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Handsome, honest, emigrant to Australia would like to marry virgin fellow countrywoman

Hi Bob! Where are you going?

I'm going to Broken Hill.

Hi, Ben! Amedeo! Yes, the line is repaired.

I have the flying fox for your wife.

This evening, Italian club. You coming with me?

Okay, goodbye.

Hi, kangaroo! Where are you going?

Hi, Miss Mary! What are you doing? Washing?

I'm hanging it out!

Amedeo, it's the barber.

Ah, yes!

- Hey, barber. - Yes?

Cut my hair! Just three millimetres.

- Don't worry! - Don't cut it too much.

Italian style, because this evening I'm going to dance.

- Bye, Miss Mary! - Goodbye, Amedeo!

- I go to dance! Tango! - Have a good time!

- Enjoy yourself! - Bye. - Bye.

- Yes, I'll enjoy! Goodbye! Yes, I go. - Bye.

Hello, Amedeo. Are you going to Broken Hill?

Yes, I'm going to dance. Italian club.

- Hi, Dick! Come with me to Broken Hill! - Go!

- Don't you dance? - Find yourself a wife!

Bye!

- Hi, Brescia! - Hi, Amedeo. - Hi, Taranto!

- Hi, Amedeo! Where are you going? - Where?

Look here!

"Tonight: dancing party for emigrants,

"many Italian women will be attending."

Many Italian women? Are they good-looking?

Sure they are! Might even find a wife!

Next week, we'll come too!

Yes, that's alright! Do you have a blue dress?

- I don't! - Me neither, but if we need it to find a wife...

- we'll have it tailored, right? - That's right!

Hi, Main! Come with me to the dance at the Italian club!

- I can't, I've got my wife! - Beautiful girls! - Lucky you!

- They're much better than your eggplants! - Bye, Amedeo!

Hi, Sergeant!

No, thank you!

- Excuse me. - Will you dance with me? - Impossible!

- You really won't? - Some other time.

- Promise? - Certainly! - Very well.

I already danced with you last Saturday. Why do you insist?

- May I? - No, I'm with someone else.

Miss, will you dance with me? Yes?

I can't dance with you. My family don't want me to. Thank you!

My intentions are serious.

My father's already asked about you at the hospital.

The doctors said that you're not well,

that you have convulsions.

Sorry about my insistence.

Will you dance with me?

- Miss, will you dance with me? - No, I'm busy.

- Just once! - No, thank you, I won't dance!

- Miss, may I? - No, I won't dance. - Why?

- I don't want to! I'm busy! - Okay.

- Miss, will you dance this tango with me? - Yes, thank you.

- May I? - No.

When you go to a dancing club, you should dance.

No, thank you, I'm busy! Sorry, I'm busy!

Thank you very much!

- Some other time! - Sorry. - It's okay.

May I?

- No, I'm busy. Thank you. - Very well.

Excuse me, will you dance?

No, I already told you I'm busy!

- You really won't dance? - No!

- Will you dance, Miss? - Yes.

- Hi, Franci'! - Hi, Amedeo!

Are the women all here? Just three of them, hairy and haughty?

- Had it up our butts once more! - Right.

- Bye! I'm going to visit Don Anselmo. - Bye!

- Bye, Nicola! - Bye, Amedeo!

- Are you leaving? - Yes.

- Won't you dance the jig with me? - That's disgusting!

- Hi, Amedeo! - Hi! - Hi! - Hi!

- Hey! - Hi, Amedeo! - What's with your hairstyle?

- Do I look bad? - Yes, you should have changed your teeth.

Come on!

# Heaven is mirrored on the silver spirit...

# while a sigh and a song fade away.

- Hey, how about me? - Sorry, I've no money.

I have to get married.

- Fifty dollars. - Fifty dollars?

More expensive than a kangaroo! That's alright!

- We're here to thank you. - What for?

- I'm here, Don Anselmo! - Good, Amedeo! Go over there!

Yes. Thank you very much!

I'm happy that everything turned out fine.

Tropea, April 10.

"Dear Don Anselmo, being an orphan, I wish to get in touch with you...

"in order to arrange a marriage with an Italian emigrated to Australia.

"I'm sending you a picture so that you may see me.

"Thank you. Greetings. Amadei Santuccia."

Don't look at them, it's useless! They're all engaged.

- Sit down! - Yes.

I have so much work on Saturday night!

All the emigrants come to me.

How can I please them all?

Any good news for me?

Some news, but not good.

- Why, hasn't she answered? - Yes, she did. Listen!

That's alright!

Macerata, the 7th of February 1971.

"Dear Reverend, please say thank you to Mr. Amedeo...

"for his marriage proposal, but I don't feel like...

"marrying a man who earns 130,000 lire per month...

"and who lives in a shack in the desert...

"so I'm sending the picture back." Here it is.

Is that all?

No, there's more.

"Dear Reverend, Amedeo's picture is not to my liking,...

"but I've been favorably struck by his friend,...

"the one with the moustache, and I'd like to have the chance...

"to write to him regarding marriage. Greetings, etc."

Tell me Amedeo, why do you insist on using that picture?

Because it was taken ten years ago...

and I look much younger and better looking.

I know, but every time the girls answer...

that they want to marry your friend!

Take a nice picture of yourself alone, without a chance to make comparisons!

And dress yourself better! Be up to-date!

- I'm wearing blue! - Take your ugly red tie off!

Open your shirt a little, what else can I say?

- If only this could be enough to be young again! Like this? - Yes!

I turn out ugly in pictures!

These Italian girls are getting more and more demanding.

They want tall and handsome men who own an American car.

Don Anselmo, I need a wife! I'm so lonely!

- Amedeo, you'd better give up! - May I?

Come in, Giovannino! I have some news for you, too.

Here!

"Sant'Armenio Calabro, the 2nd of February 1971.

"Dear Reverend, please say thank you to Mr. Giovannino...

"for his marriage proposal, but I was disappointed by the picture.

"But my cousin Carmela, who lives in Rome,

"is willing to come to Australia immediately...

"to get married." This is Carmela's picture.

No, I'm not interested...

she's too good-looking.

Don't be afraid, Giovannino!

The picture was taken ten years ago...

and you know how they are, those women from Calabria, don't you?

They get old and fat quickly.

Maybe, but I don't trust them, reverend! Good night.

Good night!

What's her name?

- Carmela. - I like her very much!

What's she wearing on her head?

- Hi, Kathrine! - Hi, Amedeo!

- Is Giuseppe Bartoni home? - Yes, he's upstairs.

- Thank you! - Bye, Amedeo. Nice suit!

Thank you very much! See how they notice!

Who is it now?

Giuseppe! Giuseppe, it's me, Amedeo. May I come in?

The sly fox! Are you dressing like Robespierre now?

- Yes. - Come in!

Sorry! I thought you were alone. You said: "Come in".

- Come! Where are you going? - Who is she?

Just a bitch, never mind.

- She's Australian? - Yes, don't worry. Have a seat!

Yes, yes!

- Listen, Giuseppe... - Tell me!

How come Australian women won't come near us...

but you have a different one every week?

Because they're demanding! They want an American car,

a bottle of whisky. And you have no money!

- And you, where do you get all this money? - Are you mad at me?

I'm mad at everybody.

Everybody minds his own business and nobody cares about me!

What do you want? What do you need?

Maybe I've found a wife, but there's a serious problem.

Don Anselmo gave me a picture of this girl from Calabria,

- who lives in Rome. - Is she a shepherd?

