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Not just in a shop,

he's a wholesaler on a global scale,

he even sells to the Chinese!

What about him?

Don't you know him? Sebastiano Paf,

perhaps Italy's greatest poet.

He wrote:
"Up with life,

down with reminiscence."

He's on the Dukan Diet,

so Dadina won't leave him.

Is he with her?

- He is, but she...

- Like at high school.

Why doesn't he ever talk?

Because he listens.

- Stop sniffing up with your nose?

- Bugger off.

Jep's found a theatre for me.

Do you want the lead role?

I'm no longer an actress,

I'm a writer now.

Maybe...

Maybe I'll direct a film.

- Viola, darling!

- Help me, I'm worried about my son.

- What can I do?

- Why don't you talk to him?

You always say you're good

with strangers...

That's the problem, I'm too good.

- Is he seeing a therapist?

- Yes, but he wants to stop going.

Take him to a psychiatrist, they're

pragmatic:
Ativan, Prozac and so on.

That stuff makes him feel worse.

Relax, he's always been odd,

he is what he is.

By the way, have you tried

this rascal's endive quiche?

It's the first time she's made it

and it's better than my mom's,

please, you must try some!

You changed your hair colour.

I feel Pirandello-esque lately...

- Great jazz, no?

- Not really.

The Ethiopian jazz scene is the only

interesting one today.

I'm from Milan, to be honest...

I find Romans...

unbearable!

The best people in Rome

are the tourists.

Take Italy...

What are we famous for overseas?

Fashion and pizza.

A country of weavers and grocers.

How can someone who sells toys,

bringing joy to the world,

be such a pessimist

and a defeatist? You're dark.

- Dark?

- Yes.

I heard Gisella Montanelli

went to loans sharks

to pay her hairdressing debts.

Jep says I'm dark!

Gisella's really sunk that low?

Rome is the only city in the world

where Marxism has truly existed.

You can't excel over others

for more than a week,

you're immediately brought back

to mediocrity.

Rome is pure collectivism.

Pure collectivism.

Stefania, what utter nonsense!

Do you know that Flaubert wanted

to write a book about nothing?

If he'd met you, we'd have had

a great book, what a shame!

You're a misogynist.

It's not all about you, I'm not

a misogynist, I'm a misanthropist.

When hate's involved,

one must aim high.

You're a dark man.

I'm a transparent person,

without a doubt!

Lello!

Aren't you stopping tonight?

Mom!

When I see you I blush!

Andrea...

- You're crazy.

- No, mom, I'm not crazy!

I've got problems.

"As the light flashed,

love sat down in the corner.

Shy and distracted as it was.

This is why

we could tolerate life no longer."

Gosh,

no one's quoted me for years!

I read your book as a teenager,

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