Key.
- Key, please. - It goes without a key.
Key.
- Goes without a key. - Key.
- No key. - A key.
Bobby! Bobby! "To Edward. Love to Edward. "
Thank you. Thank you.
Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!
Bertrand!
Holtzmann and Modave.
Bertrand!
We're being premature here, because there's priorities.
I'm not gonna get in my car...
...until I know what was wrong with Modave's car.
- It's the same car. - Bobby, listen.
I went over the car a dozen times, Bobby.
I couldn't find anything wrong.
Don't give me "nothing's wrong. " Please, fellas, what did it, now?
If nothing was wrong, what did it?
We haven't ruled out driver error.
Don't talk to me about driver error.
I didn't come to hear you tell me something...
...that any 10-year-old kid could tell me.
"Driver error"?
Now, come on, what did it? The track was clean.
He wasn't going fast...
...and there was no reason for him to make a mistake on that corner.
Now, what did it?
What's today, the 8th?
The 9th. We've still got three weeks until Jarama.
I don't care if we got three years, I'm not gonna run at Jarama...
...till I know what's wrong with his car.
I'm gonna go over there.
- Maybe something took his attention. - What did you say, Bobby?
I said, maybe something took his attention. Some...
Something headed for the track. A dog, a rabbit or something.
Rabbit?
Who the hell knows.
What about Holtzmann? You hear anything?
His family sent him to Leukerbad. He's got a broken neck.
Hello?
Yeah?
- Who is it? - Your brother.
My brother? What do you mean, my brother?
Shall I tell him you're not here?
No.
I'll talk to him.
- Hello? - It's Leonard.
- I didn't mean to throw you. - Leonard, where are you?
I'm here, in Paris.
What are you doing in Paris?
- How long you been here? - Two weeks. You know that.
I've been leaving messages for two weeks.
Don't give me the old crapola.
- Well, what is it you want? - I wanna talk to you.
- Can I come see you? - No, no. Don't come.
This is a friend's apartment. Don't come here.
Can I...? Why don't I meet you at the airport.
I told you he phoned, when you were at Solda.
You didn't tell me he was in Paris.
You were driving.
Is that the time to announce that your brother is in Paris?
Do you really want to start having all your messages?
Relax. Everything is packed. There's no need to rush.
And you're perfect.
You know that? You're absolutely perfect.
Where's my watch?
She doesn't get it, Robert. Not that I get it either.
You never answer her letter. You never call.
But she still talks about you.
It's not easy hearing how you made her laugh, what you eat, all that crap.
Make her laugh? What do you mean, I made her laugh?
Your impersonations always made people laugh, you know.
What impersonations?
Your impersonations. I don't know.
- Mae West? - Mae West?
I did an impersonation of Mae West?
You and Daddy would do impersonations of Mae West.
He'd tap-dance, you'd sashay around the room...
...like Mae West, and you'd sing...
Well, you got me... Boo-hoo, you've got me crying for you
And it made Mother laugh.
It made all of us laugh.
What did we do, Leonard, live in different houses?
Another drink.
You don't even remember him tap-dancing, huh?
He'd roll up the little rug by the telephone table...
...and he'd do a tap dance. - Take it easy.
- What's the matter with you? - Hey, Bobby.
There's a parcel of land back there for you.
Things are gonna be left there for you. I don't know how you wanna handle it.
If you've got a lawyer, or how you wanna handle it.
I don't know either, Leonard. I don't know about "handle it. " I...
It has to do with what is legal.
There are certain things you have to do.
How's the printing business? How are you doing?
The printing business is a bore, Robert.
But your nephews are great, and they're three years older.
We have a new playroom with a Ping-Pong table.
Mother comes down on Sundays and watches the kids play...
...even though she can't see the goddamn ball.
Now for God's sakes, will you help me out one time?
- Don't lay it all on me, okay? - I don't want to lay it all on you.
