"('d "Niri" by Paul Nabor)" "('dogs bark)" "('mn shout)" "('hlicoptr vvhirrs.)" "('man." "In English.) Are you coming or not?" " ('banging on door) - ('mn shout)" "Where's the rest?" "('banging continus.)" "Don't go telling anyone you're short." "('spaks Spanish.) Where are they taking us?" " ('spaks Spanish.) New York." " New York?" "New York, huh?" "('spaks Spanish.) Get in." "('plan fils ovrhad)" "('ngin starts.)" "('boy.) I could use a little milk myself." "Oh, dear." "Yummy!" "Hungry?" " No, I can't." "It's your last." " No, I have more." "It's a long trip." "Go on." "It was my father's." "It's beautiful." "Yeah." "I'm going to see my father tomorrow." "In New York?" "Then you know the city?" "No." "And you?" "('radio plays livly Latin music.)" "('spaks Spanish.) Goddammit!" "Hey." "The plunger." "The plunger!" "Fuck man, move your ass!" "You old bastard!" "Hey!" "Pass me that." "Pass me that, dammit!" "Partied a little too hard last night, eh?" "Dancing, dancing, dancing, all damn night." "Move your ass like last night." "Watch it, old man." "('Spanish program on tlvision.)" "What's wrong?" "You don't feel so good?" "You're disgusting!" "('man laughs.)" "Leave him alone." "You pig." "Here." " You're from the south, no?" " From Puebla." "You must be tired." "I'll rest when I see my father." "Where does he live?" "Here." "What's it say?" "You can't read?" "But I can read numbers." ""Five, four, one..."" ""541, 12th Street, Brooklyn."" "Brooklyn." "Why write him a letter if you're about to see him?" "No, it's not mine." "It's from my mother." "She's dead." "I've never met my father." "This is my introduction." " Do you want me to read it to you?" " No!" "I promised to deliver it sealed." "Just trying to help." "Hey." "('spaks Spanish.) It's Santa Claus." "Fuck off." "Look at the craftsmanship." " When do I get to meet your wife?" " She's busy." "She does better work than any of my ladies." "A real feminine touch." "50 pieces at a dollar per piece." "That's $50." "All these years we do business and I never once cheated you, and still you stand there and count like I've taken your last cent." " You're five short." " Huh?" "Gotcha. ('chuckls.)" "You asshole." "Bastard." " ('boy.) Is that your old man?" " With my mom." "17 years is a long time." "Yes, but he's a good man." "Before they split, he sent my mother $ 200 every week." "Now he's a chef and owns the place." "He'll help me." "What if he doesn't?" "Then..." "Well, you were lucky to have someone who cared for you." "My old man left me with two things - the knife... and the hole that he left with it." " Your father did that?" " Yes." "You should have seen my mother." "But, hey, we're going to New York, no?" "That's all in the past." "You mean like those guys back in the garage?" "That?" "Yeah, I can't go back to that shit." "We have only the future now." "And luck." "I can feel it." "Thanks for the help." "No, thanks for the food." "And the jacket." "I'm Pedro." "And I'm Juan." "Here, let me give you a lift." "You go first." "One, two..." "You ate a lot of tamales." "('spaks English.) We're here." "Let's go." "Hurry up." "Hurry up, hurry up." "Come on." "('spaks Spanish.) Let's go." "Let's go." "('spaks English.) Let's go." "Wake up." "Come on." "Hey, come on." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Hey, wake up." "Let's go." "All right." "Let's go." "('spaks Spanish.) Let's go." "('spaks English.) Oh, man." "Hey." "Wake up, kid." "Wake up." "Come on." "('spaks Spanish.) Are we here?" "('spaks English.) Come on." "Hop out." "Trip's over." "Let's go." "And Juan?" " I only agreed to go to Brooklyn." " Brooklyn?" "My bag!" "Where's my bag?" " Hey, get out of my truck." " My bag!" "My bag!" "Goddammit." "Sir..." "They stole my bag." "Get your fucking hands off me." "Where's Juan?" "Sir?" "Urgh!" "('horn biars.)" "('knocks.)" "('knocking continus.)" "I'm coming." "Yes?" "Sir?" "Papa?" "What'd you say?" "I'm Pedro Gonzalez Martinez." "Lupe Martinez was my mother." " ('spaks Polish.)" " Hello." "I'm looking for Diego Gonzalez." "('spaks Polish.)" "No, I'm looking for my father." "('spaks Polish.)" "I mean no harm." "If he doesn't live here, please tell me, or he's gone somewhere