1 00:01:23,090 --> 00:01:26,172 Traveling stimulates your imagination. The rest is disappointment. 2 00:01:26,341 --> 00:01:31,087 Our journey is imaginary. That is his strength. He takes us from life to death. 3 00:01:31,264 --> 00:01:33,471 Man, animal, city, thing: everything is fantasy. 4 00:01:33,641 --> 00:01:37,225 It's a fictional novel. Littr� never makes a mistake. 5 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:41,525 Everyone can do it. Just close your eyes. It's on the other side of life. 6 00:01:41,693 --> 00:01:44,777 Louis-Ferdinand Céline Travel to the end of the night 7 00:01:48,279 --> 00:01:49,776 Fire. 8 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:17,237 Nasty bastard. 9 00:05:23,168 --> 00:05:24,659 To hold up. 10 00:05:24,832 --> 00:05:27,706 There are even cocktails with cherries. Remember? 11 00:05:27,877 --> 00:05:29,124 Bastards. 12 00:05:30,131 --> 00:05:31,624 I'll get you. 13 00:05:33,096 --> 00:05:34,585 I'll get you. 14 00:05:53,071 --> 00:05:54,565 Is Ermanno there? 15 00:06:51,215 --> 00:06:54,836 I'll get you. Now. -Fuck off. 16 00:07:31,923 --> 00:07:33,417 What are you doing now? 17 00:08:07,709 --> 00:08:09,703 My cell phone was stolen. 18 00:08:55,009 --> 00:08:59,387 I'm in two films. In the first a pope... 19 00:08:59,556 --> 00:09:04,971 ...and in the second a junkie going through withdrawal. -What beautiful projects. 20 00:09:05,140 --> 00:09:07,015 And no theater? 21 00:09:07,184 --> 00:09:10,388 I should do a Shakespeare with Pietro. 22 00:09:10,563 --> 00:09:14,514 But it must last at least three hours, an ambitious project... 23 00:09:14,694 --> 00:09:16,901 ...and not in small towns. 24 00:09:17,445 --> 00:09:21,694 I'm trying to write a play with the concept... 25 00:09:21,869 --> 00:09:26,028 And you? -I think I'll quit acting. 26 00:09:26,203 --> 00:09:29,620 This shitty country never offers good female roles. 27 00:09:29,790 --> 00:09:32,746 I'm going for my first Proustian novel write. 28 00:09:32,919 --> 00:09:37,250 Really? Proust is my favorite writer. Plus Ammaniti. 29 00:09:37,425 --> 00:09:41,090 But what a nice coincidence. 30 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,427 Who is that woman? -You don't recognize her? Lorena. 31 00:09:52,689 --> 00:09:53,887 Who? 32 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:58,397 A former TV showgirl, now in total mental and physical decline. 33 00:09:58,571 --> 00:10:02,821 Never seen. But I never have either had a TV set. 34 00:10:02,992 --> 00:10:07,492 I know that, Viola. You've said that every day for as long as I've known you. 35 00:10:07,665 --> 00:10:10,667 And what does she do now? -Nothing, of course. 36 00:10:12,708 --> 00:10:16,790 Congratulations, Yep. Congratulations, Rome. 37 00:11:01,134 --> 00:11:04,338 Come on, folks. Everyone onto the dance floor. 38 00:11:04,510 --> 00:11:10,719 We're going to start. 39 00:11:10,892 --> 00:11:12,685 Are we ready? 40 00:11:12,854 --> 00:11:14,347 We're going to dance. 41 00:11:14,523 --> 00:11:16,066 Everyone onto the dance floor. 42 00:11:16,233 --> 00:11:17,691 We're going to enjoy. 43 00:11:17,863 --> 00:11:21,279 Shake your ass, hottie. 44 00:11:31,831 --> 00:11:34,750 And now everyone sing along. 45 00:11:34,918 --> 00:11:36,828 I want to ask you something. 46 00:11:38,590 --> 00:11:41,756 What do women like? -Here, here. 47 00:11:41,927 --> 00:11:45,213 And how do men do it? -So, so. 48 00:11:45,389 --> 00:11:48,590 What do they like? -Here, here. 49 00:11:48,764 --> 00:11:52,099 And how do they do it? -So, so. 50 00:11:52,269 --> 00:11:54,975 Forward, forward. 51 00:11:55,605 --> 00:11:58,857 Up, up. Again. 52 00:11:59,029 --> 00:12:02,231 Forward, forward. 53 00:12:02,405 --> 00:12:06,238 Up, up. And now quickly. 54 00:12:27,475 --> 00:12:30,677 My friends used to answer this question... 55 00:12:30,853 --> 00:12:34,982 ...always the same answer. 56 00:12:35,149 --> 00:12:37,185 The pussy. 57 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:42,696 But I had the answer: The smell of a retirement home. 58 00:12:50,455 --> 00:12:54,370 I was destined to be sensitive. 59 00:12:54,545 --> 00:12:58,459 I was meant to be to become a writer. 60 00:12:58,633 --> 00:13:04,213 I was meant to be to become Jep Gambardella. 61 00:13:14,145 --> 00:13:16,388 You've been ignoring me all evening. 62 00:13:16,565 --> 00:13:20,564 Don't whine, Romano. We are not a couple. 63 00:13:20,736 --> 00:13:23,523 Did you like him? -On everyone and no one. 64 00:13:23,697 --> 00:13:26,695 In the case of no one, I am allowed to come along. 65 00:13:26,865 --> 00:13:30,648 Will you take me to the airport? -Naturally. What time? 66 00:13:32,037 --> 00:13:34,279 In three hours. -Three hours? 67 00:13:35,208 --> 00:13:39,123 Can I sleep on the couch? -Go home. 68 00:13:39,297 --> 00:13:42,747 I still have to pack and then I want to be alone. 69 00:13:42,924 --> 00:13:46,342 I live on the Prenestina. -Come at eight o'clock. 70 00:13:53,184 --> 00:13:54,678 Good night. 71 00:14:08,952 --> 00:14:10,447 Boys? 72 00:14:28,305 --> 00:14:29,798 Boys? 73 00:14:46,697 --> 00:14:48,192 Children. 74 00:15:17,771 --> 00:15:19,265 Come on. 75 00:15:28,445 --> 00:15:30,155 I've told you a thousand times... 76 00:15:30,322 --> 00:15:34,652 ...that I don't want anything to do with you. Understood? 77 00:16:19,289 --> 00:16:20,787 Catellani? 78 00:16:23,090 --> 00:16:25,001 The best, of course. 79 00:16:26,972 --> 00:16:31,711 Got your costume at Catellani have it made? 80 00:17:22,855 --> 00:17:26,110 No doubt about it, Malagna had bad intentions. 81 00:17:26,277 --> 00:17:30,981 So the girl had to go as quickly as possible be saved. 82 00:17:32,028 --> 00:17:35,452 Have you been drinking? -Enough to forget my birthday. 83 00:17:35,620 --> 00:17:38,371 Herbal tea? -Getverderrie. 84 00:17:40,458 --> 00:17:42,581 I have a present. -How sweet. 85 00:17:42,754 --> 00:17:45,538 A talisman from my country. 86 00:17:47,632 --> 00:17:51,331 Good that it brings happiness, because it's ugly. 87 00:17:51,508 --> 00:17:54,217 Always keep it next to your bed and don't complain. 88 00:17:54,388 --> 00:17:58,929 Promise. And thank you. Wake me up at three o'clock, you rascal. 89 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:02,185 It's funny when you call me rascal. 90 00:21:25,809 --> 00:21:28,895 I don't love you guys. 91 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:34,431 Bravo! 92 00:21:43,038 --> 00:21:45,611 Enjoyed the performance? 93 00:21:47,168 --> 00:21:48,955 Partially. 94 00:21:49,125 --> 00:21:52,790 That thump made a lot clear. To start at the beginning... 95 00:21:52,963 --> 00:21:54,706 Why not at the end? 96 00:21:54,882 --> 00:21:58,416 Talia Concept likes to provoke. -Don't bother. 97 00:21:58,593 --> 00:22:01,132 There are more important things then provoke me. 98 00:22:01,306 --> 00:22:05,007 And talk in the third person becomes unbearable. 99 00:22:05,187 --> 00:22:06,383 What are you reading? 100 00:22:06,562 --> 00:22:10,311 I don't have to read. I live on extrasensory vibrations. 101 00:22:10,484 --> 00:22:16,482 Leaving aside the extrasensory, what do you mean by vibrations? 102 00:22:16,653 --> 00:22:22,110 The poetry of vibrations is not to express in ordinary words. 103 00:22:22,287 --> 00:22:27,244 Try it anyway. -An artist doesn't have to explain anything. 104 00:22:27,417 --> 00:22:32,162 Then I write: 'She lives on vibrations, but don't know what they are'. 105 00:22:32,337 --> 00:22:36,629 I don't like this interview. I sense a conflict in you. 106 00:22:36,801 --> 00:22:40,252 Conflict as vibration? -Like bullshit. 107 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:42,883 I was abused by my mother's boyfriend. 108 00:22:43,056 --> 00:22:47,184 No, I want to know what a vibration is. 109 00:22:50,355 --> 00:22:52,897 My radar to intercept the world. 110 00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:55,143 What do you mean by that? 111 00:22:56,072 --> 00:23:00,397 What a whiner you are. We started wrong. 112 00:23:00,573 --> 00:23:06,158 Talia Concept would like to be in your newspaper with many readers. But you are biased. 113 00:23:06,328 --> 00:23:11,784 Ask how she has sex eleven times a day with her conceptual artist. 114 00:23:11,961 --> 00:23:15,295 He covers basketballs with confetti, sensational. 115 00:23:15,464 --> 00:23:19,130 Talia Concept names things which I don't understand at all. 116 00:23:19,302 --> 00:23:22,219 Your nonsense cannot be published. 117 00:23:22,388 --> 00:23:26,964 I won't let myself be taken in by 'this artist doesn't have to explain anything'. 118 00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:32,681 Our newspaper has a core to it developed readers, that's what I work for. 119 00:23:32,856 --> 00:23:38,775 Then let me tell you about my heavy, but indispensable journey as an artist. 120 00:23:38,946 --> 00:23:40,489 Indispensable for whom? 121 00:23:40,657 --> 00:23:45,069 Dear God, what is a vibration? 122 00:23:46,038 --> 00:23:48,193 I don't know. -No. 123 00:23:48,369 --> 00:23:51,455 You're an obsessive asshole. 124 00:23:51,624 --> 00:23:55,409 I'll ask your director for a journalist with more stature. 125 00:23:55,589 --> 00:24:03,300 One piece of advice: Be careful with that concept of stature. She is a dwarf. 126 00:24:04,347 --> 00:24:07,385 Yep, this is screaming. 127 00:24:07,559 --> 00:24:11,689 Fine, but I don't do interviews anymore with head bangers. 128 00:24:12,728 --> 00:24:15,814 Have you discovered the trick? -Foam rubber. 129 00:24:15,981 --> 00:24:22,069 Amateur theater is not dead. You didn't mind that stature? 