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- [Ernest] Ladies and
gentlemen, it is a great honor

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to be with you tonight and
to discuss my new book.

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The book came to me in a sort of a haze

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in Harry's Bar in Venice.

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(gentle music)
(bird squawking)

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- [Narrator] Ernest Hemingway
is a legendary figure

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associated with Cuba and Paris,
with world and civil wars,

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adventurous African safaris
and fascinating women

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who were, in turn,
fascinated by his charisma.

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The writer built himself a reputation

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as a soldier of fortune,
a larger than life figure,

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a man and a myth,
confusing the life he lived

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with the imaginary
lives of his characters.

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It all seemed so simple
which is why discovering

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the unknown and private
aspects of his character

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makes the silence regarding
the fragility of this tough guy

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even more deafening.

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(dramatic music)

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(typewriter clacking)

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(insects and birds chirping)

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(gentle music)

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It is June 1918 towards the
end of the first world war.

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Theodore Brombach, a colleague
on the Kansas City Star,

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convinces the 18-year-old
Ernest to volunteer

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as an ambulance driver
for the American Red Cross

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at the front.

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(energetic band music)

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After a crossing on the
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which takes him from New York to Bordeaux,

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he pauses for two days in Paris.

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From there, he takes the train to Milan.

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Professor Gianni Moriani

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of the Venice International
University confirms this.

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- [Narrator] The great war
is almost coming to an end

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and, on the Italo-Austrian front,

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the Italian army is recovering from defeat

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at Ortigara in June 1917
and at Caporetto in October

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of the same year.

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(gun firing)

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One June 10th 1918, in the
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Count Luigi Rizzo sinks the
battleship Santo Stefano,

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the flagship of the Austro-Hungarian navy.

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It is a historic date for Italian morale.

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It is followed by the
Battle of the Piave River.

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The Austrian attack from the
sea on the Veneto Plain fails

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and, although they managed
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they are driven back across the river.

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The budding writer arrives
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in northeast Italy on the
eve of this famous battle.

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- [Narrator] The headquarters
of the American Red Cross

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is in Schio, north of Vicenza
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ironically renamed the Schio Country Club.

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It is very close to the
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but the 50 or so Americans stationed there

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spend most of their time playing baseball,

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sunbathing and swimming in a nearby river.

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War rages just around the corner,

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yet it seems much further away.

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(haunting music)

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- [Narrator] Every day
Hemingway drives to the slopes

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of the mountains in a
large Fiat 14 ambulance

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ready to receive his
daily load of suffering.

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It was a routine job, safe,

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that also left him with a
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He began writing for an
American newspaper called Ciao

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providing them with articles
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After three weeks of drinking
in the Cantarano Tavern

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and the (speaking in
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where his writer friend, John Dos Passos,

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comes to visit him,
Hemingway has had enough

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of life behind the lines.

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He asks to be transferred, wanting to see

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the horrors of war firsthand.

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Hemingway's impatience and frustration

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are documented in several photos,

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the only one surviving from this period

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in which he and some friends

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act out an ironic military maneuver

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wearing uniforms and weapons
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- [Narrator] Finally, Hemingway is sent

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to work in the trenches.

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He distributes cigarettes,
chocolate and postcards

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to the men on the frontline.

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(explosion booming)
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- [Narrator] Covered in
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and surrounded by the dead,

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under fire from the Austrian artillery,

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Hemingway is given up for dead.

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But, instead, he would be remembered

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for a heroic gesture that made headlines.

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(suspenseful music)

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- [Narrator] Hemingway
suffers a night of pain.

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At dawn, he is moved to
a small field hospital.

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In the ward, he meets
Don Giuseppe Bianchi,

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who baptizes him a Catholic,

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although he has been
brought up as a Protestant.

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30 pieces of shrapnel
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but hundreds more remain in his body.

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He will have to be moved to Milan.

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One of the four nurses
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is Agnes von Kurowsky, a fellow American,

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seven years older than Ernest.

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- [Narrator] The young
woman had bewitched Ernest

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and the attraction was definitely mutual.

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This is confirmed by Renzo Vedovo,

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a photographer from Torre di Mosto

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in the province of Venezia
and a Hemingway fan.

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Vedovo recognized his hometown

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in several photographs at the time

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that clearly document the relationship

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between Agnes and Ernest.