It's legal matters. She talks about some land she wants you to have.
What's the matter? Is she sick?
No, she's not sick, but she's 70 years old...
...and she's wrapping stuff around her legs.
I don't want any land, Leonard. I don't want it.
I don't give a damn if you want it or not.
I'm talking about legal matters.
You know something, big shot? You haven't changed a bit. Not a bit.
There. There's some pictures she sent for you.
Tell me something.
You wanna know when she dies?
I'm serious.
If you don't wanna know, I won't tell you.
Yes or no?
When your mother dies, want me to get in touch with you?
No, no. Don't bring any bill. Just answer the question, yes or no?
When the mother dies, does the son wanna know about it?
You go home, Leonard.
Go home.
- Rabbits. - There were rabbits at Silverstone.
There were rabbits on the track at Barcelona.
I always said Spencer Black lost his leg...
...because there was something headed for the track.
I think I'll go see Karl Holtzmann.
His family sent him to Leukerbad.
Deerfield! What the hell?
You have to tell them, Karl. No more starch in the collars.
You come all the way up here from Paris.
That's beautiful.
You're busted up for a while.
What am I supposed to do, sit down there and celebrate?
Well, you might. You won.
How's the pain, Karl? They killing it for you?
Yeah, that's okay now. It's all over.
Good.
Tommy says hello. Mario.
- Everybody. - That's great.
- You're staying for dinner, Bobby. - Sure.
I can't understand how that man made a mistake on that corner.
He made a mistake. He misjudged the turn.
Tommy. You know Tommy. Modave's mechanic.
He had some crazy idea...
...that maybe there was something headed for the track.
A dog, a rabbit, something.
I saw no dog.
That's what I said. But we don't know for sure, do we?
He took too much risks.
There was no dog.
I was thinking, maybe it was the reflection of something.
A lady's pocket mirror.
Bobby, why do you make it so complicated?
I'm not making it complicated, Karl. I'm trying to make it simple.
If there was something on that track, I wanna know about it.
Have some fruit.
How long are you going to stay?
What's the matter, Karl? Did I...?
Did I say something to upset you?
No.
It's okay.
I have to phone my children now.
And then I'll be back and we'll watch...
...that ridiculous entertainment they're planning for us.
I don't speak... No sprechen Sie German.
I'm sorry. Could I have your butter, please? Thank you.
I'm Lillian Morelli.
- You're what? - I'm Lillian Morelli.
- How do you do? - Do you have a name?
Yes. Bobby Deerfield.
You're a friend of the auto racer?
- Yes. - Do you race?
Do I race? Yes.
How do you come to do that?
Just come to do it.
You're from America, of course.
Yes.
Texas?
- No. - California?
No.
You're from a secret place in America?
- I'm from Newark. - New York.
No, no, no. Newark. It's in New Jersey.
I don't know. I don't know Newark.
Are you as famous as your friend?
Am I as famous?
You are more famous and I should know it. I'm sorry.
So tell me, you are more famous because you drive a faster car?
- No. - Could I have your bread, please?
Thank you.
Does your friend know that you're the better driver?
Better...? I didn't say I was better.
I thought you said it. Are you the better driver?
Sometimes.
So you know many things about death, about dying.
No.
You don't think about dying.
But when you race, there's always the danger, no?
Well, you don't think about danger.
- But you move with such speed. - You don't think about speed.
So why do you do it? Drive so fast?
I don't know. Just do it.
It seems so boring. To go in a circle all the time.
Boring?
It's not boring.
Deerfield. Deerfield?
Right.
- I'm sorry, I forgot your name. - Lillian.
Lillian Morelli. Are you at the hotel?
Yeah. You're a patient?
- Do I look sick? - No.
- Well, what's wrong with you? - It's too bad. About your friend.
You've been broken many times, I suppose.
No. Never.
Never?
Never had anything broken.
Extraordinary.
You think it's a trick?
