1. Come on, calm down.Copy !req
2. You'll feel better now.Copy !req
3. What am I going to do?Copy !req
4. Tommaso Garani, room 103.Copy !req
5. OK. Seventh floor.Copy !req
6. Wait here a second.Copy !req
7. Doors closing! Please select
the floor you wish to visit.Copy !req
8. Excuse me.Copy !req
9. The telephone is out of order.Copy !req
10. I don't know how to make it work.Copy !req
11. Would you mind...?Copy !req
12. Could you tell the operator downstairs?Copy !req
13. But...Copy !req
14. He's drugged with morphine,
but he's awake.Copy !req
15. - You can go in.
- Are you going to operate on him?Copy !req
16. We have decided against it.
It would be futile at this stage.Copy !req
17. Please excuse me.Copy !req
18. Tommaso, are we disturbing you?Copy !req
19. Come in, my dear.Copy !req
20. Lidia.Copy !req
21. - Hello, Tommaso.
- How are you?Copy !req
22. The operation was successful,
but the patient died.Copy !req
23. Sit down.Copy !req
24. What news do you have? I hear your
book is out today. Are you pleased?Copy !req
25. - Please, let's not talk about it.
- Why not?Copy !req
26. It's important. Your book
is the one thing that really matters.Copy !req
27. Lidia, why don't you sit down?
You can smoke if you like.Copy !req
28. No, thank you. I'm not tired.Copy !req
29. I've brought you "L'Europa Letteraria"
with your article on Adorno.Copy !req
30. I've already got a copy. What do you
think? Shall I add it to the book?Copy !req
31. I think it's very good. I went through it
quickly, so I need to read it again.Copy !req
32. Of course you should add it.
It will be a great book.Copy !req
33. Yes. I should give it some thought.Copy !req
34. I haven't had much time to think about it
over the past few daysCopy !req
35. and yet this is the first time
I've been off work in three years.Copy !req
36. My holidays are quite ironic!Copy !req
37. Lidia, you look very well.Copy !req
38. Marcella wanted to come, too,
but I thought...Copy !req
39. Quite right.
I don't want to see anyone.Copy !req
40. There are times
when you don't want to pretend anymore.Copy !req
41. With you, it's different, though.
I was expecting you to come.Copy !req
42. I can see things more clearly now.Copy !req
43. I regret spoiling many of your evenings
with my presenceCopy !req
44. in your lovely home.Copy !req
45. It's your home, too, you know.Copy !req
46. Yes, I know.Copy !req
47. You realise so many things
when you're on your own.Copy !req
48. You realise that
there's still so much to do.Copy !req
49. Maybe I was watching from the sidelines
something I should have been a part of.Copy !req
50. I lacked the courage to go all the way.Copy !req
51. I often cheer myself up thinking
I probably wasn't clever enough anyway.Copy !req
52. If that's true, then I should give up
writing and look for another job.Copy !req
53. - I think you're being coy.
- Self-criticism is good.Copy !req
54. It helps you to reassess things
and grow in confidence.Copy !req
55. You bought it? I was going
to bring you a copy.Copy !req
56. Not only did I buy it,
I've also started reading it.Copy !req
57. I've only read 50 pages so far.Copy !req
58. I hope they'll let me finish it.Copy !req
59. There are some very good parts,
like the bath episode.Copy !req
60. It's definitely the best bit, unless
morphine has warped my judgement.Copy !req
61. Morphine makes everything
seem important.Copy !req
62. Then it must be the morphine.Copy !req
63. Do you really think it's good?Copy !req
64. Yes, Giovanni.Copy !req
65. You'll end up being very successful.Copy !req
66. Yes, and I'll come to a sticky end.Copy !req
67. The advantage of a premature death
is that you escape success.Copy !req
68. - Ah, my mother.
- Good morning, Madam.Copy !req
69. How are you, Tommaso?Copy !req
70. Poor mother, seven hours on a train
on her own.Copy !req
71. And now she can't even sleep
because she has to keep me company.Copy !req
72. - Today is Saturday, isn't it?
- Yes, it's Saturday.Copy !req
73. Tell me about you.
Who have you seen lately?Copy !req
74. Hardly anyone lately.Copy !req
75. Always the same people.
Everything's so difficult at the moment.Copy !req
76. We spend our time in the car
trying to get to places. It's no fun.Copy !req
77. We're almost always at home.Copy !req
78. What about your trip to Greece?Copy !req
79. - Well...
- We haven't decided yet.Copy !req
80. - It was your idea, when you're better.
- Treat me like a friend, not an ill person.Copy !req
81. I know how this will end.Copy !req
82. I'm sorry.Copy !req
83. I've told my publisher
what to do about my royalties.Copy !req
84. After all, he's the one paying for here.Copy !req
85. No, it's nothing. I'm sorry.Copy !req
86. Don't tire yourself.Copy !req
87. Shall I call the nurse?Copy !req
88. - Or shall we go?
