Romanzo Criminale

IN THE MID 70s

A GANG OF HOODLUMS

SET OUT FROM THE SUBURBS

TO CONQUER ROME.

WHILE FOLLOWING:

THEIR NAIVE AND TERRIBLE DREAM,

THEY FORMED DANGEROUS ALLIANCES.

THEY FELT IMMORTAL.

Guys, there's a PoIice bIock !

Stop !

Hang on !

Car ahead !

- I can't do it.

- To the hideout !

It hurts here.

- Think he's dead ?

- What's that ?

- Think he's dead ?

- Andrea, what's wrong ?

I see but I don't see.

Are the PoIice comin' ?

ReIax, nobody knows about this pIace.

Did you hear

the PoIice snagged Pus ?

A shitty name he's stuck with

for his whoIe shitty Iife.

That's why we shouId pick

our own names.

I Iike Grand,

as in money, which is my main desire.

CaII me UrsuIa Andress,

her b*obs are my main desire !

Aren't you aIready named Dandy ?

Yeah, Iike Fred Astaire,

eatin' breakfast in a tux.

I wanna be caIIed Lebanese,

Iike this hash,

stoned 24-7 so I don't have

to see the crap around me.

- How about you ?

- Ice.

- Why ?

- F*** you.

- That's not a name.

- And Dandy is ?

The PoIice ! Let's spIit !

Wait for me !

Let's book, or they'II catch us !

I'm dyin'.

HeIp, Lebanese.

My Ieg !

I'm dyin'.

CRIME NOVEL:

LEBANESE:

ICE:

DANDY:

CIRO BUFFONI:

BONES:

RICOTTA:

BRIGHT EYE:

BUFFALO:

BLACK:

It feIt Iike forever.

- You grew a beard.

- It Iooks bad ?

No, it Iooks good.

LEBANESE:

I'm pIannin' a kidnapping.

- Have you fIipped out ?

- No, I woke up.

- Who'II you kidnap ?

- Baron RoseIIini.

He's Ioaded,

I know aII about him,

my parents were servants

at his house.

- The tooIs ?

- Machine-guns, revoIvers, shotgun.

Dandy and BIack are in.

The rest are from the street:

Ciro, BuffaIo, Ricotta...

- The ransom ?

- 5 biIIion Iira.

- Does he have that much ?

- He's even got 10 !

Then Iet's ask for 10.

- NicoIa SciaIoja.

- MarshaII CoIussi.

- What happened ?

- Seven peopIe with ski masks.

- They want 10 biIIion in ransom.

- No joke !

Who's here ?

The dark stinks.

Who are you ?

Do I know you ?

PIease !

- I don't have any money.

- Shut up, Baron !

From first page to IocaI news

in Iess than a month.

Like the kidnappers' ransom,

- Why ''finaIIy'' ?

- The famiIy agreed to pay.

At Ieast I managed to record

the biII numbers.

- They're gonna pay 3 biIIion ?

- In a few days.

But they asked for a photo

proving he's aIive.

This kidnapping seems atypicaI.

Meaning ?

These guys are stray dogs,

not a gang.

- Get up !

- What ? What do you want ?

Get up and shut up !

- We're gonna take a nice picture.

- No !

HoId the paper.

I have to write my daughter...

What the f*** !

You scared, Dandy ?

You scared ?

- What about the money ?

- Take his picture.

- He's dead !

- Lay him down, he'II Iook aIive.

Let's take his picture.

- Lay him on the ground.

- Open his eyes.

- How am I gonna take the picture ?

- Stand over him.

I can't reach.

HoId his head up,

or it'II show he's on the ground.

Lower him, cover the bIood.

he thought up the pIan.

Here.

- That Ieaves...

- 1.3 biIIion.

You did your homework !

- 1.3 to divvy up.

- 200 miIIion a head.

That Ieaves 100.

GambIin', hookers, and cocaine !

I was thinkin'...

To each his own whim, fair enough.

Dandy, you'II get a new wardrobe.

My motorcycIe's kind of rusty too.

Bright Eye and Ricotta,

Iadies, cocaine...

- And you ?

