"THE TRANSPLANTED" "Uncle Alberto's tomb must be near" "...It happened in 1880" "He prevented the sale of the cruiser to Peru..." "The most powerful battleship of the Turkish navy was going to be sold to Peru but he prevented the sale." "Is that true?" "Of course!" "It happened in your mother s family!" "come, Sole!" "It's near here!" "No, follow your father's map!" "It is Pilaf's tomb!" "Allez, venez, Milord!" "Please, show some respect!" "He should have at least a statue..." "It is very sober... very Chilean... very British, too..." "He is my great-uncle on the Ganas side of the family." "So, it is from the Subercaseaux is direct relative." "And on my father s side..." "He was also a relative of..." "Echeñique families... and the Ureta from Talca." "Of course;" "Echeñique-Ureta..." "Ureta-Valds, Valds-Cox... cox-Subercaseaux." "He is quite good... he is very modest." "Next surprise..." "Sole, be aware!" "I knew it!" "Soledad Esther Valenzuela Barcel!" "In her tub and naked!" "Pity she was only 3..." "Las Rocas de Santo Domingo!" "No, dear, Algarrobo." "Your aunt's house." "But when Algarrobo was nice.." "Now it is full of low class people..." "You can breathe nature..." "The trees... my grandfather planted them." "That is Jacinto." "Nice person." "He owned the liquor store..." "He gave you your first glass of wine..." "you got sick!" "That s when you fell off the horse, Sole!" "Pity we lost all that..." "Your brother s fault!" "He gave away the house to the Christian Democrats" "Pure demagogy." "They promoted the peasants uprising..." "They voted against us and afterwards..." "The house in Las Condes!" "The door opens to Goyenechea Street..." "How beautiful..." "TERRY!" "What a dear!" "Dad, why didn't we bring Terry with us?" "Of course, in a little parcel on the plane..." "Don Jorge and the ladies... pity the old ladies didn't work..." "Although it was better that Allende won..." "Otherwise, we wouldn't be in Paris..." "Insolent!" "Don Jorge is a serious and austere man!" "So handsome..." "He is VERY OLD!" "Look at the car!" "How incredible..." "Do you imagine this car in Paris, now?" "I would really enjoy arriving to La Coupole in it..." "Mr. Valenzuela, dinner is ready!" "Thank you." "What a pity the French dine so early..." "Lights!" "Tomorrow we must go and see Douval..." "Duval, daddy, Duval..." "I hope that tomorrow things work out..." "Hope so..." "Tell me..." "Who is more efficient, your secretary in Santiago or me?" "Don't mention that bitch!" "Whenever we have to speak French, please let me do it." "If it were in English it would be easier..." "You are quite depressed, aren't you?" "You Don't understand, my dear." "You haven t been in Chile for so long." "Besides, you know Javier..." "It is not because of us..." "It is because of the children." "If you knew the situation in universities..." "Even the catholic University is like the others..." "Nachito, the radio, please...!" "How s that, Javier?" "I'm a little crazy, speaking to myself..." "Help me, my dear..." "Where are the week's bills?" "How much did we withdraw the last time?" "1000 or 1500?" "1500 and a little more... around 200" "Look; we have spent more than 1500 in a week!" "OK. chao, my dear..." "Whom were you speaking with?" "With carmencita." "How is it possible?" "..." "She invites me for dinner in two weeks." "She treated me as if we hadn't gone to school together." "Aren't we all Chilean?" "Look..." "You must trust your friends." "We are not in Chile." "Everybody works here." "You would not say that we were so close for many years..." "In 3 months we have spent over 15.500 francs." "Please pay attention..." "From now on..." "We will have to control our expenses." "Besides, I don't have a business now..." "These are Don Javier and Nachito's shirts." "Need some help?" "Do you mind if we visit the meubl and after that I leave?" "Where?" "To the meubl, the furnished apartment." "Of course, the apartment." "I hope I will have my own room at the meubl." "I have a nice surprise for all of you..." "I hope it is not another clothes acquisition..." "No" "Since all of you are speaking about money..." "I can tell you that I have a new job." "Good!" "Un boulot, as the French say..." "Where, my dear?" "That's a mystery..." "Aren't we waiting for the visitors?" "Hope not." "I would be ashamed!" "Excuse me, but the manager wants to know... if you plan to stay or to leave..." "Tell the man that I will personally go to speak with the manager" "I'm going to help you." "Let's take your grandpa and grandma's portraits..." "After I got to know the city..." "I had to start getting used to living here." "Truthfully, we miss Chile." "Besides, we have