Maria Goretti (2003) - full transcript
Long length with Maria Goretti's touching history and of Alessandro Serenelli. Two young that live an intense friendship which could have transformed her in a love history. Alessandro, however, in an impulse of violent passion, he transforms it in a tragedy. The film, of that tender and simple youth, wants to show that it is possible to conserve the Christian values, even at the expense of the sacrifice of the own life, testifying in the pardon, the force of the love without measure.
What happened?
PONTINE MARSHES
JULY 5, 1902
{\ an5} The Goretti!
What's wrong?
Grab a blanket, too
Come on!
It was him!
Murderer! Murderer!
Kill him!
Stop!
The prisoner is now
in the hands of justice!
Move away!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Maria!
Maria! Maria!
Maria!
Careful!
Make way!
Maria! Maria!
Let us through!
You wretch!
Murderer!
Murderer! Murderer!
To death!
Go! Go!
Mom...
I didn't give up.
He's killed me.
Come on, let's put her on her side.
These are also bad
wounds in the back.
Doctor, is it very serious?
We must operate her!
She has been stabbed everywhere, ..
... at least 12 times.
But that's not the worst thing.
No, You can't come.
In your daughter's condition..
we will not be able to use anesthetics.
her heart wouldn't take it.
You know what that means
Be quiet. Calm!
Maria!
Doctor, how is Maria?
I did my best.
She has to get some rest now.
Mom
My darling
I'm fine, now.
My brothers?
They are fine. They are all at home.
Unfortunately She came round
during the operation.
and was awake until the end.
I am thirsty.
Can I have some water?
No liquids, I'm sorry.
We can only...
...wait.
Maria?
She's in there, Father.
Come with me,
for the child's sake.
It would be a miracle if your daughter
managed to rest a little.
she must at least try to
recover her strength.
Not you, Father. Stay.
Let's hope that the child...
That the child
can survive it.
Maria!
Murdering a child like that...!
How can it come to that?
PONTINE MARSHES
TWO YEARS EARLIER
Stop!
Stop!
This is for you.
Thank you!
No, get up!
I'm happy to help.
What is happening?
What happened to you?
You move away, Father!
That's a thief!
It's already the third time he
tries to steal, down at the farm.
So?
What do you intend to do?
Just execute him like that, on two feet?
Do not make me repeat it.
We have orders to take
him back to the master.
He will tell us what to do.
That's enough! Leave him alone.
Let us at least see his face, ..
or the master
will take it out on us.
I said to leave him alone.
Who are you?
I've never seen you in church.
Where are you from?
I'm going to Neptune
to take up my new job.
I think we'll meet again soon.
Let's go! Leave him alone,
The master can deal with it.
Take! Nothing happened.
Goodbye.
Thank goodness I came today to ..
... bring some
comfort to these women.
Now. Keep calm!
No more danger!
It is not fear. he's got malaria.
I've seen you before.
You're one of the seasonal workers.
Madam, I beg you,
don't send me away!
I can't stay without a job!
My children are hungry and without
the pay we can't make it.
You have my word.
Now you have to treat yourself.
No! I'm fine!
I can do it! I'm fine!
Most of the farmers
who work here ..
... sooner or later will catch malaria.
And who is the master
of these lands?
If you want to know
Conte Mazzoleni, ..
... after lunch you always
find him at home.
My name is Elena Mazzoleni.
I'm his wife.
Thank you.
Malaria! Once you've got it,
you never get rid of it.
But how is it possible
Nothing can be done?
In short, the man I met today
has to die just like that?
Malaria can only be
prevented, with quinine.
But the quinine is expensive! And how
do they pay for it, the farmers?
What kind of man is the master who
drives the farmers to hunger ..
... and let them be
destroyed by malaria?
Even in the Catechism it is
written that oppressing the poor.
... and not giving the right
reward to the workers ..
These are among the worst
sins that a man can do!
They are sins that cry out
for vengeance before God.
We can help these workers ..
... only by supporting them with
the power of faith to the Lord.
Tomorrow morning, first thing ..
I'd recommend taking a
look at Campomorto.
It is it's there at Conca that we need
more help for the functions.
There are two small chapels
... and they're usually
only open in summer.
And are they far?
It will be six kilometers.
If you want, you can
take my buggy ..
... or there is a shortcut
through the swamp.
Father! Are you lost?
Come with me.
Thank you.
We have arrived, Father.
Thank you.
Goodbye, Father!
Goodbye!
We kill ourselves with work ..
... and he steals everything!
He swore that if we do 400
quintals of harvest, ..
... will sign us a real contract.
And then he asks us only a
third of the harvest, ..
... which is less than
what we paid before!
Eh, a third...
Only the tools and seeds
we have to buy from him ..
with debts! then
we have to sell it to him...
... at the price that says
his lordship, the Count!
look...They work the same land..
they share the same house
and fight each other like two dogs!
and they think they're partners?
Shut your mouth
and get to work, partner!
Here's Maria! It's time to eat!
always on time like a clock.
That's enough, thanks.
Maria... Maria...
He won't make it to the summer.
I want to know where you
got that call! Let's eat!
Give me that!
Oh, Sarde '! But how does that
little girl do it? Maria never stops!
Of course! Not like someone I know!
Damn...!
you always reproach me!
Don't forget your son.
Half man... half a ration!
Take!
Marietta, can we
make 400 quintals?
We'll make it!
You can say it louder! We'll make it!
We'll make it!
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
But you still here?
Come on, clear the table!
May I?
Father...
Are you the family that lives with
the Serenelli, in Cascina Antica?
Yes, it's a nice big farmhouse.
large enough for two families.
After all, Giovanni Serenelli
has only got his son now.
I've seen the swamp.
It must be hard work to tiring there.
Yes. And then the owner isn't
very easy to please either.
However, you only have to
dry out the land.
... and be able to plow it.
Then you can grow fresh beans
for fodder and wheat...
Then you realize the
gift God has given us.
I'm Luigi Goretti.
We're not from here.
We come from outside.
These are my sons.
Angelo, Ersilia,
Sandrino and Mariano.
This is Assunta, my wife.
She holds little Teresa,
the last one in her arms.
Ah, but That leaves...
Here she is.
She is Maria.
Good morning!
Good morning, Father!
Take the dogs there.
Make them eat.
Good morning.
Is the Count free?
Yes, come. I'll show you the way.
Father Basilio is here,
the new Priest.
They told me that you'd
arrived a few days ago.
So, How are you doing here at Conca?
I'm not used to it yet.
But I saw that they are all
good people, good people..
... including that poor man
that your men tried to kill.
They wanted only
to give him a lesson.
We are not murderers
around here.
However,They're rabble
worse than animals.
And then, when they steal, they must be punished.
That man was also severely
weakened by malaria.
Even the newspapers, today,
they talk about malaria.
According to our
political class..
... now we should pay for the
quinine out of our pockets.
But how much it would
cost us they do not write it.
Three lire. Every year, a worker,
wife and relatives included.
Three pounds if they are enough!
Three lire...
But that would serve
to save lives.
Human lives.
They say that we landowners
are parasites..
... that we eat the rent and
do not invest in the property.
They treat us less than the
city's industrialists, "
... as if the money for taxes
did not have the same value.
That really makes me angry!
You're a priest... isn't there anything
that makes you angry?
The exploitation
of man on man ..
... from speculators ..
... who, for their
income, abuse people ..
... and treat them as
if they were things.
All we needed
was a socialist priest.
These are the words of
His Holiness, Leo XIII.
He wrote them in the
Encyclical "Rerum Novarum".
I am too busy to keep
up with the Pope's moods.
Here... These are the candles for
the little church of Campomorto.
Thank you very much.
And also for the other day.
- As for my husband...
- No.
Do not worry.
your husband is a straightforward man ..
... and the straightforward people ..