May I sip from you?
Do you believe in it?
Magic?
No.
Destiny?
I don't, no.
You don't know? Or "No. No, you don't"?
No. No, I don't.
Please excuse me, Bobby. I'm tired now. I must sleep.
Sure. Sure.
It's really beautiful you came to see me.
I'm sorry not to be more fun.
Listen, if there's anything I can do, Karl...
- I mean, anything... - Good.
- Have a good drive at Jarama. - Take care.
There's no plan, then.
What?
There's no plan. Unless, of course, you believe in God.
Do you believe in God?
No.
Then everything's more dangerous.
You will have breakfast with your friend?
No. I leave in the morning.
What a pity. I think it's kidneys and eggs tomorrow.
Unless, of course, you have gout. Do you have gout?
No.
Sorry.
Do you know what I think? I think it's a trick.
Your medications.
The rules, Mademoiselle Morelli.
Not my rules.
I'll come to death on my own terms.
Hey, monsieur? Monsieur?
Yeah.
May I ask you something?
The trick you did with the violin.
Was there a motor in it?
Was there a magnet on the...?
On the cloth?
How did you do that?
Magic.
- Please, may I? - May you what?
Ride with you. May I?
- Where are you going? - Down! How far do you go?
- How far do you go? - Go to Milano.
- Oh, so you can take me to Florence. - No, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
- Have you been checked out? - What?
- Have you been dismissed, or freed...? - It's not a prison here.
No, I didn't say it was a prison, but when...
Oh, I see. You suggest I would leave without paying my bill?
No, I didn't say that, but I don't know...
- I don't know if you're cured... - I'm fine, don't worry.
- You won't catch anything. - I'm not worried about catching it.
- I just don't wanna be responsible... - You think I'm deceptive?
- Deceptive? I didn't say... - You are deceptive.
Oh, please, will you? It's 5:00 in the morning.
You deceived your friend.
- What do you mean, I deceived...? - Why did you come up here?
Why did you come up here?
I came up to see him. What do you...? Look...
You think you came to make him feel better...
...but you talk about death and dying, and leave him upset.
Now you say you're not deceptive, and I'm crazy.
Don't have to take me, you can forget about it.
Get in.
Come on, get in.
If I upset you, I'm sorry.
What makes you think you upset me?
Newark isn't like this?
- What? - Is Newark like this?
- No. - So how is Newark?
It's fine.
You have a delicate touch.
When you race, can you have such a delicate touch?
Well, you hold on tighter.
But there's a kind of delicacy to it, yes.
It must be difficult to be delicate when death could be so close.
It's even very feminine, I think.
What?
The way you touch the wheel.
What do you mean, "feminine"?
It's all right. The best men are always feminine in some ways.
- What ways? - The ways that are feminine.
I don't mean that you're a homo. You aren't a homo, are you?
Nope.
It's not so terrible to have the qualities of a woman.
People have said to me I was like the man in my family.
I was impressed by it.
I loved my father. I have big hands like my father, look.
I didn't mean to suggest that you're a homo.
- I have nothing against homos. - That's good to hear.
I have always heard that the man who race in cars...
...that the car is really nothing but an extension of the penis.
Do you think that's true? It seems like a fair question.
The motorbikes, for example. I'm always hearing the motorbike is...
I know you're always hearing, but you don't know anything about cars.
See? And you don't know anything about racing.
- Do you know anything about racing? - No.
Only it seems boring. Crazy.
And that I'm told that the car is really just an extension of the man's penis.
- Are there homos in Newark? - Oh, yes.
We have them there.
They're all over the streets. We build them there.
We have homo factories.
- Make you feel better? - No.
Do you want to scream?
What?
Do you want to scream?
No.
- Was he a close friend? - Who?
The driver who was killed.
I knew him.
I drove with him.
Have you other friends who have been killed?
Yeah.
Doesn't it frighten you?
