(BUZZING OF CICADAS)
(SOUNDTRACK: DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(Ticket Collector) Good morning.
(INDISTINCT MURMUR)
(Gemma) Girls!
(Gioia) Good morning.
(Gemma) Good morning.
Are you awake?
(Severino) I'm exhausted. I helped fix the street lamps on Corso Street.
Don't stain the couch.
I wrote to mom. I signed for you too.
Thank you.
- (Gioia) Can you mail it? - Yes.
It looks like the one we had in the countryside.
(THE CAT MEOWS)
(Severino) Easy...
Come, Ginietta.
Stop treating me like a child.
(LAUGHTER)
(Ferruccio) Good morning!
- How are you? - (Severino) Hi, Ferruccio.
- (Gioia) Hi, Tina. - Hi.
(Tina) It's slippery.
(Severino) Hi, Pino.
(Pino) Hi.
(Severino) How are you?
- (Gioia) Rosa! - Hi.
So?
- Did Pino give you back the money? - No.
But he said he's taking me to the meadow.
- (Rosa) Good morning. - (Severino) Hi, Rosa.
- (Rosa) Make room for me. - (Pino) Yes.
- Hi, Massimo. - Hi, Gioia.
(ROSA LAUGHS)
Why does poor Rosa always laugh?
If she does, it's Pino's fault.
Amelia!
(Amelia) Ferruccio!
Wait for me, I'll jump.
(Ferruccio) Can you swim?
(SOUNDTRACK: ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC)
(Ferruccio, ironic) We'll see each other like this, you and me.
- (Ferruccio) Are you cold? - (Amelia) No, I'm fine.
(Ferruccio) Guys, this is Amelia.
- Hi. - (everyone) Hi.
Does anyone have a drink? (ironically) Is it the altar boys' party?
(Ferruccio) There he is.
(Amelia) Thank you.
Sorry, do you have a cigarette?
I don't smoke.
Too bad.
- (Ferruccio) I have a cigarette. - Thanks.
(GUITAR CHORDS)
(Gioia) Do you play something?
(Massimo sings) # In love, little girl
# Tonight, I dreamed of you
# Asleep on my heart
# And you were smiling
(men sing) # You told me, I love you
# I want your love
# I replied, I love you
(everyone sings) # With all my heart
(OPENING DOOR)
(Gemma) What are you doing here already?
Did you do it?
Yes. But not during working hours and only with leftover fabric.
Even the pattern?
Yes.
What do you think?
Nice.
Finish it.
Remember, though, don't delay the deliveries.
(SHE SMILES)
- Can I pay? - Of course.
- Do you want anything else? - No, thank you.
We have a delicious dessert.
- How much is it? - I'll cover it.
- If you give me a smile, I'll cover it. - No, thanks.
(Amelia) I'll pay for the young lady.
(Gioia) Bye.
(Amelia) You shouldn't go to bars alone.
Will you stay with us?
- I'm going home. - Wait for me.
(INDISTINCT)
- (Gioia) Is it far? - (Amelia) No, I live nearby.
I forgot your name.
Gioia.
Where are you from, Gioia?
From work, from the fashion atelier in the city center.
Do you like my dress?
Yes.
I learned to make it when I worked in a tailor shop, like you.
I can make my own clothes too.
The beauty is in having them made for you.
Then you will make me a new dress.
Do you also work as a seamstress?
I get myself painted.
How?
Facing forward, sideways, sitting, lying down.
Nude?
(AMELIA LAUGHS)
You learn a lot.
You hear the conversations of the artists.
When you're nude, do other painters come in?
To be a model, you have to be good at staying still.
Like a statue of salt.
Like this.
- Who were you with, Gioia? - No one, she left.
- Who? - Amelia.
(Severino) The one who jumped half-naked from the boat?
(Severino) What are you doing with someone like that?
I met her by chance.
She accompanied me here.
She's a good girl.
Oh really?
And what does she do?
She gets painted.
