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[buzzing]

Zoom in, zoom out.

Natan, put that cell phone away.

Get rid of that cell phone.

Natan, take out that cell phone!

[in romanesco] Give me the phone,

Or else I'll have you beaten to death by my father.

[laughter]

This fool!

[knock]

[in romanesco] Mastro, the principal wants you.

Cortese, what do we do, do we play for Lecce's draw?

[knocks on door].

Next.

- Cortese. - Tell me.

Listen, but did you apply for a provisional assignment?

Yes, a year ago. But I haven't heard anything more.

Cliff? A small mountain village?

378 population.

- But why do you ask? - Because they accepted it.

- But really? - Yes.

- Really? - Yes.

Thank you.

[with accent] Listen, by the way.

I have four snow tires, brand new ones.

- If you need them, I'll give you a bargain. - Why not? Thank you.

Cortese, however you have to make me understand, but who makes you do it?

Dean-I have lived in Rome for 35 years.

I gambled away two marriages for school.

I've spent my whole life trying to save people,

Who not only does not want to be saved, but it also begrudges you.

Days ago, five people chased me: two parents, grandmother and two uncles,

Because they wanted to beat me up.

But who do I talk to about nature, environment, sustainability?

There is nothing left to support here.

I threw 35 years down the drain,

When only 150 km from Rome I had happiness.

I am going for this happiness.

[wolf cry]

[howling]

[engine flooded]

[howling]

[mobile]

Good morning, Agnes.

- Oh, Nunzio? - Oh.

Have you seen the weather, yes? It's flaking here in Sulmona.

Yes, I saw, even here in Rupe it is snowing. It's a blizzard.

Not even Gerardo came by with the snowplow.

Why?

He says he was accompanying his daughter to Pescara to make an "audiscion."

- What's that? - The "audiscion."

I got it. Then I'll pass it on To pick up the new master myself,

Or else I'll miss the first day of school.

- Let me know. - All right.

[Agnes] Where is this now?

Always the same story: these get lost And it's up to me to find them again.

Wait, what is this? Where the fuck is it, buried under the snow?

These I just don't know how to be here.

Fregate if it snows today though, eh.

- Good morning. - Master Michele Cortese?

Yes, that's me.

How do you do, I am Agnes, the vice principal of Cesidio Gentile Institute,

called Jurico, a shepherd poet.

- Yes. - Are you all right?

A little cold. I tried to call her.

Look, let's be on a first-name basis That we shorten everything.

Yes, thank you very much.

- The phone doesn't get reception all the way to the village. - What if your car breaks down?

If you are a teacher, we will pick you up.

Because we have to get to school always, with or without snow.

The school must never close.

Sure. I tried to restart it, but...

You need to change the tires.

They gave them to me yesterday, guaranteeing me that they had few miles on them.

These?

These have traveled more than me who have been doing 150 km a day for 20 years.

- Like 150 kilometers? - Yes, Sulmona is far away.

Look, I think you've been ripped off here. 100 euros all four, I guess.

- 90. - That's exactly it.

Give me the keys, that your We'll get it back later.

- Here. - Move.

Yes, I'm coming.

I'll take the bags, come on. Up, come on.

[squeaks]

- Cold, huh? - I believe you, you're wearing loafers.

- Ah, yes. Thank you. - You're welcome. I'll do it, huh. Don't worry about it.

Thank you.

You think, for a moment, I felt like I could hear the wolves.

- They really fit in here. - Are they?

- The mountain does. - Here.

On the other hand, we live in a territory somewhat peculiar.

He thinks we go from - 25 in winter, to +35 in summer.

There is a 60° temperature range.

But, in short, we are in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park,

who just the other year turned 100 years old, he thinks.

Look. Look at nature how powerful it is.

Look, how beautiful they are, look. How beautiful they are, look!

- Are they deer? - Yes.

They are a pack, aren't they?

Yes, they are more than one, so they are a pack.

They are beautiful. Beautiful.

I after years in the Roman suburbs, here I feel I am in dreamland.

- You are not from Rome. - No, I would be from Lodi.

Ah, a northern teacher.

Have you seen the rankings? Seventy percent of teachers are from the South.

It used to be just carabinieri and workers.

Today, on 1,400 euros a month, we are the new working class.

Here we are. There are 364 souls living here in Rupe.

[Michele] Wasn't it 378?

[Agnes] Yes, a year ago. Then there were been 14 departures and no births.

We'll get your bags later. Let's go.

- [Titina] Hello, teacher. - [Agnes] Hello, Titina.

[honking]

- Hi, to mom. - Hi.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

- [in Abruzzese] But what is he? - Unfortunately, yes.

Time a week schioppa. With this we go the way of Sperone.

This one is already exhausted, worse than the other.

Here we go.

Let's go that it's going to flake. Come, Miche', let me introduce you.

So this is Nunzio.

Today, emphatically, referred to as a "school employee."

However, at our place he does a little bit of everything, so if you call him a janitor, he won't be offended.

- Pleasure. - Pleasure.

This is Marie Antoinette.

- Pleasure. - Pleasure.

She arrived at the beginning of the year, graduated on Saturday,

And Monday was already here.

You were on the GPS, Provincial Supply Rankings?

No.

So you were in the provision, MAD?

No, I am tenured. I asked for the assignment here.

I mean, you from Rome did you get transferred here?

Yes.

This is dumb.

What about you, home-to-work commuter?

I do home-work, in the sense that I work in four schools.

Three hours in Barrea, three in Villetta Barrea, eight in Rupe and two in Benaco.

But we are talking about a beautiful territory, it will be beautiful places,

corners of paradise.

I feel that here the future of the earth Is less in danger.

- How long is this left? - Six months.

How the fuck do you do that?

Whatever, I'm going to go now that in a little while I have to do digital learning,

With Barrea's fifth.

- Good luck, Michele. - Long live the wolf, always.

Colleague, let's go, our multi-class is waiting for us.

Seven beautiful free-range children, ranging in age from six to ten.

Seven? And they haven't closed you down yet?

For years they have wanted us to go the end of Sperone, but we resist.

- What is Spur? - Agnes] Let's go, colleague, let's go.

We now depend on the Castel Romito school,

A larger town 40 km from here.

We are in the hands of Gaetano, "'na coccia de cazzo" of principal,

in turn a puppet in the hands of a much larger "coccia de cazzo."

That is, Mayor Ezekiah, who wants to close us down.

Come, Miche'.

- Good morning. - [together] Good morning.

So here we have the first, third and fifth A's.

This is Master Michele.

- [together] Good morning. - Good morning.

Let's make the introductions.

They are Quirina and Titina, these are inseparable at school.

- We can't see each other outside, though. - And why can't you see each other?

Because in a little while the election campaign begins.

Titina's father is running for mayor for the center left,

and instead Quirina's daddy for the center-right hundred.

- So what? - I know, Miche', the mountain does.

- This is Aniceto. - How?

