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Leave it!
Grab our stuff!
Come on, hurry up!
Curse him!
NO FISHING
AN (ALMOST) PERFECT VILLAGE
Good morning, my name is Domenico Buonocore
and this is my hometown, Pietramezzana.
Now you see it like this, but it used to be different.
We used to have a job, it was hard but we managed.
Then they closed the mine and everything changed.
Most of the townfolk have left but those 120 who stayed
can count on unemployment checks. As long as it lasts...
Good morning, Tonino. Are you taking it all? No investments?
The receipt.
Take care, ATM!
- Don't get upset, he's just rude. - It's not for what he called me.
- No... - I'm not touchy.
But there are so many good investments available right now!
Bye, ATM... I mean... Nicola.
Hello, Nicola. This one is mine and this is Mr. Pace's.
- I've told you. Don't do this. - Why not?
- It's illegal. - You have to do it.
Do you want to see his authorization? His ID?
Don't scream.
- Every given month... - Here we are.
- Bye. - Good morning, Saverio.
Hi, Domenico. I talked to my brother.
- There's a job opening in town. - Rosaria, I'm not leaving.
You spend your day talking about when you had a job at the mine
and meanwhile the roof is about to leak.
But it doesn't matter, because we get two checks!
Not that again!
Pace himself asked me to cash his check for him.
- He signed the authorization. - He has been dead for a while.
But the government thinks he is still alive!
I don't want to move to town.
Let me live the life that I want.
Domenico, that job is for me.
Good luck, then.
When it's Nicola ringing those bells no one ever shows up.
They must all be stuck in traffic!
This was supposed to be a village meeting.
This seems more of a condominium's meeting!
What are those factory people going to do with my land?
They want to build a plant here because they'd get tax exemption.
But we aren't a tax haven!
- This is not the problem. - Why give them an exemption?
You could have offered something less than Cyprus did.
I tried to fool them
so that they wouldn't see how fake our candidacy is.
- Tax exemption for how long? - Forever.
- That's not the problem. - What then?
It needs to be more than 200 inhabitants
and we are less than half that number.
That's easily solved. With all the people who left,
we just have to cheat a little. They won't come here to count us.
- Who takes care of the numbers? - The tax collectors.
The insurance requires a doctor to live here.
It has been nine years that we have been looking for a doctor.
Let's find one, so we can stop looking.
Mr. Mayor, we can find a doctor who will live here, right?
Consolino, let's talk about that.
Excuse me. Keep the change. Good evening.
Here she is, our beauty!
Anna, bring us more wine. It's on me!
- I'll divorce and marry you. - You're too old for me, Michele.
Bring more wine!
Holy...
What are you doing, Teresa?
Domenico...
- Mr. Mayor, where are you going? - On holiday.
And you are taking the furniture with you?
I got a well paid job in the city.
My daughter needs braces for her teeth. She's a mess.
Show him your teeth.
- She got it from her mother. - Thank you very much!
- I was trying to say... - That I'm ugly, right?
- Franca! - What if she got your nose?
See? I no longer have an authority here.
What about the factory?
- Do you need help? - No, thank you.
Good luck.
What do I tell my brother?
Tell him that we are opening a factory!
Celestino, send this to every doctor in Italy.
- To each one of them. - All right.
How long will it take?
- Do you need anything else? - No.
See? What I was telling you about Celestino?
You've got an e-mail.
"Dear Doctor, in the magnificent setting of Pietramezzana,
we are offering you a permanent job as the local doctor."
Pietramezzana is as beautiful as Cortina, St. Moritz or Courmayeur.
They even add a drawing.
It's one of those places with good air,
where they work the land, they milk the cows...
- While we are making fake boobs. - You're right.
- I'll answer that you accept it. - Let me see.
That's the picture.
Pietramezzana? Maybe in another life!
Why did you delete it? I want to live among cows!
Good morning, Caterina. Is Celestino home?
No one replied to the e-mail yet.
Goodbye.
Hi, Domenico.
So? The doctor?
Any news?
I'm sorry.
