1 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,700 The events I am about to describe happened in Florence 2 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:15,300 in the years around 1925, 3 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,100 a troubled time, if I remember well. 4 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:21,000 This ancient city, like so many others of our country, 5 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:24,100 had never known such dark and difficult times. 6 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,100 What we went through then is still present 7 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:32,600 in the memory of those who were involved. 8 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,300 But at the same time it's already history. 9 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,200 Take my story, for example, the story of an Italian, 10 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:40,800 in Florence around that time. 11 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,300 Back then I worked at a printing press by the Mugnone river 12 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,000 and earned enough to provide for myself alone. 13 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,200 Every day, as soon as work was over 14 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:51,200 I raced home. 15 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,600 I lived in a furnished room 16 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:55,500 in the Santa Croce quarter. 17 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,200 Before dinner I would go out to meet with the girl 18 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:00,900 to whom I was then engaged: Bianca Quagliotti, 19 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,100 the daughter of a sweet-seller. 20 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:07,700 It was the end of April, or the beginning of May, 1925. 21 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 She arrived as usual that evening, with her friend Clara 22 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:14,400 and with the air of someone 23 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:17,000 who has big news to tell. 24 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:20,600 Mario! 25 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,700 Ah! I had to pull a thousand tricks to get out tonight. 26 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,900 And Clara kept me waiting! 27 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,900 - Slow down, you look flustered! - Well yes... no, don't you start. 28 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,500 I've got good news. Maciste said yes. 29 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,900 Margherita persuaded him. They're expecting you tonight if you want. 30 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,000 - Are you happy? - What a question! Of course! 31 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,800 Just think. We can say goodnight at the window before bed. 32 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:49,900 You'll hear the bells of the Palazzo Vecchio every hour. 33 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,700 And what do you do? Count them? One, two, three, four, five... 34 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:05,200 - Again! - Isn't it hot, Bruno? 35 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:07,000 - The questions you ask! - Why? 36 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,000 I want to know what's in your head when I kiss you. 37 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,400 - That I like you. - So why are you asking if I'm hot? 38 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:14,800 I've got to change the subject or you'd never finish! 39 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:16,700 And you wouldn't even want to start! 40 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,700 You're beastly. I have to go now. 41 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,100 Let me go. Look, Clara's waiting. 42 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:25,700 So, what do I tell Margherita when I see her tomorrow evening? 43 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:28,300 I can't just move out at a moment's notice. 44 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,300 Let's do it on Saturday, that way I'll have my week's pay 45 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:34,300 and I can give her notice. 46 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,900 Margherita isn't doing this out of self-interest! 47 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,500 She's not even a landlady! 48 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:41,000 Rather, try to make a good impression with Maciste. 49 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:43,700 A good impression, hmm... Then all I need to do is turn up! 50 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:46,200 Don't be cocky! Bye, see you tomorrow! 51 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:47,900 Lowlife! 52 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:53,500 - Bye! - Bye. 53 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:58,300 - Evening. - Evening. 54 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:04,500 And so, the following Saturday I went to live 55 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,800 in Via del Corno, renting from Maciste the blacksmith. 56 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:09,700 Mario Parigi! 57 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,800 Pleased to meet you! So you've come to live here, eh? 58 00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:13,700 Bravo! 59 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,300 Margherita! It's that boy! 60 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,300 - Good day, Signora! - Yes yes, send him up. 61 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,300 Go on up! And careful on the stairs, ok? 62 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:24,900 May I? Mario Parigi, at your service! 63 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:26,500 - What a pleasure! Excuse me... - Please. 64 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,300 I'm just getting this washing in! 65 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:33,000 It's stunning here! Takes your breath away, but it's worth it! 66 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:34,900 I'll show you the room. 67 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,100 Don't expect too much. 68 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,500 We've never rented it before. 69 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:39,500 To be honest, we don't need to, but that Bianca insisted... 70 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,500 Yes, I know! Here, let me carry that. 71 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:44,900 Put it there, thanks. Don't worry. 72 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:47,000 Here it is! 73 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,300 Ah! This is a real palace! 74 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,700 Once you get used to it... 75 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:53,900 Compared to where I lived before... 76 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:57,000 - Let's hope you're better here. - I'm sure I will be! 77 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:59,900 Bianca had told me so much about Via del Corno 78 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,800 and its inhabitants who I was now meeting one by one, 79 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:04,300 taking care not to mistake them. 80 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,300 My future father-in-law, Bianca's father, 81 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,400 returned with his basket of sweets. 82 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:11,500 Staderini, the cobbler, was putting away his tools 83 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,500 helped by his wife, Fidalma. 84 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:15,800 And Signora Armanda and my mother-in-law 85 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:18,500 were back from the church service. 86 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:21,100 Ugo, Maciste's friend, 87 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,700 was back from his job as a street greengrocer. 88 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,200 Hello! 89 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:29,500 Nanni, a probationer, was conspiring 90 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,300 with the owner of the inn, Signor Ristori. 91 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:34,300 Trustworthy gents, both of them. 92 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,500 The girls... the boys... And those young women who would go out 93 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,000 to walk the city's streets every night. 94 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,900 At that hour, Nanni was greeting Elisa, his lover 95 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:51,300 and also someone who gave him signals 96 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,900 of how things were going. 97 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,200 At night, Via del Corno belonged to the cats. 98 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:02,500 Palazzo Vecchio would toll the hours. 99 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,300 And after midnight the police patrol would pass through. 100 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,100 Nanni, you there? 101 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:13,100 - My respects, Brigadiere! - Go to bed. 102 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,700 Goodnight, Brigadiere! 103 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:18,900 The light at the inn was turned off. 104 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:21,800 In Via de Corno only two windows remained illuminated, 105 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:24,300 those of the Signora, a character who never missed 106 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,200 her chance to speak. 107 00:07:26,700 --> 00:07:29,000 The accountant, Bencini, returned home as the cocks crowed 108 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:31,000 and the early risers watched the day break. 109 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,200 Carlino Bencini, a veteran of Fiume, 110 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:37,700 fascist from day one, employee of an insurance company, 111 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:40,100 and unashamed night-owl. 112 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,400 Carlino was the last to bed, while his tenant Osvaldo, 113 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,800 a travelling salesman, was usually the first up. 114 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:58,100 And thus began my life on Via del Corno. 115 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,500 I was one of them, and my story 116 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,100 became theirs, day by day. 117 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:08,900 - Ugo! - What's up? 118 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,600 You got the key to my workshop? 119 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:11,500 Here! 120 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,500 Hurry up and get your cart out, I need to work! 121 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:25,700 This love, this love which shakes my heart... 122 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:32,700 124 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,680 Watch it. 123 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:40,400 My husband's up. 124 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:44,600 - Morning, Signor Giuseppe! - Morning. 125 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:50,500 Not a morning person, eh? Look outside, it's a lovely day! 126 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,200 - Morning, farmer! - Morning, Corrado! 127 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:03,800 Well? What's the word in Calenzano? 128 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:06,400 Oh, nothing new. Only the usual business, 129 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:08,700 folks coming down to Florence for the Friday market. 130 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:11,300 It's your first year at the farm, 131 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:15,000 and you're bored already? Oh my... 132 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,500 What a mood you're in this morning! 133 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,700 Run off with my key again and you'll see... 134 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,700 Bored? I love this job! I've been to school as well! 135 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,700 The first breath of city air 136 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,800 starts on Via del Corno... and the chicks you have here! 137 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:31,400 Aren't you running a little late? 138 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:37,300 - Excuse me, here! - Away from the window, ok? 139 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,600 Will I see you tonight? 140 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:40,600 - Morning, Ugo! - Hey, old man! See you! 141 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,200 - Today is a new day! Enjoy it! - Especially if it doesn't rain! 142 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:46,600 And love is a strange... 143 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:49,100 Hey! Welcome back! 144 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:51,300 - Ciao, Ugo! - Honeymoon over already? 145 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,900 Yes! Just like we planned, two or three days in Rome. 146 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,100 - Hello! - Hello! 147 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,000 - Oh you're back. - There's Staderini! 148 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:58,400 Couldn't you have sent a postcard? 149 00:09:58,500 --> 00:09:59,400 How are you? 150 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,200 I told them: "Send me Porta Pia!" 151 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,200 It slipped my mind. 152 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:03,500 - Give me the suitcases. - I'm sure! 153 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:04,900 Fidalma! 154 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:07,500 Come down! Milena and Alfredo are back from their honeymoon! 155 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,800 Fidalma! How are things? Good morning! 156 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:10,100 They've been in Rome. 157 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:11,300 Morning, Clara! How are you? 158 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:12,900 - Milena! All ok? - Welcome back! 159 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,100 - Bianca. - Tell us everything! 160 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:16,500 - Is Rome nice? - Did you enjoy it? 161 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,700 - Hello! - Welcome back, Milena! 162 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,800 - Thanks! - How are you? 163 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:21,100 - Are you well? - Signor Corrado. 164 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,900 - Listen, Milena... - Isn't she cute? 165 00:10:22,900 --> 00:10:24,600 Excuse me Signora... Congratulations! 166 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,200 - I've got to tell you the news. - What is it? 167 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:27,500 - I got engaged. - To who? 168 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,500 I'll tell you, wait! 169 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,500 - Tell me! - He's called Mario. 170 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,500 He's a printer. He's only been here a few days, 171 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,000 I haven't brought him home yet. 172 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:39,000 And when did you decide? What are you waiting for? 173 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,700 - Here's Margherita! - Margherita! 174 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:43,600 - Ah Margherita! - Milena, darling... the guardian angels 175 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:47,200 of Via del Corno are together again! 