"Sister Viridiana." "I've just had a letter from your uncle." "He won't be able to come when you take your vows." "All right, Mother." "You don't seem to mind very much." "I hardly know him." "I saw him only once, some years ago." "In any case he's asking you to come and stay with him." "I don't want to leave the convent, Mother." "I'm afraid that his health is not good." "He's your only relative and you ought to say farewell to him before taking your vows." "But why does he want to see me?" "He has never bothered about me." "He has paid for your studies, and he has just sent your dowry." "Does that mean so little to you, Viridiana?" "I have no desire to see the world again, but if you order me to..." "The retreat will start soon." "You can leave tomorrow morning." "Everything you need for the journey has been put in your cell." "Try to show him some affection." "That's enough for today, Rita." "Do you like that rope I gave you?" "It's easier to jump with, it's got handles." "Go and play." "Leave it." " Good day." " Hello." "Welcome, miss." "I'm Ramona, Don Jaime's servant." "Pleased to meet you." "Viridiana!" "Excuse me." " How are you Uncle?" " I'm well..." "The bus was late, wasn't it?" "What was the journey like?" "Excellent." "What a charming, peaceful place, Uncle." "You'll think you're still at the convent." "How long are you staying?" "I've been given permission to stay only a few days." "Was that difficult to get?" "No." "Mother Superior told me to come." "Did you have so little interest in seeing me?" "To tell you the truth, not very much." "I cannot lie." "I respect you and I am grateful to you, but otherwise..." "You have no feelings toward me..." "No." "You are right." "Being alone has made me self-centered." "Unfortunately, it's too late now, isn't it?" "Yes." "It's too late." "You've been neglecting the farm, Uncle." "These past 20 years, weeds have invaded everything." "There are spiders all over the house except on the first floor." "I hardly ever go out." "It's true." "When he goes out he makes me jump rope." "Come down here, you scamp!" "Who is she?" "My maid Ramona's daughter." "Come down." "She's a little animal." "How like your aunt you are, even in your walk." "I know, you've told me that already." "Incredible, even the voice." "She has made her bed on the floor, sir!" "She has something in her suitcase that looks like thorns." "Her nightgown is made of some rough cloth." "It really must tear her skin!" "Such beautiful skin, sir." "Leave me now." "You can go to bed." "Yes, sir." "Good night." " Good morning, Moncho." " Good morning." "Good morning, Rita." "How are we today?" "Today, a good girl." "Could I trouble you for my glass of milk?" "Certainly, miss." "Is that difficult?" "Not at all." "Here, try it yourself." "But I wouldn't know how." "Sit down there." "Pull harder!" " Squeeze hard!" " Keep quiet!" "Grab it." "Don Jaime is very good at it!" " Get out of there!" " No!" "Get me those buckets over there." "Don't be afraid, miss." "I'll guide you." "Come on, pull!" "No I can't." "I saw you in your nightgown!" "What?" "Yes, yes, I saw you!" "Don't take her seriously, she's a liar." "I saw her!" "When she was dressing, her pins fell out and she picked them up." "How did you see me?" "From the terrace." "It's not nice to spy." " Coming to the hen house with me?" " No, I don't want to." "Thanks." "Hello!" "Good morning, Uncle." " You're very early this morning." " So that I can see a little bit more of you." "I'm going to make you a nun's cake." "It will make your mouth water." "You are spoiling me too much." "I won't know what to do with myself when you've gone." "Only because you want it." "What do you mean?" "Nothing." "I didn't say anything." "You don't trust me, do you?" "What do you want to know?" "Very well!" "I can't keep things to myself." "Is it true that you have a son?" "How did you know about that?" "I heard my mother talking about it once." "But is it true?" "Yes, it is." "What do you know about life?" "You couldn't possibly understand." "You should have brought up the child." "His mother wanted to keep him." "She came from a poor family." "I was in love with your aunt." "I would like to have acknowledged him but I was afraid of losing her." "That's why I didn't say anything." "And this innocent child?" "Don't worry." "He won't be forgotten." "You must think I am a monster." "No, but what a pity life is like that." "It was going to drown." "Who's there?" "Is she up yet?" "She's been up for some time." "She asked me to get her things ready." "Her last day in this house!" "I'll never see her again if she leaves." "Why don't you ask her to stay on for a few days?" "I have asked her but she's ungrateful." "Sometimes I feel like hitting her." "When I talk to her about the convent, she turns to stone." "Come here, Ramona." "Sit down." "I'm going to need your help." "What's the matter?" "Sit down." "Sit down, woman." "You like me, don't you?" "I'd be really ungrateful, if I didn't." "You took me and my little girl in when I