Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) (Viaggio in Italia)

JOURNEY TO ITALY

Where are we?

Oh, I don't know exactly.

How far is it to Naples?

About a hundred kilometres, I think.

Do you mind if I drive?

I'm afraid I'll fall asleep otherwise.

All right. Fine. If you wish.

Did you see that?

It's incredible the way some people drive here.

Like madmen. They should amuse you.

What noisy people.

I've never seen noise and boredom go so well together.

Oh, I don't know.

Uncle Homer lived here for 40 years without getting bored.

Uncle Homer was not a normal person.

I must write to my mother. How long do you think we'll be here?

Only a few days.

If what that Burton fellow wrote me is true,

we shouldn't have any trouble in disposing of the property.

I'd never have come on this trip

if I didn't think we could clean up this inheritance mess in no time.

Well, you know, that Burton, he seems to be such an attentive, orderly person.

How would he be such a good friend of Uncle Homer's?

I can't say. I only know that he was with him for a number of years,

and that Uncle Homer trusted him completely.

Oh, is... is that a streak of blood?

No, that's just a bug, squashed against the glass.

The air is full of insects.

Do you think there's any danger of catching malaria?

They say not.

You know, I was just thinking what a fool I was, three months ago in London.

It would have been so easy for me to solve the Louis deal.

There were at least three solutions that were better than the one I chose

and I just couldn't think of them.

And you think of them now?

Now they seem very clear to me.

Ah, but what a shame John and Dorothy couldn't come with us.

Yes, it is.

If only you'd listened to me, we could have come by plane.

We would have been back home a week ago.

But I wanted you to take a rest.

It didn't occur to me that it would be so boring for you to be alone with me.

What's that got to do with it?

I'm just bored because I've got nothing to do.

This is the first time

that we've been really alone, ever since we married.

Yes, I suppose it is.

Good evening, sir.

Good evening, madam. Good evening, sir.

Uh, good evening. We have a reservation under the name of Joyce.

Yes, Mr Joyce. Will you come this way, please?

Good evening Mrs Joyce. Good evening, sir.

Rooms 317 and 318.

Follow me, please.

Excuse me, sir. There is some mail for you.

Oh, thanks.

Good evening, sir.

- Shall we have something to drink? - Yes.

But not here. Let's go down to the bar.

At least there'll be some other people around.

Why? Would it be so terribly boring if we were to remain alone?

No, I was thinking of you.

I don't think you're very happy when we're alone.

Are you sure you know when I'm happy?

No. Ever since we left on this trip, I'm not so sure.

I realise for the first time that we... we're like strangers.

That's right.

After eight years of marriage it seems we don't know anything about each other.

At home, everything seemed so perfect.

- But now that we're away and alone... - (KNOCK ON DOOR)

Yes.

It's a strange discovery to make.

- Yes, sir. - Will you send off this wire, please?

- At once, sir. - Thank you.

Now that we're strangers, we can start all over again at the beginning.

Might be rather amusing, don't you think?

Let's go down to the bar.

- Well, I don't see why... - Oh, look!

- Judy! How nice to see you. - Alex! Katherine!

- Are you here? - I've been here for the day.

I've been living in Capri for the last three months.

- But what are you doing here? - Just a business trip.

- Yes, a pleasure trip too. - Oh, how nice.

Look, we're just going to dinner. Won't you join us?

- Oh, this is Leslie Harris. - How do you do?

- Miss Restelli and Paul Dupont. - Hello.

Hello. Miss Sinibaldi and Miss Notari.

- Hello. - How do you do?

Well, uh... shall we have a drink first?

Yes, come on. Have a drink with us, huh?

I never dreamt I would... I would run into you here.

Angelo, a glass of mineral water.

You know she broke her leg a month ago?

We brought her to Naples to have the cast removed.

She'll be all right again tomorrow.

- A dry martini. - Let's hurry with those drinks. I'm starving.

Wake up, Alex.

Wake up. It's terribly late.

I called that man, Mr Burton.

He'll be here in a little while to take us to the house.

Wake up! It's late!

I must say, one sleeps well in this country.

I was dreaming about something. I can't remember what it was.

Maybe the charming Judy we were so lucky to meet last night.

- Maybe. - I've never seen you in such good form.

- Do you know her well? - Yes.

Well, I must get up.

- Any tea? - It's on its way up.

How silly of me: I never realised you were so interested in other women.

Oh, you didn't, eh?

Hello?

Oh, tell Mr Burton that we'll be down in a few minutes.

And send up a porter. Thank you.

He's already here.

There are two people who are interested in buying the property.

Too bad you want to sell it, though. It's such a beautiful place.

Yes, so I understand. But we must sell.

I've become very fond of the place.

You see, I arrived there during the war.

It was all locked up, practically deserted.

The moment I saw it, I requisitioned it immediately.

It kept it from being robbed and ruined.

One day, Uncle Homer arrived.

He had taken refuge in Capri,

where he was constantly being watched by the police,

practically interned, poor fellow.

That's right. We had no news from him for the whole duration of the war.

It was madness to want to stay here in an enemy country.

Oh, I don't think he had such a bad time in Capri, really.

He had many friends. Everybody liked him.

Homer was the kind of a man you... you couldn't help liking, you know?

After the Allies had broken through the Gothic line,

I was transferred to Venice.

That's where I got engaged.

Homer had become just... just like a father to both of us.

Ah! There's the house right up there.

The white one. Do you see it?

They're here!

Madam, they've arrived.

- Welcome. - Welcome.

Welcome.

- This is Natalia, my wife. - How do you do?

Please go on in. I'll take care of the baggage.

Please come in.

This way, please.

You see, this is one of the drawing rooms

where your uncle dined when he had guests.

And we used to set up a large table right here.

I never knew my uncle had such good taste.

And now this way, please.

- Oh, this is beautiful, isn't it? - Mmh.

Oh, in there are the kitchen and the pantry.

Please.

Look at her, Tony. Doesn't she look like Lydia?

- Oh, no, I don't think so. - The profile.

Much better looking, of course.

Aren't they lovely? Those are French porcelains.

They are vieux Paris.

Come!

I want you to see the terrace.

There's the Vesuvius.

Ever since the eruption of 1944, there's been a period of calm.

Ah, but the temperature is beginning to rise a little, though.

That white back there, behind the hill, that first hill, is Pompeii.

There's Castellammare, Torre Annunziata...

Resina is over there. And Naples...

There's Ischia, the isle of Capri.

And that large strip down there is the, uh... Sorrento peninsula.

Beautiful, isn't it?

- Oh, yes. - Right.

This way, please.

A Neopolitan painter of the 19th century. Palizzi. Quite famous.

Here we have sunshine all day long.

It was your Uncle Homer's favourite corner.

And here are your bedrooms.

- And this will be your room, Mrs Joyce. - Oh, very nice.

Ah, the baggage. Put it here, eh?

- Thank you. - Brava!

- Are you having your lunch here? - Yes.

I'll have things ready in an hour.

Thank you very much.

- Do you like it? - Yes, delicious.

Of course, if you're going to stay here for a while,

we'll have to do something about getting servants for you.

Well, if you can find somebody. Just for a few days.

Only a few days?