love me" "Now I'll tell you a secret story" "Rody told me I was beautiful" " But that's not the secret" " No !" " That's not the secret ?" " No !" "I asked:" "do you have a fiancee ?" "One ?" "Many !" "I have all I need" "And all those grammar school girls, in the city" " Half-breeds are randy" " If you're going to make comments, I'll shut up" " Is this the only secret ?" " No, just wait" "Afterwards we walked among the ferns" " I showed you those places" " Yes" "And then ..." " You have never kissed a boy?" " No" " I don't get many kisses" " You are a child" "If you'll kiss me on the mouth, I'll give up all my other girlfriends" " Even the grammar school girls ?" " All !" "I won't see them at all." "I'll just be with you." "As long as I keep getting kisses, that is ..." " On the lips ?" " Yes, but properly" " What did he mean "properly" ?" " With our tongues" "Ah." "That sounds strange" "See you tomorrow?" " You left?" " I had to get back to school" "Tell mother we're both ill, and we'll go to the park together" "Shutup, I'm trying to sleep !" "I don't know." "I like to go there alone" " Even if it's just me ?" " Yes, even then" "But you're crazy ?" "You can't go with me !" "I'll hide." "But let me come too !" " And your tutor ?" " I'll go in the afternoon, and hide" " Don't make a noise" " No, I'll plan my route" " Be careful" " I just want to see" " You like it ?" " Yes" " You want to be my girlfriend ?" " If there are no others" "Oh, but you have to do what I want" " What ?" "!" " What all boyfriends want" "We can't survive only on kisses" " You want to make love with me ?" " I don't know" "Shit !" "Shit !" "It's all shit !" "Father is right." "The world is shit." "Do you think those who live in the Villa come to the cinema ?" "No, because they are and thieves and assassins" "Where is Rodi !" "I haven't seen him for nearly 10 days !" "I know !" "Not seen him at all !" "Not even a trace !" "Shush !" " Those are the bad guys?" " No, they are good" " And the others ?" " Yes, they're all good too" " Because they have won ?" " No, not quite yet" "Everyone in the movies acts like they're winners" "They're American, they won the war after all" "They're the victors now." "Only your mother believes in Italy." " Your turn" " I have 7" " Well !" "I'll raise you 17" " I'm doing well" " Then you raise me 10" " I've got it" " I have a hand full of hearts !" " 3 kings and 2 queens !" "That's right." "So you win ?" " It's a full hand, no ?" " Yes, so you've won" "Such luck, for a little boy !" " I threaten you" " And... so  thunder and gigantic waves threatened the fisherman ..." " He dies?" " No, he ends up in America and makes a fortune" "And his life is happy ?" "... because he forgets his family and they all die of hunger !" "Enough." "Enough !" "Is it possible we could change that stupid story ?" "I've worked all day, and I'm enjoying the radio" "Why must you tell such stories ?" "We die of hunger and hardship, but we must be happy to be entertained ?" "It's a ballet." "Feel some joy !" "The story angers you, because you are like that fisherman" "Even if you became rich we would be left to die of hunger" " "Like the fisherman"!" " All starve." "Me, the children, Nene !" "That's enough !" "Everyone to bed !" "Everyone to bed !" "To bed !" " Your father isn't asleep yet ?" " No, and not soon" "What makes your father so angry ?" "The whip ?" "He whips her, until she sucks him" " What did you say ?" "!" " I have seen them" " Why do you laugh ?" " You are a bold child" " Some things should not be told !" " Did I say something wrong ?" " No, but ..." " They make love ?" " Yes" " I want to do it too" " What ?" "!" " Just the sucking" "You don't know what you're saying ?" " I command you !" "Under the covers !" " Ahi !" "Alright" " You like it ?" " Not too bad !" " What are you doing ?" " What you wanted" " Like ?" " Yes !" "It feels like tickling" " You're still to small" " I'll eat more, and grow lots more ... lots more ..." "but..." "I'd still be too small !" "Tell the truth, Ju." "Have you seen Rodi ?" "Yes." "Sometimes we play poker" " He asks you about me ?" " Yes He... doesn't have other girlfriends" " So why doesn't he see you ?" " I'm afraid" " Afraid of what ?" " He thinks I will bring him trouble ... because he's a half-caste, and you're an Italian ?" "But I would still be his girlfriend." "He could still kiss me." " He gave you a full kiss ?" " Yes" "But there are germs..." "What if he has tuberculosis ..." "I would nurse him, because I have fallen in love" "Was it an accident... that you "fell in love" ?" "The biggest ..." "But... perhaps it's wrong." "But it's beautiful." "Beautiful things are difficult to understand" " But there are also beautiful ugly things" " You understand?" " You see, here ?" " Maybe" " Three aces" " All hearts" " Colour!" " The colour!" " You have learned to play !" " Again ?" " No!" "We agreed that once you learn, we'll stop playing" "We should stick by the rules" " With the men at the Villa, you always win ?" " Always !" " What do you win ?" " What ?" "Just biscuits, caramels, chocolates, books ..." "Sometimes some counterfeit dollars" " Small banknotes like toilet paper?" " Yes, I clean them out" "I have the knack... it's my game" " And then ?" " And then, rings, a watch, a chain ..." " A chain?" " Yes, a chain for Nene" "Hold tight, my little pupil !" " I thought you didn't want to see her" " Why?" "Ah no, I do like her..." "but..." "I'm not sure" " Why ?" "She is still a child, and is afraid" "I'm smaller, but I meet you without fear !" "It's different with you..." " You'll see, in time..." " Why ?" "In the end I will win..." "it's like poker" "You win because you are lucky" "Lucky, with a skin this dark ?" "You don't like your dark skin ?" " Shall we swop ?" " No..." "Yes..." "Only if I could be BIG like you." "That appeals !" "Found it !" "You know where to put it ?" " Did Mother see you ?" " No" "Thank goodness!" "Now you be at one end, me at the other" "Okay !" "Ready?" "Ready?" "Can you hear me?" "Are you ready to speak, Mr Ju ?" "Yes, is that Miss Nene ?" "Yes, I am" "You can tell me anything, dear Miss Nene" " A little story, first ?" " No, I never asked for one" "On the phone you can say anything." "It's private." " Anything ?" " That, and more" "Then hear this, beloved Ju." "Yesterday I went to the park" "To seek Rodi." "He was not there." " And you saw... ?" " I walked around silently, as usual ... and was ready to leave, when suddenly ..." " A slap !" " He rebuked you ?" " He was angry !" "And then ?" "I waited and waited, and you didn't come" "And then ?" "I told him I have always done as he wished and then we went to the Greenhouse, near the Villa" "Why there ?" "That's our special place" "You did not have to go there" "Don't interrrupt, Ju." "Unless I talk to you, I can tell no-one" "But you didn't need to go there" " In a vase he found an old blanket" " I know it!" "He spread it out, and we sat down" "And then ?" "And then he caressed ..." "He said he want to see me, as I was made by God" "Rodi has never seen a naked girl" "He said I have small breasts." "Is that true, Ju ?" "My tutor, she is three times as big!" "I felt so ashamed" "But he said we are an engaged couple, and there should be no shame" "And he took down your panties ?" "No." "Well, maybe ..." "Yes or no ?" "I know you're jealous, Ju." "But I will tell everything." "He opened his trousers" "And then he wanted me to touch" "But I was afraid 'Ju!" "He insisted, and I   but only a little ..." "You were a slut !" "What a slut !" "I was afraid, to have what I most wanted" "We didn't do anything more, Ju." "I swear to you!" "See?" "See how you are ?" "You had better not !" "But