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The Moro Kidnapping, Scene 25, shot five, take one,
Action,
Comrades, the battle begun on March 16 with the capture of Aldo Moro,
has come to its conclusion,
Following the interrogation and the people's trial he was submitted to,
the President of the Christian Democracy Party has been sentenced to death,
EXTERIOR NIGHT
Fuck,
Go, go,
Duck,
You only have a few minutes,
Go in,
President,
Father,,,
You're the first person I've seen face to face in here,
How's my family? My little grandson Luca?
He's fine, They're all fine,
How are you?
How do I look?
Thinner, but well,
Will you give me communion?
If you want, of course,
The last time was on March 15,
First I must confess, though,
What could you have to confess, president?
Various things,
One is particularly serious, I think,
For several days,,,
I've been feeling an impulse,,,
that's uncontrollable and recurrent,
It's a feeling I didn't think belonged to me,
Yet it torments me,
I have hated,
And I still hate,,,
some of my old friends from the party who are friends no more,
This hatred is directed to some in particular,
I wish they were here so I could shout it in their faces,
to get it off my chest, but,,,
I've never raised my voice in my life,
All those two-faced Jesuit faces who know everything,
yet know nothing about life and love,
I know it's a grave sin,
but the more I fend it off, the more it returns,
I hate the Honourable Andreotti,
who was the mastermind of this whole business,
The others were merely servants obeying his orders,
A cold-hearted man, impenetrable,
without doubts, without a heartbeat,
who has never shown a moment of compassion,
Do you hear the way I'm talking?
Go ahead, Let it out,
The point is,
regarding this man who has done evil,
I have always had,,,
an abiding mistrust, but I refused to acknowledge it,
I chose not to acknowledge it, you see?
And that is unforgiveable,
And then,,,
I can't resign myself to dying,
- Which is not a sin,,, - No, it isn't,
They're going to kill me, aren't they?
No, why?
Never despair,
- Your friends,,, - Which friends?
You still have so many, Cossiga,,,
Cossiga!
An ingrate, Although he has an excuse,
- What? - He's bipolar, cyclothymic,
He's up, he's down, an unhappy man,
If Cossiga were on trial he could plead partial infirmity,
- See how I'm talking, the hatred? - Don't say that,
Otherwise, how can I give you communion?
The Gospel,
I know it's important, especially now that I am alone in the face of death,
But, Father, before that day,
I saw many people die who were dear to me, friends, brothers,
All natural deaths, cared for, comforted,
Some in their sleep,
How lucky,,,
to die in your sleep,
To pass unobserved from life to death,
But after what I saw that morning,
and to be the only one who survived,,,
Now, after all these days that I've had to live
with this remorse that has kept me up at night,
now it seems they're all agreed,
these gentlemen, my friends in the party,
to condemn me to death,
in a country that has abolished the death penalty,
A law professor sentenced to death by a jury of people
who do not recognise our state or our laws,
It's all grotesque, It's all wrong,
But now, at this point, I ask you,
beyond hell, heaven,,,
the afterlife, the light,,,
What's so crazy,,,
What's so crazy about not wanting to die?
I don't want to die, I confirm it, So what?
They say I'm crazy, but I'd be crazy if I didn't want to live, right?
How do I look? Do I really look well?
Pardon?
- My face, what's it like? - Normal, I told you,
Suicide is a madman committing a mortal sin,
But if I cling to life with all my strength,
I reason, I write incessantly from morning till night,
to save my life, what's so crazy about that?
I think they want us to finish,
They bring up the reason of state, sacrifice,,,
You know, they expect impeccable handwriting from me?
Do they realise where I am?
That I'm here, not in the corridors of parliament!
Tell them, Father,
I've given up everything, all public office, I have nothing anymore,
I might have become President of the Republic in November,
Why,,,
should I give up my life as well?
Time's run out,
Yes, but have faith,
Have faith,
The hardliners are buckling, So many, thousands want your release,
Millions of Italians are waiting for you, believers and non-believers,
- They're waiting for me to die, - No, they're convinced more than hopeful,
All we can do is wait and hope, praying,
Here,
Keep it,
Thank you, Father, Thank you,
Until the very end,
- Reason will prevail, - Yes,,,
Common sense,
And it wouldn't be the first time,
We'll see each other again, I'm sure of it,
The body of Christ,
It's time, Let's go,
Goodbye, president,
You know we won't see each other on the outside,
Otherwise they wouldn't have let you come,
Duck,
"I am in God's hands and yours,
"Pray for me, Remember me gently,
"Caress the sweet little ones, everyone,
"May God help you all,
"A kiss with love to all,"
Tomorrow Christian Democracy will meet as Dad wanted,
They won't lift a finger to free Dad,
The party of compromise,
But with Aldo they've become intransigent,,, inflexible,
That's why I'm furious,
- Why don't you believe me? - Marshal, if,,,
I don't sleep at night,,,
He's dead, but he's in heaven,
This chick's okay, But what, we're not going to the movies?
Lord, I want to believe in you,
O Lord, may my faith be whole, unreserved,
and may it guide my thoughts, my way of judging divine and human things,
Francesco, Mr Piecznick has arrived,
Send him in,
Minister,
Doctor,
I've come to say goodbye,
I'm going home,
We did all we had to do,
I can assure you at this point
their only option is to free him otherwise it will be suicide,
- Sure, But when? - They'll figure it out, They're not crazy,
Yes, but what do you think the outcome could be?
What I think is not important, I'm surprised you're even asking me,
The final outcome is all that matters,
You've done everything in your power,
Is your plan ready?
