Parthenope

"Your eyes are dull," the actress told me.

But my passion for freedom still burned bright.

Because life is vast, and you get lost everywhere.

Straight from Versailles!

Quite a gift, huh?

She can travel while she sleeps.

- It's too much, Commander. - Nonsense.

Am I not godfather to Raimondo and this little girl on the way?

- We don't know if it's a girl. - It's a girl.

I know these things.

Nice, huh?

Cry!

Cry and push!

Push!

Push!

It's a girl!

I told you, I know these things.

Tomorrow, a big party at my house!

What should we name her?

What should we name her?

Parthenope.

Let's call her Parthenope.

Do you agree?

You're a diva.

You didn't answer. Do you agree?

Of course, I do.

A cigarette after a swim in the sea

is way better than after a swim in the pool.

Do you know why, Sandri'?

No. Do you?

I'm still too young to grasp such subtleties.

Raimondo?

Spring has arrived.

So?

They've gone to see Naples get undressed.

Shall we?

May I come inside?

No.

But you may circle the carriage.

Shall we get engaged?

Can you see the future out there?

It's bigger than me and you.

When do you come up with these things?

When I travel...

in my carriage.

What are you thinking about?

What are you thinking about?

Ascione Franco.

Professor, may I go to the restroom?

You come to university having already shit and pissed.

Have a seat.

They say he's so mean because his son is very ill.

What do you know that I don't?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Di Sangro Parthenope.

Check out this hottie!

Good morning.

Gouliane's three main points.

One: the individual. Two: the situation one is in.

Three: the way one copes with it.

- And Althusser? - Althusser is of a different mind.

In line with determinists, structuralists and culturologists,

he sees the anthropological moment as ideological.

- That doesn't interest me. - So, what does?

Gouliane: a culture is a mixture of material and spiritual values

responding to the sum of the existential problems

which, starting from the procurement of food, arrive at artistic creation.

Not only do I agree with this, but I'm also moved.

My comment is so irrelevant it makes you laugh?

You know everything: 30.

I don't know anything, but I like everything.

What don't you know?

- I don't know what anthropology is. - Then, 30 with honors.

Professor Marotta, what is anthropology?

You young people want answers, but you don't know how to ask questions.

- You're not satisfied? - No.

That was merely a clever comeback.

Anthropology is the science that studies human types and aspects

from a morphological and psychological perspective.

That's the correct answer?

No, it's the answer you're allowed.

Lévi-Strauss: first phase.

Thank you.

The Commander always wins.

So, have you decided?

Sorry to disappoint you

but working for you

and learning my father's job isn't for me.

When your father retires

you could run my shipping company.

- I'm not like my father. - But you need a job.

Raimondo, you're a grown man now.

Let me work on one of your ships,

one headed to the Baltic Sea, as a deckhand.

You're in the most beautiful place in the world,

why go somewhere cold?

It's impossible to be happy in the most beautiful place in the world.

- For the Commander, without salt. - Porridge, hooray...

Can't we have ragù for once?

It's tradition. My mom was English.

You're from Milan: a cutlet or risotto with ossobuco...

- Parthenope, what're you reading? - John Cheever.

Alcoholic, depressed, marvelous.

You're young,

so why do you bother with American problems?

- Have you started university? - Anthropology.

I got 30 with honors from Professor Marotta, a marvelous man.

When you're young, everything is marvelous,

when you grow up, everything turns dull.

What a burst of optimism!

The certainty of reality makes us dull.

Sasà is so sensible.

He came up with giving

one shoe before voting and the other after.

Great sensibility on that occasion too.

The speeches he writes for me... He's a genius with words and numbers.

I've always showered him with money.

I became mayor of Naples thanks to him.

Where'd you burn yourself?

Let's brave the porridge.

"Brave" is the right word for it.

Porridge is a battle.

How is it?

It tastes like mahogany.

Parthenope, if I were 40 years younger,

would you marry me?

The real question is another.

What?

If I were 40 years older, would you marry me?

You're a sly one.

Your brother Raimondo is fragile.

Like me.

Raimondo sees everything.

Raimondo knows everything.

Done.

Bottom line?

A profit of 1.3 billion.

Sasà, come here.

Big party at my house Saturday night.

Who the hell is that?

Arturo...

No, his name's Gianni. One of Parthenope's boyfriends.

What are you kids doing this summer?

Capri.

Real Neapolitans never go to Capri,

they're either too poor or too lazy.

- You're not getting a cent. - I'll manage somehow.

I want to get engaged to Alba Nardella, she always goes to Capri.

- Who's she? - Miss Sexy Legs of Portofino. A goddess.

Shall we go to the beach?

I have to finish my yoga.

Let's go to Capri.

You, me, and Sandrino.

We always say it, but we never go.

- With what money? - The money we don't have.

Where will we sleep?

Wherever.

What a stupid idea.

Let yourself go.

The bar's always open. We're young.

Let yourself go.

Let yourself go.

Miss.

Given that you're not guests at our hotel,

it's time for you and your brother to vacate the premises.

If she leaves, we're all leaving.

I was joking.

What's wrong, Sandri'?

Where are we gonna sleep tonight?

Who knows.

In the meantime, there's a party at Silvana Piscitelli's.

Miss, excuse me.

He...

He invites you for a picnic.

What a stupid idea.

- He's never heard of restaurants? - What shall I tell him?

That I'm going to a restaurant with my American friend.

Will you invite me to lunch?

With great pleasure.

If you want to be sure, you should become an actress.

But I'm studying anthropology.

You'd make the perfect diva.

I'm Lidia Rocca, talent agent.

I only represent stars who've made it.

You'd need acting classes.

Here's my number, and that of the best acting teacher in Naples:

Flora Malva.

Call her.

Thanks.

I'll think about it.

He wants to know when you two can meet.

He'd love to take you for a helicopter ride.

He'll have to wait.

How long?

That's the game: no one knows.

Yesterday, in the piazza, Alba Nardella smiled at me.

So, the great man has come down from his helicopter.

Since you wouldn't come up in it...

Will I have to wait much longer?