Original subtitles

You light it up

and if you have a wish,

with the light of the Thin Match Man it comes true.

Any wish comes true, if you see the Thin Match Man.

THE THIN MATCH MAN

There are times when,

instead of sleeping all night long,

I wake up for no reason.

And then...

he arrives!

Then, I think about you.

Mom, mom! Wait for me!

Voices that seem to come from an old record player

begin to talk gently to me

and tell the story of all things I have left.

Every wish will come true,

if you see the Thin Match Man,

but you must be a good boy.

When I think about you, it calls to my mind only one thing.

It's true!

The Thin Match Man.

Do you remember?

It was the first time I'd heard of him.

Then I collected his tracks for 5 years.

The habitat, his habits, his secrets:

All the signs of his private life.

Stop, don't move...

Tuesday, August 7th, 1982.

Five days to his arrival.

I was preparing all the necessary things.

I stayed in my dark room

arranging my plan.

First: Escape from my father,

who tied me up.

Very quietly, so he wouldn't notice. Slowly, slowly.

I have to free Nino The Piglet

before my dad sells him to Rubino.

If I lend my wings to Nino The Piglet,

he can fly up to the Foxes' Den,

he can fly away from my dad's pigsty,

and especially from Rubino.

He will smell the tracks of the Thin Match Man.

Nino will bring him here and then...

...then daddy will see him as well!

And finally he will believe in him!

Nino, I'm coming!

Help!

No! Leave me alone!

I don't want to eat you.

No, I don't trust you!

Nino!

No, I don't want to come!

Don't go there! Rubino lives there! No!

The forest is on the other side.

No! Stay away with those wings!

Simone!

He hurt one of his legs while he was jumping over the edge!

What can I say to Rubino's father now?

You'll sell Nino to him anyway.

Listen, Simone! Hold your tongue, today is the day... Today is the day!

Why are you angry with me? What have I done to you?

What has daddy done to you?

So what the hell are you doing?

Why now, that you don't go to school? Now that you can do whatever you like?

Why don't you play with kids your own age?

Those you went to school with!

I don't like them, they bore me to death.

I prefer playing alone in the dark with Mark.

So stay home and help me with the animals.

Do whatever the hell you like!

Are you hiding under the bed?

Come on. Sit down! Look how calm I am. I tell you:

You have to stop getting into trouble

because not all the animals are ours.

Is that clear? Is it?

No, please don't!

I am sorry.

My dad was a bit strange:

He knew few days were left,

he kept punishing me

while I waited for the right moment to escape.

He was practising fighting.

He was beating the pigs with kung fu moves

and gave them the fertilized sand, and they were happy to roll in the mud.

The cows were watching daddy's exercises indifferently.

Simone! Let the sheep out!

Go away! Come on!

Meanwhile I could only organize my animals troupe

to guard the house, defending us from Rubino's advance.

Beyond my house, the forest, and the cement bridge,

in the South-East, there was Rubino's house: The biggest one,

with red bricks and river stones.

Rubino, who conquered everything, now also wanted to get our house.

That "capitalist" was the owner of all the lands above sea level,

even the ones where I found the best tracks of the Thin Match Man.

Rubino!

These are the papers you have to give to your dad.

Don't forget... Don't lose them.

And my dad was always nice to him.

Say hi to your dad!

He drove me mad.

I will give you the other papers later on.

Don't worry, Don Pietro.

I hate Rubino!

What a cheeky guy!

I haven't liked Rubino since we were in Boy Scouts.

Wearing those mirrored sunglasses just like Elton John!

He bought them in Rome!

What a shamelessly imprudent person.

Simone, where are the papers?

Hi, Mark The Dark! My dad is mad at me again.

Uncle Disco is waiting for you. He got that thing you ordered him.

How can I go there if he won't let me out?

If I run away, he will beat me up again.

- I have to wait until he falls asleep. - But it's late!

Hush!

Hush, he is coming...

Simone, where did you hide the papers this time?

I know you're under the bed.

But why is he so upset?

Shut up! I burned the papers!

Simone, I didn't give the piglet to Rubino. I bought him back.

- What is he doing? - I don't know, be quiet.

- He opened the trunk. - Hush now.

Now, go!

THIN MATCH MAN MY MOM GAVE ME. DADDY REPAIRED IT.

