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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: {3955}{3998}No, there's no water, Dad. {4011}{4103}It's all gone,|since this morning. {4107}{4159}I wanted to rinse my hands too... {4190}{4246}...all gone. {4333}{4353}Is it still warm? {4500}{4559}I've got a bad cold this morning... {4608}{4702}It must have been the dampness|on the boat. {4730}{4805}I only have to set foot|on that boat-- {4826}{4899}Perhaps I'm allergic. {4920}{5003}Even if the boat's not moving,|the dampness gets to me. {5022}{5110}I don't know how you can|stay on it all night... {5149}{5181}and not catch a thing. {5260}{5297}The minute I get on-- {5388}{5460}I've received a postcard|from America, Dad... {5465}{5540}from Gaetano and Alfredo. {5579}{5650}This is America|around the outside... {5651}{5696}and this is an American car. {5728}{5770}They say they're|going to buy one, too. {5778}{5842}It's written here:|''We're buying one.'' {5842}{5892}But I think they're joking... {5924}{5965}because they cost|a load of money. {5965}{6065}But they say|it's a rich country... {6065}{6150}where there's work, a country-- {6155}{6188}and we're still here... {6198}{6254}without water... {6267}{6307}while they're-- {6369}{6394}Forget it, never mind. {6433}{6517}Listen, Mario,|you've never liked fishing. {6535}{6569}I've caught a chill. {6587}{6639}Go to America or Japan|if you want to... {6667}{6701}but get yourself a job. {6725}{6760}You're not a kid anymore. {7817}{7875}''The poet, Pablo Neruda, in Rome.'' {7893}{7929}Central Station. {7937}{8052}A group of rowdy people|has inconvenienced the travellers... {8052}{8125}who crowd the station platforms|every day. {8138}{8167}These protesters... {8179}{8218}are not drunkards... {8247}{8341}nor the usual hotheads|who protest just for the fun of it. {8352}{8435}They are a group of intellectuals,|writers and journalists. {8447}{8491}Why have they joined|together, shouting... {8494}{8554}disturbing the police|and Carabinieri? {8562}{8611}The mystery is revealed|when the train arrives. {8632}{8682}Pablo Neruda gets out|at Rome station... {8698}{8775}the Chilean poet known throughout|the world for his poetry... {8779}{8882}and his communist ideas which|have often got him into trouble... {8891}{8934}and for which|he has now been exiled. {8949}{9003}The poet appears to be|well-loved in Italy... {9014}{9110}and, judging by the enthusiastic|embrace of this pretty woman... {9122}{9174}not only for his moral gifts. {9189}{9246}Women go crazy for his poetry... {9259}{9336}maybe because Neruda|writes love poems... {9340}{9449}a topic which appeals|to the female sensibility. {9463}{9509}But let's go back|to our noisy crowd. {9523}{9610}The Home Office|has accepted their protest... {9610}{9669}by suspending the measures|against Neruda... {9669}{9711}requested by|the Chilean government. {9725}{9771}The poet will remain|in Italy... {9771}{9865}on a wonderful island. {9866}{9965}He will not be able to leave|without police authority... {9965}{10036}but the island's beauty|will make exile easier. {10036}{10107}Hey! That's me! That's me! {10141}{10233}The poet will have happy memories|of Italy and its government... {10238}{10344}which is hosting him in a place|which will remind him of home. {10355}{10422}This cozy house|surrounded by nature... {10422}{10498}will certainly make him|feel at home. {10990}{11062}''Wanted: Temporary Postman|with Bicycle'' {12339}{12384}My deepest sympathy, Donna Rosa {12384}{12470}Thank you, thank you Mr. Di Cosimo {12505}{12560}We needed such a man in this village. {12612}{12630}He will be missed {12675}{12714}And now they even send communists here... {12744}{12806}Such is life, Mr. Di Cosimo... {13240}{13314}...You, Anita Scotto,|are the sender. {13314}{13371}And this is your son's name, okay? {13433}{13468}I've come about the job. {13474}{13549}Right, wait.|...And this is the city. {13561}{13578}That's all. {13586}{13615}Are you sending him capers? {13642}{13671}He'll be pleased. {13842}{13865}Are you illiterate? {13887}{13954}No, I can read and write. {13989}{14039}Not very fast, but-- {14084}{14102}Sit down. {14282}{14353}I need someone to deliver mail|to Cala di Sotto. {14378}{14434}That's great.|I live there. {14462}{14493}There's only one addressee. {14512}{14547}Only one? {14564}{14633}Everyone else there is illiterate. {14666}{14729}I'm not illiterate, but still-- {14733}{14774}Well, then. {14820}{14905}It's all mail|for signor Pablo Neruda. {14925}{14997}Pablo Neruda.|Pablo Neruda, the poet loved by women? {15009}{15064}Pablo Neruda the poet loved by the people! {15085}{15197}By the people, but also by women.|I heard it on the newsreel. {15223}{15296}All right, but most of all|by the people. He's a communist. {15305}{15319}Right? {15377}{15492}Okay. The poet has received a mountain|of mail these last two days. {15514}{15601}Pedalling with the bag is like|carrying an elephant on your back. {15621}{15645}I'll wait here. {15657}{15683}I'll be right with you. {15704}{15720}Listen, {15751}{15790}The wage is a pittance, you know. {15815}{15881}Postmen make do with their tips. {15881}{15909}But with only one house... {15923}{15992}at most it'll pay for|your cinema once a week. {16015}{16056}- That's fine.|- It suits you anyway. {16082}{16132}Well then.|My name's Giorgio. {16177}{16242}I'm your superior,|and you should call me sir. {16259}{16335}But I won't hold you to it,|because I'm a communist, too. {16372}{16405}And remember... {16422}{16445}the poet... {16466}{16527}is a great and kind person. {16567}{16597}He deserves respect. {16621}{16682}You say hello, you thank him. {16692}{16748}If he tips you,|you thank him again. {16763}{16795}- Right?|- Yes, right. {16802}{16853}This is your hat. {16879}{16904}This is your bag. {16919}{16991}Today's the 15th.|Your first payday's the 27th. {17005}{17048}Oh, another thing... {17048}{17083}These are the keys. {17094}{17148}You open in the morning|and close in the evening. {17175}{17200}- Okay?|- Okay. {17281}{17317}When do you start? {17359}{17486}Monday morning.|6:45, I open the shutters. {17494}{17563}Then the public comes later. {17639}{17664}Are you in uniform already? {17724}{17789}No, I'm just wearing the hat. {17804}{17903}That way it'll|take its shape better... {17903}{17982}or I'll get a headache|wearing it all day. {17982}{18060}The boss told me|it's a postman's trick. {18070}{18089}A llttle trick of ours. {19338}{19376}Good morning. {19384}{19456}Good morning. Your mail... {20069}{20117}- Amor?|- Yes? {20155}{20186}- Is there anything for me? {20193}{20255}- No, there's nothing for you {20842}{20892}- Thank you.|- Thank you. {21132}{21180}Another one from a female. {21215}{21233}Female. {21288}{21327}Maria Conchita, female. {21382}{21415}Angela, female. {21466}{21602}Jean Marie... Jean Marie, is that|male or female? {21630}{21644}Female. {21652}{21682}Female,|I knew it! {21713}{21736}This one, too. {21778}{21839}Even the women are interested|in politics in Chile! {21890}{22018}I know, but all females... how come?