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There's more to life than what you're lit. Take a chance and face the wind.

Open road and a road that's hit. Brand new life around the bend.

There were times I lost a dream or two.

Found a trail that at the end was you.

There's a path we take and a path not taken.

The choice is up to you, my friend.

Nights are long, but you might awaken to a brand new life. Brand new life. Brand

new life around the bell.

Si. Si. Si. Bene.

Bene. Si. Bene.

Si. Bene.

Si. Bene.

Como esta?

Scusi?

Can you speak Italian, Sam?

Well, I know a few words, but I'm not allowed to say any of them.

Si, si, bene.

Who's Benny?

Anna? Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Capisce, capisce.

Quando, come si chiama?

Arriva.

Hello, everyone.

Mom, Tony's talking to Italy.

Oh, well, tell them I love their shoes.

Si, si, va bene, va bene.

Hey, prego.

Arrivederci.

Guess what?

That was my uncle from Palermo. He sent my cousin to America.

Really? Either that or I just bought a Ferrari.

Dad, which cousin?

Anna. Oh, she's coming here for a wedding.

Either that or she died and they're sending her body to be buried in

Well, you're just a font of information.

A font? What's a font? Well, hey, my vocabulary's a little weak, but my

pronunciation... Forget about it.

When is she coming? That I do know.

Sometime between now and the Festival of the Saints.

When's that?

Hey, what do I look like here? A font of information?

Font? You like it?

See you later, Dad.

No, no, no. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Where do you think you're going, young lady?

Well, I was just going to go over to... Probably talking to Samantha.

Well? Everyone's meeting at the mall.

Everyone? I'm not meeting at the mall.

Angela, are you meeting at the mall?

Well, actually, I'm meeting Wendy there.

Sam, you want a ride?

See you, Dad.

Well, what about lunch?

Oh, I'll pick up something over there.

Probably another one for Samantha.

Samantha, I know all the major food groups, and chocolate chip cookies isn't

of them. Now, there's a chicken sandwich waiting for you in the kitchen.

Dad, I was not going to have cookies.

I'll have a corn dog.

Or a chicken sandwich.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. We are off to the mall to see a movie. Yeah? What are you

going to see?

Can we see that new science fiction movie?

Lust in Space?

There's too much sex in that.

Oh, Mother, why don't you just go see Bambi? Okay, that's a nice G -rated,

wholesome family film. What do you think?

Yeah, I love when the hunter wakes Bambi's mother.

Oh, goodbye.

Ready, Angela?

Oh.

Samantha, you're supposed to eat the sandwich, not store it up for the

Excuse me. I'm looking for Tony Metelli.

And I thought I was going to understand you Americans.

Anna? Cousin Anna?

You're Tony?

Yeah!

Hello! Oh, put this belt. Come in. Look at you. Oh, my goodness. I got a

snapshot of her. She's this big.

Unbelievable.

Buongiorno. Come stai?

I speak English.

Oh, that's right. I just heard you.

Beautifully.

Thank you. I thought it very hot to come to America.

Oh, well, welcome to our fair shores.

And I want you to meet Angela Bauer, my boss, Miss Liberty.

Yes, hello.

How do you do? And this is my daughter, Samantha.

Hi. Hi. I guess you're here for a wedding, because you sure don't look

Thank you.

So, who's getting married?

Me. Oh, isn't that wonderful?

Didn't my father explain on the phone? Oh, well, he probably did, but my

Italian's a little rusty. A little rusty?

It stinks.

My father has sent a letter which will explain everything.

I got a letter here.

It's in Italian.

Well, hey, you could help me translate a couple of these words, right?

How about these right here? What's this?

Dear Tony.

Okay, well, why don't you sit down here and translate this for me, okay? Can I

pronounce it? Yeah, I know.

Let's see.

I am sending you my youngest daughter.

That's me.

To watch over and take care of until her marriage takes place in two weeks.

I have entrusted you with a treasure.

I guess that's me again.

Keep it safely.

Your uncle, Aldo.

That's papa.

Pierre, thank you for inviting her to stay in your home.

Oh, did I say that?

It's amazing.

I must know a little bit more Italian than I thought.

Is it okay, Angela?

Well, mi casa es su casa.

So, are you excited about your wedding? Oh, yes, I am. I cannot wait to meet my

fiancé.

Meet him?

You've never met him?

No, but Carla's family comes from our village.

