"SICILY WAS STILL UNDER BOURBON DOMAIN, WHICH WENT AGAINST" "THE PEOPLE'S GROWING HATRED FOR REGIMENTS OF FOREIGN MERCENARIES" "PALERMO'S REVOLT WAS STOPPED WITH BLOODSHED, BUT DESTRUCTION" "AND MASSACRE ONLY INCREASED HATRED OF THE 'PICCIOTTI'." "THE REBEL GANGS WERE HIDDEN IN THE HILLS," "WAITING FOR THEIR LIBERATOR, GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI." "Father Costanzo is here." "Bless us, Father." "Well, Father Costanzo?" "Another Swiss regiment in Palermo, Calataregio was burned." "And without calling for help because they remove the bells' clappers." "Relax, Trau." "Be patient a bit more because Garibaldi is coming to Sicily." " Praise the Lord!" " I talked to Rosolino Pilo." "One of you must reach Colonel Carini in Genoa and give precious information to the general." "Today we have to row 8 miles to sea in front of Sant'Anna and wait for the postal service for Civitavecchia." " Look for Carmeniddu." " Where is he?" " There!" " Where is Carmeniddu?" " There." "Goodmorning, little sister." " You want to kill me?" " You're Totuzzo!" "Did Father Costanzo come?" " Yes." "Dad wants you." " What's going on?" "Nothing." "We got back from Piana and Dad wants Carmeniddu." "Go with Father Costanzo and get precise instructions." "Give it to me." "Take the cape." " Bless us, Father." " Bless us, Father." "You want me to be ashamed of giving you my daughter as a wife?" "You gave me your daughter 10 days ago..." "You are young, and have time!" "Sicily has no more time!" "Go say hello to Gesuzza." "Go on!" "Excuse me, Father." "Carmeniddu!" "I'll be back soon, Gesuzza." "I have to go to town!" "Carmeniddu!" "Carmeniddu!" "Gesuzza!" "Gesuzza!" "Repeat how you will be identified." " You'll introduce yourself saying?" " "I think I know your mother."" " He'll lower his eyes and then?" " "I think I know your father."" "He will raise his eyes to the sky." "Only then you'll say who you are." " Names." " At Civitavecchia, Caffe' della Marina, Giuseppe Ricci..." "Carmeniddu, many soldiers are coming to town!" "Get the horse and take him to the square!" "Hey!" "Fire!" "You run over there." "I'll take care of Totuzzo." "Go on, young man." "Listen... we have to get there!" "You'll see Garibaldi before us!" "Bless me, Father." "Company, halt!" "Totuzzo!" "Totuzzo!" "Totuzzo." " They killed Totuzzo!" " They killed him!" " My son!" "My son!" " They killed him!" "Keep back!" " Did soldiers come to town?" " Yes!" "A company of soldiers just arrived." " Where are you going, Carmeniddu?" " Genoa... to Garibaldi." " Where?" " To Genoa... by sea." "By sea?" "How many days will you be away?" "Five?" "..." "Six?" " Ten?" " Yes, ten!" "But night and day you will feel my embrace around you." "I'm coming back with Garibaldi!" "Back up!" "Back up!" "Back up!" "Back up!" "Letters in code were found on your table coming from Genoa." "The captain will not arrest you if you are willing to transcribe the contents." "Goodbye, son." "Come on!" "Hurry, picciotti!" "Hurry with those rifles!" "Ready with the rifles!" "Lay down your arms or we'll open fire!" "March!" "Come on, hurry!" "Good!" "Feel better?" "Is the head still in its place?" "Pierre, some rum!" "So... which shipwreck were you saved from?" "Drink." "I asked you what shipwreck you came..." "He won't answer?" "He understands!" "I don't see any reason why he should stay." "Send him away!" "Go away." "You understand?" "Go away!" "Translate." "He said to go away!" "Hey!" "Where are we?" "Wake up, friend!" "We're in Civitavecchia!" "Order to lock up the prisoners in church because there is no other place to lock them up." "Insist so that the father talks." "Father, what should I answer the officer?" "The captain wants you to know your husband was arrested while he was trying to escape to Palermo." "But he won't be hurt if you tell us where he was going." "If nobody speaks before tomorrow, the captain will order a mass shooting." "If I were the Pope, I wouldn't feel very serene." " There're over 60,000 French here." " There aren't even 40,000." "With the last Zouaves landing, 60,000, without counting the army of the king of Naples." "He is busy in Sicily." "If I were the king of Naples, with 150 thousand men," "I'd like to have a good time with these petty rebels." "In fact, we're having fun." "A letter was taken from a courier from Genoa directed to the National Society." "In Monsignor Governor's office," "I secretly copied a part." "Do you have it here?" " Yes." " Let me see." " Slowly!" " The important part comes later." ""There are mothers who saw their young ones torn from their bosoms their