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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,690 I told you to keep quiet. 4 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,030 I'm praying. 5 00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:55,860 Not even God will be able to save you if the Italians hear you. 6 00:03:58,780 --> 00:04:02,490 When we get there, pretend you're mute. 7 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:06,250 Like an actress. Play the part of the mute. 8 00:04:45,370 --> 00:04:47,630 "At the barn and by the river, 9 00:04:47,710 --> 00:04:49,210 that buri... 10 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:52,800 that buried me in this mud of the trenches." 11 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,960 "And like lost soldiers, 12 00:04:55,050 --> 00:05:00,680 we live out our incomplete adventures." 13 00:05:01,390 --> 00:05:02,680 You finished? 14 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,060 An applause for our very own Archilochus, 15 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,730 for his poetry, his love for life! Go, go, go! 16 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:12,310 A true comic talent! 17 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,360 But now our Amphitryon has returned! 18 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,700 Ermete Zacconi! 19 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,200 Soldiers! 20 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:26,460 Today won't be yet another day of sadness and war. 21 00:05:26,540 --> 00:05:28,950 Today we will celebrate life! 22 00:05:29,790 --> 00:05:31,000 A woman. 23 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,710 A woman everyone envies us for. 24 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:36,590 Gentlemen, the Eighth Wonder of the New World, 25 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,340 the godmother of The Soldier's Theater, 26 00:05:39,420 --> 00:05:43,180 the Divine Eleonora Duse is here for us! 27 00:05:49,730 --> 00:05:53,320 And who knows, she may just give us a taste of her marvelous talent! 28 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,530 It's an honor to meet you. 29 00:05:57,070 --> 00:05:58,390 No, no, uhm... 30 00:05:59,110 --> 00:06:00,860 I'll speak from here. 31 00:06:07,370 --> 00:06:08,870 My sons... 32 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:13,130 Italy needs you, 33 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,090 so once again it can be free 34 00:06:17,170 --> 00:06:18,510 and strong. 35 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,130 Don't be afraid. 36 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,600 We are not afraid! 37 00:06:28,770 --> 00:06:30,230 You will win, 38 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:35,060 and soon you will be home again. 39 00:06:42,990 --> 00:06:45,620 - It's D'Annunzio! - It's the commander! 40 00:06:45,700 --> 00:06:49,790 Long live D'Annunzio! Long live Italy! Long live Eleonora Duse! 41 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,160 Long live Eleonora Duse! 42 00:06:54,710 --> 00:06:57,000 - Long live the Divine Duse! - Long live D'Annunzio! 43 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,260 Put him on this. 44 00:07:44,340 --> 00:07:45,760 Right here. 45 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:51,140 Let yourself pass out. Don't fight it. Pass out. 46 00:07:53,350 --> 00:07:55,060 Pass out. 47 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:57,650 There it is. 48 00:07:57,730 --> 00:07:59,150 Press here. 49 00:07:59,230 --> 00:08:01,400 - Okay. - And disinfect it. 50 00:08:02,860 --> 00:08:04,990 Then stitch him up. 51 00:08:26,010 --> 00:08:28,510 This tree is beautiful, isn't it? 52 00:08:31,510 --> 00:08:33,600 At times I feel like it's looking at me 53 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,070 and judging me. 54 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,640 Perhaps art can save us. 55 00:08:39,610 --> 00:08:41,820 Or at least comfort us. 56 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:48,530 It would be lovely to see you perform again, Madame Duse. 57 00:08:52,530 --> 00:08:55,830 No, I gave it up almost ten years ago. 58 00:09:00,130 --> 00:09:04,170 I don't even know if I'm still an actress. 59 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:07,430 The air here would be beneficial for your tuberculosis. 60 00:09:07,510 --> 00:09:08,950 Not now, though. 61 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:16,230 Madame! There you are! 62 00:09:16,310 --> 00:09:17,360 Calm down. 63 00:09:17,430 --> 00:09:20,770 You left me alone in the middle of all those soldiers. 64 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,020 May I introduce my assistant. 65 00:09:24,110 --> 00:09:27,490 Désirée von Wertheimstein. 66 00:09:28,570 --> 00:09:29,950 She's Austrian. 67 00:09:30,740 --> 00:09:32,080 Major Nicastrelli. 68 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:37,540 Madame Duse, it's best if you leave. This is no place for you. 69 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:39,750 If you'll excuse me, madame. 70 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,590 You're Giacomino. 71 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:50,800 How handsome you've become! 72 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,520 I didn't think you'd remember me. 73 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,390 How are you? 74 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,230 Still alive. 75 00:09:57,310 --> 00:09:59,230 That was you earlier, 76 00:09:59,310 --> 00:10:03,230 - onstage, reading your work? - Yes. 77 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:04,560 Good. 78 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:06,360 Good, Giacomino. 79 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,400 I... May I? 80 00:10:13,370 --> 00:10:15,240 It's for you. 81 00:10:16,790 --> 00:10:18,170 From the plane? 82 00:10:22,670 --> 00:10:23,830 Gabriele. 83 00:10:24,710 --> 00:10:26,330 He thinks he's God. 84 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:33,720 "No one has ever loved me as Ghisola loved me." 85 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:37,170 You keep this. 86 00:10:37,250 --> 00:10:38,840 Now it's up to all of you, 87 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,140 you young poets. 88 00:10:41,810 --> 00:10:45,060 And you, stop looking so dour. Come. 89 00:10:45,150 --> 00:10:47,730 What am I going to do with you? 90 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,410 NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ROME AND FIUME 91 00:12:32,750 --> 00:12:36,340 Tonight I want to end this year on a high note. 92 00:12:36,430 --> 00:12:41,100 I'll toast your beloved Gabriele's amazing retreat, Eleonora. 93 00:12:42,010 --> 00:12:43,810 Gabriele... 94 00:12:43,890 --> 00:12:47,810 just chose the wrong weapons for his revolution. 95 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:51,860 - Should he have used more cannons? - No. 96 00:12:51,940 --> 00:12:54,650 He should have put his faith in poetry, 97 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:59,030 which is slower but goes farther than any war. 98 00:13:02,910 --> 00:13:04,120 I'll get it. 99 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:13,550 Do you still write, Giacomino? 100 00:13:13,630 --> 00:13:16,300 I try, but the words won't come. 101 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:17,820 Art is like war. 102 00:13:18,970 --> 00:13:20,470 There's blood, 103 00:13:20,890 --> 00:13:22,010 sweat, 104 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:23,220 courage, 105 00:13:23,310 --> 00:13:24,510 mud 106 00:13:25,020 --> 00:13:26,480 and discipline. 107 00:13:33,730 --> 00:13:35,820 Who was it, Désirée? 108 00:13:40,660 --> 00:13:42,530 What's that behind your back? 109 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:46,240 It's nothing, really. 110 00:13:46,330 --> 00:13:48,330 Désirée, give her the letter. 111 00:13:49,790 --> 00:13:51,080 "Nothing, really." 112 00:13:52,210 --> 00:13:56,630 Show me what you're holding. What did they bring us? 113 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,970 I don't understand German. 114 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,680 What does it say? 115 00:14:07,770 --> 00:14:09,270 Translate it. 116 00:14:11,190 --> 00:14:14,110 The Bank of Berlin is bankrupt. 117 00:14:14,190 --> 00:14:15,940 You have nothing left. 118 00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:21,660 I... I don't understand. What happened to my money? 119 00:14:26,540 --> 00:14:27,740 Excuse me. 120 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:30,710 I need... 121 00:14:31,330 --> 00:14:32,540 I need to go... 122 00:14:36,420 --> 00:14:38,590 - Madame Duse... - Oh, God! 123 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,420 Water. Madame! 124 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,560 Eleonora, I can't lose you. 125 00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:59,280 Italian theater can't lose the voice 126 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:03,620 that was the heart and soul of so many memorable verses. 127 00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:06,580 We could have done so many plays together. 128 00:15:06,660 --> 00:15:09,870 Trains, hotels, theaters. 129 00:15:10,580 --> 00:15:12,250 Ovations. 130 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,210 Ovations for you, Eleonora. 131 00:15:15,290 --> 00:15:17,370 And with me by your side. 132 00:15:19,130 --> 00:15:22,960 I know you will be strong before any illness. 133 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:29,310 But you will even be strong before death itself. 134 00:15:29,390 --> 00:15:32,180 Ermete, please... 135 00:15:34,270 --> 00:15:37,270 Let me exorcise this moment, please. 136 00:15:39,610 --> 00:15:40,980 Doctor. 137 00:15:41,860 --> 00:15:44,070 I beg you, perform a miracle. 138 00:15:44,150 --> 00:15:46,990 Miracles don't require doctors. 139 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,340 - Is she still alive? - Yes, Enrichetta, but... 140 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:04,300 she needs to stay calm. 141 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:08,550 - Her fever... - It'd have sufficed to hide this from her. 142 00:16:08,930 --> 00:16:10,060 Don't you think? 143 00:16:10,140 --> 00:16:13,640 Doctor, how is she? 144 00:16:13,730 --> 00:16:15,520 What can I do? 145 00:16:16,730 --> 00:16:17,940 Wait. 146 00:16:18,690 --> 00:16:19,940 That's all. 147 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:23,960 I'll be back soon. 148 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,490 Do me the courtesy of leaving the room. 149 00:16:34,830 --> 00:16:36,540 I'm her daughter. 150 00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:39,290 She needs me more than anything. 151 00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:00,310 Mother... 152 00:17:02,150 --> 00:17:03,690 I'm here. 153 00:17:07,650 --> 00:17:09,780 I'll take care of you. 154 00:19:06,650 --> 00:19:08,230 Come now, Désirée. 155 00:19:09,780 --> 00:19:11,070 Madame! 156 00:19:14,610 --> 00:19:17,200 Darling, come now, calm down. 157 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:18,530 Look. 158 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:21,790 Take this jewelry to the pawn broker. 159 00:19:21,870 --> 00:19:23,250 Wait, wait. 160 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:26,880 I'll keep this one. Go on. 161 00:19:33,010 --> 00:19:35,840 - Come! - Everyone is on their way. 162 00:19:43,730 --> 00:19:47,310 In a moment, I'll embrace you all as well. 163 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,860 But for now let me be with the man who saved my life. 164 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:53,340 Eleonora... 165 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,540 You were right. 166 00:19:58,410 --> 00:19:59,560 About what? 167 00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:02,490 That will is everything. 168 00:20:03,410 --> 00:20:06,830 And if we combine my will and your will, 169 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,480 who can stop us? 170 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:14,340 Do you want to stop us, Giacomino? 