Solino

My favorite soccer team.

That's the car.

It's gone now.

This was the furnace. That's me.

And that's my Johanna. She's also gone now.

That's my father.

Over there by the furnace is where he would work.

When I was a child, I used to say, "My father is special"

because he went right into hell every day and came out alive.

But what is he today without his hell? A poor man.

Good evening.

Come on, Gigi!

You'll never make it.

Yes, I will.

- They are too fast. - I'll make it.

- You'll lose the bet. - Nonsense!

Whistle if someone comes, okay?

Jump!

- You got him! - Don't let it go.

Don't touch my cat!

Run, get out of here!

What are you doing in here? Come down from there!

- Come down already! - Let me go!

So, you play around on the rooftops?

Little bastard.

Come here, I'm going to teach you a lesson.

Faster!

Your son ruined my roof! You'll have to pay for this!

Are you okay?

Roof ruined...? How did that happen?

Tell me, what have you done?

He went up there and was throwing down bricks.

So it's only a brick and not the whole roof.

That's petty.

- You owe me 300 Lira. - For used bricks?

- You're crazy. - 300 Lira? Well, stuff it!

- He went crazy! - 300...

A sparrow in the house! That means bad luck...

Jump! You are the tallest.

Get him out of here!

300 Lira.

Still 300...

Rosa, you promised me!

- Damn it! - You shouldn't curse.

You said if your father doesn't need you anymore

we'll go to Germany, just like Franco.

- I won! - My brother always wins.

Shut up!

Could you give some space, please?

Thank you.

How is it in Germany?

- They got snow. - Real snow?

Of course, but not all the time. Only during winter.

Not in summer.

Me and my brother are going to see the snow now.

Giancarlo, Gigi! Come!

Let's go home! We go!

What's the matter?

Would you come already?

I said let's go home!

I will not come with you.

Pack your stuff!

If you don't, I'll slap you once more.

Madonna, where the heck are you going in such a hurry?

Where's Mama?

- These are for the ride. - Thank you!

They are cookies.

I made them on my own.

Well, almost on my own...

Tasty!

Go find out where your mother is!

The train is leaving!

Mama, the train...

- You really want to go to Germany? - Yes.

It's time to go! We have to leave!

- Fuck! She's missing the train! - Don't talk like that!

- Don't leave! Stay! - Stay!

Nicola! My Nicolino.

You've got to help stop the train!

It seems like you're trying to ruin me. You want me to lose my job?

Let down the barrier.

- What does he want? - Yeah, what does he want?

Let down the barrier!

Who does he think he is?

- It's ME who lets down the barrier! - HE will let down the barrier!

Well fine, just close it, I have to go!

Telling ME when I should close the barrier!

It's going to be closed when I say it!

- Exactly! - Come on, go!

Well, then I'll close it myself!

What are you going to do? This is not allowed!

- I'm the train conductor! - And I'm the manager of the train station!

Nicola, we can leave now!

Let's go, or we'll miss the train!

You forgot your cookies.

Oh, the cookies!

- Will you bring me some snow? - Yes.

- Promise? - Promise.

Here's Franco!

How are you?

- How are you doing? Everything fine? - Yes, I'm fine. Thank you.

Here we are, Romano. The second floor.

Come on in, Romano. This is the apartment.

Nice, isn't it?

Mama, there's no bathroom!

- What? German's have no bathrooms? - They're outside near the stairwell.

Near the stairwell.

Didn't know onions could be so small...

And look at this.

And this!

Come!

He doesn't want to go to work anymore!

As if!

I don't want to my hands dirty.

It's irremovable!

What's your problem with the dirt?

It shows you are working for your family.

You are supposed to eat!

Why did we move here?

Not for the beauty of the city.

We moved for the work in mining.

And now you don't want to work anymore.

Well kids, as of tomorrow we'll all go for a roundabout!

There's plenty more work in Germany, right?

I'll work somewhere else.

Where?

At the steel mill, for example.

Because you don't get dirty hands there?

Exactly.

Delicious pasta, just like back home.

What's he saying? - The pasta is delicious like back home.

There are no aborigines, no artichokes, no oregano...

The onions are measly,

and the bathrooms outside near the stairway!

They don't even have a bidet!

I cannot go back.

What are we doing in here?

We don't belong here...

I don't understand what the people are saying.

Let's try,

you cannot leave me alone.

I need you. Help me.

Why doesn't it snow?

We are in Germany! So why isn't there snow?

Even if it does... how can I bring snow to Solino?

- By train! - It will melt in the train.

Well, let's see...

That appears to be fine: "Swei-ber".

"Schwei."

Look up what it means.

Welder.

No, welder is not good.

Where is Giancarlo, I wonder?

What's the matter, Mama?

Tell me, what it means: "zu ver-mi-e-ten"?

It means: "zu vermieten".

- But what does it mean? - For rent.

What's going on?

They're renting out that restaurant down there.

So what are you up to? You want to open a business?

Franco doesn't have a woman.

Same goes for all the others.

I see. You want to run a whorehouse!

No, I mean...

They have no one to cook for them.

It's an ice cream parlor.

No, Romano, it's a pizzeria!

A pizzeria? A pizzeria has square-shaped tables.

These are round-shaped.

Boys!

I'll use checked table-cloth and we'll have a pizzeria.

That's not going to make the tables square-shaped.

Well, then we are the first to have a pizzeria with round tables.

Let's have a look what's down there.

What does it cost?

400 marks. In advance.

Your predecesor now owes now for a month.

What an idea! An ice cream store in winter.

What's he saying?

- What? - Can you write it?

How much is it in lira?

Ice cream.

- Mmm, it tastes good. - It... tastes... good.

Good.

Giancarlo says it tastes good!

There are others interested as well

so you must decide quickly.

Bar del Sole.

Everyone's there.

The children eat ice cream, and...

- The adults? - The adults...

Coffee and the sort.

Johanna!

Run and buy cigarettes for me.

You know what we should call it?

"Da Romano".

"Da Rosa e Romano"?

"Solino."

Just like back home.

Just like back home.