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Davide welcomes Useppe and Bella into the tavern, then ignores them. They see Filomena's brother, Black Hand, now destitute and estranged from his sister. Davide is not looked on with regard by the card-playing patrons. Useppe notices a swelling on Davide's arm, as Davide rambles aloud, not involved in the game and not making much sense. Davide is high on drugs and cannot mix the wine Useppe brought, but only wants to speak about something he urgently needs to communicate. The others want to forget about the war, but he needs to lecture, as though in a classroom, on Fascism and Nazism, history, exploitation and revolution. While other patrons listen to a game on the radio, Davide goes on about Power and, realizing no one is listening, pipes up and says he is a Jew. This also gets little response, so he picks...