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A SERIES BASED ON THE BOOK "ANNA" WRITTEN BY NICCOLÒ AMMANITI IN 2015

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT 6 MONTHS AFTER FILMING BEGAN

♪ The glow ♪

♪ Around your face ♪

CATS ARE SUPERIOR

♪ When you see ♪

♪ The lightning race ♪

♪ I know ♪

(WOMAN COUGHS)

♪ And I can hear ♪

♪ The thunder ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ Of perplexity ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ For eternity ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ Of the land ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ For a man ♪

♪ I'm down ♪

♪ On my knees ♪

♪ And I'm saying ♪

♪ Please believe me ♪

♪ It's hard ♪

♪ To fall out ♪

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

♪ Of love completely ♪

♪ Brocade upon your bed ♪

♪ Memories should fade ♪

♪ At least of you ♪

♪ A sceptre ♪

♪ Of ice and fire ♪

♪ A spectre ♪

♪ Of my desire ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ Of famed renown ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ Who kicks the clown ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ Of the land ♪

♪ A woman ♪

♪ For a man ♪

What have you done?

GIRL: She's dead.

Oh, no, no!

I'm going to kill you!

I'm going to kill you!

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Bitch!

(GRUNTING)

(CHOKING)

-(CHOKING) -(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

Die!

(GASPING)

(SCREAMING)

(BELLS CLANGING)

Come here.

Come to me.

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(BIRDS CAWING)

(BIRDS FLUTTERING)

(BIRDS CAWING)

(DOG BARKING)

(PANTING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(LOUD SPLASH)

(GASPING)

Anna.

(PANTING)

(COUGHING)

What happened to you?

(ANNA CRYING)

ANNA: I've lost my brother.

It's not fair.

Astor!

Astor!

Get out!

(DOGS BARKING)

(DOGS WHIMPERING)

BOY: Well?

He's not here.

Astor!

Astor!

Astor!

(COUGHING)

You need to rest, let's go home.

I have to go.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Where?

Somewhere.

You coming back?

(STARTS ENGINE)

Wait!

You're not going anywhere without me.

PIETRO: Mister.

Mister.

I'm Pietro, from building B.

- What do you want? - At home... my mama.

- What do you want? - Mama's not well.

Please, you gotta come.

- Where? - That way.

Let's see what's good to eat.

You have these and you don't share 'em?

Your mother's done for, it's too late for the hospital,

it's full of people dying there.

Listen.

Listen carefully.

- Do you really want to help your mother? - Yes. (SNIFFS)

-(WOMAN WHIMPERING) -(SAVERIO GRUNTING)

SAVERIO: Another one.

(BED SQUEAKING)

Don't worry, my dear, it'll be all right.

Now we'll free you from this shell of pain.

Squirt, go get me two plastic bags.

(SIGHS)

One's not enough, it could break, okay?

Now I'll put the bags over her head and she'll stop suffering.

Get on top of her.

No, on top, lie over her.

Come on, lie down flat.

Come on.

That's it, good boy.

Now, hug her.

Now your mother's soul will leave her body,

it'll pass through you

and you'll feel it slip inside you, like a caress.

It'll be her last goodbye, for good.

Do you understand?

Go.

Are you ready?

Ready.

-(SAVERIO GRUNTING) -(WOMAN GASPING)

(SAVERIO SIGHS)

Did you feel her?

I saw your mother's soul,

it was shining, so brightly.

- I didn't see it. - You can't, it's invisible.

- I've got special glasses. - Where did she go?

She's flying around the world,

together with the souls of all the others

like her, who are dead.

All together, they're going to Etna, the volcano,

they pass through the crater

into a better dimension.

(SHEEP BLEATING)

SAVERIO: What's a synonym for rich?

Wealthy.

You're too young, but if you could understand what I'm writing,

you'd say I'm a genius.

You're not going to die, are you, Saverio?

Of course not, I'm different.

Look.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Look.

Mmm?

Not a single blotch.

I've never been better in my whole life.

I'm pervaded by grace.

Know what that means?

Grace is when God sees you and says: "Okay, you're a good guy."

God spared very few chosen ones from the virus.

