"MARIA CANDELARIA" "A love tragedy set in an indigenous corner of Mexico." "Xochimilco, 1909." "You see?" "Painting a portrait isn't as hard as people assume." "Master, in what themes do you find inspiration?" "I don't paint themes." "I paint my life." "What I see." "Mexico." "I heard somewhere, master, of a portrait you have that you won't sell." "Could you tell us why?" "There are many I won't sell." "No, master." "This one is very special." "It's a naked portrait of a beautiful native that you painted years ago." "Excuse me, master." "But I'm writing your biography." "I long to write a great book." "However, it would be incomplete if you don't reveal that mysterious chapter of your life." "We'll talk some other day." "Now, I must be alone." "Excuse me." "Good afternoon." "See you tomorrow, master." "Excuse us." "Good afternoon, master." "I beg your forgiveness, master." "You're still here?" "I said I have nothing more to add." "I'm sorry I upset you." "Yes, you upset me, and you are upsetting me now." "Wait." "I don't know why you journalists believe you have the right to pry into other people's lives." "The world likes to know what great men have done, master." "Besides, everybody knows the painting exists." "Everybody talks about it, in Mexico and abroad." "And for my book, it is indispensable that you tell me about it." "Look, miss." "There are things that bleed if you so much as touch them." "Do you understand?" "This is one of them." "Many years have passed since I painted it." "I can't think of it but with horror because it was the cause of a tragedy." "Life uses us as instruments of other people's pain." "You know that we painters always dream of finding the materialization of what we carry inside of us." "Almost nobody does." "I had the privilege of finding it, however it would have been better if I hadn't." "Come." "What a beautiful woman!" "Who is she?" "A pure Mexican native woman." "As you can see, this native has the beauty of the ancient princesses, whom the conquerors came to oppress." "She was the daughter of a streetwalker who was murdered by her people." "Her life was always tarnished by her mother's guilt, like a sort of curse." "Her people always kept her isolated, like a vicious animal." "There is something in this story so terrible and sweet at the same time" "that I haven't been able to forget it." "And it is still a heavy load after all this time." "She lived close by." "In Xochimilco." "On a floating garden, surrounded by flowers." "Her name was..." "Maria Candelaria!" "Maria Candelaria!" "Maria Candelaria!" "What do you want?" "Don't thank me for coming, my boss sent me." "He can't wait any longer." "He wants you to pay your debt." "He said I could pay with flowers." "Yes, but, it turns out that Mr. Damian wants his money." "He's spiteful because you didn't accept him." "How much do I owe him?" "Here's the sum." "Lard, 3.20 pesos." "Molasses, 2.18 pesos." "Coffee, 1.20 pesos." "Soap, 6 pesos." "Candles, 2.50 pesos." "Total." "Total?" "Total, 15.08 pesos." "And the boss told me to tell you you have until tomorrow to pay." "If you don't pay up he'll take your sow." "Don't you have 15.08 pesos?" "If you sold flowers you'd get that much and more." "You know the townspeople don't let me sell them." "That was before, I think they've changed." "After what the priest told them." "Shucks." "All just because of your mother." "Well, it's not that I believe it, but that's what they say." "This hurts me deeply, Maria Candelaria, because I'm Lorenzo Rafael's friend." "And I know he loves you." "You better try to pay Mr. Damian." "No." "He won't take my little sow." "I'll sell flowers first." "Come what may." "I have my flowers to offer" "Did you hear that?" "Is it Maria Candelaria's voice?" "It sure is." "How dare she sell flowers?" "Let's stop her." "My flowers bloom early in the morning" "Maria Candelaria!" "Go back to your floating garden." "I said go back." "Look who you left me for." "Maria Candelaria will bring you bad luck." "You'll be very unhappy." "Because she's not a good woman." "She'll be like her mother." "Just remember who her mother was." "You'll pay for this." "Why are you selling flowers?" "Mr. Damian wants us to pay him." "Or he'll take the sow." "Aren't you mad at me?" " Really?" " I'm not mad." "But I don't want people to insult you anymore." "You know, Maria Candelaria, we should really go away." "To Santa Anita, lztacalco or further." "Where nobody can hurt us." "Where we can live in peace." "What about our gardens?" "And our flowers?" "Both of us were born here." "We have always lived here." "This is our land." "Look how dark." "And how