- A-N-I-C-E-T-O. - Aniceto. How come?

- That's my dad's dad's name. - I got it. Do you?

My name is Concezio,

And my daddy says his daddy, and daddy's daddy his,

Are two assholes.

- Here. - But why?

No, let me explain, Aniceto's grandfather was a park ranger,

And dad is the director,

Instead, Concezio's father has a construction company.

And so they stick.

This is Filomena.

- Your mother drove the bus, didn't she? - Yes, mother is always on the bus.

Cesidio, on the other hand, argues every day with the Italian, doesn't he?

But if you have PC problems, he'll take care of it. He is basically our data manager.

And then there's Sabatino. And get that chin up, Sabati.

All right, come on, you can start.

Hi. Good job, Miche'. Be good, eh.

Thank you.

Here we go, children.

I am happy to be here, in your school.

The school dedicated to the poet Jurico.

Mae', it's "Jurico."

Jurico. Jurico.

- But do you know who it is? - No, no.

Here, mae, this is Jurico.

Cesidio Gentile, known as Jurico,

Shepherd poet born in 1847 among these mountains.

In those days there was no public school,

there was only the private one, which was too expensive.

So as he grazed the sheep,

learned to read and write and compose poetry.

A few years later, a public school was built.

And the first road came in 1956,

After television arrived.

E...

In Italian, where did you get to?

- It depends. - Depends on what?

- We of the first are in the vowels. - We of the third to the distant past tense.

We of fifth elision and truncation.

Understood.

Mae', it works like this, while with fifth graders you do logical analysis,

to us third graders you make us write synonyms and antonyms,

And on the first one you make us do consonants.

But sometimes you can do things together to first and third, or third and fifth,

But never before and fifth together Because we are too far apart.

[in Abruzzese] Is that understood?

Yes, yes. Clear.

[bells]

So, the children explained to you who Jurico was, yes?

Did you know that I taught in Rome 20 years, at the Alberto Moravia,

And there has never been anyone, parent or child,

Who knew who Alberto Moravia was?

We know our stuff.

Only, except for the usual Croce, D'Annunzio and Silone,

the exalted Flaiano and the very great Ivan Graziani,

we don't sell ourselves well.

[mobile]

Argita?

Yes, Concezio is staying here, why? I'm coming now, yes.

What happened?

Gemma, the teenage sister of Concezio, a former student of mine,

She left home one more time.

- But who was on the phone? - Argita, the mother.

- Argita? - Yes.

But why, do parents have your cell phone?

There are not only interviews here, we are available h24, I tell you.

Like an emergency room.

We are always together, we know everything about everyone.

- As. - More, more than one family.

As teachers we are good, eh.

Maybe in our families a little less, at least in mine.

Who are you telling.

Look, Miche', do me a favor. Will you do me the next hour?

Certainly.

- In fact. - All right.

Look at all the snowflakes. Look at the wonderful peaks.

You see. This wilderness.

Here, we adults have not been able to do that,

But you must save her.

Here, children, this is what you need to do, and right away.

Trust me, save the world before dinner. It is important.

This you must do.

[bell]

- What happened, Anise'? - I have to do something before dinner.

What, to mom?

One important thing you have never done.

What?

Agnes, how did it go with Gemma?

Well, the psychodrama is back for today.

Come and get your bags. Nunzio? Help me.

- Coming. - [Michele] That's cold.

- Here you go, ma. - Thank you, Mr. Nunzio.

Go ahead and take this one.

[Agnes] See you tomorrow. I'm going to get my bag.

- Yes, see you tomorrow. - Bye, Nunzio.

- Mae, let's go to your house, it goes. - [Michele] Yes. All right.

- [Nunzio] Does it tear you up? - [Michele] Excuse me, I didn't understand.

[Nunzio] Are you tired?

[Michele] Ah, no, no. It's a little cold, that is.

[Nunzio] You came in With slippers on your feet.

Yes.

- Oh. - Oh.

- [policeman] 'A ddo va'? - [Nunzio] Me vaj 'a crcà.

- Excuse me, what did you say to each other? - "Me vaj 'a crcà."

Is it Swahili?

No, it's Abruzzese. "Me vaj 'a crcà," "I'm going to lie down."

I get it, now it is clearer.

- The mountain does. - Yes.

How many bars are there here?

- 1. Stop. - Got it.

Hello.

Mae', we put the chains on you and did an "overall check-up."

What?

Father gave you a general checkup. He's a mechanic.

Thank you, thank you. And how much do I owe Daddy?

- Nothing. - What do you mean nothing?

Dad wanted to change your the snow tires,

But he saw that you are dressed like a poor man,

To save you money, he put chains, because he felt sorry for you.

Thank you, thank daddy.

- Oh. - Oh.

What is this sound you make?

- This is a greeting from us. - Ah, I got it.

- Oh. - Oh.

[Michele] Excuse me.

- It's your home now, ma. - Thank you.

- Come on, ma. - All right.

Come in, come in. These are the keys.

- I close the door, it's cold. - Close.

- It's cold here, too. - Do you know how to light the stove?

- The stove? - Yes, do you know how to hang it?

Certainly.

If you hear noise around here, don't be frightened.

- What noise? - Gl'lupe.

- How? - Wolves.

- Wolves. - Yes.

Wolves. What about the bears?

- No, it's early. - All right.

- But you never know. - Good.

Tonight warm up the orapi and bean soup.

- Oripo? - The orapi and beans.

Beans so. "Oripo?"

The orapi. It is a wild vegetable that originates in the mountains.

- I got it. - Like spinach.

Orapi soup.

- Hi, ma. Stay well. - I thank you very much. Thank you.

- Bye, ma. - Goodbye.

The orapi-the beans.

The orapi. Beans.

No dice.

Hemp. Beans.

"The hemp. Beans.

How was school today With the new teacher?

- Good. - What does it say?

He says we have to do What you have not done.

- Let's hear it. - Saving the world before dinner.

Ah, another scientist has arrived.

You before dinner have to do your homework. Then you say one becomes violent.

[in Abruzzese] Two pizzas in the face of this.

But you look at the misery. Judas pig of the Maiella.

One comes back tired, and he has to hear these things.

[wolf howls]

[Agnes] I've got it all figured out. I'll take care of it, all right?

- [Ermanno] Hello, Agne'. - Hello, Ermanno. Hello, Maria.

Good morning.

Good morning.

[in Abruzzese] I'm going to put him through the sleep to this one! Two slaps...

- Let it go. Next time. - No, no way.

Before dinner, huh? Whatever, come on, let's go.

Today we do sex education.

Like sex education? I have never done it.

Now you learn.

So, as you know, children, there are various types of gender identity.

We point them out at random, so no one is offended,

That here how you do it wrong.

So there is the male gender And the female gender.

Then there is transgender, cisgender,

agender, bigender,

gender-queer, pangender, and gender fluid.

