Come on, children. Please, line up.
Alt.
In line, in line.
Please keep in line.
Well, Luciano. As always.
I'll see you next week.
Thank you, knight.
Will you greet the lady for me?
- Good evening. - Thank you.
- What is it, Hannibal? - Look at that.
He's been there since this morning. Send her away or stay here until tonight.
Do you need anything? Are you looking for someone?
Sorry, I saw you work and they told me that maybe you...
I didn't show up. My name is Anna. Anna Costanzi.
I am looking for a job. I've been around since this morning.
- I've been to shops, restaurants, but nothing. - And from Emidio?
It's back here. You can go in my name.
Yes, I have tried.
You will have some references, right?
I worked in the service of a family in Rome.
I took care of the children and the house.
A house with a lot of work.
I need a job.
Why are you here in Ascoli?
- Well... - Okay, it's your business.
- How are you doing in the kitchen? - In the kitchen?
Oh my God, cooking wasn't my specific job.
I would be more comfortable serving at tables, but I really do everything.
I'll give you five lire a day in the kitchen.
For me it would be fine, fine. Thank you.
No, it's just a test for a few days.
- Sure, proof. - Good.
- Eh. - What are you doing?
- Come on. - Now?
Yes, yes. Now, come on.
I think it's burning up here.
Maria, prepare a dish with omelette and cheese.
Leave those dishes. Come with me.
- Sit down here. - What did I do?
You look like someone who hasn't eaten for days.
Strength is needed to work. When you're done, get back to work.
- Is the sauce ready? - Almost.
- What did you take? - A little cinnamon.
- You can hardly hear it. - Cinnamon?
Good, but now you do it again as we always do.
Are the dishes ready, Maria?
John!
Check those chickpeas, please.
I'm done, if nothing else is needed.
Look, I would understand perfectly well if you, if you...
In short, if I don't go well, I'll be grateful to you anyway.
We talk about it at another time.
Wait.
Am I going out with you or are you in a hurry?
Ninth. I wait for you.
- Just a minute. - Mmm.
Do you live far away?
No, it doesn't take me long. In fact I have to run.
The hostess is nice, but I can't be late.
- What road do you take? - I arrived. I live there.
Ah...
Laughs
- So see you tomorrow. - Yes, of course. Until tomorrow.
- Thank you. Good night. - Good night.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Give it to me. Give it to me, Hannibal.
You look fine? If you do not mind...
- I'll give you a hand to serve. - I'm fine.
I'm fine, I can.
I can do it.
- Come with me, Hannibal. - I said I can!
Leave me! I can do it.
Buzz
Here is his plate.
Didn't you like it?
There was a lot of people. The flowers, the "frechì"...
The militia, the young Italians.
Then there was also that big shot who invented the salute to the duce.
- What's your name? - Who? Starace? - Yes, Starace.
- I always forget the name. - The friend of the big head.
They told me a joke that goes around in Rome about him.
Well? Come on, say it.
- If you want, I'll tell you. - Eh!
Then Starace walks down the street and
suddenly notices an inscription on a wall.
"Starace who reads."
Then Starace gets angry, deletes it and writes "no" on it.
"Starace who writes!"
- Did you get it? - It doesn't make me laugh.
He didn't get it.
What happens? What am I missing? Did I arrive late?
Make me laugh too.
- Maria, take these to the cellar later. - Yes, that's fine.
- How are you? - Well, all right.
Do you know where I've been? At the police station.
Yes, once a month they want me to go there, huh...
What will I tell him if someone makes jokes about the regime, right?
They want to know your name, surname, everything.
- He doesn't listen to me. - Thank's Maria.
To Alfredo, the one from the haberdashery down the street...
They closed his shop. Do you know why?
He was telling a joke about the Duce and he too called him big head.
Do you want us to close too? To the knight, what shall I tell him then?
I don't want to hear a fly anymore. It's clear?
- Take the cheeses down. - Yup.
Sit down here.
Hannibal will no longer come. After 31 years it is the first time that he is missing.
Giovanni, will you pass me the wine?
Giovanni says you manage in the hall.
I have nothing against it.
You couldn't do anything else, but you won't be wearing that apron.
Get a new one. Maria, you take care of it.
- Yes. - There are other duties you are required to perform.
Rearrange the pantry and write down what is missing.
Even without customers there is something to do here.
Now let's eat.
Professor, good evening. How are you?
Well thanks.
Today the consommé is particularly tasty.
Here we go again. I already told you, professor.
We don't serve consommé here. This is a restricted broth.
Well... yes. Of course.
Ah, Luciano, this restricted broth
only reminds me of its appearance
a soup I ate in Paris with my wife, uh...
Here, a "potage parmentier".
How would you call it the "potage parmentier"?
Let's see... Potato soup?
- Ah, yes, sure. - Eh.
That girl though...
Do you know, Luciano, that you really made a deal?
He is intelligent, he can speak, unlike many today.
It is evident that he has studied.
- It shows? - Mmm.
Excuse me.
You joke, but in recent years they have done things, right?
No, Maria, not like that. I wanted to tidy up a bit.
