Il Postino Il Postino The Postman

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00:02:48 No, there's no water, Dad.
00:02:51 It's all gone,
00:02:55 I wanted to rinse
00:02:58 All gone.
00:03:04 Is it still warm?
00:03:11 I've got the sniffles
00:03:15 It must have been the dampness
00:03:20 I only have to set foot
00:03:25 Perhaps I'm allergic.
00:03:29 Even if the boat's not moving,
00:03:33 I don't know how you can
00:03:37 and not catch a thing.
00:03:43 The minute I get on--
00:03:48 I've received a postcard
00:03:51 from Gaetano and Alfredo.
00:03:56 This is America
00:03:59 and this is an American car.
00:04:02 They say they're
00:04:04 It's written here:
00:04:07 But I think they're joking...
00:04:11 because they cost
00:04:13 But they say
00:04:18 where there's work, a country--
00:04:20 And we're still here...
00:04:22 without water...
00:04:25 while they're--
00:04:29 Forget it, never mind.
00:04:32 Listen, Mario,
00:04:36 I've caught a chill.
00:04:38 Go to America or Japan
00:04:41 but get yourself a job.
00:04:44 You're not a kid anymore.
00:05:19 ''The poet, Pablo Neruda, in Rome.''
00:05:22 Central Station.
00:05:24 A group of rowdy people
00:05:29 who crowd the station platforms
00:05:33 These protesters...
00:05:35 are not drunkards...
00:05:37 nor the usual hotheads
00:05:42 They are a group of intellectuals,
00:05:45 Why have they joined
00:05:48 disturbing the police
00:05:50 The mystery is revealed
00:05:53 Pablo Neruda gets out
00:05:56 the Chilean poet known throughout
00:06:00 and his communist ideas which
00:06:04 and for which
00:06:06 The poet appears to be
00:06:09 and, judging by the enthusiastic
00:06:13 not only for his moral gifts.
00:06:16 Women go crazy for his poetry...
00:06:19 maybe because Neruda
00:06:23 a topic which appeals
00:06:28 But let's go back
00:06:31 The Home Office
00:06:34 by suspending the measures
00:06:37 requested by
00:06:39 The poet will remain
00:06:42 on a wonderful island.
00:06:45 He will not be able to leave
00:06:49 but the island's beauty
00:06:52 That's me!
00:06:56 The poet will have happy memories
00:07:00 which is hosting him in a place
00:07:05 This cozy house
00:07:08 will certainly make him
00:07:32 ''Wanted: Temporary Postman
00:07:59 You, Anita Scotto,
00:08:01 This is your son's name, right?
00:08:06 I've come about the job.
00:08:09 Right, wait.
00:08:13 Are you sending him capers?
00:08:15 He'll be pleased.
00:08:23 Are you illiterate?
00:08:25 No, I can read and write.
00:08:29 Not very fast, but--
00:08:34 Sit down.
00:08:42 I need someone to deliver mail
00:08:46 That's great.
00:08:49 There's only one addressee.
00:08:51 Only one?
00:08:54 Everyone else there is illiterate.
00:08:58 I'm not illiterate, but still--
00:09:02 Well, then.
00:09:04 It's all mail
00:09:10 The poet loved by women?
00:09:12 The poet loved by the people!
00:09:16 By the people, but also by women.
00:09:18 I heard it on the newsreel.
00:09:21 All right, but most of all
00:09:24 Right?
00:09:29 The poet has received a mountain
00:09:33 Pedalling with the bag is like
00:09:38 I'll wait here.
00:09:40 I'll be right with you.
00:09:43 The wage is a pittance, you know.
00:09:46 Postmen make do with their tips.
00:09:48 But with only one house...
00:09:50 at most it'll pay for
00:09:54 - That's fine.
00:09:58 My name's Giorgio.
00:10:01 I'm your superior,
00:10:04 But I won't hold you to it,
00:10:09 And remember...
00:10:11 the poet...
00:10:13 is a great and kind person.
00:10:17 He deserves respect.
00:10:19 You say hello, you thank him.
00:10:22 If he tips you,
00:10:25 - Right?
00:10:27 This is your hat.
00:10:30 This is your bag.
00:10:32 Today's the 15th.
00:10:38 When do you start?
00:10:41 Monday morning.
00:10:47 Then the public comes later.
00:10:53 Are you in uniform already?
00:10:57 No, I'm just wearing the hat.
00:11:00 That way it'll
00:11:04 or I'll get a headache
00:11:07 The boss told me
00:11:11 A little trick of ours.
00:12:04 Good morning.
00:12:08 Your mail.
00:13:07 Thank you.
00:13:19 Another one from a female.
00:13:22 Female.
00:13:25 Maria Conchita, female.
00:13:29 Angela, female.
00:13:36 Jean Marie, is that
00:13:40 - Female!
00:13:43 This one, too.
00:13:46 Even the women are interested
00:13:50 I know, but all females--
00:13:54 How come?
