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Delia (Paola Cortellesi) is the wife of Ivano and mother of three. Wife and mother. She finds it only natural that these two roles define her. It is the mid-1940s in Rome, and this is an ordinary family living in a city that struggles to find a balance between the positive momentum triggered by the Liberation and the misery the war left in its aftermath.
Transcript
00:30Why did you take your hands off me?
00:32He always takes his hands off me.
00:34Otherwise he gets used to it.
00:36One.
00:37But strong.
00:39Have you seen how beautiful the Americans are?
00:42They all have teeth.
00:43Yeah.
00:44But many.
00:45More than us, you know.
00:47You all have to laugh.
00:49Because my daughter is marrying a gentleman.
00:51Not a piece of shit like you.
00:52The miserable ones.
00:54If I think that here in Medellin there won't be another woman to enter this house.
00:58I've been coming here every morning for 30 years.
01:00I got distracted for a moment and that girl stole you.
01:04What did they teach you at school?
01:05We did the Phoenicians.
01:06I don't know.
01:07I send you to school to study everything, even the birds.
01:09What are the phoenicians?
01:13You have to choose the right man.
01:15Giulio is the right one.
01:16I don't know. Tell me about you.
01:18What did you choose well?
01:19What's there to look at?
01:22We have to go now.
01:24Who told you?
01:25I'll tell you.
01:26You are mine.
01:27You are mine.
01:31It's been a few months since I've stolen some money from my little jobs.
01:34I don't understand how you steal.
01:35It's your money.
01:37Is it okay?
01:38It's for you.
01:41Think of the children.
01:42Think of Marcella.
01:44She's probably crazy.
01:51Where are you going?
01:52Where are you going?
01:53Where are you going?
01:55Why are you being treated like this?
01:57What do you mean? How do I understand?
02:02I'll tell you if I have time.
02:04When are you leaving?
02:07We'll see.