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"People of Italy, run to arms" Dazzling announcement of the Duce The war to Great Britain and to France

The battle on the Don Italian soldiers are covered with honor

The African battle is over after 36 months of epic struggle

Only one certainty: we shall return to Africa

Axis forces counter the enemy's attack to Sicily

Mussolini's resignation Badoglio head of government

The fascist party is dissolved

The war continues people exult to the new government

The attack on the Calabrian coast

The armistice has been concluded between Italy and the Anglo-American

German troops continue to flood into Italy by the Brenner

The liberation of Mussolini announced by a German communique

Mussolini formed the new Fascist government

Young man, it's the fourth time today that you pass through the square.

What are you looking for? What do you carry in your bag?

You, I'm talking to you.

Be careful, it'll be raining soon.

Buy yourself an umbrella!

Anna!

Anna!

Anna!

Come up, I'll show you something.

Anna!

Mrs. Anna, they're calling you.

No injections left.

Come back in a few days.

Anna, look at this rebus.

Try and guess what it means.

But... - Come on!

Look! Min-ers, Pied-monte-se..

so, "Piedmontese miners".

It looks easy now. - True, it does.

You're really good.

Mind you, I created some rebus as well, to send to the newspapers..

but, under a different name, not mine.

What's with you?

Nothing. I'm tired. - You're always down in the pharmacy.

Isn't Luigi enough by himself?

It's so tiring to be at the till...

Listen, I'm going to the movies. - Sure, well done.

What are you going to watch? - I don't know! You tell me.

At the Royal they give "The Lion of Damascus", don't know if you like it.

Maybe they adapted it from one of those books by Salgari..

that I read as a child.

It must be an adventure film with many duels.

God forbid.

At the Nuovo there's "Sus the jew"..

a German propaganda film.

No, it' probably rubbish. Don't go.

Wait, I'll tell you all of them. Let me think for a moment.

Well, at the Ristori...oh no, still "La cena delle beffe"..

but you've already seen it.

You know where you should go?

At the Apollo they show "Violette nei capelli"..

with Lilia Silvi and Roberto Villa.

Lilia Silvi is cute..

and she's not bad at singing.

You always know everything. You're a wonder.

Well, I've listened to her so many times on the radio...

Look, when you come back tonight, you must recount me the whole plot.

I really want to know what it's like.

Instead of staying the whole day at the window..

mocking the people that pass by..

why don't you get out, once in a while?

After all, there's many like you..

who go out for a walk, to the movies... to the coffee bar..

and nobody minds.

Fine, I'll tell you all tonight. Bye.

When are you coming back? - Around eight.

And stay away from the window at a certain hour..

you might catch a cold.

We'll dine when I'm back, everything's ready.

Bye. - Bye.

It's nice to be like this and love each other.

No tears, fairies never cry.

To me, Rosalinda... thunders and songs...

What's there to bomb, here at Ferrara?

They never bombed here.

It's a fraud!

Move away gentlemen, it's an alarm.

Out. Out. Go on, into the shelter.

Hi. - Hi.

The show will resume after the alarm is over.

How are you, Anna? Long time no see.

Fine, you also look fine.

Being here, already means being fine.

They had a narrow escape..???

three times back and forth, and not a scratch.

A bit of scare, but they're here now.

It's five or six years since I last talked to you.

Four, since when I got married.

I saw you sometimes..

but you turned away.

What do you do now?

Nothing, I escaped from Avellino on the 8th of September..

and now I'm hiding at home..

waiting to see how things go.

But you're out today.

Well, a day a week, two at the most..

to get some fresh air..

otherwise I become like a candle... fat, flaccid.

Why are you afraid to go out?

Beacause you escaped from the army?

Didn't everyone else do it? - But what world do you live in?

Don't you know that in Bologna the Germans...

took hundreds of people from the streets, theaters, bars..

They put them on a train and sent them straight to Germany.

If you say so... But who ever saw Germans in Ferrara?

Hey, how far did they get?

They should be at Bologna.

They're not that far.

No, not in the direction of Bologna! By me, they're over Argenta.

They're always over them there... - Better there than here.

Hear that? It's always like this.

I learned it well at the front, in Cyrenaica.

The same thing here.

Everyone is happy because they're bombing Bologna, or Argenta.

Mors tua, vita mea. (your death, my life)

By the way, did you graduate from college? - Of course not.

God, what an ass you were with Latin.

I guess you stayed with me only because I made your translations.

Who knows!

Maybe it is just so. Don't put on such airs though.

Of course, I was in second grade..

you were in third of Literature.

After all, my dear, Latin was your job.

It didn't take you much to know it better than me.

Miss, how dare you disrespect your teacher!

Oh yes, the face that you did!

"How dare you disrespect your teacher!".

You always said this everytime I beat you 6 to 0 at tennis.

But I just let you win..

otherwise, you'd start crying.

Remember that time, when we bet..

to jump one by one over all the kerbstones of Piopponi Street?

You walked with a limp for a week! - Don't remind me of it! It still hurts!

That's when it ended my career as athlete!

What about that time in Rovigo, when we won the dance contest?

No, it's you who won it, with that idiot. Who was he?

We were really stupid.

Back in '22, we stuck'em on our dongs, the bureaucrats!

And then, who ever saw them?!

When the black shirts were risking revolver shots..

they certainly didn't come along with us.

That was the mistake of Palazzo Venezia:

bureaucrats and infants.

Between students of the GUF and "leech" employees..

so long to the fascist revolution.

Now they're starting over again! The lesson was of no use.

Look in what hands they put the federation, once again?

What's the new federal? An accountant.

Believe me, with the accountants you can't clean up the corners.

