"Just in case, we decided that Xavi will go on foot, and we'll go by car." "Stop." "At first glance, everything seems normal." "A mistake." "Again." "Stop!" "Police!" "Get in, damn it!" "Where were you going, son of a bitch?" "Paquito, Paquito!" "Son of a fucking bitch!" "What are you doing?" "Are you crazy?" "Shit, don't do this to me!" "Paco!" "And you know the rest." "My associate will talk to Dr Barjau." "When they brought in the policeman, we saw there was nothing we could do." "He was covered in bullet-wounds." "His colleagues started shouting like crazy, and then they brought the other one in." "For a while it looked like they were going to kill him right here." "One thing - how many bullet-wounds were there on the body?" "Five or six." "The forensic informant tells us that he only received three of the four shots fired by my client." "No, no, he'd taken five or six shots." "At least." "Dr Barjau is prepared to testify." "We're also asking for account to be taken of the police's autopsy report, the entry report from the hospital clinic, and an analysis by a ballistics expert to determine that the bullets found in the policeman's body were fired from more than one weapon." "It looks like it's going well." "Oh, and Oriol and Queso have been transferred here." "Your mother has a migraine, and..." "well, she'll come over on Saturday." "Your uncle sends his regards." "And how are you?" "Delighted - don't I look it?" "Thank you." "What for?" "'It is the regime that is responsible for my son's professing this ideology...'" "José Luis... '...by not realising the ideals for which I had fought... '...and for which my father died.'" "Please, don't..." "'What is happening in my family... '...is perhaps a pale reflection of what is now happening... '...in the bosom of the great family of Spain.'" "That's enough!" "I read the letter you sent to the press." " I have to go." " Dad..." "Maybe we're not that different after all." "That Cruyff guy played his first game yesterday." " Four goals against Granada, fuck it." " Ah, that's nothing." "When they play their next away game he'll screw up badly, you'll see." "They'll be much less cocky." "You see that?" "Look at them... the top ranks of the democratic opposition." "It seems they got them last night, during a meeting in a church." "They must be pleased." "Now they can give themselves a medal." "What do we do?" "Talk to them?" "What for?" "They don't care about us." "Just in case, treat them well because one day you'll be working for them." "Cheese..." "Serrano ham..." "Chocolate." "Shit, they're treating you well." "All this talk of the working classes, but you're a daddy's boy who's playing at being a revolutionary." "Well, look how the game has turned out." "Someone's died." "He was 23." "And you you're a real piece of shit." "It's a letter for my father." "He must be proud." "He doesn't even visit you." " Kiss my arse." " What did you say?" "Nothing." "Don't try and start anything with me, dickhead, because you'll get it." "You will treat me with respect, do you understand?" "Or I will tear your head off." "Right." "Let's go." " See you tomorrow, then." " Good night." "'Children know their parents better than they think." "'I know that, apart from being brutally shocked 'by the events of the 25th of last month," "'you must have asked yourself many times 'if you've given your son the best possible means 'to help him in this life." "'I don't want you to have any doubts of this nature." "'You have done for me what your conscience has told you is right, 'and I don't reproach you for it." "'In fact, I am thankful for it." "'You have given me an upbringing 'that has allowed me to confront my responsibilities." "'At the moment, I am facing an extremely serious issue, 'and it will by no means be easy." "'But it's up to me to confront them." "'I don't want to talk about my life in prison, 'but I do want to say that I don't feel like a martyr, 'and that I am not at all in favour of gratuitous acts." "'Even though, politically, we will never agree with each other," "'I want, or rather..." "'I wish for your moral support as a father, 'as a man who has known difficult times, 'but who has never gone back on principles that he believes to be fair." "'You may think these words lack feeling, 'but that is not the case." "'We have too much in common 'not to understand the exact meaning behind these words." "'I want to have a clear head, now more than ever, 'and I don't like to talk at length about my regrets, 'or to be taken over by my emotions." "'I want you to understand this letter, 'and I know that, although it will be painful, 'you will try to understand your son." "'With love, Salvador Puig.'" "Shoot." "Let's see if you can get it in." "Come on." " That was awful." " Worse than you?" "You haven't got one in yet." " Want a game?" " No." "What's wrong?" "Nervous?" " Of you?" "Are you serious?" " Yeah, yeah." "Come on, give me that." " Fluke." " That was pure skill." "Oh yes?" "Right, I'll show you..." "It's fine." " Rematch tomorrow?" " Sure, we'll see." "Always reading, eh?" " What's it about?" " The Iliad." "The story of Achilles." "Oh yes, the one with the heel." "He's a hero fighting in the Trojan War." "He knows he'll die in the war, because his mother predicts it, but he also knows that his death will make him immortal." "Ridiculous." "You can have it when I'm done, if you want." " What do I want it for?" " I don't know..." "For your son." "My son can't read very well." " What do you mean?" " I mean, he knows how to but he mixes up the letters." "He's dyslexic?" "And left-handed." "But we'll fix it." "What for?" "Let him write with whichever hand he wants." "What do you know about it?" "So he says, well my brother is a psychiatrist," "I can ask him if you want." "But the thing about dyslexic people is they think differently." "They think in images, so they have problems