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THE CLOWNS
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Up!
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Keep going.
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Up … up!
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Up … up!
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Up!
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Up … up!
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Up!
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Up … up!
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Up!
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Up! Up!
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Up!
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Keep going.
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Up!
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Up!
Keep going.
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What is it?
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The circus is here. If you don't behave,
I'll get those gypsies to take you away.
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Close up.
Stay closer.
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Morello … hop!
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the circus has come to town.
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The greatest show on earth.
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Over here we have the Wild Man,
now completely civilised.
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And we have dwarves.
The funniest dwarves in the world.
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The Strong Woman, a true Amazon.
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Not even a bull can knock her down,
she's so strong.
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The greatest circuses in the world
want her,
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but I won't let her go.
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Roll up, ladies and gentlemen.
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The wonderful show
is about to begin.
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Roll up.
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For the first time in history,
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a stunt with a thousand-pound cannon.
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It will fall right on Robur's back.
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An extremely dangerous stunt.
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Pay attention, ladies and gentlemen.
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Observe the force that these two men
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must exert to lift the cannon.
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Easy, easy.
Be careful!
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The strength of ten men
and five horses
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wouldn't be enough
to lift the weight.
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We ask the audience
to be absolutely quiet.
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I'll give the signal
and Diablo will jump on the see-saw.
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May the Lord be with us!
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Ready, Diablo?
Go!
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- Outstanding!
- My turn!
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I'll do the cannon trick too.
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You need the magic ingredient.
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- Are you ready?
- I'm ready!
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- Are you really ready?
- I'm super-ready!
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Go!
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- Hey, come here.
- I can't look. I'm scared.
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- Can you do me a favour?
- What is it?
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Hold this for me, will you?
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My head!
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Here I am!
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What a great meal I'm going to have.
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Bon appétit!
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Zoltan!
Up you go, Zoltan!
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Keep calm.
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Anyone with a weak heart
had better leave.
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The wrestler Aramis has dared
to challenge our female Hercules,
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Miss Matilde.
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With her hands of steel,
she holds Aramis by his throat.
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Ten coins to anyone
who will fight our champion Matilde.
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I'll do it!
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- What are you doing?
- Shut up!
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Anyone?
I repeat, ten coins in cash.
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I said I'll do it.
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- I won't let you!
- Sit down!
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A lady?
Madam, are you aware of the danger?
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It could be a deadly fight.
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An extraordinary match.
Miss Tarzan against Matilde.
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Music, Maestro.
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Now, straight from the Kalihoor sect
of India, Fakir Burman.
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In an incredible stunt,
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Fakir Burman will be buried
in this sealed glass coffin
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five feet underground.
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He'll stay for 40 days
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without eating,
drinking or breathing,
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underground.
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Buried alive.
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We'll only open his tomb
40 days later.
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Close it, please.
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To Fakir Burman
and his superhuman stunt,
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good luck.
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The eighth wonder of the world.
A real mermaid.
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Neptunia, caught in the North Sea.
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Our little dwarf Adriano
is crazy about her,
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but she couldn't care less
because, like all fish,
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she's cold-blooded.
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Neptunia, a fish for you?
Here you are.
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Here, take this!
Bon appétit.
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A truly rare phenomenon.
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The Siamese twins Jim and John.
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Show the audience.
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Look how nature has united,
in life and in death,
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these two creatures.
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Show everybody.
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The Siamese twins.
You want to see, kid? Do you like them?
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Cute, aren't they?
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It's our turn to work!
Make room for us.
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Braciola, come here.
Do you know the answer to this riddle?
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It's not my brother …
I almost fell over!
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It's not my brother,
it's not my sister,
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but it's my father's
and my mother's child.
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Who is it?
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- And where is it?
- The little fish …
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Where is it?
Where is it?
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- I'm looking for the little fish.
- Where is it?
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I'll look for it in the wine.
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Listen, Tip-Tap.
Do you like honey?
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Of course I like honey.
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This is what you have to do, then.
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- You're the queen bee.
- I'm the queen bee!
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You're the queen bee
and you buzz around, like so.
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I buzz around …
I buzz around …
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Who do I buzz around?
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You just buzz around,
not around me!
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What a nice little fish.
Now I'm going to fry it.
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Bring me a pan.
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Hey, Cipolla!
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How dare you kick my little fish?
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Excuse me, sir. Can you please
hold this little nail for me?
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Not there!
You have to hold it right here.
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Look … look at the little bird.
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How can I hit it
if you don't hold it here?
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This is not the way to think.
Not like this!
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I'm here to work!
You're just having fun.
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Don't make me mad
or I'll ask someone else.
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Don't lean back.
Here!
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Why don't you want to do it?
Keep it up!
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Who knocked?
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I'm coming to open the door.
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You have to hold it here.
Please!
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We've done it at last!
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Hey!
Cipolla!
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Drink up!
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The cow's loose!
Save yourselves!
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The cow's coming!
Run!
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What are you crying for?
Pain in the neck!
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I'll deal with you when we get home.
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That evening ended badly.
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The clowns didn't make me laugh.
In fact they frightened me.
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Those chalky faces
with their inscrutable features.
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Those twisted, drunken masks.
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The shouting, the crazy laughter,
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their absurd, cruel jokes.
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They reminded me of other
strange and disturbing characters.
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Characters you find
roaming around every country town.
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Take Giovannone, for example.
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A clumsy, clowning tramp
who flirted in his own peculiar way.
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Dirty old man!
I'll chop it off!
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The women pretended to be angry,
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but they actually enjoyed
hearing Giovannone's innocent jokes.
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Such a dirty old man.
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Then there was a dwarf nun.
She couldn't have been more than a foot tall.
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Always talking to herself,
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always in a hurry,
saying she had to do everything
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because the saints
didn't trust anyone else.
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She went back and forth
between the convent and the asylum.
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WINE
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Scoundrel!
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You should drop dead!
And so should I, for marrying you.
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Your balls should drop off.
What an ugly face!
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I'll throw you off the cliff.
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You should be with the rats.
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The World War I veteran,
another terrifying character.
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He always sat by the sea,
accompanied by the brave uniformed Zig-Zag
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and by a lady called Ines,
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who knew
all Mussolini's speeches by heart.
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"For England,
the Mediterranean Sea is a shortcut.
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"For us Italians, it's life!"
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And the coachmen at the station,
constantly arguing.
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A gorgeous Austrian!
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We spent all night
making love at the Grand Hotel.
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- They had to take her away.
- Yeah, sure! To the bathroom.
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Coward!
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I'll kill you!
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Curses rang out through the city.
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Fist-fights, whippings …
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until the station master
finally appeared.
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Stop it, you peasants!
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Where do you think you are,
the town square?
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Scoundrel!
What's your name?
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I'll report you to the proper authorities!
What's your name?
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I'll put you in jail!
I'll lock you all up!
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I know you. I know your father.
I'll lock you up!
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I'll ruin your life.
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I'll report you
to the proper au-tho-ri-ties!
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And then there was Giudizio.
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He kept score
through those endless games of billiards.
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His stammer made him
a little hard to understand,
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but he was a quiet,
good-natured man.
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Do you have Sekt or champagne?
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- What did you say?
- Sekt. Champagne.
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We don't have champagne, sir.
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Is it all finished?
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Sorry, but we do have some cognac.
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They only have cognac, darling.
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Don't you have anything French?
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No, we've only got this one,
but it's good.
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- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
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- Good night.
- Good evening.
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Now I remember where I saw her!
Last year at the harbour, in a bathing suit.
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Sure! You've never seen anyone
in a bathing suit.
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Hey, it's my turn.
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Shut up, kid.
You've already got four points.
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Yes, Giudizio was an easy-going chap.
