Dino! Wake up, it's late.
Come on, Dino, wake up.
Does Mr. Dino Versini live here?
Why?
More taxes for the electrical goods shop.
It went bankrupt for more than a year. Since when is it also taxed?
It's the second notice. Afterward, it's foreclosure.
I'm sorry, but here you'll foreclose nothing. Everything's mine.
The apartment is in my name. So take your paper and good-bye.
But aren't you his wife?
No, I'm not his wife. Bye.
Why not try the door across the hall?
Wake up, Dino. It's late.
Come on.
I was just having a superb dream.
Onassis, on his knees, was asking me for money.
I was saying to him: "Look, Aristotel, times are hard for me also. "
All this in greek.
It's not late, it's only 7h30.
It's a quarter to nine.
A quarter to nine?
Damn!
That's where buying a watch from a friend gets you.
What a jerk, this Nando!
6,000 lire thrown out of the window.
A quarter to nine... I have to meet my son at 9h.
It's not true! I had asked you to wake me up.
You did it on purpose, didn't you?
I've called you six times.
Yes, sure...
And now, what am I going to do?
My wife's lawyer has summoned me at 9.
A quarter of an hour it's not enough. I've got to shave, get dressed...
- Do I have a clean shirt? - Yes.
Do you think Robertino will recognise me?
Why don't we make a handsome boy?
Or a beautiful little girl. Would you like that?
Don't talk nonsense. Come on, hurry up.
If you're late, you're wife...
Damn encyclopedia! You haven't sold not even one.
Yes, I did sell one.
Yes, the client disappeared after the first installment.
He didn't disappear, he went to jail.
Someone came to ask for the taxes for the shop.
I'll talk to Casotti. Taxes, it's something he knows.
- Here, it will get cold. - Thanks.
It's hot.
I've introduced Casotti to Mr. Rigoni.
He almost cut his income taxes in half..
Introducing them
made me 200,000 lire.
Did you get it?
No, I will, tomorow, or the day after tomorrow.
I'll call him today.
- Where's my shirt? - Right under your nose.
O, yes.
"Hello. Your shirt is as good as new. "
Washed, ironed, and burnt. Damn it!
Are you going to the beach?
On this heat, I will go after office.
Aren't you going to feel lost without me?
You'll be with your son. That is if you'll not be free at 2 o'clock.
I haven't seen him in five years.
I can spend the whole day with him, can't I?
Am I young for a father?
Come on, hurry up.
Yesterday, I've been offered a pair of beavers.
You can raise them at home.
It breeds very quickly.
In one year, we'll have 200. In two years...
I can drop you at the hotel, if you want.
No, take me to the garage, I'll rent a car.
I can lend you mine.
No, otherwise you'll be late.
And how will you go at the beach?
One of my colleagues could take me.
No, I'll find a car at the garage.
And don't drive on the middle of the road.
Have you got any money?
Yes. But the guy at the garage is a friend.
He never asks for money.
And I don't want one more dime from you, it's humiliating.
Here, 10,000 lire.
20,000, would be better..
You're keeping track of this, yes? I must owe you around 100,000.
Maybe a little more, but not much more.
I'd say 160,000.
That's what I said.
If I tell you I've only got this Seicento.
Do you expect me to drive my son around in a Seicento ?
Why? Doesn't he fit in?
You don't understand anything. Have you got kids?
Five of them. Want them? I'll give them to you.
Happy you, for having had the courage of dumping wife and kid!
You know how to live.
In our days, you must free, without strings.
Give me this one.
It belongs to an Americain a little...
It's 20 000 lire for every 100 km.
If I give it to you, what am I left with?
Then take the Seicento!
Wouldn't you be interessed in an Encyclopedie Britannica?
24 volumes, all in English,
with an appendix and...
No, you're not interessed. Look what I've got!
Paris, Crazy Horse.
Strip-tease.
Show me.
You want it? It's yours.
- Give me the keys. - 20,000, Dino.
A nice tax cut.
One of my school mates is a manager with the Revenue Service.
Who knows how much you're paying...
It's not me that pays it, it's the owner who does. If he does...
Alright...
I'll leave it as security.
It's a 150 000 lire swiss watch. Take care of it.
Take this.
Fill it up right away, or it'll leave you in the middle of the road.
She drinks a lot, worse than my mother-in-law!
Robertino.
Come here.
How you've grown up.
Give daddy a hug.
Daddy! Daddy!
Mr. Versini?
Yes.
I'm your son's nurse.
I'm sorry for being a little late.
My necktie...
Where is Robertino?
He's coming down right now.
And my wife?
She had to leave at 9 o'clock.
Robertino...
Let's go.
One moment.
The little one can't eat everything.
Here's the list with what he musn't eat.
And do bring him back at 20:00 precisely,
because he eats at 20:30 and goes to bed at 21:00.
You can speak German? What d'you know!
What has she told you?
To be a good boy.
Well done, Robertino.
Here's mother.
Take this into my room.
Of course, madame.
Anna!
Hello, Dino.
How're you?
Well, and you?
Say hello to mother.
We already have. Isn't it so?
More than half an hour ago.
Am I stupid or what?!
You look very well. Younger, more beautiful...
Taller...
You also look well.
Is business going better?
Yes, much better.
I have a lot of work to do, and very little spare time.
What if the three of us went out?
Let's go in the countryside.
Like in th eold good days, when I was pushing his pram
and you...
No, it's better you two go alone. I've got things to do.
If that's the case, I could drive you.
I've got a new American car, I've just bought it.
Madame? Alitalia calling.
One moment.
I'm sorry, we'll meetin the evening. This morning,
I'm very busy.
Remember to be back at 20:00 sharp.
The little one must be in bed by 21:00.
- Agreed. - Bye.
Right turn!
Hello? I confirm for tomorrow afternoon.
Yes, three seats. To Geneva.
She's beautiful mother, isn't she?
A little cold, but as beautiful as usual.
But you ressemble me.
Same nose.
Same sticking out ears.
Last time I saw you,
you were that big.
What's your height?
1.32m.
1.32m?
At 7 years...
Over 8.
Yes, of course! You turned 8 on the...
On the 19th of March.
On the 7th of September.
Yes, it's true. On the 19th of March, it's your name-day.
