A Summer in Genoa (2008)

Catherine Keener: Barbara

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• Barbara : Did you know Christopher Columbus was from here?

  Mary : I thought he was from Spain.

  Barbara : No, he was born here, but he sailed from Spain, so that's why South America is Spanish and not Italian.

• Joe : So why are there so many English flags?

  Barbara : They're not English. They're the flags of St George. St George is the patron saint of Genoa, and England actually just borrowed him.

• Barbara : You're all very brave.

  Joe : Yeah, well, we don't have much choice.

• Barbara : Mary, you've never been to Italy before, have you?

  Mary : No.

  Barbara : Do you like pasta?

  Mary : Yeah.

  Barbara : Do you like ice-cream? Then you'll be fine.