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When you come to me, to

my world, you come

with only what you have found

in the joy of that first...

It would be useless for me to repeat how grateful we are to the South African

government and to you gentlemen in particular for awarding our firm the

Watusi Dam Project.

Naturally, you will allow me to express my gratitude because, as our forefathers

used to say, which means in

English... Business is business.

Business is business. Trust the Romans.

They had a word for everything.

Excuse me a second.

As I was saying, now that we have this wrapped up, we can relax.

I'll have my secretary arrange for dinner and some entertainment.

Ellen is here.

Excuse me, gentlemen. Will you explain?

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

How are you? Hi. How are you, my favorite girl?

You seemed a long way off when I came down.

I see so little of you that I have to concentrate sometimes to remember that

you're my father, not some stranger.

One day, you and I will go away together and never come back.

Oh, what's this?

Oh, but Dad, they're beautiful. Really, they are.

Hey, Elena.

I might have known.

The only explanation for such an expensive gift is that you feel guilty.

I have a bunch of VIPs in my hands, so we won't be able to have dinner

together. But you can join me later if you want to.

All right.

Senor Soriani is lucky to have a secretary who is talented and charming.

Excuse me.

We should be home by the end of the week. What's the rush? We ought to get a

few women.

Nadine and the rest of the stable.

I've already called her.

Well, when in Rome.

Signor Suriani would like you all to have dinner with him this evening.

Oh, that's very kind of you. I trust you'll join us. Naturally. Good.

My fingers through your hair.

And you burn with desire.

Aren't you burning? Not yet.

No, don't kiss me like that.

Why not?

No. And now one hand slides slowly down your back in a classic 19th century

embrace, belonging to the category of lascivious movements, from which we

proceed to the class of indecent caresses.

Once we reach the 20th century, we can talk.

and libido and so on.

Don't stop, go on. I only wanted to explain that we're now enjoying one of

the most delightful advantages of living in the consumer society.

Who cares about the consumer society?

Lovemaking is the same whatever society you live in.

Do you have any lectures tomorrow?

Just one at 12 o'clock.

I only go to heckle Professor Vivaldi. Now stop talking.

Turn off the tape recorder.

You crazy?

I simply don't understand why you students are always complaining.

And we've lost all hope that you'll ever understand what's wrong.

We say no to a university that prepares slaves for a capitalistic society.

We reject the fraud of a culture in the service of industry.

You've never even tried to understand us.

You think you're a progressive liberal, but we know all about your life,

Professor Ray.

You teach at the university.

You're president of the Industrial Builders Society.

You're head of the Town Planning Commission.

And you're on the advisory board of three banks.

Professor, I think you're full of it.

You who man the machines in the factories.

You who man the machines in the factories. When they command you

tomorrow once again. When they command you tomorrow once again.

To stop making wheels.

To stop making wheels.

Personally, I think you're awful.

Why awful?

What have I done?

You've forgotten that today is my birthday.

Invitation. Yeah, for both of us.

Where to?

I don't mind.

Somewhere elegant, where the people are enjoying themselves and the music's good

and loud.

Who's got the lute?

I got some.

You hear?

Yes or no?

Am I really so awful?

You'll make me go to an elegant place with loud music?

But it's my birthday.

It's a birthday.

Well, that's your answer.

See you later, Carlo.

Yes! For now is the time. For now is the moment.

For now is the time. For now is the moment. And with your shouts. And with

our shouts.

Let what on CC note ring out.

Let what on CC note ring out.

There must be some reason why you never tell me you love me.

Why do you have to bring up that topic again and again?

Topic, you call it.

Call it whatever you like.

Yes. It's just not in our program.

What program?

Our going to bed together.

You know, every time I leave you, I get the impression you've turned into a

total stranger.

Carlo, will you marry me? Sure, but is marriage really as important as all that

for our happiness?

It is for mine.

All I have is my love for you, and it keeps begging for reassurance.

Forgive me. You'd make any man happy.

Forgive me.

Whatever his life's like, wherever he decides to cast his anchor.

You've already told me all that old stuff.

You said that I was your missing rib.

Everybody ready?

Huh?

What's this? A lover's quarrel?

Wait and see, Carla. You'll love it. Everyone in town comes here.

Great recommendation.

My God, look at Anna.

She keeps that up night after night.

We met last year in Heidelberg, I believe.

No, it wasn't me. I've never been to Spain.

Me neither.

