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Angela, you want to know why I'm happy, eh?

Come on... ask me this question.

What? They say I'm crazy?

No, no. Nobody takes Matteo Scuro for a madman...

Don't worry about that.

I tell everyone to ask me questions,

because I'm not affraid to answer no matter what the question is.

Even though our name, Scuro, means "dark"...

... but we have nothing to hide. Everything's out in the open.

Now, go on. Ask me.

Why am I happy?

I'll tell you why I'm happy.

Because I can smell a scent of orange-blossoms,

coming from the countryside.

Smell it! You smell it, too.

When you smell orange in the air it means that very soon it'll be summer.

Where does summer fit in? It fits, it fits.

I've rented five... five whatsits...

Help me, it's a Russian word...

Bungalow!

Five bungalows, at the new seaside resort.

A nice surprise for the children, when they come on vacation.

Who knows?

Maybe this time we'll get them all around one table, like in the old days.

Would you like that?

Are you happy?

I think I hear cicadas, too. Shh, shh...

Cicadas! A good sign!

Lo Piparo! Mr. Lo Piparo!

I'm returning the keys.

I'm sorry, Don Matteo. Money down the drain.

What can one do, Mr. Lo Piparo! Surprises are like that.

Sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't.

What can we do, Don Matteo?! O, my God!

Thank you. Stay well.

Goodbye, Don Matteo. Goodbye.

Lo Piparo!

Don't you want to know why they didn't come?

No!

Ask me! Ask me why they didn't come!

Why didn't they come?

Work. Too much work!

Better like this!

Then we'll just wait for them next summer!

You wait, dear Lo Piparo! Not me!

Question...

Can parents have any peace if their children are far away

and they hardly ever see them?

Can parents have any peace...

if they can't imagine where their children live,

if they've never seen their house,

the beds they sleep in...

the building where they work,

the bar where they go for coffee?

Answer: No.

A hundred times, no.

Don't forget the long underwear, the cashmere tie you gave me...

...and the blood pressure drops, just in case.

Don't look like that. I'll tell you everything.

I'll bring back pictures.

Don Matteo! Don Matteo!

- Hello, how are you? - Fine, fine.

I recognised you right off. Your hat is as good as a passport.

Ask me where I'm going.

Where are you going?

To see my children.

By train? You'll never get there.

Go by plane. Eat in Sicily and shit on the mainland.

I know, but I'm affraid to fly.

Anyway, nowadays... they crash just for the fun of it.

Write to me!

Have a good trip, Don Matteo!

Thanks.

Don Matteo, do you remember?

- Wine is made from grapes! - Wine is made from grapes!

That goes way back!

How come you know that?

From the town hall days.

My father always said it.

A good man, your father.

A friend!

Thirty years we put in together.

How is he?

Dead.

Give him my regards! Tell him when I get back, I'll come see him.

THEY ARE ALL WELL

Dad! A white hair.

Look for more Alvaro, five lire for each white hair.

That is, Dad.

Alvaro!

Alvaro, come here!

Dad's hair's white!

Your ticket please, sir.

Sir, your ticket, please.

Here you go. Have a nice trip.

- Thanks. - Good Day

Tickets, please.

Hey, it must be yours, you let it fall.

Me?

Thank you.

Fortunately, I only have this copy.

It's beautiful, Do you work in the theater?

No, it's a family portrait.

Look, look, the ones in the middle are me with my wife.

Below are my babies.

Guglielmo.

Like Rossini's.

Alvaro. Verdi's "La forza del destino".

Norma, Bellini's one.

Tosca, like in Puccini; they even made a film after it.

I named them all after opera characters.

Because I've always been an opera lover!

That's why...

...four years ago, during the Carnival, they surprised me,

and dressed like this.

D'you want to see it?

Please.

Well, I'd say they are no longer children.

You're right, but...

What do you want?

One one's children are small, he imagines them... grown up.

Then... when they grow up... one always sees them as children.

I bet you also want to see it.

Like it? Show it also to the lady.

- Nice. - You see? Show it to your fiancee.

- He's not my fiancee. - Show it to him, all the same.

- Large family - If you also count...

...the daughters-in-law, the sons-in-law, the grandchildren you get an army!

A fragment of Italy.

It's not because they are my children...

...but, believe me, I'm very proud of them.

I don't know, they have...

...something special...

All settled down, with important jobs.

But the exceptional...

...is that they don't have... stupid fancies.

They were brought up with sacrifice.

I confess something.

It's for the first time that I am the one going to see them.

Usually, they come to Sicily, once or twice a year, and...

Am I imposing?

You really don't want to know...

...what jobs they have, where they live?

Honestly... no, thanks.

As you wish.

You don't know what you're losing.

Excuse me, could do me a favor...

...to take a... Thank you.

Thank you.

You know, it's for my wife.

I'm Sicilian, from Trapani.

