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THE BUTCHER
Do you think we should say everything?
How do you mean?
Like that it was your idea originally and I was against it
No, better not - we ought to be a bit more diplomatic
You'd better do the talking then
No, it might look suspicious
We have to act naturally
It isn't easy for me
I'd rather be honest and say it was your idea originally
That doesn't mean you don't go along with it, does it?
So what? That's not the point
What's the problem then?
Now we must stop to think...
about a fundamental aspect of our decision
The child of our dreams...
can never correspond to a real child
It's one thing to dream, quite another to live
A well-balanced person doesn't get depressed
When the dream inevitably turns out different from the reality
We all agree about that, don't we?
You, for instance...
Granted that all of us, of course
Would like an attractive, tall, bright, endearing child
But since love isn't measured in aesthetic terms
do you think... you would agree to adopt and love a child
who is not particularly attractive?
Well, sure... when you want a child
you can hardly go to a supermarket and pick one
A child is a child, so...
Well, yes, I think we should take him
Should take or... would want?
Would want, sure... would want
Would you like to say something?
I picture him blond, with green eyes
in a bright, airy room
with all his toys
I'm standing there watching him. And as he plays...
- I can hear him singing - What is he singing?
No, I can't actually hear the song
but he's singing softly,
like we all do when we're content
- It happens, doesn't it? - Sure
Alina What?
Nothing
Well? Well what?
Did I sound convincing?
Very
Why do they say these sessions are just to get to know us
to exchange experiences and all that bullshit
when it's obvious they're testing us?
Who the hell do they think we are? A bunch of idiots?
What's up?
Miss Alparti is one of the many well-connected young people...
her father is a university baron
and powerful art critic
who wake up one fine morning and conceive a whim to be an artist
She could have been something else - a poetess, a writer a musician...
But unfortunately for us she took it into her head to be a painter
with the deplorable results we can all see
I appreciate that an exhibition of her work in our gallery
could be of some... diplomatic benefit to us
However, the immediate result that I can see
is a vertical drop in the style and image of our gallery
the only gallery in this city with international prestige
So I wonder, dear Alina, why on earth...
you want us to make such a bad impression?
Lorenzo, why do you turn everything you say
into an ideological statement?
Giulia Alparti is no Picasso
She's no Guttuso, we all know that
but I found many interesting aspects in her recent work
Now that is a brilliant example...
of pitifully groping for arguments!
Congratulations, Alina, you outdid yourself,
Bravo...
Listen, don't you dare speak to me like that!
We're friends but show some respect
I've listened to your bullshit all morning
which is more than you did with us
I'm in charge here anyway, so I'm telling you officially that
Giulia Alparti's show will be held here on the date
I'll let you know tomorrow
If nobody has any comments, the meeting is over. Thank you
"Dear Alina, generosity prompts me to shrug it off"
"as a case of power going to one's head"
"it happens in the best families"
"For the sake of our old friendship and ideals"
"you can affectionately get stuffed"
"Good luck, hopefully many miles away"
"your darling ex-manager, Lorenzo"
What was your answer?
"Resignation accepted" And tomorrow I'm seeing Giulia
I'll get more things
From Lorenzo?
Come on, from Giulia
Believe me, I really like her work
Don't you So, so
How much is so-so?
I told you at the meeting
Aside from the politics,
which you know leave me cold I quite like Giulia's work
I just think you're overestimating it
If Lorenzo slated it
it was for ideological reasons, that's all
Let's change the subject
Yes maybe we'd better
When does Daniele leave? Tonight
Where did you say he was going? Ex-Russia?
Kazakhstan Tadzhikistan, those places... Samarkand too
Not bad I wish I could go with him
What's the weather like there?
Beautiful... Summer, nice and cool
How do you feel about him going?
Normal And after?
A complete washout Why
I don't feel like going out any more... people bore me...
The weeping widow More or less
You know what we should do? We should revive our snappy spinster tandem.
We're cute, we're shapely...
No, spare me that. I'd rather be a widow
Do you think Daniele plays the weeping widower too?
Or does he lay the Samarkand girls?
Nice, very funny... I'd bust his face if he did
Attagirl, that's it!
No, look, I honestly don't think he's the type
Sure? Positive?
What time is he going?
9:20
Our sauna's off today then? Why?
I thought you'd want to be with him
No such luck! He rehearses right up to the last minute
He'd rehearse on the plane if he could
You're here at last! Everything okay?
It is in here, outside it's sweltering!
Let's see what you've got for us. Come on
There's more room here
Yes but the light's poor. What a pity...