had some difficulties..." "Yes, I know..." "Please don't get ironic..." "As they say here, ' c'est une histoire de s' habituer' Is that right?" "I write it well... it is my pronunciation..." "It has been easier for the kids..." "Because they had learned French at school..." "And they are immersed in French culture." "I have not succeeded in convincing Soledad to send a letter to the Headmistress of the French Nuns School... thanking her for the excellent educational standing provided by the school." "Is Mara Ester in the same school?" "Don't you ever change her to another school." "They are wonderful those girls..." "She is really learning about French culture and customs." "Look at your sister..." "It is expensive, I know that..." "But with what is happening in Chile, you don't find many places where our children may study" "If you only knew about French customs." "Are you paying attention?" " Yes, I am." "There are fewer difficulties now." "Javier is no longer looking..." "for a position in Real State." "He misses his office a lot, his friends and contacts." "For the moment being, he has invested some money in a partnership with a Spanish gentleman." "It is an important business" "Look, my dear, we must trust your father." "Well, then I tell her that in a few months we will be able to... invite her for the holidays..." "I also told her to bring her daughter." "You were fond of her at the time." "Mom, could I please have an advance... on what will be left out of this hypothetical air ticket?" "I need some pocket money!" "We are in Paris, not in Melipilla..." "I don' t want to speak about money with your father..." "Besides, he says that you spend all the money in clothes..." "That necktie..." "I don't mind my father investing in toilettes and bidets, but I cannot live as a plumber!" "You' re ruining me!" "It's the last time!" "The last 100 francs." "Take very good care of them..." "You are too spoiled..." "How much did you pay for that haircut?" "It was a long time ago..." "I don't remember." "Is it OK?" "It suits you fine." "You have got to have your hair washed every two days..." "You are also very pretty..." "It is totally different here." "All these worries..." "How are you?" "So tired..." "What's happening?" "Any problems?" "Problems, problems..." "my Spanish partner is incredible..." "Today we went to the police..." "Papers, papers and more papers..." "Tomorrow we have to go to the bank and buy a van." "I'm so tired..." "Do you want anything?" "No thanks..." "And you?" "I wonder if you are arriving or leaving the house..." "You are never here." "If you do not need me, let's say that" "I'm leaving..." "Though I'll be back early." "This city hasn't corrupted me yet" "Do you need anything, madam?" "He gave us your address and sent you that letter" "Ernesto..." "He says that he wrote to you often." "Well, years ago..." "Ernesto Vicuña Palazuelos." "He is... my mother's cousin." "My mother is Lira Palazuelos..." "Ernesto..." "Yes, I think I remember..." "He remembers you and sends regards." "He said that during the summer holidays you were often together at the farm in Pirque..." "Pirque..." "And didn't' Ernesto write this letter?" "It's s very difficult for me to read Spanish." "What does... he say?" "We brought you the letter, but we didn't read it." "It did not seem correct..." "But we have a souvenir for you, Madame de Vressac, as the de Vressac of Orleans..." "In France, ladies wear their husbands name..." "Not in Chile..." "You don't wear the name..." "Vicuña" "Vicuña That was my father's name." "How did you know?" "Then I will call you aunt..." "In this album you will find the Vicuñas from Talca..." "My God!" "This is Oran!" "The beach... and the hotel..." "They were building it when I was there with Alfred." "No..." "It is Reñaca..." "A beach resort near Viña del Mar..." "Near Valparaiso V A I P A R A I S O!" "Valparaiso!" "Oh my God!" "You know that Alfred was there when he was in the Army..." "His life is a novel..." "I was in Paris, he was in Valparaiso..." "and we met in Oran." "It's wonderful." "He was so young and handsome," "Even when he was being serious." "He danced so well..." "He was the youngest officer in his Ministry..." "We made a fantastic desert..." "ride on camels..." "The truth is that I don't imagine you as a revolutionary..." "It depends on the image you have of a revolutionary." "I don't have a knife in my teeth, or does that seem better to you?" "communists in Chile said we were in paradise, but I'm glad to be here." "We won't go back tomorrow, don't worry about that." "OK." "Let me introduce you to my first partner." "I have worked with him for more than 15 years..." "Door