176 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:49,100 Morning, Margherita! 177 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:55,600 Gesuina! Tell the Signora I'm coming up to see her now. 178 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:57,700 The Signora thanks you! 179 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:02,200 Bring the Cecchi account up to date. Come on, pet! 180 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:07,600 And be a good girl, bring me the book. Ten, twenty, thirty... 181 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:11,200 sixty... Ah, that'll do. 182 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,800 This month we couldn't do any better. 183 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:17,000 Antonio hasn't worked much, and so- 184 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,200 They are 59 lire short, Signora. 185 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:25,100 Well, don't worry. Next time you'll try harder, eh? 186 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:28,700 Signora, you have our word. You've always been 187 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,300 so good to everyone. 188 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,600 They should have a monument to you in Via del Corno. 189 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:35,600 Let's hope not. Monuments are for the dead! 190 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:38,500 Signora, it's Alfredo Campolmi and his wife, Milena. 191 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:40,500 Oh, how nice! Show them in! 192 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:45,100 Hello Leontina. Signora, how are things? 193 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,200 Now then, tell me everything. 194 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:51,700 Did you enjoy Rome? You had other things on your mind. 195 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:54,400 I've brought you a little gift. 196 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:56,200 It's silly but I hope you'll like it. 197 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:57,900 Thank you! 198 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,400 What a nice thought! Oh, how sweet! 199 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:07,200 Look at this, pet. Put it on the dresser. 200 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,700 Thank you! Ah, Rome, Rome... 201 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:14,100 The last time I went 202 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,300 "Aida" was showing at the Costanzi. 203 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,100 I remember the finest carriage on the Pincian promenade 204 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,000 was mine, back then. All water under the bridge now. 205 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,500 Thank you. And maybe it's the same for us too, Signora. 206 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,500 Eh, a young man like you, with your initiative, 207 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,300 with the profits from the grocery in your hands... 208 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:37,900 I'm sure you'll be back on your feet in no time. 209 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,400 And now with your dear wife here to help you. 210 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:46,200 Well, Signora, I too have to speak up. 211 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,300 If you could just come through with the help you promised... 212 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:53,100 You know, to get the business going, to give it some life again. 213 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:55,700 In short, to help us get a bit of custom... 214 00:12:55,900 --> 00:13:00,800 I see, I see. Besides, we made an agreement, no? And so? 215 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:08,900 Gesuina, bring me the book. Let's see... 216 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:11,700 Campolmi: C, C, C... 217 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,700 Ah! Here it is! 218 00:13:13,900 --> 00:13:15,700 Well well well... 219 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:19,900 We can open a new account. It's important to put trust in youth. 220 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,200 Anyway, how could I refuse you anything, coming in here freshly married. 221 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:27,000 How could I refuse? 222 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:30,600 Your head's screwed on, but you're being too cautious. 223 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:33,200 Honestly, it seems to me we're pulling our pants down 224 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:35,800 with our own hands! 225 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 We're not here to be witty, we need to face up to reality. 226 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:41,500 Fascism can't be fought with pranks and games. 227 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,500 It's something quite different! 228 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,100 Don't mind him. Our Ugo has always been an impulsive one! 229 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,100 Our duty, for the moment, given the situation, 230 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,500 as we see it in the current climate... 231 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:54,500 Oh! Sorry, I didn't realise. I just wanted to get some water. 232 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,500 - Go ahead! Just do it! - Thanks. 233 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,800 - Good evening! - Ciao! 234 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,700 - Good evening, Signora! - Good evening! 235 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:05,300 Who's that? 236 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:07,500 He's my new tenant. 237 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,100 The truth is, it's up to us to make ourselves heard. 238 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,700 We can cling to the law, to democracy, 239 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:14,300 but then our hands are tied! 240 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:20,000 Milena... 241 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:23,900 - Yes, Alfredo? - I'm thinking, we should have 242 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,800 144 lire from the Cecchis, 71 from Clorinda 243 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,900 and that's it... But how are we going to get paid? 244 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:33,100 These people live day-to-day! 245 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,800 Milena... I was talking to you about the business. 246 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:41,500 That concerns you too, don't you think? 247 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:46,900 Everything will sort itself out. What's important is to love each other! 248 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,500 Well sure. Maybe, but... we'll need to make some sacrifices. 249 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,600 We need to get this situation sorted out. 250 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:04,200 And now, with the new debt we've taken on... 251 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:07,600 For starters, we have to draw the line. 252 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:13,000 We'll make a sign: "Arrears to be paid" and that'll be that. 253 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:16,500 Our debtors aren't expecting that. 254 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,100 We could get rid of the busboy too. 255 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,100 Turn off the light in the dining room. 256 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,400 You could work on the till. 257 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,800 It's not hard. 258 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:44,400 You press the keys, the machine goes: "trin, trin"... 259 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:46,900 and the drawer comes out. 260 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,700 - Good night, Alfredo! - Good night, darling! 261 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:03,600 Trin, trin... Trin, trin... 262 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,700 I like that, "trin, trin!" 263 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,900 Ah, well done! 264 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:17,900 Good! Good, Milena! Thank you! 265 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:20,300 - Happy, Signora Clorinda? - Yes... 266 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,500 - Can I get my butter? - Isn't she good? Here I come! 267 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,600 - Morning, Signora! How's life? - Good morning! 268 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,400 - Morning all! - Morning! 269 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:27,500 Morning, Signor Alfredo! 270 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,500 - Fresh butter for Signora Leontina! - Thank you. 271 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:30,400 Who's next? You? 272 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:32,900 Serve him first, he needs to get to the printing house. 273 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:35,800 Thank you, Signora! Do you mind...? 274 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:37,400 The usual mortadella, 150 grams 275 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,200 and maybe a slice of fennel. 276 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:41,000 Fennel for Signor Mario! 277 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,200 Hunger doesn't wait! 278 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,800 One... fifty. 279 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:48,100 - Here! - Please tell me something: 280 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,400 Tomorrow's Saturday, everything's on sale right? 281 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,900 But... Signora... no... 282 00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:54,700 That's not even a snack! 283 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:56,200 I'd need another three of them! 284 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:00,000 - Well, ok. - Thanks, Milena! 285 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:05,500 - There you go! - Thanks! 286 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:08,500 - Welcome! - Bless you, Signora Fidalma! 287 00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:11,300 - Cherry jam for me. - Coming right up! 288 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:12,500 That one's a rooster 289 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,700 but I haven't figured out which hen he wants to catch! 290 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,000 Oh, sorry! 291 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:19,600 - Aren't you the blacksmith's new tenant? - Yes. 292 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,400 - And your name? - Mario Parigi, at your service. 293 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,700 - Nice! Have you signed up with the local union? - No, not yet. 294 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,300 Stop by the Federation in the next few days! 295 00:17:29,300 --> 00:17:32,400 - I won't miss it, good day! - Bye! Things are changing, eh? 296 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,100 Rosettes in the window, a cute cashier. Things are looking up! 297 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:38,100 How can I help, Ragioniere? 298 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:41,900 Just passing, doing the rounds. I wanted to have a quick word. 299 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,300 - Ok! Milena, will you take care of Signora Fidalma? 300 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,100 - Tell me. - I'd rather we were alone. 301 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:52,100 Well, alright. Come into the back room. 302 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:53,600 This way! 303 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,300 - It's no trouble. - Please. 304 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:04,100 Sixty for the sauce, thirty for the olives. 305 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:07,700 Here you go. 306 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,700 Tell your husband to keep a close eye on those people. 307 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,800 They'll have you at the sharp end of the knife. 308 00:18:13,900 --> 00:18:16,100 I know. I know, Signora. 309 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,100 Have you heard? The Ragioniere is talking with her husband. 310 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,400 - The Ragioniere? - Yes. 311 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,400 - See you again! - Bye! 312 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,200 - And? - He just wanted to scare me. 313 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,300 He wanted money for the union. He said that in the Federation 314 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:36,200 they've noticed that I'm not paying my share like my father did. 315 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,700 They think I'll just roll over like Dad. 316 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:40,700 I told him quite firmly "no". 317 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:43,100 - Can you change fifty lire? - Sorry, no. 318 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:45,500 Is that ok with you? 319 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:47,600 Yes, it's ok, but... they could hurt us. 320 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:51,100 What are they going to do? It's not 1921 any more. 321 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,700 They don't beat people these days. 322 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:55,500 It's enough to present a strong image. 323 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,500 Oi! Listen! This time they're really going at it! 324 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,300 - Oh! What's all the racket? - Another new act! 325 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:08,000 Via del Corno has turned into a theatre! 326 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,600 You're drunk before noon, I'm not seeing anyone! 327 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,700 - Nothing ever happened with me and Ugo! - Oh yeah? 328 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:14,500 - He's just a tenant! - You think I wanted him as a tenant? 329 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,100 It wasn't your idea by any chance? 330 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:20,300 - You both agreed beforehand! - Yes, but the 35 lire rent 331 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,200 he kept for himself! 332 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:24,400 Now Maciste is holding back Beppino. 333 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,000 Maria must have put up a real fight! 334 00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:27,100 She's all scratched! 335 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,800 - And Ugo? - Ugo's not there. Maybe he's already at the market. 336 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:34,300 One more happy couple in the world. Hallelujah! 337 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,100 Face up to your actions, you and your lover! 338 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:39,900 - Don't run away from me! - He wanted to strangle me! Coward! 339 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:41,900 - What's going on? - Maria's been having it on with Ugo! 340 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:42,800 Holy cow! 341 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:45,200 This morning Beppino caught them at it! 342 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,600 You don't want to miss this! 343 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,800 - I've done nothing wrong! - Let me go, Corrado! Let me go! 344 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,300 - Don't be childish! - A man's gotta do what he's gotta do! 345 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,800 Shut up! You dribbling old men are all the same! 346 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:57,700 He was cheating on me! 347 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,500 Tonight I'm gonna settle the score with your boyfriend! 