Mafioso

Marta:
[seeing a dead person in a bed surrounded by people eating] Look!

Antonio Badalamenti:
It's nothing. A man died. It's an old custom. His friends are throwing a party for him.

Antonio Badalamenti:
[to one of the mourners with a plate of food] Cumbari. How'd he die?

Man at wake:
[matter-of-factly] Two bullets.

Antonio Badalamenti:
[with urgency to the driver] Right. Let's go!

Don Vincenzo:
The lies of a woman when softened by grace and courtesy are always welcome.

Antonio Badalamenti:
Why do you say Sicily's uncivilized? It's very civilized and we have to live up to that.

Nino's father:
No, we have to act like men - and that snake was right - you are a woman!

Antonio Badalamenti:
No, Papa! Please don't say that!

Nino's father:
[contemptuously] F*** off!

Marta:
Your mother hasn't said a word to me since we arrived. She stares at me as if I was some kind of exotic animal.

Don Liborio:
[passing a street vendor] Now, a nice cap for the gentleman. What color do you want... black or checked?

Antonio Badalamenti:
Black.

Don Liborio:
Want to try it on? [Nino looks at himself in a mirror.] Now you're really one of us.

Lagosi:
Thinking fully dressed or half naked is still thinking.

Don Calogero:
The only way to go back is to go forward. It's stupid to be scared.

Antonio Badalamenti:
[looking ahead on the ferry] Look over there! [enthusiastically] Sicily! Island of the sun and Cyclops! The inspiration to all the poets! [noticing his wife's lack of enthusiasm] What's the matter, Marta?

Marta:
[wistfully] Nothing. I was just watching Italy fade away.

Antonio Badalamenti:
I may live in Milan, but I'm still Sicilian.

Antonio Badalamenti:
Remember when I said there were four hares. I bagged two of them. But if I'd had a Winch... a Winchester, I'd have bagged them all.

Antonio Badalamenti:
[Having arrived at his family home in Sicily, greeting his various relatives] Dear Catella! Have you cooked me spaghetti with sardines?

Antonio Badalamenti:
[At lunch table, asking about Rosalia's engagement] To whom?

Nino's father:
Domenico Licasi... for more than two years.

Antonio Badalamenti:
I didn't know.

Nino's father:
It's not official.

Antonio Badalamenti:
What does he do?

Nino's father:
He sits.

Marta:
[Unfamiliar with the term "sit"] Office worker?

Antonio Badalamenti:
Unemployed. That's how we put it here.

Nino's father:
If they marry, I'll have another mouth to feed.

Rosalia:
[In protest] Domenico wouldn't accept! He's a worker!... but unlucky.

Antonio Badalamenti:
[At the lunch table, asking about old acquaintances] - How's Ignacio?

Nino's father:
He left.

Antonio Badalamenti:
And Ciccio?

Nino's father:
Emigrated.

Antonio Badalamenti:
And Alfio?

Nino's father:
[Answers in local dialect] "in jail"

Antonio Badalamenti:
In jail?

Nino's father:
Crime of honor.

Antonio Badalamenti:
And Filo?

Antonio Badalamenti:
[Everybody at table suddenly becomes uncomfortably silent] Dead?

Nino's father:
Went astray

Marta:
[Turning to Uncle Turi] What's that mean?

Uncle Turi:
Betrayed his friends.

Nino's father:
Goes around on a motorbike, agitating among the farm laborers.

Antonio Badalamenti:
And Tota? And Nicola? And Jano?

Nino's father:
All sitting. You were lucky, even though you deserved it. Don't forget that.

Antonio Badalamenti:
I won't... And after lunch, I'm going to see Don Vincenzo. I've a favor to do for an important businessman - an American from Calamo.

Antonio Badalamenti:
[Nino's wife has succeeded in removing noticeable mustache hair from Rosalia's upper lip] Rosalia, come. Let me look at you! You're like porcelain. Smooth. White. Take my advice. Marry before your mustache grows again!

Antonio Badalamenti:
[Don Vincenzo has helped settle a land purchase dispute for Nino's father. Nino is overwhelmed with gratitude] Blessed Don Vincenzo, may you live a thousand years in our gratitude!

Don Vincenzo:
It's a small thing. We should all help each other.

Antonio Badalamenti:
If you need me one day, just say the word. Your word is my command.

Antonio Badalamenti:
Don Vincenzo, what is it I'm doing?

Don Vincenzo:
What are you doing? Something very important. But if you wish... you can say no. Do you say no?

Antonio Badalamenti:
Do I say no?... I say yes.