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NAPLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE ApriI 1 903

Quiet!

Be quiet!

- PiromaIIo! Moscati! - Sorry.

Look over there.

Excuse me, professor.

Let's go!

To the boat! You'II never make it.

- Sorry. - Hurry up!

I'II catch up with you!

Throw it aII on the ground!

BASED ON THE STORY OF PROF. GIUSEPPE MOSCATI, DOCTOR AND SAINT OF NAPLES,

AND ALL THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM IN THOSE HISTORICAL TIMES.

Giuseppe, heIp me!

I've got a cramp!

I've got a cramp!

I win!

- You feII for it Iike a fooI! - You're wrong, I Iet you win.

You and I wiII go far together.

Princess.

- Did you send for me, Papa? - Why aren't you ready?

- You know why. - Come here.

Mama's neckIace.

AII the princesses of the Cajafa famiIy have worn it.

There are two things I'd never seII - this paIace and this neckIace.

- UnIike me. - What do you mean?

I'm not stupid.

It's not a baII tonight, it's an auction.

I wiII be given to the highest bidder.

In our environment one doesn't marry for Iove.

In our environment there are a Iot of unhappy peopIe.

You've aIways been strange, maybe because you grew up without a mother.

But don't defy me, EIena.

Go and get ready, I'II wait for you in the haII.

Tonight everyone who counts wiII be here.

- Why am I going? I don't count. - You'II Iet peopIe see you.

You're too meek, you have to become a man of the worId, Iike me.

Baroness! The baroness invents a new disease every day.

- And she's not the onIy one here. - Is it a party or a hospitaI?

Good evening.

That's my father with De LiIIo, head doctor of the IncurabIes' HospitaI.

He'II heIp us with the exam tomorrow. But don't show me up.

Good evening.

- You're Iate. - We were studying.

First duty, then pIeasure.

- Right, Giuseppe? - Of course.

Giuseppe Moscati, Prince Cajafa.

Good evening.

Professor De LiIIo.

- And my father. - HeIIo.

Giorgio and his friend are sitting the exam tomorrow

with Prof. De LiIIo for the job at the IncurabIes' HospitaI.

The first step in a briIIiant career Iike his father's.

I hope so.

- Is your father a doctor too? - No, my father was a judge.

- Why didn't you become a judge then? - I wouIdn't have made a good judge.

And what makes you think you'd be a good doctor?

I don't know...

- Perhaps my passion for medicine. - You've a passion!

- Yes. - Good man.

I hope tomorrow you wiII Iet us see this great passion.

- We'II see. - Passion, he says!

After you. Young peopIe these days!

Thank you.

Thank you.

- What's happening? - Look.

- She's so beautifuI. - Light as air!

Good evening.

Good evening.

Princess.

Good evening.

HeIIo, Giorgio.

EIena, you Iook deIightfuI.

This is Giuseppe Moscati.

- Count Moscati of PaIermo? - No, I'm from Benevento.

Giuseppe is a friend, and future coIIeague.

- Can you dance? - Not very weII.

- But Giorgio is a fine dancer. - Yes, but I want to dance with you.

If you don't mind.

Papa...

Are you aIways so quiet? What are you thinking about?

That I'm the onIy anonymous name among aII these aristocrats.

Your father doesn't Iook very happy that you're dancing with me.

- Think I'm just trying to annoy him? - I just hope it's worth it.

You're an exceIIent dancer.

And you are the most beautifuI woman I have ever met.

Dancing with you has been more than I couId ever hope for.

But now... I wiII Ieave you to the guests of your position.

Eat something, or you wiII faint before the professors.

Some biscuits?

- A drop of hot miIk? - No.

AII right, but you can't Iive off air.

When I'm married, who wiII Iook after you, aIways in the hospitaI?

Don't rush things. I stiII haven't got the job

and Ferdinando hasn't proposed yet.

- He wiII, he's just a IittIe shy. - You haven't seen him for months!

You cure bodies, but hearts beIong to women.

- And I think Ferdinando... - Ninni, Iet me study.

Fine, I'II Ieave you to your revising.

AII right, bring me a drop a miIk.

- But then... - I'II Iet you study, I promise!

Do you think you've covered everything?

I'm trying to think whether I forgot something important.

You shouId know more about the case you brought to us.

How did you get such a high mark at the written exam?

He's good. Scripta manent, dear coIIeague.

Professor, if you'II aIIow me, I can teII you.

How dare you interrupt an exam?

My name's Giuseppe Moscati.

I studied with him and I know he is weII-prepared.

Moscati's written exam was briIIiant and precise.

Very good.

If you know, as you say, come and take your friend's pIace.

You, PiromaIIo, go outside and puII yourseIf together.

Get yourseIf a coffee.

Then we'II decide whether to examine you Iater or not.

It wiII depend on the resuIt of your supporter's exam.

AII right, Iet's see if your conceit has some foundation.

Go ahead, Dr Moscati.

We don't need this.

Don't worry. We doctors are taking the exam, not you.

- Are you scared too? - Of course.

If you pass, wiII you promise to come to the hospitaI to treat me?

Of course.

That's enough of these circus acts!

- He's taIking to the patient now! - Let him do so.

We'II soon see whether he is a boId exhibitionist or a good doctor.

- How did it go? - I don't know yet.

- Did you take a stand again? - Don't be siIIy.

- Let me have a drag! - Dr Moscati!

PiromaIIo, go inside. Prof. De LiIIo wiII question you...

if you have puIIed yourseIf together, that is.

Professor.

Dr Moscati, did you know you aren't weII-Iiked

by many of the peopIe on the examining board?

Neither are you, I hear.

You're right. Perhaps that's why I Iike you.

After you have started work at the hospitaI, come in and see me.

Did I get the job then?

Are you deaf as weII as conceited?

Yes! Yes!

I can't beIieve it!

I can't beIieve it!

CongratuIations! We heard the big news!

Thank you.

WeII done, Giuseppe!

PasquaIe gave me the good news.

I knew you wouId! I knew it!

I have made you some baked pasta. Come up!

How do you know about the exam?

Ferdinando, who works at the hospitaI, toId his sister Lucetta,

who toId her husband, who toId the concierge in Via dei Giudici.

- News gets about in NapIes. - And peopIe taIk!

I hear you onIy got through the exam thanks to Moscati.

Papa, we're here to ceIebrate.

WeII done.

It seems there's not much to ceIebrate.

I just hope today was a one-off thing.

Don't worry.

You have to run faster than the other students, Iike I did.

Remember the winning horses

are to be seen at the starting Iine.

Papa...

- How do I Iook? - Let me see.

There's not much you can do. SmiIe...

Get down! Get down!

- Darn it! - Come on!

Come on!

Stay where you are, don't move.

- Take it easy. - My ankIe.

Does it hurt here? Keep stiII, don't move.

Keep stiII, Ieave it to me.

- Does it hurt here? - My ankIe!

Keep stiII, Iet me take a Iook.

You mustn't do that...

- Thank you. - What do you mean?

Don't worry, I'm feeIing better.

He was just hungry.

He was just hungry! And he's not hungry any more.

He's stoIen your waIIet. Let's go.

In this hospitaI

there is a strict ruIe that has to be respected.

Your white coat must aIways be tidy and cIean.

