1 00:01:45,396 --> 00:01:50,240 The winter of 1862 was an unusually happy time of my life. 2 00:01:50,577 --> 00:01:52,267 The war was over. 3 00:01:52,550 --> 00:01:56,584 Even the expedition against Gen. Garibaldi had come to an end. 4 00:01:57,371 --> 00:02:00,540 The budding kingdom of Italy, united once and for all... 5 00:02:01,089 --> 00:02:02,786 no longer paid me to kill. 6 00:02:03,522 --> 00:02:08,382 Only to train others to kill and be killed, when the need arose... 7 00:02:12,623 --> 00:02:15,733 Moreover, I had met Clara. 8 00:02:16,273 --> 00:02:19,541 A love affair always begins with a look. 9 00:02:20,512 --> 00:02:24,096 Clara's was gentle and sad. 10 00:02:26,002 --> 00:02:30,036 There's something indecent about relating a happy love affair. 11 00:02:30,374 --> 00:02:33,754 Perhaps because such stories repeat themselves. 12 00:02:34,130 --> 00:02:37,826 And few people have never loved, or loved so little... 13 00:02:38,211 --> 00:02:41,230 as to ignore their content. 14 00:02:41,349 --> 00:02:44,880 - You grew up in a hurry? - I was married off at 16. 15 00:02:54,579 --> 00:02:57,125 You see, more proof of my stupidity. 16 00:02:57,246 --> 00:03:01,814 You're experiencing the happiness you were denied at 15. 17 00:03:02,174 --> 00:03:03,549 Thanks to you. 18 00:03:20,478 --> 00:03:25,370 I'll undress you. I'll be your orderly. 19 00:03:29,201 --> 00:03:31,048 I am your orderly. 20 00:04:34,146 --> 00:04:35,767 Close your eyes. 21 00:04:54,265 --> 00:04:56,318 I said don't look. 22 00:05:17,665 --> 00:05:20,842 We lost all so much time before we met... 23 00:05:20,963 --> 00:05:23,660 before we even knew we existed. 24 00:05:24,110 --> 00:05:26,565 I could have given you my youth... 25 00:05:27,214 --> 00:05:29,129 Intact... 26 00:05:56,878 --> 00:05:58,452 Don't catch cold. 27 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:43,690 What is it? 28 00:06:54,338 --> 00:06:56,639 "Captain Giorgio Bachetti..." 29 00:06:57,097 --> 00:07:01,274 "You are hereby transferred to the 4th Frontier Brigade." 30 00:07:06,943 --> 00:07:12,403 "Report for duty at your new post within two days." 31 00:07:14,833 --> 00:07:19,202 Love of my life, now we're so far from each other. 32 00:07:20,419 --> 00:07:22,105 Yesterday, in the park... 33 00:07:22,540 --> 00:07:25,490 I noticed you hiding your tears from me. 34 00:07:26,986 --> 00:07:28,692 Let me confess, in turn... 35 00:07:29,094 --> 00:07:31,911 on the train that bore me away from you, I cried, too. 36 00:07:35,172 --> 00:07:36,896 Good night, gentlemen. 37 00:07:37,016 --> 00:07:38,850 Crying is no sign of weakness. 38 00:07:38,971 --> 00:07:42,358 Or if it is, then of the sweetest kind. 39 00:07:42,724 --> 00:07:46,137 I'm proud to agonize over you. 40 00:08:20,209 --> 00:08:22,145 What saddens me most... 41 00:08:22,265 --> 00:08:25,001 is that with me at your side, you were happy. 42 00:08:25,346 --> 00:08:26,898 I fear that in your loneliness... 43 00:08:27,186 --> 00:08:30,500 you may renew the bonds it helped you sever. 44 00:08:31,223 --> 00:08:33,753 No, Clara, don't punish yourself. 45 00:08:34,598 --> 00:08:36,591 Ignore the laws of men. 46 00:08:36,992 --> 00:08:39,290 Heaven is kinder to lovers. 47 00:08:39,574 --> 00:08:42,045 Its laws are more generous and more just. 48 00:08:43,005 --> 00:08:45,707 They honor a woman... 49 00:08:45,827 --> 00:08:49,443 who sacrifices her good name for the man she loves. 50 00:08:51,416 --> 00:08:55,017 Adultery can restore to a woman the rights... 51 00:08:55,138 --> 00:08:57,970 nature gave her, and that society and marriage... 52 00:08:58,090 --> 00:08:59,771 have denied her. 53 00:09:00,794 --> 00:09:04,838 Comfort me. Banish my fears of losing you. 54 00:09:16,995 --> 00:09:19,160 Every night, I'll think about you. 55 00:09:20,273 --> 00:09:23,069 I'll spend my every leave visiting you. 56 00:09:24,028 --> 00:09:25,733 We'll meet again in our little room... 57 00:09:25,853 --> 00:09:27,227 where we were so happy. 58 00:09:27,558 --> 00:09:30,471 My heart will beat again on yours... 59 00:09:30,592 --> 00:09:33,328 remembering the many gifts you gave me. 60 00:09:33,710 --> 00:09:35,999 Your youthful body, your beauty... 61 00:09:36,119 --> 00:09:38,764 Our separation becomes even harder to bear. 62 00:09:38,884 --> 00:09:41,045 Farewell for now. 63 00:09:42,078 --> 00:09:46,389 Forgive these confused thoughts, but I write as if in a dream. 64 00:09:46,926 --> 00:09:49,454 To be near you, to die at your feet. 65 00:09:50,031 --> 00:09:51,698 I won't live anywhere else. 66 00:09:52,613 --> 00:09:54,375 Now hear my oath: 67 00:09:55,546 --> 00:09:57,250 All I live for is you. 68 00:09:57,730 --> 00:10:00,432 I shall forget all other creatures. 69 00:10:02,171 --> 00:10:03,705 You will be my religion. 70 00:10:59,091 --> 00:11:01,755 Captain Bachetti, then a lieutenant... 71 00:11:01,875 --> 00:11:04,303 was with our forces in the Crimea. 72 00:11:04,424 --> 00:11:06,144 According to the citation... 73 00:11:06,264 --> 00:11:09,172 at Sebastopol, he rescued a soldier pinned down... 74 00:11:09,292 --> 00:11:11,701 by Russian infantry. 75 00:11:12,234 --> 00:11:15,799 The Lieutenant rode back, under enemy fire... 76 00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:20,935 put the wounded man on a horse, and carried him back to camp. 77 00:11:21,055 --> 00:11:23,023 An accurate rendering of the event? 78 00:11:23,144 --> 00:11:24,306 Yes, Colonel. 79 00:11:24,427 --> 00:11:27,948 But I didn't take him back to camp. Just to our batallion... 80 00:11:28,582 --> 00:11:31,129 which was fleeing the Russian cavalry. 81 00:11:36,761 --> 00:11:39,885 Honor before glory. 82 00:11:40,006 --> 00:11:41,456 Am I right, Doctor? 83 00:11:41,575 --> 00:11:45,473 Yes, Demosthenes said it even better...to... 84 00:11:47,123 --> 00:11:50,687 When criticized for having fled... 85 00:11:50,807 --> 00:11:53,504 from the Macedonians, he said... 86 00:11:53,625 --> 00:11:55,632 "A soldier who runs away..." 87 00:11:55,752 --> 00:11:58,831 "lives to fight another day." 88 00:12:03,276 --> 00:12:07,722 Indeed. The Captain is now here amongst us. 89 00:12:09,528 --> 00:12:13,303 So, what's new in the civilized world? 90 00:12:13,590 --> 00:12:14,913 Actually, Colonel... 91 00:12:15,033 --> 00:12:17,327 We're isolated here. 92 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:21,594 Far from life, from ideas, from everything. 93 00:12:21,922 --> 00:12:25,161 We have a life of our own. Colonel... 94 00:12:29,654 --> 00:12:32,643 You dined in our mess last night, didn't you? 95 00:12:32,764 --> 00:12:35,615 I arrived after nightfall. The mess had closed. 96 00:12:35,902 --> 00:12:38,834 It's for junior officers who don't know good food. 97 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:42,575 Come eat with us in my quarters. 98 00:12:43,342 --> 00:12:45,488 I've set up a mess of our own. 99 00:12:45,609 --> 00:12:50,222 But it's hard to prepare good food here: 100 00:12:50,342 --> 00:12:54,412 In mountain soil, vegetables especially, grow up... 101 00:12:55,543 --> 00:12:56,885 dispirited. 102 00:12:57,229 --> 00:12:59,236 Yet I can provide a decent meal. 103 00:12:59,356 --> 00:13:02,781 At my age, that's an imperative pleasure. 104 00:13:03,293 --> 00:13:05,939 You'll enjoy the company and the conversation. 105 00:13:06,060 --> 00:13:07,569 Right, Doctor? 106 00:13:08,661 --> 00:13:10,385 Absolutely. 107 00:13:10,505 --> 00:13:13,082 As long as you remember, Captain, that subtlety and irony... 108 00:13:13,203 --> 00:13:17,223 are quite alien to the military mind. 109 00:13:17,698 --> 00:13:19,901 You'll meet all kinds. 110 00:13:20,457 --> 00:13:24,978 Besides me, a mediocre doctor fast forgetting what little he knew... 111 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:27,798 you'll meet Major Tarasso... 112 00:13:27,918 --> 00:13:29,585 who could belly laugh... 113 00:13:29,705 --> 00:13:33,143 at his mother's funeral, having first eaten her... 114 00:13:33,263 --> 00:13:36,626 and washed her down with his customary gallon of wine. 115 00:13:37,610 --> 00:13:40,619 Captain Rivolti: the blandest of officers. 116 00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:44,303 He is best described by silence. 117 00:13:44,708 --> 00:13:47,524 He only comes to life at billiards. 118 00:13:47,806 --> 00:13:49,851 Lt. Baggi, our veterinarian. 119 00:13:49,971 --> 00:13:52,473 Horses appreciate his talents, even on their deathbeds. 120 00:13:52,594 --> 00:13:55,482 I've added vinegar, but there's no nutmeg. 121 00:13:56,914 --> 00:13:58,804 His culinary skills... 122 00:13:59,133 --> 00:14:01,100 are forever thwarted by... 123 00:14:01,429 --> 00:14:03,646 the lack of good ingredients. 124 00:14:05,310 --> 00:14:06,969 No contact with the Chief of Staff. 125 00:14:07,089 --> 00:14:10,323 Just one letter, which I didn't have to answer! 126 00:14:10,922 --> 00:14:12,465 My orders to report here. 127 00:14:12,586 --> 00:14:15,107 You owe them a thank you note! 128 00:14:25,368 --> 00:14:27,102 That's Signora Fosca's place. 129 00:14:28,857 --> 00:14:30,110 She's my cousin. 130 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:32,792 I have no family. 131 00:14:32,912 --> 00:14:34,509 Neither does she. 132 00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:36,264 So she lives with me. 133 00:14:37,140 --> 00:14:38,818 Poor dear, her health... 134 00:14:38,939 --> 00:14:41,383 is so precarious. It worries me greatly. 135 00:14:41,503 --> 00:14:42,829 She stays in bed... 136 00:14:42,950 --> 00:14:44,624 on average, 7 days a week. 137 00:14:44,744 --> 00:14:46,745 She's no better today. 138 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:50,471 But one day, she'll join us for a meal. She eats like a sparrow. 139 00:14:52,603 --> 00:14:53,948 Why has Minghetti... 140 00:14:54,069 --> 00:14:56,110 kept on Della Rovere at the War Ministry? 141 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,654 We fought together at Alessandria in '21. 