Yes, mae, however, children can only be made by the two of you.

Yes. I mean, no. We don't.

Whatever, anyway the important thing.

Is to go beyond the labels that are attached to people, you know?

Yes, however, children can only be made by the two of you.

Yes, we understood that. Any other questions? Tell us, Quirina.

Father says that you talk a lot about homosexuality,

Of genderflu' and trans-Siberian.

Transphobia.

Whatever, he says the truth is. if all animals were homosexual,

the fauna that you so much want to protect would have become extinct by now,

And the park you love would no longer exist.

And he also says that it's better if you don't let him talk, he goes.

You understand, yes? You who wanted to To save the world before dinner.

Come on, children, everyone sit down that now comes Nunzio with the pasta.

- And what are you doing? What are you drawing? - My sister Gemma.

Is your sister a doe?

My sister is like Quirina says, she makes animals extinct.

[speaks in Abruzzese].

- Hi, Miche'. - Hi. Where are you going?

I come from Barrea,

I am now going to Villetta Barrea to do a seminar on storytelling.

You know about Concezio's sister.

Why do you think I do sex education, Miche'?

Here of certain topics at home no one talks about them.

The responsibility is ours; that's how it works.

By the way, Concetta, the mother of Filomena, doesn't come to the interviews,

because when he gets off the bus he helps his father make cheese.

- So go to the barn and talk to them. - How to the barn?

- The interviews with her are done there. - I still don't know anything about the daughter.

Don't worry, you go there, you talk to them, get to know each other, get acquainted.

But be quick, because here come Titina's parents, who are desperate.

Why desperate? You said she was good.

Miche', one problem at a time. Now go to Concetta.

- At the barn? - Yes.

Good morning.

Good morning, ma'am.

Manure.

Good morning. I am the new teacher, ma'am.

Good morning, ma. Come, come.

What does Agnes say? With Filomena everything is fine, yes?

Yes, yes, with Filomena everything is fine.

Tell Agnes that Filomena has resumed sleeping with us.

After the pandemic, he picks up and crawls into bed.

The first thing Filomena told me was that she is always on the bus.

I have spent my life on the bus, elementary, junior high and high school.

I'm working on it now, ma.

I was the first woman from Marsica with a D driver's license.

And when I took the exams,

there were the same buses that took me to school.

- Can you hold it for me for a moment, please? - What?

The sheep, mae. Hold this, hold this.

I come here To give my father a hand.

But when he can't take it anymore, 'this sheep business will end.

- Too bad, these are disappearing trades. - But the stench doesn't, the stench remains.

The teacher who was here before you Passed out from the smell.

- He had a nervous breakdown. - How?

- The mountain does. - Yes, that is clear to me now, yes.

- He always stays close to Quirina. - But what is 'this stench?

- Mamma mia, Miche'. - Excuse me. Excuse me, everybody.

They are Titina's parents: Dionigi and Gianna.

- Pleasure. - The new master.

- Pleasure. - Michele.

What's going on with Titina?

No, everything is all right with Titina. The problem is Duilio.

- And who is Duilio? - Our oldest son.

He was my student, very good. And what's the problem?

It has been a period that he has set his mind to turn his life around,

Doing something contemporary.

Do you want to be a project manager in Pescina? Or the fashion blogger?

Yes, maybe.

Do you want to move to Shanghai, to Tribeca?

- Worse. - Meaning?

He wants to cultivate the land.

[in Abruzzese]. He wants to be a farmer.

I didn't have to deed the abandoned land.

He is still not over it. As a child he used to fill my classroom with seedlings.

But he has decided that he wants to be a farmer.

Damn the Maiella.

Sorry, sorry. Gentlemen, we are faced with a virtuous example.

This boy's desire must be indulged.

Duilio must be helped.

Look, anthropologist Vito Teti, in his work "La restanza,

talks about this. Leaving and staying are the two poles of human history.

"The right to migrate corresponds to the right to stay. "

Restance. What is the restance?

"Restance means feeling anchored and at the same time bewildered,

in a place to be protected and at the same time to be radically regenerated."

Of course.

- The restance, he said. - Yes.

But what the fuck does that have to do with anything?

But from here people want to leave.

Here we have only the partance. We missed the anthropologist.

You have to stay to protect the places and look forward.

Mae', I get it, I know the likes of you.

You like small villages, you like to come in the summer.

- No. - Let me talk.

The streams, the local vegetables, the local meat.

- No. - Let me talk.

Then, in September, in October, you like the woods, you get excited.

Colors. Yellow, red, foliage.

- I am not... - Shut up.

With the foliage you take your beautiful photos, you post them on social media.

Then, however, in November, the rains start here.

With Christmas comes snow.

Heavy, everything becomes complicated, until June.

So, I tell you what, we are tired of keeping these countries alive,

to allow you to come and have your weekends.

Let's switch, you come during the week,

so you understand that maybe 'this simple life,

How you guys do it with 'these fucking fingers, is a step backward for us.

The truth is that being born here is a curse.

It becomes a blessing when you die.

Understand? So, write to the publisher, mae.

Tell the anthropologist, from us, to fuck off.

Here. Damn the Maiella.

- We missed anthropology. - How we do with Duilio, I don't know.

The anthropologist? But have you seen these?

- I just wanted to quote. - You don't have to quote, you have to teach.

This is the third shit you've stepped in in 24 hours, including sheep's.

So if you want to be helpful, get your act together, you know?

If not, let yourself have a breakdown You too and leave.

Here are not in the dream world, we are in a world apart.

So take off your fucking moccasins, buy yourself a hat, gloves

And avoid saying that the world needs to be saved before dinner,

Because otherwise you don't even make it to dinner.

The quote, does. The quote.

- Mae', did you set the stove on fire? - No.

- Let me in, go. - Yes, thank you.

What have you done here? Sit down, go.

Yes.

First you have to put the paper, then you put in two or three pinecones.

Here.

Two pops, and slap the wood on it, too.

That too.

You try.

Yes, so, the paper, then after the paper, the pine cones,

the pops And then slap wood on it.

- Bravo, now stick. - Sticky.

Look. Here, Cesidio.

Look. Thank you, Cesidio, thank you.

What are you saying, Cesidio, I guess I need to wake up, huh?

- Yes, mae', I think so do I. - Yes.

Go and buy two things in Pescasseroli.

Yes.

- Oh. - Oh.

- Oh. - Oh.

- Oh. - Oh.

- Morning. - Oh.

- Miche'? - Hmm.

- Morning. - Oh.

- Good morning, children. - [together] Good morning.

See. Slowly coiffing.

The protagonist of our story

Can recognize birds by their flight.

These are a titmouse and a blackbird.

- Can you guys recognize them? - Yes, but by the verse.

- Meaning? - To hear, we have to go outside.

- Out? - Yes, mae, outside.

All right. Let's go outside then, come on.

[together] Yes!

Where are you going?

Let's go listen to the sounds of the birds, mae.

