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- My father wanted a boy.

- Because a girl is a disgrace worse than death.

- My mother was 15.

- She gave birth with a knife to her the throat

- A cry prolonged indefinitely.

- Then... silence.

- I was born, dirty and red like a just-made quince paste.

- I was born a girl and you did not kill my mother.

- Resigned, I am. I'm Angela.

- Angela, wait!

- I was back. - Tommaso, it's not right!

- You run fast!

- Angela, walk!

- go on, go on! Come on! What does it take to make this load?

- Rosario! hold that rope better .

- Hold tight.

- Take the one in store. - But it was for Palermo.

- We'll take that one and that's enough.

- The Baron expects the stuff And we will bring it.

- Come with me!

- You are always the last! - What do you want?

- Angela, do you smoke?

- Where have you been?

- Did you hear me? Where have you been this time, eh?

- Collecting Burarran! - At this time of the night?

- You hurt me! - Was it good the cigarette you were smoking?

- If you born a man, you could also smoke,

- but your mother made you a girl! Am I right?

- Am I right or not?

- Come on! You must understand!

- Do you understand? UNDERSTAND? - Father!

- Come on, put her down! - Father!

- Then I have to beat you, eh? Don't you understand? - No, no!

- Sir, bless. - Here he is.

- You did serious damage - I know.

- I swear it will not happen again. - I don't care what you swear.

- I care that I lost my rocks,

- And now you you have to repay. - But i have nothing.

- Only today's salary. - And for you it's enough?

Tonight, take a long walk, back home,

- And tell your wife to leave the door open.

- I will find a way for you to pay your debt.

- What happened to you? - My husband thinks he can fix it,

- with his hands.

- Ouch! - He doesn't have to know that i came here.

- she is full. - I feel them walking under the skin.

- Are you sure? - They are doing like ants.

- I want to feel them too. - Stop, shut up!

- Our father, save the souls of the penitents,

press the neck of the unbelievers

and save from fear this your poor sick daughter.

- Our father, save the souls of penitents,

press the neck of the unbelievers

and save from fear your poor sick unfortunate daughter.

dry the tongue, full of worms in the teeth,

flabby flesh, every hair is a serpent.

eyes burned, poison in her bones. We are already sitting on your vault.

- I wash you with this water, pure like Mary.

- Purifies the body and my soul.

I wash my hands like Pilate, as the Hebrews allowed.

- Careful! you'll hurt him!

- You'll see how he escapes, Nicolino is like an eel.

- What did I tell you?

- What do you feel?

- Nothing, What should i feel? - The worms.

- The old woman told me I'm full of them.

- The worms? And where do you have them? Here, here, here!

- Hey, What have you done? - No, nothing.

- Come on, show me. - Leave me!

- What are you doing? - I took the prize that I won

- The borage and the sunflower must be cut to the roots

- Because inside you feel the ground. We eat them every night.

- Every night? - The Foreman (her father) eats "grass" every night?

- when he finds boiled "grass",

he is happy.

- He drinks wine, faints on the bed and he leaves us in peace.

- You see? With you everything seem easy.

- Sara, come, soon! The Piedmonteses take your father!

- Father! Father!

- Back!

- Sara! - Stop!

- Father! - Sara!

- Sara! I'm here, Sara!

- Sara, I'm here, Sara!

- Stop! - Sara!

- Leave me!

- You want to grow old sitting there, Angela?

- Think for yourself, Nicolino.

- Sara will be back.

- How much stuff is left? - Few. Few months of work, not more.

- And in "Scalo Cavallo"? - Nothing.

- Also there's only dust coming out.

- What do you say? - I say that the Baron expects another reply.

- These are the facts.

- We'll look for the facts.

Sara!

Angela!

- It seems just yesterday we were children.

- I'm happy you are back.

- How are you? - I'm fine.

- How long will you remain on the island? - It depends on the Baron.

- And how long will the Baron remain?

- You seem our "Madonnuzza" in procession!

- How nice to see this house open again.

- I remembered it bigger.

- I passed by here every day since you went away.

- Nice, right?

- It will suit you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- But this is for Ladies.

- And the others?

- Ventura works in the quarry, Nicolino at the port, when he finds.

- And Tommaso? - He is getting rich.

- Rich? How? - With boats. He has three.

- Sara! Come, the Baroness is waiting. - Coming!

- What does she wants from you? - That I comb her hair.

- She says nobody does it the way I do it.

- Why? Is it so good? - The Baroness say so.

- Then? - When? It's almost dinner time.

- Then tomorrow I'll take you to visit the island.

- Maybe you think it's too small.

- What are you doing? Aren't you coming? - See you tomorrow.

- What will i do when you leave?

- Why should i go away Baroness?

- Because soon you will be engaged,

- and then you will get married.

And why couldn't I continue to comb it the same way?

- And if he is jealous he'll keep you locked up?

- This means I'll have to look for a husband who isn't jealous.

- Impossible!

- You are much too beautiful.

- This island isn't small, it's mine!

- Why don't you comb my hair instead of laughing?

- You are beautiful. - Like the Baroness?

More.

- In the city they all comb their hair so. - How is the city?

- Big. There's a lot of people.

- So much that you can't even imagine it.

- And do you remember the borage? - Yes.

- Do you still eat it? - And when will my father ever change?

- And yours? - He never came back.

- From where?

- From Trentino, from the war.

- They say he is missing, but I don't believe them.

- Take me to the tuna-fishing place. - Do you want to see Tommaso?

- Tommaso!

- What will you do, don't you want to come? - I have to go home.

- Why are you in the dark?

- What did he do? ============================================================================

- Things aren't going well at the quarry. - Not well?

