"Robert, Im home!" "sweetie... where are you?" "I made the delivery for the saenz lady." "I got soaked." "AII for nothing." "she didnt pay." "she told me her husband has also been fired." "Hes useless." "she says shell manage to pay me next week." "Roca didnt pay either." "she made me show her three different creams and then she tried all the mascaras and rouge." "When I Ieft, she was made up like a clown and she didnt even buy a little brush." "We have so many shampoos and little soaps." "I dont know whos gonna buy them." "I spent the whole day working and I got no orders." "Have you eaten?" "Youre staining the spread." "Come on !" "Come to bed!" "Come to bed!" "I dont like it when you smell of wine." "honestly, sandra, you can do better." "Tonight you only opened your mouth to say Im sleepy." "You couldve been nicer to the Mexican guy." "And you didnt have to be so friendly to his wife." "shes not his wife." "shes a girl I got him." "Im working for you." "I always work for you." "Youre always on my mind." "Are you jealous?" "Im negotiating a deal with TeIemundo for a 300-episode soap opera and you cant stand the guy whos gonna pay 1 million dollars so that you can do what you want." "You know what that means?" "Yes, I know." "The sIobbering star will go on sIicking his tongue in my mouth in every love scene." "Who the hell asked you to do anything?" "Dont fuck with me." "Do you know what it means to get into the Latino market?" "Its the most important production company in LA." "They want to make a movie with you as a star." "You instead of sandra bullock." "Ever heard of her?" "well, they prefer a Latin American actress." "Did you imagine this when you lived in villa AdeIa?" "And they wanna sell a doll with your face and your own perfume." "III tell you whos working in the film they want to make." "My dad was the director of the william shakespeare" "Theater Company in Arroyo seco." "He loved classics." "He named my eldest brother Mark Anthony, the other brother" "Romeo, and me, cleopatra." "My younger sister was going to be" "electra, but she was dead when she born." "I know I have to live up to my name and I couId be disappointed, but Im not." "I still hope to be able to do wonderful things." "And learn more than I do now." "My dad used to say that I would be a good actress." "I wanted to be an actress, to be somebody else." "But I was already Robertos girlfriend and he didnt let me." "so I became a teacher." "Which is similar in a way." "You say something and other people listen to you." "My daugher, Nancy, got married, lives in the Us and has two kids." "And my son Robertito, who lives in spain and sells handicraft on the beach." "He made this." "Ive been married for 37 years." "2 and a half years ago Roberto was fired from the factory the same month I retired." "He didnt expect that." "At first he looked for a job." "With Robertos severance pay we opened a grocery store." "But soon a supermarket opened opposite our store." "With the little money we still had, we bought a taxi which was stolen before we could insure it." "since I retired I worked as a private teacher," "I sewed, I made home-made cakes, flower arrangements." "Im selling make-up door to door." "A friend of mine used to say I had many talents:" "I can separate my fingers by one, by two;" "I can also move my eyes to the side, this one or this one, or both, and move my head without moving my body." "Thats why I started to care for children and old people." "But the children grew up, and the old people..." "My friend used to say that I was born to be a clown." "Poor thing, she died." "But thats another story." "A gigolo." "Thats what I am." "An old gigoIo." "Im useless." "I cant even get a job as a laborer." "If I had known at this age Id be supported by a woman." "Im not any woman." "Im your wife." "youll throw that in my face one day." "It always happens." "Youre already doing that so..." "Robert, think of only one thing:" "...everything we have." "We have each other, the kids, our grandchildren." "We did so many wonderful things." "We have loved each other so much." "Promise me youre gonna go on fighting." "Come on, Robert." "Look at a haIf-fuII glass, not at a haIf-empty one." "Its empty now." "Hi." "Nancy, baby!" "Nancy!" "What a surprise, darling!" "Yes!" "How are you?" "How are the kids?" "billy?" "A tooth?" "And EIenita?" "Dads OK." "Yes, dads working too." "Because they changed his shift." "Yes, with overtime." "Hes quite happy." "very happy." "Yes, yes." "Yes." "Okay, okay..." "III tell him you called." "Did Robertito call you?" "He didnt call me this month." "Im not worried." "If he calls you, tell him to call me." "AII right." "Can I talk to EIenita?" "Im dying to hear her voice." "hello?" "EIenita!" "Yes, helen, helen." "How are you?" "The school?" "How is the school?" "The