Original subtitles

Good moming! Welcome to the studio.

We were worried you might not get here in time.

Airports today... You know!

My name's Clara. We spoke on the phone several times.

I'm very excited about this series. It's going very well.

Last week a film not nearly as good as yours

polled about 8 million viewers.

Excellent. We've got two minutes to go.

You should sign the release.

Have Nichetti sign the release.

Just a formality. We're more bureaucratic than the State,

always something to be signed.

Everyone has to sign the release.

As I was saying, the series is really going great.

No, Nichetti, this way.

The studio is ready.

Do you mind if we get a move on?

We can avoid make up and...

Shall we do "L'Armée des Ombres" by Melville

or Frankenheimer's "The Manchurian Candidate"?

Well, actually we've got Nichetti.

- Nichetti? - Nichetti.

You want me to present Melville and Frankenheimer

after Nichetti's children?

Don't worry, I'll do close ups

and they won't even see the photographs.

- Is Nichetti here? - Yes, he's with Clara.

Ready!

Studio 3, ready! On the air in two minutes!

- Come with me. - Studio 3, everybody on the floor.

Now remember, the presentation has to be short.

We've got three minutes, then I start the Ampex.

Studio 3, everybody on the floor. On the air in two minutes!

I'm always the last one to know. I've studied Melville for ages.

I've done my homework on Frankenheimer,

but Nichetti! Well, I'll just improvise.

Pull back camera 2. Camera 3 more to the left.

No, I shan't use N° 1. Go ahead with the bars.

I don't wanna even see camera 1!

What happens? Oh, you're so funny, like on the screen!

Go on! Don't worry, I'll call the dressmaker.

Ready? Everybody out! We're on air.

No, I've been waiting since 5, I gotta right to work too!

When she's finished with the air spray, we'll begin.

We're always the last to be told. What's the title of the film?

- "The Icicle Thief." - Thank you.

- Silence! - Silence!

Anna, how many times I have to tell you to go to bed!

Leave the "magic box" alone! "Capitol" is starting.

Will you let me see it this week or not?

Darling, they never let us watch "Capitol".

Anna, go and get into your pyjamas and leave the box alone!

After the brief outline of the series...

There are no cartoons at this time of night. Off to bed!

This evening's film is "The Icicle Thief" by Maurizio Nichetti.

The title might suggest a parody

of a basic moment in Italian neo-realism,

but actually it's much more important.

Don't be led astray by the title.

"The Icicle Thief" is an act of love

aimed at the Italian cinema and at neo-realism in particular.

With this film, Nichetti,

like other comic authors, has blossomed in the dramatic vein.

We must not be surprised if Nichetti's cinema

is full of echoes, quotes and reminiscences

of a glorious past while being of a self-aware modemity.

It is enough to mention the key scene of the film.

Antonio Piermattei, the hero,

becomes paralysed after a car accident.

His wife,

shocked by this tragedy, is forced into prostitution.

The denouement is reached when their children

arrive at the orphanage. I would say that...

Since we gotta see this film why don't you tum down the sound?

How can you enjoy it if they tell you the story first?

I know what you're going to say,

that I can see a film 5 times.

Sure, because I forget the story,

but if someone tells it to me two minutes before I see it...

Never mind...

The question that this film poses is:

Why has Nichetti rediscovered drama?

Nichetti answers in images

like a real author who knows that only with images

can a film director

explain the past and interpret the present.

Ampex rolling.

Thank heavens! The first bit's over.

Well done, Nichetti. You did very well.

THE ICICLE THIEF

Get out!

Baldi Ettore.

Caluso Nicola.

Piermattei. Antonio Piermattei.

Antonio, they're calling you!

I'm Piermattei.

Sorry, you're the first, but on the rejection list.

This moming too?

They just give me the names, it ain't my fault there's no work.

Is it our fault then?

- What are you going to do? - I'm going home.

I heard the Balani yard is taking on men.

