"AVELLANEDA'S MOON" "What do sissies, woosies and pansies know?" "What do they know about tango, about rhythm?" "This is elegance." "What a look!" "What a figure!" "What a stand!" "What an arrogance!" "This is how tango is danced, while I draw the eight..." "For these arabesques, I'm like a painter." "Now a run, a turn, a sitting..." "This is how tango is danced, a real hardcore one!" "This is how tango is danced, feeling in one's face... blood rising with each bar... while one's arm, as a snake, coils up around the waist that's going to break." "This is how tango is danced, mixing breaths, closing one's eyes to hear better... how violins tell the bellows... why since that night Malena sang no more..." "Look at the birdie!" "Look!" "" SOAPY POLE"" "Up!" "Up!" "Come on, honey, you can do it." "Nicolás!" "Come, please!" "Well, well, well..." "Thank you very much, dear friends..." "And give a louder applause to our dearest friend..." "Alberto Castillo, Tango's doctor." "Well, well, well..." "A great applause." "Great as Luna de Avellaneda, our beloved institution!" "Let the dance go on!" "Please stop the music, guys." "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a little problem," "Luisita Maldonado is about to give birth." "Is there a doctor in the club, please?" "Excuse me, excuse me." "Make way!" "A great applause for the tango doctor!" "What a night, dear friends!" "What a night!" "A night that could only take place in our beloved club!" "Let's welcome our new member, our dear..." "Román!" "What was that?" "Román Alberto, and wish him a life-full of full moons." "Music!" "One moment..." "One moment," "One moment, please." "Ladies and gentlemen, our beloved president, founder, almost compatriot, Don Aquiles Vizcaíno Puertas says..." "Luna is honored to hand the 1° life membership card... to our beloved Romancito!" "Since that remote night in which three Galician boys... freshly arrived from Spain decided..." "A great applause for Don Aquiles, for Doctor Castillo, for our beloved club, for great little Román, and for the mother who bore him!" "Music!" "Let the dance go on... the dance of my homeland;" "See the black folk dance... to the beat of the tambourine" "Let the dance go on... the dance of my homeland;" "Román, Román!" "Román, Román!" " Don't run!" "I told you not to run." "Are you all right?" "Don't put the showers in the court." "When will you fix it?" "When you pay your dues." "One of these days a kid will slip and then..." "Okay, what's up?" "You should go to dance class..." "Something happened to a girl..." "Stay here and clean up the puddles." " Will you talk about me tonight?" " When you pay your dues." "I come every minute I have." "If I pay the dues, how do I feed my daughter?" "You can't afford her food and have your arm tattooed?" "Cut a leg from that dragon and see if she eats it." "We can't have all old men in the board of this club!" "I want to get involved!" "You want to get involved?" "Pay your dues." "Hi, daddy." "Hi, Maca." " Is the cough gone?" " Yes." " What happened?" " Nothing, I don't know." "We were stretching." "Don't look." "We did this..." "She went on and fainted." "This girl isn't a member of the club." " I know." "Don't look." " Why?" " Maybe she's a bit..." " What?" " a bit...!" " Did she bite you?" "No." "I think she's hungry." "But, Cristina..." "We don't run a charity here..." "She's a friend of your daughter's." "She brought her." "She lives across the river;" "came everyday, watched... with such a face..." "I put her in leotards and there she is." "Hello, honey." " What's your name?" " Dalma." "Emilio..." "We have company." "You like veal cutlet?" "Make her a cutlet..." "Wait, wait..." "How about some candy?" "I prefer veal cutlet." "Don't count your riches in front of the poor." " A veal cutlet with fries and eggs!" " I like cutlet too." "When I was your age, I loved them..." "My mom made me a platter like this..." "Look, this is a club..." "Members who come here pay a due, understand?" "I'd love to have you here, but... but we can't." "I like it when you bring friends to the club..." "But it's unfair to the other members... because..." "What?" "Don't look at me that way..." "I'm not a..." "I work for free here..." "I spend twelve, fourteen hours driving my cab... whenever I'm free I work here." "We get nothing for free." "No, no." "Don't look at me that way." "Punch it up with globalization, sustainable growth..." "Kids love it..." "Stop it, Nandito!" "The turd didn't call, did he?" "Eat your cutlet." "I'll be right back." " How can we stop this?" " I don't know." "We should find out." "What are you doing?" "Painting the players with our colors." "We're in the crapper and you're painting toys?" "It's a detail, man." " God is in the details." " What good it did to him." "Hello, Miss, I need to talk to my lawyer." "Hello, Miss, I need to talk to my lawyer." "Graciela Fernández..." "Yes, Fernández, I'm still Fernández," " until my lawyer does something about it..." " Hey, Graciela..." "What lawyer?" "My lawyer, your boss." "Who says he doesn't know me?" "Tell him... to answer the phone, don't be a turd like my ex." " Give it to me." " Stop." " I didn't insult you, miss." " Calm down." "I didn't call you a turd!" "Not your boss either." "My ex-husband!" " I didn't insult you, you fucking moron!" " Give it to me." " What for?" " You're crazy." "I'm not crazy!" " What are you, the brotherhood of the turd?" "Tell her the dentist doesn't want to see Bruno." "Tell her to tell her boss to tell the turd the dentist won't see his son anymore." "What number did you dial?" "Oh, come on!" "She's playing stupid!" "Mr. Pellegrini, Miss!" "What?" "I'm sorry, sweetheart..." "No, honey, it's the situation..." "lots of shit..." "Wrong number." "You see?" "I always told you, I think privatizations were fraudulent." "But, what now?" "Bruno's braces have to be taken out; the dentist won't do it." " And the insurance?" " What insurance?" "In the last 6 months, he didn't call, show up, see Bruno, or send any money.." "You mean the unpaid insurance!" "Watch it, sweet!" "Put this ad where it can be seen." "What are you doing, Amadeo?" "Painting the players with our colors." "What a saint." "He spends all day fucking around." "So obvious you have no one to hurt, huh?" "Not like my ex; he doesn't care if his son is a dental retard." "But he paid for that little slut's new breasts, can you believe it?" "I wish Bruno bursts them with his deformed teeth." " You will give French lessons?" " Oui, pourquoi?" "It's great." "The poet said: "Don't grant defeat even when defeated"." " I'm not defeated, what are you saying?" " Nothing." "The poet did." "Hi, Don Aquiles!" "Gracielita, how are you?" "I come from the electricity company." "Did you go on your own?" "They admitted there was a mistake in the invoice." "What a man!" "Don't you want to remarry?" "Guys, there's a trip downtown." "Who's taking it?" "My phone bill's due." "Ok, go." "I'm busy with this." " Maca, do you want to come along?" " No, I'm staying here with Dalma." "I'll come for you later, ok?" "Amadeo..." "How are you?" " I need to ask you for a favor." " Whatever, bro." "He can't make you work a double shift on training days." "What do you want me to do?" "It's my job." "Let me talk to the guy." "No, you won't." "You're our key player, we're near the finals." "What should I do?" "Quit my job?" "Hello, stand up, class." " Hello." " Good evening, Miss." " You Ok?" "You've got fever?" " No, it's a dry cough" " Did you give her the...?" " No, there's nothing left, but it'll get better." "Mom will take you to the doctor tomorrow, yes, love?" " Dad, you said..." " Mom will take you tomorrow." "Is it necessary to call a doctor just for a cough?" "I'll ask my cousin to see her." "Fine." " Can you help me?" " Yes." "Don't tell him we're behind in the insurance." "He'll tell your mom..." "You know, I feel a little..." "naked." " Well..." " Well what?" "Won't you look at my breasts like when we were dating?" "How was your day?" "So-so, but they say tomorrow it'll rain." "So maybe..." "How was yours?" " Will you be back late from the meeting?" " I don't know, why?" " So that we can talk." " Ok, if I come back early.." "Did you hear Cárdenas died?" " Who?" "The one from the store?" " No, from the parking lot." " Didn't his wife die last week?" " No, that was Ercilia, from School 27." "Nobody was born?" "I mean, for balance..." "About the collector:" "Resias' nephew was here." " The guy from the blacksmith's?" " No, the blacksmith's is that way." "There's a little problem with him..." "He's one-armed." " But he looks honest." " Yes." " He'll be great as a collector." " Honest and one-armed." "Perfect." "Gas, 