... make the world easier.
Good night.
Good night.
We thank you, Lord, for
the food you have given us.
Go to bed now!
All right, dad.
Good night, dad!
Good night.
I'm tired too, tonight.
Very tired.
One to say good night,
one to make you sleep ..
... and one to make you dream.
Goodnight, little butterfly.
Come here, you!
Come here! So!
Do not be late.
I have to do some darning.
Good night!
The Priest, today, when he saw
you, he seemed to have seen...
...a ghost.
I met him the other day on the canal.
He was lost.
You should have seen his face!
What's up? Your father's already creaking
like a funeral carriage
I'm tired...
I can't take anymore.
That's enough for tonight.
Good night.
Don't be late
It gets light early these days.
What's this? Have you already read it?
One day I will leave here forever.
I don;t want to stay here
and finish like my father.
Are you afraid of death?
I don't know.
I'm just afraid of dying without doing ..
not even one thing...
What?
I don't know.
Something that...
I don't know.
Lord, please, let
us all be happy.
Never let us stop dreaming ..
... and hoping. Amen.
Last night you fell asleep
like a cooked pear!
Good morning!
Good morning!
I'll bring it to you.
Thank you.
I have to hurry up.
I have to go shopping.
Good morning! The usual!
Flour, salt, ..
... cotton and brown
buttons, please!
Here it is...
So, it's 3... 5...
1 and medium, 2, 2 and medium... 14.
The flour is increased, eh?
But this is that
of the other week!
No, it's not the same.
They brought it to me yesterday ..
and I paid more for it.
That's 14.
It's the same number On the bag
that I saw last week.
You can't read.
I can recognize numbers...
... even if I can't read.
I told you it has increased.
Not this one!
The bill is 12 and 5.
All right... Yes.
12 and 5, all right.
Good day!
I would like to have
the same confidence.
She's a Goretti.
More tough than a drunken man.
The count is here! The count is here!
400 quintals of harvest...!
And you believe that,
he'll sign that contract?
He also did it with Sardinia!
He did it with everyone!
He treats us like donkeys,
like "pacifiers"!
He shows us the carrot
then breaks our backs!
And then this is your chance!
The last time you convinced
me to discuss an agreement ..
... they threw us
into the street.
Oh really? If you don't have the
guts to defend your rights ..
that means I've chosen
the wrong partner!
It is with work that we defend our rights.
Only with work.
Did he say 400 quintals?
400 quintals will be.
And He'll have to sign
the new contract.
I feel sorry for you, and
your family of beggars!
Get to work!
Maria!
Don't be sad.
It is a kind of disease.
It is not his fault.
Like the fever?
Yes, like a fever.
The worst of all.
Is it something...
like malaria?
Worse. It's a disease called hatred ..
... and The only cure possible for that ..
... is Jesus.
However, Maria,
you don't have to worry.
When you do First Communion,
Jesus will always be with you.
Go away... Go away.
Trust in Jesus.
Ask him for help and the
fever will go away.
What do you want? Leave me alone!
Go to your father.
It's nothing...
I just need to sleep.
To sleep...
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with You.
You are blessed among women ..
... and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners ..
... now and at the hour
of our death. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with You.
You are blessed among women ..
... and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God...
I bet..
... that even the Count and his
wife look at the sky, at night, ..
... and feel closer to God.
How beautiful the sky is, mother.
♪ Genoveffa goes to the market ♪
♪ and the laundry is also worn. ♪
♪ Genoveffa goes into... ♪
Did you hear something?
Father! Mother!
Maria, What's the matter?
Maria!
Eternal rest give
them, O Lord, ..
... and the Perpetual
Light shine upon them.
Rest in peace.
Amen.
Go. The Mass is over.
And with your spirit.
I found him.
Will I do it soon,
My First Communion?
Sure.
As soon as you have the right age.
With him, this year, 17 people have
already died on the fields.
Does the count want the malaria to kill us one by one?
When will you pay off
your debts for the seeds?
We made a deal and it was
you who proposed it, ..
... but it seems that
you can't respect it.
Now respect at least the dead.
He's the one who should die Like a dog!
Mom, are we going into town?
Yes, for the party!
There will be a lot of people!
The party! Yes, the party!
Yes, we will go there!
See, Maria?
Water is not bad.
Not even that of the swamp, ..
... if we look at it
with the eyes of hope ..
... and faith.
Dad!
Mom!
I love you!
I want you too!
I love you too!
Me too, mom!
And I love you too!
I love you.
Do you know horses are crazy?
Grass! It's like a drug to them!
Cowherding is a great job
You're paid twice as much for
riding from morning to night!
Sooner or later I can do it!
I will go to the Count and ask him.
I'm sure he'll say yes
Then, When I have enough money.
... I will take the ship and go to America.
There are all rich ..
... and they do what they want!
There's target shooting!
Maria!
This is for whom do we do it?
For the Captain in second!
YUP!
And this for whom do we do it?
For Admiral!
For Admiral! Yup! So!
So,my dears?
Nobody wants to play with me?
Of course!
even you, omettino?
How beautiful...!
Not even you, omettino?
Are you going for a ride?
Come on, we'll pay for it!
You don't play for free.
You pay, eh?
Of course, don't worry!
Always if you can convince him!
she's a woman that you can't see even in your dreams!
You leave it to me!
Come here, you! so?
Do you have the idea of where it starts?
Little man!
Where are you going?
Done! Done!
It was fast, but it went well.
Yes, it was fast!
Fast like a rabbit!
Dad, are you sick?
Luigi, what's wrong?
Dad!
It's just a dizziness.
It's nothing, little butterfly.
Help me!
Help! Hen!
Let's go home...
Let's go home...
Here we go! Walk!
Where is he?
Where is he?
Can you hear anything?
You can cover yourself.
But yes...
It must have been all that
crowd down at the party.
It's not true? Is that it?
My Madonna, please!
I understand that you must
earn your bread, doctor, ..
... but do not do
it on my shoulders.
I'm very fine.
You look like a blind man
on the edge of the ravine.
What do I have?
When I go back to Conca, ..
... next week, I want
to find you in bed.
And I'm not kidding.
He too...has caught malaria
Oh, no...!
I'm sorry.
Help me, Lord.
Dad...
Dad!
Assunta! The belt has been broken!
I'm going to see if
I can find another one.
Go with your father.
Yup.
True and! It's up to the owner
to stop us from dying!
In other places, the free
quinine is already given!
If you all agree, why don't you
do what they did in the North?
Striking is not a sin!
No, I will not do strike for quinine.
It is bitter as death.
And do you know why?
But if they also give it to the
stubborn and ignorant ones...
They say it's the devil's medicine!
We will not do a strike!
I say we have to
break it inside!
We have to hit him in what
he has most dear, his stuff!
He's right!
Let's burn the warehouses,
let's kill the dogs!
No!
One every day,
until he comes here ..
to beg us to stop it!
You are exceeding the limit.
Mazzoleni is the killer!
He killed him with his hands,
That poor wretch
man we buried.
It's what rages you inside
that will end up killing you.
You will see who will die!
Dad!
Anyway, if you agree for a
strike, that's fine with me.
Father Basilio is right.
We must defend our rights.
But nothing more.
Come on...! Nothing happened!
Let's go!
What's your name?
Primo!
So you're Primo,you shouldn't be the last
to get up, right? You are Primo!
That's crazy!
It's crazy, yes! There was little lack!
Mom!
Maria!
Do not worry, nothing happened.
No! It's hate!
Hate, you know..
... Catch you like malaria
and never leaves you!
Count! Father Basilio has arrived!
Here is your liqueur, Count.
Father! At this timeyou should be saying
Mass, or What I know that you...
Reassemble the church.
It's about the last
malaria victim.
I canceled his debts.
What else does the family want?
Distribute that
blessed quinine..
