"(salsa music plays )" "( music plays on radio )" "( rumbling )" "Is it popping yet?" " Yeah!" " All right." "By the way, I got a line on that apartment I told you about." "It's beautiful, man." "You should check it out." " Where is it at?" " On Ninth Street, between B and C." "Man:" "Carlos, can I see you a minute?" "I've been going over your drawings." " What do you think?" " Good." "They remind me a little of Tommy Cashman." "Tommy Cashman?" "Holy fuck." "That dude draws some slick shit." "How long have you been working on these?" "About a year." "Can you show these to your friend at Gotham Comics?" "I can... but I'm not going to." "But you just said they were good." "So is "The Hulk," but I don't have to like it." "Your drawings are technically fine, but it just shows that you can copy well, and they've got no soul." "I've known you for two years, we've had a hundred conversations-- about comics." "You are a passionate dude with deep ideas, so I'm looking at this and thinking, "ls this all you've got to say?"" "Aliens from Jupiter want to enslave the women of the Earth?" "( sharply ) Yep!" "You dumb motheftucker." "Cans go in the blue, green is for paper." " What's going on?" " I ain't touching those hands." "How did it go this morning?" "David totally dug my shit, man." "He might send something over to Gotham Comics." "That's excellent." "Check it out." "It's the Brunswick Monster." " How much did you pay for that?" " What does it matter?" "I predict this ball is gonna add 15 points to my game." "Friend:" "Now all I got to do is get to Vegas." "Vegas?" "The Amateur World Classic is next month, it costs 3,000 to enter, but get this... the purse is a hundred grand." "I don't know, Mick..." "three grand?" "Aw..." "( man singing ballad in Spanish )" "( speaking Spanish )" "Gracias, mi amor." "( yells )" "Hey, mi amor!" "When you're finished playing with the kids, come play with me." "( whistling )" "( laughter, howling )" "Where is the car?" "I got a guy tuning her up in Yonkers." "Going out to the track next weekend." "I'm ready for Le Mans." "You ready to come with me?" "Take a chance?" " I can't leave the kid by himself." " Excuses, excuses." "You're just fooling around with that register." " I have to pay you back, right?" " That's right." "Good morning!" "The light, Mag." "I'm trying to finish this." " Good morning to you, too." " Hey, hey, muñeca." "Buen día." "What is it with these space chicks and the hugest tetas I've ever seen in my life?" "What happened to the eggs?" "The eggs I asked you to bring home last night?" "Those eggs?" " I guess they're at the bodega." " I guess so." "Why don't we go out for breakfast?" "We haven't done that in a month." " I've got to work." " I thought you were hungry." "I am, but-- hey, why don't you get the eggs?" "I've got to pick up beads for the dress." "You can't do me a favor?" "I got that part for your sewing machine." "So?" "You said you were gonna do that for a month." "And then, you finally did it." "Ha ha." "Big favor." " See you later." " Hey, Mag, wait." "Maggie, wait." "I don't want you to leave like this, all angry." "I'm not angry, I just want to know what's up with you." "It's just that I..." "I don't know what I'm doing with my drawings." "David said some shit, yesterday-- you know what, babe?" "You know what?" "I'll get the eggs, okay?" " Okay?" " Really?" "Yeah." "I'll scramble them real nice, like you like them-- with spinach in them-- mm-mmm." " Okay?" " Okay." "I'll even get the beads." "( singing in Spanish )" "Eddie:" "Benny Moré?" "Tito:" "Sí." "( singing ballad )" "( Eddie chuckles )" "( Eddie, Tito muttering )" "Eddie:" "No hay problema." "Viejo, you know she ain't gonna pay you, right?" "What do you care?" "I mean she's been coming in here for 12 years." "If you divide 98 by 12, it makes $8 a year for her loyalty." "Then throw in Señora Rodríguez, Señora Salcedo, Señora García" "Son, we have to have the sense of the community." "That's very important." " Tito understands that, right?" " Claro." "Carlos:" "Tito understands everything." "Woman:" "You're a day late!" "( swearing in broken English )" "Hey, Miss Mercedes." "Miss Mercedes!" "Ah-ah-ah!" "I need you at the other building." " Can I clean up first?" " Later." "( toilet gurgles )" "What's the fucking rush?" "I told you we have to get these windows in by the end of the month." "Why are these cans in with the newspapers?" "Didn't we have