1 00:00:55,138 --> 00:01:00,142 MY FATHER MY MASTER 2 00:02:18,888 --> 00:02:21,473 This is Gavino Ledda, age 35. 3 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:24,351 Up to 18, an illiterate shepherd. 4 00:02:25,061 --> 00:02:27,771 Today, a linguist and author of a best seller... 5 00:02:28,731 --> 00:02:30,649 ...which narrates his life... 6 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:32,901 ...and which inspired this film. 7 00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:37,406 The story begins in a Sardinian village... 8 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:41,451 ...in the elementary school that Gavino attended. 9 00:02:42,745 --> 00:02:46,123 That morning his father burst into the City Hall... 10 00:02:46,291 --> 00:02:48,709 ...where a few offices were converted into schoolrooms. 11 00:02:54,215 --> 00:02:55,465 He always carried this. 12 00:02:56,634 --> 00:02:58,051 Oh yes, thanks. 13 00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:20,824 Miss Schoolteacher. I'νe come to fetch him. 14 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:22,576 I need him to tend the sheep. 15 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,879 I've come to fetch him. I need him to tend the sheep. 16 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:35,214 He's mine. 17 00:03:38,635 --> 00:03:43,013 I'm forced to leave the herd when delivering milk... 18 00:03:43,181 --> 00:03:45,307 ...to cut wood or to harνest. 19 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:52,648 The money I earn barely pays for clothing... 20 00:03:52,815 --> 00:03:55,025 ...and whatever else a shepherd cannot produce himself. 21 00:03:58,404 --> 00:03:59,947 That's ONE... 22 00:04:04,285 --> 00:04:05,535 ...and TWO! 23 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:10,791 To come here I left my sheep prey to foxes and bandits. 24 00:04:11,334 --> 00:04:12,751 Gaνino has to tend them. 25 00:04:14,212 --> 00:04:18,423 Gavino against bandits? But he's still a fledgling. 26 00:04:24,138 --> 00:04:26,640 What do you know about shepherding? 27 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:28,767 Shepherds can fly without wings. 28 00:04:30,895 --> 00:04:33,480 He'll go to elementary school... 29 00:04:33,648 --> 00:04:35,399 ...when he reaches 18. Like me. 30 00:04:36,693 --> 00:04:38,485 What's the Government want from me? 31 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:40,737 That my children die of hunger? 32 00:04:43,741 --> 00:04:46,618 I'm taking the boy 'cause I need him. 33 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,080 I'm at peace. But the law is not. 34 00:04:51,207 --> 00:04:54,334 It wants compulsory schooling. Poverty is all that's compulsory 35 00:04:55,253 --> 00:04:57,337 ...and THREE. 36 00:04:57,547 --> 00:04:59,089 He can't go 37 00:05:02,093 --> 00:05:03,010 Come... 38 00:05:29,912 --> 00:05:32,914 You'll earn your money long before your friends. 39 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:36,001 You'll be a very good shepherd. 40 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:06,573 Nobody laugh at Galvino! 41 00:06:08,826 --> 00:06:10,160 Hands on your desks! 42 00:06:11,412 --> 00:06:12,788 On the desk! 43 00:06:14,582 --> 00:06:15,999 Today it's Gavino's turn... 44 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:18,251 ...tomorrow it's yours. 45 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:49,366 That's not true. It won't happen to me. 46 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:51,743 Mama swore it wouldn't. 47 00:06:51,869 --> 00:06:54,830 We're rich, we have two cows. 48 00:06:55,873 --> 00:06:58,458 Oh God, please, make papa die... 49 00:06:58,626 --> 00:07:00,877 ...and I'll be good forever. 50 00:07:01,504 --> 00:07:03,922 Have the donkey kick him in the stomach. 51 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:08,051 No, in the head so he won't know what hit him. 52 00:07:08,719 --> 00:07:10,971 It's my brother's turn first. 53 00:07:11,472 --> 00:07:13,765 He's ten months older... 54 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:17,310 ...even if he is shorter than me. 55 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:19,146 It's his turn. 56 00:07:19,647 --> 00:07:22,983 Soon as I get home, I'll put a stool near the window. 57 00:07:23,401 --> 00:07:25,986 I'll climb on it and then leap out. 58 00:07:27,071 --> 00:07:29,239 I'll jump when everyone's at the table... 59 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:32,200 ...so they can see me and mama can stop me... 60 00:07:58,227 --> 00:08:00,896 ...when one's alone way up there... 61 00:08:01,063 --> 00:08:03,482 ...without a soul around... 62 00:08:03,608 --> 00:08:05,275 ...really alone alone... 63 00:08:06,110 --> 00:08:08,278 - I know, they took me up once - 64 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:12,115 ...the stillness isn't still, believe me. 65 00:08:13,534 --> 00:08:15,410 It's overpowering... 66 00:08:15,703 --> 00:08:18,079 ...like the tolling of a death bell. 67 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,293 I scared you, huh? 68 00:08:29,008 --> 00:08:30,217 I did it... 69 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:34,429 because I want you to come back as soon as you can. 70 00:08:36,390 --> 00:08:38,642 Before I turn forty. 71 00:08:48,986 --> 00:08:50,695 Poor little thing... 72 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,322 what'll you do up there all alone? 73 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:56,451 Quick! Your father's waiting. 74 00:10:02,935 --> 00:10:05,854 I'll take you to where the wild apples grow. 75 00:10:06,522 --> 00:10:09,232 I'll dig chestnuts for you with my bare hands. 76 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:13,862 If you're quick, I'll teach you how to trap a hare. 77 00:10:15,156 --> 00:10:18,491 You like nuts? You'll pick bunches of them. 78 00:10:18,868 --> 00:10:22,454 And we'll go by the rocks, to the young ravens. 79 00:10:23,998 --> 00:10:26,333 Yesterday, behind the sheepcote... 80 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,710 ...I found a blackbird's nest with 4 eggs. 81 00:10:44,935 --> 00:10:47,896 You have to concentrate: Your eyes by day... 82 00:10:48,105 --> 00:10:52,525 ...ears by night. Learn to know the fields and the woods. 