"Here." "We better go." "There could be people inside." "But it's locked on the outside..." "Come on... give me that." "Step here." "Be careful." "Come..." "Let's go." "Thank you." "Hello." "Hello." "Does it hurt?" "No." "Will you tell me what happened?" "Same as always I had a fight with the dean." "I was remembering... one night..." "I woke up..." "I was there in my room." "I woke up... in the middle of the night because I heard like footsteps." "But it was so strange because... they were like... like thousands of footsteps... but they sounded like very softly." "So I went out... and here, on the grass it was full of horses." "Really?" "They were like ghosts." "They're not here." "What happened to you?" "I got bored." "You got bored?" "Yes." "Is it because of me or because you can't find the records?" "Both." "I'm waiting..." "What's wrong?" "I'm not comfortable..." "It's too hot." "My back is all wet." "I'll take a shower, okay?" "Do you want to get wet?" "...this way it'll get better." " Be careful." " Yes... softly." "How sad." "Are you hungry?" "Yes." "Shall I warm up the empanadas?" "Okay, go." "Ale!" " Ale!" " What?" "I wanted to know if you're alive..." "Ale..." "Aren't you hungry?" "No?" "It'll get cold." "We'll warm it up again." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Why are you staring at me?" "Because you're acting so weird." "There's nothing wrong." "You're so difficult!" "You won't eat the empanada, you won't drink the beer..." "I'm not difficult." "I don't want to eat the empanada yet!" "Which is different from not wanting it at all." "And the beer... is too hot." "How could I drink a hot beer?" "Ale, it's not hot." "It's just normal!" "Lt's good." "May I ask you something?" "How would you define yourself?" "Are you a hot woman or a normal woman?" "Why are you asking me this?" "I think I'm hot and normal I mean, I'm normally hot." "But explain yourself..." "How?" "Lt's good to be hot, obviously." "I'd rather be horny than frigid." " Fine." " But why...?" "What's up?" "And you?" "How about you?" "Are you hot or normal?" "I'm neither." "Why have you been avoiding me?" "I haven't been avoiding you." "But you don't take my calls..." "What am I supposed to think?" "Let's not fight." "Let's stay here." "What if someone comes?" "None will come today." "But this is not your house..." "Still, these people will not arrive until the new year." "I've been thinking that the records could be in the cellar..." "It must be packed with stuff." "I would give... the tip of my finger..." "No." "I'd give my whole finger for those records." "Fucking mom..." "It's full of personal stuff in here." "Ale, can you help me with this box?" "Ale..." "What's wrong?" "Nothing is wrong." "Tell me." "Since when do you like women?" "Why are you asking me this?" "Who is Luisa?" "Did you go through my knapsack?" "Yes I did." "Who is Luisa?" " Why are you going through my stuff?" " That's not the point." "It is the point actually!" " Who is Luisa then?" " A friend." "Where did you meet her?" "I met her when I went to Buenos Aires." "Is she pretty?" "I won't respond." "Ale, don't get paranoid." "I want to understand what kind of relationship you two have!" "I already told you, she's a friend." "Yea... who sends letters to you." "It's not my fault she writes me letters!" "When was the last time you saw her?" "I don't know... about a week ago." "So, she came to Santiago?" "Yes, she came." "And why did she?" "Because she had work to do." "She came and asked me to stay at my house..." "So, she stayed at your house?" "Yes, she stayed like for five days Ale." "So when you wouldn't answer the phone, it was because of your friend?" "Am I being paranoid now?" "Ale..." "Do you like her?" "How could I like her!" "Does she like you?" " Come on, tell me something." " Yes, yes, she likes me!" "I've... had it up to here with her." "She smothered me she had me overwhelmed." "And nothing happened to you?" "I told you, I felt smothered!" "...that's what happened to me!" "But she even sends you stuff..." "It's not my fault if she does!" "So why are you carrying the package with you then?" "Because the janitor gave it to me this morning." "That's why!" " Why haven't you opened it?" " Because I'm not interested!" "Lf you want you can open it." "Do you want to?" "Do you?" " Sure." " Do it then!" "I'll