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His fits of madness would strike
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the day after he'd seen a war film.
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He'd put on his uniform,
leave his saddle shop
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and creep around by the walls,
convinced he was at war.
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War! The bomb!
The bomb!
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Who is it?
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- It's Giudizio.
- Giudizio?
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Go on, off you go.
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Giudizio, I caught you!
Go home.
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Get off! I saw you!
You got one, and you got two.
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I'll tell your missus.
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Let him be.
He's a poor old soul.
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Come on, the Austrians are here!
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Charge!
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Come on, Giudizio.
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That's enough now.
Come and have some wine.
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Ah, the flag.
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The clowns of my childhood …
Where are they today?
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That terrifying, comic violence.
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That noisy exhiral … ex-hi-la …
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Exhilaration!
That noisy exhilaration.
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Can it still be entertaining?
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The world it belonged to
no longer exists.
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- Theatres turned …
- Hold on, you're too fast.
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Theatres turned into big halls.
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The shiny, naive scenery
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and the audience's childish credulity
no longer exist.
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Only faint, heartbreaking traces
remain of the old circuses.
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And that's what we're going to seek out.
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So, Gasparino,
you can leave tonight.
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I'll take some nails, wood and lamps.
I've got everything.
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- Is it true we're going to Paris?
- Let me introduce my little crew.
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- Gasparino, headgrip.
- I'm ready to leave.
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- I've packed everything.
- Hello, Mum.
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Alvaro, our sound man, with his mother,
a seamstress and hairdresser.
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I wrote everything down.
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Maya is our script supervisor.
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This young man is our cameraman.
His name's Roy. He's English.
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We begin our investigation into the clowns
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at one of Italy's greatest circuses.
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Liana, Rinaldo
and Nandino Orfei's circus.
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Welcome to Liana,
Nando and Rinaldo Orfei's circus.
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I'm extremely happy to be back here.
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Let's get in closer.
She kills me!
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Enjoy the show!
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- Nice and slow, please.
- Hi.
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Let's hear it
for the Amazon of the Orfei family.
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Tonight she was greater than ever!
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And now, for children and adults alike,
Amleto and Ginetto
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in an exhilarating new routine
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coming to you for the first time
in your town.
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Here they are … Amleto and Ginetto!
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Bravo! Amleto and Ginetto!
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And now …
Matma and her 20 elephants!
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Every circus in the world
envies this magical number
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and we're very proud of it.
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Matma is the only tamer
in the world …
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It's Anita Ekberg!
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Hey, Federico!
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- What are you doing here?
- I want to buy a panther.
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- A panther?
- To keep at home.
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You should buy a tamer too.
They're dangerous.
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That's what I like!
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Here we are.
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Mr Fellini,
you asked if I've been wounded
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in my career as a lion tamer.
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I'd be happy to tell you.
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- Bravo! At last!
- 280 stitches all over my body.
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Torn rib muscles.
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Punctured armpit,
stitches in my head, injured spine,
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ripped shoulder blade, muscle …
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I've pulled him out of the cage
three times.
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Four, in fact.
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Next time I'll leave him in there.
He looked like a raw hamburger.
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Is it true that the founder
of the Orfei circus was a priest?
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The old clown says bon appétit
to everyone.
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- How's your leg, Nando?
- Playing up. I'd better soak it.
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Soak it in water this time, not wine.
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I don't know if that's any better!
Thank you, madam. Good night.
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Good night, everyone.
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He'd take friends to lunch
then give them the bill.
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Clown acts have to be short
and make people laugh in ten minutes.
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"Give it some rhythm!"
How many times have I heard …
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No, no, no. Tigers shouldn't eat
before performing. Right, Nandino?
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I was four and a half years old.
They called me "Peanut"!
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Look, that type of comedy is finished.
Modern clowns have to be funny.
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- It's the Spaniards versus the Italians.
- My dad was really funny.
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Elephants are always so pensive.
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For me?
Thank you.
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Night-time training for a young tiger
that's recently arrived at the circus.
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The atmosphere is tense.
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Please be quiet over there.
Be quiet!
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One of the Orfei brothers
has a loaded gun
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and is ready to use it
if anybody's in danger.
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It's wagging its tail.
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The lion tamer
shouts his commands in German.
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He says it's the only human language
that wild beasts understand.
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The animal's getting rattled.
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Clowns who entertain the audience
while the cages are being put up
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are called Auguste.
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Why are they called that?
Who invented this character?
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People say
that towards the end of the last century
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there was a janitor
who was so clumsy and funny
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that he made everyone laugh.
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His name was Auguste.
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But the first great clown,
the one who created the Auguste character,
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was the French clown Jimmy Guyon.
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He had a fascinating life.
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He was a first-class artist.
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He could cover his nose
with his lower lip, like this.
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But he drank all the time.
He turned into an alcoholic.
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00:32:13,557 --> 00:32:18,479
He ended up in a hospital bed,
alone and forgotten.
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One day
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he heard that Footit and Chocolat
were in town with the Nouveau Cirque.
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He'd never seen
these famous clowns before.
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He managed to sneak out of the hospital
and rushed off to the circus.
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He's dead.
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We've come to Paris,
where the circus became an art form.
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It's the birthplace
of the Cirque d'Hiver,
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the Nouveau Cirque and the Medrano.
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And it was here that talented clowns
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found fame and became established.
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We're at the Café Curieux in Les Halles,
the farmers' market in Paris.
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The owner, an old sailor,
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displays souvenirs
of his travels around the world.
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We're waiting for Tristan Rémy,
the greatest living circus historian.
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Some of the most famous white clowns
are here with us.
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- Unlike white clowns …
- Maya, I love you, but move over.
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00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:04,079
"A white clown
is the one with the white cone hat."
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Here's Tristan Rémy.
He'll explain exactly what a white clown is.
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Now let me introduce our guests.
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Alex, 73,
the typical authoritarian white clown.
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Nino is a gentle white clown
in the style of François Fratellini.
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Ludo is the only dwarf white clown.
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Maïs is showing us
a real collector's item,
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one of Antonet's fabulous costumes.
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00:36:28,562 --> 00:36:32,608
So, Tristan,
did you come here to criticise me?
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Do I stay here?
A little bit lower?
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00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:37,821
Are you going to eat or not?
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00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,115
- Of course.
- Finally, an answer!
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Be careful with that big belly!
My pictures!
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Tristan, we're discussing
what you wrote about Antonet.
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They start talking straightaway
about Antonet,
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perhaps the most famous white clown.
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An argument breaks out
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because Rémy insists that with Antonet
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the white clown
stopped playing a comic role
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and became an authoritarian figure
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who shouts, gets angry
and bosses Auguste around.
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A kind of cantankerous MC.
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Alex, Nino and Maïs, on the other hand,
insist that Antonet made people laugh
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and was a master stuntman.
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Rémy disagrees.
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He says that he never once saw Antonet
fall over in his entire career.
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A bit of flour.
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00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:39,591
A bit more flour.
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00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:45,931
And I stir, I stir, I mix it up.
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00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:51,603
A bit of water.
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00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:02,698
Idiot, smell it.
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00:38:12,332 --> 00:38:16,753
Here it is, ladies and gentlemen.
The most exquisite dish ever!
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00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:22,718
Thank you, sir.
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00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:30,642
All right, stupid,
now let's see what you can do.
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00:38:32,769 --> 00:38:35,647
- Where are you going?
- I need the gentleman's hat.
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00:38:35,772 --> 00:38:38,608
I take no responsibility for this idiot.
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00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:42,946
I can't believe
you let him in here every night.
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00:38:47,242 --> 00:38:51,705
I'll make the smelliest cake
there's ever been.
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00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,499
Whoever eats it
will never get over it.