83 00:10:53,736 --> 00:10:57,656 You'll be alone a lot. You must learn to find your bearings... 84 00:10:57,823 --> 00:11:01,451 ...in any given moment for yourself and the flock. 85 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:05,705 You hear the rustling? 86 00:11:07,291 --> 00:11:09,542 Learn to recognize it. 87 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:12,921 Close your eyes. 88 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:27,769 I don't hear anything. 89 00:11:29,438 --> 00:11:31,439 Listen more carefully. 90 00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:35,735 It's from the oak that borders the area. 91 00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:37,946 Turn your head. 92 00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:19,821 That is the stream behind the woods. 93 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,532 We passed by it. 94 00:12:47,808 --> 00:12:49,225 And this... 95 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:52,896 ...is Sebastiano who's returning from the village on his horse. 96 00:12:59,069 --> 00:13:00,904 He smokes with the ash in his mouth... 97 00:13:01,530 --> 00:13:03,698 ...so he'll not be a target in the night. 98 00:13:05,075 --> 00:13:07,744 Ancient vendettas rest on his head. 99 00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:16,795 Listen to the dawn... 100 00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:20,256 and the many noises it brings. 101 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:34,896 Let's see if you're as strong as a man. 102 00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:38,942 Lift up the pail of milk. 103 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:44,030 Without spilling it. Let your voice help you. 104 00:14:11,141 --> 00:14:12,684 Tonight you'll stay here alone. 105 00:14:13,394 --> 00:14:14,352 Mind the fold. 106 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:27,240 Don't leave the pen! 107 00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:19,245 Back to the fold. 108 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,289 There's a snake! 109 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:06,042 Back there. 110 00:18:08,504 --> 00:18:11,047 Don't be afraid of the snakes. They don't bite. 111 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:14,175 Even if they did, who cares? 112 00:18:16,261 --> 00:18:18,930 This pasture and herd are ours... 113 00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:21,390 to be defended and exploited. 114 00:18:22,226 --> 00:18:24,352 I'll show you how to deal with snakes... 115 00:20:03,952 --> 00:20:05,870 Don't take a step out of the pen. 116 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:43,241 Antonio! 117 00:20:46,203 --> 00:20:47,203 Go away! 118 00:21:02,427 --> 00:21:03,427 Go away... 119 00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:05,805 ...no one's allowed near here. 120 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,515 Quiet! They'll hear us. 121 00:21:08,183 --> 00:21:10,726 If my father catches us... 122 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:12,311 ...Iook what he'll do to me. 123 00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:37,813 It was Gavino! 124 00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:35,074 Go get the other pail. 125 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:21,287 Johannus! 126 00:26:31,715 --> 00:26:33,299 I'll not touch you... 127 00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:35,301 I won't touch you... 128 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,065 You rotten beast... 129 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,151 ...You want to do it again... 130 00:28:57,318 --> 00:28:59,903 ...but I'm gonna plug up your ass... 131 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:02,072 I'll milk you first, then plug with your own shit... 132 00:29:02,198 --> 00:29:05,325 ...your mouth, your eyes and ears. 133 00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:10,831 I'll screw you when you turn your back. 134 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,292 You beat me... 135 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:15,169 and I'll shit in the milk... 136 00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:17,588 ...then your father beats you. 137 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,091 You won't be able. 138 00:29:21,468 --> 00:29:23,552 I'm keeping your ass plugged. 139 00:29:25,305 --> 00:29:28,098 I'll do it all right, because you're stupid. 140 00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:31,268 You shake. You sweat. And stink. 141 00:29:31,811 --> 00:29:34,897 You can't milk me with those blistered hands. 142 00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:38,692 If you hurt my tits, Gavino Ledda... 143 00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:41,195 ...I'll shit in the milk. 144 00:33:46,899 --> 00:33:50,193 Gavino is now twenty years old 145 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:27,457 Leze, guard the flock. 146 00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:13,206 We're going to fair at Muros. 147 00:38:13,541 --> 00:38:14,874 We took the wrong road. 148 00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:31,683 Which way to Muros? 149 00:38:37,773 --> 00:38:39,024 Hey, he doesn't talk. 150 00:38:39,358 --> 00:38:40,400 Wait... 151 00:38:42,361 --> 00:38:43,403 Wait! 152 00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:49,826 He runs like Tarzan's monkey. 153 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:03,048 I'll trade this for that. 154 00:39:05,885 --> 00:39:07,427 For this accordion? 155 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,975 One lamb, no, it's not enough. 156 00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:17,062 - But the accordion's busted. - You ask him. 157 00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:20,106 Two lambs, minimum. 158 00:39:20,274 --> 00:39:21,608 No, not two. 159 00:39:23,277 --> 00:39:24,736 Yes, two. 160 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:27,614 The accordion's worth double. 161 00:39:27,907 --> 00:39:29,699 It sounds beautiful. Listen! 