Is that a job?
(Gioia) Do you want beans with polenta?
I have to find another job.
You don't have to take on more jobs.
You're always tired. You won't go back to studying.
University is for the rich.
I don't know why I wanted to enroll.
(from an external speaker) From all stations...
... we broadcast the live commentary on Il Duce's speech.
We are connected with Italian stations...
...stations in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and England.
(Mussolini) In these days, under this sun,
which particularly suits us,
men of the soil and of the great summer,
is collapsing...
(THE VOICE FROM THE SPEAKER BECOMES MUFFLED AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE)
(Gioia) Goodbye.
Amelia!
How did you know I work here?
Turin isn't that big.
(Amelia) The most amusing ones are the women.
- There are women painters, did you know? - No.
(Amelia) It would be enough for them to copy themselves.
Pick up the pace.
- (incredulous) Amelia! - Come on, hurry up!
Take me with you.
Where?
To a painter's studio, while I pose.
What's there to see?
(Gioia) I want to see how the painter works and how you pose.
Painters are scoundrels. You have to be careful.
Models interest men, not a young girl.
-Can you help me? -Yes.
(FROM THE PHONOGRAPH: SLOW SWING IN FRENCH)
(Rodrigues, with a foreign accent) How are you?
(Amelia) Good.
(Rodrigues, in French) And who are you?
(Amelia) She's Gioia, he's Rodrigues.
It's beautiful here.
Rodrigues.
(INAUDIBLE)
French mother, Portuguese father.
Do you want something to eat?
No, thanks.
Wait.
(INAUDIBLE)
- Thank you. - Cheers.
And you, where do you come from, Gioia?
Are you a student?
No, I work in a workshop.
A seamstress?
Yes, but I also make patterns.
- So you're not a model like Amelia? - No.
I paint.
Have you painted Amelia?
(Amelia) Rodrigues!
(ALL LAUGH)
Come, Gioia.
Gioia, these are the guys. Guys, this is Gioia.
(SMILES)
(SOUNDTRACK: DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(Gioia) How beautiful!
(Rodrigues) Have you ever tried it?
(Rodrigues, in French) The green fairy.
(LAUGHS)
(FORWARD, LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
(SIGHS)
Are you tired?
What's there to look at?
Gioia?
Mrs. Gemma says to bring the dress. Hurry.
(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, MUFFLED VOICES)
Here she is.
Go, Gioia, help Mrs. with the dress.
Here you go.
(whispering) The hair.
Beautiful.
(SOUNDTRACK: INTENSE MUSIC)
So I like it even more.
You can go, Gioia.
Goodbye.
(Gemma) Listen.
Mrs. Legnani's wedding dress.
Why don't you make it?
Thank you.
(Gemma) Isn't it wonderful?
- Can I have more? - Weren't you on a diet?
- Those who work hard get hungry. - Here you go.
Today, I saw your friend.
- Oh yeah? - Yes, the one who poses for paintings.
(LAUGHS)
She's not like us, Gioia.
Thank goodness!
(Rosa) Pass me the minestrone?
(Rosa) Forget about it.
She's a good person, she amuses me.
She undresses to work.
She has a nice body, she can afford it.
I have a nice body too.
(SEVERINO AND ROSA LAUGH)
- (Rosa) Do you want some? - (Severino) Yes, please.
So, you should also try modeling. Maybe they pay better than with the street lamps.
Gioia!
Sorry.
(DOOR CLOSING)
Can you give me a hand?
Rosa.
What's it like to make love?
You become important to someone...
...for a few hours.
For a few hours?
Maybe even more.
Don't think about it.
- When it happens, it happens. - You've all had someone.
- There's time, you're young. - I'm not young.
Don't rush.
(LAUGHS)
- Hi. - Sorry for the delay.
I found a job.
- When does it start? - I'm taking you there.
Didn't you want to see me pose?
The hat suits you, you look older.
Come on, Gioia, we're already late.
I work here.
Come on, Gioia.