I guess it was two other people.

Come on, doll.

There's nothing wrong with a sex change. But you shouldn't have operated on

yourself.

You like her, huh?

She's a damn good dancer.

Who is she, anyway?

She's my father's private secretary.

You're sure a lucky man, your father.

The funny thing is, she's also marvelous at her job.

Oh, there's Dad at that table. See?

He's out with a party of South Africans, inviting us over there to have a drink.

My daughter and her boyfriend.

Mr. Smith, Mr. Baker.

How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.

Do you care for a cigar?

No.

Would you mind moving this box, senor?

Aye. Can't move it.

I'd wake up grandpa.

Bartender.

Give me a line.

What'll it be?

What'll it be?

Whatever you like.

Fine, whatever you like.

Hey, Nadine.

He told me there's a diamond mine in South Africa.

I always thought diamonds grew on trees.

Don't they?

Happy birthday, Eleanor. Thank you.

Many happy returns, my love.

Cheers.

And now, how about a toast to you, gentlemen?

And to their wonderful country. That marvelous place with its beautiful

cities and their splendid public parks.

Which are closed to dogs and...

Negroes.

Is to you?

Am I offensive?

What's he trying to do?

Make a very bad joke, maybe.

Carlo's impossible, Dad. He even talks politics when we're in bed together.

Don't worry, Mr. Baker.

It's a new party game.

Trying to see who can make the rudest remark.

We can all play at it if you want.

Sure, it's a game.

So is everything else, even if you call it big business or industry.

Now look here, young man. Father.

At least us industrialists know the time and place to play and when to stop.

Only children play all the time.

Overgrown children play at growing their hair and at antagonizing.

The overboard communists play at revolution in their bathrooms.

You can't wriggle off the hood that way.

What about the embargo in South Africa?

It hasn't stopped your shady under-the-table deals.

That's the game.

You've got your place in it.

This is my place, not yours.

You want to go where revolutions are? You want to make revolutions?

I'll give you a ticket and a gun.

A first-class ticket and the latest model gun.

And remind me tomorrow.

He doesn't know what he's talking about.

These boys are all out of their minds.

You went a little too far, didn't you?

If you're paid to entertain Signor Soriani's customers, go on back to your

South Africa. Ah, with me you don't even try to be polite.

How flattering.

Hey, what's wrong? You got a phobia?

No, it's my own hair. Do you know Sigmund Freud?

Does he sing here?

He's not a singer. He's right at the start of the sexual revolution.

Oh, let's finish it.

Really, Carlo, I wish I could understand why you had to be so rude to my father

and those men.

She's right. I come here because it's my job. You don't have that excuse.

And if you feel so superior to everybody here, you should stay away.

It's all very well to despise the money and position of someone like my father

when you haven't got either yourself.

But you think that without his help, you really have the slightest chance of

getting anywhere in your career?

Go to hell.

Where are you going?

I have to take Grandpa home now.

Charge a drink to Soriani. I'm his illegitimate son.

Shh.

Oh, bastards.

We're the two-foot grandpa.

We'll leave on Thursday. Hey, Anna. He says he'll give me a dime in mind if I

go to South Africa.

Should I?

Of course you should.

And you'll love it there. I'd love any place for the diamonds.

That's not all we've got down there.

What else do you need?

A pair of jacks is going to cost you your pants.

Well, come on. What are you waiting for?

Let's go over and see who's winning at poker. Right.

Hey, kid.

Who's winning?

The visiting fire? I've lost everything.

You don't really want to go.

Tomorrow I have a heavy day.

That young man, that boyfriend of Eleanor's. You knew him before?

No.

Where are you going?

You're not leaving.

It isn't that late. I'm a working girl.

This is your apartment.

I have to get up early tomorrow.

I'll sleep better in a hotel.

Apparently you can't stop causing trouble, huh?

I'm a pacifist. It's the police who trouble us.

It seems to me that real pacifists would have pictures of John XXIII or Mahatma

Gandhi or someone like that. And not those photos of Ho Chi Minh and Mao

because nobody would call them pacifists.

There's some eau de cologne in my purse. Put some on those scratches.

Thanks. And we'll stop at the hospital in case you need any stitches. You must

be crazy. Every hospital has a policeman hanging around.

As you please.

I don't mind.

We'll go to my house.

Inez, send a car to the airport to collect those plans from New York. I

can't make it. Tell them I was unexpectedly delayed.

