Miranda

You know, there's one thing

I'll never make it.

I'd love to take you from

behind like a man would.

I get fed up with

rooms by the hour.

People will think I'm a

cheap whore, right?

Go on, do it again.

Would you let me

play the man, Berto?

I love you, Miranda.

I love you.

You are not the only one.

The old man again, right?

Sure, he loves me too.

Look, pretty nice ring.

Get rid of it, you hear?

You're crazy? It's mine.

- You are a...

- Say it, go on.

It gets me all excited.

Slut!

Whore! B*tch!

Why don't we live together,

Miranda?

Do you think that if I were a man

and you were someone I dig

that I would want to live with you?

And besides there's Gino.

But you know very well

your husband is lost.

I don't think so.

They only said he was missing.

They might be right.

Stop the car!

Are you out of your mind?

We don't want any trouble.

I'm starving.

Bring me a little wine

and some cheese, Tony.

So there you are. I was worried.

Sit down,

have a drink.

Hey, is something wrong?

I thought you'd sleep here together.

I never brought anyone here

for anything like that.

Besides, I don't have to

answer to anyone. Including you.

Here's this weeks' money.

What am I going to do about

all the bills

this month?

I've got a pretty good idea.

You? What do you mean?

I know a guy who'd buy that ring.

But I can't sell it.

If I do ... then what do

I tell the consul?

I'd make sure that the guy

gives you a copy of that one

that looks just the same.

Well... sell to him...

but fast, eh?

Before the consul notices

it's gone.

Is Leda in yet?

No.

All right.

Make sure to clear all the

tables and lock up. No one's

gonna show up in this weather.

Tony!

What do you like most

in a woman? Tell me.

Generosity.

In other words,

I should take you to bed.

Good idea.

Stop right there!

I only wanted to give

you the money.

Now you've turned chicken?

Hypocrite.

You should never mix sex and money.

I think they go very well together.

Not for me.

I'm only an employee.

And so what?

Well, I'm waiting for my orders.

Go on, very, very funny.

Good night, boss.

Pleasant dreams.

Jack's been killed.

It's terrible.

I'm never gonna see him anymore.

They never gave him a chance,

they just shot him down.

Near the river bank.

Look, how about us taking a

trip to Rimini, just you and me?

You've got to forget about Jack and

you will a lot sooner than you think.

You'll feel guilty

that you've forgotten, I know.

But that's life, Leda.

And you are the one

who has to go on living.

It makes no sense to suffer.

I know, I don't want to suffer.

But I can't stop crying

I'm so unhappy I want to bawl.

This may not console you

but in everyone's life

there are lots of broken lines

and maybe a straight line,

if you're lucky.

I'm still stuck with broken lines.

But still I go on looking for

the guy who's right for me

hoping he'll straighten me out.

There, there.

Why don't you smile, Leda?

Look out there,

even the sky's trying to smile.

It's hardly snowing anymore.

Maybe winter's finally over.

I finished working at

the Ferrara Fair at 2 AM

It took all night to peddle here.

Can't wait to hit the sack.

I think it's about time

you bought a motor scooter.

First I'll buy a wife

and then I'll buy a motor scooter.

Come on, who'd wanna marry you?

You're too black.

Drink your coffee and

go straight up to sleep.

I'll put your bike away for you.

Here comes the boss.

I'm with the team

working on the gas pipeline.

I'm American. We'll be

here for about 5 or 6 months.

Got any rooms to rent?

I got four, but two

are already occupied.

Let me have the two that aren't.

Would you like to

have a look at them?

I'll take your word for it.

Thank you, madam.

Miranda. And you?

Norman.

Here, boss. The consul

asked me to give you this.

Ciao, Miranda.

Well, thanks!

THIS AFTERNOON:

AT THE USUAL PLACE

There's something

for you in my pocket.

Your hand's like a man who's

very old and still a baby too.

I admire the way fish make love.

They leave a stream of semen

behind them in the current

without even coupling with

their mate.

Anonymous,

mute...

Like your hand in me now.

Why don't you

go away with me?

I've nearly completed my term

of exile. They're bound to

give me amnesty soon.

I'm very old and rich,

isn't that guarantee enough?

Baby, it's your skin

I like best, it's tired.

I adore your white hairs.

It's all like a second

opportunity for you, darling.

Now I could change that.

Come inside me, Carlo.

Tell me why you never do, please.

I'm afraid

you might get pregnant.

It's ridiculous at my age,

don't you think?

Afraid for me or

of being a father?

You don't have to worry, darling.

Is Tony aware

that we come here?

Of course. I always

tell him who I'm with.

I might have known,

women are all the same.

The necklace you gave me

looks pretty, doesn't it?

I'll buy a hundred for you.

I'll give you anything you like,

my family has money.

In Naples, I have a palace just

waiting for us. I lived there

with my wife 'til she died.

Anonymous, mute...

The fish are better.

- I've grown jealous, you know.

- Of Berto?

You seem to forget you told me you

like the idea of us two making love.

'The Body can admit other partners

the heart never' .

What does that mean?

It's my heart that cannot bear

your having lovers.

My balls don't care.

I like it better when

you talk French to me.

It reminds me of the Sacred Heart

nuns when I went to school.

In other countries, everybody

speaks a little bit of French,

particularly the whores.

Tony, more wine!

Leda!

Okay, okay!

Is the meat ready?

Hold on, I can't serve it raw.

I'd call that "well-done".

What was that, Tony?

I said your dress looks very nice.

You think so?

- Oh, yes and how, it shows

off all that nice flesh.

- What does it show off?

I meant that it looks nice and fresh

and not hot and stuffy.

I'll bet it turns you on.

- A paradise of erotic beauty.

- Now you're a poet too.

Oh, all it takes is a bit of nerve

and anybody can be a poet.

Marvellous, how did I end up

trusting him?

I love meat and women!

Especially fleshy women!

Another one!

What are you waiting for!

This card wins.

This card loses.

This card wins.

This card loses.

This one's the winner,

this one's the loser...

Are you gonna screw me again?

You never know. Luck's blind,

as they say.

This one wins and this one loses.

This one loses, this one loses.

This one loses...

Which do you choose?

Bravo.

Now I play.

Are you ready, Mr. Consul?

This card wins, this one loses.

This one loses, this one wins.

This card wins, this card loses.

Keep watching. Once again.

Which is the winner?

This one.

I'm sorry, Mr. Consul, you lose.

That's all right.

Luck's fickle like a woman,

which is why it likes young men.

So if she's a woman,

I imagine she'd like any old man

who paid for her.

These two friends of mine

will take the other room.

They're French,

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