But times have changed.

Don't worry Martignoni, now it's our turn to start some action.

Respect, ma'am. - Good evening.

One day or another, I must pay a visit..

to Pino Barilari.

What, you want him to tell you how he spends his nights, Aretusi?

What do you say, according to your opinion..

can a woman stand two years without her...venting?

Of course she can! Just look at the nuns!

It depends on her nature.

I believe that a woman like that, makes our paralytic..

cuckold so many times.

But if she's always in the pharmacy! And then, we'd know, right?

A pretty woman. - Damn it!

I think that a woman like her, and with a husband in that state..

who could say anything?!

She'd have the right to cheat him! - I'll tell you a story.

In '35, before leaving to Africa, I had, in Bologna..

a serious affair with a lady of the aristocracy..

I won't mention her name, because she's dead...poor woman.

And you know what?

I went to her house, with her husband sleeping next room!

Got it? So much for Barilari. You've had it!

When the wife wants to cheat her husband..

you can't hold her, not even if you tie her to the bed!

Don't shout, he's always up here, at the window. He might hear you.

Even if he does, we didn't mention names, right?

No! - So then? - Yes!

Quick, go! There's only ten minutes to the curfew.

I'm done. I'm going, right away.

Good night, ma'am. - Good night.

Good night, doctor. - Good night.

And you, aren't you going? - I have a permit for the curfew.

Yes, I know, but there's no need to stay.

Don't you want me to help you? I'd do it with pleasure.

If you prefer, I can come back after dinner.

Thank you doctor, you're very kind, but..

tonight I have no wish to go upstairs. I think I'll go to bed right away.

Barilari pharmacy, may I help you?

Sure, but...

Aren't you afraid that mom may hear you?

If she sees you're on the phone, she'll scold you.

But, no, why should you call me in an hour?

In an hour, there will be no one here in the pharmacy.

But no...child...it's time to go to sleep.

Bye, good night.

Good night, doctor.

Goodbye. - Good night.

I would hope you that you're through..

with that phone!

Do you want to put my phone calls under control, now?!

At this hour, yes, if you don't mind.

At this time, the phone must be available.

Ines, don't be arrogant.

See, it's busy now!

They might be taking another engagement already.

Where do you expect them to go, at night?!

You never know.

Sure, can you imagine Mr. Magnozzi..

going around in Ferrara with the fog..

the blackout, although partial, and the curfew.

You're so boring!

Each night, to cover those three yards..

from their gate to ours, he shivers as though he had a fever.

Ines is not worrying for him.

Have you forgotten there's a Magnozzi Junior too?

Now I know what lies behind this sudden sacred fire!

If you really want to know, I'm interested in Gilberto Magnozzi.

Why, whom did you speak to for half an hour on the phone, before?

Five minutes, come on.

Sometimes, it takes less time to make a confession. Right, Ines?

Hello, Clara? Did you have dinner yet?

Yes, we're waiting.

It's not true.

In ten minutes, exact though.

Or else Italy will lose the war, right dad?

Lucky you, who still manage to joke.

By now, it's not a matter of win, or lose, anymore.

Why, what do you think might happen?

Nothing, just the revolution.

You can't even imagine all that we'll have to pay..

to get ourselves out of this quicksand. - Of course.

It'll be up to us to pay for the faults of the Fascism.

What kind of talk is that, Franco?

Yes mom, I'm sorry for dad.

Dad is one of the few who understood since the '22..

but I want to say that, at a certain point..

it's best to break off with the past.

The young are tired of betrayal.

Are you mad? If Gilberto doesn't come, how do we do?

Come on, persuade him, or we won't be able to set up the second gaming table.

Close that door, Ines. It's getting cold!

You tell him, Attilio. Franco mustn't get out. It's not prudent!

Imagine, he even went to the movies today.

Mom, it's one way to do something different.

Locking myself up, would be like bowing to the Fascists...

Alright then. Go out, and if you meet someone, speak up...speak this way.

But you studied Literature.

Now, what's literature got to do with politics?

Leave him alone. I'm not saying he ought to get out,..

but that even now, here, among ourselves..

we cannot speak freely... I think you're exaggerating.

Blow, blow on the fire!

It isn't enough that you compromised yourself the whole summer..

at those meetings at Manfredini's? Now everyone in Ferrara knows how you feel.

Is it true that the Germans set free 5 Jewish scientists..

who invented a secret weapon?

The...acoustic torpedoes.

What did she say?

But...but just where do you hear such nonsense? Tell me, Marta. - Me?

What do I know!

How much nonsense I must listen to, even in my own home!

Come on, dad! - Nonsense! Nonsense and bread!

Hi! Hi Clara.

Hi! Good evening. - Good evening, Engineer.

Clara, escort your mother, but don't turn on the light.

We're familiar with the house, by now.

What a cold! - Ines, did you listen to the radio?

Oscar Carboni. - What did he sing?

What else? "First love".

And your Ernesto Bonino what does he sing, la Boheme?

Tonight we must break the jinx, right Engineer?

Or with my husband you won't win, for sure. - Why mom?

Hi! Good evening ma'am. - Hi Franco. - Good evening, Engineer.

Aren't you staying, Franco? - I don't want to play.

He's got more judgement than us. - At least a rubber.

I'm a lousy Bridge player.

Certainly. Bridge is a game for intelligent people.

Exactly. So you'd better stick to Briscola.

Goodbye. Have a good time. - Bye Franco.

Good evening.

Attilio, the Magnozzi's are coming. - Shh.

...war events after the 10th of June 1940..

better than he had understood before..

he would have realized..

that on 15th of September, two years ago,..

