"WRAP UP" "June 23, 2000, St. John's Eve" "Hello." "What an angel-face!" "What are you doing here?" "Do you want anything?" "Do you want the crayons?" "No?" "Are you new in the neighborhood?" "Who's little girl are you?" "Hello?" "No, I hadn't dozed off, I was sleeping." "They're two hemispheres that work differently." "No, not like yours." "One of those has stopped working and the other is dodgy." "Yes, I was sleeping." "It's what you should be doing at this time." "No, I wasn't asleep right now." "I don't know, maybe it was noise on the phone line." "Yes, I'm still here." "I'm whispering because the whole city is asleep." "Why are you awake at 2:30 AM?" "Well, have some lettuce tea." "Yeah, insomnia, you old goat." "Go to sleep." "Ciao." "Yves..." "It's almost 7:30." "You want a cuddle." "Valeria!" " Did you buy them?" " I picked them on the way." "They're magical today." " They smell nice, don't they?" " They smell of death." " Don't talk like that." " He can't hear us." "Can I go now?" "This place gives me the creeps." " We have to wait for Valeria." " Why?" "Because there's no one else, can't you see?" "And for Yves, he was my friend." "I can't believe you're chewing gum." "We're not in the hairdresser's." "If I saw you chewing gum there I'd make you swallow it." " Hello." " Hello." "Hello, love." "What an outfit." "You look beautiful." "He liked me to wearthis dress any time we did something special." " I never imagined this." " What are you going to do?" "I don't know." "It's St. John's Eve." "Let's go to the bonfires." "Sure, and put a sign on the door:" ""Closed due to bereavement"." " Really, Telmo!" " Leave him alone." "Yves would have liked it." " Good evening." " Good evening." "There are more people now." "Can I go?" "Go on, go on." "Have we meet?" "I'm Marcelo." "Are you all right?" "He came." "I rang him." "Yves always talked about him and he "give me" his number." "And he "gave me" his number." "And he gave me his number." "He looks like his father, doesn't he?" "On the outside." "Despite everything, it's a lovely night." "It might get cold later." "I'll bring you something from your place." "The raincoat." "Where the hell did I leave my cell phone?" "The wake is a big success." "Nobody has come." "They'll come." "Yeah, sure." "I guess no one likes death." "It's St. John's Eve." "Yourfather loved going to the bonfires." "Tonight the doors open on the other side of the mirror." "The dragons roar and the devil's horses fly." "Tonight, you have to jump and dance to protect yourself from the demons who are loose, orthey might carry you off." "It sounds a bit sinister." "Yes, dad, I'm fine." "No, I'm whispering because a friend slept over." "Yes, he just slept." "Your letterto my aunts arrived." "I'll take it to them today." "Well, I'll call you." "All right, you call me." "Yes, it's cheaper." "In fact, if you call me, it's free." "Bye." "I woke you." "Don't worry." "I have to go." "It was my dad." "Now that we live on shores thousands of kilometers apart, we talk more in one day then when we lived together." "That's good." "He knows nothing he can't understand." "He doesn't know about yourfather." "May I open the curtains?" "If there's no light, I don't wake." "Your father used to say you should never open them." " It's like revealing your secrets." " I've got no secrets." " Have you?" " Lf I had, I couldn't tell you." "Why "Yves de Paris"?" "His name was Marcelo." " Or is that a secret too?" " No, it isn't." "Your father was..." "He was..." "He was..." "He was very handsome, like Yves Montand." "He came selling professional cosmetic products for women who demand excellence." "All different and unique." "Adela, the hairdresser, collected L'Oreal coupons because she wanted a trip to Paris." "One day, your father came to meet his client, and there we were, all bored." "Are you a hairdresser?" "No." "I do make-up, nails, tattoos..." ""I do make-up..."" "Things like that." "It's a family thing." " What is?" " Faces." "It's a family thing." "My grandfather, who was Galician, did portraits here, so that emigrants who left could see their children growing." "Like in the story about Mr. Antón." "Do you know it?" " No." " I'll tell it to you later." "And my dad does illustrations in Buenos Aires." "He wants to bring out a book of his stories." "It's called "Luca in a stew"." "Sorry!" "Luca, the character in my dad's story, is a chicken who wants to be respected, and not roasted." "Dad says he's just copying what goes on around