- No, please stay.Copy !req
89. Quite a place, isn't it?Copy !req
90. It's everything I dislike in terms of style.
I never thought I'd end my days like this.Copy !req
91. I feel like a fraud.Copy !req
92. Hospitals are becoming
more like nightclubs.Copy !req
93. People want to have fun
until the very end.Copy !req
94. Ah, the champagne.Copy !req
95. Thank you.Copy !req
96. It's at times like this that
one has a craving for champagne.Copy !req
97. I don't like it,
but suddenly I feel like some.Copy !req
98. They weren't surprised.Copy !req
99. It's stimulating, it's good for you.Copy !req
100. Excuse me, I've never dared
to ask you your name.Copy !req
101. My name is Elena.Copy !req
102. Elena, thank you.
Will you have a drink with us?Copy !req
103. No, thank you.
Don't tire yourself talking.Copy !req
104. She's not a nurse,
just a beauty to boost morale.Copy !req
105. Yet beauty is depressing
in certain circumstances.Copy !req
106. - Giovanni, will you pour it?
- Sure.Copy !req
107. Only for me? What about Lidia?Copy !req
108. No, thanks, Tommaso.
I'd rather not.Copy !req
109. Giovanni, don't let me drink alone.Copy !req
110. - Champagne, Mother?
- A little bit.Copy !req
111. I have to go, Tommaso.
You stay, Giovanni.Copy !req
112. I have to go.
I'll come again tomorrow.Copy !req
113. - Don't you want to go, too?
- I'll stay a little longer.Copy !req
114. Bye, Lidia.Copy !req
115. Goodbye. See you tomorrow.Copy !req
116. They are my only real friends, Mother,
the others are just acquaintances.Copy !req
117. They're good people.
Giovanni's a famous writer.Copy !req
118. If they ever visit you one day...Copy !req
119. You must go and visit.Copy !req
120. give them the room
overlooking the orchard.Copy !req
121. If that's your wish,
I promise we'll go.Copy !req
122. I think they're giving me water,
not morphine.Copy !req
123. - How was that concert?
- I didn't go.Copy !req
124. Do you have a match?Copy !req
125. No, a match.Copy !req
126. Please, get up.Copy !req
127. I could do without this book party.Copy !req
128. - If you're too tired, I can go on my own.
- No, I'm fine.Copy !req
129. - Are you not tired?
- Well, a little tired, perhaps.Copy !req
130. I have to tell you something
that may upset you.Copy !req
131. Do you have to?Copy !req
132. Yes. Something happened
at the hospital. Something unpleasant.Copy !req
133. I saw that girl again.Copy !req
134. - What girl?
- The one in the corridor.Copy !req
135. At first I couldn't make out
what she wanted.Copy !req
136. Did you go into her room?Copy !req
137. She was like a wild animal.
I was carried away.Copy !req
138. - Why did you call it "unpleasant"?
- It was hideous.Copy !req
139. At first I thought I'd provoked it.
The nurses came in.Copy !req
140. It's good material for a novel.
You can call it "The Living and the Dead".Copy !req
141. - Is that all you have to say?
- What shall I say?Copy !req
142. That you did something vile?
That you disgust me?Copy !req
143. I understand, you were overwhelmed.
Let's not talk about it, do you mind?Copy !req
144. Maybe that girl's happy now.Copy !req
145. Why?Copy !req
146. Because she's irresponsible.Copy !req
147. - There were Piero, Giacomo, Marta.
- And?Copy !req
148. So this guy...
But there was never...Copy !req
149. Good morning. How are you?
Good morning, Madam.Copy !req
150. This is my wife.Copy !req
151. Hi, Bompiani. How are you?Copy !req
152. - Good morning. Congratulations.
- Thank you.Copy !req
153. - Hello.
- This is the anteroom of fame.Copy !req
154. We've all had to wait.Copy !req
155. - Sign a copy for our Nobel Prize winner.
- I'd like to.Copy !req
156. Here's a pen.Copy !req
157. I'm honoured.Copy !req
158. - Do you always sign on the left?
- Yes.Copy !req
159. - Do you open your books on the left?
- Possibly.Copy !req
160. - That's interesting.
- Why?Copy !req
161. - For your future as well, in my opinion.
- Really?Copy !req
162. I count on it.Copy !req
163. - Now one for my collection.
- For you, "In friendship".Copy !req
164. - Very well.
- You'll learn to write dedications.Copy !req
165. - What are you writing now?
- Nothing.Copy !req
166. - What a shame.
- After you've finished writing a book...Copy !req
167. - Where is he?
- How I'd love to write a book.Copy !req
168. Thank you.Copy !req
169. I don't understand. He says he is crazy,
can you believe this?Copy !req
170. What's the matter? Come here.
Why are you crying?Copy !req
171. - Hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
172. - Are you not coming to the seaside?
- No, I'm too busy.Copy !req
173. - I'll give you a call.
- OK.Copy !req
174. - Give my regards to Lidia.
- Sure.Copy !req
175. - Sir, your post.
- Thank you.Copy !req
176. - My wife isn't back yet, is she?
- No.Copy !req
177. - Has she called?
- No.Copy !req
178. - Shall I serve dinner?
- No, you can go. I'll wait.Copy !req
179. Wait here.Copy !req
180. Stop it! Stop it!Copy !req
181. Wait.Copy !req
182. That's enough.Copy !req
183. Do you still want me to wait? Fine.Copy !req
184. - Can I go?
- Yes, go.Copy !req
185. - The wind's strong up there.
- It is indeed.Copy !req
186. It reaches 3000 metres.Copy !req
187. - Would you like to go to the moon?
- Not really.Copy !req
188. Lidia?Copy !req
189. - Hi, Giovanni.
- Hi, Lucia.Copy !req
190. - Have you seen Lidia?