Girlies, what about the gestures?

Just one more time. Watch me.

Maestro, couldn't you sneeze in time?

- It comes and goes, it's hay-fever. - Well, knock it off!

Isn't there any work? Not even for a few days?

Hey, please!

Where's your bike?

Mom's using it. Today we're walking.

Mommy! Mommy!

Hi, Bruno! Help your mother. Carry the shopping.

Is this the time to come home?

I forgot something, that's why I'm late.

- What did you buy to eat? - What I could afford.

Bruno, look for the keys. You have made an omelet!

I bought two eggs!

They were already broken.

Go on up! You and your broken eggs.

Bruno, darling, open the door.

Bruno, please, wash the cabbage. I'm very busy.

Leave the bike alone and go into the kitchen.

Can't you fix the bells after dinner?

Antonio, are you tired?

I'm tired of eating cabbage.

Then go to the diner, there's no choice here!

I know there's no choice,

but I'd rather find the cabbage ready on the table!

I spend the whole day looking for work and come home to a pigsty!

I can't pass my days like this

because she wants to go on the stage!

My wife's an actress!

Maria, come to your sense. Singing won't buy us food.

Does what you eam buy us food?

Tell me how much you made today! And yesterday? And the day before?

I go to the job site every moming. There's no work, it's not my fault.

If you'd been smarter, you'd have a job, like Penati.

But he's a black-marketeer, a criminal.

- But he doesn't eat cabbage. - Hush! Not in front of the kids!

You know what you are? A good for nothing!

Stop it, Maria, or I'll blow my top!

Yes, let everybody see what you're like!

- Don't slam the door! - I'll slam it!

Bruno! Bruno!

Good evening, Don Italo!

Hello! Are you having supper?

No, I'm still cooking the cabbage.

Tum up the gas, we've got the service at 9.

Yes, I remember.

I'm expecting you, okay?

Did you wash your hands? Go and wash them.

And don't waste the soap!

When he washes it's like he eats the soap.

- It's better than cabbage. - Funny!

Enigma Bath Foam.

Francesco, don't make me say it 10,000 times! Go to bed!

Anna's asleep already.

Always playing with that building set!

That "Splash" commercial again.

How many years is it, Massimo? 8 at least.

We weren't even married and I was living with Angela and Luisa.

I must call them one day.

Hey, Massimo, I haven't felt the baby since yesterday.

Usually he kicks at once when I watch TV.

Can you splash?

The Director's pants.

- Where is he? - Out there in his underpants.

We'll have to find him something.

I must have some suits in wardrobe.

Cheap material.

Please tum down the monitors' sound in the studio!

Ready, action for Melville!

"L'Armée des Ombres" dates from 1969.

Melville directed it 4 years before his death.

Don't worry, our dressmaker can work miracles.

You'll have your clothes before the film is over.

But... I'd like to see the film, just to make sure...

- There's a commercial break right now. - That's exactly what I want to check.

Thank you, Madam.

Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret are at the heart of the film.

A great example of how one can retum to the country's history

without being rhetorical but with the courage of one's convictions.

This is Jean-Pierre Melville.

It's not bad like that.

If we hurry, we can still see a bit of the film.

Come with me, we'll go to the studio. Follow me.

Mind the cables.

- The commercial break is still on. - It's almost over.

What's your mommy doing and why is your dad crying?

Bruno, get changed.

Your dad's waiting.

Is there something wrong in your family?

Do mom and dad get along?

Look me in the eye.

Remember the eighth commandment.

"Thou shalt not bear false..."

It's a sin to tell a lie.

Tell me the truth: Do mom and dad get along?

Why do they quarrel?

Because mom wants dad to be a black marketeer.

But the war's over!

Don Italo, may I go now?

Wipe over the floor, I'll tell your father you'll be late.

Understand?

Antonio, come down from there!

Good evening! Is Bruno still there?

Come, my son. I've got to talk to you.