And tell Signor Soriani that I won't be late for the appointment with the men

from the Ministry.

Yes, I know. Thanks.

This is Anna.

I'll be there in 15 minutes.

No, I can't. I'm sorry.

You'll have to delay the conference as long as possible Say it was the traffic

Make any excuse you like I couldn't care less

Satisfied? It could have been worse.

Do you really think it would have been worse if you'd gotten hurt falling off a

horse in a steeplechase?

I've got ten minutes.

Then stop behaving like an expert in public relations when I'm around.

But I am an expert.

No, no. You're beginning all wrong.

That tone of voice doesn't suit you.

How should I sound?

I only have to take a look at your lips when you smile and at the way you hold

your body to know you're not a drill sergeant.

You're trying to act like one is stupid.

I'm leaving. You see?

Sometimes ten minutes is too long.

Don't run away.

You better rest.

Stay as long as you like.

I suppose I really should ask your name.

Carlo.

Ciao, Carlo.

The press officer.

Say it's Anna.

Signorina Anna.

No, no, I haven't disappeared.

You're too busy to call me.

Listen, how about sending a cameraman to the airport at 8 o'clock?

We're giving provisions to be AFRA.

We'd be terribly happy if you'd manage to put something on the news at 8 o

'clock tonight.

Thanks. Ah, listen, you don't have to name us.

It's stenciled on all the boxes.

Ciao.

Carlo. Carlo.

Are you hungry?

What's the time?

I must have slept like a dead man.

Never mind. You better eat something. You probably need it.

I'm not the world's greatest chef, but I bet you're famished. Yeah, I am.

Delicious.

It tickles my nose.

Mine too.

Social theory is a theory of history.

And history is the action of possibility in the area of necessity.

A communism.

Why don't you boys learn to use your brains, if any?

Marcuse is romantic, not Marxist.

Besides, he's not against capitalism, only against the mechanization of

technology.

You've been very kind. Thanks.

Do you want me to give you a lift? Thanks. I'll catch a cab.

Ciao.

Are you asleep?

I was.

What's the time?

I don't know.

Would you mind lighting me a cigarette?

The cigarettes are on

your side.

Anything wrong?

Nothing's wrong.

All right, you want something?

Company.

You mean I plunged you into the abyss of solitude?

No, not that.

I just can't seem to get to sleep.

You really sound tired.

Oh, more than usual.

I must have been carried away.

Being carried away like that with a girl.

It means you may win a place in her heart.

You'll come back, won't you?

Yes, I'll come back, don't worry.

Do you have to go?

Not for a bit.

Don't let me disturb you.

The last thing I want to do is disturb you.

I don't know.

Maybe a party at that new club.

You can think of something.

The important thing is that his honor finds it entertaining.

Are you listening to me?

Yes.

What's the matter?

Nothing. Come on.

Come on.

Snap out of it. I'll take you out to dinner.

No. No, thank you.

I have a headache.

Suit yourself.

Listen, Andrea.

Last night, I went to bed with Carlo.

Elena's boyfriend?

Yes.

Why are you telling me?

What is this, a confidence or a confession?

Did you think I care?

Andrea, I'm sorry about Elena.

And I'm sorry for you.

Suddenly you're acting like a silly little girl.

Years of respect destroyed in 24 hours.

Please tell me what I ought to do, Andrea.

As far as I'm concerned, you can do whatever you like.

We've never counted the women I've had or the men you've had.

As for Elena, what can I say?

You went to bed with Carlo.

Well, you only have to ask yourself if you'd do it again.

You've really got it that bad?

I'm serious about this, Andrea.

Well, take a trip.

Go abroad.

Stay away until you get him out of your system.

No, Pietro.

And for the people who look like Pietro, I, Fiorito, and you, I'm sure it's

much better to do it like me.

I have 150 liras to you, and I'll give it to you just because.

If Pietro is full of gold and he doesn't have enough, he doesn't have a friend to

party with him, and his rich girl won't buy him anything.

I don't know.

How about an introduction?

No.

My name's Lucha.

Yes, I know.

Do I know her?

You saw her the other night. Say hello.

Would you like to hear another song?

Leave us alone.

You leave me alone. I sleep here.

I came here to invite you to Cortina for the holidays.

Will you come?

I prefer sea air to mountain air.

The hotel is air conditioned.

There's going to be a sit-in at the university.

You can join me when it's over.