130 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,860 Are you crazy, that was the best part. 131 00:24:26,036 --> 00:24:31,163 After all, I'm a dwarf. That's it first and last thing they say about me. 132 00:24:31,335 --> 00:24:35,119 You're great. You have the career you deserve. 133 00:24:35,298 --> 00:24:38,794 You didn't make the career that you deserve. 134 00:24:38,963 --> 00:24:41,455 Maybe I don't have much to say. 135 00:24:41,634 --> 00:24:45,133 Nonsense, you're lazy. You always stay in Rome. 136 00:24:45,306 --> 00:24:50,134 Go to Giglio and finally make it that report about the Costa Concordia. 137 00:24:54,775 --> 00:24:57,980 Reheated rice always tastes better, right? 138 00:24:58,153 --> 00:25:00,557 The old is better than the new. 139 00:25:01,568 --> 00:25:03,527 What are you doing tonight, chérie? 140 00:25:03,695 --> 00:25:07,529 To paraphrase the great De Blasi who preceded me: 141 00:25:07,699 --> 00:25:11,454 Tonight I'm making two things: soup and a seesaw. 142 00:25:11,622 --> 00:25:15,832 Are they opposite to each other? -That's what I asked too. 143 00:25:16,007 --> 00:25:21,958 And she answered, No, Both make you feel hot. 144 00:25:24,099 --> 00:25:29,547 A fairly large publisher in Ancona wants to publish an interview book of yours. 145 00:25:33,938 --> 00:25:38,401 Did you hear it yet? "Like I always say." Against whom? Never mind. 146 00:25:38,568 --> 00:25:42,778 Who buys a book with the title: Visions and revisions... 147 00:25:45,163 --> 00:25:46,984 That's a serious title. 148 00:25:47,162 --> 00:25:52,281 To be taken seriously, you have to take yourself seriously. 149 00:25:52,457 --> 00:25:56,668 My only novel is forty years old and nowhere to be found anymore. 150 00:25:56,835 --> 00:26:00,038 What now? The human apparatus was a masterpiece. 151 00:26:00,216 --> 00:26:02,293 You won that thingy prize... 152 00:26:02,466 --> 00:26:05,136 The Bancarella. -Precisely. 153 00:26:05,303 --> 00:26:08,720 Very nice of you, but forget it. It's too pedantic. 154 00:26:08,891 --> 00:26:12,339 No, that's not possible. Then I'll get into trouble. 155 00:26:12,516 --> 00:26:16,644 I've already signed and received an advance. 156 00:26:16,815 --> 00:26:20,515 1500 euros. -Give it back, I'll give it to you. 157 00:26:20,692 --> 00:26:25,653 I spoke to the theater people. You get three evenings. 158 00:26:25,825 --> 00:26:28,862 You have to pay for the light yourself. -That's okay. 159 00:26:29,037 --> 00:26:31,326 That's great news, Yep. 160 00:26:31,497 --> 00:26:34,665 Great news. Thank you. 161 00:26:40,464 --> 00:26:43,547 Are you still up? You have to go to sleep now. 162 00:26:43,716 --> 00:26:46,423 That's Viola Bartoli, Bartoli's widow. 163 00:26:46,595 --> 00:26:49,382 That guy who was murdered. 164 00:26:49,557 --> 00:26:53,937 She has a 50 meter yacht that once belonged to Himmler. 165 00:26:54,106 --> 00:26:56,311 Do you know what I call her? 166 00:26:56,482 --> 00:26:59,188 How? -'Don't shit.' 167 00:26:59,361 --> 00:27:02,938 Please explain. -She's very precise. 168 00:27:03,109 --> 00:27:05,068 Precise people don't poop. 169 00:27:05,236 --> 00:27:08,606 When I told Trumeau to my father suggested, he said to her: 170 00:27:08,782 --> 00:27:12,282 'Before you marry, Have you seen my son poop yet?' 171 00:27:12,454 --> 00:27:15,290 Yikes. -It's not that bad. 172 00:27:15,457 --> 00:27:19,919 We are the only couple in Italy that loves each other. 173 00:27:20,088 --> 00:27:23,872 Beware his words, Orietta. -I understand. 174 00:27:24,050 --> 00:27:26,587 This world salesman is framing everyone. 175 00:27:26,758 --> 00:27:30,293 You will have lost all your money within half an hour. 176 00:27:30,471 --> 00:27:35,846 Jep always flatters me. I just have chat, even when I'm not working. 177 00:27:36,019 --> 00:27:37,929 What do you sell? -Toys. 178 00:27:38,106 --> 00:27:43,646 That sounds modest, but it sells to the whole world, including China. 179 00:27:43,822 --> 00:27:45,315 And him? 180 00:27:45,490 --> 00:27:49,270 Don't you know him? Sebastiano Paf, perhaps our greatest poet. 181 00:27:49,448 --> 00:27:55,452 He wrote: Up with life down with the vague memory. 182 00:27:56,038 --> 00:28:00,538 He lines up for Dadina. -Is he with her? 183 00:28:00,711 --> 00:28:03,462 He does, but her? -Just like at school. 184 00:28:04,424 --> 00:28:06,336 Why isn't he talking? 185 00:28:06,509 --> 00:28:08,420 Because he listens. 186 00:28:10,725 --> 00:28:13,673 Stop turning your nose up. -Don't whine. 187 00:28:13,849 --> 00:28:16,719 Jep has found a theater. 188 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:21,722 Do you want the leading role? -I don't act anymore, I write. 189 00:28:21,902 --> 00:28:24,025 Maybe... 190 00:28:24,193 --> 00:28:26,269 ...I'm going to direct a movie. 191 00:28:26,447 --> 00:28:30,990 Viola, darling. -You have to help me with my son. 192 00:28:31,164 --> 00:28:32,907 What can I do? 193 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:36,907 Talk to him. You are good with strangers. 194 00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:40,785 That's the drama, we're better with strangers. Does he have therapy? 195 00:28:40,961 --> 00:28:43,713 But he wants to stop that. 196 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:48,376 Go to a psychiatrist, he fills him with pills. 197 00:28:48,552 --> 00:28:50,379 That's even worse for him. 198 00:28:50,556 --> 00:28:54,055 Relax, he's always been strange. 199 00:28:54,226 --> 00:28:57,641 Do you have the endive quiche from Ah� have you tasted it yet? 200 00:28:57,815 --> 00:29:01,096 It tastes better the first time than my mother's. 201 00:29:01,271 --> 00:29:04,391 Do me a favor and taste a piece. 202 00:29:10,657 --> 00:29:13,409 Do you have a different hair color? 203 00:29:13,577 --> 00:29:16,781 Right now I'm feeling pirandellian. 204 00:29:18,248 --> 00:29:21,167 Good jazz, huh? -Not like that. 205 00:29:21,337 --> 00:29:25,329 The only interesting jazz is the Ethiopian. 206 00:29:25,503 --> 00:29:27,130 I'm from Milan. 207 00:29:27,297 --> 00:29:31,248 To be honest, I think Romans insufferable. 208 00:29:31,428 --> 00:29:35,343 The best residents are the tourists. -Take all of Italy. 209 00:29:35,516 --> 00:29:39,263 What are we famous for? Fashion and pizza, that's it. 210 00:29:39,438 --> 00:29:41,846 Tailors and pizza makers. 211 00:29:42,023 --> 00:29:46,401 You make the whole world happy with toys... 212 00:29:46,571 --> 00:29:49,770 ...and you are gloomy and pessimistic. You are dark. 213 00:29:49,947 --> 00:29:51,571 Why dark? 214 00:29:51,739 --> 00:29:56,152 Gisella Montanelli loves loan sharks borrowed to pay the hairdresser. 215 00:29:56,328 --> 00:29:59,367 Jep called me dark. -Has she sunk that low? 216 00:29:59,539 --> 00:30:05,164 Yet Rome is the only city where Marxism really existed. 217 00:30:05,338 --> 00:30:08,460 Here you can't spend a week above others protrude. 218 00:30:08,637 --> 00:30:11,671 You are immediately taken back to mediocrity. 219 00:30:11,849 --> 00:30:14,929 Rome is pure collectivism. 220 00:30:15,097 --> 00:30:18,799 Pure collectivism. What nonsense. 221 00:30:18,976 --> 00:30:22,227 Flaubert wanted to write a novel about Nothingness. 222 00:30:22,398 --> 00:30:26,018 With you he had a masterpiece can write. Unfortunately. 223 00:30:27,237 --> 00:30:28,732 You're a misogynist. 224 00:30:28,907 --> 00:30:33,033 Not everything is about you. I'm a misanthrope. 225 00:30:33,202 --> 00:30:37,327 In hatred you must be ambitious. -Dark man. 226 00:30:37,495 --> 00:30:40,995 Well, no, I am completely transparent. 227 00:31:30,424 --> 00:31:32,048 Lello. 228 00:31:32,217 --> 00:31:34,210 Won't you stop tonight? 229 00:31:47,611 --> 00:31:51,141 Mom, I blush when I see you. 230 00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:52,813 Andrea. 231 00:31:54,324 --> 00:31:57,444 You're crazy. -No, I'm not crazy. 232 00:31:58,410 --> 00:32:00,238 I have problems. 233 00:32:01,416 --> 00:32:04,915 'In the blinking light, love happened sit in the corner. 234 00:32:05,085 --> 00:32:07,493 Shy and distracted. That's it. 235 00:32:07,673 --> 00:32:10,841 That's why we have life no longer tolerated.' 236 00:32:11,010 --> 00:32:14,044 Geez, I haven't been quoted in ages. 237 00:32:14,217 --> 00:32:17,053 I read your book as a girl. I remembered the ending. 238 00:32:17,221 --> 00:32:21,433 Stop, my ego is being dangerously stroked. 239 00:32:21,602 --> 00:32:26,514 You must have been deeply in love when you wrote it. 240 00:32:28,861 --> 00:32:31,698 Moravia also had a similar comment. 241 00:32:31,866 --> 00:32:35,698 Just a little better argued. 242 00:32:36,992 --> 00:32:39,781 I have Piazza Navona seen in the snow. 243 00:32:39,953 --> 00:32:42,742 Oh yes? How was that? 244 00:32:42,916 --> 00:32:44,408 White. 245 00:32:47,504 --> 00:32:49,960 That's where I live when I'm in Rome. 246 00:32:50,131 --> 00:32:51,628 In the far suburb. 247 00:32:53,929 --> 00:32:55,638 What do you do beforehand? 248 00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:59,760 l? I'm rich. -Beautiful work. 249 00:33:27,289 --> 00:33:31,580 You didn't enjoy it. I'm not good at it. 250 00:33:31,755 --> 00:33:33,841 Why are you saying that now? 251 00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:39,590 It's sad to be good at it. You can become skilled. 252 00:33:40,470 --> 00:33:42,886 You didn't seem to care much. 253 00:33:44,991 --> 00:33:48,424 You are very beautiful, Orietta. Very beautiful. 254 00:33:48,598 --> 00:33:53,021 I make all day long pictures of myself... 255 00:33:53,203 --> 00:33:54,764 ...to get to know me better. 