I thought I'd put the soup and dinner plates here.
On this side the saucers for the sweets, on the other side cups and glasses, what do you say?
I've always done this, but do as you like.
Thank's Maria.
I was saying that many things have been done.
Public works, the new cities.
Are you listening to me?
The new cities, of course.
Yes, the cities. What was there before? Maybe misery.
Then they gave the veterans back a bit of dignity.
Don't you have anything to say?
They bring ice in the morning. They said they are coming soon.
- If you like, I'll be there earlier. - Don't worry, I'll take care of it.
- What are you doing? - I'm...
Ah, do you do it like this?
I can?
Here, you see?
It should be lined up like this.
It's here...
Thirteen plus one hundred twenty-seven...
Where did this one hundred and sixty-one come from?
In fact, one hundred and forty.
Anyway... The things I was saying today, right?
I didn't invent them. I heard them on a newsreel.
It's late, I'll take you.
I don't want to make you wander alone at night.
Here you are. So it is neater.
I was helping my father with accounting. We had a fabric shop.
You see that you are good.
Thank you.
- Good night. - Good night.
"Violetta" by Aldo Visconti
Laughs
Buzz
Voices inaudible
What a sight this youth, right?
A coffee at the Lucchini dormitory.
Luciano and I are friends. For him I am only Osvaldo.
On the Ortigara this one alone with
the bayonet killed five Austrian soldiers.
He was a simple soldier, but he always told us what to do.
The officers respected him, they shit under everyone.
But Luciano...
- I'd like a coffee. - Anna.
Ah, I feel at home here.
Amatriciana, huh?
Mmm... Good!
- This with a little pecorino... - Mmm.
You, out. Wait for me in the car.
They think getting into the kitchen is for everyone, but it's a sacred place.
The cuisine of our true tradition with
its little secrets that must be respected.
So, Luciano.
You need to help me plan a lunch for Wednesday.
Guests who come from Rome, Milan, some even from our part.
A reunion among friends. Good, the coffee.
But you will keep it open just for us. I don't want nuisances.
I've already talked to the knight.
- A reunion? - Mmm.
Does the knight know? He didn't tell me anything.
Actually Wednesday is the communion lunch.
They are three families. We have a commitment.
What a communion! Do you know what day that is?
Does March 23 remind you of anything? And this speaks of a communion?
Let's leave communion alone. Um, how many would you be?
I don't know, ten, fifteen, fifty.
- About fifteen, come on. - Fifteen.
- Any problems? - No, it's okay.
Thunder
It started to rain. Miss?
Anna. Anna Costanzi.
Miss Costanzi, will you follow me out?
Just two words.
- Are we okay here? - Calm.
Inaudible dialogue
- What did he have to tell you? - Anything.
- Do you want to organize that lunch? - Work is work, right?
- Yes, but why that day? - It's an anniversary.
- Will I have to cancel communion? - That's right.
Can't you move it? The lady gave the advance.
- We'll give it back. - That's not it.
- It's not about people like that. - Have you finished?
Stop insisting. It is already decided. Get back to work.
Buzz
- Hello, professor. - Good morning.
Unfortunately today we are closed. We have a private lunch.
Wait, can I make you something to take away?
No thank you. Think of your guests as well.
Were you all there that day?
In Piazza San Sepolcro, I say.
You were many. How many? One hundred, three hundred, one thousand?
There were women. You will know. They told me about it.
Do you remember the points of the program?
There was a program, a kind of manifesto, wasn't there?
It was a long time ago. Maybe you don't remember.
The first to speak was the Duce.
There was talk of voting for women.
Not only could they have voted, but they could also have been elected.
You should remember this.
Go back to the kitchen. I'll handle that.
No because? It's work, isn't it?
You could have avoided certain scenes.
How does it come to your mind? How do you know certain things?
That?
Leave me alone.
Francis.
- You did good, here. - Thanks boss.
John.
They paid us well tonight. The knight was pleased. Maria.
- Thank you. - You are welcome.
A little more money is convenient for everyone.
Jacopo?
Don't spend it all, huh.
Ah, are you staying here?
Hold on.
I just did my job.
Chief, check this out. They are like new, huh?
Look at this, it's Swiss. I make you a special price.
- What should I do? I already have one. - Yes, but this is a serious watch.
Then no offense, but yours doesn't have the brand.
I'll show you something else.
Look at that trinket!
- Such a thing is not found. - Pretty.
But what am I to do with this?
I took it for a redhead, but it didn't go well.
I showed it to Anna. She liked it, but "fury".
He couldn't afford it. I would have saved her, but nothing.
- How much does it cost? - I paid ten lire for it, but five for you.
You know, it's a no-brainer,
but women value thinking.
You are right.
Bravo, five lire.
Yes, and the five lire?
I have something for you.
I already told you, you don't owe me anything.
It is not what you think. These are the keys to the restaurant.
As a precaution. I want someone you trust to keep her.
What do you have in common with those people?
Never mind.
You are all like that.
But who you?
I don't know who you are, not to mention what your friend said about you.
