The Fiancés (I fidanzati)

So?

Carletto.

- Yes? - A glass of water, please.

- Shall we dance? - No, I don't feel like it.

- Why? What's wrong? - Nothing.

You're nervous tonight.

If I don't go, 10 other people will be immediately ready to leave.

What does it change?

You have certain ideas...

A year and a half in Sicily.

We'll put together a new department, we need specialized workers.

- Engineer, he is only "qualified". - We'll upgrade him to "specialized".

For once I get the opportunity to move up...

No way!

She makes trouble.

Let's go dancing.

- Are you married? - No.

That's better, less complications. With the transfers...

- How old is he? - Seventy years old.

They are treated well.

They can't complain.

The only trouble is melancholy.

They feel abandoned.

If they don't get used to it, they'll end up dying of sadness.

- Is he a relative of yours? - No, he's...

- Your father? - Yes.

Well, then...

If you can't avoid it, you must resign yourself to it.

What is it?

We inform passengers that the flight will depart in 45 minutes. Thank you.

There they are!

Dad!

- Engineer Tommasini? - Yes, it's me.

I am Lo Giudice, pleased to meet you.

Dr. Valpiani could not come. Thank you. Miss.

The car is outside. Did you have a good trip?

Yes, thank you.

- Excuse me. - Please.

- Have you been with us long? - Three or four months.

- Where did you get your degree? - Rome.

With who?

- Professor Tesorieri. - Ah, I see.

- What department do you work in? - Sulfuric.

What do you think?

Well, look... It's barely four months, but it's good.

I don't think I can give a very exact opinion.

I have been working there since I got out of university.

Look how he comes in the road!

They act like they are in the fields. On such a busy road.

He came out like a squirrel. He's just so uneducated!

That animal should be in the fields

and not in the streets!

This morning a cyclist cut me off the road!

I almost crashed against the wall, you know?

You have to have nerves of steel.

Nowadays

cars just appear suddenly in front of your eyes.

Stunning stuff, you know?

Look at that.

Do you see all those lights?

Those are our plants.

Let's phone Morandi tonight.

I don't think we can find him.

You still have to eat, go. Thank you, good evening.

- Good evening. - Are you also staying here?

No, I live with my family.

- Good evening, madam, how are you? - Fine, thank you. Welcome back.

- Has anybody called for me? - Nobody.

I need a room for Mr. Cabrini.

Thank you, very kind.

Number 24, on the second floor.

Bye, see you.

Go upstairs, see you later. So...

Engineer, for the room of Mr. Cabrini, no more than four days.

- They have already booked it.... - Yes, three or four days.

The time to find a guesthouse.

- Do I get my usual room? - Yes.

Spaghetti are ready. The chickens are ready too.

Tell me, or they'll close.

- What do you have? - Do you know what time it is?

- We should closes by 9:30 here. - I didn't know that.

- Would you like it dry or in broth? - It's the same.

- Do you have the coupons? - No, I just got here.

- Then you'll pay me. - All right. Thank you.

At this hour? You work too much, dear engineer! You work too much!

It doesn't seem so, but in this job

when it's evening one is tired, believe me.

You know what it means to be in two and serve 100 people?

Plus lunch?

Ninety, a hundred, one hundred and fifty even.

If only I was done! I'll go home and start over.

My wife is not here, you have to make do.

Our baby is at the hospital, so she sleeps at my mother's.

He's been in treatment for over two months.

They still don't know what exactly is wrong with him.

Here the doctor always said that he had an ear infection.

Then we showed it to a professor and apparently not.

Does he feel any pain?

How do you know? He's a few months old.

He cries and everything he eats, he spits.

- Sorry. - Plain pasta for the engineer.

- Excuse me. - Please.

Good evening. Engineer Tommasini told me to tell you

that tomorrow morning you'll have to go to the desk and ask for Bertinotti.

- All right, thank you. - You're welcome.

- 17, please. - Right away.

- Thank you. - Good night.

- Mine. Quarter to eight. - All right.

- I'm calling Milan, ma'am. - Can I have 30?

- Thank you. - 39, thank you.

- Good night. - Number 24.

To be at the plant at eight o'clock?

- There is a bus at 7:30. - Thank you.

- I'm going out, madam. Goodbye. - Good night.

If I don't go, 10 other people will be immediately ready to leave.

Plus... They'll promote me to "specialized".

What are you afraid of?

That once away, I won't show up anymore?

- A coffee. - 40.

Good evening!

Who is it?

- Hello? - Alarm clock.

Thank you. Excuse me.

I should meet with Mr. Bertinotti.

First floor.

- Mr. Bertinotti. - He'll be right down, have a seat.

- Take a seat. - Thank you.

Engineer Padellaro to Ammonium Sulfate.

Salvatore Clementelli is urgently awaited at PS3.

- Yes, please come in. - Thank you.

Mr. Bertinotti is busy.

Meanwhile, these are your cards. Excuse me a moment.

- Hello? - Come in. Can we come in?

May we?

Only the young lady can come in.

If all employees were accompanied by relatives...

It's no use, they don't want to use the mask.

It's been too many years now, too many.

It's been generations since they've been used to another life.

In the early days, when it rained, they didn't come to work.

For them, when it rains, everything stops.

They don't have an industrial mindset, there's nothing to do.

We would have to start all over again.

Michelino, come here!

Good morning.

Attention! Attention!

Yesterday evening, along Via Enrico Toti,

Via Gargallo, Via Garibaldi, or at the Splendido Cinema

a wallet was lost. It containing 5,000 lire

and papers of great importance for the owner.

Who found it can keep as a gift the 5,000 lire,

but is requested to deliver the papers to the owner

sending them by mail.

When the sun is shining

and makes hills and mountains golden

when the night is losing color

my thoughts greet you.

When the night is losing color

my thoughts greet you.

Hurray for Mary,

hurray for Mary.

Hurray for Mary and He who created Her.

Children, how many times do I have to repeat it to you?

When you enter the church, you don't speak,

you don't run, you don't laugh,

no spitting! Above all, pray.

Don't move, children.

Calm down.

Sit down!

Calm!

Stay in your seats.

Leave the dog alone!

Don't touch him!

Children!

- Good morning. - May I help you?

- It was for a room. - Please, come in.

- Come in, come in. - Thank you.

- When would that be for? - As soon as you can.

I don't know how long I can stay at the guesthouse at the plant.

There, you see? Everything is occupied now.

There is that bed in the back. It's free in a few days.

I'll show you another room.

This one is available right now,

but it's a single room, it costs 10, 12,000 lire a month.

There, you see? This one has a nice balcony.

You can see the street, go out for some air.

How much?

In the early days it was fine, but now it's not worth it.

They got smart, they raised the prices.

Now life here costs the same as in Milan.

Some things even more.

Before I could save something, now it's not enough.

There is no longer a big convenience to come down here to work.

If one has family here, maybe.

So many have brought their wives, but it's a sacrificed life.

- They don't make it. - They're good people.

They have always starved.

Now they see a little money and get shocked.

There are school teachers who are laborers.

They save some money and start to build their house.