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

Come on... ask me this question.

What? They say l'm crazy?

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

Don't worry about that.

l tell everyone to ask me questions,

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

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

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

Now, go on. Ask me.

Why am l happy?

I'II teII you why I'm happy.

Because I can smeII a scent of orange-bIossoms,

coming from the countryside.

SmeII it! You smeII it, too.

When you smeII orange in the air it means that very soon it'II be summer.

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

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

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

BungaIow!

Five bungaIows, at the new seaside resort.

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

Who knows?

Maybe this time we'II get them aII around one tabIe, Iike in the oId days.

WouId you Iike that?

Are you happy?

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

Cicadas! A good sign!

Lo Piparo! Mr. Lo Piparo!

I'm returning the keys.

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

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

Sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't.

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

Thank you. Stay weII.

Goodbye, Don Matteo. Goodbye.

Lo Piparo!

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

No!

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

Why didn't they come?

Work. Too much work!

Better Iike this!

Then we'II just wait for them next summer!

You wait, dear Lo Piparo! Not me!

Question...

Can parents have any peace if their chiIdren are far away

and they hardIy ever see them?

Can parents have any peace...

if they can't imagine where their chiIdren Iive,

if they've never seen their house,

the beds they sIeep in...

the buiIding where they work,

the bar where they go for coffee?

Answer: No.

A hundred times, no.

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

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

Don't Iook Iike that. I'II teII you everything.

I'II bring back pictures.

Don Matteo! Don Matteo!

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

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

Ask me where I'm going.

Where are you going?

To see my chiIdren.

By train? You'II never get there.

Go by pIane. Eat in SiciIy and shit on the mainIand.

I know, but I'm affraid to fIy.

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

Write to me!

Have a good trip, Don Matteo!

Thanks.

Don Matteo, do you remember?

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

That goes way back!

How come you know that?

From the town haII days.

My father aIways said it.

A good man, your father.

A friend!

Thirty years we put in together.

How is he?

Dead.

Give him my regards! TeII him when I get back, I'II come see him.

THEY ARE ALL WELL

Dad! A white hair.

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

That is, Dad.

AIvaro!

AIvaro, come here!

Dad's hair's white!

Your ticket please, sir.

Sir, your ticket, please.

Here you go. Have a nice trip.

- Thanks. - Good Day

Tickets, please.

Hey, it must be yours, you Iet it faII.

Me?

Thank you.

FortunateIy, I onIy have this copy.

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

No, it's a famiIy portrait.

Look, Iook, the ones in the middIe are me with my wife.

BeIow are my babies.

Guglielmo.

Like Rossini's.

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

Norma, Bellini's one.

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

I named them aII after opera characters.

Because I've aIways been an opera Iover!

That's why...

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

and dressed Iike this.

D'you want to see it?

PIease.

WeII, I'd say they are no Ionger chiIdren.

You're right, but..

What do you want?

One one's chiIdren are smaII, he imagines them... grown up.

Then... when they grow up... one aIways sees them as chiIdren.

I bet you aIso want to see it.

Like it? Show it aIso to the Iady.

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

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

- Large famiIy - If you aIso count...

.. the daughters-in-Iaw, the sons-in-Iaw, the grandchiIdren you get an army!

A fragment of ItaIy.

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

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

I don't know, they have...

.. something speciaI...

AII settIed down, with important jobs.

But the exceptionaI...

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

They were brought up with sacrifice.

I confess something.

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

UsuaIIy, they come to SiciIy, once or twice a year, and...

Am I imposing?

You reaIIy don't want to know...

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

HonestIy... no, thanks.

As you wish.

You don't know what you're Iosing.

Excuse me, couId do me a favor...

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

Thank you.

You know, it's for my wife.

I'm SiciIian, from Trapani.

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

l am also Neapolitan!

l am also a Neapolitan!

l want one billion!

A billion!

Thieves, murderers, ass-kissers!

Ass-kissers!

All are thieves, murderers, ass-kissers!

Yes!

Murderers, ass-kissers!

I want one biIIion!

Thieves, murderers, ass-kissers!

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

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

Ass-kissers, all of you!

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

...I'II puII down aII these teIevision antennas, aII of them!

He is armed, caII the poIice.

Toy gun, and we got used.

Even the poIice knows it.

Ass-kisser!

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

.. l'll remove all TVantennas!

AIvaro, guess, who?

An idiot.

Scuro.

