1 00:00:26,819 --> 00:00:29,071 Some smoke out of habit, 2 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,199 some out of boredom, some because it makes you look good, 3 00:00:33,034 --> 00:00:36,078 some only because they can't quit. 4 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:39,790 Some smoke because they like to. 5 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:45,588 They like lighting up, holding it between their fingers, 6 00:00:46,589 --> 00:00:48,841 feeling it between their lips. 7 00:00:49,842 --> 00:00:52,219 I, simply put, 8 00:00:52,470 --> 00:00:55,723 think this cigarette is revolting. 9 00:00:56,724 --> 00:00:59,060 Still, I just can't do without it. 10 00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:02,605 This too is an addiction, 11 00:01:02,980 --> 00:01:05,232 so I'm an addict. 12 00:01:05,483 --> 00:01:09,695 I can't quit because smoking is the only stable thing in my life, 13 00:01:09,862 --> 00:01:13,365 all the rest has always been temporary. 14 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:19,622 I smoke so not to think of all the rest. 15 00:01:19,872 --> 00:01:22,833 A cigarette is a break. 16 00:01:26,837 --> 00:01:29,507 I'm still addicted to pauses, 17 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:32,968 despite what happened to me seven years ago... 18 00:01:34,637 --> 00:01:37,598 when the Great Pause almost caught me. 19 00:01:52,238 --> 00:01:54,532 NO REMORSE IN ANY CASE 20 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:08,254 In 2003 I was 28, 21 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:12,049 an anarchist, an immune carrier of chronic short-term employment, 22 00:02:12,258 --> 00:02:15,052 I was studying to be an actor and dreamed of becoming 23 00:02:15,261 --> 00:02:18,264 a director of video clips and social documentaries, 24 00:02:18,430 --> 00:02:20,432 of biting reality! 25 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:24,061 Meantime, before reality bit me, 26 00:02:25,437 --> 00:02:29,692 I'd spend my time at the social center between a concert 27 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,403 and an anti-war demonstration. 28 00:02:35,156 --> 00:02:36,949 Mr. Courage with a lion heart! 29 00:02:37,825 --> 00:02:39,201 Come with me. 30 00:02:39,451 --> 00:02:44,039 For now it's in the monster room, the only one available. 31 00:02:44,456 --> 00:02:47,209 - Come on. - Where? 32 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:51,839 We'll load this on the truck for the demonstration. 33 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:55,968 Nassiriyah is a tranquil city... 34 00:02:56,218 --> 00:02:58,345 Bullshit! 35 00:02:58,596 --> 00:03:00,306 More bullshit! 36 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:05,311 During the news, we'll dribble red gelatin, like blood. 37 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:06,979 Awesome! 38 00:03:07,229 --> 00:03:09,315 It slides down... 39 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:14,320 If anyone had told me# just a few days from then 40 00:03:14,486 --> 00:03:17,323 I'd be with those soldiers, 41 00:03:17,489 --> 00:03:21,118 I'd have thought my worse nightmare# was coming true. 42 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:24,705 Who said you can film here? Are you a spy? 43 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:26,874 It's just a visual diary. 44 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:29,126 Let's see what's on it. 45 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:32,004 I have nothing to do with this! 46 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:34,465 Wait! 47 00:03:38,344 --> 00:03:41,347 - Put this on. - A uniform, no! 48 00:03:42,514 --> 00:03:43,766 I hate the military! 49 00:03:44,016 --> 00:03:46,518 I pretended I was gay to get out of the service. 50 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:50,773 I hate Bush and his shit war! 51 00:03:51,607 --> 00:03:54,026 No, that's not how it went. 52 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:58,530 It went surprisingly different. 53 00:04:04,495 --> 00:04:07,122 Relax, the guns have safety catches. 54 00:04:07,289 --> 00:04:10,668 Never be too careful. 55 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,879 Sorry. 56 00:04:14,046 --> 00:04:17,800 - What are you doing here in Iraq? - A film. 57 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:20,552 - A film? - I'm going to shoot a film. 58 00:04:21,679 --> 00:04:26,183 - What are the actresses like? - We're still doing screen tests. 59 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:29,645 Can I film something? 60 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:32,648 I'll film everything I see. 61 00:04:32,898 --> 00:04:35,192 - But put us in the film. - My camera! 62 00:04:37,528 --> 00:04:39,697 Where the fuck did I put it? 63 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:57,464 Big deal! 64 00:05:02,678 --> 00:05:07,099 I'm a nutty, pedal freak, a normal anomaly. 65 00:05:08,434 --> 00:05:10,102 Change that note! 66 00:05:16,734 --> 00:05:19,486 - Great! - Remember Stefano Rolla? 67 00:05:19,737 --> 00:05:22,364 Remember? Let me say hello! 68 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:27,202 Aureliano, I'm starting a TV production, 69 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:29,496 a film, not a documentary. 70 00:05:29,747 --> 00:05:33,459 - I was asking your mother... - A loan for $5,000. 71 00:05:33,876 --> 00:05:37,463 I'm not the director this time, I'm the creative producer. 72 00:05:37,755 --> 00:05:42,885 - I want a bright guy, experienced. - It would be a real job! 73 00:05:43,135 --> 00:05:44,887 And in filmmaking! 74 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:48,265 - Yeah, but not as an actor. - A tiny part might come up. 75 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:50,851 Where are we going? 76 00:05:51,143 --> 00:05:53,645 Exactly... here. 77 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:56,148 To Iraq? 78 00:05:56,357 --> 00:05:58,525 - Fantastic! - When? 79 00:05:58,734 --> 00:06:01,111 I leave today, take your time: the day after. 80 00:06:01,278 --> 00:06:05,491 The demonstration against the war in Iraq is in three days. 81 00:06:07,993 --> 00:06:11,538 If you'd rather demonstrate against intervention in Iraq... 82 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:15,250 I'd be taking you to the center of history. 83 00:06:15,667 --> 00:06:17,378 The center of the war. 84 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:20,547 No way, we're with a peace mission. 85 00:06:20,798 --> 00:06:24,426 You want to make films? Then make them, wake up! 86 00:06:25,677 --> 00:06:28,514 Have you ever seen the desert? 87 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:34,144 It's incredible, a journey inside yourself, an inner place. 88 00:06:35,521 --> 00:06:38,065 You get there and feel so small, 89 00:06:38,941 --> 00:06:42,027 especially at night and when the moon's out. 90 00:06:42,194 --> 00:06:47,032 Not our constipated moon, the moon's enormous there! 91 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:49,910 It stands out against the sky, 92 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:53,163 illuminating the dunes with a whitish glow, 93 00:06:53,330 --> 00:06:55,833 waves on a motionless, icy sea. 94 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:19,440 Hello. 95 00:07:22,234 --> 00:07:25,487 Want anything? A glass of wine? 96 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:27,739 Beatrice, a glass. 97 00:07:31,994 --> 00:07:34,830 - Ready to leave? - More or less... 98 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,624 Don't be afraid! 99 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:42,629 The war ended in May. 100 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,716 We've all the authorizations: Ministry of Culture, 101 00:07:45,883 --> 00:07:49,761 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Defense. 