"Subtitles by Subransu  jpf" "Subtitles by Subransu  jpf" "The West?" "No, it's the periphery of a city:" "Mexico." "Here, as in the large cities, metropolises are suffocated by smog... and harassed by an unstoppable rush, agitated by the crowding of buildings, of houses and things, of souls and bodies, here are also lost cities," "the hangover of anguish." "The fraud to hope is done and people leave their homeland... thwarting the nobility of the countryside that longs for the hour of rescue." "The man and his family leave their home and land... wanting to join the city center, apparently new, but already old." "Then as in the classic quote, hope is lost, and trying to rise all cynicism is acquired to support the falls." "There in that desert of loneliness and anguish... man, claiming to find new horizons, sometimes falls into crime, and as in all big cities, even from country to country, the belts of the periphery... are a challenge to the honesty of those who arrive." "Promiscuity arises, then slaughters childhood and youth." "Now we broadcast... from the sand mines on the outskirts of the federal district... our program "Here is Mexico"." "And there comes the sign of our colleague... who will interview some people... who have come from different parts of the Republic." "Go ahead." "Do you already have a steady job?" "No." "They are our relatives, I invited them, they are my guests." "But do they have sufficient financial resources?" "What?" "If they have sufficient financial resources." "What is that?" "Money, banknotes, to live, to eat." "No I'm telling you mister, we go to my friend, he'll put us up." "And how many are you?" "Well, my family has five:" "my dad, mom, grandmother, daughter and me." "And you who invited them, where you're from and how many are there in your family?" " Face the camera please." " From there, and we are eight." "And where eight can eat, so can sixteen." "Just add a bit of water to the beans and there you go." "In addition we have two hands, we can work." "I can work as street-sweeper, farmhand, bricklayer." "Well, what would you say?" "Sir, let us stay here." "No, I'm not saying anything, ma'am." "I'm going to put up my booth" "I sell enchiladas and tamales, and my children newspapers... and chewing gum, we won't starve." " Very well, ma'am." " Okay kid!" "With God's help we'll have a house for our children, who won't be as poor as us." " Ah, so optimistic!" " Are you from here, sir?" "I've been here 15 years already." "Of course they'll have their cardboard houses, then these animals come with their tractors, to demolish them, and we have to rebuild them." "And they demolish them, again and again, until you send them to the trash." "Yes!" "And here their children will be poorer than ever." "I also came there, from Jalisco, 15 years ago." "What a success!" "And I had my land, my animals, and I brought my mom." "And I brought my girls, they were pretty, the wicked ones." "Well here they took them away from me." "They also picked up your wife." "Who's asking you, ox?" "Not that yours was faithful to you, either!" "The hunger is sickly!" "Poor women, they have to eat something!" "Better if they hadn't come, so help me God." "In addition, besides Indian...!" "No sir, please not that word, they'll cut us off, we're in the air." "Please calm down a bit and we'll finish the story." "We'd like to finish the story..." "Not that word sir!" "Well be fined, please calm down a bit." "Behave yourself as decent people." "Tell them to calm down so we can continue the story." "Just a few more minutes, and we'll end this right away." "It's just impossible." "We'll have to cut." "Every man for himself." "Gentlemen, I beg your pardon, this transmission..." "Child, please!" "Sorry, this transmission..." "We had absolutely nothing to do with this incident." "We end the program: "Here Mexico"." "Our next program: "Married, virgin and victim."" "Please turn off the TV, it makes me nervous." "Sorry, my wife is a bit nervous." "You don't mind if I turn off the TV?" "Thank you." "Hey Evita, when you can see, will you tell me the color of things?" "Yes Sergio, I'll tell you." "And the color of the wind and the sky?" "Swear it." "Yes, Sergio, I swear." "I swear." "# What color is the wind?" "Tell me, tell me." "# What color is the wind?" "Tell me, tell me." "# It's the world, a wheel I want to see, # a spinning wheel not knowing where to go, # universe of things of varied splendor, # they tell me the wind has no color ." "# With the eyes of the soul I can paint everything # on beautiful colors of unparalleled beauty." "# Nothing can match the color of my flowers, # what I want and desire I always imagine." "# What colors are the sky and the sea, # the whole firmament, and the solitude?" "# I want you to tell me, I long to know... # the color of the wind, I can not see." "# What color is the wind?" "Tell me, tell me." "# What color is the wind?" "Tell me, tell me." "# And my little world is all happiness, # people tell me and maybe it's true." "# With the eyes of the soul all looks better," "# I see 1000 butterflies of amazing color." "# I see 1000 butterflies of amazing color." "# Color, color, color. #" "Isn't there any more chance?" " You're the doctor, sir?" " Not for now." "I'm really sorry." " Thank you, doctor." " With your permission, gentlemen." " Let's go." " Why did we bring her here?" "Please shut up, I told you!" "Then he should say so." "I'll take her to the United States, if necessary." " Calm down, calm down." " "Calm down, calm down"." "You are mediocre, indolent." "Evita, you want me to tell you the story of the monster that ate people alive?" "Don't tell me any of your nonsense!" "Let's see Sergio, tell me." "My dad!" "Good afternoon, Mr. Helguera." "Good afternoon, Dimas." "Daddy, daddy!" "Miss, who is this gentleman who was holding your hand?" "Don't you know that princesses must present the young people who accompany them?" "It's Sergio daddy, it's Sergio." "And is he