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Cosi parlo Bellavista

Luciano De Crescenzo (Italy, 1984, 105 min.)

Marco let us know about this Italian film, made up of "some short episodes on how people from Naples try to find different ways of surviving the misery, poverty, and mafia. It's difficult to explain it if you don't live it; Naples is a difficult city, with problems, mafia, unemployed people but also full of history, art, people ready to welcome you."

Thanks for the tip and for the line by line translation, Marco!

Contributed by Brian

"Welcome, do you need to take photos? For passport? No? So we take four photos, each one different from the other. Wait a moment because before you there was a short man and we have to put down the seat. Done, take your seat."

"No, no don�t go too forward if not you�ll came out with a nose like a pepper."

"No no, your 1,000 lire notes are not good. They�re not good, this is a sensitive machine."

"With these we don�t have problems. My wife irons them every morning. Insert them. Then we count at the end how much it is."

"Done? Now comb your hair."

"Done? Let�s go to the program."

"If you want a suggestion I would do the first two shots in a serious way, like an employer, for a card, passport, general documents - they always can be useful. I would do the other two in an artistic way, for beauty contests, castings�maybe for wives, girlfriends, secret lovers� do you have a lover? You should, you should have one."

"When you�re ready say READY and I'll push the button. READY?"

"READY."

"READY."

"SERIOUS FACE ONE. GO!"

"You really look good. Don�t move!"

"SERIOUS FACE TWO. GO!"

"Change: seductive smile! In front of you there�s a beautiful girl desiring you! GO!"

"Change: big laughs, great happiness, you won the lottery [he literally talks about guessing the final scores of 13 first league football matches] and the Napoli soccer team has won the championship! GO!"