... otherwise people will continue to die,
like the animals at the slaughterhouse.
I've already told you that it'll cost
me at least 3 lire per year, per head.
I can not afford it.
You don't know what might happen!
What? A strike?
They'll burn the barns,
kill my Dogs? What will they do?
No, do not worry. Nothing
of this will happen.
We're all too busy trying to...
survive here.
We are?
You do not even know
what "survive" means.
Maria! Maria!
The animals! They escaped!
They will drown in the swamp!
And Zipolo?
Even Zipolo has escaped!
But where are you going?
You must stay in bed!
It's not the strike!
What happened?
It seems the channel has become obstructed!
Where?
Behind the big curve!
It's where we are!
This land is also ours ..
and the mud will eat it all!
This land is Mazzoleni!
If it goes down the drain, worse
for him and worse for us all!
Father!
Dad, I'm coming too!
Go inside with your brothers!
Come here!
Give me your hand!
Come on!
Let's go in! Come on, come on!
Leave me!
Come on!
What the hell are you
doing here in the rain?
My duty, likeyou!
Get in!
May I?
Where's Luigi?
He went to the fields!
There was nothing to do!
Your husband is crazy!
It's dangerous in his condition!
We must find him right away.
Let's go and call the others.
Father, I'm coming with you!
I'll come with you!
Come on, Maria, please!
It's dangerous! Stay at home!
No, please! I beg you!
Father, hurry up!
Always stay beside me.
Yes, Father!
Dad!
Luigi!
Goretti!
Dad!
Luigi!
Dad!
Dad!
Here he is, he's over there!
Dad!
Yes, Right!
Let's go!
Quick!
Dad!
He managed to unlock the channel!
Dad! Dad!
Well, doctor?
He doesn't have much time.
Maria ..
..I want you to have this cross.
And I want you to celebrate
First Communion as soon as possible.
Yes.
So, when I ..
.. have to entrustmyself to the Lord..
He will already know you,
by name and surname ..
... and will also treat me well.
The Lord will say: ..
... "Now it's him ..
... the father of my Marietta! ".
Call your mother.
Assunta...
We won't be able ..
... to make 400 quintals.
You have to leave here.
You have to go back to the village.
Promise me!
Promise me!
No more visits.
The children.
shouldn't see their father..
.. dies like that.
I'll handle that.
It's better if you leave, Maria.
No!
If he'd taken the quinine,
This would never have happened.
It takes endless patience ..
... to pray for
things to change.
Assunta ..
Maybe Luigi was right.
Dad...!
It is better if you
return to your country.
Our work and our
home are here, ..
Where the Lord has brought us.
This is where we will
stay, with God's help.
Mom will continue to
work the fields ..
... and I'll look after my brothers.
You have the same
strength as your father.
Now,".
...he..
... is always with me.
Zipolo!
Come here!
"Astro del Ciel,
pargol divin"...
So, are we all here?
Cascio, Have you brought the book
or brought the dog again?
Yes, yes, I've brought it this time.
Good! Today we will talk about
the Passion of Christ.
Does anyone know what the
Passion of Christ is?
I! I! I!
You!
It's when they killed him.
Good boy!
You?
Yes, when they nailed him on the cross.
Good! And why did they
nailed him on the cross?
Why?
Mrs!
No, even fruit! But you already
hosts catechism at your home!
You are spoiling them!
Did I already told you that you are saint?
Come on, children, come over her.
Easy now!
Fruit does not run away!
Can I have a banana?
Are you Maria?
you..
...You know me?
Sure. You are a sensitive child ..
and also very brave.
No...
No, you're wrong!
Trust me.
I can recognize courage and
fortitude when I see them.
Maybe..
... because I don't have enough.
Now come here, and sit down over here.
So, we were talking
about the crucifixion.
But why the Romans were
so afraid of Jesus, ..
why they wanted so much to kill him?
Because he did miracles.
Because they hated him.
Yes, of course, they hated him, ..
but why?
Because he was a Jew.
The King of the Jews.
he scared them.
He was an enemy.
Yes.
He preached about another Kingdom,
more powerful than Rome.
A Kingdom of equality and love.
the Kingdom of God.
But they hated him and
were so afraid of him.
Also because he said that we are...
All brothers.
Yes.
That we are all the same, in
the eyes of God the Father, ..
and that hating others ..
... it's like hating yourself.
Basilio!
Don Temistocle!
Finally I see you're happy!
What is in the news paper ?
the news in the newspapers.
The law has been passed!
Which law?
The one that obliges ..
the landowners to distribute
the quinine for free.
They understood that this
massacre could not continue!
What does the count Mazzoleni do
with the law?
Are you sure that he will accept
it, without saying a word?
He Will accept.
Ah, he will accept!
why?
Because I'll be there with... the guards!
Next!
Hold on!
Sign here.
But... the same spoon? He was shaking
like a leaf yesterday!
Swallow it and get out!
But...
Malaria is not contagious.
Doctor, are you sure?
Whether you like it or not, now
you have to take quinine by law.
At my expense, just to change.
Do you like it? It's good!
I got it for you.
That's why you gathered
all that grass!
Maria, give me a little!
Come on, come on! Leg!
Stick!
If it hurts his pockets, it means
that it is certainly good for us.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Do not be afraid.
It's a bit bitter, but it's good for you.
He knows how to be
loved by everyone.
Hold on!
she is without defenses.
She doesn't know what harm
they could cause her.
He's greedy!
Don't Give him much.
Your father?
He stayed at home.
He says I can manage without him.
he's tired.
We must understand him. He does not feel good.
And Me? Does anyone worry
about understanding me?
Maria has darned these shirts.
Now that we are both alone...
I've never been alone.
Hey, well then?
I'm eating!
You eat a lot in Sardinia?
Let's go come on! Forza!
The lunch is over!
Let's move!
The land does not wait for us!
What happens? Where are you going?
You have to finish the day!
And who are you? The Count's daughter?
This year we can make it to respect
the agreements! We succeed!
Who cares! it's only the owner
who gains the money
Alessandro, what's happening to you?
What is happenning that now I have to
pull the cart by myself ..
... and I've got the boxes
full splitting my back ..
... for something that
is not mine either.
and I don't have
to answer to you!
You said once that you don't
want to be like your father.
I'm not like him!
Now I also know what hatred is, ..
... because this land disgusts
me, the swamp makes me sick!
This life is sucks!
Now, I beg you!
Hatred will kill you inside,
it will destroy your life!
No, it will change it instead.
Because I hate my father!
With all my might!
And I don't want to be cured!
Careful with those coffins!
I'll make you pay for them
out of your pocket, eh?
Forza! Forza! Come on!
How many are they?
One, two, three, four...
And you? Where do you think you are going?
I must speak to the master.
I want... I'd like to
work with the horses.
Then take a seat.
The owner was looking for ..
... just some Marche
replacements like you.
I said be careful, you fools!
Be quiet!
These marchigiani always complain
and then they die like flies!
The malaria takes them
away to quintals.
Continue, you! I have...
some unfinished business to see to.
Yes? I was just going to
count the eggs in the barn.
And what are you doing? Do you want to
take a ride with Giuseppa with him?
Quick with these coffins! Let's go!
Hi Dad!
Mom told me to say hello.
Teresa always asks me..
How you look like?
... I jokingly told her
that you were tall..
... Handsome and strong like an ox!
I'm sorry?
I always show her the photos, ..
... but it is not clear.
Truely you were better in the real life.
Tall, handsome and strong.
this Sunday I'll celebrate the Communion!
Now that you're gone, I
need all the help of God.
I hope to be worthy of it.
I know he will give it to me.
Good bye!
- Maria!
- Oh God...!
You almost got me a shock!
Why?
Are you scared, now?
Maria, you love me, don't you?
Sure! why? What did you think?