348 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,500 Hey! Are we done with this nonsense? 349 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,400 Signora! The Ragioniere's stepped in! 350 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:09,100 I want to see you tonight at the Federazione. Understand? 351 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,100 You and your wife. 352 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:14,100 - Good day, Ragioniere! - Hello, Ciaba. 353 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,700 Draw the curtains! The show's over. 354 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:25,300 La-la-la... 355 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:28,500 Hey! Hear that? He's coming! 356 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:34,600 La,la,la... La,la,la... La,la,la... 357 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:40,100 - Ciao! - Ciao! 358 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:45,500 - Hello Ciaba! - Hey, Ugo, careful! Nothing! I was just saying. 359 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:53,500 La-la-la... 360 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,700 Wait, before you go up, I need to tell you something. 361 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,000 This morning Maria had to see the doctor. 362 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:06,600 Why? Did Beppino beat her? 363 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Yeah! Don't look so surprised. By now everyone knows 364 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,900 you were going at it with Maria. What are you going to do? 365 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:17,500 Pah... I'm not on trial. 366 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000 And Maria wouldn't be stupid enough to spill the beans. 367 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,200 She's a nice girl and Beppino is making her life hell. 368 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Which means... 369 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:29,000 Which means I wasn't here this morning. 370 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:31,500 Can't I pretend I don't know anything about it? 371 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:34,400 When Beppino gets back, if he says anything, I'll smash his face in 372 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:38,100 and get Maria out of there! 373 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,800 She likes me, and I'd gladly set up home with her. 374 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:43,700 Ah, yes. You've got it all figured out, right? 375 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Don't be such a child; listen to me. 376 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:51,700 True or false: Maria's just like any other girl to you? 377 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:56,300 - Maybe. - Here's what I think. 378 00:21:57,100 --> 00:22:00,500 True or false: for a while now you've been playing around? 379 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:05,600 And sometimes you get drunk? You were earlier, it's simple fact. 380 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,300 A bit of chaos and you forget everything. 381 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:11,800 Are you blind to the colour black? 382 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,600 The group said there was nothing to be done. 383 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:17,000 Well? You can count on me! When the time comes 384 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,000 you only need to whistle and I'll be there! 385 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,200 Who told you we have to stand idly by? 386 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:23,000 Fontanesi, right? 387 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:24,400 Oh, that's what you heard, is it? 388 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,900 I seem to recall him saying there was plenty we could do! 389 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,100 You're a pain in the neck, you and your mates! 390 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,300 You talk too much! Tell someone who cares! 391 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,800 The truth is, my dear Ugo, no-one trusts you any more! 392 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:36,200 This is a dangerous time, they can see that you have 393 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:39,700 women on your mind... and they're all heads of families. 394 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,300 That's my business! 395 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,600 When the chips were down I've always been there. 396 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,900 Actions speak louder than words, and I get things done! 397 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,300 - Yeah, I bet. - When 3 fools in black shirts show up 398 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,600 you stand cross-armed. The truth is, 399 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:54,300 you and all the others, starting with the heads, 400 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,500 you're a bunch of cowards. You left your hearts in the trenches, 401 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,700 you were probably draft-dodgers for all I know! 402 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:03,500 Take your coat and get lost! 403 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,500 When you see me, don't even say hello! 404 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:12,300 Be careful, Maciste! One way or another they'll make you pay! 405 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,300 Oh, I can pay! 406 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,300 Did you see that uppercut? 407 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:26,200 Uppercut? It was barely a slap! 408 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,500 You swore you only drank wine! 409 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:50,700 Are you offering something? 410 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:53,900 I don't know. I'm not used to balancing the books. 411 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:56,700 Then get gone! Go! 412 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,300 A little education wouldn't hurt you! 413 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,300 Are you talking to me? 414 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,200 Come on, I was joking. I thought we were friends? 415 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,100 I'm nobody's friend! Got that? 416 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:15,000 Come on, come with me. 417 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:18,700 Keep me company, it's windy tonight! 418 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:21,900 Don't go with him. Let it go. 419 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,600 Have you got a problem? 420 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,100 Yes, but we don't stand to gain anything. 421 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,400 No, leave it to me, Osvaldo! 422 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,900 Oh, tonight's entertainment is assured. 423 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,900 Come here, Signor Carresi! Come! 424 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,500 Your time has come! 425 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,600 - Good evening! - Utrilli, Amadori! Come here a moment! 426 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,500 This is the fellow I was telling you about. 427 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,000 - Ragioniere, I... - Make some room for him. 428 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:59,300 - Excellent! Come with us. - Show him a good time! 429 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,700 What's the plan, Ragioniere? Where are you taking him? 430 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,400 Don't worry, my beauty. 431 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:06,700 We're just here to keep the peace. 432 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:08,900 And remember, we'll resolve your situation. 433 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,300 Meaning what? 434 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:13,900 Here, in Via del Corno it's never been possible 435 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:17,200 to get an appointment. - That's no way to speak. 436 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:18,700 I know, I know, you'll see... 437 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:21,700 You'll see we'll reach some agreement. Come! 438 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,600 Shame on you for stooping to such a level! 439 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:27,300 - And he doesn't even realise it! - But what have I done? 440 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,900 Listen to him! "What have I done?" 441 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:34,100 Osvaldo, you know me like I know the Ragioniere. 442 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,100 Where's he gone anyway? 443 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,400 Where has he taken my wife? 444 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,800 - Don't pervert this discussion! - I'm not perverting anything. 445 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,400 Honestly I don't know what the union has to do with my business? 446 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,600 The union is everywhere! You signed up for this 447 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:54,100 and right when you were about to put on the honourable black shirt 448 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,300 you had to go and show the whole of the Via del Corno 449 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:59,300 that even an antifascist like Ugo 450 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:02,500 can make off with your wife. - What a pathetic idiot! 451 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:05,100 That's a nice advert for the revolution! 452 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:08,200 Now do you understand? 453 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,900 Can you guarantee that Beppino hasn't been hurt? 454 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,000 My word of honour! 455 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,400 I ordered them to buy him a coffee! 456 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,700 No, he can't have it at night, he's an insomniac. 457 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:20,200 And he's got a stomach ulcer coming on. 458 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:23,200 Ah! Now I'm learning things! 459 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,100 Idiot! 460 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:26,500 Well then! 461 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:30,100 Whenever I'm in Rome they do whatever the hell they like. 462 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:32,100 - Let me explain... - What? 463 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:34,700 Do you think I can't see what you're up to? 464 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:35,600 No, look... 465 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:37,800 I'm reporting you to the Disciplinary Council! 466 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:39,200 Bencini! 467 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,700 You've made a mess of this, you know? 468 00:26:43,900 --> 00:26:44,800 - Who? Me? - Yes. 469 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:46,300 You said that calling him a prick 470 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,700 would just shake him up. 471 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,900 Oh yeah? You should have seen him. He turned on us like a madman! 472 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:52,900 He gave Borghi a punch that nearly 473 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,000 took his eye out! 474 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:57,200 - So we had to teach him a lesson! - What do you mean? 475 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,000 Carlino said he'd shaken up a certain Campolmi 476 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,700 who owns the grocery on Via del Corno. 477 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:03,000 That's why I didn't go! 478 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,600 You're a bunch of imbeciles! Don't you realise 479 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:08,100 it's time we stopped with the strong-arm tactics? 480 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:11,100 - Where did you leave him? - On the banks of the Mugnone. 481 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,700 What did you say to him exactly? 482 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,900 I don't know, they were alone in the back room. 483 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,500 But, Alfredo was saying, Carlino wanted him to pay 484 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,300 his dues to the union. 485 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,700 If I were you, I'd start by going round the hospitals. 486 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000 Mind your own business you hapless halfwit! 487 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:31,700 Come on, Milena! 488 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,700 Let's go with them. 489 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,900 So now Milena, accompanied by Maciste, Mario, 490 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,200 Bruno and Staderini, are heading towards Via dei Leoni. 491 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:44,300 Ask Carlino's mamma if her son is at home 492 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:46,700 and if he can do something for the Campolmis. 493 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,400 Signora Armanda! The Signora is asking if your son 494 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:53,300 could help find Alfredo. He always knows what's going on. 495 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,500 My son hasn't come home yet! 496 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:59,300 Signora Armanda says her son isn't home yet. 497 00:27:59,900 --> 00:28:01,100 Ah! 498 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,200 - Good evening, Brigadiere! - Good evening. 499 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:08,100 Nanni, you there? 500 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:10,300 - My respects, Brigadiere! - All right! 501 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,400 What's happened? Has there been an accident? 502 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,700 I don't know yet. He wasn't in any state to talk. 503 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,100 They found him by the side of the Mugnone, 504 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,300 unconscious and bleeding. 505 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,200 The ambulance brought him here. 506 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:24,300 - Are you his wife? - Yes I'm his wife. 507 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:26,500 Don't be alarmed. He's still in shock 508 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,700 but it doesn't seem serious. You can see him. 509 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,300 Nurse, take the Signora through. 510 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:33,400 Doctor, please tell me everything you can. 511 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,500 The nature of the wounds suggests a truncheon. 512 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,600 If you know the victim, you can tell me if I'm right or wrong. 513 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:42,900 It doesn't seem politically motivated. 514 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:44,500 Have they beaten him very badly? 515 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:48,000 I thought it best not to say so in front of the wife. 516 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:50,500 Look, the head wounds are just superficial cuts, 517 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:53,100 nothing to worry about. 518 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:56,700 The damage is internal, he's vomiting blood. 