240." "Insurance, 310." "And they killed us with the electricity, 720." "I insist, turn off the court lights at half-time." "Yeah, but who listens?" "I officially want to introduce our new dancing teacher, Cristina." " Hi..." "I was just here..." " Welcome." " Welcome." "Very, very, welcome." " Thank you very much." "Did your girls pay?" "Yes, the girls are all paid for." " Good." "Very good, very good." " Yes." "Ismael asked me to talk to you about putting him on the board." "I think another youth wouldn't hurt, besides me, I mean." "Ismael hasn't paid his dues for six months." "But every free minute he's got he's working" "Like I say, the essential is invisible." " To the eye." " What else?" "I love lsmael dearly, but the board has to set an example." "The boy has proven his commitment to the club." " He looks optimistic." " He has projects for the next 2 or 3 years." "Sometimes too optimistic." "You'll see, when you get to know this, you'll fall in love." "This City lncome Bureau, in compliance with guidelines for the semester blah, having verified that Luna de Avellaneda Social and Sporting Club... has not filed the balance sheets... for '88, '89, '90, '91, 92 well... 2003," "is liable for.." "Stop it!" "The sanctions provided for by, well, the main thing, hence..." "Stop it!" "Hence it must pay the amount of 40,000 pesos, as fine for non..." "I don't get..." "Stop it!" "I don't get it, aren't we exempt?" "It's 'cause we didn't loan the club for their rally." " Throw it away." " No, no." "It's not a tax thing, it's a fine for not filing the balance sheets these last years." "No!" "Pinball my ass!" "The City could have made a mistake." "What'll they take?" "The leaks?" "Throw it away" "No, if they sent it, we have to face it." "We should talk to Alejandro, the help of a city council..." "Is he Secretary of Gov..." "What does he do in the City Hall?" "I don't know, he's in there." "I know Alejandro from way back." "It's a waste of time." "Leave it to me." "I know him from way back, too." "I'll go see him tomorrow." "If he doesn't listen I'll beat him up." "Leave it to me!" "It's okay, cool down." "I'll go." "Give me that." "Román, stay calm, you know how he is." "Here he comes." "I'll call you back." "How nice to see you." "Young as ever, huh?" "Sorry I'm late; we're having a crazy day." "Romancito," "Vero, Maca, Dari?" " Who?" " Good." "Good, good." "This is no tax, Don Aquiles, the City notifies you of a fine... for failure to file balance sheets for fifteen years." "What balance sheets?" "$1000 come in and $1200 go out." "What you just said, that's a balance." "How are we going to pay $40,000!" " if we can't afford the..." " roofing." "The roofing that costs $58." "Oh, well...oh, well..." "What do you mean?" "They'll foreclose the club?" "A debt is a debt, sooner or later it has to be paid." "It's no joke." "And you say it like that, so calmly?" "This is what you've become?" "Don't be ridiculous." "You're being ridiculous!" "Always the same!" "Let's negotiate, be flexible, change things from the inside." "What have you changed?" "Tell me." "You were always like this" "Do you think you're the only one with social concerns?" "Do you think you're the only one who suffers?" "I care too." "Look, my membership card." "I still have it." "Do you have yours?" "Don't have it, lost, stolen." "Who cares?" "I care!" "It's a treasure to me;" "do you have yours?" "I do." "To me the Club is a symbol of another time," " but it's a symbol!" " It's not a symbol!" "It's today's reality!" "392 kids go every day for their activities." "I care about the kids too, that's why I'm here." "I know kids are our only hope." " Screw you." " That's why I'm here!" "You're always the same." " Let's not argue." " We're not arguing, Don Aquiles." "This has to be a mistake, see if you can give us a hand, and please," "let's cut out the "kids are the only hope" thing..." "We're grown-ups." "It doesn't look good." "It doesn't look good." "Excuse me." "Have you seen Ms. Battaglia?" "At the bar on the corner." " Honey." " Hello." "Hello." "I brought you the... the cough syrup." " Yeah, give it to me." " You're heading home after?" "Yes." "Right now..." "I'm heading there, yes." "Do you want to sit?" " No, no." "I'll be late." "I was..." " Really, stay." " No." " Come on." "No." " Throw!" " That's it." "Go, go, go." "Very good, Darío!" "Good, kid, good." "Come on, that's it, good, good." "Foul, man, foul!" " Didn't you see that?" " Foul for the offense." "The offense?" "!" "What are you looking at?" "!" "Enough." "Game over!" "What are you doing?" "No women, we're about to be champions." "What do you mean no women?" "Leave me, Crist" " Hold on." " Cristina!" "Then we have to put up with you!" "What is this?" "Let me go!" "Cristina!" "Cristina!" "How are you, honey pie?" "What a surprise!" " What were you doing?" " A game strategy." "Listen, I wanted to talk to you." " You busy now?" " I was just going home." "Do you like ethnic food?" "I know a great Scottish restaurant." "There's a National Dance Contest" "I called to see how it is;" "they sent me the paperwork." "I think it's great for your group, huh?" "You shouldn't drink here." "It's cool." " Do you want some?" " No, no." " You don't drink?" " No...yes." "Sometimes I do, but you can't here." "So?" "I'll help with the paperwork." "Yes, no;" "I don't think the girls are ready yet to..." "You said a National Contest?" "I think they're not ready yet." "What if we don't win?" "We lose, big deal." "The problem is if we win, 'cause then we go international." "Yes." "What?" "There's an international contest?" "I don't know." "We should find out." "If we don't win, they have a good time, get to know places." "I've seen you dance, and if the girls have the same effect on the jury, we'll win the Nobel Prize." "Where did you see me?" "I close the door to the classroom, you couldn't have seen me;" "I close the door." "Yes, I saw you." "'Cause..." "I was changing the clasp on the door..." "The clasp, yeah, the bolt." "It was broken but I fixed it." " You fixed it?" " Yes." "There was a little hole in the glass..." "Like this..." "And I put my eye to it and... saw you dance... and I was struck, you know... by how you move your hand." "Sure, but because it's a position that..." "There!" "Yes, like that." "Like that." "Yeah." "How could we not win?" "Have you been single for a long time?" "Just asking." "I never see you on the phone, you don't get calls," "I ask you and we go out." "You're single." "No." "Yes, it's been 3 months;" "I'm great on my own." "Why do you put your hand on your belly?" "I don't know." "I just put my hand on my belly." "Don't know why." "Women do that when pregnant or thinking of getting pregnant." "No, not at all, really." "How come you're great on your own?" "Were you in trouble?" "Were you pregnant?" "Hold it; you're way out of line;" "Who are you, Sherlock Holmes?" "Why, why?" "It's my business..." " You were never screwed over by a woman?" "Mónica." " I don't know, I don't care..." " She was totally bonkers." "It's okay, I'm not asking..." " And Silvia, too." " It's your business." " What are you laughing at?" " I was rememberingAdriana." "Another one." "That bitch fucked me big time!" "See?" "and after suffering so much..." "Can't you say:" "I'm doing great on my own?" "Don't you feel great on your own?" "No." "I'm sorry, I was joking." "There it comes." "Want to come over to my place?" "Bye." " Oh, you scared me." " I'm sorry." "It's midnight." "Where were you?" "I worked late." "My stomach is upset." " Don't you feel well?" " No" "Here, take an anti-acid." "Please, Román, we need to talk." "Daddy!" "Yes, love, yes, I'm coming." "Go to sleep." "I don't know what happened." "Maybe I'm fragile right now." "We were not doing well." " It wasn't that bad..." " We weren't doing well, come on!" "Now we're doing worse." "You don't pay attention to me." "How long have I wanted to talk?" "You should've told me it was something like this..." "How? "Honey, give me a minute to tell you about my lover"?" "Stop, the kids will hear you, please." "I didn't want you to find out this way." "I don't really know what I wanted." "Maybe it was a temporary thing." "And what..." "Is it serious?" "I don't know, I'm not sure." "What would "serious" be?" "If you slept together, it'd make the thing a tad serious." "What's the difference?" "The guy fell in love with me, he says he loves me, not that he cares;" "I believe him." "We quiver when we say it!" "Right... quiver." " Yes, people can quiver!" " You must be nervous." "Let's see, how do you quiver?" " We quiver!" " Show me how you quiver." " I see..." " See what you make me do!" "He quivers." "And waits eagerly for me and wears perfume." " Oh, perfume's important." " It's very important." "I see, going to bed isn't important." "Wearing perfume is." " Can you listen to me?" " I'm listening." "You see, I'm listening." "When are you going to fix it?" "It leaks into the garage." "The window guy's coming to the club, I'll ask him for a quote." " Kiss me." " What?" "Yeah, not one of those morning goodbye kisses," " a wet one." " What are you, nuts?" "First the skylight, now the kissing, what..." "Come on." "We'll do something about this, yes?" "Let's find things about each other, like we used to..." " Yes." " Ok." "I know it's difficult... 