him." "It's the first time he's dared to do something of his own." "It's hard for him." "It's difficult." "And you?" "You climb mountains, study engineering, you like cars, challenges, soccer..." "Boys' stuff." ""Boys' stuff."" " Did he say that?" " No, I'm saying it." "Boys' stuff." "I guess it's my male side." "Boys' stuff." "I don't like make-up, or perfumes," "or any of that." "I don't see why pretty girls wear make-up, if you're pretty." "And if you're not, there's nothing you can do." "No, I don't like it." "There's a reason." "I'll tell you later." "Yeah, one of these days." "That car down there is Yves'." "Well, it's yours now, but it doesn't work." "He'd stopped using it." "He always took the same walk." "He'd start very early in a place we'd rented." "The first business he ever had." "His golden retirement, he said." "Then, the washing place, where everyone can wash their clothes for free." "It's lovely." "Then to "At your side", a bar run by a guy who plays cards and his customers serve themselves." "He'd read the paper there." "He'd end up at the port, at the same time, always after buying his favorite apples." "Very simple, wasn't it?" "It was what the doctor recommended." "What doctor?" "The cardiologist." "Your father had a lot of problems." "He got tired, his chest hurt." "This was inevitable." "But I'm very young." "I can try to fix it." "Fix what?" "The car." "I can fix it." "Even Coco couldn't do it." " Well?" " A museum piece." "I told you." "But I got it going." "We'll try it out." "I don't know." "I'm going to my aunts and I'm not dressed yet." "You know these family visits." "Well, I give you a lift." "But you'll have to lend me a tee shirt or a shirt." "Very elegant." "A very elegant gentleman." "A boy." "Coco is annoyed." "You haven't cried." "It must be my gaucho blood." "You two didn't talk much." "You don't even want to know how he died." "Well, you know." "Now that we're on different shores, millions of light years apart, perhaps..." "Bastard!" "I won't be long." "You always say that, and then spend hours with those old goats." "They're my only family here." "Sometimes it's better to have no family, like me." "We're running very late." "The tide is going out, and you know..." "I know the river is dropping and we have to wait till it rises." ""I know the river is dropping and we have to wait..."" "Give me patience." "Hello!" "Anybody here?" "What did the poor apple tree do to you?" "If you don't hit them they don't give fruit." "A letter from our cousin!" "A letter from our cousin!" "What does he say?" "How would she know?" "I know a bit." "I think he's asking about the sawmill." "For Crissake!" "What's it got to do with him?" "You should tell him a lot less about us and a bit more about you." "It's best if I go." "Don't listen to her, love." "She didn't mean any harm." "Will you come and make me up some day?" "Don't worry, aunt, I'll be back." "All right, come on, I'll make you up now." "I'm just asking you to help me, or for the sawmill to help me." "I need it to buy these computers and get a new print shop." "I'm out of date." "You know, 'Be modern or die'." "I'll make you up, but I'm taking grandad's photos to make copies." "I can only do it if you keep your head up." "That's the first thing." "Tell me again about grandpa drinking milk to cure his ulcer and ignoring the doctor." "He did everything his way." "What otherway can you do things?" "It's amazing!" "What is?" "You see this?" "What?" "This line." "Yes." "I see it." "It's identical." "What's wrong, love?" "What use is it?" "What use is it looking like you?" "You have to console me." "Otherwise, stop being part of my family right now." "Hello." "Did your aunts say anything about my letter?" "I guess they didn't because you would have called me." "You wouldn't let your daddy suffer, would you?" "The bank believes that my family wants to help me and..." "No, they don't believe me." "Why lie to you?" "I've got a run of"Luca in a stew" half done and I really need that goddamn computer." "Anyway, ciao." "I can't find Yves' death notice." "Well, it was all very sudden." "Sudden, but not that sudden." "What does that mean?" "He was an old man, very old." "Not that much older than you or me." "If you spend all day screwing at that age..." "I'd love to die like that." "Wouldn't you?" "Right now, if possible." "You'll be the first to have my new "coiffure asymétrique"" "What do you think?" "No, you make me pretty and Carlos goes mad with jealousy." "No one goes