"They don't believe in Mexico." "They don't believe in the Institution." "They're Communists." " We're going to teach them a lesson." " Yes, sir!" "Is that clear?" "Yes, sir!" "Fall out!" "People united, will never be defeated." "People united, will never be defeated." "THE LUMP" "Hello." "Nice time to drop by!" "We waited all morning for the city official." "He never showed up!" "Didn't you have an appointment?" "Yes, but who knows how long the line was!" "He was there." "He just wouldn't see us." "You should get dressed up to see a businessman." "With this project?" "In the City Council, your project gets reviewed by bean counters." "Well girls, I'm out of here." " See you." " I have to see Monica." "Did Grandma give you money for bread and coffee?" "To the penny." " See you!" " Daniel." "Government offices are frustrating." "Like Perro Estrada's used to say:" ""If we got paid for waiting, all our projects would be financed."" "That's for sure." "Either your father's gaining weight, or I'm really tired." "They must be giving him too much plasma." "Move one leg and then a foot..." "Watch it, Adela!" "Don't break him." "He's used to me." "Aren't you, Lauro?" "No." "No one's home." "Yes, Mom." "But things are so hard these days." "Toño hasn't been doing very well." "Like he says:" ""In this administration, the fucking government... is wiping out the middle class."" "Now we're the upper lower class." "Live within your budget." "We can't afford anything now." "The kids don't stop growing." "Toño keeps working overtime." "I've even suspected he has a lover because his paycheck doesn't reflect all the hours he puts in." "Valeria, the things you say." "It's the way I feel, Mom." " Well then, why don't you get a job?" " How can you say that, Mom?" "I drive the kids around all day to school, swimming lessons and karate." "When could I work?" "And you keep asking me go more money for my brother." "Well, hospital costs are rising." "Interest rates have dropped so low." "Well then, just put him in a double room." "It's all the same to him." "But Sonia and Daniel spend their lives in that room with their dad." "Don't exaggerate, Mom." "They hardly even show up for his therapy." "Mmm..." "Is the cake ready?" "Yes." "But you can't have any yet." "It's for your mother." "She won't find any chocolate cake in the Amazon jungle." "Leave it alone!" "Nothing will happen if I cut a small slice." "Just one and that's it, Daniel." "Do you hear me?" " That's a small slice?" " I'm a growing boy, Aunt." "Mom, you've spoiled him." "He loves chocolate cake, just like his father." "Valeria, stop being a pest." "Going to the Amazon with only light gear isn't so easy." "Yeah, Mom, but you're traveling in style." "The Institute is giving you a five-star yacht... cooks and servants." "It's like a pleasure cruise." "Well, I'd just love to see you in the jungle, little man." "You jump at the sight of a spider." "She's the biologist, not me." "They cut this year's budget in half." "We're on a second-class barge, sleeping on hammocks." "It's an adventure." "Indiana Jones in the Amazon!" "Would you believe it's true?" " Take care." " Don't worry, Elena." "I'd be terrified to leave my kids alone." "We're old enough, Auntie." "What does Rogelio think of you going alone with so many men?" "Doesn't that bother him?" "He's sad, but not bothered." "I hope you'll give him a call once in a while." "My brother would have died before letting you go alone!" " Nice going, Auntie." " I don't think so." "But anyway, that was fate." "He was the one who left." "No, Lauro didn't leave." "He may be asleep, but he's still here." "But I'm glad you've been able to rebuild your life." "Sometimes I can't even give you a penny, Elena." "Don't worry about me, Alba." "But truthfully, kids, things are tight." "Interest rates have fallen, and we have to cut our expenses." "Daniel!" "Oh, come on!" "Taxi fares have doubled." "I can't afford cigarettes." "I can't take Monica out for coffee, or go out on Saturdays." "That's not my problem." "Get a job." "And so you'll go to the hospital everyday?" "Let's just disconnect the Lump." "Don't call Dad a Lump!" "If you ever call your father the Lump again... you'll be in trouble with me." "But, Mother, it's true." "He is just a Lump." "Just shut up!" "Daniel, are you starting in again?" "Remember this house and the money Grandfather left... are for your father." "Well I've always said he went too far." "Daniel is right, Mom." "Father was silly." "Imagine leaving everything to the Lump!" "Why can she call him the Lump?" "I'm his sister." "Without that money your brother would have died." "I'm glad your father left things crystal clear in his will." "Imagine what might have happened if you had taken care of Lauro." "Think it over, Daniel." "You never knew your father." "You've only seen a sleeping man who never wakes up." "And, so we care for him, keeping him strong..." "Mom, I've been hearing the same thing since I was born." "And?" "Alright." "I don't want him disconnected." "He's become a habit." "Anyway I like him." "Whenever I have a test, I pray to the Holy Lump." "Maybe he's influential this way." "I've got to start earning some money." "Yeah, but if we don't open the play, how will you get it?" "You don't want to be a secretary, do you?" "I'd love a job like yours." "Restoring old paintings at home must be nice." "Sure." "I studied it for five years." "Your ears are full of zits, Dad." "Do you have a pen?" "In the drawer." "With his kind of play it won't be easy." "No." "But freedom has a price." "Look what's happening to your dad." "He's getting hard." "How embarrassing." "I don't know what's happening to me." "Breathe deep." "Pollution is causing physical disruptions to all living things." "Even birds are coughing." "Do you feel any better?" "Yes, thank you." "I was walking in the street." "Two or three buses went by." "Suddenly..." "I lost control of myself." "I passed out." "Thanks for helping me." "Luckily you were warned... prepared." "I'm not only prepared, I've warned the government." "But rather than taking action, they've threatened me if I talk." "You're not the first case of blood contamination in the city." "I'm not?" "Just as I feared." "Your saliva is bitter." "Hold it!" "Stop!" "This is terrible." "It's not going to work." "We should adapt it." "Make it a musical." "We're all going to die." "My tongue tastes like lead." "The human race is too big they should all be done in." "Stop it." "This is no play for any City Council." "There's no way to tone it down." "We either take the