understanding writing." "They lose focus easily, but with the right methods, they can be taught to write, to read..." "To study..." "To become doctors, architects or whatever they want, like anyone else." "That's what he told me." "Strange guy, this Salvador, eh?" "Pity." "Two death sentences demanded for Puig Antich" "We will move heaven and earth." "We'll talk to the Church, the parties, the unions..." "I don't want to be used." "I want to get out of here alive, do you hear me?" "I don't want to be a name written on the wall." "Salva, these conclusions are only provisional." "OK, so they're asking for two death sentences, so what?" "You don't know what's going on out there." "And not just in Barcelona..." "We'll call press conferences." "The whole of Europe will be talking about your case." "If Spain wants to get into the common market now do you think they'll dare to give you a death sentence?" "That's ridiculous." "Something really serious would have to happen." "We're going to try to talk to some witnesses who were present at the events and can give us some kind of information." "You must be happy." "They've taken out Carrero Blanco." "Carrero Blanco?" "ETA planted a bomb." "Fucking hell!" "What's up with you?" "That bomb has killed me too." "But that attack had nothing to do with you!" "So what, Carme?" "They want a scapegoat, and they've got one!" " Seriously, Salva, you'll see..." " See what?" "Listen to me." "I want Merçona to stay with Kim in New York for a while." " She won't want to." " I don't care." "I don't want her in the middle of all this." "9 January 1974" " I hope everything goes well." " Thank you." " Where is your husband?" " Speaking to a friend." "You know me, we were in Russia." "I'd be the first to speak out against Communism." "I'm not asking for them to be acquitted, but they're only kids." "Don't get your hopes up." "Carrero's murder must be punished." "Those kids have asked for it." "You only have to look at the arrangement of the tribunal." "Public audience." "How much did Quesita get?" "Marian?" "Six years." "And Queso?" "Thirty." "And I get a death sentence?" "Yes." "Well, just one, for the policeman." "So I'm lucky." "In a way, yes." "The sentence can't be justified." "They haven't authorised any of our witnesses or the psychiatrist's analysis." "They didn't let us make the ballistics report, and the autopsy was made at the police station, with no lawyer, no judge and no prosecutor." "But now we have three days to make our case to the supreme military court." "We're already taking care of it, Salva!" "She won't go and stay with her brother in New York." "Could you leave us alone for a minute, Imma?" " I never thanked you." " What for?" " For the boots." " Do you like them?" "They're good, aren't they?" " Close your eyes." " What?" "Close your eyes." "Like this." "Close them, and imagine we're not in prison." " Where?" " Anywhere." "Go on." "Tell me, where are we?" " On our roof." " Is anyone else there?" "Montse, Carme, Imma, Mum." "And Kim?" "Yes, he's there too." " Do you miss him?" " Sometimes." "New York is an amazing city." "Bigger than you can imagine." "I know." " You'd see your niece." " Yes." " So why don't you want to go?" " I want to stay near you." "It'll be a really exciting trip." "Barcelona." "Airport." "Take-off." "You get an empty feeling in your stomach." "Just for a moment, and then..." "the great leap." "They won't kill you, will they?" "What are you talking about?" "They've cured me, haven't they?" "That's true." "The appeal will be in Madrid, the first week of February." "We have to be optimistic." "You don't look great." "Yeah..." "I'm smoking too much." "By the way..." "Your friends send their regards." "Here." "We know the route." "Everything's been planned." "We'll do it during the transfer to Madrid." " Attacking the van is too risky." " We've got enough people." "We can do it." "Listen, Salva is worried that they'll take advantage of the situation to kill him." "What do you think they'll do if we don't get him out?" "Go outside." "Go on, and tell me how many protests you see." "How many strikes are being organised?" "Where are the parties, where's the Church?" "Who's taking action?" "Who?" " Those bastards are going to finish him off." " All right!" "We won't escape." "Barça scored five goals against Madrid yesterday." " In Bernabeu, too." " Great." " Don't you like football?" " I used to, as a kid." "I used to be the goalie." "No one wants to be goalie." "Someone has to do it, right?" "That's what my dad used to say." "He was a prison warden too." "He must be pleased with you." "Keeping up the tradition." "What about yours?" "He a bank robber too?" "He runs a shop, selling chemical products." "But things aren't going well." "He never comes to see you." "I'm the black sheep of the family." "My brother is a good guy - reliable, studious..." "He works in New York." "A great guy." "You sure that's why it is?" "After the Civil War, they put my dad in a concentration camp in France." "He went through hell there." "On top of that, on his return he was issued a death sentence." "He was in front of the firing squad when the pardon arrived." "He was never the same after that." "My mother used to say that she'd married one man, and they'd sent her a different one back." "My father has lived all his life in fear." "That would destroy anyone." "Just telegrams asking for clemency." "Nothing else!" "To the President of the Courts, to Prince Juan Carlos," " to Franco himself." " It won't do any good." "But Dad..." "I'm too tired." "'As the father of Salvador Puig Antich... '...who has been condemned to death," "'I request for him your mercy and pardon, 'with all confidence that you will grace me... '...with your wisdom and sound judgement." "'Signed, Joaquín Puig.'" "Send it, please." "The man is right." "None of this will do any good." "It's like a fixed bloody card