"GREYHOUNDS ON THE BEACH" "Part one" ""They said:" "Shoot the guy." "And I did." "They made me go close." "They made me put the gun to his head." "I cried." "They brought the others, and my sobs... soon turned to chants..."" "NORTHERN SPAIN, IN THE EARLY 80's." "pablo, what are you doing?" "What's up?" "I have to escape." "We have to leave." "They're after me." "Nobody's after you." "calm down." "Why do I have to let myself be killed?" "Find another place." "Hide me." "It'II be the same anywhere." "You're ill, pablo." "Don't let me sleep." "We're always escaping." "From no one, from nothing." "Just from your fantasies." "Whatever you want." "I'II hide you if you want." "Where nobody can find you." "What's up?" "Nothing." "If I'd given myself up, maybe I couId have slept." "What do you mean?" "I'd have got rid of them." "My enemies and my friends." "Don't say that." "It's what I think." "Don't say it." "How was I before?" "How was I before I went mad?" "You're not mad, pablo." "I thought I couId do anything." "You'II be the same again." "I don't want to be the same again." "They left me when I needed them." "Nobody left you." "They worry." "They'II send money." "We have to get a place where you can get better." "We'II find that place." "A house, near the sea." "would you Iike that?" "Yes." "I'II find the right doctor." "A doctor." "To wash my brain with soap." "They told me about someone." "Do you want more light?" "Or less?" "shall I open the window?" "shall I get you flowers?" "shall I turn on the TV, the radio?" "Heard any news?" "No." "I'd have told you." "You must find him." "I'm trying." "You know that." "Look after him." "He's your brother." "Lying here, there's nothing I can do." "I'm working on it." "Have you fed the birds?" "The birds left a Iong time ago, mom." "You're a good man." "You make it sound like I'm a fool." "close the shutters." "Sit down over there... and play." "Do you want me to play?" "What's wrong?" "What's the matter?" "could you tell me what's the matter?" "They've come for me." "Who?" "I told you." "What did you tell me?" "Put that down!" "I saw one." "He's in a car." "He's not alone." "Don't start." "And give me the gun." "Nobody's looking for you." "Anyway, they'd never find us." "If you're wrong?" "I'm not." "I'm going if you don't obey." "Give it to me." "pablo." "Give it to me." "The man you'II meet worked for US intelligence in Europe." "MADRID, 7 YEARS LATER." "Then he left and wrote a book." "A book?" "Why?" "He blamed his bosses and his Government... for the dirty tricks in his department over 1 5 years." "He dug up enough shit to bury a cathedral." "Who can verify this?" "No one." "He had access to a load of secret information, he has an excellent memory and sells what he remembers." "He replied, so he knows about your brother." "Been looking for him long?" "Yes." "I've had several interviews." "I've been sold false information." "I'm not sure if he's alive." "Does he mean my brother?" "Yes." "He means your brother." "pablo AIcorta?" "I didn't know." "I knew nothing about this." "Where is he?" "And that man, Dubbini..." "You have to find him." "But that's your problem." "My handbag!" "I'II leave it here?" "Thanks a Iot." "Are you all right?" "I twisted my ankle." "That's all." "I was going to the museum." "I'm passing through." "Me too." "I'm off to the museum, I'm passing through." "I'm glad you were around." "Can you walk?" "I'm sure I can." "I've been enough trouble." "Excuse me." "What did you want?" "A half bottle of Rioja..." "We don't do halves." "A beer then." "And something to eat." "Anything, even a sandwich." "We're not serving food." "The restaurant's just closed." "I'm sorry." "Pay or put it on the bill?" "1 28." "1 28." "Not following me, are you?" "No." "I'm in this hotel." "Me too." "Coincidence." "No one's following you." "Maybe I'm following you." "Nobody's ever followed me." "I wish they had." "Why not?" "Are you very hungry?" "Yes, but here..." "I heard that." "Wait a second." "Here you are." "Is that okay?" "Yes." "Anything else?" "No." "I'II sit down." "He may return." "Prefer to be alone?" "You saw a film and forgot the time." "I went to a concert." "And I walked back." "You kept me waiting." "I thought you weren't coming." "Is that a joke?" "Yeah." "relax and eat." "What are you doing tonight?" "Tomorrow I have to travel." "I want to get to bed." "Why?" "No more concerts?" "No." "I don't think so." "Let me talk." "signal if you disagree." "I need a drink." "Not to forget, but to celebrate." "I thought I would have to do it alone." "But