142 00:14:58,774 --> 00:15:01,918 Alessandria! I served there, too. 143 00:15:02,246 --> 00:15:04,965 Our commanding general caught his young wife... 144 00:15:05,311 --> 00:15:07,915 flirting with his aide-de-camp! 145 00:15:10,133 --> 00:15:12,428 He just stood there, dazed. 146 00:15:13,884 --> 00:15:16,797 The lady screamed and fainted, or pretended to. 147 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:17,972 Ah, the major. 148 00:15:18,093 --> 00:15:20,363 Fuiron, the general, shouted: "You..." 149 00:15:20,905 --> 00:15:22,698 "You were kissing my wife!" 150 00:15:23,988 --> 00:15:26,610 The poor fellow, the wife in his arms, blurted out: 151 00:15:26,731 --> 00:15:28,500 "Yes, General, Sir!" 152 00:15:29,273 --> 00:15:32,242 "But our tongues hardly touched!" 153 00:15:51,396 --> 00:15:53,466 Line up! By the right! 154 00:15:57,254 --> 00:15:59,491 Keep your distances! 155 00:16:08,151 --> 00:16:11,527 Captain, ready to march! Do you want to inspect? 156 00:16:11,894 --> 00:16:13,899 No need, Lieutenant. 157 00:16:14,270 --> 00:16:17,124 I trust you implicitly. 158 00:16:17,245 --> 00:16:18,550 Thank you, Captain, Sir! 159 00:16:39,596 --> 00:16:40,848 My Clara... 160 00:16:40,969 --> 00:16:43,646 During the absurd exertions of military discipline... 161 00:16:43,992 --> 00:16:46,731 an art that deadens the mind through physical strain... 162 00:16:46,852 --> 00:16:49,020 and saps the soul by means of violence... 163 00:16:49,139 --> 00:16:51,789 I take refuge in my memories of you. 164 00:16:51,909 --> 00:16:53,735 In your voice, your letters. 165 00:16:53,856 --> 00:16:57,641 The letters I'll write you. I invoke your name: Clara! 166 00:17:02,313 --> 00:17:05,496 I went there on my son's birthday. 167 00:17:06,273 --> 00:17:08,934 But the real reason I visited that portrait studio... 168 00:17:09,243 --> 00:17:11,846 was to have one of me to send you. 169 00:17:11,966 --> 00:17:13,987 You see? I'm smiling for you. 170 00:17:18,312 --> 00:17:20,181 But I had to restrain my heart. 171 00:17:20,302 --> 00:17:22,323 It was ordering my eyes to weep. 172 00:17:58,537 --> 00:18:02,511 She loves to read. I can't find enough books to lend her. 173 00:18:02,838 --> 00:18:05,480 Don't you have some to lend her? 174 00:18:05,599 --> 00:18:09,577 Sure. I brought some. I'll gladly be of service to your cousin. 175 00:18:09,697 --> 00:18:11,563 I hope they'll appeal to her. 176 00:18:12,028 --> 00:18:13,743 As long as it's print! 177 00:18:14,129 --> 00:18:16,019 She even reads military handbooks. 178 00:18:16,348 --> 00:18:19,452 Colonel, I'll get them before she comes down. 179 00:18:19,572 --> 00:18:22,770 Fosca's in bed today. Give them to me later. 180 00:18:23,215 --> 00:18:26,011 The trick is to soften the breadstick, stirring. 181 00:18:26,131 --> 00:18:28,035 But without letting it crumble. 182 00:18:30,446 --> 00:18:33,553 Now that you're getting used to being so isolated from life... 183 00:18:33,885 --> 00:18:38,013 from ideas, as the Colonel says, do you miss the city? 184 00:18:38,688 --> 00:18:41,330 Life is quite different there. 185 00:18:41,605 --> 00:18:43,070 For one thing... 186 00:18:43,190 --> 00:18:45,443 you see hundreds of faces on the street. 187 00:18:45,563 --> 00:18:48,066 And at least half of them... 188 00:18:48,186 --> 00:18:51,171 have rosy, red lips that are kissable! 189 00:18:52,843 --> 00:18:55,486 That's more of the Captain's age. 190 00:18:55,872 --> 00:18:57,357 As for us... 191 00:18:57,477 --> 00:19:00,017 I don't agree with you. 192 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:03,355 Seasoned wood burns better than green! 193 00:19:03,683 --> 00:19:06,981 Risotto without marrow is no risotto. 194 00:19:07,617 --> 00:19:10,414 Anyway, it's well known that a woman's heart... 195 00:19:10,535 --> 00:19:12,381 is more vulnerable to... 196 00:19:12,502 --> 00:19:16,599 a hussar's charge than a foot soldier's gait. 197 00:19:17,562 --> 00:19:21,284 A six-legged beast outpaces one that has two. 198 00:19:23,043 --> 00:19:26,320 Don't be alarmed. It's my cousin. 199 00:19:28,366 --> 00:19:30,217 It'll be over in a few minutes. 200 00:19:32,190 --> 00:19:34,967 I can't do a thing for her, but a doctor... 201 00:19:35,086 --> 00:19:37,203 is always expected to give aid. 202 00:19:47,392 --> 00:19:49,148 One gets used to it. 203 00:19:49,269 --> 00:19:51,076 It happens often. 204 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:57,228 Amazingly, it's the first time it's happened since you got here. 205 00:19:59,196 --> 00:20:02,146 She's a walking collection of every conceivable disease. 206 00:20:02,697 --> 00:20:04,973 A unique phenomenon, as far as I'm concerned. 207 00:20:05,474 --> 00:20:09,021 I can't even diagnose all her ills, let alone their origin. 208 00:20:09,794 --> 00:20:13,324 I didn't know a human voice could utter such terrifying sounds. 209 00:20:13,807 --> 00:20:15,021 Nervous fits. 210 00:20:15,142 --> 00:20:17,375 "Hysterical" is the more fashionable word. 211 00:20:19,226 --> 00:20:22,215 She's prone to constant irritability. 212 00:20:24,246 --> 00:20:25,865 As if all her nerves were exposed. 213 00:20:26,174 --> 00:20:29,837 The slightest conflict is enough to bring on those fits. 214 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:34,640 Her cousin doesn't seem unduly worried. 215 00:20:34,761 --> 00:20:37,482 He's resigned to it. Nothing can be done for Fosca. 216 00:20:38,697 --> 00:20:41,048 - Is her life in danger? - I doubt it. 217 00:20:41,801 --> 00:20:46,050 She's so weak, her body hasn't the energy to produce a fatal illness. 218 00:20:49,079 --> 00:20:50,719 A strange thing to say. 219 00:20:50,839 --> 00:20:51,952 Why? 220 00:20:52,435 --> 00:20:55,443 Every victory, even death's, is the result of a struggle. 221 00:20:55,876 --> 00:20:59,809 In Fosca, all those diseases compensate each other. 222 00:20:59,930 --> 00:21:01,777 She's not in danger, unless... 223 00:21:03,204 --> 00:21:06,541 Unless something upsets the balance. 224 00:21:06,661 --> 00:21:08,235 It's miraculous and fragile. 225 00:21:08,356 --> 00:21:11,806 If she's so sick, why is her place always set at the table? 226 00:21:11,926 --> 00:21:14,191 As if she might be cured imminently? 227 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,099 Because there may be a break in her illness. 228 00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:20,363 She may come down and join us for a meal without warning. 229 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:23,337 Her living here alone... 230 00:21:24,206 --> 00:21:27,254 Could she be, or have once been... 231 00:21:27,374 --> 00:21:29,123 The Colonel's mistress? 232 00:21:29,703 --> 00:21:30,931 I doubt it. 233 00:21:34,441 --> 00:21:35,598 In fact... 234 00:21:36,235 --> 00:21:37,531 I know she wasn't. 235 00:21:38,613 --> 00:21:39,807 Is she young? 236 00:21:39,928 --> 00:21:40,946 She's 29. 237 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:41,833 Pretty? 238 00:21:43,492 --> 00:21:45,921 You'll meet her. Decide for yourself. 239 00:22:09,499 --> 00:22:12,025 The colonel was looking for you, Sir. 240 00:22:16,443 --> 00:22:19,740 Ours is the finest in the regiment, Captain, Sir. 241 00:22:20,311 --> 00:22:22,317 He said he'd wait for you in his office. 242 00:22:22,437 --> 00:22:23,841 First I'll go to my room. 243 00:22:23,961 --> 00:22:25,749 Oh no, in his room. 244 00:22:39,077 --> 00:22:40,716 You wanted to see me? 245 00:22:41,422 --> 00:22:43,235 Yes. She's already finished them. 246 00:22:45,087 --> 00:22:49,174 I told you. She devours books. 247 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:54,599 She said: If you'd be patient, she'll come thank you herself. 248 00:22:55,617 --> 00:22:57,603 I'm honored to await her. 249 00:23:01,269 --> 00:23:05,068 This work...never a moment's rest. 250 00:23:14,218 --> 00:23:16,493 JULIET, OR THE NEW HELOISE 251 00:23:21,780 --> 00:23:23,707 "Heavenly powers, since I have a soul for pain..." 252 00:23:23,828 --> 00:23:25,328 ''...give me one for joy." 253 00:23:25,449 --> 00:23:29,610 "Tortured love offers a disturbing pleasure to replace happiness." 254 00:23:49,831 --> 00:23:51,683 Signora Fosca is very sorry. 255 00:23:51,803 --> 00:23:54,342 She's not well and can't come down to see you. 256 00:23:56,483 --> 00:23:58,084 Please give her my regards. 257 00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:04,307 I'll teach you to ride. Time you learned! 258 00:24:05,698 --> 00:24:06,969 Give me your leg. 259 00:24:07,090 --> 00:24:08,378 The left one. 260 00:24:12,889 --> 00:24:14,278 Where are you going? 261 00:24:14,759 --> 00:24:17,729 Come back. After a fall, one must remount instantly. 262 00:24:20,313 --> 00:24:23,264 You can make it. Be loose. Get on. 263 00:24:23,788 --> 00:24:24,926 Good. Sit up. 264 00:24:36,033 --> 00:24:38,766 Word has reached us that an Italian patriot... 265 00:24:38,885 --> 00:24:42,526 fighting with the Polish rebels against Russian domination... 266 00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:46,751 Lt. Nullo of Bergamo, fell heroically in battle. 267 00:24:46,871 --> 00:24:48,448 He was one of the original... 268 00:24:49,779 --> 00:24:52,941 1089 members of Garibaldi's Red Shirts. 269 00:26:40,222 --> 00:26:41,764 I wanted to meet you... 270 00:26:42,657 --> 00:26:45,723 and thank you personally for those books. 271 00:26:53,323 --> 00:26:55,559 I loved the Rousseau novel. 272 00:26:56,370 --> 00:27:00,458 It is so full of spiritual beauty and virtue. 273 00:27:01,832 --> 00:27:02,891 I'm delighted. 274 00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:08,373 The passages you underlined were the loveliest. 275 00:27:09,608 --> 00:27:12,674 Also...the saddest. 276 00:27:15,105 --> 00:27:17,130 I know about unhappiness... 277 00:27:18,249 --> 00:27:19,830 from personal experience. 278 00:27:29,398 --> 00:27:31,095 Did you know that Rouseeau... 