Shall we go in?
Maybe it's better not to.
Are you shy?
No, I don't want to disturb.
Didn't you want to see me pose?
The painter pays me for 2 hours, not a minute more.
Are you sure you don't want to come in for a while?
Maybe next time.
See you later.
Okay, see you later.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGH)
(INAUDIBLE)
(GRUNTS)
(Severino) What's this?
Mrs. Gemma entrusted me with this dress.
It's the wedding dress for an important client.
Look.
This is the fabric.
Beautiful.
Good job.
Gioia, you've ruined your hand.
(Severino) You work too much.
Move the glass! It'll stain the patterns.
(Gioia) Let me work, so we can leave here.
(Severino) Shall we go home?
Let's go to a bigger city.
We're not made for the city, Gioia.
The countryside is very tiring.
But it's home for us.
So you don't study anymore?
Remember when you used to write stories?
I don't know what to write anymore.
(GROAN OF PAIN)
(KNOCK ON THE GLASS)
- Amelia! - Come down.
But it's raining.
So what? Hurry up.
(AMELIA COUGHS)
Are you okay?
It's the cigarettes.
- (Amelia) Come on, it's freezing. - (Gioia) I'm freezing.
(PLAYING: SENTIMENTAL SONG)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHTER)
Waiter? 2 coffees, please.
Can we afford them?
(INAUDIBLE)
Sorry.
(INAUDIBLE)
- Who is it? - A painter.
Did you pose for him?
See that one?
(Amelia) And that one over there?
(Amelia) And the one in the back? They all painted me.
I would like to try too.
Why?
I want someone else to look at me and show me who I am.
(AMELIA COUGHS)
Hi, Guido.
(Amelia) Rodrigues! You're everywhere (laughs).
- Hi. - How are you?
(Amelia) This is Gioia.
- I'm Guido. - Hi.
- Do you want a drink? - (Amelia) Yes.
Gioia.
(Guido) Give me a glass too.
I'm sorry, Guido, but you have to give us your bed.
My legs are frozen.
- And the beds are for women. - You know where it is.
Come warm up, Gioia.
(Gioia) The wine warmed me up.
Turn off the light, it bothers me.
(Amelia) Give me a cigarette.
(Rodrigues) I don't have any.
(Guido) I have one.
(Amelia) Thanks.
- (Rodrigues) Will you take up all the space? - (Amelia) Maybe (laughs).
(Rodrigues) How are you, my love?
(Amelia, ironic) I was better before you arrived.
(LAUGHTER)
Nothing.
Amelia arrives and no one draws anymore. No light.
(Rodrigues) Some women can only live in the dark.
(Amelia) Some men don't even know how to live in the dark.
(AMELIA AND RODRIGUES LAUGH)
They are unbearable, aren't they?
(IGINA LAUGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)
(Guido) It's open.
Can I come in?
Close the door.
Sit down.
That's old stuff.
They're beautiful. I like the portraits.
Who are these women?
Is one of them Amelia?
Amelia does the job that suits her the most.
She's always liked showing off her legs.
Do you model too?
No.
I work at a fashion atelier downtown.
(SOME)
Once, with Amelia, we had more fun.
How many we've taken in this studio!
Fairies still.
I like you, Ginietta,
because you don't smoke.
Girls who don't smoke always have some complication.
There's no strong smell like in painting studios.
Royal water.
It has a nice smell.
But I prefer the smell of girls.
It's late, I have to go.
See you soon, Ginietta.
<(Official) Stand up.
When are we going home?
As soon as possible.
As soon as we have some money.
Do you want ice cream?
One for two.
Lately, you've made me skip a few meals.
I've been busy.
At the atelier?
Yes.
An ice cream.
Ginietta?
When will you make me a nice dress?
- You wouldn't know how to wear it. - Why?
Thank you.
I can't because I'm a rough peasant?
If I want, I can be a gentleman.
Good morning.
(LAUGHS)
Good morning, madame.