They're beautiful! What do you think? This one's great
The reflection's terrible, let's go outside
How nice and cool it is here! And the light's very good too
Maybe round here... that's better
Now we can appreciate it.
This is beautiful Nice line that
Alina
The tests show you are very run down physically
It's one of two things you don't sleep enough
or you don't eat enough. Or both
How much sleep do you get?
A normal amount. More than normal, I'd say
I could sleep 20 hours a night
That's not a good sign either
Can you tell me what you eat?
Milk... yoghurt... lots of fruit... vegetables
Are you a vegetarian?
No, not exactly
What do you mean by that?
I eat meat occasionally when I go out to dinner
but I'd rather not
Would you have any objections to an animal protein diet?
You mean I'd have to eat a lot of meat?
A normal amount. Regularly
Yes, it would be a problem
I won't go into the logic of that, it's none of my business
My job is to prescribe a diet
consisting of 200 grams of red meat per day
Freshly cut, to be eaten rare and never boiled
Plus this vitamin complex
to be taken twice a day before meals
Your problems... of conscience, let's say, are your business
but you should know
that your usual diet seems poor to me and totally inadequate
Do you eat many oranges? No, not many
There, you should have a lot of oranges too, if you don't mind
There we are... for Mrs. Emilia
Always pretty as a picture...
Young... and bubbly
yes, like mineral water
If I wasn't married, I'd jump at the chance!
Why let marriage stop you? There's always divorce
How can I do that? I wouldn't know which one to pick
I'd jump at the chance with you too
Jump with who you like, they're welcome to my place
You don't know what you're missing
It's nice and cool in there, huh?
Like to come in with me?
If it wasn't for you, I'd stay in there all day!
Give me the usual, Bruno
"This is 5798961"
"You have 30 seconds to leave a message" "or send a fax after the beep, Thank you"
"Alina, this is your erstwhile vice-manager Lorenzo Viliani"
"who misses you terribly"
"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to hire me back"
"Hey, this is the third time I've called!"
"When will you stop being so snobbishly anti-cell phones?"
"It's only a matter of time you'll give in like the rest"
"I want to talk to you. Can you call me?"
"I have a cell phone -
although you banned it in the gallery"
Any news of the engineer?
Yes, I called him... We met up too
Really? What did he say?
The kids, the family the poor things...
Wasn't he the one whose wife lets him have sex once a month?
That's him
He's a real jerk then
Every time he went home he was so stricken, poor guy
I'm so sorry for him
You know what? He can take his thing and put it on ice
Yes, but... he wasn't bad
What, him? The engineer
Don't tell me you liked him Well, yes actually
Would you have gone with him?
If I hadn't been happily married, yes!
Well, you can keep him Provided you don't bug him
you let him have it when he wants,
and you leave him... the evenings, Sundays,
Christmas, New Year's Eve...
apart from that, he's the best guy in the world
Honestly, though, I can't see what you were expecting
Nothing in particular
But they can both go to hell, him and his wife
He's always moaning that they never screw, they never talk
They went on a trip and didn't say one word to each other
What a shit marriage!
You always said you liked married men - it left you free
Yes, but not assholes like him!
After all, though, he could have been a distraction for you
Listen, I'll take care of my own distractions!
Well, I just hope you're being honest
You seemed more relaxed when you were seeing him
Alina, please! Let's change the subject
Okay, let's do that You choose the subject
By the way, I've been wanting to ask you
Did you ever go to that butcher's I told you about?
Yes How did it go?
Okay... how else could it go?
Your diet? Fine
And how do you feel? Okay? Yes
Aren't you tired of eating meat all the time?
There you are, Mrs. Margherita My prettiest client!
I'm homely then? No, you have all the charm
All right, give me ten sausages. The usual mind
Here you are. Fresh and tasty
Miss? Mrs., actually
Same as yesterday Two steaks, not too thick
Half a kilo of minced beef, lean
Lean as can be!
Is there a time you're less busy?
I have to come every day for the diet I'm on
and you have so many clients that...
There's nobody here at 8 when we open
Well, that's a bit too early
When we're closed for lunch then
From 2 to 3, but we make up the deliveries then
If that suits you, there's nobody here then
That's ideal. It's just the time I leave the gallery...
where I work, here by the sea
Good, If you see the door closed, come in anyway
We're always here
Thank you... Goodbye
Haven't you finished yet? Nearly, ma'am
Did anybody call?
Your husband, not long ago
What did he say?
He left his phone and fax numbers
But he says it's better if you send him a fax
they don't speak much English there
Giulia! How wonderful!
Isn't it great? All thanks to Alina!
Congratulations!