Don't you want to know where I'm going?

I am also Neapolitan!

I am also a Neapolitan!

I want one billion!

A billion!

Thieves, murderers, ass-kissers!

Ass-kissers!

All are thieves, murderers, ass-kissers!

Yes!

Murderers, ass-kissers!

I want one billion!

Thieves, murderers, ass-kissers!

If you don't get me a billion...

...I'll make make an European massacre!

Ass-kissers, all of you!

If you don't bring me one billion by this evening...

...I'll pull down all these television antennas, all of them!

He is armed, call the police.

Toy gun, and we got used.

Even the police knows it.

Ass-kisser!

If you don't get me a billion by this evening...

... I'll remove all TVantennas!

Alvaro, guess, who?

An idiot.

Scuro.

Excuse me, where can I... don't you hear me?

- Talk into the microphone. - What? O, here...

- Where? - In the microphone there.

- Here. - Here?

Excuse me, where can I find Mr. Alvaro Scuro?

- He's here, at the University of Naples, in administration... - One moment.

What did you say his name was?

Scuro, Alvaro Scuro.

It's my son, and he's also your colleague.

How come you don't know him?

Look... Scuro Alvaro...

is either on holiday, or took a day off,

or was sent somewhere, or he's on sick leave,

or detached to the union, or went out for a moment,

or he has retired...

... or he didn't come to work today.

The only certain thing is that he exists.

Thank goodness.

Hi. You have reached Alvaro Scuro's answering machine...

I'm not at home right now.

Please leave a message, with your name and phone number.

I'll call you, when I'll be back home.

Please, only talk after the beep. Thanks.

Hello...

It's me...

...hel...

Always this stupid answering machine.

What can I do?

I can't talk to a voice that sounds like taken out from the fridge.

I like like... the world stops dead.

And they say Naples is an over crowded city...

There isn't even a dog around.

Need some company, Gramps?

Look at his thighs.

And look at mine.

After all...

Alvaro... I...

I wanted to surprise you.

Where have you gone?

You've slept somewhere else, didn't you?

Women always liked you, didn't they?

Blow your nose!

Your nose is always running.

Running nose, like always. Come on.

Yes, laugh. Strong.

Are you tired, Dad?

- A little - Sorry.

Where you going now?

Listen... sorry...

the... the twelve... Does it still exist?

What?

I mean, does room 12 still exist?

Where couild it have gone? Here it is.

Here you go.

You can never know.

Ask me why I asked for room twelve.

- You do not want me... - Feel free to ask...

Alright, why d'you want room twelve?

It's very simple!

When I got married 45 years ago...

I came to Naples for my honeymoon.

We slept in this hotel...

in room number twelve.

Don't you want to know how much we paid?

- Really, I... - Ask me, ask me!

Alright. How much did it cost you?

- Seventy lire, for both of us. - Almost nothing...

Today it'd amount to...

...twenty thousand lire.

- Rather 60. - 60 what? - 60,000.

Everything has changed.

But it's the same furniture.

Remember our first night?

You'd have wanted to sleep dressed.

And me, out of respect,

I went to bed with my hat on.

I dream I speak English perfectly.

I think in Neapolitan, speak in English, and people understand me.

Look! It's that one up there?

How on earth did he do it?

And who's going to pay?

Attention, please, speak only after the beep. Thank you.

Hello, hello?

Let's hope it records.

Alvaro, it's daddy!

I came to Naples, but... I couldn't find you.

Where are you? Are you alright?

I... I... I...

Well, I'd wait for you, but...

...if, for some reason, you're late...

...or you have other commitments, what am I to do?

Give a sign, you never call!

Alvaro, listen, maybe it's better if I go to your brother, Canio.

But, do not call before I get there, because...

I have to surprise him, you understand? Did you hear me?

I have to board the train, now.

Bye.

It's still daddy.

Please, ask me this other question.

Why would a 74 years a pensioner...

...be hitchhiking on the freeway?

- Is there a train strike? - Yes, bravo.

But...

...you were too impulsive.

You only had to ask me the question.

And I was to answer it.

- Are you a Sicilian? - Yes.

- How did you know? - Because you talk like a Turk.

Listen, what kind of work does this son of yours from Rome do?

Let's see if you can guess this one also.

Look, I'll only tell you one thing. Be careful!

The day he was born, in 1947...

was a day when local elections were held.

And his mother, still aching all over, walked all the way to the polls.

She went alone, beacuse I was a teller.

D'you follow? Then, she barely got back home,

- and half hour later, Cannio was born. - Damn!

Now, one born in these circumstances, in your opinion, what kind of job can he do?

Obstetrician.

Listen, excuse me for putting it like this,

but do you know when on pisses and misses the chamber-pot?

Right on target!

Excuse me, where're you going?

Your papers.

- Are you from Sicily? - Yes

Grandpa!