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- [Narrator] Meanwhile,
the story of how Hemingway

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was wounded spreads across the world.

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The American papers talk
of 227 pieces of shrapnel

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in his legs and two
bullets, one in the kneecap

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and one in his right foot.

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- Latest football score!

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- [Narrator] After an
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of rehabilitation, he is awarded

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the Italian Silver Medal of Bravery.

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Despite it all, he wants
to return to hear the roar

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of the cannon or, perhaps, he
wants to stay close to Agnes

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who has since been
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He manages to do both in October,

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but it proves to be a
very brief encounter.

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- [Narrator] Agnes and Hemingway

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begin to correspond regularly.

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The girl is deeply
Catholic and old-fashioned.

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She writes to the young
Ernest every night.

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Hemingway is genuinely
attracted to this woman

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who is more mature and
confident than he is,

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much more than he would like to admit.

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As soon as he is fit, he goes to join her.

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(speaking in foreign language)

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Meanwhile, Austria and Hungary
have asked for an armistice

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and signed a truce with
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(speaking in foreign language)

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The war is over and Hemingway
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and the towns he passes
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littered with rubble.

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- [Narrator] The Red Cross
nurse with the hypnotic gaze

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is Hemingway's first true love

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so much so that he begs
her to wait for him.

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Ernest wants to return to
America to make a bit of money

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and quickly.

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That way he can come
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He wants to marry her.

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(energetic band music)

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- [Narrator] Returning to
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aboard the steamship, Giuseppe Verdi,

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Hemingway is greeted as a
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It is the budding writer's first taste

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of celebrity and high society.

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Chicago goes crazy for him

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especially the sizeable Italian community

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and he is still only 20 years old.

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He is inundated with offers of work

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and demonstrates a talent for writing.

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Then, in March, a letter arrives.

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Agnes has written to
break off the engagement.

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She is going to marry someone else.

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At her age, she cannot afford to wait.

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Ernest is plunged into despair and Agnes

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will become inspiration for
the character of Catherine

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in A Farewell to Arms.

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- [Narrator] Having recovered
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Hemingway begins working regularly

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for the Toronto Star Magazine
and meets his first wife,

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Hadley Richardson, a pianist
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They return to Europe together in 1922.

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- [Narrator] In April
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hitchhike across the Alps, reach Milan

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and then continue on to the Veneto region.

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the houses destroyed in
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by a brash, new architecture.

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On the other, a new phenomenon is emerging

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which will soon spread
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and the world with consequences
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as they are tragic, fascism.

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- [Narrator] Meanwhile, war breaks out

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between Turkey and Greece.

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Hemingway's paper sends him to the front

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while his wife, Hadley, is pregnant

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with their first child, John,
and waits for him in Paris.

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When he returns from the Bosphorus,

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the two leave once more for Italy.

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They are guests of Ezra Pound in Rapallo

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and tour Tuscany before
reaching Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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Hemingway feels an urgent
need to return to the places

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where he had his first important
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to take a deeper look at his
memories and his suffering.

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- [Narrator] I did not
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nor had any idea of loving her.

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This was a game like bridge
in which you said things

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instead of playing cards.

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Like bridge, you had to pretend
you were playing for money

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or playing for some stakes.

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Nobody had mentioned what the stakes were.

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It was all right with me.

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is Hemingway's first important work

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and is the product of a long
and difficult gestation period,

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a continuous excavation of
his memories and his life

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during the first world war.

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It was to take him nearly 10
years to complete the work

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and the extent to which he
had to face his insecurities

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and the image he projected of himself

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is clear from the original typescripts

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housed in the JFK Library in Boston.

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There you can find no less than 47 endings

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that Hemingway had typed
searching for the perfect one.

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- [Narrator] In the end, it's
better not to remember things

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or put an end to life.

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Now, it is all over.

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But you don't.

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The sun and the spring,
in the end, it's better,

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not even remember things.

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The fact is that you can't do anything.

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It's good if you believe
in God and love God.

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That was the last moment of
the kind that I can remember.

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Now, it's all over.

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The sun and the spring
and nothing was finished.

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- [Narrator] The '20s
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both for Hemingway's
career and for his life.

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Ernest lives through the
failure of three marriages

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as well as the world wide
success of his first novels,

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A Farewell To Arms and
For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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(gun firing)

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- [Narrator] Meanwhile,
totalitarianism continues

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to gain ground in Europe.

