All language subtitles for Notte.italiana.1987_eng

ITALIAN NIGHT

Sir, what about our meeting...

- I'm not defending you anymore.
- What? The hearing is tomorrow!

You didn't give any handouts,
did you?

Sure. That's why I didn't get
the contract.

You were paid to lose!

How do you know?

To defend you I lost
an important case

and now even the game.

You won't spread that around,
will you?

Who would care about it?

Who is it?

Checco...

Where did you spring from?
You scared me.

From the service entrance,
like a kid.

I'm delighted to see you.
- Me too.

- What are you doing?
- I'm fixing the boiler.

Are you crazy?

I enjoy being a handyman...

Great watch dog!

Yesterday I saw Melandri.

Does he still alive?
- Now he's Councillor of Transport.

He is a good man.
Maybe he is strange...

He needs a lawyer.
I have mentioned you.

It's a good job.
- Thank you.

You'll have to go to the Po Delta.

There it is the catch!

You speak with Melandri
and then you decide.

I bet you'll accept.

If you win,
I'll invite you to eat snails.

- Don't you find them disgusting?
- Exactly.

- What if I don't get it?
- Chicken with almonds.

- Oh...
- Good morning, Councillor.

Please, Morsiani.

Do you find the seats comfortable
on this bus?

A little hard.

Ah, they're back...

No, don't watch them,
they work at the registry office.

It's a month now they haven't used
this route.

One day I heard them complaining
about the service.

As soon as I could
I increased the frequency.

And now they are back again.
I'm happy.

Councillor,
do you know that the Po Delta

is going to become
a huge National Park...

I have a relative down there,
Vittorio Romanin...

Owns a large portion
of the land to be expropriated.

Here are the documents.

Vittorio is 60 years old. He went
crazy last year for Christmas.

As guardian,
I have been designated.

Can you expropriate on my account?

Who is she?

The name and address are
on the back of the photo.

In the early 70's she was a member
of the party.

She's lively, passionate
and intelligent.

She was one of the first
to abandon us.

Now she lives on Delta,
where you're going.

And so?

Keep an eye on her.
Tell me what she does.

It's an embarrassing request.

I assure you that I have
no personal interest in the matter.

Come on, let me see it.
- No, I told you.

I'm not going to introduce her
to someone like you.

- She's nice though.
- Yes, she's nice, she's nice.

So, aren't you going to eat
this chicken?

Okay.

I lost the bet. It's disgusting...

You'll have fun following her.

Especially for someone as nosey
as you.

Can you imagine me spying
on people?

Did you accept the work.

I accepted to do the estimate.

And about the girl, I'll make
something up to tell Melandri.

You're not a great liar.

You see that vase there?

Yes.

Want to bet I'll get it
at first strike?

Try!

Look if you miss we'll order
a portion of chicken with nuts.

And if I win...

Go!

What are you looking for?

The frog that I had here
has got away.

It's probably ended up in water...
Do you like frogs?

Yes, I like all creatures.

Bravo. What's your name?

- Enzo, and you?
- Otello.

Let's go, Enzo.

Wait, I lost my frog.

Come on, you'll find another one.

Maybe that was an important one.

Oh yes, that is really important.

I give a hand to your brother.

Enzo is my son.

- Sorry, you're so young.
- Nothing. Come on...

And the frog?

- Good evening.
- Good evening. Problems?

I'm out of gas.
The gauge is broken.

Is it your pump?
- Yes, it's mine.

I know I'm disturbing you,
you've already closed.

Sure, the only pump in the area.

I have to go to Ca'Maner.
ls it far?

Hello.

Anybody here?

- Good evening.
- Good evening.

- Are you the lawyer?
- Yes.

I was in the basement...

I wasn't expecting you anymore.

- Did you have a good trip?
- Well... I'm a bit tired.

Rest then...

Do you like our place?

I hate the country, madam.

The only lovely thing I've seen
today was a girl,

on the ferry, with a Lambretta.
- Daria.

- Daria...
- Do you know her?

No, no. She's got a child as well.

Enzo!