as we're old friends now," "I feel I can ask you to accompany me." "My name's Martin." "I'm Berta." "My name's Berta." "tell me something." "What are you thinking right now?" "How good I feel." "That's because of the music, the darkness," "the drinks." "Have I forgotten anything?" "And you." "Thanks." "Thought you wouldn't say it." "I said it." "Come on." "Do it." "What?" "Let's dance." "Can you dance here?" "Don't ask." "Remember the best moments of last night, like when i got you the food." "You've enough money to get home." "i'll pay the hotel." "Don't get angry." "it wasn't deliberate." "it's just that you had much more money than me." "How are they?" "Fine." "They seem happy." "As if they knew what they'd escaped from." "We'II look after them well." "We already do." "They're alive again, aren't they?" "Bye." "What're you doing here?" "Looking for you." "Me?" "Yes, you." "I don't know how to begin." "I daren't look at you." "Try explaining." "I'm here 'cos I'm here." "I always follow my instincts." "And what do I do?" "follow yours, I guess." "Do you wanna hit me?" "No, of course not." "What do you think?" "Nothing." "Let's go." "Why not tell me about you?" "I'm very tired." "Anything." "Then you can sleep." "It's true I'm Berta." "I was in the hotel." "Remember?" "And before?" "I was going to the museum." "I was robbed." "Before." "AII right, I was teacher in a high school." "A Iong-term relationship came to an end, and I went to Madrid for a job in a school." "They were young kids." "I wasn't in the mood." "That's when I met you." "That's not true." "I was dying to sleep with you." "I'm not stupid you know." "If you don't like what I say, don't ask." "Is having me here so disagreeable?" "No, it isn't." "Thanks." "Come here." "Lie down and take a rest." "Are you going?" "Yes." "I have things to do." "Then I work in the bakery." "What bakery?" "Ours." "My brother and I." "I'II be back in the morning." "What shall I do until the morning?" "You can go for a walk, sleep, eat, read..." "There's a radio but no TV." "I don't keep money here." "That way I'm not tempted." "I have things to do." "You said that." "Just rest." "Bring warm bread." "I always do." "I've been thinking." "And...?" "I just don't understand." "You're not here for me." "I don't understand either." "Why?" "I don't know." "You treat me well." "I Iike being treated well." "Done this often?" "You mean am I a whore?" "No." "I asked you what I asked you." "I've done it a few times." "Not many." "For no other reason than thinking I'm in love." "Is the bread good?" "Same as usual." "You're right." "I wouldn't trust me either." "I hate myself." "But I'm stuck with myself." "What're you gonna do?" "What should I do?" "Leave you the money and go?" "No." "Don't leave the money or don't go?" "Don't go." "Put your stuff in the closet." "What's going on?" "Nothing." "They're greyhounds." "Do you race greyhounds?" "No, they've finished racing." "How many are there?" "twelve." "Some as old as the sea." "But they still get around." "Where did you get them?" "A stadium that closed." "Before hanging them, they looked for owners." "A photo appeared in the paper." "They looked so pathetic." "I sent a truck to get them." "Give me a hand here." "Why did you do it?" "Because I saw the photo." "Do you come here often?" "A Iot." "I can feel really alone." "There are vultures up there." "Since they arrived, I come nearly every afternoon." "When did your mother die?" "Two years ago." "And your brother?" "He's abroad." "What does he do?" "My brother?" "Nothing." "He's a special case." "Leave him alone." "Why?" "What's up with him?" "Everybody knows." "I don't." "I've only seen his photos at home." "I'm curious, but if you don't want to tell me..." "He studied in bilbao." "From when he was 1 2." "He started to grow away." "The few times he came he really upset us." "He talked of violence, arms." "He tried to scare us." "And sometimes he really did." "He got very hard, very radical." "I didn't think he believed it." "I was wrong." "Then he was in the paper, suspected of murder." "We were interviewed." "Then he vanished." "Like he'd been swallowed up." "Years later, for mom's sake, I searched everywhere." "If you don't wanna talk..." "Not especially, no." "But you insisted." "I know." "Forgive me." "Why did you want to find him?" "Because I have to." "Why?" "For what reason?" "I have to." "The house, the bakery and mom's money are his as well." "Maybe he needs it." "Besides, I promised." "And he is my brother." "He's all I have in the world." "What's