|...Female. {22064}{22086}Listen... {22115}{22153}but what's Don Pablo... {22181}{22194}like? {22224}{22243}Is he normal? {22253}{22300}As a person, as-- {22329}{22425}Normal. Of course,|he talks differently. {22435}{22520}You can tell immediately from-- {22533}{22631}Know what he calls his wife?|''Amor''! {22651}{22714}Even if he's standing far away... {22717}{22771}they call each other ''amor.'' {22775}{22814}- Really?|- He's a poet. {22814}{22871}That's how you can tell. {22916}{22943}Female. {23686}{23706}Good morning. {23772}{23789}Thank you. {23789}{23864}Thank you. Excuse me... {23870}{23938}if you happen to need anything... {23952}{24017}milk, bread, I can-- {24021}{24047}No, thank you. {24069}{24113}Matilde goes shopping every day. {24169}{24292}If ever she doesn't want to go out,|you can ask me. I come and go. {24292}{24339}We don't need anything.|Thanks anyway. {24339}{24365}In fact i said: "If it happens..." {24405}{24422}Have a good day. {24641}{24736}...Well, i understand that, because-- {24745}{24862}When you are in front of him,|you feel a little uneasy. {24893}{24927}Then you become his friend. {24975}{25047}Are we friends? No... {25053}{25191}But I can say he is normal,|he makes jokes, has fun... {25203}{25278}He doesn't spend all his time|writing poetry. {25304}{25358}The book came from Naples. {25425}{25454}And remember, Mario... {25454}{25523}you mustn't bother him|with a lot of questions. {25547}{25658}It's forbidden to annoy customers|with strange requests. {25669}{25739}I know, I know|I won't annoy him. {25739}{25854}I'll only ask him to sign this book,|that's all. {25856}{25930}So when I get paid,|I'll go to Naples... {25936}{25993}and show all the girls... {25993}{26126}that I'm a friend of Neruda,|the poet of love! {26126}{26164}The poet of the people! {26164}{26182}...of the people... {26187}{26264}All right, but you have to find|the right moment, be polite, {26264}{26331}Because if he is thinking of a poem...|a political one maybe, {26341}{26405}And you bother him, {26406}{26466}He forgets the poem|and it's a worldwide disaster. {26478}{26578}No, no, no... I am not stupid,|I can tell when he is thinking... {26601}{26694}And I won't go there|and just ask for him to sign it.. {26697}{26777}I am having a look at the poems too, {26786}{26899}So if he makes questions|or asks me about them, {26902}{26953}Maybe I can even reply, who knows... {26972}{26995}...so to speak. {27266}{27332}Excuse me, could you sign it? {27462}{27520}Please, could you sign it? {27767}{27803}Would you make it unique,|maestro? {27899}{27938}Would you make it unique,|maestro? {28295}{28379}My name's Mario Ruoppolo. {28425}{28438}Thank you. {28445}{28476}- And my mail? {28482}{28520}- There isn't any. {28802}{28875}Come on, Mario,|you should be happy. {28889}{28950}Happy? {28957}{29056}Giorgio, I told him quite clearly,|Mario Ruoppolo. {29119}{29158}''Regards, Pablo Neruda.'' {29184}{29222}It means nothing. {29295}{29399}You don't think he can cross|it out and write it better... {29399}{29456}so you can see it's for me,|that we're friends? {29523}{29619}Do you think he'd cross it out|because you don't like it... {29619}{29655}and write you another? {29719}{29826}Perhaps he did it on purpose|because you bothered him. {29859}{29925}No, I asked him.|He was staring at the mountain. {29943}{30031}- Exactly, you see?|- No, I know the mountain... {30038}{30067}but he was holding an onion. {30078}{30177}So you think a poet can't think|when he's holding an onion, eh? {30217}{30287}When am I supposed|to ask him then... {30288}{30395}if I can't ask him|when he's peeling an onion? {30407}{30511}Mario, but he's a busy man.|He can't be running after people|to make them happy. {30567}{30598}Yes, but he's a communist. {30629}{30668}So what? {30686}{30796}Didn't you say that|communists love the people? {30815}{30871}Mario, don't make me annoyed! {30907}{30922}So... {30955}{31025}I bought a copy of the book. {31058}{31112}When you have the chance... {31112}{31159}with extreme tact... {31171}{31232}ask him if he would sign it for me. {31266}{31286}Sign it? {31306}{31390}Take this one then.|''Regards, Pablo Neruda.'' {31390}{31449}No, this is yours.|He signed it for you. {31459}{31500}- I'm happy to let you have it.|- No! {31520}{31559}I want you to tell him this: {31593}{31688}"Chief Telegraphist|Comrade Giorgio Serafini {31704}{31769}Kindly asks if you can, {31778}{31836}kindly, sign it". {31860}{31957}But i have to wait for the right moment,|when he isn't thinking, {31957}{31986}when he isn't peeling an onion... {31999}{32055}I can wait, but it may take months... {32082}{32155}I don't know when it will be possible. {32155}{32215}- Would you like mine?|- I said i don't! {32221}{32252}Then wait... {33622}{33672}Mr. Di Cosimo, shall|I empty all the water? {33686}{33720}- All of it, all of it.|- All right. {33897}{33914}'Morning. {33914}{33935}Good morning. {33991}{34015}Mr. Di Cosimo... {34025}{34124}what can I do to thank you?|Your wreath was the nicest. {34126}{34204}Nothing, Donna Rosa.|Just vote and get others to vote. {34222}{34301}Remember to use|that little pencil of yours {34301}{34380}And hopefully some|of your customers will, too. {34560}{34642}...happens that I go into the|tailors' shops and the movies... {34642}{34689}...all shriveled up... {34710}{34772}impenetrable, like a felt swan... {34787}{34867}navigating on a water|of origin and ash. {34912}{34998}The smell of barber shops|makes me sob out loud... {35061}{35121}I am tired of being a man...'' {35596}{35634}Mail. {35839}{35852}Thank you. {36193}{36223}What's the matter? {36290}{36316}Don Pablo? {36342}{36404}You're standing|as stiff as a post! {36451}{36497}Nailed like a spear? {36526}{36598}No, immobile like the castle|on a chess board. {36621}{36680}Stiller than a porcelain cat. {36712}{36772}Elementary Odes isn't|the only book I've written. {36772}{36805}I've written much better. {36832}{36918}It's unfair of you to shower me|with similes and metaphors. {36959}{36980}Don Pablo? {37000}{37035}Metaphors. {37072}{37136}What are those? {37162}{37194}Metaphors? {37268}{37328}Metaphors are--|How can I explain? {37328}{37400}When you talk of something,|comparing it to another. {37423}{37460}Is it something... {37474}{37518}you use in poetry? {37539}{37589}Yes, that too. {37643}{37667}For example? {37699}{37727}For example... {37745}{37814}when you say, ''the sky weeps,''|what do you mean? {37849}{37910}That it's raining. {37929}{37960}Yes, very good. {37968}{38074}- That's a metaphor.