didn't know where to turn." "Yes, yes, but there's no need to bring that up." "How far are you prepared to help me?" "Just say the word, sir, and I'll do anything." "Why don't you speak to her, Ramona?" "Women are good at that sort of thing." "Think of something that will make her stay a few more days." "You are kind, Ramona!" "Speak to her." "I know I don't need to offer you anything, but if you're successful in this" "I'll not forget you or your little girl." "Why should she pay any attention to what a servant tells her?" "You're right, but we must do something." "You must think of something, and I'll help you to my utmost." "Look in the cupboard." "On the upper shelf, there's a little blue bottle." "There's no label on it." "You'll find some white pills inside." "This one, sir?" "Yes, leave it there." "Go on with your work." "I'll tell you what to do later." "Thank you." "I have never been able to do that." "Why didn't you wake me?" "They say it's dangerous." "I don't believe it." "A few years ago, the last time I sleepwalked, they woke me up by slapping my face." "And you can see I'm still alive." "What worries me is that I put ashes on your bed." "Why?" "It's no more odd than anything else." "People who walk in their sleep don't know what they're doing." "Ashes mean penance... and death." "Then it's penance for you who are going to be a nun and for me, who am old, it's death." "I'll come with you to the village when you leave tomorrow." "Thank you, Uncle." "This evening we must do something special by way of a farewell." "Whatever you like." "I would like you to do something for me." "Today I can refuse you nothing." "You'll do what I ask, then?" "Whatever you wish." "I'm at your command." "No, wait..." "What a silly thing!" "It's quite difficult for me to tell you what it is." "How strange you are!" "When I asked you to do this favor for me you refused." "And now, here you are, making me so very happy all of a sudden." "Thank you, my child!" "I don't like masquerading but I decided to give in to your whim." "It's not a masquerade, nor is it a whim." "I'm going to tell you a secret." "Your aunt died in my arms, on our wedding night wearing that dress." "You look so like her..." "You must think I'm mad." "No Uncle, and now I'm pleased to have been able to do this favor, because, although I didn't think so at first, you are really a good man." "If you only knew..." "When I was young I was full of idealism." "I wanted to do something on a big scale for others, something to show my great love for humanity." "But as soon as I tried to do something about it," "I became afraid that I would be laughed at and I felt like a fool... and so I went back into my shell." "Wasn't that cowardice?" "No, it isn't that." "I wouldn't be afraid in the face of real danger." "I've proved that to myself." "On the other hand, if a stranger visited me simply to say hello," "I'd be alarmed." "I can't take my eyes off you." "Come, let's sit down." "Uncle, you mustn't think that I won't be sad to leave you." "It's up to you entirely." "Don't leave, then..." "Unfortunately..." "It's my fault." "If I'd come to see you more often, invited you here for holidays, maybe everything would be different." " Maybe..." " There's one way you could stay." "If I asked..." "I mean, if I said to you..." "No, I can't..." "What he wants, miss, is to marry you." "Excuse me, sir, but I only said what you didn't dare say yourself." "He loves you very much and he deserves to be loved in return, because he is a very good man." "You're really serious?" "Yes." "I don't want you ever to leave this house." "You must be out of your mind." "I've been so happy these last few days..." "Now you've spoiled it all." "I think it would be better if I went to my room." "Wait!" "Forgive me!" "Stay a few more minutes!" "If you go now, I'm afraid you'll always resent me." "I promise not to say anything that might annoy you." "I'll put some music on and we'll have a cup of coffee." "Miss, take this, it'll do you good." "Why are you crying?" "I'm afraid." "Don't invent stories, go to bed." " A black bull came." " A black bull!" " It's a very big one." " Very?" "Yes, very big!" "He couldn't get through the door, then?" "Then how did it get in, silly?" "He came in through the cupboard." "You little liar!" "Get out of here!" "I'm afraid." "Here!" "And call your mother if you're having nightmares." "Now go away and don't annoy me." "You look very tired." "Perhaps you'd better go to bed." "Don't think too badly of me, Ramona." "I only want to have her close to me." "That will be all, Ramona." "What are you doing?" "Don Jaime was kissing the lady." "He only kisses her because she's his niece." "Don't I kiss you?" "You should be in bed." " A black bull came into my room." " Be quiet." "I'm going to put you to bed." "I'm thirsty." "How do you feel?" "I have a headache." "That will soon pass." "It's nothing." "What happened to me?" "You fainted last night after supper." "The master and I carried you here." "Have I slept long?" "You slept