soft." "How can we go away?" "These people don't like you." "Mr. Damian doesn't like me." "No, they don't like us." "But outsiders are worse." "What hurts is that because of me the townsfolk are mad at you, too." "I'll never leave you, Maria Candelaria." "How much do you owe Mr. Damian?" "15.08 pesos." "We have to pay, we won't leave it at that." " With the sow?" " No, not the sow." "That's all we have." "We'll get married thanks to her." "I'll go see Mr. Damian to ask if we can pay with vegetables from my garden." "God willing." "My vegetables are worth much more." "My beloved Virgin." "Why are you so angry?" "Because I'm more worthy of Lorenzo Rafael than you?" "It's not my fault you are what you are." "Come on, hurry up." "Good morning, Mr. Damian." "Good morning to you, doctor." "Here is the week's quinine." "Did the people heed you?" "Not much." "But I told them to drop by for their quinine, and I'll make sure they take it right here." "These damn Indians are like the devil." "If I don't watch them, they'd throw the medicine out." "Has there been more malaria?" "A few cases, doctor." "Some have kicked the bucket." "It's strange that the female is the one who bites and makes people sick." "Strange?" "Why?" "Women are the root of all evil." "Oh, doctor." "Well, see you, Mr. Damian." "Make sure all those bums take their quinine." "I'll give it to them myself." "It's true, women are the root of all evil." "Go on, go on." "I'll talk to him, it may work." "Thank you very much, José Alfonso." "There's Lorenzo Rafael, all loaded with vegetables." "He wants to talk to you, he's got problems." "Good morning, Mr. Damian." "Good morning, Mr. Damian." "José Alfonso." "Bring water for the Indians." "I wanted to ask you, boss..." "Hey." "Come take your quinine." "Line up." "Next." "This starving Indian is the pits." "After stealing my favorite Indian girl, now he's begging." "Who does he think he is?" "Here." "Did you see Mr. Damian?" "I'll have to go far away to sell my vegetables." "I'll go with you, I don't want to be alone." "You're better off alone." "You know outsiders have never had any respect for us." "They take advantage of you because you're pretty." "Trouble is, only they buy our flowers." "I don't want to be alone." "I'll smear mud all over my face so nobody looks at me and we can go together." "Let's go, then." "I'll take the prettiest flowers." "God willing, we'll sell them all." "Flowers from Xochimilco, mister." "How much for everything?" "Everything?" "Yes, all of them." "Well..." "Three reales, sir." "Hey!" "Do you want to make some pesos?" "I want to paint your wife." "José Maria, follow them and see where they live." "Hurry, they're leaving." "I'll take care of that." "I can't leave my pots here." "You people are so untrusting." "Here." "Follow them, go on." "Hurry." "This is the model I need." "The Virgin won't let her get away." "I'm going to make tortillas." "I'm not hungry." "I'll see you tomorrow." "All right." " Good afternoon, father." " Hello, Lorenzo Rafael." "You never come to these parts." "How is Maria Candelaria?" "Fine, father." "I came to pray to the Virgin." "So we don't lose the sow." "And so we can get married." "She'll help you, Lorenzo Rafael, she will." "But, why would you lose the sow?" "Well because we owe Mr. Damian." "He doesn't want goods anymore." "He wants money." "Well, well." "So, when will I be marrying you?" "Well, the sow is still young." "We're waiting for her to grow up and have piglets so we can sell them." "That'll take a long time." "Yes, father." "But that's the only way I can buy Maria a new dress, and have her hand." "Well, pray the rosary beads." "And don't forget tomorrow is animal blessing day." "Tell Maria Candelaria to come to church with you and bring the sow so she has a large litter, and you can buy her the new dress and marry her." "The moon is beautiful." "And so big." "It looks like a white poppy." "Where did you go?" "To church." "I was very sad." "Not anymore?" "Not anymore." "The priest said some nice things." "He asked me about you." "He wants you to take the sow tomorrow for animal blessing day." "Did he say I could go with everybody else?" "Yes, Maria Candelaria." "And if he said so, he must have his reasons." "I guess." "I wish the priest could pull out all their hate towards us." "It would be no nice to live in peace with the townspeople." "Treating each other like brothers, and not like harmful animals." "It must feel so good to be greeted on the street" "and have friends to talk to." "And have them smile at you when you pass them by." "Let's take a walk, like on every full moon?" "All right." "I'm so glad there are