- The volcanic rocks are beginning to finish. It isn't good.

Isn't it the fault of the lady? Wasn't it her who spoiled them?

- Light the fire and be quiet. - I wish you well.

- Quiet! - I don't want a life like this. - Then what life do you want?- Not this, where everything is the same.- We are still the same.

- You were wrong, There's nothing up there.

- Simply clean it first. There's a fortune here.

- What're you saying? If you talk about a plant that can grow up there, perhaps.

- But there's no tuff.(rock from volcanic ash)

- But was it necessary to call them from the Continent (Italia)

like those two stupid fools?

- The Baron, he trusts them. - What do you want to do?

- I know it's there. - I trust you.

- Is it also the Baroness's?

- She promised me an equal share when I get married.

- I do.

- And when will you marry?

- When someone will ask my mother for me.

- I beg you.

- You're laughing?

- And what should I do?

- You are here? I looked for you everywhere.

- They needed help and they asked my mother.

- Why?

- Last night the storm ruined all the nets.

How much longer?

- Until I finish.

- They are Tommaso's? - They are everybody's.

- If you want, you can stay and help us.

- What do you want? - Nica, is her name.

- I give her to you. - Why?

- Because you two are alike. She was alone and angry like you.

- Then I hugged her and she started to laugh.

- Dogs don't laugh.

- You see, Wasn't I right?

- And why? - See for yourself. - You were right.

- This is an important day, Ventura.

- Important for the land and important for you.

- Why don't you stop, Angela? You suffocate me.

- If I stop, then you won't look after me anymore.

- You are stubborn.

- You are beautiful like this. - I did it for you.

- Don't start again.

- I can't stop, I love you too much.

- I love you too, but not like this.

- There's only one way to love.

- Come on!

- And now?

- Don't be afraid.

- We are two women, it's a sin. - What's a sin?

- A thing we don't have to do.

Hail Mary, full of grace,

Blessed art thou among women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us ...

... sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us ...

Sara! I'm here! Sara!

- What are you doing?

- I'm counting the days you didn't come.

Lucia!

- Angela, come down! Agnese you too, come down!

- Come, drink,

- Today is your party.

- You become engaged with Ventura. - Ventura? - Eh!

- By the end of the year you will get married.

- Drink!

- No, I don't want to marry him. - You'll do what I say.

- Drink!

- It has been difficult finding you.

- I've been always here.

- Did you talk with your father? - Yes.

- Only a "yes"? - What should I say?

- My father leave us the estate of Cala Torta.

- There are two rooms to accomodate us, but...

Oh, Oh!

- It was only a snake. - You killed it for nothing.

- Aren't you going to say "thank you"?

May I clean up those 2 rooms.

- Do you want to come and see it? - I know Cala Torta.

What is there to see? I speak for the house.

- It's better if you surprise me.

- Is this the way to enter the house of God? As if chased by dogs.

- You wanted to see me. - I wanted to congratulate you.

- What congratulations? - Aren't you engaged? - Ah.

- Come on, sit down.

- Look, Angela,

- Now you will have new duties and we must think about it.

- What are these duties? - Ventura is honest...

and God-fearing, but you have to be well behaved,

- You don't have to kiss. And you don't have to desire each other.

- I can assure you, I... - Then, when you get married...

- But you have to be "pure" till that day.

- But I don't want Ventura!

- What does it mean?

- That I will not marry him, Father Pantaleo!

- This is a disgrace, Angela!

- He's a good boy, you must love and marry him.

- I can't, Father! - You have to force yourself!

Your father has decided and you must obey him.

- It's also written in the commandments.

- The Commandments are for those who can read.

- And what am I doing here? I'm here to proclaim the words of God.

- I want to read the words of God on my own.

- Teach me to read! When I will learn...

- You are possessed,

- for you to talk that way in the House of God!

You should obey your father, understand?

- And you must marry Ventura. Obedience and respect.

- And me? Who respects me?

- I thought you didn't come anymore.

- You look like your father when you are angry.

- Where have you been?

- What's up, did I offend you?

- Tell me I was joking.

- My father got me engaged.

- To whom?

- To Ventura.

- Sooner or later it had to happen.

- I want YOU!

- You want the moon.

- Is this the moon?

- If I can't marry you,

- I won't marry anybody.

- Come in. - I need to talk to you.

- If you don't come in, you'll spend the whole night out there.

- I won't marry Ventura!

- Really? - Really.

- He is not the one I want.

- And who do you want? Let's see.

Sara.

- Angela won't marry anymore.

- She doesn't want Ventura.

- No, no! Help! - WALK!

- Walk! - Help me. Leave me!

- Go on! Move! - No, no!

- Please! - Brava, pray to the Lord!

- Ma! Mother, it is killing me!

- Mother it's killing me! - Be quiet!

- Salvatore! What are you doing? - Go away!

- Come, come! Go on! - No! Help!

- Walk! Go on! - Stop it I told you!

- Let's see if you'll understand this time!

- You must understand! - Help me!, Help me!

- Will you stop? - No...

- Freak of nature! - No!

- No, please! Please, no!

- No, please! No, I beg you, no!

Don Salvatore...

Don Salvatore!

- I thought that tomorrow after mass,

- Ventura and Angela could meet to talk.

- Angela isn't well. - Why, what's the matter?

- Nothing, a little fever.

- Did Ventura do something wrong?

- Tell me, I will break his spine, that miserable bastard!

- Ventura is a good boy. We only need to wait.

- It's better if Angela doesn't go out, for now.

- Angela! - Sara! I'm here! Sara!

Angela!

- Sara, I'm here! Sara!

Sara! Sara!

Angela!