"I'll always be out there, doing something." "The Blue Apple tree I'll always be out there." "I'll always be out there." "Dionisio!" "What about the apples this year?" "More or less, sir Diego." "You know, that apple tree is the whimsy one." "My love." "Coffee." "When I arrived at this place being 11, it was like being reborn." "And since then, every time I return, in some way I'm reborn in the light of those memories." "You'll be fine with grandfather Francisco." "You'll see that time passes fast." "Fast?" "Three months passing fast?" "No, I'm going to lose all my vacation." "This course in London is very important to me." "I was selected by the company and I feel committed." "Believe me, I would take Diego with me if I could." "The last time you two came the boy wasn't very happy." "He spent five days without speaking to me, five days." "He was very upset:" "His father had just left us." "Ana...!" "How many times did I ask you not marry him?" "I didn't care that you had a big belly." "And look:" "How long since I've seen the boy?" "You said three months, right?" "Hello, Diego." "How are you?" "Good." "Well..." "I guess you're hungry." "I'll prepare something." "Dad." "Make some just for him." "I must get back now to catch today's flight." "There's no TV?" "Nothing that needs electricity." "It runs up there but never made it here." "But... but... the Internet and the Playstation?" "So what am I going to do?" "What you... what you want." "There's no phone signal." "Better!" "Phones are contraptions without a conscience." "They ring when we are asleep, when we're taking a bath, when we're reading, eating, shitting..." "When we're are in the bath..." "Diego." "Diego!" "Come and eat." "You must be hungry, right?" "I won't eat." "Well, maybe later." "Later neither." "If you want, I can sleep here and you in my bed." "Tomorrow I'll fix a room for you." "Not knowing you were coming..." "If you can't sleep, you can read something." "Eh?" "Dad?" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad, Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad!" "Dad, Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad..." "Dad..." "Come on, Platero, get out of here." "Relax, son, relax." "What, you can never wait!" "You're so cheeky!" "Relax, son." "That donkey means business." "Comes for his morning coffee." "She loves sugarcane juice." "Well, if you don't want it now just cover it, you can heat it and eat it for lunch." "Oh, and since you're not doing anything, you can clean the plates." "Okay?" "So you'll occupy yourself." "Three months!" "Three months!" "Oh!" "Is it blue?" "Yes, an apple tree." "But there are no blue trees." "And where are the apples?" "It never gave any." "So how do you know it's an apple tree?" "A long time ago I planted an apple tree here and here it grew up." "Then it decided to be blue." "Vultures." "...and we build a villa." "But look here, this is the one, coming through here and then it will pass through..." "Diego!" "Diego!" "I don't know how to do the dishes." "At home I never do." "But you're not at home, and he who eats, works." "And you're too big to bum around all day." "But I didn't eat." "So why do I have to do the dishes?" "You didn't eat but you messed up." "You played the spoiled child and spilled rice over there, in the sink." "But it's okay, from now on we'll have it your way:" "no eating, no dishes; not messing up, no cleaning." "If you think that'll make you happy..." "it's okay, and that's it." "It's your decision." "I named him "Three in One" because of the mixed breed." "It's because mother was..." "well... sociable." "Get out, scoundrel!" "Get out, you ate all the food, greedy dog, scoundrel!" "Oh, vulture!" "Let him, at least it's a breakthrough:" "He never liked pasta." "Three months!" "Three months!" "It's better to bathe at noon." "Her name is Isabel." "She's the granddaughter of Rosario, a friend who lives nearby." "She's pretty, uh?" "Look, do me a favor: find Platero for me." "He's probably wandering nearby, grazing." "I need him, I need to look for firewood." "Can you?" "Come, come, donkey, come donkey!" "Come, donkey!" "Come!" "Come now!" "Hello." " Hello." " Who are you?" "The... the... donkey." "I mean..." "I came to take the donkey to my grandfather." "I'm going to get my cow over there." "Come you, come!" "Come!" "That's no work for girls." "Didn't you hear me, or what?" "Don't play cool with me." "Hit him, hit him!" "Come on, buccaneers, let him go!" "Let him go!" "Get off, you cowards!" "Tamper with one your own size!" "Get out of here or I'll crack you heads!" "This isn't over, you hear?" "I won't stand for this." "You can't keep hiding under a little girl's skirt." "You hear?" "Get out!" "He's my cousin and sometimes he's quite jealous," "But don't worry, I'll put him in his place quickly." "They're just silly." "Does it hurt?" "Let go." "I don't care if they were three or 10." "I asked something and you accepted." "If you don't keep you word, it's worthless." "If