Mike, dead, Victor, alive,
The one we care about is Victor,
I'm confident that will be the outcome,
It is very important that during the first weeks he has no contact with anyone,
That's going to be difficult, His wife and family are in a terrible state,
This is Italy after all,
The spots seem to have gotten worse,
I can't find a cure that works,
I'd rather not infect you,
It's not contagious,
It will pass,
I'd rather you stayed till it's all over,
I can't, I have orders,
I returned the gun to the major,
Good luck,
Sit, Keep going,
Minister,
- Anything new? - For now,,,
- Anything relevant? - Nothing,
The usual liars and time wasters, but far fewer,
Italians are getting tired of it, you know? Like a drama that never ends,
Some are even making bets,
I can't sleep,
At the first sign,,, the first!
Immediately,
- Where are we going, Your Holiness? - I don't know,
- What's going on? - We're travelling today,
- You didn't eat anything? - No,
He doesn't have to eat,,,
if he's not hungry,
Get dressed,
No hurry,
- Would you like to shave? - No,,,
As you wish,
Are you ready?
Yes,
- Say goodbye to your colleagues from me,
We're freeing you,
Duck,
Open it,
Someone's coming!
Quiet,
- Good morning, Going to school? -1 need to hurry, It's almost 7,
Me too, I forgot my purse,
You were right, The allocation of condominium expenses is wrong,
- Got a new car? - Yes, the other one was falling apart,
THE FAMILY MIGHT KNOW IF HE'S STILL ALIVE
Calling all cars, Attention,
A suspicious vehicle has been found in Via Caetani
I repeat, in Via Caetani,
near the Communist Party's HQ,
The car is a red Renault 4, license plate Roma N57686,
We have cordoned off the area from Via delle Botteghe Oscure to Via dei Funari
All patrol cars to converge in Via Caetani
It's President Moro!
It's the president!
He's alive,
The president's alive, He's breathing!
He's alive!
-He's a live! - President Moro!
President!
- Help me get him out! - We'll help you,
Slowly,
Set up a second, wider cordon, around the entire clinic,
- Use the helicopters, - They're already deployed,
- I can't hear them, - They're up,
Call the Minister of Defence too, Double cordon, don't forget,
This being the situation,
I wish to acknowledge the generosity of the Red Brigades
who, by grace,
spared my life and restored my freedom
For this I am deeply grateful,
As for the rest, after everything that has happened,
I have no choice but to state
my thorough incompatibility
with the Christian Democracy Party,
I shall forego all public office,
and will not run again in the future,
I resign from the Christian Democracy Party,
Hello?
- Is this Professor Franco Tritto? - Who's speaking?
- Niccolai, - Niccolai who?
- Are you Professor Franco Tritto? - Yes, who's speaking?
The Red Brigades,
We are fulfilling the president's last wishes,
by communicating to his family where the Honourable Moro's body is,
- What should I do? - Can't you hear me?
No, please repeat that,
I can't,
You must communicate to the family
that they will find Aldo Moro's body in Via Caetani,
- Via? - Caetani, There's a red Renault 4 there,
The license plate starts with N5,
N5,,, But should I call them?
No, go there in person,
- No, I can't,,, - You have to,
No, I can't,,,
I'm sorry,
If you call them on the phone you will fail to comply with the requests
made expressly by the president,
Speak to my father, I beg you,
All right,
Hello? What is it?
You should go to Aldo Moro's family
or send your son, in any case, call them,
Your son already has the message,
- Can't I go? - Of course,
- Can you do it urgently? - Yes,
This was the Honourable Aldo Moro's last wish,
To communicate to his family how they can retrieve his body,
All right? Goodbye,
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them,
May they rest in peace, amen,
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen
Shame on you!
- You killed him! - It's your fault!
It's Cossiga! Murderer!
Now you come to cry?
Could have thought of it before!
Clowns! Clowns!
My sweet Noretta,
after a moment of slim optimism,
we are now, I believe, at the final moment,
In this moment there is infinite tenderness towards you,
United in my memory, live together,
It will be as if I'm among you all,
Kiss and hug everyone forme,
To each my immense tenderness passing through your hands,
Be strong, my sweet one,
in this absurd and incomprehensible ordeal,
These are the ways of the Lord,
I wish I knew how, with my small mortal eyes,
I will see afterwards,
If there were light, it would be wonderful,
When will the state funeral be?
"Aldo Moro's precise wish
"is to refrain from any public event or ceremony or speech,
"A wish the party and the state must respect,
"No national mourning or state funeral or posthumous medals,
"The family withdraws into silence and asks for silence,
"Aldo Moro's life and death will be judged by history,"
Thank you,
Moro's body was not, as the papers have written,
lying on the back cushions,,,
Luigi, can you come here for a moment?
Take it to Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, Immediately, It's irrevocable,
That is why we support this act of revolutionary justice by the Red Brigades
against the criminal politician Aldo Moro,
It is the highest act of humanity for the proletariat in this society divided by class,
10 MAY 1978 The private funeral of Aldo Moro
13 MAY 1978 Aldo Moro's state funeral, without his coffin
From our minds, comes the painful image
of a life so dear to us,
an honest man,
a politician with a great mind and vast culture, Aldo Moro,
What a void he has left in his party and in this assembly!
If he had not been cruelly assassinated,
he, not me, would be speaking to you from this place today!
8 AUGUST 1978 Pope Paul VI dies three months after his friend Aldo Moro
29 MAY 1979 Adriana Faranda and Valerio Morucci are arrested
In prison they begin a process of dissociation from the Red Brigades
I swear to be faithful to the republic
and to respect its constitution,
24 JUNE 1985 Francesco Cossiga is elected President of Italy
Giulio Andreotti remained a powerful politician until 1992
Eleonora Moro died in Rome on 19 July 2010
The authors have taken dramatic licence with people and events,
Anny connection with any person not explicitly identified, living or dead, is coincidental,