La bonne absinthe

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- What's going on'?

- A demonstration, students.

- The police has come already.

- Just as always.

Careful, you tearing my dress.

Can't you be

a little more tender'?

Come on, Angela.

Please don't.

Come on, let's do it.

Are you crazy?

I don't want to get pregnant.

Like this?

Always the same.

You would like that, eh'?

Don't you dare, bastard.

Finally. You're here!

It was time.

Mom!

You know the doctor said

you mustn't move around, right'?

There's nobody at home.

I felt bad, I needed air.

- What's going on out there'?

- Nothing, only students.

How, students?

I don't know, I think

it's a manifestation.

For Trieste?

No idea. You know I don't

care about these things.

Well, you're not interested

in these things.

The maid returned finally.

She made it.

They have too much freedom.

They do what they want.

- Damn maid!

- Mom!

- Need help'?

- Thanks. I can do it.

Be careful!

- Angela, go and eat.

- Thank you, sir.

That maid...

In my time they had to

wait until the owners had

finished eating.

Mom, I told you many times

I don't like that word.

Yes, democracy!

- Honey, how was your day'?

- Good.

As usual.

I'm so thirsty.

- You shouldn't drink so much.

- Shh! I don't understand.

...The Prime Minister announced

in an appeal to Hungary and the world.

After arrival by car,

I went to the Hotel Duna

where the foreign

journalists stayed.

Betrayed by the Russians

and caught off guard,

we didn't know what to do

and what would happen

to brave and

unfortunate people.

We managed to reach

the Italian legation

just before the patriots

opened fire.

- I wanted wine.

- You know it's not good.

Yes, but I like it.

Do they want to recreate

the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

I don't know.

Budapest has turned into

in a battlefield,

patriots control the streets with

machine guns and cannons.

- Thanks.

- MIG15s flying over the city

amplified the atmosphere

of terror and

replaced the enthusiasm

of the crowd with in a few hours.

- Thanks.

- Russian tanks in Via Dohany

immobilized a couple of vehicles.

The population tried

to hide in cellars.

- Going out tonight?

- A meeting at the City Council,

I'll be back late.

- Don't wait for me.

- Okay.

A group of students resisted

for three days at the road cross...

- Is he going out tonight?

- He went to a meeting.

What do you know'?

If you would give him a son,

he wouldn't go out every night

with those godless communists.

Pointless...

Unnamed heroes have fought

and given everything

until the very last, in order

to delay the Russian tanks.

There were no real war fronts,

but any moment the whole town

could become a battlefield.

You scared me.

Is there a problem?

Mom?

No.

- I just wanted to thank you for...

- Never mind, forget it.

- I said nothing about Pernon.

- Don't talk about it.

You're very good to me.

- What are you doing?

- I help you.

I like brushing hair.

When I was little my mother

used to do it for me for hours.

Later I did it for my brothers.

I had eight of them.

We didn't have a

bathroom at home.

We bathed in a wooden tub

in the kitchen.

I liked to stand there,

in the hot water,

it made me feel so beautiful.

Just that I couldn't do it

so often.

We were so many,

I had to wait for my turn.

- Are you cold?

- No.

I'm not cold.

Like this.

Turn around now.

Here, signora, selected quality.

Look, signora,

beautiful vegetables.

I bought flowers. Do you like them'?

From the field.

- Is anything wrong?

- Put them in the dining room.

- Perhaps you prefer other flowers.

- No, I like them so simple.

- I really like my land.

- Your land?

It is as if it was mine,

I grew up there.

- Do you miss it'?

- A little.

I don't want to hurt you,

people must love a land.

- I don't know how to say it.

- Don't worry.

I've an idea, next time I

go home, you come along.

- What do you say? I can't.

- Why not?

My mother-in-law

can't be left alone.

- Then there's Giacomo.

- No, don't think about it.

A signora shouldn't do those things...

What do you call it?

- Change the sheets?

- Can't you put her in a hospital?

- No, I can't.

- Yes you can.

It's not good to be

locked in the house.

Brother!

- Mom is inside.

- Mom, Angela is back!

Let me go!

- I wanna play too!

- Please! Stop it!

Come on, children, play outside.

Out you go!

Apologies, signora.

I don't know if she can do it.

Have you never tried?

Please. I'm too curious, dear!

Let her do it alone,

don't bother.

- The chestnuts are ready.

- Hurray! Great!

Don't burn yourself, there

are enough for everyone.

Here you are.

Come on, quick!

- You don't drink, signora'?

- It is very good, home-made.

- Why don't you drink?

- I've been drinking.

But I don't tolerate so much.

- Admit that she's sympathetic.

- She is beautiful.

Yes, you're lucky.

She's a great signora.

Beautiful, isn't she?

Children, out, in the yard.

Enough now!

- What's your name?

- Reply to the signora.

Do you like children'?

How many do you have?

- I'm sorry about earlier.

- It's nothing.

Don't get upset about it.

You heard what my mother said?

You'll have beautiful children.

Don't give up hope.

Do you believe

what your mother says?

Why not'? She's very good.

Many people ask her advice.

They come from far away.

- This talisman will help?

- Sure.

You must keep it close

to your heart, every night.

As children

we used to hide here.

They never found out.

We were here for hours.

When it got dark,

we were afraid to go down.

- Afraid of what?

- Of pounding.

Smell.

Have you ever tried fresh milk?

It very good.

You drink first.

How nice.

Looks abandoned, right?

But no, it's just asleep.

Angela, I think I drank

too much wine.

That doesn't harm,

it is so light.

- Come in the water.

- No.

- Come on!

- Stop it, I have bathed!

Come on.

I was always here as a child.

I loved to watch myself

in the water.

We had no mirrors in the house.

Only here I could see my body.

Have you watched yourself

down there'?

No. I don't think I have.

I went to a convent school.

We were swimming

with huge shirts.

It was forbidden to look

at a naked body.

Look at me.

Look at yourself.

What do you see'?

Nothing.

Take off your panties.

Spread your legs.

Touch yourself.

Isn't it good?

The awful events in Hungary were

not at all caused by reactionary...

The Magyar people

rebelled against oppression

with the sole intention

to regain freedom.

Like the people of East Berlin

and Poznan.

It is appropriate that our city

shares the pain with

the generous people of Hungary.

Why Vicenza, having fought 1948

in the Perun dream of freedom...

- It's absurd!

- It's a shame!

Vicenza is qualified

to appreciate and admire

all this struggle and suffer.

- Liar!

- I ask the word.

Silence!

The word has councilor Anselmi.

Our party, while admitting

that the Hungarian people

have gone through a period

of economic hardship,

believes that we should

clearly state

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