162 00:39:44,757 --> 00:39:45,590 That way... 163 00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:27,692 Two lambs. The bandits. 164 00:41:28,277 --> 00:41:30,153 ...and they even cut your mouth. 165 00:41:34,450 --> 00:41:35,450 I swear! 166 00:41:38,496 --> 00:41:39,579 I swore! 167 00:41:42,374 --> 00:41:44,626 Then what's there to be afraid of? 168 00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:51,132 You'll do without cheese and sugar... 169 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:52,884 ...to repay me. 170 00:41:53,427 --> 00:41:55,011 Salt in the milk will strengthen you. 171 00:41:55,804 --> 00:41:56,763 Go to sleep. 172 00:42:15,741 --> 00:42:18,660 Muros... fair... that way... 173 00:42:20,162 --> 00:42:22,372 ...sound... accordion... 174 00:42:22,915 --> 00:42:26,960 ...lambs... beautiful accord... ...beautiful... 175 00:42:27,336 --> 00:42:29,462 ...fair... beautiful... 176 00:42:54,363 --> 00:42:59,784 Somebody, help me... 177 00:43:00,828 --> 00:43:02,620 ...help me... 178 00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:17,362 I'm Gavino 179 00:44:17,529 --> 00:44:19,739 son of Efisio, the shepherd... 180 00:44:19,865 --> 00:44:23,576 who's the son of shepherd Luca. 181 00:44:24,828 --> 00:44:27,163 The cold has filled 182 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,040 the herd with fleas. 183 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:31,250 The fattest ones 184 00:44:31,377 --> 00:44:34,295 are under my armpits. 185 00:44:43,097 --> 00:44:45,264 I'm Eligio, son of Giovanni, the shepherd... 186 00:44:45,432 --> 00:44:47,725 who was the son 187 00:44:47,893 --> 00:44:51,437 of Enrico, the policeman 188 00:44:52,106 --> 00:44:54,023 I had to eat 189 00:44:54,149 --> 00:44:56,818 cheese that was too fresh 190 00:44:57,361 --> 00:45:00,238 If I breathe hard, it burns my tongue. 191 00:45:15,504 --> 00:45:16,921 Angels of Paradise 192 00:45:17,089 --> 00:45:18,297 who play so sweetly 193 00:45:18,841 --> 00:45:21,050 I'm Matteo. I pray to you: 194 00:45:21,468 --> 00:45:25,471 Please send a pail of boiling water... 195 00:45:25,639 --> 00:45:29,809 to put my feet in so I don't freeze to death. 196 00:45:29,977 --> 00:45:33,146 This is a prayer... 197 00:45:39,361 --> 00:45:41,279 Gavino is slipping away. 198 00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:44,323 I don't know how to hold him. 199 00:45:46,034 --> 00:45:47,243 I'm getting old. 200 00:45:47,828 --> 00:45:49,036 Or maybe... 201 00:45:49,621 --> 00:45:51,247 I'm not as clever... 202 00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:52,915 ...as I thought I was. 203 00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:55,168 I have to concentrate. 204 00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:57,378 I have to keep my mind working. 205 00:45:57,963 --> 00:45:59,589 7 times 9: Sixty three. 206 00:46:00,132 --> 00:46:03,176 16 x 16: Two hundred fifty six. 207 00:46:04,178 --> 00:46:05,803 33 x 19... 208 00:46:10,350 --> 00:46:12,143 Don't tremble, little mare. 209 00:46:12,519 --> 00:46:13,978 Look, I'm steady. 210 00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:16,647 No, I tremble a little too. 211 00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,443 If Thiu Giuseppe or Gellon told the truth... 212 00:46:21,528 --> 00:46:23,529 ...we'll meet and make peace forever. 213 00:46:59,358 --> 00:47:00,817 Let this day mark peace. 214 00:47:01,777 --> 00:47:03,861 I'm grateful you accepted to shear... 215 00:47:04,029 --> 00:47:05,404 ...the flock with me... 216 00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:07,657 as tradition has it. 217 00:48:20,981 --> 00:48:22,690 Gellon! Stop! He's dead! 218 00:48:22,858 --> 00:48:24,191 I'll see if he's dead! 219 00:48:42,669 --> 00:48:44,295 Gellon! 220 00:49:01,813 --> 00:49:03,481 Signora, I'm going. 221 00:49:04,024 --> 00:49:06,317 I'm leaving a guard in front of the house. 222 00:49:10,656 --> 00:49:12,907 Efisio, sell everything. 223 00:49:13,659 --> 00:49:15,368 I'm returning to Australia. 224 00:49:15,994 --> 00:49:17,828 ...before they kill me too. 225 00:49:18,747 --> 00:49:20,373 You're like my own family. 226 00:49:20,999 --> 00:49:23,209 Get rid of the houses, the livestock... 227 00:49:24,836 --> 00:49:26,170 ...the olive grove. 228 00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:31,509 I'll take care of everything 229 00:49:34,596 --> 00:49:36,514 Though I've little money. 230 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,265 I'd like to have the olive grove. 231 00:49:39,601 --> 00:49:42,144 I planted the whole grove for your family, 232 00:49:42,270 --> 00:49:43,229 tree by tree. 233 00:49:43,897 --> 00:49:45,564 Sebastiano would have approved. 234 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,484 You'll have to meet my price... 235 00:49:49,444 --> 00:49:52,154 if only for the job of selling off the properties. 236 00:49:55,534 --> 00:49:56,701 Do what you want! 237 00:49:56,952 --> 00:49:58,577 Excuse me, madam, 238 00:49:59,121 --> 00:50:01,038 the police chief would like to talk to you. 239 00:50:01,248 --> 00:50:02,331 Again? 240 00:50:03,959 --> 00:50:05,376 We'II take care of him. 241 00:50:10,632 --> 00:50:12,091 Put some gold on him. 242 00:50:30,610 --> 00:50:31,777 I'm doing it for you. 243 00:50:33,989 --> 00:50:35,573 Sebastiano is my witness. 244 00:50:37,325 --> 00:50:38,492 Close the window. 245 00:50:40,287 --> 00:50:41,662 I'm doing this for you, Gavino. 246 00:50:42,414 --> 00:50:44,165 With the grove you'll be a landowner. 247 00:50:45,542 --> 00:50:47,251 Your mother and I are old... 248 00:50:47,419 --> 00:50:49,086 but you'll profit by it. 249 00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:52,298 In time its worth will multiply... 250 00:50:52,466 --> 00:50:54,550 ...you'll have all you desire... 251 00:50:55,594 --> 00:50:57,762 ...you can't even imagine how much. 252 00:50:59,181 --> 00:51:01,932 And so our hands must be united... 253 00:51:03,351 --> 00:51:04,852 ...and I must guide them. 254 00:51:09,483 --> 00:51:10,733 Let's dress him. 255 00:51:19,242 --> 00:51:20,493 He was handsome... 256 00:51:36,593 --> 00:51:39,178 Poor Sebastiano, he was unlucky. 257 00:51:39,679 --> 00:51:41,806 So rich but it all went wrong. 