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PALERMO, BRANCACCIO
SEPTEMBER 2011
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Go!
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Testing, testing... One, two, three...
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OK, everything's working... Fine...
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It looks like the microphone
isn't working...
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I don't know if it works or not,
now we'll see.
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Anyway, we'll call a technician
and have it fixed.
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Fine...
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Who are you talking to, Mira?
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I'm talking on my own.
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- May I?
- Come in!
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- So good to see you!
- I thought you got kidnapped!
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It's easier getting from Naples to Palermo,
than from Palermo to Villagrazia...
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Everyone says so...
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Oh my... So, what's this thing
about Berlusconi...?
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- Take a seat.
- Thank you.
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I thought we could do a duet
together, as we agreed.
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But it should be something fun, about
someone really popular, a public figure.
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And there's just one person that, in
the midst of this crisis, popped to mind:
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Berlusconi!
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Just one thing: do you know that Berlusconi
is really beloved in this neighborhood?
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Keep in mind that here Berlusconi got
a lot of... votes, of stuff...
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You know what I mean...
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He was elected thanks
to this neighborhood.
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That's called?
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Brancaccio!
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I'd like to meet Berlusconi,
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I'm not condemned but I'm shy,
and to dine and laugh with Berlusconi,
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drive his car and release statements...
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I'm sure one day Silvio
will notice me.
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Never gonna happen...
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- This is pretty much my idea...
- It's good, I like it!
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Then we should do a comedy piece,
at the end of the song,
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maybe a string progression,
some pizzicato strings, like a waltz...
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- ... to cut this dance vibe,
- I like it...
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then we do an Eros Ramazzotti
performance: "Adesso tu".
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As if Silvio Berlusconi appeared
and saved us from unemployment,
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so we join his team and work with him!
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- And all our problems are gone!
- You wish! Let's do it!
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How do you explain
all this success in Brancaccio?
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Well, it's on every newspaper,
everyone's talking about it, so...
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It's out in the open...
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I know, but how do you explain it?
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Well, you know...
We're all friends here...
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- It's always about friends.
- Yeah, it's always about friends...
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Friends...
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They care for us so, you know...
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We care for them, they care for us
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and we do each other favors...
That's all!
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And now...
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you're here...
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to give a meaning to my days...
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Shit, if only Berlusconi said that
right to my face...
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So cool, dude! I love it!
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That's the idea...
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I love this Eros thing!
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Listen to the end...
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My never ending will,
you already are for me
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and we sing it together: a rematch!
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I resigned from Prime Minister.
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I did so out of sense of responsibility,
out of statesmanship.
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Berlusconi resigned after a long meeting
of PDL National Executive Committee...
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Enrica, I'm breaking the news:
he resigned, Berlusconi resigned...
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By tomorrow Napolitano might ask
Mario Monti to form a new government...
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I'm locked up, an inmate.
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Ain't done nothin' wrong,
I got convicted
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and I don't even know why...
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- What's your name?
- Anna, calling from Palermo.
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Repeat: My Lord don't...
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I wanted to pray for Berlusconi,
to make him come back to us...
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Come on! There are more serious
issues than that!
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- Beg your pardon?
- There are bigger issues than Berlusconi.
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There are a lot of people
starving to death, Anna!
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Be serious... God bless you Anna,
good night!
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Good night.
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Oh my God... Hello?
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I miss the sun in Palermo,
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the smell of the seaside in Mondello,
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With Berlusconi gone,
many appalled Sicilians wonder:
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what will be the future
of our beautiful yet tormented land?
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What will become of us without Silvio?
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And now over to the crime news.
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Today a 68-year-old pensioner,
Giuseppe Lo Bue,
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attempted suicide in his house
in Giuseppe Costa Street.
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He caused a violent gas explosion
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that tore down the house
he lived in with his two brothers
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who were not home at the time.
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For days, the man had been living
in fear of losing his pension
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as a result of
Berlusconi's resignations.
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Despite the violence of the explosion,
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and is now hospitalized at Civico
Hospital in Palermo in a stupor.
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Sicily wants Bollusco...
Billosco... Belluscone!
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We want Bellusconi!
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We want Belluscone, go Belluscone!
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Hurrah for Palermo, hurrah for Sicily,
hurrah for Italy!
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There's no doubt that the love story
between Silvio Berlusconi and Sicily
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is one of a kind,
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different from any other
love story there ever was!
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Unfortunately, spiteful people,
and there always are, insinuate that
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there are dangerous friendships,
sinister interests and shady businesses
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behind this dreamy love story.
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Is it the truth or a lie?
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To find an answer to this
unsettling question,
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we will walk you through the fascinating
and mysterious world of the festivals,
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whose undisputed stars are
the so-called neomelodic singers.
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We will meet exceptionally
talented artists,
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like Toti De Castro, a.k.a. Erik,
and Vittorio Ricciardi.
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They are two young singers that have
a significant role in this humble movie.
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If you're wondering about the connection
between festivals and Silvio Berlusconi,
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come with us and you'll meet the greatest
manager of neomelodic singers in the world.
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An upright man, never afraid
to tell the most uncomfortable truths,
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even in a city like Palermo.
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His name is Francesco Mira,
but everybody calls him Ciccio...
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What would you like me to ask you?
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Can we talk about everything?
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Can we talk about everything?
Any subject?
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Yes...
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Ciccio, can we talk about everything? For
instance, there's the threat of mafia,
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or we'd better erase mafia...
we just don't talk about it...
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- No, it's better if we don't.
- Better if we don't?
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- Yes, let's talk about current stuff...
- Well, mafia is current...
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- Yes, well...
- But let's not talk about it.
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It's not up for discussion.
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Let's talk about songs,
about the beautiful stuff we do.
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- Then, when we're out...
- Explain it to me.
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We can talk about it.
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We meet up, by ourselves.
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When we're alone, we can talk
about anything you like.
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I understand that this is a zone....
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- Eh...
- Eh...?
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- ... a hot zone.
- Really hot...
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See that house?
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Lauricella!
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Best wishes to everyone!
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Best wishes not you, to them!
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Antonino Lauricella laughs, he waves,
he compliments the agents,
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he puts up a show
in front of the cameras.
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He's a mafia boss arrested
by Palermo's policemen
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after being a fugitive for six years.
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You see that? That house over there?
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No, I have to look or pretend
I'm not looking?
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I look or pretend I'm not looking?
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Which one? What am I looking at?
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- At me!
- No, you said: see that house?
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You see that house, that house is...
how can I say...
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A gorgeous house because
they renovated it...
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But you were saying something else...
That house? You moved your lips...
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- Who lives in that house?
- Who lives there?
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- Some friends...
- Some "friends"...?
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Some friends, we're all friends here...
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It's right and proper to say friends!
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It's still better if we avoid
the subject.
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But to be honest, the stage was set up
here tonight because of that house!
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Well, yes... But, it's for everyone.
To be honest, it's for everyone.
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But for that house in particular.
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Well, yes. For that
house in particular...
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Don't say it out loud,
just move your lips.
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- What?
- Your lips, your lips...
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Your lips, your lips... Don't make any
sound and mimic the name!
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No...
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You were telling me,
you've already said it!
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- No, I just said friends...
- With your lips, like this, look...
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No, no... It's better if we... Here
we are very respectful of everyone...
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So, we'll talk about everything,
except mafia.
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Apart from specific circumstances...
That's fine...
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Ok... But do you ever
say the word mafia?
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- Do I say...?
- The word mafia?
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No, no, to me it doesn't exist.
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To me nothing exists,
I'm out in the open!
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Hi Tatti, it's Franco.
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I tried calling you this morning.
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I wanted to tell you to stop researching
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those documents I asked you
for Berlusconi. At least for the moment.
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It's just that everything got
so messed up,
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it would take too long
to explain everything.
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I'll get in touch,
don't call me for now,
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I'll call you as soon as I can, ok?
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See you.
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The voice you've just heard
is Franco Maresco's.
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It's the voice of one of the loneliest,
grumpiest, most controversial, most...
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cursed directors in the whole
history of Italian movies.
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Franco became popular in the 90s,
when he created the brand "CINICO TV".
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Together with another fellow citizen
from Palermo, Daniele Ciprì,
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he created some brilliant stuff
that pissed off
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even the other State ruling
over Italy: the Vatican.
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"Toto who lived twice" was the last
movie to be destroyed by censorship,
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and so it lost all state funding
and caused troubles
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that are still going on today
after 15 years.
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Maresco recently split up
from his partner
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and took on one of the most heroic
and insane challenges in Italy today:
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tell the Sicilian criminal
beginnings of Silvio Berlusconi.
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This movie, called "Bellusconi,
a Sicilian story", was never finished,
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but Franco Maresco has disappeared.
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"Bellusconi", the movie, is floating
in the limbo of unfinished works.
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WITH CICCIO MIRA
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Piero turn on this fucking
answering machine.
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I'm sending you the number of
a certain Puma, Francesco Puma.
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Tell him I need to see him
this afternoon.
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Cut him no slack, he's a pain
in the ass just like in the old times
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with Ciprì and Maresco.
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Thanks!
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Let's drop off my luggage at Hotel
Europa and afterwards we'll go downtown.
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I try calling Franco one last time, quite
hopelessly, but I'm already in Palermo.
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I've known Franco my whole life.
I'm used to his depression,
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to his disappearing acts for months
and months, to his paranoia.
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I respect his wish not see anyone.
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I came because...
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I think that this time Franco is
in trouble, serious trouble.
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The first thing I do is
go by his old studio
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where I'm supposed to meet
his old assistant,
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a sort of miniature Buster Keaton.
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He tells me that he hasn't heard
from him in months,
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but he knows where he always went to eat,
a place called "The box of Flavours".
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In your opinion, why did he disappear?
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Well, I must say that lately
something bizarre happened...
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A person, a tall person wearing glasses,
approached him.
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He talked about nothing
but movies, always screaming...
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We thought, my husband and I,
that this person had got under his skin
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and so he was upset with this man always
screaming, yelling and talking about movies.
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- And he was also bothering your clients...
- Yes, he was bothering our clients.
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Right away I understand who both
husband and wife are talking about,
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the overwhelming Francesco Puma.
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I'll meet him tonight at Gaudium Cinema.
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He asked me Veronica
Lario's filmography,
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I couldn't believe my ears,
it didn't even sound like Maresco...
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Veronica Lario starred in many movies,
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but two and only two,
and I'm saying two, exist.
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One is Dario Argento's "Tenebrae",
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that had the murder scene
censored by Mediaset channels.
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And the other one is a Lina Wertmuller's
movie starring Enrico Montesano
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in the role of a carpenter and going
by the title of "Softly, Soflty",
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soundtrack by Paolo Conte.
The Squallors were the first ones to say
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Berlusconi's name in a song
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called "USA for Italy" included in
the 1985 album "Touch the apricot".
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And don't make me talk
about "The Caiman".
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I don't know who's crazier: he jabbering
on or me who swallowing everything...
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For sure Maresco is crazier than the both
of us since he insisted on hiring Puma
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as the biographer of the couple
Berlusconi-Lario...
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I knew very well that
I couldn't count on Puma.
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I go back to my hotel,
depressed, disappointed.
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I'll get by on my own, I'll focus
on the notes Franco sent me
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back when he was shooting:
outlines, post-its,
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ideas, questions, answers...
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Tomorrow is another day.
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The morning after, in a bad mood,
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I go to Brancaccio neighborhood
to meet a certain Nino Quattrocchi,
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owner of a photo and video shop
for weddings called "Orange blossoms".
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Quattrocchi closed his shop,
Maresco started to edit.
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- Who's there?
- Sanguinetti!
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They filled up my storage room
with tapes about Berlusconi.
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Up there it's jam-packed, I don't know
what to do with all the tapes.
