"MRS. NOBODY'S" "How can you talk so much this early?" "We don't know who won that move, who lost." "You don't let us bet money." "Come on, Miguel!" "The school bus has arrived!" "Bye, Mom." "Bye, Mom." "A kiss." "Take care." "Yes." "Don't forget to buy those lighters." "Four." "Nancy!" "Yes?" "Haricots?" "Nobody likes them." "They like them in a salad." "That's good." "Did anybody call?" "No." "Nancy!" "Come here and help me." "Let's see." "l'm only missing three." "Yes?" "Yes, at last!" "lt was this one." "That's the one we brought." "You don't know where l'm going." "Where?" "Surprise!" "Bye." "See you later." "Good afternoon." "Hello?" "Hello, Roxy." "How are you?" "Fine." "You can't imagine the way we laughed last night." "With Buster Keaton." "Yes, we went to the "Cinemateca"." "It's great." "You can't imagine." "Fernando laughed his head off." "On Tuesday?" "Yes, we can." "Who with?" "Of course I know him." "We met him last year in New York." "Bye, Roxana." "I'll call you later." "Madam, please!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Are you nuts?" "!" "Look what you're doing." "Do you know how much is worth it?" "Why don't you mind your step?" "I was listening to you." "Don't worry about it." "My husband will pay for it." "Send the pieces home." "From me." "Have we met before?" "No." "But you do know my husband pretty well." "I've just seen you." "Well... lt had to happen some day." "I've been hearing about you for so long." "Do you want a coffee?" "When did this start?" "Don't tell me you didn't suspect anything." "When?" "If your husband cheats on you, that's your problem and his." "Please!" "When did it start?" "Three years ago." "We met at the Books Fair." "But he always tells me everything he does." "Have you ever thought that it's easy to cheat when you work outside your house?" "The trip to New York, the night classes, the symposiums." "I'm such a fool, such an idiot!" "I'm such a jerk!" "l'm such a jerk." "No, you're not a jerk." "Don't get like that." "Fernando's just a friend for me." "A friend?" "He betrayed me." "And you're a thief." "I'm not the first one." "Get blue suit at dry cleaners'." "Defrost." "Get a plumber." "Happy birthday." "María Ester." "l told her to sleep Here." "You did right." "Did I?" "Yes, poor little thing." "She was so desperate." "I felt sorry for her." "I think she's getting up now." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Did you have a good night?" "Yes." "I'm glad." "Come." "Have some breakfast." "Do you need anything else?" "No, that's it." "Thanks, Ricardo." "Cheer up." "Can you give me a kiss?" "Yes." "Bye." "See you, honey." "Listen." "You'll stay here during the day and in the evening you'll go and see your husband." "You can talk things out." "I'm not coming back." "And your children?" "I don't wanna talk about them." "Do you want to stay here for some days?" "Please." "lf it's Fernando, tell him I'm not here." "What can I tell him?" "Tell him I left." "Hello?" "Fernando." "Yes, she slept here." "No, she left. I don't know." "She didn't tell me." "Excuse me?" "Okay, fine." "Yes, alright." "He's coming." "Call Aunt Lola." "Tell her I'm going there." "Call her." "Swear that you won't tell him where l am." "Swear it." "Leonor, how can you go to a place like that?" "I'll call you later." "What's wrong, my child?" "Why are you not eating?" "Oh God!" "These youngsters don't eat because they don't want to get fat." "I don't know where we're going." "The soup was delicious." "It was home made, not like the instant soups they're selling." "Oh, these youngsters!" "Leonor, dear?" "Yes, Aunt?" "lsn't it delicious?" "Yes, it is." "I don't recognize you." "That's a good sign." "You've always been so sweet, so..." "So nice." "l don't know." "So understanding." "And what was it good for?" "I think you're overreacting once again." "I have to overreact. I don't want to forget that each time he made up a conference, a business meeting, he just did it to be with another woman." "This anger is the only thing that keeps me going." "You know what I'm thinking?" "If you keep doing this, you'll lose him." "Haven't you thought that he might lose me?" "He doesn't know me." "And neither do you." "You don't know who I am." "He's calling me all the time." "He says he's desperate." "Screw him." "It seems you want revenge." "Did you bring my