"The "Red Bracelets" were a group of friends, and like any group of friends... we had to have our enemies." "Dope heads!" "Get off the court." "The sun belongs to everyone." ""The sun belongs to everyone." What's that?" "Is that your motto?" "Roger and his gang became the Bracelets rivals." "First we had defeated them on the Basketball court." "And later, Lleó challenged Roger to a duel on wheelchairs." "The sun is ours day and night, are we agreed or not?" "To hell with you!" "Leave me alone" "But in hospital..." "What are you doing here?" "It's difficult to have enemies." "We decided that the Bracelets didn't need the sun all day and night." "Okay" "Deal?" "At least get up to sign the deal, eh?" "I'd like to, but I can't." "It's absurd to try to sink someone that's ultimately, sailing in the same boat as us." "Because, all the children of the hospital, have some problem to be solved." "We must open our eyes after too long a night." "To win a battle against ourselves, that seems eternal." "To be clear what we're fighting against." "Or to recover the leg that the damned cancer has stolen from us." "How much money do you need?" "26,000€." "Damn, this leg costs a fortune." "Wouldn't you like to sponsor a cripple?" "I just need to talk to my parents." "The worst thing, is that having health problems, doesn't mean that you don't have the problems that any other child has." "I have to go to a meeting" "Go to hell!" "Parents who don't love each other enough, or friends who love each other too much." "Did you have a boyfriend before coming to the hospital?" "Do you fancy Lleó?" "No way!" "And also Jordi." "Yeah, man..." "Someone had to say it, the two you are crazy about her." "No." "You fancy her..." "No." "Yes you do!" "Don't!" "When a roommate leaves, you feel the emptiness in your room, and inside your body." "To a larger or lesser extent, they end up affecting part of your life, they're often people who've slept next to you in the hard moments, without you having invited them." "And that, leaves it's mark." "I'll miss you a bit." "Me too." "How much have you lost since you came?" "4 kilos." "But they're not letting me go for that, but because they believe that with what they've taught me," ""I've learned a few new habits"" "How lucky, I've gained two kilos, but "I haven't learned the habits"" "I'm not so sure, I'm afraid of relapsing when I leave here." "It won't happen, eh?" "I don't want to see you here again." "Me neither, I don't want to see you around here anymore." "We can e-mail each other." "Yes, and finally tell me who you're going out with, eh." "What's up?" "I can't bear any more." "Of what?" "From so many doubts?" "Lleó, Jordi, Jordi, Ll..." "I don't have any doubts." "Lleó's arrogant and egocentric, and is a leader," "And he thinks himself very clever, but he's no more than a frightened child." "I really like him..." "I like him so much that it scares me." "Scared?" "of what?" "I don't know, I'm starting to notice that I'm improving, and not only on the issue of food." "but to be calm, without anxiety..." "And if something happened now with Lleó that hurt me..." "I'd go to pieces." "And Jordi's a nice guy, and takes care of me." "But you don't fancy him." "Olga, let's go." "Take care of yourself, they're just boys." "Hey, is it easy?" "With you interrupting me every ten minutes, I'll never finish." "Hey, Im only trying to encourage you." "I'm doing a test and need to concentrate, don't you have anything better to do?" "No..." "How many more tests have you got to do today besides this?" "Five more, I'll be all day doing tests." "And finally my dad's coming today, he won't believe it when he sees I've passed everything." "Is it your teacher from Andorra, who's watching you?" "Do you want me to distract him, so that you can copy?" "No Lleó, I have to pass on my own." "Well, as you wish." "But you know, I did you a few crib notes for the bits you didn't know yesterday, and put them in your wheelchair." "No need to thank me, eh?" "The best thing I know how to do are crib notes." "You know it, but if by any reason in the universe, you have doubts..." "look at them." "There's a little bit of everything, physics, history, chemistry..." "Courtesy of King Lleó." "If he catches me, I'm a dead man." "You won't get caught... it's a breeze." "Lleó, the orthopedist has come, we're going to see what he's brought." "Has he got