Professor De LiIIo is quite strict about that.

Come on, sisters!

Hurry up!

It's earIy morning and you're aIready tired?

This is Professor De LiIIo's room.

Tonino.

Tonino! WeII?

What are you doing, sIeeping in the professor's room?

I won't teII you again, if I catch you again, you're going home.

We have to watch out for Sister HeIga - she runs the hospitaI.

She'II turn us NeapoIitans into MiIanesi.

This isn't a theatre!

- Good morning, PiromaIIo. - Good morning, Professor.

- HeIIo, young man. - You remembered me.

- Of course. Had any caIenduIa yet? - Not yet.

- Leave it to me. - Moscati!

- Why are you with that patient? - I examined him at the exam.

You're not taking the exam now.

I'II teII you which patient needs you... after the rounds.

- AII right. - Let's go.

See you soon.

- Lupini! - Rita, how are you?

Thank you.

Come here, you rogue! You criminaI!

Get out of the way!

Come here, you rogue. Come here!

What are you doing? You rascaI!

Get out of the way!

- Out of the way! Let me through! - Catch me!

Get out of the way!

Are you making fun of me, you wretch?

Get out of the way!

Stop! Stay where you are!

Stop, in the name of the Iaw!

You scoundreI!

Get out of the way!

You scoundreI!

Stay where you are, don't move!

- Here you are! - Darn it!

- I've caught you. - I caught him first.

- I've been after him for a whiIe. - You'd never have caught me!

- I'II give you a good hiding! - I don't advise that.

Thanks for the heIp, but you can't do any more now.

- This wretch was steaIing. - Take him then, but it's risky.

-What do you mean? -He escaped from the infections ward.

- Why, what's wrong with him? - What's wrong?

He has a mysterious virus that attacks the brain.

He doesn't have a brain!

It aIso attacks physioIogicaI areas... particuIarIy maIe ones.

- I'm not married yet. - Who'd marry you?

AnieIIo!

- Here you are. - Thank you.

Bon appétit.

- Wait, how Iong is it since you ate? - I can't teII you.

- Why not? - Not since I stoIe your waIIet.

- Do you want to Iive Iike this? - It's the onIy thing I can do.

That's right.

What's wrong?

Put that saIt shaker back.

Pity! ImmacoIata wouId have Iiked it.

- Who's ImmacoIata? - My IittIe sister.

I have three brothers too.

I'm the head of the famiIy.

- You are joking? - No, take it.

Then you can come here and have a swim.

I'm the head of the famiIy. I've no time to go to the beach.

- And I can't swim. - I'II teach you if you're good.

- ReaIIy? - Of course.

- We're friends then? - Of course.

Eat up.

- I'm not hungry. Want this? - Yes.

Thanks.

Eat up.

Thanks.

Don't shout.

Don't shout.

Keep his Iegs stiII.

Let me through, my husband can't wait any Ionger.

Madam, come away...

- What's going on? - Save him! He's stopped taIking.

O Lord, everyone out!

He feII from a crane at the port. He's Iost a Iot of bIood.

Get him inside.

Sister HeIga, caII Professor De LiIIo.

- The bIeeding has stopped. - And not onIy that.

He's dead, can't you see?

- Take him away. - Let's go, there are other patients.

Wait.

Stop that right now! What are you doing?

- StimuIating his heart muscIe. - You'II crush his rib cage.

Who taught you these things? A witch doctor?

I said stop it!

He's breathing!

He's breathing.

He's breathing.

WeII done.

I've met doctors Iike you, young doctors animated by sacred fire,

convinced they know more than other peopIe...

I didn't mean to show any disrespect, it's just that...

The patient won't make it through the night. That's aII!

Drain his chest.

You're so naive to go against De LiIIo!

Let's go, our shift is over.

Moscati, am I mistaken or are you off duty?

- I know I shouIdn't be here. - Or have visits from anyone.

- I'm not expecting anyone. - You're not?

Let it be the first and Iast time, though I doubt it.

- Good morning. - I was toId I'd find you here.

Come with me. This isn't a suitabIe pIace for you.

How do you feeI?

It's nothing.

SmeII this...

- What is it? - Camphor.

They caII it the pIant of joy.

Are you a doctor or a witch doctor?

That's the second time today I've been asked.

How do you feeI?

I feeI so siIIy.

Why?

I must have seemed a spoiIed and spitefuI chiId at the baII.

You were right. I wanted annoy my father.

And did you succeed?

He didn't speak to me for two days.

Then he started weaving his web again

and now he meets the fathers of my suitors himseIf,

to figure out how much they are worth.

And do any of them meet your approvaI?

Why do you ask? Are you reaIIy interested?

Yes... a IittIe.

Since I returned from coIIege you're the first man

who hasn't tried to work out if I'm worth the sum he'd have to pay.

Perhaps because I couIdn't buy you even if I wanted to.

Or maybe because you don't want to.

I can't... and I don't want to.

I see, I shouId never have come.

I don't think you understand. I've wanted you...

since the first moment I met you. And that scares me.

Not your father and background, against which I couId fight.

But your eyes, your Iips...

within which I'd Iike to Iose myseIf.

- Is that so terribIe? - No.

It's wonderfuI.

And it takes my breath away.

You know where to find me.

Professor, are you out of breath?

- I've gone into business. - WeII done.

If you want to try, I'II give you a discount.

- AII right, Iet's go. - Let's go.

It's nice working as a shoe-shine. What's it Iike in hospitaI?

- I wouId do things differentIy. - In what way?

- I'd spend more time with patients. - Why? Can't you?

No, there's a seven-minute ruIe.

The Iimit for every examination.

I do the same, Gennarino toId me to.

- ToId you what? - Seven brushes here, seven there.

No more and no Iess! That's business for you!

By the way, that's 30 cents.

Good night. Have you taken your medicine?

Good night.

Go to sIeep, go to sIeep.

Good night.

Good morning, Sister HeIga.

Any news?

Professor...

Stick your tongue out.

Let's start the rounds.

He made it.

Come with me.

Moscati, weII done, my compIiments.

But don't rest on your IaureIs now.

There's a Iot to do here. You can't concentrate on one patient.

Moscati, where's your white coat?

-It was covered in bIood, the wife... -That's against hospitaI ruIes too.

ReIatives just get in the way.

Don't you think compassion shouId have no ruIes?

I beIieve every one of us shouId do his or her duty.

And I have been doing my duty for many years.

The pIateIets are back to normaI IeveIs.

You got the heart working again with that massage

and aided normaI bIood circuIation.

Let's not underestimate the body's abiIity to fight back.

Come and see.

It's the first time I've been so in tune with a beIiever.

I must be getting oId.

- Where are you taking me? - To a wonderfuI pIace.

You might be a IittIe scared.

Get a move on.

Stay cIose to me.

Be carefuI here.

What do you think?

- Is it dangerous? - No.

- CouId it expIode? - Yes, but not right now.

Doctor!

Darn it, I forgot your swimming Iesson.

When a man faIIs in Iove, he forgets everything.

- How do you know that? - Everyone says so.

And your eyes taIk, and you Iook Iike you're waIking on cIouds.

- What's this? - A steamship saiIing to America.

- It's nice. - I made it for my brothers.

You're an angeI from Heaven, that why you understand everything.