519 00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:00,000 Right now I can't say how serious his internal injuries are. 520 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:01,200 Let's hope for the best. 521 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,100 This is your fault! You're a coward! 522 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,900 You're an ignorant ass! 523 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,600 Calm down, boys! You're scaring me! You're all hopped up! 524 00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:12,000 Let's talk it over later! 525 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:14,500 Leave us alone, mamma! Go back to your prayer book! 526 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:15,900 Understand, comrade Liverani? 527 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,700 Oh, spare me the sarcasm! 528 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,900 I didn't attend the march on Rome 529 00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:22,300 for reasons outside my control! 530 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:23,500 Because you're a coward! 531 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,900 And you wanted to see how it was going to end! 532 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:26,800 It ended well. 533 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,000 Act one, scene five! 534 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:29,500 - What's going on? - Another new act. 535 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:30,600 What have they done? 536 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:34,100 When those two fight it never ends well! 537 00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:36,700 Don't you see that fascism's enemies are starting to reappear? 538 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,000 In your eyes everything's fine. 539 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:39,300 What we're doing is legal! 540 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:41,300 It always has been legal. Understand? 541 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,600 Carlino! 542 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:44,000 - How far will you go? - Open up! 543 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:46,400 You didn't need to give Alfredo such a thrashing! 544 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:48,100 I told you, I wasn't there! 545 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,200 And even if I had been, Alfredo's an anti-fascist! 546 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:51,700 He had it coming! 547 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:53,300 You're a traitor! 548 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:54,500 You're a savage! 549 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:55,300 What am I? 550 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,500 - A savage! - Carlino! Stop it! 551 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,500 Carlino! Stop it! 552 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,800 Carlino! Osvaldo! Stop it! 553 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,300 Get your jacket and get out! 554 00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:12,300 And tonight this will be discussed in the Federation. 555 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:18,000 Oh... Why...? 556 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:26,500 Osvaldo! Osvaldo! 557 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,400 I'm sorry, Signora, you've been like a mother to me, 558 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:33,100 but we've reached the point 559 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,100 where I have to leave. 560 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,100 Here he comes, move! 561 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,900 He won't be needing a hatstand! 562 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,100 Liverani has gone to the inn. Carrying his suitcases and coat. 563 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,900 Ok, that's that. Now let's take care of our poor dear Milena. 564 00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:07,200 Is Alfredo still in a bad way? We must be patient, 565 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:11,700 at least the doctors said he's not in serious danger. 566 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:17,200 - They smashed his lungs in. - Oh, oh! Such big words! 567 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,000 If they'd really smashed his lungs in 568 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:24,900 he'd be a goner. Silly girl! 569 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:29,200 Anyway, does this incident put you in a difficult position? 570 00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:32,200 We'll have to lease out the business. 571 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,200 Lease it out? Of course, yes, lease it out. 572 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,500 For a little while at least, until Alfredo gets better. 573 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:43,600 Do you trust me? Do you want me to find the right person? 574 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:49,000 Now, help me get back into bed. I'm tired. 575 00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:55,400 It was the end of May, and the grocery was reopening 576 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:58,600 with the new manager found by the Signora. 577 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,900 And one morning, before starting work, 578 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,000 Maciste allowed all of Via del Corno to share 579 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,700 a dream he had finally realised. 580 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,100 - Isn't it marvellous? - What a machine! 581 00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:15,100 This is no machine, it's precision engineering! 582 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,500 And what does it do? Tell the time? 583 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:19,300 The motor's a beauty! 584 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:23,900 It's the law of opposites: he shoes horses, 585 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,700 but he rides on a piece of metal. 586 00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,100 It can do more than 100 an hour! 587 00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:30,500 - Oh boy! - I'll show you speed! 588 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,400 Hit it, driver! 589 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,100 You talking nonsense again? 590 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,700 - You look like a deep sea diver! - More like the racer, Brilli-Peri! 591 00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:38,900 - Can I come for a ride? - Of course, get in! 592 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,700 Careful, boys! Out of the way! 593 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,500 Take care! Don't go too fast! 594 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,600 - Forza, forza! - Go! Go! Go! 595 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:48,300 - Be careful! - Ciao, Bianca! We're on the run! 596 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:49,900 Ciao, Mario! 597 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,300 Hey! Is today Sunday? 598 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,900 Signor Corrado has Sundays whenever he wants. 599 00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:57,500 Well! I'm going for a ride too! 600 00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:00,500 - Want to come? - Huh? With who else? 601 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:01,900 Come on, Bianca! 602 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:06,500 Hey! This one's better than a motorcycle, it's true! 603 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:29,500 It's not much of a step. Just a little thought is enough. 604 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,200 What, are you saying I haven't thought about it? 605 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:35,100 You can't get there on your own, eh? You need someone to explain 606 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,300 who did that to Alfredo. 607 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:39,200 Don't take me for a fool! 608 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:41,900 It goes without saying that they were fascists. 609 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:46,000 But Carlino himself? That just seems too shameful. 610 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:47,200 Ha! 611 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:52,900 Of course the blows don't reveal anything, there was no signature. 612 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,500 They got him from behind. 613 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,500 Even Alfredo couldn't recognise any of them. 614 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,500 But... doesn't this change something? 615 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,300 Okay, it doesn't change things, well, of course, 616 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:07,100 in every revolution there are some ruffians 617 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,800 but it doesn't mean that all their ideas are wrong. 618 00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:12,600 If all the anti-fascists were like you, 619 00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:16,300 or like the guys at the printing house... then yes! 620 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:19,800 But, in general, what have the anti-fascists ever achieved? 621 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,900 They've retreated to the Aventine Hill 622 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,600 and left the whole playing field open. Now maybe I'm wrong, 623 00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:28,800 but to me, he who runs away is always a coward! 624 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,600 Yeah, but you're confusing running away with losing. 625 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,700 Once the law, the King, and all of them 626 00:34:34,700 --> 00:34:37,900 have sided with the fascists... 627 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,100 Have you ever asked yourself what it is the fascists want? 628 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:41,900 - But... - Well? 629 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,900 Well, what are you lot doing? 630 00:34:45,100 --> 00:34:49,400 Ah! If you want something to do, there'll be no shortage of chances! 631 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:50,900 Let's go! 632 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,300 It gets worse every day. 633 00:34:57,700 --> 00:35:02,000 We don't even know how we'll pay the hospital bill. 634 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,300 We'll end up having to close the business. And that's the truth. 635 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,600 And by now, because of all the loans, we're at the Signora's mercy. 636 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:14,100 You're young. 637 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,100 The main thing is that Alfredo recovers fully. 638 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,800 Ah, here comes Corrado. 639 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,500 And how is that going to help? 640 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:24,200 Come on now, chin up! 641 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:32,900 - Oh, sorry... I didn't mean to disturb. - No, please... 642 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,700 You can come in too, you're part of the household after all. 643 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,700 - Margherita! - Up here, I'm coming! 644 00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:44,600 - How are you? - Oh, you know. Same as usual. 645 00:35:45,300 --> 00:35:49,000 Hey, don't let it get you down! Go on, show me a smile! 646 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:53,300 Good girl! Don't you feel better now? Tell the truth. 647 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:58,900 That would be too easy. You're happy. 648 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,600 It's obvious you're in love. Don't leave it too long! 649 00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:05,500 I'm sure Bianca is waiting. 650 00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:10,300 - Yes, I know. Bye, Milena. - Goodbye! 651 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,400 Besides, the smile suits you, believe me! 652 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,900 It's strange... the more I speak with Milena, the more I think 653 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,300 she's an exceptional woman! She has such a strong spirit... 654 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,900 - You like Milena, huh? - Hey, don't be childish. 655 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,000 Fine, I don't like her! She's a cross-eyed, scary cripple! 656 00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:39,500 When you see her you should run away! 657 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,900 - Happy now? - Milena is a dear friend of mine 658 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,900 and I forbid you from disrespecting her. 659 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:47,400 You're always finding new ways to antagonise me! 660 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:51,200 You're really becoming... 661 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:55,300 Why are you getting angry? Don't you want to kiss me? 662 00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:07,400 Clara! 663 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,200 Tonight I won't let you go, unless you answer. 664 00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:18,100 I don't understand why you should be reluctant. 665 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,700 My mechanic's exam went well, my mother's prepared to let us 666 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,500 have the double bedroom. What are we waiting for? 667 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,400 I told you. If we get married now, my mother will have to 668 00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:28,700 stop working to look after the house 669 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,500 and on what my father earns, we'd die of hunger. 670 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,900 So we've got to spend 3 or 4 years 671 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,000 running in circles! 672 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,100 It's getting late, I want to go home. 673 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:42,200 - Give me a kiss! - If I kiss you you'll start over! 674 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,100 You can bet I'll start over. 675 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,500 There's no way you'll resist me right up until judgement day! 676 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,300 Hey gorgeous! Enjoying life on Via del Corno, eh? 677 00:37:58,700 --> 00:38:01,300 - Me? - Certainly not myself! 678 00:38:02,100 --> 00:38:05,000 At best, I'm going straight to hell. 679 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,500 - Why, is Nanni neglecting you? - Oh, blissful innocence! 680 00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,300 Yes, Nanni's neglecting me. 681 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:17,100 And you, are you still loved up with little Bianca? 682 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,900 I want to know what you talk about every night 683 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,400 on the banks of the Arno, glued to the walls! 684 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,000 We're in love. 685 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:28,300 We're engaged, aren't we? 686 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,600 Oh, I see! You're in love. Lucky you! 687 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,600 Listen, Elisa. It's driving me crazy not being with you. 688 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:41,600 I dream about you at night, and I'm not sure I still love Bianca. 689 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:46,100 Aha! Finally! There's a declaration! 690 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:52,300 - I'm serious. - Do you... have any money? 691 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:54,900 I got my week's wages today. 