we did not make love !" "We were a little..." "It was cold !" "Ready ?" "Ready ?" "Mr Ju, answer me !" "Say something, Ju!" "You said on the telephone I could say anything" "Ju!" "Ju!" "Ju!" "Absolute rest, keep warm, eat lightly" "No heavy food, maybe just a little meat" "Don't worry, doctor." "I'll see he's not disturbed." " You're in no state to give an opinion" "There's no way to put a brave face on malaria !" "In a few days, you'll be as fit as a fiddle." "Goodbye !" "Assholes in the office have given me this !" " Come, I'll see you out." " Goodbye !" " Thank you, doctor" " Do your duty." "Be good." " Hello !" " Good evening !" " Will he die ?" " I think not" "... we are going to win ..." "against that ugly Churchill ..." "Although he sounds half gone already ..." " But I hope not." " Why ?" "You don't see ?" "Mother already thinks of me as an orphan" "Those who die go to a better world" "I... don't know how." "I think you must not be evil." "And maybe it's also for half-breeds" "Oh!" "Bah?" "!" "What's that?" "!" "Away!" "Away!" "Away!" " Can such a handsome man really be a doctor ?" " Yes, dear" "Mother, is it true that Nene's father is already dead ?" "No." "But dying." "Poor Nene." "Without a father or mother." "It tastes of grapes." "It's good." "It stings my tongue" "That's what makes it good" " Your father drinks ?" " Nothing" "You have a beautiful face when you look serious" " And your mother, she drinks ?" " Nothing" "They must be happy" "I am not happy, so I drink" "A little drink, it's good for the digestion !" " So you have a happy family ?" " Yes, quite happy" "And you ?" "You are happy ?" "Yes, but I'd be happier if you were happy" "You know why your tutor is unhappy ?" "No." "Why ?" "Because my husband betrayed to me" "With any woman he could grab" " With the sluts ?" " Especially with them !" " You know why he went with them ?" " No." "Why ?" "He said I was no good at making love" "But no-one ever taught me how." "Understand ?" "My brothers were in the brothel every week" "But you don't know what a brothel is" "Yes." "It's a place of confusion." "You don't spread gossip, about what I tell you ?" "No, I don't tell tales on people" "I was told nothing of sex, understand ?" "When I married, I knew nothing" "I just knew my husband was unhappy" "He said I was uptight" "I knew he went with other women" "But what could I do ?" ""Teach me", I said." ""I can do it like the others"" ""I want a family"." "But he just laughed." "You could teach yourself ?" "You're a teacher" "But look at me." "I'm not that ugly, am I?" "No, you're not ugly !" "If I were big, I would teach you to make love" "1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 0" "1 - 0 2 - 2 2 - 0" "0 - 0 3 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 0" " Did we will the Lotto ?" " Maybe next time" "Not with my luck." "Someone else has won !" "It'll be one of those bastards who stayed home during the war" "And the grand prize is worth 37,284 !" "And the winner is:" "Rossello Camellini" " Do you need anything, Uncle ?" " No" "Come a little closer to Father." " Let's play poker" " No" "Hmm ..." "So what shall we play ?" " Chess ?" " No, poker" "There are some cards and new sweets, in that tin in the wardrobe" "We can play with those" "We'll use all the cards, except the Joker" "Teresina has eaten some" "Teresina ?" "Show" "Any good ?" " A King !" " But I have the Ace !" "I win !" " 5 caramels - 5 caramels" "You bet" "Three Queens !" "Four 10s !" "Excellent !" "You're lucky." "It'll serve you well in life !" "So sure I had all the right cards." "I had them all." "Crazy cards." "Jesus, Jesus." "I have no luck" "It's not luck." "Your son is intelligent" "That's right, smoke." "You know it's not good for you" "Be quiet." "I need a smoke to think" "Ok, ok." "Smoke then." "I will." "I only had 10 caramels" "We said