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The mother can give life and she can take it away. It is she who creates, and she who

destructs; she can perform miracles of love, and no one can nucere more than she. FROMM

THE SUBTLE ALLURE OF THE SIN

The moon and you are the stars and you are the sea

Yes, you are my sweet dreams

You love me now and I don't know how to say

How I feel loving you

I think of you all the time and everywhere

And when you're holding my hand there's not a care

You're just an angel for me, my everything

That's why I'm so in love with you

I think of you all the time and everywhere

Mom...

And you are my stars

And you are my sea

Yes, you

Carlotta, you're not only dumb, you're deaf too.

Who do you expect, your crazy lover?

I think about that all the time.

I don't know what to do when classes are over.

You're crazy.

Hi, Anissa.

Hi, Gianluca.

Come on, I'll give you a ride with the motorbike.

No, thanks, I prefer to stay with Carlotta.

I know the two rides.

Okay, bye.

So, what do you think of Gianluca?

I don't know him.

What do you have to do with your eyes to know if you're a good guy?

Well, to see if he's good or not, but to see if he's interesting, yes.

So, tell me, how was the weekend?

Nothing but a weekend, a break, if I had met Luigi.

Who's Luigi?

Who? Luigi Sartori.

Isn't he your mother's boyfriend?

You need to be more specific.

Luigi is now my mother's ex-boyfriend.

They broke up not long ago.

What a shame, I'm sorry.

You say?

I don't.

How come?

Listen, I have to confess something.

It doesn't seem strange to me, but you know,

you're always so embarrassed when you see me.

Otherwise, I can't tell you anything.

Okay, fine.

I had a terrible crush on Luigi when he lived with my mother.

And unfortunately, he didn't see me.

Then they fought, but he didn't disappear from the crowd.

And after a while, he started to look at me as a woman usually does.

See, if he and my mother had married, I don't know what I would have done.

I would have gone crazy.

Why?

If your mother had married Luigi, you would have seen him every day.

You would have been together all the time.

You're crazy.

He would have become my stepfather.

And you know, a stepfather is almost a father.

And it would have been a very embarrassing situation, don't you think?

You can't be a father's court, even if you like him a lot.

Do you agree?

But...

But?

How but?

Listen, you have to explain to me if you are really naive, as it may seem,

or if you have too much imagination.

Sometimes I don't understand you, you know.

Anyway, listen, I think you, naive, should be serious about it.

Judging by how you dress, but look...

And why?

In your opinion, how should I dress?

What should I wear?

If anything, what should you take off, I would say.

At least three or four things, look.

Well, let's go.

In my opinion, you still believe in the Befana.

You and Vanessa should be the first of the class,

or rather, of all the schools in the Republic,

judging by how much you study in the afternoon.

You with me, and you with who?

You follow a dream, in my opinion, a chimera.

This is the best of the year, what a dream!

You absolutely want to be the ex-lover of

your mother, but you don't have the courage.

You have to sell it, but you show it to me more and more.

You are not like your aunt Sonia.

Listen, let my family stay for a good time.

Thank you.

Sonia!

Hey, hi Lucia, how are you?

Fine, what are you doing here?

I'm waiting for my boyfriend.

Come, sit down, let me join you.

Why not, I'd love to.

I heard you're getting married, it's been a nice surprise.

So your boyfriend should like your

sister-in-law Arianna and his husband Aurelio.

In short, they agree?

He likes me.

And of course I think he also likes Aurelio and Arianna, yes.

If nothing else, because he'll take me away from here.

So, you're going to marry him?

Yes, I'm going to marry him.

So, after you get married, you won't stay in Villa Minardi?

For heaven's sake, look, we'll go as soon as we've settled some business.

Arianna only supports me in the name of good looks.

Because I'm the sister of her late husband, and because it wouldn't be very nice,

after having taken away a good part of the industry,

to also kick me out of a house that is also mine.

Well, what does your boyfriend say about this situation?

He has a good face, he plays bad.

Ah, here he is.

Hello.

How are you?

Good.

Enrico, you know Lucia, don't you?

You've seen each other a few times.

Yes, of course, of course.

We met, yes, yes, now I remember well.

The day of Carlotta's birthday, right?

Yes, exactly, last year.

If you saw her now, Lucia, you wouldn't recognize her.

She's a woman, a beautiful woman.

Hello, I'm a little girl.

I'm a little girl.

Yes?

Dr. Villa Minardi, line up.

Ah, yes, thank you.

Hello, dear, is that you?

No, it's Carlotta.

Ah, hello Carlotta, can you pass me my mother, please?

Yes, one moment.

Mom, what's up? Come, Aurelio is on the phone.

Ah, yes, I'll be right there, just a moment.

Hello, Aurelio.

Hello, how are you, darling? Is everything all right?

Yes, everything is fine, darling. And you?

Ah, let's leave it.

Why, what happened?

You know, those Swedish importers, they arrived just today,

and for tonight I had to invite them to dinner.

The usual story, the typical place, and unfortunately I'll be a little late.

I beg your pardon.

Sure.

But go to sleep, don't wait for me, wake up.

All right, bye.

Bye, darling.

Aurelio doesn't even come back tonight, does he, mom? Unfortunately.

The usual work commitments.

Hello?

Am I talking to my usual, scandalous little girl?

Yes, of course, everything's fine at home.

The usual unexpected, in fact.

A delegation of Swedish importers at the last minute.

Ah, leave it alone, I'll answer.

Yes?

Good morning, ma'am, it's Mario. Gustavo, are you ready?

We had to go to the gym.

Ah, good morning, Mario. I don't know if my son is ready.

I'll go and see. I'll open it in the meantime.

Gustavo, Mario is waiting for you. I just opened the gate.

Tell him I'm coming. I'm ready.

Where have you been? You're always out and about.

In the gym, mom. In the gym.

Where do you want me to go?

Be careful, though.

Yes, of course, I know.

Not to get sweaty, not to dry my hair well,

not to be late for dinner. I promise you all.

Bye, mom.

What are you doing, Carlotta? Come out.