20 years with the same person." "If only it were always the same person..." "Poor girl!" "Yeah." "What a shitty life!" "Who?" "Máxima, the Dutch Queen; suffered from stress and bumps forward her vacation." "Oh, boy!" "You scared me!" "Let's see..." "They say she's from the neighborhood." "Yeah, flower shop?" "I'd like to place an order." "What flowers can I get for... five pesos?" "Are those fast-growth seeds?" " Hello." " Hello." "Look, I haven't bought perfume in a long time;" "I wonder if the one I used to wear, by Calvin Klein, is still available." "Yes, sir." "We have several fragrances." "What's the price range?" "They start at 67 pesos." "And those going up to 67, where do they start?" "We have some national fragrances which are very good," "There's Skittish, which is selling very well... 32 pesos." "It's a bit much for me." "Well," " Walk with me to the annex, please." " Sure" "I have a really good line of imitations." "We have Fashion Fantasy, which is Calvin Klein-like." " The same as Calvin Klein?" " Like." "Taiwanese." "It's quite "smellable"." "Only 22 pesos." "Gee!" "It's a bit much." "There's a line of craft fragrances made in the country." "Great, so we pitch in while we're at it." "You've got Mar del Plata, Ocean Splash." " What does Mar del Plata smell like?" " It's sea-like, fresh." " No, I want something else." " Spice Tangerine, Rosemary Trunk," "Aniseed Cardamom; a new age scent." " More contemporary." " That one." "I'll try Aniseed Cardamom." "Great choice." "These products have no marketing or packaging costs, no fancy wrapping, so they cost only a few pesos, and you get a bonus bar of soap." "Román, please, you have to help me." "Hold on, let me hook this wire, because if I cut it here..." "That, there..." "it's nothing, calm down." "Open your mouth and shut up." " What?" "You hurt him?" " No, no." "Shut up!" "Go tell your dad... who left you like a used condom." "What's with you?" "That's what women are like when they split up?" "It's the truth!" "It smells like cat piss in here." " Aw!" "Motherf..." " What happened?" "I cut myself." "This is barbed wire." "I wouldn't be surprised;" "with that shitty HMO." " Let's see." " Look, you know what?" "Enough with this relationship, let him stick the ring up... his ass." "Damn, it shrank!" " Hand me the pliers, Román." " Hold on." "What are you doing in my workshop?" "Animal!" "What are you doing to the kid?" "Don't push my hand?" "!" "I was about to get that one." "Let me do it, hold on." "You stay cool, Bruningui, ok?" " There." " Careful." " Smells like fennel, doesn't it?" " I have to go." " Hold on a little." " Easy." "I have to change tools, ok?" "Keep your mouth open, you have a loose wire." " That's it." "We're done." " What are you doing, asshole?" " It's a joke!" " I know!" "Hand me the small pliers." "Look all the crap I got from your mouth." " Alejandro!" "How nice to see you!" " How are you?" "Four to one, four to one..." "That game was 20 years ago!" "I forgot all about it." "Four to one, four to one!" " You took the ball away, asshole." " Sore loser." "That kid is good." "That's Darío, Román's son." "And Verónica's." "Maybe one of these days we'll win, right?" "How can we pay 2,000 pesos a month?" "It's a good deal." "Low interest rate, in 2 years you're clear." "And we're back to where we were 10 years ago." "October of '98." "We loaned the club for a party rally." " They stole 72 chairs." "76." "Think of them as payment." "Don Aquiles, tell them it's a good deal." "Guys, let's be reasonable." "How can they charge a 40.000 peso fine?" " They can." " It's insane!" "Hello." "Hello." "Absolutely unbelievable." "These guys say X amount and it's X amount." "That happens everywhere." "Malvinas' vets got their fields expropriated, then the Mayor's front came and set up indoor soccer courts." " So?" " What do you mean "so"?" " I mean so what?" " "So what"?" " Anybody can speak here?" " Who you calling anyone?" "He's not anyone." "Ismael is on the board." "Get out." "Listen, Don Aquiles." "We're broke." "Where are we gonna get $2,000?" "Let's shake things up." "Let's call the TV, put a hidden camera up their asses... and broadcast live all the crap they do." "Let's be serious." "This conversation is over, let the board meet about this." "What?" "You're off the board, for being a moron." "And you took the ball away." "You were losing 4 to 1!" " The game wasn't over." " It was over for you." "Cut it out with that game!" "Alejandro, please, help us." "We do what we can." " Who's "we"?" " City Hall." "No, City Hall is us." "You are you;" "if you say "you" meaning "us", you're going to say "we" meaning "you", and you're on your side, and we're on ours." "until you're done with us, or we're done with you." " Hey, you're the stinker!" " No!" "I'm wearing cologne!" "Listen, man, you can help us out." "So now I can help you?" "How?" "Burying the file?" "Pulling strings?" "Under the table?" "You've always done it; you're good at it." "Do you think apples floated before Newton?" "Shut the fuck up, you fucking drunk!" "Román!" "Well," " How much for the tea?" " Nothing, it's ok." "Two pesos." "Amadeo!" "Amadeo..." " Hello." " Hello." "Thanks for the bracelet, it's gorgeous." "I made it with Bruno's braces." " Really?" " Yes." "How amazing!" " Does the rowboat work?" " The clutch slips." "It's a rowboat, of course it works." "Oh, right." "I can imagine more romantic things for a first date." "Why?" "'Cause the landscape's ugly and there are no great trees?" "Well, the fauna doesn't help, either, huh?" "Do you know the matchbox girl story?" "OK, stop rowing." "On New Year's Eve," " a girl sells matches on the street." " Here?" "Wherever you want." "A girl sells matches on the street." "She's about to freeze to death in the snow." "Then it's not here." "Last thing we need, snow." "And she tries to light a match to warm up;" "so she lights it and... the flame is huge, like a... a wood stove, warming her up, her whole body." "She tries to warm up her feet, but the match burns out;" "she lights another one and a huge banquet shows up: there's turkey, marzipan..." "I haven't had marzipan in ages." "Cider, I don't know, all sorts of things." "So she lights another one, and another one, until the last one... and her granny shows up." "I don't know why not her parents, she must not have any; even sadder." "So she asks her granny to take her, because she knows afterwards... there will be nothing left... no turkey, marzipan, candy, warmth; nothing." "So the granny... holds her tight and... takes her far from all of it... from the cold, the sadness, and everything ugly." "The next day some people walked past her and found her dead surrounded by matches," "A guy said:" "She must have tried to keep warm..." "And nobody thought that she had found happiness, that she was in heaven, far from sadness with her granny" "It's a story that I... it moves me so much." " What does it have to do with me?" " I don't know..." "You also move me..." "A lot." "Because you keep lighting matches... for everyone, to the girls in... dance class, or Brunito, I don't know..." "And..." "I don't care what they say about you," "I think you're precious," "You're a precious guy." "What's that look on your face?" "The truth?" "It's just..." "What?" " No, don't tell me." " I'm in love with you." "Oh, no, no." " What?" " Get it out of my head..." "I beg you." " I can't, I swear." " We're falling into the water." "I don't know what happens to me." "I asked the guys; they don't know, either." "What do the guys know?" "I'm falling into the water." "Seriously, I mean it." "Row, row." "I beg you." "What a situation." "Go row, I'll go with you, come on." "We got to get it out of our heads..." "But don't be mad, you look mad." "What?" " You won't talk to me anymore?" " No." "And don't tell me any more stories." " Know what happened to that kid?" " What kid?" "The Dane." "She froze to death, alone, starving, mad;" "if you think you can help me with stories, you're screwed!" "You only make me fall harder for you, see you like the