handsome?" "Because you'll buy him glasses like mine." "But why?" "Well... so that his eyes don't look ugly." "To... to make him look more handsome." "Whatever you want, my queen." " Sergio?" " Yes." "Who is this?" "It's me, Eva's father." "What are you doing here?" "I came to see Evita but they won't let me in." "Evita can already see, right?" "No, Sergio." "The doctor says she'll soon be able to see, not yet." "That's not true." "Take her to another doctor." "Glasses?" "From Evita, right?" " These are for you." " For me?" "And for what?" "Artemio, are you coming or what?" "For people who can see and need to see better... there are special, transparent lenses." "Those who are bothered by the sun wear sunglasses, but for you... to make you look more handsome." "Gosh!" "I can see, I can see, I can see, I can...!" "Hey!" "It's not true." "WHAT COLOR IS THE WIND" "LZ, the station you hear everywhere." "# Champion in the north and first on mariachi dance." "# LZ, yes sir, the most pleasant station. #" "Angel!" "See what a hit I made in my Tapalapa." "Sure, man, since you're on radio LZ!" " Those glasses, where did you get them?" " From here, from there." "Look." "Take it." " # A little star wept, # and looking at me lonely and sad, it got pity on me." "# Then I started thinking # how to take away their sorrows and mine." "# A little star wept, # and seeing me suffer, his light illuminated me." "# A starlet saw me and gave me hope... # to see each other with you." "# A starlet saw me and he was right... # because here is your friend. #" "# A little star wept, # and on seeing me lonely and sad, it got pity on me." "# Then I started thinking... # how to take away their sorrows and mine." "# A little star wept, # and seeing me suffer, his light illuminated me." "# A starlet saw me and gave me hope..." "# Radio LZ." "# Look mom, # my dad is tired." "# Tidy up, clean the house, # have the meal ready, so he'll feel loved." "# Look mom... #" "If tomorrow you bring me muddy water like that, I won't buy it, so you better not come." "Well Adelita, it's not my fault, that's how the water comes out from the tap!" "You mean you could die?" "That's up to God!" "If we don't die of thirst, we die of the dirt." "My son, you arrived!" " Now what are those glasses?" " Evita's dad gave them to me." "You look like an owl." "Oh Angel, you don't know how I appreciate what you do for my son, you're like his guardian angel!" "Ah, today for him and tomorrow for me." "It's that I love this kid to pieces, and selflessly." "Thank you." "See you tomorrow." " Goodbye, my little boy." "Now go, rabbit Blas." " See you later." "Angelon!" "What's up with the child, brother?" " Do you hear?" "Let me remind you who won the races." " What's up, Santiago?" "They stole my stuff" "I won't let it pass just because you're babysitting my son." "Gambling debts are debts of honor." "I will!" "I'll hand it over later, Melchor." "Deny it, matador." "What happened, my son?" "Mom, I'm hungry!" "Why didn't you come eat earlier?" "I already fed all your brothers." "It's because I went to see Eva." "Listen son, what are these glasses for?" "To see better." "What a clown!" " What happened, how did it go?" " They didn't let me in." "Oops, those evil guys!" "Hobnobbing with the rich people, many friends won't let you in." "So there we are." "Well, that's what I say." "Why should you hang out with these people?" "What?" "Yes, why hang out with these people?" "It'd be better to help me entertain these loudmouths." "But today they operated on Eve's eyes." "And what do I care?" "So what happened?" "Can she see now?" "No, but the doctors say she'll be able to see later." "Gosh, what bad luck, son!" "And her parents spent so much money!" "Right?" "You gave her the flowers?" "No, they wouldn't let me in, I brought them here." "Now what?" "What's up?" "Ah nothing, we're not talking about anything." "Come here." "Do you hear, my son?" "You already knew I was a sailor, right?" "Yes Dad, you told me that a 1000 times." "Yeah, right." " You know what son?" " Yes, Dad." "I'm taking you to the sea." "You'll see how the sea water will cure your eyes." "I want to go, Dad." "Hey, Dad, tell me again of the fish that bit off the arm of your friend." "Son, what a horrible story!" "Are you sure, son?" "Yes, Dad, tell me, tell me!" "No!" "You know what?" "I better tell you the story of a shark I trained." "That's a new one." " Come on." " Yes?" "Well, here you are: one day I caught a newborn shark." "And so very pretty." "Son, you cannot even imagine it!" "It was a shark this size, look." "So pretty!" "With freckles on his gills and all." "Very nice!" "And with its little nose so tender, and its little teeth." "Hey, exactly like this." "So you see, I get it on the boat and start training it." "And it began to grow and grow and grow." "Soon it was used to walking there." "There, there, there with me, there on the deck." "For we walked up and down, the shark and I, son." "But one day, I swear, it goes out without my permision... just to become a lone wanderer." "And then slips and falls into the ocean, for being disobedient." "And what happened?" "Well it drowned, my son, it drowned." "Pooh!" "Stop talking nonsense and start eating, man." " You know what son?" " Yes, Dad!" "When I get back, I'll tell you of the frog widow." "What, what frogs?" "A frog so big you see, that I talked with it." "No, rather right now." "Not now my son." "I have see about a job." "I won't be late." "I'll be right back." "Oh, my son!" "The time it took me to prepare cake, and you're not eating?" "I'll eat them while walking, old girl." " Did you put sauce on?" " No, take some." "See you, bye." "Don't come back so late, going with your buddies." " No, man!" " Then he comes back at night." "Ah!" "I knew you would grab the gun." "Eh?" "No dad, it's just for playing!" "Playing my foot!" "With that gun I make my living." "The kings will bring a big water pistol, for showering and not to kill yourself." "See you later." "Bye Frijol." "Bye Santiaguito." "Hi, girly." " What's up Dad?" " What's up son?" "What's up, chief?" "What happened?" "Just the same old thing." "About the school diplomas, and where I lost them." "Ha, you lost them!" "Calm down, the children are here." "Daddy, sing me a song." "Listen, here it goes." "No." "Now if you start your yelling, it will wake up the others." "I'll take them outside." "Look, it's warm in here but very cold outside." "If you take them out, cover them." " I'll cover them." " Okay." "Hey, now I remember, how can you go out if you have to go to work?" "I know I have to go to work." "Starts at 11!" "11pm!" "My shift at the sails factory is at 11. 