The Big Blue Page #2

I hate this apartment.

I hate you.

How was your trip?

It was nice. It was...

It was...

It was interesting.

It was cold.

You got a picture of him?

Matter of fact...

What... What the f*** is that?

It's his heartbeat.

I'm gonna make some coffee.

They left the stove!

He has the most beautiful eyes.

It's funny.

It's like a fairy tale.

(coughs)

You know, the French

are very romantic people.

He's not French. He's American.

His mother's American.

Haven't you been listening

to anything I said?

Yeah! I've been listening all night!

Sounds like you're in love.

But there's no such thing

as love at first sight.

You ate all the ice cream.

(sighs)

This is good! This is very good!

Very, very good.

Very good.

Unfortunately it's incomplete.

- Johana...

- What?

- Am I boring you?

- No!

Of course not.

Definitely not.

- What'd you say?

- I said that this file is incomplete. OK?

Go back to Laurence

and get the truck registration.

Don't let him tell you

it's in the glove compartment.

- The guy was really frozen?

- Like a Popsicle.

- They're keeping him on a stick till spring.

- Hah!

Glad I didn't go.

I... I can't hear you!

I said the snowmobile papers

are in the glove compartment.

Get the customs office to send me a copy.

We can't get you new equipment

until our file is complete.

All right. You'll have them

by the end of the week.

Great. You've made me a very happy

insurance person. Thank you.

- All right. Goodbye.

- Dr. Laurence?

Yes?

Um... You don't happen to know how I can

get in touch with that diver of yours?

Jacques Mayol?

The last I heard he was in Taormina,

at the World Diving Championships.

In Sicily.

Sicily?

Duffy, we got big problems in Sicily!

- What do you mean?

- Oh, God - the Mafia!

Cosa Nostra, De Niro, Coppola, Pacino!

I knew we shouldn't have written that policy!

- What happened?

- The documents are forged.

- No!

- Yes! The notary is a phoney.

He's got the same signature as the contractor.

- Wait, that can't be true!

- Well, it is!

We must send someone immediately. If we

prove the forgery, maybe we're off the hook.

There's a plane in four hours to Rome.

From there, it's not far to Sicily.

- I'm calling Cordoza. He'll get us out of this.

- No! I called him.

- His son's bar mitzvah is tomorrow.

- Oh, damn his son!

- I'll go.

- You'd do that?!

- Yeah, I'll go.

- Oh, thank you!

I thought it was Spanish you spoke.

Italian's... practically the same thing.

Thanks a lot!

(announcement in Italian)

Mayol... Mayol... No reservation.

- Are you sure?

- Positive, sir.

This is the Hotel San-Domenico?

Yes, it has been so for 127 years.

(air horn)

(tyres screech)

Be careful of that car.

It's a new paintjob. OK?

Contessa!

Avanti, avanti!

Ah! Jacques!

Giacomino, my friend!

My brother!

So, you finally decided to join us.

You did the right thing.

Paolo, come stay? C'e la chiave.

You remember my little brother Roberto?

- Hi.

- Hi, Roberto.

- What room have you got?

- I haven't got one.

You don't have a room? Paolo!

What did I just hear? I call you to reserve

a room for my friend Jacques Mayol...

..and you treat him like a stranger!

- It's OK, Enzo. I'll go somewhere else.

- Not only is he a very special friend.

But he is one of the best divers in the world.

And you sling him out!

Are you crazy or what?

Stupido!

Drop it, Enzo. I'll find something.

(keys jingle)

Take mine. I'll take the Countess's suite.

She told me she was leaving

for the cemetery.

She'll be more comfortable there! Ha!

I'm glad you're here.

So, after all these years, you must have

lots of questions to ask me. Am I right?

Yeah, sure, lots of questions.

Well, what are they?

I don't know how to ask the questions.

- Are you married?

- (laughs) No, no, no, no, no!

No.

Me neither. Because of my mother.

She's a curse, my mother. Tornado.

Stubborn as a mule. Ti ricorda, no?

I was engaged for a week. After, Mamma was

so mad, the pasta was bouncing off the walls!

So, not married.

Good for you.

You play the field, like me.

A girl in every port, huh?

- After all, we're men!

- Damn right!

That's what I tell them

when people say you've turned into a fish.

People say that?

Forget it! I was joking!

Ah! La Madonna!

(sniggers)

I'll bet you my watch

that she's in my bed tonight.

Hello!

(squeals with mock surprise)

- You know each other?

- Yes!

- Enzo Molinari. This is a great pleasure.

- Johana Baker. Nice to meet you.

This is... a coincidence! It's unbelievable!

All the way out here!

It's incredible! I can't believe it!

Oh.

Uh... Would you like to sit down?

Yes. Thank you.

- I'm not interrupting anything, am I?

- No, not at all.

Emilio! Vieni qui!

- You staying at the hotel?

- It's full. But they recommended a pensione.

- All of Taormina is full.

- It's the Free Diving World Championship.

I am, by the way, world champion.

- What are you doing in Sicily?

- I was doing an insurance claim in Palermo...

..and decided to take a few days off,

see the island.

There is no place in the world

more beautiful than Sicily.

Spaghetti delmare

for the super-dedicated insurance agent.

Oh, no, no, no. Thank you. Just a coffee.

No, you should try it. It's good.

OK.

As I was saying earlier,

I am the world champion free diver.

Some people say it's

the most virile sport in the world.

One has to admit that seeing those men...

..diving headfirst in that deep blue sea,

all muscles contracted...

- Enzo...

- What?!

- Mamma?

- Dove?

Aspetta.

She'll kill me if she catches me

eating pasta in a restaurant.

Mangia, mangia. Mangia! Bullshit.

Eat!

Mamma!

Tu credi che io possa portare

da sola tutti questibagagli?

Mamma... Roberto and an elevator.

Isn't that enough?

- Che cosa haimangiato tu oggi?

- Coffee only.

I am diving tomorrow. Ah!

Remember little Jacques? Jacques Mayol?

His friend - Johana.

She is beautiful, no?

Spaghetti delmare!

Oh, thank you very much! Mm!

I'm so hungry!

Ha!

Mm, it's good.

Americana?

Benvenuta!

This is it.

It's... great!

So, you're gonna be

really busy these days, huh?

I don't know.

Why?

I... Because I...

I don't know. I just thought...

You have the competition, interviews.

A competition like this requires

a great deal of concentration... Doesn't it?

Yeah.

You can put down the bags now.

Thanks.

- (air horn)

- Jacques! Johana!

We have to get ready for the ceremony.

The Tahitian is the new world champion.

I'm tired. I don't feel like it.

Roberto, the jacket.

- This one?

- Yes.

Very good.

What about the shoes?

Very chic.

- Well, you don't have anything else, do you?

- No.

Then it's very chic. Avanti.

Hi.

Hi.

- (mike feedback)

- Ladies and gentlemen,...

..your attention, please.

Andre Bonnet, president ofthe International

Diving Championship Committee...

(whispers) E basta dimangiare!

..this trophy to the new world champion.

This afternoon, our new champion

descended to the remarkable depth...

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