"# Tell me... # you who have lived... # the rekindling of a time that changed us." "# You will return... # to be a child, # remembering the long afternoons of sun." "# Tell me about what you found in your long walk." "# Tell me, how did it go, if you've known happiness." "# Tell me, how did it go, if you've known happiness." "# You will feel... # the sweet embrace... # of those parents who gave everything for you." "# The taste... # of the first kiss... # all the dreams that you wanted to fulfill." "# Tell me about what you found in your long walk." "# Tell me, how did it go, if you've known happiness." "# Tell me, how did it go, if you've known happiness." "# Today I'll be able... # along with you, # to recall... # our yesterdays... # tell me... # how it was, # tell me, about those days... # tell me, about those days... # tell me, about those days... # tell me..." "# Tell me, how did it go, if you've known happiness." "A Heaven Full of Football Games" "(Since the arrival of the television, dinner times passed in silence.)" "(There was no arguing, nor talk about football or telling jokes.)" "(We talked little, and always about, the screen that mesmerized us.)" " Is it starting or isn't it?" " It's the right time, maybe they won't to show it." " How come it's not on?" "I tell you, the mayor of Bélmez doesn't take any kickbacks." " Sure he does, man, since he's very smart." " Very clever and very handsome that mayor." "You're naive to believe that they'll give him all that money just like that." "Of course not, they don't give away a million to a Mr nobody." "(My family lived to watch, "A million for the best")." "(It was a contest that obsessed the whole of Spain, and deservedly,)" "(Because in 1968, anyone who had a million, was a millionaire indeed.)" " A million in 1000 pta banknotes weighs a kilo." " And how do you know?" "Because I heard "El Cordobes" say so." "Hey Toni, what would you do with a million?" " Me?" "I don't know..." "I'd buy an electric guitar." "With a million you could buy a thousand electric guitars." " I'd buy a convertible." " A Biscooter?" "A Biscooter, he says!" "(It's high time us "kids" were in bed)." " Son, you heard." " What?" "It's time for little runts to go off to bed." " I have to watch the "million"." " We'll tell you about it tomorrow." " But, Mom!" " Antonio, say something to your son." "Antonio!" " What?" " Tell your son to go to bed, man." " Carlos, go to bed." " I'm not sleepy." "I said go to bed!" " Why do I have to go to bed and you don't?" " Because you do, and that's that!" " It's not fair." "Five more minutes." " Your father told you to go to to bed." "I'll be right along." "(A million for the best!" ")" "(As a child, I hated that tune that sent me to bed,)" "(But those days it didn't matter to me to miss TV.)" "(I was about to make my First Communion,)" "(and what preoccupied me was good and evil, heaven...) (and above all, hell)." "In confession, after completing your penance, all your sins will be absolved, but... your whole life will be a struggle against evil temptations," "That Lucifer will put in your way in order that you fall into his clutches." "So instead of enjoying the celestial glory together with God..." " What is it now, Alcántara?" " How many days does eternity last?" " For always, eternity means forever." " Your whole life?" "For life and for all the centuries, Alcántara." "You ought to understand that straight from the start." "As I was saying..." "See?" "I've lost the thread?" "Let's see, where were we?" " Well, instead of enjoying the glory..." " Ah, yes, yes..." "That instead of enjoying heaven, you'll be condemned to eternal fire." "That is, to burn forever in the flames of hell." "Pass the salt, son." " What are you doing?" " What's the matter, son?" "Me?" "Nothing." "How can it be "nothing" if you cried out so loud as to give me a fright." " Ah, yes, the fire scared me." " You're very nervous, eh?" "What's wrong?" " There's nothing wrong with me." " Aren't you going to go to the cinema with your father?" "Run along, then." "Go on Goodbye." "I don't know what's wrong, he's very nervous." "It's nothing daughter, he's probably caught up in the hysteria." "Those who have their minds set on "the million", everybody's talking about it." "It has them totally unsettled." "As if money could give happiness." " It might not give it, but it helps." " Yes, you really believe that!" "Remember the folk from flat 4B, those who lived here." "The ones who won 650,000 pesetas on the lottery." "The Benítez, how could I not remember?" "Do you remember what happened?" "The father stopped working... and now roams from bar to bar, and does nothing but drink." "Well, I could really use a million." "With a 1000 Duros I'd be content." " Oh, the damned instalments." "I don't know how you can sleep." "And look I told you... don't buy the television on instalments." "And you did the opposite..." "Well now we have Carlos's communion upon us." "Today a million, isn't so much." "Hey, since you have so much!" "I don't know why you come to work." "A million is, just that, a million, big deal!" "Do you know how many things you can buy with a million?" "It seems a lot, but it's soon gone in a flash." " So much in a flash!" " Of course," "You buy yourself a flat, furniture, a car... you take a couple of trips, and you just have loose change." "In that I agree with you." "My brother has bought a flat, 3 bedrooms, a living room and 2 bathrooms and has spent 850,000 pesetas." "850 thousand pesetas on a flat!" "Well, girl, it must be a palace." "Well it's nothing to shout about." "Central heating and hot water," "Parquet in all the rooms." "Ah, and a swimming pool!" "If I had a million, all of a sudden, you know what I'd do?" " Go around the world!" " And what for?" "Perhaps not go around the world, but I'd definitely go abroad, even if it were just for three days." " In 3 days you'd never have time for anything." "Can