The Big Blue Page #12

ENZO beckons to a passing WAITER who comes to the table.

He's a very handsome, slightly effeminate young man.

ENZO:

(to waiter)

"Spaghetti del mare"

(to Jacques)

It's delicious here. It's the one

thing they really know how to make.

WAITER:

Del mare for two?

JACQUES:

(nodding quickly)

Yes, sure, for two.

ENZO:

And a bottle of "Frascatti". Two

bottles!

WAITER:

Si Signore, grazie mille.

The waiter hurries away. ENZO watches his departure, then

thoughtfully.

ENZO:

He moves just like a woman.

(then, as if he

were speaking to

Jacques)

It must be hard to live in two

worlds like that, huh? To breathe

in one, swim in the other...

JACQUES nods without really knowing.

ENZO:

(suddenly louder)

Anyway! Nothing beats a sexy broad!

Huh, Jacques!

ENZO starts laughing. JACQUES would like to crawl under

the table.

TIME DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. HOTEL TERRACE TAORMINA - JACQUES - ENZO - LATER

Their lunch is on the table, half eaten.

ENZO:

... So, after all these years, you

must have lots of questions to

ask. Am I right?

JACQUES:

(quickly)

Yes, of course. Lots of questions.

JACQUES is satisfied with his answer. He thinks that the

subject is closed. They eat silently for a moment. ENZO

watches him. Then:

ENZO:

Well, what are they?

JACQUES:

(giving up)

I'm sorry... I don't know how to

ask the questions.

ENZO bursts out laughing.

ENZO:

Well, then. I'll do the asking

for you. "Tell me dear Enzo, how

did you become World Champion?"

Oh, that's a long story.

(his voice changes)

Well, after you left Amorgos, I

went back to Italy and joined the

Navy. So you now have in front of

you --

Captain Molinari, who's been on leave of absence for the

past 14 years...

JACQUES:

That's good.

ENZO:

How do you make a living? Your

experiments, does it pay well?

JACQUES:

It's okay.

ENZO:

... You married?

JACQUES doesn't seem to have ever thought about marriage.

JACQUES:

No.

ENZO:

Me neither, 'cause of my Mother.

She's a curse, my Mamma, a tornado.

Stubborn as a mule! I was

engaged... for a week. After that,

Mamma was so mad, I tell you, pasta

was bouncing off the walls.

JACQUES smiles.

ENZO:

So, not married. Well, good for

you. You play the field, like me.

A girl in every port, huh?

JACQUES:

(bluffing)

Exactly, I mean, after all, we're

men!

ENZO:

(slapping the table

top)

Damn right! That's what I tell

them when people say you've turned

into a fish.

JACQUES:

(concerned)

People say that?

ENZO:

(sorry he went too

far)

Forget it. I was joking.

EXT. ENTRANCE TO TERRACE - ON JOHANA

JOHANA comes out of the stone tunnel which leads to the

terrace. She looks over the crowd, trying to find someone.

JACQUES is sitting with his back to her. She finally spots

him and walks over to the table.

ENZO:

Eh! La Madonna! This one is for

me. I'll bet you my watch that

she's in my bed tonight.

JACQUES turns around and recognizes her. JOHANA smiles

and walks up to the table. ENZO takes his watch off and

puts it on the table.

ENZO:

(quickly)

I tell you she's mine!

JOHANA:

(to Jacques)

Hello!

ENZO:

(surprised)

You know each other?

JOHANA:

Yes.

ENZO:

Enzo Molinari.

ENZO kisses her hand and brushes his watch off the table

in the same movement.

ENZO:

This is a great pleasure.

JOHANA:

(laughing at the

protocol)

Johana Cross, pleased to meet you.

(then to Jacques,

faking surprise)

Well! Isn't this a coincidence.

I really wasn't expecting this...

All the way out here. It's

incredible!

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