this conversation before?" " I posted notices on every floor." " That's not enough." "At the end of the day, you're responsible, not the tenant." "( music plays loudly )" "My man!" "What's happening?" " Maggie, my buddy Mickey." " What's up?" " Mickey... and Daisy." " Daisy:" "Fuck you...!" "Daisy, what's happening?" "This is Berna." "She draws comics, too." "Hi, it's called "Little Coffin Annie."" "It's Victorian necrophilia pornography." " I've got to go to the girls' room." " Daisy:" "I'll come with you." " Maggie:" "Where do we go?" " Negotiating hostages in there?" "Fuck it." "I ain't waiting in this line, come on." " We have to wait." " I ain't waiting." "I've got to pee." " You're not gonna pee in the sink?" " No?" " Oh, God." "You're so crazy." " I've got to pee." "Ah-hh!" "That's what Mickey says." "You know, people are fucking weird here, okay?" "( music plays )" "Did I tell you I got a callback at Gotham?" " That's great!" " They're interested in my strip." "That's-- good for you, man." "He's got this comic where this guy gets shrunk to the size of an atom." "It's a quark, man." "It's a quark." "A subatomic particle." "How's your thing going?" "You were gonna show it to David." "Oh-- he likes it a lot." " Yeah?" " What's it about?" " I'm kind of reworking it." " It's fucking awesome." "Mickey!" "You haven't seen it yet, dude." "You told me about it." "Did you check out that apartment I told you about?" "Yeah man, it's the shit." "Maggie, you got to see this place, it's a railroad flat on Ninth Street and Avenue C." " Ninth Street?" " Yeah, baby, it's great." "I'm not moving down there." " It's already rented out." " I don't care if it's rented out." "I felt like a little pendejita sitting there." "I asked Danny 'cause it was an idea, and he looked into it." "You even went to go see it." "It was beautiful, a gorgeous place with a lot of sunlight." "I felt like I could breathe for once in my life." "Really?" "Well, maybe you should go breathe by yourself." "I can't be without you." "Don't you get it?" "No, I don't, because you don't talk to me anymore." " I don't know what you're doing." " I was thinking about both of us." "You sewing in the back and me drawing in the front," "like we dreamed." "Like we talked about." "We've been here our whole lives." "Our whole fucking lives." " Tito:" "Okay, good night." " Eddie:" "Good night." "( rattling )" "Show me the safe." " I take the money every afternoon" " Show me the safe or I'll shoot." " I don't have a safe." " Show me the safe!" "Don't shoot me, because it's gonna be worse for you." " Show me the fucking safe!" " The rest of your fucking life... ( gunshot cracks )" "( phone ringing )" "( ringing continues )" "See here?" "The bullet shattered your father's vertebrae right there." "It severed the spinal cord." "And my guess... is that the gun was fired at close range." " He's lucky to be alive." " So...?" "He'll never walk again." "He's paralyzed from the waist down." "( heart monitor beeping )" "Viejo?" "Viejo?" "Soy yo." "Soy yo, Carlos." "When you're working in a bodega, there's this unwritten rule that when some crazy motheftucker walks into the store to rob you, you treat him like he's king," "like he has God-given permission to own that fucking bodega." "You chill and you smile and you hand him the money, then you throw in a pack of Camels, for the road, on the house." " What are you saying?" " I'll bet you that the old man-- talked trash with the asshole who shot him." " Baby, that guy was a nutcase!" " He never saw the safe, babe." "Okay." "The police said the safe was locked." "The old man held out on the fucking guy." "As plain as day." "Carlos, you want another helping?" "Carlos?" "Carlos?" " You want more ham?" " Oh no, I'm fine." "Thank you." "See you in a couple of days." "Mickey, wait." "Carlos, there's someone I want you to see." "Let's go." "Come on, help me clean up." "Sean:" "Six months ago he came to me and asked for a loan, to stay afloat." "He shouldn't have been in that position." "I shouldn't have given it to him." "The thing is, this is not a small loan, 25 grand." "Yeah." "Come on." "There's a bodega on every corner of the Heights, Carlos." "What makes Eddie's profitable?" "Eddie!" "Why is Eddie in debt?" "Eddie." "If he sells the place, I get my money back, and I'm not forced to have this conversation." "We both know he ain't gonna sell it." "We both know he ain't gonna be able