UNCLE DISCO'S LONG HOUSE

THE WHEEL-STAKE

THE EGGS

THE FIRE STONE THAT THE THIN M.M. EATS

FIREFLIES (FRIENDS OF THE THIN M.M.)

Looking for the Thin Match Man was a long and peculiar job.

MY NOTEBOOK WITH NOTES + IDENTIKIT

I explored every centimetre of the land above sea level

checking everywhere.

WHERE I LIVE:

MY HOUSE

WHEAT FIELD (RUBINO'S)

WOOD N.1

HEALING HERB

ME

MY COURTYARD:

CORD TO TIE THINGS UP WITH

HOUSE'S SHADOW AT 8:00 A.M.

DAD'S MOTORBIKE

FIG TREE

PILE OF STRAW WITH ALL THE FINDINGS

In my courtyard, next to my dad's motorbike, inside the straw pile

there were the most precious findings,

all I knew about the Thin Match Man.

DEAD BIRD BURNT BY MISTAKE...

ANATOMIC MODELS

FIREPROOF GLOVE - LEGS - HEAD

MOVEMENT SIMULATION

HOW HE MAKES MATCHES

THE HAVERSACK

HIS BOWTIE

MY FIRST FINDING

Mom, look what I've found.

It was under the leaves: It's his bowtie!

MY FRIENDS

I had friends who helped me look for the Thin Match Man.

FAT PAT THE GIANT DWARF

Friend number 1, Fat Pat the Giant Dwarf.

He is the giant's son, but he is a dwarf.

He is as tall as me.

- Let's go! - Slow down, I can't breathe!

Pat! Hurry up!

Please, mom!

Pat is very strong.

When I am out on my investigations, he looks after my bedroom

and to disguise himself he uproots trees.

Friend number 2 is Appearing Desy,

the girl who disappears.

She is Pat's girlfriend.

Do you want to marry me?

Yes, of course!

Can I kiss you?

Oh, no!

When Desy becomes excited she starts to blink.

Now she will start disappearing!

And then disappears.

When she disappears she reappears into dad's boring films.

Friend number 3 is Mark The Dark.

There he is here, here and here.

Where are you, Mark?

Mark lives in the dark and you can't take a picture of him.

Mark, don't move...

I'm going to take a picture of you.

Stop, please!

What are you doing?

Friend number 4 is Ocram, he lives in reverse.

Here Ocram was 87 years old, here 10...

And this was the day of his first Communion.

He could divide grey play dough into the 3 primary colours.

He could erase with a pencil

and write with an eraser.

Now Ocram is 88.

He was born old and will die young.

LETTER FOR T. M. M: SEE YOU AT THE FOXES' DEN

SIGNED, SIMONE

THIN MATCH MAN: DO YOU WANT TO MEET ME?

YES - NO

I spread out all my letters over 24 fields.

I traced them with Big Hands' melted metal,

a special ink that could shine in the dark.

What have I found!

I could not miss the Thin Match Man.

Such a stupid boy!

Wednesday, the 8th of August,

4 days until the arrival of the Thin Match Man.

Today I must go to see Uncle Disco.

Each day I continued with my preparations.

Finally, everything was ready.

I only had to wait and check my progress.

- Simo'... - Tell me.

Do you want a sandwich with salami for dinner?

Yes, I do.

So, go to Pino's little shop

and buy 200 g. Of salami and four rolls.

Ask him to put the salami inside the rolls.

Have you understood? The two dollars change is for you.

OK, can I go now?

Go, go!

Can I buy some chocolate rolls as well?

Just the salami and the bread rolls, I said.

- OK! - Come back soon, in half an hour!

Go!

Hi, Big Hands!

Hello, Simone!

Uncle Disco!

Uncle Disco!

Uncle Disco!

Hi, Uncle Disco!

Put the disc on, otherwise I can't hear you!

Hi, Simone, how are you?

I'm fine.

Did you get that thing I asked you about?

Maybe, let me check.

Thanks!

What do I have to do with this box?

Maybe, let me check!

You put the wrong disc on.

Uncle, put the right one on!

What did you use this for?

Right, I bought this when I got married

because I needed a clear voice.

And that?

I bought this to go to work at the local theatre.

I had to show people to their seats and speak softly.

But... isn't your dad waiting for you?

Isn't he?