It's Saint-Joseph on the 19th of March.
Right so.
Do you want the canon?
I already have it
Do you want the old English car?
Mother biought it for me.
And this diving American fighter?
I already have it.
But you've got everything, everything.
What can poor daddy buy for you, then?
This compass.
This little 500 lire compass... for you?
But I want to buy a...
Know what I'll buy you? A big Meccano!
Every kids dream.
When I was little I was poor, and I was given a "number 2", that was very small.
But with the big ones, you can build an Eiffel Tower, this big.
There's one in Paris 300 m high. I'll take you see it, one day.
I've already been there. There's a big restaurant on the top,
and they've made me eat duck with oranges.
It has disappeared.
It's there. Can you get to it?
Can I help you, sir?
I'm sorry, the ball fell...
No problem.
I want a big Meccano. The biggest.
Number 8.
That's it, give me a number 8.
You've got such beautiful eyes.
You know, when I was a kid I wanted to be...
Would you like being an engineer?
I'd like to be an "explace".
What's that?
An austral explorer.
Obviously you don't read "I Romanzi di Urania".
No, but, even for an explace, a nice Meccano, is very good.
I'm sorry it's a little dusty
Meccano doesn't really sell anymore.
It doesn't matter. Can I see it?
It's very beautiful.
- How much is it? - 16 000.
16 000 lires? That's why they don't sell anymore!
- Shall I wrap it up? - Yes.
- Shall I take the price tag off? - No, leave it, the mother will.
Shall we go, Robertino?
Why don't you write?
It's because the lawyer has forbidden me
any kind of direct contact with your mother.
I was not to see her, or write to her.
You know, divorce, is a complicated thing.
But I sent you a lot of postcards.
Three.
From now on, I'll write you long letters.
Can you read?
Yes, and I can also write.
- I'm writing a book. - O, yes?
Here it is.
I put down all my thoughts.
Nobody is allowed to read it, not even mother.
Fill it up with super.
No, 2,000 lire worth of regular.
It drinks a lot, this car does.
It's very fast. Do you know how much it goes?
Look. 130...
Dad, it's in miles. It goes up to 200 km/h.
See!
It drinks that much because it's fast.
Does mother have a car?
Yes, a Seicento.
A Seicento... It's rather small, isn't it?
But it's alright, for the city.
For long trips, we have a Mercedes.
But I like this one also.
Everything's electrical.
Do you want to see that window going up?
Look.
No, I got it wrong. That's it! Look at the window.
No. That's the radio.
Where is it? Yesterday...
What's this noise?
It's the top.
The top...
There has to be an electrical switch.
That's it.
What a nice Jaguar!
- The latest model, the E. - Yes.
Young man, could you fill it up?
12 cylinders.
No, 6.
True.
- How do you show 6? - Like this.
Why not like this?
I have a problem moving the thumbs.
And tell th emechanic to check up on the spark plugs and the carburetor.
I don't know why, as soon as I hit 200, the engine bumps.
She should change the points.
Oil and water fine?
I don't know, nor do I want to know.
Good-bye.
Take that!
Sherif, straight on target.
And you, James...
Jessie James, you're dead And you, Billy the Kid...
Come on, shoot!
Shoot if you're a man! Come on, shoot.
Look at the big wheel.
It's bigger in Vienna.
Dino!
Long time, no see...
Good afternoon, madame. How are you?
Very well, thank you.
And how's your husband?
- My husband? - Yes.
Well. My husband's well, thank you.
What a cute little man!
- What's your name? - Roberto Malden.
Glad to meet you.
So well brought up...
Well, good-bye.
Coming, Olimpia?
Wanna see me, know where. Call me.
Alright.
Who is it, dad?
A friend. Very influent lady, you know.
She knows a lot of people
introduces people one to another. Public relations.
- PR. - In a certain sense, yes.
Like mother.
Not exactly like mother.
Because mother...
Hold tight.
The next turn is even worse.
- Look! - Don't be afraid.
I'm not afraid.
I'm with you. It really is cool.
You see, here's where business are done in Rome.
This is my headquarters.
You see the gentleman with the briefcase? He's the best architect in Rome.
Hello, Mr. architect.
We are great friends. Those ones too.
- How is it going? - Hi, my dear.
My son.
They'll open them again, I'm telling you.
They have to...
Let's go on.
Let's sit here.
Dad, don't you have an office?
Of course I have!
A big one, in a modern glass buiding.
But that's here that I do business because I prefer direct contact.
There's important projects done here, MPs, ministers...
Dino! What are you doing here?
You're selling the kid encyclopedias?
Bye, see you.
He's a great boxing champ.
Let's see what kind of ice-cream the kid can eat.
What's this lens for?
I use it to burn fly's wings.
Poor guys, it makes them suffer.
Not at all. I cut their head first.
Well done.
He can have lemon.
A lemon ice-crem for this great kid, and a Cinzano for me.
Do you know who he is?
One of the founders of italian boy-scouts.
- Are you a boy-scout? - No.
That's not good.
You should be, you could help grannies cross the street.
Wait for me.
You're writing?
Your diary?
- Can I read? - No.
Sorry.
- Is it a secret? - Yes.
I'd also have things to write about.
All kinds of adventures.
You made the war?
I did it all.
What side where you on, the Americans' or the Germans'?
Both.
At first on the Germans' side, then on the Americans'.
Have you killed a lot of enemies?
No, because I was made a prisoner right away.
A good soldier is never made a prisoner.
He kills himself.
- Do you know the Marines' motto? - No.
- Better dead than prisoner. - And what does it mean?
It means "Better dead than prisoner. "
In Venetie they say:
"Soldier who runs stays away from trouble. "
Where were you a prisoner?
In India.
There were 87 of us.
Only important people.
To escape, we dug a tunnel...
.. that started in the camp, went under the barbed wire,
and off into the jungle.
On took turns at it, each six hours long.
I still have dirty fingernails from it.
I dug by night, 'cause I have the eyes of a cat.
We broke free, in the end.
And we stumbbled upon a Bengali envoy.
You know, with eyes like this. I jumped him, I didn't hurt him,
just knocked him out.
I took his motorcycle, and drove off, but I was shot on.
They went here, here, and there...