I'm a bard,

my mission is to chronicle the end and the rebirth.

Come here.

I name you my assistant.

(MELANCHOLIC SONG PLAYING)

We'll start from there and go through all the houses.

It's all right.

You're about to be freed.

(WOMAN WHIMPERING)

Squirt.

Yum.

(SAVERIO GRUNTING)

(ENGINE REVVING)

Soon, my dear assistant, our mission will be accomplished.

- And we'll go away. - Where?

To visit the Etna sanctuary.

- It snows there in winter, can you ski? - No.

Me neither.

ANNA: How much farther?

Not much, see?

ANNA: Are you awake?

PIETRO: Yeah.

ANNA: Can't sleep?

PIETRO: No.

You?

Me neither.

What are you thinking about?

My dogs.

I had two.

Dogs live 14 years, like us.

It's true, I never thought about it.

In 14 years they do everything,

they're born, they live, they die.

In the end, what counts is not how long you live, but how you live.

If lived to the fullest,

a short life is as good as a long one.

Don't you think?

Yes.

I really like you.

(BOY WHISTLING)

- Hi. - Hi.

- What are you doing? - Shining shoes.

- What's your name? -'Ndraveche.

Cool, 'Ndraveche.

I made it up myself.

- And what's your name? - Astor.

- Did you make that up too? - No, my mama did.

It's nice here.

Yeah.

Do you know a lake called The Reeds?

Where there's a blond boy called Pietro?

No.

Want to see something special?

- Is it far away? - No.

Are we friends?

- Can I come in? - BOY: Not yet.

(SIGHS)

Can I help you?

One?

One.

1,500 euros.

Thank you, sir.

Right, it's all there.

Do you want to walk or to go by car?

- By car. - Okay, it's the same price.

- But I have to blindfold you. - Okay.

BOY: You can take the blindfold off.

Hi, Astor.

Hi.

Who are you?

I'm Tonino.

Hi, Tonino.

- How do you know my name? - I know everything.

I died eating an old pandoro.

- What's pandoro? - Like a brother to panettone, a cake.

Mmm... Cakes...

Shush, you can't talk! This is theater!

Ah...

This is the tale of Tonino and 'Ndraveche,

the greatest of friendships.

'Ndraveche and I were always together, we did puppet shows.

Then I died

and 'Ndraveche was left all alone.

You, Astor, do you want to become 'Ndraveche's friend?

You can use all the puppets you want.

Yes.

(VOLCANO ROARING)

Why do you make us eat with sticks?

Chinese people eat with chopsticks,

to be faster, so they get full quicker.

I don't like Chinese food.

Seriously?

My father's a great expert in Chinese food,

once he took me to China to taste egg rolls.

(COUGHING)

(LOUD CRASH)

(ANNA GROANING)

There's a wire!

- Are you okay? - Just a scratch on my leg.

Who are they?

Welcome!

Welcome to Etna!

(LAUGHING)

You've arrived at Customs.

It's been ages since anyone came.

Hi.

You want to see the volcano? It's spectacular.

- Yes. -(HICCUPS)

Unfortunately, you need permission to go up.

Permission from whom?

Permission from Nucci, that's me.

Around here, everything is mine,

every stone, every plant, every grain of asphalt, too.

After the Red Fever there are no laws,

everyone can do what they want.

You're contradicting yourself.

You say everyone can do what they want

and isn't that a law?

As you can see, laws still exist.

My father was a lawyer in Catania,

Luigi Nucci, criminal lawyer.

Can we go up?

As I said, there's the Nucci protocol, you need permission.

Do we have your permission?

Wait a minute. Let me take a good look at you.

Hmm, no.

If I go through anyway, what happens?

Something bad happens.

Nucci, will you let us through, please?

There's an exception to my law,

pretty girls can go through.

- Ugly boys can't. -(CHUCKLING)

Fine, I'm ugly and you're handsome.

Let's go, Anna, forget about it.

You've gone past the wire, you're in deep shit.

Yeah, yeah.

See ya.

Wait.

Go.

(BOYS GRUNTING)

ANNA: Open up, assholes!

