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So it's agreed unanimously that we'll proceed

with painting the front façade only

for the first half-year.

Let me remind you that Anselmo's funeral

will be tomorrow 6 pm,

the poor man having left us yesterday morning.

He will be greatly missed.

He wasn't able to attend this last condominium meeting with us.

Lucky him.

In the meantime, I'd like to take a look at the agenda...

- Fabio, how are you? - Fine, thanks.

- I haven't seen you for a while. - I've been working a lot lately.

I was wondering, "Who knows what happened to Fabio?"

Why don't you and Martina come up for coffee at mine?

I can't, because I have to...

...no stranger to delays like this and significant ones as well.

I've given you the payment slips.

I can't, because I don't live here anymore.

Martina and I broke up.

A few months ago now.

...Next month we'll discuss the problem

of which fruit trees to plant in the garden...

Fabio... why the fuck do you come these condo meetings, then?

It's...

Because Martina works in the morning, I'm helping her out.

I still have the keys. I mean...

When people break up, it's not like they break up definitively, I mean...

Even if someone breaks up...

Thank you and goodbye.

The meeting is over. Goodbye.

See you next month.

Goodbye.

SMALL FISH

Horse-riding after work?

Today of all days, the time of the month...

This is the ending.

I had it sent to me from head office.

The ad will be on television in two weeks.

Ciro, I need 16 social media clips of ten seconds.

Of course. Bliss Ultra Donna, the right choice for you.

- "Of course"! - By tonight.

Alright.

And tomorrow, parachuting.

What is it?

- No, the ad... - The ad?

It's kind of dumb.

- Like it was written by a man of 50. - I wrote it.

Exactly.

Like it was written by someone with great experience...

Well done.

- The horse as well. - The horse is great.

Look, it's not easy to write an advert like this, you know?

No, the style's a bit classical.

Parachuting...

How many years does a horse live on average?

Yes, but it's a TV ad.

Real brands, real consumers, real audience.

I was just saying, for a change.

Don't you worry about change,

you worry about the 16 clips.

OK.

All right, Ciro, I'll keep you company tonight, don't worry.

I'll get a few beers.

I've seen that horse before.

- You like this one? - No good, we saw it yesterday.

- It only has one bathroom. - So?

- I need two bathrooms. - Why do you need two bathrooms?

- I might want to change... - Of course, freedom...

This, 50 square meters, parking space and terrace.

- Damn it. - What?

- I'm not sure about the terrace. - Why?

The space is too open...

- Too much light, eh? - Yeah.

Fabio, you're not even going to see these houses,

When will you find one? You've been in a B&B for a month.

It was another day of compromises with life for meek Fabio.

But living in a B&B has its positives,

in the sense of a journey...

Clinging to his insignificant alibis,

he refused to find a new home so as not to accept

he was no longer living with his ex.

- Fru... - No, don't ask him.

How long can we lie to ourselves?

- Don't ask. - What are you doing?

A voiceover to your lives because they suck.

You asked him.

I add drama to improve them.

- Does that make you feel better? - Not me.

- I told you not to ask. - But you, yes.

Giuliano, accounting manager,

a useless life spent counting other people's money.

Then I think a single pubic hair of his left in the right place

shut down a restaurant.

And he felt important again.

You can't make things happen just by saying them, OK?

It was a normal working day,

until everyone realized the floor was made of lava.

Fabio left, not caring about the lava.

But he had no idea his life was about to be changed forever.

Goodbye!

So it's true that if you use two pairs of twins

instead of four different kids you save money.

Yes, because you agree the fee with the parents,

so fewer parents, the less you spend. In fact we're looking for...

Snack bubble update: Mattinella chocolate gives you energy!

It's the snack bubble.

What?

Anyone who wants can bring snacks to the office

and we put them in this transparent ball,

the bubble...

And Marione gives an update with the Mariophone.

If you bring snacks, you get a round of applause.

The Mariophone?

The Mariophone, Marione's megaphone.

He made it with this box of Fluxi cereals.

- You remember them? - No.

No? Those cereals from the 1990s that glowed in the dark...

No.

They were withdrawn because of the diabetes.

They caused diabetes?

No, they cured it.

Anyway, it's a tradition, you know? It's one of our things.