Stop it! She's a girl! Her name's Carmela...

and she's willing to come to Australia to marry me,

but she wants to see a picture of me before leaving.

So, where's the problem?

This is the problem! Do you remember?

How can I forget? When we killed the snake ten years ago!

The big snake. I usually send this picture.

You know what the girls answer?

- That they want to marry me! - That's right!

How can I sort things out?

No problem! Look! I'll erase the arrow from your head.

And where will you draw it?

I'll draw it on my head, I'm sure she'll come!

"Dear Carmela, from the moment you started writing to me...

"I haven't felt lonely any more, even though you're far away.

"We're having a hot summer here, while a cold winter is raging over there.

"Dear Carmela, once I performed my duty as a soldier, right in Rome,

"where you now live and work, in a factory,

"but I haven't been back to Italy for more than twenty years.

"When you join me in this far away land, it'll be like...

"receiving a little bit of my dear fatherland.

"Carmela, here it's noon, while it's still midnight over there, that's alright?

"But does this huge distance really matter...

"since our hearts beat as one?"

"My beloved Amedeo, here it's midnight.

"We're in the middle of winter and I'm very cold.

"From the moment I started receiving your letters, I haven't felt lonely any more.

"There are too many people here in Italy, we're all crammed in.

"I'm looking forward to coming to Australia, where there's so much room!

"How are the kangaroos?"

"My beloved Carmela, the time has come.

"I've already sent you the airplane ticket,

"I'll be able to hold you in my arms in just a few days,

"that's alright?"

- Hey, you just passing by? - Hey, Mister? Where are you going?

Stop, you faggot! You miserable wretch!

Why can't you keep still?

I'm cold! I have pins and needles in my leg!

Why are you looking at your watch, then?

I've been waiting here for the past 3 hours and nobody stopped. There's a football match!

Why are you in such a hurry tonight? Why don't you answer me?

Answer me!

How much?

- Five! - Let's go!

Speed up, we're late!

Alitalia flight boarding...

I'll send you a postcard.

Quick, Rosalba's waiting for you!

Alitalia flight number 3 departing...

Attention, please! Last call for flight number 342 to Madrid.

Hurry up, you're late!

That shithead's keeping me under control until the last minute.

Try not to swear, nor drink, nor smoke from now on!

Yes, I made a vow. My suitcase?

It's on the plane. Here's your passport,

the boarding card, the vaccination certificate,

and twenty dollars for some small expenses. Take them!

This is my picture; I wrote my measurements on it. Listen carefully!

If he has a salary and a house, that's enough for me.

It doesn't matter if he's not good-looking, I'm fed up with men, anyway!

Attention, passengers...

- Bye, Rosalba! - Bye, dear!

- Bye! Bye! - Thank you! Bye!

- Carmela! - Here! I stuck it to you right in that place!

Where are you going? What are you up to?

I'm going to get married at the other end of the world.

I'm marrying someone who will even give me a maid!

Who told you that?

Where are you going without me? You're stupid and illiterate,

and you have such bad pneumonia that you can't even stand on your feet.

Come here!

Find someone else! Put your sister on the sidewalk!

Come on, Madam!

- Can I have your ticket? - Yes.

This is a tourist ticket with a discount for emigrants.

- Which means? - You're in first class.

- Please, come with me! - Yes.

Excuse me.

Here's your seat, Madam.

Fasten your seat belt, please.

Are we already flying?

Before answering, allow me to introduce myself:

Riccardo Boscemi.

Ladies and gentlemen, the captain and his crew...

welcome you aboard Qantas flight 762...

and wish you a pleasant journey. We will land in Brisbane airport...

in 29 hours. Dinner will be served in half an hour. Thank you!

Ladies and gentlemen the captain...

and his crew welcome you...

onboard Qantas flight 762 and wish you a pleasant journey.

We will land in Brisbane airport in 29 hours.

Dinner will be served in half an hour. Thank you!

This seat has already been taken by another lady.

But that's me!

I didn't recognize you!

Would you like a little slice? It's salami from Calabria!

Thank you! I'm native to Calabria too.

No!

I have a knife too.

I'm going to an unfamiliar country, you never know!

I'm taking it with me for self-defence.

Easy! Easy with the wine!

He looks very distinguished. Is he a building labourer?

- No, he's a stationmaster. - Congratulations!

I've been living in Australia for 22 years and I can assure you...

that a stationmaster's wife is highly regarded...

over there. A real lady!

Well, I can't complain! He has a nice house,

a good salary and an American car.

Everything you need!

This is Salvatore and this is Faustino.

Are you going there to get married too?

My cousin and I got married by proxy.

You've never seen your husbands?

No, I met him when I was five, when we were in kindergarten.

I've never met Faustino.

Looking at his picture was enough for me.

The two girls behind us got married by proxy, too.

Where are they from?

They come from Yugoslavia and are going to Australia...

to marry some fellow countrymen.

Dear Saint Orsolina, forgive me for cheating Amedeo...

like this, but if I really wanted to change my life,

someone had to get screwed!

You said you went to college...

- but this is primary school. - This picture was taken...

25 years ago. That's the way I remember her!

While I was here, I heard that she wasn't married yet,

so I wrote to her, after 20 years.

But, even if I try hard,

I can't imagine how she looks now.

Salvatore, let's not delude ourselves.

If they were good-looking, they wouldn't come here...

to marry two miserable guys like us, without even knowing us.

I'm not deluding myself! All my friends...

who wrote received pictures of young girls,

beautiful, elegant, tall... then, when they came over here,

they were all short, ugly, old and with fat legs.

One of them even had a beard!

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

We are now flying over the Australian coast.

In about half an hour, we will be landing in Brisbane airport.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

We are now flying over the Australian coast.

In about half an hour, we will be landing in Brisbane airport.

They're here!

Do you know how to do up your tie?

Do it à la Robespierre, like I did!

There! You look younger. Me too!

Let's go!

- Here I am! Here, Peppino! - Mother!

- Carmelo, my son! - Mother! Mother!

How old you look! You too!

Look at these creatures. God bless you!

How handsome you are!

- Carmela! - Nunziata!

Nunziata!

Are you Carmela?

No, I'm Agnese.

Agnese! Agnese! I'm here!

After twelve years, you look like someone else.

Oh, dear!

Carmela!

That can't be her.

Alright, Miss. You can go ahead.

Amedeo!

Amedeo!

Hello, grandmother. How do you do?

Hello, grandmother. How do you do?

What kind of language do you speak? I don't understand you!

How beautiful they are, these little ones!

How smart they are!

- Salvatore! - Faustino!

- Salvatore! - Faustino!

- Did you find them? - No, we didn't see anyone.

- Salvatore! - Faustino!

- Are you Concetta? - No.

- No, I'm Concetta! - I'm Salvatore.

How do I look, in person?

I imagined you differently, especially your voice...

Can I give you a kiss?

Sure! You're my husband!

Where's Faustino?

He felt a little dizzy. He's coming right away.

- Faustino... - Did you see her? So?

Huh?

I don't feel well. I'm afraid I'll have a heart attack!

I didn't have the courage to meet her either!

Did you cheat her somehow?

So?

I'm bald, but she doesn't know it yet.

That's no big deal! If you could imagine what kind of trouble I'm in...

Faustino, we'd better run away!

Run away? I'm a man of honour.

I'm going to tell the truth, no matter what.

Right, Faustino! You go first! Show her your head!

I'll drink a little cognac and then I'll come too.

Flight 956 to Melbourne...

No, I won't marry him. He's completely bald! I want to go home.

Why this kind of trick?