But an angeI who can't swim!

APRIL 8th, 1 906.

Cough, cough.

There's to be an exam for first assistant.

- They've not had one for 20 years! - De LiIIo toId me!

- There's onIy one pIace. - AII right.

What's going on?

It's an earthquake!

Outside!

Come on!

Get outside!

Giorgio, take him! Don't panic, don't panic!

It's Vesuvius!

It's woken up!

Don't panic!

What have you found out?

There wiII be a Iot of wounded at Torre deI Greco. Let's go!

HoId it!

- Doctor! - Have you got aII the patients?

Some are stiII inside, I don't have many men, and it's a disaster.

Come with me!

HeIp!

We'II get you out of there!

Push! Push!

- Let's Iift it up. That's right. - Get us out of here!

Come on! Outside!

Outside!

Get away from here, hurry!

- Where are you going? - Come with me.

Wait.

- They're aII out. - I'm not so sure.

PSYCHIATRIC WARD

Come away from there! Where's the other doctor?

I'II get you out of here... I'II get you out of here.

Don't panic!

I'II get you out.

I'II get you out of here.

Outside!

Outside.

Outside!

HaiI Mary, fuII of grace...

Outside!

- Outside. - I can't come.

Wait there.

Outside!

Come on, come on!

Come on!

Come on, come on.

This way, this way.

Doctor, I'm a medicaI student.

Give me a hand, take them downstairs. Hurry up!

Come on!

- What's your name? - Moscati.

- Go on, young man, hurry! - Outside!

- We have to get out of here. - I can't come.

- We have to Ieave here. - I can't come!

- Why not? - I have to stay here.

He toId me: I have to stay here, I have to Iearn the song.

What song is that?

It's a song fuII of... Iight.

There's Iight, a Iot of Iight and...

the sky...

- There's Iight... - And the sun too?

Yes, yes... the sun too. You're right, there's sun too.

- ShaII we sing it together? - Yes.

Let's sing it.

- That's it! - Let's sing it together.

How does it go?

WeII done.

It's aII coIIapsing!

Do you feeI any pain?

- Here? - Yes.

And here too?

It's nothing serious, just a sIight hiatus hernia.

- So you wouIdn't operate? - CertainIy not.

You are mistaken.

The patient is suffering from hepatic tumoraI degeneration.

- HoIy Mary! - Quiet!

- We have to operate straight away. - It's unnecessary.

Perhaps you're not the briIIiant diagnosis-maker you think you are.

The exam is over.

PiromaIIo, it's your turn.

Professors.

De LiIIo was right then?

That poor woman was opened and cIosed without reason.

They didn't find the tumoraI mass.

My compIiments.

MarsaIa...

You are now first assistant at the IncurabIes' HospitaI.

- ReaIIy? - Your friend didn't make it.

But don't worry, his father wiII heIp him, the way he aIways has.

I am not surprised by what happened.

Perhaps it's my fauIt for spoiIing you as you grew up.

But it's up to you now.

Either you show me you're as good as your friend Moscati...

You'II get nothing more from me.

Here he is.

- Ruggero, how are you? - WeIcome, professor.

How come aII this formaIity?

- It's not the first time we've met. - It is after the exam.

- Don't teII me you're in awe of me? - No!

I just wanted to teII you some students wiII do the rounds with you.

Good.

- Where are they? - He's over there.

It's hardIy a crowd!

But he made an express wish to accompany you.

His name's Umberto Tammaro.

- Umberto Tammaro. - Dr Moscati.

Professor!

Are you that madman from the earthquake?

Yes, I finaIIy got my degree.

WeII done, now comes the most important but difficuIt part.

You wiII read a book that has never been printed.

The book cover are the beds in our hospitaI.

The contents are the painfuI bodies of our patients.

You have to accompany your studies with compassion for the sick.

And a big smiIe too.

Giorgio, wait.

Take your white coat off. It scares the patients.

It's not needed during the rounds.

- I've been Iooking for you for days. - ReaIIy? What did you want?

- Why are you taIking Iike that? - I've figured you out.

You pretend you want nothing, then take everything.

Even my father prefers you to me.

- Where does your father fit in? - He does!

I've not done anything against you.

You are better than you reaIize, and I know that.

- If you were to reaIize too... - You have an answer for everything.

- I'm not Iike you say. - Listen to me.

That big hospitaI we dreamed of, we have to do it together.

Leave me aIone!

HeIIo, Papa.

I have decided to Ieave the hospitaI.

Very weII.

We wiII pIan your career as of today.

First of aII, I wiII open a private surgery for you.

Then you can appIy for a teaching post.

Then you can put this nasty period behind you.

Boys!

What are you doing? Go away!

- I've found you at Iast, AnieIIo. - I'm not AnieIIo. I don't know you.

What are you taIking about?

- What's aII this bIood? - It's my bIood, bitter bIood.

- Worse than poison. - What are you saying?

- It's as bIack as heII. - Don't be siIIy, you're an angeI.

There's onIy smoke in heII... There's no sea.

OnIy peopIe weeping and screaming.

What are you saying?

Doctor, I'm scared.

I'm here now, don't worry.

The wound can be treated, but I think he's hungry.

- I need a bed. - We're fuII up, you know that.

I said I need a bed!

Get a syringe to take a bIood sampIe.

Hurry up!

I'II be as quick as I can.

Sister HeIga, where's AnieIIo?

- He was hungry, Iike I said. - Yes, but where is he now?

- Answer me! - He's not here!

Sister AngeIina gave him some bread and miIk, and he ran off.

- He'II be Iaughing at his trick. - Be quiet!

- Have you seen AnieIIo? - Yes, he's around the corner.

Why didn't you wait for me?

- Professor, is the sea far away? - No.

- Remember what you promised me? - Yes.

That you wouId teach me to swim.

Have you forgotten?

You once toId me the sea was beautifuI.

And that the Lord gave it us to comfort our souI.

Yes.

Professor, take me to the sea.

I feeI so disheartened today.

Yes.

AII right.

Professor, you know everything -

can you teII me what it's Iike when you die?

Each one of us is Iike a drop of water

that sooner or Iater faIIs into the sea.

And when the drop meIts,

that water becomes the sea.

- It doesn't hurt then? - No.

Then maybe I'II Iearn to swim too.

Professor.

- It's tetanus, isn't it? - Yes.

I'm surprised he had such a peacefuI death.

It's usuaIIy very painfuI.

- You reaIized, didn't you? - I saw the cut, the raving...

But I hoped I was wrong.

He feIt his bIood was bitter and he was right.

Tetanus is neither sweet nor bitter.

Neither good nor bad.

It's a bacteria, a Iiving thing...

that your God, if He exists, created.

And it kiIIed a chiId.

Show yourseIf.

Show yourseIf.

Show yourseIf.

- We'II Iet the wounds breathe. - Thank you, professor.

Professor Moscati!

- Good evening. - Good evening.

I was sure you'd be back.

I wanted to ask your advice.

You usuaIIy give me advice.

What is this advice then?

The patient in bed 22 is in pain, he's not sIept for two days.

I thought a hot bath might be of some comfort to him.

Of course.

You're seeing me now in my nun's habit,

but I too was a chiId once.

I was a farmhand.

My whoIe famiIy broke their backs working in the rice fieIds.

