Naples and the Amalfi Coast - La Dolce Vita?
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With its towering cliffs and villages perched high on mountain slopes, like eagles’ nests, the Amalfi coast epitomizes the Dolce Vita. It became fashionable in the 1950s, visited by Jackie Kennedy and Sophia Loren, and it has never gone out of style.
The Amalfi coast depends on tourism, which provides 90% of its revenue. But not everyone welcomes the arrival of the tourists. Costanzo finds the crowds insufferable, but he has no intention of leaving the island. He is a devout Christian and is the guardian of a small church high up in the hills of Capri. It is a refuge away from the masses.
Franco has managed to find the perfect balance. He makes his money from the tourists, but doesn’t have to deal with the crowds. His restaurant sits in a secluded cove which is not accessible by road. It’s pure luxury, even if it involves somewhat complex logistics. He travels by boat to buy supplies, he picks up holidaymakers from boats at sea, and offers a boat-taxi service to take his customers back.
Only a happy few have access to these isolated coves. Most of the tourists have to compete to find their own little patch of sand. Private beaches dominate the coastline, but a local collective are fighting to take some of the beach back for public use.
Citation
Main credits
La Villardière, Bernard de (film producer)
Missoffe, Celine (filmmaker)
Other credits
Cinematography, Kristell Bernaud, Quentin Calistri, Louise Malnoy; editing, David Bercher, Marc de La Villardière; music, M6 Interactions.
Distributor subjects
Documentary films,Travel,Tourism Sector,ItalyKeywords
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Come on, let's go.
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Let’s make it quick.
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Everything here is complicated,
because we can't transport things by car.
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And when the sea is rough, it's even worse.
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Courgettes, tomatoes, lemons, parsley,
everything comes from our region, Campania.
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Hello!
See you later at La Tonnarella!
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That's how I get people to come.
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Some think, "Who's that madman?
We have to eat at his place.”
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That's why I yell.
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They've already got everything on board,
they've got cooks.
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But sometimes they come
and have lunch at my place.
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All these young people work at my place
and they all help.
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It's like a family!
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We're all brothers and sisters here.
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Salvatore is in charge of the dishes.
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And then there's Madame Rosetta!
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Rosetta cleans the fish and the clams.
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And then there's my son Umberto.
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Well, this was Jackie who came to Ravello in 1962.
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She'd come to the village,
to swim on the beach at Conca and to eat here.
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It's very dangerous!
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This is for you.
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This welcome reception costs 60 euros 90.
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There's a sign!
You should have your eyesight checked.
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I have 20/20 vision.
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When you come to Capri, you know
you have to be ready to spend money.
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There are thousands of people.
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It's very difficult to move cars around
with so many people.
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That's Capri, chaos and then here, silence.
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You shouldn't have to pay to go to the sea!
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We've done it, another battle won.
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How many of you are there? Five?
You put seven over there and five over there.
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Everything going well?
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My uncle taught me the recipe.
My uncle and my grandfather.
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It's a family recipe.
Here we go!
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Courgette.
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A little pasta water.
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How often do you make this dish in summer?
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It's impossible to give a precise number.
But probably more than 4,000.
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That's for table 2.
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It's hard, but I'm used to it.
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I do it every day, 387 steps.
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These are rocket leaves.
I take a little wild rocket every night.
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It works a bit like Viagra.
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That's it!
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This is our most beautiful suite.
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We love it because Diego Maradona
stayed here several times.
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It's either the donkeys or us
who do the heavy lifting.
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There they are, with the windows down,
the air-conditioning on, not paying any attention.
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It's the Sunday fools.
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Ah, it's about time.
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Yes, this time I was lucky!
I was able to sit down.
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All the other times, I had to stand.
I was lucky today!
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Is it dangerous with all these turns?
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Yes, very dangerous!
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Film him, film him!
He's my buddy, he's my friend.
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How do you manage this traffic?
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Very well!
Like a boss.
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What do you think of this traffic?
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There are just too many of us on this road.