limbs, crushed by feet." "Virgins sacrificed to a frenzied lust, in churches and on contaminated altars, and then put out..."" "What did you want, young man?" " I think I know your mother." " What did you say?" " I think I know your mother." " Go away!" " What do you want?" " I think I know your mother." "I think I know your father." " I am Carmelo Trau." " Giuseppe Ricci, wait for me here." " This is how things stand." " How?" " This is Italy." " Yes." "King Vittorio had this and this before." " And Nice and Savoy?" " We're not dealing with them now." "Last year he got this." "Recently this was annexed." " Now he's going through Tuscany." " We know that." " What will happen, is clear." " What is that?" "The Piedmont fleet turns here and blocks the Austrians in Venice." "The army descends from here and attacks the Pope..." "Garibaldi takes Naples and heads towards Rome to meet Vittorio." "Be quiet!" "Be here at 6." "You will go to the train with my brother's carriage." "Vittorio Emanuele... a good man!" "Pleasant!" "Courageous, loyal!" "He will be a good President of the Republic." " Does the President of the Republic command everyone?" " Yes." " Then he's a king." " No." "A king is something else!" "I received this for having fought for the Roman Republic." "It must be a Republic!" "Mazzini, and that's it!" "The Pope at the head of the Italian Confederation." "Is His Holiness, the spiritual head of the Italians?" "Why shouldn't he be the political head, too?" "You are young, enthusiastic, intelligent." "But maybe in Sicily you couldn't form a political conscience." "In this confusion of ideas, only Gioberti spoke like an Italian and like a Christian." "And Gioberti agrees with Garibaldi?" "Don't doubt it." "See you soon!" "Goodbye!" "Goodbye!" " Go to the front." "We're all there!" " I'm coming!" "Excuse me, boys!" "Hurrah for the hussars of Piacenza!" "Thank you!" "Look who's here!" "Nino!" " You're coming to Genoa too?" " Sure." "With this enthusiasm!" "You should've seen the welcome they gave our king in Florence!" "It was unforgettable!" "Everyone at the windows, at the doors!" " Only the priests..." " Be quiet!" "Hurrah!" "Hurrah!" "And we should all be brothers!" " Yes, this is not indiscretion." " Vittorio my foot!" "I don't know what you think, but we just got rid of Leopold II and we want another "Il"!" "Why is his name Vittorio?" "As a man, hats off," " but it is not a good reason." " Of course, of course." "I repeat, I don't know how you feel, but I am for autonomy." "Yes, yes!" "Piedmont by itself, Naples by itself," "Tuscany by itself." "All brothers, all Italians, but each in his own home." "Certainly if an enemy peers out, if a Pope tries to interfere, we are all united..." "and the fight begins!" "But without these brand new fringed hussars." "Like this... with hands, feet, clubs, with whatever one finds." "You share Garibaldi's feeling?" "I take my hat off to Garibaldi, my young man," " but I share my own feeling." " Because Gioberti says..." "Gioberti!" "The Pope's servant!" "Come on!" "Hey, you aren't offended, are you?" "Listen..." "Have them get up immediately." "His Majesty the king, in his sovereign clemency, ordered suspension of the firing squad." "The captain asks you to sign a letter which expresses your unlimited recognition and devotion to His Majesty the king, and your repentance for following the outrageous instigation of the accomplices" " of the scoundrel Giuseppe Garibaldi." " No!" "Who said "no"?" "You're not answering?" "The captain, in Palermo, will request reinstatement of the firing squad." "But we are not in Palermo!" "We are in Genoa here!" "Cavour doesn't have the courage to take on the responsibility!" " Cavour signs the decrees!" " Even more." "He advises, proposes!" "When the king hears the head of government saying he refuses Garibaldi for various reasons..." "Well, the king does not send officers," "Massimo D'Azeglio forbids rifles to leave Milan." "Mazzini acts as an intransigent Republican..." "Garibaldi gets irritated, sends us to hell and abandons the enterprise." "Where is Colonel Carini?" "Excuse me, I come from Sicily." "I must talk urgently to the Colonel." "He is at the Stock Market club, withdrawing the quotas for boarding of the expedition." "A ship loaded with..." "loaded..." "loaded with..." "loaded with..." "Loaded with... with..."G"!" "Pledge!" "Pledge!" "Clelia, my heavens!" ""G"!" "You could have said "Garibaldini"!" "Garibaldini?" "A ship loaded with Garibaldini is so ridiculous that Miss Clelia couldn't have thought of it." "The colonel is at the end of the hallway on