else... ('spaks Polish.)" "('vvoman continus shouting.)" "('rustling.)" "('unlocks door)" "And the locket?" "The locket?" "Here, at the top of the letter it says you have the locket I gave her." "It was stolen from me on my journey." "Someone took my confidence and robbed me." " You're not my son." " But I am." " How old are you?" " 17." "It's been 20 years since I left Mexico." "How could you be my son?" "You didn't read the letter?" "When you came to visit in '90..." "She was already engaged to another man." "But for five years I sent her money." "She probably had five other idiots like me hidden beneath her apron." " But that night..." " That night was a mistake." "Besides, look at you." "You don't even look like me." " You don't even look like her either." " Please, I have no one..." "You know who you look like?" "That asshole Pepe." "That's who you look like." "I can't help how I look." "You're even kind of pretty, aren't you?" "Please, my mother's last wish is..." "was that we meet." "We've met." "But..." "What?" "What the fuck are you looking at?" "So she bends him over the table and starts humping him, and then she says, "How do you like it, bitch?"" "('Digo.) What, we're not working today?" "What's wrong, old man?" "You don't look so good." "Long night with the ladies?" "No, not at all." "Your wife was too busy taking care of my kids." " ('mn." "Laughing.) Ooh!" " He's being funny." "One second, fellas." " Diego doesn't need a woman." " Why?" "He has too much fun making love to his little piles of money." "('man #2.) That was a good one." "At least I'm not out blowing it every night like you assholes." "('radio blasts out music.)" "('bustl.)" "Get out." "Come on!" "What do you want, huh?" "You're the dishwasher?" " I thought you owned the place." " Of course I'm the dishwasher, idiot." " But Mama..." " Don't speak of that woman to me!" "Go on, leave." "Get the fuck out of here!" "Why are you treating me this way, Papa?" "Don't call me that." "Maybe one of your friends would help me." "Sir?" "It's all right." "Here, take this and get something to eat." "But go." " ('English.) What the fuck is going on?" " ('English.) Coming, coming." "Coming." "('Spanish.) You got the money, what else do you want?" "Go." "I'll just wait for you to get off work." " We could walk home together." " You can't stay here." "No, no." "Now that I found you, I don't want to lose sight of you." "Pedro, please." "Please leave, OK?" "We can meet later, OK?" "Just meet at my place, OK?" "At your place?" "Yes." "OK." "I'll see you there." "OK." "At your place." "Bye, Papa." "('man talks on phon in Indian languag.)" "Excuse me, sir." "('English.) 4.75." " I was hoping you could help me." " 4.75, please." "I don't have any money, and I'm not one to ask for favors... ('spaks Indian languag.)" "English?" "I don't have any money." "Sorry, man." "('continus convrsation in Indian languag.)" "Look." " I'll work really hard." " No, no, no." "You want sandwich, you must be paying cash." "('English.) One cigarette." "Yo, man." "What's the deal?" "I don't know." "He doesn't speak English." "('Spanish.) What's up, little brother?" "Thank God." "You have to help me." "('English.) Get the fuck off me, man." "I came here to find my father, but he doesn't live where he's supposed to, and they stole my bag that had everything in it..." "OK..." "I had to sleep on the street, and I haven't eaten for so long... ('Spanish.) It's OK, relax." "I'm very hungry." "Listen, this guy isn't going to give you shit." "('English.) Yo, man." "This kid's fucking crazy." "('continus convrsation in Indian languag.)" "('Spanish.) But maybe I can help you." "What's your dad's name?" "Diego Gonzalez." " He's from Puebla." " Diego Gonzalez?" " Do you know him?" " Do I know him?" "Of course I know him." "I should have seen the resemblance." "It's amazing." "('English.) Yo, man, I think you might wanna call the cops on this kid." "('Spanish.) The son of Diego Gonzalez, huh?" "I can't believe it." " Your dad practically runs this town." " Really?" "Go ahead, take a sandwich." "I'll buy it for you." "('English.) Yo, man." "I tried." "He's just gonna eat it now." "('shouts in Indian languag.)" "If I take you to him, can