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I think my life is a circle.

Round and around, always ending up there.

I don't always know what to do.

But I've always loved circles, since I was a kid.

They're round, they have no corners

and they have no direction.

Circles are: wheels on bicycles,

lollipops at the fair,

camera lenses...

my teacher Delma's glasses

and the pattern on my underwear!

Anselmo?

Hurry up, we'll be late for school.

- Turn it off! - 5 minutes till the program ends.

Two minutes, get dressed.

But my favorite circles are the colored ones.

I like... red, turquoise, blue,

green, brown, black.

The color I can't stand is yellow.

Lemons are yellow, old man Gebedia's house...

Damn you all!

...pee.

In fact, I sit on the toilet so I don't see it.

And the Chinese.

And the school bus.

Since that day, I've gone to school on my red bike.

My mom never had many friends

but she always wore orange for the ones she liked.

Like it?

Hi. Where are you taking me?

Close the door.

Will you give me a blow job?

- What? - That's all I ask you.

Wait!

Mommy, what did he ask you?

Nothing, a liqueur.

Like limoncello.

Anselmo, my son. My friend Giovanni.

I bet you like magic.

Blow.

- Anselmo, what are you doing? - Anselmo, no!

Stop!

Cut it out!

Giovanni disappeared

but no matter, Mom always said we were enough for each other.

"The day they killed Captain Cosmo"

Why isn't Daddy with us? When's he coming back?

You know, he went to save the world.

When will he finish?

The world is full of bad things,

yellow things, very yellow!

It takes time to clean it up.

Couldn't he have cleaned up near us? It's dirty here too.

No, this is a peaceful place, there's nothing to clean.

You can't imagine what it's like in other places, filthy.

- Know what day it is? - Yes.

Work's not going very well, I need a bit more time.

It's not what I said when you asked me for help.

Don't you dare!

We can come to an agreement in another way.

Let go of me!

What's to look at?

- You want money too? - No, thank you, I get an allowance.

An allowance?

Good boy.

See you in a month.

Why did he want to give me money?

He lends money if you need some,

then every month he comes to...

He comes to see if you need more.

Yes, but his car's yellow.

Yes...

My classmates had just one teacher, I had two.

One was all for me, they called her "teacher's aide".

Maybe because she had to aid the teacher to carry lots of things

I just called her Delma.

I'll tell you a secret.

I wasn't the only special one at school.

That day at 9:19 and 5 seconds

something happened that I'll never forget.

Hey you, can you get my 240?

Your 240?

My pencil, it fell through the gate.

Will you get it?

You did it.

"Anstupid" got stuck!

I saw their plan: to push me through to the other side.

Stop it!

But for 17 minutes and 5 second, no one was able to free us,

and so the teacher called Silvano.

You got good taste, kid.

At 9:55 and 13 seconds I was free

and at 9:56 and 23 seconds so was Titti.

And I'd become her friend.

From that moment I'd have done anything to make her happy.

You know that 8 divided by 11

is 0.727272...

I don't like recurring decimals,

you know where they start but not where they end.

There, that's my house.

- Get in. - But Daddy...

Get in!

Retard, stay away from my daughter, hear me?

Hear me?

Anselmo... everything's okay.

Wait, look.

Look!

Look, sweetie... here's a circle.

Look at the circle.

Circle, circle...

Give me your hand, you do it.

Circle...

Good boy!

Circle, circle...

Slowly, slowly, darling.

There... good boy!

Better... see?

It's all over.

I think it's miraculous.

Inside were my blue jeans, red T-shirt, green pajamas

and my mother's colored clothes.

But when it started spinning, they all became white.

But light in the chandelier, starts white and splits into 7 colors,

if they stayed separate, everything would be simpler.

I could figure yellow from red

and spot the good things from the bad.

Instead they mix and the world becomes a great confusion.

Things are never what they seem.

And I'm not what I seem either.

Here come the superpowers! Flying bicycle!

Let's see if you can dent a copper helmet 4 millimeters thick.

Silvano, when did you come to town?

- Why, does it matter? - No.

