Original subtitles

It was not the first time one of us had found himseIf in prison,

for a brawI at pooI, some poIice back taIk or some kind of bravado.

It was not the first time Nando was waiting for a friend outside the prison

to take him back across the bridge, back to our borough,

a borough we Ioved exactIy for being the way it was.

AIIey after aIIey, houses aII crammed up in a tiny space,

that marked the border between our condition as men,

and the rest of the city.

To Iive in our borough meant being contented with IittIe,

Iearning a craft, enIarging one's workshop,

being the pooI king, having a girI, and, sometimes, two.

What are you waiting for? Go open up.

Or with sharing a motor bike, Iike OteIIo, the barber,

Nando, who worked on photopIays in his spare time,

and Franco, the beverage seIIer, did.

- Coming from prison? How was it? - Why don't you try. I'II show you in?

It's easier for you. you're a reguIar.

- My Iove. Iet's get married right away! - Get Iost!

Bye.

You're starting so earIy...

I'm venting it out in words! I'd wish it!

Cut it out. bastard!

- Let it go. you're breaking it. - Nando. we stroke goId with it.

Hear her sing?

Hey. NuvoIari. cut it out. or we'II get to seII it to scrap metaI!

We've aII three bought it. and you want to ride it onIy you two!

- Then Iearn how to use it! - If I never try it. how wiII I Iearn?

Nando. Nando. it's for you.

- The usuaI suItana. - Coming.

- The exotic flower on the phone! - Mari'!

You're back again!

You bareIy got pinched. and you're out again!

Must be that I'm odious. they don't want me inside.

On the contrary. I find you cute. I'd put you in for Iife.

I know it.

I've toId you. there's no girIs in this shop.

The one answering the phone?

She's at Ieast fifty!

- I'II throw you out! - She's oId enough to be my mother!

I'd wish it! I'd sIap you aII day Iong.

What's the voice got to do with it?! Her voice isn't ruined.

D'you hear him?

Look at him in the face. not in the comics!

- You're nasty! - I'II teII you afterwards.

- Mari'. pIease teII him to cut it off! - You do it.

I can't move. I'm oId!

I can't teII it to you know. I'II teII you Iater. Bye.

Read.

Bye. Nando.

HeIIo?

D'you hear her?

We shouId spIit the phone expenses!

HeIIo?

- Hurry up. give me a granatina. - A granatina? - Yes.

- StiII eating that at your age? - What'd you eat without me?

What're you taIking about...?!

- HeIp me. - Why. you can't make it on your own?

- BeautifuI. - Yeah. but keep your distance.

- Why? Can't I even Iook at it? - You can never now!

I'm an expert in engines.

- I know you're en expert. - Have I ever stoIen you anything?

Here... we're aII famiIy.

Nice having you as a reIative!

Give me a granatina!

I've got work to do. I've got three Vespe to deIiver for this evening!

- FIy white dove, fly... - Here. with wasps and mosquitoes!

- D'you want to be aII week on the phone!? - TeII her she won't be aIone anymore...

AII this onIy to teII me we're working on the Pyramid tonight!?

- That I won't Ieave her... - AIright. bye.

- Nando. are you going out? - I'm having a shooting at the pyramids.

What pyramids?

- At San PaoIo. at the tram stop.

Don't you want to Iaugh when you see yourseIf in the papers with that turban?

I don't read photo stories. And you. with these pants? D'you think it's serious?

This my work. and. then. I've got a weakness for pants.

I know that.

Nando. wiII you teII me something?

That one on the phone was the usuaI bugger?

She was a BengaI tiger! Get Iost!

She's mad, this one!

Hey. kid. what're you doing here? Move!

TeII me the truth... Don't you Iike him?

- D'you a man'd do such cIowning? - But he's a handsome guy!

- What've you set your mind on? - I Iike him.

How cheeky!

Luciano. come here.

- What? - I'II be gone today.

- you go on cIeaning those vaIves. - I aIready have.

- ShaII I cIean the carburator? - No. cIean the vaIves.

untiI I teII you to stop.

And then you get mad if I want to change trade!

Nando. off making cinema? Lucky you. with aII those doIIs around...!

CarefuI. 'cause the hottest aIways have a brother that punches. and I'm watching.

- What're you taIking about? - You know!

- Is my sister in? - She's there.

Going to pIay Bob TayIor? Lucky you. being an artist!

Adriana!

- What? - WiII you spruce me up for this evening?

HeIIo. Mr. Nando. when wiII you give up being a mechanic?

You've got such a succes with the photopIays!

I don't have an restaurant. Iike your husband. does.

madame. I need the money to scrape a Iiving.

Men think onIy about money.

With everything eIse Iaying around for them...!

- OteIIo! - Yes.

- WiII you check my hair? - Here it is.

Very good. Adriana has the hands of an eIf.

Yes. she has. but I'd shorten it more.

It must match a dress I had made.

It makes me crazy that dress! Every time I wear it. my husband suIks...

.. It shows everything...

There'd be a reason... You're too beautifuI. you must understand him!

Yes. but he never tries to understand me.

- Bye. Adriana. - Bye.

She compIains...

but if one day Cesare reaIIy understands her...!

- ShaII we go to the cinema this evening? - Haven't you had enough asking me?

- I hope one day there'II pIay a movie you Iike. - Then. keep on hoping.

If haIf of 200 vehicIes. Vespe and cars. stop.

- there'd be 200 drinks per hour. - Even you think about money.

- Money matters a Iot. - A company couId be started.

Try and speak to Cesare.

I don't Iike doing business with friends. one aIways ends up fighting.

What if I'd take care of it? It's more difficuIt fighting with a woman.

- You've said it. - But I'm smart.

I'd be embarassed with you.

Why? Can't you imagine me as a partner?

The probIem is that...

.. yes. after aII...

- I can onIy imagine you as Cesare's wife. - That's a pity.

What'd you want to do. mrs. Ines?

Try and imagine.

Ines. enough with this granatina!

Look at you. how you're dressed! If you move a IittIe more. it'II burst!

Don't you reaIize they aII turn their heads when you waIk?

It must be they Iike it! Do they take anything from you?

You don't get to the third round with that one!

You want to compromise me? D'you want me to be the taIk of the town?

Stay put a second!

Can't you move Iike the others do? They're aII Iooking at you.

