"Bartolo, Bartolo,..." "Don't wait for me this evening, Juan Aguirre's coming from the sea." "Hi, Mom." "I came for the wine bottle I bought yesterday for Juan." "I know the siren's sounded, but I know he's on the way now." "Don't you see him coming?" "He's right there." "Good bye, Mom." "Hey!" "Let all the pirates know that Juan Aguirre has arrived!" "Shut up, Bully,... don't go jumping around on board, and lay off the poisonous language!" "What's that you brought?" "Neptune's trident." "If you want it for your cave,... you'll have to tear it from me by force, if you're up to it." "Now you see I've got courage." "I've got you, you damned pirate!" "Ah, so you thought you'd beaten me, huh?" "Careful, you're drowning me!" "I surrender, I surrender!" "Don't drink so much, you great sot!" "Wine is for drinking, isn't it?" "Not for me." "Hi, Juan." "Good day, Don Eustaquio." "Do you know where my boats are?" "At dawn they came following us... but when they saw we were headed back to port... they changed the course and continued on toward the northwest." ""They want more fish, let's go", I said." "You arrived today filled to the gunwales." "Yeah, the truth is we were lucky." "It was bad night." "It seems luck is on your side, Juan Aguirre." "Hang on." "I've suggested this many times, and I will now propose it again:" "Do you want to associate with me?" "No, thanks, I'm interested in fish,... not in money." "What I really like is the sea." "If it were up to me, I'd just fish and then throw them all back into the sea." "Juan, come, something big's going to happen for you." "Today we are taking it out of hand, and the price is golden." "Then you count it for me, awhile I go with young Pedro... and we have lots of things to do." "OK, see you later." "If you change your mind, I'll be here." "I don't think I will, I know my own mind." "And what I want is for you to make all the money... and for me, total freedom." "Hey, Toñona, get pretty for the party --- Juan Aguirre has come!" "Listen up, get ready!" "One, two,...and three!" "~ Come on, run!" "~ Let's go!" "Don't just stand there, man, run!" "Run!" "Run, run, we're winning!" "A little more!" "Ah, I won!" "Good, you won fair and square." "Go, bring this to the cave." "I'll wait here." "Aren't you going with me?" "No, never." "That's your own special place." "You know I always say that in this life, every man must have his own place." "I'm going now." "Hey, Pedro, look, look what's there!" "You're crazy, Juan Aguirre!" "Completely crazy!" "Juan Aguirre!" "What do you want, head sacristan?" "Don José want to talk with you, he's waiting for you in the church." "Good, tell him I'm on the way." "Tell me, Juan Aguirre:" "don't you think we should send young Pedro... to a school in the city?" "You mean to an orphanage, right?" "I said "a school"." "Don José, you and I both know it's an orphanage." "All right, call it what you want,... but don't you think he'd be better off there?" "If you don't mind me saying so, no." "Why not?" "Well...because there..." "I'm sure he would feel like... an orphan." "And here he's a boy waiting for his mom to come back." "You and I both know that's impossible... it would require a miracle." "Good --- you believe in miracles." "Me, too." "But you know, as do I, that a boy shouldn't live without a father." "So now I'm his dad." "Much less without his mother." "By God's grace, I'm also his mother." "Ah, love addles you up, Juan Aguirre!" "The fact is that the boy is living like a man before he should have to." "No, he's not living like a man,... it's me who's living like a child." "You spend your life at sea... and to a child, in solitude, it is beyond the imagination... he believes in Neptune, in sirens, in pirates,... in animals that talk..." "You always said that the important thing is to believe... because when you believe, you can believe in only one thing:" "in God." ""Believe in God, and you can achieve whatever you want."" "Those are your exact words." "They're the words of Saint Agustín." "Well, whatever." "No, don't burden me with that trouble, Juan Aguirre!" "It's all right, man, don't get upset." "And now, tell me something that I have to know:" "who's spreading the dirt... that I'm suggesting that Pedro leave the village?" "Don't ask me, Juan,..." "I can't tell you." "Tomorrow, the celebrations of our Patron begin,... and if I were to answer what you're asking me... we would stain these days with hatred and violence." "Well...then let us ask Our Lady to enlighten us all." "Hurray for the Patron's feast day!" "Hurrah!" "¡Bruno, Bruno!" "What's going on?" "Jesus, what a fright!" "Hey you, see if you call out before entering." "Hey!" "You have to go to fix the speaker." "Well, Bruno,... what...what do I tell my father?" "Your dad, about what?" "About the car." "Ah, yes." "Tell him I'll go check the engine after the holidays." "Bye." "Come on, let's go." "Hey, Bruno --- who's that?" "Elisa." "She is the daughter of the pharmacist from the next village... who's come here for the celebration." "But she's not your girlfriend, right?" "No, no, she wants to be my girlfriend..." "She's