What are you doing?
Prove it.
Did they give you a job as a cowherd?
Come with me!
Stop!
Leave me!
Shut up!
Leave me!
It's a long time since we didn't
see you at the table?
Did you and your father
decide not to eat?
This darning is disgusting, Maria!
If you don't want to do it, don't do it.
I can't wear it anymore.
I'll try to repair it again, okay?
Accompany me to the swamp. I'm
curious, this year, to know ..
... how the young ladies are wearing
their little hats . Fashion!
Why?
I was only joking!
You are really a poor guy!
And why?
Nothing, Sarde ', you're not a poor guy.
You're an animal!
And why?
♪ Genoveffa goes to the market ♪
♪ and you also bring laundry ♪
♪ Genoveffa goes to the countryside ♪
♪ and the wolf ♪
... if he eats it.
Good morning! Hi, Pippo! How are you?
And you? Eh? Isodoro! What a beautiful coat!
Zipolo!
You grow bigger every day!
Well... See you later, eh?
Hello!
You didn't answer me.
What?
You didn't tell
me if you love me.
You didn't show it to me.
Please, Alessandro
We're friends.
Don't ruin everything!
Don't stain your soul!
Please! Let's just be friends!
No! Stop!
No! Please!
It's a terrible sin!
God will punish you! No!
No! No!
Maria! Maria!
Where did that girl go?
Yet they told me she was here!
Maria, here you are! I was trying to
tell you that I'm going to the market.
You should look after the children!
But why do you run away?
Maria!
Maria!
Maria, what is it?
Maria, what happened?
Nothing.
Nothing happened.
If you tell someone, I'll kill you.
Did you understand?
Shut up! Shut up!
I said I'll kill you!
Hello, Father!
Doctor... What's up?
The agreements with Mazzoleni
have become harder..
... we decided not
to respect them.
And the Count?
The doctor says...
... He, in vengeance,
stopped giving us the quinine.
He knows that the guards
won't come back.
He can no longer do his own thing
and stand against the law.
Give him a nice complaint and you
will see that the request will pass.
It is your right!
If you don't do it, then I will.
Mom, it's time!
Come on, go!
This morning, you get the First Communion!
Come on... young lady!
Leave that, I'll do it later.
Have you ever seen
a girl like her?
Did Mrs.Albertini
lend us the veil?
Yes!
Go on!
Here it is...
Mom, can I help you?
Not today.
But you don't eat today, Maria?
You don't eat before communion.
It's no problem. I swear!
It's no problem at all.
and... I do not know if I'll
want to eat.
We could borrow new shoes
for me too, right?
Jesus looks at your
heart, not at your feet.
♪ Giro, round dance ♪
♪ .. the world is born... ♪
This is sent to you by the
landowner's wife in person.
So, young lady, are you ready
for the big day?
At least for once, you don't
have to go on foot. Let's go!
The body of christ.
Amen.
The body of christi.
Amen.
The body of christ.
Amen.
The body of christ.
Amen.
I beg your pardon if I have
cooked badly, sometimes.
I'll try to improve.
I ask you for forgiveness ..
... if, sometimes, I couldn't
take care of the children ..
and I left them to you.
What are you saying, my love?
We are... who should
apologize to you,...
You're so young, for
what you can do.
I have to ask forgiveness
for you too...
... for mismating your shirts.
For not understanding
you, sometimes.
You are so Beautiful!
If only he could see you
your father...!
You already look like a bride.
When the right husband comes,
I will not recognize him.
It will be God who will
recognize him to me.
And I will love him for
life, like you and dad.
Thanks for coming.
These occasions are more beautiful, ..
... if everyone is celebrating together.
Good morning, twins!
Truly, Father, we have
cometo say goodbyer.
We're leaving Conca.because We could not do
what the Count wanted
He said that he decides when
the terms are no longer valid.
He can't just kick you out.
He did it, Father.
He didn't think twice
about it and he did it.
I reported him for quinine and
then he took his revenge.
No, Father, it's not your fault.
He would have done the same any way.
Let's go down to our country.
They need farmhands theres.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Father.
All clear!
Be careful not to hurt yourself!
Come on, guys! Quick!
He does not want to stop! Move!
Mr. Count!
Those people have
children to feed!
If you want to revenge,
do it with me!
You can report me again! I don't
have time for subversive priests!
I had made a deal with them and
they could not keep it,
... these aren't the
things that concern me!
Sooner or later you will have
to deal with Divine Justice ..
... and you're wrong if
you think this story ..
... can be stored like that,
as if nothing had happened!
Since you arrived, ..
... I can't do anything as if
nothing had happened!
I do not care about your complaints,
but if you'ren't capable of ..
... to stay good and be a
priest as God commands, ..
...This means that this is
not the place for you.
Hey! Where have you been?
Did you go to see womens?
Do you think that you
eat air in this house?
If you really want to know,
in a little time I'll join the millitary.
Last week I had visited them
and they took me.
Oh Really?
Why aren't you... like
all the other children?
Why aren't you like Maria?
I was hoping that ..
you would do the blessing
of the fields Basilio ..
for the autumn.
You know, for these people...
Today I almost invested
Count Mazzoleni.
The Priest should be
stronger than other men, ..
instead I have discovered
that I am not.
I no longer have love inside of me.
And this land no longer
has any light in my eyes.
That child is right.
Hatred is like malaria.
If you let it in...
it does not leave you anymore.
But...
... do you really think about
abandoning the Priesthood?
I don't know.
I only know that I
have to leave here.
I tried in every way
to understand you, ..
... to be near you, ..
... but the man I loved
is gone, there's more ..
... and even in his heart
I no longer exist.
I'm going to stay with my mother,
to let you think a bit...
... if you still
care, about the two of us
I have not lost hope that
you will one day return.
The swamp is killing me too.
Look how beautiful, these corns!
Beautiful!
You carry on
I'll be right back.
I forgot something I need.
What has he forgotten?
I do not know.He didn't say it.
Come in for a moment.
I have to talk to you.
undress... undress yourself!
Please, Alessandro!
You'll go to hell!
No!
Tell me you want me! Tell me!
God doesn't want you to!
It's a pity!
Come on! Tell me you want me!
Please! I beg!
You'll go to hell!
Tell me! Tell me!
No! No!
God doesn't want to.
It is a terrible sin.
I will never commit it.
Now tell me yes, otherwise
I'll do it seriously.
I kill you like a dog.
This is a bit 'gear.
Hail Mary full of grace,..
... the Lord is with you.
You are blessed among women ..
... and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Santa Maria, mother of God, ..
... pray for us sinners...
Assunta! Assunta! Assunta!
Assunta !!
Assunta!
No!
Assunta...!
No!... No !!
At the hour of our death.
Amen.
It's almost dawn.
I can't believe
she's still alive.
It's as...
As if she is waiting for something.
She's dead?
Are you afraid of ending
your years in jail?
I do not know. And it's
not for me to ask, ..
... but to him.
Maria...
Forgive me, Maria! I beg you!
If you forgive me, ..
then God will do, Maria.
Alessandro!
Why did he do it?
Hatred.
If the world hates you ..
remember that the world
hated me before you.
Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do.
I forgive him.
she is...
she is like the light.
Then Jesus answered the thief ..
"In truth I tell you ..
-..Today...".
I forgive him.
And I want him
next to me in Heaven.
No!!
No! No!
Maria Goretti died.
{\ an5} I think I'll never leave this place.
{\ an5} Maria has opened my eyes.
{\ an5} She has made me realize that
there can never be injustice, ..
{\ an5} .. Miseries and such sufferings ..
{\ an5} .. That can defeat
the power of purity ..
{\ an5} .. And forgiveness.
{\ an5} If the Divine Mercy has
the face of its Saints, ..
{\ an5} .. That God always preserves,
more than anything else, ..