But we don't know when it's going to start or how long it'll last.

Anything from a day to a couple of weeks.

I don't know. But apart from that, which is pretty important for me, how am I

going to get to Cortina?

Hitchhiking, I guess.

I can sleep in the station, but I'd like to know how I'm supposed to eat.

I'll take care of it.

I'll lend you the money if that's all right with you.

What am I worth?

Please, try to remember how embarrassing my position is.

It's my position that's embarrassing.

If you knew how often I phoned you.

They've disconnected my telephone.

You know what they're like. It's a telephone company.

I live right here.

May I... May I stay here tonight?

Of course. Isn't that what you came for?

I'll mail you a card.

Try to find one without snow.

Promise you'll stay in town.

And I'll meet you tomorrow.

Have you seen Carlo?

No, isn't he with you?

No, I just can't think where he's got to.

Well, I guess he's still around.

Want to buy anything?

Mm-hmm.

Lucho, what's going on?

How do I know?

But I know something's the matter.

I think he's been avoiding me, Lucho. I'm sure of it.

I gotta go.

If I see Carlo, I'll tell him.

Ciao.

Ciao. Good to see you, Guido. They told me you come here to eat. It's cheap, you

know. Carlo.

Leave it till tomorrow. My brother is here.

I'm afraid I can't give you very much this time. That government contract just

hasn't come through yet.

We're having a tough time, but there's nothing we can do about it, and everyone

else is in the same boat.

But tell me about you. Is your thesis almost ready?

Oh, I think I should send some flowers to Elena.

Don't you?

No, forget it.

I was worried when I read about all that trouble at the university.

Those sit-ins and riots and the communists who wouldn't let you take

your exams.

Because... You must graduate this year without fail, Carlo.

And get married.

You're lucky to have met a girl like Eleanor, considering who her father is.

And there's no use kidding ourselves. We're going to need all the work he can

give us once you two have married.

And settled down.

It's a matter of... Guido, I'm very sorry.

But I don't know when I'm going to graduate.

And I don't think I'll marry Ellen. What are you talking about?

I believe that my life is my own.

That I deserve the right to choose a career and the freedom to pursue it any

way that it pleases me.

Because of this, I support the radicals when they march on the university.

And because of it, I'm not going to graduate this year.

And I'm not marrying Eleanor to make money from her father.

You haven't explained anything. I tell you we're on the verge of bankruptcy and

you just taught politics and philosophy.

All I ask is that you finish a course of studies you selected yourself.

Revolution, student, counterattack. Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, L and

vote.

Here.

Is anything wrong?

No, nothing particularly important.

Maybe it isn't.

Elena?

No, she's no trouble. After all, we speak the same language.

I had a visit from my brother.

He visits me every three or four months. Only I think that this time he wishes he

hadn't.

Apparently, he can't understand why I'm not happy about the prospect of

graduating, marrying her, and making her an honest woman.

Has it occurred to you that he's right?

I love you, Carlo.

You know the thing I like best about you?

Your smile.

Why are you crying?

Perhaps for all the years I've wasted.

It's fantastic, Carla.

I... I've always managed to keep sentiment out of my life.

I felt that emotions were a sign of weakness or immaturity.

And love, it meant making love. It meant no more than physical desire.

And now that's all changed. How can I describe what I feel now that I'm with

you?

It's marvelous, Carlo.

Marvelous.

I have to go. Where?

Out. Why?

Why not?

Wait. For what? Me.

No.

Carlo.

What's wrong?

You're beginning to bore me.

Oh, really?

Yeah. So I'm going. You're teasing.

I'm going out to look at people.

I can't waste my whole life in bed.

I would have preferred it if you'd told me.

I know I should have.

Because if you had come to me, you could have tried to explain everything from

your point of view.

As for me, there's not much I can say.

I've been left out.

Simply abandoned.

I don't know what to tell you, Eleanor.

That's why I've been avoiding you.

It was one of those things.

Is one of them, because it's still going on, I believe.

Very happily.

You're behaving stupidly. It's not like you.

And you know what I mean, Anna.

You know I intend to marry Carlo as soon as he graduates, or before if he's ready

to.

It has nothing to do with you.

Then what are you worried about?

I'm not worried about your effect on my life, because it isn't important.

But what are your motives?

When I don't understand something, I start to get suspicious.

You know, I've begun to realize what my trouble is.

I used to think I was stronger than other women, but I'm not.