...the tide of the war had turned upside down..

and he decided to remain in Italy. - Good evening lawyer.

With the defeat of the Luftwaffe in the skies of Great Britain...

A bit of silence, come on!

You're in a strange mood tonight.

Are you upset at somebody? - Me?

I keep talking, and you seem not to listen to me.

Sure, I'm listening.

Who are you thinking of? Roberto Villa? - No, I don't like him.

No? Who do you like, then?

Nobody.

There.

You know, once, on "Cinema", the magazine you read..

I saw a picture of Roberto Villa.

He was in front of...don't know, looked like a castle.

It must have been a scene from a film of two or three years ago.

Today's one, though, made me want to ride a bicycle.

Why?

There was a scene with some girls having a picnic.

Ah!

Come, undress. I'm taking the syringe.

Listen Anna, sometimes I get so upset.

What about?

About those stupid things they always show in the Italian films.

Nice plot you just told me.

It seems nothing but rubbish.

What do you want me to do?

Don't you remember the American films?

Those were something else!

Want to compare!?

Were there many love scenes?

Did they kiss often? - Nothing at all.

Once, by the end.

Why?

First she doesn't want to, so he doesn't...

But, I've already told you.

Ah yes.

Aren't you taking the sleeping pill, tonight?

No, never mind. I'll take it later.

Good night, thanks.

Good night.

Go to bed early you too . Don't stay up late.

I'll read a bit, I'll listen to the radio.

Eventually, if I'm not sleepy, I'll go for half an hour..

down in the pharmacy.

No...Go to bed.

Alright, I'll see...

Bye, good night. - Good night.

first, because I love you and then... - Then?

Through your good mood, your casualness..

I saw the heart of a man capable of feeling..

everything you told me, and I love you,..

I'll tell you all, because there's no woman..

who wouldn't be flattered to be the last love..

of a man who loved many. - What's that got to do?

It does. Because I suppose I'll be the last one. - The last one?

What if I told you that you are the first one? - I wouldn't believe it.

That's why I'm not telling you.

We missed the joyfulness of love, and now this..

has entered between us. We are, and shall be, happy.

It is our duty to be. - My home..

shall be our home. My mother shall be our mother..

my children shall be our children. - I'd say!

Ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen. - But, what are you counting?

Plants? - The children we'll have. - Ave Maria!

Strong, healthy children, cheerful children, life loving children.

I'll take care of this. Before sending one to school..

I'll ask him: what's there better than life?..

And when he'll answer: "life itself",..

then I'll send him to school. - Yes, yes...

So you must raise them, with this joy.

I remember that my father, when he raised the glass,..

and it happened often, between the serious and the witty, used to say:

Let's rejoice to be so. - Yes, let's rejoice.

Damn, guys! Certainly here you're not dealing with politics..

or high strategies. - If I loose this round..

I'm ruined.

Are you betting your honor?

Stupid, cut it out! - Franco, darling!

If you're not going to play, leave us alone.

Who's there?

Then it's not true what you said before!

It's not true that in this pharmacy, after a certain hour,..

there's no one anymore.

Excuse me, do you perform night duty?

Idiot!

What do you want me to do?

But it isn't possible.

Why meet?

No, nothing. I felt cold for a moment.

Why?

But, I don't know.

I don't know.

You talk.

No, you talk.

You talk, Franco, I beg you.

You talk.

You're just like then. Sei come allora.

Like then, how true! How could it be, Franco?

I had forgotten. I'm here with you, again, after so long.

Four, five, six, seven and eight.

One fifty is what you pay, and with these..

it makes ten. Are we all set, Mr. Ricci?

Very well.

May I serve you? - A cachet.

- Thanks. How much? - Sixty, at the till.

I wanted to meet you.

I'll call you tonight.

Did you get the potatoes ready, Umberto?

Yes, here they are. But I don't know if it's any good..

to bring them all.

Professor?

I am ready. I've already plucked them.

I could clean the insides, if you wish.

Do as you please.

Actually, no. Adele, they recommended me..

to tell you to clean them.

Just imagine if that servant of yours..

would ever clean poultry. - Let's take a walk.

I can't remember the last time..

that I came to the country.

Maybe it was over a year that I didn't get out of Ferrara.

I feel so good. Really, you know.

I want to come more often on the Po. I like it.

We already came here once.

I was waiting for you to say it.

Remember the hangover I got from the new wine?

Sure! I told you "I'll never take advantage of a drunk woman!".

And that peasant woman?

Who knows if she still remembers me.

She grumbled because we made the chickens escape from the yard.

You know what I was thinking?

I too have a man to give my arm to.

I've felt so alone.

Why didn't you leave him right away?

Or you could have hired a nurse to assist him.

I don't know. At some point, you feel a sort of tenderness.

Compassion? - Yes, even more than that.

Careful not to slip. - I love him like we were..

brothers.

Look at the countryside. Such an awful month, November.

No, why? I like it.

Franco.

The first days I thought that with you..

we would have started from where we left off.

I felt almost free, tranquil... as I once was.

Instead, you see, now it's something else.

We've changed so much since then.

I feel that we're both different.

More serious also. How I wait for the moment..

to see you again.

What do you think?

When the war will be over, do you think we can find..

a way...I mean, something..

because, a marriage like mine, how can it go on?

But, shall we be alive, when the war is over?

Alive?

What are you talking about?

Don't talk like this.

Now you're back home, already.

The war, leave it to the others.

Well, if you say so.

If you say so.

Let's go. It's late.

No Franco.

No.

See Franco, it's not possible. I want you more than you do, but not this way.

Adele!

Did you supply me well?

Yes professor..

I also put a salami, and some eggs.