nights of full moon so we can go out." "What would I do without Lorenzo Rafael?" "Do you love me very much, Lorenzo Rafael?" "Yes, you love me very much." " José Alfonso." " Yes, boss?" " Did Maria Candelaria pay?" " Not yet, boss." "I think the poor thing is broke." "She's got to pay up, even if it's with that sow." "Come so you can bring it." "Let's go get your blessing." "So you grow up soon and have a big litter, and we can get married." "ANIMAL BLESSING" "Maria Candelaria is here, she'll bring misfortune." "Why are you in church?" "She's come to curse our animals." "If she doesn't go the blessing won't work." " Our animals will die." " Yes." "Now that the priest isn't here, let's kick her out." "What's going on?" "And you, get down." "Sure, father." "Her mother was an evil woman." "She is tainted, too." "I order you to get down." "Maria Candelaria, come here." "I see my words are useless." "This is the Lord's home." "Insulting someone here is like spitting in holy water, or stomping on angels' wings." "You accuse this woman, but who accuses you?" "Because you, all of you, murdered Maria Candelaria's mother by saying she brought shame to this town with her bad behavior." "That poor woman sinned." "Yes." "But remember that our Lord punishes, and all of you have children." "We all knew this woman's mother." "Her story should hurt us deeply, because in spite of her faults, being a sinner and what not, she has been judged by God." "Nobody has a right to offend her daughter, who has endured such enormous humiliation in silence." "A mother, yes, a mother." "I want all of you to respect" "Maria Candelaria's mother." "Thank you so much, father." "I didn't accuse her, father." "I didn't accuse her." "Never make any accusations." "Now, let's bless the animals." "Is this the sow?" " Yes, father." " What a cute little animal!" "Forgive her, father." "She's startled among so many people." "So, you couldn't pay me." "I'm collecting now." "José Alfonso, take the sow." "Mr. Damian is a heretic." "He wants to take the sow after she was blessed." "That woman owes me money, I've come to collect." "We can only pay with flowers and vegetables, but he won't accept them, father." "How much do they owe you?" "15.08 pesos." "It should be more from the wait." "But I'll leave it at that." "Don't set foot in here again when you're collecting money." "Is that clear?" "Go away." "God willing, as soon as I can," "I'll pay you so you sleep in peace." "Don't pay him, father." "Kick him out like Jesus did to the peddlers." "You should sew your mouth shut." "And you, children, take your sow and may God protect you." "Thank you, father." "That damn Indian is going to pay for this." "I'll be." "You didn't get your way with the girl or the sow, sir." "Just like that man who wanted the native girl." "In despair, he told her off and the Indian replied:" ""You talk a lot but never do anything"." " That's it." " You were taken." "Oh, Mr. Damian." "That's the secret." "You said you were skillful, what happened?" "When would I ever let a dirty Indian insult me?" "To top it off, she's the daughter of a you-know-what." "Come on." "You're cursed, Mr. Damian." "Everybody, out." "They say truth is bitter." "But let's not play the fool." "You and I are outraged." "Aren't we?" "I'm a woman, I'll get my way, even if it means killing somebody." "I'm starting with the sow." "Just so they don't get married." " Stop staring, native." " Yes, boss." " Hand me the rifle." " Yes, boss." "Follow me." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "My whole body aches, as if somebody had given me a beating." " It's nothing, let's go." " No." "Not you." "You're not well." "I can tell from your eyes." "Fix a remedy, rub your body down." "If you're not well by tomorrow," "I'll bring a shaman to cure you." "All right." "Don't worry about me." "And take care of yourself, Lorenzo Rafael." "Holy mother of Christ." "My sow." "They killed her." "Now we'll never get married." "It was Mr. Damian, it was him." "But since he's the boss, he can get away with it." "What's wrong?" "It must be the fevers." "I'll bring the shaman." "I'm sure it's the fevers." "But you know I can't go." "If people see me in town, they'll attack me." "Wait till night falls, then I'll find a way." "She's very ill." "Only you can cure her." "Did you give her quinine?" "No, Mr. Damian won't give us any." "But it isn't his." "The Government supplies it to be administered to everyone." "Go and ask him for some if you don't want Maria Candelaria to die." "Go on." "Let me see if anybody saw you come here." "Coast is clear, thank God." "Go on, hurry up." "Bring the quinine." "One