:05:00
My sister Anna had her own
special way of calming herself.
:05:03
A tasty little treat called Icesuckle.
:05:06
To this day she denies that she
has an addictive personality.
:05:12
My best friend Nino
was always up to something.
:05:25
Nino and I were inseparable.
:05:30
I enjoyed school. I looked forward
to going every day, until:
:05:35
St. Pius X Comprehensive
High School.
:05:37
Fifteen hundred students,
99.9% Italian...
:05:41
... all looking for someone to pick on.
:05:44
And when I got there,
their quest was over.
:05:51
I could take the humiliation
of being human graffiti...
:05:56
... but when Nino started being
ashamed to be seen with me...
:06:08
He'd talk to me only on Saturday.
On weekends it was like old times.
:06:12
Eventually, Nino stopped
coming over even on Saturdays.
:06:16
I guess word got around
that he was hanging out with me.
:06:23
That's when my Aunt Yolanda
became my best friend.
:06:35
She was something, my aunt.
:06:37
She wanted to become
an actress, a movie star.
:06:40
But the famiglia
had other plans for her:
:06:45
And shortly after
they married her off...
:06:52
Don't cry, figlio mio.
Yolanda is in heaven now.
:06:57
After she died, the only thing
that brought me joy was television.