I meet him?" " Hey, I told you, no cash, no sandwich." " No, my friend here is paying." "You don't understand." "I told you, no cash, no sandwich." "('man shouts in Indian languag.)" "('vvoman on phon." "English.) Is somthing happning thr?" "Rajiv?" "Who's thr?" "What is happning?" "('vvoman continus faintly.)" "What's up, old man?" "Have you been hiding something from us, my friend?" "Fuck off, OK?" "Come on, man, cut the bullshit." "You're hurting my feelings, man." "Who is he?" "I thought we were your only family." "There aren't any assholes in my family." "He's cute." "Pedro, no?" "He's my nephew." "He must be confused to call you "Papa"!" "Hm?" "('childish voic.) Papa. ('laughs.)" "C'mon, don't get angry." " Papa." " ('smashs plat.)" "Don't touch me, motherfucker." "Papa." "It wasn't me, it was Papa." "('door opns.)" "('toilt flushs.)" "Papa." "Don't call me that." "OK, then, "old man."" " I know this isn't easy for you, but..." " What?" " You already spent the money?" " Not a cent." "How could I?" " It wasn't enough, then." " I'm not after your money." "No?" "Then I'll take it back." "What are you doing?" " I'm coming in." " You think I'm letting you in?" " But you told me to meet you." " And?" "I just thought maybe that..." "You thought wrong." " But where will I sleep?" " That's your problem." "But you took my money." "My money." "Couldn't you at least give it back so I could find a place to stay?" " Just like your mother." " How else will I get by?" "Why not be a man and do a little honest work?" " I am a man." " ('laughs.)" "I can work for you." " What can you do?" " What can I do?" " Do you have a trade?" " A trade?" "Do you have any special skill?" "What do you think?" "That everything's free?" "It all just falls from the sky?" "Just like that damn woman." "What can you do with that, huh?" "Join the circus?" "Please, don't do this to me." "('Juan coughs.)" "Hey, my knife!" "Give me back my knife!" "('kicks door)" "Give me back my knife." "I'm talking to you." "Goddammit!" "Give me back my knife!" "('dog barks.)" "('imitats ngin.)" "Papa Rooster calling Pedro." "('imitats ngin.)" "This is Pedro, where are you?" "I'm at kilometer 78, headed for New York." "('imitats ngin.)" "Hey." "Hey." "Get up." "You can't lay around here like some lazy bum." "Hey!" "Hey!" "What's your problem?" " You son of a bitch." " Hey, hey!" "Come on." " ('Juan.) Where are we going?" " We are not going anywhere." "I'm not going to work with you?" "You think you can just work wherever you want?" "Besides, it's hard work for a little girl." " Don't call me a little boy." " I said "little girl."" "You think that's funny, huh?" "I'm talking to you." "Quit your whining." "You're lucky." "When I came here there was no one to help me." "Wait here." "When the men in trucks come, be quick." "Just follow the others." "OK?" "I knew you would take care of me." "Don't get any ideas." "This is just so you can get a place of your own." "Of course, Papi." "Stop calling me that." " ('vvoman." "In Spanish.) They're delicious." " ('man." "In Spanish.) Thank you." " How much did that cost?" " Nothing today." "She gives credit." " Hello." " Hello." " I have no money, but a gentleman said..." " No, no." "Sorry." " Don't you give credit?" " To those I can trust." " You can trust me." " And I never trust anyone who says that." "I wasn't hungry anyway." "So why are you wasting my time?" "Excuse me, sir." "I'm looking for my father, Diego Gonzalez." "From Puebla." "Did you just get off the boat or what?" "('horn.)" "('man." "In Spanish.) Seven men, $50 a head." "('mn clamor)" "That's it!" "That's all!" "('vvoman.) Hey!" "('English.) What the fuck, man?" "Nice push, Torito." "('English.) I hope you guys are ready for some dirty work." "('drilling.)" "Hey, Torito, over here." "So, you're looking for your father, eh?" "What's his name again?" "Diego Gonzalez." "Anyone know a Diego Gonzalez?" "He's from Puebla." "From Puebla." "I'm sorry." "But I'm sure you'll find him." "('Juan.) Hello." "Calm down, I'm a paying customer." " How much?" " You like to read?" "I don't want your trash." "How much for you?