"The Kid Who Lies" "Do you sell oysters?" " Only fish, kid." "Where can I find oysters?" " In the mangroves." "Look, are those mangroves?" " Those are trees, kid." "Are you going to buy?" "Out, out, out, out!" "Does the bus always takes this long?" "What?" " The bus." "Aren't you waiting?" "It doesn't pass by here." "Did your friends leave you?" "No." "I saw them leave." " Those weren't my friends." "Are you alone?" "Don't you have anyone?" "You don't have parents either?" "Why?" "Have you eaten?" "Come and help me with this." "There're plenty of branches on the banks." "Shouldn't we grab those?" "They are closer." "Those are wet." "Do you know where to get oysters?" "There aren't any here." "The corncobs are for the soup." "When did your dad and your mom die?" "In an accident?" "No, at the tragedy of the landslide." "Did the river wash them away?" "Yes." "Both of them?" "Yes." "That's horrible." "How did it happen?" "Don't you have gas?" "Shouldn't you make a fire?" "And the branches?" "Out there in the corral." "So what would it matter if they were wet?" "Why would you want them wet?" "Boy, don't eat so fast, you'll choke." "So the river took them away?" "And where were you?" "I saved myself." "Thank you." "Wait, you didn't eat the beans." "What's this boy doing here?" "He's an orphan and hasn't eaten." "Now we give food to orphans?" "Because he's going to help out in the yard." "Are there beans for me too?" "I cooked enough." "Shut up, he's talking to me." "Your mom, why wasn't she with you?" "But she was!" "I held her tight." "My dad was swallowed by the river before." "Both died in the mudslide tragedy." "He wasn't even born." "It's lie." "Certainly I was born!" "I was three." "And your mom and you were alone?" "Yes, and the dog." "They say that dogs went mad with hunger." "Yes, like crazy, like wild." "Did they attack you?" "Yes, they attacked us." "And your mother, what did she do?" "She carried me and held me like this, very tight." "And she began to scare the dogs with a stick." "Then a dog suddenly attacked us from behind and clawed my back." "Sure it left you a scar." "Let me see." "Don't interrupt him." "And after that?" "She lifted me up a high wall, but one of the dogs bit me." "And she hit him with her stick." "After that she kissed me... and ran so the dogs would follow her." "That was the last time I saw her." "After that I stood there alone, until I was rescued." "And your mom?" "Didn't you hear?" "The dogs ate her." "Give me more soup." "Are there mangroves here nearby?" "No, there aren't." "Where are there?" "There, far away." "That way." "Going along there?" "No, there's no road that way." "You have to climb the mountain." "Come over here." "We are here." " Aha." "The mangroves are here." " Aha." "This way, along the coast, there is no path." "You have to go up here, through the mountains, to get there." "Boy, get me more branches." "But get longer ones, and if you want, wet them." "It's that he likes them wet." "Come home the same time so the food doesn't get cold." "No problem, take it easy, shut up for a while." "There's a gap here, something is missing." "There was never anything there." "Something is missing here." "So, why it doesn't start?" "Ah, good!" "Blondie, do you live down there?" "And didn't you see a piece of engine lying on the road?" "Look, it's this cable that was loose." "So now you know." "Do we give it a try?" "Can I get get a lift?" "Can I get a lift?" "You want mango?" "Mango?" "What?" "Are you scared?" "You don't look like you're from here." "How come?" "Do you travel alone?" "Yes, I am an orphan." "What has that to do with it?" "I'm an orphan too, and I don't travel alone." "I travel with this dumb guy, which is worse than traveling alone." "So now you're an orphan?" "What happened to your parents?" "They were killed in the mudslide." "You buried them?" "So how do you know they died?" "Many people there pretended to be dead." "My mother drowned." " So bubbles came out of her mouth?" "It's true, she died saving me." "They left you alone?" "And now, who takes care of you?" " Give me my bag." "Give me my bag!" " Look for it." "Give it to me." " Find it." "Stop, stop, stop!" "Why did you do that?" "Dad!" "Do you want water?" "Daddy, look what I got you." "Tomorrow they'll get me more if I bring