171 00:20:15,470 --> 00:20:17,010 - No. - No! 172 00:20:19,220 --> 00:20:21,970 And you, my friend? 173 00:20:24,730 --> 00:20:25,980 Eleonora... 174 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,180 I don't understand. 175 00:20:30,110 --> 00:20:31,480 Ermete and I, 176 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:33,690 we'll work together again. 177 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:37,490 Why are you laughing? 178 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:40,450 Because perhaps 12 years is too long? Maybe... 179 00:20:40,530 --> 00:20:43,370 maybe you think that... that I'm no longer capable? 180 00:20:43,450 --> 00:20:45,790 No! It's not too long. 181 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:48,800 Mr. Zacconi, tell her, it's not too long. 182 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,510 You mean to tell me that, 183 00:20:50,590 --> 00:20:54,840 Eleonora Duse is returning to the stage like a phoenix rising from the ashes? 184 00:20:55,670 --> 00:20:57,390 That's what you said. 185 00:20:57,470 --> 00:21:00,260 A few hours ago, you were more dead than alive. 186 00:21:00,350 --> 00:21:02,560 That was a few hours ago. 187 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,100 That was another time. 188 00:21:05,730 --> 00:21:08,900 I felt Death brush past me. 189 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:13,940 Then I felt... I felt it slowly move away, 190 00:21:14,030 --> 00:21:15,440 thanks to you. 191 00:21:15,530 --> 00:21:16,950 And now I feel... 192 00:21:17,030 --> 00:21:18,860 I feel so... 193 00:21:18,950 --> 00:21:20,410 so free 194 00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:22,370 and so alive! 195 00:21:22,450 --> 00:21:23,740 I feel... 196 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:27,920 I feel alive! Alive! 197 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:33,960 I want to start afresh from where I left off. 198 00:21:39,090 --> 00:21:40,590 Look, Wangel, 199 00:21:41,390 --> 00:21:44,300 the Lady from the Sea has returned. 200 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:46,310 Ibsen. 201 00:21:48,770 --> 00:21:49,890 Mother? 202 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,150 Enrichetta! 203 00:21:52,230 --> 00:21:53,650 Sweetheart. 204 00:21:55,610 --> 00:21:57,490 Let me look at you. 205 00:21:59,450 --> 00:22:04,030 Enrichetta, it's been so long, so many years... 206 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:06,780 My darling, it's been so long... 207 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,280 Let me look at you. 208 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,760 Your health is very fragile, 209 00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:24,390 and all your money is gone. 210 00:22:25,220 --> 00:22:27,520 But that's not a problem. 211 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,690 You don't need to go back to that world of sinners. 212 00:22:31,770 --> 00:22:33,690 They're all hypocrites. 213 00:22:34,770 --> 00:22:37,320 - You think so? - I do. 214 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,240 They want to take advantage of you. 215 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,280 But I'm here. Come and live with us. 216 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:43,920 With the children. 217 00:22:45,620 --> 00:22:47,540 How are the children? 218 00:22:47,620 --> 00:22:49,080 - Fine. - Fine? 219 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,790 - Yes. - And Edward, how is he? 220 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,120 Fine. 221 00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:20,070 "You can, 222 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,530 you want to keep me here, 223 00:23:26,870 --> 00:23:28,370 but... 224 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:30,410 my soul, 225 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:35,290 my thoughts, 226 00:23:37,540 --> 00:23:39,170 my desires, 227 00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:44,050 these you can never bind." 228 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:52,480 "Free, 229 00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:54,270 free, 230 00:23:54,890 --> 00:23:56,310 responsible." 231 00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:02,230 "That changes everything!" 232 00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:24,670 "We spoke about the sea, 233 00:24:26,430 --> 00:24:28,220 about storms and calm, 234 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:32,100 and how long the night was at sea, 235 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:34,810 in absolute darkness and... 236 00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:39,280 and of the glittering colors of the waves and the beautiful days." 237 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:44,360 "But we spoke mostly of the whales and the dolphins and the seals, 238 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,410 who lie on the rocks in the sun." 239 00:24:49,370 --> 00:24:51,370 Last night I wrote a few pages. 240 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:55,120 Just the beginnings of a piece. It's incomplete. 241 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,830 More an idea. 242 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,420 I haven't found the right moment to give it to her. 243 00:25:07,050 --> 00:25:09,050 Could you do that for me? 244 00:25:09,890 --> 00:25:13,890 I think we're almost there, we need to get off. 245 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,430 Do you think she'll get angry if I secretly turn around? 246 00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:52,510 You'd best keep your curiosity at bay if you want to keep your hide. 247 00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:56,640 First day. 248 00:25:59,690 --> 00:26:00,850 Second day. 249 00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:06,320 Is she beautiful? 250 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,360 Beyond beautiful. 251 00:26:10,490 --> 00:26:12,580 You aren't helping matters. 252 00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:16,330 Take a few steps, please, Eleonora. 253 00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:20,870 Move your arms up and down. 254 00:26:22,790 --> 00:26:25,540 - Up and down. - Do you feel free? 255 00:26:26,340 --> 00:26:27,760 I free totally free. 256 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,760 I... I don't know how to thank you for this work of art. 257 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,870 Maybe you need to bring it up a little here. 258 00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:54,870 Because... 259 00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:57,200 theaters are always drafty. 260 00:26:58,490 --> 00:27:00,370 - Giacomino... - Turn around. 261 00:27:00,450 --> 00:27:05,460 Would you like to be the first spectator for my new Ellida? 262 00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:13,880 Our first spectator seems spellbound. 263 00:27:13,970 --> 00:27:16,970 He always has his head in the stars. 264 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:21,760 You can tell me everything you're thinking. 265 00:27:24,150 --> 00:27:25,480 Stunning. 266 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:40,320 Madame Duse? 267 00:27:41,330 --> 00:27:43,670 May I ask you to read something I wrote? 268 00:27:45,170 --> 00:27:46,250 Benassi... 269 00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:48,710 Benassi! 270 00:27:52,970 --> 00:27:56,260 HELL IF I CARE 271 00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:01,680 Stop! 272 00:28:04,390 --> 00:28:05,640 Help! 273 00:28:07,610 --> 00:28:10,300 Madame, no! 274 00:28:10,650 --> 00:28:12,190 Guards! Guards! 275 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:27,710 Maestro. 276 00:28:27,790 --> 00:28:31,720 Forgive me for that squalid scene, but I swear I didn't start it. 277 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,100 Good job. This is no place for faggots! 278 00:28:35,170 --> 00:28:36,930 I believe you. 279 00:28:38,430 --> 00:28:43,600 It's not always right to turn the other cheek. 280 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,190 You did the right thing, Benassi. 281 00:28:48,270 --> 00:28:49,400 Pardon me. 282 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,020 Pardon me. 283 00:28:53,650 --> 00:28:55,110 My poor, dear baroness. 284 00:28:56,780 --> 00:28:59,540 You wanted to help me and they hurt you. 285 00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:02,200 - I'll take care of you now. - No, it's nothing. 286 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:03,950 Oh, come on! 287 00:29:05,450 --> 00:29:07,370 Can you do it yourself? 288 00:29:07,830 --> 00:29:10,080 Come on, you're bleeding! 289 00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:15,050 You are here to act! 290 00:29:15,130 --> 00:29:17,430 To act in a play by Ibsen! 291 00:29:17,510 --> 00:29:20,100 - Is that clear? - If you shout, I can't... 292 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:21,970 I will shout as much as I want! 293 00:29:22,050 --> 00:29:27,050 It took me years to learn to shout without losing my voice! 294 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:28,940 Manrico, show her! 295 00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:30,690 Her mother died mad too! 296 00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:32,770 Great, that was awful! 297 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:37,820 Her mother was mad too. 298 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:41,870 Or just say, "she died mad" however the hell you want. 299 00:29:41,950 --> 00:29:44,830 "I know that," and she points her finger. 300 00:29:44,910 --> 00:29:45,950 Lines. 301 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,910 I know that. 302 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,870 I know that! 303 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,380 I don't even know who I'm talking about! 304 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:55,670 What? You're talking about Ellida, the protagonist. 305 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,090 Ellida? 306 00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,970 You mean that armchair. 307 00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:03,850 That's who Ellida has been for us these past weeks. 308 00:30:03,930 --> 00:30:06,520 Have any of you seen Madame Duse? 309 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,730 Have you ever seen her? 310 00:30:09,810 --> 00:30:12,110 Has she ever been to rehearsals? 311 00:30:12,650 --> 00:30:14,440 I'm your stepmother. 312 00:30:23,070 --> 00:30:24,570 What's your name? 313 00:30:25,030 --> 00:30:26,830 Cecilia Rinaldi. 314 00:30:27,830 --> 00:30:29,370 No. 315 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:30,700 Here. 316 00:30:31,210 --> 00:30:32,530 In this house. 317 00:30:34,210 --> 00:30:37,300 With these people, in this dress. 318 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:42,720 Who are you? 319 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:46,970 Hilde. 320 00:30:49,930 --> 00:30:50,980 Hilde. 321 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,120 Is your mother dead? 322 00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:00,110 Is she? 323 00:31:03,610 --> 00:31:05,160 Is your mother 324 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:07,530 dead? 325 00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:13,460 Answer me. 326 00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:15,710 Yes. 327 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,340 How old were you? 328 00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:21,470 Twelve. 329 00:31:23,010 --> 00:31:24,470 Who told you? 330 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:28,520 - My father. - Where were you? 331 00:31:32,270 --> 00:31:34,180 What did he say to you? 332 00:31:35,730 --> 00:31:37,940 "From now on, 333 00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:41,570 Mother will be gone." 334 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,450 Your mother protected you. 335 00:31:48,910 --> 00:31:50,870 She protected you. 336 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,080 And now, who will protect you? 337 00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:56,670 Who? 338 00:31:58,500 --> 00:31:59,500 Who? 339 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,220 No one. 340 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:06,930 Your father won't protect you. 341 00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:09,470 Because he married me. 342 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,600 I'm a strange woman. 