- (Sara) You're like a bachelor. - (Nicola) Knock it off!
(Sara) We're a family, you have to mind the kids too.
(Nicola) I'm always attentive to you, I neglect myself.
(Sara) Neglect? Is this neglecting yourself?
(Sara) You're not alone in the world, start thinking about others, Nicola.
- No! - You don't do a thing. - Sara, I'm always here.
- We said 50/50, but I do it all. - Not true, I neglect my work, I don't sleep.
It's all on me! You have no clue what goes on here!
Why? Because I can't keep up with you.
You're precise, inflexible, on how things are done.
- Because it's just me who does them. - Again?
- Tell me what you did today. - I ran the dishwasher, they all saw me.
- Screw you! - You fly right off the handle.
You say "screw you" and think it's over.
(Sara) If there's something to do, you always do it later.
- (Nicola) We do it together. - (Sara) That's crap.
- You do things after I already have. - Why do you do things right away?
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- (Sara) What will we do? - (Nicola) It'll work out.
KIDZ
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- (Sara) Will things change a lot? - (Nicola) No, not much, we'll be flexible.
(Nicola) It's gonna be okay.
- (Sara) Why do they say one and one is 11? - (Nicola) Huh?
(Sara) One kid plus another aren't two, but eleven.
(Nicola) It's a dreadful saying, funny only for online newspapers.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- Eleven, really? - Yeah.
- It's gonna be okay. - Yes.
- Why are you panting? - I'm not.
- We'll stick together. - Eleven. - Eleven?
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Sara) Every set of parents has a story and each story is different.
(Sara) There are apprehensive parents.
(Sara) They became parents late, their lives circle around their child.
(Sara) Self-denial, sacrifice, maniacal dedication to the little one,...
..who is cleansed with temperature-controlled oil, has English lessons at six months,...
..almost never goes out, it's either too cold or too hot.
(Sara) He's smothered with attention which causes damage.
(Sara) The child thinks being the center of the world is natural.
(Sara) Instead, growing up, he'll have to face capitalism like us all...
The pen is on the table.
..and the IRS.
Repeat: the pen is on the table.
(Sara) There are naturalist parents. Nature is forced on their child.
(Sara) He can't eat snacks, use an iPad or watch TV.
(Sara) He gets one shoe at Christmas, the other at Easter,...
..so he won't take things for granted.
(Sara) But at 18, he'll shoot heroin down by the station.
(Sara) There are millionaire parents.
(Sara) They have overpaid nannies who are delegated 100% of the child's education.
(Sara) They televote for "The X Factor" on their mega TVs...
..while in a far corner of their vast living room a pair of Filipinos play with the kids,...
..having the children call them "mommy" and "daddy".
(Sara) There's the separated parent, male, about forty,...
..feeling only pain, anguish and ruin.
(Sara) Assailed by guilt feelings of Catholic origin,...
..he always sees a priest in the lurk.
You, shit!
You're a real shit.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Sara) Single, with endless sex stories, but he's never happy.
(BABIES CRYING AND MOTHER SCREAMING)
(Sara) There are parents with more than two children.
(Sara) Pursuing dreams of ancient agro-artisan peoples,...
..they've run up against a huge misconception...
..and are atoning for the suffocation of a life organized to the nth...
..which can collapse into chaos at any minute.
(Sara) They have continuous accidents and a long list of things to remember,...
..do, buy, they have to yell to be heard.
(Sara) They're bent and old by now.
(Sara) In a pocket, if needed, they always keep a cyanide pill,...
..which, amid four screaming kids, the father dreams of swallowing.
(Sara) There are the very young of twenty-five,...
..flexible and dynamic, they fear nothing.
(Sara) Their kids climb on perilous reefs, go to school alone, are responsible and mature.
(Sara) But there are none of these in Italy.
(Sara) And then there's us.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Sara) Fifteen years ago, with our professions, we'd have said "privileged";...
..today, like everyone, we're struggling with the difficulties of our time.
(Sara) We have satellite TV, but the IRS can knock at any time.
(Sara) We're lucky, not rich, simple but not elementary, neurotic, but not crazy.
(Sara) The future is hopeful but has snares.
(Sara) Our homes are comfortable, but small and have one bath.
(SARA SCREAMS)
(THE BABY CRIES AND SARA GASPS FOR BREATH)
(SARA SIGHS)
- I love you. - I love you.
(Sara) We conceived Pietro at a hopeful time in our lives.
(Sara) Lives can be complicated in the present, but in our memories they become beautiful.
(Sara) It seemed feasible with our first child.
(Sara) Anna was sweet, flexible, she slept, we took her everywhere...
..and despite new family balances, we mistakenly felt we were ourselves.
It's nice, after plowing through the first 180 pages, it flows.
Why are cooking times for these cool pastas always hidden?
The epitome of chic, but it doesn't say.
(HAPPY MUSIC)
Taste it, like in the old days.
Please, lower the music!
(Friend) A big hand for Andrea! (EVERYBODY SCREAMS)
Andrea is the protagonist of a sensational event.
Truly sensational and now he'll tell us.
- No, I'm embarrassed. - He's shy, I'll tell you.
Andrea has squared his account with the IRS.
(EVERYBODY SCREAMS)
And we all wonder: how much?
- No! - Embarrassed? Tell me.
(INAUDIBLE WORDS)
Really?
(Friend) Okay... would you say a few words?
Well...
When my taxes came, I thought I was finished,...
..everything, no clue.
(Andrea) Then, month after month, deadline after deadline,...
..without thinking of the balance to pay, a step at a time,...
..I did it!
(Andrea) I paid the last one! (EVERYBODY SCREAMS)
(Andrea) Wait!
I want to say, to those of you...
..in a similar situation, and I'm sure there are many,...
..I want to tell you, guys, you can see daylight,...
..a step at a time, you can see daylight!
Towards freedom! (EVERYBODY SCREAMS)
See? You did it. Music. So, when will I get that money back?
(MUSIC OF "BE MINE" BY OFENBACH)
(Nicola) Let's go, honey.
(Sara) Put this on her.
- (Nicola, whispering) Goodbye. - (Sara, whispering) See you.
(Friend) Turn right.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(Woman) Go! (SHOUTS OF JOY)
(MUSIC OF "BE MINE" BY OFENBACH AND SHOUTS OF JOY)
(MEWING OF A CAT)
(PASSIONATE MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE NOISES)
(PASSIONATE MUSIC)
(Nicola) You devil!
(PASSIONATE MUSIC)
Now we'll just check the procedures for conformity and survey the kitchen.
This isn't an inspection, we're not Health Inspectors,...
..we'll just simulate an official inspection to avoid fines in case of an inspection,...
..we're here for you, for your customers and the entire community.
(Sara) Get used to it.
They're all like this.