258 00:51:42,099 --> 00:51:44,975 It'll be different for me. My father said so. 259 00:51:45,852 --> 00:51:48,854 Forgive me, I shouldn't, but... 260 00:51:49,022 --> 00:51:51,232 I keep thinking of what I shall have... 261 00:51:51,817 --> 00:51:52,775 ...thanks to you. 262 00:51:53,193 --> 00:51:56,570 An accordion, one of those real ones... 263 00:51:56,863 --> 00:52:00,241 ...with 85 keys, made of mother-of-pearl. 264 00:52:01,868 --> 00:52:03,953 I'll be an owner too. 265 00:52:05,413 --> 00:52:06,539 I don't want to get old. 266 00:52:07,082 --> 00:52:10,000 If we have some money, I'll bathe three times a day. 267 00:52:10,127 --> 00:52:11,836 I'll make love every other day. 268 00:52:12,462 --> 00:52:14,421 Pray for my soul, Sebastiano. 269 00:52:15,465 --> 00:52:17,967 They say: Making love often keeps you young. 270 00:52:19,094 --> 00:52:20,803 And when you're young you're happy. 271 00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:24,056 I don't want them to keep me from being happy. 272 00:52:26,643 --> 00:52:28,894 I know what I want. 273 00:52:29,855 --> 00:52:31,147 I want to change my name. 274 00:52:31,648 --> 00:52:33,566 They named me after a man, 275 00:52:33,942 --> 00:52:35,943 grandpa Ignatius. 276 00:52:36,236 --> 00:52:37,653 I'll call myself Dina. 277 00:52:37,946 --> 00:52:39,989 Or Mina, like the singer... 278 00:52:40,532 --> 00:52:42,408 ...and I'll sing like she does. 279 00:52:42,826 --> 00:52:45,452 I'll go to the mainland and sing. I'll sing... 280 00:52:52,335 --> 00:52:54,712 I want... I want... 281 00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:57,464 I can't think of anything... 282 00:52:58,091 --> 00:52:59,300 ...nothing. 283 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:01,552 But I know I want a lot of things. 284 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:16,210 Once, supply and demand were evenly balanced... 285 00:54:16,378 --> 00:54:19,380 ...which was advantageous for both consumers and producers 286 00:54:19,547 --> 00:54:21,090 Understand? 287 00:54:22,092 --> 00:54:26,303 But now, with the olive oil market fluctuating... 288 00:54:26,471 --> 00:54:29,098 ...it's very difficult to make a deal... 289 00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:32,601 due to recent agreements in the EEC. Understand? 290 00:54:33,144 --> 00:54:35,479 With a few of the Mediterranean countries... 291 00:54:35,605 --> 00:54:38,399 Greece, Spain and Turkey that produce more... 292 00:54:38,566 --> 00:54:40,150 ...and sell for less. 293 00:54:40,735 --> 00:54:43,362 But 10,000 lire a pressing is fair. 294 00:54:43,947 --> 00:54:46,365 No, with the abolition of import tariffs... 295 00:54:46,533 --> 00:54:48,534 ...prices for the local product... 296 00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:51,036 ...have dropped considerably... 297 00:54:51,204 --> 00:54:53,163 ...and each lot has to be... 298 00:54:53,290 --> 00:54:55,291 ...contracted separately. Understand? 299 00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:58,127 My son's a bookkeeper... 300 00:54:58,295 --> 00:55:00,004 and can explain the situation better. 301 00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:04,008 We'II take the whole crop and give you 8,000 lire per pressing. 302 00:55:06,094 --> 00:55:08,178 But 10,000 seems like the right price... 303 00:55:08,305 --> 00:55:10,639 The latest EEC provisions... 304 00:55:10,765 --> 00:55:13,642 ...have conditioned prices... 305 00:55:13,768 --> 00:55:16,353 ...and we've had to act accordingly. 306 00:55:17,230 --> 00:55:18,856 8,000 lire a pressing. 307 00:55:22,110 --> 00:55:23,777 You're doubting my son? 308 00:55:27,824 --> 00:55:29,241 Go on, tell him. 309 00:55:33,830 --> 00:55:35,247 Your offer's too low. 310 00:55:36,833 --> 00:55:38,584 Shut up, snotty nose! 311 00:55:38,835 --> 00:55:41,045 If you don't like it, you can leave. 312 00:55:45,508 --> 00:55:48,093 I can defend our interests. It's none of your business. 313 00:55:53,475 --> 00:55:55,392 Maybe the kid wants to go work... 314 00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:56,518 ...with our servants. 315 00:55:57,354 --> 00:55:58,354 No... 316 00:56:01,316 --> 00:56:02,358 Come... 317 00:56:15,580 --> 00:56:17,122 Go get your accordion. 318 00:56:21,169 --> 00:56:22,586 He plays really well. 319 00:56:25,965 --> 00:56:27,800 Ok, you can eat now. 320 00:56:28,176 --> 00:56:30,219 There are lots of leftovers. 321 00:56:33,890 --> 00:56:35,682 Enough to make yourselves a hot meal. 322 00:57:21,312 --> 00:57:23,689 Our dreams ended with the frost. 323 00:57:24,816 --> 00:57:27,109 Winter was mild till the end of January. 324 00:57:27,527 --> 00:57:29,903 So much so, it felt like spring. 325 00:57:31,406 --> 00:57:33,323 Nature was awakening. 326 00:57:33,741 --> 00:57:35,742 The olive trees... 327 00:57:35,910 --> 00:57:38,704 ...deceived by the balmy weather, were blooming ahead of time. 328 00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:42,749 They were sprouting in the heart of winter. 329 00:57:43,626 --> 00:57:45,502 The end of February... 330 00:57:45,670 --> 00:57:47,212 brought the end of the world. 331 00:57:47,547 --> 00:57:51,008 An arctic cold as never before. 332 00:57:51,676 --> 00:57:55,053 Entire groves wiped out throughout the region. 333 00:57:55,555 --> 00:57:58,265 And our grove was also destroyed. 334 00:58:10,987 --> 00:58:12,112 The milk's frozen. 335 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,007 Let's go to the grove! 336 00:58:32,759 --> 00:58:34,176 It's useless to go look. 337 00:58:43,603 --> 00:58:44,478 It's all dead. 338 00:58:47,232 --> 00:58:49,775 The frost last night went through to the roots. 339 00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:52,736 Turn off the lights. 340 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,865 It's black beneath the bark. 341 00:58:57,367 --> 00:58:59,409 The whole trunk is turning black. 342 00:59:03,414 --> 00:59:04,873 The trees were in bloom. 343 00:59:07,377 --> 00:59:09,461 I'm going back to bed... 344 00:59:09,921 --> 00:59:12,297 ...be quiet and let me sleep until midday. 345 00:59:20,139 --> 00:59:21,431 Give me the jug. 346 00:59:38,700 --> 00:59:40,033 Get the syrup. 347 00:59:43,496 --> 00:59:44,454 And glasses... 348 00:59:46,624 --> 00:59:47,791 What are you doing? 