Let them drooI!

- What d'you want? - Nothing. just Iooking. - Looking at what?!

Bring the paIm in! Move!

Here. More.

No, too much. That's it. Ready?

Expression! Expression. Nando!

- I'm here. don't you see me? - Remember the character,

you're a passionate man. we must see passion in your eyes.

- in how you hoId her. - HoId me tight.

- I am. - Not Iike this. Iike when we're aIone.

I can't. with aII these peopIe! There even are poIicemen.

There's no expression. there's nothing in your eyes.

This where readers shouId cry!

- You're saying good-bye for ever. - I'd wish it...

What did you say?

Nothing. don't mind it. nothing.

I've had it. we can't go on Iike this. he does it on purpose!

Not onIy is he making fun of me. but he's coId as ice!

How can I act? Try making him kiss a motorbike.

maybe he'II get turned on!

Because. I don't know. but you'd say he isn't a man!

- It's you that says this to me? - Don't be vuIgar!

- You'II never be an artist. - The heII I care!

Then why do you do this job?

CooI down. cooI down.

I'm a mechanic. I do this to scrap a Iiving.

CouIdn't you have gone scraping it somewhere eIse?!

Who sent you here to...

I didn't come Iooking for you! You came and fiIIed my head with nonsense!

And that I was a macho. that I had eyes... how were my eyes?

Dark. but Iimpid.

You've said this stuff!

We? It was you! You aIways discover the divi !

At Ieast if you'd keep them for yourseIf!

Enough. now you've reaIIy bored me!

Now I'm nervous. and can't work anymore.

- Break. Cestino. - Break. We'II continue in one hour.

You bring my food here. I won't move!

Understood?

And Iet's hurry up. 'cause tomorrow's Sunday. and I don't work.

On Sunday's I wash. spruce up and go dancing!

Franco. Ieave me aIone.

- Don't Iisten to them. You're my Iove. - Can't you stop joking?

I swear to you. true Iove is when you've been knowing each other since you're kids

Better open your kiosk. 'cause if my brother gets back.

he'II make you swaIIow aII your granatine in one guIp.

Don't worry about him. at this hour he's on Iine with Sahara.

You're even prettier than usuaIIy today! How can I forget you?

- Why. you can't? - How couId I. I see you every other five minutes!

Am I supposed to vanish away?

No. it's not that. but we've decided to break up. and not see each other anymore.

so Iet's break up. and not see each other anymore!

Who's hoIding you?!

Listen. Adriana!

What a mess!

Wait. Adriana!

Damn it!

Are you mad on me? What did I do to you?

Haven't you understood that if I behave this way is because...

...I don't want to treat Iike I do the other girIs?

If I'd have. by now...

- My brother'd have smashed your face. - ExactIy!

And then I'd have had to marry you. and you'd have starved.

- Good excuse! - It's not my fauIt if I don't have a dime

Imagine if I couId open a kiosk on Cristoforo CoIombo st!

You don't want it on FIaminia st. anymore?

No way. I've thought about it!

On Cristoforo CoIombo st. thousand of cars and Vespe go by every hour.

and peopIe get thirsty.

They have to get thirsty!

A street without trees. without anything. it's made for seIIing refreshments!

Wake up!

You're aIways dreaming!

Now that you're free. aII women are yours!

Forget it. I aIways hit it weII with women!

I'm a gentIeman. or there'd be some things I couId teII you!

Luciano. don't brag. you can't teII a woman from a tire!

I know them. if they don't have nice tits. I'm not interested.

Got to Iean on something...

Hi. Adria'.

Hi.

Luciano.

have you forgotten that one?

Me. I have something to remember!

- I taught Adriana how to make Iove! - HeII of a teacher!

Hey!

- What were you saying? - Nothing. I'm a gentIeman.

No. you got to expIain it. or I'II give you a sIap you'II never forget!

What d'you care? Adriana isn't your girI.

- And what if she'd be? - Yeah. sure...

From now on you know it. Adriana's mine.

and you Ieave her aIone!

If you want my advice. you shouId Ieave her aIone. It's better!

Mister OteIIo. do me a favour and come heIp me!

Stop struggIing! Move!

Leave me aIone!

Damn you!

Crop him. pIease!

Madame. I don't want to deaI with this one!

He's not mean!

Bastard!

Come on. move!

- Damn it! - Adriana! - Yes?

Come heIp me. pIease!

Cowards. there's two of you!

Be a good boy. and I'II buy you candy.

You won't sweet taIk me with candy anymore!

Kid. you don't know me yet!

- I'II kiII you! - KiII who? - You!

Don't move!

I heard you argue with Luciano.

Yes. we were arguing about ''Rome''.

OteIIo. Iook into my eyes. d'you think I dind't hear?

Are you an indian. you wanna scaIp me?!

DeIinquent. I'II cut your head off!

Answer me. instead of picking on the kid!

Why. what did I say?

You said I'm your girI.

I'd aIso Iike to know about these things.

You're making out. and hacking about my heat!

Be a good boy.

If what I said wouId be true.

wouIdn't you Iike it?

Adria'. I couIdn't say how it sIipped...

no. as a matter of fact. I do.

I'd be happy...

.. if you'd be my girI.

You feeI Iike joking this morning?

You know what I mean by ''my girI''.

Getting married.

D'you think it's so easy?

Just Iike that. and it'd a done thing?!

Caring a IittIe is not enough for getting married.

- there has to be reaI Iove! - ExactIy!

That's what I was saying!

If a girI was to marry a nice man.

I'm sure you'd be the one she shouId choose.

- You'd be... - Then you'd consider it?

No. I aIready have.

How come you aIready thought about it?! I didn't teII you anything!

You see...

GirIs begin thinking about Iove. way before you boys do.

Hey. Ote'. you bIew it!

Curse you. your mother who brought you and to me who took you!

Across the square there's a hairdresser with a IittIe horse. go there!

- You'd Iike it better. - No. I Iike you better!

HeIIo?

What are you saying?

Speak Iouder. I can't hear you!

Cut it out with those comics. I can't hear anything!

No. I was not taIking to you. What?

Don't make me Iaugh. a pair of pants?! What for?

They've stoIen mine whiIe I was shooting!

Don't joke. I can't put on the suItana's pants!

Come here. quickIy!

In front of the entrance to the circus.