a beauty." "Your girlfriend is Miss Carmen, the teacher,... isn't that right?" "Man, she's a beauty, too... but a bit more serious." "But she wants to marry you." "There's her, and that,... and the daughter of the mayor, and of the pharmacist,... and of the village clerk." "They all want to marry to get themselves someone." "But it's not worth it to marry me." "You, to get married, you don't want to... you just want to strut around like a rooster, right?" "Hey, not a word of this to Miss Carmen." "Do you understand?" "As you say, Don José." "As you'll see:" "I thought you were going to eat by yourself today... the day of our sainted Patron, and... it occurred to me to invite you." "Fine...and apart from your kindness in inviting me... do you want to know something else about me, maybe?" "Of course I want to speak with you." "In confession?" "No, no, no,... in confidence." "I think I should prevent something:" "your relations with Bruno... haven't been regarded favorably by some people... who have entrusted their children to you." "And who are they to reproach me?" "If I do my work as I should..." "I think I have the right to choose who I want." "And the one you choose just happens to be Bruno?" "Yes, and I am willing to marry him." "If that's how it is, young lady... may God be praised." "Mount them on the boat." "Well, I've made my point, I'll go back to where I came from." "You were lucky today, man, I won't charge you anything..." "Put a donation in the alms box." "Thank you, Bruno, but wait for me --- we'll go out together... ~ I want to ask you something..." "~ For the widows?" "No, today I won't beg on behalf of my widows." "Then for your orphans." "Cold, cold." "Today I'm going to pray for single people." "Man, Father, that we can understand." "Well, well, I will also invite you for an aperitif at the wine shop." "Man, it was about time to meet a priest willing to give something." "¤ The priest doesn't dance... ¤ because he says he has a crown." "¤ Dance, dance, Priest... ¤ so God will forgive everyone... ¤" "Juan Aguirre, who always spits whole barley!" "Sorry, Don José." "Don't worry, we'll settle this right now." "¤ The virgin of Covadonga... ¤" "Well, come on, Don José." "Spit it out for once." "Bruno..." "I'm worried." "Why?" "Tell me: when are you going to marry Carmen?" "If you need the money from the wedding, I'll advance it, all right?" "Don't laugh, don't mock me." "I'm not mocking you, Don José, it's just that..." "I take life as it comes." "What's the point of getting married and suffering?" "Well, suffer then." "If you're single, you can have fun?" "It happens." "The one compensates the other." "What happens is that I compensate in advance." "Oh, Don José!" "It's all settled, right?" "Look at Juan: he's single and he doesn't mope around." "But Carmen surely does." "You've promised to marry here, and... you're just going to drag your feet?" "Come on, Don José, you know me well,... and you shouldn't tease like that." "Because I know you, I believe it." "To those who should best know women... why so many hours in the confessional just to learn to believe in it all?" "Come on, Ramón, bring us a bottle of cider, and we're going to bite... ~ whatever looks good." "~ Good, let's go, Don José." "And forgive me for everything, eh!" "Good bye!" "I'm paying 5,000." "I bet fifty." "All right, sixty." "I want more." "200 more." "Forty five." "Hell, no." "I bet double." "That's enough." "Let's go, Juan!" "Come on, Belcebú!" "Use all your strength!" "Come on, we'll get them!" "Now we'll see some strength!" "Go, go!" "¡Belcebú!" "Great!" "You've wowed them all!" "We're the strongest of the lot!" "Bravo, bravo!" "Will you come dance with me in the plaza, Juan Aguirre?" "If it's with him, yes... you already know it." "How are the three of us going to dance?" "What do you mean, "How are we going to dance"?" "You'll see now." "How well are you leading me, Juan Aguirre!" "You dance without a word, condemned one!" "Good evening, Miss Carmen!" "~ Good evening." "~ Hello, Bruno." "Hi, how are things?" "How nice to see you, Pedro, even at a dance!" "I like seeing you like this much better than at school, right?" "Come on, Miss Carmen, no one dislikes you!" "Hi, Toñona." "Let's see if we can ever sit down and talk, Juan Aguirre." "Sure...whenever you want." "Listen: when the teacher came..." "I remember you had your eye on her." "And if I'm not mistaken, she wasn't upset, was she?" "Bah, don't spout nonsense, Toñona... we strong folks have to be good... so do me the favor of not letting your tongue wag in public, huh?" "Look: is it true you cast your eye on the teacher?" "That's what Toñona says." "Why didn't you get married?" "Because she didn't want me... she wanted you." "She thought: "If I marry Juan Aguirre..." "I can take the child every day to school."" "Don't pull my leg." "No, no, it was like this:..." "I said: "If he's going there on his own accord,..." ""why is it necessary to marry me?"" "Because you're going to go to school when the feast days come." "~ Right?" "~ Sure." "If you want I'll go to school every day." "I promise