Yes, I have an appointment in the center with Vanessa.

Ah, listen, since you're going to the center,

could you bring me this letter to Aurelio?

It's something of utmost importance.

Do me this favor, go.

I thought I would give it to him when he comes to dinner,

but since he doesn't come back tonight...

All right, I'll think about it.

Leave it in his office, just receive it before you go out.

Okay, I'll leave it to him, don't worry.

Thank you.

Barbara?

Yes?

Could you leave the office for, let's say, 20 minutes?

Of course I can, yes.

But don't you think that, in anticipation of the visit of the Swedish delegation

that you will have to meet tonight,

you would better not abuse your resources?

I'm glad you're interested in my health,

but I'd rather you didn't listen to my phone calls.

I listen for a lifetime, you see,

but I always remain discreetly in my place.

Unless it's you.

Yes, unless it's you who asks me to change it.

I know.

And that's why I like it.

But if you keep it up,

I'll have to resend the meeting with the Swedish delegation.

I'm sorry, but when Luigi was sleeping with your mother, weren't you jealous?

No, I completely forgot that it was my mother.

But you didn't even feel guilty.

No, I don't even feel guilty.

Don't you notice anything?

No, why? What should I notice?

Well, you see, I was convinced that when I finally managed to make Luigi capitulate,

the color of my hair, my eyes would have changed.

And instead, nothing happened.

Hey, don't tell me! Come on, tell me everything, Vanessa.

I don't know if you're awake enough and big enough to hear certain things.

Oh, stop it, don't play the fool now, come on, tell me everything.

Even in the smallest details?

You have to tell me everything, come on.

Well, then you should know that at lunchtime I called him yesterday

and he gave me an appointment for the afternoon.

We first took a walk in a park and chatting,

you know, one thing leads to another,

I made sure to introduce the topic.

Well, I'm sorry, but I'm sorry.

At first he was hesitating, he had to do a

little bit of stage, I understood him on the fly,

but it was clear that he did not expect anything else.

And after a while the speech had taken that turn and it was him who burned the time,

he took me to his car and we reached his house.

I was out of my mind, and so I let him do everything.

And you let him do it?

Of course, what else could I do? I was in the seventh heaven by now.

You have no idea what you feel at that time, Carlotta.

It's an experience that I don't think there

can be anything more beautiful and desirable.

Look, at a certain point I thought,

I thought I had already exhausted all my emotions or down there,

I thought I was going to be in pain, that it was very nice, but that it was over now.

And instead it had just begun.

In short, completely naked on the bed,

smelling his anus,

smelling the smell of his body and above all his strong desire.

I turned on even earlier.

I felt such a pleasure that I no longer understood if it was a dream or reality.

It must have been then that he took me, that he possessed me.

But I was completely in shock.

I was in a state of pleasure.

And to be honest, I have no idea when it started or how long it lasted.

I just know that when I returned to me, I felt completely drowned.

You'll tell me when you try it too.

It will be...

But it's very late, we absolutely have to go to class.

Come on, you'll tell me everything.

Yes.

Ma'am?

Come on, what is it?

I don't know, I've been...

It's an aperitif.

I hope you have taken advantage of yesterday's meetings.

Yes, double advantage.

How would it be double advantage?

Well, Marianna, I'll explain to you later.

Carlotta, honey, how are you dressed?

Why, I'm not well?

What do you think, Aurelio?

You're fine, you know?

You're really fine, but...

I think it's a little too much, though.

Too much what?

Well...

Or maybe you'd prefer a 30-year-old tailor?

Eh, dear Arianna, now you have to start realizing that Carlotta is growing up.

She's not a child anymore.

Come here, let me show you, my dear little muse.

Right, I'm growing up, sure.

But where did my little chain end up?

Maybe it's on the desk.

Wait, Carlotta, I'll help you look for it.

Ah, I saw it right up there.

What would you say if we saw each other tomorrow?

If you went to study with your friend Vanessa?

Listen, I have all afternoon off, so we can spend as much time together as we want.

We could...

No, look, I can't do it tomorrow.

Then, after tomorrow.

I can't do it after tomorrow either.

Aurelio?

Eh, what is it?

Please, your desk, come and help me.

Yes, I'm coming.

Listen, did you look in the first drawer?

Yes, but I don't think it's there.

But did you look carefully?

You looked carefully.

Maybe you should look a little better, don't you think?

Yes, yes, I did, but look in the second drawer.

Let's see.

Did you see that you found it?

Here you are.

Carlotta, you can't behave like you're wearing jeans when you're wearing a skirt.

I'll see.

By the way, I came to the office yesterday.

Unfortunately, I didn't find you.

Obviously, you weren't there at that time.

You know, my mother had given me a letter for you.

I left it on your secretary's desk.

She wasn't there either.

Did you receive it?

Yes, I did.

I sat down to have a coffee.

Sometimes...

And since you like coffee...

Finally, I found someone who understands me.

Gustavo, finally!

Why are you so late?

Excuse me, mom, but I couldn't come back earlier.

You know, between the training and the study...

And then there's Mario, right?

To whom you have to dedicate a little time, isn't that true, Gustavo?

What would you like to say?

Nothing.

It's just that when you two study together, you're so

busy that you end up wasting more time than necessary.

Ma'am, dinner is ready.

Can I serve you?

Of course.

Thank you.

Bye.

Yes, of course, dear. I promise.

Carlotta.

Don't worry. Go on.

Yes, I will. I'll write the new contract for tomorrow.

No, I can't today.

I have a job dinner tonight.

All right, I'll see you at the studio tomorrow.

Yes, at two o'clock.

Carlotta, what are you doing here?

You look different.

I heard you were talking about a studio.

But this is not your studio.

Of course it is.

Why didn't you say we'd meet here tomorrow?

You're so subtle. Tell me why you came here today.

And you tell me what studio it is.

All right.

Some clients prefer informal contact with me

before they start dealing with the company.

So, you see, we're in a very private place.

Carlotta, I just want you to tell me

that you don't want to spread this news to the four-twenty.

And I can't tell my mother?