pills?" "Yes." "One." "And you'll need it in this joint." "I brought your bedside lamp." "Thanks, Mom." "Mom, I promise I'll go and see the kids." "You know I love them." "I just need time." "I'm so tired." "I'd like to sleep." "I don't want you to get scared." "There's nothing wrong with me." "I just need your help. lt's too difficult for me to explain." "I need you to be young men." "Miguel, remember you always want to wash your hair without my help?" "Something happened with Dad." "Something that... lt's a grown-ups' matter." "And I can't live at home anymore, I need another place." "So I want to ask you permission, my beloved children, to leave home for a while." "I'm not well. I don't want you to see me like this." "So I need to do it." "I'm gonna start working." "It'll be my first job." "Ricardo got a job for me." "And I'll get better eventually." "But you musn't be scared." "I'm not leaving you." "We'll be together every afternoon." "We'll do your homework at Grandma Zulema's." "She lives near home." "Okay?" "I'll always be there, as usual." "The only thing I won't be able to do is kiss you good night." "But Dad will be there?" "Of course!" "He'll be there." "And you must help Dad and Dad will help you not to be sad." "Don't pay attention to me." "I'll soon be over this." "You must behave with Grandma Ester." "You must be good to her." "l don't want you to leave, Mom!" "l want you to stay with me." "Just once you must help me." "You know?" "Jorge invited me to his boat on Saturday." "Jorge or Mariana?" "Who invited you?" "That's so good, Juan!" "And what are we going to do, Miguel?" "We'll go to the movies." "We can see the Planetarium from here." "The view over the river is great." "The racetrack, the airport." "I'll show you the bedrooms." "This is the kitchen." "The sun very well lights it." "The cupboards are large and convenient." "The sun very well lights the entire apartment." "The oven." "This is the place for the fridge." "Let's see the maids' room." "Even the toilets have sunlight." "This way, please." "A man at last." "A man with a beard." "That's good!" "Look!" "So much love!" "Listen, Leonor." "May God forgive me for what I'm about to say,..." "...but what you need, is an affair." "Mom, please!" "An affair to realize how little important an affair is." "And he loves you." "The man with a beard loves you. I like him." "Where will I meet him?" "At the Books Fair..." "...or at the market buying vegetables?" "l don't know." "I don't know." "But if you look, you'll find." "Just look at me." "l'm a teenager girlfriend." "After Dad..." "You deserve it, Mom." "What else do the cards tell?" "What else?" "Here's your husband, unpunctual as usual." "The lady in black." "She's a brunette, isn't she?" "Yes." "You look so surly, Leonor." "You're alone every night locked up in that lousy bedroom." "Why don't you go and see a shrink?" "What for?" "What do you mean?" "Don't be so omnipotent." "You must learn to ask for help." "Barbecue is ready!" "To the man with a beard." "Come on, it's getting cold." "Let's eat!" "Good afternoon." "Let's eat!" "Can I have a sip?" "Yes." "Come on, come on, come on!" "I know there are many women like me." "But that doesn't help me." "On the contrary." "I remember Mom's face when I was a little girl." "She fed me in my mouth." "But she had tears in her eyes." "She put up with everything." "One night she was even beaten." "But she put up with everything because she thought she could save her marriage that way." "She thought women were born to tolerate and suffer." "And it was not worth it." "One day my Dad left." "There was no burial but it was as if he was dead." "Do you know how Mom made a living?" "She smuggled blue jeans." "A friend of hers was an air hostess." "My house was full of trousers." "Every time the bell rang, we had to hide them." "There was a strange smell." "When I was pregnant, I got sick every time I smelled that odor." "Hello." "Hello." "141?" "Yes." "You're going to Caballito?" "So am I." "l'm sitting down." "Sure." "How are you?" "I don't know." "It moved me." "That's the way you say it." ""lt moved me."" "I'm glad I'm not traveling alone." "The bus takes a while." "I'll pay your ticket." "Put that money away." "Let's go." "I love this neighborhood." "It's so full of smells and memories. I love it." "Have you lived here for a long