After we're married, Carla will import the olive oil my father makes.

It will mean a lot of money for my family.

Oh.

Isn't that romantic?

Angela.

It's lovely, really.

She'll never be out of salad dressing.

Come on, Anna. You could share my room. This would be so awesome.

Awesome? Yeah, it'll be radical.

You know, gnarly.

And you teach me to speak teenage?

For sure.

Come on. Go ahead. Hey, I got your bag. Don't worry. Yes, you just make yourself

comfortable. It's so good to have you here.

An arranged marriage is right out of the Middle Ages. It's cruel.

It's barbaric. It's the way my parents got married.

Oh. I know you don't do things like this in Connecticut, but... In the old

country, hey, it's a way of life. It's custom. It's tradition.

If you start singing from Fiddler on the Roof, I'm leaving.

Angela, now seriously, hey, my uncle has given me a sacred trust, and it's my

duty to see that it gets carried out.

He wants everything done here just like it's done in Italy.

But someone enlightened.

I guess you're just doing this for your uncle out of love and respect.

Don't forget fear, Angela.

It's a biggie.

That's great.

That is amazing.

It's called a food processor.

Not a machine. Tony.

Oh, well, I am a pretty amazing machine myself.

Many in my village don't work in the kitchen.

Well, there are a lot of things that are done differently here.

Weddings, for instance. Not nearly as much fun.

Nobody passes out their ravioli.

Really?

This is it. That's Carlo.

How do I look?

Graziano.

It's Graziosa, not Graziano. You just told her she looked like a prize

Now, Angela, would you please leave this to me?

Well, what could I say? I'm just a woman. Thank you.

Hello, you must be Carlo Gibaldi. I've been looking so forward to meeting you.

Are you Anna? No, no, no, no.

No, no, she's Angela Bauer. And I'm Tony Metelli.

And this, this is Anna.

Oh, good.

Come on in, come on in.

Come in, sit, we'll talk.

Go ahead.

I am very happy to make your acquaintance.

I am very happy to make yours.

Oh, and you said it wouldn't work out.

Okay, look, we'll have a little undie basta, huh? Excuse me, excuse me.

That's good. Okay, sit, sit.

Would you pour the wine, Anna?

So, Carlo, Anna tells me you're in the import -export business.

Yes, it's a family business.

Oh, you're out, sir. Yes, sir. I also own a small apartment building and a

in New Jersey.

Three bedrooms.

Great place to start a family, huh? Tony, Anna may not want to start a

right away.

Why? Is there something wrong with her?

No, no, no, there's nothing wrong with her, is there, Anna? Oh, I'm very

healthy. I can have lots of babies.

So can Rabbit.

She doesn't understand how these things take place. Well, there's one thing I

understand. These two people probably want to be alone.

Absolutely not. No, no, no.

You can't leave these people alone.

Why not?

They're engaged.

Sam, you think you'll ever get married?

Yeah, probably.

I want a husband just like my dad.

What about you?

Yeah, I want a wife just like your dad, too.

was the date?

Oh, it was grand. It really was grand.

I mean, Carlo took us to a really fine restaurant. Then we went out for some

cappuccino, and then we did a little dancing.

How nice.

Did he kiss you goodnight, too?

Not on the first date, Angela.

He's saving himself, dear.

Come on, Anna. You tell us.

Did you like Carlo?

He's very nice, but I'm afraid he doesn't like me very much.

Why do you say that?

He didn't talk to me all night.

Hey, hey.

Come on, I saw him lean over and whisper in your ear.

Yeah, he said, if you're not going to finish your meatballs, I will.

Well, you should have seen the look in his eye, though, when he said that.

Tony, I'm just a simple girl from a small village.

When I look at American women like Mona and Angela and Samantha, I feel very

plain.

Did you hear that, Dad? She called me a woman.

Well, she's Italian. She exaggerates.

Adam, you're very lovely just the way you are.

But if you wanted to be a little bit more American, that would be very easy

do. Really?

No, no, no. Not really.

Sure. All you need to be more American is a little makeup, some different

clothes, and a charge card at Bloomingdale's.

No, no, no, ladies, ladies, I'm not so sure this is such a good idea.

Oh, come on, Tony.

If she's going to live in America, what's wrong with having her look a

bit more like an American?

Tony, Tony, I want so much for Carlo to like me. My father is counting on this

marriage. My seven sisters are counting on this marriage. The whole village is

counting on this marriage.