keeping you?" "One day I'II do it." "I'm slow." "From thinking to actually doing takes me ages." "If I'm outside the village, I worry about getting back." "They also sent me to bilbao, to the conservatory." "But I soon returned saying I preferred a private teacher." "The accordion substituted the cello, and I missed out on a more complete education." "And a more eventful life." "Outside your territory you're a bit of a dope." "And inside as well." "You'II have to get moving." "Catch trains, planes." "See your brother, and sort things out." "Yeah, one day I will." "I don't want to think about it." "Wait a second." "They'II be fine." "They'II eat every day." "I'II take care of them." "Come back soon or there won't be many left." "Look after them." "Don't worry." "I told you." "Have a good trip." "Thanks." "You'II never leave me." "Promise me." "Don't say that." "Why?" "Better to let things happen than feel obliged." "Even a promise is a Iot." "You'II never leave me." "Not today." "Not tomorrow." "No." "Never." "Never is very long." "Part two" ""Because this is the Iong day in which the lost are found."" "COPENHAGEN, DENMARK." "Dubbini." "I don't understand." "What do you want?" "I'd Iike to help, but you're mistaken." "Yes, I am a psychiatrist but not practicing." "I see." "I don't recall anyone with that name." "What you say all sounds very distant." "Time has passed." "No, today I'm very busy." "call tomorrow." "Yes, but don't expect too much from me." "As you wish." "CHILDREN'S PS YCHIATRIC HOSPITAL" "Dr. Finecke would Iike to see you later." "Anything new?" "No, nothing's changed." "A few days ago someone was asking for you." "Who?" "A woman." "Seemed like she'd checked in every hospital." "What language did she speak?" "english." "tell Doctor Finecke that I'II go and see him after." "Stay here, don't move!" "Don't leave her!" "Do you hear?" "Ana, I'm coming!" "Is that him?" "Yes." "It's been a Iong time." "He had a stress disorder." "He suffered a neurosis, with emotional, even violent instability." "I was well paid." "I tried to treat him, and I succeeded only partially." "It was a complicated case." "In actions involving violence against others, many psychopaths kill and then act normally... until the next time." "But there are those who have a certain vulnerability, without knowing so." "For them acts of violence... can provoke mental instability sufficient to destroy their lives." "He is one of these." "Do you share his ideas?" "No." "I'm looking for him for emotional, family reasons." "He had a girl who took care of him." "Where did they live?" "I don't give information about anyone to anyone." "Is money a factor?" "No, principles." "professional conduct." "I need your help though." "Do you know her?" "Yes." "We've been living together for a while." "tell her to come over." "She's waiting for a signal." "Am I interrupting?" "No, you aren't." "I'm Berta." "carlo Dubbini." "Stay in the city, Mr AIcorta." "I'II try to help you." "Thanks." "I'm gonna buy cigarettes." "Be right up." "See you up there." "Leave me alone!" "I'm sick of your games." "Just for a minute." "It's not a Iot to ask." "I'm sorry." "Sometimes I get carried away." "Get off." "Come here." "Come here." "I have to leave you alone." "I have to do that sometimes." "You can be alone, but don't treat me like that." "help me find the best way to say sorry." "You find it." "Why do I have to help?" "I don't know." "I'm not used to someone loving me so much." "I haven't had any news from home for years." "So I didn't know mom had died." "How's things?" "What?" "Life." "How's life?" "Very good." "He's getting better every day." "No, thanks." "We invested in a fishing boat and he goes to fish." "He's forgotten about that." "He sleeps well, and doesn't have that anguish." "Good." "I'm writing." "Yeah?" "What?" "I'm writing about what happened, my Iife." "Nobody's gonna like it." "None of them." "Does anybody remember you?" "Do you meet anyone?" "They look after us." "They send money and are concerned." "Sometimes they come to watch me." "I know." "I recognize them." "I felt obliged to tell you, as your brother's spent time and money." "Want to see him?" "Stop, pablo." "Stop." "Want to see him?" "I'II see him." "My brother was always trustworthy." "Besides, we have to split up the inheritance." "Isn't that it?" "He said that." "Okay." "I'II bring them." "Thanks for your concern." "You want to forget us, but we still bother you." "I was paid more than enough to compensate." "I know it's a question of money and not because you sympathize." "But