"Water" " Going to help me or not?" " How long?" "2:12:03" "Same excuse..." "it never changes." " You're OK?" "You'r e hurt?" " I'm OK." " You sure you're OK?" " Yes." "You never look?" "You just drive through." "Sorry." "I did n't see you." "Sure you're OK?" "You want a ride?" "No." "I'm fine." "Open Waters Marathon Santa Fe Coronda is back" "I was scared something happened to you." "Open Waters..." "Losers..." "Who cares..." "Guys too slow for the pool." "I saw it at the newsstand yesterday." "I asked Rúben to keep it." "He can use it to wrap eggs." "Don't you want it?" "No." "I don't care about the Marathon." "It's about swimming, I thought..." "For you it's all the same." "But it's not." "What's that?" "You're hurt?" "No." "I fell." "But I'm OK." "No apples?" "I cooked you some fish." "Fried." "I told you I can't eat." "I'm off to bed." "Marquez asks if you want to earn some money." "Juan got sick." "They leave in an hour." "You think I'm in shape to load meat?" "María..." "No, Goyo." "No." "Forgive me." "When you left, you said you didn't deserve it." "I know it's not enough... but back then, I felt I had nothing to offer you." "I've hated you." "I've cursed you with all my soul..." "I waited for you." "But you gave me no chance." "You gave nobody a chance." "You just erased us, from your life." "You think I cared about what people said?" "I did n't give a damn!" "We could've pulled through together..." "They destroyed me." "And you?" "Were you fair to me?" "So I erased you too, for good." "I've heard you got married." "You want to know if I'm OK?" "Yes, I'm fine." "I'm glad." "He's always been ther e." "He might not be a great man, but he's a good man... and what we have is real." "Goyo, please leave things as they are." "Sorry, but I have things to do." "Who's that, Mom?" "Nobody, Sol." "He sells..." "Br ooms!" "And where are they?" "Over there in the car." "Sorry to disturb you, Ma'am." "Sol, put your head inside." "But he's got no car, no br ooms." "You know him?" "No." " You want your nails done?" " Tomorrow." "I have to do mine." "They're awful." "If I qualify they'll put in money." "The sponsors..." "Does it hurt?" "No." "Besides, we'll travel." "We'll travel all the time." "To Buenos Aires?" "Sure." "But also to Brazil," "Canada, Australia." "That's how it is, honey." "If I qualify, forget this gutter." "OK, we're over." "What's wrong?" "I forgot it was today." "Sorry." "You had to practice." "You know I do it for both of us." "Thanks." "Bye." "Time..." "Rhythm..." "Time... 2:09:65" "Time..." "Reach..." "Touch..." "Turn..." "Time..." "Time... 2:09:65" "Time..." "Reach..." "Touch, turn..." "Time." "OK." "Everybody out." "That's it for today." "Come on." "Good." "Very good." "Over her e, please." "Come on." "Over her e everybody." "As you all know, the qualifications are coming up." "I want, maximum concentration." "You all know, what you have to do." "Time and effort." "You see that line on the bottom." "You see that cr oss coming closer." "You have to reach it." "Mor e." "Mor e." "More." "Tomorrow, I want you to put everything in ther e." "Everything." "If you get into that pool, you kill yourselves." "You ask no questions." "No doubts." "You don't think." "Inside there, you put your soul, your heart." "You forget everything." "You go blank." "OK." "Understood?" "Good." "You can leave." "Get some r est." "See you all tomorr ow." "Chino." "Please." "Come her e." "Come her e." "How come you're stuck?" "What?" "You'r e not moving." "Come on, Sol." "Sol, what's wr ong?" "That man told me he sold brooms, and then Mom and Dad fought because of him." "You know each other?" "Chino Bengoechea." "Goyo Blasco, the "River Shark"." "See that kid over ther e?" "He pretends to swim, but he's walking." "That's you." "You'r e afraid to let go." "Understood?" "Go change." "Yes, sir." "From Santa Fe?" "Ours." "As a kid he was all alone, so I let him sleep, in the Club." "He practically grew up in that pool." "I wouldn't have bet a penny on him." "But he busted his ass." "The most disciplined." "The most patient." "Nice sport swimming..." "healthy." "That's what he told you?" "I'm not wanted her e, am I?" "I have bad press." "Don't worry about accommodation." "I put you in the Marathon pack." "And I can get you the per diem for foreigners." "I'm a foreigner now?" "Everything's so differ ent." "She changed too." "What did you expect?" "I expected nothing." "We both screwed up, Goyo." "You and me." "Together." "I thought they'd never find out." "So what?" "So what?" "You think a spray keeps you going 8 hours in there?" "I won that race alone fighting for hours in