tires." "No good." "Looks like rain." "Welcome to New Town #11." "You're thirsty, right?" "Are these shelters, the landslide ones?" "Come, I'll give you something to drink." "Meatloaf." "Careful, it's hot." "Do you want fried banana slices?" "Pink sauce." "Spicy but not too hot." "Are you thirsty?" "Shall I cut more banana slices?" "Someone's knocking." " You just eat or it'll get cold." "Take some cheese." "Stay calm." "Go to your room, I'll get it." "Who are you?" "My godson, he came to keep me company." "Is she your godmother?" " Who?" "Better stay out." "What's going on?" " They'll throw Martina out." "Why?" " Because she's a woman and lives alone." "To live here you must have a family." "And the more children, the better." "Martina lost her only son a month ago." "He drowned." "After that her husband left her." "Now she's alone." "That's why she can't stay." "So in this town there are no single women, or lost ones?" "What do you call a mother who lost her child?" "What?" "I have no mom and am an orphan." "And she, what's she?" "My chips are cold." "I want more." "Water." "Out, out, out, out!" "Out, out, out!" "I want the TV in my room." "Out, out!" "I want more cheese." "Can I have that hat?" "Let's see, try that there." "Stop, wait for me to get up." "Hold it." "Hold it up there." "I said hold it!" "You're always saying we'll get invaded." "What will happen here, is eviction." "And who's going to evict us?" "Nobody knows we live here." "Do you think that after all these years?" "And those who went to the shelters?" "They certainly know we exist." "Why didn't we go to these shelters?" "Good question." "That was a real scam:" "neither electricity nor water." "We've always lived here." "This is our home." "We won't leave." "Did I ever tell you the story of the Chinese who lived up there?" "No." "Whom everyone believed dead because the river took him?" "Well, the mechanic, the one from the creek, the one who fixes my cars, he once went to one of those new towns, and met him there." "He didn't remember him or anyone." "Why?" "He lost his memory because of the mudslide." "And what did the mechanic do?" "He kept the motorbike of the Chinese for good." "Good for him that the Chinese lost his memory." "Hey, what if my mom is not dead?" "If she's not dead, but lost her memory, and she's lost in one of these shelters?" "Skinny, the pump." "Look at those motorbikes." "Someone died of pneumonia." "Must be Berta, she was very sick." "Hello." "Mrs. Berta?" "Who's asking and why?" "She's a friend of my mom, she sends greetings." "She was my mom." "She died last night." "Ready." "Go." "Find him some clothes to change into... and join us." "What about your brother?" "That one is never on time." "My dad doesn't think he'll come." "Get up." "You're going to carry the coffin with me." "See pal?" "Not like that." "Look at my feet." "Don't stagger like that." "See?" "One, two and three." "And one step back." "Three forward and one step back." "What are you doing there?" "Hurry up, they'll take everything!" "There is nothing left, Dad." "Come on." "What's wrong?" "You never saw anyone cry?" "Not like that." "Dad, what did Skinny find?" "Toys belonging to his children." "How does he know they were theirs?" "They never found their bodies?" "Mom's body didn't appear either?" "And if one day I find some bones?" "Isn't that nasty?" "What should I do with them?" "Are there mangroves nearby?" " I don't know." "And oysters?" " I don't sell them." "Give me a pie." "Wait there." "What party you come from?" "You look like a cake's doll." "I come from my mother's funeral." "Sorry, my child." "Did she suffer much?" "She was a whore." "She left me and my dad." "Don't talk of the dead like that." "If she led a bad life then surely she'll pay for what she did." "How much?" " Nothing, my child." "May God keep you safe." "My brother loved her, but didn't attend the funeral." "Hey, give me my bag!" "What are you talking about?" " You have it." "Give it to me." "Go there." "Maybe the waves took it and it's there." "Stop looking at me." "I don't have your bag." "Go away, dammit!" "Go away!" "The beach belongs to everyone." " Help me and I'll pay you." "I don't want your money." " You have some?" "Didn't you lose your bag?" "I'm not leaving until it shows up." "Damn, boy!" "Look what