No, not to your mother.

I see. I can't tell my mother, especially.

It would be bad if you knew that tomorrow at two o'clock

you'll meet a client you call Cara on the phone

in a secret place to have a simple informal contact.

Carlotta, I want you to tell me

that you and I are partners, friends.

I think it's a good idea.

You can count on my absolute trust

that you show me that you have absolute trust in me.

And how?

Take me to this studio.

But it's a place like many others.

There's nothing interesting about it.

If it's a place like many others, why don't you take your mother with you?

All right. One of these days I'll take you.

Not one of these days.

We'll go there right away.

All right, let's go.

Are you in a hurry?

No, no.

Not bad as a study.

Yes, it must be one of those places that favor concentration.

You could lend it to me sometimes.

Maybe I could study better too, away from the scrupulous eyes of your wife.

Of your mother, I would say.

So this is the place where your informal contacts happen.

Of course, they must be really a lot.

I see that you like to keep an eye on the situation,

follow it everywhere.

Could you at least let go of the irony?

Irony?

No, I'm just kidding, but I do it as a friend.

And the more intimate friends they are, the more they know how to keep secrets.

What's wrong with your mother? Tell me.

Nothing, why?

In short, what can you do here with your clients that you don't do with your mother?

With your mother I have complete confidence from that point of view, believe me.

And then why?

Why did you want to get rid of this kind of Luna Park of eroticism?

Well, I don't think I'm the only man in this world to have a waitress.

It's just that sometimes I feel an absolute need to run away from the villa.

I bet that your mother is one who imposes good education even when she makes love.

Even when you do that, yes, she asks you to

sigh in the right way and at the right time.

But anyway, Carlotta, enough now.

What's gotten into you for a while now?

You see, you have a different behavior, you have a different look.

It seems that you even have a different body.

Do you like it? Do you like me dressed like this?

Yes, I like it, but you also impress me.

I saw you when you were little, you were always a child to me.

But now I'm not anymore.

You know, today when I came to you, a man stopped me.

He was very different and he was more or less your age.

He offered me a coffee and he also asked me if we could meet tonight.

And what did you answer him?

I said yes.

But you're crazy, a stranger, a stranger.

I liked it.

You liked it?

But yours is a reaction from a relative, a friend or something else?

Listen, Carlotta, mine is a reaction from a person who cares about you.

Well, then you don't have to worry.

It's not true that I'll see him tonight.

Also because tonight I'm going to see him.

Tonight I'm already busy with you.

With me?

With you.

Play me some music.

Come on.

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It makes me good, I wanna love

I see you've taken care of all the details.

Sure, my mother taught me.

By the way, you'll be in thought.

It's better to hurry.

But now we can't go home.

Why not?

I don't want to tell you that after the informal meetings in your studio,

you immediately accompany your guests to the hotel.

And where do you think we could go at this time?

Oh, please, take me somewhere.

Let's finish this beautiful evening with dignity.

Okay, but we'll be late. Think about your mother.

She won't worry. She knows you're with me.

I wanted to tell you that the teacher of letters talked to me in terms

really very rusinghieri of your theme on Oscar Wilde, Gustavo.

You were very good.

Well, I had simply read the book.

But I think the others had read it too.

There must be an explanation.

You see that perhaps Gustavo heard the topic more than the others.

Yes, this counts a lot.

Poor Oscar Wilde.

Who knows what suffering must have cost him in his time

that made him weigh so much that, like many other art genres,

it was different.

But, Sonia!

Yes, it's a very delicate topic in this house.

Now please stop it, Sonia.

Can't you send back to some other time

these your cultural petting?

Sorry, but they are not petting.

It's the truth, everyone knows it.

And I imagine that our Gustavo knows it too.

Better to let it go.

And anyway, listen.

Since Oscar Wilde made him take an Italian 8

to your Gustavo,

you could also forgive him this his...

diversity.

I don't take it.

I'm used to your humorism, Sonia.

Right.

It's the thing about you that struck me the most.

Instead, I'm not very happy about you, you know, Carlotta.

Come on, let's go, Arianna.

An insufficiency in history is not the end of the world.

Think about it.

And then I'm already preparing an interrogation for next week.

Good.

Yes, Carlotta deserves, certainly, a little indulgence.

But of course, she is such an active girl.

It must be recognized that she gives a lot to do.

And she is a very good person.

She is a very good person.

She knows that she gives a lot to do.

The studio, the pool, the gym.

Yeah, but you see, Enrico, that's what worries me.

And why?

Because I hope that physical activity doesn't take you away all the time,

that you don't neglect the study.

But no, mom.

Study is the most important thing for me.

How can you think that you neglect it?

Arianna, believe me, physical activities are never a real waste of time.

And then, the results with Carlotta are visible.

And how?

I realized it, sure.

Gustavo does a lot of activity too.

But it seems that he can reconcile study with sports better.

Yes, but in the end, Carlotta is doing well.

In my opinion, she is a girl who knows what she wants.

Come on, Sonia, why don't you end it with that phone?

I'm doing it for you, you've been neglecting me for a few days.

I'm neglecting you?

As if I had other thoughts or I was running after other women.

Come on, honey, don't get angry with your Sonia, let's let it go, eh?

All right, love, all right.

Oh, sorry, since we're here, I think I'll give my daughter a present.

But in a hair salon.

Why? Don't you like hair?

It's not that, but I still don't...

Still what? A little enthusiasm, come on.

Okay.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Good morning.

Please.

Can I try them on?

Of course, why not?

Let's go.

Let's start with this one.

How beautiful, do you like it?

Yes, it's wonderful.

It's wonderful.

Are you okay?

Of course.

Here, now let's try this one.

Aurelio, look at this one.

You can choose whatever you want.

I have a shorter one.

Here, try this one.

It's wonderful.

Carlotta, could you go to the circus this afternoon?

I forgot an agenda in the reading room and I want to get it back.

Listen, could you send us someone else, mom?

I have a lot to study, I'll be questioned tomorrow.

But you know that you're becoming a model girl, Carlotta.

I've always been.

