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Today you saw the big hollowed hill, the tuft of trees,

the brown and light blue, the houses, and you said: "it is as it is".

How it should be. This is enough for you. It is perennial ground.

How can you look for anything else? You pass over these things

wrapping them and living them, like the air, like a drool of clouds.

No one knows that this is all.

"Cesare Pavese, The Business of Living, 1947"

Igor!

Igor!

Igor?

Marta?

Dalia.

I forgot the water, Birba.

I forgot the water.

Wait.

Mom. Mom, hello?

Hi- mom?

Mom, can you hear me?

Hello?

Mom, can you hear me?

Hello?

Hello, mom?

Dalia?

Hi! Can you hear me?

Hello?

Dalia!

Is he there? Is he ok?

Yes, I mean... he's fine I think. Well, he's here.

Thank God. Put him on.

Igor?

Marta.

Dad. Dad. Come here. Come.

Marta!

Dad. Where have you been?

I've been trying to reach you for weeks. Where is your phone?

The telephone, Dad. Where is it?

I don't know. I don't remember.

We were worried, Dad.

Why?

Something could have happened to you. Something terrible.

You've aged.

Thanks.

Listen. Dalia has come to visit you-

Come inside, come have coffee.

Come.

I can't. I'm not there, Dad. But Dalia is there with you.

Dalia?

Yes. Dalia. Your granddaughter. Remember her?

I don't know any Dalia.

Dalia! Wave!

You don't remember her?

I'm not a child. I don't need to be taken care of.

Especially not by a child.

Dad, please. You're not well. Dalia can help. She can help you.

I need to hunt truffles.

The fair is around the corner!

That's good. Take her with you.

No. Impossible.

She used to love hunting with you.

She has soft hands.

What?

I can see it!

Just look at her.

She has soft hands. She can't hunt truffles.

She can clean them for you, then.

Or, she can sell them for you. She's good with numbers.

Whatever it is... spend time with her.

It would do you both some good. She's... I don't know...

She's a little lost...

Perhaps, London hasn't been good for her.

But if you spend time together, it would do you both good.

Do it for me. Do it for her, Dad. Please.

Hi.

Thanks.

Well, you're here now.

Apparently I no longer have a say.

You must be tired.

Yes?

Get some rest. Birba! Let's go sleep.

If you hear any noises outside, come find me.

If anyone knocks at the door, don't answer.

If you hear a dog barking...

not Birba, of course... grab the bat or call me. Ok?

Sweet dreams!

Okay.

The water is finished! No rain for weeks!

No water!

Who are you? Who are you?

What a cutie.

Poor little things. They're thirsty.

My little plants have to drink.

Igor! Igor!

Marta...

Dalia.

Dalia, bring me that bowl.

That bowl. Water.

Good.

Has that ever worked?

Does that work? The spores.

Ah so you remember Italian.

Very little.

You remember the spores.

The water where we wash the truffles.

Yes. I've seen you do it many times.

Many times... when I was little.

Does it work?

Maybe. Who knows.

I planted some about ten years back, but...

no truffles yet.

But...

We have to wait.

They will one day, maybe.

Birba!

Birba!

You have to make her your friend.

Give her this.

Try.

Birba! Do you remember her?

You were both tiny, once.

I don't remember the wineries?

What?

The vines?

They've planted so many.

The last five years or so.

It's nothing like the soil I knew when I was young.

So many vines.

So many machines.

Yes! It's beautiful indeed!

What?

Beautiful!?

Beautiful!?

This was all forest before. It was full of truffles!

They were popping up! You could almost see them.

It's all changed now.

I can't even find a single truffle.

And it never rains.

And I have to keep checking over my shoulders...

to make sure nobody takes me down...

Beautiful!?

What are you talking about?

Igor? Are you okay?

Breakfast!

We have to make breakfast.

What a beautiful little truffle we have!

There we go.

A little truffle for our little lady.

Birba! Where are you?

[Igor] You're so beautiful. Beautiful and strong!

[Igor] You want a cookie?

[Igor] Who's going to take care of my little Birba when I'm gone?

Sit.

We're waiting for the storm! For the lightning to strike!

We're waiting for Jupiter.

Well, the rain is late, but the lightning will be here soon.

Wherever Jupiter hurls the lightning...

that's where truffles grow.

Many hunters think it's the hail, but they're wrong.

It's the lightning!