She's okay...

She is a bit strange...

So...

What do you mean by strange?

A bit free...

Free and easy.

She only does what she wishes...
She's stubborn.

Is she with someone?

- Are you interested?
- No, just for knowing.

This is the key for the room
but the lock is broken.

And I haven't money
to get it repaired.

You don't know how much it costs...

Good night.

Good night.

- Earthquake! Earthquake!
- What earthquake?

What's happened?

Where is the owner Romanin?

Go there, until the sea...

The park will take up
almost all of it.

Only those houses down
there will be kept out.

Sabbioneta,

and some acres
around that old cement factory.

Can you see that chimney?

- And what is that?
- It's a chicken factory.

It's a strange construction.

It was a tobacco factory.
lt was reconstructed internally.

You can't build
on any of these areas.

Is it Romanin's property?

No, Tornova's:
"The best chickens and eggs".

How?

Alvise Tornova.
He has 3 chicken factories.

Most of the locals work here.

- I'm alone against everyone.
- Why?

I hate chicken.

The tavern lady
cooks nothing but that.

- It seems all derelict...
- What did you expect?

The wells were closed 20 years ago.

In time to avoid
an ecological disaster.

Really?

Yes, because the over use
of the wells was crazy.

The ground sank little by little
and...

Technically:
"Earthquake caused by breaks".

Until 1960 anyone could
extract gas.

These pipelines belong
to your customer.

Did you begin to investigate
on Romanin's property?

No, I will over the next few days.

Why don't we work together?

That way it will be easier.

I prefer to do the estimate myself.

And assume another surveyor.

I understand... you're very fussy.

Thank you.

Politeness doesn't cost anything.

Are you Romanin's lawyer?

Yes.

I'm Alvise Tornova.

"The best chickens and eggs".

I need to speak to you.
Do you have a minute?

I'd build another chicken factory
in that area.

I already have 4, you know?

What can I do for you?

You convince Romanin, would you?

I made him an offer,
he shot at me.

- Maybe the offer was too low?
- No. He's just crazy.

You can drive 3 km in neutral
from here...

A big saving.

I don't throw anything away.

I'm greedy.
I'm greedy because I love freedom.

An extra penny in your pocket
is an extra penny of freedom.

I made my chicken factory,
lira on lira, from nothing.

When the wells were closed
the people here became desperate.

Not me though, at work everyday,
never a holiday.

Never complaining.

Look...

I'll be frank, sir.
We'll save time.

Convince that mad man
to sell that land

and I will reward you
appropriately.

Technically you could call it
"professsional infedelity".

Call it what you want,
for me it's a favour well paid.

L'll Pay"-

I can't offer more.
- I can't accept.

You from the city
know all about it.

And you, a lawyer, imagine...

You'll make me an offer.

Look, forget it.

I don't understand...
Don't tell me you're honest.

I'll try, Mr Tornova. Goodbye.

Don't you like chicken?

Yes. It's delicious.
It's just that I'm not hungry.

Bread and butter you'll eat though.

It reminds me of being a child.

Short trousers, cold legs,

bread, butter and sugar,
they are part of my roots.

- You work for Melandri, huh?
- How do you know?

I looked through the papers
in your room.

Did you?
Did you know him?

Good evening.
Do you have a new guest here?

Treat him well, madam.
ls the food good, sir?

Mr Gabor, I've already told you
to not annoy the customers.

Am I annoying you, sir?

The dog's throat doesn't dirty
the clear river.

You better not give anything
to him.

Thank you, thank you,
just a minute, just a minute...

Thank you kind man from the bottom
of my heart, thank you, thank you.

Mr Gabor, would you like to take
this portion of chicken?

Chicken? Meat for ladies.

A hungry man would jump
on a hot pan.

Shall we give it to him?

Do what you want,
it's you who is paying.

Thank you, sir.
Goodbye and thank you.

I'm turning it off...

Can I offer you some?

Sure.

What is this?
- Grappa. I make it myself.

I see. They sell swindles in her.

A drop, uh...

