"Come on, lurie!" "Close the lock!" "Find his arm, come on!" "That's it!" "Grab his arm!" "Now, lurie!" "Close the lock!" "That's it, lurie!" "Defend!" "Time!" "Great, lurie!" "See how well you can do?" "Let's go, position..." "Get in position, Victor!" "Last 30 seconds..." "Time!" "Go for it, that's it!" "That's it!" "Defend!" "Defend!" "That's right!" "Come on!" "Hold it 30 seconds, lurie!" "10 seconds!" "Hold it now!" "Time!" "Good, well defended!" "THE PLAGUE" "But..." "I've been working so much" "I haven't been able to call." "Between training and working I'm busy all day." "I'm telling you I spend the day working and training and you say I'm out nights, you don't know what I get up to." "Yes!" "Where do I go?" "That's what I'm trying to tell you." "All I do is work!" "Yeah, yeah." "Okay, okay!" "It's impossible to talk to you." "And what do you get up to?" "Tell me." "Yeah, you!" "You!" "Yeah, I don't know..." "Think what you like." "I don't care!" "It's like we don't speak the same language." "To hell with you!" "Good morning." "My god..." "Man, I wouldn't like to get into a fight with you!" "Well, my trainer... wouldn't agree." " No?" "He says I'm weak." "Well, he should come and see you here." " Weren't you going to go?" "No, I went last week." " I thought you'd gone." "No, no, someone else can go." "Lurie can fetch a couple of things for her." "Look, lurie." " What is it?" "Take the crate..." "Okay." "And get some tomatoes and aubergines... and a lettuce, some peppers... and take them over to Maria." " Here, some onions." "Yes, take her some onions." " Aubergines?" "Yeah, a bit of everything." " Okay?" "Okay_" "Maria!" "Maria!" "Where were you?" "Where did you go?" "Shall we go?" "Lara, a car's coming!" "A car's coming!" " I'm off, Dad." "See you tomorrow." "Okay, bye." "Be good, eh?" "Okay?" "No, I can't come up this weekend." "No, I've got lots of work on." "I don't know, maybe next weekend." "Okay?" "Okay then, see you." "I'll call again tomorrow." "Alright, bye then." " Hello." "Hello." "How are you managing, Rose?" "Well, just about." "I'm getting used t0 it." "Why?" "Is it hard?" "Yes, the old folk don't give me a moment's peace:" "'Take me to the toilet, I want to be sick."" ""I'm pooing myself"." "I'm not used to this work." "Don't worry." "Hang on in there a bit." "You'll soon get used to it." "Better than living in the Philippines." "Hang on in there." "Life here is easy." "Adapt to the wlture." "You'll get used to it." "You say that because you've been here a while." "Cheer up." "It was the same for me." "You can do it." "Be patient." " I don't have a choice." "D0n't worry." "You can do it." "You can do it." "Domingo, do you want some water?" "And you, Mrs. Felisa?" "A little bit?" "That's a lot, too much." "Give me a nice full glass..." " Alright, dear?" "Give me a big glass." "Okay, I'll get it for you now." "Drink, it'll do you good." " Ant0nieta?" "A little bit." "Okay"" " You'll get us drunk today." "There's no anise or anything in it." "It's fine." "Angela?" " I want some!" "There you go." "Juanito!" "Would you like some water, dear?" "Yes?" "Come on..." "Your hand..." "That's it." "Take it." "We have Ms. Maria Ros recently checked in." " Did the director mention it?" "Yes, she told us." "Ms. Maria Ros is 88, she's from here, from Gallecs." "She's Catalan." "She has always lived in the country." "She's come straight from hospital because of a respiratory problem." "She's perfectly competent intellectually and, having spoken a little bit to her, she probably won't bond much with the others of her age group." "Rose, it'd be good it this week you could pay her special attention." " Look after her a lot." "Okay." "Any questions?" "Have we got her report?" "Yes, it's in the infirmary already." "It's all prescribed." "There's no real complications with the medication she's taking." "Did you sleep well?" "Yes, well for while and then not so well." "Because when the sun started coming up..." "Flies!" "Oh yes?" " Damn!" "Such a bother!" "When you're done, wash your face, okay dear?" " Okay." "Very good!" "30-35 "C throughout the area, intense heat." "These could be the highest temperatures of the summer .." "In this heat you're going to fry." "What can I do?" "It's going to be really hot out." "Well... ll you gel really hot, call me and I'll oome and gel you." " Okay." "Then you won't get so hot." "I'll just make myself look nice." " Bye." "Bye." "Hello, Maribel!" "My god..." "Shit!" " What are we going to do?" "Sulphurize it." "We can't." "We're selling it as an organic crop." "Either we sulphurize or we lose the crop." "Or we wait for it to rain, or for a storm and it gets cleaned." "It's the only remedy for white fly:" "it makes them fall to the ground." "Look at the weather." "Look !" "Look over here!" "Look at that, look." "Look at all of these here." "It does real damages too, it attacks the stalk, and eats it." "Look at this this, see how it's