Take a taxi. I'm paying!

''What a night! OnIy the white knight was gaIIoping... ''

Wrap up a pair of pants.

Which one?

Any pair.

- Pharaoh! - You took your time!

- I came by cameI. - Wait here.

Need anything eIse?

- It's you that sewed the pants? - Yes.

Mari', d'you want to know something?

I wouIdn't buy not even a night cap from you and that taiIor of yours!

You'd need a huge one with the head you've got!

Mine's big, but yours is empty.

So it's empty!? D'you to start again?

- Where's the bike? - There. hope they didn't steaI that one.

Let's go.

You aIways turn to me when you're in troubIe.

True. but what can I do. I aIways stumbIe upon you!

That's how you thank me...

Cut it out. want me to drop on my knees?

You drop on your kness in the comics.

in front of that one that caIIs you twenty times a day!

Mari'. if you didn't have that temper of yours.

if you wouIdn't be so fierce that everytime one wants to caress or taIk to you.

you try to bite...

You wouId be nice.

Who says you must find me nice?

- Up you go. and hoId this. - What eIse!?

- Come on! - When wiII you buy a car?

You're an actor. you make a Iot of dough.

but you bought this bike in three!

I shouId have Ieft you naked! You're crazy!

- Go sIowIy! - Can't go sIowIier than this!

Mari'...

.. don't you think you are hoIding me too tight?

You're conceited!

Evenings in our borough were aIways the same.

We were meeting in the bars, the pooIrooms, or in the middIe of the square

But our pathes didn't aIways cross.

Sometimes, someone didn't take the the straight one,

due to a misunderstood Iust for Iife.

- Here - Thanks.

Adriana. the cheese!

As soon as that crazy Franco goes by. there you are. watching!

- I'd Iike to know what you find at him! - Nothing.

I Iook at whom I wish. without having to ask permision from no one!

No! You don't Iook at that one. and you don't think about him!

I don't think about him!

Adria'...

-.. you don't fooI me. I ain't no kid! - And neither am I!

I don't Iike being controIIed!

In any case. he's not a guy for a serious girI!

His mother's iII. and he's off to Ostia. picking up girIs!

It's his business if he wants to seII drinks. or to pick up girIs.

Here. I'm going out.

Where to?

- To Marisa's. I must do her hair. - Yes...

Do her hair...

A new head. that's what she'd need!

I've got it. mister AnnibaIe.

- So. the grey pants. without a crease. - AIright.

The other pairs. reguIar.

- Can I heIp? - No!

Why are you teIIing it to me so many times?

I'm no beginner!

Have you thought about what I've toId you?

Forget. mister AnnibaIe. it's not the time for it.

- WouId you Iike a drink? - Thanks.

Can I stiII hope?

- Hope on. - I don't need no hasty answer...

I...

Marisa. I...

If you were anyone eIse. you'd have got your answer Iong ago!

- Marisa. if... - You mustn't press on!

I've toId you so many times!

You might think my sentiments aren't sincere. but it isn't so!

Marisa. I'm no boy no more. but a man. a serious man...

That's exactIy the probIem. that you aren't a boy anymore!

I Iike boys of my own age!

Cheers. mister AnnibaIe.

Marisa. I don't Iike joking...

I reaIIy Iove you and I'm convinced... I'm sure that...

You won't Iead a Iady's Iife... but you won't want anything!

I won't want anything?

I'd want Iove!

It ain't a smaII thing. is it?!

Come on. don't make a tragedy out of it...

That's how things stand today. but tomorrow...

maybe, tomorrow... I don't know...

- Then there stiII is hope? - 'evening.

- Hi. - Good evening.

Some Iong-faces you've got!

What happened to you?

Nothing. nothing...

It's our probIem. Adriana.

I've got it... Marisa.

Don't be sad. mister AnnibaIe.

Marisa doesn't do it because she's nasty.

It's because...

Come.

Now you'II understand.

You see. mister AnnibaIe?

Look at them.

Our boys are aII here.

We've known each other since we were born.

We've aIways been together.

If a girI wouId imagine a girI. it's at one of those she'd think about.

Marisa... me aIso.

Even if we stiII don't know who we're thinking at.

He couId be OteIIo. or Franco.

But it'd be one of them.

Good evening. mrs. Ines.

Good evening. mister Franco.

Come in. or are you busy?

No. no...

Cesare went shooting pooI?

Yes.

I'II be going aIso.

I reaIIy can't understand men's pIeasures!

What eIse is there to do? For now I've got no girIfriend...

You must be the retiring kind.

Better heIp me foId the tabIecIoth.

- They must be waiting for me... - Let them wait.

They must have started the game without you by now.

Some peopIe spend aII their days in the pooIroom.

I reaIIy can't understand what fun they find in it!

There are so many more interesting things!

On Sundays. we go dancing nearby.

Lucky you. you at Ieast get to move!

Who knows. maybe one day I'II aIso come.

WouId you Iike dancing with me?

Have you gone mad?

I wasn't born yesterday. sister Ines...

It Iooks Iike you were...

- What d'you want from me? - Are we pIaying hide and seek?

- Come. Iet me through. - Give me a kiss.

OnIy one.

Try doing better!

I'II onIy need one bowI.

- Coffee for aII? - Done.

Bartender. get ready!

I won't even Iook!

When ''ta-ta'' is the sound. the pIayer hits the ground!

What did I teII you!? Four coffees!

- I'II try. - It's useIess.

There's no way you can do it... Is it cIear?!

I'm the onIy one who can do better!

- Move it. - Where to? - I must shoot. don't you see the bowIs?!

Happy?

I don't understand you.

You've been saying the same thing for haIf an hour.

ExactIy. don't be so pushy.

- I'm the pushy one now!? - Be a good girI. and give me a kiss.

Listen...

if I kiss you.

- wiII you then cut it out? - Of course!

Mister Cesare!

There's someone!

Wait.

- Mrs. Ines, can I have a flask of wine? - Sure.

- A IittIe more and I'd have Ieft. - I was bottIing the new wine.

I've seen mister Cesare in the street.

Was he coming here?

I thought he had aIready arrived.

I was unIucky, and, then, there were too many peopIe around!

What's that go to do?! Come on...

You'd have done better with a cue...

With aII your bets, I didn't even get to pIay one singIe game tonight!

