"To Santiago on his first Communion" "Why does he keep watching that?" "He was his altar boy." "Did I baptize you?" "Did I baptize you?" "Is it out of cash?" "Papers?" "Excuse me." "Okay?" "Okay." "Do you know him?" "Y es, he's my cousin." "Bye." "What are you doing in my war zone?" "I' m looking for a cash machine that works when you don't have money." "Listen, I'm glad I ran into you." "I probably wouldn't have had the courage to come and see you." "Going home?" "Yeah." "I'll give you a lift." "When I was Laura's age, I played the flute in the Candle Dance." "Oh, yeah?" "Yes." "I've never met anyone who has been in Ausangate." "That's funny." "Do you want to hear her music?" "I'd love to." "This is what Laura has." "She has her own way of moving which you can't teach." "Just like the girls in the Sierra." "Can I help put this away?" "Oh, no." "I'm going to do it myself." "Thanks." "Sit down." "Would you like some tea?" "Sure." "You shouldn't take her out now." "She's so good." "You'll be shocked when you see her." "Really." "What is it?" "Are you all right?" "Yolanda, what happened?" "Why are you screaming?" "I can't breathe!" "Your nose is bleeding." "Where are your shoes?" "Calm down." "I'm sorry." "I can't breathe." "Oh, please, take me outside." "Put your head back." "I can't stay in the dark." "Don't worry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Here." "Oh, my God." "We will go and find some light." "Miraflores has electricity." "Should we look for a pharmacy?" "Oh, no." "I'm all right, it stopped." "I'll stay with you a little while." "Yeah." "Okay." "I'm so relieved you were there tonight, you know?" "I'm sorry, but I don't like the dark." "I hate it." "Any reason?" "Do you only teach or do you still dance?" "Well, just recently I started working on a new piece." "I have an idea, but I still don't know." "It's...." "What is it about?" "Oh, something to do with the murder of that theatrical group, you know?" "But...." "But what?" "It's unlucky to talk about work in progress." "Tell me about you." "I know that you are a father, husband and a lawyer and what else?" "Yes, I'm a father and a husband, but I'm no longer a lawyer." "What do you do now?" "I'm trying to find a more honest way of practicing the law." "I wanted to see you before I left town." "So if you are no longer a lawyer, what do you do?" "You said it's unlucky to talk about work in progress." "You mentioned you were going away." "Where to?" "My village." "You go back often?" "No, not since my father died." "And when was that?" "After the military confiscated our farm." "And why now?" "Well, I have to pay a visit to an old friend who, I think, has something worth traveling for." "Be careful." "Okay." "This is fine, thank you." "I think I can make it." "You don't need to walk me up." "I've taken up too much of your time." "So bye." "Goodbye." "Could I bring you anything from the countryside?" "Maybe an emergency generator." "Not just a flashlight?" "A Roman candle?" "A box of matches?" "A jar of fireflies." "Will you be gone long?" "You know the fireworks you see in the blackouts?" "They say it's him, planning his operations." "His women love to kill." "It's an event." "Then they fuck for three days." "Ezequiel too." "He just does what he wants with them, and they let him." "How do you know?" "This broad from Tacna." "She hears things." "Man, it's no world revolution." "It's a fuck-athon." "He's in the jungle." "He's in the mountains." "He's every tick of every clock." "He's every breeze in every tree." "He's every sun which refuses to set." "Can you tell me if anyone is living at the old coffee farm?" "T o Augustin on his first Communion from Father Ramon" "Santiago." "If I told you that I knew some people had come to this village stayed in your house murdered the village priest and that his last supper was a number of pages from your Bible what would you offer in the way of an explanation?" "Why did they make a tape?" "It was for Ezequiel." "She wanted to re-affirm her commitment." "By killing the man who baptised her?" "Who was she?" "She was called Edith Pusanga." "The army killed her a fortnight ago." "An ambush over in Tres Crusas." "What was she to Ezequiel?" "They say she was once his mistress." "She was a doctor." "In the early days of the revolution she was the only one who could be trusted to write prescriptions." "Is he ill?" "Is he ill?" "Your Bible." "Agustin." "Don't stay here." "ls the curfew still on?" "lt starts in 1 5 minutes." "Agustin, if you arrive back today or call home  we 're staying the night at Marina 's." "Bye." "Y olanda, it's Agustin." "Agustin?" "I' m sorry to ring out of the blue, but I' m told there are women you can wake in the middle of the night and those you can't." "What's wrong?" "What's the time?" "It's almost 2:00 a.m., but I'd like to see you now." "Are you free?" "Maybe you are tired." "I'd love to see you." "Where are you?" "How many pesos, senor." "Senor?" "Next week is my birthday." "Really?" "How will you celebrate?" "Oh, rehearse, then