thanks anyway." "Don't analyze me." "You'd need much more time than you have." "Where's the gun?" "Take it easy." "Where?" "They're the neighbors' kids." "I'II go and talk to them." "Why do they bother us?" "You get scared." "That's fun for them." "Scared?" "I'm not scared." "Yes, I know." "Look." "I saw it in a store." "I spent half an hour making up my mind." "Then I went in and tried it." "It sounds like nothing I've ever played." "It cost a Iot, but I had to have it." "Just listen a second." "Dubbini came to see you." "He'II take you to your brother." "You'II sort things out and then go home." "I'm leaving you." "You're leaving?" "Yes, right now." "I'm going as I came, following my intuitions." "I'II be okay and I have money." "Maybe I'II go home." "Do you have a house?" "Yes." "I'm not telling you where, but I have one." "My house." "I Ieft it a while ago." "It'II be cold, but it's a house." "I can't live without you." "I can live without you." "Without anyone." "I'm used to it." "Aren't you happy?" "Yes, maybe that's what scares me." "I don't understand." "I know." "Whatever I say won't change anything?" "No, it won't." "I can't live without you." "AII I can say is every day I've spent with you... has been so incredible that I couldn't quite believe it." "I'm not gonna scream or go crazy." "If you go, you go." "Why do you follow me?" "I Ieft Martin." "I'm alone." "Been following me for long?" "Since you left home." "It's just that... my hotel is uncomfortable." "I don't know anybody and it's my birthday..." "Are you not leaving?" "No." "Not for the moment." "I Iike it here." "Is there any news?" "She's not getting worse." "That's good." "One day the sky'II open and fill her with light." "Are those the doctor's words?" "No, they're mine." "well, they're from a poem." "I just believe them." "I thank them." "Maybe I'm exaggerating a simple look, but for years she's shown no interest in anything." "How many years?" "twelve and a half." "twelve years, seven months." "She was just two." "Since then she hasn't wanted to live." "What happened?" "I'II tell you another day." "Not now." "I've been lucky today." "Why's that?" "Because I'm not alone." "Gonna see Martin again?" "No." "Tomorrow we're meeting his brother." "I guess he'II go home after that." "Did he say that?" "He talked about you all the time." "He's in a bad way." "He'II get over it." "I'd have got you a present if I'd known." "You don't understand me." "That's true." "Does that worry you?" "health and pesetas." "You say that?" "Yes." "Your happiness." "Thanks." "I've only seen you twice, but I thought your relationship with Martin... was a bit false." "You mean I was pretending." "Something like that." "Now I'm not so sure." "Why?" "Because of him." "He won't be easy to forget." "I'II forget him." "A little each day." "Don't you worry." "I'm also going to drop the formality between us." "It's my birthday, you're happy about your daughter, Iet's celebrate." "And it could be the Iast time we meet." "You look well." "I'm Oria." "Hi, Oria." "Hi." "I brought some beer and food." "well, shall we sit down?" "You look well too." "I'm feeling better." "I still have to take pills, but I lead a normal life." "No mountains here." "The sea's different." "Now I work on a boat." "Good." "I'm much better." "What do you think of me?" "Why do you ask?" "Because I don't know." "I hear some people admire me." "And?" "I was just saying..." "I don't admire you." "You're my brother." "That's all." "I'm sorry I didn't see her." "I'm very sorry." "I was ill." "I'd have written..." "It's over now." "She asked for you." "I have to settle the inheritance." "Give you your part." "We'II get a lawyer." "Why not write to me?" "I'II do that." "That's what I do." "I'm a writer." "I find it difficult." "I thought I had... things to say but they don't take up much space." "I'm not into violence." "I wouldn't say that in front of Oria..." "I've had a hard time." "I can tell you." "Very hard." "You like following me." "I should feel flattered." "No, I just missed you... and wondered what you were doing." "Is that so strange?" "You tell me." "Why look at me like that?" ""Vengeance is mine, said the Lord." "only I can do justice."" "St paul." "EpistIe to the Romans." "You talking to me?" "Yes." "I have reasons to loathe the use of terror." "But I prefer to follow the bible." "I may understand you, but I don't like the way you used me to get your man." "What do you mean?" "You know very well." "should I be impressed?" "No, don't be." "You were just close by." "I