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I understand her, Begun.

The memories of love are never erased.

If she didn't send a rose to her husband's grave every morning, she would

to forget him more and more.

Well? What are you waiting for?

Allora, questa l 'ora arriva o no? Hai convinto il tuo terzo marito a

spedirtela? E l 'hai convinto che può fidarsi di noi?

Certo che si fida. E naturalmente fa male.

Arriva dopo domani e toccherà a te riceverla. Dalle la stanza grande e su

secondo piano.

Quella del primo la darai a Emanuele e Carlo che arrivano oggi.

Bene, allora tutto il gruppo è al completo.

Domani lo racconterò al vecchio Al. Chissà che non dia un festino per tutti.

Senti, mamma, io adesso vado incontro alla splendida coppia. Emanuele e Carlo

saranno contenti. A proposito, che ne è di Ali? Non me lo starai consumando?

Puoi prenderti Ali quando vuoi.

Ho ben altro da fare io.

Not again.

She's got a compass about giving to the queen.

Unless I were Charles, she would give away everything she has, even her own

clothes.

Why don't you just let her go ahead? I'm sure she looks better without anything

on anyway.

Stop. Stop here.

Laura, get ready.

What are we stopping for? Don't worry.

Ugh, how horrible.

What's so interesting?

Let's go.

Ah, shut up. Come on, now.

Move your ass.

If you don't go near it, how the heck can I take a picture of you idiot?

Come on.

Sit there.

Sit down there.

Come on. Okay?

Here.

Ready?

Hold it. It smells.

I know. Don't worry about it.

Okay. Okay, like that.

Now lie down.

Down. Next to the dog. And try to look natural, you bitch. Okay, that's good.

Yeah. Take off your dress. Take off your fucking dress.

And smile.

Like that.

Don't I have to teach you how to smile too, for Christ's sakes?

Jesus Christ, you think it was difficult?

Smile, goddammit, Laura. Smile.

And hold it.

Take it off.

Now.

Now, that's better.

Now get up.

Get up. That's it.

Up, up.

Now make a bridge.

A bridge.

Bend backward. What do you mean?

Backward.

Like that.

Go on. Come on. Don't shake.

Fuck you, bloody idiot.

Stay there.

Stay there.

There. That's good.

That's better.

Let over more if you can.

More!

Okay, stay where you are.

Jesus Lord, I say smile!

Okay, pose yourself like a dancer. A dancer! You know how to dance, don't

You bullshit artist!

Move! Move!

You know, like a dancer, for fuck's sake.

Okay, okay.

Hold it like that, don't move.

Now, lean down.

Good.

Small, that's beautiful.

It stinks.

I can't stand it anymore.

That's tough shit, because I haven't finished yet.

Now, lie down next to it.

Okay.

Okay, now look up. But put on a smile.

Put on a smile, for God's sake.

Lie down and look towards me.

Yeah, like that.

Close it to the door.

Try to look like you're enjoying your something.

You understand?

Come on. Smile.

I think I'm going to throw up.

Well, go on then.

This will include us in the prize.

Okay.

Let's go.

Credevo che il mio terzo marito sarebbe stato l 'ultimo.

E invece non è stato così.

Lui mi ha lasciata.

Lasciata dopo che gli avevo donato la vita.

Era solo un egoista.

E mi ha separato da mia figlia Laura.

La piccola Laura che tra poco sarà tra noi.

Erano tre anni che non passava una vacanza con me.

I would have been happy next to a man like Edward.

Dirty son of a bitch.

Why, why did you leave me?

Don't take it, madam.

It will be a nice vacation for everyone.

Has Mr.

Antonio woken up? Where is he?

The gardener told me that he retired in meditation in the desert.

to the holy place it is there that you promised to show us the face of god

We've interrupted our journey so that you could go and stay in that house.

But now we must continue.

The holy places are everywhere.

It is up to you to go out and find them.

If you all have enough faith.

Go where I've thrown that handful of sand.

And don't you stop and don't come back.

until you've found out where the sun and the wind have blown it.

Why did you leave me last night?

You know very well I don't like to sleep alone.

Do I have to spend the whole time looking for you?

What about like just for once giving me a little attention I'm fed up with your

wasting your time with those children I Came here to pray

Do you believe that I think that you're avoiding the issue I

know that you're not happy You're just waiting for the chance to get away Why

you follow me why do you always look for me I know very well where to go I know

where peace is.

Now that the sun is high over the horizon, take my vital force.

Touch the great star.

I'm his most humble root.

It is the gift of the sun.

Remember that.

There is a place for all of us.