Why here exactly?

One place is like any other.

Were you in here before?

Is this your wife? Do you have children too?

Are you asking questions on doctor's orders?

No, it's my idea.

A shitty idea.

- Hello. - Mom, what's a shitty idea?

- Anselmo could you wait outside? - I could, but don't want to.

- Go outside! - Going.

- Bye, Silvano, see you tomorrow. - Stay away from intersections.

Why does my son spend afternoons with you?

He comes in, sits down, drinks his soda then talks and talks...

I'd thank you if you get him off my back, I'm busy.

Fine with me. We agree.

Know what I was thinking?

Between us, we have just one mom and one dad.

Why don't we get them to marry?

We'd better not!

Why?

Then the two of us can't get married.

Right, I didn't think of that.

Want to marry me?

Where were you? I've been waiting all day.

Retard...

I told you to stay away from my daughter.

I asked her to marry me.

You did? Really?

Then let's throw rice.

Anselmo, run!

Why's your dad like that?

He's not bad, but it's my fault if some bad things happened.

No, stop!

Why?

Can you keep a secret?

Look.

- My dad is one of them. - A superhero?

Yes, he went to save the world.

Which one of these is he?

I don't know yet, I'm working on it.

Know how many superheroes there are? 275!

It takes a lot of research.

I'm sure I'll recognize him when he comes back.

He'll have a costume of all colors, except yellow,

and he'll point to the sky...

I don't feel very well.

Feeling better?

Don't worry, no one ever died from a shotgun blast of salt.

- Where's Titti? - She went home.

Listen...

be good and stay here,

wait for me, I'll go do something and be right back.

Who's there?

- What the fuck are you doing? - Leave my boy alone!

You loanshark, you've bled us for years, we're fed up,

I'll report you!

What the fuck are you doing?

- Let go of me! - Who you gonna report?

Leave her alone!

- What are you doing? - I'll report you.

Stop it!

See what you did?

- Let go of me! - Get inside.

Know what I thought?

Does Dad have a battle cry?

I'd say so.

What is it?

"Sugar-free".

Sugar-free... I never thought of that.

And this?

Listen, your girlfriend means a lot to you, doesn't she?

- Yes, Mom, a whole lot. - Good boy.

That's very nice.

When someone means a lot to us

we'd like things to go the way we want

but sometimes, when someone means a lot to us

we have to have the courage to do things that might seem wrong

but it's for their good.

Titti means a lot to me too,

and I thought I had to do something...

Anselmo!

Titti!

Flying bicycle!

I stood outside your house 9,123 times, once a day.

But then things changed,

because I started working after school.

I have a cover job at the day-care center.

It's where they put those who are a bit odd.

But they're not all odd-odd.

A few are special, like me.

I'm the deputy assistant to the assistant to the social worker.

It's concept work.

The concept is...

if they ask: "Give me a hand?" I don't.

Instead, if they say: "Help me"...

I do, because it's my job.

- Did you bring the papers? - Sure.

The town earmarked new funds for the town dog pound!

That's nice.

Have you seen the caretaker?

Identical to Amon Göth, the "butcher", a very dangerous Nazi.

I'm sure he experiments on the dogs with pills

that they'll then give us to control our minds.

The Professor suffered from a persecution complex.

Where did you get this?

But he was a good man, you could trust him.

Are you crazy? He's cross-eyed. He's surely a Reptilian.

He was the one who didn't trust you

I hate fruit!

Duplex was one... I mean, he wasn't one, he was two.

Anselmo, my friend.

- You remembered my fruit! - Yes.

Just that they didn't get along.

Dafne was the invisible one, but not really.

What's my hand?

But she wanted to be.

An ace of clubs, two of hearts and seven of diamonds.

The seven of diamonds, the card of solitude, desperation!

Then there's Mario, the race car driver.

He said he was in a wheelchair because during Gran Prix in Imola,

for fun, the organizers put a curve in place of a straightaway.

Hand me my helmet, it's a steep descent.

What helmet?

What helmet! That one!

What don't you understand? The one time I ask you for something!