With the potatoes, they're heavy. I'm afraid that this stuff, you..

might be good at eating it, but not at carrying it.

Don't worry Adele, load it. Go ahead and load it.

You want me to put in the house as well, with the other stuff?

I'd be capable to bring that as well.

My holy, great Adele! What good things did you put inside?

I told you. - By the way, for the accounts..

you'll need to talk to my mother, at Ferrara.

Because I haven't got a dime with me.

Don't worry. - Well, if you're not worried..

I'm not either.

You know? They didn't trust either one of us.

They said you would have cheated me.

I know! I know that your mom doesn't trust.

Bye Adele. Cheers to that big Fascist of your spouse.

Him, a Fascist? If he hears you! He's not far.

He's here in the stable. Aristide!

Aristide.

Did you hear what the professor said?

Hey, where are you running? You take advantage..

because I'm loaded like a donkey!

You'll see, how I beat you!

You don't even know how to ride a bicycle.

Run.

Pay attention, rather, or you'll end up in the Po river.

You won't catch me now!

There it is.

Three seventy.

Anything else?

Madam, for God's sake, they're making a round-up.

They say they're taking the men to Germany.

I beg you to help me.

Come.

Go upstairs, and don't budge from there.

Thanks.

What's up, ma'am? - Don't worry..

mind your work...

It's not for myself, but listen to me: you shouldn't do certain things.

Hey, you! Where are you going?

What are you doing here? Come on, go home!

Have a good day! - Good day.

Stay here for a moment.

Hello? Is Franco in, please?

Never mind. Never mind, I said.

I'm just a friend.

Listen to me.

Tell him not to move from home. There's a round-up..

here in Corso Roma. Alright?

Goodbye.

Montanari! Where do we take these?

All down to the City Hall.

Fine.

Let's go guys.

Stop it, Paola! Nobody cares at all! Go home!

Go home!

Did you see, Mr. accountant? What did I tell you?

It just suffices to close your fist, and we have them all in our hand.

We mustn't waste time. There's no other way..

to solve the problem of the evaders.

You can't drive out cowards with pieces of paper..

stuck to the walls.

It's the same old problem: the stick or the carrot.

One must decide.

Stick, accountant...stick.

Sure, as long as there is some provision from the party..

an order.

We're a social republic..

we build for the aftermath of our inevitable victory!

Captain.

Forgive, captain.

You know me.

I'm Giulio Fanelli.

I'm a broker. Do you remember me?

My job is to always stay in the square.

Captain. I have four children at home, and all very young.

Why, how can I not know you? You're Fanelli.

The greatest cheat in Ferrara.

But captain, I...

Go, comrade, don't worry.

It's only to make lists of men...

You understand? In case of need.

You know, bombing, or an emergency case.

Go, go. They'll take you to the Castle, you give them your name..

and they send you back home. - Thank you. My excuses, captain.

Go, go...a little bit of Germany will do you good.

Let's remember the July 25th betrayal.

If we start with the old methods again..

we'll be swindled again. - Iron fist, but also..

velvet glove. That's how you keep power, nowadays.

You shall see, Aretusi, which will be the directives of the Assembly..

of Verona.

Always there, that scarecrow. He might be a poor wretch..

I'm not saying he isn't, but I never liked him.

He seems to tease everyone. Does he have it in for us, Aretusi?

Since you know him. - Hi Barilari.

You should come along, to Verona.

You're representing all of us, Federal.

What sort of nullity! Look whom they shoved..

between our feet... A shop-window dummy, coming out..

from nowhere. - Why don't you go to Milan..

and talk with the secretary of the party?

They're organizing the constituent assembly..

in Verona. It's not the right time.

And then, it's him who put him there.

I don't get it.

But how? You two were great friends..

and he didn't even know him. - Who appointed him..

Federal of Ferrara? Did I do it, by any chance?

It was him, no? The secretary of the party.

It isn't possible, I say, to keep on bearing..

this sort of situation.

Don't worry. Not everything will be like before.

If they want to save something they'll have to..

call on us, necessarily. And not on these scribblers,..

nailed behind a desk,..

only good to hold their secretaries on their knees.

Nothing else they do know.

Ruin of Italy.

But we shall take everything into our hands.

Rest assured.

Yes, it was me who called.

But, when?

Now?

Yes, I understood.

Alright. But is it prudent?

At the Certosa?

Yes, alright.

Fine.

Bye.

I have to go out for a moment.

Take care of the till.

I'll be back for closure.

Hi Franco. - Hi.

I was terribly frightened today, when I saw that round-up.

I feared that you were outdoor, then I called..

and reassured myself a bit.

Franco.

I prefer to not meet you again, if each time..

you might be in jeopardy.

It's better so, I swear.

You're right, my love. This is the last time that we meet like this. - No! No.

But how can I do? How will I survive without these meetings?

How will I live?

It sufficed me to meet you sometime in the street..

in a rush. Anything...

I can't go out anymore. Absolutely.

It's become too dangerous. You noticed yourself, today.

Don't worry though, we shall meet again.

Listen to me.

It will be much easier.

And much nicer.

Come, let's get out.

It was wrong to meet here, Franco.

I don't like this place, it's so sad.

Maybe it looks so because you said that this is..

the last time we meet.

Let's go down there.

You see? It's getting harder and harder.

We must find another way..

less risky for both of us.

I know, I get it, Franco. But which one?

Don't you have a friend, a relative, amongst the Republic leaders?

Or else you won't be able to movefrom home, anymore.

You could even enroll yourself.

After all, you would do it for us.

If it depended on me alone!

For you it's different, I know.

But you can't ask certain things, Anna, if you love me.

I'm sorry.

Then it's all over, for good?