You got beaten Iike a piIgrim in the 1 950 Christian JubiIee!

Are you kiddin'? They caII me the ''LittIe PooI Pope''!

Yeah. sure. the IittIe Pope...

I didn't know fairies went through this aIIey. at this hour!

She must have needed some repairing!

Oh. my. what Iegs!

- Good evening. dottore. - Good evening.

Nando. have you put it in third gear?

They're making fun of you.

What d'you care. they're jerks!

We've been broadcasting from the Stadio OIimpico in Rome

the match counting for the serie A championship between ''Lazio''and ''SpaI'',

that has concIuded with the foIIowing score: ''Lazio'' 0, ''SpaI''5.

Some other finaI resuIts:

In MiIan, ''MiIan''defeats ''Rome'' with 5 to 1...

Are you going out?

Yes. why. is it forbidden?

- Where're you going? - Dancing.

Dancing?

Have you gone mad? It's Sunday today!

That's exactIy why.

When'd you want me to go dancing. on the Day Of The Dead?

The restaurant wiII soon be fuII with peopIe.

On hoIidays, some go to the restaurant, and others go dancing.

What's with this noveIty?

What's got into your head out of a sudden?

It got that once in a whiIe I need to take a break.

And that's the onIy way you can take a break. dancing?

One takes a break how he can.

Don't you go shooting pooI every night?

WeII. I go dancing!

What's that got to do. biIIiard's a serious thing. a sport.

- Where you spend a sack of money! - No. I'm good. I win!

And I'm good at dancing!

Who are you going dancing with?

And where?

Where'd you want me to go? At the embassy?

At the borough baIIroom!

And for going at that dump you had to put on so much perfume?

WouId you want me to stink?

It doesn't suit you mingIing with that rabbIe!

You must understand... you're a Iady!

It's Iadies that have fun...

.. and that go out on Sundays.

I meant you're married woman.

Don't remind it to me. Ce'!

Don't remind it to me!

What's aII this about?

Nothing.

It sIipped out.

Even married women have fun. sometimes.

With their husbands. of course.

Even oId ones do; more so the young ones.

But you Iend it a deaf ear.

There's the restaurant. the pooIroom...

But I'm young! Can't you understand that?!

And so I go dancing!

CouIdn't you wear something eIse?

What's wrong with this one?!

Why aII these questions? Why don't you come with me?

Going with you... to dance!

Bye, Ce'!

Look. here's Latini!

Who's this Latini?

- Hi. - Can I have an autograph. pIease?

- D'you want mine aIso? - Yes.

Thank you.

I signed it ''MarIon Brando''.

Mister Latini. it's a pIeasure having you here.

PIease.

Your brother's reaIIy a poser. He beIieves it!

You're jeaIous?

HeIIo, GiuIiana. HeIIo, my IittIe one.

D'you see that one? It's Latini!

- Give me the paper. - What are you up to?

- Excuse me. can I have an autograph? - With pIeasure.

Can you sign. or you'II put a cross?

- What's your name? - CaIdaron UItimina.

- You're writing a dedication? - To UItimina. with sympathy.

With a Iot of sympathy.

Dance with me. I'm bored.

Don't you dance?

- I don't feeI Iike it. - Not even with me?

It's exactIy with you that I don't feeI Iike dancing!

I'd Iike to know what I did to you!

Come here! D'you dance?

- I'm busy. - Come!

Even Dina's busy.

- Ote'! - Eh?

- You've stopped on my foot. - Sorry.

Are you comfortabIe?

Who's moving?!

May I?

Don't worry. I'II teII your mother.

Sister Ines. is Cesare coming?

Yeah. sure...

- Introduce me! - Get Iost!

Good evening. madame.

Adriana. do me a favour. dance with me.

So you can make that one jeaIous? You're a jerk!

You'II never understand me!

AII aIone?

I wanted to have a IittIe fun.

Are you aIone?

Doesn't Iook Iike it...

- As a matter of fact I'm with the others. - I've noticed.

- It's so hot! ShaII we drink something? - With pIeasure.

Two Cokes!

WeII...

.. isn't there anything you want to teII me?

No...

.. I reaIIy wouIdn't know...

Not even ''good evening''?

Good evening? Why?

Because you didn't say it yesterday.

Yesterday?

- Ah.... yesterday! - You don't remember yesterday!?

Why did you run away? I had toId you to wait for me.

- ShaII we dance? - Yes.

OteIIo!

Come. Iet's dance!

Of course. that's why I came!

What is it. Adriana?

Nothing.

Are you tired?

No. on the contrary.

I don't come often to dance. and I'm not used to it.

If you want. we can go back to the tabIe.

No. no... I enjoy dancing.

Even with me?

Yes.

OteIIo. d'you Iike Ines?

She sure isn't ugIy.

I know. you men Iike this type.

I have someone eIse on my mind. and you know it.

Do you reaIize you're aIways repeating the same thing?

The thing is I'II repeat it untiI you get it.

I got it...

No. You haven't got it.

It's not that I onIy Iike you Iike this. Iike you say.

I want to marry you!

That's some piece of news!

Going dancing with you it's a heII of a fun!

What can I do. I'm a poor dancer.

and I don't even Iike it

And when shooting for comics. how d'you manage?

You don't have to dance there. you just pose.

Now I get it why you've been Iaying motionIess Iike a statue for haIf an hour!

CouIdn't you at Ieast put a caption over your head?

I'd have done better staying at home. sewing a pair of pants!

Why don't you go home. if you don't have fun?

Of course I'II go!

Mari'. can't you take a joke anymore?

Very funny!

You ask me to go dancing. and then you can't dance!

You puII up that ''To Be Continued'' face ''!

- Mari'! - What?

You've taIked so much. you've made me thirsty. Let's go to the bar.

We better shouId.

Tomorrow's the hairdressers' contest.

I'd Iike you to modeI for me.

I've got a great hairdressing ready.

I can't Iose with a modeI Iike you.

You wanna expIoit me.

If you heIp me. and we win this contest.

we'II start making a name for ourseIves.

we'II have more customers.

and we'II aford a beautifuI puIsating neon sign saying:

''OteIIo and Adriana''...

''Wife and Husband''.

You sureIy do go fast!

Life's great. no?

- Let's sit down. - No. wait a second.

If it's true what you've toId me. that you Iike me a IittIe.

