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If I cut it off,

there shouldn't be...

What are you saying?

No, it's not a...

It's not madness!

I could make a clean cut.

If I go out and get to the hospital,

they can sew it back on.

There must be somebody at the hospital.

It's just a matter of time.

Making it in time.

Make a good calculation.

It's a good idea.

It's the only thing

stopping me from going out.

I have the right age.

Like you.

You're a girl.

You're a girl.

- Yaw siht eb t'nod.

- No!

You can help me avoid all this.

You! Why don't you do something?

Go away! Go away! Go away!

Here.

A glass of water

and some round biscuits,

with chocolate.

I'll take this to Tommaso.

Tell him that, from tomorrow,

if he wants to eat,

he'll come down and sit with us.

We're not here for...

If it does us any good...

Is something wrong?

Yes, a lot of things.

For example,

I need a man,

not a boy.

A true, skilled man,

not like your son.

He's just good looking. He had...

Why am I even saying this to you?

- You know, the responsabilities...

- Yeah, yeah. You already told me that.

The thing that doesn't

get to your heads... the people,

You just don't get it!

There are important

things that I must do.

Why are you nodding?

I'm following...

I understand you, because I'm also...

...in my own small way, with them...

They grew attached...

When the fog came down,

I didn't know what to say,

what to do to reassure them.

Then, slowly together...

Because together we can still try to...

Even a little bit, you know...

It's important.

PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC LAW

So? Are you ready?

Grandma said that...

What is it?

What happened?

I had a very bad dream.

It was horrible!

A nightmare. We...

Mum! Mum!

Mum!

Dogs...

You see... How little it takes.

It only stays inside people's heads.

It's true, really true.

Have you seen that

the fog raised away?

No, you haven't.

You never look outside, never.

You don't know what it was.

It was a good idea,

there were too many shitheads.

For cleaning purposes.

But they overdid it.

You mustn't always keep it on,

because people won't come out.

They stay inside.

Instead, they should raise it,

and when everybody's reassured,

come down again.

That way you catch a lot of them.

Not just one here, one there!

They made a mistake.

They only took girls...

...young ones,

because they needed them.

But they took some...

Are you menstruating?

The period,

do you still have it?

I do.

It never went away.

It was the thing I wanted most...

You thought that I was a whore.

Going to bed with your brother,

your father,

those outside.

There were many of them, all useless.

The last couple of weeks they

were only surviving on medication.

They weren't any good,

that's the truth.

Because a true man gets

you pregnant straightaway.

You don't need to

sleep with him ten times.

It was a good idea.

Create an immune male.

Restart from there.

But nothing happened.

I can do this later.

Have you ever been to the library

near the S. Patrizio church?

The church?

No!

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Written, produced and directed by

Antonio Micciulli

Based on a short story

"The king of immunes" by Alessandro Fabbri

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