you that." "Today went well, Don José... al little short but savory." "Good things, if brief, are twice as good." "How well you express yourself since you went with the teacher!" "I'm the opposite:" "Good things, if plentiful, are twice as good." "Tell us about it, Pedro." "The High Mass, the long sermon... lots of food, and wine to spare." "Hello." "Hello, Don José." "What are you doing here, why aren't you playing with the other kids in the plaza?" "Run, go on, go with the others." "Should I?" "It's up to you, right?" "Sure." "Juan, the teacher says you should go, she's waiting for you at the school." "You mean Bruno, girl." "No way, I don't have a class until the dancing starts." "All right, fine, tell her I'm coming." "What is the bench for the ignorant, for me to sit in it?" "Hello, Juan." "Come in." "Good, you can begin." "I've called on you as always." "Do you know Pedro is going to go on missing school?" "Ah --- is this also going to haunt you, Miss Carmen?" "Why won't he come?" "He promised me yesterday that he'd come from now on." "And if he breaks this promise?" "He won't." "Why are you so sure?" "Because I've always taught him that men must keep their promises... and he has ceased to be a child." "Yesterday he called me crazy, drunk, and a liar." "Pretty soon I'm sure he'll call me other things." "He's beginning to be a man." "He needs school, friends,... the world for him has changed." "Juan Aguirre isn't the only person in it." "The truth is that you want to see him as admirable." "When one day they told me that they had sent his mother to the madhouse..." "I was alone, thinking, and I said to myself..." ""Juan Aguirre, if you stay with the boy..." ""everything else will be all right." ""You have an obligation to make him cheerful, strong,... and scared of nothing." ""For you there is nothing more than God, the sea, the boy, and you." ""What will you decide, Juan Aguirre?"" "And I decided to stand by him." "Including sacrificing everything... and living alone for the rest of your life?" "Right." "Until he's a man." "Juan..." "You know they want to move me from this town?" "Among other reasons, because my obligation is to report..." "Pedro for not going to school... and I can't do that." "And who has betrayed us?" "I don't know." "If they force Pedro to go to school... because they thought it was best for him..." "I would kiss their hands,... but it's because of hate." "And that's why I'm not willing to allow it." "But surely one day it will fall into my hands what he's done." "You want to beat me, Federico?" "You've pushed me." "You've beaten me by cheating." "Are you angry at the award?" "Take it, I just wanted to play a joke." "I want nothing from someone abandoned by his mother." "What did you say?" "The truth." "You shouldn't talk like that." "God commands you to care for your brother." "Me, this?" "If neither you nor his mother wants him, why should I?" "Guarro, I'm warning you..." "Kids, what are you doing?" "!" "Break them up!" "Quiet down!" "Settle down, knock it off!" "Don't you know that violence is the heritage of the weak?" "What happened here?" "He beat me by cheating." "And you, why did you hit him?" "Well...he said neither you nor my mom wanted me." "He told you that?" "How dare you?" "Quiet, stop, Juan, for heaven's sake!" "Yeah." "Sorry, Don José, but the balance was uneven." "Well?" "Have you gotten over your snit?" "Yeah." "Take this." "It's always better to discuss such things with friends." "What did your friends declare about the fight, Jeremías "The Pirate" versus Bartolo "The Duck"?" "I haven't spoken with Jeremías "The Pirate"... or with Bartolo "The Duck", or with anyone else." "And I'm not going to ever talk with them again." "I've been in the cave thinking... and you know what I'm going to do?" "I won't talk anymore except with people like us." "That's good." "Listen to me:..." "I'm going to tell you an important secret." "Before, you were a boy, and you didn't need to know." "The cave has in the middle of the ceiling... a strange type of crater, doesn't it?" "Sure." "Well, mark well what I'm telling you:... when you see water spray out of it... you ought to warn the people of the village... because it means there will be a sudden squall." "You got that?" "Yes." "Here, this is for your father." "Lucas, old friend... so you know we haven't forgotten you... we send you, wherever you are, a bottle of wine." "That wine is rough and strong... like all the times we toasted together... to celebrate the feast of our Patron." "Tell me one thing, Juan:... about my dad...was he as good a sailor as you?" "I should have a song in my teeth... if a day should come... if I was even half the sailor that your father was." "Juan..." "Yeah?" "Tomorrow are you headed out to sea?" "Yes, if God wills." "Tell me one thing:..." "Is it true I'm a man?" "Of course you're a man." "Then..." "I want you to tell me... whether my mother is dead... or if she's just abandoned me." "Your mother has neither died nor abandoned you." "I tell you this just before leaving on the sea... that's when men don't lie." "When your father