1 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,236 ok 2 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,113 inspired by 3 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,389 written by 4 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,718 Under the bombardments I lost my husband. 5 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:41,870 I lost myself. 6 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,076 The war was over, and so was I. 7 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,555 I drew a curtain on my days. 8 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,115 Then you walked into my life. 9 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,760 You brought breath back to my voice. 10 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,155 Your caresses swept 11 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,956 the ashes from my heart and revived my happiness. 12 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,030 You flung open my arms like a window. 13 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,317 You let the light in, the wind... 14 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,637 and all those voices. 15 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,911 Hello. Hello? 16 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,514 No, lady, the line's overcrowded. Hang up. I'm expecting a call. 17 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,552 Just hang up! 18 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,752 Operator, what am I supposed to do? 19 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,917 Get that woman off my line! 20 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,953 I'm expecting a call, and I can't get through! 21 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,998 Hello? Is that you? 22 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,034 No... 23 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,436 but I can barely hear you 24 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,950 with these other voices on the line. 25 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,274 So call me back. All right. 26 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,758 Signora, the eggplant slices are dry. Should I start frying them? 27 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,520 You told me to slice the eggplant and dry it in the sun 28 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:12,836 for your dinner with the signore. 29 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,473 But are you sure the signore is coming tonight? 30 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,950 What day is today? 31 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,196 - Tuesday. - Exactly! 32 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,197 The signore is coming at 8:00 p.m. like every Tuesday. 33 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:24,549 It's already 4:00 p.m. 34 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:26,834 Go start frying. 35 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,469 No one makes a parmigiana like we do. 36 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,512 That's for sure. 37 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,635 Hello? 38 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,632 I can finally hear you. 39 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,560 Are you all right? 40 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,275 Yes, I'd just gotten in when you called earlier. 41 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,033 Are you home? 42 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,191 Last night I went to bed early, but I couldn't sleep, 43 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,232 so I took a pill. 44 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,551 Yes, around 9:00 p.m. 45 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,633 I had a headache, but it got better. 46 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,552 Today? I got dressed, and Assunta picked me up. 47 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,911 I just got back from her place. 48 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,512 Yes, she was just wonderful. 49 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,714 You were right, as usual. 50 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,312 What am I wearing? 51 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,277 My pink dress and my black hat. 52 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,470 In fact, I still have the hat on. 53 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,831 And you? What are you doing? 54 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,077 Ah, you're working at home. On a trial? 55 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,593 No, darling. 56 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,911 I don't hold anything against you. 57 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,673 On the contrary. 58 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,271 We've always been open with each other. 59 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:34,953 It would've been terrible if you'd left me without warning. 60 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,672 At least now I have time to get used to it, to understand. 61 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:43,275 No, no. Strong. 62 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,875 I'm very strong. 63 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,840 I'm putting on a show? Me? 64 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:52,351 Why would I put on a show? 65 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,192 You know me better than that. I couldn't do such a thing. 66 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:58,839 Why? 67 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,320 You think I'm the sort who hides things? 68 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,119 No... 69 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:07,796 I decided to be brave, and so I will be. 70 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,152 Our love ran up against too many obstacles. 71 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:13,919 I had to choose: 72 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,438 Turn down five years of happiness, or decide to risk everything. 73 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,838 I have no regrets. 74 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,392 No regrets. Not one. 75 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,839 I wanted to fall head over heels, 76 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,191 be swept off my feet. 77 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,996 Darling, let me talk. It's all my fault. 78 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,031 Don't you remember that Sunday at Capodimonte? 79 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,996 So I was the one who insisted on coming. 80 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,550 I was the one who didn't let you talk... 81 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,832 who told you it was the same for me either way. 82 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,194 I was the one who called you that Tuesday. 83 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,478 Tuesday the 27th. 84 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,958 I know all our dates by heart. 85 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:08,754 Why? 86 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:14,433 I didn't know there was such a rush. 87 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,353 So then wait, I'll have your suitcase ready by this evening. 88 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,515 You come over, we have our dinner together... 89 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,713 Today is Tuesday. 90 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:29,560 I'm preparing the parmigiana, as usual. 91 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,119 What gloves? 92 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:38,036 Oh, the leather ones for driving. 93 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,595 I don't know. I haven't seen them. 94 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,192 If I find them, I'll give them to you tonight, okay? Hello? 95 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,519 You can't hear me? How's that possible? I'm yelling! 96 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,080 Can't you hear me? 97 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,516 I hear you like you were right here next to me! 98 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,958 I hear her. 99 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,791 So does the whole neighborhood. 