Why do you have all your hair in the picture?

It wasn't my idea.

When I told the photographer about the purpose of the picture...

he said: "Faustino, I'll do you a favour...

"for which you'll thank me all your life."

If you had tricked me like this, I'd have cut you open...

like a goat!

Who are you? Why are you looking at me?

I'm a friend of Amedeo's.

Where have I seen you before?

- Right! Here, next to Amedeo. - Yes.

What's your name?

- Giuseppe. - Why are you here?

This is a letter from Amedeo.

What's written in it?

- Can't you read? - I can read, but I have a headache.

- Should I read it? - No!

- You read it. - I can't, I don't have my glasses.

If you'll allow me, I'll read it.

"Dear Carmela, I'm currently sick and lying in bed with the flu, so I asked...

"my friend Giuseppe to pick you up and take you to his..."

My house!

Here!

How long does it take to get to Amedeo's?

Three days and three nights, if everything goes right!

Why?

Why am I so unlucky?

He told me we'd make the trip together...

in order to talk and get to know each other.

- He wrote that everything was booked! - It is.

Hotels, trains, sleeping cars... Don't lose heart, Carmela,

I'm here to keep you company!

What do I care about your company?

Why should I spend my honeymoon with you?

I'd rather stay by myself!

How can you? You don't even know the language, you'll get lost!

- Here's some flowers! - What are these flowers for?

Flowers for the dead!

Carmela, follow me!

- Why is it so hot? - It's tropical weather!

45 degrees in the shade. Let's load the suitcases.

Passengers are requested to proceed to gate number six.

That's flight number 971.

Qantas flight number 971 for New York.

Passengers should go to gate number six.

Passengers are requested to proceed to gate number six.

That's flight number 971. Qantas flight number 971 for New York.

- What are you doing in there? - Isn't this Amedeo's car?

This is an ambassador's car.

Here's our car, a convertible.

Is this Amedeo's car?

No, this is mine. Please, get in!

Make yourself comfortable. Relax! Shall we go?

When I think that in Rome I was freezing...

and here it's so hot...

I'm all dressed in wool, even my vest.

Bear with it, Carmela, we're almost there.

You've been saying that for an hour already!

Look! Look how beautiful Australia is! Do you like it?

Yes, it's beautiful, but it's too hot!

- Good morning! - Good morning, sir!

Is there a reservation for Mr. Amedeo Foglietti?

- Yes. Are you Mr. Amedeo? - Yes, I'm Amedeo.

- Where are you taking me? What's this? - This is a hotel.

These shacks in the forest?

The natives, the savages, used to live here and eat snakes.

Now it's become the most exclusive hotel around here, only for the rich.

- Those are two whores? - Be quiet! Don't speak so loud!

Don't let them hear you!

- What? - What are those things?

- Those are coconuts! - How nice!

- Yes. - I had never seen them up in the trees before.

You like coconut, don't you?

Why are we stopping here?

You must take some rest. Amedeo reserved a room for you.

- Is it paid for? - Yes, dinner too.

- I'll stop, then! - Yes. You'll see: we'll be fine here!

Tell me if you like the room?

- Sure I like it! - This is a romantic place...

- for a honeymoon! - Who is she?

She's the Queen of England, but you're much better than her!

Where are you going to sleep?

Huh? Where?

- I can sleep on the armchair. - In my room?

I won't take my clothes off...

Listen... Who are you?

I'm Giuseppe, a friend of his.

And you'd sleep in his wife's room?

- Where else? - How would I know? Get another room.

That's twenty dollars!

Why should you care? Amedeo is rich, right?

- So he says! - Let's make him pay!

That'll teach him! Making his friend go on honeymoon with his own wife!

You're right, Carmela! Let's make him pay, that'll teach him!

I'll do as you say. What should I do?

You must leave, I have to undress.

Yes. I'm leaving, Carmela. If you need me...

I'll holler!

Giuseppe! Hello Giuseppe!

It's me, do you hear me?

- Yes, who's speaking? - It's Amedeo.

Has your wife arrived?

- Yes, she's here. - How is she?

- Giuseppe, it's quite a shock! - Why?

- She's beautiful! - Would you rather have her ugly?

No, but she's too beautiful!

Did you tell her that you're Amedeo?

How could I? I don't know what her reaction will be, and she's armed!

She's got a bag full of knives!

Watch out or you might end up stabbed!

- Do you have any advice? - Why?

Because she's beautiful and determined! And she's demanding too.

When we came out of the airport she got in an ambassador's car.

She thought it was mine!

Does she think we're millionaires?

You got me into this mess.

You told me: "Draw the arrow on my head.

"Tell her that you're a stationmaster.

- "She'll come for sure." - Well, she's here!

Yes, she's here, but what do I do now? How can I tell her the truth?

Amedeo, do as I tell you.

Go ahead!

Go out and buy a present for her.

Yes, maybe a light dress.

She brought just a woollen shirt - she's all sweaty!

Right! Then you take her for a romantic walk.

You court her, you hold her hand, you give her a little kiss.

Then what?

Then you take her out for dinner and you make her drink!

And I tell her the truth when she's drunk?

No! First you sleep with her and then you tell her!

Yes! What did you say?

Hello! Hello!

There's an interruption on the line. It's broken.

It's broken?

First I sleep with her and then I tell her!

How do I look? Good?

Great! You look like a mannequin!

- Did you take everything? - Everything's inside the packages.

- Well? Shall we go? - Yes, let's go!

Are they beauty queens?

Yes, they're advertising some shoe polish.

Look at that!

Can I take my jacket off?

Sure! It's pretty hot!

You could've bought some shorts!

I don't look good in them. I'm all hairy.

- Did you spend a lot? - It was a pleasure.

What have you got to do with it?

- Amedeo is paying for it! - You think so?

Since I'm a single woman and people could get the wrong idea....

- can we walk arm in arm? - With pleasure!

How beautiful you are, Carmela! Everybody's looking at you!

- Are you married? - No, I'm not even engaged!

I'm absolutely free!

Is Amedeo's station a big one?

- There are many trains. - What's your job?

- I'm the wire guardian. - What's that?

You see, Carmela, here in Australia there are "flying foxes",

- foxes who can fly. - Foxes with wings? - Yes.

They come out at night and cut the wires with their teeth.

If I'm not quick, nobody would be able to talk on the phone any more.

- How much do you earn? - 160,000.

- Every week? - Every week? Every month!

- How much do you send to your mom? - 30,000.

- Is she old? - Why are you asking me...

all these things? How much do I earn? How do I live?

Just to make conversation!

What are you doing? You tried to hold my hand?

- No! - Don't get too acquainted!

- Why, would you mind? - But... who are you?

Shall we walk arm in arm?

No way! There's nobody here!

- Shall we run? - Are you crazy?

- Carmela, a cigarette? - No, I made a vow.

Will you untie it?

- How nice it is! It's so hot! - Yes.

If I think of my workmates, those poor girls!

With their feet trembling because of the cold...

Why? There was no heating system in the factory where you worked?

- The water is hot! - Yes.

- Are you taking a bath? - No! I'm afraid when I can't touch the bottom.

- I can't swim! - I think I'm going to take a dive.

Yes, jump in the water!

Jump in, Carmela!

Carmela!

You see, Carmela, people say: "If your mother dies,

"you'll have 30,000 more lire, you'll be able to get married."

"Okay", I say, but I can't wait.

I'm almost fifty, you know?

Why don't you do like the others? Write letters to Italy and maybe...

I don't know, maybe a widow who wants to get settled...