At a certain moment I turned around,
there was a tank there, trucks there,
with Indian, English, and the ferocious Bengali soldiers.
Then I went on a mound and, with full speed,
I went over the 2 m high barbed wire.
The only thing is that, on the other side, there was another barbed wire.
So, I turned and...
I had to give myself up.
All the others are dead. All dead, except me.
You make me talk and you don't say anything?
Don't you have anything to tell?
What should I say?
I don't know... You've travelled, known people,
you've seen things... It's been years since we haven't seen each other.
I've been in Germany, there were 12 of us.
There also was a girl, Greta.
A girl, with you? Was she cute?
She had lost her front teeth, and couldn't whistle anymore.
She got lost in the bushes one day, and we didn't find her anymore.
How come she couldn't whistle?
It's out recognition whistle,
and also our danger signal.
It's worth nothing without the oath.
Tell me, Robertino...
How do you get along with mother?
I wanted to run away once.
Why?
I was sad, because I had to go live
in another town.
And we wouldn't have been able to see anymore the only friend I got: John.
At first, I wanted to die.
Then Roby and me decided to run away.
- Did you do it? - No.
Why not?
Because I couldn't find my mountain shoes.
Couldn't Roby have lent you a pair?
But Roby is the dog!
Then, I was sent to boarding school.
The principal is 12 meters tall.
He's ugly and has moustache down to the ground.
And he breathes.
Everybody breathes.
He always breathes into your face.
But Charly Kauffman and me have decided to make him die.
We take poison and spary it on our notebooks.
When the principal takes the finger to his mouth
and then on the page, he brings poison on his tongue,
and it gets in the saliva and spreads into the body.
And the principal dies.
Unfortunately, he feels no pain.
Indiens put this poison on their arrows.
- He'll be all green. - That's mean boys stuff.
Mother makes me confess every month.
I tell the priest everything and I'm good again.
Uncle Eric is protestant. He doesn't believe in the Virgin.
But I do. I've even dreamed her.
But tell me...
This uncle Eric...
I knew mother's brother, but his name was Antonio.
Is that him?
Short hair, glasses and his own jet.
And he even knows how to make smoke rings.
Can you?
Smoke rings?
Of course. I always make them.
Show me.
It's windy, you can't make them today.
And besides, it's tough with filter cigarettes.
But I know a trick uncle Eric doesn't know. Watch.
Bravo.
Saw it? Uncle Eric su...
Say to him to do it Eric.
Shall we go?
Alvaro!
That's the Zoo and we've already been there.
The EUR pool is here.
Is there no place you'd like to go?
Haven't you got any friends you'd like to visit?
Yes, one. But he's in Geneva.
And in Rome?
I know the elevator boy. He's very nice.
But mother doesn't want me speaking to him.
- What's his name? - Remo.
He's ten, and already has hair in his ears.
Perfect.
Want to pick him up at the hotel?
No, Thursday is his day off.
- Don't you know where he lives? - I do.
Let's go then.
What a beautiful car!
It's a crate.
Is it a boat?
Wanna bet there's a bidet?
What are you doing? Come play.
Can't you see? It's a war relic.
It's 11 - 8.
Hi, Roberto.
Dad, he's Remo.
Hi, Remo.
Wanna play?
Keep my coat, dad.
Pass it.
I got it.
Back to me.
That's how it's done.
Like this.
I got it.
And a header.
Look at Rivera.
Good practice!
Like this, like this, and like this.
Watch the shoot!
And...
Who's this sucker?
He's my father.
Roberto...
Let's go.
Let's see how smart you are.
There's a boatman,
a goat, a wolf and a cabbage.
He must get them across the river.
I know it.
The goat mustn't eat the cabbage and the wolf mustn't eat the goat.
It's very easy.
I'm listening.
Tell me in 10 seconds how he does it. One,
two, three...
The boatman takes the wolf on the other bank
Then he takes the goat, and leaves the cabbage...
No, he comes back to take the cabbage and leaves the goat.
No, the cabbage takes the goat...
He takes the wolf.
It's over, you're out.
- Do you want some swiss francs? - No.
- Spanish pesetas? - No.
Give me 10 dollars.
- These ones? - Yes.
10 dollars, it's a lot of lire.
Then, the french banknote.
- This one? - Yes.
- And you give me firecrackers. - Here.
You, come here.
Listen, Robertino.
Know what?
Give me the pesetas and I'll show you a trick.
What?
Agreed.
Come, Remo.
Where're you going, Robertino?
Your grandpa doesn't come with us.
Here, take the ball. And don't let this sucker play.
What?
Have you ever seen a naked woman?
Adam and Eve
were driven away from the earthly paradise.
Why?
They went out of the Lord's word.
They've eaten the apple
from the tree of Good and Evil.
You see? He's crying.
Yes, but she seems to be laughing.
She liked the apple.
Here you were? That's good.
I always find you here.
Come help me move the benches.
You also. Move it. Come on, come on.
Come on.
Miss Elsa! You've got a phone call.
Hello? Ah, it's you.
Yes, it's me.
How goes the father's day?
Great. We're at the Hilton bar.
So you're going to Fregene?
Yes, I've told you, haven't I?
You can come also, I've got a surprise for you.
With the kid? Are you serious?
The kid is my son.
The last time we saw each other, I was still with my wife.
Yes, with his mother.
And after not seeing him for years,
am I supposed to introduce him to...
I'd like you to...
Alright, do as you wish.. Bye.
Hello?
Hello? I couldn't hear you anymore. Do you realize...
You see, I'm right.
She hung up.
Yes, she hung up.
"My name is Roberto and this is diary. "
"Who ever will read it is a dirty traitor. "
"The 1st of January, the year starts well. "
"I went to Eddie's uncle funeral,"
"who died of a nephritis. "
"It's raining. I don't want to die, like him, when it's raining. "
"Or everyone will hate me. "
"As a corpse, Eddie's uncle is a disappointment. "
"He's dead, but looks alive. When alive, he looked dead. "
"He must have been an important man, because everyone spoke about him. "
"Look up into the dictionary what the following words mean:"
"bankruptcy, whoremonger, satyre. "
"3rd of March.