No darling, you didn't let me finish.

Listen to me.

You told me once that the pharmacy..

has a permanent permit for the curfew hours.

Yes, that's right.

Why don't you come to me at night?

When he's asleep.

What does it take? Between our houses..

it's only four or five minutes.

What's that for an ex athlete of your sort?

You come..

knock at the gate, and I'll be there waiting for you.

My folks won't hear anything because they sleep upstairs.

And I'll open.

The house, you're familiar with it.

It hasn't changed since the times you came to the parties..

we had as teenagers.

Don't mention those years. Don't remind me of then.

When I think about it I think I go insane.

I felt free, with you.

Now I ended up so bad. We have to meet...

in secret. It's so humiliating.

But I found you again, Franco. I found you!

Yes Anna, yes. Did you understand well what I told you?

Sure Franco. I'll do everything you wish.

I'll never leave you again.

I made a mistake once. I won't again.

I'll never leave you.

Put something in my coffee! - What do you prefer? - Mistral!

Give my personal greetings the secretary of the party.

Have a good trip. - Thanks.

What happened, Vincenzi? - Nothing. Probably the plugs.

It won't move.

The door!

What is it? - They killed consul Bolognesi.

No! When? - This morning, near the meeting.

They found him in the car with three pistol shots.

They brought the news to the federation office one hour ago.

You Vincenzi, come with me.

What happened, boss?

They killed Bolognesi.

Did you inform the Assembly at Verona? - Yes, they called them..

from the federation. - Look for Marini..

and tell him to come at once to the federation. I'll wait for you there.

Anna!

Anna!

I can't come up now. I'm busy.

As soon as I'm through I'll come up.

Go to the dinette, don't stay at the window. It's late!

Comrades.

The federal commissioner of Ferrara..

who should have been here with us today..

our comrade Mario Bolognesi, while he was..

reaching Verona..

has been vilely murdered with three shots of revolver.

He will immediately be avenged!

To Ferrara! Let's go to Ferrara!

Comrades. As secretary..

of the party, I order that the best fascist..

squads from Verona and Padova be sent..

immediately to Ferrara.

I order that the works of this national assembly..

of the fascist republican party..

be continued.

Good night. - Good night, doctor.

Good night, ma'am, good night doctor.

Good night, Fabbri. - Good night.

Hi.

Yes.

Yes, alright.

At ten?

As you wish.

It's odd, though.

Down in the pharmacy, in the street, nobody talked about it.

How can that be?

It's a nasty affair, you know?

You should have heard them on the radio. They seemed to have gone mad!

They screamed like beasts.

And you? Don't you say anything?

What do you want me to say?

I'd like to know who got the idea to kill him!

Someone who had the courage...

Do you remember him, Anna?

Who?

Bolognesi, the new federal.

They sounded like crazy. And you know why?

Because they're scared.

So scared, that they do it in their pants.

And the more they're scared, the more they're dangerous.

- Fine, but don't get upset now.

Bye.

Good night. - What a rush!

It is past nine.

Won't you stay for a chat?

You know you must sleep.

You didn't even give me the sleeping pill.

I forgot.

Never mind. I'll sleep anyway.

I'll bring you some water.

Thanks.

Here. - No, sorry, I'll take it later.

Alright.

Good night.

Good night.

Keep the radio on, if you wish. It doesn't bother me.

No, I'm going down to the pharmacy.

Franco! At last!

No. Over there.

My love.

Franco.

I'm not even 26 yet. How can I live like this?

You should have seen him tonight.

How he dragged himself through the house.

And his voice, calling me!

When I put him to bed, he was like a child.

Don't think now, my love.

Don't think about anything.

You're here, and that's it.

We're together.

I'm so tired.

Tonight, I'll do have to go back home, you know, Franco.

Tomorrow, I'll have to stay there the whole day, and the day after...

And so on, forever.

I can't stand it anymore.

Yes, I know.

But I love you, I love you.

If only I could go back!

But this war must end, one fine day.

And then..

it'll be easier, won't it?

Sure, it can't last much longer.

The Allies are on their way to Rome.

But let's not think about it now. Let's not think.

What's important is to survive, Anna.

We must endure.

I feel the end is near. Soon it'll be the peace, everything will change.

We must only try and survive.

My love, let's not think about it now.

I've been such a fool!

I could have married.

I shouldn't have cared less about your mother and your sisters.

I'd be happy now.

With you only, Franco..

I'm happy with you only. - Yes, my love.

Franco, when the was is over..

could we arrange things in a different way?

Can we? Tell me. - Yes, but let's not talk about it. It's useless.

You're here with me, now.

One moment...just a moment. Are we sure that I will empty that flask?

No. Not in volleys.

In volleys it's not fair. - In volleys it's not fair.

One shot at a time. - One shot at a time.

And I'll shoot the first one. - You shoot.

What a show!

Who did that is a great asshole!

What are we waiting for?

We didn't come from Verona just to have a walk.

Let's move, damn it, and do what we have to do!

It's about time to stop waiting.

But we've got no orders! - If we don't do the reprisal..

let's kill the fascists of Ferrara. - They're all doing it in their pants.

Ferrara! You're not that of '21 anymore!

Let's show them who we are, we from Verona!

Why, we from Padova, what are we? Sons of bitches?

# Battalions of the Duce, battalions!

# From death, for life created!

# In spring the match has started!

Oh, who's this? - Lawyer Attilio Villani.

Ring the bell.

Come on, guys! - Give me a hand.

Hit! Hit! - Open up!

Open up! - Lawyer Attilio Villani!

Wake up! - Open up!

We'll break down the door!

They're looking for my father.

Open up!

Franco! Franco!