turned round and there you were." "violence satisfies no one." "Neither the survivor, or the killer who can't stop killing." "violence leaves only broken lives in its wake." "Suffering, broken people, for whom life is unbearable." "I know about that." "Anything else?" "Yes, but I see you're not interested." "What you gonna do?" "I want to leave here." "Now." "I'm not being an accomplice to this." "It's difficult, but I'd Iike to go home someday." "Maybe you'II come back here." "Of course." "I'II send you your share, and later I'II return." "Thanks." "Was she just leading me on?" "Right from the very first meeting." "Took me for a fool." "She only wanted you to take her to him." "Where did she go?" "To the hotel, I guess." "She's frustrated, but she'II try again." "We should tell your brother to move house." "As regards you, go home." "I'm not going." "I have to find her." "Find her?" "For what?" "She's not in the hotel." "I wanted to know... if she left this morning or stayed the night elsewhere." "That's the other shift." "I didn't see her this morning though." "She could have left before." "I don't know." "Thanks." "He was so happy you'd come to see him." "But you brought his death." "He did his duty." "It's part of the struggle." "He did what he had to do." "And you... tried to cure him but you didn't love him." "It was obvious." "I hope you don't run into me again." "For your sakes." "Part three" ""Those who love do not die, those who don't love do not live."" "well, you'II have a great lawyer, a friend." "He says you'II get between 1 5 and 20 years." "shall I call your family?" "No, nobody." "How's your daughter?" "Why do you ask?" "You seem happy." "Given the circumstances I tried to hide it..." "well you haven't." "I'm sorry." "Ana's waking up." "slowly but surely." "I'm glad." "Once you're sentenced, you'II be allowed out... and there'II be parole." "You can count on me." "Where's Martin?" "I don't know." "He left the hotel." "If I hear anything I'II tell you." "That's enough!" "Thanks, very good." "shall I play another?" "No, thanks." "No, thanks." "Here." "Right, Iet's continue." "Come on, mister accordionist." "A bit closer." "play something upbeat." "Don't you understand?" "At home, with her father, she'd recover quicker." "You'II end up living a normal life, both of you." "It may not turn out so well." "There's no reason why." "We haven't lived together for twelve years." "Think about it." "Sooner or later you'II have to do it." "Yes, that's true." "Thanks a Iot." "You're absolutely right." "will you go back home... if she recovers?" "No, never." "This is our city and our country." "There are sufficient incentives here... for her to want to stay." "I'm glad." "I hope all goes well." "Thanks." "well..." "I've said what I had to say." "Are you staying?" "Yes, for a while." "I didn't expect to see you." "I didn't really expect to see you anywhere." "When did you return?" "I never left the city." "Can I talk to you?" "I was about to leave." "We can talk another day." "Tomorrow, whatever." "well, what's another day?" "I have a week's work here." "Sit down, please." "We can talk now." "i guess Dubbini told you i was still here." "That i never left you." "if you feel bad, remember i expect nothing." "i find it impossible to go." "i would be alone and you'd be alone." "What happened should have led to a definitive separation." "To forget, if that's possible, and think of our time together as a bad experience." "Because of the hate, the deceit, the vengeance, the lies, and the death of someone i loved." "i should go far away and never hear your name again." "But i can't move." "The fact that you were just using me... seems to explain everything." "But i believe there's something else, which only you and i have felt, and is hidden from other people." "But don't worry, i'm not gonna ask what you think." "i expect nothing." "I wasn't expecting this surprise." "We have to start sometime, so why not today?" "I'm not prepared." "The house isn't ready." "I won't smoke." "She'II stay when her room's ready." "I'II leave her a few hours for now." "What shall I do?" "talk to her." "Say what you Iike." "tell her what her life will be like." "You know how to do it." "But she's my daughter." "I'm afraid of making a mistake." "She's just coming out of herself." "And I'm terrified she'II retreat into herself again." "She wants to live." "It's unlikely she'II regress." "You know how to do it." "I'II be back in three hours." "Try to make her talk." "Thanks." "It's a silly pastime." "Nowadays you can't live