Actually, my real job was another.

- Good night, Anselmo. - Good night, Mom.

When they were all in bed, I went on mission.

Just like my dad.

It wasn't easy becoming a superhero.

I made some tries at first...

What the fuck?

What the fuck?

Damn you all!

- Good morning, Mom. - Morning, sweetie. How are you?

- Did you have nice dreams? - Beautiful.

It's ready.

Here...

What an appetite!

What do you do at night? Go racing?

No, I don't go racing.

It's just an expression!

Now eat slowly.

"The Daring Endeavors of the Masked Man"

You!

With me.

If you want to be a superhero, at least try not to get hurt.

- I don't understand. - Don't play stupid with me.

I know you're not stupid.

Well?

It's the most beautiful copper costume I've ever had!

Are you ready?

Does it work?

It works!

Testing... Now the vocoder works.

Stop!

Let her go.

What the fuck do you want?

- You have three seconds. - Go away.

Three, two, one...

One thing I must say: I had great gadgets.

Time's up.

Boomerang: 1998 benefit drawing.

Superflash: Mom's birthday gift.

Loudspeaker.

First Aid Kit: taken from the school infirmary.

Pump for copper-coating... I'd borrowed it from a farmer.

Thank you!

She said that asshole Yurek always treated her rough

and to thank me, she wanted to put out for me.

She didn't say what she'd put out, so, I let her keep it.

- Not even a good blow? - No, thanks, I don't drink.

Who the fuck are you?

My name!

There was Mosquitoman, Cactusman, Fogman,

Spasmman... They're all called something plus "man".

I had copper armor, so...

Copperman! My name is Copperman.

The calling card was Silvano's idea

Thank you, Copperman.

He said it was important to sign my ventures.

Shoot this when you need help and Copperman comes.

Who the fuck are you?

Copperman saves a prostitute attacked by her pimp

Did you read that? Copperman copper-coated that bastard Yurek.

Copperman's cool!

Too bad he mounts smooth tires on a wet track,

if he rotated them he'd be great like Zanardi.

Right, Alex? Come on, let's talk.

I say Copperman will get a medal one of these days.

Always talking about Copperman, you're taking my space!

Suddenly I'd become famous.

"Thank you Copperman"

Damn you all!

- Who the fuck are you? - Copperman.

What?

Fuck off!

Be thankful I never saw your face.

- Where have you been? - Mind your own business.

- What's in there? - Shut up.

You promised you'd change. We came here to start over.

They've been nice, even gave me a job!

- Shut up! - You swore you'd stopped.

Titti?

Don't be afraid, it's me.

- Who's me? - Anselmo, remember?

The pencil, the jack, the bars, teacher Delma.

What are you made of?

Copper.

Cleo?

I have to go to my mom now.

- Where were you hiding? - I was talking to a man of copper.

- There is no man of copper. - This one is.

Let's go.

I thought, of course, but my tongue never moved.

But in the end, I talked.

Bye, guys, thanks for the company, I'm going home.

What was wrong with Anselmo today? He was quiet all day.

You don't get it, he's not Anselmo!

They created clones of us to wipe us out.

Sometimes a person doesn't want to talk!

He left his locker open at the ramp to the Ring Road.

Guys, what are you doing here at this hour?

Anselmo's sleeping.

Well? Has something happened?

No, no, nothing.

Yes, yes... no, no.

We discovered his secret.

Quiet, she might be an agent from Area 51.

What? What secret?

What's this all about?

You risk hurting yourself badly.

No!

Look.

I'm invincible wearing this.

I'm a superhero, like Dad.

I help people who need help.

These are signal flares for when someone's in danger

he fires it and I can save him.

It's all my fault.

I told you foolishness,

I've never had the courage to tell you the truth about your father.

You just don't want me to go on mission like him.

You're no superhero!

Your father's no superhero, he's a bastard, he left when you were born.

The comic books are mine.

Take off that idiot costume and go to bed.

I'm not an idiot.

I'm Copperman.

He's never been out all night.

At least not until you made that absurd costume.