I have seen a Iot of injustice.

My parents died when I was this high.

I have devoted my Iife to seeing the ruIes were the same for everyone.

Whatever it took.

In this way I hoped to respect my parents' memory.

And the Word of the Lord.

But then you came aIong,

and I reaIized that without charity,

duty and justice are just empty words.

You wiII attract a Iot of criticism and very IittIe praise.

You wiII be overtaken by peopIe who don't deserve it.

But you have to promise me something.

That you wiII never give up.

No... I'II never give up.

WeII done, professor.

Today I reaIized something: Jesus Iives in every sick person.

Yes.

If I were onIy to treat the diseases, I wouId be destined for defeat.

I wouId think of science's Iimitations and feeI heIpIess.

I reaIized that with AnieIIo's death.

Being a doctor is a Iot Iess and a Iot more.

I want to give my whoIe strength, my whoIe seIf.

Do you understand?

Yes...

if you don't keep me away from you.

I wrote as soon as I heard about AnieIIo, but you didn't answer me.

I feIt aII aIone and useIess.

It wiII never happen again.

Do you want to share this Iife with me? Share everything?

Everything, Giuseppe, everything!

We mustn't consider pain just a physicaI spasm.

It is a brother's cry for heIp, and we must heIp him with Iove.

And after this,

you wiII discover you can ease pain with a gesture,

with some advice, with words, with an embrace,

not onIy with a coId prescription.

Try and sense the divine energy you have inside.

It wiII heIp you understand a heartbeat, a troubIed breath.

If we can find this fIow, we wiII improve our intuition,

even where the diagnosis is concerned.

Listen...

Sister HeIga, what is Moscati doing? PuIIing the hospitaI apart?

He wants to take the patients outside.

Thank God NapIes is a sunny city. Let's go outside!

It's the best treatment there is.

I'II Iet you aII have a nice bit of sunshine. Outside!

Let's continue our rounds.

- ArcangeIo, what are you doing? - Forgive me...

but I want to work with Moscati.

You're free to foIIow pure madness instead of the reaI profession.

Go ahead!

I've aIways been a IittIe crazy.

Boys, do you need a hand? I'm coming, wait for me!

Put them in the sun. Breathe deepIy, breathe!

Anna, don't exaggerate!

You have to stay in your own bed.

AII right, hoId hands, that's good.

Is that aII right?

- What are you doing here? - I'm sorry to disturb you...

I'm going to the Cajafas', important evening. Weren't you on duty?

Yes, the man who was admitted this morning with stomach cramp...

- Esposito. - He died a short whiIe ago.

You can't die of indigestion, Iet's examine the body.

That's impossibIe, they took him home.

We'II have to move quick, where do they Iive?

- In the Spanish District. - Leave it to me.

- Have you stopped? - If you want, you can go on aIone.

Won't it be dangerous?

I have heard there were riots in Paris...

Who does he think he is? Keeping a girI of your station waiting!

This Moscati has no idea of conventions and manners.

Papa, pIease, something must have happened.

Excuse me...

Excuse me.

Can I heIp you?

- I'm Iooking for Ruggero Esposito. - The Esposito famiIy?

I'II take you there.

It's not far.

This is it.

What do you reckon? Pretty girI, eh?

You've got the wrong idea. I'm a doctor.

A doctor? You couId be the Pope for aII I care!

- Your waIIet or I'II kiII you. - CaIm down.

- I am caIm. - I don't have much money on me.

AII right, don't worry. This jacket...

Come on!

- That's enough. - Your shoes!

Come on!

My compIiments!

You expIoit young girIs and then you want to kiII me? Go on!

What wiII you do next week for money?

That's enough, put that knife down.

Take my watch and my hat.

Where does Ruggero Esposito Iive?

I don't know, go away.

Who knows?

- Prince. - Giorgio!

I'm sorry, but I'm not your Prince Charming.

- HeIIo, EIena. - HeIIo, Giorgio.

My daughter needs someone who can make her smiIe.

I couIdn't ask for better, especiaIIy on a night Iike this.

Right, EIena?

Anyone home?

- Do the Espositos Iive here? - Yes, come in.

May I?

How many peopIe Iive here?

Why have you come? What do you want?

My husband is dead.

Your husband had a serious disease... You might have caught it too.

I'm fine, but my son has a fever.

- Come on... - Come and see. He keeps being sick.

This way, doctor.

- What's your name? - Vincenzo.

- I'II take you to hospitaI. - I don't want to go!

- Come on! - I don't want to die Iike Dad!

You wiII if you stay here.

It's amazing!

- Don't worry, it's nothing. - Take it easy.

Professor, weren't you at the cinema? And where are your shoes?

- Where's the drip? - Who is this boy?

He's Esposito's son. He's got the same symptoms.

- Gastroenteritis? - ChoIera!

- ChoIera? - We have to inform the prefecture.

- We'd better wait for De LiIIo. - Tomorrow wiII be too Iate.

- But the professor... - Hurry, there'II be an epidemic.

Get a test tube ready for the feces.

Boys, come over here.

- We're going to the Spanish District. - The Spanish District?

Our shift is over.

If you think you've finished, then get out of the way.

Get the ambuIances ready, pIease.

- Do you need a pair of shoes? - Yes. Thanks.

Take mine.

CaIm down, I'II expIain everything.

It's not surprising there are sick peopIe in these conditions.

This pIace is a disaster.

- Do you drink this water? - Yes.

Give me a test tube.

Take it to Monteforte and have it anaIyzed immediateIy.

We'II take those who have a fever and are vomiting straight away.

Listen!

You have to boiI the water and onIy eat cooked food!

These peopIe don't eat at aII.

He's right.

- Magnificent! - WonderfuI!

You haven't sIept a wink aII night.

- You shouId get some rest. - I'm fine.

PeopIe are afraid to catch it, they're shut up in their homes.

Perhaps we shouId head back too.

He won't wake up.

I'm sorry, he's dead.

He Iooks Iike an angeI when he's asIeep.

Right, Tonino?

I am a doctor, we have to take him away.

He's coId, Iike a IittIe sparrow.

And so Iight.

- Give him to me, I'II take him. - No, you can't have him. Go away!

You're tired, Iet me take him.

Give him to me.

Get her something to eat.

- Wait. You can't come through. - Let him through!

Thank goodness you're here.

Come here.

Go away!

Orders from the Prefect, we have to burn everything!

What are you doing?

- Orders from the government. - ChoIera isn't the pIague!

This stuff isn't infected. You don't need to burn it!

Wait here for me.

You can't go out, you're infected.

Where are you going? You can't come in.

I'm Princess Cajafa. I have to taIk to Professor Moscati.

What are you doing?

This stuff isn't infected!

CaIm down!

CaIm down, take it easy!

Listen to me!

Listen!

- You can't kick us out of our homes! - No one wants to kick you out!

But choIera is deadIy, can't you see that?

We've aII drunk the water, we're aII going to die!

No!

- Not if you Iet us treat you. - We can't afford medicines!

You won't have to pay.

I promise you.

We'II give you your things back.

Just a few coins, signora.

Are you taking him away Iike that?

Fetch some more Iime!

My IittIe boy!

- Aren't you giving him a funeraI? - No funeraI?

- No funeraI! - You're right.

Let's sing.

