EXCERPT FROM
CARL V. DUPRE'S

WILL 2 CHILL


 

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.

.......... ..........NONNA
.....(whispering)

Giotto?

 

..........

Guiseppe smiles beatifically. Nonna smiles back.

 

..........NONNA
.....(calling out)

Gina, make an extra plate! Your grandfather just came over to visit us from the dead!

 

..........

Guiseppe walks over and takes her hand.

 

..........GUISEPPE
.....(Italian, subtitled)

She can't hear you.

 

..........NONNA
.....(Italian, subtitled)

You should have called first, I woulda had Gina pick up a jar of pickled artichoke hearts at the store.

 

He kisses her hand.

 

..........GUISEPPE (CONT.)
.....(Italian, subtitled)

I've missed you so much.

 

..........

She strokes his face.

 

..........GUISEPPE (cont'd)
.....(Italian, subtitled)

Come, Felicia. We're waiting.

 

..........

A YOUNG LADY comes out of the shadows, dressed in early 60's style clothing and hair. Nonna's daughter, CONCETTA.

 

..........CONCETTA

Hey, ma.

 

..........

Nonna begins to cry.

 

..........CONCETTA (cont'd)

Thanks for taking care of the kids all these years.

 

..........NONNA

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.

 

She looks behind her, at Gina bitching and moaning in the kitchen, oblivious to this carnival of souls.

 

..........GINA

.... 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?"

 

..........NONNA
.....(shaking her head)

If we can only do something with your daughter.

..........GUISEPPE
.....(Italian, subtitled)

She's a blockhead right now, but she'll learn.

..........NONNA

Wait till they read my will.
.....(rolling her eyes)
She's gonna hit the roof.

 


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