my leg?" "Man, he must have something, or we wouldn't be making this trip." "Where are you going?" "To get a..." "what was it, again?" "An arteriogram." "That's it." "Have you ever had one?" "Three." "Damn, always so excessive..." "Does it hurt or what?" "A lot, but you'll enjoy it!" "Come on man, I'm not a 3 yr old, give it me straight." "Tell me about it later." "Will they have me 4 hours there?" "Yes, a one day stretch, but it'll be done by an expert, Dr. Alfredo." "Dr Alfredo, who's he, I don't know him?" "He's expert in arteriograms, and life." "He knows the seven laws to happiness, he's a genius." "You're a liar, man." "See you later." "Bye." "And although it's just for a few hours, staying alone in the room, also affects you." "You miss him and want him to return soon." "You're not alone, Roc" "I'll be with you, until Ignasi returns." "It'll be like camping out." "I've never been camping." "Besides... tonight I thought that if I really concentrate I can get you to wake up." "Friends who come for hours, friends that are gone forever... the hospital is always a place of transit." "Hey Cris, are you coming to see my new leg?" "As you helped me choose it, I'll give you the privilege of being the first to see it." "Coming?" "Yeah?" "come on..." "What?" "Are we nervous, boy?" "Man, a little, they've never put a tube in my body." "But you'll see your body from the inside, learn what your inside is like." "You're a privileged person, more people should see inside themselves, if they did, I'm certain the majority would want to change their arteries, and change the size of their lungs." "Does it hurt?" "Well..." "A little, I won't lie to you, but..." "But?" "You'll see yourself on the inside, isn't that worth a little pain?" "No, because then I have to be totally still for 4 hours, and anyway it's not worth the trouble, besides, I don't understand it." "I have to make a very small hole in the skin, but as it's an artery, there's a lot of blood, if when you remove it, it doesn't heal well, you can bleed," "so it's important, very important that you don't move, do you hear?" "Are you ready then?" "Yes." "Excellent." "I can't believe they made it already." "But is it the one you couldn't afford?" "Yeah, but hey, I'll find a way." "But didn't it cost 26,000€?" "Yeah." "But I've been researching... and the Government subsidizes me 7,000€, for being a child, lame, poor, and carcinogenic." "What a beast you are..." "Do you have the rest of the money?" "No, but I guess I'll have to pay 10%." "Oh, and you have this 10%?" "They won't ask me for it." "You're crazy Lleó, they won't give you the leg just like that." "They'll ask you for the money." "Why not?" "I'm a child." "I'll sign what I have to sign." "If not I'll tell him that my father will come here to pay him another day," "I'm sure he'll go for that." "Hello." "Hello." "Christ!" "It's like really, awesome." "It's beautiful." "First of all, Lleó, I require payment of the first term, that's 1,900€." "Your father left it with you, right?" "Ah, yes, um..." "He'll bring it next week, he's living over in Canet, but he'll bring it, he's very reliable." "Very well, then we wait till next week." "But he said his father will pay next week, he's been 4 months without leg." "So another week won't matter, right?" "Please, please I beg you please, I need the leg to walk, please." "Sorry Lleó it's company policy." "Please." "Your father needs to pay us the 1,900€ first." "I'm sorry." "And if..." "I call him." "I call and talk to him." "And in a few hours we have him here." "You'll be here right?" "Yes, I'm all day trying out legs, if your father comes I'll fit it, and leave it with you." "Okay." "Goodbye." "Jordi." "Dad!" "I'm sorry..." "I didn't want..." "It's all right, It's all right." "We have to talk." "But I'm in the middle of an exam." "It's the last one, eh?" "And It's gone very well, I'm sure I'll pass everything" "I've already spoken with your teacher and he's letting you take a break." "Later he'll give you the necessary time." "Can we go somewhere else?" "The fact is I need to speak to you now, Jordi, it's important." "And I need it to be not here." "Why?" "Because they've already given me too much bad news in enclosed spaces." "And I know that what you'll tell me now will also be bad." "Okay, let's go." "Your father won't come, will he?" "And you don't have the money." "No." "So?" "Why