279 00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:33,563 so concerned with virtue in his books... 280 00:27:33,683 --> 00:27:36,050 put 5 of his children out for adoption in a Paris poorhouse? 281 00:27:44,074 --> 00:27:46,522 Didn't my cousin imply that you and I... 282 00:27:46,802 --> 00:27:48,769 were both voracious readers? 283 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:51,643 He said reading was your passion. 284 00:27:51,991 --> 00:27:53,322 I read to forget. 285 00:27:54,189 --> 00:27:57,130 To learn of the joys society metes out to the fortunate. 286 00:27:59,117 --> 00:28:02,125 My only salvation is escaping reality. 287 00:28:03,052 --> 00:28:06,446 Inventing new lives for myself, dreaming a lot. 288 00:28:08,410 --> 00:28:12,384 To understand why I must adhere to that rule... 289 00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:15,700 all you need to do is look at me, Captain. 290 00:28:19,454 --> 00:28:22,501 I'm mad to drag you into a discussion like this. 291 00:28:23,118 --> 00:28:24,371 Even though... 292 00:28:24,854 --> 00:28:27,728 I realize that with me, one can venture fearlessly... 293 00:28:28,135 --> 00:28:29,986 on the most slippery of paths. 294 00:28:32,262 --> 00:28:34,074 Have you visited the castle? 295 00:28:34,384 --> 00:28:35,464 What castle? 296 00:28:36,510 --> 00:28:39,556 You've been here for days, without opening your eyes. 297 00:28:40,565 --> 00:28:41,722 You dream, like me? 298 00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:43,212 Sometimes. 299 00:28:48,016 --> 00:28:49,347 It's a ruin. 300 00:28:50,272 --> 00:28:51,777 That's why it's so lovely. 301 00:28:52,819 --> 00:28:55,364 My cousin promised to take me this afternoon. 302 00:28:55,485 --> 00:28:57,472 If you care to come with us... 303 00:29:00,326 --> 00:29:01,752 If you'll honor us... 304 00:29:02,775 --> 00:29:05,956 To be truthful, I can't today. 305 00:29:07,439 --> 00:29:08,866 I'll come with pleasure. 306 00:30:24,662 --> 00:30:25,895 How can I express... 307 00:30:26,015 --> 00:30:28,037 in words the ugliness of that poor wretch? 308 00:30:28,769 --> 00:30:30,292 Her deformities... 309 00:30:30,413 --> 00:30:33,418 Her sufferings were like a sinister presence... 310 00:30:33,785 --> 00:30:36,003 on that site of military stupidity... 311 00:30:36,659 --> 00:30:40,206 where exertion could defeat idleness but not boredom. 312 00:31:00,345 --> 00:31:03,779 The south is still infested with bandits... 313 00:31:04,415 --> 00:31:06,113 fighting mountain warfare. 314 00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:09,535 These traitors attack our troops from behind. 315 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,871 Banditism needs to be studied, not just repressed. 316 00:31:13,470 --> 00:31:14,859 It's a popular phenomenon... 317 00:31:15,295 --> 00:31:18,651 rooted in abysmal social conditions. 318 00:31:19,153 --> 00:31:22,912 It is fed by the arrogance of the landowners. 319 00:31:23,724 --> 00:31:25,478 They aren't just bandits... 320 00:31:25,773 --> 00:31:29,244 but peasants, women, old men...boys. 321 00:31:31,018 --> 00:31:33,621 Bourbon soldiers, still loyal to Francois II. 322 00:31:33,742 --> 00:31:35,840 Bandits are bandits! 323 00:31:37,758 --> 00:31:39,724 Will you look after my cousin? 324 00:31:40,342 --> 00:31:42,329 Gladly, Colonel. Of course. 325 00:31:44,277 --> 00:31:46,147 I know how to walk. 326 00:31:46,267 --> 00:31:48,858 My cousin still treats me like a child. 327 00:31:50,903 --> 00:31:54,778 His last trip, he brought me paper figures to cut out. 328 00:31:55,575 --> 00:32:00,223 I'm grown up...even though I like paper and scissors. 329 00:32:02,267 --> 00:32:04,350 I frightened you yesterday. 330 00:32:05,513 --> 00:32:06,959 I'm terribly sorry. 331 00:32:07,079 --> 00:32:09,776 Unfortunately, it happens without warning. 332 00:32:09,897 --> 00:32:12,072 Now you seem better. You're cured. 333 00:32:12,191 --> 00:32:14,501 Cured? No. 334 00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:16,877 Sickness is a normal state for me... 335 00:32:18,517 --> 00:32:20,099 as health is for you. 336 00:32:20,909 --> 00:32:23,396 Did the sight of that funeral upset you? 337 00:32:24,132 --> 00:32:26,312 I'm not afraid of death, I swear. 338 00:32:26,890 --> 00:32:28,916 Even if I don't have much time left. 339 00:32:29,629 --> 00:32:32,367 I'm afraid of the trappings of death. 340 00:32:32,811 --> 00:32:35,703 The body borne aloft, the funeral procession... 341 00:32:36,285 --> 00:32:39,890 Being hemmed in by four boards...covered by earth. 342 00:32:45,315 --> 00:32:47,109 Today I visited a castle. 343 00:32:47,803 --> 00:32:50,600 I walked, immersed in my selfish love for you. 344 00:32:51,121 --> 00:32:53,280 You filled my entire soul. 345 00:32:54,092 --> 00:32:56,019 Your first letter was in my pocket. 346 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:57,514 I could feel it. 347 00:32:58,094 --> 00:33:01,371 I read your words with my fingers, though I knew them by heart. 348 00:33:02,008 --> 00:33:05,963 And they echoed round my head among those walls... 349 00:33:10,351 --> 00:33:13,032 Those are harmful thoughts. Chase them away. 350 00:33:13,153 --> 00:33:14,326 Look around you. 351 00:33:15,117 --> 00:33:16,718 Look at the mountains. 352 00:33:17,238 --> 00:33:19,919 The snow, the light... 353 00:33:20,922 --> 00:33:23,351 Just being alive, seeing... 354 00:33:24,123 --> 00:33:26,978 breathing, makes life a supreme joy. 355 00:33:27,566 --> 00:33:29,803 Absolute happiness doesn't exist. 356 00:33:30,151 --> 00:33:32,388 Nor does absolute unhappiness. 357 00:33:33,641 --> 00:33:35,144 I think there's a way... 358 00:33:35,686 --> 00:33:37,496 common to us all... 359 00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:39,674 to be happy. 360 00:33:40,042 --> 00:33:41,006 What's that? 361 00:33:41,950 --> 00:33:42,838 To love. 362 00:33:43,956 --> 00:33:47,657 You mean affection, friendship, fondness? 363 00:33:47,778 --> 00:33:49,663 No, I mean love. 364 00:33:50,649 --> 00:33:53,194 The union of two souls, fostering... 365 00:33:53,315 --> 00:33:56,107 common thoughts and desires. 366 00:34:00,048 --> 00:34:01,803 Love...is a... 367 00:34:01,923 --> 00:34:04,619 privilege that makes everything beautiful. 368 00:34:06,490 --> 00:34:08,534 Noble and pure. 369 00:34:09,659 --> 00:34:12,763 When you love, everything reminds you of the one you love. 370 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,253 Even nature, animals... 371 00:34:18,111 --> 00:34:20,039 the people you're with. 372 00:34:21,121 --> 00:34:22,141 What is it? 373 00:34:22,663 --> 00:34:25,478 I don't feel well. Let's go back. 374 00:34:26,386 --> 00:34:27,599 Your hand is shaking. 375 00:34:27,892 --> 00:34:29,068 I have a fever. 376 00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:32,376 Colonel! Doctor! 377 00:34:32,669 --> 00:34:34,925 It's nothing. I always have a fever. 378 00:34:35,466 --> 00:34:37,742 The lady is tired. She wants to go home. 379 00:34:47,493 --> 00:34:50,635 Perhaps, the foolish things I said... 380 00:34:51,181 --> 00:34:54,884 Either you're incredibly na�ve or incredibly cruel. 381 00:34:55,004 --> 00:34:56,022 I'm sorry. 382 00:34:56,311 --> 00:35:01,115 To speak to me...of happiness, of love, like that... 383 00:35:01,394 --> 00:35:03,169 I'm sorry. I didn't realize. 384 00:35:03,807 --> 00:35:06,371 Sometimes I talk irresponsibly. 385 00:35:07,104 --> 00:35:08,646 It was foolish of me. 386 00:35:09,822 --> 00:35:11,887 No, it's just that I'm alone. 387 00:35:12,601 --> 00:35:14,628 To them, we're bandit chiefs. 388 00:35:15,051 --> 00:35:17,539 The Government must enact a law. 389 00:35:17,963 --> 00:35:19,950 A law against banditry... 390 00:35:20,070 --> 00:35:23,503 would be like a law against poverty or injustice. 391 00:35:24,024 --> 00:35:26,107 Order first, then justice. 392 00:35:27,033 --> 00:35:29,270 My cousin likes me, but doesn't understand me. 393 00:35:29,714 --> 00:35:32,895 The others are vulgar. They're soldiers. 394 00:35:33,444 --> 00:35:34,696 Forgive me. 395 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:39,402 They're polite. But behind my back, they make fun of me. 396 00:35:40,276 --> 00:35:43,632 They say I'm capricious and sarcastic. 397 00:35:44,730 --> 00:35:48,569 Sarcasm, a trait not liked in a man, is unbearable in a woman. 398 00:35:48,998 --> 00:35:51,544 Let alone an ugly woman! 399 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:54,629 You're different, I know. 400 00:35:55,131 --> 00:35:57,624 When I first saw you, I thought you might... 401 00:35:58,667 --> 00:36:02,176 tolerate me without deriding me. 402 00:36:03,389 --> 00:36:06,591 Please, Captain, don't you reject me, too. 403 00:36:07,072 --> 00:36:08,653 Don't deny me your mercy. 404 00:36:09,309 --> 00:36:10,698 Can we meet again? 405 00:36:10,818 --> 00:36:13,706 So I can tell you more of myself, of my life? 406 00:36:13,826 --> 00:36:17,409 May I, Captain? I have nothing. 407 00:36:18,321 --> 00:36:21,214 I assure you of my trust and friendship. 408 00:36:21,334 --> 00:36:23,238 I'm happy to have you as a friend. Come... 409 00:36:23,359 --> 00:36:26,304 - The law's been proposed by Sen. Pica. - By Di Negro, the minister. 410 00:36:26,731 --> 00:36:28,928 I'm sure it was Pica. 411 00:36:30,235 --> 00:36:33,186 Captain, do you know... 412 00:36:53,669 --> 00:36:54,710 Idiot! 413 00:36:55,464 --> 00:36:58,356 I was an idiot! A schoolboy! 414 00:36:59,494 --> 00:37:02,367 My trust and friendship? For her? Why? 415 00:37:02,922 --> 00:37:06,798 Am I a doctor? A priest? A relative of hers? 416 00:37:08,304 --> 00:37:11,409 My tongue should be cut out, like in Turkey. 417 00:37:12,372 --> 00:37:15,611 I'm sorry for her. But I intend to go back on my word! 418 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,002 I'll sever this bond before it's too late. 419 00:37:19,566 --> 00:37:20,741 What bond, anyway? 