- Grandpa! - Erina!

They're here day and night, they are judge Brandi's guardian angels.

Haven't you never seen him on TV?

- Oh yes?! Does he live here? - Yes!

He's been bedridden with fever for a week.

But they are my friends, they don't harm anyone.

Thank goodness. I've brought you a very nice gift,

but we'll open it this evening. Are you alone?

Mom's at the mosque, and daddy at the party.

I thank... all those...

...that with their speeches...

...have enriched the procedeeings of our convention...

...sharing thoughts,

observations,

and new proposals... of great political value.

I won't be brief...

...even if the circumstances would require it.

And then... why should we be brief?

The times we lives in are more and more the slaves of speed,

of anxiety... Is it fair?

Maybe the time has come, especially for our party,

to see in the issues of our common everyday life...

the esence of a poti...

Pronounce clearly "a po-li-cy".

A fair po-li-cy.

Mo-dern.

That takes into account the social requests...

A fair po-li-cy.

Mo-dern.

That takes into account the social requests,

and the dis-tur-bing ques-tions...

...the '90s confront us with!

- Canio! - Dad!

Dad, look who's here!

Hi, Dad! When did you get here?

When did you get here?

Why are you standing there like a Pupo? Come down here!

Come down here!

O my, so many columns, you'd say San Pietro.

Too bad we aren't allowed to take any pictures.

But, isn't it too big? How many people can it hold?

Dad, have you any idea how many Muslims are in Rome?

- More than 50,000. - Double the inhabitants of Castelvetrano...

- And you, alone, did it? - I'd wish it.

- I only did the heating. - You're modest, too modest. - Forget it.

And where do they look when they're praying?

That way.

Let's go eat!

Enjoy your meal!

- Enjoy your meal. - Enjoy your meal.

Tell me something:

Now, at the Convention, will you become secretary of the party?

How many times must I explain it to you? Not secretary of the party,

but secretary of the Provincial Federation of the party.

Alright! And what's the difference? You're a secretary, anyway!

Come on, let's talk about something else.

Now, you've finally seen the house.

- Beautiful, isn't it? - Yes.

It's very beautiful. Congratulations.

Then... when will you decide to move with us?

- Come on, we'd love it. - Yes, Grandpa, come live with us.

I thank you, but it's not possible.

How could we, mother and me, at our age,

change our lives, just like that?

No, it's not possible, no.

What is she saying?

You can stay here as long as you want. But you should visit the others as well.

Yes, but, don't let Tosca and your brothers know, because...

...I want to surprise them.

- Alright. - Please.

By the way, do you have any news from Alvaro?

Where is he?

I went to his home and he wasn't there. I always stumble on his answering machine!

He's on holiday, didn't you know?

- He won a free trip. - He won a free trip?!

- Who'd have expected it? - I think he went to... wait a minute.

Why don't you take it off the hook when we're eating?

A free trip. The luck Alvaro has, he always wins!

Grandpa, when are we opening the gift?

You shouldn't worry about that.

Don't you trust the Convention? Come on, everyone's backing you up!

Let's forget it.

Better tell me what's happening with my interview. It's been almost a month.

Nothing can be done. They won't print it.

- What can I tell you? - What must I do to have an interview with me printed?

Must I kill someone?

It depends on whom you kill.

Grandpa Matteo, there's nothing in here!

What d' you mean? You must look carefully.

You'll see.

They're all broken!

What a pity!

These were strange candies, you know... You've never seen the like of them!

Your dad used to gorge himself with them.

So I was always had to take him to the dentist.

I'm sorry.

I know them, they're the sugar dolls.

Dad bought them at the sicilian confectionery, look how many I have!

Have you seen them, grandpa?

- Hello? - Hello, is it you, Tosca?

- Who is this? - I'm Canio.

- Hello, Canio. - How are you?

Look... is beautiful, very beautiful. A real masterpiece.

But, I don't know, it seems... bigger on TV.

More natural, this is it!

- Dad, I have to go, I can't wait! - Yes, sure.

Listen to me, Canio, before I die, I must see you seated inside, in the...

...in the... Parliament, Deputy!

Alright, bye. If you get lost, take a cab or even phone, Ok? Bye! - Yes, yes.

O, Canio! Canio, listen.

What d'you think about us all, meeting like in the old days, but here, in Rome?

Alright. We'll have to check with the others.

- Alright, we'll see, yes? Bye, go. - Bye. - Go, bye.

Go, I'm watching you from here.

Don't move!

You can go now.

- Hi. - Good morning, Deputy.

This is today's speech. And this is for the Convention. - Is it long?

38'21", from which I've marked down two possible cuts for around 41l2 minutes,

- if you consider it necessary. - Alright, thanks, anything else?

Yes, I wanted to ask your opinion about my position at the Convention.

- Listen, why're you killing them? - We don't kill them! No!

