TIBERIO MITRI Press kit INGLESE

They want Tiberio over in the States to train and prepare, to put a few fights
under his belt so he can make a name for himself with the big audiences and
then get his great opportunity, the world title, a meeting with a mythical figure in
boxing lore: the world champion, raging bull, another Italian: Jake La Motta.
But America is not just the land of boxing, it’s also the land of cinema.
Fulvia is overjoyed, she will have the chance to make her breakthrough there, in
the Los Angeles studios, she’ll be able to try out as an actress, she’ll have a
chance to show everyone what she is truly worth.
She’s backed in this by her mother who urges her to follow Tiberio. Finally this
cumbersome son-in-law who is generally speaking of no use at all, may actually
be able to help her daughter crown her dream to become an actress.
But Tiberio stops Fulvia in his tracks, he doesn’t want her to go with him, he
won’t be taking her to America with him.
Fulvia doesn’t understand, she feels humiliated, she begs him, beseeches him.
Tiberio is adamant. He says she won’t help him to keep calm, she’d find ways to
quarrel and make life impossible for him.
He needs his piece of mind, and his concentration. This is no holiday for him,
he will have to train hard, and keep his composure and she is not the best
person to have around if getting a job done is all you have in mind.
This leads to the second break-up between them.
Tiberio in America goes through a long period of frustration.
Carbo doesn’t even meet up with him, he only has dealings with a side kick, a
small time mafia hood by the name of Turiello who takes him round night-clubs,
promising him the moon without anything substantial every taking place.
The tension between the two of them mounts.
The inactivity, the yearning for the ring, for fights, weighs heavily on Tiberio who
can’t seem to understand why they had insisted so much to get him over from
the other side of the Ocean if they won’t even let him at an old nag.
Turiello reassures him, he tells him he will certainly get his chance but he must
be patient.
But Tiberio’s frienzy reaches fever pitch, in Italy he was European Champion
while in America he is a nobody. He threatens Turiello that he will be heading
back to Trieste if nothing happens very soon, he has to speak to Carbo right
away.
And Carbo finally meets Tiberio, and a true friendship seems to blossom
between them.
Tiberio wants La Motta but the boss tells him he’s just not ready, he needs to
train and have a few fights with boxers who are not as strong as the Bronx Bull.
He has to build up his reputation and earn people’s respect, he has to prove
that he can rightly aspire to win the world championship.
He must keep calm. Tiberio wants La Motta and Carbo will get him the fight, but
all in good time, when things are ripe.
So Tiberio begins to train and fights a few training bouts in preparation for the
great event.