Michele, if I move to the city, will you come visit me?
- No. - What? Not even once?
- Shut up! - I'm not joking.
Rosaria has been offered a good job in the city.
- Forget about it. - You can come by bus.
- I don't know where to get it. - And the train?
Never seen one.
Michele, have you ever been to the city?
- No. - Never ever?
Never.
- What's wrong about it? - Nothing.
- License and registration. - Good evening.
I'm a doctor. I was speeding because I got an emergency call.
- Where are you coming from? - From a cricket match.
- Your ID. - Did you get it? He's a doctor.
We're late because of you.
You should be troubling criminals instead of doctors.
- Honey, please... - Now, it's my fault?
You are abusing your authority!
- Say something. - And your ID too, Miss.
Sure. Right away.
Give it to him.
It's a serious matter.
Let us go, please.
Calm down.
What is this? Is this yours?
What is this? What is this?
Listen, I'm a plastic surgeon...
I could do something for your wife...
I could make her boobs as hard as rock... If that's not the issue,
I could give her a Brazilian ass!
Or I could help you with that nose of yours!
So you are a doctor...
Yes, a plastic surgeon.
Get down, it's no use.
First of all, I want to say something.
When you hear the bells,
it means that there's a general meeting.
And when there's a general meeting, you must come to it.
A doctor will come to live in Pietramezzana.
For a month. Wait, don't go away! I'm not done yet.
I know it's not much, but we have one month
to convince the doctor
to sign a long term contract.
If he will sign, we will have a real job
for us and for our children.
So we will keep living here in our ancestor's homes.
Who wants to tell the Government where to put that charity
that has been ruining our lives?
Who wants to stop feeling useless?
Who wants to wake up in the morning and go to work
instead of wandering around because there's nothing to do?
Who wants to keep living here?
Come on!
- Let's go! - Come on!
We have to get this doctor... Gianluca Terragni
to fall in love with Pietramezzana.
Well done!
Number one.
When the doctor comes here
we must blind him. - Let's turn on the streetlamps.
- What are you talking about? - Let's make everything shiny.
Clean up the village.
Number two...
- That is? - Number two...
If he could often find money on the ground,
he would think that this village is wealthy.
- How much money? - Just a few cents.
It puts people in a good mood.
- Will you see to it? - I'll do it.
- Money. - Number three.
- Where will he sleep? - We could use a hotel.
- The closest one is 40 km away. - He'll stay at my place.
- With that furniture? - What's wrong with it?
- It's so old school. - Do you know what he likes?
- Do you? - No.
Who knows what he likes?
So this is Gianluca Terragni.
That's his Facebook.
What does a book have to do with this?
Facebook is a social network.
He accepted my friendship.
- So candidly? - Yes.
- Whatever! - Are there any other pictures?
- What's this? - He's a plastic surgeon...
' who? ' Him?
He's a plastic surgeon.
What's this?
That's cricket. He is a cricket fan.
- He'll find lots of bugs here. - Cricket is also a sport.
- Not only an insect. - How was I supposed to know?
- Domenico, are you writing? - Yes, I am.
This is a cricket field.
I thought it was a record with something written on top.
This is the bat.
It's like a short oar.
- And this is the uniform. - White.
- And a helmet. - We have plenty of those.
And these are the rules. Should I print them?
Yes, please.
- Here I am. - How do we make this?
Give me that ball. You must play cricket!
What's this?
The mine's old switchboard.
Did Guglielmo Marconi built it?
- It just needs a good cleaning. - That's heavy! Help me.
Let's place a mic in his house phone so we can spy on him.
- Who? - The doctor.
- We might get arrested. - Don't be so negative!
You're making a scene.
We just have to move to our country estate for a month.
You've gone mad. Putting a stranger in our house.
He is the doctor of the village.
I don't need a doctor. I'm healthy.
For now... But you may need him, one day.
Why not you?
This is a little sacrifice for the good of our village.
- Why do I care? - Calm down.
You know what? I'll go stay with our daughter.
- Do you remember her? - Of course I do.
- You'll leave me like a dog. - With your dog.