to work it for quite some time... if ever!" "The way I see out of this, for all of us... is you take over." "The bodega, it's a cash cow." "You're his kin." "People would keep coming in, 'cause they associate you with your old man." "( man and woman speaking Spanish on TV )" "( TV off)" "Maybe you should hang with las viejas on 190th." "( Eddie sighs )" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Doctor says you're getting out of here soon." "They set you up with a daytime nurse for a couple of months." "I spoke to the insurance lady." "I put a little extra in to get you through the next few weeks." " Gracias." " You've got a real gift, Carlos." "Don't let go of that." " Put me down, carajo!" " I got you." " Put me down, coño!" " I got you." "Nice!" "Let's get some light in here." "Better, right?" "You have some nice plants here, Mr. Eddie." "Let me knot it for you." "They could use some water." "Let's take this jug." "Carlos:" "Turn it, dude." "You're gonna break the window." " Mickey:" "Stop fucking bitching." " Carlos:" "What did I tell you?" " Daisy:" "You'll hit the walls." " Shit." "It's fucking heavy." "Daisy:" "Why don't you leave it here?" "You'll be back in two weeks." "Don't you dare, I'll beat your ass up." "All right, Mr. Eddie-- I will see you mañana." "Yes?" "Around 7:00?" "You forgot the Yankees cup at the hospital, so bring it back, tomorrow." " I forgot your Yankees cup?" " Yes, you did." "Bring it tomorrow." "All right, you two have a good night." "Take care." " See you later." " I like her." "Eddie:" "Carlos?" "Carlos!" "What's up?" " I shit myself." " What?" "I said, I shit myself." "( plastic snapping )" "( Eddie grunts )" "Throw that shit away." "He ain't dead." "Carlos:" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey kids, kids!" "Kids, take it outside with the water." "Take it outside with the water!" "Hello?" "Go." "Hey, take it outside with the water." "( sighs )" "( speaking in Spanish )" " "Regular."" " Okay, "Regular."" "Ay, no." "Dame "Lights."" ""Lights."" "You still need 30¢." " I'll pay you back." " Ah, señora, sorry." " No more loans." " But Eddie said..." "Forget Eddie, doña." "No money." "No loans." "Entiende?" "Have a good day!" "Why don't you clean up the back or something?" "Okay, "Boss"!" "( swearing in Spanish ) Ay, coño!" "( voices overlapping )" " She's crazy!" " Let's take him back up, guys." "( speaking in patois )" "You see, she's speaking in tongues!" "Cuidado, coño!" "Cuidado, carajo!" "Let's go!" " Anybody listening to me?" " Eddie:" "Let's go." "To the left." "That's it." "Yeah!" "Sean:" "You did a good job on the building, son." "Mickey:" "You know the tournament?" "You know the bowling tournament in Vegas?" "( dry chuckle ) Not that again." "It's an investment." "No." "It's not an investment, it's a $5,000 vacation." "It's for the tournament." "It costs 3,000 to enter," "I've got to have some money to fly out there-- for food and a hotel." "It's not like on five Gs I'm gonna be able to get fancy." "You know, this bowling thing of yours... it's making you look like a sucker." "What kills me is... there's no one even trying to talk you into it." "It's just you." "( angrily ) Excuse me, excuse me." "Look, here." "Somebody take your boy-- take your son and gone." " Take your father and him gone." " Carlos:" "What?" "!" " What happened?" " Some boys took your father-- and I don't know where he went." "Coño!" "Tito, take care of the register, I'll be right back." "It's not my fault." "I don't know where he is." "( whispering prayer )" ""Santa María, Madre de Dios... ruega por nosotros, pecadores..."" " You're funny." " ( Eddie sighs )" "I swear you think about Mom more now than when she was alive." "She understands." "That's what you're looking for?" "Understanding?" "Tell it to someone else, 'cause she ain't listening." "She is listening, believe me." "She's listening." "Mamá..." "Eddie is still fucking every woman he can get his hands on, except now, he has given them all his money too." "( Eddie singing in Spanish ) *..." "Ay, amor, no me dejes vivir *" "( humming )" "( music continues ) * Lleva en ti todo mi desconsuelo *" "* Y también mi canción de sufrir *" "( singing continues ) * Si sólo queda en mi dolor y vida *" "* Ay, amor... *" "* No me dejes... *" "* Vivir *" "* No me dejes vivir. *" "You used to sing that song to Mamá." "Carlos, put me to bed." "( Salsa music playing )" " Bride:" "I