The light that issues from our solar planet is the most blessed.

Quella è la casa.

La casa?

Il palazzo?

Come sarà la mia casa?

Mi piacerebbe la più piccola di tutti.

This time I see you, you're more beautiful than ever.

Laura. How beautiful.

My luggage.

Did they get it all from the boat?

Oh, excuse me.

There are many very precious things in those bags.

Mirror, perfume.

Please take great care.

No, no, Laura. This is Horatio. He spends the winter here.

Laura is the world's most famous model.

I see.

I didn't know such beautiful Christmas trees grew in Egypt.

They didn't grow in Egypt, darling. I had them air freighted here.

All the way from Sweden.

I bet you'd look real good.

Well, you can try it anyway.

Now... I think it really suits you.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Now say after me, that's not for me.

That is not for me. Repeat, that's not for me. That is not for me.

Understand me?

Get it, you dumb -dumb?

You see what I mean, huh?

And you're... not going to get it.

Go on, keep saying it.

Not for me.

Yeah, get the message, stupid.

It's not for me.

Yeah, keep going.

You can tell that to mummy.

That is not for me.

Repeat, that's not for me.

That's not for me.

And now, music for me.

I know what you want now.

You heard me.

And this is not for you.

You hear that?

It sounds like Hal is having quite a party in there.

Maybe because he wants to seduce your divine Horatio.

You'd better watch out. The old faggot has quite a reputation.

Hal, you live like King Solomon.

But I am King Solomon, my beloved Crystal.

Only instead of 100 wives, I have 100 boys.

I have prepared a special night for you, Crystal, and for your wonderful

friends.

It's a small world, don't you think?

Discovering Hal Burns again in a Muslim Africa.

This is for you, my dear girl.

And for you.

And what is your name, young man? Carlo.

Here is a gift for you.

I am better off here than in decrepit, pulverized old Hollywood.

And where is the divine Horatio?

He's outside.

Well, I have to meet him.

And you, my handsome hero, aren't you going to give me homage and love?

I must give you much more than homage, which is a superficial thing.

I must give you happiness and joy for eternity.

of all my children will charm us with a song of love.

Abandon yourselves to this sweet sound of hymns.

Let us together reach the indifferentiated fullness of the sublime

There are no longer souls outside of the chains through which pass the

vibrations of the being.

You may leave us now.

What the hell is he talking about?

It's crazy.

Eros is sublime.

Thank you.

There is nothing but love.

We'll be right

back.

You want some help with that bag? No, it's okay.

Mommy has been waiting for you.

Okay.

Hello.

Hey!

Don't just stand there catching flies.

Take Miss Pia's bags.

Thank you, Ali. Please put them in my room.

But for goodness sakes, take special care of the wooden case. It's got some

fragile things inside.

What's wrong? Doesn't he understand English?

No. Why is he looking at me like that? Not at all.

He doesn't speak English or Arabic.

But if he looks at you like that, you'd better watch out.

Well, there she is.

Better late than never, huh?

Hello, Mommy.

Darling. Oh, my baby.

Oh, I'm so happy to see you.

I'll leave you both alone now.

Mommy and her favorite baby.

Darling.

I've gone and made you all messy.

At my age, you have to avoid getting wrinkles.

You wouldn't believe it, you know, but I'll be soon a plain old woman.

You don't have any wrinkles, Mommy. You're as young and as beautiful as

But you've changed.

I don't know why, but you've changed.

And Magda, too. She's changed.

I hardly recognized her.

The years pass for all of us. Believe me.

You didn't tell me.

Your father.

What's new now?

What's he doing?

Nothing. He's all right. He's working.

What do you mean?

He didn't give you a message for me?

He didn't. But let's not speak about him.

I've come here just for you.

Who are those strange people I saw in the garden?

I was hoping to find you alone.

They're my houseguests.

They come every year.

They're very nice.

You'll like them.

And the strange boy up on the rock, what's he doing here?

He's an intellectual, and he's a sort of writer.

A kind of thinker.

You'll get on, you'll see.

Maybe, but right now I feel so tired.

I want to have a rest beside you.

The way we used to, in your bed.

That's all right.

But whatever happened?

Your hair was beautiful. You had it down to here.

Without your hair, you don't seem like a real girl.

Why?

There are men who wear long hair.

Anyway, I think it suits me. I see.

I'm so happy you came here.

This is your home.

And if you want to stay here, you need never go back.

You know, I'm glad of one thing. And that's that you've gotten away from that

idiot, Pia. That idiot father of yours. That lousy bastard who ruined my life.