I just wanted to protect him.

I wanted him to have a father to admire.

That guy didn't deserve a son like Anselmo.

But you did.

My wife was killed during a robbery.

You're alone, you stay alone,

if a woman leaves you, okay, but not like that.

Not like that.

That's not fair.

I'm sorry.

Did they catch them?

They paid.

We come to these parts to fish.

Anselmo, where are you?

Where are you?

Look!

It's huge!

What a scare you gave me!

You should have shot a flare.

If you do, Copperman comes right away.

What flare?

This?

Okay.

Photo!

Ready?

Thank you for everything.

Come by for coffee one of these days.

One of these days.

Let's go. Aren't you coming?

Silvano and I have to talk, man-to-man.

Titti's back.

I heard something about it.

She has a daughter just like her.

Who must have a father.

Right, I didn't think about that.

Listen, I know Titti's in your heart like back then.

But maybe many things have changed for her.

She's forgotten me?

There's only one way to find out, ask her.

Well?

Well... go to the market and get two beers.

No, I don't drink.

Go to the market for two beers.

It's you, right?

- Miss, I need to pay. - Coming.

I have to work, but if you wait, I'm off in an hour.

I'll wait here.

Maybe one step back.

At 18 I left the foster home,

I didn't know anyone.

I didn't know where to go.

Then I found a job and a house,

it was small, but it was mine.

What color?

Not yellow!

- Then you were happy. - Yes.

But then my father got released from prison

and came knocking, I didn't have the courage to shut him out.

After all, he's my father,

so...

Then?

Then Cleo arrived.

How did she arrive?

There was a man.

I thought that he... but...

He disappeared before she was born.

My mom says my dad did the same thing.

But it's only what she says...

Why did you come back here?

I was born here.

Now I even have a job, so...

And you?

After they took you away

I finished elementary school then middle school,

I did high school at home, the school was far away

and hard to get to.

Then I helped Silvano,

then I was given a job of great responsibility.

- Then there's big news. - What?

I can't tell you!

Anyway, I waited for you.

Here's Cleo, he's Anselmo, an old friend of mine.

Ma'am, you still have to sign the papers for enrollment.

Coming. I'll be right back.

Mom says you don't exist, but I know you're the man of copper.

Copperman, my name is Copperman.

Now what do we do?

Me too!

She'd modified a lot with time.

Right then, I was modifying a lot too.

Even if I tried to hide it.

Motor boat!

Look!

Did you come back to marry me?

Let's go or we'll catch cold.

I made a mistake, was it for the motor boat?

I'm fond of you

but...

Anselmo, you know Mommy makes delicious frozen foods?

Can we invite Anselmo to dinner?

Another time.

- Who's that? - A friend.

His name's Anselmo, he's lots of fun.

The mongoloid!

Didn't we say just one, after dinner?

Hi! Get in.

C'mon, I'll take you home don't be afraid.

Get in!

My house is that way.

I know.

Want some advice...

Stay away from my girls, hear me?

Here you are! Is the man-to-man talk over?

It's ready.

Sorry, I can't eat with you, I have to return to the store.

What will you do?

I'll eat, watch some spin cycle, then go to bed.

Sure?

Remember, you promised.

See you tomorrow morning.

Mom! Should we follow advice?

Yes.

But only if you trust the one who gave it.

I see, thank you.

Bye, sweetie.

I didn't trust him, but even if I did, I'd never have listened.

So, before I got to the fruit, I'd already forgotten about Ernesto

I had more important things to think about.

Yes, of course,

Mom made me promise to stop being a superhero...

but it was Anselmo who promised.

Not Copperman.

Know another indispensable talent for a superhero?

Knowing how to adapt.

Please, ma'am.

Take your mask off, Anselmo, we recognized you.

Your locker was full of these.

- But don't tell anyone. - Don't worry, we're superheroes too

My nom de guerre is Captain Racer,

with my intercooler turbo on a chrome-plated monocoque.

Catching criminals will be a breeze.

Couldn't you have waited? Damn it!