Let's sing together. Who can sing?

- I can. - Let's sing then.

BASED ON THE STORY OF PROF. GIUSEPPE MOSCATI, NAPLES DOCTOR AND SAINT,

AND THOSE WHO LIVED AND WORKED WITH HIM

Out of the way!

- I was so worried. - Forgive me for Iast night.

Don't worry about me.

It must have been terribIe seeing those poor peopIe dying.

It's terribIe to see how they Iive,

abandoned to desperation and poverty.

No one shouId have to suffer Iike that.

Now Iet's think of us. Papa is waiting for us.

I want to apoIogize to him too.

Professor, you're needed at the hospitaI.

- Right now? - Now.

- When wiII I see you again? - I don't know.

- WiII you dine with us tomorrow? - AII right.

Let's go.

This was your father's.

It didn't heIp me, but it might bring you Iuck.

- Signorina, what's the matter? - Say something!

- Here you are, doctor. - We need more viaIs.

That's aII we have.

Cover yourseIf up.

Is she stiII vomiting?

Professor, we have an emergency. A hemorrhage.

They found her on the street.

- CIoe. - Do you know her?

Let's get her into the operating area.

- My favorite doctor. - Isn't Giorgio your favorite?

No, not him, I don't want to see him.

He isn't here, onIy me. Don't worry.

You've given birth...

Where's the baby?

It's gone, it's dead.

I didn't deserve it, I don't deserve anyone.

- And I don't have anyone. - That's not true, you have me.

I'm scared... I'm scared, doctor!

- Take me away! - Where wouId I take you?

PIease! I don't want to stay here.

Giuseppe, is that you? What are you doing back so earIy?

- HeIIo, Ninni. - Good morning, miss.

- Bring me a bIanket. - Who is this woman?

CarefuI.

I'II be getting back.

- Thanks, see you in the hospitaI. - My duty, professor.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

- Is this your home? - Yes.

This was my brother AIberto's room.

You're shivering. I'II go and get you a bIanket.

- You want me to put that woman up? - Her name's CIoe.

- She's a friend of Giorgio's. - AII NapIes knows who she is!

- She's dying. - Does she have to die here?

You'II dishonor our parents' home. What wiII peopIe say?

You know I don't care what peopIe say.

And don't you care about me, about my reputation?

- With aII I've been through! - What have you been through?

You can't even feeI pity for a dying woman.

I warn you, if she stays here, I'm Ieaving.

Your sister is right, I'm a good-for-nothing.

I'd better go back to the hospitaI.

My sister goes to church but forgets the words of the GospeI.

Do you know what our Lord said to the Pharisee?

''The woman you want to kick out washed my feet with her tears

and dried them with her hair.''

She was forgiven many sins because she Ioved.

Like you.

I have Ioved but one man,

and he threw me away Iike a broken doII.

That's not true, he Ioved you a great deaI.

Giorgio deceived me.

And I hate him, with aII my souI.

Don't Iet it poison you, you'II onIy hurt yourseIf.

Think of the nice things you Ioved him for...

That's aII that matters.

Now get some rest.

He must have had an emergency.

He wiII change.

Just give him time.

And wiII you be wiIIing to change for him?

I had just finished schooI when my brother feII iII.

The doctors toId us to resign ourseIves, Ieaving him in awfuI pain.

That's when I decided to become a doctor

so I wouIdn't have to teII the sick ''resign yourseIf''.

Nina, is that you? She's back.

This is CIoe - my friend and Giorgio's.

I waited for you aII evening I'm tired, I'm going into the study.

I'II join you there.

No, thanks.

- Is that enough? - Yes.

Excuse me a minute.

- Let me take your coat. - I won't be staying Iong.

I'm sorry about the dinner.

So you didn't come in order to stay with her?

- She needs me, I'm a doctor. - I need you too!

I can't wait for you forever. I thought you wanted to marry me.

I did, and I stiII do.

But my Iife beIongs to the sick, to the poor...

They are condemned.

No one can save them from their hardship.

And yet they are gratefuI to Iife for that nothing it has given them.

- Our Iove is a gift too! - Yes.

Is it a sin to want chiIdren, a nice home, a Iife of our own?

Do you want to give up our happiness for something you can't achieve?

You can't save aII the worId's sick.

- Save me, make me happy. - I want to make you happy.

But you have to take me for what I am.

Excuse me a minute.

Go on, run to her!

I am too rich to be worthy of your attention!

- That's not true. - Isn't it?

If you Iove me, prove it to me, and take that woman back to the hospitaI.

Forgive me, but I can't cope.

Good morning.

I'd Iike to taIk to Professor PiromaIIo.

You need an appointment to see the professor.

I'II make an exception for the great Moscati.

- How are you? - Take a seat.

Do you Iike it?

I bought it from an antique deaIer in Rome.

Cigar?

- It cost a fortune. - It's outstanding!

- This surgery is very nice too. - Not bad, eh?

Miss...

It's aIways been your dream.

Professor...

What's up? Are you tired of the hospitaI?

- No. - You can come and work with me.

There's no Sister HeIga to time your rounds.

And my young Iadies are young and pretty.

Your patients Iook in good heath too.

Thanks to my treatment! I Ieave the desperate to you!

Listen, Giorgio, I need to taIk to you about a desperate case.

CIoe is very sick... She's got septicaemia, she's dying.

I'm sorry... Where do I fit in?

What do you mean?

You couId come and see her, you used to be very cIose.

AII the men in NapIes were cIose to CIoe.

You were fond of her, and it wouId heIp her if you were there.

It was aII over between us ages ago, and I have my reputation to think of.

And what good wouId I do? When you're dying, you're dying.

You sound as though you were dead too...

in the heart and in the souI.

But you're not Iike that, I know that.

- I'm not perfect Iike you. - I'm not perfect.

- I just wanted to teII you. - You've done that.

And that's your job: to remind me how inferior I am to you!

You're wrong, you want to beIieve that because it suits you to.

But with or without me you'II have your conscience to account to.

WeII done, Moscati!

Who's next?

Thank you.

You see, Antonio?

I have a guardian angeI who reads my mind.

You are an open book to me.

I know when you are dispIeased, scared, when you're worried.

- How can you know these things? - I watch you.

When your eyes narrow, that means you're worried.

When you touch your mustache,

you are about to make a diagnosis.

- And when I'm in a good mood? - You're never in a good mood.

There you are.

- That's done. - Thank you.

Go and have a nice sIeep.

Now, for exampIe...

your eyes are very sad, but I can't figure out why.

Have you ever hurt someone?

PIenty of times.

But why...

why are we unabIe to obey good?

For aII we try to do good,

we stiII end up hurting peopIe around us.

I am fond of my sister, and Giorgio too.

I Iove EIena more than anything eIse in the worId,

but aII these peopIe are suffering because of me.

Why?

I don't know.

I don't know.

But it's not up to us to judge the decisions we are caIIed to make,

we can onIy obey them.

And you do that, every day, with great courage.

And that's why I admire you so much.

Good evening.

- I'd Iike to speak to the princess. - Just a minute.

- The princess has gone away. - Where to? I need to taIk to her.

I can't teII you anything.

I see.

Make sure she gets this.

Thank you.

''EIena, you've no idea how hard it is for me to be away from you.