Has Bruno been hurt? What is it?

- I know everything. - Everything? About what?

It's a shame for your family and the parish.

For the parish? But... I'm not doing anything.

But you're trying to...

Yes, even Maria says try to...

- Don't listen Maria. - What do you mean, don't listen to her?

A good father looks for a job.

Yes, but no matter how I look, I can't eam a penny.

Honest poverty is better than the Devil's Gold.

Not even the Devil offered me a job.

Don't joke about it.

If I help you find a job, will you promise me something?

Anything!

We'll make a pact.

If I find you a job, you give up black-market!

What black-market?

Stop, thief!

Paint it well, Bruno.

Tomorrow moming I want it with a cross-bar

because I'll get on my bike and go to work.

Antonio, I'm sorry, but are you joking?

Get up at 6, clean shirt and off to the factory!

Antonio, are you joking?

No, never in my life have I joked about work.

- Where are you going to work? - To the Lux.

- At the glass factory? - Yes.

Just think, we'll have 11,000 lire a month!

To the Lux...

You're lovely, Maria!

- You're lovely. - You're lovelier.

I've got to iron that shirt well

because Antonio Piermattei doesn't go to work in a wrinkled shirt.

Make me an omelet too!

Tomorrow I want a lunch box with bread and omelet.

- We get a lunch break, you know! - Jesus, I thank you.

Do you know who we should thank? Don Italo.

He put in a word for me at the factory

Just think, 10 days paid vacation, Sundays off

and medical assistance for the whole family.

Now we can all get sick!

Since you work at the glass factory,

maybe we can afford a chandelier

like the one I saw in a movie once.

It was lovely, it had 8 bulbs

and all round them were glass flowers and leaves.

The glass was so shiny it was like pearl!

When you switched it on...

it lit up all the walls.

I've always dreamed of having a chandelier like that,

even down in the air-raid shelter during the war.

I always thought that the war would soon be over

and that then I would have had a house with a big room

and in the middle a beautiful chandelier.

I'm sure they make chandeliers like that at the Lux factory.

Maria, I promise that I'll...

The artichoke-based aperitif

against the stress of modem life.

They interrupted the line!

No, he had finished his line.

I ought to know considering I wrote it!

Silence!

Jean-Pierre Melville was asked to direct "Week-end a Zuydcoote"

that was finally directed by Henri Vemeuil.

If you're sure, you've the right to complain.

Sure! It's time we faced up to breaks for commercials

and get respect for people's work!

- Respect for people's work! - I already said that.

Come with me, please.

It's "Big-Big".

Yes, we are watching the "Big-Big" commercial.

Do you like the jingle? It's so silly!

Yes, it's a pretty tune... Francesco eats them all the time.

I can't stand the sight of them.

Yes, the tummy's getting bigger.

I haven't felt the baby since yesterday.

I'm not worried.

I know you didn't feel me for 15 days.

Don't exaggerate. I'm not worried.

I felt him just now! What a coincidence!

Yes, okay! Don't worry. Bye.

From next month on I'll buy you everything you want!

Eat some potatoes, come on.

Francesco, that's enough! Off to bed now!

Stop eating that junk! You never say anything to your son.

- Will you buy me the "Big-Big"? - What?

- What did he say? - It's the snack that makes you grow.

Potatoes aren't enough for the young gentleman any more.

#Eat a "Big-Big", eat it. Go on, eat it! #

This is one of your songs.

I never heard the "Big-Big" before.

It's one of your crazy tunes

that you sing in the theatre.

He must have heard it on the radio.

- We haven't got a radio. - Your sister has one.

We haven't been there for one year.

Listen, I don't know this song.

Did you take Bruno to the rehearsals?

No, but suppose I had?

- So it's true. - Only once.

One artist isn't enough, you want to ruin my son too?

He's only a kid, he's got to have some fun.

He's 6 years old! He's got to go to wor... to school, right?

Who sent him to work at the gas station?