go bring it for you." " And you will open it!" " Fine." "Open it." "Open it." "Ale, look at this." "Come on, what is this?" "Lt's a joke." "Am I being paranoid?" "Do you really think I'd like something like this?" " You know me better Ale." " I'd better go, really." "Well, then go." " Go!" " I'll go then." "If you don't trust me, why are you still here?" "Go, really." "I'd prefer if you go." "Do you know what I regret the most?" "What?" "I even brought you a present." "Why did you do that?" "We had promised we wouldn't give presents." "I don't know." "But I already did." "Open it whenever you want." "Merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas." "Hey..." "Listen..." "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Aurora!" "What's going on?" "Do you know this girl?" " No." "Why are you here?" " I just came in." " What's wrong with her?" " I just found her lying there." "No, I don't know her." "Hey..." "Wake up." "Can you open your eyes?" "Can you hear me?" "This girl's on drugs." "Search her pack." "What did you take?" "Did you take a medication?" "Look!" "This girl is sick!" " Sit her up!" " I am sitting her up!" "Hey... can you hear me?" "She's got diabetes!" " What's her name?" " Alicia." "Alicia!" "Alicia, do you need a shot of this?" "No?" "Alicia, listen, what do you need?" "That's it!" "Look at me..." "Open your eyes." "What do you need?" "What do you need?" "Sugar!" "Ale, help me please..." "Easy, easy..." "That's it." "Calm down." "That's good." "Are you fine?" "Yes." "Are you feeling better?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Hey..." "I'm sorry." "I'm so embarrassed." "It's fine." "Can it happen again?" "No." " Thank you." " Your foot is cold." "Where do you live?" "Close by." "Do you want a ride?" "No, thank you." "Don't worry." "I don't want to cause you trouble." "It's fine." "That's no trouble at all." "Why did you come in?" "Because I had to kill time." "What for?" "Alicia, can you cooperate a little so we can help you?" "You're running away, aren't you?" "Ale, don't be mean." "I'm not being mean." "I just want to know." "Look how you're talking to her." "I'd better go out for a smoke." "You're a bit warmer." "Who are you spending Christmas with?" "With my dad." "Let's call him." "No." "Don't worry." "I agreed to call him later." "Just let him know you're here and then I'll give you a ride to his house." "I'm driving." "No, really." "I'll be fine and then I'll go." " Where was it?" " It was lying out there." "How are you feeling?" "I'm cold." "Very cold." "Here... cover up well." "Do you want a tea?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Are you coming with me?" "So weird..." "What did she say to you?" "Nothing." "She doesn't want us to call anyone..." "I told her many times that we should call her dad or her mom." "What are we going to do?" "Well, I guess she'll have the tea and then she goes home." "How is she supposed to go?" "I don't know, but she has to go so I can go." "Ale, don't go..." "Stay here." "Hand me a tea bag." "Alicia?" "Alicia?" "Alicia!" "Alicia..." "Alicia!" "Alicia!" " Did you look by the river?" " Yes." "What do we do?" "I don't know." "Ale look what she left here!" "Lt's from '93." "Let me see the first page..." ""Bruno Andres Garcia"" "What was her last name?" "Garcia." "...I can't read the handwriting." ""Visit to material exposure tests..."" "What are you looking at?" "A postcard." "Who is it from?" "Shall I read it to you?" ""Dear Alicia..."" ""I'm writing to tell you I love you..."" ""...and that I'm always thinking of you."" ""Not having known you while you were growing up..."" ""...is the greatest sorrow of my life."" ""I try not to watch movies because..."" ""...whenever a girl like you pops up, I start crying."" ""You're the first in my mind when I wake up..."" ""and I fall asleep with the faith..."" ""that life will bring us back together..."" ""that you will..."" ""...understand and forgive me."" ""Happy birthday."" ""Your loving father, Bruno."" "How sad!" "Put it there." "And we, what do we do?" "I'm going to go." "Don't go." "Stay with me." "No, I don't know." "Listen I told you the truth." "She did have work to do here." "She wrote an e-mail asking if she could stay with me, and I said yes, of course." "Really..." "How could I said no?" "But I don't know what happened