1 00:00:55,973 --> 00:01:00,936 THE POSTMAN 2 00:02:38,284 --> 00:02:40,161 No, there's no water, Dad. 3 00:02:41,203 --> 00:02:42,830 It's all gone, 4 00:02:44,081 --> 00:02:47,585 since this morning. I wanted to rinse my hands too… 5 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:48,961 All gone. 6 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:55,593 Is it still warm? 7 00:03:00,598 --> 00:03:03,309 I've got the sniffles this morning! 8 00:03:05,436 --> 00:03:07,104 It must have been the damp 9 00:03:07,563 --> 00:03:09,356 on the boat. 10 00:03:10,232 --> 00:03:13,110 I only have to put foot on that boat… 11 00:03:15,613 --> 00:03:17,740 Perhaps I'm allergic. 12 00:03:18,616 --> 00:03:22,077 Even if the boat's not moving the damp gets to me. 13 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:25,581 I don't know how you can stay on it all night… 14 00:03:26,749 --> 00:03:29,710 … and not catch a thing. 15 00:03:32,838 --> 00:03:34,715 The minute I get on… 16 00:03:37,843 --> 00:03:41,138 I've received a postcard from America, Dad. 17 00:03:41,347 --> 00:03:43,891 From Gaetano and Alfredo. 18 00:03:45,851 --> 00:03:48,145 This is America around the outside, 19 00:03:49,521 --> 00:03:51,607 and this is an American car. 20 00:03:52,024 --> 00:03:54,109 They say they're going to buy one too. 21 00:03:54,276 --> 00:03:56,779 It's written here, "We're buying one", 22 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:59,031 but I think they're joking, 23 00:04:00,783 --> 00:04:02,868 because they cost a load of money. 24 00:04:03,035 --> 00:04:05,913 But they say it's a rich country, 25 00:04:07,748 --> 00:04:09,667 where there's work, a country… 26 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,919 And we're still here, 27 00:04:12,169 --> 00:04:13,879 without water, 28 00:04:15,130 --> 00:04:16,548 while they're… 29 00:04:19,051 --> 00:04:21,136 Forget it, never mind… 30 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:25,182 Listen, Mario, you've never liked fishing. 31 00:04:25,808 --> 00:04:27,893 I've caught a chill. 32 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:30,813 Go to America or Japan if you want to, 33 00:04:31,563 --> 00:04:33,649 but get yourself a job, 34 00:04:34,024 --> 00:04:35,901 you're not a kid any more. 35 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:22,448 The poet, Pablo Neruda in Rome. 36 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:24,241 Central Station. 37 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:29,330 A group of rowdy people has inconvenienced the travellers 38 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:32,458 who crowd the station platforms every day. 39 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:34,126 These protesters 40 00:05:34,752 --> 00:05:36,837 are not drunkards 41 00:05:37,463 --> 00:05:41,717 nor the usual hot-heads who protest just for the fun of it. 42 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:44,887 They are a group of intellectuals, writers and journalists. 43 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:47,639 Why have they joined together shouting 44 00:05:47,848 --> 00:05:49,892 disturbing the Police and Carabinieri? 45 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:53,020 The mystery is revealed when the train arrives. 46 00:05:53,270 --> 00:05:55,981 Pablo Neruda gets out at Rome station, 47 00:05:56,231 --> 00:05:59,526 the Chilean poet known throughout the world for his poetry 48 00:05:59,777 --> 00:06:03,614 and his communist ideas which have often got him into trouble, 49 00:06:03,781 --> 00:06:05,908 and for which he has now been exiled. 50 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:09,161 The poet appears to be well-loved in Italy, 51 00:06:09,411 --> 00:06:13,290 and, judging by the enthusiastic embrace of this woman, 52 00:06:13,499 --> 00:06:16,001 not only for his moral gifts. 53 00:06:16,627 --> 00:06:19,046 Women go crazy for his poetry, 54 00:06:19,421 --> 00:06:22,424 maybe because Neruda writes love poems, 55 00:06:22,925 --> 00:06:27,179 a topic which appeals to the female sensibility. 56 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,432 But let's go back to our noisy crowd. 57 00:06:30,766 --> 00:06:33,685 The Home Office has accepted their protest 58 00:06:34,311 --> 00:06:36,688 by suspending the measures against Neruda 59 00:06:37,022 --> 00:06:39,191 requested by the Chilean government. 60 00:06:39,942 --> 00:06:44,321 The poet will remain in Italy on a wonderful island. 61 00:06:45,197 --> 00:06:48,951 He will not be able to leave without police authorization, 62 00:06:49,159 --> 00:06:51,787 but the island's beauty will make exile easier. 63 00:06:51,954 --> 00:06:53,455 That's me! 64 00:06:56,583 --> 00:07:00,212 The poet will have happy memories of Italy and her government 65 00:07:00,462 --> 00:07:04,716 which is hosting him in a place which will remind him of home. 66 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:08,053 This cosy house surrounded by nature 67 00:07:08,220 --> 00:07:11,056 will certainly make him feel at home. 68 00:07:31,702 --> 00:07:34,246 WANTED: TEMPORARY POSTMAN WITH BICYCLE 69 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:33,180 - My condolences, Donna Rosa. - Thank you, Mr. Di Cosimo. 70 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:37,309 We needed men like him in this town. 71 00:08:39,311 --> 00:08:40,896 We'll miss him. 72 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:44,066 And now they're sending us communists! 73 00:08:45,067 --> 00:08:47,444 That's how it goes, Mr. Di Cosimo. 74 00:09:06,338 --> 00:09:08,465 You, Anita Scotto, are the sender, 75 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,093 this is your son's name, right? 76 00:09:13,595 --> 00:09:15,472 I've come about the job. 77 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:19,434 Right, wait. And this is the city. 78 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:22,229 Are you sending him capers? 79 00:09:22,479 --> 00:09:24,606 He'll be pleased. 80 00:09:30,445 --> 00:09:31,863 Are you illiterate? 81 00:09:32,489 --> 00:09:34,616 No, I can read and write. 82 00:09:36,493 --> 00:09:38,370 Not very fast, but… 83 00:09:40,581 --> 00:09:41,999 Sit down. 84 00:09:48,964 --> 00:09:51,967 I need someone to deliver mail to Cala di Sotto. 85 00:09:53,135 --> 00:09:55,262 That's great, I live there. 86 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:58,348 There's only one addressee. 87 00:09:58,765 --> 00:10:02,894 - Only one? - Everyone else there is illiterate. 88 00:10:04,896 --> 00:10:07,149 I'm not illiterate, but still… 89 00:10:08,984 --> 00:10:10,152 Well then… 90 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:15,032 It's all mail for signor Pablo Neruda. 91 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:18,660 The poet well-loved by women? 92 00:10:19,161 --> 00:10:21,288 The poet well-loved by the people! 93 00:10:22,539 --> 00:10:25,167 By the people, but also by women, 94 00:10:25,417 --> 00:10:27,794 I heard it on the newsreel. 95 00:10:28,378 --> 00:10:31,423 Alright, but most of all by the people, he's a communist. 96 00:10:31,632 --> 00:10:33,050 Right? 97 00:10:36,053 --> 00:10:39,806 The poet has received a mountain of mail these last two days. 98 00:10:40,307 --> 00:10:41,892 Pedalling with the bag 99 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:44,186 is like carrying an elephant on your back. 100 00:10:45,062 --> 00:10:47,814 - I'll wait here. - I'll be right with you. 101 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,694 The wage is a pittance, you know. 102 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:55,405 Postmen make do with their tips, 103 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:57,449 but with only one house… 104 00:10:57,783 --> 00:11:00,202 At most it'll pay for your cinema once a week. 105 00:11:01,286 --> 00:11:03,789 - That's fine. - It suits you anyway… 106 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:07,167 My name's Giorgio. 107 00:11:08,085 --> 00:11:11,213 I'm your superior and you should call me sir. 108 00:11:11,463 --> 00:11:14,841 But I won't hold you to it, because I'm a communist too. 109 00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:18,220 And remember… 110 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:19,846 The poet 111 00:11:20,222 --> 00:11:23,183 is a great and kind person. 112 00:11:24,351 --> 00:11:26,186 He deserves respect. 113 00:11:26,603 --> 00:11:28,730 You say hello, you thank him, 114 00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:32,109 if he tips you, you thank him again… 115 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:34,361 - Right? - Yes, right. 116 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:36,446 This is your hat, 117 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:42,119 this is your bag, today's the 15th, your first pay-day's the 27th. 118 00:11:42,494 --> 00:11:44,371 And while we're at it, 119 00:11:44,955 --> 00:11:48,625 these are the keys, open up in the morning and lock up at night. 120 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:50,961 - Alright? - Yes. 121 00:11:54,005 --> 00:11:55,590 When do you start? 122 00:11:57,384 --> 00:12:01,346 Monday morning, 6:45 I open the shutters. 123 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:05,100 Then the public… later. 124 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:11,106 Are you dressed already? 125 00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:15,652 No, I'm just wearing the hat, 126 00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:19,030 that way it'll take its shape better, 127 00:12:20,157 --> 00:12:22,993 or I'll get a headache wearing it all day. 128 00:12:23,368 --> 00:12:26,371 The boss told me, it's a postman's trick. 129 00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:28,790 A little trick of ours. 130 00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:21,593 Good morning. 