256 00:33:54,941 --> 00:33:57,773 Just with my cell phone. -Interesting. 257 00:33:57,944 --> 00:34:01,330 My Facebook friends they find it very beautiful. 258 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:04,985 Certainly also nude photos? 259 00:34:06,292 --> 00:34:08,623 A few. -See? 260 00:34:08,795 --> 00:34:10,629 Do you want to see them? 261 00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:14,594 Naturally. -I'll just grab my computer. 262 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:34,063 My most important discovery just after my 65th birthday. 263 00:34:34,247 --> 00:34:39,109 I can't waste any more time doing things against my will. 264 00:35:07,976 --> 00:35:12,520 When I arrived in Rome at twenty-six... 265 00:35:12,691 --> 00:35:15,979 ...I ended up pretty quickly... 266 00:35:16,154 --> 00:35:19,240 ...almost without realizing it... 267 00:35:19,406 --> 00:35:24,034 ...in what you might define as the maelstrom of mundane life. 268 00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:30,658 But I didn't simply want to be a sophisticated person. 269 00:35:30,835 --> 00:35:35,462 Sacconi must take the lead, because Antonini is a big bastard. 270 00:35:38,846 --> 00:35:43,057 I wanted to be the king of the mundane life. 271 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,631 And I succeeded. 272 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:55,147 I didn't just want to participate at the parties. 273 00:35:57,405 --> 00:36:01,532 I wanted power to make them fail. 274 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:33,187 Gambardella? -That's me. 275 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:37,270 Sorry for taking you by surprise. 276 00:36:37,443 --> 00:36:41,144 I'm Alfredo Marti. -Nice to meet you. Yep. 277 00:36:41,325 --> 00:36:45,024 But that's my house. -I don't want to disturb you. 278 00:36:46,579 --> 00:36:48,073 Just say the word. 279 00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:51,795 I'm the husband by Elisa De Santis. 280 00:36:57,674 --> 00:36:59,752 Do you have children? 281 00:36:59,929 --> 00:37:03,506 No, I couldn't get them. 282 00:37:05,263 --> 00:37:06,757 I do. 283 00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:11,053 I could. 284 00:37:12,771 --> 00:37:14,266 I'm sorry. 285 00:37:15,234 --> 00:37:16,727 I'm sorry. 286 00:37:17,861 --> 00:37:20,565 She could do it too. 287 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:23,449 Elisha has died. 288 00:37:24,991 --> 00:37:26,486 Yesterday. 289 00:37:55,272 --> 00:37:58,642 Alfredo, if there's anything I can do, do you know where i live. 290 00:38:06,871 --> 00:38:09,908 Don't leave me alone, please. 291 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,674 We were married for 35 years... 292 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:27,463 ...but Elisha has always loved you. 293 00:38:31,561 --> 00:38:34,100 What are you saying, Alfredo? 294 00:38:34,274 --> 00:38:37,556 We had a little thing when we were young. 295 00:38:38,401 --> 00:38:42,149 I believe she left me. It's been a long time. 296 00:38:42,323 --> 00:38:46,568 Yes, she left you on September 8, 1970. 297 00:38:46,743 --> 00:38:48,237 Exactly. 298 00:38:50,499 --> 00:38:55,326 You are overcome with grief. -I'm not. 299 00:38:55,503 --> 00:39:00,047 Elisa always has loved by one man: 300 00:39:00,213 --> 00:39:02,372 From you. -How can you say that? 301 00:39:02,547 --> 00:39:06,417 I never saw her again and you were always together. 302 00:39:06,593 --> 00:39:10,673 I found a diary of hers with a lock on it. 303 00:39:12,601 --> 00:39:14,309 I broke that open. 304 00:39:17,023 --> 00:39:20,773 I write for a living and believe me... 305 00:39:20,946 --> 00:39:25,603 ...when you write, you use your imagination and just make something up. 306 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:29,280 And I was alone a good partner. 307 00:39:30,284 --> 00:39:33,618 That's all she writes about me. 308 00:39:34,793 --> 00:39:37,662 35 years together... 309 00:39:37,838 --> 00:39:42,748 ...and I become twice called a good partner. 310 00:39:49,344 --> 00:39:51,006 Please. 311 00:39:59,109 --> 00:40:00,601 What are you going to do now? 312 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:04,238 What I've always done. 313 00:40:05,909 --> 00:40:08,612 Live in adoration for her. 314 00:40:45,863 --> 00:40:47,358 What is he doing? 315 00:41:16,647 --> 00:41:18,140 Well done. 316 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:42,333 Have you seen my daughter? -Your daughter? No. 317 00:41:47,345 --> 00:41:48,836 Francesca? 318 00:42:10,241 --> 00:42:11,736 Who are you? 319 00:42:13,911 --> 00:42:15,404 Who am I? 320 00:42:16,956 --> 00:42:19,909 I am... -No, you're nobody. 321 00:42:22,836 --> 00:42:24,331 Nobody? 322 00:42:25,589 --> 00:42:27,083 But I... 323 00:42:52,494 --> 00:42:54,407 Where are you now? 324 00:42:54,579 --> 00:42:56,457 I've been looking for you for an hour. 325 00:43:05,712 --> 00:43:08,337 Is sir sad? -No. 326 00:43:08,506 --> 00:43:14,262 Mister feels strange. -I prefer to see Mr. sad. 327 00:43:14,429 --> 00:43:19,057 Are you going to sleep? -Yesterday I was already asleep at half past ten. 328 00:43:19,229 --> 00:43:20,722 What should I do now? 329 00:43:21,731 --> 00:43:26,059 The morning is an unknown object for me. Unknown. 330 00:43:26,233 --> 00:43:29,650 Then sir can help me with cleaning. 331 00:43:29,820 --> 00:43:33,438 No, sir feels strange. -Sir is a villain. 332 00:43:33,616 --> 00:43:37,282 'A new group is moving within the city walls? 333 00:43:38,331 --> 00:43:42,165 Rising from the cracks of the earth a feverish steam on... 334 00:43:42,335 --> 00:43:46,833 ...which works like a filter on the blood of certain people... 335 00:43:50,509 --> 00:43:53,083 ...who has no equal.' 336 00:43:56,472 --> 00:43:59,927 What do you think? It's powerful, right? 337 00:44:00,102 --> 00:44:03,768 Why do you want D'Annunzio on stage? edit? 338 00:44:03,941 --> 00:44:06,563 D'Annunzio was always paradigmatic. 339 00:44:06,736 --> 00:44:11,233 You think you get prestige with intellectualistic antics. 340 00:44:11,407 --> 00:44:14,440 That others are better than you. That's not true. 341 00:44:14,616 --> 00:44:18,947 Try to write something of your own. I don't know... 342 00:44:19,121 --> 00:44:21,493 ...a feeling, pain. 343 00:44:21,667 --> 00:44:24,239 You're in my house for the first time. 344 00:44:24,418 --> 00:44:27,789 Don't exaggerate, this is a student flat. 345 00:44:27,966 --> 00:44:31,214 Do you have anything by the way? with that pale character? 346 00:44:31,386 --> 00:44:33,795 If only it were true. I've tried it 7000 times. 347 00:44:33,973 --> 00:44:36,343 But I don't get one kiss. 348 00:44:36,512 --> 00:44:38,721 She's a bad girl. -No, not true. 349 00:44:41,185 --> 00:44:42,730 She's problematic. -A rotten girl. 350 00:44:42,895 --> 00:44:48,602 You're too good. I recognize that kind from a distance and don't need to know them. 351 00:44:48,779 --> 00:44:52,312 What are you doing? -My morning exercise. 352 00:44:52,492 --> 00:44:53,983 Is this gymnastics? 353 00:44:55,452 --> 00:44:59,867 Have you counted all your wives? -I'm bad at math. 354 00:45:00,039 --> 00:45:04,664 I can count well. -Because there are six. 355 00:45:04,832 --> 00:45:07,671 I introduced them to you. -Seven. 356 00:45:08,714 --> 00:45:10,205 Seven? 357 00:45:10,839 --> 00:45:13,414 When did it become seven? -Last summer. 358 00:45:13,594 --> 00:45:17,342 A friend of my sister's when I visited my family in Nepi. 359 00:45:17,517 --> 00:45:19,639 She has a haberdashery shop. 360 00:45:21,435 --> 00:45:24,388 She's nice. -Then she's shit. 361 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:29,474 And you with Orietta? -Who is that? 362 00:45:29,649 --> 00:45:33,186 She was at your house. A beautiful woman. 363 00:45:33,363 --> 00:45:36,282 At my age, pretty isn't enough. 364 00:45:50,588 --> 00:45:53,375 Maybe I'll write again. 365 00:45:53,550 --> 00:45:56,834 That's fantastic news, Jep. 366 00:45:57,013 --> 00:45:58,803 Did something happen? 367 00:46:03,562 --> 00:46:04,805 What do you mean? 368 00:46:04,980 --> 00:46:09,809 If you want to write again after all these years, something happened. 369 00:46:12,736 --> 00:46:15,821 Something is always happening in Rome. Nothing happened. 370 00:46:20,954 --> 00:46:22,447 What do you see? 371 00:46:24,248 --> 00:46:25,744 Come see. 372 00:46:33,635 --> 00:46:37,250 They met ten days ago met at university. 373 00:46:37,428 --> 00:46:41,889 They've been kissing for ten days now uninterrupted. 374 00:46:51,945 --> 00:46:54,400 I hate the young generation. 375 00:46:54,573 --> 00:47:00,525 The state maintains them for years and years they leave for America and London... 376 00:47:00,703 --> 00:47:04,484 ...ungrateful as they are. They have no civilian vocation. 377 00:47:04,662 --> 00:47:08,328 During the faculty occupation I defected from a civilian calling. 378 00:47:08,499 --> 00:47:11,207 Did you have a civilian calling? -Yes, why? 379 00:47:11,378 --> 00:47:13,537 Make it now. -What do you know about that? 380 00:47:13,715 --> 00:47:17,300 You were playing the loose in Naples with your bourgeois girls... 381 00:47:17,469 --> 00:47:21,420 ...and wrote your only novel. -The Great History passed me by. 382 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:25,644 A novel? He has written a masterpiece. 383 00:47:25,808 --> 00:47:31,849 Jep was never interested in a civilian career. One was lazy and the other was hyperactive. 