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[ominous music]

[water swishing]

[gentle music]

Oh, my God! Hi!

[woman sighs] You lost weight.

I can't believe this is happening. This place is unreal.

So this is where you sold your soul, huh?

It's not really about the place.

Although it is beautiful, this is where she wants me to be.

[gentle music]

[key jingling]

[lock clicks]

[woman sighs]

This is the place she pays for you to live?

[sighs]

There's no view at all.

It's just narrow streets

and windows of another building.

Saul, seriously?

Look, there's mold on the walls and the sheet is torn.

Saul, this has got to be the trashiest, lousiest place

in Venice that she could find.

It's getting late. Why don't you crash in here with me tonight?

That's not the point.

Look, Saul, I am your friend and I'm rooting for you, okay?

And I would not settle for this trashy place if I were you.

Okay? You're worth more than that.

You're only 26. How long have you been waiting?

How many times has she visited you?

- [Saul sighs] - Do you fuck as soon as she gets here?

[Saul sighs]

I don't understand you, Saul.

You're here rotting, wasting your life away.

[sighs]

Tell me, what keeps you here?

How did you fall into this dark and twisted abyss?

[gentle piano music]

I met her in San Francisco.

I had been in a couple campaigns she produced.

Never really got to talk to her

until, one day, I got a call from her.

"Are you the one with the blond hair and the blue eyes?

The lefty with two left feet?"

[both chuckling]

She called me in for a screen test.

[Mia] A screen test?

Yeah, it's kind of like an audition,

but there's almost no line to it.

Yeah, it's all about your looks.

So she wants to make a movie?

Yeah, after years of fashion photography and videos,

she made a couple of independent films

and got addicted to it.

- [Mia] Independent? - Yeah.

Saul, you're doing all of this for an independent film?

I could maybe understand a Marvel movie or a Disney film,

but not some boring, low-cost, low-quality indie.

[Saul chuckles]

You have no idea, Mia.

Jules is someone very firm on her own ideas.

Although you are right, independent is cheap,

but she said she wants to make it for her own purpose.

"Her own purpose." See? It's all about her.

[Saul sighs]

What's the movie about?

Anyway, Jules is someone

who takes her work very seriously.

It's like her life and her work are inseparable.

Okay.

So, what, she made you the lead of her movie?

What's your character like?

What's the status of the film?

Ongoing? Pre-production?

Saul, do you know anything about this movie?

What's the fuss with the orchid?

She says that I am like her favorite flower.

The only flower she loves, the orchid.

"Unlike the rose which boasts fragrance

and beauty and pride yet not as plain as the daisy,

the orchid stands on its own,

seemingly weak but pure and prudent.

A flower that endures loneliness in all its strength

yet never forgets who it belongs to."

Wow.

What a poetic way to string you along

with nothing but words.

No, it's true.

[Mia] No, it's not. She's manipulating you.

She says when she's around, her orchid blooms,

and doesn't do so well when she's away.

She gave it to me and it is true.

If I don't hear from her, it's as if it's dying.

When she calls, it's like--

it's like it becomes alive again.

Look... it's barely surviving now.

[people murmuring]

Look at all this fresh seafood.

Ooh.

I could totally use this to make a dish.

You know, if you come to the culinary institute with me,

we can be chef buddies together.

Mm.

Mm.

You know, she's someone who's really particular

about what she eats.

Wonder how they make Chinese food

in this city full of tourists and Italians?

[knife chopping]

[knife rasping]

[paper rustling]

[gentle music]

[patrons murmuring]

[Mia] Thanks.

[Saul speaking Chinese]

[server speaking Chinese]

[Saul speaking Chinese]

[server speaking Chinese]

Okay.

Who would've thought of having Chinese food in Venice?

[chuckles]

I was impressed by how well you could speak Chinese.

I know your boss girlfriend is Chinese,

but you don't have to learn the language for her.

Seriously, she's not even by your side. She's never around.

[sighs]

It's just something that I picked up

while I've been here waiting for her.

Look at you, becoming an expert,

not because of her, but because of waiting for her.

Mm. So it's been, what, almost a year?

How many times has she come to visit you?

Wait. Seven months.

How can you stay here that long?

That exceeds the length of all types

of visas to stay in Italy.

She made me a permanent resident of Italy.

I can stay here as long as I want to.

Is she a resident of Italy as well?

I don't know.