there." "Alone." " I know what it's like, Goyo." " No, you don't!" "You go on a boat." "I'm sorry." "Who do you think you are?" "I'm sorry, Roque." "You still don't get it." "You think, you're the center of the world." "You'r e right." "Nobody wants you here." "I like swimming in different locations." "Different pools." "Other countries." "So routine doesn't affect you." "And you get to travel everywhere..." "Sometimes I get sick of it." "The day I don't swim well my coach harps about getting home to fix mistakes." "See this pimpled rash?" "It's from repeated shaving." "Over and over again." "In pool, time is the only thing that counts." "It's a race against the clock." "If you don't make, the time they ask your merit and effort is zero." "You've only gone fr om one end to the other." "Why didn't you wake up to kiss me goodbye?" "You know it brings me luck." "Good." "Good." "It hurts." "Roque knows, I'm not OK." "How do you feel?" "I'm fine." "So you're after, the r ecord?" "My record." "That's C órdoba Serlin's mark." "The record." "Chino never reached it." "Martín Castillo, fr om Mar del Plata." "Lane 1, Juampi Lloret, fr om Olivos." "He's off to Mexico." "Lane 5, Arnaldo Fernández, fr om Buenos Aires." "Lane 8, Ramón H urtado, Entre Ríos." "A boxer." "He trains with us." "For a whole month, he biked thr ough the entire" "He had no money for the bus." "Calm, Chino." "Relax." "Good, good." "Perfect turn." "C ome on." "No, no!" "Legs first, arms follow!" "Keep it on the legs!" "In the final meters," "Córdoba Serlin has punished Chino Bengoechea so hard that Fernandez and Castillo have passed him too, robbing him of 2nd and 3 rd place." "No Santa Fe swimmers qualify this time." "The boys are out of the national team" "Wait, wait." "Calm down." "Good." "Very good." " Anybody left in the bathrooms?" " No." "He's going to quit." " No, he'll get over it." " No." "He'll quit." "Coming back home, like this..." "I should think of my son now." "Focus on Luisa and the baby." "But I can't." "I don't feel anything." "I think I don't care." "Sure you can handle it, Chino?" "Sure." "Do you know him?" "Yes." "He quit swimming." "Poor kid." "It's as if he's been unplugged." "Out of water, he gasps." "It's been waiting you for years." "Take it." " It means..." " It means nothing." "But the Federation..." "The Federation considers it belongs to you." "Whatever you did." "You could buy PFC in any pharmacy." "It was forbidden." "It was a technicality." "You authorized it 2 months later." "It was forbidden." "By people who never wore swimming trunks." "Here." "Take it." "Here." "Thanks." "Ana." "I'm Ana." " Goyo." " I know." "One of my kids forgot her backpack." "I thought it was Chino." "He's used to come here late." "But it wasn't." "It was you" "My br other trained Gómez." " Pedr o?" " Yes." " You remember me?" " No." "But I r emember you." "Bye." "You can keep it." "What?" "The towel." " You can give it to me later." " No!" " I mean it!" " No, take it back." " Bye." " Bye." "Hello?" "Roque." "Yes." "I'll check if he's in." "Roque..." "You too, you failed." "And you want me to finish like you, a teacher in a pool." " Honey..." " I'm not in." "It's Roque." " I'm not in." " But it's the fourth time." "He'll get tired." "They're paying 400 pesos." "Mor e than in the store." "The money comes, fr om the pr ovince." "If you agree, we start right away." "Two weeks is no time." "I'm not going back." "Not even on a boat." "You see what it has brought us." "What it has left me." "I thought, I could help you." "I see I was mistaken." "What do you care?" "Chino!" "Did he tell you he ran me over?" "I didn't see him." "I already apologized." "Now, I'm offering you a job." "I need it." "But I'm not going back." "Zero." "It's over." "Besides, I already have a job." "Loading meat..." "So what?" " I'll do it." " You don't have to." "I insist." "The onions." "Don't I always tell you to wet your wrists?" "I forget." "Nice weather for the most beautiful marathon that is back after an 8-year break" "The temperatur e is 28º F, the sky is clear with mild south wind." " Olsen didn't come?" " No, he didn't." " So you're going to compete?" " Yes." "We thought you had retir ed." "Olsen refused the prize that time, you know?" "Olsen is a friend." "Concerning the regulations, it's important to know that no physical contact is allowed." "Either between swimmer and boat or between swimmers." "You're not allowed to hold onto the boat, or the oar." "The only contact allowed is when you take the food from your guides." "Those swimmers who are her e for the first time, bewar e of the br own color of our waters." "You can't