00:13:58 Listen...
00:14:00 but what's Don Pablo...
00:14:03 like?
00:14:04 - Is he normal?
00:14:09 Normal. Of course,
00:14:15 You can tell immediately from--
00:14:19 Know what he calls his wife?
00:14:22 Even if he's standing far away...
00:14:25 they call each other ''amor.''
00:14:27 - Really?
00:14:29 That's how you can tell.
00:14:33 Female.
00:15:12 Excuse me...
00:15:13 if you happen to need anything...
00:15:16 milk, bread, I can--
00:15:20 No, thank you.
00:15:21 Matilde goes shopping every day.
00:15:26 If ever she doesn't want to go out,
00:15:30 We don't need anything.
00:15:33 I mean, if by any chance--
00:15:45 And remember, Mario...
00:15:47 you mustn't bother him
00:15:50 It's forbidden to annoy customers
00:15:55 I know, I won't annoy him.
00:15:59 I'll only ask him
00:16:03 So when I get paid,
00:16:07 and show all the girls...
00:16:09 that I'm a friend of Neruda,
00:16:14 The poet of the people!
00:16:26 Excuse me, couId you sign it?
00:16:35 PIease, couId you sign it?
00:16:47 Would you make
00:16:52 Would you make
00:17:09 My name's Mario Ruoppolo.
00:17:16 - And my mail?
00:17:31 Come on, Mario, you should be happy.
00:17:34 Happy?
00:17:37 I told him quite cIearly,
00:17:43 ''Regards, Pablo Neruda.''
00:17:46 It means nothing.
00:17:51 You don't think he can cross
00:17:55 so you can see it's for me,
00:18:00 Do you think he'd cross it out
00:18:04 and write you another?
00:18:08 Perhaps he did it on purpose
00:18:14 No, I asked him.
00:18:18 - Exactly, you see?
00:18:21 but he was holding an onion.
00:18:24 So you think a poet can't think
00:18:29 When am I supposed
00:18:32 if I can't ask him
00:18:37 He's a busy man.
00:18:39 He can't be running after people
00:18:44 Yes, but he's a communist.
00:18:46 So what?
00:18:48 Didn't you say that
00:18:54 Mario, don't make me annoyed!
00:19:00 I bought a copy of the book.
00:19:04 When you have the chance...
00:19:06 with extreme tact...
00:19:09 ask him if he would sign it for me.
00:19:13 Sign it?
00:19:14 Take this one then.
00:19:18 No, this is yours.
00:19:21 - I'm happy to let you have it.
00:20:01 Mr. Di Cosimo, shall
00:20:04 All of it, all of it.
00:20:13 'Morning.
00:20:16 Mr. Di Cosimo...
00:20:18 what can I do to thank you?
00:20:22 Nothing, Donna Rosa.
00:20:26 Remember to use
00:20:29 And hopefully some
00:20:41 ''...happens that I go into the
00:20:45 all shriveled up...
00:20:47 impenetrable, llke a felt swan...
00:20:50 navigating on a water
00:20:55 The smell of barber shops
00:21:01 I am tired of being a man...''
00:21:24 Mail.
00:21:49 What's the matter?
00:21:53 Don Pablo?
00:21:55 You're standing
00:21:59 Nailed like a spear?
00:22:02 No, immobile like the castle
00:22:06 Stiller than a porcelain cat.
00:22:10 Elementary Odes isn't
00:22:13 I've written much better.
00:22:15 It's unfair of you to shower me
00:22:20 Don Pablo?
00:22:22 Metaphors.
00:22:25 What are those?
00:22:29 Metaphors?
00:22:33 Metaphors are--
00:22:36 When you talk of something,
00:22:40 Is it something...
00:22:42 you use in poetry?
00:22:45 Yes, that too.
00:22:49 For example?
00:22:51 For exampIe...
00:22:53 when you say, ''the sky weeps,''
00:22:58 That it's raining.
00:23:01 Yes, very good.
00:23:03 - That's a metaphor.
00:23:07 Why has it got such
00:23:11 Man has no business with...
00:23:13 the simplicity
00:23:22 Excuse me, Don Pablo,
00:23:25 I was reading something
00:23:29 ''The smell of barber shops
00:23:35 Is that a metaphor, too?
00:23:38 No...
00:23:40 not exactly.
00:23:43 I llked it, too, when...
00:23:46 when you wrote:
00:23:49 ''I am tired of being a man.''
00:23:51 That's happened to me, too...
00:23:54 but I never knew how to say it.
00:23:57 I really liked it when I read it.
00:24:01 Why ''the smell of
00:24:09 You see, Mario...
00:24:11 I can't tell you...
00:24:13 in words different
00:24:17 When you explain it,
00:24:21 Better than any explanation...
00:24:23 is the experience of feelings
00:24:27 to a nature open enough
00:25:23 Will you open this, please?
00:25:26 - Who, me?
00:25:31 - Shall I open it?
00:25:33 My hands are dirty.
