The Music of Silence Page #4

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What just happened?

You got into the finals of

the Coppa Margherita.

The biggest prize in

Tuscany. Feel better?

[boy singing "Anema e Core"]

You stand no chance.

[cheering]

[presenter] Thank you, thank you.

A lot of support for our young friend.

Take care, Gabriello

Congratulations, thank you.

He's good.

Not as good as you.

And now, please, for the bold young man

who'll sing a Neapolitan song:

Amos Bardi.

[applause]

You'll be fine, don't worry.

"O Sole Mio." I dedicate this

song to my Uncle Giovanni.

[Amos sings "O Sole Mio"]

-[applause]

- Bravo! Bravo!

- Bravo!

- Bravo!

[presenter] Thank you.

Thank you so much.

And now, Maestro Meraviglia,

president of the jury,

will give us his choice.

Maestro.

And the winner is...

Amos Bardi.

[cheering]

Bravo!

Next stop:
Sanremo!

Sanremo! Sanremo! Sanremo!

He's right, I saw it in my crystal

ball, one day you'll win Sanremo!

I am so proud.

[Bocelli] I couldn't work out whether

the woman's face was covered

with tears or with sweat.

But I remembered Oriana

and the moment I decided

to become a singer.

Amos! Fantastic Amos!

This is my friend Adriano.

I'm from Lajatico. I'm a musician, too.

- It would be great

to get to know each other. -Great!

My boy, I'm promoting you to corporal.

Uncle, I was already a

sergeant two years ago.

Well, you can't expect me

to remember everything.

Uh... alright, I'm making you

field marshal right away

so that we're up to date, OK?

But in return, you have

to do something for me.

In a few weeks an old friend of mine,

a military colonel, is getting married.

THREE MONTHS LATER

[priest] I pronounce you man and wife.

You may kiss the bride.

[singing "Ave Maria"]

Didn't I tell you?

You couldn't have

given them a better gift.

[out of tune]

[panting]

Go, Giovanni. Go!

[crowd murmuring]

[sobbing]

Amos, what's wrong?

Come on.

I let everyone down.

Is Uncle Giovanni still going

to make you field marshal

now that you're tone deaf?

I'm not tone deaf, you idiot!

Hey, stop it you two. Amos, sit up.

I told you, it's normal at your age.

Boys' voices change.

Will I still be able to sing?

Nobody knows, but you

have learn to be patient.

How can I? It was the most

important thing in my life.

In your life. You don't

even know what life is yet.

In the meantime maybe you

can study an instrument.

- The piano, for example?

- No, not an instrument.

Every blind person plays an

instrument or gives massages.

Where did you get that nonsense from?

Antonio. He wants to be a lawyer.

Great! A lawyer!

[Bocelli narrating] My father

wouldn't hear of anything else.

In order not to disappoint him, I

enrolled in the Liceo Classico,

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