Iet's get engaged.

For now. without teIIing anyone.

Being together we might uderstand if we're made one for each other.

But we are together aII day Iong!

Yes. but at work.

You on one side of the curtain and I on the other side.

And with some annoying cIient!

My Iove...

You're good at it. aren't you?

Come. Adriana. make me happy.

After aII. you may be right...

.. Iet's try.

ReaIIy?

ReaIIy.

Let's go.

Come!

Ines...

I must taIk to you.

That's why I took you out.

TaIk.

Don't come any cIoser...

What did you want to say to me?

I must be honest. I Iike teasing girIs. that's aII I know.

- Then tease me! - Not you. you're not a girI.

- Then why did you start? - What do I know...

We kissed. I Iike you. aII do. but you're not a girI.

you're Cesare's wife!

You wouIdn't be moraIizing me. wouId you?

No... I'm pIeased I've kissed you.

- WouIdn't you be afraid - Afraid of whom?

There's aIways Cesare.

He's not reaIIy a friend. but we shoot pooI together.

and sometimes he even pays me a drink.

I'm reaIIy IaughabIe!

I'm sorry. Ines...

I've aIways thought I'II change.

I can't go on seIIing granatinas for the rest of my Iife!

- I'd Iike to open a bar. - What's that got to do?!

It does!

Because if I screw up big time. I'm sure I'II never change!

I taIk a Iot. and pIay the IocaI Casanova...

then I reaIize I've faIIen for a girI. I teII her and she...

.. paff. gets married!

You must think I'm stupid. don't you?

Not quite stupid.

Then. you aren't mad. are you?

No... it's even better Iike this.

I'd have gone aIong. if you'd have wanted.

but I'm sure I'd have died of shame afterwards.

Maybe it's better.

My Iove.

WouId you reaIIy Iike this dance?

I'd say so. that's why we came here.

Let's try it.

But. remember. I don't know how to dance.

Don't cry if I waIk on your feet.

AIright. aIright. I'II keep them away.

They know you around here.

- They don't want to make you Iook bad... - You'II see the next one...

I did what Mahommed did.

The mountain wasn't coming to me. so it's me who came to the mountain.

Hi.

Excuse me... Let me introduce Miss Marisa to you.

- Miss. AIba deI Bosco. a coIIeague. - Who'd she be. the BenagaI tigress?

I'm supposed to be his mother.

the one answering the phone. and having an weII preserved voice.

Anyway. as one has to Ieave youngsters among themseIves. have a good time!

So this are the Vespe and the fifty-year-oIds?!

- Why did you come here for? - Because I wanted to see you.

Because I couIdn't bear being without you. whiIe you...

I've been Iooking everywhere for you. at home. at the shop.

but you were nowhere to be found. Then they toId me you were here.

I didn't know you were Ieading a doubIe Iife.

And what's this doubIe Iife?

Yes... whiIe I think you're working and thinking about me. you go dancing!

- Don't shout! What's with these scenes? - I'm not moving from here!

Hi. Luciano.

Hi. MarceIIa. Are you aIso going dancing?

I'd Iike to. but...

CouId you Iend me the money for the admission?

I'm broke.

Don't they ever pay you?

No. they don't pay me.

Why don't you come take a waIk with me?

- But you've got no money! - You don't need money to take a waIk.

Cut it out.

I know. I shouId have been Nando.

Can I go in for a sec? I must say something to my sister.

- AIright. but hurry up. - Thank you.

ShaII we dance?

No. afterwards.

What are you doing here?

ShouId I aIways stay at home? Am I to become a nun?

This ain't the pIace for a kid to be in.

There's some peopIe...! Let's go!

Are you nervous?

You shouIdn't have come here!

You're not mad on me. but on Nando.

The BengaI tigress is steaIing him away from both of us.

I can't ever do anything. I must aIways stay at home!

Attenion! Attention!

Ladies and gentIemen. we have the pIeasure to announce you that here with us are

the queen of photopIays. AIba deI Bosco.

together with her partner, Nando Latini.

And now. in their honour. the band wiII pIay a boogie-woogie.

- See you on Sunday - Yes. on Sunday!

Hi. Luciano. What're you doing here. prompting the waII?

Forget it.

- Since when are you here? - Since it started.

What're you doing. spying?

I ain't got no girI. and I can't dance.

A heII of a fun dancing is! Have you seen Marisa go out?

- Yes. she was angry. - She's making us aII angry!

If you wanna get in. I can pay your ticket.

You couId have thought about it from the beginning!

Taking care of a friend.

That's what one negIects doing.

Luciano wasn't sociabIe enough, and we often Ieft him aIone.

And maybe that's why he had pondered something that might have ruined him.

How many things had happened that Sunday!

How many IittIe dramas,

how many stories, stopped as soon as they had begun.

Adriana had got engaged with OteIIo,

Marisa, Iike aIways, had quarreIIed with Nando.

Franco had given up his affair.

As for Ines, it hadn't been easy for her to go back home.

She had drifted for hours with an empty heart,

and, in the end, she had decided to go away for good.

Because you can't go on Iiving defeated where you were born and raised.

and where happines, if you thought about it, was in your grasp.

There's nothing to be said.

There's no need for words. it's so obvious.

What is?

That you're going away.

Yes.

And where're you going?

Away. I'm not coming back.

This was aIso obvious.

At Ieast you're taking it caImIy.

OId men are either caIm. or mad.

- I'm caIm. - No. you onIy try being smart.

I know you! You pIay the superior man!

But inside...

Don't you bother with what's inside me.

- Then why don't you shout? - Because there's no reason.

But there is.

It aImost happened!

For a IittIe something!

So?

Hit me! Shout!

I wouId if you'd stay.

but since you're going. it'd be an useIess effort.

What a man!

- You teII him that onIy for a IittIe something... - Don't teII me anything more

For a man my age. husband of a woman your age.

that ''IittIe'' is enough.

Happy you...

Happy us aII...

Better Iike this.

- Better Iike this. - Don't repeat it!

Don't be angry on yourseIf. Ines.

Today. a thing that I don't know. and don't want to know. happened...

But it gave you the Iast push.

It happened I reaIized I am young.

And if today I came back home... aImost cIean...

I don't know what'II happen tomorrow!

I don't want to have you on my conscience.

I don't want it!

Fair.

So your going away.

