![]() ![]() The train travels through the Northern Cross and other stars in the Milky Way. Giovanni asks why, and Campanella says he's not sure, but a flashback that shows him drowning suggests otherwise. Giovanni notices that Campanella is all wet. He hears a strange sound, and finds himself in the path of a train. Tired after a hard day's work, Giovanni lies down on top of a hill. Giovanni can not go to the festival, because he has to take care of his mother, and do the chores that his sister did not. He makes fun of Giovanni, mocking him about a otter fur coat his father would give him when he comes back, and runs away to the festival. On that night (which marks a large festival), Giovanni runs into Zanelli. Giovanni responds no, and heads home to begin another long, lonely night of work at the local paper. The teacher asks Giovanni if his father is back yet (this question is asked repeatedly throughout the movie). Giovanni, however, stays behind to chat with the teacher.Īfter class, the teacher (another of Giovanni's friends) and Giovanni marvel at the fossils that Giovanni's father brought back from his expeditions. The teacher, after encouraging the students to attend the star festival occurring that night, lets everyone leave. ![]() Before he can give Zanelli a good punch, the bell rings, marking the end of the class. Zanelli claims that Giovanni's father was arrested (because the trip was supposedly " illegal"), which angers Giovanni. During class, the local bully, Zanelli, says that Giovanni has been so absent-minded because his father has yet to come back from an expedition to the far north. The teacher asks Campanella, but he intentionally does not answer to save Giovanni from even more ridicule from his peers. Giovanni knows that they are stars, but cannot answer. His kindly friend, Campanella, is the only one (apart from his mother and his sister, both of whom are never actually seen) who cares for him.Īt school, in a science class, the teacher asks Giovanni what the Milky Way really is. Because of this, he never has any free time, and is ridiculed by his peers (due to the fact he has very little to no relaxation time, and is somewhat of a social outcast). Giovanni is a boy from a poor family, working hard to feed his sick mother (who has contracted an unnamed disease). ![]()
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