You, your dog and the dog biscuits!
- Want one? - You find it funny?
Cover the furniture or, when I get back, I'll beat you up.
We'll think about the uniforms later. There's room for improvement...
- Did you read the instructions? - Yes.
Let's start. Go on the field.
Calm down. Use your mind.
The short people in front and the tall people in the back.
Come on. Spread out.
Let's stay focused.
We can do this. Here are the instructions.
- But it's in English. - We can see the pictures.
Let's just spread out on the field like it's shown here.
Then we'll try to figure out the game.
If we put all of ourselves into this project,
if we try to look at the player who is next to us
and we get strength from his eyes
we will do this, because we are a good team!
Yes! Scream with me!
That's enough. We got this right.
- Now we can... - No!
Domenico...
I'm going. Bye.
- What's wrong? - It's too tight.
Last time I wore, it was at your brother's wedding, 20 years ago.
Fabric shrinks over time.
The jacket?
- I can't button it. - Wait.
What are you doing? I don't like the smell of mothballs.
How handsome! You look like Berlusconi!
I can't create a million jobs, but maybe 50...
I'm Domenico Buonocore, the mayor of this village. Welcome.
- Thank you. - Do you need help?
- I'll take this. - As you prefer.
- Come. - Is it dangerous to cross?
We'll be there soon.
These are our Dolomites. Millennia old!
I've been living here for 60 years and I have never seen this.
- Did it rain a lot? - No. It's the mountain goats.
They are cute but they keep mating and then...
Let's call for help... My phone... There's no signal.
It comes and goes.
- What then? - We'll use the direct route.
They will use the cableway!
How mow!
They had to see us from afar.
- I know. - They'll see we can't play.
- Wait. - We suck.
- What about my luggage? - We'll send those later.
- And my bike too? - Yes.
Shall I climb in?
Let's keep calm and spread out.
Hold on tight.
- Is it dangerous? - Just a little.
Doctor!
- Where am I? - Welcome to Pietramezzana.
- The mayor? - Here I am.
Put me down.
- What happened? - You fainted.
- Let me go. - Let him go.
- My luggage? - Here they are.
- What's wrong? - My jacket.
- It's here. - And my bike?
- We'll get it later. - No, let's go now.
Let me go! I've already had two stolen.
Come here, doctor. No one will touch it here.
- That bike is expensive. - Come here.
- Let's go. - Are they playing cricket?
- It's an old tradition here. - It's my favorite sport!
It's very popular in India, but I never expected it here.
We had Indians here... During the war.
- There were some troops... - I didn't know that.
I've never seen a team play in such heavy defense.
- They want to cover... - Too much defense?
- I keep telling them that... - It's a daring tactic.
Let's go see... Just one inning.
They are coming here. He will be here in two minutes.
- It's better than football. - We hate football here.
We'll be miserable...
What's up?
Nice.
- Did both teams win? - No, but they are good losers.
- When is the next match? - The season is finished.
How unfortunate!
Let's go, before someone takes your bike.
- You said no one would touch it. - Let's not take our chances.
Here we are.
A long time ago, this was Doctor Paternò's bedroom.
The old doctor of this village.
He was always available. Day and night.
He had this little door made.
At night, if someone needed him,
they knocked at this door and he would open right away.
He would grab his bag and his jacket and go.
No matter the weather,
even when it snowed or hailed.
Don't be afraid to ask if you need anything.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, doctor.
- Come. - Does it work?
We don't know.
I hear something.
- I can't ear a thing. - Turn it up.
- What? - It's fragile.
- Hello? - Honey, how are you?
I tried to call you but there's no signal here.
I'm sorry, Gianluca. Really.
It doesn't matter.
What about Mrs. Cerami's surgery? It was important.
I've postponed it to September.
She wanted to show off her new boobs this summer
but I've convinced her with a nice discount.
- Do you like that village? - Well...
It's the asshole of the world!
How rude!
- What words! - It's just an expression.
- It's not so bad. - What about the people?
The guy who came to pick me up seems pretty nice.
But he need some surgeries on his face.