"Tomorrow we're leaving for Geneva. "
"Mother's happy, but I'm not"
"I had 19 friends here. In Geneva, there's only uncle Eric. "
"Why every time I make friends,"
"mother decides to move out to another town?"
"10th of June. "
"The new governess has arrived. "
"She's Swiss, but you'd say a German man. "
"At the cinema, she sat on the driver's hand. "
"But, as he's a gentleman, he didn't say anything. "
"21st of September. "
"Tomorrow we'll go to Rome. I'm supposed to se my father. "
"I'm happy, 'cause I'll be able to tell Johnny who says I've got no father. "
"Thursday, the 23rd of September. "
"I have at last seen my father. "
"He's tall, and doesn't have a watch. "
"He's got an American car, but doesn't know how to use it. "
"Mother's right:"
"he always turns around after girls on the street. "
"He's too talkative for my taste. "
"At the Zoo,"
"I saw a monkey that looked a lot like him. "
"He was a prisoner in India. "
"He told me his escape. "
"It's a very moving story. "
"He must have told it to the Americans,"
"'cause it's very much alike 'The Great Escape'."
"If I think about it, it really is the exact same story. "
Robertino!
What are you doing? You left me all alone...
The priest made us move the benches.
And he gave us hazelnuts. Want one?
No. I don't eat hazelnuts.
You'll give it to the monkeys.
We're going back. If not, mother will be angry.
You're taking me back to the hotel?
Yes, but only for lunch.
But shouldn't we have spent the whole day together?
Yes...
After lunch, I'll pick you up and we'll go...
We'll go...
Where should we go?
Take me to your home.
My home?
Why should we stay in-doors?
It's such a beautiful day... Let's rather go to the cinema.
Have you seen "Liberty Valance"?
They say it's wonderful. Have you seen it?
Yes, but I'd love seeing it again.
Alright, you go at the hotel, you have lunch with mother,
take a nap and at 17h, I'll be back.
Mother won't be back until this evening.
You can eat with the German.
Thursday is her day off.
What are we to do, then?
I'll eat alone.
What do you mean?
I always eat alone.
Today, you'll eat with dad.
Come!
- Bye, Remo! - Bye, Roberto!
Have you seen how this car drinks?
50 liters in half an hour.
Imagine that? 50 liters.
Isn't the pump attendant here?
Adelina!
Thanks, Adelina. Here.
Good-bye.
You don't breathe?
49 seconds.
Have you gone mad? You die without oxygene.
The Japanese can stay two minutes without breathing.
That's bad for them, that's why they're yellow.
Milcare, a hut.
He's Milcare, the best swimming-instructor on tghe coast.
My best friend. Isn't it true?
About the Encyclopedia, nobody wants it.
It doesn't matter.
What do you do to keep yourself so thin?
- How old are you? - What do you think?
44, 45 years.
32.
Have you seen Elsa?
There must be around 2,000 people...
Dad, I don't have bathing trunks.
Milcare, have you got bathing trunks for my son?
Have to buy it! Even if it's for the kid...
If you tell me how she looks, I could help you.
- Who? - This Elsa.
I'm not looking for her.
I was just checking
if there were any friends around.
Listen to me.
Now you're a big boy, I can talk to you.
I loved mother a lot.
But certain things happned
that you couldn't understand.
But I do, and very well.
Yuo were always fighting.
Sometimes.
It always was my fault.
Yes, that's what mother says.
As I was telling you,
a man...
A man can't be alone.
It's impossible. He needs companionship.
You see, even you couldn't live on your own.
You need someone to take care of you, to dress you...
Does Elsa?
Make a little effort. You usualy have commonsense.
I can do it.
I was saying, a man can't be on his own.
He needs someone.
Your father is still young and...
So I've met Elsa...
She's a nice girl.
I don't even support her, because she also works.
She makes a living.
Women also have to work.
And how! It's only normal they should work.
If they want to be the equals of men...
If they want this to happen, they have to work.
Mirella and I, when going to the cinema,
we went dutch.
You're very gallant.
Tell my the truth. Did you buy Mirella a present?
Yes. I gave her "Mickey's Journal" for her birthday.
You see, you've bought her something...
She sneaked me
into the dance school.
You've seen the dancers in tutu?
Yes, they went like this...
Really?
They danced on points.
I've tried it in the school bathroom.
But one of me friends caught me
and told everyone.
And they've been calling me "ballerina" ever since.
Robertino, no ballerinas, please.
Make yourself seen with this Mirella or the girls you like.
Is the weather changing?
There'll be good weather until the new moon.
Here's your trunks.
Well done, Milcare.
Yeah, sure... Never a tip.
Sell the Encyclopedias first!
Nobosy wants them!
Are you coming, Robertino?
Come on.
Do you love her?
Who? Elsa? Yes.
Like you did mother?
It's different.
You don't fall in love only once.
Every time you fall in love, it's different.
Sometimes you think you're in love, but you are not.
Haven't you ever been in love?
Only three 3 times. Seriously, I mean.
What are you doing?
Hiding yourself?
Are you afraid dad will see your weennie? Alright, I won't be looking.
Only three times... Including once, seriously, with Mirella?
No, it was her cousin I liked.
But, unfortunately, it was impossible.
Impossible? I imagine there was another man involved.
Yes, her husband.
These trunks are too big.
We'll fix it.
Show me...
What's this?
A scar?
Last year, in Saint-Tropez,
I had appendicitis and a peritonitis.
- Peritonitis? - Yes.
They operated on me. I almost died.
How come almost died? And nobody told me anything?
They should have told me! Your mother... It isn't true!
I'd have come, I'd have taken a plane.
O my God!
Did it hurt?
No. They put me on a bed, they gave me gas,
I saw all kind of colors, and then, nothing.
Maybe I'm dead.
What do you mean dead? You're very alive.
No, maybe I'm dead.
And everything happening is just a dream.
Come on, Robertino...
But sure, effectively.
Maybe everything happening is a dream.
Who says it isn't?
Everything...
But no, I've got the scar.
Yes, the scar. It means you've been operated.
It's not a dream, you're alive.
And, thanks God, you're doing fine.
Now we're gonna swim.
Wait that I take off my watch.
Hurry up.
Come on, Robertino.
Hurry, Robertino.
Yes, hurry up, or he'll blow up.