well, don't worry." "Give me some water." "Leave us alone, Ramona." "Don't go!" "Leave." "Please, I beg you." "I want to get up." "No." "You can never go away now." "Last night you promised never to speak of that again." "An old man who lives alone and a young woman consecrated to God." "What could be more unlike?" "Be quiet!" "Don't you understand that I want to get dressed?" "I forgot everything because of you, even the passion that has kept me going all these years." "Leave!" "Get up!" "I must have been mad." "I thought that you would agree to marry me, but naturally you refused." "And now it's the day that you must leave." "I had to force you." "That was the only way I could find to have you in my arms." "You're lying." "Last night when you were sleeping, I had you all to myself." "Now you won't be able to go back to your convent." "You're not the same woman who left it a few days ago." "Now, you'll have to stay with me here forever." "Everything I have will be yours." "Even if you don't want to marry me, your presence here will be enough." "Think about it." "Don't hurry." "Think it over." "Go away!" "Leave me alone." "What did you say to her, sir?" "The way she looked at me, Ramona!" "She hates me now." "I think I've made a great mistake." "She's going away and nothing will stop her." "Speak to her again." "Explain everything to her seriously." "What for?" "She'll only look at me that way again..." "I couldn't." "You go." "Perhaps she'll listen to you." "Try to convince her." "But what can I say to her, sir?" "Tell her I lied, that I didn't take advantage of her." "I did mean to do it, Ramona." "But I realized in time what I was doing." "I spent the whole night turning my thoughts over in my mind... and I lied to her so she wouldn't go back to the convent." "Tell her that." "Go on, explain to her." "Sir, come right away." "Let me pass!" "You must listen to me before you go." "I've listened to you long enough." "Let me out." "All that I said just now was a lie." "I said it so you wouldn't leave." "I only molested you in my thoughts..." "I can't bear to have you leave me, hating me like this." "Tell me you believe what I'm saying." "You disgust me..." "even if what you say is true." "Then you won't forgive me?" "You believe me, don't you?" "Yes, sir." "Don't lie." "You don't believe me either." "It's all very odd, sir." "It's all right, my girl, it's all right." "It didn't work this time, but you'll see." "Now it will." "Look how high it is!" "Let me have a little peace, won't you?" "If I hadn't dropped it..." "When you're ready, miss." "I'll take your bag, miss." " How do you do, Miss Viridiana!" " Is anything the matter, Mr. Mayor?" "You cannot leave..." "Why not?" "There's been an accident." "Where?" "Come with me." "He's over there." "Give it to me." "It's mine!" "I'll slap you if don't show some respect for the dead!" "You mustn't play under this tree." "Don Jaime loved to watch me skip." "If something terrible happens now it will be your fault." "You aren't eating enough." "I've brought you a glass of milk." "This evening I'll bring you some meat." "You don't look at all well!" "The mayor told me that he's taking care of your problems." "You can go to the village when you want to." "It'll do you good to see the world." "A visitor, miss." "Leave us, Ramona." "Good morning." "You weren't expecting me, were you?" "Mother." "You must have suffered, my child!" "I was worried." "Ever since yesterday, when we heard about the tragedy, we have been very anxious for you." "I took the first train with Mother Consuelo." "Why didn't you write?" "I would have come immediately." "I had so many things to think about..." "You should have told me." "I talked for a few minutes to the parish priest in the village and he told me how it happened." "Everybody is asking why this horrible offense was committed against Our Lord." "Do you know the reason?" "I only know that my uncle was a grave sinner and I feel guilty for his death." "How can you say that!" "You, responsible for the suicide of a man?" "I want a complete confession from you." "I'm not going back to the convent." "Therefore I'm no longer under obedience to anyone." "Is there some grave impediment which prevents you from taking your vows?" "There must be something." "I have nothing to reproach myself for." "All I know is that I've changed." "With all my strength, which is not much, I will follow the road that the Lord has shown me." "Are you aware of the pride there is in what you're saying?" "What great plans are you thinking of dedicating yourself to now?" "I know my own weakness, and whatever I do will be humble." "But, however little it is, I want to do it alone." "Very well." "As you won't let me help you, I must leave you." "I'm very sorry I came and disturbed you." "Goodbye." "Mother!" "Forgive me if I have offended you." "You are forgiven." "Goodbye." "Why isn't she coming?" "She has already crossed herself." "She's a very firm believer." "I've heard she's even going to pay us to go and live with