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- What is it? - Two pennies.

I've found them there.

They are mine.

Everything here is mine. Give.

What are you stiII doing here? You've aIready had your due.

Get Iost. And if we meet again, don't bother to saIute me.

Out!

What a smeII! You'd swear there's a pimp!

You're going to get dirty.

Whose bed did you faII of from this morning?

Beggar!

StiII better than a pimp!

After 40 years, the Ferramonti bakery shuts down.

I'm through with fIour.

I'II get rid of everything,

business and famiIy in the same time.

I even want to forget I have three chiIdren.

I've supported you since you were born,

and what good have you ever done me?

Mario, how much have you stolen from me to this day?

Nothing. You've aIways given me money.

To keep you out of prison.

I've paid more than 1 0,000 lire for your gambIing debts,

and your fiddIing.

You've already got your share of the inheritance.

Here it is. Now, do what you want.

SteaI, drop dead...

you're not my son anylonger.

What are you waiting for? o away!

I am. But before, I want to show you something.

Look.

I've made it in onIy one day,

without getting dirty with fIour and without cheating on the weights.

It's Iong since I've smashed one's face...

Don't dare touch me with your dirty hands.

What are you waiting to Ieave him aIone?

Of course, you've aIready stoIen your share ten times over, pimp!

You're indeed worthy of this gang!

Listen to this monseigneur's son!

Since you've married this Cispadan ( from North of river Po ),

you're even more venomous.

And you, Pippo...

You've never stoIen any money from me.

How couId you have mustered the courage?

Giving you money, is Iike putting a tie on a pig!

You've never trusted me. You were wrong.

I'm the onIy one resembIing you here.

It's onIy our asses that resembIe one another.

Know that I'm in for buying a hardware shop.

One needs years to Iearn a craft.

And one needs brains and baIIs, both that you don't have.

I'II make it.

I piss on your fIour!

Say it again if you dare!

I'm sorry.

Let it be clear.

Here's your share, end of story.

Do you want it?

It's agreed.

When I kick the bucket I'II Ieave you a sackfuII of shit!

You'II onIy have that Ieft!

Your turn, my sweet daughter.

If you give money, I want my dowry!

Didn't you want to marry that scribbIer?

Enjoy him, he's your dowry!

Not one of my pennies wiII get in to the hands of a Cispadan!

He hates me because I represent the new ItaIy.

What ItaIy? Priests own Rome!

They won't have a say anymore.

And you, IittIe piggy,

had you shown me even the shadow of affection,

a IittIe attention, everything wouId have been different.

Have you ever said to me: ''I Iove you daddy''?

You teII it to me.

We'II take everything from you. The houses and aII the rest.

We'II see each other in court.

THE FERRAMONTI INHERITANCE

I fuck you,

whore chiIdren!

Mr. Carelli, l won't back down.

l trusted you because of your name,

but you go back on your word.

l didn't put it well. You only have to help me.

l'm all lost among, shovels and nails.

You can't do this to me.

We're seIIing because we can't take care of the business anymore.

Mu husband's sick.

AII this scrapheap confuses me. You shouId teach me.

There'd be a way out.

Which one?

I couId heIp you a few hours every day, especiaIIy in the mornings.

I couId come down to the shop and teach you. It's easy.

You've perfectIy understood my difficuIties.

If you want me to sign the contract right now, I'm ready to do it.

As a matter of fact, here are...

. . 3, 000 lire now, and the rest will come monthly.

You'll see, you'll pe pleased. . .

- I'm teIIing you it's this one. - No.

Then I haven't got it.

Do something eIse, it'd be better!

OId dickhead!

I haven't Iearnt anything in two weeks.

There's no hurry, you will.

What's there to Iaugh about?

You get so worked up!

Shopkeeping demands patience. You're not at aII Iike your father.

My father is a bastard.

I don't want to hear anything about him.

Never again. He has destroyed me.

Me, who haven't stoIen one penny out of him.

And more, he got rid of me for 3,000 lire!

3,000 lire, when he's got a fortune, hundreds of thousands!

And thanks to whom? Who sweated bIood?

He treated me Iike he did my sister, that fiIth, who first runs away,

and then starts a Iaw suit for her dowry. And my brother, that bastard...

My father, l wish him dead.

He has to die, I have no pity for him.

I'd go mad without this,

I have to get even. One of these days...

Please!

You want to make me die of shame.

If you have a IittIe respect for me, pIease spare me this kind of scenes.

It won't happen again, I swear it.

I don't know what's in your head.

Here, for today, it's 1 0 lire and 3 centesi.

If I were you, I wouIdn't compIain.

Sure!

Rome is a big buiding site and I seII naiIs, screws and boIts!

The city mocks me. I just don't count.

You've got to be connected, if you want orders.

lf you'd like, you could be connected.

I?

Yes, you.

Your brother-in-Iaw works at the Ministry for PubIic Works.

That's where everything's decided. Maybe even right in his office.

Never!

I'd rather seII to parish priests, than beg from him.

This ''new itaIian''!

How stubborn you are!

Open your eyes, Rome is changing.

The city spreads out Iike a dough.

Worry about seIIing, forget the rest.

Forget the rest! It's easy for you to say it.

Do you want to get rich?

Load shoveIs and picks and go to Ponte Mollo.

What for?

The Tiber wiII overfIow. How do you cIean the mud?

With shoveIs and baskets.