disappeared,... the poor woman almost went mad with grief." "Every afternoon she went to the beach... and seeing that he wouldn't return, she stood screaming at the sea." "Many times we thought she was on the verge of drowning herself." "One day she came to me and said:..." ""Juan Aguirre, my husband isn't dead." ""Surely he's just lost his way back to port." ""and that's why he hasn't returned." ""I'm going to go look for him." ""If I don't find him, I'll come back alone."" "She came back alone...right?" "That can't be called crazy." "That's an excess of faith." "The blessed madness of this woman... wasn't prepared for you to grow up without a father to guide you." "Juan... if you went the whole night without sleep,... would you still go out to sea?" "By the Living Jesus Christ, I can swear I would." "But if I spent the whole night without sleep..." "I'd also still go to school in the morning." "You can believe me, Juan." "What's going on?" "You're crying?" "Yeah." "Because I'm very happy." "I'm crying tears of joy." "I'd like to... go dancing... all night." "That's good, we'll dance the night away!" "Who is it?" "I think it's Don Eustaquio." "Have you seen my men out there?" "They'll be having fun." "They have the right, don't they?" "Even though I know you don't like that very much." "I like work." "It made me think about Him and I believe in Him alone." "Speaking of believing,... long I'm getting in the face... and this is just a belief:... that the one who wants to send the teacher away from here... and send the boy to an orphanage... is you." "Am I wrong?" "You're not wrong." "But it's not like you put it." "~ Oh, really?" "~ No." "I am the president the guild of fishermen... and it's my obligation to report to whatever happens... to the Central Board." "Well, I'll show you how to fulfill that obligation." "Juan...!" "Juan, what are you doing?" "Leave me alone." "Don't go." "~ Jump!" "~ What?" "Go on, go get him!" "That'll be bad luck!" "Well, I wasn't going to choke this guy just this minute!" "Unfortunately I have!" "Is he still alive?" "Yeah..." "Good..." "I think so." "At least he's breathing." "Save him, God in heaven,... and I swear that as penance..." "I'll be able to work with him." "Attention, companions of La Azucena..." "La Carmencita, La Esperanza, y La Trinidad." "Follow me, everyone, I assure you we will leave... the sea, the palm of your hand..." "Isn't that right Don Eustaquio?" "Without a doubt." "Let's go!" "Come on, everyone!" "Let's go, quickly!" "At full throttle!" "Good bye, Mom." "But, hey, where are you going so dressed up, Pedro?" "To school." "¡María, Ramonunca, Lolona,..." "Pedro's going to school!" "Don't talk nonsense, woman." "The strong drink's finally gotten to you." "~ Hello, Don José." "~ Hello, son." "Where are you going so super-duper-handsome boyfriend of mine?" "I'm going to school." "To school?" "..." "Esther, check the calendar to see if it's the Feast of the Holy Innocents." "Good morning, Miss Carmen." "Hello, Pedro." "And Juan Aguirre?" "He's out to sea." "Come, let's go in together." ""He will come alone, because he is a man." ""Yesterday they called me crazy, drunk, and a liar." ""Soon they'll call me other things." ""I've already outgrown being a boy." ""There are other things for him in the world besides Juan Aguirre"." "Hold it, Clara, stop!" "Where are you going?" "You told me one day you'd show me your cave." "I can't do that, the cave's my secret... and it's my own business... nobody can go in." "I'll never say anything." "You sure?" "Sure." "All right, I believe you." "Let's go, I'll show it to you." "Here, in this chest I've been guarding the treasure of the pirate Jeremías "The Great"." "And what's this?" "A turtle shell." "Juan says that the newts wander upon them by the seabed." "Hey, the cave is prettier than I imagined." "Look: with that net there, Juan caught a mermaid." "Where is she?" "He threw her back... because you have to have them in a tub of salt water, and it was too much trouble." "You know mermaids, even though they live under water... they always have dry soft skin?" "No, I didn't know." "And this is the crown and trident of Neptune." "That's the latest thing he brought me." "We have to get out of here, a storm's coming, and it's one of the big ones!" "How do you know that?" "It's a secret Juan taught me." "Let's go, hurry!" "Toñona, Toñona... turn on the lights to the Virgin --- a storm's coming!" "What did you say?" "Wait, you've lost it!" "~ Bruno, Bruno!" "~ What's up?" "A storm's coming!" "A storm?" "The next time you go without calling out I'll dent your head... ~ with a monkey wrench!" "~ What are you doing, are you crazy?" "Go on, get out of my sight!" "Storm, storm!" "What's all this nonsense, the sea's as flat as a raft!" "It's true, there's a storm coming!" "This child feels too ill to go to school today." "When it's something unusual, that's what happens." "Pedro... come here." "If you're sure a storm's coming... you ought to ring the bells to warn people." "Those in the church." "But what madness is this?" "Who dares ring the storm warning without my