Stand back. Stand back, please.
-What's your daughter's name? -Gabriella.
Look, it's a delicate matter. Could I talk to her for a minute?
Let us do our job.
You don't understand.
My daughter is expecting a baby.
It's a girl.
Her name is Chiara.
What were you trying to do?
Why make me keep her if you want to give her away?
There's no alternative. It's best for her too.
-I want to keep her. I'm her family. -You don't know what you want.
DECEITFUL LOVE
SHIPYARD
Hello?
Hello, Mrs. De Rosa? Hi, I'm calling from the shipyard.
The catamaran is almost finished.
It's a real gem.
Good. I'm pleased to hear that.
Feel free to come by at your convenience to settle up.
After the 300,000 euro deposit, that leaves--
What do you mean 300,000?
There must be a mistake.
The deposit was 450,000.
No, ma'am, no mistake at all.
Mr. Marini only transferred 300,000 to us.
Okay, thank you.
Hello?
Hi, Elia.
Where are you?
On the boat. I needed some fresh air.
-At the shipyard? -Yes, but I can come back.
No, there's no need.
I just wanted to tell you something came up.
I'll meet you at the courthouse.
The hospital in Ibiza has confirmed Francesco Rossetti's accidental death.
The rest is confidential.
Why did you give up? You should have insisted.
Look.
We did our research.
We know everything about Francesco.
We know he was a wrestling fan and loved Mexican food. Everything.
Maybe there's nothing to find out.
Maybe the guy did die in an accident.
Instead of talking bullshit, do the job I pay you for. Okay?
When we first met,
you told me that Elia is not a good person.
I have to be honest, I was a bit taken aback.
There are many things you don't know.
How about I go first?
I know about Ibiza, and I know about the storm.
I know about the debt he hasn't repaid.
And the partner who ran away.
The partner who ran away?
That's what he told you? And you believed him?
I believed many things.
But now I'm here because I want the truth.
No matter how bad it is.
When he told me he wanted to open a charter service,
braving the rainy season, I wasn't surprised.
It was just like him,
to think he could control the weather too.
He demanded a lot of money from me and my husband.
And he took out loans from shady individuals.
So Elia is in fact the partner who ran away?
Exactly.
Leaving Francesco at the mercy of the loan sharks.
Yes.
However, in Ibiza,
he didn't just leave a business partner.
There was a girl too,
who recently contacted me to ask my help in finding him.
After all, Elia couldn't have known that she was pregnant.
Is this girl's name Marina Serra?
Can I ask you one last favor?
Do you know where Marina Serra is?
BODY OF FRANCESCO ROSSETTI RECOVERED
It's her.
So they knew each other.
Why didn't I think of this before? Fucking bastards!
Who?
Look.
I know this place.
It's a hotel not far from here.
This girl's the key to everything.
If we find her, we'll prove Elia's a con man.
What? Where are you going? The hearing is in less than an hour.
-Hello. -Hello.
I'm looking for Marina Serra. I know she's staying here.
-What's her room number? -And you are?
-A friend. -I can't let you up. I'm sorry.
I need to see her urgently. Can you please call her?
No.
I'm a lawyer. If you don't let me up, you'll be in trouble.
I can't because she's not here.
She's just gone out with a friend.
Fuck.
How did you find me?
You're not the only one good at tracking people.
You know everything, right?
Yes.
Even if I don't know if it's the truth.
What would you like it to be?
I wish you weren't expecting Elia's child.
I wish he hadn't stolen my money.
I wish I wasn't a 60-year-old woman who got scammed.
But that's what you are.
You're an old woman who fell in love with a younger guy.
And who got used.
I think a part of you always knew this was the truth, right?
Don't talk like you know me.
I know Elia. I've known him much longer than you have.
He made you feel loved, didn't he?
As if you were the most important thing?
He's great at playing that role. He's very convincing.
Yours is just a business relationship.
You give him his dream life, and he makes you feel loved.
But then what?
What will you do when you can no longer hide your wrinkles?