Franco!

Franco, don't go.

Stay here, or thy'll take you too!

We'll break down the door!

Franco! Franco!

Franco!

Franco!

Dad!

Open up!

Give me the coat.

Go open the door. Go. - Don't go, Attilio!

Leave through the garden's door. Escape, Attilio!

Don't let them in, dad! - No, it'd be much worse.

Go open up! No, you mustn't be seen!

You go, Marta.

Wake up!

Dad, dad!

Lawyer Attilio Villani? - It's me.

Oh God!

Dad! Dad!

Stop!

Where shall we put these? - There, by the wall.

What time is it?

I make four.

Damned Jew!

Come on, walk!

Go on! - No!

Damn you!

Damn you. Come on!

There!

Catch him!

Get him! - Let's get him!

Shoot him! - Catch him!

Shoot! - Bunch of idiots!

Imbecile, idiot, you let him escape!

Go and find him! - Hurry!

Come on!

Quick! - Go on!

Come on, hurry up!

Move on!

Go!

Carry on!

Murderer!

Murderer!

Pigs! Cowards!

Oh!

Pino.

Pino!

But it's lawyer Tramagnini!

That's lawyer Franco.

Away! Go away!

Go home!

Away! Away!

Clear the way! - Stand back.

Get away from here! - Stand back, stand back!

Stand back. Go home!

Stand back! - Clear the way!

Go away! - Away!

Go home!

Away, I said!

Go back home!

What did they do to you?

What did they do to you?

We cleared the square, commander.

What do we do now? Do we stay here, or do we we dislodge..

all those people from there?

And the windows of the house across the street?

Shouldn't we make them shut? That guy, up there..

doesn't budge from the glass. Shall I tell him to disappear from there?

I thought of going up there, but where is the door?

There's only shops and offices that face the street.

I say that the guy was there last night too.

Damn pig!

Hey, you! Get away from there! Do you hear me?

Are you deaf?

Stop it, let him be.

I'll send a truck for these.

Okay, commander. - Let the relatives approach.

You know everything, you saw everything last night. Why don't you say the truth?

You saw how they died..

and you also know who killed them.

You saw it all, why don't you say anything?

There was that Aretusi too. I saw how he looked at you, he even winked.

Say something! Speak up!

Alright, I'll tell you.

This morning you saw me from the window..

when I was in the street, near the corpses.

You were looking at me.

Why don't you ask me what I was doing outside at that hour?

Why don't you say anything, and don't insult me?

Tell me what you saw last night!

What are you afraid of?

To admit that I betray you?

What did you expect? After two years that you're in that state!

What did you expect me to do?

That I'd let your filthy illness ruin my life?

Yes, I went out last night. I was at his house..

when they came and took his father away..

I heard them shout when they arrested him..

and now, there he is, can you see him?

Look how you can tell him by his white hair.

Can you see him?

I was at his house, with his son, Pino. Do you understand now where I was?

If you didn't know, now I've told you.

Now I'm going back to him.

I'm going to tell him that you know who murdered his father.

That you know who it was. I know it as well.

You saw everything!

Evaders! - Cowards! - Cowards!

Spoiled brats!

Come here with us! We'll teach you how to live.

Enlist! Instead of warming up the benches, wethers!

Whoever doesn't take the rifle at this time..

is a traitor to the Fatherland!

We're fighting for you!

The Country needs us!

The Country needs us!

Attilio!

Attilio!

Attilio!

We must call for a doctor, she can't go on this way.

She needs a sedative, an injection.

Attilio!

Mom, be strong, don't do so.

Attilio!

Attilio!

Attilio!

Franco, let's go.

It's useless for you to stay here.

She'll get over it, gradually.

Attilio! - Let's go to your studio.

We can talk a bit, over there.

Did you understand, Franco?

Let's go. - Attilio!

Franco, I saw him!

I saw him! - Come on, stop it now.

Come, let's go dear.

We're going downstairs. - I'll join you right away.

And you, you too were at the square? - Yes, dad.

What did they do with those poor bodies?

They loaded them on a truck and took them away.

Here, he received me immediately.

This is the letter he wrote.

When you get to Como, go to this address.

It's written here, on the envelope.

Once there, the worst is over.

You're not the first one they help. - In the meantime..

you must leave this house at once.

They could come over for a search, one never knows.

Today, you'll stay at our house, and tomorrow you'll leave.

In Switzerland, you'll be safe..

and there, your mother and sisters will be able to join you.

Switzerland? Why, there's really no other solution?

And what? - How what? Aren't we men too? Haven't we got hands too?

Gilberto, what are you saying? - I'm saying that we can no longer suffer..

as you antifascists did for these 20 years..

who let them beat you, put you in jail, kill you, passively!

It 's time to react, Dad!

Yes, you're right, but for me, it's hard now.

You're free to do as you wish. I was speaking for myself, more than for you.

Do you understand me? To expose myself at this moment..

would be a crazy risk. My mother would not resist.

Sure, Franco. You only have to expatriate.

You have no choice.

Professor, there's a lady who wants to talk to you.

I don't want to see anyone. - But who is she?

I didn't ask, I don't know.

And you told her the professor is in? - No.

That is, that I didn't know.

Alright, I'll go. - No, I will.

Is the telephone still disconnected? - Yes.

I recommend you, do not connect it, and don't open to anyone.

Why did you come here? Have you gone crazy?

Franco!

But Franco, what would I do at home?

It's you who is in need of me..

not him.

And I also..

am in need of you.

Because I understood.

I started to understand.

Let's get in. I must tell you something terrible. - No! You can't come in.

Forgive me, but in my studio there's people, and upstairs there's my mother.