permission?" "Maybe a storm's coming." "At this time of year?" "Who knows --- stranger things have happened!" "Agustín, for the love of God, don't spout nonsense at this time of day." "Well, all right --- where are you going, ladies?" "By the spring, we'll go to the spring, we have to ask for help." "Calm down!" "The Church is where you should go,... to see who's this crazy, and not to the spring." "Ah, it's Pedro, we didn't fall ffor... that damned kid who's spent the afternoon announcing a gale!" "Pedro?" "Spare me!" "Move, come on!" "Hurry!" "Here's the man." "But what have you done?" "Sounded a storm warning." "Do you know what you're doing, son?" "Don José: we're going to have a storm!" "Who told you that?" "Your friends the seagulls... or Neptune himself?" "No." "Juan Aguirre told me the secret." "He said that when we saw the water spraying from the ceiling of the cave... then there'd be a storm." "Why didn't you come report to me,... why not speak to me?" "Because I didn't cross your path." "I warned the whole village, but they laughed at me... and now I'm afraid for the men out to sea." "And for Juan." "Mom... pray for Juan." "Come on, everybody gather around." "Antonio, something's coming in --- which is it?" "It's La Azucena, I saw it from the pier." "That other siren is La Trinidad..." "I recognize that well." "Please: do you know whether La Gaviota has made it back?" "No." "Piru!" "What?" "Do you know anything about La Gaviota?" "No, get out of here, boy... there's nothing here for kids." "Let me stay." "By all the saints, get back!" "I've come to help you." "Come on, get up." "I can't move a lot --- careful." "Did it hurt your leg?" "Yeah." "Come on, up you go." "Let me go, don't drag me." "I think I've broken a bone." "Ah, here!" "I'm happy for you, Libio, it was hard to save the ship." "You could congratulate me for having saved some other things... for example, the lives of the crew." "That goes without saying." "It's taken for granted." "Yeah." "Libio, Libio... what's that one coming in?" "It's La Trinidad." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure." "It came in from half a mile further out than us." "Has anyone spotted La Gaviota?" "No, Don José." "La Gaviota won't be coming back." "Juan Aguirre was leaving the closer grounds for us... and he went further out to sea... as if there was someone there." "Don't wait for them." "La Gaviota won't be back." "Brothers... let us pray all together to Our Lady of Carmen... for Juan Aguirre and his men... who did not hesitate to risk their lives... to save those of their companions." "Hail Mary, full of grace... the Lord is with thee... blessed art thou among women... and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus." "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners... now and in the hour of our death." "Amen." "Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." "As it was in the beginning, now and ever shall be,... world without end." "Amen." ""Ite missa est."" "And now we pray for all who went to sea and never returned... and wait in the hope of the day the resurrection of the flesh... so that they may meet again with those they have left behind." "Over there, there he is." "Pedro!" "Pedro!" "Wait, I have to talk with you." "Pedro!" "It is useless to chase him, he knows the caves very well... and you'll never be able to find him." "Since Juan disappeared... he doesn't want company." "I won't play anymore, Juan." "You brought me them from the sea... and the sea will them back." "Hey, Francisco, how are you?" "How are things, girl?" "Murdered, with this demon's hip... it won't let me sleep a wink." "So I got up... and I went to order some goat's milk." "And I said: "Hey, it's for Pedro"." "Ah, it's you!" "Hi, Piru." "How's the leg?" "Better." "Come in, come in." "Do you want bread or a sweetroll?" "Whatever." "Tell me, why are you still committed being alone... and hiding yourself from people?" "Don't you know everyone likes you?" "Yeah, I know." "They all bring food to my house." "But I still can't face anybody." "You have to admit it, son:... it's useless to keep hoping." "The sea... sometimes it claims its tribute... taking the best." "And this time it's chosen Juan." "I believe they'll be back." "I wait for them every day on the beach... to see them reappear." "The six sailors... and Juan, in the prow." "I know they'll be back someday." "What's that you're hiding?" "What's that, chief?" "That." "And don't call me "chief"." "They say that on television." "Less television and more shame." "Yes, chief..." "I mean, yes, Father." "You see it?" "I've already made a mess...!" "Don José, Don José!" "What's the matter?" "I saw Pedro with a Christ figure." "A what?" "A Christ, like on the pictures... but full-sized, like a person." "I see." "You talked with him and he told you about it." "No, we haven't been talking." "I saw him from far off, he led him to his cave." "Someone's lost it." "Do not talk nonsense..." "Who is going to lose a Christ figure the size of a person?" "Haven't you had visions?" "No, Don José." "All right, take us there." "Where?" "Well, where