Work? Don't exaggerate!

He enjoys himself when he is busy.

Well, try to enjoy yourself too!

And don't slam the door in my face. You understand?

I didn't slam it, it's the draft!

Maria, keep calm and don't make me lose my temper. Keep calm!

I'm totally calm!

#Eat, go on, eat a Big-Big! #

Don Italo, you've come to pay us a visit.

- Have you lost something? - I was looking for Paolo.

- The baby? - Where's the baby?

Why did you come here?

You've two kids and you come here to waste your time!

Sandra, come here!

All you think about is lifting up your skirts...

Maria, hurry up!

Lift up that skirt!

I understand, Don Italo, I'm going home.

No, you're very good.

It's a great show.

It'll be a great success.

Maria!

"It had 8 bulbs"

"and all round them were glass flowers and leaves."

"The glass was so shiny it was like pearl."

"Then when you switched it on it lit up all the walls."

Knocking off time! Everybody home!

Everybody home!

Mario, come on!

Come on, everybody home!

#Now your mommy's#

#got to perfume you. #

#You've got to make yourself pretty#

#because daddy's coming home. #

You too can plunge into the freshness of...

Keep calm! It's a blackout! Everybody on the floor!

We'll wait for orders from the Direction.

But the presentation of "L'Armée des Ombres"

you got all that, didn't you? Do we have to do it over?

We'll be here all night!

My mother-in-law was coming to dinner this evening.

What's happened?

The power's failed in the whole district.

Luckily during a commercial. I wouldn't want the viewers...

Miss! Miss!

There! I've found a torch.

I don't want to do Melville again. Get me Lubitsch!

- The paper, right? - Of course, not the man himself!

Miss!

- You can sleep at my place. - What about my mother-in-law?

She'll sleep with your husband.

Where's he got to? Nichetti!

We're in the dark here! What about there?

Yes, we went out into the street, no lights anywhere.

It's back! Sorry I bothered you, but I got scared.

Yes, even the television is back.

So what's happened here? He's stolen the chandelier?

He must have been scared of being in the dark too.

I'm sorry, Mom, I forgot.

Everybody loved your pumpkin ravioli. Maybe a little bit too sweet?

Don't worry. Massimo ate two helpings.

All right, Mom, I'll tell him.

Mom's sending us some more pumpkin ravioli.

We'll give them to Signora Maria like last time.

Help! Help! Please help!

Dad's home! Watch the spaghetti!

Bruno, where's dad? Didn't come to get you?

Poor dad! First day at work and already doing overtime!

What a state you're in. Let's go and get you washed.

You're like a chimney sweeper! I'll give you a new face!

You're a masterpiece!

When your dad comes home he won't recognize you. He'll say:

"Who is this child? This masterpiece?"

Paolo, don't touch the spaghetti!

- Antonio! Hi, Antonio! - Hi.

What happened to your jacket?

Don't just stand there, give our guest a chair.

And he has to get a foreigner!

And he has the nerve to bring her home!

- Maria... - Half naked, in front of the children.

- There's a misunderstanding. - Disgusting!

Stop! Listen to me. There was an accident.

- I'm going to do something crazy! - Please, listen to me.

I was down by the ditch, so I laid her down the bank...

And you are telling me this?

What were you doing by the ditch with a girl like this?

Now, don't get me wrong.

- You haven't understood a thing. - I've understood everything.

And don't shout in my house in front of the children!

- I'm talking quiet. - You've been with a shameless hussy!

Where did you find her? In a ditch?

You've done disgusting things with a shameless hussy!

A half naked foreigner!

Don't tell me what you did, respect the children!

Come here and please tell her.

If you won't listen to me, at least listen to her.

Listen to what she says.

Have you heard?

I can't understand a word she says.

Nor can I, but she says she was drowning in the ditch.

I saved her, but I had never seen her before.

I don't even know her name.

My name is Bruno.

Maria...

I made myself beautiful, I even put on this comb.

