1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:28,811 --> 00:00:30,079 Look! 2 00:00:31,748 --> 00:00:33,249 Isn't it spectacular here? 3 00:00:33,383 --> 00:00:35,018 Take a look over here. 4 00:00:38,421 --> 00:00:40,557 The sun comes in everywhere. 5 00:00:41,958 --> 00:00:46,095 You don't need to worry about the rent, I'll take care of it. 6 00:00:47,163 --> 00:00:50,200 They just offered me a good job. 7 00:00:50,733 --> 00:00:52,302 It'll solve our financial problems. 8 00:00:52,368 --> 00:00:55,271 - When were you going to tell me? - I wanted to tell you here. 9 00:00:55,605 --> 00:00:56,940 Do you like it or not? 10 00:00:57,106 --> 00:00:58,842 I think it's perfect! 11 00:01:02,912 --> 00:01:05,515 What's with you today? 12 00:01:08,017 --> 00:01:10,153 I want to see Eleonora tomorrow. 13 00:01:13,189 --> 00:01:15,492 - Why? - I need to talk to her. 14 00:01:17,293 --> 00:01:18,928 I want to know what she knows about us, 15 00:01:19,496 --> 00:01:23,800 when you left home, how long it's been since you've slept together. 16 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:27,704 Do her father and mother know your marriage is over? 17 00:01:28,671 --> 00:01:33,009 Ask me, if something's not clear I'll explain it to you. 18 00:01:33,576 --> 00:01:35,879 No, I only trust her. 19 00:01:37,247 --> 00:01:38,982 You're a liar. 20 00:01:41,618 --> 00:01:43,453 What's all this fuss? 21 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:45,455 Stop it, you piece of shit! 22 00:01:45,822 --> 00:01:47,957 Who do you think you're dealing with? 23 00:01:48,291 --> 00:01:50,693 I'm not letting an asshole like you fuck with me! 24 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:52,495 What are you doing? 25 00:01:52,729 --> 00:01:54,330 Calm down! 26 00:01:54,998 --> 00:01:57,634 Calm down, please. 27 00:01:57,901 --> 00:01:59,369 Let's sit down. 28 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:00,770 Let's calm down. 29 00:02:01,871 --> 00:02:03,606 Let's sit down. 30 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,277 I'll explain everything. Let's sit down. 31 00:02:07,977 --> 00:02:08,978 Please. 32 00:02:28,431 --> 00:02:31,201 Before leaving for France, 33 00:02:31,267 --> 00:02:33,736 I told Eleonora everything, 34 00:02:33,870 --> 00:02:36,439 but when I returned things got complicated. 35 00:02:36,906 --> 00:02:41,211 She began to act crazy, to do things... 36 00:02:41,411 --> 00:02:43,980 Once she went to stab herself in the stomach, 37 00:02:44,047 --> 00:02:46,649 then she wanted to jump off the balcony, I got scared. 38 00:02:47,383 --> 00:02:51,020 And in the end, yes, I told her you and I were over. 39 00:02:53,490 --> 00:02:55,325 But she realized 40 00:02:55,492 --> 00:02:58,595 all my absences, my excuses, were to see you, 41 00:02:58,661 --> 00:03:01,197 so she began to pretend nothing was happening, 42 00:03:01,464 --> 00:03:04,000 that I really go to conferences 43 00:03:04,033 --> 00:03:05,768 and that I don't see you anymore. 44 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:09,405 Now we live in this sort of fiction. 45 00:03:09,472 --> 00:03:13,109 Things are going well, so much so that I'm here. 46 00:03:13,510 --> 00:03:16,880 I can be with you, sleep with you, go away with you. 47 00:03:17,213 --> 00:03:18,748 She knows perfectly well, 48 00:03:18,848 --> 00:03:21,017 but she acts as if she doesn't. 49 00:03:23,653 --> 00:03:25,188 Elena... 50 00:03:27,123 --> 00:03:31,127 I don't want you to excuse me, I only want you to understand me. 51 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:34,197 You lied to me, to her. 52 00:03:36,266 --> 00:03:38,401 You didn't do it for the love of either of us. 53 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:40,336 No, that's not true. 54 00:03:40,403 --> 00:03:43,640 Yes, it is. You only did it for yourself. 55 00:03:46,843 --> 00:03:50,980 You're a coward without the courage of your convictions. 56 00:03:53,383 --> 00:03:57,954 Elena, maybe I was wrong, but I apologize. 57 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,958 I did it to avoid a tragedy. 58 00:04:02,358 --> 00:04:05,128 I can do whatever I want. 59 00:04:05,228 --> 00:04:08,198 We can even get an apartment together. 60 00:04:21,344 --> 00:04:22,345 It's over between us. 61 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:02,495 - Why are you being like this? - Never call me again, understood? 62 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,598 - Understood. - You need to leave me alone. 63 00:06:05,765 --> 00:06:08,535 - How can I? - Nino, for fuck's sake, stop it! 64 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:12,505 - Stop it! - Tell me what I can do. 65 00:06:12,572 --> 00:06:14,841 You don't understand shit, now fuck off! 66 00:06:29,822 --> 00:06:31,024 I'll get it. 67 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:35,395 Hello? 68 00:06:35,461 --> 00:06:37,363 It's Lila. I'm looking for Elena. 69 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,665 Yes. 70 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:40,733 I'll get her right away. 71 00:06:45,572 --> 00:06:47,574 Your friend's on the phone. 72 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:00,887 Hello? 