|- It's easy then! {38083}{38153}Why has it got such|a complicated name? {38170}{38282}Man has no business with|the simplicity or complexity of things. {38407}{38508}Excuse me, Don Pablo,|then I'll go. {38508}{38564}I was reading something|yesterday: {38632}{38738}''The smell of barber shops|makes me sob out loud.'' {38749}{38825}Is that a metaphor, too? {38825}{38851}No... {38856}{38893}not exactly. {38939}{39005}I liked it, too, when... {39005}{39047}when you wrote: {39070}{39124}''I am tired of being a man.'' {39136}{39222}That's happened to me, too... {39222}{39274}but I never knew how to say it. {39284}{39353}I really liked it when I read it. {39381}{39501}Why ''the smell of|barber shops makes me sob''? {39561}{39594}You see, Mario... {39627}{39709}I can't tell you...|in words different from those I've used. {39757}{39807}When you explain it,|poetry becomes banal. {39845}{39884}Better than any explanation... {39895}{39980}is the experience of feelings|that poetry can reveal... {39994}{40064}to a nature open enough|to understand it. {41322}{41372}Will you open this, please? {41416}{41460}- Who, me?|- Yes. {41527}{41577}- Shall I open it?|- Yes! {41584}{41625}My hands are dirty. {41870}{41970}It's written in...|...It's foreign. {42009}{42067}Is it more important|than the others? {42082}{42126}Yes, it's from Sweden. {42169}{42214}What's so special about Sweden? {42214}{42259}The Nobel Prize for Literature. {42314}{42338}A prize then? {42349}{42395}If they give it to me,|I won't refuse. {42446}{42469}Why? {42505}{42547}How much money is it? {42564}{42659}171,135 Swedish krona. {42681}{42739}I've no idea, is that a lot? {42793}{42833}Lots and lots! {42848}{42891}Then you'll get it. {42903}{42996}There are candidates with|a better chance than me this year. {43012}{43037}Why? {43073}{43169}Because they've|written important works. {43183}{43264}No...|you'll get it, I'm sure. {43276}{43294}Thank you. {43302}{43363}Shall I open the other letters? {43363}{43426}No, I'll read them later. {43455}{43493}Are they love letters? {43500}{43593}What a question!|Don't let Matilde hear you. {43593}{43674}I'm sorry, Don Pablo.|I only meant-- {43791}{43858}I'd like to be a poet, too. {43941}{44016}No, it's more original|being a postman. {44029}{44090}You get to walk a lot|and don't get fat. {44099}{44159}We poets are all fat. {44196}{44212}Yes, but... {44219}{44262}with poetry... {44280}{44330}I could make women fall for me. {44372}{44393}How-- {44449}{44486}How do you become a poet? {44596}{44696}Try and walk slowly along|the shore as far as the bay... {44730}{44778}and look around you. {44793}{44849}And will they come to me,|these metaphors? {44886}{44922}Certainly. {44950}{45051}Oh, I'd love that, it would be nice... {45078}{45130}I could say anything i want... {45130}{45200}But even if you aren't a poet|you can say anything you want... {45235}{45284}Yes, but not as well as-- {45291}{45362}It's much better for you to say|something you are convinced of,|in a bad way {45362}{45452}than be a poet and say well|what others want you to say. {45536}{45565}Don Pablo? {45608}{45655}We'll discuss this another time. {45780}{45822}Another time... {45837}{45885}Oh, I didn't mean now... {45898}{45941}See you Don Pablo. {47602}{47628}Don Pablo? {47876}{47993}Mario, can you send someone to see|about this problem of water? {47993}{48043}Have you got water? {48060}{48125}No, that's exactly the problem. {48172}{48209}That's no problem at all! {48217}{48270}Why? Is it normal? {48270}{48291}It's normal. {48305}{48356}You've run out of water... {48356}{48402}up at the cistern. {48434}{48473}Do you use a lot of water? {48485}{48567}No, just what I need. {48593}{48643}Then that's too much. {48652}{48716}Because... {48728}{48830}it runs out all of a sudden|because the water-supply ship... {48830}{48958}comes only once a month,|so the water gets used up. {48958}{49051}We've got-- They've been saying|we'll get running water... {49069}{49124}for ages. {49124}{49168}''You'll have running water.'' But-- {49175}{49212}And you don't protest? {49231}{49295}What do we say? {49307}{49404}My father swears every so often... {49425}{49452}but... only to himself. {49460}{49563}Mario, There are people who,|with a strong will, |manage to change things. {49570}{49593}It's a pity. {49627}{49667}This place is so beautiful! {49752}{49774}Think so? {49833}{49890}Yes. Sit down. {49990}{50058}Here on the island, the sea... {50065}{50100}so much sea. {50111}{50145}It spills over from time to time. {50152}{50217}It says yes, then no... {50234}{50258}then no. {50264}{50326}In blue, in foam, in a gallop... {50326}{50367}it says no, then no. {50394}{50470}It cannot be still.|My name is sea, it repeats... {50470}{50560}striking a stone|but not convincing it. {50560}{50650}Then with the seven green tongues|of seven green tigers... {50652}{50711}of seven green dogs|of seven green seas... {50717}{50785}it caresses it, kisses it, wets it... {50786}{50870}and pounds on its chest,|repeating its own name. {50918}{50952}Well? {50959}{50992}What do you think? {51041}{51062}It's weird. {51089}{51117}What do you mean, weird? {51140}{51235}- You're a severe critic.|- No, not your poem. {51242}{51270}Weird... {51296}{51325}Weird... {51368}{51430}how I felt while|you were saying it. {51451}{51482}How was that? {51520}{51537}I don't know. {51595}{51651}The words went back and forth. {51665}{51732}- Like the sea then?|- Exactly. {51732}{51812}- Like the sea.|- There, that's the rhythm. {51822}{51903}- I feIt seasick, in fact.|- Seasick... {51927}{51956}Because... {51981}{52037}I can't explain it. I felt like... {52053}{52153}like a boat tossing|around on those words. {52200}{52278}Like a boat tossing|around on my words? {52347}{52399}Do you know what you've done, Mario? {52425}{52521}- No, what?|- You've invented a metaphor. {52555}{52679}- Yes, you have!|- Really? {52774}{52864}But it doesn't count|because I didn't mean to. {52864}{52902}Meaning to is not important. {52902}{52972}Images arise spontaneously. {53048}{53115}You mean then that... {53140}{53199}for example,|I don't know if you follow me... {53205}{53234}that the whole worId... {53262}{53356}the whole world,|with the sea, the sky... {53373}{53418}with the rain, the clouds-- {53418}{53475}Now you can say etc. etc. {53475}{53524}Etc. etc. {53542}{53626}The whole world is|the metaphor for something else? {53671}{53728}- I'm talking crap.|- No, not at all. {53728}{53776}Not at all. {53785}{53824}You pulled a strange face. {53870}{53897}Mario, let's make a pact. {53924}{53955}I'll have a nice swim... {53983}{54039}and ponder your question. {54040}{54109}Then I'll give you|an answer tomorrow. {54116}{54202}- Really?|- Yes, really. {57612}{57642}Don Pablo, good morning. {57663}{57712}I've got to talk to you. {57714}{57788}It must be very important.|You're snorting like a horse. {57807}{57864}It's very important. {57893}{57984}- I've fallen in love.|- Nothing serious. There's a remedy. {57984}{58135}No, no remedy! I don't want a remedy.