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00:38:54,624 --> 00:38:57,669
First I'll take
a premature chicken egg.
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00:39:06,219 --> 00:39:07,262
Is it coming down?
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You imbecile!
My hat!
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00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:20,650
Let me make a cake!
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00:39:28,408 --> 00:39:30,285
Is this your act, Ludo?
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00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:33,413
No jokes, no jokes …
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00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:36,375
All these discussions,
these fancy words …
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00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:40,003
What do you have to say
about the dwarf clowns?
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00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:41,129
Come on!
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00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:45,634
You, Mr Rémy,
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with all your books about clowns,
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00:39:48,804 --> 00:39:51,765
why don't you ever write
about dwarf clowns?
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00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:53,642
Why would I write about them?
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00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:56,561
The dwarf calmed down
and then another argument broke out.
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00:39:56,686 --> 00:39:59,689
Who made the white clowns'
fabulous costumes?
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00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,486
Alex and Nino say
that the clowns' wives made them.
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00:40:05,654 --> 00:40:09,574
Rémy believes they were made
by famous designers.
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00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,702
The white clowns
competed with one another
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and all tried to have
the most ostentatious costumes.
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00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:55,680
All of a sudden Rémy asked me,
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00:41:55,805 --> 00:41:58,391
"Why do you want to make a film
about clowns?
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00:41:58,517 --> 00:42:00,143
"The circus world no longer exists.
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00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:03,021
"The real clowns have all disappeared.
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00:42:03,146 --> 00:42:06,691
"The circus no longer has any meaning
in today's society."
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00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:09,110
And he added
that it deserved to end up like this.
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00:42:13,073 --> 00:42:14,783
"The Cirque d'Hiver and the Medrano
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00:42:14,908 --> 00:42:17,869
"are the only two circuses in Paris
with their own building.
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00:42:19,913 --> 00:42:23,375
"The Medrano has been turned
into a huge Bavarian beer hall,
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00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:27,796
"while the Cirque d'Hiver is still running
but only opens three days a week.
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00:42:28,797 --> 00:42:31,758
"In the photos from its heyday
it seemed larger,
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00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:33,718
"with bright lights and elegant women.
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00:42:33,843 --> 00:42:36,930
"Now it looks much smaller.
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00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:40,058
"Most of the audience are children.
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00:42:40,183 --> 00:42:43,311
"There's a sense that the party's over,
the show's gone out of fashion."
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00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:47,440
Look at those funny faces!
You have to be born into it.
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00:42:47,566 --> 00:42:50,569
Are you the Italians
here to see Mr Bouglione?
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00:42:50,694 --> 00:42:54,656
Sorry, he's so busy
he can only spare five minutes.
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00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:58,535
Maya, read the notes on Bouglione.
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00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:03,123
- "The Cirque d'Hiver is still running …"
- No, you've already read that.
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00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:11,840
Bouglione, former lion tamer,
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00:43:11,965 --> 00:43:16,136
is the last of the great circus owners.
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00:43:16,261 --> 00:43:19,806
Two young clowns are auditioning for him
and hope to be hired.
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00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:23,768
Now you will see
a total eclipse of the sun.
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00:43:24,978 --> 00:43:26,479
There.
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00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:44,080
Wait …
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00:43:44,205 --> 00:43:47,125
Not now, gentlemen.
Please.
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00:43:54,758 --> 00:43:57,802
His name is Baptiste.
He's a psychiatrist.
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00:43:57,927 --> 00:44:02,015
He did his first shows
in a psychiatric hospital.
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00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:04,976
- She's Chaplin's daughter.
- She doesn't want people to know.
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00:44:05,101 --> 00:44:08,021
His dream is to tour France
with a circus,
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00:44:08,146 --> 00:44:12,150
bringing traditional clown acts
back to life.
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00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:15,987
Bravo!
Wonderful!
429
00:44:16,112 --> 00:44:19,032
The girl with him
is Charlie Chaplin's daughter.
430
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:23,870
- With just one clown …
- Welfare programme.
431
00:44:24,496 --> 00:44:29,334
Ah, yes, here's the welfare programme.
Poor children should be given free milk.
432
00:44:30,919 --> 00:44:33,546
Who drank all the free milk?
433
00:44:50,271 --> 00:44:54,192
Maya, please read the notes
on Captain Houcke.
434
00:44:55,318 --> 00:44:58,822
- I can't find them. Where are they?
- Hurry up, Maya.
435
00:44:58,947 --> 00:45:02,992
"Jean Houcke is 93.
He's the oldest circus manager in the world.
436
00:45:03,118 --> 00:45:07,080
"He discovered major talents
like Bario and Dario.
437
00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:09,749
"For 35 years
he ran the circus in Amiens.
438
00:45:09,874 --> 00:45:14,421
"Next Sunday the city of Amiens
will make him an honorary citizen."
439
00:45:14,546 --> 00:45:18,216
- Very good!
- Cut it out. You always make fun of me.
440
00:45:19,092 --> 00:45:22,721
He's been lodging with us for four years.
441
00:45:22,846 --> 00:45:24,973
Can we come in?
442
00:45:25,098 --> 00:45:26,975
Good morning, Mr Houcke.
443
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:28,560
You took your time!
444
00:45:28,685 --> 00:45:32,647
He got all dressed up for you,
with a nice shirt and scarf.
445
00:45:33,732 --> 00:45:36,901
I must ask you
not to stay too long because …
446
00:45:37,026 --> 00:45:39,988
Do you speak Italian, Mr Houcke?
447
00:45:40,113 --> 00:45:42,949
I'm making a film about clowns.
448
00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:46,494
Now, you've managed circuses
for many years.
449
00:45:46,619 --> 00:45:51,374
- The first time was in 19 …
- These gentlemen would like to know …
450
00:45:51,499 --> 00:45:53,793
- What?
- … your thoughts on clowns.
451
00:45:53,918 --> 00:45:56,087
Which famous clowns
did you work with?
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00:45:56,212 --> 00:45:58,590
I don't remember.
453
00:45:58,715 --> 00:46:01,634
Sometimes old Houcke can't remember.
454
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,304
It's not true.
He remembers everything.
455
00:46:04,429 --> 00:46:08,141
The circus is all he talks about.
456
00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:10,226
He wants to buy the old hall
457
00:46:10,351 --> 00:46:13,605
and start a "Circus of the Future"
with animal tamers and singers.
458
00:46:13,730 --> 00:46:17,358
Beniamino Gigli and Tito Schipa
will sing there.
459
00:46:17,484 --> 00:46:22,071
- Will you sing too?
- No, but I could.
460
00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:39,881
This is the King of Sweden,
461
00:46:40,006 --> 00:46:43,843
Laurel and Hardy,
Beniamino Gigli and Grock.
462
00:46:43,968 --> 00:46:46,429
All my friends.
463
00:46:46,554 --> 00:46:49,849
"We're visiting Charlie Rivel,
the famous Spanish Auguste.
464
00:46:49,974 --> 00:46:51,434
"He's 74.
465
00:46:51,559 --> 00:46:54,979
"Charlie Rivel and Grock
are the only clowns who became rich.
466
00:46:55,104 --> 00:46:57,982
"Rivel has been the guest
of every king in Europe.
467
00:46:58,107 --> 00:47:01,778
- "He created a grotesque Auguste …"
- The other way up, Maya.
468
00:47:01,903 --> 00:47:04,197
Hold it by the head.
469
00:47:04,322 --> 00:47:05,740
"He created
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00:47:06,699 --> 00:47:09,869
"a grotesque Auguste
with a long red sweater,
471
00:47:09,994 --> 00:47:13,331
"drawing his inspiration
from the way children behave."
472
00:47:13,456 --> 00:47:16,042
I love Spanish music!