102 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:52,014 If they say it's all okay! 103 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,640 Sure... 104 00:07:54,016 --> 00:07:57,769 - As assistant director... - What? 105 00:07:58,145 --> 00:08:02,524 Stefano says great things about you, he's expecting you. 106 00:08:06,028 --> 00:08:10,782 Directing class three years ago,# first lesson: 107 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:14,536 when you face a new environment, 108 00:08:14,786 --> 00:08:17,039 start with a master shot. 109 00:08:17,873 --> 00:08:21,293 Then close-in on the main characters, #moving in to close-ups. 110 00:08:21,877 --> 00:08:25,923 I toast to our dear collaborationist, sold out to the enemy, 111 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,550 who, for money, 112 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,303 has burned his ideals on the altar of imperialist materialism. 113 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:34,389 It's just a job, you'd have done anything to go. 114 00:08:38,393 --> 00:08:41,396 To our friend Aureliano, missing in Iraq. 115 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:45,150 Blown up by a mine in fulfilling his duty, and for free. 116 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:47,945 Good luck! 117 00:08:48,403 --> 00:08:52,199 And end everything with# an unusual shot 118 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,326 of the main character 119 00:08:54,576 --> 00:08:57,579 as he powerfully# wards off bad luck. 120 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:00,582 My turn! 121 00:09:04,586 --> 00:09:07,047 In the end, the Italian soldier, 122 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:10,217 after a series of explosions that I command... 123 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:11,468 Of course! 124 00:09:11,677 --> 00:09:14,721 Saves the Iraqi girl and brings her to Italy... 125 00:09:14,972 --> 00:09:18,725 And she ends up working as a maid with no benefits. 126 00:09:19,810 --> 00:09:22,563 - No, he marries her. - Come on! 127 00:09:23,105 --> 00:09:26,316 That's the storyline, but it's cool, isn't it? 128 00:09:26,483 --> 00:09:27,985 No. 129 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:33,240 Claudia, assistant director! Know what that means? 130 00:09:35,492 --> 00:09:37,327 Almost director. 131 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:41,999 Straightforward? 132 00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:46,461 I think it's a bunch of crap. 133 00:09:47,629 --> 00:09:50,257 It's the usual military propaganda. 134 00:09:57,639 --> 00:09:59,891 I don't see why you're going to Iraq. 135 00:10:00,142 --> 00:10:03,395 Can't you shoot somewhere else? It's not a documentary. 136 00:10:04,021 --> 00:10:06,773 - It's a film. - Then you're dimwits. 137 00:10:06,982 --> 00:10:10,152 Best case scenario, they kidnap you all, there's a war on. 138 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:15,115 There was a war, now there are just Italian soldiers... 139 00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:18,368 Who are divvying the spoils. 140 00:10:18,869 --> 00:10:20,996 You said that just three days ago. 141 00:10:21,663 --> 00:10:24,166 You know I don't like to be filmed. 142 00:10:24,541 --> 00:10:27,669 - Film your girlfriends. - I'll take you with me to Iraq. 143 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:30,547 I don't want to go with you! 144 00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:34,176 Watch this! 145 00:10:34,551 --> 00:10:37,804 Claudia's a friend of mine. 146 00:10:38,055 --> 00:10:40,807 Actually she's my best male friend. 147 00:10:41,058 --> 00:10:45,395 Sometimes we end up in bed,# but it's just an excess of fun. 148 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:50,651 I have an official girlfriend. 149 00:10:51,693 --> 00:10:54,696 Angela called five times. Why's your damned phone off? 150 00:10:55,405 --> 00:10:57,699 Yoga really relaxes you! 151 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:02,037 I had to tell her myself that you were leaving today. 152 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:05,457 Why? You know how she nags. 153 00:11:08,085 --> 00:11:10,337 Sixth time, she's sobbing. 154 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:13,590 Thank you. 155 00:11:14,591 --> 00:11:18,553 I met Angela in Rio# and brought her back to Rome with me. 156 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,724 What a relief when she went home!# She's too possessive. 157 00:11:23,809 --> 00:11:27,688 - She even brings bad luck! - What did she say? 158 00:11:28,939 --> 00:11:33,485 - What happened? - She had a premonition. 159 00:11:33,694 --> 00:11:35,862 Something will happen to me. 160 00:11:36,071 --> 00:11:38,073 "Don't go!" 161 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:43,620 Angela, like many Brazilians,# is the glory of spirituality. 162 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:47,124 She and my mother# are made for each other. 163 00:11:47,374 --> 00:11:49,000 Tarot cards or coffee grounds? 164 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:52,879 - A witch from Bahia! - Never underestimate a premonition. 165 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:54,589 In Bahia! 166 00:11:54,756 --> 00:11:58,385 Normal people have premonitions every 20 seconds, 167 00:11:59,845 --> 00:12:02,013 just imagine a witch! 168 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:04,641 What's the difference if I'd left two days from now? 169 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:09,896 - This looks so good on you. - A silk suit, in the desert? 170 00:12:10,272 --> 00:12:13,233 A party, an invitation from an emir... 171 00:12:13,525 --> 00:12:15,652 Are there emirs in Iraq? 172 00:12:21,283 --> 00:12:23,410 Aureliano, wait! 173 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:26,163 Did you talk to your father? 174 00:12:26,872 --> 00:12:31,251 He'd agree, you always get your way with him. 175 00:12:33,128 --> 00:12:37,507 I'm your mother, I have a right to be worried. 176 00:12:39,301 --> 00:12:40,802 Mom... 177 00:12:42,637 --> 00:12:45,307 28 years ago, on a beach in Columbia, 178 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:49,895 I almost died of sun stroke, remember? 179 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,565 While you and Dad were tanning your butts, 180 00:12:53,774 --> 00:12:56,067 together with your nudist friends. 181 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:01,531 I was nine months old. 182 00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:04,701 I still have the scars. 183 00:13:06,077 --> 00:13:09,331 If you didn't worry then... 184 00:13:11,082 --> 00:13:13,543 why are you breaking my balls now? 185 00:13:16,713 --> 00:13:19,925 By the way: "Aureliano, have a good trip. 186 00:13:26,556 --> 00:13:28,975 Be happy and have fun". 187 00:13:37,609 --> 00:13:39,694 Is this your first mission? 188 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:42,739 No, we've been in Afghanistan. 189 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:46,827 And in Kosovo, but now... wait. 190 00:13:48,870 --> 00:13:51,832 - Why? - Plug your ears. 191 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,001 What? 192 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:59,506 Your safety belt's backwards, you'll get appendicitis. 193 00:14:19,734 --> 00:14:21,903 Is it always this cold? 194 00:14:22,654 --> 00:14:24,656 You get used to it. 195 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:27,117 Pass that blanket. 