You know I'm fond of him. So why do you speak so badly of him in front of me?

Were you waiting for me?

No.

What are you doing?

Working. Oh.

Ali, take off my jeans and my belt.

Give me my belt.

Open my blouse, but don't take it off.

Hey, Laura, come on, get dressed.

Okay, okay, I've seen it.

Not a pretty sight, huh?

How come all these dead men?

A raid?

An attack on a caravan?

Hey, aren't we in danger?

Whoever did this, are they likely to come back?

Huh?

Huh? It happened to the nomads sometime.

But doesn't anyone come to bury them?

They just leave them out here in the sun.

The desert is a big place.

And no one uses the track that we've just come along.

And without a guide like him, it is impossible to get back.

Let's go, Laura.

Look up.

Yeah. That's great.

Move over there.

There.

Life and death.

These pictures will give food for thought.

Don't you think so, Pia?

A bit further away.

That's good.

I want to go.

Ah, come off it, Pia.

To see a few people dead is not so bad.

I want to go.

You think it's sad?

Disgusting? It's educational.

Let's go now. It makes you happier to be alive.

Over there.

There.

See?

That's it. Okay.

Hold it.

Laura, wake up. Be alive, for God's sake.

Oh, I don't feel well.

What do you mean you don't feel well?

You see, if you death people and you tell me you don't want to work, what am

supposed to do?

Smile. Why are you doing this to me?

Come on. Just one more shot.

Hey, I've got a great idea.

Put this on, okay?

We'll do some more with you up by the camera. You know what I mean?

Huh?

That's it.

Great. Okay.

You're fine. Now let's try it again.

Huh?

Right. Just one more.

Okay?

Let's get it.

That's good.

That's good.

What's wrong?

I think I'm going to faint.

Now both of you stay right there, like that. No, I won't.

Are you crazy?

Yes.

Take it.

Keep it and fuck you.

Laura.

Come on, Laura.

Hey, Laura.

Where do you think you're going, you stupid bitch?

We are losing time, you dumb cunt.

Basta.

Pia, why don't you come too? Screw you!

Well, get lost and fuck you!

Son of a bitch!

Oh, Laura, I promise I won't shout. I'm sorry, okay?

I'm really sorry. Do you hear me?

What's the matter with you?

I say to forget, okay?

off your bed.

Huh?

You want it now, huh?

Down to you.

Don't worry and get ready.

You're crazy, Laura. You shouldn't let him do this to you. I know.

That's perfect. See, Laura?

Hey, you kid!

Go on.

Keep moving.

Go on, Laura. Go up there.

You hear me now?

Keep moving.

But it stinks.

Of course it stinks.

It's a mouth of shit. What do you think?

Okay.

You, move to the left.

Okay, Laura. Get in the middle of the kid.

Right.

Now let's try it.

Now let's try something else.

Hey, hey, wait a minute. Not like that. Look, let me show you. Put it there.

There, there and there.

Okay, keep going round.

Don't stop. Keep going.

That's fine.

Okay.

Oh, no.

Laura, look up. Laura, try to look like you enjoy it. Come on.

Try lifting up your leg.

Yeah. Hey, what's the matter?

I can't go on. I can't. What do you mean?

Please, Carlo, I can't.

Come on, one more shot and then I'm finished.

No. Hey, Laura.

Laura, come back.

Get back up there right this minute.

You hear me now?

You're going to pay for this.

Go back up there.

You hear me?

time and tell you go up there listen to me go up there you're a piece

of i've got a job to do

How far is it to Aswan?

At what time we will get there?

Inshallah.

I knew it.

Let's go.

We can't come in here. It's a private house. Oh, yeah?

We'll see.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's like a moon landscape.

What happened

between you and Laura?

I don't know, but she's strange.

But what the fuck am I supposed to do? Stay home with her?

She'll get over it.

Sure, okay.

Hey,

you. What can you see?

Everything. The living and dead people of all time gathered together.

A procession carrying a temple.

Two boats on the river.

Look, Va de Saboa, the submerged temple.

I'm bored visiting the temples.

I think I'll stay on board.

Well, I'm staying too. Please send me something to drink.

For me, the temples are even more beautiful in the distance.

It's really hot today, huh? No kidding.

I've got something for you. Come on. Great.

Stay there.

This is an ancient Egyptian remedy.

Oh, great.

That's wonderful. That's good.

Yeah, it's marvelous.

It's better than swimming.

Okay, better now? Yes.

That's it.

Carlo. Yeah?

Come with me. I want to go and see the temple.

Sure. Why not?

Do anything that I wouldn't do.

What are you thinking of? You lost love?