00:25:45 It's written in--
00:25:48 It's foreign.
00:25:51 Is it more important
00:25:54 Yes, it's from Sweden.
00:25:57 What's so special about Sweden?
00:25:59 The Nobel Prize for Literature.
00:26:03 A prize then?
00:26:05 If they give it to me,
00:26:09 Why?
00:26:11 How much money is it?
00:26:14 171,135 Swedish krona.
00:26:19 I've no idea, is that a lot?
00:26:24 Lots and lots!
00:26:26 Then you'll get it.
00:26:28 There are candidates with
00:26:33 Why?
00:26:35 Because they've
00:26:40 No...
00:26:41 you'll get it, I'm sure.
00:26:43 Thank you.
00:26:45 Shall I open the other letters?
00:26:47 No, I'll read them later.
00:26:51 Are they Iove letters?
00:26:53 What a question!
00:26:57 I'm sorry, Don Pablo.
00:27:05 I'd like to be a poet, too.
00:27:12 No, it's more originaI
00:27:15 You get to walk a lot
00:27:18 We poets are all fat.
00:27:22 Yes, but...
00:27:23 with poetry...
00:27:25 I could make women fall for me.
00:27:29 How--
00:27:32 How do you become a poet?
00:27:39 Try and walk sIowly along
00:27:44 and look around you.
00:27:47 And will they come to me,
00:27:51 Certainly.
00:29:12 Mario, can you send someone to see
00:29:17 Have you got water?
00:29:20 No, that's exactly the problem.
00:29:24 That's no problem at all!
00:29:27 Why? Is it normal?
00:29:29 It's normaI.
00:29:30 You've run out of water...
00:29:33 up at the cistern.
00:29:35 Do you use a lot of water?
00:29:38 No, just what I need.
00:29:42 Then that's too much.
00:29:47 Because...
00:29:48 it runs out all of a sudden
00:29:52 comes only once a month,
00:29:58 We've got-- They've been saying
00:30:02 for ages.
00:30:04 ''You'll have running water.'' But--
00:30:07 And you don't protest?
00:30:09 What do we say?
00:30:13 My father swears every so often...
00:30:16 but... only to himself.
00:30:19 There are people who, with a strong
00:30:23 It's a pity.
00:30:25 This place is so beautiful!
00:30:30 Think so?
00:30:34 Yes. Sit down.
00:30:41 Here on the island, the sea...
00:30:44 so much sea.
00:30:46 It spills over from time to time.
00:30:48 It says yes, then no...
00:30:51 then no.
00:30:52 In blue, in foam, in a gallop...
00:30:55 it says no, then no.
00:30:57 It cannot be still.
00:31:01 striking a stone
00:31:04 Then with the seven green tongues
00:31:08 of seven green seas...
00:31:11 it caresses it, kisses it, wets it...
00:31:14 and pounds on its chest,
00:31:20 Well?
00:31:21 What do you think?
00:31:24 It's weird.
00:31:27 What do you mean, weird?
00:31:28 - You're a severe critic.
00:31:33 Weird...
00:31:36 Weird...
00:31:38 how I felt while
00:31:41 How was that?
00:31:44 I don't know.
00:31:47 The words went back and forth.
00:31:50 - Like the sea then?
00:31:54 - Like the sea.
00:31:57 I felt seasick, in fact.
00:32:02 Because...
00:32:04 I can't explain it. I felt like...
00:32:07 like a boat tossing
00:32:13 Like a boat tossing
00:32:19 Do you know what you've done, Mario?
00:32:22 - No, what?
00:32:29 - Yes, you have!
00:32:37 But it doesn't count
00:32:41 Meaning to is not important.
00:32:43 Images arise spontaneously.
00:32:49 You mean then that...
00:32:52 for example,
00:32:55 that the whole world...
00:32:57 the whole world,
00:33:02 with the rain, the clouds--
00:33:04 Now you can say etc., etc.
00:33:06 Etc., etc.
00:33:09 The whole world is
00:33:14 - I'm talking crap.
00:33:17 Not at all.
00:33:19 You pulled a strange face.
00:33:22 Mario, let's make a pact.
00:33:25 I'll have a nice swim...
00:33:27 and ponder your question.
00:33:30 Then I'll give you
00:33:33 - Really?
00:35:59 Don Pablo, good morning.
00:36:01 I've got to talk to you.
00:36:03 It must be very important.
00:36:07 It's very important.
00:36:10 - I've fallen in love.
00:36:14 No, no remedy!
00:36:18 I don't want a remedy.
00:36:20 I'm in love,
00:36:24 Who are you in Iove with?
00:36:27 Her name's Beatrice.
00:36:32 Dante.
00:36:36 Dante Alighieri.
00:36:38 He fell for a certain Beatrice.
00:36:42 Beatrices have
00:36:51 What are you doing?
00:36:52 Writing down the name Dante.
00:36:56 Dante I know, but Alighieri--
00:36:58 - Has it got an ''h'' in it?