time?" "Since my parents died." "I've been living in the same house for 25 years with a fat, naughty and silly aunt." "She only cares about eating; and a wonderful grandmother." "But my grandmother died." "Aunt Mariví does everything she can to force me to leave." "She insults me." "She slanders me." "But I'm not leaving." "Why?" "Because the smell of jasmines is stronger than her." "Aren't you too young for nostalgia?" "Who told you I'm young?" "You're romantic. I like that." "Not that much." "If you ever read in the paper "80-year-old woman strangled", think of me as a suspect." "l live here, also with an aunt." "But it's beautiful." "I'm glad. I don't have many friends nearby." "I don't have friends." "The friends I had were my husband's." "So on Friday, on our next therapy, stop mourning and start cursing." "Yes." "Bye, Pablo." "Bye." "Sweet dreams." "You too." "Wasn't Raúl dead?" "Yes, but that's his twin, Claudio." "He's marrying Margarita,..." "Nancy, don't tell me or I'll want to watch it again." "You know, Nancy?" "When I think of you, I feel I don't know what." "You're here all day long." "But I'm paid for that." "You know?" "When you left, your husband raised my salary." "So easy. I'm really glad, you deserve it." "These cups are new." "Yes." "Mr. Fernando did not want to have breakfast with the others." "He asked Mrs. Ester to buy new cups." "They're pretty." "And him?" "How is he?" "Fine." "He plays with the children every night." "He's not sad, is he?" "I don't think so." "He's going out every night." "His friends are always calling him." "He even won a golf trophy." "You're sadder than him." "Miguel!" "I'm glad you're quiet." "Let me see." "Here." "All of it." "What are you staring?" "l'd like to be ill every day." "It was joke." "We're better off being all men alone." "You're not better." "At least until Dad breaks up with stupid Gloria." "Miguel, you can't say that." "It's wrong." "You know what she says?" "She wants to come here every day." "But Dad won't let her because this house is yours and ours." "He says that?" "Yes." "I think you have fever again." "Where's the thermometer?" "In the same place as usual, the drawer of your night-table." "Very good, Miguel." "Everything's tidy in its place." "Nothing changed." "You changed." "You know something?" "What?" "You're prettier now." "Really?" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Yes?" "Really?" "Now close your eyes and breathe deeply." "Try to meet your mates." "Don't open your eyes and don't talk." "Pay attention to every sensation you have and keep it." "Take the time you need to realize what you're feeling." "Touch with your fingers your mate's features." "Very good." "It's not bad. lt looks quiet." "There're no noises." "I can't work at my parents'." "Can you tell me what you are thinking?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "I was thinking of my Mom." "She's very imaginative." "And you're not?" "I love imaginative people." "No, thanks." "Do you want to take a look at the toilet?" "You're an interesting woman." "Are you married or single?" "Divorced." "And you?" "I'm single. I'm a writer." "A novelist?" "I wish I were." "This place would be great to write in peace." "It inspires me." "May I ask what's your novel about?" "It's a long story." "If we have dinner together tonight... lf we go and have a drink now, I'll tell you." "Okay." "Thank you." "Are you sure there's nobody here?" "Of course." "Didn't I tell you?" "My folks are in Córdoba." "Come in." "The house is all ours." "It's delicious." "lsn't it?" "The cognac." "Did anybody tell you you're charming?" "Yes." "But that was long ago." "How was it?" "I'm such a fool!" "Why did you tell me you're single?" "Did I say that?" "Yes." "l said I was a writer." "And the novel?" "Was that also a lie?" "No, I started it 1 0 years ago but I've never finished it." "And the apartment?" "You want it as a brothel." "No, as an office." "I'm a dentist." "You know?" "You're a treasure." "I'm such a fool." "My God!" "See?" "That happens when you flirt." "I wasn't flirting, Pablo." "Did you have a good time?" "Yes or no?" "Yes." "There you have it." "But it's not that." "Listen. I don't want to go out with men anymore." "They're all cheats." "There comes the worst of all." "ls that him?" "Yes." "ls he coming this way?" "Yes." "Don't look at him." "Don't