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

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

- Where...? - In the microphone there.

- Here. - Here?

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

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

What did you say his name was?

Scuro, AIvaro Scuro.

It's my son, and he's aIso your coIIeague.

How come you don't know him?

Look... Scuro AIvaro...

is either on hoIiday, or took a day off,

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

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

or he has retired...

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

The onIy certain thing is that he exists.

Thank goodness.

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

l'm not at home right now.

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

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

Please, only talk after the beep. Thanks.

HeIIo...

It's me...

.. heI...

AIways this stupid answering machine.

What can I do?

I can't taIk to a voice that sounds Iike taken out from the fridge.

I Iike Iike... the worId stops dead.

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

There isn't even a dog around.

Need some company, Gramps?

Look at his thighs.

And Iook at mine.

After aII...

AIvaro... I...

I wanted to surprise you.

Where have you gone?

You've sIept somewhere eIse, didn't you?

Women aIways Iiked you, didn't they?

BIow your nose!

Your nose is aIways running.

Running nose, Iike aIways. Come on.

Yes, Iaugh. Strong.

Are you tired, Dad?

- A IittIe - Sorry.

Where you going now?

Listen... sorry...

the... the tweIve... Does it stiII exist?

What?

I mean, does room 1 2 stiII exist?

Where couiId it have gone? Here it is.

Here you go.

You can never know.

Ask me why I asked for room tweIve.

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

AIright, why d'you want room tweIve?

It's very simpIe!

When I got married 45 years ago...

I came to NapIes for my honeymoon.

We sIept in this hoteI...

in room number tweIve.

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

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

AIright. How much did it cost you?

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

Today it'd amount to...

...twenty thousand lire.

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

Everything has changed.

But it's the same furniture.

Remember our first night?

You'd have wanted to sIeep dressed.

And me, out of respect,

I went to bed with my hat on.

I dream I speak EngIish perfectIy.

I think in NeapoIitan, speak in EngIish, and peopIe understand me.

Look! It's that one up there?

How on earth did he do it?

And who's going to pay?

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

HeIIo, heIIo?

Let's hope it records.

AIvaro, it's daddy!

I came to NapIes, but... I couIdn't find you.

Where are you? Are you aIright?

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

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

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

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

Give a sign, you never caII!

AIvaro, Iisten, maybe it's better if I go to your brother, Canio.

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

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

I have to board the train, now.

Bye.

It's stiII daddy.

Please, ask me this other question.

Why wouId a 7 4 years a pensioner...

.. be hitchhiking on the freeway?

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

But...

.. you were too impuIsive.

You onIy had to ask me the question.

And I was to answer it.

- Are you a SiciIian? - Yes.

- How did you know? - Because you taIk Iike a Turk.

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

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

Look, I'II onIy teII you one thing. Be carefuI!

The day he was born, in 1947...

was a day when IocaI eIections were heId.

And his mother, stiII aching aII over, waIked aII the way to the poIIs.

She went aIone, beacuse I was a teIIer.

D'you foIIow? Then, she bareIy got back home,

- and haIf hour Iater, Cannio was born. - Damn!

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

Obstetrician.

Listen, excuse me for putting it Iike this,

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

Right on target!

Excuse me, where're you going?

Your papers.

- Are you from SiciIy? - Yes

Grandpa!

- Grandpa! - Erina!

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

Haven't you never seen him on TV?

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

He's been bedridden with fever for a week.

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

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

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

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

I thank... aII those...

.. that with their speeches...

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

.. sharing thoughts,

observations,

and new proposaIs... of great poIiticaI vaIue.

I won't be brief...

.. even if the circumstances wouId require it.

And then... why shouId we be brief?

The times we Iives in are more and more the sIaves of speed,

of anxiety... Is it fair?

Maybe the time has come, especiaIIy for our party,

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

the esence of a poti...

Pronounce cIearIy ''a po-Ii-cy''.

A fair po-Ii-cy.

Mo-dern.

That takes into account the sociaI requests...

A fair po-Ii-cy.

Mo-dern.

That takes into account the sociaI requests,

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

.. the '90s confront us with!

- Canio! - Dad!

Dad, Iook who's here!

Hi, Dad! When did you get here?

When did you get here?

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

Come down here!

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

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

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

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

- More than 50,000. - DoubIe the inhabitants of CasteIvetrano...

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

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

And where do they Iook when they're praying?

That way.

Let's go eat!

Enjoy your meaI!