73 00:07:00,987 --> 00:07:02,622 Lenù, how are things? 74 00:07:03,022 --> 00:07:05,625 - How do you think? - Are you still in Turin? 75 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:07,961 Yeah, where else would I be? 76 00:07:08,127 --> 00:07:10,029 How are you? 77 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:12,565 Fine, don't sweat it. 78 00:07:12,865 --> 00:07:14,834 Come on, talk to me. 79 00:07:15,535 --> 00:07:18,605 I'm busy, take care. 80 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:23,376 What are you doing? 81 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:29,449 Trying to prevent you from saying vulgar things in your dialect, 82 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:31,584 it's not a pretty sight. 83 00:07:33,152 --> 00:07:35,121 Look who's talking. 84 00:07:35,722 --> 00:07:37,857 - What does that mean? - You know. 85 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:39,425 I don't know at all. 86 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:42,362 Pietro told me you've had lovers. 87 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:45,665 - Me? - Yes, you. 88 00:07:46,065 --> 00:07:47,400 Don't act so surprised. 89 00:07:49,836 --> 00:07:52,438 I accepted my responsibilities in front of everyone, 90 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:56,242 even Dede and Elsa, and I'm suffering the consequences of my actions. 91 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:59,746 But you, you give yourself so many airs, 92 00:08:00,179 --> 00:08:04,284 you're only a little bourgeois hypocrite who sweeps her dirt under the rug. 93 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:09,589 You're a bad person. 94 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:14,060 You don't know what it means to truly love someone 95 00:08:14,127 --> 00:08:15,929 and give them up. 96 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:19,032 You seem docile, shy, 97 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:24,304 but you're concealing a craving to grab everything 98 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:26,539 and neither study nor books can change that. 99 00:08:26,706 --> 00:08:27,774 Tania! 100 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:29,809 Excuse me, ma'am. 101 00:08:32,111 --> 00:08:34,013 I'm only sorry 102 00:08:34,781 --> 00:08:36,883 the girls won't grow up here, 103 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:40,853 they might have tried not to be like you. 104 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:45,858 Tania, please, 105 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:50,129 help Elena and the girls pack their bags. 106 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:51,464 I'll do it myself. 107 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:01,741 The train from Florence is arriving on platform 13. 108 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:03,176 Where will we sleep tonight? 109 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:04,844 When are we going back to our grandparents'? 110 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:07,947 - I'm hungry. - Calm down. 111 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,450 - We're going to Naples. - Why? 112 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,285 - Because we are. - To Nino's? 113 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:14,921 The train for Naples is leaving from platform 6. 114 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:16,756 Come on. 115 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:18,625 Hurry up. 116 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:22,428 I thought of showing up unannounced at Nino and Eleonora's 117 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:25,732 to tell him that if my daughters and I were in this situation, 118 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:28,701 it was also his fault and he had to pay. 119 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:35,041 I wanted my turmoil to overwhelm him 120 00:09:36,476 --> 00:09:38,511 as it was overwhelming me. 121 00:09:41,447 --> 00:09:44,250 The train for Milan is leaving from platform 19. 122 00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:47,787 - Come. - Where are we going? 123 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:50,223 Quick. 124 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:51,758 Wait. 125 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:56,629 Get on. 126 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:58,298 Hurry up. 127 00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:03,469 Help me. 128 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:06,406 Elsa, go in. 129 00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:19,419 - Will you put mine up? - Do it yourself. 130 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,028 I'm hungry. 131 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:30,663 One thing at a time. 132 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:32,432 Can we have Grandma's sandwiches? 133 00:10:38,238 --> 00:10:40,039 The train for Milan is departing. 