the right." "These Sicilians invaded Genoa!" "Soon the people of Genoa will invade Sicily!" " Colonel!" " I'm glad they sent you." "Come." "Well?" "Is it true they're not giving rifles to Garibaldi, and he's not leaving?" "Don't listen to what you hear." "Wait and see what is done." "The general is waiting for news that you bring from Sicily and the money from the Italians and the foreign liberals that I am gathering." " Write ten thousand." " Ten thousand?" "With this, we will be the favorite of the National Society which undoubtedly will prefer us for the supply of arms." "We will finally sell what is left of the Marseilles Arsenal." " And in Palermo?" " Three regiments of Neapolitans, two regiments of Swiss, one regiment of cavalry, and four squads of gunners, but others are arriving." "How long can you resist?" "Father Costanzo says if Garibaldi doesn't leave right away, they'll all be dead when we get there." " How many picciotti are involved?" " All those I know." "Can they gather in one week?" "Father Costanzo says 2 days after Garibaldi comes to Sicily, the leaders will send the picciotti who are anxious to dump all the king's soldiers in the sea." " Did Rosolino Pilo come?" " Yes, sir." "We'll go back home in a few days!" "To Sicily, picciotto!" "Come with me." " What is it?" " Colonel Carini." " At the end of the hallway." "No." "I'm going out again." "Here, Colonel." "Very generous!" "It is a pleasant duty towards this beautiful Italy that hosts me." "The exiled Sicilian and the National Society are particularly grateful to you." "Your noble disinterest is witness once again of the sincere and traditional friendship between our countries." " What is it?" " Garibaldi isn't going to Sicily." "What?" "He wrote to the Rubattino company asking to board for Caprera." "Crispi sent us to advise all leaders." "Excuse me." "You said Garibaldi is not leaving?" "No..." "We'll see." "Meanwhile, you wait for me at the Society." "There is merriment in the Piedmont houses." "They are celebrating Garibaldi's departure for Caprera." "These Piedmont brothers sing well." "With their women... peaceful homes... assured bread." "Garibaldi isn't taking us to Sicily anymore." "So we won't go back to Sicily again." "Those Bourbon sons of bitches are killing us, burning us, killing down south." "And these Piedmont brothers sing that Italy has awakened!" "Open!" " Now the good part comes." " We'll dance now!" "What is going on?" "We are Sicilian!" " Is this the time to sing?" " Yes!" "Now that the news has come!" "Picciotti!" "Garibaldi has decided to come to Sicily!" " Did he decide, Carini?" " Yes, a half hour ago." " We just found out!" " Now let's stop, boys!" "This is a happy moment!" "It is the moment of Italy's union!" " Where are we going, picciotto?" " To Sicily, to our home!" " You are so handsome, my son." " Don't cry, Mom." " My companions are here." " No, no." "Look." "I bought you something to eat tonight... and an egg for tomorrow." "Remember it." "I'm taking something of you with me." "Goodbye, Mom." "If that saintly woman of your mother was here..." " You are bastards!" " You're coming to Sicily too?" " Yes." " I'm stupid." "I thought you were against Vittorio." "Right." "I thought so too." " Garibaldi!" " Garibaldi?" " Pleasant chap!" " Which is he?" " The one coming out alone from Villa Spinola!" "Go there." "Oh!" "You!" "Yes." "You know Garibaldi's motto is," ""Italy and Vittorio Emanuele"?" "But..." "I'd think about it a bit now." "No!" "Remember on the train, for having trought too much, we let those Germans get our seats." "Believe me." "The time for arguing is over." "The time to act has come!" "He taught us that!" "See him?" "He said the Garibaldini wouldn't have left, and now he is there enjoying the spectacle." " Shall we go?" " Yes!" "How many are you?" "You should be at least eight!" "Can't you get in by yourself?" "Company, line up!" "Forward, march!" "My child, Garibaldi is here!" "My son!" "My son!" " What is going on?" " Garibaldi is here!" "The soldiers got scared and left!" "Open the doors." "Garibaldi is here!" "Here!" "You too." "Run!" "Take this!" "Now Father Costanzo will talk to you!" "My children!" "God had mercy on us!" "The day of our freedom in Christ may be near!" "Garibaldi is marching on Salemi!" "Italian soldiers landed in Marsala yesterday!" "With the Italian soldiers, the great Sicilian patriots returned!" "La Masa, Carini, Crispi, everyone!" "Our exiled brothers!" "They're about 4,000." "They're going to Salemi through Alcamo." "We will cut through the San Giuseppe Jato caves." "CONSIDERING THAT IN