Yes, but I can't just take any woman.

How would you like her?

Like you!

They're all married couples.

Haven't you ever thought about marrying an Australian woman?

Me? I can't!

Why?

Well, first of all, I don't like their kind...

besides, they drink, smoke, and almost all of them have a college degree.

They're used to coming back home at two at night...

and if you ask them: "where have you been?", they get mad...

and they answer: "that's my business!"

- What does it mean? - It means "that's my business".

- Really? - That's right!

You see, we emigrants want to marry an Italian woman...

because she's obedient, beautiful, sweet and caring...

and, excuse my language,

when an Italian girl comes directly from her hometown,

- you're sure she's still a virgin! - How long have you been abroad?

- Twenty years! - I can tell!

Why? Has anything changed?

Nowadays, girls work in factories.

They won't stay locked up in their houses!

When they're alone in the city, they find someone saying one thing,

someone else saying another, they start to get scared...

and, ignorant as they are, they don't realize what can happen to them.

Just a moment, please!

Carmela, don't call him like that!

I didn't mean it!

I know, but he could get the wrong idea.

- Good evening, Madam! - Are you Italian?

Almost all waiters are Italian.

They're all Italians!

- How much is this? - Five dollars. - What about this?

That's a dollar and a half.

The five-dollar thing for the lady,

- and the dollar-and-a-half thing for me. - Something to drink?

Cheers!

- Excuse me Carmela, what are you doing? Whom are you smiling at? - At those guys!

Cheers!

- Why? You shouldn't do it! - But they're making a toast!

Sure, you're arousing them, they're all drunk!

Listen... Who are you to make this sort of comment?

There he is! He's coming!

Hi there, a little dance, honey?

- No! No! - Come on!

- Excuse me, Mr... - Let go of me!

The lady won't dance. Sit down please, at your table.

Thank you! Thank you very much! They're drunk, I told you!

Don't matter. I just wanna dance with her, alright?

Son of a bitch!

What do you want? This lady won't dance! Go! Go away, you drunkard!

Your friend is drunk. This lady dances with me!

We'd better dance, otherwise...

Yes, sure, Carmela! Come on! Let's dance and have some fun.

- No, man... - Again! She dances with me!

No, I'm not drunk.

Here! If I give you this wreath will you be good?

Sit down, please! Sit down, you drunkard!

They're not bad people, you know? They're like children!

- Punch them in the face! - No!

- What kind of dance is that? - A tango.

Don't you like it?

That's what they used to dance thirty years ago!

- Is it out of fashion in Italy? - I'll say.

Are you trying it on with me?

"Dear Rosalba, I think I've found a husband for you...

"and a father for your daughter. He's very kind.

"He earns 130,000 lire every month...

"and if, unfortunately, one day her mother died,

"he would have 30,000 more lire."

I've made up my mind, you know? Tomorrow she goes back to Italy...

because, you know Riccardo, I've done a terrible thing,

but I can't push it too far!

Listen to me!

This is what I thought: I'll make her come here,

maybe cheating her, but when she's here we can talk,

we'll get to know each other and we'll take a nice trip together.

If she falls in love, I'll marry her, otherwise I'll send her back home.

Listen, Amedeo. You've spent all your savings to make her come here.

Think twice, before sending her back to Italy!

You're right! We still have a few days...

before our trip is over.

I don't think she'll fall in love, but maybe she'll start caring about me,

then I'll tell her, little by little.

If you don't tell her the truth now, you never will.

Drink some more wine, then You go to her room and you tell her.

- You're right, I'll tell her right now! - Go! Now!

Now or never!

- Right! - Now...

- Or never! - Or never!

Carmela, are you there?

- Who is it? - It's me, Giuseppe.

- I can see that. What do you want? - I came to wish you good night.

- Good night! - Good night Carmela and sleep well!

Look! What a nice road, right through the jungle!

It's the one you built, right?

Yes, Bampo, Giuseppe and I.

- Amedeo! - What? Yes, Amedeo.

We moved forward by cutting the trees down.

We advanced thirty meters every day.

- How long is the road? - Six hundred kilometers!

- Look! - A snake!

- Yes - Like the one in the picture!

Yes, and this is the place where we took the picture with the snake.

There! You see, Carmela?

This is the shack where Amedeo, Bampo and I met.

There!

Get off, Carmela! Come and take a look!

- Amedeo, Giuseppe and... - And Bampo.

Bampo? Who's Bampo?

Bampo is the one next to me in the picture.

We used to all sleep together. One of us cooked,

another one sewed, and I did the laundry and the ironing.

Who's screaming?

The parrots. There are thousands of them.

What are they doing? Are they laughing?

Yes, they recognized me. They're old; they can live for one hundred years!

- They recognized you? - Yes. - Where are they?

They're in the trees.

You can't see them, but they can see you.

When you give them something to eat, they plunge like hawks.

Try to scream: "Coccorì, this is for you!". Scream!

- Coccorì, this is for you! - Louder! Louder!

We used to call out every night and then we made a soup.

Coccorì, this is for you!!

Look, here they come!

Coccorì, this is for you!

How hot it is! Does this road ever end?

Well, at least in a car you can breathe! Imagine when we used to walk...

and cut the trees down. We're getting close to the shack.

- How many shacks are there? - We used to build one every six months.

We'd leave the old one and go on to a new one.

There we are, Carmela!

- The car's on fire! - No, don't worry!

It got a little hot, we should just let it cool down.

I'll take our provisions...

so we can have some "breakfast".

- What's a "breakfast"? - Breakfast!

That's how they say it around here!

There, it's already cold. Ouch!

These are English engines, there's nothing to be done!

Where's the shack?

Come! Up there! Come, dear!

Were you alone? Without any women?

Well, at first a German girl used to come from Brisbane.

She used to come here, riding a horse in her evening dress.

She'd go round every shack on a Saturday...

and then she'd leave on Sunday, with all our money.

When we got too far from the city...

suddenly she didn't show up anymore.

How long have you lived this kind of life?

- Well, Bampo and I for many years! - What about Amedeo?

One Sunday, he rode off with the German girl...

and he said: "See you guys, I'll be back tonight"...

but I didn't see him for six years after that!

- Are you speaking badly of Amedeo? - I'm not!

- Yes, you are! Watch what you say! - Yes, Carmela!

Here! Would you like to go inside?

Why isn't your name written on the house?

Because I left.

After six years of cutting trees down,

I got malaria and they took me to a hospital.

So, Bampo stayed here alone?

Yes.

He was alone, poor guy!

He stayed here alone for eight more years, cutting the trees down,

without ever going to the city,

without ever drinking a glass of wine.

Why did he make all these sacrifices?

To pay off his father's debts. He was still living in Brescia.

Let's have a picnic here, Carmela.

Have something to drink! Freshen up a bit.

I'll go put some water in the radiator.

I'll be right back, Carmela!

"Dear husband,

"we have received the usual money order...

"and we have paid one of your father's promissory notes".

There it is! My illness has come! My God!

Carmela! Dear Carmela! Carmela!

What is it? Giuseppe!

- Giuseppe! What's the matter, Giuseppe? - Carmela!

- Dear Carmela! My illness has come! - You're shaking all over... What illness?

- My illness has come! - Here! Drink! - My illness!

My God! What should I do?

- There's nothing you can do here! - What can I do?

- Don't look at me, I'm getting ugly. - Should I ask for help?

- What can I do? What can I do? - Don't leave me alone!

What are you saying? I must find some help! Help!

Help! Help! Someone's dying! Help! Help!