Do you think he'll be your caregiver?
Fuck you.
This child we're having
will bind us forever.
You know it because you're a mother.
What will keep you bound together instead?
Love?
How long can you pay for him to stay?
Stop it!
What about you?
What's your plan?
Blackmail him? Threaten him?
Nothing will make him stay with you if he doesn't want to.
Not even a child.
He'll hate you forever.
And he'll never truly be yours.
Stay focused.
Relax.
Yeah, I know.
-Hi. -Hi.
-Mom? -She's not here yet.
Why? Weren't you supposed to come together?
She said something came up.
-There he is. -I don't know.
I've been calling her for an hour.
Hi. Your mother isn't here yet.
I see everyone else is here though.
This is typical…
We can't wait for her any longer. We have to go.
I'm not going anywhere without her.
-It's late. -Look, you're the defendant.
You're facing up to six years in prison.
Gabriella will join us, you'll see, but now we have to go in. Come on.
In this family, not a day goes by without drama.
DAD
Sure you don't want to go?
Didn't you want to get back at Elia?
I don't give a damn about Elia.
We're here because my mother, at 60, has a boyfriend.
Do you realize that?
OUTGOING CALLS NO ANSWER
But you tailed Elia, together with your brothers.
It means that you were suspicious.
Fine. Maybe I had some doubts.
So what?
I can't stand my sister-in-law either, but I don't have my brother interdicted.
I just pity him.
Are you aware that, by marrying your mother,
Elia will also become an heir?
Even if Mom wanted to give all of her money to Elia, so what?
It's her money.
If our mother dates someone we don't like, it doesn't mean she's not of sound mind.
Actually, medical reports confirm
that Ms. De Rosa suffered from depression in the past.
With psychotic traits and suicidal tendencies.
That is an emergency room report from 1981.
Gabriella De Rosa was 17 years old.
Yet, only a few months ago,
Mr. Vasari, her ex-husband,
found her in a state of mind that we could define as altered.
Can you confirm that?
Yes.
I dropped by the hotel
just after my ex-wife had a fight with her…
boy toy? Can we call him that?
Gabriella had taken too many sleeping pills.
Are you saying that she tried to take her own life?
That's what I feared, yes.
My mother owns the hotel. Everyone knows that.
Elia showed up in the right place at the right time with a broken-down car.
-A classic. -Refrain from commenting, please.
What is certain is, since Mr. Marini approached my mother,
it's been non-stop requests for money.
Boat repairs, a 1981 Patek Philippe watch,
dinners in fancy restaurants…
Mom.
-Mom, are you all right? -Yes.
I was worried. Where were you?
With Marina.
Moreover, Mr. Marini has gained an increasing power
over my mother's choices for the hotel.
Finally, and I will conclude here,
Mr. Marini received 450,000 euros
to be used as a deposit for the purchase of a catamaran.
But 150,000 has disappeared into thin air.
What do you mean by disappeared?
We checked with the shipyard.
They received a down payment of 300,000.
The rest was clearly pocketed by Mr. Marini.
I'm sorry. I can explain everything.
When were you going to tell me?
What did you do with that money?
Your Honor, I request a recess to confer with my client.
To come up with yet another lie?
Please.
Request denied.
Where's the money, Mr. Marini?
-Well-- -I can tell you.
Go ahead, please.
It was given to Marina Serra.
Miss Serra is the girl Elia wanted to host at the hotel.
With whom he had a relationship of an unclear nature.
And whom he pretended not to know the whole time.
I'm the one who invited Marina to stay at my hotel.
She's a very young girl and is expecting a baby.
I gave her the money to help her.
You gave her all that money, Mom? To a girl you barely know?
I don't believe Mrs. De Rosa needs the approval of her children
to give a gift to a friend.
I would like to hear from Mr. Marini.
It's true.
I like the life Gabriella allows me to live.
I like eating out at restaurants, going sailing.
I like living in a wonderful hotel.
You think it's all about money, but you're wrong.
I only like these things because I do them with her.
