"Do you want your daughter Margarita to be baptized in the Church whose faith we have all just professed?" "My name is Margarita." "Not only is it an old-fashioned name, but it's also bad luck." "Like Marguerite Gauthier, consumptive and abandoned." "Or Princess Margaret, seduced by a half-rate playboy." "Thank God everyone calls me Marga..." "Except my dad, who gave me some great advice when I was 20." "Margarita, if you leave, never come back!" "Back then I would rather have been a guy." "I couldn't stand girls." "They only talked about clothes and sappy music." "They chose men for ulterior motives and to compete with others." "That's why I hung out with Jose." "He understood me." "Can I stay here a few days?" "Thanks." "I worked in a fast food place to pay for college." "I met my first real woman friend there." "A fun brunette whose name adorned the boys' restroom walls." "So, sex is just like a game of Parcheesi." "This is so badly rolled." "I've never rolled a joint before." "Hey..." "I've never thought of guys as Parcheesi pieces." "You'll learn." "You have to get to your base without getting caught." " But it's also a game of chance." " No..." "We were inseparable:" "Tini, me, and her car, the scene of my first dates." "I stepped into sex like a tightrope walker:" "Always forward, but slowly and carefully." "But a part of me wanted to be like Tini and just jump into the void." "I'm so fucking wasted!" "I'm going to puke." "How does this door open?" "Knock it off!" "Know what, baby?" "I'm going to go piss." "Years went by." "I was sick of failures, physical and chemical incompatibilities, and one night stands." "I began to think the Iberian male was one step above the Cro-Magnon, but then Roberto appeared." "I'll never forget that night." "Jose says you're old friends." "We met in school." "Jose as a child." "Imagine!" "We weren't that little." "I was 16." "And you, Jose?" "Eighteen." "The year I realized I didn't like girls." "You didn't know me." "If he'd met me instead of Marga, he wouldn't be a social outcast." "Tini, really." "Jose's not an outcast." "Being gay is a crime in many countries." "Having to put up with you is a crime." "Make a wish!" "Close your eyes." "If the candle smokes, it'll come true!" "That he be single." "That she be single." "I want to lay him." "He's probably not gay, but if we're wishing..." "No one expected it, but I was the first one to get a real job." "When I heard they needed a secretary," "I got them to hire Tini." "She was very decorative." "Hello, darling." "She caught the plague of our era:" "Loving a married man." "She thought she lived in a cloud of joy." " For Goïs sake..." " Darling!" "Jose did live in the clouds." "He spent all his money on flying to Barcelona 15 times just to pick up the flight attendant." "You'll find a life vest under your seat." "Do not remove it until you are told to do so." "Put it on over your head and inflate it by pulling the red tags or blowing into the tubes." "After a few years, Roberto and I made two big decisions:" "To buy a flat and to stop using condoms." "The hell of your glory has gone through me." "Now I think and feel the joy of living... the joy of living... when you're close to me." "Now I think and feel what was inside of me... what was inside of me... what was inside of me..." "I search for, but cannot find my way of feeling... my way of feeling... my way of feeling..." "I search for, but cannot find the joy of living..." " Do you remember the accident?" " No." "I was asleep." "You were lucky." "The seatbelt saved you." "It looks like you're okay, but we're going to do some x-rays and a CAT scan to make sure." "X-rays?" "But..." "There's a problem." "What is it?" "I'm not sure, but I may be pregnant." "You may be?" "You haven't done a test?" "No." "I was going to do it after the trip..." "Don't worry, it's all right." "There's no problem." "We'll do a pregnancy test, and then we'll see." "Tell me what's wrong with you." "Have I asked why you didn't call me?" "You're something else." "I spent 4 days at home waiting for you to appear!" "Were you under house arrest?" "Don't make a scene right now." "In this meeting I have to decide whether to lay off Marga or you." "I know what I have and want to do." "The job's yours, you deserve it, but you must be confident." "You know what to do?" "Do it." "That job's mine." "Give it to me or I'll cut your balls off." "Hello." "Yes, it's me." "What?" " You know anything?" " No." "Relax, he'll be fine." "Alone, during a blue winter, death broke the ice." "Alone," "I was left without light, life, and consolation." "Alone, disinherited and penniless." "Alone, face to face with an abyss where my fear dwells." "Roberto!" "My heaïs going to explode." "I can't stand it." "They didn't give you a tranquilizer?" "I can't take them." "I'm pregnant." "You're what?" "How many months?" "Seven weeks." "We have lots of time." "I'll call my gynecologist." "What?" "Remember my trip to Morocco?" "I was never there." "I went to have an abortion." "You don't feel a thing, it's quick." "Marga, you can't have a baby now." "How will you take care of it?" "You've lost your job!" "What?" "Those bastards don't care." "I tried to get Tomás to do something, but they laid you off." "Why are you here?" "To finish me off?" "I won't have an abortion." "I don't know who your baby's father was, but mine's Roberto!" "I just want to help." "I need to get out." "I'm going to throw up." "Time was a hit man killing off my chances of survival." "I had no job, and it's as easy to find a job as it is to go for a walk without stepping in dogshit." "Good morning." "My unemployment insurance is running out, and I want to apply for family aid." "Married?" "No." "With what motive?" "Can't you see the girl's pregnant?" "You'll need to wait till the baby's born to get aid." "When it's born, bring the following documents here:" "ID card, copy and original." "Birth certificate and Social Security card, copy and original." "Tax