"LET'S GO WITH PANCHO VILLA!" ""This film is an homage to the loyalty and courage," "Francisco Villa infused in the warriors who followed him." "The blame for the cruelty that occurred cannot be put on any group of people... for, remember this was an age... which bathed in blood not only the hills of Mexico... but also a field called Flanders and the peaceful valleys of France"" "1914 A.D." "BRIDGE STATION" "What happened?" "The same as others: shot in the head." " A shot from a 30-30." " These makes 14 killed in two weeks." " No more, no less." " Who will it be tonight?" "14 guys buried six feet away from the rails." "Not just any guys." "Soldiers!" "And this will be the last one to die." "He'll be the last one, I know who is killing them." "What will you have for breakfast, Captain?" "Nothing." "Where's Miguel?" "He's chopping wood." "Where were you last night?" " I went to a party." " At what time did you come here?" "It was sunrise when I got out of town." "Every day a soldier is killed," "I've got 14 corpses already." "I did go out last night, but the other nights, no." " Where's your carabine?" " You know I sold it, to Rodrigo Perea." "I'm talking to you!" "Look at me!" "Where's your carabine?" "If you want it take it from Rodrigo Perea, if you can." "Rodrigo went with the rebels!" "You sold him your carabine so he could go to the war!" "I'll teach you a little respect!" "Don't hurt him!" "He's innocent!" "Wait till the army comes!" "We'll try him and I'll see him executed!" " He hasn't done anything." " He won't kill any more soldiers!" "Oh, you son of a...!" "Not like that." "Close your left eye when you take aim." " Both of them, keep closing!" " This boy!" "Aim." "I hit him!" "Tiburcio, you have to go to work!" "Yes, I'm going." "Let's go my son." "Why doesn't Mommy want me to shoot?" "She's afraid you'll join the revolution when you're big enough." "I'm big enough now!" "I'm big enough to shoot." "The only one that can save us is Pancho Villa." "Don't tell me you're involved with him." "There are things you just don't understand." "It's the Pereas!" "Tiburcio!" " Did you hear the ne ws?" " What happened?" " Captain Medina is looking for you." " Why?" "Because of the sentinels!" "That is a problem." "Come on, let's see what we can do." " Pedrito!" " Why didn't you bring me a carabine?" "I'll give you a big one, and a horse so you can ride with me." " Morning, comadre." " Morning, compadrito." "If they're going to kill me tomorrow, let them kill me right now!" "Is Tiburcio around?" "He just came in with Maximo and Rodrigo." " Do they have anything to drink?" " Yes." "Do you want some?" "Yes, I'd like that!" "What do the y say about politics?" "That's the way to go." "That's easy for you to say." "You have to have a general to have such a funeral." "Atten... tion!" "General Calf!" "That damn machine gun." "We won't be able to take the fort tonight." "Lions!" "It's time to show you're lions, and not pussycats!" "You name it, General." "Let's see if you're man enough to steal us a machine gun!" "On my way, sir!" "Here we are, skinheads." "As you requested, General." "Now I believe you are everything you say." "This is it, boys!" "Everybody fall in!" "This is the moment!" "This is hard!" "That's the idea." "It's useless!" "They're shooting from the top." "They killed one of us." "Which one?" "Martin Espinosa." "I can't see them." "I guess they're scared." "It's Martin, General, with his bombs!" "Move the light to the right." "There he is, General." "Yes, here I am!" "Long live Villa!" "Now we're going all the way to Torreon, lads!" "Tiburcio, fatso!" "The chief is calling you!" "We're coming." "Cease fire!" "State your business." "We're delivering a message." " Who is the message for?" " General Velasco." " What weapons do you have?" " None." "Advance!" "Single file!" "What do you want?" "We're messengers." "General Pereira sent us to tell you he is angry with Villa." "His troops are fighting while Villa's rest." "Villa's injured soldiers go to Chihuahua, but General Pereira's do not." "When food arrives." "Villa's have their fill, we starve." "So, what else is new?" "Chieftains who have reunited in Durango want to leave Villa." "They'll join you, if you feed and arm their troops." " How many are they?" " About 6000." "All right, wait a minute." " We want an immediate answer." " You'll have it." "Your unconditional surrender is accepted, but you will be prisoners." "You'll arrive in groups of 100 and you will be unarmed." "Your leaders will be held in this fortress." " It seems you don't trust us." " So it seems." "I can't take any chances." "For now, and to make sure you don't try anything... three of you will carry the message back to your leaders... the others will remain here." "This is treason." "We can't be apprehended!" "I have spoken." "These will remain even in the offer isn't accepted." "Enough!" "Who will stay?" "I will stay." "I brought the message." "I said three." "I'll stay, too." "It's God's will." "The three of us will stay." "You're prisoners-of-war." "Lock them up and guard them." "All right, but this isn't fair." "We came here in good