{\ an5} .. The innocence
and holiness of children.
Maria Goretti
was proclaimed a saint in 1950.
after serving his sentense,
Alessandro Sernelli became a recluse in a convent
where he lived in prayer untill his death
PONTINE MARSHES
JULY 5, 1902
{\ an5} The Goretti!
What's wrong?
Grab a blanket, too
Come on!
It was him!
Murderer! Murderer!
Kill him!
Stop!
The prisoner is now
in the hands of justice!
Move away!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Maria!
Maria! Maria!
Maria!
Careful!
Make way!
Maria! Maria!
Let us through!
You wretch!
Murderer!
Murderer! Murderer!
To death!
Go! Go!
Mom...
I didn't give up.
He's killed me.
Come on, let's put her on her side.
These are also bad
wounds in the back.
Doctor, is it very serious?
We must operate her!
She has been stabbed everywhere, ..
... at least 12 times.
But that's not the worst thing.
No, You can't come.
In your daughter's condition..
we will not be able to use anesthetics.
her heart wouldn't take it.
You know what that means
Be quiet. Calm!
Maria!
Doctor, how is Maria?
I did my best.
She has to get some rest now.
Mom
My darling
I'm fine, now.
My brothers?
They are fine. They are all at home.
Unfortunately She came round
during the operation.
and was awake until the end.
I am thirsty.
Can I have some water?
No liquids, I'm sorry.
We can only...
...wait.
Maria?
She's in there, Father.
Come with me,
for the child's sake.
It would be a miracle if your daughter
managed to rest a little.
she must at least try to
recover her strength.
Not you, Father. Stay.
Let's hope that the child...
That the child
can survive it.
Maria!
Murdering a child like that...!
How can it come to that?
PONTINE MARSHES
TWO YEARS EARLIER
Stop!
Stop!
This is for you.
Thank you!
No, get up!
I'm happy to help.
What is happening?
What happened to you?
You move away, Father!
That's a thief!
It's already the third time he
tries to steal, down at the farm.
So?
What do you intend to do?
Just execute him like that, on two feet?
Do not make me repeat it.
We have orders to take
him back to the master.
He will tell us what to do.
That's enough! Leave him alone.
Let us at least see his face, ..
or the master
will take it out on us.
I said to leave him alone.
Who are you?
I've never seen you in church.
Where are you from?
I'm going to Neptune
to take up my new job.
I think we'll meet again soon.
Let's go! Leave him alone,
The master can deal with it.
Take! Nothing happened.
Goodbye.
Thank goodness I came today to ..
... bring some
comfort to these women.
Now. Keep calm!
No more danger!
It is not fear. he's got malaria.
I've seen you before.
You're one of the seasonal workers.
Madam, I beg you,
don't send me away!
I can't stay without a job!
My children are hungry and without
the pay we can't make it.
You have my word.
Now you have to treat yourself.
No! I'm fine!
I can do it! I'm fine!
Most of the farmers
who work here ..
... sooner or later will catch malaria.
And who is the master
of these lands?
If you want to know
Conte Mazzoleni, ..
... after lunch you always
find him at home.
My name is Elena Mazzoleni.
I'm his wife.
Thank you.
Malaria! Once you've got it,
you never get rid of it.
But how is it possible
Nothing can be done?
In short, the man I met today
has to die just like that?
Malaria can only be
prevented, with quinine.
But the quinine is expensive! And how
do they pay for it, the farmers?
What kind of man is the master who
drives the farmers to hunger ..
... and let them be
destroyed by malaria?
Even in the Catechism it is
written that oppressing the poor.
... and not giving the right
reward to the workers ..
These are among the worst
sins that a man can do!
They are sins that cry out
for vengeance before God.
We can help these workers ..
... only by supporting them with
the power of faith to the Lord.
Tomorrow morning, first thing ..
I'd recommend taking a
look at Campomorto.
It is it's there at Conca that we need
more help for the functions.
There are two small chapels
... and they're usually
only open in summer.
And are they far?
It will be six kilometers.
If you want, you can
take my buggy ..
... or there is a shortcut
through the swamp.
Father! Are you lost?
Come with me.
Thank you.
We have arrived, Father.
Thank you.
Goodbye, Father!
Goodbye!
We kill ourselves with work ..
... and he steals everything!
He swore that if we do 400
quintals of harvest, ..
... will sign us a real contract.
And then he asks us only a
third of the harvest, ..
... which is less than
what we paid before!
Eh, a third...
Only the tools and seeds
we have to buy from him ..
with debts! then
we have to sell it to him...
... at the price that says
his lordship, the Count!
look...They work the same land..
they share the same house
and fight each other like two dogs!
and they think they're partners?
Shut your mouth
and get to work, partner!
Here's Maria! It's time to eat!
always on time like a clock.
That's enough, thanks.
Maria... Maria...
He won't make it to the summer.
I want to know where you
got that call! Let's eat!
Give me that!
Oh, Sarde '! But how does that
little girl do it? Maria never stops!
Of course! Not like someone I know!
Damn...!
you always reproach me!
Don't forget your son.
Half man... half a ration!
Take!
Marietta, can we
make 400 quintals?
We'll make it!
You can say it louder! We'll make it!
We'll make it!
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
But you still here?
Come on, clear the table!
May I?
Father...
Are you the family that lives with
the Serenelli, in Cascina Antica?
Yes, it's a nice big farmhouse.
large enough for two families.
After all, Giovanni Serenelli
has only got his son now.
I've seen the swamp.
It must be hard work to tiring there.
Yes. And then the owner isn't
very easy to please either.
However, you only have to
dry out the land.
... and be able to plow it.
Then you can grow fresh beans
for fodder and wheat...
Then you realize the
gift God has given us.
I'm Luigi Goretti.
We're not from here.
We come from outside.
These are my sons.
Angelo, Ersilia,
Sandrino and Mariano.
This is Assunta, my wife.
She holds little Teresa,
the last one in her arms.
Ah, but That leaves...
Here she is.
She is Maria.
Good morning!
Good morning, Father!
Take the dogs there.
Make them eat.
Good morning.
Is the Count free?
Yes, come. I'll show you the way.
Father Basilio is here,
the new Priest.
They told me that you'd
arrived a few days ago.
So, How are you doing here at Conca?
I'm not used to it yet.
But I saw that they are all
good people, good people..
... including that poor man
that your men tried to kill.
They wanted only
to give him a lesson.
We are not murderers
around here.
However,They're rabble
worse than animals.
And then, when they steal, they must be punished.
That man was also severely
weakened by malaria.
Even the newspapers, today,
they talk about malaria.
According to our
political class..
... now we should pay for the
quinine out of our pockets.
But how much it would
cost us they do not write it.
Three lire. Every year, a worker,
wife and relatives included.
Three pounds if they are enough!
Three lire...
But that would serve
to save lives.
Human lives.
They say that we landowners
are parasites..
... that we eat the rent and
do not invest in the property.
They treat us less than the
city's industrialists, "
... as if the money for taxes
did not have the same value.
That really makes me angry!
You're a priest... isn't there anything
that makes you angry?
The exploitation
of man on man ..
... from speculators ..
... who, for their
income, abuse people ..
... and treat them as
if they were things.
All we needed
was a socialist priest.
These are the words of
His Holiness, Leo XIII.
He wrote them in the
Encyclical "Rerum Novarum".
I am too busy to keep
up with the Pope's moods.
Here... These are the candles for
the little church of Campomorto.
Thank you very much.
And also for the other day.
- As for my husband...
- No.
Do not worry.
your husband is a straightforward man ..
... and the straightforward people ..
... make the world easier.
Good night.
Good night.
We thank you, Lord, for
the food you have given us.
Go to bed now!
All right, dad.
Good night, dad!
Good night.
I'm tired too, tonight.
Very tired.