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Civil war breaks out in Spain.

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Hemingway visits the front several times,

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but he no longer puts himself at risk

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as he did when he was younger.

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Then the second world war breaks out

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and, again, the writer
feels the need to return

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to the frontline, just
like 25 years earlier.

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He goes as a special correspondent

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to cover the Normandy landings,

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has a unique experience as
a partisan leader in France

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and, finally, enlists as a spy
in the fledging CIA in Cuba

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in order to counter the
infiltration of a Nazi Fifth Column

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on the island.

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(wind roaring)

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It is September 1948 when,
20 years after his last visit

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to Tuscany, Hemingway
returns to Italy with Mary,

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his fourth wife.

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(somber music)

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- [Narrator] The whole
of the Italian press

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acclaims him as the greatest living writer

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and the Hotel de la Posta in Cortina

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becomes one of the most famous places

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associated with Hemingway.

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(dramatic music)

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- [Narrator] Hemingway's
time here is important

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because it reveals that
after the tumultuous years

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of adventures and travels
that flew by in a flash,

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he feels the need to
settle down for a while.

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He needs some peace.

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He has aged and is famous but
has not written for a while.

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He needs to recover his
inspiration, his motivation,

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and his taste for writing.

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- [Narrator] During his
long stay in Cortina,

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Hemingway fell in love with
the Alps and the Dolomites

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with their beautiful scenery.

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He and his wife, Mary,
met Count Federico Kechler

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and his wife, Maria Luisa.

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They were to remain two
of his most loyal friends.

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In October, Hemingway returns to Venice

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via Fossalta di Piave,
visiting it for the third time.

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He buries a thousand-lira banknote

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in the exact location where
he was severely wounded.

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(gentle guitar music)

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From the Dolomites to the lagoon,

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he is once again fascinated by the Veneto,

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its places and its people.

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And they like him,

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like Carlo Guarienti, a painter who moved

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in the same aristocratic
circles as Hemingway.

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- [Narrator] It is during
this time that Hemingway

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discovers two of his
favorite places to write,

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drink and have fun, the
Locanda Cipriani in Torcello,

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where he moved for about a
month in November of 1948

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enjoying the happiest period

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of his relationship with his wife, Mary,

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and the ever popular Harry's
Bar which opened in 1931,

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where Hemingway spends his
day sipping dry martinis

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and observing the faces of
tourists from all over the world.

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But he was the man of the moment

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and he was certainly more
looked at than looking.

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(singing in foreign language)

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- [Narrator] Both places are owned

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by Giuseppe Cipriani from
Verona who introduces the writer

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to a wine from his hometown, Amarone,

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along with Valpolicella,
the wine will become

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one of Hemingway's passions.

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- [Narrator] Along with
the Hotel Gritti Palace,

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where Hemingway was to stay

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in all subsequent visits to Venice

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and which he would praise
for its risotto with scampi,

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these places become famous.

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These legends are still
living, tangible symbols

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of Venice around the world.

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More and more places boast
of having been mentioned by,

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discussed or lived in by Hemingway

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and associate his name with theirs.

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It gave rise to a global
marketing phenomenon,

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the like of which had never been seen

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and demonstrates how much Hemingway

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was a powerful iconic figure.

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- [Narrator] Hemingway indulges
all his passion for food

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and especially for wine.

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His frequent tours around
Venice take him to Verona

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at the (speaking in foreign language)

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Apostoli owned by Giorgio Gioco.

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(birds chirping)

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- [Narrator] In early December 1948,

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the brother of Count
Federico Kechler, Charles,

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took Hemingway to hunt ducks in a reserve

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near Caorle halfway
between Venice and Trieste,

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owned by Baron Raimondo
Franchetti known as Nanuk.

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Dino Bonollo is the last surviving boatman

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employed by the baron to remember
the writer in that period.

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- [Narrator] Hemingway does not make

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a great impression as a hunter.

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His aim is apparently pretty poor

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and he seems more interested
in his surroundings

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than the object of the hunt.

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(bird squawking)

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- [Narrator] The legend of Hemingway,

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the hunter and tough guy, seems to veer

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between statements like these
and the numerous photos of him

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posing with rifles and trophies.

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But, in truth, it is nature
and the silent landscapes

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that fascinate him.