- Ah. - Michael] Let's go.

You were right, he has styled himself completely.

Saw.

- Come, mae, we'll take you there. That way. - This way? Let's go.

Mae', turn around, look how beautiful it is.

Mae, have you seen the lake?

Beautiful, yes.

[bird verse]

Hear that? What is this? This is a sparrow.

- It's a robin, ma. - A robin?

- This is a crow. - No, mae, this is jay.

- This one? - This is an eagle. There it is.

Mae', what verses can you do?

- I am being a cricket. - Let it be heard.

[imitates cricket verse]

Mae, you are good.

Thank you. Now, children, try to close your eyes, everyone.

[imitates cricket verse]

How nice, mae, it feels like summer.

Let's go.

Look, they are dogs.

Beware that when they are in packs, they are dangerous.

What are you talking about? These are wolves.

- Wolves? - Yes, mae, wolves.

- So make sure we stay in groups. - But why, are you afraid?

Well, but they are wolves.

- Yes, but if you don't bother them. - They don't do anything to you.

- But we stay in groups, we don't disperse. - Mae, don't worry, they are good.

- But what is this? - Concezio] The gymnasium.

- And since when has it been like that? - Concezio] I've always seen it that way.

Yes, mae, it has always been like that.

- But what a pity. What happened to it? - Concezio] It was burned.

Oh, yeah?

[Concezio] Then the roof collapsed, and it was abandoned.

What a pity. Let's go. Come on, it's snowing.

- What is this? - Concezio] The swimming pool.

Since when has that been the case?

[Concezio] Even this one we've always seen it this way.

Mae', in a little while our school too will end up the same way.

- What do you say? The school will never close. - We all know it will close.

Concezio, you are not of an age To be resigned.

My sister Gemma says that here the resignation

Is eaten in bites like scamorza cheese.

I understand, Concezio, but you have to look ahead.

For example, what would you like to be when you grow up?

- Youtubers. - [together] Yes, the youtubers.

- All of them? - [Together] Yes.

Good.

Miche', what have you done?

The children are afraid the school will close.

They are already resigned.

When they come here to school the first time they are alive.

But after a while the vitality dies out.

From parents, resignation Is transmitted like chickenpox.

Do you understand What responsibility you and I have?

- Then, every once in a while, there is the anomaly. - Meaning?

This afternoon we are going to see what Duilio is up to.

- Hello, dui'. - Bye, mae'.

- Hi. - Hi.

- This is Michael, the new master. - Ah, yes, the one from the restance.

- What are you doing? - I'm trying to fix it.

You're Marsican, Dui', you're not Cuban you retrieve everything, eh.

Between April and May I start sowing lentils.

But why aren't you like everybody else, huh?

How come you don't go to Tik Tok?

How come you don't feel like to run away too?

Because I'm fine here, mae. Why do I have to leave my home?

Besides, I don't want to end up the end of Sperone.

Miche', here things maximum two years they open, close and die.

And you know what happens to the Duilio on duty, yes?

That slowly gets isolated,

as all those who take the initiative.

And so everyone is happy.

All losers, all happy.

So there is no one to envy.

That is why immobility wins.

Miche.

Here the resignation...

It is eaten in bites Like scamorza cheese, I know.

Concezio told me.

Bravo.

Nunzio is right, "you are being coiffed."

But what does it mean to be coiffed?

That you also entered in a separate way.

Our.

- Agnes? - Hmm?

What is Sperone?

Come on, go.

Well, what's going on?

- A complicated day, Miche'. - No, it's a shitty day indeed.

The boiler won't restart. Damn the stinking Maiella.

Let's see what else happens today.

- I go with the babies. - Yes.

[cell phone]

- [Michele] Good morning. - [Together] Good morning.

- [Michele] How are you doing? - [Together] Good.

[Michele] By the second hour Aniceto and Quirina read Rodari to Filomena and Sabatino,

OK?

The boiler has restarted.

Good. Look, have you seen Agnes, please?

She just stands there. It didn't come out at all.

Agnes, are you all right, yes?

Nunzio repaired the boiler.

- Huh? - Nunzio repaired the boiler.

Good.

Nunzio, are you with the babies?

Yes, ten minutes, which then Marie Antoinette arrives.

All right.

This is Spur.

Here I had my first day of school.

My teacher's name was Carmelo. He was so fond of us.

We were...

Five children, 80 residents.

When the school closed, slowly they all left.

And so Sperone was abandoned.

That day Was too much pain.

They all cried, the children cried, the parents cried.

I was crying. Carmelo was crying, too.

When I became a teacher, I swore to myself

That I would never again allow such a thing to happen.

Therefore, in order to keep the school open,

I the teachers I pick them up in the middle of the storm,

As I did with you.

Since it had closed I hadn't been back there.

It hurt too much.

We lost the library first,

then the small movie theater, where we used to have screenings with videotapes,

theatrical performances.

We have become accustomed To losing one thing after another.

We have become accustomed to the worst.

And getting used to the worst is the worst thing a human being can do.

Agnes? Why did you come here?

Because after 100 years, two World Wars,

12 earthquakes, two floods and one pandemic,

Cesidio Gentile School Institute, called Jurico, poet pastor,

closes.

How does it close?

We no longer have the numbers to stay open.

In June it closes, Miche'.

And the school closing Is the death of the country.

You know what?

That here we have never decided really us what changes and what stays.

And do you know whose fault it is? It's ours.

But I broke my dick, Miche'.

I'm going to the general office tomorrow, in Aquila.

- And you come with me. - Sure.

The director, Luigia, I know her, she is from Bussi, in the province of Pescara.

- A relative of my husband's. - Good.

- I mean, you don't know who is more of an asshole. - I get it.

- Permit? - Preche, preche.

- "Preche?" - He is kind, he says "preche." Let's go.

- Good morning, Luigia. - Good morning, ma'am.

- Have a seat. - Thank you.

- This is Michele Cortese, the new master. - Pleasure.

Pleasure, pleasure. Do you bring any news?

- He', Cesidio Gentile... - Yes.

AKA Jurico, shepherd poet, at the age of eight went out to graze sheep

because there was no public elementary school.

What do we want to do now, do we want to go back 200 years?

Actually it would be almost better.

Because 200 years ago, dear teacher, children were being made,

Now no, they don't do that anymore.

And if you don't believe me, check this out.

This is the trend of births in the Sangro Valley.

Look at the disaster. Look at how it drops.

Is this something possible? Can it be done? Can it be done, mae?

I don't know.

No, it can't be done. It just can't be done.

It cannot be done.

Dear Agnes, if we would notice.

of a faint signal of trend reversal, as well,

But here the data speaks for itself.

[in Abruzzese] Numbers are numbers.

Mae', do you want to know when there has been the slightest increase in births?

I don't know.

In 2006, master. The 2006 World Cup, when we won with France.

Whatever, come on.

