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Have you heard?

Roberto has been arrested

Listen...

I have never asked you for anything

but this time, you have

to do something

to free Roberto.

If you want to...

...you have influences,

friends.

He was denounced by that lieutenant.

I am sure!

-He didn't want to fight the duel

-It's obvious

Can you imagine an Austrian officer...

accepting a duel with an

Italian civilian?

It is absurd

If your cousin had more common sense

Don't you understand what this means?

Yes, I understand

I understand it perfectly

and I don't want anything to do

with it

They've done very well arresting him

And you want me to mix myself

with all that nonsense

that I don't even care about?

I am sick of this! I don't want to talk

about it anymore. Do you understand?

Foolish things!

Do you even know what you want to do?

Roberto was condemned

to a year in exile

just as many others.

I have this dark feeling

about what his absence

could mean.

to me.

-Roberto Ussoni

-Goodbye...

We will meet soon,

guardian angel.

Try to go to the train

as soon as possible

Tell it to Cavalletto, please.

We need a safe contact

with the two sides

I expect to come back soon.

Garibaldi is at Desenzano.

Livia! Salvation

is coming

See you Italians!

Roberto!

Take care of yourself

But when I met that

officer...

I realized he was the reasons of my worries

and that, for days, I had been afraid

of that encounter

Countess Serpieri

What do you want?

May I scort you in these streets?

No, thank you, Lieutenant Mahler.

But Venice is in curfew. It's late already.

Are you going to make me arrest

for being in the streets?

I have never made an arrestment

for such a little infraction to the rules

What do you think of Roberto Ussoni's arrest?

Ah! Has he been arrested?

A change of air would have done

him good.

He has been sent to exile.

You know it well

You think it is my fault

But you are wrong

I hope you believe me

Besides, it seems that Ussoni

will be satisfied.

It seems like the man was born

to make sacrifices for any noble cause

And what you were born for?

To be what I am

To be what you are!

Good night.

Don't you think it would be better that.

the other night at the opera, you

had told me

that Ussoni was your lover,

and that you were willing to do

anything to keep him in Venice?

A men with a minimum education

wouldn't take advantage of the fact that

I am alone to insult me.

-I told you not to follow me

-I am not following you.

-Ah, you dont!

-Think of me as your shadow.

Thanks, I can manage with my own.

But mine will protect you better

Please, stop following me.

-Is he dead?

-Yes.

What do we do now?

Come on!

Come on, quick!

Thank you

You know one thing...

it's not nice to be part of ...

an occupation army.

We are forced to live

with men that hate us.

And we, young men, alone, away from home,

start to court their wives

and girlfriends.

Yes, I understand.

Good night, Lieutenant.

I am not afraid anymore.

Please, don't bother.

Good night.

I'd like you to know something,

before I leave:

Roberto Ussoni is not my lover.

He is my cousin.

He is the person I admire

the most in the world

More than

your husband?

See, my husband and I have

very different opnions

about Austrians

He is wiiling to accept them. He

even ask for favours.

I am like my cousin:

a real Italian.

Good night.

Countess Serpieri!

I am very grateful...

We walked a lot...

together...

by the empty streets.

My fear to him had dissappeared.

Time didn't seem to exist

The only thing that existed...

was the unconfessed pleasure...

I felt when he spoke...

when he laughed...

and when I heard the sound of

our steps,

in that silence city.

Where are we going?

Anywhere you want.

The truth is I don't even

know where we are

We are in a god place

That is my house

I live there.

Alone?

No.

Not alone, with other officers.

We usually dressed informally,

drink beer

and talk about women.

-But, now everything will change.

-Why?

Because I have met you.

-What is that?

-A piece of mirror.

Why do you look at yourself

in that way?

-Do you enjoy watching yourself that much?

-Yes, I do.

I never walk in front of a mirror

without looking at myself.

Why do you like it that much?

To be sure that It's...

...me.

It's the only time you are sure to be yourself?

No.

Also, when I see a woman...

looking at me the way you are doing right now.

"It's the End of the Days

and dead men come to life...

to face eternal glory...

or eternal pain.

We keep hugging each other

and don't care about nothing else

nor paradise, nor hell."

Do you like those verses by Haine?

No.

Why not?

I don't like what it means.

It's a shame!

The imminence of a war...

Do you think ther will be a war?

Oh, yes.

Even though is inconceivable...

that people can kill themselves

for things they don't even care about.

Do you believe in wars?

I do believe that the freedom of

a nation...

must be defended...

even by sacrificing freedom itself

or life.

Then, we are enemies,

isn't that so?

I don't think so

I...

suppose it's a big mistake...

not to be interested...

in war...

in politics...

in territorial exchanges and occupations.

in all that serious things..

that men are willing to die for .

You see, I think that...

the fact that some men were born...

on the side of that river

and other men in the side of that mountain...

doesn't mean that God had made

rivers and mountains

to separate people.

You speak like a child.

I don't understand how that way of thinking

makes you a militar

It's ridiculous you are an officer

I agree with you.

It's ridiculous

Everything is very ridiculous

I have to leave now.

There's almost daylight.

Livia...

That is your name, right?

Yes

When can I see you again?

-Tomorrow?

-That's impossible!

I will wait.

It was almost morning.

The city was coming back to life...

and then I felt ashamed.

How could I had spent the entire night...

with an stranger!

An Austrian officer!

Me, an Italian married woman.

A woman that never care for

frivolities.

However, after four days,

four days waiting to see him,

it was me who was running to see him.

I convinced myself ...

that he was the only one who can save Roberto.

And it was my duty

to ask him for help.

Hey! Do you want to play?

I've waited for you days and days...

and you finally came.

We don't care for anything,

nor paradise, nor hell!

Since that day, we see each other

frequently.

We met in a room

that Franz rented at la Fondamenta Nuove.

You must realize.

that in rooms like these

there are always little noises:

the movement of a courtain

the buzz of a fly hitting the window.

Have you notice it?

No, Franz.

You'll notice it later, in the memories.

Just then, you'll realize what you heard..

all the time we have been together.

Is that so, Franz?

By remembering, all we heard continously

will be discovered

It's afterwards...

that those little details become important.

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