- Doctor... I want a doctor... - Cigarettes...

What?

Cigarettes...

Hey, dear, I don't smoke. I made a vow!

- Cigarettes... - Doctor... a doctor...

What? Hotel!

I can find a doctor there?

I can't remember where I came from, I'm getting lost.

Giuseppe!

Giuseppe!

Where's the Italian gentleman? Where did you take him?

- The Italian gentleman? - Yes, the dead one.

By the hotel.

Giuseppe! Giuseppe it's me, Carmela!

Where are you?

- Do something, he's sick! - It's epilepsy.

- What's he saying? I don't understand! - He's epileptic.

Epileptic? Call a doctor, he's dying!

- Are you Italian? - Yes, I'm Italian. Can you help me?

All my workers are Italians.

This chandelier was brought to me by Peppino, from Naples.

I don't care about your chandelier! I want a doctor!

There's no doctor here. He lives 300 km from here!

- Is there a phone? - The phone's broken.

I sent Peppino to fix the wires in the forest.

- Do you want a beer? - Beer? No! I want a doctor!

Come on, we'll use the radio.

- Take care of him. - Stay calm! I'll be right back!

Paul, come here to the desk, please.

Today, we'll ask you about history.

This is the first question:

what is the name of the Roman emperor...

who conquered Gaul?

The name is Julius Caesar.

Very good, Paul.

Where's the teacher?

In Brisbane, 500 km from here.

Tell me now, Paul. Who killed Julius Caesar?

The teacher asked the kid who killed Julius Caesar.

Doesn't he know?

Do you know who killed Julius Caesar?

I didn't even know that he was dead!

Okay, Paul. Mark: 4.

Hello, Miss Marian! I'm Robert.

Hello, Robert! Can I help you?

Yes, we need a doctor.

There you are.

Who is it?

I'm a doctor. It's nothing.

Nothing?

Now you have no problem.

- Huh? - You'll be alright! - Really?

- And tonight... try to have a good dinner. - Right...

- Have a glass of wine and I want you to relax. - A glass of wine?

- Thank you. - Alright? - Thank you very much. - Be quiet!

- Thank you! - You'll be alright! - Be quiet!!

- Goodbye! - Goodbye!

- Bye-bye! - Bye-bye! - Calm down!

- Where are you going? - I'll be right back! Doctor!

Doctor... Should I pay you for your visit?

There's no need! This is a special service, no need to pay.

- Bye-bye! - Thank you!

- Thank you very much, doctor! - Good luck!

- Thank you! - Bye-bye!

- Giuseppe! - I drink wine.

- How are you? - How am I? How am I?

How am I, dear?

How am I?

- I'm very cold, you know? - No, it's hot! - No!

I don't understand these thermometers!

- It shows 110. - 110...? 111...

and 112... I'm cold, you know?

- My bed is full of ants. - There are no ants!

- Yes! It's full of ants! - No, Giuseppe!

Close the window or the parrots will come inside!

- It's closed! - Is it? Where's Bampo? - I don't know.

- You don't know? - Drink! - He's in the asylum!

- Poor guy, in the asylum. - Don't talk!

- Don't... - Let's go visit him.

Don't talk, or you'll get tired! You're delirious!

How bitter it is! How bitter it is!

- Do you want me to warn your relatives? - Huh? - Your relatives!

What relatives? I have none. Only my friend Bampo, you know?

But... what do you do when you have an attack?

What do I do? I wait...

I wait for someone to come and save me, right?

Why didn't you tell me you were an epileptic?

I'm not an epileptic!

My condition is due to malaria fever, my dear.

Because I was...

I was bitten by a scorpion.

That's why I have these attacks.

Why did Amedeo send you and not someone else?

Thank you, dear! Thank you, dear!

- You're very kind, you know? Stay close to me, dear! - Yes.

- You must always stand by me! - Don't worry!

Tonight, I'll sleep here, next to you.

- Right, stay here! - I can help you if you need me.

Don't go away, dear! Stay close to me! Sleep beside me!

You must sleep beside me, okay dear?

Where are you going, dear?

I'm going to call Amedeo. Be patient! I'll be right back!

She's going to call Amedeo...

Hello, Amedeo...

let me hear your voice!

Hello! This is Carmela!

I can't hear anything!

What kind of language are you speaking?

Please try... I don't understand anything.

Hello! Is that Bun Bun Ga station?

Ask for Amedeo, the stationmaster.

Is that you, Peppino?

- What's Peppino got to do with it? - Is it you, Peppino?

No!

The line is down.

- The flying foxes! - Nice animals.

Peppino is still fixing the phone wires.

Bampo...

was holding the kangaroo by its legs,

I was holding it by its ears.

Someone came with a bottle of Marsala wine,

sent by his mother from Brescia.

So you got the kangaroo drunk?

Listen...

this guy showed up...

the guy from Brescia, with a packet of biscuits.

He asks: "Where's the Marsala?"

So I say:

"The kangaroo drank it all!"

That's enough, otherwise they'll throw us out of the hotel!

How beautiful you are, Carmela!

You did the laundry, you ironed our clothes... you took care of me...

and you smile like an angel!

You are the most beautiful and honest wife in the whole world!

Let's go to sleep now, Giuseppe!

Excuse me, Carmela, shall we have another drink?

Well, just to finish it.

Little by little, we managed to empty two flasks of wine!

We emptied two flasks!

That's good for us, dear! Cheers! To you, dear!

- Are you feeling alright, dear? - Yes. Good night!

Excuse me, Carmela,

can I kiss your hand?

- Here, kiss it! - Thank you very much!

- Sleep now! - Yes, Carmela!

- Come on! Good night! - Good night, dear!

What are you doing? Are you talking to yourself?

No, I'm praying to the Holy Virgin...

to preserve me from all misfortunes,

since I've had so many already!

The woman must be good-looking,

on the contrary for a man...

external looks are of no importance.

His brains are enough!

What are you trying to say, that Amedeo is stupid?

Not stupid, but shallow!

He gambles, he drinks, he's always in the company of whores,

he lives an expensive life. Where does he get all that money?

Why are you trying to steal your best friend's wife?

Because in my opinion, Carmela,

you deserve a much better man.

Right, and who could that be?

Coonabarabran,

Mereeba, Gillies Highway, Yammana, Goonwindi, Dirrenbandir.

Great! Where are we? I don't understand!

Are we getting lost?

- Would it be such a bad thing, Carmela? - What?

Me and you getting lost...

the two of us alone forever!

Listen, you epileptic dork...

Hey...

I understand that you guys are all alone like stray dogs,

but don't even think of playing any dirty tricks on me...

- or I'll cut you open from head to toe! - Shall we go, Carmela?

- Yes, we'd better go! - Yes, that's better!

Excuse me, Carmela, are you serious or are you kidding?

I'm kidding!

I kid around as long as people behave correctly,

otherwise I get serious!

He doesn't remember a thing.

He doesn't recognize anyone, poor guy!

To him, the past doesn't exist anymore.

He can't even remember that he has a wife back in Italy.

The only thing he has is his smoking habit.

I know, that's the only bad habit he had.

There he is!

Hi, Bampo!

Look, Bampo...

I brought you some tobacco and papers.

Bampo...

don't you recognize me? It's me, Cornetta!

Cornetta!

They called me Cornetta because I used to play the cornet.

Bampo, do you remember when we were in the forest?

How we used to cut our way through the trees, Bampo!

And how you climbed the trees to catch the parrots...

that we used to make our soup! Do you remember?

Try to say "parrot".