196 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:38,628 Are the missions paid well? 197 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:41,673 You manage to take some money home. 198 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:47,304 - And you, are you paid well? - Forget it. 199 00:14:48,638 --> 00:14:51,933 - I might not get paid at all. - So, why did you come? 200 00:14:53,184 --> 00:14:55,437 Do you go just for the money? 201 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,564 No, I believe in this. 202 00:14:58,815 --> 00:15:03,945 It's my second stint, I can't wait to see my colleagues. 203 00:15:04,154 --> 00:15:07,574 This is my first time abroad, I'm a little scared. 204 00:15:08,450 --> 00:15:11,953 You could have stayed home, you can't do this for money. 205 00:15:12,662 --> 00:15:16,333 Can't I be a little nervous? We're not all Rambos like you. 206 00:15:19,711 --> 00:15:23,089 Roll call 100 meters to the left. 207 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:30,347 airport in Tallin, Iraq 208 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,350 November 1 1, 2003 209 00:16:30,782 --> 00:16:33,785 First cigarette in Nassiriyah. 210 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,921 Here, you can smoke. 211 00:16:51,553 --> 00:16:53,013 Here, you can't. 212 00:17:02,063 --> 00:17:04,941 - You're a civilian? - Yes. 213 00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:09,070 - What the fuck are you doing here? - I'm making a film. 214 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,697 What? 215 00:17:11,573 --> 00:17:14,159 - A film. - In Iraq? 216 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:15,535 Yeah. 217 00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:20,290 Why, it's calm here, isn't it? 218 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:22,917 If you're armed, sure it is. 219 00:17:24,836 --> 00:17:28,298 Not a shot's been fired yet! 220 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:31,676 - Who said that? - They say that in Italy. 221 00:17:31,843 --> 00:17:35,805 In Italy you don't know anything about what happens here. 222 00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:38,224 People want their steaks, 223 00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:41,728 they don't want to know how the cow was killed. 224 00:17:42,979 --> 00:17:46,608 Thanks, you've already made me shit in my pants. 225 00:17:47,734 --> 00:17:50,236 - Amedei? - Amadei. 226 00:17:50,445 --> 00:17:52,322 Welcome. 227 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,326 Lt. Parigi. 228 00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:04,459 This is Lt. Ficucello. 229 00:18:04,626 --> 00:18:07,837 We'll go to passport control, then travel in a motorcade. 230 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:49,921 - Got a sleeping bag and boots? - No. 231 00:18:50,171 --> 00:18:53,258 - We'll get them at the PX. - What's that? 232 00:18:53,758 --> 00:18:56,427 An American megastore in the desert. 233 00:18:56,636 --> 00:19:00,807 The American build little Americas everywhere. 234 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,434 There's even a "Burger King". 235 00:19:03,685 --> 00:19:06,646 You'll find everything in this store. 236 00:19:08,898 --> 00:19:12,569 - Where are we going? - To the White Horse barracks. 237 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,448 Is Stefano Rolla there? 238 00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:23,580 Rolla's a character, out all day, back when it's dark. 239 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:43,725 Is the situation calm here? 240 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:48,438 Not so good lately. 241 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:55,486 Relax, you're in our care, Amedei. 242 00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:57,864 Amadei. 243 00:20:15,757 --> 00:20:17,884 They were shooting in the air. 244 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,763 When you hear shots, that means they didn't get you. 245 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,143 Must have been a wedding, they shoot in the air. 246 00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:54,629 - Where are they going? - Nassiriyah, 15 kms from here. 247 00:21:44,095 --> 00:21:47,223 Weapons get emptied here, those are the rules. 248 00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:49,726 Too bad I left my camera home. 249 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:53,187 We can't go around base camp with loaded guns! 250 00:21:53,354 --> 00:21:55,481 Finally some good news. 251 00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:23,134 - Don't worry, you can smoke here. - Good. 252 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:26,512 It's the second, I'm well below my average. 253 00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:34,896 When you're done, I'll show you where we get some extras, 254 00:22:35,146 --> 00:22:38,358 where you can get a beer, go off and smoke. 255 00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:39,609 When you like. 256 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:51,037 This is where we phone home, if you have to call... 257 00:22:51,245 --> 00:22:54,665 - I'm all set. - It's like a local call. 258 00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:08,638 Mom, everything's okay. 259 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:11,682 It was like an outing. 260 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,684 They're all nice. 261 00:23:14,394 --> 00:23:17,438 I left the camera on the couch, 262 00:23:17,814 --> 00:23:19,524 find a way to send it to me. 263 00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:22,902 Yes, I'll call you every day. 264 00:23:23,444 --> 00:23:25,321 My camera! 265 00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:31,160 - Mothers! - Make another if you like. 266 00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:34,414 - I'll buy myself a card. - Got a girlfriend? 267 00:23:34,580 --> 00:23:37,542 - Yes, but she's in Brazil, far away. - Yeah... 268 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:41,838 I'll make one more to Rome, price of a local. 269 00:23:48,219 --> 00:23:50,096 Her answering machine! 270 00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:57,186 Hi, Claudia. 271 00:23:57,353 --> 00:23:59,605 I got here 272 00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:03,943 and I've already heard shooting. 273 00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:06,487 They shot at us. 274 00:24:06,696 --> 00:24:10,366 They're all a little up-tight, I'm a little worried. 275 00:24:10,575 --> 00:24:13,828 But, I'm here and have to bite the bullet. 276 00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:17,123 Don't worry though. 277 00:24:17,748 --> 00:24:19,625 Say hi to everyone. 278 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,641 Now I really feel at home. 279 00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:45,276 They pay attention to the few pleasures allowed soldiers. 280 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:47,904 They try to make us feel good. 281 00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:51,365 Finding your own space, feeling at home 282 00:24:51,532 --> 00:24:53,618 is important for the outcome of the mission. 283 00:24:56,037 --> 00:24:59,499 Some are a little demanding... 284 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:03,294 It's right, but you have to learn to relax. 285 00:25:05,254 --> 00:25:08,549 - Find an equilibrium. - It seems you have. 286 00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:14,180 I come from civilian life, I'm in the reserves. 287 00:25:16,057 --> 00:25:18,559 I do my months of mission, then... 288 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:21,062 You're not a real soldier! 289 00:25:21,312 --> 00:25:24,690 It's in my blood, my father's a general. 