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They say the producer is always sick
and so he can't be tracked.
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In all this mess my employee
gives out the wrong tape
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and a while ago an enraged
couple came back
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and I had to put up with
all their complaints,
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because clearly it's not ok to see
Berlusconi's film instead of their own.
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- Excuse me... One last thing.
- That's it.
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Can I ask you one last thing? Cartotto,
I wanted to ask you about Cartotto!
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Don't bother me with Cartotto...
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Lights, camera!
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I'll make you some questions now,
and we'll dive right into the movie.
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To me, Berlusconi is an asshole.
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Action!
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Who can blame Mr Quattrocchi?
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I uncover hundreds and hundreds
of hours of interviews
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with judges, journalists,
mafia informants, Berlusconologists
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where Maresco acts as
an aggressive journalist.
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This huge amount of films was
managed by Gaetano Calvaruso,
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the video editor of "Orange blossom".
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Then.. Out of the blue...
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Then out of the blue I didn't see him
anymore, he went missing for weeks.
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And he brought some stuff
he filmed in the meantime,
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stuff that had nothing to do
with all he had already filmed...
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But what exactly did he film?
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Stand up comedy stuff...
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I can only tell you it was a mess...
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My dear, what's happening to me tonight.
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Your lustful look tells me
I'm compact and cohesive.
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Who are you, who are you, who are you...
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I'm just the Jesus of politics.
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Basically you're two morons.
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But I'm just following him!
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No! You don't have to...
You should fill...
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You go for it, don't give him...
Follow him, don't wait!
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What did you come here to cry about?
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- You don't even know.
- No.
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- You want me to tell you?
- Let's see!
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- Berlusconi!
- Yes.
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Can you pretend to cry for Berlusconi?
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Is it hard for you?
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- Easy or difficult?
- It's quite difficult, anyways!
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- Do you want to give it a try?
- Yes...
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Back from the top. Action!
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So, if I got it right,
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my friend Franco Maresco was cornered
in the most typical of cul-de-sacs!
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Not only did he lose
the passion of Cinico Tv,
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but in the same circumstance
he lost the investigative thread
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of the ultimate documentary,
of the grace and justice inquiry.
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But still, Fate granted him
yet another shot:
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he met a great friend from Palermo,
co-founder of Silvio Berlusconi's empire.
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I'll never forget that morning,
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Franco Maresco was very calm.
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He was whistling,
I remember that very well.
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Senator Dell'Utri arrived on time
and we started to shoot.
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We all thought that after this interview
the movie's luck was about to change.
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Let's hope that Saint Rosalia
will help us, Senator.
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00:21:13,583 --> 00:21:17,578
Who's behind Falcone
and Borsellino attacks?
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And you ask me?
You should ask the investigators!
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Judges say that you were the intermediary
between Berlusconi and Cosa Nostra.
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What have you got to say about this?
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But really, what do you want
me to say? What on earth should I say?
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Senator, do you know
that informants say that
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Forza Italia was the closest
party to Cosa Nostra?
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No, don't tell me about informants
or I'll be sick!
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Do you remember on what occasion
you met mafia boss Stefano Bontade?
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Let's cut this out!
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Chevalley said: "They
want to improve..."
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We think we're gods!
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They think they're gods,
they don't want to improve.
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Despite Maresco's stifling questions,
an hour later they get along perfectly,
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to the point that the Senator would even
be willing to share some odd secrets.
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But...
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But at certain point,
something happened.
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Something I still can't get across,
probably because
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I don't have much experience on set.
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If Berlusconi unveiled his secrets,
what would be uncovered?
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Some terrible things...
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00:22:38,167 --> 00:22:39,246
Such as?
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Mattei's death!
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The truth about Mattei's death
is still quite... unclear.
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Nor me neither my boom operator
realized that there was no audio.
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There was no sound recording!
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In thirty years on the job, this was the
first time something like this happened!
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Is something wrong?
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The sound is too low?
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Six months!
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I don't believe this.
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It took six months to convince him,
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and this is the result.
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So incompetent!
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Six months.
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No! Just shut up!
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Six months.
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They're trying to bring
another sound recorder,
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they went to look for it.
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Guttuso! You where you can shove it,
your recorder?
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Six months!
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00:23:40,458 --> 00:23:42,740
He's about to leave
and you look for a recorder.
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You're a good-for-nothing!
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You're a good-for-nothing!
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And he's even dumber than you!
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00:23:48,375 --> 00:23:51,575
No one can say if the Senator regretted
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releasing an interview
to such a sloppy gang.
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00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:03,075
Sure thing is that after
this summit meeting,
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Franco Maresco sank into a deep,
dark depression.
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In the meantime, his producer
started feeling not so well.
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00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:22,659
He was chased by creditors
from all four sides.
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00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:26,997
And maybe, right at this moment,
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00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,993
my old friend starts thinking
of going into hiding.
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00:25:09,083 --> 00:25:13,078
Unfortunately we throw parties
with neomelodic singers...
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00:25:13,167 --> 00:25:14,993
And why is it unfortunate?
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00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,291
I say unfortunately because...
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00:25:17,375 --> 00:25:20,457
In this... I mean... It's our way to...
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00:25:20,958 --> 00:25:22,749
Some make florkore performances...
365
00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:24,582
- Some make what?
- Florkore.
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Some make, for example...
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00:25:26,583 --> 00:25:28,871
No, wait, what did you mean by...?
368
00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:30,663
By what?
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Florkore?
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00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:35,874
I don't know, like traditional
Sicilian musicians, for example...
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00:25:35,958 --> 00:25:37,582
You mean folklore!
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00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:39,292
- Yes, florkore.
- Beg your pardon?
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00:25:39,375 --> 00:25:41,166
- Florkore.
- Folklore. Fol, fol...
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00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:42,993
Folklore! Isn't it right?
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00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:46,497
It's not easy to change,
you're far away
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00:25:46,583 --> 00:25:51,076
and there are things
you can't even imagine,
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00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:53,656
my life is hell...
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00:25:53,958 --> 00:25:58,448
Actually, my friend Ciccio Mira's
efforts are understandable,
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00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:04,664
since to this day no one could give
an accurate definition of neomelodic music!
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00:26:05,375 --> 00:26:06,740
To find out more,
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we met some renowned representatives
of this fascinating musical genre!
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00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:17,993
The neomelodic singer is an artist
who shifts
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from the Italian language
to southern dialects. So...
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00:26:23,375 --> 00:26:24,999
- It's a hybrid!
- Yes, he expresses...
385
00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:27,075
And what do you mean by hybrid?
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00:26:27,875 --> 00:26:29,666
I mean that... er...
387
00:26:35,458 --> 00:26:38,576
Have you ever heard about
neomelodic singers?
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00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:39,449
No, never!
389
00:26:39,583 --> 00:26:42,867
Never heard of them
and yet you're a neomelodic singer?!
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00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,458
- Yes, I am.
- But you didn't know.
391
00:26:44,583 --> 00:26:45,663
No, I didn't.
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00:26:45,792 --> 00:26:51,493
You're in the heart of this city.
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00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:55,365
And if you stop singing,
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00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:59,495
Naples will die!
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00:27:00,167 --> 00:27:02,454
Neomelodic singers...
let's say the are...
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00:27:03,167 --> 00:27:09,496
They are... It's a song that...
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00:27:09,875 --> 00:27:14,000
Let's just say one thing, Mr Salvaggio:
there's no shame in saying...
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00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:16,490
- No shame at all.
- We don't know either!
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00:27:16,583 --> 00:27:17,366
Yes.
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00:27:18,583 --> 00:27:21,286
Let's close with one
of your compositions:
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00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:25,740
you're one of the few,
or maybe the only one,
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00:27:25,792 --> 00:27:28,992
who dedicated an anthem to mafia.
Go ahead and sing it!
403
00:27:30,375 --> 00:27:31,750
An anthem to mafia?
404
00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:35,870
I don't know if... I don't know if there's
an anthem to mafia... I don't know!
405
00:27:35,958 --> 00:27:38,744
But I've been told that
you wrote an anthem to mafia.
406
00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:43,448
I don't... eh eh... I don't know what
you're talking about... An anthem!
407
00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:47,993
How can one write an anthem?! One
doesn't write an anthem just like this...
408
00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:54,076
Then I take Italy's anthem, "Brothers
of Italy", that goes... I don't know...
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00:27:55,167 --> 00:28:01,780
Just like in that film transition
that's called "fondu au noir",
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00:28:02,583 --> 00:28:10,917
our Roman gladiator Franco Maresco finds
another prey to attack: Ciccio Mira.
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00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:19,288
Former barber, former singer,
promoter of rising stars.
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00:28:20,375 --> 00:28:25,875
Thanks to this new prey,
he thinks he can salvage his movie.
413
00:28:28,375 --> 00:28:33,578
Good evening everyone! This is Maurizio
Prollo on Radio Sprint 104.3 FM.
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00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:38,948
To request a song call
the number 091 590153.
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00:28:39,292 --> 00:28:40,869
Hello, who's calling?
416
00:28:41,583 --> 00:28:43,448
Hi Maurizio, this is Luana
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00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:47,577
and I couldn't go to sleep without
listening first to my favorite singer:
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Vittorio Ricciardi!
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00:28:49,958 --> 00:28:52,495
We can play his number one hit:
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00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,667
Hash 31 hash.
421
00:28:56,875 --> 00:29:01,450
Let's call him immediately, all together:
Vittorio... Ricciardi! Go, Vittorio!
422
00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:02,864
Where are you?
423
00:29:04,083 --> 00:29:07,664
Gooooooooooooooood evening!
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00:29:08,583 --> 00:29:10,789
Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
425
00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:13,874
How's it goin'?
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00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,663
Can't hear your voice!
Brancacciooooooo!
427
00:29:20,958 --> 00:29:26,790
Anonymous calls, hash 31 hash,
428
00:29:29,458 --> 00:29:32,742
hidden kisses, whispered words...
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00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:38,245
Here he is, in all his untamed and
enthralling vigor: Vittorio Ricciardi.
430
00:29:38,667 --> 00:29:41,867
A talented singer from Ercolano,
who in a couple of years became
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00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,865
the idol of all the young girls
in the suburbs of Palermo.
432
00:29:49,792 --> 00:29:54,580
Vittorio is the ace in the hole
of Palermo International,
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00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:56,658
the artistic agency of Ciccio Mira,
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00:29:56,792 --> 00:30:02,872
who recently revealed
some portents of neomelodic music.
435
00:30:03,375 --> 00:30:11,032
I go outside and take a coffee,
I read the newspaper.
436
00:30:11,292 --> 00:30:18,000
Everything's fine, everything's cool.
437
00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:25,492
But then a babe sits in front of me
438
00:30:25,667 --> 00:30:29,496
and my heart starts throbbing...
439
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,073
What the fuck are you singing,
Campanella?
440
00:30:38,375 --> 00:30:41,291
What? Cannot understand
a damn thing you're sayin'.
441
00:30:41,375 --> 00:30:42,869
- What...?
- I don't know, but...
442
00:30:42,958 --> 00:30:44,156
OK Ci, sorry, it's the fever...
443
00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:47,249
Drop the fever, it costs us money,
444
00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:48,869
I am Ciccio Mira...
445
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,869
I know what I'm talking about.
446
00:30:51,958 --> 00:30:55,158
Sing better, otherwise we go home.
447
00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:04,158
We must say that no one compares
to the amazing Ricciardi!
448
00:31:04,583 --> 00:31:09,242
Guys, the next one... Who's on Facebook?
449
00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:12,748
What the fuck, no one!
450
00:31:13,083 --> 00:31:16,497
He's too hot, he's the light of my life.
Nobody must touch him, or I'll kill them!