Isn't he?

Don't worry, he said I can stay out as long as I want to.

Bye, uncle.

Bye bye, Simone.

Uncle Disco's name comes from his way of speaking through his records.

He lost his voice when he was a child,

then he had his tonsils removed.

In his house, you could get anything you needed to find the Thin Match Man.

FOXES' DEN:

2.808 KM FROM MY HOUSE.

Is this the time to come home?

It's nine o' clock! Where have you been?

I went...

Come here, it's cold! Where have you been?

At Uncle Disco's! I got the bread rolls too.

At Uncle Disco's!

You went to the Foxes' Den, waiting for the Match Man.

Show me your hands! Show me your hands, I said!

They're clean!

They're clean, you say, blast you!

- Wash your hands, go. - But they're clean!

Again? So you want your daily beating?

At Uncle Disco's! He went to the Foxes' Den...

Simone, dinner is ready!

I'm coming!

Hurry up.

Open it behind anybody's back

and leave it on the roof all night long.

The Match Man will need time to hear the calling.

Match Man!

Do you hear me?

It's Simone!

Do you hear me?

Thursday August 9th.

Go to Big Hands.

Meet mommy and kiss her.

Cut the wood with daddy.

Now I will go out,

but you won't realize it.

Tomorrow you will buy me twelve chocolate rolls.

Sure, why not?

Mom, where are you?

Can you see me?

Can you hear me?

Mom...

I love you.

Did you like it, Simone?

I could see mommy.

She was so beautiful...

And where is she?

Always in the kitchen,

peeling apples.

Now I'll give you some sunflower seeds to eat.

- Some more? - No, thank you.

- Can I ask you one last favour? - Sure you can.

Can you show me how you make fine salt?

I like it very much, you know.

Thanks.

How many bags are left?

Just one.

Good bye, Big Hands, I must go.

My father is waiting for me.

Good.

Big Hands transformed coarse salt into fine salt.

When his hands were so full of salt

that they seemed to shine like the liquid metal in thermometers

he could make you relive a memory as if you were there.

Big Hands ate sunflower seeds,

and if I didn't bring him some every week,

he would have starved.

I will kill you, I will kill you!

What are you doing?

You're going to kill him?

When are you going to kill him like this?

First of all, that's not good enough, you need the billhook, you see?

You have to keep your arm extended.

Look, the same as your daddy, OK?

Right! You see how to cut, how to kill the legs?

Come on, try, try!

But again?

You have to do it from the other side.

Rubino! Rubino, you should have come tomorrow, not today!

Wait here, behave. Don Pietro is here.

Don Pietro, my dad could only come today! And today I brought them.

Alright. Let's take these down.

Hey, Simo'! Help us! What are you doing there?

Isn't she coming down?

No. She is tender-hearted like you.

Go and cut the wedges, you can't do it.

Come on, Rubi'! This is heavy. One, two and three.

Let's take it to the basement right now!

Excuse me! What are you doing?

Nothing!

Don't touch.

- Calm down, I am going to... - I won't calm down.

The pigsty is mine and you must not touch it.

I was wondering if you have a small pig.

No, it has flown away!

Why?

It's none of your business!

By the way, you can't go in. Otherwise you'll soil your new shoes!

It's full of shit.

- Such a boor. - Snotty girl...

- What did you say, sorry? - Nothing.

I heard you!

I can hear you as well!

You're not deaf, but you're still a boor!

And you're a snotty girl!

You don't even know me!

So? It's so clear, you're snotty.

Listen, you are a child,

and I don't argue with children.

And you, who are you, a woman?

I am twelve!

Right! If you're twelve, I'm in college.

You're not more than nine!

But if you really want to get in, here you go, come in.

If you really like the pigsty...

Let's see if you would do this:

Pick up the pig shit with your hand.

Of course I will.

OK!

You can do this!

But...

Are you able to burn up a match...

Stop here, don't move, I'm going to get Lorenza.

...from one end to the other, without putting it out?

Rubino!

Milady, it's time to go. It's late.

I'm coming.

Rubino: My number one enemy.

Milady, you'd better clean yourself up.

You can't go in like this.

Stop it!

Are you still wasting your time with him?

I hate Rubino.

He obliged her to stay in the back of the car

so the cock could sit beside him.

The cock that he used for fighting in illegal gipsy fights.