- What? - Plastic surgery.
- Why? - Were you rude to him?
- No... - They all play cricket here.
- He believes it! - Are you happy, honey?
Well...
- I'm sorry, Puffy... - What a nice nickname!
- I like it. - What about the house?
- Ask me another question. - He was too impressed to talk.
- He asked for another question. - Describe it to me.
- Ray Charles furnished it! - Who?
- Who is he? - An architect.
- So it's badly furnished? - It's furnished with a taste...
- You see? - A horrible taste!
- He said that it's ugly. - It's really dreary.
- Don't write it. - I must do it.
There's a picture of the man who lives here. You should see him.
- I can't stand him! - I can't hear a thing now!
- Honey? - Hello?
Here it is.
The signal comes and goes. It's a disaster here.
- Poor Fuffy... - I miss the city and our house.
- And I miss you, Nicole. - It's hard for me too.
- Go eat something. - Do you know what I fancy?
Let's hear it.
- Some sushi and sashimi. - I don't see that happening.
What does it mean?
I'm going.
Do a favor for your aunt: what is...?
How do you cook that?
Sushi are rolls of rice and sashimi is raw fish.
Got it.
- Your plan is disgusting. - Good girl.
Gabriele, get some boiled rice and the fish sticks.
Excuse me...
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Can you recommend a restaurant?
We've only got one. Just follow the road.
Thank you.
It's hard to get lost in such a tiny place!
With all those ups and downs it reminds me of San Francisco!
Nice roses...
- Thank you and good evening. - Good evening.
What's good to eat? Not sushi, I guess.
DISH OF THE DAY
I'll take sushi, then.
A lot of wasabi, please.
I didn't see...
- Is that tempura? - Indeed...
You have 14 siblings and they all have high blood pressure?
- Yes. - What a mess it must be!
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
Lift your leg.
- It hurts. - You're fine. That way.
- Touch it. - No!
- Is that mayo? - No, it's for the itch.
- Thank you, queer. - You're welcome.
Stick your tongue out.
This is Gianluca and Nicole's answering machine.
Leave a message at the tone.
Honey, it's me.
I just called to see how you were. I wanted to say hello.
I had a busy day
I had lots of patients.
Call me, or I can try again later. I love you. Bye.
- You're bothering me! - I'm worried!
- Anyone here? - You found it then!
Hi, I didn't see you.
- Are you reading? - No, I'm looking at the pictures.
Are you offended
because I said that this village is tiny?
- Don't go. Ok, it's enormous! - I've finished my shift.
Do you work here? Last night there was a fat woman...
- My aunt. - Very good looking.
I wanted to tell you that this is a wonderful place.
A little rough at first, but...
YES; bye'
Doctor... How was your first day here?
I never stopped for a minute.
If it's going to be like this, I'll have a stroke.
Let me buy you a drink.
I'm so tired.
Half the village in just one day. Are you crazy?
Is this how you want to persuade him?
He said he's seen things he has never seen before!
He thought he was back in the Middle Ages.
Who told him he had a wild boar birthmark?
Well done, Tonino.
Did you think you would persuade the doctor to stay for five years
by showing him a very rare and itchy wild boar birthmark?
It's itchy. It's a serious matter. Do you understand me, queer?
From now on I'll book the appointments.
Who wants to go tomorrow?
We are taking no appointments for tomorrow. You can go.
Go away. Celestino, come here.
I'm asking you because you are not as ignorant as the others.
- Do you like music? - Yes.
- Do you like Nu Jazz? - Not really.
- You'll get used to it. - Not really...
Do you like this rhythm?
- Yes. - Do you hear the backing vocals?
It gives you goose bumps!
Mr. Casini? I'm Mr. Buonocore from Pietramezzana.
- Who? - The new mayor.
- We have a doctor. - I'm happy for you.
I'm talking about the factory. Do you remember?
Sure.
Your project doesn't fit our requirements.
It seems like you are 120 inhabitants
and we need twice that number. - No.
- We are 250. - I believe you.
But we will come there and check it out, anyway.