It's hot!
My soles are gone.
Quick, in the shadow!
Sorry.
The other oasis.
Climb on my back.
Sorry.
Second stage.
Third stage: the sea.
Robertino, how much did I hold?
Did you count?
I counted to 70.
That's all?
Here, some shells. Maybe there are pearls inside.
Come here.
- Wanna goo in pedal boat? - Yes.
Alright. Milcare!
No, you're gonna wet my hair. What are you doing here? About your son?
Robertino? He's here.
- Say hello to the lady. - Hello.
Come.
My friend, Liliana.
Glad to meet you.
He's Robertino.
Glad tu meet you. What a cute boy!
You've got wonderful eyes!
Do you give me a kiss?
You don't want to? Come on
You're playing shy?
Kiss the lady. Don't you like her?
Should dad make the sacrifice?
We're going witht he pedal boat. You coming?
No, it's too hot. But you go along.
What do you say?
We could stay here very well, if you ask me.
The sea's rough and it's getting cloudy. Let's stay and chat, yes?
Robertino's a little shy, but very smart.
He has travelled a lot
and speaks two languages.
No, three.
True.
Three.
And some times he asks... embarassing questions.
I even couldn't answer one of those.
He asked you what you were working?
No, he asked me if you only loved me for my money.
He's something else your friend!
Can't be real!
What do you do?
I'm looking into the mirror.
Not now, what do you do at work?
Same thing: she looks into the mirror.
Yes, it's true.
She's cute.
Robertino, where're you going?
Leave him, he's taking a walk.
You must let kids breathe.
He won't get lost.
Aren't you going for a swim?
I got it: you want to be alone. Very well.
How long should I stay in the water? Two hours?
You said you had a surprise. What is it?
I talked to Santoni.
Who's he?
The chief of staff.
He's taking you in. You start on the 1st.
You'll have at last a stable job
and a paycheck coming every month.
90,000 a month?
No, 65,000 for starters.
When you'll show what you've got,
you'll get a raise. And in two years...
I'll make 70,000.
You expect me to start from scratch at 40, making 70,000 a month?
You're never satisfied.
If I did it,
I did it for you. We can't go on like this.
What security are you offering me?
Excuse me, but we don't lack anything.
Obviously. You don't lack anything.
Reproaches? Very well, go on.
I just wish you wouldn't depend on me anymore.
That when you go out with your son,
you don't have to ask me for 20,000 lire.
Wasn't it 10,000?
No, 20,000.
O yes.
The annulment of your marriage was pronounced.
We can't go on playing the eternal lovers... living like this.
Life's expensive, ask me about it.
Sure, and 65,000 lire more a month...
With your 65,000
and my180,000 we live better.
I have also the right to have a family, haven't I?
Come on...
Don't get angry.
If the law goes ahead...
Look at those two.
Hello, kid.
I'm not the kind to be stuck in an office,
waiting for the 27 of the month.
I prefer uncertainty, but having the possibility of making a lot once.
Since I've been knowing, what have you done?
A lot of things.
Yes, the electrical goods.
The driving school, the Encyclopedia.
And the breeding of...
Fishing worms?
The nereids and brandlings?
The hottest deal of '63!
Unfortunately, I began when the season was over.
I have had good ideas.
But I was unlucky. Like with the petrol station...
Have you any idea what kind of business this is?
Putting a petrol station on the Sun Highway...
With the first money we make, we open a little bar.
In three months, we have a car wash.
And in one year, we open a 40 rooms motel.
Can you imagine that?
Come the end of the week, I fill up my pocketsand I live like gentleman.
Like a gentleman.
And should I give up a 40 rooms motel
for Mr. Santoni's 65,000 lire a month?
But you need a licence for the gas station.
I went to the ministry, honey, and they told me it's a matter of days.
I just need the signature of 2-3 friends.
And I have a lot that care about me.
I didn't want to tell, but I drove on the highway,
and they're building a gas station.
They gave the licence to someone else.
What does it mean?
It's good news.
It means they're really giving right of concession for gas stations.
If he has one, I'll get one tomorrow.
It's enough to wait, and I'm going to wait.
I'm not waiting anymore.
Have you gone mad?
I'm not waiting anymore, don't you get it?
I've had enough of you. I can't take it anymore!
I'm closing it because it's me who paid for it.
- QWhat's the matter with you? - Ah, you didn't get, then!?
I've hI don't want to see you anymore.
Alright, go.
She thinks she impresses me? She doesn't know me.
You can't put me in cage.
I need air, sun.
Damn, that's what was missing!
It'se eciting a storm. It gets me excited. It doesn't you?
Careful, jerk.
Don't you see this flood?
What are you doing? Come on!
I didn't want to leave you alone on the beach.
But I had to talk to...
that girl I introduced you to.
It's a secret, but I'm gonna tell it to you.
We broke up. I decided to end everything.
Did she dump you?
What do you mean? I dumped her!
I had to stop it because...
She's a good girl, you know, she's not mean.
But she only wants to do what she likes.
She has a difficult character. She's...
Like mother?
Mother...
She also has difficult character, like Elsa.
I always end up with the women who want to boss me around.
"Do this, do that. "
Elsa gives me yoghurt every morning, and I don't like it!
She once stopped me from doing an extraordinary thing.
I was to be a sales representative in air hammers
and go to Amsterdam. - Amsterdam?
There are channels without parapets.
I once saw an yellow Oldsmobile
fall into a channel.
And the passengers?
All dead.
Here's the fish.
You've never eaten such fish.
Don't say a thing to mother, 'cause frying is forbidden.
- How do you eat it? - With the fork.
It's barbaric.
Why?
Come, put away the fork.
You eat fish with your fingers.
Fingers are...
the forks of kings.
And don't throw away the head. You should everything, head included.
The tail is the best. Eat it.
Lucky guy.
You've travelled so much.
Imagine, I was born for travelling.
I'd have travelled on foot.
But no, women don't want it.
They'd rather see me at a desk, on a chair, 8 hours a day.
They don't understand I'm made for adventure.
Think at the unforeseen. Do you know what that is?
The unforeseen...
Do you see that gentleman?
The one smoking.
He gets up.