349 01:00:12,650 --> 01:00:15,027 - Delicious! - You like it? 350 01:00:45,266 --> 01:00:47,643 Um, good, you take some too. 351 01:00:48,019 --> 01:00:49,645 Makes me cold just to look at it. 352 01:00:53,066 --> 01:00:54,274 It's like ice cream. 353 01:01:02,700 --> 01:01:03,825 Look at papa! 354 01:01:58,756 --> 01:01:59,965 The sky is clear. 355 01:02:07,432 --> 01:02:09,057 Too late, it's useless. 356 01:02:16,649 --> 01:02:18,608 Where are you, Justice? 357 01:02:18,818 --> 01:02:20,986 Sitting on my balls? 358 01:02:40,673 --> 01:02:42,090 Aren't you lifting? 359 01:02:42,175 --> 01:02:43,592 He's too weak. 360 01:02:43,968 --> 01:02:47,345 His master only feeds him bread and salt. 361 01:02:49,390 --> 01:02:51,391 You didn't make it at the brothel! 362 01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:53,059 How'd he pay? 363 01:02:54,771 --> 01:02:57,522 His Uncle Tonino beats him, doesn't pay him. 364 01:02:58,691 --> 01:03:02,068 To keep him quiet he took him to Sassari at Christmas. 365 01:03:02,528 --> 01:03:04,321 But when he got to the room, 366 01:03:04,489 --> 01:03:05,989 under pressure... 367 01:03:06,115 --> 01:03:07,365 Couldn't do it, huh? 368 01:03:08,451 --> 01:03:09,910 Don't you like women? 369 01:03:10,411 --> 01:03:12,537 Shut up, Mario. You never even had a woman... 370 01:03:12,705 --> 01:03:14,247 ...before you were thirty. 371 01:03:14,957 --> 01:03:17,793 I asked him when he got back: How'd it go? 372 01:03:18,252 --> 01:03:21,087 He said: "They're all right, except they have no tail." 373 01:03:21,506 --> 01:03:23,548 - What was missing? - The tail! 374 01:03:35,812 --> 01:03:38,396 Screw you. I'm leaving. 375 01:03:39,190 --> 01:03:41,566 I signed up to go work in Germany. 376 01:03:42,568 --> 01:03:43,568 What's he doing? 377 01:03:44,529 --> 01:03:47,322 - Pinuccio's emigrating. - To Germany, to his cousin. 378 01:03:48,699 --> 01:03:49,699 Change! 379 01:03:58,584 --> 01:04:00,210 You'll still be serving a master. 380 01:04:00,503 --> 01:04:03,255 At least he'll call me by name. 381 01:04:04,173 --> 01:04:05,507 By name? 382 01:04:06,092 --> 01:04:10,053 I never knew yours. When they talk about you, they say: 383 01:04:10,221 --> 01:04:12,514 "Thiu Peppe's servant, Peppe's serf." 384 01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:15,600 - So you're leaving? - And about you they say: 385 01:04:15,810 --> 01:04:19,020 "Thiu Efisio's servant... is milking, is eating... 386 01:04:19,188 --> 01:04:21,356 "...is scratching..." 387 01:04:21,524 --> 01:04:24,192 "...has gone to pasture..." 388 01:04:25,486 --> 01:04:26,903 Not me... 389 01:04:27,446 --> 01:04:30,365 ...my master calls me by name. He's my father. 390 01:04:48,926 --> 01:04:50,552 I'll sign up too. 391 01:04:51,262 --> 01:04:52,262 Me too. 392 01:04:52,430 --> 01:04:53,430 So am I. 393 01:04:54,682 --> 01:04:55,765 Me too. 394 01:04:57,894 --> 01:04:59,436 Anybody else? 395 01:05:00,271 --> 01:05:03,231 Yes, me. 396 01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:06,902 Thiu Gavino has spoken. 397 01:05:09,113 --> 01:05:10,572 Write me in. 398 01:05:10,990 --> 01:05:13,491 I can't read or write anything. 399 01:05:14,368 --> 01:05:15,619 I'll add your name. 400 01:05:19,832 --> 01:05:21,499 You can all come to my father. 401 01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:23,001 I'll come. 402 01:05:31,010 --> 01:05:32,052 Germany! 403 01:08:37,363 --> 01:08:43,535 Sacred oaks of Sardinia, goodbye! 404 01:09:08,936 --> 01:09:10,019 Hold me! 405 01:09:15,234 --> 01:09:16,401 Hold me up! 406 01:09:44,638 --> 01:09:47,807 - There's a signature missing. - Which signature? 407 01:09:50,436 --> 01:09:51,769 His father didn't sign. 408 01:09:54,899 --> 01:09:58,234 - What did my father do? - He didn't give his permission. 409 01:09:59,445 --> 01:10:00,612 What? 410 01:10:01,363 --> 01:10:03,281 He didn't give his consent. 411 01:10:04,533 --> 01:10:06,951 - He said yes. - But he didn't sign. 412 01:10:07,995 --> 01:10:11,289 - What do you mean? - Didn't you read the regulations? 413 01:10:11,916 --> 01:10:13,499 I can't read. 414 01:10:15,294 --> 01:10:18,171 - My father can read. - But he didn't sign. 415 01:10:21,634 --> 01:10:23,259 Gavino Ledda can't emigrate. 416 01:10:23,928 --> 01:10:25,386 You can't leave. 417 01:10:28,224 --> 01:10:29,849 You have to sign a release. 418 01:10:34,813 --> 01:10:36,147 I can't write. 419 01:10:37,149 --> 01:10:38,691 A cross will do. 420 01:11:29,618 --> 01:11:30,493 Idiots! 421 01:12:46,111 --> 01:12:49,280 The vice-director will see you after this gentleman. 422 01:12:54,995 --> 01:12:57,789 I'll do the talking. You only have to sign. 423 01:12:57,956 --> 01:13:00,750 But I want you to know what I'm doing. 424 01:13:02,628 --> 01:13:04,253 I've sold everything. 425 01:13:05,339 --> 01:13:07,340 The flock, the cow, the ruined olive grove... 426 01:13:07,508 --> 01:13:09,717 ...the carts and the dogs. 427 01:13:10,052 --> 01:13:12,720 I kept the vegetable garden and the goats. 428 01:13:13,055 --> 01:13:15,181 They think I'm done for. 429 01:13:17,309 --> 01:13:20,436 This head here can't be put down. 430 01:13:21,355 --> 01:13:23,189 We're starting anew. 431 01:13:24,650 --> 01:13:26,776 Our savings go in the bank at 10% interest. 432 01:13:27,111 --> 01:13:29,529 In 7 years with compounded interest... 433 01:13:29,738 --> 01:13:33,282 I'll double the capital, then I'll loan to others. 434 01:13:33,659 --> 01:13:37,912 Minimum guarantees, high rates: 25%. 435 01:13:39,206 --> 01:13:40,164 Ignatia... 436 01:13:42,334 --> 01:13:45,128 ...you'll go work for Forli at 50 thousand lire a month. 437 01:13:45,587 --> 01:13:50,007 You'll send the money home. I'll make profits with it too. 438 01:13:51,552 --> 01:13:53,344 You'll find money for the wedding... 439 01:13:54,513 --> 01:13:56,889 if the family doesn't need it. 440 01:14:00,144 --> 01:14:02,854 You two will go work as day laborers. 441 01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:06,732 In exchange for your earnings you'll get room and board. 442 01:14:10,779 --> 01:14:12,530 You're the oldest. 443 01:14:13,365 --> 01:14:16,075 I have something else in mind for you. 444 01:14:17,995 --> 01:14:20,580 Our family needs to be respected. 445 01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:26,085 You want to leave? So go, you'll enlist. 446 01:14:27,921 --> 01:14:30,590 The army. Either for an army career... 