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Hunting is only a means to
show off to the outside world

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when what he is really
looking for is something

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to bring him inner peace, that reminds him

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of his native land of
Michigan where we see him

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thanks to these rare images.

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- [Narrator] Hemingway writes a lot,

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inspired by the silence of the lagoons,

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the call of the migrating birds,

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by the rivers running through
the empty countryside,

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by the local people and a genuineness,

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a simplicity that is never intrusive.

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- [Narrator] Gianni Prevarin didn't know

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the writer personally.

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His is the opinion of a
writer who loves his region

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and is a keen observer of
the passion that Hemingway

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developed for the Veneto and Friuli lagoon

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and the crucial influence
that both the countryside

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and its characters had on him.

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While he was driving
to the hunting grounds

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with Carlo Kechler, faith
dictated that he was to have

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an encounter that would
leave a lasting impression

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on his personal life.

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We are on the bridge over
the Tagliamento River

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between Veneto and Fruili.

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- [Narrator] Adriana Ivancich
is the daughter of Dora

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who Hemingway met in Cortina in 1923.

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This encounter is
fundamental for both of them.

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With Adriana, the writer also
partially loses his reputation

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as a man who never had to ask.

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- [Narrator] She is 19 years
old, aristocratic and Catholic,

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from a prominent family of land owners,

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diplomats and intellectuals

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originally from (speaking
in foreign language)

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in Istria.

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Ernest feels immediately
attracted to Adriana

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and she to this sophisticated
man of the world.

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- [Narrator] The first time they meet,

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Hemingway looks through the trees

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and glimpses the ruins of Villa Ivancich

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where Adriana lives.

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The house had been almost
completely ruined by bombs in 1944

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when the Allies were trying
to destroy the bridge

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over the Tagliamento.

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The scene provides the
title for the masterpiece

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Across The River and Into The Trees

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that Hemingway decides to set

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between Harry's Bar and the Hotel Gritti,

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among the plains, lagoons and rivers

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of the eastern Veneto and Friuli.

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The writer had found his
long-sought inspiration

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where he wanted to find it,

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in the places that
inspired A Farewell To Arms

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between the wars and almost 10
years after his last success,

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For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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- [Narrator] In April 1949,
Hemingway leaves by sea

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from Genoa for the United
States and then Cuba

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where he lives in his
famous estate Finca Vigia.

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In January of 1950, he is back in Cortina

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with his wife, Mary, but
Venice is like a magnet.

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- [Narrator] In Venice,
Hemingway lived alone

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because Mary, who had
broken her ankle skiing,

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stayed in Cortina.

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So, he was able to see Adriana as much

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and as often as he liked.

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- [Narrator] Adriana has bewitched

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the older, famous Hemingway.

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They spend many hours together
in long talks and walks.

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Through Adriana, Hemingway
also gets to know

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her brother, Gianfranco Ivancich,

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who becomes his close
friend and confidant.

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(upbeat band music)

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- [Narrator] The Kechlers, the Franchetti

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and the usual friends spoiled Hemingway

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who, to some extent, lived
the life of a bachelor.

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And he who loved wine and the beef ribs

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of Giorgio Gioco in Verona,

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the fish from the lagoons
of Caorle and Murano,

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was in his element.

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(energetic music)

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- [Narrator] Dino Bonollo
and Tarsillo Veronese,

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at the time both working for
Baron Franchetti and his family

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on the San Gaetano Estate of the Valley,

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got to know Hemingway very well.

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They believe that he probably
spent the happiest time

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of his life in the area.

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But as always in these cases,

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the clouds are already
gathering on the horizon.

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Adriana Ivancich created
the cover illustration

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for Across The River and Into The Trees

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and then she went with
Hemingway to Paris at Le Havre

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where the steamship, the Ile de France,

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was waiting to take him to
Cuba on the 22nd of March.

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- [Narrator] When he arrived
in Cuba on the 7th of April,

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Hemingway already found
three letters from Adriana

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waiting for him.

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His wife Mary was very annoyed.

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In Italy too the relationship
between the 50-year-old man

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and the 20-year-old woman
had not gone unobserved.

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(dramatic music)

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- [Narrator] According to
Hemingway's famous maxim

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of the time, loving more than
one woman at the same time

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is not a sin, merely bad luck.