rotten inside." "You snap it and look:" "totally rotten inside." "It's all affected." "Goddamn fly!" "Goddamn it!" "Come on!" "Forward and backward!" "No bridge!" "Let's move on to the bridge!" "Back, forehead..." "One side, centre, other side..." "You've got to lift your hips." "Touch with your nose!" "Turns to one side then the other, three times!" "Does your ear still hurt?" "Yeah, it seems t0 get better, but then when I train..." "it opens up again?" "Yeah, it opens up." "Those cuts always take a long time to heal." "So, ready for the Spanish Championship?" "Sort of, but I'm tired out from work." " You work?" "Yeah, on the land." " You work on the land?" "Yeah." "That's why you came over from Moldavia?" " Don't you have farms there?" "No, we don't!" "What are you going to do?" "You got to work." " But you also have to make money." "That too." " What category are you in?" "74 kg, I think." "In the Catalan Championship I won that category easily." "If you train enough, you won't have any problems." "There's still time." "I want to try the 96 kg category." " What about you, Alex?" "I'll try the 74 kg." "Here: first name and surname." " What do you want to do?" "What about lurie?" "I don't know." "If we need him for something else, but if not..." "If not, we'll see if there's work in the warehouse for a while." "Give it a go." "I'm not looking for work." "I've got enough with watching that the fly doesn't escape." "Won't it be too much?" " Tw0j0bs." "I'll manage." " I always had twojobs." "Yeah, but sometimes..." "The situation isn't..." "If you can get them to give afew hours in the warehouse..." "In the afternoons..." "Yeah, but Raul is also really busy." "Well, but..." " You have to do something." "Yeah, but..." " Do you get to enjoy the kids?" "They're at the beach now." "And that's the plan?" "You here and them there?" "You see them once a week." " You're missing out, Raul." "Yeah, but things have to be done." "Yeah, but you're missing out on the kids, I'm telling you." " Wh at am I supposed to do?" "I don't want to interfere, but..." " I see you don't have a good time." "Tell me what I'm supposed to do." "If things aren't going so well, don't do so much." " We shouldn't work?" "Yes, you've got to work." "On the land, work can't wait." "Yeah, but given how things are going..." "That's the way I see it." " Stop it, Isidro." "Stop this nonsense, he's" "Whatever..." "Work on the land has to be done." "The beach can wait." "And what kind of summers does your son have?" "If it's going badly, because it is, even when there's a lot of work." "It's always the same, Raul." "Well, betterlimes will come." "There's notime in the field." "You work from sunrise to sundown." "I know, because I lived it with you and with your parents." "It didn't go badly for us." "Yeah, right..." "Tell me about the summers I've spent with you." "There's no need to argue." "And what time did you get home?" "At nine, at ten..." "You and Mari Pau were already asleep." "And he never had Sundays, like you." " Someone looking for work." "it's a shame." "What did you need?" "For tomorrow..." "The forecast is that the temperature is going to keep on rising." "The maximum temperatures forecast are up to 4O "C, even 41 "C and occasionally reaching 42 "C on the westerly point, central Catatonia and inland in the Tierras def Ebro." "The pre-Pyrenees could experience similar temperatures." "How are you today?" " Shower today, eh?" "No!" " Why not?" "I don't want a shower!" " Why not?" "I don't like them." "I drown!" "Goodness!" "You only shower once a week..." "it's today." "I don't want a shower." "Come on, Mrs, let's go to the shower." "What are we going to do?" "Today's shower day." " Come on..." "You always boss me around!" "Damn it!" " What are we going to do?" "Nothing!" "I'm just doing my job, Maria." "Yeah, but you always get your own way." " That's the way it is." "No!" "I'm not going to shower!" "You're going to shower like it or not." " I'm not showering." "Come on!" " I don't want a shower." "To the shower and that's that!" "Come on, let's go!" "You don't want to do something and she forces you to." "She's stubborn as a donkey!" "Yes, a bit headstrong." "Yes!" "She always gets her own way." "Exactly." "I've already argued with her about it many times." "No, but she's a good girl at heart." "You might think so, but I don't." "You don't?" "No." "Does anyone want more?" "Hello, can you come and get me?" "Will you be long?" "Okay." "Hi." "Help me fold the chair." " H0w did it go?" "So-so." " Hot, isn't it?" "Yeah." " Take the water." "it's been pretty hot." "Can you manage?" "Yes, I can't talk much." "I just got back and I'm really tired." "I'm just really tired today..." "Okay, baby." "We'll talk tomorrow." "Good night, bye-bye." " Tired?" "I'm fed up, Andrei!" "I'm fed up too..." " Any news on your papers?" "No." "I'm sick of work, sick of the bicycle..." "Especially now, with this sun." "Look