131 00:13:23,845 --> 00:13:25,222 Your mail. 132 00:14:22,988 --> 00:14:24,406 Thank you. 133 00:14:34,499 --> 00:14:36,543 Another one from a female. 134 00:14:38,253 --> 00:14:39,379 Female. 135 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,258 Maria Conchita, female. 136 00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:46,928 Angela, female. 137 00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:54,269 Jean Marie, is that male or female? 138 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,564 - Female! - I knew it! 139 00:14:58,815 --> 00:15:00,567 This one too. 140 00:15:01,818 --> 00:15:04,571 Even the women are interested in politics in Chile! 141 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:08,450 I know, but all females… 142 00:15:09,701 --> 00:15:11,328 How come? 143 00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:14,706 Listen… 144 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,667 But what's Don Pablo… 145 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:19,669 … like? 146 00:15:20,211 --> 00:15:23,340 - Is he normal? - As a person, as…? 147 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:27,928 Normal. Of course, he talks differently. 148 00:15:31,348 --> 00:15:33,975 You can tell immediately from… 149 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:37,729 Know what he calls his wife? "Amor!" 150 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:40,190 Even if he's standing far away, 151 00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:42,734 they call each other "amor". 152 00:15:42,984 --> 00:15:44,736 - Really? - He's a poet. 153 00:15:44,986 --> 00:15:47,072 That's how you can tell. 154 00:15:49,324 --> 00:15:50,492 Female. 155 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:28,530 Excuse me, 156 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:32,117 if you happen to need anything, 157 00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:34,411 milk, bread, I can… 158 00:16:35,370 --> 00:16:38,999 No thank you, Matilde goes shopping every day. 159 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,878 If ever she doesn't want to go out, 160 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:46,297 you can ask me, I come and go. 161 00:16:46,548 --> 00:16:48,675 We don't need anything, thanks anyway. 162 00:16:49,384 --> 00:16:51,052 I mean if by any chance… 163 00:17:00,937 --> 00:17:04,065 I understand, because he has a… 164 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:07,068 … presence. 165 00:17:07,569 --> 00:17:08,903 You see him… 166 00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:11,197 he makes you feel a bit uneasy. 167 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,575 Then you become friends… 168 00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:17,203 Not that we're really close… 169 00:17:17,954 --> 00:17:20,206 Because I mean he's someone who… 170 00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:23,793 … he's normal, he likes a bit of a laugh. 171 00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:27,088 He doesn't write poetry all day. 172 00:17:28,923 --> 00:17:30,967 Your book has arrived from Naples. 173 00:17:33,470 --> 00:17:35,096 And remember, Mario, 174 00:17:35,346 --> 00:17:38,308 you mustn't bother him with a lot of questions. 175 00:17:38,975 --> 00:17:43,354 It's forbidden to annoy customers with strange requests. 176 00:17:44,105 --> 00:17:46,232 I know, I won't annoy him. 177 00:17:47,692 --> 00:17:50,487 I'll only ask him to sign this book. 178 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:54,741 That's all, so when I get paid I'll go to Naples, 179 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:57,327 and show all the girls 180 00:17:57,994 --> 00:18:02,207 that I'm a friend of Neruda, the poet of love! 181 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:05,210 The poet of the people! 182 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,588 You have to find the right moment, use your manners. 183 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:11,716 If he's thinking up a poem, maybe even political, 184 00:18:11,883 --> 00:18:14,385 and you bother him for his signature, 185 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:18,264 and he forgets it, you'll have caused a world-wide disaster. 186 00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:22,393 I'm not daft, can't I see when he's thinking? 187 00:18:22,852 --> 00:18:26,731 And I won't go up to him and say, "will you sign my book?" 188 00:18:26,898 --> 00:18:29,025 I've been reading his poems, 189 00:18:31,653 --> 00:18:34,781 so if he happens to ask me a question, 190 00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:37,283 maybe I'll be able to answer. 191 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:39,786 That way… 192 00:18:50,421 --> 00:18:53,424 Excuse me, could you sign it? 193 00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:01,015 Please, could you sign it? 194 00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:13,444 Would you make it unique, maestro? 195 00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:19,075 Would you make it unique, maestro? 196 00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:35,675 My name's Mario Ruoppolo. 197 00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,223 - And my mail? - There isn't any. 198 00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:57,739 Come on, Mario, you should be happy. 199 00:19:58,239 --> 00:19:59,490 Happy? 200 00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:04,245 I told him quite clearly, Mario Ruoppolo. 201 00:20:07,957 --> 00:20:09,959 "Regards, Pablo Neruda." 202 00:20:10,251 --> 00:20:12,086 It means nothing. 203 00:20:15,256 --> 00:20:19,344 You don't think he can cross it out and write it better? 204 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:22,639 So you can see it's for me, that we're friends? 205 00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:28,645 Do you think he'd cross it out because you don't like it 206 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,772 and write you another? 207 00:20:32,899 --> 00:20:37,654 Perhaps he did it on purpose because you bothered him. 208 00:20:38,279 --> 00:20:41,658 No, I asked him… He was staring at the mountain. 209 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:45,536 - Exactly, you see? - No, I know the mountain… 210 00:20:45,787 --> 00:20:47,872 But he was holding an onion. 211 00:20:48,039 --> 00:20:52,669 So you think a poet can't contemplate when he's holding an onion, eh? 212 00:20:53,795 --> 00:20:56,381 When am I supposed to ask him then? 213 00:20:56,631 --> 00:20:59,759 If I can't ask him when he's peeling an onion? 214 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:06,307 He's a busy man, he can't be running after people to make them happy. 215 00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:10,061 Yes, but he's a communist. 216 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:12,438 So what? 217 00:21:12,689 --> 00:21:16,317 Didn't you say that communists love the people? 218 00:21:18,278 --> 00:21:20,905 Mario, don't make me annoyed! 219 00:21:24,325 --> 00:21:27,704 This is a copy of the book I bought. 220 00:21:28,705 --> 00:21:30,832 When you have the chance, 221 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,084 with extreme tact, 222 00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:36,212 ask him if he would sign it for me. 223 00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,673 Sign it? 224 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,302 Take this one then, "Regards, Pablo Neruda". 225 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,971 No, this is yours, he signed it for you. 226 00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:47,307 - I'm happy to let you have it. - No! 227 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,101 I want you to tell him this: 228 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:55,231 the Head Telegraphist, comrade Giorgio Serafini, 229 00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:57,692 kindly asks you 230 00:21:57,859 --> 00:22:01,195 if you would be so kind as to sign this. 231 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:04,866 But I have to wait for the right moment, 232 00:22:05,116 --> 00:22:07,744 when he's not thinking, or holding an onion… 233 00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:11,080 I'll wait, but months could go by… 234 00:22:11,372 --> 00:22:13,499 When it happens, it happens. 235 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:16,836 - Do you want mine? - I said no! 236 00:22:17,128 --> 00:22:18,838 Alright, wait then. 237 00:23:15,645 --> 00:23:18,189 Mr. Di Cosimo, shall I empty all the water? 238 00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:20,066 All of it, all of it. 239 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:28,282 'Morning. 240 00:23:30,701 --> 00:23:32,078 Mr. Di Cosimo, 241 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:36,332 what can I do to thank you? Your wreath was the nicest. 242 00:23:36,541 --> 00:23:39,836 Nothing Donna Rosa. Just vote and get others to vote. 243 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:43,714 When the time comes, put your cross. 244 00:23:44,424 --> 00:23:47,343 And hopefully some of your customers too. 245 00:23:54,976 --> 00:23:58,688 "… happens that I go into the tailors' shops and the movies 246 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:00,606 all shrivelled up, 247 00:24:00,857 --> 00:24:03,484 impenetrable, like a felt swan 248 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:07,238 navigating on a water of origin and ash. 249 00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:13,619 The smell of barber shops makes me sob out loud, 250 00:24:15,371 --> 00:24:17,457 I am tired of being a man…" 251 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:39,645 Mail. 252 00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:04,795 What's the matter? 