Now, if all goes well, the next World Cup there will be 2026, master.

Hopefully, though. Because if not, I'll say goodbye!

- Here numbers are numbers. - Forgive me, Ms. Luigia.

It is clear that "numbers are numbers."

But in this way we we make an entire community disappear.

I got a call from the principal of Castel Romito.

Here's why.

He is the regent of your school, is he not?

It tells me that you in September will have three fifth graders leaving,

And no other members.

And for a multi-classroom you need at least eight children.

Now I say to you that one week time, before enrollment closes,

I need you to bring me four vajulitti that replace those.

- "Vajulitti?" - Children.

- Nothing can be done. - Where do we find four children now?

This is your business. Four and no less than four.

Because if not, we this school we will close it.

But then, these things, why am I saying them to you?

I would like to remind you that you are the vice principal, not the principal.

He', you know that if this thing if the principal of Castel Romito takes care of it.

it's over for us, yes?

But what can I do to you, my girl? Numbers are numbers.

- Yes, thank you... - We understand. Thank you, ma'am.

- 'The fucking numbers. - "Numbers are numbers."

[Agnes] Fuck her, she goes. I told you she was a bitch.

Let's go and tell them.

- Damn the festering Maiella. - Madonna mia, what now?

Even if the Holy Spirit comes down And impregnates the women of the country,

we are always out of time.

For now this thing is not being told to anyone.

I knew it that we were going to end up like Spur.

[woman, TV] Almost two years since the beginning of the war,

Ukrainian refugee exodus continues.

A new wave of refugees will reach our country in the next 48 hours.

Leaving are always women, the elderly, but mostly school-age children,

Who after the horrors of war must return to school.

An emergency within an emergency.

The situation, according to...

[cell phone]

Oh? How are you not coming back? Why? Do you have to work?

It's ten years you have to work. With your sluts, you have to work!

Fuck off, you go!

[mobile]

What the fuck do you still want?

- Agnes? - Oh, Michele.

Put on TG5 right away.

[Woman, TV] The urgency concerns minors.

Schools will have to equip themselves

to allow the inclusion of Ukrainian children,

called to integrate into a new reality,

After bidding farewell to their country and fleeing the war.

What are you saying?

We don't want to end up like Sperone, right?

Nuncio, Marie Antoinette? Come here.

You fix the children. Come on, Nunzio, come on.

So good, good. Today we are going to do a class assignment.

The first will make the theme. "How you imagine Rupe in the third millennium."

the third does "The Ecological Transition from Benedict Croce to Greta Thunberg."

The fifth "Digital transhumance: sheep 4.0."

Good work.

[Michele] Is this it? So, look.

In order not to close the school, we need the children,

And since the children here are not here, we have to go get them.

At first glance, what I'm about to tell you may seem a little harsh,

But this is one of those moments in history.

Here one must not look at the means, but the end.

For a just end, any means is permissible.

[Michael] To save the Caesidius Institute. Gentile called Jurico, poet pastor,

we have to take a few families of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Italy.

They need a home, a country to host them,

us of the children.

We help each other out, it seems to me a reasonable solution.

But this is madness. Have you guys gone crazy?

But then you, a man of principles and rules,

escaped from the Roman jungle to find a more just world,

do you come here and propose barbaric solutions at the edge of legality?

- Yes. - But do you feel the same way too?

We should be as clear as water,

instead we speculate as well on war and refugees?

Nunzio, you don't say anything either?

- You make me sick. - Look, here's the thing.

Either we find four children in seven days, or the school closes.

[Agnes] And after school, it closes the country.

Do you want to take this responsibility yourself? Eh, Marie Antoinette?

Do you want to end up like Sperone?

Then get busy And don't fuck around.

Are you afraid someone will find out about us? You know what they say here anyway, don't you?

- If you don't say things, they don't happen. - Here.

So, first of all we need to compact the country,

because without the institutions this thing is not done.

Then we go to the Civil Defense And we recruit Ukrainian refugees.

- As many as we go to the Fucino as well. - What is "lu Fucino"?

It is a reclaimed plain, where for 30 years Moroccans, Tunisians have been working,

Who were previously illegal immigrants, they were doing caporalism at 4 a.m.

Then they took a house, got married and have children who speak Abruzzese.

So you and I are going to Pescasseroli, and they will go to "lu Fucino."

Ah, be aware that the principal of Castel Romito,

On which this school depends, will not lift a finger to help us.

In fact, he will do everything to facilitate the closure,

Taking our children,

And safeguarding its school and its commercial centers.

We have a week. Now it's our turn.

- Let's start with the mayor, shall we go. - Yes.

I know the country, these used to say I was defending the park,

And now they will say that I fill the country with sluts. This happens.

Onofrio, do you really want to give it up to the mayor of Castel Romito?

You don't want to be remembered as the mayor who shut down the school, do you?

[together] Eh.

Whatever, come on.

- Goodbye, Onofrio. - Thank you.

- Let's go to the marshal. - Yes.

Remember that the marshal is famous for not paying bills in stores.

You understood the marshal.

Do you understand, marshal?

School closures, all stores would close.

There would be the problem Of where to go shopping.

Get it? Other countries, other stores... And who knows these ones?

And sure.

Whatever.

- Thank you, marescia'. - Thank you.

Now all that is missing is the head of the hoteliers and civil defense.

Good.

Nino, honestly, the hotel is empty.

Besides, let's face it, you guys don't see a tourist before July.

Let's face it, Nino, refugees are a holy hand, they are safe money.

Whatever.

Good.

Then in 30 minutes let's have a good operational meeting at school.

You have forgotten one.

I understand That it no longer holds the importance of before,

But to have it against us on something like this, you can't.

You can't.

- Of course. - Nunzio is right: you can't.

With these other than Spur, here it becomes Chernobyl.

[church song]

Don Bernardo, for that matter, is all tied up.

If the children are not there, there is no school either.

And without children, there is no catechism, first communion, confirmation.

Let alone baptism.

What do we do, Don Berna'?

Thank you.

[Agnes] On the other hand, every confirmation gets 250 euros.

I wanted to see if he said no.

Gentlemen, we are all aware, yes? All in agreement?

Don Berne'.

Tomorrow, which is Sunday we go to Pescasseroli.

- Let's go get the refugees. - Are we sure?

Marie Antoinette, be patient!

Sorry, look at me, was I like this when I arrived?

- No. - No. The mountain does.

[woman, TV] Now let's go to Abruzzo, which is getting organized

to provide shelter and provide basic necessities

To incoming Ukrainian refugees.

As has happened in the past,

so many citizens have decided to open their homes to refugees.

But this effort of solidarity...

Let's see what those cockroaches in Castel Romito.

- What did you say? - Nothing. Again?

- No. - Here.

[woman, TV] If it is true that there are refugee families

Who decided to return to Ukraine,

there are many who are ready to leave their countries.

[mobile]

Dean, what is it?