how you've burnt!" "Put some cream on." "Black..." "I don't know, we'll see..." "I was thinking Isidro and Raul might give me a contract for at least a year." "Everything was going well, but now..." "You just have to hang on." "But for how long?" "It's already been two years." "Just keep on fighting." "You'll get your papers." "Be patient." "What are you eating?" " Something I found." "Make yourself something to eat." "I don't feel like it, I'm tired." "Well, I'm going to have a shower." "You're a bother!" "Nuisance of a girl!" "You beast!" "Now look at this, Maria." "Open it for me." "It's good." "No, nothing." "Yesterday, 20 euros." "But you can't live off 20 euros a week." "I earn a better living working in the field than you." "Sure." "It's bad, really bad, very demoralising." "I'm seriously thinking of not coming anymore." "Spending all my time here, having such a hard time..." "Coming from miles away, worn out... all for nothing!" "It's not worth it." "But after 20 years here, leaving it all..." "Just to be here hour after hour to earn peanuts..." "It's too much." "I can't help thinking about it." "I feel bad to go, but..." "What can I do?" "Come every day for nothing..." "And find work somewhere else or something?" "Yes, I've made calls..." ""Yeah, we'll call you", but nothing yet." "I've sent out my CV, but nob0dy's called." "I don't mind getting up at 4 in the morning if it's for work, even for a few hours..." "If I can just make enough to eat..." "There's bills and stuff to be paid..." "It's a lot." "And doesn't your son work?" "No, he's unemployed, he's in a depression." "I'm the breadwinner:" "I pay the bills, the mortgage... it anything happens t0 me..." "the shit will hit the tan, if you pardon my language." "If you make money, it's all okay and you go home happy, but ii you don't, you can't stop your mind spinning:" ""And now what do I do?" The bills pour in..." "You've got to pay them." "It's all too much!" "Better times will come." "I think so too, but recently..." "they're pretty bad." "They're really bad..." "It's worrying, it really is." "How did you get to work?" "Walking, across the fields." " In this heat?" "I don't have a choice." "If I take the bus, I get to work late, sol go by foot." "You're getting dark." "I don't care, it's my natural colour." "I don't care about the skin colour anymore." "Look at the telly, Rose." "The beach." "One day we could go for a swim." "One day!" "Look at them, they're naked." "They're hot!" "They're going topless." "No way!" " I'd be embarrassed." "Wouldn't you go topless?" "I don't have the boobs to go topless." "It's all the rage here." "Well, you can go bare your bum on the beach." "Hello." "Who else died while I was away?" "Four, I think:" "Jose Ledesma," "Jose Bosch," "Antonia and Pedro." "Four." "And Mr. Carlos left." "Just stick to your job." "Don't get so close to them." "Once you start caring for them, you'll be the one to suffer." "Yeah, but he was like a granddad to me." "Yes, because you were the one who looked after him." "Don't let it affect you." "For instance, there are times when Maria and I argue and other times she behaves herself." "Just like you and Pedro:" "you'd argue when you fed him, then you'd joke around when you put him to bed." "That's just the way it is." "It's ourjob." "Leave out the personal stuff." "And then what?" "I forget about Pedro?" "He'll still be like your granddad, but life's like that here." "I felt the same when I first started to work here." "It was soul-destroying." "They always..." "They gave me all their love." "Life's like that." "We look after people who are very old." "They give us affection, and we give it to them." "It's natural." "We can't do anything." "It's ourjob." "I feel sorry for them." "It's their lot to live like that." "They need us." "We're here t0 give them the affection they need." " Do you understand what I mean?" "I do, but... if I have to see these things..." "What are we supposed to do?" "If an old person comes in, you have t0 accept them, be responsible and give them love." "It's your duty." "But don't let it affect you." "I know you got very close to Pedro but think that now you're the one who suffers." " So what?" "I forget about him?" "Yes, forget him." "Keep him in your heart forever." "His life is over." "That's no way to eat." "You do the same thing every day." " I go in to work in ten minutes." "Yeah, I know." "Well, look..." "It's your choice..." "When I see you eat like that, I..." " I've had a lot of work today." "Sure you do." "Now you're off!" "Go on then!" "Still chewing yourfood..." " Oh, Raul!" "You're a lost cause." "Bye." "...an extremely hot evening." "We repeat, it may be the hottest spell of the whole summer." "Level 2 warnings have been issued by the Weather Office due to the persistent heat during these days." "The forecast for the next days:" "more sun, more heat until Thursday." "My God..." "Oh heavens!" "Why?" " Right..." "Shall