to her... what happened to her with me... and... she mixed things up and I did it with her." "It was so weird Ale..." "I swear, it was like a car crash, like having an accident." "I would have never, ever imagined that I was going to be with a woman." "Did you like it?" "No." "It was really weird..." "I haven't talked to her since." "We used to write to each other a lot; we were friends." "You know what?" "You don't have to keep explaining yourself." "You're not even my girlfriend." "But I felt that that I had to tell you." "Because you felt guilty, right?" "Somewhat..." "I don't know." "Yes, I felt somewhat guilty." "And what's all this about the trip to Mendoza?" "Nothing, she tells me to come to Mendoza she's spending the holidays with her folks there." "She tells me to pick her up in Mendoza and then we drive to Buenos Aires to spend the New Year." " Will you do it?" " No!" "How could I?" "Ale, stay with me." "It's my last day in this house." "Stay with me." "We could have never met each other but we did, and we've had a good time." "Let's have a good time!" "No, no..." "I don't know." "Let's leave it to chance." "If it raises up we stay." "I've been thinking that I'll open your present tomorrow morning." "Why?" "When I was little we always opened the presents on the Sunday morning I mean, on the twenty-fifth." "Do whatever you want." "I felt sorry for her." "You felt sorry..." "She reminds me of myself when I was her age." "Like three years ago." "The typical rich girl who doesn't know what she wants." "I bet that in three more years she'll have the hair covering her eye." "So way out!" "And you? "I suffer, I suffer..."" "When will you stop suffering?" "When I'm dead." "What are you doing here?" "I left my diary and the syringe." " Thank you." " You ran away from home, right?" "Really, I don't want to bother you." "No, you are not bothering us." "You ran away, right?" " Yes." " Why?" "Because I had a fight with my mom." "Why?" "Because she lied to me." " What did she lie you about?" " What did she say?" "She said that... when I'd be fifteen she would introduce me to my father." "I turned fifteen one month ago." "So, I gave her until Christmas to do it... but she didn't do it either, so..." "I got angry because she didn't keep her word, and I ran away." "I left a letter anyway." "What did the letter say?" "That I was leaving because... what I just told you." "But I..." "I got to go." " Where are you going to go?" " To kill the time." "Until when?" "Until my father calls." "Did you talk to your father?" "Yes." " But you haven't met him yet?" " No." "What did your father say to you?" "That we'll meet today, on Christmas Eve." "But where?" "I don't know..." "When he calls me we'll agree on that." "At what time will he call you?" "I don't know." "Soon." "Listen, your mom doesn't know where you are, right?" " No." " Call her." "She must be worried." "No, I'm not going to call her." "Well, call your father then." "But he said he'd call me." "I..." "I got to go." "No, no... you're not going anywhere until you call someone." "If you don't want to call your mom, fine, call your father but call someone!" " Okay but..." " I'm not asking you." "Call him." " Okay, fine, but..." " Okay, fine, but call him." "Fine, but I want to be alone." "Whatever, but do it." "Really, stop fooling around." "Leave your pack there." "Right." "Hi mom." "I'm... here with my dad." "We're about to have dinner now." "No, I'm not putting him on the phone." "No." "No!" "I'm not telling you the address as I don't want you to come pick me up." "I'm not lying to you." "Dinner is served mom, I'm hanging up now." "I'm not putting him on the phone, this is my thing." " How did it go?" " Good." " I already talked to him." " What did he say?" "That... he will call me in two hours because..." "It's difficult for him to go out now because he is with his family." "So..." "Still, I understand because he's got a family." "Besides, he doesn't even know me." "Have you never seen him?" "I mean, yes, but..." "I haven't seen him since I was eight months old so it barely counts." "What have you planned to do in the meantime?" "I'll wait for him outside." "What do you mean outside?" "Out there in the open?" "No, you wait for him here." "Besides, we decided to spend Christmas Eve here so you can wait here with