The Rose Tattoo

Hey, lady, what kind of tattoo

did you get on you?

- I got a rose tattoo.

- Where did you get it, lady?

- Where did he put it on you?

- Right over my heart, little boy.

Wait here.

- Little girl.

- Yes?

- You're a twig off the old rosebush.

- What?

Is the lady that does

the sewing in the house?

Nobody's here but Daddy and me.

And Daddy's asleep.

Do you mind if I wait on the porch

till she gets back?

She won't be long.

Where is your mama?

Ideal Grocery Store.

Look, she buys Grade A.

I buy Grade B.

- Now, which is which?

- Oh, yeah.

Don't mix up those eggs.

What difference is it?

Which is it?

I'll tell you the difference.

I got a Grade A husband,

that's the difference.

Oh, then I got a Grade B husband?

I don't know which grade

is your husband.

I got a Grade A husband,

and I know the difference.

Yeah, I know the difference,

and I don't give a Grade A husband

a Grade B egg for his breakfast.

- OK?

- Package. Your package, lady.

Where is somebody, please, to carry

this package for me on the street?

My husband don't allow me

- to carry big packages...

- Next.

- Like a horse on the street. Please!

- Next.

Oh, my.

OK.

Thank you, huh?

- Buon giorno, Serafina.

- Buon giorno, Padre.

You are dressed for a party?

No, I am dressed

for a big celebration.

I got some wonderful news

to give my husband.

Oh? What news?

I got to tell this news

to my husband first.

I'm sorry, Father. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Oh, my.

Mama.

- Is Papa home, cara?

- Yes, he's here.

A lady's waiting for you

on the porch, Mama.

- Lady?

- Yes.

- Open the door for me.

- All right.

Ale!

Oh, please.

Let me see. Let me see!

Let me see.

Such a perfume.

- My! Where is Papa?

- In the bedroom, sleeping.

- Sleeping?

- Yes.

Why don't you tell me he was

sleeping before I slam the door?

- Scimmia.

- He has to make a night run, Mama.

Don't make any noise.

Amore.

Come sai di buono.

I like the smell of rose oil

in your hair.

Good.

Good.

Oh, love, tonight is a feast, you know.

Because I have been to the doctor.

I have a new life in my body.

Yeah.

I have a new life in my body.

It's true. It's true.

Oh, love, stay with me tonight.

Don't go, please.

I don't understand these strange

night runs that you make.

I don't understand. I don't like it.

I don't like it.

Stay with me, please.

This... This night run

is the last that you make.

Is the last. You hear me?

You hear me, darling?

You... You promise me, darling.

- Si, last run. Si.

- OK.

OK, thank you. OK.

Mama? The lady says she can't wait.

Yeah. Vengo.

Rest, love. Rest.

I come back right away. Right away.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Do you want something?

- I heard you do sewing.

Talk soft, please. My husband

is sleeping in there.

What do you want sewed?

How fast can you make

a shirt for me?

Oh, that depends.

I have some silk with me

I want made into a shirt.

- There.

- Wonderful.

Look at that colore.

Rosa, huh?

Wonderful stuff

for a blouse, pajamas.

Oh, I want a man's shirt

made out of it.

Silk this color for a...?

For a shirt for a man?

Well, this man's wild like a Gypsy.

He likes to feel

silk on his skin and wants

everything rose-colored.

A woman should not encourage

a man to be wild. Never.

If a man's wild, he's hard

for a woman to hold.

But if he's tame, would a woman

want to hold him?

I told you soft, please.

My husband's sleeping.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm a married woman in business.

I don't know nothing about wild men

and wild women. I'm sorry.

I'll give you twice

what you ask me for it.

Money isn't the object,

but it has to be ready tomorrow.

- Tomorrow? Oh, it's impossible.

- Twenty dollars!

- Impossible.

- But it has to be ready tomorrow.

Because tomorrow's the anniversary

of the day we met,

me and this man I love.

I want him to wear this shirt

in honor of the occasion.

I have his measurements

right here with me.

Mama! The black goat

is loose in the yard!

- The black goat is loose in the yard!

- Keep him out of the yard.

Stop shouting. Let Papa sleep.

Pin the measurements,

your name on the silk,

and the shirt will be ready

tomorrow. I'm sorry.

My name's Estelle Hohengarten.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Catch him! My tomat...

Oh, my!

- The goat is loose.

- The goat's loose! The goat's loose!

Hey! Come back here!

- Mardi Gras Club.

- Rosa! Rosa!

You go in the house!

Don't look at the strega.

- Why do you call her a witch?

- She has the evil eye.

- Go in the house.

- She has a cataract.

On strillare.

She shook hands with the devil.

She did not shake hands with the devil.

She has rheumatism.

Malocchio. On strillare.

Go in the house.

And wash your face with saltwater,

and throw the saltwater away.

Go in the house!

Go in, quick! She's coming.

Malocchio.

Rosario.

Mama...

...why did Papa run away like that?

I don't know, Rosa.

Car 61 calling Car 62.

Come in, please.

Car 62, come in.

Be on the lookout. Five-ton truck

with brown canvas cover.

Left the Mardi Gras Club

ten minutes ago.

The Baron of Roses

picked up his load

at the Mardi Gras Club

ten minutes ago.

Check with Micky at the Four-Mile

Bridge and see if...

Standby. I think he's coming now.

- He made his last night run.

- Yeah.

He should've stuck

to hauling bananas.

Who's gonna tell her, Father?

I think a woman should.

I hear the sewing machine.

She's working.

She's holding up a piece

of rose-colored silk.

I think Assunta should tell her.

I think she already knows

what we have come to tell her.

- Something is wrong.

- What? What did you hear?

Come, ladies, we must go inside.

Don't speak.

Don't speak.

Don't speak. Don't speak.

Don't speak.

Don't speak.

Don't speak. Please don't.

Don't speak. Please don't.

Don't speak.

Don't speak.

Don't speak, please. Don't speak.

Don't speak. Don't speak.

She's lost the baby.

But Serafina's a strong woman.

She's going to pull

through this all right.

But she's trying not to breathe.

So she's got to be watched

and not allowed out of bed.

- You know how to give injections?

- Yes.

Needle. I use.

- I know how.

- Oh, fine. I'll get you some stuff.

Doctor, I wanted to talk to you.

The... The body.

The body of the man

must not be burned.

Rosario's body was burned

when the truck was burned.

Deliberate cremation

is not the same thing.

She wants the body cremated

so she can keep the man's

ashes in the house.

Well, if keeping the ashes in the house

will be any comfort to her...

But the body is dead.

The body must be buried.

Just a moment.

Father.

Where's the body?

Who are you?

Who are you? Please, who are you?

- Estelle Hohengarten.

- You cannot go in there.

See him, I have to.

- The body cannot be seen.

- I have to see him.

- You must go away, please.

- I've gotta see him.

- Please, you cannot go in there.

- I've got to.

- I've gotta see him.

- No, the body cannot be seen.

- I've gotta see him.

- But you must go away, please.

The widow knows nothing about you.

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