I take you back?" "I was doing so well here..." "But of course, where else can I go?" "Okay, let's go." "I don't have a home..." "Come on, let's go!" "I don't have any d10ioe..." " Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Again, Iurie?" "We're working towards the competition." "Look, there's a time for training and I want you here at that time." "We can't go on like this." "This can't go on!" "This is fighting." "Either we're working or we're wasting our time." "Come on then." "Work more in the centre, lurie." "Point, point." "Make a strong defense!" "That's it!" "Point, point..." "Good!" "Careful with the leg, lurie!" "Come on now, work aggressively!" "More aggressive, lurie!" "More!" "That's it!" "You've got to defend this point!" "Twice, lurie!" "The same thing twice!" "Pay more attention!" "Come on, go for it." "Move him, find his leg!" "That's it!" "Move him!" "That's it!" "Again!" "Move him!" "That's it!" "Come on, lurie, more aggressive!" "To the point!" "That's it!" "Up!" " See you tomorrow." "Bye." "What was I going to say about that?" "They're pretty messed up." "Yeah..." "The lower field has practically gone to ruin." "We can pretty much say it lost." "That leaves the upper field." "We'll try and save it." "Yeah, yeah, white fly." "Yes." "About half of what we agreed on..." "no point counting." "Okay"" "Okay, got it." "Bye." "You gave him some hope but it's all headed the same way." "We'll see what happens." " Do you want a lift?" "Okay." " Off to the old folks' home?" "Yeah, going to work." "How can you walk in this heat?" "I don't have any choice, I don't have a car." "Solwalk..." " How's the old lady?" "Well..." "She's adapting." "Just as well you found her the other day." " She'd escaped, hadn't she?" "Yeah." "I guess she wanted to see her home, the fields... the fields where she used to walk..." "The change must have been really hard for her." " Do you work there 8 hours?" "12." "12?" "God..." "Goodbye." "Maria!" "Why don't you come down with me, dear?" ""M. "W; "w.?" "Because downstairs, when you get to the hall... you start to see these faces..." "They slip in and out of sleep..." "And if you ask them, "What's on telly"?" "They haven't got a clue!" "It's the goggle-box." "But you've got to do something." "Well, I do everything I can... to keep myself distracted." "And at night I just think." "Think, nothing more." " You just think." "Nothing else?" "A lot." "I think a lot." "And they tell me not to think so much." "And how do you not think?" " H0w?" "Try to go to sleep." "You can't be thinking all night." " And how do you do that?" "Well, I don't know." "Count sheep:" "one sheep, two sheep..." " Until you fall asleep again." "I get tired of counting." "Then I lose count..." "I'm going to give you some advice, my dear." "You have to leave behind your life before." "It's another life here." "We have to live the present and face up to what's here now." " That's the good thing." "I already do that." " But your mind never stops." "Yeah, I know." "Your brain works well." "In Gallecs and here, my mind works the same." "Yes, but you've got t0 leave that behind, Maria." "Yes, if I could..." "don't you think I would?" " But you're okay here, aren't you?" "Yes, I'm fine." "It's my mind that's not right." "I think too much." "Come on, lurie!" "Get out of there, lurie!" "On the defense!" "Don't let your guard down!" "Don't let it down!" "Don't let it down!" "Lurie, get it together!" "Don't think about your knee!" "Come on, lurie, come on!" "What?" "Where did you put your leg?" "They've destroyed me, they've broken me." "Fuck..." "Did you fight a bear or what?" "Well, the guy wasn't that big but he was strong." "It started to hurt, but my train er... wanted me to keep on fighting." "And you can see the result." "So, tomorrow you got to come help me." "Yeah, help you..." " With the beans, right?" "Of course." " Can you move your fingers?" "Yes." " Does it hurt?" "No." "Il it does, I'll give you another painkiller." " Goodbye." "Bye." "...especially in the south, progressively towards the north... as far as the Pyrenees and the pre-Pyrenees." "With a change of weather... that will bring widespread rain tomorrow..." " Always the same, Maria!" "Today I'm going to drown." "It's my duty to shower you, Maria." "You've got to have a shower!" "But I'll drown!" "And how do you expect me to give you a shower?" "Tell me." "Without getting water on my face." "So how do I wash your hair?" "I don't know, but not by throwing water in my face." " I'm not going." "Well, you have to, Maria." "You have to have a shower, love." "It's my job." " I'm not going." "Why not?" "I'm telling you:" "today I'm going to drown." "Maria, in the shower!" " No." "Yes!" "I'm not going!" "Didn't you hear me?" "You're a witch!" "I don't care if you call me a witch." " You're going in the shower." "I am not!" "Louder, I can't hear you!" "You sing too, Dad!" "In memory of Maria Ros"