us." "Right?" "Yes, sure." "For sure." "Really?" "Can you eat all these Alicia?" " It depends..." " On what?" "...on my glucose levels." "How were you planning to cook this?" "You need boiling water for this." "Are you carrying a kettle in your pack too?" "I left in a hurry because my mom had gone out so I just grabbed the first things I found." " Did you steal this too?" " Yes." "Can you drink?" "I have to check my glucose first." "Why are you carrying this diary?" "Because... it's the only thing I have of my father." "Don't you have a picture or something?" "Lt's the only thing." "Which one of you lives here?" " It's my father's house." " When is he coming?" "He's dead." " I'm sorry." " No, don't worry." "It is like this because my mom sold it furnished, with everything." "Then, what are you doing here?" "We are looking for some records." "Records?" "What records?" "LP records my dad had." "He'd been collecting them for almost thirty years." " Did you find them?" " No." "I know where they are." "What are these doing here?" "How cute!" " Who are they?" " The Rolling Stones." " Micky!" " Micky?" "Mick when I was little I wanted to marry him." "Look at this! "Aguaturbia"" "...they really messed things up!" " Why?" " Just imagine... they're all naked." " Just for that?" " For sure." "It was Chile, the 70's..." "This is like... as if there was a diamond... lying there, thrown away a goldmine." "Yes." "And how did you see them?" "I just came in... and looked." "My old man!" "Thank you, thank you...!" "Thank you." "You've got to be free." "You've got to be free." "None shall ever change you." "The way you think... has more value than imitating others." "Keep on this way." "Keep on this way." "You're doing much good in demonstrating... that we all have... within us the true way of thinking." "And you should always bring with you... the idea of being free... so you can help those who aren't yet." "You've got to be free." "You've got to be free." "None shall ever change you." "The way you think... has more value than imitating others." "My dad read stories to me." "He invented stories for me." "Really?" "Do you remember any?" "I remember one... it was about a girl..." "Well, the girls of the stories were always called Aurora." "...were called Aurora and they were girls like me." "And this was a girl... that got into a well... and down inside there was a world... and in this world there were... trees... with golden oranges." " But I don't remember what followed." " Golden oranges?" "Yes." "That's cool." "And your mom, wouldn't she go crazy?" "She's already crazy." "But she's not showing up with the cops, right?" "Impossible because the cops will take two days to start searching for missing people." "Why aren't you with your family today?" "Because I was kicked out." " You were kicked out of your house?" " Yes." "That's harsh." "What did you do?" "I mean, I wasn't actually kicked out, but... my father is way too strict..." "In his house things must be done exactly as he wants them or you have to go." "So I left." " Really?" " For sure." "Just imagine, my father is the dean..." " The dean?" " Dean of discipline of the school of my school actually." " Get out!" "So, your dad can throw you out of your school and out of your house?" "That's so unfair; it sucks!" "Are you sure your dad wants to see you?" "I already talked to him." "He could be preoccupied with other things with his family maybe." "I don't know." "All I want is to see him for fifteen minutes." "That's all I care about." "I like your name Alicia." " Do you like it?" " Yes, I do." "It's like "Alice in Wonderland"" " I love "Alice in Wonderland"!" " Really?" "Yes!" "Lt's my favorite book." " Why you like it so much?" " I don't know..." "I don't know, really." " Do you identify with her?" " Maybe..." " Still, you look like her." " Do you think so?" "Yes." "I like the cat." " And The Queen of Hearts?" " She's mean." ""Off with their heads!"" "...she says that all the time." "You know, at the school of Ale a Virgin was beheaded." " Really?" " Yes." "What do you mean 'a virgin'?" "The school statue." "Just imagine..." "it's called "Saint Mary's School."" "But how did they cut it?" "I don't know;" "one day it was found without the head." "Why did they do that?" "Because some guys took revenge because they were banned from graduation." "How