00:37:02 Thank you.
00:37:14 I'm madly in love.
00:37:17 You've already told me that,
00:37:21 I don't know, if you can help--
00:37:24 But I'm an old man.
00:37:27 I don't know, because...
00:37:29 I suddenly saw her in front of me.
00:37:34 I stared at her,
00:37:37 What, you didn't
00:37:40 Not much.
00:37:44 - I watched her and fell in love.
00:37:49 No, I stared at her
00:37:53 And she?
00:37:55 And she said...
00:38:00 What's up,
00:38:14 What's your name?
00:38:20 Beatrice Russo.
00:38:29 And you?
00:38:31 I couldn't think of anything to say.
00:38:35 Nothing at all?
00:38:37 - You didn't say a word?
00:38:42 I said five words to her.
00:38:44 Which were?
00:38:45 I said, ''What's your name?''
00:38:50 - And she?
00:38:55 ''What's your name?'' are three words.
00:38:59 Then I repeated Beatrice Russo.
00:39:04 Don Pablo, if--
00:39:08 I don't want to bother you, but...
00:39:11 can you write me
00:39:35 I don't even know her!
00:39:39 A poet needs to know
00:39:45 I can't invent something
00:39:48 I've got this little ball...
00:39:51 which Beatrice put in her mouth.
00:39:54 So what?
00:39:56 It might help you.
00:40:02 Look, Poet...
00:40:03 if you make all this fuss
00:40:07 you're never going
00:40:11 Mario, pinch me and wake me
00:40:17 What am I supposed to do?
00:40:20 No one else can help me.
00:40:23 What am I supposed to do?
00:40:25 Fishermen fall in love, too!
00:40:29 They are able to talk
00:40:33 to make them fall in love, too,
00:40:37 - What does your father do?
00:40:40 Naturally!
00:40:42 He must have spoken to your mother
00:40:47 I don't think so.
00:40:56 Come on, give me my mail.
00:41:07 Thank you, but I don't want it.
00:42:11 - Do you want something eIse?
00:42:19 Beatrice, your smile
00:42:26 Fallen out of bed this morning?
00:42:31 I came earlier because...
00:42:34 I saw this.
00:42:38 You're right, it is important.
00:42:43 And then...
00:42:45 there's something else...
00:42:48 I've been meaning to give you
00:42:55 - I'll put it here. Good-bye.
00:43:00 I've got something for you, too.
00:43:06 Here.
00:43:15 It might be useful
00:43:33 Is it a radio?
00:43:36 No, but it's a kind of radio.
00:43:41 You speak into here...
00:43:43 and this repeats what you say.
00:43:47 You speak into it
00:43:51 Yes.
00:43:53 - How many times?
00:43:55 But you mustn't exaggerate.
00:43:58 Even the most sublime idea
00:44:07 Listen.
00:45:13 Good news?
00:45:21 When I was Senator
00:45:25 I went to visit Pampa...
00:45:27 a region where it only rains
00:45:31 where life
00:45:37 I wanted to meet the peopIe
00:45:41 One day...
00:45:44 at Lota, there was a man
00:45:49 He was a mask
00:45:54 his face...
00:45:57 contorted by terrible hardship...
00:46:01 his eyes red from the dust.
00:46:06 He stretched out
00:46:10 ''Wherever you go...
00:46:12 speak of this torment.
00:46:17 Speak of your brother
00:46:22 in hell.''
00:46:26 I feIt I had to write something
00:46:33 to write the poetry
00:46:38 That's how ''Canto General''
00:46:42 Now my comrades...
00:46:44 tell me they have managed to
00:46:49 and it's selling like hot cakes.
00:46:51 That makes me very happy.
00:47:24 I told them I'm here with
00:47:27 And tell them something nice
00:47:32 Yes.
00:47:35 - Good morning.
00:47:43 Something nice about the isIand?
00:47:45 Yes, one of the wonders
00:47:59 Now Iet's go to the inn...
00:48:02 and meet this famous
00:48:06 Are you joking?
00:48:08 No, I'm serious.
00:48:11 Let's have a look at this girlfriend.
00:48:14 Mamma mia!
00:48:15 Pablo Neruda and Mario Ruoppolo
00:48:18 She'll faint!
00:48:24 Well? What is it now?
00:48:29 Don Pablo, when I get married
00:48:33 will you be my best man?
00:48:38 Listen...
00:48:39 first Iet's have a drink,
00:48:57 Gennarino, wait! I'm coming, too!
00:49:07 Domenico, come here
00:49:14 Look who's here. Neruda!
00:49:19 Good morning.
00:49:34 What will it be?
00:49:38 A glass of red wine, please.
00:49:40 And the pinball king?
00:49:44 - Do you want red wine, too?
00:49:47 Two glasses of red wine
00:49:53 He's here for your niece.
00:50:02 Give me the notebook.
00:50:03 Notebook? Why?
00:50:21 Just a moment.