We care about the little things, it's team-building.

I don't care about these things, don't worry.

As you like...

Fluxi,

remember the ones, if you threw them into butter they melted the butter...

No.

You don't remember, it's OK, it doesn't matter.

It was the cereal par excellence. Alright...

you never had a childhood.

This is cringeworthy.

The time of the month... And tomorrow, parachuting.

The best actor's the horse.

You noticed? It's like he's got acting experience, or am I wrong?

But then, "After work, horse-riding."

When I have my period I can't ride an exercise bike, let alone a horse.

Come on, Aurora, we're working on a TV ad, it's good, no?

Working, Ciro? You're editing scraps for social media.

Well, we...

You could do much better than this.

But no, I'm not a creative, I'm just...

What does being a creative mean? Everyone's a creative now.

You have an idea? You're a creative. There are no labels anymore...

Ciro, if you don't dare a little, nothing will ever change.

You understand?

But then...

I've got my period...

Am I gonna give the horse streaks?

They should say that in the ad, Aurora.

- It's really bright. - OK...

Ready?

Action.

After work, horse-riding?

Look, honey, I don't know how to tell you, but I'm having my period.

And the only activity I want to do when I have my period

is lie on the couch with a hot-water bottle on my belly

and watch 'Notting Hill', OK?

I want to think, Wow, Julia Roberts is so beautiful.

I've spent five days displaying the sensuality of an air fryer.

And then we never do anything all year, ever.

And today you want to do horse-riding, parachuting, fencing...

The most adventurous activity I can do when I have my period

is mix sweet and salty.

If you're a real friend, don't forget the pre-menstrual tension,

because then I can be pre-bitch.

Buy a calendar and mark all the days when you mustn't break my balls.

You see that you're creative?

If I jump out of a plane, I won't open the parachute, OK?

- Is there any more beer? - I think so.

I'll go and see.

It was a splendid new day of work in the agency.

I've already lost my patience.

- What time is it? - 9.38 a.m.

Good, really, good.

Listen, for Grandma Lia's backdrops,

I was thinking of white.

Might this become a special day for Fabio?

All he has to do it look at the world with different eyes.

Look...

at a colleague... with different eyes.

- Still with this... - Voiceover bullshit.

Fabio in fact saw her differently today,

she was young, beautiful,

- an animal lover. - Don't listen to him.

She noted all the words that annoyed her.

- Really? - No.

One of these is 'aspartame'.

Alice had no idea that today she would discover

that one of her colleagues has a soft spot for her.

I told you, don't listen to him.

I'll take you for a coffee, you can show me Grandma Lia's backdrop.

I'll smash that microphone on your head.

Fabio had just taken another step on the path of his new life.

The floor isn't lava anymore, Alfredo.

Now it's dinner with your classmates from middle school.

No, I hate them.

I haven't had a headache like this since the bachelorette party

for my cousin in Ibiza.

Sorry, wasn't that in Caserta?

At the start of the evening, yes.

- Guys. - How many beers did you have?

What the fuck have you done?

Is the social stuff no good...

My colleagues in Milan just sent me a TikTok.

Tomorrow, parachuting.

If I jump out of a plane, I won't open the parachute, OK?

Ciro, did you post the video on TikTok?

You told me that I had to dare, that it was a new idea.

So you told him it was a new idea?

The ad isn't out for two weeks. Do you realize how serious this is?

I'll cancel them right away.

Cancel what? We have a meeting with head office now.

I'll say it was a misunderstanding...

No, you won't say anything, I'll do the talking.

Greta, look, I'm able to manage...

In reality, blood isn't blue, it's red,

like death, grief, the anger that you make me feel when you ask how I am.

I'd say you've said enough.

I'm mortified.

Really, this is very serious, there are no excuses.

I know there may be legal consequences with the client, but...

The client liked the video.

They say it's very fresh.

TikTok got the algorithm last night...

It's on 700,000 views.

The client went wild.

But they want a pitch by the end of the day for a possible new ad.

A pitch? You mean they're scrapping my ad?

The existing one?

They say they're willing to take risks, if a new idea comes along...

It's impossible in 24 hours.

True. But they don't want it from you.

They want it from those two who made the video.

Because they're after that honesty, that sincerity,

that freshness.