blackboard, the pupil..." "Yes." "The gran padre is very good." "very good." "Yes, dear." "He call you, he call you." "III tell him." "Me too." "Kiss, kiss, kiss." "It seems Mrs. saenz will get me a role in this soap opera." "she knows deep inside Im an actress." "she told me to go to audition." "Its easy." "I have to study a text." "I know a Iot of poems." "If things are transparent and clean, this time I think III get it." "Me, on Tv..." "Im a bit scared." "I havent acted for a Iong time!" "well, I never acted, actually..." "I need a push." "Who knows?" "Maybe I end up being famous and we can move." "I told you not to leave food there..." "The roaches..." "terrible things happen in life!" "terrible things happen in life!" "I dont know..." "terrible things." "terrible things happen in life..." "I dont know." "terrible things happen in life..." "terrible things happen in life..." "Give me this." "OK." "terrible things happen..." "Ready?" "Yes." "You can start." "Good luck." "Who sent this dork?" "I dont know." "You can start." "It doesnt matter if you dont remember the text." "You can say anything, improvise." "What...?" "Here it says she was classically trained." "Thats a relief." "please, turn around." "The other way." "say:" "Dinner is ready." "Thanks." "We might call you." "Maam." "she came to audition and she was so scared she peed." "And who was she?" "An old woman. shell never forget it." "Dont worry, nobody can tell." "Dont pay attention to them." "Dont make their day." "Dont cry." "Dont cry." "Theyre waiting for you." "Let them wait." "I have to go." "If you ever need anything, come and see me." "Thanks." "Do you know who I am?" "You have a nice look in your eyes." "How much longer?" "When will you realize youre with a man whos worthless?" "Why did you have to beat the guy?" "They came to cut the power." "And they did." "I know, Mecha told me." "The money was inside the sewing case." "If I had known..." "If I had known..." "What?" "Had known." "Fuck me!" "Did you hear?" "Fuck me!" "so many sacrifices..." "And for what?" "We have a daughter who left us." "And a son..." "please!" "You cant stand the truth." "please." "Maam, could you come in?" "III go." "Robert, where are you?" "Robert!" "Robert?" "Why are you talking like that?" "sometimes you make me laugh." "Where are you?" "Enough, Robert!" "Youve drunken enough." "Lets go to bed." "Youve drunk enough..." "You talk to me as if I were a piece of shit." "I cant find the candles." "Where did I put them?" "Leave me alone." "please." "You dont like me anymore?" "Not when youre drunk." "Whos drunk?" "You !" "Come here!" "Let me go." "Let go of me!" "Dont do this to me!" "Dont, Robert!" "Not like this!" "Not like this!" "Its a wonderful time for my career." "I have many projects and great possibilities." "Are you making a movie in the Us?" "Thats what my producer says." "You can interview him." "Hes here." "youll easily persuade him." "Bye boys, thanks." "sandrita, just one minute." "Im tired, Francis." "I was telling Mercedes you have great news for her." "Just two minutes for Latino Entertainment Network." "Ready?" "sandra, instead of talking about your projects, why dont you tell us about your most intimate dreams?" "I Iove it." "They always ask me the same." "You arent original at all." "Now its Latino Entertainment Networks turn." "I honestly dont know what they expect me to say." "My dream is like anybodys dream." "My life maybe different, but my real dream is similar to anybodys." "My assistant, the make-up lady, the cleaning lady, my classmates at school in villa AdeIa, soap opera characters, my Mum..." "We all dream the same." "That somebody will love us." "But not all of them dream of working for TeIemundo or shooting a movie with Andy Garcia." "Youre right." "Me neither." "You have the most important Latin American Tv channel and you say such nonsense." "Youre crazy!" "Who are you to tell me what to do?" "Who am I?" "Who brougth you here from that boring town and made you a star?" "A star, my ass!" "In a week youll be in Miami to sign the contract to work with Andy Garcia." "What is it with you?" "Thats new." "Whats wrong, honey?" "Why dont you tell me what you want?" "Do you really wanna know?" "I dont want to sign squatt." "I wanna get rid of the Mexican, Andy Garcia." "Fuck Miami, the doll, the perfume and all the fake guys like you !" "Im tired!" "I cant stand this anymore." "sandra..." "III get the car and well talk." "sandra..." "Its you, isnt it?" "I think so." "You told me if I ever needed anything..." "Yes, hop on." "What was your name?" "CIeopatra." "CIeopatra?" "My dad was the director of the william shakespeare Theater..." "Company in Arroyo seco." "He loved classics." "He named my elder brother..." "What are you gonna do?" "I have two options: do what I want or what I have