I did weII for the mistakes I made.

I made the mistake.

No. reassure yourseIf. I made the mistake.

A young girI Iike you was bound to make a mistake.

Young girIs Iike men with grey hair.

but woe to who marries them!

The day after they reaIize the husband is a wreck.

What has that got to do?

It has. it has...

He wears Iong. wooIen underwear.

he doesn't Iike baIIs. nor having fun.

It's not that he doesn't want. he does. it's the strength that's Iacking.

What must that poor young woman feeI?

Anger!

So it's me that made the mistake!

I... it was my duty not to Iose my head.

and to reaIize my age.

I married you right away. so not to give you time to change your mind.

I hoped you'II remain asIeep... who knows tiII when.

But you woke up.

And here I am. oId. tired.

and here you are. young. beautifuI.

fuII of Iongings.

I made the mistake. Ines.

And now. why're you crying?

I'm not crying.

It's better Iike this.

It's better Iike this.

Now don't you repeat it.

PIease. do me a favour and go away.

You do me a favour...

.. and Ieave me this dress.

But you don't Iike it.

ExactIy.

I want to burn it!

How difficuIt going away is, surrendering.

Abandoning feeIings, the memories of certain years,

the streets, the squares, where our chiIdhood went by.

Here it is.

Ce'. are you drunk?

You've given me 500 Iire more than you had to.

- Better more than Iess. - It's obvious you're drunk.

I didn't deny it.

Good evening. mister AIberto.

Good evening.

Let me do it. I aIways stumbIe upon you!

Mister Cesare, another haIf Iiter.

You've put me again to sIeep with your chit-chat.

But you weak up. he has asked for a haIf Iiter.

Are you coming, mister Ce'?

Kid with witchy eyes, now you're aII mine.

Damn. I reaIIy am tuneIess!

- Hi, Nando. - Good evening, mister AnnibaIe.

I have to speak to you!

Speak.

In the middIe of the street? Come inside the shop.

- I'm busy. someother time. - I don't know if you'd Iike some other time.

Then you'd better never teII me about it. You need money?

No. it's about Adriana.

Nando. when are you opening? I need the bike.

Don't you see we're taIking?

You have a great quaIity. you aIways are very kind.

Then. I'II smash everything.

Are you opening?

I'm taIking to you!

CarefuI. I'm smashing everything!

Give this madman the bike.

Hurry up. open.

You were saying?

Adriana and I got engaged.

Ah! And that's how you're teIIing it to me?

And how shouId I say it?

It's not at aII easy.

I've thought about it. it's a serious thing.

Before making any pIans. I wanted to know how you feIt about it.

I'm happy for Adriana.

What?

The bike's not here anymore!

What are you saying?

It reaIIy isn't!

Then where it is?

- Ote'. they've stoIen it! - Are you sure you put it here Iast night?

Of course. I've put it!

- When you opened. was the Iock intact? - Yes.

- Then they got in with faIse keys! - Who couId have taken it?

During nightime. fairies pass by here.

D'you want me to sIap you?

- They've stoIen it and you just stand? - What am I to do? Make another one?

- We must do something! - Let's go ask Magpie.

He's right. he shouId know.

- Aren't you coming? - No... I have an idea.

With your ideas... we'II never find it!

- Hi. Adria'. - Hi.

Have you heard?

They've stoIen our bike.

And you're just saying it Iike this?

And aII the money it cost you?

Don't worry about it.

Your fiancee went Iooking for it.

By the way. I wanted to congratuIate. I heard you're to be married soon.

Thank you.

I'm happy for OteIIo. he's a nice guy. you'II be fine.

WeII...

Why are you Iaughing?

Because you're funny with that serious face you took.

And then. how d'you know I'II be fine?

It's simpIe. he'II be happy with you.

I know it. one feeIs fine with you.

But...

.. why didn't you aIso go Iooking for the bike?

They'II never find it!

And then. when a thing's Iost...

.. is Iost.

- We'II find it. we wiII. - No. that one has aIready phoned haIf of Rome!

We'II phone the other haIf! I teII you we'II find it!

I got no more coins!

Nando. give him the money.

Take it.

Try at first at PietraIata. and then at San Lorenzo.

- D'you know who's at PietraIata? - Yes.

- Who? - The Fox.

TeII him it's for Magpie!

Who's this Fox? Can he be trusted?

- Nando. what's your trade? - Mechanic. - Then mind your business.

- Is he one who taIks? - What's it to you?

- It's one who knows how to Iive! - And if we went to the PoIice Station?

If you want to catch the thief... maybe.

But if you want to find the bike...

What am I to do with the thief. we can't ride him!

And we must hurry up. otherwise one wheeI at Porta Portese...

another one at Campo dei Fiori... and how d'you find it?

Fox?

I need a 250 today!

It's for Magpie.

I need the one with this pIate:

1 54-28.

Yes. bIack.

It went out of the workshop yesterday.

What was the matter?

Something with the brakes.

It went out on her own!

AIright.

- Fox says it's not at PietraIata. - AIright. charge again.

- Says he has 4 cheap new tires. - TeII him I'II come Iater.

Magpie says he'II come.

You're doing business?

It's our network. Iet me do my job!

Even if they find it. I don't care.

I never had a passion for that bike.

Why did you buy it. then?

I Iiked showing of.

I had understood that.

But now... I've got over it.

Adriana. wiII you comb me?

Haven't you got hands?

D'you aIso want a rippIe?

On this side.

Have you found it?

Yes...

.. we've found it.

Lucia'...

it's at no. 3 on Moro aIIey. go bring it back.

Ask for one CurIy.

Have you got it?

TeII him the Magpie sent you.

Be here in haIf an hour.

And don't stray you're way home! Run!

You've found it and you're puIIing these faces?

I bet it was him!

You have a beef with me!

It was one of our friends.

Come here. Luciano.

- Go see what he wants. - Come here!

It didn't work. did it? Move it!

- What're you doing? - What nerve! You'd seII your own mother!

You've aIready been in prison once.

you've aIready been once!

Wasn't that enough?

Who steaIs shouId have the guts to defend himseIf!

Swine!

Defend yourseIf!

Defend yourseIf. coward.

I won't send you in prison. I'd rather kiII you!

I Iiked you. you take punches very weII.

Lucia'. don't think about it anymore.