classes, more rehearsing, that's all." "On your birthday?" "What about your family?" "I don't know." "Three years ago, I guess." "And, when he left, he said the strangest thing to me." "He said I was someone who was just along for the ride but that I wouldn't get off until the very last stop." "Oh, tonight I am prepared." "Good." "So, what's tonight's code?" "Sorry?" "What's tonight's code?" "Blue." "Blue means that you'll be rung from out of the blue." "I want to find out what prescriptions have been written by a Doctor Edith Pusanga." "No, here in the city." "Y es, and also the translation of the Chinese and Greek texts, okay?" "Bye." "Are you a good judge of character?" "I think so." "Yeah?" "So let's see." "They're from newspapers." "So picture number two." "Who do you think that is?" "Thanks." "Picture number?" "Two." "Two." "Well, he's obviously a thief." "No, murder victim." "So now...." "Yeah." "Picture number nine." "Policewoman?" "Yeah." "Policewoman it is." "Now, your turn." "Have you already looked?" "Just a little." "Picture number seven?" "I would say a judge." "No." "No?" "Murderer." "Number 1 0?" "A thief?" "Right." "Well, that means half the people we meet we get wrong." "Yeah." "Yeah, exactly." "What is it?" "Your wrist." "I always look at a man's wrist or the side of his face, or his ankle." "The vulnerable parts." "You know, all intelligent people can fake modesty but you really are modest." "So I can walk from here." "I'm sorry." "You don't have to apologize." "I have no illusions." "You think I'm worried about you?" "We can't do this." "It would be really bad for us to take a step further." "I feel like a child standing on the edge of the sea in my sad yellow raincoat." "And you're telling me not to get wet." "I want you to promise me you will be careful." "Yes." "And you." "Yolanda." "Your wife called to see when you're back." "I said you were on your way home." "Still no word on the doctor?" "We're checking the prescriptions." "Going back seven years will take time." "By the way, she was a dermatologist." "Sir?" "Y es?" "Those translations from the Chinese Embassy." "Thank you." "Sir?" "Those Chinese words they're formulas for mixing fireworks into different colors." "State of Siege, did you watch it, sir?" "Y eah." "Most of it." "I left the tape at the office." "Of course, the terrorists are all very handsome French actors with scarves while the policemen looked like the inside of a butt." "Sir!" "They don't have the ceviche or the Guadalajara dog." "Then I'll have a black bean burrito." "They don't have that either." "Who cares?" "!" "Just go order something." "Can't even get a fucking hot dog!" "There are only two things left in this country that work, Tomcat." "Ezequiel and the women's volleyball team." "Your latest orders from the palace." "The reward has gone up to 1 0 million." "Whoever captures Ezequiel, turns him over to Calderon and keeps it a secret." "What's that mean?" "lt means they will shoot him." "It's a pity he had to bring in all this murder and philosophy." "It was perfectly understandable without that horseshit." "The body of a woman found in Parque Colon is believed to be that of former model Paulita Kellner." "A military spokesman denies responsibility." "For the first time, the government is...." "My face is cracking." "No darling, you mustn't speak." "Give it time to set." "Now you both listen to my speech." "Oh, Agustin, it's so exciting." "We're going to make thousands of dollars in weeks." "It's the Sally Fay promise." "Sure, I will listen." "We may win a Cadillac." "Here it goes then." "You guys listen." "Sure." ""Strategy is Sally Fay's revolutionary skin care for the older woman." "This new alpha-hydroxide serum will combat your skin fatigue and sensitivity what the Greeks call 'psora,' or itching." "It will make your fine lines disappear and your face look 1 0 years younger overnight--"" "Let me see that manual." "Daddy, look." "Daddy?" "What?" "What's that?" "I've asked everyone to come over tomorrow without their makeup on so I can confirm their skin types." "Okay, honey, it's ready to come off." "Come here." "Let me know if you need anything." "Thank you." "Again." "Can you turn down the sound, please?" "Can we go back to the beginning?" "Okay." "Is that really him?" "Who's that?" "That's Edith Pusanga." "And again." "Forward." "Wait." "Okay." "Could you clarify that part?" "Could you make it larger?" "Now, stop." "Stop." "Stop." "There." "How can we find out what that says?" "Is it a painting?" "No." "A window, could it be?" "Could we blow up those letters?" "More." "An advertisement, maybe." "No, flip it." "No." "It's a street sign." "I keep thinking Eros." "Eros." "Are you telling the Fisherman?" "Not yet." "Can I widen the search, look outside the capital?" "No, he's here." "He's here." "Calderon's people rang twice." "They want to know why we contacted the Chinese Embassy." "If you drew a map of everywhere you've ever been they say you draw your own face." "Where?" "Where are you?" "Yeah?" "Give me