One to say good night,
one to make you sleep ..
... and one to make you dream.
Goodnight, little butterfly.
Come here, you!
Come here! So!
Do not be late.
I have to do some darning.
Good night!
The Priest, today, when he saw
you, he seemed to have seen...
...a ghost.
I met him the other day on the canal.
He was lost.
You should have seen his face!
What's up? Your father's already creaking
like a funeral carriage
I'm tired...
I can't take anymore.
That's enough for tonight.
Good night.
Don't be late
It gets light early these days.
What's this? Have you already read it?
One day I will leave here forever.
I don;t want to stay here
and finish like my father.
Are you afraid of death?
I don't know.
I'm just afraid of dying without doing ..
not even one thing...
What?
I don't know.
Something that...
I don't know.
Lord, please, let
us all be happy.
Never let us stop dreaming ..
... and hoping. Amen.
Last night you fell asleep
like a cooked pear!
Good morning!
Good morning!
I'll bring it to you.
Thank you.
I have to hurry up.
I have to go shopping.
Good morning! The usual!
Flour, salt, ..
... cotton and brown
buttons, please!
Here it is...
So, it's 3... 5...
1 and medium, 2, 2 and medium... 14.
The flour is increased, eh?
But this is that
of the other week!
No, it's not the same.
They brought it to me yesterday ..
and I paid more for it.
That's 14.
It's the same number On the bag
that I saw last week.
You can't read.
I can recognize numbers...
... even if I can't read.
I told you it has increased.
Not this one!
The bill is 12 and 5.
All right... Yes.
12 and 5, all right.
Good day!
I would like to have
the same confidence.
She's a Goretti.
More tough than a drunken man.
The count is here! The count is here!
400 quintals of harvest...!
And you believe that,
he'll sign that contract?
He also did it with Sardinia!
He did it with everyone!
He treats us like donkeys,
like "pacifiers"!
He shows us the carrot
then breaks our backs!
And then this is your chance!
The last time you convinced
me to discuss an agreement ..
... they threw us
into the street.
Oh really? If you don't have the
guts to defend your rights ..
that means I've chosen
the wrong partner!
It is with work that we defend our rights.
Only with work.
Did he say 400 quintals?
400 quintals will be.
And He'll have to sign
the new contract.
I feel sorry for you, and
your family of beggars!
Get to work!
Maria!
Don't be sad.
It is a kind of disease.
It is not his fault.
Like the fever?
Yes, like a fever.
The worst of all.
Is it something...
like malaria?
Worse. It's a disease called hatred ..
... and The only cure possible for that ..
... is Jesus.
However, Maria,
you don't have to worry.
When you do First Communion,
Jesus will always be with you.
Go away... Go away.
Trust in Jesus.
Ask him for help and the
fever will go away.
What do you want? Leave me alone!
Go to your father.
It's nothing...
I just need to sleep.
To sleep...
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with You.
You are blessed among women ..
... and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners ..
... now and at the hour
of our death. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with You.
You are blessed among women ..
... and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God...
I bet..
... that even the Count and his
wife look at the sky, at night, ..
... and feel closer to God.
How beautiful the sky is, mother.
♪ Genoveffa goes to the market ♪
♪ and the laundry is also worn. ♪
♪ Genoveffa goes into... ♪
Did you hear something?
Father! Mother!
Maria, What's the matter?
Maria!
Eternal rest give
them, O Lord, ..
... and the Perpetual
Light shine upon them.
Rest in peace.
Amen.
Go. The Mass is over.
And with your spirit.
I found him.
Will I do it soon,
My First Communion?
Sure.
As soon as you have the right age.
With him, this year, 17 people have
already died on the fields.
Does the count want the malaria to kill us one by one?
When will you pay off
your debts for the seeds?
We made a deal and it was
you who proposed it, ..
... but it seems that
you can't respect it.
Now respect at least the dead.
He's the one who should die Like a dog!
Mom, are we going into town?
Yes, for the party!
There will be a lot of people!
The party! Yes, the party!
Yes, we will go there!
See, Maria?
Water is not bad.
Not even that of the swamp, ..
... if we look at it
with the eyes of hope ..
... and faith.
Dad!
Mom!
I love you!
I want you too!
I love you too!
Me too, mom!
And I love you too!
I love you.
Do you know horses are crazy?
Grass! It's like a drug to them!
Cowherding is a great job
You're paid twice as much for
riding from morning to night!
Sooner or later I can do it!
I will go to the Count and ask him.
I'm sure he'll say yes
Then, When I have enough money.
... I will take the ship and go to America.
There are all rich ..
... and they do what they want!
There's target shooting!
Maria!
This is for whom do we do it?
For the Captain in second!
YUP!
And this for whom do we do it?
For Admiral!
For Admiral! Yup! So!
So,my dears?
Nobody wants to play with me?
Of course!
even you, omettino?
How beautiful...!
Not even you, omettino?
Are you going for a ride?
Come on, we'll pay for it!
You don't play for free.
You pay, eh?
Of course, don't worry!
Always if you can convince him!
she's a woman that you can't see even in your dreams!
You leave it to me!
Come here, you! so?
Do you have the idea of where it starts?
Little man!
Where are you going?
Done! Done!
It was fast, but it went well.
Yes, it was fast!
Fast like a rabbit!
Dad, are you sick?
Luigi, what's wrong?
Dad!
It's just a dizziness.
It's nothing, little butterfly.
Help me!
Help! Hen!
Let's go home...
Let's go home...
Here we go! Walk!
Where is he?
Where is he?
Can you hear anything?
You can cover yourself.
But yes...
It must have been all that
crowd down at the party.
It's not true? Is that it?
My Madonna, please!
I understand that you must
earn your bread, doctor, ..
... but do not do
it on my shoulders.
I'm very fine.
You look like a blind man
on the edge of the ravine.
What do I have?
When I go back to Conca, ..
... next week, I want
to find you in bed.
And I'm not kidding.
He too...has caught malaria
Oh, no...!
I'm sorry.
Help me, Lord.
Dad...
Dad!
Assunta! The belt has been broken!
I'm going to see if
I can find another one.
Go with your father.
Yup.
True and! It's up to the owner
to stop us from dying!
In other places, the free
quinine is already given!
If you all agree, why don't you
do what they did in the North?
Striking is not a sin!
No, I will not do strike for quinine.
It is bitter as death.
And do you know why?
But if they also give it to the
stubborn and ignorant ones...
They say it's the devil's medicine!
We will not do a strike!
I say we have to
break it inside!
We have to hit him in what
he has most dear, his stuff!
He's right!
Let's burn the warehouses,
let's kill the dogs!
No!
One every day,
until he comes here ..
to beg us to stop it!
You are exceeding the limit.
Mazzoleni is the killer!
He killed him with his hands,
That poor wretch
man we buried.
It's what rages you inside
that will end up killing you.
You will see who will die!
Dad!
Anyway, if you agree for a
strike, that's fine with me.
Father Basilio is right.
We must defend our rights.
But nothing more.
Come on...! Nothing happened!
Let's go!
What's your name?
Primo!
So you're Primo,you shouldn't be the last
to get up, right? You are Primo!
That's crazy!
It's crazy, yes! There was little lack!
Mom!
Maria!
Do not worry, nothing happened.
No! It's hate!
Hate, you know..
... Catch you like malaria
and never leaves you!
Count! Father Basilio has arrived!
Here is your liqueur, Count.
Father! At this timeyou should be saying
Mass, or What I know that you...
Reassemble the church.
It's about the last
malaria victim.
I canceled his debts.
What else does the family want?
Distribute that
blessed quinine..
... otherwise people will continue to die,
like the animals at the slaughterhouse.
I've already told you that it'll cost
me at least 3 lire per year, per head.
I can not afford it.
You don't know what might happen!
What? A strike?
