The Seed of Man (Il seme dell'uomo) (Il seme dell'uomo)

THE SEED OF MAN

And here I am again.

I'm here to give you some advice.

If you see signs of this color, it means that the area is infected.

Yellow means plague.

But can we be sure that we shall never see these signs?

We'll be right back.

The report dedicates only three pages to the historical precedents.

But right after that, it takes on the scientific and bureaucratic tone

that the inventory of a museum of horrors could have.

The conclusions are discouraging.

In fact, only the armed divisions would be able to defend themselves

with special equipment

and with proper detection and alarm systems.

The population, on the contrary, is defenseless.

How did the 50 Years Truce break down?

Why aren't you eating?

I'm a little afraid.

Don't worry, everything will be fine.

Don't eat like that.

You'll dislocate your jaw.

Gabriella Trevi will now sing "La Collanina"...

If we leave now, we'll be back home by tonight.

I'm ready to go.

The monster.

Look, that's a Sikorsky '61, old model.

It's got 12 seats.

They don't manufacture them anymore.

In the new models, the style has been completely changed.

Excuse me! I'm taking two cans.

Go ahead. How about some whiskey, Ma'am?

- How much is it? -6,200 lire.

Here it is.

- Where are you going? - Back home.

It should be 250 miles from here.

Thanks for the whiskey.

Let's go.

All the best!

Good-bye.

Stop!

Stop!

What's going on?

You must stop here. Vehicles cannot proceed.

What is this place?

An operations area.

Wait here. This is a checkpoint.

All right.

This is not the way to do it.

We're treating them like guinea pigs.

The plans were different.

Come on, guys. Follow us.

What happened?

What we were expecting to happen.

Come in.

Take off those candies, please.

Are you engaged?

Married?

Are you a virgin?

Or not?

Why?

Forget about it.

But there are some questions that you must answer.

Have you ever had venereal diseases?

No.

- And you? - No.

Stop it. It's no use.

She's dead.

Now, listen to me.

We're in a state of emergency.

Follow my instructions carefully.

Do not leave the area for any reason.

Find yourself a home.

You'll be on your own. No assistance, no medicines.

Draw on the experience of the ancients.

You'll have to manage by yourselves.

What an ugly expression.

Take these pills.

It's a concentrate against leprosy, cholera, typhus, and plague.

The effect lasts six months.

After that...

Come on, take it.

Now, a little injection.

This one's for women.

Remember that the plague that killed one-third of the Europeans

in the second half of the 14th century

was insignificant compared to what we are experiencing now.

We are finished with you. You can go.

If you want a bit of advice, spend your change.

You won't need it anymore.

The chewing gum...

What flavor do you want?

The yellow ones.

Do you think it's the right thing to do to let them live?

Yes.

It's not cruelty. It's a necessary operation.

You can go now.

And burn the bodies.

Come over here. You had your fun.

Take your stuff.

We'll take your car.

- Why? - Instructions of the superiors.

We'll take the bottle.

Let's go!

So many stuffed animals.

Look.

Dora.

Hello, control room, hello.

This is a special edition.

From a makeshift studio,

we are broadcasting the latest footage that reached us.

We are not sure if this edition will take place as usual,

so we apologize to the audience.

These terrifying images can barely give us an idea

of the terrible disgrace which is devastating the world.

This is footage of London on fire.

We ask everyone to be calm and have trust.

Today, the decisions and the final word

are up to the electronic brains

that don't have the doubts and hesitations of a human being.

This footage speaks for itself.

A whole civilization destroyed. We'll have to start over again.

Hello? Hello?

Major?

We're connecting with the helicopter base

of the World Board of Reorganization to interview Major Mario Gulpiani,

who brought us a dreadful documentary on Rome.

This is the last mission accomplished during the total catastrophe.

No, it's not possible.

It was a miracle that I managed to bring back the footage.

We can't land nor can't take off anymore.

Turn off the lights. Turn them off!

It's the news. Who are you carrying?

I'm going to die.

Are you carrying the Pope?

Let us speak with him. It could be our last edition for the whole world.

It's very important.

Dear God, I repent...

Your Holiness, please say something to all your children in the world.

Because through my sins I stained my soul.

I lost paradise.

I deserved hell and worse, because I offended what you are,

infinitely good and worthy of love above everything else.

I'd rather be dead than offend against you,

and with your holy assistance...

Your Holiness, please say something!

- You want the horn? - No.

- Hey! - Hey!

We're down here!

We need to put the Parmesan cheese in its proper place.

Help me out.

It's so heavy.

Why don't we just eat it?

No, it's an essential piece of the museum.

The nutrition section.

Write this, then:

"Parmigiano-Reggiano, a great cheese of the last seven centuries."

With these books, I could build the atomic bomb.

Look.

Don't fall asleep.

Dora?

Atom-related terms.

Neutrons, protons.

Periodic Table of the Elements.

The Nautilus' engine.

The very high temperature is given by a regular atomic bomb

contained in the shell of the thermonuclear device.

Are you sleeping?

A blimp.

Yes, I'm sure. It's a blimp.

A blimp?

Yes, look.

Let me have a look.

Hurry up. Let's go to the beach.

They'll rescue us!

Look, it's coming towards us!

Go get all the blankets, all the colored stuff.

It's headed here.

We have to send the signals in the proper way.

Do you think they spotted us?

With these signals, they'll see us.

Why did you put on that dress?

I don't know.

To welcome the crew.

It's getting closer.

Look.

But it's not a blimp.

It's a bottle.

Pepsi-Cola.

It's Christmastime already.

I can't stop it.

The bottle is floating away.

So, does New York still exist?

Merry Christmas.

Thank you.

The bottle is floating away.

What a pity, it was pretty.

What a pity, it's floating way.

You did a great job.

I didn't think that your herbs were going to heal me,

but they did.