That's enough. I want Aidra stories.
I like Cataracts better.
Aidra's hair is as dark as coal.
She is unrecognizable and she wants to start again...
What are you doing here?
Where's the babysitter?
- I sent her home. It's late. - Yes, you'd better go home.
Where were you?
- At the theater. - You didn't tell me.
- They had tickets, so I went.
Who had tickets?
Friends. Our friends. You know them.
And why don't they invite me anymore?
Because they know that we're separated.
I see.
Stop it!
Here he is!
Come on, daddy's here.
Take a look at this mess.
- Four flat tires. - I'll take it to the shop.
- Four tires. It's a really idiotic practical joke!
Don't worry.
- Hurry, we'll be late for school. - We're already so late...
- ...there's no point in going anymore. - Don't get cute. Come on!
- Where are you going? - Rehearsals. I'm late.
I'll take you. I told Teresa I'd be late.
- But do you rehearse all the time? - Our first performance is in ten days!
Is Teresa young?
Yes, but don't worry.
It's just a working relationship.
I'm not worried.
I wanted to know if she had experience.
No, but she has talent.
You should come by the studio. The sets are magnificent.
I thought everything was going badly
and here I am making a movie about Berlusconi,
with a famous actor, Marco Pulici.
- I even have the budget for it! - I'm really happy for you.
You see, that's how life is. Work restarts...
A serious movie, important. A movie about Berlusconi.
Did you have lawyers read the script?
Not yet, but don't worry.
But on the other hand, I'd like you to read it.
There's a small role...
I have to go.
- I'd like you to play it. - Please, don't start this again.
Why?
Yesterday, Sturovski told me, "Why did she stop? She's talented!"
You remember how he speaks?
That's ancient history. Yes, I'll be right there!
Let's get serious.
You're doing better, right?
You need to get organized, especially for the children.
- To be able to spend time with them. - Where? I sleep in my office!
Maybe it's time to get an apartment
where the children can bring over their things.
I'm starting a film. I don't have time.
Plus, I don't agree.
I have an idea that might help.
With my parents' help,
I could buy your half of our apartment.
That way, you could buy a smaller one in the neighborhood.
- You're helping me by kicking me out! - It's not like that.
The corporation's most important executives
came to my house for the party.
And I personally bought jewelry
with a care...
indicative of my perfectionism.
So, to each lady, with the help of a computer,
I gave over the years earrings, a bracelet,
a necklace, a brooch.
So as not to repeat myself
and to choose jewelry
in a way to create something complete,
an array of the jewelry given out over the years.
It's a documentary, just to get some ideas.
You need to construct a character.
Yes, but my Caiman must have more facets, more nuances.
Try this cheese.
I was telling Teresa
that the Caiman must be more nuanced.
- Agreed? - No!
Berlusconi is entirely self-made. It's a novelty...
A completely negative novelty!
You see, we agree! We must consider all angles.
The hero must be likable. Otherwise, the audience...
Help me out here. You're the producer!
He can't just be negative. People must care about him.
When Gian Maria... Volontè made Investigation of a Citizen,
the character was unlikable, but also...
- Funny. - Stop with the nonsense.
- Fascinating!
The important thing is to show what that man did to our country.
The state where he put that two-bit Italy of yours.
Enough of that! Let's drink to The Caiman.
Where's your proof? Your evidence? Your witnesses?
Only the fertile imagination of judges
who manufactured a case against me!
We have an Italy
that gives more room to private interests and less to the State.
An Italy with more private interests and less State.
Less State!
Here are the controls.
Each one corresponds to a delegate and each delegate to one vote.
Red: Against Green: For... him!
The selection of extras isn't bad.
Yes, but I don't want a crowd around the Caiman,
I want real people, to see the faces.
You've told me a thousand times, but we have to decide on a number.
- Bruno was saying nine hundred. - He said that?
Nine hundred meals, nine hundred tax charges?
Nine hundred extras is too much!
We don't have enough money.
- How do we manage them? - Nine hundred for the whole movie.
That's still 100,000 euros.
This is the layout for the house...
For the Caiman's house.
I was hoping for something flashier, more nouveau riche.
But this is flashy! Plus the movie screen...
- It aggrandizes. - That's it.
It's better to do less, but do it well.
Because we have to do half of everything.
Half of the decor, by pulling together a few sets.
Half the project plan,
half the extras, half the film stock...
There's no money. We have to do half of everything.
I've only made two shorts.
- So? - I don't think I'm up to this.
- They're all asking me what to do. - They were rude to you?
No, maybe I'm the one who isn't being clear.
I can't do it. I've never done this!
