Nonna GASPS, seeing SOMEONE out the corner
of her eye. Emerging from the shadow where the walls in the living
room meet is A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN in a pinstripe suit. GUISEPPE,
her dead husband.
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..........NONNA
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Giotto?
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Guiseppe smiles beatifically. Nonna smiles
back.
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..........NONNA
.....(calling out)
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Gina, make an extra plate! Your grandfather
just came over to visit us from the dead!
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Guiseppe walks over and takes her hand.
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..........GUISEPPE
.....(Italian, subtitled)
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She can't hear you.
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..........NONNA
.....(Italian, subtitled)
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You should have called first, I woulda had
Gina pick up a jar of pickled artichoke hearts at the store.
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He kisses her hand.
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..........GUISEPPE
(CONT.)
.....(Italian, subtitled)
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I've missed you so much.
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She strokes his face.
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..........GUISEPPE
(cont'd)
.....(Italian, subtitled)
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Come, Felicia. We're waiting.
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A YOUNG LADY comes out of the shadows, dressed
in early 60's style clothing and hair. Nonna's daughter, CONCETTA.
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..........CONCETTA
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Hey, ma.
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Nonna begins to cry.
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..........CONCETTA
(cont'd)
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Thanks for taking care of the kids all these
years.
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..........NONNA
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You should see them, your kids. Lenny's a
schoolteacher, Bobby's an ad executive, and your wonderful Mikey,
God bless him, he's a doctor in Florida.
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She looks behind her, at Gina bitching and
moaning in the kitchen, oblivious to this carnival of souls.
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..........GINA
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.... and then in high school I finally get
a denim purse and what do you say?
.....(imitating Nonna)
"A bluejean purse!? How could somebody carry a purse made from
something you wear on your ass?"
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..........NONNA
.....(shaking her head)
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If we can only do something with your daughter.
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..........GUISEPPE
.....(Italian, subtitled)
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She's a blockhead right now, but she'll learn.
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..........NONNA
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Wait till they read my will.
.....(rolling her eyes)
She's gonna hit the roof.
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