"Get the bags, Juampi." "It's just like it used to be..." "Oh, Anita you've no idea how everything was when we got here I must say..." "It's been such a hard transition." "I'm so glad to see you, son." "Hi, uncle..." "You've grown so much!" "How's the poetry going?" "It's okay." "Anita it's great to have you here." "Hi, Jorge." "And Pablito?" "He's fine..." "Loaded with work he's gonna try to make it later." "Juampi..." "Your cousins are so excited to see you!" " Excuseme." " Hello?" "Cousin!" "Maribel!" "It's been ages..." "You're so tall!" "Juampi!" " Jorge, don't." " What's up, Jorge?" "What?" "It's carnival!" "Juampi!" "You're such an idiot, Jorge!" "Juampi?" "I'M FINE!" "Juampi, sweetie, remember what your aunt said not to throw paper in the toilet." "He's been like this since he was little" "If he stayed in the sun for too long, he would bleed... if he got too worked up, more bleeding..." "Once a month, bleeding..." "Jorge, you're such a moron." "Maribel, please..." "Didn't you hear what Jorge said?" ""Didn't you hear what Jorge said?"" "They keep going at it all day long, like cat sand dogs" "I think what's going on here is that Maribel is Aries, afiresign... and Jorgito is Taurus, an earth sign." "Excuse me..." "Anita..." "I'm sorry about all this..." "Don't..." "C'mon..." "My dear friends: agains tall odds Vicky and I decided not to stop our annual carnival tradition where we gather our dearest friends." "As you all know I have fall en victim to the most injust political persecution." "We are deeply moved that you have made it all the way here to show us your support." "There are certain people who have turned their back on me." "Thanks for being here and your friendship." "LET THE PARTY CONTINUE!" "LONG LIVE THE CARNIVAL!" "Juampi, I'm not feel in gwell..." "I'm going to bed and then leave in the morning." "If you're leaving, I'm coming with you." "No, Juampi." "Uncle Jorge has a problem with your dad and now apparently with me, but not with you." "Please stay..." "Do it for your cousins..." "Anita, Juampi..." "What are you doing here?" "Vicky..." "I'm not feeling well." "Anita..." "Please under stand Jorge..." "He's going through such a rough time." "You have no idea how much it means that you're here." "And you, Juampi?" "Why aren't you with the kids?" "Let's take you dancing!" "Anita, you stay here..." "I'll be right back." "I had to drag Juampi here!" "COUSIN!" "We're so wasted..." "KIKI!" "This is my cousin, Juampi." "Hi 'Cousin Juampi'..." "SUSI!" "Don't drink too much, miss Maribel." "Drink up!" "Where were you, Juampi?" "Getting hammered by your self?" "I'm so fucking wasted!" "Really?" "C'mon!" "Don't be such a drag, Jorgito!" "Kiki, please..." " Hey!" " Hi." "What's up?" "Nothing." "What?" "Come!" "You're like like different." "Not that I care, but your cousins yell at each other all day long but you..." "Sorry..." "It was the last one." "You're like like all quiet." "Mysterious." "Mysterious?" "Hang on a sec." "Hello?" "Yes, I'm here, in front of Maribel's house." "Where are you?" "HERE!" "It's El Chava." "Who?" "Who's that?" "He's Maribel's cousin." "Hey, Maribel's cousin." "What's up." " Get moving." " I'm coming..." "If they ask, just say that I felt sick and went to bed in Maribel's room..." "Please..." "What if they find out?" "Who's gonna notice?" "GET MOVING, FLACA!" "I'm on my way..." "Fuck!" "Please, help me out..." "Please?" "Thanks!" " See ya, Maribel's cousin." " Let's go." "Jorgito Michel?" "C'mon, cut it out!" " Hurry up!" " C'mon!" "Did you see how I kicked them other fucker?" "WHO'S THERE?" "WHO THE HELL IS THERE?" "There he is!" "There's two of them!" "So?" "You're going back, right?" "I don't wanna go back." "WHO'S THERE?" "It's me, godfather." "What the hell is going on?" "Byron got beat up." "The cops took him." "FUCK!" "Wait here..." "What the hell