134 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:42,475 Those not traveling are asked to leave. 135 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,311 Why did you decide to go to Milan now? 136 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,447 I want the salami sandwich. 137 00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:49,449 - Grandma gave it to me. - That's not true. 138 00:10:49,616 --> 00:10:51,417 - Shut up and eat! - I want yours! 139 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:53,686 Stop it! 140 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,589 It's mine! 141 00:10:56,756 --> 00:10:58,391 I said stop it! 142 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:33,226 Only on the train did I realize the reason 143 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:35,795 for that abrupt change of plan. 144 00:11:35,962 --> 00:11:40,333 In spite of everything, love writhed ferociously inside me 145 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:44,270 and the very thought of hurting Nino was repugnant to me. 146 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:50,610 Even though by then I wrote and thought only about women's autonomy, 147 00:11:50,777 --> 00:11:56,115 I didn't know how I'd do without his body, his voice, his intelligence. 148 00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:59,819 It was terrible to admit, 149 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:02,288 but I still wanted him, 150 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:05,391 I loved him more than my own daughters. 151 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:08,928 I'll show them the house. 152 00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:10,663 Hi. 153 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:13,533 And through here... 154 00:12:14,267 --> 00:12:16,436 The kitchen's on the right. 155 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:19,505 There's a room here where you can eat. 156 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:22,642 And here... 157 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:26,312 these are three English friends of mine. 158 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:28,014 But they're leaving tomorrow. 159 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:32,485 - Hi. - Hi. 160 00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:34,320 Friends of mine. 161 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:41,327 And our room? 162 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:43,029 In there. 163 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,371 - Franco? - Yes. 164 00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:57,577 Look who's here. 165 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:00,914 Hi, Elena. 166 00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:07,387 - How are you? - So-so. 167 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,389 Mamma, come and see! 168 00:13:10,857 --> 00:13:13,393 You're... Elsa. 169 00:13:16,362 --> 00:13:18,831 And you, the elder one, are Dede. 170 00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:20,967 Hi. 171 00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:22,869 How pretty you are! 172 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:28,441 - I'm glad to see you. - Me too. 173 00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:32,212 There's a gigantic chair! 174 00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:35,481 I'm sleeping here. 175 00:13:36,883 --> 00:13:38,885 No, I'm sleeping there, 176 00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:41,387 because I want to sleep near Mamma. 177 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:43,957 - Get your luggage. - We have to make the bed. 178 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:45,525 We'll do it later. 179 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:50,597 You can stay as long as you like, you know how things work here. 180 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:53,900 You know how much I love you. 181 00:13:56,536 --> 00:13:58,738 But you shouldn't have treated my mother that way. 182 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:01,975 - She behaved very badly. - Now. 183 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:04,344 But in the past she helped you. 184 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:07,680 She only did it so her son wouldn't look bad. 185 00:14:08,047 --> 00:14:10,950 - You're being unfair... - No, I'm being clear. 186 00:14:12,018 --> 00:14:14,721 I'll be clear too: my mother is my mother, 187 00:14:14,988 --> 00:14:18,491 say what you like about my father and my brother, but leave her alone. 188 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:24,163 Here, there are sheets 189 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:26,733 and towels. 190 00:14:29,769 --> 00:14:33,339 You'll always find blankets in there, 191 00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,675 and the bathroom's there. 192 00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:40,046 And with this, I'm done treating you as a guest. 193 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:43,783 This house is yours and everyone's, do as you please. 