343 00:32:13,770 --> 00:32:15,020 Cold. 344 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,440 Unhappy. 345 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:22,940 And your father loves me more than you. 346 00:32:23,990 --> 00:32:26,660 How does that make you feel inside? 347 00:32:26,740 --> 00:32:29,620 What does that do to you? What do you feel? 348 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,790 What do you feel? Tell me. 349 00:32:31,870 --> 00:32:34,460 - Anger. - Anger. Give that anger a voice. 350 00:32:34,540 --> 00:32:36,670 Let it out. Let it out! 351 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,170 Look at me. 352 00:32:45,340 --> 00:32:46,850 Get out of this theater. 353 00:32:46,930 --> 00:32:48,090 Get out. 354 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:52,220 Give that anger a voice or get out. 355 00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:55,680 Give it a voice or get out. Now. 356 00:33:03,780 --> 00:33:07,400 Her mother was mad too. Or at least she died mad. 357 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,450 No! 358 00:33:08,530 --> 00:33:11,120 - Or at least she died mad. I know that. - No! 359 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,660 - I know that. - No, start over. 360 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,040 I don't know why Father brought her into this house. 361 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,710 One day or another she'll probably go mad. 362 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:24,260 Her mother was mad too. 363 00:33:24,340 --> 00:33:26,290 - Or at least she died mad. - Please! 364 00:33:26,370 --> 00:33:27,370 Be daring! 365 00:33:27,450 --> 00:33:30,810 I don't know why Father brought her into this house. 366 00:33:30,890 --> 00:33:34,600 - One day she'll probably go mad. - Yes! 367 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,310 - Her mother was mad too. - Yes! 368 00:33:36,390 --> 00:33:38,770 - Or at least she died mad! - Yes! 369 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:40,850 - I know that. - You know it! 370 00:33:40,930 --> 00:33:42,730 - I know that. - You know it! 371 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:45,690 I know that! 372 00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,770 - Madame... - Let's sit her down. 373 00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:33,790 Bring me some water. 374 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,370 Take a deep breath through your mouth. 375 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,500 Breathe. 376 00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:43,830 Good, good. 377 00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:49,840 Last one. 378 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,600 - How's mother? - The tubercles have increased. 379 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:57,680 - The disease is running its course. - Strange, because I feel better. 380 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:01,900 I thought I'd take her to The Schatzalp in Davos. 381 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:05,110 What? 382 00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:07,110 The Schatzalp in Davos. 383 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,820 The mountain air is definitely soothing. 384 00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:15,910 They're expecting us in two days. We'll stay as long as we have to. 385 00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:21,750 I have a play that's debuting soon, Enrichetta. 386 00:35:21,830 --> 00:35:24,000 - Isn't your health more important? - Yes. 387 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,920 Later, after the tour's finished, 388 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,680 we'll go to your silly little sanatorium in Davos. 389 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,050 Stop that, Mother! 390 00:35:32,510 --> 00:35:37,010 Madame, it's only reasonable for you to be concerned, 391 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:38,730 but please consider this. 392 00:35:38,810 --> 00:35:41,190 In a sanatorium, without her work, 393 00:35:41,270 --> 00:35:44,480 your mother's condition could suddenly deteriorate. 394 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,280 Listen to the doctor, Enrichetta. 395 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,240 She could receive treatment there. 396 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,570 I told you to listen to the doctor. 397 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,780 - Come on. - I'm at your disposal as always. 398 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:55,660 Thank you, doctor. 399 00:35:55,740 --> 00:35:58,580 - I'll wait for you at the theater. - I'll be there. 400 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:10,500 Don't you ever make decisions for me again. 401 00:36:12,340 --> 00:36:14,170 I learned it from you. 402 00:36:15,930 --> 00:36:19,850 Go, I need to rest. That's enough. 403 00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:44,370 - There, that's better. - Yes. 404 00:36:44,450 --> 00:36:46,170 That's what people are saying. 405 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:49,630 There is such a thing as patient confidentiality, you know. 406 00:36:50,380 --> 00:36:51,760 Right this way. 407 00:36:54,970 --> 00:36:56,800 That's Mussolini! 408 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:57,970 Mussolini! 409 00:36:59,430 --> 00:37:02,220 My compliments, sir. 410 00:37:03,310 --> 00:37:04,810 My savior! 411 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:06,940 Mussolini, how are you? 412 00:37:07,020 --> 00:37:09,150 You saved my life, Doctor Nicastrelli. 413 00:37:09,230 --> 00:37:12,070 It was only an ulcer, that's all. 414 00:37:12,150 --> 00:37:13,740 - You're being modest. - No. 415 00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:16,820 He's an extraordinary physician! 416 00:37:17,650 --> 00:37:20,120 - Mussolini. - It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. 417 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,250 Mussolini, please, let's leave the billy clubs in the coat room. 418 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,300 "Free... 419 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,390 responsible..." 420 00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:51,940 "That changes everything!" 421 00:37:54,820 --> 00:37:59,700 "...like our joy on certain summer days, 422 00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:04,830 when there is just a hint of presentiment of the dark night coming." 423 00:38:04,910 --> 00:38:06,410 It's D'Annunzio. 424 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,290 What do I care about D'Annunzio now? 425 00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:13,920 The foyer is already full. 426 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,630 All your friends are here. The galleries are filling up too. 427 00:38:17,710 --> 00:38:22,710 Enrichetta is here with the children. The whole world is here. 428 00:38:23,890 --> 00:38:25,970 Why did you tell me that? 429 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,350 You shouldn't have told me. 430 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:32,900 I... 431 00:38:35,770 --> 00:38:39,990 I can't be Ellida in front of my daughter. 432 00:38:40,530 --> 00:38:42,150 I don't understand. 433 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:43,900 Send her away. 434 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:47,490 I can't. It's... 435 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:52,380 They're already seating people. People are coming in. 436 00:38:52,460 --> 00:38:55,790 - It's too late. - Oh, it's too late? 437 00:39:00,220 --> 00:39:03,930 It really is too late. You're right. 438 00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:06,930 It's too late. 439 00:39:09,470 --> 00:39:11,440 It's too late. 440 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,570 But actually, it isn't, unfortunately. 441 00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:47,890 Enrichetta, please. 442 00:39:47,970 --> 00:39:50,650 Good evening, Désirée. Will you take us to our seats? 443 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:52,480 You can't come in. 444 00:39:54,140 --> 00:39:55,730 What are you saying? 445 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,780 We have three seats in row D. 446 00:39:57,860 --> 00:40:00,780 Your mother doesn't want you inside. 447 00:40:00,860 --> 00:40:02,150 I'm sorry. 448 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:04,320 Truly. 449 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:08,450 But why? She doesn't want her daughter inside? 450 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,540 Everyone else, yes, but me, no? 451 00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:15,210 - Enrichetta... - She's letting everyone in but me? 452 00:40:15,290 --> 00:40:18,260 - Your mother needs your support. - I do support her. 453 00:40:18,340 --> 00:40:20,170 In a different way. 454 00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:23,130 - The tension is high. She needs to stay... - Shut up. 455 00:40:23,220 --> 00:40:25,010 Shut up! 456 00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:30,180 Look... 457 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,640 Look at what you're willing to do 458 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:36,230 just to take my place in my mother's heart. 459 00:40:36,310 --> 00:40:37,900 Look at yourself! 460 00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:48,660 Show that woman out, the children too. Now. 461 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:54,160 Madam, I need to ask you to follow me. 462 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:40,210 It's Sarah Bernhardt. 463 00:41:40,290 --> 00:41:43,630 - Who? - The great French actress. 464 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:50,090 She has a wooden leg. 465 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,920 Isn't your wife home? 466 00:42:27,010 --> 00:42:28,590 She'll be here soon. 467 00:42:28,670 --> 00:42:30,550 She went to the sea. 468 00:42:30,630 --> 00:42:34,100 She goes often, even in inclement weather. 469 00:42:34,180 --> 00:42:35,520 Perhaps she's ill. 470 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,140 Not ill. 471 00:42:37,220 --> 00:42:38,850 It's her nerves, 472 00:42:38,930 --> 00:42:41,980 but we don't know exactly what ails her. 473 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:44,150 Swimming brings her joy. 474 00:42:44,770 --> 00:42:46,440 No one understands her here. 475 00:42:46,530 --> 00:42:50,440 But they all call her "The Lady from the Sea." 476 00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:08,710 You know, sit here. 477 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,390 Let's play a game together, okay? 478 00:43:11,470 --> 00:43:14,300 It's called: Waiting for Grandma. 479 00:43:39,790 --> 00:43:41,450 Look, Wangel. 480 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:46,000 The Lady from the Sea has returned. 481 00:43:56,140 --> 00:43:57,390 Free... 482 00:43:59,810 --> 00:44:01,930 responsible... 483 00:44:03,890 --> 00:44:06,270 That changes everything! 484 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,710 I no longer fear you, 485 00:44:26,210 --> 00:44:28,460 and I no longer desire you. 486 00:44:33,970 --> 00:44:35,580 Benassi, your line. 487 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,010 So, it's over. 488 00:44:41,310 --> 00:44:43,560 - So, it's over? - Yes. 489 00:44:44,850 --> 00:44:46,100 Forever. 490 00:44:49,980 --> 00:44:51,730 Goodbye, Mrs. Wangel. 491 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,690 You will be nothing but a memory to me. 492 00:45:01,580 --> 00:45:04,040 The memory of a shipwreck. 493 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,460 Wangel! 