420 00:37:22,791 --> 00:37:25,684 I feel queasy inside, frightened. 421 00:37:28,828 --> 00:37:29,907 Yes, frightened. 422 00:37:32,030 --> 00:37:34,343 Don't look at me like that, stupid! 423 00:37:54,787 --> 00:37:58,334 Captain, we're 3 hours from the garrison. Should we go back? 424 00:37:58,455 --> 00:38:01,729 We're going on. The men may eat their rations. 425 00:38:17,732 --> 00:38:18,657 Quiet! 426 00:38:40,044 --> 00:38:43,168 Installed in the opera box... 427 00:38:43,611 --> 00:38:46,948 the General told his orderly to wake him... 428 00:38:47,069 --> 00:38:50,178 at the end of Act I, so he could applaud. 429 00:38:50,298 --> 00:38:52,839 Act I ended, but the General snored on! 430 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,776 The orderly was asleep, too! 431 00:38:55,063 --> 00:38:58,211 The dashing Captain. Tireless as ever. 432 00:38:58,332 --> 00:39:00,795 We haven't seen you in 3 days. 433 00:39:00,916 --> 00:39:02,763 I was out with my regiment, Sir. 434 00:39:02,884 --> 00:39:05,115 My cousin looked for you often. 435 00:39:06,232 --> 00:39:08,352 I'm sorry. Give her my respects. 436 00:39:08,472 --> 00:39:11,572 You'll give them to her in person. Get changed. 437 00:39:12,287 --> 00:39:14,448 We'll all go out in my carriage. 438 00:39:15,034 --> 00:39:16,787 I just got a new pair of horses. 439 00:39:17,367 --> 00:39:20,030 I showed them to the Major. 440 00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:25,121 If I didn't despise horses, I'd call them superb. 441 00:39:25,785 --> 00:39:27,558 I'll be there in half an hour. 442 00:39:36,105 --> 00:39:39,016 Months ago, I applied for a new pair. 443 00:39:39,137 --> 00:39:41,196 They only had bays or piebalds. 444 00:39:41,316 --> 00:39:44,589 At last I found the pair I wanted. 445 00:39:44,710 --> 00:39:47,020 You'll like them too, Fosca. 446 00:39:47,417 --> 00:39:49,712 Shouldn't be long now, excuse me. 447 00:39:54,572 --> 00:39:55,728 Santino! 448 00:39:56,487 --> 00:39:58,781 Well? Are we ready? 449 00:39:59,072 --> 00:40:00,883 Soon, Colonel, sir! 450 00:40:01,004 --> 00:40:03,603 You're hopeless. Can't trust anyone. 451 00:40:06,603 --> 00:40:09,072 I'd better deal with it myself. 452 00:40:19,904 --> 00:40:22,160 You look well. In fine fettle. 453 00:40:25,287 --> 00:40:28,724 Giorgio, where are you? 454 00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:32,543 I looked for you. I suffered hell on Earth. 455 00:40:33,102 --> 00:40:34,934 Oh, Giorgio! 456 00:40:35,795 --> 00:40:37,820 I don't understand. You feel ill? 457 00:41:02,271 --> 00:41:05,588 Won't be a couple of minutes... 458 00:41:09,481 --> 00:41:11,157 What is it, Fosca? 459 00:41:14,110 --> 00:41:17,002 Nothing. A splitting headache. 460 00:41:19,692 --> 00:41:21,466 I won't come with you. 461 00:41:22,141 --> 00:41:24,707 I feel ill...I feel ill... 462 00:41:33,238 --> 00:41:34,530 There, you see? 463 00:41:35,130 --> 00:41:37,192 The slightest thing. 464 00:41:37,312 --> 00:41:40,008 Even my new horses can set her off. 465 00:41:41,713 --> 00:41:45,164 I can't leave her alone. We'll go out some other time. 466 00:41:53,634 --> 00:41:55,197 Unharness the horses. 467 00:42:22,156 --> 00:42:24,701 I'm depressed, and taciturn in the mornings. 468 00:42:24,822 --> 00:42:27,131 Then I'll avoid you afternoons and evenings. 469 00:42:27,252 --> 00:42:28,943 And I only drink black coffee. 470 00:42:29,063 --> 00:42:32,183 Must be the pressure. What can I take? Stimulants? 471 00:42:32,898 --> 00:42:36,274 I don't know. Get a check-up in town. 472 00:42:36,395 --> 00:42:38,049 Some doctor! 473 00:42:38,169 --> 00:42:41,886 - Anyone up there? - No one. You can eat in peace. 474 00:42:42,243 --> 00:42:43,862 My bowels don't function. 475 00:42:54,836 --> 00:42:56,244 Shall we go up together? 476 00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:18,270 Look what Fosca has done for all of us. 477 00:43:36,190 --> 00:43:37,945 Haven't you understood? 478 00:43:38,234 --> 00:43:39,700 Or are you avoiding me? 479 00:43:39,990 --> 00:43:42,556 Yet that day, you promised me your friendship. 480 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,232 I must tell you a secret, Giorgio. 481 00:43:45,812 --> 00:43:48,743 I've watched you from the day you got here. 482 00:43:48,864 --> 00:43:50,537 I spied on you... 483 00:43:50,904 --> 00:43:53,565 But I never came down from my room. 484 00:43:54,020 --> 00:43:57,512 I would set out, then change my mind. 485 00:43:58,092 --> 00:44:00,964 I was scared, ashamed. 486 00:44:01,292 --> 00:44:04,277 I was revolting you. I'm so ugly. 487 00:44:11,396 --> 00:44:13,093 The day I came down... 488 00:44:13,214 --> 00:44:15,561 and appeared before you for the first time... 489 00:44:15,982 --> 00:44:18,702 my heart raced so, it almost flew out of my breast. 490 00:44:19,319 --> 00:44:21,787 That day, I would have traded the rest of my life... 491 00:44:21,908 --> 00:44:23,754 to be beautiful for one hour. 492 00:44:29,627 --> 00:44:32,424 That day, I would have traded the rest of my life... 493 00:44:32,868 --> 00:44:34,526 to be beautiful for one hour. 494 00:44:36,924 --> 00:44:38,852 If I have discussed things with you... 495 00:44:38,972 --> 00:44:42,556 that no woman would discuss with a man she just met... 496 00:44:42,942 --> 00:44:46,664 it's because my appearance exonerates me from ulterior motives. 497 00:44:47,472 --> 00:44:50,537 My ugliness has that sole advantage. 498 00:44:50,847 --> 00:44:52,525 Don't take that away from me. 499 00:44:52,645 --> 00:44:55,572 You're a kind person. Be kind to me, too. 500 00:44:55,982 --> 00:44:58,933 A man waited hours in his carriage for his beloved... 501 00:45:08,128 --> 00:45:10,306 Why didn't you answer my letters? 502 00:45:10,426 --> 00:45:13,392 One day, his coachman said... 503 00:45:13,513 --> 00:45:16,054 "This is no life for either of us!" 504 00:45:17,832 --> 00:45:19,084 Excuse me, Doctor. 505 00:45:19,205 --> 00:45:22,613 Why do you always put that gold coin on the table? 506 00:45:22,941 --> 00:45:24,638 Any particular reason? 507 00:45:25,069 --> 00:45:28,231 For 30 years, I've done that whenever I eat with other officers. 508 00:45:29,119 --> 00:45:33,882 The first meal where no one talks about horses or women... 509 00:45:34,329 --> 00:45:36,606 I'll surrender my gold coin. 510 00:45:37,537 --> 00:45:39,388 Some risk! You'll never lose it. 511 00:45:45,208 --> 00:45:47,812 My home-town was famous for its wine. 512 00:45:47,933 --> 00:45:49,721 There was only one lawyer. 513 00:45:49,842 --> 00:45:51,863 The local inn was his study and home. 514 00:45:51,982 --> 00:45:54,080 Anyone who needed advice, he'd say... 515 00:45:54,201 --> 00:45:56,995 "Wait. First, let's ask him." 516 00:45:57,303 --> 00:46:00,407 He'd point to his wine glass and say... 517 00:46:00,527 --> 00:46:03,185 "This is my young clerk." 518 00:46:03,306 --> 00:46:05,190 Not hungry, Captain? 519 00:46:24,034 --> 00:46:25,287 Colonel... 520 00:46:25,905 --> 00:46:28,174 I got a letter: I'm urgently needed in town. 521 00:46:28,926 --> 00:46:31,993 I request a leave of at least 5 days. 522 00:46:33,305 --> 00:46:35,714 In my office, I might have refused. 523 00:46:35,835 --> 00:46:37,991 The Captain has only been here a month. 524 00:46:39,579 --> 00:46:44,285 But at the table, one can't say no to a guest. Leaving tomorrow? 525 00:46:44,405 --> 00:46:45,672 On the first train. 526 00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:50,378 Tomorrow at this hour, you'll be in the arms of some cutie! 527 00:46:52,536 --> 00:46:54,213 A month is a long time. 528 00:46:54,677 --> 00:46:56,664 Did I tell you about it. Derio? 529 00:46:56,997 --> 00:46:59,118 A swarthy Sardinian, obsessed with sex... 530 00:47:04,481 --> 00:47:05,986 When will you return? 531 00:47:06,302 --> 00:47:07,844 I have a 5 day leave. 532 00:47:08,365 --> 00:47:09,811 Will you think of me? 533 00:47:12,899 --> 00:47:16,369 Thinking of my work, of my superiors, of your cousin... 534 00:47:16,490 --> 00:47:18,191 I'll also think of you. 535 00:47:19,927 --> 00:47:22,279 Have mercy on me, Giorgio. 536 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,055 Please, they can hear you. 537 00:47:27,064 --> 00:47:27,988 Goodbye. 538 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:33,639 Despise me. I don't mind. 539 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,301 But let me continue to see you, let me tell you of my pain. 540 00:47:36,421 --> 00:47:38,547 Have pity. One can love a dog, an animal. 541 00:47:38,667 --> 00:47:41,034 Why can't you love me, a human being like yourself? 542 00:47:43,292 --> 00:47:44,661 Get up, Madam. 543 00:47:46,609 --> 00:47:48,441 Calm down. 544 00:47:53,147 --> 00:47:54,497 I'll write you from town. 545 00:47:54,618 --> 00:47:56,562 You will? You promise? 546 00:47:56,682 --> 00:48:00,063 Yes. As of tomorrow, I promise. 547 00:48:03,342 --> 00:48:04,846 Go, they may notice. 548 00:48:05,406 --> 00:48:07,335 Notice how happy I am. 549 00:48:12,236 --> 00:48:14,087 Thank you for your mercy. 550 00:48:32,208 --> 00:48:34,196 The sweethearts! The sweethearts! 551 00:48:44,349 --> 00:48:45,755 Halt, lady! 552 00:48:45,875 --> 00:48:47,877 You failed to salute a brave Captain... 553 00:48:47,998 --> 00:48:50,233 of the young realm of Italy. 554 00:48:51,082 --> 00:48:53,530 Mercy! What's my punishment? 555 00:48:53,651 --> 00:48:57,118 The law of 1841 stipulates 1800 lashes. 556 00:48:57,683 --> 00:49:00,653 That'll hurt. Would you settle for 1700? 557 00:49:00,773 --> 00:49:03,412 Depends on your behavior. Let's see. 558 00:49:04,935 --> 00:49:08,021 My dear friend. I'm writing as I promised. 559 00:49:08,791 --> 00:49:10,873 Listen calmly to what I'm about to say. 560 00:49:11,722 --> 00:49:14,365 I cannot love you. My heart is not free. 561 00:49:15,136 --> 00:49:18,596 I am desperately in love, and am desperately loved in return. 562 00:49:22,722 --> 00:49:25,152 Now you know I can never be your lover. 