declaration, copy and original." "Unemployment Insurance receipt, copy and original." "Job placement application, copy and original." "One, two... very good." "Pay attention." "This is important:" "Sheep breathing." "Sheep breathe this way when they give birth." "Breathe in and puff out your cheeks." "This way." "Good." "Now you try." "One!" "One!" "Girl, put some spirit into it." "Let's see..." "One!" "Puff them out, Puff them out!" "That's it, good." "One!" "Two!" "Exhale or you'll suffocate, dear." "Why not give him an Italian name?" "Leonardo, for example." " Or a biblical name." " Biblical?" "Please!" "Biblical names sound good." " Like Moses." " Moses!" "I always liked Moses." "Why not call him Job?" "He'll need patience." " Leonardo!" " Moses!" " You're a jerk!" " You're a nerd!" " What?" "You're always right?" " Yes, I am." " Leonardo!" " Moses!" " You are "Miss Bad Taste"." " Shut up!" "The game's on!" "So anyway..." "When is she getting married?" " It's coming!" " Push!" "Push!" "Push!" "That's it, push!" "You can do it, Marga!" "Push!" "That's it, good." "Breathe deeply." " Breathe deeply." " That's it." "Did you learn breathing exercises?" "I can't remember." " Come on, sweetheart." " Push!" "Take a shit!" "It's like taking a shit when you're constipated!" " Good." " That's it." "After a great effort and two months early, little Robert was born." "Sweetheart!" "Hello." " What are you doing?" " I want to see my granddaughter." "Well come in, come in." "What are you doing?" "You can't smoke here." "This way." "Concha and Reme, my cousins from the village." "Girls, girls, look who's here." " Hello." " Hello." "My hospital room looked like a village festival." "My son was in the incubator and I had to play the role of the blissful mother." "For the most divine mother we know." "Except for mine." " Thanks." "A kiss." " They come with this." "Let's see." "It's too much." "I can't accept it." "What?" "Of course you can!" "I'll pay you back." "I promise." "No, it's a gift from the baby's godfathers." "Stop that, I'll get jealous." "Don't, I have stitches." " Careful." " Stitches!" "Stitches!" "The maternal instinct exists." "Women secrete a hormone after giving birth that brings us closer to the baby." "But it didn't work on me." "For me, Tito was like an Alien and I was Lt. Ripley." "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm Cuban." "Rosa had been a dancer at the Tropicana." "But perfect bodies don't last, and there are lots in Havana." "She survived the best she could until she met a Spaniard." "It was love at first sight." "Cubans always love, truly or falsely." "I went up to him and said," ""Where have you been all my life, my love?" "Where?" "Take me to Spain." "I love bulls and red capes." So here I am." "This is delicious!" "I had a friend who came to Spain because she loved bullfights." "And her Spanish lover took her to Galicia to milk cows." " You're not sorry to have come?" " Sorry?" "You don't know what it is to survive in the street." "I love Cuba, but life's hard there." "It did teach me never to complain." "What good is it?" "Thank God I could get out." "I'd be in prison now." "I miss my family a lot." "My mother, my friends." "Everything." "I miss everything." "But I'm not sorry." "This is delicious!" "I lasted three months with Paco." "He hit me and I ended up looking like a black avocado." "Nobody hits me." "She didn't pay for rent and I didn't pay for babysitting." "Hello." "I've given birth." "This is Tito." "Say "hi", Tito." "Here are the papers to apply for aid." "Will they call soon?" "What do I know?" "Bureaucracy is bureaucracy." "I just work here." "She has no manners!" "We're taxpayers." "Great way to treat us!" "Be quiet!" "I'm not talking to you!" "He talks about manners." "Six hours in here without breakfast, and they pay me shit." "You've been out of work for a year." "That's a long time." "The company was restructured." "Right." "You were laid off." "I desperately looked for work." "I went to ad agencies, producers, department store book sections..." "Nothing." "Are you listening?" "Yes." "Why?" "They always say the same thing." "Great." "We'll call you." "But they never called." "Not even to say I didn't get the job." "My future was in the movie business." "I've worked in advertising." "I don't know much about film." "I love Woody Allen." "And Coppola. "The Godfather" is a masterpiece." "I've seen "Breakfast at Tiffany's" 10 times." "I can tell a bad movie from a good one by the title." "The truth is, I need this job." "I don't get aid and I have a baby." "I live in this neighborhood." "I don't know anything about film either." "My ex did, he started this business and I ended up with the damn thing." "I just need someone responsible." "100,000 pesetas a month, no contract." " Take it or leave it." " I'll take it." "Great." "My name's Mariví." "It wasn't Universal Studios and I didn't need to dress up." "The cosmetics industry makes $20,000,000,000 a year." "Plastic surgery, $300,000,000." "My long hair cost 15,000 pesetas a month." "No, just cut it here, that's all." "No volume, no highlights." "Whatever you want." "Life was changing very fast." "The change of century, currency, and Tito." "With Rosa, he was as Cuban as Andy Garcia." "My love!" "Where have you been all my life?" "Where?" "Here." "Here, the cream." "There's no line." "Don't start." "I don't spend all day on the phone." "They cut it off." "And it's my fault." "Everything here is my fault!" "I've been working all day." "I'm tired." "Just tell me why the bill's gone up." "Okay, I've called Havana." "It's my family, Marga." "You have a job in a bar." "You can help out." "What do you do with the money?" "Don't worry about her." "Where does Mommy think the diapers and the creams come from?" "From heaven." "God sends them from heaven, right?" "Tito!" "You've shit again!" "I'll have to change you." "We'll keep a piece of shit for Mommy." "So she can smell it and lose that scowl she has." "My