494 00:45:06,410 --> 00:45:10,040 You want to keep me here, and you can. 495 00:45:10,130 --> 00:45:12,000 But my soul, 496 00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:14,170 my dreams, 497 00:45:15,050 --> 00:45:17,180 my desires, 498 00:45:17,260 --> 00:45:19,350 these you can never bind. 499 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,350 My dear Hilde, 500 00:45:25,930 --> 00:45:30,270 it's difficult to return to the ways of the sea. 501 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:35,530 Yes, but the mermaids who leave the ways of the sea risk death 502 00:45:35,610 --> 00:45:36,820 or insanity. 503 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:40,660 That's true. 504 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:44,830 But they can also 505 00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:46,870 get used to it. 506 00:45:48,710 --> 00:45:51,960 They can acclimatize themselves, 507 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,040 but only 508 00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:58,260 if they realize they are free 509 00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:02,550 and responsible. 510 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:18,860 Bravo! 511 00:46:23,660 --> 00:46:26,790 Long live the Divine Duse! 512 00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:28,370 Bravo! 513 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:22,800 "And what of the talented company that accompanied the Divine Duse?" 514 00:47:24,430 --> 00:47:28,560 "Fifth act, Ellida frees herself from torment, 515 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,230 which for her was The Stranger." 516 00:47:31,810 --> 00:47:32,980 Played by... 517 00:47:33,060 --> 00:47:37,770 Memo Benassi, a memo-rable actor. 518 00:47:40,490 --> 00:47:42,150 Hurrah! 519 00:47:42,780 --> 00:47:43,930 Long live Eleonora! 520 00:47:44,010 --> 00:47:45,660 Hurrah! 521 00:47:46,530 --> 00:47:48,790 Yesterday you made theater history. 522 00:47:48,870 --> 00:47:51,750 The phoenix rises at La Fenice! 523 00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:05,390 Sarah! 524 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,680 It's been so long! 525 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:16,480 I didn't see you after the show last night. 526 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:17,770 You ran off. 527 00:48:17,860 --> 00:48:20,360 I don't like crowds, journalists... 528 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,280 No, sit, sit. 529 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:25,030 - My actors want to congratulate you. - Magnificent. 530 00:48:25,110 --> 00:48:27,570 - Brilliant. - Unrivalled. 531 00:48:27,660 --> 00:48:29,450 - Thank you. - You were superb. 532 00:48:29,530 --> 00:48:30,950 Sit down. 533 00:48:42,340 --> 00:48:44,170 And you? 534 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,760 What did you think of the play? 535 00:48:48,220 --> 00:48:51,890 I agree with the audience. You were divine. 536 00:48:51,970 --> 00:48:54,180 If you liked the play, 537 00:48:54,270 --> 00:48:57,650 it's because all the actors on the stage were alive. 538 00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:03,650 Watching you perform was like 539 00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:07,450 walking into a world of the past, 540 00:49:07,530 --> 00:49:11,830 like walking into a museum where time has stopped. 541 00:49:12,660 --> 00:49:17,380 I don't want to be mean, but you were just standing there, 542 00:49:17,460 --> 00:49:20,080 your hands in your poche 543 00:49:20,170 --> 00:49:21,670 for two hours. 544 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,050 - How do you say "poche"? - Pockets. 545 00:49:25,130 --> 00:49:26,670 Pockets. Her... 546 00:49:27,430 --> 00:49:29,220 I like her. Her. 547 00:49:30,510 --> 00:49:33,840 She can tell us of a world that exists, 548 00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:36,980 but not you. 549 00:49:38,350 --> 00:49:41,270 Our tradition carries on in memory. 550 00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:42,400 Oh. 551 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,940 So not even a world war 552 00:49:45,030 --> 00:49:48,950 managed to change the old, Italian theater? 553 00:49:49,030 --> 00:49:50,240 - No. - No? 554 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:54,620 No, quite the opposite. We returned to the stage 555 00:49:54,700 --> 00:49:57,080 because of the war, after the war, 556 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:58,710 to react to the war, 557 00:49:58,790 --> 00:50:01,670 for the veterans, for the widows, for the orphans, 558 00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:04,800 to give something to them after this war. 559 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:06,710 Is that your approach? 560 00:50:07,470 --> 00:50:10,260 To talk about the same things as before the war? 561 00:50:11,090 --> 00:50:13,760 - Love, desire, - Oh, love! 562 00:50:13,850 --> 00:50:16,220 - dreams. - Oh, desire! 563 00:50:16,310 --> 00:50:19,310 It was a catastrophe, do you realize that? 564 00:50:19,390 --> 00:50:21,230 A global catastrophe! 565 00:50:22,730 --> 00:50:25,940 And are love and dreams the same? 566 00:50:27,610 --> 00:50:28,650 No. 567 00:50:28,740 --> 00:50:30,240 Like in the Middle Ages? 568 00:50:30,740 --> 00:50:32,240 I don't think so. 569 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,870 I think love changed. I think dreams changed. 570 00:50:35,950 --> 00:50:38,200 I think everything changed 571 00:50:38,290 --> 00:50:40,160 after this war. 572 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:43,960 Sarah. 573 00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:47,460 You're right. 574 00:50:47,550 --> 00:50:52,260 Can we give Sarah Bernhardt a glass of champagne, please? 575 00:50:52,340 --> 00:50:54,050 You're right. 576 00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:22,460 Fortuny, 577 00:51:23,370 --> 00:51:24,920 this is my dream. 578 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:31,390 For the orphans of Italy, 579 00:51:31,470 --> 00:51:33,470 for our youth. 580 00:51:34,590 --> 00:51:37,470 Theater is my only way of responding to the war. 581 00:51:39,850 --> 00:51:42,390 A temple for the theater. 582 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:52,230 I'd like us to build it together. 583 00:52:41,580 --> 00:52:44,370 Madame Duse, may I put the flowers on the altar? 584 00:52:47,670 --> 00:52:49,130 Over there too. 585 00:54:02,490 --> 00:54:04,490 "My son, 586 00:54:04,580 --> 00:54:06,290 healthy and strong, 587 00:54:07,330 --> 00:54:10,580 left for a war he had not chosen, 588 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:14,920 and learned a word 589 00:54:16,260 --> 00:54:17,930 he never understood, 590 00:54:19,010 --> 00:54:21,090 that word is 'enemy.'" 591 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,260 You read them. 592 00:54:27,060 --> 00:54:28,480 I was right. 593 00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:33,940 You have everything it takes to become an author. 594 00:54:35,020 --> 00:54:37,240 Actually, I had none of what it takes 595 00:54:40,610 --> 00:54:41,950 before I met you. 596 00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:44,580 I look at you 597 00:54:46,290 --> 00:54:49,370 and I see all the women in the world. 598 00:54:49,660 --> 00:54:54,660 You're like a riddle that torments me, one I can't resolve. 599 00:54:56,340 --> 00:54:58,020 The pages I wrote... 600 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:03,800 they were the only way to fool myself into believing I was close to you. 601 00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:12,440 If I find a single scratch, 602 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:15,110 it's coming out of your pay! 603 00:55:15,190 --> 00:55:16,740 Dear Eleanor, how are you? 604 00:55:16,820 --> 00:55:19,160 Fortuny's set is beautiful, isn't it? 605 00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:22,070 I think it's exactly what we wanted, 606 00:55:22,150 --> 00:55:24,830 to immerse the audience in Ibsen's drama. 607 00:55:24,910 --> 00:55:26,000 It's a fjord. 608 00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:29,950 Well, you know how I love Ibsen, but I... 609 00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:31,790 It's gotten old for me by now. 610 00:55:31,870 --> 00:55:35,630 It doesn't move me anymore. 611 00:55:35,710 --> 00:55:37,840 Eleanora, I'm tired too. 612 00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:40,220 Tired of the theater and its denizens, 613 00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:43,550 who, after a success such as ours, come and tell us we're dogs. 614 00:55:43,630 --> 00:55:45,470 Reciting our lines, hands in pockets. 615 00:55:45,550 --> 00:55:47,430 This is a success because of you. 616 00:55:48,310 --> 00:55:51,930 No, I just want to change plays, I want... 617 00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:54,570 What play? 618 00:55:54,650 --> 00:55:57,060 An Italian play. 619 00:55:57,150 --> 00:56:00,610 Why are we constantly searching, searching... 620 00:56:00,690 --> 00:56:03,330 An unpublished, living author... 621 00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,070 There's one right in front of you, come on. 622 00:56:07,620 --> 00:56:10,830 Giacomo Rossetti-Dubois. 623 00:56:10,910 --> 00:56:12,330 Me? 624 00:56:12,410 --> 00:56:13,660 No, me. 625 00:56:13,750 --> 00:56:17,170 May I know exactly what we're talking about? 626 00:56:17,250 --> 00:56:18,400 About this. 627 00:56:21,130 --> 00:56:24,050 Author, step forward. I said step forward! 628 00:56:24,130 --> 00:56:26,060 He's right, step forward, Giacomino. 629 00:56:26,140 --> 00:56:28,270 How many times has your work been staged? 630 00:56:28,350 --> 00:56:32,020 Not counting that castrated testicle I saw at The Soldier's Theater. 631 00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:33,190 Never, so far. 632 00:56:33,270 --> 00:56:35,810 - Never! - Theater... 633 00:56:36,270 --> 00:56:38,150 it has to speak to today. 634 00:56:38,230 --> 00:56:40,820 People need to see themselves in it. 635 00:56:40,900 --> 00:56:43,610 The theater isn't a museum. 636 00:56:43,690 --> 00:56:45,570 I need fire! 637 00:56:45,650 --> 00:56:48,080 Words spoken by that crippled Frenchwoman. 638 00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:51,000 Perhaps the crippled Frenchwoman was right. 639 00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:53,080 Eleonora, I would've agreed with you 640 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:57,550 if you had asked me to put on a play by Pirandello, even D'Annunzio. 641 00:56:57,630 --> 00:56:59,510 Don't you dare say "D'Annunzio!" 642 00:56:59,590 --> 00:57:01,710 I'll never perform D'Annunzio again! 643 00:57:02,130 --> 00:57:04,300 - Never again! - My dear... 644 00:57:04,380 --> 00:57:06,220 Calm down. 645 00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:07,760 Forgive me, 646 00:57:08,510 --> 00:57:10,470 but this is rubbish, and you know it. 647 00:57:10,550 --> 00:57:12,770 I believe in his talent. 648 00:57:12,850 --> 00:57:14,430 I don't. 649 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,770 You have to understand me. 650 00:57:17,850 --> 00:57:20,520 Otherwise, I have to go my own way. 651 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,200 You know what I say? 652 00:57:23,900 --> 00:57:28,910 "It is excellent to have a giant's strength, 653 00:57:28,990 --> 00:57:33,080 but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant!" 654 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:36,580 Sir! William! Shakespeare! 655 00:57:36,660 --> 00:57:38,710 Get out of my way, you! 656 00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:39,060 How's it coming along? 657 00:58:39,140 --> 00:58:42,270 At least tell me something about my character. 658 00:58:42,730 --> 00:58:45,740 - Can we discuss it once it's finished? - At least the plot. 659 00:58:45,820 --> 00:58:48,490 Rehearsals start soon, and we're totally in the dark. 660 00:58:48,570 --> 00:58:51,160 Good heavens, leave him in peace! 661 00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:54,400 Stop harassing our playwright. 662 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,520 This is how we are. We're curious. 663 00:59:07,050 --> 00:59:08,290 You were snoring. 