bull by the horns, or do Romeo and Juliet." "You must be kidding." "We can get some great music and spectacular sets." "That won't improve your acting." "Did you guys like it?" "No." "Horrible." "It makes you laugh." "Awful." "You can't even convince children." "You're blowing all the lines." "We can always make Sonia look real sexy." "A tit out in the air." "What do you mean?" "A tit in the air?" "Well then both if you want." "That would be a hot surprise." "I'd better watch out, right?" "Guys..." " I have to go." "I have a rehearsal." " When's the opening?" "I don't know." "Next week." "Tuesday or Thursday." "Can you handle both your play and our rehearsals?" "Sure." "You just have to lighten up, and start weekend rehearsals early." "Anyway, it will be a short season." "See you tomorrow." "Ciao!" "He's so cute!" "Don't you think so?" "He's alright." "You never like anyone." "You always make excuses when anyone wants to date you." "You need a man." "Do I look so love-starved?" "When I meet that someone, I'll stop fooling around." "Still waiting for your blue prince?" "Green is fine too." "The color doesn't matter." "Study." "Don't call my father "the Lump."" " Don't feel offended." " Hey, he's my father." "If Sonia can't go, why not Adela?" "Why her?" "My father is the responsibility of me and my sister." "That's why they should go." "You promised me." "Do you know what duty is?" "The Lump is my responsibility." "Whenever he needs me." "I'll be there for him." "That's the way it is." "You don't love me anymore." "Please, Monica!" "That's how I feel." "You're more concerned about Sonia, your grandmother..." " and the Lump." " Monica, I'm begging you." "And less if you talk to me like that." "You know what?" "Leave me alone." "And just so you'll know..." "Andres has concert tickets, and I'm going with him." "Go with anyone you want!" "And you can go to hell!" "Because I do love my sister, my grandmother and the Lump... more than you." "And fuck you!" "I'm sorry, Dad." "I just killed a mosquito." "Look what time it is!" "The play starts at 9 o'clock, it's already 8:30." "Armando will be mad at me." " Did you bring my heels?" " Yeah." " Where are they?" " Over there." "In the plastic bag." "I can't believe this!" "What?" " You're hanging me up." " And where is Adela?" "She isn't here yet." "And the car?" "She has it." "Well then, since it's her car, she can show up when she pleases." "No, that's not why." "She went for her things." "Because she came for Father's therapy instead of you." "I'm fed up with this." "You know, I have a life too." "I've got my pals." "A girlfriend." "I go to the movies." "I'm tired of three hours of therapy daily with some guy..." "I don't even know." "Even Monica broke up with me because of the Lump." " Monica?" " I'm sick of your father." "He's not just my father." "He's yours too." " It's the same, isn't it?" " No." "I'm sorry." "The traffic was terrible." "Look at the time!" "Besides late, you're not even dressed!" "We always have to wait for you." "Give me the keys to my car." "Well, don't you two look just great." "You finished off Alba's perfume." "I never want you to use the car again." "It's mine." "That's not true." "You know your mother gave it to you both." "Yeah, but she gave it to us, not to our friends." "But, your sister and I share everything!" "Everything!" "Dad?" "Doctor!" "Dad?" "Doctor!" "Nurse!" "My dad just woke up." "His vital signs are still the same." "We can't do anything." "But he opened his eyes!" "He looked at us all!" "I'm sorry." "Does that mean he's still in a coma?" "I don't know." "We'll just keep him under observation." "It would be wise to tell your grandmother." "Tell her what?" "That her son woke up and then went back to sleep again?" "She'll die." "Well, all we can do is wait." "You should get some rest." "So should we." "Excuse us." "He looks exactly the same to me." "Hello." "Yes, dear." "The music is so loud..." "Yes, Grandma." "We're having a good time." "Then it went well." "How was Armando?" "Great." "I liked his performance." "Were any critics there?" "We're going to be late, so don't wait up." " Take care..." " Alright." "Kisses." "Good night, dear." "Well, we'll have to talk to Aunt Valeria." "And it won't be two minutes before the whole family learns." "Well, then tell Grandmother." " What can happen?" " What do you mean?" "What will you tell her?" "I don't know." "Just prepare her little by little." "Little by little...?" "And tell her what?" ""Grandma, Dad's coming back to life little by little, or... the doctors say little by little..."" "That's like putting rocks in her head." "Besides, Alfonso said he really hadn't come out of the coma." "I had never seen his eyes before." "Daniel, pass me another tissue." "Grandma, how can you cry over these things?" "What do you want?" "I just get emotional." "Me too." "Don't pay attention to him." "What if Dad woke up, Grandma?" "I stopped thinking about it long ago, dear." "Well, think about it now." "What would happen if he woke up?" "What do you think would happen?" "Nothing." "They should tell it to the Lump." "Someone is looking for you, Daniel." "Hi." "Are you still mad at me?" "Me?" "It was you who dumped me." "Why don't you look for me later?" "I'll be in my classroom." " Alright." "I'll look for you." " How about a kiss?" "What do you think about that?" "She's crazy about me." "By way of this letter, etc to stage a play entitled "Ecosystems" wherein... we will demonstrate the ecological crisis that our country... as well as the whole planet, is suffering..." "Yours truly..." "Now we just wait for an answer." "Can I sleep with you tonight?" "What's up, brother?" "I'm afraid." "Imagine how I feel." "I keep thinking about it." "How can we say anything?" " What?" "To whom?" " To Mother." "No." "To Father." "It's like he's been dead for twenty years." "For all he knows it could all be one night." " Maybe he dreams." " Maybe not..." "He may never wake up again." "Can you hear me?" "Do you want a doctor?" "Don't fall asleep, Dad." "Don't." "He hasn't said anything." "Could it be brain damage?" "Do you think?" "Hello, Lauro." "How - are - you?" "Do - you - remember - your - kids?" "He never knew me." "Ask him about Grandma." "Your mother?" "Do you remember?" "Do you realize what's happened?" "He woke up, Sonia." "He's come back to life." "Could he be thirsty?" "What do we do?" "For the moment." "Don't let him go back to sleep." "Why don't we give him a sip of coffee?" "No." "Hold it." "You'll kill him with coffee." " I'm going for Alfonso." " I'll go with