We Believed Page #9

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- You're sure?

- Yes.

I have a horse.

He's a good one though.

It's all I have, is it enough?

Watch your back!

Domenico, sir!

- Why are you running?

- And why did you follow me?

You knew my father.

I saw it in your face

when I talked about him.

I want to make him proud

and you have to see it.

You're going to join Garibaldi,

I saw the book you carry.

We can go together,

the coast isn't far.

Let's go.

How far could you go on foot?

I couldn't take anymore.

How can you fight this war?

You're an old man.

Old men should fight wars,

if they die, who cares.

I'm so hungry!

- Any cheese left?

- Sure, in the knapsack.

Good!

- Don't want any?

- No, I'll eat later.

Who knows all the junk

you ate in Turin with pa.

Cheese is good there too.

- Maybe even better.

- You're joking!

After we free Rome and Venice,

why not go around Italy?

Up North, it must be nice.

You're sure?

Later.

I'll go get firewood.

Hello!

Know how far to Melito?

It's down the beach.

- Has Garibaldi arrived?

- No, his men are there.

- They're waiting for him.

- Thanks.

Hey, guys! Get ready, we're coming!

You two! Are you already

in a section?

- Not yet.

- Then come with me.

- When do we leave?

- If the General comes, this evening.

Take those two, have them sign up!

- What's your name?

- Vincenzo.

- What do you do?

- I'm a volunteer!

- What do you do in life!

- I do two things.

A cobbler.

I come and go from the Vicariate

and I act.

Giovanni, let's show them.

The Company of the Vicariate!

Quiet!

Opening line.

My deep respects.

Has Your Lordship

ever been here before?

- It's the first time.

- I'm sorry.

Thank you so much.

Here is one's own, one's disposal...

One's-own-disposal makes a law.

Those who are lucky to enter here...

Great luck!

He has to pay a tiny sum

for the French guys.

Who are these French guys?

That's what we call them,

they're in need.

We give them something

and they behave,

they behave,

we behave, everyone behaves.

Listen, I am...

Crispi's in cahoots with the Mafia!

Sorry, I didn't know,

the Knight's having me

make a bad impression!

My deep respects!

How dare you make fun of Crispi?

We're actors, we do this

in the squares of Palermo.

You know what Crispi

did for the unity of Italy?

They're doing nothing wrong.

Crispi is in Parliament

where they make useless speeches,

but they're about to push a cannon

all the way to Rome!

- How dare you?

- What's your name?

What's this?

We can't speak freely even here?

#When Garibaldi calls out the role,#

#all his sons so bold#

#will light the bomb,#

#Red Shirts of Garibaldi...#

Garibaldi, up there!

Long Live Garibaldi!

#...the sun of April,#

#and you showed you were no coward.#

#That's why you are so dear to me,#

#red shirt, rare shirt.#

Long Live Garibaldi!

Rome or Death!

#We'll kick him off his throne,#

#no more popes in Rome.#

#We'll go to St. Peter's,

then to St. Paul's...#

#...we want their heads to roll.#

#The guillotine is in the square,#

#we want their heads to roll...#

The General said

not to respond to Italian fire!

Run, or the Bersaglieri

will kill us all!

Want to die like an idiot? Run!

- Giovanni!

- Shut up!

We're on your side!

Come here, it's safe.

Let's go, it's safe.

Why are you crying?

- Did your friends die?

- He was my comrade too.

You got us killed like animals!

Stop, quiet!

It's not safe here.

We have to stay together,

let's find an escape route.

Come on!

Wait!

Don't be afraid.

- What's your name?

- Nino.

- How old are you?

- 17.

We have to reach the other side,

will you do some scouting?

You're a boy, they won't notice you.

Saverio, give him yourjacket.

We'll be waiting there, don't delay.

I've already seen you,

do you know me?

Try to understand

what they do to deserters.

The boy's back.

Well?

No one's around,

but Garibaldi is dead.

- You're sure?

- A shepherd told me.

We'd better move

before they catch us.

- There'll be an amnesty soon.

- For deserters too?

I think so, I don't know.

What do you care?

Any of you in the regular army?

Me.

- You too?

- Yes.

You too?

You didn't tell me!

Let's go.

Let's stop.

Here's fine.

Got any water?

Mine's empty.

Halt, weapons down and hands up!

Surrender!

Weapons down and hands up!

Weapons down!

Commander!

Look who we found.

- Where were they?

- Here in the convent.

Jumpin' jehosaphat! Lucky!

Check their identities

and if there are any deserters,

shoot them.

You can't, there is an amnesty.

What do you know about amnesty?

Only a court can judge them.

I'm the court here.

Take them away.

Farewell.

Let me die with my comrades!

Ready, aim, fire!

Murderers!

I see the ghosts of the martyrs,

they accuse me of killing them

to resurrect the land of the dead.

Calm down, Giuseppe.

- And if he died?

- You mean Garibaldi?

Don't worry, it's nothing serious.

It's over.

The time for legal action is over,

we have to begin

the extra-legal action.

We have to blow up Rattazzi,

the King, Parliament.

Give me some paper.

"Dear Sigismondo,"

"I came to Parliament as you asked"

"and brought the letter

they fired me with:"

'Dangerous Republican

and fomenter of social disorder'.

"I need to work to live"

"and you've proven to be

the generous man I knew,"

"with your proposal of help."

"But I wanted to see you to talk"

"and question myself,"

"because I find

I'm at the point of departure."

"Our struggle ended in failure"

"and I'd like to unravel the tangle,"

"to see if a wrong interpretation

of those ideas"

"is responsible for what happened:"

"Italy of today is petty,

haughty, murdering."

"Entering Parliament

I realized I'd never know."

I have no other flag to raise.

Mine is the one I raised

when landing

with Garibaldi in Marsala:

Italy, one with Vittorio Emanuele!

Those who want another flag

do not want a united Italy.

The Monarchy unites us,

the Republic would divide us.

We unitarians are,

above all, Monarchists

and we will support the Monarchy

far better than the old Monarchists!

"I saw you from a distance,

Lord Sigismondo."

"Your face was marked

with proud disgust,"

"surrounded as you were

by people who took advantage"

"of the new political situation

to increase their own power."

"This Parliament"

"will not allow discussion

on what each patriot did."

"The exiled and ex-prisoners

will be celebrated equally,"

"like debris to number hurriedly,

whose speeches only bore."

"I left, no one noticed me."

"But I don't count."

"We were many, we were together,

prison couldn't hold us all."

"We should have begun

our fight when we got out."

'We'.

"Sweet word."

"We believed."

Thanks to agreement with France,

Rome is given to the Kingdom of Italy

and becomes its capital in 1871 .

Cristina of Belgiojoso

dies in that same year.

No authorities participate

in her funeral.

Francesco Crispi

becomes Prime Minister in 1887.

He will give Italian politics

an authoritarian turn

launching the country on

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