384 00:47:32,025 --> 00:47:36,238 Stop flirting with your idol. You're pathetic. 385 00:47:36,404 --> 00:47:39,442 The human apparatuswas a very limited and frivolous book... 386 00:47:39,617 --> 00:47:41,445 ...and just as pretentious as its title. 387 00:47:41,620 --> 00:47:45,489 Jep knows that, because he has nothing left written. 388 00:47:45,668 --> 00:47:49,032 And what about you? -I wanted to change things with literature. 389 00:47:49,209 --> 00:47:53,671 Eleven committed novels and the history of the party. 390 00:47:53,838 --> 00:47:59,379 Plus your part in that reality show... -The girls' farm. 391 00:47:59,554 --> 00:48:04,763 Working in TV is very formative. I always accept their invitation. 392 00:48:04,935 --> 00:48:10,523 I get my hands dirty, I experiment. I don't live like a snob. 393 00:48:10,692 --> 00:48:15,979 Do you mean a committed writer? an advantage, a safe conduct has... 394 00:48:16,152 --> 00:48:20,568 ...towards someone who writes about feelings? 395 00:48:20,743 --> 00:48:22,235 Of course she says that. 396 00:48:22,411 --> 00:48:25,662 The stakes in someone's personal life is not secondary. 397 00:48:25,831 --> 00:48:27,955 Take starting a family. 398 00:48:28,125 --> 00:48:32,705 Dedicate and sacrifice every day for the education of children. 399 00:48:32,881 --> 00:48:36,922 Eusebio and I have four, we make a plan together. 400 00:48:37,091 --> 00:48:39,631 I work hard to be a mother and wife. 401 00:48:39,802 --> 00:48:44,381 But at the end of the day, I have something interesting and important. 402 00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:49,351 And according to you, we childless people should embrace the idea of suicide? 403 00:48:49,523 --> 00:48:52,938 I'm not talking about you of course. -About me. 404 00:48:53,110 --> 00:48:56,693 You know how much I admire you, Dadina. You are a woman with balls. 405 00:48:56,864 --> 00:49:03,444 Do you also use that in your eleven novels? -Yes, I try to be modern. 406 00:49:03,618 --> 00:49:05,576 Modernity with balls. -It's all about taste... 407 00:49:05,743 --> 00:49:10,905 What certainties. Should I envy you or loathe you? 408 00:49:11,082 --> 00:49:13,409 Yes, I have certainties. 409 00:49:13,588 --> 00:49:16,042 I'm 53. -You wouldn't say. 410 00:49:16,215 --> 00:49:19,669 I'm 53, I've suffered, I'm back up again... 411 00:49:19,844 --> 00:49:22,252 ...and now I have learned a lot from life. 412 00:49:23,848 --> 00:49:28,008 You have nothing more to say. -I just took a sip. 413 00:49:28,182 --> 00:49:32,647 We don't want to embarrass you, because we love you. 414 00:49:32,814 --> 00:49:39,780 But behind that boast, that ostentatious use of I, I, I... 415 00:49:39,947 --> 00:49:47,160 ...you hide your contemptuous judgments vulnerability and a whole bunch of lies. 416 00:49:47,330 --> 00:49:49,901 We love you, we know you well. 417 00:49:50,079 --> 00:49:54,030 We also know our untruths and that's why we chat... 418 00:49:54,209 --> 00:49:57,079 ...in trivial matters, gossip... 419 00:49:57,253 --> 00:50:00,677 ...because we don't like each other take in narrow-mindedness. 420 00:50:00,846 --> 00:50:05,559 What lies? Everything I say is true. That's me, that's what I believe. 421 00:50:05,729 --> 00:50:10,136 I like to remain a gentleman. Don't deprive me of my only security. 422 00:50:10,310 --> 00:50:15,514 No, now tell me my lies and my vulnerability. 423 00:50:15,698 --> 00:50:18,438 I'm a woman with balls. Speak up. 424 00:50:19,663 --> 00:50:23,350 On 'woman with balls' any gentleman would fail. 425 00:50:23,528 --> 00:50:27,313 You ask for it yourself. In no particular order: 426 00:50:27,491 --> 00:50:30,840 Nobody remembers your civilian calling. 427 00:50:31,005 --> 00:50:35,457 Many do remember your other calling... 428 00:50:35,626 --> 00:50:39,790 ...that you put into practice in the toilets at the university. 429 00:50:39,974 --> 00:50:44,378 You wrote party history because you was the mistress of the party leader. 430 00:50:44,550 --> 00:50:50,071 Your eleven novels with a small publisher subsidized by the party... 431 00:50:50,232 --> 00:50:53,891 ...were by party-affiliated newspapers discussed... 432 00:50:54,068 --> 00:50:56,849 ...and are insignificant, everyone says that. 433 00:50:57,026 --> 00:51:02,273 I'm not saying my novel is better, you're right about that. 434 00:51:02,450 --> 00:51:05,454 Your relationship with Eusebio. 435 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:11,947 Eusebio is in love with Giordano, everyone has known that for years. 436 00:51:12,118 --> 00:51:16,072 They have lunch at Arnaldo's every day under the coat rack... 437 00:51:16,248 --> 00:51:20,202 ...like lovers under the tree. Everyone turns a blind eye. 438 00:51:20,377 --> 00:51:25,256 Costs dedication to your children you sacrifice so much? 439 00:51:25,423 --> 00:51:28,299 You work in TV, go out every day... 440 00:51:28,469 --> 00:51:32,470 ...even on Mondays when there are no poppers are dealt. 441 00:51:32,641 --> 00:51:37,227 Your children don't see you not even during your long holidays. 442 00:51:37,405 --> 00:51:42,189 Plus you have a butler, a valet... 443 00:51:42,361 --> 00:51:48,360 ...a cook, a driver who takes care of the children takes away, three child minders. 444 00:51:48,532 --> 00:51:53,115 So when do those sacrifices of you imagine? 445 00:51:53,289 --> 00:51:56,373 Those are your lies and vulnerability. 446 00:51:59,093 --> 00:52:01,958 Stefania, mother and wife. 447 00:52:02,136 --> 00:52:06,466 You're 53, with a ruined life, like all of us. 448 00:52:07,889 --> 00:52:14,603 So don't lecture us, full of antipathy, but regard us with affection. 449 00:52:15,939 --> 00:52:20,647 We are all desperate and can nothing but looking at each other... 450 00:52:20,820 --> 00:52:24,733 ...keep each other company and make some jokes. 451 00:52:24,907 --> 00:52:26,401 Not? 452 00:55:12,493 --> 00:55:13,988 Now get some! 453 00:55:15,663 --> 00:55:18,073 Beautiful Egidio. -Jerk. 454 00:55:18,249 --> 00:55:20,823 I haven't seen you in thirty years. 455 00:55:33,515 --> 00:55:36,599 I need to talk to you. -Later. You can see I'm busy, right? 456 00:55:36,769 --> 00:55:41,516 Is this tent still yours? -Not anymore. I'm still the manager. 457 00:55:41,690 --> 00:55:45,938 You're famous, aren't you? You are in all the papers. 458 00:55:46,111 --> 00:55:50,605 All VIP parties and with everyone in bed. No time for me. 459 00:55:50,779 --> 00:55:53,449 Are you listening? This is a serious conversation. 460 00:55:53,619 --> 00:55:56,868 Are you married? -Married, divorced. 461 00:55:57,037 --> 00:56:00,990 I have a daughter: Ramona. -Is that what she had to be called? 462 00:56:01,167 --> 00:56:06,590 You artists always. What does it matter that her name is that? 463 00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:11,550 What's wrong with Ramona? -It sounds so ambitious. 464 00:56:11,721 --> 00:56:14,258 There's my daughter. 465 00:56:26,655 --> 00:56:31,447 I'm furious. I keep saying it: "Stop this work, you're old." 466 00:56:31,616 --> 00:56:35,154 Now those Polish girls make it out of service. 467 00:56:35,330 --> 00:56:37,817 They cannot be stopped. 468 00:56:37,996 --> 00:56:40,748 She's 42 and wants to be a sophisticated stripper. 469 00:56:40,916 --> 00:56:44,002 But the world is no longer sophisticated. Still, Jep? 470 00:56:44,170 --> 00:56:48,418 Just the two of us. -Exactly, damn it. 471 00:56:48,591 --> 00:56:52,638 But no, she wants to keep doing this for the money. 472 00:56:52,804 --> 00:56:55,723 She needs a lot, but for what? 473 00:56:55,891 --> 00:56:59,761 Drugs? -Then we had a passion in common. 474 00:56:59,935 --> 00:57:01,675 She doesn't drink a beer yet. 475 00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:05,055 No idea why she's always broke. 476 00:57:05,232 --> 00:57:07,437 Do I look pathetic? -No. 477 00:57:07,611 --> 00:57:11,856 I hear myself talking and sound like a loser. 478 00:57:12,031 --> 00:57:15,901 I'm almost seventy and work until six o'clock every night. 479 00:57:19,790 --> 00:57:25,577 This prick became a junkie at 50. Could it be more pathetic? 480 00:57:25,749 --> 00:57:30,414 It's not about me, it's about her. I care about her. 481 00:57:30,590 --> 00:57:35,551 I'm not sad about that. I am a concerned father. 482 00:57:35,721 --> 00:57:39,887 What should she do? Not a fifty-year-old stripper after all? 483 00:57:42,564 --> 00:57:44,805 You arrange something for her. -l? 484 00:57:44,984 --> 00:57:49,523 Don't you have a friend with money? who wants a beautiful woman? 485 00:57:49,692 --> 00:57:54,273 We may change her name if necessary. You would do me a great favor. 486 00:57:54,449 --> 00:57:59,193 I'm a writer, not a matchmaker. -Sorry I was rude. 487 00:57:59,371 --> 00:58:03,320 Daddy's beautiful girl, this is my best friend Yep Gambardella. 488 00:58:03,501 --> 00:58:08,209 Make your friendship, I'm going to the toilet. See you soon. 489 00:58:09,257 --> 00:58:11,632 Pleasant, Yep. -Ramona. 490 00:58:26,026 --> 00:58:30,152 Just find a Polish girl. -Are you crazy? 491 00:58:30,992 --> 00:58:34,075 Who's looking for a girl? Not me. 492 00:58:34,242 --> 00:58:36,991 I was really a friend of your father. 493 00:58:37,701 --> 00:58:41,072 He has no friends. -When I was just in Rome... 494 00:58:41,246 --> 00:58:45,118 ...I preferred to come to him for this. He's nice. 495 00:58:45,293 --> 00:58:49,337 He taught me a lot, for example, that vodka is vulgar. 496 00:58:49,505 --> 00:58:51,878 He knows many useless things. 