11pm!" "How many times do I have to tell you?" "Go to the terrace kids." " I'm going dad." " Go on." " Let's go, Santiaguito." " Where are you going, dad?" "Here outside." "At 11!" "11pm, easy!" " Daddy, can we sit here?" " Just here son." "Use that flower pot." "Where is Santiaguito?" "He's here, Dad." "That's it." "See, my son, just there." "At 11." "# Rabbit Blas, where you going with that trumpet on your back?" "#" "No Daddy, that's for toddlers!" "One about love and fights." "Ay, ay, dog ears!" "The Pigeons?" "Yeah?" "Go on." "Tunga, tunga, tunga, tunga." "One, two, three." "# Two pigeons flew out of their dovecote into oblivion, # for flying so far they couldn't return and found a new nest." "# Now you can dance and fall in love with anyone you want." "# You made fun of my love for no reason at all, you treacherous one. #" "Damned rats, they even took the cat!" "Don Melchor!" "Bring your sons inside, they got enough nightlife." "You can stay up late, but they don't." "Oh, blast!" "What a temper!" "It's at 11, man!" "Take them inside!" "Sing a solo, Santiaguito." "Just you son." "# Ay, ay, ay, ay!" "And God bless you, who was a witness. #" "Ay, Adelaide!" "# If Adelaide runs away with another guy... #" " With another?" "We'll shoot him down, son." " No dad, so goes the song!" "# Ay, ay, ay, ay!" "And God bless you, who was a witness." "# Now we can fly, you can fall in love with whoever you want." "# You made fun of my love for no reson at all, you treacherous one. #" "Mom, I'm really scared." "Come son, come here." "Lie here with me." "Don't be afraid." "You know what?" "I'll be right back." "I just think your brother fell asleep with the glasses." "Look!" "That's it." " Don't go." " I'll be right back." "Ay, there begins the orchestra!" "I'll take them so they won't break." "Be seated boys!" "Start counting quietly, all together!" "Oh, look how they left my desk!" "Children, quietly to your seats, let's start." "Let's remember the lesson of yesterday." "Everyone open your book at page number three." "What happened Angelito, how are you?" "Very well." "And you young man?" "All right." "And how did we do in soccer?" "Pretty bad, Miss, the Atlante defeated us." "Good!" "You owe me my bet, huh?" "Fair." "# Lost love... #" " Okay, the stand for saints and portraits." " The box of sweets." "For the box of Coca-Cola!" "And there's the one who was missing, dear son!" "What happened with me son, what happened to the food order?" "What happened to you, master?" "You're not eating?" "I want some vegetables." "No friend, they say the treasure of parents are the children." "How sad!" "Yes, these guys have only sorrows and pain." "I know what happens, but that your kid doesn't see has to be God's will." "It may be, but that's no consolation." "Why do that to him, and not to others?" "Why to my Sergio, if he's the one I love?" "Conrado!" "Serve me another white cofee." "# Love lost, if what they say is true that you live happily without me, # live happily, I for my part will not hate nor hold any grudge against you.. #" "Lost already, little brother!" "And now, what will you pay me with?" "I'll give you the blades of my blender." "Go on, toss!" " You're paying for your sins." " On that poor boy?" "But what did he do wrong?" "What do you want me to say?" "What can you say?" "That's the point." "Nothing and nothing and nothing and nothing." "That is the word that comes to mind when I think of my kid's problems." "A miracle!" "We wish you health." "What health buddy, what health?" "Tell me which one!" "At least for this kid, right?" "Yes, true," "for this one." "Everyone has their problems." "I go pee." "# Love lost..." "# Lost love... # Hey, cuckold!" "Oh yeah?" "# Love Lost, # if as they say it's true that you live happily without me... #" "You're home, son?" "Mom, and what about dad?" "He's there with his buddies, playing dominoes." "There comes "Bat-eyes", boys, let's mess him about." "What a miracle!" "I haven't seen you around here very often, I thought you were dead." "What's up guys?" " Would you like to play?" " No, I'm looking for my boss." " Cowardly kid!" " I'm neither a kid nor a coward." " Prove it, ox." " Okay." "What shall we play?" " Come on, weenie." " It won't hurt you." "So you'll learn to be a man." "Silence, bunch of scandalous stray dogs!" "They can't concentrate on the domino!" "# Love lost, if as they say it's true that you live happily without me... #" "Beware, boys, believe it or not, there goes "Bat-eyes"." "Up till here kid." "Up till here." "Okay, let's play blind man's buff, okay?" "The first one you grab is the chicken." "Yes, but don't hide far away" "It should blindfold him, maybe he can see." " Who brought a cloth?" " I did." " Give it to me." " Take off the glasses." "I take them off for if you break them I'll smash your faces." " I even say it with an angry voice!" " I'll blindfold him." " Ready." " What do you see, a cross or horns?" " Cross." " Cross?" "This poor bugger can see." "For lying we'll put him in jail." "To the jail, to the jail!" "To jail, to jail, to jail!" "To jail, to jail!" "Open the prison gate, boys." "Yes, quickly." "# Love lost, if as they say it's true that you live happily without me...