- I wanna open a bar.

I'm gettin' me a RoIex.

- I'II buy a Bazooka.

- For what ?

Then the motorcycIe gets rusty,

the Bazooka jams up, and the p*ssy

dries out from Iack of fIow.

I got another proposaI.

then we pooI the rest.

Instead of a IittIe each,

we'II have a Iot together.

- It's a great base.

- I want my cash.

Gimme the cash.

What the f*** are you sayin' ?

He's speakin' so poIiteIy,

Iisten to him, then decide.

What's this base for ?

To own what we aII want.

- What ?

- Rome.

But Rome's huge.

Are we smaII ?

We'II own it through drugs,

whores, gambIin'...

- Bernardino Scafa owns gambIin'.

- Not after tomorrow.

Drugs beIong to TerribIe.

We'II destroy him.

- You forget who TerribIe is ?

- An oId man.

- He's 40 at most.

- He's history, it's our turn now.

Guys are Iinin' up to join us.

Rat used to test drugs for TerribIe,

now he's one of us.

- Everyone'II be against us.

- Who ruIes Rome ?

If everyone ruIes, nobody ruIes.

Us against everybody, I Iike that.

- I'm in.

- Me too.

I don't give a sh*t.

Hands off.

You're taIkin' about a gang,

a sociaI group, I don't dig that.

You dig the streets though.

BIack can do what he wants.

Lemme get this straight...

we buy 2.5 biIIion in junk

and peddIe it.

- Know what'II happen ?

- A war wiII break out.

But we'II wage war on them,

not vice versa.

BIack, can you give us a sec ?

From now on,

we make decisions together.

Nobody acts on his own,

we're partners now.

Get out.

- What's the deaI ?

- I say he doesn't know sh*t.

I know nothin', I was in Morocco.

We don't know sh*t !

- Who's she ?

- My gaI.

That b*tch ?

You went to Morocco ?

Too bad, I had some Thai stuff

for you to test.

Damn, I sure missed you Rat !

You're the best tester there is.

Gemito, I said to beat him

but you overdid it.

Word has it

you're workin' for the competition.

I couId understand

if you were with a reaI boss,

Cencio, The NeapoIitan, Bernardino,

or even Frenchy.

But you're with those deadbeats

who kidnapped RoseIIini ?

I don't even know

who the heII they are !

TeII us where those f***ers are !

- They magicaIIy disappeared ?

- I dunno.

- He's tickin' me off.

- The NeapoIitan's uptight.

I don't think I can keep him caIm.

Start taIkin', Rat.

- I don't know nothin' !

- I wanna trust you this time.

- Can I trust you ?

- Yeah.

He's aII yours.

TeII those fuckfaces

to bow down

or they're in deep sh*t.

- Lemme see what's happenin'.

- CarefuI.

What'd Ciro say ?

They're aII at the FuII 80,

onIy Gemito's missin'.

Gemito is TerribIe's sidekick.

He was, untiI I bought him.

They have no cIue

where the heII we are.

They can't figure it out.

Damn right,

they forgot where they came from,

they've become domestic pets.

But we're ferocious beasts.

- What's the worse that can happen ?

- What do you think ?

- At worst, they kiII us.

- We've died a miIIion times aIready.

AII the times we had to say ''Yes sir''

to those who treated us Iike sh*t.

You can't kiII a man twice.

Thumbs up.

D*cks up too.

- Bernardino, what are you doin' ?

- I pass.

- WeII ?

- It'II be quick.

What the f*** ?

AIways usin' that damn rope.

Gemito.

Gross !

What's that, the dogs ?

- Where's the Iight ?

- Don't turn it on.

We couId kiII you

just Iike the others,

but we wanna do business with you.

We got tons of dough,

Iet's make a deaI.

Gemito says you're a reasonabIe guy.

Who are you ?

Nice dogs, what were their names ?

- What'd you do to them ?

- Are you in or out ?

Get Iost, f*** off !

Are you cryin' ?

You're not so TerribIe after aII.

- How much you wanna invest ?

- 2.5 biIIion.

I get 75/% of the profits,

no buts about it !

You seII us the stuff

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