253 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:08,424 Don Pablo? 254 00:25:09,258 --> 00:25:11,552 You're standing as stiff as a post! 255 00:25:13,387 --> 00:25:15,431 Nailed like a spear? 256 00:25:16,432 --> 00:25:19,560 No, immobile like the castle on a chess board. 257 00:25:20,811 --> 00:25:23,272 Stiller than a porcelain cat. 258 00:25:24,273 --> 00:25:26,943 "Elementary Odes" isn't the only book I've written. 259 00:25:27,151 --> 00:25:29,028 I've written much better. 260 00:25:29,529 --> 00:25:33,199 It's unfair of you to shower me with similes and metaphors. 261 00:25:34,784 --> 00:25:36,077 Don Pablo? 262 00:25:36,661 --> 00:25:37,954 Metaphors. 263 00:25:40,081 --> 00:25:41,958 What are those? 264 00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:45,169 Metaphors? 265 00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:50,216 Metaphors are… how can I explain… 266 00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:52,969 When you talk of something comparing it to another. 267 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:55,846 Is it something 268 00:25:56,472 --> 00:25:58,599 you use in poetry? 269 00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:00,851 Yes, that too. 270 00:26:03,354 --> 00:26:05,064 For example? 271 00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:07,358 For example… 272 00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:10,611 When you say "the sky weeps", what do you mean? 273 00:26:12,321 --> 00:26:14,198 That it's raining. 274 00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:16,993 Yes, very good. 275 00:26:17,368 --> 00:26:21,330 - That's a metaphor. - It's easy then! 276 00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,834 Why has it got such a complicated name? 277 00:26:25,876 --> 00:26:28,004 Man has no business with 278 00:26:28,212 --> 00:26:30,965 the simplicity or complexity of things. 279 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,348 Excuse me, Don Pablo, then I'll go… 280 00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:42,852 I was reading something yesterday. 281 00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:48,399 "The smell of barber shops makes me sob out loud." 282 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,777 Is that a metaphor too? 283 00:26:52,903 --> 00:26:53,904 No, 284 00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:55,364 not exactly. 285 00:26:57,408 --> 00:26:59,535 I liked it too when… 286 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:02,288 … when you wrote: 287 00:27:03,164 --> 00:27:05,291 "I am tired of being a man." 288 00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:08,919 That's happened to me too, 289 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,172 but I never knew how to say it. 290 00:27:11,881 --> 00:27:14,675 I really liked it when I read it. 291 00:27:16,052 --> 00:27:20,181 Why "the smell of barber shops makes me sob"? 292 00:27:23,768 --> 00:27:25,186 You see, Mario, 293 00:27:25,895 --> 00:27:27,271 I can't tell you 294 00:27:27,438 --> 00:27:29,940 in words different from those I've used. 295 00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:34,195 When you explain it, poetry becomes banal. 296 00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:37,198 Better than any explanation, 297 00:27:37,448 --> 00:27:40,534 is the experience of feelings that poetry can reveal 298 00:27:41,702 --> 00:27:44,413 to a nature open enough to understand it. 299 00:28:37,258 --> 00:28:39,385 Will you open this, please? 300 00:28:40,845 --> 00:28:42,722 - Who, me? - Yes. 301 00:28:45,141 --> 00:28:46,851 - Shall I open it? - Yes! 302 00:28:47,852 --> 00:28:49,729 My hands are dirty. 303 00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:01,657 It's written in… 304 00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:03,909 It's foreign. 305 00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:07,788 Is it more important than the others? 306 00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:10,666 Yes, it's from Sweden. 307 00:29:11,792 --> 00:29:13,669 What's so special about Sweden? 308 00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:16,130 The Nobel Prize for Literature. 309 00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:21,802 - A prize then? - If they award it me I won't refuse. 310 00:29:23,429 --> 00:29:24,680 Why, 311 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,017 how much money is it? 312 00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:31,145 171,135 Swedish krona. 313 00:29:33,647 --> 00:29:35,691 I've no idea, is that a lot? 314 00:29:38,319 --> 00:29:39,945 Lots and lots! 315 00:29:40,196 --> 00:29:42,072 Then you'll get it. 316 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:46,410 There are candidates with a better chance than me this year. 317 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:48,537 Why? 318 00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:52,833 Because they've written important works. 319 00:29:54,335 --> 00:29:55,419 No, 320 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:57,797 you'll get it, I'm sure. 321 00:29:58,172 --> 00:29:59,340 Thank you. 322 00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:04,220 - Shall I open the other letters? - No, I'll read them later. 323 00:30:05,679 --> 00:30:08,599 - Are they love letters? - What a question! 324 00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:13,312 - Don't let Matilde hear you… - I'm sorry, Don Pablo. 325 00:30:13,729 --> 00:30:15,356 I only meant… 326 00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:22,446 I'd like to be a poet too. 327 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:29,370 No, it's more original being a postman, 328 00:30:29,745 --> 00:30:32,248 you get to walk a lot and don't get fat. 329 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:34,583 We poets are all fat. 330 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:37,503 Yes, but… 331 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:39,505 With poetry 332 00:30:39,964 --> 00:30:42,466 I could make women fall for me. 333 00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:45,094 How… 334 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,639 How do you become a poet? 335 00:30:53,769 --> 00:30:57,147 Try and walk slowly along the shore as far as the bay, 336 00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:00,901 and look around you. 337 00:31:01,402 --> 00:31:03,904 And will they come to me… these metaphors? 338 00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:06,782 Certainly. 339 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:12,162 I wish they would, it'd be lovely, 340 00:31:13,789 --> 00:31:15,875 I could say whatever I wanted to. 341 00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:19,044 You can do that even if you're not a poet. 342 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,006 Yeah, but not as well as… 343 00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:25,134 It's better to say something you're convinced of badly 344 00:31:25,426 --> 00:31:29,430 than say something other people want you to say rather well. 345 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,059 Don Pablo? 346 00:31:35,895 --> 00:31:37,771 We'll talk about it later. 347 00:31:43,193 --> 00:31:44,820 Another time. 348 00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:46,947 Not now, you're right. 349 00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:49,450 Good-bye, Don Pablo. 350 00:33:10,239 --> 00:33:14,910 Mario, can you send someone to see about this problem of water? 351 00:33:15,244 --> 00:33:16,870 Have you got water? 352 00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:20,040 No, that's exactly the problem. 353 00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:24,169 That's no problem at all! 354 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,380 Why? Is it normal? 355 00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,048 It's normal. 356 00:33:28,298 --> 00:33:30,300 You'll have run out of water 357 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:32,302 up at the cistern. 358 00:33:32,553 --> 00:33:34,638 Do you use a lot of water? 359 00:33:35,431 --> 00:33:37,558 No, just what I need. 360 00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:41,937 Then that's too much. 361 00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:45,691 Because… 362 00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:49,945 It runs out all of a sudden because the water-supply ship 363 00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:54,324 comes only once a month, so the water gets used up. 364 00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:59,204 We've got… they've been saying we'll get running water 365 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,832 for ages, 366 00:34:02,082 --> 00:34:04,418 "you'll have running water". But… 367 00:34:04,585 --> 00:34:06,587 And you don't protest? 368 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:08,672 What do we say? 369 00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:13,677 My father swears every so often, 370 00:34:14,178 --> 00:34:15,971 but… only to himself. 371 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:20,350 There are people who with a strong will manage to change things. 372 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:22,227 It's a pity, 373 00:34:23,353 --> 00:34:25,481 this place is so beautiful! 374 00:34:28,358 --> 00:34:29,985 Think so? 375 00:34:31,945 --> 00:34:33,614 Yes. Sit down. 376 00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:40,746 Here on the island, the sea, 377 00:34:41,455 --> 00:34:42,998 so much sea. 378 00:34:43,332 --> 00:34:45,125 It spills over from time to time. 379 00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:47,503 It says yes, then no, 380 00:34:48,504 --> 00:34:49,755 then no. 381 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:52,216 In blue, in foam, in a gallop. 