mad with jealousy." "Look at it anotherway." "Carlos will think you're another woman." " Another woman?" " Yes." "No, then I'll be the one who gets jealous." "Hello." "You've called Yves, "produits professionnels de cosmetique"." "If you leave your message I'll contact you as soon as I can." "Hello." "Don't worry." "Thanks." "Come on, sweetheart." "Here you are." "Who's that boy?" "He's Maria's son, Gabriel." "What's wrong with him?" "He's got a few problems with communicating." "He comes here because his mother got a job as a babysitter and as she can't pay a babysitter..." "You babysit forthe babysitter." "It's a bit like job creation." "We have to lend a hand." "If we don't help each other..." "You're in love, you can only think of one thing." " But I bet you've heard the story." " What story?" "About the man who disappeared from Miño beach." " What's that got to do with the boy?" " It was his father." "Everyone had their own idea about what happened." "They said he couldn't bear to see his son like that." "I'm so fucking unlucky!" "He went into the sea and disappeared." "They found his clothes, but they never found his body." "And he left the mother on her own." "She's not on her own." "I'm giving her a hand." "I think that's wonderful, provided you have time to do me forthe wedding." "Don't you think it's too serious?" "It's elegant, not serious, but I could pull out some strands here" "and curl them with the tongs." "Turn this off!" "That's it, it's all over." "Chocolate," "Batman, kiss." "Valeria, will you do the trial run for Montse's make-up now?" "Can't you see I'm with my boyfriend?" "See, love?" "Noises are like colored pencils." "Don't be scared of them." "FOR RENT" "I'm sorry, but I can't do the make-up for a bride." "You're a professional." "Yes, but I can't work if it isn't from the heart." "Don't you understand?" "Of course I do." "Look, Valeria, we have a lot of things in common." "We're both widows." "Are you a widow?" "Yes." "Of a man who's alive." "And I'm unmarried, like you." "You, me, Leonor..." "So many widows." "People disappear." "It hurts, doesn't it?" "Is it better to think they'll come back some day, orto lose all hope?" "I like showing Gabriel those noises that come from inside." "That warm, cruel place we call "inside"." "But now you have to calm down." "Valeria, you have to recover," "get overthis." "But I don't know how." "Start by eating." "You're fading away to nothing." "Yes, mom." "May I?" "Heavens." "I didn't know you were expecting someone." "Who?" "It's habit." "At times I don't realize." "Well..." "Perfect." "I've brought the wine." " Has it been here all night?" " How should I know!" "Of course you know." "Don't try to be smart with me." "Where's the owner?" "According to some, in heaven." "According to others, in hell." "You're going to go to hell, forthinking badly." "How do you know what I'm thinking?" "And fix this window for me, I can never close it." "It all has to be replaced, the frame is rotten." "And I'm changing the light on the stairs." "I'm putting in a presence sensor." "It switches on when anyone moves." "Just fix the window, I'm in no mood for changes." "That's a bad philosophy." "Changes come, like it or not." "Life is a river." "And you're the boatman." "Fix it, Coco." "Yes." "The boatman..." "What are you doing here?" "Do you want anything?" "Are you new in the neighborhood?" "Do you want the crayons?" "No?" "Who's little girl are you?" "Valeria?" "Yes?" "Will you let me in?" "Wait, I'm showering." "Come on." "Why?" "We have to talk and it's impossible here." "I have to go to work." "Not today, please." "Hello." "Are you there?" "Just as well that you're not," "I don't know who I'd lose my patience with today." "You're not there." "You know what happened?" "Racing lost again!" "Yes, to Argentino!" "Can you believe it?" "At least Depor won." "Remember about the guarantor, the computer, "Luca in a stew"?" "Really, I'm more worried about Racing than the guarantor." "I'm a good Galician and I understand when people are silent." "Ciao, love." "We've done nothing wrong." "In fact, we've done nothing." "I know." " You can't walk in those shoes." " Your father loved them." "Yeah, and he didn't like the country." "No, he said it was a place where chickens ran around raw." " That's funny." " You think so?" "Go on, say it." "Come on, what's the problem?" "Is it just that I'm his son, or am I worse than my father?" "Know what the problem is?" "I'm confused." "Please, I'm tired." "Wow!" "What