He got it from the Saint Joseph fair.

Rubino said he didn't believe in the Thin Match Man.

Anyway he kept on destroying all the traces and searching for my signals

so he could scatter them.

He also spread traps all over his properties

to disorientate the T. M. M. So that he couldn't get here.

He bred moths in his basement.

He attracted them by keeping the light on all night long.

Then during the day he would shut the door to trap them.

The poor moths were fed to the fighting cock like candy.

Moths are very dangerous because they frighten fireflies.

In fact, the black dust on their wings can darken the fireflies' light.

Besides, moths inadvertently fly into fire!

Perhaps, Rubino's intention was to send all the moths to die

in the Thin Match Man's torch.

He could have escaped all those deaths.

To disorientate the Thin Match Man,

who orients himself with stars and magnetic fields,

Rubino had spread magnets taken from the junkyard all through the woods,

and this was just one of the several traps I discovered.

I absolutely had to get organized to avoid troubles.

I had to check at the Wheel-Stake for the answers.

I had to free myself again.

If my father caught me, he would have punched me.

If I woke my father up,

he would have lashed me like Pinocchio's dog.

Yes, Rubino speaking.

Hello, Rubino, it's Paola.

Hi, Paola.

May I speak with Lorenza?

Sure, hold on and I'll call her.

Lorenza told me you are a very nice guy.

- Oh, thanks. - I can't wait to meet you.

- Hold on and I'll call her. - Thank you.

- Lorenza! - Here I am.

Hello?

Hi, Lorenza, it's Simone, if you are not a snobby girl,

come and meet me at the hay field on the edge of Rubino's properties.

I'm coming by bike.

Hello!

Hello!

So, you are not snobbish!

Hi, I'm sorry I'm late, but I had to help my father.

I've been waiting for so long!

Have you brought all the things you want to show me?

Yes, I have, I'll show you.

This is one of my favourite things, it's ruined.

That's because I use it a lot.

It's a scraper and I use it to dig and search for traces...

In this way... And nothing else.

And what's over there?

Do you mean this one?

You see...

This is the map of all the places I have explored.

Oh, I see...

Do you know how fireflies were born?

No!

Do you know why there are always so many stars in the sky,

even if they keep on falling?

No!

A long time ago the Thin Match Man came down from the Moon to the Earth.

His duty was to turn on all the stars in the sky.

To do this in just one night,

the Thin Match Man spoke to all the human beings...

He asked all the animals to be quiet and not disturb him,

so that the sun wouldn't wake up.

But the cocks' king betrayed him

and suddenly began to sing

and everyone woke up.

The Thin Match Man hates cocks because they sing at daybreak.

When he went away, from the fire brands that fell

from his match, fireflies were born.

- Are you trying to convince me that everything is up to him? - Right!

The Match Man's torch is made from the tails of thousands of shooting stars.

It's for this reason that if you see him,

every wish will come true!

Remember: Every wish will come true.

Every wish will come true!

Come up!

Listen...

Yeah?

Where is your mom?

She died.

- Are you hungry? - Yes, a bit!

Look what I've brought.

What are these?

- Have you ever tried them? - No.

They are peaches in syrup.

Be careful, they drop...

Enjoy your meal.

Don't laugh, they are good.

It's disgusting!

Why are you spitting it out?

Take it back!

Are you crazy? They are delicious!

It was Friday, August 10th, 4:42 p.m.,

and we were sitting at the Wheel-Stake.

Lorenza was close to me and was laughing.

We had covered a distance of 10 km on foot and by bike.

No, it was actually 2.5 km.

She was so close to me

that I could look into her eyes.

I believe that with the story of the Thin Match Man

I intrigued her.

Lorenza, what beautiful eyes!

In Abruzzi, before her, no one had ever seen a girl so beautiful!

Most of the girls were as ugly as daddy's sheep,

with inexpressive fish eyes.

When I was close to you

I didn't understand anything.

I liked you so much that I couldn't breathe.

If I leaned my hand on the wheel,

I pretended to change positions just to touch you...

You were different, you looked interested in the things

I was telling you,

or maybe you were fed up with my stories

and were just pretending.

Dunno...

You see?

Oh gosh, my cousin will get angry! I have to go.

Wait, I'll come with you.

It's very late. It doesn't matter, I have to rush.