I found!" "Is this it?" "I found it lying there somewhere." "Help me with this." "I'll pay you, and I'll also give you a ride to the village." "Moreover, where could you go to, if you are lost?" "I'm not lost." "No?" "And what are you doing on this empty beach?" "I'm looking for my mom, she cultivated mangrove oysters." "You don't know how to lie." "Besides these mangroves are dead." "If you help me I'll pay you and give you a ride to the village." "And I'll let you drive the car!" "How much you'd pay me?" "50%." "What are the palms for?" "For the festival of St. John." "Tighten them well so they don't get loose." "Leave that!" "That belongs to St John." "No live mangroves in the village?" "You're really bad telling lies!" "Where did you get that about your mom and mangrove oysters?" "Mangrove!" "That will be my new nickname." "How does it sound?" "Mangrove!" "Listen to my name." "Yulida Iquique." "Why they named you like that?" "How should I know?" "My mother was a crazy drunk." "She says that because the lyrics echoed in her heart and "quiñique" because I am her king." "Eh, mind the boat!" "You're about to ruin my net!" "Which one, the net over there?" "Now get that car out of here!" "Help me fix those boats and I'll give you more money." "Can't you see these palms are for fixing boats?" "Hey, stay away from my boat!" "And from mine." "Don't you hear?" "I spoke to your wife, and yours." "You won't touch my boat." "Hey, "bone-fish", aren't you fixing your boat for the procession?" "That's not a saint, it's a doll in a skirt." "To hell with that asshole!" "I talked to your wife." "To yours too." "Here's my assistant." "Why portray the saint as a child?" "Damn!" "Why carry a large doll?" "It'll just be heavy." "Is this your boat?" " Aha." "And do you go far?" " Aha." "To the place where the landslide happened?" "I was there." " You'd be dead." "Not me." "My parents are, they were taken by a wave to the sea." "How did you save yourself?" "My mom saved me." "When she saw the wave she put me in a cabinet to save me." "When the rain stopped they took me out of there." "They tied me with ropes." "I was all muddy." "And they took me over the river." "And the river carried stones, cars, refrigerators, everything." "The hills looked like falling over." "It was like the end of the world." "There were people walking and carrying saints." "There was one that looked like this." "That should have been, because that's little St John, who protects you on bad weather." "The drowned washed ashore." "Everything stank." "Everybody followed the saints." "And prayed." "Look, make an arch here so he has a roof." "My mom also prayed, but no saint helped her." "For saving me the wave took her away." "She died because of me." "I killed her." "How do you call a child who kills his mom?" "Make a palm bed for mine." "Did you hear?" "To display the saint." "And I want mine ready soon." "Are there cookies?" "Only with "soliteco"." "How much for a cake?" " Four." "So, you're going to buy?" "# I would like to sing with you." "# Oh, I want to sing with you, Carmela, # and I do it from the heart, I do it from the heart." "# Hey, my dear mother, # give me your blessing." "# Give me your blessing, give me your blessing," "# Dear Sebastiana, may the Virgin and God go with you, # may the Virgin and God be with you, # and send her my heart." "# I'm leaving, I say goodbye." "# I'm leaving, I say goodbye." "# Saying goodbye I wouldn't want." "# Oh, I pray to St John the Baptist, mother, # may he cover you with his flag." "# With his flag, may he cover me with his flag," "# John the Baptist with his pen did what God could not." "# Did what God couldn't, he took the kids from the limbo # and kept them in the air." "# I wrote a letter to Carmela, # oh, a blind man wrote a letter and a dumb one read it to her." "# And a dumb man read it to her, and a deaf man was listening, mother, # what the letter said. #" "What are you watching?" " The news." "How can you watch when you play cards, and there's no sound?" "No need." "I know what happens." "And what happens?" " More of the same." "Hey, Skinny, is this TV yours since before the mudslide?" " Aha." "What else you kept?" "Didn't you keep pictures?" "Any one showing my mom?" "Why would I keep those?" "I want to know if she really looked like