For context, about halfway through Marriage Story, Adam Driver’s character, Charlie, has a tense meeting with his divorce lawyer, Bert (Alda). Charlie is facing the terrifying realization that he might be forced to choose between living in New York and seeing his son regularly. He’s on the verge of a breakdown, and, in an attempt to comfort him, Bert launches into a lengthy joke that he feels applies to Charlie’s situation.

Here’s the first part of the joke that we hear in the film:

This woman’s at her hairdresser’s, and she says, “I’m going to Rome on holiday.” He says, “Oh really, what airline are you taking?” She says, “Alitalia.” He says, “Alitalia, are you crazy? That’s terrible, don’t take that.” He says, “Where are you gonna stay?” She says, “I’m gonna stay at The Hassler.” “The Hassler! What, are you kidding? They’re renovating the Hassler. You’ll hear hammering all night long. You won’t sleep. What are you gonna see?” She says, “I think I’m going to try to go to the Vatican.” “The Vatican? You’ll be standing in line all day long.”

At this point, Charlie interrupts Bert to ask if he’s paying for the joke, cutting Alda short, and tragically depriving the audience of the punchline, forever.

But never fear. Here’s the finished joke, with the punchline, according to Alda:

So she goes to Rome, she comes back, and the hairdresser says, “How was it?” She says, “It was a great trip, it was wonderful.” “How was the Vatican?” “Wonderful, we happened to meet the Pope.” “You met the Pope?” “Yeah, and he spoke to me.” “What did he say to you?” “He said, ‘Where’d you get that fucking haircut?’”