Mayor, I was thinking, if these people from Rupe get organized?

- With all that's going on... - And that is?

Tomorrow come refugee buses to Pescasseroli.

- I saw. - What if they catch some of them?

The Cesidio Gentile Institute called Jurico, poet pastor,

Does not die, resurrects.

There are four sheep left there. Those in September have to close.

- Anyway, I got it, I'll take it from here. I'll call my cousin.

All right.

- I don't know about you, but for me it's no. - We don't find you ready yet.

Fuck off, you go.

- All right, thank you. - Big kiss to Abruzzo.

[mobile]

Mayor, hello?

Gera', get this, tomorrow morning don't come by with the snowplow

Rupe to Pescasseroli.

But how? Tonight it flakes, a lot.

Gera, that's how it's needed.

Let's go quietly, yes?

Okay.

- Eye on the curve. - Yes, however...

But can't you avoid being so attached to the side of the road?

- Watch out. - Don't worry, the snowplow came by.

- Are you telling me this to reassure me? - No, I'm telling you because you can see, he's standing there.

- Hello, Gerardo. - Hello, Agnes.

- Miche'? - Huh?

- Shall we go? - Yes, let's go.

- Here you go. - One signature, please.

Good morning. This is yours.

- Good morning. - Good morning. You?

We are here for refugee assignment. We come from Rupe, upper Sangro Valley.

Wait here.

A physical education teacher?

- Here it is. - Come with me.

But who are they?

They are our colleagues. They come here every morning looking for substitute teaching.

We are reduced to caporalism.

We have become like the Moroccans from Fucino 30 years ago.

These are small.

These are big.

Here, this is good.

Easy, easy.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

- I wanted to tell you something, may we? - Yes, please have a seat.

- Nuncio] Thank you. - You are welcome.

[in Abruzzese] Mom, I'm going to go play ball!

- How many years do you keep? - I keep seven years.

- How much do you pay in rent here? - We pay 300 euros here.

Shit. If you come to stay in Rupe, the first year is free.

And from the second,

we give you a special price of 199 euros per month.

The offer is valid for today only.

- Here is your allocation. - Thank you, thank you.

Excuse me, these go to middle school, we only have elementary school.

Every day they should do 60 km going and 60 km coming back.

They have already left their country...

I mean, I wouldn't put stress on stress. They're kind of big.

But who are you, mayor and deputy mayor?

No-we are master and vice principal.

But are they going to close you down?

- Eh, yes. - Then say it first, right?

But here they even offer us free ADSL, forever.

Hakimi, listen to me.

I offer you a 4K television set,

ultra HD, 75 in.

Super fiber and unlimited gigs.

To you.

- Thank you. - Thank you, huh.

These three as ages are fine, however, we are always one short.

One is missing.

But do you also offer us all the platforms for free forever?

- Forever. - All right.

Then you have one.

Yes, Miche', I convinced them. It's all good.

Well, then jamme va.

Jamme.

You came as a lamb, And we turned you into a wolf.

The mountain does.

- Good. - We did it.

- Very good. - Bravo, bravo.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

- Bravo. - Thank you.

But you have to tell me how you did it?

I convinced him. "I made us ave a house for free."

- And who pays for it? - You.

- Like us? - And sure.

- So how do we organize? - We put the Ukrainians in the hotel.

North Africans we can put them to the earthquake houses.

Those guys are used to it anyway.

- Don Berna', what do you say? - Whatever.

- Marescia', what do you say? - Whatever, let's move on.

[Michele] Good.

You with your daughter's audition you are done!

What the fuck do I care? She has been eliminated.

You wretch! If I catch you, I'll break your arm!

I cast you out! I will ruin you!

And I tell everyone that you didn't want to to let the snowplow go by.

Disruption of public service. Go through the trouble.

How much money did he give you, huh? How much money did he give you?

- Fuck you! - You wretch, fuck you!

Fuck you!

[Nunzio] That dickhead of Castel Romito wanted to screw us over.

But I fooled him.

I gambled away all the toilet paper of the year.

- Are they enough for you? - Yes.

- Nunzio] I paid 300 euros. - Bravo, Nunzio.

- Good, no? - Good, good, yes.

- Do you want a ride? - No thanks, I'll walk.

Whatever. I'll see you tomorrow.

So, children, you will soon have some new companions.

There will be a North African child, who is from Fucino,

And then three Ukrainian children, from war zones.

Tell me, dear.

Grandmother says that now the country is filled with sluts.

- But, Filomena, what are you saying? - Grandmother says so.

And tell grandma to be quiet,

or else the refugees won't come and they also close our school.

And we used to be the 007s of Marsica.

They know everything about everyone here.

They do not keep their mouths shut even when they eat.

Now what happened?

Look, anthropology is not really an exact science.

Yes, yes, whatever! Did you guys talk to Duilio about it?

Yes, why?

Because that one, to make the farm, even mortgaged the land.

Now we even have debts. Damn it, damn it.

Damn the Maiella. But you watch this.

Duilio?

Oh, it is now.

Duilio, listen,

sometimes we who don't live here We put bullshit in your heads,

Like there is a future in the land, in the recovery of hamlets.

And we don't realize That we are sending you to war,

With the risk that you may never return.

We should teach ourselves how to cultivate the land.

Then it would make sense to to keep the school open.

Duilio, listen to me, you know how it works here.

All the things that one tries to do, after two years they die.

You must promise me that you will resist.

If you make it to the third year then you have made it.

You have to swear it to me, though.

I swear to you, ma. I'm going to make it.

Okay.

The first five kilograms of lentils I'll buy them for you.

- Hello, dui'. - Bye, mae'.

See.

We human beings would be made To leave no one behind.

And then we became something else.

Here even one person who does not resign must be helped.

I love him Duilio, Because he is the only hope we have.

[band music]

- Let's go, Don Berna'. - Come on, go.

Welcome.

- Laskavo prosymo. - Huh?

- Welcome. - "Laskavo?"

- Laskavo prosymo. - Laskavo prosymo.

Cascavo prosimo.

- But what did you fall for? Laskavo prosymo. - Laskavo prosymo.

You se-gui-tain the pa-rro-co.

Mayor, they don't speak Italian, it's no use sounding out.

[speaks in Ukrainian].

Moroccans come with me then. Let's go.

- Laskavo prosymo. - They understood that they are welcome.

We put the pews in canonical order. Canonical means normal.

[in Abruzzese] Did you think you were talking to the priest?

I'm going to slap you I'm going to whiten you!

Good, we can go in. Very good.

- Sit down. - Bravo.

Aniceto.

- Mae? - What?

- I don't want to be around him. - Why is that?

- Because. - Oh.

It is that she is used to being with females, you know?

Well, let's look like a real class. We can start.

So, children, now introduce yourselves to your classmates.

- You're welcome. - "Men'e zv'aty Svitlana."

- Then? - Men'e zv'aty Yulia.