563 00:49:25,867 --> 00:49:27,372 Do you still want me as a friend? 564 00:49:28,882 --> 00:49:31,504 But mere friendship is no longer possible between us. 565 00:49:32,122 --> 00:49:34,148 They say I am capricious and sarcastic. 566 00:49:34,708 --> 00:49:36,925 And women who have spoken of love... 567 00:49:44,518 --> 00:49:45,985 How beautiful you are. 568 00:49:53,704 --> 00:49:56,135 Suppose the woman I loved was you, Fosca. 569 00:49:56,926 --> 00:49:59,163 How would you feel if I betrayed you? 570 00:50:00,533 --> 00:50:01,709 You'd despise me... 571 00:50:03,828 --> 00:50:06,180 as the one I love would despise me. 572 00:50:07,917 --> 00:50:09,305 And would you, Fosca... 573 00:50:09,634 --> 00:50:13,126 entrust your love to a despicable man? 574 00:50:25,776 --> 00:50:27,762 I must be cruel to be fair. 575 00:50:28,901 --> 00:50:31,215 It is essential that we end instantly... 576 00:50:31,335 --> 00:50:33,181 what, in fact, never began. 577 00:50:34,113 --> 00:50:35,558 I shall need your help. 578 00:50:36,003 --> 00:50:38,239 You know I can't avoid your house. 579 00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:40,998 We must be able to meet openly... 580 00:50:41,118 --> 00:50:42,829 to know we can shake hands. 581 00:50:43,822 --> 00:50:47,196 Only thus can we avoid trouble for us both. 582 00:50:47,602 --> 00:50:50,070 No other relationship is possible. 583 00:50:50,997 --> 00:50:54,197 Let me quote a phrase you wrote me: 584 00:50:55,266 --> 00:50:57,657 "You're a kind person. Be kind to me, too." 585 00:52:17,532 --> 00:52:18,727 My love! 586 00:52:21,813 --> 00:52:23,067 Thank you! 587 00:52:24,687 --> 00:52:25,575 Till soon! 588 00:52:36,361 --> 00:52:37,981 Again! You still don't know it. 589 00:52:46,366 --> 00:52:47,426 Take it away! 590 00:53:04,088 --> 00:53:05,340 Just got back? 591 00:53:06,113 --> 00:53:09,488 I wanted to know at once if you got the letter... 592 00:53:09,608 --> 00:53:11,204 that I sent you from town. 593 00:53:11,494 --> 00:53:12,940 And if you read it. 594 00:53:14,136 --> 00:53:15,216 I read it. 595 00:53:16,296 --> 00:53:19,381 I hope I'm still allowed to shake your hand. 596 00:53:19,502 --> 00:53:21,744 Of course. We never ceased being on good terms. 597 00:53:22,496 --> 00:53:26,372 I'm deeply ashamed of what happened here before you left. 598 00:53:26,701 --> 00:53:29,113 Why? There's no need. 599 00:53:30,088 --> 00:53:32,556 You're a very sensitive person. 600 00:53:33,752 --> 00:53:37,224 But you see, in the end, good sense prevailed. 601 00:53:38,908 --> 00:53:40,758 You're so tolerant. 602 00:53:43,033 --> 00:53:44,884 Was your leave pleasant? 603 00:53:45,176 --> 00:53:47,027 Yes...very. 604 00:53:48,462 --> 00:53:53,244 Admit that you only left to visit my rival. 605 00:53:58,128 --> 00:54:02,023 You don't need deep intuition to guess that. 606 00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:04,242 You'll go back to her? 607 00:54:04,628 --> 00:54:06,054 As soon as possible. 608 00:54:06,175 --> 00:54:08,004 If you get another leave. 609 00:54:10,050 --> 00:54:11,630 Why shouldn't I? 610 00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:16,279 I could have it turned down. I'll speak to my cousin. 611 00:54:18,235 --> 00:54:20,646 Place more value on your dignity. 612 00:54:21,668 --> 00:54:23,422 Don't offend your own pride. 613 00:54:23,867 --> 00:54:25,911 We deal with our pride as best we can. 614 00:54:28,129 --> 00:54:30,207 Do you really love that woman? 615 00:54:31,210 --> 00:54:33,680 I wrote you: Insanely! 616 00:54:35,299 --> 00:54:36,514 Is she beautiful? 617 00:54:36,978 --> 00:54:37,806 Very. 618 00:54:39,563 --> 00:54:40,680 Is she kind? 619 00:54:41,459 --> 00:54:42,539 An angel. 620 00:54:43,407 --> 00:54:45,007 Why don't you marry her? 621 00:54:45,896 --> 00:54:47,457 She has a husband. 622 00:54:50,974 --> 00:54:52,766 And you respect her? 623 00:54:53,905 --> 00:54:56,489 Yes. Respect has nothing to do with love. 624 00:54:56,952 --> 00:54:58,997 That's not true, but no matter. 625 00:55:06,395 --> 00:55:08,728 Let's stop torturing each other. 626 00:55:09,443 --> 00:55:11,274 It's humiliating and unworthy of us. 627 00:55:12,604 --> 00:55:14,706 When you're kind and gentle, you're dear to me. 628 00:55:15,921 --> 00:55:18,967 When you're sarcastic, I'm much less fond of you. 629 00:55:19,972 --> 00:55:21,822 I told you once... 630 00:55:21,943 --> 00:55:24,379 I had flaws that were unbearable in a woman. 631 00:55:24,977 --> 00:55:27,349 Aside from my ugliness, I mean. 632 00:55:28,198 --> 00:55:30,319 I'm sorry for you and everyone else! 633 00:55:30,937 --> 00:55:32,806 I'm neither kind nor gentle. 634 00:55:35,104 --> 00:55:37,571 Very well. Now our situation is clear. 635 00:55:37,691 --> 00:55:40,175 There's no need to talk about ourselves. 636 00:55:40,296 --> 00:55:41,969 On a personal level, I mean. 637 00:55:42,741 --> 00:55:44,998 I think we both agree on that. 638 00:55:45,809 --> 00:55:48,315 Maybe we should avoid each other from now on. 639 00:55:48,798 --> 00:55:50,282 That may be best. 640 00:55:50,958 --> 00:55:53,291 I have things to do. You may go. 641 00:56:19,285 --> 00:56:20,789 His name was Machiavello. 642 00:56:21,387 --> 00:56:23,508 You won't believe it, Doctor... 643 00:56:23,932 --> 00:56:26,959 but long before I was in the saddle, he knew my mood. 644 00:56:27,381 --> 00:56:29,097 If I was happy, so was he. 645 00:56:29,218 --> 00:56:31,720 If I was sullen, he'd trot accordingly. 646 00:56:32,376 --> 00:56:35,230 He died of heartbreak, the day my mother died. 647 00:56:36,393 --> 00:56:39,171 That horse had a soul. 648 00:56:39,652 --> 00:56:41,851 Rovami said to her: "No, madam..." 649 00:56:41,971 --> 00:56:45,862 "by 'cock,' I meant rooster. Not what you're thinking of!" 650 00:56:47,941 --> 00:56:51,491 A fine wit, Rovami is also a great author. 651 00:56:51,611 --> 00:56:55,444 And prolific: poems, criticism, short stories. 652 00:56:55,565 --> 00:56:57,401 At least a dozen novels. 653 00:56:57,522 --> 00:56:59,311 His father-in-law always said... 654 00:56:59,432 --> 00:57:02,898 "He doesn't do the writing. My crazy daughter does." 655 00:57:03,018 --> 00:57:05,733 "All he does is dictate!" 656 00:57:06,544 --> 00:57:08,066 The Major is relentless. 657 00:57:09,898 --> 00:57:11,991 Many writers would do better... 658 00:57:12,366 --> 00:57:15,362 to have their books written by their wives or maids. 659 00:57:31,514 --> 00:57:33,497 Doctor, come quickly! 660 00:57:37,335 --> 00:57:39,538 She hasn't been down in nearly 3 weeks. 661 00:57:39,659 --> 00:57:41,698 They say she's never been this bad. 662 00:57:42,072 --> 00:57:44,452 Yes, she's suddenly got much worse. 663 00:57:45,643 --> 00:57:47,692 Like the food at this table! 664 00:58:06,313 --> 00:58:09,638 I must talk to you of a matter that concerns you. 665 00:58:09,759 --> 00:58:11,138 I'll get to the point. 666 00:58:12,216 --> 00:58:15,697 You know that right now, Signora Fosca's health is critical. 667 00:58:16,248 --> 00:58:19,091 Last night, she told me what happened between you. 668 00:58:21,802 --> 00:58:25,937 That woman is dying for you, dashing captain? 669 00:58:35,255 --> 00:58:36,267 Dying? 670 00:58:37,150 --> 00:58:38,406 For me? 671 00:58:42,173 --> 00:58:43,540 What did you say? 672 00:58:45,215 --> 00:58:48,343 I said: It must be her illness! 673 00:58:48,798 --> 00:58:52,235 That, too. Both things at once. 674 00:58:53,889 --> 00:58:57,129 She didn't have long to live, anyway. 675 00:58:58,032 --> 00:59:00,401 But the passion she developed for you... 676 00:59:00,522 --> 00:59:02,825 the shock and pain of her humiliation... 677 00:59:02,946 --> 00:59:05,051 are enough to hasten her death. 678 00:59:10,235 --> 00:59:12,549 You come here to speak to me... 679 00:59:12,670 --> 00:59:14,533 of "passion," of "death." 680 00:59:14,862 --> 00:59:16,867 That is not my responsibility. 681 00:59:17,793 --> 00:59:19,754 I don't see what I can do for that woman. 682 00:59:22,707 --> 00:59:26,210 You must go to Fosca. This very evening. 683 00:59:29,670 --> 00:59:32,910 My room adjoins hers. I'll let you in. 684 00:59:33,030 --> 00:59:35,120 She asked me to speak to you. 685 00:59:35,891 --> 00:59:39,262 I accepted, because I fear there's no other way to save her. 686 00:59:39,968 --> 00:59:42,479 I'm not much of a doctor. 687 00:59:42,788 --> 00:59:45,984 But I know when someone has lost the will to live. 688 00:59:48,484 --> 00:59:49,453 Never! 689 00:59:50,203 --> 00:59:52,119 Forgive me, but this is blackmail! 690 00:59:53,090 --> 00:59:55,271 Do you realize what you're asking? 691 01:00:00,567 --> 01:00:03,784 You, Doctor? Would you do it? 692 01:00:10,862 --> 01:00:13,020 I and the other officers here... 693 01:00:13,141 --> 01:00:15,885 are vulgar, primitive types. 694 01:00:17,627 --> 01:00:20,186 You know of our tastes, and how we talk. 695 01:00:20,306 --> 01:00:22,478 We need a different type of woman. 696 01:00:22,599 --> 01:00:24,813 But Fosca is cultivated. 697 01:00:24,934 --> 01:00:27,921 She has a delicate, subtle mind. 698 01:00:31,501 --> 01:00:35,357 The day you came, I told myself: Fosca will love him. 699 01:00:42,590 --> 01:00:45,718 You're handsome...and sensitive. 700 01:00:48,869 --> 01:00:52,438 Woe to he who is born with that blemish of original sin. 701 01:00:58,270 --> 01:01:01,069 I await you tonight in my room. 702 01:01:18,161 --> 01:01:19,878 Looking at my obsessions? 703 01:01:23,472 --> 01:01:24,793 What must I do? 704 01:01:26,732 --> 01:01:27,789 Speak to her. 705 01:01:28,927 --> 01:01:30,160 Comfort her. 706 01:01:31,615 --> 01:01:32,893 Lie to her. 707 01:01:37,235 --> 01:01:39,724 Must I promise to love her? 708 01:01:40,077 --> 01:01:42,081 Be your most convincing. 709 01:01:44,906 --> 01:01:46,094 That's awful. 710 01:01:46,558 --> 01:01:47,747 I can imagine. 