473
00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:17,502
Oh, yes!
474
00:47:17,961 --> 00:47:19,045
Come in.
475
00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:24,050
I was born in a little Spanish village.
Do you remember?
476
00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:28,054
Did you know, Mr Fellini,
that I was born in a public square?
477
00:47:28,179 --> 00:47:31,808
My mother had labour pains
as she danced on the tightrope.
478
00:47:31,933 --> 00:47:34,018
She was a tightrope walker.
479
00:47:34,602 --> 00:47:39,566
At six I was already an expert
on the tightrope.
480
00:47:39,691 --> 00:47:43,486
My father said,
"It's only natural that you're an expert
481
00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:48,700
"because you were doing it
when you were in your mother's womb."
482
00:47:48,825 --> 00:47:51,619
The circus in Spain is still doing well.
483
00:47:51,744 --> 00:47:53,872
They perform in the Plaza de Toros.
484
00:47:53,997 --> 00:47:58,793
As a child, I saw a terrible thing
happen to a trapeze artist.
485
00:47:58,918 --> 00:48:02,338
He used a big balloon in his act
486
00:48:02,463 --> 00:48:05,091
and he would hang from it.
487
00:48:05,216 --> 00:48:08,261
One of the steel cables
cut off his leg.
488
00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:12,974
The blood fell like rain
on the audience below.
489
00:48:14,058 --> 00:48:15,268
Are we supposed to laugh?
490
00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:16,603
Cheers!
491
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,689
- Cheers!
- Cheers!
492
00:48:19,814 --> 00:48:21,649
- Cheers!
- Cheers!
493
00:48:21,774 --> 00:48:24,485
The government should open
a school for clowns.
494
00:48:24,611 --> 00:48:26,529
I'd teach students how to break plates,
495
00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:29,157
how to roll on the ground,
how to slap somebody.
496
00:48:29,282 --> 00:48:31,868
You think it's easy
to slap somebody?
497
00:48:31,993 --> 00:48:33,953
It's very complicated!
498
00:48:34,078 --> 00:48:36,789
You need teachers if you want
to learn how to slap, miss.
499
00:48:37,415 --> 00:48:39,292
I can't digest these.
500
00:48:40,001 --> 00:48:43,421
Hey, look.
Nice!
501
00:49:06,653 --> 00:49:08,363
It's so funny!
502
00:49:39,435 --> 00:49:43,982
This young man is Pierre Étaix,
a film director and actor.
503
00:49:44,107 --> 00:49:45,775
He married Annie Fratellini,
504
00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:49,278
daughter of Gustave Fratellini,
Paul Fratellini's son,
505
00:49:49,404 --> 00:49:53,825
one of the three brothers
that became very popular
506
00:49:53,950 --> 00:49:56,369
in the period between the wars.
507
00:49:56,494 --> 00:50:01,624
Pierre Étaix has a short film
made in 1924 about the Fratellinis
508
00:50:01,749 --> 00:50:04,961
and has invited us to his house to watch it.
509
00:50:05,086 --> 00:50:08,256
No, madam, the Arc de Triomphe
isn't in this neighbourhood.
510
00:50:08,381 --> 00:50:12,885
In Père Gustave's big house,
there's a special projector
511
00:50:13,011 --> 00:50:16,639
because the film was shot
with a special reduced format.
512
00:50:16,764 --> 00:50:19,767
Careful, this camera is fragile.
513
00:50:21,394 --> 00:50:26,733
- You see, I'm worried.
- Why? I don't understand.
514
00:50:26,858 --> 00:50:28,234
Because …
515
00:50:28,359 --> 00:50:30,945
- We should help him.
- No, he likes it.
516
00:50:31,070 --> 00:50:34,615
I'm afraid that you'll say in your film
that clowns have disappeared.
517
00:50:34,741 --> 00:50:36,701
Yes, but don't worry.
518
00:50:36,826 --> 00:50:40,079
No, Mr Fellini.
Clowns haven't disappeared.
519
00:50:40,204 --> 00:50:42,206
People don't know
how to laugh any more.
520
00:50:42,331 --> 00:50:46,294
The whole world needs
to laugh again with clowns.
521
00:50:48,296 --> 00:50:51,549
The one on the right is my father,
Paul Fratellini.
522
00:50:52,425 --> 00:50:55,094
The others are my uncles,
Albert and François.
523
00:50:55,219 --> 00:50:57,638
- Two more minutes and we're ready.
- Pierre …
524
00:50:57,764 --> 00:51:00,516
Are all these people
the Fratellini circus troupe?
525
00:51:00,641 --> 00:51:02,769
- Yes, the whole family.
- Just one family?
526
00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:05,271
Alvaro …
527
00:51:14,405 --> 00:51:16,449
Are you hurt?
Sorry.
528
00:51:16,574 --> 00:51:21,204
This is Albert's hat.
No, madam, it's better like this.
529
00:51:21,329 --> 00:51:23,122
There.
530
00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:27,043
Père Gustave, what about these?
Are these clowns as well?
531
00:51:27,168 --> 00:51:29,504
Everybody sit down.
Let's get started.
532
00:51:34,717 --> 00:51:36,719
This is a rare documentary.
533
00:51:36,844 --> 00:51:39,847
It's about a séance …
534
00:51:41,599 --> 00:51:44,227
The film's broken.
535
00:51:44,352 --> 00:51:46,145
Turn the light on.
536
00:51:47,188 --> 00:51:50,274
Sorry I can't help,
but I don't know a thing about projectors.
537
00:51:50,399 --> 00:51:53,236
- What's this instrument called?
- A xylophone.
538
00:51:53,361 --> 00:51:56,155
- François invented it, right?
- Yes.
539
00:51:59,784 --> 00:52:02,453
- How does it sound? Do you like it?
- It's nice.
540
00:52:02,578 --> 00:52:04,872
Sorry.
The machine is old like me.
541
00:52:05,623 --> 00:52:09,293
That sound bothers my ears, though.
542
00:52:13,381 --> 00:52:16,759
Pierre, there's something wrong.
543
00:52:16,884 --> 00:52:18,469
We want our money back!
544
00:52:20,346 --> 00:52:23,808
Oh, again?
Come on, Pierre!
545
00:52:24,267 --> 00:52:27,770
Don't be upset. We've got time.
We came here to …
546
00:52:27,895 --> 00:52:29,647
That's never happened before.
547
00:52:29,772 --> 00:52:32,275
In the end we gave up on the film.
548
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,945
Instead Annie showed us a scrapbook
549
00:52:36,070 --> 00:52:39,282
made by a fan of the Fratellinis.
550
00:52:39,407 --> 00:52:42,326
He had an accident.
551
00:52:43,536 --> 00:52:45,496
It's funny like this, too!
552
00:52:45,621 --> 00:52:49,792
He says that one night
Albert forgot his wooden wig
553
00:52:49,917 --> 00:52:52,712
and Paul split his head open
with the axe.
554
00:52:52,837 --> 00:52:57,466
That's the hat stunt.
My father did it and I did it too.
555
00:52:58,593 --> 00:53:02,471
Alberto's Auguste
has English roots, right?
556
00:53:03,306 --> 00:53:06,934
And was Francois' white clown
like Antonet?
557
00:53:07,685 --> 00:53:10,730
- Similar to Antonet?
- No, he was completely different.
558
00:53:10,855 --> 00:53:12,857
A dancer, very gentle.
559
00:53:12,982 --> 00:53:14,650
Ah, that tune!
560
00:53:16,027 --> 00:53:19,197
That's very nice.
561
00:53:19,322 --> 00:53:22,658
- May I?
- This was their entrance music.
562
00:53:22,783 --> 00:53:26,871
The musicians!
Schubert performed by the Fratellinis.