you imagine what it must be like to see London, Paris, Florence... especially Paris, I'd love to see Paris!" "Yeah, you're gonna see a lot in three days." " Wait, you can do that." " What?" " Go to Paris." "You ask Nieves for a day off on Saturday, you spend the weekend in Paris, and on Monday you're back." " Just like that you can go for 20 cents!" "No, but almost." "Come on, look." "Special offer." "Weekend in Paris 3,000 pesetas, all inclusive." "That's good, by plane?" "No, woman, by bus." "We could both go." "We'd leave on Friday afternoon." "We'd arrive in Paris on Saturday at noon." "On Sunday night we'd catch the bus back, and on Monday morning we're here." " Yeah, and when do we sleep?" " We don't sleep." "Well, on the bus." "One moment." "You have to work on Saturday." "Nieves, please, we'll make up the hours the following week." " And how will I manage?" " Nieves." " Nieves." "Okay!" "Of course, as a boss I'm finished." "That's why business is so bad!" "Fine, don't come in on Saturday, but you send me a postcard." "Sure!" "Thanks." "So then, are we going?" " To Paris?" "I think that I'm already falling in love!" "Blanco, the greengrocer is no Asturian, he's from Burgos." "And his family, they're in the poor house Well, more or less." "It's his late wife who was rich and it's with her money he opened the grocery store." "Because he married for money, don't tell me he didn't." "No, what I mean is that he's not Asturian he's Burgos." "On top of the money that his wife had, he goes and wins half a million." " Half a million?" " Five hundred thousand pesetas on the pools." "Today, if you don't have 100 thousand Duros in the bank, you're poor." "Tell me about it, it's as if nobody's talking about anything else." "Even in the market they were talking about "A million for the best."" "Oh, some have so much and others so little!" "Now if only for my daughter in-law could win something, now she's pregnant again." " Again!" " And of course, she always talks non-stop." "That the house is too small, how we're going to make do, this, that and the other..." "Don't tell me she's talking about the old people's home again?" "Yes, of course." "That I'd be better looked after with people of my age." " And your son says nothing?" " My son?" "As quiet as death." "He's always been a wimp!" "Can you imagine?" "You spend your whole life working for the family, and now..." "Any day they'll say it to me!" "It's like we're no longer good for anything, we're not respected." "As soon as we're a hinderance, it's off to the old peoples home!" "Just like that." "My, my, what a misfortune it is to grow old!" "How many times have I been to see Lawrence of Arabia with you, son?" "Five." "And I warn you that I'll want to see it again." " Why?" "Because I like it." "Do you know what I like most?" " No?" "It's to live like Lawrence in tents, to wander in the desert..." "Tell me about when you did your military service in the desert." "I've already told it to you." " It doesn't matter." "Tell me." " Okay." "Well, I was stationed in Sidi Ifni, which although in Morocco, was a Spanish province." "I spent 18 months there, son." " And how were they?" " Who, the Moors?" "Very different from Lawrence of Arabia where they all looked like sheikhs." "There, they dressed in brown, with a scarf like this." "And although they have no house, they spend all day in caravans, trading through the desert with their camels." "If you approach a caravan they give you a tea with sweet herbs." "And they don't have to go to school, or work either?" "Look, you have this loose." "Yes, they work, but they work in the caravans, and they don't go to school because there aren't any." " I'd like to live like that." "Really!" "And do they believe in God?" "Yes, but they believe in their god, a Muslim god, Allah." " Do they also go to hell if they misbehave?" " Yes, they have hell." "Although, I had a friend, called Mustafa that told me... that they have hell and heaven, but it's not like ours." "It's a heaven that's like a paradise, with animals... even women." "Hey, what about sweets?" "Yes, but Moorish sweets, which are from fruits." " And table football?" " Of course, the Moors really like football." "(The more my father told me, the more attractive Islam seemed to me)." "(Hell would be the same, but heaven sounded much more fun...) (In addition, the Moslem boys got to live in tents,)" "(They didn't have to go to school and they rode all day on camels)." " Paris?" "You want to go to Paris?" " It's just a weekend." " Come on, a weekend, as if you were...!" " Who?" " The girlfriend of Onasis, that..." " Jaqueline." "I wouldn't mind." "Besides, I'll take it from the bank account.." " No, no way... it's for the apartment, and can't be touched." " Jesus, don't be like that." "Hey, do you see me spending my money to go abroad?" "Besides, how are you going to go alone to Paris?" " I'm going with Pili." "No way!" "Because that ones trouble." "You're a fool!" "Hey, honey, wait." "Sorry, don't be like that." "Look, on Sunday we'll go to the movies, and if you want... afterwards some pancakes with cream that you love." "Beautiful." " Drop it, Jesus." " Give me a kiss." "Yes of course, it's a very special day." "Yeah, but let's not push the boat out." " I know things are a little tight." " A bit?" "We're in over our heads!" "Well, a lot." "But it's your sons First Communion." "Didn't Inés have hers?" "And we spared no expense." "And when Toni did it?" "Things were tighter than now." " Why not have him do it next year?" " No way!" "But it's the same thing, woman." "This way we gain a little time." "How will it be the same?" "He needs to do it with his friends." "When I made my First Communion my mother gave me a clean shirt... sent me to church, I took communion, and left!" "And then you were sent to the mountain to collect firewood, come on, Antonio!" "Yes, ma'am, to the mountain, which is very healthy." "There