Very funny.

Just who do you think you are?

I don't know about me, but I know about you.

What do you know about me?

I know everything about you and Laura.

Is that so?

I have nothing to do with Laura, and you have nothing to do with her. You have a

lot to do with her, you know.

What happened between you and her after you left me in that bloody desert?

Any way you look at it, you'd be better off alone.

Okay, clever girl.

Let's take a look in here.

Laura can look after herself.

She's beautiful and talented.

Oh, boy.

I made that girl with my camera.

Oh, Carlo, you're such a great artist.

You fucking sign more than you realize, my dear.

Could you do the same for me, maybe?

Come on, Cinderella, don't play the smartass with me. I'm famous in Italy

because I create like I did with that...

Pile of shit over there.

You don't understand one thing.

I take something like a pile of shit with a beautiful girl on top and came up

with something great.

What you laughing for?

Don't you know that's pure art? You know what I think you are?

Just you wait.

Listen, come back here.

I want to talk to you.

And stop this stupid click -click.

Wait till I get my hands on you and...

I'll get the shit out of you!

Here! Click -click!

I'll get you! You bitch!

Come here!

Come here!

Come here!

Carlo!

Click -click! If I catch you, I'll give you the click -click!

You bitch, you're nothing but a fucking dyke! That's right, isn't it? You're a

lesbian, and you don't want to admit it!

You bitches are just like the rest of your fucking family. You fucked up.

here in the head.

Here in the head.

You bitches are nothing but a fucking dog. It's true, isn't it? You're like

women. So why don't you leave Laura alone then?

Come on. You know that she's...

Can I have a look, please, Carlo?

Thanks.

Nomads, huh?

What about us?

Why

don't we

all go ashore?

Where are the others?

And what happened to Horatio?

He's disappeared. You know, don't you know it's a ghost ship?

Oh, Hal, you'll come with us, won't you? You wouldn't let two poor girls go

ashore alone, would you? All right, all right.

Life is a dream.

Life is a dream.

And we are the stuff that dreams are made of. Sure, sure.

Calderon and all that stuff.

Here we will find the truth.

I am entering the realm of mysteries.

This, to the Egyptians, was the place which in our churches is called

the Sancta Sanctorum.

Tell you what, if I meet some handsome river god, I'll call you Pia.

Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by the sun of yore.

and all the clouds that cloud upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocean

barrier.

Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths, our bruised arms hung

up for monument, our stern alarm changed into merry meeting,

our dreadful marches to the light of death.

Instead of mounting barbarous steeds to fight the souls of fearful

adversaries... Hello?

Magda?

Magda.

Thank you.

They went without saying thank you.

Bastards.

They scratched and bit me all over.

If you hadn't come along.

But Pia, why aren't you shocked?

Did you like it?

In what way?

Did you reach a climate?

No. You never manage to, do you?

No, but...

So what?

It's my business. I do what I want to do, and I enjoy myself.

I'm 19 years old, and do you want to know how many men I've had?

Not one.

Oh, yeah?

You think you know better than me?

What do you need them for?

Wake up, Hal.

We're going.

You've had enough dreams.

You go.

I'm staying.

No, don't. Come with us.

I'm a sublime actor, and I want to die here.

To be buried here.

Dove potrebbe riposare più degnamente un grande attore che in mezzo alle silenti

rovine di un antico tempio circondato d 'acqua, arena più grandiosa del più

nobile dei palcoscenici?

Oh, tutto quello che ho imparato l 'ho imparato da un

sogno. Ed ho paura nella mia ansia di dovermi ancora

risvegliare. E di ritrovarmi ancora nella mia prigione. Lo sai, Al, anche

noi quest 'anno abbiamo messo in scena La vita è un sogno di Calderon.

Ma il nostro maestro di recitazione era molto più bravo di te.

Sono arrivato così a conoscere che ogni felicità umana

passa come un sogno.

È vero, Al, proprio così.

Come?

Tu non sei mai stato un grande attore.

E lo sai molto bene. Perché non lo riconosci?

Albert?

Non è stato un grande attore?

Ma te ne rendi conto?

Nessuno ti ha detto che Hollywood è vuota senza di me?

Al, tu hai lasciato Hollywood perché non avevi successo. Perché eri invecchiato.

E perché nessuno ti chiamava più a fare un film. Tu lo sai bene, ma non vuoi

ammetterlo. Chi ti ha detto queste orribili menzogne? Quale nemico ha

questi immondi inganni?

Ti proibisco di parlarne ancora!