her." "Kind people!" "Don't forget a poor blind man." "An aims for a sick blind man." "Be generous!" "There she is." "No more hanging around here for you, and fighting with the kids." "Give the little girl to me." "Come here, sweetheart." "Are you ready?" "When you are, miss." "Good, then let's go!" "She has the face of an angel." "What a pity you can't see her." "Keep the compliments to yourself." "I don't like them." "Here they come." " Are you the other two?" " Yes, miss, that's us, yes." "Good, come with me." "What a strange man!" "I wish I knew what he was like." "As far as you're concerned, worthless." "You can see how much he cared about you." "I'm not at all bitter about it." "Anyone can love and forget." "Why did he acknowledge me at the last moment?" "He was very good." "Better than some people would think." "Why did he kill himself?" "I don't know, sir." "One shouldn't be alone the whole time." "I'm not like him, am I?" "Not in that way." "You're always looking for company." " Why do you say that?" " I know what I mean." "Don't play, sir." "I beg your pardon, sir." "The master used to play here a lot." "It was a real delight to listen to him." "If you don't mind, I'll go get the other suitcase." "Look at these beautiful fields!" "And behind those pines the fields, dried up and abandoned." "There's so much to do here and it's all mine." "We won't have time to get bored." " Aren't you happy?" " Yes." "Yes." "But I don't know..." "I wish I hadn't come." "Look at that." "It's very big..." "So much the better." "We'll all fit." "How many floors are there?" "Two." " Are there many windows?" " Lots." "It's got balconies and two big towers." "Then it's a respectable house." "Have you repaired the windows of the dormitories?" "They shut all right now." "And the blankets are ready." "Show them the rooms." "That miss is as good as gold." "She's very good, but a bit of a simpleton." "The men will sleep on one side, the women on the other." "We will eat together." "We'll try to get you some decent clothes tomorrow." "Viridiana!" " Miss..." " Are you Jorge?" "Jorge, Don Jaime's son, at your service." "I've been expecting you." "I got a letter from the lawyer." "This is Lucia, she's a good girl." " What's your name?" " Don't touch me!" "You're going to sleep in the farmyard with the chickens!" "Get moving!" "Anyone who pokes around where he shouldn't be will pay for it." "Although we may be poor, every man has his dignity, brother." "Don't "brother" me, there is no scum in my family." "Well now, even the servants put on airs here." "Do you want me to smash your face?" "What's going on, Moncho?" "This louse is looking for trouble." " You runt!" " Don't talk like that!" "I'll talk the way I want to." " That'll teach you some manners." " Blind, shit!" "You can see now." "That's enough!" "In you go!" "Moncho, lead the way!" "Leave her." "You stay here." "Would you mind telling me what I did to deserve your insults?" "I've had a gutful of this." "If you want to stay you'll have to exercise a little self-control, and be a bit more humble to everybody." "If that's the way, it's better to leave." "Give me something to go on with." "Because I'm poor, without it..." "Are you tired?" "I nearly walked my legs off today." "That has done me good." "Why don't you let me do that, miss?" "Because I've got him into bad habits." "You can take the basin." "Whenever you're ready I can serve supper." "Right, we'll have it now." " What's the matter with you?" " Nothing." " Why the bad temper?" " It's Viridiana." "She's getting on my nerves." " She's mad." " No, she's rotten with religion." "Let her do what she wants." "She doesn't bother us in any way." "Do you know what I think?" "What's annoying you is that she pays so little attention to you." "That's the last straw!" "Look what you've done!" "So, Ramona!" "Run and get something to mop it up with, quickly." "That woman's getting more and more stupid every day." "Oh well." "I'm feeling good again..." "The tomatoes!" "Pass me the bread." "Catch!" "When I wasn't so miserable I used to sell pigs." "I was more honest than my holy Mother." "So you didn't come from the poorhouse?" " Say that again!" " He has the devil in him." "You know what Don Zequiel told me yesterday?" ""When it itches, how does he manage to scratch when he can't see?"" "Tell him his mother comes to scratch me." "Eat and shut up!" "Damned Poca!" "But I love you, Amalio." " Good evening!" " Good evening, miss!" "Benedictus!" "Come in, come in..." "You sit there." "And you there." "These are your new companions." "You must be hungry..." "God will reward you." "Have you eaten well?" "I don't want to criticize the saintly miss who is so good to us, but I would take the liberty of saying that the beans were acid." " What does that mean?" " Sour, idiot." "Don't pay any attention to them, they're peasants." "If Don Zequiel says the beans were bad it must be true." "We'll do something about it tomorrow." "Now I've got some good news for you." "Tomorrow, you can all get to