It's Jupiter's seed.

See?

Big moon.

Big surprises.

Big enough to fix everything.

The next one is going to be really big.

We'll take it to the fair and everything...

will be fixed.

We just need to wait a bit...

but it will come. Oh yes, it will come!

Just wait.

It will come. It will come.

A little bit of soap.

You like it? It's warm.

Igor Bianco?

Excuse me. Just a second.

Igor!

Sign.

He was freaking out, alright? He was waving his arms up and down.

Yelling at me and he was speaking so fast! I couldn't understand a word!

Dalia, show me the papers.

When can you get here? I told you I didn't want to be here

and you insisted that I come. When can you get here?

Dalia, show me the papers!

Igor?

Igor?

He's ignoring me-

Okay Dalia. Hold on. Let me read.

He's being evicted Dalia.

What?

He hasn't been paying his mortgage.

For how long?

I don't know. Probably, for a while.

They'll probably sell it to the wineries.

So you knew about this?

No. Not really.

Where is he supposed to go?

You know he'll never leave.

Evicted Dalia. You understand what that means?

Yes. I understand what that means. How much does he owe?

A lot.

Well, how much?

About forty-five thousand.

I... I can bring him home.

I'll take him home. We can both go home and he can stay with us.

He's going to need full-time care, Dalia.

Don't look at me like that.

So that's it?

They just take his house and leave him stranded?

Mom?

They can't do that. It's his home!

I'll find him a nursing home and you get him there, okay?

Dalia...

It's for the best Dalia.

Igor?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

No. Leave me alone.

No. No. Can you give me something else to do? Anything. Please.

You, chestnuts. I, truffles.

No. You, chestnuts. I, truffles.

No. You're not fit.

Come on. You can teach me. You can show me.

No. I don't share. I don't teach.

My methods, my system, my secrets will live and die with me. Understood?

Fine.

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

Wait! Be careful! There's a "Masca" out there.

The witch!

The witch of the woods! Be cautious!

She could turn you into a giant truffle!

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

It was a joke!

Jupiter!

Jupiter!

Where are you?

Where are your lightning? Where is the rain?

Where is your rain, Jupiter!?

Birba.

What is it?

What is it?

Who did this?

Who was here?

Who was it?

Where are you? Come here if you have the guts! Show yourself!

If you come any closer to my trees, you're a dead man!

If you come near my truffles, you're a dead man!

If you touch my dog, you're a dead man!

Birba!

Good girl.

Let's go home.

What do you do?

I'm counting.

No, no, I mean...

Not now.

At home. What are you doing in London?

What are you doing in London?

In London. What are you doing there?

I just finished studying... or...

It was a while ago, actually.

And what did you study?

Literature.

Ah yes! Books! You love books. I remember.

Well... writing I mean...

I was writing but... I'm done now. It was a while ago.

So?

Then what do you love?

Of course... Life isn't as simple as before...

I see you're a little...

confused.

Confused.

Bored.

Lost.

I'm figuring it out. You know, I'm trying to figure it out.

You're lost.

I'm fine.

You're lost.

I'm fine. I'm figuring it out.

You're lost!

No. I'm not lost!

You're lost!

I failed! I'm not lost. I failed!

I tried. I really did. I did the thing that I loved and I failed.

Maybe I wasn't good enough or... and Marta...

Marta was right.

She said I was wasting my time and wasting her money and she was right.

I failed. Nothing really excites me anymore.

Nothing.

Nothing. I... nothing...

Got it.

I'm not like you. You are driven. You have purpose.

I've been cut off because I'm old and everyone thinks I'm crazy.

But that's not true.

I understand things far better now.

I see Nature in a way that I've never seen before.

You know why?

Because I never stopped loving it.

Now I'm looking at you...

and I see you don't love anything.

I just feel a little empty.

You don't love anything.

This will end up hurting you a lot.

You're not fine.

But you will be.

Birba. Let's go.

Goodnight.

Igor. Breakfast.

Igor?

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor?

Igor?

Birba?

Birba?

Birba!

Birba!

Birba!

Birba! Where is Igor?

Where is Igor? Show me where Igor is! Take me to Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor! Oh my God.

Igor what happened?

Nothing.

Don't tell Nonna. She'll worry.

No. What are you doing?

No! No! That's how you cure it!

Come on. We have to go!

No, no. I need to keep hunting truffles.

We have to go home. Please.