It has already happened many times. If you'd have seen this mornig,

there were lots of them. It's them.

What do I know? When they fly above the city...

...they lose their orientation.

They go mad.

They kill themselves.

They dive right down, and kill themselves.

These are going to save themselves, they'll save themselves.

"The wine is made from grapes."

Someone wants to hurt you. Someone wants to hurt you.

Give me all you've got!

- How old are you? - Less than you. Hurry up, the money!

The money!

Yes.

- Take everything, but do not hurt me. - Alright, alright.

- What's in your pocket? - How old are you?

How old am I... Cut the crap!

No, don't take this. Please.

Alright, take it, but let me have the film.

Don't you ask what's on the film?

Gramps, you've busted my balls, got it?

What the fuck do I care about your film?

Had it happened in America, they'd have decorated to me!

Here, I almost got in prison!

Do I face like someone who goes around threatening women with a knife?

I don't know!

Dad!

- What did you do? - What did I do?

They're mad!

Bye, have a nice trip!

- Bye! - Bye, bye!

What shoud it be, sir?

Messaggero, Corriere, Repubblica, Stampa, Unita, Tempo, Pase Sera, Popolo, Mattino,

and Manifesto... And II Giornale, also.

Please, keep the supplements.

It isn't a problem you never write, no one does, these days,

but at least call, not very often, but at least once a week!

- I never know where you are... - Where to find you...

What are you doing... making... fun of me?

Listen, even if you've bought a new car, and you make a lot of money,

I still am your father!

After the summer tour, I did a commercial for the Japanese and two fashion shows,

- in London and Paris. - It's only in Sicily you never come.

- You've even lost your accent! - I surely hope so!

What d'you mean?!

I've just a finished a show in Pescara,

- I was going back home, and here I am! - Home where?

- Last time we met, you're living in Padua. - No, now I'm living in Florence!

You'll see.

Tell me... where's this prize travel, Alvaro's making?

- When is he coming back? - He shouldn't be long.

- That's good. - Lucky him, he went to the Maldives.

- A contest for the University personnel. Guess how he did? - First, sure as death!

One evening, he came to see me play.

- Such a shame, you can't imagine! - Why?

Because... I had the smallest of parts...

...every time I came on stage...

...he'd start applauding and shouting: "Bravo!",

drawing the public along with him. You know how him.

Then, the star came on stage.

Nobody noticed her.

That's how it was.

- When is the evening dedicated to you at... how is it called... - Who told you?

I read it in the newspaper and asked Canio. An article big like this!

Thanks.

A jam was all we needed...

What happened?

I don't know.

Is the cherry tree I planted still in the garden?

Of course it is! It's grown very tall.

You know, this year it gave beautiful cherries.

Sweet as...

...as cherries.

But, now, enough with all this. I think you cry easily.

Let's go see what happened.

How d'you take these off?

Looks at the mess. We'll never get out of here!

Hello, Irene, can you hear me? Where am I?

Blocked on the highway.

- Damn it, what're we goin' to do with the kid? - I can't take it anymore!

- I find it amusing. - Let's go see.

Here we are.

- Come in, come in. - Yes

There's a musty stinch 'cause I've been on tour for 3 weeks with my acting company.

It's very beautiful.

It's a little messy...

Now you can stop lamenting that I don't have a home.

It's big.

Well, this is my home.

- It's something... - But, it's rented...

Dad... you look like a salesman, always a suitcase in his hands!

- I really always was into exports... - Give it to me.

And it doesn't seem things turned out too bad...

I'm a wholesale children exporter.

- Wholesale? There's only five of us. - What d'you mean?

And the 19,882 births I've registered in 36 years at the registry office?

What about those? Three quarters of them are roaming around the world.

And maybe they don't even know that, officialy, at least, I gave birth to them.

An army of children!

If I'd invite them all to lunch, the Table of Apulias won't suffice!

- What's the name of that church? - Santa Croce.

A sea of tiles.

Like in Castelvetrano.

It's beautiful, like a wide screen.

Can sleep in the bed here, or would you like my room?

- As you wish. - It's not for me to chose, my rheumatism makes the choices...

You should make reservations right now, for when you'll be leaving.

Otherwise, we risk not to find any places.

Don't worry.

Ask me what I've decied.

What have you decided?

I've decided to stay until your show, happy?

Very happy.

Look.

You're a liar!

- Now it's over. I'll throw you out. - Wait! Let me explain!

So you can tell me more lies?

Leave this house!

If he wouldn't have been suffering so, I'd have packed my things and come to you.

Fabio, this time you're going to pay for it! Bastard!

"Dad, I didn't wake you before leaving. This the boy of one of my friends.

"She'll come later to pick him up." I'll be waiting

"If he cries, give him his bottle."

"Your breakfast is on the table. I'll be rehearsing the whole day."