It's none of my doing. This is all Giulia and Federica's work
Thanks, Alina. Hello, you came just in time
Please don't ask me to talk about this artist
I'm not here in my usual capacity, as an art critic
but as a father - a shamelessly excited one at that
I know very well the problems my daughter had to overcome
to be here today, because of my... bad temper
That is why I intend to embrace the manageress, Mrs. Regis
both physically and metaphorically
for overlooking our past and recent disagreements
and for assessing Giulia's work dispassionately
I want to thank you all
for your enthusiasm and interest in this exhibition
Which I hope will be the first of a long, successful series
My sincere thanks to all of you
Where were you? Hiding huh?
Professor! How are you?
Is anybody there...?
Hello...? Yes, it's me
Listen, my phone card's nearly run out
Can you make it tomorrow night outside the gallery?
Yes, okay... See you tomorrow then
Good morning... I came at 2:15
Didn't you find us?
We were here or in the cold store
Doing the cuts The cuts?
I was helping Bruno with the deliveries
If you'd waited a minute or called we would have come
Where else could we be?
Two chicken breasts for the lady. Will you do it?
See? There's hardly anyone here now too
Two nice beef steaks, not too much fat. The usual
Shall I sit here? Under the Madonna?
Wherever you like
News from Daniele? Yes
Everything Okay?
Yes...
Come on, help me cook No, let's talk
Want to tell me the secrets of your new job?
Well, no, if it's secret, it's secret
What do we talk about then? Us, right?
I've got a little speech all ready. Sit there
Joking aside, Alina...
I think our decision to split up professionally
was the wisest thing we could have done
Two cocks ruling the roost...
I mean, one hen with ambitions to be a hen-cock
and one cock who rightly aspires to be a cock
couldn't have stayed together
It's wrong to think that two people...
can work well together just because they're friends
Work is something, friendship is another, right?
That's why, since we're intelligent people
we solved the issue brilliantly
Very brilliantly
Exactly, so I think this is the right time to build something
What? Our new relationship!
The fact that we were friends and we also worked together
made us grow apart because of the quarrels and tension
Right Look at this
The old days
Where did you find them
I never throw anything away
They're fun, aren't they? Admit it
It seems an age, but it was only four years ago
My, what a good time we had!
Even then, it isn't that things went terribly well, but...
Terribly well? It was a regular disaster!
Oh no, not the physical side
That was just great, if you remember
Yes, but that's not enough Better than nothing, though
Listen, Alina, I think we...
...we can keep one another at arm's length
but to get the best out of ourselves
I think we should start to I don't know...
see each other... on a regular basis, say...
...have an affectionate relationship...
Let's go and cook, come on. We'll do something useful
But I'm serious
I'm fine like this, that's all. I'm very attached to Daniele
I couldn't really say why
He's so serious, so different to me
But sometimes he's like a child
I think a lot of it is due to the fact that we moved here
to Palermo. I'm more relaxed...
And this adoption thing... Imagine, only a few years ago
the thought of having a child terrified me
but since I've realized how much it means to him
it means a lot to me too
Get it? I can't bear the idea
of having an affair with anyone let alone with a guy like you
Why? What's wrong with a guy like me?
You know what our relationship makes me think of?
Those two-month stories kids have, that mean nothing
Our story lasted a lot longer than two months
How long? Three months? Four? At least four months
Okay, sold for four and a half months
Yeah, that's better
Why take it like that anyway? Didn't you have...
that Danish... Finnish girl? The tall one?
She left me No! Why?
I wasn't her type
Poor Lorenzo!
Listen, Alina... can't I stay here at least for tonight?
Absolutely not
Why not? I even brought my pyjamas and toothbrush
I appreciate the effort, but it's no
Not even on the sofa?
Not even on the carpet
Sweetheart, it's 4 a. m. And I can't sleep
I don't want to spoil your dreams by calling you
When you wake up, you'll find this
Only three days to go before I'm home
but I think of you all the time. Sleep safe
Always remember I love you. Daniele
Good morning, Mrs. Regis. How are you?
Fine, thanks, and you? Please sit down
Everything all right?
I wanted to inform you personally
that your adoption application has been accepted
I also wanted to say that we were pleasantly surprised
by the fact that a busy couple like you
made this difficult decision
Congratulations, then, and good luck
Let's get to work right away
I see from your meetings with the psychologist
that you're completely amenable
You made no issue of sex or age and that does you great credit
So we'll get down to business
I want you to meet the head of our social services
She can't wait to meet you either
Yes, we're here Can you come right away?