Well, you'll do it and you'll be great.
This is too hard for a first feature.
- It should have been more personal. - But this is personal!
Something I know better,
closer to me.
The production designer has a new idea for the Caiman's house.
Later!
Don't panic. Otherwise, I panic too.
And stop talking about your short films.
I'm liable to get curious.
I'll watch them, I'll hate them and I won't let you make this movie.
Go back to work.
Look...
On Sunday, I'm having lunch at my parents' place in the country.
If you'd like to come with your wife and the children...
Let's see... I'd be thrilled to come.
Eat up...
That was mine!
Go on, eat!
- This is daddy's new place. - It looks nice from the outside.
Good evening.
Keys please.
4,567,226 euros
on 554 screens...
An average of 5016 euros.
War of the Worlds is doing better than Batman and Star Wars III.
On Sunday, we'll go see War of the Worlds.
I'm fed up. You always pick scary movies!
First of all, we choose together...
- Giacomo, who chooses? - You do.
And then, who told you it's scary?
- My friends. - Mommy!
Plus, it's a movie for grown-ups: they sex!
- They what? - They sex.
I don't think they have a lot of...
- Cuddles are until when? - Ten years.
- Another ten years... - No, you stop when we're ten.
Too bad!
How did things go with the psychologist?
Her dinosaurs are ugly and she doesn't have a lot of Lego’s.
Why don't you and Mom reconnect?
"Reconcile!"
"Reconnectile."
- Learn the right words! - You, stop it!
Come on, time to go to sleep.
- Who's better: Dida or Buffon? - I don't know.
Who's the better goalie, Dida or Buffon?
That depends on the match.
- But which one is better? - For me, it's Dida.
For me, it's Buffon.
Good night.
Are you home?
The match!?
They called me at the last minute. Three kids got sick.
It's late. I'll put Mommy on.
The field is very big.
Why didn't you call me?
- What does "big field" mean? - That it's big...
Yes, I think he's with the reserves.
Are there reserves here?
They don't know.
- How many to a side? - Eight.
What?
It must be eight to a side, because they have eight.
There are goals everywhere.
I don't know which they'll choose.
No, the field isn't brown. It's green,
and full of dust...
It looks like soil with some gravel in it.
No, I don't have the right shoes on, and it's getting in everywhere.
Oh, Andrea?
Yes... I think so.
No, I'm not asking him.
I'm embarrassed. All his friends are here.
Coach, does Andrea have the right shoes?
Yes, it's fine.
I have to leave. He's whistling at me.
I'll go change Margherita.
We were expecting you with the children. It's so nice out here.
Andrea had a very important match.
It's the first time he plays on a big field.
They're playing eight to a side. Normally, it's five.
If you plow on an incline, the clumps roll away
and the vines get damaged.
It depends on the incline, on the soil...
Olive trees need water for two years and then grow by themselves.
But you have to clear the field.
- What is it? - I wanted to see the time.
- Hoe. - That's the technical term.
After the olive harvest...
I have to make a call. The match is over.
Ah, those matches!
We take them to the press
and I stick around to make sure
they press my olives right away.
Otherwise the oil turns rancid.
What's the final score?
2-2, that's great! Who scored the goals?
And I check that...
- She's asleep. - Well, of course. You were just there!
What's wrong? I went to look.
You're anxious and you make me anxious.
Calm down. She just went to see if she was asleep.
I know she "just went to see if she was asleep."
I've never seen you anxious over Margherita.
You're blaming me for not getting up all the time like you?
Poor Luisa. She was just worried.
Of course, she's a good mother and I'm not!
And you always take her side!
Why are you doing this?
Wait, there's something going on here...
I'll call you back.
Everybody knew!
Your brothers, your parents...
And they're all happy!
Why didn't you tell me anything?
We're always together and I don't even know you live with a woman.
You've never introduced me to your wife, not even today.
She didn't come because of the match,
which I missed in order to witness this kind of scene!
"I'm a mother like that, you, you're like this."
"My mother always takes your side..."
I don't even know if my son has made any progress.
My wife knows nothing about football!
Fortunately.
And let's say I was in the process of falling in love with you...
I would look really stupid!
You're in love with her? Careful, I'm jealous!
I said "let's say." Don't mess with me.
- How did you get this baby? - We went to Holland...
I don't want to know! Be quiet!
It weirds me out!
And I don't think I'd understand.
You'd explain and I wouldn't understand.
So let's drop it.
This is where they'll put the Caiman after his death.
He dies at the end?
No, but he's rich and he had his tomb built to order.
That way when he dies, he'll be a little happy.