- No, I thought you were out.Copy !req
191. I'm fed up. Paolo has a cold,
and we can't leave town.Copy !req
192. - I'm sorry to hear that.
- Ask Lidia to call round.Copy !req
193. She's not home. I thought
she might be with you.Copy !req
194. - No, I haven't seen her for days.
- Thanks and sorry for bothering you.Copy !req
195. Bye.Copy !req
196. Hello?Copy !req
197. It's you.Copy !req
198. - Where are you?
- I'm in Sesto San Giovanni.Copy !req
199. In the same old field,Copy !req
200. kids are still firing rockets.
You'd like it.Copy !req
201. They shoot up ever so high. It's beautiful.Copy !req
202. No, don't worry. Nothing's wrong.Copy !req
203. No. For goodness sake,
I'm telling you it's nothing.Copy !req
204. Come and pick me up, will you?Copy !req
205. And hurry.Copy !req
206. If you're meeting someone,
there's a little hotel nearby.Copy !req
207. No, thank you.Copy !req
208. I can lend you an evening dress.
I'll describe it to you.Copy !req
209. It's low-cut and has a wide skirt.
If you wear it with tights...Copy !req
210. And if you wear it with an underskirt...Copy !req
211. - How much is it?
- 900 lira.Copy !req
212. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.Copy !req
213. If you wear it with a bow
and a tight corset...Copy !req
214. Our programme continues
with more music...Copy !req
215. Why did you come here?Copy !req
216. I just happened to be over this way.Copy !req
217. Come here.Copy !req
218. How strange, it hasn't changed at all.Copy !req
219. It will, before long.Copy !req
220. - They were over there.
- Who?Copy !req
221. The boys with the rockets.
They're gone now.Copy !req
222. This line was in use when we lived here.Copy !req
223. Giovanni.Copy !req
224. Would you pass me the sponge?Copy !req
225. Listen, Giovanni.Copy !req
226. I'm tired of staying in.Copy !req
227. - Let's go to the Gherardini's.
- Anywhere to get out.Copy !req
228. Of course, let's go.Copy !req
229. - What does he want from you?
- Who knows? He barely knows me.Copy !req
230. - Will there be many guests?
- I suppose so.Copy !req
231. Every millionaire wants his own
intellectual and he's picked you.Copy !req
232. Can you pass me that?Copy !req
233. There you go.Copy !req
234. - A new dress?
- Yes.Copy !req
235. - What's wrong?
- Would you zip my dress up?Copy !req
236. - Let's not go to Gherardini's party.
- Why not?Copy !req
237. I'd rather we went somewhere by
ourselves. I want to spend time with you.Copy !req
238. If you like.Copy !req
239. What is it?Copy !req
240. - Watching you amuses me.
- What's so amusing?Copy !req
241. I don't know. Sometimes you seem
so controlled when you are with me.Copy !req
242. Nonsense.
Look at her, she's not bad at all.Copy !req
243. - Do you remember?
- You're really trying to distract me.Copy !req
244. Please, don't belittle me.
I have my own thoughts, too.Copy !req
245. What are they now?Copy !req
246. I don't have a thought at the moment...
but I'm expecting one.Copy !req
247. I can feel it coming.Copy !req
248. Here.Copy !req
249. Did the thought come?Copy !req
250. - Yes.
- Is it a nice thought? Tell me.Copy !req
251. Why not?Copy !req
252. Where's Gherardini's villa?Copy !req
253. In Brianza, about half an hour's drive.Copy !req
254. Life would be tolerably agreeable
if it were not for its amusements.Copy !req
255. An inspiration?Copy !req
256. I no longer have inspirations,
only memories.Copy !req
257. Won't you tell me
what you were thinking?Copy !req
258. Later. Well, shall we go
to the Gherardini's?Copy !req
259. Why have you changed your mind?Copy !req
260. I don't know.
One must do something.Copy !req
261. - Can I have the bill?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
262. - Are they all dead?
- Let's hope so.Copy !req
263. Who here would read
"The Sleepwalkers"?Copy !req
264. Pontano, isn't it? So nice of you
to come. I've heard so much about you.Copy !req
265. We're celebrating
the horse's first victory.Copy !req
266. It's my daughter's horse.Copy !req
267. - What's his name?
- Volfango. He's so good.Copy !req
268. From your books,
I expected you to be old and grey.Copy !req
269. Have you read them?Copy !req
270. Do I look too frivolous?
Come, I'll introduce you.Copy !req
271. Let's introduce ourselves
as we meet people.Copy !req
272. Let's do this, then.
Just a general presentation.Copy !req
273. Lidia!Copy !req
274. - Hello, Berenice.
- Do you know each other?Copy !req
275. Lidia and I have hated each other
from the cradle.Copy !req
276. - This is my husband.
- Nice to meet you.Copy !req
277. Pontano, we meet at last.Copy !req
278. - Let these two catch up.
- Sure.Copy !req
279. Antonio, let him rest now!Copy !req
280. - No, he's so sweet.
- Not if he doesn't sleep.Copy !req
281. - But it's his party, after all.