|I want to stay sick. {58135}{58218}I'm in love,|really, really in love. {58218}{58278}Who are you in love with? {58278}{58342}Her name's Beatrice. {58367}{58428}Oh, Dante. {58475}{58510}Don Pablo? {58520}{58555}Dante Alighieri. {58567}{58624}He fell for a certain Beatrice. {58640}{58732}Beatrices have|inspired boundless love, Mario {58867}{58896}What are you doing? {58896}{58976}Writing down the name Dante. {58981}{59031}Dante I know, but Alighieri-- {59042}{59132}- Has it got an ''h'' in it?|- Wait, I'll write it for you. {59132}{59162}Thank you. {59428}{59476}I'm madly in love. {59476}{59565}You've already told me that,|but what can I do about it? {59589}{59667}I don't know, if you can help-- {59669}{59704}But I'm an old man. {59742}{59784}I don't know, because... {59784}{59883}I suddenly saw her in front of me. {59888}{59951}I stared at her,|but I couldn't utter a word. {59957}{60005}What, you didn't|say anything to her? {60053}{60112}Not much. {60112}{60217}- I watched her and fell in love.|- Just like that? In a flash? {60232}{60346}No, I stared at her|for ten minutes first. {60365}{60379}And she? {60381}{60446}And she said... {60536}{60567}What's up,|never seen a woman before? {60859}{60898}What's your name? {60990}{61030}Beatrice Russo. {61213}{61237}And you? {61279}{61320}I couldn't think of anything to say. {61351}{61409}Nothing at all? {61409}{61516}- You didn't say a word?|- Not exactly nothing. {61522}{61561}I said five words to her. {61577}{61592}Which were? {61614}{61654}I said, ''What's your name?'' {61713}{61773}- And she?|- And she: ''Beatrice Russo.'' {61838}{61922}''What's your name?'' are three words.|And the other two? {61943}{62006}Then I repeated Beatrice Russo. {62068}{62102}Don PabIo, if-- {62149}{62228}I don't want to bother you, but... {62234}{62292}can you write me|a poem for Beatrice? {62790}{62833}I don't even know her! {62882}{62973}A poet needs to know|the object of his inspiration! {63043}{63110}I can't invent something|out of nothing. {63120}{63162}I've got this little ball... {63162}{63254}which Beatrice put in her mouth.|She's touched it. {63263}{63283}So what? {63295}{63369}It might help you. {63442}{63477}Look, Poet... {63477}{63560}if you make all this fuss|over one poem... {63560}{63621}you're never going|to win that Nobel Prize! {63659}{63741}Mario, pinch me and wake me|from this nightmare! {63805}{63865}What am I supposed to do? {63865}{63955}No one else can help me.|They're all fishermen here! {63959}{63989}What am I supposed to do? {63989}{64086}Fishermen fall in love, too! {64105}{64175}They are able to talk|to the girls they love... {64195}{64243}to make them fall in love, too,|and marry them. {64298}{64360}- What does your father do?|- He's a fisherman. {64360}{64388}Naturally! {64388}{64499}He must have spoken to your mother|to get her to marry him. {64526}{64618}I don't think so.|He doesn't talk much. {64741}{64780}Come on, give me my mail. {64997}{65036}Thank you, but I don't want it. {66542}{66620}- Do you want something else?|- No, thanks. {66727}{66817}Beatrice, your smile|spreads like a butterfly. {66895}{66960}Fallen out of bed this morning? {66982}{67048}I came earlier because... {67089}{67143}I saw this.|It looks important. {67171}{67239}You're right, it is important. {67311}{67334}And then... {67369}{67415}there's something else... {67433}{67526}I've been meaning to give you|but kept forgetting. {67586}{67671}- I'll put it here. Good-bye.|- Wait a minute. {67724}{67766}I've got something for you, too. {67851}{67874}Here. {68077}{68137}It might be useful|for your metaphors. {68520}{68537}Is it a radio? {68568}{68684}No, but it's a kind of radio. {68698}{68752}You speak into here... {68764}{68809}and this repeats what you say. {68837}{68946}You speak into it|and it repeats what you say? {68952}{68969}Yes. {68983}{69044}- How many times?|- As many times as you want. {69058}{69099}But you mustn't exaggerate. {69112}{69233}Even the most sublime idea|seems foolish if heard too often. {69335}{69376}Listen. {70898}{70939}Good news? {71105}{71162}When I was Senator|of the Republic... {71178}{71235}I went to visit Pampa... {71244}{71329}a region where it only rains|once every 50 years... {71337}{71427}where life|is unimaginably hard. {71477}{71545}I wanted to meet the people|who had voted for me. {71584}{71610}One day... {71651}{71754}at Lota, there was a man|who had come up from a coal mine. {71761}{71826}He was a mask|of coal dust and sweat... {71893}{71916}his face... {71954}{72022}contorted by terrible hardship... {72030}{72092}his eyes red from the dust. {72159}{72225}He stretched out|his calloused hand and said: {72267}{72302}''Wherever you go... {72329}{72373}speak of this torment. {72445}{72553}Speak of your brother|who lives underground... {72566}{72597}in hell.'' {72654}{72795}I felt I had to write something|to help man in his struggle... {72830}{72910}to write the poetry|of the mistreated. {72940}{72994}That's how ''Canto General''|came about. {73034}{73069}Now my comrades... {73099}{73193}tell me they have managed to|get it published secretly in Chile... {73195}{73229}and it's selling like hot cakes. {73272}{73302}That makes me very happy. {74037}{74116}I told them I'm here with|a friend who wishes to say hello. {74121}{74219}And tell them something nice|about this beautiful country| which is hosting me. {74249}{74269}Yes. {74313}{74368}- Good morning.|- No, in there. {74403}{74427}Good morning... {74489}{74540}Something nice about the island? {74542}{74609}Yes, one of the wonders|of your island. {74649}{74722}Beatrice Russo. {74763}{74813}- Yes, very well|- Well. {74881}{74935}Now let's go to the inn... {74964}{75036}and meet this famous|Beatrice Russo. {75062}{75098}Are you joking? {75098}{75147}No, I'm serious. {75166}{75219}Let's have a look at this girlfriend. {75237}{75273}Oh boy! {75273}{75377}Pablo Neruda and Mario Ruoppolo|at the inn. She'll faint! {75466}{75538}Well? What is it now? {75591}{75703}Don Pablo, when I get married|to Beatrice Russo... {75703}{75746}will you be my best man? {75814}{75838}Listen... {75842}{75936}first let's have a drink,|then we'll decide. {76261}{76311}Gennarino, wait! I'm coming, too! {76509}{76615}Domenico, come here|or I'll thrash you! {76683}{76739}Look who's here. Neruda! {76790}{76835}- Good morning.|- Good morning. {77172}{77196}What will it be? {77251}{77295}A glass of red wine, please. {77302}{77353}And the pinball king? {77414}{77483}- Do you want red wine, too?|- Red wine, yes. {77483}{77562}Two glasses of red wine|and a pen to write with. {77617}{77660}He's here for your niece. {77822}{77848}Give me the notebook. {77860}{77908}Notebook? Why? {78016}{78029}Thank you {78191}{78205}Thank you {78290}{78310}Just a moment. {78762}{78890}''To Mario, my intimate friend|and comrade - Pablo Neruda'' {78952}{78974}There you are. {79049}{79095}You already have your poetry. {79130}{79237}If you want to write it down,|here's your notebook. {79287}{79307}Thank you. {79937}{79962}Beatrice? {79990}{80008}What is it? {80375}{80418}Go home. It's closing time! {80445}{80561}I won't make you pay for the bottle,|but go home. We're closing. {80619}{80717}- Hey, what are you doing?