That problem is yours.

No, yours too.

My relations with Carlo were sincere and honest.

They were an essential part of my life.

Everything was clean because there was no hypocrisy.

You've spoiled all that.

He avoids me.

And when he can't, he tells me lies.

Why, Anna?

What does Carlo mean to you?

You always said that men didn't make any difference to you. Do you remember that

or have you forgotten?

What does he mean to you? An affair? Remember you said so. I didn't mean that

at all.

You know I was talking about a real love affair. Is that all?

What makes you believe an affair with you is better for Carlo? Carlo doesn't

want an affair.

You're right. At least not with you anyway.

You don't know what Carlo's looking for. And even if you did know, you're just

not it.

We're together.

Of course. It's convenient for Carlo, that's all.

Excuse me. I have to work.

Is there something the matter with me, Carlo?

I don't want to get caught in a game of female revenge.

I'm not interested in that kind of thing.

But I'm beginning to be afraid that you're not precisely the person that I

thought you were.

The only reason I'm here is so you could tell me nothing has changed.

What I really mean is if you make a decision, I'll go along with it.

Just what kind of decision?

Graduate. Begin working for my father and marry me. Or the other way around,

if you prefer.

Marry me.

Start working and graduate.

Don't you expect anything more from me?

Of course. Theater, opera, holidays together. You're not going to leave me

on my own.

I'll be honest, Eleanor.

I don't regret any of the times that we've had together.

Do I have to say thanks?

Because you didn't leave me frustrated?

Mighty kind of you.

Thanks a million for making love to me.

It was a little mechanical, but apart from that, quite acceptable.

I'm sure with Anna it was better.

Dear Anna.

Dear, sweet, kind, old Anna.

Will you stop that?

Don't worry, I'm not jealous.

It's de modere.

You have to be cool.

My father isn't jealous, although he and Anna have been lovers since he met her.

He knows you're having an affair, and he's not worried.

He's above that sort of thing.

Anna isn't jealous either, but why should she be?

Since your great love hasn't changed her way of living, what good is jealousy?

Obviously, there's no reason we shouldn't get married.

This situation is as old as the hill, and the only one who doesn't see that is

you.

You persist in deluding yourself over honor if that's what you think then

you'd better go Thank

you, darling, they're beautiful

How's it going

Anna It's wonderful and it's a complete

surprise. I know you think I'm old-fashioned But I'm in love, head over

heels. And I know now it's never happened to me before.

Love is like a childhood disease.

If you get it when you're older, the symptoms are more violent.

The crisis lasts longer.

But you get over it just the same.

Where's my whiskey?

Oh, I'm sorry. I'll go and get another bottle.

No, no.

I forgot.

I don't belong here anymore.

You're like a little child.

No, please don't.

So it's come to that, huh?

Listen, Andrea, perhaps if you could speak to Eleanor.

What good would it do?

I'm sure you'll soon get over this affair.

There's still plenty of time before the wedding.

You see, I still believe in you, Anna.

I'm sure when the right moment comes you'll be able to sort things out

without any damage This isn't just an affair here the keys to the

apartment Thank you you've been wonderful

only with you and only with you

Ciao, Carla.

What's wrong?

How come you're so late?

You might have told me.

What? I don't understand.

About your boss, Soriani.

That he's your lover.

That it's true?

No, you're wrong, Carlo.

Do you deny that he pays your rent? Deny that he gave you the money you gave me

for the university?

Deny that you sleep together?

After all, it's only fair. I'm too poor to provide the kind of life you expect

by now. Of course you're being kept by Soriani.

Apparently, you have his permission to have an affair.

You couldn't ask for more. No, you're mistaken, Carlo. Please be reasonable.

Oh, sure. I should relax.

But I don't know how yet.

Don't forget, you've been kept for years, but I'm just starting now.

You'll have to give me a little time to get used to it, won't you?

You say I want to change the world.

Suppose I do. One of the elementary and fundamental rules of revolution is to

use the weapons offered by the system to demolish the system.

So it's a perfectly rational solution for me to live off what you get from

Soriani till I'm ready to marry his daughter. That's enough.

I can't stand anymore.

These days alone are impossible to live through.

Now you know.

Nadine, I'm afraid.

Why not go to a rest home or a hospital? You could have a long vacation.

You should be careful of those, my dear, because they certainly won't help you.

They're useful.

It would have been impossible to keep going without something.

Nadine. Yes, Anna.