was no banquet, no party, they didn't even dress me as a commander in chief." "Hey, he'll be dressed as an Admiral!" "Oh right, Admiral, how could the child go as just a seaman?" "The child has to go with frills, with cap and brass band!" " Don't exaggerate, Antonio." " Don't exaggerate, you say?" "Let's see, how much will an outfit like that cost?" "If I knew how to do it...!" "But it's one thing sewing pants... and another to make a Communion suit." " How much, Merche?" "1,400." "1,500 at most!" "Factor in the missal, snack and gifts." "We're in for a thousand Duros!" "And we won't get it cheaper, unless we give them crusts and water." "And on top of that we'll give them snacks and Piper cider, we'll be paying for it forever." " I already know that." "So I thought that you could ask for an advance." "At the ministry, or the print shop." " No way, Merche, we're always charging in advance!" " It's Carlitos's Communion." "No way!" " Come here." " No." "Come on." "Do you know how exited he is about it?" "He's really excited." "Merche, if I say no, it means no!" "We can't." "Hey, can't you sit still and let me study?" "I have an exam." " Hey, Toni..." " Leave me in peace!" "Do you want them to suspend me so I can't go to university?" "Would you like to have many women, go through the desert, and live in a tent?" " You're nuts, you get worse every day." "Antonio, have you raised the reports?" " No, Dona Adelina, I'll do them now." " Come on man, they're waiting for them." " Don't worry." "Good morning, Don Jacinto." " Hello, Alcántara." " Don Jacinto, can I talk to you?" " Alcántara, I'm in a hurry." " It'll only be a moment, I want to ask a favour." " Okay, yes." "You see, Don Jacinto, my son is going to make his First Communion... and I'm a little short of money, and I thought about an advance..." " An advance?" "But can't you read?" " Yes, why?" " Didn't you read the last memo?" " The last one, no." "If you read it you'd know that advances are no longer given." " Order of the minister." " But I needed..." "Neither you nor anyone, there are no advances until the end of the year." "And see that you manage better, enough is enough." "Hello, daughter." "Hello." "What took you so long?" "Because I went to collect my pension." "Did Dona Valentina phone?" " No." " What's up with Dona Valentina now?" " Same as usual." "That children are becoming more selfish every day." "You say we're becoming more selfish?" "What have I got to do with it?" "No, woman, I didn't mean you..." "But today grandmothers are unwanted." "You're not unwanted at all!" "Are you stupid, or what?" "What would I do in this house without you?" "Come on, tell me, what would I do?" " You say that now, but when the time comes." " What time?" "Come on, stop talking nonsense and help me." "Look what's happened to me." "Look." "Wow, what a snag." "Oh, my Lord!" "Print 5,000 of these." "Be careful, the edge has an inkblot." "Can I come in." " Come in, don't stay there." "We're all equal here." "Hello, Antonio, is the family well?" " Fine, Don Pablo." " Well, apart from a few little problems." " We all have little problems." "My father, God rest his soul, always said... that the only ones that don't have problems are the dead." "Sure, once dead, nobody says a peep." "What I wanted to say, Don Pablo, is that my son's going to do his 1st communion." "That's great." "My little one did it last year." "You should have seen the party we had." " That's what I wanted to talk to you about." "We wanted to celebrate it and we're a little... short." " And you've come to ask me for an advance?" " Yes, if you don't mind." "Look, Antonio, what are you going to spend this money on?" "Well... on the mass, the suit, the gift..." " A quality watch!" "No, we had thought to buy him a new fountain pen." " And then, party food for everyone, of course." " The commitments, you already know." "Family, friends..." "Well, I'll do you a favour." "I won't give you a penny in advance." "In the long run you'll thank me." "Take it from me!" " I'm going to thank you." " Yes." "Because you're irresponsible." "You can't go spending money on parties when you don't have it." "It's not a party, it's my son's communion." "Even if it's your wedding." "You have to live within your means." "Now, that we have equality, everyone wants to be gentlemen... and this cannot be Antonio, I hope you find out." " I've already found out, Don Pablo." " Come on, Antonio, I'm doing you a favour." " Thanks a lot." " You're welcome." " If there's nothing else..." "Hurry them up on that stuff, okay?" "Excuse me." " Antonio..." " Stop annoying me with such stuff!" "Let's suppose that I'm Lawrence of Arabia, and that I'm on the train." "And you have to shout, Lawrence!" "Lawrence!" "..." "Come on." "Lawrence!" "Lawrence!" "No way, dammit, I want to play "A million for the best"." " And me!" ""A million for the best" doesn't have Moors and camels, it's boring." " The heck with this guy Lawrence." " We should ask mayor Bélmez... to give us a new truck." " Yeah, like he's gonna buy us anything." " But he's the richest in Spain." " But what do you mean?" "The Richest in Spain is Gabino, who won the pools." "It's true, he won 30 million, but I'm sure El Cordobes has more." "No, I know who's the richest in Spain." " El Cordoba!" "(bull fighter)" " No, sir." " Raphael, right?" "(pop singer)" " No sir." " The richest is Franco." " Franco?" "Of course, since he has palaces everywhere, and a boat this big." "And a personal army with tanks, guns and everything." " Idiot, you're an idiot." " You fool." "Me?" "You who doesn't know that Franco has all that." " And what do you care what Jesus says?" " He's my boyfriend." " Yeah, but he's not your husband." " Sure, as you don't have a boyfriend... if you had, we would see!" " Me, a boyfriend?" "For what they're worth!" "Besides, when I have one he'll do what I say." " Yeah, I believe it." "Jesus has no right to tell you what you can do with your money." "If I had a stingy boyfriend I'd throw the savings book at his head." "You fix everything by smashing the boyfriend in the head." "Of course." "You have to be careful, otherwise they take up to the beard." " What beards?" " It's a saying." "Ah, I forgot, I have something to show you." "Look, we could be walking around here next week." "Hey, it's beautiful." "And what a lot of iron!" " Well, have you decided?" " I'd really like to, but..." " Come on, don't give it another thought." " It's just that it's a fortune. 