anything could be said about Grandpa, it's that he didn't ask for anything more, than what he could do himself." "Of course, sometimes he exaggerated, perhaps in his effort to outdo the passing time on the race... we all wind up losing." "I offer apologies for what I said." "It's just that you... are free, and could have said no, but you said yes." "You promised and didn't fulfill." "That's not how it should be." "Else, how can we understand each other?" "For the swelling." "Dad." "Dad!" "Dad, Dad, Dad!" "Dad, Dad!" "Dad, there's dad!" "Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Son, Diego." "Diego!" "Diego, Diego!" "What happened?" "Sorry I didn't tell you last night, but we have to make a trip." "Today is Saturday." "I'm not going anywhere." "Good." "Prepare what you want to eat." "I'm returning tomorrow." "Or in two days." "The thing is, the village is far away from everything, and no teacher lasts one week." "See?" "There, at the foot of the canyon." "He left the house almost at midnight." "Hey, how you've grown!" "I'm coming, I'm coming, wait, wait!" "I want to introduce you to my grandson Diego." "Diego, this is Hilda, my beautiful volunteer assistant." "Pleased to meet you, Diego, welcome." "Okay." "So seven times five is..." "Let's see, who of you knows?" "Well, nobody will tell me how much seven times five is?" "Let's see, who, who of you?" "35." "Any fool knows that." "I-don't-know-what-of-the..." "Oh, they look like ants!" "Hush, grandfather, these won't bite!" "Ah, if they were bullet ants, they'd already eaten you." "Anastasio, put on these glasses and read." "Let's see." "Oh, now I see it well!" "They stopped still, damn things!" "Diego, eat the soup, it's good." "Eat, Diego, eat it hot and you'll sleep better." "Okay, but didn't you say that you're friends with Francisco?" "So what you have to do is keep quiet, and if you're called to testify, you know nothing." "And they pay you a lot?" "Who?" "These people, to teach them." "No, I do it because it makes me very happy." "I also take it very seriously." "And these people are so generous that they don't deserve to be slaves." "Slaves, whose?" "Of lack of knowledge." "That's the worst slavery:" "Not knowing how to choose the best for you... and you'll end up doing what others want." "For their benefit, of course." "And where did you get all these books?" "From everywhere." "They are the only thing that I always carry with me." "Mom says you traveled all over the world." "Always looking for who knows what, always from one side to another, doing a million things." "Ah..." "Carlota, my first wife, got tired of so much traveling and one day she left me." "This reminds me of..." "My mom showed me a picture of her." "Yes, I married her when I returned to Caracas." "Your mom was born two years later." "There she was pregnant." "She died in a robbery, right?" "My mom told me:" "My grandmother died in a robbery." "Yes, yes..." "There was a problem with one of the thieves, we had a struggle... and... well..." "After that I decided to live here." "But..." "let's go to sleep, it's late and we're pretty sleepy." "Okay?" "And now I'm coming to a new stage of my life." "One morning, about noon, going to see my boat," "I was greatly surprised to discover on the coast... a footprint of a bare foot, clearly marked in the sand." "I stood as if struck by lightning, or like in the presence of an apparition." "I listened, glancing around me." "I heard nothing." "Nothing could be seen." "That goes in the back." "Gosh!" "Not even being close neighbors you show up!" "The only thing that handsome women want to do to me... is look at me." "Okay." "Diego, Diego!" "Diego, my grandson." "This is Rosario, Isabel's grandmother." "Delighted." "The visitor left the next day and we never knew his name." "He didn't want to talk." "Over time I understood, that in these parts... things could happen that were unimaginable elsewhere." "So I was treated well when I returned:" "Without asking anything." "Now I'm sure that that was one of the reasons... why grandfather decided one day to return and stay." "Oh, after so long without paying me a visit, now such a rush!" "I told you the other day, well, I tried, but now I'm up to it." "Well, now you're up to it, so..." "Since we haven't seen each other that long, why waste time?" "What a question!" "What if they see us?" "No one's coming." "Francisco!" "I told you!" "Francisco!" "Francisco!" "I'm coming, I'm coming!" "I'm coming!" "Francisco!" "Where are you?" "I'm coming!" "Wait for me, I'm coming!" "Juvencio Eleuterio." "Himself." "Francisco, Francisco!" "Open the door, deaf graybeard!" "Francisco, hear me!" "Open up!" "Francisco!" "Francisco!" "Good morning, grandfather." "Good morning." "Francisco!" "Ouch!" "Francisco!" "Don't you hear me?" "Francisco!" "Don't you hear me?" "Francisco, Francisco!" "Francisco, I'm here!" "Francisco!" "I'm coming!" " Francisco!" " I'm coming!" " Francisco, can't you hear me?" " I'm coming!" "Open the