00:50:40 ''To Mario, my intimate friend
00:50:49 There you are.
00:50:53 You already have your poetry.
00:50:56 If you want to write it down,
00:51:02 Thank you.
00:51:32 What is it?
00:51:47 Go home. It's closing time!
00:51:50 I won't make you pay for the bottle,
00:51:59 - What are you doing?
00:52:03 With the window open?
00:52:05 Yes, with the window open.
00:52:07 Be honest with me.
00:52:13 Metaphors.
00:52:15 Metaphors?
00:52:16 Never heard such big words
00:52:20 What metaphors did he do to you?
00:52:23 Did? He said them!
00:52:27 He said my smile spreads
00:52:32 - And then?
00:52:39 Your laugh is a rose...
00:52:42 a spear unearthed, crashing water.
00:52:46 Your laugh is
00:52:50 Then what did you do?
00:52:54 I kept quiet.
00:52:57 And he?
00:52:58 - What else did he say?
00:53:03 Your postman, as well as a mouth,
00:53:07 He never touched me.
00:53:09 He said he was happy
00:53:15 Like being on the shores
00:53:18 I like it--
00:53:20 I like it when you're silent...
00:53:23 because it's as though
00:53:28 And you?
00:53:30 And he?
00:53:33 He looked at me, too,
00:53:38 and began to look at my hair...
00:53:40 without a word,
00:53:44 Enough, my child!
00:53:46 When a man starts
00:53:49 he's not far off with his hands.
00:53:53 There's nothing wrong with words.
00:53:56 Words are the worst things ever.
00:54:00 I'd prefer a drunkard
00:54:05 to someone who says,
00:54:10 It ''spreads'' like a butterfly!
00:54:12 Flies, spreads,
00:54:15 Just look at you!
00:54:18 One stroke of his finger,
00:54:22 You're wrong.
00:54:25 When it comes to bed,
00:54:28 between a poet, a priest
00:54:35 ''Naked...
00:54:36 you are as simple
00:54:40 smooth, terrestrial, tiny...
00:54:42 round, transparent.
00:54:45 You have moon-lines, apple paths.
00:54:49 Naked, you are as thin
00:54:53 Naked, you are blue
00:54:56 There are vines and stars
00:55:00 Naked, you are enormous
00:55:02 like summer in a gilded church.''
00:55:20 Good morning, Father.
00:55:23 I found this in her brassiere.
00:55:26 I want you to read it to me.
00:55:31 I'm not letting her
00:55:38 Well?
00:55:41 It's a poem.
00:55:45 Read it to me!
00:55:48 ''Naked...
00:55:51 Madonna!
00:56:08 What are the nets like?
00:56:14 Nets-- Which nets?
00:56:17 Yes.
00:56:19 Sad.
00:56:22 Sad.
00:56:31 All right?
00:58:19 Good morning, signora.
00:58:22 - WouId you like--
00:58:27 PIease, sit down.
00:58:30 No. What I want to say is
00:58:36 What is it about?
00:58:38 For over a month...
00:58:40 Mario Ruoppolo has been
00:58:44 and he has seduced my niece.
00:58:50 - What did he say?
00:58:55 Well?
00:58:58 He's heated her up
00:59:03 A man whose only capital
00:59:09 And if his feet are full of germs,
00:59:16 It started off innocently enough:
00:59:22 But now he's saying her breast
00:59:30 But do you think...
00:59:32 that these images are only
00:59:37 Yes, I think he's had
00:59:42 Read this.
00:59:56 ''Naked--
00:59:59 As beautifuI as--
01:00:01 Naked, you're as delicate
01:00:08 and stars in your hair--''
01:00:13 It's beautiful!
01:00:15 So he's seen my niece naked!
01:00:18 No, signora Rosa!
01:00:20 Nothing in this poem
01:00:25 The poem's telling the truth.
01:00:28 My niece naked is just
01:00:32 So do me a favor
01:00:36 who has learnt a lot from you...
01:00:39 that he must never see my niece
01:00:46 And tell him that if he does,
01:00:52 - Is that clear?
01:00:54 Good day.
01:01:13 You're as white as a sack of flour.
01:01:16 I might be white outside,
01:01:25 You won't save yourself
01:01:31 If she harms me, she'll go to jail.
01:01:36 She'll be out in a couple of hours.
01:01:39 She'll say she acted
01:01:44 She'll say you threatened
01:01:48 with a metaphor
01:01:52 as sharp as a canine,
01:01:55 The poetry will have left
01:01:59 on the virgin's nipples.
01:02:01 The poet Francois Villon
01:02:05 and his blood gushed
01:02:08 I don't care. She can do
01:02:14 Good lad! It's a real shame
01:02:18 a trio of guitarists to go...
01:02:24 My dear poet and comrade...
01:02:27 you got me into this mess,
01:02:31 You gave me books to read...
01:02:33 you taught me to use my tongue
01:02:38 It's your fault if I'm in love.
