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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

WOMAN: Astor!

WHAT TO DO WHEN MAMA DIES

Astor!

Wake up.

ASTOR: Who are you?

WOMAN: It's Mama.

You're my mama?

- How are you, Astor? - Good, Mama.

This is 'Ndraveche.

And Anna? Where's your sister?

I don't know.

They cut off her arm.

Don't you think about Anna?

No, I don't think about her.

How come?

I've forgotten everything.

You know what mothers are for?

To remind us of the important things in our hearts.

Go home, go to your sister.

Mama, can I cut your strings?

So you can come with me.

No, or I'll fall down.

ASTOR: 'Ndraveche, wake up.

-(YAWNING) What is it? - I have to go, bye.

Merry Christmas.

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

(ANNA GROANS)

(SIGHS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

-(BLOWING AIR) -(CRUNCHING)

(KISSING)

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

You can wake up, now, princess, I kissed you.

(LAUGHING)

Stop it.

Astor, listen to me.

You and I have to leave,

we have to go away.

When I was on the volcano

I saw the mainland.

I woke up and I saw it.

Italy is close.

Where?

Beyond the sea.

Let's go, so we can see what's there.

Why?

Because I'm growing up

and we'll see if there are Grown-ups with medicine.

But the Grown-ups are all dead.

The Little Lady was alive, though,

there might be others like her.

'Ndraveche told me if you take a bath with a chicken

and you hold it underwater for a minute, you'll live forever.

Unfortunately, it's not true.

Do you want to go?

Let's go.

Can I put her in too?

Why?

So they can be together.

Sure.

Stop chewing your hair.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(RAIN PATTERING)

(WIND BLOWING)

(ANNA SIGHING)

ASTOR: I'm hungry.

ANNA: Sleep, that way you won't be hungry.

- ASTOR: Why don't we go home? - ANNA: Don't start.

ASTOR: Was Mama blonde?

ANNA: No, you've seen the photos.

ASTOR: Was she beautiful?

Yes.

Yes, very, all the men chased after her.

Like dogs.

Yes.

Was Papa a dog?

Yeah, a little bit.

Anna.

Do you have the Red Fever?

No.

- You're not going to die? - No.

Astor.

Astor.

- Come down! - No.

Come down!

Little brat.

OMG, these are amazing!

Anna, look.

Chocolate!

Keep looking.

MAN: What do you want?

Anna, run!

Move it, I'm always waiting for you.

(PANTING)

Don't make me mad.

Enough, I'm tired.

I want to stay here, it's nice here.

Anyway, where are we going?

To Italy, I told you a hundred times.

I don't care about Italy!

- Let's go. - No.

- Don't piss me off. - You go, I'm staying here.

All right.

Bye, Astor.

Astor!

Come and see, run!

Italy!

Look how big it is!

And what a long nose!

(ANNA CHUCKLES)

(ELEPHANT GRUNTING)

ASTOR: "Me-ro-tti-na".

Here, this is a good one.

ANNA: No, it's not right.

Here, this is perfect!

You use your feet like on a bicycle.

- ASTOR: It's a boat, not a bicycle. - ANNA: No, it's a paddle boat.

We've got to get it in the water.

You're really strong.

One, two, three!

Pull!

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Pull!

(CONTINUE GRUNTING)

Let's sleep now, we'll keep going tomorrow.

Turn the light off.

PRIEST ON TV: The plague which in these times

smites us all...

(BABY CRYING)

...and for which there appears to be no cure yet...

Stop it! What's wrong?

(CONTINUES SPEAKING ON TV)

You want this?

PRIEST ON TV: Harm suffered for harm that has been inflicted.

There's a sweet rigor for Augustine...

Are you hungry?

I'm sick of you!

MARIA: Don't close the door.

It's dangerous to stay with them.

Humanity...

(COUGHING)

We have to be careful.

-(COUGHING) -(DOOR OPENS)

(BABY CRYING)

Don't drag him.

Let him go, let him go and play.

Anna. Anna. Anna.