did he go?" "To Pedro's cave!" "It's there, past the beach." "Fine." "You go to school." "But I wanted to know..." "I'll tell you everything." "Now leave us alone." "All right!" "Let's go!" "Yes, sir." "Do you know if he's all right?" "Now we'll both be fine." "You'll see." "I'm going to spend every afternoon here with you." "Juan always said that men should not live without company." "Juan Aguirre was my best friend." "Everyone says that the sea has swallowed him... but I'm sure that someday he'll come back to see me." "Hello, Pedro." "Hello." "Good day, Don José." "Where did you find it?" "In the sea." "In the sea?" "Yes." "I salvaged it." "It seemed to be floating." "Pedro, tell me the truth, lad." "But I AM telling the truth!" "I was waiting, like always, waiting for Juan... and He appeared in the waves, and... and He wanted to come with me." "Pedro, my boy, ease off on your imagination." "This image must belong to someone... and I have to make inquiries into whose it might be." "For the moment let's take it to the church." "But He wants to stay with me." "That's why He came here." "When we inform the authorities... you'll see the owners show up." "You always said Christ in in everything." "Yes, of course... but I mean the image... naturally we'll explain that was recovered by you." "And they'll give you a reward." "I don't want a reward..." "I want Him." "But He can't stay here... such an image as this should be in a sacred place..." "I have to take it with me." "Do you understand, Pedro?" "Pedro...!" "Pedro!" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Me?" "How am I looking at you?" "You're glaring at me like I'm doing something wrong." "And get it straight:" "Christ isn't a plaything... and it should be in the church." "As you say, chief." "Keep calling me "chief" and I'll be without a sacristan." "It seems impossible --- no one knows anything about the figure." "In that case things are clear:... the Christ belongs to Pedro." "Why?" "Man, when my aunt Ofracias stumbled across a transistor radio... the owner never showed up, so it was given to her for keeps." "Shut up, fool." "A transistor...!" "We'll erect a beautiful cross, that's what we'll do." "And it will feature in our Church of the Christ of... let's think up a name..." "The Christ of the Ocean." "The Christ of the Ocean!" "Well, that sounds just fine." "Come in, come in, we're not going to put you in jail." "I came to see if I could take it back... since nobody's claimed it..." "And how do you know no one owns it?" "The truth is that he's right." "Stay out of this." "No, sir." "I mean, yes, sir." "The fact is, we couldn't find out anything about the Christ of the Ocean." "Isn't that right?" "Yes, of the Ocean...!" "But its place is in the church." "Look, Pedro... we'll put him on His cross... and it will be a great celebration for the whole village." "And so this strange and mysterious... image has come down to us this Sunday... we'll incorporate it into our worship... with the name "The Christ of the Ocean"... and I hope you'll learn to venerate it... with your devotion." "And now, let us pray for the souls of all of ours... who have lost their life on the sea." "Jesus, living son of God..." "Jesus, living son of God..." "Jesus, sun of Justice..." "Jesus, sun of Justice..." "Jesus, strong God..." "Jesus, strong God..." "Jesus, brother of fisherman..." "Jesus, brother of fisherman..." "Jesus, refuge of castaways..." "Jesus, refuge of castaways..." "Jesus, light of the sailors..." "Jesus, light of the sailors..." "Hi." "Hi." "Who are you?" "I'm Manuel." "I'm Pedro." "Have a seat." "I have never seen you around before." "Who are you, one of the tramps who roam the world?" "As you say." "You don't have a house?" "My house is everywhere." "And after here, where are you going?" "I haven't thought about that yet." "I mean to say that all roads serve me." "Today I'm here...but tomorrow, who knows?" "You must have seen a lot of the world." "Enough." "Do you know what lies beyond the sea?" "Yes, I know." "You shouldn't know these things!" "The world is very small, Pedro." "That's the same thing Juan Aguirre used to say." "Until recently I lived with him." "One day he went to sea, but he hasn't come back yet." "Every day I watch to see if he'll come back." "I know Juan Aguirre well." "Really?" "Yes." "He was a good man." "Don José, Don José!" "Come quickly, Don José!" "What's going on now?" "The Christ...the cross...the keys..." "Christ has come down from the cross!" "What did you say?" "Since you're drunk, you'll pay for this!" "This is not something to play with!" "And now, are you still saying I'm drunk?" "Forgive me, my son." "And from that moment on, the children were always everywhere... on the streets of Jerusalem." "Hey, did you know that not even our pastor... knows the story of Jesus better than you?" "Good." "It's late." "I'm going to school." "Certainly." "I'll wait for you there at your home." "Do you remember where I said it is?" "Of course I do!" "See you." "Bye." "Never mind, Don José." "Everything's locked up securely inside." "I told you when it was Doña