290 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:33,449 Ficucello gives me a nice feeling. 291 00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:38,204 If I had the camera,# I'd film him like this, 292 00:25:39,830 --> 00:25:41,916 from below against the sky, 293 00:25:42,083 --> 00:25:45,586 to make him seem# like a protective giant. 294 00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:49,715 I feel as long as he's there,# nothing can happen to me. 295 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:04,855 Ficucello, you're stealing my guest? 296 00:26:09,485 --> 00:26:11,362 Great! 297 00:26:13,614 --> 00:26:15,992 You made it! 298 00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:20,871 How was the trip? Like it here? Have you already been around? 299 00:26:21,122 --> 00:26:23,332 Let me answer? Take a breath! 300 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:26,586 Max must have given you a special tour! 301 00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:29,005 - Max? - Massimo. 302 00:26:29,213 --> 00:26:32,008 He's seen it all except your lodgings. 303 00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:36,596 We eat and sleep together and especially we work together. 304 00:26:37,263 --> 00:26:41,767 Enjoy these last few hours, tomorrow I'll be pushing you, 305 00:26:41,976 --> 00:26:43,978 we're not on vacation here. 306 00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:47,148 I certainly wouldn't come here for a vacation. 307 00:26:47,398 --> 00:26:51,402 I don't even know how I got here or where my bags are. 308 00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:53,237 Here they are! 309 00:26:53,654 --> 00:26:55,990 Mr. Giant, warrant officer Olla! 310 00:26:56,157 --> 00:26:58,242 Can I put this in here? 311 00:27:00,745 --> 00:27:03,873 I'll put them here. Need anything else? 312 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,918 Yes sir, I need a sleeping bag and a pair of boots. 313 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:10,671 Addressing me with "sir"? 314 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,549 Big as you are, I'd even say "sirs". 315 00:27:14,050 --> 00:27:15,551 How many are inside you? 316 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:22,183 Silvio, pleasure. I'll dig up those things for you. 317 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:24,310 Thanks. 318 00:27:24,518 --> 00:27:26,812 - Rolla, you're a great! - Always. 319 00:27:29,315 --> 00:27:32,943 Tomorrow we'll scout around, 320 00:27:33,194 --> 00:27:35,696 in the afternoon you start screening. 321 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:40,534 - I've got the list of characters. - Thanks. 322 00:27:42,953 --> 00:27:44,413 That? 323 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:48,709 - Something wrong? - What's it for? 324 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:53,089 A dinner, maybe, a happening... 325 00:27:54,423 --> 00:27:55,675 A happening! 326 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:59,595 In Italy nobody knows anything about your mission. 327 00:27:59,929 --> 00:28:03,683 No news report, no official declaration 328 00:28:03,849 --> 00:28:06,602 can speak directly to the soul, but a film can. 329 00:28:06,811 --> 00:28:10,856 Films touch the hearts of those who watch them. 330 00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:15,361 You've already convinced the authorities, you have permission, 331 00:28:16,487 --> 00:28:20,741 we'll give you all the support possible. 332 00:28:20,991 --> 00:28:22,993 I know, and I thank you, 333 00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:26,247 but I'd like you to collaborate, 334 00:28:26,455 --> 00:28:30,000 not because of orders, but because you're convinced. 335 00:28:30,251 --> 00:28:32,336 Cinema is... 336 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:36,340 Cinema thrives on enthusiasm. 337 00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:39,510 Is Rolla always like this when he works? 338 00:28:39,719 --> 00:28:42,138 Stefano is a powerhouse! 339 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:45,766 He'd sell oil to the Iraqis, if they could afford it. 340 00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,649 I mean... 341 00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:55,109 Aureliano, right? 342 00:29:00,781 --> 00:29:02,992 Can I ask you something? 343 00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:05,786 - In confidence? - Sure. 344 00:29:06,871 --> 00:29:09,165 How the fuck are you dressed? 345 00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:25,514 You're a genius! 346 00:29:31,562 --> 00:29:34,565 - I made an ass of myself. - You're joking! 347 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,193 You were fantastic! 348 00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:43,073 I love people who make asses of themselves. 349 00:29:43,574 --> 00:29:45,659 Someone has to do it! 350 00:29:45,826 --> 00:29:49,955 Society needs them, the state should pay them. 351 00:29:51,916 --> 00:29:55,085 If you can find a way to make money by doing this, 352 00:29:55,336 --> 00:29:57,463 I'm your man. 353 00:29:57,713 --> 00:30:01,217 - It happens twice a day to me. - Okay, give me the second one. 354 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,719 Got the camera? We'll film it. 355 00:30:03,928 --> 00:30:06,347 I left it at home... that's the second one. 356 00:30:16,607 --> 00:30:19,860 - I glad you came here. - Me, too. 357 00:30:20,236 --> 00:30:23,197 - I don't know how to thank you. - For what? 358 00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,867 You asked me here to be assistant director! 359 00:30:28,369 --> 00:30:30,704 I owe you a clarification. 360 00:30:31,580 --> 00:30:34,834 The real assistant director is in Rome working with the actors 361 00:30:35,084 --> 00:30:37,878 but the producer promoted you on the field. 362 00:30:38,087 --> 00:30:40,339 It was his idea, not mine. 363 00:30:43,634 --> 00:30:46,011 I'm glad anyway. 364 00:30:46,637 --> 00:30:48,973 Don't get me wrong! 365 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,603 I know how you feel now, it's normal, 366 00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:57,273 but that's movie business. 367 00:30:58,524 --> 00:31:03,529 It takes patience, waiting, struggle. 368 00:31:05,155 --> 00:31:07,032 You'll get there. 369 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:13,163 Everyday you have to say: "I have all the time". 370 00:31:13,873 --> 00:31:16,667 We have all the time. 371 00:31:20,129 --> 00:31:22,298 I don't know how to thank you. 372 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:31,015 I have to ask you a favor. 373 00:31:31,432 --> 00:31:33,267 At night... 374 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,438 What? 375 00:31:37,646 --> 00:31:41,191 At night, I snore a little... they say. 376 00:31:41,817 --> 00:31:46,822 The way I sleep, not even helicopters can wake me. 377 00:31:47,156 --> 00:31:49,450 Then you're an ideal companion. 378 00:32:09,345 --> 00:32:11,472 "A little", my foot! 379 00:32:21,357 --> 00:32:23,859 My seventh cigarette in Nassiriyah. 380 00:32:24,693 --> 00:32:26,737 Or the sixth? 381 00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:31,617 It's forbidden to smoke almost everywhere here. 382 00:32:33,994 --> 00:32:37,498 But I can smoke all I like in the desert tomorrow. 383 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:46,256 Aureliano, it's so reassuring 384 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:48,634 to have such deep objectives! 385 00:32:48,842 --> 00:32:50,886 - Good kid. - Thanks. 