563
00:53:28,331 --> 00:53:31,834
Annie and Père Gustave told us
all about Paul, Albert and François
564
00:53:31,959 --> 00:53:33,836
and their immense generosity.
565
00:53:33,961 --> 00:53:37,256
They often performed for free
566
00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:40,259
in trenches, asylums and hospitals.
567
00:56:53,369 --> 00:56:57,415
They hide in remote suburbs
and old houses in the town centre,
568
00:56:57,540 --> 00:57:00,376
these old performers
who no longer appear on stage.
569
00:57:00,501 --> 00:57:04,255
The town doesn't know
about these bizarre ghosts living there.
570
00:57:04,380 --> 00:57:06,882
Yes, it's me.
571
00:57:08,592 --> 00:57:11,137
- That's him.
- We don't know that man.
572
00:57:11,262 --> 00:57:13,764
Thanks, we've found him.
573
00:57:18,185 --> 00:57:21,188
- Excuse me for a moment.
- Hello, Mr Loriot.
574
00:57:21,313 --> 00:57:24,900
I just went up to change my clothes.
575
00:57:25,025 --> 00:57:29,488
- I know Rome very well.
- Forgive the intrusion.
576
00:57:29,613 --> 00:57:33,200
It's like a set from La Bohème.
It reminds me of …
577
00:57:33,325 --> 00:57:36,787
- Shut up for once in a while!
- Pope Pius X saw me.
578
00:57:36,912 --> 00:57:39,790
Mr Loriot, look into the camera
579
00:57:39,915 --> 00:57:42,751
as I introduce you to my secretary,
580
00:57:44,086 --> 00:57:45,963
my cameraman.
581
00:57:46,088 --> 00:57:47,715
You're in great shape!
582
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:51,302
I'll play one of my old records for you.
583
00:57:51,427 --> 00:57:54,513
Maya, read Père Loriot's biography.
Look into the camera.
584
00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:56,182
Watch out. You dropped a paper.
585
00:57:56,307 --> 00:57:59,935
"His real name is Georges Bazot,
he's 85 and he performed for 68 years.
586
00:58:00,060 --> 00:58:02,688
"He started out as an Auguste figure
known as Bowden.
587
00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:06,650
"He worked for 28 years at the Cirque d'Hiver
playing Auguste
588
00:58:06,775 --> 00:58:09,487
"with the greatest clowns
in the history of the circus.
589
00:58:09,612 --> 00:58:14,241
"Bario, Porto, Rhum, Mimile, Zavatta.
They all worked with him.
590
00:58:14,366 --> 00:58:19,788
"He still performs occasionally
for small provincial circuses.
591
00:58:19,914 --> 00:58:23,250
"He rides his bicycle
for a couple of hours every day."
592
00:58:23,375 --> 00:58:25,961
In Rome, nobody laughed.
593
00:58:26,086 --> 00:58:29,673
I went to ask the manager
what was wrong.
594
00:58:29,798 --> 00:58:34,136
He said, "You were wonderful!"
I said, "But nobody laughed."
595
00:58:35,012 --> 00:58:39,600
"Oh", he said,
"They never laugh. Never."
596
00:58:41,894 --> 00:58:45,356
Here's my little photo album.
597
00:58:46,273 --> 00:58:48,442
Here's Professor Tournesol
598
00:58:48,567 --> 00:58:52,571
from the film
Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'Or.
599
00:58:53,113 --> 00:58:55,699
I created that character.
600
00:58:55,824 --> 00:59:00,412
Here's Rhum.
What an artist he was!
601
00:59:00,538 --> 00:59:02,289
The best clown of them all.
602
00:59:02,414 --> 00:59:06,919
Here I am with my wife,
after the 1914 war.
603
00:59:07,044 --> 00:59:09,672
- That's your wife?
- Yes, it is.
604
00:59:09,797 --> 00:59:13,133
It was.
She's no longer with us, poor thing.
605
00:59:13,259 --> 00:59:16,595
We were together 53 years.
606
00:59:17,179 --> 00:59:19,848
That's a pretty long time.
607
00:59:21,058 --> 00:59:25,563
Allow me to drink to her memory.
608
00:59:26,188 --> 00:59:28,691
To her precious memory.
609
00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:38,617
This is a silhouette of Pum Pum.
610
00:59:41,412 --> 00:59:43,581
Look.
Is that a circus?
611
00:59:43,706 --> 00:59:47,334
Yes, the Medrano.
But it's been turned into a beer house.
612
00:59:50,671 --> 00:59:53,173
Slow down, please.
613
00:59:56,051 --> 00:59:58,679
Have you ever heard of a clown
called Rhum?
614
00:59:59,305 --> 01:00:00,472
What?
615
01:00:01,849 --> 01:00:03,601
Ever go to the circus?
616
01:00:03,726 --> 01:00:09,106
You think I have time for the circus?
I have other things to do.
617
01:00:09,898 --> 01:00:11,692
The circus!
As if!
618
01:00:12,776 --> 01:00:14,361
Hello.
619
01:00:14,486 --> 01:00:16,989
- I'm very pleased to see you.
- Good morning, madam.
620
01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:18,991
I can speak Italian.
621
01:00:19,116 --> 01:00:20,993
How is Mr Bario?
622
01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:24,121
Come in, please.
623
01:00:24,997 --> 01:00:29,001
Bario is another famous name
in French circus history.
624
01:00:29,126 --> 01:00:31,086
His real name is Manrico Meschi.
625
01:00:31,211 --> 01:00:34,798
He left Livorno with his brothers
70 years ago and never returned.
626
01:00:34,923 --> 01:00:40,304
Tristan Rémy says
that everybody loved Bario's Auguste.
627
01:00:40,429 --> 01:00:43,641
A drunken, noisy, childlike tramp.
628
01:00:43,766 --> 01:00:48,562
Let's not forget
the Anglo-Saxon version of the tramp …
629
01:00:49,063 --> 01:00:53,442
My dear Mr Fellini, it's no use.
He won't come down.
630
01:00:53,567 --> 01:00:59,782
He's been away from Italy 40 years
and seeing Italians makes him very emotional.
631
01:00:59,907 --> 01:01:02,993
Do you want to try, Tristan?
Maybe he'll come down.
632
01:01:03,118 --> 01:01:06,038
- Yes, of course.
- Tristan, tell him he can't do this.
633
01:01:06,163 --> 01:01:10,209
Mrs Bario, do you have any photos?
An album or something?
634
01:01:10,334 --> 01:01:11,335
Of what?
635
01:01:11,460 --> 01:01:15,631
Photos of when you worked together,
photos of the circus.
636
01:01:15,756 --> 01:01:19,802
- Yes, we've got some up there.
- Thank you. Will you show them to me?
637
01:01:20,469 --> 01:01:21,845
Here.
638
01:01:24,014 --> 01:01:27,309
- These are your children, right?
- This is Nello and this …
639
01:01:27,434 --> 01:01:29,520
- Where are they now?
- They're in Lille.
640
01:01:29,645 --> 01:01:31,647
- This is Bario.
- I recognise him.
641
01:01:31,772 --> 01:01:34,858
Is this little girl your granddaughter?
642
01:01:34,983 --> 01:01:38,320
That's me.
When I was a child I had a dog act.
643
01:01:38,445 --> 01:01:42,408
Sorry about this silly question,
but were you sad to leave the circus?
644
01:01:42,533 --> 01:01:45,077
I mean, do you miss the life?
645
01:01:45,869 --> 01:01:49,915
Yes, you always miss the past,
your youth.
646
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:54,211
Ours was a wonderful life.
647
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:59,800
We were born in the circus.
Yes, we miss it a lot.
648
01:02:00,926 --> 01:02:04,012
- You've never spoken to a young lady?