What? That I have killed people?
I had no choice. Do you want to know if it was fun?
It wasn't. For nothing.
Back from the front we had to go around in civilian clothes.
For fear of clashes, for your friends.
- Which? - Those who threw stones at officers.
The invalids also had to hide.
We were hated, frowned upon.
We were convinced that on our return they would throw flowers for us.
Never mind. What did Osvaldo tell you the other morning?
He asked me to go out with him. An intimate dinner. A private party.
What did you tell him?
That I was busy.
With you... That we would go to the cinema together.
The first thing that came to my mind.
Either way, he left me alone and you understand for yourself why.
He wanted to respect his friend. This is how it works between men, doesn't it?
We finished. If you want, go.
I do not want to. We are fighting now.
Stay, then.
No, I'm going home.
I was waiting for you.
- Five hundred. - Thanks thanks thanks.
Thank you.
- Are you coming to see me? - Mmm.
Use the napkin.
The lipstick, here.
That woman, Amelia...
We were supposed to get married.
Now, when I think about it, it feels like someone else's life.
When I got back from the war, she wasn't there.
She had left for Rome. Nobody knew what to do.
Someone told me he worked in the theater.
So I decided to surprise her.
I thought she was a dressing gown or something.
Then I saw her, mmm!
She was beautiful.
He had his own number. He danced, sang.
She looked like... she was born to be an actress.
I left and started helping my father here.
So, without thinking too much about it.
Then she came back and told me she got
tired that she wasn't happy with that world.
That wasn't...
Which was not... what he imagined, in short.
It was not the life he had imagined.
Um, my father had recently died.
The knight asked me to work here for him.
He was very fond of my father.
He comes to see me every now and then when I need something.
But it's not his fault.
I had returned from the war.
Back, then! Maybe I never came back.
We're closed tomorrow. Day off.
Now? Anything. It doesn't work, it doesn't work.
He fooled me again.
- I can't get it to work. - No?
No, Giovanni sold it to me. What a rip off.
How? That's enough.
I'm taking it downstairs. What are you doing here? We are closed.
I was walking around, but everyone is listening to the radio.
- Pretty dress. - Thank you.
Take the key from the pocket.
Here you are.
We should clean up here if you give me permission.
That woman, Amelia... Were you happy with her?
Do you mind if we don't talk about it?
Inaudible voice
Sorry for first.
I don't know why I said those things about that woman.
I don't even know her.
It's your business, I have no right.
She is a beautiful woman though.
Radio: The king emperor and the fuhrer...
Look what peace!
Everyone in town hears the radio for Hitler's visit.
We have to thank him.
- Who? - Like who? Hitler.
Are you witty today, huh?
Ah... I almost forgot.
Yeah, um, I thought that...
Yes, I know what you are going to say.
It's a trivial thing. You didn't know what to do with it.
Wait.
Radio: The Italian people accept all duties.
Here you are.
What type are you?
Can not see it?
Not all.
What about you instead?
You have built a beautiful wall.
It is difficult to look beyond.
Even if every now and then a crack opens.
And what do you see?
A good boy.
But there are beautiful women hanging around you.
I will not say that you are a good girl, you are not.
"A good boy" you say? I would not like to disappoint you.
Radio: The fuhrer and the duce take their places in the
stands where his majesty impetrator sits to watch the parade.
"One o 'clock jump" by Count Basie
Inaudible dialogue
- Hi, Luciano. - See you, knight.
What is it that puts you in a good mood?
People out. They want simple things.
Who falls in love, who wants to dance.
Those who start a family, have children and then dress up for a walk.
I like to dress well and go for a walk without
thinking about anything, even if I don't do it anymore.
What is stopping you?
Alone after a while you get bored.
Are you okay alone?
That's what I do best.
Who knows why I don't see the things you see.
On the third floor, the lawyer's children stay at home all day.
Absurd, crazy.
He's like the colonel, look at him there.
He also made the march on Rome. Then they also took off his uniform.
Maybe we should remove some tables.
Better to see fewer than empty.
They didn't bring the wine. They do as they please.
Could you take care of it?
Click of lock
If you wait for me, I'll take you.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
No.
There is no need.
As you wish.
These?
Looks like you're going to tell me something I'm not going to like.
Is it for something I did? Was I rude to you?
- Ninth. On the contrary. - So?
Don't ask me why, but it's better if I don't come anymore.
You will find someone else better than me.
This is not difficult.
Perhaps...
Is this job not suitable for you? You have studied.
Maybe you got a better offer, I would understand.
Although I would be very sorry.
Now I can't imagine this place without you anymore.
For real?
Forget it, I could cause you problems
and you have been nice to me.
Wich problems? What are you saying?
- I'm done, see you tomorrow. - Good night, Maria.
Anna? Why don't you look at me?
- Huh? - Anna is not my name.
My documents are fake.
How? What would your name be?
Esther.
Esther Bauer.
Are you Jewish?
Why fake documents? We are not in Germany.
Jews are not persecuted here.
They just lose their jobs. We cannot teach in school.
My brother can't go to university.