think it looks cute." " Daisy:" "Red..." " red, red..." " Looks kind of cute, right?" " I think so." " Oh my God!" " Maggie:" "There!" " You look like an angel." " That looks pretty good, right?" " Bride:" "Yeah." "As long as I don't eat a piece of food for a month, I'll be fine." "Yeah, I thought you said you wore a size six." "Daisy:" "She was a size six." "Like 12 years ago, right?" " Hey-- yo, that ain't funny." "Shit." " I'm sorry." "Maggie:" "Don't be like that." "You know you look gorgeous." "Daisy:" "You do, you're beautiful." " Hey, Carlos." " Hi, baby!" "( bursts of laughter )" "( laughter continues )" "Bride:" "I said, uh!" "( laughs )" "The bitch is four feet tall." "And her man is supposed to have..." " Maggie:" "Here you go." "...a 10-inch dick!" "Baby?" " You're sure?" " No." "Do you want some of this, Carlos?" " ( women laughing )" " No." "I'm not into that shit." "What are you into?" "Are you sure?" " I'm out of here." " Carlos?" "Where are you going?" " Carlos:" "Out." " But" "Carlos, wait!" "What's up with you?" "I'll catch you tomorrow, all right?" "If you told me a month ago" "I'd be running my pop's bodega, I'd say you were smoking crack." "If you had told me when we were in high school that I'd be the super of our building..." "I'd told you that you were having some kind of psychotic episode." "( sad chuckle ) That shit is not even funny, man." "And you know what the thing of it is?" " What?" " I'm a pretty good super." "Don't take this the wrong way, but it ain't that hard, man." "It can be hard, you dumb fuck!" "You've got to have all sorts of different management skills, you've got to know how to deal with all sorts of different people, you got to know your accounting, and I recycle." "Don't forget:" ""Always recycle."" ""Blue goes with cans." "Green goes with paper."" "Don't mix it with the fucking plastic." "Don't forget." " Oh, shit!" " My ball!" " Carlos:" "Come here." " Oh, thank you." "Carlos:" "Oh, you stupid fucker!" "On weekends, me and Daisy got this thing, where she calls me-- to fix stuff in her apartment, and I go up, and we have sex." "I mean, if her mother's not home, you know?" " But, who else gets paid to fuck?" " Ho's." "People, watch my shit." "( biker yelling ) Everybody on the floor!" "( laughs ) Hey, bruja!" "You better not be drinking out of the bottle, you know how Carlos hates that." "Carlos?" "That nigga ain't here." "( mutters in Spanish )" "Which one of your hooker friends is this one for?" "You should let me know, so I could roll up and fuck her." "Sometimes I wonder how we come from the same two people." "Get the fuck outta here." "We both got a talent for merchandising." "Merchandising?" "Is that what you're calling it?" "Merchandising?" "Why don't you let a nigga set you up?" "Set you up with a little shop." "We can keep all your shit there." "Because I can take care of all my shit right here in my house." "It's all right, hermanita." "One day, I'm gonna open you up a store, when you come back with me to the D.R., en la Calle del Sol, we could call it "Maggie's."" "Yeah?" "Give it to Darlene." "Are you trippin'?" "You know Carlos ain't gonna take care of your ass." "Like everybody else in this motherfucker-- out for himself." "You know what, hermanito?" "Why don't you support your kids..." "y déjame de joder?" "I was looking out for my little sister." "Carlos:" "This place is starting to look like a dump." " Why don't you take some boxes away?" " Okay, boss." "Don't call me that." "Wow!" "Where do you guys get this from?" "It's beautiful." "You know that can of paint up front, the white one?" "Yes." "Why don't you go get it and paint over that shit?" "Everybody gonna like this." "It gives some cultural stuff to the store and the kids love that." "I drew that." "Eight years ago." "My mom used to watch me every afternoon." "Altogether, it took about... a month." "Why you want to take it down?" " 'Cause it's bullshit." " It's beautiful." "You said your mom liked it, I'm sure your dad" "Why don't you cover that shit?" "You put a part of yourself into the store" "What are you...?" "I did that shit for my father, he covered that shit and now you want to uncover it?" "When I come back, this shit better be gone." "( bedframe creaking )" "Stop!" "( Spanish music playing )" " Yo!" "Ten cuidado, coño." " Watch where you're going." "( man on phone ) Right, right." "Okay." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Okay, chau." " Hey." " Hey." "What's up, Carlos?" " He's coming along." " Yeah?" "Yeah." "Owner:" "Oye, those are selling fantastic, bro'!" " Good." " You want it?" " I'll take those." " Okay." "( Spanish music playing ) * Amor, yo sé que quieres *" "* Llevarte mi ilusión *" "* Amor, yo sé que puedes también... *" "* Llevarte mi alma Pero, ay, amor *" "* Si te llevas mi alma *" "* Llévate de mi... *" "* También el dolor *" "* Lleva en ti todo mi desconsuelo *" "* Y también mi canción de sufrir *" "Carlos, are you still here?" "I got to be downtown." "No, you've got to be at Hunt's Point at 9:00 in the morning, Carlos." " I can't go, viejo." " You have to go." "Take!" "We're still sharing the truck with Pancho en la 173." " Viejo, I can't go." " You have to go, Carlos." "You can ruin your life with your muñequita, but you're not gonna ruin my bodega!" " You have to go, take the keys." " ( swearing in Spanish )" "So I worked on a new color for this guy." "That's a great color." "I've got to show you something." "I just finished these panels," "I wanted to know what you thought." "Jenny, go work on this." "We'll talk about this, okay?" "You all right?" "How you've been?" "Hey, Carlos?" "How have you been?" " You all right?" " I'm fine." "Fine." "All right, what do you got here?" "So, what do you think?" "It's good!" "Good." "Good." " I based that one on the old man." " How is he?" "He's fine." "Listen... can you show these to your friend at Gotham Comics?" "Who, Raquel?" " Yeah." " Are you sure you're ready?" "'Cause you only get one chance with her, you know that." "These are good." "Raquel:...which I assume is how you got the idea for this." "They're based on the Dominicans who fought for La Independencia." " Los Gavilleros?" " Yeah." "They fought the US with a guerilla waftare for four years." "For me, it's just another way of talking about sugar." "That's what the Gavilleros were fighting over-- foreign companies buying property from people who don't even own it, then kicking the campesinos off their land." "Anyway, that's how I got the concept for "Europa."" "Carlos..." "I've got to be honest with you." "I really like what you did." " Really?" " I love it!" "And it couldn't come in a more peftect time, because I just lost a series." "The artist was brilliant, but he was terribly depressed and he could never work." "And I had to find something to fill the book in our slate." " Okay!" " Great!" "How soon can you finish?" "( Techno music playing )" " You never gonna believe it." " What?" " You've got to guess." " I don't know." "You won the lotto?" " I asked Daisy to marry me." " Get the fuck outta here!" "I asked her to marry me and she said yes." "I am high as a motheftucker right now." "Dude, do you know what you're doing?" "Of course I know." "I know I say shit sometimes, but that's just me being stupid." "I'm getting fucking married, bro'." "( laughs ) Yo-- all right then, well, shit!" "We should celebrate." "I have no champagne, so here... this will have to do." "Here you go." "Drink away, man!" "When is the big day?" "All right." "You know that I like... there's this bowling tournament in Las Vegas, I wanted to go to, so I figure..." "I'll just take care of everything at once." "Like, I got a thousand dollars saved up already, all I need is like... 4,000 more dollars." "Please, don't ask me for money, bro'." " Not from you, from the store." " I can't do it, man." "You told me the other day how much you're taking in a week." " You don't understand." " I'll pay you back." " It's not that." " Then, what?" " There's some shit you don't know." " What?" "What I don't know?" "Right now, for all intents and purposes, your father owns la bodega." " Get the fuck out of here!" " Mickey, I ain't fucking around." "Why do you think I took over the store?" " You think I want to run this?" " No, but your papá..." "Yo, listen man." "Your father told me I had no choice," "Eddie's into him for 25 fucking grand." "How is he gonna give your father 25 grand, and he's not gonna give me nothing?" "What the fuck!" "Look, chill, man." "Here-- it's not much-- a couple of hundred." "Why don't you take?" " Take it." " It's okay." "It's okay, man." "I'll figure it out." "Mickey!" "( romantic music playing )" "Hey... remember when you were talking about moving downtown?" " Carlos:" "Um-hmm." " Maggie:" "Maybe we should do that." " Say what?" " I mean, after Eddie gets better," " and