- Good. - Men'e zv'aty Anatoly.

- I am Khaled and I am Marsican. - Marsicano.

So let's show Rupe to your comrades.

Khaled, Svitlana, Yulia, Anatoly, come here.

They are drawings made by your comrades. Khaled, what is the most beautiful drawing?

- This. - Anatoly?

[speaking in Ukrainian].

- This? - [together] The wolf.

The absolute king is the Marsican bear.

- Marsicano. - [Michele] Bravissima.

- Bravo. - Bravo. Molodets.

[together] Molodets.

And now let's go eat.

- Kharchuvannya. - Kharchuvannya.

- I have to run to Benaco. - Agreed.

Faciuli and orape.

Nunzio, don't you get involved too.

It's not that if you spell dialect they understand you.

They don't even speak Italian, I speak dialect to them.

- All right. - Faciuli and orape.

- He said. - Bravo.

Agnes?

I got a call from the region, saying that we have to do something for social.

They called it, photo oppurtunity. So tomorrow we publish it.

- Yes. - "Cliff Calls Kiev."

This is how authorities and institutions see what we do.

- Good work. - Thank you, goodbye.

- Are you going back to Sulmona? - Yes.

Why don't you stay here?

[mobile]

Sorry. My husband.

Oh, what do you want?

Ah, you're not coming back tonight either. Sure. And where are you going?

Montesilvano. More sluts. But fuck you, go.

[knock]

- One is missing. - How is one missing?

- A refugee family left. - But how?

They said that rather than stay here, they preferred to return to their country.

- But tomorrow there are pictures. - And now it's dicks!

Eh, yes, Nunzio. Without any doubt, they are big dicks.

[mobile]

Hi, Miche'.

- One is missing. - How is one missing?

A refugee family left. How do we find a child now?

- Damn the festering Maiella. - Ma, what's going on?

[Michael] Agnes?

Rupe sucks to me, I don't want to go there!

I want to go to my own school! It makes me sick!

You always say that I'm more with my pupils Than with you, right? Today you're with me.

No, I want to go to my own school!

- But who are you? - Mind your own fucking business.

A big smile.

- Beautiful. - Everybody in the classroom, come on.

Come on, children, come on. Follow Nunzio.

This is done as well.

Yes, but I cannot take every day my son from Sulmona.

Come on.

[mobile]

Oh, Argita? Yes.

Understood.

- What is it? - Gemma is gone, she is nowhere to be found.

She had a fight with her parents, Tonight she did not return.

Miche'?

Concezio, listen. You know where Gemma is, don't you?

Where is it?

She always says,

That if mom and dad upset her one more time,

jumps off the bridge in Barrea.

Gemma.

[plays "Not the Same" by Sheldon Riley]

- You have to plant it! - "Tu l'ha da pianta!"

That one, you have to let it go, understand?

[mobile]

Yes?

- Come here. - I don't want to stay here!

Instead you stay here. Gemma, you stay here, where are you going?

Let go!

Stop!

Gemma.

[together] No, no! Gemma!

Michele. Michele.

- Come on, come on. - It's over.

It's over.

- Now let's go save the school. - Yes, but first go get changed.

[Gaetano] Mayor, would you look at this picture?

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. These are all of them.

- But how can this be? Anatoly is staying here. - What do I know?

Whatever, I'll take it from here.

- Agne', is everything all right? - Yes, yes, everything is fine. Tell me.

I got a call from the mayor of Castel Romito.

- What does he want now? - He says I have to send you an inspection.

- Fuck soreta. - What are you saying? I didn't understand.

When is the inspection?

- Mae', did you dry yourself? - Yes, thank you, Aniceto.

- [together] Bravo. - Thank you, thank you, children.

When does it arrive?

Tomorrow. Miche', I'm thinking about it, but I can't think of anything.

Look. It's the Ministry's website, it's the parameters for keeping the school open.

Look at the line below.

"Mandatory support teacher..."

I understand, but this applies to a disabled person.

A class with a disabled person always forms.

Miche', but "did you rinse your your brains in the lake"?

Do you want to end up like Sperone?

I get it, Miche', but even if I wanted to,

where do we find a disabled child in 24 hours?

- I'm tired. - And of what?

Raise your head, mama. What have you done?

- Miche', there would be a limit to everything. - No, there is no limit to anything.

- No, there would be, instead. - No, there isn't.

So whatever.

Felicita and Pasquale,

there comes a time in life when things have to be faced.

And we can no longer ignore the signals that Sabatino sends us.

He noticed it, too.

Yes. I recognized the signs right away,

But out of respect for my colleagues I took a little step back.

There is still time, though.

Two parents, no matter how harsh reality may be, face it.

Agne', let's avoid 'this comedy.

What do you need to keep the school going?

- A disabled person and a support teacher. - So Sabatino must be dumb?

Oh God, dumb no. Such a thing...

All that is needed is an imperceptible delay, a very slight disability.

All these are things that the child can learn easily.

What do you say, Sabbath?

What shall I say?

Dear, "What's he got to say?"

Now we need to find a doctor.

Here there is no doctor, here is Carmen.

We are going to Carmen's tonight.

Carmen stands here.

Here we go. Felicita, Pasquale, please.

Here we are. Good evening.

- Here you go. - [Agnes] Thank you, Carmen.

What is it, Feli'?

Boh. It's not that after Sabatino stays dumb all his life?

What are you talking about? Next year Let's go to the ASL and make another one

Who says he's fine, don't worry.

- Like your father used to do with me? - Yes, yes.

[bela goat]

Here. But what is it?

Excuse me, I have to put the microchip to Concetta's goat.

- To the goat? - Concetta's.

So, children, the inspector is coming, mind you.

Please have a seat, inspector. Right this way.

- Today he put himself right on the spot. - You're welcome.

- Good morning. - Good morning. Greetings.

- Children, say hello. - Say hello.

- [together] Good morning. - Good morning.

So, as you see, among them are the newcomers.

She is Svitlana, Yulia and instead his name is Khaled.

- Yes. Then there is the child the one.... - Ah, yes, Sabatino. You see?

Unfortunately, lately the child has been giving unmistakable signs.

Yes, I understand.

- Inspect', the mountain does. - "I know."

Of course I will give the clearance.

The documentation should be sent to the ministry for validation.

Yes, I'll do it right away.

No, the documentation should be sent by the relevant manager,

Who is the principal of Castel Romito.

I think that as early as tomorrow morning the Ministry's response arrives.

Okay.

I better get out of here Or else I'll be stuck today. Goodbye.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye, inspector.

Principal of Castel Romito.

Oh? What's 'this mosceria?

Now let's send the papers. Come on, let's go inside.

You too. We sell our hides dearly.

[Michele] Can you help me?

We now scan the documents and send them out.

- [Agnes] Put the papers in front of me, come on. - [Michele] Perfect. Take the paper.

Put him in the corner. Come over here. Squish it down. Perfect.