more step and I'll kill you." "I'm not here to argue, sir." "Maria Candelaria is very ill." "That's not true." "Get out of here." "I swear by the Virgin that I'm not lying, Mr. Damian." "The shaman said only the quinine can save her." "Here's the sow to pay you." "Please give me our share of the quinine." "There is no share for you." "José Alfonso!" "José Alfonso!" "Yes, boss." "Get this Indian out of here before I kill him." "Get him out." "Go away, Lorenzo Rafael, he'll kill you." "All right." "Take it, tell him that Maria Candelaria owes him nothing." " Who is it?" " Me." "José Alfonso." "Why did you accept the sow?" "She must be poisoned, his intentions aren't good." " What should I do with her?" " Bury her." "The dogs could get sick." "Wait." "I'm closing the store for a few days." "I'm going to Xochimilco." "That damn Indian will be back, and I won't be caught off guard." "All Indians are nothing but schemers." "Yes, boss." "That's her hut." "I told you Maria Candelaria doesn't talk to anybody." "Nobody socializes with her because of you know what." "Maria Candelaria!" "Maria Candelaria!" " Are you sick?" " What do you want?" "Go away." "I didn't know you were sick." "I came because I want to paint you." "We'll do that some other time." "What do you need?" "Maria Candelaria!" "Where are you going?" "Maria Candelaria, don't run." "Don't run." "I mean you no harm." "I just want to talk." "You're going to get sick, child." "Don't get wet." "Go back in, I'll go away." "Lorenzo Rafael." "Look at the beautiful poppies from my garden." "They look like little moons." "Little moons." "See them come down from the sky." "Why are we so poor?" "The sow." "The sow." "No, don't let them take her." "Don't let them take her." "She's like part of the family." "Dear God." "Dear God, why?" "Why is there no water?" "The channels dried up." "All the animals in town are dying." "So is the sow." "Lorenzo Rafael." "The gardens are burning up, and the flames are coming this way." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Lorenzo Rafael." "You're all I have in the world." "Don't go without me, don't leave me alone." "Don't leave me alone." "Mother, dear mother." "The sow that Lorenzo Rafael gave me on my saint's day..." "She was like this," "Just like this." "She fit in the palm of my hand." "Look what I brought you, Maria Candelaria." "Your dress to ask for your hand." "Now you have to get well." "Beloved Virgin of Guadalupe." "I offer you my life in exchange of hers." "It's all I have." "Cure her, and do your will with me." "I'm the doctor for the patient." "But we can't pay you." "You don't need to." "The painter sent me." "When did the fever begin?" "The cold spells began yesterday." "Have you been giving her quinine?" "I just brought it." "She took one pill." "I risked being seen, and then another healer comes." "Listen to me, Lorenzo Rafael." "If this man is a medicine doctor and he touches Maria Candelaria," "I won't be responsible for her salvation, and the Virgin will punish you." "Are you a doctor?" "Don't insult me, I'm a bone cracker." "With God's grace I've saved all the sick people in town." "Oh, yes." "An osteopath." "Don't call me names." "I said I'm a bone cracker." "I warned you." "If this quack here, this ostopad touches Maria Candelaria," "I won't be held responsible if she dies." "Don't go." "I beg of you, don't go." "Look, madam bone breaker, let's do something." "This child is very ill, we'll cure her together." "Allow me to give her an injection, and I'll leave her in your hands." "No way." "First I'll crack her bones." "Then you can play the fool with the things you brought." "When a mule doesn't move, no spurs can make it budge." " How long will you take?" " A while." "Please hurry, madam bone breaker." "Wait outside." "Why, madam bone breaker?" "Why?" "Don't you see I have to rub down her body?" "Hurry up and get out." "There's no time to heat the ointment." "All right, all right." "Let's go outside." "Maria Candelaria recovered." "Her hand was requested, as they say." "Maria Candelaria looked happy in her new dress." "Trap him." "He's the thief." "Just a minute." "Again, trespassing the Lord's home." "What's wrong?" "I returned today to find that this Indian burglarized my store." "This time he's going to jail like the thug he is." "It's not true, it's not true, father." "Lorenzo Rafael would never steal anything." "You know him, father." "He wouldn't?" "What about that dress you're wearing?" "The dress." "It's her dress to wear to get married." "What about the medicine?" "And the money?" "No money, father." "I took the medicine because Maria Candelaria was