I can't stand anymore.

I don't want to hear you talk like that, Anna.

After all, you've always had everything you wanted out of life.

No.

I'm not sure I've had anything.

Anything.

Look.

This way. Come on, kick it.

Here, look out.

Over here.

She's quit her job with Soriani, and she's left the apartment.

She's very high class. She gave back the apartment before she resigned.

Once again. She's got a room in Villa Maguta.

She's on drugs.

She's keeping up to date.

Nah, taking drugs is keeping up the date for someone like you or me.

But for her, it's only an escape. She's suffering.

Yeah.

Too bad for her.

I'd like to see Signorina De Luca.

Who?

Signorina De Luca.

Well, don't stare.

Go and inform the young lady in number 13 that there's a gentleman who would

like to talk to her.

Ciao I've been wondering how you were I was just passing by and I thought I

might But

you

but you waited all this time Carla

What?

Why don't you say something?

Hey, kid.

Beautiful. Isn't it pretty?

Amazing. Fun school.

I speak four languages, English, French, Greek, and Italian.

Surely your magazine employs a translator occasionally.

But it better be good money.

Don't forget.

Now

then,

we've spent so much money on the house, the cash book is in the red.

But there's really nothing to worry about.

Translating will pay well. Besides, we have your university grant. Making it

like Lord's. Yes. If you'll promise not to do the cooking.

Oh, suits me.

Carlo!

Ciao, Elena.

How are you?

How's the grand passion?

Never better. And you?

Oh, me?

I haven't been able to find another boyfriend like you. I suppose I'll

probably go on hoping that you'll come back to me.

I'll come off it. You'll find someone.

I can wait.

You're exaggerating.

Maybe it's worth it this time, although I don't approve of long engagements.

You mean like ours?

That's right, like ours.

We both felt that we lived only for each other.

The only meaning in life was what we put into it. Our romance gave life its

tempo.

I think I've heard these clichés already.

Of course.

You've said them.

Ciao.

Have you any idea what's keeping Carlo?

I don't know. Don't ask me.

I want to ask you a favor.

Sure.

Listen, Lucho.

We're flat broke. There's no money.

And I don't want Carlo to know about it.

That's why you have to do me this favor.

Ah, a robbery.

It's so awful, Carlo.

All the years.

Nonsense, Anna.

For the first time in my life, I'm afraid to count.

I have real days and false days. The real days are when we're together.

The false days are when we're apart.

It means such a lot to be with you.

When we're close, my worries disappear.

My heart beats faster.

I begin to live.

You're being feminine.

If I'm being feminine, it's because I feel so exhilarated.

Yet this feeling makes me worry.

Sometimes I seem to be living the echo of a youth I dreamed of.

When I'm alone, I'm a thousand years old.

I'm dead.

It was all talk?

And all those translations that you were promising me?

Big deal. Skip it. I said skip it.

Hello, this is Anna DeLuca.

Yes, as a matter of fact, we received your letter.

Three months overdue, I know.

But in a couple of days, I'll fix everything.

I'll pay you. I've just said so.

I just don't know what to do.

Why don't you want to tell Carl?

It isn't fair you should have to solve these problems without him even knowing

about it. Oh, no, Lucho, please. He thinks I'm making enough money doing

translations and that with the money he gives me from his grant we can manage,

even if we aren't exactly living in luxury.

And besides, what's the point of giving him problems?

And, you know, I'm afraid of being any bother to him.

I'm useless if...

With my years and my experience, I can't do anything to save Carlo a little

trouble.

It's the only thing I want now.

And I'm worried, Lucio.

It's getting me down.

Oh, Nadine, you make it so difficult to speak frankly.

The problem is that when you really need money, you can never find any. I know

100,000 lire isn't much.

That's less than Soriani pays in a nightclub, but I haven't got it.

I was counting on you.

Have you thought of Signora Inez?

If you want, I'll organize it all for you. Inez can be trusted, you know that.

There's no reason why Carlo should be suspicious.

Alms for the love of Allah.

Alms for the love of Buddha.

Alms for the love of love.

Does it matter if it's dirty?

Long as you can read the numbers. Not bad.

All contributions gratefully received in the cause of love.

Pounds, francs, marks.

Dollars and yen.

Contributions for the flower children.

One day you too may be in love. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, one and all.

Oh, it's you.

What took you so long, Anna? You're late, you know. The client's already

waiting.