664 00:59:08,370 --> 00:59:10,900 - It's unattractive. - Like you're attractive. 665 00:59:18,770 --> 00:59:24,770 Travel, wigs, costumes for The Lady from the Sea 666 00:59:25,610 --> 00:59:30,570 and with the theater rental, we're at 100,000 lire. 667 00:59:32,570 --> 00:59:34,950 100,000 lire of what? 668 00:59:37,410 --> 00:59:38,700 Of debts. 669 00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:55,590 There's something I still don't understand. 670 00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:56,970 Excuse me. 671 00:59:58,010 --> 01:00:01,100 You can't smoke in front of the lady. 672 01:00:01,770 --> 01:00:05,850 Let him smoke. Actually, I... I'll have one too. 673 01:00:05,940 --> 01:00:07,900 Madame, no! 674 01:00:08,770 --> 01:00:10,530 So, we were saying... 675 01:00:12,570 --> 01:00:13,570 I... 676 01:00:13,990 --> 01:00:17,790 I have all these people around me giving me orders. 677 01:00:17,870 --> 01:00:19,580 Anyway, as we were saying... 678 01:00:19,660 --> 01:00:22,130 There's one thing I don't understand. 679 01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:26,550 Why come to me to produce something for the theater? 680 01:00:26,630 --> 01:00:31,760 You're the only one with the courage to take a risk, Mr. Ciarcelluti. 681 01:00:32,550 --> 01:00:35,880 Your films are proof. Ashes is proof. 682 01:00:35,970 --> 01:00:37,310 The cinema, of course. 683 01:00:37,390 --> 01:00:40,600 Speaking of, for a while I've had a script that's... 684 01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:42,380 - No. - It'd be perfect for you. 685 01:00:42,460 --> 01:00:45,190 Stop, you know how much I love the cinema, 686 01:00:45,270 --> 01:00:49,070 but I've realized the cinema isn't the place for me. 687 01:00:49,730 --> 01:00:53,900 The only sea I wish to swim in is the theater. 688 01:00:56,240 --> 01:00:58,320 But the future is cinema. 689 01:00:58,410 --> 01:01:00,290 The theater is dead. 690 01:01:00,370 --> 01:01:01,740 But I'm alive! 691 01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:06,460 Let's talk man to man. 692 01:01:08,290 --> 01:01:11,590 Saturnino, I've been a leading actor all my life, 693 01:01:11,670 --> 01:01:15,550 and I promise you that for every 110 lire you invest, 694 01:01:15,630 --> 01:01:17,470 you'll get back 120 at least. 695 01:01:17,550 --> 01:01:21,140 Maybe, but a company with 12 actors 696 01:01:21,220 --> 01:01:24,060 is really too much for me economically. 697 01:01:24,140 --> 01:01:26,230 There can be 11. 698 01:01:26,310 --> 01:01:28,110 There are still too many. 699 01:01:28,190 --> 01:01:32,440 - Anyway, what is this... this... - ...this theater piece. 700 01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:34,280 - Right. What's it about? - Go on. 701 01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:37,240 So, the title is Hecuba of the Trenches. 702 01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:38,790 It's just a working title. 703 01:01:38,860 --> 01:01:40,160 Who the heck is Hecuba? 704 01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:42,960 - She's Hector's mother. Priam's wife. - Exactly. 705 01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:45,870 Hector? Another actor? 706 01:01:45,950 --> 01:01:50,340 No, it's Greek mythology, Saturnino. 707 01:01:51,170 --> 01:01:52,710 Well, what's it about? 708 01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:55,220 I used Greek mythology as inspiration 709 01:01:55,300 --> 01:01:58,050 to talk about atonement, collective mourning. 710 01:01:58,130 --> 01:01:59,800 - By going... - That's not all. 711 01:01:59,880 --> 01:02:03,180 - Right, it's not just about that. - "Collective mourning"? 712 01:02:04,430 --> 01:02:07,650 - Let's speak informally. - "Informally"? 713 01:02:07,730 --> 01:02:09,060 It lifts the spirit. 714 01:02:09,140 --> 01:02:11,980 - But Madame Duse... - Eleonora. 715 01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:16,990 Well, I couldn't invest more than... 716 01:02:17,570 --> 01:02:18,780 50,000 lire. 717 01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:21,530 Désirée. 718 01:02:27,450 --> 01:02:29,370 I can put up this. 719 01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:53,150 Cassandra, prophetess and Hector's sister. 720 01:02:53,980 --> 01:02:55,490 My little sister... 721 01:02:55,570 --> 01:02:59,980 - Benassi, Achilles. - Achilles, who else could it be? 722 01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:02,830 This is for the Maestro. Is she here? 723 01:03:02,910 --> 01:03:05,990 Here she comes, my doe-eyed baroness. 724 01:03:07,580 --> 01:03:08,620 Maestro! 725 01:03:08,700 --> 01:03:10,870 Come and see! 726 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:18,760 Gimme a hand with these props. Let's go! 727 01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:20,180 Maestro, for you. 728 01:03:20,260 --> 01:03:22,640 - This one? - That's it, the first one. 729 01:03:23,220 --> 01:03:24,680 Pull it down. 730 01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:26,600 - Who plays Achilles? - Me! 731 01:03:26,680 --> 01:03:27,890 Here you go! 732 01:03:28,550 --> 01:03:30,160 Are these the costumes? 733 01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,510 - Of course they are. - They're hideous. 734 01:03:32,590 --> 01:03:35,170 What are you talking about? They're beautiful. 735 01:03:35,250 --> 01:03:37,570 They're ridiculous. 736 01:03:37,650 --> 01:03:41,740 - This play is rigorous, traditional. - What do you know? 737 01:03:41,820 --> 01:03:43,160 Have you read the play? 738 01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:47,120 - This is an experimental play. - Experimental. 739 01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:49,200 That's the right word. 740 01:03:49,290 --> 01:03:52,580 To which I would add "necessity," Giacomino, 741 01:03:52,660 --> 01:03:54,210 and "invention" 742 01:03:54,290 --> 01:03:55,960 and also "urgency." 743 01:03:58,460 --> 01:04:02,220 Have pity on the other dead too, Achilles. 744 01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:04,100 Give them back. 745 01:04:04,180 --> 01:04:07,720 The gods gave me talons 746 01:04:07,810 --> 01:04:10,680 and artillery to decimate them. 747 01:04:11,810 --> 01:04:14,690 But they didn't give me a vulture's beak... 748 01:04:16,310 --> 01:04:17,820 - Sorry... - What's so funny? 749 01:04:17,900 --> 01:04:21,410 - Why are you laughing? - Sorry, but I'm at a total loss. 750 01:04:21,490 --> 01:04:25,910 "Talons," "artillery," over and over, "a vulture's beak." 751 01:04:25,990 --> 01:04:27,910 Read it again and recite it verbatim. 752 01:04:27,990 --> 01:04:32,330 My dear baroness, don't fool yourself. It's not me who can't recite my lines. 753 01:04:32,410 --> 01:04:34,580 The play is completely unperformable. 754 01:04:34,670 --> 01:04:38,590 We all knew you were stupid, but I didn't expect you to be a bad actor. 755 01:04:38,670 --> 01:04:41,380 - I'll take him down! - Enough! 756 01:04:41,460 --> 01:04:44,930 I can't see a thing! And what's up with this helmet, this costume? 757 01:04:45,010 --> 01:04:48,600 - Calm down! - You don't need to see! 758 01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:50,640 I apologize. 759 01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:52,770 - Let's start over. - Can we continue? 760 01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:58,100 February 17th, 1673. 761 01:05:00,190 --> 01:05:02,030 The last act 762 01:05:02,110 --> 01:05:04,030 of The Imaginary Invalid. 763 01:05:04,110 --> 01:05:05,780 The scene of the ball. 764 01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:06,910 Molière 765 01:05:07,610 --> 01:05:08,950 coughs... 766 01:05:12,410 --> 01:05:14,990 and a vein bursts in his brain. 767 01:05:17,420 --> 01:05:18,920 But the actors... 768 01:05:21,420 --> 01:05:23,260 they keep dancing. 769 01:05:25,510 --> 01:05:27,760 They take him off the stage 770 01:05:29,050 --> 01:05:31,050 and the actors continue, 771 01:05:31,430 --> 01:05:33,180 they continue dancing 772 01:05:33,720 --> 01:05:35,810 and they finish the play. 773 01:05:37,310 --> 01:05:39,060 A few hours later, 774 01:05:40,940 --> 01:05:42,770 Molière dies. 775 01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:47,360 This is theater, Benassi. 776 01:05:47,570 --> 01:05:49,530 You don't interrupt the play, 777 01:05:49,620 --> 01:05:51,500 and you don't interrupt the scene. 778 01:05:51,580 --> 01:05:53,620 No matter what. 779 01:05:55,620 --> 01:05:56,870 And you, 780 01:05:57,410 --> 01:05:58,960 Giacomino, 781 01:06:01,420 --> 01:06:03,590 you should know that often 782 01:06:04,300 --> 01:06:05,670 the problem 783 01:06:07,420 --> 01:06:10,140 is the line, not the actor. 784 01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:12,930 Benassi, 785 01:06:13,010 --> 01:06:14,890 come up with another line 786 01:06:14,970 --> 01:06:16,890 and we'll start over. 787 01:06:19,190 --> 01:06:20,690 We'll start over. 788 01:06:24,650 --> 01:06:27,650 ELEONORA DUSE AND COMPANY PRESENT HECUBA OF THE TRENCHES 789 01:06:45,210 --> 01:06:46,420 Break a leg. 790 01:06:47,630 --> 01:06:49,960 - Break a leg. - Same to you. 791 01:06:51,590 --> 01:06:52,640 Benassi. 792 01:06:54,050 --> 01:06:57,470 At least try not to be a faggot onstage. 793 01:07:03,440 --> 01:07:05,020 My dear baroness. 794 01:07:05,110 --> 01:07:07,860 Faggotry is necessary. 795 01:07:07,940 --> 01:07:10,150 Progress implies it. 796 01:07:24,580 --> 01:07:27,090 Look, son, 797 01:07:28,710 --> 01:07:30,720 at the Trojan mothers 798 01:07:32,050 --> 01:07:34,010 laughing 799 01:07:34,090 --> 01:07:36,180 as they cry, 800 01:07:36,260 --> 01:07:38,810 bringing home 801 01:07:38,890 --> 01:07:42,190 the corpses of their sons. 802 01:07:42,270 --> 01:07:44,650 - Let us go home too! - We want the classics! 803 01:07:44,730 --> 01:07:46,150 We want our money back! 804 01:07:46,230 --> 01:07:48,900 - Shh! Silence! - Shame on you! 805 01:07:49,690 --> 01:07:51,440 My son, 806 01:07:51,530 --> 01:07:53,320 rest in my arms. 807 01:07:53,410 --> 01:07:54,830 - That's enough! - Go home! 808 01:07:54,910 --> 01:07:56,660 My womb 809 01:07:57,410 --> 01:07:59,330 was your cradle, 810 01:07:59,410 --> 01:08:01,160 my arms 811 01:08:01,370 --> 01:08:03,170 shall be your tomb. 812 01:08:04,210 --> 01:08:05,540 Let us rest. 813 01:08:05,630 --> 01:08:07,050 You're putting us to sleep! 814 01:08:07,130 --> 01:08:10,670 Rossetti-Dubois, go to hell! 815 01:08:12,720 --> 01:08:14,380 But I know 816 01:08:16,220 --> 01:08:20,310 that they will recount our suffering 817 01:08:21,890 --> 01:08:26,770 and that future generations will remember us. 818 01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:18,870 Hurray for the Divine Duse! 819 01:09:18,950 --> 01:09:20,790 Hurray for Duse! 820 01:09:20,870 --> 01:09:23,040 Hurray for Duse! 821 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,050 Poet, are you leaving already? 822 01:09:30,130 --> 01:09:32,630 - Commitments, commitments... - Of course. 823 01:09:32,710 --> 01:09:35,430 You'd be better off going back to cinema. 824 01:09:35,510 --> 01:09:37,510 Theater isn't for you. 825 01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:40,600 Stop being an archeologist. 826 01:09:40,680 --> 01:09:42,060 You're a pioneer. 827 01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:53,110 I'M IN MILAN 828 01:09:53,190 --> 01:09:55,160 YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME 829 01:09:55,240 --> 01:09:56,950 GABRIELE 830 01:10:00,910 --> 01:10:02,950 Gabriele... 831 01:10:03,030 --> 01:10:05,730 Gabriele... 832 01:10:07,250 --> 01:10:08,620 Gabriele... 833 01:10:09,420 --> 01:10:11,040 Gabriele... 834 01:10:51,290 --> 01:10:52,670 Gabriele... 835 01:11:17,860 --> 01:11:21,450 - The Divine Madame Duse. - Giordano. 836 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:25,370 It's been ages. 837 01:11:28,870 --> 01:11:31,080 The Commander is busy. 838 01:11:31,160 --> 01:11:33,340 I'll tell him you're here right away. 839 01:11:33,420 --> 01:11:36,010 Please, you can sit and wait over there. 840 01:11:36,090 --> 01:11:39,090 - Can I get you anything? - No, thank you. 841 01:11:39,170 --> 01:11:40,560 You're welcome. 842 01:11:53,440 --> 01:11:55,350 We're ready, Commander. 843 01:11:55,650 --> 01:11:57,990 It's time for the revolution. 844 01:11:58,070 --> 01:12:01,070 The government and the Socialists are about to surrender. 845 01:12:01,150 --> 01:12:05,660 Just one word and all the squads in Italy will follow the Poet. 846 01:12:05,740 --> 01:12:08,570 The ultimatum expires at midnight. 