451
00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:18,160
Vittorio's ours.
452
00:31:18,292 --> 00:31:21,492
Love you, Vittoriooo!
453
00:31:21,875 --> 00:31:26,664
Light of our life...
We always listen to Vittorio...
454
00:31:26,792 --> 00:31:28,250
Night and day!
455
00:31:28,583 --> 00:31:33,574
You know I sing about modern technology:
Facebook, Hash, the mobile...
456
00:31:33,667 --> 00:31:36,784
What? I'm not an expert,
what do you sing about?
457
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:43,578
Modern technology, that is the mobile
phone, hash 31 hash, facebook...
458
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,873
- What do I know: Febuk...
- What?
459
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:51,784
Febuk is a... you know, when you chat...
When you chat, how d'ya say?
460
00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:53,745
Get on the internet...
461
00:31:53,875 --> 00:31:55,666
What's the title of the song?
462
00:31:56,292 --> 00:31:57,490
On febuk...
463
00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,491
It's a new song...
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00:32:02,667 --> 00:32:08,285
Vittorio, besides singing the
consequences of technology on love life,
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00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:12,993
do you also deal with
social topics in your songs,
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00:32:13,292 --> 00:32:17,156
such as unemployment and racism?
467
00:32:17,583 --> 00:32:23,747
Well, I always tell my peers
468
00:32:24,083 --> 00:32:29,666
to say no to violence and drugs,
because it's right to do it...
469
00:32:29,792 --> 00:32:30,990
No to mafia...
470
00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:33,999
No... well, those are
things that anyway...
471
00:32:34,292 --> 00:32:36,864
It's a choice they make,
you cannot say...
472
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:42,448
Sometimes it's better to avoid going
into detail... violence, in general.
473
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:45,369
In general. And I say no to violence,
period.
474
00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:48,582
Then, those who have hears to hear...
475
00:32:58,792 --> 00:33:03,000
Against mafia? And why?
Is mafia against me?
476
00:33:03,167 --> 00:33:05,158
Mafia is better!
477
00:33:05,292 --> 00:33:06,869
I like mafia!
478
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,369
Law is useless!
479
00:33:10,750 --> 00:33:17,163
What if, since you're such
a great concert promoter,
480
00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:22,583
you were asked to organize a concert
to commemorate Paolo Borsellino?
481
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,371
No, I... It's not something...
I don't mean to...
482
00:33:27,458 --> 00:33:29,782
- It's not really your thing.
- No, it's not.
483
00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:34,782
Because they want Italian songs...
I specialize in Neapolitan songs.
484
00:33:34,875 --> 00:33:37,495
But why can't Neapolitans pay a tribute?
485
00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:41,080
No, it's no that...
486
00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:46,447
I do Neapolitan songs, no one
wants us for that kind of stuff...
487
00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:49,167
- Mira, are we on the same page?
- Everything's fine!
488
00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:51,455
Dear Berlusconi,
489
00:33:52,083 --> 00:33:56,493
I'd like to meet you.
490
00:33:56,583 --> 00:34:02,000
I beg you, on behalf
of all my compatriots.
491
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:07,368
Do it for us, help us,
don't let us make a mistake.
492
00:34:07,792 --> 00:34:10,660
You are and always will be a great man.
493
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,992
Try to stay great!
494
00:34:13,167 --> 00:34:17,493
Go, Berlusconi, applause and we wrote
this piece for Berlusconi:
495
00:34:17,667 --> 00:34:19,991
"I'd like to meet Berlusconi".
496
00:34:20,083 --> 00:34:22,158
Music! Go on!
497
00:34:22,375 --> 00:34:24,995
I'd like to meet Berlusconi,
498
00:34:25,083 --> 00:34:28,781
I'm not condemned but I'm shy,
and to dine and laugh with Berlusconi...
499
00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:33,580
Someone once said that Berlusconi
hides a Sicilian heart in his chest,
500
00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:35,991
but this is no news at all.
501
00:34:36,292 --> 00:34:40,997
Yet, it's amazing how people in the
festivals in the suburbs of Palermo,
502
00:34:41,167 --> 00:34:48,159
such as Brancaccio, stubbornly
stick to Berlusconi.
503
00:34:49,792 --> 00:34:54,284
Berlusconi... he's an idol to me!
To be honest...
504
00:34:54,375 --> 00:34:58,452
Bellusconi had a great plan for Sicily.
505
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:05,875
And since he had the right people, I say
he could have made culture even better!
506
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,575
A meaningful applause, if I may!
507
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,580
Then, as for the football market,
508
00:35:14,875 --> 00:35:17,874
I decided to bring back Kakà
to the A.C. Milan
509
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,500
and to buy Toni, as to have a truly
great duo of forwards: Kakà-Toni.
510
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,288
If I may, if I may...
511
00:35:26,792 --> 00:35:29,948
As I was telling you before,
we all support Berlusconi,
512
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,781
because, as you know,
he comes from the showbiz...
513
00:35:34,792 --> 00:35:38,786
which is better for all of us.
514
00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:42,166
That's why we all respect Berlusconi.
515
00:35:44,458 --> 00:35:47,991
I'm in the delightful suburb
of Villagrazia,
516
00:35:48,167 --> 00:35:55,159
where I'm about to meet a well
renowned newscaster from Palermo.
517
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:03,491
The true author of the song "I'd
love to meet Berlusconi" lives here.
518
00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:07,499
His name is Toti De Castro, a.k.a. Erik,
519
00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:13,868
he's a true songwriter, unlike Ricciardi
who passes off as one, but really isn't.
520
00:36:14,792 --> 00:36:21,156
Franco Maresco, old fan of Miles Davis
and expert of Italo-American jazz,
521
00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:28,659
has fallen madly in love with this song
522
00:36:28,750 --> 00:36:35,577
and wants to make it the soundtrack
of the whole movie,
523
00:36:35,750 --> 00:36:40,373
as if it was a Frankie Laine's western,
"3:10 to Yuma".
524
00:36:42,292 --> 00:36:47,246
My name's Toti, I'm an artist, I'm not
left-leaning, I vote for Berlusconi,
525
00:36:47,667 --> 00:36:51,661
I take shelter here, I read the paper
and write songs.
526
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:57,073
Erik wrote music and lyrics for
"I'd love to meet Berlusconi",
527
00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:00,949
a jolly and cheerful song
that has nothing to envy
528
00:37:01,083 --> 00:37:03,786
to the hits of the hippest songwriters.
529
00:37:04,875 --> 00:37:08,240
After several years of strict
musical studies,
530
00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:12,369
today in his recording studio
in Villagrazia, Erik is able to come up
531
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:16,660
with some truly original
compositions and arrangements.
532
00:37:17,667 --> 00:37:20,286
But he's also a very generous artist,
533
00:37:20,458 --> 00:37:25,740
that's why he chose to share
with Vittorio Ricciardi
534
00:37:25,792 --> 00:37:29,372
his song dedicated to Berlusconi.
535
00:37:29,750 --> 00:37:32,948
And, as always: "Go Bellusconi"!
536
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:34,873
Mate, let's get to work...
537
00:37:35,667 --> 00:37:36,865
So, to me...
538
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:43,993
I was called by Franco and asked
to try to interview a youngster,
539
00:37:44,167 --> 00:37:48,872
a twenty-something-year-old:
a certain Erik, here in Villagrazia,
540
00:37:49,458 --> 00:37:57,792
who wrote a song about Berlusconi
to tell his deeds.
541
00:37:58,167 --> 00:38:00,448
And that's what's interesting:
542
00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:08,833
in the 70s, this neighborhood
was the "reign" of Stefano Bontade,
543
00:38:08,958 --> 00:38:13,284
because here we're in Villagrazia,
do you know what Villagrazia represents?
544
00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:17,082
Not really, because I live
in northern Italy.
545
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:22,075
Villagrazia was Stefano
Bontade's "reign".
546
00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:31,072
Here, in the 80s, he was killed,
right on these hills.
547
00:38:31,167 --> 00:38:34,498
This is a very renowned area.
548
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,742
We're making an investigative report on
this area and we're looking for Erik.
549
00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:48,665
Have you ever heard of Stefano Bontade
here in Villagrazia?
550
00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:50,991
No, I don't know him.
551
00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:55,874
I know that he sings a song about
Berlusconi, but I've never heard it.
552
00:38:56,083 --> 00:38:58,952
Leave me alone,
I know nothing and no one.
553
00:38:59,167 --> 00:39:00,660
Is there mafia in Villagrazia?
554
00:39:00,792 --> 00:39:03,495
- Whose mother?
- Mafia! Is there mafia in Villagrazia?
555
00:39:03,583 --> 00:39:06,369
What do you want me to tell you?
556
00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:11,491
The only important person I know
is Jesus Christ.
557
00:39:11,875 --> 00:39:15,786
Do you know a guy who sings Neapolitan
songs? His name is Erik.
558
00:39:15,958 --> 00:39:17,582
Fuck you!
559
00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:22,082
- Erik?
- What are you filming?
560
00:39:22,167 --> 00:39:23,874
No, no... Erik, is that you?
561
00:39:25,083 --> 00:39:27,869
- What are you filming?
- We're filming the area.
562
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,367
- Fine, but don't film my house!
- No, I was looking for Erik.
563
00:39:32,167 --> 00:39:35,166
Is that you? Hi Erik!
564
00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:36,995
Put down the video camera.
565
00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,075
Wait, put down the video camera.
566
00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:54,991
What do you say about Berlusconi
in this song?
567
00:39:55,458 --> 00:39:59,288
The song is about a young unemployed
568
00:39:59,375 --> 00:40:03,998
who dreams of winning the lottery.
569
00:40:04,083 --> 00:40:08,078
And what's lottery nowadays?
In my opinion, it's meeting Berlusconi.
570
00:40:08,250 --> 00:40:12,873
Because Berlusconi is one of the most
powerful men in the world.
571
00:40:13,292 --> 00:40:16,077
Berlusconi is like a good Pope to you!
572
00:40:17,083 --> 00:40:19,999
Berlusconi is a symbol...
573
00:40:20,375 --> 00:40:24,868
He's like Garibaldi!
Garibaldi who released Italy...
574
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,750
I'd like to meet Berlusconi,
575
00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:32,580
I'm not condemned but I'm shy,
and to dine and laugh with him,
576
00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:35,582
to ride his car, to make statements...
577
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:38,666
If Berlusconi is a hero and
had a connection with Stefano Bontade,
578
00:40:38,792 --> 00:40:41,281
then Stefano Bontade is number one!
579
00:40:42,667 --> 00:40:48,782
I don't want to play favorites
or say "Stefano Bontade is number one".
580
00:40:49,375 --> 00:40:53,156
For starters, I respect all the people
we've just named...
581
00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:55,491
My life will change...
582
00:40:56,583 --> 00:40:59,948
I'd like to meet Berlusconi,
I'm not condemned...
583
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,873
What do you think about mafia?
584
00:41:03,458 --> 00:41:07,667
You see, I think mafia has been
a good story,
585
00:41:08,292 --> 00:41:10,579
between question brackets...
586
00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:15,574
I don't know if it actually existed or
not... It's doesn't really concern me...
587
00:41:30,167 --> 00:41:36,449
This story is about
the kids in the alleys
588
00:41:37,250 --> 00:41:41,992
and the neighborhoods of Palermo,
and of all the other cities.
589
00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:45,448
Unfortunately we have
to take note that in Italy,
590
00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:49,744
where the most popular sport
is destroying beauty and traditions,
591
00:41:49,875 --> 00:41:53,491
not even the minstrels
of neomelodic music are pure.
592
00:41:53,583 --> 00:41:55,374
Shit, I was betrayed!
593
00:41:55,792 --> 00:41:57,665
I didn't want to come tonight.