But at least he's a gentleman.

Hurry, dear.

He said he'd pay first.

Don't worry.

I won't say anything to Carlo.

Provided you leave him alone, get out of his life.

In any case, if this is the only way you can hold him, ending it is better.

Carlo has a brilliant future ahead of him.

Your future is empty and humiliating, not to mention the present, Anna, which

is utterly degraded.

If you really love Carlo, you must realize all this.

Is that you?

I have to see you.

Don't ask me.

Hey, Anna, look how much I collected.

Anna, but it doesn't make sense.

Thank you.

May I join the party?

Anna,

you're overdoing this part you're playing.

When you come back, it'll be too late.

Too late for you, anyway.

I'm not in any hurry.

I just want you to remember that the job is still yours and the apartment is

waiting for you.

You aren't even trying to understand me, Andrea.

You'd better start trying to understand yourself.

And soon.

You're spinning around in a daze. I can't recognize you.

If you're playing at some gamble, you've lost it.

It was not a game.

You've lost anyway.

Listen, I don't give a damn about you.

Get it?

Welcome. Oh, no, you finally made it. Oh, it wasn't really all that hard.

How do you make out? Magna cum laude.

The honeymoon began yesterday.

Soriani took care of it. They'll stay away three months.

Did you bring it yeah, oh there was a letter downstairs in New York

Open.

Check.

I'm sorry, Annie.

Haven't you a girlfriend, Lucho?

I used to have.

Go on.

It began because I was very bored. And because I was bored, it just finished.

Good night, Anna.

Lucio.

Lucio.

How have you been?

I'm all right. How about you?

I see you wear a tie now.

Why not? You can spangle yourself with the tie and not even know it. You said

so. I can hardly go through life being a dropout.

Besides, what's the point?

But you disappeared. Why don't you come over to our house sometime?

You work for Soriani?

It was inevitable.

Yeah. Where are you living?

Same place?

And Anna?

How about her?

She's still around.

I'm glad.

No, you don't care.

She's in a bad way.

She's destroying herself.

She's become a drug addict to make her life bearable.

Well, that's a pathetic story.

So long, Carlo. Have fun.

Can you make me a small loan?

Of course.

You just have to ask me, Lucio.

It's a hard life, huh?

Hey.

It's open. Come in.

You do.

Listen, I'm not afraid of you.

I'll win, you'll see.

I think that should be our table.

Good

evening.

A bottle of whiskey.

I'll call tomorrow.

Ciao, Lucho. Ciao.

How you been? Fine.

There's Carlo. Why not come over and have a drink with us? Why not?

Aren't you married yet, Lucho?

Who, me?

If marriage was such a bright idea, then God would be married.

Does anybody claim he's married?

No.

Therefore, marriage is not a good idea.

Hmm.

My dear former comrades, visiting the slough.

Did you notice that Anna is also here?

It's impossible not to notice her, and it's not a pretty spectacle.

Why is everybody ganged up against Anna?

Even Anna herself, she only did her best.

Why don't you go home?

No, no, I'm all she has.

You both certainly deserve each other, a drunk and a two-bit whore.

Oh, she's not that cheap.

Why, your own brother gave her 100,000 lira just to do him a favor.

She staged that scene with Soriani to keep you from finding out the truth.

No, no, I don't know finish your whiskey and let him go let him go

How I am

I'm with you, of course I Was afraid there'd be an ugly scene due to the

presence of my wife and that character that you had with you Yes, poor things

came pretty close to a row But we've escaped from them and let's try and left

the way we used to

No, Carlo.

Don't smile that way.

Or look like that.

Those sentiments are over.

Yet it was for them that I did everything.

I left the job with Soriani.

I made every effort to support us.

Then I fell into the trap your brother set.

Now I know it was a game I couldn't hope to win.

They knew that... Sure, they knew from the start.

Alien are waiting faithfully. Soriani, patient with me.

And your brother, who wanted to see in person what kind of creature was

destroying the family's hopes.

And I was alone.

With my love.

We believe in living.

We believe in suffering.

But disappointment comes when we find out why we suffer and how we live.

When that happens, we try to make life into literature.

And that's not the only thing.

The fact has always been obvious to us both. No matter what we pretend, our

lives should never have been brought together, dear.

Anna, listen.

You know, I tried to discover the value a woman might find in love. Do you mean

to say that you... That a woman must find.

I disappointed you then.

You didn't.

But love...