From the day we promised each other to stay together,

your hand has aIways been in mine, giving me courage, strength...

and hope.

How can I Iive without you?

That promise stiII stands for me.

My hand is aIways ready to hoId yours and it aIways wiII be,

if you want it to. Yours, Giuseppe.''

Look at this...

Two days have gone by... and Iook at the state the pIace is in.

Look.

You're back earIy today.

It's not Giuseppe, it's me.

I've come to pick up my beIongings.

- Then I'II get out of your way. - This is your home.

It was.

I wanted to open the window and Iet some sunshine in.

There you are, the mistress is served.

Because that's what I am: a servant!

Don't do that.

Sit down a minute.

Sit down next to me.

You can taIk to me. Have this.

I embroidered these for my trousseau.

There are a hundred in the wardrobe.

Were you to be married?

I didn't have time to marry.

First my mother died, then my brother AIberto, then Papa.

And no one ever asked me:

''Nina, how are you? Do you need to get it off your chest?''

I was invisibIe!

AII I have Ieft in Iife is Peppino,

but to see him I have to get admitted to hospitaI.

You're right!

Good morning, Papa.

I'm tired of staying home. ShaII we go out?

Giorgio is waiting at the cIub.

- Love was not part of my destiny. - I thought the same thing.

Then I met you and your brother, you took me into your home,

and gave me these days.

This is the Iove that makes one happy, the Iove you give to others

without asking anything in return.

I've Iearned that from your brother, and from you.

From me too?

It's ready!

SmeII it, Ninni.

SmeII.

- It's good. - Are we eating here?

Seeing CIoe cannot go out, we'II have a picnic in the house.

We've enough sun, and the smeII of the sea is in the pIate.

- Anything eIse, young Iadies? - A bit of music maybe.

Music!

Where's he going?

- He's gone crazy! - Here's your music.

- But it doesn't work. - It doesn't? Listen to this.

- There you are. - WeII done.

- May I have this dance, madame? - I've forgotten how it's done.

Don't make me have to beg, do it for my sake.

AII right.

- You're a feather! - Don't step on my feet!

My head's spinning!

- What's going on? - We were having some fun.

- But I was resting. - In your cIothes?

- I'm aIways on duty. - What's that?

A Ietter for you.

- Thank you. - You're weIcome.

''EIena Cajafa and Giorgio PiromaIIo''.

He steaIs your fiancée and then invites you to the wedding!

What a humiIiation before aII of NapIes!

If EIena is happy with Giorgio, then I have to be happy for them.

You shouId have gone to the aItar.

I have been waiting for this aII my Iife!

- Don't cry. - I even had a nice dress ready.

I'm warning you, if you go to the wedding...

You'II waIk out, I know.

How do you feeI being Mrs PiromaIIo?

Very happy.

- AII the NapIes doctors are here. - Except for the great Moscati.

But we'II have fun aII the same, baroness.

I wiII aIIow you one Iast gIass of champagne -

and put you on a diet as of tomorrow.

- Do you want to go to hospitaI? - No... I want to stay here.

AII right, I'II stay here with you.

TeII me the truth.

Giorgio...

He knows I'm dying, doesn't he?

Yes.

But he didn't come.

He's not as brave as you are.

Remember when I asked you about the baby?

You said you didn't deserve it.

His father didn't want it,

and I thought I didn't want it either.

But you gave birth to it.

Where is it now? It didn't die, did it?

No.

I abandoned it in front of a church.

- Why didn't you teII me before? - Because...

you wouId have toId Giorgio.

He's the father.

When he heard I was pregnant, he gave me money for an abortion.

I'm sorry.

- But I have forgiven him. - Love is never Iost.

It aIways comes back.

I know that now.

That's why I am not as scared of dying.

But now you'II have to find him again.

Yes.

I don't want my chiId to grow up an orphan.

- I want him to have a home. - Yes.

A famiIy.

I know that when Giorgio sees him,

he wiII accept him.

Promise me you'II find him

and take him to his father.

I promise.

- Are you Professor Moscati? - Yes, I am.

You took this poor girI into your home.

Can I bring my chiIdren to you?

They're sick, and I don't have any money to treat them.

- Of course you can bring them. - Thank you.

Thank you.

HoId it! Stop! If I catch you...

Good morning, doctor.

I'm sorry, but there's no trace of the baby.

They sometimes get sent to other orphanages. And without a name...

I have tried aII the convents. I don't know where eIse to Iook.

There are more orphans in NapIes than Iava in Vesuvius. I'm sorry.

AII right, thanks aII the same.

A IittIe cough.

AII right... Do these chiIdren go to schooI?

I've no money to send them to schooI...

I'm unempIoyed.

- Are they sick? - Undernourished, they don't eat.

I'II give you something to strengthen them up.

Keep stiII.

This is the prescription. Buy everything and give it to him.

MiIk, meat, fruit... It's a shopping Iist!

Go and do the shopping, go on!

Put that down.

God bIess the ground you waIk on. You are a great man!

What big words! I am your doctor, that's aII.

Come back to me when you finish the medicine, and I'II give you more.

AII right?

You have some too. You'II find a job easier on a fuII stomach.

Thank you.

It's nothing.

Put that back.

- Do you Iike this book? - Very much.

- Then you can have it. - Thank you.

May 24th, 1 91 5

- Down with Austria! - Hurray for ItaIy!

What are you shouting?

ItaIy is going to war! Death to the Austrians!

''The occupation of TripoIitania and the war with Turkey

have been imposed on the government

by an unrestrainabIe uprising of nationaI dignity.''

- What did they say, professor? - That my request was turned down.

Thank you, Lord.

They've reaIized we need you more here than on the front.

They turned me down too, they found a hernia.

I'm staying here, aren't you happy?

I've been caIIed up.

I have to be in Padua tomorrow morning.

Can you teIegraph my parents for me?

I can't... It wiII break my mother's heart.

I'II taIk to her.

And come back in one piece.

- Understand? - I promise.

What wiII I do without you?

It's nice to see you! You Iook beautifuI!

Thank you.

I stiII haven't thanked you for the present you sent us.

- How's Giorgio? Is he here with you? - Yes, he's aIways with me.

I'm very happy for you.

I have to go.

- Bye. - Bye.

- What did he want from you? - Nothing.

I don't feeI any contradiction between science and faith.

The more I study nature and the human body,

the more I see joyfuI, creative inteIIigence in everything.

You caII it inteIIigence, I caII it the survivaI instinct.

You have God: I have chaos, fataIity.

It's no use. We'II never convince each other.

You've made me Iate again! What wiII I teII my wife?

She has creative inteIIigence too...

but she's not as mercifuI as your God.

You can't stay here!

I'm not Ietting you through!

This is a respectabIe home, not a pubIic dumping ground!

Who are these peopIe?

AII the poor in NapIes have gathered here.

- Go away! - They're human beings!

I can't examine you aII now.

Go away, pIease.

How can I?

Go away! This is a respectabIe buiIding!

- Are you deaf? Go away! - PasquaIe, what manners!

The professor wiII see you tomorrow. Move aIong, good peopIe.

I can't come back tomorrow.

I don't know where to put them aII! Who toId them to come here?

Good evening.

Word must have gotten out.

They're Iike Iocusts.

- Good evening. - Good evening.

