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I'm tired of going hunting for nothing! Not even a bird!

What did you do?

Nothing.

Your shoes are unlaced!

I was hot.

Come and eat.

It's good.

Come on, eat.

One day, I'll fix it for you.

It's been over a year since you said it.

Are you ready?

Let's hurry! The funeral will be over, what will we look like?

Mimi? Ah, here you are!

Take care of your brothers. And these beasts.

See you later, Micheli.

Study.

Soon the school will reopen.

But if he takes care of the animals, he can not study.

Mimi can do anything. If he wants, he can.

Come on, Nico.

Hello, Uncle Peppino.

Hello to you, Nicola.

You see poor Angelo is gone, too.

Yes, yes! We are all getting a little older.

Absentees are more and more numerous.

Shut up, you're young!

Oh, young...

Tell me more, how is life?

Good.

And the job I got you?

Yes, it's not funny to be a guardian in an insane asylum...

... but it's better than Germany.

No doubt.

Remember us, we in Germany do not go.

Do not have to.

And Mimi, how are you?

He's fine, Uncle Peppino.

Ah, he's smart this boy.

Thank you, Uncle Peppino.

He always liked me.

Thank you, Uncle Peppino.

I thought of him, you know.

But this boy, you have to study him.

Of course.

Did you understand?

Of course.

He must study.

He must study.

Dirty horny beast!

Where he was born there was nothing, and nobody wanted to stay there.

But, he loved his village.

He alone saw the beauty, others thought only to leave.

He had never traveled, but he knew it was the most beautiful.

It was like his secret...

And that made him the strongest! Because he wanted to go far to come back...

... and fill his village with beautiful things.

Let's see if you run as fast as me.

Advance.

Where did you go?

Take a ride.

And here?

It's nothing.

How nothing? You're hurt?

Do not be afraid, tell what happened.

I was thrown a stone.

At the red house.

You must not go! You are crazy!

They are enemies of your father. And formerly of your grandfather!

What fly stung you?

I did not notice... I ran...

Did you run? Only fools run blindly!

And you, you're not crazy!

Put on your shoes and take off the goat!

Dirty horny beast! Dirty animal, cuckold child!

NEURO REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL.

If I catch them, I'll make them lick!

Look at this!

We are not all locked up

Hello doctor.

Mimi, you have to start school.

From the first day, to be received at the end of the year.

Uncle Peppino likes you.

If you study, it will give you a nice gift.

No need to walk. This year we have the bus.

Hurry up, they will miss it.

Mimi, you must be the first, never the second!

They grew up, huh?

Where are my books?

At the gentleman there.

Is it you who goes down every day, leaving books and shoes?

And you get here?

On foot.

How?

On foot.

And why?

Because I like running.

Do you like running?

Thank you.

I have always run.

Since I was little.

My legs move alone.

Without me noticing.

What do you think of when you run?

Nothing! and I like it!

I dream.

Hey! That's how we win the races!

What do you win?

The cut!

If you win a race, he gives you the cup.

And if you win a lot...

you become a champion!

And what do you do when you become a champion?

When you become a champion you have to train

to improve your time.

And you can go everywhere!

Everywhere in the world, and even at the Olympics.

I went shopping you know?

That's right?

Do not you believe me, because I can?

A mule destroyed me!

With a kick, destroyed my leg.

The day before I had to run to Rome!

In Rome?

Have you already won a race?

One? Many! Many!

Me too I want to win all races like you!

Go get me some wine?

The competitions!

To win races, you have to work hard!

Sometimes you lose!

Every time you have to start training again!

Train you !!! Train every day!

Although over here, is it better at night than during the day?

And why?

People here, they would laugh at you and take you for a madman.

But you are not!

No, I'm from elsewhere, but it's the same!

People are ignorant!

They do not let you live as you wish!

Nobody grows to dreams!

Nobody lets you dream!

But you told me, that you were dreaming running!