- We'll be waiting for you. - I'll be honest with you.
Cyprus has made us a better offer.
- Do you understand? - No.
50.000.
- 50.000 inhabitants? - No, euros.
50.000? From Cyprus?
YES.
All right. Then so will we.
Well, in that case, I'll come to inspect the village next week.
And we will be waiting for you.
- Goodbye. - See you soon.
If we want to beat Cyprus they want 50.000 euros.
- 50.000? - What is all this money for?
- For the paperwork... - It's not that much.
- Soon we will make money again. - It's not a bribe, is it?
What are you thinking about?
For such a large sum, I'll have to ask my boss' consent.
- Make your own decision. - I can't.
- They might close and put an ATM. - You're already an ATM!
I have been in charge of this bank for 20 years, so I'll decide.
- Next time dress a little better. - Who is going to see us?
Please take a seat, gentlemen.
How can I help you?
- Nicola, please... - The pleasure is mine.
You say you need a loan.
- Can I kill him? - Michele...
- How much do you need? - 50.000 euros.
That is a large sum of money. Fill out this form.
You are Mister...?
Domenico Buonocore.
Domenico with a "D" as in "Domodossola"?
- He didn't like the meat. - Was it bad?
He had indigestion and a little gas.
Gas?
It happens.
- His feet were cold... - What's that?
Let's just ask him to work here without all this trickery.
- Give me that paper. - No, it's private information.
I won't use it, let me see it.
Give me that...
He didn't have a father.
Domenico...
Don't smile like that! You promised.
- Doctor... Gianluca... - Yes?
- Let's be less formal. - Sure.
- How old are you? - 36. Why?
The same age my son would have been.
Your son?
His name was Bernardo.
It feels strange talking to a young man his age...
about women, about life.
I found this in the mine. I gave it to him.
It's quartz.
Here.
- I can't. It's too much. - I'd like you to have it.
Make me happy.
- Will you take me one day? - Where?
- To the mine. - Sure.
- There's someone waving at you. - Where?
Over there.
- Let's go. - What about the fish?
- Tomorrow. - I'll drive.
- Good evening. - Good evening, Doctor Paternò.
- I'm not Doctor Paternò. - Come, my brother is sick.
He doesn't talk anymore.
Wait a second while I get dressed.
Your blood pressure is low, that's all.
I go. Call me if you need me.
Stay a bit longer.
- Stay a bit longer. - You want me to stay?
Try to rest, to sleep a little bit.
- Hi. Do you need help? - No, it's too heavy.
- Come on. I can do it. - Are you sure?
- Which way? - Up.
- Up the hill? - Yes, right on top.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
- Drink this. - Thank you.
When we talk on the phone
I feel like I could touch you.
If I was there, what would you do to me?
If you were here...
I would touch your shoulders...
- Yes... - Slowly...
Then I'd slide down slowly...
Slowly...
Until I'd touch your ass!
- And your thighs. - My thighs?
- And then? - First...
- Yes? - I'd undress you...
Then I'd lick your shoulders...
and move down...
And then... I'd pull out my toy train.
- Your toy train? - Write it down!
What would you do with your toy train?
- You don't smoke. - It doesn't matter.
Tell me what you'd do to me.
- Tell me, honey... - Tell her!
What is this toy train?
Turn it down!
Nicole!
Rosanna... Have you worked out what this toy train is?
I think so.
I heard that they make love on a toy train.
How do they do it?
- Good morning, doctor. - Good morning.
There's a quicker way to go to your house.
Yes, I know. I came here on purpose.
Where are you going?
I wanted to ask if you could invite me to lunch one day
to try out a typical dish of this not-so-tiny village.
- You are involved with someone. - How do you know this?
- I just know. - That's a "no", right?
Are you sure?
Think about it.
This is Pietramezzana's famous mine.
Hundreds of people from this village used to work here.
They extracted the rock, then took it away in those wagons.
- It's hard to work on water. - It was dry before.
Then they built the dam and flooded the place.
And now they won't even let us fish in the lake.
Watch your head.
