A Difficult Life Page #7

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a small advance payment.

I wouldn't mind making

a controversial movie,

- but you're forgetting the censorship.

- The censorship? - Yes.

Please come down Blasetti,

can't we talk about this in quiet?

- Wait for me at the bar, I have to work.

- At your convenience.

I'll wait here for you to finish.

No, the chariots must pass here.

- I'll go to the bar then.

- Go there

- Get away, the chariots are coming!

- Get away!

- There is a lion there.

Before I was in the tribunal,

but then I fell off a horse,

and now I must play the role of the apostle.

This food is cold, I'll risk a constipation.

- What do you have in your bag, a roast?

- Yes.

- I have chicken with bell peppers.

- Who cares, I'll roast it.

Magnozzi!

- Magnozzi!

- Who are you?

I'm San Matteo!

Marquis Capperoni.

The lunch in the Rustichelli house,

- the night in which the king

- Sure, the marquis!

How are you?

I'm happy to see you again.

- Why are you dressed like that?

- My father is dead, and I have economic problems.

- It pays 30,000 liras per day.

Sit down here. - Thanks.

- What are you doing?

- I'm trying cinema too.

If I sign this contract,

I will be successful at it.

- Good. - Who is he?

- Saint Peter.

Magnozzi, without ceremony.

Chicken with bell peppers.

- Take it as it is. - No

- Too bad.

I saw Elena last week.

- Elena? - Yes.

- Where?

In Viareggio. She works in a fashion store.

You didn't know?

- I haven't seen her for two years.

We are divorced. - I know.

- Did she speak about me?

- Yes, for a long time.

She spoke.

Do you think she wants to come back to me?

What do you advise me to do, marquis?

Forget her.

Why? Another man?

Magnozzi, try to understand.

Don't think about it anymore.

The apostles!

- I must go. It's my turn.

Can you lend me 50,000 liras?

I want to go to Elena.

- How do I look?

- Very good, you have a beautiful head.

- You will have lots of success.

- Listen, Magnozzi.

Now I can only give you 25.

Father is dead.

But you listen to my advise,

don't go to Viareggio, forget her.

- I'll pay you back when I return

from Viareggio. - Pay me when you can.

Hello, Elena.

Who is that beautiful man?

- It's my husband.

- Why is he never here?

What's he doing in Viareggio?

- I don't know. - He didn't even

stop. - He'll return.

Excuse me. Hello, Elena.

Hello, Silvio.

- What do you want?

- I'm just passing by.

Can see my son, or is that forbidden?

It's your right.

Where I can find him?

- I have brought him a gift.

- He has gone home now.

Via Garibaldi 10. If it's closed,

the maid will let you in.

- You cannot accompany me?

- I'd rather not.

- What?

- I said I'd rather not.

- And if the maid does not trust me?

- Don't worry, I will phone her.

I'll take the child out for lunch,

and then I'll immediately go back to Rome,

because I have lots of job engagements.

- He must be back home before supper.

- Rest assured he will.

- Bye, Elena.

- Bye.

Should you come to Rome, call me.

Everything will be at your disposal.

Excuse the disturbance.

Paolino, we're going to eat

on the pirate ship.

Here comes daddy.

- Paolino, does your mother ever talk about me?

- Sometimes.

- What does she say?

- That you're unlucky.

Your mother is a great woman,

and we must respect her,

but she reasons like a woman.

It is not true that I am unlucky.

I just haven't found luck yet.

Paolino!

- Are you listening?

- Yes.

I haven't found my luck yet.

Do you understand the difference?

Yes. No.

One day they offered

your father one million,

houses, automobiles, motorboats.

Do you know what your father did?

- He refused it all.

- Why?

Because to accept all those millions,

I would have had

It's like if you had to betray

a friend. Would you betray your friend?

- No.

- You understand me.

Your mother didn't understand me.

Today you would have been rich, if

I had bowed my head and accepted.

- What did you say instead?

- I said no.

Paolino, what are you and your

mother doing this evening?

I watch television,

and mom goes out.

- She goes out all evenings?

- No, today is saturday, tomorrow she doesn't work.

- Where does she go?

- I don't know.

Do you know the gentleman who

goes out with mom on saturdays?

Yes, he's from Lucca. He has a

beautiful car, a white Mercedes.

- Who is it?

- It's him.

Let's go.

- Mister, that is 4,600 liras.

- Wait for me, I'll be back quickly.

Wait, mister!

I have to leave. Pay me now.

- Do you not trust me?

- He vomited in the car, and ruined the seats!

- I would like him to pay me.

- Very well.

- Is this 5.000?

- No, that is 500.

This is 5.000.

- Thanks a lot.

- You're welcome.

I'm searching a relative.

I'll have a quick look around, and then leave.

Why run away?

I'm not a leper.

Double Whisky.

- Pardon.

- Carlo, let's leave.

- We cannot run away all night. I'm staying.

Give me a cigarette.

- Do you want to dance?

- No, not now.

- Giovanna, go with me. - If you want I can

go with you, but it is wrong.

- I can stay at your place.

- Let's go for a dance.

Excuse me Elena, why did you

run away when you saw me?

Do you think I will hurt you?

I'm not armed.

I have never hurt anyone.

- Then tell me what you want?

- Than you grant me two minutes of your time.

I have a right to speak for

two minutes with my woman.

We have nothing to speak about.

Can't you see I'm in company?

Quit stalking me. I'm fed up!

I'm also fed up with this situation,

and I wish for freedom.

Excuse me for speaking about

intimate matters, I've also drunk a bit.

Valeria, let's go for a dance.

I've made some investigations, and have found

that you haven't yet betrayed me.

But I know I'm in danger.

- I'm here to help you.

Cigarette? - I am smoking.

Smoking too much.

- Today I have spoken for a long time

with our son. - Yes?

- He's very intelligent, he understands everything.

- More than you.

Shall we think seriously

about his future?

Silvio, you think about yourself,

I'll think about him.

Elena, who is that man?

He's a person who wants to arrange

mine and our son's life.

You don't think about it.

Look at me.

Do you love him?

Love isn't important for me anymore.

It's nothing but an arrangement.

If one seeks only an arrangement, it is very easy.

I can give you

all those things you want.

Whistle, and I will give you all you desire.

It's easy to make money

like all these people do.

Lower your voice!

What is more difficult, write an ugly novel,

or to sell household appliances?

Or to live by exploitation, like

all the people of the north do?

While the calabrian peasants

eat their ears with salt on them

to stop their hunger!

Your friends have beautiful cars,

and they disgust me!

Careful, behind the wheel of

those cars are rascals.

- I'm leaving.

- No, stay here, don't leave.

Then control yourself,

stop acting like a nut.

- I'll be good, we'll talk about our situation.

- Ok, let's talk about it.

Elena, I love you.

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