So, never stop dreaming!

If you want your dream to become reality,

you have to train, train, and train!

Do not listen to people!

You must go forward and continue on your way!

Continue your dream and that's it. You understood?

Yes!

Go get me a cigarette!

So, you still want to do these shopping?

Yes!

Sit down?

Let's see.

Do you have an idea of the times that you are doing right now?

No, I do not know!

From tomorrow it's me who trains you.

With the bus.

If I make you stop now, I make a mistake.

Did you understand?

Otherwise goodbye dreams.

Farewell cuts, goodbye shopping!

The first days are hard and tiring I know it.

You have to resist, you have to hold on.

Be strong! - Ok

It's okay!

Me, I believe you know! Yes!

What are you doing?

I am with the animals. I am studying.

I am with the animals. I am studying.

And what are you studying?

The story.

The history of Rome.

And the Greeks, have you already studied them?

So you do not know anything about the Philippides?

It was in the year...

I do not remember exactly what year it was

before Jesus Christ.

But in that year,

the persians

will try to invade Greece.

At Marathon it was a terrible battle.

And the Greeks won.

To bring the news

the victory of Athens.

Mimi, it was Phidippides!

Who made...

the 42 kilometers...

which separate Marathon, from Athens.

Running

and never stop!

42 kilometers without ever stopping!

42 kilometers without ever stopping!

And that's where the marathon was born!

And what is it?

Oh, Mimi!

It's the most beautiful of all the races!

This is the race for the wretched like us, used to toil from birth.

This is your race Mimi.

Do you really think so?

This is the race you have to win.

You when you run...

always run long distances.

Sunday, in Rome.

it's the Olympics,

it's the marathon!

There is a type of color running without shoes!

Like me.

Yes, like you!

My father.

Hey !? Do not you want to know him?

No, this is not the moment.

What did you do with this lame man?

Felice?

I do not care what his name is!

For us, it's lame. And that's all.

What were you doing?

We were talking.

You, in the afternoon, you have to bring the animals to pasture and study!

Go! Go get your books and bring the animals home!

I'll show you me,

if I find you wasting your time with this lame stranger!

His name is Felice!

Felice, it's true that in the race of Palizzi, he gives the start with a pistol?

Yes, as in real races!

With a pistol!

I want to participate in this race!

So if you want to participate in this race...

Today you will have to practice on a more difficult path!

You go down to the river, and go up the Mendolare road!

I can not! I'll be late for school!

So, if you're afraid of arriving late for school,

Forget the Palizzi race!

Crisalinda, course! The bus is leaving!

Today I cross the river running!

No! Just do what I tell you to do!

Ok, it works.

Crisalinda Now I know your name!

Stop, stop!

I can not anymore!

You have to run if you want to become a marathon runner!

You must learn to suffer!

You have to run with your mouth closed...

and clench your teeth. You understood?

Course! Run! I can not anymore!

Young man, did you miss the bus?

Do you want to ride? No thanks.

We are many but we can tighten!

Something wrong?

Problems in the family?

Want a doctor?

I said no!

Want some water?

I beg you.

Fuck you!

What did you say?

Fuck you!

At school, we do not run!

We arrive on time!

Understood?

Do you have back pain mom?

I would need a sewing machine!

But all the money in addition, your father passes it in cartridges for hunting!

And never bring anything back!

Do you know this Sunday there is a race on TV?

And who has it, television, here?

The Tripodi!

They, they have it, they are rich!

Sunday there is the grain to beat!

I know!

You will have to work like everyone else!

Then, if you can. Will watch TV!

Me alone I decide!

Your father should not know it!

He is here! Quickly show that you are working!

Good evening, Nicola.

Jesus!

But what happened?

See you!

But what happened?

Did you fight?

No, he was crazy!

The straitjacket was put on him.

You saw Mimi!

Did you see how your father is?

It could have been worse! You could have lost an eye!

Have you heard?

I could have lost an eye!