to." "And do you know what you want?" "Then youd better dont do anything." "Eat an empanada." "Thank you." "cleopatra..." "Excuse me." "What do you call me for?" "No, Im not home." "really?" "Ask the Mexican whore to sign that." "Get it?" "Now hes desperate to make me sign." "Hes realized he cant control me." "Francis?" "Can you hear me...?" "My battery needs recharging." "The call will be cut off." "It was cut off." "well, Im leaving." "No, why?" "Do you know what it is?" "No." "Me neither." "Francis brought it from south Africa and put it here." "If I touch it, hell kill me." "Everything is his..." "The apartment, the furniture, my haircut, my eyes, my clothes,..." "My famous cleavage..." "Im a trademark." "Im his possession." "Didnt you Iike the empanadas?" "Yes!" "III be right back." "I Iove massages." "I know how to massage." "I used to do that." "My daughter Nancy liked me to massage her feet while she read her university notes in a loud voice and then recite them to me." "Does she live with you?" "No." "she moved to the states with her husband." "He couldnt find a job here." "What does your son do?" "Robertito?" "He also left." "He left." "But hes different." "Hes been different since he was a child." "A very good person and a bit sad." "His dad forced him to play rough games, male games, hed say." "He never understood him." "Though he says its not true, he stopped loving him." "I can understand him better than anybody else, just by looking at him." "Once he had an argument with my husband and he left." "I helped him with some money I had saved." "He left with a friend who had found a job in spain." "Now he writes to me, calls me whenever he can." "When I can, I call him too." "He sounds good." "But I miss him a Iot, more and more every day." "Do you Iike ice-cream?" "Yes." "Hi, Guido." "Hi." "Thanks." "Thats OK." "Can you sign this?" "I already did." "Its for Romina, my girlfriend." "Turn around." "Romina?" "Yes." "And this ones for amelia, the baker." "she doesnt believe I know you." "The ice-creams gonna melt." "Bye." "Thanks." "I cant really say hes a bad guy, but he doesnt know how to treat women." "He doesnt do it on purpose, hes just a bit brutish." "Youre talking about Francis?" "My dad." "And her?" "His wife?" "We dont get along at all." "she smokes, drinks gin..." "And she has an obsession : my dad." "They started dating before my parents got divorced." "Nobody told me but I saw them together in the car." "Dad loves cars." "son of a bitch !" "Your dad?" "Francis." "youll think Im mixing everything, but I cant separate things." "Im like that, a bit nuts." "Crazy sounds better." "some things I do better than others." "Dont worry, me too." "But nobody realizes." "The same happens to me." "Good morning..." "Hi." "May I use your phone?" "sure." "Did you sleep well?" "Yes." "Are you going on a trip?" "Yes." "Use that one." "You have some messages." "Yes, but dont touch them." "Are you calling your husband?" "tell him to give you a break." "A break?" "Yes, maternity leave." "What a mess!" "would you Iike me to pack your backpack?" "First, the heavy stuff..." "How nice!" "And fold it well or everything will be wrinkled." "Look what youve done to your hair!" "Dont you Iike it?" "Yes..." "But youre crazy!" "well, take care." "Promise youll take care." "You too." "Next time you pee on the floor, call me." "stop here, please." "Bye." "Bye." "What is it?" "I forgot my glasses at your place, my purse, everything." "Hop on." "You must want to kill me." "Im sorry." "relax." "well buy another pair." "Buy another pair?" "well leave now." "Where?" "To hell." "Where?" "Anywhere." "Dont you dare?" "No, you dont." "Forget it." "Maybe youre right..." "It must be difficult for you to forget about everything." "Even for two days." "Your home, your husband..." "The same clothes, no glasses... no purse..." "What?" "May I use your cell phone?" "Thanks." "Hi, Robert." "How are you?" "Did you sleep well?" "No, Im in the street." "No, from a cell phone." "It doesnt matter who it belongs to." "Whats the problem?" "OK..." "Ok..." "let me talk." "Im very glad there was no power." "Now youll get away from that Tv set." "only soccer and awful soap operas." "You watch so much Tv your head is square." "I dont know what you can do." "If youre bored, go take a bath, go for a walk," "look for a job." "OK, Robert..." "OK." "Robert..." "I cant hear you." "Can you hear me?" "I cant hear you." "Its going to cut off." "My battery needs recharching." "Its going to be cut off." "It cut off." "well... here we go!" "Just two women alone in the world." "Do you Iike this music?" "Not at all, but dont worry." "If you Iike it..." "Hi!" "Good morning." "Good afternoon." "Is there anything to eat?" "Ask him if there are any free tables." "Even if nobody believes it, I Iove Francis." "But