194 00:15:10,677 --> 00:15:13,980 - I'll start putting the sheets on. - Wash your hands. 195 00:15:15,014 --> 00:15:16,816 The bathroom's there. 196 00:16:12,505 --> 00:16:13,706 Hello? 197 00:16:13,873 --> 00:16:15,241 Nino. 198 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:16,476 Elena. 199 00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:19,946 - Where are you? - In Milan, at Mariarosa's. 200 00:16:20,747 --> 00:16:24,183 In Milan? Why didn't you come to Naples? 201 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,252 What for? 202 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:28,788 Cut it out, will you? 203 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:31,925 How can I live without you? 204 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,493 I've been waiting for you for a month. 205 00:16:33,927 --> 00:16:35,328 The way you have so far. 206 00:16:35,395 --> 00:16:39,465 Please, stop it. Why are you talking like this? 207 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:42,735 Things will sort themselves out. 208 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:44,671 I stopped sleeping with Pietro. 209 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:47,273 But you kept sleeping with Eleonora. 210 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:51,744 Stop fixating on that. 211 00:16:52,078 --> 00:16:54,414 I've already explained... 212 00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:06,759 If you don't come back, what will I do? I can't go on like this. 213 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,195 Have you decided? 214 00:17:09,295 --> 00:17:10,530 About what? 215 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:12,999 You're asking me about what? 216 00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:46,866 - Hello? - Elena. 217 00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:49,602 You gotta let me explain. 218 00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:01,414 I don't want any more. 219 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:02,949 Just eat! 220 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:19,699 What do you mean, why did I rent it? 221 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:23,336 - Go to your room. - Lenù, can you hear me? 222 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,372 Yes, I'm here. 223 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:30,343 I want you to bring the girls to live in Via Petrarca. 224 00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:32,712 You can't live there forever. 225 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,548 Remember how nice the apartment is? 226 00:18:35,715 --> 00:18:38,017 I went back there yesterday, it's full of light. 227 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,286 What about you? 228 00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:42,522 I'll come with you. 229 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:44,023 Yeah, and then? 230 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:46,659 - Then, what? - Eleonora? 231 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:50,396 Lemme do it my way. 232 00:18:50,763 --> 00:18:52,799 I'll slowly fix everything. 233 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,902 I swear on our love. 234 00:18:57,537 --> 00:18:58,805 You hear me? 235 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,475 You hear me? 236 00:19:03,176 --> 00:19:05,178 I gotta go, I got things to do. 237 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,725 I'm hiding here. 238 00:19:22,562 --> 00:19:24,364 Don't tell anyone. 239 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:27,800 Hide, then. Underneath. 240 00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:32,105 - There's no one here. - But I heard her come in. 241 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:33,640 You're wrong. 242 00:19:38,811 --> 00:19:41,648 - I'm gonna get you! - No, you always lose. 243 00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:44,217 No, I let you win. You're too slow. 244 00:19:44,384 --> 00:19:47,020 A woman abandons her body to her children, 245 00:19:47,086 --> 00:19:51,357 she is devoured by them and this is what we must rebel against. 246 00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:57,363 No woman can define herself as free 247 00:19:57,530 --> 00:20:01,067 if she does not have control over her own body. 248 00:20:02,068 --> 00:20:05,338 That's the issue we must tackle. 249 00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:07,974 We say this applying it to everything, 250 00:20:08,074 --> 00:20:11,811 but we never apply it to motherhood. 251 00:20:13,146 --> 00:20:18,418 And since I am lucky enough to have Elena Greco as my guest, 252 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:22,655 I'd like her to say a few words. 253 00:20:25,225 --> 00:20:26,526 Go on, Elena. 254 00:20:37,704 --> 00:20:40,073 I could start with Elsa Morante, 255 00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:43,943 who says no one thinks a mother has a woman's body. 256 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:49,349 For sons and daughters mothers have amorphous bodies. 