What?

Bye.

Bye.

Bye!

Simone, hold here tightly.

Are you ready to push?

Simone, where do I have to push?

Dad, put this in this way, it's better.

Stop, don't move... Stop!

I told you to stay home in the afternoon to help me

and not to go wherever you like.

- But I... - I don't care where you've been.

Give me the peaches.

- The peaches? - The peaches in syrup.

Don't tell me you ate them?

No! He ate them!

Those peaches were 13 years old!

Your grandmother made them when I married your mother.

Didn't you realize they had a strange taste?

- But I didn't know... - But you're an idiot!

Come here, I'll tie you up this time. Do you understand?

Damn it, Simone, come here immediately!

- I'll count to three. - No, no.

- I'll tie you up. One! - No!

Two... I said come here now.

OK, you wanted it. Three!

Simone!

Please, next time I will bring you the seeds,

please...

Hold tightly, there are the holes!

Let's get to the Foxes' Den and set the record!

Slowly...

Not so slowly, hold on tight!

Go, dad, don't brake! Run at top speed!

Saturday, August 11th. One day to go.

Take Lorenza to the Foxes' Den

and check the eggs.

That day my father was called to harvest corn

at Vituccio di Pechinillo's farm,

an old friend of his.

Before leaving,

my father let me swear by Dead Head

that I wouldn't leave our house

for any reason,

for any reason at all!

Because someone had to feed the animals for him.

In our house nothing was worth stealing.

The only things were the animals,

but to steal them you would have needed a big truck

that wouldn't fit around the house.

Let's go rob Simone's house.

But we need a bigger truck...

I planned a marvellous game of hide and seek!

There was also Lorenza and it seemed she was enjoying it very much.

While Desy was counting, Lorenza and I tried to hide as best as we could.

Mark soon disappeared somewhere in the dark.

I am sure he was crouched down with his eyes closed in the house's shadow.

Desy started looking for us and she was close to finding us.

Lorenza and I were quickly running to safety.

I heard some steps.

Do you want to come with me to the Foxes' Den?

But before any of us could move

Pat the Fat rooted up a tree and ran... ran... ran...

Freedom for everyone!

Suddenly I thought: There are more important things to do.

We had to defuse all the traps placed by Rubino.

We spread out over the area.

While Pat the Fat was moving through the forest with his iron collar,

he tried to find all the magnets spread by Rubino.

Desy and Mark were thinking of a solution for the moths.

They secretly entered Rubino's basement

and let all the moths fly away.

Pat, who had picked up all the magnets,

said that someone had taken one of my letters.

Maybe it was the Thin Match Man.

There were traces of his fireproof glove.

Was it possible that the Thin Match Man had come

and I hadn't noticed it?

If the Thin Match Man had already come,

why wouldn't he have passed by my house?

Didn't he hear my call?

I didn't know what to do.

The only person who could help me to understand

was Ocram, my friend who lives in reverse.

That's it! Have a look.

Give me the scraper.

What is the scraper?

It's the round one, the one that turns.

There's been a struggle here, recently.

Sure...

- Is this the scraper? - Yes, here it is, you see?

This was made by the Thin Match Man, it burnt them all.

There should be some more burnings around here.

Those there?

Yes, here they are! Can you see?

Look here...

Cocks are the only enemies he has.

Why?

That is why... Look...

Let me see.

You see?

Him... You see this hole?

He puts its canine and drinks them like this.

Understand?

So... He drinks all the hens' eggs.

Here is the haversack.

Thanks!

I wonder if the Thin Match Man will come here tonight.

Simone, let's go out, the pile of straw is moving.

Just go, I'll check!

All right.

Lorenza is OK, she passed the test.

Come on, Simone, what are you doing? Hurry up!

Yes, OK. I'm checking something.

What do you mean? I don't understand.

She can see the Thin Match Man.

Just give her an ice cream.

Where can I get some?

No problem!

Is everything OK there?

Fine, go for now! Bye!

Come on, Simone, I'm getting bored!

Here I am! Look at this.

Where did you get it?

A friend of mine gave it to me. Ocram, the one who lives in reverse,

who was born old and will die young!

Why didn't you call me?

I couldn't... He's hated women since he was old.

