Block-notes di Habemus Papam Page #4

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played Chekhov for many years,

I know it by heart.

- The Seagull?..

- Masha!

Masha, confidently:.

We will, ask him for them...

He will.

Father, will you let

my husband have a horse?

Shamrayev:
Not possible!

Not possible!

Medvedenko:
I'll walk home.

And at last, he exits.

We'll see you soon.

You had three points,

plus one, is four.

Now you have four.

- We made just one point?

- We hardly made even one!

You had to take 5 and 4 with 9!

- With a 7 on the table?

- You don't know how to play.

You should have left the 7

and call 'spariglio'.

- But we made a point.

- And they got two points...

...with the last trick.

When it's not your hand,

you must call 'spariglio'.

- You are always distracted!

- No, I'm focused.

- No, it's no way to play!

- I'm very sorry.

You're sorry...

It's the second time we've lost.

- Whose deal is it?

- Excuse me, I can't take anymore.

- You're offended?

- No, I have a headache.

- Would you like to play?

- Well, I don't know what they think.

- Know what 'spariglio' is?

- I've been told lots of times,

I think I understand,

but I can't follow this technique.

Let me play my own way.

Evgenij Sergeyevich,

which of us looks younger?

- You, of course.- You see! And why?

- Because I work, I feel...

- Because I work, I feel...?

Because I'm always busy,

you're always in the same place,

you don't live. I have a rule:

never look to the future.

I never think about

old age or death.

I feel like I was born so long ago.

- I drag my life like an endless train...

- Excuse me!

Aften I've no desire to live.

Here Dorn should come in.

- Did you visit Dario? How is he?

- The doctors say it's not serious,

- But he won't make

the opening night. - Pardon...

That's it? Did you call Baldineti?

Yes, but he's on tour.

Gurrini's not here or Zagoni....

...and not even that tall guy

with a moustache, Di Biasio.

- What will we do about Dorn?

- I can give the lines.

I've given it some thought. I guess

I'll just have to do it myself.

- Oh, great.

- Just for the first few days!

I really miss my wife.

A period of being apart always gives you

the chance to measure the value of love.

- What do you know?

- No, guys, I miss her,

meaning, we're separated.

She's a psychoanalyst too.

She left me because I'm the best

and it bothered her.

She's good too, but she's obsessed

with parental deficit.

Interesting!

Yes, but these are formulas.

I could simplify and say...

?the Holy Father feels

vulnerable at the moment,

but at the same time,

narcissistically exceptional!

- How dare you?

- I mean the man,

-...not the Pope.

- They're the same thing.

I'm not so sure... Queen.

Does your wife have a new life?

Yes, she's been with a guy

for a few years.

He's a good person, but she can't

bring herself to tell our kids.

He's a psychoanalyst too.

All these psychoanalysts!

Is there such a need?

But I have a good relationship

with my wife.

- I'm glad.

- I'm glad too.

Point!

I confused them with my chatter!

Actually, the Conclave

is still technically operative.

Yes, we all heard

the spokesman for the Holy See,

but I don't think he reassured

the hundeds of millions of faithful.

Might we say this is

an unexpected event?

You know I used to eat here

with Salvo Randone?

- Do you know who he was?

- Sure.

He's the one who, with Gassman, would

do Othello one evening and Iago the next.

They'd swap parts.

We need to be patient.

Haven't you formed an opinion

about what might have happened?

I don't think there's

a mystery behind all this.

A search for serenity, in silence,

before approaching the waiting world,

-...is a Pontiff's prerogative.

- It's not nonsense:

wine and tobacco

deprive the personality...

Loving without hope,

entire years waiting for something...

Last night I went into the garden

to see if our old theater was still there.

- And it was there.

- It's dark in the garden.

They should tear down that theater.

It's there, bare...

After a good cigar or some vodka...

Let's remember that the Pope

is the Lord's first servant.

- But he's also the last.

- The first, but also the last!

So, the first and also the last.

This leads us, as a consequence?

As a consequence this leads us...

- This leads us...

- Leads us?

No, I'm improvising!

The truth is I'm totally confused.

I ask the viewers' forgiveness,

forgiveness from all of you.

- Sorry.

- No, no problem!

I remind you, formally

the Conclave still isn't over...

- I know!

- The cardinals are still isolated,

far from the glare of the media.

Europe, I haven't decided

if you're in two or three teams.

North America, Asia, South America...

-...Oceania, Swiss Guards...

- No! - Africa...

The tournament's unbalanced

with the Swiss Guards!

- You like winning, right?

- Yes.

You're right,

no team of Swiss Guards.

- But I can't remember your name,

Cardinal. - Pescardona.

During the Conclave,

the bookmakers,

especially the English,

gave odds for all of you.

Let's see Pescardona.

Pescardona, Pescar...

- You were given 7 to 1!

- What's that? Good?

It sure is!

The Holy Father

was given just 90 to 1.

- That's wonderful!

- You don't understand,

I'll explain:

if you'd bet 10 Euros on him,

you'd have won 900!

- Not bad, eh?

- Then there's Cruz... 72.

Gregori, well, the favored...

- Here he is! - Good evening.

- We were talking about you.

Congratulations:

you were given 3 to 1!

Was he disappointed

not to be elected?

No one here is disappointed.

- Lucky you! - My name

is Brummer! What were my odds?

- Brummer you say?

- Yes.

Brummer...

If you all agree,

I'll choose the teams' captains...

...from the bookmakers' favorites.

The captains can be...

...Aguilar, Cincotta, Stenton, Bikila...

You didn't give my number!

Brummer, if I didn't, there's a reason!

What do you think?

Your number's not here,

your number doesn't exist.

Since you insist:

you were given no odds at all!

You weren't considered!

You insisted, happy now?

- No.

- I'd say not!

But you insisted!

Flatten these corners, all the way.

To the side,

it has to be flattened...

...right to the end or we'll get hurt.

Go, like that... Go back!

There's a hollow here.

Go back.

Now this part here.

Here!

You have to flatten it,

one, two, three times,

if not, when we jump,

we could get hurt.

Like that, overhand.

Yes.

Fine, next in line.

Underhand.

Good, next.

- The Korean way. - What's it like?

- Underhand with a spin.

Okay, no spin there...

In the first heat is: North America,

Asia, Europa A, Eastern Europe.

Why can't we have

an all-Italian team?

No, you Italians play

either on the Europe A team...

...or on the Europe B team.

Please, don't spoil the grid,

I worked on it all night.

Or I'll leave and you can do

the tournament by yourselves!

Okay, but... Why don't

we play Prison Dodgeball?

Prison Dodgeball...

- Prison Dodgeball?

- Yes.

Cardinal, it hasn't been played

in 50 years.

In the second heat is:

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