257 00:20:50,884 --> 00:20:52,719 We thought that too 258 00:20:52,886 --> 00:20:55,521 and maybe we still think it about our mothers. 259 00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:58,892 We should be ashamed. 260 00:21:00,159 --> 00:21:02,795 Then there are my daughters, here they are. 261 00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:07,734 Maybe they also think like that, 262 00:21:08,468 --> 00:21:10,570 see me like that. 263 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:14,407 As old rather than saintly. 264 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:21,514 Shall I go? 265 00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:22,782 Yes. 266 00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:24,584 Go on. 267 00:21:35,562 --> 00:21:36,763 It's the police. 268 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:49,475 Good evening, can I help you? 269 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:51,878 A neighbor has complained. 270 00:21:52,478 --> 00:21:53,846 About what? 271 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,115 They say there's people making a racket. 272 00:21:57,033 --> 00:22:00,470 I have some friends here, we're discussing motherhood. 273 00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:04,474 I don't know if that can be defined as a racket. 274 00:22:04,941 --> 00:22:08,778 It's not late, seeing as the children are still up. 275 00:22:09,312 --> 00:22:12,982 - But I'd like you to come in. - There's no need, ma'am. 276 00:22:13,516 --> 00:22:15,318 Or miss. 277 00:22:15,418 --> 00:22:18,788 You can't decide if I'm engaged, married, or a virgin? 278 00:22:19,055 --> 00:22:20,590 Mariarosa will do. 279 00:22:20,823 --> 00:22:23,259 - Come in. - There's no need. 280 00:22:23,326 --> 00:22:26,396 But I'd like you to, please, come in. 281 00:22:34,037 --> 00:22:35,138 This way. 282 00:22:35,605 --> 00:22:36,606 Please. 283 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:42,278 Mariarosa, have you been arrested? 284 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,016 Please, find a seat. 285 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,596 I can guarantee my aunt's a professor. 286 00:23:00,196 --> 00:23:02,031 I assure you her name's Mariarosa Airota 287 00:23:02,098 --> 00:23:03,900 and she teaches Art History. 288 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:05,702 I see. 289 00:23:06,803 --> 00:23:10,607 Maybe we could ask our friends to tell us 290 00:23:10,873 --> 00:23:14,611 about their mothers, how they've perceived them since they were little. 291 00:23:18,982 --> 00:23:21,618 Unfortunately, we have to go, we're on duty. 292 00:23:21,784 --> 00:23:25,588 - But we've verified... - You've verified? 293 00:23:28,725 --> 00:23:31,227 Thank you for your kindness. 294 00:23:32,428 --> 00:23:33,630 Let's go. 295 00:23:45,508 --> 00:23:47,543 Good. So? 296 00:23:47,710 --> 00:23:49,579 So the common people's arms 297 00:23:49,646 --> 00:23:53,483 must work to fill the patricians' stomachs or there's trouble. 298 00:23:54,384 --> 00:23:55,418 But? 299 00:23:55,852 --> 00:23:56,853 But? 300 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,155 But Menenius Agrippa tricks them. 301 00:23:59,822 --> 00:24:00,890 Listen. 302 00:24:01,624 --> 00:24:04,827 If Elsa eats, does your hunger go away? 303 00:24:06,029 --> 00:24:08,131 No and neither does the common people's, 304 00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:11,734 because their work ends up in the patricians' stomachs. 305 00:24:11,901 --> 00:24:14,470 Sorry, I was held up at the publishers'. 306 00:24:15,772 --> 00:24:19,108 - And Mariarosa? - She'll be home later, with a surprise. 307 00:24:19,509 --> 00:24:22,078 - What surprise? - What? 308 00:24:22,145 --> 00:24:23,179 Later. 309 00:24:26,082 --> 00:24:27,717 I'm shattered. 310 00:24:32,789 --> 00:24:33,923 Are you studying? 311 00:24:34,324 --> 00:24:36,793 I'm reviewing the "Apologue," garbage. 312 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,795 - Why do you say that? - He says it. 313 00:24:38,962 --> 00:24:41,831 It's like, I eat but it's you who gets fat. 314 00:24:41,998 --> 00:24:43,933 - What? - It's true. 315 00:24:45,768 --> 00:24:47,470 Are we done? 316 00:24:48,271 --> 00:24:50,340 - Up to you. - Yes. 317 00:24:58,781 --> 00:25:00,683 It's been an exhausting day. 318 00:25:04,721 --> 00:25:07,090 They could have been ours. 319 00:25:12,729 --> 00:25:14,998 They'd be a bit older now. 320 00:25:20,937 --> 00:25:23,539 Girls, your father's here. 321 00:25:24,874 --> 00:25:27,610 - The surprise has arrived. - What? 322 00:25:27,777 --> 00:25:28,845 Papa! 323 00:25:29,512 --> 00:25:30,780 Here they are! 324 00:25:33,716 --> 00:25:35,018 Let me take a look at you. 325 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:37,754 You've grown so much! 326 00:25:39,355 --> 00:25:40,657 Hi, Elena. 327 00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:44,627 Come. 328 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,835 - Do you like it here? - Heaps. 329 00:25:52,969 --> 00:25:55,838 - We go to bed when we want. - What? 330 00:25:56,005 --> 00:25:58,775 We have fun at night, there are always people here. 331 00:25:58,841 --> 00:26:01,377 Not always, let's not exaggerate. 