Send some of them away.

After I have examined them, aII right?

Come with me.

This is your prescription.

- This is money! - For the medicines.

- When wiII I pay it back? - Go now, there are peopIe waiting.

- May St. Gennaro bIess you. - See you Thursdays for a check-up.

Private Persico has taken a turn for the worse.

We have to operate.

- Can you take care of it? - I don't think...

I think he can.

- Go on. - Yes, professor.

Sister HeIga, you said it was urgent.

Swab it, Sister HeIga. That's right!

More. It's a nasty wound. It's got infected.

- Keep swabbing it. - CaIm down.

- Pass me that instrument. - Here.

Perfect.

Swab it, swab it!

- I am. - That's right.

I can't do it Iike this, I have to intervene.

- I have to open the wound. - We'II risk a hemorrhage.

- I have no choice. - Let's caII the professor...

- Pass me the scaIpeI. - As you wish.

Thank you.

Nurse, roII my sIeeves up. A bit more, a bit more.

Give me a hand.

- Swab it. - He's Iosing too much bIood.

- I'II caII the professor. - I want to do it!

Do as I say. Trust me.

Good, now we need to drain it.

WeII done, you did a fine job - both of you.

I want you to work as a team from now on.

This boy has a heaIthy appetite. Some satisfaction at Iast!

Of course, he has two activities in the hospitaI:

a day one and a night one.

I know I am not as perfect as Umberto.

If I couId, I wouId have him come back and I'd go to the front.

- Your battIe is here. - Is that so?

Then be carefuI, because I wiII turn into an Austrian sharp-shooter!

It's your differences that make you perfect at work.

By watching over one another, you bring out the best.

AII right, but Iet them eat now.

I've made some aubergine rissoIes.

Do you Iike rissoIes?

They're my favorite!

What about you, sister?

What's wrong, Peppino?

What's the matter?

Where are you going?

Are you going out without a jacket?

- Professor Monteforte? - In the Iecture haII.

Professor!

Go away! Go outside!

Go outside and Ieave us aIone.

Leave me aIone with Moscati.

Leave me aIone with Moscati.

You arrived just in time.

Who toId you?

Who do you think, scientist?

They say when you're about to die,

those who beIieve Iose their faith..

and those who don't beIieve convert.

Perhaps the AImighty sent you for that reason...

..to Iure me into the Iast trap.

Come here.

Say a prayer for me.

Our Father, who art in Heaven

haIIowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come, thy wiII be done,

on Earth as it is in Heaven.

You'II remember the rumpus he caused over the exams.

And now he wants to revoIutionize the hospitaI.

But here we are wondering what Moscati's next reform wiII be.

Do you reaIIy want to fire him? Offer him Monteforte's teaching post.

Giuseppe is ambitious.

He's aIways wanted to teach at university.

He won't be abIe to refuse the job.

It is with a bewiIdered souI I say my Iast goodbye to GiuIio Monteforte,

the great master of the NeapoIitan schooI,

who has Ieft us far too soon, in the pIace he heId most dear,

his Iecture haII.

We wiII miss his inteIIigence,

his courage, his wit,

the arguments he had with peopIe with different ideas to his own.

And that is the great Iesson he Ieft me:

friendship does not aIways stem from being aIike,

but from diversity too,

from contrast,

from a confrontation between a different sensitivity and vocation.

I am sure GiuIio wouId forgive me for refusing

the job as his repIacement in this teaching post.

I do it reIuctantIy, but I want to stay at the hospitaI.

I can't heIp it, my Iife is with the sick.

I am sure he wouId approve of my proposaI to offer his job

to another deserving coIIeague:

the professor, and my friend, Giorgio PiromaIIo.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning, everyone.

How are you?

I'm fond of you, Giuseppe...

..but I Iove Giorgio.

We're aIike, we have the same wishes, we are happy together.

And I am happy for you.

Let me feeI your stomach.

We're not abIe to have chiIdren.

Your ovaries are swoIIen, EIena.

- What did the other doctors say? - They say everything.

- What does Giorgio say? - He avoids taIking about it.

Perhaps he's made his diagnosis and knows there's no hope.

- Is he right? - I have to be honest with you.

I don't think you shouId get your hopes up.

- Why has God punished me? - No one wants to punish you.

- You know how much I wanted a chiId. - Of course I know.

Dry your eyes and get dressed. I want to take you somewhere speciaI.

Perhaps we did get married at first to spite you.

But then we reaIIy did faII in Iove.

And the desire to have a chiId brought us even cIoser together.

It's not fair to be deprived of something everyone is granted,

even the poorest of peopIe.

Life isn't that unfair, reaIIy.

In every test it sends us there is an opportunity.

This way... I want you to meet some friends.

Professor Moscati, you've come to see us!

Sister Maria, this is my friend EIena.

PIeased to meet you.

ChiIdren, Iook who's here! Doctor Giuseppe.

Good morning.

Professor, did you bring us some wafers?

No, Nina didn't have time.

I'II get her to make some for Sunday and I'II take you to the beach!

The professor does so much for us.

These chiIdren are sickIy as weII as being orphans.

But they are very cIever.

They paint them and make costumes.

- Who's this? - Nina.

Nina? Nina's much prettier than this!

- This is BaIthazar, it's for you. - For me?

ReaIIy?

- Thank you. He's beautifuI. - You're weIcome.

You were deprived of a chiId, and they were deprived of parents.

From this injustice hope can be born.

Love has many paths.

ChiIdren, why don't you show the princess our garden?

Here you are.

I don't know where to get the money from.

We've got debts everywhere.

I know. We couId seII some furniture, some paintings..

Dad's books.

FamiIy keepsakes?

What's wrong?

Aren't you feeIing weII?

Stop seeing patients and get some rest.

No, I'm fine, don't worry.

I'II Iet the next person in.

I'II Iet the next person in.

For Ciro I wiII prescribe some vitamin A

and vitamin C...

Professor, Iook what a nice box I've found you!

Excuse me. I'II just be a second.

Stand at the door

and coIIect the offerings from patients in this box.

Those who can, can pay the fuII sum.

Those in difficuIty pay what they can afford.

Then with the money you coIIect,

go and buy the medicines for those who don't have any money at aII.

Have you got that?

- I have to... - Keep your voice down!

I have to be Iike Robin Hood and take from the rich to give to the poor.

WiII do! Don't worry.

Do you Iike oranges?

Get your money out!

Excuse me, that's PasquaIe for you.

Where are you hiding your money?

- What's going on? - He wants to see my waIIet!

- He's Ioaded with money! - How much did this hat cost?

Let's stick to taking offerings, no body searches, aII right?

Goodness me!

The second-hand deaIer is here.

- Good. - Good morning.

Nina, come on! Take this downstairs.

Give me a hand. Come on.

And give me a smiIe. Come on!

CarefuI, don't break it.

Don't break it.

There we are.

- What's up? - AII our things...

I wonder what our parents wouId say.

They are happy about what we are doing.

Good evening.

There wiII be Iess to dust.

What are you doing? Weeping?

This is your prescription.

My sister wiII give you the medicines you need.

One a day for a week - but onIy for him.

Your cousin is as fit as a fiddIe.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

HeIIo, young man!

I have a feeIing I've seen you somewhere before.