#" " With noise or without?" " With noise." "No, without noise, else this blind person can see." "So the quiet way." "At three start searching." " Stay put." " One... two... three." " Sergio, here, here." " Here Sergio, look, Sergio, here, look." "Melchior, Melchior, Melchior!" "Come on!" "What's up kitten?" "They want to do wrong to Sergio." "Scabs, women, soldiers and dogs forbidden to enter." "Sergio, look there!" "Don't be a donkey!" " There are thorns!" " There are no thorns!" "There, there, there, there!" "Here Sergio, look here!" "Beware, here comes the drunk!" "Sergio!" "Sergio!" "Sergio?" "Sergio?" "Just look!" "What did those beggar brats do?" "What are you doing here?" "Nothing Dad, I was playing blind man's buff." " What's with your hands?" " Nothing." "Show me your hands, boy!" "Son!" "Wretched abusers!" "Sons of a...!" "Now we'll have a drink, huh?" " I don't drink, dad." " Why not?" "A gulp for me, and a sip for you." "That was for me, son." "Now for you." "No, Dad." " You know what, my child?" " Yes, dad." "Do you remember that I... well... was a sailor?" "You told me over a 1000 times." "Yes, but now, well..." "I'm a watchman." " You know what, my child?" " No." "For years I got used to hear its sound." "Well, I'll give you my treasure, my son." "You know what, my child?" "Whenever you have a problem, or you need me, or you're in danger, my son," "You just whistle and I'll come running for you." "No matter where I go, I'll hear." "Blow, my son." "Louder, so I can hear!" "That's it!" "So my son!" "National Institute for the rehabilitation of the blind." "Hello Dimas!" "What a miracle, Mr. Helguera!" "How are you?" "Evita, what a pleasure to see you girl!" " Hello Evita." " Hello Dimas." " How did it go?" " So so." "Someone will have a good time, huh?" "Sergio!" "Eva, come!" "Run!" " Where are you, Sergio?" " Over here." " How have you been?" " Good." "You'll see!" "I'm very angry with you because you didn't come to see me." "Yes I went." "Ask your dad and he'll tell you I did." "Hey girl, is it true that the operation is awfully painful?" "Oh, my God!" "What happened to you Sergio?" " No, nothing." " Tell me what happened to you?" "I came to see you, but they didn't let me in." "All the time I was waiting there in the street, and they didn't say anything." "And then your dad came out and said nothing." "Ay, then you should have send a letter!" "But you can't even read!" "True, but neither can you write." "What a miracle, it's long since I last saw you here around." "I thought you were dead." "And now what, what is that?" "Are you crazy?" "You said you were going to tell me what happened to you." "I quarreled with a cactus and there was lots of blood." "Oh, how horrible, don't tell me any of your disgusting stuff!" "Now, Sergio, tell me." "Well after the big fight with the cactuses... my dad put a few sips of tequila on my hands... and my mom got me some oily rags... to absorb the tequila that my dad gave me, and then Angel put on these big gloves to remove the oil that my mom applied." "And then teacher Luz María took me to the hospital... to take off the big gloves Angel gave me." "Ay, all the things you got!" "And what do I give?" "A kiss on the hands." "Oh don't, you're hurting me!" "Come, let's go to class, the bell rang already." "Hey, how are Alex, Gustavo, Raphaelite and Juanita?" " Fine." " Fine, really?" "Fine and blind, like us." "Woe, don't make me run!" "Remember I'm a woman, and my glasses are falling." "And speaking of glasses, what about the glasses my daddy gave you?" "Look, here they are." "I have them on." "Ah, good!" "Besides your dad giving me something, my dad gave me something as well." "Look." "What is it?" " Dimas!" " What's up?" "Help me." "Pull out what I showed you yesterday." "It's very tight." "Give it to Evita, please." "Take it, little girl." "It's a boat whistle." "Blow it, but softly, so my dad won't come." " Evita, Evita!" " Teacher Luz Maria!" "Good to see you, my dear, we really missed you." "Right, my son?" "Indeed, a thousand percent." "Sergio, don't talk like that." "Look son, if we have such a beautiful language... you don't have to repeat these vulgarities." "Let's go, come to class." "Atlante is pressing on, its center-forward and..." "Santillan." "Melchor!" "Whine so they let you go." "Melchor!" " Do you think that they'll let me go?" " Hopefully they let you go." "Melchor, they want to take him once again!" ""Melchor Melchor"." "Let him go!" "He gets along with the girl, and since both are blind they are in their own world." "Come on, just let him take him!" "I don't like it." "One day they will make a derogatory gesture." "What does it matter, if he can't see?" "Shut up, let us watch football!" "What's up?" "Let him go." "What does it matter?" " Oh, I don't like it, my son." " Now you forgot what day it is?" "It's Sunday." "So?" "What do you mean?" "We should be affectionate, you and me." "Come on my son, leave." "Behave yourself." "Give me a kiss." "Goodbye, little girl." " Thank you, sir." " Okay my love." "Behave yourself." " You should have got out of the car and bring them." " I won't get out on places like these." " Move over there, Petronila." " Petronila your grandmother!" "Brigitte!" "Careful, here are the children." "And don't cry." "They say women only cry when they want to pretend deep sorrow, those who defend such nonsense big words." "How gross they must be, or vulgar." "Let's go." "Brigitte, the children first!" "Women and children first." "It's you who shouldn't get out." "Get out Sergio." "Foolish men who accuse women without reason." "Forward, America!" " Chómpiras, pour me another drink, please." " Yes ma'am." "Where have you been, my love?" "I'm worried sick, I can't find my diamond ring, the big one." "Surely you left it in the sauna, my love." " You think so?" " Of course." " I'll go look for it." " Okay." "Thank you." " Ma'am, may I?" " Yes." "I already brought the children." "They are upstairs like you told me, but they want to swim." "No, don't let them come down until these people leave." " That's