386 00:32:55,391 --> 00:32:58,769 NOVEMBER 12, 2003, 9:00 387 00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:16,662 Wake up! 388 00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:19,164 Come on, guy! 389 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:23,669 You're not out of bed? Let's go, it's late! 390 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,629 The alarm didn't go off. 391 00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:27,798 You must have forgotten to set it. 392 00:33:28,424 --> 00:33:31,301 - There's no time. - Not even for breakfast? 393 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:34,930 - I wanted to see flag-raising. - It's too late for breakfast. 394 00:33:35,139 --> 00:33:38,183 For flag-raising, your own will have to do. 395 00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:45,190 - I had set it! - What time? 396 00:33:45,441 --> 00:33:48,944 - At 7. - Italian time, it's 9 here. 397 00:33:49,153 --> 00:33:52,197 I'll wait for you at the main gate, hurry. 398 00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:56,577 Cigarettes! 399 00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:01,540 Hurry, it's late! 400 00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:06,336 This is Aureliano, my assistant. 401 00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:10,299 Mereu, the driver. 402 00:34:11,091 --> 00:34:12,968 You know Massimo. 403 00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:16,472 You know Olla. 404 00:34:16,847 --> 00:34:18,724 - Piras. - My pleasure. 405 00:34:18,932 --> 00:34:20,100 Get in. 406 00:34:23,312 --> 00:34:25,189 - Is that everyone? - Yes. 407 00:34:25,606 --> 00:34:29,234 - The escort? - We're the escort. 408 00:34:35,115 --> 00:34:38,118 There's no escort, we're the escort. 409 00:34:38,702 --> 00:34:39,745 Stop! 410 00:34:45,501 --> 00:34:47,503 Aren't we forgetting something? 411 00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:52,257 Fuck, my rifle! 412 00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:59,139 Let's say that Piras is the human side of the Army. 413 00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:17,783 It's upside-down! 414 00:35:20,869 --> 00:35:24,498 These fucking military maps! You understand anyway, right? 415 00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:25,916 No. 416 00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:30,546 The park where we went with that carabiniere! 417 00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:32,756 I don't know anything. 418 00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:34,925 What's it called? 419 00:35:36,135 --> 00:35:38,178 I did all the scouting with him. 420 00:35:38,929 --> 00:35:41,306 Why didn't he come? 421 00:35:41,515 --> 00:35:45,269 Must have been assigned other duty, we need to know in advance. 422 00:35:45,435 --> 00:35:47,688 It looks all the same here! 423 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:52,901 We can't even spread the map. Piras, pull the flaps down! 424 00:35:53,527 --> 00:35:56,822 It won't work, we have to stop. 425 00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:09,835 If this is the road... 426 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,093 You have to find section H7. 427 00:36:23,473 --> 00:36:25,225 Found it? 428 00:36:35,569 --> 00:36:39,948 It's marked by a yellow line. See the wider line? 429 00:36:40,449 --> 00:36:42,326 Can I help? 430 00:36:44,369 --> 00:36:46,246 I can't... 431 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:53,754 - Did you find it? - No. 432 00:36:54,755 --> 00:36:58,717 Let's move, it's not safe to stop here. 433 00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:09,269 I'm sorry, I'd say to go to the Carabinieri base, 434 00:37:09,519 --> 00:37:13,148 maybe we can find him there, I don't see any other way. 435 00:37:41,051 --> 00:37:43,804 - What's wrong with your eyes? - It's sand. 436 00:37:44,388 --> 00:37:47,432 Rubbing them makes it worse. 437 00:37:49,393 --> 00:37:51,436 Look at these guys! 438 00:38:16,211 --> 00:38:18,213 Good, the first take's good! 439 00:38:24,678 --> 00:38:25,971 Americans! 440 00:38:26,221 --> 00:38:28,724 They think they're in a reality show, 441 00:38:28,932 --> 00:38:32,311 with a camera around their necks, poor guys! 442 00:40:08,073 --> 00:40:10,909 If we stop, they'll ask for water. 443 00:40:11,076 --> 00:40:15,455 - Then why don't we stop? - For coffee maybe! 444 00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:18,208 Come on, we're almost there. 445 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:02,752 What the fuck's he doing with a gun? 446 00:41:36,536 --> 00:41:39,748 I'll help, open your eyes. 447 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,500 I'll clean it for you. 448 00:41:42,292 --> 00:41:43,627 Stay still! 449 00:41:45,504 --> 00:41:48,131 - Better? - I can see better now. 450 00:42:02,062 --> 00:42:05,315 Hello, we're with Stefano Rolla, the director. 451 00:42:26,962 --> 00:42:29,589 Where do we empty the guns? 452 00:42:29,839 --> 00:42:32,050 Right, there's no cube here. 453 00:42:32,217 --> 00:42:34,928 Come on, we'll empty on the ground. 454 00:42:46,106 --> 00:42:48,233 I'll introduce the team. 455 00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:52,362 This is Corporal Melis, anything you need, ask him. 456 00:42:54,489 --> 00:42:56,491 Rolla, you know him. 457 00:42:57,826 --> 00:42:59,619 His assistant. 458 00:42:59,869 --> 00:43:03,498 Piras, Mereu, I'll show you where to park. 459 00:43:03,999 --> 00:43:05,375 My dear friend! 460 00:43:06,626 --> 00:43:08,211 Great! 461 00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:12,132 You're still here? Shouldn't you be gone? 462 00:43:13,133 --> 00:43:17,762 It was for Saturday, but we'll be here another week. 463 00:43:18,013 --> 00:43:21,099 This is warrant officer Fregosi. 464 00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:25,145 With him, I ate in a head tribesman's tent. 465 00:43:25,854 --> 00:43:28,273 So much for anti-bacterial prevention! 466 00:43:28,523 --> 00:43:31,109 Remember the heat? It was at least 140 degrees! 467 00:43:31,526 --> 00:43:34,362 You here too? This is Trincone. 468 00:43:36,156 --> 00:43:38,908 - The woman warrant officer? - Don't start. 469 00:43:39,159 --> 00:43:42,037 - Where is she? - Inside. 470 00:43:43,038 --> 00:43:46,499 - Is she still... - She's prettier and prettier. 471 00:43:46,666 --> 00:43:49,294 But look, don't touch. 472 00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:52,297 Fantastic, I have to introduce you. 473 00:43:52,505 --> 00:43:56,426 When she's in uniform, she seems to step out of a 1970s movie. 474 00:43:56,676 --> 00:43:59,429 "Woman Soldier at the Great Maneuvers". 475 00:43:59,679 --> 00:44:02,182 Only military maneuvers though... 476 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:04,934 Run! 477 00:45:44,909 --> 00:45:48,037 - What do I look like? - And me! My foot! 478 00:45:57,130 --> 00:46:00,675 - They're shooting on all sides. - Got a gun? 479 00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:03,511 - No! - Why not? 480 00:46:03,678 --> 00:46:05,513 I don't have one either. 481 00:46:10,810 --> 00:46:12,896 We'll never make it, they're coming. 482 00:46:13,062 --> 00:46:16,441 Give it to me, I know the place best. 483 00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:41,466 Help! 484 00:46:45,595 --> 00:46:47,847 Help me! 485 00:46:49,474 --> 00:46:51,810 Come and help me! 486 00:46:53,478 --> 00:46:55,188 I'm burning! 487 00:47:08,368 --> 00:47:10,620 Help me pull them out. 488 00:47:11,079 --> 00:47:12,872 They're already dead. 489 00:47:28,137 --> 00:47:29,848 Under here! 490 00:47:31,516 --> 00:47:33,268 If we go out, they'll get us! 491 00:47:33,852 --> 00:47:36,646 Who knows what the fuck's in this tank! 492 00:47:36,896 --> 00:47:39,274 If it's fuel, we're under a bomb. 493 00:47:52,161 --> 00:47:54,914 We have to go out, or we're dead. 494 00:48:00,378 --> 00:48:02,547 It's water! 495 00:48:04,048 --> 00:48:06,009 We have to go out anyway. 