that when the sweets ended, the game ended" "You don't trust your Father's word?" "He doesn't trust his Father's word" "So." "What do you see ?" "Colour" "Colour, Colour, Colour." "I don't believe it." "Like another caramel ?" "Caramel?" "Caramel, eh?" "!" "But I am a sick man !" "Do you want me to rot in bed forever ?" "!" "Do you want to see me dead ?" "You're just angry because you lost to your son" "It's the fever." "Come, take my temperature, I feel sick" "The fever is returning !" "I have the chills." "I feel bad, so bad !" " Are you ashamed ?" " Yes !" " You want me to come ?" " No, I'll sleep" "Good night" "Out." "I need to dress" "Can't I watch ?" "Are you ashamed ?" "I'm not ashamed." "But go anyway." "Ju!" " Is that you ?" " No, just a ghost" " Shoo !" "I'm dressing !" " I've already seen everything !" " What have you seen ?" " Everything !" "Down below !" "Ok, come in." "But quietly." "Help !" "Bah!" " What this ?" " A belt" " A belt for down below ?" " Yes" " Who gave it to you ?" " Rodi" "But belts go on the outside !" "Can I feel all of it ?" "See it ?" "Alright ... but say nothing about this" " You are owned, down below ?" " I did it for Rodi" "He is my master and I am his slave" " Like Basco and me" " You don't understand !" " Can't you take it off ?" " It was put there by Rodi" "But you'll still let me see ?" "Ahi!" "Not there." "That's wrong." "Slowly." " Why can't you take it off ?" " It was give to me by Rodi" "So I am his alone, making love only with him" " Did you make love ?" " Not yet, but I burn to." "Soon" "Basco, you big earwig !" "What a shock !" "I don't want you to be Rodi's slave" "But if you like being a slave, you can be mine too" "It is Rodi I must marry !" "Behold !" "Do you have the identity cards ?" "Of course." "We can't vote without them." "Are you ready ?" "Look at us, we're five minutes early" " Ju is not coming ?" " No, Father" "He's staying with Nene." " Just a little prick with the needle" " Yes" "We just need a drop of blood." "Understand ?" "I'm not dumb." "Ok, prick me." " Hurt ?" " Oh, no." " Hurt ?" " No !" "Rodi and Nene I pronounce you man and wife ... never to be seperated, all your lives" " Mother, may I go and play ?" " Yes, go" "Look it's my barber !" "Let's go and chat." "Come, come !" "Up it comes ..." " Fancy a drink ?" " But it's not yet 5 o'clock" "I have over 25 fine wines, and in big jars !" "Everything is in place" " Or nearly so ..." " For what" "What ?" "You haven't heard about the festival ?" " What festival ?" " The festival of victory !" "Today, we vote." "So no-one drinks." "But tonight !" "We have a band, music." "Would you like to come ?" " What do you think ?" " Yes, for a short time" " For a short time" " That's great !" "If we can't celebrate free elections, what can we celebrate ?" "Italy will get better, I tell you !" " Ah, another" "On it goes ... 28!" " You just voted, yes ?" " ... and it's a secret vote !" "Well... bah!" "Bring the children." "We have lemonade too." "It's down on the river, the 12th jetty over" "And is the wine white..." "or red ?" "What a question !" "It's red !" "And thanks !" "Look at that girl dancing !" "It all begins, tonight, eh ?" " Keep your spirits up !" "We're on our way !" "4 litres each, including the children !" "Hey, Baffo !" "Didn't you bring a few priests ?" "Their asses are so tight with fear, They couldn't shit a needle !" "They don't know they've lost." "They're all still praying." "Father, can we go and play ?" " Yes, of course Where will you be, over there ?" " Off you go then" " Yes !" " Ju !" " Ju !" "But keep an eye on where we are !" "Can I suggest some music ?" " When I mount the stage, you play..." " The Communist anthem" "Exactly !" "And you know how I like it ?" " Melodic, Baffo" " Yes, like that" "I have my speech ready." "I'll be onstage after the results" "Hey