didn't you tell him the truth?" "I'll get the money." "How?" "I Don't know." "We're talking about 1,900€." "Yeah, and we're also talking about my leg." "I know that." "Didn't you tell me that your mother had money?" "Yes, she has money, but..." "Call her." "She won't listen to me, Lleó." "Let's try it, I have other options, if she's not playing our tune." "Okay, I'll call her." "I've already lost a leg, and I'll fight for this one, it will be mine." "Hello." "Hello Lleó!" "Look Benito, I know you told me you didn't have any money for my leg, but this time I need less, I only need 1,900€." "Do you have it?" "No, no, no Lleó, I don't have it." "Are you sure?" "Maybe your memory is playing tricks on you." "I wish it was, but I remember this ok, I'm broke." "And you Nuno?" "Sorry son, the little that I have I send to my son in Portugal, and that isn't even enough for him." "Did your leg arrive?" " Yes, it has everything, look, it has toes, a dynamic foot, you can connect it to a laptop." "It's everything that a disabled child could want." "Well I have what I have to send my son this month, it's 500€, perhaps you can pay a part." "No, no." "I'll explain it to my son." "Nuno, you keep this money, and I'll come up with something else." "Why don't you talk to your father?" "Maybe he has savings you don't know of." "I already spoke with him, and he doesn't have any." "In the end I'll have to go with the damn pirate leg." "There is something you could do." "What?" "Every Wednesday afternoon there's a poker game on the 7th floor." "Yes, I've heard talk of this game." "They play for big stakes, they're the more wealthy patients, perhaps with the Nuno's 500€, if we found a good player on a good streak, you could make 1,900€." "Nuno could send his money, and you'd have yours." "Couldn't you play yourself?" "You said you've played before." "Oh, no, no... with a head like mine, I can't think clearly." "What about you, Nuno?" "Me?" "Man, if it was a game of dice, even I'd say yes." "I'm a star!" "Oh, yeah, sure, sure..." "But poker, I've never touched it in my life." "Shit..." "Who could play?" "Man, we could... you won't like the idea." "What?" "Roger." "Roger?" "From the duel?" "He's a great player, besides, he's 18, they'd let him play." "The other day we made up, but no way in hell is he on my list of friends." "Besides, I wouldn't stoop to ask him for help, he's still an asshole." "Desperate situations..." "Wait, wait..." "Let's see, perhaps I do have an ace up my sleeve." "Nuno, you put this money by for me," "I think I've found another player, now the only thing I need to know is if he can play." "Goodbye, eh?" "Bye." "Thank you, Nuno." "You're welcome." "Nobody should have to act like a beggar to get a leg, let alone a child." "Poor kid..." "What do you think?" "Nice isn't it?" "Sure." "What have you come to tell me?" "The cancer hasn't returned, has it?" "No, no no, it's not that." "Really?" "You thought it was about that?" "Yes, the last time you were so serious was when you told me I had cancer." "Well it's not that, the doctors told us that for the time being everything's ok." "Aren't the negotiations going well?" "No, the other way round, at the moment things are going really well for me at work" "What then?" "We're getting divorced." "What?" "You know your mother and I have had problems for a while." "But they were... they were problems to do with work." "And if your work's going better now..." "It wasn't all to do with work." "And when will it be?" "Have you already separated?" "Three weeks ago, I'm sorry." "I didn't know how to tell you, I'm sorry." "I can't believe it, and you tell me now!" "When it's been three weeks!" "Jordi, calm down." "Look, finish the exam and then..." "I don't want to continue doing exams." "Jordi." "You know why I did them?" "Why I've been studying here all this time?" "Just for you." "Jordi." "When I was at home, I never saw you, you hardly spoke to me, but whenever I got good grades, you were beside me stroking my head telling me I was a good son." "Jordi." "Now there's no point in being a good son if you're not a good parent!" "Go away!" "You and your shitty job." "You spend the day solving problems for others, and for us you haven't found any solution." "You've understood the rules, right?" "Yes..." "Two pairs beats a pair, and three of a kind beats two pairs." "Okay, I'm going with