382 00:34:52,466 --> 00:34:54,510 It says no, then no. 383 00:34:55,219 --> 00:34:58,138 It cannot be still. My name is sea, it repeats, 384 00:34:58,514 --> 00:35:02,101 striking a stone but not convincing it. 385 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:05,771 Then with the seven green tongues, of seven green tigers, 386 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:08,148 of seven green seas, 387 00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:11,485 it caresses it, kisses it, wets it, 388 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:14,530 and pounds on its chest, repeating its own name. 389 00:35:17,741 --> 00:35:18,992 Well? 390 00:35:19,368 --> 00:35:21,245 What do you think? 391 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:23,539 It's weird. 392 00:35:24,248 --> 00:35:26,125 What do you mean, weird? 393 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:30,295 - You're a severe critic. - No, not your poem. 394 00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:32,047 Weird… 395 00:35:33,257 --> 00:35:34,508 Weird… 396 00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:38,762 … how I felt while you were saying it. 397 00:35:39,263 --> 00:35:41,056 How was that? 398 00:35:42,057 --> 00:35:43,684 I don't know… 399 00:35:45,185 --> 00:35:47,688 The words went back and forth. 400 00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:51,024 - Like the sea then? - Exactly. 401 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:54,319 - Like the sea. - There, that's the rhythm. 402 00:35:54,695 --> 00:35:57,573 I felt sea-sick in fact. 403 00:35:59,533 --> 00:36:00,951 Because… 404 00:36:01,785 --> 00:36:04,288 I can't explain it, I felt like… 405 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:08,417 … like a boat tossing around on those words. 406 00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:13,672 Like a boat tossing around on my words? 407 00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:19,094 Do you know what you've done, Mario? 408 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:23,223 - No, what? - You've invented a metaphor. 409 00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:28,937 - Yes, you have! - Really? 410 00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,320 But it doesn't count… 411 00:36:36,612 --> 00:36:40,741 - … because I didn't mean to. - Meaning to is not important. 412 00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:42,993 Images arise spontaneously. 413 00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:48,999 You mean then that… 414 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:52,252 … for example, I don't know if you follow me… 415 00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,630 … that the whole world… 416 00:36:55,214 --> 00:36:59,009 … the whole world, with the sea, the sky… 417 00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:03,847 - … with the rain, the clouds… - Now you can say etc. etc. 418 00:37:04,014 --> 00:37:05,766 Etc. etc. 419 00:37:06,225 --> 00:37:09,603 The whole world is the metaphor for something else? 420 00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:14,650 - I'm talking crap. - No, not at all. 421 00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:16,401 Not at all. 422 00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:18,654 You pulled a strange face. 423 00:37:20,113 --> 00:37:22,157 Mario, let's make a pact. 424 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:24,493 I'll have a nice swim 425 00:37:24,868 --> 00:37:27,162 and ponder on your question. 426 00:37:27,537 --> 00:37:30,540 Then I'll give you an answer tomorrow. 427 00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:33,502 - Really? - Yes, really. 428 00:39:56,269 --> 00:39:58,146 Don Pablo, good morning. 429 00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:02,025 - I've got to talk to you. - It must be very important. 430 00:40:02,192 --> 00:40:04,069 You're snorting like a horse. 431 00:40:04,319 --> 00:40:06,029 It's very important. 432 00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:11,451 - I've fallen in love. - Nothing serious, there's a remedy. 433 00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:13,703 No, no remedy! 434 00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:17,707 I don't want a remedy, I want to stay sick. 435 00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,335 I'm in love, really, really in love. 436 00:40:21,711 --> 00:40:23,588 Who are you in love with? 437 00:40:24,423 --> 00:40:26,174 Her name's Beatrice. 438 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:30,470 Dante. 439 00:40:34,182 --> 00:40:35,725 Dante Alighieri. 440 00:40:36,226 --> 00:40:38,937 He fell for a certain Beatrice. 441 00:40:39,312 --> 00:40:41,857 Beatrices have inspired boundless love. 442 00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:51,700 - What are you doing? - Writing down the name, Dante. 443 00:40:53,452 --> 00:40:55,495 Dante I know, but Alighieri… 444 00:40:55,745 --> 00:40:59,624 - Has it got an "h" in it? - Wait, I'll write it for you. 445 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:01,251 Thank you. 446 00:41:12,012 --> 00:41:14,014 I'm madly in love. 447 00:41:14,222 --> 00:41:17,893 You've already told me that, but what can I do about it? 448 00:41:18,643 --> 00:41:21,771 I don't know, if you can help… 449 00:41:22,147 --> 00:41:24,024 But I'm an old man. 450 00:41:24,774 --> 00:41:26,651 I don't know, because… 451 00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:29,988 I suddenly saw her in front of me, 452 00:41:31,406 --> 00:41:34,117 I stared at her but I couldn't utter a word. 453 00:41:34,534 --> 00:41:36,620 What, you didn't say anything to her? 454 00:41:38,121 --> 00:41:39,789 Not much. 455 00:41:41,541 --> 00:41:45,128 - I watched her and fell in love. - Just like that? In a flash? 456 00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:49,633 No, I stared at her for ten minutes first. 457 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,260 And she? 458 00:41:52,427 --> 00:41:54,137 And she said… 459 00:41:58,141 --> 00:42:00,644 What's up, never seen a woman before? 460 00:42:11,655 --> 00:42:13,323 What's your name? 461 00:42:17,285 --> 00:42:18,954 Beatrice Russo. 462 00:42:26,711 --> 00:42:28,171 And you? 463 00:42:29,089 --> 00:42:31,216 I couldn't think of anything to say. 464 00:42:32,342 --> 00:42:34,219 Nothing at all? 465 00:42:35,178 --> 00:42:38,431 - You didn't say a word? - Not exactly nothing. 466 00:42:39,474 --> 00:42:41,351 I said five words to her. 467 00:42:41,601 --> 00:42:43,061 Which were? 468 00:42:43,353 --> 00:42:45,438 I said "what's your name?". 469 00:42:47,482 --> 00:42:49,859 - And she? - And she: "Beatrice Russo". 470 00:42:52,571 --> 00:42:55,824 "What's your name?" are three words. And the other two? 471 00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:59,578 Then I repeated Beatrice Russo. 472 00:43:02,122 --> 00:43:03,832 Don Pablo, if… 473 00:43:05,625 --> 00:43:08,753 I don't want to bother you, but… 474 00:43:09,337 --> 00:43:12,465 Can you write me a poem for Beatrice? 475 00:43:32,527 --> 00:43:34,613 I don't even know her! 476 00:43:36,781 --> 00:43:40,535 A poet needs to know the object of his inspiration! 477 00:43:42,746 --> 00:43:45,248 I can't invent something out of nothing. 478 00:43:45,999 --> 00:43:48,043 I've got this little ball, 479 00:43:48,293 --> 00:43:51,796 which Beatrice put in her mouth, she's touched it. 480 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:53,548 So what? 481 00:43:53,798 --> 00:43:55,884 It might help you. 482 00:43:59,429 --> 00:44:00,930 Look, poet, 483 00:44:01,181 --> 00:44:04,059 if you make all this fuss over one poem, 484 00:44:04,643 --> 00:44:07,187 you're never going to win that Nobel Prize! 485 00:44:08,438 --> 00:44:11,900 Mario, pinch me and wake me from this nightmare! 486 00:44:14,694 --> 00:44:16,780 What am I supposed to do? 487 00:44:17,322 --> 00:44:20,909 No one else can help me, they're all fishermen here! 488 00:44:21,201 --> 00:44:25,330 - What am I supposed to do? - Fishermen fall in love too! 489 00:44:26,831 --> 00:44:30,460 They are able to talk to the girls they love. 490 00:44:30,710 --> 00:44:33,296 To make them fall in love too, and marry them. 491 00:44:34,964 --> 00:44:37,592 - What does your father do? - He's a fisherman. 492 00:44:37,842 --> 00:44:39,469 Naturally! 493 00:44:39,803 --> 00:44:44,599 He must have spoken to your mother to get her to marry him. 494 00:44:44,808 --> 00:44:47,936 I don't think so, he doesn't talk much. 495 00:44:53,358 --> 00:44:55,485 Come on, give me my mail. 496 00:45:04,369 --> 00:45:06,454 Thank you, but I don't want it. 497 00:46:09,142 --> 00:46:11,686 - Do you want something else? - No, thanks. 498 00:46:16,399 --> 00:46:20,653 Beatrice, your smile spreads like a butterfly… 499 00:46:23,573 --> 00:46:26,326 Fallen out of bed this morning? 500 00:46:28,328 --> 00:46:30,455 I came earlier because… 501 00:46:31,331 --> 00:46:33,458 … I saw this, it looks important. 502 00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:37,796 You're right, it is important. 503 00:46:40,590 --> 00:46:41,966 And then… 504 00:46:43,092 --> 00:46:45,220 … there's something else 505 00:46:45,845 --> 00:46:49,808 I've been meaning to give you, but kept forgetting. 506 00:46:52,477 --> 00:46:55,688 - I'll put it here, good-bye. - Wait a minute. 507 00:46:57,857 --> 00:46:59,984 I've got something for you too. 508 00:47:03,238 --> 00:47:04,447 Here. 509 00:47:12,831 --> 00:47:14,874 It might be useful for your metaphors. 510 00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,225 Is it a radio? 511 00:47:33,726 --> 00:47:36,855 No, but it's a kind of radio. 