Dad sold everything and who knows where he is
with my mother but it's not that bad after all.
We're not in Germany... Not yet.
Then there was this work.
For a while I deluded myself that
Esther no longer existed that I was Anna
that in this place I had found something.
- Why don't you tell me? - I'll tell you now.
Here we go.
I accompany you.
Hey.
Thank you.
What happens now?
What are you and me to do?
I would go to the market.
Come with me?
Buzz
Thank you.
- Jacopo. - You see it?
Take this stuff and put it away. Here.
Inaudible dialogue
How long to bring bread!
- Sorry. - Anything. Arrive earlier in the next few days.
- Wait, I'll help you. - I do it by myself.
Because? It costs me nothing.
I live with mom, but I do everything myself. I also wash the dishes, you know?
I grew up here, mom worked in the kitchen and I helped her. I liked.
- Move those tables to the back. - Of course.
Come on.
That boy, Corrado, will help us.
Not always, every now and then.
He's kind and then you know him. Stands for you.
Maybe it won't help, but you decide.
Look, we keep calling ourselves you at work.
I say this especially for you.
It is you who command.
Thunder Mary?
We bring the bill to those gentlemen and to the one over there so we close.
He is Emile.
He needs a place to stay.
And my husband.
He shouldn't have come here.
But who was supposed to host it was afraid.
He has to hide. If they find it...
You are the only one who can help us. I don't know who to go to.
I pretend you didn't say anything.
- We just think about closing. - What is this you?
There is no one left. They all left.
I can't keep it here. I don't know where to put it.
In the basement. Even just for tonight.
A couple of days. Nobody will notice.
Hold on. Use these.
I'm not going back down.
Tell him not to make noise and not to turn on the light.
I am tired. I go to sleep.
I never wanted that to happen. I'm sorry.
Yes, yes...
But I would like to know one thing. You could have told me that you are married.
What else should I expect? Esther? Anna?
Now this husband.
Did you know he was coming?
- Did you know that before... - No.
I have also helped you. I almost believed it.
For me there is no Emile, no Esther.
There is only one waitress named Anna.
One last thing. That has to go and you too.
Good night.
A door slams
You don't look happy.
No, they are, but it's too dangerous here.
Even in Paris it is no longer safe. They all left.
Anyone who has remained is at risk of arrest.
I was tired of being away from you.
I want to sleep with you tonight.
We can not.
Tomorrow I'll bring you another blanket, you'll feel cold.
There is a bathroom in the hall, but be careful.
There may be customers during the day.
I haven't known about you for a year. You don't know what I imagined.
I thought you had another one.
I never stopped thinking of you.
And you?
I'll try to come early tomorrow. I see what I can find.
Do you trust him?
Yes, I trust you.
But he is always a fascist.
He makes absurd speeches.
We need to darken that window and clean up.
We think about it tomorrow.
These are dirty.
I wash them.
Good night. Lock the door and keep it closed, please.
- Until tomorrow. - I imagined her different the first night with you here.
Me too.
"Vivo" by Andrea Laszlo De Simone
Buzz
- I brought the vegetables. - It was time.
He's been here for three days and you haven't gone to talk to him.
Who are you talking about?
He's a good guy. Is nice.
You are very kind.
- Even though he's young, he knows a lot. - I'm taking this over there.
Anyway, at least you should talk to Anna.
She thinks you are angry with her. You've seen how it works, haven't you?
Everyone listens to her.
Why did you tell John? You could have asked before you did.
I talked to Emile.
In a couple of days it will settle elsewhere.
However, I only told Giovanni.
There is something else I would like to tell you.
On the contrary...
Which I would like to tell you.
Once you talked about the good things
that fascism would do and I was silent.
But there is no well-being.
No future possible.
No people can be happy if they make a fool of themselves.
Those people today applaud
you but they do it out of fear.
Tomorrow they will despise you.
Today they think they are getting something at the expense of others.
- Who else? - Those who are sick and silent.
- Those who run away and hide like the one below? -What?
If one goes into hiding, he has done something wrong.
And you?
- You who? - You, not you. You want.
- Didn't you hide yourself? - Where was I hiding?
Here, lame, behind that shop window where you see things that don't exist.
You look tired.
You work too much.
Two broths, a minestrone and a pasta and beans.
- Are the broccoli not ready? - Calm down, calm is needed.
What are these ordinations? The pasta and potatoes is still here!
- What am I doing? Do you eat it? - You're right, I'll take care of it.
Of course I'm right! He must tell me that I'm right!
Where did this come from? Eh, Maria?
- What do you want, Giovanni? - I was right, wasn't I?
- Get up a little. - What did I say?
You've been busy here.
Wait, don't go. I haven't thanked her yet.
Then I never speak to anyone other than my wife.
Please sit down.
I was writing an article.
It's for a magazine.
Against fascism.
Against fascism?
- I don't think like you do. - I know, Esther told me.
But I don't understand why he agreed to hide from us.
These are poems. Are beautiful.
Although the poet thinks like her.
Oh yes? And how do I think?
He's a fascist, isn't he? Like the majority of Italians.