3000 pts." "Don't you have it in the account with Jesus?" " If I took it out, he'd kill me." " But you've saved it all by yourself." " Yes, but it's not enough." "Well, use this month's salary." "That's why we're working around the clock." "Yes, but I'll also need money for expenses there." " For expenses, nothing, gorgeous." " And how are we going to eat?" "Because in Paris, there's breakfast, lunch, snacking..." "Look, Inés, I'm not getting through to you..." "What are these gorgeous French men for?" " What?" " To treat us to everything!" " You're crazy, Pili!" " And why not?" " Because... there are no advances, by order of the Minister." " What about the print shop?" " Not at the print shop either." "On top of that, Don Pablo tells me that he's doing me a favour... that in time I'll understand." "Grandmother's ring!" "It's still in hock to the pawnshop." " Now what do we do, Antonio?" " Well, I don't know, Merche." "You insisted that I ask for an advance." "You tell me." "Come on, you go to sleep, I'll think of something." " Eh?" " Nothing, go to sleep." " If only I won the pools!" ""The Mayor of Belmez speaking to viewers of rtve news... interviewed by the presenter of the program, Joaquín Prat"." "After enduring 7 weeks on TVE in "A million for the best"." "From the first week of selection, 5 weeks of actual competition, and the ultimate in entertainment, and prizes," "What advantages and disadvantages have you found?" "Let's start with the disadvantages." "Well, I don't know, maybe the loss of privacy, but it hasn't mattered to me." "Advantages?" "One in particular, I paid for my son's Communion." "And for you?" "Just that my son enjoys this day and I'll be happy, especially thinking about my wife, you know how women are with things like that." "To a future contestant that's watching us and I would like to take part..." "What advice would you give them, Mr. Mayor?" "It's very difficult to give advice to a future contestant," "I would tell them not to buy things on installments, you don't sleep well." "Would you appear again on "A million for the best" after this experience?" "Certainly, right now." "Thank you." "The best!" "Aaay!" "Antonio!" " What?" " What?" " I had a nightmare." " A nightmare?" "But didn't you say you were rich?" " The dream was very nice, Merche." "The nightmare was waking up." " Imagine!" " Who'll be able to wake me up tomorrow?" " Go back to sleep." " Everything will work out, honey." " I only wish it would." "You know what I say?" "Let's take our money out of the savings account, and we'll go to my cottage so richly." "What do you think?" "But there, alone?" " Better alone than in bad company." " That's true." " Do you have any savings?" " Nothing." "Well, 7,500 pts. from my pension." " Well, I have more." "But, I've spent a lot on gifts for my grandchildren." "I don't give them anything, since they ignore me." "Come on!" "The grandchildren are a blessing!" " Maybe yours are." "Mine are a charm." "the little one, Carlitos, will make his First Communion, and he's so excited..." "Well I, nothing, not even that." "Interrupting again, Alcántara?" "You said we could ask any questions we wanted." "You're right, son, you're right." "Ask me whatever you want." "Why is our heaven so boring?" "I think it's a drag." "But how do you mean our heaven?" "It's just heaven, because there's not more than one." "And how can it be boring?" "What nonsense are you saying?" "There's also the heaven of the Moors, It has cakes and candies, and gorgeous women who dance and that smell very nice." "You've screwed up, big time!" "Silence!" "Silence, I said." "Let's see, Alcántara, do you really understand what you're saying?" "Oh, and another thing." "Why can Moors have many wives and we only one?" "I would like to have 4 or 5." " Shut up, that's blasphemy!" "Silence." "Will you guys shut up?" "!" "Let's see, Alcántara, let's take it one step at a time." "Where did you learn all that about Muslims." " From Lawrence." "From Lawrence?" "And who is this Lawrence?" " Lawrence of Arabia, who else?" " Lawrence of Arabia?" " May I, Don Venancio." " Yes, speak, Luisito, speak." " Lawrence of Arabia is a movie." " This is the last straw, a movie!" "Of course." "You saw a movie... and you think that their religion is superior to our Christian faith." " Yes, it's much better." " Shut up, man!" " Dammit, he'll punish us all because of you." " Silence." "So, in your humble opinion, we're inferior." "Would you kindly explain your reasons?" " Well... they live in tents, they go through the desert on camels..." "Oh, and they don't have to go to school!" " Do these seem like sufficient reasons to you?" "Yeah, well, no." "When they die they also go to a much better heaven." "Alcántara, you and I are going to have a long talk in private." "And then you'll have to think a lot and pray even more, before receiving your First Communion, you hear me?" " But I won't do the Communion." " What do you mean, won't?" "I want to be a Moor." "He says he wants to be a Moor." "Silence, silence!" "(Don Venancio was angry with me, but I'd become infected...) (with the heroism of Lawrence and stood my ground)." "(I went out of that sacristy very proudly)." "(For the first time I felt respected and even feared by my peers.)" "(I had faced the Church and had won, well, so I thought)." "(In reality, the war hadn't done anything more than to