OK, those two there have to work on it.

All right, Greta, onwards and upwards.

You have one day and tomorrow...

parachuting. Bye.

- Greta... - Clients do this all the time.

First they say they want novelty,

and then they shit themselves, that's how it works.

- Keep your feet on the ground. - What? Are you not helping us?

I was two months on this, I doubt you'll get something better in a day.

We can work on it with our method.

- Drunk in the office isn't a method. - We'll ask in the office.

Aurora, anyone could have an idea.

Greta, we're not the creatives in this agency,

we need help to bring...

I don't care, I have other things to do, as do Alessio and Raffaele.

Since we're the creatives in the agency,

- we have a lot of things to do. - Who'll show the idea to the client?

You two.

You're responsible for this mess, you sort it out.

Help us at least to get more time.

Didn't you hear? End of the day. Good luck.

Snack bubble update!

Mario, please, can you not shout in the office?

Sara brought plum cakes.

Mario, can you please not shout in the office?

In fact, can we all stop shouting in the office? Thank you.

The Mariophone, the applause, thank you, we're not a circus.

Let go!

Marion's heart broke into a thousand pieces...

Like his beloved Mariophone.

In compensation, though, Greta, was fitting in really well

in the office.

My treasure...

This is what we're brainstorming.

- Shoot ideas, anything... - You're a creative, aren't you?

No, I'm a graphic designer.

Someone tells me what to draw and I draw it.

I don't think that's exactly the definition of graphic designer.

I think sometimes I'd like to be menopausal.

But my mom, who is menopausal,

really misses menstruating, so...

We need an idea for an honest ad about periods.

There's a he and a she

who are planning a trip...

But if you had to decide what to draw?

I would just do a vacuum.

Clients never want a vacuum.

Truth and menstruation. Go.

It's complicated, eh?

They're like this, hugging, cute...

I'll take this for a moment. I'll give it right back to you.

If you have your thing on the 13th, we won't go to Umbria,

we'll go the week after.

Why are there never any leading men in these ads?

Let's get a young Anna Magnani, we dress her in rags,

she can't afford tampons, and she has to steal them from the supermarket.

Men talking about their partners' menstruation?

No. Men who menstruate.

She struggles and shouts the sales tax on tampons is too high,

they cost too much, we can't afford them.

Good idea.

And she says that weekend I have the awareness retreat in Benevento.

The elevator opens

and from inside comes a cascade of blood that fills the corridors.

Nice... a reference.

- 'The Shining', right? - What?

- 'The Shining,' by Kubrick. - Never seen it.

And he says... I'm sure Fabrizio will be at this retreat as well.

The word panties annoys me.

A man on a sheep.

Period men, little ones,

producing blood all the time, like this...

All in single file...

Stop! Stop! We said we'd never talk about Fabrizio again.

I would also change the noun menstruation.

Maybe it's not good to say in an ad that tampons cost too much.

This isn't an ad, Aurora, it's a battle.

Why do women have panties and not pants?

Because, for example, vaginas and not vags...

- What would you call menstruation? - Marquis...

- The bad mood... - Ed Sheeran.

- I'm following a path... - All right, fine. Thank you.

You're sabotaging it for me.

More blood, more blood, guys.

I'm only trying to save a love.

Please, something about periods, but get to the point.

Artificial intelligence, they're learning every day

from what people write and say on the internet.

We know very well that most people are idiots.

So artificial intelligences are learning...

From idiots?

We're not creating artificial intelligence but artificial idiocies,

and fucking up the war against the machines.

But do you have any ideas for the ad?

What ad?

There were a few ideas in there.

You mean the neorealist anarchist short

or men menstruating?

Ciro, we're in the shit, we have nothing.

But we have a method and a lot of ideas.

I have images in my head, blood everywhere, all red.

The TikTok's doing well.

We're at nearly a million views, that means it's working.

That's not an idea, it's a parody.

It went well because all I can do is criticize.

As my mother always says.

Don't worry, it's just the start, we've got...

Ciro...

the truth is that ads about tampons will always suck.

And the blood will always be blue.

That's where I'd seen it.

Who?

The tampons horse.

The same horse, when it as young, was in an ad

- for Mattinella Fluxi, remember? - What?