neighbors worked like animals all week and rented two movies on the weekend." "Their lives were arranged like a table setting." "They didn't expect or want adventures." "Except in movies, where they could become a princess or a hero for two hours." " Your number?" " Twenty-five." " The day after tomorrow." " Okay." "If Pedro calls, tell him I'm out." "And don't forget the alarm again, cutie." "Excuse me." "Do you have "Babe"?" "No, it's rented." "Here's an animal movie." ""The Silence of the Lambs"." "I had no money, no phone, no sex, and I couldn't stand Mariví." "But things were changing." "If it weren't for her boyfriend..." "My boyfriend and I are opening a gym." "It's much more profitable." "Right." "So I'm out of a job?" "No." "You can buy the video club if you want." "With what money?" "Get a bank loan." "If someone will cosign." "But decide soon, don't waste my time." ""Mariví Video Club"." "Awful." "For once I agree with her." "Give it a movie name." ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape"" "You faggot!" "He didn't touch you!" "Get up!" "Dad, he's on our team." "Get things straight!" "Jesus!" "What about the money?" "You're still paying your mortgage." "It's a good business." "Carlos and Jose will help me." "You can call it "Boom Video Club"." "Goal!" "I didn't have many reasons to be happy." "But if a goal excited them so much, I could celebrate having survived." "I will survive, although life delivers to me its fatal blow, although the foggy night keeps me from seeing." "I will survive this life I have that is mine." "Excuse me." " Yes?" " How do I become a member?" "Just let me see your ID card." " You know how it works?" " No." "If you take a movie today, you have it for 48 hours." "On weekends, from Friday to Monday." "Rental is 400 pesetas, 250 for each additional day." "That's it." "Now you can rent one." ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"." "Never seen it?" "Is it where Audrey Hepburn ends up with" " Humphrey Bogart?" " No." "That's "Sabrina"." "Then I haven't seen it." "It's based on a Truman Capote story." "It's a comedy." "You'll like it." "You know, you should put up..." "What's your name?" "Marga." ""Marga Recommends"." " Here you go." " Thanks." "I'll see you in 48 hours." "My name's lñaqui." "Bye." "Lñaqui!" " What?" " Wait." "What?" "I forgot to give you back your I.D." " Thanks." " And you forgot to pay." "Sorry, I didn't realize..." "Just a second." "I have to go to a bank machine." " Don't worry." " No." " Just be a second." " You don't have to pay today." "Look, you can keep my ID card." "It's not necessary." " Keep it." " No." " Sure?" " Yes." " You're sure?" " Yes." "Thanks." "Tito, you're soaking me!" "Okay, come out of the water." "You'll catch cold." "Come here." "Tito, sweetheart, sit down." "Mommy is very tired." "You understand?" "I've been working all day, you have to help out." "Give me a kiss." "Tito, where are my rocks?" "Tito." "Tito, where's my cultured pearl necklace?" "The little white balls I put here." " Where are they?" " I don't know." "Marga, help me." "I got them when I was a Carnival queen along with a "Young Communists" T-shirt." "And I think they're real pearls." " You're wearing it tonight?" " Yes." "Tonight they'll be lining up for me." "They'll see what a Tropicana dancer is." "Where is Rosa's necklace?" " Where?" " They're real pearls." "Where did you put them?" " Where, Tito?" " Tell me where." " Tito!" " I don't know." "You don't?" "Where are they?" "In the water." " My God!" " You did know." " Now some cream..." " I'll kill him." "I'll kill you, Tito." "I'll smack you, you deserve it." "Look what you did!" " Can you get that?" " Yes." "Aunt Elena's here." " Hello, Carmen." " Hello, Rosa." " I thought Elena was coming." " No, me." "I thought if I came to babysit, I could see Marga." " How is she?" " She's great." "Sit down." "Do you want a mojito?" "No, no thanks." "They're very smooth." "They go right in." "Then they explode and you're drunk." "Just joking." "Try it." "Well, a sip." "You have to add sugar to life or it's bitter." "Rosa, I'm worried about Marga." "She doesn't tell me anything." "What happened with Roberto, Tito, this job of hers..." "Too many things for her." "And she's still so young!" "Going out will do her good." "It was hard to convince her." "She'll meet my boyfriend and as my name is Rosa Rosario Vargas y Sánchez, she'll dance salsa and shake her body." "I don't know." "I told her dad to ask her if she needs anything." "But they hardly talk." "Mom." "Why are you here?" " Is there anything wrong?" " No, nothing." " I'm taking care of Tito." " Okay." "Your sister couldn't come." "Hello!" " Give Grandma a kiss." " No, he's tired." "Bedtime, sweetie." " How are things?" " Thanks for coming." "I'd like to see him more." "But you know your dad." "He needs me there to make dinner." " I could have stayed then..." " No." "You have to go out." "You can't stay in here all day." "You must rebuild your life." "Rebuild my life?" "What do you mean by that?" "Don't get angry." "I want you to be happy." "Tito needs a father." "You should find a man before it's too late." "Do you think I'm not trying to realize life goes on without Roberto?" "Things aren't that simple," "I'm having a hard time." "But I have a son that I have to raise." "Are you real or are you a vulgar imitation of Marilyn?" "I heard you were a writer and a gentleman, but just listen to you!" "I like men to call me "Miss" and take off their hats." "Of course, Miss, but I'm not wearing a hat." "What is this?" "An interview?" "If it's an interrogation, I'll go to the bathroom to change my underwear." "Don't ask for the attendant's tip, I have no change." "What's this?" " You don't know?" " No." "If you don't like it, you throw tomatoes." " Tomatoes?" " Yes." "There's a seat there." "...two very handsome men appeared." "Over daiquiris and margaritas, they claimed to have slept with you." "I don't know how many idiots have laid