- Never.
649
01:02:04,138 --> 01:02:08,308
It doesn't matter. I'll tell you what to say.
Just repeat after me. Are you ready?
650
01:02:09,017 --> 01:02:10,686
Repeat this.
651
01:02:10,811 --> 01:02:13,897
"Miss, ever since I saw you
I haven't eaten anything."
652
01:02:16,525 --> 01:02:19,987
Miss, ever since …
But there hasn't been anything to eat!
653
01:02:20,988 --> 01:02:23,574
Idiot, repeat after me.
"I haven't drunk anything."
654
01:02:27,077 --> 01:02:28,787
Come on!
655
01:02:30,414 --> 01:02:32,833
Keep going.
"Miss, I haven't slept."
656
01:02:33,751 --> 01:02:37,755
- Don't make me say silly things.
- That's how you win a woman's heart.
657
01:02:38,881 --> 01:02:42,509
Repeat after me.
"Miss, I'm ready to die for you."
658
01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:46,513
What are you talking about?
659
01:02:46,638 --> 01:02:48,140
It's romantic.
660
01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:51,810
I'm supposed to die
for a two-bit wooden dummy?
661
01:02:57,232 --> 01:03:00,402
Help! Help!
662
01:03:01,236 --> 01:03:04,948
I'll sit down because I feel very tired.
663
01:03:05,073 --> 01:03:06,992
Please do.
664
01:03:07,117 --> 01:03:10,829
- Listen, you insisted …
- Yes.
665
01:03:11,872 --> 01:03:16,001
… on interviewing me here at home.
666
01:03:16,126 --> 01:03:17,336
Yes, I did.
667
01:03:17,461 --> 01:03:21,548
But it breaks my heart
to talk about the circus.
668
01:03:21,673 --> 01:03:25,469
I want you to know that the circus
669
01:03:26,220 --> 01:03:28,931
was my whole life.
670
01:03:30,808 --> 01:03:34,061
I started out with my brothers.
671
01:03:34,186 --> 01:03:37,773
With one of them.
The other one didn't like the circus.
672
01:03:37,898 --> 01:03:39,983
And I spent 60 years there.
673
01:03:40,108 --> 01:03:42,444
Then I came home.
674
01:03:42,569 --> 01:03:44,154
What is your life like now?
675
01:03:44,696 --> 01:03:47,032
Now I have a quiet life.
676
01:03:47,157 --> 01:03:52,996
I listen to Italian radio night and day
677
01:03:53,121 --> 01:03:56,124
because I can't forget Italy.
678
01:03:56,250 --> 01:03:59,711
How do you spend your time now?
679
01:04:00,587 --> 01:04:05,425
During the day I feed my canary.
680
01:04:05,551 --> 01:04:10,264
Then there's my wife … and …
681
01:04:12,182 --> 01:04:16,895
I lead a quiet life.
I try to forget.
682
01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:22,442
But I can't forget the circus,
I really can't.
683
01:04:27,114 --> 01:04:30,826
- Thank you for coming to see us.
- All the best, madam.
684
01:04:30,951 --> 01:04:35,706
Poor man. I felt so sorry for him.
Old age is a horrible thing.
685
01:04:40,002 --> 01:04:41,795
Good luck.
686
01:04:44,715 --> 01:04:48,385
The greatest clown was Rhum.
687
01:04:48,510 --> 01:04:50,596
Once again Rémy talked to me about Rhum.
688
01:04:50,721 --> 01:04:55,517
He was different from the other clowns,
with his subtle make-up and creative talent.
689
01:04:55,642 --> 01:04:58,353
He told me stories
about his unhappy life.
690
01:04:58,478 --> 01:05:00,856
Women didn't like him, so he drank.
691
01:05:00,981 --> 01:05:03,901
When he was drunk
he came up with his funniest gags.
692
01:05:04,026 --> 01:05:05,360
He died young.
693
01:05:05,485 --> 01:05:07,821
They had a whip-round
to pay for his funeral.
694
01:05:07,946 --> 01:05:10,157
Our curiosity to learn more
about this clown
695
01:05:10,282 --> 01:05:14,953
brought us here, to the French
state TV building, to see a rare treasure,
696
01:05:15,078 --> 01:05:17,497
a short film featuring Rhum.
697
01:05:17,623 --> 01:05:22,878
The vast, funereal atmosphere
epitomises our search for a lost world.
698
01:05:23,003 --> 01:05:25,213
A voyage into another dimension
699
01:05:25,339 --> 01:05:27,382
that showed us an unknown side of Paris.
700
01:05:32,679 --> 01:05:35,974
- Who knows how I'll get my money back.
- Hello, madam.
701
01:05:36,099 --> 01:05:38,977
- Where are you going?
- Mrs Klosinsky.
702
01:05:39,102 --> 01:05:41,396
Hey, Adelaïde!
703
01:05:41,521 --> 01:05:43,815
- Where do we go?
- Over there.
704
01:05:43,941 --> 01:05:45,108
Thank you.
705
01:05:54,284 --> 01:05:57,329
- You're Mr Bellini?
- Fellini. It's Fellini.
706
01:05:57,454 --> 01:06:03,043
- You're here to see Series 12, 435A?
- I think so.
707
01:06:04,461 --> 01:06:07,297
The directors
have authorised the viewing.
708
01:06:07,422 --> 01:06:08,674
Thank you.
709
01:06:09,716 --> 01:06:13,553
Come in, please.
You can see it from where you are.
710
01:06:21,728 --> 01:06:23,730
Is it silent?
711
01:06:23,855 --> 01:06:26,733
Yes.
The whole of Series 12 is silent.
712
01:06:29,152 --> 01:06:31,238
That's not Rhum.
There's some mistake.
713
01:06:31,363 --> 01:06:35,200
- That's not Rhum, madam.
- This is 435A.
714
01:06:35,325 --> 01:06:38,078
Oh, here he is.
That's Rhum.
715
01:07:02,102 --> 01:07:03,228
THE END
716
01:07:05,522 --> 01:07:06,982
Is that it?
717
01:07:07,107 --> 01:07:10,277
- It's finished? Madam?
- So it seems.
718
01:07:10,402 --> 01:07:14,322
I felt embarrassed,
as if our quest had failed,
719
01:07:14,948 --> 01:07:18,410
our journey had led us nowhere.
720
01:07:18,535 --> 01:07:20,662
Maybe Tristan Rémy is right.
721
01:07:20,787 --> 01:07:22,956
Maybe the clown really is dead.
722
01:07:39,181 --> 01:07:40,640
Look.
723
01:07:42,726 --> 01:07:44,728
- What's happened?
- He's dead.
724
01:07:45,187 --> 01:07:46,730
Poor soul.
725
01:08:11,296 --> 01:08:14,299
- Happiness!
- Why are you saying "happiness"?
726
01:08:14,424 --> 01:08:17,052
- Don't you know who's dead?
- Who's dead?
727
01:08:17,177 --> 01:08:19,846
- Fischietto's dead.
- Fischietto's dead?
728
01:08:19,971 --> 01:08:22,265
Yes, he's a dead corpse.
729
01:08:22,390 --> 01:08:26,561
Just when we were supposed
to be playing poker.
730
01:08:27,187 --> 01:08:32,609
Oh, well done.
Your sorrow will refresh my feet.
731
01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:39,199
I was supposed to kill him
but he died of his own accord.
732
01:08:39,324 --> 01:08:41,493
- Show some respect.
- I've brought beer.
733
01:08:41,618 --> 01:08:43,703
- Beer?
- I've brought beer.
734
01:08:45,247 --> 01:08:47,999
Beer for everyone!
735
01:08:51,253 --> 01:08:54,256
Stop right there!