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "You don't have to play with me." " How much?" " ('English.) Fuck off, man." "No, I don't want "focos." I want you." "Look." "('Spanish.) Go back to Mexico - there you can get something for your $5." " You think I don't have more?" " Yes." "Yes?" "No." "There's plenty more where that came from." " Bitch." " Loser." "How much for the heater?" "Wake up, old man." "What are you laughing at, assholes?" "Stop, stop!" "('English.) Fuck, man!" " You robbed me." " I could've got 20 bucks for that." " You robbed me." " Don't fucking touch me again." "My locket." "('Spanish.) I don't know what you're talking about." "The locket you took from me at the store." " I already sold that, man." " What?" " How could you?" " Easy." " It was all I had left." " That's not my problem." " You're going to help me find it right now." " ('English.) Don't fucking touch me again." " I'll call the police." " ('Spanish.) Shut up, idiot." "I'll call." "Then you'll just be sending yourself back to your little shithole in Mexico." " Don't walk away from me." " Shut up." "You're the one they're going to deport." "I was born here, you little bitch." "Look, get off my back, kid." "No." "You owe me, and now you have to help me." "I don't have to do shit for you." "I'll pay you." "Huh?" "I'll pay you to help me." " Do what?" " Find my father." "Shit, kid, that could take forever." "Then just for tonight." "You'll pay me just for tonight?" " ('English.) 50 bucks." " What?" "('Spanish.) You want to make it in this world you gotta learn to speak its language, kid." "Can you say... ('English.)..."50 bucks"?" "('Spanish.) $50." "But that's all I have." "OK." "Half now, half later." "Shit, you can trust me." " I tried that once." " All right, fine." "Where does he live?" "I mean, where was he supposed to live?" " 541, 12th Street." " Which 12th Street?" "There's more than one?" "('English.) You don't know anything, do you?" "('Spanish.) South 12th Street's over there." "North 12th Street is about 20 blocks that way." "There's plain 12th Street in Park Slope." "That's just Brooklyn." "In Manhattan there are two, and in Queens..." "I can't even figure out Queens." "Let's go." "Old man?" "('lock pops.)" "What's the rush?" "Don't touch me!" "I thought we came to an understanding about you touching me." "I'm sorry, but can you please hurry?" "If he's been there for 15 years, he'll still be there in five minutes, no?" "What makes you so sure he's even there?" "My mother said he would be." "Well, if your mother said it, then... ('Pdro.) 541?" "I should go alone." "Good idea." "('door craks.)" "('knocking.)" "('footstps fad.)" " Magda?" " Just a sec." "Does he live here?" "No." "My father owns a restaurant." "He doesn't live here." "So pay me and I'll go." "You said there's another 12th Street in Brooklyn." "Yeah, but that's too far from here." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Give me my bag!" "I need you to write something for me." "Just in case." "Put that I'll come back later." " It's late." " So?" "And cold." "Listen, you can go tomorrow, I'll even go with you," " but right now I gotta go meet somebody." " I paid you for the whole night." "Then let's take the train, at least." "('toilt flushs.)" "Hey, old man." "What's happening?" "If you don't eat, why do you do so much shit?" "Look what I found." "I thought you were gonna find a place." "I tried but I was too busy working." "Look, I can pay you rent." "There wasn't much to do and the pay wasn't so good, but this should do." "You really would charge your own son rent?" "No." "I wouldn't charge my son." "You can stay." "But I'm not running a boarding house here." " Yes." "Thank you, Papa." " Don't call me that." "OK, old man." "You can put your things on the bed." "I'll sleep on the chair." "No, no." "The floor is fine for me." "It's OK, I'm used to it." "Really?" "('turns on TV)" "Black and white?" "Even at home everyone has color." "Is there anything else you'd like, sir?" " I imagined something nicer than this." " What did you expect?" "I don't know..." "I mean, after 17 years, you'd think you could've fixed the place up a little." "This is worse than Puebla." "Perhaps the street would suit you better." "No, no, it's perfect." "Just a little joke." "Soap