hes been so bad to me." "Hes the producer, hes made me famous, Im supposed to be tolerant." "I introduced him to my dad." "They got along from the very beginning." "Theyre both seductive, fake guys." "Let me try." "Yes, didnt know you smoked." "Me neither." "so?" "so nothing." "I wanted to have a producer, get out of my town, appear in magazines." "Youre lucky youre an actress." "You can get into de soul of your characters." "You can be somebody else." "I didnt want to be an actress." "I wanted to be famous and I wanted my mom to see me." "Two coffees and the check." "III be right back." "Theres no coffee." "What does it say here?" "saIIads: two." "Does it say saIIads?" "Who wrote this?" "Barvecue." "Ive never seen that." "No offense was meant." "tell me, how do you spell vomit?" "Your daughters vomiting in the restroom." "What is it?" "sandra, what is it?" "Look, lady," "Iets be clear." "Its not the girls fault but the mothers." "Mothers and commercials." "adults have to be careful." "You must be careful." "But I..." "Excuse me?" "Yes, III be careful." "Are you feeling better?" "Can I tell you something?" "No." "What a mess I got you in." "No." "Youre in a mess." "You shouldnt do that." "You know what I mean." "Its dangerous." "Where are we?" "Id like to know." "I dont know." "At least were far from that horrible place." "That waiter, barvecue... so bitter..." "well never come back there." "I forgot my cell in the restroom." "And its the first time Ive driven." "Roberto never let me." "In Arroyo seco, my dad used to sit me on his lap and Id practise." "But I never drove again." "The taxi lasted us a day." "My dad said I was a very good driver but that I just got a bit distracted." "And you were going to be careful." "This time nothing serious happened." "But young lady, remember that at certain age, children stop being children and become their own parents parents. such is life." "Did you understand, darling?" "Your mom isnt young anymore..." "Im not young anymore but Im not old either." "And I dont like when people say darling or love if its not true." "Those words should be said when you mean them." "Bye, darling, take care." "Anybody comes now and kisses you." "Its a bit disgusting." "How are we gonna go back now?" "Where?" "Thats what Im wondering." "Where?" "To go back or not to go back." "That is the question." "What are you going to do?" "Come with me." "And the van?" "I Ieft it at the mechanics." "Its Francis problem." "Was it his?" "What are you doing?" "Let the old creep wear it." "Hes exaggerating." "It was nothing." "darling, darling." "Go kiss yourself!" "What?" "I think that crash helped me." "Youre nuts!" "Do you still think theyd stop as soon as they saw you?" "Let me do it." "With short hair, Im nobody." "Nobody recognizes me." "Who knows how long well be here." "Come, sandrita!" "This boy is humanitarian and will give us a lift." "so you were in a crash..." "What happened?" "I dont want to remember." "Who was driving?" "I dont want to remember, I told you." "Hitchhiking is dangerous." "Theres nobody out there." "When somebody sees two women alone, they say Be careful, its dangerous." "Can you turn that down?" "well, hes right, in a way." "The driver could be a murderer." "Not a murderer." "A rapist." "Maam, I was just joking." "sure, joking!" "I dont need a funny guy!" "Put yourself in her shoes." "You scared her." "Cant you see shes an old lady?" "she couldve died." "Are you talking about me?" "Yes." "Maam, I never joke, really." "And you started joking today." "Do what you want, but I wont get in." "You cant stay here." "Its getting late!" "Were in the middle of nowhere." "We coud get raped for real." "Where are you from?" "La Union." "160 miles from here." "And what do you do?" "I raise horses." "It was my fathers job." "Is it a nice place?" "I havent been there." "Youd get bored." "What do you know?" "Did you recognize me?" "What?" "I dont know anything about you but I can imagine by looking at you." "And what can you imagine?" "Nothing." "I dont want to put my foot in my mouth again." "Come on." "No, Im not good at that." "You said you could imagine." "I thought that since youre from the capital city..." "Besides, youre a bit wild for town life." "Youre wrong." "What did you say?" "wild." "Thats what we call the mares that rear..." "With all due respect." "Youre comparing me to a mare." "I want to sleep." "Turn left." "Are you staying in villa AdeIa?" "Yes." "Where are we going?" "Turn left at the corner." "Were going to my dads." "Hes gonna die when he sees me." "Where is it?" "stop here." "What happened?" "YOUR D AUGHTER" "MatiIde?" "What happened?" "What was gonna happen." "Thanks for coming, mill." "Im asking you what happened." "she was playing cards." "she felt sick." "Poor mom." "And my dad?" "He went to the rally." "When