- Enjoy your meaI. - Enjoy your meaI.

TeII me something:

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

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

but secretary of the ProvinciaI Federation of the party.

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

Come on, let's talk about something else.

Now, you've finaIIy seen the house.

- Beautiful, isn't it? - Yes.

It's very beautifuI. CongratuIations.

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

- Come on, we'd Iove it. - Yes, Grandpa, come Iive with us.

I thank you, but it's not possibIe.

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

change our lives, just like that?

No, it's not possible, no.

What is she saying?

You can stay here as Iong as you want. But you shouId visit the others as weII.

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

.. I want to surprise them.

- AIright. - PIease.

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

Where is he?

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

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

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

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

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

A free trip. The Iuck AIvaro has, he aIways wins!

Grandpa, when are we opening the gift?

You shouldn't worry about that.

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

Let's forget it.

Better teII me what's happening with my interview. It's been aImost a month.

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

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

Must I kiII someone?

lt depends on whom you kill.

Grandpa Matteo, there's nothing in here!

What d' you mean? You must Iook carefuIIy.

You'II see.

They're aII broken!

What a pity!

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

Your dad used to gorge himseIf with them.

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

I'm sorry.

I know them, they're the sugar doIIs.

Dad bought them at the siciIian confectionery, Iook how many I have!

Have you seen them, grandpa?

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

- Who is this? - I'm Canio.

- Hello, Canio. - How are you?

Look... is beautifuI, very beautifuI. A reaI masterpiece.

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

More naturaI, this is it!

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

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

.. in the... ParIiament, Deputy!

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

O, Canio!... Canio, Iisten.

What d'you think about us aII, meeting Iike in the oId days, but here, in Rome?

AIright. We'II have to check with the others.

- AIright, we'II see, yes? Bye, go. - Bye. - Go, bye.

Go, I'm watching you from here.

Don't move!

You can go now.

- Hi. - Good morning, Deputy.

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

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

- if you consider it necessary. - AIright, thanks, anything eIse?

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

- Listen, why're you kiIIing them? - We don't kiII them! No!

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

there were lots of them. lt's them.

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

.. they Iose their orientation.

They go mad.

They kiII themseIves.

They dive right down, and kiII themseIves.

These are going to save themseIves, they'II save themseIves.

''The wine is made from grapes. ''

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

Give me aII you've got!

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

The money!

Yes.

- Take everything, but do not hurt me. - AIright, aIright.

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

How oId am I... Cut the crap!

No, don't take this. PIease.

AIright, take it, but Iet me have the fiIm.

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

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

What the fuck do l care about your film?

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

Here, I aImost got in prison!

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

I don't know!

Dad!

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

They're mad!

Bye, have a nice trip!

- Bye! - Bye, bye!

What shoud it be, sir?

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

and Manifesto... And ll Giornale, aIso.

PIease, keep the suppIements.

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

but at Ieast caII, not very often, but at Ieast once a week!

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

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

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

I stiII am your father!

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

- in London and Paris. - It's onIy in SiciIy you never come.

- You've even Iost your accent! - I sureIy hope so!

What d'you mean?!

I've just a finished a show in Pescara,

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

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

You'II see.

TeII me... where's this prize traveI, AIvaro's making?

- When is he coming back? - He shouIdn't be Iong.

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

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

One evening, he came to see me pIay.

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

Because... I had the smaIIest of parts...

.. every time I came on stage...

.. he'd start appIauding and shouting: ''Bravo!'',

drawing the pubIic aIong with him. You know how him.

Then, the star came on stage.

Nobody noticed her.

That's how it was.

- When is the evening dedicated to you at... how is it caIIed... - Who toId you?

I read it in the newspaper and asked Canio. An articIe big Iike this!

Thanks.

A jam was all we needed...

What happened?

l don't know.

Is the cherry tree I pIanted stiII in the garden?

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

You know, this year it gave beautifuI cherries.

Sweet as...

.. as cherries.

But, now, enough with aII this. I think you cry easiIy.

Let's go see what happened.

How d'you take these off?

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

Hello, lrene, can you hear me? Where am l?

Blocked on the highway.

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

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

Here we are.

- Come in, come in. - Yes

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

It's very beautifuI.

It's a IittIe messy...

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

It's big.

WeII, this is my home.

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

Dad... you Iook Iike a saIesman, aIways a suitcase in his hands!

- I reaIIy aIways was into exports... - Give it to me.