- He's only two years old.Copy !req
282. Let him rest.
This lot will teach him bad habits.Copy !req
283. Antonio, go.Copy !req
284. Don't stare at me like that.
I know I'm showing signs of ageing.Copy !req
285. You've improved a lot, you know.Copy !req
286. You used to be so plain.
You don't mind me saying that, do you?Copy !req
287. I've heard it many times.Copy !req
288. You're behaving like a tart.Copy !req
289. Are you married?Copy !req
290. I live alone.
I was born to be alone.Copy !req
291. I'm too sensitive,
as my dentist used to say.Copy !req
292. Do you still hang around
with intellectuals?Copy !req
293. I never see you around.Copy !req
294. We don't go out very much.
Tonight is an exception.Copy !req
295. The pool looks beautiful.Copy !req
296. Remember Grimaldi? I still see her.Copy !req
297. Please... let's forget the past.Copy !req
298. - Let's have some music.
- OK, let's go.Copy !req
299. There are 3,000 roses here.Copy !req
300. - See, they have a different hue at night.
- Do roses sleep?Copy !req
301. Yes, all night long.Copy !req
302. Antoine, the shears.Copy !req
303. Thank you.Copy !req
304. We need to find
the most beautiful one for you.Copy !req
305. - There you go.
- Thank you.Copy !req
306. Isn't it beautiful? It's starting to open,
and it's the same colour as your lips.Copy !req
307. Antoine, tell Filippo to arrange them,
everyone else makes them look funereal.Copy !req
308. Look who's arrived.Copy !req
309. - Good evening.
- I'm so glad you came.Copy !req
310. - Haven't we met before?
- Yes, we have.Copy !req
311. - I can't remember where, though.
- Me, neither.Copy !req
312. Aren't you enjoying yourself?Copy !req
313. - Should I jump into the pool?
- Naked or dressed?Copy !req
314. - Would you like one?
- No, thank you.Copy !req
315. I've heard so many good things
about you.Copy !req
316. - Who designed this place?
- Vietti. Do you like it?Copy !req
317. Cesarino! Where are you?Copy !req
318. - I'm here, sir.
- Show this gentleman around.Copy !req
319. - Thank you.
- This way, please.Copy !req
320. It's a shame that in the evening you can't
see the park very well, it's beautiful.Copy !req
321. I'm going to Sweden.
On my boat, of course.Copy !req
322. - Your boat?
- It's rather big, you know.Copy !req
323. - Good evening, Berenice.
- Good evening.Copy !req
324. - He's awfully rich. He must own millions.
- I see.Copy !req
325. Look, Roberto's here.
Do you know him?Copy !req
326. - No.
- Shall I introduce you to him?Copy !req
327. - No, are you kidding?
- He's a great man. I'll go and get him.Copy !req
328. Roberto!Copy !req
329. Stop sending me postcards.Copy !req
330. I'm green with envy.Copy !req
331. - How are you?
- Not bad.Copy !req
332. - I've only just got back.
- From your holiday?Copy !req
333. - It was a business trip.
- I'll bet!Copy !req
334. Well, maybe...Copy !req
335. I know, but this is not
a good enough answer for me.Copy !req
336. - Would you like some dinner?
- Later, thanks.Copy !req
337. Look who's here.
Our patroness from Rome.Copy !req
338. Mr Pontano, this is Marquise Gentili.
She works with orphanages.Copy !req
339. Do you smoke?Copy !req
340. I will have one.
Everyone smokes here in Milan.Copy !req
341. Miss Resy, do join us.Copy !req
342. - Can I introduce you to Mr Pontano?
- Good evening.Copy !req
343. Giovanni Pontano?
The author of that great book?Copy !req
344. Excuse us.
We have a few things to discuss.Copy !req
345. - One of the best books ever written.
- You are too kind.Copy !req
346. I adore it, I really do.
I'm your greatest admirer in Italy.Copy !req
347. Here it is.Copy !req
348. - You must allow me that privilege.
- Why not?Copy !req
349. I'd like a novel about a woman
who loves a man,Copy !req
350. but the man doesn't love her.Copy !req
351. But he does admire her intelligence,
her character.Copy !req
352. They live together...
But how could such a story end?Copy !req
353. In so many ways.Copy !req
354. She'd have to be a strong woman,
who can sacrifice herself.Copy !req
355. She sacrifices herself
for another woman's happiness.Copy !req
356. Why does she sacrifice herself?Copy !req
357. I don't know.
It makes me want to cry.Copy !req
358. What are you doing here?
Why don't you mix with the others?Copy !req
359. Yes, I will in a moment.Copy !req
360. Do you find it interesting here?Copy !req
361. So and so. Why is it that
you never seem to enjoy yourself?Copy !req
362. I am enjoying myself.Copy !req
363. There's a girl over there
enjoying herself alone, too.Copy !req
364. She's the one reading
"The Sleepwalkers".Copy !req
365. She's pretty, too.Copy !req
366. - I'm going.
- Commendatore, I'll see you soon.Copy !req
367. Where are you going?Copy !req
368. - Everything all right, Pontano?
- I'm afraid I don't know anyone here.Copy !req
369. So, as I was saying to you, my friend.Copy !req
370. It's absurd to talk about wealth.
No one's wealthy now.Copy !req
371. But if anyone is still thinking
of becoming rich,Copy !req
372. my advice is,
don't obsess over money.Copy !req
373. I've always looked upon my businesses
as works of art.Copy !req
374. Their financial profit
was almost immaterial.Copy !req
375. The important thing
is to create something lasting.Copy !req
376. But not everyone can create
something lasting.Copy !req
377. Please, do you mind?Copy !req
378. The thing that sustains a writer,
like you, Pontano,Copy !req
379. is a sense of necessity,
not a need for profit.Copy !req
380. You write because it's necessary
for you and for others...Copy !req
381. - But one has to live.
