Neapolitans in Milan Page #5

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I was saying, as...

- All right! Come on Rosetta. - Coming!

Tomorrow morning, at 6:00 wake up,

and at 7:
00 in the factory.

All right. - At work.

You got that?

Leave the door open,

so you let in some heat.

Thank you, good night.

- Good night.

Goodnight!

Goodnight! - Goodnight.

That was the last car.

Now go to sleep.

And in the morning, remember, early.

Goodnight!

What a day!

What a day!

Once solved the problem of sleeping,

another one arose: waking up.

In Naples you're woke by the sun

over your eyes. In Milan...

Don Salvatore!

Don Salvatore!

Don Salvatore, wake up!

Who is it?

What is it?

Coffee's ready.

Coffee at this hour?

It won't make me sleep!

Hey, Rosetta!

From some time, coffee hurts me.

I have a stomach ache that I can't bear.

You should smoke a little less!

It would be best for health

and circulation, huh?

Give me the sugar.

- It's inside already.

Good morning!

Good morning.

- Hello.

You slept dressed?

- No, Don Salvatore, I was quick.

Have a coffee.

- Thank you. - There.

You like it?

I ask, for I know that

you Neapolitans are specialists.

Then, I'll teach you how to make

the Neapoletan coffee. - Maybe!

Come on, Don Salvatore, wake up!

But how did you do so fast? How?

I'm in Milan and I became Milanese!

- The plant is waiting too. Work is work!

I wash my face, get dressed

and I'll be right.

Maria?

Maria!

Maria!

- What do you want?

Where is the comb? I gotta do my head.

- I gave it to Nannina.

Nannina! - What? - The comb!

Here is the comb.

Give me the dress that's

in the fiber suitcase. - All right.

Quick, quick!

Be careful out there.

I beg you, be careful!

Hurry up!

- Take care. May Our Lady be with you!

Watch out! With a health

that comes and goes,

he goes around dressed so light!

Did you call that other one?

- Be careful!

There's cars in the streets!

Vincenzo!

What do you want?

- Go down, hurry up!

How did you sleep last night?

- Uh, don't ask! Like crap!

Ah, how great!

Great!

Says it's great!

Cleaning of the machines, eight people.

One, two, three, four.

- ... 6, 7, and 8. - That other one.

Come on.

This one?

Just tell me, and I'll mark.

Don Salvatore, menial services!

I'm sorry but for now it is

only modest tasks. - Well...

But no one thought to be coming

to Milan to head the factory.

So... Materials loading and unloading, 7.

- Yes - Right?

Alright. - Department of

kitchen's cleaning, 11. All of women!

Materials handling, 5.

Cleaning of the machines, 8.

All settled. And...

Oh, Nannina. And how do we do?

Engineer, as I said, she's a hard head!

Get a ticket and return to Naples!

Let's go!

How do I do? I have no job for you.

I can only hire relatives of the victims.

But I haven't asked you anything.

- I know, but...

But why did you come to Milan?

I got tired of being there, and this

was a good chance to leave Naples.

Yeah! But how do I get to help you now?

Do not worry, sir!

I just came to greet Don Salvatore.

I've already found a job by myself.

Well, how goes it?

- Not bad.

This is for Don Salvatore.

- All right!

Hey, clean it good that bone, it must be

polished! - More polished than this?

Come on, guys.

Get the shovels, and shovel up

well there. And quickly, huh?

Hey, you!

"Girl wanted for cleaning"

Have a good day, ladies, thank you!

Do we take a taxi?

Goodbye.

- Goodbye!

Good morning. You seek a girl?

- You're not from here, are you?

No, I'm from Naples.

Neapolitan...

Can anyone give some references for you?

Mr. Enrico Parenti,

director general of ILAR.

I'm going to ask. Wait.

Good evening.

- Good evening.

Please, you can as well eat?

- Yes, sir, have a seat. - Thanks.

Come in, come in!

Come on in, we eat. Come on.

Good evening! - Good evening.

- 'Evening. - Good evening.

'Evening. - Good evening.

- 'Evening. - 'Evening. - 'Evening.

Good evening!

Good evening. - 'Evening.

I would eat a nice plate of spaghetti.

Donna Irene, let's not be provincial!

But how, spaghetti in Milan?

In my opinion, when traveling,

you should eat the local specialties.

Here they're good at risotto,

minestrone and polenta.

Let us eat what they eat,

so we go on the safe side.

You wish, gentlemen?

Risotto Milanese!

- We don't have it.

No?

Minestrone!

- Not even. Sold out.

Polenta!

- Not even, for it's late already.

Well, what can you give us?

We can give small pasta in broth.

Broth?

Broth!

You want some?

No, thankss.

The first few weeks went by,

and the Neapolitans had almost learned

to find their way in the fog,

and Nannina in the jungle

of the cleaning tools.

But while her friends

had gone beyond their ambitions,

Nannina felt herself far from hers,

and awaited patiently the right chance.

May I help?

I would like some gloves...

- Those in the window.

Come, come with me in the department.

We have some beautiful ones.

The assortment is truly important.

Look!

Look how beautiful they are.

- No, not these, miss, too showy.

Then these others.

That's it, these are good.

A bit short?

- Do you like this?

Excuse me, what color is your dress?

- White.

So why not take the heavenly or pink ones?

- Yes, let's see.

They fit very good on white.

- These are good. Thank you.

And then we also have

some beautiful scarves. - Scarves?

Let me see.

Look at the fabric.

And what is the price of the scarf?

I'm going.

- Wait, don't go. - Okay.

Hurry up!

You got the money, huh?

Now you're all set.

- Who's next, move on.

First and second week, deductions.

And in a month?

And this time there is another novelty.

Disability and old age. But what's that?

The deduction!

They give it back when you're old.

One works to death now and gets the money

in old age? - Yes! What can you do?

Wait a minute! We need to collect.

- Collect for what?

For honoring worthily our dead.

We make them a nice memorial stone

in marble. I've done even a sketch.

- Yeah, sure!

For the third week of pay

I didn't ask anything!

What're you staring? - Don Salvatore...

- Come on!

Aw, alright, take it.

dead! - I remember them just the same!

I even dream them at night!

- Go away, fool.

For the monument. For deposit...

We must always remember the dead!

- OK, but...

Vincenzino's going to Naples.

Need anything?

So long!

Goodbye!

Have a good trip!

Hey, try to remember the faces. It won't

work with me, you've tried 10 days ago!

I'm sorry.

Go ahead, I'll take another one.

Sorry, there is only this one. Let's do

that I take you and then I continue.

Thank you, very kind.

Too much bother, it's true Miss?

- Oh, no!

You're from Milan?

Yes, and you?

- I'm from Naples.

I'm here in Milan for many years.

Business. And you?

Me? A family girl.

Oof! What a nuisance!

I quarreled with my boyfriend,

and I left him.

Indeed, you seem a little nervous.

- Oh, never mind. He's a cute Sicilian guy.

With a small black mustache.

You like mustache?

- Yes, but it doesn't matter.

Too bad I gotta leave!

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