This job will make you see...
..the lack of love this country is capable of.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
The nausea isn't for this smell, is it?
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Nicola) Oh!
Is everything okay? Eh?
(Sara) Do you love me?
- (Nicola) You're pregnant? - (Sara)Yes.
It's fantastic news!
- (Sara) Are you sure it's a good idea? - (Nicola) It's wonderful, Sara.
- It's such a mess. - Not at all!
It's heroic, in this country of zero growth. No one has kids anymore.
- There must be a reason. - We'll give a strong signal, I want to shout it.
- We're having another kid! - (Motorcyclist) Who gives...?
(Nicola) Because we still believe in this country.
Nicola, be quiet!
We have experience from the first, it's gonna be okay.
- (Nicola) Boy or girl? - (Sara) How do I know!
- (Nicola) What would you like? - (Sara) I don't know. - (Nicola) Let's go home?
Tell me again it's gonna be okay.
It's gonna be okay.
- I heard. When did it happen? - A couple of weeks ago.
- I'm so sorry. - No, actually...
(Friend) I tell everyone to stop at the first kid.
(Friend) I put it on social media,...
..I wrote an article, I shouted it around the neighborhood.
- C'mon, in the end... - (Friend) No, dammit, Nicola!
No, not at all!
Okay...
(TOY SWORD STROKES SOUND)
I'm here for you.
Thanks.
(SOUND OF DISAPPROVAL AND TOY SWORD STROKES SOUND)
Bye.
(Friend) Let's go home.
(FRIEND SCREAMING AND TOY SWORD STROKES SOUND)
- (Sara) Hurry! - (Nicola) Careful.
(Nicola) I don't remember a thing.
- (Nicola) Diapers, nursing, salves... - (Sara) Me, neither.
chapter 1 SLEEP
Can I sleep here, too?
(Sara) Sweetie, we won't all fit.
(Sara) He'll be with us only at first, like you were.
(Sara) Then he'll be with you.
Was another kid really necessary? We were all just fine.
You'll see, it will all work out.
Couldn't he stay in the hospital? They were all so nice.
- (Nicola) Anna, we had him for you too. - For me?
You're too young now to understand, but Pietro will bring balance.
(THUNDERS)
(Anna) The three of us were fine together, why did you change everything?
You're both a mess, especially you, Daddy.
Why? Listen to her!
An immediate tickling. (ANNA LAUGHS)
- (Nicola) In silence or you'll wake him. - You'll wake him.
(Anna) No tickling, please! (THEY ALL SMILE)
(Anna) Stop.
It's a beautiful thing.
(Sara) It's normal you don't see it as beautiful.
Look, come here. I'll show you something.
So...
(Sara) This...
..is Mommy's heart as it was before.
MOMMY, DADDY, ANNA.
(Sara) And this is Mommy's heart...
..now.
(Sara) It's a much bigger heart.
MOMMY, DADDY, ANNA, PIETRO
- (Sara) There's more room for everyone. - Can I keep it? - It's for you.
- (Nicola) Let's go to bed. - (Sara) A kiss.
- (Nicola) Say good night to your brother. - (Anna) Night.
(Nicola) Come here.
(SMACKING KISS)
- (Nicola) Fine, right? - What? - (Nicola) Are you happy? - (Sara) Yes.
- (Nicola) There's a nice atmosphere. - (Sara) Yes.
The country too lately,...
..I feel it expresses, now and then...
- Let's not exaggerate. - No, right.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
(Nicola) The first three months were the calm before the storm.
(Nicola) The baby slept, nights were peaceful, things went smoothly.
(Nicola) Except for the first signs of disparity, in the morning before going to work.
- (Anna) Leather working became widespread... - (Nicola) Sorry, I was distracted.
- So, earthenware pottery... - (Anna) Jewelry, clothes and sculptures.
(Nicola) You said them all, sorry.
(Anna) In the forests of the East, leather working became widespread,...
..the decorating of vases, bags, belts, among which, those with symbolic designs.
(Anna) Also the art of wooden masks for religious purposes...
..portraying demons and spirits...
(INAUDIBLE WORDS DI ANNA)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Nicola) If I'd been a wise Indian chieftain, I'd have felt the storm coming.
(Nicola) Excellent! Put this in your schoolbag and let's go.
Bye, darling. Let's go, Anna!
- Be back soon? - Of course.
- Not going for cigarettes? - No!
- (Nicola) Say bye to Mommy. - Bye. (SMACKING KISS)
Bye. Let's jump!
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Nicola) The storm came in the third month.
(Nicola) The baby had a growth spurt.
(Nicola) He changed his rhythm, re-regulated the flow of milk,...
..broke his nursing balance and threw his mom for a loop.
(Nicola) In a word, he said: "I'm here".
BY AGREEMENT, IN PLACE OF THE BABY'S CRYING,
BEETHOVEN'S SONATA NO. 8 "PATHETIQUE"
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(Sara) Little love! What's happening, come here.
(INAUDIBLE NOISES)
No, no, no... (INAUDIBLE NOISES BY NICOLA)
No, no. (INAUDIBLE NOISES BY NICOLA)
(Nicola) What a blow I got!
- (Nicola) A tremendous blow. - Ssh.
(NICOLA MOANS) Lord!
(Sara) No, little love, don't cry.
- (Anna) What's happening? - (Sara) Nothing, everything's fine.
- (Nicola) It's all okay. - (Sara) Everything's fine, go back to bed.
- It's normal. - (Anna, crying) Tell me what's happening?
- He's crying, it's normal. - (Anna) Why's he crying like crazy?
It's normal, don't worry. Take Anna to bed?
- (Nicola) We're going. - Then go! - (Nicola) What a blow!
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(SARA SIGHS)
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(Sara) Nicola, why are you just standing there? - What?
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(INAUDIBLE WORDS)
(SARA MOANS)
Oh, honey!
(NICOLA SIGHS) Want one?
(LIVELY MUSIC)
It'll be okay, just a moment of transition.
Right, sweetie? (PIETRO VOMITS)
(LIVELY MUSIC)
Anna's going to school with Luigi, they'll pick her up.
(Sara) In ten minutes.
- (Nicola) Bye, honey. - (Sara) Bye.
(MUSIC OF "L'OVO ALLA COCCA" BY GIULIANO TAVIANI AND CARMELO TRAVIA)
(HOOT)
Fuck off!
(NICOLA GASPS FOR BREATH)
(NICOLA BREATHES IN AND OUT)
(MUSIC OF "L'OVO ALLA COCCA" BY GIULIANO TAVIANI AND CARMELO TRAVIA)
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
I'll have mozzarella and...
- And? - And...
- Arugula and salmon? - (Client) No.
With the first child you have incredible energy,...
..you gave life, you feel like a demigod.