the pen and the paper." "Hello?" "Yes, I know Calle Peron, but it winds through half the city." "What about others?" "Wait a minute, just one other?" "In Sucros?" "Calle Diderot?" "You're a breath of fresh air." "After three weeks of sifting trash I feel like I need a year in the scrub-atorium." "We finished combing through yesterday's refuse in Calle Peron." "Dirty work, diplomacy." "740 garbage bags most of them filled with duck a la-fucking-orange." "Cigarettes?" "Marlboro, Marlboro Lights, Winston, Dunhill, Benson  Hedges Jockey Club, Lucky Strike, Virginia Slims Menthol, Gauloises." "Not a single unfiltered Camel." "What about medicines?" "Xanax for panic attacks, Prozac for clinical depression Iithium for manic depression, X for psychotic depression Maalox for stomach acid, estrogen supplements for menopause yards of dental floss and I would calculate enough used rubbers to fill the Chinese ambassador's swimming pool." "I really hope people in the street have cleaner minds." "No dithranol, no Kenacort?" "Nothing for the treatment of eczema acne vulgaris or any other skin condition." "I've been in Miami." "I know the heartbreak of psoriasis." "Sir?" "What color were the flares the night of the Cafe Haiti bomb?" "Red." "The Fisherman was right." "Some enormous piece of shit is going on." "Last night, they caught a girl near the water plant with a bottle on her and my friend in the lab says it was full of typhus." "He thinks he's won." "The whole country's about to fall but for the first time I can sense him." "You don't want us to tell Calderon?" "He would supply us with enough men to search every house." "Do you know how long it takes a sequoia seed to germinate?" "About 1 0 years." "Ten years." "No different to farming or fishing." "I know, sir, but" "The trick is knowing when to be impatient." "We're almost there, but not quite." "He's either here or in Calle Peron." "Should I start collecting now?" "No." "In a minute." "What was that?" "Sounds like a dog at a dumpster." "Hey." "Who put the pubes on my coke can?" "That's got a nice little walk on it." "Who is she?" "She teaches ballet." "How do you know?" "My daughter goes there." "Single, is she, sir?" "That's right." "Well, she's waiting for someone." "You can start collecting." "What are you doing?" "What?" "Oh, yeah." "I hate my Beretta showing when I'm trying out a pirouette." "Hush." "Hush, hush, hush." "Happy birthday." "I'll leave the slipper in the door." "I love garbage." "I can be around it always." "Calle Peron's finished." "Nothing of any interest except maybe this." "Marxism Today, property of the Cuban press attache." "Okay?" "What about Diderot?" "We' re halfway through Diderot." "We should be through by 5:00." "Anything?" "Nothing to give you goose pimples." "And Gomez?" "Problem with the maid in 332." "Her employer likes to plant his own geraniums." "So today, Gomez is whitewashing trees instead." "Soon everyone will want to move in." "That gives you plenty of time." "Yes, good luck." "Yes, I thought the way you said it was fine." "Sir, I think you should come." "I have" " I have to go." "I'll talk to you later." "Bye." "Dithranol." "For the treatment of eczema and psoriasis." ""Keep away from children. "" "But they're not Camels." "And they're filtered." "Which house?" "The class began on time?" "How many?" "Fourteen." "No, no, no, just go-- Just go on painting those trees." "Should we warn the teacher?" "No." "That'll create panic and alert Ezequiel above." "Find who the landlord is and if there's a ground plan." "Move our men at Calle Peron to Calle Diderot." "And concentrate on any movement upstairs." "And keep out of sight." "This is the captain." "I can't speak to you individually, but I want you to listen." "I've been inside the house." "It's divided in two." "Downstairs is the ballet studio." "Suspect may be in upstairs apartment." "There's no access from the studio." "The ballet mistress doesn't know who lives upstairs." "Probably our suspect relies on the staircase at the back." "Once you're over-- Once you're over the wall you're not to fire unless you're fired on first." "Is that clear?" "There 's a dance class in there." "We wait until the class is out." "Captain Rejas?" "Y es." "Meeting broke up minutes ago." "He 's watching television." "Who else is with him?" " Three others." "They are resting in a back room." "The dance class?" "It was fine, sir." "We wait until all the mothers have left." "Is that clear?" "Got it, sir." "Here they come." "Oh, God, she's going back inside." "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." "Come on." "Come on." "Bye." "Get on with it!" "Look, sir, upstairs." "That's him, isn't it?" "Men in position." "Sir?" "Men in position." "We are ready to go." "This is the captain." "You can go in." "Well?" "It's him." "Stand up before the captain." "Professor Edgardo Rivas." "Captain Rejas, Anti-T errorist Police." "We've met before." "You'll never kill this." "How many others?" "Four." "It doesn't matter if you shoot us." "We are in history." "We