497 00:58:52,966 --> 00:58:57,511 I have to find you a husband. -That's a fixation of his. 498 00:58:57,683 --> 00:59:01,344 I'm not looking for a man. -Better yes. 499 00:59:01,513 --> 00:59:04,598 A family is a beautiful thing. -I know. 500 00:59:04,769 --> 00:59:07,857 But I'm not suitable for beautiful things. 501 00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:24,529 What is? 502 00:59:25,750 --> 00:59:27,373 I feel old. 503 00:59:27,540 --> 00:59:29,617 You are no longer a youngster. 504 00:59:45,938 --> 00:59:47,432 Madame Ardant. 505 01:00:00,703 --> 01:00:02,198 Bonne nuit. 506 01:01:17,070 --> 01:01:18,567 One. 507 01:01:22,578 --> 01:01:24,780 How are you? -Very good. 508 01:01:24,953 --> 01:01:28,322 Just returned from India. I had a fantastic dysentery. 509 01:01:28,499 --> 01:01:32,080 Are you coming to my divorce party? with burlesque dancers on elephants? 510 01:01:32,253 --> 01:01:36,583 I'll definitely come. Do you know a gift? -I have one big wish: 511 01:01:36,757 --> 01:01:39,964 Stop the war in the Middle East. -I'm doing my best. 512 01:01:40,137 --> 01:01:41,633 Seven hundred euros. 513 01:01:43,892 --> 01:01:47,676 Say it, honey. -Maybe... 514 01:01:47,854 --> 01:01:50,770 ...the mouth, I thought. 515 01:01:50,937 --> 01:01:54,022 I'm scared. This is the first time, professor. 516 01:01:54,193 --> 01:01:58,192 Don't call me professor but friend or sweetheart. 517 01:01:58,363 --> 01:02:01,114 Everyone needs love. 518 01:02:01,284 --> 01:02:04,403 What zodiac sign are you, intense woman? 519 01:02:04,578 --> 01:02:06,703 Aquarius. -I thought so. 520 01:02:06,874 --> 01:02:10,623 You wanted to go back thirty years, when it always rained at the end of August? 521 01:02:10,796 --> 01:02:13,543 Happened. -It's 700. 522 01:02:19,759 --> 01:02:24,056 You were at Casagrande. -No, I don't even know that one. 523 01:02:24,222 --> 01:02:29,598 You cheated on me, honey. We follow a trajectory and you interrupted it. 524 01:02:31,398 --> 01:02:32,895 Last time. 525 01:02:39,197 --> 01:02:41,022 Goodbye then. 526 01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:45,031 The full pound. -1200 euros. 527 01:02:46,161 --> 01:02:48,737 And mom? -Very good. 528 01:02:48,914 --> 01:02:50,458 Seven. -700 euros. 529 01:02:50,625 --> 01:02:52,420 Are you bloated? 530 01:02:52,587 --> 01:02:55,544 I cherish you in my heart. -700. 531 01:02:55,715 --> 01:02:58,122 You remain a handsome man. 532 01:02:58,303 --> 01:03:00,422 You are my pride. -Thank you. 533 01:03:00,594 --> 01:03:02,214 700. -Eleven. 534 01:03:07,683 --> 01:03:11,597 Professor, I'm here for hyperhidrosis. 535 01:03:11,772 --> 01:03:16,565 What causes that nasty sweating? -In my hands. 536 01:03:20,615 --> 01:03:23,946 Pray for me, sister. -You don't need that. 537 01:03:24,117 --> 01:03:28,327 You don't know how much income tax I have to give up. 538 01:03:29,247 --> 01:03:30,742 Go ahead, sister. 539 01:03:40,342 --> 01:03:41,837 700, sister. 540 01:03:43,306 --> 01:03:44,799 Fourteen. 541 01:04:04,118 --> 01:04:06,609 Are you peeping? -I wanted to knock. 542 01:04:06,789 --> 01:04:09,625 When? -If you were more comfortable. 543 01:04:23,303 --> 01:04:27,003 What brings you here? -Just curiosity. 544 01:04:28,350 --> 01:04:31,850 I don't believe that... -I said it before. 545 01:04:32,023 --> 01:04:36,515 Do you think that every man who approaches you want to sleep with you? 546 01:04:36,691 --> 01:04:42,812 Can't he just want to get to know each other? out of healthy human curiosity? 547 01:04:42,989 --> 01:04:45,609 I don't know that. -Now yes. 548 01:04:54,795 --> 01:04:56,753 What do you do for lunch? 549 01:04:56,921 --> 01:05:00,917 I'm going to my mother with my father. -And where is the dog? 550 01:05:02,046 --> 01:05:06,876 Which dog? -People with such a villa want a dog, right? 551 01:05:07,055 --> 01:05:12,094 I had a Labrador, only nine years old ago he got fed up and ran away. 552 01:05:12,268 --> 01:05:13,974 Labradors are rotten animals. 553 01:05:14,854 --> 01:05:17,144 Cocker Spaniels too. 554 01:05:24,988 --> 01:05:26,483 Bye, Yep. 555 01:05:27,450 --> 01:05:28,943 Hello, Antonello. 556 01:05:30,371 --> 01:05:33,325 Do you know Venditti? -I know everyone. 557 01:05:34,376 --> 01:05:37,080 That must be very nice. 558 01:05:37,254 --> 01:05:41,419 It definitely makes you unhappy. -Did they disappoint you? 559 01:05:42,925 --> 01:05:44,964 I was disappointed. 560 01:05:46,597 --> 01:05:49,382 Andrea, are you with mom? -She parks the car. 561 01:05:49,555 --> 01:05:51,595 How are you? -Bad. 562 01:05:51,766 --> 01:05:56,974 Proust writes that death us this afternoon can hit. Proust is scary. 563 01:05:57,147 --> 01:05:59,934 Not tomorrow or a year from now, but this afternoon. 564 01:06:00,108 --> 01:06:04,688 It's evening, so tomorrow afternoon. -And Turgenev: 565 01:06:04,862 --> 01:06:07,406 Death had cast its gaze upon me. 566 01:06:07,577 --> 01:06:12,486 Don't take those writers so seriously. -Who should I take seriously? 567 01:06:12,661 --> 01:06:16,077 Nothing, except the menu of course. 568 01:06:18,545 --> 01:06:22,791 Things are too complicated for an individual to understand. 569 01:06:22,965 --> 01:06:27,346 Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean anything that no one can understand. 570 01:06:30,973 --> 01:06:33,891 What do you say to that? -What shall I say? 571 01:06:34,607 --> 01:06:37,054 Yep. -Hi, Viola. 572 01:06:37,937 --> 01:06:40,059 Good evening. -Viola. 573 01:06:40,230 --> 01:06:43,185 Are you ready to sit down at the table? 574 01:06:47,238 --> 01:06:48,736 How do you like him? 575 01:06:49,745 --> 01:06:51,820 He's moving forward. -Certainly. 576 01:06:51,994 --> 01:06:54,749 Things are going much better. I'm so happy. 577 01:06:54,916 --> 01:06:58,832 Are you coming for dinner on Thursday? -Then I am inexplicably free. 578 01:06:59,002 --> 01:07:04,287 Do you know about Valentina Lemme? She is with her personal trainer. 579 01:07:04,472 --> 01:07:06,548 That cannot be seen. 580 01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:12,760 I asked her anyway. -Real? She's as mean as the devil. 581 01:07:14,139 --> 01:07:19,516 Really? How is it possible? I see her every week at yoga. 582 01:07:19,698 --> 01:07:21,773 You'll come, right? -Certainly. 583 01:07:21,944 --> 01:07:24,260 See you Thursday then. 584 01:07:28,951 --> 01:07:33,607 Notice that table over there, but don't let on that you're looking. 585 01:07:35,619 --> 01:07:39,616 Waiter, champagne please. Cristal, if you have. 586 01:07:39,794 --> 01:07:42,577 You have no idea how educational it is... 587 01:07:42,752 --> 01:07:46,585 ...to be in the midst of a crowd of religious institutions. 588 01:08:01,063 --> 01:08:04,231 So that was the first time for you? 589 01:08:04,410 --> 01:08:08,944 He didn't love it. It went too fast. 590 01:08:09,113 --> 01:08:12,447 So in response or something like that... 591 01:08:12,625 --> 01:08:16,278 ...he started like crazy to juggle a ball. 592 01:08:16,452 --> 01:08:20,705 And you? -I didn't like having sex with him. 593 01:08:20,883 --> 01:08:26,461 But it was unforgettable to see him working on that ball. 594 01:08:26,629 --> 01:08:30,842 He kicked it later to the national team. 595 01:08:34,764 --> 01:08:39,922 Your father said you spend all your money. You can tell me what. 596 01:08:41,486 --> 01:08:43,970 Maybe someday I'll tell you that. 597 01:08:44,145 --> 01:08:48,274 Why don't you write anymore? -Too much nightlife. 598 01:08:50,404 --> 01:08:52,869 Rome takes you so much time. 599 01:08:53,038 --> 01:08:57,873 It's distracting. To write you need peace and concentration. 600 01:08:58,047 --> 01:09:03,870 That doesn't seem like an answer to me. It's as quiet here, just like Fiuggi. 601 01:09:04,043 --> 01:09:09,469 I wrote in short spurts, as in the hundred meters. 602 01:09:14,388 --> 01:09:17,057 I told you my first time. 603 01:09:17,223 --> 01:09:20,641 Now it's your turn, tell me. 604 01:09:29,403 --> 01:09:32,902 On an island, in the summer. 605 01:09:33,074 --> 01:09:37,573 I was eighteen years old and she was twenty. 606 01:09:39,374 --> 01:09:41,330 At the lighthouse, at night. 607 01:09:44,253 --> 01:09:47,504 I wanted to kiss her, but she turned away. 608 01:09:49,256 --> 01:09:50,882 I was disappointed. 609 01:09:52,970 --> 01:09:55,296 But then she looked at me again... 610 01:09:56,640 --> 01:10:01,353 ...she caressed my lips and she smelled of flowers. 611 01:10:03,148 --> 01:10:07,693 I didn't move, I couldn't have moved. 612 01:10:11,448 --> 01:10:15,657 Then she took a step back and said... 613 01:10:21,958 --> 01:10:23,998 She took a step back... 614 01:10:28,384 --> 01:10:30,126 ...and she said... 615 01:10:45,940 --> 01:10:48,232 I'm going home. It's late. 616 01:10:48,403 --> 01:10:50,976 Are you going to a party tomorrow night? 617 01:11:39,995 --> 01:11:42,453 Top, top, top. 618 01:11:42,623 --> 01:11:45,495 Did you want us to die tonight? 619 01:11:45,670 --> 01:11:49,366 Seriously, I love knife throwers. 620 01:11:49,546 --> 01:11:52,036 What a similarity, especially the hip line. 621 01:11:52,214 --> 01:11:57,045 A masterpiece, Geronimo. It fits nicely above the chimney. 622 01:12:55,032 --> 01:12:57,572 May God bless you, Jep. 623 01:12:57,743 --> 01:13:01,738 This is Ramona. -What a unique, beautiful creature. 624 01:13:01,908 --> 01:13:05,031 Is he cheating on me? -Hard to say. 625 01:13:05,204 --> 01:13:09,155 I was sincere. You missed Geronimo. 626 01:13:09,335 --> 01:13:13,748 We'll think of a reason. -Welcome, make yourself at home. 627 01:13:13,924 --> 01:13:16,130 Who is that asshole? -Lillo De Gregorio. 628 01:13:16,303 --> 01:13:19,554 The greatest art collector of this wicked country. 