You make it too easy.
Ungaretti waged war like
her and told it in her poems.
It's funny, but there is nothing fascist in his words.
Not even he has noticed it and not even
she notices that he does nothing fascist.
If you say so...
Take this too, if you haven't read it.
You can stay here.
Until you find a safe place, but always close the door.
Inaudible voice
Gentlemen, the documents.
Inaudible dialogue
Mario! Look good in uniform. Take a seat.
Buzz
- Professor. - Good morning.
- What do you say? - Eh...
What do you want us to say?
"Mala tempora currunt sed peiora parantur."
Excuse me.
But what does that mean, professor?
That we will go from bad to worse.
- May I have some oil? - Of course.
You, professor, who taught at the university?
- I was teaching Law. - Ah. - Mmm.
Have you sworn allegiance to fascism?
Sure sure. I was among the first.
So?
Should I leave my students in the hands of these madmen?
But in doing so... I shied away from responsibility
and denied everything I had believed in.
I have forgotten the Antigone, Socrates
the legitimacy of positive law
and I have lost Kant's words.
Well, of course.
Disobeying a wrong law is sometimes a must, boy.
- Bring this dish to the customer or it gets cold. - Yes. - Go.
- Professor? - Mmm? - Be careful what you say.
Especially these days. "Mala tempora", as you say.
I am now too old, too shabby.
What would they do with me?
Had I been as agile as a gazelle as I
once was, I would have shown it to him.
And then the words I hear around, so stupid and terrible.
Have you heard how people talk about war?
You've been there. He knows something about it, doesn't he?
Eat, professor. Eat.
- Burn? - No.
I have to go back upstairs.
We need to try to get a letter through.
- Do not say anything? - I do not have anything to say.
I live for the day and I worry you won't get caught.
If I have to bring a letter, I do, don't ask me anything else.
Wait up.
Excuse me. "Excuse-moi".
I'm here all day, can't talk to anyone.
Not even with you.
I'm sorry.
Ah, are you here?
I hadn't seen you.
Take the pasta and chickpeas to the colonel.
To the Jewish colonel?
He's a decorated war colonel, go.
What did I say? He's Jewish, isn't he?
They are not like us. We are Italian.
It will also be decorated, but they have taken the uniform back.
- What's in his head? - Does not understand.
Don't put yourself in it too. Kitchen.
- Francis. - Luciano.
- What do you say? - It's black, Luciano.
You don't see a penny. People don't have a penny.
You understand? You don't work. Buzz
- There's nothing to do. - Anything? - Anything.
Eh, we manage.
- What do you want to do? - See you. - Hello.
Hello.
Inaudible voice
- Osvaldo. - Luciano.
The dorm just came and brought these. Sit down here.
- Take something? A coffee? - No.
Look, these are all people plotting against the government.
There is everything. Delinquents, Jews, inverted Communists.
Someone is hiding in France, someone in Switzerland.
Someone tries to escape further to America.
Someone else comes to piss me off here by hiding.
Maybe... Do you know this?
Romolo Baldini. He was a trade unionist.
- Never seen. - This?
Emile Costa. He is a Frenchman. Although now he calls himself...
Julien Sorel. What a fucking name!
We still don't understand what he came here to do.
Ah, he was also in Spain with the Republicans.
Our folks in France say he's married to Esther.
She is Italian... Jewish.
- That's all we know. - Osvaldo, why are you telling me?
Someone says he saw them walking around here.
- Around here where? - Here.
In our part. They will have entered here.
No, I've never seen them.
Come on, Luciano. We are not in Rome. Here we all know each other.
- Take a good look at them. - Yup...
Lots of people come in here, huh.
Maybe they come, eat, pay and never come back.
I've never seen these. Never. I'm sure.
You, Miss Costanzi? Nothing escapes you. Come here.
Have you seen this?
No, I've never seen it.
Safe?
Yes, I would remember.
Are you new?
- Yes. - He just arrived.
- Sometimes he gives us a hand. - Take a look too.
No, I've never seen it.
Too bad, I often go after someone
who claims to have seen things.
They call for everything, it's a craze.
It is almost always wasted effort for us.
A boy denounced his father.
I know him, good man. Do you know what I've done?
I gave him a slap and off you go! Oh well...
We just wasted time, but thanks for the coffee.
What are you doing? Do you smoke now?
- Since when have you been smoking? - Recently, a few days.
You smoke too, don't you? It's bothering you? Do I turn it off?
Since when have you known Osvaldo?
- Who? - Like who? The Lucchini comrade.
Ah, him! No, I didn't know him.
I saw it the other day. He was with you, wasn't he?
You are friends, aren't you?
But he has made a career, huh?
- Go back to work. - Of course.
I finish and go.
Maybe it's better if you go back to the kitchen or do something else.
- I'll take care of it here, you look tired. - What is it, mmm? What did I do?
You always send me to the kitchen. Are you hiding me?
- I just said I'll take care of it. - Sure, think of everything.
Everyone must stay in his place, in silence and in the kitchen.
Nothing matters. Here no questions are asked.