You were alone, but you still have to put yourself in these situations?

And what do you want me to do?

the doctors claim to care for them.

Nurses too! When it comes to giving them blows...

it's for us!

Because we are ignorant!

And then, sometimes, the blows we take them too...

Ouch! You hurt me!

That's enough! - I just wanted to clean the wound!

Did you see?

Do you know why it happened?

Because I can not do anything! That's why?

My parents taught me to plow the land...

and now I do not serve anything!

You have to study, Mimi.

Study!

Uncle Peppino will help you!

Study! Unless you want you too! Viewing.

This is Nicola who goes hunting!

Work, women! Work!

Mimi, gently! Do not get tired for nothing!

You did not have to go to race for your dad?

At Uncle Peppino's!

Hurry up, then!

Before he comes back!

Gemente, did not invoke death

as the only hope of escaping from prison!

Then came the time of peace.

Even for you, Anna, sister in pain...

Will be that day!

And your eyes have already cried too much.

Listen to this heart of angels?

And your son says to you: Mom!

Hope! And he's ready by the day where I'll be with you forever!

Forever!

My child!

Mom!

But! But is it a dream?

This is not a dream!

I am free

They recognized my innocence

Poor Anna!

How much did you have to suffer!

No! Hold me!

I am so happy!

Good evening!

It's better than the cinema! -Bof!

On the occasion of the 17th Olympiads

We connect to Eurovision

To broadcast from Rome

The transmission of the 42-kilometer Marathon.

Now there are the Olympics on TV.

Yes, you like shopping, do not you?

I saw you running the other day behind the bus!

Well, should you go shopping?

Yes, I like running!

Even without a price!

I just have to win!

Why do not you come and sit here?

Come on!

Thanks!

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening!

Mario Schifani, Live from Rome.

To introduce you to demi-gods

the extraordinary race of the Marathon.

Kili, and the Irish Messikil are in the lead,

Moroccans Raudi and Saudi

and the revelation of this edition of the marathon...

who's called Abebe Bikila

who runs barefoot! -It's he who runs feet...

naked! Whoever wins He does not seem tired

and earns meter per meter.

Do not tell anyone that I want to go shopping.

It's a secret!

Very good! Promised.

Competitors rush into a fire tunnel

The Marathon, now continues on the Appia Antica

Since the thirtieth kilometer, Abebe Bikila is in the lead.

It's amazing.

The pace of his steps is relentless

Raudi, sometimes at a start, he loses a few meters

then raises. Abebe caresses the asphalt.

Raudi, on the other hand, hits him more and more heavily.

he is still trying to counter his opponent

to gain ground but without result.

Abebe imposes his rhythm,

now he is alone with Raudi there is no one behind them.

All other competitors have disappeared,

worn out by fatigue. Exhausted!

Under the bow of San Sebastián

Athletes pass with a considerable lead

Now Raudi is dropped by Abebe

who will live alone the most fantastic of nights.

With a light stride he runs to victory.

This magnificent athlete, almost unknown

first of this world race.

From a noble country marked by poverty,

He runs barefoot as a proud warrior.

like a new Phidippides.

Reviving the Marathon

by its noble and ancient origins.

That's it! He is now close to the finish line!

Those are the last meters.

he seems to fly.

A beautiful stride!

Here it is!

Right now...

He crossed the finish line

and celebrates his triumph

under the arch of Constantine,

winning the gold medal.

Who carries Ethiopia without a doubt

at the rank of the triumphant nations of these seventeenth Olympiads!

From this moment his name,

the name of Abebe Bikile,

enters the legend.

I asked you to write about:

One day I will be an adult.

I will face life.

Say with sincerity what are your wishes

for the future that awaits you.

Well, good!

As a whole, you've centered the subject,

motivating your words and expressing your anxieties.

and your worries.