|- I'm thinking. {80731}{80755}With the window open? {80787}{80820}Yes, with the window open. {80847}{80918}Be honest with me.|What did he tell you? {80978}{81008}Metaphors. {81025}{81052}Metaphors? {81052}{81127}Never heard such big words|from you before. {81153}{81194}What metaphors did he do to you? {81229}{81282}Did? He said them! {81306}{81429}He said my smile spreads|across my face like a butterfly. {81444}{81531}- And then?|- I laughed when he said that. {81599}{81663}Your laugh is a rose... {81675}{81740}a spear unearthed, crashing water. {81763}{81839}Your laugh is|a sudden silvery wave. {81868}{81916}Then what did you do? {81950}{81988}I kept quiet. {82027}{82041}And he? {82075}{82169}- What else did he say?|- No, what did he do? {82169}{82272}Your postman, as well as a mouth,|has two hands! {82272}{82305}He never touched me. {82319}{82411}He said he was happy|to be next to a pure young woman. {82453}{82515}Like being on the shores|of the white ocean. {82542}{82561}I like it-- {82595}{82624}I like it when you're silent... {82662}{82699}because it's as though|you're absent. {82766}{82793}And you? {82831}{82856}And he? {82890}{82988}He looked at me, too,|then he stopped looking at my eyes... {83005}{83058}and began to look at my hair... {83069}{83146}without a word,|as though he were thinking. {83151}{83196}Enough, my child! {83196}{83270}When a man starts|to touch you with words... {83270}{83320}he's not far off with his hands. {83375}{83423}There's nothing wrong with words. {83444}{83542}Words are the worst things ever. {83542}{83662}I'd prefer a drunkard|at the bar touching your bum... {83662}{83768}to someone who says,|''Your smile flies like a butterfly''! {83768}{83820}It ''spreads'' like a butterfly! {83832}{83906}Flies, spreads,|it's the same thing! {83921}{83975}Just look at you! {83984}{84067}One stroke of his finger,|and you're on your back. {84085}{84133}You're wrong.|He's a decent person. {84154}{84218}When it comes to bed,|there's no difference... {84218}{84327}between a poet, a priest|or even a communist! {84377}{84394}''Naked... {84424}{84474}you are as simple|as one of your hands... {84498}{84548}smooth, terrestrial, tiny... {84565}{84601}round, transparent. {84616}{84687}You have moon-lines, apple paths. {84714}{84780}Naked, you are as thin|as bare wheat. {84817}{84871}Naked, you are blue|like a Cuban night. {84883}{84941}There are vines and stars|in your hair. {84978}{85078}Naked, you are enormous and yellow...|like summer in a gilded church.'' {85462}{85497}Good morning, Father. {85532}{85597}I found this in her brassiere. {85609}{85682}I want you to read it to me. {85700}{85714}Come on! {85719}{85814}I'm not letting her|out of the house for now. {85892}{85917}Well? {85960}{85989}It's a poem. {86068}{86104}Read it to me! {86145}{86175}''Naked... {86193}{86221}Madonna! {86618}{86704}What are the nets like?|Mario, I need an adjective. {86754}{86825}Nets-- Which nets?|Fishing nets? {86830}{86846}Yes. {86876}{86893}Sad. {86938}{86962}Sad. {87169}{87190}All right? {89587}{89610}There is a lady, {89610}{89677}I think she is the owner|of the inn, Donna Rosa. {89761}{89807}- Good morning, signora.|- Good morning. {89822}{89853}- Would you like--|- Yes. {89952}{90009}Please, sit down. {90009}{90131}No. What I want to say is|too serious to say sitting down. {90154}{90178}What is it about? {90190}{90246}For over a month... {90246}{90340}Mario Ruoppolo has been|hanging around my inn... {90340}{90426}and he has seduced my niece. {90502}{90565}- What did he tell her?|- Metaphors. {90620}{90646}Well? {90664}{90785}Well?...He's heated her up|like an oven with his metaphors! {90795}{90934}A man whose only capital|is the fungus between his toes! {90952}{91083}But if his feet are full of germs,|his mouth is full of spells. {91129}{91256}It started off innocently enough:|''Her smile was like a butterfly.'' {91256}{91377}But now he's saying her breast|is like a fire with two flames. {91444}{91501}But do you think... {91514}{91609}that these images are only|his imagination or that-- {91619}{91715}Yes, I think he's had|his hands on her. {91730}{91816}Read this.|It was in her brassiere. {92084}{92112}''Naked-- {92145}{92171}As beautiful as-- {92190}{92312}Naked, you're as delicate|as nights on the island... {92367}{92444}and stars in your hair--'' {92498}{92518}It's beautiful! {92527}{92607}So he's seen my niece naked! {92614}{92656}No, signora Rosa! {92659}{92748}Nothing in this poem|leads us to think that. {92761}{92829}The poem's telling the truth. {92839}{92935}My niece naked is just|as the poem describes her. {92946}{93051}So do me a favor|and tell Mario Ruoppolo... {93051}{93106}who's learnt a lot from you... {93106}{93235}that he must never see my niece|again for the rest of his life. {93278}{93421}And tell him that if he does,|I'll shoot him. {93421}{93462}- Is that clear?|- Yes. {93471}{93485}Good day. {93935}{93978}You're as white as a sack of flour. {94006}{94107}I might be white outside,|but inside I'm red. {94227}{94316}You won't save yourself|from the widow's fury with adjectives. {94363}{94423}If she harms me, she'll go to jail. {94471}{94509}She'll be out in a couple of hours. {94555}{94621}She'll say she acted|out of self-defense. {94653}{94747}She'll say you threatened|the virginity of her damsel: {94779}{94853}with a metaphor|hissing like a dagger... {94853}{94934}as sharp as a canine,|as lacerating as a hymen. {94946}{95076}The poetry will have left|the mark of its seditious saliva|on the virgin's nipples. {95091}{95161}The poet Francois Villon|was hung from a tree for much less... {95177}{95256}and his blood gushed|from his neck like roses. {95259}{95349}I don't care. She can do|what she wants. I'm ready. {95378}{95478}Good lad! It's a real shame|we haven't got... {95493}{95583}a trio of guitarists to go...