In fact, I find this whole situation offensive.
It seems to me that, rather than it being about me,
this is all just meant to hurt her.
To show that she's weak.
That she needs help, even.
So I'd like to talk about her.
Not about me.
But about the woman I know.
Gabriella is a woman who runs a successful hotel on her own.
And she also takes care of her family.
She manages chefs, waiters, an entire staff.
It's been said Gabriella is not of sound mind.
That she can't decide for herself.
But the truth is that Gabriella is strong.
She has more life in her than I do.
More than all of you.
And that's why I want to marry her.
Not for the money.
I know I've given her a hard time.
I didn't tell her everything.
But I swear, I only did it because I was afraid of losing her.
-Okay, thank you. -Thank you.
Please.
Yes.
Your Honor, Mr. Vasari would like to add something.
Please.
Your Honor.
It all sounds lovely.
But there's more to my mother.
There's a side of her that few people know.
After my sister Giulia was born,
my mother was unwell.
I was too young to understand.
But I knew that, sooner or later, something terrible would happen.
Mom?
Mom.
She had become a different person.
She'd spend all day in bed.
She'd forget about Giulia and me.
Even though I did everything I could to be with her.
Mom?
Mom!
Mom.
Mom, I'm here.
I love you, Mom.
Could you talk about the fire?
We knew they were going to use it. Don't worry, they don't have any evidence.
One morning, my mother was heating up Giulia's milk,
and she forgot about it.
My father wasn't there.
The housekeepers had gone out.
When I noticed the smoke, I tried to wake her up.
There's smoke! Wake up!
But she was out of it.
Mom!
As if she wasn't there.
Mom, wake up.
An empty shell. And she'd been like that for days.
Wake up.
Mom! Wake up, Mom!
Giulia…
Giulia was crying.
She cried all the time.
Mom kept saying she was tired.
That she needed to sleep.
The smoke kept filling the room,
and she just sat there, helpless, looking at me.
Do you think your mother intentionally left the stove on?
I never asked her.
But I can't say the thought didn't cross my mind.
What I'm trying to say
is that I'm not afraid of losing our money.
I'm worried that, when this man's done deceiving her…
my mother will be heartbroken.
And she will be an empty shell again.
I'm sorry.
Thank you. Please return to your seat.
Hey.
You would never have hurt your children.
The judge knows it. Stefano too.
I want to testify.
Are you sure? We haven't even prepared.
No need to prepare. I want to tell the truth.
Your Honor, Ms. De Rosa would like to testify.
Ms. De Rosa.
Please.
A lot has been said about me today.
Some of it was very difficult to hear.
Especially coming from the people I love most in the world.
Now I would like to say something about myself.
Something I've never shared with anyone,
but that might be useful to allow you to understand.
I was 17 years old
when I got pregnant with my first daughter.
A sister.
That you've never met.
They took me to Salerno, where I gave birth to Chiara.
That's the name I gave her before they took her away.
It was October 19th, 1981.
That was the last day I saw her.
At first, I thought about her every day.
I wondered if she was eating, if she was sleeping.
I tried to figure out where they'd taken her.
Eventually, the memory…
faded away.
But when you were born, Giulia…
the memory of what they had done to me came back all at once.
And with it, the fear that it could happen again,
that they'd take you away.
Because I was unfit to be a mother.
I couldn't love you.
So I started distancing myself,
and felt ever more tired, empty.
You remember that. Don't you, Stefano?
You were little, tried to be brave, and I leaned on you.
I put such a burden on you.
I apologize to you for deceiving you all these years.
I know I made many mistakes with you.
But now it's time for me to live my life.
Elia Marini is the man I've chosen.
And this time, I won't allow anyone…
not even you, who are my children,
nor this court,
to tell me I can't love him.
Thank you, Ms. De Rosa.
I'll retire to my chambers to deliberate.
You were very brave.
-It was hard. -I can imagine.
Why didn't you ever tell us?
They're coming back in. Gabriella, let's go back to our seats.
Remain standing.