game." "Arau..." "And it's obvious who's supposed to win." "But we have to play it through to the end." "To the end." " Listen to me, will you?" " No." "I'm fucking fed up with all this." "Don't tell me that man is guiltless." "He bombs millions of people in Vietnam, then he comes to a peace accord and they give him a Nobel Prize." "What a bastard!" "And then he kills off Allende and replaces him with Pinochet." "Well that's not my business." "What?" "You don't care?" "I've got enough problems of my own." "I don't understand how a kid like you, intelligent, a good person at heart, can take a gun and..." "Seriously, I don't understand you." "Look where you've ended up." "In prison." "So have you." "I'm not locked up." "But you live here." "It's not the same." "Well, they say a man who has a dog on a leash is as tied to the leash as the dog." "You talk a lot, but you've just lost the game." "They've ratified the sentence." "What?" "The Supreme Court." "Now all that's left is for the Council of Ministers to sign the warrant, and trust that he'll be pardoned." "I can't believe it." "We've done everything..." " Salvador is..." " Quiet." "Please." "Don't say anything." "Quiet..." "Friday 1 March 1974" "Looks like they're showing a boxing match tonight instead of the film." "OK." "Go and get the meat." "DO NOT TOUCH FOR SALVA" " What time are you playing tomorrow?" " At nine." " We'll meet at the prison, then." " I'm going to the cinema in the evening." " To see what?" " I'm not sure." "I'll get it." "Hello?" "Oh, hello Oriol." "What?" "At Modelo prison?" "Puig..." "What is it?" "You'll have to come with us." "Puig." "It is my duty to inform you..." "I'm sorry..." "I can't do it." "Salva, listen to me." "Everyone's ready." "The Law College is carrying out negotiations." "I'm going to go and find your sisters." " The Council of Ministers..." " ...has signed the warrant." "But we've got twelve hours to stop them carrying out the sentence." "Come on." "Happy?" "They're going to put us through hell, but the pardon will arrive, wait and see." "I'd better go." "Your sisters are waiting." "Yes?" "I don't want Merçona to come here." " Fucking hell." " Come on." "While there's life, there's hope." "It's my duty to tell you that if you need a notary..." "A notary?" "What for?" "To draw up your will." " Or a priest." "Think about it." " No, damn it!" "If you bring me a priest I'll tell him exactly where he can shove it." "Don't be so stubborn." "It's easier to have someone near you." "There's only one priest I respect:" "Father Manero." "He's the only decent one I know." " We can call for him." " Leave him alone." "If you want to do something for me, bring me a pen and some paper." "We haven't got any." "Bring him what he's asked for." "And you, find me that priest." "Cabanillas has held a press conference;" "Franco has pardoned a member of the Civil Guard, but has ratified the other death sentences." " The Pole..." " Heinz Czesz." "Yes... and Salvador." "We have less than eight hours left - we must hurry." "Anyone who might be able to do anything is of use." "We need to call everyone and his mother." "Politicians, ministers, celebrities..." "We can't afford to sleep." "We have to stop this any way we can!" "'Dear Kim," "'The news is brief:" "'Death sentence." "'It would be difficult to express my feelings at this time." "'Perhaps to confirm everything that I've fought for 'and which now, in the moment of truth, I believe more firmly...'" "I'm sorry, but letters must be in Spanish." "It's just that..." " Those are the regulations." " Oh, leave it." "What does it matter?" " Hey, Jesús..." " Please." "'They're after an irrational revenge." "'Disgust, disgust is all I feel.'" "Antonio López Guerra." " Do you want a coffee or something?" " No." " Some cigarettes." " I'll bring you some." "How are you?" "Fine." "Calm." "They're going to put us through hell, but the pardon will arrive in the end." "Of course." "Arau has gone to the Lawyers' College." " And Dad?" " Pep's taken him to Vilafranca." "Good." "And Merçona?" "She wanted to come, but we told her not to." "Good, it's better that way." " Where is she?" " At the Anglada family's place." "With her boyfriend, eh?" "That's great." " Is this all right?" " Yes, it'll do the job." "I need a pole, about this high." "And a stool." "OK." "Do you remember?" "Your wedding." "I had a great time." "It shows." "The look on your face..." "And this one..." "What a look!" "The Salesian football team." " You won a cup." " No, the cup was for handball." "What's the news?" "The College is packed." "We're calling everyone." "Olaf Palme, Willy Brand, even the Pope." "I've come to see if you need anything." "Wait." "Is it really all going well?" "Don't worry." "Seriously." "Excuse me, you're Puig's sister, aren't you?" "Do you know what the garrotte is?" "I'll explain." "It's a ring that goes around the neck, like a collar." "Behind, there's a big screw which they tighten until his spine breaks." "Fuck off and die." "Spanish Consulate in Toulouse (France)" "Take this, Franco!" "Let's go, let's go!" "That'll do." "Now we just need to make a hole." "They've spoken to the Vatican..." "It seems the Pope has tried to get in touch with Franco, but he doesn't want to be disturbed." "Same with Dr Puigvert." "So what do we do?" "Has Nieto Antúnez answered the phone?" " No." " Well, keep trying." " Where are you going?" " I don't know." "What time is it?" "Almost four o'clock." "Arau." "Excuse me." "Imma, could you come with me for a minute?" "What is it?" "Is there any news?" "No, Imma, they..." "They want to know..." "If you already have a plot." "A plot?" "Yes, a plot..." "Since your mother died last year..." "You sons of bitches!" "How dare you?" "I'm only saying this to help you." "If you don't have one already, your brother will have to be buried in a communal grave." "You're killing him - you bury him!" "'The 