|cuccuruccuccu... {95630}{95687}My dear poet and comrade... {95687}{95783}you got me into this mess,|you've got to get me out of it. {95801}{95839}You gave me books to read... {95839}{95947}you taught me to use my tongue|for more than licking stamps. {95947}{96015}It's your fault if I'm in love. {96019}{96082}No, this has nothing to do with me. {96088}{96126}I gave you my books... {96145}{96198}but I didn't authorize you|to steal my poems. {96233}{96320}If I think you gave Beatrice|the poem I wrote for Matlide-- {96359}{96483}Poetry doesn't belong to those|who write it, but those who need it. {96504}{96609}I appreciate that highly|democratic sentiment. {96734}{96791}Now go home and get some sleep. {96820}{96928}You've bags under your eyes|as large and deep as soup bowls. {97029}{97047}Mario... {97067}{97160}as your superior I must order you|to deliver the undelivered mail. {97165}{97191}Yes, yes, yes. {97253}{97324}But you're still|moping after that girl. {97352}{97396}Beatrice is pretty now... {97396}{97451}but in 50 years|she'll be as ugly as the rest. {97451}{97523}No, Beatrice will never be ugly. {97531}{97633}Heh... Secretly, within me {97633}{97735}I held the splendor of your eyes... {97744}{97781}blissful Beatrice. {97832}{97872}What's Beatrice got to do with it? {97883}{97911}It's a poem. {97929}{97975}Oh, Dante Alighieri-- {97978}{98048}No, Gabriele D'Annunzio, my poet. {98096}{98167}Your poet wrote something|for Beatrice? {98222}{98256}I don't like it. {98261}{98280}Here you are. {98301}{98403}Strange, I thought you'd|appreciate a hymn to Beatrice. {98449}{98479}Thank you. Good-bye. {98977}{99052}- Hey, Sleeping Beauty...|- Good evening. {99056}{99160}Good evening. Give the Marshal|his usual, and pour one for me, too. {99340}{99358}Thank you. {99409}{99474}Your niece gets|more and more beautiful. {99480}{99596}If you only knew how difficult|it is to keep a hold on her. {99605}{99680}Young people today aren't|what they used to be, Donna Rosa {99685}{99731}They have everything|and want the moon. {99738}{99837}I remember my poor departed mother.|I'd tremble whenever she spoke. {99839}{99858}- True...|- Yes {99926}{99973}Good night, Aunt.|Good night, Marshal. {99983}{100025}Good night, beauty, goodnight. {100101}{100143}She is really sweet. {103337}{103427}Find yourselves a decent person|who isn't a communist. {103444}{103526}If Neruda doesn't believe in God,|why should God believe in Neruda? {103532}{103568}What sort of witness would he be? {103663}{103770}God never said a communist|can't be a witness at a wedding. {103841}{103896}I'm not getting married then. {103906}{104005}You're more interested in Neruda|as a witness than me as your wife. {104017}{104061}My darling... {104061}{104128}Neruda's a Catholic. {104136}{104192}I know he's a Catholic. {104232}{104354}In Russia, communists eat babies.|How can he be Catholic? {104369}{104416}He doesn't look the type. {104416}{104495}Yes, but Neruda has a pretty wife. {104495}{104597}He's getting old and he has no children.|How do you explain that? {104683}{104795}So according to you,|Don Pablo ate his kids? {104801}{104821}Who knows? {104834}{104895}- Come on...|- Anyway, my answer is no, {104914}{104943}for your sake, too. {104956}{105058}He inspired your bridegroom|to write that filthy stuff... {105071}{105086}...Naked-- {105111}{105147}That was only a poem. {105174}{105217}Not to mention the rest. {105231}{105307}He's not worthy of being witness|to your happiness. {106303}{106336}She'd say: {106351}{106466}''I ask Jesus to let me live|to see my son with a job... {106476}{106543}a wife and chlidren in his arms.'' {106550}{106592}Unfortunately, she didn't make it... {106610}{106660}because when the Lord|called her to Him... {106680}{106719}he didn't even have a job. {106739}{106861}Today, from heaven my poor wife|will see that he's made her happy... {106861}{106977}because at least he's got|a wife and a little job. {106981}{107074}Even if it's not the job|she'd have wanted for him-- {107074}{107139}All the best!|Well done, Dad! {107166}{107185}Cheers! {107431}{107464}What are you doing, drinking wine? {107567}{107663}I'm sorry, Comrade, I forgot.|This came for you. {107702}{107728}Thank you. {107880}{107903}Can we leave? {107938}{108012}Yes we only need a week|for the authorization. {108019}{108099}Oh, I am so happy|I can't believe it... {108131}{108199}- Good news?|- To the newly weds! {108514}{108548}With a chaste heart... {108577}{108599}with pure eyes... {108626}{108669}I celebrate your beauty... {108691}{108780}holding the leash of blood|so that it might leap out|and trace the line, {108798}{108827}Your outline {108849}{108960}so you can lie down in my ode|as in a land of forests, or in a surf: {108980}{109074}in aromatic loam or in sea music. {109186}{109211}Now... {109241}{109324}I'd like to toast my friend... {109326}{109349}Mario... {109381}{109499}and say what a pleasure it was for me|to participate, in a small way... {109499}{109531}to his happiness. {109550}{109569}Cheers! {109658}{109770}And lastly, I'd like to say|that on this very special day... {109798}{109878}I have received|some wonderful news. {109910}{109965}The warrant for our arrest... {109979}{110004}has been revoked... {110033}{110116}and therefore|Matilde and I can now... {110191}{110250}return to the country|we love so much: {110293}{110311}Chile. {112847}{112888}No, Don Pablo. {112932}{112990}But you'll be unemployed tomorrow. {112990}{113067}No, I don't want anything. {113217}{113247}I'll miss you, Mario. {113295}{113332}I'll miss you. {113390}{113430}But you will write to me? {113491}{113508}Of course. {113622}{113702}Things change|all the time in my country. {113750}{113795}Today they'll let me go back. {113837}{113935}Tomorrow something else will happen|and I'll have to flee again. {114024}{114073}I'll leave some things|here anyway... {114105}{114188}if you could keep|an eye on them for me. {114214}{114261}I'll let you know where to send them. {114274}{114347}Perhaps I'll bring them|to Chile myself. {114472}{114509}That'd be wonderful. {114608}{114660}Do you need to take this with you? {114687}{114707}Yes. {114772}{114786}Thank you. {114801}{114910}I've discovered another poet|who wrote about Beatrice... {114925}{114952}called D'Annunzio. {114972}{115020}- Did you know that?|- Yes. {115041}{115109}So you could have written one, too. {115338}{115390}- Good-bye, Mario.|- Good-bye. {117423}{117490}..What Mr. Di Cosimo started|on this island {117496}{117560}is a sign of civility and modernity {117567}{117658}Enough with the water-supply ships|which come and go {117661}{117701}from the dry land to the island {117706}{117744}Our candidate, {117744}{117836}will lead all of us|on a new path. {117845}{117874}Vote for Di Cosimo... {118106}{118148}This is for you.|Vote for Di Cosimo. {118158}{118280}They promised us running water|on the island two years ago, too. {118286}{118373}Two years ago, it wasn't|Di Cosimo who promised you. {118373}{118464}What's written on that paper|is a pledge, not a promise. {118464}{118529}An oath, and God is my witness. {118643}{118660}Hey, Mario! {118686}{118745}Aren't you interested|in what I'm saying? {118783}{118843}I'm voting communist. {118857}{118871}What? {118933}{118969}I'm voting communist. {119017}{119086}I hear you've|gone crazy about poetry. {119110}{119176}I hear you're competing|with Pablo Neruda. {119206}{119326}But remember, poets can do|a lot of damage to people. {119407}{119494}- How much do these clams cost?|- 300 lire to you. {119496}{119596}For that price you'll have to|guarantee me a pearl in each one. {119597}{119681}- Give me a good price.