Just a drop,
because I want to go and sleep,

I'm a bit tired.
- Cheer up! - Cheer up!

Austin Healey, 6 cylinders...
Compression 9 - 1.

Valves in the head...

2 carburetors... SU.

Okay?

200 Km an hour
with your eyes closed.

A jewel.

Each model was an artisan's work.

This was old iron,

but I put it back together
with my own hands.

Tomorrow I'll test it.

What are you doing here?

I'm sorry, I thought only ltalo
lived here.

You didn't know.

Did my father let you in?

Oh, because ltalo is...
Yes, it was him.

Yes, he let me in,
then he fell asleep...

All right, you can go now.

Do you need help
to put him to bed?

I'll manage it myself.

Any help at all?

Go out.

Drum breaks bi-metallic.
Mechanic, once upon a time.

Why did you go?
- You were sleeping.

Yes, but it's enough to close
my eyes for 5 minutes to recharge.

Come on, let's go fish eels.

What are you missing?

The battery.

Gabor lives there.

Ah, my friend.

I'm looking for something.

The life of man
is to look for something...

The important thing though
is find it.

Even at a high price?

Let's say 20,000?

30,000 is better.

Less the price of the chicken
it is 25,000.

25,000 is a good amount...

My friend, here it is.

- Me... friend to you.
- Strange friend.

Friend with faults
better than no friend.

Everything okay?

Gabor helped me set the battery.

He asked me money to do it...

I told you not to give him money.

Talking about money, lawyer...

You're right madam,
you have to wait a few days,

because I'm waiting for a cheque
and I'm a bit short of money.

I know, I looked in your wallet.

In my wallet? Are you crazy?

And I found this!

Oh my God...

- Are you here for Daria?
- Absolutely not.

Don't trick me!

I knew right away you were here
to spy on her

and I told her.
- What have you done?

You work for Melandri, right?

And so?

Melandri was the man who had his
legs shot 10 years ago.

What that got to do with Daria?

Melandri recognized Daria
among his assaulters.

- Hi, Enzo.
- Hi, Otello.

What are you doing?

Do you want petrol?
Shall I call mum?

No, no. I'm not in hurry.
What are you reading?

- "The Treasure lsland".
- It's beautiful.

Where are you up to?

To Jim Hawkins is hiding
in the apple barrel.

Oh, that's a good bit.

- Yes, I've already read it twice.
- Why?

Because it's nice
knowing how it's going to end.

You're telling me!

Sure, to you: we're alone.

Go home! Hurry up!

Go...

- Do you need petrol?
- Can we talk?

I don't want to.

You're getting the wrong idea
about me.

No, you are wrong,
and who is sending you, as well.

Leave me in peace.

- Hi, Daria.
- Hi.

- I need a change of oil.
- Right away.

But the lawyer...

He's leaving.

Did you make her angry?

Beautiful girl.

I'm happy for you, lawyer.

What are you thinking?

I understand...

Well, I'm going...

Goodbye, lawyer.

Do you like her?

Stop it now! Go away!

Italo, I...

ltalo, I...

I have to go to town.

Look at the fish I've got!

Today we'll eat him for lunch,
you want to? It's Sunday!

Tonight I'll poach fish
at your client's place.

Do you want to come?

I would love to, but tomorrow
morning I have to get up early.

I have to go and take a look
around Sabbioneta.

You'll need a boat...

Can you row?

I'll manage it.

I know the place.
I'll come with you.

Listen to me, I don't want to see
you again at my house!

- Your father invited me.
- You can refuse.

Look, I'm only here for work.

And what about my picture?

Melandri gave it to me.

He also spoke to me
about an inquiry on a generation.

I didn't know anything
about the assault.

He seemed like a harmless maniac.
- Did he ask you to spy on me?

- I pretended to accept.
- You pretended?

What were you doing at the puddle?

I'm paid to go around everywhere.

I have to do an assessment
of all Romanin's properties...

Pretexts.

No pretexts... I'm a lawyer
and that's all!

And so, stop accusing me
and I won't with you.

I have told you the truth.
Do you believe me or... No!