were you doing with Byron, Juano?" "He asked me to help him scratch paint off the cars..." "Scratch the paint off the cars?" "He said he wanted to take revenge for Mama Rosa's money but then Byron started ripping off the hub caps." "You idiot!" "What did I tell you?" "That Byron is no good company, godfather." ""That Byron is no good company, godfather"." "But he's family." "SHUT UP, DAMN IT!" "They should've beaten you up as well maybe you'd learn something!" "Who's this?" "He's a relative of Don Jorge." " Of Don George?" " Yes." "If it wasn't for him, they would've kicked the shit out of me too." "Segundo Bolivar Toapanta Chasi everyone call's me "El Pichi" except for this one, he calls me "godfather."" "And your name is...?" "Juan Pablo." "That's his name too." "But everybody calls me Juano." "And what do they call you?" "Juan Pablo." " Good night, boss." " Yes?" "We're looking for..." "A relative..." "No one's come here tonight, Sir." "No?" "Where do you think they took him?" "It depends if he was drunk, probably to the transit retention center otherwise, maybe to the headquarters..." "He was in a fight and they did him in real bad." "Try the clinic near by, then." " Thanks, boss." " Thanks." "No, Sir, there's no one here with that name." " What now?" " Did you try the Public Hospital?" " The Public Hospital?" " They usually take them there." "Let's go." "It's them!" "Yes!" " Damnit!" " Hurry, godfather!" "Can't you see that I'm trying?" "!" ""ACE OF HEARTS LOVE MOTEL"" " Hi there." " Hi, boss." "It's 20 grand for half hour, 30 for an hour..." "Did a police car just come in?" "Can't tell you." "Are you staying or leaving?" " Do you have anything?" " No, nothing." "Thanks." "You got half hour." "Number one, all the way down." "Thanks!" "Byron!" "Get him out, quick!" "Hurry, Juano!" "Shut up, Byron!" "Grab his feet." "Let's get out of here, quick!" "Get up there!" "Help me." "Grab his feet." "That's it!" " Look what they did to him!" " My God!" "Juano, hurry up!" "C'mon!" "Juanito...?" "(In Quichua)" "Yes, Mama Rosa, he's a relative of Don Jorge." " And your dad is...?" " My dad is Pablo." "Pablo, Victoria...(In Quichua)" "Mama Rosa had her money in your uncle's bank and now that it went broke, they ain't gonna give her no money." "(In Quichua)." "She says you seem like a good person." "And you look like your dad when he was young." "And that you have pretty eyes..." "Easy, Juano stop being such a sissy." " CHEERS!" " Cheers, godfather!" "Cheers!" "That's it!" "One more!" " CHEERS!" " Cheers, godfather!" "I love my godson, damnit!" "He messes up a lot, but I love him!" "But get your hands off me!" "Parther swap!" " You wrote this?" " Yes." "It's mean, man." "Mean?" "Cool." ""The night is numbness." "I let the blackness envelop me and I see myself falling..." "Slowly." "Eternally." "Into the darkness."" "Mean shit!" "You dig metal?" "Metal?" "Heavy, Gothic, Trash, Black Metal..." "Check this out..." ""Descend and fly away to another day, a nother night..." "Sleep forever or serve to justify."" "Mean shit, huh?" "Just like your poems." "Good evening..." " Hi." " Hi." "Juampi, Anita left early." " She left?" " Yes but you're spending the holiday with us, right?" "Maribel, tell Susi to serve Juampi breakfast..." "I'm going to bed..." "I can't take this migraine anymore." "SUSI!" " Yes, Ma'am?" " Bring Juampi his breakfast." "So, you're gonna speak or what?" "Stop it, Jorge!" "If they don't wanna tell, leave them alone, Jorge." "...but it's not cool to disappear just like that." "I told you, I'm sorry." "You and Juampi shouldn't disappear like that." " Your breakfast, Sir." " Thanks." " What else do you want me to say?" "Juampi?" "I'm sorry." "What is it?" "Nothing..." " What were you looking at?" " Nothing." "You're weird." "Hello?" "No." "Hey, what's up?" "Not much..." "I was nearby..." "And