594
00:41:58,875 --> 00:42:04,955
Indeed, they have been covered by shadows
and suspects built by some papers,
595
00:42:05,292 --> 00:42:07,948
which think that
these poets of the pentagram
596
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,493
like to hang out with the bosses
of mafia and camorra.
597
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:26,991
Room 13.
Barone!
598
00:42:34,458 --> 00:42:37,374
Obviously, it's only
imagination gone wild,
599
00:42:37,458 --> 00:42:41,868
because their songs
often talk about prison,
600
00:42:42,292 --> 00:42:46,997
terrible vengeances,
infamous traitors, and so on.
601
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:51,080
But how can we explain
the passion for those subjects?
602
00:42:51,375 --> 00:42:53,580
No, well, it's something, I mean...
603
00:42:53,958 --> 00:42:59,494
Each one... You see, each one has
this kind of situations home, then...
604
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:03,250
- Each one, who, beg your pardon?
- Anyone.
605
00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:07,792
You mean that in each family
in Palermo there's an inmate.
606
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:12,077
Almost each family has an inmate.
We got some...
607
00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:17,076
I want to dedicate this song
to everyone who has a friend,
608
00:43:17,292 --> 00:43:21,867
a brother, a loved one, far from home.
609
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:28,782
To all the inmates of Pagliarelli,
Ucciardone, Malaspina, if it's still there...
610
00:43:31,292 --> 00:43:34,872
I wish them an immediate freedom.
611
00:43:35,792 --> 00:43:38,163
Well done!
612
00:43:40,792 --> 00:43:44,869
Dear daddy...
613
00:43:45,958 --> 00:43:50,284
Let's say it: it's too easy to be
a prude with neomelodicals
614
00:43:50,375 --> 00:43:52,746
who sympathize with inmates.
615
00:43:52,875 --> 00:43:59,785
But let's use another point of view,
that is, Christian charity.
616
00:44:00,292 --> 00:44:05,661
Why those golden voice artists
can't be some true missionaries who,
617
00:44:05,792 --> 00:44:09,075
through their songs,
bring comfort and hope
618
00:44:09,250 --> 00:44:11,953
to those men rejected
and feared by society?
619
00:44:20,375 --> 00:44:25,792
Good evening everybody from
Maurizio Prollo, Radio Sprint, 104.3 FM.
620
00:44:25,875 --> 00:44:30,580
And now, I'll read a terrific letter from
our friend Pino, a guest of the Nation.
621
00:44:31,167 --> 00:44:35,078
We always remind you to hope
to see him again soon,
622
00:44:35,250 --> 00:44:39,161
and to have a stroll
on his beautiful chariot.
623
00:44:39,667 --> 00:44:44,574
Greetings to our friends,
guests of the Nation.
624
00:44:44,750 --> 00:44:48,282
We never forget them
and they're always on our mind.
625
00:44:48,375 --> 00:44:50,781
Stay strong, you're great!
626
00:44:50,875 --> 00:44:56,078
Greetings to all the hospitals
and to all the people in pain...
627
00:44:56,167 --> 00:45:02,579
Today, in Palermo, only a few radios and
TVs dedicate most of their programming
628
00:45:02,750 --> 00:45:08,083
to neomelodic music, with broadcastings
where, out of sensitivity,
629
00:45:08,167 --> 00:45:10,786
inmates are called
"the guests of the Nation".
630
00:45:10,875 --> 00:45:17,583
The real patron of those Sicilian-Neapolitan
shows is our beloved Ciccio Mira,
631
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:21,082
who, every week,
from the mythical studios of TSB,
632
00:45:21,167 --> 00:45:26,157
has the delicate task to communicate to
the guests of Ucciardone and Pagliarelli
633
00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:29,368
the tender greetings
of their friends and relatives.
634
00:45:31,875 --> 00:45:34,874
Hello to Totò Bellomonte,
Rosa Cardella and Concetta.
635
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,667
To Rosa Cardella, who had her son...
636
00:45:37,792 --> 00:45:38,871
Congrats!
637
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,288
- What?
- You just said she had a son...
638
00:45:41,375 --> 00:45:46,496
No, she had her son injured
in a motorbike accident...
639
00:45:47,083 --> 00:45:50,166
But he was in a coma...
Everything's better now...
640
00:45:50,292 --> 00:45:54,239
- Then, we wish her a fast...
- Best wishes to Rosa Cardella and her son.
641
00:45:55,250 --> 00:45:58,747
And we say hello to all the guests
of the Nation, as usual, OK?
642
00:45:58,875 --> 00:46:00,867
To the respectable family...
643
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,869
To those who don't speak.
644
00:46:03,958 --> 00:46:05,239
All the inmates...
645
00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:07,291
We never forget about that, OK.
646
00:46:07,458 --> 00:46:10,658
We wish them all to be back home soon...
647
00:46:10,750 --> 00:46:13,370
Best wishes to the sick
and everyone else...
648
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:20,080
Don't shoot... He'll kill you!
649
00:46:28,792 --> 00:46:31,495
Even if stories about blood
and fatal passions
650
00:46:31,583 --> 00:46:34,073
have always been part
of Neapolitan songs -
651
00:46:34,167 --> 00:46:36,573
see the famous "sceneggiata",
for instance -
652
00:46:36,667 --> 00:46:42,368
it's only since the 70s and 80s that
the gangster lode becomes dominating.
653
00:46:42,958 --> 00:46:46,491
Also thanks to such stars as
Mario Merola and Nino D'Angelo.
654
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:53,580
Pino Esposito, fucking rat,
police boot-licker...
655
00:46:54,792 --> 00:46:57,660
Say your last prayers,
it's over for you.
656
00:47:07,958 --> 00:47:12,996
Some crime experts even think
that relationships between neomelodicals
657
00:47:13,083 --> 00:47:19,247
and gangsters have become more intense.
658
00:47:19,958 --> 00:47:25,743
Gangsters might use singers
to send coded messages to inmates,
659
00:47:25,875 --> 00:47:30,166
together with greetings and dedications.
660
00:47:30,792 --> 00:47:34,241
Are these only inferences,
or reasonable suspects?
661
00:47:34,792 --> 00:47:38,289
Ciccio Mira, we often see you
reading notes...
662
00:47:38,667 --> 00:47:41,286
What should I do...
663
00:47:41,667 --> 00:47:44,370
Right, but those notes
contain messages...!
664
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:49,575
- Don't think so... It's family stuff...
- Beg your pardon?
665
00:47:49,667 --> 00:47:51,740
Family stuff, from mothers...
666
00:47:51,792 --> 00:47:55,573
- "How are you?"
- Say hello to this kid...
667
00:47:55,875 --> 00:47:59,240
Couldn't they be coded messages?
668
00:47:59,292 --> 00:48:02,658
- No, I'll tell you something...
- I mean, they could be, couldn't they?
669
00:48:02,792 --> 00:48:10,081
Well, I can't say... It's always mums
saying hello to their sons...
670
00:48:10,292 --> 00:48:12,750
- Kids saying hello to their mums!
- All these situations...
671
00:48:14,792 --> 00:48:20,374
I believe that... not even Maresco
understood what...
672
00:48:20,792 --> 00:48:22,997
what he got himself into because
673
00:48:23,583 --> 00:48:31,667
these neighborhood festivals
are ruled by mass taste
674
00:48:31,792 --> 00:48:38,948
and small mafia bosses have to stoop
so low as to ask for charity
675
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:47,000
to send money to their inmates.
676
00:48:47,792 --> 00:48:52,580
They are really dangerous places,
let's say really insidious, so...
677
00:48:54,458 --> 00:49:02,792
And besides that, I think that not even
Franco understood the danger he was in.
678
00:49:03,583 --> 00:49:07,578
Listen, but since you are
a better policeman than me,
679
00:49:07,667 --> 00:49:11,496
do you have any idea
of where Franco ended up?
680
00:49:11,667 --> 00:49:16,491
Do you think he really is in danger
or is he just not feeling that well?
681
00:49:17,792 --> 00:49:20,495
Well, I don't know
where Franco is, but...
682
00:49:20,667 --> 00:49:26,782
I can tell you one thing...
In a way, I feel a bit... responsible!
683
00:49:26,875 --> 00:49:27,871
Why?
684
00:49:28,167 --> 00:49:36,499
Because it was me who put him
in contact with Gaspare Mutolo.
685
00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:42,950
Maresco, before we get started
I want to tell you something.
686
00:49:43,083 --> 00:49:46,580
I saw you on TV and
you're a nice guy and all,
687
00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:51,871
but I noticed that sometimes you include
some "farts" in your interviews.
688
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:56,948
So I don't want to be taken
for a "rude" person...
689
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,580
because if I see that you're going
too far with these farts
690
00:50:00,667 --> 00:50:02,493
I must respond...
691
00:50:02,583 --> 00:50:10,917
Short reckonings make long friends.
Everyone should respect their role.
692
00:50:13,667 --> 00:50:16,500
Everyone be quiet! Go...
693
00:50:17,292 --> 00:50:20,872
When we left Palermo,
there were about 18 of us.
694
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,869
We were all mafia men,
from four different families:
695
00:50:23,958 --> 00:50:29,375
Stefano Bontade, Rosario Riccobono, Gaetano
Badalamenti and Salvatore Scaglione.
696
00:50:29,750 --> 00:50:34,871
We had to go to Milan
to kidnap Silvio Berlusconi,
697
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:40,582
who was the most important contractor
in Milan, he was building Milan 2.
698
00:50:41,167 --> 00:50:47,081
After a few day everything was fine,
we were just waiting for our prey,
699
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:50,997
but all of a sudden we were given
the order to come back to Sicily.
700
00:50:51,375 --> 00:50:57,455
Just minutes ago, in the fourth police
district, in Antonio Silvani Street,
701
00:50:58,792 --> 00:51:01,874
there was a kidnapping!
702
00:51:13,792 --> 00:51:18,782
In the 70s criminal gangs ran riot
in the north of Italy,
703
00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:22,075
frightening the wealthiest
and most renowned businessmen
704
00:51:22,250 --> 00:51:26,992
with violent kidnappings
and huge ransom requests.
705
00:51:28,792 --> 00:51:32,573
Feeling more and more threatened,
Berlusconi decided
706
00:51:32,667 --> 00:51:36,365
to ask for Marcello Dell'Utri's help,
his old Sicilian friend...
707
00:51:37,958 --> 00:51:40,448
The loyal Marcello gets started
right away
708
00:51:40,583 --> 00:51:45,076
and brings to Palermo
a delegation of men of honor
709
00:51:45,250 --> 00:51:49,992
lead by the great Stefano Bontade,
the Prince of Villagrazia!
710
00:51:52,375 --> 00:51:55,991
Some reliable witnesses say that,
ever since they first met,
711
00:51:56,083 --> 00:51:58,999
Berlusconi and Bontade
got along perfectly.
712
00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:02,582
So after a few weeks back in Palermo,
713
00:52:02,667 --> 00:52:06,744
the Prince of Villagrazia
decided to send
714
00:52:06,875 --> 00:52:10,491
a trustworthy man of honor
to Arcore's mansion, Vittorio Mangano.
715
00:52:11,792 --> 00:52:14,874
He's a boss from the Porta Nuova family,
716
00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:20,289
the same as the legendary
Tommaso Buscetta's.
717
00:52:21,958 --> 00:52:24,993
Officially he was hired
as a horse keeper,
718
00:52:25,083 --> 00:52:29,948
but he's actually charged of protecting
the Berlusconi family
719
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:31,791
on behalf of Cosa Nostra.
720
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:39,447
Therefore, between the Nation
and mafia, he chose mafia,
721
00:52:39,792 --> 00:52:45,991
because he knows it's stronger, more
efficient to protect himself and his family.
