Il Divo Page #6

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"He looks like the manager

of Permaflex."

Carlo Bordoni,

Sindona's son-in-law,

and Mrs Calvi accuse you

of being the master of the P2 lodge,

not Gelli.

I'd never have settled

for being master of just one lodge.

Mrs Calvi made that accusation

years ago,

I wrote to her expressing

my sympathy

for her grief and imploring her

not to foster such scandals.

The Christian Democrats

did all they could to save Moro.

It was one of the most agonizing

things I've ever experienced.

It's one thing

to fight political battles,

but to say that we didn't do

everything possible to save Moro...

That is truly...

I've made many mistakes in my life

but I never had Mafia ties.

Never! Ever!

A man is here today

who once had the courage to say

to Pope John XXIIl:

"Excuse me, Your Holiness,

but you don't know the Vatican."

He was right.

Giulio Andreotti is here

with us today.

The committee

has given the go-ahead.

There will be a trial.

REBIBBIA PRISON.

MAXIMUM SECURITY COURTROOM.

Here he is!

He's coming.

Mr Riina,

have you ever met Giulio Andreotti?

Have you ever kissed him?

Have you ever met

Senator Andreotti?

Today's a beautiful day.

- Do you feel safe in prison?

- We're safe anywhere.

- We who?

- What do you expect from the court?

Only good things.

- Do you know the turncoat Mutolo?

- No.

- And Senator Andreotti?

- That's enough, back off.

May I have some fizzy water,

please?

Pecorelli said he had Moro's

complete memoirs

and that they contained

revelations about Andreotti.

Once, around two in the morning,

General Dalla Chiesa

came to see me

with a manuscript of about 50 pages

that Moro had written.

He said he was going to give it

to Andreotti the next day.

Yes, that's what he said.

The news is false and slanderous.

I never met Ignazio Salvo or Riina.

If Di Maggio recognises Salvo's

house, it's his business.

Come on Senator, tell the truth.

Who induced you to accuse me?

We've never met.

Sure we have. I'm talking about stuff

that I saw myself.

They got Riina because of this.

My conscience is at peace.

Do the same for yours.

My client will not be subjected

to such tones.

That will be all, Di Maggio.

- Let's continue.

- No.

First I'd like my statement

to be minuted.

Because even though I recognise

that all men are equal,

I feel deeply humiliated

by a confrontation with a Mafioso,

even if he's a turncoat.

How are you, Premier?

So so... And you?

Basically, I'm bored.

Basically,

so am I.

Goodbye, Premier.

Goodbye.

Premier...

don't slouch.

Italian cuisine is delicious,

especially the Roman dishes.

- Know how this sauce got its name?

- Yes, I know.

Giulio, you're good at listening,

making wisecracks,

you have perseverance, the ability

to concentrate and to hold out.

But that's it.

They depict you as cunning,

cultured, very intelligent.

I say that's not the case.

What's made you so critical suddenly?

Nothing, just the need

to establish the truth occasionally.

A need you've never had.

You live longer without needs.

Another wisecrack.

My blood will spill upon you.

People know you and I didn't get rich

from politics,

but they think that power is what

interested us for 40 years.

They think it makes us happy:

Maintaining our positions.

They forget, or pretend to forget,

that we actually saved their lives.

They forget the Soviet threat

was real and close by.

We let Aldo Moro die.

And if I have grey hair

and liver spots on my skin,

it's because while we let

Moro die,

I was aware of it.

What about you, Giulio?

Do you remember

that socialist, Nenni?

Enthusiastic, passionate.

He said:
"I'm going to put the

national railway back on track".

I said:
"In the madhouse, those

who don't claim to be Napoleon,

claim they'll put the national

railway back on track."

Nenni and I hated each other.

But we esteemed and respected

each other,

both of us.

It's not like that today.

Don't be disheartened by the

inquiry into Pecorelli's death.

It's funny.

I'm disheartened by little things,

not serious accusations.

You know what discourages me?

The news that I've been removed

as president of The Music Society.

I'll lose my lectureship at

the Institute of Ciceronian Studies

and perhaps even

the honorary degrees.

I always thought my vanity

was a great defect.

- But I'm comforted by talking to you.

- It's nothing to do with vanity.

I'm from the provinces,

from a humble background.

Cultural rather than political

legitimisation was more important.

I always preferred to be seen

as a cultured man

rather than a great statesman.

Francesco, I must confess something

I've never dared admit to anyone.

Not even to myself.

- Tell me, Giulio.

- But it must remain between us.

It wouldn't be the first time.

I've always had a secret.

A passion.

A passion for Mary Gassman,

the famous actor's sister.

She never knew

and she never reciprocated.

I'm sure she wouldn't have,

even if she'd known.

She was marvellous, Mary Gassman.

She took my sleep away,

she took my breath away.

All I did at school

was think about her.

Then I got married...

and I forgot her.

I must talk to you.

From today, we will apply

the philosophy of St. Bernard:

See everything, tolerate a lot,

correct one thing at a time.

Because if it's true that Christians

must turn the other cheek,

it's also true that Jesus Christ,

very intelligently,

only gave us two.

The Big Mafia Trial

is about to begin.

I will defend myself

with all my might.

And I have plenty of it.

To the activism of the Palermo

public prosecutor's office,

we can add that of the Perugia

public prosecutor's office.

Whilst gathering statements

from Buscetta

about the existence of

compromising writings by Moro

that General Dalla Chiesa

was supposed to have hidden

and that the murdered journalist,

Mino Pecorelli, was about to publish,

another request has been made

for my committal to trial.

This new accusation claims

that I was the mandator

in Mino Pecorelli's killing.

What can I say that my life

has not already made clear?

Their theorem worries me.

The prosecutors assert

that a Mafioso cannot lie.

So this brotherhood's members

are marked by the fact

that they can kill up to

or, if they show restraint,

However, they can never

be suspected of lying.

The fact that I took a very hard

line of action with the Mafia

in regards to government legislation,

counts for nothing.

They said I pretended to be tough

on the Mafia.

At this point, I'm starting to think

they're in league.

What's your reaction

to Evangelisti's statement?

I never had a secret meeting

with Dalla Chiesa.

If Franco claimed that,

he must have dreamed it.

Is there a conspiracy against you?

Look, since all the turncoats

are making false statements,

I must assume that they have

an unknown prompter,

since a concurrence of this type

would be most difficult.

Yes, because their statements

all concur,

yet we know there's been

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