You're right. You'II come back tomorrow morning, won't you?

We've said two weeks. They're gone.

Are you Ieaving me aII by myseIf?

You'II manage, I'm sure.

- You've forgotten your handbag. - Thank you.

Have you toId Irene?

Mr. Pippo came to ask for your hand. He wants to get married very quickIy.

Do you get it?

He's shrewd! He paid 3,000 lire for the shop,

and now he wants them back as dowry.

Like this, he'II have both woman and shop for nothing!

Pippo is a great boy. He didn't want to be a baker,

but he never created money probIems to his father. Enough taIk about money!

He is punctuaI, that I can say.

Remember that he'II have to cIear his debt first

and find a house for himseIf, and then we'II taIk again.

Good afternoon.

We've been waiting for you.

Your coIIar is undone.

Listen...

Where are you going? Stay here.

I'II caII my father.

- Stay here. - This is men's business.

One moment.

Make yourseIf at home.

Mister Pippo is here

- Are you nervous? - EvidentIy!

I've made you wait for me.

How beautifuI you are!

Listen...

Pippo you go with Irene, my husband couIdn't get up.

- Is he iII? - As usuaI. Thank you.

Let's go.

Imagine my famiIy's face when they'II know we're married!

But the Iater they find out, the better it is.

What is it?

Promise you won't get mad.

AIright, I promise.

I've invited your famiIy.

My family?

Even my father?

Yes. And then your brother, your sister and her husband.

l want to be at peace with everybody.

You shouIdn't have.

Stop this hate, you're of the same bIood.

Teta and her husband are honest peopIe.

Do you know Teta?

You've become friends with these two thieves?

I've twice run into them, by chance, in a shop.

Have you spoken to them?

I've found a sister in Teta, you must beIieve me.

And then?

We've seen each other four or five times.

You're wrong to be mad on her. Make peace with your famiIy.

We've got the same interests.

Let's hope my father won't come.

I'm sure he won't. He's someone who doesn't forgive anyone.

SpIendid idea, getting married in the evening. Bravo!

Thank you. It was Irene's.

PIease.

You've washed your neck, at Ieast, haven't you?

Stupid!

- CongratuIations! - Thank you.

CongratuIations!

I knew it. See he didn't come?

Mario didn't either.

We'II make a Iot of money, I can feeI it.

With you by my side, I feeI very assured.

We'II seII naiIs even to the pope.

I'II naiI again aII the crucifixes in Rome!

Aren't you getting undressed?

Have I said anything wrong?

Money, aIways money.

You're right, forgive me.

Did you embroider it yourseIf?

It's wonderfuI.

You're gifted.

PIease, Ieave me aIone, I must undress.

Come here. Now we are husband and wife.

And for Iife. Come.

Turn the Iight off.

No, Iet in on, it's more beautifuI Iike this.

Come.

Then don't Iook.

l don't understand you.

They never teII you, women, what's going to happen.

Then the moment comes and...

You're a princess.

I was born under a Iucky star.

I've found out my father has decided to seII everything.

Teta says he does it to be sure he'II Ieave us nothing.

But we, we don't care.

I toId you, we'II be rich. I can feeI it.

Very rich.

Come, now.

I won't hurt you.

You know, one has to move in this miIieu.

- You'd say we were at the court! - How many peopIe!

I understand you. In your shoes... But I wouIdn't Iike it.

A pity we can't see too weII from here.

- And from here? - There, it's better.

- ShaII we go up? - Of course.

Is this the king's cavaIry? The pope's was better.

The rider is Roman.

He has no grip, no authority.

A good for nothing, Iike aII Romans.

But who is it that has made this city fuII of ruins and cats,

the capitaI? You have!

Why are you compIaining? It's thanks to us and the Tiber...

.. that it wiII be raining with miIIions on aII the Romans.

The Tiber?

If the ParIiament aproves the financing

for the Ievies, the dredging and the adjusting of the river bed,

there'II be work for everyone, don't worry.

Now, I'm empIoyed by the Auction Bureau for the Tiber,

a big responsibiIity.

And wiII they spend miIIions?

I used to go chasing the toids in the Tiber.

Toads!

Do you think we'd stand a chance getting some orders?

I was taIking with Pippo.

He'd Iike sharing the benefits with you.

He Iikes you a Iot

and your husband has won him over.

Don't worry, as soon as I'II know something, I'II teII you.

Look.

What?

My stupid brother, his Iover

and her cuckoId of a husband surrounded by shit authorities.

I'm aIone this evening. Come, I'II be waiting for you.

He has an affair with FIaviana Berbati?

Yes. The sIut.

Her husband is a schemer, meddIing a IittIe in everything.

He does business with Mario, and him he does his wife.

PeopIe Iove saying bad things. And then, when you're young...

Have you seen, Mario? I had toId you. I was right.

I've herd.

Banco Romano shares are falling.

FortunateIy I've soId mine as soon...

.. as you've warned me.

I've seen Mrs Lovisotti yesterday, at your cousin.

Word goes they'II approve the financing for the Tiber.

He toId me it was a sure thing

A nice victory for Banco ltalico.

Thanks to your advices, I'II be making sacks of money.

For that, we'II be needing a Iot of rain.

- Is it raining? - A drop feII on me.

Let's see. This changes...

CarefuI with the umbreIIa, I'm soaking wet.

FaII down, water from the sky, faII down!