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

I'm a whoIesaIe chiIdren exporter.

- WhoIesaIe? There's onIy five of us. - What d'you mean?

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

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

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

An army of children!

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

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

A sea of tiles.

Like in CasteIvetrano.

It's beautifuI, Iike a wide screen.

Can sIeep in the bed here, or wouId you Iike my room?

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

You shouId make reservations right now, for when you'II be Ieaving.

Otherwise, we risk not to find any pIaces.

Don't worry.

Ask me what I've decied.

What have you decided?

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

Very happy.

Look.

You're a liar!

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

So you can tell me more lies?

Leave this house!

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

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

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

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

''lf he cries, give him his bottle. ''

''Your breakfast is on the tabIe. I'II be rehearsing the whoIe day. ''

''Kisses, Tosca. ''

LittIe one!

Nice, nice...

ChiIdren used to cry aII the time, you couId have kiIIed them!

Now, hear the siIence.

Great, go on, more, great!

Come on, come on, chin up!

Keep your arms up!

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

Chin up! Chin up! Suck that beIIy!

Change. Other two. Come on! Move!

Come on!

Fine, but suck that belly!

Stefano, what are you doing here?

How're you?

Bad, but that doesn't matter.

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

Don't misunderstand me...

By the end of this week...

I want my car back...

.. and the house, aIso.

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

Are you ready, my beauties?

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

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

It's American, even for you.

What about you?

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

D'you need anything?

What's wrong? What aiIs you?

Why are you crying?

O, l see why.

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

Where're the buttons?

Hey, projectionist!

Let's see.

We've invented a new teIevision.

Good day, mister Scuro.

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

AIright, pIease, come in.

Excuse me... pIease...

.. ask me who is the girI dressed in orange and yeIIow.

- Who is she? - My daughter!

- One can teII. - Thanks.

Camera 1 , foIIow him in cIose up.

The same moron waving.

I'm proud of you.

I've seen you're happy, you're successfuI. WeIIdone!

AII you need now, is a good husband.

ReaIIy?

Then, we'II aII get together in Rome, aIright?

Don't worry!

Oh, I aImost forgot! Don't Iet GugIieImo know I'm coming!

We'II make him a big surprise.

AIright.

D'you need any money?

Money!

Gentlemen, your tickets, please.

Oh, this is not the ticket.

- What? - I'm sorry.

I didn't reaIize.

Here it is.

It's not Iike before, but it works.

I don't know how to thank you.

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

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

What show is it from?

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

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

Guglielmo, Alvaro, Norma, Tosca and Canio.

They have names after opera characters because...

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

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

Show it to others, aIso.

Nice coIors.

Are they your reIatives?

Not exactIy, but we traveI together, we're retired.

- I'm aIso retired. - ReaIIy?

And I aIso traveI by train, you know.

I traveI around ItaIy to visit my chiIdren. I'm now going to MiIan.

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

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

- Mister... I congratuIate you. - Thank you.

I wouIdn't Iike to be indiscreet...

You won't... PIease ask me.

Go ahead, ask me!

Where are you going?

''HAPPY HOLIDAYS''

Don't spread it out... but ItaIy's beautifuI.

That's right. We have evidence.

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

Twice a year.

The Iast time, we went to Fiuggi thermaI baths...

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

Welcome to Rimini.

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

Rimini beach hosts the largest number...

.. of tourists in the world.

lt has all the most modern facilities.

A lifeguard every 1 0 meters watches over the life of the swimmers.

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

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

And they do get Iost...

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

Thanks!

Perfect. And now a poIka for the more daring coupIes.

A poIka.

Madame, ask me what I'm thinking.

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

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

What's wrong? Are you tired?

No.

Don't you feeI weII?

Maybe it's better we sit down.

- Do you feeI better? - Yes

- D'you need anything? - No.

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

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

Excuse me.

It's terribIe when one feeIs bad and is away from home...

.. and one is aIone...

You... You don't have chiIdren?

I do. I have two.

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

.. chiIdren detach themseIves.

They need to detach themseIves.

And they are right because...

I must admit... We are boring.

My chiIdren... agreed among themseIves to send me to an asyIum.

Very nice, indeed.

A former convent, surrounded by oIive trees. A fine pIace.

But... they never visit.

They phone.

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

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

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

You see, Matteo...

.. sometimes...

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

.. and not to try to cIarify it.

It can even be fun.

Otherwise, you can expect everything.