I just know that the coffee shop at the end of this road,

pasta restaurant by the canal,

one of the Louis Vuitton franchises,

and the menswear showroom at St. Mark's Square,

all owned by her.

Well...

So why does she station you in Venice and nowhere else?

Is this where she accumulates all her property?

She says that, eventually,

she wants to come and film here.

"Eventually." But she's not here

and she hasn't been here

since she placed you here.

And it's, what, almost a year ago.

Saul.

She's off living merrily in the United States

and other places and you're stuck here.

That's the point.

Don't you think something is weird and fishy about this?

She is married.

Of course she is. We all know that, and it's disgusting.

Saul, how would you feel if you had a wife

with a boyfriend waiting for her in another city or country?

This woman is evil.

And you know what that makes you?

- Hmm? - Even more evil than her.

You're a homewrecker!

I don't know. Can't really say that yet.

I mean, although we're close, we haven't crossed that line.

But you're walking down that line,

and that's your intention, isn't it?

I don't think anyone would pay for a meal

they wouldn't consume later.

But you, the problem essentially stems from you.

Are you here just because you're paid for?

Are you some bum who's too lazy to get a job

and grow the fuck up?

Saul, this is not the Saul that I used to know.

[sighs]

Look, do you think she'd like this restaurant?

Here, she loves vinegar ribs.

I have no idea how to make them.

I don't even have a kitchen here.

She, she, she. Her, her, her.

Saul, when you called me in the US at midnight,

I thought you were going to commit suicide.

And now you're here talking about thinking about making

your married Chinese girlfriend's favorite dish.

Here, try some. If you like it, she might.

Fuck. I don't know, Saul, I'm not her.

Okay?

Don't you have like some life purpose or something? Aren't you--

aren't you wasting your life here?

What about Mom and Dad in Florida?

Okay? What about your doggy Moo?

What about Sean and Michael in LA?

I think one of them was signed by the CAA recently.

We miss you, Saul.

We just want you back.

We just want you to wake up.

Come home with me.

They say--

they say that when a man is living his purpose,

he's the happiest man on Earth.

To me, this is my purpose, to be her other man.

I love her.

But I am not yet the happiest man on Earth...

because she hasn't come to visit me after all this time.

This is how she likes her dumplings done.

If there's no steam coming out of it,

she will not pay for it.

[people murmuring]

[Mia chuckles]

Is it hard for you, living here when you're not Italian?

Yeah, it was hard at first because I don't speak the language

and I'm not really an extrovert.

[Mia laughs]

To be honest, I haven't really made any friends here,

and I'm always alone.

[cellphone ringing]

Oh.

I got to take this one.

[Mia chuckles]

[camera snaps]

[Mia laughs]

[camera snaps]

Mia, Mia, Mia, you are my lucky star.

- What's going on, Saul? - Oh, my gosh.

- What just happened? - I got a call from her.

She called me.

It's been a month, Mia. It's been a month since she called.

That's why I said you're my lucky star.

You arrived yesterday and she calls.

You must've really missed her.

So what did she say?

No, I didn't miss her.

She said she'll be here in two weeks.

Okay. I'll be gone by then, but that's still pretty soon.

Aren't you excited?

Nah, I wouldn't say that.

[sighs]

I only let myself feel

when I can see her in real person.

Okay, but it's still something worth celebrating. Huh?

Yeah.

[gentle music]

Are you in love, Saul?

[people murmuring]

If so, why pick someone old,

ugly, married, not famous?

Someone 20 years older than you,

different cultural background,

occupation, geographical location?

Out of 7 billion people in the world,

are you sure you can't find a better deal?

Tell me, what's it like to be in love with a married person?

Don't the lonely waiting nights burn you,

thinking about how she's fucking her husband?

Look, I told you,

there's nothing going on between us for now.

Are you so sure she'll be willing

to leave everything behind just for you?

If not, then are you ready to settle

for just the breadcrumbs she throws at you

from time to time?

[gentle music continues]

Fall is coming, Venice is flooding soon.

If you change your mind, I'll be in Rome for the next week.

Maybe she'll come this time.

Best of luck to you, Saul Larson.

If you ever decide to wake up from your dream,

you can always come home.

[gentle music]

[people murmuring]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[sighs]

[music continues]

[birds chirping]

[speaking Italian]

Sorry, I don't speak Italian.

I'm looking for some plant food for my orchid.

Oh, only orchid?

We ran out, I think. Try this.

It's for the person that I love.

She only loves orchids.

You know, it's okay. Never mind.