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We left at noon and managed to park at 2.30pm.
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Two and a half hours to find a space?
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Yes.
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We were totally unaware that there were certain
days that were allowed or prohibited to travel
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depending on the plate’s numbers,
if I understood correctly?
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This welcome reception costs 60 euros 90.
Basically, it’s a highway toll.
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The mayor and the commune have to tell people.
"If you drive around Amalfi, you'll get a fine".
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Okay, then we'll go somewhere else.
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There was a sign.
Didn't you see it? The road sign.
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No, I didn't see it.
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We have to come to an agreement with the other
communes and set up a barrier beforehand.
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Not to let tourists in at all,
because once they're in, it's too late.
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There are far, far too many cars.
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Endless queues of cars coming here in the hope
of finding a parking space that doesn't even exist.
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That's it, we're done.
So, how many did we do?
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Three, four, five, six, seven, eight...
that's nine fines in an hour and a half.
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When you do it for several hours,
it can go up to thirty.
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Okay, who's driving?
You or me?
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You drive better than me!
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We're very lucky because we're working,
and the sea is only 1 minute away.
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So you come to relax whenever you can?
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Yes!
After being insulted a lot.
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For a swim, for a simple swim, on a beach,
on a coast, in a sea that belongs to us,
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a family has to spend 100 euros.
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There's been a study that says
that on 27 kilometres of coastline,
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we have barely 200 metres of public beaches.
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There's nothing more to say.
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Just a lot to do to win back this right
that has been taken away.
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We liked it here better
because it's a lot less crowded,
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there are a lot of people in a very small space
where it's free,
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so we preferred to come back here.
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There are a lot of young people my age here,
and even some adults who don't respect anything.
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Sir, you have to go this way, have a nice day!
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This way?
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Yes. At the end of the road.
Ladies, it's that way.
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Tomorrow's Saturday, and it's going to be hell!
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That's not a very accurate figure.
It was set several years ago.
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It needs to be adjusted to our times.
We agree to pay more.
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Are you afraid that Sirena Beach
will be taken away from you?
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It's not fear, but sadness,
to have to leave to others a place that,
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until now, has been managed by my family.
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We've been here for millions of years, and now
you want to take everything away from me.
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It has to be fair.
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Come on, it's time.
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Come on, it's time to go.
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Come on, you've got to go.
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Let's open the banners.
Let's tell them.
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Hello everyone!
You don't have to pay to go to the sea!
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We demand more public beaches!
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Let the private operators
give us their stretch of beach!
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It's not up to them to choose
who's allowed on and who's not!
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The young people really seem to support us.
I hope they'll get involved!
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The public beach is small.
The only solution is to make everything public.
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You're talking nonsense!
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This decree clearly states that the owner
of Plage Elena is obliged to keep this gate open
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during the summer months from 8am to 5pm.
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As you can see, the gate is locked.
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And when you ring the bell, nobody answers.
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Hand me the megaphone.
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We demand the immediate opening of this gate.
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Closed improperly and illegitimately.
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Since the gate's closed, we'll try the other entrance
to the private beach.
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At least we'll get them riled up, we'll see.
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We can stand in front of the gate
and give them a hard time.
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We'll provoke them a bit.
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You don't have the right
to deny us access to the public beach.
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For a free sea!
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For a free sea!
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For a free sea!
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We're not here to disturb swimmers who paid!
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Private owners can't become the managers
of a beach that belongs to everyone!
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That's more than justified!
Absolutely right.
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It's an outrage in a seaside town like ours.
It's not right.
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It's unconstitutional!
It shouldn't be like this.
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We did it!
Another battle won!
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The first time I came to Palazzo Donn'Anna,
it took my breath away.
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I would have liked to live in a castle.
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Here, because of the size of my apartment,
I had to put... I wouldn't say very few things,
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but I still had to make cuts.
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As you can see, there’s no pretence in this house.
It's a very simple house, left untouched.
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I just added a few things.
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You should know that this is me at 20.
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This is a wonderful painting by Anselm Kiefer.