512 00:47:38,731 --> 00:47:40,525 You speak into here, 513 00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:43,027 and this repeats what you say. 514 00:47:45,113 --> 00:47:49,033 You speak into it and it repeats what you say? 515 00:47:49,242 --> 00:47:50,285 Yes. 516 00:47:50,618 --> 00:47:53,037 - How many times? - As many times as you want. 517 00:47:53,538 --> 00:47:55,415 But you mustn't exaggerate. 518 00:47:55,790 --> 00:48:00,670 Even the most sublime idea seems foolish if heard too often. 519 00:48:05,174 --> 00:48:06,426 Listen. 520 00:49:10,615 --> 00:49:12,116 Good news? 521 00:49:19,207 --> 00:49:22,251 When I was Senator of the Republic, 522 00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:24,504 I went to visit Pampa, 523 00:49:25,213 --> 00:49:28,216 a region where it only rains once every 50 years, 524 00:49:28,716 --> 00:49:31,844 where life is unimaginably hard. 525 00:49:34,764 --> 00:49:37,600 I wanted to meet the people who had voted for me. 526 00:49:39,268 --> 00:49:40,645 One day, 527 00:49:41,896 --> 00:49:46,025 at Lota, there was a man who had come up from a coal mine, 528 00:49:46,526 --> 00:49:49,654 he was a mask of coaldust and sweat, 529 00:49:51,906 --> 00:49:53,658 his face… 530 00:49:54,784 --> 00:49:57,912 … contorted by terrible hardship, 531 00:49:58,287 --> 00:50:00,540 his eyes red from the dust. 532 00:50:03,292 --> 00:50:06,004 He stretched out his calloused hand and said: 533 00:50:07,630 --> 00:50:09,298 "Wherever you go, 534 00:50:10,258 --> 00:50:12,301 speak of this torment. 535 00:50:15,013 --> 00:50:18,141 Speak of your brother who lives underground, 536 00:50:20,184 --> 00:50:21,686 in hell." 537 00:50:23,688 --> 00:50:28,901 I felt I had to write something to help man in his struggle, 538 00:50:30,945 --> 00:50:34,073 to write the poetry of the mistreated 539 00:50:35,575 --> 00:50:38,703 That's how "Canto General" came about. 540 00:50:39,537 --> 00:50:41,581 Now my comrades 541 00:50:42,081 --> 00:50:46,085 tell me they have managed to get it published secretly in Chile 542 00:50:46,419 --> 00:50:48,463 and it's selling like hot cakes. 543 00:50:49,172 --> 00:50:51,174 That makes me very happy. 544 00:51:21,496 --> 00:51:24,707 I told them I'm here with a friend who wishes to say hello 545 00:51:24,874 --> 00:51:28,628 and tell them something nice about this beautiful country. 546 00:51:30,129 --> 00:51:31,130 Yes. 547 00:51:33,007 --> 00:51:35,134 - Good morning. - No, in there. 548 00:51:40,389 --> 00:51:42,475 Something nice about the island? 549 00:51:42,642 --> 00:51:46,270 Yes, one of the wonders of your island. 550 00:51:57,156 --> 00:51:59,242 Now let's go to the inn 551 00:51:59,909 --> 00:52:03,121 and meet this famous Beatrice Russo. 552 00:52:03,871 --> 00:52:05,498 Are you joking? 553 00:52:05,790 --> 00:52:07,416 No, I'm serious. 554 00:52:08,417 --> 00:52:10,545 Let's have a look at this girlfriend. 555 00:52:11,546 --> 00:52:15,925 Mamma mia! Pablo Neruda and Mario Ruoppolo at the inn, 556 00:52:16,175 --> 00:52:17,802 she'll faint! 557 00:52:21,430 --> 00:52:23,516 Well? What is it now? 558 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:30,439 Don Pablo, when I get married to Beatrice Russo, 559 00:52:31,190 --> 00:52:33,151 will you be my best man? 560 00:52:35,528 --> 00:52:36,696 Listen, 561 00:52:36,904 --> 00:52:40,658 first let's have a drink, then we'll decide. 562 00:52:54,422 --> 00:52:56,465 Gennarino, wait, I'm coming too! 563 00:53:04,682 --> 00:53:07,810 Domenico, come here or I'll thrash you! 564 00:53:11,606 --> 00:53:13,691 Look who's here, Neruda! 565 00:53:16,485 --> 00:53:18,070 Good morning. 566 00:53:32,126 --> 00:53:33,628 What will it be? 567 00:53:35,504 --> 00:53:39,383 - A glass of red wine, please. - And the pinball king? 568 00:53:42,136 --> 00:53:45,014 - Do you want red wine too? - Red wine, yes. 569 00:53:45,264 --> 00:53:47,892 Two glasses of red wine and a pen to write with. 570 00:53:51,229 --> 00:53:53,272 He's here for your niece. 571 00:53:59,403 --> 00:54:01,906 - Give me the note-book. - Note-book? 572 00:54:02,156 --> 00:54:03,282 Why? 573 00:54:18,756 --> 00:54:20,174 Just a moment. 574 00:54:38,150 --> 00:54:43,322 TO MARIO, MY INTIMATE FRIEND AND COMRADE 575 00:54:46,534 --> 00:54:48,160 There you are. 576 00:54:50,329 --> 00:54:52,415 You already have your poetry. 577 00:54:53,582 --> 00:54:57,920 If you want to write it down, here's your note-book. 578 00:55:00,089 --> 00:55:01,173 Thank you. 579 00:55:29,577 --> 00:55:30,870 What is it? 580 00:55:45,259 --> 00:55:47,345 Go home, it's closing-time! 581 00:55:48,137 --> 00:55:52,641 I won't make you pay for the bottle, but go home, we're closing. 582 00:55:56,896 --> 00:56:00,024 - What are you doing? - I'm thinking. 583 00:56:00,399 --> 00:56:02,485 With the window open? 584 00:56:02,651 --> 00:56:04,779 Yes, with the window open. 585 00:56:05,404 --> 00:56:08,032 Be honest with me, what did he tell you? 586 00:56:11,035 --> 00:56:12,286 Metaphors. 587 00:56:12,912 --> 00:56:13,996 Metaphors? 588 00:56:14,497 --> 00:56:17,041 Never heard such big words from you before. 589 00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:19,543 What metaphors did he do to you? 590 00:56:21,379 --> 00:56:23,255 Did? He said them! 591 00:56:24,673 --> 00:56:29,804 He said my smile spreads across my face like a butterfly. 592 00:56:30,388 --> 00:56:33,516 - And then? - I laughed when he said that. 593 00:56:37,061 --> 00:56:39,146 Your laugh is a rose, 594 00:56:40,189 --> 00:56:42,942 a spear unearthed, crashing water. 595 00:56:43,442 --> 00:56:46,821 Your laugh is a sudden silvery wave… 596 00:56:48,197 --> 00:56:50,324 Then what did you do? 597 00:56:51,826 --> 00:56:53,661 I kept quiet. 598 00:56:54,578 --> 00:56:56,038 And he? 599 00:56:56,580 --> 00:56:59,708 - What else did he say? - No, what did he do? 600 00:57:00,668 --> 00:57:02,670 Your postman, as well as a mouth… 601 00:57:03,421 --> 00:57:06,549 - … has two hands! - He never touched me. 602 00:57:06,966 --> 00:57:11,178 He said he was happy to be next to a pure young woman. 603 00:57:12,805 --> 00:57:15,307 Like being on the shores of the white ocean. 604 00:57:16,100 --> 00:57:17,726 I like it… 605 00:57:18,102 --> 00:57:20,229 … I like it when you're silent, 606 00:57:20,980 --> 00:57:23,107 because it's as though you're absent. 607 00:57:25,734 --> 00:57:27,111 And you? 608 00:57:28,362 --> 00:57:29,738 And he? 609 00:57:30,948 --> 00:57:34,994 He looked at me too, then he stopped looking at my eyes 610 00:57:35,494 --> 00:57:37,621 and began to look at my hair, 611 00:57:37,997 --> 00:57:41,333 without a word, as though he were thinking. 612 00:57:41,876 --> 00:57:43,461 Enough, my child! 613 00:57:43,711 --> 00:57:46,380 When a man starts to touch you with words, 614 00:57:46,630 --> 00:57:48,757 he's not far off with his hands. 615 00:57:50,885 --> 00:57:53,137 There's nothing wrong in words. 616 00:57:53,888 --> 00:57:57,600 Words are the worst things ever, 617 00:57:57,892 --> 00:58:02,646 I'd prefer a drunkard at the bar touching your bum, 618 00:58:03,147 --> 00:58:07,359 to someone who says "your smile flies like a butterfly"! 619 00:58:07,651 --> 00:58:09,778 It "spreads" like a butterfly! 620 00:58:10,279 --> 00:58:13,157 Flies, spreads, it's the same thing! 621 00:58:13,407 --> 00:58:15,868 Just look at you! 622 00:58:16,118 --> 00:58:19,914 One stroke of his finger and you're on your back. 623 00:58:20,289 --> 00:58:22,625 You're wrong, he's a decent person. 624 00:58:23,250 --> 00:58:25,920 When it comes to bed, there's no difference 625 00:58:26,253 --> 00:58:29,924 between a poet, a priest, or even a communist! 626 00:58:32,676 --> 00:58:33,802 "Naked 627 00:58:34,428 --> 00:58:37,306 you are as simple as one of your hands, 628 00:58:37,681 --> 00:58:39,808 smooth, terrestrial, tiny, 629 00:58:40,309 --> 00:58:42,436 round, transparent, 630 00:58:42,895 --> 00:58:46,023 you have moon-lines, apple paths. 631 00:58:46,690 --> 00:58:49,443 Naked, you are as thin as bare wheat. 632 00:58:51,028 --> 00:58:53,656 Naked you are blue like a Cuban night, 633 00:58:54,073 --> 00:58:56,450 there are vines and stars in your hair. 634 00:58:57,826 --> 00:59:02,206 Naked you are enormous and yellow, like summer in a gilded church. 635 00:59:18,097 --> 00:59:19,848 Good morning, father. 636 00:59:20,808 --> 00:59:23,811 I found this in her brassiere. 637 00:59:24,228 --> 00:59:27,106 I want you to read it to me. 638 00:59:28,857 --> 00:59:31,986 I'm not letting her out of the house for now. 639 00:59:36,115 --> 00:59:37,575 Well? 640 00:59:38,701 --> 00:59:40,327 It's a poem. 641 00:59:43,122 --> 00:59:44,748 Read it to me! 642 00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:47,501 "Naked… 643 00:59:48,252 --> 00:59:49,503 Madonna! 644 01:00:06,020 --> 01:00:09,356 What are the nets like? Mario, I need an adjective. 645 01:00:11,775 --> 01:00:13,902 Nets… which nets? Fishing nets? 646 01:00:15,237 --> 01:00:17,281 - Yes. - Sad. 647 01:00:19,408 --> 01:00:20,618 Sad. 648 01:00:29,126 --> 01:00:30,544 Alright? 649 01:02:17,359 --> 01:02:19,027 Good morning, signora. 650 01:02:19,653 --> 01:02:21,739 - Would you like… - Yes. 651 01:02:25,409 --> 01:02:27,411 Please, sit down. 652 01:02:27,786 --> 01:02:32,791 No, what I want to say is too serious to say sitting down. 653 01:02:33,751 --> 01:02:37,254 - What is it about? - For over a month… 654 01:02:37,504 --> 01:02:41,675 … Mario Ruoppolo has been hanging around my inn, 655 01:02:41,884 --> 01:02:44,636 and he has seduced my niece. 656 01:02:48,056 --> 01:02:50,934 - What did he say? - Metaphors. 657 01:02:53,312 --> 01:02:54,563 Well? 658 01:02:55,773 --> 01:02:59,568 He's heated her up like an oven with his metaphors. 659 01:03:00,652 --> 01:03:05,824 A man whose only capital is the fungus between his toes! 660 01:03:06,825 --> 01:03:12,289 And if his feet are full of germs, his mouth is full of spells. 661 01:03:14,208 --> 01:03:19,338 It started off innocently enough: her smile was like a butterfly. 662 01:03:19,838 --> 01:03:24,092 But now he's saying her breast is like a fire with two flames. 