447 01:14:30,757 --> 01:14:33,342 ...or to become a radio technician. 448 01:14:33,510 --> 01:14:37,430 Yes, he'll go through elementary school. I promised him. 449 01:14:40,601 --> 01:14:42,852 I'll teach you myself. You're not stupid. 450 01:14:45,022 --> 01:14:46,147 5 times 5? 451 01:14:48,150 --> 01:14:51,027 I'm not joking. Let's start right away. 452 01:14:51,361 --> 01:14:52,403 5 X 5? 453 01:14:58,452 --> 01:15:00,953 - Thirty. - Ignoramus. 454 01:15:01,121 --> 01:15:03,706 But don't worry. They'll promote you anyway, I know it. 455 01:15:04,666 --> 01:15:08,920 The government ordered the committee to pass shepherds... 456 01:15:09,087 --> 01:15:10,880 even if they're ignorant like you are. 457 01:15:11,548 --> 01:15:13,090 The vice-director is ready for you. 458 01:15:25,604 --> 01:15:26,604 5 X 5? 459 01:15:27,147 --> 01:15:28,064 8 X 3? 460 01:15:28,565 --> 01:15:29,690 16 X 4? 461 01:15:45,249 --> 01:15:46,165 Yes, sir... 462 01:15:49,044 --> 01:15:50,670 What? Speak Italian! 463 01:15:52,297 --> 01:15:54,340 I repaired the handle... 464 01:15:54,716 --> 01:15:57,468 ...which... was torn. 465 01:15:57,719 --> 01:15:59,637 What do you mean by torn? 466 01:16:00,222 --> 01:16:02,014 The handle couldn't be "torn." 467 01:16:02,182 --> 01:16:04,016 Do you mean it was broken? 468 01:16:06,103 --> 01:16:08,271 - Yes, sir. - I ordered you... 469 01:16:08,397 --> 01:16:10,898 ...to disinfect the barracks. Did you? 470 01:16:11,024 --> 01:16:13,317 Yessir, I murdered... 471 01:16:15,946 --> 01:16:17,780 I murdered all the ants. 472 01:16:17,990 --> 01:16:20,908 You didn't murder them. You killed them! 473 01:16:22,202 --> 01:16:24,412 How'd you get through elementary school? 474 01:16:25,122 --> 01:16:27,123 You're a caveman, Ledda! 475 01:16:27,624 --> 01:16:28,874 Yes, sir... 476 01:16:37,634 --> 01:16:39,343 What did you say? Translate! 477 01:16:42,472 --> 01:16:44,724 He said he wants to go home, because... 478 01:16:44,850 --> 01:16:47,059 ...he doesn't speak Italian. 479 01:16:47,269 --> 01:16:52,690 Our little baby wants to go home. Sorry buddy, you're staying. 480 01:16:53,150 --> 01:16:58,279 You're under house arrest because dialects are forbidden. 481 01:16:59,448 --> 01:17:02,116 You've been informed! At ease. 482 01:17:04,494 --> 01:17:05,578 Platoon dismissed. 483 01:17:24,723 --> 01:17:27,433 You two, no Sardinian! Got it? 484 01:19:21,631 --> 01:19:22,423 Ledda! 485 01:19:39,107 --> 01:19:40,149 You come up then. 486 01:19:42,319 --> 01:19:43,319 Me? 487 01:20:56,768 --> 01:20:59,186 - I'll pay you... - I don't want your money. 488 01:21:00,146 --> 01:21:03,649 I just need money for cigarettes and screwing. 489 01:21:05,777 --> 01:21:08,487 You talk about money too much, Gavino Ledda. 490 01:21:09,072 --> 01:21:11,407 I promised to help you study and I will. 491 01:21:12,075 --> 01:21:14,493 Now try to get to the door under the niche. 492 01:21:14,870 --> 01:21:18,706 If you don't make it, no Italian lesson. 493 01:21:20,625 --> 01:21:22,126 What's a niche? 494 01:21:22,586 --> 01:21:25,045 First of all, improve your vocabulary. 495 01:21:26,214 --> 01:21:28,757 See the mimosa tree by the wall? Look up... 496 01:21:30,135 --> 01:21:31,677 That's the niche. 497 01:21:32,804 --> 01:21:36,348 Today niche means corner. 498 01:21:37,267 --> 01:21:41,437 In art history it means temple or shrine with statues. 499 01:21:41,813 --> 01:21:43,105 Ready, go. 500 01:22:32,405 --> 01:22:34,239 Improve your vocabulary... 501 01:22:34,532 --> 01:22:36,533 ...the meaning and origin of words... 502 01:22:37,452 --> 01:22:39,411 I'll lend you a dictionary. 503 01:22:42,874 --> 01:22:44,667 Do you know what a dictionary is? 504 01:22:51,257 --> 01:22:52,299 The flag... 505 01:22:54,386 --> 01:22:56,261 You should always be aware... 506 01:22:56,429 --> 01:22:57,972 ...of the symbolic significance... 507 01:22:58,139 --> 01:22:59,306 ...of the flag. 508 01:22:59,975 --> 01:23:02,601 You can forget the names of your mothers... 509 01:23:03,353 --> 01:23:04,728 ...of your fathers... 510 01:23:05,480 --> 01:23:06,397 ...your brothers. 511 01:23:07,440 --> 01:23:08,857 But not the meaning of the flag, 512 01:23:09,025 --> 01:23:10,317 Symbol of a nation... 513 01:23:10,944 --> 01:23:12,403 ...our dear motherland. 514 01:23:13,113 --> 01:23:15,072 Even a man in a hut... 515 01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:17,282 ...when he thinks of his motherland... 516 01:23:17,450 --> 01:23:19,910 ...feels like a king, in a palace. 517 01:23:20,537 --> 01:23:23,330 The illiterate overcomes his shame... 518 01:23:23,498 --> 01:23:24,957 ...when facing his country's banner. 519 01:23:25,250 --> 01:23:27,543 Banner, bandana... 520 01:23:28,837 --> 01:23:29,962 ...ban... 521 01:23:30,505 --> 01:23:32,840 ...bandit, banditry... 522 01:23:33,883 --> 01:23:36,677 ...baritone, benevolent... 523 01:23:37,053 --> 01:23:39,388 ...baroque, basilica... 524 01:23:40,515 --> 01:23:41,640 ...baron. 525 01:23:42,142 --> 01:23:43,809 Everyone must salute the flag. 526 01:23:44,060 --> 01:23:47,479 It only salutes the Head of State. 527 01:23:47,897 --> 01:23:49,273 State... 528 01:23:49,399 --> 01:23:51,400 ...stray, strap... 529 01:23:52,235 --> 01:23:54,737 ...strident, stalagmite... 530 01:23:55,405 --> 01:23:57,656 ...statute, status... 531 01:23:59,868 --> 01:24:00,993 ...ploy... 532 01:24:03,830 --> 01:24:04,955 ...Little boy... 533 01:24:05,999 --> 01:24:07,124 ...yearling... 534 01:24:07,917 --> 01:24:10,753 ...infant, babe, baby... 535 01:24:12,380 --> 01:24:16,550 ...welt, chapped, sore, rapous... 536 01:24:17,052 --> 01:24:20,804 ...rapacious, wild, agrestic... 537 01:24:21,765 --> 01:24:23,265 ...domestic... 538 01:24:23,433 --> 01:24:25,601 ...bucolic, idyllic... 539 01:24:25,769 --> 01:24:28,312 ...Arcadian, pastoral... 540 01:24:28,480 --> 01:24:30,064 ...pastures... 541 01:24:30,440 --> 01:24:32,483 ...pasteurization... 542 01:24:33,777 --> 01:24:35,861 ...deportation, separation... 543 01:24:36,613 --> 01:24:38,238 ...annihilation... 544 01:24:38,364 --> 01:24:40,199 ...masturbation... 545 01:24:40,700 --> 01:24:42,993 ...craving, turgid... 546 01:24:43,453 --> 01:24:45,788 ...languid, lurid... 547 01:24:46,289 --> 01:24:47,289 ...father... 548 01:24:47,957 --> 01:24:50,084 ...fatherly, godfather... 549 01:24:50,835 --> 01:24:52,961 ...paternal, patriarch... 550 01:24:54,380 --> 01:24:55,464 ...patronize... 