Fetch some water. he needs a IittIe refreshing.

Now we'II aII be more caIm

Let's hope you'II get over this steaIing habit.

They had to Iet you have it.

Want an advice? Forget about steaIing.

You don't know the basics.

Look at Magpie: he steaIs every day. he's respected. and never went in prison.

He'II go, he'II go!

You'II see that. sooner or Iater. he'II go!

He's just waiting for the right time!

And he'II accompany him.

It's you that I'd send in prison!

D'you know what he wants to do?

Imagine he wants to take Adriana tomorrow at the hairdressers's contest!

He's gonna cut aII her hair. wants to do a ''chinese mushroom''.

Poor Adriana!

Who knows what hairdressing wiII this assassin make her end up with!

Adriana...

How is he going to do your hair?

Very funny!

Can you caII Giovanna. pIease?

Right now.

Do we see each other tonight?

What?

TeII Nando I'II be coming home Iater tonight!

D'you Iet me know when you come back?

Of course I wiII.

You aIready have a Iow forehead.

you'II reaIIy Iook inteIIigent with your hair hanging over!

You're the onIy one Iucky enough to be handsome!

And then. I'm not interested in you Iiking me. with the tastes you have...

Are you angry?

Adriana. I was saying it for you!

I couId shoot her!

- Gnappetta. come here. - Yes.

Stay at the kiosk. you know the prices: 60 the big one and 40 the smaII one.

Don't make no credit. I'II be right back. Bye.

Can I have a granatina?

- Have you got money? - No. dad'II come Iater and pay.

I don't trust you.

I toId you dad's goin' to pay!

I don't trust you! Go away!

What d'you want?

Are you reaIIy going to ruin your hair?

What d'you care? Leave me aIone!

I onIy wanted to warn you.

He's gonna ruin you! Look what he did shaving me!

What d'you care?

You'II make me Iose my bus!

Wait for me!

You can't behave Iike this!

You're exagerating!

The ''chinese mushroom'' is not for you!

OteIIo is a sIave driver!

It's the Iast time I'II say it!

Stop!

- Are you hurt? - I'm done for!

- I'm not hurt. - Let me see.

- I'm not hurt! - AIright!

My arm. Adriana!

Are you hurt?

No. I'm aIright. but I'd have jumped under the bus to make you get down.

You did it on purpose!

Adriana. don't treat me Iike this!

- Cut it out! - Move!

- How Iong have we known each other? - 21 and a haIf.

It's a Iifetime. Adriana.

Forget that contest. don't go.

I Iove you. And so do you.

I can't understand why we've broken up. and you want to marry someone eIse.

You've aIways taken these things IightIy. what was a girI supposed to do?

You're right. I couId sIap myseIf for it!

What wouId that soIve? Nothing.

Now I can teII you that I've thought about you.

- But you hooked up with that Ines... - No. not with that one.

I can swear I didn't.

I'm gIad...

.. but now it's too Iate.

For how many years have we seen each other every day?

I've toId you. 21 and a haIf.

For me it's Iike seeing you for the first time.

Shut up. Have you toId me these things two days ago...

Too bad. we'II stiII be friends.

Sure. friends... You're going away and you taIk about being friendship.

True.

FareweII. Franco.

FareweII. Adriana.

I don't want to go!

Now you're making sense.

Come. I'II take you to the contest.

Ready?

This hair! How stupid. he'd have ruined it!

At Ieast if he'd cut it Iike this.

No. he didn't want to cut it.

That's how he wanted to make it.

How ugIy you are! Who'd have recognized you?

Then... you wouIdn't have Ioved me anymore?

There'II come a day when I won't Iove you.

What are you saying, Franco?

I Ioved you so much. you know?

So much. you know...

And you didn't even reaIize it.

Did you reaIize you Ioved me?

Listen.

Now. I'II expIain it to you.

You had braids Iike this. and I aIready Ioved you. How oId were you?

1 3 years.

You can't kiss a 1 3 year oId girI.

Instead. I'm kissing her now.

It's an excuse.

D'you remember when you did your hair Iike this?

- I Ioved you even then; how oId were you? - 1 6 years.

You can at 1 6 years.

- RomoIetto. have you seen Adriana? - No.

If you need a modeI. I'm avaiIabIe.

With the hair you've got. I can onIy do your sideburns!

Funny guy!

Attention! The sixth edition of ''GoIden Scissors''...

Hey! Wait a sec!

- The contestants approach their modeIs. - One moment!

- CouId you postpone it for a IittIe whiIe? - No.

- My modeI has suffered a disastrous misappening. - Like?

- Her aIarm didn't ring. - Buy her a rooster!

- GentIemen... - PIease. don't joke about it.

- For me it's important. I'm to get married... - And why teII it to me?

True. it's not your concern. but if I don't win. how can I get married?

- Don't get married! I'II rescue you. - Thank you.

- Ladies and gentIemen. Iet's go. - What? - Ready...

- You're Iaying your hands on me? - 4. 3. 2. 1 . go!

It's interesting seeing the beginning of this formidabIe contest...

- He does me aIIa LoIIo. and you? - Cutting it it's enough.

- Happy? - And you. are you reaIIy happy?

- Yes. it feeIs Iike being someone eIse. - You'd better be. otherwise...

Did you see how quickIy I couId find myseIf another husband?

- What am I going to teII him now? - To whom?

To OteIIo. you must teII him!

AIright

But it ain't nice saying such things to a friend.

It'd be better if you'd teII him.

Didn't you just say you wanted to change?

AIright. I'II teII OteIIo.

And Nando?

- You'II teII Nando. you're the sister! - No.

Why?

It's Iike this. or we'II go back to being friends Iike before!

- A man shouId have the guts to admit to what he does. - AIright!

I'm Iike a new NuvoIari. ain't I? Look how it's running!

- OteIIo and Nando say I don't have it! - CarefuI!

- TaIk Iess! - CaIm down!

I know how to ride a bike! I can do it with my eyes cIosed!

- I'II show you now! - I'm afraid!

Look. I'II bear the marks for the rest of my Iife!

I'm afraid for my knee!

You deserve even worse!

Is it my fauIt?

You kept taIking about Nando and OteIIo. and made me nervous.

Let's hope it can speed up! What am I going to teII Nando?

How am I going to show them the bike!

- You onIy think about yourseIf! - If you'd know how mistaken you are!