This new sensation compensates for the sleepless nights,...
..the inhuman effort required.
- Mozzarella and... - And anchovies? - Too salty, I can't sleep.
With the second, the same effort bursts in your face, you'd underestimated it...
..and it's no longer compensated by that divine euphoria.
The second kid's a shock.
Mozzarella, tomato confit and wild herbs.
- No, good heavens! - No, uh?
Ditch the family, ditch it all.
Say you're crazy, do two months in Psychiatry and you're free.
- Mozzarella and... - And stop, huh?
Mozzarella and stop. Good man, it was easy! Mozzarella and stop.
(Luca) Let's do this.
Darling? Hello? (BEETHOVEN MUSIC ON TELEPHONE)
What is it? Yes. Just tell me. (BEETHOVEN MUSIC ON TELEPHONE)
I can't hear you... Yeah. Go. (BEETHOVEN MUSIC ON TELEPHONE)
Valpasin. Dobrecin. Drops? (BEETHOVEN MUSIC ON TELEPHONE)
(Nicola) When your kid hasn't slept for weeks, doesn't eat, it's a time bomb...
(Luca, whispering) Oh!
..you have to find someone to help.
Why's he screaming like that? No, good heavens!
(Nicola) That someone is the pediatrician.
(Nicola) Generally, out of guilt, you choose the most expensive.
(Nicola) The one they say is tops, a guru.
chapter 2 THE PEDIATRICIAN GURU
(DOORBELL RINGING)
(Nicola) Art works around the office are typical of the pediatrician guru,...
..rich detail, Persian rugs, velvet drapes.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC)
(Secretary) Hello.
(Nicola) The aim is to have you see what the furnishings cost...
..so you'll understand what the return must be.
My God.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC)
(Pediatrician) You should listen.
It sounds very difficult, but if you reflect, it's also simple.
(Nicola) The pediatrician guru says elementary things that never crossed your mind.
(Pediatrician) Not sleeping, not eating, is perhaps his only way to be heard.
(Nicola) And you cry, moved either by the simplicity and power of those words...
..or by the imagined cost of the visit.
Sorry, I don't know why I feel like crying.
Now I'll make all those faces we make when we're trying not to cry.
(Pediatrician) Don't worry.
Thanks.
(SARA SNIFFS)
May I?
It's been only three months but I feel my husband has stopped seeing me.
(Nicola) For some psychoanalytical reason, in front of the pediatrician guru,...
..we say things that we don't at home.
(Sara) It's like I were a function for him:...
..just the mother of his children.
Actually I don't feel equal to the task.
I don't feel equal to the task either.
(SARA AND NICOLA SIGH)
- I'm such scum! - Yes.
(SARA SNIFFS)
(Pediatrician) You should each try putting yourselves in the other's shoes.
And you must spend more time with the baby.
How? Nicola works and I'm soon going back to work myself.
(Nicola) Then the pediatrician guru takes a quantum leap.
No, not work. Think up something, work can wait.
- Like what? - (Pediatrician) Don't you have an income?
(Pediatrician) A house to rent on the beach, in the mountains?
(Pediatrician) An income, a monthly revenue.
Don't we have a house in the mountains to rent? Eh?
(Nicola) No...
(Pediatrician) Find an income, give up work and spend more time with him.
(Sara) An income, you say.
(Pediatrician) Meanwhile, I'll prescribe something for the baby.
- I'll see you in a month. - Thank you.
(NICOLA SNIFFS)
- (Nicola) Good, isn't she? - (Sara) Dunno.
(Nicola) She seemed extremely well-prepared. Almost two hundred euros!
(Sara) Ever notice you always agree with the last person you talk to?
- (Sara) Especially if he's expensive. - (Nicola) I notice you get aggressive.
- (Sara) No, I'm very calm. - (Nicola) You were moved too.
(Sara) Maybe because I'm stressed out.
- What about the money? - We'll find a way.
(Sara) We need someone to stay with the baby at least in the morning.
We can ask my mother.
I have to get back to work or we can't pay the rent.
Things are fine, okay? C'mon!
(MELANCHOLIC PIANO MUSIC)
That's 329 euros.
The prescription... don't lose it!
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
Here.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Nicola) And God saw that Man wasn't suffering enough.
(CHURCH MUSIC)
(Nicola) And so he created the mother-in-law.
We'll now be together for 20 years.
And although you think you make all the decisions,...
..deep down, you'll see that my opinion weighs like a millstone.
chapter 3 THE IN-LAWS
(Angela) Honey, I can't.
- Mom! - I'd love to, but I can't.
I already take Anna to all her activities in the afternoon.
I even keep her in the evening when I can.
- But why? - I don't have the strength.
- You go swimming every day. - If you knew the energy it costs!
It would be very important for us.
- Promise you'll think it over. - No.
And Dad?
(MAN SNORES)
(Sara) We just can't handle it, don't you see?
I have an article on grandparents being saddled with their grandchildren.
- Oh, my God... - (Angela) Why are you so angry?
Because your generation ate up everything.
(Sara) You were born postwar, a childhood in a generous family network,...
..you enjoyed the economic boom,...
..you accumulated and squandered in the '80s and '90s,...
..believing well-being would last forever.
You didn't think about future generations and you still don't.
Today, with a pension you'll be the last to enjoy,...
..you revel in your first and second houses.
(Sara) You make vacation plans, invest in stocks, take out twenty-year loans.
You get impeccable check-ups, enjoy social media...
..and especially, you believe in a future you'll be the last to have...
..because you no longer die off!
Okay...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You have to understand something, once and for all.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
We elderly are a strength,...
..silent and calm, but if we get pissed off, it's trouble.
Because there are more of us. We're a great number.
For every 100 young people, there are 165 elderly,...
..meaning, an absolute majority:...
..virtually, Congress, Senate and Government.
We have the TV, conditioning show-planning and editorials.
The Song Festival is done for us. As are the big national TV series.
The advertisers that make the world turn, are obsessed with us.
(Angela) The houses and savings accounts that support the entire economy...
..and without which we'd close shop like Greece, are in our hands.
Theater, what's left of cinema hang on thanks to us.
Our pensions hold hostage the entire national economy.
All we lack is awareness and cohesiveness...
..and we're ready to screw them all!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(All together) DEMOCRACY THE ONLY WAY!
Like to go?
What your mother says is true, she's right.
- (Sara) Should I worry? - (Nicola) Those guys will screw us all.
(Nicola) We'll find a solution, don't worry.
(Nicola) We have dinner with Dad tomorrow, we'll talk, it's gonna be okay.
(Cabo) I can't help you, I don't understand what the baby says.
He's 3 months old, doesn't talk. "I don't understand what he says..."
He's always got a cold.
- I can stay with him, but you have to take care of his needs. - Of course.
If only Mom were still here! That damned diet took her away.
