St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor

NAPLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE April 1903

Quiet!

Be quiet!

- Piromallo! Moscati! - Sorry.

Look over there.

Excuse me, professor.

Let's go!

To the boat! You'll never make it.

- Sorry. - Hurry up!

I'll catch up with you!

Throw it all on the ground!

BASED ON Tl-IE STORY OF PROF. GIUSEPPE SOMATIC, DOCTOR AND SAINT OF NAPLES,

AND ALL THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HIM IN THOSE HISTORICAL TIMES.

Giuseppe, help me!

I've got a cramp!

I've got a cramp!

I win!

- You fell for it like a fool! - You're wrong, I let you win.

You and I will go far together.

Princess.

- Did you send for me, Papa'? - Why aren't you ready?

- You know why. - Come here.

Mama's necklace.

All the Princesses of the Cajan family have worn it.

There are two things I'd never sell- this palace and this necklace.

- Unlike me. - What do you mean?

I'm not stupid.

It's not a ball tonight, it's an auction.

I will be given to the highest bidder.

In our environment one doesn't marry for love.

In our environment there are a lot of unhappy people.

You've always been strange, maybe because you grew up without a mother.

But don't defy me, Elena.

Go and get ready, I'll wait for you in the hall.

Tonight everyone who counts will be here.

- Why am I going'? I don't count. - You'll let people see you.

You're too meek, you have to become a man of the world, like me.

Baroness! The baroness invents a new disease every day.

- And she's not the only one here. - Is it a party or a hospital?

Good evening.

That's my father with De Lillo, head doctor of the incurables' Hospital.

He'll help us with the exam tomorrow. But don't show me up.

Good evening.

- You're late. - We were studying.

First duty, then pleasure.

- Right, Giuseppe? - Of course.

Giuseppe Moscati, Prince Cajan.

Good evening.

Professor De Lillo.

- And my father. - Hello.

Giorgio and his friend are sitting the exam tomorrow

with Prof. De Lillo for the job at the incurables' Hospital.

The first step in a brilliant career like his father's.

I hope so.

- Is your father a doctor too? - No, my father was a judge.

- Why didn't you become a judge then? - I wouldn't have made a good judge.

And what makes you think you'd be a good doctor?

I don't know...

- Perhaps my passion for medicine. - You've a passion!

- Yes. - Good man.

I hope tomorrow you will let us see this great passion.

- We'll see. - Passion, he says!

After you. Young people these days!

Thank you.

Thank you.

- What's happening? - Look.

- She's so beautiful. - Light as air!

Good evening.

Good evening.

Princess.

Good evening.

Hello, Giorgio.

Elena, you look delightful.

This is Giuseppe Moscati.

- Count Moscati of Palermo? - No, I'm from Benevento.

Giuseppe is a friend, and future colleague.

- Can you dance? - Not very well.

- But Giorgio is a fine dancer. - Yes, but I want to dance with you.

If you don't mind.

Papa...

Are you always so Quiet'? What are you thinking about?

That I'm the only anonymous name among all these aristocrats.

Your father doesn't look very happy that you're dancing with me.

- Think I'm just trying to annoy him? - I just hope it's worth it.

You're an excellent dancer.

And you are the most beautiful woman I have ever met.

Dancing with you has been more than I could ever hope for.

But now... I will leave you to the guests of your position.

Eat something, or you will faint before the professors.

Some biscuits?

- A drop of hot milk? - No.

All right, but you can't live off air.

When I'm married, who will look after you, always in the hospital?

Don't rush things. I still haven't got the job

and Ferdinando hasn't proposed yet.

- He will, he's just a little shv. - You haven't seen him for months!

You cure bodies, but hearts belong to women.

- And I think Ferdinando... - Ninni, let me study.

Fine, I'll leave you to your revising.

All right, bring me a drop a milk.

- But then... - I'll let you study, I promise!

Do you think you've covered everything?

I'm trying to think whether I forgot something important.

You should know more about the case you brought to us.

How did you get such a high mark at the written exam?

He's good. Scripta manent, dear colleague.

Professor, if you'll allow me, I can tell you.

How dare you interrupt an exam?

My name's Giuseppe Moscati.

I studied with him and I know he is well-prepared.

Moscati's written exam was brilliant and precise.

Very good.

If you know, as you say, come and take your friend's place.

You, Piromallo, go outside and pull yourself together.

Get yourself a coffee.

Then we'll decide whether to examine you later or not.

It will depend on the result of your supporter's exam.

All right, let's see if your conceit has some foundation.

Go ahead, Dr Moscati.

We don't need this.

Don't worry. We doctors are taking the exam, not you.

- Are you scared too? - Of course.

If you pass, will you promise to come to the hospital to treat me'?

Of course.

That's enough of these circus acts!

- He's talking to the patient now! - Let him do so.

We'll soon see whether he is a bold exhibitionist or a good doctor.

- How did it go? - I don't know yet.

- Did you take a stand again? - Don't be silly.

- Let me have a drag! - Dr Moscati!

Piromallo, go inside. Prof. De Lillo will question you...

if you have Dulled yourself together, that is.

Professor.

Dr Moscati, did you know you aren't well-liked

by many of the people on the examining board?

Neither are you, I hear.

You're right. Perhaps that's why I like you.

After you have started work at the hospital, come in and see me.

Did I get the job then?

Are you deaf as well as conceited?

Yes! Yes!

I can't believe it!

I can't believe it!

Congratulations! We heard the big news!

Thank you.

Well done, Giuseppe!

Pasquale gave me the good news.

I knew you would! I knew it!

I have made you some baked pasta. Come up!

L-low do you know about the exam?

Ferdinando, who works at the hospital, told his sister Lucetta,

who told her husband, who told the concierge in Via dei Giudici.

- News gets about in Naples. - And people talk!

I hear you only got through the exam thanks to Moscati.

Papa, we're here to celebrate.

Well done.

It seems there's not much to celebrate.

I just hone today was a one-off thing.

Don't worry.

You have to run faster than the other students, like I did.

Remember the winning horses

are to be seen at the starting line.

Papa...

- How do I look? - Let me see.

There's not much you can do. Smile...

Get down! Get down!

- Darn it! - Come on!

Come on!

Stay where you are, don't move.

- Take it easy. - My ankle.

Does it hurt here? Keep still, don't move.

Keep still, leave it to me.

- Does it hurt here? - My ankle!

Keep still, let me take a look.

You mustn't do that...

- Thank you. - What do you mean?

Don't worry, I'm feeling better.

He was just hungry.

He was just hungry! And he's not hungry any more.

He's stolen your wallet. Let's go.

In this hospital

there is a strict rule that has to be respected.

Your white coat must always be tidy and clean.

Professor De Lillo is quite strict about that.

Come on, sisters!

Hurry UP!

It's early morning and you're already tired?

This is Professor De Lillo's room.

Tonino.

Tonino! Well'?

What are you doing, sleeping in the professor's room'?

I won't tell you again, if I catch you again, you're going home.

We have to watch out for Sister Helga - she runs the hospital.

She'll turn us Neapolitans into Milanesi.

This isn't a theatre!

- Good morning, Piromallo. - Good morning, Professor.

- Hello, young man. - You remembered me.

- Of course. Had any calendula yet? - Not yet.

- Leave it to me. - Moscati!

- Why are you with that patient? - I examined him at the exam.