Sorry, but a model mother couldn't help but have a model son, right?

I must say that I was helped, and a lot, by your brother.

I don't doubt that.

Excuse me, Mr. Mario is on the phone, he wants to speak to Mr. Gustavo.

Tell him to call him back later.

Why, mom?

Listen, I've told you a thousand times that I

don't want your friends to call you at lunchtime.

It's an uncivilized habit.

Mom, I'm sorry, but this time it's about something...

It's about something important, yes, I know.

But whatever it is, Mario can always call you back later.

So we can eat in peace.

All right.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Aurelio, try to remember it.

Tonight, don't take any more commitments.

I think I deserve some of your precious company.

Come back at a decent time, once in a while.

Of course, dear.

I'll do everything I can to come back immediately after the time of the office.

You say that with an air, though.

But, honey...

Tomorrow I can't, I already have commitments.

I understand. If you say you really can't...

I was doing it for Gioventi.

All right.

Did you get hurt?

No, I didn't get hurt.

Really?

Really.

I'm sorry.

It doesn't matter.

Are you sure?

It's fine, even on Thursday.

I won't take it.

All right.

So, bye.

See you on Thursday.

Is something wrong?

No, nothing.

And with that face, you want to make me believe that everything is fine?

I find you very changed for a while, Gustavo.

What is it?

I don't think I've changed.

Because, as you would like me to.

But I don't know, here, I'm happy.

Like all the guys in your house.

They go out, they go dancing, they go to the movies.

And then?

And then what?

In short, about your friends, and especially about your friends,

you always find something to say.

This one talks too much, this one has crooked legs,

that other one still has a bad voice.

And you're always talking to yourself, or with that Mario.

What will you ever have to say to each other?

Listen, I'm not bored with Mario.

At least he really knows life.

He doesn't care to know how my friends do it.

But, it can happen.

It's something against Mario.

You don't like him, do you?

No, Gustavo, I didn't say that.

I just wanted to say that it would be good for you to go out with other people.

Listen, I'm big enough to understand who I like and who doesn't.

All right.

Anyway, remember that I'm here.

And if you need to trust me, you know you can tell me anything, got it?

Anything.

I got it.

Bye, mom.

I have to go.

Didn't you see...

Ah, here it is.

What's wrong, Arianna?

Am I wrong, or are you not in your usual mood today?

What did you do?

You can tell me.

Listen, Enrico, it's useless to deny it.

It's true, I'm rather worried about Gustavo.

You know, he's changed, he's changed completely.

Yes, yes, I noticed that too.

He's a little... a little thoughtful.

He seems to be always waiting for something.

Maybe he's in love.

Oh, you think so?

Yes.

You see, I'm quite suspicious of Gustavo.

But what's his name, that friend of yours?

His name is Mario, and it's him, you see, who worries me.

Yes, I can guess what kind of worries you have.

But you have to try not to make a scene out of it, because

you know, Arianna, almost every teenager has always...

a friend who is more important than everyone else.

So important that he ends up being a true and true idol, you know?

Enrico, I wish the heavens were true, that things were really just in these terms.

But you were present, you saw with your own eyes how

he reacted when I stopped him from answering the phone.

He was almost about to cry.

You know, even if there was something more between

Gustavo and Mario, that doesn't mean that...

Yes, I know, it doesn't mean that my son is really different, I know, but...

it's clear, there are things that happen between boys.

Of course, they are natural things.

But I'm not in favour of these things, whether they are true or not.

I don't want my son to build these kind of friendships, you know?

So, I'd like to ask you a favour.

Yes, tell me, if I can be of any help.

Well, since Gustavo, in your opinion, must

have sympathy for you, you try to know if...

instead of observing him closely for a few days, you know?

Yes.

But make sure he doesn't notice, because if not, we won't know anything, you know?

You don't have to worry.

You'll know everything that needs to be known.

Leave it to me.

Enrico, what are you doing here?

You know, I don't want to get old before the right time.

With the sedentary life I lead, I feel I don't have the freedom of choice anymore.

And so, I came here to inform myself about

how I should behave to keep myself in shape.

Do you want a pass?

Really?

We were going to go for a drink.

Wonderful, yes, it seems to me a great idea.

If you want, you can take advantage of my car.

Your car?

And the model is a bit old, then?

Mario is a passionate, an authentic motor expert.

Yes, me too.

Let's go.

It's new, from Zeke.

It's a lot that he has.

I've taken it for a couple of weeks.

I must say that so far it has given me some nice satisfactions.

Please, take it easy.

Thank you.

Excuse me, eh?

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'll let you know about the race via Gustavo, ok?

Ok, but give him my phone number too.

So we can all go together on Sunday.

Good, so the mother won't have to say anything.

Bye Mario.

Bye, see you tomorrow.

Your friend is nice.

Do you really like him?

Yes, and he's a good boy too.

You two seem rather close.

Yes, we are.

But the mother always has to say something about this friendship.

Of course, mothers are always worried about their children.

Yes.

They don't know that true friendships are rare,

and that when they meet, you have to take them into account.

Right.

When I was a boy, I had a friend of the heart.

Oh, really?

We were just like you and Mario.

Actually, no, maybe there was something more.

What do you mean?

Yes.

You know, our friendship had become a bit special.

But you're not... Yes, I mean...

I'm not what?

You're a normal man.

Oh, well, sure, I know.

But you know, sometimes, between boys, there are those psychic attractions

that eventually become physical.

Yes, it happens.

One day, I took a nap at the gym.

I was stunned to look at the others doing gymnastics.

I had recently met Mario.

He was very agile.

More than anything else,

it seemed that even the most difficult exercises

didn't cost him any effort.

He moved so naturally.

He couldn't take his eyes off him.

The lesson was over, and the others had left.

But I hadn't even noticed it.

Mario kept doing gymnastics, and I kept looking at him.

He was so, so free.

At some point, I started to cry.

I felt suddenly unhappy,

excluded from something that I couldn't identify.

I was envious of that harmony, of his energy.

So I decided...

I decided to go to the gym.

I wanted to...