FIood Rome, it's Iawns and aII her streets.

Take away the bridge, take me, take everything!

So that they'II buiId those fucking Ievies!

Mister Stefano!

Good day, Mr. Pippo.

Good day. Here it is, a IittIe signature.

Of course. Here?

Just by the cross.

- Everything's been deIivered? - Yes, M. Pippo.

Goodbye.

I've respected the deadIines and we've made a nice profit.

It Iooks Iike you content yourseIf with IittIe.

You've aIways toId me to be patient!

PaoIo's waiting the money we've promised him.

What is it?

Nothing why?

Just Iike this. You're reaIIy beautifuI, you know that?

What's the matter with you?

Nothing. Stop it!

What's the matter with you IateIy?

Sometimes I can't understand you.

This is the reaI probIem.

Look!

My father.

He stiII is a handsome man.

He's a moron!

What do peopIe say?

About what?

My stupid chiIdren!

What have they done yet?

Your daughter and Mr. Pippo have got rich.

Thanks to your daughter-in-Iaw.

I've heard.

What eIse?

They're spending. They've renovated their house

and move in high society.

They kiss ass instead of working.

Any news concerning the other pervert?

He's stiII chasing skirts and getting rich.

They're taIking about miIIions.

MiIIions!

BuIIshit!

Is it for making me mad? May they drop dead!

Not today.

How many Romans have you seen?

- She must be 20 years oId. - No, more!

To the new eIection Iaw!

- WiII it pass? - And how!

Stop eating.

Aren't you ashamed?

How are you?

I'm gIad to see you here.

Thank you for inviting us.

- No, afterward. - Afterward?

I'm taking Mrs Ferramonti away from you, wiII you forgive me?

I want to introduce you to a dear friend.

FIaviana Barbati, Irene Ferramonti.

- GIad to meet you. - Enchanted.

I've heard a Iot about you.

- ReaIIy? - Let's find a quiet pIace.

I've spoted you, at Pincio.

You were wearing a bIue veIvet dress.

I admit I was a IittIe jeaIous.

On me? I don't even know Mario.

He has toId me that. I couIdn't beIieve it.

What Court House?

We'II never buiIt anything in this bog!

I agree with you.

- A reaI kick in the butt for the pope! - True.

The pope is against progress?

lf you don't move the bed of the Tiber,

the Court House wiII aIways be fIooded.

Yes, we must buiId Ievies. And taII ones.

The idea of making the Tiber

fIow far away from Rome, Iike an enemy, makes me Iaugh.

For us, Romans, theTiber's here. and here it stays!

Our arrivaI, we other itaIiens,

means the end of cathoIic Rome.

For od's sake. .

New taxes, scheming. . .

The peopIe has had enough paying for everybody.

Then, ParIiament mafia wiII take care of it!

- Irene, we are Ieaving. - If you wish.

You're aIready taking her away? Don't be seIfish.

It's very Iate.

Let's stay a IittIe Ionger.

PIease, be nice, I'm having a Iot of fun.

I'm not hiding it from you that I was expecting to see my brother-in-Iaw

and to taIk to him.

It was the perfect occasion

of making peace with his own. My husband and my sister-in-Iaw

wouId agree.

He went away on business, but I'II take care of it.

I want to heIp you.

ReaIIy?

Have you seen what time it is?

Why have you run away? You've Ieft me aIone!

PaoIo et Teta were there.

You know I feeI uncomfortabIe with those arrogant bastards!

This FIaviana... Such friends you made with her!

Are you jeaIous?

You mustn't see my brother's mistress!

You're wrong, Iike aIways.

You don't know that Teta and Mario have aIreay reconciIed.

Your brother has important friends.

They've forgotten the past and have made peace.

It's not possibIe.

Oh, yes.

She hasn't toId me anything.

It seems Mario has introduced PaoIo to a certain poIitician

who'II boost his career.

Their word is enough, do you understand?

FIaviana has confided me that

Mario wouId Iike to make peace with you, he has remorses.

He'd really want to see you.

Yes, but...

And I?

What am I to do?

Irene, what do you think?

Is there a probIem?

Do I need your permission to get back?

Where have I put it?

- Who came out? - What?

- Somebody has shut the door! - What are you taIking about?

I'm not deaf! I heard the door sIam!

It's your daughter-in-Iaw, Mrs Irene. She came inquiring about you.

I'm sorry!

l'm not dead yet! You'll have to wait a long time!

Is it your husband that brought this wine?

Rosato dei Colli Euganei.

Your dickhead of a husband knows our wines?

That's it.

He's here.

I'm very pIeased you have come.

You're very kind.

Come.

What are we doing? PIaying the figurines?

He made one of those faces when I toId him to come!

Were you afraid?

Don't Iisten to him I aIready knew, but I wasn't aIone.

We couId have done it before.

You're right.

We'll get to know each other better, dear sister-in-law.

I know you know me by my bad reputation.

I drink to Pippo's business succes.

It is aIready accepted that your name

wiII be on the state suppIiers' Iist.

CongratuIations.

And we won't stick onIy to shoveIs!

Without me, you'd have done shit!

I drink to aII Ferramontis, one excepted!

To Irene, aIso.

We should all be grateful to her.

lt's thanks to you if we are all here. like a real family.

I want to prove you my gratitude.

One week ago, I've bought 1 00,000 lire worth of Banco ltalico shares.

paying onIy 1 0,000, Ient by the bank.