Povero Al, come fatichi a tenere in piedi le tue illusioni. Non è meglio

la realtà e abbandonare i sogni.

Enjoy the old house, Al, and don't watch your old movies.

They're worthless, my dear.

What do you say we go back on board?

The road is long.

Mommy, I mean, Crystal will want to dress up for the party.

Let's go.

Tomorrow will be a great day.

My friends, I will make you sleep and dream, and the sleep of my eyes will

you at least once in all your lives the dreams that you really wanted.

And each person will do what he really likes.

Splendid, Divine Horatio.

Do to us everything you are capable of.

This place is yours.

It can be your palace of pleasure.

Yes, Horatio, go on. Let's see what you can do.

It's not all right with me.

Come here and sit down.

Crystal, don't give orders in my house.

For tonight, Horatio is the king.

We must obey him. For God's sake, don't give me all that garbage. You're just an

old faggot.

See how I can cry?

Aren't I still a great actor?

Oh, you're such a boy, you know.

What are you trying to do? You can't.

I'm still young, but I already stink of corpses.

Oh, Truba, father of fertility, protect me.

Okay,

Horatio, you're very clever, but that's enough now. Wake her up.

You asked for the truth. This is it.

Wake her up, or I will.

Don't try.

It could hurt her if you wake her up.

I'm not bad. I'm good.

I'm good.

Shut up!

It's me.

Will you two shut up, you bloody queer!

I want to go home.

It's me, Laurie. I'm not coming back. It's me, I'm Carl. We'll go back

okay? I'm not coming back.

What did you say?

What did you say, you...

Holy shit! It's your fault!

Fuck you!

You're all bastards.

You had nothing without me!

You know very well that you had nothing! You're just...

You see, my spells are stronger than yours

Let's go, Mom.

You must be tired. Tomorrow we have to go to Abu Simbel.

Come on, let's go home.

Al, thank you for the beautiful evening.

I hope to have you in shape tomorrow at Abu Simbel.

The great stone pharaoh with his wife at his feet.

You'd like that, Horatio, wouldn't you?

To be able to have a little woman in love with you, all meek, just waiting

your orders.

Just like the statue.

You're right.

Absolutely right.

I want to visit this temple with you, Crystal.

Just for once, don't abandon me.

I've been always overrun by Ramses. More than a king, he must be a god.

And no one ever told him to wake up because he was dreaming.

Hey, you see, Crystal?

The ancient kings still have their subjects.

See that?

It looks like the tourists have taken over. I told you, Magda. Well, let's go

and have a look inside.

Let's do a little tourism ourselves.

Where are you going, Pia?

To the other one.

Come here. I want to be close to you.

Sure.

I want to be with you. I always wanted that.

Always? Let's go away together.

I don't care about the others.

But aren't you supposed to be a mystic? You know, calling up those spirits and

things. Are you or aren't you?

What about those kids waiting for you to lead them to the holy place?

Who told you that?

Mommy. And she says she will kill you if you leave her.

Coming here, going there.

It's all the same.

We only want to run away.

From what?

Everything. Except you.

I should like to stay with you.

To be together with you.

Take it all.

It's very true that you're intelligent.

And that you don't belong here.

Go and do your own thing.

You've got to be you now.

You are just called Horatio.

You are 20 years old.

You are like me.

And you are in love.

Just where are Pia and Horatio? They just went to see the other temple.

They asked us to wait for them. They will be back right now. That bloody

is having it off with that bastard.

Come on, leave them alone. You have your chance already.

Fucking hypocrite, phony. That's why she came here. I should have guessed it.

Crystal, dear, what are you afraid of? What can Pia do to you?

Listen, Mommy, Horatio has made love to you so many times. To me, too.

So why lose your cool?

What's happened?

With Pia, it's different.

She'll take him away and I'll be left alone like a father did it's not fair

Go

on tell him I'm going away with beer. We love each other

That's the way it has to be.

So don't fight it.

Go on.

Tell her that you never loved her. That it was all pretense.

And that you were just trying to run away from yourself and from everything.

It was nice until now between us. But now it's all over.

So forget it.

You came here to ruin me.

And had it all planned.

Your father sent you, didn't he?

You're all against me, but I'll show you what I'll get my own back

Horatio, I'm going to throw myself down.

It's between me or her.

You've got to decide.

Go on, Mommy. Jump if you've got nothing better to do.

I tell you, it'll be on your conscience.

It'll all be your fault.

Okay, okay. What are you waiting for?

The fan club's watching.

Well, it looks like we are the losers.

I'm sorry, Horatio. I'm going away by myself.

Goodbye, Mommy.

I'll see you around.