[gentle music]

[people murmuring]

[music continues]

[gentle music]

[boats rumbling]

[birds chirping]

[gentle music]

[sighs]

[people murmuring]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[sighs]

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[people murmuring]

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[boat rumbling]

[water swishing]

[music continues]

[people chatting]

[music continues]

[water swishing]

[music continues]

[people murmuring]

[music continues]

[door closes]

[key jingles]

- [sighs] - [woman moaning]

[sighs]

- [woman continues moaning] - [sighs]

[Mia] Don't the lonely waiting nights burn you,

thinking about how she's fucking her husband?

[woman moaning]

[sighs]

- [woman continues moaning] - [sighs]

[pants unzips]

[woman continues moaning]

[gentle music]

[rain pattering]

[cellphone ringing]

[sighs]

[cellphone continues ringing]

Hey.

You going back today?

[gentle music]

[inhales]

[sighs]

No, I haven't heard from her yet.

I will not kill myself.

I promise you.

[inhales]

[sighs]

Look, is it okay if I continue to call you every day?

[gentle music]

[people murmuring]

You don't look Italian.

I assume you speak English?

Canal's beautiful, isn't it?

Look at the lovers kissing on the gondolas.

To me, it just means love.

It's like Paris to France.

Venice to me is the city of love for Italy.

[gentle music]

[music continues]

[people murmuring]

[line ringing]

[Jules] Hey, this is Jules.

I'm probably filming right now.

Please leave a message and I'll call you back.

[Mia] You should look a little closer

at what she's doing with other men.

I just want you to wake up from this.

She isn't worth your time, Saul.

She's probably with someone else right now,

if not just her husband.

This woman is evil.

Imagine if your wife does this to you.

Saul, you need to wake up!

Could it be that all of these are only

a big illusion of yours?

[panting]

[door closes]

[painting clatters]

[jacket rustles]

[jacket thuds]

[breathing heavily]

[bed thudding]

[panting]

[shirt thuds]

[shirt rustles]

[gentle music]

[door creaks]

Where are you going, honey?

For you, there's no charge.

[gentle music]

- [kisses smacking] - [Saul moaning]

No. No, no, stop, stop.

[Saul panting]

[speaking Italian]

[gentle music]

[heavily breathing]

[crying]

[cellphone ringing]

[Jules faintly speaking]

I've been here waiting seven months for you.

[Jules faintly speaking]

Yeah, what kind of excuses are you gonna give me this time?

[Jules faintly speaking]

My friend says I'm wasting my time here waiting for you.

[Jules faintly speaking]

Look, can I... [sighs]

can I come fly to see you?

[Jules faintly speaking]

Soon?

How fast is soon?

[Jules faintly speaking]

Seven months, eight months, one year, three years?

[Jules faintly speaking]

I'm not your baby!

[cellphone thuds]

[water swishing]

[gentle music]

[music continues]

[gentle music]

[footsteps pattering]

[gentle music]

[footsteps pattering]

[music continues]

[panting]

[Jules] Do you know why I am a filmmaker?

I make films because, in life,

we can't always get what we want.

And through films, we live it.

I can have my hero in a hilarious, clownish hat.

[playful music]

Or I can have him in dress with pearls and pink lipstick.

[upbeat music]

Everything comes to life just like how I've imagined it.

[gentle music]

[narrator] Look at the ripples created by the waves.

Focus on the dark, shadowy sides of these orbital waves.

You'll know the answer when those shadows become real and solid.

[water rumbling]

- [waves crashes] - [water bubbling]

[water running]

[camera snaps]

[camera snaps]

[bathrobe thuds]

[camera snaps]

[camera snaps]

[camera snaps]

[gentle music]

[Jules faintly speaking]

[rain pattering]

I never fucking cared about your movie!

[panting]

[music continues]

No.

Just...

I wanted to spend a little time together!

[Jules faintly speaking]

Chance I keep waiting for!

- [Jules faintly speaking] - [inhales]

[sighs]

[Jules faintly speaking]

No, no, I'm not leaving.

Even if I'm the star.

Even if I'm gonna cry my eyes out.

Even if I have to be alone.

[Jules faintly speaking]

I'll be here waiting until you come to see me!

[Saul sighs]

[inhales]

[sighs]

[people murmuring]

[gentle music]

[sighs]

[chuckles]

- [gasps] - Going anywhere?

[Saul groans]

The port is on the other direction.