711 01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:56,488 The Colonel is expecting me for our card game. 712 01:01:56,609 --> 01:01:59,231 Wait for a few minutes, before going into Fosca's room. 713 01:02:01,237 --> 01:02:03,901 Remember, you're a brave man... 714 01:02:05,092 --> 01:02:06,678 decorated in battle. 715 01:02:31,475 --> 01:02:33,723 Forgive me for asking you to come. 716 01:02:36,521 --> 01:02:38,791 I won't forgive you that it took you so long. 717 01:02:40,422 --> 01:02:43,395 I'm asking you to make a big sacrifice, I know. 718 01:02:43,516 --> 01:02:46,852 You can only feel pity for me. But tonight I'll pretend. 719 01:02:48,086 --> 01:02:50,047 Don't look at me. I'm ugly! 720 01:02:52,032 --> 01:02:54,125 Your kindness makes you beautiful. 721 01:02:56,034 --> 01:02:58,170 You value such beauty? 722 01:03:00,133 --> 01:03:01,498 Above any other kind. 723 01:03:02,315 --> 01:03:03,702 Don't lie to me. 724 01:03:04,612 --> 01:03:07,365 It's enough for me to know you value my heart. 725 01:03:08,071 --> 01:03:09,569 You're in love. 726 01:03:11,091 --> 01:03:12,830 And your heart? 727 01:03:18,125 --> 01:03:22,995 No. I shouldn't have told you not to lie. Lie to me, please! 728 01:03:25,644 --> 01:03:27,935 Forgive me. 729 01:03:31,660 --> 01:03:33,114 Take that bouquet. 730 01:03:49,941 --> 01:03:50,976 Kiss it... 731 01:04:09,558 --> 01:04:11,143 Open the shutters. 732 01:04:32,790 --> 01:04:33,737 Wider. 733 01:04:35,808 --> 01:04:37,867 Moonlight is more becoming. 734 01:04:46,284 --> 01:04:48,244 The countryside is lovely from here. 735 01:04:50,048 --> 01:04:51,348 Come back here. 736 01:05:00,406 --> 01:05:02,543 Just for tonight, forget all else. 737 01:05:02,663 --> 01:05:03,775 As you wish. 738 01:05:08,603 --> 01:05:10,099 Say my name. 739 01:05:14,048 --> 01:05:16,053 Say: Fosca and Giorgio. 740 01:05:27,344 --> 01:05:30,956 What an unexpected joy: You here, saying our names. 741 01:05:31,265 --> 01:05:33,690 I could die happy right now. 742 01:05:34,086 --> 01:05:35,693 You'd be happier alive. 743 01:05:37,103 --> 01:05:38,997 Only if you loved me. 744 01:05:41,377 --> 01:05:43,427 Will you stay till morning? 745 01:05:44,396 --> 01:05:48,450 As long as you want. Is it tiring to speak? 746 01:05:49,086 --> 01:05:50,054 A little. 747 01:05:57,349 --> 01:05:59,133 Rest your head on my pillow. 748 01:06:03,091 --> 01:06:04,568 Shall we sleep? 749 01:06:11,818 --> 01:06:13,272 Give me your hand. 750 01:07:35,123 --> 01:07:36,797 You're so beautiful. 751 01:07:38,546 --> 01:07:40,374 You're both so beautiful... 752 01:07:42,467 --> 01:07:46,280 If you knew what it's like for a woman not to be beautiful... 753 01:07:46,985 --> 01:07:50,334 Being an ugly woman is the worst of tortures. 754 01:07:52,846 --> 01:07:56,550 There's no comparable agony in a man's life. 755 01:07:58,511 --> 01:08:03,177 Even a deformed, unloved man has compensations. 756 01:08:03,817 --> 01:08:06,353 Society is lenient towards him. 757 01:08:09,745 --> 01:08:13,138 If he can't obtain love, he can fall back on ambition. 758 01:08:14,534 --> 01:08:17,950 A woman can't escape from the life planned for her. Never. 759 01:08:19,515 --> 01:08:22,688 She has to please to be loved. 760 01:08:22,807 --> 01:08:26,036 And for that she needs beauty. 761 01:08:29,784 --> 01:08:31,347 Is she tall? 762 01:08:32,449 --> 01:08:34,123 - Who? - Her... 763 01:08:37,735 --> 01:08:40,070 - Don't punish yourself. - Is she tall? 764 01:08:42,891 --> 01:08:44,147 Your height. 765 01:08:44,500 --> 01:08:46,041 What color hair? 766 01:08:47,628 --> 01:08:48,664 Black. 767 01:08:48,785 --> 01:08:49,898 Like mine? 768 01:08:57,296 --> 01:08:58,727 Yours is lovelier. 769 01:09:01,446 --> 01:09:02,879 Do you have sisters? 770 01:09:04,249 --> 01:09:05,425 Yes. Why? 771 01:09:05,985 --> 01:09:07,566 Do you ever kiss them? 772 01:09:08,762 --> 01:09:10,478 Kiss me like you kiss them. 773 01:09:15,630 --> 01:09:19,275 Not that way. Kiss me as you kiss her. 774 01:09:19,969 --> 01:09:21,145 Like her! 775 01:09:36,227 --> 01:09:37,190 Now, go. 776 01:09:38,465 --> 01:09:41,260 We won't meet again, until my health is back. 777 01:09:41,380 --> 01:09:44,481 The doctor might think... But I'll write you. 778 01:09:45,236 --> 01:09:47,897 Leave me something of yours, some token. 779 01:09:48,496 --> 01:09:49,807 Your handkerchief. 780 01:09:52,109 --> 01:09:56,063 You go. Run. Tears are getting the better of me. 781 01:09:56,357 --> 01:09:59,269 Go away. I feel my sickness coming on. 782 01:09:59,390 --> 01:10:00,561 I must scream. 783 01:10:00,682 --> 01:10:02,143 They'll come. 784 01:11:18,605 --> 01:11:20,110 It's the Captain's lucky night. 785 01:11:24,167 --> 01:11:25,517 15-3. 786 01:11:25,637 --> 01:11:27,561 Such luck! 787 01:11:28,102 --> 01:11:30,376 It's at least 20-3. 788 01:11:38,242 --> 01:11:39,572 You're very pale. 789 01:11:43,413 --> 01:11:45,341 Is her illness so serious? 790 01:11:52,324 --> 01:11:56,606 Did I really have to visit her the other night? 791 01:12:00,608 --> 01:12:03,211 Your questions are insulting, young man. 792 01:12:04,678 --> 01:12:07,282 You're suggesting I'm a pimp, not a doctor. 793 01:12:10,658 --> 01:12:13,705 A more amusing profession than mine. 794 01:12:14,495 --> 01:12:16,751 But not the one I chose. 795 01:12:19,492 --> 01:12:22,211 She'd already be dead without you. 796 01:12:24,044 --> 01:12:26,552 And now, in a few days, she'll be cured. 797 01:12:34,231 --> 01:12:36,198 You're so lucky. 798 01:12:46,593 --> 01:12:48,543 It really is the captain's lucky night. 799 01:12:58,945 --> 01:13:00,410 43-3. 800 01:13:04,820 --> 01:13:07,250 She was shunned by other children... 801 01:13:07,750 --> 01:13:09,642 and unloved by adults. 802 01:13:10,470 --> 01:13:12,829 It's cruel but that's how it is: Ugly children... 803 01:13:12,949 --> 01:13:14,705 don't get much affection. 804 01:13:15,824 --> 01:13:18,138 Fosca did not improve with age. 805 01:13:19,779 --> 01:13:23,406 But she was healthy and had a youthful grace. 806 01:13:24,204 --> 01:13:27,599 After my uncle died, I still visited Fosca and her mother. 807 01:13:28,120 --> 01:13:31,380 Once, I brought along a young man I'd met at my club. 808 01:13:32,312 --> 01:13:34,973 A Venetian count with a lively mind... 809 01:13:35,093 --> 01:13:38,541 whose conversation dazzled everyone. 810 01:13:40,162 --> 01:13:42,341 Especially Fosca. 811 01:13:43,355 --> 01:13:45,746 In less than a month, they wanted to get married. 812 01:13:46,750 --> 01:13:48,812 Signora Fosca has been married? 813 01:13:51,031 --> 01:13:52,650 For a few hours. 814 01:13:53,552 --> 01:13:57,719 The groom was no count: A scoundrel with a past. 815 01:13:58,973 --> 01:14:01,796 He disappeared the same day with Fosca's entire dowry. 816 01:14:01,916 --> 01:14:03,629 A fortune, in cash. 817 01:14:03,749 --> 01:14:05,964 Fosca got sick, lost weight. 818 01:14:06,426 --> 01:14:08,336 She became as you've seen her. 819 01:14:11,156 --> 01:14:13,546 Fosca's mother died within a few days... 820 01:14:15,573 --> 01:14:16,962 of heartbreak. 821 01:14:18,969 --> 01:14:22,944 I spent months looking for that man: He was in a Dalmatian jail. 822 01:14:28,404 --> 01:14:32,069 He'd already been married...three times. 823 01:14:38,310 --> 01:14:40,681 My cousin was now poor and alone. 824 01:14:40,802 --> 01:14:43,130 I asked her to come live with me. 825 01:14:44,168 --> 01:14:46,001 It was the least I could do. 826 01:14:46,121 --> 01:14:50,281 I'd introduced her to the man responsible for her misfortunes... 827 01:14:50,688 --> 01:14:51,690 and mine. 828 01:14:53,259 --> 01:14:57,906 Life raced by with lightning speed. 829 01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:00,568 And now here I am: 830 01:15:02,721 --> 01:15:05,209 In a couple of years, I'll be retired. 831 01:15:06,619 --> 01:15:09,551 A scribbler, about to be pensioned off. 832 01:15:10,266 --> 01:15:11,500 Besides... 833 01:15:11,954 --> 01:15:15,272 what's the point of being in uniform behind a desk? 834 01:15:15,392 --> 01:15:17,566 No excitement, nothing. 835 01:15:19,168 --> 01:15:20,732 It's almost grotesque. 836 01:15:23,019 --> 01:15:27,204 Once I was young...and handsome like you. 837 01:15:30,079 --> 01:15:32,259 But I was never brave. 838 01:15:33,832 --> 01:15:35,104 A pity. 839 01:15:37,226 --> 01:15:39,637 It's a pity to grow old... 840 01:15:40,658 --> 01:15:42,452 without any memories. 841 01:16:03,222 --> 01:16:04,957 A scribbler. 842 01:16:15,659 --> 01:16:18,938 I told you all about Fosca, Captain... 843 01:16:19,058 --> 01:16:22,063 so you'll understand how grateful I am to you. 844 01:16:24,629 --> 01:16:26,924 You've been very patient with my cousin. 845 01:16:27,442 --> 01:16:29,409 Your company does her good. 846 01:16:30,625 --> 01:16:33,787 Every favor you do her, is a favor to me. 847 01:16:35,471 --> 01:16:38,923 Your attitude towards Fosca makes me... 848 01:16:39,232 --> 01:16:40,969 admire you. 849 01:16:42,686 --> 01:16:43,861 Envy you. 850 01:16:46,684 --> 01:16:48,458 It pains me to leave you, Fosca. 851 01:16:49,424 --> 01:16:52,200 Especially when you're so well, like today. 852 01:16:52,760 --> 01:16:55,943 Captain, will you keep her company? 853 01:16:56,305 --> 01:16:57,982 I'm afraid I'm on duty. 854 01:16:58,104 --> 01:17:01,880 To hell with that. I'll fix it. Stay here. 855 01:17:27,968 --> 01:17:29,664 You wanted to get away. 856 01:17:31,742 --> 01:17:33,998 I was riding out with my squadron. 857 01:17:34,289 --> 01:17:35,523 That's not true. 858 01:17:36,256 --> 01:17:37,105 It is. 859 01:17:43,475 --> 01:17:45,770 Would you sit at the writing table, please? 860 01:17:46,754 --> 01:17:47,584 Why? 861 01:17:48,163 --> 01:17:50,362 I want to dictate a letter. 862 01:18:03,269 --> 01:18:04,581 Write the date. 863 01:18:06,491 --> 01:18:09,807 November 15, 1863. 864 01:18:12,971 --> 01:18:14,147 "My love..." 865 01:18:19,182 --> 01:18:21,149 "My beloved Fosca..." 866 01:18:24,125 --> 01:18:25,186 It's to me. 867 01:18:25,997 --> 01:18:28,484 Since you deny me what you accord others. 