Even to be rejected by your own chiIdren.

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

I won't because I aIso am sad.

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

Forget it.

No, I can.

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

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

And then, you see, we are very cIose to our chiIdren.

We'II never become detached.

- AII the same, it was wonderfuI. - For me aIso.

Madame, I...

.. I never kissed another woman's hand, pIease, aIIow me...

''That icy IittIe hand. ''

You are very nobIe, I won't forget.

ReIax, I'm not betraying you.

Listen, excuse me...

I have three chiIdren.

CongratuIations.

I have five... and...

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

WeII... I think...

- Did you want charity? - Go to heII.

What are you doing?

You're aIways Iate... the winds are Iate again.

Again, thank you. From bar 32.

Dad! What are you doing here?

Aren't you gIad?

- What are you saying? - Seemed so.

GugIieImo, don't you pIay?

Papa, the bass drum is not Iike the vioIins.

It onIy pIays occasionaIIy.

Yes, but when the time arrives...

You couId have toId me you we were coming...

And now, what shaII I do?

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

I'm going to London.

To work.

- WeII... - Afterwards, afterwards.

I had not faiIed in 10 years,

and it has to be just the day you arrive.

What is it, dad? Why are you Iooking to me Iike this?

You're sorry I'm Ieaving?

For the Scuro famiIy, meeting has become a Iuxury.

But that's not the reason.

It's that I don't Iike your Iaugh. I've never seen you Iaughing Iike that.

How am I Iaughing? I Iaugh Iike I aIways did.

- Come, waIk. - I know you too weII, GugIieImo.

You're not Ieaving.

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

What are you saying, dad?

I have concerts aII over Europe.

And then, why shouiId I Iie to you?

That's what I want you to teII me.

I aIready know it.

What do you know? What do you know?

Nothing.

But I assure you're hiding me something.

I can see it on your face.

It's true. I hid something from you.

I knew you were coming to MiIan.

Yes.

- Tosca caIIed me. - Oh, reaIIy?

I asked her not to teII you.

It had to be a surprise.

But, I expected you three days ago.

- Me? - You're aIso hiding something?

What are you saying?!

What?

Where did you go?

Me?

Where couId I have gone?

- Where'd you go? - What the...?

I don't know what...

You see, that's a nice Iaugh. I Iike it.

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

My son, what d'you want from me?

Gentlemen, l do not want to intrude,

but you either make me aIso Iaugh, or Iet me go on with my work.

- They're ruining everything. - Sorry.

''Sorry ''... Easy said...

Hello, Antonello, l'm your dad.

l'm sorry for interrupting your favorite music.

But l wanted to be sure you got my message.

l'll buy another tape.

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

.. only for a few days.

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

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

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

How you've grown up!

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

I Iike it, but I never understood it.

A farmer turned rich making wine.

He did nothing in Iife than make wine.

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

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

''My chiIdren, before dying I'II teII you my big secret. ''

''Wine can aIso be made from grapes. ''

Do not Iaugh Iike this, or you'II make me faII down!

You're aIways compIaining who d'you think you are, a romantic?

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

Andrea, come here, there's a place!

These things Iook Iike pIastic.

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

Anyway... the taste is good.

Grandpa, how can you aIways be happy?

You don't Iook Iike an oId man.

Let's cIarify something. I am not oId.

As some of the peopIe here are.

Then, how should l put it?

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

Now, I'II be doing the asking.

TeII me something. What happens to your father?

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

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

WeII enough... I mean, you know...

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

.. my friends, the schooI...

I can teII you I aImost never see them...

We sometimes meet, but...

Yes, we taIk, but...

WeII, we never reaIIy speak.

But how is this possibIe?

Come, I want you to see something phenomenaI.

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

The firefIies.

In MiIan? Didn't they say there weren't any Ieft?

It feeIs Iike dreaming.

Look how many!

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

Grandpa...

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

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

She was the coIIier's daughter, I can stiII remember.

Her name was Rosa.

And you? Who are you going out with

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

Rejoice. I can onIy teII you one thing.

You mustn't be shy with women.

Do and say whatever comes to your mind.

But be carefuI.

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

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

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

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

Damn.

What did you do?

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

- It happened. - But you're stiII a chiId!

What are you saying? Look!

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

- This means fifteen lire. - What?

Nothing.

And the girI, how does she What have you...?

What happened?

What...?

Was it a trick? You tricked me.

Yes, it's siIIy.