400 Blows'." "Have you seen it, Salva?" "It's about a kid who doesn't get on with his parents and gets into a lot of problems." "He skips classes and turns to theft." "They shut him up in a rehab institution." "But they can't deal with him and he doesn't give up." "Never." "Never." "At the end, he escapes..." "And he runs, runs, runs until he gets to the sea." "He's never seen the sea." "Then he puts his feet in the water, turns to the camera," "and smiles." "So then you say to yourself, 'Finally, he made it.'" "Nothing." "Arau has got half of Barcelona working on it." "This is terrifying." "You should rewire this place - it's a complete mess." "Sorry, I need to go to the toilet again." " Now?" " Don't worry, I won't escape." "Fine." "I'll be right back." " What's wrong?" " I don't want to cry." " I don't want him to see me cry." " Oh, Imma!" " They're going to kill him soon." " No, they won't do it." "Be quiet!" " Can't you see?" " No, you don't understand." "Mum won't let them, she'll do something from up there..." "Nothing's going to happen to him." "How are you feeling?" "I'm coping." " How about you?" "Aren't you tired?" " No." "I'm exhausted." "I hope the old man remembers me." "Of course he will." "Come on, don't take too long." "Thanks for coming." "Father Manero." "I'm sorry they woke you up." "How are you feeling?" "As well as can be expected." "Is there anything you want to tell me?" "To be at peace in yourself?" "Thank you, Father." "I am at peace." "Saturday 2 March 1974, 07:00" "I'm sorry, but you have to leave." "You too, Arau." " But..." " I'm not going anywhere." "I'm his lawyer and I have the right to stay." "Fine." "You can stay for the moment, but these ladies need to leave." " You're going?" " Yes." "They won't let us stay." "Don't worry, girls." "We'll be in the bar opposite." "Exactly." " Go and get a coffee." " Yes, we'll see you later." "See you." "Of course." "Arau is staying with you." "Now you really do need to leave." "Certainly not" " I have the right to stay." "It's our orders." " Well the orders can go to hell!" " Please, don't make it worse." "I'm his lawyer, damn it!" "So what do you want me to do?" "Listen." "We haven't lost yet." "We can still do something." "But I need to leave now." "I'm going to make some calls..." "It's just the two of us now, Father." "It's time." "Salvador, listen to me." "God loves you." "Father, please..." "What is your final request?" " How's it going to happen?" " What?" "How and where are you going to..." "They've paid you well, eh?" "Very well." "Holy shit." "That's a nasty piece of work." "Congratulations, you've got it." "Come on, let's get this over with." "Put him here." "Do you want a hood?" "Come on, step aside please!" "Please, step aside!" "Is there anything else you want to say before..." "Do you want anything?" "Right, it's done." " You sons of bitches!" " Quiet!" " Son of a bitch!" " Be quiet!" " Franco is a murderer!" " Get him out of here!" " Franco is a son of a bitch!" " Quiet!" "Take him outside!" "Son of a bitch!" "Doctor, would you be so kind..." " He's still alive." " It happens." "We'll wait." "What's wrong?" "They're killing my brother." "What are you doing here?" "Run!" "He's still breathing." "Fucking hell." "Show some respect!" "We'll wait a bit longer." "It'll be a really exciting trip." "You get an empty feeling in your stomach." "Just for a moment, and then..." "The great leap." "What time is it?" "9:40." "They've killed Puig Antich!" "Ladies, you have... my sympathies." "Go to hell." "'Dear Kim," "'I'm amazed at the strength, bravery... '...and guts that Salvador has." "'We saw him at the morgue." "'It doesn't look like he suffered physically." "'That's the only consolation I can give." "'Then came everything else." "'A beautiful, stunning funeral." "'Mass was held in Barcelona every day, 'and the churches were packed." "'At the Church of Saint Just, when they finished singing, 'a priest took the microphone and said:" "'"As a priest and a man," "'"I call on Christ as witness that a terrible injustice has been committed."'" "Salvador!" "Your death will not be in vain!" "'The people, the whole church, applauded for ages." "'I think they'd still be clapping if we hadn't been forced to stop." "'There were 1500 people at the burial, all with red flowers." "'But the police let very few people in." "'Just family and close friends." "'Then, in keeping with tradition, they beat and arrested people." "'I think that, at last, Salvador is getting what he wanted." "'A lot is happening." "'At the very least, political consciousness is increasing, 'and in this messed-up country, that's a big step.'" "Salvador Puig Antich's family is still fighting for the trial to be revised." "In the final years of Franco's dictatorship, social conflict in Spain rose to unprecedented levels." "During the regime's attempts to suppress this conflict, thousands of political prisoners were taken and dozens of students and workers were killed." "This film is based on the true story of one of those young people, who, in a time and a country where almost everyone lived their lives in submission, dared to live without fear." " Where are you going?" " It's been five minutes." "He's not coming." " Stay there." " It's not important, right?" "Get back to the bar." "It's been five minutes and he's not turned up, so he's not coming." "Shut it." "We'll wait." "There's the secretary." "Seems he's not alone." "Move, and I put a bullet in you." " Christ, Petit!" " Stop!" "Police!" "Shit!" "Bastard!" "Not here." "What's wrong with you?" "Call reinforcements!" "Quickly!" "Get out, damn it!" "Hold on, boy..." "Come on, Paquito!" "Where the hell are we going?" "Hold on!" "Come on kid, don't give up now." "Christ!" "Clear the passageway, please!" " I'm sorry, he's dead." " What do you mean, dead?" "Son of a fucking bitch!" "Bastard!" " Let go of me!" " What the hell are