Comes near and taps on my shoulder: "Excuse me. "
"Yes?", says I
He says: "In the U.S.A."
"they sell at auction a 50,000 shipping tons oil tanker. "
"You're a nice, serious guy, go buy it for me. "
"Here's a one million dollars check. "
And what do I answer?
"I'm sorry, but I can't. My girl friend, Elsa,"
"is jealous, she doesn't understand this kind of things. "
"If I go away, she'll be imagining things. "
"She'd rather have me make 70,000 lire a month. "
"Yoghurt in the morning, TV the evenings, taking it easy... "
Excuse me.
Is this chair taken?
- No. - Thank you.
Did you see that? That's what unforeseen means.
We should have had good weather until the new moon.
Everything's a mess, since the atomic bomb.
Waiter!
2 strawberries a la chantilly and 2 chocolate ice-creams.
Double ones.
Chocolate ice-cream?
Let's check.
Let's see...
You're not allowed chocolate.
Do you know what we're going to do with this list?
We didn't find it. We looked for it...
Gone.
We'll have a little wine. Enough women control!
Enough!
Let's toast to the end of slavery.
To man's independence. Cheers.
Here's the river.
So...
The boat.
The goat.
This crumb of bread is the cabbage.
And here's the wolf.
He leaves... No, she'd eat the cabbage.
He takes the cabbage and...
No, it'll eat the goat.
He takes the wolf...
Can I?
Excuse me
Please.
We took a good look at her, didn't we?
No. Did we?
Don't you feel well?
Do you want to take a leak?
- Then go. - But where?
Can't you see how much space there is? The nature, the river...
Do you know what the river is? Noah's wee.
Come on. Do it here.
Come on.
"He who doesn't piss with me a thief or spy he just may be. "
- Come see! - What is it?
Come. Look
A wolf, a goat,
and a man carrying a cabbage.
There also is a boat, see?
They go into the boat.
The wolf, the boatman, and the goat.
All three of them in the boat. See!
The wolf, the cabbage, the goat, everyone at it's turn.
All three of them together. Nobody eats the other one.
They live in harmony.
Usually, it's not like this. A lizard!
Easy.
It's here.
It has run away. Here it is.
Catch it!
Where're you going? It's here.
Catch it!
- Help me. - It's here.
Run! Here it is, it's running away.
I'm finished.
That's what driving around means.
When you must run, you're out of breath.
That's because of cigarettes, that's what uncle Eric says.
O yes?
The Americans made some studies...
You're always talking about uncle Eric.
I don't remember. Who's this uncle Eric?
Dad, if you marru Elsa,
will we be able to see each other anymore?
Of course.
That'd be the day... But we were talking about uncle Eric.
O yes. He ives in Switzerland, close to Geneva.
He has a chemical plant.
He often drops by to see us.
The last time, he stayed for one week at our place.
- He slept with you? - Yes.
He had his room.
I don't know, maybe he slept on the couch.
Apfter dinner they played cards.
I was always sent to bed.
Well done, uncle Eric.
Have you read "The Star Rover"?
Jack London's? Yes.
A prisoner died whenever he wanted.
How come?
He died, and remembered his other lives:
egyptian, roman... He could choose..
He was starting by making his big toe die.
No, the one at his foot.
All's a matter of will.
You think about it very hard and your big toe dies.
Then the foot, and then the leg.
Then th ebody, and the head.
- And you've switched lives. - Have you tried it?
Yes, once, while in bed.
But I feel asleep.
Wonderful.
- Shall we try it? - Yes.
Me also. Let's think about someone.
Are you thinking at yours?
I'm thinking at mine.
Ready? CGo.
Do y ouknow I can't feel my big toe anymore?
Stay focused.
Sorry.
I can't feel my foot anymore.
Stay focused.
Alright.
Don't make me laugh, let's be serious.
Why another life?
What would we do? This one's beautiful.
Wake up, big toe. Wqake up, foot.
Wake up, hand.
Tell me the truth.
Your dad isn't that talkative
And he doesn't look like a monkey.
You have read my diary!
I?
You know, when you went to the church,
you left me your coat and...
Your diary fell from your pocket.
And then I took a peek at eat.
Shouldn't I have?
Alright, I'm a dirty traitor.
What is it? A DC8 or a Boeing 707?
Mad one day my wife,
Put me into the oven,
And when well done there I was
Nothing but ashes was I left of
And when I came back to my senses
She said: "Don't you worry"
"You must forgive me"
"I won't do that again"
One day full of anger
She threw me under a train
And there went over my trunk
Almost 16 waggons
And when I came back to my senses
She said: "Don't you worry"
"You must forgive me"
"I won't do that again"
When I was a kid, I also kept a diary.
I wanted nobody to read it.
I wrote important things, secrets...
Like you do.
One day, my father found it, and I told him:
"You don't have the right to read it. "
He slapped so many times, my head went big like this.
You could get slapped then, you know.
Would you like reading my diary?
It has some funny stuff.
Grandma must have it
in one of those drawers full with bric-a-brac.
She can find it.
Shall we go at grandma's? Wouldn't you like seeing her?
She'd love it she'd be jumping...
What's the matter?
Out of gas.
Now, what shall we do?
I'll leave this old crate here
and we'll go on by foot.
What do you think?
We'll take a nice walk. Come, get down.
We'll leave it here, this old rotten car.
Your coat, Mr. Roberto.
Your Meccano, Your Highness!
Don't worry, I'll carry it.
Look at this.
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
With John Wayne
and James Stewart.
But a man who kills a woman...
Liberty Valance is a man!
And James Stewart kills him.
No, John Wayne does.
There you'd say it'sJames Stewart who shoots.
But it's John Wayne who blows his gun.
Shall we draw?
Yes, Johnny.
Ready, Jimmy?
One,
two,
three.
You're the fastest. Am I allowed a last wish?
Yes, Johnny.
Let's go to the cinema.
- Two places. - The kid can't go in.
- Why? - It's forbidden to underage children.
Liberty Valance?
That shows tomorrow. Today it's the X movie..
Is the women whipping scene over?
- Not yet. - One ticket.
Dad...
Does grandma live far?
Your right, let's go see grandma.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
80, 81, 82, 83, 84...
Grandma climbs them two times a day.
How old is she?