work!" "Don't worry." "You won't need to do anything you don't want to." "I only want you to have a bit of a change and to take some exercise." "Miss!" "I'm a cook." "I'm good at roasts and vanilla puddings." "Last year I made pastry for the Companza people." "Good." "They can still remember it." "Perfect!" "You can help me with the accounts." "I can paint religious pictures." "Before, I used to be able to write, but now with this leg I've forgotten." "I can weave hemp, but with the rheumatism in my fingers..." " What about you, Manuel?" " I'm only good at making people laugh." "That's all right, we all laugh here, but not at you." "I'll see to that." "I've got green fingers." "The priest will tell you." "So you won't get bored here, there'll be more than enough for you to do!" "Look!" "It's disgusting." "Let's see it." "That's leprosy." "Throw him out, miss!" "He has to leave." "Let me see." "They're varicose veins, miss, but some days I can't take care of them." "Are you sure it isn't contagious?" "They told me it isn't at the hospital." "Don't listen to him, miss." "I've known him for a long time." "They're varicose veins." "It isn't leprosy." "I'll take him to the doctor tomorrow." "It's benign." "And you, look after him as if he were a sick brother." "Be understanding." "Now finish eating and then go to bed." "Everyone in bed by eight o'clock!" "You'll show the newcomers the dormitory." "Good night everyone." "Good night, miss." "If you don't disappear, I'll make holes in your belly." "You're not the one to make me move." "The miss, she understands, she told me I could stay." "Hit him if he doesn't get out!" "Calm down, people, calm down." "If anything happens, we'll all be thrown out." "Out, the turd!" "Okay, that's it." "I give in, but I'm staying on the grounds." "Give me something for tomorrow morning." "I'll come to you tonight." "No, the children sleep with me." "Give them to Refugio." "No, I don't want to because they yell." "And there's a new one." "Then I'll get you in the fields tomorrow..." "Pass me the salt." "Who's there?" "Jorge." "You frightened me." "It's about time we spoke to each other, isn't it?" "Well... is it so urgent?" "Yes." "Now that I have the chance." "When you're not with your poor people, you're praying or you disappear." "I never see you." "What's the matter?" "I want to put in some electricity." "The electricity poles are installed, yet we're living in the Middle Ages!" "I want to make some improvements." "Then there's the land." "It really hurts me to think of it not producing anything." " I don't know anything about these things." " But what's your opinion." "Do what you think is best." " Is that everything?" " No it isn't, there's much more." "It seems absurd to be living under the same roof without knowing each other." "What do you know about me?" "I know that you used to work with an architect." "And do you know that I lived with my mother?" "Tell me!" "If my father had cared a little more about us, I'd be an architect now." "I don't understand how you can like being alone so much." "I'm not like you, you have your wife." "We're not married." "I don't need anybody's blessing to live with a woman." "I see that you..." "I ought to go." "Good night." "The next time you come, knock first and wait until I tell you to come in." "I'll put some yellow in her face to show she is ill." "Hurry up, I'm cramped all over." "It's nearly finished, sweetheart." "I don't like having to stay still for so long." "It seems to me that you ought to know damn well how to swing your..." "She looks like a pumpkin!" "Don't pay any attention to him." "It's very good." "I don't like having to be the Virgin." "You ought to be the one in bed." "I'd like to ask you, miss, to pose..." "Me?" "Just so the Virgin can be really pretty." "It won't take but a minute." "This votive offering is dedicated to the Virgin of the Helpless." "Do you have great devotion for the Virgin?" "I'm not a bigot, miss, but everybody has his own beliefs... and then... with this terrible thing... if I didn't have faith..." "Did you sleep well, miss?" "Yes." "May the Lord watch over us..." "I must know when you expect to give birth." "Why?" "Heavens!" "So the doctor can be warned." "In that case in about four months, but I can't tell you exactly." "She doesn't even know who the father was." "She said that it was night and she couldn't even see his face." "The whole town doesn't need to know." "Shut up." "You shouldn't speak like that in front of our holy protector, who is a well-bred person." "I'm very sorry for you." "Have you any other children?" "No, miss, it will be the first." " We're going to the village." " With God's and your own permission." "They must bring me some potatoes, bacon and rice." "Take it and be careful not to be as late as you were yesterday." "Could they bring me some tobacco?" "Smoking makes him spit and feel ill." "It's these filthy fag ends." "I won't mention in this company what's upsetting you." "Bring the tobacco and I'll distribute it." "Thank