I made it up, Iook.

I get it, there is a gIass.

But Linda is pregnant and it isn't nonsense.

WeII, Iet's go to sIeep.

A pregnant girl.

It's crazy.

''La ScaIa''...

AngeIa, how many times did we say we had to see ''La Traviata''?

But we never did.

Mastro. ''La Traviata''.

PreIude of the third act.

Thank you.

Alvaro, l'm your dad.

l see you have not returned.

Have fun, congratulations.

Please, call me as soon as you arrive.

l will be in Turin with Norma.

I give you a hug.

I'm your dad. Bye.

I don't know if you did weII, GugIieImo.

You've been foIIowing him for two days.

You suffer and you soIve nothing. Why hide?

We shouId have stayed with him.

Maybe you're right.

But that's how he aIways was with me.

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

.. and he understands.

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

I am ashamed of having hidden.

But I couId not do anything eIse.

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

Hi, Dad.

- MiIo, a kiss for grandpa. - No.

- Come, come, kiss me. - MiIo.

WiII not you kiss your grandfather?

Grandfather stinks.

Why are you Iaughing?

When one traveIs they bathe IittIe.

AIso in order not to inconvenience the IandIords.

WeII, teII me.

D'you aIso wash your husband on the back?

CIearIy.

Do you speak?

Sometimes.

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

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

Liar is not true.

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

- No. - Neither does my husband.

Hurry.

How disgusting this modern foam.

Can I come to your office?

Yes, but in these days I aIways have meetings.

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

- If you get Iost, take a taxi. - WeII.

Do not waIk too much.

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

And fix the phone Iines, sometimes they get meIanchoIicaI.

Let's go to schooI, you're aIready Iate, hound-nose.

Did you get angry yesterday, grandpa?

GentIemen do not offend one another.

You're Iate.

Good day. TeIegrams.

Can you repeat the number?

Run, grandpa, run.

- MiIo. - Go, go, grandpa.

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

Wait.

For faiIure to pay stop have to suspend deIivery.

Grandpa, run, run.

- Run! - MiIo, stop.

''Sincere condoIences, Mauro.'' AIright?

- Go, go, grandpa. - Wait.

Sincere congratulations, Vincenzo Grossi.

- Grandpa, run. - MiIo.

- WiII you repeat? - MiIo!

- HeIIo? - Run, grandpa.

HeIp!

Please, do it for me

Marco, it's absurd.

Eight years have passed.

Years, not weeks.

Can't you accept it?

l'm sure we can stay together.

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

Every Christmas time,

and, then, in the summer...

For me it's a tragedy.

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

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

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

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

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

Lucky he doesn't know, and is happy.

We can't tell him now...

with all that just happened.

l love your him,

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

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

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

SiciIian?

Is that bad?

Hey, buddy!

There are no taxis.

It's too Iate.

Come... come, my friend.

lt's cold.

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

It's very good for you.

.. what happened to your husband?

I'm not in Iove with him, and we don't get aIong.

But... we haven't divorced.

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

Afterwards... we'II divorce.

I haven't yet found someone who understands me.

I Iive aIone with my son.

You have Iied to me.

But why?

The truth is we did not want to hurt you.

Now that you're oId,

and sick, and won't Iive Iong.

Tosca...

.. that boy...

.. is yours, right?

Yes, I was afraid to teII you,

because I don't know who the father is.

I didn't know how you'd react.

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

But why?

Because you aIways wanted us to be the best.

And you were screaming, and screaming.

Have you forgotten? And you beat us.

But I... I did for your sake.

So that you'd grow up strong.

AIvaro, where are you? How much Ionger tiII I see you?

Something ugIy's going through my mind.

I see where dishonest peopIe end up.

Even so, there are many innocent peopIe there.

But I can't teII you where I am.

From you, I'm onIy Ieft with the sIingshot.

I'II burn it.

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

Pretend nothing happened, dad.

Pretend that nothing happened.

lt's better for everyone.

But what... what'II I teII your mother?

At Ieast the happiness...

being aII together, at the same tabIe.

As in the oId times.

At Ieast that.

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

Yes, yes, yes!

We wiII gather aII together!

Cheers!

Thank you.

ShaII we wait a IittIe more, sir?

Wait for what?

Don't you see we're aII ready? TweIve starving mouths.

You don't drink? You don't Iike it?

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

PIease, there are peopIe watching us.

So?

How did things go at your Convention?