- I never worried about that.Copy !req
382. Life is what you make of it
with your own resources.Copy !req
383. What would you do
if you couldn't write?Copy !req
384. A few years ago he would have killed
himself. Now I don't know. Tell us.Copy !req
385. I don't feel that important.Copy !req
386. Perhaps there are other ways.Copy !req
387. Isn't writing an irrepressible
but antiquated instinct?Copy !req
388. A lonely craftsman putting
one word after another.Copy !req
389. The job can't be mechanised.Copy !req
390. Do you believe all that?Copy !req
391. No. But you have the advantage
of real people,Copy !req
392. you create real houses, real cities.Copy !req
393. The pace of life is in your hands.
Maybe even the future is.Copy !req
394. This is a black day for my husband.Copy !req
395. You're right.Copy !req
396. Are you one of the many
worrying about the future?Copy !req
397. I'm building my own,
although the present keeps me busy.Copy !req
398. Probably the future will never come.Copy !req
399. The future will be awful,
don't you think?Copy !req
400. By the way,
why don't you stay here tonight?Copy !req
401. - Darling, you're always interrupting me.
- I'm sorry. Shall we go?Copy !req
402. Carry on. You were saying the future
may never come. Let's go.Copy !req
403. That's right. Please, take a seat.Copy !req
404. Who knows what the future holds?Copy !req
405. Maybe our privileges will vanish.
A good thing, too.Copy !req
406. When I was young,
I imagined a world like thisCopy !req
407. and set out to create such a future.Copy !req
408. Would you like a drink?Copy !req
409. - Yes, I'll have a Cognac.
- Cesare.Copy !req
410. He's been staring at that statue
all night.Copy !req
411. Who knows what he's thinking?
Maybe he's waiting for it to wake up.Copy !req
412. Cats are strange.Copy !req
413. A glass of white wine, please.Copy !req
414. - Go away, Resy. Leave me alone.
- Why?Copy !req
415. Excuse me for a moment.Copy !req
416. - Look who's here. My flirt.
- Hi, darling.Copy !req
417. Guido, how are you? Thank you
for coming. Have you lost weight?Copy !req
418. - Do you think so?
- What have you done?Copy !req
419. Can you find me someone
I can play with?Copy !req
420. - Won't I do?
- No. Too old.Copy !req
421. - I'd get younger if I played with you.
- I don't want to get younger.Copy !req
422. Why?Copy !req
423. Why? Tell me.Copy !req
424. I'd have won.
The compact must stop on the last row.Copy !req
425. What's the prize?Copy !req
426. Make a wish and tell me
if you win.Copy !req
427. My name is Valentina.Copy !req
428. Valentina.
Do you often lose this game?Copy !req
429. I've just invented it.Copy !req
430. - Once, I lost everything.
- What game was that?Copy !req
431. You have to have seven points to win.Copy !req
432. I'll cut to the chase,
I came here to talk to you.Copy !req
433. - Good shot, but too ruthless.
- You're right.Copy !req
434. - I'm scared.
- Come on.Copy !req
435. That was not ruthless enough.Copy !req
436. Show me what you can do.Copy !req
437. Perfect!Copy !req
438. - One for me!
- Wait, it's my turn now.Copy !req
439. Sure.Copy !req
440. Too long.Copy !req
441. - One of the stones has fallen out.
- Really? I'm sorry.Copy !req
442. It can't have gone far, can it?Copy !req
443. It was here that it fell off.Copy !req
444. - Maybe it rolled into the garden.
- That's a good one.Copy !req
445. Never mind, it was only a ruby.Copy !req
446. Do you enjoy acting the cynic?Copy !req
447. No.Copy !req
448. Watch this, I am going to aim
for that square. It's so difficult.Copy !req
449. Here goes.Copy !req
450. There it goes, look!Copy !req
451. - I almost made it.
- 15,000 on Valentina!Copy !req
452. 20,000 on Pontano!Copy !req
453. - 60,000 on Pontano!
- Come on now, you can't be serious.Copy !req
454. If you do this, I won't play.
No, I'm out.Copy !req
455. You only worry about losers.Copy !req
456. A typical intellectual.
Egoistic, but compassionate.Copy !req
457. This isn't a racetrack,
and don't take me for a horse.Copy !req
458. - Is there a friskier horse?
- Yes, there is!Copy !req
459. I wish to enquire about Mr Garani.
Room 103.Copy !req
460. When?Copy !req
461. Ten minutes ago?Copy !req
462. Was his mother with him?Copy !req
463. Valentina,Copy !req
464. I'm rather disappointed.Copy !req
465. In me?Copy !req
466. How can I put that right?Copy !req
467. Shall we read a few pages together?Copy !req
468. That would be one way
of getting closer.Copy !req
469. - Are you craving for affection?
- Aren't you?Copy !req
470. I withdrew from the game,
you must claim your prize.Copy !req
471. Let me savour it a little longer.Copy !req
472. But don't forget.Copy !req
473. My memory seems to get worse
every day.Copy !req
474. - Bye, see you tomorrow.
- Bye, darling.Copy !req
475. - Ignazio, are you leaving, too?