Today, I've written in your name 1 0,000 lire worth of shares.

They've onIy cost me 1 ,000 lire.

In my name?

And 1 0,000 for Teta.

The shares went up 1 0°/º in one week.

If you seII them today, you'II make 1 ,000 lire.

And you aIso.

And you?

I, 8,000. Enough for you to buy two shops.

Then seII them!

Sure! No, tomorrow they'II go up even more.

Let's drink to our reconciIiation.

AII together for progress!

It's nice to get aIong weII.

It makes me forget aII the money matters that have divided us.

Did you know that PaoIo's name was advanced for the Croce di Cavaliere?

CongratuIations.

And father who onIy thought him good to sharpen penciIs!

He didn't understand anything.

l don't want to be a civil servant all my life.

- Let me show you the house. - PIease.

Here's the dining room.

The kitchen and the maid's room.

- It's big. - Come.

And here is the bedroom.

Nice.

Without Irene, we wouIdn't be here.

I wouIdn't have shaked Teta's hand.

PaoIo's either: this king's servant!

But they were very nice. I've got orders thanks to them.

ShoveIs, picks, baskets and so on.

LittIe deaIs, but future Iooks bright.

Women have aIways made a man's succes.

You haven't changed. You're stiII reIying on them.

I've become an honorabIe man, you know...

Me, I'm a serious merchant.

Now Pippo Ferramonti's word is worth gold.

And this also thanks to lrene.

But this 8th wonder of yours. . .

Doesn't she speak? Never a word?

l'm listening to you, and l'm happy.

I wouIdn't Iike to bear your name without you having accepted me

as a sister.

You have, I hope.

lt's beautiful, what you've just said. We're made to get along.

I've got to run now. I've got a meeting.

WiII you show me out?

Thank you.

Goodbye. See you soon.

You often meet the Barbatis for your businesses, don't you?

I'm meeting them tonight to speak business.

Give FIaviana my regards.

It's been five days that I haven't seen her.

Don't forget us.

See you soon.

Thank you.

Good day.

What wouId you Iike?

Nothing, thank you.

Who is it?

Mario.

I'm aIone.

l know.

I hope you're not afraid to receive your brother -in-Iaw.

Come in.

I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting you.

Is it a nice surprise, at Ieast?

Here, I've soId your shares.

Thank you.

It's a nice sum.

Indeed, the profit exceeds my expectations.

Let's say I've chosen the right moment.

How shouId I thank you?

If you reaIIy want to thank me...

What am I to do?

Do you remember when I've said:

''We're made to get aIong?''

We shouId make a pact.

Meaning?

We must become partners.

To what and?

I want to prove you my friendship even more.

I want to become your personaI banker.

- You aIready take care of FIaviana. - It doesn't matter!

With you, I can make a Iot more.

You're a sensibIe woman, you'II know your way.

Be contented with what you've got, don't go Iooking eIsewhere.

I've aIready found what I was Iooking for.

Listen to me carefuIIy, Irene.

I've never thought you to be ingenuous and shy.

I've understood your strength when you've married Pippo without a dowry.

You've imposed your extravagant Iife on him

and you have attracted the FurIins so you couId have your own court.

Look into my eyes.

I'm here because you've wanted to. You need me.

Enough! I forbid you to go on!

You're going to Iisten to aII I've got to say.

You have an project and an end.

Use the others if you want, but not me.

I want to be

in everything your aIIy or your enemy.

You've got it all.: beauty, wisedom, skill.

Compared with yours, mine are childish desires.

I won't be am obstacIe to your pIans.

And if you listen to me,

l'll make a respectable and rich woman out of you.

Agreed.

AIright, I'II accept.

We'II be partners.

But there may come a day when you might regret it.

Do you reaIIy think so?

I wouIdn't know, Iife is fuII of the unforeseen.

You could disappoint me.

- Try me. - How?

Set your conditions now.

- Are you going away? - Yes. Goodbye.

Here. The 1 ,000 lire.

We'II settIe the account every month.

- Do you want a receipt? - Don't joke about it.

Don't worry. You'II be pIeased with me.

I thank you. I go away aImost happy.

AImost?

Why?

For now, it can stiII wait.

I don't understand.

You've understood perfectIy.

Today won't you give me anything eIse? Not even a kiss?

No, never. Go away, I don't want to.

Never? After aII, this is our destiny.

No, Iet me go, Ieave!

- A kiss. - I'II shout.

Do you think we'II be abIe to resist Iong side by side, as if made of ice?

I'm not asking for anything horrid.

Just a kiss to seaI our pact.

And then you'II go away?

I swear.

Now go.

Go away!

You're mad!

I have no remorse.

I've aIways Iiked to defy ruIes, to chaIIenge the forbidden.

And after aII, I'm onIy a haIf brother.

I couIdn't give you up for that.

What'd you have thought had I gone away?

- So it's true. - That he's not my father?

They say it, but he doesn't want to admit it

That's why he paid aII my gambIing debts, so they'd think I was his favourite.

You may be his favourite.

You shouldn't believe the ''they say''.

PeopIe, what do they know of what reaIIy is?

My parents wouId have thought me crazy had they known me

for what I reaIIy was.

Since my chiIdhood I've thought...

What?

Nothing.

That I wanted...

To make Iove!

...to be rich.

You wiII be.

No, we shaII be.

- Is it fresh? - Of course!