You'd been separated for 35 years!
- That diet killed her! - Just the opposite.
If she done the diet, she'd still be alive.
(Busta) Here we are! Come here.
- Beautiful Come here, darling. - Coming, dear.
- See my priest friend, Busta? - Yes.
- He didn't eat gluten for a month. - (Nicola) Oh!
He got a tumor.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Sara) And God saw that Woman wasn't suffering enough either...
..and so, he created both the father-in-law...
..and Brazilian music.
(SAMBA MUSIC)
Hear that rhythm? Doesn't it grab you? Listen!
(Busta) In the 1980s we couldn't decide if buying a house at the beach,...
..whose value quintupled in these 30 years,...
..or here in the Tuscia countryside whose value dropped 90% in the same period.
We had no doubts.
(GUNSHOTS)
Should that make us unhappy? No way, long live the countryside!
(Together) Long live the countryside!
(GUNSHOTS)
- Hear the shots? Hunters. - Eh...
(INAUDIBLE WORDS BY CABO) (Busta) If you could see the enthusiasm.
(Busta) They drink, so now and then someone gets killed.
- They shoot each other, but by mistake! - Ah...
- They're an enormous resource for our territory. - True!
(GLASS TINKLING AND GUNSHOTS)
I'll take advantage of this nice moment to make an announcement.
Angelina and I...
..want a child.
- (Cabo) We're working on it, right? - (Angelina) Yes.
- (Cabo) Hurray! - (Busta) Hurray! - (Together) Hurray!
(Angelina) Thank you.
We'll call him Cabo, like his father.
Cabo Jr.
(Cabo) Be close to us, help us.
Especially you young people, who have strength,...
..energy, free time.
Right.
(Friends) Hurray! - (Cabo) Long live the countryside, long live us all!
chapter 4 JOSEPHINA
(MERENGUE FROM THE RADIO)
(JOSEPHINA HUMS)
(MERENGUE FROM THE RADIO)
(Nicola) Not having revenue as the wealthy pediatrician thought,...
..having to work, unable to count on grandparents,...
..there was just one answer to all our problems.
(Nicola) Josephina.
(MERENGUE FROM THE RADIO)
(Nicola) Josephina is fun, reliable, creative,...
..you needn't explain anything to her, she finds things in the house on her own,...
..she adores children, children adore her, she's in love with her job.
According to Victor Turner, ritual has its roots in social drama...
..which reveals the most concrete aspects of social life.
(MERENGUE FROM THE RADIO)
(Nicola) Josephina has just one big problem.
(MERENGUE FROM THE RADIO)
(Nicola) She doesn't exist. (MUSIC STOPS)
(Nicola) In her place, a series of dubious babysitters come to the door.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE WORDS)
(Nicola) The African who only speaks Wolof.
Inps, spaghetti, up yours...
(Nicola) The unemployed college graduate.
(Nicola) The young sex maniac.
(Young girl) I adore dads without beards.
(Nicola) And other monsters you've seen in headlines.
Smoking's okay, right?
My name is Manuela, I'm 35.
I've already done babysitting, the baby was 16,...
..and I helped get him off drugs.
(Erica, whispering) My name's Erica, I'm 22.
I just love children.
Especially when they're sleeping.
I'd do anything to see them sleep.
(Nicola) Out of exhaustion, we chose the worst,...
..a farm girl with no experience, so to entertain the kids...
..she proposed just one thing.
I cook them a "roached" egg.
(Sara) Before dinner, eight drops of sub-lingual antihistamine.
(Nicola and Sara) Under the tongue...
(Sara) Before bed, a nasal wash, we brush our teeth, don't forget.
Hear your mommy? Don't be a rascal.
(Sara) Then to bed, 9:30 at the latest.
Understand, dear? Don't be a rascal. Listen to your mommy?
- Thank you - (Nicola) Bye, sweetie.
- Good evening. - (Sara) We thank you. Bye, sweetie.
(whispering) I don't want a "roached" egg, I'm scared.
(Nicola) Of what?
(Sara) Sweetie, don't worry, it's gonna be okay.
- (Sara) Watch a movie. - "Titanic"?
(Sara) Again? Isn't it too sad?
- I really like it. - Ok... - (Sara) If you like it...
(Babysitter) Come here, little one! Come here, we'll make a "roached" egg.
(Anna) A "roached" egg.
(HAPPY MUSIC)
(Nicola) Let's go there.
(HAPPY MUSIC)
- (Sara) It's our first time out since when? - (Nicola) Since forever.
- (Sara) Tell me what we'll do tonight. - (Nicola) Everything. - (Sara) What a thrill!
(HAPPY MUSIC)
(Actor) Help!
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)
- (Sara) I'd really like to go home. - (Nicola) I know.
- (Sara) We can't, right? - (Nicola) Unfortunately not.
- What time is it? - Eh? - What time is it?
9:40.
- (Sara) What did we do to deserve this? - (Nicola) I don't know.
(Nicola) We have to stay out and have fun at all costs.
- Hungry? - No.
(Nicola) I like this restaurant, it's old,...
..the old waitresses still like their work.
- Have you inspected it? - (Sara) Twice.
- What's it like? - Perfect, that's why we're here.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- I have to say something tremendous. - What?
- I'm embarrassed. - Say it.
- It's not easy. - Say it.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- I miss them like crazy. - Me too, so much.
What can we do?
- Let's look at their pictures. - Okay.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
- (Nicola) Look at this. - (Sara) Sweetie! You're so beautiful!
(Sara) Darling!
See how pretty Anna is here.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
- What are they doing now? - A "roached" egg.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
- Let's go home. - No.
- How long do we have to stay out? - At least till midnight.
Lord!
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
Okay, wake me in ten minutes?
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
- Good evening. - (Sara) Good evening.
The baby woke up just once. I gave him some milk and he went back to sleep.
- The little girl watched "Titanic", but she's still crying. - Really?
The little girl is suffering, she's jealous, pay attention to her.
- Yes... - My sister ruined my life, even today I'd like to kill her.
- (Nicola) Ok... - (Babysitter) She got all the attention: "You're so pretty, you're so tiny..."
- I felt like the pits. - Thank you, has Anna eaten?
- An egg. - "Roached"?
- "Roached". - (Nicola) Thank you.
(Nicola) You're still awake? You have school tomorrow.
Tomorrow's Sunday.
- Why are you crying? Eh? - (Nicola) Huh?
(Sara) Will you tell me?
(Sara) I knew this movie was too sad.
(Sara) Sweetheart...
- (Sara) Sweetheart! - (Nicola) Hey.
(Sara) Here's what we'll do.
Let's draw the Titanic on April 16, 1912.
The day after the sinking but perfectly integral,
as it's sailing peacefully.
We'll imagine the Titanic never sank?