- I am. Thank you for the nice evening.Copy !req
476. - It's late and you need to go to bed.
- I am not going to bed.Copy !req
477. - He's the one who has to get up early.
- Good night.Copy !req
478. - Good night.
- Good night.Copy !req
479. - Good night, Daddy.
- Bye, darling.Copy !req
480. I'd like a word.Copy !req
481. - Ignazio, I'll see you tomorrow night.
- Sure.Copy !req
482. - Listen, Mama...
- What is it, darling?Copy !req
483. Pontano, I've got a proposition for you.
I could use a man like you.Copy !req
484. - What for?
- A cultural initiative for my employees.Copy !req
485. I want a better relationship between
workers and the management.Copy !req
486. Do you know why?Copy !req
487. They don't know the firm's history
and my role in it. Let's sit down.Copy !req
488. I want a press, advertising
and public relations department,Copy !req
489. with a special sectionCopy !req
490. devoted to internal relations.Copy !req
491. - I want our company's history written.
- By me?Copy !req
492. Yes, but not only this.
I'd like you to become an executive.Copy !req
493. - A full-time job?
- That's right.Copy !req
494. Wouldn't you like to be with us
and work for the company?Copy !req
495. May I ask what you are earning
at the moment?Copy !req
496. I don't know.Copy !req
497. Your wife comes from a wealthy family,
doesn't she?Copy !req
498. True, but I have my own money,
and I contribute to many publications.Copy !req
499. I see.Copy !req
500. Wouldn't you like to be independent?Copy !req
501. In what way?Copy !req
502. Think it over.
It's our policy to pay top salaries.Copy !req
503. Look what my cousin brought me
from America.Copy !req
504. A wallet, with a dollar inside.Copy !req
505. You see, the dollar gets everywhere.Copy !req
506. All alone, Mrs Pontano?Copy !req
507. These writers...Copy !req
508. Isn't it beautiful here?Copy !req
509. - Where are you going?
- I won't be long.Copy !req
510. It could have gone better.
If Cariglia hadn't got ahead...Copy !req
511. And I couldn't catch up.Copy !req
512. It was your mistake. If you'd got ahead
earlier, you would have easily won.Copy !req
513. I had to stay back.Copy !req
514. - Have you seen Miss Gherardini?
- No, I haven't.Copy !req
515. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.Copy !req
516. It's easier said than done.
When you have orders to follow...Copy !req
517. Would you like to dance?Copy !req
518. Yes.Copy !req
519. - You can't dance.
- No.Copy !req
520. - It's raining!
- Let's all go into the swimming pool.Copy !req
521. This is great!Copy !req
522. No, are you crazy?Copy !req
523. - Don't be afraid. Come on!
- Stop it!Copy !req
524. Look! Look at her!Copy !req
525. - I'm going in!
- You're going to catch a cold!Copy !req
526. Me, too! Me, too!Copy !req
527. - She is crazy!
- What are you talking about?Copy !req
528. Don't play around.Copy !req
529. Giovanna, come on, strip!Copy !req
530. - Where are we going?
- Get in the car.Copy !req
531. The stock exchange is rising.
All the political speculation...Copy !req
532. Bye, Mimi. You're really beautiful.Copy !req
533. What's happened?Copy !req
534. Angelo! Bring some candles, please.Copy !req
535. Touch me, see, I'm all wet!Copy !req
536. - Giulio? Giulio, where are you?
- Stop it!Copy !req
537. Wait a moment. Let's talk.
Tell me something.Copy !req
538. I'll tell you a bedtime story later.Copy !req
539. Pretend I'm in bed.Copy !req
540. No, later. I'll tell you about a hermit,
an intellectual, of course.Copy !req
541. He drank only dew,
until he came to the city,Copy !req
542. where he tasted wine and
became an alcoholic. How's that?Copy !req
543. I'd like a true story about you.Copy !req
544. - Worse has happened to me.
- I wish I could understand writers.Copy !req
545. - What's your name?
- Friends call me Resy.Copy !req
546. - You want to understand only writers?
- No, others, too.Copy !req
547. I think you'll have your hands full.Copy !req
548. - See you later.
- OK.Copy !req
549. I'm sorry, I can't.Copy !req
550. At least I'm clever enough
not to break up a marriage.Copy !req
551. Now spend the rest of the evening
with your wife.Copy !req
552. But it was she who sent me to you.Copy !req
553. Never mind.
It's my prize from your game.Copy !req
554. It's so dark. How can I find her?Copy !req
555. I felt miserable this evening,Copy !req
556. but our game cheered me up.Copy !req
557. Now the misery is creeping back,
like a melancholic dog.Copy !req
558. - Have you got a cigarette?
- No, I smoke cigars.Copy !req
559. I'll get my own.Copy !req
560. - Angelo.
- Yes, Madam.Copy !req
561. - Bring more candles.
- Yes, Madam.Copy !req
562. I think we still have
some things to say.Copy !req
563. Of course.Copy !req
564. I think love restricts a person.Copy !req
565. It creates misunderstanding all around.Copy !req
566. But not within.
Even novels are sentimental now.Copy !req
567. I see, you're gathering material tonight.Copy !req
568. The way I feel, I don't know
if I'll ever write again.Copy !req
569. I know what to write,
but not how to write it.Copy !req
570. It's called a crisis,
it's very common among writers today.Copy !req
571. But in my case,
it's affecting my whole life.Copy !req
572. You're just weak, like me.Copy !req
573. Why are you telling me this?
I may not understand.Copy !req
574. After all, I like golf, tennis,Copy !req
575. cars and parties.Copy !req
576. Is that all you want in life?
Don't you like other things, too?Copy !req
577. Yes. Everything.Copy !req
578. Could you help me?Copy !req
579. - Promise not to make fun of me?
