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What was the little Italian man saying in the abby or large church?


When Lucy was in the Abby or large church, a little Italian man approaches her and speaks to her in Italian and some broken English words. She gets flustered and asks him to please go away. Can anyone tell me what he was saying to her? What it was he wanted?

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I just looked at that portion of the film again. He was inviting her to visit the chapel to examine the fresques of Giotto, which he considered more interesting than the exhibit she was looking at. I don't remember if the Italian was a museum official or not or if he appears again in the film.

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I don't speak Italian, but since my native language is Portuguese I can understand a little of the dialogue.
I guess that man was trying to offer himself as tourist guide.
She gets flustered because he has been really insistent.

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