A Difficult Life Page #8

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No! You know your hair is beautifully done?

You're beautiful, tanned.

Your arms are warm.

- I have never wanted you

like I do this evening. - Don't do that.

Come back with me,

we'll be happy together.

- I'm not the way I was.

- You're worse than you were before.

You drink, you're as pale as a dead man

and you have worn out shoes.

- How will you end up?

- You must help me!

I will do whatever you say.

I will give you whatever you want.

- Do you need money?

- No, I need you.

- Get it out of your head!

Elena.

- We're leaving.

- I'm coming. Let me go. - Don't leave me!

- Who are you? What are you doing?

- Don't you interfere with my life.

- Gangster!

- Take down your hands!

- Gangster!

- Take down your hands, or you'll feel my fist.

I'm taking off my jacket,

we'll fight man to man.

- I don't fear him!

- You're drunk.

Did he hurt you badly?

- You're hitting a drunk man?

- I'm fed up, I'm leaving!

- Leave!

- Thanks, Elena!

I never want to see you again!

If I meet you again, I'll kill you!

Elena.

You're a waiter, and I respect you,

but don't you lay hands on me as well.

Elena! Elena!

Let me go,

I must speak with my wife!

She's leaving!

Carlo, stop!

He left alone.

Better like that.

It's finished with him too.

- My God, look!

- Elena! Elena!

Ouch! I hurt my hand.

The jacket, mister.

Wimp.

Unter, mitten...

Are you tourists?

Why do you come here?

There is nothing to see here.

Everyone here is a bastard.

Don't come to Italy, stay at home.

Ti!

Look.

Poor mother.

She always wanted me to come driving in a big car.

- Isn't that a bit exaggerated?

- No, that's what she wanted.

Now she watches us from above, laughing.

Didn't you see their envious look?

- How come you've got that car?

- I have changed.

I don't drink anymore,

I have recognized all my errors.

I have modified my ideas.

I have "put my head in place.

The way you wanted.

Aren't you happy?

Let's start over.

I will never again make you suffer.

You have said that many times,

I don't believe you anymore.

Poor mother.

Elena.

Our flour mill.

Good evening, Excellence.

Good evening.

Thanks for coming.

Orazio, this is His Excellency.

- Elena! How are you?

- Hello.

- What a beutiful hairstyle.

- I've been to Gualtiero.

- He's the best in Rome.

- Beautiful house. - Yes, isn't it?

Ippolito, take the car to the garage.

- Good evening.

- Silvio, isn't that my husband's car?

Yes. My Giulietta is at the mechanic,

and I took advantage of it.

The Commander is possessive about his cars.

That is the last time.

Please excuse me, my wife

wants to meet you,

- and the Commander. May I introduce you to her?

- Afterwards, I have things to to.

- That was the Commander's wife.

- A beautiful woman.

- How's the Commander's mood?

- He's happy,

- he won 150 million at the casino.

- Did you hear, Elena?

What luck!

Why can't it happen to us?

- I don't play to win.

- How are you?

Do you allow me, Commander?

I asked you a favor,

but you're just beating around the bush.

You know I'm always

at your disposal.

- Let me introduce my wife.

- Excuse me.

I wanted to meet you,

my husband always talks about you.

- My compliments, she is very pretty.

You don't deserve it. - If you say so!

From nothing, he has become one of

the most important men in the country.

- Magnozzi, don't flatter me.

- But it's the truth.

Your success covers all fields.

Industry, commerce, newspapers,

- cinema, reviews

- Records. - Soccer. It's all yours!

Firstly you court me, and then you

ask for advance payments.

Now amuse yourselves,

and do as you like.

Thanks.

- Nice, isn't he.

- Yes, he's formidable.

- Any desire can be satisfied here.

- Remember when we used to skip meals?

- Do you want a little caviar?

- Yes.

- Anchovies?

- The commander wants you.

Silvio

- Where did he go?

- The commander called for him.

Here I am. My homages, prince.

Who gave the order to publish

these photographs?

There has been bloodshed in Calabria.

You were not in Rome, and I phoned

the newspaper in your name.

You remove a page of princes,

and replace it with calabrian labourers?

I think people today are tired

of seeing lots of princes and princesses

in newspapers.

- Who told you this? - Nobody.

Remember I'm a journalist.

You were a journalist. Now you're one

of my secretaries, and a well paid one.

You're also an idiot.

- Why?

- I earn money on my newspaper by publishing

photos of princes, not of labourers!

- Certainly.

Forget being a journalist,

and only do what I tell you.

Very well, commander.

- Is there champagne for everybody?

- Yes, there are 150 bottles.

- Did you phone my dentist?

- Yes, your appointment is on tuesday at 3 o'clock.

- Did you send a transport for his Eminence?

- Yes, he has arrived.

- Then go and receive him. - At once.

- I remember that young person

Elena, there is hot profiterole.

- Excuse, Elena.

- Silvio.

Fernando.

Eminence.

- How many people! - Sit down, your Eminence.

- I will only stay a few minutes.

Please.

- What can I offer you? - A glass

of selzter. - Magnozzi. - At once.

- And you, reverend?

- Nothing, thanks.

These devices never work.

- You don't know how to pour seltzer.

- It doesn't work.

Can you see that it works?

After work, me and my collaborators

become like boys again.

Let's go to the garden, your Eminence.

Magnozzi.

This way, please.

The commander spilled a little seltzer on me.

- It was a mistake.

- I saw it.

Is this the job you do?

Here around the swimmingpool, I organize

lunches for poor children.

- Over there is a small moonlight park

- Allow me, Eminence.

- Silvio!

- Go and drag him up.

Elena, let's leave.

- The car?

- No, we're walking.

We're going to have a nice breath of air.

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