This is the difficulty of this scene. The characters walk into the kitchen one by one, eating and chatting around the dining table. It is very similar to the process in a play where actors go through the entrance door to the center of the stage.

As there are more and more actors, the drama itself becomes more and more complex. It is necessary to grasp the focus of the entire scene and limit it to only two or three people, so as not to overload the audience's attention and watch the play smoothly.

It is very much about the director's scheduling and the actors' performances.

Cosmo sat down at one end of the long dining table. He looked at Ronnie and examined the young man's wooden prosthetic hand. Then he looked at his daughter Loretta. He drank a lot last night and would not be able to figure out the two for a while.

What is the relationship between people?

Loretta did not dare to look at her father, lowered her head and remained silent.

Cosmo had no choice but to ask Ronnie, "Are you Ronnie? Johnny's brother?"

"Yes, nice to meet you, I'm Ronny Camarelli."

In Toronto, Canada, there are no representatives of the photographers union watching over the set, and no one cares about the rule that the director of photography cannot take the shot himself.

Director of photography David Watkin personally went into action, zooming in on the face of Vincent Gardenia, who played Cosmo, for a super close-up.

He used the zoom lens not to create a zoom effect. But the time of this scene was particularly important. In order to save time and avoid the actor's mood cooling down when changing the lens. He just used to pull the lens between zooms.

Realizing lenses with different focal lengths is equivalent to using a zoom lens as a fixed focus lens.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Vincent Gardenia's acting skills are extraordinary. He looked dull, but he quickly figured out the relationship between the two. He yesterday

When I went to the opera with my lover, I happened to meet my daughter.

What I didn't expect was that this daughter's lover was actually her fiancé's brother.

Mother Rose came over with oatmeal for everyone. Daughter Loretta was looked at by her father strangely and couldn't bear it. "Don't look at me like that, Dad."

"Continue, continue to keep this state." Ronald was behind the camera, very excited. He felt that this shooting was like a divine blessing, as if the God of Movies accidentally opened his eyes and looked at this studio in Toronto next year.

The condition of the camera is surprisingly good. I hope it can be maintained even if the next actor joins the cast.

If it were a continuous long shot, it would be amazing. The actors' emotions would be smooth and the audience's viewing experience would be much better.

"Hi, morning, Dad." Mother Rose heard the old man's voice coming downstairs.

The old man played by Fedor Chaliapin slowly walked into the kitchen and found his seat with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"What's wrong, Dad?" Father Cosmo noticed that the old man was in a bad mental state and asked him what happened.

"I'm old. When I get old, I'm looked down upon by others. Even if I say something, no one will take me seriously."

Another camera faced the old man's front and shot from a slightly upward angle.

Fedor Chaliapin was very energetic in the picture shot from above, and he looked like a grandfather.

"Son, I have to tell you, you have to pay for your only daughter's wedding. Your arrogance is destroying your family.

That’s all I have to say, I’m done.”

After saying that, the old man pulled out his chair and sat down.

This was the first unexpected twist in this scene. No one expected that in the end, it would be this old and confused grandfather who spoke up for his granddaughter and used the dignity of an old man to get his stingy son to agree to pay for his daughter's wedding.

.

He didn't pay for Loretta's first wedding!

"It doesn't matter, Dad, I agree. If Loretta gets married, I will pay for all the wedding expenses."

Vincent Gardenia's face is a bit funny in the camera. The character of Cosmo is very scheming. He just saw the relationship between his daughter and Ronnie, and knew about Loretta and Johnny's marriage.

The probability is going to be cancelled, so there is no problem in just saying it.

Who would marry his unlucky widowed daughter?

Loretta, played by Cher, made a face at her father Cosmo. She knew what her father was thinking, but she was still very happy to agree to her grandfather's request. She felt that being Castorini was worthwhile.

Already.

"Bravo, you're talking right now, good, good!" Grandpa was overjoyed, happy for his granddaughter Loretta, and excited that someone could listen to his words.

Mother Rose filled a bowl of oatmeal for her grandfather, then moved to the other end of the long dining table with her heart full of thoughts, and sat at opposite ends of the long table with her husband, Cosmo.

While everyone was engrossed in eating oatmeal, maybe Cosmo had given in to the old man just now, or maybe it was a problem with her daughter, which made her mother Rose frown and look at the big family.

Then she clasped her hands together and asked Cosmo, her husband, at the other end of the dining table.

"Am I a good wife?"

Husband Cosmo raised his head in surprise. He didn't know why Rose suddenly asked this, "Of course."

