Love on a Horse

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Larry.

Larry.

Father.

Larry, my bow Are you back?

I came to see you,

only for a few days.

You've ripened.

You're a man now.

You haven't changed a bit.

Countryside becomes you, obviously.

I've grown old...

No use lying.

Who is she?

The latest?

Yeah...

You had to wait for 4 years to come

and see your old father again, did you?

Let's not remember

the old days anymore.

Alexis.

Just a sec.

Julia. I have a surprise for you.

Walt here.

We'll be right with you.

- Julia, this is Larry.

- Hello.

Hi.

Alexis has told me so much about you.

He must be terribly fond of you.

Children of mine.

Don't start all over again, father.

I won't stay. Don't insist.

I'm going next week.

Some friends are coming from Rome,

we'll visit the islands.

Why won't you stay here?

Your friends, too.

Not possible.

You won't find a better spot than here.

Larry, I need you.

I want you to spend all summer with us.

Would give me real pleasure.

Julia wants it, too.

Isn't it so, Julia?

I don't need tell him that.

The house is his.

I'll get the fruit, now.

How do you manage with her?

A man of Imagination manages

everything.

Even in his old age.

You play the guitar, Larry?

I learned to play a little in Rome.

Me and my friends meet now and then

and make up tunes, for the fun of it.

Let's hear you play, then.

Come on, Larry.

Come, so.

One of your tunes.

Alexis, I'll dance.

I haven't danced for so long.

Let me watch you and enjoy.

Nice, nice.

Bravo, Julia.

Bravo, Larry.

That's a glorious night.

Very nice.

Alexis, come.

Why stop so soon?

That's not for me anymore...

That's for you, youngsters.

Oh, I'm getting tired...

Well done, Julia.

You were marvelous.

You can't get any sleep, either.

What's the matter?

- Nothing.

- What's wrong?

- Nothing. Want some?

- No.

- Alexis, may I ask you something?

- Whatever you like.

Why do you insist on him staying?

Does it bother you?

You know I have a soft spot for him.

So you'd like him to stay

with us for good?

Right, Alexis? Tell me.

Thanks, Julia.

I love you very much.

Today I have a darned

penchant for work.

This means you're back in form.

- Is Larry up yet?

- No, and it looks like he won't be...

Breakfast is ready.

I'm sleepy-

If you wake up and feel like It,

we'll be working at the shore.

So...

If I decide to cheat on you, then

I'll abandon you and go.

But you will never do that...

Will you?

I don't see why you're

bringing this up.

Fear...

What fear?

Fear of the impending end.

Of death.

Of annihilation.

What is this nonsense you're talking?

I've started getting senile, Julia.

I cannot lay with you In a way

worth your while.

I cannot do a painting.

I've grown worse than a dauber.

Larry must be alone.

You'd better go back

and prepare some lunch.

We'll go back together.

You go ahead, I'll come later on.

When the sun gets vertical

it is reflected on the sea and causes...

Those fascinating blue-ray

variations...

So, let me marvel at them...

Since I cannot reproduce them...

Larry would leave because he surely

felt contempt towards me.

He's been feeling that for years now.

He despised me in his own way

never giving me a chance

for atonement.

He despised me for

his mother's death.

He despised me for that

damned night after her funeral

when he saw me In Nora's arms,

she was one of my models

and that night was never to be erased

from his memory.

He never accepted an excuse or

an explanation.

He chose to live with his grandma

in Rome

in his mother's family house.

The more time he spent away from me

and the more he wanted to leave,

the more my longing for him grew.

And I was determined to do

everything for his sake.

Julia would return home alone.

Larry would be alone.

There would be just the two of them.

And I would take my time...

I could tell he liked Julia.

I knew it the first moment they met.

Julia liked him, too.

Julia might persuade him to stay.

I was certain about that.

She'd turn his mind around.

Because there are certain things

only a woman can achieve.

She would persuade him.

Because there are certain things

only a woman can achieve.

Never walk around naked again.

I didn't know you could be shocked.

What about my father,

you dropped him in the sea?

I want to know what exactly

you're doing here.

I'm your father's lover and model.

I also love him.

I didn't know that...

So now that you do,

behave yourself.

They hover...

staring and laughing

at the foaming wave

but as soon as courage haves them

fly back down to Mother Sea

That's nice, where did you find it?

Family heirloom.

Belonged to my mother.

She got it from her grandma.

Secretly playing with her foam

and in the moody wharf

thousands of dreams are wavering

My beloved is

a woman frivolous

like those seabirds

when in the high clouds

or to the sea waters

she gives away her kissing

They hover...

staring and laughing

at the foaming wave

but as soon as courage haves them

fly back down to Mother Sea

Are you crying?

Remembering...

My boy...

My boy...

Don't, Larry.

Don't...

I love you, Alexis.

I know.

Make a real painting and

get my old self back...

Where did Larry get those?

I had them put away in store.

When his mother became ill

Larry was six years old.

She adored him. She wanted her

by her bedside all the time.

And he played songs on the

gramophone to please her.

She'd take him In her arms and

they cried together.

They both knew she was going to die.

They would listen to songs,

laugh and cry...

This went on for six months.

Until one morning, Larry...

walked in her room...

put the record on for her...

but she was dead.

He believes I rejoiced in her death.

He'll never stop hating me.

I tried to convince him otherwise

but in vain.

Larry will never forget his mother.

He told me I have her eyes.

And that he's not sure If he hates

or adores me.

Is it true?

Yes.

You have his mothers eyes.

So, he was crying?

While listening to the gramophone.

Let him not know about our talk.

Not sure how he'll take it.

An idea was swirling around

in my head...

If only I could relive my youth...

Be again as I was then...

Be like Larry.

Like Larry who was right there

before me,

who was my son,

who was my blood,

who was me in contempt for myself,

he despised me

like my old self despised

my present one...

the impotent one,

the old one, the finished one...

I had to do something and

relive the past...

relive my youth.

Some crazy notions crossed my mind.

Crazy...

but at that point seamed

magnificent to me...

Really amazing...

Hold it...

That's it.

What's the carnival for?

Gone mad you two?

Larry son, I know exactly

what I'm doing.

Come and pose for me.

Put this on and you'll see.

These, too.

Dance. Love each other.

Kiss while dancing.

Kiss her, Larry. Kiss her.

Come on, boy. Kiss her.

It might as well be me.

It's the same thing.

That's it.

Kiss... Kiss.

Kiss each other.

That's it.

That's mother's wedding dress.

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