"Kisses, Tosca."

Little one!

Nice, nice...

Children used to cry all the time, you could have killed them!

Now, hear the silence.

Great, go on, more, great!

Come on, come on, chin up!

Keep your arms up!

Don't you want to understand I don't care about the face! I want to see the ass!

Chin up! Chin up! Suck that belly!

Change. Other two. Come on! Move!

Come on!

Fine, but suck that belly!

Stefano, what are you doing here?

How're you?

Bad, but that doesn't matter.

Listen, Tosca, I don't know how to tell you this...

Don't misunderstand me...

By the end of this week...

I want my car back...

...and the house, also.

Maybe it'd be better for me... and for you, also.

Are you ready, my beauties?

On set 2 they're looking for the main actress in a big American movie... Dollars!

- American, my ass! Another porn! - Go see! It's American!

It's American, even for you.

What about you?

- Aren't you going? - I'm not interested.

D'you need anything?

What's wrong? What ails you?

Why are you crying?

O, I see why.

You missed your soap opera. I'll take care of it.

Where're the buttons?

Hey, projectionist!

Let's see.

We've invented a new television.

Good day, mister Scuro.

I'm Tosca's friend. I came to take the child.

Alright, please, come in.

Excuse me... please...

...ask me who is the girl dressed in orange and yellow.

- Who is she? - My daughter!

- One can tell. - Thanks.

Camera 1, follow him in close up.

The same moron waving.

I'm proud of you.

I've seen you're happy, you're successful. Welldone!

All you need now, is a good husband.

Really?

Then, we'll all get together in Rome, alright?

Don't worry!

Oh, I almost forgot! Don't let Guglielmo know I'm coming!

We'll make him a big surprise.

Alright.

D'you need any money?

Money!

Gentlemen, your tickets, please.

Oh, this is not the ticket.

- What? - I'm sorry.

I didn't realize.

Here it is.

It's not like before, but it works.

I don't know how to thank you.

It's perfect, you can't even notice. You were great!

- It'd have been a pity losing it. - Yes.

What show is it from?

No, no, it's just a family photo.

Look, this is me, and these are my children.

Guglielmo, Alvaro, Norma, Tosca and Canio.

They have names after opera characters because...

...I've always been an opera fanatic. - Me also.

- Do you want to see it? - Yes, thank you.

Show it to others, also.

Nice colors.

Are they your relatives?

Not exactly, but we travel together, we're retired.

- I'm also retired. - Really?

And I also travel by train, you know.

I travel around Italy to visit my children. I'm now going to Milan.

Yes, I want to see how they're doing.

And... don't you want to know where we are going?

- Mister... I congratulate you. - Thank you.

I wouldn't like to be indiscreet...

You won't... Please ask me.

Go ahead, ask me!

Where are you going?

"HAPPY HOLIDAYS"

Don't spread it out... but Italy's beautiful.

That's right. We have evidence.

Excuse me, ma'am, but do you often take such trips?

Twice a year.

The last time, we went to Fiuggi thermal baths...

...and to those in Saturnia, in Tuscany. - Beautiful.

Welcome to Rimini.

We thank the Association of Retired Persons for having chosen our town.

Rimini beach hosts the largest number...

... of tourists in the world.

It has all the most modern facilities.

A lifeguard every 10 meters watches over the life of the swimmers.

If a child is lost, we guarantee he'll be found in a matter of minutes...

Well... Around where I come from, they find never them.

And they do get lost...

And now, I'll leave you with the magic of a place that will make you dream.

Thanks!

Perfect. And now a polka for the more daring couples.

A polka.

Madame, ask me what I'm thinking.

- What are you thinking? - If you dare dance this next one.

- D'you want to offend me? - Of course not.

What's wrong? Are you tired?

No.

Don't you feel well?

Maybe it's better we sit down.

- Do you feel better? - Yes

- D'you need anything? - No.

It's been so many years since I haven't danced...

It's true that... for an ex-soldier...

Excuse me.

It's terrible when one feels bad and is away from home...

...and one is alone...

You... You don't have children?

I do. I have two.

But, you know... There comes an age...

...children detach themselves.

They need to detach themselves.

And they are right because...

I must admit... We are boring.

My children... agreed among themselves to send me to an asylum.

Very nice, indeed.

A former convent, surrounded by olive trees. A fine place.

But... they never visit.

They phone.

The other day, Julio didn't recognize my voice.

- I hung up - Why didn't you speak?

Sometimes there is interference on the line, they often do.

You see, Matteo...

...sometimes...

...is much easier to pretend you haven't understood...

...and not to try to clarify it.

It can even be fun.

Otherwise, you can expect everything.

Even to be rejected by your own children.

Madame... don't ask me why am I sad.

I won't because I also am sad.

Think about it, don't continue with your journey.

Forget it.

No, I can.