332 00:26:01,544 --> 00:26:04,280 - How can you get up early? - When we get up we study. 333 00:26:05,081 --> 00:26:08,117 - So it's true you don't go to school. - They study here. 334 00:26:08,451 --> 00:26:10,453 Policemen came too. 335 00:26:11,421 --> 00:26:13,723 - The police were here? - Yes, right here. 336 00:26:16,259 --> 00:26:17,694 And Doriana? 337 00:26:18,127 --> 00:26:19,329 Doriana? 338 00:26:19,495 --> 00:26:21,497 - How do they study here? - We help them. 339 00:26:21,598 --> 00:26:24,367 It's temporary, if they stay... 340 00:26:24,467 --> 00:26:25,835 It's temporary? 341 00:26:26,102 --> 00:26:28,905 And what's the criterion for "temporary"? 342 00:26:29,439 --> 00:26:31,107 Is this how you and my sister live? 343 00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:33,309 I live how the fuck I want. 344 00:26:33,543 --> 00:26:36,412 As for them, they seem neither unhappy nor ignorant, 345 00:26:36,646 --> 00:26:38,514 and one of us always helps them. 346 00:26:38,615 --> 00:26:40,316 - One of you? - Whoever's here. 347 00:26:40,483 --> 00:26:41,718 Whoever's here. 348 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:45,588 You're both so irresponsible! 349 00:26:45,989 --> 00:26:48,591 You took them away from a home where there was discipline 350 00:26:48,658 --> 00:26:50,193 and turned them into hobos! 351 00:26:50,893 --> 00:26:52,061 Do you want to take them away? 352 00:26:52,128 --> 00:26:55,732 You and Doriana will raise them? You think I'm not capable? 353 00:26:55,898 --> 00:26:57,400 What do you think? 354 00:26:57,533 --> 00:27:00,069 They can't live in a "temporary" situation, 355 00:27:00,136 --> 00:27:04,173 study with whoever's there, not go to school like other kids! 356 00:27:04,407 --> 00:27:05,475 Calm down. 357 00:27:08,077 --> 00:27:11,714 Excuse me for butting in, but I also help them study. 358 00:27:12,448 --> 00:27:16,719 Sure, they study with whoever's there and when they're lucky it's you. 359 00:27:20,156 --> 00:27:23,693 The girls are clever, they study as much as necessary, 360 00:27:24,294 --> 00:27:26,596 their level of learning is very high. 361 00:27:26,796 --> 00:27:28,731 They need a regular life. 362 00:27:31,534 --> 00:27:33,569 I don't have to tell you what your daughters need. 363 00:27:33,636 --> 00:27:36,239 In fact, I'll tell you. All of you. 364 00:27:36,506 --> 00:27:38,574 They need method, a criterion. 365 00:27:38,741 --> 00:27:40,677 This house is full of people 366 00:27:40,843 --> 00:27:43,379 who play music, who discuss things... 367 00:27:43,546 --> 00:27:46,716 I don't like it either, I'm always shut away in my room. 368 00:27:47,317 --> 00:27:49,285 But that's also a criterion, 369 00:27:49,752 --> 00:27:51,854 definitely temporary. 370 00:27:53,323 --> 00:27:55,658 Neither Elena nor the girls will stay here for long. 371 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,030 But when they're grown up, 372 00:28:01,831 --> 00:28:05,068 among their best memories will be the days spent here 373 00:28:05,735 --> 00:28:07,704 at Mariarosa's. 374 00:28:14,010 --> 00:28:15,778 That's probably right 375 00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:18,414 and I can't be sorry about it, 376 00:28:18,581 --> 00:28:20,917 but the question we have to ask is: 377 00:28:21,417 --> 00:28:24,254 will they be able to go back to a regular life? 378 00:28:24,754 --> 00:28:27,757 If adults struggle to do it, imagine them. 379 00:28:31,694 --> 00:28:33,663 At your parents' they had a family, 380 00:28:34,297 --> 00:28:36,266 but they have one here too. 381 00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:38,935 And it's more fun for them. 382 00:28:39,802 --> 00:28:42,105 You didn't answer my question. 383 00:28:45,708 --> 00:28:49,579 They'll be forced, they'll fight back, but then they'll give in. 384 00:29:05,295 --> 00:29:06,829 Forgive me. 385 00:29:11,267 --> 00:29:15,171 But I'm worried about you, I only want what's best for you. 386 00:29:16,940 --> 00:29:19,842 Your mother and I agree on this. 387 00:29:20,743 --> 00:29:22,245 Yes, it's true. 388 00:29:33,890 --> 00:29:35,592 Pietro was right. 389 00:29:38,361 --> 00:29:40,063 What was right for my daughters 390 00:29:40,396 --> 00:29:43,399 was not what I'd convinced myself it was. 391 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,803 They needed to be with others, 392 00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:49,439 to have schedules, homework, classmates. 393 00:29:49,606 --> 00:29:51,307 Can I come home with you? 394 00:29:52,508 --> 00:29:54,043 Don't act up. 395 00:29:55,945 --> 00:29:58,014 Will you take me inside? 396 00:29:58,648 --> 00:30:01,017 It's been more than two weeks now, 397 00:30:01,284 --> 00:30:04,053 the teacher said you need to be more independent. 398 00:30:04,153 --> 00:30:05,588 Go, I'll watch you. 399 00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:17,400 I'm watching, go. 400 00:30:26,442 --> 00:30:28,745 I spent those days despising myself, 401 00:30:29,078 --> 00:30:31,581 I couldn't get Nino out of my head. 402 00:30:34,284 --> 00:30:36,786 I hadn't seen him for nearly three months 403 00:30:36,953 --> 00:30:39,923 and I admitted to myself I missed him a lot. 404 00:30:40,790 --> 00:30:42,859 I thought of him all the time. 405 00:30:45,295 --> 00:30:47,797 Even the city streets made me imagine 406 00:30:47,964 --> 00:30:51,467 what it would be like if I walked them with him, 407 00:30:51,601 --> 00:30:55,204 if we came back from the school together after dropping off the girls. 