Cástula..." "I gave two turns to the key..." "It's weird!" "Then I think I know where the problems are coming from." "I'm going to ask Pedro." "We'll see how he explains it to me." "Pedro!" "Come here." "Good day, Don José." "What have you been up to?" "What do you mean?" "You know too much." "You detached the Christ from the Cross and tried to take it home." "No I didn't." "Don't lie." "You've always wanted to have it." "Yes, that's true, but I haven't tried to take it." "You give me your word?" "Yes, Don José." "It wasn't me." "All right..." "I believe you, son." "Go on into school." "Cheer up, Libio... there were hardly any fish, right?" "Not many fish, you say?" "All the fish off all the boats could fit in this box." "Why not accept that it was a miracle?" "A big miracle." "But why should He?" "Maybe the cross we gave was too cheap... and He wanted a better one." "Give us a break." "Jesus was the symbol of poverty, He preached humility by example." "Maybe He wanted to be with Pedro... and since we took Him away, He could have been dissatisfied." "What I..." "It's all very strange." "Double four." "Four with two." "And out." "Credit me with six." "Oh hang me again, the double six!" "What do you want to do?" "12, 19, 21. 8 and 27, 13." "But he had 38, so it's split." "Well, another round?" "Good." "~ Good evening." "~ Good evening." "Not so good." "Is it true you came back with empty vessels?" "Too right." "I don't remember that ever happening in this port." "And what to do if the fishing beds go empty?" "Them:" "I don't know; but you: shut up." "Tomorrow you'll go toward the northwest." "And if necessary, head back up." "As you order, yes, sir." "Agreed." "I don't want you to leave." "You've got a house here... and you can sleep in Juan's bed." "All right." "I'll spend a few days with you... but now I'm going to sleep." "I was very sad... ever since the sea claimed Juan... until the Christ of the Ocean showed up." "But...they took Him to the church." "And I was left alone again." "Now that you're bhere..." "I feel better." "Come on, let's go to sleep." "Look, Carmen, marriage is very serious... it's a bond for life." "Let me think about it for a few months." "Think about what?" "If it suits you best, or someone else, or someone far away from here?" "It's not that, woman...it's just that suddenly..." "You know I'll end up having to leave the village?" "Hey, hey, I didn't commit myself, and I know that very well!" "You know I don't want trouble... so leave me alone and don't walk all over me... that would be fine!" "Yes, ladies:... the Christ of the Ocean has come down from the cross over the altar... and stayed there." "It's incredible." "It's a miracle that'll make our village famous." "Why did He do it?" "SurelyHe wanted a more valuable cross." "Don't you believe it's just like you to spend so much on useless things?" "Agustín...!" "The sermons I say..." "Yes, sir." "Then you don't think it was a miracle?" "I don't know, though I have my doubts." "The truth is that I've been looking for a better explanation but haven't found one." "We haven't done well in this." "We ought to buy a cross of mahogany." "Yeah, with silver studs." "Let's all pay for them." "Christ doesn't need our wealth..." "He only worries about the purity of our souls." "But you can not take away the satisfaction... of honoring Our Lord as He deserves." "Yeah...all right..." "If that's what you all want..." "Hi, Manuel!" "Hi, Pedro." "I didn't find you in the cave, and thought I might find you here." "And the fish?" "You're not fishing today?" "Oh, yeah." "There you are." "Wow, what a phenomenon!" "You know that you're one of the best fisherman I know?" "Look, Manuel..." "Can I ask you a favor?" "Sure." "It's not for me, you understand?" "It's for the teacher and my friend Bruno..." "I found her crying." "Why was she doing that?" "He doesn't want to marry her... and I thought maybe something would occur to you... to change Bruno's mind." "It wouldn't be a bad thing, you know?" "..." "But it would help out..." "All right." "I'll think about it." "But you have to hurry, right?" "Yes." "Sure." "What's up, Piru?" "Hi." "Nothing." "Even today you didn't bring anything?" "Nothing." "We haven't seen a one." "I'd like to spend the night." "I've spent a lot of time sleeping with just the cave, waiting for Juan to come back." "If you want, we can stay." "Sometimes it's good to spend the night looking at the stars." "Good morning." "Hey, what's happening?" "Nothing, "good morning"." "Oh, sure, good morning." "Listen, if anyone comes by, you take care of things, all right, kid?" "Carmen!" "Carmen!" "Where are you going?" "Let me alone!" "What do you care?" "When I'm here, it's important to me, all right?" "How did you know I was going?" "I don't know...a hunch." "I couldn't sleep all night." "Leave me alone." "I don't want to see you ever again." "But I want to see you." "And I've come to ask you to marry me." "What do you say?" "I don't want to be anyone's favorite." "Don't start, Carmen, and don't attack me on top of that!" "You know what it costs me to ask this of you." "You only