I had no part in the assault,

but because of Melandri
they followed me for years.

An obsession,
I had to leave the city.

It wasn't easy for me
coming back here with a baby.

Was it necessary?

Here there is the pump,
at least I have a job.

And it isn't such a horrible place,
it's peaceful, we're okay.

I like your son.
And he's already big.

You think so?
He still seems so small to me.

You were young when he was born.

Yes, he changed my life.

I don't regret it.

I really loved his father
even if he didn't deserve it.

This is Sabbioneta. It's many years
that I haven't been here.

I remember it full with people.

Looking at it like this
makes me sad.

My friends used to live here.

Now they have emigrated,
they are in Germany.

- Ouch!
- What's the matter?

The key. Open the door
but the door isn't there anymore.

Will the park arrive up to here?

These houses will be let out.

Mr lawyer...

Mr lawyer?
- Have you seen Gabor?

- What are you missing?
- The car radio.

The life of a car
is to always be missing something.

I think it's anything to do
with him.

The flipper is the best, isn't it?

It's like love that game.

A physical fight against steel.

I like to listen to music,
as well.

I have a rare car radio
which works only in my car,

it useless in other cars...

I think that no one would give more
than 3 lire.

10 now and 10 on delivery, okay?

Okay!

I love these youngsters.

Quick, bright, never say too much.

I should tell Melandri,
he would do an enquiry immediately.

Can I say something?

Look, you have a friend
waiting in your room.

A friend?

Checco!

Do you changed your car, huh?

- Do you like it?
- Eh!

- How's work?
- Good.

Good, proceeding.
What are you doing here?

Just passing by
and came to see you.

It reminds me that place we used
to play as kids, here. Remember?

Sure. You tied me to a tree there
for one afternoon!

What a wonderful place,
it takes your breath away.

Once, in spring the air
was perfumed, it would all be white

with the fluff from the poplar,
it looked like snow.

Yesterday I was at a convention
in Venice.

I met a woman,
simply extraordinary.

She's expecting me at Ferrara,
this night.

I feel like I'm 16 years old.

These moments of waiting
are beautiful.

- I meet someone too...
- The woman in the photo?

No.

- You like her?
- Very much.

- And does she like you?
- How do I know?

- You think so?
- I don't think. I'm waiting.

Where are you going?

- Do you like dancing?
- Yes, kind of.

I don't.

What are we here for, then?

Who knows? Let's go away.

Weren't you supposed
to do everything alone?

Nobody in the world is alone,
like Gabor would say.

What do you want to know?

How do you estimate
the wells of gas?

It's difficult to evaluate.

Maybe, some of the equipment
can be recycled, I don't know.

The calculations will take time,
I'll look at them the next days.

No thank you, I don't smoke.

Listen, you have to evaluate
also the area of Sabbioneta

and the one
around the cement factory.

Yes, but it will remain
outside the park.

What price have you said?

I still have to do
the calculations.

If you keep the price low...

You know,
we could both make money...

You don't want to make a bad
impression to your customer.

No problem, I can get the price up.

Romanin won't put back...

So what do you say?

No.

But nobody must ever know.

Technically it would be
"people in crime together",

Penal Code 110 and 640.

You know I was scared
about coming down here?

I thought I was going to be cold,
humid and a swamp...

In fact it is...

I feel at ease
with the people here.

Your father... He is very clever,
also Tornova is a good person.

But I really can't stand you!

Thank you. Why?

Because you're a bit too beautiful.

When you laugh...
not very often.

An accident?

Many years ago.
He was the mining inspector.

Who had the wells closed.

Poor man.

You know I was here
when it happened?

I saw the car flying in the river
like a toy.

Along time after I realized
that a man had died.

- What happened? An illness?
- Nobody knows how it happened.

Shall we go back?

- Do you want to come over to mine?
- Yes.

Always the same,
he falls asleep wherever.

The other week he passed the night
on the ferry.

- There's your son?
- Let's go.

Hello, Long John Silver...

bring me rum, I need caul...
caul...

Caulk me.