Alright, let's talk here then. - No, not here! We can't stay here, you get it?

Forgive me..

maybe I shouldn't have..

Indeed, I certainly shouldn't have come.

In these moments I didn't think of anything.

How could I, when such terrible things happen?

I suffer for you.

For your family.

I've never felt so bad in my whole life.

I just wanted to be near you.

I thank you Anna, I thank you.

I had hoped that my presence would have relieved you, at least a bit.

I thank you but, I prefer to be left alone.

Franco, I'll never be able to forget last night.

You know..

when I got out of here, alone..

It was already clear, in the streets. I ran like crazy.

I found them there, before me, under my house..

against the low wall of the castle. They looked like a pile of rags.

A poor pile of rags, abandoned on the sidewalk.

It was then that I understood...

I understood what our life is like, today.

Mine...

And he saw it too, you know?

Pino! He saw it all. He was there, at the window.

He saw how they died, and he saw who it was..

to order the massacre.

I know it too. I came here to tell you.

I want you to know as well who killed your father.

Go away!

What do you want from me?

What are you to me, to my family?

I don't want to know anything, enough of that!

Go away!

I don't want to know anything. Go away!

Franco! Franco!

What are you doing? Are you crazy?

I want to try and go on the handlebars.

You can't, it's difficult.

If you fall, the urge will pass, you'll see.

You try, then. - I'm not that crazy.

There, like this.

Up! Up, these shutters!

Life must resume its normal course, now that the town..

has been tidied up...and put in order.

May we see Dr. Barilari? - He's upstairs...of course.

If you wish, I'll inform him. - No, don't bother.

By there? - Yes. - Thank you.

Please, this way.

Let's go meet him, this old snail!

Here, up the spiral staircase. - Ah.

Once upstairs, the last door in the hall, to the right.

He's always there.

May I? - Who is it?

Hey! How are you, doctor?

Long time no seen!

I always said, one day or the other I must pay a visit..

to Pino Barilari, to my friend Barilari. Here I am.

You don't mind, do you?

You are happy to talk a bit with your ex head-maniple!?

Eh? - What do you want from me?

What is it that you came for? - Well, I came to meet you, I told you.

To pay you a visit.

Have you heard? We put the party back on..

ours, damn the world! Finally republican!

You know that I've always been a republican.

We want you with us, like once.

After all, you've always been with us. - I'm not with you, nor with the others.

I don't give..

a damn. - I see you're alone. Where is your lady?

Come, Sciagura, what do you want? - "Sciagura".

You call me "Sciagura", like the good old times.

You know that here at Ferrara nobody dares calling me so, no one.

But you're always the old comrade, what you once were.

How can one forget what we've done here at Ferrara back in '22.

I remember you were still a boy..

and when we talked about women, you were ashamed.

How, I say, can we not be like then any more?

But I'm not like then any more.

Don't you see?

Sure, you've got a bad blow.

Then, for a nonsense...

When one thinks about what life is.

For five minutes,..

such that you don't even recall them the day after,..

and there you are, screwed forever.

What should we do then? Shouldn't we go with women any more?

That time, it was you who made me go.

I was barely sixteen, but you:

"Go on! Sooner or later, you got to start."

Who knows if it was then when you got the..

the...nuisance.

Do you remember?

That night in Bologna, coming back from the march on Rome?

That cold. On the train we'd gotten drunk.

When one drinks, of course, he becomes a beast.

Between Ferrara and Roma, at every stop we would take you to a brothel.

There was no way to make you go in. But that time I managed.

How you did it, with my revolver..

aimed at your back, God only knows.

Who knows what I was thinking at that moment.

Goddamn! A fascist who wouldn't go with women, how could that be?

Well, you mustn't be so depressed now! Are we kidding?

You want me to tell you? You know what kind of man I am.

Sometimes, when I pass below and look up..

I almost envy you.

Sitting there, peaceful and quiet, with no worries,..

looking at the life of the whole Ferrara.

Yes, always here. You could care less..

for those who run like crazy, down there!

One would think that you stay at that window at night too. - No.

At night I go to bed early and sleep till morning.

Every night, since I got sick.

Well, I told you so.

Lucky you that have no worries. That's why you sleep well.

But let's speak frankly now..

as old comrades.

You...

I mean, you and your wife, tonight..

were you awake, eventually at the window..

or asleep, like every other night?

Eh?

We were sleeping.

Sleeping, like every other night.

The march on Rome!

The march on Rome, we were saying.

You were running after me, at the station.

Crying, so to be taken on the train.

You came to the march as if it were a Tom Mix film.

Well...

I have to go now.

Pino, I'm happy to have seen you again.

Seen up close, because, from the street, I see you every day.

Who knows, I might come back and visit you some other time.

Now we would really need men like you.

Reliable ones.

Mah!

I say goodbye to you.

# Overcome, overcome, overcome.

# We shall overcome in the skies, land and sea.

# It is the password..

# of a supreme will!

# Overcome, overcome, overcome.

# At all costs, nothing will stop us!

# Our hearts rejoice..

# they are ready to obey.

# Our lips vow..

# or win or die!

# Helmet, dagger, rifle, with Roman step we go!

# The flame that burns in our breast stimulates us, guides us, we go!

# Forward! We'll dare the impossible, the impossible does not exist!

# Our will is invincible,..

# no one will ever bend us!

# Overcome, overcome, overcome.

# We shall overcome in the skies, land and sea.

# It is the password of a supreme will!

# Overcome, overcome, overcome.

# At all costs, nothing will stop us!

# Our hearts rejoice..

# they are ready to obey.

# Our lips vow..

# or win or die!

# Overcome, overcome, overcome.

# At all costs, nothing will stop us!

Mrs. Anna, where are you going?