With how many votes did you get eIected?

WeII, it went very weII.

I won aImost 80% of the votes.

But that's a triumph!

CongratuIations to the Deputy.

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

I knew it! I am proud, very proud.

You shouId have expected it, it was aImost impossibIe for everyone to show up.

- Enjoy your meaI. - Enjoy your meaI.

Enjoy your meaI.

Of course it's a bad sign...

to see onIy men at the appointment.

AIthough, of course...

Tosca...

probabIy had the opening of a great show.

And Norma wiII have had some important meeting.

And AIvaro...

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

Nor what prison he's Iocked in.

I just want to know when he gets out.

Dad...

AIvaro is dead.

It happened this summer.

In JuIy.

I, the Iast time I saw him...

.. it was six months ago.

He was tired.

He suffered from IoneIiness.

We taIked a Iot.

But I... I never thought...

it wouId came to that.

He committed suicide.

Even now...

I don't know if we did weII.

We had decided not to teII you.

In newspapers IittIe was said.

OnIy two Iines.

And with the wrong name.

Where?

lt seems that...

.. he took a boat.

He went far off into the sea.

And then...

.. they couldn't find him.

lt's as if he is nowhere.

The sea is big.

Liars.

Liars, cheeters.

A mistaken name.

LoneIiness.

What does it mean... dying of IoneIiness?

Nowadays, what does it mean?

LoneIiness.

Withthe newspapers, the TV, that controIs even your asshoIe!

OnIy two Iines, with a mistaken name. You Iie!

If AIvaro dies, young, thirty-nine years,

strong,

the most inteIIigent of you aII,

they'II put him on the first page!

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

How many are there...

that disappear a month or more and come back?

That's what must have happened to him!

He must have had something to do.

Perhaps...

.. a disappointment in Iove.

AIvaro is too sensitive.

Now Ieave me aIone.

Why, nobody sings?

Sing! Here no one sings!?

Sing, sing!

Let me see.

Sing!

What's wrong, Dad?

Don't you feel well?

When wiII you give me my 140 lire?

Remember when you removed your first gray hairs?

You promised me 5 lire for each one removed.

I removed twenty-eight.

140 lire.

Your ticket, sir.

Thank you.

Sorry, you dropped this.

Thank you.

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

Yes, show business, yes.

How many times have l told you, Matteo?

The money in their hands.

The money in their hand.

Don't you remember?

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

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

This way they'll grow up strong and lucky.

How many times must l tell you?

You're right, Mom.

I forgot.

Matteo, what is it?

I thought my chiIdren were happy.

It isn't so.

The sacrifices were of no use.

Not yours, Mom.

Not mine.

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

.. for examinations, quaIifications...

.. contests, transfers...

.. the bank Ioans...

.. the coffins.

l had told you, Matteo.

You must put money in their hands.

The first time you cut the nails.

Even if only a dime.

lt's a boy.

lt will be called Matteo.

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

It was a miracIe.

PIease, do not tire him.

I finaIIy managed to gather everyone.

AIthough, not around the tabIe.

Listen to me.

You and your girIfriend...

keep the chiId.

You'II have probIems with your famiIies, but then...

everything wiII be fine.

And when it gets born,

the first time you cut his naiIs,

put a miIIion in his hands, yes?

This way he'II grow up strong and Iucky.

- Do not forget. - Agreed.

And something eIse.

Don't educate him to be someone important.

Teach them to be an ordinary person.

I haven't traveIIed a Iot in my Iife... In fact, aImost never.

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

As a young man I wanted to become a raiIwayman. I Iiked trains.

I went mad when I saw them...

.. at the cinema.

But, despite my ignorance...

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

Remember:

''Wine... ''

''is aIso made with grapes. ''

And is the best.

TeII this to AIvaro when he returns.

Now that l've come back...

ask me this question please:

How did it go?

AngeIa, what happened? Are you afraid to ask?

I wiII answer you, anyway.

It was an... important trip.

I wish I couId show you pictures.

I waIked a Iot.

I discovered many things.

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

beautifuI in itseIf as aII say,

but because Iiving here...

.. distant things...

.. seem better.

Yes.

What did you say? Our chiIdren?

Our chiIdren...

.. they are aII weII. Yes.

If they do weII on the mainIand,

We can waIk with our heads heId high.

And even aII SiciIy can be proud.

What did youi say? Of course.

They aIso send you greetings and many kisses.

They are aII weII.