begin)." " Merche, I just met with Don Venancio." " Oh yes?" " Yes, he says he'll come here..." " Here?" "to our home?" " He says he has something very urgent to discuss." " With us?" " Something that has to do with Carlitos..." " With Carlitos?" "Mamma Mia!" "What has that kid done?" "Here they are." "Return tickets to Paris, and accommodation." "Pili, you did it." "You and me in Paris." "You're going to know what we've seen in the movies." "The Eiffel Tower, the Seine..." "You're giving me a fit of jealousy." " Come with us, Nieves." " And what about the hairdressing salon?" "We have to ride in a boat full of those couples kissing... while someone plays the accordion." "I'd rather that someone was kissing me than to see how others kiss." "It's evening, a violin sounds, I'm wearing a long dress... and he, whose name is Maurice, and handsome, takes my face in his hands, and slowly, looking into my eyes, he kisses me." "Meanwhile the boat crosses the Seine, and in the distance the Eiffel Tower." "Pili, you're making me green with envy." " They even smell of Paris." " Don't be so silly, how can they." "It's true, they smell of Paris, France." "The "amour"." "Let's see this "amour"." "They smell of "amour"." "It's true." "I love them." "With the remainder payable, what are we going to do?" "Relax, the day before." "I don't know what I'll do with so much expense." "For once we'll give ourselves a treat." "And when I tell my mother this month I won't give her any money." " Skipping one month won't hurt anybody" " Do you think so?" "I'll risk it." "And how will we talk to the guys, we don't know French?" "With signs, woman." "But if you want you can start learning French now." " Now tell me with whom." " With Alain Delon." "Don't you see him?" "The one needed to make this complete.." ""Amour"." ""Au revoir"." "Paris!" " Have you told him?" " What?" " About the wine and the pastries." " Yes." " How come they allowed him to leave?" " Because I said it was urgent." " He's sure to be worried." " And me." "There he is." "The pastries and wine." "Mother, the good tray and glasses." "Okay." " Are you going to explain what's happened?" " I've already explained everything." " You haven't told me anything." " I only know what mother said, something about Carlos." " Nothing else?" " Nothing else." "Well..." "Don Venancio said it's something delicate." " Right!" "Of course." " Of course, what?" " He'll want to extract some money." " More money?" "He'll say it's for the Communion, the church, the music, the flowers." "Well, he wouldn't come to the house for that." "That's it, expenses everywhere." "I won't spend a penny more." " Go and change, you're all sweaty." " It's not as if the Pope's coming." "No, it's Don Venancio coming." "It's okay." "Where's Carlos?" "Out with his friends." "Out of the way." "(Don Venancio could say anything he wanted, I'd already decided.)" "(I'd no longer have to go to school and would spend the rest of my days...) (riding through the desert commanding a legion of Arabs)." "(Sure, I'd always be at war, but I wasn't afraid,)" "(Anyway, if they killed me, I'd go to a garden full of sweets and football.)" "(And beautiful women, although that was less important to me.)" "I'm going." "Antonio, he's already here." " Good afternoon, Don Venancio." " Good afternoon, Dona Herminia." "Come in, please come in." " What?" " You could have put the new tie on." "It's too late now." "Merche, leave this to me." " Good afternoon, Don Venancio." " Good afternoon." "Good afternoon, Don Venancio." " But sit yourself down." " Yes, if you say so." " You know I always obey your orders." " How are you?" "Have a glass of this wine, you'll be pleasantly surprised." "If you recommended it, I won't be averse to it." " How flattering!" "A pastry?" "They're freshly made." " No, thanks." " It seems the hot weather has arrived, Don Venancio." " Indeed daughter." "And besides..." "Go ahead, Don Venancio." "As I said to Dona Herminia, the matter is very sensitive and serious." "And it's not just childishness." "Please tell us." "As we are in confidence, I'll cut to the chase." "It is my duty to inform you that Carlitos is an apostate." " Has my child something of the prostate?" " Herminia." " Mom." "Apostate, Dona Herminia, apostate." "Let's leave the prostate alone." "What's that?" "An apostate is someone who renounces their faith... and Converts to another religion." " But here we only have one." " A great one and free." " Doña Herminia, you mean our country, and I speak of our Church, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman, which your grandson seeks to renounce." "What?" "How's he going to renounce it?" "He can't." "But my son is baptized and is going to do his First Communion." "Well that's what's not clear." "Your son refuses to receive the Eucharist." "And he wants all its peers to do the same." " What?" "I wouldn't have come if it wasn't because you'll think that the religious education... that he's receiving is not adequate." "And that cannot be!" "You know, Don Venancio that we..." "Mercedes, don't lecture me, your son wants to be Muslim." " Muslim?" " Who is poisoning his mind?" "How come that he wants to be Muslim?" "Nonsense!" "Something more." "A delegate of the archbishop will attend the Communion." "Well, Carlitos has told me that if we force him to receive Communion... he'll tell everybody in the church, that he's a Moor!" "I dread to think what the delegate will say if he does that." "What do you have to say to me?" " Us?" "I took the boy twice to see "Lawrence of Arabia", but it's a PG, for all ages, I don't think it has anything to do with it." "Allah be with you, desert Bedouin." " I'm returning it to you, such crap." " Why is it crap?" "Haven't you seen what it is?" " The warrior defeats Ali Kan." " Such crap." "5 Bison cigarettes." "Are you ever going to buy a whole pack?" "With customers like you I don't know where I'm going to put