They'll burn the barns,
kill my Dogs? What will they do?
No, do not worry. Nothing
of this will happen.
We're all too busy trying to...
survive here.
We are?
You do not even know
what "survive" means.
Maria! Maria!
The animals! They escaped!
They will drown in the swamp!
And Zipolo?
Even Zipolo has escaped!
But where are you going?
You must stay in bed!
It's not the strike!
What happened?
It seems the channel has become obstructed!
Where?
Behind the big curve!
It's where we are!
This land is also ours ..
and the mud will eat it all!
This land is Mazzoleni!
If it goes down the drain, worse
for him and worse for us all!
Father!
Dad, I'm coming too!
Go inside with your brothers!
Come here!
Give me your hand!
Come on!
Let's go in! Come on, come on!
Leave me!
Come on!
What the hell are you
doing here in the rain?
My duty, likeyou!
Get in!
May I?
Where's Luigi?
He went to the fields!
There was nothing to do!
Your husband is crazy!
It's dangerous in his condition!
We must find him right away.
Let's go and call the others.
Father, I'm coming with you!
I'll come with you!
Come on, Maria, please!
It's dangerous! Stay at home!
No, please! I beg you!
Father, hurry up!
Always stay beside me.
Yes, Father!
Dad!
Luigi!
Goretti!
Dad!
Luigi!
Dad!
Dad!
Here he is, he's over there!
Dad!
Yes, Right!
Let's go!
Quick!
Dad!
He managed to unlock the channel!
Dad! Dad!
Well, doctor?
He doesn't have much time.
Maria ..
..I want you to have this cross.
And I want you to celebrate
First Communion as soon as possible.
Yes.
So, when I ..
.. have to entrustmyself to the Lord..
He will already know you,
by name and surname ..
... and will also treat me well.
The Lord will say: ..
... "Now it's him ..
... the father of my Marietta! ".
Call your mother.
Assunta...
We won't be able ..
... to make 400 quintals.
You have to leave here.
You have to go back to the village.
Promise me!
Promise me!
No more visits.
The children.
shouldn't see their father..
.. dies like that.
I'll handle that.
It's better if you leave, Maria.
No!
If he'd taken the quinine,
This would never have happened.
It takes endless patience ..
... to pray for
things to change.
Assunta ..
Maybe Luigi was right.
Dad...!
It is better if you
return to your country.
Our work and our
home are here, ..
Where the Lord has brought us.
This is where we will
stay, with God's help.
Mom will continue to
work the fields ..
... and I'll look after my brothers.
You have the same
strength as your father.
Now,".
...he..
... is always with me.
Zipolo!
Come here!
"Astro del Ciel,
pargol divin"...
So, are we all here?
Cascio, Have you brought the book
or brought the dog again?
Yes, yes, I've brought it this time.
Good! Today we will talk about
the Passion of Christ.
Does anyone know what the
Passion of Christ is?
I! I! I!
You!
It's when they killed him.
Good boy!
You?
Yes, when they nailed him on the cross.
Good! And why did they
nailed him on the cross?
Why?
Mrs!
No, even fruit! But you already
hosts catechism at your home!
You are spoiling them!
Did I already told you that you are saint?
Come on, children, come over her.
Easy now!
Fruit does not run away!
Can I have a banana?
Are you Maria?
you..
...You know me?
Sure. You are a sensitive child ..
and also very brave.
No...
No, you're wrong!
Trust me.
I can recognize courage and
fortitude when I see them.
Maybe..
... because I don't have enough.
Now come here, and sit down over here.
So, we were talking
about the crucifixion.
But why the Romans were
so afraid of Jesus, ..
why they wanted so much to kill him?
Because he did miracles.
Because they hated him.
Yes, of course, they hated him, ..
but why?
Because he was a Jew.
The King of the Jews.
he scared them.
He was an enemy.
Yes.
He preached about another Kingdom,
more powerful than Rome.
A Kingdom of equality and love.
the Kingdom of God.
But they hated him and
were so afraid of him.
Also because he said that we are...
All brothers.
Yes.
That we are all the same, in
the eyes of God the Father, ..
and that hating others ..
... it's like hating yourself.
Basilio!
Don Temistocle!
Finally I see you're happy!
What is in the news paper ?
the news in the newspapers.
The law has been passed!
Which law?
The one that obliges ..
the landowners to distribute
the quinine for free.
They understood that this
massacre could not continue!
What does the count Mazzoleni do
with the law?
Are you sure that he will accept
it, without saying a word?
He Will accept.
Ah, he will accept!
why?
Because I'll be there with... the guards!
Next!
Hold on!
Sign here.
But... the same spoon? He was shaking
like a leaf yesterday!
Swallow it and get out!
But...
Malaria is not contagious.
Doctor, are you sure?
Whether you like it or not, now
you have to take quinine by law.
At my expense, just to change.
Do you like it? It's good!
I got it for you.
That's why you gathered
all that grass!
Maria, give me a little!
Come on, come on! Leg!
Stick!
If it hurts his pockets, it means
that it is certainly good for us.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Do not be afraid.
It's a bit bitter, but it's good for you.
He knows how to be
loved by everyone.
Hold on!
she is without defenses.
She doesn't know what harm
they could cause her.
He's greedy!
Don't Give him much.
Your father?
He stayed at home.
He says I can manage without him.
he's tired.
We must understand him. He does not feel good.
And Me? Does anyone worry
about understanding me?
Maria has darned these shirts.
Now that we are both alone...
I've never been alone.
Hey, well then?
I'm eating!
You eat a lot in Sardinia?
Let's go come on! Forza!
The lunch is over!
Let's move!
The land does not wait for us!
What happens? Where are you going?
You have to finish the day!
And who are you? The Count's daughter?
This year we can make it to respect
the agreements! We succeed!
Who cares! it's only the owner
who gains the money
Alessandro, what's happening to you?
What is happenning that now I have to
pull the cart by myself ..
... and I've got the boxes
full splitting my back ..
... for something that
is not mine either.
and I don't have
to answer to you!
You said once that you don't
want to be like your father.
I'm not like him!
Now I also know what hatred is, ..
... because this land disgusts
me, the swamp makes me sick!
This life is sucks!
Now, I beg you!
Hatred will kill you inside,
it will destroy your life!
No, it will change it instead.
Because I hate my father!
With all my might!
And I don't want to be cured!
Careful with those coffins!
I'll make you pay for them
out of your pocket, eh?
Forza! Forza! Come on!
How many are they?
One, two, three, four...
And you? Where do you think you are going?
I must speak to the master.
I want... I'd like to
work with the horses.
Then take a seat.
The owner was looking for ..
... just some Marche
replacements like you.
I said be careful, you fools!
Be quiet!
These marchigiani always complain
and then they die like flies!
The malaria takes them
away to quintals.
Continue, you! I have...
some unfinished business to see to.
Yes? I was just going to
count the eggs in the barn.
And what are you doing? Do you want to
take a ride with Giuseppa with him?
Quick with these coffins! Let's go!
Hi Dad!
Mom told me to say hello.
Teresa always asks me..
How you look like?
... I jokingly told her
that you were tall..
... Handsome and strong like an ox!
I'm sorry?
I always show her the photos, ..
... but it is not clear.
Truely you were better in the real life.
Tall, handsome and strong.
this Sunday I'll celebrate the Communion!
Now that you're gone, I
need all the help of God.
I hope to be worthy of it.
I know he will give it to me.
Good bye!
- Maria!
- Oh God...!
You almost got me a shock!
Why?
Are you scared, now?
Maria, you love me, don't you?
Sure! why? What did you think?
What are you doing?
Prove it.
Did they give you a job as a cowherd?
Come with me!
Stop!
Leave me!
Shut up!
Leave me!
It's a long time since we didn't
see you at the table?
Did you and your father
decide not to eat?
