Postino Il Page #4
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who's learnt a lot from you...
that he must never see my niece
again for the rest of his life.
And tell him that if he does,
I'll shoot him.
- Is that clear?
- Yes.
Good day.
You're as white as a sack of flour.
but inside I'm red.
You won't save yourself
from the widow's fury with adjectives.
If she harms me, she'll go to jail.
She'll be out in a couple of hours.
She'll say she acted
out of self-defense.
She'll say you threatened
the virginity of her damsel:
With a metaphor
hissing like a dagger...
as sharp as a canine,
as lacerating as a hymen.
The poetry will have left
the mark of its seditious saliva...
on the virgin's nipples.
The poet Francois Villon
was hung from a tree for much less...
and his blood gushed
from his neck like roses.
I don't care. She can do
what she wants. I'm ready.
Good lad! It's a real shame
we haven't got...
a trio of guitarists to go...
My dear poet and comrade...
you got me into this mess,
you've got to get me out of it.
You gave me books to read...
you taught me to use my tongue
for more than licking stamps.
It's your fault if I'm in love.
No, this has nothing to do with me.
I gave you my books...
but I didn't authorize you
to steal my poems.
If you think you gave Beatrice
the poem I wrote for Matilde...
Poetry doesn't belong to those
who write it, but those who need it.
I appreciate that highly
democratic sentiment.
Now go home and get some sleep.
You've bags under your eyes
as large and deep as soup bowls.
This is for you.
Vote for Di Cosimo.
They promised us running water...
on the island two years ago, too.
Two years ago, it wasn't
What's written on that paper
is a pledge, not a promise.
An oath, and God is my witness.
Hey, Mario!
Aren't you interested
in what I'm saying?
I'm voting communist.
What?
I'm voting communist.
I hear you've
gone crazy about poetry.
I hear you're competing
with Pablo Neruda.
But remember, poets can do
a lot of damage to people.
- How much do these clams cost?
- 300 lire to you.
For that price you'll have to
guarantee me a pearl in each one.
- Give me a good price.
- I'll give you a discount, all right?
Fishermen are exploited
enough as it is.
He said 300 lire.
Why should he give you a discount?
I don't mean to exploit anyone.
Good-bye.
Why don't you mind
your own business?
I was trying to help.
Mario...
as your superior I must order you
to deliver the undelivered mail.
Yes, yes, yes.
But you're still
moping after that girl.
Beatrice is pretty now...
but in 50 years
she'll be as ugly as the rest.
Beatrice will never be ugly.
I held the splendor of your eyes...
secretly within me,
blissful Beatrice.
What's Beatrice got to do with it?
It's a poem.
Dante Alighieri...
No, Gabriele D'Annunzio, my poet.
Your poet wrote something
for Beatrice?
I don't like it.
Strange, I thought you'd
appreciate a hymn to Beatrice.
Thank you. Good-bye.
- Sleeping Beauty...
- Good evening.
Good evening. Give the Marshal
his usual, and pour one for me, too.
Thank you.
Your niece gets
more and more beautiful.
If you only knew how difficult
it is to keep a hold on her.
Young people today
aren't what they used to be.
They have everything
and want the moon.
I remember my poor departed mother.
I'd tremble whenever she spoke.
Good night, Aunt.
Good night, Marshal.
Good night, Marshal.
Find yourselves a decent person
who isn't a communist.
If Neruda doesn't believe in God,
why should God believe in Neruda?
What sort of witness would he be?
God never said a communist
can't be a witness at a wedding.
I'm not getting married then.
You're more interested in Neruda
as a witness than me as your wife.
My darling...
Neruda's a Catholic.
I know he's a Catholic.
In Russia, communists eat babies.
How can he be Catholic?
He doesn't look the type.
Neruda has a pretty wife.
He's getting on
and he has no children.
How do you explain that?
So according to you,
Don Pablo ate his kids?
Who knows?
Anyway, my answer's no,
for your sake, too.
He inspired your bridegroom
to write that filthy naked stuff.
That was only a poem.
Not to mention the rest.
He's not worthy of being witness
to your happiness.
She'd say:
"I askJesus to let me live
to see my son with a job...
a wife and children in his arms."
Unfortunately, she didn't make it...
because when the Lord
called her to Him...
he didn't even have a job.
Today, from heaven my poor wife
will see that he's made her happy...
because at least he's got
a wife and a little job.
Even if it's not the job
she'd have wanted for him...
All the best!
Well done, Dad!
What are you doing, drinking wine?
I'm sorry, Comrade, I forgot.
This came for you.
Thank you.
- Good news?
- To the newlyweds!
With a chaste heart...
with pure eyes...
I celebrate your beauty...
holding the leash of blood
so that it might leap out...
and trace your outline...
where you lie down in my ode
as in a land of forests, or in a surf:
In aromatic loam or in sea music.
Now...
I'd like to toast my friend...
Mario...
and say what a pleasure it was for me
to participate, in a small way...
to his happiness.
And lastly, I'd like to say
that on this very special day...
I have received
some wonderful news.
The warrant for our arrest...
has been revoked...
and therefore
Matilde and I can now...
return to the country
we love so much:
Chile.
No, Don Pablo.
But you'll be unemployed tomorrow.
No, I don't want anything.
I'll miss you.
I'll miss you.
But you will write to me?
Of course.
Things change
all the time in my country.
Today they'll let me go back.
Tomorrow something else will happen
and I'll have to flee again.
I'll leave some things
here anyway...
if you could keep
an eye on it for me.
I'll let you know where to send them.
Perhaps I'll bring them
to Chile myself.
That'd be wonderful.
Do you need this?
Yes.
Thank you.
I've discovered another poet
called D'Annunzio.
I know.
So you could have written one, too.
Good-bye.
- What is it?
- Look at this.
He's in Russia, giving an award.
In Russia? If he's over here,
he might pay a visit.
He's a very busy man, Mario!
He must meet the people
he didn't see when he was in exile.
And he's also well-loved in Chile.
He won't have time to come here.
It's a good picture.
- The young poet, Milovan...
- Perkovic.
Awarded a poetry prize
by the maestro.
- Can I keep it?
- No, you can't.
I'll put it in here
with all the rest.
You can look at it
whenever you like.
Vote for Di Cosimo.
The candidate promises
to lead us on a new path!
Vote for Di Cosimo!
For a new way oflife!
For the sake of our island!
Did that fellow come here?
- Who?
- Di Cosimo.
Yes.
Why are you smiling?
a fortune on a silver platter.
Really?
to work on the new water mains.
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