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Adriana is, perhaps,
Hemingway's last great love,

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a probably plutonic love like
that for the nurse, Agnes,

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who did not want to consummate
the love before the wedding.

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A love that brings out the doubts

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and the fragility in
Hemingway in striking contrast

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to the macho image that the
media had created for him.

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And just as with Agnes,
Hemingway based one

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of his characters on Adriana, Renata,

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In Across The River and Into The Trees.

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(echoing)

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- [Narrator] And look at
Renata's eyes, he thought.

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They are probably the most beautiful

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of all the beautiful things she has,

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with the longest, most honest
lashes I have ever seen.

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And she never uses them for anything

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except to look at you
honestly and straight.

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What a damned wonderful girl

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and what am I doing here anyway?

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It is wicked.

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She is your last and true
and only love, he thought.

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And that's not evil.

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It is only unfortunate.

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No, he thought.

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It is damned fortunate.

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And you are very fortunate.

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- [Narrator] Adriana goes
to join Hemingway in Cuba

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in the autumn of 1950 with her mother Dora

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and brother Gianfranco.

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Adriana and Dora stay for a few months

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while Gianfanco remains
in Finca Vigia until 1953.

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The two witness the coup
d'etat by Fulgencio Batista.

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That year Hemingway
publishes his masterpiece,

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The Old Man and the Sea,
inspired by the island.

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Adriana also provides the cover
illustration for this novel.

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(waves roaring)

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In 1953, Hemingway organizes
his second safari in Africa

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with his wife, Mary.

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The two grow closer again.

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Adriana seems forgotten,

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but shortly before returning from Kenya,

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disaster happens.

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After two plane crashes and
a fire in the camp on safari,

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Hemingway is given up for
dead by all the media.

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(waves lapping)

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- [Narrator] Having lost 10 kilograms

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and weakened by internal
bleeding, Hemingway takes refuge

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at the Hotel Gritti with Mary.

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(gentle music)

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Ernest then goes to see
Federico Kechler on his estate

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and, together, they go to
visit the Baron Franchetti.

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Once more, his friends
try to cheer him up,

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friends and those who
knew him and remember him.

500
00:43:15,930 --> 00:43:17,250
- [Narrator] He is no longer Hemingway

501
00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:19,000
the (speaking in foreign
language) of the past,

502
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,483
the once carefree adventurer
and nature lover, fun-loving.

503
00:43:52,550 --> 00:43:54,480
- [Narrator] The African
experience affected him

504
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:58,450
deeply in body and spirit and
his relationship with alcohol

505
00:43:58,450 --> 00:44:01,660
changes from being one of
inspiration and histrionics

506
00:44:01,660 --> 00:44:05,400
and becomes that of a
temporary relief from the pain.

507
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,800
According to Dino Bonollo, an eyewitness,

508
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,223
it became a real problem.

509
00:44:43,620 --> 00:44:46,040
- [Narrator] The sorties in
search of good food and wine

510
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,450
of previous years are just a memory.

511
00:44:48,450 --> 00:44:50,620
Due to his poor physical condition,

512
00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:53,010
Hemingway increasingly
ends up taking refuge

513
00:44:53,010 --> 00:44:55,710
within the walls of the Hotel Gritti.

514
00:44:55,710 --> 00:44:59,080
Even Adriana Ivancich
rushes to his bedside.

515
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:02,440
The girl is now a woman and 24 years old.

516
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:05,160
She is disturbed by
the change in Hemingway

517
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:06,323
like everyone else.

518
00:45:25,713 --> 00:45:27,770
- [Narrator] It is all
supposition, obviously.

519
00:45:27,770 --> 00:45:29,940
But let's try and look
deeper into the drama

520
00:45:29,940 --> 00:45:32,143
that is unfolding inside Hemingway.

521
00:45:44,136 --> 00:45:47,320
- [Narrator] On May 5th
1954, the Ivancich family

522
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,440
organize a farewell dinner for Hemingway

523
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,550
in their Venetian palazzo.

524
00:45:51,550 --> 00:45:53,980
Hemingway continues
the party at the Gritti

525
00:45:53,980 --> 00:45:55,290
with his friends.

526
00:45:55,290 --> 00:45:58,074
It was to be his last night out.