Then I washed Bruno and Paolo

because when dad comes home we've got to celebrate.

I wanted to celebrate with you too. I brought a chandelier.

A big one with pearly glass.

Really? Where is it?

I had it on my handle bars. Right up to the ditch I had it.

I must have lost it when I saved the girl.

Why do you lie to me?

I'm not lying to you. I lost it in the ditch.

- I don't believe you. - I swear it.

I just can't believe you anymore.

I'll take you there and we'll find it, you'll see,

it was a lovely chandelier.

It had the bulbs, the drops, just the way you like it.

If we find it, you'll have to believe me.

I'm going to do something crazy!

Chandelier.

- Chandelier! - Chandelier?

This is where I found her. I went down here.

Here's the stick! I saved her with this!

I put it into the water and pulled her to the bank.

The chandelier must have fallen off somewhere.

Perhaps it fell into the water.

Why do you keep telling me this nonsense?

I've told the truth. Look at me!

Don't touch me!

Don't ever touch me again.

I don't like the look on your face. Keep calm.

Now I'll find the chandelier.

I'm going to do something crazy!

I'm going to do something crazy!

Maria! I've found it!

What are you doing? Where are you going?

Maria! Maria!

Don't be satisfied with half measures!

Today you can ask more of your washing machine!

Away with greyness! Bring colour into your life with Vialblu!

Thank you, Vialblu!

This isn't my film, it's all been changed. I want it stopped!

There must be a misunderstanding.

What misunderstanding?

You tell him the real story of "The Icicle Thief."

It's the story of an unrepentant libertine

who asks for an interview with Mephistolfeles.

Actually it is from a play by Laszlo Bus-Fekete...

No, that's "Heaven Can Wait", Lubitsch '43.

No, Antonio Piermattei became paralysed,

his wife a prostitute and his children inmates of an orphanage.

Sure, the film had a tragic ending.

No, my film ended up tragically.

Is the story very different from yours?

Totally! This is a different film! Stop the broadcast!

No, the Ampex comes from Rome.

Then something must be done, there's no time to be lost.

Sandro, shall we all go home?

Clear the floor!

What an impossible job. A shirt ruined every time.

Alt! Stop! Get out, come on!

To the station!

It's no good looking there.

She can't have ended up in the middle of the river.

Look more to the right, here, by the tree.

They say there's a hole there.

No, there must be a hole over by the bush.

Here, closer to the bank.

She must have ended up in the reed, it's logical, well, look.

Now, what really happened?

I've already told you ten times.

Well, I want to hear it for the eleventh.

We arrived at 11:30 yesterday evening.

What for? In such a lonely place at 11:30?

Don Italo, I can't take it anymore!

Tell the truth.

The truth, for the sake of your conscience.

What were you doing at that time in a place like that

with Maria Lo Giudice, married name Piermattei, your wife?

We were looking for a chandelier, I already told you.

Sure, there are lots of chandeliers in places like that.

I love Maria.

Where did you buy the chandelier?

Were there any witnesses? Some woman, maybe?

No, we were alone.

Did you quarrel often?

Never, or at least just like any other family. Don Italo knows.

Occasionally, but nothing serious.

Don't you ever quarrel? Where are they taking me?

I'm innocent! Ask Maria, she knows everything!

I know she isn't dead.

Let go of me!

What do you think, Father? Did you know them well?

I'm innocent!

She was a good girl, a bit ambitious maybe,

she wanted him to make easy money,

the black-market, minor crimes.

Perhaps there was an argument, a moment of anger.

I'm sure that even if he did throw her into the water,

he didn't want to harm her.

Poor girl!

Taxi!

Taxi! There is nobody here?

- Only on Sundays. - What about the other days?

Factory workers don't take taxis to go to work.

- Where do you want to go? - To the glass factory, at 7:30.

- I pass right by it, if you like. - Will it stand the weight?

- Sure. - I'll steer, though.