you." "Keep an eye on him." "I'll keep him occupied." "What do you think of your kids?" "They've grown up, haven't they?" "I'm Adela." "Let's try some signals." "Blink your eyes once to say "yes." Twice for "no." Alright?" "We're going to get along fine." "You always seemed like a calm and understanding type." "Do you want some coffee?" "Hey guys, what do you think?" "My dad woke up." "Congratulations." "The worst is that he had a huge..." "Huge..." "You look well today, Lauro." "In this, Melibea." "I see the greatness of God." "Giving power to nature." "With perfect beauty..." "Hello, love." "How are you?" "My dad woke up!" "Yeah, just like before, right?" "No." "This time for real." "He woke up!" "Radical." "The water is too cold." " He woke up." " It's freezing." "Come on, Dad." "Let's see you lift your hand." "Higher!" "Higher!" "They're going to throw us out." "You don't think I'd lie, do you?" "Oh, c'mon, where is it?" "In the oven." "You look so much like your father." "Amazing." "Do you want to go home now, Lauro?" "No?" "We're really impressed." "His recovery is amazing." "See, Alfonso." "I told you he'd make it." "Will he stay here long?" "A change would do him good." "I couldn't agree more." "Have you talked to your grandmother?" "Not yet." "They want to see if he goes under again." "I'll talk with her this week." "I could release him today." "What!" "He'll recover faster if he goes home." "Can't he stay until tomorrow?" "How can you leave him here for another day?" "I'll go talk to Grandma." " I'll go with you." " Don't leave me alone." "He won't bite." "We'll see how he does at home." "It won't be easy, but he'll be better off." "Grandma will have a heart attack." "Grandma, what would give you the greatest joy?" "I don't know." "Winning the lottery." "Sonia has news for you." "You won't believe it." "You're not pregnant?" "Don't worry about that." "You two are so secretive." "Oh." "It's shaking!" "Come on, dear." "Hurry, Adela!" "I'm not afraid." " It's an earthquake, Ma'am." " We can feel it." "I'll see who it is." " Did you feel the earthquake?" " There paramedics can't wait all day." "Tell them you'll tip them well." "We can't wait." "They're calling us." "Just five minutes more." "We can't." "It's an emergency." "I'll give you a good tip." "We'll get into trouble." "Alright then." "Give him to me." " Give him to you?" " Yes." "Give him to me." "Can you manage?" "Tell your grandmother what happened to Father." "He died?" "I asked you what would make you happy." "No, he's not dead." "On the contrary." "He woke up?" "Yes, Grandma." "Just like that." "In fact, that's him ringing." "He's outside." "My son, you came back." "I thought I'd never see you again." "But here you are." "You're home." "Kiss him later, Grandma." "I'm not a weight lifter." "Let him see himself in the mirror." "You're home, son." "Good afternoon." "Come in." " Hello, Isabel." "How are you?" " Fine thank you." "Is Sonia home?" "Yes, she's inside." "How is everything going?" "Since Mr. Lauro's return, the whole house is upside down." " Hi my love." " Hello." "How are you." " Fine and you?" " Fine." " How is your father?" " You won't recognize him." "Really?" "Really." "He looks great among our family pictures." "Will you please just listen?" "Monica!" "Shit!" "Still fighting with your girl?" "She really pisses me off." "I don't know why I put up with her." "Because of her ass." "Right?" "Let's go." "Can I see your dad first?" "Don't bother." "He's the same." "How's the new scenery, sir?" "Armando." "Call him Father-in-law." "You're part of the family." "Hello, Elena." "Congratulations." "How are you?" "Very glad." "Happy." "After all these years." "Who could have believed it?" "I was sure he'd wake up." "Come on, Grandma, don't lie." "See you later." "Bye, Dad." "Goodbye, Elena." "Bye, Lauro." "Don't run out on your mama." "Aren't you coming to the party?" "No." "I'm in a rotten mood." "You should be jumping for joy." "If just having Dad home isn't enough... then be glad you don't go to the hospital anymore." "Cool down, Sonia." "Want me to run around, jump up and down because my father came back?" "It would be the same to you if he'd died, wouldn't it?" "Oh, bullshit!" "I swear." "You're so hung up with Monica you don't realize... it's like Father had returned from the dead." "I wish I'd seen your grandmother's face when he came home!" "And Sonia's!" "They were amazed." "Let's go, girls." "We've got to buy something to drink." " Can we get some charanda?" " Sure." "If you buy some whiskey, I'll go with you." " Got any money?" " Zero cash." "Whiskey." "Whiskey." "You're a yuppie, just like Monica." "Come on, I'll buy." " Just let me change." " NO!" "Let's go." "So much has happened." "Your father died more than ten years ago." "He left everything to you." "He knew you'd wake up." "He was so right." "You've seen your kids." "They're serious, responsible and loving." "Alba learned she was pregnant with Daniel right after you fell into a coma." "They came to live here." "Alba is a beautiful woman." "She found a man." "Rogelio." "She's lived happily with him for years." "She's always cared about you and about your kids." "And Adela." "I like Adela so much." "She's Sonia's best friend." "She too spent many afternoons taking care of you." "Well, son, you have to rest." "Mom, tell me what Uncle Lauro looks like." "I haven't seen him, Elenita." "What do you think?" "Like a dead man." " Really, Mom?" " Of course not." "Please kids don't be silly." "It's no time for jokes." "Uncle's condition is very delicate." "Can't we say how we feel?" "No, you can't." "Just give your uncle a kiss and go play Nintendo." "Alright?" " Hello, Daniel." " Hi, Auntie." " How's you dad?" " Fine, thank you." "Hello, son." "How's the Lump?" " Kind of heavy." " Heavy." "Let's go in." "Let your sister go first." "See you later." "I've got homework to do with a friend." "A friend?" "Not a girlfriend?" " How can you think that?" " Maybe it's Monica." " She's looking really well." " Yeah, she is." "Give her my best." "How about cash?" "Need any?" "No, Uncle, it's okay." ""No, Uncle, it's okay."" " Do you have a job or something?" " No." "No?" " Well, if you insist, Uncle." " No way." "Start working instead." "Tell Monica I said hi." "Elenita, come on, give your uncle a kiss..." " Come on." " No, Daddy, no." " You, Toñito, give your uncle a kiss." " No, please." "I don't want to." "Don't even ask me." "Everyone, out and play." "My friend!" "What a pleasure." "Lauro, brother." "Are you sure he understands?" "Of course he does, Valeria." "He's