Seven Beauties (1975)

Roberto Herlitzka: Socialist

Quotes 

• Pasqualino Frafuso : I think Il Duce is pretty great. To be truthful, he's given us roads. He's given so much, an entire empire. All the other countries are jealous of our leader. Listening to the man speak to us, that voice and those eyes, and his court found me completely insane. But our people are respected. They used to spit at us Italians. On the face? Remember? Besides, there were many strikes, riots, demonstrations. We used to be in a terrible condition. Thanks to him, there's been no disorder.

  Socialist : He is a marvel. You're right. There has been law and order, and he's done it by outlawing unions and strikes. The result is that salaries in 1919 were up and today people are making less than half, while the cost of living has increased 30 percent. You didn't know that, huh? This Mussolini, of whom everyone envies us. Do you know who envies us? The masters envy Mr. Mussolini. The Italians are a bunch of fools, listening to that bag of air on his balcony. Your Duce.

• Socialist : Political?

  Pasqualino Frafuso : Hatchet killer. Pasqualino Frafuso, the Monster of Naples. The act of an unbalanced mind. Twelve years.

  Socialist : You're lucky. They gave me 28 years and four months.

  Pasqualino Frafuso : Twenty-eight? How did it come to that?

  Socialist : I simply thought. It's the most atrocious crime a citizen could commit.