527
00:45:58,074 --> 00:46:01,170
(dramatic opera music)

528
00:46:01,170 --> 00:46:04,120
Hemingway is increasingly
tired and takes refuge again

529
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,970
in Cuba with his poor aching body

530
00:46:06,970 --> 00:46:10,740
and it is there on the
28th of October 1954,

531
00:46:10,740 --> 00:46:13,290
that he hears the news of
the greatest recognition

532
00:46:13,290 --> 00:46:14,950
he has ever received,

533
00:46:14,950 --> 00:46:17,083
the Nobel Prize for Literature.

534
00:46:49,185 --> 00:46:52,018
(switch snapping)

535
00:46:53,850 --> 00:46:58,210
- [Ernest] The hero if
he can be called a hero

536
00:46:58,210 --> 00:47:03,210
of this book is a young
colonel, 18 years old.

537
00:47:03,729 --> 00:47:07,590
He is a fanatic at shooting at all things

538
00:47:07,590 --> 00:47:12,590
including objects floating
down the Grand Canal in Venice.

539
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:18,000
In Harry's Bar, he meets an
Italian or rather should we say

540
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,630
a Venetian countess.

541
00:47:22,630 --> 00:47:26,140
The action of the book,
ladies and gentlemen,

542
00:47:26,140 --> 00:47:31,010
only takes place during
a period of 48 days

543
00:47:32,010 --> 00:47:37,010
during which the colonel
is continuously drunk.

544
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:44,120
This, in a quick resume,
is the story of my new book

545
00:47:45,140 --> 00:47:49,293
and I hope that everyone
will buy it, three dollars.

546
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:53,343
I thank you, ladies and
gentlemen, for your patience.

547
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:59,690
(horn bellowing)

548
00:47:59,690 --> 00:48:01,750
- [Narrator] Hemingway
spends his last few years

549
00:48:01,750 --> 00:48:04,590
in his home of Ketchum in Idaho.

550
00:48:04,590 --> 00:48:08,210
His visits to psychiatric
hospitals become more frequent.

551
00:48:08,210 --> 00:48:10,170
He is also subjected to a treatment

552
00:48:10,170 --> 00:48:12,020
then considered to be effective,

553
00:48:12,020 --> 00:48:15,963
but that we now regard with
horror, electroshock therapy.

554
00:48:17,630 --> 00:48:20,220
On the evening of July the 1st 1961,

555
00:48:20,220 --> 00:48:23,480
according to his wife, Mary,
she and Hemingway talked about

556
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:27,343
Cortina and Venice, Count
Kechler and also Adriana.

557
00:48:28,690 --> 00:48:31,883
Hemingway went to bed
encouraged, almost happy.

558
00:48:33,930 --> 00:48:36,600
The next morning, early, he found the keys

559
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,493
to the gun cabinet on the windowsill.

560
00:48:39,430 --> 00:48:41,560
Mary had forgotten to hide them.

561
00:48:42,618 --> 00:48:45,201
(somber music)

562
00:48:52,951 --> 00:48:55,368
(gun firing)

563
00:49:35,130 --> 00:49:37,420
- [Narrator] Hemingway
was not only an author.

564
00:49:37,420 --> 00:49:39,860
He was a work of art in himself,

565
00:49:39,860 --> 00:49:42,123
a real rockstar before his time.

566
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:46,570
A large part of his life was
spent on a perpetual holiday,

567
00:49:46,570 --> 00:49:49,490
meticulously documented
and a continuous source

568
00:49:49,490 --> 00:49:50,453
of inspiration.

569
00:49:51,350 --> 00:49:54,500
Hemingway was a precursor
of the modern celebrity.

570
00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:57,300
He had already understood that
it does not matter so much

571
00:49:57,300 --> 00:49:59,630
what you are willing to show of yourself,

572
00:49:59,630 --> 00:50:02,123
but if you are willing
to show it all or not.

573
00:50:03,330 --> 00:50:05,610
He was with all those adventures

574
00:50:05,610 --> 00:50:08,853
what most people can never
experience for themselves.

575
00:50:10,060 --> 00:50:12,310
But, in the end, he found himself a victim

576
00:50:12,310 --> 00:50:14,600
of the icon that he had become,

577
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,770
the need not to expose his weaknesses

578
00:50:17,770 --> 00:50:20,390
which were becoming increasingly obvious.

579
00:51:26,626 --> 00:51:29,709
(gentle piano music)