01:02:40 No, this has nothing to do with me.
01:02:43 I gave you my books...
01:02:45 but I didn't authorize you
01:02:49 If you think you gave Beatrice
01:02:54 Poetry doesn't belong to those
01:03:01 I appreciate that highly
01:03:10 Now go home and get some sleep.
01:03:13 You've bags under your eyes
01:03:26 This is for you.
01:03:28 They promised us running water...
01:03:31 on the island two years ago, too.
01:03:34 Two years ago, it wasn't
01:03:37 What's written on that paper
01:03:41 An oath, and God is my witness.
01:03:48 Hey, Mario!
01:03:50 Aren't you interested
01:03:55 I'm voting communist.
01:03:57 What?
01:04:00 I'm voting communist.
01:04:04 I hear you've
01:04:08 I hear you're competing
01:04:12 But remember, poets can do
01:04:20 - How much do these clams cost?
01:04:24 For that price you'll have to
01:04:28 - Give me a good price.
01:04:34 Fishermen are exploited
01:04:37 He said 300 lire.
01:04:42 I don't mean to exploit anyone.
01:04:45 Why don't you mind
01:04:50 I was trying to help.
01:04:57 Mario...
01:04:58 as your superior I must order you
01:05:02 Yes, yes, yes.
01:05:06 But you're still
01:05:10 Beatrice is pretty now...
01:05:12 but in 50 years
01:05:15 Beatrice will never be ugly.
01:05:21 I held the splendor of your eyes...
01:05:24 secretly within me,
01:05:30 What's Beatrice got to do with it?
01:05:33 It's a poem.
01:05:34 Dante Alighieri--
01:05:36 No, Gabriele D'Annunzio, my poet.
01:05:41 Your poet wrote something
01:05:47 I don't llke it.
01:05:50 Strange, I thought you'd
01:05:56 Thank you. Good-bye.
01:06:18 - Sleeping Beauty...
01:06:21 Good evening. Give the Marshal
01:06:33 Thank you.
01:06:36 Your niece gets
01:06:39 If you only knew how difficult
01:06:44 Young people today
01:06:47 They have everything
01:06:50 I remember my poor departed mother.
01:06:58 Good night, Aunt.
01:08:20 Good night, Marshal.
01:09:19 Find yourselves a decent person
01:09:24 If Neruda doesn't believe in God,
01:09:28 What sort of witness would he be?
01:09:33 God never said a communist
01:09:41 I'm not getting married then.
01:09:44 You're more interested in Neruda
01:09:48 My darling...
01:09:50 Neruda's a Catholic.
01:09:53 I know he's a Catholic.
01:09:57 In Russia, communists eat babies.
01:10:02 He doesn't look the type.
01:10:05 Neruda has a pretty wife.
01:10:08 He's getting on
01:10:11 How do you explain that?
01:10:16 So according to you,
01:10:21 Who knows?
01:10:23 Anyway, my answer's no,
01:10:27 He inspired your bridegroom
01:10:33 That was only a poem.
01:10:36 Not to mention the rest.
01:10:39 He's not worthy of being witness
01:11:23 She'd say:
01:11:25 ''I ask Jesus to let me live
01:11:31 a wife and children in his arms.''
01:11:34 UnfortunateIy, she didn't make it...
01:11:36 because when the Lord
01:11:39 he didn't even have a job.
01:11:42 Today, from heaven my poor wife
01:11:47 because at least he's got
01:11:51 Even if it's not the job
01:11:56 All the best!
01:12:10 What are you doing, drinking wine?
01:12:16 I'm sorry, Comrade, I forgot.
01:12:22 Thank you.
01:12:40 - Good news?
01:12:56 With a chaste heart...
01:12:58 with pure eyes...
01:13:00 I celebrate your beauty...
01:13:03 hoIding the leash of blood
01:13:07 and trace your outllne...
01:13:09 where you lie down in my ode
01:13:15 in aromatic loam or in sea music.
01:13:24 Now...
01:13:26 I'd like to toast my friend...
01:13:30 Mario...
01:13:32 and say what a pleasure it was for me
01:13:37 to his happiness.
01:13:43 And lastly, I'd like to say
01:13:49 I have received
01:13:54 The warrant for our arrest...
01:13:56 has been revoked...
01:13:59 and therefore
01:14:06 return to the country
01:14:10 Chile.
01:15:56 No, Don Pablo.
01:16:00 But you'll be unemployed tomorrow.
01:16:02 No, I don't want anything.
01:16:12 I'll miss you.
01:16:15 I'll miss you.
01:16:19 But you will write to me?
01:16:23 Of course.
01:16:28 Things change
01:16:34 Today they'll let me go back.
01:16:37 Tomorrow something else will happen
01:16:45 I'll leave some things
01:16:49 if you couId keep
01:16:53 I'll let you know where to send them.
01:16:56 Perhaps I'll bring them
01:17:04 That'd be wonderful.
01:17:10 Do you need this?