|- Ok then I'll give you a discount, all right? {119684}{119719}- All right then thank you.|- Good. {119726}{119804}Fishermen are exploited|enough as it is. {119812}{119893}He said 300 lire.|Why should he give you a discount? {119925}{119987}I don't mean to exploit anyone.|Good-bye. {119994}{120031}Why don't you mind|your own business? {120104}{120182}I was trying to help. {120579}{120636}- What is it?|- Look at this. {120650}{120693}He's in Russia, giving an award. {120767}{120866}In Russia? If he's over here,|he might pay a visit. {120866}{120950}He's a very busy man, Mario! {120962}{121041}He must meet the people|he didn't see when he was in exile. {121056}{121084}And he's also well-loved in Chile. {121102}{121143}He won't have time to come here. {121171}{121209}It's a good picture. {121233}{121334}- The young poet, Milovan--|- Perkovic. {121344}{121395}Awarded a poetry prize|by the maestro. {121425}{121480}- Can I keep it?|- No, you can't. {121491}{121534}I'll put it in here|with all the rest. {121574}{121629}...but you can look at it|whenever you llke. {121649}{121675}Vote for Di Cosimo. {121682}{121808}The candidate promises|to lead us on a new path! {121816}{121879}Vote for Di Cosimo!|For a new way of life! {121879}{121926}For the sake of our island! {122097}{122138}Did that fellow come here? {122150}{122205}- Who?|- Di Cosimo. {122205}{122231}Yes. {122256}{122304}Did he?|Why are you smiling? {122323}{122422}Di Cosimo has served us|a fortune on a silver platter. {122447}{122473}Really? {122488}{122621}20 families will be coming here|to work on the new water mains. {122621}{122759}Di Cosimo asked us if we can|provide them with two meals a day. {122759}{122809}And we can't. {122817}{122894}We told them we could.|They'll be here for two years. {122911}{123013}- Without asking me?|- Just add it all up. {123059}{123075}Money. {123099}{123154}All you can think about is money. {123154}{123208}Where will we put 20 families? {123208}{123275}We'll do two or three servings|if necessary! {123296}{123351}Please yourselves. {123355}{123430}No, we'll do as we please. {123430}{123527}Would you be prepared to work|in the kitchen, ''signor'' husband? {123579}{123617}- In the kitchen?|- Yes. {123656}{123675}Yes. {124106}{124126}Tomatoes, {124152}{124189}red entrails, {124211}{124246}fresh suns. {124315}{124341}Artichokes, {124346}{124386}dressed as warriors, {124403}{124458}and burnished like pomegranate. {124502}{124523}Garlic, {124550}{124600}precious ivory. {124775}{124868}A toast to Beatrice,|the prettiest girl in town! {125307}{125379}Alas, we have to kill it... {125399}{125496}...stab a knife|into its living pulp. {125874}{125889}Look! {125968}{126037}- What does it say?|- He's in Paris. {126097}{126151}''Whereas I really loved Italy... {126165}{126289}where I led a happy life|in complete solitude... {126308}{126371}and among the most simple|people in the world.'' {126457}{126525}''What things are you|most nostalgic about?'' {126531}{126642}''Nostalgia is an emotion I can feel|only for my own country... {126664}{126741}but I will never forget... {126787}{126877}my strolls along the beach|and among the rocks... {126892}{126962}where tiny plants and flowers grow... {126976}{127105}exactly the same way|as in a large garden composition.'' {127163}{127198}Go on. {127241}{127261}That's it. {127266}{127344}- Oh, that's it.|- He doesn't even mention us. {127378}{127458}Why should he mention us|in an interview? {127458}{127538}He's a poet.|Poets talk about nature... {127538}{127598}not about the people they meet. {127611}{127669}The bird that has eaten flies away! {127680}{127775}I bet he doesn't even remember|what we look like. {127780}{127819}You dont know what you're saying... {127983}{128058}The day before|the elections {128081}{128131}...Upon the polls of June 7th {128131}{128181}depends the future of our land. {128181}{128228}For this reason, go to vote tomorrow. {128250}{128358}Italian towns where trade and industry,|professions and jobs flourish, {128374}{128458}were democratically given free meetings|during the electoral campaign {128458}{128488}to point out everyone's opinions. {128530}{128586}If you have doubts|solve them with your vote. {128610}{128668}If you have beliefs,|affirm them on your ballot-card. {128691}{128738}There's only one appointment:|July 7th. {128743}{128851}The Christian Democrats have been|victorious in every region. {128879}{128957}The party chairman|has expressed his satisfaction. {128957}{128995}Satisfaction! {129021}{129042}They haven't managed it. {129082}{129158}What? They've taken|every region in Italy. {129166}{129225}They can't do anything|with a handful of votes! {129236}{129289}They cannot have the "swindle-Act" pass! {129310}{129348}They've won a battle,|but not the war. {129361}{129396}So we'll win the war? {129422}{129440}Who else? {129471}{129544}But we have to fight,|and we will fight! {129561}{129624}It's the only way to break|our chains {129624}{129654}and set ourselves free! {129723}{129759}Yes, but here... {129777}{129830}when we've broken our chains... {129855}{129888}what do we do then? {129938}{130010}If Don Pablo could hear you,|he wouldn't approve. {130010}{130107}Don Pablo.|Don Pablo can't hear me. {130113}{130206}Who knows where he is,|what he's doing? {130287}{130329}What's with these long faces? {130345}{130435}Mr. Di Cosimo,|this is a tragedy for us. {130435}{130511}We were counting on|those two years of work. {130520}{130624}We'd made plans,|run up debts even. {130632}{130681}I know, Donna Rosa.. {130681}{130739}it's a shame to leave|the work half-completed... {130756}{130813}but we hope to start again soon. {130820}{130850}Soon? When? {130881}{130899}I don't know. {130937}{130969}It depends. {131013}{131062}But I assure you it won't be long. {131084}{131162}Anyway, I can't wait|to try out your cooking. {131228}{131267}What does it depend on? {131299}{131355}Company problems|are very complicated. {131355}{131431}I don't know much|about company problems... {131470}{131511}but I'm not daft. {131567}{131651}We all knew that|as soon as you got elected... {131651}{131700}the work would come to a halt. {131729}{131742}That's true. {131824}{131877}The husband's hot-blooded. {131961}{132019}If Don Pablo had been here... {132038}{132081}maybe the elections|would have gone better. {132171}{132213}Mario, I have something|to tell you. {132246}{132273}I'm pregnant. {132312}{132364}- Really?|- Yes. {132378}{132434}- You're really pregnant?|- Yes. {132498}{132534}We have to leave here. {132566}{132702}No one understands us here.|They're all too ignorant. {132705}{132804}We'll go to Chile, so Pablito|will grow up there, breathe poetry. {132827}{132853}Pablito? {132860}{132905}Yes, Pablito. {132920}{132960}Don't you like it? {132976}{133035}After Neruda. It'll be|a good omen for our son. {133609}{133652}- Mario?