Parrot.

Show him this!

Bampo...

do you remember this picture?

When the three of us killed the snake.

Let's say thank you to Mr. Amedeo for sending the money order.

We always receive it on the first day of every month.

Is it Amedeo who supports him here at the asylum?

No... Only ten dollars for his tobacco and papers.

Beginning next month, he won't need it any more.

Why, sister?

Because the Italian Consulate will repatriate him.

You're sending him back to Italy?

Yes.

He'll stay with a sister of his who lives in Brescia.

She's a caretaker.

Living here or in Brescia doesn't change anything for him.

We won't see each other again, then!

Let's go now.

Come on, stand up! Give your friend a hug!

Bye, Bampo!

My goodness!

- What's the matter with this car? - Huh?

It's weird, it never happened before! What can the problem be?

- Throw it away! - No! What are you talking about? We could at least sell it!

Coming!

I don't understand, how could these Australians...

be so stupid?

Can't they see that the car is broken down?

It's not because they're stupid! You don't know them.

It's Saturday, and they're already drunk by six.

They see everything moving!

You'll see, Carmela, we'll make a bargain!

I can't wait to see that!

- Come and see the car! - It's a good deal, sir!

- No, I don't want a car. - It's an English car!

- Fifty dollars! - Good "suspensions"!

- No! - It's great!

- Hey, come with me! - No!

- Don't touch me! - Leave her alone, you drunkard!

She's not a car! She's my wife!

Nice deal I made listening to you!

"We will sell the car..."

If we don't leave now, they'll beat us up.

Let's try at the Italian club - they're not so demanding.

I'm sure we'll find someone who'll buy it. Push.

Yes... push...

But who will ever buy this car?

- Not even if you give it away free! - Be nice, Carmela!

- He put his hands on me! - But they're drunk! It's Saturday!

# Bye, bye, little girl.

# Another kiss...

Listen, dear fellow countrymen: we've always helped each other.

I've made many sacrifices to buy this car!

The engine is a jewel! It pulls like a rocket!

We're stuck here if you don't buy it!

I beg you - you can have it for just thirty dollars!

Can't you realize that nobody wants it?

- Let's take the train! - Wait! - Who is she? - Who is she?!

- This is my sister. - Is she engaged?

Leave my sister alone! She's got nothing to do with it.

Let's go! You're wasting your time!

For thirty dollars, it's a bargain!

Even if you gave it to me for free,

how can I pay for gasoline and tax?

These people are poor wretches, worse than you!

Why have you come here...

if you don't even have the money to afford a car?

- Who dares...? - So, won't you help me?

- What's your name? - My sister... - Carmela. - Carmela.

Remember that we are here to carry out our vengeance.

What vengeance?

I left Gela 35 years ago.

I worked in mines, factories, deserts:

two shifts every day, 16 hours.

In 35 years,

I've had a bottle of beer only twice:

the first one, when I arrived here;

the second one, when they threw the king out of Italy.

35 years of sacrifices!

I managed to save three million, eight hundred and fifty thousand lire.

When I get to four million, I'll carry out my vengeance.

I'll go back to Gela,

I'll buy a bar, and I'll stick it up everybody's ass!

You can stick it up your sister's ass, if you have just four million lire!

How dare you speak of my sister?

Hey!

Wait! What are you doing with that knife?

- You want to fight with a lady? - Never!

But I can fight with you!

- I'm not afraid of you! - Scoundrel!

If you have a knife, I...

Come on! Don't worry!

Get in the car!

Right! Take her knife, before she ends up hurting herself!

- We'll go for a ride, we'll come back later! - Giuseppe!

- Get in! - Giuseppe! - Hey!

Where are you taking her? Let go of me! Hey, wait!

- Help me, Giuseppe! - What are you doing?

- You cowards! - Giuseppe!

- You bastards! - Sons of bitches! - Stop! - Help!

- Let go of her! - Move your hand!

- Let go of me! - I won't!

Help!

Leave the girl alone, you dirty southerners!

Cut them off!

Don't be afraid, miss. We'll stop them!

Carmela! My dear... Carmela!

Here I am! It's me! Where are you?

It's nothing, Carmela! Come out! Come!

How are you, dear? It's nothing, you know! Let's go!

Let's get away from here! They're a bunch of horny bastards!

When they see a woman they become crazy.

Those scoundrels!

- Faggots! - Shame on you! - Sons of bitches! Let go of me!

Leave them alone! They're savages.

Let go of me, I must stab them at least once!

You...

What do you want?

What are you looking at? Stay in your place!

Who is it?

- It's me, dear. - Amedeo?

No, it's me!

Didn't you buy the tickets?

Everything's been reserved by Amedeo! See, dear?

This is our wagon, the "sleeping car".

What's wrong? It's a sleeping car.

Don't worry, everything's paid for.

These are our cabins:

twelve and thirteen.

Here,

this is yours!

Please, dear!

I'll be in the other sleeping car.

What if the ticket inspector comes?

Mind you, you must always say that I'm Amedeo.

- Sir, compartment twelve. - Huh? - Miss Carmela...

No, Carmela's not here, she's there.

- Compartment thirteen, Mr. Amedeo. - Amedeo.

- Are you Mr. Amedeo? - I'm Amedeo.

Documents, please.

Documents? Yes, just a moment please.

Here, Sir! Miss Carmela.

This is mine.

My passport.

See? Amedeo Foglietti.

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

- Didn't he notice anything? - No.

Say, what did you show him?

Huh?

What... What... What did I show him?

My God! Another attack?

Another attack... I'll get ugly, Carmela...

- Stay down! - Carmela, forgive me!

- Holy Mary! - Forgive me!

I'm going to call a doctor!

I'll be right back!

Don't go away, Carmela... Don't go away...

- Doctor... Do you speak English? - I'm sorry.

- Someone is feeling sick! - I'm sorry, I don't understand Italian!

Is there a doctor? Doctor...

- I'm sorry! Doctor? - Yes.

- The Red Cross is down there. - Thank you.

Mister, someone is feeling sick!

Come! Sick man! Quick!

Someone is sick?

- Take it! - Hurry up!

Quick!

Giuseppe!

He's on the train, he has convulsions. Stop it!

- I'm sorry, I don't understand. - But he's on the train!

He's got the bag, the money... Do you understand? The money!

I don't speak Portuguese!

Not Portuguese! I'm Italian!

- Is there anybody who speaks... Do you speak Italian? - No, I don't!

- Do you speak Italian? - No, Polish!

- Doctor, is it epilepsy? - I can't say!

Passengers waiting to board...

train 956 to Melbourne...

Bun Bun Ga...

How much is it?

Carmela! My Carmela!

- Where are you, Carmela? - Who's Carmela?

I don't know.

Thirty dollars.

Thirty dollars...

Where can I get them?

Where are you taking me? Where are you taking me?

Carmela! Call Carmela! Carmela where are you?

I want Carmela! Where is she?

Are you Carmela? Carmela... Carmela...

No, thank you!

- Show's about to commence! - Don't be shy!

Air conditioning! Strong drinks! Women!

The price is right. Come on!

Excuse me, sister.

Where's my baggage?

Here it is.

And the purse?

Here!

Have you checked if all the money's there, sister?

Is the money there?

The money's here!

Saint Orsolina, don't look at me.

I swear this is the last time I take off my clothes.

I'll keep them on, even at night!

In that mine, there were 47 of us from Bergamo.

We used to work 1,100 meters underground.

You know what they called it? The cemetery of Bergamaschi [people from Bergamo].