692 00:38:55,300 --> 00:39:00,900 Don't worry, I'm not that expensive. Come! 693 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:05,700 It's best if I go in first. 694 00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:08,100 I don't want to be seen with someone who's known. 695 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,700 The gossips will be saying that I'm corrupting minors. 696 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,900 I'm not a minor! I'm a free man 697 00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:15,700 and I answer to nobody. 698 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:16,800 Fine! 699 00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:19,700 But if Via del Corno doesn't see us together, it's better for you too. 700 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:24,700 Oh my gosh. 701 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,400 - What is it, pet? - You won't believe it, Signora! 702 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:33,200 You know the printer, Mario? He's gone into the inn behind Elisa. 703 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,400 - So? - So, he's engaged to Bianca... 704 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,900 And? He's a man in trousers isn't he? 705 00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:44,100 - But Signora! - Eh! Signora, Signora... 706 00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:46,300 Men are men, my dear. 707 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,000 Some problems have yet to be resolved. 708 00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:02,700 Kiss me again. 709 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:12,400 You don't want to leave, eh? 710 00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:14,100 No, why? 711 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:17,000 Your heart's somewhere else! 712 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,700 That's how to stop before it's too late. Better that way, isn't it? 713 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,700 You really need help! 714 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:30,100 You wish! They gave me some drops to take 715 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:37,600 and ordered me to rest. Plenty of rest. 716 00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:40,500 Watch it. 717 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,100 You're standing near the window, someone might see you. 718 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:46,300 Don't think that because I'm here, I don't still love Bianca. 719 00:40:46,300 --> 00:40:51,300 You had me in your thoughts. You said so yourself! 720 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:55,700 And now you've forgotten me? 721 00:40:58,300 --> 00:40:59,900 Don't get upset! 722 00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:02,200 You brought it up. 723 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:05,200 That's the second time you've said you love Bianca... 724 00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:07,500 it seems like you're afraid you'll forget. 725 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,700 As if you'd already cheated on her before me. 726 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,500 When will I see you again? 727 00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:27,600 Maybe never! I'm not accustomed to these appointments. 728 00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:30,600 Oh, so it's true that there's another woman? 729 00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:32,700 If it's not Bianca, then who? 730 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,700 Someone from Via del Corno? Do I know her? 731 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:37,400 Stupid woman! 732 00:41:38,700 --> 00:41:41,600 I'm sorry! That wasn't fair. I want us to stay friends. 733 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,100 Yeah, sure. Whatever. Bye, Elisa. 734 00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:53,100 - Olimpia! - Oh! 735 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,500 Look what they've done to Osvaldo! 736 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,700 - Goodbye, comrade! - What happened? Where have you been? 737 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,300 - Brutes... - Tell us what happened. 738 00:42:02,300 --> 00:42:04,800 What happened? Has your firm gone bust? 739 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,700 Just forget about it! 740 00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:13,100 - Calm down, Osvaldino. - Calm down? 741 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:18,700 They're a wicked bunch! False fascists! 742 00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:21,300 They took me captive 743 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:23,700 because I wrote to the Duce, 744 00:42:23,700 --> 00:42:27,800 denouncing them as violent hoodlums who are ruining the revolution! 745 00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:32,400 They beat me as if I was the worst anti-fascist! 746 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:34,500 First Carlino, my own friend. 747 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,500 They want to force me out of the party. 748 00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:38,000 Drink something, it'll help. 749 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:39,600 Who cares if they force you out? 750 00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:42,200 I'm ruined! They're preparing the second wave. 751 00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,900 It'll be like a new march on Rome. 752 00:42:46,100 --> 00:42:50,800 And if they throw me out I won't be able to participate! 753 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:52,800 It's my destiny. 754 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:59,400 I could never achieve anything concrete. I'm a failure! 755 00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:02,100 I've no medals, I'll miss out on that ribbon too, 756 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,100 and maybe I'll be fired from my job! 757 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,800 - Come now, Osvaldino... 758 00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:13,900 Politics is a losing game. 759 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:18,000 You lose your friends, you lose business, 760 00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:22,100 short of giving up on your beliefs... 761 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,100 Of course, my beliefs aren't the same as yours 762 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,900 however I can give you one piece of advice: 763 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,000 do like I do, and just say "screw it!" 764 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,900 The King invites all Italians 765 00:43:35,900 --> 00:43:38,100 to the United Benefit Gala. 766 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:43,100 Yesterday on the Viminal hill, the Cavalier Benito Mussolini received 767 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,200 the new Belgian ambassador. 768 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:47,500 Enough of that. Read me the news. 769 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,900 Ah, that'll be them arriving. That's Maciste's motorcycle. 770 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,100 Yes. Nurse? Excuse me... 771 00:43:59,700 --> 00:44:00,600 Hello! 772 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:04,500 - Hello! - We're here! 773 00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:11,700 You're looking a lot better now! 774 00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:13,700 The damage is inside, my dear Corrado. 775 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:16,400 These people are professionals. 776 00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:20,100 They how to hit where it hurts. 777 00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:22,500 But their time will come, even if I don't get to see it. 778 00:44:22,700 --> 00:44:25,100 You need to concentrate on your health and nothing else! 779 00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:27,500 I've never been a fascist. 780 00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:30,400 Corrado, do you remember that day of the march on Rome? 781 00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:33,900 I was passing by your workshop, I was happy. 782 00:44:34,100 --> 00:44:38,200 I was coming back from dancing. Do you remember, I said to you: 783 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:42,100 They've captured Rome, so take to your beds and cover up! 784 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:46,100 You didn't respond, but you gave me a look that almost scared me. 785 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:50,100 And now they've put me properly to bed, 786 00:44:50,100 --> 00:44:51,500 maybe permanently. - Alfredo! 787 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,600 - Don't tire yourself out. - Let me finish. 788 00:44:55,300 --> 00:44:58,700 I wanted to say, Corrado, if that day ever comes... 789 00:44:58,700 --> 00:45:00,700 dead or alive... - Signor Campolmi! 790 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,700 I want to be there too. - Better if you're alive, no? 791 00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:06,300 You wouldn't be much help dead. 792 00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:07,900 - May we come in? - Come! 793 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,900 - Is it ok? - Come in, come in! 794 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:11,300 There's the weed! 795 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:12,300 Hello! 796 00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:17,700 - Here. - Oh, very nice! Thanks! 797 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:20,100 So, when'll we eat these wedding sweets? 798 00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:24,400 Sooner than you think. 799 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:27,000 We'll be making the announcement soon! 800 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:28,600 Hey shorty, didn't you realise? 801 00:45:28,700 --> 00:45:30,400 She's making an honest man out of you! 802 00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:34,400 - And you two? - Us? 803 00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:36,200 Uhh, we're... taking things slow. 804 00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:37,200 Ah... 805 00:45:37,700 --> 00:45:41,800 Taking it slow, eh, half-pint? That's the youth of today for you. 806 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,600 In my day, when you got engaged... 807 00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:47,800 And he's off! You ought to have been a lecturer, not a cobbler. 808 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,300 I'll decide when's the right time. 809 00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:54,800 For now we're happy enough. 810 00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:58,600 Bianca... what is it? 811 00:45:58,900 --> 00:46:00,500 The child has a fever. 812 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,300 - The fever of love! - No, a real fever. 813 00:46:04,900 --> 00:46:07,100 Come on, Bianca! Take her outside. 814 00:46:09,300 --> 00:46:11,500 She doesn't feel well. 815 00:46:17,700 --> 00:46:22,500 Mimosa, mimosa, such melancholy in your smile... 816 00:46:22,900 --> 00:46:25,400 Your little house among the roses... 817 00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:27,500 Milena! Milena! 818 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,300 - What are you doing here? - Waiting for you, maybe... 819 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:33,700 Me? 820 00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:36,900 Maciste took Bianca home in his sidecar. 821 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,500 And what would I do in there with the others? 822 00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:42,200 Listen to Staderini waffling on? 823 00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:44,300 I don't like it when he calls me half-pint. 824 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,600 You thought you could come and live here 825 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:48,900 and get away without a nickname? 826 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,500 - Know what he calls me? - "Feisty Milena" 827 00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:53,200 It's a compliment! 828 00:46:53,300 --> 00:46:56,800 Ah, but Alfredo does get angry rather often! 829 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,200 What have the doctors said? 830 00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:03,500 He's not doing at all well. 831 00:47:04,300 --> 00:47:06,400 He's not improving, he's getting worse. 832 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,200 I'm at a loss, Mario. 833 00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:14,900 Be honest, did you wait for me because you wanted 834 00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:16,900 to know how Bianca was feeling? 835 00:47:17,300 --> 00:47:19,300 Okay, okay! 836 00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:20,900 Come to your window 837 00:47:20,900 --> 00:47:23,600 when Palazzo Vecchio strikes eight o'clock, and I'll tell you. 838 00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:26,400 Bianca will be at her window, fever or no fever! 839 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:27,800 Why are you angry? 840 00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:30,700 Bianca and I don't see eye-to-eye. She can be so petty. 841 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:31,800 I don't know... 842 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,300 We fight over stupid things. Today, for example, 843 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,600 we had a fight because I refused to read 844 00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:39,700 "The Hand of Death"! 845 00:47:39,700 --> 00:47:42,500 Sorry, but now you really sound like a kid! 846 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:44,800 I'm a kid, am I? 847 00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:49,900 Advice? What advice could I give you? 848 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:53,200 Bianca's got a heart of gold. Although she's a little introverted. 849 00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:56,100 You'll learn to understand her, if you really want to. 850 00:47:56,300 --> 00:47:58,500 And don't say she has low ambitions. 851 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,500 Bianca dreams of a peaceful life, a house... 852 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,800 I was the same, until a few months ago. 853 00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:06,700 I had everything I could ever want. I was happy... 854 00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:12,100 My dear Milena! I want to see you smile, remember? 855 00:48:14,300 --> 00:48:16,300 You're a funny one, Mario. 856 00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:19,100 I never know when you're joking and when you're serious. 857 00:48:32,700 --> 00:48:34,000 Say, what's going on? 858 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:35,500 There are no trams running. 859 00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:37,600 They've all gone back to the depot. 860 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:39,500 Why? 861 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,400 Apparently it's a complete shambles. 862 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,100 The fascists are mobilising. 863 00:48:47,500 --> 00:48:54,000 - What do we do now? - All we can do is walk home. 864 00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:03,800 There, how's that? 865 00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:12,900 What's up? Where are you going all dolled up? 866 00:49:13,300 --> 00:49:14,700 It's time! 867 00:49:15,300 --> 00:49:18,100 Tonight we're settling scores with a bunch of subversives. 868 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,400 We're avenging Anfossi, it's 1000 against 1. 869 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,200 - Who's Anfossi? - One of ours... 870 00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:25,700 those bastards killed him just a few hours ago. 871 00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:27,800 What have you got to do? Weren't you thrown out? 872 00:49:28,100 --> 00:49:29,500 About that. 873 00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:34,500 This is my chance to prove myself worthy. 874 00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:38,700 And for you too if you come along. I'll introduce you to Pisano. 875 00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:43,900 If you want a virgin start, tonight's the night. 