Who is it? How's it going?
736
01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:05,016
- What's going on here?
- Mr Ringmaster!
737
01:09:05,142 --> 01:09:07,686
- Who let you in?
- I take my hat off!
738
01:09:07,811 --> 01:09:10,939
That's enough! Don't you realise
there's been a tragedy?
739
01:09:11,064 --> 01:09:13,316
Poor Mr Fischietto is dead.
740
01:09:14,025 --> 01:09:15,485
Stop this!
741
01:09:15,610 --> 01:09:19,239
Show some respect
for a poor widow's grief.
742
01:09:26,163 --> 01:09:29,457
I look good in black.
It accentuates my curves.
743
01:09:29,583 --> 01:09:31,293
This way.
744
01:09:34,087 --> 01:09:35,922
Poor soul.
745
01:09:38,300 --> 01:09:41,344
- My friend!
- So handsome!
746
01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:47,767
I'll deflate you too!
747
01:09:50,228 --> 01:09:52,522
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
748
01:09:52,647 --> 01:09:55,567
- Put that candle down.
- But it's so good.
749
01:09:55,692 --> 01:09:58,528
I've been eating candles
since I was a child.
750
01:10:01,198 --> 01:10:02,240
Dad!
751
01:10:04,034 --> 01:10:07,704
Daddy,
why did you leave me all alone?
752
01:10:12,334 --> 01:10:15,378
This is my inheritance.
753
01:10:21,843 --> 01:10:24,721
This is mine.
754
01:10:26,848 --> 01:10:30,435
Everybody stay where you are!
I'm the lawyer.
755
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,855
The lawyer with the will.
Where is it?
756
01:10:33,980 --> 01:10:35,482
Oh, here it is.
757
01:10:37,192 --> 01:10:39,361
He's going to read his will.
758
01:10:39,486 --> 01:10:45,242
The true will, written,
autographed and signed by the dead man
759
01:10:45,367 --> 01:10:47,827
when he didn't know he was dead.
760
01:10:47,953 --> 01:10:49,871
Go on, Camicia, take it.
761
01:10:50,497 --> 01:10:51,748
Go on.
762
01:10:52,749 --> 01:10:54,376
Go on.
Stop there.
763
01:10:57,420 --> 01:11:01,758
"I, the undersigned Fischietto Filadagrile,
764
01:11:01,883 --> 01:11:08,265
say and state that if I'd had
a villa by the sea surrounded by trees,
765
01:11:08,390 --> 01:11:12,978
I'd have left it to my faithful dog.
766
01:11:13,103 --> 01:11:16,439
But since I don't have a villa by the sea,
767
01:11:16,564 --> 01:11:20,277
I leave my trombone to my friend Bebè,
768
01:11:20,402 --> 01:11:23,113
my empty suitcase to my friend Bobo …"
769
01:11:23,238 --> 01:11:25,323
He hasn't left me anything!
770
01:11:25,448 --> 01:11:28,785
"… my fleas to everybody …"
771
01:11:29,244 --> 01:11:32,789
What am I going to do?
I'm a poor orphan!
772
01:11:34,916 --> 01:11:37,669
Hold it, everyone!
773
01:11:38,378 --> 01:11:40,797
Time for a photo.
774
01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:49,431
Don't move.
775
01:11:51,933 --> 01:11:54,936
This way. That way.
Like this.
776
01:11:55,061 --> 01:11:57,856
- Keep still.
- Hold it like that.
777
01:11:57,981 --> 01:12:02,235
One … two … three.
Effects?
778
01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:03,695
Well?
What's going on?
779
01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:06,072
Check out the lamp.
All ready, sir!
780
01:12:06,197 --> 01:12:08,366
All ready?
Why didn't it work properly?
781
01:12:08,491 --> 01:12:11,286
- The lamp was ready. I set it earlier.
- All right now?
782
01:12:11,411 --> 01:12:13,330
- Go ahead, it's all set now.
- All ready.
783
01:12:13,455 --> 01:12:14,956
Keep still, then.
784
01:12:16,041 --> 01:12:18,376
One … two … three.
Go.
785
01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:21,921
- Damn! Check the lamp again.
- I fixed it.
786
01:12:22,047 --> 01:12:25,508
- Maybe it's wet.
- Yeah, right. Wet! Don't move.
787
01:12:25,633 --> 01:12:27,260
Move your foot.
Wake up!
788
01:12:27,385 --> 01:12:29,429
It's fine, sir.
I've got it.
789
01:12:29,554 --> 01:12:32,599
- You're not done yet?
- Shut up!
790
01:12:32,724 --> 01:12:34,351
This is ready.
It's fine.
791
01:12:34,476 --> 01:12:36,519
This goes there.
It'll work now.
792
01:12:38,396 --> 01:12:40,482
The wires.
Check the wires.
793
01:12:59,084 --> 01:13:03,088
Keep going, keep going.
Now drop the planks.
794
01:13:15,642 --> 01:13:18,478
See, sir? It works.
Roll camera, sir. Roll camera.
795
01:13:31,157 --> 01:13:32,158
Nail.
796
01:13:36,287 --> 01:13:38,039
He took the tastiest one!
797
01:13:48,341 --> 01:13:50,593
You missed it!
798
01:13:55,682 --> 01:13:57,684
You missed again!
799
01:14:19,038 --> 01:14:20,707
Try this.
800
01:14:21,499 --> 01:14:22,959
It's good.
801
01:14:31,968 --> 01:14:33,303
Goodness me!
802
01:14:40,143 --> 01:14:42,437
I feel fine now.
803
01:14:43,605 --> 01:14:44,814
There you go.
804
01:14:45,982 --> 01:14:47,317
There you go.
805
01:14:58,578 --> 01:15:02,957
Mr Fellini, what message do you want
to send out with this TV special?
806
01:15:03,082 --> 01:15:05,126
Well, the message I'd like to …
807
01:15:05,251 --> 01:15:07,253
Are you trying to create a parallel …
808
01:15:22,894 --> 01:15:24,562
Thank you …
809
01:15:29,859 --> 01:15:33,655
Five!
You missed all of them!
810
01:16:14,404 --> 01:16:19,492
Ladies and gentlemen,
sad news fills the air today.
811
01:16:19,617 --> 01:16:22,120
Mr Auguste, aka The Clown,
812
01:16:22,245 --> 01:16:26,416
has passed away, has departed,
is deceased … is dead.
813
01:16:26,541 --> 01:16:28,960
His few friends
and his many creditors
814
01:16:29,544 --> 01:16:34,090
mourn his early death
at the age of 200.
815
01:16:34,841 --> 01:16:38,052
We couldn't call him
handsome or intelligent.
816
01:16:38,177 --> 01:16:40,221
We couldn't say anything about him
817
01:16:40,346 --> 01:16:43,349
because he'd respond
to even the slightest observation
818
01:16:43,474 --> 01:16:46,102
by squirting water in our faces.
819
01:16:56,821 --> 01:17:02,994
On this sad occasion,
a speech about the deceased,
820
01:17:03,119 --> 01:17:06,623
to preserve pleasant memories of him,
821
01:17:06,748 --> 01:17:10,001
is a hopeless undertaking,
my dear friends.
822
01:17:10,126 --> 01:17:12,128
How can I say
anything good about him?
823
01:17:12,253 --> 01:17:17,759
It's impossible to find a single episode
in his wretched existence
824
01:17:17,884 --> 01:17:22,138
that would make you say,
"He was a nice man after all."
825
01:17:38,404 --> 01:17:40,698
He's always been untalented,
826
01:17:40,823 --> 01:17:44,494
a lazybones, a drunk,
a troublemaker, a good-for-nothing.