will, not to fight." "Time's up." "This is gonna get ugly." "And it's your fault!" "We should have left the other three." "No." "We knew this was a trick." "Hey, you!" " What do you want?" " Will you take us when you leave?" "We'll leave you behind when we go!" "Aw, go to..." "So, tell me something, guys." "Why do you want us to stay?" "If I die, I prefer to die fighting." "It's not the soldiers that are to blame, but the generals." "They're the ones that send us into war." "Bull!" "The soldiers are the ones who kill us." "You're gonna die either way." "Better to die fighting, with a carabine in my hand!" "And shooting!" "That is the death of a real man!" "Whatever you say, it was stupid to let the others go." "I planned to make two others stay with me, and you would have been spared." "But you stepped forward." "How could we leave you?" "You're rash, fatso." "But you've got a great heart!" "And what about me?" "We three are the best!" "Remember that song you sang?" "If they are to kill me tomorrow Better let them, kill me now!" "A passion dominates me that's why I came" "Prisoners!" "You are to be hanged!" "I am to be your executioner." "You?" "You're gonna hang us, senorita?" "You'll faint when you see me with my tongue coming out!" "Ready when you are, senorita." "But lieutenant, we'll be getting very close to the enemy lines!" "Exactly!" "This will be an example to them." "They will learn to fear us." "But they'll attack!" "Are you afraid?" "Is it them?" "No doubt about it." "It's them!" "We have to do something!" "We're running out of time." "They've seen us, Lieutenant, and they're shooting at us!" "You'll be the first." "I'm deeply honored." "Well, lads, see you there." "Come on!" "The least you could have done was buy a new rope!" "Another rope, quick!" "They're shooting at our guys!" "Don't shoot it's us!" "Are you afraid, or what?" " Are you all right, fatso?" " That was a close shave!" "Where's Rodrigo?" "What's wrong with you, brother?" "It was God's will." "I only regret that it was a shot from one of our guys." "Hey, it's nothing." "You still have plenty of years ahead of you." "No, man." "This is for real." "Just what I wanted... to be able to see you all one last time." "Calf!" "Here, it's yours." "It's a gift." "The lions are coming!" "Boys, let it be said that Francisco Villa appreciates courage." " You'll be my escort." " We'll be Dorados?" "No less!" " And me, General?" " You too, Calf." "And I've got something for you." "Give it to me." "Here." "Now you are majors." "Is that all?" "Weren't there four of you?" "Rodrigo Perea stayed in the field." "Near the waterhose." "Poor lad." "That's a real shame." "His death was God's will." "That's just what he said, General." "I want you to take two." "You have earned them." "Thank you, General." "You won them like men." "Go see Colonel Vega, and he will pay you." "It's an honor, sir." "General Urbina asks what we will do with the musicians we captured." "He wants to execute them." "Musicians?" "No, have them join us." "But every brigade already has a band." "Is that so?" "Then go ahead and execute them." " Not bad, huh?" " You wanted it on." "Where are we going?" "Let's go to the cantina we saw last night." "It's too early." "Let's go to a place I know." " First, let us get our pay." " Right!" "I'll get him this time." "I did it!" "Now they'll make me a general!" "PLEASE DON'T SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER" "Look who's here!" "The lions!" "Tiburcio, fatso, come!" "Just a moment!" "Let's have a toast!" "Quiet!" "To the new Dorados of Villa!" "The lions of San Pablo." " Won't you drink with the lions?" " It's wrong." "Why is that?" " Do you see how many are at the table?" " How many?" "13." "It's bad luck." "Come on, have a drink." "No, one of us will die tonight." "Just like that?" "Why?" "There's 13 at the table." "One of us will die." " I'm leaving." " No, you don't." "If someone should die..." " What's going on?" " Yeah, what is it?" "Blanco says one of us will die because there's 13 of us here." "If it's true, let's find out who will die." " How?" " He's drunk!" " How do we find out?" " We are one too many." "Let's turn out the lights and throw the gun up." "The biggest coward will be shot and the bravest of us will be left." "Is anyone leaving?" "Wait a minute!" "The bullet might hit anyone." "It can't tell who is brave and who is a coward." "The bravest of us might go down." "But the gun will shoot the biggest coward." "Hey, this isn't fair!" "I'm too fat." "I make a bigger target." "Now, fatso!" "Are the lions of San Pablo afraid?" "What about you, Tiburcio?" "I think it's stupid." "Courage is not tested in a cantina." "But if it's courage we're measuring the lions of San Pablo don't back off!" "Right, fatso?" "Not one of us!" "Just one thing." "I want to make something clear." "The one shot won't be the most cowardly." "We're proving our courage, but we're only three." "There are 10 of you." "If any of us is shot, the others will prove his courage." "So, it's decided." "Throw the gun." "Hold it!" "Let's wait until midnight." "It's 20 minutes until midnight." "At midnight, we