me." "What are you doing with those glasses?" "Because I don't see well, especially at night." "Don't you know how she died?" "Who?" " My mom." "Look brat, will you let me watch the news?" "Wow, finally!" "Stand up and help me with this." "The money is gone and another thing that was in the bag." "You fell asleep and you were robbed again." "And give me my cap." "It looks better on me." "Hey, hey!" "Hey, be quiet or I won't pay you." "What's this, that doll in your bag looks after you while asleep?" "Hey, stop bathing!" "Come work!" "If you don't work I won't pay you." "Come on, call me "Mangrove"." "Mangrove." "I don't know how you convinced the boaters, but well done, Blondie, for that we are a team." "We must paint that one and then go there, to the other town." "Grab some gasoline." "Grab it, hurry." "Look and learn." "Grab some gasoline, pour it in the paint." "It's cheaper and lasts longer." "Doesn't the paint peel off?" "That's not my problem." "We put it on, and that's it." "Are these oysters?" " Yes, these are oysters." "Those are mangroves, but the oysters are dead." "But there inside they are alive." "Let's have a look." "Come on, closer." "And why should I come closer?" "Because I gave you the hat." "Okay then, but quickly." "Closer." "Closer!" " Coming." "Damn, it died!" "Come help me!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Wait for me!" "Where are you going?" "Wait for me!" "Don't go!" "You just saved your life, Blondie." "I'm not leaving you behind because I need you to help me arrange the palms." "Catch it!" "The net will fall down, it will fall!" "Hey, on this side!" "Hey, on this side." "Look, the net will fall!" "Knot it tight,Blondie, knot the net tight, it will fall!" "We're late, the boat for the procession is leaving!" "We're late!" "The other boats just left." "How come boy, that you painted the whole boat?" "It's what you asked." "Your wife ordered a St John and you a mermaid." "Here you are:" "St John Mermaid." "Start erasing it at once." "Also the boat is mine, and I don't want non-existent saints." "The mermaid does not exist either." "But come here, boy!" "Run, run, run!" "He already got angry!" "What about my money?" "Later." "Hey, show us your oysters." "Are these oysters?" " Yes, fresh oysters." "Where did you get the oysters?" "Do you grow them?" "Stop asking and taste them." "Worth 30 a dozen, gentleman." "Did you get them from the mangroves?" "Those are empty, these come from the keys." "Are the keys nearby?" "How many dozen you want?" "Do you know a woman who cultivates oysters here nearby?" "No." " Smell!" "Come on, don't be a pussy, they're tasty, like brownies!" "Now kid." "Are you buying or not?" "Run after this one, run!" "Hey, don't go, hey!" "How many dozen you want?" "Hey pal, I'm coming over." "Weren't we going to pick up the money?" "Later." "I'm hungry." "I give them with love and you don't even eat them." "You're weird, Blondie!" "Do you know where the keys are?" " No." "You'll lend me your car?" "Look, now I'm also a Blondie like you." "But I am not a Blondie!" "Do I have yellow hair?" "All the same you're Blondie." "Look, look, come, come!" "Hey, Paco!" "Steady." "Hey, my Blondie!" "Come comrade, they're unloading!" " And my money?" "Later." "Now come." "We're dirty as pigs." "Aren't you going to bathe?" "You're going to bathe?" "And clean your willy well." "Did you hear?" "Because of the big rain that's about to fall!" "And I'll wear a waistcoat tonight." "I'll look for you, at night." "I'll come for my share." "Hey, pal, lend me your car!" "It's yours for free." "Great, we got up this truck!" "Hey, I'm driving!" "No, let me drive!" "Look, they're getting into your car." "I gave it away." "How come you gave it away, if that car is ours?" "It doesn't matter." "Of course it matters." "First they get into the car, then into the building, so they invade us." "Dad, it really doesn't matter." "We can get a better one." "Don't swallow." "Chew." "Come, give me a hand." "Great to drive the car on the beach!" "Up here is the road!" "Where can I get a photo of mom?" "Don't talk with you mouth full." "Come and help me." "I want to put a picture of her here." "Don't you know there was a flood taking everything away?" "I've never seen a picture of her." "Did she look like me?" "You're exactly