still weak." "That's all." "What do you think, compadre?" "I married your sister." "You finally did it, dear." "Remember how long he was chasing me?" "Did anyone tell him how long he was asleep?" "Well, I don't really know." "Twenty years, Lauro." "You were gone for twenty years." "Half your life." "Don't cheer him up, dear." "You look real well, Lauro." "Like José Emilio Pacheco wrote:" ""We are all now what we hated twenty years ago."" "The President of the U.S., a guy named George Bush... was the director of the C.I.A." "With the Free Trade Agreement, everything is going to be great." "The message in four words:" ""Now we're really fucked."" "We're now living in the New World Order:" ""The whole world for the gringos, even the Russians."" "You were lucky." "I mean, Lennon was shot." "He died, you lived." "I call that luck." "Liberty is being able to choose your shackles." "Remember Jesus Rocha?" "Both his sons turned out gay." "Isn't it marvelous, Lauro?" "Now you can get a transplant of anything you want." "Now we're fighting for democracy." "Without it, there is no future." "The gringos are even beating us at soccer..." "You know we're now the world's model of beauty." "We won the Miss Universe title." "And the Free Trade Agreement?" "Nobody knows a thing." "The only thing I missed of your friendship was Valeria." "How is your sister?" "Shall we still call you Lauro, or change it to Lazarus?" "You know, that guy who got up and walked around." "This Free Trade thing is really going to kick us around." "But we'll keep up the struggle." "Just like always." "The few that survive don't know another way." "All Mexicans are improving." "That's why I learned English." "After all these years, you look pretty beaten up." "How do I look?" "I just came by to up Daniel, sir." "Excuse me." "Sonia, your father needs his sleep." "He's very tired." "Okay, Grandma, you pull the chair." "Hold his arms." "Ready." "Two, three..." "Maybe we should give him a bath." "Alright." "Help me." "Hey, Lauro." "How about a warm bath?" "Sonia, your father!" "I'm going to phone Daniel!" " Nothing happened." " Just a little fall." "You know, Sonia." "I don't think he wants us to bathe him." "Is that right, Lauro?" "Look at his hand." "Don't get me wet, Dad." "It's alright." "Calm down." "Stop splashing." "And Alba?" "Mom?" "She's in the Amazon." "Studying plants." "Can you say my name?" "DA-niel." "DA-niel..." "Do you think I'm an imbecile, or what?" "So long." "Where are you going?" "To school." "What do you study?" "I took two semesters of philosophy, but my real interest is theater." "Don't give Grandma a hard time." "Look what I brought you." "This is for your hands." "This is for your reflexes... and for your muscles." ""The U.S. won't abuse the Free Trade Agreement."" "And they expect us to believe them?" ""Army Attacks Russian Parliament."" ""Yeltsin resists."" ""They shoot without warning."" "Who is Yeltsin?" "The President of Russia." "I'm so thrilled." "Look how you're getting stronger." "Do it again." "I still can't with my right hand." "You erase it." "Then you enter it as often as you like." "Do you see?" "In this RAM memory you can temporarily store... any other notes you want with your document." "I'm too old for this." "Just don't be afraid of the machine." "I'll leave him to you, Alberto." "How are you, Lauro!" "Alberto!" "How do you feel?" "How do you expect me to feel?" "Lost in space." "Sit down." "Tell me how you are, what you've done." "Well, fine." "Working." "I'm married." "I've got two kids." "A girl, 14, and a boy, 11." "Are you still at the newspaper?" "What else?" "It's like a habit." " What's happened?" " With what?" "With everything." "With Mario Gomez." "We were together at the demonstration." "On the 10th of June '71... the government cut off all possibility of dialogue." "You really don't remember anything?" "We were on San Cosme Avenue, marching, when suddenly... from the side streets, these sons of bitches swarmed out." "I remember running." "The shots." "People falling around me... and these guys hitting us with bamboo sticks." "The Hawks... cracked you on the head." "Alba and your parents searched for you like crazy." "I barely escaped." "I ran like hell to my folks' house on Rio Lerna, remember?" "We were there last Christmas." "You're out of it, man!" "My parents moved 15 years ago." "You can't live there anymore." "It's like a shopping mall." "You haven't told me what happened to Mario Gomez." "They made him disappear." "What did the newspapers say?" "Partial truths." "More was written about '71 than '68." "But it's all been sanitized." "More has been written over time." "I brought you some things." "A book by José Agustin." "A film by Jorge Fons." "What else?" "What else is burning?" "Don't talk like an Argentine." "What else is burning...?" "I don't smoke grass anymore." "After two days we found you at the Red Cross." "We put you in the Medical Center." "Until it fell down." "You were among the few survivors." "You know about the big earthquake, don't you?" "My kids told me about it." "The whole city almost came down." "Buildings fell." "Thousands died." "The Regis Hotel went down." "The Juarez housing complex..." "Although, the army and police closed off the damaged areas... to prevent vandalism, they said... still the people, the real people, didn't care." "With shovels, knives, and our bare hands... we pulled survivors from the rubble." "You remember our slogan:" ""The people united, will never be defeated."" " We ruled this city." " No shit!" "Hey!" "Watch out!" "Warn me, man..." "Did the Franco government fall?" "He fell over dead in '73 or '74." "And Fidel?" " Velazquez?" " Castro!" "Can you believe it?" "There's no Communist party anymore?" "No USSR." "They call it something like the Sovereign Baltic Republics..." "Do you know about Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Perestroika...?" "My mother told me." "They reformed their constitution." "They have a free economy." "They're even friends with the Americans." "They have a president now." "There's even a TV commercial for Mexican shoes set in red Square." "Their problem is a lot of hunger." "Who won in Vietnams?" " We did." " That's logical." "Logical, yeah." "Now the trouble is with oil, with pollution..." "It's impossible to really know what's happening in the world." "Misinformation is managed by computers and satellites." "It's like waking up on another planet." "What do you think?" "Better or worse?" "How do you see it?" "I don't know either." "Today it's hard to