fine." " Wait, wait!" " Rehabilitation..." " Rehabilitation... of blind children..." "Daddy loves me very much." "Mom loves me too." "I love my dad, and my teacher who taught me to read and write." "Hurray!" "(Children singing a song)" "¡Hurray, for the teacher Louis Braille, hurray!" "Why your radio doesn't sound now?" "Look who's hanging around!" "Are you mad at me?" " They killed your boss!" " They killed your dad!" " Yours, mine is alive." " They shot him." "Some thieves wanted to rob the factory and your dad defended it." "They are crazy, nobody kills my dad." "My father who fought pirates, nobody would kill him." "Don't you think so, Angel?" "Have courage, kid." "People from the factory brought the body." "Now there's a wake." "You don't believe it?" "Well, you'll see." "Come in boys." "Yes, let's go." "Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us." "Dad!" "Please ma'am, it's the blind son, help him." "Dad!" "Dad !" "Dad!" "Let the deceased rest in peace." "Dad!" "Buddy, can I have your attention." "Look buddy: after you feel better I come and give you sexual healing." "What do you think?" "Eh?" "Santiago, take your brother to do poo-poo." "Son, if you don't want to go back to school you can stay here." "Sergio." "Sergio!" "I didn't go." "I'm still here." "Don't be sad, Sergio." "And how could I?" "Well, you have to think that your dad is with dear God in heaven." "Do you think he's happy?" "Well... yes of course!" "Would he already have forgotten me?" "I think so." "Just like you, can you think of someone when you're asleep?" "Last night my dad told my mom... he was going to go to Acapulco to talk to some men." " Acapulco?" "At the sea?" " Yes." "My dad was a sailor before he was a watchman." "You told me already a 1000 times." "Sergio, I'm having a great idea." "Goodbye, love." "Bye." "I call you at the office." "I'll take the Mustang." " Be careful." " Yes, of course." "Goodbye, love." "Bye, mommy." "Evita, why are you sitting there, so sad and lonely?" "It's because I asked mom that you take us to Acapulco, and she refused." "But I can't look after you girls because I'll be very busy." "No, not us girls, Sergio and me." "But my dear!" "We have to be right nearby the sea, because it sounds like a lion." "It has to be quite nice, and hopefully we don't meet the fish that bit off my dad's friend's arm." "Ay, ay, ay!" "Don't tell me any of your disgusting stuff!" "Now, Sergio, tell me." "Whoever goes further than the steps we count will be thumped." "One, two, three, four, five, six,... 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31," "32, 33, 34, 35..." "Kid!" " Kid!" " Yes, Miss." " A cocofish, please." " One cocotote with gin for the lady!" "Look Sergio what my dad gave me." "What is that thing?" " A conch." " What is that?" "It gets the sound of the sea, then later we'll hear it in Mexico." "Look, it's like a phone." "Hello, hello?" "Hello, hello?" "Hello?" " Sergio, Sergio!" " What's up?" "I'll tell my dad to buy one for you, to communicate and listen to the sea." "Dammit!" "Am I that heavy?" "Nice!" "Come, let's play in the sea." "What do we play?" "Let's dig holes and see if we can make our hands meet." "Yes, come on." "Hey, look what's coming out of my hole!" "It's water!" "Oh, perhaps we pierced the sea!" "Yeah, we better get out of here, because if there's a lot of water, we could drown." "Look." "Where did we sit in?" "Maybe in poop." "How disgusting." "I'll take off my swimsuit." "Take off yours, too." " Shall we play we're married?" " How is that?" " I'll wear this as a veil." " What's that?" "Sergio, it seems you don't know, a towel on your head." "Let's play we get married." "Come here." "I'm the bride!" "And I'm the groom!" "I am the wife!" "And I'm the husband!" "I am Eva!" "And I... and I... and I am Adam!" "Hey son, what would you like to do Sunday?" "Where do you want me to take you?" "One day I'd like to go to the zoo... to see camels, the baby camels, elephants, monkeys..." "Of course I should see." "Ouch, I wouldn't want to get close to the lions!" "I would really be scared, being blind." "No, when you're with me you'll never be scared." "For nothing." "Well who knows, but anyway I would like to see them myself." "How was it in Acapulco?" "How was it in Acapulco?" "Great, teacher!" "What happened, Angel?" "Hey, today was your turn to lose, teacher, but I'll still pay for the cake you won on last game." "Gambling debts are debts of honor." "Eh?" "# Gentlemen, I have a problem I can not solve:" "# my mother-in-law got lost, and my wife weeps for her." "# Notify the police as well as reporters, # alert at sea and land, something may happen to her. #" "Hey, teacher: what is seeing?" "Seeing?" "It's not having to touch or smell, or hear things to know what they are." "# I love to, Matarile rile ro." "# What do you want?" "Matarile rile ro." "# I want a page boy, Matarile rile ro." "# You do choose, Matarile rile ro." "# I choose Eve, Matarile rile ro." "# we put her into the pot to make cracklings. #" "Well, now come here, I'll tell you a story." "Okay?" "Sit down here, let's be quiet." "So..." "I was with you." "Yes, you are here with me." "Lolo, come on over." "Where are you, my son?" "Very well." " Well, I'm going to..." " Teacher, you didn't tell us how old you are." "I am very young, little girl!" "And you're pretty or ugly?" "I'm... quit pretty!" "If you're pretty, why don't you marry?" "Ah, well, I don't marry because... because I don't want to leave all of you alone." "You'll never get married?" "Sure, I've got many suitors!" "Why are you concerned about that child which isn't yours?" "Because he's the son I always wanted." "But he isn't, Miss Luz Maria." "You should never forget that." "I know, but it's because Sergio has stolen my heart." "Do you want some advice?" "Get married and have your own child." "Me marry, ugly and old?" "Solely with a blind man." "And why not?" "No, I missed the last train, as the expression goes." "Sergio Perez." "Congenital