847 01:12:10,120 --> 01:12:13,670 I could address them from here after I meet with my publisher. 848 01:12:13,750 --> 01:12:15,920 No. From Palazzo Marino. 849 01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:20,830 There's already one of our tricolor flags on the balcony. 850 01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:32,430 Eleonora... 851 01:12:41,610 --> 01:12:46,070 Gentlemen, Eleonora Duse, the best of omens. 852 01:12:46,160 --> 01:12:49,780 The divine creature that fate has chosen 853 01:12:49,870 --> 01:12:52,370 for Italy's redemption. 854 01:12:54,210 --> 01:12:57,840 The only thing I'm certain of is this woman. 855 01:12:57,920 --> 01:12:59,050 Would you excuse me? 856 01:12:59,130 --> 01:13:02,340 Fascism can recognize those with the gift of command. 857 01:13:02,420 --> 01:13:06,390 Uhm... I won't reveal these confidences of yours to Mussolini. 858 01:13:06,470 --> 01:13:08,100 I never mentioned him. 859 01:13:08,180 --> 01:13:09,470 See yourselves out. 860 01:13:22,690 --> 01:13:24,450 What did these men want from you? 861 01:13:24,530 --> 01:13:27,200 My soul in exchange for power. 862 01:13:28,030 --> 01:13:31,200 One impassioned word from me. 863 01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:32,840 Did you hear them? 864 01:13:33,910 --> 01:13:37,120 No one can stop the Black Tide 865 01:13:37,210 --> 01:13:38,650 led by The Poet! 866 01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:48,340 The idea of a civil war ought to frighten you. 867 01:13:48,510 --> 01:13:53,510 You could have said, "No, I won't speak to your black dogs." 868 01:13:54,520 --> 01:13:56,400 I'll step out on that balcony, 869 01:13:56,480 --> 01:13:58,900 but I'll say the opposite of what they want. 870 01:13:58,980 --> 01:14:01,940 I'll speak of life, not death. 871 01:14:02,020 --> 01:14:08,030 Their ridiculous revolt will become a true revolution of poetry, of beauty! 872 01:14:12,450 --> 01:14:14,910 Not even Gabriele D'Annunzio 873 01:14:15,540 --> 01:14:18,290 can change the course of destiny, 874 01:14:18,370 --> 01:14:20,790 whatever it may be. 875 01:14:21,790 --> 01:14:23,750 When I have won, 876 01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:26,750 you will tell me just the opposite. 877 01:14:29,090 --> 01:14:30,240 Gabriele... 878 01:14:31,550 --> 01:14:33,140 stay alive, 879 01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:35,470 at least you. 880 01:14:37,890 --> 01:14:39,770 I would believe you... 881 01:14:41,350 --> 01:14:43,440 I'd believe you if... 882 01:14:44,070 --> 01:14:47,030 if you'd answered with just a bit of joy, a tear or two 883 01:14:47,110 --> 01:14:50,870 when I made gifts rain down from the heavens just for you. 884 01:14:50,950 --> 01:14:52,200 Stop it! 885 01:14:52,700 --> 01:14:53,960 Today, you... 886 01:14:54,780 --> 01:14:59,830 you mustn't act the part of the woman who still loves the poet. 887 01:15:02,750 --> 01:15:08,010 I counted the years you refused to see me one by one! 888 01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:17,760 Can you see how I've aged? 889 01:15:19,430 --> 01:15:20,980 I dreamed of you. 890 01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:24,650 That's why I decided to see you. 891 01:15:24,730 --> 01:15:26,520 Only failure 892 01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:30,320 could force you to come back to me. 893 01:15:32,490 --> 01:15:35,240 Your only mistake 894 01:15:35,330 --> 01:15:40,410 was to put your faith in a philanderer with two last names and no talent. 895 01:15:41,580 --> 01:15:44,170 - The boos weren't for you. - Were you there? 896 01:15:44,880 --> 01:15:46,710 I was hovering around. 897 01:16:14,820 --> 01:16:16,660 Give me The Dead City. 898 01:16:19,490 --> 01:16:21,580 No strings attached. 899 01:16:29,420 --> 01:16:35,680 History has decided to reserve a place for us on Mount Olympus. 900 01:16:43,600 --> 01:16:48,600 Because not even in one hundred years will your name be free from mine. 901 01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:32,150 Madame Duse... 902 01:17:33,530 --> 01:17:36,620 So, I... I wandered around, thinking all night 903 01:17:36,700 --> 01:17:38,530 and we only have two options. 904 01:17:38,620 --> 01:17:43,610 - I don't know what you're talking about. - Well, th... this is the first option. 905 01:17:44,790 --> 01:17:46,790 To totally rewrite the play. 906 01:17:46,870 --> 01:17:51,130 - Then rehearsals. Just give me ten days. - Stop. 907 01:17:51,210 --> 01:17:53,550 The show's been put on hold. 908 01:17:53,630 --> 01:17:55,130 What? "On hold"? 909 01:17:55,210 --> 01:17:56,920 For how long? 910 01:17:57,010 --> 01:18:00,520 There won't be anymore performances of Hecuba. 911 01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:04,010 Not in Milan, not in Rome, not anywhere. 912 01:18:05,060 --> 01:18:07,020 It's over. 913 01:18:08,850 --> 01:18:11,280 - You can't do this to me, you know? - I can't? 914 01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:13,740 No. This is who Eleonora Duse is? 915 01:18:13,820 --> 01:18:16,410 She swaps Ibsen for a young author just starting, 916 01:18:16,490 --> 01:18:20,540 then throws him to the audience with no chance to... to write 917 01:18:20,620 --> 01:18:22,370 - or the time to... to rewrite! - No. 918 01:18:22,450 --> 01:18:24,830 You had the time, Giacomino! 919 01:18:24,910 --> 01:18:25,960 Look at me! 920 01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:28,620 But you didn't have the talent! 921 01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:31,920 And there's no Duse who can give it to you! 922 01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:34,760 Not even if she waited ten years for you! 923 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:37,220 Look me in the eyes! 924 01:19:08,710 --> 01:19:14,840 On your thousands and thousands of faces, 925 01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:18,300 I see that you are radiating 926 01:19:18,380 --> 01:19:21,480 a virile joy, 927 01:19:23,430 --> 01:19:26,100 a masculine joy. 928 01:19:27,970 --> 01:19:29,590 He's a great actor. 929 01:19:31,770 --> 01:19:33,600 Yes, he loves drama. 930 01:19:34,810 --> 01:19:38,200 Tomorrow we begin rehearsals for The Dead City. 931 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:39,530 Good. 932 01:19:44,570 --> 01:19:47,950 I played Anna in my youth. 933 01:19:48,040 --> 01:19:49,210 Anna is magnificent. 934 01:19:49,290 --> 01:19:51,500 Now I'll play another Anna. 935 01:19:53,790 --> 01:19:55,080 An old Anna. 936 01:19:56,750 --> 01:20:00,260 She's a wonderful character because she's blind. 937 01:20:00,340 --> 01:20:02,170 - Blind? - She's blind. 938 01:20:05,220 --> 01:20:06,550 I feel blind. 939 01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:08,390 Never before 940 01:20:08,470 --> 01:20:14,190 has a good word had such power. 941 01:20:15,100 --> 01:20:19,230 All workers must understand. 942 01:20:19,320 --> 01:20:24,950 All of them, regardless of their class or type. 943 01:20:25,030 --> 01:20:26,410 All of them. 944 01:20:26,490 --> 01:20:31,040 Nothing, nothing can survive 945 01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:33,160 without the Nation, 946 01:20:33,250 --> 01:20:35,420 against the Nation! 947 01:20:59,650 --> 01:21:02,070 - Ghisola... - Gabriele. 948 01:21:02,740 --> 01:21:04,200 I came. 949 01:21:06,570 --> 01:21:10,330 They cheer you, but they don't listen to you, you know? 950 01:21:10,410 --> 01:21:13,120 It's not over. I... 951 01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:17,000 I'll speak with Nitti and Mussolini 952 01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:19,590 - and I'll stop this violence. - You, you, you... 953 01:21:19,670 --> 01:21:22,170 I, I, I... 954 01:21:23,340 --> 01:21:26,970 And we'll make Italy the... 955 01:21:27,050 --> 01:21:32,640 the new Athens. I can see it. I can see it! 956 01:21:33,470 --> 01:21:35,270 - The Dead City. - Yes. 957 01:21:35,350 --> 01:21:36,890 - Yeah? - In fact. 958 01:21:36,980 --> 01:21:38,350 - Go to Rome. - I will. 959 01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:42,320 Make it a success. I mean it, make it a success. 960 01:21:42,400 --> 01:21:46,370 It will be the rock on which we build our new country, I promise. 961 01:21:46,450 --> 01:21:48,910 Actually, I wanted to ask you something about... 962 01:21:48,990 --> 01:21:51,620 Pardon me, this is totally unrelated. 963 01:21:51,700 --> 01:21:55,410 In the fifth act of The Dead City, 964 01:21:55,500 --> 01:21:56,790 I wanted to ask you, 965 01:21:56,870 --> 01:22:01,880 when Leonardo talks about how he killed his sister, 966 01:22:02,750 --> 01:22:03,750 I... 967 01:22:04,340 --> 01:22:07,090 I would like to see him kill her. 968 01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:11,430 Like Othello and Desdemona. 969 01:22:11,510 --> 01:22:15,190 Right, like Othello and Desdemona, because... 970 01:22:15,270 --> 01:22:17,810 Because it's obscene. 971 01:22:17,890 --> 01:22:20,610 Because it's obscene, Ghisola. 972 01:22:20,690 --> 01:22:22,320 - No. - It is. 973 01:22:23,070 --> 01:22:24,650 In this tragedy, 974 01:22:25,190 --> 01:22:29,990 everything is visible because everything is invisible. 975 01:22:33,910 --> 01:22:35,490 I have to leave. 976 01:22:38,710 --> 01:22:40,120 Go to Rome. 977 01:22:40,790 --> 01:22:42,540 Before it's too late. 978 01:22:46,460 --> 01:22:47,800 Ghisola. 979 01:23:01,650 --> 01:23:03,190 General strike 980 01:23:03,270 --> 01:23:07,820 to defend political and union freedoms. 981 01:23:09,070 --> 01:23:11,820 All trains will be suspended 982 01:23:11,910 --> 01:23:15,370 until order is restored. 983 01:23:28,130 --> 01:23:30,090 The strike is over! 984 01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:33,890 Take this train to Rome now. 985 01:23:34,850 --> 01:23:36,600 Italy needs to run. 986 01:23:37,560 --> 01:23:40,770 Everyone to platform seven! Fast! 987 01:23:56,370 --> 01:23:57,910 Are these seats free? 988 01:23:57,990 --> 01:23:59,250 Hold on. 989 01:24:12,590 --> 01:24:13,930 Maestro? 990 01:24:14,010 --> 01:24:15,450 Everything okay? 991 01:24:20,730 --> 01:24:22,980 We're not going to make it. 992 01:24:27,940 --> 01:24:29,480 No, Maestro. 993 01:24:31,530 --> 01:24:33,200 We will. 994 01:24:33,280 --> 01:24:35,160 We made a mistake! 995 01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:41,000 Everything's going to be all right, like always. 996 01:24:55,260 --> 01:25:00,010 Combatants of the land, sea and air! 997 01:25:02,180 --> 01:25:06,350 Blackshirts of the revolution and of the legions! 998 01:25:09,610 --> 01:25:12,110 There's only one word 999 01:25:15,740 --> 01:25:18,320 you need to remember: 1000 01:25:23,370 --> 01:25:24,370 win! 1001 01:25:29,290 --> 01:25:32,880 And we will win! 1002 01:26:04,790 --> 01:26:05,830 Done. 1003 01:26:09,330 --> 01:26:11,010 You can get dressed. 1004 01:26:23,060 --> 01:26:27,180 I thought we'd get the results right away. 1005 01:26:28,020 --> 01:26:30,100 No, it takes a few days. 1006 01:26:30,190 --> 01:26:34,400 But not as long as you took to come in for a check-up. 1007 01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:36,360 The doctor is scolding me. 1008 01:26:36,440 --> 01:26:37,830 I'm not scolding you, 1009 01:26:37,910 --> 01:26:40,650 but I'm telling you, you must take time off to rest. 1010 01:26:40,730 --> 01:26:41,950 - No. - No? 1011 01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:45,080 If I must die, I'll die, 1012 01:26:45,160 --> 01:26:47,410 but not strangled by debts. 1013 01:26:49,790 --> 01:26:52,500 - I need to work. - Are you touring now? 1014 01:26:52,590 --> 01:26:55,130 No, I'm in rehearsals. 1015 01:26:56,010 --> 01:26:57,450 Same difference. 1016 01:27:02,430 --> 01:27:03,550 You see... 1017 01:27:06,060 --> 01:27:08,100 work is all I have left. 1018 01:27:10,190 --> 01:27:11,350 It's... 1019 01:27:12,520 --> 01:27:14,400 It's my poison, 1020 01:27:15,110 --> 01:27:17,110 but it's also my oxygen. 1021 01:27:18,900 --> 01:27:21,200 It's my therapy, doctor. 1022 01:27:29,040 --> 01:27:30,580 My dear mother. 1023 01:27:31,290 --> 01:27:36,090 I stopped counting your weekly letters months ago, 1024 01:27:36,170 --> 01:27:38,010 but I always read them all, 1025 01:27:38,090 --> 01:27:39,920 from beginning to end. 1026 01:27:41,300 --> 01:27:45,600 Reading them, it would seem that nothing happened between us. 1027 01:27:45,680 --> 01:27:49,980 Then again, everyone knows you're a master at pretending. 1028 01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:54,860 But I've decided not to pretend anymore, Mother. 