will he be back?" "Dont ask me what I dont know." "What did you do to your hair?" "I thought it was my dad." "Fucking bitch !" "Hi." "Im MatiIde." "Im sorry, madam." "This is CIeo." "Come on." "I wanna change my clothes." "Use my bedroom, mill." "Moms in yours." "Do you want to see her?" "cleo..." "You didnt tell me MatiIde was so young." "she has sad eyes." "well, her mother has just died." "she lied to you." "she doesnt care about anything." "she plays the martyr, and if it doesnt work, she says she has a headache." "speaking of which, I know why you throw up." "sandra..." "Why didnt you tell me you couldnt drive?" "Because I can." "only I get distracted." "Dont change the subject." "I ate too much. stay out of this." "she called you mill, didnt she?" "My name is MiIagros." "MiIagros is a nice name." "Francis never liked it." "What did you think of carlos?" "cleopatra... shall we go now?" "Thanks for the drive." "You saved me." "Everybody knows me here, and if they get a hold of me..." "Next time, I buy." "Are you really leaving tonight?" "Why dont you leave tomorrow?" "Id lend you a room, but were having a party tonight." "Who died?" "Is what you have to do that important?" "Yes, I have to sign a deed." "OK, you decide." "Bye." "Wait!" "III explain." "The ranch has been on sale for a while." "It was rented." "Now someone is interested in it." "Id like to put an end to it." "Where is it?" "In Las Piedras, near the Andes." "Is it a nice place?" "Im sorry, I thought it was my dad." "Do you love him?" "My old man?" "sure, why not?" "Hes the only person I got." "He raised me." "His way, but..." "And your mom?" "I havent seen her for a while." "How long?" "15 years." "15 years?" "Why am I telling you this?" "And CIeo?" "Is she a relative of yours?" "I wish." "I dont know who CIeo is." "Are you married?" "No." "Why do you ask?" "Just changing the subject." "see?" "Youre wild." "Are your hands always sweatie?" "Bye." "Let me buy you another beer." "III let you buy me another beer." "Excuse me..." "Do you remember me?" "Im mills friend." "Thats five..." "I start forgetting things after ten." "Come on in, CIeo." "I wanted some water." "Excuse me." "Do you work on Tv with her?" "Had she been sick long?" "My mother?" "AII her life." "sit down." "Poor thing." "What was it?" "Rancor." "No cure for that." "Want some?" "Theres some ice over there." "Its OK." "Are you alone, too?" "exactly." "For long?" "A long time." "Do you have any children?" "Two." "I couldnt have any." "But I dont cry anymore." "Its over." "Patricio and I wanted to have a boy." "I was sure I was gonna have a boy." "MiIagros was a child." "sometimes I think it wouldve been good for us all." "I was mills english teacher." "Thats how I met Patricio and her mother." "He was heart-broken when she left them." "He couldnt understand why she would leave him." "Him..." "We started dating some time after that." "Its a pity Patricio isnt here." "I wouldve liked him to meet you." "Hes never here." "Now Im completely alone." "Im a teacher too." "I have a headache." "Do you have any boys?" "I lied to you." "I dont have a husband or children." "I have nothing." "Excuse me." "And mill?" "shes somewhere." "please tell her her boyfriend called." "Excuse me." "III be right there." """Dear Cleo, I swear I"ll behave." "See you in Buenos Aires." "Mili.""" "hello, Robert, how are you?" "Its me!" "No..." "What a question to ask!" "Where am I?" "Im at a friends house, but Im coming home." "Did you feed the cat?" "Robert, why would you say that?" "shes a new friend." "Yes, but Im on my way." "Yes, Robert." "I said yes." "Yes." "OK, bye." "Bye." "Good morning." "What time does the next bus to Buenos Aires leave?" "In half an hour." "Are there any buses going somewhere else?" "Where is Indio Muerto?" "Can you buy me a sandwich?" "Are they your siblings?" "And a ciggie?" "What?" "A ciggie." "so you want a cigarette?" "And thats how you ask?" "You should say..." "Maam, please..." "Come on, repeat." "Maam, please..." "would you be so kind" "would you be so kind" "as to give me a cigarette?" "as to give me a cigarette?" "Come on, the whole thing." "Maam, please, would you be so kind as to give me a ciggie?" "I dont smoke." "And neither should you." "Youre too young." "I think thats my bus." "cleo..." "Im sorry." "Im selfish." "I couldnt leave without saying goodbye to you." "Im going with carlos." "Where?" "I dont know, a small town in the mountains." "I invited myself." "CIeopatra..." "Francis called." "Where the hell are you going?" "she turned out to be nuts." "Are you talking about me?" "Look whos talking!" "You invited me to spend an unforgettable weekend and I ended up alone, drunk and sleeping with a dead old woman." "Youre right." "Im sorry." "And I Ieft you with that bitch..." "That bitch doesnt lead an easy life." "well