A woman was killed here last night.

He was a black-marketeer. She didn't want to be a whore.

Who told you this nonsense?

Our landlady has a son in the Carabinieri.

Shut up and pedal!

Stop, stop!

You've been very kind. How much do I owe you?

I'll remember your character for my next film.

- You're not Piermattei. - Of course I'm not.

I'm looking for him. Have you seen him?

Help!

I demand an explanation! You don't know who I am!

- You're a friend of Piermattei's. - So you're a thief!

Antonio is honest.

I've been here 10 years and there was never a theft!

- Piermattei stole a chandelier. - He's a thief!

Where does he live?

If we knew, we'd be there right now!

Ask the priest.

The one who got him the job.

Don Italo! Why didn't I think of that before?

To Don Italo's church.

To Don Italo's church!

Hurry!

They killed a woman here.

I know... Enough of this bullshit already!

Keep pedalling.

Good moming, Don Italo.

Who are you? I've never seen you before.

On the other hand, I know you quite well.

What can I do for you?

I'd like the address of Piermattei

Antonio and Maria, your parishioners, they've 2 children.

You certainly remember them. Where do they live?

Do you know what happened? Nasty story!

No, the story is quite different.

Don't criticize stories until you have seen the end.

I'll give you the address.

Next time I'll take a clear shot

of the name of the street, so as I won't have to ask.

The Piermatteis live, or lived,

in Via Ugo Tommei 4, in Calvairate.

Thank you! What can I do in exchange?

You can wipe over the floor.

Bruno won't be coming today.

I can't blame him after all that has happened.

Since you're taller, you can clean the windows too.

They're so dirty.

Commercials!

Who are you?

I'm a family friend.

I know you as if you were my own kids.

I could move around here blindfolded.

Here's the bathroom, here's the kitchen,

here's the bedroom and here... Where's the bicycle?

- I sold it. - What?

You, with the bicycle wheels, should have made a wheelchair

for your paralyzed father.

My father's quite well.

Pity! He should have been knocked down by a truck

going home from work with the chandelier on the handle bars

and your mother should be whoring to feed the family.

What?

You wouldn't know, you're too young.

You and your brother should have gone to the orphanage.

Don't pull that long face. The orphanage was only in the last scene

almost on the end titles.

Are you still here? You should go back to advertising.

I'm in the cinema and I'm staying.

And you can speak Italian?

Yes, Bruno's my teacher.

We have fun together.

Don't take the initiative, I'm the director!

- Where's your father? - In prison.

How did that happen? Is he all right, anyway?

He's okay. He eats, sleeps and doesn't have to work,

just like when he was at home.

I've got to sort this story out. Now you stay right here.

For the sake of the film, you'll end up in the orphanage!

Now you stay here!

Locatelli Paolo.

Caputo's getting married.

- What did you say his name was? - Locatelli Paolo.

Caputo's getting married.

Piermattei, he was arrested by mistake.

He borrowed a chandelier from the factory where he worked.

He stole it.

No, it was just a kind thought for his wife.

He was going to give it back, an idea for the screen-play.

- Sir? - What?

For Caputo's wedding.

Can't you see I'm working?

Later, later.

He was going to pay for it out of his pay. Antonio is honest.

- Yeah! He drowned his wife. - When?

- Where? - At Imbersago.

Go to the political meeting with two cars.

I had the Piermattei file.

No, I'll deal with that, okay?

If we can find the chandelier,

I'm sure I can pick up the story from the point where it went wrong.

- Find it yourself. - Where shall I look?

How should I know? Must be in somebody's house.

I can't get in, you have search warrants.

I'm supposed to search the whole city?

Have I got to do it on my own?

You've made your report, so that's all right.

- Sir? - Sir?

Caputo.

Here you go.

A 10,000 lire banknote.

It's for Caputo, isn't it?

- That's a month's pay! - Don't talk nonsense!

You give at least 10,000 lire for a wedding gift, don't you?

