To Rome with Love

Sorry.

I don't speak English very well.

I'm from Roma.

My job, as you can see,

is to see that the traffic move.

I stand up here, and I see everything.

All people.

I see life.

In this city, all is a story.

See that young man 0 over there?

He's a Roman

Michelangelo.

Oh, uh, scusi.

Um, Fontana di Trevi?

Uh, so it's two blocks.

Uh-huh, two blocks.

- And then across the piazza.

- Okay, and that's Piazza Mignanelli...

- No. No. - Okay, no, Piazza di Spagna is this...

- No, so this is Piazza Venezia. - No. Okay.

Okay. Right? - Look, I'll show you.

This is Piazza...

- Yeah, I don't... I don't know.

- Look, you know what?

I'm going that way. I can show you.

- Thank you. Thank you so much.

You speak very good English.

- That's because of my work.

I visit New York often.

- Oh, that's where I'm from. - Oh.

- What do you do? - I'm a lawyer.

- And you are, let me guess, a tourist.

- For the summer. I'm Hayley.

- Hi. Michelangelo. - Hi.

It's been an unbelievable summer.

What you read about in all those romantic novels.

American goes to Rome,

meets handsome Roman at Trevi Fountain.

He's utterly adorable.

Now, Antonio and Milly

were also a young couple in love.

They married in the little town of Pordenone

and came to Rome for their honeymoon

with plans to settle there.

And then there was that well-known American architect

concluding his vacation with a few days in Home.

And, finally,

we meet Leapoldo Pisanello,

an average Roman citizen of the middle class.

Dependable, agreeable, predictable.

Everything happened so fast.

- I can't wait to bring you home

and introduce you to my parents.

- I can't wait to meet them.

This looks delicious.

Buona, Mamma.

- And what do you do, Hayley?

I'm self-employed.

I help clients find art.

My background is in Fine Arts.

He's lawyer.

I'm very proud.

All my children.

I work night and day so they get education.

We want to meet your parents.

They come to Rome?

Well, yes.

As a matter of fact, they're on their way.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are beginning our descent into Fiumicino Airport in Rome.

We may experience some turbulence.

Please keep your seat belts fastened

and make sure all trays are in an upright position.

Great. Turbulence. My favorite.

- No, if you'd just relax and stop clenching your fists.

- I can't unclench when there's turbulence.

You know I'm an atheist.

I don't like this.

It's bumping. The plane is bumping.

I don't like when it moves like...

- I can't wait to meet her fiance.

- You know, he's a Communist.

- No, there's not even a Communist party here anymore.

No, he's just very, very left.

- Hey, listen, I was very left

when I was his age, too,

but I was never a Communist.

Well... I couldn't share a bathroom.

No, he's not a Communist.

He's just a do-gooder.

- What does it mean, "a do-gooder"?

- Well, he's not into material possessions, you know?

- Well, well, look, if she's going to marry an Italian,

I want her to marry somebody with...

You know, with material possessions,

with a yacht, with a couple of Ferraris,

with a villa in Sardinia.

You know, don't you want our little Hayley

to marry into Eurotrash?

Oh, I don't like it.

I don't like when the plane does that.

- Just stop it. Stop it. - It's not... I can't...

- Just relax. Okay? - I don't like that.

I get a bad feeling in...

- Breathe. - Okay.

Grazie.

Do you like it? - I love it.

- It's late. My uncles and aunts will be here.

We have to hurry.

Will they like me?

What are you worried about?

You're beautiful. Just be yourself. Don't worry.

They're important people. Perhaps a bit severe.

But don't let it throw you, they're nice.

Starting next week I'll be working in their firm...

...and I don't want to say or do anything that could jeopardize...

...his wonderful opportunity they're giving us.

It'll be fine. You'll impress them.

- You think so? - I know so.

About your question on the train, yes, I'll miss Pordenone...

...but this position is too good to turn down.

Think, Milly, if all goes well, we will be living in Rome...

...entering society, having children.

And maybe one day we will own a villa like my uncles.

- I have to get my hair done. I look like a small town school teacher.

I want to look chic.

- It's late. Do you have to go now?

- I'll be right back. - I don't want them waiting for us.

- Okay. But hurry. - I will.

Ciao.

Hurry.

I'm sorry, the salon is booked up.

Is there another one near here?

Exit the hotel, go right, down two blocks and to the left.

Past the archway, on the right, you'll see a small bridge.

Cross the bridge, go left, and you'll see it on the right.

Grazie.

The food is better than Malibu, I'll say that.

- I can't wait to do some sightseeing.

- Oh, John can show us around.

He used to live here.

Oh, God, Carol.

That was 30 years ago. - So?

It must have been great then.

Yeah, it was fabulous.

- I was young and in love and a complete fool.

- But it's the Eternal City. It never changes.

And I, too, want to go see the ruins.

It is Rome, after all.

- All those old ruins just depress me.

I get Ozymandias melancholia.

Besides, I saw it all when I lived here.

- So we'll leave you, and then we'll hook up later.

Okay? Okay.

- I'm just not a good sightseer.

I prefer just to walk the little streets.

”Ozymandias melancholia. "

Where'd you get that phrase?

What...

Excuse me, are you... Are you John Foy?

- Yes. How did you know that?

- No, I recognized your picture from the Herald Tribune.

You design all those shopping malls.

- That's how you think of me?

No, I'm an architect.

Studying to be, anyhow.

- Really? - Yeah.

You working on a project in Rome?

No, a vacation.

I lived in Rome for a year when I was your age.

Really? Where?

Here... Trastevere.

Yeah, I live here.

I'm on Via dei Neofiti.

- That's my old stomping ground.

I've been wandering around all day.

I can't seem to find it.

- Really? No, it's literally two blocks up to the left.

Well, I...

What?

Do you want me to... You want me to show you?

- I don't know if I should revisit it.

But... Okay.

Why not?

I saw this honey for half the price.

Finish your breakfast.

- I'm not hungry. - You have to eat.

Where is Camilla?

You know why there's so much unemployment?

Because people are being replaced by advanced technology.

What's on the movie page?

- Eat! Here's Camilla. You're always late.

If you ask me, the way the world is going...

...one day the whole planet will be speaking Chinese.

No one's asking you.

- No one care what you or I think We just have to pay taxes.

Look, look!

Here she comes.

- Where was she when we had the blackout...

...and I was stuck in the elevator for two hours?