496 00:48:08,928 --> 00:48:11,764 - They're shooting less, right? - Doesn't mean a fucking thing. 497 00:48:11,931 --> 00:48:13,892 We have to go out. 498 00:48:20,648 --> 00:48:23,067 I can't stand it, I'm going out. 499 00:48:23,526 --> 00:48:25,320 Run! 500 00:50:02,417 --> 00:50:04,794 Why did we stop? 501 00:50:05,294 --> 00:50:06,879 Why? 502 00:50:57,096 --> 00:50:58,931 He's dead. 503 00:51:00,975 --> 00:51:02,602 He's dead! 504 00:51:04,437 --> 00:51:05,980 He's dead! 505 00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:09,358 The boy is dead. 506 00:51:14,322 --> 00:51:16,991 Where the fuck are we going? 507 00:51:17,867 --> 00:51:19,994 Where the fuck are they taking me? 508 00:51:57,031 --> 00:51:59,742 How many of the fucking things have I smoked? 509 00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:04,914 Twelve, thirteen? If it's the last? 510 00:52:10,253 --> 00:52:12,171 Fucking bastards! 511 00:52:57,091 --> 00:52:59,093 Here, kid! 512 00:52:59,594 --> 00:53:03,097 I speak Italian. What's your name? 513 00:53:07,226 --> 00:53:10,855 Listen, you were the victim of an attack. 514 00:53:11,731 --> 00:53:13,858 They took you to the Nassiriyah Hospital. 515 00:53:15,443 --> 00:53:19,614 Then the Italian one, both were full, so you're in the American Hospital. 516 00:53:20,865 --> 00:53:23,242 I'm Dr. Fester. 517 00:53:23,951 --> 00:53:27,622 - My foot! - I'll take care of your foot. 518 00:53:29,498 --> 00:53:32,627 - Understand? - Don't cut it off. 519 00:53:33,336 --> 00:53:35,504 I'll do only what's best for you. 520 00:53:38,466 --> 00:53:40,509 What the fuck are you doing? 521 00:54:51,706 --> 00:54:53,958 Is this some kind of competition? 522 00:55:03,592 --> 00:55:06,804 There was no serpentine path protecting the barracks. 523 00:55:06,971 --> 00:55:09,307 The truck drove in and exploded. 524 00:55:09,473 --> 00:55:11,183 What truck? 525 00:55:11,350 --> 00:55:13,602 It was a truck bomb, they were kamikazes. 526 00:55:14,854 --> 00:55:17,481 I saw it, it blew up. 527 00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:23,446 - Did people die? - They say 15, but it's not sure. 528 00:55:26,324 --> 00:55:30,077 News about Stefano Rolla? 529 00:55:31,579 --> 00:55:33,247 The director? 530 00:55:37,376 --> 00:55:41,339 Must be at the Italian Hospital where they took the first ones. 531 00:55:59,231 --> 00:56:01,776 I cleaned your wounds. 532 00:56:07,782 --> 00:56:12,536 I cleaned your most serious wounds 533 00:56:13,788 --> 00:56:16,791 and stabilized the fracture. 534 00:56:17,500 --> 00:56:19,668 Will it go back to normal? 535 00:56:22,296 --> 00:56:24,757 We have to operate again. 536 00:56:25,007 --> 00:56:28,302 Not exactly normal, but you'll walk. 537 00:56:33,557 --> 00:56:36,394 Want morphine for the pain? 538 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,897 No, I might get used to it. 539 00:56:41,774 --> 00:56:43,901 Can I have a cigarette? 540 00:56:44,318 --> 00:56:46,195 Sorry, no smoking here. 541 00:56:49,949 --> 00:56:52,034 Then I'll take the morphine. 542 00:57:54,472 --> 00:57:56,140 Come on! 543 00:58:09,778 --> 00:58:11,405 Nineteen... 544 00:58:14,241 --> 00:58:15,910 and twenty. 545 00:58:23,167 --> 00:58:25,878 Just the time to finish the pack. 546 00:58:34,136 --> 00:58:36,138 It's not important. 547 00:58:50,402 --> 00:58:52,696 How's it going, kid? 548 00:58:56,534 --> 00:58:58,577 How do you feel? 549 00:59:06,335 --> 00:59:09,588 - A little better. - Did you see them? 550 00:59:12,466 --> 00:59:14,718 It was a truck. 551 00:59:15,219 --> 00:59:19,223 It broke down the entrance bar. 552 00:59:19,974 --> 00:59:21,809 They were shooting... 553 00:59:22,685 --> 00:59:25,729 I didn't see anything. 554 00:59:30,192 --> 00:59:34,071 I turned and ran with the others. 555 00:59:34,989 --> 00:59:38,742 - Were you with NCO Olla? - Yes. 556 00:59:38,993 --> 00:59:40,828 And Lt. Ficucello. 557 00:59:40,995 --> 00:59:42,871 Max, yes... 558 00:59:47,126 --> 00:59:49,128 They're all dead. 559 00:59:51,130 --> 00:59:53,257 You were lucky, my boy. 560 01:00:00,764 --> 01:00:03,976 - And Stefano? - Stefano Rolla? 561 01:00:04,602 --> 01:00:07,271 I saw him running off to the left. 562 01:00:07,771 --> 01:00:09,898 He's dead too. 563 01:00:11,609 --> 01:00:14,153 It's a miracle you're alive. 564 01:00:15,112 --> 01:00:16,363 Let's go. 565 01:01:06,330 --> 01:01:08,832 Wait, I have# something to tell you. 566 01:01:10,417 --> 01:01:13,587 It's important, Stefano, don't go away. 567 01:01:13,921 --> 01:01:16,840 I absolutely must tell you, wait! 568 01:01:17,591 --> 01:01:19,802 Don't go away! 569 01:01:39,071 --> 01:01:42,324 Rome Ciampino, November 15, 2003 570 01:01:53,877 --> 01:01:56,630 Turn on that wreck and let's go. 571 01:02:02,386 --> 01:02:04,638 Hi, I'm Tino. 572 01:02:05,222 --> 01:02:07,391 As of today, you're in my care. 573 01:02:07,641 --> 01:02:09,893 Don't make that face, you're in good hands! 574 01:02:16,275 --> 01:02:18,402 I know, there are potholes. 575 01:02:24,408 --> 01:02:27,411 - We're on the Appia? - Yes, right. 576 01:02:27,619 --> 01:02:30,664 Next time you can drive, now just relax. 577 01:02:37,171 --> 01:02:41,550 Schumacher, you missed one, want to go back? 578 01:02:50,017 --> 01:02:51,894 We're in Rome! 579 01:02:58,650 --> 01:03:01,445 Your ankle bone is mangled. 580 01:03:01,779 --> 01:03:04,072 We could try to reconstruct it, 581 01:03:04,323 --> 01:03:07,326 but chances are high on complications. 582 01:03:10,704 --> 01:03:13,207 Will I be able to walk again? 583 01:03:15,584 --> 01:03:18,837 You'll have to face a long series of operations. 584 01:03:20,339 --> 01:03:23,842 You'll need physical and moral bolstering. 585 01:03:27,429 --> 01:03:29,932 Your parents are here. 586 01:03:31,433 --> 01:03:33,560 Are you up to seeing them? 587 01:04:11,723 --> 01:04:14,601 I'm fine, don't worry. 588 01:04:15,102 --> 01:04:16,353 I'm alive. 589 01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,146 I know. 590 01:04:28,156 --> 01:04:30,284 What did you do? 591 01:04:32,870 --> 01:04:34,913 "Dad, I didn't do a fucking thing! 592 01:04:35,122 --> 01:04:38,625 I kicked a box and it all blew up!" 593 01:04:41,420 --> 01:04:43,505 You're so beautiful. 594 01:04:44,673 --> 01:04:46,800 You too. 595 01:04:49,803 --> 01:04:51,763 Everything hurts. 596 01:04:53,056 --> 01:04:56,393 All three of us together. 597 01:04:58,437 --> 01:05:00,647 We look like a nativity scene. 598 01:05:23,337 --> 01:05:25,047 Claudia? 599 01:05:26,048 --> 01:05:28,425 Who'd wake up at dawn for you? 600 01:05:30,344 --> 01:05:33,055 He's arisen! You've been sleeping since yesterday. 601 01:05:37,476 --> 01:05:40,729 The sergeant told me everything. 602 01:05:41,605 --> 01:05:46,610 I brought you some toiletries: a razor and shaving cream. 603 01:05:48,946 --> 01:05:51,114 I'll help you. 604 01:06:03,251 --> 01:06:05,712 I'm glad to see you. 605 01:06:13,637 --> 01:06:16,765 Hey guy! You shit in your pants, huh? 606 01:06:18,266 --> 01:06:22,020 I gotta thank you, you and the other Iraqis. 607 01:06:22,270 --> 01:06:24,898 You Iraqi too? Thanks! 608 01:06:25,148 --> 01:06:28,402 Till yesterday no one cared a hoot about this ward, 609 01:06:28,652 --> 01:06:30,988 now look: lights... 610 01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:34,992 28 inches, not bad! 611 01:06:35,617 --> 01:06:37,744 - She's your girl? - No. 612 01:06:37,911 --> 01:06:40,414 Good for you anyway! I'm Tino. 613 01:06:40,998 --> 01:06:43,625 We've never had it so good in this ward! 614 01:06:44,042 --> 01:06:48,171 - Need somethin'? Tell Tino here. - A real favor. 615 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:51,925 Find a wheelchair and take me for a smoke. 616 01:06:52,134 --> 01:06:54,052 What fucking wheelchair? 617 01:06:54,553 --> 01:06:56,930 You're the boss here! Want to smoke? 618 01:06:57,514 --> 01:07:00,142 Like these? Or want a joint? 619 01:07:01,435 --> 01:07:03,020 Want a joint? 