I wanted to...

to take him.

Yes, to take that strength from him.

Mario saw that I was looking at him, and smiled at me.

He had finished doing gymnastics.

He asked me for news about his ankle,

and told me that he would have given me a nice hot shower and a massage.

I followed him to his house.

While we were in the shower,

Mario started massaging my ankle.

He did it patiently, with humility and delight.

At some point, he looked at me.

I felt that look, and I looked up.

I was moved.

I felt that I had put a hand on his shoulder,

in a loving gesture of gratitude.

It was the first time that a person I had always admired

looked at me with such disinterestedness.

I felt a deep attraction towards him.

He kept looking at me, and he realized that I was...

Excited?

Yes.

None of us said a word.

We were like moved by something stronger than us.

We were pretending to be one towards the other.

Oh, no!

Hello, I'm speaking to the 3ASPA.

Yes?

I need to speak to Dr. Minardi.

Who is it?

I'm the secretary of lawyer Flores.

Please, no one is answering the phone.

Can you at least see if you can trace the secretary?

One moment, please.

Hello, Miss?

Yes.

Dr. Minardi is in his room. He doesn't want to be disturbed.

And the secretary?

She's with him.

Do you want to leave a message?

No, no, it doesn't matter. I'll call him back. Thank you.

I'll be right back.

It seems that good education is not your forte, Carlotta.

I'm tired of good education, if you really want to know.

It's all afternoon that I'm looking for you.

I had to do, Carlotta.

Oh, yes? And what, tell me?

I had to dictate urgent letters to my secretary.

And in which of her positions did your brave Barbara get to write them?

The last time was a little uncomfortable, isn't it?

What is it? Are there things that mom doesn't allow you to do, those there?

Or maybe they get more excited with Barbara

because she is your irrepressible secretary.

Listen, and with me? What do you say, you shouldn't do it?

With your beloved and chaste daughter, whom

you've known since you were little, like this?

Turn on the amplifier, come on, I want to hear who it is.

Yes?

Mrs. Giuliana is on the phone. Should I pass it to her or...?

Tell her I'm busy.

Talk to her.

But, Carlotta...

I said talk to her!

All right, miss, pass it to me.

Maybe it's better if you talk to her.

I'll talk to her right away.

Hello, honey, what's the matter? I've been looking for you all day.

Sometimes it's harder to talk to you than...

I've had a lot to do, you know, an unexpected...

Yes, I know your unexpected well. Come on, let's meet up.

Never again! Tell her you'll never see each other again!

Francesca...

But, Carlotta, what are you saying? Are you crazy?

Aurelio, if you don't tell her right away that you'll never see each other again,

I'll leave this room screaming like a mad woman.

Aurelio! Aurelio, then...

Listen, Francesca, I think we're not meant to be together.

We won't see each other again.

What are you saying, Aurelio? Are you crazy?

What's this about?

Listen, who the hell is with you?

Carlotta...

Tell me, I've been waiting for you all afternoon.

Where have you been?

You didn't have much to study today, did you?

It's my business.

Enrico? Enrico?

Yes, what is it, honey?

Come, I need to talk to you.

But I was really going to...

I don't care where you're going.

I'll wait for you upstairs, in my room.

All right, all right, I'm coming.

You know what you are? A pig!

Yes, but sometimes it seems that you don't mind that I'm a pig, right?

And so, last Saturday, you would have gone to your sister's house, right?

Yes.

Yes, dear, not only sister.

What a tough face, you would also like to be right now.

But you look like you have to be a little bit more relaxed.

But listen to me well, on Saturday I really

went to my sister's house, if you want to know.

It rained a lot that afternoon, remember?

No, I don't believe you, but it doesn't matter, you know.

I have already stopped asking myself what is true and what is not, Enrico.

Now I adjust myself in another way, I prefer to try to

distinguish what suits me from what doesn't suit me.

And you suit me.

But, in fact, I don't come to cost you much, eh?

Of course, if I didn't have you, I wouldn't

be able to stand that Arianna, her hypocrisy.

You see, it's all dead, yes, it's all so false in here.

Don't worry, Sonia, we'll be there very soon.

Tomorrow I'll talk to Arianna.

Oh, hello, Enrico.

Hello, Arianna, I was looking for you.

I would like to talk to you for a moment.

Did you know something about Gustavo?

Yes, but that's not what I would like to talk to you about now.

And what is it then?

I'll tell you right away.

The important thing is that you listen to me carefully.

All right.

Here, it's about Sonia.

It's about the financial situation of your sister-in-law,

Sonia, that I would like to talk to you about.

But it seems clear to me.

Yes, far too clear.

I just hope it's not definitive.

Excuse me, but what do you mean by that?

Here, when your first husband, not only Sonia's brother, came to

miss, his actions were entirely in your name and your children's.

It was also in our right, excuse me.

And Sonia, you see, in addition to having a vitality income, she

already had a package, let's say, of a certain consistency, right?

Ten percent, I know.

Which is ridiculous compared to your package and Aurelio's.

But this is the law, there is nothing to do, it is the law.

And it is also Marcello's will.

He knew her sister well.

And he knew that if he had done a leave in her favor,

he would have dilapidated everything in a very short time.

And then, you see, Enrico, he had a lot of confidence in me,

and he was sure that I would not have missed anything, Sonia.

Nothing.

Nothing but the freedom to dispose, as he believes, of what awaits him in law.

Listen, I repeat, he does not expect anything more than he already has.

You know that this is not true.

Marcello could have become the top shareholder of the TREA,

thanks also to the money that was left by the old ally,

in inheritance to his daughter Sonia.

This does not work for me.

He had also promised to make her a shareholder in half.

But what are you saying?

But then you are subordinate.

Enrico, for pleasure, now these your insinuations begin to be offensive.

Come on, it's not a mystery, we all know that what you are about to do with Sonia

is not exactly what is said in a marriage of love,

but at least a little bit of modesty, go.

What is it, maybe you do not have enough of the gift that it brings you?

Well, now I'm the one who offends me.

Look what you are wrong, Arianna.