876 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,500 Oh! If we can be virgins again, I'm coming too! 877 00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:52,700 We've made a list. 878 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,600 By tomorrow morning they'll all be dead men. 879 00:49:56,700 --> 00:49:59,100 Ugo! Are you mad? No! 880 00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:08,900 What list? What list? Tell me the names! 881 00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:10,100 - Speak, you scumbag! - No! 882 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,100 Who are they? 883 00:50:14,700 --> 00:50:17,600 Here's what we've heard: it appears a group of fascists 884 00:50:17,700 --> 00:50:20,400 went to kidnap a subversive in Via dell'Ariento. 885 00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:23,500 It's seems there's one who just arrived from France, and... 886 00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:26,300 - Seems, appears... - Seems or is? 887 00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:28,900 If you keep on interrupting me I lose my flow! 888 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,300 Then get it right! We can't understand a thing. 889 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,400 You, keep quiet and let him speak. 890 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,600 Let me finish. So, it seems this group 891 00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,700 went to kidnap a subversive. 892 00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:41,900 Going up the stairs, someone turned out the light, 893 00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:44,700 and the fascists, thinking it was an ambush, started shooting. 894 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,300 And amid all the shooting in the dark, they killed one of their own men. 895 00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:52,400 - I need a word! - Oh yeah? What is is now? 896 00:50:58,200 --> 00:50:59,900 Look me in the eye. 897 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:02,100 I was wrong, and I apologise. 898 00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:03,900 but I don't have time for pleasantries. 899 00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:06,500 Will you help me, or do I have to do it alone? 900 00:51:08,900 --> 00:51:10,600 Come over here. 901 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:15,900 What's the word? 902 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,200 The word is... it's raining! 903 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,400 I've been as far as Piazza Signoria... 904 00:51:20,500 --> 00:51:21,600 but there wasn't a soul! 905 00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:24,800 - What? No-one? - Say, what did Ugo want with Maciste? 906 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,800 It feels like this could be a night to remember! 907 00:51:34,700 --> 00:51:36,800 Corrado! Where are you going? 908 00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:39,400 I'll only be half an hour, don't worry. 909 00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:41,500 In this weather? Corrado! 910 00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:43,600 - Bye! - Corrado! 911 00:52:01,900 --> 00:52:05,200 - Utrilli! - Over here! What's going on? 912 00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:10,900 - Pisano! - Yes Sir! 913 00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:13,600 Go up and tell Amadori we're leaving! 914 00:52:14,900 --> 00:52:17,000 You, wait for us at the end of the street! 915 00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,500 - Sir! - Good! 916 00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,400 Comrades! Attention! 917 00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:31,000 All right! Our car? 918 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:32,500 - There it is! - Let's go! 919 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,800 Osvaldo! Slow down, here comes Liverani. 920 00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:01,200 Go on, Ugo! 921 00:53:02,900 --> 00:53:09,700 - Egisto! Egisto! Oh Egisto! - I'm here. 922 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,000 They've formed a death squad. 923 00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:13,900 Bastai, Valli, Rugeri, and Santini are in danger. 924 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,000 - We need to warn them. - Do you know where Santini lives? 925 00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:17,800 No. I think on the corner of Ruggeri and Valli. 926 00:53:17,900 --> 00:53:19,400 Good speed and good luck. 927 00:53:19,500 --> 00:53:21,000 For Bastai, try Via della Robbia. 928 00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:23,500 We're hoping to find him there. Don't waste any time, go! 929 00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:24,300 Okay! 930 00:53:50,300 --> 00:53:53,700 I want to go home, mamma! 931 00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:57,300 Be quiet, darling, we'll go home soon. 932 00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:03,300 This is like 1921 all over again. 933 00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:06,400 Alfredo might be in danger too! 934 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:08,200 I want to go back to the hospital! 935 00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:09,500 Don't be crazy, Milena! 936 00:54:09,700 --> 00:54:11,700 They're not going after him tonight. 937 00:54:13,900 --> 00:54:16,900 I can't stay here as long as that doubt's in my mind! 938 00:54:17,900 --> 00:54:20,300 Well, all right. I'm going with you. 939 00:54:30,300 --> 00:54:33,100 It must be here! Try that one with the light on! 940 00:54:46,900 --> 00:54:50,800 Your honour! Your honour! Mr Bastai! We are friends! 941 00:54:51,300 --> 00:54:53,600 Your honour! Is Mr Bastai at home? 942 00:54:53,700 --> 00:54:55,300 He hasn't lived here for two years! 943 00:54:55,300 --> 00:54:58,100 Where does he live now? Tell us! 944 00:55:04,700 --> 00:55:06,900 Go away! 945 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:10,000 I'm calling the police in one minute! 946 00:55:10,100 --> 00:55:12,300 Corrado! There's a car coming up the street! 947 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,800 I need Mr Bastai's address! 948 00:55:14,900 --> 00:55:15,700 - Call them. - Yes. 949 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:16,800 Quickly! 950 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:25,100 - Were you scared, Milena? - A bit. 951 00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:30,500 - We'll never make it to the hospital! - We'll make it. 952 00:55:30,500 --> 00:55:33,100 Don't panic. Try to think. 953 00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:36,800 - I am thinking. - Look, it's not Alfredo they're after. 954 00:55:36,900 --> 00:55:38,200 Trust me. 955 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,000 It seems to be clear. Come on! 956 00:56:07,900 --> 00:56:09,300 Is Mr Santini here? 957 00:56:09,300 --> 00:56:11,700 He's not in Florence. I'm here alone. 958 00:56:11,700 --> 00:56:13,800 What do you mean he's not in Florence? Wake up man! 959 00:56:13,900 --> 00:56:15,700 Tell him his friends need to see him! 960 00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:18,000 I told you, he's not in Florence, he's in Rome. 961 00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:20,100 Who is it? What do you want? 962 00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,700 You remember me, your honour? I shod your horse. 963 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:24,800 We need to be quick. 964 00:56:24,900 --> 00:56:27,900 The fascists are out to get people like you. 965 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:29,000 Believe me. 966 00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:31,400 They could be here any moment. Come! 967 00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:33,600 Get me my bag! Pack my woollen vest. 968 00:56:33,700 --> 00:56:35,100 And that picture on the cabinet! 969 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,900 - Right away. - I got a phone call warning me 970 00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:38,800 that I was in danger. 971 00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:40,200 But it wasn't very clear. 972 00:56:40,300 --> 00:56:43,500 You're on their list, I can assure you! Quick, get in. 973 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:50,300 - Goodbye, your honour! - Thank you, Lupo. 974 00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,100 Goodbye! 975 00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:07,400 Remember, Bastai lives close by. 976 00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:10,800 Michelangelo Street, letter L. Give him my greetings. 977 00:57:10,900 --> 00:57:13,700 - Thank you and good luck! - Bye! 978 00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,300 One was tall and fat, the other, average size. 979 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,900 They came to warn him and take him away 980 00:58:32,100 --> 00:58:32,700 in their sidecar. 981 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:34,900 - Where were they headed? - I don't know! 982 00:58:35,100 --> 00:58:36,500 Someone's grassed! 983 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:38,700 We'll boil that someone in tar! 984 00:58:38,700 --> 00:58:40,200 Comrades, let's go! 985 00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:08,900 - Nanni, you there? - My respects, Brigadiere! 986 00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,500 Anyone out in this weather will catch a cold! 987 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:13,400 Understand? 988 00:59:26,700 --> 00:59:30,500 - Margherita! Is Mario back? - No, neither is Corrado. 989 00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:33,900 That madman Ugo came and dragged him out! 990 00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:36,600 And Milena's not home on such a night! 991 00:59:36,700 --> 00:59:39,100 She wouldn't risk being out on the streets. 992 00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:42,000 She probably stayed with her husband. 993 00:59:42,100 --> 00:59:43,200 Tonight, the wise sleep. 994 00:59:43,300 --> 00:59:44,300 What is it? 995 00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:46,300 Don't worry, Signora Armanda. 996 00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:48,500 What should I be worried about? 997 00:59:48,900 --> 00:59:51,900 They killed a fascist. It might be the Ragioniere! 998 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:53,300 - Ow! - Shut it and get to bed! 999 00:59:53,300 --> 00:59:57,300 Gesuina! Does the Signora know that the printer 1000 00:59:57,300 --> 00:59:59,700 and Milena aren't home yet? 1001 01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:03,400 The Signora knows everything. She thanks you anyway. 1002 01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:07,200 Signora, tell me what's happening too. 1003 01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:12,000 Any excuse to come to the window! Keep quiet and keep inside! 1004 01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:15,300 Tonight... is the apocalypse! 1005 01:00:22,700 --> 01:00:25,300 That way's blocked. We'll have to go home. 1006 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,400 We can cut through San Lorenzo! Come on! 1007 01:01:03,500 --> 01:01:06,600 Antonio! Antonio! 1008 01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:08,300 We've lost too much time. 1009 01:01:08,300 --> 01:01:10,400 This time they'll catch us! 1010 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:13,000 If you're afraid you can leave. Or are you just cold? 1011 01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,000 - Take my jacket! - No, it's fine. 1012 01:01:25,900 --> 01:01:28,800 Stop! Stop! It's them! Those two with the sidecar! 1013 01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:30,400 Go, Corrado, go! 1014 01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:32,500 They're from Via del Corno! Two subversives! Stop them! 1015 01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:01,800 - I think we lost them! - Hold on tight! 1016 01:02:05,500 --> 01:02:08,000 I'll handle this one! I've known him for years! 1017 01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:10,200 Bencini, you should have done it sooner. 1018 01:02:10,500 --> 01:02:12,200 There they are! 1019 01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:34,300 Jump, Ugo! Jump! 1020 01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:46,700 The other one! 1021 01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:04,300 Into the fire! 1022 01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:09,700 Comrades, attention! 1023 01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:11,700 Let's go! 1024 01:04:57,400 --> 01:05:01,000 What's that? 1025 01:05:13,300 --> 01:05:15,200 Gesuina! 1026 01:05:17,300 --> 01:05:19,400 Sshhh! 1027 01:05:29,100 --> 01:05:32,700 - Where's Maciste? - You tell me. 1028 01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:35,500 Maciste! 1029 01:05:40,900 --> 01:05:43,800 Stop whining! It's only a scratch. 1030 01:05:50,300 --> 01:05:52,100 And be quiet! Such nonsense! 1031 01:05:52,500 --> 01:05:55,600 Red, black, you're all the same to me. 1032 01:05:56,100 --> 01:06:00,600 The government changes, but the players are always the same. 1033 01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:04,600 Now you stay here, because if you go out 1034 01:06:04,700 --> 01:06:07,700 you'll get me in trouble! I don't even know you're here. 1035 01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:10,800 Gesuina brought you in and is protecting you without my knowledge. 1036 01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:15,800 Besides, that's the truth. I can't move from my bed. 1037 01:06:17,900 --> 01:06:21,400 Do we understand each other? 1038 01:06:24,700 --> 01:06:29,800 And trust me, one day you'll pay me back for this! 1039 01:07:04,500 --> 01:07:05,500 Carlino! 1040 01:07:06,700 --> 01:07:07,700 Good day! 1041 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:20,200 Oh! 1042 01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:25,400 Oh, Jesus! 1043 01:07:25,900 --> 01:07:28,900 Via del Corno's on edge, eh? 1044 01:07:28,900 --> 01:07:31,600 If someone's looking for trouble, that's my bread and butter! 1045 01:07:31,700 --> 01:07:33,300 No doubt, Ragioniere. 1046 01:07:33,500 --> 01:07:36,300 We are folk who know how to get by in this world, 1047 01:07:36,300 --> 01:07:39,100 but you ought to understand the situation. 1048 01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:41,800 Maybe you haven't heard there was an incident last night? 1049 01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:45,300 I don't know anything, I've just arrived from Livorno. But, well done. 1050 01:07:45,700 --> 01:07:48,100 Let's hope all the street is as wise as you! 1051 01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:49,700 What are you doing? 1052 01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:52,300 Get back in bed! 1053 01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:57,800 Were you scared? 1054 01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,200 The Signora said you need to rest. 1055 01:08:00,700 --> 01:08:04,700 No, no. You need to find me a way out of here! 1056 01:08:04,700 --> 01:08:06,700 No use thinking about it before the evening. 1057 01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,800 I need to speak to someone before the fascists 1058 01:08:10,900 --> 01:08:12,700 get their hands on me! 1059 01:08:23,300 --> 01:08:27,900 Gesuina! Don't go, or I'll lose it! I need your help! 1060 01:08:28,300 --> 01:08:30,400 The Signora asked me if the bandage is holding. 1061 01:08:30,500 --> 01:08:31,900 Please! 1062 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:33,700 Sshhh! Don't raise your voice! 1063 01:08:45,700 --> 01:08:49,200 Wait! Ok, go now while it's clear. Be quick! 1064 01:08:53,900 --> 01:08:55,600 - Brigadiere! - Marshal! 1065 01:08:55,700 --> 01:08:58,100 - Brigadiere! - No news? 1066 01:08:58,300 --> 01:09:02,200 No, Marshal. I think we ought to interrogate Nanni. 1067 01:09:03,900 --> 01:09:07,300 - Nanni. - You talking to me? - Yes. 1068 01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:19,900 Nanni is fulfilling his duty. 1069 01:09:20,300 --> 01:09:23,800 As the saying goes: "an ass-kisser is also a spy"! 1070 01:09:42,100 --> 01:09:44,500 Forgive me for having taken the liberty 1071 01:09:44,500 --> 01:09:48,100 of entering during your absence. - How can I help? 1072 01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:51,100 - Are you a relative? - No, but I'm able to testify. 1073 01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:55,700 - Your time will come, boy. Name? - Mario Parigi. 1074 01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:59,000 I share your pain, dear Signora. 