01:17:13 Yes.
01:17:16 Thank you.
01:17:18 I've discovered another poet
01:17:23 called D'Annunzio.
01:17:25 I know.
01:17:27 So you could have written one, too.
01:17:40 Good-bye.
01:19:21 - What is it?
01:19:23 He's in Russia, giving an award.
01:19:28 In Russia? If he's over here,
01:19:32 He's a very busy man, Mario!
01:19:36 He must meet the people
01:19:40 And he's also well-loved in Chile.
01:19:42 He won't have time to come here.
01:19:45 It's a good picture.
01:19:47 - The young poet, Mllovan--
01:19:52 Awarded a poetry prize
01:19:55 - Can I keep it?
01:19:58 I'll put it in here
01:20:02 You can look at it
01:20:05 Vote for Di Cosimo.
01:20:06 The candidate promises
01:20:12 Vote for Di Cosimo!
01:20:14 For the sake of our island!
01:20:23 Did that fellow come here?
01:20:26 - Who?
01:20:28 Yes.
01:20:31 Why are you smiling?
01:20:33 Di Cosimo has served us
01:20:38 Really?
01:20:40 20 families will be coming here
01:20:45 Di Cosimo asked us if we can
01:20:51 And we can't.
01:20:53 We told them we could.
01:20:58 - Without asking me?
01:21:04 Money.
01:21:05 All you can think about is money.
01:21:08 Where will we put 20 families?
01:21:10 We'll do two or three servings
01:21:14 PIease yourselves.
01:21:16 No, we'll do as we please.
01:21:19 Would you be prepared to work
01:21:25 In the kitchen?
01:21:28 Yes.
01:21:36 A toast to Beatrice,
01:22:10 Look!
01:22:14 - What does it say?
01:22:20 ''Whereas I really loved ItaIy...
01:22:22 where I led a happy life
01:22:29 and among the most simpIe
01:22:35 ''What things are you
01:22:38 ''Nostalgia is an emotion I can feeI
01:22:43 but I will never forget...
01:22:49 my strolls along the beach
01:22:53 where tiny pIants and flowers grow...
01:22:56 exactly the same way
01:23:04 Go on.
01:23:07 That's it.
01:23:10 He doesn't mention us.
01:23:13 Why should he mention us
01:23:17 He's a poet.
01:23:20 not about the people they meet.
01:23:23 The bird that has eaten flies away!
01:23:26 I bet he doesn't even remember
01:23:36 The Christian Democrats have been
01:23:41 The party chairman
01:23:45 Satisfaction!
01:23:47 They haven't managed it.
01:23:50 What? They've taken
01:23:53 They can't do anything
01:23:59 They've won a battIe,
01:24:01 So we'll win the war?
01:24:04 Who else?
01:24:06 But we have to fight,
01:24:10 It's the only way to break
01:24:16 Yes, but here...
01:24:19 when we've broken our chains...
01:24:22 what do we do then?
01:24:26 If Don Pablo could hear you,
01:24:28 Don Pablo.
01:24:33 Who knows where he is,
01:24:40 What's with these long faces?
01:24:43 Mr. Di Cosimo,
01:24:46 We were counting on
01:24:50 We'd made plans,
01:24:54 I know, it's a shame to leave
01:25:00 but we hope to start again soon.
01:25:02 Soon? When?
01:25:05 I don't know.
01:25:07 It depends.
01:25:10 But I assure you it won't be long.
01:25:13 Anyway, I can't wait
01:25:19 What does it depend on?
01:25:22 Company problems
01:25:25 I don't know much
01:25:29 but I'm not daft.
01:25:34 We all knew that
01:25:37 the work would come to a halt.
01:25:40 That's true.
01:25:45 The husband's hot-blooded.
01:25:50 If Don Pablo had been here...
01:25:53 maybe the elections
01:25:59 Mario, I have something
01:26:02 I'm pregnant.
01:26:04 - Really?
01:26:07 - You're really pregnant?
01:26:12 We have to leave here.
01:26:15 No one understands us here.
01:26:18 They're all too ignorant.
01:26:21 We'll go to Chile, so Pablito
01:26:26 Pablito?
01:26:28 Don't you like it?
01:26:32 After Neruda. It'll be
01:26:58 - Mario?
01:27:05 Mario, is that you?
01:27:08 Put it in my pocket, please.
01:27:48 - Open it!
01:27:51 Mario Ruoppolo. It's the first
01:28:18 ''Santiago, 15th October, 1953.
01:28:24 Dear Sir...
01:28:28 I ask you to send me...
01:28:31 some objects belonging to...
01:28:36 signor Pablo Neruda...
01:28:39 which are to be found
01:28:44 during his...
01:28:46 stay in Italy.
01:28:50 Address enclosed...
01:28:53 and a list of...
01:28:56 the above-mentioned objects.
01:28:59 The secretary... the secretary...
01:29:02 of Pablo Neruda.''
01:29:18 And for you?