- I promise.Copy !req
580. I heard snatches
of television dialogue...Copy !req
581. "If I were you, I wouldn't do that, Jim."Copy !req
582. After that, the howling of a dogCopy !req
583. rising effortlessly,
in perfect misery.Copy !req
584. Then I thought I heard a plane.Copy !req
585. Then silence... and I was happy.Copy !req
586. A garden's silence is made of sounds,
press your ear to a tree and listen.Copy !req
587. The sounds may be within us,
I'd rather think it's the tree.Copy !req
588. The silence is broken
by an alien noiseCopy !req
589. disturbing my peace.Copy !req
590. I closed the window, but the noise
persisted, it was too much for me.Copy !req
591. I don't want useless sounds,
I want to select them.Copy !req
592. Voices and words... there are
so many words I'd rather not hear,Copy !req
593. but you must resign yourself,
like floating on the waves of the sea.Copy !req
594. May I listen to it again?Copy !req
595. - I've erased it. It was drivel.
- Why are you being like this?Copy !req
596. Because mine is not a calling
that I can't ignore.Copy !req
597. Mother says scribbling indoors
ruins the complexion.Copy !req
598. - It's a sin to waste such intelligence.
- I'm not intelligent. I'm alert.Copy !req
599. I'm happy to observe things
without having to write.Copy !req
600. Last year I went to the States
to see Julia.Copy !req
601. - Who's Julia?
- A hurricane.Copy !req
602. We may meet more often, Valentina.
Your father has offered me a job.Copy !req
603. Last year I thought
I was in love with a boy...Copy !req
604. Something must be wrong with me,
but it will pass.Copy !req
605. Whenever I try to communicate...
love disappears.Copy !req
606. - Was that when you lost everything?
- No.Copy !req
607. Why work for my father?
Surely you don't need the money.Copy !req
608. No?Copy !req
609. What you need is a girl,
for a fresh start.Copy !req
610. Not a girl.Copy !req
611. You.Copy !req
612. - Don't be afraid.
- I'm not.Copy !req
613. You see? It's ridiculous.Copy !req
614. How can he sleep?
Anything could happen...Copy !req
615. - Nothing ever happens.
- Yes, but I hate seeing time wasted.Copy !req
616. You'll give me a heart attack.Copy !req
617. My darling, my darling.Copy !req
618. You are so sweet.Copy !req
619. My darling,
look how small and sweet it is.Copy !req
620. Come to my room and dry yourself.Copy !req
621. - Bye, Roberto!
- Good night.Copy !req
622. How prosaic. Sandwiches at this hour.Copy !req
623. D'Annunzio's turtle died of colic
after eating flowers.Copy !req
624. It's true, but you don't believe me.Copy !req
625. I'll get you a towel.Copy !req
626. You should take your dress off.Copy !req
627. Listen, Valentina...
isn't that your name?Copy !req
628. Stop fussing over me and tell me
what you have in mind?Copy !req
629. Please spare me this complicity.Copy !req
630. I'm sure that's not in your nature.Copy !req
631. I've nothing in mind. Dry yourself
or stay wet, but don't go on about it.Copy !req
632. - Our writer doesn't drink?
- No, thank you.Copy !req
633. One day, in Venice,Copy !req
634. I was dining
with that American author...Copy !req
635. - The one who hunts elephants...
- Hemingway?Copy !req
636. Now there's a man for you.
A real artist.Copy !req
637. I said to him,
"My dear Hemingway, I like you.Copy !req
638. "One of these days,
I'll visit you in Cuba."Copy !req
639. Do you know what he said?
"If you do, I'll shoot you."Copy !req
640. There's a man who knows his business.Copy !req
641. Earns what he likes.
Millions of dollars.Copy !req
642. Even an intellectual can't scorn that.Copy !req
643. It's hard to say
what an intellectual might scorn.Copy !req
644. My boy, never despise money.Copy !req
645. Our time, sir,Copy !req
646. is vile and anti-philosophical,
afraid to take a stand on values.Copy !req
647. As for democracy, in a nutshell,
it means: take things as they come.Copy !req
648. I respect that quotation,
but it's offensive here.Copy !req
649. - Why is that?
- Because he said it complacently.Copy !req
650. The author, on the other hand,
wrote those words in despair.Copy !req
651. It's the words that count,
not the intentions.Copy !req
652. - Shall I tell you what happened?
- Skip it.Copy !req
653. Fine. I'm not much good at confessions.Copy !req
654. I wonder what I am good at?
Not love, not vices.Copy !req
655. I've plenty of vices,
but I hardly practise them.Copy !req
656. I don't even like whisky.Copy !req
657. I think I've found the vice that suits me,
it's warm and it's good.Copy !req
658. How old are you?Copy !req
659. 22... plus many, many months.Copy !req
660. You don't know what it is
to feel the weight of years, in vain.Copy !req
661. I just feel like dying.Copy !req
662. An end to this agony, something new.Copy !req
663. - It may be nothing.