Come on.

It was winter.

It was cold.

I couldn't see anything.

It was silent all around.

You could only hear Birba.

You could hear her sniffing

and her small paws moving quickly.

You were young at that time, right Birba?

I was behind her.

Making my way through the vegetation with my wooden stick.

And then...

Suddenly...

She's gone.

Where is she?

Birba! Where are you?

Where are you, Birba?

Then, I find her!

She was drinking...

by the creek. She was thirsty.

I approach her and I notice that she insists on drinking.

So I figure out.

I kneel down and smell the water.

It smelled of truffle.

And so we start! We began digging! Together!

We dug and dug... in the cold water...

We didn't care about it. Time didn't exist in that moment.

Go on! Go on! Keep digging! Keep digging!

And there it was...

The most beautiful truffle I've ever found in my life.

A white one. Perfectly clean.

Can you imagine? The roots had passed through the creek.

Under the creek.

Great job Birba! You found it! Brava!

So we make our way back. That night we had the moon...

to bright up our path.

We were so tired but... happy-

Then, all of a sudden we hear a noise.

I hold Birba tight to me...

Ready to defend us with my wooden stick... but with much surprise...

a wolf appears in front of us.

I knew there were wolves around,

but I'd never seen one with my own eyes before.

And I've never seen any other after that night.

A deafening silence and then...

The wolf rushes away.

The most magical night of my life.

Good job Birba. Good job.

I love this land.

To love this land means to not be alone.

It means that in every stone, in every tree, there's something of yours.

That even when you're gone...

It will talk about you.

My roots are here.

My trees are here. My memories...

And now they want to erase me, you understand?

They want to erase me.

They want to erase me!

They want to erase me.

Who is it?

My dear Birba. Morning. Morning.

Marta!

Marta!

It's getting cold.

Fire.

Fire?

Fire.

Wait...

This will do.

Hey Dalia.

Thank you.

Yes!

Birba!

Birba!

Hi Igor.

What is it?

Breakfast.

Who are you?

Who are you?

Igor, are you okay?

Go away.

Leave me alone.

Igor, it's me.

Leave me alone.

It's Dalia, Igor.

Go away.

I don't know you. Go away!

I don't know who you are!

I don't know any Dalia! Go away!

Go away! Leave me alone!

Go away! Go away!

Igor, it's Dalia.

Marta! Marta! Marta!

I'm Marta!

It's me. It's Marta.

Okay?

Your daughter. Marta.

Marta?

Igor, it's raining! Igor, look!

Look! It's raining, Igor!

It's Jupiter.

He's there past the creek.

Yes, by the creek.

I need to go.

Hey, Igor! Igor wait. Stop.

Wait please stop.

Igor! Igor!

Are you okay?

No. You go.

You go.

I can't.

You go.

You can! Follow Birba!

You will be fine!

Go.

Let's go!

Come on Birba.

Come on Girl.

Okay, Birba.

I'm coming.

Okay Birba.

I made it.

I made it Birba...

Okay.

Really?

Let's go.

Let's go Birba. Forget it.

Come on.

Let's go.

Birba!

Come on girl, we have to go this way.

Birba! You're going the wrong way!

Birba!

Birba!

Okay.

Follow Birba.

Hey, Birba?

What is it?

My God!

Birba!

I think we found it Birba.

Jupiter...

Birba, we found it. I think we found it.

Hey... It's okay.

It's okay.

Okay.

You're going to be fine. It's okay.

Alright. Dig, Birba.

Dig.

Come on Birba! Dig!

Dig. Come on girl! What is it?

Dig, Birba. Come on. Come on. What was that?

Come on.

Good girl. Good girl. Keep digging, alright? Keep digging.

Hey. Hey! Birba! Birba!

Come back.

Okay. So it's here now... is it?

Where is it? Is it here?

Is it here?

Here, maybe? Here?

Birba, wait!

Where is it? Is it there or is it here?

Here?

You must be here. You must be here somewhere.

Where are you? Where are you?

Birba?

Birba!

This is it?

This is it?

This is... tiny...

What is this, like... forty euros or something?

Birba?

We already looked here.

It's a stone, Birba.

It's a stone! See? It's a stone!

Nothing here, Birba. Come on, go look over there.

Birba, dig there! Dig there!

Come on.

What's that?

Great Birba. Nice. Another forty euros is going to help us.

Okay Birba. This is what I'm talking about.