come?" "Because they had put some videos online... of themselves wanking off... competing for who... comes... you know..." "Yes." "...last." "First!" "Whoever came first would win." "It's the other way round!" "Who came first, last... whatever it's just as stupid." "Do you like your name Aurora?" "I hated it when I was little." " Why?" " Because they teased me besides, I though it was a name for an old woman." "What would they say to you?" "That when I grow old I'd be called "Dusk."" "I like to be called Alejandro." " Yes?" " Why?" "Because of a story of Alexander the Great." "So..." "Well, when he was eighteen... like us... he was in charge of a huge army." "So, on the night before he embarked on his first campaign... to conquer the world he went to see the oracle." "But the witch screw him when she grabbed his hand and told him he was destined to fail." "Why?" "Because he didn't have the "victory line" on his hand." "So, the next day he came riding his horse... everyone was watching him... in silence... and he decided to tell them what the oracle said... that he didn't have the "victory line" on his palm and so they were doomed to fail, to loose the war." "But he was so astute... that he drew his dagger... lifted his hand, so everyone could see... and slashed all across his palm." "He then looked at them and yelled..." ""Now I do have the victory line!"" " What's that?" " A sketchbook." "Leave it there." "And that?" " It's the subway gratings." " What is it for?" "You know, when the subway passes below it expels the air outside..." "Well, the idea is... to put a form on top of these gratings... that is raised when the air passes and then falls down when the air stops." "Right." " Get it?" " I mean..." "It's..." " It is raised when the air..." " It's raised... when the air comes up, expelled by the subway, right and then it comes down." "I like things with air." "I mean things that blow air." "It's a pretty sketch." "Do you think it'll work?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Do you want?" "Do you want me to light it?" "Give me." "What a cute pillow!" "Did you embroider it yourself?" "No." "Leave it in the box, please." "Okay." "Your dad hasn't called yet." "What if you call him?" "Hello, dad?" "Yes... hi." "I'm good, and you?" "I'm glad." "Hey, I wanted to know if we could meet now." "I know it's complicated but..." "Really?" " Everything's fine?" " Yes." "So what happened?" "We'll meet in one hour at the Plaza Pehuén." "Where is that?" "Lt's about a ten-minute walk." "Very close." "Are you nervous?" "Yes." "It'll be all right." "I hope so." "What do we do?" "We have one hour." " Let's make a toast." " To what?" "To Christmas." "It's the best turkey ever." "Is that so?" "Still, I'm having salad later." "It's a pity we don't have applesauce though..." "No, it's fine like this." " Really?" " Applesauce?" "What for?" "Why complicate ourselves?" "What are you thinking about, my love?" "I was thinking on the children." "It's sad they're not here with us." "Who knows what they got into." "It's a pretty garden." " Do you like it?" " Yes." "It's so..." "lush." "Lushly dry." "That's because time has passed over it." "Alicia, do you have a boyfriend?" "No." "I've never had one." "I'd like to have one though." "You should think thrice before you do it." "In the end, it's nothing but problems." " Love?" " No, not love." "To be exclusive with someone." "Still, sometimes you may have a good time, right?" "Lt's not all suffering I guess." "Yes, you may have a good time but but you suffer." "And you pay a high price." "The problem is love has been badly though out." " How?" "Lt's badly designed." " What do you mean?" " Everyone suffers for love." "Listen to the radio..." "What do you hear?" "All songs suffer for love they're torn apart, they're sad." "Why?" "Because we've been taught that..." "Love is like like a closed circuit." "Closed... how?" "I mean, as if one is the property of the other." "Like private property." "What I think is that..." "If you love someone else... and you can be happy together knowing... that it may end anytime... and live every moment as if it were the last." "I mean... that the relationship could be... like something..." "good, something joyful... and not suffering all the time as you say." "I guess." "Did you hear that?" "Poor thing!" "Lt