a bed!" "Come on!" "Cheer up!" "We'll do it up like you'd planned." "Like we'd planned." "I was so innocent then." "What is it for?" "It's for getting a tan without taking the sun." "Let me do it." "Take off your tee shirt." "Wait." "Hello." "What are you doing here?" "I have a visit at 12:30." "Is it that time already?" "Asymétrique?" "No." "The premises are spacious with a lot of light." "The equipment is included." "I'll open the blinds." "Hello." "You've called Yves." "These are the photos my grandfather took." "Leonor always kept them." "We'll have to visit her one day." "You'll see how I'll be at fifty." "You'll be very handsome." "But you won't be with me." "They're incredible." "Those women sent a message to their fiancés, saying, "We're very clean", so they'd take them with them." "That man knew he'd never see his son again." "Such courage, wasn't it?" "That woman's letter was returned to her." "Why didn't you let me take your photo with the beggar?" "He didn't give us permission." "So what?" "He didn't even know." "That's exactly why." "In grandpa's photos, people posed to send a message thousands of kilometers away, and maybe thousands of days away." "In those photos, I see a mirror and a lot of care, with every detail of their hair, and their clothes, and their lips, slightly painted." "A man spent a lot of hours looking at those photos." "On the other shore?" "On the other shore." "And your father?" "My father?" "What about him?" "I don't know." "What's he like?" "He's a pain." "He keeps calling." "But do you love him?" "He doesn't know, but I'd walk under the ocean to see him." "And your mother?" "The soldiers took her, when I was four." "We never heard of her again." "Look." "See this?" "It's from her." "That's what we are." "A little bit from each side." "Mr. Antón lived when my grandfather was young." "Mr. Antón painted everything in beautiful colors, covering wood and stones as if he were dressing them for a party." "Bit by bit, he painted everything, making stone into wood and wood into stone, so that people would be amazed." "Do you think it's stone?" "No, sir, it's wood." "Do you think it's wood?" "No, sir, it's stone." "And there is Mr. Antón's artistic legacy." "This chin, pull it in." "These lips take sips." "This nose blows and blows." "These eyes, very wise." "This head, hard as lead." "Let's go home, you'll get wet and the doctor will be angry." " Hello." " Hello." "You don't look so good." "Let's go inside, Coco is modernizing me." "What was he like?" "Who?" "Yves?" "No." "Marcelo, my father." "What's wrong?" "He doesn't know if he likes the haircut you're giving him." "Do you think it's all right?" "What?" "All this." "I think it's whatever you think." "Do you think it's all right?" "Yes!" "Of course." "Thanks, Adela." "It's all so..." "Passionate." "And beautiful, and magical and very special." "I really like Marcelo." " I'm delighted." " Really?" "I was scared." "Of me?" "I thought only men were scared of me." "Am I really happy?" "Are you happy?" "Hello." "You've called Yves, "produits professionnels de cosmetique"." "If you leave your message I'll contact you as soon as I can." "Let me do it." "It's no use." "An umbrella must be of some use." "At times, even umbrellas are no use for their use." "Well done!" " What's wrong?" " Nothing." "I told you!" "Why do you always contradict me?" " It's nature." " Yours or mine?" "Why are you saying that?" "Hello." "You've called Yves, "produits professionnels de cosmetique"." "If you leave your message I'll contact you as soon as I can." "Why have you got my cell phone?" "What right do you have?" "It's my male side." "I'm stupid and curious." "Forgive me." "I'll never be able to talk to you like that." "No." "That's over." "Dry your hair." "This'll warm you up inside." "It rains in summer as well as in winter." "Why?" "Because we're in Galicia." "Let me tidy you up." "Cut it." "What?" "Give me the asymétrique cut." "The one no client will let you do." "Are you sure?" "I have to change everything, I'll start there." "Drink up, so you won't change your mind." "Are you going to get drunk first?" "What does it matter?" "The cut is asymmetric." "That's it." "Do you like it?" "You look beautiful." "I don't know if it's the cut orthe liquor that does it." "I didn't drink much." "But I did!" "I'll explain something to you." "There's only one way to get by easily." "What is it?" "Nobody knows." "So what you do is get by as best you can." "If it's hard, you're