You must have thought that I'm a kind of creepy guy

trying to stalk you around,

but I'm not that kind of person.

It's just that you stood out,

and the center of Venice is not that big, you know?

Not everyone would like to take company with them

through their journey through life,

but usually there's a reason why a person is alone.

It all happened by coincidence at first, you know?

I saw you walking alone every day, the same way.

I'm sorry for intruding,

but sometimes

I see you crying alone here

or over the bridge at the Grand Canal.

So I wonder why...

a beautiful young man like you has

such a great sadness inside.

Anyway, you don't look you belong here.

But I see you walking alone

here in Venice for such a long time.

What about you?

You don't look like you belong here either.

No, I'm not from here.

I have a farm in Tuscany and I'm an estate owner, you know?

I came here in Venice just to meet some old customers.

And I don't know why, but they always want to meet me here in Venice.

Can you imagine?

Well, you speak English well.

[accordion music]

Well, I was a professor before in United State,

and got retired, you know?

[music continues]

Hey, do you want to have drinks sometimes?

I will be here until the flood season begin.

And when will the flood season begin?

I don't know, maybe in one or two weeks from now.

[music continues]

Are you waiting for someone?

Look, I have an apartment here in Venice,

so if you like, whenever you like,

you can come over and I will cook you a great pasta

because I'm very good at cooking pasta, you know?

[pan clacking]

[groans]

Oh, my God.

Hey, I got it. I got it.

[grinding]

[gentle music]

[speaking Italian]

I mean, you are very good in cooking pasta.

Better than me.

Yeah. So shall we eat?

Yeah.

[forks clattering]

Mm.

Mm.

[slurps]

So she's a director, hmm?

Big shot, and must have a huge ego.

And she makes you waiting here for how long?

Six month?

Seven month?

Oh, my God.

What a waste of time for a beauty like you here in Italy,

alone for such a long time.

So why do you love her?

If one can tell the reason

of why a person falls in love, then it's not love.

You're falling for the reason and not for the person.

So let me understand.

If a, um...

ugly person falls in love with a beautiful one...

he's actually falling in love with beauty.

And if a poor person fall in love with a rich one,

he's falling in love with wealth.

It's kind-- it's like, I don't know,

the pursuit of perfection?

To fall in love and to gain...

qualities that you don't have?

Yeah.

So how do you know...

that the specific person you love is the one?

And not all the people that you love in your life.

To me, it's the feeling that she is my person.

She was made for me and I was made for her.

If she dies one day...

I wouldn't be with anybody else.

I would rather die...

than be with anybody else.

I have never liked a single woman

in my entire life, you know?

Yeah, I like men only.

It used to be a problem in Italy before,

but now it's not a big deal anymore.

Yeah, it's not like San Francisco, of course,

where you can marry whoever you want.

Here in Italy, we don't have gay marriage.

Don't you want to have a family?

[chuckles]

Yeah, maybe.

Maybe sometimes, but I'm not young anymore.

Oh, gosh.

No.

Now you made me thinking that I'm not young anymore.

[inhales]

[sighs]

The last person that I love, Angelo...

he left me because, you know,

the pressure from the family, yeah.

And now... [sighs]

I don't know if he ended up marrying

maybe, I don't know, maybe a girl or something.

[gentle music]

[sighs]

Well, I'm sorry, I'm telling you too much

about myself, my love and everything.

Do you hate gays?

Gender, age, and occupation don't matter to me.

We're all the same beneath the differences.

But it's also that we are the same

that makes those differences important, don't you think?

Angelo, that person was also blond like you.

[chuckles]

But he didn't have your

beautiful blue eyes.

[music continues]

For you, you at least you have--

you have someone to-- to look forward.

You have someone to wait for.

He...

my Angelo...

[sobs]

My Angelo...

[crying]

[sobbing]

You're okay.

It's okay.

[inhales]

[exhales]

[groans]

[grunts]

[gentle music]

[people murmuring]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

This is for you.

I've been such a stupid fool last night.

It's okay.

Thank you for the flowers.

I don't know, seems that I'm following you.

I really didn't mean it.

It's okay.

You look like you're not happy today.

Is it because of her?

She's not coming?

I feel like she doesn't try to understand how I feel.

She never takes me seriously.

It's okay.

I'm here.

So why does she keep postponing on me?

I don't know, maybe she's busy.

She told me that she just finished filming.

She said that today. Now she's taking a break.

She told me not to bother her.