operas?" "What do I know?" "I don't watch that crap." "If you have so much money, why can't you help me a little?" " You want some help?" " Yes." "OK." "Help yourself." " What's this?" " Work." " What kind of work?" " Sewing." "Sewing?" "That's woman's work." "Then it should suit you just fine." " I told you..." " Oh, yeah, you're a big man." "I've had a lot more women than you, old fart." "You think sticking your prick in some hole makes you a man?" "Yeah." "Seven times." "Almost eight, except the last one got a little complicated." "But I was almost there." "Hey, at least I'm not sewing." "Then you're not making any money either." "I could try." "You could?" "Toss me the thread." "You'll see." "Let me show you how it's done." "How much do we get for these things, anyway?" "50 cents." "50 cents?" "Fine." "50 cents." "Fucking American Dream." "('Pdro.) This is it." "This feels right." "If your father lives here, you're paying me a lot more than $50." "('Pdro.) He was very good with money." "('Magda.) He'd have to be a millionaire to live here." "Maybe now you wish you'd been nicer." "('English.) Holy shit." "('rings doorbll)" "('English.) Oh." "Hi." "Hello." "Delivery!" "No." "No, no, no, no, no, no." "Fold it." "Fold it." "Fold it... fold it..." "Pull tighter, tighter." "Fold it." "Fold it." "Fold it." "So, you work at the restaurant." "You must like it." "Work is not for liking." "That's why it's called work." " But you've been there so long." " Mm-hm." "The pay must be good, huh?" "You must've saved up a lot over the years." "What business is that of yours?" "No..." "I mean, you're definitely not spending anything on the place." "You could probably retire soon." "Go back to Mexico." "I'm not going back to that shithole." "This is my home." "You don't miss it sometimes?" "Never." "Here, let me show you." "Hold your hands like this." "First, fold it to keep the stitching invisible so it looks authentic." "Fold it." "Pull here." "Pay attention." "Pull here." "Fold it." "Pull and hide." "That's it." "Carry on." "What?" "It's nothing." "('Spanish.) What can I tell you?" "Life sucks, kid." "Don't touch me." " Whatever, man." "Just give me my money." " No." " We had a deal." " It changed." "Give me my money, asshole." "No." "I need a place to sleep." "I'm not exactly going straight home." "It doesn't matter." "Anywhere is fine." "('English.) Hey, Jimmy." "('Spanish.) Give him the money." "('English.) I got the 50 bucks, just like you said." "More of that shit." "('Spanish.) Go on, give it to him." "No!" "That's mine, motherfucker." "Give me my shit." " This is why you wanted the money?" " Don't judge me." " But this wastes your life." " Living wastes your life, kid." "Give me my shit." "We're not home yet." "Piece of shit." " What?" "You live here?" " Is that a problem?" "And how is it that you live here?" "Some asshole is waiting to sell it." "OK." "We're here." "Now give me my shit." "('Magda snorts drugs.)" " I thought you sold it." " I tried." "It isn't real gold." "It's not worth shit." "My father gave it to her when he proposed." "Well, then, it's yours again." "Where will I sleep?" "Don't get any ideas." "I wasn't thinking that." "Take the chair." "Do you have water so I can wash?" "('English.) Yeah." "Yeah." "There... in the buckets of..." "('Spanish.)... rain." "Did anyone ever tell you... you look familiar?" "('shivrs.)" "Bye, old man." " See you later." " You mean if I can't find a place?" "Of course." "Don't worry, by tomorrow I'll be out of your hair." "Bye, Papa." "('Digo chuckls.)" "('English.) What the fuck are you doing in my bed, motherfucker?" "('Spanish.) Did you do something?" "Did you do something?" " What?" " Did you do something?" "No." "I was cold." "Just get your shit and get out of here." "Go." "I'm hungry." "There's some stuff in the cooler." "Then get out." " Wanna make some money?" " Doing what?" " That guy over there thinks you're cute." " No." "You don't have to do anything with him." "He just wants to watch." " You and me." "What do you say?" " No." "Don't be a pussy." "It's 100 bucks for 15 minutes." "I said no." "Fine." " What?" " What did you tell him?" "Nothing." "What?" "I didn't tell him anything." "There must be