663 01:03:28,305 --> 01:03:30,098 But do you think 664 01:03:30,474 --> 01:03:34,353 that these images are only his imagination or that… 665 01:03:34,686 --> 01:03:37,815 Yes, I think he's had his hands on her. 666 01:03:39,483 --> 01:03:42,611 Read this, it was in her brassiere. 667 01:03:54,331 --> 01:03:55,499 Naked… 668 01:03:56,583 --> 01:03:58,210 … as beautiful as… 669 01:03:58,502 --> 01:04:02,714 … naked you're as delicate as nights on an island… 670 01:04:05,759 --> 01:04:07,845 … and stars in your hair… 671 01:04:11,390 --> 01:04:15,519 - It's beautiful! - So he's seen my niece naked! 672 01:04:16,144 --> 01:04:18,021 No, signora Rosa! 673 01:04:18,355 --> 01:04:21,900 Nothing in this poem leads us to think that. 674 01:04:23,277 --> 01:04:25,153 The poem's telling the truth, 675 01:04:25,529 --> 01:04:29,658 my niece naked is just as the poem describes her. 676 01:04:30,158 --> 01:04:33,871 So do me a favour and tell Mario Ruoppolo 677 01:04:34,288 --> 01:04:36,665 who's learnt a lot from you, 678 01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:41,670 that he must never see my niece again for the rest of his life. 679 01:04:43,755 --> 01:04:47,926 And tell him that if he does, I'll shoot him. 680 01:04:49,928 --> 01:04:51,430 - Is that clear? - Yes. 681 01:04:51,805 --> 01:04:52,931 Good-day. 682 01:05:11,450 --> 01:05:13,827 You're as white as a sack of flour. 683 01:05:14,077 --> 01:05:18,415 I might be white outside, but inside I'm red. 684 01:05:23,462 --> 01:05:27,549 You won't save yourself from the widow's fury with adjectives. 685 01:05:29,092 --> 01:05:31,970 If she harms me, she'll go to jail. 686 01:05:33,722 --> 01:05:36,058 She'll be out in a couple of hours. 687 01:05:37,476 --> 01:05:40,604 She'll say she acted out of self-defence. 688 01:05:41,730 --> 01:05:45,609 She'll say you threatened the virginity of her damsel: 689 01:05:46,610 --> 01:05:49,738 with a metaphor hissing like a dagger, 690 01:05:49,988 --> 01:05:53,200 as sharp as a canine, as lacerating as a hymen. 691 01:05:53,617 --> 01:05:57,120 The poetry will have left the mark of its seditious saliva 692 01:05:57,371 --> 01:05:59,456 on the virgin's nipples. 693 01:05:59,623 --> 01:06:02,876 The poet François Villon was hung from a tree for much less 694 01:06:03,377 --> 01:06:06,505 and his blood gushed from his neck like roses. 695 01:06:06,755 --> 01:06:10,133 I don't care, she can do what she wants, I'm ready. 696 01:06:11,635 --> 01:06:14,763 Good lad! It's a real shame we haven't got 697 01:06:16,390 --> 01:06:19,226 a trio of guitarists to go… 698 01:06:22,145 --> 01:06:24,398 My dear poet and comrade, 699 01:06:24,856 --> 01:06:28,402 you got me into this mess, you've got to get me out of it. 700 01:06:29,027 --> 01:06:31,113 You gave me books to read, 701 01:06:31,279 --> 01:06:35,492 you taught me to use my tongue for more than licking stamps. 702 01:06:35,659 --> 01:06:37,995 It's your fault if I'm in love. 703 01:06:38,161 --> 01:06:40,914 No, this is nothing to do with me. 704 01:06:41,289 --> 01:06:43,250 I gave you my books 705 01:06:43,417 --> 01:06:46,378 but I didn't authorize you to steal my poems. 706 01:06:47,170 --> 01:06:50,924 If I think you gave Beatrice the poem I wrote for Matilde… 707 01:06:52,259 --> 01:06:57,180 Poetry doesn't belong to those who write it, but those who need it. 708 01:06:58,306 --> 01:07:02,811 I appreciate that highly democratic sentiment. 709 01:07:08,150 --> 01:07:10,694 Now go home and get some sleep. 710 01:07:11,528 --> 01:07:16,199 You've bags under your eyes as large and deep as soup-bowls. 711 01:07:20,412 --> 01:07:21,663 Mario, 712 01:07:21,955 --> 01:07:25,834 as your superior I must order you to deliver the undelivered mail. 713 01:07:26,084 --> 01:07:27,836 Yes, yes… 714 01:07:29,838 --> 01:07:33,050 But you're still moping after that girl. 715 01:07:33,967 --> 01:07:38,096 Beatrice is pretty now, but in 50 years she'll be as ugly as the rest. 716 01:07:38,972 --> 01:07:41,349 Beatrice will never be ugly. 717 01:07:44,436 --> 01:07:47,105 I held the splendour of your eyes 718 01:07:47,606 --> 01:07:51,234 secretly within me, blissful Beatrice. 719 01:07:53,862 --> 01:07:57,115 - What's Beatrice got to do with it? - It's a poem. 720 01:07:58,116 --> 01:07:59,993 Dante Alighieri… 721 01:08:00,368 --> 01:08:03,205 No, Gabriele D'Annunzio, my poet. 722 01:08:05,123 --> 01:08:07,876 Your poet wrote something for Beatrice? 723 01:08:10,587 --> 01:08:12,339 I don't like it. 724 01:08:13,381 --> 01:08:17,719 Strange, I thought you'd appreciate a hymn to Beatrice. 725 01:08:19,638 --> 01:08:21,515 Thank you, good-bye. 726 01:08:41,660 --> 01:08:44,412 - Sleeping Beauty… - Good evening. 727 01:08:44,871 --> 01:08:49,167 Good evening. Give the Marshal his usual and pour one for me too. 728 01:08:56,758 --> 01:08:58,176 Thank you. 729 01:08:59,678 --> 01:09:02,305 Your niece gets more and more beautiful. 730 01:09:02,556 --> 01:09:07,269 If only you knew how difficult it is to keep a hold on her… 731 01:09:07,686 --> 01:09:10,897 Young people today aren't what they used to be, 732 01:09:11,398 --> 01:09:13,275 they have everything and want the moon. 733 01:09:13,441 --> 01:09:17,654 I remember my poor departed mother, I'd tremble whenever she spoke. 734 01:09:21,449 --> 01:09:23,952 Good night, aunt, good night, Marshal. 735 01:10:43,990 --> 01:10:46,159 Good night, Marshal. 736 01:11:43,341 --> 01:11:47,220 Find yourselves a decent person who isn't a communist. 737 01:11:47,846 --> 01:11:51,474 If Neruda doesn't believe in God, why should God believe in Neruda? 738 01:11:51,725 --> 01:11:53,852 What sort of witness would he be? 739 01:11:57,063 --> 01:12:01,359 God never said a communist can't be a witness at a wedding. 740 01:12:04,863 --> 01:12:07,324 I'm not getting married then. 741 01:12:07,574 --> 01:12:11,119 You're more interested in Neruda as witness than me as your wife. 742 01:12:11,369 --> 01:12:13,121 My darling… 743 01:12:13,747 --> 01:12:15,999 Neruda's a Catholic. 744 01:12:16,750 --> 01:12:19,002 I know he's a Catholic. 745 01:12:21,129 --> 01:12:25,467 In Russia communists eat babies, how can he be Catholic? 746 01:12:26,509 --> 01:12:28,595 He doesn't look the type. 747 01:12:28,762 --> 01:12:31,639 Neruda has a pretty wife, 748 01:12:31,890 --> 01:12:34,267 he's getting on and he has no children. 749 01:12:34,726 --> 01:12:36,895 How do you explain that? 750 01:12:39,522 --> 01:12:43,651 So according to you Don Pablo ate his kids? 751 01:12:44,527 --> 01:12:46,154 Who knows? 752 01:12:46,905 --> 01:12:50,116 Anyway, my answer's no, for your sake too. 753 01:12:50,992 --> 01:12:55,622 He inspired your bridegroom to write that filthy naked stuff. 754 01:12:57,290 --> 01:12:59,376 That was only a poem. 755 01:13:00,168 --> 01:13:02,253 Not to mention the rest… 756 01:13:02,420 --> 01:13:05,673 He's not worthy of being witness to your happiness. 757 01:13:47,215 --> 01:13:48,842 She'd say: 758 01:13:49,342 --> 01:13:53,930 "I ask Jesus to let me live to see my son with a job, 759 01:13:54,472 --> 01:13:57,225 a wife and children in his arms." 760 01:13:57,434 --> 01:13:59,602 Unfortunately she didn't make it 761 01:13:59,811 --> 01:14:02,355 because when the Lord called her to Him 762 01:14:02,605 --> 01:14:04,983 he didn't even have a job. 763 01:14:05,733 --> 01:14:10,071 Today from heaven my poor wife will see that he's made her happy, 764 01:14:10,613 --> 01:14:14,492 because at least he's got a wife and a little job. 765 01:14:15,243 --> 01:14:19,080 Even if it's not the job she'd have wanted for him. 766 01:14:19,330 --> 01:14:21,499 All the best! Well done, Dad! 767 01:14:34,262 --> 01:14:36,347 What are you doing, drinking wine? 768 01:14:39,642 --> 01:14:43,897 I'm sorry, comrade, I forgot, this came for you. 769 01:14:45,773 --> 01:14:47,150 Thank you. 770 01:15:03,416 --> 01:15:06,294 - Good news? - To the newlyweds! 771 01:15:19,516 --> 01:15:21,184 With a chaste heart, 772 01:15:21,935 --> 01:15:23,686 with pure eyes 773 01:15:24,062 --> 01:15:26,189 I celebrate your beauty 774 01:15:26,814 --> 01:15:30,318 holding the leash of blood so that it might leap out 775 01:15:31,277 --> 01:15:33,029 and trace your outline 776 01:15:33,279 --> 01:15:37,575 where you lie down in my ode as in a land of forests, or in surf: 777 01:15:38,701 --> 01:15:42,288 in aromatic loam or in sea-music. 778 01:15:47,585 --> 01:15:49,087 Now 779 01:15:49,921 --> 01:15:52,715 I'd like to toast to my friend 780 01:15:53,424 --> 01:15:54,842 Mario 781 01:15:55,468 --> 01:16:00,223 and say what a pleasure it was for me to participate in a small way 782 01:16:00,682 --> 01:16:02,725 to his happiness. 783 01:16:06,938 --> 01:16:11,317 And lastly I'd like to say that on this very special day 784 01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:15,989 I have received some wonderful news. 785 01:16:17,574 --> 01:16:20,076 The warrant for our arrest 786 01:16:20,243 --> 01:16:22,120 has been revoked 787 01:16:22,704 --> 01:16:25,832 and therefore Matilde and I can now 788 01:16:29,377 --> 01:16:32,005 return to the country we love so much: 789 01:16:33,590 --> 01:16:35,258 Chile. 790 01:18:19,862 --> 01:18:21,739 No, Don Pablo. 791 01:18:23,741 --> 01:18:25,993 But you'll be unemployed tomorrow. 792 01:18:26,202 --> 01:18:28,496 No… I don't want anything. 793 01:18:35,461 --> 01:18:37,338 I'll miss you. 794 01:18:38,756 --> 01:18:40,883 I'll miss you… 795 01:18:42,844 --> 01:18:45,096 But you will write to me? 796 01:18:46,889 --> 01:18:48,349 Of course. 797 01:18:52,228 --> 01:18:55,773 Things change all the time in my country. 798 01:18:57,775 --> 01:18:59,861 Today they'll let me go back 799 01:19:01,154 --> 01:19:05,491 tomorrow something else will happen and I'll have to flee again. 800 01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:11,414 I'll leave some things here anyway. 801 01:19:12,498 --> 01:19:15,918 If you could keep an eye on it for me… 802 01:19:16,919 --> 01:19:19,422 I'll let you know where to send them. 803 01:19:19,672 --> 01:19:23,176 Perhaps I'll bring them to Chile myself. 