cataract." "But can't they operate?" "Yes, with 90 percent success, but he has to wait his turn." "How much would the operation cost?" "Some 3,000 pesos, with all costs included." "Dr. Medina, who is my friend, called me to explain the situation." "I don't understand why you can't wait for six months." "You're not rich." "Excuse me doctor, I can't wait." "It is a personal matter." "Well, unless you want the child to owe you to be able to see." "Now tell me teacher." "It's just..." "I prefer the children to go outside." "What?" "That the children go outside." " That they leave?" " Yes." "Ah, well." "Are they ill?" "No, they have a fever." "Well... take them outside." "Good Sergio, we're going to play on the swings." "Now will you enlighten me, it's a mystery to me." "Well, ma'am, it's this:" "the school doctor told me that they can operate Sergio." "Oh, what a joke!" "And me and the two little kids, should we starve?" " No!" " Oh, how funny!" "No, ma'am, I have savings." "I have no family, I'm alone in the world, and then..." "I thought to use that money for Sergio's operation." "Well, that changes things." "So, do you agree?" "No I don't agree." "But your son might see!" "This dump?" "It's better the way it is." "Ma'am, don't you see?" "Don't you realize that with the child's intelligence... and sight, he'd have more chance to succeed?" "Well things considered, yeah, right." "He could load baskets on the market or run errands, right?" "Well... do what you want for him." "I leave it in your hands." "Take him if you want." "It will not hurt, doctor?" "Yes a little, but in exchange you'll be able to see." "Will I sleep during the surgery?" "Yes." "The pain comes later." "But don't worry, there are drugs for that." "Well I don't care if I'll be able to see my wife, if it hurts that's fine." "So the gentleman is married, huh?" "Yes, we got married in Acapulco, me and Eva." "Never mind doctor, it's child's play." "What a beautiful game!" "Right?" "Yes, very beautiful... when you're a child." "# What color is the wind?" "Tell me, tell me. (encore)" "# It is the world, a wheel I want to see, # a spinning wheel not knowing where to go, # universe of things of varied splendor, # they tell me the wind has no color." "# With the eyes of the soul I can paint everything # on beautiful colors of unparalleled beauty." "# Nothing can match the color of my flowers, # what I want and desire I always imagine." "# What colors are the sky and the sea, # the whole firmament, and the solitude?" "# I want you to tell me, I long to know # what it is I can not see. #" "These missing sequences, young doctors, illustrate the techniques that can be used... for the extra-capsular lens extraction, which are precisely the ones we use for..." "Excuse me doctor, I'm sorry to interrupt, but here's a young friend who insists on saying goodbye to you." "Ah, Sergio, come here!" "Don't turn off the projector for this test I'm going to do." "He wants you to remove the protective bandages." "Here are the glasses of the child." "Thank you, I'll take care of him." "Look youngsters, this is a case we successfully resolved." "Let's see, little guy..." "One, the other..." "Let's see how it goes." "I can't see very well, doctor." "Of course not, but here you have your new glasses." "How about now?" "Wow!" "But don't take them off, else you'll be blind again." "Wait here a second." "What is this?" "Come, approach, I know you don't recognize it." "Close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you." "Touch it." " A glass!" " Sure, a glass!" "And this?" " A ball." " Touch it and smell." " An orange." " Right!" "And what is this?" "Not with closed eyes I know what it is." "Come on, hold it to your ear." " Hey, a clock!" " Very good kid, very good!" "For sure it's a clock." "Well, now you're ready." "Look there in the hallway, there's a person who came for you." "You'll find her." "Switch off the projector, I want to give a preliminary explanation." "Turn on the lights, please." "Now, young man, go to your world." "You may have noticed how unfazed the child was to see the slides we were looking at." "This is because..." "Sergio!" "You're dazzled by the light." "You'll get used to it." "Greet your wife, when you see her." "# I love to, Matarile rile ro." "# What do you want?" "Matarile rile ro. #" "She didn't tell us how old she is." "I am very young, little girl!" "And you're pretty or ugly?" "I'm... quit pretty!" "If you're pretty, why don't you marry?" "Tell me Sergio, am I ugly?" "Where are you going?" "Come here, come here, Sergio!" "I'm the witch Escandulfa!" "You don't have your feet on the ground!" "Sure, I'm flying!" "But I'll show you that in this world nothing is true or a lie, everything is according to the glasses we look through." "Come." "Ah, so I too can fly!" "Yes my love, but with both feet on the ground." "Eh?" "Let's fly." "You look like a fish with wings!" "No, I want to be Superman." "Come my love." "Are you happy?" "That's you." " That's me?" " Yes." " The mirror!" " Sure." " Hey, are you happy!" "Yes?" " Yes." "Good." "You know what?" "We should go to church to thank God for this miracle." "Shall we?" "I want to watch TV and see my mom." "That's for later." "Right now we're going the other way." "Oh, let me go, let me go!" "Run, police!" "Hey, teacher, what was it that came out of the man's head?" " Blood, my son, but..." " Blood?" " Yes." " And what color is it?" "It's red." "But I don't want you to see it." "Forget it and we'll go give thanks." "Now kid, you'll meet God." "Put the glasses on." "Oh!" "Help me, Lord!" "Help me, Lord!" "Protect me, Lord!" " Help me, my God." " Now and at the hour of my death." "So be it." "Help me, help me." "Have mercy on me, Lord." "I need your help, Lord." "Lord protect me!" "Enlighten me, Lord!" "Teacher, teacher!" "What, my son?" "Why do people ask for help, if he's the one that needs it?" "Now look at the birdie." "Right now, boss." "Ours will be like this one." "Chewing, chewing