- So what do you think? - I might like this movie.
- More than Cataracts? - Let's not get carried away!
I'd like to talk to you for a minute.
Everything OK?
Great! The sets are magnificent!
- The family is well? - Sure.
- How many children do you have? - Two, 9 and 7 years old.
How old are they?
I just told you: 9 and 7.
I have one who's starting secondary school.
Puberty...
We were young once too. We know that...
- Any problems? - No, it's this job.
We see our children one week. The next month we don't see them at all.
We should spend more time with them
because children sense a father's presence.
They need it, especially at that age.
So, we have to make choices.
To behave like a man!
Agreed, but I don't see where you're going with this.
I'm sorry for the movie,
for Teresa, because she's talented.
You know how to pick them.
She's talented. So?
I'm taking a year...
How do they say?
The years where you don't do anything... a sabbatical year!
When?
You know what my son told me?
"I turn on the TV hoping to see you."
That made me think. I need to take a break.
Take it after the movie.
- You made a commitment! - I didn't sign.
And, just between us, that's not the issue.
- You don't want to play Berlusconi? - I've never backed down from anything.
Allende, Vietnam, the struggles for actors with Gian Maria...
I want to take it easy.
What will you do about the Pole?
You want me to tell him? You'll take care of it?
Maybe that's better.
You're like the producers of the past.
You understood right away that I was...
Give me a kiss. Take care.
You'll find a way, you'll see.
I got his voice mail.
He's coming. You know Marco.
He works a lot, going from one set to another.
These days, he spends a lot of time with his children.
Do you realize the opportunity you have!
Pulici is a like a Stradivarius. You barely touch him, and he plays.
Let's not get fixated on the actor. There's more to this movie!
The subject: Two-bit Italy...
But you need a solid actor!
For example, if he wasn't there,
the movie would lose a lot, but it would have...
It would have?
It would have...
It would still have its power.
I don't think so.
If he wasn't there, you wouldn't make the movie?
No, she's a beginner. We need a famous actor.
But why are we talking about this?
What's happening?
Teresa, come here a minute.
Pulici is dropping out of the movie and Sturovski is going to drop us.
- Why? - He can't.
I did what I could.
I'm at the end of my rope. I don't even have the strength to go back to the table.
- I have to go. - Where?
You see the blonde over there? That's my wife.
We've been separated for six months and I have no idea who that guy is!
Go, go!
Why did you do something so horrible?
What do you want from me? You're scaring me!
Don't you think about what it does to the children
to see their father living in this shitty furnished apartment?
That has nothing to do with this!
Admit that you're the one who punctured my tires, asshole!
Are you nuts?
And what if it was true?
And who was that guy in the restaurant?
We're separated!
The children know it. Everybody knows it!
What do you want from me?
Nothing. I only destroyed a sweater.
It was a present. It was beautiful.
What do you want?
It was a beautiful present. That's why I ripped it.
Goodbye, Paola.
What do I do?
Anything new?
The bank is looking for you. It's urgent.
Teresa also called.
There are actors stopping by.
I tell them to leave their photos?
We also got a call from the "Cinema and Psychoanalysis" festival.
They want a copy of Maciste vs. Freud.
- Do I send one? - Whatever you like.
Are you stopping by this afternoon?
No. Pulici quit the movie. Sturovski is pulling out.
We're no longer making the movie.
What?
The project collapsed.
But you have to make this movie. It must be made!
Flat and yellow!
What can't I find this piece?
What did I do to you?
Hi.
Cut!
The natives are in place. Everyone around Columbus!
Without the shoes.
We'll do a tracking shot,
but you have to move very slowly.
You explain it to them.
It's Columbus's triumph.
No one believed in him,
but, after seven months of suffering at sea...
- Oh, I didn't know. - Seven months!
The world is grateful to you because it's bigger.
So smile.
Where?
I was saying, smile.
Like that, great!
No, the director was telling me about Columbus's smile.
- What do we do with the Dominican? - Get him out of the shot.
Towards Torvaianica.
We'll have a pizza all together.
Hey, savages, what's the pizzeria called?
"Da Vaverone" in Torvaianica.
I got it! Enough!
No, nothing.
An actor needs to focus before a scene!
Just two more takes, darling, and we'll be done.
- Action! - I hung up.
Your majesty, my happiness at seeing you is as great
as the ocean I have just...
crossed.
Sorry, let's do it again.
Places! From the top!
...wife Bonomo, born in Rome,
residing in Rome.
The parties, whose identities have been duly notarized,
agree to the following...
Everything OK?
Are you sure?
- It's a very important step. - We know.