1075 01:09:59,300 --> 01:10:02,300 Justice will round up the culprits, whoever they are 1076 01:10:02,300 --> 01:10:03,800 and wherever they are. 1077 01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:30,900 The Signora told me to redo your bandage. 1078 01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:32,100 So don't move. 1079 01:10:40,300 --> 01:10:44,000 - How's the wound? - It looks better. 1080 01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:47,800 How strange. We've lived in the same building 1081 01:10:47,900 --> 01:10:51,100 so long, and we've hardly ever met. 1082 01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:53,700 Are you from Florence? 1083 01:10:54,400 --> 01:10:57,300 - Almost, Scandicci. - Not far then. 1084 01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:01,300 - Half an hour by tram? - Only twenty minutes. 1085 01:11:02,700 --> 01:11:04,000 Have you been back there lately? 1086 01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:07,900 I left Scandicci when I was ten. 1087 01:11:08,700 --> 01:11:10,700 Since then I've never been back. 1088 01:11:11,900 --> 01:11:15,900 - I have nobody left. - Thank you. 1089 01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:19,900 Now sleep. Shall I turn off the light? 1090 01:11:20,700 --> 01:11:23,200 If anything happens, I'll be right here. 1091 01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:25,300 When will you sleep? 1092 01:11:25,900 --> 01:11:29,600 Don't worry. I'll stay right here with you. 1093 01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:35,100 And where would I sleep, since you're in my bed? 1094 01:11:35,700 --> 01:11:37,100 I'm sorry! 1095 01:11:37,700 --> 01:11:41,500 Don't be sorry, it was the Signora's decision. 1096 01:11:41,700 --> 01:11:44,000 The Signora, the Signora's decision. 1097 01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:46,700 I'm sure you must have an opinion too. 1098 01:11:46,700 --> 01:11:49,900 Of course! But my opinion disagrees with the Signora's. 1099 01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,900 Do your opinions always disagree with hers? 1100 01:11:53,500 --> 01:11:54,900 Yes. Why? 1101 01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:59,300 You're speaking but you should be sleeping. 1102 01:12:01,900 --> 01:12:04,500 The Signora has always done good things for Via del Corno. 1103 01:12:04,600 --> 01:12:07,700 Via del Corno can only be grateful to her. 1104 01:12:09,100 --> 01:12:10,800 She's always helped everyone. 1105 01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:12,800 Including those who didn't deserve it. 1106 01:12:12,900 --> 01:12:16,000 So you think the Signora is a selfless woman? 1107 01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:19,900 Sooner or later she claims her dues from everyone, me included! 1108 01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:22,500 She made it very clear. 1109 01:12:24,300 --> 01:12:27,100 The Signora always lets someone else put their neck on the line. 1110 01:12:27,900 --> 01:12:30,900 She's always been kind to me, ever since she took me in 1111 01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:33,300 when I was a child, with nobody. 1112 01:12:34,700 --> 01:12:37,800 Ask yourself, is this really kindness? 1113 01:12:38,700 --> 01:12:40,700 How have you lived until now? 1114 01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:42,800 Closed up in here, isolated. 1115 01:12:43,500 --> 01:12:45,000 Is that what you call kindness? 1116 01:12:47,900 --> 01:12:50,200 And to the Signora, all men are the same. 1117 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:53,000 Red or black, makes no difference. 1118 01:12:55,200 --> 01:12:56,700 Is that what you think too? 1119 01:12:57,100 --> 01:12:58,400 Maciste. 1120 01:13:00,600 --> 01:13:03,700 He was the only person in Via del Corno who I admired. 1121 01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:10,000 Listen to me, Gesuina. 1122 01:13:11,500 --> 01:13:15,500 I'm at your mercy. It's up to you if... 1123 01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:19,100 Who do I take the news to? 1124 01:13:21,300 --> 01:13:24,600 You search for gold all over the world, 1125 01:13:24,700 --> 01:13:26,000 and find it right under your nose! 1126 01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:32,600 - Marco. - What is it? - Come here a moment! 1127 01:13:32,700 --> 01:13:34,300 - You're wanted. - Okay. 1128 01:13:43,500 --> 01:13:44,900 Come up. 1129 01:13:57,400 --> 01:14:00,300 - Ugo sent me. - Ah, good day. - Good day. 1130 01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:01,600 Come. 1131 01:14:07,900 --> 01:14:10,200 - He said I should stay here? - Yes. He insisted. 1132 01:14:10,300 --> 01:14:12,600 And what's the word on the street? 1133 01:14:13,100 --> 01:14:15,800 Apparently two or three more people were killed. 1134 01:14:15,900 --> 01:14:18,200 A lot had to get out of Florence. 1135 01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:25,100 - You didn't have the milk? - No. Give me a match. 1136 01:14:25,700 --> 01:14:28,800 - Should you be smoking? - Then why did you bring my cigarettes? 1137 01:14:29,300 --> 01:14:33,700 - You're right, I shouldn't have. - Sit down here. 1138 01:14:33,900 --> 01:14:35,800 I can't, I have to go. 1139 01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:38,800 The Signora's annoyed because I'm out so much. 1140 01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:42,000 - Gesuina. - What is it? - Come here a moment. 1141 01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:44,600 What do you want? Don't waste my time. 1142 01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:49,500 Look, I want to thank you. 1143 01:14:50,500 --> 01:14:52,600 I would have done the same for anyone. 1144 01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:56,500 - You're a good girl. - Let me go. 1145 01:14:57,100 --> 01:14:59,400 Do you think I'm the same type of girl as Elisa? 1146 01:15:01,700 --> 01:15:03,100 No, I'm sorry. 1147 01:15:05,500 --> 01:15:09,500 No, you're right to react that way. 1148 01:15:10,300 --> 01:15:13,300 Until yesterday I was living like a... 1149 01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:17,100 But a night like that counts for a hundred years. 1150 01:15:18,500 --> 01:15:21,700 Such experiences can ruin a man's life completely. 1151 01:15:23,600 --> 01:15:25,600 But you can't understand, Gesuina. 1152 01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:29,300 What right do I have to think you'd believe me? 1153 01:15:29,500 --> 01:15:32,100 I know more about life than you think. 1154 01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:35,800 I'd like to be able to change my mind about you. 1155 01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:38,300 Gesuina. 1156 01:15:57,700 --> 01:15:59,800 I wasn't true that I would have done for anyone 1157 01:15:59,900 --> 01:16:01,700 what I've done for you. 1158 01:16:02,500 --> 01:16:04,300 I've known you for so long. 1159 01:16:05,100 --> 01:16:07,700 I watched you every day, going to get the cart 1160 01:16:07,700 --> 01:16:09,400 from Maciste. 1161 01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:12,000 And every evening coming home. 1162 01:16:13,300 --> 01:16:15,300 Every night you'd be singing. 1163 01:16:16,300 --> 01:16:19,900 Then I'd hear you going upstairs, hear you moving about 1164 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:21,600 on the floor above. 1165 01:16:22,800 --> 01:16:28,100 When the business with Maria blew up, I cried with despair. 1166 01:16:34,700 --> 01:16:38,400 Beyond the window, Via del Corno was under siege. 1167 01:16:38,900 --> 01:16:41,700 The day after the apocalypse, after Osvaldo's departure, 1168 01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:46,000 Carlino had also vanished. One morning Elisa ran into him 1169 01:16:46,100 --> 01:16:49,500 as she was returning from her wretched occupation. 1170 01:16:50,300 --> 01:16:51,900 Whatever became of Osvaldo? 1171 01:16:52,500 --> 01:16:56,500 I think he's safe. One of his relatives must have hidden him. 1172 01:16:56,700 --> 01:16:58,300 Hidden? Why? 1173 01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:00,700 I advise you not to be nosy. 1174 01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:05,100 - Is Via del Corno still under watch? - Until last night, yes. 1175 01:17:05,700 --> 01:17:07,500 Why do you care? 1176 01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:10,300 I care, because they're expecting me. 1177 01:17:10,700 --> 01:17:14,100 You? Has the world turned upside down? 1178 01:17:14,700 --> 01:17:17,800 - The guards are looking for fascists? - Exactly. 1179 01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:19,700 The world has turned! 1180 01:17:20,100 --> 01:17:23,000 The delinquents are free and the old guard is in prison. 1181 01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:26,700 People who risked their necks 100 times for the cause. 1182 01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:28,800 - Other peoples' necks! - Perhaps. 1183 01:17:28,900 --> 01:17:30,500 But also their own, my dear. 1184 01:17:30,500 --> 01:17:35,200 And all to finish up inside a cell, in Murate prison. 1185 01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:37,900 Yeah... and where did the others finish up? 1186 01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:41,900 - In the cemetery. - Cemetery or not, they're traitors. 1187 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:44,500 Enemies of the State, veterans. 1188 01:17:44,700 --> 01:17:47,200 Ever since I quit school to sign up 1189 01:17:47,300 --> 01:17:48,600 with D'Annunzio's army at Fiume 1190 01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:51,800 I've fought for and believed in what they were saying. 1191 01:17:51,900 --> 01:17:55,000 Even when it seemed like the wrong thing! And now? 1192 01:17:55,300 --> 01:17:57,900 They throw us in jail, like common delinquents. 1193 01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:00,700 Were we wrong? But then everything 1194 01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:03,200 we did for the last six years was also wrong! 1195 01:18:03,700 --> 01:18:07,700 I know what's going on. They're afraid, those bosses in their armchairs! 1196 01:18:07,900 --> 01:18:10,400 Those that sold our revolution down the river for peanuts. 1197 01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:13,500 That's the truth! But they won't get me. 1198 01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:17,500 They won't get me, I tell you. They'll need a lot of luck to find me. 1199 01:18:18,500 --> 01:18:21,300 Elisa, will you do me a favour? 1200 01:18:22,300 --> 01:18:24,000 Go on then, what is it? 1201 01:18:24,900 --> 01:18:28,400 Talk to my mother and tell her not to worry. 1202 01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:30,700 But not a word to anyone else. Understand? 1203 01:18:31,400 --> 01:18:35,100 You can count on me. I'm easily swayed. 1204 01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:37,300 Thank you and goodbye, my dear! 1205 01:18:38,100 --> 01:18:40,600 In fact, no. Talk about me in Via del Corno. 1206 01:18:40,700 --> 01:18:44,600 Tell them, once this storm passes, I'll be back, stronger. 1207 01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:48,500 - Ciao! - Ciao, Carlino! Ciao! 1208 01:18:50,500 --> 01:18:52,600 Will you get away from that window! 1209 01:18:52,700 --> 01:18:54,200 Do you want to get seen? 1210 01:18:54,700 --> 01:18:58,100 Do I have to always be here to keep you out of trouble? 1211 01:18:58,900 --> 01:19:00,200 I can't, you know. 1212 01:19:00,700 --> 01:19:02,500 The Signora needs me too. 1213 01:19:03,300 --> 01:19:04,800 Please, be careful. 1214 01:19:05,500 --> 01:19:07,900 I'll tell you everything there is to know! 1215 01:19:07,900 --> 01:19:11,900 Gesuina, I need to get out of here. I'm better now, see? 1216 01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:14,500 Here it's like I'm caught in a trap. 1217 01:19:14,900 --> 01:19:17,300 Even if they couldn't identify me in the sidecar, 1218 01:19:17,400 --> 01:19:19,400 Osvaldo will have told them. I'm a hunted man. 1219 01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:22,600 And the first place they'll look is here. 1220 01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:25,500 - This is where I live. - They won't come looking here. 1221 01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:27,600 The Signora is above suspicion. 1222 01:19:27,700 --> 01:19:30,300 Don't you see, I'm trapped here! 1223 01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:33,000 They've got the house under watch. 1224 01:19:33,500 --> 01:19:35,700 And I've already put too much trust in the Signora. 1225 01:19:36,900 --> 01:19:39,200 I've got to leave tonight. 1226 01:19:39,300 --> 01:19:41,200 - Where will you go? - I don't know. 1227 01:19:41,300 --> 01:19:44,200 The main thing is to get far away from Via del Corno. 1228 01:19:44,500 --> 01:19:46,600 - Where? - I'm thinking. 1229 01:19:47,700 --> 01:19:49,300 Maybe to my builder friend. 1230 01:19:49,900 --> 01:19:51,900 But he told you to stay here! 1231 01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:55,000 He said this was the safest place. 1232 01:19:55,100 --> 01:19:56,700 Up till yesterday, perhaps. 1233 01:19:57,500 --> 01:20:00,300 But today the game's changed. Look. 1234 01:20:09,800 --> 01:20:13,600 See them? They haven't moved in four days. 1235 01:20:16,700 --> 01:20:19,300 Do you still think they're waiting for Carlino and Osvaldo? 1236 01:20:19,300 --> 01:20:21,100 That's not the way they work. 1237 01:20:21,300 --> 01:20:24,100 We can lose them at first, but then... 1238 01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:26,800 I'm the only witness, I don't want to get 1239 01:20:26,900 --> 01:20:29,300 caught in a trap, like a rat, and end up like Maciste! 1240 01:20:29,300 --> 01:20:30,900 And if they catch you? 1241 01:20:33,400 --> 01:20:34,900 They won't! 1242 01:20:35,500 --> 01:20:38,100 I've got to do it, I have no choice. 1243 01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:40,600 If they catch you, what will I do? 1244 01:20:40,900 --> 01:20:43,200 I'm coming with you, I won't let you go alone. 1245 01:20:45,700 --> 01:20:48,900 Oh! So this is where we're at? 1246 01:20:49,200 --> 01:20:50,400 Wonderful! 1247 01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:53,700 Not only have I given refuge to a scoundrel like you, 1248 01:20:53,900 --> 01:20:56,900 I also find that my maid has turned into a whore. 1249 01:20:57,000 --> 01:21:00,500 You miserable pair. What? Are you offended? 1250 01:21:00,500 --> 01:21:03,300 Want to raise your voice? Or shall I raise mine? 1251 01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:06,600 No more excuses, get out. And you with him! 1252 01:21:06,900 --> 01:21:10,700 Out! And if they get you, so much the better! 1253 01:21:14,500 --> 01:21:19,600 - Now you've got to take me with you. - Don't be afraid. 1254 01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:21,500 I'm afraid for you. 1255 01:21:22,100 --> 01:21:24,100 And I want to be near you. 1256 01:21:29,100 --> 01:21:34,800 The winter of 1926 arrived. It was a white Christmas. 1257 01:21:35,500 --> 01:21:38,700 Coming back from the hospital, where Alfredo's condition was worsening, 1258 01:21:38,800 --> 01:21:41,600 Milena couldn't help casting her eye 1259 01:21:41,700 --> 01:21:44,700 into the grocery which was no longer hers. 1260 01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:54,700 Towards the end of February, Bruno and Clara got married. 1261 01:21:54,800 --> 01:21:57,300 A hurried decision made after many delays. 1262 01:21:57,400 --> 01:21:59,600 Staderini had plenty to comment on. 1263 01:21:59,900 --> 01:22:03,500 The wedding procession was short; barely a trip across the street. 1264 01:22:03,700 --> 01:22:07,900 Bruno's mother gave the couple the double bedroom. 1265 01:22:08,500 --> 01:22:11,500 I saw less and less of Ugo, who had married Gesuina 1266 01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:14,000 and now lived far from Via del Corno. 1267 01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:19,600 Despite the dangers, the memory of Maciste spurred us on. 1268 01:22:19,700 --> 01:22:23,700 Deep down he was like an older brother, a father to me. 1269 01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:28,300 My own father was killed at war when I was still an infant. 1270 01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:33,200 - Who is it? - It's me. 1271 01:22:40,700 --> 01:22:44,200 - Are you mad? What do you want? - I've come to see you. 1272 01:22:44,600 --> 01:22:46,800 - Is that ok? - You're crazy. 1273 01:22:46,900 --> 01:22:48,900 They could have seen you. Go home! 1274 01:22:49,000 --> 01:22:50,700 Why? Aren't you alone? 1275 01:22:51,900 --> 01:22:53,900 Have I really caused you pain? 1276 01:22:58,500 --> 01:22:59,900 Yes, a lot. 1277 01:23:02,100 --> 01:23:04,200 You really are naive. 1278 01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:08,900 - Can we make peace? - Sure, if you believe in such a thing! 1279 01:23:09,500 --> 01:23:11,500 Then won't you forgive me? 1280 01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:18,000 Listen, Bianca. We need to clear some things up. 1281 01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:21,200 I should have done this sooner... 