the millions." "This is another crummy one." "Wasn't Captain Thunder the one that you liked?" "Not anymore." "Why does he always have to win against the Moors?" "I'm sick of them beating us." " What do you want, the bad guys to win?" " But the Moors aren't bad." " Why?" " Just because." "You have no idea." "I'll no longer talk to you." " Have you gone over to the enemy?" " I'm no longer your friend." " Why have you became a Moor?" " To live in the desert... and have lots of camels and women." " Do you have any Chesters?" " 35 pesetas." " I just want one cigarette." "One cigarette?" "For Christ's sake." "Is this cheapskate day?" "Okay, take your cigarette." "2 pesetas." "Can I have a light?" " Shall I smoke it too?" " What a rude guy." "What a day." "I'm raking it in today." "So, you've become a Moor to have lots of women." " Heaps and heaps." "Why do you want lots of women?" "One is more than enough." "Because Muslims, according to Don Vicente have 7 or 8, or more." " Don't even think about it." " But I'd like to have a lot." " Don't, they take advantage of you." " Okay, I won't marry, I'll just have camels." " That's it, just have camels." " I'm going, I have to see Josete." "You be a Moor, a Moor always, but single." "Can I have two Camel cigarettes?" " What do we do?" " He doesn't do the communion until next year." " You must be joking!" " If only he didn't read so many comics." "And you've heard, it's the father who has the greatest influence on the children." " And what about the mother?" " Yes, but it's like Carlitos worships you." " So, it's all my fault." " Who tells him stories about the military?" "You." "Who told him about camels?" "You." " So now, I've turned him into a Muslim." "Here he is." "May Allah be with you." "Hey you, Allah, wait a minute!" "(The English send us their rain with Masiel)." "(Masiel gets into a car and heads for Prado del Rey...)" "I'm not doing the Communion and that's final!" "I want to be a Moor!" "Carlos, if you make me come to you, you'll get what's good for you." "Hello." "Hello, Alicia." "Are you never going to arrive on time?" "We started dinner half an hour ago." " I didn't realize it was so late." " You never realize." " Grandma, don't make a thing about it." "What do you mean?" "Dinner time is sacred in this house." "Why do I have to do Communion?" "Why?" "!" "I'll give him a slap in a moment." " What's up with him?" " He's crazy." "He doesn't want to do his Communion because he wants to have lots of wives." "Don't laugh, it's not funny." "I have something to tell you." "I'm traveling to Paris by bus." "To Paris?" "With what money?" "It's only 3,000 pesetas." "It's an opportunity. what do you think?" "Everyone's concerned about your brothers Communion, and you, you're off to Paris." "Don't I get a say?" "You say you're going to Paris, like going to Albacete." "It's only for 3 days." "I'm very excited." "It's not possible to have a quiet dinner any night." " 3,000 pesetas, next to nothing." " They're my savings." "Can you let me off my contribution this month so I've enough for my expenses there?" "Look, you're selfish." "I don't know how we'll pay for the Communion, and now this." "Go, do your own thing." "First comes you, second you, and then others." "Thank you daughter." " Whose idea was it to go to Paris?" "Pili." "Why can't I be a Moor if I want to?" "Carlos, go to bed, I'm not in the mood for your nonsense!" " I'll sort this out with a good spanking." " Yes, but you've never spanked him." "Better late than never." "It's your fault, you've filled his head with camels." "You already told me so." "I won't say anything again." "And you even told him that Moors have a lot of wives." "No, no." "What I said was that some Moors are polygamous." "Who knows what you did in Morocco." "What am I going to do there, if they were paying us 3 Duro a month." "It was carcely enough for tobacco." " And I'm nobody's fool." "I mean it." "I did the most important thing in my life after Morocco." "Ay, ay, ay, ay!" "Well, what do we do?" "What do we do?" "I don't know." "The fact is that I'm not happy." "To me this doesn't feel right." "Lately I think we've become obsessed with what people say, and for one reason or another we solve everything by just spending money." "But we just manage to make ends meet." "We don't have anything." "We have the television, but no car, no washing machine." "You need to give a coat of paint to the house and we don't have enough." "Well, for one reason or another, I spend sleepless nights over the money." "Like now with the Communion, I can't sleep." "Come on." " Go to sleep.." " Yeah, like that's easy." "That's it!" "Why didn't I think of it before?" " What?" " I know how we'll pay for the Communion." " How?" " Selling blood." " Selling blood?" "Adolfo told me that they pay 250 pesetas..." "No, 100 pesetas... 20 Duros for 250 cc of blood." " But, Antonio." "You... you are silly." "If they pay 100 pesetas for 250 cc of blood," "And we need 5,000 pesetas, let's see, that's... 250 for..." "We're going to need to sell..." "12.5 liters." " 12.5 liters?" " More or less." " I don't think we have more than 4 or 5." " So if you sell all that blood, you'll end up like a mummy." "I'll be left with no place to grab." "Don't say that." "Even in jest." "4 here, and 4 there." "And if I sell no more than 4, we'll have a little money." "Don't be silly, Antonio." "I like you as you are." "My God, what a cross." "They told me I'm crazy, that they love me, that how could they send me to a home." " Our children are not bad." "They have many problems and sometimes forget the old." "I'm so glad." "They're going to enclose the balcony to make a room." "I'll withdraw some pesetas from my savings to contribute." "The fact is that we grandmothers are very necessary." "How's your daughter-in-law going to manage without you when the new child is born." "And the experience us elders have, is needed more than