Baffo, sings us something !" "No bumping !" "The wine goes to my head !" " They dance well" " Yes, they dance well" "But how long will we be here ?" " Come, how did you vote ?" "How did you vote ?" " Don't insist" " Look me in the eyes !" " You always want to joke !" "You don't convince me" " The vote is secret." " I know ..." "But, who cares." "One more vote is not important now." "Look !" "I prepared a fine speech !" " A speech ?" " Just my simple words, but heartfelt" "Hey, little one, you have a good time ?" " Have some promised wine !" " Oh no, please" " Just a sip !" " But it was promised" "It's good." "Just grape juice, really" " Drink !" " Sip it, sip it !" "With those missing teeth   it goes down fast !" "Where are you off to, Nene !" "Nene !" " Nene!" " Ju!" " Hello Ju." "Do you have kiss for your tutor ?" " I can't" "Teacher !" "You are the most beautiful one at the Festival" " Where shall we live ?" " What shall we do ?" " I know" "In a great city, far away" "Nene !" "Where only Rodi and Nene live" "We do not need to be anyone's children ... just live in a big city, all alone" "Forever" "You know ?" "Just beautiful, and alone, and normal" "See that ?" "What a shot !" " I don't see Ju !" " He'll be somewhere" "And I have not seen Nene in over half an hour" "Oh bah!" "No need to worry." "I'll go and look around." "They grow too big" "Nene!" "Nene!" "Nene!" "Are you up there, Nene ?" "Baffo !" "I just heard the results on the radio" "And ?" "We crushed them all ?" "The Democrats have taken almost half of the vote" " And us ?" " Nothing much." "It's bad !" "Baffo!" "What's wrong ?" "!" "Baffo, we won ?" "How's it going, Baffo !" "?" "Companions, let us rally for the final fight" "A red flower is born from our hearts" "We will labour no more, under the earth" "we break our chains, to lead those who were without hope" "we will fight, even until the end" "until Internationalism unites the human race" "And with banners blazing in all our glory" "We will strike the chains and change the old ways" "Bringing freedom and ..." "My friends !" "This is a day that none of us will forget" "And you know why?" "Because five years ago, all this was just a far off dream" "We are all together now." "We are no longer in hiding." "We're really here !" "Today, Italy voted." "And it has elected... shit." "But I must say, I thank you all for you hard work" "It's just that way, sometimes, in politics" "But we are here." "We can drink wine, and dance" "Stay happy, and stick to our politics" "We must pull together, have meetings more often" "Any time you want !" "In the four years to this election, our party tripled in size" "In another four years, we'll be back, even bigger !" "But just now, I feel like jumping in the lake." "I had written a speech, but ..." "I cannot give it ..." "And what is this ?" "What ?" "Rutting like beasts !" "No !" "Stop !" "And you ?" "What are you doing ?" " Let go ?" " What are you after ?" "!" " Let go ?" "With my children ?" "!" "What are you doing ?" " Come here !" "Come here !" " No!" " No!" " Let go !" "You randy pig !" " Stop !" "Stop !" " No!" "Rodi !" "No, don't run away !" "Rodi!" "Rodi!" "Rodi, stay and help me !" "No!" " Enough !" "Why ?" "Why are women like this ?" "Why... my family ?" "Tell me why !" " I said why ?" "!" "Why ?" "!" "Why ?" "!" " No !" " Why ?" "!" " No !" "Nene !" "Nene, don't cry." "It's me." "Rodi will flee to the city." "I'll be left alone now." "I did not want to grow up !" "I didn't want to hurt anyone !" "Ju, I feel so ashamed ..." " Why was he so angry ?" " Because he caught us making love" " And so what ?" " You don't understand !" "Nene, I will make you happy again" "But I am not a child any more." "Understand ?" "Ju!" "I do not want to grow!" "I do not want to grow!" "I do not want to grow!" "I do not want to grow!" "Yu !" "It's just that way."