(Anna) Can I sleep in the big bed?
chapter 5 SUNDAY
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(Nicola) Oh, no, stop! Stop.
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(SARA SIGHS) He has a high fever.
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
- (Nicola) Oh, no... - (Sara) Please get some water?
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(NICOLA SCREAMS) Oh God, what did I do to myself!
Oh no! I hurt myself really badly.
(NICOLA CRIES)
- (Nicola) Gentle, though! What are you doing? - (Sara) Yes.
- (Sara) I'll pull it out, on three. - It already hurts, careful and fast.
One, two, three. (NICOLA SCREAMS AND SIGHS)
- Look. - Very nice!
It's the Titanic the day after it sank. It's sailing calmly.
(DOORBELL RINGING) - (Sara) Go open the door, it's Grandpa. - Okay.
(Anna) The problem isn't my baby brother, they can have another two.
- (Anna) I have a personal problem with him. - (Cabo) Why?
- (Anna) He cries all the time, even with no reason. - (Cabo) Why does he cry?
He wants everyone around him and when everyone's around him, know what he does?
- What? - He keeps crying.
That's a real problem.
Don't let him fool you, never be alone with him.
Thank you for the advice.
- (Anna) You're welcome. - (Cabo) I have something for you.
Here, honey, open it.
- What is it? - (Cabo) Look.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
- A cuckoo clock! - Yes! Isn't it beautiful?
Listen how it goes.
(CUCKOO CLOCK SOUND)
- (Anna) It's beautiful. - (Cabo) You're right, it's beautiful.
(CUCKOO CLOCK SOUND)
(SMACKING KISS)
(Cabo) Why are you so short of breath?
No, it's normal breathing.
(Sara) Nicola, I'm going out today.
Meaning?
I'm spending the day with Federica, she has to talk to me.
About what?
Are you capable of staying one day with the baby?
- You're father's here too. - (Cabo) Don't count on me.
I'll watch the baby when he can talk, he'll say he's hungry, thirsty...
..and he always has a cold.
Of course, I am.
We could ask Federica to come here, couldn't we?
Today it might be nice to be all together.
You stay all together since you're never here.
(SOUND OF CABO'S TOOLS)
Why do you always say that, as if I spent my days playing pool?
If you did, we wouldn't be together at all.
- (Nicola) You understand what I mean. - (Sara) No, I don't. (CABO SCREAMING))
That's the point, we don't understand one another.
I need to breathe.
I'm in here all day, I can't take any more, I have to go out.
You're scared of being alone with the baby,...
..since you never are you don't know how, and that makes me mad.
I have zero fear.
- (Sara) You're short of breath. - (Nicola) No. - (Sara) You do.
Can we make tea and spend the afternoon all together?
Your only contribution is work.
(SOUND OF CABO'S TOOLS)
Sorry! Sorry, if I bust my butt so we don't sink.
- I apologize. - How I envy you.
I'd like to work all day while you nurse and take care of the baby.
Half and half, like we've always said.
(NICOLA GASPS FOR AIR AND CABO SCREAMS)
Want us to argue today too, should I start yelling?
- Sara... - Bye.
(Nicola) It's not nice to leave on a bad note.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
This bitch won't go in! (CABO SCREAMS)
- (Nicola) Want a hand, dad? Huh? - (Cabo) No.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(CABO SCREAMS AND BEETHOVEN MUSIC STARTS)
- (Nicola) Why? Why! - (Cabo) Ok. - (Nicola) What's okay? - (Cabo) Stay calm.
- (Nicola) Be good, Pietro. - Let's stay calm.
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(Nicola) Go see him, get used to it.
- (Nicola) What's he doing? - (Cabo) Crying.
(Nicola) Can you understand him or does he have to talk?
I'm left with this one screw, that means I forgot something. I made a mistake.
- (Nicola) So? - (Cabo) Let's hope it holds.
- I can't reassemble the whole thing. - No.
Bye, son.
(DOOR OPENS)
What the fuck, though!
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Nicola) Look.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
Do you realize little Pietro will have a best friend.
- Who's his uncle. - (Cabo) Yes, his uncle!
His uncle!
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
Anna, sweetie? Be with me today.
It's me, you and the little delinquent, are you happy?
- (Anna) But I have a party. - (Nicola) What do you have?
It's Giorgia's party, you've known for days.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
You can't have a teenager's life already.
Your social life is more intense than ours.
Parties, pizzas, pajama parties, sports events, Pilates, c'mon!
- You're envious. - Yes, I am. Come here.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- (Anna) No tickling. - (Nicola) You'll make it worse. - (Anna) C'mon!
(DOORBELL RINGING) (Anna) It's them!
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Anna) I'm coming.
Bye, huh? Not even bye.
(DOOR CLOSES) Not even bye.
Up we come.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE SOUNDS BY PIETRO) What is it?
Look.
I was wondering if you'd like to come for coffee.
- (Nicola) An herbal tea... - You're alone with the baby?
(Nicola) No way, no! (BEETHOVEN MUSIC ON TELEPHONE)
Oh, you shit!
(Nicola) Okay, it's me and him, but things are fine.
- I'd like to see you. - Sure... but I can't.
- (Friend) I'm seeing the urologist. - It's Sunday!
Hey?
He hung up.
(NICOLA EXHALES)
Okay, listen to me, my son.
(Nicola) Listen, it's an awful tough day for us, huh?
It's called "situation of peril".
But if you don't mess up and we stick together,...
..we'll get through this and it'll bring us together forever.
What do you say? (UNINTELLIGIBLE SOUNDS BY PIETRO)
Good boy. Ssh... Good boy.
Good boy.
(CUCKOO CLOCK SOUND AND SOUND OF FRIGHT BY NICOLA )
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(INAUDIBLE WORDS)
(CUCKOO CLOCK SOUND AND BEETHOVEN MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE WORDS AND BEETHOVEN MUSIC)
(Anna) There was someone who made you up, inflatables, salami sandwiches.
- (Nicola) You're sure you want just small pasta? - Yes, I'm not very hungry.
(BEETHOVEN MUSIC STARTING) (Nicola) Here, it's ready. It's ready, bibsy.
(Nicola) A complete meal includes fruit.
Fruit, not up for it? He's not up for it.
(Nicola) "He asked his cousin Eddie if he could hold his teddy.
The teddy said hello... to Grandpa Joe.
Old cyclops says not a word as home he leads his herd."
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
You're a big man, Nico!
- Let's drive around again, Federica, please. - (Federica) It's useless.
- C'mon, it's gonna be okay. - I don't want to go in, I'm not happy.
(Sara) Bye.
- How are you? - (Nicola) Fine. You? - Fine.
(Nicola) Well, I tidied the living room, Dad had left a mess,...
..the baby ate, I washed and changed him, he took his drops.