me." "Remember I said these two men had a certain inclination?" "I know they didn't lie, but still, they'd never slept with a woman." "Tell me, are you Marilyn?" "No." "I'm not Marilyn." "Part of me seems to be, my feminine side." "I don't know who I am, nor what I am, nor if anyone can feel worse than I do." "That night, I just wanted to touch the heavens disguised as a woman." "House lights!" "Applause or tomatoes?" "Don't throw it!" "I'll tell him he was great." "During the entire play, you were grinning like an idiot..." "Hi." "Hi!" "You're lñaqui, right?" "And you're Marga." "How are you?" " You didn't throw it?" " No, I loved it." "But throwing it is fun." "Because you say so!" "You went too far." "I'll go see Rolando in the dressing room." "Wait for me." " Bye." " Bye." "He's her boyfriend." " You came alone?" " Yes." "I heard what the play's about, so..." "What?" "Capote. "Breakfast at Tiffany's"." ""Marga recommends"." "If he keeps looking at me like that..." "I must be ten years older than him." "What's happening to me?" "Jesus, I like this woman." "Why didn't you get on?" "I don't know." "I wasn't sure what to do." "You didn't get on, either." "I think that was the last train." "What do we do now?" "I don't know." "But I'm glad." "You are?" "Why?" "Because we didn't get on." "I'll buy you a coffee." "At this time of night?" "Yes." "It's not really a coffee shop." "It's one of those places that's open all day." "You have coffee in the morning and a drink at night." "Lñaqui, come up here!" " After you." " No, after you." "Make some room, please." " How are you?" " Hi." "Hello, charmed." "I'm so glad to see you, Omar." "This is Marga." "She takes care of my affairs." "She represents me." "Omar is a film agent." "And he owns this place." "I'm just a partner." " Charmed." " I finally meet you." "Lñaqui's been talking about you for a year." "I love what you say." "This is Esther, an actress from a village in Murcia." "She's looking for an agent." "I met her at a festival." "She had to get onstage, she was very nervous, and she had an awful time." "But I liked her." "She was divine." "I didn't understand." "The leading actress should have gone up." "I still don't understand these things." "The theater worlïs like that." "Esther, darling, go have a drink." "We'll talk later." "She's an actress." "She says she's an actress." "She's very dangerous." "I can imagine her pulling out a knife." "Let's talk about us." "About us?" "I love being with you, you make me feel younger." "You can use the bar to show your sculptures." " But you have to give me one." " Fine." " And the prices?" " You know artists." "I can't talk about money in front of him." "Anything could happen." "I want something to happen tonight!" "I'm capable of killing that actress just so something will happen." "Fine, but we have to go." " Right." " What a shame!" "Nice to meet you." "Goodbye, beautiful." "I love you." "Goodbye." " See you." " Goodbye." ""I love you."" "Look, Omar loves you." "Marga!" "You, here?" "Wow, you're here!" "I'm really wasted." "Yeah, I believe you." "This is a friend." "Lñaqui." " I already know him." "Hi." " Hi." "Haven't seen you around." "I've been working a lot." "Well, shall we have a drink?" "It's a bit late." "I'll call you." "Bye, see you." "Where do you know him from?" "How could you tell him I'm your agent?" "Art dealer, not agent." "It's not the same." "And that girl, the killer!" "Scary!" " I thought you were an actor." " An actor?" "No." "You didn't tell me." "Tell you what?" "What your work is." "I can't live off my exhibits, so I make sculptures out of styrofoam." "The little white balls." "Why would someone want a styrofoam sculpture?" "For lots of things." "Advertising, film sets, for..." "If you wanted a shop window like Tiffany's," "I could build it for you in a week." "You're very quiet." "I'm remembering my trip to New York." "Only I would go there alone and in winter." "It's so depressing!" "It's freezing!" " Have you ever been there?" " No." "I decided I had to do something to cheer myself up." "So..." "I bought some croissants like" "Audrey Hepburn did." "But when I was in front of Tiffany's," "I realized it wasn't the same." "The music was missing." "Remember?" "Yes, life isn't like in movies." "You'd have to fabricate perfection, like Rolando did onstage." "Half Marilyn, half Capote." "Beauty and intelligence." "That sounds like those American lists to create the perfect man." "Val Kilmer's lips, Mel Gibson's eyes," "John Kennedy Jr.'s torso and Antonio Banderas' ass." "Melanie Griffith isn't perfect and she has his ass." "This is where I live." "Now comes the hard part." "What do you mean?" "How to say goodbye." "To kiss or not." "If we do, we think "what does it mean?" If we don't," ""what would have happened if...?" It's normal." " Normal?" " Yes." "What's "normal"?" "Well, I've had a good time." "I hadn't expected a night like this." "Although there was no music?" "I think there was." "I think that, too." "What?" "What's normal and what isn't?" "So, who are you seeing now?" "No one." "But..." "I met someone." "What's "someone's" name." "Marga." "A drag queen?" "Tere, she's a woman." "A woman." "You've met a woman?" "Should I call Mom?" "She'll be happy." "Say it again, I'm still asleep." " Don't you dare call Mom." " Okay." "And yes, she's a woman." "A woman." "Good thing you woke me up." "Have you already told her about yourself?" "No, I didn't come out and say," ""Hi, I'm lñaqui." "I'm gay."" "But I was myself." "What's the problem?" "You're confused." "Is that it?" "I don't know, Tere." "It freaks me out." "What does?" "Sleeping with her, if I do it badly or don't get excited..." "You understand me." " How old is she?" " Thirty something." "Where did you meet her?" "In the video club." "She runs it." "You say you like a woman who's 10 years older and works in a video club?" "I won't forgive you for disappearing." "You missed out." "It was wonderful." "Thank God I broke up with that