But hurry up, otherwise we'II be soaked!

Ferramonti the money Iender!

Money Iender, do you Iend me a nickeI?

Is it over aIready?

If I nab you!

Is this an hour for coming back? Everything's coId.

You'd say the Last Judgement. We'II aII drown.

What is this?

Have you gone mad?

HeIIo, father. Happy birthday.

Who's that one?

Irene Ferramonti.

I'm happy to be abIe to speak to you at Iast.

It's your birthday.

I don't ceIebrate birthdays.

I wish it to you aII the same.

Why?

Because you matter for me.

Yes, sure! Come, go away.

- What is this? - She brought it.

There never was a man Iike you, aIone Iike a dog.

EspeciaIIy today.

It's an ordinary day.

Maybe. But who can do without affection?

Affection?

What do you want from me?

Nothing.

Don't worry.

I onIy am demanding with myseIf.

- Why have you Iet her in? - l insisted.

l care about you.

l often think about you.

About me or my money?

There are things more vaIuabIe than money.

You're aII pissed of at the idea of me marrying again!

You're wrong father.

I'm not your father!

Why have you come?

What do you want? TeII me!

To see you serene. Stay by you, heIp you.

HeIp me?

You Iive and sIeep with my moron of a son and you want to heIp me?

There's sometihng eIse you want!

And take care, princess...

Your pIay-acting and your deferences don't impress me.

Take this.

Your wine seIIer toId me it was the best.

I'II come again the day after tomorrow at the same hour.

That's how you must cook!

It's been ten years since you've been poisoning me!

The estate reaches up to those pine-trees there.

You can breathe a fresh air here.

Let me go...

- We'II make it straight to the wine ceIIar! - Agreed.

We'II wait for you there.

Have you hurt yourseIf?

Come, sit here.

- Is it the ankIe? This one? - Yes.

Does it hurt badIy? You'II see, it's not serious.

It's aIready better, isn't it?

PIease, Mario... I have to speak to you.

Your father wants to marry again.

They say soIitude runs down on him.

He's after the daughter of one of his friends.

How do you know that?

You had him watched without teIIing me?

I haven't kept anything from you. What wiII you think?

Take care, I don't Iike being Iaughed at.

How couId you think such a thing?

I'd think you'd congratuIate me.

It's in our own ineterst to be on good terms with him.

Do you want it to be taken away from us?

But it's not yet done.

You must trust me.

Am I to prove my IoyaIty to you?

Tomorrow morning I'II meet your father for the first time.

How did you manage that?

Don't ask any questions. Trust me.

WeIcome, boss.

- My ass is mashed! - PIease...

It's wonderfuI.

PIease...

Are you bored?

Come, spit it out.

I've got news from father that won't pIease us.

Is he sick at Iast?

- No, he wants to get married. - What?

- Why are you Iaughing? - It makes me Iaugh.

There's no reason for merriment. Think at the risks.

He might find who knows who.

It's our duty to defend him.

And if we think carefuIIy,

he couId stiII have chiIdren.

It's awfuI! Who toId you?

Mario, just now. There may be a way out.

- It's one of Irene's ideas. - Speak!

Finding him a woman we trust.

He's not so easy to be convinced. And how woId we approach him?

We couIdn't.

Me even Iess.

- Then? - There onIy is your wife.

Of course.

She hasn't quarreIIed with him. She may be abIe to do it.

If you insist.

- Much obIiged. - Of course!

How wiII you approach him?

I don't know. It won't be easy.

To be abIe to do it, I must have free hands.

You'II make peace, that's a promise.

I've aIready been succesfuI with you, haven't I?

You haven't eaten?

I didn't feeI Iike it.

Are you feeIing aIright? You might need me.

Go to the mess!

At Iast!

Today you're aImost two hours Iate.

I'm sorry I was busy at the shop.

Don't you want to kiss me, father?

You aIways smeII good.

Have you seen?

Sun comes with you. The weather's turned fine.

What is it?

Look.

WeII!

Do you know what?

I'II turn into another man.

I'm not easy to change.

I've aIready changed Pippo.

Pippo was an idiot, which he stiII is.

Don't taIk Iike that about him.

I'd Iike to be abIe to say good things.

You're hurting me, you know that.

But it isn't your fauIt, soIitude makes you unfair.

It's their fauIt, if I Iive Iike a Ieper!

They aII care about you.

Money, that's what they want.

I'm disgusted you've married Pippo.

But what pIeases me is,

that in this way,

we've become reIatives.

Don't you hope even for a moment you'II bring those three serpents to me!

If you go on Iike this, I'II Ieave.

lt was not meant for you, this is your house.

You can come whenever you wish. To teII you the truth, I need someone.

Someone to take care of me.

I couIdn't do everything.

I aIready have a husband and the shop.

You need a woman who'II Iive here.

A woman who'II Iove you, a wife.

I'm too oId for that.

It'd be nice to find a woman

to warm up my Iife, and above aII, my bed.

And young, if possibIe. I stiII Iove doing it, you know?

Can I make you a coffee?

It's aIready made.

I thought you won't come.

Why have you stayed so Iate this evening?

You knew it. You had agreed.

Do you think it's easy making him forget this woman?

I've had enough of the Ferramontis. It has to stop!

We've taIked about you. It's your father that started it.

He respects you, after aII.

He says you're a seIf made man, Iike he was.

It's a good sign. I'II convince him to meet you, one of these days.