Do you understand, Corrado? It also applies to you.
- We need to talk. - Speak?
- Can it be here? What a news! - Here we go.
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- Because? - Look at us. - Who?
- Tell me something. - What?
Everything. Why are you like this?
Because I'm this way?
You saw those photos too.
- They'll find out and arrest us. - They won't find us.
But be careful of Corrado. I saw it with Osvaldo.
Do not look. I asked him and he denied it.
Did he ask you something? Did you tell him something?
I don't know, now you confuse me.
- Mmm, no, I didn't tell him. - Hug me, hug me.
You better think there is something between us.
Because? Is there something between us?
Radio: Salute to the Duce.
Fighters...
Of land, sea, air.
Black shirts of the revolution and the legions.
Men and women of Italy, the Empire and the Kingdom of Albania.
Listen!
Cheers from the radio
Radio: The time marked by destiny
beats in the sky of our homeland.
Time for irrevocable decisions!
The declaration of war has already been delivered
to the ambassadors of Great Britain and France.
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Radio: Let's take the field
against the plutocratic and reactionary
democracies of the West that at all times
they have hindered the march
and often undermined existence itself
of the Italian people.
- I can not believe it. - To what?
To this war.
How did this happen?
Nothing changes for me.
Bring some wine when you get back.
But are you listening to me?
No, you listen to me.
It's difficult for me too.
Hitler arrived in Paris, but it is better this way.
The war will end the regime.
- Then it makes no difference to me. Ask me what time it is. - What do you say?
Ask me what I will do tomorrow or what the weather will be like.
If we're going to the cinema or the theater and see that.
I don't know anything since I've been in here.
I can't wait for a bomb to fall up here and...
Let a hole open from where you can see something else!
I don't know who you are or what you do when you're out there.
If there is still something that binds us or if
in your thoughts there is another in my place.
Sirens
- Get up. - The master's here.
- I'm going away, it's better. - It's better.
But how is it that you don't leave? What did you make up?
Don't you mind? If it weren't for mom, I would have left voluntarily.
Do you want to see something?
Beautiful, huh? So when it happens...
I can be useful, right?
Eh... Here, bim boom bam. Pasta and chickpeas on two.
Make yourself useful now, go, and don't let me see this again.
Take this gun away. Do you understand, yes?
Now go away though.
He's a real kid.
Buzz
- Luciano. - Osvaldo.
We saw Amelia's show. You should see it, she is very good.
Sing, dance and this, see? He lost his mind for her.
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Who thought we allied with the Germans!
They are heartless people, not like us. Great soldiers, for heaven's sake.
But the Duce made a masterpiece. This war will deflate.
But thanks to him we will sit at the head of the table and
with the Germans we will divide the colonies of the English.
I have heard that things are not going well in Greece.
Luciano, you don't understand a shit about foreign policy.
- Bring us food. - Yup.
Set the table for the gentlemen. Think about it.
Music from the radio
They knock
Music from the radio
But why don't you open?
I told you not to make noise and turn on the radio.
Don't smoke, you can smell it. Did you understand what I said?
- Did you understand what I said? - Yup.
- I have to turn off the light. - Yup.
Yup...
Lock release Yes.
This is for your friend.
He wanted a special dish made especially for him.
I don't have time to waste, I'm not having fun here.
If he did the dish himself!
Buzz
- Thank you. - Respectfully speaking, I break my balls at the theater.
I am, I am...
Sit down. Meet some people.
Get a chair.
- This boy... - What is he doing? - He has clear ideas.
What are you doing, do you sit down? Do you want me to bring you something?
- Go to the kitchen. - Sorry, I'm going.
Come on, Luciano. We're having fun.
He has been working here for a few months. I think...
I didn't want to come, but he insisted.
But no, you did well. Go back to your friends.
We haven't seen each other lately.
You didn't look for me.
I was busy.
- What about that girl? - Which girl?
How many girls work here? I only see one.
She is a good girl. Every now and then you meet one.
The other day in Rome they took us to Celio.
There was also a famous actress.
They had mounted the lights and the director was telling us what we had to do.
As if it were a movie.
Except...
Only what?
We went to the beds and there were 18, 20 year old boys.
They came from Albania.
Almost all of them had a leg amputated, some an arm.
Others even both.
They waited and screamed, they called their mother.
Oh, but are you crazy?
We are at the table. You made me lose my appetite.
Do you want some advice? Sing us a good song.
- Forget the cinema. - Yes, a song. - Yup.
Yes... Let's sing.
Sing along with me.
On the contrary, you start and I will follow you.
I've been singing all evening.
Give me a hand.
Your name is Anna, right?
- Yes. - Sing and don't get scared by these guys.
The first song that comes to your mind, Anna.
Miss, don't make a fuss.
- Thanks, I don't want to. - A song.
One song only.
Force.
Tell Me About Love Mariù.
You are all my life.
Your beautiful eyes shine.
Dream flames sparkle.
Tell me what an illusion it is not.
Tell me that you are all to me.
Here on your heart I no longer suffer.
Tell me about love...
Mariù.
Let's go home, come on.