100 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,877 Everyone can hear her except the signore. 101 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,357 Now I'm the one who can't hear you. 102 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,711 You can hear me now? 103 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,877 Great, we're taking turns. 104 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,079 There's a strange echo on your line. 105 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,756 It doesn't sound like your home phone. 106 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,114 I see you. 107 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,272 Which handkerchief? 108 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,277 The red one. 109 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,629 And you've got your sleeves rolled up. 110 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,914 Your left hand? It's holding the receiver. 111 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,317 And the right, your fountain pen. 112 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,273 And you're doodling: figures, hearts, stars. 113 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,312 You're laughing? 114 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,595 I have eyes in place of ears. 115 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,153 No, darling, please don't look at me. 116 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,273 Frightened? 117 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,160 No, I'm not frightened. 118 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,193 It's worse. 119 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,000 I try not to look at myself in the mirror. 120 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,720 In the bathroom I've stopped turning on the light. 121 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,912 What can you do? 122 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,076 The years pass. 123 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,358 Oh, sure. I have an exquisite face. 124 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,475 What a sweet-talker. 125 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,390 That kind of compliment is good for a poem, not a person. 126 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:41,200 I preferred it when you'd say, "Look out for that funny face." 127 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,877 I know, I know. 128 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,919 "Piano"? What "piano"? 129 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,318 No, darling. 130 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,636 I said "I know". 131 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,871 You never got used to my speaking Neapolitan. 132 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:03,151 What laughs when you'd mistake one word for another. 133 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,997 Remember that street vendor 134 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,831 selling calf's feet and nose? 135 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,839 I asked you, "Wanna try the feet and nose?" 136 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,433 And you thought I said, "Wanna try the feeding hose?" 137 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,196 And you made such a face. 138 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:28,560 Where are you? Hello? 139 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,631 Operator, I got disconnected. Place the call again, please. 140 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,510 Hello? Yes. 141 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,200 No, operator, the line got disconnected. 142 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,277 Is it busy? 143 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,953 I don't understand. 144 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,032 Someone's trying to call me? 145 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,590 All right. 146 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,076 Ah, it's you, Amelio? 147 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,596 Yes, it's me... the signora. 148 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:04,151 No, I was speaking with the signore, and the line got cut off. 149 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,519 He's not home? 150 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,757 Oh, right, he's not going home tonight. That's right. 151 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,595 I completely forgot. How silly of me. 152 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,838 No, he was calling me from a restaurant. 153 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,913 We got cut off. I'll try that number again. 154 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:28,193 Sorry to bother you. Thank you. Have a good evening. 155 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,514 Hello. 156 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:11,399 Ah, it's you. 157 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,712 No, I was waiting. 158 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,356 I called your house, 159 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,836 but no one answered. 160 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,680 No, nothing's wrong. Absolutely nothing. 161 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,753 I promise. 162 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,079 It's just that... we talk and talk. 163 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,870 Listen, my love: I lied to you. 164 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,591 Here, on the phone, I've been lying to you. 165 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,673 I lied about how I'm dressed, 166 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,031 about having lunch at Assunta's. 167 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,912 I've eaten nothing, and I'm not wearing that pink dress. 168 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,397 I'm still in my robe, 169 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,753 waiting for you to call, staring at this phone. 170 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,280 I know you don't understand Neapolitan, but don't you understand my voice? 171 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,790 Don't you hear the pain in it? 172 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,920 Pacing around the house is driving me crazy! 173 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,156 So the other day I went to your place 174 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,556 and waited at the front door. 175 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,595 That's right, I waited. 176 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,116 Waited for what? 177 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,154 I know nothing good will come if I wait for you. 178 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,596 And not even lying helps. 179 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,754 Besides, I can't pretend anymore. I won't. 180 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,111 Yes, you're right. 181 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,437 I'm listening. 182 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,552 I have to let go. 183 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,672 I have to find peace. What peace? 184 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,236 The word "peace" has lost its meaning. 185 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,072 My peace only existed in your arms. 186 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,190 Yes, talk. Say something. Anything. 187 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,191 Just hearing you talk... 188 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,674 makes me feel much better. 189 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,479 Sometimes, in bed together, 190 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,355 I'd rest my head on your chest, on that favorite spot of mine. 191 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,152 And I'd hear you speak to me, almost like now, on the phone. 192 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,514 Your heart would be going thump, 193 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,036 just outside my head, knocking. 194 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,559 You, a coward? I'm the coward. 195 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,398 Last night I took a pill to help me sleep, 196 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,113 and I thought... 197 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,398 "If I take more, I'll sleep better. 