And to be honest... I don't want to.

I promised it to my wife, who's waiting for me in Sicily.

And then, you see, we are very close to our children.

We'll never become detached.

- All the same, it was wonderful. - For me also.

Madame, I...

...I never kissed another woman's hand, please, allow me...

"That icy little hand."

You are very noble, I won't forget.

Relax, I'm not betraying you.

Listen, excuse me...

I have three children.

Congratulations.

I have five... and...

Hey! Listen, Mister... you...

Well... I think...

- Did you want charity? - Go to hell.

What are you doing?

You're always late... the winds are late again.

Again, thank you. From bar 32.

Dad! What are you doing here?

Aren't you glad?

- What are you saying? - Seemed so.

Guglielmo, don't you play?

Papa, the bass drum is not like the violins.

It only plays occasionally.

Yes, but when the time arrives...

You could have told me you we were coming...

And now, what shall I do?

When the test's over, we're off to the airport.

I'm going to London.

To work.

- Well... - Afterwards, afterwards.

I had not failed in 10 years,

and it has to be just the day you arrive.

What is it, dad? Why are you looking to me like this?

You're sorry I'm leaving?

For the Scuro family, meeting has become a luxury.

But that's not the reason.

It's that I don't like your laugh. I've never seen you laughing like that.

How am I laughing? I laugh like I always did.

- Come, walk. - I know you too well, Guglielmo.

You're not leaving.

You're taking me for a fool, I got it.

What are you saying, dad?

I have concerts all over Europe.

And then, why shouild I lie to you?

That's what I want you to tell me.

I already know it.

What do you know? What do you know?

Nothing.

But I assure you're hiding me something.

I can see it on your face.

It's true. I hid something from you.

I knew you were coming to Milan.

Yes.

- Tosca called me. - Oh, really?

I asked her not to tell you.

It had to be a surprise.

But, I expected you three days ago.

- Me? - You're also hiding something?

What are you saying?!

What?

Where did you go?

Me?

Where could I have gone?

- Where'd you go? - What the?

I don't know what...

You see, that's a nice laugh. I like it.

- Sure, change the subject... - I'm not changing anything!

My son, what d'you want from me?

Gentlemen, I do not want to intrude,

but you either make me also laugh, or let me go on with my work.

- They're ruining everything. - Sorry.

"Sorry"...Easy said...

Hello, Antonello, I'm your dad.

I'm sorry for interrupting your favorite music.

But I wanted to be sure you got my message.

I'll buy another tape.

I'm going away and mother comes with me...

... only for a few days.

Listen me carefully, there's a surprise for you.

- And remember... - The wine is also made from grapes.

- Let me see you. - When did you get in?

How you've grown up!

Grandpa, what does the story about wine and grapes mean?

I like it, but I never understood it.

A farmer turned rich making wine.

He did nothing in life than make wine.

And even his children, who worked with him, had become rich.

Facing death, he summoned all his sons, and said:

"My children, before dying I'll tell you my big secret."

"Wine can also be made from grapes."

Do not laugh like this, or you'll make me fall down!

You're always complaining who d'you think you are, a romantic?

- Unbelievable! - I'm complaining, I'm just fed up.

Andrea, come here, there's a place!

These things look like plastic.

- It's true. - And eating them, you discover it is plastic.

Anyway... the taste is good.

Grandpa, how can you always be happy?

You don't look like an old man.

Let's clarify something. I am not old.

As some of the people here are.

Then, how should I put it?

That's the kind of ass I'm going to make to death.

Now, I'll be doing the asking.

Tell me something. What happens to your father?

I got the impression that... he has something on his chest. I'm sure.

Is it about your mother? How do they get along?

Well enough... I mean, you know...

I got my stuff... ...the gymnasium...

...my friends, the school...

I can tell you I almost never see them...

We sometimes meet, but...

Yes, we talk, but...

Well, we never really speak.

But how is this possible?

Come, I want you to see something phenomenal.

- It can't be! - You like it?

The fireflies.

In Milan? Didn't they say there weren't any left?

It feels like dreaming.

Look how many!

I've never seen so many, not even when I was your age.

Grandpa...

When you were my age did you have someone... you went out with?

I didn't go out, I was in love.

She was the collier's daughter, I can still remember.

Her name was Rosa.

And you? Who are you going out with

Her name is Linda. I don't know what to do.

Rejoice. I can only tell you one thing.

You mustn't be shy with women.

Do and say whatever comes to your mind.

But be careful.

When a woman says she can't live without you, it means she's about to leave you.

- She's sure of you. - And if it's true?

If it's true, she won't tell you!

- What's your problem? - I've made her pregnant.

Damn.

What did you do?

Grandpa, don't say you don't know!

- It happened. - But you're still a child!

What are you saying? Look!

Do you see it? I already have gray hair. Three.

- This means fifteen lire. - What?