The one between me and Sonia, instead, will be a marriage of love.

I love her.

And it is for her good that I ask you to give her 50% of the shares.

But what are you saying?

You must be completely crazy.

You mean that you do not accept our proposal?

What?

You mean that you do not intend to accept the possibility that I am giving you

to properly put your sins back?

What are you talking about?

What sins?

That of having plagiarized a poor man seriously ill with cancer.

That of having put him up against his sister

to prevent her from giving up that part of her inheritance that awaited her.

To make your interests and Aurelio's, with whom you already understood her.

Stop it, go away!

My God, what a mistake I made to trust you.

What a mistake, instead, not to take advantage of this possibility of redemption

that we have generously offered you.

I am very sorry, but nothing will go as you want, Arianna, nothing.

It is so, unfortunately.

And nothing and no one is in his place here anymore.

I am sorry.

Hello? Hello?

Excuse me, I'm Enrico. Can you give me Mario, please?

I'll call him in a moment.

Mario? Mario!

What's up, mom?

They want you on the phone.

Yes, I'm coming.

Hello?

Hi, Mario, I'm Enrico.

Hi, how are you?

Good, and you?

Good.

Listen, I wanted to talk to you about that race, remember?

Because there would be my friend who would have the right

to let you participate, even if you're not a senior yet.

Come on!

Are you serious, Enrico?

Yes, but you know, I should talk to you in private.

Oh, yes? Right away, is that okay?

As you wish, see you... can you get me to...

Where?

Here, at the Belvedere.

You're waiting for me there?

Yes.

Okay, see you in a bit, bye!

Hi!

You're early.

Two steps.

How are you?

Good.

You're in good shape.

Let's sit at the bar.

We'll be more comfortable.

Please.

Listen, is it true what you told me?

That your friend could run me over?

Of course.

I think you're very kind to me.

But why don't I see Gustavo here?

I don't think there's anything to hide.

He's very kind to me too.

Yes, I know.

I know.

He told you, didn't he?

Well, you know...

Now you're looking for me and you're telling

me you're worried about running me over.

Yes.

But why did you do it?

You can even find out with me, my dear friend.

What do you want in exchange for your kindness?

Wait, now I understand.

What do you understand?

That you too have particular tastes.

Go.

We'll see what we can do.

You're right.

In fact, I want something in exchange, but not what you think.

And what do you want?

Well, you have to tell me when and where you will meet and

you will be, let's say, together intimately, you and Gustavo.

Hello, Giovanni.

Hello.

So, how are you?

I'm fine.

But please, come here.

Come here.

How are you?

I'm fine.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Bye.

Hi, Giovanni.

So?

We have to go.

So, see you later.

Bye-bye.

See you later.

Bye-bye.

See you later.

Bye-bye.

Mrs. La Posta.

Thank you, Titino.

Take a seat.

Thank you.

How is it possible?

How is it possible, Gustavo?

Oh no!

I have to do something.

Maybe if I found a woman and threw her into the arms.

But who, who can I find?

Maybe Titino, the maid, or some of my friends.

No, no, no, it's hard for them to understand.

And then they wouldn't be willing.

No, there's only one way to save him.

I can do it.

Only me, only a mother can do it.

Only a mother can love him well until this point.

But nothing will go the way you want, Arianna, nothing.

It's like that, unfortunately.

And nothing and no one is in his place here anymore.

Gustavo?

Wake up!

Mum, you...

Yes, today is the day of the maid's freedom.

There's no one at home.

Even Aurelio has left.

Left? What time is it?

It's already 9.30.

9.30? But it's very late, I have to go to school.

No, you don't have time anymore.

By now, you're excited.

So stay at home with me.

I brought you breakfast.

Why didn't you wake up?

You didn't hear it, but you must have woken up.

What's wrong?

Are you sorry not to go to school?

Or are you sorry to stay with me?

Mum, what are you saying?

Come on, a little rest is good for you.

Of course, it's good to let go sometimes.

You say that?

This negligee is new.

Well, I've had it for a few days.

Do you like it?

And thinking that Aurelio seems to be a little bit...

I don't know, I don't know.

I don't know.

I think he doesn't even realize it.

How could he not realize it?

Yeah.

Anyway, I'm glad you realized it.

Really?

But it's not the same thing.

Why?

Because I'm not...

Yes, in short, I'm your son.

Well, if you're...

Even if you're my son, you're still a man.

You know, Gustavo,

I was wondering...

How is it that you and I never talk?

But I don't think so.

I mean, we never talk as a man and a woman.

We should try.

Or do you think that a mother,

that a mother,

can never be seen by a son as a woman?

I think so.

What a shame.

It's nothing, don't worry.

Wait, wait, I'll think about it.

Just a moment, let me dry here.

Let's put the cup away.

No, don't move, you could burn yourself.

Slowly, slowly, like this.

Now you're my prisoner.

I could do anything I want about you.

I was kidding.

But you know, children grow up,

they become men.

And mothers are already women and remain women.

And then, you see, it can happen that...

that they feel...

I don't find anything strange.

They feel the need to meet

as any man or any woman would.

Then...

I hope I've grown enough.

Let's see how much.

I'm sorry.

Tom.

THE END

Hello?

Yes, I was waiting for your call.

Where?

Ah, all right. Tomorrow morning at ten. Perfect.

All right. Bye.

We're wasting time. What do you want in exchange for the negatives?

You surprised me this time, Arianna.

You immediately understood that it was me, didn't you?

You would never have imagined such a perversion.

They are things from individuals like me.

Scoundrels.

Please, sit down.

Do you want to drink something?

No, don't bother.

But Arianna, I would try not to overdo it in judging you.

You see, I was so worried and anxious about Sonia's future,

that it seemed right to me to transfer your

generous, altruistic interest to your son.

Who has such repulsive tastes and sexual habits.

Come to the dunce, please. Let Gustavo stay.

Gustavo is nice to me, you know. I swear.

He is the only one in the family who is sincerely disinterested.

However, the world and life are bad, you

know, with this and other types of diversity.