722
00:52:46,583 --> 00:52:54,917
And maybe is it this innate intolerance
for any kind of official authority
723
00:52:55,583 --> 00:52:58,867
to make him so loved
and popular in Sicily?
724
00:53:01,958 --> 00:53:09,497
I'm an apathetic person, because when
everyone is worried about a political crisis,
725
00:53:09,667 --> 00:53:12,073
I have friends from New York calling me
on the phone to tell me,
726
00:53:12,167 --> 00:53:15,284
"Oh, what the hell, you have
no government...".
727
00:53:15,875 --> 00:53:18,365
And I tell them, "I'm having
champagne here,
728
00:53:18,458 --> 00:53:20,948
I hope there won't be any for long..."
729
00:53:21,458 --> 00:53:26,282
Ciccio Mira, what is your idea
of Nation? What is it?
730
00:53:27,792 --> 00:53:29,499
Nation is what it is...
731
00:53:31,292 --> 00:53:32,157
Nothing!
732
00:53:36,250 --> 00:53:38,076
Whether it exists or not...
733
00:53:38,667 --> 00:53:40,575
We don't care.
734
00:53:53,375 --> 00:53:59,491
Sicilians always had reasons
to distrust the Nation,
735
00:53:59,583 --> 00:54:02,582
considered as a tyrant
and an exploiter of people.
736
00:54:03,083 --> 00:54:10,290
Indeed, in Sicily, since 1861, brigands
have been treated as rebellious heroes,
737
00:54:10,792 --> 00:54:17,500
while the "carabinieri" have always
been considered as enemies.
738
00:54:18,167 --> 00:54:21,580
Still today...
739
00:54:23,167 --> 00:54:25,739
- Why would I be a carabiniere?
- Would that bother you?
740
00:54:25,875 --> 00:54:29,372
Of course, because if someone
told me "You're a Carabiniere",
741
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:33,874
I'd ask "And why is that?"
742
00:54:34,458 --> 00:54:36,166
Why, is that an offense?
743
00:54:37,375 --> 00:54:39,746
To me, it is.
744
00:54:40,375 --> 00:54:43,078
- Calling you carabiniere is an offense!
- Yes.
745
00:54:44,292 --> 00:54:46,864
- Well, it would offend me!
- Why?
746
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:55,000
Because where I grew up carabinieri
are a terrible thing. An offense.
747
00:54:55,375 --> 00:55:00,792
Well done! You deserve to be the
heir of Ciccio Mira. Another question.
748
00:55:01,458 --> 00:55:05,074
But if your son told you,
"Dad, I want to be a Carabiniere",
749
00:55:05,167 --> 00:55:07,870
how would you react? Sincerely!
750
00:55:07,958 --> 00:55:11,076
Sincerely, I'd banish him from home!
751
00:55:11,458 --> 00:55:13,367
- Seriously?!
- Seriously.
752
00:55:19,292 --> 00:55:22,291
Once the big issue of kidnappings
was taken care of,
753
00:55:22,458 --> 00:55:26,288
the connection between Berlusconi
and Bontade gets stronger and stronger.
754
00:55:26,667 --> 00:55:32,083
The Prince of Villagrazia even decides
to allocate twenty billion of liras
755
00:55:32,167 --> 00:55:37,453
for Berlusconi's ambitious dream:
the creation of commercial televisions.
756
00:55:38,250 --> 00:55:42,659
Believe me, it hasn't been easy,
it's not easy to create a television...
757
00:55:48,667 --> 00:55:52,164
I must admit that Berlusconi
wasn't all that wrong:
758
00:55:52,250 --> 00:55:56,494
it must have been a serious
challenge for Stefano Bontade
759
00:55:56,667 --> 00:55:59,500
to convince all the mafia families
760
00:55:59,583 --> 00:56:02,997
to invest such a huge amount
of money in the TV business,
761
00:56:03,083 --> 00:56:06,580
which in the 70s didn't guarantee
as high profits
762
00:56:06,750 --> 00:56:09,666
as the construction business
or drug trade.
763
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:18,239
Unfortunately on the 23rd April 1981,
Stefano Bontade,
764
00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:21,493
the most powerful and elegant
Cosa Nostra boss,
765
00:56:21,583 --> 00:56:24,950
was killed by the Corleone clan
lead by Totò Riina.
766
00:56:25,375 --> 00:56:30,994
This officially initiated
the "Second Mafia War".
767
00:56:35,583 --> 00:56:40,076
Stefano's death was hard on Berlusconi,
768
00:56:40,167 --> 00:56:45,288
and it was the beginning of a long series
of sleepless nights spent wondering:
769
00:56:45,375 --> 00:56:48,872
should I give back
the 20 billion liras or not?
770
00:56:49,292 --> 00:56:52,244
But most of all:
who should I give them back to?
771
00:56:52,750 --> 00:56:56,366
To this day, it's still a mistery...
772
00:56:57,167 --> 00:57:01,955
I'm sure hundred percent that he paid back
everything, including all the interests.
773
00:57:02,375 --> 00:57:10,708
Because otherwise Berlusconi wouldn't
have such an easy life in Italy.
774
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:15,493
So the entire amount and all the interests
were paid back with no doubt about it.
775
00:57:16,667 --> 00:57:19,156
However things actually went,
776
00:57:19,292 --> 00:57:24,874
don't you think that Bontade
deserves to be considered
777
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,869
one of the initiators
of commercial television?
778
00:57:29,167 --> 00:57:33,078
It was definitely thanks to Bontade
as well, because...
779
00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:41,583
Bontade, besides being a mafia man,
also had a different cultural background
780
00:57:41,667 --> 00:57:45,080
compared to the Corleone mafia men.
781
00:57:45,167 --> 00:57:53,500
So it's thanks to Berlusconi and Bontade
if Italians can enjoy commercial television
782
00:57:57,792 --> 00:58:05,994
full of dance shows, naked women, bunga
bungas... and all this wonderful stuff!
783
00:58:14,458 --> 00:58:18,156
Ciro, shall we go make a BungaBunga?
784
00:58:18,292 --> 00:58:22,286
My aunt likes BungaBunga!
785
00:58:26,667 --> 00:58:30,948
BungaBunga, this dance isn't a rumba,
786
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:35,493
and if you do it, it gets longer,
it gets longer like a chewing gum!
787
00:58:35,583 --> 00:58:39,993
BungaBunga, BungaBunga,
the whole mumba dances it,
788
00:58:40,083 --> 00:58:44,658
you hit the gong with a stick
and then you do the macumba:
789
00:58:44,792 --> 00:58:49,284
the whole world danced it in bed,
on the lawn, in the cellar.
790
00:58:49,458 --> 00:58:53,784
Never with a broom! Never by yourself!
You dance it with a neighbor!
791
00:58:53,875 --> 00:58:58,166
BungaBunga, BungaBunga,
you can dance as you like,
792
00:58:58,292 --> 00:59:06,625
this rhythm is so funky... Piss off!
793
00:59:12,458 --> 00:59:15,493
As the most classical
Marxist theories show,
794
00:59:16,292 --> 00:59:18,995
one should always distrust
the underclasses.
795
00:59:19,083 --> 00:59:22,248
My friend Franco Maresco,
796
00:59:22,375 --> 00:59:30,708
emotionally overwhelmed by audiovisual
analogies, affinities and farces,
797
00:59:31,875 --> 00:59:40,208
would have never thought to fall
prey to a self-righteous retaliation
798
00:59:41,083 --> 00:59:46,156
lead by one of those poor devils
he feels so loved by.
799
00:59:53,875 --> 00:59:58,782
Morning news. A young neomelodic
singer from Palermo
800
00:59:58,875 --> 01:00:03,000
pressed charges against
the filmmaker Franco Maresco:
801
01:00:03,375 --> 01:00:06,078
let's watch the service
by Alessio Anello.
802
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:08,494
- With a remote...
- Yes.
803
01:00:08,583 --> 01:00:10,575
With a small remote, easy to hide...
804
01:00:10,667 --> 01:00:15,290
So when he presses the button...
I'll move it manually,
805
01:00:15,375 --> 01:00:21,574
while he does it with the remote.
He moves like this: one, two, one...
806
01:00:21,667 --> 01:00:25,365
He managed to make
his BungaBunga doing so.
807
01:00:25,667 --> 01:00:30,870
Sicilian filmmaker Franco Maresco,
co-author with Daniele Ciprì
808
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:36,867
of the irreverent TV series "CinicoTV", is
once again at the center of controversy.
809
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:43,578
This time neomelodic singer Salvatore De
Castro, a.k.a. Erik, has it in for him.
810
01:00:43,958 --> 01:00:47,491
The young artist was hired for the
soundtrack of the movie
811
01:00:47,583 --> 01:00:51,993
"Belluscone, a Sicilian story",
which is still a work in progress.
812
01:00:52,083 --> 01:00:57,074
After seeing some scenes, Erik accused
the director and the producer, Rean Mazzone,
813
01:00:57,167 --> 01:01:00,580
of having misled him with regards
to the use of his song
814
01:01:00,667 --> 01:01:02,658
"I'd like to meet Berlusconi"
815
01:01:02,792 --> 01:01:05,874
with the connivance of his colleague
Vittorio Ricciardi.
816
01:01:06,292 --> 01:01:11,740
A man and his staff came up to me saying
that they worked for RAI Television
817
01:01:11,792 --> 01:01:14,791
and that they were shooting
a movie about Berlusconi
818
01:01:15,083 --> 01:01:18,580
I pointed out that I wouldn't give
them my song
819
01:01:18,792 --> 01:01:23,865
because, as I told them, if the movie
wasn't pro-Berlusconi, I wasn't interested.
820
01:01:23,958 --> 01:01:29,079
And that's where I was misled:
they showed me the script
821
01:01:29,167 --> 01:01:33,790
and told me they would have me sign
a disclaimer to give them my song.
822
01:01:34,083 --> 01:01:35,494
But that's not how it went.
823
01:01:35,583 --> 01:01:40,372
The movie has erotic and satiric
motives against Berlusconi.
824
01:01:40,500 --> 01:01:45,289
They stole my song and had it sung
by another singer, Vittorio Ricciardi.
825
01:01:45,375 --> 01:01:49,370
They screened it in a movie theater,
the Lumiere in Bologna,
826
01:01:49,458 --> 01:01:52,872
and released it on YouTube,
thus damaging its image.
827
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:57,872
But, even worse, they didn't put
my name in the credits.
828
01:01:58,375 --> 01:02:02,286
I was charged by the De Castro family
of issuing a cease-and-desist order
829
01:02:02,375 --> 01:02:06,500
to the producer to stop the movie
because of copyright infringement.
830
01:02:07,458 --> 01:02:13,657
I would like to add that I appreciate
and applaud the family's behavior,
831
01:02:13,958 --> 01:02:19,743
as they bore threats and menaces
coming from unidentified people.
832
01:02:20,792 --> 01:02:24,158
Ciccio, we need to clear
things up with Erik
833
01:02:24,292 --> 01:02:26,995
or we won't be able
to go on with the movie!
834
01:02:27,292 --> 01:02:29,083
Don't worry, the movie
will go on just fine.
835
01:02:29,167 --> 01:02:34,157
But he says that it's your fault
and Ricciardi's.
836
01:02:34,250 --> 01:02:37,166
It's my fault because
I trusted him too much.
837
01:02:37,250 --> 01:02:42,785
No, he says that
Ricciardi stole his song.
838
01:02:43,667 --> 01:02:46,867
Well, then it means that we're...
We're able to do such a thing...
839
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:50,497
Ciccio, the problem is that it was you
who introduced him to me...
840
01:02:50,583 --> 01:02:52,575
Don't worry, everything
will work out just fine.
841
01:02:52,667 --> 01:02:54,575
- Are you sure?