- He's always crying. - I know.

Promise me you'll look after him,

he's little and you have to be patient.

He's your son, not mine!

He's your brother, you have to protect him.

Promise me.

I promise.

(COUGHING)

- Again. - I promise.

- Louder. - I promise.

- Swear you will. - I swear.

You won't do it, you're selfish like your father.

Yes, I will. I swear, Mama.

I've written everything in this notebook, got it?

Look after it

and teach Astor to read.

Don't forget.

(BIRDS CAWING)

ASTOR: Anna, it's morning.

Not too much, we need it.

(ANNA GRUNTING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(GASPS)

One, two...

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Mama.

Mama. Mama. Mama.

Say goodbye to Sicily.

Bye, Sicily.

- Ready? - Ready.

ANNA: "Things to do when Mama dies."

MARIA: "When I die I'll be too heavy for you to carry me out.

Anna, open the windows, take everything you need

and lock the door.

If it stinks too much in the house, sleep in the car.

You have to wait 100 days.

On the sheet next to this I've drawn 100 lines.

Cross one out every morning.

The days may seem a lot, but time passes quickly."

Pedal, I can't do it by myself.

Enough, I'm tired.

- Come on, pedal. - I don't want to.

If you don't pedal we'll die.

- Can't you see we're moving away? - Let's go back.

Pedal, or we'll be stuck out at sea!

Shall we sing a song?

Hmm?

Come on.

(SINGING)

(BOTH SINGING)

ANNA: Come on, sing.

(BOTH CONTINUE SINGING)

MARIA: "Only when all the lines are crossed out,

can you open the door to my room.

Go into the house only to get what you need

and don't waste food."

(WOMAN'S VOICE SOFTLY) Anna.

Anna.

Open the door!

Open the door, please, I don't feel good,

I'm thirsty.

Little Anna, come.

Help me, darling, I'm suffering so much.

Here I am, Mama, I'm behind here,

I'll come in, look, and if you're dead, I'll go straight out.

(GASPS)

("SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME" PLAYING)

You want a puppy?

If you do, you have to come here and poop.

You push... (GRUNTING)

and you poop, got it?

(CRYING)

Poop.

Do it, go on.

Do what I'm doing, come.

(CRYING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

ANNA: Look at the rain.

Wow!

See it?

The cushion.

No, don't draw on the cushion.

- Here? - Yeah.

- ANNA: Did you hurt yourself? - ASTOR: Yes.

Show me your hands.

Look up there.

(BIRD CAWING)

Go away, filthy birds!

Go away.

Go away, filthy birds!

ASTOR: Go away...

♪ Won't you tell him please to put on some speed ♪

♪ Follow my lead ♪

♪ Oh, how I need ♪

♪ Someone to watch ♪

♪ Over me ♪

Pietro.

(DOLPHINS CLICKING)

ASTOR: Anna...

Anna...

(GASPING)

(BOTH GASPING)

Anna...

The book.

It fell in the water, it's my fault.

I'm sorry.

We'll write another one.

ANNA: 93, 94,

95, 96, 97,

98, 99, 100!

MARIA: "When 100 days have passed, come back into my room.

Don't look at my face.

Tie me to a rope, it's in the third drawer in the desk,

and drag me outside.

It will be easy because I won't weigh much.

Take me into the woods, to a place you like

and cover me with stones.

Clean my room with bleach,

then you can live inside again."

Shoo! Go away!

Anna...

What are you doing?

The hair.

(CHATTERING)

Astor. Astor.

(GRUNTS)

Anna.

Water.

Press the switch.

The light.

There's electricity!

Artichokes in oil!

Chocolate hazelnut spread!

Mmm...

Mmm...

- How is it? - Delicious.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

"What distinguishes human beings from all other animals

is the ability to imagine and tell stories,

because it's only through stories that nothing ever really dies.

Unbelievable things can happen,

the chaos of the world can find a meaning.

And what seemed the end of everything,

may turn out to be an extraordinary, new beginning."

(CHATTERING)