And many would not be smiling with indulgence like any Marachella

if they had to recognize Gustavo on the pages of one of those magazines for gays.

You know, right, that certain light days are very successful,

especially in the small centers of the provinces.

And you know that there is a hunger for petticoats.

I also know a couple of directors who, if they wanted, would pay me in gold

the photographs of the young Rampollo di Casa Minardi

while he is doing or is being made to do by a well-known marketer.

There is also the so-called right to reserve.

And you think I would not question you?

Of course, of course. But only after the photos will be published.

Come to the dunce, then, as you wish.

I do not want anything for myself, but it is for Sonia.

You know, that certain shareholder package I was talking about the other day.

Well, you see, then you have done very badly, Arianna,

not to accept my friendly and generous proposal.

Now we will also need the interests.

How much do you want?

Only 30%.

It is a rather high interest.

No, I do not think so.

Considering that you would have the 35% and then the rest would remain in the family.

You have to give me some time.

If you want.

I have to talk to Aurelio, too.

Well, you see, I can be understanding as well as patient.

But I will be for a short time.

I will be for a short time.

Where are you going?

I asked you a question.

I'm going to get some air.

Oh, well, I'm coming too, to take a walk in the garden.

Listen, I have no intention of going to the garden.

If you just want to get some air, you can do it in the garden.

The garden, you see, is too close to this house.

Would you like to say that it is too close to me?

What are you afraid of me?

I didn't think you were scared.

I remember that you didn't start screaming, right?

You absolutely don't have to make any fuss.

It's your mother who's trying to save you.

No, you don't have to make a problem.

I'm going to get some air.

Sugar?

I'll have one.

Antonietta?

Don't you think it's a bit too big to be still milked, Arianna?

To begin with, Sonia, this is not milk, it's yogurt.

You know that in the East they take it during meals.

They say it's very good.

Yogurt? But if it's milk, it's acidic.

I think you have a really nice appearance today, Arianna.

Yes, I think so too.

You two are always so gallant.

And nobody ever compliments me, huh?

I didn't do it, but I'm understated.

Try not to be too understated.

Anyway, you're very nice, Enrico.

And you, Gustavo, why are you so quiet?

Tell me the truth, you're in love, huh?

Well, of course.

At his age, I had my first romantic adventures.

Romantic!

Yes, but after many crossings, I was finally

lucky enough to land on a paradisiacal island.

Ah, Aurelio, I must say that I was the lucky one.

What's the matter? Are you worried, Enrico?

No.

You see, I was thinking about it,

about the spontaneity and sincerity of the conversation.

It doesn't happen every day to find a family like that.

Like what, Enrico?

So flattered.

I won't disturb you, will I?

No, no.

Excuse me, can I know what the hell happened to you?

Nothing happened to me.

Then why are you running away?

Why are you making so many troubles to your mother and in front of everyone?

Listen, I would like to remind you that in front of everyone

I am still Arianna's husband

and your stepfather

and not your lover.

Yes, sure, but today you did it on purpose to provoke me.

Don't raise your voice.

And you don't act like a father.

What is it? Have you been taken back by your

hypocritical moralistic scruples, Aurelio?

I'm sorry, but it's not like that.

It's not because I'm afraid of being discovered,

nor because of the hypocritical moralistic scruples I'm avoiding.

It's because you're scaring me.

Yes, you're scaring me.

Every day more.

Because of your jealousy,

because of your rites,

and also because of your unbridled sense of possession.

Aurelio?

What is it, Arianna?

Aurelio, listen, I have to talk to you in private.

Yes, I'm coming.

Something serious has happened.

It's about you, Gustavo.

Mario, I finally see you again.

So you have to go.

Yes, unfortunately.

Soon I will have to bring you good news, dear.

You don't want to tell me how you did, sorry.

Listen, maybe one day I'll tell you.

How are you?

Fine.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Listen, I saw you go out last night. Where did you go?

Yes, last night I met Mario.

Mario?

And then?

And then what?

So, you still see him?

Why not? There's nothing wrong.

Oh, sure, nothing wrong, nothing wrong.

Okay, I didn't see him for a few days, but then I met him by chance.

By chance, yes, but rather than looking for him.

And even if it were, why shouldn't I have done it? Tell me.

Maybe because he's not nice to you?

Listen, Gustavo, let's face it.

You know it's not good that you see that boy

and that you have, yes, certain relationships.

Let's face it, it's not good.

But how? You're the one who's talking about what's not good.

But yes, sure, let's face it.

Of course, but at least you realize what we did, you and I, what we're doing.

I'm trying to escape from you.

You follow me everywhere.

Yes, I find you everywhere.

And you also control me.

But tell me, how do you behave like nothing was in front of the others?

Don't you realize the enormity of what you made me do?

No, you don't understand.

You're crazy.

If you understood, you would escape to some

remote corner of the world and leave me alone.

Because you would hide until the end of your days.

And instead, no.

You come here with your usual face, pouring me your fucking

yogurt and telling me not to see Mario because it's not good.

It's not good.

It's not good.

Mario is my friend.

Yes, my only friend.

And I will never stop seeing him, no.

Oh, is he your true friend?

Then I'll show you what kind of friend you have.

These are...

me and Mario.

Why these photos?

What does it mean?

It means that your only and dear friend

has sold your innocent, perverse intimacy

to someone who needs it to bribe us.

Mario, a bribe?

No, Mario can't have done this.

And he did it instead.

No, listen, someone had surprised us.

No, look, it was our Enrico who organized everything.

And he's the one who's bribing you.

Enrico must have agreed with Mario.

Now I understand.

Then you should understand

what we did together.

When I saw those photos, it was...

as if the world collapsed on me.

You, my son,

I had to save you.

And I had to save the appearances too.

Yes, yes, the appearances too.

Enrico will have to give me those negatives at any cost.

So you think you saved me?

Only because I was able to be a man like my mother.

Better a son, a man, rather than a different one.

Isn't that right?

That's your concept of normality.

Stop it!

No, I won't stop it.

I don't care about the photos,

nor about my reputation.

I don't care if I'm normal or not.