My friend Ocram told me that the Thin Match Man hadn't arrived yet,

but, to keep him from escaping, I needed to avoid the biggest danger

by shutting the cock up since it could sing all day and night long.

He told me he liked Lorenza

and had a present for her.

Daddy!

I've had enough of your bullshit.

That's it! I'll throw all this stuff away!

Away!

Is that clear? I've had enough!

You'll see.

Where is it? Where is the Thin Match Man?

- Why? - Because. Tell me where it is!

- What do you want to do? - You'll see. Where is it?

- There. - Up there? I can't see it.

- Behind. - Where is it?

It's behind.

Here it is!

Now you'll see what's going to happen to all your puppets.

Now you will see.

No, daddy, please...

I can say no, I can say no!

My dad wasn't bad,

he was worried about me.

He thought something might happen to me as well.

That's why he behaved like that.

Tomorrow will be the 12th of August.

I will meet the Thin Match Man

together with Lorenza at the Foxes' Den.

You can still smell something!

There were hens here 5 years ago.

But it stinks.

Wait!

No, it can't be him...

Why? Can't he come during the day?

Impossible. I've followed all his tracks

and I've been waiting for him for five years,

so now he can't come during the day.

Look: When he comes in you have to take a picture.

Let's try.

You stand there

and I'll be here.

He will come from here.

Take it like this because he is very tall,

so you can take a better one.

Hi, Thin Match Man, give me your hand.

Come on, shoot!

Perfect!

Thin Match Man, I'll get you!

The Thin Match Man

could even pass by here.

Do you want some juice now?

OK, thanks.

Can you hold this for me please?

This is better than the peaches, isn't it?

I hear something, who is it?

Ocram, is that you?

Ocram?

No, nobody is there.

Stop it, Rubino!

You have to stop coming here!

Forget about him, Lorenza.

Troglodyte.

If your mother wasn't stupid, she wouldn't have died of cancer.

Say one more thing about my mother...

Shut up! Shut up!

While I was lying down

I realized that worse things were to come.

Rubino's cock was frighteningly approaching me.

I could hear my heart beat at breakneck speed.

I was alone and there was a 5 meter tall cock in front of me.

I couldn't escape,

that cock could have torn me to shreds

with just one knock, broken me like a piece of straw,

like a small worm in the farm yard.

Beads of sweat were running down my forehead,

but when they fell they seemed to form a lake,

so they probably were not beads of sweat.

But fortunately this moved the cock away from me.

I could hear Rubino's crazy sneer in my ears.

He looked like a devil from hell.

But in the sky, on Nino's back, I saw my friends.

The first one to get off was Pat the Fat who ran like Mennea.

Pat knew karate.

In few seconds he used all the moves he knew

and the cock flew to the North Pole.

Appearing Desy continuously appeared and disappeared

knocking Rubino's knees with the tips of her shoes.

Mark The Dark knocked him down with a Antonio Inoki move

and Rubino slept until Christmas.

It was then that my courage came back.

I jumped for ten seconds on Rubino's ribs

and he began to cry without moving anymore.

In the end he gave up.

Lorenza was proud of me and my friends.

To celebrate, we had one last triumphal turn on Nino's back.

We flew over every place.

In profound happiness

I hugged Lorenza tightly and kissed her.

Now the only thing to do was to wait for the Thin Match Man.

Let's go, Lorenza!

Hold on tight.

Who told him we were here?

You have to shut up!

Good evening, Don Pietro.

Good evening.

Simo', give it back to him.

No, daddy, come on. Give him a slap, I said!

It's my fault...

Slap him like this, with your hand open. Come on!

I provoked him.

You have to slap him like this. Go!

I don't care.

Let's go home.

Let me down.

Why?

I'll walk home.

Who are you coming back with? Her?

- Yes. - Go on then! I want to see you home in half an hour.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

And come back soon, understood?

What a nice couple...

- Hi, dad! - Hi!

- I told Rubino you were coming to dinner at my house. - OK.

Come on, get in. I have to go to the shop.

I don't have anything in the fridge.

Hurry up.

Both in the front.

Food!

THE "GIRELLE"

Very nice, I've never had such a nice supper.

You haven't? Do you like it?

So...

Simone told me you're going to primary school.

Yes, I attend the International Primary School.

What? Say it again...

The International Primary School.

And what would you like to do in the future?

Do you want to teach languages?