you doing?" "What am I doing?" "I should have killed him right there." " You can't come through." " That man is dangerous." "Sorry." "He has several blows to the head." "Gauze." "Bullet-wound in the shoulder." "Entry point... exit point." " And one in the face." " Open the mouth." " A bit more..." " Calm down." " Open..." " There it is, I can see it." " Open." " There, I've got it." "Gauze." " Christ!" " But... you're..." "This isn't possible." "You know him?" "Of course, I went to school with his brother, his name's Salvador." " Salvador what?" " Salvador Puig Antich." "Hey, you!" "Get out of here!" "You deaf, or what?" "I said, get out!" "Look at that one." "Looks like a good guy, right?" "Well the son of a bitch killed a policeman." "He's in isolation." "He's not allowed any contact with other prisoners." " Is he allowed visitors?" " Only family." "Twenty minutes, Wednesdays and Saturdays." "Did you hear that, Dad?" "How's Dad?" "All right... he couldn't come, he's not at his best." "But he sends you his best." "I'm sorry, I've dropped you in it..." "How are you?" "Hungry." "When they take it off we'll bring you some food." "No Catalan." "Spanish." "Yes, yes." "Fine." " Does it hurt?" " What?" "The..." "No, not any more." "We went to the hospital but they wouldn't let us in." " I know." " You heard us?" "With all the shouting you were doing..." "They wouldn't tell us where you were." "I was handcuffed to the bed." "They interrogated me there." "We looked for you all over the hospital, until the police found us." "I just wanted to escape, leave..." "That's why I fired." "Am I speaking Chinese?" "Speak Spanish, damn it!" "It just slips out." "In Spanish, or the visit is over!" "We... we spoke to Oriol Arau." "Well, Salvador, since I'm taking this case, you'll have to explain a few things to me." "Why did you get yourself mixed up in all this?" "I suppose for the same reason you did." "I'm not mixed up in anything." "I'm just your lawyer." "Come on..." "I want to make this clear." "I don't agree with your way of thinking or with what you've done." "So why are you here?" "Listen, I want to make one thing very clear." "This is a very serious business." "We're not talking about some petty robbery or a stolen car." "A policeman has died." "Bad luck." "You don't care?" "No, I do... but what can I do about it?" "OK." "Do you remember Enrique Ruano, the guy from Madrid?" "Five years ago he was caught with anti-Francoist propaganda." "Two days later, they threw him out of a seventh-floor window." "20 years old, a student, like me." "And they did him just for handing out leaflets." "So there's a hell of a search." "Fraga Iribarne declares a state of exception throughout Spain." "'...encourages young people... '...into an orgy of nihilism, anarchy... '...indiscipline...'" "I only have two options:" "Stay quiet and keep my head down, or say enough is enough." " That's good." "Are you having dinner here?" " I don't think so." " Take care." "Don't get into trouble." " Yes, Mum." " Bye." " Bye." "Fortunately I'm not the only one who wants to change things." "I've known Xavi since we were small." "He's always read a lot." "He gives me a load of books, most of them banned." "At uni, he introduces me to Ignasi, an intelligent guy, and competitive." "Politics becomes our life." "But it's not just the dictatorship that we're fighting." "We want to change everything." "To do away with the old world and build a class-free society." "A truly free one." "And we know that we won't achieve anything with just words." "Enrique Ruano, murdered!" "Enrique Ruano, murdered!" "So then I meet Oriol, a brother of Ignasi's." "He's not a leader or anything like that, but he's a fighter who's not afraid of anything." "He's the one who teaches me to overcome my fear." "Sons of bitches." " They'll lynch him now." " If he doesn't fall down the stairs." "Oriol has very clear ideas." "And he has contacts in Toulouse, too." "He's the first to take up arms." "What are you planning to do?" "I'm going to France." "I'm going to talk to people in exile and organise a group." "They almost got you." "They'll never catch me." "Really." "I'm not going to let them catch me." "They've got you already." "By the balls." "He was right;" "I was crazy about Cuca." "Shall we go to the cinema?" "They're showing The Graduate." "I had other plans." " We could go to a friend's, listen to music..." " Yes, of course." " What?" " No." " Why not?" " I know what'll happen then." " And what's wrong with that?" " I don't feel like it." "Come on, Cuca..." "Let me see that..." "'The Function of Orgasm'." "What is it, porn?" "It's by a psychoanalyst." "Always the same." "Come on, Cuca, let me..." "Stop." "How can you be so uptight?" " If it's about the pill, my sister..." " No!" "When we do it, we'll do it because we both want to not because some psychoanalyst says so." "Or because your friends say so." "What's wrong with them?" "They're brainwashing you." "And you haven't been brainwashed?" "I don't want to argue." " You're a reactionary." " And you're a leftist who only thinks about getting laid." "Maybe she was right." "I don't know." "In any case, we're too different, so we break up." "Soon afterwards, I start to meet up with people at Petit's place." "There was Xavi, Ignasi, and Jordi, another one of his brothers, the most hardcore of all of us." "We want to start up a group with a specific goal:" "...to support the most radical factions of the workers' movement." "The strikes prove that workers are getting organised without parties or unions." "Our task would therefore be to accelerate their radicalisation, firstly, by providing them with the theoretical instruments necessary for their emancipation, and secondly, by giving them financial aid for their struggle." "The problem is that the money is in the banks." "On top of that, Carrero Blanco's government is toughening its