saw the shop but I had no idea that..." "That I work here?" "This is it, yo." "They're all stolen." "Just kidding." " Hangover?" " Yes." "You were drinking hard, man." "So..." "How's your cousin?" "When I'm done, I'll head over to Mama Rosa's." "JUAMPI?" "Are you there?" ""Juampi"?" "What are you doing here?" "Nothing, I..." "Who's that?" "I don't know." "The mechanic, I guess." "El Chava wants to see me, you gotta help me out." "The closure of the Bank was met with despair by 700,000 depositors investigations indicate that money was diverted to businesses which obtained credit without the necessary security." "What can I do?" "My wife and I are sick we need our money to buy our medicines, ma'am." "The Superintendent of Banks stated that a competent bank management could have saved the financial institution from bank ruptcy." "Jorge Landívar Roca, the president of the bank, is now a fugitive." "The culprits must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." "Mean while, the victims demand justice." " JUSTICE, JUSTICE!" " In Quito, Maria Cec..." "Let's all go to church!" " Maribel?" " That's not a good idea, Mom..." "I'll go with you, Victoria." " Flaca?" " We'll find a seat in the back." "Yeah..." "I've got half hour." "Okay..." "Bye." "What?" "I told you I gotta see El Chava." "Are you jealous?" "El Chava works on his dad's rose plantation, near by." "So that's why you come to visit Maribel..." "Look at that..." "If we live here, we could come here and make out on this bench." "But you have a girlfriend, right?" "Me?" "No." "Hookups, dates, fooling around, something?" "No." "You like someone?" "Yes I don't know..." "Hello?" "Where are you?" "I'm coming." "Half hour?" "Twenty minutes." "But don't get jealous!" "JUANO!" "DRINK!" "DRINK!" "DRINK!" "Cousin!" " Maribel!" " Where's La Flaca?" "I don't know..." "She was just here." "MARIBEL!" "Where were you?" "I went looking for you." "Sleep tight." " Night." " Night." "Are you gonna tell us what the mystery with La Flaca is?" "Mystery?" "You spend the day together and then she ignores you." "C'mon..." "Cut the bull shit, man!" "I'm going to bed too." "Let me see what you're writing..." "No." " C'mon, show us." " Cut it out!" "Let go of me, Jorge!" ""From now on I'll stop counting the days with out sun."" "Let go of me, Jorge!" ""Is it the darkness of your pupils that makes me feel."" " Dont' get mad, cousing." " Stop fucking with me, asshole!" "Hey." "You scared me, Sir." "Do you know where everyone is?" "Yes..." "Mr. Jorge and Mrs. Victoria left urgently for Quito and your cousins said they were going to the river." "And you..." "Are you feeling better?" "Me?" "Young Mr.Jorge said that you weren't feeling well and that's why you didn't wanna go with them." "What's up, parther?" "What's going on?" "Just on my way to the river..." "What river?" "The one that way." "That's no river!" "I'm gonna tell Juano to show you a real river..." "I'm going to..." "What's up?" "Hey." "Godfather, I'm going up to Mama Rosa's..." "I was just telling him you can take him to the river..." "No, I'm going to Mama Rosa." "Take him with you and then you go to the river from there." "I can't, godfather." "No..." "Don't worry." "Just leave your bike here." "Good afternoon, Mama Rosa." "Good afternoon, Juanito." "Good afternoon." "Your blessing?" "God bless you." "I brought you these groceries." "What's up, Byron?" "Feeling better?" "Who's that?" "That's Juan Pablo." "A friend." "(In Quichua)." "Yes, but he's a friend." "(In Quichua)." "Stop it, Byron!" "(In Quichua)." "Stop it, Byron!" "I don't wanna see you with this guy again!" "Let go of me, Byron!" "If it wasn't for him, they would've left me like you!" "Let's go." "Here." "C'mon." "What?" "Listen..." "You gotta jump!" "It's mean!" "You're crazy!" "You're gonna see..." "It feels like being born