(Nicola) Anna came back at 8:30, she ate too, different menu,...
..then she made some fuss, so, like when she was little,...
..I read her "The Cyclops Family".
(Nicola) They're neurotic like us, but they react like...
(NICOLA MAKES A GUTTURAL SOUND)
- (Nicola) Anyway, they're both asleep. - Good.
Well?
What?
Nothing to say?
Should I say you're great?
- For example. - (Sara) Why?
- Maybe because it's true? - Do you tell me that?
You did what I do everyday without blinking and without being told I'm great.
I always say you're great.
- Never. - Always.
- (Sara) What's this ridiculous outfit? - (Nicola) What outfit?
This super hero outfit, you're ridiculous.
I have no outfit.
You think that because I'm the mom,...
..doing all these things that make you feel like a super hero,...
..come natural to me, they're easy, give me pleasure.
- There's nothing wrong with that. - Screw you.
You fly right off the handle.
Centuries of male supremacy have formatted us forever.
Equality, my ass, 50/50, my ass!
We don't need to be ideologically inverted. Why shouldn't you be happy to be a mother?
I want to work, make something of myself, travel, screw, be happy.
I'm not even sure I love you. I'm in a shambles, I can't even remember why I'm with you.
(DOORBELL RINGING)
(Man) I heard you're having problems with your son.
- Meaning? - You're not right, you complain.
Who are you?
You always want to know everything, give a name to things,...
..I'm here to help you.
C'mon, tell me what the fuck's going on?
It's a little hard keeping things together, that's it.
- With two kids? - Yes. We feel, how can I put it...
..alone.
(Sara) Yes.
Meaning?
(Nicola) Well,...
..our parents' generation didn't give a damn about anything,...
..they raised us as it came,...
..without giving us the tools to be good parents ourselves.
(Nicola) So, we swing between trying not to make their mistakes...
..and the inevitable application of their educational model.
- (Nicola) See? - Wow, how brainy!
- Right? - Yes! - (Nicola) Why?
What a likeable person you are. Coffee? I've just made some.
With a drop of milk, thank you.
- Does the older one give you problems? - No.
Well, it all seems okay.
(Man) Some people live in five in less than 50 square meters.
Families who can't make ends meet, kids who push drugs.
- What's the problem? - (Nicola) It's all relative.
Up to a certain point... Thank you.
What's this, the old adage that many are worse off than us?
Huh?
I can do something for you.
(Sara) For example?
I can make your baby disappear if you don't want him anymore.
Are you a wizard?
You always want to understand everything, with your western mind.
- Coffee's good! - Thank you.
Everything can change in life.
- You don't like that picture of your ancestor, right? - Right.
(FINGER SNAP)
- But that... - And that shit chandelier?
(FINGER SNAP)
- And the baby? - (Sara and Nicola) No!
(FINGER SNAP) (Sara and Nicola) No!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
chapter 6 THE RULES
- (Nicola) Me, the pool, Anna, Wednesday, right? - (Sara) Mmh.
Then... Take to school, me all week.
- (Nicola) Me, groceries on Thursday. - (Sara) Mmh.
- And me, the babysitter this week. - Right? - (Sara) Yes.
CLASS CHAT
- I can't do the class chat. - (Sara) It's your item.
I can't fit it in!
I'd hoped it would never get to this, but...
Then what's the use?
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
Hello, I'm calling about the vaccination. Eight months.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(THE MOBILE PHONE VIBRATES)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC AND PHONE RINGING)
Nicola: Okay for everything.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC AND PHONE RINGING)
CLASS CHAT
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Nicola) We've stopped arguing over the rules, but it's all cold.
Today's our free evening.
Huh... It's Thursday!
Yes.
(FAINT VOICES)
(Nicola) The saddest thing in the world is couples in a restaurant...
..who dine without saying a word, isn't it?
Wouldn't you like to go see your friends tonight?
- Maybe I would. - Well, okay.
(TV) Are you ready? My spirit is, not my body.
(DARK MUSIC FROM TV)
(Men, from TV) - Give me time. - Everyone would like some.
The most intimate, personal, elusive thing we all have,...
..the remote control.
Do you understand anything?
(Sara) I don't think so, it's different from mine.
Exactly, we have identical apartments, cars, television sets,...
..but the remote controls are all different.
Can't do it.
(LOUNGE MUSIC)
(Man from TV) The knight is down there, playing chess.
(Woman, from TV) I see that too, what's so terrible about it?
- (Uomo) Can't you see his adversary? - He likes being alone. Why scare me like that?
(from TV) - (Man) It's not true he's alone. - (Woman) Who's he with? - (Uomo) Death.
(LOUNGE MUSIC FROM THE OTHER ROOM)
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
- (SARA WHISPERS) What a scare! - Never again, huh?
- (Sara) You promised we'd always be together. - It's that damned schedule board.
It's even okay, but it robs us of an important thing, chance.
(Nicola) You're right. You're right.
(Sara) Do you agree because I'm the last person you talked to?
Yes, maybe. (SARA LAUGHS)
(Babysitter) Good evening.
- We've been really fine. - (Sara) Great.
We made a "roached" egg, now they're sleeping peacefully.
I'll take you home.
2 JUNE 2009 - AIRBUS 447
TWIN TOWERS 12 SEPTEMBER 2009
1 MARCH 2019
(Sara) Anna drew our family,...
..with today's date, but without Pietro.
We're doing things all wrong with her.
Me, with them both.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
(Nicola) What would these people's' parents say, seeing them unhappy and tormented?
(Nicola) Would they ever have imagined their kids,...
..who once ran on grass and skinned their knees on gravel,...
..would have rotted on Bus 48 to go earn peanuts doing a job they don't love?
(Nicola) What's the sense? What do we want? What do we believe in?
(Nicola) Are we a country, a community? What's the sense of life?
(Nicola) Why do we have kids?
- (Nicola) Careful. - (Man) What?
- (Nicola) Careful. - (Man) What did you say? - Careful!
- (Man) I'll bust your ass. - You'll do what? - I'll bust your ass.
- (Nicola) I don't understand. - (Man) Can't hear? I'll bust your ass.
- (Nicola) You? I'll bust your ass! - (Man) Oh!
- (Man) You'll do what? Repeat that. - (Nicola) No, you'll do what?
- (Nicola) You repeat that. - (Man) Repeat what you said.
- (Man) I said: repeat what you said. - (Nicola) You to me?
- (Nicola) You repeat. - (Man) Oh, no. I'll bust your ass.
(Sara) Conflicts can often be reduced to problems of communication.
(INAUDIBLE WORDS)
(Sara) Communicating is the most difficult thing.
You'll see, when Pietro can talk, you'll become friends.
He'll always protect you and you'll want to protect him.