like her." "But I don't know how she was." "I don't even know her name." "Yes you do." "It is the same as yours." "Is that why you never say my name?" "Give me a photo." " There are no photos." "Take it." "Damn!" "It's about time!" "The one getting trouble with my mum is me." "Do you like them?" "Which one do you like best?" "Let's see, you want to go with him?" "Come on, you go with him." "And make it fast." "Oh!" "Yuck, that's not the way!" "Give me some gum." "How are you, Blondie?" "Hurry up, hurry!" "The pants." "Hey!" "Did Blondie like it?" "How good is she?" "Damn, my mom!" "Hey, my money!" "Yucleisy !" "I saw you!" "Shit, kid!" " Mangrove!" "# Oh, you'll see it, you will." "# Oh, you'll see it, how beautiful St John is." "# And I'm leaving, I say goodbye, John." "# I'm leaving, I say goodbye." "# Wait for next year, John." "# And for the river to flood, # such wonders have been seen." "# John baptizing Christ," "# St. John baptizing Christ." "# Tomorrow when I leave, # tomorrow when I leave I will not say goodbye." "# Only to St John, because he takes care of me." "# St John as a sailor," "# St John as a sailor took the boat and left. #" "How beautiful you are!" "Because I look like my mom." "She must be very pretty." "Don't you go watch your reflection?" "If you don't go watch your reflection in the water, you'll die this year." "# Ring my drums, # ring my drums that have just broken." "# In the mountains are many sticks and my father knows how." "# The eyes of St John, # the eyes of St John are so clean and are so beautiful." "# And when he leaves I will mourn inside. #" "Did you see it?" "No." "Mangrove." "There." "Bless you mom." "Lie back a little." "Smile, smile." "Sit." "I was waiting for you." "Look, the photo of the blondes." " Give me my money." "Look how good they are." "Did the photographer give it to you?" "He didn't give us anything, we stole it." "Look, this is my friend Blondie." "He's prettier than you." "And he's hiding from his mom, just like me." "Hey, give me that, I'll give that picture to my friend's mom!" "Give me my money, I'll be leaving." "What money?" "You spent it all the night before." "And the bottle?" "And the girls, what?" "Run, he's coming!" "Give it to me." "Give it to me!" "Give it to me, dammit!" "I was just waiting to give it to you." "Why do you take them away?" "No, I'm not taking away anything." "The one stealing them is you, along with my camera." "Cover up that shit, man." "Where are you going to?" "Answer." "Didn't you hear?" " To the keys." "To the keys." "On you own?" "Aren't you afraid?" "Afraid of what?" "I don't know, afraid of strangers." "Cover Our Lady also, under St John." "Cover it." "Stop, I have to pee." "What?" " Can you stop?" "No wait, hold on." "Stop, stop." "Damn!" "What are you doing, are you crazy?" "Are you going to pee all over the car?" "Hurry, come on." "Move it, we are in a curve!" "Is this the way to the keys?" "Much further." "Which one are you going to?" "To one with oysters." "There aren't any boy, not for a long time." "Boy, ask those men." "They used to sell." "There my son, there." "Cover the sign so you can't see anything." "To make it last longer add some gasoline, it's cheaper." "You mix that bit of paint with gasoline and it'll be enough." "Who are you?" "How did you get in?" "Chuíto, what about the fence?" "It's closed." "I'll check, but it is locked." "What happened?" "What are you looking for?" "Oysters." "I was told that they sell them here." "Oysters?" "Over here?" "And what will you do with oysters?" "Do you sell them or not?" " I'm the one asking questions." "Who sent you?" "Look boy, you can't go there, you can't get down." "Hey!" "So, you gonna tell me who sent you?" "No one." "I travel alone." "Oh, "I travel alone"!" "What do you want?" "Someone who disappeared." "Here nobody disappeared." "It's my mom." "And what do I care if your mom disappeared?" "Why do you look for her here?" "Eh!" "That way there is no exit either." "You guys are refugees from the landslide?" "Disadvantaged, it's called." "She is lost but doesn't know because she lost her memory in the tragedy." "She saved me from the mudslide." "A stone was about to crush me and she pulled me out very hard." "If you don't believe me I can show you my scar." "Let's see." "Well, if you