These are iron sulfur fumes.
They're good for the respiratory tract.
After a 12 hour shift, your head would be throbbing.
You have to do it right. Two or three hours here and your asthma is gone!
This rotten egg smell clings to your clothes!
That's what's good for you!
- Amazing! - Let's go.
REJECTED
Darn it! Why?
It's a lot of money and our code of ethics does not allow us
to lend money for bribes.
What are you talking about?
What do we do now? Let's go.
Our bank manager must be busy.
Because a bank manager has a lot to do.
He has lots of paper work.
Yes, with all those customers.
A real bank manager participates in projects for the town.
The camera is turned on.
A director knows when to risk.
A real bank manager dares to tell to his boss...
"I don't need forms, because I trust my fellow countrymen!"
Me too! Mrs. Martini is watching us.
A real bank manager does all these things.
Since you don't want to do these things
it means that you are nothing but...
- Don't you dare! - An ATM.
- He dared. - Have a good day.
The moment that we have all been waiting for has arrived.
The manager of the factory will come here tonight.
I want everyone to be here,
and everything has to be perfect.
We have to stay focused.
Come on, let's go.
Come.
This way.
- Would you like some? - Not much. I don't drink much.
- See how lively it is? - There's a population issue.
We are 250 inhabitants.
There are only 120 registered with the tax office.
They're incompetent, or there wouldn't be so much tax evasion.
Who's talking to Domenico?
An old supplier...
- Guess how many people are here. - One hundred?
Come with me.
Come.
What's going on?
It's 8 o'clock.
- And so? - Their favorite soap's on TV.
They scared me! I thought there was a fire.
- Do you want to go too? - No, I record it.
We are almost there.
Good evening.
Who has 15?
No one has 15?
Me! Bingo!
Let's go.
- Bingo! - Good.
- We are 250 inhabitants. - Yes. Where's the restaurant?
The restaurant? Why?
- I left my hat there. - I'll mail it to you.
I'm not leaving without it.
- That way. - I thought it was this way.
- It's quicker that way. - Thank you.
emergency!
Back to the bar!
I never expected you to play cricket here.
I feel like playing cricket again.
Every morning after breakfast I feel like playing cricket.
Right away...
- Excuse me? - Yes?
- Are you wearing my hat? - What?
I don't wear hats.
Do you mind giving it back to me?
- The doctor put it on my head. - Thank you.
- Where is everybody? - Watching the soap on TV.
Also my wife watches it. Goodbye.
This is Gianluca and Nicole's answering machine.
Leave a message after the beep. Beep!
- What's for dinner? - What there was for lunch.
- Yes? - Hi, Leo.
- Who is he? - His best friend.
- Hi, Gianluca. How are you? - Fine.
Can ask you for a favor?
Can you record the cricket match Saturday?
- Saturday there's a football match. - Can't you watch it there?
- I can't get a signal. - I'll record it for you.
We'll use Celestino's satellite dish so he can watch cricket.
- What about the football match? - Shut up.
- What about the people there? - They are all nice people.
I haven't felt this useful as a doctor for years.
- We are getting there! - Listen, I wanted to ask you...
- Have you seen Nicole recently? - No. Why?
She is strange. She is never home.
I know this is silly, but
would you keep an eye on her?
- He trusts the guy. - I'll do it.
You're a real friend.
- Are you stealing my clients? - Of course not.
Just joking. Thank you.
To the right!
- Nope. - To the left?
- It's almost done. - Higher!
- It's fine. - Well done.
Stay where you are. Don't move.
How good!
That's a penalty!
That rogue!
Which version is that?
If we're lucky, this match will last five hours.
Who touched the antenna?
There we are. I told you it was a penalty.
- It wouldn't be cricket. - It wouldn't be cricket!
It shouldn't be cricket.
I'll be back. What a wonderful match!
- What are you doing? - Let go!
What happened? I'm coming!
- What happened? - It was a false alarm.
- Why did you cheer? - The batter missed the ball
and we were disappointed.
- Are you drunk? - He...
He is drunk! You scared me.