Rose got the answer she wanted, and a smile appeared on her face. Then she returned to her seriousness, and spoke out the request she had wanted to say for a long time:

"I hope you won't see her again."

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The sound of people scooping oatmeal porridge on plates with metal spoons suddenly stopped.

The cameras on both sides of the table captured the reactions of Loretta and Ronnie. Loretta covered her head. She had talked with her mother, Rose, in the church, and Rose told her that she knew that Cosmo had a lover outside.

Ronnie looked curious. It seemed that the chaos in the Castorini family was not much better than that in the Camarelli family.

Another camera is focused on the old man on the other side of the dinner table.

Fedor Chaliabin was so deaf that he didn't hear Dukakis's lines at all. But everyone's reaction clearly told him that the stage was now reached.

He looked to the left to see Cosmo's reaction, and to the right to see Rose's reaction. The old man still relied on his children to take care of him, so he didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly lowered his head and drank his porridge.

Ronald looked at his father Cosmo's reaction and performed very well.

Rose neither asked Cosmo whether he had a lover, nor asked him who his lover was, how they met, and what he wanted to do now, such vulgar women's questions.

Rose was very smart. After stymieing her husband Cosmo with the question of whether she was a good wife, she directly made her own request, asking Cosmo not to see that woman again.

Normally, a husband who is caught in an act of rape would either deny it or deny it, or simply find fault with his wife. But Cosmo just said that Rose is a good wife, so these options are no longer available.

The expression on his face was more of shock than embarrassment.

All kinds of emotions rushed into that fat face. Actor Vincent Gardenia slowly stood up and looked at his wife's sad face...

"Snapped!"

He suddenly slapped the table. He was once proud that he had a lover outside and a wife at home, and the arrangements were very good. In the end, Rose understood them, and his every move was under the control of his wife.

The old man was startled by his son's slap, and he fell back suddenly as if in surprise. It was not that he was frightened by the sound, but that Cosmo's slap hit him right next to his rice bowl.

Fedor Chaliapin's back was turned to the camera, and his whole body was full of drama. After he was surprised, he couldn't hear clearly what the content was, so he leaned back and continued to eat porridge.

"Tsk..." Ronald curled his lips. He could steal the show even with his back view.

"OK!" Cosmo slapped the table hard, but spoke softly.

"You still have to go to the church to confess." Ross's face showed a smile of victory. The husband agreed to cut off contact with his lover and went to the church to confess his sins. In Italian culture, this is equivalent to a full admission.

I made a mistake, and I will never be disconnected from that woman again.

Cosmo shook his head and smiled bitterly, "A man will one day discover that his life is based on nothingness."

Who could have known that yesterday there was one at home and one outside, but today the dream was punctured like a piece of paper?

Olympia Dukakis's face suddenly became very excited, there were tears in her eyes, and her chin trembled slightly with excitement.

Ross spoke one sentence at a time, gritting his teeth and speaking out what was in his heart:

"Your life is not built on nothing..."

"Ti Amo (meaning I love you in Italian)." Rose's voice was slightly distorted as he uttered the Italian vow of love.

"Anch'io Ti Amo (I love you too)", Cosmo heard his wife's tearful confession, and felt excited, as if he had returned to the time when he was young and stood downstairs in his wife's house.

Then he blew a kiss to his wife Rose, his voice trembling with excitement.

Rose felt her husband's true feelings and held back the tears that were about to burst out.

Loretta, played by Cher, did not expect that her parents were suddenly involved in the problems that were originally her own.

She rolled her eyes and looked at Ronnie beside her.

Ronnie immediately made a Ti Amo expression, causing Loretta to roll her eyes again. Now that there was love, what would happen to the rest of Johnny?

"Zi..." The doorbell rang again.

"It's Johnny. I'm going to open the door." Loretta covered her face, she had to face it after all.

"I'll go, I'll make it clear to him." Ronnie felt sorry for his lover and wanted to open the door.

"No, no, I'll go." Loretta asked Ronnie to sit down. She looked at her father Cosmo, "What should I tell Johnny?"

The old man over there still looked at his family members with a confused expression. He moved his mouth to speak, but nothing came out, so he had to lower his head and continue to drink porridge.

"To be honest, Loretta, they will know sooner or later." Father Cosmo said to his daughter based on his own experience and lessons.

"Oh... you're right, Ti Amo, dad."

"Ti Amo, my little cookie."

Loretta was about to open the door when she found that the door had already opened and standing there were her uncle Raymond and her aunt Rita.

They looked at Loretta as if something big had happened.
To be continued...