things straighten out with Sean." " That could take some time." " We're like a team, right?" " Yeah." "Like Paul and Belkis." "Yeah." "( Angel speaking Spanish ) Yeah." "About me?" "What, Darlene?" "You learned that word yesterday?" "Fuck you, Darlene, all right?" " What's up, Angel?" " Pon la luz aquí también." " Deja la luz." " This bitch, bro'." "Trying to convince me she wasn't with some other nigga" " Can't this wait until later?" " No, it can't wait!" "That bitch is trying to take money out of my fist." "That's it!" "Out." "Get out!" "Wait." "Darlene's busting you for child's support?" "She's trying to tell me this Chinese-eyed motheftucker is my kid." " Angel:" "That's bullshit!" " Un plato, and that's it." "Shitty day, man." "How is your kid in Santo Domingo doing?" "What, Junior?" "My real kid?" "Good, man." "I can't wait." "Save my money, soon as I get my 60 Gs, getting the fuck outta here." "Go back to the D.R., live with him and Carmen." "I'm gonna open me a bike shop." "Stay with my tío in Baitoa, just till I get hooked up." "He got a farm, and when you're done working all day, you go lay on this hammock, next to the pond." "You just lay there, bro'." "You let the breeze hit your face." "You're chillin' with your boxers off, and the wind kissing your balls..." "Maggie:" "Darlene is only asking for 600 a month." "Angel:" "Guess how much she's getting?" "Zero dollars." "The thing of it is, that bitch rats me out," "I'm as good as back in lockup." "That's why I don't trust nobody." "That's why I don't get no mail at my house," " I ain't got money in no bank." " He's got over 40 grand hidden." " Maggie, what the fuck?" "!" " Why don't you give Carlos money?" " ¿Tú estás loca?" " As a loan to get back the bodega." " Maggie!" " This could be a way out of here." "You heard what he said, he needs that money." "You were gonna give me that money to open my own space." "Shut the fuck up, you're family." "Carlos isn't family?" "He'll pay you back." "It's my business, I can take care of it, okay?" "People buggin' out around me today." "Later, bro'." "You got a big fucking mouth, and I ain't got no money." "Where did you put them?" "Where'd you put them?" "I'm tired of your fucking bullshit game, viejo." "Where are my fucking drawings?" "Carlos..." "I should be the one that would be making the questions here." "How many gallons of milk did you deliver today?" "How many cases of aguacate?" "Yuca?" " Plátanos?" "Café?" " I don't fucking know." "That's what you should be worrying about." "Where are my drawings, man?" "Maybe I burned them." "Maybe I threw them in the Hudson." "Maybe I broke them in pieces like this." "What are you gonna do about it, huh?" "What are you going to do about it?" "You're wasting your time, Carlos." "The gringos are not going to print your fucking drawings!" "Carlos:" "I want you to tell me what you see." "I can't see, Carlos." "I don't have my glasses." "You can see." "You don't want to see." "Tell me what you see!" "Carlos:" "What else?" "He has a kind of a uniform on." "What else can you tell me about this drawing?" "Look at the details." "Look, look!" "What can you tell me about this drawing?" "The details, what can you tell me?" " That's it?" " Yeah." "What else--?" " You have nothing else to say?" " What else do you want me to say?" "I want you to look at this drawing and tell me that you like it." "Tell me that you like it, Pa." "Your mother liked them." "Isn't that enough for you?" "Where the fuck do you get off bringing up Mamá?" "Your name and hers don't belong in the fucking same sentence." "Fuck you!" "She was my wife." "She was your mother, okay?" "Then why the fuck did you fuck everybody on the corner?" "And when we own a fucking bodega, doing the fucking girls!" " Eddie:" "She forgave me." " Carlos:" "You fucking animal!" " Carlos:" "You fucking cocksucker!" " She knew me." "For me, your mother was everything, you motheftucker!" "For me, your mother was God." "She was everything for me." "I loved her, and I still love her." "And she forgave me, all the time." "( sighs ) She forgave me all the time." "Your drawings are... inside the closet." "David:" "Very nice." "Raquel:" "This is gorgeous!" "It's gorgeous." "Listen... my boss gave me the authority to cut a check if this met with my approval." "Holy" " Raq, yeah!