- Yes, I'm sure.
842
01:02:54,667 --> 01:03:01,375
Erik watch your mouth, Mr Mira would
never do something like this.
843
01:03:01,500 --> 01:03:08,576
He brought to Palermo
all the best Neapolitan singers.
844
01:03:09,750 --> 01:03:13,164
Shame on you! You should be
ashamed of yourself.
845
01:03:15,792 --> 01:03:17,997
Is it right to say you're angry?
846
01:03:18,375 --> 01:03:22,500
Yes, because I think that we should
work things out face to face.
847
01:03:23,083 --> 01:03:29,994
So if you think I stole
your song, call me!
848
01:03:30,083 --> 01:03:31,874
Because it's not true!
849
01:03:32,250 --> 01:03:35,866
Dear Erik, you gave me permission
to sing your song, I didn't steal it.
850
01:03:40,458 --> 01:03:43,161
Where the hell does he live?
851
01:03:43,292 --> 01:03:47,500
That good-for-nothing moved here,
what can you do?
852
01:03:47,583 --> 01:03:50,666
Ciccio, listen to me: these two
won't let us finish the movie!
853
01:03:50,792 --> 01:03:54,656
Don't worry, tell them that Ciccio is in
the car and that's all you need to say.
854
01:03:54,792 --> 01:03:56,783
But I've been telling them that Ciccio is
in the car for the past three months...
855
01:03:56,875 --> 01:03:58,740
Don't worry... Let's go right now!
856
01:03:58,792 --> 01:04:00,369
What's your plan?
857
01:04:00,500 --> 01:04:02,871
Go there right now, he completely
changed his mind! Don't worry...
858
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:04,163
Then will you come with me?
859
01:04:04,250 --> 01:04:08,375
No, I'll stay in the car... Just tell
them Ciccio is in the car and that's all.
860
01:04:09,375 --> 01:04:10,157
But if you come with me...
861
01:04:10,292 --> 01:04:11,785
I'm not coming.
862
01:04:12,250 --> 01:04:13,740
And what should I say?
That you're in the car?
863
01:04:13,792 --> 01:04:19,161
Just tell them I'm in the car
and go from there.
864
01:04:21,375 --> 01:04:23,248
La Franca, buzz De Castro.
865
01:04:31,792 --> 01:04:32,574
Who's there?
866
01:04:32,667 --> 01:04:36,448
Hello, it's Franco Maresco.
I'd like to talk to Erik...
867
01:04:36,583 --> 01:04:37,746
Erik isn't here.
868
01:04:37,875 --> 01:04:39,997
What about his father, Mr Nino?
869
01:04:40,083 --> 01:04:42,241
He's not here either, I'm alone!
870
01:04:42,375 --> 01:04:45,457
Can I leave a message for him?
871
01:04:45,583 --> 01:04:46,864
No, goodbye!
872
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:47,996
Miss!
873
01:04:57,083 --> 01:05:00,166
- Good morning miss. Sorry...
- Please, put those video cameras away.
874
01:05:00,292 --> 01:05:02,367
This is my boyfriend's house,
no one's home,
875
01:05:02,500 --> 01:05:05,250
you turned this family's life
into hell, please go away.
876
01:05:05,375 --> 01:05:10,661
We did no such thing. It's just
a business deal that wasn't respected.
877
01:05:20,167 --> 01:05:23,498
Erik's obstinate refusal to come
to terms with Franco Maresco
878
01:05:23,583 --> 01:05:26,666
in order to allow
the movie's progression,
879
01:05:26,792 --> 01:05:31,580
forces the filmmaker to urge upon
Ciccio Mira a decisive intervention
880
01:05:31,667 --> 01:05:33,493
to bring peace between the two.
881
01:05:33,583 --> 01:05:37,578
Unfortunately though, in the meantime
Mira has been hit
882
01:05:37,667 --> 01:05:43,000
by legal charges and
is in deep troubles...
883
01:05:48,292 --> 01:05:50,367
And now to the crime news:
884
01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:55,952
a wiretapping by the Carabinieri
brought to light that
885
01:05:56,083 --> 01:05:58,952
a member of the Palermo-Porta Nuova
mafia clan
886
01:05:59,083 --> 01:06:05,247
would have threatened the Neapolitan
neomelodic singer Vittorio Ricciardi.
887
01:06:06,083 --> 01:06:13,788
During a festival, the singer would have
refused to dedicate a piece to the inmates
888
01:06:13,875 --> 01:06:19,078
and that would have caused bosses to put
an end to his exhibitions in Palermo.
889
01:06:19,375 --> 01:06:21,865
Why did Ricciardi make the news?
890
01:06:22,083 --> 01:06:24,289
For some insignificant thing.
891
01:06:24,375 --> 01:06:26,166
That is?
892
01:06:26,500 --> 01:06:30,660
Because, you see, since
I'm in the TV show business,
893
01:06:30,792 --> 01:06:35,664
I get notes all the time...
They're sent by all the families...
894
01:06:35,792 --> 01:06:42,667
We're given some communication
notes: "Send greetings to..."
895
01:06:44,292 --> 01:06:45,999
Some were suspicious...
896
01:06:46,292 --> 01:06:53,498
No, it's that my wife forgot about
some of these communications...
897
01:06:54,292 --> 01:06:55,667
Time for greetings!
898
01:06:55,958 --> 01:06:58,246
Sicilba... Let's say
hello to our friends...
899
01:06:58,375 --> 01:07:06,708
Greetings to Cucina Francesco Paolo's
Sicilbascula: hardware store in Palermo.
900
01:07:14,292 --> 01:07:16,367
Right, now let's send best wishes to...
901
01:07:16,500 --> 01:07:18,788
- You dropped something...
- Don't worry.
902
01:07:19,167 --> 01:07:23,493
But you know, the show is not very long,
so we have to make it quick.
903
01:07:23,583 --> 01:07:28,574
So you forget about someone.
What troubles did that cause?
904
01:07:28,667 --> 01:07:30,077
- They felt insulted!
- Who?
905
01:07:30,167 --> 01:07:32,158
Anyone could feel insulted, even you.
906
01:07:32,250 --> 01:07:34,786
- I didn't feel insulted.
- No, I'm saying...
907
01:07:34,958 --> 01:07:37,282
But in this case, who felt insulted?
908
01:07:38,792 --> 01:07:44,161
I don't know... I don't know
who felt insulted.
909
01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:47,990
I had someone tell him to go back to Naples
because he's a Carabiniere (an informant).
910
01:07:48,083 --> 01:07:50,289
You don't have to do a thing... He goes
to Naples and you don't call him!
911
01:07:50,375 --> 01:07:53,160
Tell him: listen, you can't sing
anymore here in Palermo...
912
01:07:53,292 --> 01:07:57,666
Not with me!... No one will take him
anymore and you can tell him that...
913
01:07:57,792 --> 01:08:01,289
I mean, if the inmate is in front of
the TV... He's waiting for his greetings...
914
01:08:01,458 --> 01:08:06,740
Mr Ciccio Mira is totally careless.
915
01:08:06,792 --> 01:08:11,367
He never thinks about
the consequences...
916
01:08:12,375 --> 01:08:14,865
- He doesn't think about what?
- About consequences!
917
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:18,995
- So, sometimes he gets in trouble.
- Yes, Ciccio is always in trouble!
918
01:08:19,167 --> 01:08:21,240
- He's "always" in trouble.
- "Always in trouble".
919
01:08:21,292 --> 01:08:24,160
But it's always some trouble
that can be solved...
920
01:08:24,292 --> 01:08:27,291
But does he get others in trouble too?
921
01:08:27,375 --> 01:08:31,583
Sure, I always listen to Ciccio Mira, so
I end up in trouble too because of him.
922
01:08:34,292 --> 01:08:37,789
Who prevented Vittorio Ricciardi
from performing in Palermo?
923
01:08:38,500 --> 01:08:43,491
According to wiretappings, it might
have been a certain Calogero Lo Presti,
924
01:08:43,958 --> 01:08:50,490
a horse keeper considered
the boss of the Porta Nuova Family.
925
01:08:51,292 --> 01:08:54,240
Therefore, the singer from Ercolano
would be in trouble
926
01:08:54,292 --> 01:09:00,158
because of Ciccio Mira's carelessness
in greeting the inmates.
927
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:04,367
Porta Nuova bosses suspected Ricciardi
not to care for the inmates
928
01:09:04,500 --> 01:09:06,954
in Pagliarelli and Ucciardone
State Penitentiaries.
929
01:09:07,083 --> 01:09:12,998
Ricciardi even made the news as
the neomelodic singer who said "No to Mafia!"
930
01:09:13,667 --> 01:09:19,747
I never said "No to Mafia".
I've always respected everyone:
931
01:09:19,875 --> 01:09:25,457
people in pain, Third World children,
inmates, wishing them an immediate freedom!
932
01:09:43,750 --> 01:09:46,370
If there's a curious side to this story,
933
01:09:46,500 --> 01:09:49,582
it's that poor Ciccio Mira
was intercepted
934
01:09:49,667 --> 01:09:52,784
while Lo Presti and he were
in a stable in Porta Nuova,
935
01:09:53,292 --> 01:09:56,492
the same neighborhood that
in the 60s witnessed the success
936
01:09:56,667 --> 01:10:00,365
of Italy's most popular
horse keeper: Vittorio Mangano,
937
01:10:00,500 --> 01:10:03,997
always so close to Berlusconi's heart.
938
01:10:05,500 --> 01:10:13,667
Mira, it seems that you too were closely
connected to stables and horse keepers!
939
01:10:14,167 --> 01:10:15,993
Do you see any resemblance?
940
01:10:16,375 --> 01:10:17,371
Not at all.
941
01:10:18,375 --> 01:10:20,663
But you, the horse keeper...
942
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:25,291
Right, I've been in many stables,
I can't...
943
01:10:26,250 --> 01:10:31,074
That's it, in many stables...
944
01:10:31,375 --> 01:10:36,282
But your calls were tapped in a stable
945
01:10:36,375 --> 01:10:40,784
while you were talking
to Porta Nuova boss, whose name is...
946
01:10:41,667 --> 01:10:43,742
- Don't say it...
- Lo Presti.
947
01:10:44,167 --> 01:10:47,782
I don't know what
to tell you, because...
948
01:10:47,875 --> 01:10:49,582
Lo Presti, Lo Presti...
949
01:10:49,667 --> 01:10:52,073
No, I don't...
950
01:10:52,250 --> 01:10:55,000
- You turned white when I said Lo Presti.
- No, I didn't.
951
01:10:55,083 --> 01:10:57,289
Lo Presti! Does that ring any bell?
952
01:10:57,458 --> 01:10:58,869
No, it doesn't.
953
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:00,992
But you introduced him to me!
954
01:11:01,375 --> 01:11:03,166
Who should I introduce him to?
955
01:11:03,292 --> 01:11:06,990
Sure, anyone can suffer
from temporary losses of memory.
956
01:11:07,083 --> 01:11:11,493
A few days later, Ciccio Mira
regained his memory
957
01:11:11,583 --> 01:11:17,083
and told us about the cheerful days spent
in the stable with his mate Lo Presti.
958
01:11:17,500 --> 01:11:20,582
I used to to go there from time to time,
nothing serious...
959
01:11:20,750 --> 01:11:24,164
- But why?
- My mate didn't go very often either!
960
01:11:24,250 --> 01:11:26,372
You only went when you needed to!
961
01:11:26,500 --> 01:11:31,289
Only when we had something to do...
Just to have fun...
962
01:11:31,375 --> 01:11:32,157
When...?
963
01:11:32,292 --> 01:11:35,492
- To have fun... Stuff like that...
- Right, to have fun...