look at him!" "Hello." "Everything okay?" "Yes." "How are you?" "Fine, and you?" "Fine, and you?" "Fine." "We've been waiting for you for half an hour." "We thought you'd forgotten." "Yes." "I'm sorry." "Leonor, this is Carlinho." "How are you?" "Everything okay?" "Hi." "How are you?" "So?" "How was it?" "We won. 2-0." "Did you score a goal?" "Two." "Good." "He's great, isn't he?" "I made that necklace." "Do you like it?" "A lot." "I came for just a minute." "I have to celebrate our victory." "You're leaving so soon?" "Why?" "I'm sorry." "I have to celebrate." "Can you lend me some money?" "They stole my wallet." "That's terrible." "Here." "Come home later." "Come whenever you want." "I'm sorry." "l'll call you." "Okay." "Okay." "Bye." "Thank you." "Bye." "Bye." "Thanks." "Bye." "Okay." "You've met him." "So?" "Are we still friends?" "I sold an apartment today." "I want you to have dinner at home." "This is my bedroom." "My music room." "Good." "The living room." "Do you want some wine?" "Yes. I love wine." "Did you cook all these in such a short time?" "You know what?" "I was a good housewife." "Really?" "Come in." "She looks like my aunt." "Aunt Lola, good evening." "Good evening." "Turn down the radio." "My ladies can't hear the TV." "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." "is that okay?" "Pablo, a friend of mine, my aunt Lola." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you, young man." "Leonor, you know this is a respectable house." "And my ladies can think all kind of things if you're locked up with a man in your bedroom." "Don't take it the wrong way, but put yourself in my shoes." "Good evening." "Good evening." "I can't bear her anymore!" "She thought I was a real macho!" "My dear, your aunt is so perceptive." "Okay, at the door." "At 2 pm." "Alright." "See you later." "Juan..." "Excuse me. I'll be at Pueyrredón al 2 pm." "Alright." "Isabel?" "Yes?" "I made up my mind." "I'll talk to Varela." "What a nuisance!" "Good luck!" "Thanks." "May I interrupt you?" "It's some personal business." "Sure." "A beautiful lady is always welcome." "Thank you." "Have a seat." "I'd like to know if I have any chance of buying an apartment in the building on Canning St. without an advance payment." "Do you have a guarantor?" "No, nothing at all." "I don't have a guarantor or mortgageable property." "I don't have anything, not even a bank account." "And your husband?" "You know we're separated." "Do you know anybody who could be a guarantor?" "I don't want to ask them." "I know divorcees that live as queens." "You do have the right to alimony." "I don't want to depend on him or ask him anything for me." "Why are you so angry, my dear?" "I'm sorry. I don't want to talk about my private stuff." "You seem clever, Leonor." "Weren't you better off with your husband and kids?" "With a man who loves you?" "And I know he does." "Why don't you work things out with him?" "Stop this nonsense." "So you think pride is nonsense?" "What do you call a woman who works things out with her husband to get his support?" "Why do some men think that honor is just for them?" "Ice creams!" "Ice creams!" "Ice creams!" "Ice creams!" "What did I tell you?" "That man would never help you." "You've to file the application for a bank-loan. -l've done it." "But it takes a while." "They have so many requirements that if you had them, you wouldn't need a loan." "There's a bench." "Let's go." "l have an idea." "What?" "Why don't you come and live with me in the meantime?" "Really?" "You know my house." "There's enough room for both." "You'd do me a favor." "We could share the expenses." "Everything's so expensive." "You're saving my life!" "You won't pay a rent." "Why not?" "I'd feel more comfortable." "Making love helps me forget Gogo." "And if you don't pay a rent and I have a visitor, I can ask you to leave, to go to the movies, for instance." "l love movies!" "l'm glad." ""Old lady cut in quarters found in a trunk." Was it Pablo?" "Pablo, he makes me laugh." "Tell me..." "Pablo's boyfriend, the center forward, what does he think of you?" "lsn't he jealous?" "Not at all." "On the contrary, I'm useful to him." "He's married and he has just had a baby girl." "That's a modern foursome." "What are you doing?" "Leave it." "Today is my turn." "You're right." "It's the habit." "It's the habit." "Isabel?" "You're