talk about that." "Did you hear what I said about Francis?" "No." "Look ahead or well crash." "What is it?" "I dont know." "This carlos guy is weird." "Weird and has a gun." "Motherfuckers." "They left it there, suffering..." "You sure youre not uncomfortable?" "No, son." "On the contrary, its fun." "sure?" "sure." "You should rest in peace." "I mean... a bit." "Thanks." "Like a forest path that disappears in the distance my life is fading away while I keep searching." "I"ve searched in the wilderness, I"ve searched blindly." "I"ve been searching for a way out all my life without realizing." "I"ve been searching for a way out." "I"ve searched for my destiny." "I"ve searched blindly dreaming of an open forest an immense sky that dazzles me." "Deep inside, a woman is waiting." "It"s myself." "A heart awaits." "It"s my own heart and I"m filled with joy." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment!" "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "Oh, what a moment!" "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment!" "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment!" "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out" "freely." "stop, stop!" "Come on, CIeo, lets have fun !" "Where are you going?" "sandra..." "We have to go on." "I left home last night because I was tired of everybody telling me I"m not worth a cent." "I left without a fuss with my eyes straight ahead, but those black eyes made me crazy about you forever." "Crazy, crazy, crazy." "Crazy, completely crazy." "I"ll be crazed if she decides not to look at me with those eyes." "Crazy, crazy, crazy." "Crazy, completely crazy." "And I need your love to live happily ever after." "I left home last night because I was tired of everybody telling me I"m not worth a cent." "You have your eyes shut!" "Its the vertigo." "Then why did you come along?" "Because Id never done it." "I always thought it was like being in a UFO." "What happened?" "What happened?" "What happened?" "Sandra..." "Are you there?" "Yes, up here!" "What happened?" "I dont know." "A power cut, I guess." "A power cut." "Youre such a brat!" "I told you I was in a hurry." "What are we gonna do now?" "I dont know." "cleo wanted to take this ride." "Why are you lying?" "I lie?" "What about you?" "Didnt I tell you I was in a hurry?" "Then go!" "Just what I needed." "A guy who bosses me around!" "Did you say go?" "If he goes, hes stupid." "If he stays, hes mamas boy." "I cant believe hes leaving." "First choice." "Much better, I was getting bored." "Just like in Tower Inferno." "You have my backpack, right?" "What backpack?" "Were fucked!" "Yes, Francis." "Yes, you"re right." "I needed some fresh air." "It was an unimportant crash." "No, Im OK." "At an outdoor fair." "No, Im not joking." "Im at an outdoor fair." "kilometer number 600." "OK." "III wait for you." "OK, bring a photographer, bring whatever you want." "I wasnt gonna leave with something thats not mine." "so you returned because youre so decent." "Anyway, somebodys picking me up." "I didnt come back just for the backpack." "Robert?" "How are you?" "III go back soon." "soon, I dont know." "Did anybody call?" "What?" "I dont understand what youre saying." "No, Robert, dont do that to me again." "Dont do..." "Not again." "Dont cry." "Dont." "see you, Roberto." "Do you want to buy it?" "Its very nice, but not now." "III take this." "Thanks." "Goodbye." "Look what I bought!" "Its nice." "see you at the hotel." "Bye." "Dont eat too much." "ItII make you sick." "Why?" "Are you sick?" "And how long have you had that gun?" "I have to go." "Theyre waiting for me." "You didnt like my question." "Hi, sandra!" "Hi." "Im leaving." "Youre mad at me." "Come on, carlos, dont make such a fuss." "Youre pulling my leg." "Why?" "Everybody knows you." "Everybody knows you here." "I meant to tell you from the beginning." "You wouldnt listen." "You have been here before and you didnt tell me." "Im going to the notarys office." "Are you coming?" "Why should I go?" "so that you can treat me like that?" "sandra, sandra, a kiss..." "Hi, sandra." "Hi." "would you sign an autograph for us?" "Thanks." "will you come visit us some day?" "Be nice, sister." "I came here to rest." "Thanks." "Look!" "Put yourself in his shoes." "suppose you meet Robert Redford and he doesnt tell you anything." "well, Robert Redford speaks english and maybe youd realize, but suppose its our Luppi." "No, Luppi is my age." "The kid from Titanic." "You meet him and he doesnt tell you anything." "Whats his name?" "I told him I worked on Tv, but he was talking about something else." "He didnt realize or he didnt want to." "Many people work on Tv, but this kid is from the country." "Anyway, its over now." "It was good until he offended." "Then what shall we do here?" "I dont know." "Take