screwed." "Come on, smile, I can't be any funnier." "May I have this dance, miss?" "This is how they danced the tango at first." "Men with men and women with women." "I've never danced with a woman." "In fact, I don't even remember if I've ever danced with a man." "Has he really gone?" " And you won't do anything?" " He left me." "Adela, I love you very much." "And not just as a friend." "As a best friend." "What a fright!" "Thanks, Telmo." "I'll return it soon." "You were prettier with long hair." "That's why I cut it." "I don't understand." "You've got good taste." "Hello, Adela." "Hello!" "Hello, my little darling." "Kiss, kiss, kiss." " It's just for a few hours." " Don't worry." "He'll be fine here." "Thanks." "You're lucky someone looks after that poor kid." "'Bye." "Telmo, are you stupid?" "See who that is." "Mom, it's a man." "I'm sorry, I don't do men." "Do I look that bad?" "In that case, recommend a men's hairdresser." "Another Argentine." "You rang three times." "You're not here for a hair cut, are you?" "Sit down and wait." "I'll see to you later." "Thank you." "You need a shave, if you don't mind." "We use it on some of our customers." "Armpits, legs sometimes, things like that." "Don't worry, it's perfectly clean." "Well, if you say so." "First I'll give you a massage to soften yourface." "I've got no shaving cream." "All right, all right, forget it." "I'll shave tomorrow instead." "I don't want Valeria to see her father looking scruffy." "Thank you." "Do you know my cousins, the Vilouzas?" "Yes, of course." "The Vilouzas." "Who doesn't know them?" "Are they clients of yours?" "Leonor used to come at one time but I've never done Ramona." "I don't know." "They don't like coming to the city." "They're like recluses." "It's not that they're nuns, but..." "To be honest, they're very unfriendly." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Now, if you'll excuse me," "I'm going to see my wife and my son Gabriel." "I owe them an explanation." "Have a nice day, miss." "Thank you." "I'll give it back to you." "Thank you." "He went into the sea and disappeared." "They found his clothes but they never found his body." "Adela!" "You'll never believe it!" "No, you'll never believe it." "What happened to you?" " Vale!" " Hello, dad!" "Hello, love!" "Hello!" "My darling!" "I didn't recognize you." "What did you do to your hair?" "She didn't do it, I did it." "It's..." "It's original" "No, it's really nice." "Really nice." "Really nice." "Hello." " This is my dad." " Miguel." "A pleasure." "Delighted." "Coco is from here, but he lived in Argentina foryears." " Really?" "Where?" " In El Tigre." "On the islands?" "No, in the city, but it was like living here in Betanzos." "Why did you come back?" "Because I missed it." "So you're happy to be back here again?" "No, I still miss it." "Come on, the tide won't wait." "Let's go." " How's it going, Coco?" " We're doing fine." "This river." "This air." "Airs, sweet airs of my land." "Yes." "And this smell." "Everything smells of apples." "Apples." "My Galician apples." "Apple." "Leonor!" "Come on, I know a great shortcut." " All right?" " All right." "All right." "Hello!" "I think they aren't in." "I think they are." "Caught you!" "Were you hiding?" "We don't want to meet your boyfriend." "What boyfriend?" "It's incredible!" "Just like two little girls." "Let's see!" "Who's "it" now?" "Miguel!" "Leonor!" "But that Yves could be the father of that Marcelo, couldn't he?" " He was the father." " Who?" "Yves." "Of whom?" "Of Marcelo." " Yves?" " Yes." "Marcelo is the son of the father who died?" "How about that!" "I'll have to hire you as a direct collaborator and partner." "Any time, Coco." "We'll take a look at the bathroom later." "There's a toilet that's giving me a hard time." "Fighting with a toilet." "How undignified." "You can't always choose your opponent." "Nature gave us two different evacuation systems." "We put them together." "No toilet can cope." " God didn't work to a budget." " That's for sure." "Pissing without farting is like a piper without a drummer." "Sorry!" "That's an old saying." "Did you know it?" "I remembered it, like that, all of a sudden." "What are you doing?" "Changing the frequency of the presence sensor." " Otherwise, I can't see." " It's no problem." "This is more fun than the Racing's training sessions." "Coco, you're a real bungler." "You can't stop!" "Forget it." "I'll stay here." "You two go to Valeria's corner." "Thank you." "Coco, hurry up." "I've got a lot