Guys, we still try.

Attach. Well, it's all there.

Go.

- I'm going, huh? - Yes.

- Nuncio, take them to the classroom. - Let's go outside, guys.

[Michele] Do you know what I think now?

I think this moribund little village

managed to pull back from me the passions I had erased.

I love him.

[bell]

[Nunzio] They said it was no longer snowing, but it still looks the same to me.

[Michele] Rest assured, children.

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

They closed Passo Godi, now they're closing the provincial road as well.

I got it, I'll call Aunt Maria To light the stove.

Tonight I have to stay here. Let me notify at home, it goes.

Oh? Yeah, I'm not coming back tonight, huh. No, they closed Passo Godi.

Eh, you learn.

Omelette.

He pretends to be a family man,

as if you didn't know he does all the sluts in the Peligna Valley.

Let's go. Let's go help clear the bus.

[Agnes] Easy. Attention.

[man, TV] Schools closed tomorrow for weather alert.

[knock]

[man, TV] A violent snowfall has fallen in Abruzzo.

Did you learn how to light the stove?

Damn you, damn you.

The mountain does.

Did you see today How worried the children were?

They are doing well in school,

even though almost everyone dreams of becoming youtubers.

Miche', as long as you are a child, everything is good here.

It fits...

The deer, the fox, the wolf. It's like a fairy tale.

Then you get to the age of 15 and the fairy tale becomes a nightmare.

To do sports you have to do 50 km going and 50 km coming back.

Then I believe you that they curse the snow And say nature is a misfortune.

They become angry teenagers, who, if it goes well, want to run away.

But if it goes wrong, they become brittle, like dry twigs.

People here no longer make babies for fear they will become teenagers.

But then there is Duilio. We have to keep the school open for people like him.

Yes. If not, the Duilios will leave.

And we are left with only the cock boobs.

- Oh my God! - Madonna, Ezechi'! What have you done?

Nightmare. Rupe was all full.

Houses reopened, shops--no one used to come to our malls anymore.

The school was full of kids.

And all those sheep. Hundreds of thousands of sheep.

- How ugly they are. - Madonna, Ezechi'.

Too many roasts, I don't have to eat them anymore, no.

I told you that in the evening you must not eat the arrosticini.

- And now let me sleep. - What a bad dream.

Hundreds of thousands of sheep. One million sheep.

And shut up and sleep!

It has stopped snowing.

Sleep that the schools are closed anyway.

But what closed? Remember that we are always open.

Then shall we go together?

Do we publish in the official gazette?

However now the situation has improved.

We were able to clear the bus.

Not all blizzards come to harm.

The mountain does.

We are the news of the day for a little while longer.

Let's go read 'this death sentence.

- They accepted. - But how? Really?

Then Gaetano is not a dickhead. We were thinking wrongly.

No, no, you thought right. That principal is a crock of shit.

- Meaning? - He wanted to shut us down.

For him to be cock broach.

No, Svitlana, "he be big dick."

You are an asshole! Gaeta', you one thing you had to do.

I've done it, mayor.

And why Cesidio Gentile Institute remains open?

I don't understand, mayor.

Now I'll show you something. We are now opening the "Marsica Mall."

These have made an investment 12 million euros. What do we tell them?

What do we tell them?

That you're a big dickhead! Get lost!

However, we took care of it to make things right.

How?

[Cesidio] While you were eating...

Hurry.

[Cesidio] First we copied down the documents you sent,

Then, while Dad and Mom were asleep, I hacked the ministry website,

And I went into e-mail,

To check the email that Dean Gaetano sent.

[Cesidio] And there I found the surprise.

From the documentation you sent,

eliminated Sabatino's medical certificate.

Off you go, too.

[Cesidio] And he cancelled Khaled as well.

Ministry. Now it is.

From Gaetano's e-mail,

I replaced the old email with a new email,

with all the documents he had deleted,

And sent it to the ministry.

- Mae, are we done well? - "You are very well done."

- But you guys are crazy. This is a crime, huh. - Closing the school is a crime.

Mae', so the school is not closing?

No, Sat, school is not closing this year.

Let's go to the classroom.

- Now I have to fool around all year. - Don't worry, Sabati, come on.

But now the support teacher is missing.

I have half an idea.

Let's go. Let's go, come on, everybody in line.

Carmelo.

Here we go. What the heck, I'm old, not deaf.

Come on, Sabbath, let's catch up with the group.

So today we go to a beautiful place.

- Sca-mo-rza. - Sca-mo-rza.

Maria Antonie', are you still thinking about it?

The important thing is that the school remained open.

- Not even if it was the first time. - Meaning?

We already did this with the Albanians, in the 1990s.

Those who were here

would send me copies of the documents of relatives in Albania.

We used to pretend that they had to move

And we enrolled them in school.

But really?

So we would enroll the children, the grandchildren, the cousins.

- I mean, we went on for years. - Then what happened?

Nothing. No one said anything.

- Oh yeah, because if you don't say things. - They don't happen.

And you can tell.

Mae? Mae', look what we found.

How beautiful.

[imitate cricket chirping].

Now go ahead and release him.

- [together] Hello, mae. - Bye, bye.

The provisional assignment has expired.

I'm going back to Rome.

- Sorry. - What are you apologizing for?

In fact, thank you. You have given me a reason to leave my husband.

So now he can take full-time care of his Peligna Valley clogs.

When are you leaving?

Tomorrow.

- Last day of school. - Yes, last day of school.

Hello, children. Hello, hello.

Hello, hello, everybody. Be good.

Take care.

Hello, hello. Bye, bye.

- Oh. - Oh.

Mae', we put on summer tires.

Thank you, Cesidio. Thank you all.

[together] Hello, mae. Hi!

Let's go, guys. Let's go inside. Into the classroom, come on.

[plays "Agnese" by Ivan Graziani].

[honking]

[wolves howl]

What have we learned this year?

This year we have learned That the school is truly ours,

That, when needed, it must be defended.

If it was for a few crocks. Whatever, you get the idea.

We were supposed to close forever. But no, because in September we will reopen.

Obviously, we will miss Master Michele a little bit.

Mae'?

What are you doing here?

The mountain does.

[plays "Agnese" by Ivan Graziani].

- Come, Sabatino. - Hello, Sabatino. Hello.

[Cesidio] "I am Gentile Cesidio,

Who, among the flock and with rod in hand, I wrote the Marsican memoirs.

I grew up filled with misery And in ignorance,

on the grounds that at that time elementary schools did not exist.

My father was a miserable pastor,

And in the private school He did not have the power to send me.

In the shepherds' hut,

I learned about the letters of the alphabet.

And so, as soon as I start writing,

I used to write verses inspired by my imagination.

In these Marsi mountains inhabitant, the day shines, if the night is silent.

The Sangro cries out a gentle murmur.

They have nest among us virtue and peace."

[plays "Cut off the rooster's head" by Ivan Graziani]