804 01:19:27,638 --> 01:19:29,265 That'd be wonderful. 805 01:19:33,686 --> 01:19:35,813 Do you need this? 806 01:19:36,689 --> 01:19:37,940 Yes. 807 01:19:40,151 --> 01:19:41,277 Thank you. 808 01:19:41,444 --> 01:19:45,948 I've discovered another poet who wrote about Beatrice, 809 01:19:46,324 --> 01:19:48,159 called D'Annunzio. 810 01:19:49,285 --> 01:19:50,828 I know. 811 01:19:51,913 --> 01:19:53,956 So you could have written one too. 812 01:20:04,091 --> 01:20:05,593 Good-bye. 813 01:21:30,678 --> 01:21:33,806 The work Di Cosimo has started on this island 814 01:21:34,015 --> 01:21:36,642 is a sign of civilization and modernity. 815 01:21:37,184 --> 01:21:40,688 Enough of these water-supply ships that come and go 816 01:21:40,938 --> 01:21:43,065 from the mainland, our candidate 817 01:21:44,442 --> 01:21:47,320 intends to lead us all on a new path. 818 01:21:48,446 --> 01:21:50,531 Vote for Di Cosimo! 819 01:21:59,540 --> 01:22:01,584 This is for you, vote for Di Cosimo. 820 01:22:01,834 --> 01:22:04,086 They promised us running water 821 01:22:04,337 --> 01:22:06,839 on the island two years ago too. 822 01:22:07,089 --> 01:22:10,426 Two years ago it wasn't Di Cosimo who promised you. 823 01:22:10,676 --> 01:22:14,096 What's written on that paper is a pledge, not a promise. 824 01:22:14,347 --> 01:22:17,058 An oath, and God is my witness. 825 01:22:21,812 --> 01:22:23,564 Hey, Mario! 826 01:22:23,731 --> 01:22:26,317 Aren't you interested in what I'm saying? 827 01:22:27,944 --> 01:22:29,987 I'm voting communist. 828 01:22:30,696 --> 01:22:31,948 What? 829 01:22:33,741 --> 01:22:35,868 I'm voting communist. 830 01:22:37,328 --> 01:22:40,456 I hear you've gone crazy about poetry. 831 01:22:41,457 --> 01:22:44,502 I hear you're competing with Pablo Neruda. 832 01:22:45,252 --> 01:22:49,966 But remember, poets can do a lot of damage to people. 833 01:22:53,511 --> 01:22:56,847 - How much do these clams cost? - 300 lire, to you. 834 01:22:57,598 --> 01:23:01,519 For that price you'll have to guarantee me a pearl in each one. 835 01:23:01,769 --> 01:23:05,231 - Give me a good price. - I'll give you a discount, alright? 836 01:23:07,650 --> 01:23:10,403 Fishermen are exploited enough as it is. 837 01:23:10,611 --> 01:23:14,031 He said 300 lire, why should he give you a discount? 838 01:23:15,616 --> 01:23:17,910 I don't mean to exploit anyone, good-bye. 839 01:23:18,119 --> 01:23:20,162 Why don't you mind your own business? 840 01:23:22,915 --> 01:23:25,042 I was trying to help… 841 01:23:42,810 --> 01:23:45,187 - What is it? - Look at this. 842 01:23:45,688 --> 01:23:48,190 He's in Russia awarding a prize. 843 01:23:50,568 --> 01:23:54,321 In Russia? If he's over here he might pay a visit. 844 01:23:54,697 --> 01:23:57,825 He's a very busy man, Mario! 845 01:23:58,325 --> 01:24:01,954 He must meet the people he didn't see when he was in exile. 846 01:24:02,163 --> 01:24:04,206 And he's also well-loved in Chile. 847 01:24:04,457 --> 01:24:06,709 He won't have time to come here. 848 01:24:07,084 --> 01:24:08,711 It's a good picture… 849 01:24:09,712 --> 01:24:13,299 - The young poet, Milovan… - Perkovic. 850 01:24:14,717 --> 01:24:16,969 Awarded a poetry prize by the maestro. 851 01:24:17,845 --> 01:24:20,347 - Can I keep it? - No, you can't… 852 01:24:20,723 --> 01:24:23,225 I'll put it in here with all the rest. 853 01:24:24,310 --> 01:24:26,854 You can look at it whenever you like. 854 01:24:27,354 --> 01:24:28,856 Vote for Di Cosimo. 855 01:24:29,106 --> 01:24:33,486 The candidate undertakes to lead us on another path! 856 01:24:34,070 --> 01:24:36,739 Vote for Di Cosimo! For a new way of life! 857 01:24:36,947 --> 01:24:39,575 For the sake of our island! 858 01:24:45,873 --> 01:24:47,875 Did that bloke come here? 859 01:24:48,125 --> 01:24:50,211 - Who? - Di Cosimo. 860 01:24:50,711 --> 01:24:51,754 Yes. 861 01:24:53,255 --> 01:24:55,216 Why are you smiling? 862 01:24:55,382 --> 01:24:59,470 Di Cosimo has served us a fortune on a silver-platter. 863 01:25:00,471 --> 01:25:01,847 Really? 864 01:25:02,515 --> 01:25:07,144 20 families will be coming here to work on the new water mains. 865 01:25:08,020 --> 01:25:13,025 Di Cosimo asked us if we can provide them with two meals a day. 866 01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:15,778 And we can't. 867 01:25:16,153 --> 01:25:19,657 We told them we could, they'll be here for two years. 868 01:25:20,157 --> 01:25:24,120 - Without asking me? - Just add it all up. 869 01:25:26,122 --> 01:25:27,414 Money… 870 01:25:27,665 --> 01:25:30,167 All you can think about is money. 871 01:25:30,376 --> 01:25:32,419 Where will we put 20 families? 872 01:25:32,670 --> 01:25:35,172 We'll do two or three servings if necessary! 873 01:25:36,674 --> 01:25:38,634 Please yourselves. 874 01:25:38,801 --> 01:25:40,928 No, we'll do as we please. 875 01:25:42,012 --> 01:25:45,558 Would you be prepared to work in the kitchen, "signor" husband? 876 01:25:47,893 --> 01:25:49,687 In the kitchen? 877 01:25:50,896 --> 01:25:51,939 Yes. 878 01:26:09,582 --> 01:26:11,167 Tomatoes 879 01:26:11,584 --> 01:26:13,669 red entrails 880 01:26:14,086 --> 01:26:16,088 fresh suns. 881 01:26:18,340 --> 01:26:21,468 Artichokes dressed as warriors 882 01:26:21,969 --> 01:26:24,054 and polished as pomegranates. 883 01:26:26,182 --> 01:26:27,725 Garlic 884 01:26:28,475 --> 01:26:30,561 precious ivory. 885 01:26:37,860 --> 01:26:40,613 A toast to Beatrice, the prettiest girl in town! 886 01:26:59,882 --> 01:27:02,760 Alas! We must murder it. 887 01:27:03,594 --> 01:27:07,473 Plunge the knife into its living pulp. 888 01:27:23,530 --> 01:27:24,531 Look! 889 01:27:27,409 --> 01:27:30,037 - What does it say? - He's in Paris. 890 01:27:32,748 --> 01:27:34,875 "Whereas I really loved Italy 891 01:27:35,751 --> 01:27:40,631 where I led a happy life in complete solitude 892 01:27:41,632 --> 01:27:44,176 and among the most simple people in the world. 893 01:27:47,680 --> 01:27:50,766 What things are you most nostalgic about? 894 01:27:51,016 --> 01:27:55,396 Nostalgia is an emotion I can feel only for my own country, 895 01:27:56,522 --> 01:27:59,650 but I will never forget 896 01:28:01,777 --> 01:28:05,447 my strolls along the beach, and among the rocks 897 01:28:05,906 --> 01:28:08,951 where tiny plants and flowers grow 898 01:28:09,410 --> 01:28:14,206 exactly the same way as in a large garden composition. 899 01:28:17,209 --> 01:28:18,836 Go on. 900 01:28:20,462 --> 01:28:21,964 That's it. 901 01:28:23,090 --> 01:28:25,217 He doesn't mention us. 902 01:28:26,218 --> 01:28:29,054 Why should he mention us in an interview… 903 01:28:29,680 --> 01:28:32,725 He's a poet, poets talk about nature… 904 01:28:33,100 --> 01:28:35,686 not about the people they meet. 905 01:28:36,061 --> 01:28:38,480 The bird that has eaten flies away! 906 01:28:38,939 --> 01:28:42,484 I bet he doesn't even remember what we look like. 907 01:28:51,618 --> 01:28:54,705 THE EVE OF THE ELECTIONS 908 01:28:55,497 --> 01:28:59,335 The future of our country depends on the June 7th results, 909 01:28:59,501 --> 01:29:01,337 so everyone go out and vote! 910 01:29:02,504 --> 01:29:06,884 The cities of Italy where trade and industry flourish, 911 01:29:07,509 --> 01:29:12,264 democracy has offered free campaigns to help people decide. 912 01:29:14,266 --> 01:29:16,643 If you're in doubt, solve it by voting! 913 01:29:17,394 --> 01:29:20,230 If you're certain, confirm it on your voting-card. 914 01:29:20,856 --> 01:29:22,900 June 7th is the day! 915 01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:27,905 The Christian Democrats have been victorious in every region. 916 01:29:28,739 --> 01:29:32,284 The party chairman has expressed his satisfaction. 917 01:29:32,534 --> 01:29:34,036 Satisfaction! 918 01:29:34,661 --> 01:29:36,747 They haven't managed it. 919 01:29:37,373 --> 01:29:40,542 What? They've taken every region in Italy. 920 01:29:40,876 --> 01:29:44,004 They can't do anything with a handful of votes! 921 01:29:46,673 --> 01:29:48,801 They've won a battle, but not the war. 922 01:29:49,176 --> 01:29:52,137 - So we'll win the war? - Who else? 923 01:29:53,430 --> 01:29:56,517 But we have to fight and we will fight! 924 01:29:57,309 --> 01:30:01,188 It's the only way to break our chains and set ourselves free! 925 01:30:03,941 --> 01:30:05,692 Yes, but here 926 01:30:06,276 --> 01:30:08,779 when we've broken our chains 927 01:30:09,571 --> 01:30:11,532 what do we do then? 928 01:30:13,283 --> 01:30:15,828 If Don Pablo could hear you he wouldn't approve. 929 01:30:16,078 --> 01:30:19,206 Don Pablo… Don Pablo can't hear me. 930 01:30:20,457 --> 01:30:24,211 Who knows where he is, what he's doing… 931 01:30:27,714 --> 01:30:30,092 What's with these long faces? 932 01:30:30,342 --> 01:30:33,595 Mr. Di Cosimo, this is a tragedy for us. 933 01:30:33,929 --> 01:30:36,974 We were counting on those two years of work. 934 01:30:37,349 --> 01:30:41,353 We'd made plans, run up debts even… 935 01:30:41,937 --> 01:30:45,983 I know, it's a shame to leave the work half-completed, 936 01:30:47,067 --> 01:30:49,611 but we hope to start again soon. 937 01:30:49,820 --> 01:30:52,948 - Soon when? - I don't know. 938 01:30:54,825 --> 01:30:56,118 It depends. 939 01:30:57,744 --> 01:31:00,372 But I assure you it won't be long. 940 01:31:00,747 --> 01:31:04,126 Anyway, I can't wait to try out your cooking. 941 01:31:06,837 --> 01:31:08,881 What does it depend on? 942 01:31:09,756 --> 01:31:12,009 Company problems are very complicated. 943 01:31:12,217 --> 01:31:15,345 I don't know much about company problems, 944 01:31:17,014 --> 01:31:19,099 but I'm not daft. 945 01:31:21,101 --> 01:31:24,146 We all knew that as soon as you got elected 946 01:31:24,521 --> 01:31:26,773 the work would come to a halt. 947 01:31:27,274 --> 01:31:28,901 That's true. 948 01:31:32,029 --> 01:31:34,156 The husband's hot-blooded. 949 01:31:37,784 --> 01:31:40,037 If Don Pablo had been here 950 01:31:40,496 --> 01:31:42,915 maybe the elections would have gone better. 