Don't you think? Can't you see a nice dress?
(LAUGHS)
Hello.
Rosa.
(Rosa) Your sister doesn't show up anymore, so I came.
Hello, Rosa.
Gioia doesn't have fun with us anymore.
Gioia is always working.
Sure.
Severino.
Have you seen Pino? No. I haven't seen him in a while.
He'll come back, right? I don't know, Rosa.
You girls should wait, before trusting so much.
Yes, he'll be back. Don't worry.
(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)
(DOOR OPENS)
<- Hi. <- Amelia! Come in.
I thought you were alone.
I'll come another time. (Gioia) Don't worry.
- He's Severino, my brother. - We saw each other at the lake.
Hello.
I'm leaving.
I'll come back another time.
Goodbye.
Your jacket is torn.
- I'll mend it for you. - No, don't worry, really.
Give it to me, take this one.
It's all torn.
I'll have to take it apart to fix it.
It will take me a while.
Thank you, Ginietta.
Are you okay?
Sure you don't want to stay?
It was just a greeting.
See you soon.
(AMELIA COUGHS)
(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)
- Can I come in? - Gioia!
- I was looking for Amelia. - This is not her house.
Once, all these girls didn't come here, Rodrigues.
Is it your fault?
(Guido) Come on, Gioia, don't be shy.
I don't understand why you don't want to use color, Rodrigues.
Nature is always so saturated, omnipresent, repetitive.
To reproduce it, you need a detachment that can only be achieved with the absence of color.
Actually, you don't know how to use it.
Color requires daily practice, not a philosophical explanation.
(sarcastic) Did you stain your uniform, little soldier?
(Rodrigues) This is what your color does.
I wish someone would paint me like you do with Amelia.
(Guido) It's cold. Is there still tea?
- The tea is on the stove. - Then today Gioia will bring it.
The cups are over there, Gioia.
(Guido) Thanks, Ginietta.
(SOUNDTRACK: DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Gioia, they're calling for you on the phone.
- Is it my brother? - It's a woman, she didn't say who.
(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)
- (in French) The little one has arrived! - Hello, Gioia.
Hello.
- Hello, Ginietta. - Hello, Guido.
Are you okay?
Your cheeks are red.
I'm fine, I rushed here.
I had a lot to do.
- Can I help you? - (everyone) No.
(AMELIA LAUGHS)
(Rodrigues) My contribution.
(WHISTLE)
- Certain reds, only with Rodrigues! - (in French) My pleasure.
Cheers.
(Rodrigues) Shall we eat or not?
Do you like it, Gioia?
It's good.
Amelia made it.
(Amelia) I can do everything.
Thought I forgot?
Happy birthday, Gioia.
(in French) Happy birthday, Ginietta!
Congratulations.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE, GINIA LAUGHS)
(FROM THE GRAMOPHONE, A ROMANTIC SONG)
Don't breathe.
(COUGHING)
(LAUGHTER)
(Gemma) You're late.
I know, I'm sorry. I'm coming.
(Gemma) Don't rush.
(KNOCKS ON THE DOOR)
Guido.
(GINIA SIGHS)
Don't hurt me, Guido.
(GINIA MOANS)
(Gioia) Slowly.
(MOANS OF PLEASURE)
(INAUDIBLE)
(GUIDO PUFFS)
Gioia! Hurry up, it's very late.
Today you seem calmer.
I've never been nervous.
Shall we take a walk?
Yes.
(Gioia) I'm sorry you take it this way.
Sometimes I don't know what you think. I don't understand you; you're distant.
(Amelia) Now you've found love and you don't care about anything.
You're right.
But in your place, I'd be more careful.
(Gioia) Why?
(Amelia) Because you don't know what you're doing.
(Amelia) Isn't it better for us to be together,
rather than with those two who try with everyone?
It looks like the tree at my parents' house.
Come up, too.
(LAUGHTER)
Clean your mouth; you're all dirty with lipstick.