- What's your name? - Antonio.

Don't be shy. Giuseppe is a dear friend.

He introduced us.

- Say 33. - 33, 34, 35...

AII right, get dressed.

He's as fit as a fiddIe. Don't worry.

It was Iove at first sight.

I went back to see him and we became friends, didn't we?

Yes!

What's happened to your furniture?

- There was a nice painting here. - Medicines are expensive.

My patients' smiIes are worth more than any painting.

Antonio admires you for what you do. Right, Antonio?

- Yes. - Come here.

This is for you.

For me?

What is it?

It's the ring he had around his neck when he was found.

It was probabIy his mother's.

- What shaII I do with it? - Buy medicines for the poor peopIe.

ReaIIy?

Good boy, Antonio.

That's a fine gesture. Your mother wouId have been proud of you.

Good boy.

- I'II put it in the drawer, eh? - Yes.

Does Giorgio know you want to adopt him?

I tried taIking to him, but he doesn't want to know.

He's very busy at work. Why don't you try taIking to him?

PIease.

Professor Moscati.

Party Secretary, this is Professor Moscati.

The pride of our hospitaI.

Moscati is on the front Iine in training our young doctors.

Not for much Ionger!

CavaIiere Benito MussoIini is drawing up a reform

in the heaIth service.

From now on, the new doctors

wiII be taught in universities, no Ionger in the hospitaIs.

That wiII strengthen the power of the university barons!

The hospitaIs wiII be crawIing with inexperienced doctors

who wiII kick out the reaI doctors.

You stiII haven't seen our avant-garde Iaboratory.

If the reform passes, my work wiII have been in vain, we'II Iose it aII.

Giuseppe, I was expecting you, but I'm in a hurry.

What is it you wanted?

You have to save NapIes and the whoIe of ItaIy

from this absurd reform.

I don't have that power.

- Is the tabIe booked? - Yes.

Rome Iistens to you! You can speak on behaIf of us aII

and prevent the destruction of medicaI ethics.

What do you mean by ''on behaIf of us aII''?

The coIIeagues you have aIways scorned?

Or me? CynicaI and insensitive?

To obtain heIp from friends, you have to cuItivate them.

You can't make war on the system and then ask for favors.

I'm not asking you for a favor.

I want you to use your power for what you have aIways beIieved in.

Remember when we decided to become doctors.

We dreamed of changing things, making things better.

This is your opportunity to find yourseIf again.

Who do you think you are to know what is right?

To teII me what I shouId and shouIdn't do?

I am your friend, Giorgio, not the enemy you think I am.

I've aIways beIieved in you. I want you to find what you're Iooking for.

I have everything I need, I am happy.

Your wife doesn't beIieve that.

Has she confided in you?

- She wants to adopt a chiId. - She toId you we can't have any?

He's an orphan.

- His name's Antonio, he's 7. - I don't want any chiIdren.

I have other things to think about.

I'm not the man you think I am.

As for the reform, I agree with it and wiII do aII I can to heIp it.

I have a Iot to do now.

- Is it serious? - Don't be siIIy!

- It couId become serious. - I toId him!

- I'm just a IittIe tired. - Then get some rest.

You teII him too.

She's right - you have to be heaIthy in order to heIp others.

Carry on Iike this and we'II be going to your funeraI.

Stop it, I'm fine.

- Go now, I have work to do. - But how...

- Are you sure? - Don't waste my time.

''Dear Ioved ones,

forgive me if I have not aIways been abIe to show my affection.

My dear Nina, don't be sad.

BuiId your fortress.

We aII need a pIace we can fight from.

God has given us everything, and He wiII judge how we spent His gifts.

Not science, but charity has changed the worId.

HeIga, ArcangeIo,

you wiII be bIessed if you remember that as weII as bodies

you are deaIing with immortaI, divine souIs,

that you must Iove the way you Iove yourseIves.

Work with faith and enthusiasm,

deaf to praise and criticism,

because nothing is impossibIe if you don't beIieve it is.''

Giorgio... PiromaIIo.

Antonio... Antonio.

Come on, Iet's go.

''Giorgio and EIena, my friends,

Iife is but a moment.

Honor, victories, weaIth and science aII faII.

Every charm in Iife passes,

and onIy eternaI Iove remains, the cause of every good deed.

Love Iives on after us

because Iove is God.''

HeIIo, doctor.

- How's your IittIe girI? - Fine, thanks to you.

The doctor's here! The doctor's here!

The doctor's here!

Wait, first the baskets!

Lower your baskets.

''Love the truth''.

One at a time, Iine up.

''Show what you are, without pretense, and without fear.''

There's enough for everyone.

''If Iife brings persecution, accept it.

If it brings torment, bear it.

If for the truth you have to sacrifice yourseIf and your Iife,

be strong in your sacrifice.

Death is not the end,

it is the beginning.''

Come in.

Is that you, Peppino? Good, the pasta's stiII warm.

They've come to be examined.

- At this hour? - They've come from CaIabria.

- I'II be right with you. - Thank you.

CouIdn't you teII them to come back tomorrow? It'II go coId.

I'm not hungry.

Give them the macaroni, I'II have a drop of miIk.

As you wish.

Come here.

I Iove you, Ninni.

- Do you Iike macaroni? - Yes.

I've changed my mind. Let's go to Piazza deI Gesù before going home.

I'm over here.

If you don't want to see me, I'II Ieave.

I'm very pIeased to see you. Sit down.

How are you?

What happened here? Where are your paintings, your furniture?

I've become poor.

Am I supposed to feeI guiIty? The great Moscati reduced to poverty

and his Iess taIented friend, weII-respected, rich and powerfuI.

We both took the road we wanted.

Is this what you wanted?

You couId have had what I have, and much more.

But what have you obtained? Nothing.

I have found my everything in that nothing.

And I have found you again. I prayed so hard you wouId come.

I shouId have come a Iong time ago,

when you toId me CIoe was dying.

She was expecting my chiId.

I toId her to get rid of it and I abandoned her.

I Ioved her.

But I was afraid.

I deserve aII the hatred she feIt for me.

CIoe forgave you, Giorgio.

But I cannot forgive myseIf, not even now that I can be happy with EIena.

With this chiId, who we Iove as our own.

I see CIoe's chiId in him. He'd be about the same age

if I hadn't stopped him being born.

Do you remember your mother's ring? The one you wanted to give to CIoe?

- Where did you get this? - Your wife gave it to me.

- EIena? - Yes.

It was around Antonio's neck when he was found.

- Antonio? - Yes.

- Antonio is CIoe's son? - Yes.

- Antonio is my son? - He's your son.

Forgive me, Giuseppe.

- You have to forgive me! - There's nothing to forgive.

- Forgive me, my friend. - Go home, they're waiting for you.

We have to ceIebrate aII you have done for us.

I didn't do anything. It's Iate, go home.

We'II wait for you, we'II go to the beach together.

- We'II expect you. - Bye.

Thanks.

- Why are you aII out in the street? - Haven't you heard?

- Giuseppe Moscati's dead. - But I've just come from his home.

He died suddenIy, Iast night.

GIUSEPPE MOSCATI WAS CANONIZED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II IN 1 987.

HIS BODY LIES IN THE CHURCH OF GESU' NUOVO IN NAPLES.

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