- Where did you get this? - What do you think?

Let me see. There are many...

It's counterfeit! I've never seen one of these before!

- No! It's genuine! - Take him away!

What do you mean, take him away? Give me back my wallet!

- They're all forged! - You're making a terrible mistake!

I'll see you in prison and you'll be charged. They're all forged!

Don Italo! Don Italo!

Don Italo, I've got to talk to you.

Are you sure? Then we can't waste time, let's hurry!

You can't shut me here!

There's no prison or lawyer in my film!

Who's going to defend me now?

Don't shout, it won't do any good.

- Antonio! - I'm here by mistake too.

- What did they put you in for? - They say I killed my wife.

- Maria isn't dead. - Yes, I know.

But while they keep me here I can't go and find her.

It'll all be cleared up. Do you have faith in the cinema?

Who has the time to go?

You're free.

I was sure the misunderstanding would be cleared up.

No, not you. Piermattei, come on.

Did you find Maria?

No, but Don Italo has had a confession that clears you.

- Antonio... - Don Italo!

So I'm free!

Brigadiere, what about me?

For you, things are going badly: Premeditated murder.

Don Italo has heard Bruno's evidence.

You'll get life.

You're joking! Why should I kill Maria?

She's my favourite character. Besides,

she's got to whore for her children.

It's the strongest scene in the film.

You can send your sister to the orphanage.

- Bruno! - Stop!

- No! Think of the child! - Follow him!

The artichoke-based aperitif

against the stress of modem life.

The artichoke-based aperitif

against the stress of modem life.

What are you doing here?

Get back into the film, you should be in the orphanage!

Enigma Bath Foam.

Don't be satisfied with half measures! Ask more of your washing machine.

Away with greyness!

Bring colour into your life and that of your children.

Vialblu, for a life full of colour!

- What are you doing, Maria? - I'm singing!

You'd better go home, everybody's looking for you.

I'm never going back to that squalid life.

But your family and your story are on the other side!

I want a life full of colour! Bruno!

I feel worse doing these exercises.

I get more agitated.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong.

What's that? Film or commercial?

If it's black and white it's the film. If it's colour, commercial.

Move a bit.

I hope there's a happy ending, I can't stand sad stories.

Antonio, don't despair if the Lord has called Bruno

to his mother's side.

To the good and the pure of heart is the kingdom of Heaven.

May God's will be done!

Believe me, they're better off than we are.

Antonio! Antonio!

I don't need anything, Don Italo.

I won't leave you on your own,

the voice of God doesn't abandon those in despair.

I need to be alone.

Don't do anything silly, only the Lord can give or take life.

I won't kill myself, don't worry.

Antonio, please!

I won't budge from here, I won't leave you alone.

No one came back.

So you killed Maria!

Don Italo, there's a misunderstanding.

Mommy's gone to heaven.

She's gone to heaven with Bruno, but they'll be back.

If they don't come back, we'll join them.

Antonio, I'm leaving.

Do you know where to go?

No, I'll look for a work as a fashion model.

The cinema is hard, you suffer too much.

But it's my life.

- Antonio! - Maria!

- Where have you been? - Shopping.

What a fool I am!

They're kissing each other, so I get all weepy.

They're so nice!

Send the trolleys over here!

Where did you get the money?

There you only have to fill up the trolleys!

Look at all the stuff!

Who's that? She's quite a good actress.

How can you tell? You've been reading all the time.

Put Francesco to bed. He looks like nobody's son.

Shall we go bye-byes too?

- What a lot of stuff you've bought! - I got everything, Antonio!

Look at the abundance I've brought you!

Madam!

They've all left.

Hey, you!

I'm here! I want to get out!

Don't leave me here. I'm locked in here!

Don't go to sleep! Madam!

I want to get out! Don't leave me here!

I want to get out!

Please, Madam, I want to get out!

I mustn't be kept in here, I want to get out!

I want to get out...