629 01:13:19,722 --> 01:13:24,382 How does that girl at Jep dress? -No idea. 630 01:13:24,558 --> 01:13:27,132 Jep is starting to disappoint a bit. 631 01:13:27,311 --> 01:13:29,933 Good evening, Countess. -Hello, Yep. 632 01:13:30,108 --> 01:13:34,901 You're in good shape. -If only that were the case for the count. 633 01:13:35,820 --> 01:13:40,651 Idiots, you're distracting my artist. -We're having fun, Dad. 634 01:13:40,827 --> 01:13:45,371 Come do some work, Carmelina. -No, I want to keep playing. 635 01:13:45,541 --> 01:13:48,243 Has that person gone crazy? -Just wait. 636 01:13:48,417 --> 01:13:52,081 I want to stay here. -Do you know what you're saying? 637 01:13:52,255 --> 01:13:58,460 The largest gallery owners are there. Show them something and we'll be happy. 638 01:13:58,635 --> 01:14:01,672 I'm already happy and I'm going to become a veterinarian. 639 01:14:01,848 --> 01:14:03,343 To bed you guys. 640 01:14:03,518 --> 01:14:07,931 My children are going to sleep. It's late. Come along now. 641 01:14:08,105 --> 01:14:10,893 I'm going to sleep, I'm a child too. 642 01:14:16,068 --> 01:14:18,524 She blushed and said: 643 01:14:18,698 --> 01:14:23,077 'Forgive me, I didn't know that you loved me so much. 644 01:14:23,245 --> 01:14:26,283 My ignorance is obscene.” 645 01:14:27,124 --> 01:14:29,333 He looks at her reassuringly and says: 646 01:14:29,502 --> 01:14:32,836 "Let me protect our love." 647 01:14:33,008 --> 01:14:35,628 How do you find that beginning? of the second act? 648 01:14:35,801 --> 01:14:37,707 What a piece of shit. 649 01:17:35,773 --> 01:17:37,600 That girl was crying. 650 01:17:37,777 --> 01:17:41,642 No, that girl makes millions. 651 01:17:41,825 --> 01:17:43,316 Excuse me for a moment. 652 01:17:46,579 --> 01:17:48,071 Hello, Stefano. 653 01:17:50,289 --> 01:17:52,113 Catering is declining. 654 01:17:52,291 --> 01:17:55,658 Rome is declining. -Downhill. 655 01:17:59,298 --> 01:18:01,672 Do you still have that suitcase with you? 656 01:18:04,469 --> 01:18:07,091 Always. -Are you up for it? 657 01:19:14,122 --> 01:19:15,619 See? 658 01:19:20,673 --> 01:19:25,581 Stefano has the keys of the most beautiful palaces in Rome. 659 01:19:26,551 --> 01:19:29,754 Is he a doorman? -No... 660 01:19:29,930 --> 01:19:31,754 ...he's not a doorman. 661 01:19:32,683 --> 01:19:35,389 He is friends with the princesses. 662 01:19:38,314 --> 01:19:39,809 Finished? 663 01:19:41,527 --> 01:19:42,642 Come along. 664 01:21:47,241 --> 01:21:49,561 Good evening, princesses. 665 01:22:05,216 --> 01:22:07,587 Why do you have all those keys? 666 01:22:09,385 --> 01:22:10,880 Because... 667 01:22:12,552 --> 01:22:14,676 ...I am reliable. 668 01:22:30,283 --> 01:22:34,611 Do you see that? It seemed huge, but it is tiny. 669 01:22:36,037 --> 01:22:39,370 Stop for a moment for a photo. Don't move. 670 01:22:43,379 --> 01:22:45,833 That's not good. Let's laugh. 671 01:22:48,261 --> 01:22:52,387 Finished? -Yes, this one is good. 672 01:23:45,774 --> 01:23:48,398 Many think that a funeral... 673 01:23:48,568 --> 01:23:52,521 ...is a chance meeting without rules. 674 01:23:52,697 --> 01:23:54,854 That's not true. 675 01:23:55,029 --> 01:23:58,899 A funeral is a mundane appointment par excellence. 676 01:24:00,585 --> 01:24:04,712 A funeral, never forget that... 677 01:24:04,876 --> 01:24:06,835 ...is a stage performance. 678 01:24:11,520 --> 01:24:13,331 Beautiful... 679 01:24:13,513 --> 01:24:15,674 ...but try the other one. 680 01:24:17,344 --> 01:24:22,808 People wait patiently for the relatives have broken away from the crowd. 681 01:24:22,979 --> 01:24:28,434 And only when one determines that all the guests have sat down... 682 01:24:28,610 --> 01:24:32,308 ...one may offer condolences to the family. 683 01:24:32,487 --> 01:24:36,269 That way everyone can see you. 684 01:24:37,282 --> 01:24:39,654 You take the hands of the grieving... 685 01:24:39,829 --> 01:24:43,740 ...puts your hands on his arms. 686 01:24:43,918 --> 01:24:50,176 You whisper something in your ear, something with certainty and authority. 687 01:24:50,344 --> 01:24:55,225 For example: 'In the coming days... 688 01:24:55,392 --> 01:24:58,090 ...when you feel the emptiness... 689 01:24:58,275 --> 01:25:02,886 ...then know that you always can count on me.' 690 01:25:04,355 --> 01:25:07,851 The audience wonders: 691 01:25:08,020 --> 01:25:10,940 What does that Jep Gambardella say? 692 01:25:24,410 --> 01:25:26,737 This is definitely the right dress. 693 01:25:31,257 --> 01:25:36,756 You are allowed to withdraw in a corner... 694 01:25:36,925 --> 01:25:40,434 ...as if to meditate on one's own sorrow. 695 01:25:41,848 --> 01:25:46,893 But there is one more thing to this competence required: 696 01:25:47,061 --> 01:25:51,559 The chosen place must be at the same time to be secluded... 697 01:25:51,740 --> 01:25:54,482 ...but clearly visible to the public. 698 01:25:54,656 --> 01:26:01,030 Furthermore, a performance is successful if: it is free from any superfluity. 699 01:26:03,538 --> 01:26:05,498 So a basic rule is: 700 01:26:06,999 --> 01:26:10,170 Crying is never allowed at a funeral become. 701 01:26:10,345 --> 01:26:13,916 You can't steal the show of the family. 702 01:26:14,086 --> 01:26:16,878 That is not allowed. 703 01:26:20,428 --> 01:26:22,137 Because it is immoral. 704 01:27:00,512 --> 01:27:02,005 Viola... 705 01:27:10,773 --> 01:27:15,434 Know that if you are in the coming days the emptiness feels... 706 01:27:16,866 --> 01:27:19,319 ...you can always count on me. 707 01:28:09,377 --> 01:28:15,079 Then I now ask Andrea's friends to come forward... 708 01:28:16,673 --> 01:28:19,592 ...to carry the coffin outside. 709 01:28:42,658 --> 01:28:44,154 Your back. 710 01:29:55,398 --> 01:29:57,855 It was nice not to have sex. 711 01:29:59,195 --> 01:30:02,317 It was beautiful to love. 712 01:30:02,491 --> 01:30:06,074 I forgot what that feels like. 713 01:30:12,998 --> 01:30:15,622 I spend all my money on my healing. 714 01:30:24,762 --> 01:30:26,258 Breakfast. 715 01:30:27,973 --> 01:30:31,344 Get up, we're going to a sea monster. 716 01:30:53,084 --> 01:30:54,579 Your breakfast. 717 01:30:56,881 --> 01:30:58,791 Five more minutes. 718 01:31:05,971 --> 01:31:07,462 Do you see the sea? 719 01:31:15,313 --> 01:31:18,684 Where? -On the ceiling. 720 01:31:25,197 --> 01:31:27,108 Yes, I see the sea. 721 01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:04,707 And who will take care of you now? 722 01:33:19,982 --> 01:33:24,023 I'm sorry about your daughter. My condolences. 723 01:33:50,387 --> 01:33:53,425 All the summers of my life... 724 01:33:53,598 --> 01:33:56,388 ...I made plans for September. 725 01:33:56,560 --> 01:33:58,057 Not anymore. 726 01:33:59,647 --> 01:34:04,310 Now I fill the summer with memories to my plans... 727 01:34:04,486 --> 01:34:06,858 ...that have passed away. 728 01:34:07,030 --> 01:34:11,411 A little out of laziness, a bit from oblivion. 729 01:34:14,371 --> 01:34:17,286 What's wrong with nostalgia? 730 01:34:19,045 --> 01:34:23,952 It's the only distraction for anyone has no confidence in the future. 731 01:34:27,886 --> 01:34:32,434 Without rain, August is coming to an end... 732 01:34:32,599 --> 01:34:34,888 ...and September isn't coming. 733 01:34:36,144 --> 01:34:38,430 And I'm so normal. 734 01:34:39,271 --> 01:34:41,975 But that's no problem. 735 01:34:42,150 --> 01:34:45,019 That's fine. 736 01:35:10,468 --> 01:35:11,965 Thank you. 737 01:35:59,312 --> 01:36:01,600 What are you doing here? 738 01:36:02,230 --> 01:36:05,601 Arturo, what are you doing here? 739 01:36:05,776 --> 01:36:09,478 What do you mean? I'm practicing for my circus act. 740 01:36:09,656 --> 01:36:13,947 The main act tomorrow night is the disappearance of the giraffe. 741 01:36:14,117 --> 01:36:19,740 Can you make that giraffe disappear? -Of course I can. 742 01:36:21,625 --> 01:36:23,997 Then let me disappear too. 743 01:36:25,378 --> 01:36:31,750 Yep, do you think that if I really could make someone disappear... 744 01:36:31,929 --> 01:36:35,546 ...me here at my age Still had acts to do? 745 01:36:37,058 --> 01:36:38,929 It's just a trick. 746 01:36:42,938 --> 01:36:45,096 It's just a trick. 747 01:36:47,946 --> 01:36:50,981 It's just a trick. 748 01:36:54,409 --> 01:36:56,616 Romano, how did it go? 749 01:36:56,787 --> 01:37:00,154 Well, they clapped. -I'm happy. 750 01:37:01,331 --> 01:37:04,283 Then why worry so much? -I don't grieve. 751 01:37:04,457 --> 01:37:06,120 What is that giraffe doing here? 752 01:37:06,292 --> 01:37:11,372 That's an act. I'll come and have a look tomorrow. -I don't perform anymore. 753 01:37:12,343 --> 01:37:15,675 It went well, right? -I'm leaving, Jep. 754 01:37:15,846 --> 01:37:19,098 I'm going back to my village for good. 755 01:37:19,267 --> 01:37:22,639 I don't even visit the house. I leave everything behind. 756 01:37:25,063 --> 01:37:29,109 I have lived in this city for forty years now. 757 01:37:29,275 --> 01:37:33,060 And I've figured out that in the end... 758 01:37:33,237 --> 01:37:37,901 ...just wanted to say hello to you. 759 01:37:40,456 --> 01:37:42,579 But why are you leaving? 760 01:37:45,088 --> 01:37:48,285 Why are you leaving, Romano? 761 01:37:48,461 --> 01:37:50,703 Rome disappointed me very much. 762 01:38:18,742 --> 01:38:20,238 See? 763 01:38:49,776 --> 01:38:52,945 Do you want coffee? -No, don't bother. 764 01:38:53,116 --> 01:38:57,575 I've come to ask you something. -Just say it. 765 01:39:01,326 --> 01:39:03,282 Why did Elisha leave me? 766 01:39:07,209 --> 01:39:09,001 I don't know. 767 01:39:09,170 --> 01:39:13,168 Didn't she write anything down? in her diary? 