Quo vado?

Where Am I Going?

First time in Africa?

Yes.

- Do you like it? - Lovely...

- And the scenery? - Great, but the car's a shit heap.

They said, "Car with driver...“

Relax, it's a humdinger, in 30 years

it's never let me down!

We'll have to continue on foot.

Come on, it's a nice day.

It hasn't rained for months.

- Where are we'? - In Kasu territory.

- A very dangerous tribe. - As well.

But you never see them at this hour.

I'll talk and smooth it over.

No, quiet, I'll speak!

Good evening, we come in peace.

Good evening, sorry if it's late.

- Who's he? - Dogon, the king. end titles

Good evening, Dogon.

He says that you snuck on to his land.

Let's explain, I'm passing through. Translate.

I don't want to steal anything.

Jack shit to steal anyway...

Quiet!

He doesn't trust whites because you have big heads and small hearts.

No, only in the North.

He wants to know the story of your soul

to understand if you are worthy of passing through this land.

And if I'm not worthy?

You'll be burnt alive and your ashes will fertilize the soil.

Fair enough, sounds good.

So, you want my whole life story?

But I warn you, it's long, guys.

Where do I start?

You see, Dogon,

I believe that from when we're little kids...

the Lord blesses us with talents...

...that we have to nurture and grow.

Clarissa, what do you want to be?

A vet.

And you, Martina?

A musician.

Carlo?

A scientist.

Checco, what do you want to be?

I want to be a permanent position.

Like you.

And like my Dad. He used to take me to work to see permanent positions.

Happiness

ls holding hands, going far, happiness

It's your innocent gaze...

What serene people, what a fulfilled existence!

It's free, I'm calling from the office!

What's the weather like in Toronto?

Dad told me there was a guardian angel

who would help me become a permanent position too,

but I had to work for it.

- Hello, who is it? - It's your uncle...

I'll call you back 'cause I'm not paying.

I mean, I was born for it.

“Provincial Office of Hunting and Fishing“

Here's your hunting permit, Liuzzi.

Checco, I brought you a quail.

A quail! You're a legend!

Just today I was thinking... What's wrong?

This isn't a bribe, is it?

Everyone's gone nuts!

Corruption is when you're not entitled to a hunting permit

and you come and say, "I'll give you a quail, will you give me a permit?“

We didn't do that, right?

Give me the quail.

Has it been hung? Because sometimes...

This isn't graft, is it?

Liuzzi, graft

is if you are entitled to a hunting permit,

but I say, "No! You have to give me a quail.“

Did I impose this on you?

You, of your own free will, Your Honor, gave me the quail.

- Right! - Are you sure?

- Gimme that. - You're not just...

Why don't you go fuck yourself, you and your quail?

Sorry, but on TV all they talk about is corruption, graft...

Good manners, that's what it's called,

it's good manners to bring something to the permanent position.

Okay? Hand it over.

- Do you know how to cook them? - My mother-in-law's an amazing cook.

So, how is it?

It's a C-minus.

- It's stringy and it needs salt. - Shut up.

- It needs salt and it's stringy. - It's true, it is stringy.

It's the first time I've cooked one.

Why did you make it and not your mother'?

So when you're married you won't complain.

Honey, tonight...

Tonight I've got a soccer game, is my bag ready?

We permanent positions were revered like gods.

- The hot tea? - Here it is.

By marrying one of us, in life you had scored a...

Goal!

I LOVE YOU

But there was another woman in my life...

MOM YOU'RE UNIQUE

I mean, a loving mother,

board and lodging, power, gas all on my dad's tab.

Dogon, do you believe in reincarnation?

Whoever was reincarnated into me was crazy lucky.

But this luck didn't sit well with certain divinities.

I still remember that morning.

I went to work early.

It seemed a morning like any other.

I go out on my bike,

I have a nice pedal to the office,

I pick up my badge that's already been swiped

I go to the cafe and meet up with my colleagues.

Good morning.

Minister, would you explain the meaning of this law?

PROVINCES? WE'RE ABOLISHING THEM!

It's a revolution in public administration...

That's scary, we're being abolished!

We want to streamline, modernize the bureaucratic monster.

Guys, we're permanent positions, no one can touch us!

My predecessors didn't do anything, today, the revolution has begun

and as he gradually...

abolishes the provincial authorities,

the minister in Rome will receive

subjects without the requisites listed in the circular

and relocate them to other bodies.

- What does that mean? - All talk! It doesn't mean anything.

It means that those in the categories I'm about to nominate

are not affected by these measures and can relax.

Let us begin.

The worker with more than 30 years of service.

It's lucky to be old.

Workers who perform policing duties across the territory.

Married workers...

...or those with children.

I'm neither married nor do I have children, but I wasn't worried.

I thought, “Of course my category will be there.“

And he went on, D...

E... F...

G...

Workers with disabilities!

Thank you, Momma!

Congratulations.

H...

Workers with bearers of disabilities in their families.

My brother Mario is deaf-mute!

Deaf-mute!

Thank you, Mario!

- He's deaf, why are you shouting? - A lot of noise for nothing.

Fanelli, what about me?

Fanelli?

Me, get it?

Don't beat yourself up.

- Mom, you of all people, zip it. - Why?

You always got treatment, you could have been ever so slightly disabled.

- Your gallbladder, operated... - By the best surgeon!

You treat your diabetes, "I have to be healthy!“

At 70 she has to be healthy.

- It's self-obsession. - He's right.

An invalid in the family is always useful.

- You do it! - If only.

If they'd only recognize my carpal tunnel...

We've heard it a hundred times, Dad,

let's think about me for a change.

There's only one thing to do.

Let's go.

A dream is a wish

Your heart makes...

You know what this means?

Yes, but I want you to tell me.

At times in life, a guy decides...

Decides?

There's Fanelli, my office supervisor, try it on...

Good evening, madam.

- What do you think you're doing? - I asked my girlfriend to marry me.

So I can avoid being transferred.

- Good one. - Of course...

The effects of being married aren't retroactive.

That is?

You had to be already married before the law came into effect.

Mom, he's done it!

He's given in.

- Bye. - Good luck.

What a moron.

So, you were saying that it means...

It means the intention is there,

the ring is there, when the decision is there...

...we'll get married, now let's get out of here.

- And go where? - Somewhere else.

- With the carriage? - Forget the carriage, use your legs.

Three hundred euros... and you're not even retroactive.

Ladies, she didn't love me.

She loved the permanence of my job.

And I didn't let her starve that night, that's not my style.

ALL ON THE TRUNK

I risk being transferred 40, 50km from here

and you talk about marriage?

But I love you.