Laughs
Do you mind if I go with them?
- Go ahead, Corrado. I'll handle that. - Thanks, Luciano.
Laughs
Thunder - Come on! - Rains!
You are all my life.
Your beautiful eyes shine! - Osvaldo, I'm coming too!
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Wait, come on. Please, come on.
Please wait. Please, please!
Please.
What are you doing here? Don't have a home?
Maria, go to sleep, go.
Look, I don't like how you talk. Do you want to choose customers?
They are your friends. I wouldn't have made them eat.
- Give me this thing. - Anyway, don't mind me.
Um, it comes like this, I can't help it.
Then I do my job, right? You can't complain.
- Anna where is she? - In the basement. Where do you want me to be?
Listen, if you say another word, I'll kick you out.
Understood? I'm really kicking you out.
Did I ever tell you that you are touchy?
Here, I tell you. You are touchy. Now I don't speak anymore.
I shut up, yes.
I think I'm kicking you out. I'm kicking you out, it's the right time.
- Anna. - Corrado. - I was looking for you.
Above they fight and I wanted to talk. Keep me company. Are you alone?
What happens?
Who is this man?
- I explain to you. - What can you explain to me?
You don't explain anything to me.
Now come with me and tell everything to whoever I say.
Are you moving?
Now I start with one of you two.
Corrado, wait.
Go upstairs. Go.
Go up.
- What happened? - Nothing, nothing, give me a hand.
- Yes. - Let's put it there, come on.
Let's take it there.
Here, wait.
Go upstairs. You go upstairs.
- What do we do now? - I'll take care of him.
I've known him since he was a "frechì". Stay with Anna.
How long have I known you?
You were five or six.
Your mother used to help us in the kitchen from time to time.
It was carried with you.
We all loved you.
What happened to you? What did I do to you?
I even gave you a job.
What happened to me? What happened to you?
Do you agree with those?
What should I do with you now? Tell me.
I am stupid and I thought...
Go home and pretend nothing has happened.
You just have a little headache left. Am I stupid?
Those two in two days go away
and everything returns as before.
- Does it hurt? - No, it's nothing.
So?
What do you want me to do?
Anna is also nice to me and I don't know who he is.
Do you want to know what I've been thinking about for a couple of days?
I would like to find a position, a girlfriend and start a family.
Even for mom, poor thing. Now she will also be worried.
Then I go.
I have a little bit of a headache. You gave me a good bludgeon.
What do I do tomorrow? If you need it, I'll come.
Thanks, Luciano. Thank you.
This, however, I take it back.
Put that thing down. Don't bullshit.
And to think that I feared you!
The great Luciano.
The untouchable. The friend of fascism.
But I've never seen you at a meeting or even in a black shirt.
You hid well. It will be a surprise for Osvaldo.
Go home, I'm tired.
Stop, don't move! Can't wait to shoot you.
Did you give me a job?
You gave me alms! I never liked you.
The war veteran, the decorated one.
You're just a lame.
If it wasn't your father who were you?
Did you think I was staying here and being a waiter for you?
I have plans, me. A little bigger.
Luckily you helped me tonight.
Now let's go to your friends. You with that bitch and that other.
You make me sick. Disgust!
Let's go and call. Walk.
- Do you know what they taught me in the war? - No, you tell me.
That you always have to think.
Use the head.
You don't have to look only ahead, but also around.
I shoot
Metallic noise
Oh, you got me.
- You got me. - It's nothing.
It's nothing. Breathe.
- Now you get over it. - Where is my mom?
Don't worry, now it's over.
- I'm cold. - It's nothing.
Now pass, breathe. Just think about breathing.
Understood?
Mom...
Think about breathing.
- Mom... - It's nothing.
Breathe.
- You have done? - Yes. - Go.
Aah!
Go.
What's up?
Nothing, I was worried.
I was afraid of not seeing you anymore.
I was at sea.
I have friends with a fishing boat. It leaves in a week.
Have you been to the sea?
- Did you understand what I said? - Yup.
You have to take me to the sea.
Do you promise me?
I promise you.
It would be nice, wouldn't it?
Take a walk on the beach.
I would wear a red dress and maybe you would tell
me that the dress is short and you don't like red.
Red is too flashy.
- Mrs. Elsa. - Luciano.
- Do you need anything? - Corrado didn't come back tonight.
I was wondering if he was staying with you.
No, today is not his turn. Last night he did later.
We worked harder than usual. He must have found some company.
Madam, take a seat. I'll make you a coffee.
Don't call me lady. I think you're talking to someone else.
Here it is.
Don't look at me. I haven't even combed my hair.
It's coffee coffee. It is hardly found anymore.
We have some for ourselves, but I gladly give it to you.
You are good.
I am happy that Corrado works here for you.
He can learn something. Meanwhile, he can learn.
You are like an older brother to him.
You will see that he has met someone.
- Maybe he's already home. You know what young people are like. - Yup.
He will stay at home.
John.
Luciano... Do you know something?
- Mrs. Elsa, what do I need to know? - Call me Elsa, I told you.