768 01:39:13,340 --> 01:39:16,047 I don't believe that. 769 01:39:19,182 --> 01:39:22,967 Do you mind if I ask you? can I read it? 770 01:39:23,146 --> 01:39:26,307 No, I don't mind. 771 01:39:26,476 --> 01:39:29,053 I would understand very well. 772 01:39:30,648 --> 01:39:34,315 But I can't give it to you anymore. -Why not? 773 01:39:35,238 --> 01:39:38,275 After the funeral I threw it away. 774 01:39:43,789 --> 01:39:46,494 May I introduce you to my girlfriend? 775 01:39:47,625 --> 01:39:50,459 Nice to meet you. My name is Polina. 776 01:39:53,009 --> 01:39:55,756 Like Polina in The Player by Dostoyevsky. 777 01:40:02,144 --> 01:40:04,465 What are you doing tonight? 778 01:40:05,767 --> 01:40:07,267 Nothing. 779 01:40:08,192 --> 01:40:10,858 Polina finishes the ironing. 780 01:40:11,033 --> 01:40:13,478 And then we drink a glass of red wine. 781 01:40:14,156 --> 01:40:17,768 Then we watch television and then go to bed. 782 01:40:19,367 --> 01:40:20,858 And you? 783 01:40:21,992 --> 01:40:27,418 I drink a lot of drinks, but not so much that I become a nuisance. 784 01:40:27,583 --> 01:40:30,374 And then... 785 01:40:30,545 --> 01:40:33,257 ...when you get up... 786 01:40:33,426 --> 01:40:35,628 ...I'm going to sleep. 787 01:40:42,434 --> 01:40:45,961 What beautiful people you are. 788 01:40:56,154 --> 01:40:58,905 I love polonaises. 789 01:41:02,577 --> 01:41:04,066 I'll get you. 790 01:41:07,076 --> 01:41:08,580 'Who am I?' 791 01:41:10,834 --> 01:41:14,706 Thus began a novel by Breton. 792 01:41:14,880 --> 01:41:18,212 And in a novel, of course, there is no answer. 793 01:41:18,381 --> 01:41:21,467 Did you hear from Viola? -What? 794 01:41:21,647 --> 01:41:24,090 She donates everything to the church. 795 01:41:24,261 --> 01:41:28,928 She works in the parish and wants to become a volunteer in Africa. 796 01:41:29,102 --> 01:41:34,145 The polonaises at our parties are the most beautiful in Rome. 797 01:41:34,315 --> 01:41:37,599 Do you think? -They're beautiful. 798 01:41:38,570 --> 01:41:42,519 Because they're not going anywhere. 799 01:41:53,380 --> 01:41:56,080 How is it? -Very good one, Yep. Thank you. 800 01:41:56,263 --> 01:41:58,252 Come on, it's over. 801 01:41:58,430 --> 01:42:00,795 Why did you leave me? 802 01:42:00,965 --> 01:42:04,086 Please give me an explanation. 803 01:42:05,686 --> 01:42:08,436 Go away, go away. 804 01:42:34,628 --> 01:42:36,618 Do you see all those people? 805 01:42:37,753 --> 01:42:39,548 They can't do anything. 806 01:42:40,349 --> 01:42:43,260 But I can do one thing well. 807 01:42:43,435 --> 01:42:46,385 We can do something well. 808 01:42:48,481 --> 01:42:49,970 How sweet. 809 01:43:34,192 --> 01:43:38,354 They've been asking me for years why I don't write a new novel. 810 01:43:39,652 --> 01:43:41,563 But look at those people. 811 01:43:42,904 --> 01:43:44,406 That fauna. 812 01:43:45,826 --> 01:43:49,357 This is my life and it's nothing. 813 01:43:52,496 --> 01:43:57,161 Flaubert could not write about Nothingness. Could I do it? 814 01:44:04,928 --> 01:44:07,716 Tasty. Thank you, rascal. 815 01:44:21,569 --> 01:44:24,738 What is the idea of this exhibition arise? 816 01:44:24,908 --> 01:44:27,945 The idea of these photos is not mine. 817 01:44:28,122 --> 01:44:31,207 That came from my father. 818 01:44:31,374 --> 01:44:34,789 He photographed me every day from birth. 819 01:44:34,960 --> 01:44:40,464 One photo every day. He never missed a day. 820 01:44:40,633 --> 01:44:44,880 I continued that after I turned fourteen. 821 01:44:45,053 --> 01:44:48,468 I photographed myself every day. 822 01:44:53,021 --> 01:44:54,513 Go ahead. 823 01:46:38,292 --> 01:46:41,209 Cardinal. -Eminence. 824 01:46:44,091 --> 01:46:46,926 When will the saint arrive in Rome? 825 01:46:47,094 --> 01:46:50,261 Don't call her a saint on Thursday, please. 826 01:46:50,432 --> 01:46:54,977 She is a saint, but technically not. 827 01:46:55,144 --> 01:46:58,397 Who is that cardinal, Lello? 828 01:46:58,565 --> 01:47:01,054 That's Bellucci. -Bellucci? 829 01:47:01,230 --> 01:47:05,274 The expected successor? -Exactly, the papal throne awaits him. 830 01:47:05,444 --> 01:47:07,981 I spoke to him at the carnival party at Giada Ricci. 831 01:47:08,155 --> 01:47:11,607 One day he must be the best exorcist of Europe. 832 01:47:11,785 --> 01:47:15,733 Are you kidding me? -No, I'm not laughing at the devil. 833 01:47:16,666 --> 01:47:20,164 I'm getting terribly bored. 834 01:47:21,379 --> 01:47:23,784 We are having a great time. 835 01:47:24,754 --> 01:47:27,126 You chop the duck into pieces... 836 01:47:27,299 --> 01:47:32,176 ...and let it cook for fifteen minutes on a high heat. 837 01:47:32,346 --> 01:47:35,265 And then... 838 01:47:35,433 --> 01:47:39,682 Do you still recognize me? Lello Cava, at Giada Ricci's party. 839 01:47:39,857 --> 01:47:41,730 I was dressed as an escort. 840 01:47:41,899 --> 01:47:44,569 Come on, the starter is served. 841 01:47:44,736 --> 01:47:48,777 May I introduce you to my friend the writer Jep Gambardella. 842 01:47:48,948 --> 01:47:51,319 A writer. 843 01:47:51,489 --> 01:47:56,367 This country needs writers. -I was thinking about priests before. 844 01:47:56,537 --> 01:47:59,494 Please help. -Can I ask you something? 845 01:47:59,666 --> 01:48:03,582 Of course. -For a while now... 846 01:48:09,345 --> 01:48:11,550 ...from a spiritual point of view... 847 01:48:13,388 --> 01:48:18,050 Are we going to look for polecats in the forest? -Yes, I will guide you. 848 01:48:18,228 --> 01:48:21,263 I know the forest of the Tebaldis well. 849 01:48:27,447 --> 01:48:31,823 Yep Gambardella, king of the beau monde. Are you losing weight? 850 01:48:31,995 --> 01:48:37,328 Stefania, I have been in decline for forty years. A prayer without end. 851 01:48:41,502 --> 01:48:43,578 Tell me, Stefania. 852 01:48:43,752 --> 01:48:48,004 Are we actually ever Have you slept together? 853 01:48:48,176 --> 01:48:49,670 Definitely not. 854 01:48:55,183 --> 01:48:57,343 That is a great injustice. 855 01:48:57,520 --> 01:49:00,349 We have to make that right. 856 01:49:00,519 --> 01:49:02,012 Crazy. 857 01:49:04,609 --> 01:49:06,846 Good thing, too. 858 01:49:08,525 --> 01:49:11,280 There is still something beautiful ahead. 859 01:49:14,867 --> 01:49:17,952 A bright future, Stefania. 860 01:49:53,614 --> 01:49:58,823 To be fair Catellani used few combed fabrics in recent years. 861 01:49:58,996 --> 01:50:03,126 Rebecchi remains for me the best tailor in Rome. 862 01:50:05,923 --> 01:50:09,043 But who are you? -A hardworking man. 863 01:50:09,215 --> 01:50:14,126 While you pretend to be an artist and have fun with friends... 864 01:50:14,301 --> 01:50:16,378 ...I keep this country going. 865 01:50:16,558 --> 01:50:22,310 I keep this country going but hardly anyone understands that. 866 01:50:25,275 --> 01:50:29,938 Imagine, Dadina, my neighbor was Giulio Moneta... 867 01:50:30,111 --> 01:50:33,316 ...one of the ten most searched for men in the world... 868 01:50:33,492 --> 01:50:35,568 ...and I didn't notice anything. 869 01:50:35,740 --> 01:50:39,193 You have changed. You are thoughtful. 870 01:50:41,289 --> 01:50:44,539 Maybe I should go after Romano. 871 01:50:44,711 --> 01:50:46,868 I am no longer suitable for this city life. 872 01:50:47,044 --> 01:50:51,755 Nobody's cut out for shit, spoke the queen of misfits. 873 01:50:53,053 --> 01:50:55,461 Everything around me is dying. 874 01:50:56,600 --> 01:50:59,882 People younger than me, things. 875 01:51:00,933 --> 01:51:02,425 Before my eyes. 876 01:51:02,602 --> 01:51:06,186 You suffer from it. And you don't get it. 877 01:51:13,820 --> 01:51:16,492 How's the minestrone, Jeppino? 878 01:51:18,953 --> 01:51:20,744 The soup is tasty. 879 01:51:23,127 --> 01:51:26,905 Why do you call me Jeppino? No one ever says that again. 880 01:51:27,082 --> 01:51:33,168 A friend should be a friend make you feel like a child again every now and then. 881 01:51:35,471 --> 01:51:39,513 How can I make you feel like a child? -I don't have to. 882 01:51:39,685 --> 01:51:45,391 I always feel like a child. I see the world for sixty years from child height. 883 01:51:46,401 --> 01:51:49,146 Know your sister Maria, the African missionary... 884 01:51:49,313 --> 01:51:51,353 ...that they call sacred? -Of course. 885 01:51:51,651 --> 01:51:55,603 She comes to Rome to receive something important. 886 01:51:55,782 --> 01:51:58,450 She only ever gave three interviews. 887 01:51:58,616 --> 01:52:03,031 Yours will be memorable. -It's possible, think of Giulio Moneta. 888 01:52:03,206 --> 01:52:07,703 This is different. She studied in Italy and speaks Italian. 889 01:52:07,879 --> 01:52:11,377 She's read your book and wants to meet you. 890 01:52:11,546 --> 01:52:14,300 I ordered dinner tomorrow at your home. 891 01:52:14,465 --> 01:52:17,632 Is that okay? -Excellent. 892 01:54:20,637 --> 01:54:24,470 Tomorrow I have the honor to have dinner with her. 893 01:54:24,642 --> 01:54:29,387 With the Holy Father? -No, with Jep Gambardella. 894 01:54:29,898 --> 01:54:35,687 Do you see that? The Pope has too send for the castle sisters. 895 01:55:11,188 --> 01:55:13,857 Sisters, sisters, sisters. 896 01:55:14,691 --> 01:55:16,898 Next. Perfect. 897 01:55:18,946 --> 01:55:22,282 The Red Cross Sisters. Sober. Finished? 898 01:55:22,450 --> 01:55:24,855 What beautiful young men. 899 01:55:25,034 --> 01:55:27,989 Well done. Go ahead. 900 01:55:32,416 --> 01:55:34,375 I got a call from the assistant of the saint. 901 01:55:34,545 --> 01:55:38,413 She wants Count and Countess Odescalchi also come... 902 01:55:38,591 --> 01:55:41,001 ...because they loved her so much received. 