1029 01:27:54,940 --> 01:27:59,410 I've decided that your wellbeing is more important than mine. 1030 01:27:59,490 --> 01:28:01,980 So, smile. 1031 01:28:03,410 --> 01:28:06,280 I won't upset you with my presence anymore. 1032 01:28:09,410 --> 01:28:12,080 I know that you aren't my enemy. 1033 01:28:13,170 --> 01:28:16,210 You simply never wanted me. 1034 01:28:17,420 --> 01:28:20,710 For 40 years, that was my fear. 1035 01:28:21,670 --> 01:28:26,300 And now that you've gone back to being the only thing you know how to be, 1036 01:28:26,680 --> 01:28:28,850 an actress, 1037 01:28:28,930 --> 01:28:30,770 I understand. 1038 01:28:30,850 --> 01:28:32,060 Where's Désirée? 1039 01:28:32,140 --> 01:28:34,520 And I'm no longer afraid. 1040 01:28:34,600 --> 01:28:36,280 Where is my Désirée? 1041 01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:39,360 So I beg you, Mother. 1042 01:28:39,980 --> 01:28:41,900 Don't write me anymore. 1043 01:28:43,820 --> 01:28:48,570 Because your eyes are the only thing that gives me hope. 1044 01:28:49,290 --> 01:28:51,500 But after that hope, the fear would return. 1045 01:28:51,580 --> 01:28:54,080 And I don't want to be afraid. 1046 01:28:56,250 --> 01:28:58,130 Leave me be, 1047 01:28:59,130 --> 01:29:01,260 in the peace of knowing. 1048 01:29:04,260 --> 01:29:06,810 And I'm no longer afraid of losing you 1049 01:29:06,890 --> 01:29:09,800 because I know you were never mine. 1050 01:29:26,450 --> 01:29:29,370 When we read, it's a sacred time. 1051 01:29:29,450 --> 01:29:30,740 Let's continue. 1052 01:29:33,250 --> 01:29:34,490 "I can't see you." 1053 01:29:34,570 --> 01:29:37,340 - "I scarcely see you." - "I scarcely see you." 1054 01:29:37,420 --> 01:29:40,300 "You are wringing my heart. Speak!" 1055 01:29:40,380 --> 01:29:43,300 "You look at your sister and smile, 1056 01:29:44,050 --> 01:29:46,130 but an unclean thought 1057 01:29:46,220 --> 01:29:48,930 - flashes across your spirit." - No, no, no... 1058 01:29:49,010 --> 01:29:52,390 Put more truth in your confession of incest. 1059 01:29:52,470 --> 01:29:54,850 You look at your sister and smile, 1060 01:29:54,930 --> 01:29:58,940 and a thought flashes across your spirit and then fear. 1061 01:29:59,020 --> 01:30:01,020 An unclean thought. 1062 01:30:01,110 --> 01:30:03,530 You desire your sister. 1063 01:30:05,650 --> 01:30:08,950 It must be like spitting up a handful of nails. 1064 01:30:10,570 --> 01:30:13,620 Madame Duse is busy at the moment. 1065 01:30:13,700 --> 01:30:16,170 We just need a moment. Please, go get her. 1066 01:30:16,250 --> 01:30:19,960 No, I won't, she's rehearsing with her actors. 1067 01:30:26,170 --> 01:30:28,010 - Good day. - Good day. 1068 01:30:30,890 --> 01:30:33,890 The Prime Minister wishes to speak with you. 1069 01:30:36,730 --> 01:30:38,440 Is this a trap, sir? 1070 01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:40,310 It's a personal invitation. 1071 01:30:41,150 --> 01:30:42,730 To Palazzo Chigi. 1072 01:30:42,820 --> 01:30:44,530 Eleonora, refuse. 1073 01:30:44,610 --> 01:30:46,110 Please. 1074 01:30:46,190 --> 01:30:48,360 - I accept. - Don't accept. 1075 01:30:49,200 --> 01:30:50,490 Don't accept it. 1076 01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:52,160 They'll use you. 1077 01:30:52,240 --> 01:30:56,790 I have no idea why you wouldn't want me to do something great for our country. 1078 01:30:56,870 --> 01:30:58,330 Don't you care for Italy? 1079 01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:06,460 I'll go get ready. 1080 01:31:53,390 --> 01:31:57,470 Comrade, a dispatch for the administration. 1081 01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:05,900 Giacomino... 1082 01:32:09,780 --> 01:32:11,360 You're here too? 1083 01:32:12,860 --> 01:32:14,070 How are you? 1084 01:32:15,700 --> 01:32:18,370 We've already said our goodbyes. 1085 01:32:34,180 --> 01:32:35,220 Désirée! 1086 01:32:44,060 --> 01:32:48,440 Madame Duse, you know I can't accept gifts. 1087 01:32:49,230 --> 01:32:51,110 Yes, but this... 1088 01:32:51,190 --> 01:32:56,030 this is a gift I give to you so you can give it to Italy. 1089 01:32:56,530 --> 01:32:59,160 And what is it, a church? 1090 01:33:00,660 --> 01:33:01,660 Yes. 1091 01:33:02,910 --> 01:33:04,290 Exactly. 1092 01:33:05,500 --> 01:33:06,750 A temple. 1093 01:33:07,540 --> 01:33:09,630 A temple for the theater. 1094 01:33:09,880 --> 01:33:13,420 A theater waiting to be built by you, sir. 1095 01:33:15,260 --> 01:33:18,100 For the orphans of our fallen soldiers 1096 01:33:18,180 --> 01:33:19,720 and for all Italian men... 1097 01:33:21,430 --> 01:33:23,020 and women. 1098 01:33:23,100 --> 01:33:26,850 I have a surprise for you as well. 1099 01:33:29,650 --> 01:33:35,360 The government intends to take a series of measures regarding you, Madame Duse. 1100 01:33:36,610 --> 01:33:37,990 "Measures"? 1101 01:33:40,620 --> 01:33:43,280 I'm always afraid of "measures." 1102 01:33:44,960 --> 01:33:48,540 We'll see that your debts are paid off. 1103 01:33:53,210 --> 01:33:54,510 Well, thank you. 1104 01:33:54,590 --> 01:33:56,090 And that's not all. 1105 01:33:56,170 --> 01:33:59,430 We're also setting aside a pension for you, 1106 01:33:59,510 --> 01:34:03,020 a monthly sum, in your name. 1107 01:34:07,770 --> 01:34:10,190 You won't have to worry about anything anymore. 1108 01:34:10,270 --> 01:34:12,940 We will take care of everything. 1109 01:34:13,190 --> 01:34:15,360 And now, if you'll excuse me, 1110 01:34:15,440 --> 01:34:18,610 the French ambassador is expecting me. 1111 01:34:20,660 --> 01:34:22,120 My compliments. 1112 01:34:22,200 --> 01:34:24,080 - Thank you. - I... 1113 01:34:27,040 --> 01:34:28,480 I leave you in good hands. 1114 01:34:28,560 --> 01:34:32,510 My collaborators will report back to me on everything. 1115 01:34:32,590 --> 01:34:38,340 Have courage, Madame Duse. Together we will rebuild Italy. 1116 01:34:39,050 --> 01:34:41,050 Long live Italy! 1117 01:35:07,160 --> 01:35:08,870 The muses... 1118 01:35:09,670 --> 01:35:15,590 they communicated these.. these forms to me 1119 01:35:16,300 --> 01:35:20,010 in a death-like sleep. 1120 01:35:20,090 --> 01:35:22,680 My dream was very specific. I... 1121 01:35:22,760 --> 01:35:25,060 All I did was follow it, 1122 01:35:25,140 --> 01:35:28,020 because I think people should follow their dreams. 1123 01:35:28,100 --> 01:35:30,940 I think we all have something inside us, 1124 01:35:31,020 --> 01:35:35,270 I don't know what it's called, stronger than us... 1125 01:35:47,410 --> 01:35:48,500 Yes... 1126 01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:50,500 yes... 1127 01:35:52,370 --> 01:35:54,080 something spiritual. 1128 01:35:55,170 --> 01:35:56,250 Goodbye. 1129 01:35:56,340 --> 01:35:59,590 Thank you for the pension. 1130 01:36:13,230 --> 01:36:14,860 Eleonora. 1131 01:36:15,690 --> 01:36:16,690 See? 1132 01:36:17,270 --> 01:36:20,070 They didn't throw me to the lions. 1133 01:36:21,400 --> 01:36:22,990 - Good. - Silly you! 1134 01:36:23,070 --> 01:36:26,830 No, madame, don't put that on my head. 1135 01:36:26,910 --> 01:36:28,870 Now have a seat. 1136 01:36:28,950 --> 01:36:32,790 Sit on the sofa. Look, the doctor's here, he came to see you. 1137 01:36:33,290 --> 01:36:36,630 - What a nice surprise. - Memo, Memo... 1138 01:36:38,040 --> 01:36:40,340 - Come, Désirée. - Thank you. Désirée... 1139 01:36:40,420 --> 01:36:42,390 - Come with me. - Now we're here. 1140 01:36:42,470 --> 01:36:47,100 You stay calm, collected, and listen to the doctor who needs to talk to you. 1141 01:36:47,180 --> 01:36:52,180 No, first, I have to tell you something. I don't have any more debts! 1142 01:36:52,600 --> 01:36:54,690 - Good. - The government will pay them. 1143 01:36:55,440 --> 01:36:57,350 I'm happy to hear that. 1144 01:36:57,940 --> 01:37:01,780 I think Gabriele put in a good word for me. 1145 01:37:01,860 --> 01:37:03,280 Of course he did. 1146 01:37:03,360 --> 01:37:07,540 Because Gabriele... he's there when you need him to be. 1147 01:37:07,620 --> 01:37:11,920 And they're also giving me a pension for artistic merit. 1148 01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:14,160 A sort of old-age pension. 1149 01:37:16,500 --> 01:37:17,920 Aren't you happy? 1150 01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:20,170 You always have that look. 1151 01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:23,840 You deserve it all, Eleonora. 1152 01:37:23,920 --> 01:37:26,550 But now we have to talk. 1153 01:37:28,760 --> 01:37:33,100 Listen to the doctor, who has some important things to tell you. 1154 01:37:33,180 --> 01:37:36,190 Don't talk to me like I'm an old lady. 1155 01:37:36,270 --> 01:37:38,520 An old lady, a little girl. 1156 01:37:41,190 --> 01:37:44,160 It's serious, very serious, Eleonora. 1157 01:37:44,240 --> 01:37:46,320 - Madame Duse... - Please. 1158 01:37:50,450 --> 01:37:54,460 I promised I'd come by with the x-rays, remember? 1159 01:37:57,330 --> 01:38:00,460 No! Don't make me look. 1160 01:38:01,290 --> 01:38:05,640 From this moment on, you must stop fighting against your body 1161 01:38:05,720 --> 01:38:07,890 - and start fighting for it! - Right. 1162 01:38:07,970 --> 01:38:10,520 Take care of yourself, rest and nothing else. 1163 01:38:10,600 --> 01:38:13,440 Yes, I will, after the tour, I will. 1164 01:38:13,520 --> 01:38:18,850 Madame, this must become your only commandment, 1165 01:38:18,940 --> 01:38:21,150 now that you have no debts to worry about. 1166 01:38:21,230 --> 01:38:23,940 I'm saying that I'll listen to you, 1167 01:38:24,730 --> 01:38:26,030 but... 1168 01:38:26,700 --> 01:38:32,950 I'll be able to bid farewell to the stage in my own way, won't I? 1169 01:38:33,030 --> 01:38:36,910 I've been on the stage since I was four! 1170 01:38:37,000 --> 01:38:40,210 - Eleonora! That's enough! - Since I was a child! 1171 01:38:40,290 --> 01:38:44,180 Your company has disbanded, there will be no tour. Here. 1172 01:38:44,250 --> 01:38:48,680 - What are these? - Resignation letters your actors signed. 1173 01:38:48,760 --> 01:38:51,340 Except Memo. He refused. 1174 01:39:02,150 --> 01:39:03,980 Terminal illness? 1175 01:39:04,480 --> 01:39:07,190 And wait for death to come? 1176 01:39:14,030 --> 01:39:18,580 I sacrificed my life just to see her shine once more. 1177 01:39:19,830 --> 01:39:21,290 Just once. 1178 01:39:23,340 --> 01:39:26,630 - How dare you! - Damn you! 1179 01:39:26,710 --> 01:39:30,260 - You want to bury me but I'm still alive! - Fine, hate me! 1180 01:39:30,340 --> 01:39:33,770 - I'm more alive than you are! - You're digging your own grave! 1181 01:39:33,850 --> 01:39:35,310 You just don't get it! 1182 01:39:57,980 --> 01:39:59,710 - Good evening. - Good evening. 1183 01:39:59,790 --> 01:40:02,450 - Two tickets for Venice. - Sure. 1184 01:40:04,500 --> 01:40:05,770 Here you are. 1185 01:41:58,660 --> 01:42:00,160 What's the next stop? 1186 01:42:00,240 --> 01:42:02,240 Castel dell'Orso, madam. 1187 01:42:13,710 --> 01:42:16,010 - Thank you. - You're welcome, madam. 1188 01:42:38,570 --> 01:42:40,070 Giordano! 1189 01:42:49,250 --> 01:42:50,750 What happened? 1190 01:42:50,830 --> 01:42:55,840 No, nothing. Something... something unexpected. 1191 01:42:58,050 --> 01:43:01,880 - What do you mean? I don't understand. - It... 1192 01:43:03,350 --> 01:43:06,020 It's over now. 1193 01:43:06,100 --> 01:43:07,810 Was it serious? 1194 01:43:08,600 --> 01:43:12,690 No, actually, it wasn't. Nothing's ever serious. 1195 01:43:12,770 --> 01:43:16,150 - "Nothing's serious"? - Not with him. 1196 01:43:21,950 --> 01:43:23,240 Luisa! 1197 01:43:29,160 --> 01:43:30,750 Eleonora... 1198 01:43:33,210 --> 01:43:34,590 Are you here for him? 1199 01:43:34,670 --> 01:43:36,380 - Are you here for him? - Yes. 1200 01:43:36,460 --> 01:43:39,180 I'm here for him too, day and night, day and night. 1201 01:43:39,260 --> 01:43:41,680 He's woken up. 1202 01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:43,930 What are you talking about? 1203 01:43:45,510 --> 01:43:47,690 He was right here. He was here and... 1204 01:43:47,770 --> 01:43:49,270 and he flew away. 1205 01:43:50,980 --> 01:43:53,690 - "Like the Archangel," he said. - No... 1206 01:43:53,770 --> 01:43:56,900 That's... that's impossible. He wrote that he was fine. 1207 01:43:59,280 --> 01:44:00,480 He is risen! 1208 01:44:26,430 --> 01:44:31,140 Morning star, you always show up... 1209 01:44:31,980 --> 01:44:35,080 unexpectedly. 1210 01:44:37,690 --> 01:44:40,610 Sit down, sit down. 1211 01:44:41,690 --> 01:44:42,950 Here. 1212 01:44:50,450 --> 01:44:54,080 Why did you lie to me in your letters? 