of work." "Sit down there." "You've adapted well to Betanzos." "It's my land." "And you're my family." "I brought you this." "But first I want to ask you something." "The other day, how did you know where to find us?" "It was where you and I always hid." "You remember?" "We spent hours playing." "Putzing around." "Putzing around, Leonor." "Putz..." "How do you say putz?" "Dickhead." "That's it, exactly." "No, you're the dickhead." "Why?" "The day you left I was furious." "I hated you and your father." "I hated you both forever for having gone away." "Well, things here were very tough for a republican family, weren't they?" "And the poverty." "What could my old man do?" "Photographs." "You could have taken me with you." "We were left on our own." "Ramona started to smoke and to talk like a man." "She let her mustache grow and she fought with everyone." "Poor Ramona." "She won't say so, but she'd a worse time than I." "Then that silence." "Your father forgot about us." "Leonor," "I didn't know." "Excuse me, I have to get some brushes." "Open the file." "They're the papers from the sale of the sawmill." "We got a good deal and part of it is yours." " Does Ramona know about this?" " No." "But you can tell her later." "Wait, Leonor." "Wait a minute, I won't be long." "You haven't come here in ages." "Yes, in the village you let yourself go." "Because you don't listen to your niece." "It's true." "Valeria always says to me:" ""Aunt, lift your head up."" "This is foryou, Leonor." "Each one gives what he has, right?" "It's your inheritance." "LUCA IN A STEW PURE SURVIVAL" "Well..." "Goodbye." "I didn't interrupt a love scene, did I?" "Not at all." "No?" "No." "Where's my dad?" "Talking to my son." "I asked him to be clear and direct." " I'd like us to have a chat." " About what?" "About love." "About sex." "Your dad is lovely." "He likes you too." " He does?" " Yes." "Itching, burning, eczema, rashes," "urticaria, palpitations," "erythema, rubefaction, where you go red," "eruption, burning..." "You said that already." "Yes, yes." "But this is another kind of burning." "Did I say palpitations too?" "Yes, but in other places too." "Delirium, captivation, amazement, fascination..." "And blood in your veins, Telmo." "Fear, trembling, passion." "Life in an instant." "Touching the sky with your hands." "The agony and the ecstasy." "What's it to be?" "Do you want octopus or not?" "And if you rescue him?" "Yes." "We want octopus." "It's going to rain." "If you don't like the weather in Galicia, wait five minutes." "Here!" "Telmo, here!" "Well, at least you didn't eat the ashes." "Dad, that's not funny!" "And it's horrible." "Where did that boy go?" "He's afraid I'm still in love with his father." "Is he right?" "I don't know." "I don't know if it's love." "It's fear." "Of what, Vale?" "Of forgetting." "Of him dying." "Of forever." "Say something!" "Rememberwhen mom left home?" " She was taken, she didn't leave." " Yes, I know." "They took her away." "That day I came home and I found you shut in her closet." "You weren't crying, but you wouldn't come out." "Everyone came, friends, neighbors, they all came to give me a hand." "It was no good." "You wouldn't come out." "So they went away, and I was on my own with you." "And then" "I had the idea of starting to pass you drawings" "through the crack in the closet." "Remember?" "When you finally decided to come out, it was nighttime." "I took you in my arms and you told me you smelled like mom." "You'd put her perfume inside you and no one could take it away." "Thank you, dad." " Thank you." " No, thank you." ""Walls in mixed green, doors in brown." "The lady wants pistachio gloss on the fourwalls." "You have to mix a bit of leaf green K260-60 with green 66-06 and a bit of white." "The lady wants the floor streamlined and no shoddy work."" " Put the bike there." " Here?" "Get on." "All right, when I count to three, one, two, three, put a foot on each pedal." "Wait." "That's it." "All right?" "One, two, three." "What do you mean, Oporto?" "Weren't we going to Paris with the L'Oreal vouchers?" "Are they no good anymore?" "No, they're not." "But with this we've got enough for a few weeks in Oporto." "Yippee!" "And as we're going to be in bed, what do we care about the city?" "What do we care?" "What's more, we're rich now." "No!" "You should put the money in the bank." "Bank?" " Did you say "bank"?" " I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "Say it again." "Say what?" "Bank." "Bank." "Cure me!"