ten." "I raise twenty more." "Okay, I see them, and raise forty." "I see them, and forty more." "All in." "All-in." "But, what do you have, man?" "Two hearts, one seven, an eight, and a card with a diamond shape." "Cool huh?" "I have 3 tens." "Then I win, your hand is very boring." "No, you don't win, man, I win." "How is it that you win?" "Toni, you have to make pairs, Threes, and full houses." "But what I have is very varied and fun." "Do you know what it takes to get cards as varied and fun?" "You haven't understood anything about poker, have you?" "Not completely, but you've only just taught me," "I wasn't going to understand the first hand." "No, of course not, but since the "Rain Man" is so good, I thought you would be, too." "Sometimes I get better hands than others." "Yeah, like everyone else." "I'm going to talk to Cristina who's surely obtained the money." "Well good luck, if you want to stay here with us..." "I'm trying to concentrate on makng Roc wake up, although it's not going very well." "I know that it's a lot of money, no, I'm not kidding." "no, no, why do you say that?" "I swear it's not for me." "But I don't do that any more, Mom, I'm getting better." "I did it before because I was ill, I don't do that anymore." "No no, it's true, no no, it's true." "I know you've spent a lot of money on me, but Mom, listen, Mom listen," "I'm passing you over." "Hello." "Very well, agreed." "You're welcome, goodbye." "Cristina, I've told you many times you're not at a holiday camp, focus on recovering, nothing more." "Cris, what did your mom say?" "No way." "But if they're loaded, why not?" "Do not yell at me, I did what I could." "No, I'm not yelling at you, I'm just angry, mad." "Isn't anyone able to help me?" "I did what I could, eh?" "Yeah, but it hasn't helped." "I need this leg." "You didn't call her, did you?" "Of course I called." "Yeah, yeah." "Hello." "What do you want?" "I told you we weren't friends, eh?" "I know." "I've come with a business proposition." "A proposition?" "Yes, we'll both end up winners, eh?" "I don't like to be in bed with you in a wheelchair, you look like a visitor." "Yes." "There's nothing worse than being a visitor." "The bed is only for when football players come at Christmas, so you'll get the ball, you know?" "Christ, once I got a ball signed by all the Barcelona players." "I think that I had the saddest face in the hospital." "I've three tennis racquets signed by all the Davis Cup team." "Damn, that beats me." "If you say that I win it must be because... the business is more profitable for you than for me, right?" "You don't miss a thing." "No, what's it about." "I need a leg." "Oh, I need two." "You play poker games in hospital and you play well." "I play very well." "I hope, better than at racing chairs." "Much better..." "My dad used to organize poker games when I was 3 years old." "I learned everything from the best player, my Dad." "What's it to you?" "I've 500€, and I want to stake it all." "I need you to win me 1.900€ more, so I can pay the first term on the leg." "You aim high..." "Yes, I always want the best." "As you see, this chair is very good." "At home I have an electric one." "But what do I gain from this business?" "Anything more you win is yours." "I put up the investment." "Aha." "It's hard enough to win 1,900, but making anything more is impossible." "So..." "What do you propose?" "It's you who made the proposal, I didn't said I'd be interested, and as you see I'm not interested." "So... anything else?" "No, thought that..." "What were you thinking?" "That as I'm in wheelchair and you don't have leg that I'd be sure to help you?" "Yes, more or less." "Besides, the most we've won before is about 100€." "You don't win so much cash in the games." "I didn't know that." "Well, find out before hand, dumbass." ""dumbass"..." "But in Poker anything is possible, if you..." "If you...?" "If you gave back the sun completely to me." "It gave you the morning sun, afternoon sun is the Bracelets." "I know, I just want priority at any time." "If I give priority at any time, will you help me?" "I'll try." "Let's go and get you a leg, today's your lucky day." "Are you sure it's here?" "What up?" "Are you afraid?" "Are you chicken?" "Shut up and move on." "Hello." "What are you doing here guys?" "Are you lost?" "Keep going." "No, we're not lost, we've come to play." "Sorry, this