Magnifica presenza (Magnificent Presence) Page #6

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- Are the others upstairs?

- Yes.

Never do that again, understand?

Never again.

It's very dangerous outside,

see how bad it is?

No, it wasn't bad.

Anyway, the house is safer.

Please.

- I'm happy you're all back.

- But we never left.

Oh, yeah?

What are the pastries like

at that bar?

On a scale of one to ten: four, five.

They look just like the good ones.

- Ivan, where have you been?

- Outside.

Come here.

Listen, Pietro...

...what year is this?

It's 2012.

I had that feeling deep down.

I told you.

So, I'm 92.

Is this any time

to make calculations?

My God, so Ahmet would be...

Listen...

...the war's over?

- Yes, it's over.

- And Hitler? Nazism?

- He's dead, he killed himself.

- And Communism?

- That got killed too.

- And school is dead too?

- Yes, it's absolutely dead.

Are the Italians free?

Free, really free... We're not having

such a good time of it though...

- Does Fascism still exist?

- And the Jews?

Can people travel freely?

This is Obama...

...the first Afro-American to be elected

President of the United States.

Incredible.

He's handsome.

That's more or less

what's happened up to now.

They even elected a German Pope.

- German?

- I didn't get that.

No, just kidding.

Listen, Pietro...

...do you think we could look

for our son in here?

- If he exists, we'll find him.

What's his name? - Ahmet.

How's that written?

A, H...

Antep.

Search.

Maybe this one here...

There's something.

- It talks about a certain Nesrin...

- Nesrin Antep, my mother.

That's your mother?

It mentions a pharmacy

that had been closed a long time...

...and then this Yusuf Antep...

- That's me.

No, it's someone else,

it says he's 30...

...and that he's managed

to keep the pharmacy open...

...his great-grandfather's pharmacy.

There are some pictures.

Pictures?

- Could this be it?

- Ahmet!

Look, that's our shop in Istanbul.

That's his son...

...our grandson,

he gave him your name.

I thought he was dead,

but I never told you.

I swear, I thought he was dead.

He gave him your name...

...he called him Yusuf.

He made it.

Good for you, Ahmet.

Excuse me...

...if there are the stories

of so many people in that thing...

...then our story's there too!

We can find out what happened

on the opening night.

Only fifteen minutes.

I've already checked, there's

nothing else on that night.

How's that possible?

Did you talk to Livia Morosini?

- What did she say?

- What did she tell you?

- Will you tell us?

- Was she tortured?

You have to help us.

We have to go, someone has reported

us! The theater is surrounded!

The theater is surrounded!

Run, they're coming!

I found them at home.

They were part of your gown,

weren't they?

That costume was created for me.

I was the "forbidden dream"

of the title.

The shells moved

with every gesture...

...and the louder the sound...

...the greater the desire flared.

What crap.

- Why didn't you ever speak of them?

- I should have?

They were courageous,

they tried to change things.

But I wouldn't say they did.

They were stupid.

They threw away everything,

for what?

They died, and for what?

Did you ever find out...

...who reported you?

Who knows, in those days

you could be sold for a cigarette.

You know, many people envied me?

I was beautiful.

I believe beauty is a value...

...that should be recognized...

...like the skill of a doctor.

When I came on stage...

...when I appeared nude...

...beautiful...

- Why don't you admit it was you?

- What do you want?

What the f*** do you want from me?

First you sold them out

and then you fled.

And you come here...

...with that air of

a little know-it-all queer...

...to judge me, an actress...

...a great actress!

All that interested me

was the theater.

Only art survives, my dear...

...nothing else.

Why did you betray them?

To betray someone...

...you need to be on their side.

I was just on my own side.

Is that a sin?

Pietro, why don't you

go in the kitchen now?

There's a surprise for you.

Go, Pietro, go on.

You've been

a very important presence for us.

Fiction, fiction...

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