Nothing.

And the girl, how does she What have you?

What happened?

What?

Was it a trick? You tricked me.

Yes, it's silly.

I made it up, look.

I get it, there is a glass.

But Linda is pregnant and it isn't nonsense.

Well, let's go to sleep.

A pregnant girl.

It's crazy.

"La Scala"...

Angela, how many times did we say we had to see "La Traviata"?

But we never did.

Mastro. "La Traviata".

Prelude of the third act.

Thank you.

Alvaro, I'm your dad.

I see you have not returned.

Have fun, congratulations.

Please, call me as soon as you arrive.

I will be in Turin with Norma.

I give you a hug.

I'm your dad. Bye.

I don't know if you did well, Guglielmo.

You've been following him for two days.

You suffer and you solve nothing. Why hide?

We should have stayed with him.

Maybe you're right.

But that's how he always was with me.

It's enough for him to look into my eyes...

...and he understands.

Had I stayed with him... he'd have found everything.

I am ashamed of having hidden.

But I could not do anything else.

You can't make a surprise anymore, everything's known!

Hi, Dad.

- Milo, a kiss for grandpa. - No.

- Come, come, kiss me. - Milo.

Will not you kiss your grandfather?

Grandfather stinks.

Why are you laughing?

When one travels they bathe little.

Also in order not to inconvenience the landlords.

Well, tell me.

D'you also wash your husband on the back?

Clearly.

Do you speak?

Sometimes.

Me with your mom, we talked more in the bathroom, than in bed.

His hands were so calloused that he didn't need sponges.

Liar is not true.

That's for me. Did you wash mother's back?

- No. - Neither does my husband.

Hurry.

How disgusting this modern foam.

Can I come to your office?

Yes, but in these days I always have meetings.

A pity, I wanted to see you at your command post.

- If you get lost, take a taxi. - Well.

Do not walk too much.

Have a good, "Mr. Director." Lucky.

And fix the phone lines, sometimes they get melancholical.

Let's go to school, you're already late, hound-nose.

Did you get angry yesterday, grandpa?

Gentlemen do not offend one another.

You're late.

Good day. Telegrams.

Can you repeat the number?

Run, grandpa, run.

- Milo. - Go, go, grandpa.

- Run, grandpa, run. - I can not.

Wait.

For failure to pay stop have to suspend delivery.

Grandpa, run, run.

- Run! - Milo, stop.

"Sincere condolences, Mauro." Alright?

- Go, go, grandpa. - Wait.

Sincere congratulations, Vincenzo Grossi.

- Grandpa, run. - Milo.

- Will you repeat? - Milo!

- Hello? - Run, grandpa.

Help!

Please, do it for me

Marco, it's absurd.

Eight years have passed.

Years, not weeks.

Can't you accept it?

I'm sure we can stay together.

Why must the moments when we're forced to get together be so disgusting?

Every Christmas time,

and, then, in the summer...

For me it's a tragedy.

Having to go downstairs and say my lines, afraid I'll make a mistake and uncover all

- I hate holidays! - Then let's stop this acting!

You and your siblings, playing the happy family for the benefit of your father!

Shut up! Shut up! Don't speak so loudly.

Every time I see him, I feel more and more sorry for him.

Lucky he doesn't know, and is happy.

We can't tell him now...

with all that just happened.

I love your him,

but I can hardly wait for him to go back, and leave us alone.

Please... do not ask me what am I doing here. I do not know.

What're you doing out so late? Show us your papers.

Sicilian?

Is that bad?

Hey, buddy!

There are no taxis.

It's too late.

Come... come, my friend.

It's cold.

There's no one in that one. It's big, comofortable.

It's very good for you.

...what happened to your husband?

I'm not in love with him, and we don't get along.

But... we haven't divorced.

You care too much about marriage, you'd suffer.

Afterwards... we'll divorce.

I haven't yet found someone who understands me.

I live alone with my son.

You have lied to me.

But why?

The truth is we did not want to hurt you.

Now that you're old,

and sick, and won't live long.

Tosca...

...that boy...

...is yours, right?

Yes, I was afraid to tell you,

because I don't know who the father is.

I didn't know how you'd react.

There are many other things we've never told you.

But why?

Because you always wanted us to be the best.

And you were screaming, and screaming.

Have you forgotten? And you beat us.

But I... I did for your sake.

So that you'd grow up strong.

Alvaro, where are you? How much longer till I see you?

Something ugly's going through my mind.

I see where dishonest people end up.

Even so, there are many innocent people there.

But I can't tell you where I am.

From you, I'm only left with the slingshot.

I'll burn it.

Now... what do you want me to do?

Pretend nothing happened, dad.

Pretend that nothing happened.

It's better for everyone.

But what... what'll I tell your mother?

At least the happiness...

being all together, at the same table.

As in the old times.

At least that.