620 01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,314 Mind if he smokes? Nice leg-guard! 621 01:07:06,815 --> 01:07:08,692 Just ask. 622 01:07:13,947 --> 01:07:16,950 - Is he always like that? - He's an institution. 623 01:07:17,409 --> 01:07:20,537 He seems nuts, but he's a great nurse. 624 01:07:26,043 --> 01:07:28,587 Tell me you don't mind if I smoke. 625 01:07:29,963 --> 01:07:33,300 No, but if I get a tumor I'll sue you. 626 01:07:37,846 --> 01:07:42,309 It's bedlam out there. TV, politicians, generals... 627 01:07:42,559 --> 01:07:46,104 They're making the rounds of the rooms, you two up to it? 628 01:08:25,519 --> 01:08:27,354 Keep it up, you'll make it. 629 01:08:31,024 --> 01:08:33,527 How many fucking people do you know? 630 01:08:35,779 --> 01:08:38,990 How come no one's up your ass? 631 01:08:39,157 --> 01:08:43,537 Broken nose, injured hand, ripped knee ligaments. 632 01:08:44,412 --> 01:08:46,289 Obvious I've got less than you. 633 01:08:46,498 --> 01:08:50,001 You weren't in the attack, that's all. 634 01:08:50,544 --> 01:08:54,923 I just fell off the truck, 635 01:08:55,549 --> 01:08:59,302 because of the rocks the Iraqi police throw on the street 636 01:08:59,553 --> 01:09:01,930 to keep attackers from escaping. 637 01:09:02,514 --> 01:09:05,934 But they think I did it on purpose, 638 01:09:06,434 --> 01:09:08,687 to get sent home. 639 01:09:10,063 --> 01:09:12,566 You were lucky to get saved by that soldier. 640 01:09:15,068 --> 01:09:17,279 What soldier? 641 01:09:17,445 --> 01:09:19,698 Melis, he says he saved you. 642 01:09:22,075 --> 01:09:25,453 - You're sure? - Yes, I asked around. 643 01:09:25,704 --> 01:09:29,332 I even asked the military in the hall. 644 01:09:29,541 --> 01:09:34,171 Melis started shooting at a vehicle that entered the base 645 01:09:34,337 --> 01:09:36,339 and made it drive off. 646 01:09:36,548 --> 01:09:38,800 Dad! 647 01:09:39,092 --> 01:09:40,594 Not allowed? 648 01:09:41,678 --> 01:09:42,971 I'll leave it for you. 649 01:09:44,097 --> 01:09:46,474 Trust me, it dilates the blood vessels. 650 01:09:49,352 --> 01:09:53,106 Then Melis started saving people. 651 01:09:53,732 --> 01:09:56,985 First he saved a certain Mereu, 652 01:09:57,235 --> 01:10:00,071 then another, I don't remember the name, 653 01:10:00,238 --> 01:10:02,699 then you... Who is he, Rambo? 654 01:10:06,745 --> 01:10:08,955 Can you find me a wheelchair? 655 01:10:18,465 --> 01:10:20,634 Let us through! 656 01:10:22,219 --> 01:10:23,887 Watch it! 657 01:10:26,264 --> 01:10:28,099 Where are you? 658 01:10:30,018 --> 01:10:32,854 - I'll wait outside? - Yes. 659 01:10:34,898 --> 01:10:37,275 Hello, you've got a visitor. 660 01:10:40,111 --> 01:10:42,614 The director! Weren't you about to die? 661 01:10:42,781 --> 01:10:44,616 I definitely was. 662 01:10:45,283 --> 01:10:47,994 But I came alive when echo of your gestures reached me! 663 01:10:48,161 --> 01:10:49,496 What a guy, Melis! 664 01:10:51,665 --> 01:10:54,918 - What did you do? - Just my duty. 665 01:10:56,044 --> 01:11:00,257 - Why do you say you saved me? - Who put you under the tank? 666 01:11:00,423 --> 01:11:02,133 Me, by myself. 667 01:11:02,300 --> 01:11:06,054 You came after with Piras, Mereu was there before you. 668 01:11:07,305 --> 01:11:11,309 - I don't remember a thing. - I do, every instant. 669 01:11:11,935 --> 01:11:14,521 It's like a tape recording in my head. 670 01:11:14,688 --> 01:11:17,524 You've made your own film, tell him. 671 01:11:17,691 --> 01:11:19,818 - He saved me. - Sure, with Mereu and Piras. 672 01:11:20,068 --> 01:11:22,279 Wasn't that enough to get you a medal? 673 01:11:22,445 --> 01:11:25,657 - Why drag me into it? - The usual megalomaniac. 674 01:11:25,824 --> 01:11:28,660 What do you know about military techniques? 675 01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:32,330 You don't decide whether I deserve a medal or not. 676 01:11:33,039 --> 01:11:36,543 Who says you recall everything? Recall a white car before the truck? 677 01:11:38,211 --> 01:11:41,715 There was just one truck, just in front of me. 678 01:11:41,923 --> 01:11:42,966 You don't remember. 679 01:11:43,216 --> 01:11:46,094 - Are you all crazy? - Hi, Claudia! 680 01:11:46,344 --> 01:11:48,972 - What are you doing here? - We were discussing something. 681 01:11:49,222 --> 01:11:52,350 Why did you let him out of bed, you're irresponsible too! 682 01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:57,856 You were parking the van, you weren't even there. 683 01:11:59,858 --> 01:12:02,736 - He said he felt up to it. - I felt up to it. 684 01:12:02,986 --> 01:12:05,613 Father and son, just the same, two little kids. 685 01:12:06,114 --> 01:12:09,492 He even put a Celtic tattoo on his cast, incredible! 686 01:12:09,701 --> 01:12:12,871 You're incredible, I can't leave you by yourself for one second. 687 01:12:15,373 --> 01:12:17,125 Slow down. 688 01:12:21,379 --> 01:12:23,006 Carefully! 689 01:12:25,508 --> 01:12:27,761 Stay like that... okay. 690 01:12:28,511 --> 01:12:32,390 - You told him where I was, you spy! - It was a military secret? 691 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:36,269 You want to be right? In your condition, you act like an idiot! 692 01:12:36,478 --> 01:12:39,647 Aren't they giving you enough morphine? 693 01:12:40,607 --> 01:12:42,650 Excuse me... Countess! 694 01:12:45,028 --> 01:12:47,906 - You're beautiful when you're mad. - Fuck off. 695 01:12:48,114 --> 01:12:51,034 - You're really pissed off. - Yes, and not just today. 696 01:12:51,284 --> 01:12:54,287 There are some previous things! What did I do to you? 697 01:12:54,537 --> 01:12:56,498 Don't let me start. 698 01:12:56,664 --> 01:13:00,043 - That was the Countess, got to go. - Yeah, it's best. 699 01:13:00,502 --> 01:13:03,254 If something's wrong, best air it. 700 01:13:03,421 --> 01:13:05,548 - Not here and not now. - I'll go out. 701 01:13:05,799 --> 01:13:09,052 - No, I'm going to work. - What is it? 702 01:13:09,302 --> 01:13:11,805 You've got the courage to ask? 703 01:13:12,305 --> 01:13:17,185 For how you'd been treating me, I hoped you'd step on a mine, 704 01:13:17,435 --> 01:13:20,688 but since you're an asshole, you went overboard. 705 01:13:20,897 --> 01:13:23,525 Go back to your Brazilian friend! 706 01:13:23,691 --> 01:13:25,443 She's in love? 707 01:13:31,658 --> 01:13:35,203 Everyone within 10 meters of you died. 708 01:13:36,413 --> 01:13:38,915 There's no scientific explanation, 709 01:13:39,082 --> 01:13:41,334 we've done all the ballistics. 710 01:13:41,584 --> 01:13:44,546 Maybe you were in a shadow cone of the explosion. 711 01:13:45,672 --> 01:13:48,800 You must have been lifted by the pressure wave, 712 01:13:48,967 --> 01:13:51,970 before being hit by the blast. 713 01:13:58,351 --> 01:14:01,604 Then you crawled under the tank. 714 01:14:02,188 --> 01:14:04,607 What happened then? 715 01:14:05,233 --> 01:14:07,318 They were shooting at us. 716 01:14:14,742 --> 01:14:18,371 It seemed the shots were coming from everywhere. 717 01:14:19,247 --> 01:14:21,249 The shots you heard... 718 01:14:21,749 --> 01:14:24,502 there was no attack, just the truck-bomb. 719 01:14:25,378 --> 01:14:28,131 I heard shots. 720 01:14:28,590 --> 01:14:32,260 No one was shooting at you, that was the depot. 721 01:14:32,635 --> 01:14:34,888 The ammunitions depot caught fire. 722 01:14:35,096 --> 01:14:36,264 What depot? 723 01:14:42,228 --> 01:14:44,731 I was almost killed by those shots. 724 01:14:45,398 --> 01:14:48,276 I saw people shooting back. 725 01:14:48,526 --> 01:14:51,029 And we were under the tank too. 726 01:14:51,237 --> 01:14:54,407 I know, it must have seemed like a battle. 727 01:14:55,158 --> 01:14:57,160 What a disaster! 728 01:14:57,368 --> 01:15:00,663 You bring them peace and see how they repay you. 729 01:15:00,872 --> 01:15:02,790 It's no humanitarian mission. 