868 01:18:28,986 --> 01:18:30,298 Have you written it? 869 01:18:32,159 --> 01:18:34,010 "My beloved Fosca..." 870 01:18:34,819 --> 01:18:38,369 "Yesterday, my husband said: 'You have a grey hair.' 871 01:18:38,490 --> 01:18:42,323 "It's the silver hair I enclosed in the envelope." 872 01:18:43,114 --> 01:18:45,177 "When did it turn white?" 873 01:18:45,621 --> 01:18:48,669 "Perhaps the day you left? Perhaps." 874 01:19:00,339 --> 01:19:03,502 Why don't you answer? Why are you here? 875 01:19:06,821 --> 01:19:08,711 I needed to be alone. 876 01:19:13,572 --> 01:19:14,766 It's from Clara. 877 01:19:16,889 --> 01:19:18,452 Yet you're not happy. 878 01:19:22,424 --> 01:19:23,426 I was. 879 01:19:25,278 --> 01:19:26,918 Until a moment ago. 880 01:19:51,944 --> 01:19:53,295 Want me to jump? 881 01:19:58,735 --> 01:20:00,258 Make it seem an accident? 882 01:20:03,495 --> 01:20:04,651 Don't be unfair. 883 01:20:06,910 --> 01:20:10,496 You know I have moments of sadness, when I seem mean. 884 01:20:11,905 --> 01:20:13,332 But you know I'm not. 885 01:20:15,064 --> 01:20:17,513 That's why I want to free you of me, your burden. 886 01:20:17,634 --> 01:20:19,500 You think I don't notice your agony? 887 01:20:19,620 --> 01:20:21,582 What happened? You're cut. 888 01:20:22,841 --> 01:20:25,176 I hadn't noticed...It's those bushes. 889 01:20:25,296 --> 01:20:26,969 Why did you want to be alone? 890 01:20:27,356 --> 01:20:28,320 To think. 891 01:20:28,440 --> 01:20:29,514 About her? 892 01:20:29,635 --> 01:20:32,899 About nothing. Don't you ever want to be alone to think? 893 01:20:33,020 --> 01:20:34,785 Only when I want to cry. 894 01:20:34,906 --> 01:20:37,143 Maybe I wanted to cry, too. 895 01:20:37,703 --> 01:20:41,213 Why would you cry? I torture you, don't I? 896 01:20:41,335 --> 01:20:44,561 Answer me. Do I bore you? Want me to go away? 897 01:20:44,681 --> 01:20:48,186 Leave me alone. I want to be alone! 898 01:22:18,505 --> 01:22:19,778 A thought... 899 01:22:21,629 --> 01:22:22,999 A horrible thought... 900 01:22:25,064 --> 01:22:26,338 What thought? 901 01:22:28,548 --> 01:22:30,283 Now I understand. 902 01:22:31,075 --> 01:22:34,429 She wants to drag me down into the grave with her. 903 01:22:42,505 --> 01:22:43,489 Doctor... 904 01:22:47,660 --> 01:22:50,322 Now I know why... 905 01:22:51,672 --> 01:22:54,277 whenever we're alone... 906 01:22:56,057 --> 01:22:58,275 she hugs me, kisses me... 907 01:22:59,047 --> 01:23:00,861 with her cold lips. 908 01:23:02,017 --> 01:23:03,754 Those arms pull at me... 909 01:23:04,371 --> 01:23:05,470 draw me in... 910 01:23:07,561 --> 01:23:08,835 suffocate me... 911 01:23:11,691 --> 01:23:13,483 like icy tentacles... 912 01:23:14,713 --> 01:23:16,932 Never leave us alone together. 913 01:23:34,959 --> 01:23:37,330 I watched you wither by the day. 914 01:23:37,451 --> 01:23:40,417 I thought you'd manage by yourself to cut short... 915 01:23:41,228 --> 01:23:42,636 that liaison. 916 01:23:47,748 --> 01:23:50,698 Go ask my orderly for my white pipe. 917 01:23:59,169 --> 01:24:02,099 Your fever is insignificant. But you, too, are in danger. 918 01:24:02,891 --> 01:24:05,495 I can't say: "Do this, do that." 919 01:24:06,132 --> 01:24:08,754 But I must warn you of the dangers. 920 01:24:10,033 --> 01:24:12,965 It's Fosca's life or yours. Decide. 921 01:24:14,374 --> 01:24:16,978 A month ago, you told me what to do. 922 01:24:17,731 --> 01:24:19,659 I'm also telling you now. 923 01:24:21,076 --> 01:24:24,239 Leave that woman. Go away. 924 01:24:24,954 --> 01:24:26,671 Last time you said the opposite. 925 01:24:26,791 --> 01:24:28,639 I thought it was the right thing! 926 01:24:28,947 --> 01:24:31,417 How could I know you were so sensitive? 927 01:24:31,537 --> 01:24:33,963 So fragile of mind and heart! 928 01:24:37,012 --> 01:24:40,579 Maybe I should have thought of it. So I made a mistake! 929 01:24:40,699 --> 01:24:41,845 I did. 930 01:24:43,523 --> 01:24:47,632 I erred. I don't only have good ideas. 931 01:24:50,145 --> 01:24:53,153 I told you: Every day I forget something new. 932 01:25:01,351 --> 01:25:03,377 What will happen to Fosca if I leave? 933 01:25:03,685 --> 01:25:04,879 What did you say? 934 01:25:08,179 --> 01:25:09,241 What did I say? 935 01:25:10,808 --> 01:25:12,003 I don't know... 936 01:25:14,377 --> 01:25:17,712 That woman is eating you alive. 937 01:25:19,571 --> 01:25:20,726 And you... 938 01:25:26,487 --> 01:25:28,357 I'll tell you this in confidence: 939 01:25:30,577 --> 01:25:33,931 If passion drives Fosca to lose all control... 940 01:25:36,220 --> 01:25:37,416 If Fosca... 941 01:25:38,958 --> 01:25:41,736 taking advantage of your condition... 942 01:25:43,923 --> 01:25:46,313 I mean if...if... 943 01:25:52,587 --> 01:25:55,674 Her senses, her organs... 944 01:25:56,291 --> 01:25:59,551 her nervous system, her weak heart especially... 945 01:26:00,365 --> 01:26:02,739 couldn't withstand the... 946 01:26:04,726 --> 01:26:07,058 the experience of love... 947 01:26:07,948 --> 01:26:09,528 that is so consuming... 948 01:26:09,805 --> 01:26:13,026 so vital to a normal woman, let alone Fosca. 949 01:26:13,146 --> 01:26:17,250 She's almost 30, and in her physical condition... 950 01:26:24,419 --> 01:26:27,080 it would almost certainly be fatal to her. 951 01:26:29,935 --> 01:26:31,208 Does she know that? 952 01:26:31,924 --> 01:26:32,830 Yes, but... 953 01:26:34,606 --> 01:26:36,805 she also knows her life is almost over. 954 01:26:39,717 --> 01:26:41,742 To exchange what's left of her life... 955 01:26:42,184 --> 01:26:44,903 for the joy of being a woman, at least once... 956 01:26:45,329 --> 01:26:47,450 would seem a reasonable bargain to her. 957 01:26:53,548 --> 01:26:55,438 I'll put you on sick leave. 958 01:26:55,843 --> 01:26:59,586 You need the care of a hospital. You leave tomorrow. 959 01:27:00,281 --> 01:27:02,574 Major, I couldn't find the white pipe. 960 01:28:41,039 --> 01:28:42,178 Why did you? 961 01:28:43,732 --> 01:28:45,725 We're getting off at the next station! 962 01:28:54,153 --> 01:28:56,624 You've cost me 40 days' leave! 963 01:28:56,743 --> 01:28:59,311 I'm sick, too. I need help, too. 964 01:28:59,948 --> 01:29:02,031 Getting off the train was your idea. 965 01:29:02,379 --> 01:29:04,947 I only wanted to follow you to town, independently. 966 01:29:05,067 --> 01:29:07,396 Without even speaking to you. 967 01:29:07,517 --> 01:29:10,367 That's the reasoning of a capricious child. 968 01:29:10,831 --> 01:29:12,393 You, in a big town! 969 01:29:12,514 --> 01:29:16,684 I have a little money. I can live in the same town as you... 970 01:29:16,973 --> 01:29:19,346 on the same street as you. 971 01:29:19,467 --> 01:29:21,488 No one can prevent me. 972 01:29:21,880 --> 01:29:23,537 I'll follow wherever you go. 973 01:29:59,953 --> 01:30:01,687 What do you want from me? 974 01:30:01,980 --> 01:30:03,310 Nothing. I told you. 975 01:30:04,659 --> 01:30:06,569 This will make me love you? 976 01:30:07,493 --> 01:30:08,921 No matter: I love you. 977 01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:09,941 I don't! 978 01:30:10,714 --> 01:30:12,836 My heart feels nothing for you! 979 01:30:16,026 --> 01:30:17,317 Your heart! 980 01:30:17,437 --> 01:30:21,792 If I was less ugly, if I could fix this nose, this mouth, this face... 981 01:30:21,913 --> 01:30:25,640 If I had some meat on these breast-bones, you'd love me! 982 01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:27,647 It's nothing to do with your heart! 983 01:30:27,766 --> 01:30:29,865 More reason to leave me alone! 984 01:30:29,986 --> 01:30:32,199 Why? We all must deal with our pain. 985 01:30:32,320 --> 01:30:35,518 I needed a goal for what's left of my life: You! 986 01:30:35,638 --> 01:30:37,430 I'm wholly devoted to you. 987 01:30:37,552 --> 01:30:40,499 When I've smothered you under the weight of my feelings... 988 01:30:40,619 --> 01:30:42,234 when I've followed you... 989 01:30:42,355 --> 01:30:45,379 step by step, wherever you go, like your shadow... 990 01:30:45,500 --> 01:30:47,104 when I've died for you... 991 01:30:47,225 --> 01:30:50,230 you'll be compelled to love me! 992 01:30:52,757 --> 01:30:55,939 Kill me! We'll both be freed instantly. 993 01:31:08,605 --> 01:31:09,761 You mustn't... 994 01:31:35,625 --> 01:31:36,801 I unpack? 995 01:31:37,342 --> 01:31:39,540 No, I'm leaving tomorrow. 996 01:32:11,366 --> 01:32:13,584 She led you back like a lamb. 997 01:32:14,500 --> 01:32:17,294 Fosca told me of your railroad adventures. 998 01:32:20,034 --> 01:32:22,811 She wants you to know the episode has no consequences. 999 01:32:23,783 --> 01:32:26,386 Her cousin hadn't found the letter yet. 1000 01:32:27,371 --> 01:32:29,781 I'm glad for her, and for him. 1001 01:32:30,611 --> 01:32:32,443 You told her I was leaving today? 1002 01:32:32,563 --> 01:32:34,816 I said for two days. Good thing I lied. 1003 01:32:34,936 --> 01:32:37,752 You didn't lie. I'll be back in two days. 1004 01:32:38,042 --> 01:32:39,063 Why? 1005 01:32:39,643 --> 01:32:41,149 You have 40 days sick leave. 1006 01:32:41,270 --> 01:32:43,213 I only need a few hours in town. 1007 01:32:45,969 --> 01:32:47,184 I promised her that. 1008 01:32:48,168 --> 01:32:49,749 Forget your promise. 1009 01:32:50,464 --> 01:32:51,621 Impossible. 1010 01:32:52,219 --> 01:32:53,646 I can't... 1011 01:32:56,781 --> 01:32:59,094 You must be transferred permanently. 1012 01:33:00,522 --> 01:33:02,722 Our commanding general is an old friend. 1013 01:33:03,454 --> 01:33:05,459 I'll send him a dispatch today. 1014 01:33:07,323 --> 01:33:09,328 Then you'll be ordered to leave. 1015 01:33:09,868 --> 01:33:11,448 Fosca can't stop that. 1016 01:33:11,758 --> 01:33:13,205 Have you thought of... 1017 01:33:13,326 --> 01:33:14,786 I'm thinking of you! 1018 01:33:15,756 --> 01:33:18,109 Since you're incapable of it. 1019 01:33:23,919 --> 01:33:26,697 That woman's presence is developing in you... 1020 01:33:27,314 --> 01:33:31,019 a destructive urge that is consuming you. 1021 01:33:33,210 --> 01:33:34,868 I don't understand it. 1022 01:33:35,448 --> 01:33:37,530 It's my duty to help her. 1023 01:33:39,228 --> 01:33:41,523 No one can help Fosca. 