I must say that for the most part you have been able to express concrete wishes,

objectify and personalize your arguments, and enter

in a more general theme,

engaging and claiming of our land

unfairly abandoned,

still filled with ideals often flouted.

Sileca!

I see that you care about something else, while I speak...

while I speak...

Do you want to know what grade did you get?

No! I put you a 2!

You have the right to know why I put 2.

I will read your work to the whole class.

So that everyone can judge of your stupidity.

No, I do not want to...

How's that, you do not want?

Get up when you talk to me.

I am your teacher.

I do not want to! I did not write this assignment

so that it is read to the whole class! -I do not allow you to interrupt me!

So!

You must know

that Mr. Sileca

When he grows up, he will want...

Outside! At the main!

Look at what state it has reduced!

I like running, barefoot, long through the trails.

When I run, I feel the wind on my face.

Everything seems more beautiful.

I do not think about anything, I feel happy.

I also like running in the grass.

when wet, especially at night.

Fireflies smile at me.

When I run with them I am happy.

I look at them and they applaud me at every step.

That's why, when I'm Great, I want to become a runner,

Even if my father does not want to.

Where are we going?

Can I go?

Can I leave?

Open! Open, open!

Open !!!!

Where is Mimi?

I gave him the punishment he deserved.

Do not think you'll sleep before telling me where is Mimi!

What are you doing Nicola? You cry?

Where is Mimi?

At the madmen, this is where your son is!

Jesus! Married!

He's fine! He has a room for himself!

He's fine!

But you are crazy!

No! He is crazy!

Not me!

I want to run!

I want to run for you!

Who is there?

Do you remember me? Mario!

The son of the seamstress.

Come and kiss you!

After that, you'll see my mom

and you take her in your arms!

You kiss him and you tell him that you...

es Mario! Like that, she is happy!

How was your night?

Good!

Have you had breakfast?

We'll take it!

Come on, do not make rings! Get out, Mimi!

Get out! No kidding, huh!

Where did you hide, Mimi!

Stop!

Where is this race?

A Palizzi.

Thank you.

Gentlemen

Prepare for departure.

All feet behind the white line!

Crazy! Where are you running?

Where are you running?

But who are you?

You can not run without shoes!

Who are you?

Sileca Domenico!

At the end, turn right!

At the end, turn right!

You do not have a number!

You are not registered.

Put on your shoes.

You can not run! Take back your shoes!

Leave him alone, this one! Do not attack it! He will soon let go!

Go at your own pace!

Go at your own pace!

Please, clear the road.

Hey! You, young man!

And why!

The road belongs to everyone!

The police will have to intervene!

Clear the place!

End of the first round!

Beginning of the second!

But he's crazy!

Excuse me!

They go back when?

In how long?

In 4 to 5 minutes.

2, 3 minutes maximum!

Here they are!

I'm the coach of the one who's been in the lead.

Go! Vomis go! Go! It's nothing!

You left too fast!

No, it's nothing. A little blood in the nose!

A little water! A little water!

What happened?

Nothing! It was a long race!

He went crazy, too fast!

He still has to learn to redo his efforts.

What race? That of Palizzi?

Come, come to bed!

It's enough to put his ideas in his head!

Otherwise his father will get involved!

It has nothing to do with it!

I went there alone!

What happened?

No, nothing! It is because he has not yet learned how to spread his efforts!

Nothing! Nothing! He felt bad. Do not get mad!

This gentleman brought him back!

I'm going to break your legs!

How are you?

Good!

That stinks!

I clean!

Change it, no!

You do not see he's all dirty blood. And it stinks!

I have to find out how he got into this situation.

Do you know what he did? You know what he did!

He escaped!

In front of everyone. Like a bum, he fled!

I would like to know where did you go?

Tell me where you went?

Wait until I finish cleaning it!

Shut up! Where you went?

At the Palizzi race! He left too fast and he did not hold.

Outside! I have to talk to you outside!

What are you doing in my house and turning around my son?

In fact, I brought him home,

I could not let him faint in the middle of the road.