you, miss." "Come over here and see the picture." "Come on!" "It's very good." "Thank you, but it's missing something." "That doesn't matter." "I like it." " How much is that?" " Fifteen yards." "That's fifteen by seven?" "Good." "Thanks pal, see you later." "Goodbye, if you ever need anything..." "That animal can't take any more." "Now that the wagon's empty, why don't you let him ride?" "It's for people!" "Then let him go and he'll follow you." "And let him get run over by somebody else?" "I'll buy him." "He's good at rabbiting and he knows it." "If he doesn't hunt, he doesn't get fed." "How much do you want for him?" "If you want..." "I'll leave it to you." "All right, untie him." "Thank you, and my God bless you." "Get moving." "And remember, the less he eats, the better he runs." " What's he called?" " Canelo!" "Where are you going?" "Come here, Canelo!" "Come on!" "Let's go, don't be afraid." "Have you thought of what you want planted yet?" "The fields have been left so long, with a good manuring anything will grow." "It's land for wheat." "And for maize sometimes." " And the orchards?" " That's good land." "What a miracle, you let yourself be seen." "Have you come to look at the work?" "I've told you before I'm not interested in this." "The best thing my father left me was the land." "You can see the result of the work on it." "And if you helped me it wouldn't take long to change it even more." "What are you doing here?" "Get out." "Leave him alone." "You won't get much done with those people." "Those times are over!" "You ought to let me kick them out." "Do they worry you that much, then?" "They worry me a great deal." "Especially because of you." "There's no point in helping some of them when there are so many others." "I know perfectly well how little I can do." "What I want to do is give passing beggars a roof, some food and a bit of human warmth." "Is that all you're going to devote your life to?" "I'm not sure yet." "I've had a shock recently, and I'm only beginning to get over it." "Perhaps I'll go back to the convent one day." "Get out of here!" "Swine!" "Why are they shouting at him?" "Have they no pity?" "I don't know what's going on." "Ask him." "These rascals are demons." "They've tied a can to him." "So they know when he's coming." "I told you where to go until you're cured." "The weather is wonderful, so I keep on walking and walking." "How are you today?" "Things seem to be getting better." "Hold your arm out." "You can't hope to be cured quickly." "You heard what the doctor said." "But with the help of God, we'll pull through." "It all started one unlucky day." "A punishment from God because one windy day I was with a woman." "You're the first good woman I've seen." "Are your parents alive?" "Parents?" "Nobody cares a damn, what's the use of them!" " Don't say that." " It's the truth." "Don't pay any attention, this man is no good." "He wants you to catch it too." "At church, he puts his arm into the Holy Water and says" ""May all those damn women get it!"" "The priest won't let him in." "Just you wait, liar!" " Stop this!" " He's lying!" "Ask the priest." "Go join the others, and don't come back here." "And you'll have to control your temper." "This must have been my grandfather's." "Wake me up tomorrow morning." "What are you going to do?" "What I do every day, but I want to start earlier." "Nice knife!" "Good Lord!" "You're happy, aren't you?" "Shouldn't I be?" "You, on the other hand..." "I'm bored." "I'm alone all day and I don't know what to do." "You should have enough to do in this house." "Come here and listen to this." "What are you thinking about?" "That your cousin is more to your taste." "She isn't my cousin." "It doesn't make any difference what she is." "You like her." "I had a feeling I shouldn't have come here." "I'd better get out, fast." "We ought to talk about that some other time." "How in hell does it wind up?" "I think I'd better go tomorrow." "Don't be a fool!" "Why rush away from something which couldn't happen?" "You see how much you like her?" "That's life." "Some people are brought together, others are separated." "What can we do, if that's the way it happens?" "Don't cry, Lucia." "Come on, darling." "What a thing!" "Where did Father find that?" "Hold on, Ramon!" "Is there time to make another trip?" "No sir, it's nearly six o'clock." "Okay, let's get a move on!" "When are you leaving?" "Tonight, but I'll be back tomorrow afternoon." "The Angelus!" "The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary." "And she conceived by the Holy Ghost." "Hail Mary, full of grace..." "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners..." "Behold the handmaid of the Lord." "Be it done unto me according to thy word." "And the word was made flesh." "And dwelt among us." "The Lord is with thee." "Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus." "Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death." "Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God." "That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ." "Amen." "Good