sweetest, most tender woman in the world," "You blow me away If you don't feel the same, don't do this." "Love isn't a match or a gag!" "And you can't handle it." " Yes, I can." " You can't." " I totally can." " Show me." "No, no, no." " Come on, handle the love." " No, thanks, I've been hurt enough." "Me too, so what?" "I've taken many nasty blows." "I always make the wrong choice... and you can't be a moron yesterday, today and tomorrow." "Yesterday, sure; today, I don't know; tomorrow, no." "I'm trying to... pull myself together." "With the lessons, the club..." "I'm trying to make ra-tío-nal decisions, period." "It's not about you or your hair." " What about my hair?" " Nothing." "It's not your hair;" "I love it, and you know it." "It's everything, the drinking;" "I want a solid guy, with a job even." "And you're here, and the guy I want is over there!" "I don't wanna get involved..." "Pulling you out of who knows where..." "I don't want to be a mother." "Let's be healthy." "So let's be adults." " Give me back my bracelet!" " No." " Give it to me!" " No, it's mine!" "Shit!" " What happened?" " A prick." " I pricked you?" " Yeah, no." "Let go." "Sorry!" "Sorry my ass!" "Don't talk to me again;" "shove the matches up your ass." "Anticyclones in the South Atlantic and Pacific... affect our territory..." "In summer, the South Atlantic anticyclone..." "Who was that?" "Enough!" "Silence!" "What's going on?" "Can't you see this is a bore?" " Who cares about the Patagonian winds?" " They're very important." "What for?" "For the economy." "For the economy?" "Give me a break!" "If you'd rather be an ignorant, don't waste your time learning;" "I won't waste mine teaching you." "Get out." "Fine." " Where are you going?" " You said "get out"." "Don't get like that." "You think I can teach you nothing?" "You think you know it all?" "I can give you a day-by-day rundown of the rest of your life." "I got you down pat!" "I know how you'll knock your girl up 'cause you're too cool for a condom." "Right?" "How you'll end up with a crummy job to support your family, and then when they start shoving you, you'll apologize." "Start using this; with that idiotic face, it's all you have left." "You know nothing about me." "It'll be written up, no big deal, it's nothing." " No." " Yes." "Besides, you were spending more than you made." "Not even to make money." "Nothing, totally useless." "I took it out on kids who are more lost than us." " It's no big deal, Vero." " Yes, it is." "Do you remember our dreams?" "The best couple, best kids, a different life..." "And look, not even as a mother." "Macarena doesn't laugh if you're not around." " Come on..." " No, no..." "This bar smells like disinfectant!" "Darío has no relationship with either of us." "What are you saying?" "I see him play every day." "That's all he is to you?" "Does he have a girlfriend?" "Ambitions?" "We know nothing about him." "He has to study, do something." "Or else, he'll be useless like us." " Sebastian is right." " Don't say his name!" "Sebastian, the kid I slapped." "Oh..." "I'm sorry." "You're the man of my life, you fool." " Who, me?" " Yes, you." "Doesn't show." "Doesn't it?" "At university meetings, when you talked I couldn't breathe." "Really, from love, passión, admiration." "Come on, Román, wouldn't you like to find someone who makes you feel that?" "We both deserve it." "Sleep, my love." "Sleep." "You smell nice, daddy." "Thank you, baby." " What are you doing here?" " I'll give you a ride." "I'm just a hop away." " I know, it's cool." " No, no, it's two blocks away." "Come on, it's cool." "I'll drop you off." " 'Sup, dude?" "Everything cool?" " Yeah." "Cool." "What happened?" "Nothing." "I don't know, yes." "It's nothing..." "Your mom and I were talking..." "We decided to split up for a while." "Don't tell Maca yet; it's not something..." "What?" "Why?" "Well, it's hard..." "It's been 20 years, you know." "So?" "Well, maybe it's temporary, it's not for sure." "What's important is your sister's life and yours will be the same." "That's why I wanted to give you a ride..." "We go on like every day." " But you never drove me!" " Well, from now on,..." "Like every day" "Let me finish talking." "What for?" "You made up your mind." " I want you to understand." " We have nothing to discuss." " Chacha, my dad..." " How are you?" "Hello," "How are you doing?" "I'll pick you up, take you to the game and talk." "No, let's do like every day." "Darío, I have to talk to you." "Who's this guy here?" "Oh, he's just a kid." "Listen," "I won't need you any more." "Man," " that booth's a sauna." " And it's free." "You're kidding me." "You're over my budget." "You cost me a fortune and my numbers don't add up." "You're paying me 300 pesos!" "So what?" "Yucatán works for half that." " Jonathan." " I've been working here for a year!" "Look, if you take what this moron takes," " I kick his ass out to the street..." " Hold it, stop it." "Wasn't I like your second son?" "Answer me!" "Please, understand, I can't make it!" "I never missed a day!" "Well, it's over." " You can't be such a son of a bitch." " Yes, he can." "Calm down." " Fucking fatso!" " All right." " Fucking fatso!" " Go, sissy!" "Crybaby." "Go with daddy!" " Who's a crybaby, you shit?" " You." "Who did you call crybaby?" " What are you doing?" "You crazy?" " Yes, I'm crazy." " Call the cops." " Come on, motherfucker." "Go call them." "Call the cops, chicken shit!" "Every day's going to be like this?" "My first time in jail." "At first it's nice, then the magic's gone, and then you get tired." "I'm already tired." "Anyway, I didn't work for nothing." "I got enough for the ticket," " and a bit extra." " What ticket?" "Maldonado, father and son." "Like old times, huh." "How many do you owe me?" " Come on." " Open up." "God!" "You're insane!" " You all right?" "Yes, I'm all right." " Me too." " Excuse me, may I?" " Of course." "Come in!" " How are you?" " Fine, come in." "We are so rude..." "Have a seat..." "Some coffee?" "I'm taking a shower, I stink." "You look prettier every day." "Sure." "Even on the phone they call me "madam"." "But you look so young." "Thank you, really." " I didn't know who to call." " Forget about it." " I'll make coffee." "Strong?" " Very light for me." "What was he saying?" "Weren't you in the shower?" " Tell me." " What?" "It's not him, right?" " See how you are?" " Sorry." "You have to break the record." " What record?" " Your old man's." "Got the cutest girl in town, and I can't say," ""you should've seen her 20 years ago";" "she's still the same cutie." "When are we meeting her?" " Who?" " Yanina, his girlfriend." "Girlfriend?" "You knew about this?" "This is how I find out?" "Mom!" "Yanina, big deal." "Hey, they worry about you," "I wish people worried about me." "Rest assured, you've got people worried." " Next time, I'll leave you inside." " Okay, enough chatter for me." "Chatter?" "Nobody chats here!" "How can we know nothing?" "And you two, splitting up and saying nothing?" "Who told you?" "I did." "Can we talk about that later?" "Why later?" "Let's talk now." "This is not the time." " I'm leaving." "Bye." " Bye, thank you." "This is not the time." "Everything at once." " What do you mean?" " Darío leaving, you breaking up." "Leaving?" "Are you kidding me?" "Where?" "Well..." "I want to go to Spain." "Román!" " What are you doing?" " Did you know Darío's going to Spain?" "I found out in the precinct." "Can't we talk later?" "You're doing nothing?" "What do you want?" "I'm buck naked in the shower!" " I won't allow this!" " I've made up my mind." " You said you were saving money." " Dad, I told you!" "About saving money, not that it was decided." "What am I gonna do here?" "Why don't you come work at the City Hall with me?" "So they don't keep going away..." "Darío's going nowhere." "He's happy here." "It's not a time to be apolitical." " I do politics at the club." " For 20 girls who want to dance." "For more than 300; you know that." "Come on, Román." "You should've seen your dad 20 years ago." "The Soup Kitchen Assembly." "How many were there?" "300, 500?" " I don't know." "The auditorium was packed, and he stood there speaking," "and they listened..." "They listened." "The power to be heard, that pull, not anybody has it." "Remember, Vero?" "Do you or don't you?" "What happened?" "Get out." "The things we'd do if we worked together." "Get out." "Dalma!" "Dalma!" "Gladys!" "They're calling Dalma, from the club!" "Dalma!" " Do you go to school?" " Yes." "Sure?" "What's your school's name?" "School." "I see, now I'm reassured." "Doing well, you and I." "Babysitter's here." "Man, what a bummer!" "Come in, brother." "Make yourself at home." "Forget