I work 1,400 meters underground,

but one day all my sons will be graduates.

That will be my vengeance!

Giuseppe! My God!

Giuseppe!

Giuseppe!

Carmela!

My love!

Carmela, they dumped me here with a high fever.

I've had terrible dreams.

I dreamed that you were dead...

and that they'd taken you to the morgue.

Where have you spent the night, dear?

Who gave you the money for the train?

I met a kind soul who helped me!

Thank God, Carmela! Let's go, the train is leaving.

- Where's my purse? - Here it is!

Everything's here, don't worry!

- Let's go! Quick! - Yes, yes... - Quick! - Coming!

Wait!

Listen, Carmela...

our journey is about to end,

but before arriving...

I'd like to have a word with you.

I'd like to talk to you too, Giuseppe.

Yes, Carmela, go ahead. I won't say a word.

Giuseppe, how's your house?

It's small. It's made of wood, hand-painted,

with every comfort.

An economical oven that switches itself off automatically,

a fridge, yes?

An iron, a sewing machine...

and the floor is painted many different colours.

- Great! - Beautiful!

- You also have a decent salary? - Yes.

- So, you can get married! - That's alright. At once, even!

Giuseppe...

listen to me! I need to have a serious conversation with you.

Yes, Carmela, speak! I'm listening.

During this beautiful journey,

I've had the chance to talk with you,

to get to know you better,

and appreciate your good qualities.

And I've realized that you're alone...

and that you have many misfortunes!

So, you need a woman to keep you company...

- and take care of you! - Yes, Carmela...

I'm so alone, you know?

I've been looking for some company for twenty years!

And now I've found it for you!

Her name's Rosalba, she's 42...

and she has a daughter who needs a father!

If you write her a letter, she'll come right away!

No, I don't want her!

Wait! Calm down!

Let me read her measurements out for you...

Weight: 86 kg

Feet: size 43

Hip: 110 cm Waist: 90 cm

Bust: 110 cm Height: 1.72 m

Shoulders: 53.

- What do you say? - What can I say?

I'm sorry for the little girl, but I don't want her!

She's a wonderful woman, I know her!

She'll grow fond of you at once!

Carmela,

I was hoping for something more!

Hey! What do you think?

That a young and beautiful girl...

would come here to marry a poor wretch like you?

Will you listen to him?!

It's plain crazy!

Stupid me, who thinks about finding a wife for him...

That's Broken Hill!

Carmela!

Are you ready? It's our stop!

It will stop for just a few minutes!

Carme...!

How do I look?

Did you change your dress?

I want Amedeo to be shocked when he sees me!

Are you nervous?

My knees are trembling...

like when I had my First Communion!

Listen, do me a favour: sit down!

Watch the suitcases, I'm going to call a taxi.

Hurry up!

Hello!

Giuseppe, it's me, Amedeo. We're here.

- How was your trip? Everything alright? - Huh?

Yes, but...

I haven't told her yet!

What are you waiting for?

You've spent four days with her!

- Giuseppe... - Yes, tell me!

In the name of our old friendship,

- can you do me a favour? - Tell me!

Listen, Giuseppe, I'm going to take Carmela to your house...

- and then you tell her the whole story. - Alright, bring her here.

- Giuseppe... - Yes...

Tell her that I love her...

and that I can't live without her.

Carmela, Look at them! Outside! See, all around us?

- What are they? - They're all gold mines.

- Gold? - Yes.

I used to be a miner too, you know?

There were more than 200 Italians.

We used to work 1,500 meters underground,

- but we earned a lot of money. - Why did you resign?

- I got silicosis! - What's that?

It comes from a particular type of dust. It settles in the lungs, yes?

With time, it becomes hard, alright?

Eventually, I got asthma.

Poor Giuseppe!

You really have all kinds of misfortunes!

You see, Carmela...

here you can have a good life.

Money circulates day and night.

You can find anything here: cinemas, theatres, gamble houses, pubs...

- Pubs? - Yes, bars!

Imagine,

there are people here who've earned millions in twenty-four hours!

And you got silicosis!

Yes.

- He thought I was your husband... - Shall we go? - How do I look?

No need to ask. You're gorgeous!

Who knows if Amedeo will like me?!

Come.

Just a second!

He's waiting for us at the bar.

Let's go!

- Where is he? - Huh?

The one with the moustache.

Amedeo!

Amedeo!!

I don't know. It's too expensive.

- Amedeo!!! - Do you think...

Amedeo...

Exactly how I imagined you!

You have no idea how much I've been thinking about you!

Amedeo...

Oh, hi... See you later. Bye!

- Yes, bye! - Bye, Giuseppe! - Bye, Carmela!

Thanks for everything!

Come to visit us sometimes on Sundays.

- Yes. We'll talk on the phone later, yes? - Yes.

- How handsome you are! - No...

Would you like a drink?

- Hello! - Hello... Hotel Broken Hill?

- Yes, sir. - Giuseppe Bartoni is there?

Yes, he is.

Call him, please. Very quickly!

One moment, please!

Hello, Giuseppe. It's me, Amedeo.

- Yes, what do you want? - "What do you want"?

Did you talk with Carmela?

- Yes, I told her. - So? How did she react?

When she heard it,

she fell on the floor...

and she only recovered her senses after fifteen minutes.

Really? And now?

She insists that she's come to Australia for me...

- and I don't mind! - There we go! - She's very nice.

But... But...

Excuse me, Giuseppe, but shouldn't you have talked to her? What did you tell her?

Amedeo, don't bother!

This is not the right girl for you.

I'm telling you, I have quite some experience with women.

But I love her! I can't...

Hello! Giuseppe...

Giuseppe...

I...

what can I do now?

Give me a scotch on the rocks!

- Hi, mate! - How are you doing yourself?

Listen...

Listen, Carmela, you have a wonderful body,

a beautiful face and two eyes that I'm crazy about,

but why did you have to come to Australia...

to find a husband?

I don't want to start investigating your past, on the contrary...

I'm grateful that I had the chance to meet you.

- Are you alone, too? - No.

- You really have nobody? - No,

I was engaged to a Polish girl,

but she left me fifteen days ago.

- She left me! - Hello! - Hello, Giuseppe!

Hello, Peggie, Jenny!

Those are the managers of the mines.

Are you a miner too?

I worked in a mine for just one day,

at 1,000 meters below the ground and forty-five degrees.

Two hours later I said: "Guys,

"I haven't come to Australia to be a slave!"

What's your job now?

I'm the owner of a little mine.

- A gold mine? - Would you like to see it?

- Is that the mine? - Yes.

Yes, I have three people working for me:

two from Padova and one from Taranto.

- Can you make much money from a mine? - Well...

you could keep on digging for a whole year and find nothing,

then in one day you could change your life.

- Do you have a house? - Huh?

Sure!

Here's the keys, they're all yours.

Giuseppe!

Did you find anything?

Listen, we've been waiting for our pay!

Let me take the lady home, I'll be back.

Then what happened?

When she came to her senses...

she started screaming that her life was over...

and that she wanted to kill herself.

Where did they go?

He took the car and they drove off together.

Where to?

Well... I guess he took her out to dinner and then home.

Home?

Doesn't he live in a hotel?

- Yes, but he owns a house where the German girl used to live.

- And he took her there? - Right!

Son of a...

Is this your house?

From now on, it's your house!

Just a second, I'll turn the lights on!

Why are we going through the kitchen?

I lost the keys to the main entrance.

- You have everything you need. - Yes!

Come!

This is the living room and that's the bedroom.

Do you think...