198 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,834 And if I take all of them, I'll sleep without waking. 199 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,760 I'll die and that'll be it." 200 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,878 I took 12 pills. Yes, 12. 201 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,117 All at once. 202 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,437 And I dreamed the truth: 203 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,231 that you weren't here anymore. 204 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,029 And I woke up so happy... 205 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,476 because I thought it was just a dream. 206 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:18,518 But when I realized it was all true, that I was alone... 207 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,913 that my head wasn't still resting on your shoulder, 208 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,720 I couldn't live anymore. 209 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,231 I felt light-headed and cold. I couldn't feel my heart beating. 210 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:33,274 But death wouldn't come. I felt so sad, it made me shiver. 211 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,954 After an hour I called Assunta. 212 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,440 I didn't have the courage to die alone. 213 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,794 She came with a doctor. 214 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,191 I had a temperature of 104. 215 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,273 104! 216 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:55,598 I know this call is difficult for you, 217 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,951 but think of me! 218 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,079 Losing the last love of my life. 219 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,876 The only thing left between us is this telephone wire. 220 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,032 And I can hear the end. 221 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,069 Two nights ago? I managed to fall asleep. 222 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,112 Lying there with the phone. 223 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,199 No, in bed. 224 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:15,959 In bed. 225 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,034 Yes, to stay close to your voice in case you called. 226 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,717 For five years I've lived for you, 227 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,639 and now I spend my days waiting for you, 228 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,996 terrified that I'll never see you again. 229 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,591 Yes, I ended up sleeping. 230 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,275 It was the first night without you. 231 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:38,475 It's the second night that's unbearable. And the third one... tomorrow. 232 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,754 Entire days doing what? My God! 233 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,271 If I sleep, I'll dream, 234 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,636 then get up, eat, go out, 235 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,797 and where the hell will I go? 236 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,516 Darling, my life was only full when you were in it. 237 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,355 Assunta has her own life. She doesn't need my problems. 238 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,113 I've lost it. 239 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,792 I tore up a whole stack of photos without realizing it. 240 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,991 Hello? Hello! 241 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,436 Lady, butt out! This conversation doesn't concern you. 242 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,395 Ah, we're not interesting enough? Downright comical? 243 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:20,674 So put the damn phone down and go screw yourself! 244 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,389 No, don't get worked up. 245 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,597 That lady hung up 246 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,877 after she said those awful things. 247 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,911 She hurt your feelings? 248 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,918 I know this whole story is painful. 249 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,759 More so for you? Really? 250 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,118 It's not a competition for who suffers most. 251 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,471 Go ahead, you win it... 252 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,069 You're such a child. 253 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,032 You know, the other day I ran into your neighbor. 254 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,915 He told me he saw you with her. 255 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,280 How do you think it made me feel? 256 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,756 No, I didn't stick around. I told him I had guests over. 257 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,959 People don't like it when you cut ties, 258 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,312 but little by little I've cut ties with everyone. 259 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:37,955 I didn't want to waste a single minute of our time together. 260 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:43,113 I couldn't care less what people say. 261 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,037 What we have can't be spelled out to anyone. 262 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,598 For most people, it's a question of either love or hate. 263 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,349 Break-ups are forever. 264 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,598 Do like me: 265 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,476 Forget what they say, what they think. 266 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,352 What can they understand about me, about you... 267 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:05,960 about us! 268 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:12,634 No, it's nothing. 269 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,639 It feels like we're talking like old times... 270 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,679 but then the truth hits me like a ton of bricks. 271 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,839 Before, a single look between us would solve everything. 272 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,830 But now, with this phone, what's past is past. 273 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,198 My love... 274 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,676 I know it has to be like this... 275 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,756 but my heart is breaking into pieces. 276 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,433 Hello? 277 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,038 No! 278 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,233 I never want to see you again! 279 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,996 It's much better this way! Darling, I'm strong. 280 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:34,238 Hang up! I'm strong. 281 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,392 Hurry, put the phone down! 282 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,395 Come on, put the phone down. Put it down! 283 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,835 I love you. 284 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,876 Signora, it's 8:15. 285 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,032 I'll be leaving now. 286 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,800 for my mother 287 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:30,659 directed by 288 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,759 produced by 289 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,714 cinematography by 290 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,600 production design 291 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,794 costume design 292 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,720 edited by 293 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,555 music 294 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,720 sound design