I saw your drawing of our family.
(crying) Yes, because...
..if tragedies can really be canceled by drawing...
..then I canceled him.
Do you trust mommy?
Believe me, you'll soon change your mind about him.
You'll play together, invent fantastic things,...
..it's easier to make fun of your parents.
You'll be allies against us.
But I'll always find you out.
- I don't think so. - I really do.
- (Anna) No. - (Sara) Yes! - (Anna) No!
Can I have a hug?
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
(ANNA LAUGHS)
(Nicola) What did you say? Tell me what you said, repeat it.
You won't? Oh, ok.
No, you...
chapter 7 THE CRISIS
(Friend) Aunts, dogs, cousins, grannies, tables piled with food,...
..it was the enlarged family.
(Friend) A great family network...
(UNINTELLIGIBLE WORDS BY THE FRIEND)
- (Friend) Listening to me? - Sure.
He always does things later. "I'll do it later".
He always has all the world's ills, I never have crap.
I ask him to get something? He can never find it.
It's right under his nose, he can't see it: "It's not here".
Kids expect their parents to be anchors. Careful, this jackass is gonna shoot.
Ow! Eugenio! I'll kill you, by God!
What was I saying?
Disgusting! What is it?
A dormouse.
- What's a dormouse? - A dormouse is a dormouse.
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
- You eat it? - Except the teeth.
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
Listen,...
..I believe we all...
..have to develop a sense of community.
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
We have to see that we're united, we're not enemies.
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
The problem isn't the dormouse,...
..but this kitchen is in disastrous conditions,...
..the areas are dirty, the food's preserved badly.
It's not only dangerous, it's also very sad.
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
Besides, recently my wife's been having a serious problem with her head.
What problem?
- (Nicola) Huh? - Something neurological, she has to do a CAT scan.
- (Nicola) I'm sorry, I didn't know. - (Friend) Happens.
(Nicola) Meaning?
She doesn't see what I do.
She doesn't realize the incredible effort I make at home.
She doesn't acknowledge it, doesn't see it. It's clearly something with the brain.
- Sara, exactly the same. - See?
(Men) - Mine, too. - Mine too, she just criticizes.
(Man) An MRI is a good idea.
(SOUNDS OF PAIN)
See? He shoots!
(CARILLON MUSIC)
(Nicola) I think it's my fault.
For how I was raised, for how my dad was at home.
Maybe I can't keep the pace, although I think I do so much.
Doing "so much" is always compared to an imagined average of fathers who do nothing.
(Nicola) I wasn't raised to take care of others.
- What's your name, sweetie? - Pietro.
What interesting things have you done today?
- We took a walk. - A walk?
You're such a good boy! Where?
- To the park. - You went to the park!
So, you had fun.
He can't talk, he's just a few months old.
- Can't talk, little one? When's your birthday? - (Nicola) No, huh?
(Woman) Did you tell mommy and daddy what cake you want? And the gifts you want?
(Woman) I bet you asked for lots of gifts! (BUSS BELL RINGING)
- The cake will have lots of candles. - No, not many.
- He's not even a year old. - (Woman) Did you tell mum and dad...
Fuck off!
- (Woman) Do you like chocolate? - Oh, yes...
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE WORDS)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- What is it? - I have to tell you something.
There's another man?
(CARILLON MUSIC)
Tuesday's Daniel's birthday, there's a party in a party factory.
Then a dinner for carnival with the parents of Anna's class.
It's really important to her and we have to go.
A dinner for carnival?
- Yes. - In costume? - Yes.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- Do you love me? - Yes, dammit!
- You know I don't know? - Don't worry.
- Sorry, I'm so tired. - It'll pass.
- It will? - I don't know.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Sara) All parents suffer a crisis sooner or later.
(BABY CRYING)
(UNINTELLIGIBLE WORDS AND SCREAMING)
(BOY SCREAMING)
(together) Yes!
- I want Leticia and Jhun! - Sweetie, they're on vacation.
- I don't want you, I want them! - Honey, they're in the Philippines.
(in Filipino language) I don't want you, I want to go to Manila! I want mommy Leticia!
(THE WOMAN SCREAMS AND THEN SIGHS)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
You shit!
Your son's asking for you and you're here having sex with a no-good Venetian.
Actually, Samantha's from Friuli.
(Nicola) We each experience the crisis our own way.
(Nicola) But all parents have one thing in common.
(Nicola) In a country where we all hate everyone, at work, in politics,...
..in condominium meetings,...
..the distress level can be seen by the small things.
(Nicola) Like the odd, incontestable freedom to use a certain violence...
..when cleaning a child's mouth.
(Nicola) After two swipes, the next one is harsh, violent.
(Nicola) Fathers, mothers, grandmothers, at the third swipe, pull out a certain anger,...
..like saying: "Kid, you're a pain in the ass".
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
Whatever we encounter in there,...
..we have more chance of survival if we stick together.
- Okay. - Okay.
Let's leave, what are we doing here?
(Anna) Are you crazy? Over my dead body. Let's go.
- (Nicola) Anna, how about a nice ice cream cone? - No.
- A fun fair? - No.
- Euro Disney Paris, we'll leave tonight. - Don't worry Dad, we're here.
(Nicola) For some mysterious reason...
..party factories are always managed by convicted felons.
Oh!
(Nicola) There are 300 children in five or six parties playing in different adjacent areas.
(Nicola) So, for a child to get lost and be kidnapped by one of the delinquents...
..is a plausible scenario.
(KIDS SCREAMING ALL TOGETHER)
# Happy birthday to you, ecc... #
- (Man) This was a fucking stupid thing to do. - Anna, You'll get hurt!
(Man) Friends used to meet over dinner, in clubs,...
..now, at the drugstore or places like this.
- Look! - (Sara) Pay attention, Anna!
- (Man) What's happened to us? - You're right.
It's a disaster.
I think if Italy is at zero growth levels, there must be a reason.
(Man) Always putting Italians down...
..instead they've discovered, before others,...
..that having kids is a screw-up.
We should lay bets on food service and death.
But the two combined. The key is to destroy ourselves.
Knock ourselves out with plates of lasagna.
See that guy? He, before others, understood that principle.
- Which guy? - That guy. - Which one? - That guy!
- (Nicola) That's Farinetti! - They're the gurus of our times.
(Separated father) They see what we don't. inserisci solo (Uomo)
- Don't you have a deli? - Yeah.
(Man) Good, he's the father of my daughter's friend, I'll introduce you.
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
Shh. Hold still!
(Farinetti) I understand, you're good. (KIDS SCREAMING ALL TOGETHER)
- I'll drop by. - We want to grow. (KIDS SCREAMING ALL TOGETHER)
- (Nicola) Why don't we go outside? I can't hear a thing. - I can't, my daughter's here.