distinguish... guerillas... terrorists..." "No one is trustworthy." "Too many changes." "Tell me how all the years went by." "I mean inside you." "Like two days, Alberto." "Like Rip Van Winkle." "What are you going to do now?" "Write?" "First, I have to recover." "Let me interview you." "It would be good." "Get out all that stuff from inside." " How have you felt?" " Really out of place and time." "How are your legs?" "Let me see..." "Feel anything?" "I'll never walk again." "You'll need hydrotherapy." "Your muscles are still atrophied." "Still there could be another block that requires attention." "He's watching too much TV." "He's afraid to go outside." "Isn't that right, Dad?" "I'll leave you two alone." "Come on, Lauro." "Talk to me." "Just between us." "You can see it." "They treat me like I'm stupid." "No one understands what I'm going through." "It's natural." "The misunderstanding is mutual." "It's just as difficult for your kids as for you." "You must have courage, and above all, don't lose hope." "I could go mad trying..." "Don't worry." "You can't imagine how I felt when I saw myself in the mirror." "Old." "Full of wrinkles." "All gray." "An invalid." "I was asleep for 20 years." "I can't get them back." "It's easy to say, but it was a long, long time." "It's a nice day, isn't it?" "The beer is here." "That's all you got for 50,000 pesos?" "Yeah, but I did buy some great munchies." "Munchies?" "Chips, man." "Snacks." "Munchies..." "We're shocked by today's prices." "I can imagine how you feel." "Well, you both look fine." "A little used up, but fine." "I can't complain." "I'm not doing badly." "We have a nice house." "Don't we, dear?" "We've got three cars." "I even wear a Piaget watch." "Lauro, now I believe in God." "And that's why you went to work for the government?" "There was no other way." "Even if you put it like that." "We're not doing badly." "I believe it's the only way this country can progress." "And another thing..." "I think Salinas is our best President since Cardenas." "That's a lie." "Just look at you." "You're so bourgeois." "You forgot your ideals." "Hey compadre, let's not talk about politics." "No." "Let's." "They bought you cheap." "You were the biggest Red of all..." " You're a traitor." " Stop it, Lauro." "My sister." "Your kids." "They look like aristocrats." "Well, that's great, isn't it?" "Twenty years have passed that you didn't live." "Wrong." "I spent them sleeping and dreaming." "Not crawling in shit like you two." "What's wrong with you, Lauro?" "Stay out of this!" "You're just this imbecile's wife." "Let's go, Valeria." "Yeah. leave because you stink!" "You're the one who smells." "Like a 20 year old corpse!" "Kids, we're leaving now!" "Right away!" "I don't want anything to do with reactionaries!" "If you'd lived all these years, you'd either be dirt poor... or in as deep as me." "Kids. be sure your folks show you how to fuck up this country." "You're a real shit, Lauro." "You're all corrupt." "Flunkies for the sons of bitches who did this to me." "Let's go, kids." "This party's no good." "I hope you all die." "You're really nuts." "This is none of your business." "Your answers aren't all there." "Did you ever ask yourself why your best friend changed so much?" "Why were you taken out of the picture?" "Why can't you get out of that damned wheelchair?" "Do you know how often I've asked myself these questions?" " What do you know about life?" " Nothing, Dad." "Not a thing." "But you're still stuck in the "70s." "And things have changed." "People's ideas." "Political parties, change." "You can't be that radical, Dad." "You don't know how Toño used to be." "I don't even care." "Through everything, he was always there for us... as an uncle, a friend... and as a father." "Do you know who assured me that one day you'd wake up?" "Toño." "Do you know who helped Mother when she couldn't take it anymore?" "When the whole world was against her?" "Toño." "Do you know who was Santa Claus for your kids?" "Toño, Dad." "Toño." "And I do know something about life." "About today's life, more than you do." "Dad, Adela will take you to therapy." "I've got things to do." "Let Daniel take me." "Scared to go out with me?" "I won't bite you." "For many months you were my Sleeping Beauty." "What?" "Don't you remember?" "I had you at my mercy." "Here are some magazines you never knew about." "It's good political gossip." "You have to read "Boogie, the Greaser."" "What's on your head?" "Daniel!" "What's that?" " What?" " That thing on your head." "Of course." "You've never seen a Walkman, right?" "Lauro, let's go." "We'll be late." "What's this music?" "Don't shout." "It's Pink Floyd, The Wall." "What do you think?" "Real good." "Watch out, Dad." "You're going out with Adela." "Is your dad gone?" "Peace at last." "The Lump isn't home." "You're right." "He'll forgive me for saying so, but he can be a pest." "I'm mad at him." "I'm worried about your mother." "Do you think she got the letter?" "I said, I wonder if your mother knows what happened." "No, she doesn't." "I didn't dare send the letter." "Oh." "You shouldn't have." " I feel like Tarzan." " And I'm Jane." " Okay, Tarzan." "I'll race you." " Right on, Jane." "On your mark, set, go!" "You can't catch me." "Even if I run backwards." "I told you it was dangerous to go out with Adela." " He ended up real handsome." " What are you watching?" " We're not watching." " We're playing Nintendo." "Playing?" "What's it about?" "You gotta kill all the little guys that appear." "Like this." "You push here, then..." "Alright." "Okay, I got it." "Dad, it's 4 o'clock in the morning." "Go to sleep." "Alright." "Just let me get to level 6." "Mrs. Alba!" "Have you seen a ghost, or what?" "No." "Come in." "How was your trip?" "Fine, thanks." "How's your daughter." "Very well, thank you." " Are my kids around here?" " They're inside." "And Elena?" "She's inside too." "Lauro!" "Alba!" "How is it you're out...?" "That you're awake." "I don't know." "One day." "Just like that." "I'm so happy." "How do you feel?" "How should I feel in this wheelchair, old, with grey hair?" "I color mine." "I hear you're living with a man." "His name is Rogelio." "He's a wonderful guy." "How will you tell him?" "Tell him what?" "That your husband woke up, and you're coming to live with me." "We have to talk." "Long and in depth." "But not right now..." "I just got back from a long trip." "I hoped to surprise my kids." "And, I find you here alive..." "I mean awake." "Let me get home, then we can talk in peace." "This is your home, Alba." "I understand you