No, it doesn't.
Would you care...?
Wouldn't you care to scream with me?
No.
I think... I think I'm going to scream.
Now... Now you can scream too.
I'm not screaming.
- But why? - I don't want to scream.
- Why? - Because I don't want to.
We can stop over if you like.
I mean, we can stop over for the night.
We could stop over for the night or stop, have something to eat.
Just drive right on through.
- Whatever you wanna do. - That's fine.
What? Drive right on through?
No. For the night.
Deerfield here.
I'm on my way down to Milan to check those half shafts.
I had a thought:
Is the steering linkage in Modave's car intact?
Well, pull it out, I wanna check it.
And listen, also pull out mine.
No, I'm gonna be back tomorrow night.
Late. So have the film there for me, okay?
Okay. Take care.
Hello?
Me. It's Deerfield.
Oh. Deerfield.
Listen, I was calling you about tomorrow.
Is there any particular time you want to get started?
No. Whenever you want to.
Well, actually, I would like to get going early if I could, so...
But, I mean, if you wanna sleep...
...whatever, you know, that's okay. Whatever you want to do.
No, no, no. Sunrise is fine. Or earlier, if you want.
Look, why don't you call me when you wake up, all right?
- Fine. - Okay.
Good night then.
- Hello? - Hello.
- I said, good night. - Are you hungry, Deerfield?
Hungry?
I could eat.
You eat and you eat, and you don't get fat.
You?
Are you married?
No. You?
No. Were you married?
Was I married? Why?
You were married.
Once. For a minute.
You watch people eat, but you don't eat.
Somebody told me that the intestine is 32 feet long.
But we control only the first few inches of it.
Perhaps that's why you don't eat, it's too risky.
Perhaps.
You're a careful man, Deerfield.
- You like to pick at me, don't you? - I find you curious.
- Curious? - You are such a turtle.
Turtle?
Well, nobody's ever called me that before. A turtle.
You're the world's fastest turtle, but just the same...
- You are a turtle. - A turtle.
I am sorry if I make you uncomfortable.
You don't bother me.
I have musicians in my family.
I've lately thought about learning to play the cello.
Do you have musicians in your family?
No. I don't know. I don't think so.
What do you have in your family?
You know, you're a very difficult person to have a conversation with.
I mean, you ask questions...
...and I don't know where they're coming from.
I don't know what you're thinking.
Or really thinking.
Would you like to know?
Sure.
You think my hand is too large to play the cello?
I don't know anything about cellos.
You think it's a strong hand?
What do you think?
I think...
...it's a nice hand.
You know what I'm thinking now?
What?
I would like you to hold me.
I heard you gargle.
I always gargle.
I bet you do.
Hey, Lillian?
You're kidding.
Thank you.
Deerfield. Look.
Where do you think it's going?
- I don't know. - Let's follow it.
- What do you mean, follow it? - In your car.
You can follow it on the road.
No, you can't... How can you follow it?
We don't know where it's going.
What do you care?
No, no. Nobody knows where it's going.
The guy in the balloon doesn't know where it's going. You can't follow it.
It's going away.
Wait a moment. I will give you something.
Thank you, Deerfield.
I'm sorry you wouldn't scream with me.
I'm sorry you wouldn't chase the balloon.
I hope you find your rabbits.
It's more... Sugar.
It's lovely...
- You see? - "Everything's sugar. "
Sugar.
- Sweeter. - Sweeter. Sweeter, that's right.
Okay. "Everything is sweeter. "
When you do the... No.
If you do this, but you shouldn't...
How? How you say? When you do it...
...but you should not do it.
So...
You shouldn't... You shouldn't...
- When you... - But take... It's one word.
- But take a... - Chance?
- Chance. Chance. - "Take a chance. " All right.
So, "Everything is more sweeter by take a chance. "
- Safe and sound? - I thought you'd be asleep.
Off and on.