orangutan, because with Rolando, I spent the night... levitating." "Like that holy saint, Dominguito the Wise." "You don't know who he is?" "Aren't you Catholics?" "All night levitating?" "Yes, really." "He's sincere and believes in love." " Imagine!" " What?" "Maybe it's finally my turn and Rolando and I..." "Sweet Virgin, make everything work out, make him ask me to marry him." "Can you imagine?" "Two birds with one stone:" "My heart, my papers..." "I could even bring my mother from Cuba." "Though I don't know if she'd stand the cold here in Madrid." "How was your little walk?" "How was it?" "Bad, horrible, awful, terrible." "Why?" "You were so lovey-dovey." "I shouldn't have gone out." "Why me?" "God, what did he do to you?" "What did he do to me?" "He was sweet, charming, fun and he kept giving me that look." "Like a fool, I fell for him." "Really, Marga?" "Finally a man grabbed you and said" ""Brown sugar, you walk that walk!"" "Don't be silly." "This isn't Havana, no one talks like that." "Well, go to Havana." "You'll come back changed." "People always return to Havana." "I don't know if it's the music, the rum, the heat or even the Cubans." "Girl, what you need is a bath of affection." "Hi." "How are you?" "Confused." "Hi, lñaqui." "Don't run him over!" "Your mommy'll call the boogie man!" "Tito, my son." " Say hi to Mommy's friend." " No." "I'm going to have a mojito and listen to boleros." "Why did you come?" " To return the movie?" " What?" "I'll take it." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Want another movie?" "Mommy, I hurt myself!" "Tito, what's wrong?" "Oh, dear." "I told you not to ride that in the store!" "I'll pick up the tapes, calm down." "Keep an eye on him, Rosa." "Lñaqui!" "Sorry, I came at a bad time." "We were talking and you just left." "Look, I'm just a little confused." " Confused?" " Yes." "By what?" "By the fact I have a son?" "It's a bit complicated." "I don't want to complicate things." "But don't just take off." "If it doesn't work, that's it." "Sorry." "You don't have to get so upset." "Tito's father died in an accident." "They never even met." "Shit!" "Wait." "I'm sorry, I can't." " What's wrong, man?" " Sorry." " Who is it?" " Me, lñaqui." "Lñaqui?" "What do you want?" "To talk to you." "It's a little late." "Just a second, please." "All right, come up." "Don't ring." "Tito's asleep and if he wakes up, he's impossible." " Come in." " Thanks." "I was about to bathe." "What is it?" " Can we sit down?" " Of course, come in." "Have a seat." "Well, what do you want?" "Look, Marga, I'm..." "I'm a little complicated." "You may not understand me." "Complicated, confused." "There's too much to understand." "Like why you came here." "I'm not sure, either." "Look, I thought I had myself figured out, but since we met..." "I can't stop thinking about you." "I wanted to see you, and this morning in the video club..." " lñaqui..." " Let me finish." "I freaked out." "You fight to accept yourself, then for people to accept you, and when you've achieved all that, suddenly you meet a woman and lose control." "I'm terrified." "You shouldn't be." "Why not?" "I'm as terrified as you are." "Can we open one of those bottles?" "Of course." "Here, open it." "And you?" "Why are you terrified?" "Me?" "Isn't it obvious?" "Of course I'm terrified." "What if I fall for you?" "I'll be the one who's hurt." "Right..." "No, of course," "We've both suffered enough." "I just ended a six-month relationship." "With a man." "Right." " With a man." " I heard you." "A man." "With a man who made me suffer a lot." "I suppose the accident made things hard for you." "So let's try not to hurt each other." "Right, let's not hurt each other." " Wait..." " Yes?" "No, this way." " No, wait..." " What?" " I feel sort of weird." " That's okay." "Sorry." "I'm an idiot." "No, it's all right." "I'm fine." "It's just... you have to be patient with me." " Right." " A little." "It's okay." "Can I take over?" "Okay." "All right." "Don't move too much." "No." " What are you doing?" " Hold on." "What?" "You're tickling me." " What about now?" " No." " No?" " No, stop!" " Wait." " Not that way." "Let me take your pants off, it'll be easier." "Okay." "Wait, this way." "Now." "Give me your hand." "Look, you have to... press softly." "Move it this way, okay?" "That's it." "My hand slips because it's so wet." " What?" " It's really wet." " What do you expect?" " I don't know." "Let's see about you." "Hold on, let me take off my pants." "It's hot in here." "Your underwear is weird." "Isn't it?" "Really?" "Why?" "It's like..." "SM underwear, or something like that." "I'll take it off." " Jesus Christ!" " What?" "Nothing." " Shall we continue?" " Yes." "You kiss differently." "Compared to what?" " I know." " What?" "It's how you bite my lips." "I do it to not hit your teeth." "You know what?" "Stick your tongue in more." "Keep complaining, I will bite you." "There you go." "Your feet in the shoes." " Look!" " You're naughty!" "A magic wand!" "You have to be careful, because this wand is magic." "I'll show you how it works." "We'll turn Mommy into a lion." "Very dangerous!" "She'll eat me!" "Now it's my turn." "We'll turn lñaqui into a dog." "Cow!" "Cow!" "Cow!" "Quiet!" "Don't you teach your kids manners?" "Sorry." "You are one naughty kid!" "Hi, Tito." "You're so handsome!" "What's your costume?" "You're dumb!" "Tito, don't say that!" "She's your friend." "We'll come for you later." " See you later." " Bye, Tito!" "Come on, Tito." " What's this?" " What?" "It was lying here." " What is it?" " I don't know." "Let me see." " They're airline tickets..." " They were lying..." "What have you done?" "Ibiza!" "For this weekend?" " I spy." " What?" "An old lady shouting." "Well, I spy a couple that was going to go to Ibiza but that won't leave the airport." "But at least we're together." "Well?" "I don't know, it's..." "With heels?" "Yeah, but I can't even look at it." "Look." " It's a suit." " A nice one." " And gray!" " Try