"Bruno Bonomo sells, concedes and transfers his rights
amounting to half of everything
to Paola Zamorani, holder of the remaining rights
who thus becomes the sole proprietor..."
Right at me!
Get in, we're closing up.
Daddy, help!
Let's keep cool!
That's the wardrobe truck.
Our costume designer works there.
That's the electricians' truck.
You're the one who pays all these people?
How do you do it?
Daddy has enough money to show one day in the Caiman's life.
- Which one? - The day his trial ended.
It lasted a very long time
and at the end, he'll be declared guilty or innocent.
Bruno, we're almost ready.
What if the movie is too expensive and you don't have the money?
Don't worry about that.
What if the movie isn't a hit?
If it's a hit, it's a hit. If it isn't...
You won't make movies ever again.
Giacomo!
Places!
Bodyguards!
Bodyguards, to the cars!
Come on, this way!
Teresa, we're ready to roll.
So...
Are you ready?
Places please, everyone.
Go ahead.
Roll camera.
Rolling!
Action.
Say it louder.
Action!
Let me remind this court
that today I address you not only as the accused
but also and especially as a citizen
to whom the majority of Italians
entrusted the mission and the responsibility of running the country.
Precisely because you're in charge of this country,
the Italian people have the right to know if you...
With all due respect, you're attacking me
as president of the Council
and that cannot be allowed to a member of the court.
If you want to get into politics, resign and get yourself elected!
When I had cancer,
the Left gave me six months to live, one year maximum.
Because they didn't think they could beat me in the elections
but only with help from my cancer or from the courts.
The anomaly is not me,
but the communists and their hatred of me.
Their political use of justice, that's the Italian anomaly.
We cannot waste the citizens' money
on a trial based solely on lies!
I'm the only one to have governed through an entire legislature.
And I've introduced more reforms over 5 years
than the Left has over 50 years.
The Left wasn't in charge but it was in power.
In schools, universities, courts
newspapers, television
the magistracy, the Constitutional Court.
In a deposition, your chief administrator
has admitted the existence of slush funds in the corporation's foreign accounts.
Do you intend to defend yourself from such a serious accusation?
I invoke my right to be silent.
The Left is so sad.
It's sad and it makes people sad.
I wanted to bring back hope to this country.
Alas, half of Italians
can't manage to hope because they only know how to hate.
The Left knows only how to do one thing: hating me.
You were spending large sums of money
on the regular payment of court officials
for committing acts against their duty.
They were listed in your books as salaried employees?
Don't answer that.
I'm being reminded that I'm late.
The Greek president awaits me for an important state meeting.
I was hoping this time the president...
I belong to a troika...
- Go! ...at the head of the European Council.
The accused continues to shrink from this trial.
Yet, I read here: "All citizens are equal before the law."
But this citizen is maybe a bit more equal than others,
since the majority of Italians...
since the majority of Italians
freely voted to entrust him with their government!
My allies were nothing.
They were fascists.
I put them in government. I made them into ministers.
They were Christian Democrats flagellating themselves.
I reassured them.
Then, those of the Northern League...
All of Europe told me, "Be careful. They're racist."
I brought them back to reason. I put them in government
even though they insulted me and called me mafioso.
I placed them all in government.
And not one today to give me a phone call.
It's been five years since the first pre-trial hearing.
The accused has done nothing but to shrink from the proceedings.
He has not appeared when he committed to.
He's done everything to push through laws
that would prevent the conclusion of this trial.
What was at stake here
was the very possibility of celebrating
the fact that the courts could fulfill their function
at the service of the State.
Your Honor, one last thing before the court retires.
I hope you're aware of the fact that
with your verdict, you could change
the history of our country.
Mr. President...
They called from the courthouse. They're ready.
So are we. Let's go.
Mr. President, what verdict do you expect?
...is condemned to serve seven years of incarceration,
is forbidden from holding any public office,
and forfeits all legal rights for the duration of the sentence.
The court furthers condemns the accused to reimburse all legal costs.
The sentence is to be carried out within 60 days. This court is adjourned.
In a liberal democracy, judges apply the law.
They don't engage in resistance, resistance, resistance
against the one who was chosen by the voters as their leader.
In a liberal democracy
he who rules can be judged only by his peers,
meaning those elected by the people.
The judicial estate
wants on the contrary to claim the power
to decide instead of the voters.
And I would say the time has come to stop them.
With my conviction,
our democracy
has been transformed into a regime.
A regime against which all free men like you
have the right to react in any way possible!
Translation from the Italian: Silvia Bonucci
Translation from the French: rentboy for KG