must be so cold!" "Could it be from this house?" "Lt's like a purebred..." "No, it's just a stray dog." "Maybe it escaped." "I'm keeping it." "But I want it too..." "How could you take it?" "You can't bring it to your father's house." "May I carry it to the square?" "Bring it to the square and I'll take it from there." "Okay." "It's so scared!" "Easy, don't get scared..." "Look..." "look at me..." "I'm a good girl..." "look at me." "You can leave me here." " Don't you want us to stay with you?" " Really." "Are you sure?" "I prefer to be alone when my dad comes." "For sure?" "Here..." "Bye." "Bye." "Thank you for everything." "I'm sorry for all the trouble." " Good luck!" " Thank you." "Bye." "Bye." "Ale let's watch her until she gets picked up." "Let's wait over there." "He won't come." "There he is!" "Don't let him see you." "Why is she not going?" "What is he doing?" "I don't know." "Hello..." "I'm at my dad's, I already told you." "I'm not lying." "I'm with my dad at his house." "We already ate and now I'm going to bed." "I'm not coming back." "I don't want to." "No, I'm not putting him at the phone." "This is between me and him." "Yes, it can be." "I'm with him right now." "You're a liar!" "You're not telling the truth!" "Mom!" "He's standing right beside me!" "You can't keep lying like that!" "How could you say such thing?" "I have with me the postcard he sent when I was 10." "Mom!" "You can't lie to me like that!" "You're such a liar!" "For once tell me the truth!" "You've been lying to me all my fuckin' life." "Alicia..." "Go away!" "Alicia!" "Alicia... wait!" "Alicia, where are you going?" "Alicia stop!" "Alicia!" "Alicia!" "This way..." "Alicia!" "Alicia!" "Alicia!" "What are you doing Alicia?" " Alicia!" "Get out of there!" " Go away!" " Get out of the water Alicia!" " Go away!" "We're not going anywhere." "Get up and come here!" "Go away!" "I want to be here!" "Leave me alone!" "Don't be silly." "Get out of the water!" " No, go away!" "Go back!" " I'm not going away." " No, leave me!" "Leave me!" " Alicia..." "Look..." "look at me!" "I'm not going anywhere unless you come with me." " Let me go!" "Let me!" " Look at me, look at me!" "Calm down calm down." "Come..." "Calm down Alicia!" "Everything is going to be fine." "That's it." "Calm down, calm down..." "It's okay, calm down..." "Calm down..." "What happened?" "Did you talk to your father?" "No." "Who did you talk to then?" "To my mom." "And your father?" "My father doesn't exist." "How come?" "My mom told me he doesn't exist." "He doesn't exist how?" "She said that... she doesn't know where he is or what happened to him." "Who wrote the postcard then?" "The one in your diary." "My mom did." "I'll go get dry clothes for you to change into." "Bring something for me too." "Alicia, why don't you take a hot shower?" "It'll warm you up." "Okay." "Here I found these things of my father." "Wear this." "Thank you." "If you need anything just let me know, okay?" "Okay, thank you." "So handsome!" "Don't be mean." " How was the shower?" " Good!" " Are you warmer now?" " Yes." " Let me hang these..." " Thank you." "And those?" "Bring them..." "Motherfucker!" "This fucking shit hurts so bad...!" "I'll go get something it's the only remedy I found." "Please, bottoms up." "To whom?" "To Alicia." "You'll be fine Alicia." "Really, it can't be any worse." "And it's always best to know the truth." "Good." "Now we're making another toast." " To Alicia." " To Alicia." "Hey..." "Thank you for taking care of me." "You're welcome." "Ale, give me your hand." "Hello." "Hello." "Are you leaving?" "Let's open my gift." "No, I don't want you to." "Why?" "Because I realized it's not for you." "So, you kept our promise..." "Which one?" "...that we wouldn't give gifts." "Clean." "What is it?" "Take a look." "You're right." "It wasn't for me." "Punk!" "Here..." "Tell her to care for it." ""My First Day of School"" "Thank you." "Do you have anything to declare?" "Vegetables?" "Foods?" "Seeds?" "No." "What are you carrying there?" " These are music records." " Are those for sale?" " No." "For personal use." " They're for yourself..." "What's your destination?" "Where are you going to?" "Mendoza." "And the reason of your trip?" "Pleasure." "Very well." "You're welcome in Argentina." " Thank you." " Merry Christmas." "To you." "Here it comes..."