730 01:15:04,876 --> 01:15:09,255 We should withdraw the troops and drop an atomic bomb. 731 01:15:33,571 --> 01:15:35,573 You're making the beds? 732 01:15:35,823 --> 01:15:39,035 So when he comes back from X-ray, it's all in order. 733 01:15:40,578 --> 01:15:43,456 Here, you people are all in the papers. 734 01:15:43,706 --> 01:15:45,667 No, it's all bullshit. 735 01:15:46,459 --> 01:15:50,838 They did three re-enactments of the attack yesterday on TV, 736 01:15:51,089 --> 01:15:53,174 all three were false. 737 01:15:53,716 --> 01:15:55,718 Will you stay still? 738 01:15:55,927 --> 01:15:59,722 So if some other politician comes, it's all in order. 739 01:15:59,973 --> 01:16:03,059 If one comes, you'll say the hero is sleeping. 740 01:16:03,851 --> 01:16:05,853 Would you come here, please? 741 01:16:10,733 --> 01:16:12,569 What is it? 742 01:16:13,486 --> 01:16:18,491 They're operating me tomorrow, I signed all the papers. 743 01:16:20,201 --> 01:16:24,122 They'll have no responsibility if things go wrong. 744 01:16:24,372 --> 01:16:26,624 - They won't. - How do you know? 745 01:16:26,833 --> 01:16:28,835 I just do, actually... 746 01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:31,629 I brought you something. 747 01:16:32,088 --> 01:16:34,257 A good luck charm. 748 01:16:50,648 --> 01:16:54,277 When I was little, our country house burned down. 749 01:16:55,278 --> 01:16:58,531 This was the only thing left intact, 750 01:16:59,490 --> 01:17:02,285 I've kept it all these years. 751 01:17:13,630 --> 01:17:16,674 I told my mother to talk to Angela. 752 01:17:16,883 --> 01:17:19,761 - What's that got to do with things? - Let me talk. 753 01:17:19,927 --> 01:17:21,429 If you really have to talk about her... 754 01:17:22,889 --> 01:17:26,017 She called, wanting to know how I am, 755 01:17:26,184 --> 01:17:28,895 but in all this period, 756 01:17:29,437 --> 01:17:33,566 I thought about my mother, my friends, and you, 757 01:17:34,317 --> 01:17:35,943 especially you. 758 01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:40,948 So, I told my mother to tell her... well, you know. 759 01:17:43,076 --> 01:17:46,329 - Couldn't you do it yourself? - You know I'm a coward. 760 01:17:46,829 --> 01:17:49,916 Who knows what she had to dream up. 761 01:17:50,291 --> 01:17:52,960 I only said to tell her 762 01:17:53,211 --> 01:17:55,838 that I've now impotent. 763 01:17:56,172 --> 01:17:57,965 What an SOB! 764 01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:07,475 You're my heroes! You went there with the best intentions... 765 01:18:07,975 --> 01:18:09,686 Will he get better? 766 01:18:14,232 --> 01:18:16,109 Who are you looking for? 767 01:18:16,359 --> 01:18:19,362 I'm signing up and wanted to say hello. 768 01:18:19,862 --> 01:18:24,450 I suffered so much for all of you and wanted to tell you. 769 01:18:25,743 --> 01:18:29,872 It's the wrong room, I'm the only civilian here. 770 01:18:33,751 --> 01:18:36,003 - Where are the soldiers? - Everywhere. 771 01:20:09,222 --> 01:20:10,932 General... 772 01:20:23,945 --> 01:20:25,571 May I? 773 01:20:26,614 --> 01:20:29,325 - General! - Please, no. 774 01:20:29,492 --> 01:20:34,872 - We're looking for Mr. Amadei. - Aureliano, the general's here! 775 01:20:37,750 --> 01:20:39,001 Another one! 776 01:20:47,134 --> 01:20:50,721 We didn't want to wake you, we'll leave right away. 777 01:20:51,889 --> 01:20:55,893 No, please, I'm used to it. 778 01:20:56,769 --> 01:20:59,230 At least you're not journalists or politicians! 779 01:21:01,774 --> 01:21:03,776 You were with the director, weren't you? 780 01:21:06,529 --> 01:21:09,490 Stefano Rolla, yes. 781 01:21:11,868 --> 01:21:13,995 Was Max part of your escort? 782 01:21:21,377 --> 01:21:24,422 We're Massimo Ficucello's parents. 783 01:21:37,393 --> 01:21:39,061 He was with me. 784 01:21:40,438 --> 01:21:43,399 He'd said his father was a general. 785 01:21:44,901 --> 01:21:49,322 We'd become friends the day before. 786 01:21:52,408 --> 01:21:54,452 Don't cry. 787 01:21:55,453 --> 01:21:57,830 I swear, he didn't suffer. 788 01:22:00,416 --> 01:22:02,293 I was running next to him 789 01:22:02,460 --> 01:22:03,961 when the explosion hit. 790 01:22:04,170 --> 01:22:06,589 I didn't feel a thing, 791 01:22:07,465 --> 01:22:09,592 so neither did he. 792 01:22:09,800 --> 01:22:11,677 I'm sorry! 793 01:22:13,304 --> 01:22:15,806 Please, don't cry. 794 01:22:16,474 --> 01:22:18,100 You have to concentrate 795 01:22:18,351 --> 01:22:20,478 on healing and forgetting. 796 01:22:22,104 --> 01:22:23,981 You're so young. 797 01:22:27,109 --> 01:22:29,195 Don't take it like that. 798 01:22:29,445 --> 01:22:33,115 Whatever you need, we're here. 799 01:22:34,700 --> 01:22:37,244 Please, don't cry. 800 01:22:39,997 --> 01:22:41,874 Don't cry. 801 01:22:49,006 --> 01:22:50,883 I'm sorry. 802 01:22:51,968 --> 01:22:53,844 I'm sorry. 803 01:23:13,906 --> 01:23:18,911 two years later 804 01:23:19,787 --> 01:23:23,290 ... this book tells my story, I ended up lame, half deaf, 805 01:23:23,541 --> 01:23:26,919 and have panic attacks. 806 01:23:27,169 --> 01:23:30,172 But I've never felt I was a victim. 807 01:23:31,298 --> 01:23:35,136 I'm not a victim: not of terrorists, not of the Iraqis, 808 01:23:35,428 --> 01:23:39,432 or the Italian soldiers who underestimated the risk. 809 01:23:41,892 --> 01:23:45,563 Because I believe I'm an executioner too. 810 01:23:48,274 --> 01:23:51,777 A tiny part of a mechanism 811 01:23:51,944 --> 01:23:54,947 that feeds daily on blood. 812 01:23:56,449 --> 01:24:01,537 A system which puts us altogether: 813 01:24:06,083 --> 01:24:08,335 Rolla to make a film, 814 01:24:09,336 --> 01:24:12,590 Italian soldiers to watch over a territory 815 01:24:12,840 --> 01:24:15,426 and terrorists wanting to blow themselves up. 816 01:24:16,802 --> 01:24:18,971 All are more executioners than victims 817 01:24:20,097 --> 01:24:21,849 and all are human beings. 818 01:24:23,851 --> 01:24:27,229 But this wasn't mentioned at the funeral. 819 01:24:28,230 --> 01:24:31,067 Appearance is the major factor. 820 01:24:32,068 --> 01:24:34,487 A parade more than a funeral. 821 01:24:36,238 --> 01:24:38,574 The whole city poured into the streets. 822 01:24:39,325 --> 01:24:43,370 It seemed like everyone needed to take part in a private pain 823 01:24:45,831 --> 01:24:48,000 that had become public. 824 01:24:49,251 --> 01:24:52,254 The politicians were at the coffins, 825 01:24:54,256 --> 01:24:56,884 as if their sons had died. 826 01:24:58,385 --> 01:25:02,348 Some parents were at the rear, some even had to stand. 827 01:25:03,974 --> 01:25:07,144 In the sermon, not one word against war. 828 01:25:07,394 --> 01:25:11,357 The most common word was "God", twelve times, 829 01:25:11,524 --> 01:25:15,402 added to "The Lord", makes seventeen. 830 01:25:16,403 --> 01:25:20,282 Heroism, mentioned only eleven times. 831 01:25:20,783 --> 01:25:23,661 Country, five times, but increased later, 832 01:25:23,911 --> 01:25:25,788 when a soldier speaks. 833 01:25:36,924 --> 01:25:39,051 Ficucello, zero. 834 01:25:40,553 --> 01:25:42,763 Olla, zero. 835 01:25:44,056 --> 01:25:45,808 Rolla, zero. 836 01:25:47,184 --> 01:25:49,937 Iraqi children dead in the attack, zero. 837 01:25:50,563 --> 01:25:53,065 Aureliano, stop! 838 01:25:53,524 --> 01:25:55,067 Ficucello, Olla, 839 01:25:55,276 --> 01:25:59,155 how can you put them on the same level as the Iraqi children? 840 01:25:59,446 --> 01:26:01,532 I can't believe it! 841 01:26:03,659 --> 01:26:07,037 You've changed, you don't convince me. 842 01:27:22,655 --> 01:27:25,366 Aureliano, will you see to him? 843 01:27:26,867 --> 01:27:29,119 Yes, I'll see to him. 844 01:27:33,540 --> 01:27:35,000 Sleep. 845 01:27:36,377 --> 01:27:38,504 Sweetie, here I am! 846 01:27:54,061 --> 01:27:55,813 Here's daddy. 847 01:28:03,070 --> 01:28:06,824 Now you'll spend some time with daddy. 848 01:28:07,950 --> 01:28:10,661 We'll have a nice chat. 849 01:29:20,647 --> 01:29:21,899 He's dead! 850 01:29:22,649 --> 01:29:25,027 The boy is dead! 851 01:29:26,028 --> 01:29:27,738 He's dead.