Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Pupella Maggio: Maria Di Vita - Older

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• Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Adult : Mama, I deserted you. Ran out on you like a bandit, without any explanation.

  Maria Di Vita - Older : I never asked for any. You don't have to explain anything to me. I always thought you did what was right. Why dwell on it? You were right to leave. You did what you wanted to do. Every time I call you, a different woman answers. But I never heard in any of their voices that they really loved you. I would've known. All the same, I'd have liked to see you settled down in love with someone. But your life is there. Here there are only ghosts.

• [first lines] 

  Maria Di Vita - Older : [in Italian] 

  [on the phone] 

  Maria Di Vita - Older : Yes, Salvatore di Vita. You mean you don't know him, Miss? That's right, and I'm his mother. I've been calling from Sicily, all day long. I understand, he's not there.