suppressive policies:" "one man dead in Herandio, three more in Granada, a bricklayer in Madrid, another worker in Barcelona..." "It's time to take our theories and put them into practice." "We begin when Sebas and Cri-Cri are arriving from Toulouse." "How are you?" " How was the trip?" " Fine." " Fine?" " Perfect." "They're different... they're French, and they're anarchists." "That should tell you enough." "Cri-Cri is cool and quiet, but Sebas was born for revolution." "By the way, have you ever held a gun?" "It weighs a hell of a lot, at least the first time." "From that moment, we went from being friends to being weapon-mates." "So then I take part in my first operation." "Where?" "In Mataró." "Remember..." "Read the note." "Why don't you read it?" "Never mind." " What's going on?" " It's not open for another ten minutes." "What do we do?" "At first, you couldn't really say we were professionals, exactly." "But it's all a matter of practice." " Don't move." " Get back." "Open the safe and put it in this bag." "Quickly!" "To me, this isn't stealing, it's expropriating money from the banks and giving it to the workers' struggle." "That might sound a bit Robin Hood-esque to you, but that's how I feel about it." "Come on, come on!" "Faster, yeah?" "The note." "One moment." "Listen." "We are politicians from a militant organisation." "What?" " What are you saying?" " No, sorry, sorry..." "The other way round." "We are militants from a political organisation." "The aim of this... damn it!" "Shut up!" "The aim of this operation is to support the struggle of the proletariat against..." "Don't look like that." "Smile!" "What are you laughing at?" "What happened?" "He said, 'Don't look like that!" "Smile!" "Smile, please!" "'" " How much did you get in the end?" " 990 000." "Not bad, eh?" "OK, OK..." "You keep 100 000 each for all the expenses, 200 for the printer, and Ignasi will hold on to the rest." "Salva, kid, you've done your first job!" " Hello?" " How's my girl?" "Salva!" "Where are you?" "Outside the front door, but don't say anything." "Come down!" "But I'm in my pyjamas!" "Oh?" "Well I'll give you a thousand if you come down as you are." " But..." " A thousand!" " What, are you too chicken?" " Oh yeah?" "My life is changing completely." "A false name, a new look, no more contact with my family." "This is life underground." "Although sometimes I escape for a while." "Salva!" "I like your pyjamas." " What are you looking at?" " You don't look like you!" "What are you dressed like that for?" "Are you in the mafia or something?" "You've got me!" " How are you?" " Carme says you're doing dangerous stuff." "What else does she say?" "She says you're living in hiding." "Is that true?" " Well..." " Aren't you scared of getting caught?" "Me?" "They'll never catch me." "Crossing the border becomes normal." "We set up a base in Toulouse." "It's broken!" "We have false papers, stolen cars, apartments and guns." "But now we need a press, don't we?" "There's one at the Toulouse exit, and the delivery vans have the keys in the ignition." "But there aren't enough of you to carry the machines." "Your brother?" "Raimón?" "He's too young." "And his friend?" "Yes... from school." "He's only seventeen." "We take Queso to a secret apartment." "Ignasi gives him a theoretical interrogation." "We want to be sure he won't play us." "But he seems trustworthy and we need people, so we take him to Toulouse." "Back then we always acted with our faces uncovered." "None of us were wanted, and we were well armed." "We lived without fear, and that was worth it." "We were finally starting to achieve our objectives." "We publish books, edit our own magazine, we even get money to strikers." "We have weapons and experience." "It's our finest moment." "Everything has been going fine for us." "Queso introduces his girlfriend into the group." "I swear, they looked like cops!" "We called her Quesita." "You're scared." " I swear they..." " You're paranoid, sweetheart." "So why send me to the bank?" " I'm telling you, they're watching..." " Christ!" "There's five million in the safe." "Five million, that's worth the risk." "Let's do it." "Now!" "Sixteen years old, but what can you do?" "She only took part in one operation." "You know what?" "We should have listened to her." "Hands up!" " Quickly!" " Hands up!" "Come on!" "Everyone on the floor!" "You too." "Expropriation!" "Death to the system!" "Hey, hey, something's happening." "Nobody move!" "The police!" "The police!" "If anyone moves I'll fucking shoot them!" " Where are they?" " There!" "Shit!" "After that, nothing is the same." "We've faced the police and got away with our lives, but we've wounded an employee, and sooner or later we'll have to pay." "And on top of that you took the 124." " So what?" " You hired it under your own name." "The police must have got the registration number." "So now what?" "Calm down..." "No!" "You don't think." "That's your problem." "Fucking hell!" "You didn't even go into the bank." "You don't know what it's like, you never show your face, you just talk, talk, talk!" "You're fucking mental." " Oh really?" "You want to see how mad I am?" " Stop!" "What the hell are you doing?" "You're not a marxist or an anarchist." "You just want to show off your gun." "And you?" "What do you like?" "Living like a lord?" "You went too far." "Fuck you all." "Carmen, do you take Alfonso to be your lawfully wedded husband?" "Ignasi leaves and Jordi is wanted by the police." "Now more than ever, we have to be careful." "They're looking for us, but we're all clear that we won't let them get us." "That creates a bond between us that is difficult to define." "We're like a group of climbers scaling Mount Everest." "But we don't leave our faces uncovered any more, and we don't make jokes." "We get straight to the point." "Get a move on!" "And afterwards, no celebrations." "Everyone goes