He dedicated it to me.
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And that's my mother and I.
My mother was a beautiful woman.
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She came from a very noble family.
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That's a beautiful boat.
Is it mahogany?
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Yes, it's mahogany and the planks are pine.
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The beauty of Donn'Anna is that as you walk around
the palace, you meet lots of people, lots of friends.
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I'm going for a swim around 5 o'clock.
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Thank you, see you then.
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Hello!
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Show me your drawings.
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The story goes that during a theatrical performance,
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Anna Carafa's lover gave a kiss to a young actress,
Donna Mercedes.
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According to legend,
Anna Carafa kidnapped the young actress by night,
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threw her into the caves and sealed her away alive.
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Have you finished bringing
the materials downstairs?
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There's too much already.
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So we're just bringing down these bars?
- Yes.
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Hi Elena, how are you?
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Hey, how are you?
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It's a painting made by fishermen
in late 1800, early 1900.
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We're making good progress.
It looks well preserved.
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Are we going to be able to preserve all of it?
- Yes.
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It's very friable.
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You can see how the sea and salt
have eaten away the tuff stones.
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All that's left are the joints between the bricks.
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Our job will be to fill in these stones
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to create a flat surface.
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There are thousands of people.
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And moving cars around with so many people
is very difficult.
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You have to make sure no one gets run over.
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This is for stopping cars.
And this is to make them move.
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It's my invention!
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I use this to still have my voice when I go home.
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Capri's the best!
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Let's go!
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One ristretto.
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Not many of us grew up here.
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And we've got this thing where, even if we see each
other 100 times in a day, we'll say hello every time!
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You eat the white part.
You can't eat the yellow rind.
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Have a nice day!
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Oh, they're beautiful!
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In the local fishery, they have these ones.
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A fatty fish.
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They're great.
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Sea bass and a beautiful whiting.
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We're used to eating fresh fish here.
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I used to go fishing with my father
and we ate our catch.
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So when I come here, it has to be fresh.
Makes me feel like a little boy again!
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Thank you, bye-bye.
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So you've got a booking for a table of 12?
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Yes, a table of 12.
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It's Saturday.
So we have a lot to do.
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Let’s go, I can't wait!
Let's hope it's a great evening.
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Make sure you fill the space.
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There may be a few tables with ladies
who want to dance.
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There's a bachelorette party tonight, so...
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If they're ugly, Costanzo's in charge.
If they're beautiful, I'll take care of it.
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Here we have had Capri locals,
to the biggest VIPs in the world.
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For example, in the photos are Beyoncé, Mike Tyson,
Armani, the biggest names in the world.
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We're having a bachelorette party!
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It was my friends who decided everything.
It was a surprise.
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We wanted to give her something to remember.
She's our best friend.
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A feeling and an experience for life!
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When you come to Capri,
you know you have to be ready to spend.
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So I hope she only gets married once!
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It's fantastic, I'll remember it for the rest of my life!
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In my head, I'm still 30!
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This place is magical.
I'm happy, I'm super happy!
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It's important for traditions
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to live on for future generations.
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So that they don't lose the sense of faith
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and the sense of folklore too.
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Originally, it was a simple house.
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Today, it's worth almost 1.5 million euros.
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It would be out of reach for a normal couple, like us,
like many others, because it costs 1.5 million euros.
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Objectively speaking,
who can afford that these days?
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The situation is that rents are sky-high,
guest houses are being built everywhere.
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There are even families living on the streets.
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Going for a walk or travelling to work
is clearly a major problem for residents,
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because everywhere is crowded!
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There used to be an ideal Capri, the one
that people tell you existed just a few decades ago.
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And then there's this Capri
that's absolutely out of control.
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This is my little corner of paradise.
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I help with the odd jobs.
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I've been doing this for 20 years.
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You see, we were over there.
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That is Capri, chaos and then here, silence.
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Isn't it wonderful?
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It's a place where we contemplate
the beauty of Creation.
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A place that unites us with God.
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It makes it a unique place.