964
01:11:35,583 --> 01:11:41,740
But it's not something I... My mate
didn't go either, he had no time to...
965
01:11:41,792 --> 01:11:44,458
But what kind of fun?
966
01:11:44,583 --> 01:11:47,073
- Well, we sang a lot...
- Oh, you sang!
967
01:11:47,167 --> 01:11:50,740
He loved songs too...
968
01:11:50,792 --> 01:11:52,499
Did you bring a guitar?
969
01:11:54,083 --> 01:11:59,784
We sang and played the guitar or
the keyboard, we had fun...
970
01:12:00,083 --> 01:12:02,786
I don't care, I don't know him,
I don't know who he is...
971
01:12:02,875 --> 01:12:05,365
But you even bought him a car!
972
01:12:05,500 --> 01:12:07,948
I didn't buy him anything,
because I don't know him,
973
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:10,157
I don't know who this Ricciardi is.
974
01:12:10,292 --> 01:12:12,958
Is anyone causing troubles?
975
01:12:13,083 --> 01:12:14,246
Maybe someone sent you...
976
01:12:14,375 --> 01:12:17,448
Sent me what? An informant?
977
01:12:17,500 --> 01:12:20,072
INCOMPREHENSIBLE
978
01:12:20,250 --> 01:12:22,158
I don't care, we're done! Guys!
979
01:12:22,292 --> 01:12:26,369
This is for my mate: 1... 2... 3... 4...
980
01:12:27,083 --> 01:12:29,075
The moon is on the sea.
981
01:12:29,167 --> 01:12:31,454
Mummy, I need to get married!
982
01:12:32,375 --> 01:12:34,448
My little darling, who should
I give you away to?
983
01:12:34,500 --> 01:12:36,741
Mummy, take care of it!
984
01:12:37,250 --> 01:12:45,583
Mummy, I want to get married!
985
01:12:46,792 --> 01:12:50,075
Is this a fucking whorehouse or what?
986
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:01,240
At this point of the movie,
987
01:13:01,292 --> 01:13:06,661
we think it's time to get to know
a little better Ciccio Mira.
988
01:13:06,750 --> 01:13:14,786
He was born on the 9th October 1944
in Palermo among the World War II bombs.
989
01:13:16,583 --> 01:13:22,498
There was great poverty in those years,
but Ciccio Mira really wanted to work.
990
01:13:22,750 --> 01:13:29,281
So when he was 15, he started working
as a barber for Mimmo Pollicino,
991
01:13:29,583 --> 01:13:35,996
who gets him passionate about music
and encourages him to sing in public.
992
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:44,283
- Are you still friends?
- Yes, no... with whom?
993
01:13:44,583 --> 01:13:48,164
- With Pollicino.
- He's not with us anymore...
994
01:13:48,292 --> 01:13:49,371
Oh, he's gone!
995
01:13:49,500 --> 01:13:53,447
Poor thing... Let's say
that he was killed...
996
01:13:54,583 --> 01:13:56,291
How was he murdered?
997
01:13:56,458 --> 01:14:00,868
He was shut in a car and hogtied.
998
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:02,659
- Hog...?
- Hogtied.
999
01:14:03,292 --> 01:14:04,288
Really?!
1000
01:14:15,667 --> 01:14:22,375
In the 60s the economic boom
turns Palermo into a big city.
1001
01:14:23,458 --> 01:14:28,164
It's a happy and cheerful decade,
Palermo is ruled by Christian Democrats,
1002
01:14:28,292 --> 01:14:30,781
Gioia, Lima and Ciancimino.
1003
01:14:31,167 --> 01:14:38,788
These heartless figures decidedly
approve the use of scrapers and dynamite
1004
01:14:39,083 --> 01:14:45,745
to build a new Palermo, which
will finally be called "The Happiest".
1005
01:14:48,458 --> 01:14:53,496
Today judgmental people refer to
that unique period as "Palermo's sack",
1006
01:14:53,667 --> 01:15:01,157
but Ciccio Mira, a militant Christian
Democrat, doesn't agree at all.
1007
01:15:02,167 --> 01:15:05,367
Yes, let's say I liked mafia...
1008
01:15:05,500 --> 01:15:08,867
Because they found jobs for people,
built apartment blocks...
1009
01:15:09,792 --> 01:15:12,163
all these blocks, you know...
1010
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:14,458
With pillars...
1011
01:15:14,667 --> 01:15:20,498
Oh, the pillars... with people who
deserved to be 'pillared'...
1012
01:15:20,583 --> 01:15:22,871
You say 'pillared', what does it mean?
1013
01:15:22,958 --> 01:15:28,079
Put in a pillar... It means that those
people hurt other people, and then...
1014
01:15:28,375 --> 01:15:33,080
Since public justice was too slow,
we did it ourselves...
1015
01:15:39,375 --> 01:15:43,666
In the 70s Palermo was bursting
with great musical events,
1016
01:15:44,083 --> 01:15:48,576
it even hosts the first and
only Italian Pop Festival,
1017
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:53,457
with such guests as Duke Ellington
and Aretha Franklin.
1018
01:16:13,458 --> 01:16:16,448
Ciccio Mira as well, in his own way,
works hard
1019
01:16:16,500 --> 01:16:22,082
singing in festivals, but also
at First Communions and weddings.
1020
01:16:22,875 --> 01:16:29,371
His double job as a barber and
a singer allows to marry, in 1971,
1021
01:16:29,500 --> 01:16:34,491
the true love of his life:
a beautiful girl named Giovanna.
1022
01:16:52,583 --> 01:16:59,458
Soon enough Ciccio and Giovanna
had many children and grand-children,
1023
01:16:59,792 --> 01:17:06,370
brought up with the same traditional
values that inspired Ciccio Mira's life.
1024
01:17:07,583 --> 01:17:14,790
Many people who are now... in jail, maybe
we don't... I can't even say the word...
1025
01:17:14,958 --> 01:17:19,083
But they did find jobs for people! What
did they do? They're political thieves!
1026
01:17:19,375 --> 01:17:24,164
It's a paradox: you're saying that when
it still existed what used to be called...
1027
01:17:24,292 --> 01:17:25,572
Mafia!
1028
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:27,708
- Everybody was working!
- Yes, they were!
1029
01:17:28,167 --> 01:17:32,078
Old mafia didn't kill women,
or children...
1030
01:17:32,250 --> 01:17:33,948
- But they killed...
- No, they didn't kill...
1031
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:36,572
But they only killed...
1032
01:17:36,667 --> 01:17:39,370
- They did what was right to...
- What was right to do...
1033
01:17:39,458 --> 01:17:43,074
You share this mind-set...
1034
01:17:43,167 --> 01:17:45,372
You see now...
1035
01:17:45,500 --> 01:17:48,783
- It's a matter of generation.
- I'm in between generations!
1036
01:17:48,875 --> 01:17:50,285
It's a matter of generation.
1037
01:17:50,375 --> 01:17:53,658
From the 20th century,
I went straight to 2000, so...
1038
01:17:54,000 --> 01:18:02,333
You see, years go by and we have to
make do with what the Lord gives us.
1039
01:18:14,667 --> 01:18:18,993
Between the 80s and the 90s the whole
world changed from any standpoint
1040
01:18:19,500 --> 01:18:22,250
and more rapidly than ever before.
1041
01:18:22,667 --> 01:18:28,747
Gone are the old ideologies, pessimists
think this is the "end of history".
1042
01:18:29,167 --> 01:18:31,870
Nothing stays the same in Italy.
1043
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:37,073
After Mani Pulite inquiry in 1992,
the First Republic is over,
1044
01:18:37,292 --> 01:18:40,741
but it also marks the end
of the Christian Democracy,
1045
01:18:40,875 --> 01:18:45,747
the political party that had
the most contact with Cosa Nostra.
1046
01:18:47,083 --> 01:18:51,991
It's important to say that this political
void confused Sicilian clans at first,
1047
01:18:52,167 --> 01:18:56,659
but it was soon filled up by someone
very popular who entered politics!
1048
01:18:57,167 --> 01:19:01,872
I decided to enter politics
and get involved in public affairs,
1049
01:19:02,500 --> 01:19:05,783
because I don't want to live
in an illiberal country,
1050
01:19:06,083 --> 01:19:08,371
ruled by irresponsible parties and
1051
01:19:08,667 --> 01:19:15,659
by men who have already failed,
politically and economically, in the past.
1052
01:19:18,167 --> 01:19:22,872
Ciccio Mira easily adapts
to the new order,
1053
01:19:23,292 --> 01:19:30,083
he supports the new Forza Italia's local
sections in Corso dei Mille and Brancaccio.
1054
01:19:30,875 --> 01:19:34,740
He plans colorful festivals
in Brancaccio,
1055
01:19:34,792 --> 01:19:42,958
where his artists and the audience
defend their beloved Silvio Berlusconi!
1056
01:19:43,667 --> 01:19:46,950
We are always with Berlusconi,
we are all with Berlusconi.
1057
01:19:47,083 --> 01:19:53,081
Because we trust him and Berlusconi always
does what's best for us and always will...
1058
01:19:53,667 --> 01:20:00,079
Is it true that Brancaccio, thanks to
mafia, brought a lot of votes to Berlusconi?
1059
01:20:01,458 --> 01:20:04,872
I can't tell you because I don't know.
1060
01:20:05,083 --> 01:20:12,076
But if it's true, then it's a good thing
because at least Berlusconi helps everyone.
1061
01:20:18,458 --> 01:20:23,081
It's not a coincidence if Brancaccio is
the neighborhood of the Graviano brothers,
1062
01:20:23,583 --> 01:20:28,491
mafia bosses considered by influential
experts and many informants
1063
01:20:28,583 --> 01:20:32,495
to have pushed Berlusconi
to enter politics
1064
01:20:32,583 --> 01:20:35,369
after the negotiation between
Nation and mafia.
1065
01:20:35,875 --> 01:20:38,791
Ciccio Mira, to the advantage
of our younger audience,
1066
01:20:38,958 --> 01:20:41,167
we would greatly appreciate
if you could explain to us
1067
01:20:41,250 --> 01:20:47,081
the negotiation between Nation and mafia
and who the Graviano brothers are.
1068
01:20:54,792 --> 01:20:55,954
That's all?
1069
01:20:59,250 --> 01:21:00,578
Thank you, Mira.
1070
01:21:04,083 --> 01:21:05,874
Did you lose your voice?
1071
01:21:06,083 --> 01:21:07,791
No, I'm fine, it's just...
1072
01:21:07,958 --> 01:21:10,874
- It's not the right time!
- It's not the right time.
1073
01:21:16,083 --> 01:21:18,573
Ficarra and Picone!
1074
01:21:19,083 --> 01:21:25,496
May I? Good evening, ladies
and gentlemen. Thank you and welcome...
1075
01:21:27,583 --> 01:21:30,997
There is no doubt that one
of the main reasons why Berlusconi
1076
01:21:31,083 --> 01:21:37,282
has always been worshiped
in Sicily is Mediaset TV shows,
1077
01:21:37,375 --> 01:21:41,500
starring lots of genuine
Sicilian people.
1078
01:21:41,583 --> 01:21:44,582
Sicily is bursting with
castings and auditions:
1079
01:21:44,667 --> 01:21:48,164
all the young girls in Arenella district
dream De Filippi's competitions
1080
01:21:48,250 --> 01:21:51,996
or Striscia's try outs.
1081
01:21:52,500 --> 01:21:57,075
This is why any Sicilian
young talent looks up
1082
01:21:57,167 --> 01:22:00,664
to such role models as
Ficarra and Picone,
1083
01:22:00,958 --> 01:22:05,083
a duo of comedians from Palermo
made popular by Striscia.