- Let's watch the match. - What's the score?
What's the score?
4-4.
- Have you ever fallen from here? - We found Nicola in Salerno, once.
That's incredible!
- Every day I find five euros. - Really?
- In the same place? - Yes, every day!
This is a lucky village.
I really like it in this village.
He likes it!
You must stay, then!
- Then you must stay. - He is ours!
Here we are. Homemade.
Made it with my hands and with my heart.
Or rather with my feet.
- I have some bad news for you. - It's turned to vinegar?
No. Don't worry. It's nothing serious.
They've turned down the loan for the second time.
- What? - Don't worry.
I have important contacts.
When I started out in my career
I worked with the father of Mrs. Martini, the general manager.
I'll give her a call, she won't deny me the loan.
- Are you going to ruin it all? - Don't worry.
The doctor is happy to be here.
It was my idea for him to find some money every day.
We have to get him to sign the contract.
If we ask him now, he'll get scared and won't sign.
The fish has taken the bait, that was the easy part.
- Now we have to land him. - How?
We have to convince him that our boat is the best place on Earth.
We'll make him jump into the boat!
I have deliveries to make.
- Mario will see to it. - Let's go drink something.
- Maybe he's fixing it. - It's broken.
- Do you have other clothes? - No, only this.
- We'll take care of this. - We are the same size.
- Let's go. - Wait...
- To the new doctor! - Doctor Colla!
Hi, Celestino. Who is that man?
Our doctor for the next five years.
We need him in order to have the factory built here.
- He's very good. - Another liter, please.
Gianluca, you can take the day off now that Dr. Colla is here.
- I don't want a day off. - All right.
- Hooray for the doctor! - Let's toast!
You spoke to Mr. Bonelli.
He denied me a loan that was a good investment.
I have the paperwork here.
What security can two unemployed men give the bank?
I know them personally.
You've been honest for 20 years, so I want you to know
that we might replace you with an ATM.
I understand... I'll mortgage my land.
- That's not enough. - My severance pay, then.
- Are you sure about this? - Yes.
Get all the paperwork ready and then call me back.
- Goodbye. - Take care.
You didn't go to work, today?
- What's this? - Have you robbed a bank?
We got the loan.
We'll have to pay 48 installments of 1.141 euros.
- How did you do that? - I mortgaged my land and pension.
You're nuts!
- Well done, Nicola! - Is it in the bank already?
- No, I took an advance. - We must celebrate.
- I don't drink. - We need to celebrate!
All we have to do now is sign the contract.
To your health.
Wake up, Uncle Domenico. Come upstairs.
- Let's read it out. - No, we'll just tell him.
Say that all again slowly.
Gianluca called Nicole.
- The first time. - She didn't answer.
So he left a really long message
about that toy train thing.
Then he mentioned some body oil, a cream then the train again.
- Rosaria... - Then?
He started making lots of phone calls he was going crazy...
Guess whose house Nicole was at?
His best friend, Leo!
- His best friend... - He was also her best friend!
Did you get it?
She cheated on him for three years.
What a good friend!
Three years!
- Their romance is over. - It's over.
- That's it. - He has no reason to go home now.
- That's what we think too. - We were trying to explain it.
I knew something would happen sooner or later.
We hated that Nicole so much, and yet... she helped us!
Saint Nicole!
Gianluca...
How are you?
I broke up with my fiancé.
Really? I'm sorry.
My whole life in these past few years...
were nothing but a lie.
She would call me "love" and then sleep with my best friend.
How could I be so blind
and see that is was just a lie?
Everybody would lie and I believed everything.
Most of my friends must have known.
I bet they found it really funny!
Every time I went to the surgery room
for a breast implant or a nose job...
Now that I think about it, that is all fake too!
All right...
- Sorry for dumping this on you. - No...
Gabriele...
- Good evening, Domenico. - Good evening, Sebastiana.
- You're lying on top of me. - Come on, Sebastiana.
He doesn't come very often, you can be a little patient.
- Will this last long? - No, I'll be quick.
Thank you.
Michele!
What will happen after the doctor signs the contract?