551 01:24:57,258 --> 01:24:59,635 ...electron, neutron, fuse... 552 01:24:59,803 --> 01:25:02,137 ...tube, the radio tube... 553 01:25:03,389 --> 01:25:06,225 is made up of a glass container inside of which... 554 01:25:06,434 --> 01:25:10,312 ...the component parts are placed in a vacuum. 555 01:25:11,022 --> 01:25:17,694 Main parts: "plate," "filament," "catrode"... 556 01:25:18,238 --> 01:25:19,530 ...cathode... 557 01:25:20,782 --> 01:25:25,160 There're many types of radio tubes according to their functions 558 01:25:25,662 --> 01:25:29,456 For example the dio... the rectifier diode... 559 01:25:30,125 --> 01:25:34,336 transforms the alternating current into a continuous one... 560 01:25:55,525 --> 01:25:57,609 Normally 0.50 amperes, 200 volts. 561 01:25:58,444 --> 01:26:01,405 The filament causes the cathode to become incandescent... 562 01:26:01,573 --> 01:26:03,824 ...which emits a load of electrons. 563 01:26:18,339 --> 01:26:21,383 Father, come get me. Take me home. 564 01:26:25,138 --> 01:26:27,472 Now I'll test your radios. 565 01:26:27,724 --> 01:26:31,810 Insert plugs in the sockets. I'll test them one by one. 566 01:26:34,189 --> 01:26:35,647 Insert! 567 01:27:16,147 --> 01:27:17,314 If you work... 568 01:27:18,233 --> 01:27:20,692 ...I swear I'll study through college... 569 01:27:21,069 --> 01:27:23,278 ...even Latin and Greek. 570 01:27:49,013 --> 01:27:50,430 Bravo! 571 01:28:32,223 --> 01:28:33,557 Incendium, incendii... 572 01:28:34,225 --> 01:28:36,018 ...pater, patris, frater, fratris... 573 01:28:37,103 --> 01:28:38,729 ...dominus, domini... 574 01:28:39,355 --> 01:28:42,649 ...puella, puellae, meretrix, meretricis... 575 01:28:43,359 --> 01:28:46,528 ...sponsa, sponsae, mamma, mammae... 576 01:28:48,865 --> 01:28:50,782 You said Latin for mamma was "mater", didn't you? 577 01:28:51,784 --> 01:28:54,828 In Latin, mamma means "mammary"... 578 01:28:55,246 --> 01:28:57,539 "breast," "tits"... 579 01:28:57,707 --> 01:28:59,333 "the bosom"... 580 01:29:02,545 --> 01:29:03,545 Think in Latin now! 581 01:29:04,047 --> 01:29:08,091 Gavino is a bad pupil. 582 01:29:08,509 --> 01:29:12,262 Cesare is an excellent teacher. 583 01:29:13,473 --> 01:29:16,767 I'm a shepherd and a farmer: 584 01:29:16,934 --> 01:29:18,935 Therefore servant of the soil. 585 01:29:19,854 --> 01:29:22,856 I'm a graduate without a job: 586 01:29:23,066 --> 01:29:25,400 Therefore servant of the soil. 587 01:29:26,611 --> 01:29:27,903 I am... 588 01:29:29,322 --> 01:29:31,031 You are... 589 01:29:34,285 --> 01:29:35,952 ...my friend. 590 01:29:37,288 --> 01:29:39,623 Friends know each other well... 591 01:29:40,166 --> 01:29:42,834 ...but you're closed tighter than a clam. 592 01:29:50,676 --> 01:29:52,928 AENEID, Book Two... 593 01:29:55,598 --> 01:29:58,975 They all hushed, eager to catch his words. 594 01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:03,563 And so Aeneas, from his high perch, began: 595 01:30:04,107 --> 01:30:06,024 Would you want, my queen... 596 01:30:06,192 --> 01:30:07,984 ...that I renew old wounds. 597 01:30:08,820 --> 01:30:10,320 Who can relate such things... 598 01:30:11,030 --> 01:30:13,323 ...without sheddings tears? 599 01:30:23,334 --> 01:30:26,795 Dearest father, this is my first letter and there's a reason. 600 01:30:27,338 --> 01:30:31,091 I completed all the required exams. 601 01:30:31,259 --> 01:30:33,427 I found that even "sheep"... 602 01:30:33,803 --> 01:30:36,179 can study, or rather, have to. 603 01:30:37,140 --> 01:30:41,518 But I have to inform you of a more important decision. 604 01:30:42,645 --> 01:30:44,563 I'm not going to make a career of the military... 605 01:30:45,022 --> 01:30:46,106 ...as you wanted... 606 01:30:46,732 --> 01:30:48,024 ...nor a radio technician. 607 01:30:48,609 --> 01:30:52,154 I'll remain here to get my diploma... 608 01:30:53,156 --> 01:30:55,115 ...then I'II return to Sardinia and study... 609 01:30:56,159 --> 01:30:57,576 ...at the university. 610 01:30:58,369 --> 01:31:01,121 You always spoke of lambs and lions. 611 01:31:02,331 --> 01:31:04,624 Fine, now I know who the lions are... 612 01:31:05,334 --> 01:31:07,252 starting with the small carnivores, 613 01:31:07,753 --> 01:31:09,713 ...the sergeants. 614 01:31:10,131 --> 01:31:13,175 I'm leaving because I don't want to feel like a vegetarian... 615 01:31:13,342 --> 01:31:15,177 ...forced to eat meat. 616 01:31:18,389 --> 01:31:19,598 Do you hear me, papa? 617 01:31:22,185 --> 01:31:24,686 If you leave... 618 01:31:24,812 --> 01:31:26,646 ...it'll make you prey for the hunter... 619 01:31:26,772 --> 01:31:28,690 and anyone can shoot at you. 620 01:31:29,317 --> 01:31:31,193 I order you not to come home. 621 01:33:03,536 --> 01:33:05,495 Linguist. 622 01:33:05,621 --> 01:33:07,414 Linguist! 623 01:33:08,124 --> 01:33:09,874 You don't fool me with your words. 624 01:33:10,209 --> 01:33:11,585 The others didn't study. 625 01:33:11,752 --> 01:33:13,336 ...why should you? 626 01:33:13,713 --> 01:33:15,463 I'm no laughingstock. 627 01:33:15,673 --> 01:33:18,383 In my house if you don't work, you don't eat. 628 01:33:18,676 --> 01:33:20,427 A man who doesn't work is a man... 629 01:33:20,595 --> 01:33:22,304 ...to be rid of, a thief. 630 01:33:22,430 --> 01:33:24,180 But you won't steal bread. 631 01:33:24,515 --> 01:33:27,267 You'll have to come to me to eat: 632 01:33:27,727 --> 01:33:29,644 ...for oil... corn... wine. 633 01:33:30,021 --> 01:33:33,231 I'll only unlock this if you've worked for me. 634 01:33:34,025 --> 01:33:36,109 My house has no interest in your studies. 635 01:33:36,694 --> 01:33:38,820 Only produce. 636 01:33:39,322 --> 01:33:42,782 I only get that from your arms and legs. 637 01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:45,493 The sweat off your back like me. 638 01:33:57,048 --> 01:33:59,299 Put the roots in deeper. 639 01:33:59,675 --> 01:34:01,509 Ancu ti fettana in paighinoso. 640 01:34:01,886 --> 01:34:03,178 Repeat that... 641 01:34:03,804 --> 01:34:05,847 You have to bury the roots more. 642 01:34:06,557 --> 01:34:08,099 No, the curse. 643 01:34:17,234 --> 01:34:21,237 In Barbagia they say: "Ancu ti facan pedikinoso" 644 01:34:22,198 --> 01:34:24,074 I have to study these phonetic differences. 645 01:34:25,785 --> 01:34:28,203 "Facan" or "fettana"? 646 01:34:29,789 --> 01:34:31,498 Is that right? 