needed a man... and I accept that." "But now I'm here, and you're my woman." "But you have to understand, I'm not your wife anymore." "I love another man." "I fell asleep yesterday." "You were put to sleep on June 10, 1971, ...more than 20 years ago." "Don't you understand me?" "I do, Lauro." "But we're different people now." "We've changed." "Haven't you seen your kids?" "Sonia!" "Daniel!" "Thanks..." "Did you meet any Jibaros, Mom?" "No, but I did meet some witch doctors." "Any cute ones?" "There was something for everyone." "This is for both of you." "Thanks, Mom." "Now let's see." "This was for me... but I'll give it to you, Lauro." "Thanks." "That skull was my present from one of the witch doctors." "And how do you feel?" "Why didn't you tell me before?" "Well, Mom." "He just woke up one day." "He waked up." "He woke up, idiot!" "Yeah." "He woke up an idiot, but now he's improving." " He must be bewildered." " We are all bewildered." "And you?" "I'll have to absorb it all." "He's so thin." "So old looking..." "So screwed up." "Well, yes." "The years left their marks." "Mrs. Your taxi is here." "Well, tell your father, goodbye." "We'll talk later, more calmly." "I'll go with you, Mom." "Stop here." "Let me out." "Dad, stop please." "I think I know how you feel." "Do you want to get drunk together?" "You're very lovely, Sonia." "Do you want to?" " Let's dance, Lauro." " No." "No." "So what's it, Monica?" "Do you want to, or not?" "I don't know, Daniel." "You make me nervous." "What can happen?" "That's what they all say." "But, when a girl allows her boyfriend those liberties... respect gets lost." "So I have my doubts." "Monica, it's just making love!" "What does it have to do with respect?" "Besides." "I'm scared of AIDS." "That's what condoms are for." "We'll be careful." "If you want, we'll go to my house." "With your family running around?" "We can go to a hotel." "Daniel, what's the rush?" "There's no rush." "I'll wait until you want to." "But don't take so long." "Monica, you fascinate me." "I want to have you in bed, undressed... making love to you." "See, you're so foul-mouthed." "For saying what I feel?" "I want you!" "Let me think about it." "More?" "Welcome back to the world." "What kind of a joint was that?" "That music was worse than the worst of my time." "Your friends have no political conscience." "They don't even know who Lenin was!" "Lenin!" "Oh Dad, you had a great time." "They won't lift a frying pan because it's too heavy." "And those two guys with their heads shaved!" "Come on, Dad." "I'm thinking of doing it." "You shave your head, and you'll deal with me." "You might look great like that." "I think I will." "I'm warning you, Daniel!" "Are you going to punish me?" "Of course." "I'm your father." "Really?" "When did you last pay for my dentist?" "Do you want to bet?" "Bet that you won't do it?" "You're too vain to shave it." "You know something, pal?" "You look like an old man." "You talk like an old man." "You think like an old man." "With you I can't tell... if you're a twenty year-old boy who was put to sleep... a forty-something that woke up," "or the old man you represent." "Good night." "When I was your age, they used to say I looked like Mick Jagger..." "Good music." "Now you'll hear some good music." "Where are my records?" "Who knows where they are?" " What the hell?" " Where are they?" "How dare you do that to my records!" "I had every Janis Joplin, the complete Beatles." "Where are they?" "How should I know?" "Look at my room!" "What's wrong with you?" "I want my records!" "Mom has your fucking records." "I want them here." "Right now!" "This is a total lack of respect!" "What's going on here?" "He's gone too far!" "See how he trashed my room." "Why?" "Ever since he got here, he's thought he was the boss." "He expects us to pay attention, to wait on him... whatever he wants." "I'm fed up." "Now, I don't even have a room!" "He just pushes us around." "Asking, ordering and shouting." "He forgets that he was always just the Lump for us." "Don't say that, Daniel!" "And it's not to be mean, but think what we gave up... because we went to the hospital everyday." "I can't remember when I wasn't taking care of him, washing him, exercising him, changing his diapers!" "I thought if he woke up it would be different." "That he'd be my father." "And he comes on like a boss." "I wish he'd stayed asleep." "You would have liked that, Daniel!" "Shut up, Lauro." "You two stop it!" "None of you love me." "I'm going to take a nap." "Has your brother phoned?" "We need an opening date soon." "We're getting really hung up." "You're angry, Sonia." "It's more sadness." "I just don't understand my father." "We talk, but we always disagree." "It will be over soon." "I'm sure of that." "Anyway, I don't want you to live here anymore." "I've been working, and saving like a madman." "I have a little put away too." "Very nice!" "You look so romantic together." "That's all I needed!" "My daughter making love in my house with just any imbecile!" "You never learned any respect." "Since you're a couple of bums, you can't even afford a hotel." "In my house, I can make love to anyone I want." "Mind your own business." "Look, kid." "You can't speak to me like that, here, or anywhere else." "I'm your father." "I'm tired of my father." "He's a nightmare." "Get the hell out of here!" "Both of you!" "What are you waiting for?" "Take it easy, father-in-law." "Who said you could call me that?" "We were just kissing." "You're crazy." "I feel sorry for you." "This jerk leaves!" "Now!" "Armando isn't going anywhere." "No?" "Well, you're going with him." "What's going on?" "Mind your own business." "What's this all about?" "I said it's none of your business." "You're going overboard." "You're sick." "Those 20 years left you more fucked up than..." "I won't return it, not because you're my father... but because you're such a mess." "This is my house." "And I run it." "I told you not to shave your head." "And from now on, we do things my way." "Anyone doesn't like it knows where the door is." "I'm going with you." "Bye, Grandma." "Satisfied?" "Do you want to go with them?" "Get to your room!" "What's wrong, Elena?" "I don't know what's going on in this house." "Why?" "Lauro kicked out the kids and Armando." "And they left?" "Lauro was very insulting." "Don't fret." "They're likely at Armando's." "I'll go there later." "And the monster?" "In his cage." "From bad to worse, right?" "What's it to you?" "No." "You don't talk to me like one of your kids." "No one asked you in." "You're really