the perfect wife." "Tell that to Gogo." "What are you doing?" "!" "You're calling him?" "I'm calling my children." "Newspapers!" "Isabel!" "What happened?" "You didn't tell me." "It's an emergency?" "I made a pass at him in the subway." "You wouldn't believe it." "I was reading a magazine and he read it over my shoulder." "We started laughing together." "Oh Leonor, he's amazing!" "lt's so nice to share laughter." "Yes. -lt's so erotic." "The man from the other night was also amazing, remember?" "And he stole from you." "You sometimes scare me." "Being alone scares me more." "Don't I help you?" "Of course you do." "But it's not the same." "I'm sorry, honey." "I ruined your evening." "lt's not an evening to go to the movies. -lt always is." "Take care, Isabel, please." "Good luck!" "Pablo!" "How are you?" "Hi!" "What are you doing here?" "Weren't you at the movies?" "lt's the end of the month." "Isabel was furious when she answered the bell." "l think I interrupted her orgasm." "Pablo!" "What's wrong?" "Aunt Mariví died on Tuesday." "I swear I didn't kill her." "She died because she was a glutton." "An indigestion." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Because... I don't know. I don't know." "I feel so guilty." "It's not that, it's..." "Yes, it's that." "Two more years of therapy, at least." "You'll see you'll miss her." "No, I won't." "No." "The gay nephew, the freak, will sleep in her bed." "I have other projects." "Take a look." "There's a bedroom here." "And here there's another one." "There's a bathroom here and another one here." "They're two." "Then you go downstairs." "There's a kitchen, the stairs and a small corridor." "The garden's at the end of the corridor." "The jasmines are there." "Leonor, wouldn't you like to come and live with me?" "We'll keep on being friends." "Just the same." "But living together." "Do you know how nice it is to hear the keys of the other at the door?" "On Sundays we could have breakfast together." "What would have happened to me if I didn't meet you?" "Are you coming or not?" "When can I move in?" "Did you pay?" "Yes." "Now then." "Now?" "Let's go!" "This is so nice!" "Come in." "You're looking good!" "Let me see." "Very good!" "How do I look?" "You look good but they'll think you're my Mom." "You look like 40 years old." "How old do you think I am?" "l don't care." "Take out those clothes. -lt was worth my salary." "I don't care." "Sit down there." "Hold this." "Let's see." "You can give this to Aunt Lola." "Not the blouse, please." "Oh no, it's your hair." "No, please!" "Keep quiet!" "Let me do it!" "I'm better than you at this." "Let me do it." "He's coming to steal my girl." "That's so cruel." "Well, she's..." "Holy cow!" "I'm sorry, beauty, what's your name?" "l don't remember." "You're Mrs. ...?" "l'm Mrs. Nobody's." "l'm Leonor Vitali." "He's Mr. Morales, a talented architect." "Oh yeah?" "You can't imagine the house he built for me in Punta del Este." "I have to sell it." "Do you know anybody who might be interested?" "l'm a real estate broker." "That's great." "Give me your telephone number." "Okay." "I leave you two alone." "I wasn't going to come tonight." "But I felt inspired." "Be careful." "My Mom told me a man with a beard would fall in love with me." "I love defying women." "They turn me on, especially if they're beautiful." "I don't like seducers." "I've been married to one for 15 years." "Mrs. Nobody's, don't get like that." "People might think you're scared." "Scared?" "Of what?" "Shall we dance?" "FOR SALE" "May I help you?" "What are you doing here?" "This is cheating." "Why?" "I have to work here and I seized the opportunity." "Shall I help you with that sign?" "Alright." "You're waiting for someone?" "She's already here." "I figured you'd be hungry after finishing your work." "You're so nice. I'll take a look at the house." "Thank you." "l feel so sleepy." "I had too much wine." "Yes?" "Do you want to take a nap?" "You think so?" "Why not?" "I don't know." "Lie down here." "Rest your head." "What?" "My body seems so heavy." "Come on." "That's it." "ls that better?" "Yes." "While you rest,..." "..." "I'll take care of that." "Very good." "This is so nice." "Are you sleeping?" "I'm dreaming." "is it a good dream?" "I wish I wouldn't wake up." "Please, don't touch me." "Why don't you want my caresses?" "Tell me