about the other day." "What?" "Being thrown in jail, splitting up, Darío being fired or losing the club?" "You've already forgotten." " No I haven't, I'm sorry." " You were right." "Here." "Let's not drink now." "How about some ice cream?" "All right." "If you want to." " Got cable?" " An illegal hook-up." "It's great." "80 channels and a 100-year pardon." "Mr. Julio Quintana, he must be expecting me..." "Yes, one moment, please." "Come with me." "Bonjour, madame." "Je ne suis plus madame, je suis mademoiselle." "I didn't get a word." "See why I need French lessons?" " How d'you do?" " Enchantée." " Julio." " Jules." "You're embarrassing me." "It's unfair" "I don't mean to." "Merci." "Thanks for coming here; at my company they wouldn't leave us alone." "They drive me crazy!" "I hope you don't mind." "No, on the contrary." "I know another word in French." "Champagne." "Let's see, this one." "Say it aloud." "This one?" "Don't you want one further up?" " Dom Perignon." " It sounds great!" " Won't it be too sweet?" " No, but a bit too dear." "...good wines, good food, are an important part of the good life..." " Let me try that crap?" " Hey, you hated lemon!" "Not anymore." "Must be age." "How did Maca take it?" "I didn't tell her." "I told her I had to take care of you 'cause you had the flu." "You moron." "Why would you say that?" "She adores me, she'll be worried." "Ok." "I'll tell her mother dumped me so she won't." "That's an idea..." "Hey, hold on!" "Gross!" "You licked the whole spoon!" " Lick my face, too." " Oh!" "The lady!" "Know what?" "Screw her." "In the end, all broads are alike, you worry all the time; when they want to split, they don't give a fuck." "When it's over, it's over, "see ya", zero guilt." "With a certain pleasure, I'd say." "We were born to suffer." "This is bliss." "In 2 weeks, there are some French businessmen coming and I want to impress them." "It's a huge deal, you know." "You don't want the salmon mousse with that?" " Saumon?" " Yes." " Oui." " Yes, of course." "Please, a salmon mousse for the lady." "What were you saying?" "I'm thinking 3, 4 times a week..." "If you could" "I'm not sure if 2 weeks will do." "What if you come along?" "Extra pay, of course." "I'd love to," " but I don't know if I'm up to it." " What do you mean?" "You speak perfect French, in my humble opinion." "Merci." "You're very nice." "Merci." "You're beautiful." "And you'll save my life." "Merci." "I had to confront him." "I told him:" "if you're so in love with that putaine, leave!" "Good; what did he say?" "He left." "Hasn't sent me a dime in 6 months." " C'est fini, dude." " You remind me of a tango lyric:" ""l can tell just by your looks that you haven't been well loved."" " Oui." "When shall we start?" " Whenever you want." "Tomorrow." " Tomorrow." " Demain." " Let's hear it." " Demain." "No, demain." "Will you buy me a flower?" " Excuse me." " Where are you going?" " Don't." " What?" " A little " romance"?" " No..." "" romantisme"." "I'll make a quick call home to check on the kids." " My phone's been cut off." " How come?" "They said something about not paying, screw them." " Call from your cell." " No." "It only gets incoming calls." "Shit!" "Bought this from a fakir?" "Oh, you want it soft?" " Let me set the right mood..." " You have the remote in the bathroom?" "It's the only place where I can't reach the player." "Turn that off!" "I beg you!" " It's soul, man!" "It blows you away!" " I'm already blown away!" "Okay." " You don't take your pants off?" " No." "Why?" "I need the padding." "If not, I'll go to the club." "Scoot, papi." "A little more sheet." "Where are we gonna get 40 grand?" "Where are we gonna get 40 grand?" "We should find out." "You gonna tell me what happened with Verónica?" "I don't know..." "Do you smell what I smell?" "What a stench of cheesy feet..." "You've got a zombie in the closet?" "Must be that anchovy cologne you wear!" "It's these tennis shoes..." "they've rotten away!" "I'd throw them away but they might be hazardous material." "So what happened with your wife?" "Don't know." "She got an age attack." "She wants romance, passión..." " Did she cheat on you?" " No, you moron..." "She met a guy, I don't know." "She's like... mesmerized." "But did she fuck him or not?" " What does that matter?" " A lot!" "If she fucked him, you're screwed." " What if she just fell in love?" " You're screwed too." "So, what does it matter?" " Let's follow them!" "Let me follow them!" " Are you high?" "Why not?" " What for?" " To shake things up!" " To catch them in the act." "Aren't you mad?" "That's no use." "You think?" "You know what she said?" "That this guy... makes her shake... that he makes her feel things I don't any more..." "I don't know." " She fucked him, what a bitch." " I'm going to the club." " What did I say?" " She's not a bitch!" " Why not?" " She's not!" "She's lonely, doubtful..." "Unsatisfied." "Maybe I didn't give her what she needed..." " She's not a bitch." " When you look at it like that, poor girl." "Are you crazy?" "First a bitch, now it's "poor girl"!" " Is it my fault now?" " Let's not talk about Veronica." " Yeah, let's not." " No chick talk." "They mess with your head." "No more girls." "Like that neurotic Cristina." " What about her?" " I don't know, we went out a couple of times..." "She was fine, very seductive, what have you." "Then, I don't know." "I'm not her type..." "She needs something solid and reliable to get her there." "Give her Angelito's number;" "he sells a '79 Ford." "Anyway, it made me re-evaluate my priorities..." " Yeah?" " 'cause now I'm fine here." "I've got my guitar, my cable TV... my boy." "Don't bust my balls." "I'm going to the club." " I knew it." " You need love." "Come on, daddy!" "At least, close the bathroom door, you pig!" "Ms. Graciela?" " Yes." " A call for you." " For me?" " Yes." " Hello?" " It's Julio." "Jules, remember?" "Where are you?" "Out in the dumps;" "I can't get used to it." "I liked you, but I'm not coming back." " What?" " I'm sorry." "He could've taken me to an all-you-can-eat." "My card was about to be cancelled for lack of use..." "I'll pay you back, I swear, slowly..." " Don't worry about it." " I'll pay you back." "What a moron!" "How couldn't I tell?" "So obvious!" "Why would he take me as an interpreter?" "What an idiot!" " It reminds me of... what's her name?" "The journalist." "Which one?" " That broad..." " Where does she work?" "Lois..." " She worked in that paper..." " Delfino?" "No..." "The other one..." "Lane." "Lois Lane, she had Superman right next to her..." "She didn't realize that just taking off his glasses... she had him there." "Anyway, Superman, another turd..." "Hey, man." "Hey." "Hello, who is it?" "Oh, hi, Cristina..." "Let me see..." "Come in." "Hey, man," "Amadeo, wake up." "Wake up!" "Cristina's coming up." " What Cristina?" " Cristina, you creep!" " What are you doing?" "Why did you let her in?" "At this time?" " Have her call me on the phone." " Your phone's been cut off." "Give her your cell number!" " Hi..." " How are you?" "How are you?" "Sorry about the time." "Is Amadeo in?" "Amadeo?" "Amadeo!" "Who is it?" "Cristina." "Cristina who?" "Cristina me." "Well, he won't answer me." "I must've hurt him like hell with what I said..." "I'll leave you this." "It's two rings..." "Same pattern as the bracelet." "I made them with Brunito's braces." " Hang on a second." " Well..." "She wants to see you, look what she made." "What's this?" "Shit!" "I pricked myself!" " What is it?" " It's handicraft, don't be a coward, get" "You shouldn't have let her in." "I'll beat the shit out of you." " Come out!" "Now!" " All right." "Ladies and gentlemen..." "From the top of this soapy pole... 70 years of history look upon us..." "Today we'll show the entire community.." "we're not in decline," "That's a word we have to erase... from our vocabulary, by repeating words like..." "Don Aquiles." "Since that remote night in which three Galician boys..." "Bruni..." "You know Mommy doesn't have a nickel." "It's not your fault; not my fault," " It's... whose fault?" " Daddy's." "Good" "Three basic things:" "Don't borrow, buy or touch anything, ok?" "Okay, go, have fun!" " And what can I do?" " What can I do?" "Watch others have fun." "Come, I'll teach you." "Up, up, up, up, up!" "Come on, up, up, up!" "We're doing this for the club!" "One, two, three!" "It's time to give the award for best teammate... in mini-basketball..." "And the winner is..." "Ramiro Cohen!" "Whoever pays 1 peso can pay 1.20." "It's a 20% rise at once; outrageous!" "We gotta make money;" "that's why we're doing this." "I'd been stalling some guys because of the club..." "They're interested in buying