are not going to shoot anyone." "Find him a sensible pair of shoes and take him outside." "Yes, sir." "What are you doing?" "Let her go!" "Okay, calm down." "Those bastards!" "Don't worry, calm down." "Calm down." "It's okay." "Thank God, you're safe." "You don't know who we've got upstairs." "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "Don't be frightened." "These are my men." "Don't you dare harm him." "You'll pay with your life if you harm him." "Yolanda?" "Is Yolanda with you?" "Everyone's with us, captain." "Fourth flame of Communism...." "He's just a big, fat man in a cardigan." "Sir?" "It could be really dangerous if you don't ring Calderon." "Yes, it could be." "Cecilia?" "Do you have that list of the press attaches?" "And now, breaking news." "Late last night in a residential district  terrorist leader Ezequiel was captured along with several accomplices." " Where is the ballerina?" "No more questions." "I haven 't finished the interrogation." "Captain Agustin Rejas..." "... declined to comment on the details." "If you 're not  busy next election, I have a job for you." "The palace has refused comment and the whereabouts of Ezequiel at present are unknown." "Rejas did confirm that Ezequiel's real name is Edgardo Rodriguez Rivas and that he was taken into custody without incident." "When will she come around?" "Half an hour, maybe." "I gave her another shot at 6." "She didn't understand what was going on." "You' re wrong, boss." "Are you Rejas?" "Orders from the palace." "The prisoners are no longer under your authority." "Okay!" "Get them out!" "Professor Edgardo Rivas, you' re coming with us." "With infinite pleasure, comrade." "Ten days after the dramatic capture of guerilla leader Ezequiel  the political repercussions are being felt." "Yesterday, a delegation of senators called on Police Captain Agustin Rejas  to run for president." "His enormous popularity could unify the opposition and threaten the ruling party." "Thanks to the efforts of one honest man, our country can now breathe easily  for the first time in a decade." "Meanwhile, the most notorious terrorist in the Western Hemisphere began a new life on the island prison of San Lorenzo." "A military court today sentenced former ballerina, Yolanda Celandin." "As Comrade Isabel, she is believed  to have run the section of operative support." "The most damning evidence a mention in her notebook of the cafe destroyed by the Miraflores bomb." "Passing sentence, the judge agreed to a symbolic punishment in addition to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole." "Will you stand?" "You will be condemned to a cell without light." "Viva El Presidente Ezequiel." "You wanted to talk about a deal." "So, what's the deal?" "It's about Y olanda Celandin." "What about her?" "I want to address three terms of her imprisonment." "Which terms?" "First, I would like her to be allowed blankets, books and writing material." "And?" "Second, I insist that she be moved to a cell with light." "I want to be clear on this." "If we meet these conditions, you'll give your word you won't run against the president in the next election?" "In the next election." "No." "Let me tell you right off, this is impossible." "Your demands are preposterous." "Besides they contravene the due process of law." "But let us imagine a situation in which they could be met." "We would need reassurances." "You would have to give your public support to the government." "The president is much maligned, but he sees the bigger picture." "Despite the fact you disobeyed his orders he remains anxious to show the nation's gratitude." "I know he would like to offer you a judgeship." "This could be announced at a press conference." "The sooner the better." "And the third condition?" "A quiet release after five years." "That would not be mentioned at the press conference." "By the way she already had writing material." "This came back with the blankets you sent her." "She's only a young woman, Rejas." "Seventy-two percent water." "Yet, you could have been president." "Do not contact me." "Do not try to help." "I am dead." "I live only for the revolution." "Enough." "Let's see what we can do with this lovely, lovely thing  that goes past all racial conflict and all kinds of conflict." "It is a reflective tune and some time in your life  you will have occasion to say, "What is this thing called time?"" "You know, what is that?" "The clock." "You go to work by the clock  you get your martini in the afternoon by the clock and you get your coffee by the clock and you have to get on the plane at a certain time, arrive at a certain...." "And it goes on and on and on." "And time is a dictator, as we know." " Where does it go?" "Laura Rejas?" "What does it do?" "Most of all, is it alive?" "Is it a thing that we cannot touch?" "And is it alive?" "And then one day you look in the mirror." "Brought your own music?" " "How old. "" "And you say, "Where did the time go?"" "We 'll leave you with that one." "Subtitles by sdl Media Group" "[english]"