door, old-timer." "Francisco!" "I'm coming!" "I'm here." "Do you hear me?" "I'm coming." "There." " Forgive me, I..." " I don't!" "What's the matter, Francisco Padrón?" "Do you think I am a cow, to have me locked up there all night, sleeping?" "I forgot!" "What do you mean you forgot, old retard?" "Am I maybe a sack of potatoes to be left just anywhere?" "Sorry, I apologize." " Shut up, shut up." " Sorry." "Shut your mouth, shut up!" "How are you, Diego?" "Good." "Good morning." "Don't ask." " But I don't..." "I mean..." " Just in case." "Small, furry, soft, the outside so soft that it seems all cotton, not carrying bones." "Only the jet mirrors of his eyes... are hard like two beetles of black crystal." "This was written by Juan Ramon Jimenez, a great Spanish poet." "A nice book." "Aren't you going to play?" "You don't want to dirty your clothes?" "Oh, gosh!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo, stay there, Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "Quejegundo!" "I'm here, Quejegundo." "Diego!" "Diego!" "Diego!" "Diego, son!" "Diego!" "And Javier?" "And the boys?" "There are days when the high plain is unforgiving." "Diego, Diego!" "Diego!" "He's here!" "He's here!" "He's here!" "He's here, we found him!" "No, no, no!" "Are you nuts?" "Do you want to die of cold?" "There he is." "Did you see?" "There he is." "There he is!" "There he is!" "Son, son!" "Thank you." "Get back, get back, because I'm not cold." " I'm not cold either." " We're not cold either." " Don't dare hug me." " I don't go for tight squeezing." "Yes, he believed it!" "Okay, come and have a hug." "And don't pay any attention, that I made a joke on you." " Be off and good luck!" " Mind the way." "Don't get lost again." "Do one thing: ask the donkey." "I'll be back." "Won't you come in?" " Uh... hello." " Hello." " Come in, then." " Okay." "Eleuterio can be jealous, but to turn on me with Juvencio..." "I don't think so." "Well, I do think so, especially if he's being payd." "Look, he was my husband and I know him very well." "Old-timer, why don't you do something to get those deeds?" "I'll help you, even if it takes time." "Rosario." "Time is what I don't have." "Besides, for whom?" "Come see." "Come on, I'll get you one." "It's a peach and the daughter of this one." "It caught already and can be planted in the garden." "He's always been a yokel who doesn't show his face." "Yes, yes, yes..." "You know, the prostate." "If you want, we continue right now." "You behave like a jealous brat and lost that right years ago," "since Rosario stopped being your wife." "No, don't tell me you love her, because you gave her a pretty bad life with abuse and drunkenness." "If she threw you out, it's because you deserved it." "I never would take anything that's yours." "You know." "Well, shall we keep hitting each other, or will you stop these nonsense?" "You're spoiling it." "Dear daughter," "There are so many things I want to tell you." "And I don't know if I ever dare." "I tried to teach you to be free and your decision to leave was no surprise." "I know you never got used to these places... that are so dear to me." "You know very well that it didn't matter you were pregnant." "It was your decision and I respected it, but I think it was a big mistake to marry that guy." "My heart and instinct tell me that he doesn't deserve you." "I've always distrusted men who dodge looks." "And there is something elusive in his behavior." "If I had at least seen him look at you with something like love..." "I regret that..." "My dad is not what you say." "My dad left us because of my mom." "That's why he didn't return." "What you say are pure lies." "I don't want to see you ever again!" "I just..." "I just wanted to say that I wish many things had been different." "But that can't be changed." "I chose to die in this place." "Your mom chose to leave and marry your dad." "Then he chose to leave." "Everybody chooses one thing or the other," "but we must be responsible, think about the consequences." "Anyway..." "I don't want you to hate your father." "He surely has his own devils." "Maybe one day he'll come back and asks you for forgiveness." "My father never returned nor apologized." "Although I did learn to forgive and to live with his absence." "After your grandmother died in the heist, your mother felt that if I hadn't resisted, perhaps the mugger wouldn't have shot her and..." "From there on, your mother and I never got on so well." "I think that for her I was always the culprit." "So I never dared to send these letters." "Those sticks you put around it will be easily thrown down by the wind." "(I have no idea about these 4 sentences)" "Don't cover it, else it won't be watered by the rain." "It won't get rain nor enough sun." "And if you cover it you'll have to spend all day cleaning and watering it." "There is nothing worse than the company of a lifelong fear." "It's like a ton of weight on your back." "Grandpa, what are you doing?" "Have you gone crazy?" "Relax, I'm