a walk, go back." "Hes weird." "Miss Sandra, somebody for you." "What are you doing here?" "Why didnt you tell me who you are?" "Have you already signed?" "No." "They changed their mind." "They lost their downpayment but they didnt care." "Who are they?" "Theyre American." "They wanted to buy cheap land here and find oil." "Can I help you?" "Aitor is waiting for me." "Hes the one who rents the ranch." "would you Iike me to go with you?" "cleo..." "Were not going back." "Were not going back." "III go with him to his field." "He invited me." "I dont know what time III be back." "Bye." "Were going back." "I got what you asked me for." "What did I ask?" "Didnt you want to visit a winery?" "Then I did one where I played a nun." "It was on in the evenings." "It was called The Mysterious Nun." "Did you watch it?" "Dont worry." "There was another one where I played a blind girl." "The male star was the surgeon, typical..." "And at the end..." "At the end what?" "At the end what?" "At the end what?" "What?" "At the end he operated on me and I couId see." "I became famous with that character." "You really dont know me?" "My truck once overturned on this road." "Its a dangerous road." "I lit a cigarette and ended on a Iow shoulder." "I was 13." "Low shoulder?" "Yes, Iow." "This way, please." "Which way?" "Waitresses, this way." "This way." "No, but wheres the winery?" "Go change your clothes." "No, I..." "Fuck!" "Excuse me?" "My van left." "Your van left." "What am I gonna do now?" "What are you gonna do..." "Are you making fun of me?" "And what did you come here for?" "I came for a guided tour and it turned out to be a party." "And what do you do for a living?" "Me?" "What do I do?" "Im an actress." "Hi, CarIitos." "III take the animals tomorrow." "Aitor." "Wait a minute." "This is for you." "Ive always liked it." "My old man asked me to." "He decided this a Iong time ago." "Cheers to the newly wed!" "What are you gonna do?" "About what?" "About this house, everything." "I dont know." "If I cant rent it everything will be complicated." "I would give it away." "I dont want it anymore." "Why cant you keep it?" "Youre nuts." "Come on." "Who told you to open it?" "Go on, go on..." "Those geese arent mine, theyre Aitors." "No, theyre free." "Lets go for a walk." "tell me something." "Like what?" "I dont know." "Anything." "something from your childhood." "Look..." "That is where my brother was shot." "It was an accident." "They had been hunting and were cleaning the rifles." "His name was Cesarito, he was 14." "My mom went crazy." "Dad didnt know what to do, how to comfort her." "We left overnight, as if we had all died." "I dont know whats wrong with the truck." "Wait." "Im sorry." "I thought itd be good for you to stay here." "You think you have a right to everything." "Youre right." "I have no rights." "Next week I have to go to Miami." "Anyway, your face has changed since we got here." "Those little horses..." "When I was a child, I used to play with them." "I hadnt seen them in a Iong time." "Do you Iike this music?" "Its what my grandpa used to listen to." "Do you wanna know what it says?" "On this rough land... my mother gave me life." "And the land didnt give me the woman I Iove." "Im going to the garden." "My beloved one is there" "among birds who sing so beautifully." "AII my love calls her from my heart." "calls her" "like the birds who sing so beautifully." "calls her like the birds who sing so beautifully." "On this rough land where I was born." "Nice, isnt it?" "They were two cousins, Pocho and Toto." "Pocho was a saint, Toto, a bastard." "Pocho studied to be a lathe operator and works very hard." "Toto does odd jobs, hes so lazy." "Pocho bought a motor bike," "Toto doesnt even have money to buy condoms." "Dont tell me, you chose Toto." "And Im 3 months pregnant." "If you let him beat you now, youll end up in hospital." "You have to do something!" "Thats easy to say, but when Toto gets mad..." "Im not saying its easy but you cant let him beat you." "Look at your face." "He could hurt the baby..." "What should I do?" "What should I do?" "Pay attention." "You have to tell him..." "Toto!" "Toto!" "Yes, what is it?" "Do you know what the police do te men who beat women?" "No." "Im a doctor." "I got my degree many years ago, in Cordoba." "Thats where I met the owner of this house." "He came to the mountains, and so did I." "He burned his bridges and so did I." "He got married but was never happy." "Me neither." "actually, Im not being fair." "I shouldnt be talking like that." "I realized I hadnt been happy when I got the chance to be happy." "Youre surprised, arent you?" "I made you think." "Dont worry." "My dad used to tell me to think more often." "Think, he said, use your head, think of what you want." "But I was always busy and I didnt pay attention to