How is Holtzmann?
He'll make it.
How was the road?
I expected you yesterday.
Did you have trouble on the road?
No. It took a little longer than I expected.
How was Rome?
On strike.
I ran into Overton there.
He was very nice to me, as usual.
He still wants to marry me.
What's his wife say about that?
She's very fond of me.
- Did you buy something pretty? - Of course.
Would you like to see it?
- Sure. - Wait a minute.
I'll have a suit made for you.
Soft, eh?
Did Holtzmann upset you?
- No. - What has upset you?
I'm not upset.
I'm tired.
Did you drive back alone?
All alone.
Overton went to Bellagio for a few days.
He wanted me to come with him.
He called me from there...
...and he said he saw you.
I didn't see him.
He saw you.
Oh, where was he? In a tree?
We said we wouldn't lie.
I picked up a hitchhiker, that's all, Lydia.
That's all.
Delvecchio phoned. The film will be here tomorrow.
What are we supposed to do, report every second of our lives?
Not to lie! That's all.
- I will make you an omelet. - I don't want an omelet.
I'll make you an omelet, and I don't give a damn if you want an omelet!
That's it.
Why don't you go on ahead. I wanna look at that last piece again.
Slower.
Stop. Stop it.
- Hey. - Thank you.
Delvecchio phoned with the time of the new driver. Look.
He goes very fast, I think.
Did he say anything about Modave's car?
- No. - This way, Bobby.
- Bobby? This way. - Yeah, I'm coming.
- How well do you know Lilliana? - Well, we're acquainted.
- Louder. - I drove her down from Leukerbad.
- Yes, she gave you my cigars. - Yes.
- You are the driver, huh? - Yes, yes.
You must be obsessed.
Are you obsessed?
I get letters from the clinic.
She say me, she left without so much as a...
- Do you speak Italian? - No.
No.
So they telephone to me.
"Where is your niece?" You know?
They find an...
How can I say...?
You understand?
They find an independent patient and they worry.
I don't trust doctors.
I believe we know ourselves better than they think we do.
I never been ill a day in my life.
Never consulted a physician in a professional way.
I never missed a meal through inability to eat.
What?
Good. That's good. So can you tell me...
...where I can find her? Is she in Florence?
- Who? - Lillian, your niece.
Oh, Lillian. Yes.
If you're wise, you will not bother with her.
She's difficult. Outspoken.
Like her mother, special.
Like my sister, you know.
But if you want to see her...
...come and play bocce with me.
Do you play bocce? You know, bocce.
- Yeah. No. - No?
I will teach you. She come to watch me.
Unless she is someplace else.
You give me the game? No?
Nobody has ever given me a game.
One person only.
And I would never play with her again.
Oh, there is my baby.
You must never let him win.
I have your friend here. I am playing with your friend.
Do you see him?
How is my friend?
Still driving in circles?
It's more complicated than a circle.
Where have you been, baby? He's looking for you.
Here I am.
So, what brings you to Florence?
- Is there racing here? - No.
No, I...
I was in Italy and I thought I'd stop by...
...see if I could figure you out.
Am I so complicated?
You make me feel like you're complicated.
Must you wear those glasses?
They keep me from being recognized.
But mirrors? They look like mirrors.
Must you wear mirrors? You want my hat?
Buy a mustache?
I don't want to look at myself when I talk to you.
I'll get mobbed if I take them off.
My dressmaker is three blocks from here. I make you a bet.
Take off the glasses, and in three blocks you will not be recognized.
What are we betting?
A bottle of Chianti and some cheese.
Make it a weekend in the country.
I don't think you could keep me interested...
...for a weekend in the country.
- Why? - I don't know. A feeling I have.
So let's bet for a bottle of Chianti and some cheese.
Besides, you won't win anyway.
Oh, no? Watch.
Hey! Bobby Deerfield!
- Bobby Deerfield! - Bobby Deerfield!