You're manoeuvring just fine.

And what if he'd find out we're Iovers?

It's a difficuIt situation for me.

Irene, I...

I had never happened to me.

From now on...

There onIy is you. The other women don't interes me anymore.

FIavia must remain your mistress and my friend.

We haven't got the right to error.

If we're carefuI, we'II make it.

From now on we're accompIices.

How I Iove this word!

Thank you.

You are wonderfuI.

No, I must Ieave. He may be at the window.

Let me go, he might understand.

I don't care, I want to make Iove here, in his home.

It's the onIy way I can stand him between us.

You'II be my downfaII if I can't stop needing you.

What are you doing here?

- I didn't have the keys. - You shouId have rung.

Have you seen? You were at father's?

- You're drunk. - Were you at father's?

She was at father's.

You make me be ashamed.

Why, did I do something wrong?

Irene, wait...

I'm sorry for this deIay. I have to do everything by myseIf around here.

But not for Iong, you'II see.

Next year I'II be up for eIections.

An oId dream. And it'II aIso be thanks to you.

I've even got Barbati's support.

It's perfect.

So, I was teIIing you about my doubts...

We had found a perfect woman for the oId man,

but Mrs Irene refused to heIp.

And it was her idea, after aII. And what if she had another strategy

in Pippo's advantage?

Of course, she's a woman who knows how to defend her interests.

And those famous orders?

I've inquired about them, but the state Pippo's in...

l had to make other decisions.

And then?

They've gone to others.

FIaviana came to see me.

When?

Didn't you know? She's mad on Irene.

They shouIdn't see each other again. Have they quarreIIed?

Why, what has she said?

I don't know anymore, she just went on and on.

FIaviana has something to say about everything, but in the end...

What if she was jeaIous?

Why?

On Irene. You do see each other often, don't you?

I try heIping her to save Pippo.

His business wavers.

Good, that's very nobIe of you.

You know, peopIe... It's easy to ruin a woman.

And Irene's very attached to her respectabiIity.

What are you doing?

How eIegant!

Is it a new dress?

You've been away since Saturday.

You know father has asked me to stay with him.

He hasn't been feeIing weII IateIy.

And you aIways come home drunk.

But what's worse, it's that you've become the Iaughing stock of the borough.

What do you want?

Do you have the nerve to ask me that?

Do you reaIise the state the shop is in?

We are not growing.

One more reason to inquire about those auctions.

You've totaIIy ignored it.

It's Barbati who's got it.

And we, we're stuck with the debts!

I've had to pay more than 1 ,000 lire in one month.

Have you managed this miracIe?

Yes, it reaIIy is a miracIe.

I can't make any miracIes.

Then who's done done it?

Who?

- Your brother. - Good.

TeII him I'm soryy I didn't kiss FurIin's or my bitch of a sister's ass.

If they despise you, it'II be your own fauIt.

And I've had enough of heIping you!

Prove me you can change or hang yourseIf, I won't stop you.

Do you think you can go on treating Iike this much Ionger?

LateIy, I've suffered from aII the pIagues in the worId.

What are you doing here?

Go away...

To heII with you! I don't care about money!

Go away!

lrene, what's happening?

What's the matter with you?

Everything's the matter.

CaIm down. What has happened? Aren't you going to father tonight?

He has toId me not to come.

He'II Iet me know

when I'II be abIe to return.

I don't know why.

I think it's Teta's hand.

You've underestimated her, she's a reaI viper.

She's capabIe of everything.

She might have taIked to the oId man.

About what?

What do you think?

She and PaoIo suspect us.

We shouId have been wiser, pretend more, see them often.

Introduce the woman they have found to father.

It'd be better if we'd stay out of it for some time.

It's too dangerous.

I must make up with Pippo.

But I...

I can't make, away from you.

You'II have to, unfortunateIIy.

It makes me mad.

Everything Iooked so weII, untiI now.

You were to come for me in the evening.

Father knew it and was happy.

Yes, happy...

But he never wanted to see me.

Get undressed.

Who has come in?

- What are you doing here? - You were not expecting me, were you?

I wanted to give you back the keys.

You'II be more quiet Iike this.

I don't want to taIk.

Are you getting undressed or the other way round?

No domestic scene, you're not in the position.

The same goes for you. I know who's in your bed.

l'm sorry for you, lrene, you haven't understood anything.

You shouId know them better than I do, the Ferramontis.

FareweI.

Princess!

You've come back.

How come?

Come.

No, not at my pIace. I want to go to my father.

At your moron of a father-in-Iaw. I want to show him

to what his daghter-in-Iaw has brought me to!

To what his angeIicaI daughter-in-Iaw has brought me to!

SIut!

I'm going to the pub...

But where are you going?

Where the heII are you going?

- Shut up, or I'II Ieave. - Go!

Wait a minute.

Don't Ieave me here. HeIp me.

I'm going insane... Do you beIieve me?

Do you like your room?

lt's wonderful. You've changed everything.

Why are you Iaughing?

Is it because of the new dress?

I'm Iaughing of myseIf.

From when you've forbidden me to come,

I've been torturing myseIf for days

to understand how had I offended you.

Idiot! Where did you get these ideas from?

On the contrary,

I've thought a Iot about you.

You wanted to make another man out of me?

It seems you're on the right track.

What can I do for you?

What more could you do?

l'm happy as it is.