many restaurants in the city." "How will I know where to go?" "Have you looked in a telephone book?" "You said it's French, right?" "What?" "Don't they have those in Mexico?" "('English.) The Yellow Pages?" "('Spanish.) Sorry, kid, but I can't help you." "It's nothing personal." "Now, if you want to pay me another 50 bucks, that's another thing." " But I gave you all my money." " Is that my problem?" "Maybe you should think about that next time somebody offers you more." "Yeah, I know." "But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do." "You think I wanna be out here freezing my ass off all day?" "Not on your life." "('English.) Read my lips." "50 bucks." "('car horn.)" "('Spanish.) Look who's back." "('radio plays livly Latin music.)" "Come on." "What are you doing?" "Wake up." "Nice to have you back, Papi." "Papi, eh?" "Which papi?" "Where's your papi?" "Is he the fat one or the skinny one?" "Who's the bitch now, huh?" "Off you go!" "('spak Spanish.)" "('hammring.)" "Come on." "Let's do this." "No." "No." "('Magda laughs.)" " Motherfucking pervert!" " ('English.) Oh, shit." "No, no, no!" "('Spanish.) We need the money." "He doesn't even have the $ 70." " Son of a bitch." " Let's go." "Look, it's very easy." "The avenues go up and down and the streets go across." "Houston Street is like zero." "Everything below there I'll do with you today." "The rest are all numbered." "Tomorrow you can do the West Village." "That's tough." "But I can go with you if you want to pay me again." "Excuse me, sir." " This is a French restaurant, right?" " ('Spanish.) Yes." " We're looking for..." " Sorry, there's no work here." "We're not looking for work, we're looking for someone." " Diego Gonzalez, you know him?" " No one by that name works here." "No." "My father doesn't work at a restaurant, he owns it." "Sorry, man." "Chez Oscar is down the street?" "Yeah, sure, it's right next to my mom's mansion." " Old man." " What are you doing?" "I..." "I was just..." "I was just coming to tell you I'm leaving." " Where?" " I made some money today, so I can finally get out of your hair." "I'm going to find my own place now." "I don't want to bother you anymore." "All right." "I guess I'll be going." "Hey..." "Well..." "The guys from the restaurant are going out." "They're going to a place that I don't know." "They say it's nice out, and... and I was thinking that maybe we could... we could get a drink before you leave." "It's not necessary, really." "No, I'd like to." "You haven't really been out much." "You've always been here." "Right now?" "All right." " Yes?" " Yes." "I'll just leave this inside." " OK?" " Yeah." "All right." "('d Latin.)" "Old man!" "Old man!" "What are you doing here, old man?" "We're just grabbing a drink." "Pedro, no?" "Yes, this is my..." "I'm a distant relative." "So, what are you all drinking?" " Beer." " Beer?" " Four beers and a Scotch for the old man." " No, no." "I'll get that." " It's a miracle." " What?" "It's his last day." "Hey, man, drink it slow." "The night is young." "Better it sit in my stomach than the bottle." " Cheers." " He's a real bastard." " So what the hell goes on here?" " It's cool, right?" "A little tame." "Any whores?" "('mn laugh.)" "I mean, to dance with, of course." "('mn laugh.)" "Maybe he's not here anymore." "Maybe he never was." "You'll find out when you finish the list tomorrow." "Maybe my mother lied about him." "Maybe." "She did it my whole life." "Hurry up, Magda." "C'mon!" "Can't we just sit here a little bit?" "And she starts bleeding everywhere." "And I'm thinking, "It's not her time of the month."" ""She's a virgin."" "Seriously, a virgin." "('havy panting and vvhooping.)" "But I'm getting right on the edge." "And then her dog comes up and starts to lick it!" "She didn't notice, and I wasn't gonna stop for the dog, so I just kept going." "('moans.)" "And then I finished." "And I just lay there." "It's not easy doing it on the steps." "It wasn't easy at all." "Then we were both satisfied." "And then everything gets silent." "And then there's this sound..." "Fucking hell!" "She realized it was the dog." "She finally realized the dog was down there." "Why don't you go for a dance?" "What, dancing?" "No, no, no." "('Juan protsts.)" "Here." "Go for it." "All right, here it goes." "Follow me." "Now let me show you how it's done." "('spaks to music.) For you, my father." "With love." "('d sings slovv song.)" "He's a good kid, no?" "Yes." "('drovvnd out by music.)" "Damn girl." "What do you have to do to get laid around here?" " Nothing, unless you pay for it." " That's what I offered." "Stop fucking around, Magda." "Can't we just sit here for a few days?" "('English.) Hey." "What have you got there, man?" "('English.) 