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "( laughs )" "It's gonna be a few weeks before you get it, so..." "David:" "A toast to Carlito!" "It's all thanks to this man." " You did the work." " You inspired me." "Well, it's not much, but it's home." "It's nice." "We broke up a month ago." "That's cool." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "( laughing, moaning )" "( rising moans )" "( laughs )" "( giggles, groans )" "Viejo... when did Mamá first know you were cheating on her?" "Since the beginning." "I tried to play the wise guy, and say that I had to go to the bodega, or go downtown... but she always knew." "From the peftume." "And you know what I did?" "I bought a bottle of "Colonia 1800"" "de Crusellas, la colonia cubana to cover this-- the peftume, and she knew." "She always knew." "( plane rumbles above )" " Are you cheating on Maggie?" " No." "Hmm." " Is she beautiful?" " Yeah." "No." "Hey, what would you do?" "What would I do?" "You know what I'd do." "But it doesn't mean that that's what you have to do, but that's what I'd do." "( knocking, rings doorbell ) Super!" "( knocks ) Super!" "What the--?" "( faintly ) Oh, shit..." "( cheering, applause )" "( man yells ) You look beautiful!" "Check the ring!" " Belkis:" "Your creation!" " Thank you!" "( laughter )" "Mickey:" "Do you think they got merengue bands in Vegas?" " Maggie:" "Are you going?" " Whoa!" " Good luck, mamá." " Daisy:" "Stay warm." " Okay." " Mickey:" "See you later." "So, what did you think of Belkis' dress?" "It was nice." "Real nice." "How come you didn't dance with me?" "I don't know." "I wasn't in the mood." "I don't know." "Hmm?" "Look, Maggie, maybe this whole thing-- something is off." "I feel like I'm not connecting with you lately." "Well, finally I get an honest statement from you." "Ever since I was eight years old, all I wanted to do was draw comics." "That's it!" "If you understand that, you would support me, babe." "Support you?" "What are you talking about, "support" you?" "What about supporting me, huh?" "You think just because you're some kind of artist, you're better than everybody else?" "Well, you're not an artist, okay?" "You're just somebody whose father owns a bodega." "Sean?" "Señora Rodríguez?" "Hello, Doña Marquez?" "Martín?" "Hi, it's Carlos." "Hello?" "I'm having a get-together for my father tonight." "Can you bring some sopita that you made last time?" "He really likes that." "Beautiful!" "( phone ringing )" "Hello?" "Hey, Mickey." "What's up, man?" "Okay." "Sure." "I'll be there." "Carlos:" "What's up?" "What's the hurry?" "Open it!" "Where did you get this?" "It doesn't matter." "Now you can pay back my father." "Please, tell me you didn't take this from Angel." "I know you've been working over there." "Please tell me you didn't take this from Angel." "He had it hidden in some records." "I only took 30 Gs." "There was more." "You wouldn't believe it." "Stupid fuck, man!" "Me and Daisy, we're moving to Vegas." "She's meeting me in an hour." "You're not using your brain." "Angel needs that money." "He finds out you took it, he's gonna kill you." "He ain't gonna do shit, all right?" "Mickey, there's niggas in Baitoa who'll kill you for a bean pie, man." "This ain't the island, man." "He's practically a brother-in-law." "He'd probably give it to you himself." "Actually, he wouldn't." "Just take it, all right?" "I'm getting paid, man." "For "Europa," my comic." "I'll have the money, and I'll pay back your father." "You couldn't use another $25 Gs?" "Come on, man." "After you pay back my dad, what are you gonna live on?" "How are you gonna find time to draw another one?" "I'll go back to Azteca, okay?" "Fuck!" "Don't tell me I did this for nothing." "I did this for you, man." "I can't take this back now." "You don't realize, this is the best thing that could happen to us." "My father, he thinks we're all about the Heights, but he's fucked up." "He don't realize we're better than this." "You don't think he'd rather be at the track all day, than busting his ass up here in some building?" "This is our chance, man." "( knocking on door )" " Sean:" "Mickey?" "Open the door!" " Oh, fuck!" "Mickey:" "The bag, the bag." "All right!" " Mickey!" " All right." "One sec!" "( blandly ) Hey." "What's going on in here?" " Nothing." " Why aren't you at the store?" "Mickey:" "I asked him to help me bring down the oven from 4C." "Am I supposed to put every single window in myself?" "You should get back to the store." "Come on." "( stammers ) I've got to use the