becoming an ogre." "I don't want your opinion." "You're going to hear it anyway." "As long as you feel sorry for yourself... you'll never get out of this wheelchair." "And from here, you'll never recover the time you lost." "It would have been easier for everyone to disconnect from you." "I'll leave you with that thought." "Don't worry, son." "I'll have a talk with him." "You won't fix anything." "He's crazy." "Sometimes I feel he hates me." "Don't say that, Daniel." "Just concentrate on your exams." "Leave him to me." "I know him." "You think so?" "We have to give him time." "More time?" "I've already given him much of my life." "Does he care?" "No." "Just like that, he kicks me out of my house." "You can stay with me as long as you like." "I know." "Rogelio is a nice guy." "We get along fine." "But I'm not really comfortable." "I feel like a guest." "How's Sonia?" "How do you think?" "I like your haircut." "You look like Lex Luthor." "Thanks, Ma." "I'm going to see some apartments with Armando." "That's great, Sonia." "But you still have to sort things out at home." "I'm not speaking to my father." "Try to understand him." "Imagine waking up tomorrow to find Armando 20 years older... married, with two daughters?" "I'd rather not." "Think about your grandma..." "This is breaking her heart." "I can't." "It hurts me too." "Don't give up, Sonia." "You're a winner." "You've got a lot of nice things in here." "Look what nice cookies I baked for you, Daniel." "I'm sorry, son." "I don't know what I was thinking." "I just don't fit in." "Sometimes I wish I'd never woken up." "You don't know what you're saying." "Life doesn't go backwards." "You've got many years ahead." "You have to rebuild your life." "Alone?" "Hello, Adela." "It's time to get up and start walking." "Of course." "It's up to you, Lauro." "See you, Adela." "Lauro!" "I saw the movie." "Aren't you happy to see me?" "I came to forgive you" "and to make love to you, if you dare." "Is your mother asleep?" "The brake, release the brake, Lauro." "One leg." "The other." "Step back a little." "Now, you give me a ride." "Tired?" "Last night was pretty good." " Your a strong man." " You do what you can do." "Another round." "I wanted some." "Step on it." "I'll catch up." "I love you." "Viva México!" "Wait." "Look!" "What do you think of your Mexico, Lauro?" "It's marvelous." "When will you sort out the problems with the kids?" "I don't know." "You can't avoid it." "I don't want to think about it now." "Don't tell me you can even think!" "I like you very much, Adela." "Sonia?" "Adela?" "You've been lost." "A blue prince?" "Something like that." "Can you tell me who?" "Let me work on him." "Don't jinx me." "But, you're happy?" "I've never felt so good." "It shows." "We'll sign for the apartment today." "So soon." "Which did you choose?" "The penthouse." "Great." " Take care." " You too." "Say hi to Armando." " Hi, how are you?" " Fine, and you?" "And Sonia?" "She just left." "What's up?" "I need your help." "What kind of help?" " A favor..." " What kind?" "...Emotional." "Lend me your apartment." "Sure." "Just remember, Sonia is coming back in a while." "Very late?" "She was going to sign a contract, and then to see your grandmother." "It's alright." "When we move in, we'll have a big party." "I'll invite you." "I'm so glad you're happy, Sonia." "Your brother called yesterday." "Traitor." "He calls you, but not me." "He wants to come home." "He said so?" "No." "But I know him well." "And, Dad?" "He went out with Adela." "With Adela?" "They see a lot of each other lately." "He looks very well." "In good spirits." "She hasn't said anything?" "No." "Nothing." "We've been missing each other recently." "I only see her at rehearsals." "And then, we're real busy." "How is the play coming along?" "We're just waiting for an answer." "We want to sell out 100 shows, so we can go on tour." "You'll be fine." "You have a great thing in hand." "Daniel used to say he was taking my car to the hospital." "You know why?" "He was teaching Monica to drive." "Like you and I." "I like your smile." "Why do you want to grow up?" "Like is a game." "And you're a good player." "Can I ask you a favor?" "Take the skull back." "To be, or not to be?" "That is the question." "I have to go to the bathroom." "You're on your own." "Pass me the crutches." "Don't be afraid." "My legs still won't hold me." "Give them to me." "Walk without them." "I'll catch you." "You see!" "I knew it." "You'd never know, if you hadn't tried." "Find someone else to make fun of." "You think I'm making fun of you?" "I can see it." "Dumb broad." "Anyway, I proved I'm still a man." "So you can leave." "Well then, you do have something to thank me for." "Nice guys!" "I could have gotten a job and looked for a bigger apartment." "You could have asked me to live with you." "You must be living like a king with your mom." "Yeah, but she's even more nervous than my grandmother." "Why don't you move back home?" "With the Lump?" "No way." "I called the other day to say hi." "You should have heard him:" ""...very well, thank you." "No, grandmother isn't home..."" "I should have hung up." "You're the same as him." "You both make the same scenes." "Daniel is worse." "What's up guys?" "Were you crying, Adela?" "No." "It's the smog." "Something happened?" "Sure?" "What would it be?" "Adela." "It's like we didn't know you." "Your father is an asshole." "My father!" "Yes." "The Lump." "He's everywhere." "I don't know how long I've loved him, helped him, made love to him... not for all of you, but because I love him." "And today, for the dumbest thing, he tells me where to go." "Well, welcome to "Heartbreak Hotel."" "What?" "I hope you're not taking any of my books." "Don't worry." "If I do, I'll bring them right back." "Starting next month, we have Mondays at the Coyoacan Theater." "But the best part is:" "we get 40% of the ticket sales." "Our friends will have to pay." "When do we start dress rehearsals?" "Monday." "We'll need some money." "I'm broke." "I still need some things." "Props and stuff..." "Can anyone ask for a loan?" "I'll ask my mother, but we need to pay her back." "When haven't I paid you back?" "Let's get going?" "I'll go see my mom." " See you then..." " Right here?" "Can you imagine?" "Adela Lopez Rua presents:" "Sonia Cantillo and the little man who just left..." "My husband." "In: "Ecosystems."" "Lauro." "You're not behaving." "I know you don't love me, but I still love you." "I'm inviting you to our dress rehearsal at the Coyoacan Theater." "I'd love to see you there." "We start