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Michele... Michelino.

When will you grow UP 7

Michele...

I'm not a dragon!

I'm not a dragon, look at me.

Come here.

I'm not a dragon.

I'm not a dragon.

Dragons don't exist.

They don't exist.

I don't care about her schoolwork.

But what do you mean

"nothing serious"?

That he only touched her butt?

How dare you talk to me like that!

Perhaps she deserved

to be groped.

What did you say? She's mature

for her age. Physically too.

It's not our fault

she looks older than her age.

So there's a table,

like the Mercalli Scale,

to assess the level

of strange attentions?

What level are we at?

- I'm not talking to this idiot!

- Calm down!

Feminism is over,

haven't you realised?

If it had been a boy

who was molested...

it would've been different.

Let's not argue

at the kid's expense.

She confided in me.

A coup de the'tre!

- Viola wasn't lying.

- How do you know?

I believe her.

From what she said, I realised

it wasn't just "strange attentions",

but something much more serious.

Then why didn't you say anything?

I don't know.

It's not easy, I was scared

of making matters worse.

Good decision,

that's a job for social workers.

You have to be careful

not to kick up a fuss.

We can't take the responsibility

for something that's not...

The grown-ups

will never believe us.

Play, screw.

Play, screw.

What did you say?

Nothing.

Write this down...

The Art and Design teacher.

Cinzia Nigro...

states that the teachers

of Letters and Science...

are envious of

Viola Gargano's stepfather.

They too would like

to screw this child...

if only they had the guts."

That's enough!

- Let's calm down.

- Leave it.

Are you crazy?

'You can...

die.

Let go of me!

Carmine, help!

Let go of me!

Carmine, help!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Why?

Little ?ower...

Go on.

Why's Rosalia not come out?

She's over there!

Where's Boldrini's car?

Where's Rosalia?

Where is she?

Where's my sister?

Where is she?

Everyone to the castle!

Do you want to stay with me?

Let her go!

He's still alive.

What if he survives

and comes looking for us?

If he survives, he won't

come looking for anyone.

Everyone outside!

Everyone outside!

Come on, outside!

Come on!

You bastard.

Where's Carmine?

Where are you going?

Fancy a beer?

Two?

Nothing?

Just as well.

Since the Euro became currency,

I haven't had a Lira.

And I spent what I had

on cigarettes and drink

while I was thinking...

"Shall I go see

those blockheads, or not?"

I was smoking and drinking...

"Shall I or shan't I?"

I haven't got the money.

I don't have it.

Do you want to kill me?

Kill me then.

Have you ever killed a man?

One?

No?

This is how you do it.

How old are you, Carmine?

Don't you remember?

Do you know how old I am?

Thirty...

It's not nice being in debt

to someone younger.

Don't worry, we don't want

anything from you.

Your sister Rosalia gave us

the money you owed us.

What's the problem?

You're such a sh*t.

I don't know why she keeps on

saving your ass.

Does the dragon die in the end,

or not?

No...

now and then

you'll hear its voice saying...

"I'm still here."

"And it never goes away again, Daddy?"

That depends.

Whether you're on your own

or not.

Above them loomed the castle

silently in the night.

Carmine looked at it for a second

then he shrugged.

"It's only iron", he said ?atly.

Silently, without turning round,

the children from the Alveari gang,

left the scrap yard

and took Rosalia home

Lasers. Film s.r.l. - Rome

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