the premises... to open a recreational center with games of chance." " A casino." " Kind of..." " It's not Vegas." " You drunk?" " You want to open a casino?" " Why not!" "They take over the debt, and they offer 200 jobs to club members." "Local businesses are very happy." "You can't do that, the statute clearly says..." "It says the club is sold if members want it." "It also says that the money goes to charity." "But the jobs are for members;" "call an assembly." "Members won't close down the club." "Call an assembly and listen to the people." "People want jobs!" "Look, I need a hand..." "Use the one you have in the cake." "Are you calling me a crook?" " Don't get upset." " A crook?" "Don't you know me?" "Enough, dammit!" "I can't stand your constant fighting." "If it's not the ball, it's Verónica or a ridiculous photo..." "The club is not for sale," "We'll save it with honest work." "Or we'll go to Court;" "And if honesty, work and justice are not enough, we'll get a lawyer." "Let's get to work." "That's why you dumped your id card?" " Because of the photo?" " I lost it." " Hi, love." " Hello." "No, don't drink." "Just a little," " don't be mean, just to wet my lips." " I'll wet your lips." "Have a good seat?" " Where will you be?" " Backstage." "Then my seat is bad, I can only see the front." "We're giving an award too." "Basketball 1st pitched in; it wasn't much:" "so it's a catch-all award." "Best teammate, best sportsman, best vibe and worst breath for the glorious Amadeo Grimberg." "Amadeo!" "Amadeo!" "Here, dad will give you something." "Eduardo." " Hi." " Hi, how are you?" "What a surprise." " How are things?" " Fine, great." "If you'd told me, we could've met somewhere quieter." " It's Brunito who called me." " Did he?" "Watch the phone bill, sweetie;" "mommy pays it." "I'm joking, don't get mad." "I'm happy to see you." "See how spiffy daddy looks." "That tie..." "And I'm all shabby..." "We have a sweet 16 party afterwards." " Bruno can't make it." " Let's get going, honey." "Oh, yes, love." "Well..." "Graciela, Heidi;" "Heidi, Graciela." "Looks great, huh?" "So this is Heidi." "And you would be "Grandpa"." "Funny, isn't she?" " See you on Thursday?" " Sure..." "What time?" "Where?" "In court." "The hearing..." "Bye, champ, stay well." " Bye." " Bye." "Up, up, up, up..." "Hello, good evening, how are you?" "I'm Cristina, the dance teacher;" "we prepared this show with the girls, for you to see our work, and though they beat me to the punch" "I want to dedicate it to Amadeo, my love." "Well, you must be somewhere," "I don't know." "Are you there?" "No." "Well, sure you're not out there?" "The table at the back?" "Well," "Lights, please?" "Yes?" "Well, bye, thank you." "Two girls dancing together?" "Yes, I thought it would be sexier." "Dear, this is Andalusian!" "Didn't you ask me for Spanish music?" "A Galician or Aragonese dance, not this." "Well, this is it." "It has life and sex." "I'll be right back." " You should get them into the box." " Yeah." " This is my dad, Yanina." " How are you?" "Pleased to meet you." " Got a second?" " Hold on." "Dari, how's your mom doing?" " What about you?" " Me?" "How are you?" " Fine." "Perfect." " Sure?" "Yeah, why?" "Why not come with me?" " Me?" "No." " Yes." " No, not me." " Come with me!" " No." "Not me." " Why?" "What have you got here?" "What?" "Are you nuts?" " Maca, all of this..." " What about all this?" "Anyone made it to 1st división?" "The club's ruined your life." "What did you amount to?" " I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." " I understand." "No, I'm sorry." "It's different now, you can call, chat, the lnternet..." "It's not like with Don Aquiles." "It's different." "Very." "The ones we send out know how to read and write." "Amadeo?" " What are you doing?" " Resting." "Come on..." "You've been drinking." " I'll help you." " I got it!" " Come on." " Let go!" "Let go!" "Don't bust my balls!" "What's wrong with you?" "You're busting my balls." "What?" "Nothing, get lost." "What are you looking at?" "Get lost!" " What's with you?" " Go on, he's drunk." "I'm not drunk." "What are you looking at?" "What's she looking at?" " What are you looking at?" " I'm looking at you, you son of a bitch!" "Why can't I look at you?" "Let go!" "I did the show for you, asshole!" " Don't look at me." " Can't I look at you?" " You can't!" " He's drunk." "I know!" "No kidding!" "I'm not drunk." " I didn't want to be with you." " Don't look at me!" "You're so stupid!" "How is it...?" "Who can't handle love?" "He's drunk, leave him." "Well," " C'est tout." " One more." "Give me that." "People mean well, but have no means." " I'll put this in the safe." " Here?" "They might steal it in the bank." "Don Aquiles, what was that story about the..." "Galician boys?" "You're about to tell it..." "I've told it a million times, no." " It's a good story." " Tell it again." "Tell it!" "Tell it!" "Three Galician boys were coming back from playing a soccer game, and the Chevy they're driving broke down, out in the country." " I've told this other times." " But it's nice!" "I never knew about the Chevy." "While one of them fixed it, the others tried to play a match." "Little by little, they got used to darkness... and you could see perfectly, just perfectly." "And there they saw it, a full moon barely touching the horizon... huge, yellow." "In Galicia, among the mountains, you could never see that, so much light." "By the end of the match we thought..." "It'd be good to have a place like that, where there's always light, a permanent moon..." "Seems foolish..." "Why not that same place?" "It seemed like magic." "You built the club on that field?" "No, in the end they opened a mini..." " Minimart..." " Minimart, yes." "The moon was never seen again, but we founded our own club." "Well." "I don't know how to change." "We should find out." "I'll do whatever you want." "Do whatever you can." "What happened?" "A little heart attack." "We were having maté, and look..." " Can I come in?" " Go ahead." "Don Aquiles." "Román." "What a scare, huh?" "Could you open the window a little?" "There are no windows." "I want to see the moon." "It's cloudy, you can't see it now." "Then don't worry," "I won't die today." "Of course not, man!" "Are people from the club here?" "Yes, sure." "Everybody." "What about mom?" "Don't leave her alone." "Don't let me down now." "No, of course not." "Open the window a little." " The moon is not out yet." " Better yet;" "I can see it come out." "I'm cold." "I'm cold here." "Antonia was right..." "The Russian had told me:" ""Come with me"... there, to lmmigration, so he could say he was my dad." "Imagine me... at 8, alone, well, with my brother Miguel," "I only spoke Galician, with a Russian father..." "We were terrified." "The bald guy at Customs looked at the Russian and laughed." "The Russian laughed too." "He let us in out of pity." "Can't you open the window?" "Please, open it a little." "If you see the bald guy, give him my thanks." "She's precious!" "She's changed my life." " What meeting?" " AA." "Really?" "Great, man!" "See, ...a woman's a woman." "You'd never listen to me." "A- ma-zing, Román." "Did you know there'll always be better days and worse days?" "So no matter what, today's an average day" "Get out." "So much happiness is hard to handle, man." " You look good." " Yeah, I feel..." "Stop, cool it a little." "But you look good, that's great." "I can't reach." "Right on, basketball!" "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen." "Our Father who art in Heaven..." " What are you doing?" " You asshole!" " Don't do that in a cemetery!" " Are you stealing flowers?" "Graciela took the ones I brought." "And they were for Cristina." "You giving her flowers from a tomb?" "Is it my fault if Don Aquiles dies at my best hour?" "Are you nuts?" "It's profane." " Are you a tomb raider?" " You have to seize the day." "One day at a time." "One day at a time." "Look, you need... serenity to change what can be changed;" "wisdom to accept... what cannot be changed, and courage to change what... no, valor, valor to change... how was it?" "Get back on the wagon, moron." "Really, change matters." "I'm rethinking a lot of things, my relationship to the club..." "What do you have to rethink about it?" "Nothing..." "I'm asking..." "Is the casino a bad idea or an opportunity?" " Hold it; you kidding?" " It's just an idea..." "You know, now... that I've changed, I'm with the woman I love," "I can build something stable..." "Is it bad to want to improve?" "You're mixing things up." "No, I mean..." "I don't know..." "Alejandro said I could do maintenance work." " You talked to him?" " Yeah, the other day." "It's a