Prepare to change course...

And batten down the hatches.

Sleep well...

- What is it?
- He brings home any reptile.

It's an amphibian...
It feels very good, here.

I wish I was Enzo's age.

When you have his age...

Each day is a new emotion to him.

I still remember what it was like.

Where you here?

I was the youngest in a gang...
of boys.

Yes, I looked like a boy
till I was 13.

That's why they let me in.

What did you get up to
in a place like this?

We had so much fun.
On motorbikes, dancehalls...

In the summer we would play
in the river,

make rafts and play battle ships.

Natives against tourists:
they always ended up in the water.

Like me.

Yes.

So many friend...
It must had been wonderful.

It seemed like it would never end,
but my friends grew up.

When I came back,
there was nobody left.

Anyway already before I left
they had thrown me out of the gang.

Why?

I realized that...

how I was looking from a boy
and we finished up on a lawn.

The others got very angry.

You have to understand them.

And you? Do you understand?

You can't be here, you need these.

I'm Romanin's lawyer.
I've been looking for Tornova

all around the chickens factories.

I'll go and call him
but you have to wait outside.

Hey!

- Hi, Otello.
- What are you doing here?

- I'm fixing the boiler.
- Good morning, Mr Tornova.

- Lawyer...
- I need a favour.

- If I can.
- You worked at the wells...

How many were they?

There were 300 or 400.
It's impossibile to say precisely.

They never made controls.

So there is no precise list
of the wells?

None that I know of.

Maybe Ruffini knows.

Yes, Ruffini...

Ruffini? Who's he?

He is the one who sold the plants
and the pipes,

the cement baths... a real thief.

Now he has a company
of water-scooping machines.

Home made grappa...

- The best.
- It's better than mine?

Without offending you, yes.

Of course Alvise Tornova
has more space available to him.

Do you know where I distill?
- Don't tell me.

I'm not like that about secrets.
- Mine has been discovered.

Drink, maybe he'll forget.

And the doctor sends him home...

but he goes back to the asylum.

The Dr says "What's wrong?"
"No, no, I'm not going out"

and continues "l'm not going out
I'm not going out because...

I understand that I'm not a grain
of wheat...

but who is going to explain that
to the chickens?"

Understand?

No joking on chickens, huh?

It makes me laugh...

Do you feel like driving, Otello?

What?

Uhm...

I'll come with you.

Yes, thank you...
it's for the best.

I don't want to finish
in the river.

I'll leave you my car, I trust you.
You have everything already.

The best chickens and eggs
and the best grappa...

What I miss is a child...
thanks to her.

The child will arrive, Tornova.

Bye and thank you.

Disgusting.

What's wrong?

It's salted!

I'm looking for Mr Ruffini.

That's me.

Good morning, I'm lawyer Morsiani.

I'm looking for information
on the wells of gas.

You installed them,

I want to know if you still have
the list of stationing.

- Are you from the finance?
- No, I work for Vittorio Romanin.

I had a list of all the work
that I have done,

but a man asked me for it.

Did he wear glasses and had a face
like a woodpecker?

Very good! Well!

I need information on the wells...

The lock didn't work and here I am!

So, you found the list, huh?

That's another thing...

Anyway, take it,

what I needed I have already got.

You're a nuisance.

On the contrary, Paschero,

up to now, I left you to do
all you wanted.

Tornova gave you money,
he tried to give it to me too,

and you made yourself comfortable.
- What's the problem?

- Precisely.
- Why don't you knock it off?

I'm getting out!

I'm getting out.

So... you're leaving.

Oh yes I have finished the job.

Would you like to come with me?

I thought, you know and
I think Enzo would be happy too.

I don't feel like leaving
once more...

I can't stay, you know, work...

Yes, I know.

I'll be a great place
to come fishing.

- You don't fish.
- I'll learn.

Hey! You're back?
What a weather...

Residential Village Sabbioneta,
a place for crazy people,

planned by you.
You used the ruins

to bypass the bound.
- Otello...

A dreamy position by the sea,

and close to Delta's National Park,

and then on the edge you stop
just the right point.

