In Search of Fellini Page #5

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and laughter on television]

- Oh, Jesus, Lucy...

- Okay.

[click]

N-no, no. I-I like it.

I mean...

I-I didn't like it, but...

it's kinda, like...

it's weird, right?

- Right?

- [laughs] Yeah.

- You like that?

- [laughs] Yeah!

It's a Fellini film.

They're about humanity,

and they're just very real.

Well, I saw the humanity

in that one.

There was a lot of humanity.

He didn't hold back

on the humanity, huh?

I... they're all really...

they're all really different.

There's actually...

there's a film festival.

They're screening, um,

all of Fellini's films.

It's called Tutto Fellini,

and people come from everywhere

just to watch his films.

You should go tell Claire.

Oh, uh, no.

It's okay.

Don't...

don't tell her, please?

What happened?

I don't, I...

I don't think she'll... she'll...

I don't think she'd

want me to leave, so...

You don't think she would want

you to leave?

You're 20.

You're allowed to leave.

I know that.

This is your life!

What do you want to do?

[man on record]

Goodbye, little girl

Goodby-y-y-e

[music stops]

[Lucy] Hey, mom.

Hey, Lucy.

Do you remember that story

that I always told you

about when the day

you were born,

I said it was the best day

and the worst day of my life?

The best because I knew I would

never love someone so much,

and I don't.

And the worst because I knew

that I would never be able

to protect you

from all the lessons

you had to learn

in this life.

But I tried.

And I'm sorry.

And I love you so much.

But I just...

I just need...

[soft music playing on record]

Claire?

[man on television] Comes in

pretty handy down here, folks.

[Claire grunting painfully]

[coughing]

Close the door.

I'm fine.

[men chattering

on television]

[knock on door]

[Lucy] Mom?

Sh*t.

Mom, you okay?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Hey, Lucy.

Is everything okay?

Everything's never okay.

It's that cold again.

I'm fine.

I'm good.

[laughs]

It's okay.

I'm good.

How are these? Tell me.

[coughs]

- Amazing.

- Yeah?

Yeah, they're not like

American movies at all.

The endings are really sad,

and sometimes,

nothing makes sense.

And... and they're kind of...

they're kind of dirty.

Um, and there's a lot of,

you know, um...

Sex?

Yeah.

They...

they sound horrible.

Well...

No, I mean, but you love them,

and that's amazing.

That is great

that you like them.

- I do.

- Good!

I do, I have

so many questions, though.

You know,

I wish I could meet him.

Can you imagine?

Think about it.

- Remember "Summertime"?

- Yeah.

Katherine Hepburn?

Venice.

Juliet's balcony in Verona?

They're all real places,

not just movies.

And Rome,

that's where Fellini is.

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