In the name of the Italian people,
with reference to Article 425 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
I declare that there is no case to answer for defendant Marini Elia…
for the crime he's been charged with, as the crime did not occur.
-What did I tell you? -Thank you, Delia.
Thank you.
Don't worry. We can appeal.
No, that's it.
Giulia.
I'm sorry.
I need to be alone, Mom.
I'm sorry.
Mom.
Stefano.
I did it for you, Mom.
I don't give a damn about the money, or the hotel. I…
I'm really worried that Elia--
You've worried about me all your life, Stefano.
Do you know Elia followed me and blackmailed me to stop this trial?
And that girl you gave the money to, he knew her from Spain.
I know everything.
Everything.
Stop worrying about me.
Live your life.
Set yourself free.
Gabriella, wait.
What?
What do you mean?
After all this,
you have nothing to say? You just leave?
We've all talked too much.
We need silence now.
I'll be in touch.
POLICE STATION SAN VINCENZO
-Bye. See you tomorrow. -Hey, bye. See you.
I saw you at the police station.
Why are you following me?
What do you want?
I just want to talk.
What more is there to say?
I made a mistake.
I'm such an ass.
I ruined everything.
Same old story, then.
I had a breakdown, Mattia.
That never happened to me before. And I fucked up.
I'm asking you to forgive me.
For everything.
Stefano, I do forgive you.
-But that's not the point. -Tell me what to do.
I'll do it.
I swear.
I'm glad I saw you fall to pieces.
I'd never have understood some things otherwise.
Like you'll never leave your wife.
But we were happy.
We had found our balance.
True.
But it wouldn't have lasted.
Don't contact me again.
Mattia.
Where are you going?
Honestly, I don't know.
Can we talk?
What's the point? I saw that look in your eyes yesterday.
I don't ever want to see it again.
Bye, Gabriella.
Oh, and I swear you'll get all your money back.
Down to the last cent.
Listen, Elia.
When I talked to Marina…
she told me some things.
I did everything I could to get him back.
But it didn't help.
He had a thousand chances to run away.
But the only thing he wants is to be with you.
How can I believe you?
He loves you!
Even if you're twice his age.
Even if I'm carrying his baby.
I don't want this child.
I don't know how to raise this baby. I can't.
I'm alone, I don't have anyone.
I thought a lot about us. About me. About her too.
I've decided to make Marina an offer.
The child will have everything it needs.
I'll provide full support.
But they must disappear from my life.
You do as you please.
I didn't even know she was pregnant when I left.
At least you didn't lie about that. I know.
I fucked up. Big time.
If you can forgive me, I want nothing more than to be with you.
Listen. I don't want to marry you.
I was married once, and it was boring.
I want to be free now. And I want you to be free too.
Nothing binding us.
Except wanting to be together.
Me and you.
If that's what makes you happy, then I'll be happy too.
Yes.
We can be very happy.
From now on.
A FEW MONTHS LATER
-Good morning. -Morning.
-Hey. -Happy birthday, Mom.
Hi, sweetheart.
Thank you.
-Elia. -Hi.
Put these in a vase.
-Happy birthday. -Thank you, Ester.
-Hi. -Hi, little one!
-Hello, love. -Hi, Sofia.
-Hi. -So? How are you?
-Hello everyone. -Look who's here.
-Happy birthday! -No!
-Hi. -I said no gifts.
We ignored you.
-You're beautiful. -Thank you.
-I'll put it here. -I'll wash my hands.
Last year you gave me a little dog. Remember?
This year what do I get? Two cats?
-Maybe. -Oh, no! No!
To Gabriella.
To Gabriella!
-Thank you. -Okay.
Thank you.
-To Gabriella! -Happy birthday!
Happy birthday.
-Are we all here? -Yes.
We can go have lunch.
Yes. Thank you.
I don't remember where I read it,
but there's a quote I've always carried in my heart.
"Better a deception that gives life than to die of disappointment."
DECEITFUL LOVE
Subtitle translation by: Jennifer Trinti