50 bucks." "('both laugh drunknly.)" "('Juan.) Why don't we get out of here?" "We could go back home, find a place on the beach." " What do you say?" " I'd say you're still a kid." "We'd sit in the shade of palm trees all day and eat the coconuts as they fall." "I had a friend who went there." "He dove for lobsters." "He ate as much as he wanted and sold the rest." "Really?" "I'd like that - to dive for lobsters." "('both laugh.)" "('muttrs.)" "No." "Don't do that." "Come inside." "It's too suspicious otherwise." "Outside - police." "('Spanish.) Police." "('English.) Stay." "Stay." "Cool, man." "Cool." "('man moans.)" "Oh, yeah." "Oh, yeah." "Oh..." "Oh, yeah." "Oh, God." "Look at that." "Very nice." "Move over, man." "Let's go." "('man moans.)" "('Magda." "In English.) Get off!" "Get off!" "('vomits.)" "Oh, Jesus Christ!" "What are you doing?" "Get out, you sick fuck!" "Oh, God!" " ('Magda sobs.) - ('car spds avvay.)" "Let's see if I can find the key." "I'm going to the bathroom." "To the throne." " The throne." " The throne." "('both laugh drunknly.)" "('Juan urinats.)" "('toilt flushs.)" "('continus to laugh.)" "Have you heard the one about the..." "Go to sleep." "It's late." "There were so many nights I used to lay in bed and think about you." "Who you were, what you were doing, where you were." "Why you left." "You're breaking my heart." "Why are you always so harsh?" "The world is harsh." " Maybe you should drink less." " Maybe you should talk less." "Yeah..." "My mother was wrong about you." "She said you were successful, kind and generous." "That you would help me out." "But you know what you are?" "You're just a bitter, frightened old man who cares only about himself." "You know what your mother was good for?" "Lying." "Even I believed her." "A good swindler always knows how to say what you want to hear, right?" "My mother wasn't a swindler." "Then what happened?" "Tell me." "Then what happened?" "Can you tell me where five years of my life went?" "Sending everything home every week." "What do you think that's worth?" "I can tell you exactly what it was worth to her." "$15,000." "15,000 fucking dollars I sent her." "For what?" "For her to spend on another?" "And what about me?" "What do I have to show for it?" "This life, this shit." "Should I thank your mother for that?" "Should I thank that good woman?" "That honest, decent woman?" "No, kid." "She was a swindler." "One of the best." "OK, then tell me, because I don't understand." "If she was such a swindler, if she betrayed you, why did you come back?" " Why did you spend that night with her?" " Because I was a stupid kid." " A hothead, like you." " That's all?" "She never wanted me anyway." "You ever think of that?" "But why would she choose to spend the night with you?" "What do I know?" "If she already had a man she loved..." "Maybe she never loved me." "Maybe she was a whore." "No." "You were her first." "Her first?" "How do you know?" "Why didn't you finish her letter, old man?" "It's all there." "What are you afraid of?" " It's time you shut up." " No." "You don't know anything." " I loved her." " You just said she didn't love you." "She stole my money." "She stole my life." " Then tell me why." " You better shut up." " Answer me." " Shut up." " Answer me!" " Because I had a right!" "You raped her?" "Say it." "You raped her?" "Why won't you answer me?" "Say it!" "You raped her?" "Where are you going, eh?" "What do you think happened after you left her with a bastard son?" "She became a whore." "She got syphilis and it killed her." "You killed her." "You repulse me." " Wait..." " Let go of me." " Let me explain..." " Shut up." " Pedro..." " You killed her!" "What