Yes girl!

Yes Birba! Look at this! This is amazing!

Look Birba! It's huge!

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay, Birba.

It's okay, Birba. It's okay.

We have to go, Birba.

Almost there. Almost there Birba.

We have to go. We have to go, Birba. We have to go.

Wow...

Same.

Look what we found!

Look, Birba! Birba, it's you!

Well, it's you and Igor.

Igor is going to be so happy.

Birba...

Hey...

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

The witch!

No! Wait! Wait!

Wait!

Hey!

Hey, wait!

[TV] 2,470 grams.

[TV] We expect unbelievable bids at the auction of the fair.

[TV] Mayor! Please, would you like to say a word?

[TV] Thank you. It's something truly exceptional!

[TV] To date, this is the largest truffle ever found

[TV] in our territory... in Somano.

[TV] This will bring us much joy and luck,

[TV] and to the Alta Langa territory, to Alba and its Truffle Fair.

[TV] Thank you, mayor. This is all from Alba.

"CITY OF ALBA - TO TRAIN STATION"

[Guard] No pushing! No pushing!

[Crowd] How much is it? How much?

[Guard] No pushing! No pushing!

[Guard] No pushing! Keep calm!

[Guard] What are you doing young lady?

That's mine! Please! It was stolen from me!

[TV reporter] A world record. 2,470 grams-

Please, It's mine. I just need you to listen to me! Please!

Can you just listen to what I have to say? It's mine!

[Dalia] Someone stole it from me! Do you understand that?

[Dalia] It's mine! Please! Please...

[Dalia] It's mine! Please, please! It's mine! No!

No!

[Dalia] Wait! No! Wait, wait, wait!

Please, that's mine! That's mine! Wait!

[Guards] Stop! Everyone calm down!

[Speaker] Princesses and knights, nobility, people and travellers!

[Speaker] Welcome! Alba opens its gates!

[Speaker] It's the grand feast at the Podestà's court!

[Speaker] Dante suggests listening to squares and churches...

[Costumiers] Another one? Stop this at once!

[Dalia] I... Princess.

[Costumiers] Princess? What do you mean?

[Costumiers] Chiara!

[Costumiers] Get this one ready, please!

[Make-up artist] Close your eye. Okay? Close it. Close it, close it. Good.

[Make-up artist] Good. Just like that.

[Make-up artist] Are you joking? She just showed up.

[Make-up artist] She just arrived! What are you doing?

[Assistant] No time. We have to go, now!

[Make-up artist] Where? Where do we have to go? Dammit.

[Princess] Lipstick? Check. All good?

Who is this?

[Assistant] Where's her pass?

Alright. To the van. Let's go.

Come on, let's go.

[Make-up artist] Great! Great! Stay like this!

[Assistant] Hurry up, girls!

[Dalia] Hey!

Wait.

Hey...

[Assistant] Come on, get in.

[Dalia] Hey! Do you speak English?

[Dalia] I know. I heard you! I need help. Can you help me, please?

No-understand.

[Assistant] Now, keep in mind...

[Assistant] Your goal is to highlight the beauty of the truffle-

[Photographers] Princesses! Princesses! Here! Here!

[Assistant] Block the photographers!

Meow!

Meow!

Meow!

[Photographer] Pardon.

[Auctioneer] Good afternoon my friends and welcome to the twenty-fourth

[Auctioneer] Alba White Truffle World Auction!

[Host] Caterina you are on your sixth edition

[Host] and "Enzino" is on his ninety-second out of twenty-four.

[Auctioneer] I've been painted on the seats by now.

[Host] It's always great to be here all together.

[Auctioneer assistant] And so, we're ready to see the lots

[Auctioneer assistant] until we reach the final lot. The "heaviest one"!

[Host] Literally, the massive one!

[Host] And who will bring the lots, dear "Enzino"?

[Auctioneer] But of course, our "Trifolere"!

[Auctioneer] We have plenty! And each one more beautiful than the other!

[Auctioneer] I don't remember the name of this one, but...

[Host] This one is "Valentina Nastasi".

[Auctioneer] Now I got it! I forgot to read this part!

[Auctioneer] Here we go! Let's all make way for the Alba White Truffle!

[Auctioneer] Music!

And so it begins!

The twenty-fourth Alba White Truffle World Auction!

Look at the "Trifolera" that brings the first lot!

