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- I'll tell you what we'll do.

You can be the black dragon now.

I'll go and hide.

Come here.

You stand here.

Look, put your hands like this.

And no peeping.

Start counting slowly.

- And don't stop.

- Up to 20.

Higher! Go on!

UP to 30!

Higher!

Goon!

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten...

Carry on!

Eleven, twelve, thirteen,

fourteen, fifteen,

sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,

nineteen, twenty.

Carry on!

Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,

twenty-four, twenty-five...

Margherita!

It's terrible.

Margherita...

Keep hold of her.

- Bava killed her.

- Bava's never hurt a ?y.

It must have been him!

He's a pig.

Let's ask Cosimo to help us

capture Bava.

Right then...

Gargano.

\Aola Gargano, aged 13.

She's a rather strange girl,

we know that.

Her performance hasn't

been as good this year

Yes, she's different

from the other girls,

even the way she dresses.

Her classmates

wear fashionable clothes,

whereas she's very simple,

she doesn't even wear make-up

Perhaps because she's pretty,

and doesn't need to.

Of course.

She seems very mature.

- Physically too.

- If you say so...

Can we leave Gargano to last?

As you wish.

Let's carry on.

- Who's next?

- Why leave her to last?

It was only a suggestion.

You didn't insist, don't worry.

I didn't think it was a problem

to leave her to last,

but if we want to discuss it now,

let's do so.

What do you think then?

First of all, I haven't noticed

that Viola's work has suffered.

She's always shown great

sensibility in my subject.

She's a bit of an introvert,

but it's hardly a ?aw.

It's not a ?aw,

it's just a little strange.

"A little strange"

is the right word for it.

You won't let her take

the exam because she's strange?

Let me tell you something.

We went to the pool

for the swimming lesson.

All the girls had put

their costumes on, except for her.

I said:

"Are you diving in fully clothed?"

She went back to the changing

room, and we waited.

But she didn't come back,

I went looking for her,

but she'd gone, she'd gone

back to school on her own.

Perhaps we should ask ourselves

why she did that.

Are we expected to be psychologists

now, with what they pay us?

I'm not interested in

how strange the students are.

I'm just saying she doesn't study,

so she can't sit the exam,

but if you think we should,

then we will.

- If we're letting Cardulli take it...

- Precisely!

Next one then.

No, forgive me...

There's something wrong here.

What's troubling you?

You yourself said we know the kids

better than you do.

I'm starting to have doubts

if you feel...

that students' strange

behaviour isn't important.

Yes, because for people like you,

the stranger they are...

Perhaps because I'm strange too.

But seeing as I'm strange,

I would like to hear

from my illustrious colleagues

what they mean

when they say Viola Gargano,

aged 13, is strange.

I won't let my

granddaughter out now.

What a terrible world we live in!

What a terrible world we live in

What a terrible world we live in

Excuse me, doctor,

you haven't got a patient with you?

Come in.

I was about to call you in.

It's hot, isn't it?

Yes.

- Have a seat.

- It's Sandro, doctor.

He's got a bad cough.

Take a deep breath.

Again.

Now cough.

Again.

Get dressed.

There's nothing wrong with him.

I'll prescribe him something anyway.

Then this little scoundrel

can go back to screwing

his little friends.

Sorry, I didn't catch that

What did you say?

What?

You didn't catch that?

I said Sandro can go back

to playing with his little friends.

You can laugh...

Ma'am...

What is it, doctor?

It's not my fault you don't know

how to bring your children up.

Okay?

And you keep coming here

asking me

to solve your problems.

And don't complain when

they turn into delinquents!

- What's that got to do with it?

- What has it got to do with it?

She doesn't understand

what it's got to do with it.

I'll explain it next time.

Goodbye.

Doctor...

- Goodbye.

- I didn't mean...

Goodbye.

I didn't mean...

Play...

play, play, play...

Play, play...

Just a minute, just a minute...

Come in!

Take a seat.

What the f*** is he doing?

Just look at that idiot!

It's Dr. Boldrini.

He's giving a speech

while he's peeing.

You're stupid, it's not funny.

You're always f***in' complaining!

He's crazy,

but they take us to him for treatment.

His trousers have fallen down!

The grown-ups

would never believe us.

They kiss his ares,

because he's a gentleman.

He's talking to his car!

I'm going home, or they'll worry.

Let's leave this jerk

on his own here.

Do you know what the doctor

did the other day?

He told Mom there was

nothing wrong with me

and that I could carry on

screwing my friends.

- What?

- I didn't say it.

Instead of saying "playing"

he said "screwing".

Mum was shocked,

but instead of apologizing,

he was furious.

He said we're all delinquents.

Bastion of the West...

Hadrian's Wall

now without a garrison.

The barbarians are rampant.

I am the only one left...

to guard the border.

Lonely sentry...

faithful to his oath.

I shouldn't be here...

in the middle of these cows,

who stink of fried food,

in the middle of...

these dirty southerners.

Consultant.

On the children's ward.

If Hitler had won

If Hitler had won

there wouldn't be as many of us.

If we had won, yes...

Such a fine castle,

ring-a-ding-a-ree.

What a fine castle...

ring-a-ding-a-ra.

And we... will bum it.

Do you want to come with me,

princess?

Blockheads!

Blockheads!

Blockheads!

- Do you know what I'll do?

- What?

I'm not going to see

those blockheads.

I don't give a damn.

They know where to find me.

Here.

It can't get any darker than midnight.

Blockheads.

Blockheads.

Blockheads.

The grown-ups

would never believe us.

Play... screw.

Play... screw.

Play... screw.

I'd like my illustrious colleagues

to tell me why they think

Viola Gargano, aged 13,

is strange.

I don't like her, okay?

She tells a lot lies,

whopping ones too.

Like what?

Last year, in one of her essays,

she insinuated she had received

"strange attentions"

from her mother's partner.

Fortunately her mother

denied everything.

Something must have happened.

Perhaps something happened,

but nothing serious.

It's a delicate problem to tackle.

We have to assess

her schoolwork...

decide whether she can sit the exam

and go to high school, right?

If she passes...

I don't give a damn

what her schoolwork's like

You have to be careful.

Don't stray too far from the building.

Don't go back to that place...

What do you call it?

The Castle.

I don't want you to go back there.

Do you understand?

When will you grow UP 7

Daddy, where are you?

- You're scared to touch it.

- That's not true.

Hold the petrol bomb then.

See, you are a scared-cat!

I frightened the black dragon!

Michele...

What's wrong?

I was only playing.

Did I frighten you?

Darling, I'm sorry.

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