do you know, little boy?" "Do you think I really care what you think?" "What makes you think I even wanted a son?" "Can't you see I don't want you in my life?" "Why are you still here?" "Or are you after something else?" "What's this?" "What are you after?" "What are you after?" "A shortcut?" "Huh?" "Like your mother?" "You think you can avoid a life of hard work just because I made a mistake?" "I've made a lot of mistakes in my life." "But hear me now - the worst mistake I ever made was you." "Get out of my life." "You're not gonna touch me again or I'll kill you." "You hear?" "Don't ever touch me again." " Son of a bitch." " Don't move or I'll kill you." "I'm leaving now, old man." "Pedro!" "('sobs.)" "Feels good, no?" "My mother used to do this to me when I was little." "Excuse me." "I was hoping you might help me." " Sorry, kid, no work." " No, I'm looking for someone." "Diego Gonzalez." " Diego?" " Yes." " Does he work here?" " Wow, look at that." " Who are you?" " I'm Pedro." "His son." "That's funny." " You've already been here." " What?" "Yeah, we even had a drink together last night." " Only you didn't look like you." " What are you saying?" "Wait, wait, wait." " You do look more like Diego than he did." " Is he here?" "Let me see him." "Some other Pedro's been here claiming the same thing." "Juan?" "Where is my father?" "11 years I've been here, and he's never missed a shift." "Until today." "You again, huh?" "I found my father's restaurant." "He's a dishwasher." "Oh, yeah?" "He wasn't there." "But they told me where he lives." "It's where we left the note." "And that motherfucker who robbed me has been with him all this time, claiming he's me." "Really?" "I'm going over there." "I just wanted to see you." "Well, see if you'd want to come with me." "What do you need me for?" "I don't know." "('Juan.) You never had it so good, right?" "Juan?" "Son of a bitch!" "No!" "('flicks svvitch.)" "Goddamn!" "Pedro?" "Is that you, Pedro?" "Yes, old man." "Come into the light." "Let me see you." "I'm afraid." "Why are you afraid?" "I'm in trouble." "I must go away." "No." "Don't be crazy." "Son, I..." "I read the letter." "And..." "But come." "Come inside and we can talk." "My son!" " What have they done?" " No... no..." " Are you hurt?" " No..." "Come." "Come inside." " It was I who hurt someone." " Why?" "I didn't mean to, I swear it." "The knife went by itself." "I swear I didn't mean to." "We have to get ready." "But they know where you live." "Then we must hurry." "('grunts.)" "Bring me your bag." "The bag, quick." "Hold it open." "Hold it open!" "Take off your shirt." "Take off your shirt." "No, Papa." "They will catch you like this." "Do as I say." "Take your clothes off." "Come on." "Put this on." "('slrn.)" "Your clothes." "Quickly, your clothes!" "Throw it away." "As soon as you can, get rid of it." "Listen to me." "Listen to me!" "Don't look back." "Move forward." "Don't look back." "Don't sleep." "Keep moving." "Run." "Run." "I can't, Papa." "I can't." "Of course you can!" "You are a man." "You are not a child anymore." " You're not coming with me?" " No." "If I'm not here, they'll look for two of us." "Besides, I'll slow you down." "Pedro..." "I'm your father." "I will make up for everything, I promise." " But your money." " You must take it." "When the police come, I'll be deported and they'll take it away." "We'll meet in a month." "At your mother's grave." "Go." "Go!" " I have to tell you something." " There's no time." "Meet me in Puebla." " You don't understand." " Son." "I read the letter." "Don't worry." "No, I stole the letter." "I'm not your real son." "After all this, do you think I'd fall for that?" "Go, there's no time." "I can't." "Just leave!" "('sirns continu.)" "('polic radio.)" " ('man." "In English.) Police!" " ('banging on door)" "('in English.) OK." "What?" "('banging on door)" "('man.) Let's go!" "OK." "OK." "Hands on your head." "Hands on your head." "On your head." " ('man #2.) Where is he?" " ('Digo." "In Spanish.) It's all right." " You don't have to be so rough." " ('man.) Check the corner." "All this just for a free ride home?" "('man.) Where he's at?" "Where's the kid?" "('d "Balandria" by Jursino Caytano.)"