don't believe me I'll leave." "What are you looking for, oysters or your mom?" "Both, she sells oysters." "I was kidnapped by my father." "That's why I wasn't able to look for her before." "Do you know that there's a neighbor here who sells oysters?" "She comes back later." "Looking at you, you look a lot like her." "Well, if you want to come with me, help me a bit until she arrives." "Boy." "Boy, come here." "Move on, hurry up." "Give me that." " You want something?" "Do you have water?" "No, all we have is cold fruit rum." "Drink some." "It's tasty." "Drink it all." "I think we'll finish it tonight." "No, I don't think so." "Cheers, little boy!" "I'm no little boy." "Look, little boy." "Come here." "Get to it and don't speak of rum, he'll get itchy." "Never mind, let him itch, so he'll work harder." "The goal is to get these pipes out and sell them fast." "Who else wants fruit rum?" "Look, hand me that thing." "You are all from the landslides, right?" "Yes, pal, we're all from the mudslide." "Me too." " Everybody lost everything." "Even what we didn't own." " Even that." "The river took our homes." "I lived in those buildings, and I lost everything." "Aha." "And these houses are new?" "And you take them apart?" "Eh?" "Why do you do this?" "Look boy, take it out and put it there." "Hurry up, it's almost dark." "Come on." "Listen, and if there are still buildings down there better that than to invade houses and steal pipes." "I know." "There is nothing left there." " Where?" "Where the mudslide was." "Those buildings all collapsed." "How do you know that?" "Because once I heard that a child living with his dad in those buildings..." "Well, actually his dad kidnapped him because his mom wanted to take him away." "And one day the roof fell down and crushed them both." "Did it kill them?" "Better for them to be dead, because the father didn't love him." "Get to work." "When is the oyster women coming?" " What woman?" "You told me." "When will she arrive?" "Never, right?" "That boy should leave quickly." " Why?" "He's annoying." " He's from the mudslide." "Besides he speaks ill of his dad." " Yes, he kidnapped him." "Not kidnapped." "The building collapsed on him." "He doesn't love this one because..." "Early morning you take those pipes and that boy, I don't want to see him anymore." "Why me?" " Because you're a fool." "When will my home be ready?" "Why did you tell the boy that the one selling oysters was a woman?" "Because he's looking for his mother who is a woman." "Why are you following me?" "You're the one who wants to buy oysters?" "Do you like them?" "No, they're horrible." "Then why do you want to buy them?" "I don't want to buy anything." "Are you going to keep on walking?" "Yes, up to the gas-station, where I'll ask someone for a ride." "The pump is far and closed now." "Yeah, I better wait for daytime, because I have an eye problem and no glasses." "What problem?" "When it's dark I see nothing." "When it's dark no one sees anything." "You don't see anything, either?" " How can I see when it's dark?" "Where are you going?" "To my truck." "Come if you want." "Your truck?" "My godfather's." "What are you doing with those weird guys?" "Are they family?" "I have no family." "I'm on my own." "Do you live here?" "Is this your room?" "Who is your godfather?" "The one selling oysters." "Yes, but who is he?" "Does he live here too?" "Where do you sleep?" "What you want oysters for?" "And he gets them from the keys?" "No, there are no more there." "You have to go past the dunes." "Is it far away?" "If you want you can sleep in my bed, but take off your shoes and don't make a sound." "I'll sleep in the hammock." "I'll tell you something, but it's a secret." "Tomorrow we're going to the dunes." "I have a secret, too... about my mom." "What's your name?" "You're not sleeping, Dad?" "I heard some noise." "Dad, nobody is going to invade us." "Sleepyhead!" "It's noon." "Where are we?" "Speak softly, my godfather doesn't know you're here." "Smells awful." "Some oysters should've stayed in the bed." "It always happens." "Luckily the people from the town didn't see you, they're looking for you everywhere." "Those clothes?" "There's the gas-station." "You have to run so he doesn't see you." "What are you doing?" "That water is bad." "Come on, I know where