it on." "At least try it on." "The other one." "Not even my mom dresses like that!" "Don't get angry." "Kiss me." "The typical boyfriend!" "You fix it all with a kiss." "What's a typical boyfriend?" "One you introduce to your parents and marry." "Is that what you want?" "Don't be silly." "I like our relationship." "You take me to see movies in Chinese." "Give me your hand." "Shall we go?" "Let's go." " Are you okay?" " Yes." " Are you sure?" " Yes." "You're crushing me!" "Shut up and smile." " It's awful..." " One with a kiss." "We've run out of photos." "I wanted the kiss!" "Anyone here?" "Hurry up!" "Have you seen my underwear?" "No." "Come here, you clown." "Don't tickle me!" "Yes, Mom, he's seeing a girl." "No, I haven't met her, but he's happy." "Thirty something." "Yes, a bit old for him." "No, don't tell him we want to meet her." "Is he gay or not?" "He's a bastard, that's what." "I know lñaqui well." "Well, I know his ex, Oscar, better." "They were together six months." "I don't know what he's up to, but he'll always be gay." "On Gay Pride Day, more than 1,500 people demonstrated with banners and slogans..." "Bunch of Goddamn faggots!" "Poor mothers!" "I'd rather my son be retarded." "Mom, don't be absurd." "They should have the right to have kids." " What?" " Sure!" "Marga's pregnant again?" "She'll end up getting pregnant again." "He's always the first out in the morning." "She's one hell of a widow!" "Marga's never at the video club." "Just the Cuban woman and the kid." "She has a boyfriend." "The woman from the bakery told me." "She finds out about everything since it's always open." "Apparently they had an accident and he died." "She was emotionally destroyed." "And pregnant." "Fuck!" "She had to raise the kid alone." "You brother has bad luck." "I don't know her well, but I prefer her to Oscar." "Oscar." "Wasn't lñaqui your boyfriend?" "Yes, why?" "He's with a woman now." "Really?" "What's she like?" "Very cute." "I met her the other day, she's charming." "How's it feel that your man changed sides?" "Like your mom seeing you in "Playboy"." "I read that the 2nd fantasy of every U.S. Woman is to make a gay heterosexual." "I'm not American, I'm Sevillian, but I'd hate to think that my rival would be a man." " What's the 1st fantasy?" " To make violent love." " Are they living together?" " No, just going out." "If your brother's a fag, what the fuck do they do in bed?" "They do sleep together." "They've been together for almost a month, and they seem happy." " So he's AC/DC." " What?" "He's bisexual." "I don't know." "The things I saw in the cabaret..." "Some people eat either papaya or banana." " Not me." " But that's Cuba." "It's too cold for that here." "But what do we care?" "She's the only person who's helped me in this country." "We were both alone, and now we both have found someone." "It's stupid, but I don't want to lose her." "They care about you, you won't lose them." "You'll see them." " And Tito." " What about Tito?" "He's my baby, I've taken care of him since he was tiny." "I'm too old to have kids." "Come here, my Cuban lady." "You won't have a baby, but I'm like a child." " Don't be silly." " An ugly child." "Yes, you are ugly." "But I love you." " No..." " In a place like that..." "Hello." "Hello." " Good evening." " Thanks." "A drink before dinner?" "Yes." "A martini for the lady, and a margarita for me." "A margarita." "Excuse me." "You stay here!" "I'm just going to the john." "The martini is for you, right?" "What?" "The martini." "Yes." "You're not coming up?" "My show is tomorrow and it's late." "It's only twelve." "Thirty." "Twelve-thirty." "See you tomorrow." "Margarita, do you take Ignacio as your lawfully wedded husband in sickness and in health, to have and to hold for as long as you both shall live?" "I do." "If anyone here knows any impediment to this wedding, let him speak now." " I do!" " I do!" "Four o'clock!" "So you were going home?" "Hi!" "I love it." "Congratulations." "Yes." "Especially that one." " It was a lot of work." " Goodbye." "Thanks for coming." "You've outdone yourself." "Though in your case, the artist's beauty outdoes his work." " I brought my book." " Thanks." "My number's there if you ever want to do a cover or anything." "Call me." "Bye." " Thanks for coming." " Bye, Esther." " Omar's presentation was great." " Thanks." "No, I was ridiculous up there." "But I did my best." " Lñaqui is divine." " Excuse me." "Marga, at last!" "Sorry I'm late." " Are you okay?" " Yes." " A drink?" " Yeah, I could use one." "Go upstairs, I'll be right with you." " Upstairs?" " What are you drinking?" " A whisky." " Straight?" " Okay." " I'll be right there." " Hi!" " Hello!" " How's it going?" " How are you?" " Very good." " Great." "Why did I even go to the hairdresser's?" "I shouldn't have come." "Thank God I had a drink first." "I'm as out of place as the Mona Lisa." "I guess I'll just have to smile." "I'm the triumphant artist's girlfriend." "Or am I?" " You look beautiful." " Give me a kiss." " I hadn't seen you." " We'll talk later." " Tini?" " Excuse me?" " Are you Tini?" " Marga!" "What a surprise!" "What are you doing here?" "How are you?" "Well, I'm doing well." "Where are you working?" "Did you have the baby?" "I own a video club and yes, I did have the baby" "Yes, I heard." "I heard." "We'll have to celebrate this." " Want a line?" " No, thanks." "No?" "Whatever you want." "It's been so long." " Are you still at the agency?" " Yes." "Still at the fucking agency, screwed over." "It's good money, but" "I don't know if it's worth it." "I'm in charge of accounting." "Great." "What about Tomás?" "That fucker?" "He left me." "They promise things, they fuck you, and then..." "I spend 12 or 15 hours a day making the agency work and he stays home with his fucking wife and kids." "Tini?" "Thanks." " Oscar." " It's good to see you." "Why are you here?" "Why do you think?" "You think I'd miss your show?" "You've outdone yourself." "I love it." "I'd already