951 01:31:46,126 --> 01:31:48,420 Mario, I've something to tell you, 952 01:31:49,379 --> 01:31:51,131 I'm pregnant. 953 01:31:51,924 --> 01:31:54,051 - Really? - Yes. 954 01:31:54,801 --> 01:31:57,179 - You're really pregnant? - Yes. 955 01:32:00,015 --> 01:32:02,059 We have to leave here. 956 01:32:02,559 --> 01:32:05,187 No one understands us here, 957 01:32:05,646 --> 01:32:08,065 they're all too ignorant. 958 01:32:08,315 --> 01:32:12,528 We'll go to Chile, so Pablito will grow up there, breathe poetry… 959 01:32:13,654 --> 01:32:15,030 Pablito? 960 01:32:15,322 --> 01:32:17,407 Don't you like it? 961 01:32:19,076 --> 01:32:22,329 After Neruda. It'll be a good omen for our son. 962 01:32:45,936 --> 01:32:48,313 - Mario? - No, he's in front. 963 01:32:52,859 --> 01:32:55,612 Mario, is that you? There's a letter from Chile. 964 01:32:55,862 --> 01:32:58,115 Put it in my pocket, please. 965 01:33:56,798 --> 01:33:58,884 - Open it! - Wait. 966 01:33:59,301 --> 01:34:03,513 Mario Ruoppolo… It's the first letter I've ever received. 967 01:34:26,411 --> 01:34:29,956 Santiago, 15th October, 1953. 968 01:34:32,918 --> 01:34:34,836 Dear Sir, 969 01:34:36,672 --> 01:34:39,091 I ask you to send me 970 01:34:39,341 --> 01:34:43,095 some objects belonging to 971 01:34:44,054 --> 01:34:46,431 signor Pablo Neruda 972 01:34:47,557 --> 01:34:51,603 which are to be found in the house where he lived 973 01:34:52,062 --> 01:34:53,980 during his 974 01:34:54,606 --> 01:34:56,983 stay in Italy. 975 01:34:58,985 --> 01:35:00,821 Address enclosed 976 01:35:01,113 --> 01:35:03,198 and a list of 977 01:35:04,074 --> 01:35:06,076 the above-mentioned objects. 978 01:35:07,703 --> 01:35:10,122 The secretary… the secretary 979 01:35:10,747 --> 01:35:12,833 of Pablo Neruda. 980 01:35:26,138 --> 01:35:27,848 And for you? 981 01:35:28,014 --> 01:35:33,145 Not a word, not a greeting, and he left over a year ago. 982 01:35:34,229 --> 01:35:37,399 I told you: the bird that has eaten flies away! 983 01:35:37,858 --> 01:35:41,403 People are kind only when you're useful to them. 984 01:35:42,612 --> 01:35:45,282 Not again with that "bird that has eaten…" 985 01:35:45,615 --> 01:35:47,492 And useful for what? 986 01:35:47,743 --> 01:35:50,662 What did I do for this person? 987 01:35:52,038 --> 01:35:54,416 In fact, it was always me 988 01:35:54,916 --> 01:35:58,420 who would ask: Don Pablo, will you check this metaphor… 989 01:35:58,795 --> 01:36:01,131 Don Pablo, will you read me a poem… 990 01:36:01,423 --> 01:36:04,551 I'm the one who bothered him. 991 01:36:05,302 --> 01:36:08,138 And you say I was useful… 992 01:36:09,055 --> 01:36:11,141 What did I do… 993 01:36:12,058 --> 01:36:16,188 And yet he knew I was no good as a poet. 994 01:36:17,564 --> 01:36:19,649 He knew, you know? 995 01:36:19,941 --> 01:36:22,652 But instead he treated me like a friend. 996 01:36:24,070 --> 01:36:26,198 Like a brother. 997 01:36:27,574 --> 01:36:30,076 It's not true that you're no good. 998 01:36:31,411 --> 01:36:33,580 And I'm not calling him Pablito. 999 01:36:35,415 --> 01:36:37,834 What has the baby got to do with it? 1000 01:36:39,211 --> 01:36:41,713 Why, do you think I'm a poet? 1001 01:36:42,798 --> 01:36:46,468 Am I a poet? Have I ever written anything, any poems? 1002 01:36:46,802 --> 01:36:48,470 No, Mario, but… 1003 01:36:48,720 --> 01:36:51,306 Then "No, Mario…" nothing. 1004 01:36:52,224 --> 01:36:53,850 Admit it… 1005 01:36:57,938 --> 01:37:00,690 Why should he remember me? 1006 01:37:01,358 --> 01:37:04,486 As a poet, I'm not much good… 1007 01:37:06,696 --> 01:37:09,491 As a postman… He would hardly remember… 1008 01:37:09,950 --> 01:37:13,829 … a postman who took him his mail when he lived in Italy. 1009 01:37:14,371 --> 01:37:16,248 As a communist? 1010 01:37:17,082 --> 01:37:19,751 Not even that, I wasn't very… 1011 01:37:23,129 --> 01:37:24,756 I think it's… 1012 01:37:26,258 --> 01:37:28,093 … quite normal, that he… 1013 01:37:33,974 --> 01:37:35,392 Alright. 1014 01:37:36,393 --> 01:37:40,397 Tomorrow we'll go there and send his things off. 1015 01:40:44,914 --> 01:40:48,084 I told them I'm here with a friend who wishes to say hello 1016 01:40:48,460 --> 01:40:52,464 and tell them something nice about this beautiful country. 1017 01:40:53,089 --> 01:40:55,175 - No… - Yes. 1018 01:40:56,217 --> 01:40:57,594 Good morning. 1019 01:40:58,094 --> 01:40:59,721 No, there. 1020 01:41:00,055 --> 01:41:01,556 Good morning. 1021 01:41:03,558 --> 01:41:05,727 Something nice about the island? 1022 01:41:06,061 --> 01:41:08,605 Yes, one of the wonders of your island. 1023 01:41:42,847 --> 01:41:45,141 Are you sure it works outdoors too? 1024 01:41:45,475 --> 01:41:48,019 If it works inside, it'll work outside. 1025 01:41:51,773 --> 01:41:53,775 It works here. 1026 01:41:57,529 --> 01:42:00,406 One, two, three… Is the red light on? 1027 01:42:00,740 --> 01:42:02,617 Yes, it's lit. 1028 01:42:20,802 --> 01:42:22,262 One. 1029 01:42:23,054 --> 01:42:25,014 Number one. 1030 01:42:25,807 --> 01:42:28,768 Waves at the Cala di Sotto. 1031 01:42:29,310 --> 01:42:30,645 Small ones. 1032 01:42:31,563 --> 01:42:33,022 Go on! 1033 01:42:46,327 --> 01:42:48,204 Number two. 1034 01:42:49,664 --> 01:42:51,708 Waves. Big ones. 1035 01:42:53,960 --> 01:42:55,461 Go on! 1036 01:43:00,216 --> 01:43:02,302 Number three. 1037 01:43:04,304 --> 01:43:06,347 Wind on the cliffs. 1038 01:43:10,185 --> 01:43:12,103 Number four. 1039 01:43:13,104 --> 01:43:15,607 Wind through the bushes. 1040 01:43:28,119 --> 01:43:30,371 Number five. 1041 01:43:32,749 --> 01:43:35,501 Sad nets belonging to my father. 1042 01:43:41,966 --> 01:43:44,135 Number six. 1043 01:43:48,890 --> 01:43:50,141 Church bell, 1044 01:43:50,892 --> 01:43:52,977 of Our Lady of Sorrows, 1045 01:43:53,853 --> 01:43:55,271 with priest. 1046 01:43:59,275 --> 01:44:00,902 It's beautiful. 1047 01:44:01,402 --> 01:44:04,113 I never realised it was so beautiful. 1048 01:44:05,657 --> 01:44:07,408 Number seven. 1049 01:44:09,619 --> 01:44:12,497 Starry sky over the island. 1050 01:44:16,167 --> 01:44:18,544 Number eight. 1051 01:44:20,380 --> 01:44:22,632 Pablito's heartbeat. 1052 01:44:29,013 --> 01:44:30,932 You can hear everything! 1053 01:44:31,307 --> 01:44:32,767 Really? 1054 01:44:37,272 --> 01:44:38,815 You can hear it! 1055 01:44:39,691 --> 01:44:41,776 You can hear Pablito's heart! 1056 01:44:48,199 --> 01:44:50,285 I'm not calling him Pablito. 1057 01:44:57,208 --> 01:45:01,170 Five years later… 1058 01:45:57,769 --> 01:45:59,395 Come here, Pablito! 1059 01:46:18,915 --> 01:46:21,292 He never saw him, 1060 01:46:21,918 --> 01:46:24,170 he was born a few days after. 1061 01:46:29,384 --> 01:46:33,513 It was hard without him at first, but it's much better now. 1062 01:46:34,555 --> 01:46:37,266 This is something Mario made for you. 1063 01:46:38,309 --> 01:46:42,021 I should have sent it to you, but I kept it instead. 1064 01:46:43,689 --> 01:46:45,775 I listen to it all the time. 1065 01:46:55,701 --> 01:46:57,787 Dearest Don Pablo, 1066 01:46:58,830 --> 01:47:00,706 this is Mario. 1067 01:47:01,082 --> 01:47:03,584 I hope you haven't forgotten me. 1068 01:47:05,962 --> 01:47:07,547 Anyway… 1069 01:47:08,798 --> 01:47:13,052 Do you remember that you once asked me 1070 01:47:13,678 --> 01:47:16,931 to say something nice about my island 1071 01:47:17,473 --> 01:47:19,809 and I couldn't think of anything? 1072 01:47:20,226 --> 01:47:22,061 Now 1073 01:47:22,437 --> 01:47:24,063 I know. 1074 01:47:24,981 --> 01:47:27,817 So I want to send you this tape, 1075 01:47:28,443 --> 01:47:32,447 which, if you want to, you can play to your friends, if not… 1076 01:47:32,989 --> 01:47:34,824 you can listen to it. 1077 01:47:36,325 --> 01:47:38,369 Then you'll remember me 1078 01:47:40,246 --> 01:47:42,248 and Italy. 1079 01:47:47,503 --> 01:47:49,255 When you left here 1080 01:47:50,631 --> 01:47:54,010 I thought you'd taken all the beautiful things away with you, 1081 01:47:55,636 --> 01:47:57,763 but now… 1082 01:47:58,890 --> 01:48:01,893 now I realise 1083 01:48:02,393 --> 01:48:04,770 that you left something behind for me. 1084 01:48:15,990 --> 01:48:18,910 I also want to tell you that I've written a poem, 1085 01:48:19,243 --> 01:48:21,537 but you can't hear it because I'm embarrassed. 1086 01:48:22,413 --> 01:48:25,291 It's called: "Song for Pablo Neruda". 1087 01:48:25,625 --> 01:48:27,668 Even if it's about the sea, 1088 01:48:28,252 --> 01:48:30,296 it's dedicated to you. 1089 01:48:31,631 --> 01:48:35,551 If you hadn't come into my life, I never would have written it. 1090 01:48:37,178 --> 01:48:39,805 I've been invited to read it in public. 1091 01:48:41,140 --> 01:48:45,311 And even though I know my voice will shake, I'll be happy. 1092 01:48:46,312 --> 01:48:50,274 And you will hear the people applaud when they hear your name. 1093 01:49:09,460 --> 01:49:10,962 Comrades! 1094 01:49:19,095 --> 01:49:22,932 We have here with us, comrade Mario Ruoppolo 1095 01:49:23,599 --> 01:49:25,560 who'll read us a poem 1096 01:49:26,602 --> 01:49:29,105 which he himself has dedicated 1097 01:49:29,355 --> 01:49:32,692 to the great poet who is known to us all, 1098 01:49:33,568 --> 01:49:35,736 Pablo Neruda. 1099 01:49:40,992 --> 01:49:42,493 Comrades! 1100 01:49:44,078 --> 01:49:47,623 Let's invite onto the platform, comrade Mario Ruoppolo. 1101 01:49:49,208 --> 01:49:51,252 Hear that? Hurrah! 1102 01:49:57,883 --> 01:50:00,845 He's Mario Ruoppolo, let him through. 1103 01:50:01,887 --> 01:50:03,598 Excuse me! 1104 01:50:04,473 --> 01:50:06,767 We have to reach the platform. 1105 01:50:10,104 --> 01:50:12,148 Keep calm, comrades! 1106 01:50:13,524 --> 01:50:15,735 Mario, where are you? 1107 01:50:18,779 --> 01:50:20,531 Mario Ruoppolo! 1108 01:50:22,658 --> 01:50:24,744 - Mario! - Comrades, keep back! 1109 01:51:36,982 --> 01:51:42,238 To our friend Massimo 1110 01:53:42,107 --> 01:53:43,734 translation Glenys Robinson 1111 01:53:43,984 --> 01:53:46,070 subtitles Electric shadows — Rome