scam." "They'll just toss a few crumbs your way" "I can't change that, I can change my life..." "That's it:" "wisdom to know the difference." "You're voting for selling." "I can't go on doing odd jobs..." "I want to start a new life." "What do I say?" "A life, for the first time." "I want to take care of what I have..." "Cristina..." "Please, help me." "If you help me," " I'll help you." " How can you help me?" "I don't want to, let's go," " get me out of here." " no, grow some balls." "Hurry, before the cops come." " No, I can't." " No!" "Balls, man!" "Bet on life!" "The lotto is better." "She respects me little enough." " Woman don't forget..." " I know the lyrics." "Then go!" ""Woman, woman, don't forget he who went and sang for you... "" "What if she's with him?" "Better!" "Balls!" "Faith and balls!" ""Woman, woman, don't forget he who went and sang for you... "" ""on full moon nights by the gate his love... "" ""and when remembering the troubadour's elegant song"" ""a window opens and a" "Thank you is heard"" "Cut it out, will you?" "Are you nuts?" " Sorry, we screwed up, let's go." " No." "Bet on life, handle love!" "Román!" "Yes, honey?" "Oh, how nice." " Let's go to the living-room." " Maca might hear us." " What's up with this serenade?" " Amadeo's idea." "It was lovely." "I liked it," " Me too, me too." " I loved hearing it." "But," "I don't want to go back to the same," "I want a deeper change..." "Are you okay?" " I'm a little nauseous." " Have an anti-acid." " You've only one left." " I have a fresh pack." "Thanks." " Things are not working with..." " Don't say his name." "Weren't you my best friend?" "Who told you that crap?" "Okay, if things are bad and you need to talk..." " No, things are not bad." " I'd rather not talk then." "It's that..." "No one taught me how to start a relationship at 40..." "That should be taught at school!" "Look at you..." "This guy shows up, you shake, throw up, shit on your pants..." "He's like the Eboli virus!" "Plus you throw away everything we've got..." " What's everything we've got?" " The house, the kids..." "See?" "That's it!" "I was scared when you found out, you'd go crazy... you'd kill me or him, a bloodshed..." "I don't know what I dreamt of!" "Something more..." "But you didn't kill me, no blood was spilt." " You did nothing." " What did you want me to do?" "The house, the kids." "The kids will leave." " Did you talk to Darío?" " What do you want me to tell him?" "What do you want to tell him?" "What do you want to do?" "What do you want, Román?" "See what's happening?" "We want less and less;" "that's why we have less." "And we want less, have less, want less... until we won't want or have anything!" "The house is falling apart..." "I want something more..." "Something..." "I know things didn't turn out as we dreamt, but if we figure assets and liabilities, the balance..." "What?" "My life's not a grocery store." "How do you open this?" "Where have you been these 22 years?" "You never dressed as a belly dancer..." "Who pushed me into taking the cab job?" "Who busted my balls with bills, the house, the kids?" "In any case, we built this together." "I didn't decide on my own." "I didn't fail on my own." "And if I did... and you stood next to me doing nothing to help me then you're one damned bitch." "We built this together, it wasn't just me." "Show me a pole that isn't soapy." " Leave that, you..." " Shit!" " You scared me!" " What are you doing?" "I'm working on the files..." "Almost had a heart attack." "What were you doing here?" "What were you doing?" "Told you; the balance." "I was just leaving." "I don't have a dime," "I'm desperate." "I don't know what to do, I've sold everything." "I'm sorry, I beg you, forgive me, Román, I'm sorry." " Easy." " Don't tell anyone." "Román," " Don't tell Bruno..." " No, calm down." "Look at me." "Promise me, don't tell Bruno, I'm begging you." "No, calm down a little." "I swear I was going to give it back." "I wrote it down, I was gonna give it back..." "I know, calm down." " I'm a piece of shit." " No, listen," "listen to me..." "I know who you are." "Come on, calm down." " How much do you need?" " No, it's ok..." "Let them cut my power off..." "For what one has to see..." " Are you living in the club?" " Who cares?" " And now you're getting evicted?" " On top of it..." "Can you believe this guy?" "He grew up in there, now he's convincing everyone to sell..." "What bugs me most are the kids." "What will they do now?" "And you." "Me?" "You always ask what'll happen to the kids..." "But what will happen to you if the club's gone?" "Well," "...shall we go to sleep?" " Let's." " See you." "Sleep well." " You too." "What do you think?" " About what?" " What will they vote for?" "I don't know..." "People are such turds." "You sleep comfortably at the club?" "Sort of." "No, because..." "I don't know..." "Bruno is at my folks'..." "If you want to stay over, you can take his bed." "No, never mind, don't bother." "Thanks, anyway..." "Sure?" "Well..." "Bye." "I love you." " Fell like doing something?" " Yes, yes." " For the club, I mean." " Yes, that too." "Do you want to stay" "...and talk?" " If it's okay..." "I mean, we gotta think of something..." " It's fine with me." " Yes?" "Yes, let's think of something." "You're strong, Román." " You'll convince them." " What should I do?" "I don't know, talk to them... don't let them win, because we're not shit." "No, we're not." "The hell we are." "We have to fight." "Yeah." "You've got to be hard." "I'm a little nervous." " I mean with the people." " Oh, yeah." "We're good people, right?" " Yeah, we're great." " We are." "I'm still hooked on the turd..." "And I on the bitch." "Ok, as long as that's clear." "People have been waiting long, we've got to begin." "How can we begin without Roman?" "He's the main board member." "Doesn't matter." " Emilio, hi." " Hi, how are you?" " I'm coming to vote." " Are you a member?" "Román wouldn't have given me children if I weren't?" "Emilio, I'm starting." " Firstly, I'd like to thank Mr. Bengoa..." " Sorry, Bengoa who?" "The one who bought the textile plant to dismantle it?" "My dad is one of the guys who got the sack." "He sends you a message:" "Fuck you, creep!" "Don't talk to me like that!" "About time, man!" "What were you doing?" " We got stuck..." " Come on!" "Even though we're not all here yet..." "I'd like to go over the proposal." "Well, about time." "Look at him." "Sorry, go on." "I was saying... it's very simple." "200 jobs for all club members;" "three bars, two restaurants..." "This is a great deal for us... for Avellaneda." "200 jobs, money that will stay in Avella..." "What are you looking at?" "Her name's Dalma." " I'd like to..." " Raise your hand." "Román has the floor." "For that, the club must be closed down." "No, no." "The club Don Aquiles founded no longer exists..." "I think..." "We know what you think." "I want to know what the members think." "Can those in favor of selling raise your hand?" " You want to vote now?" " No." "I want to know what they think." "Raise your hand." "It's not binding." " What?" " Raise your hand just to see." "Well, let's see... 1, 2, 3..." "Amadeo's made a mistake." "Put your hand down." "It's not a mistake." "Are you stupid?" "Put your hand down!" "43 in favor of selling," " Let's face reality." " Give the award back, man!" "The gentleman has the floor." "I owned the butcher's shop on Mitre, remember?" "I ought to sell 1,200 kilos a week to go by;" "at least 800 not to starve." "You know how much I was selling?" "500." "I had to sell." "The shop was named after my two daughters..." "You know what it's called now?" ""Laughing Cow lncorporated"." "It's not funny." "When things aren't working, you have to sell." "Your meat was shoe leather." "What?" "Look what he's saying!" "When you get to know this, you fall in love, right?" "Yes." "It's all right." "It's all right." "Let's see, Andrea." "It's hard for me, because here my mom... won 1st prize for her geisha costume... and that's a memory I can't erase." " We're starving, honey!" " No, let's not give up..." "Let's do another festival." "We did one and nobody came..." "I ate pastafrola for two weeks." "This argument is upsetting me very much." "We are hurting each other, attacking each other..." "It's disturbing, it's hell on me." " So leave!" " Shut up, asshole!" "Let's say we can pay off the debt..." "How do we pay for the leaking roofs or the falling ceiling?" "Are we waiting for the roof to fall on a kid to remember reality exists?" " Cement is real." " I have a counterproposal." "It's something Graciela and I worked on." "This assembly was called to discuss my proposal." "The statute says..." "We are here