It would have been better! much better!

We are good people, us!

Why, I'm not good maybe?

You must leave him alone! It's understood?

For me, Mimi has the makings of a champion!

But what do you know?

I know it! -But what makes you believe that?

You were born lame!

You've never run a single race in your life!

It's like I won hundreds of races !!

Champions, I know everything you need to know!

And when one two comes first

It's like I ran inside him!

On the other hand, who can forbid me to dream!

You are crazy!

I always say that the crazy are outside and inside there is nobody!

You are a liar!

You told him a lot of lies!

I told him beautiful lies!

While you are cheating on him with reality.

But, listen to me, Nico!

Here, the only real thing is that if we do not do something,

Mimi will finish like a failure, like you and your father!

No, Mimi can study! I could not!

And then, Mimi is my son! I decide for him!

Find yourself a woman who wants to marry

a disabled person like you, who will make you a son

and you will decide for him!

This is not your property!

This is my property!

This is my son and I do not want to see you turn around!

Otherwise I'll shoot you! You understood?

Well, shoot!

Everyone shoots on everyone here!

Felice!

What do you want?

Mimi is my eldest son, I want to study, to become someone.

If you leave him alone

I will not tell him that you are lame from birth and

that you have not done a single race of your life.

No, no tell him, tell him!

I do not walk in this blackmail!

I'll tell him!

I'll tell him!

I'll tell him! But I do not want to see you here anymore! It's understood?

Otherwise I shoot!

I do not want to see you here anymore!

It's understood!

I shoot, if I see you again!

What are you doing? You do not eat?

I'm not hungry!

So I'm not hungry me either!

Why are you crying, mom?

I feel so bad!

All these stories!

Like a thief he escaped! Like a thief!

I'm sorry, dad! I will not do it again!

In front of everyone, I was ashamed!

Excuse me!

I will never do it again!

I will never do it again!

Never again!

You must promise me not run anymore!

Promise me. If you do not want to kill your father with grief!

I promise. I will never run again

That's it! Bravo!

Now give a kiss to your father!

I will never run anymore!

Never again!

Leave alone the moped.

Stop!

Please, ma'am!

Goodbye! Have a good day!

Sit down, ma'am!

The heart is rock solid!

Now we will look at your nose Mimi!

Doctor! He runs all the time! Many times, I told him to stop!

Why does not he have to run?

With such a strong heart, he has to play sports!

And it's good for your health!

Yes, but why run? He gets tired for nothing!

And then he has so much to study!

Yes of course, school is a priority!

Dress up, dress up Mimi!

Regarding his nosebleeds

We must consider them as an episodic fact.

Nothing serious!

And nothing to do with the sport!

Great!

I can run!

I will prescribe you some vitamins!

And you will be in good shape!

Happy?

Not quite!

Why?

Because he wants to run! Who will stop it?

Shut up! Shut up!

Is it true that you bought the 600?

Yes, it's true. You know everything!

And what color is it?

Light green. You saw it? She is there outside.

If you go out, you'll see it.

I promise you that one day I will make you take a nice walk. Happy?

Thanks!

What did you do with the Topolino?

I still have it! Do you want to buy me Nico?

Who is this car?

To me!

No

How not! She's mine. Monte. Today I'll take you home!

Where did you buy it?

It's the doctor who sold it to me.

I made a deal! Go up! I'll take you!

You go crazy!

The cow gave milk and you sold it!

I did it for the kids!

I did it for Mimi.

For children!

Like that his father can lead!

He can take her to school!

And much faster than that!

Now you and I must see each other in secret!

Did you understand?

I can no longer train with the bus!

And I do not know the times I'm doing!

I have to run, I'm going crazy!

In Mendolara,

it seems that they have opened a sports complex.

Maybe someone over there can help you!

Tomorrow I will go!

After school!

Now go to sleep!

Go! If ever your father does not find you in your bed!