gum!" "Buy some, okay?" "10 cents." "Buy your favorite magazine!" "So you sleep well." "Extra!" "Your porn magazine is out!" "Look my son, I already have the photo." "Hey, don't look at that smut!" "I'm taking you where you wanted to go when you could see." "Look son, these are balloons." "I'll teach you the colors." "Okay?" "Can you please lower them?" "Yes, miss." "White!" "Look, these are camels." "What are these?" "Ah, these are tigers!" "It's one of the wildest animals there are." "Look, nevertheless it doesn't bite the hand of the one that feeds it." "They look like cats, right?" "Yes, but wild." "# Double R like in barrel," "# Quick run the cartloads of sugar of the railroads. #" " Look, ducklings, my love!" " Oh, how cute!" " Look, there's one black one among whites." " No, there are many." "One, two, three!" "No kid, not for that horse!" "You're going to kill yourself!" "Not that way!" "Not that way, not that way!" "Stop that boy!" "Look at them, how beautiful!" " What color?" " Red." "And this one?" "Blue." "This one, what color?" "White." "What color are the leaves?" "Green." "And the flowers?" " What's this flower?" " These are roses." " They sting!" " Yes." "So these are pink roses." "Look here, tell me what color this is." "It's purple." "No, it's violet." "It's lilac." "What happened my love, you forgot that glass is transparent?" "Let's see if we can get a taxi." "Taxi, taxi!" " Here, madam!" " I'm first!" "Get off." "Why do you cut me off?" "I saw them first." "Gum, chewing gum." "Lady, buy gum." "You want some my son?" "Thank you miss." "Why do the boys sell gum?" "Ah, because they are poor children who have to work to help at home, and pay for their school." "And believe it or not many of them succeed, even as to buy their mothers a house." "Quickly as you are, take the child to... the Zocalo, the monument of the revolution, and to the Palace of Fine Arts." " And what about Juárez miss?" " Oh my God, "Juárez, Juárez, Juárez"!" "I can see well without light." "And with light." "Oh, God be blessed !" "But even with light I don't see anything." "And now as promised: the television." "Put them down." "Scoot..." "You sit here..." "There, mister." "Here, sit down, and... the television." " Turn it on, turn it on!" " Yes, yes." "The intolerable, at your home." "No, no, no, not that." "Thousands of dead." "Good heavens, no!" "In Vietnam...the war has ended." "Do you know what?" "I'll be your television." "Esteemed audience, the best clown in the world:" "Riflán." "I'm the best clown in the world." "Could you tell me which animal is seven times an animal?" "No." " Ah, it's the cat!" " Why?" "The cat, because it has seven lives." "But now Riflán will do a great interpretation of the beautiful act "The Frog"." "And where did the record player go, pigeon?" "# When the frog went out for a walk (encore) # comes the mosquito who wants to sting. (encore)" "# The mosquito to the frog, the frog goes in the water and takes a swim." "# When the fly goes out to walk (encore) # comes the spider and wants to catch it (encore)." "# The spider to the fly, the fly to the mosquito, # the mosquito to the frog, the frog goes in the water and takes a swim." "# When the spider went out for a walk (encore) # the mouse came and wants to kill it (encore)" "# The mouse to the spider, the spider to the fly, # the fly to the mosquito, the mosquito to the frog, # the frog goes in the water and takes a swim." "Did you like it?" "I can't find them!" "Under your bed, son!" "Well, below the cot over there." "Oh, how pretty!" "For whom are they?" " For you." " For me?" "Oh, that's great!" " Are they really for me?" " It's all for you." "And did you see what's in there?" "Oh, that's great!" "Oh look, suits, trousers, shirts, all for you!" " You like it?" " Oh yes!" "Look son, your mother has many problems at home." "You have five brothers and they all sleep in the same room because you are very poor." "If you'd stay here with me, I would be like..." "like your mom, and that little bed and that room would be for you, and I will take you to school so you learn to read and write, and we'll go to the movies, and the circus, and to many places." "Stay, Sergio!" "Stay, and so... we would help your mom." "What do you say?" "Are you staying?" "What are you thinking, eh?" "Tell me, what are you thinking?" " You really want me to tell you?" " Yes, yes!" "Before you seemed prettier." " Good evening, Sergio." " Good evening, teacher." "Bat-eyes arrived, and now he sees." "Did they take out the eyes to clean them?" "Yeah!" "What do you think?" "Swing!" "He comes in suit and tie." "We have a ball." "The water tank!" "My house!" "Is this my house?" "Yes Sergio, this is where you live." "Frijolito!" "Arsito!" "Why are you crying, Santiago?" "Sergio?" " Mom!" " Yes." "Ay, my hair is a mess!" "He'll see." "Mom!" "There I go." "Mom!" "I hope he sees, my God!" " You arrived, my son!" " I'm here, mom." " You can see now!" " Yes, I can see." "Gosh, you look the same as you did!" "Well, what did you think?" "Forgive me teacher." "Just come inside." "Sorry, I couldn't make the beds, since I'm about to have my period..." "Sit down." "Sit down teacher, please." " Can you really see?" " Yes mom, I swear." "Let's see, what's that?" "The fireplace." "The table." "The lamp." "The mirror!" "The bed." "Dad's guitar." "The wardrobe, the baby." "Don't cry, don't cry Pulguita." "When I grow up I'll buy you a big house, mom." "Before he didn't even notice that this is a shack." "But isn't it beautiful that he wants to buy you something better, and when he grows up and studies, earns a lot of money to buy you nice furniture, nice clothes, and that house that he's thinking about?" "Alas, teacher!" "It's a long way from words to action." "And hopefully, now he can see, it's for his own good." "Thank you for what you did for him." "I'll leave these things I bought for Sergio." "Good afternoon." " Wait." " Teacher!" "Wait, ma'am." "Miss..." "Okay teacher, this