anyone." "What do you think?" "That we grandmothers are completely necessary." "Nobody gets out of line!" "And walk in an orderly fashion!" "Gines!" ", how many times have I told you not to smoke?" "And I don't want to hear one word higher than another!" "For some, not even the habits will save them." "Yes, it's better to be a Moor." "Don't do the Communion." "Why will it be better?" "If I do the Communion they'll give me lots of things." "But if you die and go to heaven you'll get bored a lot." "But if you're a Moor and go to heaven there are lots of girls." "What a pain, with how annoying they are." "Yeah, but there's also table football and all the comics you may want." " Hale, honey, go home to eat." " I forgot the time." "Goodbye, Carlos." "That's enough, Carlos." "How long will this nonsense last?" "Don't call me Carlos, my name is Mustafa." "Toni, is it necessary to study so much to be a graduate?" " Toni, I'm speaking to you." " What, Grandma?" " Is it necessary to study so much to graduate?" " I've already graduated." " Already?" " Since I passed 6 subjects and a validation last year." "Silly me." "I've a grandson who's graduated and I didn't know." "And if I pass the entrance exam, I'll be at university." "University." "Study, child, study." "I'm not studying, this is a novel." "No matter, any reading is good." "Blessed Virgin." " What's the matter, Grandma?" " Look." " What's that?" " The revolution's started." " But it's in France." " But it's nearby." "But it's not Spain." "When you see your neighbour's beard catch fire, put yours to soak." "What?" "This is the fire on the Mount, that no one can extinguish." "The fight has already started." " What?" "Burning cars, throwing stones at the police and now burning churches." "They're burning churches?" " Not yet, but you'll see." " But in what neighborhood?" " In Paris, in France." " Oh, France!" "Ah, what fright you gave me, I thought it was here." " Hello." " Hello daughter." "You wanted to go to Paris?" "Well, they're up in arms." " What's happened?" " I don't know, but they're burning stuff." "Come on, give me a kiss, girl." "Mom, come here everyone!" " What is it, son?" " They're smashing everything, it's a revolution." " Are you sure it's Paris?" " Sure, can't you see?" " Those ones they're throwing stones at are police." " Be quiet." " Let's see if they dare to throw stones at the cops here." " How awful." " Hello." "What's on TV?" " It's a revolution." "What shindy is going on there." "Move Antonio, you're in the way." " Where is it?" " In Paris." "Pirri." "Velázquez" "Santillana." "Are you sure the Moors heaven is full of cakes?" "Of course." "And movie stars, almost all naked." " For real?" " Sure." "And camels you can ride all day." " You swear there's table football." " I swear." "In that case, I'll be a Moor too." "You're going to get in trouble." "You see when Don Venancio finds out." " You don't tell." " He'll get mad when you tell him." "I won't say anything." "I'll take Communion to pretend." "No way." "Either you're Christian or a Moor." "The two things don't mix." " When you're a Moor, do they give you something?" " No." "Then no." "If they don't give me anything I prefer doing the Communion." "You have no idea." "When you die you'll be bored and I'll have lots of fun." " Wow!" " Out of here." " I'm hungry." " Well you can wait." "Have you seen Grandma?" " No." "I said no." "Where could she be?" "She'll be with Dona Valentina." "Please, give me a slice." " To your room." " Man, you could die of hunger here." "Where's that woman got to?" "Dona Valentina, I'm Mercedes, Herminia's daughter." "Is my mother with you?" " Can I at least grab a slice of bologna?" " Go to your room." "Yes." "I'm really worried." "It looks like she's here." "Good evening." " I've had it." "Help me, son." " But where have you been?" "You've scared me to death." "I thought something had happened!" "I was shopping." "You don't remember what happened in 36." " What are you talking about?" " The war." " Is there a war?" "Great." " How many bags did you bring?" " Everything is ready." " When did the war start?" " Shut up." "What have you got here?" " Food." " We have food to spare." "How much money have you spent?" "You're out of your mind." "We don't know how we'll pay... for the boy's Communion, and you spend a fortune on food." "Don't worry, I've taken it from my savings." "Sardines with tomato, oil, pickled, more sardines in oil." "Mackerel in oil, sugar, coffee, lentils, chickpeas..." "What a short memory you have." "Don't you remember anything." "Are you going to talk again about the war?" "Sardines, more sardines." "But how many sardines have you bought?" "Hunger, which is very bad." "Don't you remember the hunger we went through." "Not again with the hunger, Mother." "We have food for everyone." "You'll see how little time this lasts when the revolution comes." "There's nothing of that here." "No?" "You'll see when the leader passes away, what mess will arise." "Come on, help me get it into the kitchen." "(The following weeks we didn't eat anything else but chick-peas and sardines.)" "(Sardines in oil, vinegar, pickled, with lemon...) (sardines at breakfast, for lunch and for dinner)." "(My grandmother was right, in 1968 the world was revolutionized.)" "(The French revolted, the Czechs also and were invaded.)" "(But I just remember the binge of sardines and chickpeas.)" "You'll never guess how many days a camel can go without drinking." " And what does it matter." " 20." " I couldn't care less." " Do you know who the Tuareg are?" " Get lost." "You're a pain." "I don't know how you're going to go to university." "You don't know anything." "I'll spank you, smart ass." "The Tuareg never bathe." "You see?" "It's much better to be a Moor." "They don't bathe because they live in the desert but the other Moors do." " But I'll be a Tuareg Moor." " Get lost, kid." " But how much sausage and canned goods." " I