to door... house by house." "Thanks for inviting me." "You look fine." "What a beauty!" "..." "Is it genuine?" "Mom!" "Everything here is authentic." "It's a Japanese Buddha from the 18th century." "It must be very expensive..." "Of course..." "That is a Rateau." "He only made 2 pieces..." "The first was for Lanvin..." "and the second one which is in the Modern Art Museum, was made for Renoir." "You have learned a lot..." "A little..." "I was with Jean Pierre when he bought it..." "But this screen... was specially made for the Dolly Sisters in 1925!" "Who is Jean Pierre?" "Please, mom!" "He is the owner." "Jean Pierre Duvaud." "You seem to know him well..." "Of course." "That's cool." "Besides, we are friends." "Did you tell dad about my trip to the south?" "I must give Jean Pierre a quick answer." "Don't worry." "Your dad is anxious because of his business." "Besides, Mara Soledad hasn't come home in several days..." "I could very well leave the house, but..." "I want to do hasn't things properly." "Ah!" "Look!" "..." "What does This remind you of?" "Of course, we had one at home." "It was a wedding present." "It's exactly the same!" "No, mom, it is only alike..." "This is authentic." "Ah!" "Let me introduce you, J. P. Duvaud..." "My mother..." "She is charming..." "Have you had a look?" "Your son works very well." "Would you please follow me?" "Delighted." "He told you about the screen." "Please, have a seat." "The screen is nothing..." "Look at this object!" "How different!" "It's beautiful and pure... but you cannot trust it..." "It troubles me..." "The head has been cut..." "There is much cruelty in this object..." "Nothing is casual Do you see?" "Everything is a symbol and an expression." "Perhaps a woman sculpted it... a man... several men..." "You can feel the heat of the sun." "Well, Madam, please accept it as a present." "Good evening, Mr. Javier" "Good evening, Mr. Robert, are you doing well?" "The usual?" "Yes." "The results of the races?" "I want to verify..." "Oh, I lost again!" "You were not lucky..." "Let me have a look." "Horses are OK, but it's a bad combination." "Why do you say that?" "It always happens..." "My past, Don Jacinto... is very different." "I spent my childhood at a farm in the South of Chile..." "Blue lakes... forests and mountains..." "wide rivers..." "The house was huge and decorated with austere taste." "Very Chilean, actually." "It was always full of people, cousins, grandpas and grandmas..." "We were so happy... huge family lunches... it was wonderful..." "Six thousand, six hundred and sixty nine..." "Enough for today..." "You are very efficient with taxes, very good!" "If we only had a calculator machine..." "We will have that later..." "Later..." "Time..." "It is not easy here in Paris." "Jean Pierre can provide you with some of his contacts." "Yes, but he is an antique dealer and I dislike people such as dancers and antique dealers." "I'm here only because your mother asked me to!" "Full of prejudice, eh?" "Don't worry." "He is a very nice person." "Hi!" "My father..." "Jean Pierre Duvau." "I asked you to meet my father in order to see if you may introduce him... to your contacts." "He has not succeeded in finding a good business." "What do you do, exactly?" "Here I work in the washroom services business," "But I must confess you that I would like to find something better." "In my country I built and sold important buildings." "You call that Real State." "I thought that perhaps you could help..." "I thought of Paul..." "Do you speak French?" "Yes... a little..." "Look!" "It s Diego!" "This is a Chilean friend." "Nice to meet you." "Have you been in France for a long time?" "Do you speak French?" "Let me look at Diego!" "Have you looked at him enough?" "It has been a long time..." "Yes... since '68... '68?" "We have met two or three times.." "Do you remember how we met?" "..." "It was a real boom!" "In 68, in the University..." "I was escaping from the police." "Diego was doing the same and we met violently!" "You see, we were in La Sorbonne's library and it was suddenly crowded with cops." "cops..." "Do You Know What I Mean?" "So the only thing we could do was run..." "Many students were imprisoned, so we held meetings to liberate them." "That's how we became friends with Diego." "And after we met often in other meetings." "Lots of us were imprisoned..." "So we held another meeting to liberate them." "Then we discovered that we need to be more  andthatwe hadtorun." "During those days many people were arrested" "The meetings continued for several days." "Finally there was this huge meeting..." "Don't speak a word!" "Juan Carlos, Madrid is calling." "Violeta, you