408 00:31:09,185 --> 00:31:10,753 What are you doing here? 409 00:31:11,254 --> 00:31:13,156 I left Naples last night. 410 00:31:15,291 --> 00:31:17,460 Let's take a moment, I'm losing my mind. 411 00:31:19,963 --> 00:31:21,564 - What if...? - Let go of me! 412 00:31:26,202 --> 00:31:27,770 I said, let go of me! 413 00:31:31,608 --> 00:31:34,043 If I leave all hell will break loose! 414 00:31:34,377 --> 00:31:35,645 I know. 415 00:31:37,246 --> 00:31:39,015 And what would the result be? 416 00:31:39,449 --> 00:31:42,585 That I could never live peacefully with you. 417 00:31:43,753 --> 00:31:45,555 You have to listen to me. 418 00:31:46,723 --> 00:31:48,958 I know Eleonora, 419 00:31:50,026 --> 00:31:52,328 I know what could happen. 420 00:31:52,495 --> 00:31:54,063 What are you saying? 421 00:31:54,130 --> 00:31:57,500 I can't leave Eleonora, 422 00:31:57,533 --> 00:31:59,836 but I can't live without you. 423 00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:01,671 I see, 424 00:32:02,138 --> 00:32:05,441 you're suggesting as a reasonable solution 425 00:32:05,908 --> 00:32:09,412 that I give up the role of mistress to be a parallel wife! 426 00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:12,482 - I didn't say that! - Yes! 427 00:32:12,649 --> 00:32:14,617 - It is like that! - No. 428 00:32:16,052 --> 00:32:17,053 Go away! 429 00:32:17,921 --> 00:32:19,689 Go back to where you came from! 430 00:32:19,856 --> 00:32:23,559 I came to tell you something I don't want you to hear from others. 431 00:32:24,027 --> 00:32:25,128 Let's hear it. 432 00:32:27,997 --> 00:32:30,900 You want to know why I behaved like that? 433 00:32:34,370 --> 00:32:36,839 Eleonora is seven months pregnant. 434 00:33:03,833 --> 00:33:06,603 That's why it's so hard to leave her now. 435 00:33:55,251 --> 00:33:56,719 Franco. 436 00:34:03,993 --> 00:34:05,795 Throw him out. 437 00:34:07,063 --> 00:34:09,332 Please, throw him out. 438 00:34:09,632 --> 00:34:11,000 Wait in there. 439 00:34:13,636 --> 00:34:14,671 Come. 440 00:34:21,277 --> 00:34:23,146 Throw him out! 441 00:34:49,872 --> 00:34:50,974 Here. 442 00:34:53,009 --> 00:34:54,477 Elena. 443 00:34:55,278 --> 00:34:56,312 Sit down. 444 00:34:56,879 --> 00:34:58,915 Come on. Sit down. 445 00:34:59,349 --> 00:35:01,517 Please, throw him out. 446 00:35:08,291 --> 00:35:10,026 Franco, throw him out. 447 00:35:11,561 --> 00:35:15,064 His wife's seven months pregnant, he lied to me the whole time. 448 00:35:18,735 --> 00:35:19,736 All right. 449 00:35:20,436 --> 00:35:22,071 He didn't run away, 450 00:35:22,939 --> 00:35:25,275 he came all this way to tell you. 451 00:35:25,441 --> 00:35:27,477 He traveled all night. 452 00:35:28,344 --> 00:35:31,648 - It must mean something. - It means that he's a liar. 453 00:35:31,814 --> 00:35:35,685 That he's superficial, incapable of choosing. 454 00:35:35,852 --> 00:35:36,986 I know. 455 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,657 I know, you're right. 456 00:35:42,191 --> 00:35:45,261 What if that's the only way he can love you? 457 00:35:52,969 --> 00:35:54,637 Fuck you, too. 458 00:36:13,289 --> 00:36:15,959 I have to get used to living without you. 459 00:36:17,594 --> 00:36:19,829 Right now it's hard. 460 00:36:23,099 --> 00:36:25,768 But I can't live without you. 461 00:36:29,272 --> 00:36:32,942 You're incapable of separating yourself from anything or anyone. 462 00:36:34,010 --> 00:36:35,778 No, that's not true. 463 00:36:36,913 --> 00:36:39,816 To keep you I gotta hold onto everything. 464 00:36:45,788 --> 00:36:47,557 Go away. 465 00:37:00,403 --> 00:37:02,472 What will you do now? 466 00:37:45,882 --> 00:37:48,084 Why didn't Auntie have dinner with us? 467 00:37:48,318 --> 00:37:50,987 Mariarosa's in Bordeaux, she'll be back in a few days. 468 00:37:51,554 --> 00:37:52,589 Where's Bordeaux? 469 00:37:52,755 --> 00:37:54,023 In France. 470 00:37:54,791 --> 00:37:57,026 - But Franco's here? - Yes. 471 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,662 If he doesn't come out of his room it means he's not hungry. 472 00:38:01,331 --> 00:38:02,799 Are you done? 473 00:38:03,299 --> 00:38:05,435 Go get into your pajamas. 474 00:38:05,835 --> 00:38:08,071 We're already in our pajamas. 475 00:38:14,143 --> 00:38:15,712 Silly Mamma. 476 00:38:19,282 --> 00:38:20,917 What job does Franco do? 477 00:38:21,551 --> 00:38:23,586 He writes, he studies. 478 00:38:26,222 --> 00:38:29,626 We met in Pisa, at university. 479 00:38:30,727 --> 00:38:32,729 He taught me a lot of things. 480 00:38:33,630 --> 00:38:36,299 He was the most famous one in our faculty. 481 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,434 Everyone followed him. 482 00:38:39,102 --> 00:38:40,970 Did you ever date him? 483 00:38:41,371 --> 00:38:42,538 Yes. 484 00:39:00,590 --> 00:39:02,592 Sit down, eat something. 