Here I am! Mrs. Regis. What a pleasure! Please don't get up
Pleased to meet you. Your husband's on tour
it was in the paper but I asked to meet you anyway
to exchange first impressions between women
Yes, we have a very sensitive case
we want to submit to you
A five-year-old girl... beautiful child
and so affectionate! Her name is Robertina
She lives with her elderly grandmother
Her mother's dead and her father... well, never mind
Unless we find a family for her
she'll go to an orphanage Why is that?
Well, like I said, her granny is getting on
She loves the child very much, but Robertina is nearly six
She'll have to go to school, and her granny isn't reliable
We wanted you to meet them both, with no commitment
The child is a real darling, so cute and affectionate
I sure she'll throw her arms around you!
I can see it already! But that mustn'tinfluence you in the least
We're only asking you to call on them
at their house, with no commitment
Yes, because...
Of course, your husband being away... These are big decisions
that must be considered at length. We're aware of that
Would 11:30 tomorrow be all right?
In the square in the Vucciria?
Do you know the area?
Not really, but I'll find it
It's easy, you can reach it from Via Roma or San Domenico
It's on the map... orjust ask anybody
Where are you going? The Vucciria square
Jump on, I'll take you
What's the problem? She wants to go to the square
I said I'd take her, but she doesn't trust me
He's a good boy
I know, but the problem is the skirt
I always go on my husband's scooter
Where is it you have to go?
The Vucciria square. They said it was around here
It isn't, it's on the other side
Go with Toti, he's a good boy Don't you trust me?
No, no. I believe you Go on, take her
Don't speed! You'll be there in a sec
Looking for somebody? No, no, thanks
What are you after?
She's looking for somebody
Can I help you? No, no, thanks
She doesn't need anything so beat it. Scram!
If you need me. Miss I'm right here
Mrs. Concetta!
Here I am! Coming!
How are you? So-so
See what a pretty lady I brought you?
How's it going? So-so
Here we are. Robertina? She's asleep
What, still? It's noon
Well, she stays up late watching TV
That won't do, we've told you before
The child must go to bed early
You mustn't let her stay glued to the TV
We've told you that time and again
She won't listen to me You're not firm enough
But what can I do? Now don't make me angry
Come here, sweetheart
See what a pretty lady I brought you?
Would you like to meet her?
Say hello to her
Come on, sweetheart
I'll give some candy like the other time
Hello. Miss
Here we are Isn't anybody here?
There's a customer!
He goes and cools off in the cold store
This is when we do the cuts for the deliveries
It's nice and cool there
Bruno, hurry up!
Two steaks, same as usual
Baby, you're a featherweight compared to me
I'll have to take your clothes off gently or you'll break
You'll take my clothes off too
You've got no option
I'll have a hard-on and you'll be slavering
with the urge to touch it and suck it
and ride it like a cowgirl on heat
It'll be just great
I'll give you everything you want. I'll knock you out
Mrs. Emilia, I'm all yours
You mean that? Absolutely!
How's the diet going? Fine, thanks
You're looking well I mean that
"Roberta here. A fax came for you from the Rotterdam Artfest"
"I tried to send it on you, but something's out of order"
"Call you tomorrow. No, sorry, tomorrow's Sunday"
"See you on Monday then. Bye"
"Hi, sweetheart. I'll be home a day early tomorrow night"
"I found a flight right after the concert. Happy?"
"Send me an answer by fax. I'll call you in the morning"
"Always remember I love you"
"I'll knock on your door tomorrow morning at 10"
"If I've got it all wrong, don't be in"
Sweetheart, I'm so excited that you'll be back tomorrow
I can't wait to be in your arms again
I'll be at the sea all day with Federica
Let me know when you're arriving
I'll pick you up at any time
Good luck for your last concert
I love you, Alina
The air conditioning's out of order
"Alina, sweetheart, I'm on my way to the concert"
"It's been raining all day, but I know it's so hot there!"
"Nothing, I just needed to hear your voice"
"even if only over the answering machine"
"I guess you're at the sea already"
"I love you"
"This is 5798961"
"You have 30 seconds to leave a message" "or send a fax after the beep"
"Alina, what's going on?
Found a message from Daniele"
"He thinks we went to the sea"
I've just got in. Where are you? What are you doing?
"Call me, we can have dinner together"
"I'll be in all evening. Bye"
"This is 5798961"
"You have 30 seconds to leave a message" "or send a fax after the beep"
"Hi, sweetheart it was a triumph"
"The audience begged for an encore"
"but the manager said no as usual"
"I'm in Moscow, waiting for the connecting flight"
"Be with you in three hours
Don't expect any sleep tonight"
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