65.
66, 67, 68, 69...
No, we had got to 90.
O yes.
91, 92...
Ines?
Pick my cloth! It fell down.
How are you?
You haven't changed a bit.
You're always the same. Even better.
Weren't you supposed to go to Brescia?
I came back two years ago.
My brother Alfio saw you a few days ago.
At the courthouse.
Yes, I was a witness.
I heard you opened shop in Bologna sq.
So, everything's fine, then.
Yes. And your mother, how is she?
- She's dead. - Perfect.
I'm sorry.
Robertino, my son.
- He's grown up, isn't he? - And cute.
- Didn't you get married? - No.
Weren't you to get married? According to your mother, you were engaged.
No, I didn't get married.
Could you bring up that cloth, please?
It fell on the ground.
Where're you going, Robertino? It's here.
Why don't you buy her an elevator?
Very funny.
Stay here.
We're gonna surprise her.
- Who are you? - Roberto.
Roberto what?
Roberto Malden. Well no, Versini.
Robertino!
Come in.
Look it's Dino's son.
Dino, what are you doing outside?
Hi, mom.
- How's going? - And you?
Fine. What were you doing outside?
It was a surprise, but you shut the door in my face.
It's nice coming by. It's been so long...
Look!
Look who's here.
Aunt Evelina.
How are you handsome?
Bicetta.
At last we see you, it's been so long...
And who's the little girl?
She's the daughter of Mrs Arzilli, from B stairway.
What's in the box? Candied chestnuts?
Not at all. It's Robertino's Meccano.
I'll finish your dress later.
Tell your mother you'll come back tomorrow. Alright?
There's a slug on your back.
It isn't true.
I'll make you a flan.
We haven't got time.
You can stay a little, you never come.
Who is Mrs. Arzilli? I don't remember.
Her husband works at the ministery.
We make dresses for the child, free of charge, of course.
I gave you this.
But why free of charge?
Don't you remember the favor she did us?
Without mentioning she helped me get my pension quickly.
Had he not hidden you in Milan in 1940,
you'd have made 4 years of war.
- Do you want a biscuit? - They are good.
Come on, have one.
Any news from Marco?
Your brother is not like you. He writes every week.
He makes a good living: 140,000 lire a month.
He's vice-president of civil engineering.
- In Foggia? - Now he's in Bari.
140,000 lire a month, he must barely just make it, with two kids.
Soon, three. Liliana is seven months pregnant.
O yes?
You don't know anything, 'cause you never show up.
You're right.
It's been two months since I haven't called...
Almost six, from before Easter.
O, six months!?
Categorically.
What a shame!
The train's leaving.
Have a nice trip.
Mother, don't you have a Tv?
No, we don't have one. We go watch at Mrs. Adele's.
But your brother promissed he'll buy me one for Christmas.
Marco? He can't afford it.
I'm going to buy it.
A 63 centimeters, this big.
With remote control, so you don't have to get up.
And a washing machine also.
- Have you got one? - I got two.
Here they are.
Then I'll buy you one. And a fridge.
I'll buy them all once, so I'll get a big discount.
Are you happy?
What are you saying? Who's going to buy all this?
Well? Who's going to buy all this?
My little Dino.
You don't need Marco.
The flan's getting burned!
I'll make a phone call.
It's funny.
You tell Marco not to send the Tv.
Or, you'll have two..
Excuse me.
What are you doing in my room?
Your room? But...
I'm sorry, professor. He's my son.
He used to sleep here before. It was his room.
Professor Laurenti.
Gald to meet you. Can I?
Excuse me, professor.
We rent him your room. He's very nice, and makes no trouble.
Imagine, a professor already at his age?!
Tell me the truth. How are you managing?
Fine, why?
You have no Tv, you're rent my room, you work...
Tell me. Do you need anything?
Of course not. I've even got money at the Post.
Show me your bankbook.
I don't know where I've put it.
Little mother, little mother...
You're locking the phone now?
Aunt Cornelia is obsessed with the phone.
She makes long calls.
Does she have someone?
This aunt Cornelia...
And you, how are you?
Very well.
I've have a lot to do.
Hello? Dino Versini calling. Is Mr. Rigoni in?
I'll wait.
As I helped him save a lot of money on taxes,
he'll give me 200,000 lire.
You're his secretary
He wants to see me?
Yes, I'll come to you. Your offices..
In one hour, perfect.
Yes, thank you.
Done deal.
Your sleeves are worn out.
It's a summer coat. It's worn out, but I like it.
Giulia, come see.
What is it?
Open your mouth.
TShow me your tongue.
What's the matter?
The kid is burning.
He has red stains all over.
It's nothing, just a little fever.
What happened? You have red stains on your face.
And on your belly. What is the matter?
He had peritonitis, he might be doing it again.
- How do you feel? - Fine.
You're red all over. Call a doctor.
We'll call Mrs. Adele's husband.
Alright with Mrs Adele's husband, but let's have someone.
- Mrs. Adele! - Coming.
- Mrs. Adele. - What's the matter?
Send over your husband, moy grandson's sick.
I'll call him right away.
He mustn't catch cold.
My darling...
You'll smother him like this!
He must stay covered, doesn't he?
If it's German measles, he must stay in cold.
Alright.
It's not German measles, but typhus.
Typhus?
Robertino, do you know who I am? It's me, do you hear?
Robertino, it's dad.
Who's playing?
He's delirious.
It's professor Laurenti.
How do you feel?
Poop!
Stop playing, my son's not feeling well.
Come in, doctor.
- Dino! - Silvio...
My son's ill.
Do you know about kids?
- What's happened? - The kid is sick.
What?
He has red stains on his face and belly.
Where is he?
His stomach, we took him to the bathroom.
And he's also sick in the stomach. What can it bee?
What has he eaten?
He ate normally.
He had ham, saussage, spaghettis alla ladra...
Alla ladra?
Yes, with ham, bacon and hot red pepper.
Then fish...
Fried fish and fruit sallad.
An ice-cream, strawberries... A drink of wine.
He's having an indigestion.
And the stains?
It surely is an allergy.
Let's hope that's what's the matter.
And you, how do you feel?
I don't like the way you lok.
What do you mean?
Your eyes, the skin...