helping you, see if I can save it." "Save it?" "You're going to kill it." "Urine contains urea." "Urea has nitrogen." "And that's good for plants." "Of course when they're small, you have to urinate just around the stem, and a bit, nothing more." "It's a ridiculous offer, made by a scoundrel who wants this property for himself." "But if this property is yours, nobody can take it away." "The problem is that there are some papers missing, they're not there." "And this guy is powerful." "Yes, you can hire judges and corrupt politicians, and God knows who else." "Mom says she's not interested in politics because it's dirty." "Politics isn't dirty." "Many politicians are." "You're still a child, but sooner or later... politics is going to mess with you." "And hopefully doesn't catch you off-guard." "Because you'll get more beatings than a chicken thieving magpie." "Tomorrow I'll take you to a political event." "And what for?" "To show you democracy and generosity." "Here they call it "treat"." "Oduardo has to harvest potatoes and everyone's helping." "He just contributes the food." "When another needs something, we're all there too, and so on." "♪ If at night you see that ♪" "♪ the stars shine twinkling... ♪" "♪ If at night... ♪ No, you sing, I sing very badly." "Come on, you sing." "No, man, I sing very badly too, and I also don't know it." "You like her." "Isabel, you like her." "And she also likes you." "Ah... what?" "Man!" "You're crazy, brother." "How crazy can I be, when you're really close to her, your little legs do this, see?" "And even if you try to hide it, that feeling is there." "And when that feeling is there, it's all over, period." "Besides, as a book of mine says:" "What's essential is invisible to the eye." "Goodbye, said the fox." "This is my secret:" "It is very simple:" "you only see well with your heart, what's essential is invisible to the eye." "What's essential is invisible to the eye." "What's essential is invisible to the eye." "Like this, the earth rotates constantly... around its own axis... and around the sun." "Well, so that you learn to subtract..." "I'll give you five peaches." "If you give two to..." "To José David." "To José David, how many would you have left?" "Give them, so you can see how many you have left." "Give them, you fool, didn't you hear, or what?" "It's because he's very selfish and greedy and he believes they'll be taken away." "Give them to me, you fool, so you learn to subtract." "Give them to me." "Give them!" "Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa!" "What is it?" "Are you okay?" "What's wrong?" "Son, it's the law of nature." "Look." "Do you see that tree?" "It's sick, weak." "It's impossible to save it." "But you're not a tree, you're my grandfather." "Son, there's no difference." "Everything that's alive will be dead someday." "But we must not make a drama of it." "What's important is how we live." "Ay, ay, ay, ay!" "Stop there, donkey!" "Donkey!" "Gosh, what is this mess?" "This isn't done right, that isn't a pone." "Look, that isn't a pone." "Is this how you treat the plant that I gave you?" "But... uh... but... uh... but the urea and nitrogen..." "I'm spraying the..." "Grandpa!" "Grandpa, what are you doing here?" "Grandfather, but if you're sick, what are you doing here?" "No, son, I'm fine." "My dear grandson, come with me to work." "There's much to do, much to worship the earth." "Come on, son." "Let's see." "Old-timer Francisco won't get away with it." "That old-timer is stubborn." "He's very stubborn and you guys are inept." "I have my deed to that property." "And here's a copy of the authorization for the demolition of the house... so to build the villa that will connect to my other house." "If this is the only way to get him out, then so be it." "I want the engine tomorrow." "They said something about an explosion." "They said they were going to look for an engine." "Is authorized to..." "You read, I can't read without glasses." "I don't know, grandfather, I'm learning to read." "Demolition." "♪ If at night you see that ♪" "♪ the stars shine twinkling ♪" "♪ it's not that they're shining, ♪" "♪ it's just how they kiss each other, ♪" "♪ it's just how they kiss each other. ♪" "♪ If a cloud is pouring pearls. ♪" "♪ it's not crying, it's just going up. ♪" "♪ If a cloud is pouring pearls, ♪" "♪ it's not crying, it's just going up, ♪" "♪ it is rising, and in the air ♪" "♪ it feels the kiss of another cloud, ♪" "♪ it feel the kiss of another cloud. ♪" "♪ If I stare my eyes on you ♪" "♪ sweetly and rapt, ♪" "♪ If I stare my eyes on you ♪" "♪ sweetly and rapt ♪" "♪ I'm not just staring, ♪" "♪ it's my soul kissing you, ♪" "♪ it's my soul kissing you, ♪" "♪ I'm not just staring, ♪" "♪ it's my soul kissing you, ♪" "♪ it's my soul kissing you. ♪" " Cheers!" " Prosit!" "I'll be back." "Francisco Padrón." "You're stubborn, right?" "I am many things, but not an exploiter, nor a thief." "This farm is part of the mine, which I inherited from my father." "What happened