from it." "I try to get these dilapidated old bits of machinery working again." "They're almost kaput." "I received a letter." "Martin thought I knew about your meeting." "I didn't tell you." "Why not?" "I'm trying to make a new start." "Ana needs me, and I need you." "And maybe you could feel the same way." "I'm willing to wait for you, to make you happy." "I feel ready for anything, if you're willing, that is." "It's not that simple." "I know." "Let me try." "Before Martin there was another man." "The one you were capable of killing for?" "I did what I had to do." "I heard that sentence not long ago." "I don't know what it means." "His name was julio." "He was a physicist." "He loved children, and he had a great sense of humor." "He wore glasses." "He and I decided to work hard... to get good jobs," "house, two or three kids... and all the happiness that could be ours." "julio got an offer of work... in a nuclear power station." "He didn't even know if he'd take it." "He went away for an interview." "On the way... he was kidnapped, blindfolded, and his wrists were tied, and they shot him in the head." "They probably didn't ask who he was." "And if they did, they didn't listen." "They just used his death." "I've still no idea for what." "And afterwards?" "What did you do then?" "I was in a daze." "I Iooked for another man... and I found dozens." "They consoled me, they loved me, they gave me what I asked for." "I just wanted to forget." "I became oblivious to everything... to the point where I had no memory." "I felt nothing." "Nothing." "They had taken his life and they'd taken mine." "Then one day..." "The day..." "I decided to do away with julio's murderer, everything changed." "My life had a purpose." "I knew his name because he was quickly identified." "I found out where his family lived." "I followed Martin... and prepared the plan." "I put on an act and became indispensable." "It was so easy." "What do you feel now?" "I think of him all the time." "But by loving him, I feel I'm betraying him." "Everything that meant anything happened a Iong time ago." "And it's over." "I've been honest because you deserve it." "I appreciate it." "From 5 to 6." "Do you understand?" "Thanks." "hello?" "Berta, it's me, Martin." "Where are you?" "In a hotel." "Working." "Can i call you later?" "No, we'II talk now." "I don't know what to say to you." "Can I see you?" "No, you can't." "Go and forget me." "I pretended I felt things I didn't feel." "I deceived you every day I was with you." "I know that." "There's nothing more." "Just go." "I want to go." "I'II take you." "You're allowed to stay till tomorrow." "I know that." "But you want to go." "What did you expect?" "I expected something." "I expected you'd stay." "That you'd consider it." "You'd decide whether to spend your life with me." "Hope springs eternal, right?" "I guess." "Let me try." "Where are we?" "He works till late, and in a few minutes he'II be along." "Why did you bring me?" "I need you to take a decision." "That means resolving things with him." "I know what I feel for him." "shall we go?" "No." "We haven't met for a Iong time." "AII the time you wanted." "We're allowed these meetings when it's a relationship." "I asked for it for us." "You surprised me." "I know." "slowly..." "Move slowly." "My love." "When the three hours were up... i tried to talk but the words didn't come." "i tried to blot out all my negative thoughts... and concentrate on the urgency of loving you and you me." "i thought nothing could stop us living." "i ask the questions now, when you're not near." "The answers are always the same." "i've no right to keep you waiting." "You can't build anything solid on deceit and vengeance." "if i'd realized what i felt for you, i'd have done things in a different way." "After all, Martin, our thing, despite all my lies and all my blunders, couldn't have had a better end." "i missed you even before i left you." "Now i shall disappear, go far from you." "You can go or you can stay, but we'll never meet again." "hello?" "They called from the prison." "Berta tried to commit suicide." "She's seriously ill in hospital." "I never thought you'd do this." "I don't understand." "I'II do what you want." "I'II leave you alone." "I'II go." "You don't understand." "I'm fooling you again." "It's the best possible beginning." "You're a good man, Martin." "Sit down... and play something." "I don't have the accordion." "It doesn't matter." "Knowing you're here," "I'm going to rest." "translation:" "Martin NichoIas Smith" "subtitles:" "LA LUNA TITRA"