home." "But we need to keep in contact with Toulouse." "That's my job." "Where's your boyfriend stationed?" "In the Canaries." "And you?" "What do you do?" "Nothing... stuff..." "Are you studying?" "Not a lot." "Where do you live?" "With people." "Here and there." "You'll never change." "Me?" "Never." "By the way, you haven't received a telegram from France for me, have you?" " Here?" " Yes." "I mean, because I'm always going all over the place..." "I gave your address." "You don't mind, do you?" "Why not your family's?" "Come on, I'm asking you one favour." "What could I do?" "I didn't think they'd link her to us." "Poor Cuca." "I hope she'll forgive me." "Salva dropped me in the shit." "What do you mean?" "It was the 21st of July." "I remember it as if it were yesterday." "Salva?" "It's me." "I've got something for you." "Thanks." " When are you getting married?" " The 11th of next month." "The good life's over, eh?" "Close the door, I don't want my mother coming in." " What do you think?" " Wow." "It's for my wedding night." "What a lucky bastard Toni is." "Will you come to Sant Cugat with me?" "You can help me carry packages, and I can show you the apartment." "The kitchen..." "Impressive." "The bathroom..." "Lovely." "And this will be our bedroom." "You're in some party, aren't you?" "Not exactly." "But that business with the telegrams isn't normal; you're not fooling me." "And now that I'm getting married and living here..." " I don't want to get any more." " OK." "Don't worry." "It's for Toni." "You understand, don't you?" "Let's go, I'll take you home." "I'm meeting people in a bit." "OK, hang on." "You're telling me nothing happened?" "If it had, we probably wouldn't be here." "The fact is, I'd arranged to meet Xavi." "We needed to talk about the future of the group." "But I couldn't think of anything but Cuca." "I needed to get her out of my head." " Have you got the telegram?" " Yes." "Come here." " What does it say?" " Oriol is out." " Well, we need to talk." " Concentrate." "Salva, careful!" " Enough!" " What is it?" "Do I have to call the police?" "Get out!" "Things aren't going well." "They're doing what they want in Toulouse." "The workers are scared and they don't want our money." "The MIL's actions have lost their purpose." "Ignasi's left the group, and I'm not sure any more." "Petit is right." "We should meet Oriol and the others in France and decide." "Where's the bag?" "Sweetheart..." "Sweetheart, wake up." "Do you know Salvador Puig?" "Salva?" "Yes, we're friends." "When was the last time you saw him?" "This morning." " Where does he live?" " I don't know." " What do you mean, you don't know?" " Inspector." "Looks like a home-made bomb." "It's a transformer for an electric train set, you idiot." "Well how would I know, I've never had an electric train set." " Inspector." " Yes?" " They were in a drawer." " Those are my fiancé's..." " Salvador?" " No, no, Toni." " Toni?" " He's doing military service." "This type of ammo isn't standard." "He's in the Canaries." "Hey, what the hell are you talking about?" "Who is this Toni, and what does he have to do with this?" "Those are my personal things!" "I..." "I don't know anything about this." " And this telegram?" " Well..." "He asked if he could use my address if he needed to..." "Inspector." "Is this Salvador?" "I don't know where he lives." "We'll talk about it at the station." " I haven't done anything." " Get dressed." "It's there." "Be careful." "We are confronting a dangerous group, and they're well armed." "If they turn up, don't hesitate, just shoot." "Now they know who we are and where to find us." "They almost caught us, but we've managed to get away." "We take only what we need:" "weapons and money." "We go to Queso's place to hide." "I've known him for six years." "We studied at the same uni." "We went out together for a few months, but it wasn't working out so we split up." "We didn't see each other for a while, until last year, when he came to my house, and said he'd been working abroad, and another day he called to invite me to dinner and then the business with the telegrams started." "When?" "Maybe... three or four months ago." "He came to my house and asked if he could use my address." "And that seemed normal to you?" "He's always moving around." "When did you receive the first telegram?" "The next day." "I called him, he came over, then he left." "What did it say in that telegram?" "I can't remember." "How many did you receive?" "I don't know." "Five or six." "What did they say?" "Come on, what the hell was in those telegrams?" "I don't know, I..." "I remember one that said, 'Grand-father is sick, come over...'" "It was signed by someone called Aurora." "This one was sent by Aurora as well." "Who is she?" "I don't know." "I don't believe a fucking word!" " But I really..." " Right, we'll start again!" "When did you meet this guy?" "But I've already told you..." "Tell us again until we're fucking satisfied, understand?" "Three days later, they let me go." "But now I'm sure my phone is tapped." "Salva still gives no sign that he's alive." "Until the wedding day." "First, he says nothing." "Then I hear him breathing, but I know it's him." "She seems nervous." "We both know they're listening to us." "'Congratulations, Cuca,' he says, 'but I won't be able to go.'" "'How are you?" "' she asks. 'Where are you?" "'" "'France,' he says. 