ill." "For heaven's sake, Mr. Damian, don't take him away." "Help him, father." "I'll return the dress and the medicine he stole." "But don't take him away." "What are you waiting for?" "Move!" "Lorenzo Rafael, Lorenzo Rafael, no!" "Father, please look after him." "Cry child, let it out." "Keep no desperation inside." "I can't bear this cross any longer." "I feel like shouting, shouting until my throat dries up, or until Our Lord hears me." "What about you?" "Why can't you hear me?" "What have we done to be punished like criminals?" "Love each other, be poor?" "You never turn towards us." "However, you listen to everybody else, you help them and lend a hand to soothe them." "With us you are tough, you're mean." "Maria Candelaria!" "Don't talk to the Virgin like that." "You're stabbing her heart again." "Look, see how her eyes are crying." "No." "No." "I don't want to make the Virgin cry." "It was desperation, father." "It was desperation." "Forgive me, blessed mother of Jesus." "I know you're busy." "So many of us pleading at all times." "I am so small." "I am so behind the rest, that it probably isn't my turn yet to be heard." "Tell her to forgive me for what I said." "I didn't mean to offend her." "How could I offend her, father?" "I was this little when mother taught me to see the sunlight in her eyes." "Tell her that I won't complain again." "And to do with us whatever she wants." "Lorenzo Rafael." "Is that you?" "Yes, sir." "I'm going to throw you in jail for a year." "I didn't steal a penny, sir." "Only the medicine and the dress." "For..." "For Maria Candelaria." "What about the money in my drawer?" "Shameless Indian." "One year in jail." "Lock him up." "Another one is up." "Bathe him." "Be quiet." " He looks like a thief." " Shut your mouth." "This isn't Xochimilco." "Hey, a cigarette." "Let me see, sir." "Hey no, you can't." "I brought the dress and the medicine for you to let him go." "He was judged." "The crime must be followed up." "Take your things, go away." "It could get worse." "My God, what should I do?" "Do you want some advice?" "You'd better find a lawyer." "One of those that talk a lot." "Or ask Mr. Damian to drop the charges." "No." "Not him." "Come on, I said you can't see him." "Let's go." "For the thousandth time, stop pestering." "Let us eat in peace." "You too, what are you waiting for?" "Don't let anymore women through." "There, man." "Didn't I tell you?" "You brought Lorenzo Rafael bad luck." "Well, you did it." "You had to be what you are." "This is when you must prove that you are a real woman." "Get Mr. Damian to pardon" "Lorenzo Rafael." "Didn't you say you love him?" "Buy flowers!" "Buy flowers?" "What do you want?" "I want to see the man who paints." "He left this at my hut." "He's in Mexico City." "Will he come back?" "I don't know." "He might come tomorrow." "I'll wait outside, if you'll excuse me." "Maria Candelaria." " Sir." " What is it?" "They put him in jail." " Who?" " Lorenzo Rafael." "But, why?" "For stealing the medicine that would cure me." "Only you can help us." "Well, let's go." "No, gentlemen." "I'm so sorry." "The judge is on vacation." "I think he went hunting." "I tried to so something, but I'm poor and I can't pay the bail." "Let the secretary set bail." "I'll pay it." "The point is for Lorenzo Rafael to get out now." "I'm sorry, sir." "Only the judge can set bail." "It's no big deal, ten days fly by." "Maria Candelaria." "Come here." "Then, at least let this girl see him." "Sure, she can see him." "She can even bring him food if she wants to." "I believe the prisoner hasn't eaten since he arrived." "Hey, you." "Take these men and the Indian to the prisoner in cell 30." "Heaven almighty, if I had known you were coming..." "Lorenzo Rafael." "I'm going." "Maria Candelaria." " Lorenzo Rafael." " Maria Candelaria." "You'll be out in ten days." "They promised the priest." "Maria Candelaria." "I haven't been able to sleep ever since they caught you." "Just thinking how lonely and sad you must be here." "Don't cry, Maria Candelaria." "I can't take it." "I'm not crying, Lorenzo Rafael." "Look at me." "You see, I'm not crying." "As soon as I get out we'll go with the priest to get his blessing." "So he finishes blessing us." "We're almost married." "Then, do you forgive me for what I did?" "Forgive you?" "You know I love you more than life itself." "Poor thing." "You should see how good she is." "Look, father." "It's no exaggeration to say that in Maria Candelaria" "I found everything I was searching for." "I paint native women, as you know." "And ever since I saw her," "I felt in her what this delicate race must have been like in the