why you don't want them." "Tell me you don't want them." "That's not fair. I'm drunk." "It reminds me of "Cruz del Inca"." "Do you remember?" "I've been so happy with you, Fernando." "Yes." "Until you found out." "You're a traitor, that's what you are!" "You cheated on me!" "You were unfaithful to me!" "l was wrong." "I admit I was wrong." "But Gloria is not important, Leonor." "She's not important." "None of them are." "You're the only one who is important. -l'm important?" "Don't lie!" "Even your partner is more important than I am!" "What does he have to do?" "You wouldn't cheat on him." "You wouldn't lie to him or betray his good faith." "lt's not the same!" "Of course not!" "There're papers and contracts here!" "You wouldn't be disrespectful to him!" "He's your equal!" "And what about me?" "!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Don't be hysterical!" "Everyone's listening to your screams." "You're creating a scandal as if it were Judgment Day." "It's Judgment Day for me." "I came to tell you I'm leaving." "Leonor, are you nuts?" "I don't want to be near you." "I need to be alone." "And your kids?" "They're yours too." "What can I give them?" "I have nothing." "I'm not good at anything." "I want to vanish in thin air." "You look really beautiful." "I want to make love to you again." "They should invent an antidote against men like you." "You didn't forgive me." "Yes." "I think." "But I'm scared of suffering again." "Like a relapse." "But that's what life is about." "Do you know what was our misfortune?" "We'be been too happy together." "I got used to it." "And when I lost you..." "And Gloria?" "How is she?" "I don't know." "You ruined all that." "To me she was just the feeling of danger, I don't know." "After that..." "You're unbelievable." "Will you ever come back to me?" "What for?" "You and I don't see marriage with the same eyes." "Neither I nor any man." "That's why I'm not living with a man." "You prefer that sad gay." "That sad gay respects me and doesn't make me suffer." "Like me?" "I want to change." "Help me be a better man." "My little girl, will you answer my calls?" "Yes." "But as long as you don't call me little girl anymore." "You're right." "That's not you." "I love you, do you know that?" "I love you too." "Hi." "What are you doing here?" "l called the studio and... they told me your flight number." "I wanted to surprise you." "Stop it, please!" "I want to listen to the music." "Stop it, damn it!" "Don't you get it?" "!" "Stop it!" "Why are you staring at me?" "!" "shut up!" "Stop it!" "Pablo?" "Do you want to go to the movies tonight?" "You know what he told me?" "Something evil." "He told me I loved like a woman." "That I'm jealous and possessive." "Like me?" "No." "He doesn't want to see me anymore. -l'm glad." "He always tells you that to scare you, that's all." "l'm sick of suffering." "You're not the only one." "That's true." "Can you scratch my back?" "My hands are dirty." "It doesn't matter." "Scratch it." "Pablo, you're so thin." "You envy me." "Yes." "It's over!" "Tonight I'll have fun for a change." "I'm going out and I'll have a great time." "Have fun." "Get me a whisky, please." "Let it be two." "Leonor!" "Baby!" "How are you?" "l'm glad you came." "l brought a present for you." "Thanks." "There're some good-looking guys." "I'm not talking about me." "I'm no longer available." "l found the needle in the haystack." "You're so crazy." "Come, I'll introduce them to you." "Give me a drink." "A whisky?" "Claudio, she's Leonor." "I told you about her." "Leonor, he's Roberto, a friend of mine." "How are you?" "Oh no!" "l don't want to stop." "Wait for me downstairs." "Downstairs, outside." "In the car." "Pablo!" "What did they do to you?" "!" "What's wrong with you?" "!" "Talk to me!" "Open your eyes!" "Come on!" "Let's go upstairs." "Can you walk?" "Can you?" "Do you have any other injury?" "Hold me." "Come." "Easy." "Does it hurt?" "I'll help you." "Do you have a disinfectant?" "Alcohol?" "A box with some medicines?" "This will help you." "Water, please." "Both of us will need a tranquillizer tonight, I think." "Don't leave me alone tonight." "Do you want me to sleep here?" "Please." "Yes." "Thank you." "Leonor..." "Yes?" "And if aunt Lola saw us?" "Pablo!" "I love you!" "I love you too." "Don't touch that." "My daughter, what a life!" "THE END"