485 00:39:26,149 --> 00:39:29,152 Eat, it's good for you. 486 00:39:30,219 --> 00:39:32,922 Now go and play in there. 487 00:39:58,414 --> 00:39:59,616 What's wrong? 488 00:40:01,050 --> 00:40:02,919 How are things with the publisher? 489 00:40:05,321 --> 00:40:06,656 I signed the contract, 490 00:40:07,123 --> 00:40:08,758 but I haven't written a word yet. 491 00:40:09,892 --> 00:40:12,528 The publisher wants to get it out as soon as possible. 492 00:40:13,796 --> 00:40:17,400 But I can't do it, my head's somewhere else, 493 00:40:17,567 --> 00:40:19,435 I'm not focused. 494 00:40:20,570 --> 00:40:23,940 Sometimes I wonder, "Why should I write another book?" 495 00:40:24,707 --> 00:40:27,210 It's not automatic, it's not a job, 496 00:40:27,343 --> 00:40:29,312 feeling obligated to do it is pointless. 497 00:40:33,549 --> 00:40:36,452 - Somewhere else, where? - You know. 498 00:40:37,153 --> 00:40:39,122 My head's in Naples. 499 00:40:40,290 --> 00:40:41,891 It's where Nino is, 500 00:40:42,058 --> 00:40:44,060 I'm thinking of going back. 501 00:40:45,595 --> 00:40:47,397 If you love him more than yourself, 502 00:40:48,698 --> 00:40:50,733 take him as he is. 503 00:40:52,535 --> 00:40:53,903 With a wife and kids 504 00:40:55,371 --> 00:40:57,307 and this permanent tendency 505 00:40:57,373 --> 00:40:58,474 to fuck other women. 506 00:41:01,244 --> 00:41:03,012 And the sordid things 507 00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:04,981 he'll be capable of. 508 00:41:09,452 --> 00:41:10,954 Elena, Elena. 509 00:41:12,455 --> 00:41:13,723 No two ways about it... 510 00:41:29,405 --> 00:41:32,442 In love it's over only when you can 511 00:41:32,508 --> 00:41:35,945 become yourself again, without fear, 512 00:41:37,313 --> 00:41:38,681 or disgust. 513 00:42:06,075 --> 00:42:07,810 Why are you running? 514 00:42:07,977 --> 00:42:11,481 - I gotta pee! - Do it in your pants, dummy. 515 00:42:11,648 --> 00:42:15,451 Don't say dummy. And you, don't do it in your pants. 516 00:42:15,685 --> 00:42:16,719 Leave her alone. 517 00:42:39,709 --> 00:42:41,044 Dede. 518 00:42:43,379 --> 00:42:44,681 Dede. 519 00:42:49,986 --> 00:42:52,088 Will you help me set the table? 520 00:42:53,056 --> 00:42:55,692 - Can we eat in there? - Yes. 521 00:43:16,779 --> 00:43:18,314 Mamma, look. 522 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,756 This was outside Franco's room. 523 00:43:27,557 --> 00:43:29,425 Why did you take it down? 524 00:43:32,829 --> 00:43:35,565 Have you bothered him a lot lately? 525 00:43:35,732 --> 00:43:37,500 - No. - Not at all. 526 00:43:38,434 --> 00:43:40,270 Let's just leave him alone. 527 00:43:40,436 --> 00:43:43,539 "Elena, don't let the girls in." 528 00:43:55,818 --> 00:43:57,020 Franco. 529 00:44:05,528 --> 00:44:06,829 Franco. 530 00:44:57,380 --> 00:45:00,350 The same as the song 531 00:45:00,950 --> 00:45:04,687 That we have to sing 532 00:45:05,288 --> 00:45:07,357 Worn-out shoes 533 00:45:07,523 --> 00:45:11,427 And yet we must march on 534 00:45:38,421 --> 00:45:39,689 Dede. 535 00:45:42,825 --> 00:45:44,093 Dede. 536 00:45:53,503 --> 00:45:54,971 Elsa. 537 00:46:08,051 --> 00:46:09,586 Mariarosa. 538 00:46:18,761 --> 00:46:20,063 Silvia. 539 00:46:25,335 --> 00:46:26,469 Mirko. 540 00:46:47,924 --> 00:46:49,359 Nino? 541 00:46:54,931 --> 00:46:56,132 Nino! 542 00:46:56,466 --> 00:46:57,500 Why? 543 00:48:12,742 --> 00:48:15,578 I'd have preferred to wait before leaving, 544 00:48:15,745 --> 00:48:17,847 stay close to Mariarosa, 545 00:48:18,014 --> 00:48:21,584 but she no longer treated me in a sisterly manner 546 00:48:21,751 --> 00:48:23,986 and she became increasingly hostile. 547 00:48:25,788 --> 00:48:29,058 She got angry if the girls made noise playing, 548 00:48:29,392 --> 00:48:33,429 she got even angrier if I scolded them for their noisy games, 549 00:48:34,497 --> 00:48:37,400 so I packed our bags and went back to Naples. 550 00:48:38,434 --> 00:48:41,437 Eleonora was still pregnant when we began to love each other again. 551 00:48:43,406 --> 00:48:46,843 And by the time she gave birth to a girl named Lidia, 552 00:48:47,610 --> 00:48:51,414 Nino and I had already returned to being a couple of lovers 553 00:48:51,581 --> 00:48:53,182 with our habits, 554 00:48:54,117 --> 00:48:57,487 a beautiful house, two girls 555 00:48:58,254 --> 00:49:00,156 and a rather intense life. 556 00:49:03,092 --> 00:49:06,029 But what were my daughters and I doing in Naples? 557 00:49:06,863 --> 00:49:09,665 We were there only to make Nino happy. 558 00:49:11,100 --> 00:49:14,303 I was lying when I acted free and autonomous, 559 00:49:14,971 --> 00:49:18,941 and I was lying to my audience, despite all my talk, 560 00:49:19,275 --> 00:49:23,012 since I had let a man control me to the point where his needs 561 00:49:23,179 --> 00:49:26,482 prevailed over mine and my daughters'. 562 00:49:44,867 --> 00:49:48,638 From Via Petrarca, the neighborhood was a pale, distant memory. 563 00:49:49,605 --> 00:49:52,341 I could tell myself I was someone else now 564 00:49:52,408 --> 00:49:55,511 and I had nothing to do with it anymore, but that wasn't the case. 565 00:49:56,379 --> 00:49:58,848 I kept showing up to see it. 566 00:49:59,048 --> 00:50:01,551 I knew I was out of excuses, 567 00:50:01,718 --> 00:50:04,187 it was time I dealt with it.