1282 01:23:24,300 --> 01:23:25,700 I don't know... 1283 01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:31,300 Are you going to tell me some bad news? 1284 01:23:33,200 --> 01:23:36,900 Look, I know this is going to hurt, 1285 01:23:36,900 --> 01:23:39,700 but when you're young, you make mistakes. 1286 01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:42,300 Don't you think? 1287 01:23:43,300 --> 01:23:45,900 So, you're done with me? 1288 01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:50,400 I love you! I'm not just saying that to make you feel better. 1289 01:23:50,700 --> 01:23:53,300 You're the first girl I've ever been serious about 1290 01:23:54,500 --> 01:23:57,200 But I've realised that love is another thing altogether. 1291 01:23:57,300 --> 01:24:00,700 I still love you, but in a different way, understand? 1292 01:24:00,900 --> 01:24:02,600 I understand. 1293 01:24:03,100 --> 01:24:05,100 I already knew it. 1294 01:24:05,500 --> 01:24:07,900 - I was destined for it. - What do you mean, destined? 1295 01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,700 You're 18 years old, you have your whole life ahead of you. 1296 01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:18,200 And let's be honest, you didn't truly love me either. 1297 01:24:18,900 --> 01:24:20,300 You think that? 1298 01:24:21,300 --> 01:24:25,600 Don't worry. I won't throw any more sticks in your wheels. 1299 01:24:26,300 --> 01:24:28,500 I haven't even asked to see you in ages. 1300 01:24:30,100 --> 01:24:34,100 I turned down a very wealthy man to be with you, 1301 01:24:34,300 --> 01:24:36,200 and I never even mentioned it. 1302 01:24:36,700 --> 01:24:39,400 Maybe if I had told you, you would have been jealous. 1303 01:24:39,500 --> 01:24:43,700 And then... I'm sorry. 1304 01:24:44,300 --> 01:24:45,700 I'm acting like a child. 1305 01:24:46,400 --> 01:24:47,700 You're right. 1306 01:24:59,700 --> 01:25:01,700 Excuse me, is the blacksmith's still closed? 1307 01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:04,700 I heard that someone from Pontassieve had reopened it. 1308 01:25:04,900 --> 01:25:06,700 - Excuse me. - Wait, Signorina! Listen! 1309 01:25:07,100 --> 01:25:11,000 I came here for something else. 1310 01:25:11,300 --> 01:25:13,700 - I have to go... - I came for you. 1311 01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:16,800 - I'm serious about my intentions! - Not now, it's a bad time. 1312 01:25:16,900 --> 01:25:18,100 I'm a peaceful man! 1313 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:20,300 I don't care about politics. I've a future! 1314 01:25:23,900 --> 01:25:27,200 Soon it was late March, Easter time. 1315 01:25:28,100 --> 01:25:31,600 Feeling guilty about an act we had not committed, 1316 01:25:31,700 --> 01:25:33,700 from time to time Milena and I would get away together. 1317 01:25:34,000 --> 01:25:37,600 One afternoon I decided to wait for her near the hospital. 1318 01:25:38,900 --> 01:25:42,300 Milena, we could run away together like two fugitives. 1319 01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:45,800 Let's talk about it for once! Be honest with each other! 1320 01:25:45,900 --> 01:25:49,100 Maybe... maybe it would be wrong, Mario. 1321 01:25:49,100 --> 01:25:52,100 Why? The only thing that matters is to be honest. 1322 01:25:53,000 --> 01:25:56,000 Milena, I love you. 1323 01:25:56,300 --> 01:25:58,700 No, I don't mean it was love at first sight, 1324 01:25:59,300 --> 01:26:03,000 but gradually, getting to know you, to admire you. 1325 01:26:03,500 --> 01:26:09,200 Up till the night Maciste was killed and we saw it. 1326 01:26:11,800 --> 01:26:14,500 I love you too, Mario. 1327 01:26:16,700 --> 01:26:20,900 I've been thinking so much these past months, and always wondered 1328 01:26:20,900 --> 01:26:24,400 what's holding me back from reciprocating your feelings. 1329 01:26:25,300 --> 01:26:28,200 It doesn't scare me what people might think. 1330 01:26:28,900 --> 01:26:32,300 Nor does the pain I would put Alfredo through 1331 01:26:32,500 --> 01:26:34,600 if I told him the truth. 1332 01:26:37,900 --> 01:26:40,400 What torments me is this permanent doubt. 1333 01:26:41,500 --> 01:26:45,800 What if it hadn't happened, what if Alfredo was fine. 1334 01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:48,100 And I was still working on the till. 1335 01:26:49,400 --> 01:26:51,600 Would I still love you then? 1336 01:26:52,500 --> 01:26:55,100 Would I be able to give up everything to go with you? 1337 01:26:55,800 --> 01:27:00,500 Perhaps not, because back then, you were a different Milena. 1338 01:27:01,700 --> 01:27:06,100 And living as neighbours, we wouldn't have seen each other the same way. 1339 01:27:07,900 --> 01:27:10,100 But I'm still the same Milena. 1340 01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:14,900 - I have the same face... - You've changed, inside. 1341 01:27:15,500 --> 01:27:17,700 Just like I've changed, too. 1342 01:27:18,900 --> 01:27:22,300 It was circumstance that opened our eyes. 1343 01:27:22,300 --> 01:27:24,900 You mean, we've grown? 1344 01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:26,500 That too! 1345 01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:31,000 But I can't leave Alfredo as long as he's still unwell. 1346 01:27:31,100 --> 01:27:32,900 As long as he still needs me. 1347 01:27:33,000 --> 01:27:36,100 It's normal. For us what's important, 1348 01:27:36,100 --> 01:27:38,600 is that we've talked about it. 1349 01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:42,300 Alfredo will get better. He must get better. 1350 01:27:43,200 --> 01:27:46,500 There should be no black clouds over our happiness. 1351 01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:49,600 We can wait. We're young. 1352 01:27:56,900 --> 01:28:01,500 - Is Biagiotti changing the display? - Yes, every Saturday. 1353 01:28:02,500 --> 01:28:04,100 What was it today? 1354 01:28:04,900 --> 01:28:08,500 - He made a pyramid of butter breads. - What else? 1355 01:28:09,500 --> 01:28:13,100 Four Parmesan wheels on the corners and some tins of sardines 1356 01:28:13,200 --> 01:28:15,900 placed here and there. - Which kind? 1357 01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:19,200 A new brand, American. 1358 01:28:19,900 --> 01:28:22,300 The Nantes are still the best. 1359 01:28:24,000 --> 01:28:26,100 Any advertising in the window? 1360 01:28:28,300 --> 01:28:30,900 Some banners above the pyramid. 1361 01:28:31,900 --> 01:28:33,900 He has no imagination. 1362 01:28:34,600 --> 01:28:37,400 You want something related to Easter. 1363 01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:40,200 An egg trophy, like I used to make. 1364 01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:43,700 You'll see, he'll lose customers. 1365 01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:48,700 Don't cry. 1366 01:28:49,900 --> 01:28:53,400 If you cry, what am I supposed to do? 1367 01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:55,500 I loved you, you know. 1368 01:28:55,900 --> 01:28:59,200 I loved you the best I could. 1369 01:29:01,400 --> 01:29:04,100 Now I see there's more to life than a grocer's store. 1370 01:29:05,400 --> 01:29:09,200 But I'm too late to start. 1371 01:29:10,500 --> 01:29:15,200 But you and Mario have your lives ahead of you. 1372 01:29:15,700 --> 01:29:18,600 I know, Milena. That you and Mario are in love. 1373 01:29:18,700 --> 01:29:21,200 Nobody told me. 1374 01:29:21,700 --> 01:29:26,300 I just had to look. I know you were afraid to tell me. 1375 01:29:26,900 --> 01:29:28,700 But don't be. 1376 01:29:29,100 --> 01:29:33,600 If I'd recovered, I don't know if I could have stood losing you. 1377 01:29:34,100 --> 01:29:38,900 Now I'm just content to know that you'll be happy without me. 1378 01:29:41,500 --> 01:29:43,500 The bells have tolled. 1379 01:29:45,300 --> 01:29:49,000 What a lovely Saturday, eh Milena? The two of us together. 1380 01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:54,400 Remember. 1381 01:29:55,700 --> 01:29:59,800 I'll never forgive those who put me here. 1382 01:30:01,700 --> 01:30:03,400 Tell Mario too. 1383 01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:07,800 Remember me. 1384 01:30:08,900 --> 01:30:11,900 Like you remember Maciste. 1385 01:30:26,900 --> 01:30:28,900 - Keep it. - Thank you sir! 1386 01:30:30,900 --> 01:30:32,900 - Morning, Ragioniere. - Good day. 1387 01:30:41,600 --> 01:30:42,900 - Good day. - Hello. 1388 01:30:42,900 --> 01:30:44,700 These'll be ready by tomorrow. 1389 01:30:44,800 --> 01:30:46,200 - Great! - Hey, Ciaba, come here! 1390 01:30:46,300 --> 01:30:48,600 Oh, welcome back! At your service, Ragioniere. 1391 01:30:48,900 --> 01:30:51,500 So what's the gossip on Via del Corno? 1392 01:30:51,600 --> 01:30:53,000 The usual things. 1393 01:30:53,400 --> 01:30:56,100 Say, Maciste's wife, is she still going strong? 1394 01:30:56,200 --> 01:30:58,500 No! Truth is, she went back to her home town. 1395 01:30:58,500 --> 01:31:01,000 I know that. What I meant was, does she still have connections here? 1396 01:31:01,200 --> 01:31:03,200 No, I wouldn't think so. 1397 01:31:03,300 --> 01:31:06,200 You wouldn't think so, eh? Well it seems to me to be the opposite! 1398 01:31:06,300 --> 01:31:07,600 Ah, well if it seems to you. 1399 01:31:07,700 --> 01:31:09,800 And it also seems... Ciao Nanni! 1400 01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:13,700 That even after the clear verdict, there's still someone here 1401 01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:17,700 who thinks that I had something to do 1402 01:31:17,700 --> 01:31:19,100 with the Maciste incident. 1403 01:31:19,200 --> 01:31:21,100 How could that be?! 1404 01:31:21,400 --> 01:31:24,000 The law's the same for everyone. 1405 01:31:24,700 --> 01:31:28,500 Listen to me, people should know that it's in their best interests 1406 01:31:28,600 --> 01:31:31,700 not to mention this business ever again. You can pass that on. 1407 01:31:31,800 --> 01:31:33,400 It will be done, Ragioniere. 1408 01:31:33,500 --> 01:31:36,200 One moment! Tell the Signora I'm coming to see her! 1409 01:31:36,700 --> 01:31:40,400 On other thing: all these alarms every morning are bothering me. 1410 01:31:40,500 --> 01:31:43,100 Lately I've become used to the quiet. 1411 01:31:43,200 --> 01:31:45,000 The Signora says you needn't bother! 1412 01:31:45,100 --> 01:31:47,200 No bother. No bother at all, for heaven's sake! 1413 01:31:47,300 --> 01:31:50,300 Either get some with a more civilised sound, or do without. 1414 01:31:50,300 --> 01:31:53,100 - Spread the word. Bye, Ciaba! - At your service. 1415 01:31:53,200 --> 01:31:54,900 What did he say? Tell me! 1416 01:31:55,400 --> 01:31:58,200 - Nanni, I need a word with you. - Whenever you like. 1417 01:32:00,300 --> 01:32:02,600 - Good morning. - Good morning. 1418 01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:08,000 I've nothing against courtesy, but there's no need 1419 01:32:08,100 --> 01:32:10,000 to smile at him, ok? 1420 01:32:10,100 --> 01:32:11,900 But I wasn't... 1421 01:32:12,300 --> 01:32:15,200 What you've done goes beyond all limits, Signora. 1422 01:32:15,300 --> 01:32:18,700 And the money you've owed me for the past two years, have you forgotten? 1423 01:32:18,700 --> 01:32:21,300 You took advantage of my absence to screw over my mother. 1424 01:32:21,500 --> 01:32:23,900 And buy my apartment for a third of its value! 1425 01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:26,400 Let's stop the chit-chat and get to the facts. 1426 01:32:27,200 --> 01:32:29,100 - Antonietta! - Yes, Signora. 1427 01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,500 Here's the Bencini account and records, Signora. 1428 01:32:32,800 --> 01:32:35,200 These are the facts? I advise you to erase 1429 01:32:35,300 --> 01:32:36,800 my name from this book. 1430 01:32:36,900 --> 01:32:40,400 - You're playing with fire. - Listen to me, boy! 1431 01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:44,200 Since you were a baby, 1432 01:32:44,300 --> 01:32:45,600 or perhaps not even born, 1433 01:32:45,700 --> 01:32:48,500 I already had the pleasure of knowing many of the men 1434 01:32:48,600 --> 01:32:53,900 here or in Rome, who make the laws today. 1435 01:32:54,700 --> 01:32:58,400 If you don't settle your debt right now, you're out. 1436 01:32:59,100 --> 01:33:03,300 I just want to draw a line. Nothing more. 1437 01:33:03,500 --> 01:33:06,500 - Don't talk nonsense! - Signora, something's happening 1438 01:33:06,600 --> 01:33:09,300 at number three. - What is it? 1439 01:33:09,600 --> 01:33:11,300 I can't see... 1440 01:33:12,500 --> 01:33:15,500 - Ask! - What's going on? 1441 01:33:16,700 --> 01:33:17,900 And? 1442 01:33:17,900 --> 01:33:20,700 They say Signor Alfredo has died. 1443 01:33:23,700 --> 01:33:24,800 Ah! 1444 01:34:04,200 --> 01:34:07,200 Alfredo has barely passed and he comes in here to find her. 1445 01:34:07,300 --> 01:34:11,100 Be quiet, you old gossip! You really need 1446 01:34:11,100 --> 01:34:13,500 your tongue bolting down! Mario is the most serious person 1447 01:34:13,500 --> 01:34:14,800 on Via del Corno. 1448 01:34:14,900 --> 01:34:17,000 Exactly. I've often seen him 1449 01:34:17,100 --> 01:34:19,000 arm in arm with Milena, by the river. 1450 01:34:19,100 --> 01:34:20,700 Am I not allowed to say it? 1451 01:34:30,100 --> 01:34:31,800 It's Carlino's mother. 1452 01:34:35,200 --> 01:34:36,800 I don't want to see her. 1453 01:34:37,900 --> 01:34:39,800 Poor thing! She's not to blame! 1454 01:34:48,100 --> 01:34:51,400 And that other song he made up about Staderini and his wife! 1455 01:34:51,600 --> 01:34:54,000 - Ugo! - How did it go? 1456 01:34:54,700 --> 01:34:58,900 "Fidalma, poor as a church mouse, 1457 01:34:58,900 --> 01:35:02,000 locked Marianne right out of her house"! 1458 01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:07,200 Living on Via del Corno was better than the theatre! 1459 01:35:07,300 --> 01:35:09,500 Maciste used to laugh like a child. 1460 01:35:14,600 --> 01:35:17,500 - Well, we'd better get going. - It's been nice seeing you. 1461 01:35:19,600 --> 01:35:21,600 - Good night, Gesuina. - Bye, Marco! 1462 01:35:21,700 --> 01:35:23,500 - Ciao, Gesuina. - Bye. 1463 01:35:28,100 --> 01:35:31,200 Those flyers will be ready tomorrow or the day after. 1464 01:35:31,300 --> 01:35:33,900 I'll bring them by the market, after noon. 1465 01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:35,300 - The usual place. - Great! 1466 01:35:35,400 --> 01:35:37,900 - Goodbye! - Ciao. 1467 01:35:45,700 --> 01:35:47,900 - Was the dinner a success? - Stunning. 1468 01:35:48,100 --> 01:35:49,700 You excelled yourself. 1469 01:36:23,500 --> 01:36:27,700 - We have orders to take you to the station. - Why? 1470 01:36:42,600 --> 01:36:46,400 No, don't say anything. Look, I'm silent. 1471 01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:26,100 - Here, found it! - What have you found? 1472 01:37:26,300 --> 01:37:28,600 Manna from heaven? Read them. 1473 01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:31,400 When those were mailed, it wasn't a crime to say 1474 01:37:31,500 --> 01:37:32,800 the things that are written there. 1475 01:37:32,900 --> 01:37:36,800 Wait and see, the new laws might apply retroactively. 1476 01:37:36,900 --> 01:37:38,900 Have you finished? 1477 01:37:39,400 --> 01:37:45,600 Then get out! Out! 1478 01:38:07,200 --> 01:38:08,400 Fidalma. 1479 01:38:20,900 --> 01:38:23,800 Be careful, Milena! 1480 01:38:30,500 --> 01:38:32,300 Run, Milena! 1481 01:38:56,100 --> 01:38:57,900 Mario! Thank goodness I found you! 1482 01:38:58,000 --> 01:38:59,900 - They might be following me! - Calm down, Milena! 1483 01:38:59,900 --> 01:39:02,000 They're coming to arrest you! They've blocked off the streets 1484 01:39:02,100 --> 01:39:03,400 around Via del Corno. 1485 01:39:16,100 --> 01:39:18,200 There they are! Run, Mario, run! 1486 01:39:18,700 --> 01:39:20,300 No, wait. 1487 01:39:29,300 --> 01:39:32,500 Milena, look at me. I'll find a place to hide. 1488 01:39:32,700 --> 01:39:34,900 But even if they take me now, be strong. 1489 01:39:35,100 --> 01:39:38,000 Remember that I've never loved you more than I do right now. 1490 01:39:39,900 --> 01:39:42,600 My love! Go! Go! 1491 01:40:18,500 --> 01:40:22,900 See how easy it was, sharing our first kiss? 1492 01:40:31,900 --> 01:40:38,300 Remember... "Smile, Milena"... and she smiles! 1493 01:40:38,900 --> 01:40:40,000 Let's go. 1494 01:40:54,200 --> 01:40:56,000 Looks like they've caught a thief. 1495 01:41:27,500 --> 01:41:29,100 And? 1496 01:41:29,700 --> 01:41:31,500 They took him. 1497 01:41:39,700 --> 01:41:43,400 - What's this, Ciaba? - Nothing, Ragioniere! 1498 01:41:45,700 --> 01:41:49,000 This here is... nothing. 1499 01:42:01,700 --> 01:42:06,500 My dear Milena. After one year in jail, I was able to flee to France, 1500 01:42:06,500 --> 01:42:08,800 where you came to join me. 1501 01:42:09,100 --> 01:42:13,400 For both of us, and all our friends, it was a long wait 1502 01:42:13,700 --> 01:42:16,000 filled with more conflict and danger. 1503 01:42:16,800 --> 01:42:20,300 Meanwhile, throughout Italy, Carlino and his friends 1504 01:42:20,400 --> 01:42:22,600 were living their finest hour. 1505 01:42:22,900 --> 01:42:27,700 Via del Corno, that little portrait of our country 1506 01:42:27,800 --> 01:42:31,800 where we were born or brought up, always remained close to our hearts 1507 01:42:31,900 --> 01:42:34,900 with its memories, with its human warmth.