(BANGING ON DOOR)

(CHAINSAW WHIRRING)

PIETRO: What the fuck are you putting on me?

(SAWING)

-(PIETRO SCREAMS) - BOY: Be still.

(CLANKING)

PIETRO: Let go of me!

-(LOUD CLANK) -(PIETRO SCREAMS)

(WHIRRING)

You need to be patient.

(SAWING)

You know the story of the boa, the cat and the dog?

(SIGHS)

An enormous boa constrictor eats a cat.

You know, you can live in a python's stomach for years.

So the cat gets cozy, makes a bed and waits.

One day, the boa finds a dog.

And what does he do? He eats him.

So, in the python's stomach there are a cat and a dog,

that have always hated each other.

The dog says to the cat:

"I know we hate each other's guts,

but if we want to get out of here we've got to team up."

The cat replies that it's impossible because he's a cat

and he jumps at him.

They go at each other, biting and scratching.

The python feels an insane pain inside him,

an incredible tussle.

Then the cat makes a gash,

an enormous gash, and they both come out of it.

The python dies, they're alive.

Covered in shit, but they're alive.

So the dog says to the cat:

"Peace?" And the cat replies: "No fucking way.

If we didn't hate each other, we'd be dead by now."

You get it?

No, what does it mean?

That war's war and cats are superior.

BOY: Nucci.

- Are you done? - All done.

ANNA: What did you do to him?

Why?

That's what happens when you pass the wire without my permission.

He'll die with that on his head.

Piece of shit.

NUCCI: Now you can go up to the volcano.

ANNA: Take it off him.

Why don't you try and take it off?

PIETRO: Anna, forget it, let's go.

(COUGHING)

I'm going to rest for a bit. (GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

PIETRO: Stop. That's enough.

We need to find a screwdriver or some pliers.

It's no good with rocks.

We won't find anything farther up, let's go back down.

No, those guys are there.

I have to climb the volcano.

Maybe we'll find something farther up.

- Can you breathe, at least? - Yeah.

(GRUNTS)

Can you make it?

(GASPS)

YOUNG PIETRO: Saverio, you've got a blotch.

What the fuck did you say, Squirt?

What the fuck did you say?

You've got a blotch.

I can't have any blotches, I am the chosen one.

I am pervaded by grace.

- Where? - On your back.

- Where, on my back? - The right side.

(PANTING)

Go away.

- Where to? - I don't give a fuck!

I don't give a fuck where you go, you hear me?

It's all dead people here! Go be with kids your own age!

Go away!

Do whatever the fuck you want.

Get out.

Where are you going?

I said get out.

- Can I come...? - Get out!

Get out of this fucking car!

(COUGHING)

It's boiling.

- What? - I'm thirsty.

Tilt your head back.

More.

Pietro, there's nothing here.

That's not true,

from here, the souls return to the Creator,

they leave the body,

they cross the world, the sea and they arrive here.

They enter the volcano and rise up to Heaven.

This is happening here,

right now.

Where? I can't see anything.

Because they're invisible.

I've got some glasses in my front pocket, get them out.

These?

My friend Saverio gave them to me.

With these you can see the souls.

Put them on me.

I can't.

Hold a lens against a hole.

You see anything?

Only more yellow.

Let's go back down, what do you say?

You try them on.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Well?

- I can't see anything. - Are you sure?

Look harder.

There's one down there.

And another one up there.

What are they like?

Like luminous jellyfish.

Beautiful.

I knew it.

(COUGHS)

Pietro, let's go.

It'll be dark soon, come on.

No, I'm staying here.

I can't do it, I'm exhausted.

You go.

Let's go, you can't stay here.

Please.

All right.

We'll stay here.

(WIND BLOWING)

The mainland.

Pietro.

Pietro!

Pietro!

Pietro. Pietro.

(CRYING)

(CRYING)

Pietro...

Please, say something.

In my backpack...

there are two plastic bags...

get them.

Saverio.

Saverio.

Can you hear me? It's Pietro.

Assistant, how are you?

Good and you?

I feel like shit.

(SOFT CHUCKLE)

(FLIES BUZZING)

You got two plastic bags?

(CRYING)