- Yes, it may be nothing.Copy !req
664. Let's go.Copy !req
665. I don't feel jealous,
in spite of what I said.Copy !req
666. Not at all.Copy !req
667. That's the trouble.Copy !req
668. I hope we'll see you again.Copy !req
669. - Perhaps you'll invite me over?
- In September, after your holiday.Copy !req
670. This year I won't be back until later...
much later.Copy !req
671. You've exhausted me, the pair of you.Copy !req
672. Do you mind if we go this way?Copy !req
673. Take no notice.
I'm just crying because I'm silly.Copy !req
674. Let's not go home just yet.Copy !req
675. Want to hear a good one?
Valentina's father has offered me a job.Copy !req
676. - Will you accept it?
- I don't think so.Copy !req
677. Why not? It's a good opportunity.
Your life would be your own at last.Copy !req
678. I called the clinic. Tommaso is dead.Copy !req
679. When? Why didn't you tell me?Copy !req
680. You were playing.
Was he really your good friend?Copy !req
681. He was much more to me.Copy !req
682. He convinced me, despite myself,
that I was cleverer than I am.Copy !req
683. He spent days
trying to make me study,Copy !req
684. even though I wasn't interested.
I was concerned with my problems.Copy !req
685. His persistence nearly drove me mad.Copy !req
686. I began to hate him for it.Copy !req
687. He never talked about himself.
Only me... me...Copy !req
688. And I never understood.Copy !req
689. I thought so little of myself.Copy !req
690. When we're young, we're so stupid, we
can't imagine things coming to an end.Copy !req
691. You talked only about yourself.Copy !req
692. That was something new for me,
I was so happy with it,Copy !req
693. that nothing in the world
was more beautiful.Copy !req
694. Because I loved you. You, not him.Copy !req
695. That's why his affection irritated me
and flattered you.Copy !req
696. Isn't that true?Copy !req
697. Yes, but not much.
He was so vulnerable.Copy !req
698. I feel like dying,
because I no longer love you.Copy !req
699. That's why I'm desperate.Copy !req
700. I wish I was old, and that
my life's dedication to you was over.Copy !req
701. I wish I no longer existed,
because I can't love you!Copy !req
702. That's the thought which came to meCopy !req
703. in the nightclub,
when you were so bored.Copy !req
704. But if this is true,
if you wish you were already dead,Copy !req
705. it means you still love me.Copy !req
706. No, it's only pity.Copy !req
707. I never gave you anything.
I was completely unaware.Copy !req
708. I go on wasting my life, like a fool,Copy !req
709. taking without giving,
or giving too little.Copy !req
710. If you mean I haven't much to give,
you may be right.Copy !req
711. I used to spend afternoons
reading in bed.Copy !req
712. Tommaso would call and find me there.Copy !req
713. He could have kissed me.
I wouldn't have resisted, out of boredom.Copy !req
714. But he was satisfied to watch me
as I read.Copy !req
715. All those purposeless books.Copy !req
716. 200 pages a day.
I read so quickly.Copy !req
717. I've been selfish.Copy !req
718. Now I realise that what we give to others
comes back to us.Copy !req
719. Do they think their music
will improve the day?Copy !req
720. Lidia, let's settle this.Copy !req
721. Let's try to hang on to something
we're sure of.Copy !req
722. I love you.Copy !req
723. I'm sure I'm still in love with you.
What more can I say? Let's go home.Copy !req
724. When I awoke this morning,
you were still asleep.Copy !req
725. As I awoke,
I heard your gentle breathing.Copy !req
726. I saw your closed eyes,
beneath wisps of stray hairCopy !req
727. and I was deeply moved.Copy !req
728. I wanted to cry out, to wake you up,
but you slept so deeply and soundly.Copy !req
729. In the half light,
your skin glowed with lifeCopy !req
730. so warm and sweet
I wanted to kiss it,Copy !req
731. but I was afraid of waking you up.Copy !req
732. I was afraid of you
being awake in my arms again.Copy !req
733. Instead, I wanted something no one
could take from me, mine alone,Copy !req
734. this eternal image of you.Copy !req
735. Beyond your face
I saw a pure, beautiful visionCopy !req
736. showing us in the perspective
of my whole life,Copy !req
737. all the years to come,
even all the years past.Copy !req
738. That was the most miraculous thing,Copy !req
739. to feel, for the first time,
that you had always been mine.Copy !req
740. That this night would go on
forever,Copy !req
741. united with your warmth,
your thoughts, your will.Copy !req
742. At that moment, I realised
how much I loved you, Lidia.Copy !req
743. I wept with the intensity
of the emotion.Copy !req
744. For I felt
that this must never end,Copy !req
745. we would remain like this
all our lives,Copy !req
746. not only close,
but belonging to each otherCopy !req
747. in a way that nothing
could ever destroy,Copy !req
748. except the apathy of habit,
the only threat.Copy !req
749. Then you awoke and, smiling,
put your arms around me, kissed me,Copy !req
750. and I felt there was nothing to fear.Copy !req
751. We would always be as we were
at that moment,Copy !req
752. bound by stronger ties
than time and habit.Copy !req
753. Who wrote that?Copy !req
754. You did.Copy !req
755. No... I don't love you anymore.Copy !req
756. You don't love me, either.Copy !req
757. Don't say anything.
Don't say anything.Copy !req
758. Say it.Copy !req
759. No, I won't say it.Copy !req