a coin.
ok. i'll get it, but no fighting, all right?
we'll split it.
then we'll buy something and split that.
it's a small coin.
maybe a little radio.
well. we'll decide later. the light is going.
all right, all right.  can i concentrate? and you can stop pointing. i've seen it.
fine!
no.
it is. it's a coin! i'll get it for you, father!
padre?
you shouldn't dive everyday, papa.
no.
what?
why did my mother leave?
so where did you see mermaids?
i recognize you.
in the lake?
then it was somebody that looked a lot like you.  thank you.
i'll only be five minutes.
good morning, everybody! did you sleep well? i slept in a plane, and it wasn't too great.
hey! presents.
you think i'd forget you?
for bathsheba.
it's a llama. you understand? from peru. it's fighting.
that's for you, darjeeling. we wouldn't want you to catch cold!
and now.  "ta, da" for you tina.
something you've never seen either.
snow!
a new experience, tina. i missed you little rascals. did you get my post card?
oh? is that what you want? alright, but five minutes, no more. i have a taxi waiting.
enzo.
yes.
yes, i know.
great!
why?
i don't want to be in any competition.  i dive because i like to, not to beat a record.  don't you have to be very mad at somebody to want to beat him?
you're the best, enzo!
 are you sure?
this is the hotel san domenico?
yes, but.  so, you haven't got a room left?
ah?!
i remember. hi roberto!
i don't have one.
it's okay, enzo. i'll go somewhere else.
enzo drop it, i'll find something.
yes, sure, for two.
yes, of course. lots of questions.
i'm sorry.  i don't know how to ask the questions.
that's good.
it's okay.
no.
exactly, i mean, after all, we're men!
people say that?
please, have a seat.
no, no!
you're staying at the hotel?
but what brought you to sicily?
no, no. you'll like it. it's superb.
enzo?
your mother?
madame.
i thought it was a nice place. isn't it?
i don't know.  why?
yes.  maybe.  i don't know. i don't like competitions.  it ruins the fun. don't you think?
maybe on earth there is one.  but not when you dive.  you see, to dive deep into the sea, for no reason.  just to do it. it's a feeling.  i don't know how to say this.  voluptuous?
i'm a little tired, i don't know if.
no.
it's too loud for me.
thank you.
i don't know how.  excuse me.
 for the mermaids.
today at lunch, you asked me if i had any questions.
why? are they what's most important?
 everything.
well.  about everything.
enzo.  we must quit the competition.
if we don't.  i'm going to beat you.
two years younger than you.
the size of the lungs has nothing to do with it!
i don't know. longer than you.
who won?
please move slowly, you're rocking the boat.
you jumped in?
my wallet.
no. i want to show you. is it ruined?
give it to me.
my real family.  what kind of man has such a family?
i'm sick of never feeling at home anywhere.
i'm glad you stayed. thank you.
you.  you wouldn't want to spend the day with me?
 no?
what's the matter?
is she the new one?
 the way she moves.
not the way you mean.
it's going to cost you more than you think!
she's not like the others. she can't stand to be away from the sea.
i don't know, i just feel it.
 thank you.
 i'll do my best.
it's jacques.  mayol!
tell me, why don't you go and get your medal?
 you always were the best.
no, i have to ask you a favor.  you're the only one who'll understand.
driving isn't the problem, it's remembering the right road.
you can't stay here! come on! go away!
just one minute.
good night.
what?
uh.  yes, of course!
i did?
what is it?
yes.
no. thank you. it's really beautiful.
what are you doing here?
why?
i'm not from the sea.  i don't understand what you're talking about.
but it's not true, i feel good with you.  it feels right.
will.  will we see each other again?
where can i call you? johana, tell me where can i call you?
can i come in?
he doesn't like us.
i don't want to erase anything.
 yes.
thank you.
i don't find this funny. we were having a serious conversation.
it's very deep down here.
hello?
how are you?
 that's funny.  i had this job with enzo.  we got fired too.
here, it's getting dark.
i've been thinking about you a lot, you know.
i'm still here.
 it's hard you know. you're so far away and i don't know what else to say.
uh.  ah! a story?
do you know how it is? do you know what you're supposed to do to meet a mermaid?
you go down to the bottom of the sea, where the water isn't even blue anymore, where the sky is only a memory.  and you float there, quietly, quietly and stay there.  and you decide that you will die for them.  only then do they start coming out. they come and greet you and they judge the love you have for them.  if it's sincere. if it's pure.  they will be with you and take you away forever.
hello?
 not at all.
absolutely positive.
okay.  huh, i'll be right over.
 i think i love you.
you'll understand.
don't be afraid. it's my uncle.  louis.
uncle louis, this is my friend johana.
i brought johana to meet you.
no, no. johana is visiting me.
uncle louis. he's a 75 year old amazing guy, isn't he?
johana.  new york.
he doesn't hear too well.
uncle louis!
uncle louis! johana is my friend. she's come to stay with me for a while.
well.  here.
it's my apartment.
uncle louis, we have a guest!
you think it'll be all right? you'll be comfortable here?
enzo!
i'm glad you could come. i want you to meet enzo.
uncle louis, you remember enzo's mother signora molinari from amorgos?
louis, we were french!
i've had many.  when the sea doesn't want you.
enzo had a bad day.
i didn't dive.
i don't know.  it didn't feel right. i'm going to bed. i'm tired.
what?
good huh?
good.  i guess i have tomorrow's work cut out for me as enzo would say.
enzo, enzo! congratulations!
i'm putting you on the coin.  your essence.  that way you'll always be with me when i dive.
 there's a party at the hotel tonight.
enzo, don't be angry. i was lucky.  that's all.
you go back, i'll walk.
i won today. i dove very deep, tina.
what's so funny? can you dive deeper?
so you understand everything?
that's good.  so tell me why they're all angry at me? why is enzo angry? i never wanted to compete with him. i never wanted to be champion of anything.  all i want is to escape from them all.  for just a few minutes, no people.  no noise.  nothing but the sea.
do you really understand me? huh? are we actually having a conversation here?
all right then, tell me: can i ever dive as deep as you? stay under as long?
are you sure?
it's beautiful, isn't it?
what's wrong?
you want to lie down for a while?
 how long was i asleep?
 sure.
 the feeling of slipping without falling.  the hardest is once you are at the bottom.
because you have to find a good reason to come back up again.  and i always have a hard time finding one.
enzo? enzo.  i know you're angry at me. enzo, it's important.
we can't dive anymore. they want to cancel the competition for a while.
it's not safe, they say. the doctors say it isn't possible to go deeper and live. free diving is over as a sport.
no! i would never cheat you.
 i was right about what?
i can't.
kiss me.
i saw how it has to be.
don't be sad.  it's not because of you, it's me. it's all going on inside me! i've gotta go and see.
that's good.  that's wonderful. it's wonderful for you.
anything.