bye, sir." "Good bye." "See you tomorrow." "Are they going to work here too?" "Don't worry." "Nobody's going to disturb you." "Don't forget the meeting with the lawyer." "The car will pick you up tomorrow morning." "I'll be ready." "Do you intend to stay here for some time?" "Yes." "Why?" "You can come and live again in the big house." "Now that I'm alone, I can settle down anywhere." "And your friend?" "She's left." "Is she coming back?" "No." "Why?" "Why does any man leave a woman?" "If you don't understand, I don't want to explain it to you." "You're too cold and religious, you'd be shocked." "Miss..." "You have decided to leave, Moncho." "Yes!" "I can't do anything to make you stay?" "These people annoy you, isn't that it?" "Well, what are you going to do?" "He's coming to live with me." "If that's what you want..." "But I'm very sorry you're leaving." "Thank you for everything, Moncho." "God bless you." "Obviously!" "Here's the missing furniture." "What a state it's in!" "Father must have been a peculiar type." "I don't think the master ever came here." "And this chest?" "Just some old curtains and drapes." "There must be some rat's nest in there." "Tell me." "You worked for my father for seven years, didn't you?" "Did he ever mention me?" "I can't remember." "But I'm sure he loved you." "Why?" "You wouldn't be here otherwise." "These chairs are in good condition." "With a little varnish and some new covers this one will be quite presentable." "What are these sacks doing here?" "I don't know." "They've always been there." "That's stupid!" "Plaster!" "It can still be used." "And those?" "That's sand." "As I won't be here tomorrow, tell the foreman to take them." "What's wrong with you, woman?" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Do you know something, Ramona?" "If you took some trouble, you'd be quite pretty." "Small teeth, nice lips." "What more do you want?" "Let's sit down a moment." "Are we leaving?" "Don Jorge said he'd be waiting for you at the lawyer's at four o'clock." "Good." "You're the most responsible here." "I'm handing them over to you." "Don't worry, I'll look after things." "Do you want anything else?" "Bring me a flute if you see one." "I'd like to learn music." "They're going to hurt me." "Well if they hurt you, put up with it!" "Let's go!" "Good luck, miss!" "Thank you!" "Get in!" "Keep quiet." "These miserable brats only get in the way." " You'd like me to kill them?" " With the life that's ahead of them... they'd be better off being sent to Paradise." "Put her in the sun with her sister." "They're gone." "Now to knock off a couple of lambs." "We'll have them roasted." "What do you think of that?" "I'll go along with it... if it's being respectful enough." "What will the lady say?" "She won't even know." "If everybody agrees." "But to make a roast takes four hours." "Well, what's all the hurry?" "Didn't you say you know how to make vanilla pudding?" "Yes." "Get the eggs and milk." "I'll see to the lambs." "Don't kill yourself, Refugio!" "Can't you see we're alone?" " So?" " What's the good of working?" "You keep quiet." "Stick to your singing!" "The miss left me in charge here and nobody is going to upset things." "Because of you..." "What made you think that I was up to something?" "Don Zequiel!" "Refugio!" "Come here!" "Damn women!" "How did you get in there?" "Through a back window." "Where are you going?" "Come here, there're wonderful things inside." "If it's only to have a look..." "But don't touch anything." "Little dove from the south, you're hurt." "What are you called?" "My little dove." "My dear dove." "My darling, sweet dove." "Hey, you there!" " Get out!" " Or I'll bust your head in!" "Get lost!" "You bastards!" "I hope you get what I've got!" "That woman, the one who looks like our Miss Viridiana, she's the wife of the man who hanged himself." "Think of hanging yourself, with all that money!" "He must have had asthma." "All those loaded old men have asthma." "What stuff!" "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph." "How's that for a tablecloth!" "Come on, let's put it out." "That must have cost a fortune." "At least a thousand." "A thousand!" "More like ten thousand!" "Can't you see it's French lace?" "Fold it up, you're going to spoil it." "We're not doing any harm." "It's not as bad as smoking his tobacco." "Don Zequiel's right." "If those people come back and we don't hear them..." "They won't get back before tomorrow." "I heard them tell the driver." "If you haven't eaten on lace like that, you haven't lived." "Watch it, Don Zequiel!" "Don't worry." "We'll all clean it up." "Pass me that bottle." "Go on, Don Amalio!" "It's a real hen house here!" "You can't hear yourself speak." "Tell me the answer to this!" "What bird lays eggs in a barn?" "Shut up, let's hear Don Amalio!" "Tell us, Don Amalio..." "Quiet!" "We gathered together to beg under the porches." "But only in the churches of the rich!" "The girls passing by... smelled so sweet that you felt them