can." "Sean:" "Jesus H. Christ!" "You're slower than your mother." " We'll see you later." " Carlos:" "Okay." "Mickey:" "Lock up after me." "Tell Daisy I'll meet her at the store in an hour." "Angel?" "What are you doing here?" "I used to live here." "What are you doing here?" "I had to return something I borrowed." "I've got to go." "( mimics announcer ) "And Mickey Kilpatrick... throws a final strike for a peftect game, and the tournament!"" "( clapping )" "( meekly ) I'm" " I'm just being stupid." "Did you ever really bowl one?" " What?" "A perfect game?" " Yeah." "Three times." "Really?" "( drumming rapid rhythm ) Oye!" "( players talking in Spanish )" "( shouts, cheering )" "Oh, Juanito!" "( drumming resumes )" "Eddie:" "I wanna see my kingdom here." "( cheering )" "( voices fade )" "Good work, son." "What the fuck?" "What the fuck!" " Where is the other five?" " What?" "Don't fuck around with me." "Where's my five Gs?" " I don't know." " Oyeme!" " Where the fuck is my money?" " I don't know Angel, stop it." " You gave it to him?" " No!" "I fucking trusted you, you fucker!" "( loud overlapping voices )" "Hey-- hello, hello!" "Can I get your attention, please?" " Cállense!" " I wanna make a quick toast." " Daisy:" "Where's Mickey?" " He's coming, relax." "I took care of everything." "I wanna make a quick toast." "Today... today's a happy day." "My pop is getting better." "Doctor says if he keeps making progress, he'll be back to work in a few months." "( cheering )" "You know, it hasn't been easy, but we nearly killed each other a couple of times." "( laughter )" "But, we're here." "We're here!" "It's his day." "So, un toast to Eddie." "( men cheering )" "Hi, how are you?" "Surprised?" "I wanna thank everybody for staying loyal to la bodega." "Come on, you make it sound like you're leaving." "Sí, me voy." "As a matter of fact, it is my last week here." "Carlos:" "I sold some of my drawings." "I got this company publishing my comics, man." " Can you believe that?" " Oh, Carlos!" "Yeah, yeah." "I want to ask Tito to take over the bodega until the old man can come back full time." " Man:" "Está bien." " Carlos:" "Yeah." "I took the money back." "You have nothing to worry about." " Did Angel see you?" " No, it's all good, man." "No, it ain't all good." "I kept five grand for myself." "Aw, fuck!" "Fuck!" "How do you think I got plane tickets and the fee for the tournament?" " I had to wire that this morning." " We've got to get you outta here." "We gotta go." "We gotta go." "Give me my fucking money!" " Carlos:" "Chill, chill!" " Angel:" "Do you think I'm stupid?" " ( women screaming )" " Huh?" "I took it!" "Daisy:" "Stop it!" "You stupid!" "Where the fuck is my money?" "Stupid motheftucker!" "Where's my money?" "You already spent my fucking money!" "Eddie:" "I don't want to see you again here." "Get the fuck out of here!" "This ain't over between you and me." "( Daisy screams ) No!" "Mickey!" "You saw him rush me." "He rushed me." "What was I gonna do?" "Maggie, llama a una ambulancia, ve a buscar una ambulancia, por favor." "Please." "Mickey, don't go." "¿ Tú me oyes papi?" "Mickey?" "Mickey, stay with me." "( birds chirping )" "Eddie:" "You know, when I first came here," "I thought that was America?" "Then I found out it was only New Jersey." "Eddie:" "lmmigrants are some ignorant motheftuckers, eh?" "( music plays within )" " Juanito?" " Sí?" "I'm closing shop." " What are you drawing?" " It's a new strip." " More Azucareros?" " Nah." "This shit's for real." "( music plays ) * Take a blank page like a new day *" "* It's like a fresh start, once again I'm on my way *" "* And I spread these wings *" "* And I do some things *" "* Still holding on, while the world... goes spinning' *" "* Spinnin', spinning'... *" "* Straight out of the box, you know?" "*" "* Fresh like a million bucks *" "* Sometimes life still sucks *" "* Sticking around, with its ups and downs *" "* One man's loss is another one's found *" "* Hold on... *" "* Spinnin', spinning' *" "* Spinnin', spinning'... *" "* Take a blank page, like a new day *" "* It's like a fresh start, once again I'm on my way *" "* And I spread these wings... *" "* And I do some things *" "* Still holding on *" "* While the world goes spinning' *" " * Keep holding on * - * Spinnin', spinning'... *" "* Here we go *" "* Turning *" "* Turning around *" "( techno salsa plays )" "( singing in Spanish )" "( Spanish guitar plays )"