Tony, please, please, please, please, please, please, please.

Oh, all right, all right.

Well, I'll tell you, this being a nanny is no bed of roses. Oh, thank you.

Maybe it ain't so bad.

Hello. Hey, how are you, my friend? Nice to see you. Hey, and it's almost ready,

I hope.

You know women.

Who told you that?

I didn't mean it that way.

Hey, sit down. Have a glass of wine, huh?

Let me tell you something, Carlo. You are one lucky guy, huh? I mean, just

I mean, she's the perfect girl to be home to Mama.

I know.

They broke the mold when they made her. Yeah, Anna's terrific, too. Not Anna.

Ma.

But Anna's the next best thing.

A nice, old -fashioned Italian girl.

Hey, here's to old -fashioned girls.

Ciao, baby.

Don't I look totally awesome?

This is not the end. I agreed to marriage.

Oh, now, wait a minute, Carlo. Wait a minute.

If I wanted an American, I would have married Linda Evans.

As far as I'm concerned, this wedding is off.

Oh, now, wait a minute.

I knew you would understand.

I mean, let me tell you, Anna did all those things just to make you happy.

Anna wants what you want.

I want a good, old -fashioned Italian woman.

They know how to take care of a man.

The women here, they want it all.

Education, career, fulfillment.

Oh, right, right.

They ain't got time for what really...

Us?

Right.

I want a wife like in the old country.

Who knows her place.

In the kitchen.

Right.

Hair put? Yeah.

Pregnant? Now you got it, Paisan.

Well, I guess that about covers it.

Why don't you take a walk, huh, Carlo?

I brought you a party.

Hit the road, Paisan.

The wedding's off. You ain't fit for Hannah or anybody else. And let me tell

something. You can forget about Linda Evans.

You can't call the wedding off.

I got a contract with her father. Oh, yeah? Well, let me tell you something

about contracts.

They were made to be broken, and so is your face.

Well, like you said, I'm out of here.

Kyle.

Ciao, baby.

Ciao.

Little child, baby.

He didn't want me, did he?

Oh, no, no. He wanted you. He wanted you, but you don't want him.

I don't understand.

He doesn't want a wife. He wants a slave. I mean, he's thinking. It's out

the, I don't know, the... Middle Ages?

All right. All right. You were right.

Thank you, Tony. For once.

I guess Carlo is sort of a nerd.

Oh.

your conscience and everything turned out fine.

Except one thing.

Yeah.

Forgot Uncle Aldo.

You?

Uncle Aldo. The guy was a chump. He came here. He doesn't care about your

daughter. He wants me to speak Italian.

All right, all right, let me see, let me see.

He

says

he's an old man. He doesn't have time for you to speak Italian.

All right, well, then you just tell him that he picked out a crummy husband for

you. You sure that's what you want to say?

Oh, yeah, good thinking.

Tell him that the husband he picked tricked us all. And I was only doing

know my wise uncle would have done to protect his daughter. Is that better?

He didn't go for that.

Fulfillment?

Yeah, that's right. What did he

say?

He says I've never stood up to him before.

Oh, he probably thinks it's all my fault.

He says it's all your fault.

Hey, this sounds good. You understand him? Uh -uh, but he ain't yelling.

It's one thing for me to be American, but what about his business?

Hey, no problem.

Anna could run your business.

He says,

Anna, ha, ha, ha.

Angela runs a business. Angela,

ha, ha, ha.

I get the feeling.

She's very good at languages.

Angela is the president of a big advertising agency.

Angela is the president of a big advertising agency.

Commercial, like television.

Commercial.

Plop, plop, plop. Feeza, feeza, feeza.

Don't you squeeze on my Charmin.

Hey, where's the beep?

That's the big business that papered this whole house.

Eh, con questi soldi ha pagato tutta questa casa.

Allora, anche tu vuoi essere dono di commercio, vuoi essere ricco come la

signora, eh?

Si, papa.

Okay? Okay.

Se la magra lo può fare, anche tu lo puoi. Grazie, papi, grazie. Wait, wait,

wait. What did he say? What did he say? He said, if a skinny one can do it, so

can I.

Graziano.

He's very impressed with your beautiful house.

That's very nice of you to say, but, you know, since we're talking about the

house, I've got to take some of the credit because I am the housekeeper.

He's very proud of me.

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