on you." "You can smell them but you can't lay your hands on them!" "Why did you split up?" "You, shut your face!" "I won't have questions from any one!" "Go on with the story!" "Okay, it broke up when this deaf fellow started on the collection boxes with a knife." "How did you know?" "The noise of the money in his pocket gave him away." "We hardly got a sou that day." "You know what I did?" "I told the police about him!" "You sang because he didn't cut you in, you rat!" "The judges thanked me very much." "One of them said I was..." "What?" "Shitty bastard, that's what I'd call you!" "He said "honest citizen", if you want to know." "To your health!" "And to lovely company!" "You filthy little brat." "Shut up or watch out!" "What's up with you?" "Why are you screaming?" "Don't you touch my little girl." "Keep the brat quiet so we can hear what's going on." "I'll bust your face." "Keep your hands off me, you filthy whore!" "Yes, leave her." "Stop this!" "Let me go, Don Amalio, I'll tear her apart." "Keep quiet." "She's not worth paying attention to." "Let's behave ourselves nicely." "Stick to your place." "My pudding!" "Leave it, you thief!" "I'll remember this!" "You'll see!" "Don't touch me!" " Enedina..." " Yes?" "Enedina's going to take a picture." "So we'll have a souvenir." "Where's the camera?" "It's a present from my parents." "Everyone to the other side!" "Stay quiet." "When I say "smile", stop moving." "Come on, quickly!" "Refugio, get your hair out of your face!" "Solve my riddle!" "What bird lays eggs in a barn?" "The chicken!" "Nobody move." "The lousy man." "Tables aren't meant to lie on." "Eat your pudding." "It's a dream." "You have good taste, Enedina." "This isn't Enedina." "Little dove of the south..." "Little dove...." "Enedina, come here." "Come on, drink up!" "Look at this, Enedina." " Over here." " What is it?" "Come." "Get down, you won't see it otherwise." "Just look at this!" "Isn't it awful!" "Let me go!" "Leave them alone." "It'll make them sorrier later." "That's just the thing for you!" " Don Amalio." " What?" " Enedina and Paco." " What about them?" "They're playing games behind the couch." " Which couch?" " That one." "Take me there." "Guide me!" "Where are you, you swine?" "Take me to them and I'll kill him." "Now he has spoiled the party." "Holy Virgin, how can we clean up this mess?" "Things are going to be worse than the Cuban War." "We'll be better off if we're seen in the village tonight." "If he were my man, he'd have his rights." "But as it is, why?" "You're quite right, old dear." "Now it's every man for himself." "Let's go." "Good night." "He doesn't feel too well." "Good night, Don Jorge." "We're leaving now." "They told us you'd be back tomorrow." "I didn't want to do it, Don Jorge." "They made me." "Get out of here!" "Blessed are the generous, who take into their respectable house a poor defenseless blind man." "God will reward them." "Didn't you hear me?" "Beat it." "Okay, get out." "Your Lordship must not get annoyed," "I have not done anything wrong." "I got him, comrade." "I got him!" "My God, what have you done to him!" "He was asking for it." "But why?" "Why?" "Jorge." "You shouldn't cry over that." "If you're without one man you can always find another to console you." "Leave me alone!" "Jose!" "For the love of God, don't let him..." "Nothing will happen to you, miss." "We're all good folk here." "To the village!" "We've got to warn the police." "They'll get them in no time." "Get in, Rita." "Why all the fuss?" "It had to happen sooner or later!" "Help!" "Come here!" "Maybe afterwards he'll let me..." "Come here!" "If you help me, you'll be a rich man." "Me, rich?" "Come on!" "There's plenty of money in this house." "Where?" "If I don't keep my word, you can kill me." "I don't want you to untie me." "Kill him and then I'll give you the money." "Where's the dough?" "Kill him and I'll tell you." "There are thousands of pesetas..." "Kill him, idiot!" "That will teach you, you son of a bitch." "Where's the cash?" "There in the cupboard." "It's open." "On the top shelf." "Under the linen." "Up there." "Let's go!" "I want a switch here." "And put a plug over there." "Have you got over the scare you had yesterday?" "You can put the other plug there at the bottom." "The towel." "Who's there?" "Where are you going?" "Wait!" "Come in!" "Viridiana!" "Has something happened?" "Did you want to speak to me?" "Is there anything I can do?" "Come in!" "I must say, I was not expecting you." "We are playing cards..." "I hope you are not surprised by this pastime." "We must get through the long evenings." "Do sit down!" "Don't leave, Ramona!" "Mademoiselle is not proud and she doesn't mind your staying here." "You know how to play cards, cousin?" "No?" "Then sit down." "I'm sure you'll like it." "You too, sit down." "All cats are gray at night." "Do you like this music?" "It's popular now." "Cut!" "Like that." "The first time I met you I said to myself:" "My cousin Viridiana will end up playing cards with me." "Subtitles:" "AEN"