This darning is disgusting, Maria!
If you don't want to do it, don't do it.
I can't wear it anymore.
I'll try to repair it again, okay?
Accompany me to the swamp. I'm
curious, this year, to know ..
... how the young ladies are wearing
their little hats . Fashion!
Why?
I was only joking!
You are really a poor guy!
And why?
Nothing, Sarde ', you're not a poor guy.
You're an animal!
And why?
♪ Genoveffa goes to the market ♪
♪ and you also bring laundry ♪
♪ Genoveffa goes to the countryside ♪
♪ and the wolf ♪
... if he eats it.
Good morning! Hi, Pippo! How are you?
And you? Eh? Isodoro! What a beautiful coat!
Zipolo!
You grow bigger every day!
Well... See you later, eh?
Hello!
You didn't answer me.
What?
You didn't tell
me if you love me.
You didn't show it to me.
Please, Alessandro
We're friends.
Don't ruin everything!
Don't stain your soul!
Please! Let's just be friends!
No! Stop!
No! Please!
It's a terrible sin!
God will punish you! No!
No! No!
Maria! Maria!
Where did that girl go?
Yet they told me she was here!
Maria, here you are! I was trying to
tell you that I'm going to the market.
You should look after the children!
But why do you run away?
Maria!
Maria!
Maria, what is it?
Maria, what happened?
Nothing.
Nothing happened.
If you tell someone, I'll kill you.
Did you understand?
Shut up! Shut up!
I said I'll kill you!
Hello, Father!
Doctor... What's up?
The agreements with Mazzoleni
have become harder..
... we decided not
to respect them.
And the Count?
The doctor says...
... He, in vengeance,
stopped giving us the quinine.
He knows that the guards
won't come back.
He can no longer do his own thing
and stand against the law.
Give him a nice complaint and you
will see that the request will pass.
It is your right!
If you don't do it, then I will.
Mom, it's time!
Come on, go!
This morning, you get the First Communion!
Come on... young lady!
Leave that, I'll do it later.
Have you ever seen
a girl like her?
Did Mrs.Albertini
lend us the veil?
Yes!
Go on!
Here it is...
Mom, can I help you?
Not today.
But you don't eat today, Maria?
You don't eat before communion.
It's no problem. I swear!
It's no problem at all.
and... I do not know if I'll
want to eat.
We could borrow new shoes
for me too, right?
Jesus looks at your
heart, not at your feet.
♪ Giro, round dance ♪
♪ .. the world is born... ♪
This is sent to you by the
landowner's wife in person.
So, young lady, are you ready
for the big day?
At least for once, you don't
have to go on foot. Let's go!
The body of christ.
Amen.
The body of christi.
Amen.
The body of christ.
Amen.
The body of christ.
Amen.
I beg your pardon if I have
cooked badly, sometimes.
I'll try to improve.
I ask you for forgiveness ..
... if, sometimes, I couldn't
take care of the children ..
and I left them to you.
What are you saying, my love?
We are... who should
apologize to you,...
You're so young, for
what you can do.
I have to ask forgiveness
for you too...
... for mismating your shirts.
For not understanding
you, sometimes.
You are so Beautiful!
If only he could see you
your father...!
You already look like a bride.
When the right husband comes,
I will not recognize him.
It will be God who will
recognize him to me.
And I will love him for
life, like you and dad.
Thanks for coming.
These occasions are more beautiful, ..
... if everyone is celebrating together.
Good morning, twins!
Truly, Father, we have
cometo say goodbyer.
We're leaving Conca.because We could not do
what the Count wanted
He said that he decides when
the terms are no longer valid.
He can't just kick you out.
He did it, Father.
He didn't think twice
about it and he did it.
I reported him for quinine and
then he took his revenge.
No, Father, it's not your fault.
He would have done the same any way.
Let's go down to our country.
They need farmhands theres.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, Father.
All clear!
Be careful not to hurt yourself!
Come on, guys! Quick!
He does not want to stop! Move!
Mr. Count!
Those people have
children to feed!
If you want to revenge,
do it with me!
You can report me again! I don't
have time for subversive priests!
I had made a deal with them and
they could not keep it,
... these aren't the
things that concern me!
Sooner or later you will have
to deal with Divine Justice ..
... and you're wrong if
you think this story ..
... can be stored like that,
as if nothing had happened!
Since you arrived, ..
... I can't do anything as if
nothing had happened!
I do not care about your complaints,
but if you'ren't capable of ..
... to stay good and be a
priest as God commands, ..
...This means that this is
not the place for you.
Hey! Where have you been?
Did you go to see womens?
Do you think that you
eat air in this house?
If you really want to know,
in a little time I'll join the millitary.
Last week I had visited them
and they took me.
Oh Really?
Why aren't you... like
all the other children?
Why aren't you like Maria?
I was hoping that ..
you would do the blessing
of the fields Basilio ..
for the autumn.
You know, for these people...
Today I almost invested
Count Mazzoleni.
The Priest should be
stronger than other men, ..
instead I have discovered
that I am not.
I no longer have love inside of me.
And this land no longer
has any light in my eyes.
That child is right.
Hatred is like malaria.
If you let it in...
it does not leave you anymore.
But...
... do you really think about
abandoning the Priesthood?
I don't know.
I only know that I
have to leave here.
I tried in every way
to understand you, ..
... to be near you, ..
... but the man I loved
is gone, there's more ..
... and even in his heart
I no longer exist.
I'm going to stay with my mother,
to let you think a bit...
... if you still
care, about the two of us
I have not lost hope that
you will one day return.
The swamp is killing me too.
Look how beautiful, these corns!
Beautiful!
You carry on
I'll be right back.
I forgot something I need.
What has he forgotten?
I do not know.He didn't say it.
Come in for a moment.
I have to talk to you.
undress... undress yourself!
Please, Alessandro!
You'll go to hell!
No!
Tell me you want me! Tell me!
God doesn't want you to!
It's a pity!
Come on! Tell me you want me!
Please! I beg!
You'll go to hell!
Tell me! Tell me!
No! No!
God doesn't want to.
It is a terrible sin.
I will never commit it.
Now tell me yes, otherwise
I'll do it seriously.
I kill you like a dog.
This is a bit 'gear.
Hail Mary full of grace,..
... the Lord is with you.
You are blessed among women ..
... and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Santa Maria, mother of God, ..
... pray for us sinners...
Assunta! Assunta! Assunta!
Assunta !!
Assunta!
No!
Assunta...!
No!... No !!
At the hour of our death.
Amen.
It's almost dawn.
I can't believe
she's still alive.
It's as...
As if she is waiting for something.
She's dead?
Are you afraid of ending
your years in jail?
I do not know. And it's
not for me to ask, ..
... but to him.
Maria...
Forgive me, Maria! I beg you!
If you forgive me, ..
then God will do, Maria.
Alessandro!
Why did he do it?
Hatred.
If the world hates you ..
remember that the world
hated me before you.
Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do.
I forgive him.
she is...
she is like the light.
Then Jesus answered the thief ..
"In truth I tell you ..
-..Today...".
I forgive him.
And I want him
next to me in Heaven.
No!!
No! No!
Maria Goretti died.
{\ an5} I think I'll never leave this place.
{\ an5} Maria has opened my eyes.
{\ an5} She has made me realize that
there can never be injustice, ..
{\ an5} .. Miseries and such sufferings ..
{\ an5} .. That can defeat
the power of purity ..
{\ an5} .. And forgiveness.
{\ an5} If the Divine Mercy has
the face of its Saints, ..
{\ an5} .. That God always preserves,
more than anything else, ..
{\ an5} .. The innocence
and holiness of children.
Maria Goretti
was proclaimed a saint in 1950.
after serving his sentense,
Alessandro Sernelli became a recluse in a convent
where he lived in prayer untill his death