is only for adults." "I'm 18 years, and I have hard cash." "But Lleó's not even 13." "Hey, I'm almost 15, a little respect." "Go on boys, keep moving, we'd all be awfully embarrased if we were caught here." "I don't know if Dr. Andrade would sign up for a little real money gambling." "What do you think, Lleó?" "Man, it would be the most boring game of poker in the world." "Don't be so sure, eh?" "They've told me that out of hours she's vicious." "All this is a bluff." "Want to lose your room by a bluff?" "We just want to play, earn a little money to buy something, just that." "Like everyone else, right?" "You're good, you're good, playing with words, yes." "Let's see if you're just as good with the cards." "Come on, give them room." "Here, give me some chips." "How's it going, Morgan Freeman?" "Go ahead, place your bets." "(Count on me.)" "(Remember me as the solution to your poison.)" "(as the the tear that wipes away the bewitching of your fate.)" "(Helping to return you on your journey.)" "(Again...) (to make you see things, to think about what...) (you forgot each time I moved away from you.)" "(I'll be your eyes when you cross the darkness.)" "(I'll give up my world...) (this small space, my feelings...) (the fate that accompanies me...) (all my hopes,)" "(My beating heart, my passion.)" "(Everything for you.)" "Is this me on the inside?" "Yes, kid, this is you." "I'm very gooey." "We're all gooey." "Here, look." "Here... we have your heart." "They don't know what I have, do they?" "No." "You're like a smart guy, right?" "What do you mean?" "They pass you the cases when..." "I mean: they don't know what's wrong." "And you're like a Dr House, but more cheerful." "Yes, I try to stay cheerful." "If you see something, will you tell me?" "Yes, trust me, okay?" "The first doctor who listens to me." "I'll take that as a compliment." "What is it?" "Where's Olga?" "She's gone, she's been discharged." "Can I stay a while?" "Do what you want." "Are you okay?" "Yeah, yeah, bloody great!" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Come on, what's wrong?" "I said nothing at all!" "Cristina" "I'm fed up with being sick, of being locked up here, being afraid of myself." "Afraid of yourself?" "I have relapsed a thousand times, and my mom no longer trusts me." "And Lleó..." "Lleó yelled at me." "I've had enough, I want to get better and get out of here." "Maybe feeling this way is the first step to recovery." "Yeah, Yeah, maybe..." "What's wrong with you?" "It's nothing serious." "You're always helping me, let me try to help you too, eh?" "My parents are getting divorced." "I knew things weren't going well between them, but I thought..." "I thought that this would bring them back together." "But no, they haven't even been able to bear the first month I've been here." "I feel lonely." "Very lonely." "Do you want me to go?" "You never know which couples will be created at the hospital." "Couples, where when one needs love, the other needs to be able to give it." "The strength of the sadness." "Couples, where one believes in the strength of passion, and that will manage to wake the other one up." "The strength of the illusion." "Roc." "What is it?" "It's a small lesion, in the vein that goes to the heart." "How bad is it?" "It has a solution, but it's complicated." "I'll ask your mother to come." "In a while we'll take you to the ICU." "Couples, who share only a professional relationship." "The strength of the desire to recover, and the strength of having the solution." "And even couples who don't like each other, but know, that one has the key to solving the problem of the other." "Check" "Check also." "Well, I'm going with everything I have..." "I gotta feeling" "And you guys, you could lose everything, eh?" "Why don't you walk away with what you have?" "eh?" "No, we don't have enough, bet it all, Roger." "But what is it you need that costs so much money?" "A leg for a cripple." "I'm going with everything." "No, not a leg, it's a Porsche." "Then let's go for your Porsche." "One question... why do you always close your eyes before betting?" "You want to talk?" "I'd just like to know." "Well... my father had poker games at home, and I'd lie on the sofa, my eyes closed, and I listened as they played, it felt like they were speaking, in the breaths before betting," "and then I saw who won, now if I close my eyes and I concentrate," "I