may go ahead and go to sleep if you want." "Good night." "The most important fact is the Army and the Armed Forces." "You know that Allende called the military to the Government." "I think this is positive." "The military will realize the failure of this Marxist experiment." "You know we always thought the Armed Forces should actively oppose Allende's government." "You must remember the Schneider affair." "Excuse me but" "I think everything you have been speaking here is horrible!" "Please Maria Soledad!" "You are crazy!" "..." "Dad, please tell me that you are not involved in this!" "Uncle, the Marxists are heavily armed!" "Please, listen to this tape!" "Because we are Chilean and we love our country above all." "...Because we believe in our traditions." "We could say we are the best of our country free from political intoxication." "We are true idealists, and our main ideal is to see our country... free from this foreign ideology." "I have been waiting 34 years for that SOB s death!" "But..." "I realize that I'm forgetting my Spanish..." "A little, don Jacinto, a little..." "In Spain they say that I have a French accent..." "So many years..." "And, would you go back?" "Yes, of course!" "But..." "sometimes I wonder..." "When Diego was a child, we use to send him to visit the family in Spain." "But time went by and I ask myself..." "Then you are not going back" "No." "I think there is nothing to do with that country!" "Now that I'm old I think that it would have been... the same thing with the Republic." "The right, the left... they are nothing but theories..." "You see, I could have gotten killed very well in 1936, but time changes everything..." "I believe in real Socialism, but people always look for their immediate benefit..." "True Socialism will come, but we will all be buried before that..." "No." "Socialism doesn't exist." "It is the result of politicians demagogy." "You don't have the right to give false hopes to people." "In a poor country, there is no possible Socialism." "Besides, all that ends up in dictatorships." "I am not saying that Allende is a dictator." "He is an honest man... he comes from a well-known family of Valparaiso." "But all those communist politicians convinced him, ...and that led him to disaster." "In a poor country such as Chile, people believe that nonsense." "Christian Democrats, and after that the Popular Unity makes them believe they will gain power." "They rise, and the result is awful." "Besides, a minority elected Allende." "The congress could have stopped him and it didn't'." "They should have stopped him!" "That was weak!" "What we need is a Government that provide progress and order." "Allende took the Agrarian Reform, a Christian Democratic invention." "He gives the land to ignorant people and now you cannot find onions, potatoes, nothing!" "Nowadays, even banks have been taken..." "Next they are going to take over houses, cars, everything!" "I couldn't stay there..." "and I'm not a coward" "It's just that I don't want to witness my country's downfall" "But there is a hope:" "Young people." "Some of them are willing to do everything for Chile" "And I will tell you something..." "I support them!" "I came to know if... you foresee a possibility for me to find something..." "You had told me that perhaps" "Yes... we talked recently..." "I want to know if you found something." "It is very important for me." "There is a business in which you could participate." "You would only need 300 or 400.000 Francs" "It isn't much and you may earn... 300.000 Francs!" "You say you are experienced..." "Of course I am!" "In Chile I built large buildings in the best areas." "I want to offer you my experience!" "Perhaps you want to speak to somebody." "I can give you a card..." "Yes, thank you!" "A card for some of your friends." "Wonderful news!" "We would have liked so much to be with you..." "Only 3 years ago we saw our niece, a lot younger than our Mara Soledad and now we see her in her marriage photograph and looking like a woman." "Do you realize it?" "She was only 15 when we left Chile." "I couldn't help crying, but they were tears of happiness." "It is the same joy and emotion that you must have experienced in those moments." "It's hard to see children grow and then leave." "We would have really liked to be with all of you so much." "...Was not possible this year." "Perhaps the next one." "Or perhaps we will meet here before..." "A novel I found at the University." "It is the story of a Chilean family, near 1900, that comes to France." "They are the Canalejas family." "It's all about people who were more or less rich in Chile, but not here in France." "They want to marry