to find better." "Will you come in?" "The smelly one is you." "What are you looking at?" "You having a boner." " What?" "There, a boner." "Bore!" "Were you going to tell me a secret?" "Me?" "When?" "Last night." "About your mom." "I have no mother." "We all have." " I don't." "You don't have one but you're always talking about her." "So you don't have one?" "And if you had a mom, would she love you?" " Sure." "Why?" "Does she have to love you?" "What do you call a child not loved by his mother?" "An abandoned son." "She certainly loved me." "She didn't abandon me." "She's dead." "The river was taking us away, but she tied a rope on me." "She was holding me tightly, but the strong current..." "Ha!" "A story about the landslide, just like that about the rum!" "You tell it with a river and everything." "Same thing!" "Look, your shirt!" "Where are you going?" " To the dunes." "You don't know where they are, you'll get lost." "Why are you looking for oysters?" "They are bad business." "What does it matter?" "What's your name?" "Your name is "ugly", really." "Take me with you." " I travel alone." "I know where there are oysters." "Take me, come on!" "Besides, I'll help you look for her." "Ugly, come!" "Please!" "Hey!" "Easy, I'll carry them." "They're not heavy, they're just diapers." "How old is he?" " He's dead." "You should take him to a doctor." " I come from the hospital." "You've got to look for his dad." " He doesn't have one." "Come on, come on, come on!" "Daddy?" "Dad." "It's because I miss her." "I miss my mom, too." "Dad, what's wrong?" "Stay out of this." "This is between her and me." "You don't know her." "You know nothing." "But Dad..." " You don't exist here." "Go away." "I said go!" "HELL ON THE SEASIDE" "SURVIVORS OF THE LANDSLIDE ARE RECOVERING "I lost everything and now I grow oysters"" "What's with you?" "Won't you help us?" "It's my mom, right?" "And she isn't dead." "I found him coming out of the dunes at sunrise." "He's like absent." "Poor boy!" "Do you remember that story, about the dogs getting wild at the landslide?" "That's what happened to his mom." "He said she got eaten by the dogs for saving her boy." "And he got scarred." "Right by the dock lives a woman from the landslide who sells oysters." "The same happened to her, but the other way around:" "she lived but lost her child." "And she lost everything:" "home, family, child, everything..." "And she came here to start over." "Because one day when I brought her ice for her oysters, she was telling a friend of mine." "You're late." "Come, bring the boxes." "Will you be able to carry it all by yourself?" "You are very small." "Yes I will, I'm 15." "Put ice on them." "I haven't seen you around here." "At least you didn't come for the boxes." "Yes, you can tell you're new." "Let's see, I'll show you how." "You open them this way." "Are you going to eat those?" "I have a scar as well." "My mom made it." "Do you have children?" "Now you turned from dumb to inquisitive." "You've always had oysters?" "Since I came here, yes." "And where did you live before?" "In many places." "Like this?" "With oysters ?" "Imagine!" "Before the landslide I lived near the sea." "Me too." "And where?" "Have you been back?" "No." "That place no longer exists." "Pick up the box and go." "Why doesn't it exist?" "Because that place disappeared, the river took it." "At the landslide, where people lost everything, right?" "If my family had been there I'd certainly have saved them." "You had family there?" "I don't like to talk about it." "Why not?" "I didn't get there on time." "Why?" "When I arrived there was nothing left." "The building had no walls." "Everything was destroyed." "They weren't there." "I didn't find them on the lists after two days." "I returned many times, but nothing." "I didn't find them." "Claudia, you ready?" "We're leaving." "You, bring that box." "I was there too... and lost my mom." "She was holding me tight... but a wave came through the window and took her." "I left the money for you on the table." "Everything was a lie, right?" "Why didn't you tell me she was alive?" "I told you I don't like people touching my stuff." "It's also my stuff." "Now it turns out that you're like her." "Leave." "When you see her, ask her why she left." "Take care." "Subtitles by jpf  Subransu"