WAR IT IS NECESSARY THAT CIVILIAN AND" "MILITARY POWERS BE CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF ONE MAN," "I TAKE OVER, DICTATORSHIP OF SICILY IN THE NAME," "OF VITTORIO EMANUELE KING OF ITALY." "GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI" "Hey!" "Stop!" "Hey!" "I said stop!" "Boy, were you trying to run away?" "There, behind those mountains, is my wife." "Oh!" "Good to know." "You're right." "These things don't shoot." "Tomorrow morning I'll be back." "You've my word of honor." " Are you kidding?" " I haven't seen her in a month." "Lucky you." "You haven't seen her in a month." "Who knows how many months will go by before I see mine, and my children." "They are beyond those other mountains." "Then there's the plain, the sea, another plain, another mountain." "Before dawn, I'll be here, my word of honor." "You mean in one night you'll walk there and back?" "I can find a horse here whenever I want." "Where are your companions?" "There." "If the Bourbons attack tonight, only the Piedmont people should be killed for Sicily?" " Were you running away?" " Never." " Well?" "I wanted to see my wife." "Our general will never see his wife again." "And he didn't lose her to defend his home, but to defend the home of his brothers." "His country, son." "Come with me." "By behaving like this, you didn't just risk your life." "What about the life of your companions down there?" "Give him the rifle." "Go!" "You're not moving from here." "Gesuzza!" "Gesuzza!" "Carmeniddu!" "Carmeniddu!" "Gesuzza!" " Gesuzza!" " Carmeniddu!" "Sentry, alert!" "Sentry, alert!" "I am alert." "Alert, sentry!" "I am alert!" "Alert, sentry!" " Carmeniddu." " My Gesuzza." "Look how clear it is." "Home is down there, Carmeniddu." "If you don't fight, Garibaldi won't win?" " Oh, come on!" " So?" "Let's go, Carmeli'." "There are no more soldiers in town." "If the Bourbons attack us tonight, only the Piedmont men should get killed for Sicily?" "That, never, Carmeli'." "Did you know that General Garibaldi's wife died to defend her brothers' house." "That is, her country?" "Poor man." "You must leave me for a few days because I want to stay with you my whole life." "It's impossible if we don't push the king's soldiers into the sea." "Right, sweetheart?" "Right, Carmeli'." "I won't leave you again." "I am going to war with you." " I am so happy, Carmeli'." " You are beautiful!" "Vlth company, halt!" "I'll prepare another one for you." "Gesuzza, Santa is sick." "Come to her!" " Santa?" "Where is she?" " Come." " Men, the enemy is facing us!" " Where?" "Beyond the hills, in Calatafimi!" " Where is Calatafimi?" " There!" " Dad!" " From now on, stay close to me." " How many are there?" " About 4,000." "It'll be great fun!" "11 years ago, in Velletri, Garibaldi... we were a fistful... had us see the backs of 30,000 men running..." " these Neapolitan priests!" " Priests?" "Didn't they come to defend the Pope?" "Do you have your ammunition?" "And you?" "Everyone?" "The Genoa Carabinieri, at the head." "Ready to attack!" "Forward, Mosto company." "After that, Carini battalion." "8th to the right, 9th to the left, 5th and 6th to the center." "Half in surround and half forward." "Come on, Genoa!" "Hurry!" "Stay low!" "Come on!" "Stay low!" "Orders from the general to bring the first group forward." "Understand?" "Orders from the general." " Those there will see it too!" " The general sent him on purpose." "He hopes they realize they are Italians too." " Is that the Italian flag?" " Yes." "How lovely!" " First rows have orders to shoot!" " No!" "General's orders." "Italians are great!" "They run after the first shots." "No, it's a manoeuvre." "They're trying to bring us towards the cannons." "They hit two of the Bergamo squad." "Let's go, picciotti!" "Third company, long live Italy!" "Third company!" "Leave me alone." "I want to go with them!" "Father!" "Father!" "Do you see the priests?" "Forward!" "Long live Italy!" "They attacked the 4th terrace." "The major requests the cavalry from the general to charge the enemy from behind." "Impossible." "The cavalry stays in its strategic position protecting the retreat." "Bixio went to ask the general to retreat." " Boys, the general!" " The general!" "Come on, boys!" "Come on, boys!" "Come on." "One last effort!" "Then it will be over!" "We either make Italy here or we die!" "3rd company!" " 5th company!" " 5th company!" "Carmeniddu!" "Mom!" "Stay here, Mom." "Don't leave, Mom." " Carmeniddu!" " My Gesuzza!" "Lovely Gesuzza!" "Garibaldi said we made Italy!" "Garibaldi said we made Italy!" "We made Italy, Gesuzza!"