I'm Professor Arcane,

thanks to my science I'll defeat the Anunnakis

who've taken over this town.

- There are no Anunnakis here. - Shit, they've cloned him.

I'm Elastoman, the superhero with the best name in the world.

But you can call me Pee Bag.

Now we're superheroes too, we're The Magnificent 5.

- But there are three of you. - Huh? There are 5 of us.

There's me, Elastoman,

Doctor Arcane, Pee Bag

and Dafne, the woman who's not here.

We're leaving for our first mission: Copperman and The Magnificent 5.

Shit, Elastoman, what kind of name is that?

Shit, not even the courage to say things to my face!

But when you needed money, you came to me.

And I gave it to you.

You haven't even paid me all back.

Someone's still got the courage to talk?

- You're overdoing it. - Mind your fucking business.

Hi, Gianna! Coffee?

Yes, good and strong, I have to work.

Pretending you don't see me?

But we know each other well.

- I'm talking to you. - Gianna, let's have coffee together

- Gladly. - Two coffees.

See the thanks I get?

She asked me for money and I gave it to her.

What's she do? She reports me.

It's your fault

if I'm treated like the plague in this shitty town.

Yours!

Go home.

I'll go when the fuck I want.

When the fuck you want, is now.

Thank you.

I know, I shouldn't care, but I just can't help it.

He's yacks, show you're not scared and he comes down a peg.

Maybe with you, but I'm a woman and to top it all, I'm alone.

You're not alone.

I really have to work this evening.

Bye.

You're sure it's a dog pound? It looks like a farm.

Hear the dogs barking?

Listen, that's the bark of a Dalmatian.

We take this escalator, go to the pi

and free all the dogs.

Let's go.

Stay sharp, the Nazis hide microchip in the organic material

remember, don't pick up or swallow excrement.

Elastoman, stay there, stand watch.

It's him!

Amon Göth.

Damned bastard!

You, go to the dogs, free them!

They're not dogs, they're sheep.

That's what they want us to think, they're genetically modified!

Bastard!

Guys!

Good, you big dogs!

Good, big dogs!

It looks like One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

A sheepdog!

Go free them!

Rin Tin Tin, White Fang!

All free!

Overboost!

Guys, I'm going that way, this dog stinks of dead goat.

They said she fell

but I knew it wasn't true,

or she wouldn't have fired a flare.

If Copperman had been able to fly,

maybe he could have saved his mom

and then he really would be a true superhero.

I'd never given value to white.

According to the Great Atlas of Animals,

the relationship between a hornet's specific body weight

and the size of its wings, should keep it from flying.

Yet, it flies.

What is it?

A car license plate?

When the bad guys want revenge on a superhero,

they hurt the people who love him.

The bad guys found out that Gianna was Copperman's mother.

Listen,

it's not your fault, understand?

You couldn't foresee something like this.

See that corner at the end of the road?

I bet you can tell me what's behind it,

how many houses there are, how many roads lead to the center

and how many rotaries, right?

But I'm sure that from here

you can't tell me who'll pop up, or when.

That's life.

You'll never know what's coming around the corner.

Hi, Copperman.

- Copperman is dead. - Too bad, I liked him.

Mom gave me a bike, do you have one?

No, it's broken.

Then you came along and asked if I had a bike.

Other questions?

If you and Mom had never lost touch,

would I have been born anyway?

I have to ask Silvano.

- Dad, let me do the talking! - Shut up!

- Please... - Retarded!

- I warned you! - Dad!

Stay away from my family!

Get lost!

You understand this way?

Feel these...

without the super-mongoloid armor?

Leave him alone!

Leave him alone!

You gotta leave here!

You gotta leave here!

Stop! You ruined my life.

I don't want you anymore...

I don't want you anymore!

Go away!

Go away!

Go away!

Anselmo...

Look.

See what a nice circle, darling.

A nice circle.

See?

Good boy!

Good boy!

If Titti and I hadn't lost touch, Cleo would be here?

Why, does it matter?

Right.

Know what I thought?

Talk!

I thought: since Titti's dad has left...

