Scopone scientifico, Lo (The Scientific Cardplayer) Page #8

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That's what I'm saying too.

Let's stop, let's go.

You see, madam,

I am very good at this game!

You are a bit stoned,

if we keep playing, it's like...

stealing her money.

I see...

You are all against me!

No, you shouldn't say that,

it's not true.

Indeed it is so.

All my life I've had enemies around me.

I have always been alone.

Why do you say you are alone, madam?

Antonia and I are here.

We are not going to abandon you.

- It's true, you ought to believe it.

We are very fond of you.

Thanks.

Then,

if you really... are fond of me,

let's keep playing.

Then?

The game keeps going.

They are betting 224 million,

If they win, it's half a billion,

precisely.

- No, it's 448 million.

- You look at 50 million change.

If they win another game,

it becomes one billion.

- Amazing!

- Halt! I would stop here.

What do you do with a billion,

if I was the tax officer,

I'd take 700 million from you.

- Who would you take it from?

- From you.

I'd put them all in a suitcase

and carry them to Switzerland.

What, do you think I have

a clock around my neck?

Doubling up, as foreseen,

is dragging the old lady

into a vortex, a scary spiral,

so much so that Peppino and Antonia,

by the eleventh game,

will have won 19 billion.

If the oldie says: "Would you

double up those 19 billion? ",

what is Peppino doing?

- He is shitting himself!

It's all envy.

Why? If you were Peppino, what

would you do? Wouldn't you try?

Remember, that the doubling

up game is a trap.

Why?

Because the old lady owns

assets worth 2000 billion,

and she can afford playing

endlessly,

whilst if Peppino makes a mistake

he is gone!

What are you doing, sleeping?

No.

It's the sun, it's warming me up.

Waiter?

- Yes?

Can you shield the sun? It's on my head.

Draw the curtain. - Of course.

Hey "sun"... we are betting

Yes, I know, I know.

- Oh!

- What? Yeah, yeah, scopa.

Yes, I tell them.

What happened?

Papa with the 7 of spades,

has taken the "settebello",

mama made a scopa and the lady dropped

onto the floor with her eyes crooked,

her heart wasn't beating any more.

- And now?

Thank goodness, at last!

Is she dead?

No, but the doctor said her

life is hanging by a thread.

- Cesari'!

- What?

- Where are you going?

- To uncle Osvaldo's,

thinking of the oldie's funeral!

Of course it's a long procedure:

Customs, a special

international coffin,

but we are ready.

The carpenter has just arrived.

It's going to be a big ceremony with

ambassadors, bankers, politicians.

It is a deal of quite a few million,

there's money to be earned for everyone.

Listen, the corpse has

to be moved to California,

by a specially rented aeroplane.

An escort is needed?

Easy, I can go!

I cannot lose out on a trip to

California all expenses paid, can I?

About time! You took your

time to arrive, father!

- Am I still on time?

- Yes, if you move!

Otherwise, she leaves!

Poor madam...

What are Peppino and Antonia

going to do with the money?

They are still waiting for

the old lady to make up her mind.

What do you want?

I have to measure up

the corpse for the coffin.

You damned fool, she isn't dead yet,

I am not going to let you in!

Is she in agony?

Peppino... is she Catholic?

She's a foreigner!

Yes father, she is Catholic,

of strict observance.

Hey, is it possible that

you are always around?

Do you want to take

our own customers?

- No point in going up the stairs.

- Why not?

Who are you? Who knows you?

Cesari', serious organization

is needed here,

we are in touch with doctors,

with priests, with domestic staff...

No need!

This time there is no other way,

the funeral is ours,

we are the waiter's friends.

Doctor?

There is a slight sign of recovery.

Madam, would you like

to repent your sins?

Would you like to confess?

Would you like to confess?

I want to play cards!

What did she say?

She said...

she wants to play cards...

It's your business now!

Damn her!

Here goes another one...

Take it George.

Let me go!

My uncle has been around

for 8 years to make her funeral,

now you want to snatch it away from us?!

Now that she is dying!

Peppi', we are 20 all...

I know...

Good gracious... She gulped down

You've got only one card to throw.

Is this the one you wanted?

We are ruined!

- Anto', be kind.

- I don't want to see you any more!

- I accept I made a mistake!

- Go away, I am not coming back home!

I wanna die!

I wanna die...

Anto'!

Come here! I wanna die too, with you.

- Go away, go and die somewhere else!

You had two cards,

you threw the wrong one!

Antonia! Dear!

Don't despair,

the oldie is leaving

the day after tomorrow,

we still have tomorrow to play.

I wonder... maybe it's going

to be the right time!

We'll take it all!

Anto'?

- Go away!

You go home!

- We can go on a trip, a cruise.

- Go away!

- Come here!

Anto', it's not that bad!

- Don't follow me!

- Give me some trust...

- I am not playing with you any more!

Anto', think.

It's not only my fault,

there must be a mysterious force

working against us.

We've got the evil eye!

We had the apartment,

the warehouse, the millions...

If I think about it, I'll stab myself!

A stab... Hey?

Where are you going?

Do you drive by yourself, hey?

Jump in, are you afraid?

Come here!

Where are you going?

Bloody hell!

Are you against me too?

Oh God!

- Peppi'!

What happened to you?

- I broke my head!

- Are you hurt?

- What a hit...

- Are you...

- Stay here, don't get scared,

I am not hurt.

Is it possible that

everything goes wrong with you?

You forget to apply the hand brake too.

- A coincidence,

we are even... it is OK,

we are lucky!

I could get killed, you'd be a widow.

What a big mistake I made

not marrying Richetto.

What did you say?

What did you say?

What a mistake I made

not marrying Richetto.

Professor, 5000- sign me in!

I sign nothing,

if you don't bring the dough!

- Farullo Domenico, 3000.

- Farullo Domenico, 3000!

No, here we have to lift the bets,

a chance like this won't happen again!

- Pull out the cash!

Pasquali', sign me in for a 1000 lire.

- Calm down, queue up!

- 8000!

Don Roberto is sending 20,000 lire.

Now the father is more

confident, isn't he?

Don Roberto...

- 20,000! - 20,000...

As far as I am concerned, I bet 15...

- Well...

Let's do 12, OK!

Professor Armando Castellini...

Let me through. Let me through.

I can't stay standing up.

Let her through, she's pregnant.

Well, 10, you are a family!

First name and family name.

- Carboni Liliana.

- Mr. And Mrs. Carboni, 8 plus 2!

Here he is... Here is Richetto!

I gathered one million

and 130,000 lire.

- Do you trust me?

- Blindly.

We put together all our savings,

then we will divide the winnings

democratically.

We have been waiting

for this moment for years.

Let me kiss this holy hand

that never misses.

You should know what

this moment means for me.

Please, dear.

Richetto, bet all on the first

game, got it?

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