|- No. He's in front. {133652}{133695}Oh, he's in front... {133769}{133843}Mario, is that you?|There's a letter from Chile. {133843}{133900}Put it in my pocket, please. {135300}{135396}- Open it!|- Wait..- "Mario Ruoppolo". {135420}{135466}It's the first|letter I've ever received. {136015}{136105}''Santiago, 15th October, 1953. {136172}{136204}Dear Sir... {136251}{136309}I ask you to send me... {136329}{136408}some objects belonging to... {136439}{136491}signor Pablo Neruda... {136520}{136619}which are to be found|in the house where he lived... {136619}{136661}during his... {136683}{136752}stay in Italy. {136793}{136826}Address enclosed... {136848}{136885}and a list of... {136922}{136973}the above-mentioned objects. {137010}{137125}The secretary... the secretary...|of Pablo Neruda.'' {137451}{137473}And for you? {137491}{137626}Not a word, not a greeting,|and he left over a year ago. {137640}{137719}I told you, the bird|that has eaten flies away! {137719}{137820}People are kind only|when you're useful to them. {137843}{137908}Not again with that|''bird that has eaten.'' {137908}{138058}And useful for what?|What did I do for this person? {138058}{138105}In fact, it was always me... {138138}{138231}who would ask, ''Don Pablo,|will you check this metaphor?'' {138231}{138290}''Don Pablo,|will you read me a poem?'' {138290}{138414}I'm the one who bothered him.|And you say I was useful. {138414}{138524}What did I do? {138549}{138667}And yet he knew|I was no good as a poet. {138676}{138733}He knew, you know? {138733}{138787}But instead he treated me|like a friend... {138797}{138887}...all the time.|He treated me like a brother. {138920}{138971}It's not true that you're no good. {139013}{139080}And I'm not calling him Pablito. {139106}{139166}What has the baby|got to do with it? {139197}{139252}Why, do you think I'm a poet? {139282}{139373}Am I a poet? Have I ever|written anything, any poems? {139373}{139412}No, Mario, but-- {139412}{139553}Then ''No, Mario'' nothing,|admit it. {139644}{139713}Why should he remember me? {139727}{139840}As a poet, I'm not much good. {139860}{139931}As a postman--|He would hardly remember... {139933}{140052}a postman who took him|his mail when he lived in Italy. {140052}{140078}As a communist? {140099}{140155}Not even that. I wasn't very-- {140246}{140296}I think it's... {140325}{140385}quite normal that he-- {140513}{140554}Well, all right. {140559}{140662}Tomorrow, we'll go there|and send his things off. {145093}{145160}I told them I'm here with|a friend who wishes to say hello... {145169}{145275}and tell them something nice|about this beautiful country|which is hosting me. {145294}{145342}- No.|- Yes. {145360}{145381}Good morning. {145404}{145425}No, there. {145454}{145476}Good morning. {145537}{145590}Something nice about the island? {145599}{145660}Yes, one of the wonders|of your island. {145691}{145749}Beatrice Russo {145774}{145863}- Yes, very well.|- Well. {146476}{146530}Are you sure|it works outdoors, too? {146534}{146610}If it works inside,|it'll work outside. {146685}{146716}- It works here.|- Yes. {146823}{146894}One, two, three.|Is the red light on? {146906}{146930}Yes, it's lit. {147369}{147479}One.|Number one. {147498}{147571}Waves at the Cala di Sotto. {147587}{147619}Small ones. {147636}{147661}Go on! {147987}{148033}Number two. {148075}{148121}Waves. Big ones. {148174}{148199}Go on! {148333}{148392}Number three. {148425}{148477}Wind on the cliffs. {148566}{148611}Number four. {148635}{148714}Wind through the bushes. {148992}{149053}Number five. {149106}{149176}Sad nets belonging to my father. {149330}{149386}Number six. {149469}{149584}- Is that enough?|- Church bell of Our Lady of Sorrows... {149610}{149648}with priest. {149729}{149779}It's beautiful. {149796}{149850}I never realized|it was so beautiful. {149896}{149936}Number seven. {149995}{150070}Starry sky over the island. {150141}{150217}Number eight. {150247}{150293}Pablito's heartbeat. {150461}{150555}- He will hear everything!|- Really? {150651}{150680}You can hear it! {150687}{150756}You can hear Pablito's heart! {150924}{150957}I'm not calling him Pablito. {151128}{151222}Five years later... {152022}{152097}Aw...|but i am not in the picture... {152331}{152405}And who are you? {152588}{152615}Come here, Pablito! {152712}{152754}Pablito, come here! {153091}{153139}Pablito never saw him. {153160}{153212}He was born|a few days later. {153347}{153397}At first, it was hard without him, {153405}{153445}but now it's better. {153467}{153534}By the way, this is something|he did for you. {153557}{153590}I was supposed to send it, {153606}{153647}but I kept it instead. {153690}{153725}I listen to it|all the time. {153969}{154011}Dearest Don Pablo... {154054}{154073}this is Mario. {154110}{154158}I hope you haven't forgotten me. {154194}{154248}Anyway... {154295}{154388}do you remember that|you once asked me... {154402}{154491}to say something nice|about my island to your friends... {154496}{154539}and I couldn't think of anything? {154562}{154591}Now... {154617}{154643}...now I know. {154678}{154745}So I want to send you this tape... {154760}{154831}which, if you want to,|you can play to your friends. {154831}{154897}If not, you can listen to it. {154959}{155010}Then you'll remember me... {155046}{155082}and Italy. {155219}{155258}When you left here... {155288}{155384}I thought you'd taken all|the beautiful things away with you. {155414}{155453}But now... {155494}{155528}now I realize... {155537}{155628}that you left something|behind for me. {155906}{155974}I aIso want to tell you|that I've written a poem... {155980}{156035}but you can't hear it|because I'm embarrassed. {156049}{156130}It's called|''Song for Pablo Neruda.'' {156136}{156175}Even if it's about the sea... {156204}{156232}it's dedicated to you. {156285}{156364}If you hadn't come into my life|I never would have written it. {156415}{156474}I've been invited|to read it in public. {156508}{156617}And even though I know my voice|will shake, I'll be happy. {156635}{156720}And you will hear the people|applaud when they hear your name. {157186}{157211}Comrades! {157233}{157264}Comrades! {157411}{157508}Here is our comrade Mario Ruoppolo, {157525}{157571}who will read you a poem {157604}{157653}which he dedicated... {157666}{157754}to the great poet|who is known to us all... {157767}{157818}Pablo Neruda. {157941}{157983}Comrades! Comrades! {158009}{158115}We invite Mario Ruoppolo|onto the platform... {158144}{158161}Hear that? {158175}{158209}Hurrah! {158347}{158427}He's Mario Ruoppolo, let him through.|Let us through. {158438}{158467}Excuse me! {158506}{158537}We have to reach the platform. {158538}{158577}He's Mario Ruoppolo! {158594}{158607}Mario? {158634}{158740}- Mario?|- Comrades!|- Mario, where are you? {158741}{158811}Mario?|Mario Ruoppolo! {158812}{158973}Comrades, keep calm! {160726}{160848}For our friend Massimo 56188