1024 01:33:45,218 --> 01:33:47,262 You, as I've already said... 1025 01:33:47,590 --> 01:33:49,363 can hasten her death. 1026 01:33:52,185 --> 01:33:55,792 And since when do you discuss orders from superiors? 1027 01:33:56,101 --> 01:33:57,528 Have a good trip. 1028 01:34:15,357 --> 01:34:16,417 Ready? 1029 01:34:16,880 --> 01:34:18,404 Whenever you say, Sir. 1030 01:34:22,822 --> 01:34:23,709 Well? 1031 01:34:45,736 --> 01:34:47,470 You won't be back. 1032 01:34:49,035 --> 01:34:52,449 Today, I knew we'd never see those places again. 1033 01:34:53,587 --> 01:34:54,455 Why? 1034 01:34:56,202 --> 01:34:57,533 We love each other. 1035 01:34:58,574 --> 01:35:00,040 I can't give you up. 1036 01:35:01,911 --> 01:35:04,611 For that poor wretch, I only feel pity. 1037 01:35:05,589 --> 01:35:07,730 That can be stronger than love. 1038 01:35:08,714 --> 01:35:10,257 She's a monster. 1039 01:35:11,780 --> 01:35:13,305 Maybe it's a nobler love. 1040 01:35:15,022 --> 01:35:16,411 She needs you. 1041 01:35:26,569 --> 01:35:28,053 Don't you need me? 1042 01:35:29,637 --> 01:35:31,739 I need you to be happy. 1043 01:35:32,491 --> 01:35:33,956 She, to survive. 1044 01:35:38,442 --> 01:35:41,104 I'm beautiful. You've told me a thousand times. 1045 01:35:42,224 --> 01:35:43,882 That should be enough. 1046 01:35:50,688 --> 01:35:52,539 Christmas is in a week: 1047 01:35:54,699 --> 01:35:57,109 That's the gift I'll give my husband. 1048 01:36:16,504 --> 01:36:19,359 I've had those figures since childhood. 1049 01:36:20,451 --> 01:36:22,940 This is my favorite. 1050 01:36:23,345 --> 01:36:26,295 Maybe because it's the ugliest. 1051 01:36:27,222 --> 01:36:30,731 I could imagine how he... 1052 01:36:31,266 --> 01:36:33,832 must have suffered in his village. 1053 01:36:34,275 --> 01:36:36,684 Kids mocking his deformity. 1054 01:36:37,053 --> 01:36:41,393 I'm neither a Turk, nor a Catholic. Just an honest man. 1055 01:36:42,018 --> 01:36:45,093 But I like to celebrate Christmas properly. 1056 01:36:45,375 --> 01:36:47,361 With my closest friends. 1057 01:36:47,896 --> 01:36:49,169 Thanks to all of you. 1058 01:36:49,289 --> 01:36:52,769 You must specially thank the Captain, who was on leave... 1059 01:36:52,889 --> 01:36:56,667 and returned to spend Christmas with us in his regiment. 1060 01:36:56,787 --> 01:37:00,282 Tonight, we'll have lots of fine people to dinner. 1061 01:37:00,403 --> 01:37:03,042 All the better halves of our colleagues. 1062 01:37:03,505 --> 01:37:05,260 Even the beautiful Emma? 1063 01:37:05,380 --> 01:37:06,611 Certainly, dear. 1064 01:37:06,731 --> 01:37:10,337 Great. Not only our stomachs, but our aesthetic sense will also feast. 1065 01:37:10,458 --> 01:37:11,707 What is it? 1066 01:37:14,408 --> 01:37:15,757 Put it in... 1067 01:37:17,412 --> 01:37:19,322 Wait, this one's from the ministry. 1068 01:37:19,784 --> 01:37:23,197 Turkey-hen with truffles. I chose them myself. 1069 01:37:23,317 --> 01:37:26,860 For me, as many tortellini as I have years. 1070 01:37:26,981 --> 01:37:30,140 58. No more. It's a tradition. 1071 01:37:30,546 --> 01:37:33,496 When we met, he was at 35 tortellini! 1072 01:37:33,617 --> 01:37:36,563 Of all his old vices, only eating remains. 1073 01:37:36,684 --> 01:37:37,992 Like you, dear. 1074 01:37:40,008 --> 01:37:43,422 The ministry has a surprise for us. 1075 01:37:44,637 --> 01:37:47,144 You're transferred to the town depot. 1076 01:37:47,627 --> 01:37:50,436 You have to report immediately for duty. 1077 01:37:51,034 --> 01:37:52,460 Transferred? To town? 1078 01:37:52,820 --> 01:37:55,939 How? I don't understand. 1079 01:37:59,315 --> 01:38:01,376 No! Don't abandon me! 1080 01:38:01,496 --> 01:38:03,802 No. Giorgio, my love! 1081 01:38:05,554 --> 01:38:07,673 You promised me, Giorgio! 1082 01:38:26,015 --> 01:38:28,711 Captain, wait for me in your quarters. 1083 01:38:42,396 --> 01:38:44,785 You, of all people... 1084 01:38:45,498 --> 01:38:48,636 basely abused my trust. 1085 01:38:49,735 --> 01:38:52,161 I don't know what your aim was. 1086 01:38:52,281 --> 01:38:57,117 You took advantage of my cousin, like any other scoundrel. 1087 01:39:02,161 --> 01:39:04,009 You're right to be silent. 1088 01:39:04,317 --> 01:39:06,205 Words can't repair the damage. 1089 01:39:06,937 --> 01:39:09,383 I want satisfaction of another kind. 1090 01:39:11,001 --> 01:39:12,291 What do you mean? 1091 01:39:14,169 --> 01:39:15,574 We'll fight. 1092 01:39:16,461 --> 01:39:19,042 Fight? A duel? 1093 01:39:21,761 --> 01:39:25,631 Is the brave Captain afraid? 1094 01:39:26,517 --> 01:39:27,791 Tell him! 1095 01:39:29,033 --> 01:39:31,193 It's not your responsibility! 1096 01:39:31,791 --> 01:39:33,140 Go ahead, say it! 1097 01:39:33,571 --> 01:39:35,345 How you were forced... 1098 01:39:35,467 --> 01:39:36,503 Not at all. 1099 01:39:38,028 --> 01:39:39,686 Nothing was forced on me. 1100 01:39:43,417 --> 01:39:44,863 I'm at your disposal. 1101 01:39:47,062 --> 01:39:48,914 It's my first duel. 1102 01:39:50,612 --> 01:39:54,572 I hate those foolish duels that end with a scratch. 1103 01:39:55,711 --> 01:39:58,874 One of us won't leave the field. 1104 01:39:59,240 --> 01:40:02,784 Gentlemen! Can't soldiers, for once... 1105 01:40:02,905 --> 01:40:05,816 show a little intelligence? 1106 01:40:07,189 --> 01:40:11,084 At 7 am, at the old castle. I'll provide the weapons. 1107 01:40:12,597 --> 01:40:16,010 My cousin mustn't know of this duel. 1108 01:40:16,801 --> 01:40:18,865 If you don't tell her, she won't know. 1109 01:40:25,100 --> 01:40:28,705 This silly duel could have been avoided. 1110 01:40:32,375 --> 01:40:35,056 Your attitude was a kind of provocation. 1111 01:40:40,092 --> 01:40:42,213 Of course, I'm indirectly responsible... 1112 01:40:42,688 --> 01:40:44,172 for what happened. 1113 01:40:45,062 --> 01:40:49,092 Ever since...I encouraged you to go to Fosca's room. 1114 01:40:50,769 --> 01:40:52,641 Tonight I'm going back there. 1115 01:40:54,092 --> 01:40:55,444 I must see her. 1116 01:41:00,285 --> 01:41:02,405 You must tell her I'm coming... 1117 01:41:02,852 --> 01:41:05,107 and let me in, like last time. 1118 01:41:05,228 --> 01:41:07,597 You want to see that...woman? It's absurd! 1119 01:41:08,003 --> 01:41:10,684 "That woman?" Doctor... 1120 01:41:12,734 --> 01:41:16,707 "That woman"...risked humiliation for me. 1121 01:41:18,289 --> 01:41:19,601 And ridicule. 1122 01:41:21,207 --> 01:41:24,640 She endured my rejection, my anger. 1123 01:41:25,586 --> 01:41:28,267 She surrendered her pride, her self-respect. 1124 01:41:29,309 --> 01:41:30,351 For me. 1125 01:41:31,267 --> 01:41:33,620 It's easy to love when one is loved. 1126 01:41:33,928 --> 01:41:37,053 But she, though spurned... 1127 01:41:39,697 --> 01:41:41,760 loved me more than anyone. 1128 01:41:44,447 --> 01:41:45,546 I love her, too. 1129 01:41:46,378 --> 01:41:48,692 Go ahead and be surprised. I love Fosca. 1130 01:41:49,020 --> 01:41:52,241 Whatever you said, I didn't hear it. 1131 01:41:52,362 --> 01:41:54,383 Another of your works! 1132 01:41:54,769 --> 01:41:58,742 You may have forgotten how to cure diseases, but you induced mine! 1133 01:41:58,862 --> 01:42:01,115 So don't pretend you can't hear me. 1134 01:42:01,511 --> 01:42:03,362 I can't hear you! 1135 01:42:03,482 --> 01:42:04,770 I love Fosca! 1136 01:42:08,031 --> 01:42:11,193 Is that a crime against nature? 1137 01:42:12,656 --> 01:42:14,797 You say you forget something every day. 1138 01:42:15,975 --> 01:42:19,735 Today, forget your "aesthetic sense." 1139 01:42:24,581 --> 01:42:29,364 I love her. And I want to tell her before I abandon her. 1140 01:42:32,184 --> 01:42:37,740 Tomorrow, however the duel ends, I'll be gone. 1141 01:43:40,465 --> 01:43:41,486 I love you... 1142 01:43:49,210 --> 01:43:50,328 I love you... 1143 01:43:54,603 --> 01:43:59,251 Do you love me as you would any other woman, like Clara? 1144 01:44:05,170 --> 01:44:06,210 More. 1145 01:44:53,168 --> 01:44:55,136 Be mine, Giorgio. 1146 01:44:57,856 --> 01:44:59,013 We can't. 1147 01:45:00,712 --> 01:45:02,214 You can't, you know it. 1148 01:45:02,636 --> 01:45:05,105 One hour, one moment with you. 1149 01:45:05,877 --> 01:45:08,113 More happiness than I ever hoped for. 1150 01:45:08,789 --> 01:45:11,240 To die loved, is to have lived. 1151 01:48:35,037 --> 01:48:37,427 And I fainted in the Doctor's arms. 1152 01:48:38,758 --> 01:48:42,654 At that moment, I received the legacy of that sad affair... 1153 01:48:43,675 --> 01:48:47,146 As if Fosca's illness had been transmitted to me. 1154 01:48:48,361 --> 01:48:51,273 For 5 years, it has gnawed at my soul. 1155 01:48:53,087 --> 01:48:54,361 And my body. 1156 01:48:57,898 --> 01:49:01,159 I relish the havoc that time, little by little... 1157 01:49:03,131 --> 01:49:06,583 is playing with my memory. 1158 01:49:12,217 --> 01:49:13,238 And Fosca? 1159 01:49:13,606 --> 01:49:16,635 She died 3 days after that night. She died happy. 1160 01:49:22,956 --> 01:49:26,211 The Doctor sent me Fosca's hair. On her deathbed... 1161 01:49:26,331 --> 01:49:28,319 she'd cut it off for me. 1162 01:49:33,230 --> 01:49:34,716 A jolly story. 1163 01:49:35,892 --> 01:49:38,670 Very jolly! What did you hope to do? 1164 01:49:38,791 --> 01:49:41,679 Change the eternal laws of nature? 1165 01:49:58,887 --> 01:50:00,856 What an absurd tale! 1166 01:50:06,923 --> 01:50:08,949 It would make sense if Fosca... 1167 01:50:09,069 --> 01:50:12,980 had been a great beauty, and Giorgio had been...like me. 1168 01:50:14,047 --> 01:50:17,980 Everyone would have undestood that "passionate affair." 1169 01:50:18,100 --> 01:50:19,389 But this way... 1170 01:50:21,421 --> 01:50:24,564 Giorgio and Fosca, what an absurd tale! 1171 01:50:37,561 --> 01:50:39,161 What an absurd tale!