Do you smoke a lot?
Normal.
Take care, you're not a boy anymore.
Let me see your hand.
- Nervous. - It's the anxiety for the kid.
Why don't you come tomorow, and have a check up?
ACut it out! I'm feeling fine.
A sugar count.
Shut up!
He made a big one.
Enormous.
That's good, isn't it?
Get in bed.
Look what color it is!
- You want to se it, doctor? - No, go, go.
One of these pills and it'll go away.
- A glass of water. - Immediately.
Say "ah".
Bend over.
Say "33".
- Do you feel better? - Yes.
- And your stomach? - Fine.
I have something to do. I'd take you with me,
but the German said: "Be back at 20:00."
- What time is it? - 19 h 15.
It's dark, it's impossible. Show me.
It's 20h 15.
Alright, we'll a little more time together.
You know, I've got something I must confess you.
That story...
India, captivity, the war...
Nothing's true.
You know how mothers are.
My mother was afraid, she put the wheels in motion
and I spent 3 years in Milan, at the NAAU.
What is the NAAU?
The National Anti-Aircraft Union.
But, still, it wasn't a very safe place.
Because when 100 or 200 planes
come to throw thousands of bombs...
I was on a roof top with an anti-aircraft machine-gun.
One evening, a plane came at 400 metees altitude.
And I, with the machine-gun...
Did you hit it?
No.
But I almost did, 'cause I saw his wing do...
Where is it this Velasca street?
Second turn on the left, after the square. It's a recording studio.
The man you have to see is a friend of yours?
Yes, it's his building.
Take a seat. I'll let him know.
Alright.
Let's get in here.
Do you know how this table is called?
It's called...
A mixer.
Can we listen to it?
Yes, of course.
Let's hear the last one.
Miss Alice, Miss Hellen. We've met.
My son.
Let's hear.
Thanks. We'll try the next one.
Alright. Stop it.
Did you know dad knew such important people?
What did they say about me?
One said: "I don't know him. "
And the other one: "The usual Italian flirter. "
Mr. Versini?
Please come, Mr. Rigoni is waiting for you.
I'm coming.
I'm going, you wait for me here. Look at the twins.
Make 3 copies.
Good evening, sir.
I came...
For the 200,000 lire I am to give you for having introduced me to
your friend, mister... - Casotti.
Everything went along fine?
Yes, everything.
They've even made me pay
all my arrears from 57 and 58.
And now, you either give me back right away
the 500,000 lire I paid mister Casotti,
or I'll turn you in and you'll
both go to prison.
I don't understand, I didn't take anything. The 200,000...
You'll get the from Mr. Casotti, if you haven't already taken it, thief.
Watch your words.
Scoundrel, bastard, beggar.
Thief.
Scram.
I pity you.
That one...
is going to feel my fist.
If you hit
a guy that wears glasses,
and you hurt him, you go to prison.
He doesn't want to pay taxes, and I'm the thief.
Let's go.
Dad, give me your hand.
Dad...
Do you want to know how the story ends?
Which one?
The one with the boatman, the boat the wolf, th egoat, and the cabbage.
O yes
The boatman takes the goat,
and leaves the wolf with the cabbage.
Then, he comes back to take the wolf.
He goes on the other bank. leaves the wolf and takes the goat.
- He leaves the goat. - He leaves it?
O yes, true. And then?
Takes the cabbage and goes back for the goat.
It happened to me also, once.
What did?
Being wrongfully accused.
Once, the teacher found a swear written on the blackboard.
He accused me,
but I hadn't done it.
Robertino...
I've lied a lot to you today.
Enormously.
On everything.
The car is not mine.
I've rent it.
I have no office, I don't even have a job.
And I haven't got one lira. You saw that, didn't you?
Yes.
Couldn't we go faster?
If you're in a hurry, go by foot. Can't you see the red light is on?
Dad, could I come live with you?
With me?
Yes.
Of course.
Of course you can.
As a matter of fact you should.
As soon as I'll see mother, I'll talk to her.
Because we go along well.
We'll take a nice apartment, even if a small one,
because there'll only be the two of us.
Could I have a dog?
I'd also like to have a dog.
That'd be the good life. We'll get up at..
At 7 h.
Are you nuts? At 8 or 9 h. Or even at 11 h.
Won't I go to school?
We don't care. You don't have to.
I'll teach you everything. School's good for nothing.
I've never been to school, and still...
Know what? We'll travel all the time.
One voyage after the other.
It costs money, travelling.
We'll set up a travels agency. Like that, we'll travel for free.
Versini ans sons, agency. In English: Versini and son .
Have you been to Africa?
I haven't been outside Europe.
Then, you haven't seen anything. We'll go to Congo, to Egypt,
to Australia, to New-Zeeland, to Hong Kong, to Japan,
to Haiti, to Honolulu...
To Mexico, to Tierra del Fuego..
We're there.
Have you got money for the taxi?
Yes, grandma gave me.
Keep the change.
- Your cap. - It stayed in the car.
Well, it can wait.
Turn around
If not, the general will be angry.
Your shoes...
Mine also.
Inspection. Turn around. More.
Perfect.
Madame's waiting in the lounge.
Wait.
If mother sees the firecrackers, she'll throw them away.
Here's another one.
Here we are, late.
Yes
We had a full day.
The car even broke down.
Go with the nurse.
Say good-bye to dad.
Roberto?
Come wash your hands.
I'm really sorry for being late.
Buut, you know, at a certain point...
I almost forgot your present.
Good-bye.
Excuse mei,
but don't you think we should speak about...
I'm tired, but call me tomorrow
Alright.
- What will you have? - A Cinzano.
What are you doing?
Who taught you to eat with your fingers?
Fingers are the forks of kings.
Is there a phone?
Hello?
Does the angry miss want to have dinner with her mortified Dino?
You weren't expecting it.
I wasn't, if you really want to know
As a matter of fact, honey, about what you've told me...
About the job, I've thought about it.
I'll talk to Santoni tomorrow.
What day is today? Thursday?
Better on Monday With Sunday and all...
I'm happy you're coming.
If you find an open shop...
Milk and yoghurt.
Alright.
Good evening. Il Giovedi - The Thursday (1963) English.srt - FPS: 25.000 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057101