their daughter to an aristocrat." "Her name is "Mercedita"." "They live perfectly false lives and the name of the book is THE TRANSPLANTED." "And what happened to "Mercedita"?" "They married her to a German Von I don't know what, who was very rich." "Of course, she was in love with somebody else... but didn't dare oppose her family." "Then she left to Italy on honeymoon with the Von." "Eventually she couldn't stand it any more and committed suicide." "She did it with gas, which must have been very progressive at the time..." "She was probably the first person to commit a gas suicide..." "What would like to drink?" "The usual." "Bad news..." "No..." "But, who did that?" "I don't know." "The Army." "Pinochet." "A General Leigh, also." "It is serious..." "Another drink?" "Thanks." "I need it" "NAZI" " PINOCHET MURDER" "Son of a Bitch!" "Idiots!" "Better go to work!" "I hope that for the Next Independence Day... we will be in Chile and will have a Military Parade.." "Of course we will have a Parade." "Once things return to normal everything will be as always." "I hope so." "What a lovely dress..." "Have you seen my husband?" "You know, my husband is so busy." "We need a huge sacrifice to pull our country out of the hole it is in." "Of course... and what's your name?" "Alicia Gomez de Pea." "My name is Barcel de Valenzuela Cox." "What were we speaking of?" "About my husband's work." "I thought it was about the Military Parade." "Things are quite in order already, but once the situation to normal, we will surely have Parades again.." "I love Military Parades..." "You see we came here to work, certainly not as tourists." "We would have preferred to stay in Chile." "My husband received proposals from several Ministries..." "Which ones?" "Several ministries, you know." "But in the end he accepted this mission." "And..." "Do you like Paris?" "Yes, it's very pretty, but we don't have much time left." "We have to change Chile s image." "With this Marxist campaign against Chile..." "Yes, it is awful..." "Because you don't know what it is to live under a communist dictatorship?" "I suffered it for 3 years." "When did you leave Chile?" "I left in 1971..." "These last 3 years have been very difficult." "And it was us women who fought for our country." "Thanks to the military movement things are returning to normal." "There have been some incidents, but in a short time we will be have a peaceful country once again." "Stop it, Javier!" "People are staring at us!" "What a boring cocktail!" "Even the Pisco Sour was shitty!" "They don't know how to prepare it!" "Everyone was military!" "I was ashamed!" "The officer's wife told me that "We have an enormous task "" "" We" - do you understand? "We"." "This is very serious." "All the foreign affairs of Chile are in the hands of these people and they can't even speak correctly." "I told the general that they must call members of the National Party." "They know what to do!" "When I think of the stupid life that I lived in Chile." "Do you know I only know the beautiful people's neighborhood?" "Aside from this, I know some beach resorts, grandpa's farm and that's all!" "Nacho is OK." "He says that we have become too real for our parents now." "They are permanently shocked when we don't sleep at home." "You can no longer speak to my mother." "The only conversation topics she has are parties, jewelry, and diplomats..." "She is in some sort of crazy competition with her Parisian friends.." "And your father?" "My dad?" "I feel a little anger and a lot of pity for him." "He and mom are always telling each other the story of Mr.  Mrs. Javier Valenzuela Cox, who came to conquer Paris." "The problem is that Paris is no longer the city their grandparents... knew during the Belle Epoque." "But it's another Paris" "I understand him, though." "He has lost his friends, his job and 50 years of his life..." "He is a person without will..." "without life..." "It makes me sad..." "You think that his only courageous attitude was to burn his ships... as he says, and bring us to Paris." "And you?" "You know, until December we almost had no problems with Mito." "We were already in another apartment..." "Our former neighbors had a real informant-paranoid psychosis where we lived." "Even conservatives were frightened..." "Then we moved to another neighborhood." "We felt a bit safe in our new apartment." "Anyway, at night and with the curfew we were terrified waiting for the military to come and throw down our door." "By then we learned that Mito had been expelled from college along with other friends." "Some were imprisoned and others disappeared." "One day, we came back home... .. and found armed civilians