How much is the entrance?

The entrance is free!

But you must be part of a club!

How do I go to register in a club?

Come with your father and do the medical check

and we give you your license!

And without my father, can I come?

No, it is not possible!

It takes the agreement of your father!

I have 500 lire. If I give them to you, do you let me in?

Bring me in? Only for today.

Only for today.

Thank you. You're welcome.

You can not run with these shoes!

You will damage the track Do not you see? Come on!

Your shoes have found an amateur!

It's written 120...!

It's 120!

That's right, it's written! But they can write what they want!

We have to see if she does them! She does them, she does them!

It's a good engine! Not true Giovanni?

And yes!

Do you want to see who is the fastest from here to church?

Me running and you drive!

Have you heard?

Mimi, you are stupid!

How do you want to beat a Fiat 600?

Me, I keep my word!

But what are you doing?

I take off my shoes to run faster!

What is happening?

Hello, uncle!

Mimi wants to make a race against the car!

It's a joke! Do not worry!

I want to see if you are really good at running as you say.

Take off your shoes! I will be the referee of the race!

On the sidewalk, please.

Ready! Come on!

But, now I have to tell you one thing.

If you like running, it's good

I will help you.

But you must obey your father.

You do not have to listen to this lame guy driving the bus.

This communist liar!

This communist liar! He will not stay here long!

Here we do not want to.

Bravo, bravo!

It's impressive! Not true?

Well! Now, we must train seriously!

Where did you get it?

I arranged myself!

Pour me some wine.

It did not cost too much?

It was a business!

Say Mimi!

Next Saturday

in Sibari

there is a very important race.

This is an opportunity to prove what you are worth to the people here!

But if you do not support them, why do you stay here?

You are always complaining!

Bah! All countries are alike.

I was born here!

That's why I love it!

Where were you born?

Elsewhere.

At one point, I left!

And why?

I found myself alone with my mother!

My father, I never knew him.

See, there is one thing,

only one thing I lied to you about,

and you must excuse me!

is that I was born with the leg like that.

the lame...

and my mother so beautiful!

Believe me! A beauty out of the ordinary!

Thinking about it,

it's like being paralyzed.

Because, you see Mimi,

just a small difference,

have something more,

or something less,

and people look at you with suspicion.

My mother did not bear those looks!

And she preferred... how to say ..

give up her beauty and disappear. I found myself alone.

I took the bus. I started to drink dreaming...!

And tell stories to people.

This race, we will win it Felice!

I will give the start!

No, take your hands off your ears!

Look straight ahead, do not look at me!

Go!

No, no, no! False start! Come back! Come back!

Good come on!

Closed mouth! Closed mouth!

Ready!

Now we know, go, go!

Courage, come on!

Closed mouth! Closed mouth!

Congratulations! Congratulations! I wish you the best!

Do not force in the first rounds. Listen to me!

I take number 9

And Morabito takes the number 7 -Ah yes?

The name I gave it to you! -It's just...

This is wrong. He keeps his number. -To be fair.

Here, thank you! That's what I reported!

Precision. Thank you!

This sewing machine is the first price?

-If I win I will offer it to my mom!

Do not think about it now!

Repeat what I told you.

During the first seven rounds, you stay with the others.

In a group quietly!

During the first seven rounds, I am in the top ten.

Hey! Change the stride! -Change the stride.

Closed mouth! -Closed mouth!

And the next two rounds

you accelerate gradually.

And the other two turns, I accelerate!

And you stand out! -and I stand out

And the last round, thoroughly! -And the last round, thoroughly!

What does it mean completely?

That you go at full speed!

He's mad at me, this one?

Not at all!

The competitors of the following clubs

are asked to come at the start.

Sports Association of the motherland

Sports group from Messina Street

Polimeni Sports Association

The parish of the Holy Christ

Take a seat on the starting line!

The godmother of the race

will give the start!

Ready!

Excuse me, I can! You're welcome! -Thank you!

