HALLOWEEN -6
Note: there are
only the dialogues translated by Marina Nunzi
SCENE 1
Monica:
“Rachele! Rachele! Hey, Rachele!”
Rachele: “At last! You’re
late.”
Monica: “It’s Fede’s
fault, she forgot her diary.”
Fede : “I couldn’t let it
there…”
Rachele: “No matter. The
guys are late, too. Look here: a wonderful voodoo doll... How about it?”
Monica: “I don’t believe
in voodoo.”
Federika: “I do! Some far
relative of my grandmother’s died of a makumba.”
Rachele: “If I only knew it
worked, I’d buy it.”
Monica: “Aren’t you
serious?”
Rachele: “Of course I am! I
just have a couple of people to use it on.”
Federika: “Me too..”
Rachele: “But.. 80 euros!
That’s another reason why I’m not buying it.”
Monica: “I can’t believe
to my own ears!… Ah! There they are!”
Rossano: “Got problems with
the car.”
Monica: “All excuses,
Rossano, as usual.”
Carlo: “No, it’s true,
Monica, the car just stopped dead.”
Gianni: “I think it’s the
battery…”
Federika: “See? We don’t
need a voodoo doll to have troubles.”
Monica: “Well, we’ll be in
trouble if we don’t hurry and buy the stuff for Halloween. It’s only a week
away…”
Rossano: “Don’t worry! We
already know what to get.”
SCENE 3
Monica: “Can I have some,
too?”
Rossano: “Okay.”
Monica: “What’s up? I’m
taking you to a first aid ward!”
SCENE 4
Monica: “Anyway, it all went
well… If Rossano had drunk it in one go, he couldn’t have got by.”
Federika: “It’s very
strange..”
Monica: “What?”
Federika. “I mean…this
accident is strange. Perhaps Rachele did buy the doll..”
Monica: “Nonsenses! There
are a lot of polluted bottles around, of late.. They always talk about it
in the tv news. Besides… how can you say that?”
Federica: “Yesterday, late
in the afternoon, Rachele has gone out and did not want to tell me where she was
going.”
Monica: “Well, it was her
own business.. besides, she has nothing against Rossano… or so I think.”
Federika: “Who knows! But
when she came back, she got a suspicious-looking package…”
Monica: “Watch out!!!”
SCENE 5
Rachele: “Fede! I’m going
down the garage to check the switch.”
Federika: “All right!”
SCENE 7
Gianni: “Couldn’t Rachele
call one of us yesterday?”
Carlo: “For a little thing
like that?”
Gianni: “You call it a
little thing, but it left us all in the dark. Women just can’t get along with
gears, computers and electronics.”
Carlo: “I don’t know.. I
think it could have happened to anyone.”
Gianni: “Maybe, but I
wouldn’t have fainted for a little jolt.”
Carlo: “Anyway, all went
well. Now let me study. Go!”
Gianni: “You’re studying
here, then?”
Carlo: “Yes- yes, you can
have the bedroom. See you later.”
Carlo: “Gianni, want some
coffee?
Gianni: “Yes, thanks!”
Gianni: “Don’t you smell
a… Carlo... Carlo... Carlo...Carlo... wake up, Carlo... Carlo?”
SCENE 8
Monica: “You know how
rational I am, Rossano... and yet, all these accidents!”
Rossano: “There’s no
voodoo doll, Monica. These are only coincidences!”
Monica: “Coincidences? Three
accidents in three days?”
Rossano: “I’ll admit it is
strange... but not improbable... But, if we could estimate the odds...”
Monica: “Oh, don’t get
started... just quit. I’ll go take my relaxing bath.”
Rossano: “Monica, are you
alright?... MONICA!”
SCENE 9
Carlo: “I must admit that
the whole thing is strange.. who do you think bought the doll?”
Rossano: “I don’t know,
Carlo. Which of us all never had an accident?
Carlo: “I don’t understand.”
Rossano: “Gianni.”
Carlo: “Yes! You’re right...”
Rossano: “...he’s the only
one!”
Carlo: “Come on, Gianni is
not that smart...”
Rossano: “Yes, I thought it,
too... Then, who could be?”
Carlo: “What if one of the
girls staged her own accident?”
Rossano: “That’s right!...
Maybe... Rachele? Nobody was with Rachele when she had her accident!”
Carlo: “You think it was her?”
Rossano: “Of course she was...
Monica told me she was interested in the doll, and the evening I had my accident
she came back home with a suspicious-looking package...”
Carlo: “Naah!”
Gianni: “Well?... What are
you doing?”
Rossano: “Just talking about
my car.”
Carlo: “Yes! Right!”
Gianni: “Why?...
something’s wrong?”
Rossano: “It seems the
engine won’t start... We could even miss the party tomorrow evening, I’m
afraid.”
Gianni: “Is that all? I can
fix it!”