647 01:34:44,303 --> 01:34:45,929 Starting Monday I'll stay in town... 648 01:34:46,097 --> 01:34:47,681 ...while you milk the goats. 649 01:36:46,467 --> 01:36:47,133 Get up. 650 01:36:48,469 --> 01:36:51,262 I can't. You've used me too much... 651 01:36:52,181 --> 01:36:53,973 ...these past months... 652 01:36:54,266 --> 01:36:56,518 ...and I've neglected my work, my studies. 653 01:36:57,561 --> 01:37:00,605 As of today, I'm putting in 12 hours... 654 01:37:00,773 --> 01:37:03,316 ...for my work, not yours. 655 01:37:03,943 --> 01:37:06,486 I can hardly talk, and I'm weak. 656 01:37:07,196 --> 01:37:08,780 I'm not leaving here. 657 01:37:09,114 --> 01:37:10,865 Call the police if you want. 658 01:37:11,033 --> 01:37:12,951 I worked hard enough. 659 01:37:14,245 --> 01:37:16,871 Now I need to stay here and I will. 660 01:37:29,468 --> 01:37:31,177 I failed an exam the other day. 661 01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:35,223 Go ahead, laugh. I stood with my mouth open. 662 01:37:36,642 --> 01:37:38,393 I could laugh thinking about it. 663 01:37:40,604 --> 01:37:42,772 I'll have to make up spring session. 664 01:37:43,566 --> 01:37:44,858 I must concentrate... 665 01:37:45,276 --> 01:37:46,693 ...if I still can. 666 01:37:47,695 --> 01:37:49,445 Don't look at me like that. 667 01:37:51,448 --> 01:37:54,826 Don't order me around. Here, I'm your father and your master. 668 01:37:55,202 --> 01:37:58,079 You're no master, and I've had it with fathers... 669 01:37:58,247 --> 01:38:01,040 ...and family blood. With no blood ties at all... 670 01:38:01,917 --> 01:38:05,920 ...people have helped me more than you did these past years. 671 01:38:06,964 --> 01:38:09,591 I prepared this talk all night... 672 01:38:09,758 --> 01:38:11,551 ...and now you'II hear every word. 673 01:38:12,303 --> 01:38:14,888 You patriarchs have done only two things in life... 674 01:38:15,514 --> 01:38:19,100 - I don't hear anything. ...obeyed first, and commanded later. 675 01:38:20,060 --> 01:38:24,814 - I don't hear anything. - Commands fill your lungs... 676 01:38:25,566 --> 01:38:27,358 Obedience is the air you breathe... 677 01:38:27,860 --> 01:38:29,903 ...even if you won't listen. 678 01:39:42,267 --> 01:39:43,977 I'm going to go home and kill him. 679 01:41:43,931 --> 01:41:47,767 Turn off the radio and get out or I'll disfigure you. 680 01:43:19,902 --> 01:43:21,611 What are you whistling? 681 01:43:21,904 --> 01:43:23,571 Why don't you slap me? 682 01:43:24,615 --> 01:43:26,115 Strike me. 683 01:43:26,450 --> 01:43:27,909 Strike me! 684 01:43:38,754 --> 01:43:40,129 Mama, come down! 685 01:43:42,049 --> 01:43:42,965 Hurry down. 686 01:43:44,551 --> 01:43:45,885 Come! 687 01:44:19,378 --> 01:44:22,171 - He used a knife! - That's a lie! 688 01:44:25,133 --> 01:44:27,802 He says it was me in order to throw me out. 689 01:44:31,098 --> 01:44:32,723 You went like this. 690 01:44:38,230 --> 01:44:39,355 No... 691 01:44:44,653 --> 01:44:46,737 Yes... yes... 692 01:44:47,781 --> 01:44:49,573 Our Gavino is getting smart... 693 01:44:59,042 --> 01:45:01,002 ...but this little brain here... 694 01:45:13,515 --> 01:45:14,807 He'll kill me. 695 01:45:49,676 --> 01:45:52,887 - I'II go back to the continent. - Good idea. But how? 696 01:45:53,305 --> 01:45:55,806 Tomorrow morning there's a train for Porto Torres. 697 01:45:56,767 --> 01:45:59,518 - No, I'll leave tonight - With the bus? 698 01:46:00,854 --> 01:46:03,647 - Will you go get my coat? - I'll get the suitcase. 699 01:46:03,857 --> 01:46:06,233 It's under papa's bed. 700 01:46:13,075 --> 01:46:14,367 That's right... 701 01:46:17,245 --> 01:46:18,579 Who's going to go? 702 01:46:22,000 --> 01:46:23,125 I'll go in. 703 01:46:25,837 --> 01:46:27,671 I have to get the suitcase. 704 01:46:55,158 --> 01:46:57,451 I left for the mainland. I earned a degree... 705 01:46:57,619 --> 01:47:00,413 ...in Linguistics, the origin of Sardinian dialects. 706 01:47:00,664 --> 01:47:02,832 I taught. But I was sick... 707 01:47:03,667 --> 01:47:06,293 I had a stomach operation and I got better. 708 01:47:06,837 --> 01:47:08,462 I had to return to Siligo... 709 01:47:08,672 --> 01:47:10,548 ...to the shame of my father. 710 01:47:11,091 --> 01:47:13,342 I returned to write my story... 711 01:47:13,885 --> 01:47:15,678 ...on which this film is based... 712 01:47:16,138 --> 01:47:18,472 ...and freely interpreted. 713 01:47:18,890 --> 01:47:21,851 This is not only my story. 714 01:47:22,060 --> 01:47:26,564 Some shepherds say that their lives made the book. 715 01:47:27,816 --> 01:47:30,651 And I chose to come back for that very reason. 716 01:47:30,944 --> 01:47:33,821 That's what I believe in, the art of writing. 717 01:47:35,240 --> 01:47:38,701 I confess that sometimes I have the driving desire... 718 01:47:38,869 --> 01:47:40,953 ...to flee from this village... 719 01:47:41,246 --> 01:47:42,538 ...from this square. 720 01:47:43,290 --> 01:47:45,583 It's lively now because you're here... 721 01:47:46,084 --> 01:47:47,460 ...but come back in winter. 722 01:47:50,505 --> 01:47:51,589 On the continent... 723 01:47:52,257 --> 01:47:54,508 I'd find far greater attractions. 724 01:47:54,676 --> 01:47:56,594 But I'd be using my position as a privilege... 725 01:47:56,761 --> 01:47:59,263 just like my father directed his power. 726 01:47:59,931 --> 01:48:02,016 His last victory... 727 01:48:03,602 --> 01:48:06,479 Perhaps it's only a selfish consideration... 728 01:48:06,938 --> 01:48:08,314 ...which keeps me here: 729 01:48:08,899 --> 01:48:10,024 The fear... 730 01:48:12,694 --> 01:48:15,237 ...that, away from my land, parents... 731 01:48:15,530 --> 01:48:19,033 ...smells, I'd be mute again. 732 01:48:19,242 --> 01:48:22,828 As I was in the sheepcotes... 733 01:48:23,872 --> 01:48:27,500 and the pens of Baddevrustana. 734 01:48:28,752 --> 01:48:30,377 The book... 735 01:48:30,879 --> 01:48:33,172 ...begins in a building like this one... 736 01:48:33,632 --> 01:48:35,841 ...the day my father came... 737 01:48:36,134 --> 01:48:38,385 ...to drag me out of school. 738 01:48:59,658 --> 01:49:01,325 Nobody laugh at Galvino! 739 01:49:08,291 --> 01:49:09,458 Hands on your desks. 740 01:49:16,091 --> 01:49:17,550 Today it's Gavino's turn... 741 01:49:17,717 --> 01:49:19,301 ...tomorrow it's yours. 742 01:53:26,299 --> 01:53:29,092 SUBTITLES: STUDIO ORION