(LAUGHTER)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(INDISTINCT MURMUR)
Gioia.
Hi.
Where are you going?
Home.
Without saying goodbye?
I didn't see you.
Going up to the studio?
- Now?
- I have things to do. Maybe another time. - I'll paint your portrait.
I don't know, Guido.
Come on!
(Guido) Let's go.
(Gioia) Okay.
- I'd like to see your drawings. - How many things do you want to know about painters!
There's too much light.
What's wrong?
How do they pose nude in this cold?
You girls don't feel the cold. You're made to be naked.
I couldn't.
Tonight you were naked.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Good morning.
Are you cold?
A little.
(COUGHING)
Amelia, is everything okay?
You should quit smoking.
Let's go.
(PLAYING: SWING MUSIC)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Can I offer you a drink?
Why not?
Gioia, what are you having?
Wine.
2 glasses of sweet wine for me and my friend, please.
Also for me, thank you.
- Dr. Andrea Wood. - Pleasure, Amelia.
- Andrea Wood. - Gioia.
- A doctor around here? - (laughs) We like to have fun too.
- Thanks. - (Amelia and Andrea) Cheers!
Come on, Gioia.
So, which one of you wants to dance?
Hold this.
Come.
(THE MUSIC FADES, SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS)
(PLAYING: ROMANTIC SONG)
(THE MUSIC FADES INTO SILENCE)
(SIGHING)
You drive.
(LAUGHING)
(Andrea) Careful!
(Andrea) Do you come here to dance often?
(Amelia) Yes, but there are more interesting places.
- You should take me there too. - With pleasure.
(LAUGHING)
(SOUNDS OF SEWING MACHINES)
(KNOCKING ON THE DOOR)
Hello.
- Is Severino here? - Yes.
How did it go? Did the doctor bring you home?
Yes.
(Amelia) He really liked you.
Why did you run away?
Leave me alone.
I'm sick.
Do you know what syphilis is?
(sighs) I didn't know.
- You heard my cough. - It's because you smoke.
I thought the same.
Doctor Andrea explained some things to me.
Look.
I don't believe it.
(SOBBING)
They discovered it through blood tests.
Doctor Andrea wants me to go to the hospital.
Where did you get it?
It's contracted through sex.
When I told Rodrigues...
…I thought he would faint.
He got tested, he has nothing.
(crying) Those like him always get away with it!
Aren't you afraid to touch me?
(sobbing) If Rodrigues is clean, maybe they made a mistake with you.
I didn't get it from Rodrigues.
I got it from a woman.
(MUSIC DRAMATICALLY)
(sobbing)
(Amelia) Let me go.
(OPENING DOOR)
(Rodrigues) Gioia.
(Rodrigues) What are you doing?
(Gioia) Amelia.
You know too, then.
- How do you feel? - I'm fine, Gioia.
I went to the doctor.
- Did they take a blood sample? - Yes.
Will she go blind?
(Rodrigues laughs) No!
She'll get a thousand injections, and when she gets better, Andrea will go to bed with her.
I'm worried about Amelia.
Your hands are very cold.
She'll get better, right?
(Rodrigues) Some do recover.
Others don't.
Amelia is strong, she'll get better.
Having a doctor as a friend is important.
What worries you more, Gioia?
Amelia's health...
...or what you feel for her?
(SOBBING)
(in French) I told you, this isn't a world for you.
Leave me.
(LAUGHS)
Sorry for the delay.
The wedding dress.
You were supposed to deliver it yesterday, and you didn't.
We lost a customer because of you.
You're always late, you don't meet deadlines, you're tired, you work poorly.
I made a mistake in trusting you.
I think I don't need you anymore.
Please, Mrs. Gemma, I need to work!
Marta, take her place. Finish what Gioia was doing.
(Gemma) Continue her work.
Come on, Marta.
- Already back? - (Severino) Yes.
They're talking about staff cuts at work.
For now, they've reduced the shifts.
I made soup.
Thanks.