- Come and eat in Rome! - Yes, yes, yes!

Yes, yes, yes!

We will gather all together!

Cheers!

Thank you.

Shall we wait a little more, sir?

Wait for what?

Don't you see we're all ready? Twelve starving mouths.

You don't drink? You don't like it?

- Put the napkin, like this. - Don't do that, dad.

Please, there are people watching us.

So?

How did things go at your Convention?

With how many votes did you get elected?

Well, it went very well.

I won almost 80% of the votes.

But that's a triumph!

Congratulations to the Deputy.

Maestro, your gigs in Europe were a success, right?

I knew it! I am proud, very proud.

You should have expected it, it was almost impossible for everyone to show up.

- Enjoy your meal. - Enjoy your meal.

Enjoy your meal.

Of course it's a bad sign...

to see only men at the appointment.

Although, of course...

Tosca...

probably had the opening of a great show.

And Norma will have had some important meeting.

And Alvaro...

- Dad, Alvaro... - I do not know what he did.

Nor what prison he's locked in.

I just want to know when he gets out.

Dad...

Alvaro is dead.

It happened this summer.

In July.

I, the last time I saw him...

...it was six months ago.

He was tired.

He suffered from Ioneliness.

We talked a lot.

But I... I never thought...

it would came to that.

He committed suicide.

Even now...

I don't know if we did well.

We had decided not to tell you.

In newspapers little was said.

Only two lines.

And with the wrong name.

Where?

It seems that...

... he took a boat.

He went far off into the sea.

And then...

... they couldn't find him.

It's as if he is nowhere.

The sea is big.

Liars.

Liars, cheeters.

A mistaken name.

Loneliness.

What does it mean... dying of Ioneliness?

Nowadays, what does it mean?

Loneliness.

Withthe newspapers, the TV, that controls even your asshole!

Only two lines, with a mistaken name. You lie!

If Alvaro dies, young, thirty-nine years,

strong,

the most intelligent of you all,

they'll put him on the first page!

There's no body, so he's alive!

How many are there...

that disappear a month or more and come back?

That's what must have happened to him!

He must have had something to do.

Perhaps...

...a disappointment in love.

Alvaro is too sensitive.

Now leave me alone.

Why, nobody sings?

Sing! Here no one sings!?

Sing, sing!

Let me see.

Sing!

What's wrong, Dad?

Don't you feel well?

When will you give me my 140 lire?

Remember when you removed your first gray hairs?

You promised me 5 lire for each one removed.

I removed twenty-eight.

140 lire.

Your ticket, sir.

Thank you.

Sorry, you dropped this.

Thank you.

It is a beautiful photo. Are you into show business?

Yes, show business, yes.

How many times have I told you, Matteo?

The money in their hands.

The money in their hand.

Don't you remember?

When children are born, the first time we cutr their nails...

theymust have money in our hands, even if only a dime.

This way they'll grow up strong and lucky.

How many times must I tell you?

You're right, Mom.

I forgot.

Matteo, what is it?

I thought my children were happy.

It isn't so.

The sacrifices were of no use.

Not yours, Mom.

Not mine.

Neither the recommendations, nor the hotshots I had to beg...

...for examinations, qualifications...

...contests, transfers...

...the bank loans...

...the coffins.

I had told you, Matteo.

You must put money in their hands.

The first time you cut the nails.

Even if only a dime.

It's a boy.

It will be called Matteo.

Now, he's out of danger. It was very serious.

It was a miracle.

Please, do not tire him.

I finally managed to gather everyone.

Although, not around the table.

Listen to me.

You and your girlfriend...

keep the child.

You'll have problems with your families, but then...

everything will be fine.

And when it gets born,

the first time you cut his nails,

put a million in his hands, yes?

This way he'll grow up strong and lucky.

- Do not forget. - Agreed.

And something else.

Don't educate him to be someone important.

Teach them to be an ordinary person.

I haven't travelled a lot in my life... In fact, almost never.

I cdon't know how to do anything, except birth certificates

As a young man I wanted to become a railwayman. I liked trains.

I went mad when I saw them...

...at the cinema.

But, despite my ignorance...

there's one thing I can tell you...

Remember:

"Wine..."

"is also made with grapes."

And is the best.

Tell this to Alvaro when he returns.

Now that I've come back...

ask me this question please:

How did it go?

Angela, what happened? Are you afraid to ask?

I will answer you, anyway.

It was an... important trip.

I wish I could show you pictures.

I walked a lot.

I discovered many things.

Such as... that our Earth isn't...

beautiful in itself as all say,

but because living here...

...distant things...

...seem better.

Yes.

What did you say? Our children?

Our children...

...they are all well. Yes.

If they do well on the mainland,

We can walk with our heads held high.

And even all Sicily can be proud.

What did youi say? Of course.

They also send you greetings and many kisses.

They are all well.