again." "Come!" "Mean, right?" "Are you feeling better, Juampi?" "Yes, aunt." "Did you come to the river, Juampi?" "Yeah..." "And..." "I went looking for you but I couldn't find you..." "What did I tell you?" "He's such a liar." "Stop it, Jorge, don't be mean." "Yes?" "You tell me one thing and son of a and there's nothing you can do?" "They just issued a restraing order against me." "Jorge, for God's sake." ""Jorge, for God's sake!" Don't you get it?" "They're gonna confiscate the house, the apartments the cars..."Jorge,for God's sake!"" "Fuck off, Jorge." "What did you just say?" "Say it again!" " SAY IT AGAIN!" " FUCK OFF!" "What did you say,you fag?" "CAN'T HEAR YOU!" " Jorge, stop it!" " But I can't hear him!" "I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" "I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" "Now you speak, mother fucker." "STOP IT, JERK!" "Juampi, are you okay?" "C'mon cousin, don't be mad." "Enough!" "This is useless!" "I'm paying for solutions, but you give me none!" "Whoa!" "You look like a zombie, man!" "I'm freezing!" "That's my mom..." "Haven't seen her for six years." "She can't come until she gets her documents." "She says that I should go instead." "Are you going?" "I don't know I mean, she says that everything is neat over there that there's more work that you can make good money but here..." "I have fun, you know and I've got a job at the shop already." "Put this on." " What's up, Juanito?" " Hey, what's up?" "A drink?" " A friend." " Hey, dude." "Let's go." "Documents, people!" "Against the wall!" "Stay there!" "Run, run!" "I like your hair." "Where are you from?" "Me?" "From here." "No you're not." "I don't know..." "You look..." "Argentinian or something..." "What's going on?" "You don't like me or what?" "I do." "Then why you keep staring at Grace?" "That's not true." "Leave me alone!" "GET OFF ME, ASSHOLE!" "HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?" "Mayo with fries." "What's going on, Juan Pablo?" "Not much, Charlie Brown." "Where are you coming from this late?" "I thought you were with your parents." "Who's that?" "He's a friend." "You're going up?" "Here..." "I'm gonna show you something." "I Iove to see the city like this up side down." "Sometimes, I just stare and stare and I stare for so long, that I don't know anymore if it's me who's upside down or the city?" "I think A it's the city, yo." "CHEERS!" "CHEERS, MOTHERFUCKERS!" "WHO'S THERE?" "That really hurt!" "Shit!" "What's going on here?" "This morning, Ecuador woke up to an unusual announcement." "The banking authority has declared a bank holiday today, Monday, March 8th, 1999." "Confusion and worry were the first reactions of thousands of clients of the financial system when they were met by the closed doors of the banks." "THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING!" "FIRE THE THIEVES!" "How can they do something like this?" "It's out rageous, a terrible injustice ...what do I do with my family, senor?" "And so we live, working and suffering even at my age saving money so they can steal it." "Juampi, you're gonna be late." "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." "C'mon, let's go!" ""WHEN I'M WITH HIM I FEEL THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE..." "NOTHING ELSE MATTERS AND THE CITY IS NO LONGER UPSIDE DOWN"" "Juampi?" "Someone's looking for you." "Hey." "I saw El Chava again." "Yesterday." "Maybe I'm stupid I don't know." "I just know that I wanna live my own life." "Can you drive me to the hacienda?" "To the hacienda?" "What for?" "I'll explain you on the way there." "It's here." "You're kidding me." "Half hour?" "You're such an idiot." "Five minutes." "Hi." "Hi." "What are you doing here?" "JUANO!" "What happened, Sir?" "Nothing." "He was about to leave." "It's the last one." "So you like guys?" "I don't know I think so."