Carlo/Rossano: “You!?!”
Gianni: “Yes, me. What’s
so strange about it?”
Carlo: “Can you fix cars?”
Gianni: “Of course! My
cousin is a mechanic.”
Carlo: “So what?...”
Gianni: “So.. I can fix it.”
Rossano: “I don’t think it
works this way...”
Gianni: “Trust me!”
SCENE 10
Rossano: “Say.. wasn’t
your cousin a mechanic?”
Gianni: “It’s dark..
don’t you have a torchlight?”
Rossano: “Yes, back in the
trunk. I’ll take it.”
Gianni: “What about this
torchlight? Is it coming or not?”
Rossano: “Can’t find it,
but I’m sure it is here..”
Gianni: "Ohh!!"
Rossano: “Wait.. it doen’s
get open.”
SCENE 11
Monica: “Hey guys, is the
car fixed or not? Will we go to the party, later?”
Rossano: “Yes! The jump-lead
was off.”
All: “EH!?!”
Rossano: “Yes! The jump-lead
was off.”
Gianni. “You know why I love
to be your friend? You’re more worried for the car than for me.”
Rachele: “You poor thing!”
Gianni: “Yes, go on, tease
me! Everybody knows it’s been you, Rachele.”
Rachele: “It’s been me to
do what?”
Monica: “Another slice,
Carlo?”
Rachele: “You think I’ve
bought the doll?”
Carlo: “You said it! Nobody
mentioned it.”
Rachele: “Oh, that’s great...You’re
accusing me of hurting my friends!?!”
Monica: “Sit down, Rachele.
Carlo was not being serious. Isn’t it true?”
Carlo: “No, of course not...
You had an accident, too... right?”
Rossano: “That’s what she
claims...”
Rachele: “So you’re
insinuating I lied?”
Monica: “Come on, people,
let’s not spoil the evening...”
Rachele: “No, no... this
matter must be explained.”
Gianni: “Fede said you
bought the doll.”
Rachele: “You!?! How could
you say such thing?”
Federika: “But I didn’t
say you bought it. I only said you brought home a suspicious-looking package.”
Rachele: “So you’re spying
on me?”
Monica: “Nobody’s spying
on you, Rachele... But you yourself said you knew a couple of people you would
use the doll on.”
Rachele: “What kind of
friends you are, thinking I could’ve done such a thing to you?”
Rossano: “Alright, excuse us!
Perhaps we got a bit carried away by this foolishness.”
Federika: “Foolishness! No
foolishness: voodoo is real.”
Carlo: “No, Rossano is right.
Voodoo has nothing to do with it.”
Gianni: “Of corse it has!
Each one of us could have used the doll for vengeance.”
Carlo: “Oh, really? What’s
your reason for vengeance, then?”
Gianni: “I didn’t say I
had a reason for vengeance.”
Rossano: “And we do?”
Gianni: “Yes! I’m luckier
than you with girls...”
Rossano: “Does it seem a
good reason to you? Then Carlo should envy me because I’ve got better marks!?!”
Carlo: “Don’t get me
involved, okay? Besides, I am not jealous.”
Federika: “Yes, you are.
You’re jealous.”
Rachele “If we want to
mention envy.. Monica is the queen.”
Monica: “What? Who should I
envy, you?”
Rachele: “Of course! I
always had more boyfriends, and you never forgave me for that Marco affair.”
Monica: “Oh, please! Marco
courted you because I asked him to!”
SCENE 12
Moldero: “Good morning,
Doctor Scala!”
Scala: “Good morning,
inspector.”
Moldero: “Is there anything
you can tell me so far?”
Scala: “Certainly.”
Scala: “They died of a heart
attack due to overwhelming panic.”
Moldero: “Aren’t you
telling me they died of- fright?”
Scala: “Exactly! It is
unusual, but not improbable...”
Scala: “Too much alcohol,
inebriation, and in this case the peculiarity of last evening could have raised
the adrenaline count.. The heartquake, and the black-out that followed was the
last straw, and they literally panicked.”
Moldero: “So the heart could
not cope...”
Scala: “Right!”
Moldero: “Can this happen in
six cases at the same time?”
Scala: “Yes, this can seem a
bit far-fetched... but they could have influenced each other, or.. there could
have been instances we don’t know of that altered their perception of reality.”
Moldero: “Of course!
Sometimes suggestion can be more lethal than anything else..”
Poliziotto: “Inspector
Moldero, we have finished here, shall we take the bodies away?”
Moldero: “Yes. Take them
away.”
SCENE 13
Salesgirl: “Excuse me, what
about the voodoo doll in the display?”
Bookshop owner: “The doll..
ah, yes! I showed it to a customer then I forgot to put it back in place.”
Salesgirl: “Thanks!”
Bookshop owner: “You’re
welcome.”