Can you give me the binoculars, please?

Excuse me I had asked the permission to madam!

Mimi!

There is another round! Go slowly, again!

I told you what to do!

You must not do that!

Now, go for it, go for it!

Jump!

What are you doing?

Are not you running?

Hurry up!

Last lap!

He has recovered well!

Slowly!

You can not go home! -I am the coach!

To which club does this young man belong?

To which club is registered this young man?

We do not belong to any club,

So sorry!

Are you the father?

No, no! I am the coach.

Impossible to win the prize! The boy is not registered with IFAD.

How?

Unable to withdraw the first prize, the boy is not registered with IFAD.

Why can not he get the first prize? He arrived first!

We calm down! -I'm calm!

I am calm!

Mimi, drop the machine! -But why?

But I won it!

I won!

I won!

Robbers!

Stay calm!

Do not touch me! -Stay calm!

My God! But what did you do?

But what happened to you? Did they hit you?

A little blood in the nose!

Sit down!

Tilt your head back.

Back.

Slowly!

What are you doing, what are you doing? You cure him, cretin!

Where are you going? Come here!

Dirty liar, miserable! Come here!

I'm going to break your legs! It's understood?

I'm going to kill him, do you understand?

Miserable!

I'm going to cut those legs!

I'll tell you even in German!

Come here, it's not worth it to want to run away, I'm going to destroy you!

Come here!

Outside!

You, get out!

If I take you, too bad for you!

Be careful!

Come here! Come here!

Come here miserable! Come here!

Legs, I'll break them to you!

You never had to run again, do you understand?

You will not run without legs!

Mimiii!

Mammaaaa!

Enough! Enough, for pity!

That's enough! -No! The legs no!

I'm going to make you lame like your friend, did you understand or not?

Come down, get down! -Mimiii!

Coward, liar you are nothing!

Stop!

The legs, no!

You never gave me a kiss!

During all these years.

Never, you gave me a kiss!

Hi Marco!

Hi Nico!

But it's your son?

Yes. Come on Mimi

So, please! You find him a difficult job!

Are you sure he will support it?

Of course! He is strong. What do you think?

We'll see! The salary I can give you

at the end of the week is 200 lire per day!

Eight hours of work! -It does not interest me!

The important thing is that it runs out!

To him it pleases him to get tired!

We'll see - will teach him!

That's how it ends for the one who does not study

and does not have a job in his hands!

Giuse! There's a new!

Show him what to do!

Go in! Enter the workshop!

Good now I'm leaving!

Yes soon!

Hi! My name is Giuseppe.

And me Mimi.

How are we doing?

I'll show you!

That's it! Do like me!

With both hands! You are new and you can do it with both hands!

It's heavy!

Yes! But we get used little by little!

How long have you been here? -Two years.

Are you going to school?

Yes at night. But they said they would make me redouble!

Please?

Who is it?

Hello Maria

Ah, is it you?

What do you want?

Nothing! I wanted some news from Mimi.

It's been a while since I have not seen it.

He's fine. Do not worry.

Since he does not take more bus in the morning,

so he's not going to school?

And if he does not go to school, I thought...

he was sick!

That's right?

No, he's fine!

It's for his father! He needed him to work.

I know! I know that has to do with the rope maker! Everything is in town!

Nicola is crazy! Completely crazy!

We can not let him in this place kill himself in the effort

What can I do!

And who did it? And this is your son too, or not?

Yes of course! But what can I do?

He'll kill us both!

What a shame! What a shame!

He is an exceptional child!

He can become a champion!

He can not become a string manufacturer!

He will become lame!

What are you saying? You're kidding?

No!

Next week,

This is the national qualifications for the race in Rome.

Mimi must go!

No! My husband will kill him!

Listen to me! Give him this possibility again!

It can not be worse than now!

Now, listen to me!

If he fails to qualify

he must promise not to think about running anymore.