'I'm busy." "'I'm sorry." "I hope you're very happy." "Goodbye.'" "'Goodbye.'" "I haven't spoken to him since." "In France, we feel safe." "But we know that if we go back, we're in serious trouble." "If they catch us, the words 'guilty' and 'innocent' won't mean a thing." "We made a choice." "We crossed the border and got our guns." "We chose to be guilty." "Well, my obligation is to prove that you're not." "Don't tell me that my lawyer is naïve enough to..." "You're hardly one to talk about being naïve." "Certainly not." "Not even close." "Don't get angry, I only wanted..." "We've dropped everything for this case." "They're making our lives impossible." "We're working our arses off and we're having a really shit time of it." "If we thought you didn't have a chance, we wouldn't be doing this." "So don't fuck about!" "Well." "I didn't think you had it in you." "Sorry, I didn't mean to raise my voice." "Sometimes that's all we can do." "I should leave." "Do you need anything?" "Can you take a letter to a girl?" " Cuca?" " Margalida." "Not bad, eh?" " Did you see?" " I see people looking at us." "We stand out a mile." "We look too conspicuous." "This wasn't a good idea." "It was your idea." "You go if you want." "I'm staying here." "Benjamín!" "Two glasses." " You live alone?" " No, with a friend." " You?" " Yeah." "Yeah?" "Yeah what?" "No, I live with people." " What are you dressed like that for?" " I've been at a wedding." "A wedding?" " What a mess, eh?" " Getting married?" "Well, so it seems." "What day were you born?" "The 30th of May." "Why?" "Gemini." " You believe that rubbish?" " It's not rubbish." "The stars have an influence." " And you're a typical Gemini." " Oh, yes?" "And what are we Geminis supposed to be like?" "Calm intelligent active but sometimes pessimistic and negative." "The sign of contradiction." "Impatient, too." "You want to live in a hurry." "You adapt easily to different situations, but you don't like to tie yourselves down." "Not to things or to people." "You're good lovers." "Tender, passionate..." " What else?" " A lot of imagination." "He's only allowed a short while in the patio, and he can't send or receive letters in Catalan." "They keep checking his cell all the time, as if he were dangerous." " Girl, he killed a policeman." " He was only defending himself." " He robs banks!" " The money isn't for him." "Can I see him again?" "He's cute!" "Does he have a girlfriend?" "Oh, as many as he wants." "Good day." "A glass of milk." "You're the lawyer, aren't you?" "Sorry?" "Puig's lawyer." "I'm a warden over there, opposite..." " Oh yes?" " Yes." "It takes balls, doesn't it?" "What?" "Defending someone who's killed a policeman." "Look, I have nothing to say to you..." "Yes, yes, it's your obligation and all that..." "But who's defending the guy he killed?" "My client was shot twice, and they cracked his head open." "Yeah, yeah, and he killed a worker." "Oh yeah?" "And when the police kill a striker, what happens then?" " That's not the same." " Oh no, of course not." " Strikers are unarmed." " Don't fuck me about." " He acts like a good kid, but..." " The bill, please." "No, no, allow me." "Keep the change." "You can't just go around killing people." "Tell that to Franco." "The group has entered into a vicious circle, wanted by the police and increasingly isolated." "These are strange days; the group is history now, but we have to stay armed." "The police continues searching for us, and reality indicates that we're right." "Chile's armed forces have declared that the President of the Republic must begin immediately to transfer his functions to Chile's armed forces." "Signed:" "Augusto Pinochet Ugarte." "I will pay with my life for the loyalty of the people." "Salvador Allende tried to do it peacefully, and now, now he's dead." "History is ours, and it's been written by the people." "We could live on a farm in the mountains." "In Montseny you can get one for 1000 pesetas a month." "No electricity, but what do we need that for?" "And we could have an orchard, and chickens... and children." "Do you like children?" "I want to have four." "Handsome, like you." "But before that I want to go to Goa, to India." "Did you know they speak Portuguese there?" "For a few pesetas you can live for a whole year." "And there are cabins on the beach, and people who sell hashish cakes." "Can you imagine?" "Paradise." "Wouldn't you like to make that journey?" "Can you pass the tobacco?" "In the bag." "They say it's another world." "That it changes the way you see..." "I'm wanted by the police:" "'find and capture'." "You?" "What did you do?" "Nothing I should be ashamed of." "We're going to get the Bellver bank..." "Oriol and Jordi arrive two days later." "They've got it into their heads to carry out another operation on this side of the border." "We just go, get in, and get out." "All we need is someone to take the car." "We leave it hidden on a forest track, we change cars, and cross over into France, it's easy!" "Salvador, what do you think?" "There are more patrols on the border than ever." "Cri-Cri?" "No, sorry." "It's not a good idea, but Oriol is stubborn as a mule." "We need money for new guns!" "Fine." "My brother and I will do it ourselves." "That's not how to get things done." "Oh really?" "You're telling me how to get things done?" " Fuck off!" " No, you can fuck off!" "Hey!" "Calm down!" " I'll go." " Thank you, Queso." "The operation is a disaster." "They get shot at as they leave the bank." "The car breaks down and they have to get away on foot through the mountains." "Jordi manages to escape, but the others aren't so lucky." "Shit..." "Stop!" "I surrender!" "Don't shoot." "They take them to the Civil Guard station but the Politico-Social Brigade soon takes over." "Have you seen who we've got here?" "OK, OK..." "Come on, it's nothing." "Come on, come on." "The next morning, the Brigade shows up at Queso's parents' house, and arrests Quesita." "Here, eat something." "Staying in Barcelona would be crazy." "We decide that Petit should be the first to cross into France." "He's not in hiding, so he's in the most danger." " Have you tried calling him at home?" " Yes; he's not picking up." "OK, the security appointment, at Funicular?" "Yes, at six." " I don't like this at all, and..." " OK, calm down!" "We'll go with you." "Just in case, we decided that Xavi will go on foot, and we'll go by car." "Stop."