The first lot is 315 grams!

[Auctioneer] What a fantastic piece.

I would like to set the base price at 5,000 Euros!

[Auctioneer] We will raise the bets as high as your hearts

[Auctioneer] will allow.

[Auctioneer assistant] Off we go! 5,500 there!

[Auctioneer assistant] 6,000 Euros!

[Auctioneer assistant] 8,000 Euros!

[Auctioneer assistant] 9,000 Euros!

[Everyone] 10,000 Euros!

[Auctioneer assistant] Here we go everyone! 10,000 going once...

[Auctioneer assistant] 10,000 going twice...

[Auctioneer assistant] Going thrice... Sold! To that gentleman over there!

[Auctioneer assistant] Let's see who he is!

[Auctioneer] Very well! Now let's move on to the second lot!

No. That's not my one to take. That's not my one to take.

I don't want to take it.

Can you switch with me? Can you switch with me, please?

You're a psychopath! Stop it.

Please! Just switch with me!

[Assistant] Smile. Smile.

[Assistants] The truffle!

[Assistant] Move, move, move!

[Assistant] This will go viral...

[Assistant] What the hell is happening here?

[Host] I would like to reconvene the beautiful "Trifolera"!

[Host] If you want to join us ladies, you're welcome. We're waiting...

No! I'm last!

She's lying!

[Assistant] Go now! Smile!

[Auctioneer] Here it is! What a gorgeous gem!

[Auctioneer] A truffle of 973 grams!

[Assistant] Are you good?

Yup! I'm good. I'm good.

Sorry. Sorry.

Sold! To the gentleman over here!

What a beast!

Hold it tight. Don't you dare dropping this one, am I clear?

[Assistant] Are you sure that you're okay? It's really heavy.

[Host] The time has come!

[Host] It's time to present our final lot!

[Auctioneer] Let it come!

[Auctioneer Assistant] Here it comes!

[Auctioneer] Music!

[Auctioneer] Marvelous! My friends, look at this marvelous giant truffle!

[Auctioneer] I'm sure it must be one of a kind. A rarety in history!

[Auctioneer] Our "Trifolera" is settling it down...

[Auctioneer] Careful, everyone!

[Auctioneer] You're all very lucky to witness it in person. Myself included.

[Auctioneer] Although, I'm not the one trying to buy it, of course...

[Auctioneer] The lot is... 2,470 grams!

[Host] The total mass is unbelievable.

[Auctioneer] "Mamma mia", excuse me everyone, but...

Oh "mamma mia"!

We had also invited the truffle hunter who found this...

[Auctioneer] enormous truffle.

[Auctioneer] But he refused to join us.

He asked to remain anonymous.

Anyway... the truffle is here!

[Auctioneer] And now, let the auction begin!

[Auctioneer] The base price is 100,000 Euros.

[Auctioneer] Other nations are bidding via live stream!

[Auctioneer] Vienna has already raised to 110,000 Euros.

[Auctioneer] 120,000 here in Grinzane!

[Auctioneer] 120,000 Euros.

[Auctioneer] Frankfurt raises to 130,000 Euros.

[Auctioneer Assistant] 130,000 Euros!

[Auctioneer] 130,000 Euros. Come on people, we need to answer back!

150,000! I'm sorry lady but the gentleman already-

160,000!

[Auctioneer] 200,000 here in Grinzane! It has never happened before!

[Auctioneer] Hong Kong!

[Auctioneer] 220,000 Euros-

[inaudible dialogue]

[Auctioneer] Sold! To Hong Kong!

No touch. No touch. We have to send it to Hong Kong, come on.

We have to take pictures! We must take pictures first. Okay?

[Auctioneer] Okay. Thank you.

[Auctioneer] Yes! Here we are! Here we are!

[Host] Thank you everyone!

[Auctioneer] One more! One more!

[Host] We'll see you all here again, next year!

Okay. Move. Move!

Wait! Move! Move!

Excuse me! Excuse me! Move!

Excuse me! Excuse me! Move! Move! Get out of my way!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Igor!

Dalia!

Mom!

Where were you?

What happened? I was so worried.

Are you okay?

Dad...

Wait. Stop. What are you doing? Stop-

Are you okay?

Yes. Yes.

Come on, help me pack...

Grandpa...

Birba!

I failed.

I failed.

I failed you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You didn't fail.

Look at your hands.

Good.

Enjoy.