1084
01:22:06,250 --> 01:22:12,165
Thinking of them, Maresco
comes up with a brilliant idea
1085
01:22:12,667 --> 01:22:15,666
on how to solve his dispute with Erik
1086
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:18,157
and finally finish his movie.
1087
01:22:19,167 --> 01:22:20,993
Dude, everything's already
written down.
1088
01:22:21,083 --> 01:22:24,166
Doesn't take a genius to read
it out loud... Go over there!
1089
01:22:24,250 --> 01:22:26,656
- This one here...
- Franco Maresco is here.
1090
01:22:26,792 --> 01:22:28,499
- Hi Franco!
- Hi guys!
1091
01:22:28,583 --> 01:22:30,575
You even got your video camera,
what did we do?
1092
01:22:30,667 --> 01:22:32,493
You did nothing at all!
1093
01:22:32,667 --> 01:22:36,080
- Can I steal a minute of your time?
- Absolutely.
1094
01:22:36,500 --> 01:22:40,874
I'm sorry to steal your time,
but really it's just a minute.
1095
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:43,572
Don't mention it, Sicily is nothing
but the place to steal!
1096
01:22:43,667 --> 01:22:45,742
So, maybe you know...
1097
01:22:45,875 --> 01:22:50,866
Last year Franco came to see us while
we were setting up the show in Palermo.
1098
01:22:51,958 --> 01:22:54,365
He made us a request that
left us a bit puzzled:
1099
01:22:54,500 --> 01:23:00,166
"Guys, I need you to bring peace
between two neomelodic singers."
1100
01:23:00,750 --> 01:23:06,499
He says that they're fighting over
a song dedicated to Berlusconi
1101
01:23:06,875 --> 01:23:13,868
and that one of them even had
his lawyers stop Franco's movie.
1102
01:23:14,583 --> 01:23:19,372
At first we were quite astonished because
we had nothing to do with all this.
1103
01:23:19,792 --> 01:23:24,948
But we were happy to try
and bring peace.
1104
01:23:25,083 --> 01:23:29,493
The best thing was that Franco filmed
all of our attempts
1105
01:23:29,583 --> 01:23:34,870
to bring peace between these two.
1106
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:39,658
I even picked up Erik on my scooter
to take him to the appointment.
1107
01:23:39,792 --> 01:23:45,078
During the ride, he blabbered
the whole time.
1108
01:23:45,167 --> 01:23:48,082
A lot of things that,
luckily enough, I forgot.
1109
01:23:48,792 --> 01:23:54,292
I took him to the appointment, on
neutral ground, to finally make peace!
1110
01:23:54,458 --> 01:23:57,991
They made peace and it took
next to nothing...
1111
01:23:58,083 --> 01:24:00,999
A matter of seconds! They looked each
other in the eyes, they got emotional...
1112
01:24:01,083 --> 01:24:02,992
- Everything's fixed!
- Everything's fine!
1113
01:24:03,083 --> 01:24:04,791
How did you do it?
1114
01:24:04,875 --> 01:24:08,952
Let it go, Franco. You asked us
to fix the problem and we did it!
1115
01:24:09,083 --> 01:24:11,075
- We can go...
- We can go on!
1116
01:24:11,167 --> 01:24:14,284
Guys, I'll be eternally grateful!
1117
01:24:14,458 --> 01:24:16,995
- You owe us one!
- Don't mention it, we're there for you.
1118
01:24:17,083 --> 01:24:19,241
- Count on me!
- Thank you.
1119
01:24:21,167 --> 01:24:22,577
Erik!
1120
01:24:23,667 --> 01:24:24,995
Vittorio!
1121
01:24:26,667 --> 01:24:27,995
Here we are!
1122
01:24:28,083 --> 01:24:31,497
I don't believe my eyes.
Erik here with us!
1123
01:24:31,583 --> 01:24:33,492
We reconciled!
1124
01:24:33,583 --> 01:24:36,666
We reco... reconciletz!
1125
01:24:37,083 --> 01:24:39,573
- Beg your pardon?
- Recon... Reconciletz!
1126
01:24:39,750 --> 01:24:41,078
He's from Naples!
1127
01:24:41,500 --> 01:24:44,499
Thank you, Erik. Let's say
we cleared the air!
1128
01:24:44,667 --> 01:24:48,875
Yes, we did. And he's a friend,
like a brother to me...
1129
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:50,323
And we'll always stay friends...
1130
01:24:50,375 --> 01:24:54,156
Finally we saw Franco smile,
1131
01:24:54,292 --> 01:24:59,578
he was relieved and grateful to us.
1132
01:24:59,667 --> 01:25:06,458
And we're sorry to learn that
our friend Franco is still in trouble.
1133
01:25:07,167 --> 01:25:09,075
In deep trouble.
1134
01:25:10,667 --> 01:25:15,159
Four people were arrested in Palermo
for mafia criminal conspiracy.
1135
01:25:15,292 --> 01:25:18,456
A music festival promoter
is now behind bars.
1136
01:25:19,667 --> 01:25:24,290
More people were arrested in Palermo
during the so-called Toledo operation,
1137
01:25:24,375 --> 01:25:30,574
which allowed to break up and wipe out
Porta Nuova criminal district.
1138
01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:39,249
Four people suspected of mafia criminal
conspiracy ended up behind bars.
1139
01:25:39,500 --> 01:25:45,580
Among them, the music festival promoter
Ciccio Mira,
1140
01:25:45,875 --> 01:25:51,576
who arrested at dawn during a raid of
the Carabinieri in his house in Carini.
1141
01:25:51,667 --> 01:25:58,448
Besides Mira, Antonino Salamone was
remanded for mafia criminal conspiracy.
1142
01:25:58,500 --> 01:26:00,788
Salamone is a renowned criminal...
1143
01:26:03,500 --> 01:26:07,447
After Ciccio Mira's capture
in the summer of 2013,
1144
01:26:08,250 --> 01:26:11,498
the movie that was supposed to tell
the Sicilian story
1145
01:26:11,583 --> 01:26:15,080
of Berlusconi political and financial
fortune was doomed.
1146
01:26:18,250 --> 01:26:24,081
Franco Maresco has been struggling
with depression ever since.
1147
01:26:26,083 --> 01:26:28,573
In a couple of hours,
I'll be off to Milan.
1148
01:26:28,958 --> 01:26:33,996
I'm leaving Palermo knowing that Franco
fell once again in the "Taliban" trap
1149
01:26:34,375 --> 01:26:36,166
of an out-and-out movie.
1150
01:26:37,292 --> 01:26:40,750
The same trap that, in the last 20 years,
has caused him only troubles and no glory.
1151
01:26:43,792 --> 01:26:44,954
Matteo Renzi!
1152
01:26:58,792 --> 01:26:59,954
Good evening!
1153
01:27:00,875 --> 01:27:02,369
The stage is all yours.
1154
01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:05,369
Good evening everyone
and good luck to you!
1155
01:27:05,500 --> 01:27:08,369
Good luck to the teams!
1156
01:27:08,792 --> 01:27:14,576
Today it's very beautiful, yet hard,
talking about hope, Maria is right.
1157
01:27:14,667 --> 01:27:19,491
I believe that Italy
is at a turning point
1158
01:27:19,583 --> 01:27:25,284
and no one cares anymore about these
old Sicilian stories about Berlusconi.
1159
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:29,781
This new Italy is safer, more beautiful
and more skilled.
1160
01:27:30,500 --> 01:27:37,244
It's beyond these ghosts, these freaks
that keep you company at night
1161
01:27:37,375 --> 01:27:39,781
and without them you feel lost.
1162
01:27:39,958 --> 01:27:43,870
That's why you can't finish your movies.
1163
01:27:44,792 --> 01:27:46,748
You don't want to be left alone.
1164
01:27:49,500 --> 01:27:51,575
Dear Franco, it's too bad
we haven't seen each other,
1165
01:27:51,667 --> 01:27:55,164
I would have suggested
a title for your movie:
1166
01:27:55,750 --> 01:27:58,666
"The finishing blow". It's a good title,
a good ending.
1167
01:28:00,083 --> 01:28:03,450
The one you always dreamt
of landing but never did.
1168
01:29:34,458 --> 01:29:40,190
BELLUSCONE
A SICILIAN STORY
1169
01:29:40,242 --> 01:29:43,075
What do you think about the
negotiation between Nation and Mafia?
1170
01:29:56,133 --> 01:29:58,967
What do you mean?
What are we talking about?
1171
01:29:59,050 --> 01:30:01,622
Is there a negotiation
between Nation and Mafia?
1172
01:30:01,758 --> 01:30:03,706
What are you talking about?
1173
01:30:03,758 --> 01:30:07,042
He's making fun of you. What's the
negotiation between Nation and Mafia?
1174
01:30:07,133 --> 01:30:09,753
Do you think there ever was
a negotiation between Nation and Mafia?
1175
01:30:09,842 --> 01:30:12,414
- But who ever did such a thing?
- What are you talking about?
1176
01:30:12,467 --> 01:30:14,956
Excuse me, we're talking
about things...
1177
01:30:15,133 --> 01:30:16,924
He was just fooling around.
1178
01:30:17,842 --> 01:30:20,461
If I told you 23rd May,
what would you say?
1179
01:30:20,550 --> 01:30:22,127
23rd May?
1180
01:30:24,758 --> 01:30:29,464
A day like any other.
1181
01:30:30,342 --> 01:30:33,755
This thing you said is totally absurd.
1182
01:30:33,842 --> 01:30:36,593
- So there never was any negotiation?
- Non entiendo! Non entiendo!
1183
01:30:36,717 --> 01:30:38,839
He's making a fool of you,
don't you see?
1184
01:30:38,967 --> 01:30:40,544
I non entiendo.
1185
01:30:40,842 --> 01:30:45,251
We're on everyone's side,
we need to be loved by everyone.
1186
01:30:46,342 --> 01:30:50,751
Berlusconi is great, but also all
the others are great. Left and right.
1187
01:30:51,842 --> 01:30:55,339
What do you think about the
negotiation between Nation and Mafia?
1188
01:30:56,842 --> 01:30:59,129
I can sing you a song.
1189
01:31:00,758 --> 01:31:04,255
Do you think there was a connection
between Berlusconi and Mafia?
1190
01:31:05,133 --> 01:31:07,967
I'd never dare say anything like that,
I hope not, I wish not,
1191
01:31:08,050 --> 01:31:09,841
because it would be a really bad thing.
1192
01:31:09,967 --> 01:31:12,835
I think and I wish there never was.
1193
01:31:13,342 --> 01:31:15,547
What do you think about the negotiation?
1194
01:31:15,717 --> 01:31:19,960
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Negotiation between Nation and Mafia.
1195
01:31:21,717 --> 01:31:22,831
I don't know.
1196
01:31:23,050 --> 01:31:24,757
I really don't know.
1197
01:31:24,842 --> 01:31:30,756
19th July: my sister's wedding in 2012.
That's all!
1198
01:31:31,842 --> 01:31:36,465
Mafia is better than the Nation, right?
1199
01:31:37,258 --> 01:31:39,748
If I told you 19th July,
what would you say?
1200
01:31:39,925 --> 01:31:45,840
I got married on the 19th July 1992.
1201
01:31:46,717 --> 01:31:49,123
My opinion stays the same,
I'm not changing my mind.
1202
01:31:49,258 --> 01:31:55,043
No politician, Berlusconi included,
ever had anything to do with Mafia.
1203
01:31:55,133 --> 01:31:58,333
Mafia is Mafia and politicians
have nothing to do with it.
1204
01:32:54,258 --> 01:32:56,748
Kids, I want to tell you something:
1205
01:32:56,842 --> 01:33:00,125
you should never let Mafia
into your lives,
1206
01:33:00,925 --> 01:33:03,130
because Mafia is not anymore
like in the old times.
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