do it." "Why is everyone leaving?" "There's gonna be shots at midnight." "Haven't they seen a shooting before?" "Never in the dark." "These guys are crazy." "What do you mean by that?" "What's going to happen?" "Why don't you stick around and watch?" " Should we stay?" " Let's stay!" "Guys!" "Guys!" "It's midnight!" "It's time." "Let's get on with it." "Put the tables away." "Make a circle." " Hold it, you!" " What's up?" " Why do you get to throw the gun?" " What's on your mind, fatso?" "The one who throws it won't get shot." "Fine." "You throw it." " I don't want any advantage." " Let Tiburcio do it." "That's it." "Give it to Tiburcio." "Give it to me." "I'll throw it." "Wait, I forgot." "Turn the lights off." "Hey, waiter!" "Who, me?" "Find the switch!" "You turn it off when I tell you." "And get closer." "Don't leave a space." "Now, turn it off!" "Who got shot?" "Turn on the lights!" "The lights!" "Quickly!" "What's wrong, fatso?" "I told you it was easy for me to get shot." " Where were you wounded?" " In my belly." "He's just wounded." "Let there be a death!" "Tell them it's a lie the biggest coward would get it." "Of course it's a lie!" "There is no one braver than you." "You'll be fine." "Up and around in a couple of weeks!" "Go get a doctor, Calf." "That's enough!" "This has got to come to an end!" "Shut up, everybody!" "Please, guys!" "Quiet down!" "One is enough." "I'll show you my fears." "Watch now a lion of San Pablo dies!" "It was the other way around." "The most courageous died." "If anyone has a problem with that, let him speak up now." "Get up, lad!" "Didn't you hear the call?" "We're going to Zacatecas!" "What's wrong with you?" "My head aches as if it were about to explode!" "Let's see." "You're all right." "Let's go to the station." "The air will make your better." "It's not that I want to leave." "I'd go anywhere with you." "But don't you think it's been enough?" "Enough of what?" "It's just that... when we left home, there were six of us." "Now we are only two." "The Revolution will triumph." "Why do we stay?" "To be killed like Rodrigo, Espinosa or Maximo?" "I know what's wrong with you." "You feel bad about what happened to Fatso." "Let me finish." "You believe it was a senseless act." "I shouldn't have allowed what happened at the cantina." "But now we can't leave the revolution or its leader." "They don't need us anymore." "But they do in San Pablo." "Especially your kids." "The revolution is only beginning." "They need us the most now." "And keep in mind one thing you're an escort of our great leader." "One of Pancho Villa's Dorados, his golden ones!" "Will you leave him when he's about to attack Zacatecas?" "I can't think, my head aches so much!" " But maybe you're right" " Of course I am." "Let's get a good seat on the train." "TO MEXICO CITY 459 miles." "TO ZACATECAS 17 miles." "Nice time to tell me this." "When we're about to attack!" "We must attack tomorrow!" "But the doctor just told me!" "This is bad news." "It's one of those rare cases, if we act fast, we can save him." "Then what are you waiting for?" "Get the sick from the train at once!" "Otherwise, they'll infect the rest." "One of them is with your escorts!" "Miguel del Toro." "The Calf?" "One of the lions?" "This is war." "Soldiers come first." "Wait here in one of the cars." "Well, go!" "Hurry!" "Do you feel better, lad?" " Who's coming?" " General Fierro wants to see you." "Coming!" " Yes." "General?" " So, you have a sick friend?" "Yes, General, Miguel Angel." " Smallpox?" " I think so." " What will you do with him?" " Will he get better?" "He may infect all the others, and we can't afford an epidemic." "So you'd leave him here to die like a dog?" "He's as good as any man we have, and better than most!" "Take it easy!" "The doctors say he could infect the others." "You must save him, doctor." "There's nothing I can do for him." "I'll have to act immediately." " Would we all get ill?" " Undoubtedly." "General, we are with you." "You are the boss." "Whatever your orders, I'll be the first to obey them." "We have to get rid of all his stuff:" "his guns, his clothes, his belongings." "All of it." " "Get rid of"?" "I don't understand." " We must cremate everything." " Cremate?" " Burn his body." "Burn the man." "Burn him!" "He's still alive!" "You heard the order!" "We must do it immediately." "Burn him?" "Burn him alive?" "Have you gone crazy?" "Is this the payment of a revolutionary soldier?" "Is this an army of men or of dogs?" "It's one against many." "I'm the one in charge, do you hear me?" "I give the orders here!" "You've got five minutes to burn him alive!" "If you don't do it, somebody else will." "Little Calf." "If he isn't out in five minutes, burn down the car!" "You filthy..." "You won't live a thousand years!" " There you have it." " Is it the car with smallpox?" "The chief!" "What did you do with Little Calf?" "There he is, General." "Let the trains go, but this one stays." " What about me?" " You're staying." "Staying?" "I'm going to fight in Zacatecas." "Back off!" "You're staying here." "All right, General." "Let's go." "All right, General." "It's over."