No, I don't want to teach.

So, why do your mom and dad want you to study?

Because... Because...

they want me to learn by reading and studying, and I like it.

So, you like it?

I also like to study Baudelaire.

Bole... Bo?

Baudelaire.

Ah, the French poet.

I know, the one who talked about the damned flowers.

You see? I know him...

I didn't study a lot, and he always pulls my leg.

But my wife, his mother,

she was always reciting poems by French poets

while he was playing downstairs.

It wasn't Baudelaire, but Rimbaud.

- Where is la toilette? - What?

La toilette, the toilet.

Listen: You go straight down the hall to the end.

It's the door at the end, the light is on the right.

On the right.

It wasn't Baudelaire.

Who was it then?

It was the other one!

Who is the other one?

Rimbaud!

It doesn't matter.

You see...

Did you snog her or not?

What do you mean?

You chose a sophisticated one,

but I understand you.

Your mom was the same, she looked like a foreigner.

But she was from the Abruzzi region.

Foreigner because I came from the countryside.

So have you done anything?

Did we do what?

Did you score?

Come on, dad.

I know, but you don't have to be ashamed.

At your age I wasn't ashamed around women, girls.

Listen to me, leave it...

You have to take the girl on the sly.

Very strong, like a man. Then...

You know, women talk, talk, talk... Let them talk, uh!

But when she shuts up you give her a kiss.

Like this, understand? Come on, show me.

Shut your eyes, it's better.

No, not like that, less...

Dad, but I'm only eleven.

- So? That doesn't matter! - Done.

- Hello! - Sorry.

Please...

And...

Well done, Simone.

Come down.

Follow me and keep close. There are mice around.

Simone, where?

Here we are.

When I found the silk bow tie, it smelled like diesel.

So I realized that the Thin Match Man oozes fuel oil.

HIS BOW TIE

BARK

PHOTOGRAPHED AGAIN IN THE WOOD NEAR THE FOXES' DEN

HERE HE IS, THE THIN MATCH MAN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET ME?

My mom always told me that he comes only when the moon is a crescent.

So... If we put these things together,

it's exactly today, tonight.

And he will be here on the hill opposite the Foxes' Den.

Oh crap, it's closed.

Do you know who's got the key?

Maybe they're in the basement. I know, let's go.

Lore', is there no electricity here?

Is there a lamp to get some light?

Here it is.

If we light it up, my uncle will see us.

So, leave it.

Don't forget: If we hear any noise or we see anybody, we have to stop

like this, as the Nile's chameleon.

Like this.

Simone!

Who's there?

Hi, Simone.

Hi, Mark The Dark, what are you doing here?

I was passing by the dark nooks and I came here.

Lorenza, this is Mark The Dark, a friend of mine.

Hi, Lorenza.

He is appearing Desy's brother.

Why are you called Mark The Dark?

Because I live in the dark and my face is always in the dark.

Do you wear glasses?

Yes, I do, I can't see very well.

Simone, isn't he scared of the dark?

Mark The Dark, are you scared of the dark?

No, I'm not.

I am only scared of meeting my mom,

who abandoned me under Simone's bed

when I was very, very little.

I gave him the name Mark The Dark.

Guys, listen to me, don't go through there.

Be very careful: Rubino set lots of traps.

OK, thank you, Mark.

Good bye, Simone.

Good luck with the Thin Match Man.

It should be there. The key is in the broken cup.

Can you see it?

Yes, I can, here it is.

Here it is.

Here is the exit.

Did you see Mark? Such a golden quality...

Here it is.

Let's approach slowly,

'cause if it starts crowing,

Rubino will wake up.

He lets it sleep on his jacket.

He's completely mad.

Be quiet.

Help us out.

Hold it tightly.

So you won't crow to his torch light.

Bye!

Perfect!

Do you have any wish to express when the Thin Match Man arrives?

When he comes close you can ask to move in with us...

It would be great!

Come on!

Wait...

What are you going to ask?

Nothing. I just want my father to see the picture.

Yeah, but...

And what about you?

If my father can see him, I'll be so happy!

That is...

But...

But isn't your father a bad man?

No!

Get down.

Wait.

Look over there... Pay attention!

Can you hear that low noise?

Yes, I can hear it.

That's Nino showing the way...

He will bring him to us...