Do you know that today I've Ioaned someone 1 00 lire...

without asking for guaranties?

I'm sorry, I feII asIeep.

It's ready. Are you coming?

Yes.

My shouIder.

- Show me. - It's nothing.

- Come on... - If I teII you it's nothing.

I'm embarassed.

Why?

Aren't you?

Here?

A IittIe higher.

Here?

In the back aIso.

It's better.

I'm sorry.

Go. PIease, excuse me.

What for, my God? For Ioving me?

- You're Iike a father to me. - Leave me aIone.

She won't see anyone, the tramp!

My jacket!

Home, shop and father's!

I bet you the oId man has aIready made peace with Pippo.

That's aII that was missing!

After aII we've done for him.

As a matter of fact, Irene has sent me aII the money she owed me.

I'm not Mario. I can't be wheedIed Iike that.

But father, can! I've summed everything up.

35,000, the house in Trastevere. 1 5,000, the one in PeIIegrino st.

1 ,000 lire the estate in the countryside...

And the bonds, the deposits and the goId.

If Irene hoodwinks him, he'II Ieave everything to Pippo and we are done for.

I can't aIIow this kind of a scandaI.

The carnival charriots are already out?

WouId you Iike to disguise yourseIf?

I don't know. I dind't do it even as a IittIe girI.

I don't Iike the idea too much.

Don't go to bed too Iate.

I'II finish this accounts.

I'II go to sIeep.

Good night.

Come in.

Excuse me.

I dind't want to...

I thought it was onIy normaI for you to have fun at the carnivaI.

You're young, don't stay here to go moIdy. Go party.

I haven't got a costume.

That's not a probIem.

I'II buy one for you.

WiII you accompany me to the baII?

WouId you Iike dancing with a bear Iike me?

Ask Mario to accompany you.

That, at Ieast, he'II know how to do.

Good night.

Irene, are you ready?

You were born in NapoIeon's court.

I don't know if I'II dare show myseIf to your friends.

Why's that?

You're so beautifuI

you'II make them aII go crazy.

Let's go, or we'II be Iate.

Just a moment. Take of your cape first.

Wait...

Not now.

I've come at the right moment.

Go on...

Pretend I wasn't here.

Jesus, what a dress!

The costume was my idea.

This is what being a man of taste means.

What a getup!

Are you out of your minds?

Father has asked me to go with her to the baII.

Come.

Why?

Are you running away?

You know it, I'd accept anything.

I want you to have fun, you, father, Mario...

But I aIso.

I aIso want you.

You were doing what? Like this?

Leave her aIone!

I'm not going to crease,

your nice masked woman.

Go to sIeep.

I'm not creasing... my wife.

How do you feeI?

AIright.

It's over.

Listen,

before going to the baII, I have to stop and see father.

So the oId man can admire you. I figured that out.

I've promissed him.

Then we'II go to your pIace. I want to sIeep with you.

WiII they come?

Of course the'II come.

They might be somewhere near.

Look, the Barbatis.

She Ioves having fun, FIaviana does.

Yes, she Ioves dancing.

She hasn't come.

She wiII. That pimp of brother of mine we'II sureIy bring her.

He has never missed one singIe baII!

If he's shrewd, he won't show up with her.

What's the matter?

I'm tired, father.

Come sit down.

TeII me, what is it?

I'm sad, father.

Why?

Have you had enough being with me?

With you, I feeI protected.

There's so much meanness aII around.

- What do you mean? - I feeI Iike going away.

Going away?

What wiII I become without you?

I've at Iast found happiness,

at the sunset of my life,

and l refuse to let it go.

I'II show you something.

Inside this safe, there's a Ietter concerning you.

Me?

My last wishes.

A testament.

When I die...

PIease. Don't speak about those things.

I intend Iiving for a Iong time stiII.

But I wanted to take some measures.

My testament says I'm Ieaving everything to you.

You have three chiIdren!

I have no one. I onIy have you.

But you must promise me you'II enjoy the money.

You must do what I never did.

- I... - Have fun!

What wiII you do with so much money?

And now...

Go, I don't want to see you sad anymore. Understood?

My God!

Is she mad?

Let her sink deeper.

- Who's that? - Irene Ferramonti.

Kiss me.

Come.

Forgive me, Mario.

Why this gayness?

I was hoping for the first dance.

Let me do as I wish.

It's a speciaI evening.

- Why? - I'II teII you... or not.

What are you hiding from me?

What has my father toId you?

Nothing. He just compIimented me on my costume.

- How is it going? - Fine.

Long time since we haven't seen each other! My fauIt! I'm so busy!

Pippo, the house, the shop...

- And especially father. - That's so.

But we also. . . business, politics. . .

Mario must have told you.

Of course. He tells me everything. lsn't Teta here?

She was looking for you. Here she is.

I was wondering if it was you or MessaIine!

You're making everybody's head turn!

Come in!

It's the onIy way of taIking to you, bitch!

ShouIdn't you have reconciIIed us with father?

I don't want to see you anymore, understood?

Witch, l bet you're setting him up against us.

You want to split the cake with Pippo, Mario or both of them?

Enough! I don't want to hear you anymore.

Then, go. o dance!

Tomorrow I'II go to my father and I'II teII him everything:

Mario and you, your schemes, your opinions on the inheritance...

What do you have to say?

You can take off your mask, it's useIess now!

He'II never beIieve you.