Even swarmed with giant mosquitos
that devour children

you're not interested!

But your job is to sell!

Building subsidizing,
who makes more money.

One of your faction-mates
granted you a loan...

This is the list of associates
who will build the village.

Look here: also Paschero's wife!

And the wife
of the architect Checco Righi!

And this is lawyer Morsiani...

who wasn't meant to have noticed
anything.

Where did you find it?

At Paschero. So, Checco?

Remember that lovely place
we used to play as kids...

lf it hadn't been me...

in that place,
it would have been another.

Swindling is not the problem...

The important thing
is to make this country run.

Good job. Luckily there are people
like you!

You used your friend
to estimate that land.

Do you want money?

How long have we been friends?

I should have killed you
when you were a child.

Don't come and look for me anymore,
Francesco.

This is not the estimate.

In fact no, it is a copy
of the sentence to aquit Daria.

- You met her?
- She had no part in the assault.

Leave her alone.

This is the estimate
of Romanin's property.

Was it a difficult job?

Not really, apart from a nuisance
with some wells of gas.

Ah, the wells.
Did you see them... Those ruins...

It was a missed opportunity.

How come?

In the old days we would beat
to obstruct the extraction,

for a rational
digging technology...

but was adopted
a more harmful system.

- Why, how did they work?
- You saw how they are made?

Yes, but quite honestly,
I didn't understand anything.

The system was simple,

once they drilled the land,

there was no more need
for maintance.

The gas came up from underneath
mixed with salt water,

ending up in a bath of cement...
- Salt water?

Yes, the water flowed away
while the gas...

You said salt water.

In that area,
underground there is salt water.

- 20 Km from the sea?
- Sure.

- Good morning, Councillor.
- Goodbye.

Once I've finished here,
I'm going home, I'm soaking wet.

More feed is needed.

It's over there.

Let's take a look at the boiler.

Up some more.
- Like this?

No, take it up to 25.

The radio said there is a flood
at Mantova.

It would risk breaking.

I wonder if Tornova finished
checking the wells.

He's the lawyer!

Madam!

Open up, it's me!

Open, it's me!

Gabor, open!

Gabor, help!

Italo!

ODE“!

Italo!

ODE“!

Italo, open!

ODE“!

Italo!

Daria!

Are you there?

Daria!

Are you there?

He has gone...

I'm sorry, but he asked for it,
like the inspector!

Who knows why they do it?

They don't know how to live,
it's disgusting... disgusting!

Daria!

Why have you come back?

Let's

You finished your job.
Why did you come back?

Curiosity... Stupid curiosity.

I'll never say anything to anyone
about the wells...

But you said
you can't keep a secret.

Me? But imagine...

I don't believe you can kill
someone like this.

Who is talking about killing
someone? An accident...

You'll end up in the river
like the inspector...

No, it wasn't an accident,
it was you!

Italo took care of it.

I paid him up.

The land gives in here
because of your wells,

for carrying methane
to your chickens factories.

Just to save on the heating...

Not that much of a saving!

About 100 million each winter.

Slow down...

- What's the matter?
- A story has come to mind...

On the shore of a river
there is a scorpion and a toad...

The scorpion says:

"Take me on your back
to the other side, I can't swim."

"No", says the toad, "why you sting
me whilst I'm swimming".

"No, I would drown as well".

And they start.

Half way across the river
the scorpion stings the toad...

"Idiot, why did you do that?".

And the scorpion replys:

"This is the way I am".

Slow down, now...

I made a record...

but the machine doesn't want
to write my name.

We never heard anything else
about Silver,

that tremendous man of the sea
with only one leg,

and left my life
in a definitive manner.

The silver bullion and the weapons
are still there,

as far as I know,
where Flint buried them

and for me they can stay there.

The worst nightmares
that weigh me down

are those where I seem to hear
the underflow of the sea,

or when I jump out of bed
to my feet,

with the shrill voice
of Captain Flint,

that still rings in my ears:

"Pieces of eight, pieces of eight".

Finished.