in the lobby." "We thought they had come for us but they were after somebody else." "They asked for our papers and then told us to carry on." "The next day..." "When I was in mom's house, they took Mito." "I never saw him again." "His family and I looked for him." "Incidentally, he had cut off all ties with us." "They were afraid." "We did our best to find him." "We spoke with many people, including the church." "It was useless." "I never went back home." "I knew the soldiers had raided it." "My situation was dangerous and..." "I just went into an embassy with her." "Then I learned that he had been killed In an attempt by leftist extremists." "They found him with his comrades." "The truth is that they tortured..." "and then killed him." "Mito's father knew and important military officer so they let him see his son's body at the morgue." "The poor man almost went crazy." "When he went to see us at the embassy..." "I had the impression he blamed me for his son's death." "I even think he believed the story of the attempt." "So the news is always false, and we know it's true..." "It isn't true that they kill people!" "It isn't true that they torture!" "It isn't true they killed Mito!" "People are not starving!" "What s wrong with you?" "I feel so sorry for Don Guillermito!" "Madam told me that is not true that the military had killed him... but I know it's true." "His wife also told me that they had tortured him and he was so young" "You have to forget about that if you want to go back to Chile" "I'm also worried about my brother." "He is doing his military service in the Army." "He hasn't written me in more than 6 months and I heard that the military are killing each other." "I am scared and I don't want to go back." "This is difficult for me to say, though it is important." "Sometimes I say things I don't really mean." "I don't want fights like the one we had moments ago." "I have done my best in order to keep our family together." "Look at all the difficulties we have gone through" "But we are together." "Things went wrong." "My business didn't work, as I wanted." "Anyway, I have always tried to do my best for my family." "Once I thought that leaving Chile was the best idea." "Regretfully, I must admit that things didn't go well." "This is important, please listen to me..." "I think that we should go back to Chile and do so together... the same way we came here!" "My friend and partner, Mr. Linares, who has a simple but noble character... has allowed me to break our contract." "I will have my money back." "It isn't much... but it is solid money" "Dad, excuse me, I don't want to cause more trouble but for me this is not a money issue." "So, what is it all about?" "I do not want to go back to Chile!" " Neither do I" "This is not possible!" "Please try to understand." "Going back to Chile now in this situation, would make me feel like the Junta's accomplice." "Dad, I won't go back to Chile." "My dear, you are just speaking as" "You cannot think or speak like that." "Look what your father has done for you two..." "You wanted to study, so you did, you are working even... if your father didn't agree" "The fact is that since Cristina came to this house!" "Stop speaking about Cristina!" "She is your nephew's wife!" "So?" "Wasn't he a part of the family?" "What happened to him?" "Yes, my dear, but he was involved with leftist radicals!" "I wonder what he was involved in!" "What a pleasure!" "How are you?" "Very modern, this university." "I thought it was more traditional" "More conservative." "I called you because I want to speak to you." "Do you believe in me?" "Yes" "Last night we were speaking about you and Nacho until late." "Specially about you" "You are the girl in the house." "I want you to realize how much we have compromised." "Besides, this solitude is unbearable." "The fact that I don't go to the house doesn't mean that I don't love you" "You don't understand what I am saying." "Look how much we have changed." "...but you don't need to work as au pair." "You may attend the university" "We are growing old..." "we can't keep on living like this" "Dad, I think you want to take me back to Chile, but we already discussed that." "On the other hand..." "That is deep in my heart!" "On the other hand..." "I think you feel guilty and want to confuse me." "Why do you say that?" "Dad, I understand you." "Try to accept me." "Of course I accept you, but as a father I assume my responsibility." "It is my duty to tell you these things." "Think things over and then give me an answer." "Your mom is alone and misses you" "I have to go." "I must leave." "Think about what I told you." "Please..." "Think about your mother."