903 01:55:41,177 --> 01:55:44,714 Do you know them? -Of course, but they're not there. 904 01:55:44,892 --> 01:55:48,091 All the nobility are in London for the wedding from Philip's grandniece. 905 01:55:48,266 --> 01:55:53,260 Then the Colonna di Reggio couple. -The rental nobility? They're dead. 906 01:55:53,436 --> 01:55:55,765 Well, they are immortal. 907 01:55:55,943 --> 01:56:00,106 The saint does not notice, it's been 70 years. 908 01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:14,039 With Count Colonna. 909 01:56:14,796 --> 01:56:17,166 Yes, we are available. 910 01:56:17,338 --> 01:56:19,915 For tonight? 911 01:56:20,091 --> 01:56:24,303 We ask 250 euros per person per evening. 912 01:56:24,470 --> 01:56:27,472 Plus a rental car. 913 01:56:28,896 --> 01:56:33,771 That would be a bit humiliating for us. 914 01:56:33,943 --> 01:56:39,100 We are happy to be hired as being Collona di Reggio. 915 01:56:39,274 --> 01:56:43,321 But pretending to be Odescalchi... 916 01:56:43,488 --> 01:56:45,527 ...I don't know. 917 01:56:46,831 --> 01:56:49,661 We have fought for two centuries. 918 01:56:50,249 --> 01:56:52,287 It seems immoral to me. 919 01:56:52,457 --> 01:56:57,006 Cut the rabbit into at least twelve pieces... 920 01:56:57,174 --> 01:57:01,249 ...except the kidneys, liver and head. 921 01:57:01,421 --> 01:57:03,132 Fry it. 922 01:57:04,217 --> 01:57:08,345 Add thyme, bay leaf, rosemary and then red wine... 923 01:57:08,512 --> 01:57:11,972 ...taggiasca olives and pine nuts. 924 01:57:12,146 --> 01:57:15,806 And an hour later you have rabbit the Ligurian way. 925 01:57:15,987 --> 01:57:18,647 Sister Maria, in which monastery are you staying? 926 01:57:18,816 --> 01:57:23,527 To be honest, we are staying at Hotel Hassler at the Spanish Steps. 927 01:57:23,693 --> 01:57:26,563 Sister Maria finds this uncomfortable. 928 01:57:26,737 --> 01:57:30,952 Is Hotel Hassler uncomfortable? -It is very comfortable. 929 01:57:31,127 --> 01:57:35,126 But she's not used to it to sleep in a bed. 930 01:57:35,295 --> 01:57:38,496 She sleeps on the floor on a piece of cardboard. 931 01:57:38,668 --> 01:57:40,910 Is she going to make visits? 932 01:57:41,092 --> 01:57:45,040 She will be on her knees on the sacred stairs of the San Giovanni climb. 933 01:57:45,227 --> 01:57:48,260 Have you ever done that? -I wish I did. 934 01:57:48,432 --> 01:57:51,307 But I have a little problem with my meniscus. 935 01:57:51,477 --> 01:57:53,962 become orthopedic problems insignificant... 936 01:57:54,143 --> 01:57:58,770 ...in the prospect of a partial one indulgence that guarantees the stairs. 937 01:57:58,939 --> 01:58:03,851 That's true. Another specialty of mine... 938 01:58:04,028 --> 01:58:06,946 Does Sister Maria actually still work? with the sick? 939 01:58:07,115 --> 01:58:10,369 Twenty-two hours a day, every day. 940 01:58:10,545 --> 01:58:14,032 She washes them, feeds them. You should see her. 941 01:58:14,202 --> 01:58:18,201 Despite her age, she is still running. Tireless. 942 01:58:18,376 --> 01:58:23,204 Now she's tired actually because she is not with her sick. 943 01:58:23,380 --> 01:58:27,050 How old is she? -She will be 104 in October. 944 01:58:27,220 --> 01:58:29,508 That's old. -I thought much older. 945 01:58:29,681 --> 01:58:34,638 Longevity is, like all things, not coincidentally. 946 01:58:34,815 --> 01:58:38,980 Regarding the interview with Jep... -Interview? 947 01:58:39,152 --> 01:58:42,597 No, that must be a misconception. 948 01:58:42,774 --> 01:58:45,610 She no longer gives interviews since 1971... 949 01:58:45,778 --> 01:58:51,488 ...after the misunderstanding of the meaning of her mission in Chad. 950 01:58:57,918 --> 01:59:03,120 She called it beautiful and cruel, as the human world is. 951 01:59:03,296 --> 01:59:08,170 There is no misunderstanding here. She can check the text. 952 01:59:08,342 --> 01:59:11,550 No, I'm sorry. -Don't insist. 953 01:59:11,727 --> 01:59:15,093 I'm sorry if false hopes were raised. 954 01:59:15,267 --> 01:59:19,478 But an interview is out of the question. Absolute. 955 01:59:19,646 --> 01:59:24,190 Why do you keep talking? Let Sister Maria say something. 956 01:59:43,632 --> 01:59:44,794 Madam... 957 01:59:48,679 --> 01:59:52,890 ...I have taken the pledge of poverty. 958 01:59:54,388 --> 01:59:56,967 And about poverty... 959 01:59:57,143 --> 01:59:59,385 ...you don't talk. 960 02:00:00,776 --> 02:00:02,765 You live in that. 961 02:00:13,948 --> 02:00:19,327 What a true, correct, powerful words. Powerful. 962 02:00:22,166 --> 02:00:24,547 Do you need anything, ma'am? 963 02:00:24,719 --> 02:00:27,252 She has to go to the toilet. -Second door on the left. 964 02:00:27,423 --> 02:00:30,133 The change of diet doesn't do her any good. 965 02:00:30,304 --> 02:00:36,924 In Mali she eats alone forty grams of plant root per day. 966 02:00:37,106 --> 02:00:40,718 To keep it light, I sometimes make it in the evening... 967 02:00:40,894 --> 02:00:45,059 ...excellent bitter roots with lemon. 968 02:00:45,238 --> 02:00:48,900 Scrape off the roots with a knife... 969 02:00:49,071 --> 02:00:51,195 ...and cut them into wedges... 970 02:00:51,366 --> 02:00:57,288 Do you remember when we met? met at that wedding? 971 02:00:58,416 --> 02:01:02,363 I had the need to ask you questions... 972 02:01:02,541 --> 02:01:05,707 ...that are very close to my heart. 973 02:01:05,877 --> 02:01:10,920 Questions about faith, about the depth of spirituality. 974 02:01:11,093 --> 02:01:13,050 But you were distracted. 975 02:01:13,222 --> 02:01:15,130 You can ask them now. 976 02:01:16,644 --> 02:01:19,976 No, that makes no sense anymore. -Why not? 977 02:01:20,146 --> 02:01:26,645 It would be disappointing for me to to find that you have no answers. 978 02:01:26,821 --> 02:01:30,899 I'm just saying that the possibility is there. 979 02:01:31,075 --> 02:01:32,565 I think... 980 02:01:44,296 --> 02:01:46,504 My apologies for that earlier. 981 02:01:46,677 --> 02:01:50,123 But I would like to ask you one question. 982 02:01:51,466 --> 02:01:54,303 Is it true what is said? 983 02:01:55,016 --> 02:01:58,715 That you have a very good... 984 02:01:58,893 --> 02:02:00,887 ...was an exorcist? 985 02:02:02,688 --> 02:02:06,936 Benedicat fox omnipotens Deus. 986 02:02:07,111 --> 02:02:12,232 Pater et Fillus et Spiritus Sanctus. 987 02:02:29,759 --> 02:02:31,254 Sister Maria? 988 02:02:36,681 --> 02:02:38,888 Saint? -She's not there. 989 02:02:45,149 --> 02:02:48,936 Saint? -Her name is Sister Maria. 990 02:02:51,201 --> 02:02:53,986 Where did that damn girl go? 991 02:03:28,482 --> 02:03:29,979 My goodness. 992 02:04:05,689 --> 02:04:08,560 Come Elisabetta, let's go to sleep. 993 02:04:08,735 --> 02:04:11,900 Go ahead, I'm going upstairs. 994 02:04:13,028 --> 02:04:15,022 Don't make it late. 995 02:05:29,982 --> 02:05:33,019 In 1930 this room was... 996 02:05:33,192 --> 02:05:36,609 ...the only daughter of Princess Antonietta born.: 997 02:05:36,780 --> 02:05:39,189 EIisabetta Colonna di Reggio. 998 02:05:39,370 --> 02:05:42,406 The princess died shortly after birth. 999 02:05:42,581 --> 02:05:45,865 In these luxurious rooms brought little Elisabetta... 1000 02:05:46,043 --> 02:05:48,414 ...a happy one and a carefree youth. 1001 02:05:48,583 --> 02:05:54,207 But a few years later he became a prince Erminio Colonna di Reggio forced... 1002 02:05:54,380 --> 02:05:57,135 ...to sell the palace. 1003 02:06:34,174 --> 02:06:38,631 They migrate west. But now... 1004 02:06:38,802 --> 02:06:40,795 ...they rest. 1005 02:06:54,280 --> 02:06:55,775 You know... 1006 02:06:57,157 --> 02:07:01,817 ...that I know the baptismal names... 1007 02:07:01,991 --> 02:07:06,617 ...of all these birds? 1008 02:07:14,254 --> 02:07:15,749 Why... 1009 02:07:17,095 --> 02:07:20,425 ...you will never have a book again written? 1010 02:07:26,768 --> 02:07:29,173 I was looking for great beauty. 1011 02:07:31,104 --> 02:07:32,599 But... 1012 02:07:35,695 --> 02:07:37,570 ...I didn't find it. 1013 02:07:39,279 --> 02:07:43,860 Do you know why I... 1014 02:07:44,038 --> 02:07:47,406 ...only eats carrots? 1015 02:07:49,956 --> 02:07:51,452 No. 1016 02:07:52,836 --> 02:07:54,329 Why? 1017 02:08:01,261 --> 02:08:05,761 Because roots are important. 1018 02:10:41,591 --> 02:10:45,505 Now I want to show you something. 1019 02:11:46,743 --> 02:11:50,786 It always ends this way. With death. 1020 02:11:51,619 --> 02:11:55,534 First there was life... 1021 02:11:55,707 --> 02:12:00,915 ...hidden under blah blah blah blah blah. 1022 02:12:02,047 --> 02:12:07,675 Everything is covered in chatter and the noise. 1023 02:12:07,847 --> 02:12:11,512 The silence and the sentiment. 1024 02:12:11,684 --> 02:12:15,266 The emotion and the fear. 1025 02:12:16,186 --> 02:12:22,439 The occasional sparkles of beauty. 1026 02:12:22,610 --> 02:12:27,901 And then the awful dreariness and miserable humanity. 1027 02:12:28,951 --> 02:12:33,781 Everything covered under the blanket of discomfort about being in the world. 1028 02:12:33,957 --> 02:12:37,705 Blah blah blah blah. 1029 02:12:39,000 --> 02:12:42,704 It's elsewhere. 1030 02:12:43,799 --> 02:12:47,214 I don't concern myself with anything else. 1031 02:12:48,343 --> 02:12:50,506 So... 1032 02:12:50,684 --> 02:12:54,098 ...may this novel begin. 1033 02:12:54,267 --> 02:12:56,476 After all... 1034 02:12:56,651 --> 02:12:58,354 ...it's just a trick. 1035 02:12:59,397 --> 02:13:01,386 Yes... 1036 02:13:01,565 --> 02:13:03,689 ...it's just a trick. 1037 02:13:07,905 --> 02:13:10,478 The Great Beauty 1038 02:13:21,376 --> 02:13:24,458 YLF translations: Carla Kloet