see far ahead at this distance." "This is why the guides carry a blackboard to write indications, to the swimmer:" "His swim rhythm..." "Maybe I was wrong." "I should be like you." "Leave everything." "This is the place, we call the ford, the mythic spot in the race." "This year, the ford runs against the swimmers." "Here, an island divides the river." "Each swimmer is fr ee to choose sides:" "Right or left." "Your decision will define your success or your failur e." "Don't forget that fr om the ford to Coronda which is the arrival, you still have 4 hours left to go." "Where do we take this, Chino?" "To my place, near the pier." "Damn, I forgot!" "They cut it off?" "They will today." "It's not because of me, but I'm afraid." "If something happens, I'm alone." "You'r e not alone." "I'm." "You'r e not." "I'll take care of you." "When?" "No doorbell?" "No power." "Get dr essed." "We'r e going." " Where?" " To the river." "At night?" "It makes no difference once you're in." "I told you." "What am I doing here?" "It's not because of the money." "When I drive I like to think." "Can't you think with the radio?" "No." "He exaggerates." "You indicate:" "Closer, further, faster, slower." "OK?" "You guide me:" "Over here, over ther e." "For me to drink, you hand it over to me." "When I thr ow the cup, catch it." "I don't like to leave litter." "OK." "Understood?" "He's an animal." "He doesn't feel his body." "I did everything wrong." "I screwed up." "I'll take the bus her e." "Sure it's running?" "Yes." "I'll wait here." "He got rid of everything." "Alone, you have to be alone." " Hi." " Hi." " Where ar e you going?" " To the hotel." " I'll take you." " You're heading that way?" "I'm their runner." " So you're competing?" " Yes." "That's good." "You haven't changed." "You know, I teach Sol..." " Teach what?" " Swimming." "She loves it." "She's on level 3." "So you're her?" "Yes." "But you didn't tell her." "No." "She knows anyway." "It must be difficult for you." "After being away for so long... to see her mother again..." "as you're still..." "No." "I need to get some r est." "Sure." " Will you be able to?" " I don't know." " Are you OK?" " Yes." "Do you want me to leave?" "I can't." "Let's now welcome the swimmer whose name was engraved on the Milkaut 2004 C up!" "Stoychev!" "And to everyone's delight with number 12, the Argentine prospect, and Santa Fe's hope," "Goyo Blasco, the "River Shark"." "He's back for a second attempt after his controversial triumph in 1996 when he was disqualified for doping." "Today, he's been completely cleared of this accusation." "Despite the controversy, the "Shark" is back to prove that he's still the best in this river." "It won't start." "What do you mean?" "It's jammed." " It won't start." " Check again!" "It doesn't work." "Chino, you read me?" "This is Roque." "Roque." "Listen." "My boat is stuck." "You have to guide Goyo." "Can you see him?" "Yes, but he's going another way." "What do you mean another way?" "Goyo!" "What's wrong?" "Help me!" "Let go." "No!" "Let go!" "I'm stopping." "Help me!" "No!" "Let go..." "Goyo!" "Get in the water." "We'll switch again after the ford." "The ford?" "The boat can't go in ther e." "I'll wait for you at the end of it." "Would you do the same for me?" "The ford" "You'r e on your own" "Here..." "The ford ends here." "Goyo!" "Goyo!" "Goyo!" "Goyo!" "Goyo!" "Goyo!" "Reach..." "Time and effort..." "Reach..." "Even if I don't know where I'm going..." "Even if it's somebody else's race." "I ask myself no questions." "I don't doubt." "I don't think." "I go blank." "I forget everything." "Water" "It's the final str etch." "Stéphane Gómez is leading the competition." "Both Gómez and Stoychev wear a white cap." "But Frenchman Gómez is wearing a black suit." "We can see it at his shoulders." "Here are the first thr ee" "Gómez and Stoychev followed by Blaun." "He has touched!" "Stéphane Gómez has touched!" "And, of course... everybody is wondering:" "Wher e is the "Shark"?" "What about his r evenge, what about his Marathon?" "Appar ently, his boat br oke down and he's arriving alone." "No guide, no boat, alone." "Kid!" "What's this mess?" "You buried me!" "You!" "The boat broke down." "That's all." "I don't know anything!" "Nothing at all!" "I don't know when they switched." "I was leaving." "The real world." "How do you cr oss the bridge that takes you there?" "Somebody waits for you there." "Somebody waits so patiently for you to make a gesture." "I lift my arm to ask for help and they think I'm saying goodbye." "They turn their backs and leave." "No." "I'm cr ossing the bridge." "I'm coming." "Give me time."