- Do you think it's too small? - It's okay...

It's a house, that's what matters!

- Was she your fiancée? - Well...

not just my fiancée, she also worked for me.

What did she do?

Make yourself comfortable!

She used to give me 300,000 lire every week...

in order to pay for my workers' salaries.

- Where did she get all that money? - Well...

She had an income...

Why did she leave you?

We had been working our asses off for four years...

We had been digging up to 80 meters below the ground...

without ever finding anything.

Then one day, we found a lump of gold...

worth 130 million lire.

While my friends and I were making a toast,

she just loaded the gold into her car and left.

What a bitch!

She's now the owner of a grand hotel in Brisbane...

- and she lives the high life. - What did she leave to you?

This house,

a few debts,

and the miners to pay.

Can you get by on your own?

No, not on my own.

I was disheartened.

I was even thinking about killing myself!

But when I met you...

I realized I could have a fresh start.

Carmela...

Carmela, here life is hard,

but if you stand by me, if you are faithful,

I know we'll make a fortune!

I... I have to go back to the mine.

Well... the house is all yours...

do whatever you like, make yourself a coffee,

and if you feel too hot...

go onto the porch; the air is cooler there.

- Bye! - I'll be waiting for you!

Hello!

Carmela!

What are you doing here?

You're asking me, you scoundrel?

Sure I'm asking, I want to know!

I'll tell you right away!

You dirty scumbag!

- Bastard! It's all your fault! - She stabbed me!

- It's all your fault! - I'm bleeding! Help me!

- Scoundrel! - I'm fainting.

- Help me! She killed me! - You knew it! It's all your fault!

Let's take them away, they're Italians! Push them inside the car, quick.

Quick, before the police see them!

Get in! Quick!

What's the matter? What's going on? Well?

What shall we do now?

Carmela,

with you, I've spent the best four days of my whole life.

These four days...

do you know how much they cost me, Carmela?

Eleven years of savings...

and economising.

But I'm very happy...

and I'm dressed in blue.

If you don't want to marry me, dear,

I won't force you.

I knew it would end up badly, you know?

- But I planned it all in advance! - Shh... music....

That's alright! Excuse me!

Who gives a damn about your music?

What are you doing?

I'm splitting up the money.

This is for the train to Sidney.

This is...

for small expenses:

a sandwich, an orange juice, a fresh cola.

And this is the money for the airplane...

that will take you back home, to Italy.

Shh...

She's crying! She's crying!

Carmela, why are you crying?

Because if I go back to Italy, I'll be on the sidewalk again.

What do you mean, "on the sidewalk"?

It means I'll find another guy that beats me up...

and makes me walk the streets again!

You mean you're a whore?

You dirty bitch, it's you who cheated me!

In order to change my life...

I had to cheat someone.

Why me?

Eleven years of work and sacrifices!

Oh, Saint Anthony!

Eleven years of work and sacrifice.

No beer, no coffee, no cigarettes...

to bring her here from Italy.

Eleven years without going to a pub,

without drinking a coffee,

always trying to save a bit.

I started smoking roots in order to build a house...

full of comforts:

an economical oven,

an iron, a sewing machine, yes?

And she stabs me like that, in cold blood, right?

And then she tells me that she's a whore, that she used to walk the streets.

Dirty bastard!

I risked my life...

running away from my pimp,

just to marry this miserable wretch.

"I have an American car", he said.

He wrote to me...

that he was a stationmaster and that he owned an American car.

Instead, he's a poor wretch,

and he even suffered convulsions twice.

He fell on the ground.

Carmela, don't cry. I forgive you.

What is there to forgive?

- Bun Bun Ga! - Bun Bun Ga...

- What is it? - We have arrived!

- Where? - We're home.

Drink your fresh lemonade! We paid for it, right? Drink up!

There... Dry your tears!

Don't cry any more, we're home!

Hi, Taranto. Hi, Brescia.

Hi, Amedeo! What happened?

Oh, nothing, a mosquito bite.

- Really? - You're all dressed in blue, did you go dancing?

Yes, at the party. Where have you been?

- I went to pick up my wife. - Where is she?

Where is she?

Carmela! There she is!

Come and see! Come! Look!

Holy cow!

- Where did you find her? - By mail.

Mightn't you have a cousin or a relative for me?

Did you hear my friend, Carmela?

Let him see Rosalba's picture!

- You'll see! - You can read the measurements too.

- Take a look! - She's nice! - Nothing for me?

- What about him? - Yes, I've many friends! - She has many friends!

Help me pick up the suitcases, we have to get off.

- Where's the town? - You'll see.

- I see nothing here, not even a building! - Yes.

- Right ahead! - Where? - Go ahead!

- Come on, we have to get off! - But this is a desert!

The town is on the other side!

- I can't wait to see this town! - You will!

Bun Bun Ga....

- Come, Carmela! - Okay. - Come on!

My God! There's not even a station?

- What are you saying, Carmela? - Where's the town?

- That's the station! - I can only see the desert!

- I want to live in a city! - Sure you will.

- You'll see how nice it is! - No, no!

Help me! She doesn't want to get off!

- Don't touch me! - I'm helping you.

- How? Get off! - Don't touch me!

- The train is leaving! Come on! - Let go of me!

- Get off! - Let go of me! - Get off!

Be reasonable! What's got into you?

- Don't be like that! - I don't want to get off!

- Let's not make a bad impression! - I don't want to get off!

- Everybody's looking at us! - Let go of me!

Hold her arms, I'll hold her legs!

Throw her out!

- There! Well done! - No!

- No! - Give it a try! You'll like it here!

My shoe!

- Get off, Carmela! Be nice! - My shoe!

- The flowers... - I'll buy you a new pair of shoes!

- The flowers! - I'll buy you a new pair!

Let's go now, they're waiting for us!

- There's nobody here! - There they are!

Who? How many people live here?

We were fifteen. With you, we are sixteen now.

- Oh my God! - Come, Carmela! Pull yourself together!

Let them see how beautiful you are!

My dear friends, this is Carmela!

Go ahead, they'll make a speech in your honour!

Take the flowers!

- Is he celebrating our marriage? - No, he's greeting us.

"Dear Carmela, this is a historical day for Bun Bun Ga."

- What's he saying? - Dear Carmela,

this is a historical day for Bun Bun Ga.

"Carmela,

"you come from the noble and ancient country that is Italy..."

Dear Carmela,

you come from the noble and ancient country that is Italy. Yes?

- "The country of Julius Cesar." - The country of Julius Cesar.

"The country of Michelangelo, of Galileo."

The country of Michelangelo, of Galileo.

"The country of Guglielmo Marconi."

Of Guglielmo Marconi.

- "The country of Caruso." - The country of Caruso.

- "Of Bartali." - Of Bartali.

- "And of Pope Giovanni." - And of Pope Giovanni. Yes?

"Carmela,

"you come to this corner of the desert...

"to bring us a little breath...

"of your old civilization."

Carmela,..

you come to this corner of the desert...

I didn't understand what he said.

- Now they'll give you a "kiss". - A kiss?

A kiss, Carmela.

- What happens now? - We can go home.

Thank you! Thank you very much, my friends!

- Here, take the flowers, you'll get married by the end of the year. - Thank you.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you very much! Goodbye!

Bye, Amedeo!

Hey Bob, she's my wife. She's beautiful?

You're a lucky fellow!

Here, Carmela, this is your house!

Come in, dear!

"Dear Rosalba,

"I saw your picture with your little daughter...

"and even before meeting you...

"I know I love you already."

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