827
01:17:44,619 --> 01:17:47,580
He cheated at games,
was disloyal to his friends,
828
01:17:47,705 --> 01:17:51,334
a pain in the neck for his landlord
and for the electricity board.
829
01:17:51,459 --> 01:17:55,880
We all weep
at the sad news that he died now
830
01:17:56,005 --> 01:18:00,301
and not when the nurse said,
"It's a boy!"
831
01:18:00,426 --> 01:18:03,137
He dedicated his long, miserable life
832
01:18:03,262 --> 01:18:05,765
to throwing buckets of water
in people's faces,
833
01:18:05,890 --> 01:18:09,060
breaking eggs on their heads
and wiping soap on their mouths.
834
01:18:09,185 --> 01:18:12,730
He played the trombone with his feet
and danced the tango with his ears.
835
01:18:12,855 --> 01:18:16,609
He made children laugh
and his own sons cry.
836
01:18:16,734 --> 01:18:20,822
As a white clown
and as his enemy brother,
837
01:18:20,947 --> 01:18:24,283
I tried all I could
to teach him some manners
838
01:18:24,409 --> 01:18:27,578
by hitting him on the head,
treading on his feet
839
01:18:27,704 --> 01:18:29,038
and slapping his neck.
840
01:18:29,163 --> 01:18:31,958
But Auguste the clown
rebelled against all advice
841
01:18:32,083 --> 01:18:35,837
and pursued
his grotesque, drunken career.
842
01:18:35,962 --> 01:18:38,256
He kept on cavorting
843
01:18:38,381 --> 01:18:41,300
under a shower
of rotten eggs and dirty water
844
01:18:41,426 --> 01:18:44,846
until he was suffocated
by an ostrich egg.
845
01:18:44,971 --> 01:18:48,558
It entered his nose
and got stuck in the depths
846
01:18:48,683 --> 01:18:51,477
of the third carotid artery on the left.
847
01:18:51,602 --> 01:18:56,357
His lungs failed
and his soul flew out of his right ear.
848
01:18:56,482 --> 01:18:59,193
He is no longer with us,
but luckily I am.
849
01:18:59,318 --> 01:19:01,404
Weep, my brothers, if you wish.
850
01:19:01,529 --> 01:19:03,698
As for me,
I cried more than enough
851
01:19:03,823 --> 01:19:07,702
when I had to put up with him
on stage at the circus.
852
01:19:07,827 --> 01:19:09,120
Amen.
853
01:19:23,050 --> 01:19:27,930
Dum-di-dum, dum-di-dum,
Fischietto has …
854
01:19:28,055 --> 01:19:31,058
- No!
- … gone!
855
01:19:35,897 --> 01:19:37,565
Come on, come on!
856
01:20:16,395 --> 01:20:18,981
We've done our eight contracted hours.
857
01:20:19,106 --> 01:20:21,984
We're sick of working like animals.
858
01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:30,326
This is too much, damn it!
859
01:20:38,668 --> 01:20:40,461
Hey, Maestro.
860
01:20:40,586 --> 01:20:41,921
Start!
861
01:21:24,881 --> 01:21:29,760
Go round again!
Fanfulla, don't stop!
862
01:21:36,851 --> 01:21:39,270
Faster, faster.
Where are you going?
863
01:21:39,395 --> 01:21:42,899
Sorry, Federico,
I've twisted my ankle.
864
01:21:43,482 --> 01:21:45,735
Come on, faster with that cart!
865
01:21:45,860 --> 01:21:49,655
Colombaioni, don't slow down.
Don't slow down!
866
01:21:49,780 --> 01:21:54,201
Faster, faster.
Come this way.
867
01:21:58,372 --> 01:22:04,170
Faster with the cart!
Whip the horses!
868
01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:07,423
Keep going, keep going!
869
01:22:13,304 --> 01:22:17,266
Don't stop.
Go round again!
870
01:22:18,684 --> 01:22:21,604
Come on, Maya.
What's Fumagalli doing there, Maya?
871
01:22:21,729 --> 01:22:23,314
What is it?
He's exhausted.
872
01:22:23,439 --> 01:22:26,359
Come on, don't stop.
Come on, faster.
873
01:22:27,443 --> 01:22:29,445
What's wrong, Fumagalli?
874
01:22:30,988 --> 01:22:32,406
He doesn't feel well.
875
01:22:32,531 --> 01:22:34,575
- Fumagalli, what is it?
- I can't do it.
876
01:22:53,135 --> 01:22:55,471
Go and get the cannon now.
877
01:22:58,015 --> 01:23:01,602
I'll count to three and then shoot you
four times with the cannon.
878
01:23:01,727 --> 01:23:04,647
I say one, I say two, I say three!
879
01:23:23,082 --> 01:23:24,333
Maya, Maya!
880
01:23:27,336 --> 01:23:28,587
Surrender!
881
01:23:29,088 --> 01:23:30,798
Surrender!
882
01:23:32,508 --> 01:23:37,221
Faster!
Go faster!
883
01:23:52,778 --> 01:23:54,280
It's nice and warm here.
884
01:26:43,115 --> 01:26:45,326
I liked it very much.
885
01:26:46,702 --> 01:26:48,120
Turn the lights out.
It's over.
886
01:26:54,877 --> 01:26:56,879
- Good night, sir.
- Good night.
887
01:26:58,714 --> 01:27:00,799
Can I go home, sir?
888
01:27:00,925 --> 01:27:03,719
- Yes. Do you feel better now?
- Yes.
889
01:27:05,638 --> 01:27:07,389
You know, Mr Fellini,
890
01:27:08,432 --> 01:27:13,854
I used to do an act
with my partner Fru-Fru.
891
01:27:13,979 --> 01:27:16,607
He'd pretend that he was dead.
892
01:27:16,732 --> 01:27:20,277
I'd come out and say,
"Where's Fru-Fru?"
893
01:27:20,402 --> 01:27:23,656
"Don't you know?"
the ringmaster would say. "He's dead."
894
01:27:23,781 --> 01:27:26,158
"What do you mean, dead?" I'd say.
895
01:27:26,283 --> 01:27:31,330
"He needs to give me ten sausages
and a candle that I lent him last year."
896
01:27:31,455 --> 01:27:34,083
"Well, he's dead,"
the ringmaster would say.
897
01:27:34,208 --> 01:27:36,502
"Where can I find him?" I'd say.
898
01:27:36,627 --> 01:27:39,505
"Idiot!
I'm telling you he's dead!"
899
01:27:40,047 --> 01:27:43,634
But I wouldn't give up
and started calling out to him.
900
01:27:43,759 --> 01:27:46,595
"Fru-Fru! Fru-Fru!"
901
01:27:47,471 --> 01:27:50,474
No reply.
902
01:27:50,599 --> 01:27:53,185
"He must really be dead," I'd say.
903
01:27:53,310 --> 01:27:56,188
"If he's dead, how will I find him?
904
01:27:56,313 --> 01:28:01,026
"A person can't just disappear like that.
He must be somewhere.
905
01:28:01,151 --> 01:28:02,820
"Fru-Fru!"
906
01:28:03,529 --> 01:28:06,323
Then I'd have an idea.
907
01:28:06,448 --> 01:28:10,327
"I'll call him with my trumpet
like I used to when he worked with me."
908
01:28:10,452 --> 01:28:13,622
So I'd start to call him with my trumpet.
909
01:28:13,747 --> 01:28:17,584
I'd play the first few notes,
then I'd listen.
910
01:28:18,335 --> 01:28:19,837
Nothing.
911
01:28:19,962 --> 01:28:21,839
I'd try again.
912
01:28:21,964 --> 01:28:26,093
It was a really beautiful song,
it made you cry.
913
01:28:26,218 --> 01:28:27,970
It went like this.
67731
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