drizzle." "Don't you want an oil-coat... or a newspaper to cover your head?" "Thanks , I have my umbrella here." "Teacher, where are you going?" "Home." "You know?" "I wish one day you'll come visit so I can take you to school." "Take this." "Take advantage of it, Sergio." " What is it?" " You'll see." "Thank you." "And you Sergio, get inside and take your brothers inside." "Come kid." "Come in, Frijol." "Come Santiago." "Oh, mommy, you look nice!" "Bite my dick." "Sergio, you want to see everything?" "Wow, one moment of neglect and the beans stick together!" "Mom." "Be quiet boy." "Mama, take me to Eva." "I want to see her." "Look, now that you are no longer a thing..." "A what?" "A thing: a rag, a chair, that I could just put there..." "Now you can see, you have to take responsibility, because you're the oldest, and you have to help me." "Noisy kid!" "Here is some bubble gum, so you can start selling." "Yes I'll work, but take me to Eva." "You won't see that rich girl again." "Why?" "Because she's rich and you are poor." " Poor?" " Yes son, very poor." "Because one day they will make a derogatory gesture, and now you can see it, not like before, as your father said." "But, mom!" "And forget about going to school with that old spinster." "Why, if she's so nice to me?" "And what do I care?" "And put these fancy cloths away and wear these, they're yours." "No, the teacher bought them for me!" "Put them away, I said." "But why mom, if the teacher bought me all these things and gave them to me?" "Look, put them away, otherwise they'll get dirty, and I want to sell them." "And you know what for?" "To buy food, and cloths, and flip flops, but the same for all of you." "Frijol, get out of there!" "But mom!" "Take it off." "And understand one thing:" "I put you in this world," "And I can do with you as I please, because you're my son." "And don't you forget." "Sergio my son, I want you to understand me." "I want you to understand..." " Adelita, Adelita, can I talk to you?" " Yes, tell me." "See, they want to force me to marry the guy from the store." "While we talk, can I help you with the kids?" "Yeah yeah." "Angel!" "Angel!" "What's up Sergio?" "How did it go?" "Well, I can see, I can see!" "Gosh, how nice!" "But then why are you crying?" "No, I got dirt in my eyes." " Angel, you're my friend." " Of course." "You do love me." "Don't be mean." "Take me to Eva's home." "I have to see her." "We're already going." "Hop." "I brought your cake, it's warm." "Eva, Eva!" "Hey big-eye!" "She's in the pool." "What, don't you know the house?" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Is it true that you can see?" "Yes, I can see!" "Liar!" "So why don't you see that I'm hiding here?" "Well, that's because you're hiding!" " Swear to me you can see." " I swear, I swear!" "Then wait a little, don't come closer." "Brigitte, Brigitte!" "Brigitte!" "What does my queen want?" "Give me my glasses, because Sergio can see and I don't want him to see me like this." "I'll bring them right away." "Run, huh?" "Don't despair, Perez!" "Here they are." "Put them on." "Now come Sergio." "Now you, Barabbas." "Well kid, why didn't you come see me?" "What color are these things?" "What color is the sky?" "Blue ." " The trees?" " Green." "And the flowers?" "Red, yellow, pink, white..." "Hey, I already knew that!" "Tell me, what color is the wind?" "Dirty." "Not worth watching, I swear." "And tell me, what color is the sun?" "That I can't tell you, because the doctor told me if I watched the sun..." "I could go blind again." "Ah, then don't look." "Promise me you'll never look." "I promise." "Come, I have a surprise for you." "Since you're here I'll give it to you." "My mom will be happy that you can see." "What is it?" "Wait, hold your horses." " Mom, Mom!" " What is it, my little girl?" "Sergio can see, mom, Sergio can see." "Wait, I'll bring your conch." "I'm so happy mum, Sergio can see!" "You can see, Sergio?" "Yes, ma'am." "Look Sergio, I hope you understand me:" "before we let you play with Evita because... you were the same." "But now you can see, you will not see Eva again." "Sergio, Sergio, son!" "Evita still belongs to the world of darkness." "You belong to the world of those that can see." "Understand me." "Sergio wait!" "What's with you, son?" "Sergio, Sergio!" "And you'll never see Eve ever again." " God, help me." " Forgive me God." "If you'd stay with me..." "I would be like your mom." "You look the same mom!" "And understand one thing:" "I put you into this world, and you will do whatever I want because you're my son." "And don't you forget." "And you'll never ever see Eva again." "Never." "Never." "Never." "Sergio, Sergio, swear you won't look into the sun!" "How are you!" "Angel!" "What's up Sergio?" "Oh!" "Are you crying?" "No, I just got something in my eye." "I went to the house of Evita for you, and couldn't find you." "She sent you this here." " Sergio, Sergio!" " Eva!" "Is she your wife?" "And then I went to your house." "Your mom is sad because she treated you badly." "But you have to work, brother." "She sends you this chewing gum." "They're 10 cents each." "And please mind the change, don't get cheated." "Oh, and here's the packet the teacher dropped off at your house." "Come on, open it." "Hey little one, it's to study!" "Very well, this way you'll be able to help your mom and brothers." "You see, I work and go to school at night and I don't wimp out." " See you later." " See you." "Chewing gum, chewing gum, 10 cents!" "I sell gum!" "# Now that I can see I need to find that my life is beautiful and to learn to look, # because the world revolves, it just wants to go round and round #" "Buy my chewing gum!" "# I see the colors of the sky and the sea," "# All the firmament and the immensity." "# The asphalt forest I am going to conquer, # in my new life, I came to find today." "# What color is the wind?" "# I know, I know." "# What color is the wind?" "# I know, I know." "# What color is the wind?" "#"