seen some." "You didn't like my work when I lived with you." "Don't start, lñaqui." "I did like your work." "But the place was a mess, with sculptures everywhere and stains on the walls..." "That's what you get when your boyfrienïs an artist." "That's water under the bridge." "Let's go have a drink somewhere." "I'm with a friend." "She can come, too." "She won't mind." " I'll wait outside." " Okay." "Maybe she will." "Some other time." "Marga, Oscar." "Oscar, Marga." "How do you do." "I have to take a friend home." "I'll be right back." "So now you like women?" "Don't be sarcastic." " Do you live with her?" " No, I don't." "Since you're together..." " Does it surprise you?" " A bit." "Everyone talks about it." "If you knew her..." "You don't miss...?" "What?" "Sleeping with guys?" "I don't think about it." "What about you?" "Like always, nothing stable." "I miss you." "I miss you, too." "I guess it's normal." "Breaking up was the right thing to do." "You think it was all my fault?" "No." "It just didn't work." "What if I kissed you?" "I wouldn't let you." "Why?" "I'm not sure." "I just want to hold you." "Look, Oscar," "I'm in a new situation." "I don't want to suffer again." "Come home with me." "Did you ever come back here?" "Once, with two idiots after a party." "It was full of whores." "What about you?" "No, never." "Not since we were here with Roberto." "The first time you got together." "Remember?" "How could I forget?" "I saw how you looked at him, how he held your hand, and I left the car and went for a walk." "For an hour." "You didn't even notice." "You never wondered what the hell I was doing?" "I thought you did it for me." "I was crying for an hour." "Crying?" "Why?" "Can't you imagine?" "Roberto?" "I could tell you liked him." "Liked him?" "Fuck, Marga, it was obvious." "I hated you for doing it right in front of me." "You never told me." "I had my pride." "But you had everything." "You always got what you wanted." "You know what we called you?" ""Perfect little Margarita"." "Did you do anything to keep me from getting fired?" "I don't know." "I was really fucked up back then." "Right." "You know what, Tini?" "I got what I wanted by fighting for it." "Not by fucking people over." "We could go buy another bottle." "I don't think so." "Things aren't that simple." "I guess" "I envied you and even hated you, but also" "I admired you." "You were everything" " I wanted to be." " Right." "You're the kind of person I don't want to be." "Let's go back." "I have to weigh my words or I could say something horrible." "I don't even know what's true anymore." "I'm getting paranoid." "But do we invite him or not?" " That's better." " Will he call me?" "If he doesn't, he's a fag." "I won't call her." "It was the night of my show." "Marga knew I needed her with me." "And she just took off." "Of course." "How could you introduce her to that creep Oscar?" "Call her." "No." "She's the one who left, let her call." "Marga, wait!" "Hello, lñaqui." "I think we should talk." "Why didn't you come back that night?" "I did, but just then I saw you leave with Oscar." "I didn't sleep with him." "I won't go back to Oscar." "Oscar, Juan, Ricardo, the name doesn't matter." "You miss that lifestyle." "I want to talk about that." "About our friendship." "Friendship?" "Is that what you feel for me?" "We've both been in love and we know this isn't it." "It's something else, I don't know what." "Right." " So everyone else was right?" " No." "You wanted to prove you could be with a girl?" "You wanted to try it?" "I've loved you for what you are, not for your sex." "I've done things that I never had, but I can't deny what happens to me." "I haven't been with anyone, but I can't give you what you need." "You must have realized something is missing with us." "The music is missing." "Right." "I thought that, too, but I couldn't talk about it." "I was afraid of..." "I don't know... breaking the spell." "Of losing you." "But I also thought, I don't know..." "There are lots of people who are married or live with someone who's not the ideal person, who doesn't make them feel ten miles high, but they're together and happy anyway." "You're too full of life to settle for that." "I've lain awake thinking about it," "going over it in my head, wondering if we're not confusing our feelings." "I remembered my trip to New York and the shop window at Tiffany's." "That's our problem." "The music is missing for us." "Tell me, how did it go with lñaqui?" "With lñaqui?" "It's over." "But you were so happy together!" "He wasn't for me." "Well, I gained a friend and I lost the only man who's made me laugh... in bed." "At least I'm the only woman he's slept with." "That's something." "I ran into Tini." "That back-stabbing bitch?" "You still talk to her?" "You're crazy, girl." "Don't trust her again." "Like they say: "Big woman, big cunt." "Small woman, all cunt"." "Your heart's too big for your chest." "It makes you suffer, but also love." "Marga, I've been trying to get you to notice!" "What?" "The ring!" "He finally gave me the ring!" "Rosa, it's beautiful!" " Isn't it pretty?" " Very." "We'd been shopping, and he wanted to talk about something." "But I was in a hurry to start Tito's dinner." "We started to argue and I said, "I'm not up to this right now"." "And then silently, in the Puerta del Sol... with the clock tower behind him showing 7:30, he gives me the ring." "I was amazed." "And then he said," ""Rosa, I want to be with you all my life." "Marry me."" "I almost cried." "When's the wedding?" "I don't know, as soon as possible." "In Cuba." "I want Rolando to meet everyone, my mother, my brother Wicho, and my friends, who may be low class," " but they're my friends." " We'll miss you." "Come to Cuba." "It's time you should make a big decision." "Cuba?" "You're crazy, Rosa." "What about Tito?" "He can come, too." "Come on, Marga, just for a few days." "Come to Cuba." "No, I can't go to Cuba." "I have to work." "I won't go to Cuba." "Wait, it's