past." "Emotional and wonderful." "To me, she's like the essence of true Mexican beauty." "I understand perfectly." "I'll try to convince Lorenzo Rafael." "We are very good friends." "Sometimes I paint portraits myself." "I'm just a beginner, you know." "Altarpieces for the believers, that they take to their church full of devotion." "It brings me great joy." "I charge them for the paint." "May God forgive me." "Thank you so much, father." "Don't thank me." "Thank this man who brought Maria Candelaria to see you." "Thank you so much, sir." "You're the one who sent the doctor, aren't you?" "Yes, it was me." "We were going to thank you after we got married." "But that wasn't possible." "I didn't steal the money, father." "Only the medicine." "And the dress for Maria Candelaria." "So we could get married." "I returned everything, Lorenzo Rafael." "I don't hold it against you, son." "I'm hurt by what happened." "Don't worry." "You'll have to stay because the judge isn't here, but we'll get you out." "God bless you, sir." "Why haven't you eaten?" "Maria Candelaria will bring your food every day." "I'm going back to my floating garden to start making you some tortillas." "I won't be long." "Take this change." "Pay me back when you can." "No, sir." "Not money." "There are always rice and beans at home." "Thank you very much, father." "Thank you very much." "I'll be right back." "May God be with you." "Shut up." "Be quiet." "Look, Lorenzo Rafael." "He's a painter, and he's taken interest in you." "Yesterday Maria Candelaria talked to him." "I said she could go see him." "I've always had interest in natives." "Everybody in Xochimilco knows me." "You two have been abused." "It's natural for you to be suspicious of outsiders." "I'm telling you this because ever since I saw you at the market, and tried to paint Maria Candelaria," "I noticed your distrust." "I wish you had listened to me." "This wouldn't have happened." "Isn't that so, father?" "If he wants to paint Maria Candelaria," "I see nothing wrong in it." "It's like any other type of work." "Honest." "It's a distinction that he should want to paint her." "He doesn't only want to paint her." "You, too." "Anytime, father." "Especially since he's been so kind to us." "But as far as Maria Candelaria, well," "I'd prefer he didn't." "Maria Candelaria." "Look this way." "Lupe." "I don't know how to tell her." "I'm afraid she'll say no." "However, there's no other way to finish the painting." "I think I can talk her into it, master." "You'll see." "Come, beautiful." "I'm going to show you something." "It's me." "Isn't it?" "Yes." "But she's broken." "Her body is missing." "The master has to paint it." "He's just starting." "Come." "Come on." "Don't worry." "You're very pretty." "But you'll only look as beautiful without your clothes on." "There's nothing bad about it, Maria Candelaria." "No." "No." "Child!" "Hey!" "Don't go!" "Maria Candelaria." "She's gone, master." "I was almost certain this was going to happen." "That's the way natives are." "And that's why their virtue hasn't been touched by money or civilization." "But you have to finish the painting, master." "Her face is done, and you've sketched the rest." "My body looks like hers, master." "If you want me to, I'll pose." "All right." "Let us begin, then." "The Flowers of Xochimilco" " Good morning, comadre." " Good morning." " What news do you bring?" " There's nothing." "Nothing new in Xochimilco." ""This is all there is, maybe you'll recognize it." "Holy mother of Christ!" "Maria Candelaria." "Naked." "There it is." "I wasn't lying." "There's no way around it." "It's Maria Candelaria." "What an embarrassment for the people of Xochimilco!" "Let's kick her out of the garden." "She turned out like her mother." "Yes." "Make her leave town and never come back." "The embarrassment she's caused is too much." "Right?" "Yes!" "Let's kick her out." "Don't let her escape." "Yes, kick her out." "Kick her out." "Let's go the that tramp's floating parcel." "Everybody follow me." "Let's go." "Lorenzo Rafael." "Lorenzo Rafael!" "Don't leave me alone." "Open the gate, sir." "Open the gate, sir." "Let me out." "Let me out, sir." "Let me out, let me out, sir." "Let me out." " Open the gate." " Shut up." "Rowdy Indian." "Let me out, sir." "Please." "Let me out, sir." "Oh, my God." "They're going to kill her." "Lorenzo Rafael!" "Lorenzo Rafael!" "I didn't do anything bad." "I know that." "Maria Candelaria." "I didn't do anything." "Tramp." "She turned out to be just like her mother." "I didn't do anything bad." "Lorenzo Rafael." "I didn't do anything bad." "That was the story of Maria Candelaria." "THE END"