Look, she's too busy working,

she doesn't have time to see me, I can understand,

but she's taking a break and can't make time for me.

Then what am I to her?

What am I doing here?

Look, you told me that she's a married woman

and maybe she doesn't want to see you here alone.

She's seeing someone else.

What do you expect from a married woman?

That she leaves everything behind?

Like her husband, her family, just to be with you in Venice?

Yeah, why does she keep paying my bills?

I don't know, maybe she's thinking.

It takes seven months to think?

Why don't you pretend to leave?

You come to my place

and then you will see how she would react.

[gentle music]

[water swishing]

[water running]

[music continues]

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[people murmuring]

The local people in the shops,

why don't they just move away?

Dinner will be ready in a bit.

And I made you a hot chocolate.

It's really hot and I don't want you to burn yourself.

So have you told her about your move?

Yeah.

I just don't care anymore.

Come.

Let's just show her what a good time we're having right now.

[Saul chuckles]

[lips smacking]

[Saul chuckles]

What do you think?

[sighs]

Hey, if you like it here,

you can stay here as long as you want.

It's flooding and rain will come soon.

And when it's raining, you cannot even go out from the house.

[Saul sighs]

Look, have you ever wonder about my property in Tuscany?

[accordion music]

It's beautiful there.

I have flowers, um--

- [music stops] - Hey, if you were ever falling

in love with a married person

and you didn't want to damage your life, what would you do?

I don't know.

Maybe, as time passes by, you will forget about her.

I just want to take at least one gondola ride with her

under the big full moon.

You know, get gelato in the piazza together,

even though she doesn't like gelato.

But we could have a tea. She loves tea.

And although she doesn't want to have any kids of her own,

I'd love to have one or two with her.

You know, I could raise them all on my own.

She wouldn't have to do a thing.

Yeah, two kids, a boy and a girl.

[chuckles]

And I could prove to her how good I am at it

by taking care of the orchid.

Her favorite flower.

[chuckles]

Oh, no. Oh, no, the orchid!

[gentle music]

[splashing]

[water splashing]

[panting]

[music continues]

[breathing heavily]

[sighs]

[exhales]

[boat rumbling]

[boat rumbling]

[gentle music]

[boat rumbling]

[boat rumbling]

[music continues]

[boat rumbling]

[music continues]

[boat rumbling]

[music continues]

[boat rumbling]

- [panting] - [footsteps approaching]

[Jules] Are you looking for me?

So you're actually here?

You're here to surprise me, right?

Why are you playing such a trick on me?

You know that I've been here waiting for you.

I just wanted to spend a little bit of time with you alone here.

Is that too much to ask?

But it's good that you're finally here after all this time.

You know how much I've missed you, right?

I just want to be with you for the rest of my life.

You know how I feel about you, don't you?

[speaking Chinese]

[Jules speaking Chinese]

[Jules] I know how you feel.

I know all the difficulties you face.

All the loneliness you have to endure

not knowing where you're heading from here.

I want to give you everything you want,

the unconditional love you've shown me

since the very first day we met.

But I guess I can only wait for you here on the shore.

[Jules speaking Chinese]

Just like how you have waited for me here.

Can't we be together in this life?

Like I told you, there's only one thing

I can offer you in this life.

That is the film role I told you about.

You are the perfect man to play it.

By making this film together,

we can transform and shine our love

to everyone who watches it.

Is that all you have to say to me,

coming all the way from the US?

You know what?

I don't care about your fucking movie.

How many times do I have to tell you that?

You say that you know.

You know. You know you know, but you don't!

[Jules] So, are you taking this role?

No!

[gentle music]

[cellphone ringing]

[sighs]

She's coming.

She's finally coming.

And it's today.

Do you think I should see her?

Look, you have been waiting for this person

for almost a year.

And now she's coming.

Is there any reason for you not to see her?

Go and tell her everything you think about her,

you feel about her.

It is in this way...

our life, it is not wasting away.

[gentle music]

[boats rumbling]

[music continues]

[boats rumbling]

[cellphone ringing]

[man] Hi, is this Saul Larson?

Jules has asked me to call you

and let you know that she's decided not to film in Venice.

That she's found a new cast

and has started pre-production in Rome instead.

She said you're welcome to stay at the hotel through December.

After that, you're on your own.

Bye for now.

[music continues]

[water swishing]

[music continues]

[sniffling]

[gentle music]

[boat rumbling]

[rain pattering]

[music continues]

[boat rumbling]

[gentle music]

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