want to show the others that you're up front... but you're just making fun of me." "Carmen, you're the only one." "As far as I'm concerned, there's no one else in my life." "I'm crazy about you." "Listen to me:..." "I suddenly realized what you mean to me." "You can't have stopped loving me, not so quickly." "I really love you." "Marry me." "I beg you." "Swear to me there's been no one else." "I swear." "And it'll always be just like that?" "Yes --- forever." "Hi, Manuel." "I just saw Bruno and Miss Carmen together." "Everything's arranged." "How did you do it?" "You did it... by having faith in me." "Hurray!" "Manuel!" "Wait up!" "Where have you been?" "I've spent half an hour looking for you." "I was waiting for you in the cave... but I was too late." "And where are you going?" "I'm going fishing for dinner." "Yow, that's pretty difficult!" "Why do you say it's difficult?" "Because there aren't any fish, they've disappeared." "All the boats have come back empty." "But I say they've got to be somewhere, right?" "Where do you think they are?" "I want to know one thing:... why do you have such trust in me?" "Because I know you know where the fish are... isn't that right?" "Well, you might try the southeast... call it five miles out." "By the white cape?" "As you say." "You haven't tried that for a couple of weeks." "This could be my ruin." "We're already ruined." "Why don't we talk with the priest?" "What's the priest got to do with things?" "I don't know...to see if carrying the Christ of the Ocean in the procession... changes things." "You're stupid, Piru." "What men can't change stays the way things are." "I know where the fish are." "The fish are off the white cape." "How's that again?" "There's never been any fish there." "They are now." "Hey!" "Where do we go now?" "Where do we go now?" "To the white cape." "What's that you say?" "Are you deaf?" "The white cape!" "That's all right." "Let's go, guys!" "To the white cape!" "Let's go, everybody!" "Quickly!" "Hi, Manuel." "Hi, Pedro." "I've gotten a letter from my mother." "You'll be very happy, right?" "Sure, sooner or later." "Do you want me to read it to you?" "If you want..." "Well, of course I do." "Play close attention, it's very nice, all right?" ""Dear Son:..."" "That's me." ""Don't think I've forgotten you." ""What happened is that my job..."" ""keeps me from you."" "That's what it says: "keeps me from you"." ""What happened is that my job keeps me from you." ""I'll see you pretty soon, because I need you." ""You should be going to school." ""Hugs and kisses..." ""from your mother..." "Marta"." "You shouldn't be sad... and even less so after such a pretty letter." "Leave the bottle alone!" "Hurry!" "You've fished well, right?" "Manuel!" "Manuel, I'm here." "Manuel, did you know all the boats have come back laden to the gunwales?" "Yes, I know." "How did you know?" "Because..." "I saw them arrive." "Listen...how are things with you?" "It looks like you're sad." "No, it's nothing." "Let's go." "What's that, Manuel?" "They look like the remains of a boat, don't they?" "Yeah, that's right." "Juan..." "Aguirre." "They're from La Gaviota." "They're from the prow of Juan's boat." "Yes, I know... but you shouldn't be crying." "Now I know Juan won't be back." "Listen:" "I want you to do something for me." "Whatever you say, Manuel." "The Christ you found on the sea..." "He doesn't want to be on such a valuable cross." "You go to the village and tell them that this is His cross... and He'll never abandon them." "A cross made of the timber... of work and sacrifice." "Are you going to leave?" "There are many people who need me... but I'll always be at your side if you call me." "And how can I call you?" "It will be enough for you to think of me." "I can't bring the timber... it's too heavy." "I'll take it." "Can I come in?" "Sure, enter!" "Ah, Pedro!" "Hello, man!" "What have you got there?" "You'll see, Don José... we've brought timber for the cross for the Christ of the ocean." "I don't understand --- explain it for me." "What timber is it?" "It's from La Gaviota." "It showed up floating on the waves." "I see." "Who brought it with you?" "Manuel... and it was him that told me that the Christ will never come down from this cross." "And where's this Manuel who no one's ever seen?" "At the door, waiting for me." "In the church door?" "Yes." "He brought the timber from the beach." "Good." "Let's go get to know him." "He's gone." "Yes." "But the timber's still here, and it's from La Gaviota, just like you said." "Should we really make a cross from it?" "Pedro..." "I never know when you're telling the truth... or when it's your imagination talking." "I don't even know whether your friend Manuel exists... but I believe in miracles." "The truth is that Christ has appeared to you... and I'm going to make the cross just as you say." "Careful, Agustín, be careful." "A little more." "It weighs a lot." "A little more!" "There, that's it." "That's good." "Good...there we are!" ""This is My cross..." ""formed by all the sufferings of humanity." ""For verily I say unto you..." "I am the God of the homeless.""