1213 01:44:56,540 --> 01:44:58,670 That may happen 1214 01:44:59,750 --> 01:45:02,130 over many years. 1215 01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:07,980 - It depends what letters you mean. - Why didn't you tell me about the coma? 1216 01:45:08,050 --> 01:45:13,520 You wouldn't have worried about me anyway. 1217 01:45:17,690 --> 01:45:21,110 What have you come to ask me for this time? 1218 01:45:22,690 --> 01:45:25,240 I didn't come to ask you for anything. 1219 01:45:25,570 --> 01:45:27,640 I came just... 1220 01:45:27,720 --> 01:45:29,060 just to thank you. 1221 01:45:29,490 --> 01:45:31,240 For what? 1222 01:45:33,660 --> 01:45:37,000 What do you mean, "for what"? For your intercession. 1223 01:45:37,080 --> 01:45:38,080 Huh? 1224 01:45:39,920 --> 01:45:43,840 Intercession is something saints do. 1225 01:45:46,680 --> 01:45:48,510 Mussolini. 1226 01:45:53,430 --> 01:45:55,640 Did you two meet? 1227 01:45:55,730 --> 01:45:57,100 Of course. 1228 01:45:58,980 --> 01:46:00,770 So you too 1229 01:46:00,860 --> 01:46:02,940 are in the butterfly net. 1230 01:46:05,530 --> 01:46:07,490 What butterflies? 1231 01:46:09,950 --> 01:46:13,700 - He even offered me a pension. - "A pension." 1232 01:46:15,330 --> 01:46:17,830 Thanks? For what? 1233 01:46:20,210 --> 01:46:23,090 Why? Why do you keep lying to me? 1234 01:46:23,170 --> 01:46:26,840 Even when... I know it was you who called him, 1235 01:46:26,920 --> 01:46:29,430 that you made him meet with me. 1236 01:46:29,510 --> 01:46:34,510 Why won't you accept a thank you for once when you deserve it? 1237 01:46:35,520 --> 01:46:39,940 I always accepted everything from you. 1238 01:46:40,730 --> 01:46:46,530 Your... your slaps, your spit, your thanks, your tears. 1239 01:46:47,240 --> 01:46:51,450 But I don't deserve any of them this time. 1240 01:46:54,910 --> 01:47:00,250 If that phony Ceasar buried you beneath a pittance, 1241 01:47:01,210 --> 01:47:03,420 it's not me you should thank. 1242 01:47:03,500 --> 01:47:08,590 He promised me he'd build the theater, with all the white walls. 1243 01:47:08,670 --> 01:47:11,260 Exactly as it was in my dream. 1244 01:47:12,100 --> 01:47:14,310 Eleonora Duse... 1245 01:47:15,260 --> 01:47:20,230 she's incapable of recognizing an actor 1246 01:47:22,270 --> 01:47:26,900 if he isn't on the stage. 1247 01:47:28,570 --> 01:47:30,990 You and I... 1248 01:47:31,570 --> 01:47:33,490 we'll be together again, 1249 01:47:33,570 --> 01:47:35,910 and you'll write new plays 1250 01:47:35,990 --> 01:47:38,830 and I'll act in them once again. 1251 01:47:38,910 --> 01:47:42,040 And then young people will come and see them. 1252 01:47:42,130 --> 01:47:48,050 And we'll make Italy the new Athens. Those... those were your words. 1253 01:47:48,130 --> 01:47:49,920 My words... 1254 01:47:52,010 --> 01:47:54,760 And what did he tell you? 1255 01:47:55,850 --> 01:47:57,430 Exactly? 1256 01:47:59,520 --> 01:48:02,440 Well, he... he listened to me, 1257 01:48:02,520 --> 01:48:05,440 f... for a long time and very carefully. 1258 01:48:05,520 --> 01:48:06,900 And then what? 1259 01:48:06,980 --> 01:48:11,070 Then he told me we'd see each other again to talk about the theater. 1260 01:48:11,150 --> 01:48:12,740 When will you see each other? 1261 01:48:12,820 --> 01:48:15,160 - I don't know. Soon. - How soon? 1262 01:48:15,240 --> 01:48:18,080 - It depends. - Depends on what? On you? 1263 01:48:18,160 --> 01:48:19,660 - On you? - Yes, of course. 1264 01:48:19,740 --> 01:48:22,540 Nothing depends on you or on me, Ghisola. 1265 01:48:22,620 --> 01:48:26,670 We're dust, dust to toss into the wind, to forget! 1266 01:48:26,750 --> 01:48:28,590 - What? - They made a fool of you! 1267 01:48:28,670 --> 01:48:31,170 They made a fool of you! 1268 01:48:49,690 --> 01:48:52,320 They bought you 1269 01:48:53,650 --> 01:48:55,870 for pennies. 1270 01:48:58,620 --> 01:49:00,700 Stay with me! 1271 01:49:00,790 --> 01:49:02,210 Grab him! 1272 01:49:02,290 --> 01:49:07,130 - Leave this idiotic Italy to its fate! - Get away! 1273 01:49:07,210 --> 01:49:09,760 - We'll build the theater here! - Get him off! 1274 01:49:09,840 --> 01:49:12,510 - We'll build it here! No! - Come get him! 1275 01:49:12,590 --> 01:49:13,970 Ghisola! We'll do it here. 1276 01:49:14,050 --> 01:49:18,680 - Get away! - I'll stay here and write for you! 1277 01:49:21,180 --> 01:49:23,180 Ghisola! 1278 01:51:03,530 --> 01:51:05,790 "Live now, believe me, 1279 01:51:05,870 --> 01:51:08,660 wait not the morrow: 1280 01:51:08,750 --> 01:51:12,880 Gather the roses of your life today." 1281 01:51:23,010 --> 01:51:24,760 I love roses. 1282 01:51:34,770 --> 01:51:36,110 Enrichetta... 1283 01:51:36,190 --> 01:51:38,490 Say hello to Grandma. 1284 01:51:39,530 --> 01:51:41,030 Enrichetta! 1285 01:51:50,210 --> 01:51:51,750 Enrichetta! 1286 01:51:55,340 --> 01:51:56,500 My darling. 1287 01:51:57,460 --> 01:51:58,760 My darling. 1288 01:52:02,300 --> 01:52:04,050 The children... 1289 01:52:15,310 --> 01:52:16,360 Nora! 1290 01:52:17,530 --> 01:52:22,520 How many times did I tell you to not touch your hair while eating, please. 1291 01:52:24,370 --> 01:52:28,580 You always used to do the same thing when you were little. 1292 01:52:29,450 --> 01:52:31,330 Really? I don't remember. 1293 01:52:31,410 --> 01:52:34,670 All the food in the hair! 1294 01:52:36,130 --> 01:52:38,630 Not good, your mother. 1295 01:52:46,760 --> 01:52:50,260 Grandmother makes you laugh, doesn't she? 1296 01:52:51,020 --> 01:52:55,320 It'd be nice if Grandmother were always with us, wouldn't it? 1297 01:52:55,400 --> 01:52:56,840 Don't you think? 1298 01:52:58,020 --> 01:52:59,580 Yes, it'd be nice. 1299 01:53:00,230 --> 01:53:04,410 I'd like to announce that Grandmother will be coming to London. 1300 01:53:06,700 --> 01:53:09,370 We'll all live together. All of us. 1301 01:53:09,830 --> 01:53:13,210 - Are you happy? - I... I'm going to London. 1302 01:53:13,750 --> 01:53:15,330 To London! 1303 01:53:34,230 --> 01:53:38,520 Mom, why is Grandma always coughing? 1304 01:53:38,610 --> 01:53:40,270 Why, Mom? 1305 01:53:42,110 --> 01:53:46,820 Because Grandma is tired and she needs to rest. 1306 01:53:47,450 --> 01:53:49,830 And she needs our care. 1307 01:53:55,410 --> 01:53:57,080 Désirée! 1308 01:53:59,670 --> 01:54:03,090 Désirée, where can I find their clothes? 1309 01:54:04,380 --> 01:54:07,960 I'm coming back. Take care of your sister. 1310 01:54:08,760 --> 01:54:10,180 Désirée? 1311 01:54:22,400 --> 01:54:24,820 Nora and Halley need to be... 1312 01:54:27,950 --> 01:54:30,160 What's this all about? 1313 01:54:35,160 --> 01:54:37,120 Pure mountain air. 1314 01:54:39,080 --> 01:54:40,960 Want to try some? 1315 01:54:53,010 --> 01:54:55,850 Parents die, Enrichetta. 1316 01:54:57,730 --> 01:55:01,400 It could've happened much earlier. 1317 01:55:04,690 --> 01:55:06,610 Or much later. 1318 01:55:10,610 --> 01:55:13,660 I've been burdened with your absence my whole life. 1319 01:55:13,740 --> 01:55:16,460 I'm tired of your noes, of you not telling me things. 1320 01:55:16,540 --> 01:55:19,670 I'm tired of being a stranger to you. 1321 01:55:21,330 --> 01:55:23,040 You're so angry. 1322 01:55:27,550 --> 01:55:30,930 I want you to look at me like you look at Désirée. 1323 01:55:34,180 --> 01:55:35,220 You 1324 01:55:36,020 --> 01:55:37,640 are the love 1325 01:55:38,810 --> 01:55:41,060 of my life. 1326 01:55:41,150 --> 01:55:42,650 No, no. 1327 01:55:45,650 --> 01:55:47,280 You 1328 01:55:47,360 --> 01:55:49,530 are the love 1329 01:55:49,610 --> 01:55:51,360 of my life! 1330 01:55:55,200 --> 01:55:56,950 Help me. 1331 01:56:00,000 --> 01:56:02,580 Help me if you want to help me. 1332 01:56:15,550 --> 01:56:18,730 "When Pinocchio entered the puppet theater, 1333 01:56:18,810 --> 01:56:22,900 Harlequin saw him and stopped acting." 1334 01:56:23,560 --> 01:56:25,490 "'Am I dreaming or am I awake?'" 1335 01:56:25,560 --> 01:56:29,360 "'It's Pinocchio, it's Pinocchio!' shouted Pulcinella." 1336 01:56:29,440 --> 01:56:33,240 "'It's Pinocchio, it's Pinocchio!' shouted Gianduja." 1337 01:56:33,320 --> 01:56:35,620 "And all the puppets backstage 1338 01:56:35,700 --> 01:56:37,200 climbed onto the stage." 1339 01:56:37,280 --> 01:56:39,870 "And Pinocchio jumped 1340 01:56:39,950 --> 01:56:45,540 in front, then he jumped on the head of the orchestra conductor, 1341 01:56:45,630 --> 01:56:47,920 and then he darted onto the stage." 1342 01:56:48,000 --> 01:56:49,500 "But the audience 1343 01:56:50,380 --> 01:56:54,930 in front of the stage got impatient and began to shout, 1344 01:56:55,010 --> 01:56:58,760 "'We want our comedy! We want our comedy!'" 1345 01:56:58,850 --> 01:57:02,980 "And then the puppeteer came out." 1346 01:57:03,060 --> 01:57:08,320 "A big man who was so ugly it was scary just to look at him." 1347 01:57:08,400 --> 01:57:12,190 "He had a long, black beard 1348 01:57:12,280 --> 01:57:17,620 like an ink scribble that was so long that when he walked, 1349 01:57:19,200 --> 01:57:20,740 he stepped on it 1350 01:57:20,830 --> 01:57:22,660 as he limped." 1351 01:57:22,750 --> 01:57:25,870 "He had an enormous mouth 1352 01:57:25,960 --> 01:57:29,670 that seemed to want to eat all the children." 1353 01:57:29,750 --> 01:57:31,010 "'You... 1354 01:57:31,090 --> 01:57:33,600 how dare you interrupt my show!'" 1355 01:57:33,680 --> 01:57:35,840 "And to Gianduja, 'What's so funny?'" 1356 01:57:36,390 --> 01:57:38,640 "'Well, I... I...' said Gianduja." 1357 01:57:38,720 --> 01:57:41,100 "'I'm here with my friend Pinocchio.'" 1358 01:57:41,180 --> 01:57:44,010 "'Go, get out of here, Gianduja.'" 1359 01:57:44,640 --> 01:57:47,520 You, Pinocchio... 1360 01:57:47,600 --> 01:57:49,230 I'm very happy, 1361 01:57:49,310 --> 01:57:54,740 because I'm roasting a nice mutton in the kitchen today, 1362 01:57:54,820 --> 01:57:56,530 but I was out of wood, 1363 01:57:56,610 --> 01:58:00,580 and you have this nice, fresh pine wood. 1364 01:58:00,660 --> 01:58:04,670 - I'll throw you right into the flames! - You're mad! 1365 01:58:04,750 --> 01:58:06,750 Stop it! That's enough! 1366 01:58:07,880 --> 01:58:09,380 You're mad! 1367 01:58:11,460 --> 01:58:13,510 It... it's all right. 1368 01:58:15,300 --> 01:58:17,970 It's time to get some sleep now. 1369 01:58:19,180 --> 01:58:21,930 It's not real, it's just a story. 1370 01:58:25,850 --> 01:58:29,350 It's nothing, it's nothing. 1371 01:58:31,900 --> 01:58:34,900 It's just... a game. 1372 01:58:35,490 --> 01:58:37,110 Nothing is real. 1373 01:58:37,910 --> 01:58:39,530 I... I'm Mangiafuoco! 1374 01:58:39,620 --> 01:58:43,580 You interrupted my show and you'll all burn in my fireplace! 1375 01:58:43,660 --> 01:58:44,950 Enough! 1376 01:58:46,000 --> 01:58:47,250 Enough! 1377 01:58:50,210 --> 01:58:51,590 Enough. 1378 02:00:43,780 --> 02:00:44,950 Mother... 1379 02:00:47,280 --> 02:00:48,700 Mother? 1380 02:00:50,370 --> 02:00:51,750 Mother! 1381 02:01:01,010 --> 02:01:03,550 Enrichetta, my little girl. 1382 02:01:05,430 --> 02:01:09,770 There are three things I passionately desire. 1383 02:01:09,850 --> 02:01:10,890 To work, 1384 02:01:11,810 --> 02:01:14,060 to live, to die. 1385 02:01:14,730 --> 02:01:16,100 Three things. 1386 02:01:16,190 --> 02:01:18,150 Passionately. 1387 02:01:19,400 --> 02:01:20,940 And right now, 1388 02:01:21,030 --> 02:01:24,280 the fear of working is driving me mad. 1389 02:01:24,360 --> 02:01:26,160 And without work, 1390 02:01:26,240 --> 02:01:28,870 there's no reason to live. 1391 02:01:28,950 --> 02:01:30,910 And dying... 1392 02:01:30,990 --> 02:01:34,370 You can't always die when you want to. 1393 02:01:34,790 --> 02:01:36,830 But there are days 1394 02:01:36,920 --> 02:01:38,880 when I lose my way. 1395 02:01:39,960 --> 02:01:45,130 I don't know how to start afresh. 1396 02:01:46,050 --> 02:01:50,720 But I know my home is the way through. 1397 02:01:51,640 --> 02:01:53,480 So, onward. 1398 02:01:55,310 --> 02:01:57,900 I embrace you, heart and soul. 1399 02:01:58,480 --> 02:02:00,530 I know you won't understand me, 1400 02:02:00,610 --> 02:02:03,700 and I've already forgiven you for that. 1401 02:02:03,780 --> 02:02:04,860 Mother. 1402 02:03:31,530 --> 02:03:34,160 I've never felt so cold. 1403 02:03:52,260 --> 02:03:55,900 In 1923, Eleonora Duse turned down the lifetime pension offered by Mussolini 1404 02:03:55,980 --> 02:03:58,960 and left for the United States, choosing her art once again. 1405 02:03:59,040 --> 02:04:02,700 She died on April 21, 1924, in Pittsburgh, during her final triumphant tour. 1406 02:04:03,920 --> 02:04:08,560 for Goffredo 91431

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