was that through ignorance, carelessness, he didn't know." "And you do." "Look how clever old Sánchez' son became!" "Right?" "This document says so." "This document can say anything... as alms can buy whatever you want." "You have to kill me to get me out of here." "Diego, go son." "No, grandfather, I'll stay with you." " Diego, please go." " Oh, Grandpa!" " Do as I say, stop it!" " Grandfather, I'm staying with you!" "Don't touch my grandfather, don't touch my grandfather!" "Let go, let go!" "If you touch my grandson I'll kill you!" "Come on then." "Come on!" "Get out of here, before it's too late!" "This is a trap set by this man." "Because what he wants is to own this farm, and all the farms around." "He has bribed judges to falsify documents, and now he wants to set up a great resort here, that will only benefit him." "That's a lie!" "I'll get you arrested." "I don't care!" "It serves me right for being an idiot." "I let myself get manipulated to save my land." "So I was told that the documents of his property had been lost." "Well, the truth is that..." "therefore I regret, and I'm willing to testify that when and wherever." "Cuff him." "He's under arrest." "I was born here... and one day, when I was 20," "I walked out the door of that house." "I toured half the world." "I did 20,000 things." "It took me 30 years to know where I was going, but I did, I got... to this garden." "It took me 30 years to get to this garden, so close to the house." "But how silly!" "Right?" "I know it's not much." "And your mother is not interested." "But I would like you to look after this place." "I feel it's the only place... where something of me will remain." "Don't worry," "I'll always be out there, doing something," "or gathering the harvest... if only with a sideways glance." "...or gathering the harvest... if only with a sideways glance." "A few days later I witnessed what would be the most lasting memory... of these unique holidays with grandfather." "I never knew why grandfather's apple tree had turned blue." "Grandfather said it was simply the tree's decision, and you had to respect it." "Thank you." "And that was what Grandpa knew best to harvest:" "respect towards others and oneself." "Next day I understood that the ceremony the previous evening in the garden... was a farewell." "Grandpa, Grandpa." "Grandpa, Grandpa." "Grandpa." "Grandpa, I..." "Son, good morning." "I was waiting for you while... trying to write something." "I always liked to write with this pen." "Grandpa, why aren't you up?" "Come, sit here." "And listen." "Son, I won't be here much longer." " But I don't want you..." " Grandpa, are you sick?" "Shall I get a doctor?" "No, no, no, no." "I don't need a doctor." "Now I just need you." "You have to be strong and listen to me." "But grandfather, I... if you want..." "You don't know how happy it makes me to tell someone... that I need him." "I wish I had time to wait for your mom... and bring myself to tell her too." "But that's not an option." "No, don't cry, I need you to be strong, and you're very big now." "Your mom is coming back in a few days... and meanwhile Rosario will take care of you." "Now, later, go look for her." "If you want I'll go and tell her to... to help you." "Come, wait, wait." "All in good time." "Come, come." "Come." "Don't worry." "At the time you arrived, I knew my days were numbered... but it was a blessing having you around." "You chased away a loneliness that I refused to admit." "You taught me many things." "Me?" "Yes, you." "We always leave this world with much unsaid, and every word we don't say... becomes a heavy burden." "Like the words you wrote to my mother... in the letters you never gave her?" "Ask her for forgiveness for me... and please make sure she gets them." "Will you promise me?" "Yes, grandfather, I promise." "I hope you understand... that sometimes I was very hard on you." "Easy, grandfather, I..." "I asked for it." "Okay." "Now... go find Rosario." "Yes, grandpa, I'll go run and get her." "I'll be right back.." "I'll be right back." "I always needed him... and I never told him so." "I wouldn't take his advice." "I loved him very much... but I was a fool." "Well, we are all fools sometimes... even grandfather was." "Yes." "Yes." "I..." "I want to tell you something." "I..." "I..." "What's essential is invisible to the eye." "What are you trying to tell me?" "♪ I'm not just staring, ♪" "♪ instead it's my soul kissing you, ♪" "♪ it's my soul kissing you. ♪" " I'm not singing like in the past." "Right?" " I didn't say anything." "Once grandfather embarked on a journey of many years and places... that took him from the house to the garden, just 20 meters away." "Mine has been shorter, maybe because I discovered what I really wanted:" "to settle down in eyes that reflect the best I was able to become." "I also know that Grandpa is always around, as he told me one day, doing something... or reaping the harvest with a sideways glance." "Subtitles by Subransu Edited by JPF"