Okay, I'll open two beers and we'll talk about the world.

Cheers.

- It's so bitter! - It gets better.

So, let's pretend you like Titti.

No, I really do.

Now we have the problem of letting her know.

- All you can do is ask her. - Yes.

What?

I'd start with something you have in common.

Something you did together when you met.

People say I'm stupid.

They always want something from you, even those who love you.

Not you, you just care for me, that's all.

Know what I thought?

You continue not to answer me.

I asked you a question 26 years, 4 months and 12 days ago.

Then I asked you again 23 days and 4 hours ago,

but you didn't answer.

Don't you remember?

C'mon, get in the car. I'm in no mood!

- Look, today... - Leave us alone!

Cut it out! Go away!

- Let go of her! - How dare you? I'm your father.

Run!

Let go of me!

Come here!

It's your fault!

Why can't I have dinner with Mommy and Anselmo?

There are some things grown-ups do alone.

Like love?

The deal was you'd stay quiet.

They told me you want a bit of intimacy.

This music has a frequency that jams any hidden wiretaps.

Yes...

Chinotto, vintage 2015.

An excellent year.

- So, we're celebrating. - Yes.

Well...

C'mon!

Chicken croquettes and frozen peas

cooked by super-cook Dafne.

How about if we stay alone?

You at your house, me at mine?

No, alone together.

Thank you for everything my friends,

but Titti and I would like to be alone.

Alone together.

What puppies! They want to be alone!

So, we should leave?

Yes.

So selfish! You and your romantic dinner!

Dafne, we're leaving.

Have you ever been with a woman?

Yes, lots of times.

With teacher Delma, Dafne,

the nurse at the hospital, with you

and loads of times with Mom.

No...

I...

meant like this.

You can squeeze, if you want.

That's enough!

Shut up!

Get in, start the car.

Start the car!

Move!

Get out, you sonofabitch!

Leave your wrapping, show yourself for what you are, you foul being!

Get out!

You're behind the death of Kurt Cobain, right?

I'll hold him!

Get out?

I've got him!

I've got him, I've got him...

Are you okay?

Well, I can't feel my legs.

Look, Anselmo has disappeared.

You thought I wouldn't be back?

Dad, please, stop.

What do you want?

Want to kill me too?

I know it's your fault that Mom's dead.

You're mine, you can't get away from me.

You're the most beautiful thing in my life.

But I hate you.

Where are you going?

I'm taking Cleo, I won't leave without her.

If you stop, I'll kill him, I swear.

Accelerate!

Go that way.

Cut the crying. You're a drag!

Look who's here!

It's the wrong night!

Titti!

What's this?

Let's go!

Titti, where are you going?

You bastards!

Don't worry, I know what to do.

Sugar-free!

Are you all right?

Retard!

You pulled out the super-mongoloid costume.

So what? You couldn't even save your mother.

You should have heard her die...

Too bad!

I was starting to like this place.

- Farewell, Anselmo. - Silvano!

And me?

You're Copperman.

After that night lots of things were said:

that Silvano had killed four robber in Marseilles

as revenge for his wife's death.

At first the police looked for him a little,

then gave up because he was well-hidden here in town.

"A Hunt for the Murderer A Smithy with a Murky Past"

But due to this story, he had to run again.

I miss Silvano and hope he's well.

Actually, I know.

Now and then I get a postcard, always from a different place.

Nice places, right!

"I won't sign this because... does it matter?"

Always unsigned, but I know it's him.

Weren't you scared when you were escaping?

No, I had Dad's magic word.

- Guys, it's ready. - We're coming!

Listen, you still haven't answered my question.

If you and Mommy hadn't lost touch, would I still be here?

Why, does it matter?

Right.

Let's go?

Mom, I like coming to Sunday dinner at Anselmo's.

Me, too.

It was really true, she could cook frozen food like no one else.

But she still hadn't answered my question.

Oh, well, I'll try again later on.

According to the Great Atlas of Animals, the relationship

between a hornet's specific body weight

and the size of its wings, should keep it from flying.

Yet, it flies.