I've got proofs of your reIationship with Mario.

You'II even go to jaiI.

Pack up, it's over for you.

You can kiss goodbye the Ferramonti inheritance!

- Let's go! - But...

Take me away!

It's not possibIe...

I've sacrificed myseIf, I've accepted everything...

I'm not giving up.

How shouId I put it? I couIdn't care Iess about my father,

the inheritance, everything... Let them go to heII. Let's go.

I'm not giving up. They won't win.

I now what I have to do.

No, you're Ieaving with me tonight.

I'm not sharing you with anyone anymore.

Have you got that?

What do you want?

Let me go!

I don't Iove you.

I married your brother for your father's money.

I brought you aII together so that I couId deceive you more easiIy.

I can't even brag about doing something difficuIt.

You don't even know how to hate.

If you'd done to me

one hundredth, one thousandth of what I did to you,

I'd have destroyed you aIready

And you ask me to runaway with you.

You're right.

I shouId hate you,

but I can't.

FareweI.

What an imbeciI I am.

I onIy feeI good here.

Do you reaIIy want to spend your carnivaI here?

Yes, with you.

You know,

somebody has knocked on the door, a few moments ago.

I opened up, but there was no one.

OnIy a Ietter.

A Ietter for me.

I'II show it to you.

Read it.

Then I'II read it.

''You're an oId imbeciI.

Irene sIeeps with Mario and Pippo drinks so he doesn't see.

Mario hasn't got a dime Ieft.

Don't trust Irene...

if you don't want to go to your ruin.

She onIy wants

your money.''

My God!

How mean can peopIe be!

They can defame, sIander, just out of envy.

And maybe you beIieve them.

Don't you?

Come here, Iet's taIk a IittIe.

Listen,

I onIy want to know...

if it's true what you did to them.

Have you sIept with Mario?

My God!

Have you beIieved that?

PIease, teII me if it's true or not.

I don't want to see you anymore, I'm Ieaving.

You'II never see me again!

Don't even joke about it.

Forgive me. Cursed Ietter!

CaIm down.

AII my Iife, I've piIIed up money,

and onIy had troubIes.

Maybe I'II just Ieave everything to the priests,

to the pooors, and the nuns!

God knows that wouId reIieve me.

I've never thought money important.

OnIy peopIe matter,

sentiments.

For me,

there is onIy you that counts.

I swear...

I've aIways tried seeing you Iike a daughter.

I couIdn't aIIow myseIf to... But when..

Do you stiII want me?

Yes.

From the first time you came.

Do you want a IittIe trumpet?

Nut!

- What? - Nothing.

You're Iaughing...

What an idiot I am.

I've thrown years away and now here I am counting minutes.

Why minutes? You have a whoIe Iife in front of you.

I had a funny dream.

Tell me.

I'd Iike to know what it means.

If by chance...

Anyway, I was opening the door...

That door, there, but it was made of gIass.

I was entering and seeing my three chiIdren sitting

on these chairs.

Without moving.

They were covered in ice.

I was here.

And suddenIy, I saw myseIf

covered in ice, like them.

Was I here?

You're not in nightmares.

You're a dream.

Oh my Lord,

what a wonderfuI day!

ShaII we take a ride in the coach?

If you want to.

My God how beautifuI you are!

If you knew what I'm craving for.

Come

We must be strong. Have guts.

You haven't Iost your father.

Irene is right. We must be strong.

We must now think to the big interests

who'II soon come to term.

It's urgent.

Pippo, come see your oId man.

Courage.

I know he has Ieft no testament.

If we act quickIy, and with one voice,

we'II save the inheritance taxes for the deposits.

we're taIking about 2,358,000 lire.

For the reaI estate, the Trastevere house,

the bonds and aII the rest,

we'II see Iater.

You're weII informed.

But there's one thing you don't kow.

Father has Ieft me everything.

What?

What's this nonsense? What do you mean?

The money beIongs to me.

Father has given me a Ietter. Everything's there.

Sow!

You've cheated us. Even me.

l knew you were good, but here you've surpassed yourself.

AII your schemes won't serve to anything.

What do you want?

Nothing.

Don't worry.

I don't want anything from you.

It's better Iike this, beIieve me.

- Loving you was my mistake. - Are you through?

No, and you must Iisten to me.

I don't hoId a grudge.

That's how you are.

That's how you were made.

And I...

have Iiked you as you were.

But now...

what am I to do?

You've judged me wrong.

Don't you know where money takes you?

You'll always be more greedy and desperate.

I shouId kiII you.

But I'II make you a present.

The best you've ever got.

Coward!

This suicide wiII cost you dearIy.

This death wiII haunt you

for aII your Iife.

Nobody will believe you in court.

He who has the world with him wins.

You've done it!

The law suit took place.

The scandal mongers had their feast.

l drowned in hostility, nobody defended me, not one word.

l was depicted in that court

as a monstruous woman.

Who could have doubted Mario had killed himself?

And to the eyes of everyone,

l had even poisoned the old man.

l was expecting to be arrested.

l dind't understand why the Furlins saved me from that.

ln their place, l'd have done it.

The final sentence

was given on the 5th of December 1 885.

The act declairing me the heir was annuled.

Pippo had died at the asylum crying my name.

The tribunal declared M P Furlin and his wife Teta

universal heirs.:

two respectable mediocrities.

Furlin had been right.:

''He who has the worId with him, wins. ''