Aren't you eating?
- I'm not hungry. - Why?
If you're worried about money, I can find another job.
I can be a model.
Is that an idea your friend gave you?
Leave Amelia out of this.
Did something happen?
Gioia?
(Amelia) Go home, Gioia.
(If you come in, they might find some disease in you too.)
(Gioia) I'll keep you company.
(Amelia) Don't worry, really.
Miss, come, please.
I already have my preferred lane, see?
(INAUDIBLE)
I see you better, your voice is clearer.
You think so?
You'll be fine soon.
The doctor will want to make love to you.
It's not him I'm thinking about.
Are you going to Guido's tonight?
I don't think so.
I'll go with you.
It doesn't matter, I don't feel like going.
(Amelia) You don't want to go with me?
You should also stop going there.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I want to leave the workshop.
Mrs. Gemma has taken a liking to you.
I don't know what you're doing.
We need to talk.
No.
You don't need to hide anything from me.
Do you want to talk to mom? Do you want me to call her?
Nothing happened.
Okay.
I'll join the guys in the square.
Do you want to come?
- I'm staying home. - Sure?
Rest.
(SIGH)
(KNOCK ON THE DOOR)
Come in!
(Gioia) Amelia, I've been looking for you.
You found me.
I found her, she was over there.
There's Gioia.
Lift your knee. There you go.
Are you here to check on us?
Who are you jealous of?
That's enough for today.
Send me a copy too.
Do you want to pose?
Undress?
Yes.
Gioia.
If you do it, I can do it too.
Then undress.
You and I know each other, right?
I guess Amelia has seen you too.
Stand here, I'll sketch you standing.
Hurry up, Gioia. I don't want to waste too much firewood.
No, don't cover yourself, up.
Higher, Gioia. Like you're holding something.
There you go, stay like that.
In the end, you too became a model.
(Rodrigues LAUGHS)
(Rodrigues, in French) She has talent.
(CRIES)
(Soundtrack: Dramatic Music)
(Amelia) Gioia.
Gioia, it's all my fault.
Stay away!
Don't look for me anymore. I've only hurt you.
(CRIES)
I'm unwell, I have the flu.
(Sarcastic) The flu!
It's easy to fall under the spell of certain people.
Always remember who we are.
Whatever happened, it will be okay.
Come on, get up.
(GINIA CRIES)
I don't know what's happening to me.
Don't cry.
(Soundtrack: Dramatic Music)
(CRIES)
Good morning.
Sit down.
I read your letter.
But I've made a decision in front of everyone.
Now I can't afford to let you back in so easily.
I understand.
At your age, it's easy to lose your way.
You're very talented, Gioia.
But the greatest talent you need is making the right choices.
Because a woman must act with intelligence.
She's right.
Thank you anyway.
(Gemma) Wait.
I allow you to come back, but you'll start again from the laundry.
There won't be space for your clients or your creations.
Thank you.
- Thank you, Mrs. Gemma. Goodbye. - Come back without those dark circles.
(TOWARDS)
(Soundtrack: Dramatic Music)
(Indistinct murmur)
(Severino) What are you doing?
I'm writing to mom and dad.
Put my signature on it too.
It suits you.
They're half-dead.
I don't know why.
Moms never die.
Because moms don't take them to the city.
- You never get used to changes. - You get used to everything, Gioia.
But you should never get used to pain.
You must be happy.
Unhappiness serves no purpose.
You won't tell Mom, right?
No.
I don't smoke.
I saw you.
Come on!
- I'm going. - Bye.
Gioia!
You forgot this.
Can you read?
Did you write it?
Yes.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
Are you sure you don't want to come? It's a beautiful day, everyone is there.
Yes, but...
I'm going out with a girl.
(LAUGHTER AND INAUDIBLE CHATTER)
<(Friend) Gioia!
(Friend) Gioia, come for a swim!
Come!
Yes, coming.
(SMILES)
(Soundtrack: Romantic Song)
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