If you knew anything, you would tell me.
Eh, Luciano?
Why should I hide it from you?
Sorry, sorry.
I can't think of what happened to him.
In fact now I'm going. Maybe stay at home.
- But yeah. - Let me go and see.
Thanks, Luciano.
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Inaudible dialogue
Gentlemen, I'm sorry to interrupt.
You must immediately clear out the room.
Be kind and hurry. Thank you.
- What happens? - It's a search.
You bring together all the people who work in the restaurant.
- Osvaldo, can I talk to you? - Lawyer, hello. Dorm room. You're welcome.
Comrade, to what do I owe this search?
They reported the disappearance of a person who worked here.
Is it about Corrado? His mother came days ago.
I would have come today to tell you about it.
Look everywhere.
Are there any other clubs here? A warehouse, a cellar?
Yes, a cellar where we put the things we no longer use.
Take us to this winery.
Follow me.
He worked here that night. Then we thought he came with you.
We saw you go out, you talked.
Then we didn't see him again.
We thought he had spent the night
out and that he had been a hangover.
We are all fond of Corrado.
I encouraged Luciano to let him work here.
He only took shifts, but he was always useful.
Let's hope nothing happened.
Was he behaving strangely? Was there something that worried him?
- No. - No, I would say no.
But he told me one thing.
He had great admiration for you.
And did he tell you? Were you in confidence?
Well... Confidence is a big word.
Everyone here minds his own business.
The professor, huh? He had a bad time.
We didn't do anything to him, but he was afraid.
I offered him a glass of wine and we became friends.
So we chatted.
But you are used to lying.
- The? No because? - Well...
The kitchen is the place of cheating.
Say "I cooked it just for you", "it's fresh".
Use spices to cover the flavor of the expired
goods behind the appearance of a beautiful dish.
We are done here.
- You come with us instead. - Why, sorry? What did he do?
There are many enemies of fascism.
The worst are those like him who do not serve the country.
- I'm amazed at you, Luciano. - Wait a minute.
- You said it was all right. - Sorry, boss.
That asshole said he was taking
care of it but he took the watch.
Listens. At the front, get yourself put in the kitchen, you are so strong.
You will make yourself love. We're waiting for you.
- We're always here. - Go Go. - John. - Go.
The knight will come to the police station and will not be happy with all this.
We have nothing on you and this
other one for now but you're screwing up.
I didn't understand it, but I have an idea. I can't help you, Luciano.
Although I don't know what it is...
It's better if you don't do this bullshit.
You have to go back down. They are gone.
I don't want them to search here too.
Have they gone away? Esther?
All good for now.
We've been a big problem for her.
I would have gladly done without.
They took Giovanni away.
We shouldn't have involved her.
Yeah, but it's not your fault.
You have to go back to the cellar. Try not to attract attention.
I took care of hiding your things.
Do you want to know something?
In the end I like her.
You don't, but don't take it. It is not personal.
So he did all this for Esther?
No...
For Anna.
I don't even know who Esther is.
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Voices inaudible
Shattered glass
They knock
Enter.
Emile and I would like to leave you our books.
I will have a lot of time to read them.
They are not forbidden books.
We can also fix them here.
How will you do without Giovanni?
I do not know.
We need to think about your departure.
I'm not leaving you here.
I can't leave you alone.
I will not do that.
You don't say anything?
Go down to the restaurant, we have to behave as usual.
It's for tomorrow night.
Esther.
Maybe you could come with us.
Here it has become dangerous for you too.
Yup.
"Yes, what?
Anything.
What were you going to say?
Come on.
That you changed my life.
Every day I ran to come to the restaurant because you were there.
Here, do you see how you are?
It is not fair.
It doesn't apply now. You should have said that first.
Then you and I have nothing in common.
I'd be bored to death with you.
- What's up? Are you afraid, aren't you? - Yup.
Here it is.
The man all in one piece.
The one who killed five Austrians with a bayonet on the Ortigara.
You think you can't do it, right?
To be without me.
You met me and you understood that you have never loved anyone like that.
Suddenly you realized that there is no point in being alone, right?
Because I'm needed like air, right?
Yes, it's true. You are as necessary to me as air.
I'm afraid too.
I'm afraid we're making a huge mistake.
I'm not leaving without you.
- Comrade, what's going on? - There's a landslide.
Nothing serious, you can go, but be careful.
You shouldn't travel at night these days.
We are at war, comrade.
- Go ahead. - Thank you.
What do we do now?
Let's wait.
Thank you.
Have a good trip.
Good luck.
Eventually you took me to the sea.
As soon as I can, I'll let you hear from me.
Promise you will do the same.
And how? How?
Just promise.
Promise that you will work hard so that nothing happens to you.
I promise you.
This war...
Yes, well, when it's all over...
We can always meet again, right?
Why not?
"Vivo" by Andrea Laszlo De Simone
I live.
But I have no choice or reason.
The world is an irrational type.
Do as you please.
It gives no explanation.
It suits you...
Seize the time that remains.
Before it stops burning
inside your heart
even the smallest ideal...
Who is trembling with terror.