know if anyone's bluffing or not," "Well, do you believe it?" "Since I think it's best not to bet against a pro, I'll fold." "Okay, what do you have?" "Three aces king high, Okay, light the cigars." "One moment..." "Straight Flush." "Hey..." "Here." "What's this?" "My uncle never comes to see me, but he sends me cash." "Is it enough?" "I don't know what to say." "No need to say anything." "But... if we had cash, why were we playing?" "Because I like to play." "Goodbye Lleó." "Bye Roger." "I'm feeling better now, what about you?" "Look, if it's any consolation, my Mum and Dad have been together a long time, although I don't believe they love each other and should separate." "I really like you." "I fancied you from the first day that Lleó told me, there was a perfect girl to be a Red Bracelet." "Can you operate?" "The operation is delicate, and the percentage of risk is high." "How high is it?" "About 50% chance." "About 50% chance of what?" "Possibily of living." "And a 50% chance of dying?" "Yes." "What a shit, so many tests, and so long locked up in here like a rat," "In order that you still don't know if you can cure me." "I'd prefer having cancer and they were cutting off a leg." "At least I'd have some possibility of living." "Ignasi." "Everything will be fine, you'll see." "Now you have to get some rest, ok?" "Remember that you can't move." "I'll call your father and come back soon." "Has she gone?" "Yes." "Would you please tell me the seven laws of happinness?" "Okay, I'll stay a while." "Long ago, I was sick like you." "Yeah?" "I was a kid, of about 14, times were different." "What did you have?" "I don't know." "Until a very old doctor came and detected a problem in my bones." "When I saw how old he was, I thought that this man could never help me." "Just as I thought when I saw him." "I can imagine." "I was sent to Santander, because there's a water there that cures everything." "I spent two years away from my parents, this man became my father." "Two years?" "Yes, he taught me to love medicine, and I was cured." "And he told you the trick to being happy?" "I must have been about 16, and before dying, he told one to me every day, a secret to being happy." "Seven in total." "Go on." "Oh, and he also made me promise to never explain it to anyone, until I was dying." "Man, bearing in mind this 50%, you might make an exception, eh?" "You..." "Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "Well... one of the keys to happiness is..." ""Losses can be gains"." "And that's it?" "That's it." ""Losses can be gains"." "That's it." "Well, I'm going now." ""Losses can be gains"." "Losing your parents in a divorce, can lead to you gaining a girlfriend." "And missing the first steps of a friend when he springs back to life, doesn't mean you can't return to see them another day." "Swear to me you won't say anything about this operation to the Bracelets." "But why?" "They'd support you." "I don't want them treating me differently," "I want everything to stay the same." "Maybe I'll have to spend more time in the hospital, but..." "I don't want to die." "I don't want to die." "You won't die Ignasi." "Swear that you won't say anything to them." "I swear." "I swear." "(She walks in the moonlight dressed in black.)" "(She walks dressed in mourning.)" "(Her father scolds her, Her mother forgets her.)" "(Her father tells her she can't)" "(Dreamed words.)" "(Just words.)" "It's my birthday, I'm 15 tomorrow, man." "It'll be fun." "He doesn't want a party." "Exactly 6 months ago today my Mom died." "And she loved to celebrate my birthday." "I think he needs it." "They operate on me in 2 hours, and I'm not ready for parties." "Didn't you say it was just an MRI?" "Can you give me a kiss?" "Is this a wind up?" "Just to know what it's like." "You'll do it with a girl you love." "But if I love you..." "Everything will be fine, we're here now, eh?" "Here's your new roommate." "He looks like a vampire." "Don't you speak?" "Where would you hide a gift if you didn't want them to find it?" "No, there's nothing Lleó" "A cardiac arrest!" "Load the atropine." "I'm dreaming. right?" "No, you've lost a lot of blood, and they're trying bring you back." "He must be busy talking with someone, sometimes there are people with him." "Roc, are you there?" "Does Toni really talk to you?" "Yes." "This is incredible..." "Subtitles by Oliver Sanderson"