I know him! I he will listen to me.

But now, please

give it this last chance!

It's not good for a woman to come here to talk about things in the family

without the head of the family!

If Nicola knows it!

What will he say?

Nicola is at work.

Only you can convince him!

Mimi is a good boy!

You can a lot!

Yes, I know! He promised me

that if he can not manage to go to the finals of Rome

he gives up running forever!

He promised!

He's listening to me!

Very good!

I'll try with Nicola!

I will not tell him that you've come here! Otherwise he's killing you!

Pose!

What is it?

Pasta and white beans.

Pasta and beans like me without pasta!

And you do not eat?

I have already eaten before!

And Mimi? -He eats in the kitchen

Mimiii!

Come eat with your father! Mimi!

Mimi!

How are you working?

Good!

And the leg?

Does it hurt you?

A little!

It will pass!

Start softly and be quietly

but do not be outdistanced!

Mom, give me something to drink?

Be careful!

Behind the line!

Get away madam!

They will leave!

Guys, back, back!

Behind the line! Ready, go!

But why are you running like this?

You know that if you run like this... you will not hold.

You must be with others!

Look in the face!

And go with them!

But what do you do?

I can not watch!

Come on Mimi!

Come on, run!

Attention!

Three riders...

Come on Mimi! Come on Mimi!

Attention!

And here is the order of arrival.

First

Langieri Joshua.

Second

Quattroni Fabio, of the parish of the Holy Christ.

Third...

Sileca Domenico,

These riders are qualified for the Rome final.

him in Rome, he will not go!

And why?

He mounts his head!

As you want!

A beer!

They say something?

No, they do not say anything!

Still, it's an important race!

Hey, we need a Rome newspaper.

When will this race take place?

Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.

Ah at 4 o'clock!

First, there are other races!

But for us, it's perfect tomorrow at 4 o'clock.

Why?

Well! There is a day to acclimatize,

it's not good to run with the fatigue of the trip

And then, for Mimi, the first hours of the afternoon are the best.

And then, how are we going to know if things are going well?

They will send us a telegram

Or we will wait for them to come back

Of course, it's a pain to wait like that!

Hey! If you knew like I'd like to see him come back!

How to know who will win?

If he is the best of all Italy!

He will win, he will win! Only you, his own father does not believe it!

Maybe because you are his father!

Me, although it's amazing, I think he'll win!

And I told myself

that if he won

he did not have an outfit to get on the podium.

We can not receive a medal,

dressed as the son of nobody,

Listen Felice!

How much does it cost to run?

Uh! It costs, it costs!

I pay half

if you pay the other half.

Very good! I agree.

The outfit. -Bravo!

So?

It's not over?

And who knows?

So?

In spite of the heat that reigns over the capital -I do not see anything?

And what do you want to see? -which reaches 40 degrees

My son!

Hey! Your son...!

He took off!

He became a boy like any other!

Why are you telling me that?

Among them, perhaps, is the champion of tomorrow

Come on, come on, courage!

Come on, guys! Here at the start line!

Mimi! Go prepare yourself like everyone else!

They are about to start! You have to get ready, Mimi!

Like that, you do not make us see anything!

Mimi!

Mimi! Vas, what's happening to you?

Are you not good?

My legs are shaking!

My legs are shaking!

Oh no! Mimi! Not now!

After all that Felice has done for you!

A little courage!

I can not! I want to go back home!

I will kill you!

which makes us follow the Youth Games

in an Olympic stadium desert and noisy

is the hope to discover a new champion.

This is my son!

It's Mimi!

And where is he?

He was there!

Ready!

But where is he?

This is the second attempt by Giogio Alessandroni

good attitude

he has a good start.

He succeeded.

Here we are now at high jumps,

boys are advancing rapidly

Number 45 goes to the top

here we see another competitor, number 29

It can not, even if the bar is still low.

and the little one with bare feet.

The group of the first.

The first

is a child of Calabria.