- What could happen? - When he will find out
that it was all fake,
that we lied to him for a month...
They were only white lies...
He's going to be hurt.
We have two possibilities.
We throw the fish back in the sea
or, for the next five years,
we'll have to be the town Mr. Terragni thinks we are.
I'm not listening to Nu Jazz for the next 5 years. I'll kill myself, first.
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
And Jesus said: "Bring me the fish to multiply..."
- Doctor! - Sorry.
- I didn't mean to disturb you. - Can we help you?
I just came to tell you
that in this month that I have spent here
I have discovered that Pietramezzana is small,
there are no big restaurants
and there isn't a big night life...
But I have discovered
that there is something authentic here.
You're genuine people
and this is hard to find in big cities.
I'm sorry I interrupted you
but I wanted to say
that I'd be happy to be your doctor.
Thank you.
But unfortunately...
Dr. Colla has already signed the contract.
I'm sorry.
I understand...
Then...
I won't bother you any further.
Forgive me.
Domenico...
- What are you doing? - Nothing.
Let's go.
The prefecture... The regional Authorities...
- It's all here. - We need the doctor's contract.
You've got it.
We sent it to you last week by registered mail.
- To the head office? - I thought you'd bring it.
Call the office. Do you have a copy of it?
Of course.
Hi.
I came here to say bye to you.
Do you want to stay for lunch?
I'm single again as of yesterday.
I know.
- Domenico told you? - No.
It's been a month that we are listening to your phone calls.
What do you mean?
We listen to your phone calls.
Why do you do this?
Come inside, let's talk a little bit.
- No deal without the doctor. - Of course.
With a doctor's contract we can get EU funds.
- Right. - Mayor, you have a doctor?
- Yes, we have a doctor. - No tricks.
What's a wicket in cricket?
You know nothing about cricket. You lied to me all along. Right?
- You lied to me for a month! - Well...
- We were not really lying... - What was your dead son's name?
Bernardo.
- Bernardo? - Why, Domenico?
I thought that we were...
Gianluca...
- Who was that? - An old cricket player.
- Can I see the contract? - Sure.
Gianluca, stop!
It's been eight years that we don't have jobs.
Every month we line up to get an unemployment check.
You get money and a big dose of shame.
The money only lasts 15 days but the shame lasts the whole month.
We needed a doctor who would bring 120 people back to life.
Weren't you 220?
- Will you learn to play cricket? - No.
Gianluca Terragni will be our doctor.
Where is the guy from the factory?
- They won't build a factory here. - Why?
The contract mentions an office, not a production line.
They never intended to build a factory here.
They might have hired a janitor or some cleaners.
After all this tragedy, at least I saved my money.
And now?
I'll be in the office tomorrow. Mrs. Cerami has confirmed.
Be there tomorrow morning.
All right. See you tomorrow. Bye.
- It's you. - There's a problem.
- Is someone sick? - No, there was a landslide.
Another? What will I do? How will I catch my train?
There's the direct route.
I'm sorry, I have to leave. I've got so much work to do.
Thank you everyone.
I'm sorry about your jobs.
Don't make us regret that we rejected that rascal.
Here we have nothing but good health.
- If they take that away too... - Can I call you, if I need help?
Of course, that goes for everyone. Just call me and I'll be here.
Thanks again. Bye.
- It wouldn't be cricket! - It wouldn't be cricket!
But...
- Welcome, queer... - Is he talking to me?
Indeed!
The dream we had for the mine came true in the end.
We put into practice the idea of Gianluca, our doctor.
That is: make the most of what we already had.
Good morning. The changing room is on the right.
Welcome to Pietramezzana's Thermal Complex.
This used to be a mine, then, when it was used up,
they built a dam and flooded the tunnels.
This place does miracles. Not for everyone, darling.
- You need a miracle, not me! - No!
What are you doing?
Me? An ATM? I'll show you who is an ATM!
- Can I see you tonight? - No way!
Take your time, we've our whole lives in front of us!
We are not rich but we are back to living
with our heads held high and with the desire to dream.