him." "I never thought what I wanted to do or what I felt." "No, no..." "It all started four years ago, in New York." "I had been married for many years." "My wife, Carmen, had always been sick." "Then I met viviana at a medical conference." "she was married and she was working as a translator." "It was love at first sight and we lived ten days full of intensity and anxiety." "We didnt know we would see each other two more times." "I sent viviana a plane ticket to New York" "to see her." "We had a date at the same hotel and room we had the first time." "When the day arrived," "I said goodbye to Carmen and told her I was going to another congress." "And I Ieft." "I went to the airport and I sat at the departure lounge to wait for my flight to New York to be announced." "I listened to each of the five announcements, until they finally called me personally." "When the plane took off," "I went home and had dinner with Carmen, as usual." "I never knew if she had guessed it." "some months later, my wife died in her sleep, without suffering more than having to deal" "with her secrets and mine." "After a year" "I couldnt help myself, picked up the phone and called viviana, but the number was no Ionger hers." "Things were like that and ended like that." "At least I was with Carmen and accompanied her until the end in those painful critical moments of suspecting compassion." "Im sorry, but did you love your wife or the other one?" "Love?" "I did what was expected of me." "I have a clean conscience." "I dont know if I did what was right or what was wrong." "I will go on living with that doubt." "What about you?" "What about me?" "Are you married?" "Your husband is lucky." "Do you think so?" "Yes, hes happy because I Iove him, but I used to love him more." "III tell you something." "I lied to you." "Im not an actress." "My dad was the director of the william shakespeare theater Company in Arroyo seco, where I was born." "I remember some excerpts from plays by heart." "little texts." "For instance:" "terrible things happen in life." "I dont know..." "As if they were the wrath of God, as if before them everything one has suffered would get hold of your soul." "There are not many, but they exist." "They open dark marks in the rudest face and on the strongest back." "Maybe they are the horses of AttiIas, or the black heralds sent to us by Death." "Those bloody things hitting us are the crepitations of some bread burning in an oven." "And man... poor, poor man turns his eyes, as when somebody Iaps your shoulder;" "he turns his crazy eyes and everything he has lived gets hold of his soul," "like a guilt pond in his eyes." "terrible things happen in life..." "I dont know." "I said it!" "Like a forest path that disappears in the distance." "My life is fading away while I keep searching." "I"ve searched among the trees I"ve searched blindly." "I"ve been searching for a way out all my life without realizing." "I"ve been searching for a way out, I"ve searched for my destiny." "I"ve searched blindly." "Dreaming of an open forest and an immense sky that dazzles me." "Deep inside, a woman"s waiting." "It"s myself, a heart awaits." "It"s my own heart and I"m filled with joy." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "Yes, Robert, yes." "And the kids?" "Did the kids call?" "No, Im still here." "Yes." "Yes, Robert, I heard you." "I heard what you said." "That everything will be like it was before." "Before when?" "What are you doing, sweetie?" "What is it?" "Nothing." "What are you going to do?" "Im going back." "Im leavin for Buenos Aires in an hour." "And I think..." "Im going back alone, right?" "I wouldve liked you to be my mom." "These are for your husband." "Thank you !" "Bye." "You taught me a Iot in these days." "I dont like fareweIIs." "Lets go." "Now I have three choices: do what I must do, do what I want or do nothing and sit down to think." "Like a forest path that disappears in the distance, my life is fading away while I keep searching." "I"ve searched among the trees, I"ve searched blindly." "I"ve been searching for a way out all my life without realizing." "I"ve been searching for a way out my destiny..." "I"ve searched blindly" "Dreaming of an open forest and an immense sky that dazzles me." "Deep inside, another woman"s waiting." "It"s myself, a heart awaits." "It"s my own heart and I"m filled with joy." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "I"ve been searching for a way out withing my soul I"ve searched blindly." "I want life to knock me off my feet." "I"ve searched among the trees I"ve searched blindly." "I"ve been searching for a way out all my life without realizing." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely." "So full of joy." "So full of joy." "Oh, what a moment." "Oh, what a moment for my feelings to come out freely."