not this way." "Yes, it is." " It is." " No, Rosa." "Once I came to see off a friend." "No, Rosa." "Come on, turn around." "We'll be late." "The passports?" "Rosa..." "The newlyweds!" "Get together for the photo." "Come on!" "Everyone together." "Good." "Tito, stop running and pose." "Good." "Everyone very close together." "Good, look at the camera." "I'm coming." "I'm coming." "Hello?" "This is Roxy." "Roxy Foxy." "I want two bloody marys." "Marga." " What a surprise!" " Hello." "Hi, Marga." "You look beautiful." " She always is." " But especially now." " Champagne." " Don't make noise." "Tito's asleep." "Come in." "Easy on the ice cream, it's fattening." "The wedding invitations." "It's not technically a wedding." "It's a symbolic paper." "It's a wedding, even if it's in the registry and not in a church." "The feeling is what counts." "If we're in love and want to share our lives, then it's a wedding." "Look at them." "But Marga, they're not that ugly!" "No, they're beautiful." "Then stop crying." "It's just..." "Rosa got married, then you, and I'm all alone." "Don't exaggerate." "There are tons of men that would die for you." "Really?" "In the last three years, none of them have appeared." "The Candice Bergen syndrome." " Candice Bergen?" " Who's that?" "The actress." " And the syndrome?" " Just that." "Everyone thinks everyone else calls you, so no one calls you on the weekend, and you end up all alone." "You'll meet someone at the wedding." "Really?" "But all your friends are gay." "Luis isn't." "Nor Antonio." " They're married!" " Stop being negative." "My real problem..." "The truth is..." "I really miss lñaqui." "Lñaqui?" "Why?" "Marga, you have to realize something." "That boy's not for you." "Don't go after a lost cause." "How do you know it's lost?" "You all kept saying it wouldn't work, so it didn't." "Love is like a small child." "If you tell him he's bad, he'll grow up to be a killer." "What can't be, can't be." "Besides, it's impossible." "I thought a lot about it in Cuba." "We were almost a perfect couple." "We never argued and we laughed a lot." "He was even wonderful in bed, because he was different." "And since he left," "I've felt like I was deflated." "I don't know." "It all costs so much effort." "We've all been through this, Marga." "You got over Roberto's death, and that was much worse." " You're strong." " I'm not strong." "A month from now, you'll have forgotten him." "You have to realize life isn't perfect." "We don't control our stories, our stories possess us." "Right, and we can't choose the endings." "Stop crying, your eyes will get red." "We want you pretty for our wedding." " Doing all right?" " Yes." "Hello." " Have you got the papers?" " Yes." " The papers?" " You're holding them!" "Fine." "Sign here." " Congratulations." " Thanks." "Hooray for the newlyweds!" "I received a letter yesterday afternoon." "My boyfriend says he's coming to see me." "Cousin, it's been 20 days since I've seen him last." "I have to make myself up pretty, and I'm so nervous." "I've done my hair 1,000 ways, none of them look good." "I've tried all my dresses, which shall I wear?" "Help me, cousin." "Give me some advice." "Give me a hand, cousin, my boyfrienïs coming." "I'm so nervous, I don't know what dress to wear." "Give me a hand, cousin, my boyfrienïs coming." "I'm so nervous, I don't know what dress to wear." "Here comes the cake!" " Hooray for the newlyweds!" " Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Want to dance?" "You look beautiful." " A new dress?" " You like it?" "Yes." "Even the low neckline?" "That's what I like most about it." "I've really missed you." "I've missed you, too." "I wanted to tell you I missed you." "Well..." "I already said that." "I mean, I don't know how to live without you." "Don't go on." "It couldn't work out." "Why not?" "If you want something, you have to take a chance on it." "It's worth it even if it's not perfect." " Lñaqui?" " What?" "How long will we keep dancing?" "As long as the music lasts." "The music lasted, but not forever." "Lñaqui was with me a year longer than he'd been with Oscar." "I still have the video club, Rosa's happily married," "Tito's in school." "Sometimes I look back and ask myself" ""What if I hadn't had the accident?" "If I hadn't lost my job?" But my life wouldn't have been better or worse." "It wouldn't be my life." "I will survive, although life delivers to me its fatal blow, although the foggy night keeps me from seeing this life I have that is mine." "I will survive, although the noose of time wants to kill me, although suffering smothers me when I awake." "I will survive this life I have that is mine." "Alone, she wanted to look and could find no one." "Alone, she wanted to cry out and was silenced by a sob." "Alone, no dream could break through her veil." "Alone, facing a night without light, without a sky." "I will survive, although life delivers to me its fatal blow, although the foggy night keeps me from seeing this life I have that is mine." "I will survive, although the noose of time wants to kill me, although suffering smothers me when I awake." "I will survive this life I have that is mine." "I will survive, although life delivers to me its fatal blow, although the foggy night keeps me from seeing this life I have that is mine." "I will survive, although the noose of time wants to kill me, although suffering smothers me when I awake." "I will survive this life I have that is mine." "I will survive this life I have that is mine." "The first time I saw him was one afternoon in a café." "And his secret won my love." "We lived a dream, the story of two hearts." "Then he left without saying goodbye, without saying goodbye." "I will survive, although life delivers to me its fatal blow, although the foggy night keeps me from seeing this life I have that is mine." "I will survive, although the noose of time wants to kill me, although suffering smothers me when I awake." "I will survive this life I have"