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You children won't all

get a poem to learn

because there are too many of you.

The theme this year

is the Marian month.

The first names I've chosen

are:
Barcelona, Barbieri...

Costa, Lunardi, Farina

and Giordano.

The boys I've called

should come up to the stage now...

- Why didn't he call us?

- Good thing. No rehearsals!

But we won't be in the show.

Then we'll do our own show.

But our parents won't get to see it.

But ours will be better!

We'll use the stuff we like.

Have you two finished

chatting back there?

Now twist! Faster, go!

Come on!

- When do we start?

- Today. In the storeroom.

- What are you doing?

- A really neat show!

With a lot of battles

where everybody kills each other.

- Can I be in it, too?

- I don't know.

We'll see.

It depends on what you can do.

I can do anything!

Can I be in it, too?

Arms up, quickly.

Clap your hands.

One, two...

Here we are.

- It's so dusty in here!

- Hi!

- Who's that?

- A friend of mine, Francesca.

- What?

- No!

The caretaker's daughter!

You must be nuts.

- She's bad luck!

- What do you mean?

You see?

I told you so.

- She made up the story.

- All right.

What do I say?

What do I do?

You're the Prince.

She's the Princess, your sister.

- What does the Prince do?

- I'll explain later.

- What do we do?

- I want to be a Prince, too!

- Will there be battles?

- Yes, but later on.

- When?

- Let's get started.

You have to do the stepmother.

What?

Are you crazy?

I don't want to do the stepmother.

She's a woman.

- It's only two lines!

- Have Francesca do them.

She's already doing the Princess.

So, you two are

running around again, huh?

- What are you doing here?

- We're recording.

We need some scary sounds.

Then you came to the right place.

Osvaldo, come with me.

Let's show these kids the steel mill.

A sea of lava surrounded by towers,

and Elisa, a prisoner,

wept every day.

Where are you, dear brothers,

I miss you so much.

Her brothers

were playing happily.

But one day, all of a sudden,

they remembered their sister.

- It's been so long since we saw her.

- Where can she be?

But every time they asked the Dragon,

he became so big and horrible

that they ran away, terrified.

- Fantastic!

- It turned out good, didn't it?

But where did you find the Dragon?

Oh, come on! It's not a real dragon.

You dope!

But when it roared, I thought it was.

You thought it was!

It's all fake, it's not real!

- I wasn't scared a bit.

- I was!

Do you have a part for me, too?

It's a long fairytale,

it's got lots of other characters.

What other characters!

You'll break it!

And it's not stupid!

If you two do this

I'm telling the nuns.

No, don't do it!

You're not supposed to do this.

- Who said?

- The director.

- The nuns!

- Run!

Run!

Quiet! Time to go to sleep!

Go on!

- We still have to do the battle.

- Great!

Great nothing, you idiot!

Are you a big deal because

your dad is rich?

Leave him alone.

- Is that you?

- We all came to do the fairytale.

I brought everybody, even Valerio.

I didn't say anything to the nuns

this time, but...

you better give me a good part.

These are the crickets.

These are the children's footsteps

when they run from the Dragon.

How did you do that?

Listen...

Cool! Can I touch them?

- Fantastic!

- Neat, aren't they?

Great!

How did you get the idea?

It's how they do it in films.

How many times

have you been to the cinema?

I don't know, maybe 50 times.

- I'd like to go to the cinema, too.

- But you don't understand anything.

So says Archimedes Pythagorus.

- What would we do there?

- Anybody can go to the cinema.

Even if they can't see.

You understand the film anyway

because there are sounds and words.

By the way, there's one

right out front.

- I saw it when we ran away.

- Cool!

How did you do that?

You're crazy!

Well, do you want to go?

- How old is your sister?

- Seventeen.

- Has she got tits?

- She's got melons this big!

- I don't believe it!

- It's true!

You better believe it!

I bet Felice touched them too much!

I would never dare touch

my sister's tits!

- What's your sister's name?

- Simona.

Come on, let's go!

Cool! Come on!

Let's go, come on!

Giulio, please.

Did you hear?

Concettina said, "Don Giulio"!

Oh, come on!

- She said, "No, Giulio!"

- No, "Don Giulio."

Concettina is in love

with Don Giulio.

Francesca, where are you?

I'm here.

- Is she coming?

- Yeah. Here she is.

Let's go.

Under the fence.

Be careful.

- I'm so scared!

- Of what?

- Of the dark!

- Right, of the dark...

Oh, cool!

Shut up or you'll wake the nuns.

Do you understand,

you'll wake the nuns?

Come on, get in line.

Valerio, don't be a jerk tonight.

Right!

- Are we there yet?

- It's here in front.

- Is it big?

- It must be huge, let's go!

- We have to buy tickets.

- Who's got some money?

- Are you there?

- Why do I have to pay for everybody?

Cough it up, cheapskate!

I'll pay this time,

but next time you're on your own.

- No, we're not!

- Yes, you are!

Seven tickets.

Are you by yourselves?

They're my cousins.

We didn't want to miss

the start of the film

and our parents

are still in the pizzeria.

If it's okay with them...

Thank you.

Find a seat.

Shut up!

Attention. Whoever can translate

this sentence, raise their hand.

I can.

- Franchetti, come up here.

- But I didn't raise my hand.

That's why I chose you.

- Where are they?

- In a classroom.

- Who are the characters?

- Ciccio and Franco.

Translate.

- Into what language?

- Franchetti, don't play the fool.

I'm not, I'm serious.

Into what language?

Really?

You mean you can translate into

a language other than Italian?

- What would that be?

- Turkish, with your permission.

What's happening?

Ciccio's trying to make him translate

a sentence in Latin

but Franco is so dumb

he doesn't understand anything.

What did you write?

- What does that mean in Italian?

- I only translate into Turkish.

- Quiet, everyone.

- Quiet!

You shut up!

- Now, translate this.

- Into Italian?

- Into Italian.

- How about Russian or Chinese?

Listen to the way that one laughs!

You know what, guys?

I heard a lady at the cinema saying

that next week there's going to be

a fantastic film!

It's called

"City of the Argonauts"!

No, it's not!

It's "City of the Astronauts"!

Don't be so fussy!

You guys, just remember something,

next time we come,

I'm not paying.

Miser!

- Hey, aren't you coming?

- Go on ahead, I'll catch up.

All right, let's go.

- They really had a good time.

- Yeah.

Listen, are you sure

your mother doesn't know?

Nothing wakes her up,

not even a cannon.

We forgot the tape recorder!

Let's go get it!

Careful!

- I can't see a thing!

- I'll lead you.

Touching a person's face you can tell

if they're beautiful or ugly.

You need to hear their voice, too.

- Why are you laughing?

- It tickles.

Now it's my turn.

- What is it?

- I feel shy.

Me, too.

Now that I'm your girlfriend,

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