01:29:20 Not a word, not a greeting,
01:29:25 I told you, the bird
01:29:29 People are kind only
01:29:34 Not again with that
01:29:37 And useful for what?
01:29:39 What did I do for this person?
01:29:44 In fact, it was always me...
01:29:46 who would ask, ''Don Pablo,
01:29:50 ''Don Pablo,
01:29:53 I'm the one who bothered him.
01:29:57 And you say I was useful.
01:30:01 What did I do?
01:30:04 And yet he knew
01:30:09 He knew, you know?
01:30:11 But instead he treated me
01:30:15 Like a brother.
01:30:19 It's not true that you're no good.
01:30:23 And I'm not calling him Pablito.
01:30:27 What has the baby
01:30:31 Why, do you think I'm a poet?
01:30:34 Am I a poet? Have I ever
01:30:38 No, Mario, but--
01:30:40 Then ''No, Mario'' nothing.
01:30:44 Admit it.
01:30:49 Why should he remember me?
01:30:53 As a poet, I'm not much good.
01:30:58 As a postman--
01:31:01 a postman who took him
01:31:06 As a communist?
01:31:09 Not even that. I wasn't very--
01:31:15 I think it's...
01:31:18 quite normal that he--
01:31:26 All right.
01:31:28 Tomorrow, we'll go there
01:34:36 I told them I'm here with
01:34:40 and tell them something nice
01:34:45 - No.
01:34:48 Good morning.
01:34:50 No, there.
01:34:51 Good morning.
01:34:55 Something nice about the island?
01:34:58 Yes, one of the wonders
01:35:34 Are you sure
01:35:37 If it works inside,
01:35:43 It works here.
01:35:49 One, two, three.
01:35:52 Yes, it's lit.
01:36:12 One.
01:36:15 Number one.
01:36:17 Waves at the Cala di Sotto.
01:36:21 Small ones.
01:36:22 Go on!
01:36:38 Number two.
01:36:41 Waves. Big ones.
01:36:45 Go on!
01:36:52 Number three.
01:36:56 Wind on the cliffs.
01:37:02 Number four.
01:37:05 Wind through the bushes.
01:37:20 Number five.
01:37:24 Sad nets belonging to my father.
01:37:33 Number six.
01:37:40 Church bell...
01:37:42 of Our Lady of Sorrows...
01:37:45 with priest.
01:37:51 It's beautiful.
01:37:53 I never realized
01:37:57 Number seven.
01:38:01 Starry sky over the island.
01:38:07 Number eight.
01:38:12 Pablito's heartbeat.
01:38:20 You can hear everything!
01:38:23 Really?
01:38:29 You can hear it!
01:38:31 You can hear Pablito's heart!
01:38:40 I'm not calling him Pablito.
01:39:45 Come here, Pablito!
01:39:56 There was
01:40:06 Pablito never saw him.
01:40:09 He was born
01:40:14 I didn't want him to go,
01:40:18 ''Don Pablo would be proud,''
01:40:22 A riot began, and the police
01:40:25 He was trapped.
01:40:28 This is something
01:40:31 I should have sent it to you,
01:40:43 Dearest Don Pablo...
01:40:46 this is Mario.
01:40:48 I hope you haven't forgotten me.
01:40:53 Anyway...
01:40:56 do you remember that
01:41:01 to say something nice
01:41:05 and I couldn't think of anything?
01:41:08 Now...
01:41:10 I know.
01:41:13 So I want to send you this tape...
01:41:16 which, if you want to,
01:41:19 If not, you can listen to it.
01:41:24 Then you'll remember me...
01:41:28 and Italy.
01:41:35 When you Ieft here...
01:41:38 I thought you'd taken all
01:41:43 But now...
01:41:46 now I realize...
01:41:50 that you left something
01:42:03 I aIso want to tell you
01:42:07 but you can't hear it
01:42:10 It's called
01:42:13 Even if it's about the sea...
01:42:16 it's dedicated to you.
01:42:19 If you hadn't come into my life...
01:42:21 I never would have written it.
01:42:25 I've been invited
01:42:28 And even though I know my voice
01:42:34 And you will hear the people
01:42:57 Comrades!
01:42:58 Comrades!
01:43:00 We now invite onto the platform
01:43:04 Luigi Tronco, Mario Ruoppolo
01:43:09 They are here not to speak,
01:43:14 We invite Mario Ruoppolo
01:43:17 who has dedicated this poem...
01:43:19 to the great poet
01:43:22 Pablo Neruda.
01:43:33 PIease clear a path
01:43:36 Hear that?
01:43:38 Hurrah!
01:43:45 He's Mario Ruoppolo.
01:43:49 Excuse me!
01:43:51 We have to reach the platform.
01:43:58 Comrades!
01:44:00 Mario, where are you?
01:44:03 Mario Ruoppolo!
01:44:06 Comrades, keep calm!
01:44:09 Keep back!
01:44:11 Comrades!
01:46:42 .