All day long you've been out, and we're waiting for you in the pharmacy.

Go home, listen to me, these are no times to do these things.

Later maybe, but now nobody can be safe.

Listen to me, go home. - No..

No doctor, I'll never go back home to Pino. - Where do you intend to go?

I love you, you know that.

God only knows how many times I dreamt..

that you'd leave your husband, but not this way.

This way it is your undoing. Where will you go?

To your sister's?

To your parents at Bologna?

Tell me!

that now drives our relentless march.

Anna..

if you ever need,...I...

They hit some of those who..

worked together with the enemies of the Fatherland.

We flatter ourselves for the resumption of work..

and of battle that, under the signs of the Fascist Republic,..

creates the conditions and means of redemption and victory.

The past shall be canceled!

The faults shall be redeemed.

We can give an absolute guarantee..

to the Secretary of the Party. And by all means!

By those of the persuasion of faith,..

if we're left to proceed in peace;..

by those who give cold energy,..

if we shall be still provoked and disturbed.

The purified Ferrara launches today a warning for Italy.

Terrorize Italy!

Yes, comrades, we must terrorize Italy,..

and the example we gave, that's just the start!

Comrade Mario Umanesi!

Present!

Dad, what's inside the castle now?

Nothing. There are offices, the Prefecture, the police...

That's all.

Dad, may I photograph it?

Of course, it's not a military site.

Wait!

One moment! Voila!

"Here..

died for their..."

Look, it's the last one, grandfather's name,..

Attilio Villani! - Yes, they are in alphabetical order.

They were shot right here.

They were scattered on the sidewalk, at this spot here.

What day did it happen, exactly?

On the 15th of December '43.

At about four o'clock in the morning.

They were left here until the early afternoon. - You've seen them, dad?

No, I didn't. Aunt Ines did.

Let's go have a drink, Franco. I'm thirsty.

Yes, I'm thirsty too. - Yes, let's sit down for a moment..

then we take the car..

we go to visit dad's grave, and then leave.

TV commentary of a football (soccer) game, involving Italy's national team

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

TV commentary. - Let's sit here.

TV commentary.

Is it still a while to get to Rome?

I don't know, maybe seven or eight hours.

We will be in Rome before midnight.

What may I serve you?

What will you have? - A sugar-free orange juice.

I'll have a Coca-Cola.

Then, an orange juice without sugar..

a Coca-Cola and a beer. - Well.

A German one, eh?

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

Blanche, I'm going to the pharmacy here to get something..

for a headache. I don't feel well.

May I help you? - Something for motion sickness. - Yes.

There. - Excuse me, an information, doctor.

Say. - Many years ago, I met Dr. Barilari.

Wasn't this his pharmacy? - Yes.

In fact it was called "Pharmacy Barilari".

So there, I thought so. What has become of him?

He's dead since many years.

Ah, he's dead. - Yes, even before the war ended.

Eh...

his wife, the wife of Dr. Barilari? - His wife?

But, was he married? - Sure.

Well, then I do not know anything, you know.

Moreover, I have not even met Dr. Barilari..

because I took over the pharmacy just a few years ago,..

when I moved to Ferrara from Genoa,..

and he, like I said, was already dead.

His wife, though, I never met her.

In fact, I did not even know that he'd been married.

Thank you, sorry. How much? - Ninety.

Thank you. - You're welcome.

Thank you.

Goodbye. - Goodbye.

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

Well, won't you sit down? - Yes.

TV commentary.

Jean-Luis, what are you doing?

Just watching.

TV commentary.

TV commentary.

I don't want to see more. It 'sucks!

I tell you that the Spal -the Spal!- would play better.

And these are the Blues, you understand, the nationals!

But send them to till the soil, not to national team!

Cut it out, Carlo!

What do you think, that you rig up a national team like that, on the spot?

Then, the game is not over yet, one can not always win!

They're even doing too much, with only two training matches!

Indeed, indeed! Is that the way to put together a national team?

But what I'm arguing with people like you?

When did you ever know anything about football? Come on!

Why do you speak at all?

But you, sorry, aren't you the son of lawyer Villani?

Yes, sure. - I recognized you immediately.

Don't you remember me? - Yes, perfectly.

Do you know that, over the years,..

you look more and more like your father?

For that also, I recognized you immediately.

I have a great memory for faces.

And tell me, tell me then...how come in Ferrara, after all these years?

I'm passing through.

I'm going to Rome with my wife and my son.

Honoured, madam.

Congratulations, you have a nice boy.

Dear Mr. Villani, years go by..

children grow up, and we get old!

But you no longer reside in Italy?

I think I've have heard that, since a long time, you... - No..

I no longer live in Italy.

Since the war we settled in Switzerland.

Lucky you, who have gone from Ferrara!

I, instead, still here, in this provincial hole, without moving.

What shall I say? I am old now, and I'll finish here.

Carlo, where are you?

Come and see, then you'll talk.

I told you it wasn't over yet.

You've missed a play that you can't even imagine! - My friends.

Excuse me, madam, for this intrusion, but I am glad to have met you.

Best wishes.

When passing through Ferrara, don't forget to show up.

Bon voyage. So long, young man.

TV commentary.

Shall we go? - Franco, who is that?

He was some sort of fascist party official.

I learned that, during the Republic of Salo..

after we left Ferrara, he became an important figure.

In fact, now that I remember, they called him "Sciagura".

What?

Yes, "Sciagura". That's how they called him at Ferrara.

It's like saying "calamity" in English.

In French it's "malheur", or something like that.

Watch the road!

He's a poor man, I don't think he ever did anything wrong.