Go, Nino, you can do it!

Go, Nino, go!

Look behind the hill! The torch smoke!

He is coming.

The Thin Match Man is arriving.

Oh, no!

The cock! He is free, it's the end.

It's over... No!

Please, don't go away...

Thin Match Man, we are here!

If I had seen the Thin Match Man,

I would have wished for all of us to be happy again

as when mommy was still here with us.

But...

the cock started to crow and the Thin Match Man didn't come anymore.

Hi, uncle, I am in a hurry! Could you give me the disc?

Calm down, I'm listening to some very nice music.

Uncle Disco, you are speaking with a woman's voice!

I put on a French disc.

I have to go, Lorenza is leaving, please...

Listen, this is "La petite maison de la praterie".

Listen to this. This the music.

Please, French is very nice, but I have to go.

So listen to a Spanish one...

This is the "Cucaracha" of Manuel Escobar.

Listen to how he can sing.

Listen to the music.

I have to go. Spanish is nice, but I need the disc.

Look! Now it will appear.

Look, there's nothing in here.

Now I'll do the magic Abracadabra and...

With a magic trick, Abracadabra...

Abracadabra, Abracadabra...

Abracadabra, the disc for Simone must appear!

Here is your disc!

OK! Thanks, uncle, see you soon!

Bye, Simone.

Maybe I've gone overboard...

Lorenza!

Hi!

You're late...

I know, but I had a lot of things to do.

You're sure? Maybe you don't care about me?

Are you kidding?

I care. I had to get something,

so I was late.

OK, see you next summer then.

OK, bye.

Bye.

Did you want to say something to me?

I wanted...

to tell you...

Lorenza?

Lorenza, let's go! It's late, we have to leave.

Rubino, here I am, leave me alone.

- Hurry up! - Yes!

Your cousin is so annoying.

Yes, he is.

OK.

Then... See you... I don't know...

OK, bye.

Lorenza, I wanted to say you're beautiful and I wanted to kiss you.

Lorenza, I wanted to say you're beautiful and I wanted to kiss you.

When you beat someone...

Show me your fist!

Not like that, you'll break your finger!

Like this, this is the right way. And then you hit the trachea.

He will die straight away, understood?

Then you take his arm.

You're hurting me.

You don't have to fall down.

Never turn your back to your enemy,

otherwise, he will overtake you...

Once at school, when I was...

Your girl isn't there this time.

Hi!

- Good morning, Don Pietro. - Hi, Rubi', how are you?

Very well, thanks.

Rubino, good boy.

Wait, I am going to get your papers.

Come here, I'll show you something.

That's wonderful. What's that, a 750?

This is something serious.

Pietro is very stupid. He hasn't used it in two years.

How many cylinders is it?

It might be 2000, I don't know.

Anyway...

Do you see him, Pietro?

Since his wife died he doesn't understand anything.

He became stupid.

And he causes lots of problems.

If it hadn't been for my father, he would have lost his job.

And his son is even worse...

Avery stupid man.

One of these days I'm going to steal that motorbike.

With all the problems Don Pietro has got,

he has to look after his son's rubbish.

You have to beat him in the right way.

He is just like his mom.

He even thinks the Thin Match Man will answer his letters.

What an idiot.

Thin Match Man, I'll get you.

Thin Match Man! Where are you?

Mom, mom, wait for me!

Thin Match Man, where are you?

Mom, mom, where are you?

Come, I'm here!

Come, I'm here!

Mom!

Here I am.

Come here, Simone!

Where are you?

Here I am.

- Here I am. - Wait!

Wait!

Look, look what I've found.

Look, look.

The Thin Match Man eats the bark...

The Thin Match Man eats the bark...

The Thin Match Man eats the bark...

That's true...

And here are the eggs...

He sucks the yolk from here.

That's true...

Look...

Look, he passes through there!

Where?

- I can't see him. Mom! Mom! - There!

The Thin Match Man doesn't exist.

Simone, are you sure?

Maybe then...

Be careful when you light it up, there is a lot of diesel.

Mom...

I would have done anything to keep you with me

and never let you go.

Forgive me if I haven't been able to.

I miss you so much.

Simone! Simone!

Come, come and see!

Come on, hurry up!

Simo', Simone!

The Thin Match Man

To Carla and Morgana

The Thin Match Man

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