Mattinella Fluxi! The horse that ate the cereal and turned fuchsia,

then it flew, and there was a warning at the end that said,

"Do not give cereals to horses..."

Why are you telling me this?

Because the horse turning fuchsia is brilliant.

- Ciro? - What?

You're a genius.

Why?

A genius.

Why?

Auri?

Why are you leaving?

I have to go and see an apartment.

OK, go ahead.

You finally found something you like?

Alice's aunt has a house to rent.

- I'm going to see it now. - You see?

I changed your life with my voiceover.

Absolutely not, I'm just going to see.

It's all day I've been running away from this shit.

Run all you want, Fabio, but you can't run away from the drawing.

- What drawing? - This.

- That's me if I were a dog. - That says meow.

All right, you won, you want a round of applause?

I can't do that because it annoys Greta.

No, applause doesn't annoy me.

It's that...

Greta was hesitant...

but realized she could open up with those two fascinating colleagues,

intelligent as well, especially Fru.

The sexy Fru.

It's that... when I was at head office...

we only ever applauded

those who were leaving on their last day of work.

Nice idea, isn't it? You must've liked being applauded

- when you left. - They didn't do it for me.

Dramatic revelation.

Probably because everyone hated me.

A bit like what's happening here.

No, absolutely not.

But... do you think everyone hates you?

Not at all.

Greta, sorry, but it's also normal, though.

You broke the Mariophone, no? I mean, it's like...

going to a kindergarten and burning the Plasticine.

These are traditions.

You can't go somewhere...

and destroy people's traditions.

Then Ciro and Aurora...

with the idea of the ad...

you left them to it, you've been doing your own thing.

Greta realized there was still time to redeem herself.

Gianluca.

- To shape her own destiny. - ...I get it.

Let's go.

Her life was confused. Confused like a dog...

who doesn't bark, but says meow.

I'll put you in the hospital if you don't stop.

I'll smash the microphone over your head.

Reality is complicated, we all know that.

And we always want to change it, especially when you're a woman.

Especially when you have your period.

SEE YOU AT THE GARBAGE STORE AT 6.30 P.M.

But sometimes revolutions are smaller than we imagine.

They're small and seemingly invisible.

Like Bliss Ultra Donna.

So if I've understood correctly, the ad stays the same, but...

We're in the 21st century and in the 21st century...

- blood is fuchsia. - Fuchsia?

Yes. Which is a much closer color to the brand's palette.

You think you've said it all...

you work on something for months and...

you think you're done, but then magically

you realize you still have something to say.

A Mariophone.

A mega Mariophone.

Thank you.

Will you make the announcement?

Snack bubble update!

Wholegrain, lactose-free Mattinella snacks, from Greta!

I think I speak for everyone and...

- congratulations, Greta, great job. - Thank you. Thank you very much.

However, the credit isn't only mine.

The credit is yours as well.

Not every client would have gone out on a limb like you did.

We knew it was difficult, but...

it was worth it.

Congratulations... congratulations, Greta.

Oh, by the way... if I may add...

it was a real honor to have worked for that horse.

OK.

What horse?

Alice probably expected to find Fabio

when she'd got that note inviting her to the romantic setting

of the garbage store.

No, I knew it was some bullshit of yours.

But, above all, Alice didn't imagine that her secret admirer...

Fru, good night.

...her secret admirer from the office

wasn't Fabio, but someone else.

Not the admirer she deserves, but the one she needs.

- Gianluca Fru. Fabio? - What?

Are you dumping the snack bubble?

Yes.

And all that talk about the importance of traditions?

It just broke my balls.

The music rises...

Tracking shot...

Cut to black...

End of episode two. Adverts!

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Crispy cereal on the outside and full of energy.

You can even see them in the dark.

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Warning. Do not give cereals to horses.

- We have a problem. - Another one?

There's a protocol for these things, no? How are you handling it?

Remove the comment each time.

- I think we should talk. - With whom?

With the hater.

- Invite them to the office. - She's crazy.

I'm mortified, look.

- Aurora, you want some flatbread? - No, Ciro, I won't swap my lunch.

- Are they already here? - Who? There are 14 of us.

The 'cack' hater.

Shut up, damn you!

Sometimes this office feels like a kindergarten.

- Because I got fired. - Fired?

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