In the end, I don't even know what I am.

I'm sorry that Mario betrayed me.

He's the only person in the world I've ever kept.

But your mother will take a blow.

Are you really sure?

Yes, and I want to leave as soon as possible.

I don't want to stay here anymore.

Something bad must have happened to you, brother.

I don't want to know anything if you don't want to tell me.

One day I'll tell you, Carlotta.

I promise.

Gustavo, you can trust me.

I'm your sister.

I know that.

Maybe we should have talked more often.

But now I don't have the courage to tell you.

I'm sorry.

You know, I can't find the courage to tell you something,

something I'm hiding from you.

But I hope, I hope that one day we'll be able to meet again.

Aurelio, listen, are you informed about the theater?

Of course I did, and I also booked two stages.

You did well.

And you, Sonia?

Did you buy the dress?

Yes, it's fantastic.

Listen, I would like to remind you, however, that

you will be among the spectators, among the audience,

not on the stage.

You have to remind me every blessed time.

But Enrico has always liked my original way of dressing, right, dear?

But certainly.

And soon I will be able to dress as well as I want.

Why? Where will you go?

I will stay here.

I don't understand you.

Is everything all right at school, Gustavo?

I think I found a very interesting book for your search.

Enough, let's finish this ridiculous farce.

Gustavo!

Let's pretend we don't know what's going on,

and let's accept it from our table.

I see you very tense these days, Gustavo.

Maybe it will be better if you go to your room.

I'll bring you dinner.

Listen, Aurelio.

Yes, tell me.

Tomorrow is the last day.

We have no choice.

Here, ma'am. Just sign here.

And one here.

Now everything is fine.

Ah, there's still a small formality.

You, Mr. Marini, of course, together with your consort,

as new majoritarian shareholders of the company, you must...

New majoritarian shareholders?

Consort?

Well, yes.

Sonia and I thought we'd give you a little surprise.

We got married the other day in Capri,

to give the thing a romantic taste.

That's why Sonia preferred a ceremony,

yes, very reserved.

Anyway, we'll have informed you today.

And with this marriage, Mrs. Sonia Marini

joins her 50% to the 15% of the husband.

Enrico, you the 15%.

How is that possible?

In recent times, between one thing and another,

I've been very busy in the field of finance.

And seeing that the TREA was doing pretty well,

I just tried to buy some shares.

I was saying that the shares combined

with the marriage of the two of you,

having chosen the regime of the communion of goods,

make them majoritarian partners.

So, with your new position,

you must temporarily have some formalities.

Hi, Gustavo, how are you?

What's the matter? You look strange.

Listen, I... I have to talk to you.

You really won't have much time, Gustavo.

You know, the training, the race...

And then I'd also have the game today.

Why did you do it?

Did what?

Why did you let Enrico take a picture of us

and then you took a picture of me?

Tell me.

Oh, right.

How stupid of you not to have thought about it before.

For that race.

You wanted a recommendation for the race.

My God.

I didn't count that much for you.

But it was just a joke, Gustavo.

At least I thought it was just a joke.

And those pictures should have been used for something else

than...

than to make a joke.

Listen, how much do you need?

It's fine that you have so much of that money.

It won't put you in the middle of the road.

But it's a very important opportunity.

And now I'm tired.

Actually, I don't even want to play anymore.

I'm going.

Mario.

No, wait.

Hello, Arianna.

Do you have the negatives?

Here they are.

I'm a man of my word.

The price, in fact, was higher than you thought.

I could have made you pay a lot, but much more.

And what could you have taken from us, besides what you've already taken from us?

If you took everything away from us, everything!

But who are you?

You're a demon!

Satan!

Who sent you to us?

This is good, a demon, Satan!

An angel, if you will.

The angel of punishment, of course.

Look, Arianna, your sins were invisible because they

were written with a nice ink on a solid sheet of paper.

And I was just a source of warmth that made them bloom and that you were punished.

It's a nice gift.

A gift from whom?

From a woman.

From a woman?

Of course. I like women too.

What are you talking about?

It's the truth.

What does it mean? That you're also making some women?

Of course.

Who would that be?

I can't tell you.

Of course. Because there's no woman.

I'm telling you there is.

Why don't you tell me who she is?

Because...

Because she's my mother.

Listen, listen.

The beautiful Arianna who's bringing her son to bed.

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

What do you mean?

If you wanted, our beautiful Arianna could take care of me too.

What's on your mind?

Come on, Coco.

Come on, you got it.

But it's not that I want to exclude you, you know?

Listen, I don't want to understand what you're saying.

We'll see if you want to understand.

Look, if we don't have this meeting at three...

But you're kidding.

No, I'm not kidding.

You'll never see me again.

Sorry, I can't propose to my mother to do something like that.

It's all absurd.

But it's absurd, it's absurd.

Listen, you must be crazy.

It's an unworthy thing.

It's a disgusting thing, what you're asking me.

I can't believe my ears.

There's still something that seems disgusting to you.

I thought we'd touched the bottom together.

Here, you said it right, together.

Yes, together.

But it was you.

But I did it just to save you.

What are you talking about, mom?

From the abnormality.

Because what we're doing, in your opinion, is normal, right?

I thought you understood.

I understand that before I was only a slave to Mario.

Now, I'm a slave to you too.

Then you were of no use.

I didn't save you.

If you really want to save me,

do what Mario asks you to do.

Because if he leaves me,

I'll kill myself.

Yes.

Yes.

Hello?

Hi, dear.

Oh, Aurelio, it's you.

I'm sorry, Arianna, but...

So you're not coming back tonight?

I swear, honey, I can't be too harsh.

It's a matter of vital importance.

But please, don't wait for me to wake up.

See you tomorrow.

Good night, dear.

Excuse me, Doctor.

Yes?

There's a delegation of British importers.

The moon and you are the stars and you are the sea

Yes, you are my sweet dreams

You love me now and I don't know how to say

How I feel loving you

I think of you all the time and everywhere

And when you're holding my hand there's not a care

You're just an angel for me, my everything

That's why I'm so in love with you