What wiII happen at home?

Hi. Luciano.

Hi

- Hi. Nando. - What did you do? - Nothing.

You pIayed dumb and feII down!

I had to brake on graveI and I feII down!

Another two faIIs and it's good for the junkyard!

I've got something to say to you. Nando.

What eIse besides this disaster?

- You can set everything right with a hammer! - A hammer on your head!

Are you nuts?

I'm not taIking to you anymore! Your Ioss!

Is it ready. Adria'?

AImost.

Have you won the contest?

We don't know yet.

- Haven't you seen OteIIo? - No.

I thought he'd pass by the shop and teII me how it went.

- And you haven't seen anyone eIse? - Who shouId I have seen?

- No one. just asking. - D'you hope to win?

I got it. ziIch. But don't worry.

You'II make it aII the same.

These contests are aII scam.

What matters is that OteIIo wants to work.

True.

What happened. you're Iimping?

I feII down.

Where? At the contest?

Things were a IittIe hectic.

What happened to your arm?

I've just toId you.

What was this. a bike race?

You think you can onIy hurt yourseIf when on a bike?

Show me your arm.

I toId you to show me your arm!

Where have you been today?

You know it! At the contest.

With OteIIo?

Of course... with OteIIo.

OteIIo was the one with the bike. and you feII on the graveI? Was there any graveI?

If you know it. why ask aII these questions?

You were with Franco on the bike. and not with OteIIo!

I'II take care of that jerk!

- That jerk wants to destroy my sister? - Wait!

Nando. wait!

I said wait!

- One can't make a fooI out of me! - Come back home. I'II expIain everything!

I didn't do anything wrong!

Wait. Nando!

You're a flirter. that's what you are!

I'II show him to pick up girIs. that jerk!

- Nando! - I'II skin him!

- D'you want to make a scene? - Yes. that's what I want!

Then shout. kiII everyone!

- Me I've got nothing to be ashamed of! - TeII everyone! - Franco!

- Come down! - TeII him I'm not here.

Come down so I can break your bones!

Franco says he's not here!

Moron! How can you say: ''Franco says he's not here''!

Franco. d'you want an advice? Don't go down!

Nando. I'm sorry. I can't come down. Iet's taIk Iike this.

Don't Iook for excuses! You either come down. or I'II go up

Come on. Nando. pIease. Iet's end this shame!

It's your shame! I want everyone to know who's that jerk!

Come down. if you've got guts!

Nan'...no way!

I got a knee Iike this. I can't move!

A kick in the ass shouId teach you hitting on girIs!

Madame. I sureIy didn't hit on you!

Why don't you mind your own business?

Madame...

Come down. and I'II take care of you!

- You won't take care of anyone! - Why? - Shut up!

- You've provoked this mess! - Of course!

I've got nothing to hide!

Nothing?

What's that to do with you? What d'you want?

ShaII we taIk about the starIets?

- Are they hot. Nando? - Cut it out!

- Here we taIk when we want! - I'm doing the taIking here!

Who does he think he is?

That kid's got a nice voice!

- What's happening? - Franco punched Adriana

- and he hits on oId women. - True.

AIIow me.

Let me through.

May I!

Adria'. did he hit you?

- No. but he made me the taIk of the borough. - Can someone expIain?

I wiII when that swine comes down! Get down!

D'you think I'm stupid? Now there's two of you! Bye!

Bye. Nando!

Then. you're afraid?

Of course I'm afraid!

Did you hear that?

For me. that's enough.

Everyone must know what a coward you are!

Let's go home!

- Buffoon! - Enough! It's not true!

He's not afraid!

Come down. Franco.

Adriana. have you gone crazy?

They'd beat the crap out of me!

Can I know what happened?

Nothing. Nothing happened.

Everything's Iike before. even if I didn't make it to the contest.

Come. Iet's go to the shop and make me that chinese mushroom!

Nando. she's gone crazy!

I've aIways toId you my sister's nuts!

How shouId I expIain to you? She's crazy!

Don't torture her anymore!

She's the one torturing us!

Stop mistreating my sister!

- You wanna get sIapped? - Why don't you try?!

Let's go. MarceIIa. he reaIIy punches.

That's aII you know!

SIap me if you're that brave!

I had to sIap someone. didn't I?!

He sIapped a girI!

What a sIap. Nando!

Nando. heIp me. your sister's reaIIy got crazy!

Forgive me.

D'you hear?

You answer it. do me this favour.

And teII her I've had enough.

ShaII I go?

Yes.

Look!

I've cut them aII!

D'you Iike me Iike this? I want to shave my head!

Adriana. what have you done?

Stop it!

Don't do anything stupid. wait!

I want to cut off aII the stupidities I've got in my head!

Wait!

Enough is enough. the first that moves..

Courage. Franco!

Who does this Nando think he is? Primo Carnera?

- Down at Iast! - Nando. you're a nobody!

TaIk to me! Leave me aIone. I don't want to fight!

Jerks! Look what you made her do!

- WiII you marry her Iike this? - Yes.

- I'm not through with you! Let go of me! - Can't you argue with your mouth?

- Let go of me! - Come on. Iet him go!

Enough!

WiII you stop?

Don't I count for anything?

Yes. I've been at the seaside with Franco!

It's true I've been engaged to Luciano!

And aIso with OteIIo!

I've made Iove Iike aII the other girIs in this borough!

But I'm the onIy one who knows who I'II be Ioving for ever.

It's him. Franco. that I'II aIways Iove. What eIse d'you want?

What do we want with her?

I've grown her up.

She grew up for you.

Get Iost.

She Ioves Franco.

What does she see in him...

You took your time. you'd have Iooked Iike a coward.

One must get hit so he doesn't Iook Iike a coward?

- You have to be a man. - And men get hit?

- Then why did you come down? - For the hair.

Ah! Not for me.

What a head! Is the hair mine?

Nando says you got to come back earIy tonight!

He says that it had to happen to him to have a brother-in-Iaw who's a son of a...

A brother-in-Iaw, a brother, a husband, a fiancee.

That's what our borough was about. A network of sympathy,

emotions, of habits.

And whatever happened: rancours, quarreIs, rivaIry,

we'd aIways end up friends again. Everyone of us was in Iove with the others

The story of Franco and Adriana wss, in a way, our story.