won't be caught without food." " What has what happens in France to do with Spain." " 'Cause it's nearby." "We'll have sardines until next century." "If you're thinking about sending me to the old folks home tell me." "Old folks home my foot, mother!" " It's that we grandmothers aren't wanted, and I know it." " Don't start." "Spending all this, nobody would believe it." "By the way, here." "2,000 pesetas for the boys Communion." " Have you taken it from your savings?" " Of course." "Better to spend it on the Communion than leave it in the bank." " You'll be left with nothing." " No, I have a thousand Duros left." "Tomorrow we must buy the costume." "I want him to go as an Admiral." "With a white band on the sleeve." "How handsome he'll be." "I had also thought he'd go as an Admiral." "(These desert routes were punctuated by wells,)" "Dad, Josete will probably also become a Moor." "How tiresome this is about becoming a Moor." "How long will this nonsense last?" "It's enough, Carlos." "Don't call me Carlos, Grandma." "My name is Mustafa." " I'll give you such a slap, they'll call you freak." " Hit me, hit me." "Us Moors, the more we suffer the more fun we have in heaven." " Has this boy lost his mind?" " It's a madhouse." "Yeah." "Move, now." "Come on." "It's early." "If I'm late my father gets angry." "At least give me another kiss." "What an octopus you are." "You always think about the same thing." "What do you want me to think about?" " About the revolution in France, for example." " What revolution?" "Don't you know that in France there's a revolution?" "No idea, and why?" "Why?" "Don't you have anything better to say?" " Yes, give me another kiss." " No, I'm going." "I've given you lots." "I'm not going to Paris with Pili, so on Sunday, if you like, we'll go to the movies." "Okay." "Bye, honey." "Hello." " Okay, daughter very good, I like it." " Good evening." " Merche, how about dinner?" ", the girl's here." " I'm coming!" "Girl, help your mother, I'm exhausted." " Dad, Dad!" " What?" "Besides being a Moor, I'm a Tuareg." "The Tuareg never bathe in their life." " Sure, and you're delighted with no bathing." " Yes." " What's with all these cans?" " Stuff to do with Grandma." " How awful." "And this amount of sausage?" " This is an experiment." "Mom..." "in the end I won't to Paris." "I've thought about it and it was silly, so you can count on my salary." "You were looking forward to it, right?" "Yes, but Paris will still be there, and Carlos's Communion... is Carlos's Communion, right?" "Sure, daughter." "There's a time for everything in life." "He says that as he's a Tuareg he doesn't have to wash any more." " Then let him not to wash." " The Tuareg only wash with desert sand." "No soap, the sand is much better." " Yes, son, whatever you say." " Aren't you going to serve me?" " Oh, I'm sorry." "I don't want green beans." "Then don't eat them." "Give him cauliflower." "I don't want cauliflower, I want ham." "Are you crazy?" " How can you think of eating ham?" " Because I like it." " You can't eat ham, Mustafa." " Oh yes I can." "Don't you know that Moors can't eat ham?" "They can't eat ham, or sausage, tenderloin or salami, none of that." " Why?" " Because it's prohibited." "I would have made a Moorish meal, but I didn't have time." " And what do they eat?" " Rice, raisins." " And especially dates." " And camel milk." " Camel milk?" " Without sugar or cocoa, or anything." "But no pork." "By the way, ham is over for you." "Hey, you eat ham, and you go to hell." "And sausage is a mortal sin, right, Merche?" "You think of eating sausage and you'll end up in hell forever." "I don't feel like being a Moor now, what a pain!" "But don't do that, Mustafa." " Come on, you... pass the vegetables." " A great Moor we have at home." "(That night Islam began to seem less attractive to me.)" "(I still liked the idea of wandering through the desert on camels,)" "(to have several wives and go to a paradise full of candy,)" "(of seeds and popcorn.)" "(But a lifetime without ham and sausage was too big a sacrifice.)" "(That night I apologized to Lawrence and decided to follow in the bosom...) (of the Holy Mother Church, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman)." "Can't we borrow the boy's costume from someone?" "It's not worth it, at Simeón's department store they're very cheap." " You'll have to buy yourself something." " I'll be fine with what I have." "I reckon you do more than you can." "We have to be careful." " Why?" " Imagine if something happened to me." "God forbid." "If I got fired from the print shop." " Touch wood!" "Don't be a Jinx." "Antonio, aren't we going to celebrate the Communion of our son?" "Very well, proceed with the admiral." "Absolutely, the more things we have the more up to our neck we'll be." "Don't be silly." "The one that needs shoes is you." "And if we don't have money, we'll buy them in installments." "Don't talk to me about installments or I won't sleep again." "Here we pay in cash, Merche." "Hey, she's crazy already." "Oh, as an Admiral!" "(My mother got away with it.)" "(I don't know where they got the money, but they really pushed the boat out.)" "(They bought me an Admiral's suit, and even gave me a pen,)" "(a leather briefcase, which I still have and a biography of El Cid.)" "(The only weird thing was the tea, because although there were cakes,)" "(when they were finished, my grandma began to serve tins of sardines,)" "(and I even think that we ate tripe and chickpea salad.)" "(But what I remember most was the emotion I felt...) (When I saw my father with those new shoes so bright,)" "(and my mother, with a suit jacket she bought for herself.)" "(Although to pay for everything they had to get into debt, as always.)" "(But as my mother said, a day of joy is worth it all)" "(And some joy had to be had in those days...) (when everyone was working to barely make ends meet.)" "Subtitles by Squashy Hat (2015)"