at 8 o 'clock." "Kisses." "M other." "Can you give me a loan?" "You look so handsome." "Why do you need it?" "I'm looking for work." "It's about time, Lauro." "Isabel, could you call me a cab?" "Right away, sir." "You're going downtown, aren't you?" "How do you know?" "I'm psychic." "You wrote something, didn't you?" " Thank you." " You're welcome." "I can't believe you're here." "I have an article for you." "Come in." "Sit down." "Coffee?" "Rocio, please bring us two cups of coffee." "It's called "The Relativity of Time."" "I hope you like it enough to publish it." "Come on." "I haven't published you, because you haven't written." "Is it good?" "I like it." "It will make people think." "How about a space in the Sunday supplement?" "I'd love it." "On the condition that you give me two articles a week." "I can give you three." "I have a lot to say." "Don't tell me..." "Why don't we all just read it?" "Rocio, don't bring this working man's coffee to this office." "He hasn't earned it." "Take it to the newsroom." "Lauro Cantillo!" "I can't believe it." "Evil ones!" "You beings know nothing." "And so it will stay the same until we all learn the world is a craft... on which we all travel with first, second and third class tickets." "Nothing will change until we learn that the destruction of a tree... in the Amazon jungle... affects London, New York or any other part of the globe." "If we're not moved even by starving children... we are irreversibly doomed to death." "From the top again." "Was something wrong?" "Armando can't hold you that long." "You need some exercise, boy." " The lights are fine, Pecos." " Yes, miss." "Toño." "I'd like to talk to you." "About what?" "I want to apologize." "Forget about it." "Everything was so sudden." "Such a shock." "To find you like this... different." "You and I shared ideas together and something came between us." "I was stubborn too." "All the time you were asleep, I too struggled to defend those ideals." "Because what changes aren't our ideas, It's how you use them in order to make a historic change." "Still I know that, when I die, I'll feel exactly the same." "I think I'll get into politics." "In which party?" "PRI or PRD?" "As an independent." "You're nuts, brother." "There's no future that way." "You're still thinking like you did 20 years ago." "Maybe become an analyst." "I want to participate actively." "Do some writing but..." "Times change, we live in a different world." "You're a man stuck in the 70's." "You have an advantage." "You haven't had to adapt to political currents over 20 years." "Why don't you help us." "We need people like you." "With that human sensibility..." "help us." "Share your ideas." "Don't shell yourself." "Hey, let's have a drink." "Adela, it's Aldama." "I have some paintings to restore." "There's good money involved." "Call me soon." "Bye." "Adela, it's me." "I feel like a jerk talking to a machine." "I miss you with all my soul." "Adela, forgive me." "I'm so stupid." "H ere the solution is to save your own neck." "If Daniel wants to be a businessman, let him." "At least he'll make a lot of money." "You kids are clear about that." "Kids today only think of money." "I can't blame them." "They have no other choice." "Adela." "How are you?" "Fine." "And you?" "Long time, no see." "Trying to deal with this man who still questions everything." "Is he right?" "He's right." "He just has to grow up." "It's getting late." "I have to go." "Your sister is going to kill me." "Good to see you, compadre." "See you, Adela." "Oops!" "My cigarettes." "How's the play?" "Great." "You're invited to the opening." "Cool." "Thank you." "Bye." "Did you left that porno message on my machine?" "Yes, I did." "I love you, Adela." "That's too bad..." "Because I'll never let you go." "Cuba Recovers Sports Leadership in Latin America." "Alfonso Garcia Robles Dies." "What a pity." "I want to read you an article." "It's called: "The Relativity of Time," or "The Lump."" "On June 10, 1971... a Hawk struck a blow which disconnected me from the world." "Now, two decades later, I ask myself: "Where to begin?"" "Reunite with my kids?" "Peers of my same mental and emotional age... whom I don't know, didn't raise..." "and never saw grow up?" "I never heard their first words, knew their fears and follies." "Their childhood passed me by." "They learned many things." "They know much more than I." "It pained me to get to know the woman who was once my wife." "I felt myself lost in emptiness." "Today, in a present in which I may not belong..." "I maintain my ideals, my tastes and my values." "After all, I fell asleep yesterday, and 20 years went by." "You still have talent and craft." "I think it's fascinating." "I need your help to buy some clothes, shoes and other things." "Hold on." "I don't have much money." "Who asked you for money?" "He's a productive man, Elena." "Going to the party tonight, Adela?" "Yes." "But as Lauro's not invited, I'll go with you." "For misbehaving, Lauro." "It's a tough climb." "I promise not to blow it." "Can I come in?" "Dad!" "Of course." "So good of you to come, Lauro." "Meet Rogelio..." "Pleased to meet you." "I've heard a lot about you." "Good or bad?" "Unfortunately, good things." "They love you a lot." "I already knew you by sight... but with hair." "Lauro." "Nice haircut." "Can I get you a rum and Coke?" "Sure." "Just make it light and call me Father." "Yes..." "Father." "Can I help?" "How do I look?" "Not that bad." "I lost the bet." "I read your article." "That's what you used to do?" "That's what I do." "I'd never read anything by you." "You're not that bad." "Glad you liked it." "I didn't say I liked it." "I said you're not that bad." "I don't know how to reach you." "You're here now, aren't you?" "Hey Lump, it's your fault that Grandma can't stop crying." "Twenty years went by, we couldn't live in peace..." "We visited the hospital each and every day..." "The hospital?" "The hospital?" "To give therapy to this miserable animal..." "Animal, animal, animal..." "Here's a story I want to tell, A Lump's rap is what you'll hear." "Everyone won't like it, But this tale's all true." "That morning, it wasn't his day," "He went to the street to demonstrate." "Something happened." "What do you think?" "A "Hawk" cracked him a knockout blow." "For being an activist, he was put to sleep." "But he became a Lump and was left for dead." "He was a Sleeping Beauty, but then one day," "He got out of bed all old and thin." "Even his family was afraid of him." "Move one leg, and then the foot." "Shake your head and start again."