Come over to Eataly, we can talk. (KIDS SCREAMING AND INAUDIBLE WORDS BY NICOLA)
- (Farinetti) What? - It's a nightmare. - Eataly is a nightmare?
It's a horrible thing, emblematic of our times.
(KIDS SCREAMING ALL TOGETHER)
(Nicola) Something must have happened.
Suddenly, his face changed and he walked away.
There was such a ruckus... But he was nice.
(Nicola) Want me to push? Huh?
(Sara) What was it? Let's stick together? (DOGS BARKING)
(PARTY MUSIC)
(Pirate) The grill is everything and we owe everything to the grill.
- (Pirate) Know why? Nicola, right? - Yeah.
(Pirate) In prehistoric times, Man's huge step was when he started cooking meat.
Dinner became a moment of sociability, Man's jaw changed...
..he no longer had to rip off hunks of meat to nourish himself...
..and he started to talk.
(Pirate) We owe everything to the barbecue.
(Pirate) Like the lemon tree, if you want it to bear fruit, you have to beat it.
(Pirate) You start at the base of the trunk and... Pem! Pem!
Then move up, not all the way obviously, it's too high. Pem! Pem! Pem! Oh?
Bio is dead, bio doesn't exist, bio my ass. Look.
- Mommy, I'm thirsty. - (Sara) Yes.
- Taste these tomatoes, they come from the farm. - I'll eat them later.
- Just taste. - We've had desert.
In fact, they're sweet, taste them.
(PARTY MUSIC)
- (Nicola) Excuse me. - Good? Don't throw it out.
(PARTY MUSIC)
- (Nicola) I'll take him for some air. - (Sara) Better not to.
- (Nicola) Why? - (Nicola) He's not used to it.
(PARTY MUSIC)
(Pirate) 1920, Henry Ford made a car of hemp.
(Pirate) Steering wheel, dashboard, chassis of hemp. It ran on grain alcohol.
- Guess what he did? - He smoked it? - No.
(Pirate) The Americans bought the patent for the fuel and made it disappear.
- (Nicola) Excuse-me. - (Pirate) Okay.
(FAINT VOICES)
(FAINT VOICES AND MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- (Nicola) Sorry! Where are you going? - (Sara) To breathe.
(Nicola) Single mother, you go to breathe and toss the kid in the stroller?
- (Sara) I tossed the kid in the stroller? - (Nicola) Didn't you?
(Sara) When the crisis appears irreversible, various scenarios open.
(Nicola) You have no idea what responsibility means.
(Nicola) You don't know the ones I take on.
(INAUDIBLE VOICE OF SARA) You don't hear me? Because you never do.
(INAUDIBLE VOICE OF SARA) You don't hear me! You never listen to me.
You've never been there, your kids don't know you.
- (Nicola) That's not true! - (Sara) Reveal yourself!
I assume my responsibilities but you don't see them,...
..there's just you, your mother and the devil take you, sorry, Your Honor.
You're an amoeba, always on the couch. I don't see you, you're an ectoplasm.
I DON'T SEE YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T EXIST, GODDAMMIT!
- (Sara) You don't see me. - (Nicola) You don't see me. - (Sara) I'll jump!
(Sara) Some don't decide anything and keep arguing,...
..raising the temperature higher and ruining their kids' lives.
(MUSIC OF "SONATA NO. 8 PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN)
(Sara) Some decide to return home later and later.
(SUSPENSE MUSIC)
(FAINT VOICES)
(MUSIC OF "QUELLI CHE PROVANO A RESTARE" BY GIULIANO TAVANI & CARMELO TRAVIA)
THE ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND
(MUSIC OF "QUELLI CHE PROVANO A RESTARE" BY GIULIANO TAVANI & CARMELO TRAVIA)
(Sara) And then, some try to stay.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Pediatrician) The baby will start to calm down when you do.
chapter 8 THE LITTLE THINGS
(Pediatrician) If you're not frustrated, he won't be.
(Pediatrician) He's what you are,...
..and will be what you decide to be.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Pediatrician) You made him,...
..he represents, puts on stage,...
..your relationship.
That's why you must give yourselves peace.
So, he'll also give you peace.
(Pediatrician) When you put him to sleep, if you hold him in nervous arms...
..because you have to go out or something,...
..looking at the time continuously, he won't fall asleep.
But if you try to breathe, be relaxed,...
..even find pleasure in putting him to sleep,...
..without counting the minutes, being with him,...
..you'll look at him and he'll already be sleeping.
(Pediatrician) The same thing for the older one.
(Pediatrician) If you accept the baby, she will too.
(Pediatrician) You have to move to acceptance, you have to accept him.
Things can change only if first you accept them.
(Pediatrician) It's the same for everything.
(Pediatrician) For your country, your Party, your family.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
Learn to accept.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(Pediatrician) Learn to stay.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
- (Sara) Thank you. - (Restaurant girl) You're welcome.
- They're delicious. - (Girl) Thank you.
I love small things. They're the hardest to do, they speak of care.
You prove that managing a restaurant with love and care can be done.
They're the best meatballs in the world.
I woke with a desire for meatballs this morning.
- It must be the first cravings. - Because...
- Yes, I'm pregnant. - Congratulations! - (Girl) Thank you.
- Is it the first? - The second.
- I also have two. -What's it like? Can it be managed?
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
Yes, it can.
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
Hi.
- (Sara) Hi, honey. - Hi, Mommy. (SMACKING KISS)
- (Nicola) Hi, how are you? - (Sara) Fine, you? - Fine. How were things?
- (Sara) Fine! The kids? - Great.
- Did you give Pietro his medicine? - Oh Lord! No.
(Sara) No matter, I will, where are they?
- (Nicola) Where are they? - (Sara) I asked that. Looking among the CDs?
Sorry...
- Did you buy them? I asked you to buy them, remember? - (Nicola) I'm off.
- I remember, you said in the afternoon. - (Sara) No, morning.
We both saw the pediatrician, I shouldn't be the only one to remember.
(Sara) We both have to remember. (NICOLA GRUMBLES)
- Don't grumble. - I'm not grumbling.
- You grumbled. - No!
- You grumbled. - What a pain! Yes, I grumbled! You know the day I had?
(Sara) Want to know mine?
(Nicola) I asked if you wanted to know mine. Should we first talk about yours?
- (Sara) What did you do today? - (Nicola) The dishwasher, they all saw me.
- (Sara) Screw you. - (Nicola) You fly right off the handle.
(Sara) If there's something to do, you always do it later...
(Nicola) We do things together, we do everything together!
- (Sara) You do things after I already have. - (Nicola) Why do you do things right away?
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC OF "FIGLI" BY GIULIANO TAVIANI & CARMELO TRAVIA)
(MUSIC OF "BE MINE" BY OFENBACH)