to decide on the life of the club," "I don't give a fuck about the statute, much less about what you say." "We may be few, the walls may be falling down, but they were built by thousands over 70 years;" "at least for their sake, you'll listen." "Wait!" "Come in, kids." "I want the kids to witness what we'll do." "This is an assembly!" "Minors can't be here." "They're old enough to face reality." "Tell us..." "How much do you get for this casino deal?" "For real." "They'll take the club like they took everything else." "Ignorant!" "I bring a solution and now it's my fault." "Don't insult the kid 'cause I'll bust your ass." "Just when we're about to become champions!" "Go, go!" "Basketball!" "Go, go!" "Basketball!" "Is that your dream?" "Is thatwhat worries you?" "That's your dream!" "See, Román, why we need jobs?" "So that we can all dream big-time once again, not 3 or 4 loud guys; everyone." "I have a dream." "That every creep like you go to jail, and have your asses sewn up with cooking string!" "Do something, man!" "You wanted to sell!" "Let go!" "This is my club!" "I wanna vote!" "You took the ball away, asshole!" "I apologize for Amadeo." "Alejandro's right." "The club can't go on like this." "We used to be 8,000 members, and now, well," " you all know." " That's what I say." "We have less and less, we want less and less." "This cannot go on." "My proposal, our proposal, sorry, is to have 8,000 members again... so I propose we double the dues." "You want us to vote on that now?" "No, let me finish." "We're 60 adult members, plus 200 minors and those who don't pay." "We're 392." "If we make an effort... and pay 10 pesos instead of 5, we can get 300 others in for free." "If out of those, we can make just 60... to love the club and pay 10 pesos, we can have another 300; that's 1,000." "If each one of those brings just one other person, we'll be 2,000 in a year." "2,000 people." "Sure, how didn't I think about that before?" "I didn't see it, what an ass!" "We shall overcome because we're good people." "like those e-mails, right?" "To one friend, then 10, 100; 1,000 and suddenly... it's 40 millions asking Bush not to wage war on Iraq." "The glitch is Bush doesn't give a fuck about the 40 millions... because reality is a little more complex..." " and delusions solve nothing." " It's not a delusión!" " That's how the club was built!" " It's a delusión!" "It's total polyanna and naive..." "I'd even say dangerous because it'll lead us to disaster." "The club was built surrounded by factories, with people who worked... and earned well." "Today the neighborhood is a concrete cemetery" " Things have changed!" " Let them change again!" "It was done before, it's been done for decades." "People came to the club... to meet friends, to care about each other." "They lived in the club." "That's it, living, not surviving, that's the key." "Now... they throw us a bone and you expect us to be happy?" "They're buying us!" "Yes." "They're buying all we've left to sell:" "our ability to work." "Nothing wrong with that." "Let's vote now!" "Please..." "I want to say something." "The club is built." "It was left to us." "We can't even keep it going?" "It's a good deal!" " A good deal?" " A good deal, yes." "What's wrong with a good deal?" "It's good deals that get a country going, and not some stupid romanticism that got us broke." "What romanticism?" "Romanticism, stupid or otherwise, has been out of fashion for years." "Romanticism didn't get us broke." "Let's do business, then." "But let's do it ourselves." "Teach classes, grow a community garden, build something." "Why not?" "Remember?" "I'd come home and tell Vero:" "today I made 100 fridges." "What do I tell her now?" "Bank won, player lost." "As always." "I understand Román's position, but Alejandro's, if we flesh it out a bit, can be flashier." " Think about Dalma." " That's it, Dalma." "It may sound foolish;" "but she's got a place here." " It's not foolish." " Yes, it is..." "I'm sorry, but it is, because many will miss a chance to work... because one girl likes ballet... as if she were a big star." "I stand for the same thing you, and you and most of you do ...but rationally." "Don't the dreams of 200 guys about to get jobs count?" "200 guys who have a club but can't use it, 'cause they can't afford sneakers, or it rains on them." "What do we tell these people?" "Guys, easy, stay jobless, rest easy..." "Don Aquiles smiles upon you from Heaven." "We have to get back our dignity." "You don't do that playing cards, or making bracelets, or jumping around in tutus." "You get back our dignity with work." "He's right." "He's right." "You're right." "He's right." "I can't say anything." "Let me make one thing clear, though." "Here," "Dalma is a little more than a big star." "She's happy here." " Address the assembly" " They already know..." "They know, but what is that worth rationally?" "What is it worth to meet a man like" "Don Aquiles?" "Or to be friends with Emilio?" "Surely not as much as the job you offer." "One more little thing." "I don't know about you... but I don't have to get back my dignity, because I haven't lost it yet." "I was close, I admit it, but not yet." "'Cause when out there I bought the idea of the job I then lost... or the blender that burned out... or the VCR that ended up boring me silly... in here, I kept being the same guy," "and I felt... the best friend, the most admired, beloved, just like Dalma, and all of us." "And that must be worth something, right?" "Because I've learnt a lot lately..." "the hard way, grant it." "I've learnt I can live... with no cable, video, movies, health insurance, security, new clothes, power, gas, perfume," "but I can't live without my wife's admiration, or my son's... my children's..." "I can't..." "I can't." "Let's vote now." " Yes." " Let's vote now!" "I want to say one last thing:" "200 jobs..." ""Go fuck yourself"" "Well, we've got... 26 votes against selling... and 33 in favor." "Where's Román?" "Román!" "Román!" "Hang on." "Hang on, Román!" "Hang on!" "It's me!" "Hang on!" "Meet me half way, honey..." " Enough." " Go on." "No, that's it." "I learnt the phonetics." "The rest is harder." "So, Emilio?" " Sweetbreads coming?" " Coming expensive." "Make do with chitterlings, some meat and innards." "Let's have a toast." "A toast to the kids' trip." " That's it." " I won't toast to that." "What?" "I won't toast to that!" "Emilio, don't burst their bubble!" "All right, let's drink to something else." "I'm selling the house." "I won't toast to that, either." "What's with you?" "What did you come for?" "To make the barbecue." "I can leave." "I'm not celebrating everybody's leaving." "You treat me like a traitor." "You go to Spain, sell the house..." "Want me to dance?" "It's not so simple, Emilio." "Do I have to pass a test?" "After all we did for 33 assholes to wreck everything?" "Shall I keep banging my head against the wall?" "Tell me." " And the other 26?" " What?" "Nothing... 26 people voted against it." "They should take care of themselves, like I do... with my family." "That's how it is." "It's all right." "If it's what you want to do..." "It is what it is." "We'll talk later, ok?" "There's nothing to talk about." "We can toast to my pregnancy, then." "You're pregnant?" "By whom?" "Congratulations." "That's good..." "That's good." "Come here, come here!" "Come here!" "Don't make me go there!" "That one's broken, Román!" "There's another one in the garage." "Hurry, you'll miss the plane." "lifetime MEMBER" "We hereby certify that..." "Maldonado, Román..." "Is a lifetime member of this club." "Hey!" "What happened?" "Your suitcase is crap..." "Go help Román in the garage." "Shall we go?" "How do we build a new club?" "Well, we should find out." "Let the dance go on... the dance of my homeland" "See the black folk dance to the beat of the tambourine" "Delicious." "I don't know, I wanted... to start a new page." "Let bygones be bygones, that's why I invited you here;" "It's the best place in town." " lt'll cost you a fortune." " No." " I have no credit card." " It's OK." "They cancelled it two months ago." "Don't worry;" "I'm doing great with the French lessons." "If you need any money, you ask me." "No, I'll let you know, but not now." "I don't want you to be in need..." "Waiter, another crème brulée." "And another Dom Perignon." "Let's shoot the works." " You embarrass me." " Why?" "Don't be silly." " Give me a cigarette." " I just ran out." "Well, I'll go get some." "You're not buying me cigarettes." "Yes, why not?" "I want it to be une nuit mémorable." "Pour moi." " Cheers." " Cheers." " Mr. Eduardo?" " Yes." "Telephone call." " For me?" " Yes, for you." "Thank you." "Hello?"